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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
POLICE FORM OLIGARCHY.
Chicago Patrolmen's Union Refuses
To Be Governed by Chief.


To Be Governed by Chief.
Chicago, Nov. 9.-The organization
known as the United Police of Chica-
60. but which is more aptly dubbed the
"Policemen's union," today at its an
nual meeting sundered all ties which
bound it to heads of the department.
The organization virtually declared its
independence by ousting from office all
present officials and electing an insur-
gent ticket, the members of which are
avowedly hostile to control of the union
by the chief of police or any of the
men responsible to the taxpayers for
the way the police department does.
or fails to do, its work.
Briefly, today's action means that
hereafter the mayor and chief cannot
discharge or discipline any member of
the United Police without calling down
the wrath of their organization. 1t
means the police will work to suit
themselves, regardless of the public or
their superior officers. 1t creates in
Chicago a modern Pretorian Guard,
which recognizes no ruler but those it
chooses.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
BATTLE WITH INDIANS.
Savages Yield After Five Hours Fight
With Police.


Victoria, B. c., Nov. 8.-After a
five hours battle, beginning this morn
ing at daybreak, force of so special
police. under Chief Constable Maitland
Dougall, and embracing virtually all
male inhabitants of Hazleton, on the
Skeena river, captured the Indian viii
lage of Kispiox, and made prisoners
several chiefs of the tribes who have
been melting the related nations of the
Skeena to war upon the whites, OBJ
structing railway construction and this
week seizing supplies and stopping
provincial road work.
Chief Constable Maitland Dougall
makes no report of casualties to Super
intendent Hussey here, although pri-
vate kilograms say firing was practical
ly continuous from daybreak until noon.
Despite the fact that the Canadian
government had ridiculed the sugges-
tion, residents of the North country
serious trouble all along
the Speena as soon as winter sealed the
waterway, the Indians nursing an orig
inal and legitimate grievance as to
game laws and fisheries regulations in
terfering with their basic supplies un-
til it was famed into flame by agita-
tors who have all summer been preach.
ing the legal rights of the Skeena ma
tions to all the lands along that river.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
OREGON GETS
HER full SHARE
Secretary BaIIlnger Adopts New Irri.
CATION Plan.
$2,5OO,OOO Due State Is Now Avail
able-UnIess Malheur People Line
Up, Project viii. Be Dropped
Many Other Good Projects Are
Ready for Action.

Washington, Nov. Gas soon as Di-
rector +. II. Newell and Chief Engineer
A. p. Davis, of the reclamation service,
return to Washington with the senate
irrigation committee, Secretary Balm
ger will discuss with them ways and
means of giving to Oregon the full ben
efts to which it is entitled under the
national reclamation act. That one or
more new projects shall be undertaken
is virtually promised by the secretary,
the number depending upon the cost
and upon the possibilities that are open.
Oregon is, or soon will be, So 800, 900
behind its rightful apportionment from
the reclamation fund. The largest con
tributor, save one, to the fund. much
less money has thus far been expended
on work in Oregon than in states and
territories that have contributed but
sparingly. This condition is deplored by
Mr.. Ballinger, and it is his purpose to
make restitution as quickly as funds.
available will permit, provided suitable
projects can be. found and developed
At this time it is impossible to say
where the government will build. Quite.
a few possible projects have been exam
ined and reported on by the engineers
of the reclamation service, their find
ings having appeared in the annual re-
ports of the director. From among the.
number it is anticipated that some suit
able scheme can be selected and placed
under contract within a reasonable,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
JOHN DIS LEAD FOLLOWED.
Mrs Sage and Carnegie Offer Millions
to Fight Disease.

