Mosier Bulletin
Issued Euch Friday
OREGON
MOSIER..
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
President Rafael
bia, has resigned.
Reyes, o f Colom
Crete has raised the Greek flag and
declared independence o f Turkey.
The United States Steel corporation
has increased the dividends on its com
mon stock.
French Socialists have protested
against the proposed visit o f the czar
to France.
Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-min
ister to Bolivia and mayor o f Cincin
nati, is dead.
A coal train on the Denver & Rio
Grande ran away in Utah, but the
crew escaped unhurt.
N O R TH W E S T A P P L E S BEST.
Orville Wright Remains in Air for
More Than an Hour.
Bring Higher Price Than Those From
Any Other State.
Washington, July 28.— The world’s
aeroplane record for two men, both as
to time and distance, was broken last
evening in a beautiful flight o f 1 hour,
12 minutes and 40 Beconds — upward of
50 miles, and at a speed averaging 40
miles an hour, by Orville W right at
Fort Myer, with Lieutenant Frank P.
Lahm, of the army signal corps, as a
passenger.
The former record was made last
year by his brother, Wilbur, at Le-
rnans, France, with Professor Paintov,
of the French institute, as passenger
That flight was 1 hour, 9 minutes and
31 seconds.
Wilbur was an eager
spectator o f yesterday’s flight.
The cheering that heralded the set
ting of a new mark in the conquest of
the air was led by President Taft, who
was an intensely interested spectator
throughout the flight.
This success
was all important to the Wrights, in
that it completed the first of two cru-
ical tests of their machine imposed
upon them by the United States go v
ernment — the so-called “ endurance
test,” which required them to remain
one hour continuously in the air with
one passenger. Orville did nearly 13
minutes better than that, and could
have kept on indefinitely— three hours
and a half, the lim it imposed by the
gasoline capacity of the supply tank.
Consul General Robert P. Skinner,
writing from Hamburg, Germany, de
tails facts relating to the apple indus
try o f this country as reflected in the
prices received there, qnd shows that
Oregon and Washington apples bring
more than those from any other states,
the scale being in comparison with the
California product as follows:
State
Per 1-bushel case
Oregon. Washington . . . . $2.6103.57
C a lifo rn ia ......................... 1.6002.61
As to the possibilities o f the exten
sion o f the apple trade with Germany,
the report shows that in 1908 Germany
imported 164,421 tons o f apples, of
which the United States supplied only
10,502 tons; in 1907 Germany import
ed 181,457 tons, the Unites States
sending 9,229 tons.
Germany enforces rigidly inspection
for the San Jose scale, and this pest
has been found on a number o f ship
ments from the Pacific coast. Mr.
Skinner says, however, that as a rule
American apples reach Germany in
good condition. He urges that care be
exercised by all apple shippers to free
their orchards from scale and all other
pests, and then exercise constant super
vision o f their employes to insure that
the fruit shall be packed so as to make
it pleasing to the eye as well as protect
it against bruising while being trans
ported.
Hamburg is the great apple receiv
ing port.
There, writes the consul,
honest and impartial rules of sale are
observed and the seller always receives
what is his due, the market regulations
and government inspection having been
developed in a manner to make it cer
tain that always there shall be no
crooked work or unjust rejection of
shipments.
German fruit buyers have for years
been sending their representatives to
America to look over orchards and
packing houses, and keep informed on
the conditions o f the industry in all
important localities where considerable
quantities of fruit are produced. These
agents often go without making known
their identity, and thus obtain infor
mation which might
otherwise be
harder to secure.
The report ofConsul General Skinner
agrees with previous reports which
have been sent to the government from
abroad— that Pacific coast apples now
lead this country in all European
marts. It likewise emphasizes the
necessity o f maintaining the present
high standard, in order that the high
prices now obtained may be main
tained and the apple industry reap the
large profit which has been made in
the past years.
G RAFT WAS HUGE.
The W right aeroplane has a device
to prevent accidents in case the ma
Chicago Police Collected Nearly S3,-
chine should fall in water.
