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Newspaper Page TextPublished vcry WwineadAJ far W.B. BURNER Editor and Fnvrletor Subscription Rataa Pm S1.M Par tlx months . 1.00 P thrae moDttw M PRAY THE COURTEB -b dented to Uw beat loUMats of SPRAY and ! COUNTY. Tha Uborml ptran-aa-aof th citizen at tfaki ih tkan is mpoctfullr VOL. XI. S5PKAY, OKEGOiN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEE 16, 1012. NO. 50. COURIER, CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in BrieC General Resume of Important Event Presented In Condensed Form 1 for Our Busy Readers, Utah copper mines have resumed work under strong guards. Turkey delays peace negotiations with Italy by hesitaiton, and war may continue. . Witnesses testified that George W. Perkins conceived the idea of the Har- v ester trust.- The first anniversary of the Chinese ' revolution is celebrated in all large cities of China. All records for heavy westward travel are being broken on the trans continental roads. A Japansee steamship company gives each passenger on its ships a . ticket entitling him to a seat in a cer- tain lifeboat. Captain David E. Hanks, a first cousin of Abraham Lincoln and one of the oldest pilots on the Mississippi river, is dead, .': , Thirty-nine women applied for po sitions as matron of the city jail in Portland as soon as it became known that two places were vacant. , , , After a 30-hour battle Montenegrins captured a strong Turkish position, taking four big guns and many pris oners. Both sides lost heavily. More than 800 young women, boys and men were forced to jump from ' second story windows when fire broke ' out in a mattress factory in Chicago. Wireless operators in the Telegraph Hill station at Astoria listened to messages sent from Japan to Japanese ... Vessels at sea, the sending station be ing approximately 430U miles distant. George W. Beatty dropped 1500 zeec in a aiBBDiea aerop&iae at new York City, receiving no serious in jury, and was on bis feet calmy sur veying the wrecked machine when spectators reached him. The first farm survey ever attempt- "ed west of the Rocky mountains is in progress in the Waldo hills and Howell prairie section of the Willam ette valley, Oregon. ' - Turks continue active prepara tions for war with the Balkan states. - 'California women suffragists held the first political convention ever held exclusively by women. REDMEN TO CONVENE. PORTLAND MARKETS All North American Tribes to Organ' Ize for Mutual Help. Spokane Representatives of every Indian tribe in North America will be invited to participate in a big con' gress to be held in Spokane next su tumn, having for its purpose the ad vancement of the Indian's interests by thorough co-operation. Each tribe will be asked to send five accredited representatives, h? with the large attendance of Pacific North' west tribes assured are expected to make's total assemblage of at leaBt 6000 Indians. Robert H. Cosgrove, manager of the Spokane Interstate fair, and Lew S. Hurtig are making plans for the con gress, which will , be the first of its kind ever held in America. 'Noted Indians who have gained reputations in various fields of endeavor will be asked to take the lead in the work of the congress, particularly in outlining a program for the advancement of the race in agriculture, education and other ways. We will ask every tribe in Amer ica to send five delegates at our exj pense," said Mr. Hurtig, "and I con servatively estimate an attendance of at least 6000 at the congress. This will be but the beginning of what we hope to make a forward movement for the Indian to give him his proper place in business, science and states manship. From this first step we hope to see started a real march of progress for North American Indians. "The congress will not be without Its amusement features, as we intend to have the Indians participate in the dances for which they are famous, as well as give other features that would make the event pleasant for them and entertaining for visitors. "There is no doubt but that we will have the co-operation of Pacific Coast tribes in this undertaking. For a number of years we have had several hundred Indians encamped in Spokane during the fair, and they have come to a thorough appreciation of how they can help themaeves by being thor oughly organized. " , INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR IIOME STATE I LINN TIMBER ALL SAFE. WHALE ATTACKS VESSEL. Wheat Track prices: Club, 7 77c j bluestem, 80c; forty-fold, 76c; valley, 77c " Mlllstuffs Bran, 21 ton; Shorts, $23; middlings, $29. - Hay Timothy, choice, $1718; No. 1, $16; oat and vetch, $12; alfal fa, $12; clover, $10; straw, $67. " Oats White, $24. 