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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
CLEARWATER MASS OF FLAME
Of Nine Big Forest Fires, But Four
Are Under Control.

Lewiston, Idaho. - Major F. A.
Fem, supervisor of the Clearwater
National forest reserve, gave out a
statement to the effect that at least
rs, 900 acres of valuable timber in the
Clearwater reserve has been burned
and the fires are not yet under control.
He predicts heavy losses to the for
esA unless rains prevail within the
next few days. At the present time
200 men are fighting the fires, but in
sections the fire is advancing at the
rate of mile an hour and little can be
accomplished by back-fring.
A call for more help has been made
and additional fighters will be rushed
into the mountains from Kooskia as
soon as they can be secured. The
larger fires are on the tributaries of
the Clearwater, and some of the best
pine and cedar is being burned. One
of the big fires is in the vicinity of
Lolo Pass where large area has been
burned over. In all there are nine
big fires and large number of smaller
one and not more than four of the fires
are under control.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
BIG CHIEF 'SQUEALS'
Says Attorneys Demanded 10 Per
Cent on S3O,OO0,O0O Deal
Choctaw Tribe Lose Faith in Govern
ment-Anxious to Get Their
Money, but Kick on Graft.

Muskogee, Oklahoma-Not only Jake
l.. Hamon, but j. F. McMurray was
named as a would be briber in the in
vestigation of the $50, 900, 900 Okla
homa Indian lands deal before the spe-
cial congressional committee.
McMurray is the holder of the con-
tracts with the Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians to promote which in con-
gress Senator Thomas P. Gore charged
bribe was offered to him.
D. C. McCurtain, a Choctaw Indian
and delegate to Washington for his
tribe, charged that McMurray in 1906
offered him bribe of $25, 900 to with
draw opposition to the other McMurray
contracts with the tribe, which. subse-
quently were disapproved by President
Roosevelt.
Greene McCurtain, chief of $4,000
Choctaws and venerable Indian of 62
years, then took the stand and told
committee that one George w. Colt,
whom he believed acted in the interest
of McMurray, had offt red him one
fourth of the profit to be realized from
the land deal provided he induced the
tribe to withdraw all opposition. This
offer referred to new contracts held by
McMurray, which are the cause of the
present investigation. The amount of
the bribe mentioned by d. c. McCur-
tain, who is a son of the chief, is the
same as that which Senator Gore al
leges was rendered him on May by
Hamon to put through the pending
contracts, which according to Senator
Gore, would result in the selling of
45O, 900 acres of COAL asphalt and tim
ber land owned by the Indians to any
syndicate on basis that would give
McMurray and his associates an "at-
torney's fee" of 10 per cent of $780,
900. 900.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
ALASKA STEAMER LOST.
Princess May Total Wreck on Reef
All Hands Safe.

All 1andS SaTe.
Juneau, Alaska--The Canadian Pa
cific steamship Pricess May, which left
Skagway, southbound, for Vancouver,
B. c., at 8 o'clock Friday night, with
80 passengers and crew of 6S, struck
the North Reef of Sentinel island at 2
O'Clock Saturday morning in dark and
hazy, but not foggy, weather, and in a
smooth sea sank two hours later.
All the passengers and their bag
gage were taken to the lighthouse on
Sentinel island, whence they will be
brought to Juneau by steamers which
have gone to their relief. The light
keeper did everything in his power to
make the castaways as comfortable as
possible. None of the passengers or
crew was injured.
There was no panic when the Prin-
cess May struck the reef, but the wo-
men and children suffered much from
cold in the small boats, the majority
having left the sinking snip scantlly
clad.
Captain Mcleod and his officers took
the situation coolly and managed to
get all the passengers and crew away
from the sinking steamer before she
foundered. The boats hugged the
shore until daylight, when landings
we're made.
In the meantime steamers were sent
from juneau, where the distress sig
nails were received from several sour
ces. The steamship Victoria picked
up the call at sea, and it was also
heard by the United States naval sta
tion at Cordova. Canadian postoffice
officials believe that shipment of gold
from Dawson for Seattle went down
with the vessel.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
$4,000, 900 IN ROGUE VALLEY.
Syndicate viii Irrigate $4,000 Acre;
in Rich Fruit Section.