000,000 a Year for Protection.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, has been
Chicago, July 28.— Astounding reve
arrested at Baltimore for striking a
lations follow the partial investiga
negro waiter who did not serve the
tion o f vice conditions in Chicago,
senator just to suit him.
made in connection with the present
Tourist travel to the Yellowstone crusade against police graft. Many
park is so heavy that all hotels are vicious industries were seen to be cen
full and the Oregon Short Line has tered in several districts o f the city in
stopped traffic to that place temporar such proportions that the task o f in
ily.
vestigating coonditions in the territory
Hubert Latham came within two over which Inspector McCann had jur-
diction is gigantic and will unfold to
miles of crossing the English channel
in his aeroplane when an accident oc the grand ju ry’s gaze a spectacle many
curred to the machinery and he fell in times as loathsome as that presented
by the levee west o f the river.
to the sea. He was rescued.
Conservatively estimated, the an
Canada is seriously considering the nual amounts in graft alleged to be
advisability o f building a navy.
paid for police protection by resorts of
A general strike is on at Barcelona, many kinds in the city, including dis
orderly houses, hotels, flats, rooming
Spain, against the war in Morocco.
houses, gambling houses, dance halls,
Hawaiian sugar planters propose to and saloons, made a total o f $2,932,-
import Russian laborers to displace 760, nearly 5,000 places contributing
the Japs.
to the sum, if such fund exists.
The largest part of this enormous
The battleship Michigan, the speed
iest o f her class, will go into commis revenue is said to be paid by resort
keepers and others in what is known
sion in August.
as the Twenty-second Levee district.
The chances seem good that Thaw
In addition to these amounts receiv
will be declared sane and released
ed from habitues of Twenty-Becond
from the aBylum.
street levee, the First ward ball nets
European pressure may yet cause its organizers $30,000 a year on the
China to refuse Americans a share in average. Resort keepers and others
are forced to contribute in the whole
the railway loan.
The assistant cashier of a Tipton, sale purchase of tickets and wine.
Ind., bank, robbed it o f
le ft for parts unknown.
$60,000 and
NEW RAILROAD WAR
M AKES NEW RECORD.
W ILL D ISTRIB U TE RICHES.
Hubert Latham damged his airship Reports Say Rockefeller Will Bestow
during a trial flight before attempting
Millions Upon Poor People.
to cross the English channel.
New York, July 28.— That John D.
The British cabinet has announced Rockefeller, the oil king, is preparing
that four more battleships o f the to distribute a good part o f his numer
Dreadnaught type w ill be built.
ous millions in charity is predicted by
The ex-Bhuh o f Persia has been offer those who profess to have acquaint
ed an annual pension o f $25,000 on con ance with the Rockefeller plana. It is
said Rockefeller has already transfer
dition that he leave the country.
red many millions to his son, John D.
Japan has adopted a vigorous |>olicy Jr., so that the younger Rockefeller
against Corean insurgents.
may have the honor and fame of being
The death roll o f the recent Gulf the dispenser o f princely gifts.
According to the accepted version o f
storm has been increased to 41.
the rumored plan, the money will be
A train struck an automobile at Me given directly to the poor through cer
nominee, Mich., killing an entire fam tain Rockefeller channels. Charitable
ily o f three.
institutions and colleges will not bene
One man saved his life in the recent fit to nny extent by the projected phi
Galveston storm by using his cork legs lanthropy.
Like all other Rockefeller activities,
to keep him afloat.
the distribut on of wealth to the mass
Spain is on the verge of a verolution es will be handled by a company duly
because of English and clcricul influ incorporated.
ence over the king.
Just what method o f charity will be
A Seattle woman has secured a di followed has not been ascertained, but
vorce because her husband has been it is said the money w ill be given out
right to the needy and that little will
too tired to work for 12 years.
be handled as loanB. Whatever loans
Lightning struck a residence at
may be made will be without interest.
American Forks, Utah, four times.
Rockefeller refused to discuss the
One woman was killed and four other
rumor in any part, but the activity o f
persons hurt.
his agents has lent a certain color o f
During a balloon race at Newton, truth to the report.
III., two o f the big gas bags collided
2,000 feet in the air. One man’s leg
Texas to Entertain Taft.
was badly crushed.
San Antonio, Tex., July 28.— A wild
Raphael Manco, who served in the eat hunt and a jaekrabbit chase are
Crimean war, later served with “ Chi among the diversions planned for Pres
nese” General Gordon and then saw ident Taft when he visits the T a ft
service in the Civil war, is dead.
He ranch near San Antonio in November.
had lived at Los Angeles for the past Joseph II. Green, superintendent o f the
large estate, told o f the preparations
25 years.
being made for the entertainment.
Premier Briand has formed a new
That the president may not be deprived
French cabinet.
of his favorite pastime, golf links are
Roosevelt is being proposed for may being hurried to completion.
