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The Aurora Boreal! VOL. 1. AUKOKA, OREGON, TIIUHSDAY, SEi'TUMIlKU 17 1908. NO. 2 1. BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK BREAKS MORE RECORDS. Condensed Dispatches from All Parts . of the Two Hemispheres. Interesting Events from Outside the Stat Presented in a Manner to Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader Matters of National, Historical and Commercial Importance. Detroit, Michigan, it endeavoring to top Sunday ball garnet. Michigan forest fires are destroying much valuable timber and imperiling the lives of many. Nearly 25 square miles have been wept by the forest fice in San Gabriel reserve, California. Thaw may be punished for contempt by failing to attend a meeting of his creditor! at Pittsburg. Moving picture machines have been added to the talking machines to help along in the political campaign now on. ' Following a decision of the depart ment, immigration officers at Boston have refused Mormons the privilege of I Jr0W(j landing. Serious trouble may result over con flicting fish laws enacted by Oregon and Washington covering the Colum bia river. In international auto races at Brighton Beach, N. Y., the American cars won first and second places and an Italian third. The, United States gunboat Vixen Great Aeronaut Excels Former Feats In Three Particulars. Washington, Sept. 14 In two flights at Fort Myer Saturday afternoon, Or- vine Wright, in the Wright flyer. brok.i three records. Starins up nine min utes and six and one-third second in the first flight, in which Major Georce O. Squiers, acting chief signal officer, ac companied him, Mr. Weight broke the record for a two-man flight, which he established on Tuesday. The first flight was at 4:29 o'clock. In the second flight, which started at 5:17, Mr. Wright broko the record for time and distance of a heaviir than air flying machine, which he es tablished by remaining in the air for one hour, fourteen minutes and twenty four seconds. In this flight he also went higher than an acroplaniat has ever gone, rising to an altitude of 2.r0 feet. Mr. Wright also maintained a higher speed than in his other flights at Fort Myer, traveling around the drillgrounds at the rate of 38.75 miles an hour on the first flight, when Major Squiers accompanied him. The distance of this flight was 5.83 miles. In Saturday's flight, Mr. Wright broke the world's record for time and distance for the fifth time last week. A crowd of 5,000 persons gathered to witness the flights and their enthusi asm knew no bounds. It was all the cavalry, detailed to guard the aeeoplano from damage, could do to keep the They cheered Mr. Wright NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGOJM Dealer Looks for Improved Market Later In the Season. Hood River II. F. Davidson, presi dent of the Davidson Fruit company at Hood River, has arrived home after an extended trip through the fruit grow ing sections of the East and Middle West. Mr. Davidson attended the an- Yule Tide Period Will Mark Comple tion of Klamath Line. Klamath Falls Klamath Falls will have the railroad within its limits by Christmas. This is the latest schedule announced, and at the rate work is pro grossing no doubt la felt. The South ern 1'acific company has established .on.. . Wil.l II,.... !,. f nn, ...,rV " . . . v.1: I "as commenced on the concrete piers e Shippers' association held at Nl- for the bridge across the straits. Two agara tails, August 5 and b, and also l0re dredges are ordered on the marsh visited the large dealers in New York work, and camps are now established and Chicaeo. I within four miles of this city. He states that the East, from Mich-1 Maney Bros., contractors ou the gov Iran to the Atlantic coast will have eruient canal, having finished their good crops of apples thia year, but that contract, are moving to the railroad the croD n the Middle West is very I Vl r J. 1 . . "r 1 . rail light. Until he reached Colorado on his return trip he found no evidence of abundant fruit crops and in some sec tions of that state the apple yield will be small. He states, however, that there is an I Valley Bumblebees Die. abundant yield all over the country this Oregon City. The red clover cror. year of farm produce, particularly in many parts of the Willamette val- corn. Apart from apples he found big I ley will not average more than one crops of other varieties of fruits, more third of the usual yield, due to the pecially