The Aurora
Borealis
VOL. I.
AUItOUA, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTKMHEit .1, 1908.
NO. 19.
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
Condensed Dispatches from All Pans
of the Two Hemispheres.
ROGUE RIVER MELONS.
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National. Historical
end Commercial Importance.
There is a wave of cholera at Lodz,
Russian Poland.
Castro has left the capital for a
month's vacation.
Atlantic City, X. J., will keep all
liquor shops closed on Sundays.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Faul
is seeking an entrance into Winnipeg.
Uusinesa conditions in the East in
all lines indicate a return of prosper
ity. Oklahoma banks are releasing their
National charters in order to get state
charters.
The reception to the American fleet
at Melbourne was fully as . great as
that at Sydney.
England will not aid, but would be
pleased to see Holland give Castro a
sound thrashing.
J. C. Gleason, head counsel for
Thaw during the trial, has sued for
$J0,()00 balance of fees.
The steamer Asia ha just arrived
at San Francjsco with u cargo of raw
silk, valued at $2,000,000.
The Schmitz cases, in which he is
charged with bribery by allowing
prize nights, will be called soon.
- Eugene Semple, once territorial
governor of Washington, is dead.
The Springfield grand jury has in
dieted 78 so far for taking part in the
race war.
Three thousand "peple are home
less at Fayetteville, N. C, as a result
of the floods.
T. P. Shonts says if the railroads
are not left alone there will be fur
ther depression.
The British tramp steamer Duncan
was sunk in Oriental waters by a ty
phoon. Fifty-one of the crew were
drowned.
Movement of crops all over the
country has greatly lessened the num
ber of idle freight cars, and there may
be a shortage.
A fast passenger collided with
work train near Hardin, Okla. Both
engines were overturned. Two train
men were killed.
The interstate commerce commis
sion has outlined a form of annual
report to be made by railroads, and
says the companies must tell the
amount of business transacted.
The Imperial Japanese bank, at
San Francisco, has been closed by the
bank commissioners. The officers
made loans to themselves until only
$4oo in cash and a number of notes
were left.
Ex-Senator William F. Vilas, of
Wisconsin, is dead.
Count Tolstoi's condition is such that
recovery is not looked for.
Two Chicago men have been arrested
for forcing two a aiall boys to steal for
them.
Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband of
the notorious swindler, has filed a pe
tition in bankruptcy.
A San Franiacco man has been ar
rested in Paris, charged with victim'
lzing jewelers to the extent of $50,000
Japan is preparing for a grand re-
ception to the American fleet. It is
expected to reach Yokohama October
17.
When the American battleship fleet
left Sydney, 80 stragglers had failed
to join their ships and will follow
later.
A Supreme court justice has severe
ly reprimanded and discharged a grand
jury because it would not indict saloon
men for keeping open on Sunday at At
lantic City, N. J.
The Amateur Athletic union of the
United States has severed relations
with the British association because of
the unsportsmanlike conduct 'of the
Britons in the recent Olympic games.
Ten million bushels of the new wheat
crop of the Pacific Northwest have
been sold.
The French ambassador to Spain has
been called home to discuss the Moroc
can situation.
The president will go to Jordanville,
N. Y., to take part in the dedication
of a public library.
A. O. Brown & Co., a big brokerage
firm of New York, has failed for more
than a million dollars.
Six Chinese have been caught at El
Paso, Tex., who had been smuggled
across the line from Mexico.
The government has about fixed the
responsibility for the big robbery of
the subtreasurr at San Frncisco re
cently.
BARS NATIVE BOKN.
San Francisco School Board Shuts
Ooor on Chinese.
