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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
HOLD FUTURE
CONFERENCES
Conference of Governors viii Form
Permanent Organization.
Declare for Preservation Of Natural
Resources of Country-Co-opera-
ton Only Way to Work for Best
Interests of AII-ResuIts Expected
to Be Far-reaching.

Washington, May 16.-The first con-
ferences Of the governors of the states
OF the American Union ended yesterday.
Like many of the important events of
history, time is to reveal the epoch
which the president and governors be-
lieve has been made. The accomplish
ments of the conference, which has
been in session at the White House for
three days, cannot be set forth with
mathematical precision. That its i'm
mediate results are more than ample is
the expression of President Roosevelt,
who brought it about, and of the gov
ernors who participated.
The printed record of the conference,
which will later be available to every
American home, will be a compilation
of facts, startling in their meaning,
convincing in their universal conclu-
sion, that the states and the nation must
co operate to the end that to the whole
people of the nation may accrue the
lasting benefits of its natural resources.
Besides the compilation of facts by the
experts and the freely expressed opinion
as it's permanent record a thousand
words of declaration not q "dec-
laration of independence but a dee
laration of cooperation.
Perhaps greater in Importance than
all else was the determination Of the
governors of the states to perfect a per-
manent organization, whereby here
tofore unknown intimacy may be devel-
oped among the executives of the 46
So -areign states made strong by com
mon purpose and made potent by pro-
nouncements which may not lightly be
disregarded.
OF the last day the story is one of
many features. The set programme was
swept aside. The president presided
throughout. He interjected remarks
and speeches He brought to the plat
form men who made plain the prevail
ing feeling that thoughtful care must
be exercised for the future. The pre-
pared papers were not presented, but
they will be printed in the permanent
record. Their place was first taken by
the " decaration,' which was adopted
after discussion which brought to light
no serious objection to it's affirmation.
Then William j. Bryan was presented
by the president. He touched the same
chords which had produced the vibra-
tiOn of harmony and cO-OperatiOn A
governors discussion brought many
state executives to the platform, but
the product was altogether that OF har-
mony, and the sentiments expressed
were applauded alike by all.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
IMPROVE IN COREA.
Conditions Are Growing Better Under
Prince Ito's Rule.

Seoul, May 19-Conditions through
out Corea are improving. The deter
mination of Prince Ito, the resident gen.
eral from Japan, to suppress the dis
orderly element, so that the peaceful
farming population may do their work
in the outlying districts, where armed
bands are harrying the farms and vii
| lagos, is shown by the prompt arrival
of reinforcements of gendarmerie mum
bering about 5000, who will be scat
| tered throughout Corea.
Prince Ito has issued strict instruc.
tlons to Japanese soldiers and civilians
that they must not treat the Coreans as
conquered people, which they are not,
but that all the rights of law abiding
citizens must be respected under pen
atty of severe punishment.
-Four thousand Corean police, under
japanese officers, will be enlisted and
trained -Four hundred new telephone
telegraph offices will be established in
the districts infested by revolutionists,
so that easy communication may be hal
with the soldiers and police.
The crop prospect through Corea is
excellent.
Prince Ito today attended the cele-
bration of the 25th anniversary of the
opening of Chemulpo to foreign trade.
He was accompanied to Chemupo from
Seoul by his suite number of foreign
consuls and the Corean minister of agri-
culture. Chemulpo was en- fete At a
banquet. Prince Ito. in his address,
spoke of the peaceful and friendly de-
velopment of Corea in order that the
Coreans might, in the future, have indie
pendence under stable government,
and become a friendly and prosperous
ally of Japan.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Aid for the UnempIoyed.

New York, May 19.-Alexander Law,
who was delegated to convey to Wash
ington resolution passed at the recent
convention for the unemployed held
here, reported to gathering of unem-
ployed today in Manhattan Lyceum. He
said that Congressman Fornes, of New
York, had promised to introduce in the
house of representatives, the resolutions
of the convention calling for large
public works to furnish employment for
the idle. President Roosevelt, Mr.. Law
reported, had been too busy with the
conference of governors to grant him a
hearing
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
FRUIT PROSPECTS GOOD.
Umpqua Valley Fruit Men in Good
Spirits.

