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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
LOSS EXCEEDS MILLION.
Big Fire at New Orleans Wipes Out
Three Blocks.

New Orleans, Sept, 1-Firc which
broke out in the center OF the com
Imcrcial district Sunday afternoon
swept over portions OF three blocks,
destroying 4 large number of whole
sale houses, manufacturing houses
and stores Originating at Brinnvillc
and Chartres streets, the flames
worked their way north as far as
Cont street and west to Royal, with
loss OF between one and two mil
lions OF dollars before the flames
were finally subdued.
At the time the alarm was turned
in shortly before o'clock, the New
Orleans firemen were in the midst OF
their annual picnic at a suburban
park, and the engines and patrols
responded with a mere handful Of
men. 1t was fully an hour before the
department was in position to make
anything like successful fight
against the fire, and even then the
handicap against it was added to by
an inadequate supply of water,
The fire was one OF the most spec
tacular that has occurred in New Or
leans during recent years
Two warehouses filled with wines
and liquors were among the buildings
destroyed, Barrels of whisky and
brandy exploded with thunderous
roars, which could be heard for
blocks, which shook the walls of ad-
joining buildings and endangered the
lives OF flremen engaged in fighting
the flames.
1t was not until several hours had
elapsed that the fire was gotten un-
der control, and even then it cOntin-
ued to burn we'll into the night.
Among the establishments burned
are: Central Glass Company, George
D. Scott Lighting and Electrical In
'trument Company, Heidenheiin, Levy
< Weiss, shirt manufacturers; Noon
< Dietz, wholesale millinery: Kost
Commission Company Paul Gelh &
Sons wholesale liquor dealers; New
Orleans Junk Company. Isador Kcif-
er & Co., boots and shoes. and Thos
Harris & Co., wholesale liquor deal
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat Club, 88c bushel; forty-fold,
90c; Turkey red, 90c; fife, $50; blue
stem, 92c; valley, 88c.
Barley-Feed, S24.5O ton; rolled,
$27M28; brewing, $26.
Oats-No. l white, $27M27.5 so ton ;
gray, $26M26.5O.
Hay-Timothy, Willamette valley,
$14 ton; Willamette valley, ordinary,
S11; Eastern Oregon, $16.50; mixed,
$13; clover, SO; alfalfa, $11; alfalfa
meal, 500.
Fruits-Peaches, 6OM9Oc per box;
pears, 75cM$1.5O per box; plums, 75c
per box; grapes, 8OcM$1.25 per crate.
Potatoes - $1M1.1O per hundred; {;
sweet potatoes, 3AM4c per pound
Melons Cantaloupes, $1.50M2 per
crate; watermelons, $3.50 per 100
loose; Grated, 1ic per pound addition
al; casabas, $2.25M2.5O per dozen.
Vegetables-Turnips, $1.50 per sack;
carrots, It's; parsnips, S1.75; beets,
S1.50; beans, sc per pound; cabbage,
13ic per pound; corn, 25M30c per
dozen; cucumbers, 30M40c per box;
egg plant, $1.75 per crate; lettuce,
head, 15c per dozen; parsley, 15c per
dozen; peas, &c per pound; peppers,
8M10c per pound; radishes, II &c per
dozen; spinach, &c per pound; squash,
4Oc per dozen; tomatoes, 60m9Oc per
crate; celery, 50M90c per dozen; arti-
chokes, 75c per dozen.
Butter Extras, 81 &c per pound
fancy, 271@c: choice, 25c; store, 1Sc.
Eggs Oregon extras, 26m27c; frstg, !
24M25c; seconds, 22m23c; thirds,
15M2Oc; Eastern, 24025c per dozen. !
Poultry Mixed chickens, 13M13 &c |
per pound; fancy hens, 14m14%c;
roosters, 10c; spring, 16c; ducks, old,
12c; spring, 13m15c; geese, old, Sc;
young, 10c; turkeys, old, 17M18c;
young, zoe.
Veal-Extra, Sc per pound; o-di-
nary, 7M719c; heavy, sc.
Pork-Fancy, &c per pound; ordi-
nary, &c; large, sc.
Mutton-Fancy, 8M9c.
Hops-1907, prime and choice, AZ
d5c per pound; olds, 1-1Lc; con-
tracts, 7MSc.
Wool-Eastern Oregon average best,
lOM16Ic per pound, according TO
valley, 15@15kc; mohair,
,hoice, 18@1SKc.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
BARS NATlVEBORN.
San Francisco School Board Shuts
Door on Chinese.

