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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
ExPATRlATES IN CHINA.
Judge Whitley Warts Congress to Make
Laws for Them.

l
San Francisco, CAL, Dec. 3.-Judge
L. R. Whitley, of the United States
court at Shanghai, against whom
charges of improper conduct Of his
court have been preferred at Washing
ton, arrived in San Francisco this morn
ing on the Pacific Mai liner Manchuria
from the Orient, and after stay of two
days in this city will proceed to the ma.
tional capital. On board the Man.
churia with Judge Wiley was F. M.
Brooks, lawyer, who has filed an ac-
tion for $4,000 damages at Homo
lulu, charging the head of the court in
the Far East, together with his clerk,
L. R. Hickel, with conspiracy in stop
ping the practice of Brooks in Shanghai :.
Judge Whitley denied that he was 60
ing to Washington to meet the charges
preferred against him.
81 am going to Washington, he
said, "to aid in drawing an act that
will extend to Americans in China
more complete body CT laws than they
now have. The laws now in force COM
prise little more than is embodied in
the common law and are SO indefinite
as to be absolutely useless. 1t will be
suggested to congress that the Califor-
MIA code of laws be made to extend to
China, wherein such laws are applica-
BILE.
"In addition to this matter, I am
journeying East that congress may be
asked for an appropriation for proper
Federal building at Shanghai, where
the American consulate and courts may
be under one roof.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
|NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
INCREASE IN TlLLABLE ACRES
Umatilla County Shows Big Gain in
Five Years.

Pendleton-Umatilla county's rapid
development is shown in the recent
summary of the taxable property in the
county, recently furnished the secre-
tary of state by Assessor Strain. This
summary, compared with the one made
five years ago, shows the number OF
tillable acres as increased by 10000.
The total number of acres of arabic
land in the county at present is $4,000.
The number Of acres classified as non
tillable is given at 5S8, ,144.
The figures for the latter do not, OF
course, include the forest reserves and
other government land not subject to
taxation. The amount of non-tillable
land in the county is constantly in
creasing, also, by reason of the fact
that 80 much government land is being
taken up and decided to settlers.
The increase in the number Of till.
able acres is due in large measure to
the different irrigation projects which
are being completed. This is not the
only source of increase, however, as
thousands of acres of land in the west
ern and southwestern parts of the
county are now plowed up and growing
wheat that few years ago were consid.
cred worthless for anything more val.
liable than range for stock. Much Of il
was given over entirely to sagebrush
and jackra bbits. The Pilot Rock and
Birch creek countries have experienced
the greatest development in this line
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
LET TROOPS STAY.
Senator Newlands Thinks Goidfield
Needs Them.

Washington, Dec. 30.-Senator New
lands, of Nevada, is endeavoring to pre-.
vent withdrawal of the government
troops from Goldfeld until some other
means of protection is had. Today he
called upon Secretary Taft at the War
department and strongly urged that ex-
ecution of the order issued by the secre-
|tary for the withdrawal of the troops be
suspended until he has had an oppoItu-
nifty to communicate with Governor
Sparks and induce him to call the Ne
vada legislature together.
Mr. Taft has been advising with Sec
retary Root on this subject and tonight
communicated with the president at
Pine Knot on the subject. There was
every disposition to refrain from break
ing in upon Mr., Roosevelt's privacy at
this time, and the only excuse for do
ing so is found in the fact that, unless
the original order is modified, the
troops must leave Goldfield before the
president returns to Washington.
The secretary declined to state what
course he had recommended in the
matter, nor would he say whether he
had heard from the president in turn.
Secretary Leob said the White House
was entirely without advice from Pine
Knot, as the Goldfeld question was
being handled by the War department.
Administration officials feel that the
present situation in the matter of Gold
fields case cannot be continued, in view
of the doubt that exists as to the con-
stitutional and legal right of the ex-
ecutive to employ any part of the regu,
lar army in Nevada under present con-
ditions.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat-Club, SIC; bluestem, SAC
valley, SIC; red, SOC.
Oats-No. l white, $2s: gray, $2s.
Barley-Feed, $27; brewing, s31
rolled, $50.
Corn-Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay-valley timothy, No. l, $16
Eastern Oregon timothy, $2O@23; clio
yer. SIS; cheat, SIS; grain hay, $15@
$16; alfalfa, SIS; vetch, $14.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 35@37k'
per pound.
veal-75 to 125 pounds. $1,000
125 to $50 pounds, &c; $50 to 2O(
pounds. 5@6hc.
Poik-Block, rs to $50 pounds, Ga
exc; packers, 6@6hc.
Poultry -. Average old hens, 1Oe
per pound; mixed chickens, 10c
spring chickens, 10c; roosters. Sc;
dressed chickens, 12@13c; turkeys,
live, 15c; dressed, choice, 1S(919c
geese, live, 5000; ducks, 12k@13Tc;
pigeons, so; squads, 1908.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, candled, 35c per
dozen.
Fruits-Apples, 75c@$2 per box;
peaches, 75c@$1 per crate; pears, 81 .25
@1-75 per box; cranberries, $9.6O912
per barrel.
Vegetables-Turnips, 75c per sack
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, 81 per
sack; beans, 7@9c per pound; cabbage,
1c per pound; cauliflower, 75c@$1 per
dozen; celery, So 25@S50 per crate;
onions, 15@20c per dozen; parsley, zoe
per dozen; peas, lie per pound; pep
pers, S@17c per pound; pumkpins. la
l Ac per pound; radishes, 20c per doz-
en-; spinach, &c per pound; sprouts, Sc
per pound; squash, 1@1Ac per pound !;
81 so per box.
Onions-$1.75@1.85 .85 per hundred.
Potatoes-50@65c per hundred, de-
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.7j
93 per hundred.
Hops-19O7, 5@7c per pound; olds,
1920.
Wool-Eastern Oregon average best,
10000 per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 10000, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 10000 per
pound.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Raises Rent of Hot Springs