pears and peaches. aivnice oi duiiidicdccs, vwmcn cvi- In nnnn tf th d iatrirtjl ha ViaitMl vjciiii" suuumuiu u mc cvcic until he went away in the signal corps automobile. AIRSHIPS ARE CRUDE. Edison Criticizes Both Dirigible Bal loon and Aeroplane. Seattle, Sept. 14 Thomas A. Edison, the noted inventor, who is taking v ixen i ! il. t: n. t ',,0.) . ... t.n was run down by a tug boat and badly npifh. Mnanm nnr th' .iria,u damaged. The accident occurred in ,.,, wi,i .... ' .nU. thfl .,. the Delaware river. Thomas A. Edison is at present tour ing the Pacific coast. Forest fires are burning in Canada just across the line from Maine, A 20-story office building costing $30,00,000 is to be erected in Chicago. The American battleships Maine and Alabama have left Port Said for Na ples. The forest fire near Los Angeles con tinues to do heavy damage. One town has been wiped out. tion of navigating the air. Asked if, in giving up the commercial side of his work, he would make a study of the airship, be said: "It is likely that I shall pay some attention to the navigation of the air, I have done so in the past, but I had not the time to make serious effort am firmly convinced that the time is near at hand when it will bo possible to sail through the air as easily and as safely as we now go by land or by water. "I have little faith in the aeroplane the balloon as a means cf aer's! navigation. The aeroplane of the I VU WWW Vliaimil. whuici n. .mint ak IMuna- tnnm people of that vicinity, are fighting other' man in tnat earoplane and it would not work. It depends upon the skillful handling of the machine by the forest fires near Sturgis, S. D. A hurricane awept Turks island, British West Indies, destroying the capital and killing many people. Official statements show that the cholera situation in St Petersburg and throughout Russia is much worse. inventor. "It is also unlikely that the efforts of inventors who have pinned their faith to the dirigible balloon will meet ith success. When you have some thing that is lighter than air it is op mrtnl nvpn in th lAvman that it is a The number of unemployed in Lon- tov 0 the winds. It is wafted about don was strikingly illustrated when 3,000 men surrounded a hospital which had advertised for a Dorter at 14.50 a week and meals. A general investigation of the Pull man company, its schedule of rates and its alleeed discriminations, is to be made by the Intestate Commerce com mission at Chicago. The Pacific fleet has left Honolulu for Samoa. The battleship fleet has arrived at Albany, West Australia. Russia was almost united in the cel ebration of Tolstoi's 80th birthday. Great Britain has just launched a battleship larger than the Dreadnaught Germany will reject the note on Mo rocco and relations with France are strained. II. B. Miller. American consul gene ral at Yokohama, is on his way home for a vacation. A forest fire is raging In the valley west of Los Angeles and several small towns are threatened. like a thistledown when a strong wind is blowing. The aeroplane and the dirigible balloon will be improved, have no doubt, but T look to see the application of a principle different from MORE CARS IN SERVICE: Decrease of 30.371 in Number idle Helps 'Railroads. Chicago, Sept. 14. Another big boost toward prosperity is indicated by weekly report of the car efficiency com mittce of tho American Railway asso ciation, which was issued Saturday The total rtf surplus cars on railroad of the United States and Canada has been reduced to 222,632, a decrease of 30 371 sinc the last report. Of thi i ron no. 21.723 are boxcars and 7.233 roil and eondola. The decrease in boxcars is tne largest .. . 1 - M JIIAAft since the maximum -iirpiun ui was reached. An increasing activity 1 repairing cars is shown by a reduction of 7.662 in the number of bad-order ears. Small shortages are reported on a few railroads, the shortages totaling 1.4 IS Arthur 11 ale Regarding this condition T I - !. Cn4am Ail In I chairman nt the Committee. SSTSt in m suit nKBiiiDk uw v.. ... 1 - - m . New York the company has been order- U " Whenever these rtortages 1 are or ed to produce letters containing evi- -uch a nature and teit s J j v , .K. . I action by the committee, conditions are uencs i uu.. ....!, th ttntinn of the road TV Tt aesaion of the Iowa legis-1 renortinir a surplus, and arrangements lature has adjourned to meet November are made to transrer equipment to m 24, when aonother effort will be made roads having use for it." to elect a United States senator. 