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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
PASSING OF CHINATOWN.
Nature Solved the Problem Which
Has Puzzled San Francisco.

Nature Solved the Problem Which
HIS Puzzled San Francisco.
For many years the law abiding and
decent element Of San Francisco has
urged the blotting out OF Its Chinatown.
Nature has solved the problem. 1t was
too involved for human solution. but
the earthquake and the fire accom-
plished 1t 30 thoroughly that no doubt
remains. There may never be another
San Francisco Chinatown on the old
site. When the new city rises out Of
the desolation which has fallen upon
the old one there will be little to recall
the alien. albeit allurng glimpse Of
Asiatic life that once stood out so Wv
idly amid the rush and insistence Of
Western progress.
The earthquake and the IRE revealed
to the shuddering world the depth OF
the infamy that had found lodgment
there. Thirty thousand Chinese inhab-
tied this unsavory quarter, ten city
blocks, only six squares from what
was known as Newspaper corner They
had converted the frame buildings
which covered the district into plague
spots, In which they lived the strange.
discordant lives of the Oriental lower
classes. Their daily walk was fash
ioned after a pattern quite unknown to
those Of the West, and they gave allie
glance to laws and customs entirely
distinct from those Of their near neigh
bors. For years they have been a mys-
terry even to those whose business It
was to know them intimately. They
have def1ed successfully all the efforts
Of San Francisco's police force to find
them out. 1t has taken nature to PEN
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Bands Want To Go To Salem.

Salem-Almost every organized band
in the state has applied to the Salem
Fourth of July committee for an en-.
gagement. When the committee began
making arrangements to celebrate the
Fourth it was announced that large
number of bands, probably 20, would
be employed if possible for the occa-
sion. The responses came thick and
fast. Several days ago the committee
had engaged all the bands that could
be paid from the fund available. If
there were few thousand more dollars
in the treasury the committee would be
willing to work overtime engaging
bands. AS it is the committee is satis-
fed hat there will be more brass band
music in Salem on the Fourth of July
than was ever heard at one place in
Oregon before.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
TROOPS CANNOT
BE TRUSTED
Cars Soldiers Join Men They Are
Sent Against.
Governor of PoItava Province CIamors
FIR Fresh Troops Since Mutiny-
Radical Paper Exposes Doings of
Court Party-Strike is Threatened
at Moscow.

st. Petersburg, June IA. - Ominoue
of the governments ability to cope
with prospective agrarian disorders ia
the news from Poltava, one of the rich
est and most populous farming pro-
vinces of Russia, that the governor is
in daily receipt of requests for troops
for the protection of estates from the
peasants, who have not the slightest
fear OF the rural guards.
TIE governor is unable tn comply
with these requests, because the local
troops, one regiment of which mutt.
MED Sunday, are 30 infected by the re-
volutionary propaganda that detach-
ments sent to the villages Immediately
fraternize with the peasants. The gov.
ernor therefore begs the St. Petersburg
authorities to send him fresh troops.
Two daily newspaper organs of the
Revolutionary Socialists, the Narodny
Vestnik Peoples Messenger) and the
Ievestia peasant News) were suppress.
ed today. The final number of the
Narodny Vestnik gives statistics of
General Trepoff's reactionary party in
the council of the empire, which it
says is composed Of three princes, four
counts, three barons, "a ex-governors
general, governors and other high off,
cials, and one metropolitan, who, to-
gether draw from the government over
$500, 900 in salaries. Besides this, all
these reactionarles own inner se es.
tates, that of NJ. Polotseff being 1,500,-
900 acles.
An industrial tempest seems to be on
the point of breaking at Moscow,
whence it may again spread over the
empire. A final conference between
the employers and printers, whose
strike produced the general strike of
last October, is being held tonight. If
it should be fruitless, the result will be
lockout of the printers and probably
sympathetic factory strike.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
WEARY WITH THEIR INCOME.

Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller Would
Prefer Thousands to Millions.
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller shrinks even
more from personal notoriety than her
husband. Although she might easily
spend $1,000 a day If she chose, Mrs.
Rockefeller does not spend $50, and
says that even to do that is a bur-
den to her, says a Philadelphia news
paper.
She can't understand what in the
world anybody should want with SO
much money as her husband possesses.
livery wish l have In life could be
gratified with a fortune of 100000"
she once said. II don't care for NOR
than 100000. Anything above thai
amount is merely trouble and an an
noyance." :
Mrs Rockefeller never goes to q
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM The STATE OF OREGON
TURNS DoWN.wooL GROWERS.
Pinchot Says They Must Pay for All
Range in Reserves.

Washington-Gifford Pinchot, chic
OF the Forestry service, has overrulec
the protest of the Umatilla County
Woolgrowers' association in the matter
OF charging grazing fee for the Blue
mountain forest reserve range this sea.
son. The woolgrowers also protested
that they were not assigned individual
ranges. The department explained
that it was not customary to assign
particular tracts to individual stockmen
when reserves we're first created, and it
is not yet determined what plan will be
followed in the Blue mountains.I
The association also called attention
to recent decisions by the California
and Washington courts to the effect
that the secretary of agriculture is
without authority to impose a tax for
the use Of forest reserve range, and
without authority arbitrarily to regu-
late its use. The forest officials inter-
pref these decisions to hold that the
secretary of agriculture had not been
empowered to enforce any penal code,
but did have the right to keep the re-
serves clear OF stock or lease them on
such reasonable conditions as he should
prescribe. No appeal has been prose-
cuted to final hearing in either case.
but the officials believe their right in
the sphere indicated is beyond all pos
sible question, and say that court deci-
sions will have no influence upon the
rules adopted for control of reserves.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Didn't Want Too Much Leewav

Counsel for the defense In a murder
trial In Chicago recently had been try
ing TO bring out testimony along a GER
tain line TO which the Assistant States
Attorney, who was conducting the pros
ecution. had In each instance objected
and been supported by the ruling Of the
court. Finally after an unusually spir-
tied tilt between the opposing lawyers,
which had been terminated by the
courts ruling In favor Of the position
taken by the prosecution. the attorney
for the defense addressed the presiding
judge with some heat, lntimating that
sufficient leeway in the introduction Of
evidence had not been given him.
Il think you have had a proper de-
gree Of freedom with regard to the in
PRODUCTION of evidence. Mr.. Attorney"
the court mildly.
Il have not had too much. certain
ly," replied the lawyer, warmly.
For a moment the affair appeared
serious and the courtroom was silent
Then the judge said quietly, DO you
want too much?"
The attorney saw the point and pro-
,eeded with his case without remark
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Club, 72@7Sc; bluestem
| 74@75c; red, 70@71c; valley, 72c.
Oats - No. l white feed, $S1 so
gray, $3l so per ton.
Barley-Feed, $24.5O per ton; brew
ing, nominal; rolled, $25@26.
Hay-Valley timothy, No. l, $12@
13 per ton; clover, $7.5O@s; cheat,
$6@7; grain hay, SOS; alfalfa, $l3
Fruits-Apples. $2.5O@9.5O per box
apricots, $1.75@2 90 crate; cherries,
75c@$l per box; strawberries, Ga
Sc per pound; gooseberr,es, 5@6c per
pound.
Vegetables - Beans, 3@5c; cabbage,
$1@1.25 per 100; green corn, 47bc
doz.; onions, S@10c per dozen; peas,
&c; radishes, l0c per dozen; rhubarb
Sc per pound; spinach, 9Oc per box 4;
parsley, 25c; squash, 81 per crate !;
turnips, $l@1.25 per sack; carrots, 65
@75c per sack; beets. S5c@$1 per sack /.
Onions-New, 1 u @2c per pound.
Potatoes - Fancy graded Burbanks,
50@60c per hundred; ordinary, nomi.
nal; new California, &c per pound.
Butter - Fancy creamery, IN @20c
per pound.
Eggs - Oregon ranch, 2O@2lc per
dozen.
Poultry - Average old hens, l2@13c
per pound; mixed chickens, 12012kc;
broilers. 15@16c; roosters, 10c; dress.
ed chickens, 1S@14c; turkeys, live,
l6@lSc; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2O@
22c; geese, live. 9@10c; geese, dressed,
old, 10c; young, 12c; ducks, old, I1@
12c; young, 12H @19c.
Hops-oregon, 1905, 10@12kc.
Wool-Eastern Oregon average best,
ls@23c; valley, coarse, 22H@23c;
fine, 24@25c; mohair, choice, 2S@3Oc
per pound.
Veal - Dressed, 4@7c per pound.
Beef-Dressed bulls, &c per pound;
cows, III @5hc; country steers, 5@6c.
Mutton-Dressed fancy, 7@Sc pound;
ordinary, 5@6c; lambs, with pelt on,
Be.
Pork-Dressed, 7@9c
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
DRIVE THEM FROM STATE.
California Declares War on Dishonest
Insurance Companies.

