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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
OBJECTS TO ANNEXATION.
Russia Fears Austria Would Want
More Territory.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 27.-No an
nouncement was made today by the
foreign Office as to the progress of the
negotiations at Berlin between M. Is
wolsky, the Russian foreign minister,
and Prince Won Buelow, the German
chancellor. The conference, so far as
can be learned, has scored no definite
results, and will be continued.
Advices from Berlin, however, have
in no wise lessened the confidence here
that the proposed international con-
gress will ultimately be accepted by
Germany, although negotiations are
apt to be continued for some time
after the return of M. Iswolsky. The
invitation to take part in the congress
therefore, will be correspondingly de-
layed.
M. Iswolsky, interviewed by the
Novoe Vremya's Berlin correspondent
today, declared that Austria's action
was a blow at vital Slav interests and
that the Indignation of the Russian
press and public could easily be. under
stood, but he asked the public to sus-
pend judgment with regard to his ac-
tivity in this connection until his re-
turn to Russia, when he hoped with
the emperor's permission to make a
statement before the douma. 1t is re-
ported that the Octoberists in the dou-
ma have decided to support the foreign
minister, but President Khomykotf in
an interview said that Russia should
refuse to recongize the annexation Of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was a
mere prelude to further aggressions
on the part of Austria Hungary.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
PIRATES LOOT
GERMAN SHIP
Chilean Bandits Board Vessel Almost
Under Guns of WarShip.
Grew Attacked With Knives and Over
powered-vesseI is Sacked From
Stem to Stern and Loot Carried
Away on Lighters-OutIaws Es-
cape Into Hills.

San Francisco, Oct. 24.-The Brit
ish steamship Strathford, which has
arrived here from Chile, reports a
successful raid by Chilean coast
pirates on the German steamship
Serato in the harbor of Antofagasta
on the night of September 2s. The
cutting out expedition was done al
most under the guns of a Chilean
gunboat Pursuit was given, but the
bandits took to the hills back of An
tofagasta and escaped.
The German merchantmen was an
chored in the harbor loaded to the
matches with a cargo and prepared
for sailing on the following morning
Out of the darkness two dozen
pirates leaped on the vessels decks,
and in twinkling the watch was
bound and gagged The noise of the
struggle awoke the captain. who
grasped his revolver and rushed on
deck. The pirates crept into the
shadow as the captain approached.
He was struck from behind with a
Delaying pin and fell unconscious.
By this time the crew was awak-
ened and as they appeared on deck
the pirates attacked them. A pitched
battle with knives followed, in which
several of the crew were badly in
jured and the remainder bound and
gagged,
The Chilcans then sacked the YES
sci from stem to stern, loading their
loot on lighters they had brought with
them.
Early next day Chilean gunboat
entered the harbor and the plight of
the Serato was discovered A large
party was sent in pursuit of the
pirates, who had several hours start
and found safety in the hills.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
SCAB NOT FUNGUS GROWTH.
Agricultural College Professor Gives
Opinion on Prunes.

Salem--That scab on prunes, which
is very prevalent this year, is not a
fungus disease, but is caused by ad
verse weather conditions, is the opin-
ion given by Professor Cordley, of the
Oregon Agricultural college, in answer
to an inquiry from James Winstanley,
of this city. 1t follows, therefore,
that scab cannot be prevented by
spraying. Professor Cordley's letter
follows:
Careful examination of the accom-
panying prunes shows that the scab
upon them is not fungus disease. In
other words, it is not the true prune or
plum scab. | have observed this trou-
BILE to a greater or less extent in other
seasons, and have never been able to
find any fungus or bacterial organis n
in connection with it. From what data
l have been able to collect regarding
the prevalence of this trouble and
associating it with the various seasons,
| have arrived at the conclusion that
it is caused almost exclusively by
freezing or cold weather, at least at
the time of blossoming or shortly af-
forwards. In other words, the trouble
seems to be most prevalent in seasons
following freezing weather at blossom
ing time. A. B. CORDLEY." "
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
SAILS IN TRIUMPH.
Zeppelin Arship Makes Great Show
ing in Germany.

