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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16
Washington and Idaho Mako
New Record for Wheat.
Total 1907 Grain Crop.

Portland, April 14.-With the de-
parture this month Of seven char
tered ships now loading at Portland,
and five loading on Puget Sound, the
greatest season in the history of the
North Pacific grain trade will be
practically over. There are few
struggling ships coming along for
May-June loading, and at least two
more steamers will load wheat for
the Orient. but the movement has
been so rapid this season that May 1
will find the business nearer cleaned
up than in any previous "big crop"
year When the returns are all in
for April, it will be found that Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho for the
first time in their history, have
shipped (flour included), 4O,000,00O
bushels of wheat, and still have some
on hand to tide over the dull season
until the new crop arrives.
The 1907 wheat crop Of the three
states was a record-breaker by near
ly 100000 bushels. reaching
grand total of 5S,OOO,O0O bushels,
and on account of the good prices
prevailing throughout the season, it
moved more rapidly proportionately
than any of it's predecessors. Not
only was the wheat crop the largest
on record, but barley, which has been
steadily increasing in prominence as
one of the great staples Of the Paci-
fic Northwest, also established a new
mark with a crop of nearly 10000
900 bushels. Oats, exclusive Of the
crop grown in the La Conner dis
trict on Puget Sound, is credited with
a yield of 100000 bushels in the
three states.
These figures which show grand
total of SO,O00,00O bushels Of the
three leading cereals, are compiled
from accurate statistics, kindly sup
piled by the railroad companies,
which moved the big crop and by
prominent grain exporters in various
parts of the three states. The figures
fall short of some of the earlier esti-
mates made on the crops, and natur-
ally are several million bushels
smaller than the government figures
on oats and barley.
Washington's 40,000,000 bushel
crop Of wheat dwindled to about 35,-
that of Oregon was slightly
under 100000, and Idaho's was
over 100000 bushels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Lower the Tug Stacks.

For some time there has been a dis
position among the people who work in
Washington and live in Virginia to criti-
else the manner in which the Highway
bridge. over which the electric cars run.
Is held open at the draw for small boats
TO the disarrangement of trolley car
schedules and the delay of passengers.
The suggestion has been made that this
trouble might practically all be eliminated
by the adoption of a regulation requiring
river tugs to be equipped with hinged
smokestacks. so that they could pass
underneath the draw when towing barges
and scows without requiring it to be
opened. Rarely does vessel pass up
or down the river at this point of sufii-
cient size to warrant the opening of the
draw, and with a slight expenditure on
the part of the towboat men the use of
the movable part of the bridge could be
reduced to very low minimum In ad-
dition to the delays incident to the occa-
sional opening of the draw there is a
certain element of danger. The average
trolley car passenger in this vicinity times
his journey carefully to reach his place
of business on time with slight margin,
and very often the obstruction of the line
by the open draw TO permit the passage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Still Betting in New York.

The anti-race gambling law recently en-
acted in New York remains to be fully
tested in the courts. The so-called test
the district attorney of Queens county
because it has been discovered that the
man selected for this role had not been
charged in the warrant with committing
any specific Offense. as required by the
rulings of higher courts. but had merely
peen cited for the violation Of certain sec
tions OF the statutes. Meanwhile the In
with patrons and the races are being run
as usual. undoubtedly with betting in
progress under the new system of indi-
vidual unrecorded wagers. The police find
it to be practically impossible TO detect
the registering of a bet in the crowd, but
they have taken the precaution to warn
several of the best known bookmakers
collect about them they will be arrested
ON suspicion. 1t is interesting to note that
The jockey club is making vigorous eff
fort to break up the outside betting and
has just conducted a raid upon the sta
ton beyond the race track Enclosure from
which information was being wired to
Paterson, y. J.. and thence distributed TO
the poolrooms.
The Brooklyn Eagle. commenting upon
the new order of things. says:
One of the predictions as 10 the effect
of the anti-racnG betting bill i'm opera
ton seems 10 he justified. The Eagle re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Overlooking Excursion Boats.