in Rich Fruit Section.
Medford-Two and a half million
dollars are to be expended in the larg'
est irrigation project in southwestern
Oregon according to plans of F. N.
Cummings and associates, who have
paid S425, 900 for the property of the
Fish Lake Ditch company as starter.
When Mr.. Cummings and his asso-
ciates have completed their plans they
will have expended S2,500,00 and
will have placed 55, 900 acres of land
in the Rogue River valley under irri-
cation. To complete this task five
years will be necessary, although they
expect within two years to have three
main conduits completed.
The system will be one of the most
comprehensive found in any section Of
the Northwest, and will consist of ap-
proximately $50 miles of distributing
laterals, aside from the main canal
from the intake on Little Butte creek
to the Bradshaw drop, which, when en-
larged and completed, will have ca
pacity of $50 second feet of water.
The company is expending about
$40, 900 a month in construction work
and surveys. Engineers are locating
what will be known as the high line
canal, which will follow the foothills
around the valley above the 401 ranch,
Hillcrest and on south to Talent, from
where it will swing around the valley
back of the Burrell orchards to the
Jacksonville school house and to the
foothills west of Central Point. An
intermediate canal is also under way.
This canal will lie between the low
line canal and the high line, and will
skirt south and circle in just south of
Medford. The Hopkins canal is being
enlarged. From these three main ca
nails innumerable laterals are to be
constructed, so that each 40 acre tract
in the valley will be placed under
water.
In addition to the irrigation plans
the company will reclaim 1000 acres
of land known as "the desert" which
is shown to be productive when water
is placed upon it.
In Yankee creek the company will
construct power house, utilizing the
fall there to lift water into the high
line canal, which will pass through the
Owens gap and hug the foothills until
Talent is reached.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Meteor Falls; Jars City.

Council Bluffs, Ia.-Accompanied by
a noise as loud as thunder, large me-
teor fell in the neighborhood of Coun-
Gil Bluffs shaking the city and causing
intense excitement. Searching parties
have attempted for some hours to
locate the place where the meteor fell,
but at late hour had been able to do
so. 1t is supposed to have fallen in
the hills Immediately back of the city.
Hundreds of people heard the. explos-
ion and felt the shock, but because the
sun was shining at the time, very few
saw it.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
IDAHO FORESTS BURN.
1000 Men Working to Save Timber
Many Buildings Burn.

MdHI OuuAtH6S OuiHs
Spokane, Wash. h.-Fanned by stiff
mountain breezes, forest fires in the
Coeur d'Alenes, the Panhandle of Ida
no, Bitter Root mountains, Stevens
county, St. Joe country and the Clear
water valley have broken out afresh
and rangers have again sounded call
for every available man in the country.
Two hundred men were asked for at
Wallace, SO at Sites, in the Clearwa-
ter country, and 800 employees of the
Flewelling Lumber company quit work
at the mill at St. Joe and went to fight
the flames.
All told, perhaps 1000 men are
fighting fires within a radius of 100
miles of Spokane.
Rangers Pring and Finish struggled
through 10 miles of flames to Sites to
summon help. BY crawling in the bed
of small stream where the water was
scalding hot, the two guards saved
their lives and, famished for food and
drink, stumbled to help at Sites.
A special from Wallace says forest
fires in the vicinity of Murray have
swept all the timber from an area four
miles in width and 10 miles in length,
together with buildings, fumes and APP
pliances belonging to mining COM
panies.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Apple Crop Is Abundant.

Niagara Falls-C. v. Rothwell, of
Marthsburg, w. va, secretary of the
international Apple Shippers associa-
tion, submitted his annual report on
the condition of the apple crop on Aug
ust l. compared with the same date a
year ago. "If present prospects are
maintained, he said, "the country
will have plenty of apples of better
than average quality. The Pacific
states will produce one of the heaviest
crops ever harvested.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
SWARM TO SEE ROOSEVELT.
Dedication of John Bcown Battlefield
Will Draw Thousands.


