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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
GIANT COMBINE
GRIPS ALASKA
Guggenhelm interests and J. P. Nor.
gan at Bottom of Scheme.
Committee on Territories Alleges
Plan to Buy Up Coal Lands and
Build Railroads, Would Practically
Give Complete Control Of Alaskan
Industries and Natural Resources

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Bev.
eridge, of Indiana, got his committee
on territories into action today and
within short time had established the
fact that the Alaskan syndicate owned
by ]. P. Morgan & Co. and the Guggen-
helm brothers had steel grip on the
natural resources of that territory.
The fact of Significance brought out
is that the Morgan-Guggenheim syndi-
cate has an option on the celebrated
Cunningham coal claims through which
came the quarrel that resulted in
Clifford Pinchot being dismissed as
United States forester and brought on
the so-called Ballinger-P Pinchot inves-
tigation now under way.
These claims. according to the testi-
mony brought out by the Indiana sem
ator are now held in escrow awaiting
the decision of the government as to
whether they are valid. If they are
eventually approved, the Inorganic Gug-
genheim syndicate will come into pos
session of them. The Alaskan syndi-
cate is the general name for the vari-
ous companies operating in Alaska, all
being owned by the Morgan-G Guggen-
helm crowd.
1t was shown that the syndicate was
formed in 1906 by the purchase of 46
per cent Of the stock of the Northwest
ern Commercial company, which
owned the Northwestern Steamship
company and the Northwestern Fisher
les company. The latter company
packs 300, 900 cases of salmon annual
ly, as compared with pack Of 2,0O0,-
900 cases by other interests. Last
year the Alaska Steamsip company
was formed by recognizing the COM
panies in which the syndicate had
bought large interests and it now
operates IL steamers, or rather IL, as
reports today indicate that one has
been lost, A long list Of steamship
companies in which the Alaska syndi-
cate has no interest was given in sup
port of its claim that it was not mon
opoly. The railroad owned by the syn
dicate is now l02 miles long, and is to
be extended to 1893 miles.
Both Messrs. Steele and Birch in
sisted that there was no truth in the re-
ports that the syndicate had, or was
seeking, a monopoly of railroads,
steamship lines, fisheries, copper mines
or coal lands in Alaska. They denied
with great emphasis that they were
trying to "gobble up" Alaska.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
DRIVING AN ELEPHANT.


"The dog is mans companion; tn,
elephant is his slave" writes Sir Sam
uel w. Baker in ''Wild Beasts anC
Their Ways" The dog shares with
his master the delight of hunting, anG
defends him from an enemys attack;
but an enemy might kill an elephants
mahout, and the huge beast would not
interfere to save him. TIE never vol
unteers his services, although he can
be trained to do certain acts, for he
has wonderful capacity for learning
But he will not do them unless he is
ordered to by his mahout, to whose
guidance he submits, because he knows
that disobedience will bring punish
ment
The mahout, sitting on the elephants
neck, governs the animal by an iron
hook and spike, which resembles a
boat-hook, and weighs from four to
six pounds. The mahout drives the
elephant by digging the point of the
spike into its head, and pulls him back
by inserting the hook in the tender
base of the ears. Without the hook
the elephant is like the donkey with
out the stick. He obeys not from af-
lection, but because he knows that he
will be punished if he disobeys.
An elephant whose mahout rules him
responds to the secret signs of his
driver. The gentle pressure of the
mahout's toe, the compression of his
knee, the delicate touch of his heel,
or the slightest swaying of his body
to one side, guides the mighty beast
as a ship is guided by an almost inn
perceptible movement of the rudder.
But the mahout must himself be cool
and free from all nervousness if he
expects the elephant to obey him.
Illustrating the fact that a poor
driver makes a disobedient elephant,
Sir Samuel says that a man may sit |
a horse gracefully, but if he has not |
the gift of good hand" there will |
be little comfort for the animal and |
no ease for the rider. A rider with
a bad hand" makes that fact known |
to the horse almost as soon as he seats /
himself in the saddle. The result is
that the horse becomes nervous, and
does not perceive what his master
wishes him to do.
The elephant is not bitted. and there
fore is not disturbed by a bad hand"
But If the mahout is nervous. or hesi-
.ates. or vacillates. he. will be sure to
lave a bad knee or a bad toe" His
mood viii influence his muscles, and
he elephant feels that the mahout
loes not exactly know what he is
bout Instead Of Obeying instantly
he pressure Of knee or toe, the animal
swings his head, becomes
and II engaged in hunting 1
II scenting a tiger. turns round and
uns away-made a coward by his ma,
outs nervousness.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Americans Route Moros.

