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MHIII4II TUB COURIER ! dtvoUd to th bwt InUraU of SPRAY Mid WHEELER COUNTY. Thflltwr.lp.tron. Mr of th oltlama of thl ho tlon U rapMlfully aolloiuri. PublUhad avary Thunder by RUSSELL D. PRICE. Subscription Ratal Par Yaw L00 Six Month. M Thrao Month M VOL. XIII. Sl'BAY, WIIEELER COUNTY, OBEOON, TIIUKSDAY, MAY 20, 1915. NO. 14. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Live Newt Items From All Nations Pacific Northwest and Our Own Commonwealth Condensed for Our Many Busy Readers. The National Congress of Mothers is In session at Portland. Wcnatchco, Wash., apples are sol ling In Germany for $8 a box. Because of anti-German riots In England, German subjects ask Ameri can aid. The Italian cabinet has resigned as a result of disagreement over the Eu ropean war question. Lightning strikes tree near Lebanon, Ore., and kills 20 goats that were seeking shelter there. Baptists in session at Houston, Tex., unanimously decide to support 1'resi dent Wilson in the war crisis. Austro-Germans capture 143, COO Rub sians, 69 cannon, 265 machine guns in the recent battles in Galicia. Portland, Ore., is sprinkling coal oil on all nearby lakes, pools and ponds, in order to destroy the mosquito pest. The national committee of the So cialist party adopted a peace program, but met with considerable opposition In doing so. The' Turks sink English battleship Goliath in the Dardanelles, with a loss of 600 men. . The Sultan loses three ships of minor importance. Unllul " 'fltates government sends note of protest to Germany concerning the sinking of the Lusitania and other vessels conveying Americans. The cold from which King Constan tino has been suffering for the past week has turned into pleurisy, says Reuter's Athens correspondent. A high German government official declares that the steamship Mauretania will meet the same fate as the Lusi tania if their submarines can reach her. At the annual school exhibit at Baker, Ore., 25 girls in the domestic science department made more than 1000 doughnuts and distributed them to the visitors. Treasury experts of the United States declare that in the event of war with Germany financial aid to the ex tent of a billion dollars could be made without embarrassment or distress to business interests. William D. Haywood, secretary treasurer of the I. W. W., declares before the Federal Industrial Relations committee that "implacable warfare" against capital must be waged until it ends in confiscation of the means of production. John D. Rockefeller wins an Import ant decision in his fight to prevent the collection of taxes on $311,000,000 worth of property in Cuyahoga county, New York. The taxes, with penal ties for non-payment when due, now amount to about $1,500,000. James Morrison Darnell, a Kenosha, Wis., minister, was found guilty of violating the Mann white slave act. Darnell was charged with transporting Ruth Zoper from Owatonna, Minn., to Kenosha. The judge in charging the jury said the case hinged on whether Darnell and Ruth Zoper were married. Seward, Alaska, is visited by a $100,000 fire. Neutrals in Italy are hopeful that their country will keep out of the war. Anti-German riots are occurring in London and have gotten beyond control of the peace officers. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, and the "wizard of electricity,-" is to pay Portland a visit in July. It is reported that Clarence FiBher, an American ranch foreman in Mex ico, was brutally murdered by Mexican bandits. President Wilson's draft of note to Germany on the sinking of the Lusi tania is unanimously approved by the cabinet. A deputation of prominent German residents and business men called on the Lord Mayor of Bradford, England, and handed him a written protest against the "inhuman methods em ployed by the German government in waging war against non-combatants, including women and children, which have culminated in the sinking of the Lusitania." PEACE IS TONE Of PRESIDENT WILSON'S PHILADELPHIA TALK Philadelphia President Wilson gave to gathering of 4000 naturalized Americans Tuesday night the first in timation of what course the United States government will pursue In the situation resulting from the loss of more than a hundred American lives on the British liner Lusitsnia. He spoke by implication, but his hearers interpreted his remarks as meaning that while the United States will remain at peace it would seelTto convince Germany of the injustice to mankind of the tragedy of last Friday, "America," said the President, "must have the consciousness that on all sides it touches elbows and touches heart with all nations of mankind, The example of America must be a special example and must be an ex ample not merely of peace because it will not fight, but because peace is healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife is not. "There is such a thing as a man be ing too