Topeka, Kan.-Visits to Kansas by
Presidents Harrison, Roosevelt and
Taft have brought together great
crowds, but the coming of Colonel
Roosevelt on August 81 to dedicate the
John Brown battlefield at Ossawatomie
will cause to assemble there the great
est number of Kansas people ever con-
gregated within the borders of the
state.
Fully so, 900 will attend this cele-
bration, which is to be held on the bat
tlefield where John Brown and his men
fought for free Kansas. The tract of
land. comprising % acres, has been
purchased by the Women's Relief corps
and decided to the state for a memorial
park.
Ossawatomie, the early home of John
Brown, is about so miles south and
west of Kansas City, and about Is
miles from the Missouri state line. In
the early history of the state the town
was mere trading post, but with the
building of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road through it an era of prosperity
came and with this the location of
shops for the railroad company. Its
population today is round $500.
What the little town will do with
the so, 900 people who will assemble
there to greet Colonel Roosevelt on the
morning of August 81 is a question
not easily answered.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE
PER CAPITA is sl.e2.
States Common School Fund Appor-
tioned-PrincipaI Sc, 100000.

States Common School Fund Appor-
tioned-PrincipaI Sc, 100000.
Salem-Apportionment of the in
come of the common school fund was
made by George A. Steel, state treas
urer, the amount apportioned being
1929, 744. Ga, being divided on basis
of Ill., persons between the ages
of and 21 years, at rate of $1.92
for each of these persons of school age.
On August l, this year, Sc, 900, 600,
in round figures, is shown to be the
total of the principal of the common
school fund. Practically no delin-
quency is shown in the matter of in
terest payments, it being stated that
patrons of the fund are required to pay
interest promptly as it accrues.
Of this grand total of common school
fund principal, $5,O00,OO0 is invested
in first mortgage loans on Oregon
lands; $3.50, 900 in school district bonds
and $1,000 in certificates of sale
of school lands. A small working bal
anee is being loaned to applicants on
first mortgage loans.
Apportionment of the income of the
common school fund for 1909 showed a
total of $3O8, ,9OO.65, divided between
166, 649 persons at a rate of $l.85 a
person.
The apportionment for this year by
counties is as follows:
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
WAR CLOUD PASSES.
Catholic Authorities Abandon Pro-
posed Demonstration

Catholic Authorities Abandon Pro-
posed Demonstration.
Madrid-Like oil on troubled waters
came an official announcement that the
manifestation scheduled to be held at
San Sebastian had been abandoned.
With the Catholics insisting upon hold
ing it and the government forbidding
it and rushing troops to the scene to
see that the order was obeyed, Spain
was prepared for a great insurrection,
which now seems forestalled by the de-
cision to forego the manifestation.
The Catholic newspapers will publish
manifestoes explaining the decision.
Spain was at high point 'of tension
at the time the decision was made.
That the Catholics would go ahead and
prepare to hold the manifestations at
San Sebastian, thereby precipitating
an uprising, seemed assured. Troops
were being rushed to San Sebastian
from this city, including two regiments
of hussars, regiment of cavalry and
two battalions Of chasseurs. while
regiment of infantry was ordered from
Vittoria.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
MOTOR SERVICE IMPROVED.
Southern Pacific Anticipates Compe-
tition in Rogue River Valley.

Southern Pacific Anticipates Compe-
tition in Rogue River Valley.
Ashland-That the Southern Pacific
is preparing to meet competition for the
local traffic of the Rogue River valley,
or to ward it off entirely, is indicated
by the improvement of the motor-car
service between Ashland and Grants
Pass, which was started with one round
trip day. This has been increased to
two round trips day, and the "can-
non ball." as the big gasoline car is
called, is crowded with passengers on
every trip it makes. 1t is said that
this service is to be extended further.
Of special interest in Ashland the
past few days is the fact that the
Southern Pacific has secured options on
a block in the heart of the city and ad-
iacent to its main business street and
proposes to establish station for the
accommodation of its Rogue River
valley motor service.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Trainmen Ask e.Hour pax.

st. Louis-The eight-hour day for
freight conductors and trainmen and
the mileage basis for passenger crews
are the most important proposals that
will be submitted to the Order of Rail-
way Conductors and the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen in the next ten
days. The crews will seek the equiva-
lent of the 20 per cent increase in
wages. The concessions that will be
requested will be in the form of i'm
proved rules and conditions of work.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Monster Ship Launched.