Roseburg.-The report of President
II. n. Cobb, of the Douglas County
Fruit Growers association, shows the
fruit crop in the Umpqua valley will
be very good this year. The straw
berry crop is good, and the berries are
coming in pretty fast now. The peach
crop is fair, and the last frost was a
detriment in only very few sections.
The pear crop is fair. Apples will be
good. The prune crop will also be
good, as only few of the small sections
of the county were late enough to be
caught by the frost. The cherry crop
is good All kinds of berries are ex-
cellent, The crop in general was not
damaged to any noticeable extent, and
the fruit growers are greatly pleased
to note that this section, while it was
reported to have been damaged by the
late frost, will be as good or even bet
ter than last year. and will be first in
the market with all kinds of berries and
cherries. Many large shipments of ber-
ries will be made to Portland the latter
part of the week. Several small ship
ments have already been made. The
local markets will be supplied with
home grown fruits of all kinds from
now on.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
PRESIDENT UPHELD BY COURT
Negro Dismissed at Brownsville. Loses
Suit to Recover Pay.

New York, May 16.-The right of
President Roosevelt summarily to dis
miss a negro soldier of the Twenty fifth
infantry for alleged participation in the
riot at Brownsville, Tex, was sustained
today by Judge Hough, in the United
States district court. Oscar w. Reid,
the soldier, sued the government to re-
cover 1922 as wages from the date of
his dismissal to the expiration of his
enlistment. District Attorney Stimson
contended that the president had a
right to dismiss the soldier Judge
Hough sustained this contention and
directed a judgment in favor of the
government
Judge Hough in his decision, held
that the president was entirely within
his rights in dismissing the soldiers of
the Twenty-ffth regiment, inasmuch az
the enlistment papers and oath pro-
vide that soldier shall serve "for the
period of three years unless sooner dis
charged by proper authority"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
GREAT CONGRESS PLANNED.
Delegates From Entire World Going
to London.

London, May 19.-Delegates from
thousand dioceses scattered throughout
the world have been selected to attend
the Pan-Anglican congress to be held
in London in June. These delegates,
including laymen and clergymen, will
IN most cases be accompanied by their
bishops, and if the prophecy of the or.
ganizers is fulfilled the congress will
rank among the great gatherings of
religious workers.
Most of the American bishops have
sent their acceptances, and, as each
diocese in the United States will also
send one or more clergymen or laymen,
America will be well representated as
regards numbers and ability; all the
colonies will have their spokesmen and
missionaries from every portion of the
globe will come to tell of their work
among native tribes.
The programme embraces problems of
diverse character, and in order to get
through the list of papers the work has
been divided into six sections, which
will sit simultaneously during the week
of June 16 to June %.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
FACES FINANCIAL PANIC.
Mexico Takes Steps to Improve Sit
uation by Adjusting Duties.

Mexico, May 1S.-Limantour, the sec
retary of the treasury, being inter
viewed concerning current rumors
about the intention of the government
to take some positive and active meas
,ures to improve the financial situation,
limited himself to saying that the only
measures proposed by the government
for any such purpose will be presented
to congress for its action, and consist
in abolshing the duties on the expor-
tation of hemp, for the encouragement
of its producers in Yucatan. The sec
retary added "In reality, our economic
situation does not inspire either anxiety
or fears of any class. There has never
been a period during the economic
stringency abroad and which has affect
ed the whole world, that there has been
in Mexico a moment of the fear of a
panic or anything like it. Moreover,
the attention of the government of
Mexico to the financial condition is not
thing of today or yesterday. 1t be-
gins always at the first sign of an epoch
of strngency in any of the money cen.
ters of the world; and this constant
vigilance has never ceased. The gov
ernment, watching affairs in the money
world, does not believe any eXtraordi-
nary measures are necessary in the
present situation. The normal con
dition is everywhere re-established, and
our banks, following my instructions,
have maintained a system of circum-
spection and caution, limiting their op-
erations to affairs that offer ample Sc
curities. The solidity of our banks is be-
yond doubt, and they are in condition
to meet whatever contingency. The fact
that business conditions in Mexico are
improving daily is very satisfactory to
the government, and our financial con.
nections, though there has never been
here grave fear of trouble. We are
like an individual who suffers an at.
tack of indigestion, which does not en-
danger his life of health, but for the
moment annoys and takes away his ap-
petite, obliging him to let his stomach
rest a little. This rest is, in both
cases, the only remedy necessary, eff
cacious and beneficial. -
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
COLONY is ASSURED.
Settlers Arriving to Found New Gen.
Ter of Fruit Culture.