Washington, Nov 6.-Following the
donation of $1,OOo,0OO by John D.
Rockefeller to be used in fighting the
hookworm disease in the south. the of
Meals of the treasury and public health
and marine hospital service have re-
ceived information that two other
Sl,0OO,oOO donations will be forthcomino.
very soon. One is from Mrs. Russell
sage, to be used in extending work for
the eradication of tuberculosis; the
other from Andrew Carnegie for fight
ing pellagra, the mysterious disease that
has baffled scientists.
The understanding is that these sums
will be placed at the disposal of the
same general authorities associated with
the public health and marine hospitaT
service. The latter would not give
positive confirmation of the reports.
nut IN other quarters it was learned
that there is the best of reason for the
expectation that these sums will he
given, and that the announcement will
come very soon.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
NEW INTERIOR TOWN.
Located on Proposed Oregon Trunk
and Deschutes Roads.

Located on Proposed Oregon Trunk
and Deschutes Roads.
Prineville-F. P. Cooper, T. w. Tay-
lor and Judge e. V. Littletield, who
have incorporated company for the
purpose of building a town at Trail
Crossing, with capital stock of $780,
900, are rushing the surveys on the
plating of 400 acre farm into town
lots and hope to have the plats filed
with the county clerk here within a
week.
The new town will be christened
"Hilliman," and is located on the
final survey of the Oregon Trunk,
about three miles south of the great
bridge at Trail Crossing on Crooked
river. This bridge will be $50 feet in
length and the center of the span will
be almost an equal distance from the
surface of the water below. Much
construction work has already been
done OH both sides of the river and in
the immediate vicinity of the new
town. The topography of the entire
country makes this the only feasible
crossing from the highlands of the
Hay Stack country to the table lands
of the D. l. & 2. segregation, and
while the Hill road is practically al
ready built through the town, the per-
manent surveys of the Hartman line
runs through the site also, thus the
blending of the two names into what
will no doubt be a typical Oregon
boom town
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Growers Sell Apples.

Marshfield - The Coquille Valley
Fruit Growers association and the Coos
Bay association have received a flatter-
ing offer from the Hawaiian Fruit COM
pany. of Seattle, for the crop of fall
apples. This same company bought
the Gravenstein output of the county
this summer. Packers will be sent
here to harvest and pack the fruit the
members of the association have to
sell. Some growers prefer to harvest
and sell their own product, but those
who belong to the association declare
CO. cooperation has been beneficial to
them.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Much Baled Hay at Laidlaw.

Laidlaw-W. Fl. Courtenay, of this
place, has been busy with his hay
baling outfit the past few weeks, and
still has a lot of work ahead. So far
alfalfa, wheat, oat and clover hay, and
has about 200 tons more to bale in this
immediate section. Nine-tenths of the
hay that is marketed at Bend comes
from the Laidlaw district, and the
farmers in this section are making good
money from this crop.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
COREA FIGHTS HARD
Rebellion Against Japanese Rule Goes
Steadily Forward.

Rebellion Against Japanese Rule Goes
Steadily Forward.
Kobe, Japan. Nov. 9.-Meager news
from Corea is to the effect that the up
rising started by the natives as pro-
test against the occupation of the
kingdom by Japan, while active in
spots, in other places has quieted down
through the efficient service of the
Japanese soldiers.
This is taken here to mean that the
Japanese censor is busy, for it is well
known that the Koreans, animated by
equally as great love of country as
their invaders, will never resign them
selves to be governed by the hated
Japanese until they are completely
brought under subjection.
. A correspondent of the Japan Chron-
icle writes that the resistance offered
to the reforms desired to be brought
about by the stronger nation is more
a matter of misunderstanding than
anything else.
The Corean officials, it is said, know
full we'll what Japan is trying to do.
but the soldiers sent to occupy the land
are responsible for the hostile feeling
that has arisen. The coolie class sees
the havoc wrought by the military
force, the plundered stores, the out
ragged women, the i'll treatment afford
ed the men, and does not know what is
behind all this.
The poorer classes are unaware that
the good of their land is what Japan is
seeking. They look upon the occupa-
tion merely as a pretext to gain pos
session of the country, and their blood
boils and they rise up against the in
vaders.
Incidental to the improvement of
conditions in the empire may come an
nexation to Japan. In some circles
this is felt to be the ultimate object.
Whether that be true or not the fact
remains that Japan has already worked
numerous and appreciable reforms
among the Coreans.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Santa Ee Loses Money.

