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The Ainrora Boreall VOL. I. A 17 HO HA, OREGON, THURSDAY, XOVKM WUll 5, 11)08. NO. 28. T BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK Condensed Dispatches from All Parts of the Two Hemispheres. Interesting Events from Outside the State Presented in a Manner to Catch tha Eye of the Busy Reader Matter of National, Historic! and Commercial Importance. A Virginia football player died from a broken skull received in a game. An Italian army officer has an air ship and has made several successful flights. Chancellor von Buelow has offered his resignation, but the kaiser has re fused to accept it. A French aeronaut has made a dis tance of nearlyjnine miles across coun try in a monoplane. Wilbur Wright has again amazed French army officers with his aeroplane and its wonderful feats. Rumor says Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is engaged to a daughter of Congress man Munn, but he emphatically denies it. Henry Farman has won the French prize for the first aeroplane going to a certain distance above ground. The prize was $500. At a Chicago party a burglar enter ed dressed as one of the guests and got away with jewels worth $1,600. The police have no clue to work on. Irving B. Dudley, ambassador to Brazil, came all the way home to cast his presidential vote. His residence is at San Diego, over 8,000 miles from his post. Hamilton Fish, assistant treasurer of the United States, in charge of the New York subtreasury, has resigned and all the money will have . to be counted to check his accounts. This will take a month. Some of the most influential Dutch papers urge war with Venezuela. The czar has lectured Prince George, of Servia, for making warlike lectures. General Corbin says fool women like Mrs. Hains cause much trouble in the army. The body of a young German, half devoured by coyotes, has been found near Los Angeles. Two colliers have left New York for San Francisco and a 13,000-mile race is on between them. The Chinese war junk Whang Ho left San Frnacisco March 8 for New York and has not been heard from sinee. Officials of two large Boston struc tural steel companies have paid fines of $1,000 each for collusion in con tracts. Governor Fattison, of Tennessee, says it is now known who murdered Colonel Rankin and punishment will follow. Most of the Japanese emigration companies have suspended, it is said because of the restriction on Japanese going to America. A sailing vessel has just arrived at Victoria. B. C. which came from the Atlantic by way of Cape of Good Hope because the weather was too rough to make it around Cape Horn. The second squadron of the battle ship fleet has arrived at Amoy, China. One of New York's four hundred rives as a lady's limit one pint of champagne at diniu r. Los Angeles high school boys have been suspended for branding with acid initiates into a school society. Rockefeller declares he will continue the development of his life's plans and abhors the idea of a vacation. President Eliot, of Harvard univers itv. declares himself to be a moderate drinker ar.d opposes prohibition. John Bums, an English labor leader. has angered the Britiish labor party by comparison of British and American workmen. Dan Crawford, 10 years ago one of the wealthiest men in Reno, has been convicted of beine a common drunk and vagrant. A fire panic caused several girl em ployes of offices in a 11-story Cincin nati building to leap to the ground. Ten were injured. The North Dakota Supreme court has decided unconstitutional the pledge feature of the primary law of that state by which members of the legisla ture atre bound to vote for the senator ial candidate receiving the highest vote by the people. Holland expects to blockade Vene zuelan ports. One county in South Carolina and three in Ohio have voted for prohibition. S TATE SHOWN BY SYMBOLS. Beautiful and Artistic Decoration for Wisconsin Capitol. New York, Nov. 2. The nearly completed decoration for the assembly room of the Wisconsin state caoitol. a ' painted by Edwin A. Blashfield, has been placed on exhibition in New York and is attracting much attention. It will remain on exhibition for only few days,. The decoration symbol- zes the past, present and future of the state, and contains three groups of fig ures, set in a handsome grove of pine trees. The figure, typifying Wiscon sin, is seated on a rock in the center of the composition, surrounded by other figures, which represent Lajte Superior, Lake Michigan, the Mississippi river, number of the early explorers of the Northwest and one of the Jesuit Fath ers w ho first worked among the Indians. The figure of Wisconsin is in almost full light; the others are in partial or complete shadow. In the right hand corner is a "color guard" of one of the Wisconsin regiments in the Civil war, and a couple of Indians covering their eyes from the light of advancing civil ization. This group symbolizes the past of Wisconsin, from the earliest times until the middle years of the last century. Directly in front of the cen tral figures stands "The Present," pointing toward the dim white build- ngs of the capitol, seen in the