San Francisco, Aug. 31. City At
torney Long has furnished the board
f education aoi opinion dealing with
he question of the admissibility of
native-bom Chinese children to pub-
schools e-tner than schools estab-1 Annual Harvest On and Quality Up to
ncd tor them, in brief, he bold I stanriirrf.
tll-lt t Vi ml.'ctin rtf n itlvilti htm n l
r.-.r.nar on the raw tin I h nrta I vjrania I ass ne annual iiwf ui
hihiren are Mongolians, irresocctive Rogue river watermelons has begun
f b'rthplace, and that if special I to move. The first of them are of fin
chouls of equal standing are not pro- I quality, and uniform aize.
ided tor tlicm, they are entitled to I Shippers load the melons ip cars for
ttend any school. The opinion is transDortation verv much like brewers
iven in response IO a query irom me rin in narkimr a rr with h.r hottlea.
ooara ot 'education with relerence tolTh. m,tnna f thi. v.nw -
the request of the parents of three ad ted to Bhippjngf can be quick-
wi hTi .rs :rCtes..ra,1en.whi ry piled into the cars, tier after tier,
wiihed their daughters to attend ' .w . .
school, other than the Oriental A few Vn th, method WM not
..hi I used, but the melons were prom iscu'
The no'itical eode nrovi.lr-. tht ousiy piled, and the shipper very ire-
evcry school shall be open for the Iquently found considerable loss from
amission oi ail cniiaren oetween e niiiinK in iransponauun. inn jew
nd 21 years of age, residing in thu I tight cars are being used, and the win
district. 1 his section also authorizes Idows and cracks are nailed up.
boards of education to establish sep-1 Experience has proven that many
rate schools for Indian, Chinese or melons are often plugged and carved
golian or Indian descent, and is not ' the car upon its entering the yards.
to deny the latter any of the equal
rights guaranteed by the constitution.
All They Live for Is To Dress, Says
Hetty Green.
Bellows Falls, Vf., Aug. 31. "The
FIGHT PRUNE COMBINE.
Albany Plant Being Prepared for Big
Season s Run.
Albany The Northwest Fruit asso
ciation, the new organization of fruit etoc'u of u Rnd Wate proiH.rty
growers, wgn i ugm gair.3l ine d,8truction of the wagon and railroad
Prunepackers association when the br,d acroM th Savannah rKt.r ar j
won wu Begun ai me Dig pacing breaka in the canai Unks, There are
plant in this city preparatory to opera- dependent on canal for tghx
tion during the coming prune packing cotton mills.
season. A force of men under Manager , Wbile -flood waa at its height
S. A. Laselle is now putting the plant fiye firea broke ouL The McDaniei
7tL i c-a""-,u" .t -'builders' material establishment,
- The Albany plant has a capacity of Nortn AufJU8ta burnei A Uttin ot
about 175 car oads of dried prunes, 40 car8 beonging the Sou0M.rn raii.
but will not handle nearly as many this burned in ,Iarnburg Nixon's
fall. Owing to the fact that the mcnt and hardware house and
prune crop is light this year, and that hu- ouantitv of lumber belomrin
many growers are already under con-1 to the G- ia Vailway, at the Georgia
tract to the packers association for , way yard we burned. Tne Au
this seasons crop, the new association i u j, & Electric company
Mongolian children, and provides that
when such schools are established.
uch children must not be admitted
to any other school,
The object of the law is clearly to
segregate the white children of the
public schools from those of Mon
while en route by the use of a jack
knife and long handled spoon, at every
station where the car might stop, and
during the season many melons have
been spoiled in this way by boys who
are lying in wait and note the arrival
WOMEN TO BLAME.
MUST DIP SHEEP.
Secretary Smythe, of Oregon Com
mission, Will Seize Offenders.
Pendleton Despite their efforts to
evade the Oregon quarantine lav
Washington sheepmen who grazed
women of America have helped to I wiwi jr-
make hard times. All they live for, forced to dip before moving out of the
all they care for. is clothes the latest reserves. Secretary Dan P. Smythe,
shape in skirts'. And they are none I of the Oregon cheep commission, and
too particular how they get what they I State Sheep Inspector W. II. Lytle are
want, or who pays lor it. on the a ert for movements of Wash
This is the declaration of Hetty incton shipn In thia state and are nre-
GreTj' l!le ric.hcst. womn in t'w pared to seize any herd which may be
wuiiu, u.i iuuajr uvK.ni ncr n.muai movinir throuch Orepon territory.
vacation of a month. When dinner
was announced on the train, she pro
duced an apple and three crackers
from her reticule and cheated the
dining car.