Wolf Creek-Wolf Creek colony is
now a settled fact. Development work
goes steadily on. The freighthouse has
shown congested condition for some
time, several Eastern families bringing
considerable of their belongings with
them, and on their great satisfaction
household goods shipped from Pennsyl-
vania less than two weeks before they
started awaited their owners on arrival
here.
For n week a surveying party has
been at work on the outside lines, run
ming through to government section cor
ners, then making corrections 50 tnat
the work may be of satisfactory char
acter. Several tracts have been staked
off in subdivision No. /, and tracts Nos.
2 and 3, comprising rs acres, were pur-
chased last evening by a young man
from Chicago, who has been on the
ground for three weeks, awaiting the
survey. Inquiries are being received
from all parts of the country, and the
no-saloono feature is commented on
and commended more than any other
single feature.
Wolf Creek is the first valley south
of the Umpqua divide, introducing the
traveller southwark on the scenic South
ern Pacific to the famous Rogue River
Valley In formation, soil and climate
this southernly sloping valley is much
like the first valley north of the Sis
kiyou divide, in which is situated, on
rich red soil which so abounds here also,
the A. D. Helms Newtown apple or
chard, which, without single failure,
has yielded its owner net annual aver
age profits of $791 per acre for the
past seven years.
Recent showers have wonderfully
stimulated growing crops, and consid-
erable acreage of corn is now being
plantpd
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
PORTLAND MARKETS,

J Apples-Select, $3.50 per box; fancy
$2; choice, $3.50; ordinary, $1.25.
: Potatoes-Select, zoe per hundred
Willamette Valley. 45c per hundred
East Multnomah, SOC; Clackamas. 55c
per hundred; sweet, SIZE per pound.
Fruits Strawberries, Oregon, 500
$50 per crate.
! Vegetables-Turnips, 81 per sack
carrots, $1.50@I75; beets, $1,25; par
snips, 1925; cabbage, So per cwt. !;
beans, wax, 121AM13Hc per pound !;
head lettuce, 35c per dozen; celery, s5c
M$1 per dozen; artichokes, soc per
dozen; asparagus, 70Sc per pound !;
egg plant, 25030c per pound; parsley,
25c per dozen; peas, 6@7c per pound; 4;
peppers, zoe per pound; radshes, 15c
per dozen; rhubarb 203c per pound; ;
spinach, 85c per crate.
Wheat-Club, soc per bushe; red
Russian, seize; bluestem, Ole; valley,
soc.
Barley-Feed, $24.5O per ton; rolled,
$27M2S; brewing, 500.
Oats-No. l white, $27.50M28 per
ton; gray, $27.
Hay-Timothv. Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi-
nary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $3.50;
mixed, SIG; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
alfalfa meal, 500
Butter-Extras, .24c per pound; fancy,
23c; choice, zoe; store. Ice.
Eggs-18hc per dozen.
Poultry-Mixed chickens. 13D14c per
pound; fancy hens. 14RN15c; ROSTERS,
old, &c; fryers, dozen, $4: broilers, doz.,
$4.50@5; dressed poultry, per H., 1e
higher; ducks, 16M17c; geese. sM9c;
turkeys, alive, 17@1sc; dressed, 100
zoe.
Hops-1907, prime and choice, 4M
SIC per pound; olds, 1@1hc per
pound.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, average best,
l1Ml5c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 10M12Hc.
Mohair-Choice, 1S@1SKc per lb.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
BIG FLEET BREAKS UP.
Atlantic Battleshps Start North, 9th
ers Go South.