dis tance, and a group of lumbermen, min ers and farmers, on whom the prosper ity of the state now depends. At the extreme left stands the figure of "The Future," guarding her lamp and Dy her side a figure typical of the "Conserva- tion of Force," whose gesture indicates her wish to preserve the great trees of the forest. TROOPS FIRE ON REBELS. Turkish Rebels Quickly Subdued by Single Volley. Constantinople, Nov. 2. A 'threat ened outbreak on the part of a com pany of Turkish troops attached to the garrison at the iildiz Kiosk was promptly put down this morning with a single volley from a loyal battalion Inree oi tne mutineers were killed or wounded. The murderous spirit manifested it self when the company was assembled, which threatened for a few moments to result in serious trouble. Hurry orders were issued and a battalion from regiment recently brought in from Salon ica was marched to the scene and one volley sufficed to cow the mutin eers. The rebelHous troops were un der orders to leave lor the provinces, but they refused to depart, withdrew to a field near the barracks and defied their officers. The battalion from Salonica which was drafted into the capital especially because the men, who are stanch supporters of the con stitution, was ordered to attack the rebels. They fired one volley, with the result above set forth, after which the mutineers surrendered and were made prisoners. Later they were drawn up on the public square, tied together and exhibited to the assembled troops and as rebels who had broken their military oath. This prompt suppression is ex pected to have a salutary effect on the remainder of the Yildiz Kiosk garrl son, which is suspected of being antag onistic to the constitution. SHIPS FINNS TO NEVADA. Labor Agent Takes Miners to Relieve Shortage at Ely. Ogden, Utah, Nov. 2. Two carloads of Finns, miners from the Lake Supe rior district, in charge of a boss on their way to bly, fev., are looked up on as the advance guard of a great army of iron miners to be placed at work in the mines of the Nevada Cop per company. They are under contract to work for $2.50 and board, a scale much below the prevailing wages in E!v. yet Geortre C. Butler, who is di recting the party, anticipates no dem onstration on the part or the union miners when the Finns reach their des tination. Mr. Butler explains they are not strikebreakers, but are imported to meet a labor shortage. Will Stay at Olongapo. Manila, Nov. 2. The first squadron of the Atlantic battleship fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Spen, will remain at Olongapo, where its arrival will be celebrated today. It is expect ed that the celebration will be speedily finished and that the squadron will be crin target practice. The Vermont will come to Manila tomorrow and the othe vessels are expected to follow at irreg ultr intervals during the week. New cases of cholera average three daily They are chiefly in the outlying dis tricts of the city. Ruel Jury Slill Incomplete. San Francisco, Nov. 2. Anothe week has gone with the Rutf jury still ' incomplete. The latest venire drawn, composed of 40 men, was exhausted Saturday mornirg without a single juror being added to the 10 now in the box. An adjournment until Monday was then taken. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM YARIOUS WATER IN RESERVOIR. Headgates of Government Dam on Hermiston Ditch Opened. Fendleton Settlers in the Hermis ton valley are rejoicing over the fact that water has been turned into the big government ditch which will feed the Cold Springs reservoir, the water to be stored for use during the summer of 1909. The water is now running through the concrete section of the feed canal, recently rebuilt. The temporary dams, which have held back the seepage from the new concrete lining, have been re moved, and within a few days the water will be pouring over the big inlet drop inte the reservoir. The water was turned in with a small head, and it will be some time before the ditch will be carrying its full capacity. The fact that the government is able thus early to begin storing water in the big reservoir insures a full supply of water to the Umatilla project. The engineers estimate that it will take 100 days' flow to fill the big reservoir, with the ditch carrying its full capaci ty. It is believed that by early Febru ary the storage will have been complet ed. This done, the government will turn the waters from the river into the distribution system direct, through its by-pass drop, and as soon as the settlers are ready for water it may be delivered to them direct from the river up until along early in June, when the river usually goes so low that further supply from that source is impossible. WILL PLANT MUCH WHFAT. Klamath Farmers Rejoice Because tf Recent Heavy Rains. Klamath Falls Splendid rains fell the past week on the valley lands of the Klamath basin, extending to the Big Butte valley in California, also, being the first moisture of any conse quence to fall over the region of Kla math county, Oregon, and Northern Siskiyou and Modoc counties, Califor nia, since June. Great benefit will be derived from the rain by fall sown