London-The armored cruiser Lion,
the largest, fastest and most powerful
in the world, was launched at the dock
yards at Bevonport. The keel Of the
giant cruiser was laid November 2e
last. Upon its 700 feet of deck the
Lion will carry eight guns of 1315-inct
caliber. The cruiser will have a dis
placement of 26,35 tons and will be
driven by turbine engines of 10000
horse power, giving her an expected
speed Of % knots.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Woman Hit by Ball Sues.

Kansas City-Alleging that a base
ball batted foul struck her on the cheek
and thus caused permanent disfgure-
ment, Miss Hazel Wilson has sued the
owners of the local American Asso-
citation baseball team for $40, 900 dam
ages. Miss Wilson says that if the
box in which she was sitting had been
properly screened the accident would
not have happened.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Baby Death Rate Great.

Des Moines, Ia.-One-third of the
babies in Iowa under l year old have
died this Summer, according to statis-
tics collected by G. H. Summer, secre-
tary of the Iowa State board of health.
Cholera infantum, infantile paralysis,
poor milk and improper care are given
as causes.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
viii Build Warehouse.

Lakeview-The woolgrowers of Lake
county have organized company and
will build storage warehouse to hold
the large crop of wool that is annually
clipped in this section. This is the first
move that the stockmen of Lake have
ever made toward perfecting an organ
ization among themselves and the ben
efts are already apparent. The mem
bership of the company, which is CO.
operative, includes all the better
known sheepmen.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Paris Has LYnching.

Paris-Paris witnessed a demons
tration of lynch law in the heart of the
capital Sunday, August Z. A police
man was about to arrest an apache in
the Boulevard Sebastopol when the
man fired at him with a revolver. The
bullet wounded the policeman and
killed a man passing on the street A
crowd speedily gathered, seized the
apache and hanged him to lamp post.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Thief Robs Eainting Woman.

New York-With S24, 600 worth of
diamonds in her handbag. Miss Tinnie
Boner, a saleswoman for a jewelry
firm, tainted on the street. While a
policeman was assisting her to her
feet, somebody in the surrounding
crowd p'ucked him by the arm and
said: "Here's the sick lady's hand
Rag" 1t was empty when she opened
Il.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Turkex RuYs Old Warships.

Berlin-The sale to Turkey of
the old German battleships Weissen-
burg and Kurfuerst Friedrich Wilhelm
has been closed, the price being fixed
at s4, 800, 900. Djsvid Bey, the Turkish
minister Of finance, came to Berlin TO
make terms Of payment.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Big Car to Be Showcase.

Portland-A Pullman palace car,
with the berths and seats removed,
and the whole transformed into a NOV
ing showcase, containing Oregon pro-
ducts, will leave over the Great North
en- system early in November and trav-
ell through the principal cities and
towns in the East. The car will carry
a competent demonstrator who will be
supplied with ample literature and
abundant information to advise the
people of the advantages of this state.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Giant Gooseberries in Evidence.

Giant OoOSeDeTTIeS m EVueHCe'
Klamath Falls-Floyd Brandenburg,
a rancher of the Sand Hollow country,
80 miles south of here, brought jar
of gooseberries to town which average
the size of the largest Royal Ann cher
ries. Mr.. Brandenburg said he picked
a number which measured three inches
in circumference.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-08-11
Fight on White Plague Soon On

Salem - The Oregon tuberculosis
Sanatoria, located at the site of the
old Mute School, will be open early in
September, a large force Of men now
being employed on the grounds and in
remodeling the buildings. A large
wing is being added to the main struc-
ture and a water system is being in
stalled. The building itself will be
thouroghly renovated and remodeled
and equipped with facilities for fight
ing the white plague.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-10-20

has travelled all over the United
States, Canada, Mexico. Cuba, Porto
Rico, and many other sections OF the
country and he states that this i'm
mediate section round Hickman is the
only country that he ever saw or has
heard of that you can raise success
fully any crop that grows.
Our lands below Hickman planted
in cotton this year win produce a
gross income of sixty to one hundred
and twenty dollars per acre. 1t VIII
produce fifty to one hundred dollars
peer acre in alfalfa. viii produce
thirty to fifty bushels of wheat per
acre. Forty to seventy-five bushels
of corn per acre and any other crop
that you might wish to plant In pro
portion. Our hill lands will produce
equally as well with the exception
of cotton and alfalfa. 1t has beef
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-10-20