Friederichshavcn, Oct 24.-The re-
constructed Zeppelin dirigibe air
ship No. 1 made I triumphal reap
pearancc and ascension with ten pas
scngers Friday afternoon and went
through eyOlutions that for speed and
stability were most satisfactory. The
trip i'll the air lasted for three and a
half hours and passed without hitch
The balloon made an average speed
OF 29,21 miles an hour at mean alti-
tude of 500 feet Driven alternately
by a slng'e motor and then by both
motors, the craft made easy progress,
its movements being controlled with
facility. AcrOnauts and throngs of
the populace crowded the shores of
Lake Constance from o'clock until
$50 yesterday evening, watching the
evolutions of the airship.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Police Save Many Lives.

San Francisco, Oct. 27.-Prompt ac-
tion by members of the police force
was all that saved a dozen or more
women from probable death in fire
which damaged the Guiseppi hotefhere
today. The flames are thought to have
started in the overturning of a candle,
and they quickly spread through the
frame structure, several people being
overcome before they could leave their
rooms. Patrolmen plunged into the
smoky corridors carrying out nearly
a score of persons who might other
wise have perished.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Russia's Bloody Rssizes.

st. Petersburg. Oct 24-The Rcch
has obtained and made public the off
cial statistics of the executions i'll
Russia during the year 1908 on SEN
tences imposed by the military courts
The total is 627, of which S4 were sol
diers and 543 civilians. According to
the official classiiications, 453 persons.
or over 20 per cent, were hanged or
shot for murder or robbery, accom-
panied by violence; G2 men were exc
cuted for mutiny or other offenses
against military discipline, II for
crimes against the state and four for
dcsertion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
GAM BLERS WIN.
Reno Votes to Continue Wide Open
Town as Before.

Reno, New, Oct. 26.-Reno will re-
main wide open town for some time
to come, according to the result of the
city election held here Saturday, when
the gambling element won by major
ity of 566 votes out of total of about
3, 100 votes cast. The election was on
a city ordinance to forbid the running
of gambling games under license in the
city of Reno. The ordinance was put
to the city vote upon the petition of
the Anti-Gambling league, who made
a red hot fight at the polls.
The league opened headquarters
about two months ago and has worked
diligently ever since, holding mass
meetings and spreading literature
broadcast and through the mails. The
gambling fraternity worked quietly,
but the result shows they worked
effectively. The defeat of the ordi-
nance is partly due to the feeling that
gambling should be stopped throughout
the state and not alone in Reno.
The fight will be carried into the
Legislature at the coming session.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Requests Delegate of Portland.

Portland Portland is one of the so
cities in the United States that have
been asked to send delegate to a pre-
liminary conference of the Merchants
association of the city of New York to
discuss reforms in the currency system
and the advisability of holding ma
tional convention to discuss currency
reform. The preliminary conference is
to be held in New York City November
Is, and will decide as to the advisable
ity of holding the convention and, in
case it is found advisable, to decide
the question of place, date and pro-
gram. Out of TT replies that were
received in answer to Merchants asso-
cations letters 1872 advocated the
holding of a conference and As prefer
red the consideration of currency re-
form through commission.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Moros Battle With laborers.

Manila, Oct. 26.-Nine Filipino la
borers and their American superintcnd-
ent were killed in a desperate fight
with a band of Moros on the Shephers
sugar plantation near Iligan on the
island of Mindanao last week, accord
ing to news that reached here today
from the island. The men were work
ing on the plantation and were taken
off their guard by the Moro warriors.
The laborers lost heavily before they
repulsed the attacking party in a final
rally. The Moros are reported to have
lost 20 killed and many more wounded.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Tells of Wheat at % Cents.

Pendleton-" Fourteen years ago l
was paying % cents bushel for
wheat. Now l am paying Is to 81
cents. Then it was hard to get money
to pay the nall price, and now it is
hard to get wheat at the high price, 3"
said W. s. Byers, for 40 years in the
milling business here. At times Mr..
Byers has 1000, 600 bushels Of grain
stored at his big mill, which he tas
operated continuously all the years he
has been in Umatilla county.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
MINING CONGRESS CALLED.
Eleventh Annual Conve nton to Meet
in Putsburg.

