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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
senseIess and Reckless Crowds.

From How I Won the Vanderbilt Cup"
 by Louis Wagner in the Outing Nigga
 zine.
 But the crowds On rounding the Hair pin Turn for the second time, directly fin the road were at least fifty persons as we approached the turn. They swiftly made way, but my car must have brushed at least a dozen coats while taking the turn. actually shut nay eyes aud piloted the machine by blind instinct-expecting every moment-to now down several lives. That no one was slain was nothing less than a miracle. or the oil-sodden road stead. to one travelling faster than a mile a minue, was nothing but d very narrow yellow ribbon fringed at brief intervals with blotches of humanity. As for the eleven sharp bends in the course, 1t was impossible for me to know from my own visoE just when and where they were to be met. For this knowledge I depended entirely upon my companion. who direct- ed the way with his hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
By Ellis Parker Butler

'on page 265 we find the map of Africa showing the location of Timbuctoo. as Mell as all mountains, rivers, lakes, ct cetery' said Ellph' Hewitt. And +ha way got away was that they gave me m one Lent Just after a missionary came Who happened to have a magazine with some pictures of the king of hats thf was the style that year. It seems th, the mats l had just made for them was year old In style. so they gave me up al told me to go. and I went That sho,. the difference between them savage wiv and the civilized"
 Yes" said Mrs. Billup. "civilIz lodks don,t give up husbands that easy.'
 VI wasn't thinking of that" said Elipb' Hewitt. T was thinking that If a man had been furnished civilized wife with last years style hats for Easter he wouldn't be able to go away if he wanted to, after she got through with him."
 We'll said Mrs Blllup, you can't expect much of poor ignorant savages you say you sell this book for one dollar down. That ain't much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
KAByLE SUMMER HomE-photo by Mr. Carpenter.

selles, a distance of about five hundred miles, at g steerage rate and the fares for third and fourth class are not much higher.
 European Farmers In Africa.
 There are already six hundred thousand Europeans settled in Algeria More than ha.i of these are French; but there are also many Spaniards Italians and people from Malta, Sicily, and other islands of the Mediterranean sea. Already about one-eighth of the whole population is of European origin and the best lands of the country are being rapidly bought of the Mohammedans by these invading Christians The European population has doubled within the past thirty years.
 The cities are growing. There are French towns all over tho country and the Christian element is every where in control. Perregaux, where l am writing, for instance, con- tains five thousand European inhabi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

It was the bread basket of Rome in the days of her glory and the Arabs and Moors grew fat upon 1t for centuries be- fore the French came. It comprises the rich valleys between the mountains run ming along the coast and the high plateaus of the Atlas which fall away into the Sahara, and also of a rich coastal strip here and there. It runs clear across Algeria and Tunisia, and in round numbers Is seven or eight hum dred miles long from west to east and from tkirty to one hundred miles wide It contains altogether an area almost as large as New England and fully as large as the state of Illinois. It has somewhere between thirty-five and fifty million acres of excellent lands, but this is in patches, some large and some small I have gone through regions, such as Gran, where the soil Is as rich as the Mississippi valley and through others where the vineyards grow out of fat, red loam, like that of the best coffee plantations of Sac Paulo. Brazil.
 Much of the Tell is like California or Colorado and not little of 1t is irrI- gated. There is an enormous dam near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