"I do not say the American women
Washington sheepmen recently se
cured an injunction from County Judge
I Gill Hand, of Umatilla county, restrain
ing Oregon officials from enforcing the
dipping law, but this injunction does
are immoral, she continued, "but prevent, tniuii jjrur.u.iii
they do not care what fearful prices Washington sheepmen violating th
their husbands, fathers and brothers Oregon law, and there promises to be
may be compelled to pay tor their I something doing tn ine way oi sneep
finery. Times are bad m Mew York.
and New York deserves hard times.
All are spendthrifts and money-wast
ers down there.
"This will be a hard winter, and we
will not see good times before spring
The election will not help. The panic
must run its course. Money men arc
doing nothing to stop it. Standard
Oil could stop the hard times with
dipping when the Washington herds
are started out of the Blue mountain
reserves across Oregon territory,
May Build Albany Plant.
Albany A report, said to be well
founded, is current here that O'Shea
Bros., of Portland, are planning to
erect a $20,000 packing plant in Al-
nnr stroke of thr nrn hut PnrWfr or bany. Barred from the Portland field
will not do it. It will cost the gov- I Y e wrms oi me saie oi uie union
ernment $28,000 ooo to collect that
$29,000,000 from him."
ARMY OF GUARDS NEEDED.
Yellowstone Park Tourists at Merc
of Robbers.
St. Taul, Aug. 31. "The entire
United States army will be needed to
insure travelers in the Yellowstone
Park against holdups. A thousand
men would be required. Ihc main
road alone is 120 miles long, and it
takes stage coaches four days to
make the rounds."
Mrigadier General Winfield S. Ed-
gerly, commanding the department of
Dakota, so expressed himself today
He was in the park last Monday when I finds, with the exception of a few un
Meat company's plant, they have se
lected Albany as a desirable site be
cause of its railroad facilities. Accord
ing to reported plans, they have a site
of 25 acres in view and will soon con
mence work on the plant The founda
tion for this rumor lies in the fact that
John O'Shea spent several days in this
city last week. But real estate men
with whom he consulted, assert that he
was merely looking for a residence.
Union's Books O. K.
La Grande J. II. Mimnaugh, an ex
oert accountant, formerly connected
with the Grand Ronde Lumber com
pany, has just completed experting the
books of the officials of this county and
WATERS RECEDING.
Augusta Damage May Approximate
Million Dollars.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 28. Flood wa
ters at Augusta began receding this
afternoon. They reached the height
of 40 feet, probably as high as the
flood of 188.
Kaln has ceased in the upper valley
and there is no danger of further loss.
The loss approximates $750,000 to $1,-
000,000 and consists of damage to
AUGUSTA IS
UNDER WATER
does not expect to pack more than 60
car loads. Enough growers are in the
organization now to assure aboui 40
car loads.
Protest Dipping of Ponies.
Pendleton Chief No Shirt and a few
of his conservative followers among
the Umatilla Indians, are vigorously
protesting to the Indian commissioner
against the dipping of their putuc lot
the jutnge by the Federal authorities
through the bureau of animal indus
try, in charge of Dr. S. W. McClure,
of this city. The ponies are badly
affected with the disease and orders
have been sent out to dip all of them
near the old agency three miles east of
this city. However, No Shirt, Uma
pne, Amos Pond, Poker Jim and a few
others are making a vigorous protest
and have employed Bert Huffman, ed
itor of the East Oregoman, of this
city, to take the matter up with the
Indian commissioner to have the order
modified.
Disastrous (Ires Follow In Wake of
Southern floods.
cannot run their cars for tbree days.
No power plants are in operation ;
the telephone lines are not doing busi
ness; the railroads are accepting no
passengers. The water service ia
crippled, but intact The gas company
service is impaired, but not shut down.
There have been 10 to 15 drownings,
mostly negro laborers.
, From the northwestern section of
tne city the waters will not recede for hUPnnl,
School Session Near End.
Monmouth The special summer ses
sion of the Oregon State normal school
for superintendents, principals and
high school teachers is now half com
pleted. The attendance is much below
the expectation of the management.