IN Pntsburg.
Denver, Oct. 26.-The executive
committee of the American Mining
congress yesterday issued the official
call for the 18th annual convention to
be held in Pittsburg December 2, 3, a
and 5, 1908. A special effort is con-
templated looking to the final enact
ment Of the bill for the creation of a
bureau Of mines, now on the calendar
of the United States senate for third
reading.
Particular attention is called to the
work of congress in making investiga-
tions relating to the protection of the
lives of miners; proposals for the eli =
ination of fraudulent mining stock
operations; the relations between GUS
toms smelters and the ore producer !;
Federal aid for mining schools and ex-
pertinent stations; the exploitation of
the rare mineral resources of the coup-
try; the conservation of mineral re-
sources; the timber and water supply,
and the unification of the mining laws
of the several states. are the particular
subjects which will be under discus
sion. 1t is announced the convention
will be an open forum for the discus
sion of all mining subjects.
The call invites the president of the
United States, the governors and heads
of commercial bodies to appoint dele
gates. A special feature of the body
will be coal mine gas testing plant,
now in course of construction in Pitts
burg, under an appropriation made dur
ing the last session of congress, which
will then be completed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Lives Lost i'm Cyclone.

New Orleans, Oct. GA cable
from Bluciiclds. Nicaragua. under
date of October 81. 10 the Picavune.
saws: ~ disastrous hurricane swept
the coast OF Nicaragua last Friday
to sunday. destroying the towns of
Rio Grandc and Prinzapulka and do
ing considerable damage in the in
terror. Only meagcr advices have
been brought here by schooner. but
4 appears that the entire coast from
Pearl Gays to Cape Gracisa was swept
and there was much loss of life"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Overcome by Smoke,

Cannonsburg, Pa, Oct. 27. While
directing the men fighting fire that
broke out yesterday in the Pittsburg-
Buffalo company's Hazel mine, near
here, H. P. Jones, general manager of
the company, was overcome by smoke
Three shifts Of so men each are bat
Ting with the blaze, but the heat is so
intense that they can work but five
minutes at time. The fighters are
gaining slowly and expect to have the
fire controlled by tomorrow.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat - Bluestem, 93M94c; club
$50 fife SOC; red Russian, Soc; 40
fold, 9oc. valley, 9oc.
Barley-Feed $26M27 per ton; rolled
$275OM $3.50; brewing, $26.5O.
Oats-No. 1 white, $31M31.5O per
ton; gray, $3O@3O.5O.
Hay-Timothy Willamette valley
$l4 per ton; Willamette valley, ordi-
nary. $11; Eastern Oregon, $16.5O6
17.5O; mixed, $13; clover, 50; alfalfa,
$14; alfalfa meal, $40
Fruit-Apples, 75cM$L5O per box
beaches 4OdG0c per box; pears, 75M
$125 per box grapes, 5OcM$1.25 per
crate; local Concords, 15c per half
basket; Eastern Concords, 371M4Oc per
basket; huckleberries, 9d1Oc lb. ;
ounces, $1M125 per box; cranberries,
$40 per barrel; prunes, 2M21c per lb. !;
nutmeg melons, $1.25 per box; casa
bas. seas per dozen.
Potatoes - S0Gd90c per hundred ;
sweet potatoes, 202lc per lb.
Onions-Oregon, 9OG$1 per 100 lbs
Vegetables-Turnips $125 per sack;
carrots, 85c; parsnips, $1.25; beets, SIPS; F.;
artichokes, 75c per doz.; beans, 1Oc per
lb; cabbage, 13c per b.; caulihower.
7jcm$l per doz.; celery, 75MS5c per
doz; cucumbers, 81 per box: egg plant,
s. per crate; lettuce 75c0$t per box;
parsley 15c per doz.; peas, 1Oc per h.;
peppers, Sl.75M2 per box; pumpkins,
Ia &c per lb.; radishcs. 12lc per doz.
spinach. &c per h.; sprouts. 8lM1Oc per
b.; squash, 1lc per b.; tomatoes, 4O0
SOC
Butter-City creamery, extras. 350
3Gc; fancy outside creamery, 324G 3jc
per h.; store, 1sc.
EgPs-Oregon selects, 371M38c; East
ern. 27N32lc per doz
Poultry-Hens, 124M13c per h.;
spring, 121613c; ducks. old. 12G12lc;
young, 14615c; geese, old, sG9c;
young, 961Oc; turkeys, 16M17c.
Neal-Extra, Sl69c per lb.; ordi-
nary, 767lc; heavy, SC.
Pork-Fancy, 7Ic per lb. large, 5l0
sc.
Hops-Oregon. 1908, 7Gsc per h..
1907. 3G4c; 1906. 1G1lc.
Wool-Eastern Oregon. average best, !
IOG14c per h., according to shrinkagc;
yalley, 15G16c
Mohair-Choice, 1sc per lb.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
SeVen-MiIe Hill Ra L