5025 ton; gray, feed, $24; gray milling, $25.6026. Fresh fruits Apples, 60c$1.60 box; peaches, 505)60c; pears, 76e $1.60; grapes, 759Dc; cranberries, $9.60 barrel. Melons Cantaloupes, $1.752 crate; watermelons, $1 hundred; cas abas $1.251.S0 dozen. Onions Oregon, $1.10 sack. :. Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur- banks, 6075e hundred; sweet pota toes, l2c pound. Vegetables Artichokes, 7585c dot.; beans, 6c; cabbage, lljc pound; cauliflower, 50c$l doz. ; eel ery, 857Sc; corn, 76c$l sack ; cu cumbers, 60c box; eggplant, $1.25(3 1.60 box; head lettuce, 20(5.25c doz ; peppers, 68c pound; radishes, 15 20c doz. ; tomatoes, 6075cbox; gar lic, 66e pound; carrots, $1.26 sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1.10; par snips, $1.26, Eggs Oregon extras, 88c dot.; candled, 36c; case count, 36c Butter Oregon creamery, cubes, 36fC pound; prints, 36ic Pork Fancy, 11(5)11 Jc pound. , Veal Fancy. 13i(5jl4c pound. Poultry Hens, llI12c; broilers, llia)12c; ducks, young, 1212te; geese, 11c; turkeys, live, 1822c; dressed, 26c Hope 1912 crop, prime and choice, 1719e pound. 1 Cattle Choice steers, $6.75(5:6.90; good, $6.256.6S; medium, $S6.2S; choice cows, $6 56.25; medium, $6 S.26; choice calves, $7(5:8.60; good heavy calves, $6.257; bolls, $35; stags, $4.75(5:5.25. Hogs Light. $8.258.60; heavy, $7i:7.75. Sheep Yearlings, $4.26:4.76; wethers, $3.604.S0; ewes, $2.75(34; Iambs, $3.85. 1 Its Furious Rush Smashes Two Steel ; Ribs of Ship. Seattle How a gigantic whale broke two steel ribs of the steam whaler Tyee, Jr., and disabled a dyna mo and one engine when harpooned off Sitka Bay, Alaska, August 1, was told by the crew of the whaler, which ar rived from Barnof island. The battle with the whale began when Gunner Sigurd Blick, formerly a lieutenant in the Norwegian navy, and the ihampion whale gun marks man of the Pacific, harpooned the big fellow. The . whale dashed at the vessel with terrific speed. -: There was a crash as he struck amidships on the port side. Dishes in the galley fell to the floor with a clatter, and the vessel shivered from stem to stern. The force of the collison increased the whale's fury, . and after a hard struggle it escaped, . u -. ; As soon as the blow was struck Captain S. B. Shaw went below and examined the hull. He found that two steel ribs had been broken and the machinery put out of commission by the shock. . Members of the crew regretted the loss of the whale, which was nearly 90 feet long and worth $1200, more than the damage to tho vessel, r During the six months' cruise of the Tyee, Jr., 61 whales were bagged. Gould Dodges Duty. New York Frank J. Gould obtained release of all of the $400,000 worth of baggage which the customs authori ties seized when he and Mrs. Gould and her sister arrived from their home in Paris. ' Under protest, Mr. Gould paid SZS44 on the dutiable ar ticles, but the greater part of the val uable jewelry was shown to have been of American purchase or to have been assessed before by the customs , au thorities. ; . No Forest First Occurred In County This Summer, Albany For the first time In more than a quarter of a century Linn county has passed through a summer without a forest fire. Though this was partially due to heavy rains the system of protection established by the new fire patrol association is credited also for this record, , This association was formed last spring by the owners of timber land in Linn county and established a complete patrol system. ; John Msrrs, chief fire warden, had 21 patrolmen and lookouts and a ays tern of telephone line connecting all of the lookout stations with his head quarters at Lacomb. ' Besides main-' taining this system, 86 miles of new trails were built this year, and 60 miles of telephone lines were estab- lished through the timber. They also