California Declares War on Dishonest
Insurance Companies.
San Francisco, June 15.-The official
of California are agreed, il is said, that
the insurance companies which refuse
to meet their obligations and pay their
losses in full will not only be driven
from the state, but ruined before the
world, if the widest publication of their
methods can accomplish that end. In
surance Commissioner E. Marion Wolf
is backed by Attorney General Webb.
The attorney general expressed himself
forcefully today regarding the PROPOSE
ton made by so companies at a meet.
ing in Oakland Tuesday to pay only rs
per cent Of adjusted losses.
"Under the law of California" he
said, "the state insurance commission
er can revoke the license of any insur-
ance company for the state when there
is cause. Certainly the payment of
only rs per cent of losses would be
cause. And not only would it be proof
of unsoundness and unftness to do
business, but it will be the rlainest
evidence OF dishonesty. 1t would be
cause for the commissioner to re eloke
the state license of any company stand
ing for such proposition, and l know
that Mr.. Wolf, whose heart is in the
situation, will take such action toward
companies that enter such an agree
ment.
"This is the limit OF his power of
punishment under the California law,
but he can 60 much further. The in
surance commissioners of all the states
stand together. Through them, Com
missioner Wolf can advertise to all the
world the dishonesty of the companies
that refuse to meet their obligations.
1 am certain that he will use that pow
er against those that give him cause"
There was no change today in the
alignment of insurance companies On
the proposition to make general 20
per cent cut, but the companies that
voted for full payment still hope to
win over many of those that took the
stand for percentage settlement.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21

they do 30 we'll returning to their
cramped and sin infested quarter at
nightfall. There the real living day Of
Chinatown was just dawning. and the
narrow lanes were beginning to gleam
alluringly beneath the soft light Of COL
ored lanterns. and the shops. theaters,
joss houses and restaurants were max
ing ready for the daily harvest
The old Chinatown will never be re-
stored, writes G. Fl. Picard. The fat
has already gone forth. and hereafter
all Celestials In the vicinity Of the Gold
en- Gate will be urged to settle only
at the southern extremity of the county,
on the bay shore, near Fort Mason.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
MARKET IN CHINATOWN.

citrate the mask, to make positive the
dreadfus suspicion.
When the high winds which came
after the fire scattered the piles OF
ashes that covered the surface Of Chi
natown the mouths Of numerous yawn
Ing tunnels were disclosed. The en-
frances to these subterranean passages
had been concealed so carefully that
the existence Of a Chinatown under.
world was not known to many San
Franciscans. It Is certain that very
few white men have ever explored these
underground lanes
In this underground Chinatown hun
dreds Of men and women went to their
deaths yearly without an inkling Of the
manner Of their taking of being known
to the police. Some Of the tunnels were
100 feet below the surface, and 1t was
easy to conceal all evidences Of crime
committed In them. Members of the
constantly warning tongs, or secret So
cieties, who were slain left friends who
sought revenge In these secret and far.
away chambers Of horror. Men who
were suave and discreet Chinese mer.
chants above ground conducted dens of
infamy and slave markets in the lower
regions. Gambling In Its most de-
praved forms was the chief occupation.
1t will never be known how many
human beings perished in this under
world during the earthquake upheaval.
1t is certain that there were scores of
men overcome by opium. women incar-
,erated In their noisome dungeons and
helpless children who were overtaken
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Steamer Empire Is Sold,

City of Mexico, June 14.-The steam.
er Empire, now at Corinto, Nicaragua,
and said to be assisting the Guatemalan
rebels, has been sold to the Nicaraguan
government, according to dispatch re-
ceived here from Salvador, and cannot
now be seized. Tapachula advices
report that Ayutla, Guatemala, has not
been retaken by Guatemala regulars.
Ocos is said to be still in the possession
of the revolutionists. The leaders of
the Guatemalan revolution scout the
adverse reports sent out from Guatemala
City.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
INDEPENDENTS ASK FAIR PLAY
Independents in Ohio Ask tor Special
Legislative Session.