Sweet Home-It is reported by peo-
pie coming into Sweet Home from the
mountains that a number of teams
bound for Prineville and other Eastern
Oregon points have been stalled at the
foot of Seven Mile hill. The storms
of the past week have had the effec-
of making the mountain road impasst
able for heavily loaded teams.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Butter Greek Ranch Sold.

Pendleton-By the sale of the Sloan
ranch, on Upper Butter creek, for $50,
900, was consummated one of the larg-
est transfers of real estate in this vi
cinity recently. The ranch comprises
about 1,400 acres, of which 1900 acres
are tillable and the rest pasture. Of
the part that is in cultivation, 1000
acres are suitable for wheatraisng,
while 200 acres are seeded to alfalfa.
Frank and Claud Sloan We're the former
owners, and they have sold to Ephraim
L. Smith, of Echo.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Find Gold on Burnt River.

Sumpter - Considerable excitement
was created here by the discovery of a
free gold ledge in the Burnt River
country by William Robinson and his
partner. This find has been made in a
territory practically unknown hereto
fore as gold bearing, and has awak-
ened much interest in consequence.
The scene of the recent strike is Bull
Run mountain, locality devoted to
cattle and sheep grazing and lying in
the watershed of Burnt River.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Build Sample Good Road

Hood River-To build sample sec
tion of good road at Hood River a sub
scription is being taken and is meeting
with popular approval. The road will
be built from the city out the west
side of the valley for four miles, and
it is expected to commence work on it
shortly. The worst piece of highway
at Hood River has been selected for
the experiment, and its construction is
expected to stimulate the good roads
movement here and serve as a starter
for other sections of the valley.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Oct. 26.-Twenty
thousand sheep, grazing on the Cum
bres mountain range, in Rio Areiba
county, 140 miles north of here, are re-
ported to have perished in the blizzard
which has ragged in that section during
the last three days. The storm is the
worst in years and snow is from five to
ten feet deep. Besides the great loss
of sheep, six herders are missing and
it is believed they were also frozen to
death.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
No Empty Houses in Roseburg.

Roseburg- shortage of suitable
houses for renting has been seriously
felt in Roseburg. During the past
summer no less than 100 residences
have been built, but the demand has
been so great that the additional ones
built have made no perceptible lessen
ing of it. Several intended residents
of Roseburg have been forced to go
elsewhere, for no other reason than
that they could not secure suitable
quarters in this city in which to live.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Revolt in Corea at End.

Toxic, Oct 27.-The so-called insur-
rection in Corea is practically ended.
The troops are still on active duty,
but the insurgents have dwindled to
merely a disorderly element. Two
thirds of the japanese troops in North
China will be withdrawn in few days.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Lumber Company Complains.

Salem-Falls City Lumber company
is protesting because of alleged excess
sive rates imposed by the Salem, Falls
City & Western railroad on the short
haul of 10 miles between Falls City
and Dallas. NiretJ cents per 1000
cubic feet of lumber, or about $35 a
car, is the rate which is protested by
the lumber company. The latter
wishes established weight rate of
21a cents per 100 pounds, which would
make an average charge of S19 car.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Trains ~ Hours Late.