proud to fight, There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that It is right." These remarks precipitated a tumult of applause and patriotic enthusiam emphasized by waving of small Amer ican flags. The President made no di rect reference to the Lusitania trag edy, but the audience did not hesitate to read the application of his state ment. The sentiment expressed by the President's speech was epitomized later by one of his closest advisers as "humanity first." While it had not yet been determined, he said, exactly what Bteps would be taken by the Um ted States in the, present crisis, the idea uppermost in the President s mind was to show that whatever course is adopted, no matter how vig orous, it will have as its objective the good of humanity. .. . ...... Introduced by Mayor Blankenburg, who spoke in distinctly German ac cent, a welcome and an appeal for a simple allegiance to the United States, the president carried forward the idea of the welding of foreign blood in the makeup of Americans by pointing out the true goal of right American citi zenship to be loyalty not to the coun try of one's birth, but to the land of one's adoption. "While you bring," he said, "all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulder and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave in them.- I would not certainly be one who would suggest that a man cease to love the place of his origin. It is one thing to love and another thing to dedicate yourself to the place where you go. You can t be an American if you think of yourself in groups. America does not consist of groups. A man who considers himself as belonging to a national group is not yet an American. "My advice to you is to think first not only of America, but to think first of humanity, and you do not love humanity if you seek to di vide humanity into jealous camps." German Members Ousted. London Between 200 and 300 Brit ish members of the Stock Exchange have mobilized to prevent, forcibly if necessary, the entry of any Germans who might be brave enough to at tempt to make their way into the house in disregard of the warning is sued by the Stock Exchange commit tee advising them to remain away. Excitement ran high around the ex change and a huge crowd collected in the vicinity in tHe expectation of dis orders. Only a handful of naturalized Germans appeared in the neighbor hood, however, nd they did not at tempt to enter the exchange. They were hustled away and warned not to return. False Rumors Stir Pit. Chicago President C. H. Canby.'of the Chicago board of trade, has posted a notice saying officers of the board would "hold to strict accountability any members found guilty of originat ing or disseminating false rumors." The notice was inspired by rumors, first spread among brokers, that Presi dent Wilson had been assassinated. The rumor, while promptly denied, ac celerated a decline in the wheat market. Dutch Get Pay for Ship. F The Hague, via London It is offi cially announced that the German gov ernment has expressed sincere regret for the sinking of the Dutch steamer Katwyk, which was blown up off North Hinder lightship on April 24 by a Ger man submarine. Germany explains that the act was in no wise intentional and undertakes to make compensation. State Grange Asks Rural Credits at Annual Session Tillamook Demands for a rural credit or Federal long-time loan law were made in a committee report to the State Grange In session here. Af ter an hour o discussion, the grange decided to take no action on the report until the committee in charge of the Buthrick bill has announced its find ings. The committee also urged the grange to declare it would support no- candi date for the United States senate who would sot promise to work and vote for a rural credit law. Increase in to limit placed on pos tal savings accounts to $5000 with the privilege of diverting these funds to the farmers at a low rate of interest was favored by the committee in a res olution which was adopted. A resolution also was adopted by the grange declaring against tax exemp tions on certain classes of property. The resolution, however, was not op posed to an exemption of $300 on household goods actually in use. The grange also declared in favor of a Federal law that would require man ufacturers of woolen goods to mark their products to indicate whether they are made of long wool or recarded or of old woolen garments. Changes in mail or rural routes were opposed in a resolution adpoted and the changing Oregon State Fund Is Running Short Salem According to figures fur nished the State highway commission by State Highway Engineer Cantine, Henry L. Bowlby, late highway engi neer, expended $9333,89 more than was apportioned by the board for building the road between Biggs and Wasco, in Sherman county. State Treasurer Kay said that while he was opposed to making an appro priation for the road, it was done early