San Francisco, Aug. 3l,-City At
torncy Long has furnished the board
OF education an opinion dealing with
the question of the admissbility OF
native-born Chinese children to pub
lie schools other than schools cstab.
Iished for them. In brief, he holds
that the question Of nativity has no
bearing on the case; that Chinese
children are Mongolians, irrespective
OF birthplace, and that if special
schools Of equal standing are not pro-
vided for them, they are entitled to
attend any school The opinion is
given in response to query from the
board of education with reference to
the request of the parents of three
nativeborn Chinese maidens who
wished their daughters to attend
schools other than the Oriental
school.
The political code provides that
every school shall be open for the
admission of all children between &
and 2l years Of age, residing in the
district. This section also authorizes
boards of education to establish sep
dl"tC oNHOOlS lOl luuldll, NHlllcSC OF
Monaghan children, and provides that
when such schools are established,
such children must not be admitted
to, any other school.
The object of the law is clearly to
segregate the white children of the
public schools from those of Mon
golian or Indian descent, and is not
to deny the latter any of the equal
rights guaranteed by the constitution.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
School Session Near End.

Monmouth-The special summer ses-
sion of the Oregon State normal school
for superintendents, principals and
high school teachers is now half COM
pleted. The attendance is much below
the expectation of the management.
The state superintendent expresses dis
appointment that the young men and
women in the teaching profession have
failed to avail themselves of this
course. Next year an effort will be
made to choose more convenient date
for the session.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Warrant Out for Banker,

Los Angeles Aug. 31.-W II. Carl
son, president OF the defunct Consoli-
dated Bank. state institution closed
by the bank commissioners several
weeks ago because Of alleged insol
vency, is to be arrested, charged with
falsiiying bank entries A warrant
was issued By the district attorney
today. About $5O,oO0 was owing de
positors by Carlson's bank when it
failed Carlson was United States
railroad commissioner in Cuba under
the first Mckinlcy administration.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Parvest is About Over.

endletOn-Harvest is now over and
several hundred idle men throng the
streets of Umatilla county towns.
Many of these will go to Grand Ronde
to work in the beet fields, many to the
saw mills of the coast and others to the
large cities to spend the winter. Lo-
cal merchants report much heavier
cash trade this fall than ever before
during the prevalence of the saloon. A
different class Of harvest hands came
to the county this sesaon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
California Oil Merger Planned

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 29.-Plans
are being made today for $50, 600, 600
merger of Southern California oil in
terests, according to the statement to-
day of an official of one of the compan-
les concerned. The merger was first
proposed at meeting of the represent
ative of the principal operators of the
Whittier district. Combination is be-
lieved to be the best means of regulat-
ing certain business of the companies
and the merger will be effected.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Protest Dipping Of Ponies.

Pendleton-Chie No Shirt and few
Of his conservative followers among
the Umatilla Indians, are vigorously
protesting to the Indian commissioner
against the dipping of their ponies for
the mango by the Federal authorities
through the bureau Of animal indus
try, in charge of DR.. S. w. Mcclure,
of this city. The ponies are badly
affected with the disease and orders
have been sent out to dip all of them
near the old agency three miles east of
this city. However, No Shirt, Una
pine, Amos Pond, Poker Jim and few
others are making a vigorous protest
and have employed Bert Huffman, ed
itor of the East Oregonan, of this
city, to take the matter up with the
Indian commissioner to have the order
modified.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Better Rules for Shippers.