repaired 100 miles of old telephone lines. All of this work has been done in addition to that accomplished by the government forest service. This protection cost the timber own' ers 8 cents an acre. Heretofore each timber company or owner of large holdings has maintained his own rang ers and there was no definite system of co-operation. With all united the fire protection has been placed on an efficient system. VALE PROJECT ON SOON, Bully Has Creek Irrigation Work ; Sufficient Fundi. Vale Word has just been received here that available funds have been secured from Eastern concerns (ffi cient to construct the Bully Creek ir rigation project, which has been bang ing fire for several months. This news comes from D. M. Brogan, Who is now in the East and to whose un tiring efforts this project has been made possible. Mr. , Rigby, of this place, who is connected with Mr: "Bra gan in this enterprise, left for Boise to let the contract to - parties there. Work will begin as soon as possible. This bit of news, while the details are not yet fully known, has caused much interest here. The dam will be constructed in the canyon about two miles above the town of Westfall, and the reservoir, when completed, will furnish water for about 40,000 acres of now arid land, all of which is in the immediate vicinity of Vale, Twenty thousand acres have been signed up for water. This enterprise, in connection with the railroad work. will make Vale -one of the busiest centers in Eastern Oregon. , v ' LOGGING ROAD NEAR READY. Great Revolt Averted. New Orleans Lee Christmas, com mandant of Puerto Cortex, Hondruag, said that the intervention of the Unit ed States in the Nicaraguan revolution had averted what otherwise might have proved the bloodiest general re volt in the history of Central America. If the rebels bad won in Nicaragua, the revolution would have spread to Honduras, Guatemala and possibly Salvador," said Christmas. Cabin Holds Body Long Dead. Dawson, Y. T. Reports were re ceived here that the body of E. E. Collins, a trapper from Stratton, Col., has been found in a cabin near Mc Millan river. Apparently he died last February, after a lonely illness, prob ably appendicitis. The body was left in the cabin pending a police investi gation, which may not take place un til spring owing to the lateness of the season. , , Rail Line for Crossett Timber Com psny Presages Activity. Astoria C. L. Houston., who has the contract for building about five miles of railroad for the Big Creek Logging company, leading from tide water to Knappa to the Crossett Tim ber company's holdings, expects to have the road completed in about two weeks. The company has established Its camps and has force of men at work felling and cutting timber so that it will be ready to commence hauling logs 1n about another month, The Big Creek Logging, company is a subsidiary of the Crossett company, and : the latter owns approximately 2,500,000,000 feet of standing timber in that district, sufficient to keep its camp running for 60 years and still take out 60,000,000 feet of logs an nually. This timber tract is among the largest and most valuable individ ual holdings of the kind in the state. - Line Wants Orders Modified. Salem The Sumpter Valley Rail road company, which filed an injunc tion suit to restrain the railroad com mission from enforcing its recent or der reducing the psssenger and freight tariffs on its road, also filed with the state railroad commission a petition to have the commission's order modified. Where the commission ordered the use of the Spsulding scale in measuring lumber, the company asks for permis sion to use the Scribner scale, saying this latter is the one in. common use along its road. - It also asks to have the rate on logs fixed, by weight in stead of measurement. HOOD RIVER HAS REPUTATION Applet Bring Together People From ,-.' Many Lands. Hood River Seven men sat in the reading room of the Commercial club the other evening. One laid down bis paper, then another, until the seven ware engaged in conversation. Nat urally the talk turned to apples, and then to orchards. Four of the men were unacquainted with any of the others. Names followed, then ad dresses. The four men were Strang' ers and hailed from