In bainy weather the more the baby
sleeps out Of doors the better lie
should b. put Into his bulator
and BE- warmly but lightly covered.
With q hot water bottle for bis feet
and a shade around him 10 protect
him from all drauEhta lie win not
only sleep peacefully IN this way. but
win be- gaining health and strength
nom breathing the fFcsh air
In cool or stormy days. when he
mus, sleep indoors. be sure that he Il
not limited for fresh air n an open
window IN the nursery makes too
much Of draught on the bed. a board
ala or eight inches high and just the
width Of the window viii give con.
slant change ~ air between the two
sashes without a direct current ~ air
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-10-20

to do the building that is going on,
and as fast as a business house or
residence is built there are ten apph-
cants for it. and the Chicago. Mem
phis & Gulf railoard which is being
built into Hickman as fast as laborers
can be had to do the work and with
civil engineers in the field across the
river laying out the railroad from
Cape Girardeau here and the con-
struction of the Mississippi Valley
Transportation Co.'S fast boat line,
which win be in operation by April
LIST, we see no reason why Hickman
should not in a very little while take
on a boom that was never seen be
fore In this section of the country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-10-20

demonstrated that by clearing up our
bottom lands that 1t is as healthy as
any section of the country you can
find and it viii only be a few years
before they will have artesian wells
all through the bottom sections. as
experts say there will be no trouble
in getting the same water there and
an overlooking well as they now have
in Hickman. We fully expect TO see
Hickman the metropolis of this rich
country within the next five years
to double its population as 1t is i'm
possible now to get carpenters enough
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-10-20
Best On Earth.

Cotton is stil king and Hickman
and surrounding country is queen.
For many years cotton has ranked
as king OF all products produced by
this mother soil A few years ago
the raising OF cotton was practically
unknown in this section but II has
developed and been demonstrated that
we have the greatest cotton produc-
ing country In the entire South. Sta
tistlcs show that kentucky produces
more cotton per acre than any state
in the union. Fulton County leads
all other counties and the immediate
sections adjoining Hickman leads all
other sections OF Fulton county, and
Il is a fact we should be proud OF.
Our cotton has been shipped to
markets where cotton from all sec
tions OF the country is shipped to be
sold and II has proven TO be a staple
that is always in demand and can
be readily sold while cotton from 9th
er sections sometimes hangs fire"
Il can be safely estimated that there
will be between three hundred fifty
thousand and four hundred thousand
dollars paid out In Hickman for the
fleecy staple this year, to say moth
ing of the vast amount that viii be
paid out for corn, wheat, alfalfa and
live stock the prosperous farmers a
round Hickman will have for sale. II
has been suggested that cotton may
not hold up in price to what 1t mas
for the last few years. This surmise
is wrong for the following reasons
First, the consumption now of cot
ton Is about thirteen and half mil
lion bales per year with an increase
of a half million bales each year and
after the Panama Canal is opened
and trade opened up in China, Japan
and other countries IL Is expected
that IL will increase our exports In
cotton and cotton goods many more
million DaleS. behlueS 'hV WV" -
duclng belt is limited and is now be
ing taxed to It's full capacity to sup
ply the demand we have for cotton a
ready. Unfortunately for the extrem
southern belt, the disastrous Doll wee
vii is forcing them to abandon cot
ton and Il is narrowing the cottol
belt about 25 to so miles every yea
as It is estimated that the boil wee
vii travels north this distance throug
the entire cotton belt from east I
west per year and experience ha
taught that after a boil weevil one
gets in a section II is all of wit
producing cotton there and a farme
has to change his crop. The que'
ton has been asked If eventual
the boil weevil will not reach u
Government experts who are maxim
this a study claim that we VIII neVe
be affected for the reason that
. takes considerable hot weather i'
. the boil weevil to exist and that