1 ......... . I Race irouoi reareo. Governor Harney, 01 inaian., cn? .. . , h be. 1 : - i : ...-.Lai Kassvi 17 1 vwv t v 1 ea me maiannwi 7"" I . ... j 1. ho,. for addressing a graduating class " 1 "1. June. The fact has through the auditing A Los Angeles preacher 7 year I .suited a white boy who taunted them old has just married a woman of 3L I trK)Ut a horse race they had lost, and k'an..,. Citv negroes fear a race Murphy interfered in bfh.ir or tn. ,a war, and are arming for the conflict graduating class last tween wnues ana .r-.-. las just become public following an attack on Samuel Murphy ting Of the bill. a farmer, by two negroes. Jim and Alli ung 01 Wl u - Johnson, Friday night. The negroes ss- should t come. A rumor of an attempt to shoot Trident Roosevelt is found to be without foundation. Methodists of Illinois are joining in the fitfht against the re-election of Cannon to congress. A mob aaiekly pursuer ana ovenoo the negroes, and armed with ropes were bent on a lynching, wnien wi omj vnidod by the t luck of a deputy sher tr whi mm in hand, stoo.l in tne noor .. . ....Hi hmiM ana neia tne mou t iy. APPLE SALES SLOW. I ACCEPTABLE CHRISTMAS GIFT VIOLATES STATE RIGHTS. tweea this city and Midland, the first station south. Klamath citizens are eagerly antlci pating their coming Christmas gift the steam cars. had winter apples as yet been bought, although usually at this season of the year most of the crops are contracted for. WILL GET STATE AID. Monmouth Normal Has Been Main tained by Subscription. Salem. At a recent meeting of the xccutivc committee ot the normal cliool board of regents, President csslcr, of the Oregon State Normal School, at Monmouth, was present nd assured the committee that suf- icicnt funds hid been secured to place the school on a maintenance basis until January 1. when it is ex pected the legislature will appropriate enough to maintain all three normal schools properly. The Monmouth school has not received state support or several years, having been main tained by subscriptions from the busi ness men of Monmouth and neighbor ins: towns. A meeting of the normal school board of regents will be held at Salem next month for the purpose of making recommendations to the legislature or the support of the three normal schools the Eastern Oregon Normal School, at .Weston, the Southern Ore gun Normal School, at Ashland, and he Oregon State Normal School, at Monmouth. The board at a meeting in June decided it should recommend he Central Oregon State Normal School, at Drain, to be discontinued, nd consequently that school will not open this fall. Quality, Not the Price. The Dalles Apple growers of this icinity and of Hood River are not very much alarmed over the prosiects of an advance in apple rates to eastern points, as the eoncenxus of opinion is that as ho apples of this vicinity and Hood River are principally shipped to New lork and other far eastern points for consumption by the wealthy class, that a few cents additional per box will not mako any difference. The Oregon ap- les are carefully packed and selected and are much in demand by the wealthy picures of the east, while the poorer dosses buy the cheaper Minnesota, Michigan and New York apples, which ire not selected, and which are sold in arrels, and are not selected or packeJ and are not worth so much. of the output of local wheat. The elevators have been running in these mills for sever?! weeks and the start ing of the mill owned by the Island City financiers in this city commenced operations for this season. The same pnrties own the other four mills and thev will all be running before the week is over. weallier last spring. These bees are the only insects that successfully pol- letnze the blossoms, moving about the fields, as the pollen sticks to their fuzzy legs; The honeybee performs i like service for the alsike clover, which has a more open blossom than the red clover. Seed was worth about 10 cents a pound last season, rind it will probably take a sharp ad vance. This is the first season in the memory of Willamette valley farmers that bumblebees are not plentiful Yellow jackets have entirely disap peared. Investigate Land Clearing. Astoria. Forestry Expejt Thomp son. ot tne agricultural department who is investigating: the methods em ployed in removing stumps from Iogged-off lands, has returned from trio to Tillamook county. The local chamber of commerce has invited