in 1914 to supply unemployed with work. M,ajorowlbyestimated the cost at $29t201,Jnd tmfDoaroTtpi portioned $30,000. Subsequently the highway engineer reported that $5000 more would be needed to construct a Shevlin-Hixon's Big Sawmill Will Bring Era of Prosperity to Bend Bend Within two weeks the Shev- lin-Hixon Manufacturing company will begin the construction here of a saw mill employing 500 men and cutting 80,000,000 feet a year, was the an nouncement made here. To celebrate the coming of the long- awaited enterprise all stores closed Wednesday afternoon while the Bend band led an impromptu auto parade, ending with speechmaking. The announcement of the mill comes as the culmination of a long series of negotiations, which began in January, and have included the acquisition of 95,000 acres of pine timber land lying south and east of the town and the making of arrangements with the rail road companies for track and bridge building to the mill site. The chief owners of the new com pany are T. L. Shevlin, of Minneap olis, the old Yale football captain, and Frank P. Hixon, of La Crosse, Wis. On the death of his father in 1912 Mr. Shevlin came into extensive hold ings of Deschutes timber. These were added to in January, when the Johnson-Prince, or Deschutes Lumber com pany, holdings were purchased, and only recently 35,000 acres were bought from the Bend Timber company. These purchases alone insure a supply of tim ber for the proposed mill for more than 25 years. It is estiamted that more than $15,- 000,000 will be paid out here in that time to mill employes alone, and that the town will double in population within a year is predicted. Grangers in Tillamook. Tillamook The Oregon State Grange met here this week and a large number of delegates and others attend ed. The visitors were met at Wheeler by J. H. Dunstan, a master of Fair- view Grange, and Fred.C. Baker, rep resenting the Tillamook Commercial club, and on arrival of the train in this city a large number of Grangers and citizens were at the depot to wel come them and convey them in autos to the hotels. The Tillamook Commercial club gave a reception and the visitors were taken in autos to visit the surrounding country and several of the large cheese factories in this vicinity. Rogue River Growers Elect. Medford At the annual meeting of the Rogue River Fruit & Produce asso ciation officere were elected. Accord ing to the report submitted to the members the 1915 crop will approxi mate 800 cars, 500 pears and 300 ap ples. If these expectations are ful filled it will be an increase of 500 cars. of the date of the collection of the second half of the taxes from October 6 to the first Monday in November favored in another. In the demand for the rural credit law the committee recites that the people.of the country expected relief from the financial stringency after the passage of the administration currency act and that the law has failed to bring about that relief. It says that money is as scarce as it was before the passage of the act, and reports that rates of interest have remained as be fore. It calls upon all of the subordinate granges of the state to support a measure for the relief of the farmers, contending that the interest rates now charged by lenders are "eating the vitals and life out of the state and na tion." The committee would have congress grant to the states the right to issue non-interest-bearing bonds to be used as time loans on which the secretary of the treasury would issue currency less 2 per cent discount. This would be handled by the state land board and applicants for funds would receive loans not in excess of 50 per cent of the valuation of land for periods of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 35 years at a rate not more than 4 per cent, payable semi-annually. Highway stretch of road from Biggs to the riv er, and this was allowed. According to Mr. Kay, it was supposed that the work had been done for $35,000. In addition to a monthly financial report, Mr. Cantine submitted a detail ed report of the work that is being done by the department. He said he would submit such reports monthly in the future. The engineer reported that the work of removing slides, opening ditohes, etc., was started May 3 on the Siskiyou mountain section. Mr, Cantiiw sid thePacific highway in Josephine county, for the most part, Is in excellent condition. He said a road south of Canyonville, in Douglas county, had been completed. Big Power Project Begun for Oregon Electric at Eugene Eugene A force of men is at work at the Oregon Electric's $5,000,000 power project at Clear Lake at the head of the McKenzie river in the summit of the Cascade mountains. Preliminary work is to be rushed says L. C. Gillman, president of the Oregon Electric, who arrived in Eugene this week. He stated definitely that no other plans for development are under way. "I am not prepared to state at this