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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
HURL STONES Ar LEGATION.
Mexican Authorities Highly indignant
at Guatemalan Mob.

Mexico City, Mex, April 3O.-Ex-
treme indignation has been caused here
by the report that the American and
Mexican legations in Guatemala City
have been stoned by mob OF several
hundred men. There is evidently a
strong inclination to give creoence to
the report.
Mexican troops are being modified
on the Guatemala frontier, which is be-
lieved to be highly significant, though
the War department has stated this is
only movement to insure strict neu-
trality and protect Mexican interests
against remote danger from marauding
bands.
Reprts are current here that Minister
Gambooa, representing Mexico in Guate-
mala, has left that country and crossed
into Mexican territory as the result of
friction with the Cabreras government.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Banquet to Swettenhan.

Vancouver, B. c., April 29.-Sil
Alexander Swettenham, who was re-
lieved of the governorship of Jamaica
because OF his ungracious behavior to
Admiral Davis, of the American navy,
because the latter landed marines at
Kingston to patrol the town after it
had been partially destroyed by earth
quake, will arrive in Vancouver in
July. The Canadian club of Victoria
proposes to tender him banquet and
the same body has suggested to the off,
GERS OF the Vancouver Canadian club
that he be given reception here.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
WILL TALK TO ROOSEVELT.
Central Federated Union Committee
to Ask for a Conference.

New York, April 30.-The Central
Federated union today, instead of unan
lmously condemning the president for
his action in the Meyer Haywood mat
ter as has been reported, stood about
evenly divided on the question which
has stirred labor unions all over the
country. The discussion, which lasted
more than three hours. was the most
bitter ever heard at "a Central Federation
union meeting. The result was that
the meeting, representing more than
100, 900 workers in Manhattan, ordered
that committee of three 60 to Wash
ington and have a heart-to- heart talk
with President Roosevelt regarding his
criticism of Meyer and Haywood.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
FIND SECRET OF WRECKS.
New York Railroad Commissioners
Say Broken Rails Increase.

Albany, N. Y, April 27.-Broken
rails removed from railroad tracks in
this state during January, February
and March Of this year were much
more numerous than in the correspond
ing three months Of either CT the past
two years, according to bulletin issued
today by the state railroad commits
sioner. The bulletin says:
The unusal number of broken rails
reported during the past winter caused
the investigation at this time. The
board finds that during the three
months ending March 81, 1907, there.
was total of 1914 broken rails on
principal steam lines of the state. Dur
ing the corresponding three months CT
1905 there was a total of 826, and dur
ing the corresponding three months of
1905, total of 1881. The matter in
detail has been presented to the Amer
lean Railway association, which is now
holding its convention in Chicago, and
it has requested that the matter be.
taken up for discussion and action by
the railroad managers.
1t is probable that the convention,
will go into the causes of the greatly
increased number Of breakages and that
The matter will be discussed as to causes
md conference arranged with rail
with view to discover
ng If the alarming number of break
lges is due to method of manufacture
II metal composition.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
HERMANN ACQUITTED.
No Wrong Done in Destroying Letter
Books, Says Jury.

Washington, April 29.-Binger Her.
manh walked out of court Saturday
afternoon free man. No longer doe g
he rest under the charge of having
fraudulently destroyed 35 letter press
copy books just prior to his retirement
from the cffice of land commissioner
That he destroyed the books he does
not deny, but that he did so with
wrongful intent is denied by both Her
mann and by the jury, and its judgment
is final. His so-called private letter
books may have contained some official
letters, Hermann may or NAV not have
known of this fact, but the jury has
held that he did not fraudulently de-
stroy the books. He did not destroy
them for the purpose of impairing the
usefulness OF the records of the general
land office nor to cover his own tracks,
and so holding, the jury set at naught
more than six weeks testimony intro
duced by the government to show a mo-
tive.
Hermann has made no plans for the
future. He will eventually return to
Oregon, but whether he will again ven-
ture into politics is yet to be deter
mined. He said tonight that his time
had been 30 engrossed with the trial
that he had given no thought to the
future. He stated, however, that the
verdict was not surprise to him. He
had been conscious all along of his in
1ocence and having every confidence in
5he fairness OF the jury, felt no concern
lbout the outcome.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
More Money for Famine Relief.