Mr Frye. of Seattle, to come here and give a demonstration ot nis paten process for removing stumps, which i said to be economical and successful Wallowa to Have Courthouse. Enterpriso The county court has accepted plans for a courthouse, to eost $30,000. Kids for foundation and base ment will te advertised for immediate ly in order that the foundation at least may be put in this fall., Wallowa eou ty has been set apart from Union eoun ty 20 years, and this will be the first courthouse erected in the county. Another Line for Harrlman. Dec. Current rumors that Ham man intends taking over the Mount Hood railway, which connects Hood River with Dee, a distance of 17 miles, were further borne out last week v.hen Manager J. r. O Mnen oi the O. R. & N. made s trip of inspec tion over the line in his private car PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 8Sc per bushel; forty fold. Ode: turkey red, ioc: Inc. 8c bluestcm, l)2c; valley, 88c. Rarlcy l-eed, $24 50 per ton rolled, f27(?t2; brewing. $26 Oats No. 1 white, $27(a27.30 per ton: crav. f2fltfi 26.50. Hay Timothy. Willamette valley $14 per ton: Willamette Valley, ord nary. $11; l-.astcrn Oregon, $18.50 mixed. $13: clover, $9: alfalfa, $11 Haifa meal. $20. rruit Apples, new, 60cfafl75 per box; peaches, 30ft70c per box; pears 75c('i$1.23 per box; plums, 05(H7.v per box; grapes, 85c$1.50 per crate rotatocs OOffi 5c per hundred sweet potatoes, 2tfi.2c per pound Melons Cantaloupes, $Ka.l.50 per crate: watermelons. $lvil25 per 100 loose; crated, 1c per pound additional casabas, $2 per dozen. Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 pe sack; carrots, $1.75;. parsnips, $1.75 beets, $1.50; artichokes, 65c per dozen beans, 5c per pound; cabbage. 2c per pound; cau'iflower, $2.50 per crate celery, 75c'fi$l per dozen; corn, 25Ca 30c per dozen; cucumbers, outdoor 304(c per box; egg plant. $1.25,1.50 crate; lettuce, head, 15c per dozen parsley, 15c per dozen; peas, 6c per pound:, peppers, 8vtl0c per pound 1 Pennsylvania Court Holds Commodity Clause Invalid. Philadelphia, Sept. 11. Declaring it to be drastic, harsh and unreasonable, and an invasion of the rights of the states and therefore repugnant to the constitution, the United States Circuit court for the Eastern district of Penn- Ivania today dismissed the suits of the Federal government to enforce the commodities clause of the Hepburn railroad act against the anthracite coal carriers of this state. Judges George ray and George II. Dallas filed opin ions dismissing the suits and Judge oseph lumncton dissented, but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause prohibits railroad companies to transport in in terstate commerce any. article or com modity manufactured, mined or pro duced by them or under their author ity. The case was argued in June, nited States Attorney General liona- parte delivering the principal argu ment for the government. The effect of the commodities clause, if constitu tional, would be to confine the mining of anthracite coal by the railroads to that for use in Pennsylvania only, and compel the railroads to sell all the mining property they are interested either directly or indirectly. It is almost certain that the case will be appealed directly to the United States Supreme court. Dealers Boost Hops. Eugene. Tho first hop sales of the season in Kurene were made last week. when S. II. Friendly and William Sea vey sold to E. Clemens Horst Co. a lot of Early Fugles at 7 cents per pound. Tho ngpnt of this firm also pur chased (nenn Anderson growing crop at 8 cents per pound. It is thought that every grower in Lane county will pick his crop this year, although the prospect for a higher price is not very encouraging. The price to be paid the pickers will be 80 cents per 100 pounos. all ...Nmblle. .Z j up..P,ternduno.sardlur Begins Grinding New Wheat. La Grande. The first of a chain of five flour mills in this valley com menced operations last week and thereby is commenced the grinding pumpkins. lfriUc per pound; rsdUhe I2ic per dozen; spinach, 2c per potin sprouts, 10c per pound; squash, 4c per dozen: tomatoes, 351 50c Butter Extras, .lie per pound fancy, 27Jc; choice, 25c; store, ISc. fc-ggs Oregon extras, 27v2Sc firsts, 25i 2fic; seconds. 22 23c thirds, 15(Vi2oc; Lastcrn, 24'25c per dozen. Poultry Mixed chickens, 1T per pound; fancy hens, 12vi izi roosters.1 10c; spring. 134 14c; cluck oM, 12i 12k; springs. 