The state superintendent expresses die
appointment that the young men and
women in the teaching profession have
failed to avail themselves of this
course. Next year an enort win be
made to choose a more convenient date
for the session. -
Loss Will Reach Over Half Million
Union Depot Under Ten Feet of
Water One Lame Telerapt Wire
Brings Out Report of Disaster
Loss of Life Expected.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27. A long dis
tance telephone message from the As
sociated Press correspondent from
Augusta says that the city is complete
ly under water. In the down town
portion bunirosa houses, telegraph
offices and r !W.paper offices are com
pletely den'M ' hed.
There weie three deaths in Augusta
yesterday, two white people and one
negro.
The damage, it is estimated, will
reach half a million dollars.
At 8 :30 last night it waa learned
through the single wire of the Georgia
Railroad company, working partly into
Augusta, that the large cotton ware
house and the wholesale grocery ware-
nouses ox the Nixon company were
two or three days. Tonight is a night
of tension. MiBsing men and familiea
are being reported.
The Augusta Chronicle got out its
Thursday edition in abbreviated form
at 9 p. m. The Augusta Herald, an
afternoon paper, could not publish
Wednesday or Thursday.
TRIES GAME ON ROOSEVELT.
French Soldier Punished for Attempt
at Blackmail.
Bordeaux, Aug. 28. An extraordi
nary story was told at the court mar
tial today ,'of a'member of the military
ambulance corps, Camilla Marquet,
who was charged with attempting to
blackmail President Roosevelt. Ac
cording to the evidence before the
court, Marquet wrote to the president
on January 9, demanding on behalf of
"my society, '' without other specifica
tion, "$2,000 on account of services
rendered during the presidential elec
tion," and promising further "im
mense help."
Receiving no reply to this demand,
Marquet wrote again on March 9,
threatening a scandal "which will cast
dishonor upon the whole family unless
the money is forthcoming at a fixed
date." In conclusion the writer said:
The union depot is under ten feet of
water, and in the best residence dis
trict the water stands six feet deep
and is slowly rising.
The report of the fires in the Nixon
warehouses cannot be confirmed. A
telegraph operator said he could not
get near enough on account of the
water, but that the fires were burning
in the vicinity of the big warehouses.
The floods in the Carolines and Geor
gia culminated in the breaking of the
big dam six miles from Augusta, which
diverta the water' from the Savannah
river into the canal at that point. The
great flood of water let loose soon
found its way into the city, and last
night, from Fifteenth street to the
Eastern boundary, Augusta was under
from six to 12 feet of water, which ia
gradually rising.
FIGHT TO REGAIN TRADE.
Or-
San Francisco Merchants Will
ganlze Traffic Bureau.
San Francisco, Aug. 27. An aggres
sive commercial campaign to recover
trade lost to the merchants of San
Francisco through the alleged indiffer
ence, neglect and lack of concerted
action, waa decided upon today at a
; meeting' of the trade end commerce
tne Merchants- ex
Harney County Fair.
Burns The Harney County Fair as
sociation has decided to give away
$3,200 in premiums and purses for
horse racing and a series of baseball
games. There will be about $1,500
given away for the best agricultural
exhibits. . There is good prospects of
the fair being a grand success as the
development of the county than in Marquet was brought up for court for the mercantile bodies of this city,
fnrmvr I niartial, but the court, in consideration whose object will be to see that mer-
"The highest heads are no longer , committee of
safe on their shoulders; look at Portu- change.
gal." Steps were taken immediately to
The president handed the letters to organize a traffic bureau, with an ex
the French consul general, who com- nerienced traffic manager in charge.
municated with the French police, which will be a central organization
the latest "lone robber" relieved the
purses of 120 tourists. The general
returned to St. Paul yesterday.
The present arrangements for pro
tecting the park and its "visitors,"
General Edgerly continued, "would
appear to be as effective as any that
ran be made with the small garrison.
Fort Yellowstone has only four
troops, about 400 men of the Eighth
cavalry, under Major Henry T. Allen.
The horsemen of this single squadron
manage at that to traverse the entire
length of the main road, the road
usually followed by the coaches, at
leat once a day. Then there are de-
important errors and minor discrep
ancies, everything in shipshape. The
warrant indebtedness of Union county
six years ago was almost four times
what it is now. On July 1, 1902, war
rants were out to the amount of $269,-
622.38, while July 1, this year, there
was but $68,061.53. Within two years
the debt has been decreased nearly 50
per cent.