The blows used by the natives are little more than forked sticks with a sort of a shoe Of iron shaped like a trowel, as a blow pcint. This shoe is about ten inches long and a quarter of an inch thick, and 1t serves to turn the earth to a depth of two or three inches. It is not as good as a single shovel blow by any means. Such a blow has but one handle, and the na- tive does not press down upon 1t, but merely steadies 1t with one hand as he walks behind in the furrow. The tongue of the blow Is fastened to a stick which rests under the bellies of the two horses forming the native blow team. This stick Is fastened by breast straps to the horses, without traces of any kind.
 One Of these blows cannot cost more than a dollar, while the foreign blows have described sell for eight or ten dol lars, and sulky blow brings $20 or more
 The natives are unable to do deep plow- ing with their tools, and as a result much of the grain is planted in and out among the bushes and undergrowth. Along many of the foothills of the Atlas the fields contain more bushes than wheat anu in places the wheat grows among thistles each of which has a head as big around as tin cup.
 The present average wheat yield per acre Is not much more than one-half as great as that of the United States and less than one-third that of France. It is only about eight bushels per acre.
 Reapins and Threshing.
 These Algerians do most of their reap ing by hand, and that with the sickle. It would be impossible to run a mower i and reaper through fields covered with brush, and it Is only on the large farms that threshing machines are employed. Most of the grain is trodden out by oxen or other animals. I see threshing floors everywhere near the straw stacks; they are circles of well pounded earth upon which the animals are driven around over the straw until the grain is ground out After that the straw Is raked off and the wheat, barley or oats Is thrown into the air against the wind to remove the chaff. The straw is then stacked and the grain put in large bags for shipment If 1t Is to be carried to market upon camels. the bagsg used will contain six or eight bushels, as two such bags of grain make load for one camel. If 1t Is to go upon donkeys or mules, each will contain half as much. There are no ele- vators in the farming districts nor at the stations, and all grain goes to the mar kets in bags. It Is frequently hauled on great wagons with five, six or seven mules to each wagon and a snarlingg dog on top to guard the load The driver who Is usually an Arab or Kabyle. walks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

fig orchards are to be seen everywhere. They arc as common as apples in Amer lea. and quite as freely eaten. The na- tlves dry them and store them away for winter use.
 Among the Stock Ralsers.
 Algeria does a great deal of stock farm ing. Not only in the Tell, but in the ranges of. the Atlas mountains and on the hign plateaus upheld by them, are large hocks of sheep and goats, and they are also to be found all along the edges of the Desert of Sahara. There are more than million of cattle in the Tell, and in the whole country more than a quar- ter of a million donkeys and almost that number of horses. The camels are some thing like 100000, and the mules quite as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

tants and it has all the surroundings of a rural city of France. Its streets are wide and well shaded and it has a large public garden in which the band plays several times a week. Its stores are like those of France and it has no end of cafes and restaurants. There are scores of other cities just like it throughout the Tell and many such as Blidah, Tiemcen, Orleansville and others, which are more populous and more prosperous.
 The Tell.
 Have you ever heard of the Tell?
 It has been noted for many generations as one of the granaries of the world. It fed Carthage from the time when it was founded by Queen Dido, along about eight or nine hundred years before Christ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

and other stock from place to place to find pasture.
 Arabian Horses.
 The horses Of Algeria are largely of Arabian stock. They are well made and tough, and many of them are fine riding animals. Some French horses have been brought in for heavy draft, and those about the wharves of the cities often have a strain of Percheron or Norman. The draft horses are usually worked single file. and a long team of five or six horses pulling a load, harnessed up tam dem. is not uncommon Sometimes they are harnessed three abreast; a team of seven will often have two leaders tandem anu behind them two abreast, with three abreast next the wagon. Every harness has bells on it. and the common draft horse wears a collar weighing ten pounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

Copyright, 1907, by Frank G. carpenter)
 Perregaux.
 HE French are colonlzing Algeria
 and are rapidly increasing it's \ value as a good farming coun- try. It is already the granary and winter fruit garden of the republic, and is fast becoming the wine cellar as we'll. The government has a colonization depart ment, which is now laying out new towns and farm sites Some of the lands are given away and other sold at auction on long time. There are agricultural banks for the benefit of the farmers, and special Inducements for settlers in low rates of Steamships and railroad transportation. Immigrants are brought here from Mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

morning and hunted cassowary eggs ev- cry afternoon, tho cassowary being tho only bird in them parts that eggs could be got from fit to eat, and them wives herited from their recent husband. should have a dozen eggs apiece. That made two hundred and forty-one dozen. I had to go out into the desert to get them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

eggs and when I had them all gathered and piled up 1t made pile as big as this house. I was glad when go them twen- ty-f1ve hats all trimmed and them eggs all colored. I can tell you.''
 T should think you would have beenv' exclaimed Mrs. Bilup.
 "Yes'm," said Eliph' Hewitt, land I didn't get 1t all done until the night be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

club exercise that made me think they meant 1t. So I began to make hats"
 You didn't make the hats, did you?" asked Mrs. Billup.
 'Yes'm,' said Ellph Hewitt. "I had to. Nobody in Timbuctoo had ever seen a ladys hat, and them wives wasn't in the habit of working, so I had to do 1t. I had busy time. trimmed hats every
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and other stock from place to place to
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
PAY FOR CARS.
Washington Lumbermen Give Money
TO Have Them Spotted.