Portland-After a conference be-
tween the members of the railroad
commission, agents of the express
companies and representatives of the
Portland commission merchants, it was
agreed by the express companies to
use more discretion in handling ship
ments of perishable products. The
representatives of the express compan-
les will cause at an early date their in
structions to agents to be reissued and
brought sharply to their attention.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Alfalfa Hay Brings Sc. SO a Ton

Prineville-Hay is selling in Crook
county at $3.50 ton for fresh alfalfa.
500 tons at this price being disposed of
by Thomas Starp, of Crooked river, to
the Baldwin Sheep and Land company.
of Hay creek. With hay about gath
cred except for the second crop, most
farmers have commenced threshinp
their wheat, rye and other grain, all of
which are an average yield.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Line Ttrouen Maddox Canvon,

Condon-Surveying on the new cleo
trio line which is to invade interior
Oregon, running south from this city,
is going on at full blast. O. Denny, of
San Francisco, with gang of survey
ors, reports that the third survey out
of the city, through the Maddox can
yon, will be the route of the new rail-
road. R. A. Hollenbeck, a Spokane
engineer, with a number of men, ar
rived last week to survey in the inter
ior.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Japs Quit Plantations,

Rio Janciro, Sept 1.-The Japanese
immigrants who were sent to the
state Of Sac Paulo by the Imperial
immigration Company Of Toxic are
leaving that section in large numbers
They have been at work on the cof
fee plantations. but apparently were
not satisfied with the employment.
Many OF them have arrived at Rio
Janeiro for the purpose of securing
employment as domestic servants.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
HarneY County Fair.

Burns-The Harvey County Fair as
sociation has decided to give away
$4,000 in premiums and purses for
horse racing and a series of baseball
games. There will be about 81, 500
given away for the best agricultural
exhibits. There is good prospects of
the fair being grand success as the
people are taking more interest in the
development of the county than in
former years.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03

Berlin, Aug. 20 General Da Fon
Seek, the Brazilian minister of war,
and General Mendez Morales, of the
Brazilian army, will arrive tomorrow
at Berlin hotel as the guests of EN-
peror William. The paryt has come
out from Brazil to witness the fall
maneuvers. The invitation extended
to them and its acceptance are regard
ed as political acts rather than a pure
military proceeding, with the object
of drawing the two governments into
more agreeable relations.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Unions Books o. K.

La Grande-J. H. Mimnaugh, an ex-
pert accountant, formerly connected
with the Grand Ronde Lumber com
pany, has just completed exporting the
books of the officials of this county and
finds, with the exception of few un-
important errors and minor discrep-
ancies, everything in shipshape. The
warrant Indebtedness of Union county
six years ago was almost four times
what it is now. On July !, 1902, war
rants were out to the amount of $269,-
622.38, while July /, this year, there
was but $68, 061.53. Within two years
the debt has been decreased nearly so
per cent.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03

Settle. Wash. Aug 21-Dippinc
her ensign in token OF farewell the
Italian cruiser Puglia. which arrived
in port Tuesday from Vancouver
raised her anchor Saturday morning
and slipped out of the bay and down
the sound on her way to Portland
She will remain there about three
weeks. while her boilers are cleaned
and her machinery overhauled.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
FIGHT PRUNE COMBINE.
Albany Plant Being Prepared for Big
Seasons Run.


Seasons Run.
Albany-The Northwest Fruit asso-
citation, the new organization of fruit
growers, began it's fight against the
Prunepackers' association when the
work was begun at the big packing
plant in this city preparatory to opera
tion during the coming prune packing
season. A force of men under Manager
S. A. Laselle is now putting the plant
in shape for the seasons run.
The Albany plant has capacity of
about IT'S car loads of dried prunes,
but will not handle nearly as many this
fall. Owing to the fact that the
prune crop is light this year, and that
many growers are already under con-
tract to the packers association for
this seasons crop, the new association
does not expect to pack more than 60
car loads. Enough growers are in the
organization now to assure about 40
car loads.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03

Freewater - The Freewater-M Milton
fruit district will ship out 600 car
loads Of fruit this season, including
berries and fruits of all kinds. This
will be 100 more cars than last year.
At present the plum, summer apple
and pear crop is on and an average Of
about four cars per day is being sent
out. The fruit area was increased
about 200 acres in this vicinity this
season.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
MUST DIP SHEEP
Secretary Smythe. of Oregon Com
mission, Will Seize Offenders.