Los Angeles, Oct. 24.-Owing to
washouts in eastern Colorado and
western Kansas, Santa Fc trans-con-
tinental trains are arriving here -
hours late. Overland No. 1, due here
Wednesday morning. will not arrive
until this evening, making the trip
from Chicago in seven days.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Nicaragua Is Laid Waste.

Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. ga
great storm has prevailed throughout
Nicaragua since yesterday morning.
Heavy losses are reported, but, as all
the telegraph and telephone communi-
cations have been interrupted and the
railroad badly damaged, it is impossi-
BILE to state how far reaching the storm
has been.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Tomatoes in Spite of Frost.

MonrOe-Despite the recent freeze,
quite a quantity of fairly good toma-
toes have been ripened and are now
ready for canning. w. C. Belknap,
from west of town, was delivering be-
lated orders during the last of the
week, and the tomatoes, while not as
smooth or large as those of the crop
that was frozen, were of fair size and
good flavor.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29

North Powder-One of the largest
sheep firms in Oregon, that of Lee
Bros, shipped 20 carloads of sheep
from Baker City to Chicago. E. Lind
ley, young sheepman, and P. L..
Smith, of the North Powder NJ. & M.
Co., both Of North Powder, accompan-
led Dave Lee, the junior partner, in
charge of the shipment.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Flowing at Monroe

Monroe recent wet spell has
set things to moving amongst the val
ley farmers. The plough is at work,
grass has started and altogether new
life has been put into all farm opera
tions. The ground is wet down to a
depth of from five to seven inches,
so that those who wish to do deep
plowing are enabled to proceed with
their belated fall work.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
GRFAT FRUIT STATE.
Fasteners Begin to Realize PossibiI-
tiles of Oregon.

tiles Of Oregon.
Portland Oregon is the COM
ing fruit district of the country is re-
cognized in the current issue of a ma
tional fruit magazine, The Fruit
Grower, published in~St. Joseph, Mo.
The publication devotes more than half
its issue to describing the fruit coun-
try tributary to Portland and has some
excellent photographs of Hood River,
Rogue River and other orchards.
Another important bit of advertising
the state will have is an article on
Oregon to appear in Harper's Weekly
in December. j. K. Mumford was in
Portland recently looking over the city
and getting data on the resources and
attractions of the state, which he will
embody in this article.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Oil Strike Reported,

Tillamook oil strike is reported
at Long prairie, six miles south of that
city, on the holdings of the Portland
Coal & Development company. The
company began sinking the present
well three years ago, and has been
working continuously. 1t has options
on about 500 acres of land. The we'll
is | 900 feet down.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Wallowa to Have Courthouse

Enterprise.-The county court has
accepted plans for n courthouse. TO cost
100000. Bids for foundation and base
ment viii be advertised for Immediate
ly in order that the foundation at least
may be put in this fall. Wallowa coun~
ty has been set apart from Union eoun-
ty 20 years, and this will be the first
courthouse erected in the county.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29
Loans From State Fund.

Salem-Loans were approved by the
land board at its last meeting to the
amount of SAG, ,275. An unprecedented
amount of applications were received
by the land board recently from citi-
zens of Oregon, but all funds that are
available for several months have been
loaned. The state loans it's money at
C nor cont iptoract
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-03

lContinuedl
ituea OF the district who ride on
the cars.
No Lights or Signs.
"The district must be accessible
20 proper police surveillance. and
bawdy houses will not be- tolerated
There can be- 30 display OF lights
or Illuminated signs and no open
windows or doors.
There will be no lettering about
the district as In the past. and
all features that have served 10 at.
tract attention must be eliminated
\ will allow no open display Of
music Shooting galleries with mu.
steal attachments will be cleared
out There will be no ground.story
amusement resorts. penny arcadea.
or other business which serves TO
attract the attention OF paHKersby
By n display % lights or any I'M
usual features.
May Keep Saloons Out.
There will be no saloons N |
can help II. viii not consent 20
any transfer Of licenses II the new
district lie not entirely outside Of
the saloon district Personally !
would like 90 see the district located
entirely outnide Of the saloon Inn
its All sale Of intoxicating liquors
will be done sway with " have
the power 10 enforce such q regu.
iatlon
\ will not say anything about
any definite date for this change.
II is likely that ! will issue the