Groton, Mass. ; St. Catherine, Ontario; Mexico City, and Minneapolis, Minn. This caused comment that in a little town in Ore' gon all these men should meet with one common reason Hood River ap ples and bow they do it. it he succeeding conversation brought up tne question : ' From now many different localities will the visitors of a fconth come?" Reference was had to .the visitors' register, and the result shewed visitors registered at the club froim 48 different towns in 17 states, and two from outside the country dur ing the month of August. September showed 57 towns in 19 states and four foreign countries. ; These are only those that registered at the club. I FINE CORN GROWN HERE, . ....... Columbia Slough Farmer Hat Giant Stalk on Exhibit, f Portland John Zoller, retired, who owns a farm on the Columbia Slough road a few miles east of this city, brought into town a stalk of corn' 14 feet long, which he declared Was grown by John Aeby, tenant on Mr. Zoller's ranch. Planting took place July 15, after the harvesting of a j folider crop of wheat and vetch from the same land. Mr, Zoller also had ripe ear of corn as refutation of the oft-repeated assertion that corn will not ripen in this section of Oregon be cause of damp weather. 'This stalk I picked out of a field of more than 10 acres," said Mr. ?iJti.,," The -height throughout , is from 11 to 14 feet. Last week I saw an item in TheTOregonian about corn 10 or 11 feet high in some portion of WeBtern Washington, and I wanted to show that it is possible to beat that In Multnomah county. I shall take this stalk to the Chamber of Commerce secretary and give it to him to place on exhibition for the benefit of strangers."- , HOSTILITIES BEGIN. Montenegrin Forces Attack Turks : After Declaring War. , Constantinople Montenegrin forces early Wednesday morning attacked Berana, which at noon was surround ed. Skirmishes also are reported on tha Servian frontier and with Greek bands in the neighborhood of Diskata. An exchange of shots occurred near Djumabala, on the Bulgarian frontier. An official dispatch from the Mon tenegrin frontier says Montenegrins on Monday attacked the block house at Kalva, but were repulsed with heavy loss.: Fifteen Turks were wounded. The same day a large detachment of the Montenegrin army crossed the frontier and attacked Brana. It also is reported that the Turks surrounded and annihilated a body cf Montenegrin soldiers. , . .,., , x BUYS DAIRY FARM. X, Grange Defines Stand La Grande Indorsement of the so- called majority amendment to the con stitution, to be voted on at the No vember election, was given by Blue Mountain Grange No. 815, at its last meeting. The grange unanimously adopted the resolution, in which it held that the present excessive use of the initiative is its worst enemy and expressed the belief that a remedy lies in th.e proposed measure, making necessary a majority vote of all elec tors at any election to change the con stitution. . .:" Rich Tillamook County Land Brings Fancy Price. Tillamook The Elmore dairy ranch of 193 acres, considered one of the finest in Tillamook county, has been purchased from J. H. Hathaway by B, N. Sproat, of Washington county, the consideration being $50,000. . The purchase also includes 60 head of high-grade Holstein and Jersey cows, Mr. Hathaway took in exchange - the 33-acre Eldorado apple orchard of Mr. Sproat at Aloha, Washington county, valued at $20,000 paying the differ ence of $30,000 cash for the Tillamook county farm. The sale as negotiated by Paul A. McPberson, of Portland. Mr. McPbereon also sold the Glenn Johnson place of 160 acres, located near Hebo, in Tillamook county. The farm was bought by Mrs. Marshall for $9500. About 60 acres are in cul tivation, the remainder being pasture land. Rate Order Not Effective. Salem A temporary-restraining or der enjoining the State Railroad com mission from enforcing orders in re gard to rates and shipments on the Sumpter Valley railroad was granted by Judge Galloway in Circuit court here. The commission demurred to the application for an injunction on the ground that the order was already effective. . - China Pheasants Released. Pendleton Six dozen pairs of China pheasants, six pairs of silver and six pairs of golden pheasants have been