The
erection o f a pagoda and bathhouse on
or o f New York.
A cloudburst in Colorado killed two the gulf are among other improve
persons and did much damage to prop ments being made for President Taft.
erty.
Czar and Family in Germany.
Premier Asquith says Britain should
Eckerneforde, Schleswig Holstein,
be warned against tariff by American July 28.— The Russian imperial yacht
and German experiences.
Standart, with Emperor Nicholas, Em
press Alexandra and their children on
In an automobile race at Grand
hoard, and a naval escort anchored in
Rapids, Mich., 50 miles was made in
this harbor early today. The emperor
61 minutes and 22 seconds.
and empress landed and went to Prince
The serious condition o f King Peter Henry's country plare at Himmels-
o f Servia is arousing anxiety. His mark. Extraordinary precautions have
been taken to guard the Russian sov
death would cause no surprise.
ereigns from attack. German torpedo
A big forest fire is raging in the boats are picketed around the Russian
mountains near San Bernardino, Cal.
squadron to prevent the approach o f
any unofficial craft.
A Los Angeles judge in denying a
divorce in which the plaintiffs' mother
Famine Adds to Troubles.
was involved said no house was big
Barcelona, July 29. Barcelona is
enough for a married couple and a
now under martial law. Serious riot
mother-in-law.
ing has occurred following the declara
The final count o f dead in the Texas tion of a general strike in protest
storm shows a loss o f 26 lives. Com against the military operations in Mo
munication has been established with rocco and the dispatch to that country
all points and the property damage of large bodice of troops. Several per
sons have been killed an I many wound
will be over $1,000,000.
ed. The fixxl supply has been cut off,
A Vancouver, R. C., police magis- j
resulting in great hardships and suffer
trate fined himself $5 and costs for
ing, es]iecially among the poor.
The
exceeding the speed limit with his au- j
prices are almost prohibitive.
to mobile.
Bolivia and Peru hava agreed to ar
Mexican Riots Kill Six.
bitrate the boundary dispute instead of
Mexico City, July 28. It is report
fighting.
ed that six persons are dead and 36
The Six Companies have forbid mak wounded as a result o f the riots in
ing San Francisco's Chinatown a show Guadalajara, capital o f the state of
Jalisco, and the second largest city in
place for tourists.
the Mexican republic.
Samuel E.
Spanish
troops
have
protested Magill, the American consul at Guada
against going to Morocco, There have lajara. has presented formal claim for
•Iso been several riots among the peo- injuries sustained by American citi-
sena
ple.
PRUNES SO LD GREEN.
SECURES LAKE TRADE.
Salem Growers to Ship 30 Cars to Klamath Merchants Boost fo r Good
Eastern Market.
Roads Over Mountains.
Salem— A new era in the prune busi
ness o f the Willamette valley was ush
ered in, when the independent prune
pool, representing about 2,000,000
pounds of fruit, practically decided to
accept a proposition from the Earl
Fruit company, o f San Francisco, for
about 30 car loads o f green prunes, to
be picked and shipped to the Eastern
markets at once. The price offered is
40 cents per crate o f 24 pounds, the
prunes to be accepted and paid for at
this rate before leaving Salem.
The
growers are told they will also get all
that the prunes bring in the market
over and above this figure.
Each car
will hold 12 tons.
The Eastern Washington and Idaho
crop has been sold green for several
years. Last year the output o f that
section was 1,600 tons.
This year
there is a light crop, amounting to only
about 350 tons, and the dealers in green
fruits are Becking to make up the de
ficiency by buying Oregon’s Italian
prunes, which are admitted to be better
than either the California or Washing
ton products. Last year the growerB
of Washington and Idaho realized 30
cents per crate o f 24 pounds, or about
80 cents per bushel, for their green
prunes, which the Salem growers con
sider more prohtaule than selling the
dried fruit.
Leading growers state that 30 cars
can be picked from the orchards o f the
members o f the pool at this time and
not decrease the output of dried fruit
to any extent, as the prunes that re
main will attain a much larger growth
than if none were removed.
PO W ELL INVITED T O SALEM .
Fruitgrowers Want Demonstration i
Pre-Cooling o f Fruits.
Salem— S. G. H. Powell, o f the
United States department o f agricul
ture, will be the guest o f the Salem
board of trade and the Salem Fruit
union, and will be taken out through
the fruit country in an automobile.