st. Petersburg, April 27.-The fam
inc relief committee Of the lower house
of parliament today discussed the sup
Elementary credit of 1850, 900 for
famine relief, the bill for which was
submitted to parliament April 13 by
Premier Stolypin, who asked for the,
earliest discussion of the measure ON
account of the urgency of the situation.
The committee decided to recommend
the immediate appropriation of $2,-
100000 for famine relief. the govern
ment to withhold the balance, pending
the report of the ministry.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
ARMED FORCES FOR CUBA.
All Elements Oppose Plan for Large
Standing Army.

All Elements Oppose Plan for Large
Standing Army.
Havana, April 30.-The plan of a
standing Cuban army of IL. 900 men,
as surg 'sied by the general staff of the
American army, is most attractive to
that element Of the Cuban people
which is fond of the gold lace and re-
gala of the Spanish American armies.
But among the conservative elements
the plan excites really less interest
than the preceding one to recruit the
rural guards up to $4,000 men. The
latter plan was vigorously opposed,
even by the Liberals, who, it was sup
posed, would have jumped at the OPP
portunity for lavish distribution of
patronage, and while the standing army
scheme has been framed to meet their
objections, the apparent impossiblity
OF this accomplishment has caused it to
be received with something very like
derisIon.
Governor Magoon. who has not yet
been advised of any intention of the
War department to adopt the laborate
program of the general staff, does not
believe it possible to bring to the
island Of Cuba $4,000 soldiers who
shall come up to the standard of the
United S:ates army. This view is fully
shared by Cubans experienced in mill
taIy affairs.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Witte Offers Criticism.

st. Petersburg, April 3O.-Count
Wltte, the ex-premier, in a character
istic speech before the council of the
empire today delt with the question of
the statutes in regard to experts assist
Ing committees in the douma. He took
an advanced stand to certain extent.
asking for liberal support; criticised
the paralysis of the council of the en-
pire, and said it was unworthy of being
allied the upper house. Count Whites
action is hailed with approval.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
LANE FRUIT CROP TO BE HEAVY
All Fruits Except Apples Give Prom
ise Of Abundant Yield.

Eugene-The fine warm weather O
the past two weeks has advanced the
buds and blossoms so materially tha,
some prophesy of the 1907 fruit cror
can be made.
Every crop but apples promises to be
heavy. Apples will not be as plentiful
this year as last, although the care
that apple raisers are giving their
orchards insures better quality than
in years past.
The peach crop, which was the light
est fruit crop in this section last wear,
if no accident befalls, will be unusually
heavy. Cherries, pears, prunes and
plums look uniformly we'll. The yield
on smaller fruits will be good.
The grain, hay and grass crop is in
good condition for this time of the
year.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Big Fire in EmeryviIIe,

Berkley, CAL, April 3O.-A disastrous
fire started in the wood fiber and plas.
ter works at Emeryville last evening,
and before the fremen could control
the flames the plant was destroyed, to-
gether with the F. NJ. Umphred Fur
nlture factory and the Southern Pacific
depot at Emeryville. The race track
sheds and grandstand of the California
Jockey club were endangered and the
Judson Iron works badly damaged.
Two oil tanks of the Southern Pacific
company were burned and dwellings
were also destroyed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Wheat at Athena Looks Well.