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. S.-The Santa
Fe railroad in Oklahoma has suffered a
great loss since the 2-cent passenger
law went into effect, according to an
affidavit filed in the United States Dis
trict court today by that company.
The document asserts that the Santa
Fe carried 237, AL more passengers in
1908 than the preceding year, its pas
senger earnings showing oss of $685.
525. Owing to the compulsory low
freight rate, it is claimed that the re-
ceip;s showed decrease of over $780,
600.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Wage Fight Expected,

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 9.-Thomas L.
Lewis, president of the United Nine
workers of America, indicated in an
interview here today that the miners
will make stand for higher wages in
the spring. Mr.. Lewis declared that
work at the mines was improving and
was bound to continue doing so. He
also expressed confidence in his re-
election to the presidency of the organ
ization, explaining that two locals have
nominated him for every one that
named his opponent, William Green,
of Ohio.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Bridge Nearing Completion.

Ontario - Arrangements are being
made for the annual meeting of the
Oregon State Irrigation association,
which will meet in this city probably
December and 4. At the same time
the formal opening of the interstate
wagon bridge across Snake river one
mile east of town will be celebrated.
1t is the plan to have display of veg
etables, grains, grasses, ETC., pre-
pared, also livestock exhibit, in
which the people residing on the Pay
cite bench tributary to the bridge will
be asked to participate.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
S5OO,OOO HIS LOOT.
Warriner Lost All in Speculation and
Blackmail.

Warriner Lost All IN Speculation and
Blackmai.
Cincinnati, Nov. S.-An official Of
the Big Four railroad stated tonight
that the defalcations for which ex-
Treasurer Charles l.. Warmer has
been arrested would be far in excess of
500, 900. According to his estimate,
it will reach nearly $500,000.
Eighty thousand dollars is said to
have been paid in blackmail. Two
women and man are mentioned as the
blackmailers. Detectives are shadow
ing one of the women, who lives in
Cincinnati, but it is stated that the
railroad company does not intend to
have her arrested, but will try to get
her as witness for the state.
Warmer, who is charged with ap-
propriating $54, 500, was released from
custody late today on bond of $780,
900.
During the day Warriner made re-
markable change of front. In the af-
ternoon he gave out statement admit
ting has responsibility for the short
age, but declaring there were others
in it. Later he changed tactics and
declared that he admitted nothing.
This later declaration is taken to mean
that he intends to force his alleged
partners in guilt into the open.
The $54, 500 in the warrant for War
riner's arrest represents the present
amount owing to the railroad company
and not the entire amount of the short
age.
The balance, according to the state
ment of General Counsel Hackney, has
been covered by property that Warri-
ner has turned over to the company.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Klamath in Wheat Market.

klamath Falls-Martin Bros, who
own and operate large -four mill in
this city, are authority for the state
ment that the wheat yield of the Kla-
math basin will this year reach l,000,-
900 bushels. The supply is far in ex-
cess of what is needed for home con-
sumption. The mill in this city is run
day and night, the -four being exported
to California trade centers. Consider
able wheat is also being shipped to
Sacramento. The klamath county
product is of good quality and is
bringing the top price.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Nine. Nordica Loses Suit

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. Ga de-
clslon adverse to Madame Lillian Nor
dica, the opera singer, and several of
her sisters and cousins, who attempted
to break the will of their aunt, Mrs.
Vannie F. Allen, of Melrose, was hand
ed down by Judge Rugg in The state su-
preme court today.
Madame Nordica and the other claim
ants to Mrs. Aliens estate alleged that
the testator had promised to divide her
valued at 100000, between
them, but that in her will she left it
for charitable purposes.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
MANY NEW ORCHARDS.
Farmers Around Dee Have No Fear of
Overproduction.

Dee-Land is being cleared for the
setting out of orchards, and the val
ley is receiving its proportion of the
new people coming to the state. Those
who fear the overproduction of apples
need but look back over the apple his.
tory of so years and ascertain if there
has been decrease in prices. This
whole section is short on the produc-
ton of last year, and no doubt the
entire state of Oregon is short, not,
withstanding the hundreds of new acres
that bore crops this year for the first
time. Let no one fear the overpro.
duction of apples or pears.
The first rain of the season has made
its appearance here. 1t is welcome and
will do more good than harm. Those
preparing orchards will find the ground
in better shape for working.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Federal Job Is Declined.