The department has been engaged
this year in pre cooling and shipping
demonstrations at Puyallup and other
Western points, and an effort will be
made to have Mr. Powell sent to Salem
next year to take up this line o f work.
Just at this time, when the shipment
of small fruits to the Eastern markets
is being undertaken, it is believed the
aid and experience o f the government
experts would be of great value to the
fruit industry in the Willamette valley.
Klamath Falls— Ranchers from the
Silver Lake section, in Northern Lake
county, are coming to Klamath Falls
for their supplies. Already several of
them have made the trip o f approxi
mately 175 miles and have returned
home with their wagons loaded with
povisions purchased from the merch
ants of this city. The one drawback to
getting all o f the trade o f Northern
Lake county iB the poor condition of
the roads. A t this season of the year
it is possible to travel over most any
kind o f a trail, but with the first light
storms the roads become practically
impassible. Northern Lake county is
anxious to do its trading in this city
and the merchants o f that section are
willing to have their freight shipped
via Klamath instead of Shaniko, the
way it has been coming. The distance
is about the same, but the freight rate
is lower. It is very likely that steps
will be taken by Klamath coui.ty to
improve the roads to this isolated s
tion, so that the vast territory in the
remote parts o f both Klamath and Lake
counties will be enabled to get all their
supplies from Klamath Falls.
This city is so situated that the ar
rival o f the railroad has made it the
natural distributing center for all
Southern Oregon.
The only drawback
is the road question.
Klamath county
is now prepared to build good roads at
a reasonable cost, but the county iB too
large to construct highways in every
section in a short time. The opening
up of the Lake county traffic to Kla
math Falls alBo makes an opening for
Portland wholesalers, who will have to
hustle in order to meet the competition
o f Sacramento and San Francisco.
Big Tract Subdivided.
Grants Pass -Subdividing o f large
tractB of orchard and farming landjstill
continues in this part of Rogue river
valley. Along the Applegate river,
near Murphy postoffice, 500 acres of
land, with 200 acres under irrigation,
and sufficient water rights and ditches
to irrigate 150 more, besides abund
ance o f water in the river that may be
appropriated for the remainder o f the
premises will be subdivided into ten-
acre lots and planted into fruit. There
will be an earnest effort on the part of
the owners to sell only to men with
families, who desire to have homes in
a pleasant climate, and to be close to
the railroad in order to market fruit.
C R O P A RECORD BREAKER.
Working for New County.
Cottage Grove— A t the regular meet
ing of the promotion department of
the Cottage Grove Commercial club,
President H. O. Thompson was chosen
B9 delegate to represent this section at
the National Irrigation congress which
convenes in Spokane August 9 to 14
inclusive. The procuring of signatures
to the petitions for Nesmith county in
1910 is going rapidly forward.
Th
movemi nt is meeting with success
throughout all sections.
The citizens
o f Cottage Grove have raised a large
fund to carry on the county campaign.
Activity in Gold Mines.
Grants Pass— There will be much ac
tivity among Southern Oregon mines
this fall. Many mining men looking
over the field in order to obtain good
options on some o f the best paying
property.
In conjunction with this
movement on the part of buyers, some
o f the owners are introducing the dia
mond drill. One of these machnes ar
rived this week to be used upon the
property o f the National Copper com
pany, located 17 miles from this city.
It is understood that the Buckeye group
Normal Property Leased.
of mining claims will also have a ma
Salem— A t a meeting of the executive
chine of the same kind here within a
few days to make tests on their prop committee o f the board o f normal
erties which are in the same neighbor school regents the action o f Secretary
C. L. Starr in disposing o f certain
hood.
property of the schools, was confirmed.
Part of the buildings at Monmouth
Bridge John Day at Clarno.
were leased to the school district and
The Dalles— A t a recent joint meet
all of the property at Drain was leased
ing o f the county courts o f Wasco and
to district No. 22, Douglas county. At
Wheeler counties it was agreed to build
Ashland and Weston caretakers were
a bridge across the John Day river at
employed to look after the buildings
Clarno ferry, the expense to be borne
and part of the equipment sold.
equally by both counties. The county
court of Wasco was authorized to enter
State Veterinarians Named.
into a contract for the bridge. Acting
Salem— Governor Benson has ap
on this authority County Judge Lake
pointed the following members o f the
and Commissioner Rooper awarded the
Oregon state veterinary medical board
contract to the C. G. Sheeley Contract
to serve for four years: Dr. Alexan
ing company, of Denver, for $7,786.
der Reid, Morrow county, reappointed;
The bridge is to be constructed of
Dr. F. T. Motz, Baker county, to suc
steel.
ceed Dr. D. C. McNab,
Umatilla
county.