Legislative Session.
Cleveland, June 14.-The Leader to.
day says:
An extra session OF the Ohio legisla-
ture is asked by the Independent oil
men of the state. formal request for
the issuance of a special call is being
prepared for Governor. Pattison, while
letters bearing upon this subject are to
be sent from Cleveland to every mem
Der OF the legislature. ~
Should the special session be called,
the independent oil men will urge the
amendment of two laws which they
deem necessary to insure them fair play
as against the Standard Oil company.
The first is the anti.discrimnation law
now in operation in Kansas and Iowa.
The second is the maximum freight
law, which has enabled the independ.
ent operators in Kansas to obtain equal
rights from the railroads, thus placing
them on the came competitive basis as
the vast combine.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
.1erril Granted Parole

Guthrie, UKIa., 800 14.-Ira n
Terrill. serving IL years for murder
was paroled today by Governor Frantz,
over the strong opposition of certain
persons. As a member of Oklahoma e
first legislature he drew up it's criminal
code and was the first man to be con.
victed under its provisions. Terrill
gained considerable notoriety by bring
ing suit against President Roosevelt,
demanding freedom under the provi-
sions of heiLouisiana purchase treaty.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Eleeces in Prime Condition.

Baker City - Shearing of sheep in
Baker county has begun by electric
machinery at the plant of Lee Bros,
near here, who will first shear their
own sheep and then those of Ayre and
other la'ge owners in the county.
Shearing was delayed by the long con-
tinued wet weather, but it is said that
on account of the moisture the quality
of the Baker wool will this year far
exceed that of previous years, as it is
clean from dust and of fine texture.
1t is expected the tonnage will be large
and that most of it will 60 into storage.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
State Fair To Be the Greatest.

Salem-Now that the election is over
President Downing of the state fair
hoard, who is also chairman of the
Democratic county committee, expects
to devote his entire time and attention
to perfecting arrangements for the state
fair. which opens in September. Mr..
Downing says that the fair this year
will be the greatest ever held on the
state fair grounds. The attractions will
be better and more numerous and the
exhibits in every department will ex-
eel all other showings. He says the
people in every county are taking an
interest this year, which is due, he
thinks, to the interest awakened by
the Lewis and Clark lair.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Tours of Mutinous Garrisons

Odessa, June 15.-Generals Kaul-
bars, of Odessa, and Soukhomlinoff, OF
Kiev, start tomorrow, accom- panied by
large staffs, on tours of inspections OF
garrisons in the southern and south
western provinces, where the disaffec-
tion of numerous regiments is increas.
ing in gravity. The seriousness of the
agrarian situation is enormously en-
HANGED by this military discomfort,
which Independent testimony AYERS is
purely political.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
SAYS CONTRACTORS WILL LOSE
Did Not Know Nature Of Rock Along
Route Of Cello Canal.

Portland-The government canal al
Cello will cost $40, 900, 900, instead o.
81 900, 900, according to I. H. Taffe
who has been operating fish wheel.
near there for 20 years.
"The contractors, Smith & Jones,
who are digging the first half mile al
the Cello end, will lose 10000 on
the job" he said. "They took it al
too low a figure, evidently not knowing
the nature OF the rock they have to
blast out. Their bid was 1924 900.
They have about 100 men at work pre-.
pairing a foundation for the rock work
on the upper end OF the canal"
Mr.. Taffe says there is nothing in the
fshwheel business this season because
"those fellows on the lower river won't
let single salmon get past them" He
gets a good price, cents pound, for
all he traps, his market being in the
East His cold storage works are,
however, devoid OF salmon this season,
and he does not anticipate any great
improvement in the run.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
All Umatilla is Rejoicing.

AtEena-Reports from all over Una.
tilla county are to che effect that the
outlook for an enormous wheat crop
this season is bright. Before the heavy
rains there was considerable anxiety
over the outlook, az in those localities
where the soil is light the prospects for
good crop were slim, and especially
so where the wheat was spring Gown.
In many places it was believed the crop
would be failure outright, but every
thing is now entirely different.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
HoId-Up Must Stop.

