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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1907)
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IU ihot kt U MKlwJti,A4 M kitted by Ui trulo eww. lb rt)lt illteM bjr lh UolUf. Baker' (rik Mlnfe MV mtfl m lirtM Uuy ou. Ovt 1,000 dmw lkl iKit ftitd U rUrjr uak?) flalui tb nliM tu fei4 ftallHMr ttLr ' C ThMnbr of nllrvMl Mkbat In JQmil Hriuln It IncwMlDg. - ' . Tlir mhmm r kllM kf tbMl hpw of bolUllog la ClocinoU, ' mMMy U fcrmnktlnc fits lor m lodiwUUl pM ouuiml ton. To of lb largrat topft fiilom Is Unlr output 60 pr eant. lit:', .4 1 ri' I l) ...- ', lUnjr JinaM bo bam wporU Mrtkw ImmI lo Um . UnlM Htta but (ail to o oa to tblr tkalliutloa. II. U. Ii In toch poor pbytU Ml hrIU tht h W nnbl to apfMir In mji In i eaM (fftUurt tb HtaJidtrJ t)ll tumn7, I, imm J. II1U, do tbfcl b bM tor ft J all boainaM aSalra w to bis ton, vlll fn4 lb Mat of bit III la racrta lloa and raat. ' A grand jary at Jacksoo. Mba baa ratumail Itvllctnwnta afaina fba Hi- 1Mb Oalml and Ta ' MlKkwIppl atlrjr raiU lot giving rr vTh KwafwnaM a Uylai to prtrtaut olwt ami laaitn to fa Waal. 'Wtfilii "tirri'th?nai of l"'trnoin( drqorka oa tha raciw. t Tha WMtnm t'olon ofalma tbaraliaa twin i bmr la th opwrttnrt ttrtka at J CUvalaxl. Oblo. Si ' r f , t 'A nwpf mnoa a plln, lo t baa to4 dyakMltad Uoaoaa It fougbt j lb lawlvaaaltment. .r- Coast Uknnia far tba Baa Tramleo t M w?r backad bf tba olty, whlit Z Vamiouvrr fougbt tba tiotai. M altort to ba Btcilawl, tbo do- fcwIMng nrlWm tba' Mirwaakaa t avMina baakv Cbloaao, panloaad, baa j; if S . . Tlwta laa a nooon&imad nport tltat At Mtiaaitltt tv will ; lao foe tba I nt Npvt.abar J7 iaitl f tXpea t bar it; - A w . RnoafnraH baa rVrad tha atdata to --Admiral ?ana to aaa bit own Jodg t main In vlfitlngt Portland wltb b i Tha nait anoaraptnant ol tba 0rand f Army ol tha llapubll will ba bald at Y ToWdovOblo. Jodg Charlaa Burton, of Nevada, Mo., waa alwtod command- wU-ablaf at tba Sarittog uatAJag W anaddd. 5 HutKipada ef ' Jw art bafirg kMnttA Jand burnad In Ruaala. J idmUtiaw-ajf Oftoatol adults to aba , n " "V HUH I IMBV.III WINI -'.. lury m taa jirajr u rm aa, Mb Kraiiciaoo, baa baan atenrsd. J iapan d7rTb(routb7asJc7l ubjacja at Vaneonftr, U. O." -- S "wnoh gnd Bpanlitt' troopi ha? at- awksd and routed tba Moors and barn t,,ed:hlroaJnp. r - I krlklngtelagraph oparalors 'in' Cbl. I Mf) hava raoaWed strike pa hnd what- diaMiitlon aiiated bf dlsappMrad. VL Vha tisns-AtlanWa- liner Loaltanla tus MUklkibed a new reeord for Jroa the omo. making tba Ulp to J Uian (a days, maanwn baa.oBMrad a, prise lyUO lor tla mast snooeasfnl 1 airship. ii r Angio-amsrinan poiar sipoui Z nndnr Uikkslsorj and Uflnwall 7 sTCfWkCl. - . aa- 7 nports finding a deep saa 7l,klutnooontlnsnt. A train " Mid up near! KeafcmJ, i Mont, by jiwo-Tnatked -rnew, The? . assured e J "fKS amount of registered mail bot I 2n,1. which they Ay if ,!. jltal w-n unriMi Ma nnu u a i . . - Member af Psrllsmsnt Bays Britain '( anould Ba Careful, ' neouvsr, B. 0.. Sobt. 17.