Athena-"Fall wheat in this locality
is looking fine as rule, and in cases
where it is not coming on as it should
there is cause for it, and something is
wong" said prominent farmer here.
I'm such cases the surface is usually
found to be hard, as if it was baked
This condition can be relieved by put
ting on zigzag harrow, which loosens
the soil around the roots and brings
the moisture to the surface. This
should be followed with roller"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Club, 75c; bluestem, TIC
valley, 72c; red. 74c.
Oats-No. l white, $29. so; gray. 81.
@29.
Rye-$1 .45@1 80 per cwt.
Barley-Feed, $22.5O per ton; brew
ing, $23; rolled, $23.5O@24.5O.
Corn-Whole, $25; cracked, $26 Del
ton.
Hay-Valley timothy, No. l, $15@
l6 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$l7@ls; clover, 50; cheat, 50; grain
hay, $8@1O.
Apples-Common, 75c@$l.25 per
box; choice, $1,000.
egetables-Turnips, $1@I.25 per
sack; carrots, $1@1 rs per sack; beets,
1.25@l 30 per sack; horseradish, ia
&c per pound; cauliflower, $1@1. so per
dozen; lettuce, head, 35@45c per dozen;
onions, 1O@12hc per dozen; radishes,
zoe per dozen; asparagus, 11@15c per
pound; rhubarb 3@4c per pound.
Onions-Oregon, 1904 per hundred.
POtatOes-Oregon and Eastern, 81 .85
az per sack; sweet potatoes, Sc per
pound.
Butter-Fancv creamery, 22k@25c
per pound.
Butte Fat-First grade cream, 26c
per pound; second grade cream, &c less
per pound.
Poultry-Average old hens, 15@I8c
per pound; mixed chickens, 15@15 nc;
spring fryers and broilers, 22h@25c;
I'D roosters, 10912c; dressed chickens,
I6@17c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 1Sb
920c; geese, live, SC; ducks, 16@1Sc.
Eggs-l9c per dozen.
Dressed Meats-Veal, 5%@Sc per
'ound; beef, bulls, 3@hc; COWS, 5@
&c; country steers, 6@7c; mutton,
ancy, 10@10Kc per pound; ordinary,
@9c; spring lambs. with pelts, I3c;
ork, 6@9c per pound.
Hops-7@lOc per pound, according 6
} quality.
Wool-Esstern Oregon average best,
3@1Sc per pound, according to shrink
se; valley, 21@22c, according to fine 4
ess; mohair, choice, 29@30c per b
ound. IL
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Offers So for TideIands.

Salem-Another effort has been made
by 7. Hendlyx, Of Portland, who rep.
resented himself and nine others, to in
duce the State Land board to consider
their application for the purchase of
approximately $500 acres of tidelands
and accretions consisting of group Of
small sand islands situated in Catlamet
bay, at 81 per acre, but the only en-.
couragement he and his attorney, G. F.
Martin, could secure was that the ap-
plications would be placed on file to
await the further action of the board
after the new law goes into effect in
creasing the minimum price from 50 to
IS per acre.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Government to Mediate

Denver, April ga message re-
ceived here late tonight from Washing.
ton announces that Chairman Knapp,
OF the Interstate Commerce commits.
sion, and Labor Commissioner Neill
have accepted the invitation Of the Den
yer d Rio Grande Railroad company,
to come TO this city and assis. in set
tling the 'ntrovetsy between the COM
pany and its tIainmen and conductors.
Messrs. Neill and Knapp will arrive in
Denver Wednesday.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Take Buffalo Herd to Cana da

Denver, April 27.-A message was
received in this city today to the effect
that the famous Pablo herd of buffalo
at the Flathead reservation in Mon
tana, had been sold to the Canadian
government. Howard Eaton, Of Wolf,
Wyoming, telegraphed W. F. Ken
drick, a Denver mining man, today
that the Canadian government had paid
a deposit on the herd. The bulls will
be removed to Canada about May, and
the cows and calves in July.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
RATE IS ILLEGAL,
Railway Commission Renders Opinion
Against Southern Pacific.