Seattle, Jan. 23-Evidence Indicating
that lumbermen have been paying
money to railroad employees to have
cars spotted" on their tracks was i'll
troduced before Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Franklin X Lane. at
the hearing yesterday afternoon into
the car shortage question.
Charles e. Patton, president of the
Reliance Lumber Company and vice
pre- sident and secretary of the Atlas
Lumber and Shingle Company, made
the statement during the course of
his examination. To say that the evi
dence of Mr.. Patton was a sensation
would be putting it mildly. Mr.. Pat
ton had been giving some facts and
figures showing that there was an ap-
parent discrimination in the distribu-
ton of cars at Tacoma among the
mills.
A multitude of witnesses testified be-
fore Commissioner Lane yesterday
about the car shortage and the Grip
pling effect it has had upon the indus
tries Of the state. Not only were lum.
bermen put on the stand, but Senator
Paulhamus told of the sufferings of
the Puyallup berry growers, and the
troubles of the wheat farmers of East
ern Washington were gone into
The lumber men contended that
while the car shortage was particular
ly acute at the present, there had never
been a time for years when they got
all the cars that they wanted. The rate
at which cars moved was gone into
and it was shown that this has stead
lily decreased from an average move
ment per car of 9412 miles in 1903 to
}6 miles in 1906.
No attempt was made to dispute the
;ar shortage by the railroad attorneys
they sought to show, however, that
he present paralysis of traffic was the
'esult of the floods in November.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
PORTLAND MARKETS,

Fruits-Apples, common to choice
50@ 75c per box; choice to fancy, $l@
2.50; pears, $l@l.50.
Vegetables - Turnips, 9Oc@$1 pei
sack; carrots, 90c@$1 per sack; beets
81 .25@1 so per sack; horseradish, ga
! 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, &c pei
pound; cabbage, 214c per pound; cauli.
flower, $3.50 per dozen; celery, $3.50
per crate; pumpkins, &c per pound
squash, &c per pound; sprouts, Sc p
pound.
Onions-Oregon, $l@1.15 per hun
dred.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
$1@1.30; common, 75@95c.
Wheat-Club, 67c; bluestem, soc;
valley, &c; red, 65c.
Oats-No. l white, s27; gray, $26.
Barley-Feed, $21 .50@22 per ton 4;
brewing, $22 so; rolled, $23 .50@24. so.
Rye-$1. .40@1 As per cwt
Corn-Whole, $26; c.acked, $27 per
ton.
Hay-Vall"y timothy, No. l, $14@
Is per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
Sl'0lS; clover, SO; cheat, $9 grain
hay, 5000; alfalfa, $14.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 30@35c per
pound.
Butter Fat-First grade cream, 3S &c
per pound; second grade cream, &c less
per pound.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, 321a@33c per
dozen.
Poultry-Average old hens, 136l4c
per pound; mixed chickens, l26l3c;
spring, l4@l41a old rootsers, 1O@1lc;
dressed chickens, l6@17c; turkeys,
live, II a 171ac; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 20@22c; geese, live, 1O@l2c:
ducks, l7@1Sc.
Veal-Dressed, 51e(a9ls~ per pound.
Beef-Dressed bulls, 2G &c per pound;
cows, 4@5c; country steers, 5G5Isc.
Mutton-DreSsed, fancy, Sa@9c per
pound; ordinary, 6@7c.
Pork-Dressed, 6@9c per pound.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
FOREIGN AID
WAS WELCOME
Archbishop of Jamaica Takes Cover.
nor to Task.
Kingston Paper Says Whole Country
is Ashamed of Swettenham - Aid
From Colon Accepted Refug ees
Are Leaving City Relief Work is
Progressing.