-.fi. umtsand fir hundred dollan It onoffl olally itaM to bt th arnonnt of dam sgas wbkih will bs paid by tba Domln Ion government for Jspaneas windows sms.had. Tlis bill will be diiitol.ad tomorrow to Ottawa and is to be Daid Immsd lately. t In the niaan time Mayor Uathnoe la tclay still trying t icur gorernmenl 0ni.rstloii to brovbie lor the suffering coiioiwon is raouatnl rs eliiiglyd by the cold rain ol lb iaat uay ami a half. Many ais in toatt snd when they gH S ehsiK-e to lie dean It is In pools ol wster with wind snd rain blowing into their facs. The gruatntt crowd Is at the Maple Leal boarding hexus, an old shack nrar Ui waierirout. sou r qoartared. inix?ary bunks wars put op laat ni ami me iimuiia, surrounded Fy larnnie ronjittorui, lie io the suceeasWe " 01 thair stuff jr quarters. Ouok tng, slrejilng, rating snd bathing go on in one room and man ara oloatly tlt only by Jareful manipnta- won ia we space tare enough lor all to stay inwrs. Jim stench la trlshtful auu ui cirw authorities Iir rnldemlo, Theatsarmm Woulieb snd Indians ars aow overdus with mors tbaa 1,000 Jtano, the torruef from Yokonihama and the Indlsna making ber snmnd trip mini iiunomin. The mayor believes liter be no Inrtbnr trouble when they arrive. It. tl. MacPherson, mrmW of parliament fur Vancouver. declare that Ureat IVItain should be- wars ol another Boston tea Incident, II the flood of Japanese immigration is tilowfel to iMtitlnua. DISPATCHER BUNQLC8 OR01.R8. Trains CetUds In New Hampahlrs and 24 Ara Killed. White River Junction. Vt. Bent. 17 A trerfuj keed-OQ collision between th south bnuad Ouebea ttnrtas and a north boand freight train oa the Con ourd division of the iiwum Maine rallmed orcumd fonr mil north of Canaan station Nunday, due to s mis- take In train dispatcher's onlers, and I torn a demoluihrd paanenger rtiacb there were taken out 21 dead and dying snd 17 ot hr tMMwngers, moat of them ewiouely wonnded. brarly all that who were in the death car wr returning horn a lair at Hhetbrook, Q tie two, AO ml Ire north. Tha eonductur ol Uie freight train wa given to anderaland tlat ha bad plenty ol time to reach a Siding by the nfghl opera. si Canaan elation, re ceiving, according to the ftuperinlend- enlof thedivieiun, a copy ol a tel graph order from the train dtepatcher at Cnnoortl, a hu h coniuevd the tralo number SO and 34. ROOT OF tVILNOl REACHED Physicians Opposed to Compulsory Pasteurisation or Milk., llrowwls. 8t. 17. I. Henry 1. Colt. of Newsik, , ., tssMentof tba Amer ican asaoriation of meuiisl milk oom- miaslon, Is strongly opposed, In an ad diesa today st thf International Milk eoogress, UJtlc oonialtary paeteurlra- Hon ormiis as a meana m envcuveiy Improving tlie supply of milk. Pr. Colt Mtld that to employ pssteurimlbm as anything more than a temporaty es- POllent woula he nnneelrattie, oecanee it would remove tne rnoenuv vt u yuhlte ,to .compel the proiluonr to o einpl)h an Imprevement. Paeteor- ImkI milk in nun is not oniy inuin- ilrJy lees diwltable than clean raw milk, declared Dr. colt, tint is scuy nneafe anleee It is eonrumed within 24 boors snd Is kept st or belcw 10 de gtes centlgiade M degrees : Fshreo belt. Dr. Colt slsonald: "Toreeoit to the oompulsory pns- touritatlon ol the milk supply In large cities as s protnrthm against tuberculo sis instead of taking mora radical mees- arr for Its emuwation 'rom reus bsrdu, woold be protecting only tbwe who live In the cities ana wotua e- . . . . t Jtl.!.ia posetll wno live in ine rami airw. The only rtl safigiiard lies in the oompM cwdlcation of hofi" tubcrco- tosia.V S i j Ships Bring Much Salmon. Han Kianciero, Sep. 17. Four ships of tu sslmon licet put In an appenranc twlaf and among them tuey nrongiu Iroin th Mmnem cannenra esse ol eslnion. At all put one of uie canneries tha catch this lesson was poor, and Uie total wok will ra.ii con siderably