1 ''~'"0v OCU0CVS N'DlnlCf
Against Southern Pacific.
J Salem-After due and mature delib
Grafton the Oregon Railroad commits
sion has rendered its opinion findine
the IS rate per ton of 1000 pounds
upon rough green fir lumber from Port.
land to San Francisco bay points, is
excessive, discriminatory and contrary
to the rules, orders and regulations OF
the Interstate Commerce law, and, un.
less the Southern Pacific company re-
stores tie cd rate of 1910 per ton
upon the same commodity "within a
reasonable length of time" about two
weeks being considered reasonable"
by the commits N in this case, the
case will be placed before the Inter-
state Commerce commission through
the medium of the attorney general of
the state.
This opinion is the outcome of the
hearing Of the complaint of the West
ern Oregon Lumber Manufacturers
association Tuesday against the South
ern Pacific's action in putting into
effect the S. rate, April IS, to curtail
the undesirable traffic in lumber from
interior points southwark.
Whether or not the Southern Pacific
sees fit to give heed to this finding and
suggestion remains to be seen, but it
still leaves the question of fiat rate
of 81 per thousand from valley points
to Portland undecided, and this move
ment. which is being agitated by the
valley mill men, is foreign to that en-
bracing the interstate rate, and must
be brought before the commission un-
der separate complaint and petition.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Elgin Is Going Ahead.

Elgin-Elgin is one among the many
Oregon towns that are growing with
rapid strides. Several thousand dollars
are to be expended the present season
for public improvements, chief among
which will be the erection of a new
and modern school building. which will
cost when completed $4,000. The
structure will be constructed of native
stone and brick and will have ten
rooms. The building will be heated
by steam and will have every modern
convenience. School Clerk Weiss is
now receiving bids for the structure,
and it will be completed this season.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Scurvy in Famine Lands,

1t. Petersburg, April 3O.-scurvy
has increased greatly in the famine dis
trlcts' An urgent meeting of the gov
eminent relief committee has been
called Tor tomorrow following the re-
ceipt OF telegram from Zemstvo. pres
ident of Ufa province, reporting / 900
cases and asking for aid.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Death When Pier Orops.

Baltimore, April ga section of
500 feet of the new pier being con-
'trurted at the immigration station at
Locust Point, South Baltimore, for the
baltimore & Ohio railroad, collapsed
his afternoon. carrying down with it
between 20 and 25 workmen, Of whom
l6 are unaccounted for.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Will Fight Closed Season Law.

Astoria-Fred Olson and John Mus.
tik were arraigned in the Justice court
on complaints charging them with
operating setnets during the closed sea.
son in Youngs and Lewis and Clark
rivers, respectively. Mustik pleaded
guilty and was fined $50. Olson will
fight the charges against him on the
ground that the state fishing law does
not apply to Youngs river.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Milton Teachere Have Mon.v

Milton-Perhaps no town in the In
land Empire with population of 500
has as fine an educational system as
this city, nor such enterprising teach
ers, OF whom there are II. A project
is being promoted by the Milton Com.
mercial club to build 10000 hotel,
and the teachers Of the public schools
all of whom are women except Princi.
pal H. B. Pennock, have subcribed ST.
600 stock in the hotel enterprise. Near
ly all the teachers reside here.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Will Paint Artillery Crav.

Berlin, April 27.-Emperor William
has ordered that the field guns, gun
carriages and ammunition wagons of
the German artillery be painted dull
gray. The change is based upon the
experiences Of the Russo-Japanese war.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Fru,tgrowers 10 ou.id Warehouse

La Grande-The special meeting Of
the Grand Rcnde Valley Fruitgrowers'
union will soon be called to discuss the
plan OF building a warehouse in La
Grande for the accommodation of the
associations business. The officials
seem to favor the project, and in all
probability the building will be COM
pleted in time for the handling of this
years crop.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Hood River .urns It Down.

Hood River-At special meeting OF
Pine Grove grange No. 356 the PROPOSE
tion of referring the University OF Ore
gon appropriation bill to the people
was turned down by large ma jority.
The movement is unpopular in this
part of the state.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Eugene Hopes to Be Terminal.

Eugene-It is reported here that the
Southern Pacific company is negotiating
for tract of land in Fairmount, a su-
burb of Eugene, on which to erect car
repair shops and terminal buildings.
1t is said that the company intends to
make Eugene division point for the
proposed klamath extension as well as
for the main limo
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-05-02
Oppose Referendum Move.