Chicago, Dec. 31.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Hot Springs, Ark, says:
Announcement was made yesterday
that the United States would double
the price for its healing hot waters
after the first of the year, and that all
bathhouse leases also would be doubled
A protest will be sent at once to Wash
ington. The hot water now is dis
pensed by the government at $40 per
annum for each tub supplied. The
bathhouse owners state they are unable
to meet the raise.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
OLD DOCUMENTS FOUND.
Papers Taken From Lieutenant Pike
Come to Light.

Mexico City, Dec. 26.-What is con-
sidered very important historical dis
covery has resulted from the efforts Of
DR.. Hoerbert E. Bolton, the American
historian, who IS here engaged in re-,
search work under the auspices of the
Carnegie institute of Washington. The
discovery consists in the unearthing in
this city of Is of the 81 documents tax
en- from the possession of Lieutenant
Zebulo lon N. Pike, of the United States
army, by Spanish soldiers in 1906,
when he was captured while making
his famous trip up the Arkansas and
Missouri rivers, visiting the Usage and
Comanche Indians, at the instance of
General James Wilkinson, then govern
or OF Louisiana.
The whereabouts of the other three
documents cannot be learned So i'm
portant is the discovery considered in
the United States that Secretary Root
has just sent DR.. Belton his congratula-
tiODs
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
EXPRESS CHARGES HIGH.
Wells-Fargo Accused Of Discrimina-
ton Against Merchants.

San Francisco, CAL, Dec. 31.-Inter-
state Commerce Commissioner Frank
lin X. Lane, today held hearing OF
the complaint of the California Com.
mercial association, composed of 20
mercantile firms in this city, charging
the Wells-Fareo Express company with
concealing from the public tariff sched-
ules that had been filed with the Inter
state Commerce commission in Wash
ington and with making unjust and dis
criminatory rates. The actual question
involved, however, was whether or not
the quantity rate CT 8 cents pound
from New York to San Francisco for
shipments Of 10000 to 20,00O pounds
applied to bulk or assembled ship
ments, gathered and forwarded by a
forwarding agency to one concern or
association organized for the purpose of
getting the lower rate, the shipment
ultimately intended for numerous con-
signees who were designated by num-
bers OF the labels to the one consignee.
The charges of discrimination are
based upon the refusal of the express
company to transport shipment of
5000 pounds consisting of 443 pack
ages, from New York to the California
Commercial association in San Fran
cisco last August, at the bulk or guam
tity rate of IS per hundred pounds, the
company charging the regular package
rate. 1t is also alleged that the ex-
press company charged higher rate
than that published and filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission, the
latter being wilfully concealed and hid
den from the public. This complaint
AYERS that it is distinct violation Of
the interstate commerce act.
In answer, the express company
denies all the allegations made, and
charges that the association resorted to
subterfuge in order to extort unjust dis
elimination in it's own favor. and based
its refusal to grant quantity rate
upon the shiment in question on the
ground that, while consigned to one
consignee, it was intended for more
than score of firms.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Backed by Wealthy Men.