Kingston, Jan. "a 4.-Most Rev. Enos
Nuttall, lord archbishop Of the West
Indies, having heard here today that
King Edward had cabled deprecatin2
the idea that the people of Jamaica
should accept foreign assistance, said he
trusted his majesty had not given utter
ance to this sentiment and that if he
had, he, thes sarchbi :hop, did not APP
prove of it. The archbishop said also
that he believed great mistake had
been made when Governor Swettenham
rejected the offers of American aid
The relief committee is actively en-
gagged in sending refugees into the coun-
try and distributing food and money to
those who are unable to leave the city.
Bishop Hendricks, Of Colon, arrived
here this morning on board the steamer
advance, which brought from Colon 100
tons of food and $500 contributed to the
jamaican sufferers by the officials Of
the canal and merchants OF Panama.
Governor Swettenham consented to ac-
cept these supplies, waving the custom
duties.
The Daily Telegraph, in scathing
article, arraigns Governor
Swettenham as follows:
:'We would be unfaitful to our duties
as exponents of public opinion if we
failed to call attention to the extraordi-
nary conduct of his excellency in the
present crisis. His general behavior at
A moment of great peril and difficulty
was unworthy of the responsible British
official and even a cultured English
His letter to Rear Ad-
niral Davis was production of which
le ought to be ashamed and of which
he Jamaicans are ashamed. The
United States is friendly nation
heir bone is British bone, their flesh
g British flesh and no one but blind
d bigot would have refused to admit
landing parties"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
STILL, ,ENCASED IN ICE.
Europe Hung With IcicIes and Choked
With Snow.

London, Jan. 25.-Arctic weather
conditions continue to prevail in the
whole of Europe, while, curiously
enough, the actual Arctic regions,
Northern Norway and Iceland, report
the prevalence of mild and rainy
weather. All the vessels reaching
British ports are covered with long
icicles and have snow on their decks.
kilograms received from all parts of
the continent give almost incredible re-
ports of the extreme rigor of the
weather and consequent suffering.
Many deaths are reported. In Aus
tria two sentinels were found dead at
their posts as a result of the cold. The
heavy snow continues in Russia and
Turkey, and the Danube is frozen over
in several places in Roumania.
Slight earthquakes are reported from
Batoum. The blizzard continues at
Constantinople, where the snow is said
to be several feet deep. Navigation on
the Bosphorus and the Black sea has
been practically suspended.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
Thaw Trial Begins.

New York, Jan. 23.-The long-await-
ed trial of Harry X. Thaw for the mur-
der of Stanford White began here today
before Justice Fitzgerald Two jurors
were secured as result of the day 5
work. Out OF the POO talesmen 10 were
examined. Three successfully passed
the rapid-tire questions of the opposing
counsel, but one was afterward excused
by the court after making some private
representations concerning his business.
At 1890 O'Clock tomorrow morning the
court will resume the work of choosing
a jury which shall pass on the case.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
SEIZE FOOD SUPPLIES
Mayor of Cincinnati Orders Police to
Stop Extortion.

Cincinnati, Jan. 23.-Mayor Demp
sey yesterday afternoon issued orders
to the police TO confscate food and
fuel where needed for relief of food
sufferers and where dealers attempted d
to eXtort unreasonable prices This
action was taken because of numerous
reports of eXtortion in charges for
transportat ion and for relief supplies.
Those attempting eXtortion will be ar
rested.
The high water in the Ohio river IS
slowly but steadily rece ding tonight
The railroads have begun preparations
to resume regular traffic, although it
Will be several days before the tracks
are safe.
Relief work continues actively. Six
school buildings have been turned over
as temporary homes for the sufferers
The city council tonight appropriated
a sum for relief fund which is be-
ing augmented by private subscrip-
tions.
Appeals for aid have been received
from many Kentucky towns.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
SHONTS TO RESIGN,
Will Take Charge of New York. S
Rapid Transit,

Washington, Jan. 24.-The resigna-
tion of Theodore P. Shonts as chair
man of the Isthmian Canal commission
was announced at the White House to-
day. 1t will take effect not later than
March 4, Mr.. Shonts having been
elected today president of the Inter-
borough Metropolitan company, which
controls the rapid transit and many
surface lines in New York.
No announcement was made as to
who will succeed Mr.. Shonts as chair
man of the commission, but it was
learned authortatively that headquar-
ters will be removed from Washington
to the isthmus and that high salaried
chairman to serve in that capacity
alone will not be named. This being
admitted, it follows that John F. Stew
ems, the engineer in charge of the con-
struction of the canal would not be
made subordinate to another official.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
MUST A2OLOGISE OR RETIRE
Fate of Swettenham Unless He Car
Give Good Excuse.