Deschutes Canal Breaks.
Bend— A break has occurred in the
big canal o f the Deschutes Irrigation
& Power company, and before the head-
gate could be closed, 200 feet o f fium-
ing was carried away. The damage to
the irrigation company w ill amount to
$3,000. A force of men was put to
work at once to repair the break, but it
is feared water will be shut off for at
least ten da) a, and as the farmers are
much in need o f water these warm days
the loss will be extensive.
PO R TLA N D M ARKETS.
Wheat New crop; Bluestem, $1.02;
club, 98c; Russian, 96c; valley, 97c;
Turkey red, $1; 40-fold, $1.
Hay— New crop. Timothy, Willam
ette valley, $12016 per ton; Eastern
Oregon, $17018,
mixed,
$15 500
16.50; alfalfa, $13; clover, $11 (rr 12.
Grain bags— 5 4 0 each.
Fruits— Cherries, 5(<i l l c per pound :
peaches, 90c(u$1.10 per box; apricots,
|1 .25(i; 1.50; loganberries,
$101.50
Regular Mail Service Now.
per crate; raspberries, $1.50; black
Prineville— A fter three years’ con caps, $2.25; blackberries $2; wild
stant effort by patrons o f the discon blackberries, 10c per pound.
Potatoes— New, $1.25 (ii 1.50 per
tinued Crook postoftice, which was lo
cated in the Bear Creek country, 66 hundred.
Vegetables— Beans, 6c per pound;
miles south of Prineville, regular mail
supply was begun Monday, July 19. A cabbage, l l4(a I t * c ; celery, 90c(u$l
series of four prostofficee have been per doz'-n; cucumbers, 25050c; let
eaahlished by the postotfice depart tuce, heal, 26035c; onions, 12'«(q 15c;
ment for the accommodation o f the res peas, 7(<i8c per pound; radishes, 16c
idents of the district affected, some per dozen.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 3 0 ,^
400 in number.
per pound: fancy outside creamery.
Harvesting Starts at Weston.
27ly((/30iv e; store, 20c.
Butter fat
Weston— The wheat harvest has just prices average 1 >*c per pound under
begun in this vicinity. Many machines regular butter prices.
are now at work, and the wheat will | Kggs—Oregon ranch, candled, 27Oi
soon be in the sack, as ideal harvest 28c per dozen.
weather prevails. Fall wheat is yield- i Poultry— Hens, 15c; springs, 15(rf
ing about 40 bushels per acre, and the 16c; roosters, 9(<il0c; ducks, young,
few samples brought in test 60 pounds 13014c; geese, young, 11c; turkeys,
t < the bushel. Smut is unusually pre 18c: squabs, $202.25 per dozen.
valent, because o f the damp, cloudy [ Pork—Fancy, 1101 l<c per pound.
Veal Extras, 9 ■*(it 10c per pound:
weather early in the year.
ordinary, 708c; heavy, 7c.
Coos Bay Wants Artillery Company
Hops—19'i9 contracts, 18019c; 1908
Marshfield — The members o f the cron, 12013c; 1907 crop, 8 0 9 c; 1906
Young Men's Commercial club are be crop, 6c.
Wool- Eastern Oregon, 16023c per
coming active in boosting Coos bay.
One o f the steps taken is to push the pound;
valley,
23025c;
mohair.
organization o f an artillery company choice. 24025c.
Cattle— Steers, top, $4.50; fair to
here. A committee headed by Dr. E.
Mingus will confer with the National good, $4(u4.25; common, $3.7604;
Guard officers. Many young men have cows, top, $3.50; fair to good, $3<x
already signified their willingness to 3.26; common to medium
$2 600
12.75; calves, top, $505.60; heavy,
become members.
$30 3.50; bulls and stags, $2.76(ii
Brief Shortest Filed.
¡3.25; commor, $20 2.50.
Salem—L. H. McMahan, attorney
Hogs Best, $8.7509.10; fair to
for J. K Sears, plaintiff in the action good, $7.7508.25; Stockers, $607 ;
to prevent the use of $10,000 state China fats, $6.75(u7.