An excursion steamer pulled out of her
slip in New York yesterday so we'll laden
that when she stopped at several points
along the river and took on additional
passengers she was crowded considerably
beyond the legal limit 1t so happened
that customs inspector was on board
and he began to count the excursionists.
with the result that he decided that there
were at least $50 too many on board.
About this time the vessels machinery
broke down and a landing had to be made.
The order was given TO put ashore passen-
gers to the total of the excess beyond the
law. Then arose a difficult problem.
How should these surplus eXcursionists be
chosen? All on. board, each fearing a
selection for this unpleasant distinction.
demanded their money back. The money
had been taken at ticket booths on shore
and there was not enough aboard to salts
fy the demands of the $50 elected. Finally
the specified number were persuaded to
cross the gangplank on the promise that
their tickets would be redeemed at the
companys offices. Then arose another
difficulty. These people were at long dis
tances from home and had no means to
get back So collection was taken up
for the poorer ones and finally the prob
lem was solved.
This incident is likely to be repeated
anywhere during excursion seasons. if
precautions are not taken to prevent the
Overcrowding of boats at the wharves. 1t
is Of course out of the question. with the
present appropriations. TO station an in
spcctor ut each excursion boat during the
season. vertheless, the necessity ap-
pears urgent TO adopt some such means
TO insure the enforcement Of the law, and
it would seem to he entirely proper TO
collect u direct tax from the excursion
boat companies to provide force of this
character. I'm case of this kind the
passengers are the innocent sufferers from
the cupidity of the excursion boat owners,
and any precaution that will protect them
from danger or from serious embarrass-
ment and the election from an overcrowd-
ed boat would be justified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Gently as matter Of news printed the
fact that since that law was put in opera
ton there has been much betting On the
streets of Brooklyn. The hand bookmaker
has been in evidence as never before. His
customers have been those who formerly
went to the track. bought their entrance
tickets and specu1ated In the ponies on
the field. Now they remain In the CITY,
wait for the declaration of the post odds
and make their bets with the handbook
man, who moves about mysteriously, but
nevertheless efficiently.
The handbook man has always been an
evil in every city. Washington woke up
to the fact last summer that 1t was spend
ing several thousand dollars a day In
horse race betting through the medium OF
the handbook men and proceeded to drive
them out of business. Some of the mem
bers of this fraternity are now In Jail and
1t has been thoroughly demonstrated that
the capital will tolerate no such system
of gambling. The handbook man is
graver menace to the welfare of a COM
munity than the bookmaker at the track.
He carries the temptation directly to the
individual every day. He lures money out
of the pockets of people who have no
right to indulge in the excitement Of gam
bling. even to the extent Of few cents
daily If. Brooklyn is infested with these
people its duty is plain. 1t must insist
upon a police crusade against them just . 5
Washington did. when the disappearance
of a trusted headquarters official disclosed
the fact that handbook gambling had
been for some time known to the police OF
this city. The manner in which these
peripatetic bookmakers were rounded up
and driven out of business when public
sentiment insisted upon their extinction
showed that the police can accomplish
this result if they want to or are forced
to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Gaines.

Mr.. Ganes-John Wesley Gaines of Ten
nessee-is to go-only temporarily, let us
all hope-into retirement. An ungrateful
constituency on Saturday gave the other
man a majority at the polls. The Sixty
first House will be the poorer for the alb
sence of this alert and good-natured man.
He has the bounce and the industry and
the philosophy that shine in that chamber
He loves trouble. and hunts it, and revels
in it when he finds it. He advertised him
self and his people widely and we'll. but
at last they have grown cold toward him.
They should have given him at least one
more chance. He has developed in the
minority. Let us suppose the next House
democratic. What lively and inspiring
figure Mr.. Gaines would have cut as a
member of the majority and the chairman
of something!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Taft and the Craftsmanship.

The fiction about the offer of the chair
manship of the republican national COM
nittee to Mr. Loeb and Mr.. Loeb's re-
ply was overdone. Judge Taft was rep
resented as altogether too effuslve. IL
is easy to believe that he entertains for
Mr. Loeb friendly regard, but quite
impossible TO believe that If elected
President he will hold his choicest bit
of patronage subject to Mr.. Loeb's order.
That was a part of the story.
The gossip about this place has not
been to the advantage of the republic
cans First came the report that Mr..
Hitchcock had declined it. AS matter
of fact, it had never been offered to him.
His friends thought him qualified and
urged prompt appointment. but Judge
Taft very wisely took the matter under
advisement Objection to Mr.. Hitchcock
was made by number of men of in
fuence. and their protest was at least
entitled to attention.
Then in the same way. Mr.. Norys of
Ohio was slated Being near to the
Tafts, he was represented as the man for
the job. But the suggestion did not
take into account the fact that Mr.. Vorys
had been prominent in the row I'm Ohio
which had embittered the Foraker people.
Why rub it in on them by making him
the national manager? The new chair
man should represent harmony and be
able to produce the article.
And now comes the Loeb story, imprOb-
able on its face. but certain of wide
circulation. So that, within fortnight
after the convention. we are asked to
believe that the craftsmanship of the re-
publican national committee has been
twice refused. Two men, neither Of
whom is. strictly speaking. a national
quantity, have put aside a place of the
highest national Importance. If this gos-
sip had for it's especial object Judge
Taft's injury it could be easily under
stood.
July s is the day set for the decision
of the question. 1t cannot be too care
fully considered. The man chosen should
be of weight in both the political and the
business world. acceptable to both wings
of the party. long-headed and cool
headed. and with a knowledge of the
quarters where the battle is to he
fought. The lower south should not en-
ter into his calculation But he should
be able to move advisedly in New York.
Indiana Ohio, Iowa. Wisconsin and Min
nesota. and bring the republicans in those
states into compact form for the strife.
If this lis not done Mr.. Bryan will be
elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Fairgrounds.
ew York Tribune

