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DOINGSOFTHEWEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. General Resume of Important Event Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. The author of "How to Be Happy," has committed suicide. Senator Bailey refused to testify in the Lorimerbribery case. The Oregon system of direct legis lation has been adopted by California. Portland is now the leading port of the United States in the export of wheat The faculty of Columbia College, New York, are in revolt against Pres ident Butler. President Lovett, of the Harriman lines, is very optimistic regarding prospects in the West. Champ Clark is much impressed with opportunities in the South and advises young men to go there. Citizens of Viterbo, Italy, are flee ing from jury duty in the trial of the Camorra, a murderous organization of Italians. The United States government has requested the release of two Ameri cans arrested by Mexican authorities on American soil. Sir Edward Grey's speech before parliament favoring a permanent peace treaty with the United States met with great enthusiasm throughout England. . Conferences have taken place in New York between representatives of the Mexican government and the reb els, and it is believed peace is being considered. The naval Datrol of the Mexican coast has been recalled, owing to the Drotests of Secretary Limantour, of Mexico. Three newspapermen from San Dieeo. Cal.. are lost in Mexico, where they went on a news gathering expedi tion in an automobile. Ihey are m the haunts of the rebels and may have been captured. Milwaukee Socialists will spend $1,' 000,000 for an immense public park. Russia threatens to invade China immediately unless the latter adheres more closely to her treaty. A renewal of the express drivers' strike in New York City is causing much trouble and bloodshed. The United States Supreme court has upheld the corporation tax, and President Taft is much pleased. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices : Bluestem, 83c; club, 80 81c; red Russian, 79c; valley, 80c; 40-fold, 81c. Barley Feed, $23.50(24 per ton; brewing, nominal. Millstuffs Bran, $20(.21 middlings, $27(328; short3, per ton ; $2122; rolled barley, $25. 50(3 26.50. Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per ton. Oats No. 1 white, $27(0,27.50 ton. Hay Track prices: Timothy, East ern Oregon, No. 1, $20(3.21 ; mixed, $16(3 20; alfalfa, 11.50(3.12; grain hay, $13(3,14.50; clover, $1112. Apples Fancy, $2(3,2.75; choice, $1(3 2; common, 50c(3$l per box; pears, $1.50(51.75 per box; cran berries, $13.50 per barrel. Vegetables Cabbage, $1.50 per 100; celery, California, $3.50(3,3.75 per crate: garlic, 10(3, 12c pound; hot house lettuce, 50c(3$l per box; pump kins, 2c per pound; sprouts, 9c; car rots, 85c(3$l per hundred; parsnips, 85c(3$l; turnips, 85c(3$l; beets, 90c (3$1. Potatoes Oregon, buying price, $1.25(3 1.50 per hundred. Onions Buying price, $2 hundred. Poultry Live: Hens, 19Ci20c; fryers, 20(3,25c; turkeys, 20c; geese, 12(3 13c; dressed turkeys, choice, 23 (3 25c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 18(3 19c per dozen. Butter City creamery extra, 1 and 2 pound prints, in boxes 31c pound; less than boxes, cartons and delivery extra. Pork Fancy, 11c per pound. Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12J (3 13c per pound. Hops 1910 crop, nifalSlc; 1909 crop, 12(312Jc; contracts, 16c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 12(3.18c per pound, according to shrinkage; val ley, 17(3 19c; mohair, choice, 30c. Cattle Prime steers, $6(3.6.25; choice, $5.50(36; good, $5.25(3.5.50; common, $4fa 5; Prime cows, $5.25(3 6.50; choice, $4.50(3 5; common, $2(3; 4; choice heifers, $5.25(3.5.50; choice bulls, $4.75(3 5.25; fair to good, $3.75(34; common, $33,3.50; choice light calves, $7.75(3; 8; fair to good, $7('7.50; choice heavy calves, $5.25 (3 5.50: fair to medium, $4.75(3 5; choice stags, $5.50(6; fair to good, $4.503 5. Hogs Choice light, $8.25(3.8.75; good to choice, $8(a8.25; choice heavy, $7.75ri8. Sheep Choice yearling wethers, grain fed, $4.503 4.75; old wethers, $4'3 4.25 choice ewes, grain fed, $3.50 (tit; fair to medium, $2.75f3 3.25; choice lambs, grain fed, $5.2535.50; good to choice, $5iv;5.25; fair to good, $4.75(35: culls, $2.50(3,3.50. PEACE IN PROSPECT. Rebels Will Suspend Operations Reforms Are Granted. Washington, March 21. Peace is assured in Mexico within a week if certain influences now at work toward that end Drove effective. With the arrival in Mexico City of Sqnor Jose Yves Limantour, minister of finance, President Diaz will begin conferences, which it is expected will result in the announcement within three or four davs of the re-organzation