S h eep -T op wethers, $4; fair to
money in the Crater lake highway, has
filed his brief in the Supreme court. good. $3.500.3.75; ewes, l*e less or
The brief is one o f the shortest ever sll grades; yearlings, beet. $4 ; fair to
placed on record in the Appellate court go-xl, $3.50(it3.75; spring lambs, $5.25
@5.35.
o f Oregon.
Prospects in Pacific Northwest Never
Better Than Now.
According to information received
during the past week the Pacific
Northwest will produce almost four
times as many cars o f potatoes as a
year ago.
This increase is startling, even
though the comparison with the pro
duction of a year ago is not exactly a
correct showing, for the 1908 crop was
just about half o f what was produced
the previous season.
During the present season the acre
age o f potatoes in the Pacific North
west, but more especially in Oregon,
shows the greatest increase for one
year ever noted here.
While a large
per cent of this increase was in the
Willamette valley, most of the addi
tional acreage was planted in Eastern
Oregon.
Eastern Washington and Idaho like
wise have a very heavy potato acreage
increase and the production there will
be much greater than during any pre
vious >ear. Western Washington had
a greater acreage of potatoes than a
year ago, but the difference in favor of
this season is not great so far as the
additional planting is concerned.
Potato crop prospects could scarcely
be improved over what they are in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho this
season, and the same is stated to be
the case in California. In Eastern
Oregon, where some o f the poorest
showings were made in grain produc
tion this season, the crop of potatoes
never looked better.
In the Willamette valley, potatoes
will show better quality this year than
ever before and the sizes will be just
that which gained for this section the
reputation o f growing the very best
potatoes in the entire United States.
In seasons previous to the present
one, the potato acreage and production
of Eastern Oregon, Washington and
Idaho had little, if anything, to do
with prices at Portland or San Fran
cisco, but this season each o f these
sections will be a strong factor in the
market and unless all signs fail prices
will reach a lower figure than for some
reasons.
Potato prices have been so high
along the Pacific coast in recent years
that the trade can scarcely come to
think that lower prices will again be
in effect. With such a heavy increase
in acreage and a production so much
greater per acre than normal, the sup
plies wdl be fully as great as any de
mand would justify, and that being
the case, present out c f line values will
go out o f effect.
Thieves Use Wireless
Los Angeles, July 27. — When the
police arrested four boys, whose ages
ranged from 14 to 17 years, in a de
serted shack, they discovered this gang
had been operating the most modern
“ burglars’ club” ever found in the
city, with a wireless telegraph as one
of its features.
Ar'hur Smith. 17
y 'ars old, appeared to be tl e ruling
spirit of the gang, and he «Iso was the
operator of the chief wireless station.
Four other stations were operated, and
the gang was kept informed o f one an
other's movements by wire'ess.
Train Falls Into F iver.
Kansas City, Mo., July 26.— A t least
two persons are known to be derd, on»
trainman is missing and between id
and 30 are injured as a result o f a
wreck o f Wabash passenger train No.
4, 30 miles east o f here tonight.
The
train fell into the Missouri river, where
the ’ rack had been weakened by a land
slide. The engine, baggage car, mail-
car.smoker and a dead head sleeper,
plunged nito the water and were com
pletely submerged.
Harriman to Haye Active Oppo
sition Along Deschutes.
RIVAL CONTRACTORS ON GROUND
Porter Brothers, Builders o f Ni rth
Bank, Start Construction to
Central Uregon.
E Q U IPM E N T GOES IN.
Rush O rder* Given for Railroad Con
struction on Deschutes.
The Dallee, July 26.— A ll yesterday
four horse teams, hauling wagons piled
high with railway camp equipment,
have trekked out o f The Dalles, bound
for the Deschutee river. Beginning at
7 o ’clock in the morning it was not
until 5 in the afternoon that the last of
the 40 wagons shipped here by Porter
Bros., railroad contractors, who are
supposed to be working for the Hill
railways, wended its way to the south
east.
Indications are almost conclusive
that Porter Bros., intend to establish
not two, but five or six camps, as if
preparing to cover the entire ground of
the Oregon Trunk line surveys. They
themselves did not know, was the re
ply given by representatives o f the
Oregon Trunk to inquiries as to the
number o f camps and places of location.
Every indication is that men and
equipment were secured hastily, and it
is believed here to be true that the
contractors only know in a general way
where the camps will be established.
Either a sudden decision to contest
with Harriman for the traffic o f Cen
tral Oregon or the sudden acquisition
o f knowledge that the Oregon Trunk
would be down and out very soon unless
it began construction is believed to be
the cause o f the rushing o f men into
the Deschutes country.