Albuquerque, N. M, Nov. 9.-Wil-
liam Robinson, editor of the Roswell
Register-Tribune, and a we'll known
author, who was offered the governor
ship of New Mexico to succeed Cover
nor Curry, whose resignation takes
effect February next, announced today
that he did not feel competent to hold
the position and would decline the
offer. Mr.. Robinson said: "I am
newspaper man and would rather work
on newspaper than be president.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
TWELVE NUNS HEROINES,
Organize Bucket Brigade and Fight
Fire From Orphans.

Cleveland, Nov. 9.-Twelve brave
nuns at st. Vincent's Orphan asylum
organized bucket brigade, put out a
fire at the top of the building tonight,
and quelled an incipient panic. The
older boys asylum, which houses 400
little ones, was the first to learn that
there was danger.
The sisters, passing buckets of wa
ter up the stairs and pouring it on the
blaze, sent the biggest boys to oversee
the little ones at their studies. Those
who attempted to rush out were Or
dered back, and when help arrived
from the outside, the children, some of
them still unconscious of the peril,
were at their books, while the nuns,
almost dropping from fatigue, held the
fire under control.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Grows Big Spuds.

klamath Falls-Four tons of pota-
toes to the acre on dry land is the re-
cord made by F. P. Van Meter, farm
er living near Merrill in klamath
county. The largest potato grown by
Mr.. Van Meter weighed in excess of
four pounds, while there are many that
weigh three and four pounds. Pota-
toes are selling at l cent pound in
the local market, or Mr.. Van Meter is
getting $50 for every acre of potatoes.
This same land sold four years ago at
SIS an acre and is at the present time
valued at approximately $50 per acre.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Corvallis Has Big Pumpkin.

Corvallis-About the biggest known
contribution for piemakers was brought
into town recently from Hector Bros. ,
farm. 1t was single squash, but in
size it was, about the biggest that ever
happened around here. 1t was six feet
one inch in circumference one way and
FIVE feet nine inches the other. 1t is
estimated that if made into pies it
would take one man seventeen years to
consume the entire quantity, eating one
fair sized hunk each day.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Hawaii Wants to Be Wet

Honolulu, Nov. 6.-Both houses of
the territorial legislature adopted. to.
day unanimously in the senate. with
only two opponents in the house. a
Joint resolution voicing an earnest pro-
test against the attempt of F. J. Wool
ley, local attorney, and others to Sc
cure federal enactment extending
prohibition to the Hawaiian islands.
Woolley and his associates, it is re-
ported, have been carrying on cam
paign to this end at Washington and in
other mainland cities for some time.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Albany Has Apple Famine.

Albany-Apple prices are breaking
all records here. Apples are selling for
as high as $3.50 box in the,local mar
ket, and no apples of good quality can
be secured for less than 50 box in
local stores. Most growers are receiv-
ing such fancy prices for their apples
in the outside market that good fruit
is very scarce for local consumption.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Prosecuted for Air Searching

Paris, Nov. 8.-The first prosecution
for furious flying will shortly occur in
the courts here. M. Blanch, who
crashed into the crowd at Port Aviation
three weeks ago and hurt several peo-
pie. is the defendant. Two victims
have summoned him for furious driving
in the air. Curiously enough, the pros
ecuting lawyer is Paul Fay, who is
son-in-law of Mrs. Hartsberg. whose
husband brought Wilbur Wright to
France.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Drill for Artesian Water at Echo.

Pendleton - According to former
Mayor L. A. Esteb of Echo, company
has been incorporated in his home town
for the purpose of drilling for artesian
water A capital stock of $4,000 has
been subscribed, machinery to the value
of $4,000 has been ordered, and the
company will not rest their efforts un-
til several wells are spouting water.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Heavy Hog Shipments.