of the cab inet. Minister Limantour will present an explanation of the demands of the rev olutionists and the changes in the offi cial family of President Diaz as well as the institution of reforms which are expected to appease the insurgents. In the meantime, President Taft, who arrives here tomorrow morning from Augusta, Ga., will confer with Ambassador de la Barra, and there is good grounds for the assumption that the troops now concentrated in Texas immediately will begin a series of maneuvers, and win return snortiy to their posts. In addition, when con ditions are normal in Mexico, a com plete statement of the consideration that actuated the mobilization of troops will be issued. Hope for the coming of peace in Mexico is strengthened by the manner n which the revolutionists have com mented on the magazine article of Ambassador de la Barra and the significant-spirit of expectancy with which the results of Senor Limantour's con ferences in Mexico City this week are awaited by organs of insurgent senti ments. Not a single adverse comment was recorded in Mexican newspapers to the proposal of the Mexican ambassa dor that all classes in Mexico unite for the promotion of national unity. The insurgents have taken the stand that their operations have proved they are willing to risk a great deal to se cure the adoption of certain reforms n the government, and if not granted will contiue the strife. The dissatisfaction in Mexico, though most conspicuous in Chihuahua, has not been confined to that state and serious outbreaks in other states have been prevented by the promises of early changes in administration. FIND WILD INDIAN BAND. Scientists Discover Savage Tribe Thought Wiped Out in 1870. San Francisco An anthropological expedition from the univestiy of Cali fornia, under Professor Kroeber, has reported the discovery of remnants of a supposedly extinct tribe of Califor nia Indians near the headwaters of the Sacramento river. The rest of the tribe, the Kombos, were exterminated in a raid in 1870, the settlers of Northern California having been aroused by the depreda tions of the Indians, who were hunted down and massacred. According to the members of the expedition, which returned from the North, recently, there are about 20 in the tribe at present. They were iden- tihed by arrowheads and other imple ments found in their camps, although the Indians themselves were too wild to be approached. The university will try to have them rounded up by a troop of United States cavalry in order that their language and ancient customs may be studied in the interest of ethnology. Numerous reports from sheepmen in Tehama county that sheep had been found killed by arrows led to the search for the tribe. Rain Drenches Soldiers. Galveston, Tex., March 21. Rain fell in torrents at Fort Crockett last night and .almost flooded out the 2,600 soldiers who arrived yesterday from the North on transports and spent the night under the shelter of their dog tents. Several large tents were blown down and the smaller ones that stood were rendered practically uninhabit able. Though most of the soldiers were soaked to the skin, they came up smiling when reveille sounded this morning and entered with enthusiasm into the work of setting camp in order, Faculty Bars Freshmen. Columbia, Mo. No students may be initiated into a fraternity or sorority, or live in a chapter house of a Greek letter society at Missouri university during his freshman year. The uni versity faculty has passed a rule which says students must have at least 24 hours credit before joining one of these societies, which means they must rank at least as sophomores. The purpose of the rule is to increase the standard of scholarship. Farmer' Wive Strike. Gandy, Neb. Encouraged by the recent decision of Judge Otto, of Brule, who defined the rights of hus band and wife relative to work on the farm, Nebraska women are declaring themselves in no uncertain manner. All through this section of the state the women have organized clubs and determined that henceforth farm work shall be done by the men, or it will go undone. Hay Signs All But Eight. Olympia, Wash. Governor Hay has signed all but eight of the bills passed by the legislature at its recent ses sion. Of these eight, the only two of consequence are the bill requiring full crews for freight trains, the railroads being hotly opposed to the measure, and the bill repealing the anti-cigarette law. The cigarette bill is said to contain a "joker" which repeals a law forbidding women to enter saloons. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 3,000 ACRES FOR ORCHARD. Company Buys Big Tract in Yamhill County. Portland The purchase of a 3,000 acre tract of orchard land in Yamhill county, four miles from Sheridan, on the Southern Pacific, by the Clear View Orchard company, of Portland, is announced. The purchase was made from C. G. Andrews, a well known Western Oregon land owner and oper ator. The consideration is not made known, but Mr. Andrews retains an interest in the company and will serve in the capacity of secretary and treas urer. The purpose of the purchasers is to convert the land into 10-acre orchard home tracts. The tracts have been laid out and a number of them have already been contracted for. Mr. Andrews said that eight homes were under construction, the cheapest of them costing $2,800, others ranging in price from $3,000 to $4,000. Each tract is being planted to fruit trees by the company. Expert tree planters from Hood River have been secured to do the work. Eighty-seven men are now on the ground. "We will make of this tract a mod ern Eden for 300 homes," said Mr. Andrews. "We intend to make every possible preliminary preparation for the coming of those who really want homes. Each tract is not tonly to be laid out and planted to fruit trees, but we are building the barns and the roads that go with the homes. We will establish our own telephone ser vice, electric lights and water supply. At Sheridan we have secuerd ground for a fruit storage warehouse and will later build a canning factory. The land is in the center of an ideal mar ket and Portland, Salem and the coast are but a few hours distant. The Southern Pacific furnishes excellent train service." WORK TO BEGIN JUNE Contract Awarded for Stanfield-Coy-ote Cutoff. Pendleton Work on the construc tion of the Coyote-Stanfield cutoff will be started June 1, if nothing unfore seen arises to cause a change in the plans of the Oregon-Washington com pany officials. From sources known to be reliable it was learned that practically all pre parations are now made for beginning work on the above date. . The contract for work has already been let to Twohy Bros., and it is understood they are ready to begin operations whenever orders to do so arrive from General Manager James P. O'Brien The Coyote cutoff calls for the con struction of an additional . track from (Joyote, on the txlumbia river, across country to Stanfield. The cutoff will eliminate eight miles of the present distance between those two points. However, the pres ent main line track will be continued in use so as to provide a double track for the road. Work of building the cutoff will cost slightly less than $1, LoOO.000, and the building of the road will add much to the activity of this section of Oregon during the coming summer. SELECT CAPITOL SITE. Governor Owns 'Desirable Site, But Will Say Nothing. Salem Governor West has asked Speaker Rusk of the house of repre sentatives, and President Ben Selling to advise the board in the selection and location of the new annex to the capitol. The governor owns a quarter block of land that is upon the location desired for the building, but so that there can be no charge made against him in the likelihood of the choice 'of his property, he Vill have nothing to do with it. 1 he governor says that if his' quar ter block is selected he will dispose of it to the state for the amount which he paid. He holds his lots at $10,000, while the same amount of property ad joining his is held at $18,000, or near ly twice the amount asked by the gov ernor. The governor's property lies directly east of the capitol and be tween it and the Southern Pacific com pany s tracks, bpeaker Kusk is now at Salem and the location of the new capitol annex will be made at once. To Investigate Loans. Salem In accordance with the rec ommendations made by Governor West, State Land Agent T. A. Rhine hart will begin a personal investiga tion of the first mortgage loans held by the state. The practice heretofore has been to rely upon the valuations reported by the attorneys for the state land board but hereafter every mort gage loan will be personally inspected by the state land agent and their act ual value noted. To Cruise Coos Timber. Marshfield For the purpose of has tening the work of cruising all the timber in the county, it has been de cided by the county court to put five more cruisers in the field in addition to the one man who was employed last season. The idea is to get all the timber cruised so that a fair valua tion may be put upon it when the assessments are made. To Locate Hatchery. Salem Master Fish Warden R. E. Clanton went to Astoria recently for the purpose of definitely locating the new salmon hatchery on Young's river, for which provision was made by the legislature at its late session. OF THE STATE COAL FIND STIRS CITY. Well Digger Uncovers Good Vein Mile West of Salem. Salem Discovery