London, Jan. 23-The incident aris.
| ing from the exchange of letters at
Kingston between Governor Swetten-
ham and Rear Admiral Davis now ap-
pears to be entering the waiting stage,
as the government, after doing all
possible in the absence of advices from
the Governor of Jamiaca, is obliged to
defer further action until he reports.
In the meantime the trend of official
sentiment is toward having Governor
Swettenham apologize or retire. but
this is based on the press accounts Of
the incident and on letters, and it may
be modified by Governor Swetten-
hams version, giving extenuating cir
cumstanceS.
In the absence of report from the
Governor to his government, his dis
patch to Secretary Root. which has
been reproduced here, tends further to
mystify the mind of the public. which
finds it difficult to reconcile the Gov
ernors present recognition of the as
sistance rendered by the American
squadron wit hthe terms of the pre-
vious letter.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31
PROBE HARTMAN SYSTEM.
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Meets in Portland

Portland, Jan. 25.-Traffc conditions
in this state were investigated yester-
day before Franklin X. Lane, member
of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, the object being to determine the
| legality of the Hartman merger of
railroads. The questions Of Attorney
! Severance for the commission were in
tended to draw out shippers and rail-
road men as to neither competition
has been sti1ed by the merger and al
ternate routes for traffic closed. The
testimony of shippers was that there
has been no competition between the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
worthy of the name since the consoli-
dation under one management in 1901.
1t was further brought out by the
testimony of Thomas McCusker a for
mer employe of the Hartman system,
that Ogden gateway via the Sacramento
route was closed upon the accomplish
ment of the merger, and shipment
from this territory via Sacramento to
the East was stopped. Orders were,
he said, to send traffic over the .. R. &
n. and Union Pacific to the East. This
change gave more direct route and re-
lieved the Hartman lines of hauling
freight over the Siskiyous.
1t is the OF the railroad interests that
many routes are open to the shipper
that none have been closed and that
the sole instances where shipmens have
been advised by way of the Union Pa
cifc to the exclusion of other routes
have been because of the lack of cars
on other lines1
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-31

1194-Emperor Frederick H., one of tho
most remarkable historic figures Of
the Middle Ages, born.
1620-Plymouth, Mass, founded.
1l1-First pantomime produced in Lon
don, called Harlequin Executed"
l7IS-Sayannah taken by the British.
lS0o-Treaty of Presburg.
loo1-Embargo laid by Congress on
American ships.
loll-More than sixty persons perished
in burning theater at Richmond Va.
lSl2-Commodore Bainbridge, command
ing the frigate Constitution. captur-
ed British frigate Java, off San Sal
vador.
lS2S-Rowland Stephenson English
banker and member of Parliament,
absconded with S1,0O0.0OO.
1S31-Roger B. fancy of Maryland be-
came Attorney General of United
States.
ls332-John c. Calhoun resigned vice
presidency of the United States.
1S35-Dade's massacre by the Semlnoles.
lS3I-Admiral George Dewey, L. S. N,
born.
lS4o-Texas admitted to the Union.
1S46-Gen. Taylor took possession of
Victoria. capital of Tamaupilas. -.
Col. Doniphan. in command of 1000
Missouri volunteers. defeated force Of
Mexcans at Braceti.
1S4I-Arah chiaF oI EoIo
dered to the French.
lSoS-New Adelphi theater, London,
opened
1S6O-John B. Floyd of Virginia re-
signed as Secretary of War.
1S62-The Confederates attacked Gen.
Sherman and drove him back to the
first line of defense before Vicks-
burg. Second attack on Vicksburg
Gen. Sherman attacked Confed-
crate works about six miles from
Vicksburg.
1S6S-Mosby Clark. a Revolutionary SOL
dier, died at Richmond, Va, at the
advanced age of 121 years.
1S74-Gov. Yarmouth stabbed and killed
ID. c. Beverly of the New Orleans
Bulletin.
1SI6-Train wreck at Ashtabula, O.
Eighty killed and sixty injured.
1SS9-Charles l. proclaimed King of
Portugal.
1S90-Captain Wallace and several SOL
diers killed by Sioux Indians in
South Dakota.
lS94-Forty persons perished by fire at
Christmas festival at Silver Lake.
Oregon.