Pendleton-Despite their efforts to
evade the Oregon quarantine law,
Washington sheepmen who grazed
their flocks in Oregon this year will be
forced to dip before moving out of the
reserves. Secretary Dan P. Smythe,
of the Oregon Sheep commission, and
State Sheep Inspector w. H. Lytle are
on the alert for movements of Wash
ington sheep in this state and are pre-
pared to seize any herd which may be
moving through Oregon territory.
Washington sheepmen recently Sc
cured an injunction from County Judge
Gilliland, of Umatilla county, restrain
ing Oregon officials from enforcing the
dipping law, but this injunction does
not prevent criminal prosecutions of
Washington sheepmen violating the
Oregon law, and there promises to be
something doing in the way of sheep
dipping when the Washington herds
are started out of the Blue mountain
reserves across Oregon territory.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Sage Was Worth Se4I53. 300.

New York. Aug. 29.-Russell Sage's
estate is valued at $64, 153, 800. This
fact became known today through the
signing of the order for the tranfer tax
payable to the state.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
May Build Albany Plant.

Albany-A report, said to be we'll
founded, is current here that O'Shea
Bros, of Portland, are planning to
erect a $40, 600 packing plant in AL
bany. Barred from the Portland field
by the terms of the sale of the Union
Meat company's plant, they have Sc
lected Albany as desirable site be-
cause of its railroad facilities. Accord
ing to reported plans, they have site
of 25 acres in view and will soon COM
mence work on the plant. The founda-
tion for this rumor lies in the fact that
John O'Shea spent several days in this
city last week. But real estate men,
with whom he consulted, assert that he
was merely looking for residence.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-09-03
Eir-t SnnNv in Mnntana

Butte, Mont, Aug. 31.-A dispatch
from Anaconda, Mont, says that the
first snow of the season fell there
Saturday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10
Lonq Lived lcelanders.

It would be interesting to know If
any part of the world beats Iceland IN
the average length of life of its inhabit-
ants. 1t is shown by statistics that
on an average the people Of that island
live to the age of G1.S years. which is
very nearly double tie mean duration
of human life as it was computed a
generation ago. Sweden and Norway
are regarded as very healthful coun-
tries but Iceland takes the palm in
longevity, the mean duration Of life in
Sweden being 5O.O2 years and in Nor
way 1904 years.
Some of Icelands earthquakes are
nerve racking; but, on the whole, the
lives of most of it's simple and indus
trious inhabitants slip along with few
incidents that unduly stimulate or de-
press the pulse. Summer and winter
the same old mail boat from Leith
steams into the harbor of Reykjavik
every three weeks, but very rarely
brings news that touches Iceland so
closely as to make excitement In fact
the little island enjoys many of the adj
vantages of civilization and avoids
most of it's rawbacks.-ChriStian Ad-
vOcate.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

WHY don't the president get after the
Kentucky tobacco trust9 So far as we
can understand it and it's operations, it
is about the worst trust or combination
in the restraint of trade the country has
so far SEEN There are all kinds of
trusts, it has truthfully been said, trust
busters and busted trusts, and trusts
that bust US, but so far as we are aware
the Kentucky tobacco trust is the only
one that goes about making converts at
midnight with shotguns and pine knot
torches. The policy of that trust makes
it crime to eliminate your competitor
by buying him out even if you have to
pay him twice or thrice the value of his
goods, and seeks to accomplish the same
end by night -raiding his tobacco ware
houses and tobacco sheds and forcing
him out of business by destroying prop.
erty and even turning loose the shotgun
upon him from ambush. So far as we
have seen, the president has refrained
from tackling the incendiary, murder
ing, midnight trust, and the state OF
Kentucky is following suit, although the
newly elected governor has been doing
some severe threatening. Lastly, we
cont understand why Kentuckians stand
that sort of thing.-Lancaster New Era.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