of what are Ae- clared to be bona fide coal deposits on a small tract on the Roberts ranch, about a mile west of Salem, in Polk county, have set the town agog. The discovery was made by men employed on the ti. f. Chase drilling machine, They were seeking for water. At a depth of 36 feet the first coal vein was found. This vein was thin, being but nve or six inches thick, but was well denned. At a depth of 44 feet, a deeper vein was struck, but the coal was broken up and apparently scattered. The quality is declared to be excellent and the indications point to a discovery of some magnitude. H. P. Chase said that the coal de posits discovered west of the river were found after drilling through a sandstone rock. He says that while the present veins discovered are ap parently small, the indications are ex cellent and that endeavors will be im mediately made to determine just the extent of the deposits and the value of the find. FIFTEEN ACRES OF GRAPES. Nyssa Business Man to Experiment on Large Scale. Nyssa Nyssa this year will have th distinction of planting the largest vineyard in Eastern Oregon, and prob ably in Southern Idaho. This vine yard will be planted on Bridge island, one mile south of Nyssa, and will con sist of 15 acres of grapes, mostly of the Concord variety. S. N. Emison, one or the best known residents of Nyssa, where he has been a business man for a number of years, is behind the project. Mr. Emison has conducted rather exhaustive experiments on grape cul ture here for the past three years, From Concord grapes he had planted three years before, Mr. Emison last year got an average of 56 pounds of merchantable grapes from each vine. When it is realized that 540 grape vines are planted per acre, it is seen that at the rate of production just mentioned an acre of three-year old grapes would produce 30,240 pounds of grapes, or a trifle over 15 tons per acre. A fair average price of grapes is 4 cents per pound, so that a produc tion at the above ratio would bring $1,209.60 per acre. TO ' PLANT" PHEASANTS. State Buys IOO Pairs Reeves Species for Distribution. Corvallis Game Warden Stevenson, of Forest Grove, has just placed an order with Gene Simpson, the pheas ant fancier, of Corvallis, for 100 pairs of the Reeves pheasant, to be deliv ered next September. These birds will be shipped by the game warden to all parts of the state and turned loose. The Reeves pheasant is the largest of the pheasant family, and is a fine game bird. As they are hardy and increase rapidly in the wild state, it is expected soon to have the forests of Oregon well stocked with the birds. Last year Mr. Simpson supplied the state with 100 pairs of the pheasants. They were distributed over Western Oregon and some were sent to Baker. They were set at liberty at the various points by persons who are co-operating with the game warden and who have studied the birds as closely as prac ticable under the varying conditions. Reports show that they have come through the winter in excellent con dition. Referendum Petitions Circulated. Salem The first petitions haying for their purpose to refer to the people at the next general election all of the University of Oregon appropriations of the late legislature, amounting ap-J proximately to $500,000, have made their first appearance in Salem. The circulators are working hard for names and they believe they will get many inMarion county. The circula tors, it is said, are from Cottage Grove. It is the impression here that the movement started in Yamhill county to refer the universtty appro priations has died out and the inten tion will not be prosecuted. People Improve River. Astoria The improvement of the mouth of Deep river is to be taken up at once, and funds to defray the cost are being raised by private subscript tion. Lists have been in circulation three days and the success attained is such as to make it certain that the en tire sum will be available soon. Nearly every person residing in the Deep river district, and the companies operating steamers, including the up river towboats, contribute liberally. View Sites for Armory. Salem Adjutant General f inzer and Colonel Jackson, of the Oregon National guard, were in Salem this week for the purpose of viewing pro posed sitessfor the new $50,000 armory to be built here this summer. A se lection will be made within a few days, so that construction of the arm ory can begin at once. New Insurance Laws Good. Sales It is the general opinion that the laws relating to insurance enacted at the session of the legislative assem bly just adjourned are in the main progressive and in the line of securing uniformity in legislation covering this important subject in the various states. ARMY PREPARES FOR