Wallowa-The north end of Wallowa
county will ship out over 1900 head of
hogs this fall. A drove of 200 head is
being taken overland to Lewiston. The
price received by growers is 7 cents
per pound.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Japa1 TO Meet Russia,

Paris. Nov. "a special dispatch
from Pekin says that in spite Of official
denial M. Kokovsoff, the Russian min
lister of finance, who will confer short
ly with Japanese representative, NJ.
Kurachi, director of the political bu-
rea of Toxic foreign Office, has arrived
at Dalny.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Oregon Ties to Colorado.

Cottage Grove-W. C. Shortridge,
who has a sawmill a mile north of
London, has received an order from
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
company for all the ties he can fur
nish before January l and he will
forthwith set to work to get out at
least 25, 900. These will be foated
down the Coast fork to Latham and
from there shipped to Grand Junction,
Colo,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
High Price for Orchard.

Talent-C. M. Lee has sold four
acres of peach orchard to c. W. Hope
for $4,000. The tract is set to new
varieties. Sixty trees of the Apple
gate variety are three years old; 80
trees two years old are of the Sooner
variety. The rest are younger and of
different varieties.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Many Potatoes in This Hill.

Cottage Grove-George Schneider,
who has ranch of 100 acres nine miles
west of town, is exhibiting a hill of
potatoes grown on the place which con-
tanned as tubers, one-t third of which
were merchantable. The largest po-
tato weighed one pound.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
River District infected

Berlin, Nov. 6.-Official reports of tho
cholera cases in Germany shows that
from July 10 until November 8, 33 per-
sons had the disease and 12 of these
died. Most of the cases developed in
the vicinity of the delta of the Vistula
river.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
No Rainfall on Potatoes.

The Dalles-That potatoes can be
grown successfully without a drop of
rain during the growing season has
been demonstrated here by J. c.. Ben
son. Of Five Mile. Mr.. Benson is ex-
hibiting excellent potatoes grown on
his land by dry farming methods.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Let Prineville Canal Contract.

Prineville.-T. II. La Toilette, J. s.
Watkins and f. T. Slaydon have let a
contract for the construction of a canal
five and one-half miles long for the irri-
CATION of 1000 acres of land owned by
them four miles from this place on
Inhnson crock
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Big Crop of Onions.

Ontario-C. A. johnson raised Is
tons of onions on one acre of land not
far from town. A bushel of the larg-
est onions will be sent to Chicago by
the Commercial Club for exhibition at
the land congress.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-11-11
Spanish Army Advances.

Melilla, Morocco, Nov. S.-Sixteen
thousand Spanish troops, supported by
heavy reserves, began an advance this
morning over the Beni Sicar territory.
The Infanta Carlos of Bourbon led the
advance guard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-19
PASSING OF GERONIMO

Old Geronimo is dead and the ad-
monition against speaking Ill OF the
dead is naturally suspended in his
case, chiefly because little good can be
said of him. More cunning than any
other member of his tribe, he turned
from medicine man to warrior and
drew o him the iercest Apaches
of his day and led them in an unceas-
ing warfare against the whites.
When the Apaches, Kiowas and
Comanches agreed. III 1885, to sur
render their lands and retire to reser-
vations allotted to them In Oklahoma,
Geronimo and his band defied the au-
thorities and led the military under
General Miles a chase u~nequaled in
the history of warfare For more than
5000 miles the soldiers followed the
Indians through Arizona, New Mexico
and the rugged Businesses of the
southwest and the sands of the deserts
and the mountain trails were marked
with the bones of soldiers who fell
victims to the ambushed Apaches.
Finally captured, Geronimo, with hate
in his heart, kept up a ceaseless war
fare, attempting to escape, assassinat-
ing guards and occasionally breaking
from his guards long enough to
murder a few innocent settlers. He
was the very incarnation of hate and
probably cost the federal government
more lives and money than any other
n individual Indian. That he was
allowed to die a natural death is a
tribute to the forbearance and pa
thence of those who have had him in
custody for nearly a quarter of a cen
fury.