Manila, Feb. 16.-News of a fight
between an American scouting party
and band of Moros, in which two
American soldiers were seriously
wounded, reached here today from the
province of Lanao, on the island of
Mindanao. The report stated that a
party was dispatched into the montain
country near Lake Lanao, where a
band of Moros were committing depre-
dations. The natives fed farther into
the mountains, where they were fol-
lowed by the troops. The Moros
made night attack on the Americans.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

Washington, Feb. II. 1t was
learned today that "a tug sighted off
Mauntsuk Point by the whsleback
steamer Bayview was the naval tug
Apache. The Apache is one of the
vessels dispatched to search for the
missing government tug Nina. When
the Apache was sighted by the Bay
view, she was thought to be the lost
ship. There is little doubt in naval
circles here that the Nina has found
cred, and that her crew of 80 men have
been drowned or they would have been
heard from by this time.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Steamship Lines eraftinr2

Washington, Feb. 15.-It developed
today that the immigration service has
been reporting from l3O, 600 to 400, 900
more immigrants q year than it re-
ports in the collection of the head tax
on immigrants. The steamship COM
panies usually pay the head tax. There
is a suspicion that the companies have
been engaged in big frauds. The i'm
migration service refuses to explain.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLIES.
People Cheer Loudly When Liberal
Leaders Arrive at Westminster.

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Leaders Arrive at Westminster.
London, Feb. 15.-After the hardest
fought election England has ever
known, the third parliament Of King
Edwards reign assembled at West
Minister for the sessions business at
O'Clock this afternoon. Business thus
far has been purely formal and four
days will be occupied in no more sem
sational way than swearing in members
and etfecting the usual organization.
Although the house did not convene
until 2 o'clock, the doors we're opened
as usual at midnight and sll through
the early hours of the forenoon there
was the customary rush of the $40
members of the commons for the best,
or, in fact, for any at all, Of the 500
seats in their chamber.
This stampede over, the yeomen of
the guard in their gorgeous scarlet and
gold Elizabethan uniforms, went
through their venerable farce of search
ing the parliament house vaults for
explosives. The official police had,
Of course, previously conducted real
search. Even they found nothing
nor expected to.
AS 2 o'clock approached an enormous
crowd began to gather in the streets of
Westminster to watch the members
arrival. Notable politicians were
eagerly looked for. Chancellor of the
Exchequer Lloyd George was so en-
Enthusiastically greeted that it took
strong squad Of policemen to get him
safely from his official residence at No.
ii Downing street, to the house.
Prime Minister Asquith, more appre-
hensive concerning suffragettes, who
were prominently in evidence in the
throng, took no such risks as the chan
cellor, but went across from his official
residence by way of the underground
passage provided for such emergencies.
Winston Churchill drove up in cab
with his wife and was also warmly
welcomed, Arthur ]. BaIfour, the
conservative leader, got a decidedly
chilly reception, either because his
party was beaten at the polls or be-
cause the Liberals predominated in the
crowd about the parliament house en-
trance.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

Vallejo, CAL, Feb. II. Though
there is a deep official silence at Mare
Island navy yard concerning the ex-
plosiOn on the torpedo boat destroyer
Hopkins. the possible result Of the in
quiry is subject of intense interest.
High naval officials will startrs sweep
ing investigation to determine whether
or not something is radically wrong
with the workmanship on a boat when
ten explosions take place in ITS boiler
room in as many months.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Bill to Stop Hazinr.

Washington, Feb. II. - Without q
word spoken in opposition, the senate
today passed q bill designed to deal
with the vexed question of hazing at
West Point. The author of the meas
ure is Senator Dupont, OF Delaware.
1t provides that the superintendent of
the academy shall make appropriate
regulations for putting a stop to hsz-
ing. A cadet charged with offences
that would involve his dismissal Is to
have a general court martial.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Conhov Jury plsarraas.

San Francisco, Feb. 19.-AIthough
ugly rumors of jury fixing, perjury and
police inactivity are in the air follow
ing a disagreement by the jury which
heard evidence in the case of former
police captain Michael J. Conboy,
charged with killing Bernard Lagan,
no direct charges are made against
anyone concerned. The Conboy jury,
when discharged late last night, stood
10 to 2 for conviction. Two of the
jurors maintained that the evidence
die not warrant conviction, and refus-
ed to change the views.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Einds eurled cIty IN eautemaIa.

Belize, British Honduras, Feb. 10.
Count M. Deperiguy, French arch
aeologist who has arrived here, reports
the discovery of an ancient buried city
in Guatemala, two miles from Bonque
Viejo, near the frontier of BritishHon-
duras. He declares that the ruins in
dicate that the inhabitants Of the city
had attained high degree Of civiliza-
tion, even approaching that of the Ro-
mans. The count will ask the consent
Of President Cabrera to excavate.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
CARNEGIE GETS BUMPED.
Private Car Struck by Engine and
Badly Shaken Up.