From the New York Tribune.
The new program of the Parks and
Fairgrounds Association, which is heir to
the fortunes and duties of the MetrOpolf-
tan Park Association. is dictated by un-
toward circumstances. but is excellent for
all that. The plan is to convert vacant
lots into children's Fairgrounds, much
less ambitious undertaking than that Of
coaxing the city to establish permanent
small parks in all cOngested districts.
Such parks would. of course. be more gen.
orally useful than improvised base ball and
hide-and-seek plots, bit their enormous
cost prevents their multiplication dur
ing the lean years which Tammany's art
less fnanciering of municipal affairs has
brought upon us. Happily, however. the
most urgent need which system of small
public parks would supply will be cared
for by the vacant lots; children will be
taken off the streets and out of tene-
ments, and their play wholesomely super
vised. AS the present parks and recre-
alton piers afford a moderately adequate
chain Of breathing spots for adults and
babies. the realization of the new or
ganization's project will leave New York S
fresh air problem solved as fully as a
spendthrift city administration. unprece-
denied congestion of. population and a
period of industrial depression permit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Denver and the Negro.

The democrats are advised to make a
formal bid in their platform for the negro
vote. Mr.. Watterson thinks it would be
a good move. and Mr.. Bryan is discussing
the negro more freely than formerly. If
the thing is done it will be remarkable
exhibition even In politics of what in the
vernacular is called gall.
Democratic politicians have often played
for the support of negroes where the lat
ter are permitted to be a factor in cleo
lions, and have secured negro votes
There are negro democratic clubs in New
York. Chicago, Cincinnati and other cities
as well as individual workers of that race
upon whom the democratic managers rely
for help in pinch. This has seemed
droll when considered in connection with
the cry of mo negro domination but
politics makes strange bedfellows and
explains many strange. matters.
But no democratic national convention
has ever been a bidder for negro votes.
arouse the liveliest interest everywhere.
What will be it's terms? And who will
draw them? What a theme for a casuist
and a phrasemonger!
The Brownsville affair tips the demo-
members of the Senate military committee
voted to sustain the President and had a
roll call been obtainable on the Foraker
bill restoring the dismissed troopers to the
service. every democratic senator would
have recorded himself against it. How will
any negro voter in Ohio. New York or
elsewhere help these troopers by voting for
Mr.. Bryan as against Judge Taft? He
would simply be furnishing Judge Taft
for Mr. Roosevelt's sin.
On the question of southern disfranchise-
ment. what negro. living north. east or
west. would serve his race by helping TO
bring in Mr.. Bryan: The democratic
leader approves all that has been done
to close the ballot box to the negro and
his friends, with the consent of his silence
are busy trying to extend the work. Mr..
Bryan, in the very nature OF what may
be called selfish gratitude, must stand
with his friends. Nearly forty Of the
electoral votes he will receive next No
vember will be obtained by means clearly
unconstitutional. Take those votes away,
and what chance would he have Of cleo
ton? None whatever. Mr.. Bryan must
consent to the notification of the Consti-
tuition, or he cannot hope to preserve,
protect and defend it as President of
the United States. Great arrangement!
We can only wait. If Denver is to
speak it should be in very careful terms.
The job is for an artist. If Goblin, not
Short, is the friend, the negro has had
forty-odd years of some remarkable mis-
information
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
The Wire Screen.
From tue Sioux City Tribune.

From tue Sioux City Tribune.
Speaking of flies. a good post-conven-
ton topic. may fortune bless the man who
invented the wire cloth or screen. May
good digestion wait on appetite and health
on both for him until he has no further
use for appetite and goes where indiges-
ton bothers not and how are YOU is
not the stock salutation denoting the SUI
preme Importance of health.
Recall you older ones, the days before
the wire screen came, to be framed and
set In windows asd swung on doors. when
flies swarmed the house and tratled their
germ laden feet over food and faces:
when they awoke with the dawn and
perched on your nose and woke you to
wrath when they left their "specks'
on every bright thing and made the mir
rors look as If afflicted with incipient
measles of the black variety: when. their
courses run and the white fungus gather
ed on their bodies, they dropped into ev-
erything edible and took away appetite
for it. Then be grateful. for a moment.
for the man who invented the wire
screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
No Reciprocity.