WAR. Whole Division Held Ready for Field in Two Hours. San Antonio, March 18. Orders have been received here from Wash ington that Major General Carter's maneuver division shall hold itself in readiness to break camp and take the field as it for actual warfare within two hours. The order caused much comment, for the particular reason that !t did not come in the general maneuvers or ders issued by Major General Carter today, but from the seat of govern ment The order to be in readiness for operations in the field, while it may be a legitimate feature of maneuvers, is not taken in that sense. Excepting the srenerals to whom long years have taught conservatism, everyone rejected the maneuver theory, but could not explain where war was to be expected. One officer of prominence today said he hoped Mexico and the United States would not become embroiled. "We could defeat Mexico and there would be no lesson learned," he said "The unthinking in congress would have another object to point to, to show that we can depend on the volun teers in an emergency. So we can, after we have lost 75 per cent to teach the remaining 25 per cent how to fight. A stronger lesson is needed: Japan or Germany woulu do, preferably the former, because of her geographical situation. They are quite capable of reducing us, with their perfect pre paredness, whenever ready. We have spent ten days in turmoil gathering a handful of men in Texas, Ultimatey we should triumph, but the ultimate cost would be appalling. It would be much cheaper even in money, let alone lives, to treble our force than to take such a lesson, considering the ensuant pension rolls alone." Officers cannot be quoted for publi cation where criticisms of superiors is nvoved or to be inferred, but the man who made the foregoing statement has a reputation which extends beyond the army. 60,000 THREATEN STRIKE New York Express Drivers Upset Plans for Peace. New York, March 18. Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, has been summoned to New York to take charge of the threatened general, strike of the team sters in the metropolitan district, which, if called, will involve 50,000 men. Mr. Gompers, it is understood, will arrive Monday or Tuesday. Strikers and employers are asked to submit their differences to arbitra tion, the men returning to work pend ing a decision, in resolutions adopted tonight by the interdenominational committee for the promotion of indus trial arbitration. After deciding at a meeting yester day to return to work and leave the settlement of their grievances to May or Gaynor, the striking Adams Ex press company drivers held another session in Jersey late at night and overturned the plans by deciding not only to continue the strike, but to call put the drivers employed by other companies as well. DIAZ WILL NOT TALK PEACE. Limantour's Effort in Thst Direction Likely to Be in Vain. Mexico City, March 18. The inten tion of Finance Minister Limantou, at tributed to him in dispatches from New York, of coming to the capital to nduce President Diaz to listen to terms proposed by the insurrectos, it is said in official circles, probaby will prove fruitless. Only recently General Diaz announ ced a plan which was not one of con ciliation, but one of relentless war fare. The administration no longer denies that a condition of war exists, but it is maintained that the progress of the campaign against the rebels has shown satisfactory results. The War department explained the Maderos' campaign in the north has received a serious setback within the last four days. Up to the first of this week revolutionists apparently were in control of the situation in the state of Chihuahua. 5 Eleven Battleships in Port. Norfolk, Va., March 18. Eleven battleships of the first, third and fourth divisions of the Atlantic fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, passed in the Virginia capes at 1 o'clock this afternoon for Guantanamo, Cuba, and anchored in Hampotn Roads. They will engage in preliminary practice and maneu vers and then disperse to their home stations. Among the vessels were the Connecticut, North Dakota, Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, Mis sissippi, Idaho, Georgia and Virginia. Mob Attacks Jap's Home. Greeley, Colo., March 18. Scores of men and boys last night attacked the house of George Ikeda, a local Japanese merchant smashed all the windows and dispersed before the po lice arrived. Mrs. Ikeda and another Japanese woman took refuge in the cellar. The attack is believed to have resulted from Japanese-American war talk. No arrests have been made. The town is quiet today and no fur ther trouble is expected. Transportation Company Guilty. Savannah, Ga. The Merchants & Miners