14151 COSGROVE AND PATTISON LEAD Politico! Parties of Washington HolJ Primary Elections. UNEMPLOYED RIOT. Glasgow Socialists Incite Thousands of Men to Violence. Glasgow, Sept 11. Following a night of rioting and fighting between mob of 7,000 unemployed and mount ed and foot police, this city today pre sents the spectacle of a town in the throes of a siege. Hundreds of citizens are guarding their property with firearms, fearing a recurrence of the outbreak, and terror stricken women and children have been compelled to stay indoors all day. - Scores of houses are damaged, win dows are broken and the streets are deserted but for a strong police guard that is making the rounds in military fashion. The trouble started at midnight. mob of unemployed under the leader ship of Socialists who had inflamed them to action by violent speeches made another onslaught on the aristo cratic section of the city. They raided several Bhops at the foot of the hills overlooking the weilthy quarter of the city and started to pillage the houses of tho wealthy residents. The police, aided by the household ers, fought off the rioters until dawn, when they were dispersed. The num ber of injured is unknown. It is esti mated that there are between 25,000 and 30,000 unemployed in the city at the present time. SHEEPMEN SUE ROOSEVELT. Seek to Enjoin Him From Enlarging California Forest Reserve. Reno, Nev., Sept 11. For the first time in the history of this country, a United States president and other Fed eral officials are being sued to prevent the government from withdrawing tim ber lands for government reserves. In the Federal court at Carson City today the case of the Eureka Livestock com pany against President Roosevelt Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson, Chief Forester Pinchot and Forester Barnett is being argued, attacking the right of the defendants to withdraw for forest preservation purposes a large portion of the Monitor forest, in Lureka county. The plaintiffs say they were graxing about 10,000 sheep on the reserve be fore it was withdrawn, and now they are refused that right Gubernatorial Race Exceedingly Close Republicans Show Preference for W. L. Jones for United States Senator and Democrats Favor Georgs F. Cottrill. Seattle, Sept 10. Election returns, although late last night still incom plete, indicate that Samuel G. Cos- -grove, of Pomeroy, a second choice se ection, will receive the nomination for governor of the state of Washington. Cragrove's lead on second choice votes, 5fwi the split on first choice votes be tween Albert E. Mead and Henry Me lt ride, together with first choice votes divided between five other candidates in the fi'ld, have brought about a situ ation peculiar in Washington state politics. The Utest returns from all parts ox the statti indicate that when the count is completed Costrrove may have a nlu- rafity or ilrict- leading both Mcltridu and Mead. Up to nearly mid night the count showed McBride lead ing Congrove, but belated returns from remote country districts are adding to Cosgrove's total. Mead is third in the race. Washington's new direct primary law has eliminated Senator Ankeny from the race for senator. Wesley L. Jones, by a majority reaching well inte the thousands, has been given the nom ination and the number of Republicans who are pledged to vote always for the candidate of their choice receiving the highest popular vote, precludes tho possibility of the election of Ankeny by the next legislature. From the best analysis of the tabula tions at hand, the following Republi can ticket is nominated: Congressional Representatives, William E. Humphrey, F. W. Cush-. man, M. C. Poindexter. , State Governor, Samuel G. Cos grove; lieutenant governor, Charles E. Coon: secretary of state, Sam II. Nich ols; state auditor, C. W. Claussen; state treasurer, Edward K. Erwin ; at torney general, J. II. Easterday; com missioner of public lands, E. W. Ross: superintendent of public instruction, Henry B. Dewey ; insurance commis sioner, John If. Schively. Preference for United States sena tor, Wesley L. Jones. Democratic state and congressional nominations are as follows : Congressional Representative, Charles II. Miller. State Governor, John Pattison; lieutenant governor, A. C. Edwards; secretary of state, Otis Johnson; com missioner of public lands, Albert Schooley; superintendent of public in struction, Eldridge Wheeler; insurance commissioner, Edwin F. Masterson. Preference for United States senator, George F. Cottrill. Following