time how soon the permanent con struction work will begin, " he said. The McKenzie power project, one of the largest in the state, involving the tapping of one of the largest lakes at the summit of the Cascades, was com menced quietly several years ago. Engineers established headquarters and meteorological readings were made daily over a period of two years. Final surveys were made and engineers reports submitted were favorable to the projects. The first formal announcement was made more than a year ago, when one of the engineers, returning with the final reports, made public the plans. Baker Wants to See Relic. Baker In just one day 1200 Baker public school pupils signed a monster petition to the Councilmanic commit tee of Philadelphia in charge of the trip of the Liberty Bell, asking that the bell be allowed to stop here a few hours on its way to Portland. The petition when completed was just 34 feet long and was signed by every child in school. The bell is routed to pass through here, but the children want it to tarry several hours that all may see it and hold ceremonies in its honor. An all day celebration will be held and chil dren from 100 miles around are to be invited if the bell stops here. Safe Blast Fruitless. Canyonville Robbers who blew the safe of J. M. Gross & Son, general merchants, demolished the store office and awakened the town at 3 o'clock Thursday morning, were chased away before they could loot the cash drawer after they had opened the vault with a gigantic charge of nitroglycerine. The report of the explosion brought neighbors to the store and the men es caped in the darkness without any val uables. To Begin Work on Roads. Hillsboro Hillsboro will start ma cadam work on four streets at once and will expend about $14,000 on the improvements. Ex-county Judge J. W. Goodin will supervise the laying of the rock under a municipal payroll. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. New York Samuel Hale Pearson, one of the most important financial men in the world and the greatest cap italist of South Ameirca, is in this country as the representative of the Argentine Republic at the Interna tional Congress of Finance, which is being held at Washington. Mr. Pearson gained an extensive commercial experience in his travels and in 1890 he joined the banking firm of Samuel B. Hale & Co., Buenos Ayres, which was founded by his grandfather in 1832. He has taken a leading part in the industrial develop ment of his country and has earned an enviable reputation and inspired the confidence of all of his countrymen, as well as the leading business men throughout the world by his dealings and business ability. Mr. Pearson has direct control over billions of dollars invested in South America and has recently been ap pointed director of the Bank of the Argentine Republic, by the President and Senate. Mr. Pearson is related by marriage to some of the wealthiest and most in telligent families of South America. When Elihu Root, as secretary of state, visited Argentina in 1903, Mr. Pearson was one of the principal or ganizers of his reception and enter tainment. Mr. Pearson will visit some of the principal cities of the United States and will attend the Panama-Pacific ex position. He has let it be known that he is also here in the interest of a closer commercial relation between his country and thejUnited States. Portland Wheat: Bluestem, $1.18; forty-fold, $1.12; club, $1.12; red Fife, $1.11; red Russian, $1. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $25.50 26 ton; shorts, $27.5028; rolled barley, $27.50(5)28.50. Corn Whole, $35 ton; cracked, $36. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 15; valley timothy, $12 12.60; grain hay, $1012; alfalfa, $12.50 13.50. Vegetables Cucumbers, Oregon, 75c $1.25 dozen; artichokes, 75c dozen; tomatoes, $5 crate; cabbage, 213c pound; celery, $3.604 crate; head lettuce, $2.25; spinach, 5c pound; rhu barb, lljc pound; asparagus, 75c $1.25; eggplant, 25c pound; peas, 7 8c; beans, 1012c; carrots, $1.60 2 sack; beets, $22.25; turnips, $1.502. Green Fruits Strawberries, Ore gon, $12 crate; California, 75c $1.25; apples, $11.75 box; cranber ries, $1112 barrel; cherries, $1.75 2 box; gooseberries, 45c pound. Potatoes Old, $1.752 sack; new, 661c pound. Onions California, yellow, $1.50; white, crate, $2. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 18J19c; candled, 19J20c. Poultry Hens, 12 13c pound; broilers, 22J25c; turkeys, dressed, 2224c; live, 1820c; ducks, old, 9 12c; young, 1830c; geese, 89c Butter Creamery prints, extras, 25c pound in case lots; jc more in less than case lots; cubes, 2122c. Veal Fancy, 1010Jc pound. Pork Block, 1010Jc pound. Hops 1914 crop, nominal; con tracts, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, medium, 25 26c pound; Eastern Oregon, fine, "18 20c; valley, 2328c; mohair, new clip, 32J(g33c. Cascara bark Old and new, 44jc pound. Cattle Best steers, $7.50 8; choice, $7 7.60; medium, $6.757; choice cows, $6.256.80; medium, $5 5.75; heifers, $56.75; bulls, $3.50 5.75; stags, $56.75. Hogs Light, $7.508.15; heavy, $6.607.35. Sheep Sheared wethers, $6 7; sheared ewes, $45.75; sheared lambs, $67.50. Full wools $1 higher. Farmers' Meet Proposed. Nearly all the ten Granges of MulV nomah county have appointed commit tees of three members each to arrange for a farmers' field day to be held in midsummer at a place to be selected. There will be 80 members of the com mittee, representing Evening Star, Columbia, Rockwood, Woodlawn, Lents, Fairview, Gresham, Pleasant Valley and Multnomah Granges. A meeting will he called in a few days, when the plans for the meet will be made. To Exhibit Bees at Fair. Centralis A new department has been added to the Southwest Washing ton Fair, that of bees, honey and api ary products. J. B. Espey, of Cheha lis is superintendent of this depart ment. A new building for poultry is being erected and the south half of the mam building, which housed the poul trv lAflt ver. ia beinc floored, permit ting twice as many commercial booths. PORTUGUESE REBELS TAKE GOVERNMENT Revolutionists Are Now in Full Control of Capital Gty. ADMINISTRATION'S TROOPS SURRENDER Order Is Partly Restored and Many Royalists Arrested Both Sides Lose Heavily in Fighting. Lisbon, via Paris The success of the revolutionary forces has been con firmed. The new government, which will be presided over by Joac Chagas, was proclaimed from the windows of the city hall and the announcement was received with enthusiastic mani festations. The military governor of Lisbon im mediately posted throughout the city proclamations praising the courage of the citizens and calling upon civilians to deliver up all arms at the arsenal under pain of arrest. The casualties in Friday s fighting numbered 67 killed and 800 wounded. Saturday's list was not available, but there were many victims on both sides, during assaults on police head quarters, the military college and the cavalry barracks, the defenders of which delivered determined counter at tacks before they were overcome. One hundred prisoners were taken to warships. The insurgents wrecked and looted the house in which Captain Couceiro, the royalist leader, stayed until re cently. Several royalists were arrest ed, including Marquis Fioalho. Order has been partly restored and the new government is taking meas ures to re-establish normal conditions. The ex-minister of marine was arrest ed and taken aboard a warship for hav ing ordered a destroyer to sink the warships which were bombarding the city. News from Oporto indicates that the disturbances there were similar to those in Lisbon, but there were fewer casualties. All regiments in Lisbon and the provinces have now surrendered. The last two to capitulate were cavalry regiments which led the military movement resulting in the appoint ment of Pimenta Castro as premier in January. Business Is Able to Bear Strain of War With Germany, Is Declared Chicago Whatever may be the out come of this country's diplomatic dealings with Germany, it is the opin ion of many authorities that business at home will not suffer curtailments. In fact, it is expected that industry would receive enormous impetus should war be declared. The great base of supplies is in the United States and the requirements of Great Britian, France and Russia will grow no smaller if the United States is drawn into the conflict. This coun try's own necessities will be great if the trouble comes. To supply every thing that would be wanted should tax the maximum capacities of every man ufacturing industry in the land. Business has not been affected ap preciably since the Lusitania tragedy, except in the case of perhaps a few new projects which were developing at the time of the incindent. These transactions are of a financial nature and probably will be halted temporar ily. Activities in what may be termed the "war business" of the country are larger than at any previous time. More contracts have been received for mutions and supplies and production on former orders has continued to gain as it has in each week since these pur chases became heavy. Merchandising reports more uni formly agree as to increasing demand of consumers. The weather has been a stimulating influence in the reduc tion of stocks,'drygoods jobbing being notably active. There have been no complaints from any quarter and col lections remain easy. . Marines May Be Landed. Washington, D. C American ma rines will be landed at Guaymas and sent to the aid of Americans in danger because of Yaqui Indian outbreaks if the commanders of warships sent to the Mexican port believe this to be necessary. Rear Admiral Benson, act ing secretary of the navy, said : "We hope the Americans will make their way to the coast and be taken aboard the cruiser, but if it is neces sary to send out landing parties."