Harvest is About Over.
Pendleton Harvest is now over and
several hundred idle men throng the
streets of Umatilla county towns.
tached parties or single men going lMpn Ar th.u will m m r.nnd RnnH
back and forth on special errands, so to work ln the beet fied.f many to the
saw mills of the coast and others to the
that the coach road is guarded far
more closely than are any of our rail
road lines
"The only respect wherein the gov
ernment vr.!r! srrm to have incurred
any responsibility for the holdup is
as civilians have assured me. that it
prohibits park visitors from carrying to the county this sesaon.
firearms with them unless the
large cities to spend the winter. Lo
cal merchants report a much heavier
cash trade this fall than ever before
during the prevalence of the saloon. A
different class of harvest hands came
former years.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 88c bushel; forty-fold,
90c; Turkey red, 90c; fife, 88c; blue
stem, 92c; valley, 88c.
Barley Feed, $24.50 ton; rolled,
$27d 28 ; brewing, $26.
Oats No. 1 white, $ 27m 27.50 ton;
gray, $266(26.60.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$14 ton; Willamette valley, ordinary,
of the good character of the youth, chants, manufacturers, wholesalers and
A .wl 1.1 .A at. An ;ml Imnvlann. f LI M o .- 1 I 1 1
sentenced him to six days' imprison
ment, giving him the benefit of the
first offender's law.
CARPET WORTH THOUSANDS
Floor Covering of U. S. Mint Filled
With Gold Dust.
San Francisco, Aug. 28. The car
net. (ivt tt ihm Hliiatlnir fnnm mt lh
!"S Eastern Oregon $16.60; mixed, San FrancUco mnt s about worn out
913; ciover, a; auaua, u; auaua
meal, $20.
Fruits Peaches, 60ft90c per box;
jobbers of San Francisco receive rail
road and water rates that will enable
them to regain the territory taken
away by other cities, particularly Los
Angeles,
POSTPONE EXPOSITION.
any
arms are sealed so they cannot be
used.
'I understand that although the
robber is said to be in the Jackson
Hole country, where he is safe for a
Mme. the nitory 01 such events ha
proved that he will be caught.
Big Fruit Shipments
Freewater The Freewater-Milton
fruit district will ship out 600 car
loads of fruit this season, including
berries and fruits of all kinds. This
ill be 100 more cars than last year.
At present the plum, summer apple
I . 1. mm A .
Pugli. Le.vs. Seattle. ""IT" ' .1 . LZ
raided her anchor aturaay mormr.K AIfafa Hay Brings SO 60 a Ton
ami MWCii i.ui Jl me uaj aiiu . ' I p,--!11- 1T .-ll!r,. In rr.lt
.h. ;ii m,;n .1,,-- county at $6.60 a ton for fresh alfalfa.
weeks, while her boilers are cleaned ions at mis price oemg aisposea 01
Japanese Public Clamoring Against
Vast Expense.
Toklo, Aug. 27. The unpopularity
and after the old covering has been of President Kaneko, of the Toklo tx
Uken up it will be handled with far position, has caused difficulties which
mnr. tKan iUhmax. Tt will may result In the postponement of the
pears, 75c0i $1.60 per box; plums, 75c ba manv times more valuable, because great exposition, which is now set for
per box; grapes 80cfa$1.25 per crate. ! ,t lg iiterai,y Uned with gold. The,-9'?.