brlow th averag. The aliip that arrived were etai or rrsnce, jrom Naknek. wllb 80,86.1 cae ol salmoa ; James Neamitb, Ircm hsknek, witn 34,272 cseeei 1. r. Cheney, irora nek, and Charles B. - Ksntiey, from Noshsgsk, each witn ae.uuo o.. r ' , ; Bookkeeper Is Arrested. , 1 Nev.. Bent. 17. Herbert Biggs, Ijookkceper for Broker Paul New- man, wno ass L 7 71 j Newman's ofllre 1st Friday night- snd il.160 mleslng Iwm tl open safe, has been taken Into custody. While there ie no direct evidence connecting him with the loblwry, his . menu rogsrdlDg ii' 11 polio, too uiFeut that be know, wore then be lies told, and lie will be hold until the mystery has been cltaied up. , ( : ' Earnings Show Incrssss. t Denver, Sept. H.-The Iwentfimt annuel report ol tl.s wnrer Ursnde llsilrosd comMtnr, I?1"' tarda by Ireluen n ghom .that tlie Income ol U.e oompM It the fiscal yr ending Jon S0i 1907, was ll,62M. n Inofe80' '"V r. V. ' J.-.rl with the previous veal, and the net ssrrflngs wer 18,156,. j wwiriM. I I FTTnTnmilBrnnnm, , 1 - . I I '"''"wnaisBMBaaKsMaBMBBaMBeaaaBaH OREGON STATE ITEMS OF MEREST i ..i i PROFIT IN FRUIT. , , .antral Oregon Country la Rapidly looming to the Front. rrinevllle A Ulp to the ranch of William Boeall. which la aitnatot sliont SO miles north of this place oa the Crooked river, reveala to every on th poasibilltie of Central Oregca as a fruit growing eretloo. The ranch Is lt at tba water's edge, and in a gorge over 1.0CO leet from the level ol tbe grain growing section ol Crook county Although there are but about li scree In tbe body that is In bearing orcnam, irun oi an kinds is raiaed In great quantities, Including grapes of the flneat varieties and other kinds tuat are commonly clawed as tropical (ruita. iota orcnard three veara aim mo. dueed ovei 2,000 buehels of winter sp- piea, an w which were readily mar. keted at (1 per boabel in tha local market. Tba value of the fruit mar keted this year will exceed 14.000 snd doe not include vegetables, of which Mr. Borgti raiies sn abundance. tontiderlng tbe fact that this ranch wss pnrchseed but two years ago at ap proximately $10,000, tbe profile on this sind oi so investment are apparent. Klamath'e Trade Big. Klamath Falls A an indication of the ttade that will be eetabliahed In Klamath Falls with tbe advent ot the rsilroad, when the market of the coun try will be opened to this aectlon. the long Lake Lumber company operations sRurd a scale. Deepite the facta that their goods moat be hauled 85 miles over a stags road, Ibis company has contracted with a California liuit ax change for all tbe boxes tbey can pro duce, and tbey are sending out every week sboat two carloads. Even at the freight rats they muet pay, tbey make s fair profit, and will be on the ground floor ready to do botineae when the rsltrosd arrives. They empty SO men In the making of boxee and tha Quality of box put out is first-class. Prune Crop Heavy. Eocene Tbe fruit svsporatora In Lans connty are generally in operation now, the prune coming in Qui. la crop In this county thia year t said to bs nearly aa large a the bumper crop of hut year, when tons of the prunes ut lo waste becane tbe evepoiators could rot handle them all. Tula year there aie mote evaporatora, and th eld ones have been enlarged, eo it is proo sbls tliat there will be no wast of any great amount. To Advertise Uni County. La Grande The Grand Bonde Boost ers' club has luat leaned a tour-page illustrated newspaper