released in a reserve for game con sisting of several thousand acres east of this city, and it is the intention of the state game commission to liberate many other varieties. Farmers in this section have signed up to keep all trespassers off the tract. Panama Resident Makes inquiry. Albany Declaring he wants "to get baek to God's country where the thermometer is not always 90 or above io the shade," O. C. Piekel, a civil and sanitary engineer in the Pan ama Canal zone, has written the Al bany commercial club for information regarding this section of the state. ; 113-Pound Squash on Display. Albany A squash weighing 112 pounds is on display in the office of the Linn Benton Real Estate com pany in this city. It was raised by Fred Arnold, a farmer, residing south west of this city, i Patris A general conflict in the Balkans is expected by officials here, Montenegro has declared war, and this is regarded merely as the begin ning. It is believed that the other units in the Balkan coalition will fol low suit as soon as the mobilization of armies is complete There is only a faint hope that the representations of the powers will avert general hostili ties. :'- Montenegro's move is considered in Paris to be part of a prearranged plan. It is asserted that Greece was first elected by the Balkan Federation to force the issue and Inaugurate the war. This easily could have been done by Greece's seating in the Greek parliament the deputies from Crete, which was certain to prove a casus belli to Turkey. Greece, however, declined to accept responsibility for starting the flame. Montenegro then was picked. She bad a long-standing quarrel with Tar key over the boundary question, and Turkey's refusal to grant satisfaction was seized upon as justification for Montenegro's resort to arms. It is not doubted that though cool er heads in Bulgaria , have been against the war from the start, pop ular excitement is at such a high pitch that that country will be driven to war to satisfy public opinion. PUNISHMENT TO FIT CRIME. AMERICANS WIN IN NICARAGUA "Impregnable" Position of Reb els Taken By U. S. Four Marines Killed and Several Wounded. Rebel General Zel tdon Killed By Federals. Los Angeles Auto Maniac Prohibited From Using Car, Los Angel er. Novel punishment,' In addition to a tine of $100, was inflict, ed by Police Judge Frederickson, upon Benjamin W. Kittredge, a young multi-millionaire, who wrecked his own machine and collided with other on a wild automobile ride. He drove 80 miles an hour in the city. For the next six months Kittredge may not drive an automobile or ride in any machine where be has author ity of direction over the chauffeur, under penalty of 80 days' imprison' ment, . . .,'':,. . .. Kittredge has been arrested three times for wild auto escapades. Once he drove his machine to the middle of a railroad bridge and blocked traffic half a night: He was celebrating the advent of a son in his home. Kittredge told Judge Frederickson that he was guilty, but somewhat un der the influence of liquor. He de clared he had since signed the pledge. Turkish Quarter Attacked. Vienna A massacre of Turks has occurred at Turtukai, in Bulgaria, near the Roumanian frontier, accord ing to a dispatch from Oltenitza, to the Neus Weiner Tagelatt. . v It is alleged that armed Bulgarians attacked the Turkish quarters of the town at night, pillaged the houses and massacred the inhabitants, not spar ing women and children. Only a few Turks escaped across the Roumanian border. Grazing Land Is Offered. Provo, Utah The sale of 280.000 acres of grazing land in the old Uin tah Indian reservation was opened here Wednesday by J. W. Witton, of the department of the interior, and Don B. Colton, of the United States land office at Veraa, Utah. No bid of less than 50 cents an acre will be ac cepted, and not more than 640 acres will be sold to any one purchaser. There were only a few prospective buyers on band at the opening sale. Greeks Await War Call. Butte, Mont. Theodore Stakios. Greek consul for Montana, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, announced that 7000 Greeks from those states were prepared to answer the call . to arms from their native country and fthat a special train carrying the first detach ment would start from here within a few hours after the call is received from the Greek legation in Washing ton. 43 Killed In Explosion. Tampico, Mex. Forty-three bodies of the victims of the powder explosion of Tuesday night have been recovered and buried. Estimates now place the dead at 100, while the injured will total another 100. Moat of those: killed were laborers. 