eTS eO oOutils
San Francisco, May 19-The Atlantic
fleet of battleships, after - days of
naval pageantry and merrymaking in
San Francisco, sailed yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock for Puget Sound, ar
riving off Seattle on May 81. One-half
of the ships will dock at Bremerton
navy yard while at the north, and the
others will return here for repairs and
painting beneath the water line.
Play days in Puget Sound will be
over half the month, and then the of
ncers and men will resume the usual
routine of man-o'-w life. Orders call
for the reassembling of the fleet in San
Francisco harbor not later than July 3.
On July the fleet will sail for Homo
lulu. and after week s stay there will
60 direct to Auckland.
The Pacific feet of armored cruisers,
under command of Rear Admiral Day
ton, sailed south Sunday morning at s
o clock, and Rear Admiral Sperry, in
command of the Atlantic fleet, hoisted
for the first time his commanding flag
of blue. Being junior in lineal rank
to Admiral Dayton, Admiral Sperry
was compelled by naval regulations to
fly subordinate flag of red so long
as the Pacific fleet remained at this
station.
The long line of armored cruisers,
which sailed for Santa Barbara, was
headed by the flagship West Virginia,
and included the Colorado, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington
and California. The protected cruiser
Charleston, flagship of Rear Admiral
Swinburne, also sailed with the fleet,
but her destination is Monterey.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Teacher to Visit Europe.

Salem.-Miss Ida M. Case, instructor
in grammar, literature, English and
rhetoric at the Ashland normal, has
been selected by the executive com
mittee of the board of normal school
regents to take part this year in the
annual tour for teachers conducted by
the national civic federation. Each
year the federation sends 500 teachers
to Great Britain and Ireland for the
purpose of observing methods in those
countries. The school boards recon-
mend the teachers, and the list is made
up from those recommended.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Cholera Among Troops.

Simla, May 19.-An outbreak of chol-
era has compelled the withdrawal of
nearly all the white troops with Major
General WillcOcks' first column into the
cholera camp. The intense heat and the
absence of running water, necessitating
depending upon the muddy village water
tanks, make the danger of cholera
epidemic serious. On approaching Kha-
pax Pass today, the pickets of Major
General Willcocks' force had a desper-
ate four hours fight with Mohamand
troops.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Chinese Revolt is Serious.

Shanghai, May 16.-The Chinese gov
ernment is greatly alarmed over the
Chinese revolt, which is steadily grow
ing more serious. The rebels have cut
off communication to Mengtse. 1t is
estimated that the revolutionists num-
Der 10000. The fact that the rebels
selected Yunnan as the scene Of their
first attack convinces Peking that they
are familiar with conditions, as this
province is poorly protected. The gov
eminent is not hopeful of saving Meng-
tse, which is at the head of the French
from being taken.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Klamath Canal Holds Water.

Klamath Falls.-Klamath county land
holders will pay but $3.50 an acre for
water again this year. 1t is expected
that 10000 acres will be signed under
the temporary arrangement, and if
more is signed the rate will be reduced,
as it is intended to charge only for
maintenance and operation. Next year
the regular rates will prevail. Water
is now flowing in the main canal, and
but very little trouble has been expert,
enced with the breaking of banks. They
have settled during the past season. and
the squirrels have done but slight dam
ace.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

Astoria-Dr. L. F. Hawlev, the ex-
pert of the forest service of the United
States, has arrived here with a plan
whereby the stump land of this section
may be proftablv cleared for agricul-
tural purposes. He will be in this vi
cinity all summer. DR.. Hawley pro-
poses the calling of a convention of
owners of all stump lands throughout
the Northwest, which the members of
legislatures shall be invited to attend.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Seven Killed in Wreck,

Muskogee, Okla, May 16.-Six or
seven passengers were burned to death
this afternoon and several were injured
when the "Katy" flyer on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railroad was
wrecked a mile east of this city. ac-
cording to word just received here. The
report says the passenger collided with
freight train, and that the coaches
Immediately caught fire. The passen-
gers who are reported dead were evil
IDENTIFY caught under the debris and
roasted alive
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Improving Walnut Trees.