Washington, June 15.-Judge James
Wickersham, of Alaska, will be con-
firmed by the senate before adjournment.
Notice was served on Senators Nelson
and McCumber today by the steering
committee that the senate will not per-
NIT them to continue their hoId-up of
this nomination which it is apparent to
practically the entire senate that Wick
ersham has been uniustly accused and
that the fight against him is not being
made in good faith. 1t is unusual for
the senate to take such drastic meas
ures with it's own members.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Water Soon to Flow.

Baker City-Water will flow through
the 12-mile ditch of the Baker Irriga
ton company within the next few days
This statement was made by J. A.
Smith, head of the company. The
water will be sent down in a small vol.
ume, at first being used for suicing in
the banks of the big reservoir which is
TO ,be built this summer. The reservoir
is to cover 240 acres and have capa-
city of 6, 6,00O-acre feet. The ditch will
be used fo- carrying water for storage
in the reservoir for the first time next
spring.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Goose Lake Land Withdrawn

Washington. June 14.-The eecre-
tary of the interior today withdrew
from disposition under the public land
laws strip of land extending around
Goose lake, in Northern California, and
Southwestern Oregon, for use in con-
nection with the Pitt river irrigation
project. The area covers approximate
ly 10000 acres.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
MASSACRE AND PlLLAGE.
Bomb Flung at Christian Parade in
Russia Provokes Riot.


Russia Provokes Riot.
Bialystok, Russia, June ia Jew
ieh anarchist threw bomb among the
Corpus Christi procession, which was
in progress here today, and killed or
wounded hundreds of persons. In con-
sequence the Christians attacked and
massacred the Jews and demolished
their shops.
The bomb was thrown from the bal
cony of house in Aleyandrov street
A Russian clergyman named Federoff
was among those killed.
Immediately after the explosion Jews
began to ire from the windows of the
house. Soldiers surrounded it and fred
two volleys. Meanwhile the enraged
Christians attacked the Jewish stores
in Alexandrov and Suraz streets, ,demol-
iehing the fixtures and windows, throw
ing the goods into the cutters, and
beating and numbering tue Jews. Many
Jews fled to the railroad station, pur-
sued by the mob, which killed several
there.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21

Sslem-Two carloads of machinery
for the government experimental road
construction have arrived in this city.
There is one more car on the road.
When it arrives the work will be start
ed in earnest. The engineer in charge
of the work, Mr.. Loder, expects to be
employed in the construction of this
sample road at least two months.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
FORCE ISSUE ON CANAL TYPE.
Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill May
Come in House.

Washington, June l4.--An unexpect-
ed snag was struck today in the move
ment for an early adjournment, and it
is possible that the type of the Panama
canal must be settled before congress
closes its sessions. Secretary Taft was
in conference with Speaker Cannon and
Chairman Hepburn, of the committee
on interstate and foreign commerce,
which handles the canal legislation,
and there is disposition to settle the
type OF canal before the adjournment
of congress.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
Many Seeking Timber Land.

Baker City - Many people are COM
ing into the Eastern Oregon timber belt
in search of timber. Locators from
Chicago, Milwaukee, Western Wash
ington and Idaho were included in two
parties which have passed through Ba
ker City on their way into the John
Day country. One of these parties,
with II. J. Bundy, started for the Su-
sanville district; the other party, Is
people in all, IA women and one boy,
which was under the direction of 6 4.
w. Shaw, started for Burns.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21

itants acknowledged no allegiance to
any other municipality and had no In
terest In the foreign devils" outside
that was not strictly commercial. They
issued from their burrows In the early
morning and went soberly in pursuit
of their various callings OF houses ser
wants, laundrymen, vegetable and fruit
peddlers and all the other things that
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-06-21
La Grande Offers Free Site.

La Grande - The La Grande Com
mercial club is attempting to raise $S,-
600 for the purchase of site to be
offered to the Palmea Lumber company
as an inducement for the location Of its
new mill here. About $6, 900 has been
subscribed. A cite of 73 acres on the
river northwest OF town has been secured
by option.