1 Washington, D. C In a gallant assault, American marines and blue jackets drove the Nicaraguan revolu tionary leader, General Zeledon, and his forces from Coyotepe and Barran cans hills, near Masaya, after 87 min utes of fighting, but in the action four privates of the United States Marine Corps were .killed and several were wounded. . ; -,; ,! Coyotepe Hill Is noted 1 Central American warfare as impregnable. It was never captured by assault until the Americans took it. The victory of the Americans opened the way for the Nicaraguan government troops to assault the town of Masaya, which tbey took from the revolutionists, and its starving inhab itants were relieved. :, : ,i ; v ' The revolutionist losses were heavv. while the government force lost 100 killed and 200 wounded. General Zeledon, the rebel, escaped. but later was cornered and killed by a troop of Federal cavalry; , , Une thousand American marines and bluejackets, under Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Long, are moving on the city of Leon, the remaining rebel Btronghold. The American marines killed were: Private Ralph Victor Bobbett, Neva-' da, Mo. ; Private Charles Hays Dur- ' ham, Junction City, Ky. ; Private Clarence Henry McGill, Portland, Me. ; Private Harry Pollard, Medway, ' K&xaxtA Soutberland in reporting the battle to the Navy department, said : "The department and the country have every reason to be proud of the ' officers, marines and bluejackets who were engaged in this action." Admiral Soutberland's dispatches made it plain that the defeat of the rebels was complete. Zeledon, a Nic araguan and formerly supporter of Zelaya, fled toward the Costa Rican boundary for escape. A band of Fed eral cavalrymen discovered him some distance from Masaya and gave fight. When they defeated him and his fol lowers he was found fatally wounded and died later. The shedding of American blood in Central America is expected to bring to a climax in congress the dispute over the right of this government to Intervene in Nicaragua. SLOOP CAPSIZED; FIVE PERISH Heavy Sea at Newport Harbor Over- .. turns Fithing Craft. , Newport, Or. Crossing over South Spit bar with a heavy sea rolling and a crew unfamiliar with the harbor en trance, the fishing sloop Pilgrim cap sized and the crew of five .nen were lost. v The life-saving crew hastened to give assistance, with the launch Ollie but the little vessel turned turtle too quickly and dumped its 'human freight into the sea before any possi ble aid could have been given. Entry Refused to Prince. . New York Powerful influences, it is said, worked all day Monday for the release of Prince Ludovic Pignatelli Aragon, son of the Spanish preten der, who chafed and fretted at bis confinement at Ellis Island. , The ca bles were plied with messages to es tablish or discredit the contention that he as expelled from France for run ning a gambling house and is there fore ineligible to enter the United States; also that he tried to kill him self and was likely to become a public charge. A special board of inquiry will investigate his case. Alaska Gold Pourt In. Seattle The steamship Senator ar rived from St Michael with $2,250.- 000 of gold and 835 passengers, this being the largest passenger list of the year from the North. Of the gold $500,000 came from the Iditarod and Ruby, the remainder from Nome and Fairbanks. - Nearly all the returning miners had gold, many of them from $10,000 to $15,000. Four steamships are yet to leave Nome before the ice closes Bering sea. Italy to Pay Indemnity, Lausanne, Switzerland The Turco Italian peace treaty awaiting ratifica tion provides for Turkish recognition of Italian sovereignity in Tripoli, ac cording to the Lausanne Gazette. The Italian government, it is said, is to pay an indemnity to Turkey and it also to recognize the religious author ity of the Khalif over the Mussulmans of Tripoli.