New York, Dec 31.-United States
District Attorney Stimson said today
that he had been served with the pa
pers filed in the United States District
court by counsel for Oscar w. Reid, a
member of the battalion of the Twenty
fifth infantry. The plaintiff sued the
government to recover pay lost through
his discharge from the army, but the
attorneys in the case have admitted
that they were retained by wealthy
gentlemen of New England" whose
real object is to determine the legality
of the presidents action.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Each Farm to Be Named,

Grants Pass-Among the business
transacted at the Josephine County
Frutgrowers' unicn at its last meeting
was the adopting Of individual letter
heads and letter paper, upon which
will be designated the name of the fruit
farm and the brands packed by the
grower. 1t was thought best for each
member to have some appropriate
name for his fruit tract, and by insert
ing it upon letter sheets it would also
give prominence to individual effect,
and at the same time give the union
greater notice and strength, which
would mole favorably attract the buyer
to this locality.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Find Bodies by Hundred.

Jaobs Creek, Pa, Dec. 2S.-Rapid
progress is being made in the remova |
of bodies from the Darr mine. All of
the entries, except No. 27, have been
cleared and a total of l24 bodies
brought from the mine. A number Of
other bodies have been located and it is
expected that they will be brought to
the surface during the night. In entry
No. 29, where the explosion apparently
took place, numerous bodies were found.
The pit cars were blown to pieces. 1t
is said fully 100 bodies will be removed
from entry No. 27, as yet unexplored.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Headquarters Are Secured

Denver, Dec. 31.-The headquarters
of the Democratic National convention
will be at the Brown Palace hotel,
which has registered a request from
Chairman Tom Taggart, Of the commit
tee, through Secretary Mills, Of the
Convention league OF Denver, to re-
serve so additional rooms, besides those
already reserved. AS soon as tbese
reservations are made the other hotels
of the city will beign to make reserya-
tions.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Radical Decision in Hamburg.

Hamburg, Dec. 30.-The suit of the
harbor authorities against the Port
workers union, growing out of the re.
cent dock strike, has resulted in a de-
cision of the widest Importance against
the latter. The union is forbidden in
the future to interfere with the intro
duction of strike breakers. and penal
ty of l 500 marks is provided for each
instance in which conviction is OBJ
tained on the charge. The union has
entered an appeal.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
FULL OF SUGAR.
Good Report on Klamath Country
Sugar Beets.

Klamath Falls-Frank Ira White of
the Enterprise Land 4 Investment COM
pany has just received reports from the
department of agriculture relative to
samples of sugar beets raised on the
Enterprise tract. The beets were taken
from the same tract as were those sent
to Professor Knisely some time ago,
but were fully matured, while the
others were not. Professor Knisely's
test showed from 17.40 to 1885 per
cent pure sugar, while the department
test is one or two per cent higher, with
very high degree of purity.
These beets produced $3.50 pounds
to the quarter-acre tract, or nearly II
tons to the acre.
The department of agriculture in a
letter to Mr.. White says Klamath
county's sugar beets are of the most ex-
cellent quality and that prospects are
bright for the industry in this county.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Will Liuuidate With Profit.

New Orleans, Dec. 30.-"All holders
of stock in the State National bank
will receive from $3.50 to 5000 per
share for their stock and all depositors
will be paid in FULL" was the official
announcement today of W. Sparkerson,
counsel for the institution, whose d.
rectors have called stockholders
meeting to decide whether the bank
shall 60 out of business. The bank has
been declared solvent by National Bank
Examiner Cooper.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
More Travelling Libraries.

salem-The Oregon Library COM
mission held its regular session last
week at the commissioner rooms in
the state house. w. B. Aver and Miss
Isom, members of the commission,
were in attendance, besides the COVER
nor. 1t was decided to buy 25 more
travelling libraries, making 80 in all,
that will be placed in circulation as a
result of the commission's first year 8
work. 1t was decided to establish an
exchange station for Eastern Oregon at
Baker City.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Wheat Trade Stagnart.

Pendleton-Business is dull in the
local wheat market, the price being
down, and the farmers are unwilling
to part with the holdings at figure
that is 10 cents lower than what they
could have secured early in the fall.
Until recently the local quotation on
club has been &c, but another drop of
a cent has occurred. However, wheat
is said to be worth CSC in Pendleton,
and at least one buyer is offering that
figure. Others declare they are out Of
the market for the time being.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Attack on WeIIs-Fargo =.

San Francisco, Dec. 3O.-Before In.
terstate Commerce Commissioner F. X
Lane tomorrow charges of illegal rate
making made against the Wells Fargo
Express company by the California a
Commerce association will be heard.
The Commerce association, composed of
prominent drygoods houses in the city,
alleges that the express company has
violated the interstate commerce law of
1905 in charging more than the pub
lished rate, and that it has kept the
rates filed with the commission hidden
from the public, contrary to the law.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Salem Hopgrowers Sign

Salem-Thirty-seven out of the AZ
hopgrowers who attended the meeting
of growers here last week signed the
by laws, prepared for Pacific Coast
Hopgrowers' union. These growers rep
resent about 500 acres Of hops. A
local organization was formed with ].
H. Fletcher as chairman and James
Winstanley as secretary. Attorney A
L. Shinn, of Sacramento, explained the
plan and purposes of the proposed Or
ganization to the meeting.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Turkey Nav Have Famine.