Potatoes llfttl.10 per hundred ; old carpet wiU be burncd and from the J The people are clamoring against the
sweet potatoes, 3?,?i4c per pound. I MheI Treaaury department officials methods of Kaneko in spending great
Melons Cantaloupes, $1.502 per gxpt to realize about $5 000 umi " government money and the re-
crate; watermelons, $1.50 per 100 in the sxi just ing room files 'are used ports of the postponement have been
loose; crated, e per pound addition- to trim Burpiu- K0ld from the coins ao frequent that today the minister of
alj casabas, $2.252.50 per dozen. fter being stamped. It frequently agriculture and commerce found it ne-
Vegetables-Turnips,$ 1.50 per sack; happens that the overweight filings cecsary to issue a formal denial. He
carrots, 1.75; parsnips, $1.75; beets, thui uken oft faIj to the floof and be. said the exposition would be held at
$1.50; beans, 6c per pound ; cabbage, 1 come jmtjetl in the carpet The the tlme set, but even this assurance
lc per pound? corn, 2Srf30c per very carpeta are purchased for ,"? eufneient to qu let the reports,
dozen; cucumbers, 300i40c rbox; lhu room, so that the closely-woven' 1 ne "irainea inausiriai ana nnanciai
eggplant, $1.75 per crate; lettuce, matrui will hold securely the scat- aituation in Japan is the matter upper
head, 15c per dozen; parsley, 15c Pr , tered particles of gold most in the minds of most of the peo-
dozen; peas, 6c per pound; peppers, jt t- nothing unusual for the govern- P,e nd thre u widespread feeling
miOe per pound; radishes, 12e per rnent to get $5,000 worth of gold dust that the government chose a poor time
dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; squash, out o the Mhes resulting from the to go to the enormous expense of hold
40c ler dozen; tomatoes, 60r 90c per humlnir f of th ernu. , Ing the first great world's fair in the
. - . 1 rft. nn. j . . i : - 1 .
crave, ceiery, uuwww utr uuicn; ru- i i isricnw
choke, 75c per dozen.
Butter Extras, 31 He per pound;
fancy, 27'c; choice, 25c; store, 18c.
Eggs Oregon extras, 2wi27c ; firsts.
2 25c; seconds, 22(r.23c: thirds,
and her rjachinery overhauled.
First Snow in Montane.
Butte, Mont., Aug. St. A dispatch
from Anaconda. Mont, says that the
'trst snow of the season fell
Saturday.
by Thomas Starp, of Crooked river, to
the Baldwin Sheep and Land company,
of Hay creek. With hay about gath
ered except for the second crop, most
farmers have commenced threshing
there their wheat, rye and other grain, all of
j which are aa average yield.
America Kindest to Imbeciles.
London, Aug: 27. That America far
surpasses England in the care of her
idiotic insane is the report published
today by the royal commission appolnt-
Wou'd Curb Middlemen.
Salt Lake, Aug. 28. Resolutions
approving the plan for national stor
age of the Western wool crop were
16ri20et Eastern. 24 fr25e ner dozen, adopted unanimously today by the ex-
Poultry Mixed chickens, 13130 cuve commuvee 01 i.n naiionai to investigate American methods,
per pound; fancy hens, I4rrl4c; Woolgrowers' association. The presl- fhe commission recently returned from
roosters, 10c; spring, 16c; ducks, old, dent of the association was authorized the United States. Nearly every state
12c; spring, 13tfil6c; geese, old, 8c ; to name a committee to select a city was visited, and the report says that
young, 10c; turkeys, old, 1701 8c ; wh" central storage market will with few exceptions the American sys
young, 20c. be established and to form a corpora- tern was found superior to the British.
Veal Extra, 8c per pound; ordi- tion to carry out the elimination The report recommends that the Brit
nary, 77 He; heavy, 6c. or curbing of the middlemen and giv- Uh government adopt a system thst
Pork Faney, 7c per pound; ordi- ing the Western woolgrowers control mbodie the best features of the meth
nary, 6c; large, 6c. .0' th sale of their product. da in vogue in several states.
Mutton Fancy, 8i9c I I
Hope 1907, prime and choice, i Settle Canadian Strike. No Clue to Raiders.
?l5c per pound; olds, 1-1 S'e; con- Winnipeg, Aug. 28. A rumor com-' Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 27. The au
tracts, tQi 8c ing from an authoritative source says thorities here are investigating the
Wool Eastern Oregon average best, the Canadian Pacific railway officials raids on Lowry and Alaska Sunday
KkitliHe per pound, aecording to are getting tired of the strike and ne- night by a company of armed and
shrinkage; valley, lKdlie', mohair, got iat ions will be begun tomorrow mounted men. Absolutely no clue to
choice, 1818c with a view to ending it. the raiders has been found.