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Newspaper
Heppner Times
Location
Heppner, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1904
Page
7
Balem Do County assessors now in office may serve four year terms under the 1904 amendment. The law originally set two year terms and the new provision raises questions whether current incumbents are affected. Lawyers say the language suggests future elections only, but the repeater wording may create doubt about current officials.
Jacksonville dairy owners Brophy Brow and partners receive a carload of fine Holstein cows from Roappoose Columbia County to augment their herd. Benton Bowers of Ashland buys Beekman and Reames tract seven miles north of Jacksonville. 700 acres, 400 in pasture, 100 seeded to alfalfa this spring, 200 more to pasture. New work includes repairing buildings, fences, and expanding land. Iunac Householder sells Rain's Creek limekilns and plans a wood camp on Poorman's, plus a woodyard in Jacksonville.
The La Grande Crew cent Knitting Mille, the Northwest’s sole factory of its kind outside Portland, orders a dozen new machines to double capacity. It produces stockings, shawls and underwear with suits priced from 2 to 26 dollars in cotton, wool and silk. In operation just over six months, it cannot meet all orders.
Prairie City reports spring development shaping the district with Sumpter Valley and Bonta railroads vying for field occupancy. Bonta has secured part of the right of way and surveying crews are locating the rest. The project is financed and will be a steam road, connecting with the O. R. & N. to ease transfers between lines.
Port of Portland market round up lists extensive commodity quotes across grains and animal products. Wheat prices show Walla Walla 77 78c and Bluestem 82c, with valley at 82c and malting barley around 21 to 23 per ton. Flour values vary by type, with hard wheat patent and graham figures, butter quoted at 32c per pound, poultry values for chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese, and vegetables including turnips carrots cabbage and tomatoes with assorted per unit prices.
Hood River farmers celebrate a new irrigation ditch supplied by the community to secure 2500 inches of water. Costs run about 60,000, with 2000 shares, options for loans from the state school fund at 6 percent. Cash buyers pay roughly 1.60 per inch, others share maintenance and loan interest, with work to start immediately for May 1 water delivery and a stockholders meeting to form a board of directors.
Charles Wilking, agent at the Umatilla Indian reservation, cites widespread timber consumption on ceded lands, sold in 40acre tracts at 2.25 per acre. Purchasers were warned not to convert thunder into wood until two years after sale. Many have sold wood to Pendleton dealers, including a man who delivered 800 cords to a Pendleton fuel firm. Wilkins says the timber lands fall outside his jurisdiction. Land Inspector will investigate irregularities in the La Grande district. Prominent farmers are feared to be among violators.
Milton and another large nursery here are preparing for shipments totaling about $50,000 of trees to Washington and Oregon for spring planting. Shipments start early next month with additional orders later. Trees grown locally, care by local workers, mainly apple stock. The nurseries grew after years of fruit-tree exports and local capital investment, making Milton a leading supplier in the northwest.
Grand Ronde apples move quickly as Blue Mountain Fruit Company in La Grande ships 16 carloads eastward after a fall holdover. J D McKinnon, a leading local grocer, sent out two carloads plus several of potatoes. About 26 000 boxes of saleable apples were raised in the Cove district in 1903 with 1904 expected to surpass that yield.
Petitions circulate in nearly all Union County localities seeking to submit to voters at the June general election the relocation of the county seat from Union to La Grande. The move is framed under the 1908 general law allowing a county seat change upon petition of three fifths of total votes cast.
The Astoria school board seeks to redeem bonds totaling 812,000 on March 1 by borrowing from the state. The move will lower interest from 6 to 5 percent and provide substantial savings for the district.
The article challenges estimates of U S and New York millionaires cited by Senator Depew at a Rockefeller Jr dinner. It argues 7000 in the United States and 1000 in New York, with only about 15000 names on a wealth list, noting many conceal wealth for tax and reputational reasons. It criticizes Depew for exaggeration.
The New York Times recounts three matinee women bargaining with a Greek florist. He offers twenty cents per violet, three for seventy five, then defends the final price as the lady making her own bargain. The trio leaves with flowers and a changed mood.
Observers debate shyness as vanity or humility, but we conclude shyness stems from a desire to be understood. People long for understanding from others, making social contact rewarding yet feared when not met. A baby can be the storm center or sunshine of the home.
Nagasaki dispatch says four Russian torpedo boats were captured at Port Arthur using Russian signals. Russian crews were transferred. Port Arthur now a naval stronghold with forts manned by naval gunners. Only 20 foreigners remain, mostly traders under scrutiny. Cosack troops denied. British and French warship concentrations reported near Hong Kong and Sagon amid Anglo French understandings.
Paris and St. Petersburg are cited as a hub for foreign correspondents amid Russia's publicity drive. Diplomats fear Moscow intends to sway markets with sensational reports. The piece also notes medical caution on formalin use as an antiseptic and its transient hypothermic effects.
The Dalton directory lists U S Land Office in The Dalles Oregon along with Rogue River and Grande areas. It names authorities including Register Jey P Locas BOC, Patterson Ls Grande, Oresom, Judge Fifth Circuit, Prosecuting Attorney, Precinct Officers Justice of the Peace Constable P Williames and B Hart, among others.
Philadelphia February 24 A rush Japanese government order for locomotives led a local plant to set a record by building seven engines in a day. The order is for a military railroad linking Fusan in Korea’s south to Seoul. An order for 20 locomotives to be finished in 30 days was placed in January. eight of the 20 have been sent to Fuva in, and the remaining 12 will ship this week.
The Milwaukee is the familiar Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway known as the Great Railway. It runs the Pioneer Limited trains daily between St Paul and Chicago and Omaha and Chicago with connections to all Transcontinental lines. Luxurious cars, electric lights, and steam heat. Ensure tickets read via The Milwaukee to any point in the United States or Canada.
J. W. Cassy H. 8 Rows Trev. Pass. Agent General Agent Portland Oregon seeks rates and information via mailed pamphlets and address details for distribution.
A dispatch from Shanghai quoted by the American and London says Russia’s Minister to China Paul Lessar warned Lien Fang, vice-president of the Chinese foreign office, of direct consequences if China does not force the departure of the Russian gunboat Mandjur from Shanghai harbor, with the Japanese cruiser Atsubima watching.
In Columbia Ohio on February 24 separate ballots will be taken in the House and Senate at noon March 1 to elect a successor to the late Senator Hanna and a joint session to declare the result at noon March 3. The measures are in a joint resolution introduced and adopted in the Senate tonight and will be ratified by the House tomorrow.
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