Boston, Dec. %. - The American
board of commissioners for foreign mis-
sions has received advices from the in
terror of Turkey showing unusually se-
we're famine conditions. Bread ia
double its former price and other neces-
stiles are four or five times higher than
l5 years ago. The British consul at
Bitis reports that several hundred per-
sons in the Moush plain and Bularik
districts probably will starve during the
winter unless relieved soon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Fall Pack Poor.

Astoria-During the fall fishing sea:
son there were six cold storage plants
and IL canneries in operation on the
various streams along the Oregon coast.
The season there as at nearly all other
points was comparatively poor one.
The total pack of picked fish put up
by the cold storage plants wsa about
$50 tierces, while the total output of
canned salmon packed by the oanneries
was about 104,500 cases, "as they
runp
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
To Attend Scientists Meet.

Corvallis-A. L. Knisely, Federal
chemist for Oregon, expects to start
East Immediately after Christmas, to
attend the midwinter meeting of the
Association for the Advancement of Sci
ence and the American Chemical socie-
ty at Chicago. He also expects to visit
the Chicago, New York and Washing
ton pure food Laboratories before COM
ing back to Portland, which will be his
Headquarters.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Select by Conventions.

Salem-In answer to an inquiry from
Chairman 6. A. Westgate, of the Re-
publican state central committee, At
torney General Crawford has rendered
an opinion in which he says that dele
gates to the national conventions and
candidates for presidential elector must
be chosen at conventions and not under
the direct primary.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02

Paris, Dec. 2S.-Following elaborate
experiments to prevent the recurrence
of accidents to submarine vessels, the
minister of the navy has issued orders
that all submarines be fitted out with
detachable telephone buoys, which, in
case OF accident will permit of commu-
with the surface.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
uTEs RAID SOUTHERN UTAH
Pen Up Cowboys and Band Of Cattle
in Canvon

Salt Lake City, Dec. 3O.-Coloradc
Ute Indians are travelling in bands in
Southern Utah, raiding sheep and cat
tlemen, according to report received
by Governor John G. Cutler. Accord.
ing to this report, small band of In
dians attacked three COW boys near Ven
dure, San Juan county, on December
23, and ut the muzzle of rifles COM
PEELED them to drive the cattle back
into the canyon from which they were
trailing onto the winter range, threat
ening to Kill them unless they did so.
Cowboys and cattle are still confined to
the canyon.
The governor will take up the mat
ter with the authorities at Washington,
as according to ruling of the commits
sioner Of Indian affairs the Colorado or
Southern Utes are forbidden to enter
Utah.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Negroes Begin Suits.

New York, Dec. 30.-Papers in a
case to test the legality of the discharge
,f the private of companies B, C and D
of the 25th United States infantry (col-
ored), following the disorders in tie
streets CT Brownsville year ago, have
been prepared by law firm of this city.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
To Indict Nevada Sheepmen

Pendleton-Through the efforts of
DR.. W. H. Lytle, state sheep inspector,
indictments will be returned against ,.
Anderson. millionaire sheepman of
Nevada. for bringing focks over the
state line into Oregon without first
giving notice to the state sheep inspec-
for
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Garnets in New York Bedrock

New York, Dec. 3I.-That New York
City rests on a vast mass of garnets is
the discovery of Ralph E. Morgan, an
English mineralogist, now visiting
here. In a mass of rock thrown up
from Esubway excavation, he discov-
cred large garnet. On the dumping
ground at Sheepshed bay he found a
number of excellent garnets.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Triumph of Roosevelt,

London, Dec. 28.-The Times in an
editorial this morning discusses the
prospect of peace in Central America
resulting from the peace conference
held at Washington, which it regards
as great triumph for President Roose-
velt's diplomacy.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Shut Down on Keno Canal.

Klamath Falls-The reclamation ser-
vice has closed down on the Keno canal
on account of the wet weather, keeping
only the derrick gang and the engi-
neering corps. The shutdown was made
necessary on acctount Of the wet
weather.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-01-02
Railroad BUYS laidIaw.

Laidlaw-The rumor has been rife in
this community for some time that the
Laidlaw townsite had been sold to the
Mount Hood Railroad company, but
until now these rumors could not be
verified. The verifcation comes from
the fact that the abstracts of title are
now being prepared at Prineville pre-
parator to formal transfer of the prop
erty to the purchasing company.