All, grim is the fate of the man who must
wait
And gaze at the passing parade.
For him there's no call when the hours
have grown small
To list to the bands serenade.
But he's there with the boys, for it's one
Of his joys;
Yet he signs mid the general glee.
II hurrah all / can for some fortunate
But there's no one hurrahing for metz
Some men must be meek, and let other
men speak;
Some toll that the others may spend.
Were there none to stand near with en-
couraging cheer,
The orators duties would end
SO, with faith that is strong he goes plod.
ding along
And says, Its my duty. you see,
To hurrah all / can for some luckier man,
Though there's no one hurra hing for
me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

of tug with q couple of sand scows
astern means hardness at the office, with
consequent embarrassment and possibly
loss OF pay The Commissioners might
prohtably consider this matter as a means
of lessening the annoyance. delays and
risk incident to the use Of the draw
bridge by the electric lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Is the South Democratice
From the New York World.

For years the south, in spite Of the
oretical reverence for Jeffersonian prin-
ciples and a theoretical detestation Of
Capitalization, has been hotbed of
Rooseveltism. Is the south really demo-
cratic? To be sure, 1t votes the demo-
cratic ticket, but does 1t retain much Of
it's former interest in the welfare Of the
democratic party and the preservation OF
true democratic principles? A negative
answer might explain the south's atti-
tude toward Mr.. Bryan and its languid
indifference to all practical proposals
looking toward the rehabilitation of the
democratic party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Out of Tune

An ache or pain is a discord in
nerve harmony. There is strain
or irritation of some nerve, caus-
ed by the existence of some un-
natural condition. Pain subsidies
only when nerve harmony is re-
stored. DR.. Miles Anti-Pain
Pills soothe the nerves, and in
this way relieve pain and distress.
When you consider that all pain
is in the nerves you will under
stand that. treatment must be
through the nerves.
my wife and daughter use DR.. Miles Anti
Pain Pills for pains from any cause. with best
results
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If they fail to help. your druggist will refund
the money first package.
% doses. % cents. Never sold in tnlk.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
THE STAR has q regular and perma-
nent Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other washington dailies. As . News
and Advertising Medium it has no
competitors

TIN order to avoid delays on aocouns
Of personal absence letters to TIE
STAR should not be addressed to any
individual connected with tho ONCE, but
simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department. according TO
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Seeking a Happy Medium.

What do you intend to give to our
campaign fund.- asked the political ex-
pert
Its hard to decide" answered Mr..
Dustin Stax. THE amount must, of
course. be big enough to help the cause
and at the same time small enough not
to start a scandal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Making Enemies.

"In order to succeed in life.'' said the
experienced person. you must not be
afraid to make enemies
Then" answered the tractable youth.
you would probably advise me to put in
some time as a base ball umpire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

That anti-injunction plank promises to
be as knotty proposition Ior the demo-
Gratis as it seemed to be for the republi-
cans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

It must be admitted by even the most
pronounced advocates of canine rights
that there have been fewer cases of dog
bites since the muzzle order went into eff
feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Campaign excitements will in no wise
distract the pennant hopes OF the District
as it watches the progress of the great
base ball race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

The first round of the Panama election
has been pulled off with such strict OBJ
servance of the rules that there is no
need yet for the referee to interfere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Chance for the shouters.

From the Newark News.
You can see for yourself that it is
now up to the Denver convention to
give Bryan an ovation that will last at
least fifty minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Mr.. Bryan no doubt feels just about as
nervous over the result of the convention
as Mr.. Taft did on the eve OF the Chicago
meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
Up-to-Date Legislators.
ne Baltimore American,

From the Baltimore American.
A bill has been introduced into the duma
to raise the salaries of its members.
There is no longer any doubt Of its being
an up-to-date legislative body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

An agreement between the political
parties In a demand for a safe and sane
Independence day would fairly split the
common-sense vote of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Druggists who watch the calendar are
laying in large stocks of burn-relievers
and germicides at present, in anticipation
of Saturdays battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Now that Betsy Ross has been assailcd
as fake of the first water the icono-
clasts will probably not hesitate to ques-
ton the identity Of Martha Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

II roof walking is TO become popular In
Washington a public demand will arise
for fences around the edges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

The Sheath gown rush. is now the
proper card at the summer resorts. The
sea serpent is passe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

The best way to keep excursion boat
crowds within the limit Of the law is to
check the sale of tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

In this region yesterday the sun gave
an effective demonstration of its large
candle power, even when the moon gets in
the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

Judge Gray has said enough about the
vice presidential nomination to take him
out of the John Hays Hammond class OF
seekers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

The young men Of the republican party
are showing a becoming modesty about
taking the national craftsmanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
rhe. pemocratic Glee Clubs.

Here's to the Minnesota man!
If such at Denver they select,
The bards must do the best they can
And tackle Swedish dialect.