are the nonpartisan nomi nees: . Judicisry Judges of Supreme court Herman D. Crow, Jlilo A. Root and Stephen J. Chadwick. Kaiser Receives Wood. St Johans on the Saar, Sept 11. Emperor William received Major Gen eral Leonard Wood, U. S. A., in the field this morning. The meeting took place on a lofty hill In front of the po sition occupied by the "red" army. The general was introduced by Captain von Livonius, the German military at tache at Washington, and his majesty held him in conversation for several minutes. The emperor was extremely gracious and expressed the hope that rirnpral Wood haI heen criven everv opportunity to witness the msneuvers. ,,r'g jowa brigade, consisting of the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Kaiser's Subjects Lovs Him Little San Francisco, Sept. 10. Judge Karl Von Lewinskl, president of the; Imperial court at Berlin, Is today wondering what surprise he will next receive at the hands of his country men. The German judge was a guest In tho rourt of Judge Van Fleet yester day, in which naturalization examina tion.1 were being heard. Several of his countrymen were questioned in the usual manner. The supreme test of citizenship qualifications was the re quirement that the applicant renounce his allegiance to the mother country and take up arms against that coun try, if necessary. Imperial Judge Von Lewinskl was painfully surprised at the avidity with which his countrymen agreed to make war on the kaiser if necessary. Crocker's Iowa Brigade. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sept 10. The fourteenth biennial reunion of Crock- Sixteenth regiments of Iowa infantry volunteers, began here today. The hotel Lacy was headquarters of the re- New Jap Man to England a 4 11 T.V. AVtra Kt A New York man has committed I pt'orof jhe Tokio znj, an inflo suicide Because xne anu-ociunK j.n.inu mwr. hit tefs trpoim drove away his business. I ami)1M,sador to England, to succeed a . v .,..,! . toe the Count Komnra, who was recently re nretident has been sent to sn Inm He claimed to have located the bad men in Boston, and wanted Ron-evelt to let him have 10, troops 'a capture them. Strong Flow of Gas. Ontario Whle sinking a deep well at th Valley View school house, four miles south of this city, a strong flow geese, old, 6c; young, 10c; turkeys', of natural gas was encountered, wnicn old. 17(ul"c; young. 20c forced the water to within 10 Inches or I Veal Lxtra, R8c per pound; th- too of the rround. It is probable ordinary, 7(a7c: heavy. 5c, that a company will be organize to l oric rancy, ic per pouna; orai Wrt.i.r-w .rt th '.and. nary, 6c; large, Sc " . I . ........ Build Library at Baker. I Hops 1907, prime and choice, r.aker City Contracts have been 4c per pound; o ls, wmie per pound; I D(lll, UJC i Pledges Help to Mulal. Paris, Sept 10. A dispatch receiv ed here today from El Kazar says that Dr. Vassel, the German consul at Tan- j union, and the business sessions were gier, who is on his wsy to Fez, con-; held in the courthouse. President II. voked a number of notables on his wsy H. Rood, of Mount Vernon, presided, and informed thtm that Mulai Hafid The reunion will continue over tomor could count upon the support of Ger- row. The biennial address Is to be many and that Germany would under- delivered by Colonel Charles A. Gark, take to assure the "integrity of the ' of Cedar Rapids. country and help Mulal Hafid out of I his difficulties. German Spy Confesses. Congress of Americanists. Vienna, Sept 10. The sixtenteenth international congress of Americans ... I from Knfflan.l 10 a"ume id ihmh piirnea lor me outming 01 mc wim-gpt . . . , . -. all of minister of foreign 'V."" r; Xl"" k ' illr .r .,rf ' , !..t.int Kto is aa innuemiai rmwn me lavinir oui 01 me nouumg. nnm .... I - . v.. tw.. mlni.tor " it -ill rmrifiii an rndi. I to shrinkage: Valley. 15''i15C. Mo ,ojo or japan. ..- . 1 . r:: r- - ,rr-Ur,irt. n,r nrttlnA lof foreiga affairs. iiure 01 atxmi --,wv 1 - r- r Orlesns, France, Sept 11. The opened today under the presidency of German who was arrested here a few Baron Weckbvcker at the University days ago on the charge of being a spy, of Vienna and will continue in session confessed today that h had been act- for the next four or five days. The ob Ing In this capacity for several years Ject of the congress Is to promote scl under the direction of German military rntlfic Inquiries into the history of authorities of Alsace-Lorraine. both Americas and their people.