Either alternative raises conjecture
as to whether Porter Bros, are playing
a hold-up game on Harriman or are
backed by James J. Hill or actually in
tend to build a railroad themselves.
The Dalles, Or., July 24.— Railroad
grading equipment, consigned to Porter
Bros., contractors, was unloaded here
today, and preparations have been made
to begin in the morning transferring
the material to Sherar’s bridge, on the
Deschutes river.
Work on a railroad through the Des
chutes canyon into Central Oregon will
begin immediately, and this road will
not be Harriman's, according to the
contractors.
This is regarded here as the first
move in a Titanic struggle between
Harriman and Hill for control of the
Deschutes grade into Interior Oregon.
Johnson Porter, member of the firm
of Porter Bros., contractors, is in the
city and superintended the unloading
of the grading equipment. Mr. Porter
will not admit that hie company is
working for Mr. Hill, but insists he
is not in the employ o f Mr. Harriman.
Mr. Porter is the contractor militant
B LÉRIO T C RO SSES CHANNEL.
who built the North Bank for Mr. Hill
in the face of Hariman’s active and
French Aeronaut Makes the 22 Miles
sometimes forcible opposition.
in 23 Minutes.
In this city the supposition is that
Porter Bros, are the construction
Dover, July 26.— Louis Blériot, the
agents o f Mr. Hill.
French aviator, accomplished the re
markable feat of flying across the Eng
C H IC AG O GRAFT EXPOSED.
lish channel Saturday in 23 minutes.
The distance from his starting point,
Indicted Detective Collected $9,000 near Calais, to Dover, is about 22
miles, and he therefore traveled at the
a Month for Protection.
rate of nearly a mile a minute.
Chicago, July 24.— Stories o f graft,
The aviator left the French shote at
astounding in extent and detail and
4:30 and within a few minutes sighted
revealing conditions beyond belief,
the white cliffs o f the English coast.
were told to the grand jury today and
He descended gracefully in the North
were followed by the immediate indict
Fall meadow, behind Dover Castle, at
ment o f Detective Sergeant Jeremiah
4 :53 a. m.
Griffin, of the Desplaines street police
M. Blériot looked little the worse for
station, known as Inspector Edward
his hazardous trip, although his foot
McCann’s “ man Friday.”
was burned by petrol. This gave him
He is charged with demanding and
some trouble, and he had to be assisted
accepting bribes from dive keepers,
to an automobile which was waiting.
gamblers, cocaine sellers and disrep
He drove to the Lord Warden hospital,
utable women of the West Side levee.
where he was greeted enthusiastically.
There are 25 counts in the true bill
A French torpedo boat destroyer
voted against the sergeant, each set
followed the aeroplane, but so sw ift
ting forth a separate offense. Upward
was the speed o f the machine that the
of $9,000 a month was collected by
destroyer was soon left far behind.
him from dwellers of the under world,
Although the start was made in calm
according to the indictment, and more
weather, the wind soon rose and a
than $150,000 in all is said to have
strong breeze was blowing at the time
been delivered to the Desplaines street
o f the descent, making the perform
police excutives.
ance all the more noteworthy.
The more startling phase o f the in
The French torpedo boat destroyer
vestigation lies in the fact that the
arrived at Dover at 6:50 with Bleriot’s
trail has been rapidly followed to the
w ife and a party o f friends on board.
city hall, and it is now said that Mayor
By his achievement Blériot wins the
Busse’s confidence in some o f his most
special prize of $5,000 offered by the
trusted advisers has been sadly be
London Daily Mail.
trayed.
Similar conditions are said to exist
M O O RS FIG H T SPANIARD S.
in half a dozen other police precincts.
JAPAN GROW S RESTIVE.
Wants Equal T ariff Rates With Other
Nations.
Washington, July 2 4 .— Japan un-
doubteldy is becoming restive under
trade conditions imposed in her treaty
with the United States. This recently
was made evident when she proposed
to this government that negotiations
for a new treaty be begun at once, not
withstanding the fact that the presc nt
treaty does not expire for two years.
Our trade interests in Japan, however,
are not suffering and for this and other
reasons this government did not Bee its
way clear to discuss the questions in
volved before the expiration o f our
treaty in 1911.
Under the most favored nation clause
o f the treaty, Japan extends to the
United States all the conventional
rates which it has granted to Great
Britain, Germany and France. On the
other hand, none o f the reduced rates
authorized in section 3 o f the Dingley
act, which were granted by the United
States to certain foreign countries, are
extended to Japan.