Transportation company was found guilty of discrimination of freight rates in violation of the inter state commerce law. The Atlantic coast line and the .Seaboard Air line I railroad companies pleaded guilty to. the same charge. j RESTING 01 ARMS Troop Trains Held Ready to Pro ceed to Mexican Soil. Cavalry Can Start on 'Moment's No ticeEvents In Mexico Are Closely Watched. San Antonio, Tex., March 20. The air was electrified tonight with ru mors of important developments in Mexico and of the movement of the maneuver division to the border. The return of Jose Yves Limantour to Mexico in part accounted for this. A newspaper man who returned from the City of Mexico said sensa tional developments were to be expec ted. He said the story of the stoning of Diaz' palace was untrue. At the maneuver camp nearly every preparation was a denial of the story of mere drill and tactics. Eight tracks have been cleared in the South ern Pacific yards. Runways have been constructed so that the loading of eight troop trains can be effected sim ultaneously. The entire yard has been cleared, so that nothing will hin der the regular army in the event of any emergency. That these eight tracks are at the disposal of the government was admit ted by an official of the railroad com pany, who, in the same breath, told of the "bedding" of a lot of stock cars that are being stored in the Southern Pacific yards. A second official said a representative of the government asked him, in case stock cars were not available for the sihipment of horses, how many animals could be loaded in to ordinary 36 or 40-foot box cars. Inquiry was also made if the road would undertake to handle soldiers in box cars in an emergency. A train, said to be destined to carry troops to Nogales, Arizona, on the Mexican border, was made up at the army yards here tonight. It consists of nine tourist and two standard sleep ers, a kitchen and a baggage car. It is manned and under orders to remain in readiness to pull out at any hour. It may go tonight, tomorrow or never, said a railroad man. It must remain with steam up and a crew aboard at all times, in any event." So far as could be learned, no orders have been received for the embarka tion of troops, but it is said among railroad men that the destination of the train is Nogales. It probably will carry the Eleventh cavalry. Interest is added to the news by the fact that in the plans pigeon-holed at Washington for the movement of troops ready for any eventualities, an invasion of Mexico includes the use of Nogales as a gateway. ;tumor cur from brain. Spokane Woman 'Undergoes Delicate . Operation and Lives. Spokane, March 20 One of the most rare and difficult operations in medicals annals, the removal of a tu mor from the pituitary gland at the base of the brain, was performed at Sacred Heart hospital, in this city. The operation, which was performed by D. Labau, was witnessed by nearly a scort of local physicians and 40 nur ses. Among the physicians present were Dr. Solomon W. Shafer, of Johns Hopkins university, who administered the anaesthetic, and Dr. E. M. Wolty, demonstrator of surgery in the Jeffer son Medical college, Philadelphia. The patient was Miss Maude Rupp, formerly of Evanston, Wyo., but who for soma time has been a resident of Spokane. Five years ago the tumor started at the base of the brain. It caused an enlargement of her extrem ities, which amounted to a deformity, and pressing on the optic nerve des troyed the sight of one eye entirely and impaired the use of the other. Drunk Chauffeurs Taboo. Chicago "Drinking while on duty as a chauffeur or before going on duty will be considered a misdemeanor in Chicao hereafter," said Municipal JHidge Newcomer, who fined Charles Jones, chauffeur for E. I. Cudahy, $50 and costs. "I consider it one of the very worst offenses that can be com mitted," said the judge, "to drink when your have to drive an automo bile. We have got to do something to put a stop to this wholesale killing of people, and we've decided to begin here." Rich Widows Form Club. Los Angeles, March 20. Seven Salt Lake City multi-millionaire widows, who are passing the winter at local hotels, and whose fortunes aggregate $30,000,000, have formed the most unique colony in Southern California. By their mutual friendship and con genial tastes they have been able to add materially to the entertainment and pleasure of many visitors from the East, and that is their principal object Guns at Honolulu Tested. , Honolulu The big 12-inch truns which have been placed in the fortifi cations at Pearl Harbor were fired Monday for the first time. The tests. made under the direction of Captain William P. Flatt, of the Ordnance de partment proved most satisfactory.