Pittsburg, Feb. 17-Andrew Car
negie and the members of the party
that will accompany him to California
are considerably bruised as the result
of an arccident in the local yards of
the Pennsylvania railroad that might
have been fatal. ~ .~
The steel king and his party were
preparing for dinner when they were
struck by an incoming train. They
were in the private car Olivet, which
will carry them to the Pacific coast.
Every person in the car was thrown
to the floor, and several of them re-
ceived painful cuts and bruises. The
engine of the Incoming train struck
the olivet directly opposite the window
at which Carnegie was sitting.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Wants Proof Against Railroads.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The house
committee on postoffice and postroads
is pleading that some one will cone
forward and submit proofs that the
railroads are being greatly overpaid
for hauling the mails. It thought il
did we'll when it cut down the remuner-
alton by SS, 600, 600 in 1907. It has
since then been entertaining unani-
nous opinions that the railroads were
not paid too much. Even Representa-
tive Victor Murdock, Hotspur Of the
reformers, declares the government is
not being robbed and regayds the mail
contracts as fair.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

Washington, Feb. 17.-Sentiment
in the senate, as developed today, is
generally favearable to the bill author
izing the issuance of $50, 900, 900 of
reclamation certificates, Senator Flint,
Kean and Burton being the only ones
to voice opposition. Friends of the
measure are confident that there will
be a vote at an early day, and that
they will have safe majority to pass
the bill. The arguments advanced
by Senators Jonesy- Carter and Borah
appealed strongly to the disinterested
senator's, several of whom privately
expressed their belief that the bill
should pass. This result is expected,
unless Flint and Kean have pledges
enough to defeat the measure, which
is doubtful.
The measure was championed by
several senators, especially by Sena-
tors Carter and Smith. Mr.. Carter
said that in severa cases reservoirs had
been completed, although the bitches
had not been constructed. The effect
was to hold with the water from set
tiers. 1t was stated that the money
would be all repaid by settlers.
Making an appeal for general re-
strictions in the immigration laws and
denouncing "Connonism," Representa-
tive Dies, of Texas delivered a string
speech in the house today.
Speaker Cannon" he said, ''like a
Colossus, sits astride the house of rep
Has the time come
when only Cannon Republicans can
form the majority of committees and
only Cannon Democrats be placed upon
the minorities of these committees7"
The diplomatic and consular bill,
carrying Sal, ,19, ,4Sl, which passed the
house last week, was passed by the
senate today.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
General Wood in Critical conditinn

Baltimore, Feb. 16.-It was report
ed this afternoon that Major General
Leonard Wood, who was operated on
last week at the Johns Hopkins hos
pital, was in serious condition. Fol-
lowing the operation General Wood
rallied, and the surgeons anticipated
his early recovery. The report today
is to the effect that the operation was
not so successful as was at first sup
posed, and that his condition is causing
the physicians much apprehension.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
"Remember the Maine.

Havana, Feb. 16.-In observance of
the twelfth anniversary Of the destruc-
tion Of the Maine, the American colony
yesterday placed flags and wreaths on
the mssts Of the submerged bsttleship
in Havana harbor.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
ROOSEVELT HUNT OVER.
Party Leaves for khartoum-AII Are
In Perfect Health.

Gondokoro, Soudan, Feb. LEVITT
the departure of the Roosevelt party
down the Nile, the great hunt of
Bwana Tumbo through the wilds OF
East Africa closed today. The story
of the "portly master" replete with
stirring incident and full of admiring
praise for his prowess as a mighty
hunter, will now take its place in the
lore of the native who worships him
as king from a foreign land.
1t is probable that there will be sew
eral little side trips for hunting on the
way to Khartoum, but these will be of
little comparative Importance and it is
not expected that any big game will
be found. The members of the party,
all of whom are well and apparently
have thrlved upon the outdoor life of
the jungle, consider that the big hunt
is over.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Stensland May Go Back To Pen

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-THE Su-
preme court today held that the state
parole law is unconstitutional. The
decision viii, it is believed, affect the
freedom Of Paul Stenslsnd, the convic-
ted banker. 1t may compel him to re-
turn to the penitentiary.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Expert to Explore Oregon for Oil.

Washington, Feb. 16.-Partial ar
rangements were made today by Sena-
tor Bourne to have a geologist from
the geological survey examine the
oil deposits of Oregon next year. The
Astoria chamber of commerce petition
ed that the matter be taken up. ]. S.
Diller, of the geological survey, who
has done considerable work in Oregon,
informs Bourne that his explorations
have convinced him, that all along the
coast there are promising oil deposits.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
Khartoum Prepares for Roosevelt.