Uniform Laws Proposed.
Bellingham, July 24.— A special from
New Westminster says;
Professor
David Stavr Jordan and Professor Ed
ward E. Prince, respectively American
and Canadian members o f the joint
fisheries commission, are now engaged
in examining Fraser fisheries. Profes
sor Jordan said in an interview that
when the regulations o f the commis
sion are submitted they w ill provide
for a uniform closed season in Canada
and the United States waters. The
extent o f the closed season he would
not state.
Ship Brings Gold Cargo.
Seattle, July 24.— Tne steamer St.
Croix arrived from Nome today with
$500,000 in gold dust and bars.
On
the way down the St. Croix stopped at
Cordova and the passengers were taken
up the Copper river on a special train
40 miles, to the camp where a $3,000,-
000 cantilever bridge is under construc
tion across the river. The structure is
1,550 feet long and will be completed
in a year and a half. The bridge cross
es the river between two large glaciers,
the Miles and Childs, the latter having
an immense river frontage.
Briand Is French Premier.
Paris, July 24 — M. Aristide Briand,
a Socialist deputy, minister of justice
and worship, was appointed premier
today. M. Briand announced that he
would make few, i f any. changes in
the cabinet as organized by Premier
Clemenceau who resigned two days
•go, after being defeated in a heated
argument with M. Deicasse in the
chamber o f deputies. Former Premier
Clemenceau announced today that he
would start next Saturday for Austria.
Big Body o f Rad'um Found.
Lisbon. July 24.— An extensive vein
o f radium has been discovered in
Guards, which contains 800 pounds o f
radium to every ton o f ore.
The mine
has been acquired by an English syndi
cate.
Tribesmen Put Up Desperate Fight
Against Trained Soldiers.
Malaga, Spain, July 26.— The steam
er Menorquin, with 80 wounded aboard,
arrived here today from Melilla, where
the hospitals are overcrowded.
Pas
sengers on the steamer declare that the
residents nf Melilla are panic-stricken,
the successes of the Moors giving rise
to the belief that they will swoop down
on the city itself. Friday’s battle was
sanguinary, there being much hand-to-
hand fighting.
The Moorish tribes now gathered
close to General Marina's camp are es
timated at 16,000. Their recent losses
are said to have been nearly 1,000.
The Spanish forces lost n it less than
3,000 men.
When the battle became general, the
Spaniards endeavored to trap the Moors
between two lines of fire. The tribes
men, however, were too wary and
fought desperately.
They retreated
only when they were literally hurled
back at the points of Spanish bayonet.
A t dusk there was a lull in the fighting.
Victory fo r Americans.
Pekin, July 21.— On account of the
failure o f the negotaitions at the re
cent meeting o f bankers in London
and Paris, an attempt is being made at
Pekin to close quickly the Hankow
railway loan by increasing the amount
so as to give Americans equal partici
pation and not reduce the original allot
ments to the other three powers— Great
Britain, France and Germany. This
arrangement was agreed to by the
Chinese foreign board Saturday and
the four days’ negotiations ended with
the consultations of foreign bankers.
Man Higher Up Indicted.
Chicago, July 26.— Police Inspector
Edward C. McCann was indicted today
charged with malfeasance in office in
the collection o f “ protection” money
from illegal establishments of the West
Side “ tenderloin.” McCann's predica
ment was foreshadowed Saturday, when
an indictment was returned against
Detective Sergeant Jeremiah Griffin,
alleged to have been the collection
agent working out of McCann’s office.
Inspector McCreann was arrested after
the grand ju ry’s action and soon after
gave bonds for $220,000.
Export Argentina Wheat.
Buenos Ayres, July 21.— During the
first five months o f this year the ex
portations o f wheat amounted to 77,-
700,000 bushels.
A decree has been
published modifying the law prohibit
ing the importation o f cattle from cer
tain countries, so that those countries
may send cattle to the exposition of
1910. The government has also sent
instructions to our minister in Wash
ington to agTee with the bureau of
American republics on a program.
Lightning Hits Scientist.
Christiana, Nor., July 26.— Captain
Englestad, o f the Norwegian navy, was
killed by lightning today.
He was
taking meteorological observations dur
ing a thunder storm. Captain Engle
stad was to have commanded the polar
expedition ship Fram on the coming
Amundsen polar expedition.