McMinnville.-George G. Payne, the
walnut expert from California, has been
in this vicinity for the past several
days, doing grating work in the wal
nut groves and along the streets and
on the lawns, or wherever there are
walnut trees that do not seem to be up
to traditional renuirements He has
inserted English walnut scions on a
large number of eastern and California
black walnut trees that were formerly
planted for ornament and shade.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Cub Bears for Warships,

Aberdeen, Wash, May 1S.-George
Wolff, a business man, proposed a few
days ago that when the excursion from
this city by steamer to see the battle
ship fleet leaves Grays Harbor, that 16
live bear cubs be taken, and one pre-
sented to each ship. The idea at once
took popular fancy and up to this even
ing ten Teddy bears had been gathered
from surrounding towns, and the total
number necessary is expected to DE
rounded up by Wednesday next, when
the excursion is promised by the cham
ber of commerce.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Brownsville Adds Vehicle FactoY.

Brownsville.-Brow has a new
manufacturing enterprise. w. J. Moore,
a hardware dealer of the north side, has
put in a wagon and vehicle plant. He
will make a speciality of wagons and
wheelbarrows. Several men and boys
will be employed. The plant will be
running in a short time. 1t will be a
credit to the city. Brownsville has
many manufactures, but the citizens
are after more. 1t is doubtful if any
other city in the state of like size can
boast of as many automobiles as are
owned here.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Corvallis Cannery CompIeted.

Corvallis.-The Corvallis cannery is
complete, and has been accepted by the
cannery company. 1t is thoroughly
up-to-date plant, well equipped, and
ready for business. L. w. Gill, of Wis
consin, man of ten years experience,
has been engaged as "processor, and
is already on hand. W. X. Taylor, man
ager of the plant, reports that he has a
sufficient quantity of tomatoes CON
tracted for the season s run, and all
together the prospect is bright for 4
successful season for the new enter
prise.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Commis ssion Remedies Extortion.

Salem. - Acknowledgements of ma
terial assistance rendered by the state
railroad commission are coming to Sec
retary George Goodall daily. The most
recent instance is that of the Blue
Mountain Fruit & Produce company, of
Cove, overcharged $33 by the o. R. &
N. and 1855 by the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad, both of which over
charges were refunded by the railroads
through the offices of the Oregon state
railroad commission.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Haskell viii Not Lose Power.

Guthrie, Okla, May 1S.-Governor
Haskell today vetoed the Eggerman-
Davis Redwine drastic antitrust act.
He especially disfavored the section
giving the attorney general more power
than the governor, by empowering him
to 90 before one supreme judge ami
have a receiver appointed for any cor
poration without giving the latter no
tice. He favors the provision for i'm
pr;soning convicted trust hangers. A
hill conforming with Haskell s sugges-
tiOns was Immediately introduced.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

Klamath Falls-The depot on the
California Northeastern railroad at
Doris is now in course of construction.
Newcomers are arriving in Doris at the
rate of 30 and 40 day, and it is a com
mon occurrence for many to be unable
to find accommodations at night. A
large force is at work just over the hill
from Doris, and every indication points
to the completion of the road in few
months
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Excursion to See Fleet.

Salem.-An effort is being made by
the Salem board of trade to have an ex-
cursion train run from Salem to New
port at the time the Atlantic fleet will
pass Yaquina bay on its northern trip.
The train will also carry all who wish
to go to the coast to see the feet from
the valley towns along the Southern
Pacific and Corvallis & Eastern rail
roads. 1t is expected that arrangements
will be completed for the excursion
within the next ten days.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Chautauqua Preparations.

Oregon City.-The work of grading
and putting the ground in good condition
at Chautauqua park, at Gladstone, is
going on, and will be pushed to com
pletion. Secretary Cross has expected
to complete the main program this
week, but owing to business during
the late session of the circuit court,
and other unavoidable circumstances,
was prevented from doing 50. The
program, however. will be ready for
the press the latter part of next week