grain, and it has also put the ground in excellent condition for plowing, and with continued favorable weather there will be a vast amount of land prepara tion done this year for spring crops. There w ill be a great increase in the acreage sown to grain and other crops next year, owing to the extension of laterals and enlargement of the irriga tion system accomplished by the work of the season of 1908, for which clear ing has been in progress throughout the year and is still under way. There are thousands oi acres in sagebrush now that v. ill be plowed and seeded the cominng spring. All of this work will be greatly facilitated by the thorough wetting the ground has had, and which was much needed. Cholera in Lane County. Junction City Hog cholera has made its appearance in this section. The first instance was noted among the hogs belonging to J. E. S. Neilsen. He lost nine head. A few days later theh'rdof F. W. Thorn, who lives two miles from Mr. Nielsen, contract ed the dis ase and 20 head were lost. At present the plague is ravaging the large band of fat hogs belonging to Hon. C. W. Washburn. To date he has lost 24 head and more are dying every day. For A. Y. P. Exhibit. Eugene D. H. Weyant, who got up the state's mineral exhibit at the Lew is and Clark exposition in 1905, was in Eugene last week arranging to secure from this county materials for an ex hibit of the state's timber at the Seat tle exposition next year. As Lane county is reputed to be the banner timber county in the state, Mr. Wey ant expects to get more and better ma terial from here than from any other county. Lumbermen Complain of Rates. Salem On cars that will hold less than 22.000 pounds of shingles when loaded to their capacity, Allen & Bou ty, lumbermen of Portland, assert that they are required by the Southern Pa cicfl to pay a rate based on a minimum of 24,000 pounds. They regard the re quirement unreasonable and have asked the assistance of the railroad commis sion in remedying the matter. Improvement at Haines. Salem The railroad commission has teen informed that the Oregon Rail road St Navigation company will in crease facilities for handling livestock at Haines. It is believed that aftr the contemplated improvements are corrpleted there will be no further complaints from shippers in that vicin ity. New School for Milton. Milton The Milton public school i. not large enough to accommodate all of its pupils, so a new building is be ing erected nar the Central building for the use of ib- ninth grade and the overflow from the fifth and aixth grades. PARTS OF OREGON IRRIGATION PROJECT. Work to Commence at Once on Big: Klamath Undertaking. Klamath Falls M. D. Williams, county surveyor of Klamath county, has gone to Lakeview to take charge of the engineering work of the Valley Land company for its hugh irrigation and colonization project in Lake, Kla math and Harney counties. The alley Land company is the successor of Viiv. Oregon and California Land company. It has also acquired the Drews valley reservoir site, owned by the Hewitt Land company. The company controls over 300,000 acres that it proposes to irrigate, and to colonize under the contract and auc tion bid system, recently tried with great success in the San Luis valley in California. R. J. Martin, president of the company, states that about 5,- 000 contracts have already been sold. and that the opening will be held in September of 1909. Work will be begun immediately, as the undertaking is a large one, calling for several large dams for the storage of water and many miles of canal. The first land put under irrigation will be 60,000, acres on the west side of Goose lake. It is expected these lands will have water by 1910. Lake and Harney counties have thousands of acres of land wanting only water to make them productive. and that region promises great devel opments in the next few years, both in colonization and in railroad building. Visit Orchards in Valley. Portland When the Pacific North west fruitgrowers come to Portland to attend the annual convention of the Oregon Stata Horticultural society, Deceuiber 1 to 4, they will be given an opportunity to visit the fruit growing sections of the Willamette valley. Excursions will be arranged for them, according to Mr. Williamson, of the board of horticulture, and they will be taken as far down the valley as u nec essary 10 snow tnem wnat uregon can do in the way of prunes, grapes and spp'.c.. For the convention no definite program has been arranged. Professor E. R. Lake, the state secretary, has in view an address by a prominent horti culturists from Australia. Ship Fruit at Freewater Freewater The Fruit Growers' union shipped three carloads of apples from the Btate line a few days ago to Chicago. The Sheilds Fruit company shipped a carload to Crawford, Neb., and the Peacock Mill company shipped three carloads of flour and feed to Chi cago. All went over the Traction and Northern Pacific route. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, 94c; club, 89c; fife, 8Jc; red Russian, 86c; 40-fold, 90c; valley, 90c. Barley Feed, $260 2G.50 ; rolled, $27,50028.50; brewing, $26.50 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $310 31.50 per ton; gray, $30630.50. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $14 per ton; Willamette valley, ordi nary, $11; Eastern Oregon. $16,500, 17.50; mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfal fa, $14; alfalfa meal, $19. Fruit Apples, 60c Oi $2 per box; peaches, 70 85c per box ; pears, 75c0 $1.25 per box; grapes, 75c0$1.25 per crate; local Concords, 350 40c per half basket; huckleberries, 9 0,l0c per pound; quinces, $101.25 per box; cranberries, $10.50 per barrel; nutmeg melons, $1.25 per box; casabas, 2jc P'-r pound. Potatoes 80c 0i $1 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 20 2c per pound. Onions Oregon, $1.25 per 100 pounds. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, 85c; parsnips. $1.25; betta, $1.25; artichokes, 75c per dozen; beans, 10c per pund; caSbsge. l4'c per pound; ca'jliflover, 75co$l per dozen; celery, 400 75c per dozen; cu cumbers, $2 per box ; egg plant, $2 per crate; lettuce, 75c0$l per box; par sley, i;c jer dozen; peas, luc per pound; peppers, $1,7502 per box; pumpkins, lol'tcper pound; radish es, 12 'c per-dozen ; spinach, 2c per pound; sprouts, 10c per pound ; squash, 1 ,'c per pound; tomatoes, 4050cper box. Butter City creamery, extras, 340 35c; fancy outside creamery, 326$ 35c; store, 170 20c per pound. Eggs Oregon selects, 380 40c per dozen; Eastern, 27o32!c. Poultry Hens, 12 Ot 13 ,'c per pound; spring, 12Jor is'c; ducks, oil, 12o12.',c; young, 140 15c; geese, old, 8r 9c; young, 9o10c; turkeys, 161 c. Veal Extrr, 8, '6 9c per pound; or dinary, 7o7,'tc; heavy, 5c. Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; large, 5,V'jf,e. Hops Oregon, 1908, 7 Oi 8c per pound; 1907, Zoi 4c; 1906, 10lc. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 100 14c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 150 16c; mohair, choice, 18c per pound. APPEALS TO DOUMA. Servia Wants Russia to Aid Her in Balkan Conference. Belgrade, Oct. 30. Despairing at the prospect of being altogether ignor ed in the coming Balkan conference, the Servian parliament today tele graphed to the Russian douma asking that Russia ally herself with Servia and Montenegro. The telegram begged tussia to consider the alliance and said: "Do not abandon us to our afflic tion." The message declared that Servia and Montenegro would never submit to Austria's absorption of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The diplomatic corps here is await ing indications from St. Petersburg as to what action, if any, will be taken on the telegram by the Russian gov ernment. The new attitude of Servia and Mon tenegro places Russia in the peculiar position of having an opportunity to strengthen her hold in the Balkan pen insula, but she had already arranged the details of the proposed Balkan con ference through roretgn Minister Is- wolsky If Russia decides to heed the plea of Servia and Montenegro, a new situa tion will arise for the conference of powers to dispose of. HUGE IRRIGATION PROJECT. Great Dam, Third Highest In World, Scheduled for Nevada. Reno, Nev., Oct. 30. A reclama tion project, second only to the great Carson-Truckee project in magnitude and of far-reaching influence in the de velopment of this state, s about to be started in Lincoln county, the company to be known as the Nevada-Utah Irri gating & Development company. The undertaking includes the con struction of the third highest dam in the world, at an expenditure, including ditches and laterals, of $750,000. The promoters are Salt Lake City capital ists associated with the Salt Lake, Los Angeles & San Pedro railroad, known as the Clarke route, lhe total num ber of acres to be reclaimed is 23,333. This territory, lying within eight miles of Moahu, which is half way be tween Ca'iente and Las Vegas, 50 miles from each place, is government land, and will be withdrawn under the Carey act. The dam will be constructed at the head of Arrowhead Canyon and will have a width of 670 feet and a height GOVERNOR SERIOUSLY ILL. Massachusetts Alarmed Over Condi tion of Chief Executive. Boston, Oct. 30. Governor Guild was seized with a severe attack of gas tritits today. As this is the third dangerous illness experienced by the governor within a year, there is con siderable anxiety over his condition. Governor Guild had an attack of in flammatory rheumatism and a severe heart trouble on March 4. For nearly a week his condition was critical. He rallied, however, and after nearly three months' convalescence was able to take up his work at the state house. He had been at his desk scarcely a month before he was stricken down with appendicitis on August 24, and was obliged to undergo an operation. He was able to take up his duties sev eral weeks ago and has spoken once or twice during the present campaign. Reach Pole by Drifting. Coenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 30. The famous Norwegian Arctic explor er, Roald Amundsen, leader of the Gjoa expedition, which discovered the Northwest passage, has planned a new exploit for the Polar regions next year. He will try to reach the north pole by adopting Fridtjof Nansen's plan of drifting northward on the Arctic cur rent. He will, however, choose a more Easterly starting point than Nan sen did, probably because he fears a too close proximity to Bering strait. It is not improbable that Nansen's old ship, the Frain, will be used on this expedition. Capture Seal Poachers. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 30. The seiz ure of more raiding Japanese sealing schooners at the Russian sealing grounds in the North Pacific is reported by the steamer Monteage, which arriv- ed this mroning. The schooner Bono Maru was intercepted off the rookery at the Russian Seal islands on Septem- ber 6, on her way home from the Behr - suae erw mm ww w I ill six men. armed with rifles, were on the beach. The men were engaged in clubbing seals on the hauling grounds when the Russian patrol ship arrived. Bulgaria to Make Amends. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 30. The Four teenth National Bulgarian assembly , was convened for its autumn session Venezuela Remembers Bolivar, this afU-rnoon. The speech from the ; Caracas, Oct. 29. The birthdav throne was read by Emperor Ferdi- niversary of Sin.n Bolivar, who libe nand, and was eminently pacific in rated Ven-r.uela from Spanish rule, wn character. He defended the recent observed throughout the republic yea course of his government. terday. ASKS FOR PEACE: READY FOR WAR Castro Replies to Holland With Re quest for Negotiations. Says Dutch Government Should Send Confidential Agent to Venezuela Interprets Sending of Warships as Threat and Takes Ammunition to La Guayra Forts. Caracas, Oct. 29. President Castro received on October 12 the second note from The Netherlands government, which fixes November 1 as the date for revocation of the transshipment decree of May 14, but it was not until the. following day, October 13, that Venezuela's anxiously awaited reply was delivered into the hands of Baron von Zickendorff, the German minister, who is in charge of Dutch interests. Dr. Paul, minister of foreign affairs, closed his answer to Holland by saying that, as an interruption of diplomatic exchanges exists between The Nether lands government and Venezuela, and as the Venezuelan government desires to arrive at sn amicable agreement, he asked the government of Holland to send to Caracas a confidential agent with powers and instructions to settle all pending different a. Holland makes no further threat in her note, but the fact that two Dutch warships left Holland at the same time as the note, and are now lying in the harbor of Curacoa, has been interpret ed here to be a direct though mute threat that force would be used on No vember 1 to compel revocation of the decree of May 14. President Castro has answered this threat by making all necessary naval and military preparations to Tr.t-vl any reasonable emergency, and chells for the large coast defense guns on the La Guayra mountains were carried up to the mountains last week. BEWARE OF JAP. Hobson Says United States Doomed Soon as Fleet Leaves Pacific. Kan Francisco, Oct, 29. A few thousand Democrats in San Francisco were told last night by Captain Rich mond Pearson Hobson that Japan is eagerly seeking war with the United States at an early date. Hobson was Bailing along smoothly diiscussing the campaign issues with fervid speech, when a voice in the au dience asked him to enlighten his hear ers on naval rffaira. The congressman, who is a member of the house committee on naval af fairs, readily complied. He asserted that Japan had borrowed more than a billion dollars to be used in a war with the United States. The overtures of peace on the part of Japan, said the speaker, were to delude thU nation into returning the battleships to the Atlantic bo that Japan could seize strategic points in the Pacific and on the western coast of America, and by commanding the mountain passes could prevent relief from the East. He told his hearers that there are now in the United States 65,000 Japanese soldiers. SELL GRAZING LANDS. March of Civilization Causes Sheep men to Dispose of Holdings. Lewiston, Mont., Oct. 29. The sale of nearly 30,000 head of sheep here this week by Waite, Elliott & Peck to Fergus and Yellowstone parties marka the retirement of another big Montana woolgrowing firm which has for many vears figured conspicuously in the busi ness. With the influx of farmers from the Middle West these great tracts of land are becoming too valuable for agricul tural purposes to justify holding them for sheep ranges. Land that will grow an average of over 35 bushels of high grade winter wheat, without irriga tion, now commands about $15 per acre, so it will be seen that these immense tracts represent a large sum of money. Sultry Politics In Cuba. Havana, Oct. 29. The fight between v. l :i . -.1 i r for ,Upremacy throughout the island . becomes more bitter daily. The ill feeling has resulted in charges, which , the authorities are Investigating tLv. that the Liberals have stolen private property along the route of their cam paign excursions. The Conservatives claim to give a number of instances In which they say the Liberals "appro priated landa." In the Eastern por tion of the island serious clashes are expected.