Mrs. Wipedunks = Jenkinson. we
ought to take one of the first class
magazines. It's only 81 year. and
the children are getting old enough
now to have something good to read.
Mr.. Wipedunks Vnly 81 year!
That's all. is it? If you begin on maya
zines you'll think you have. to keep it
up. At the end Of every year you'll
want to have 'em bound. There's two
volumes in year. Costs 81 volume
for binding. That makes Sc year.
In ten years it's $50. Then you'll want
a bookcase to hold the twenty volumes.
That'll cost about $25 because you'll
think it ought to be big enough to hold
the twenty more volumes. There's $50
thrown away. Do you think I'm made
of money? If you want to read the
magazines. what's the matter with bOr-
rowing 'er ?-Chicago Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

The chief present difficulty is strin-
gency caused by the boarding OF the Cir
culating medium of the country. All
financial leaders and practically all bank
ing institutions have united in urging the
people to cease this boarding and to re-
store the circulating medium to it's Gus
tomary channels and uses The banks,
above all others, should set the example
thus implied; some of them have done
so, but many are alleged to be doing just
what they condemn ia others For ex-
ample, some are known to be holding
cash reserves ranging from two to five
times the normal ratio The purpose of
a surplus or cash reserve is for use in
time of need; to withhold it from such
use is to defeat its true purpose, tends
directly to intensity the condition which
it should alleviate, and is. a selfish effort
to protect the individual bank at the ex
pense and to the injury Of the banks
collectively. Let every good citizen,
solicitous of the welfare OF our country,
do his best to accelerate the return to
normal conditions by continuing his
business operations without alarm and
by assisting in the present movement to
bring all the money now lying idle into
active circulation, and all will be we'll.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

liz OUR readers will take out their tax
receipts for the past twenty or twenty.
five years, and compare them, they will
have a right to be astonished at the de-
cided increase 10 rate and amount which
the last six or eight years OF reform
show. OF course all intelligent citizens
know that the claim on which the half
breed administration first came into
power was that the peepul were being
robbed, and that the state administra-
tions were being run in the interest OF
the wealthy and of the corporations, and
that the poor would have their innings
if the half breeds were but given con
tro. Doubtless many believed all this
and sack cloth and ashes are their por-
ton now instead of the things they had
hoped for Whitewater Register.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

CHIEF CHEMIST WILEY OF the depart
ment OF agriculture is probably com
petent man to direct that department,
but being public official is not above
criticism. 1t i'll becomes any ardent
food reformist" to accuse The Reporter
of being willing to aid the food adulter.
ators when he suggests our criticism OF
unreasonable food standards laid down
by DR. Wiley was prompted by anything
but right motives. This paper is en-
titled to this right without having its
motive questioned.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

The Scientific American gives the ac-
count of new invention by which the
violin can be played automatically. Per
forated rolls like those on the piano
player are used. An automatic device
performs the lingering while another de-
vice performs the bowing. 1t is said to
work as we'll as the piano players. The
inventor has been engaged seven years
.nnon the instrument. !
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

MUCH of the glory attached to the
passage by the late congress of the en-
ployers' liability law, which was the sub
iect under discussion between the friends
of Senator LaFollette and Congressman
Esch, has been roboed by the supreme
court which now declares the law I'M
constitutional Thus ends the row as to
whom ia entitled to most credit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10

A REALLY pathetic accident is rep rted
from Viroqua where Miss Helen NUN
gen, daughter OF Senator MunsoL, re-
ceived probably fatal burns while light
ing the furnace fire at her home. Her
clothing caught fire and before help was
secured she was frightfully burned.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1908.

Gov. DAVIDSON has seemingly made a
very commendable appointment in Sc
lecting Atty. r. M. Bashford to place
on the supreme bench made vacant by
the death of Chief Justice Cassoday
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-01-10
A Big Offer to All Our Subscribers.

Many of our readers are now renewing
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this time, to make an unparalleled offer,
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for one year for $500, cash with the or
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This extraordinary offer is a saving on
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Send your subscriptions today.
= Miss Ena Berkey, piano instructor
will receive pupils at the home of Mrs
Geo. Doty every Friday and Saturday.
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1t fills the arteries with rich, rec
blood, makes new flesh and healthy men
women and children. Nothing can take
it's places no remedy has done so much
good as HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
35c. Tea or Tablets.-W. G. Atwell.