Khartoum Prepares for Roosevelt.
Khartoum, Feb. l9.-Although for
mer President Roosevelt is not expec-
ted to arrive here for two weeks, the
city is rapidly filling with visitors anx-
ious to greet him. II is estimated
that Khartoum will entertain the
greatest crowds in its history when the
distinguished American reaches here.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

The only way in which a man can
make his wife agree with him that q
woman guest has stayed too long, ia
for him to make love to the guest.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

Washington, Feb. IA bill look.
ing to the further Matchmaking of the
California Big Tree forests was favor.
ably reported by the house commit
tee on public lands today, when it re
commended the Smith bill providing
for the exchange of privately-owned
lands in the Sequoia and General Grant
Parks for other public lands in Cali
fornia.
There are now about 5000 acres of
this land within the two national
parks. Owners of such lands are auth
orized to exchange them for lands of
equal value or acreage with the con-
sent of the secretaries of agriculture
and the interior.
Strenuous opposition from unexpect-
ed quarters was the reception met by
the Alaskan legislative council bill up
on brief consideration in the senate to-
day.
Assaults upon various features of
the measure by Clark, of Wyoming,
Crawford, Borah, Hepburn, Fraser and
Clay were arrested by Beveridge, who
has the bill in charge, until his voice
gave way under severe cold. Consid-
GRAFTON of the bill was then postponed.
Clark took exception to the power
given to the proposed council to repeal
laws enacted by congress; Clay to the
control of public lands vested in the
council, and Hepburn to the appoint
ment of an army Office as a member
Of the council.
Replying. Beveridge said that local
legislators would understand conditions
in the territory better than congress
possibly could and the president had
reached the same conclusion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24
BUTTE MINERS
GO ON STRIKE
Nine Thousand Men Quit Work in
Big Mines.

Hosting Engineers Withdraw from
Western Federation Of Miners.
and Trouble is Brought on by
Miners Union to Force Them
Back-Smelters Will Close Down
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

Washington, Feb. 15.-The rivers
and harbors bill, carrying appropria-
tions of $40, 900, 600, passed the house
today without any substantial amend
ments by the Representatives. The
bill was completed by the house COM
mittee last week and was reported fav-
orably soon afterward.
The government projects on the Mis-
sissippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers get
the largest slices of the appropriation.
The harbors of the nation share
about equally in distribution, accord
ing to size and commercial value,
while even few of the inland posses
sions are not overlooked in the general
division of $4,000, 900.
In addition to appropriations for act
ual river and harbor work, allotments
of funds are made to provide salaries
for army engineers who are acting as
commissioners to cooperate with rivers
and harbors boards of various states
where government and state work is
being conducted jointly,
The Oregon items in the rivers and
harbors bill were not questioned, and
went through unchanged.
Senator Bourne today offered an
amendment to the rivers and harbors
bill, appropriating 1926, 900 for i'm
provement of the Siuslaw rivers
mouth, local people to supply half that
amount, which is according to the re-
commentator Of the board of engi-
neers.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-02-24

Washington, Feb. 16. = Reports
made by corporations under the Law
imposing tax of per cent on theil
net incomes are not to be open to pub
lie inspection unless congress makes
an appropriation specifically providing
for accommodations and clerical help.
Somebody has discovered that an act
passed in lS82sexpressly prohibits the
secretary of the treasury from using
any part of the appropriation Of $780,
600 made by congress "for the expen-
ses of collecting the Federal incorpora.
tion tax" in the employment of per-
sons within the District of Columbia.
President Taft thinks that congress
intended that the returns, original and
corrected, should be open to inspection,
and in letter to the secretary of the
treasury he has suggested that, if the
construction which seems to him to be
the right one is to be carried into exc
cution, there must be an appropriation
Of $50. 600 for the specific purpose.
Following the presidents sugges-
tion, Charles D. Norton, acting secre-
tary of the treasury, has submitted to
the speaker of the house an estimate
for an appropriation Of the amount
stated.
Strong opposition has developed to
the publicity feature of the corpora
tion tax. The issue now is squarely
before1congress and much interest is
manifested whether that body will re-
enact the existing publicity provision
BY granting the appropriation recon-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-04
FAMILY FOOD.
Crisp, TOOthsOmu and Requires No
Cooking.

\ little boy down in n. c. asked his
mother to write an account of how
Grape-Nuts food had helped their fam
lily.
She says Grape-Nuts was first
brought to her attention in Charlotte,
where she visited.
While l was there l used the food
regularly. I gained about Is pounds
and felt so well that when I returned
home 1 began using Grape-Nuts in the
family regularly
My little IS months old baby shortly
after being weaned was very i'll with
dyspepsia and teething. She was sick
nine weeks and we tried everything.
She became so emaci2ted that II was
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we were going TO lose her. One day a
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Nv ell,-it worked like a charm and
she BEGAN taking it regularly and i'm
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Sometime ago several of the family
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same time, and during the worst stages
could not relish anything in the
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anges, everything else nauseating us.
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