Brownsville-Ash Swale grange is
one of the oranges of Linn county that
does not take kindly to the proposition
to use the referendum on the State uni
versity appropriation.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-18
GREATEST POLITICIAN OF ANY AGE

to see, and do see, that to hurt rail
way properties is to hurt not only the
shareholders, but every man. Mr..
Bryan's ownership remedy is worse
than the disease. Can Mr.. Roose-
velt's supervision remedy be made eff
fectuals
"The Roosevelt Hartman quarrel is
unfortunate because it introduces into
the controversy extraneous matter,
purely personal and partisan, which
can only inflame public judgment and
divert it from the main point-the reg
~ulation of the railways. 1t is unim
portant which told the exact truth re-
garding presidential promises and cam
paign contributions. We all know
oontrihutions were made, but as to
promises, they are the merest issue Of
veracity between Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Hartman. This will probably con
%stitute a se%ven-days wonder and then
make way for a new sensation.
"Mr. Hartman IS at a signal disad-
vantage. The whole crowd of high
fnanciers are a flock of sheep, weap-
onless and protected only by their
wool and fat. I once laughingly told
J. Pierpont Morgan he ought to have
a guardian; that he talked politics
much as / talked finance and art.
knowing quite as little out of his
sphere as ] out of mine.
"The president is a mighty mar of
war; the ablest practical politician of
this or any other day. His resources
are boundless, his wit keen, his pop
ularity immense. while Mr.. Hartman
has nothing except his money to fight
with, and Mr.. Hearst will be able to
tell him how impotent money is with
no moral force behind it.
"Too frequent elections in the Unit
ed States. continued Mr.. Watterson,
"have reduced American politics TO 8
circus performance between rival
%o~gani7at ons. These allow no side
shows; third parties have never
counted for much or anything. AS a
consequence little room is given for
discrimination, and there is but a
single alternative. At this moment
the president heads one party and Mr..
Bryan the other. Existing between
the two is a great body of thinking
people who would exclaim, GA plague
Continued from page 3.)
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-18
HENRY WATTERSON ON
THE ROOsEvELT-HARRIMAN
CONTROVERSY
Says President is the Greatest Poll
tician Of This or any Other Day

Colonel Henry Watterson, whose
political editorials have made the
Louisville Courier-Journal famous, was
Interviewed as to the controversy be
tween President Roosevelt and f. II.
Hartman by a correspondent OF the
Few York Times, and the veteran
Democratic watcher of national affairs
shed many interesting sidelghts on the
coming campaign. Mr.. Watterson
deems President Roosevelt the
ablest politician of this or auy
sther dry. He says that Hartman has
only his money and the backing of
nanciers whom he compares to a flock
of sheep, w~eaponless save for their
fat.
1.-The fight over the succession in
the Republican national conven-
ton was bound to be lively under the
let conditions said Mr.. Watterson.
'tMr. Roosevelt has made it implaca-
BILE. In taking the bull Of plutocracy
by the horns he has made a new and
surprising departure. The Republican
party has been nothing II not a rich
mans party; time and again 1T has
bought the presidency.
"Now the president and calls
a halt-for the country 2 most timely
and salutary halt, but a halt involving
nothing but combustion for the ell
ements upon which the Republican
leaders have hitherto relied for their
equipment and resources in closely
contested states. This would create
a great opportunity for the Democrats
if they were prepared to take advan-
tage of it.
"The era of dog eat-dog politics
which long ago swallowed the Demo-
Gratis seems at last to have overtaken
the Republicans. In the meantime the
politicians of both parties are running
TO extremes. The railway magnates
1.-Two only themselves to blame for the
dilemma, or worse, in which they find
themselves. For years the best of
them nave been carrying it with a
high hand. Yet sensible people ought
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-18
GRuBSTAKE WANTED

Reliable prospector wants SIX
months first-class grubstake for half
interest in claims located. Referenc-
IS furnished. Miner, Box 222, Winnie
mucca, Nevada.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-18

March 5, 1907, one black horse,
branded J. H. T. H. on right thigh.
White spot in forehead. No hair on
tail. Owner can have same By paying
for this notice and feed bill. at j. r.
Clark ranch, near Mill City.
d. c.. BOOTH.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-04-18
PALACE SHOE STAND

Shoes shined, oiled and polished.
First class work. Will call at resi-
dences for ladies' shoes. T. H.
IIegler.