deecriptlve ol L'nion county. One of theee edition will be banded to every penon visiting the exhibition ball from tbe trains. The lllastrstlcns cover practically every line of Industry In the county. In ad dition to the original 10,000, over 4,- 000 additional copies have been anb- scribed by several individual teal estats amis, making in all 15,000 copies. Report on Reform School. Salem -The report of S. H. Looney, nnerlntendent of the state reform hool, was presented to the stabs board st its laat meeting. During the month wo inmates were returned from parole, and two who bad escaped, making the total eniollment 89 as compared to 8t at the beginning of tbe month. Tbe . ..... . a . 1 t M ,L. sum ol S2.S9.3U waa ree-iv-u irom im national government a charges on two inmates from Alaeks. Cord wood Ready for Market. Meacbam It Is estimated that there are now 3,uiaj coroe oi tiwimui wm- wood on the dumps of Meecnam ready for shipment to Pendleton and Walla Walla. Practically all of the wood prvjred in the forest hss been hauled in and IS now reeuy iut wm wmimv. At Kamela and other shipping points on the mountains there are also large quanlltie of wood. j Burs Applss st La Grand. - La Grande Contract for the sale of more than 60,000 boxee of Grand Bonds apples at $1.40 per boa has been concluded between K. Z. Carbine, of this county, and C. E. Waiser, or sn aas City. Sixty thousand boxes of spple means spproximstsly 110 ear loads. Leading of this monster order will basin as soon aa tba spple picking commence, or, In other words, si one. Prune Dryers Start In Linn. Albany Prune picking la la fall blast In sll ths orchards of this part of tha state and nine dryers ere running to their fullest capacity In tha vicinity of Albsny. Ths pruns crop l one ot tha hunt in rear and iwiie urouwa. Aithianttv. will send looesrsor dried, prunes to Eastern mar seta, ua oigg i shipment of prunes ever made from 1 . . . I he IsciuO norinweaa. . ........ . p.. Co.. MBIItwW wwva.w v --S I 0ntrio-E. A. Frassr bas 'r a telegram from Mayor Lcky. of thia I city, who hsi chargj . tar r county "nlb,,,,hJ"i tlon congreea, stating that this county i... I Wn awarded ths Governor Pardee i.l hmn awarded the Governor tlvMP BHD and a $200 cash prise. LQ9t exhibit was prepared and sent at the expense of ths busineee man of Ontario. Oregon Hay for Alaska. - " Athsna Great quantities of fine timothy hey ars bring brougni aowxi from the Weston mountains, and ia being eold In bale to the Preston- Parton Milling oompany ior irom t t I18ner ton. This bay is loaded on cars snd shipped to Seattle andTa- ooma, mnch of which is shipped nam there to Alaska. HAS NEW SCHEME. W. S. U'Ren Would Elect Seta tors by Drrect Vote., Oregon City W. 8. V'Rea, th father of the Initiative and referen dum, has a plan to make Statement No. I nearly ftonclad and to make tba peo ple of Oregow dominant over tha teg te la tore and any political party - aa wall. 11a proposes to have a bill enacted into law nest Jane through tbe initiative by which candidatee for th legielatore will be instructed to sign Btalement 5o. 1 ' exactly as it ia written In tbe law. The members of th legislstars ar further commanded to vote for tbe candidate for eeaator who ks tha choice of tha greatest note ber oi people. . Mr. C Sen hss been working on soeb s blil for aeveral weeks and now baa It drafted and all read torpring. Bs believea that if th bill beromesalaw there will ba no question of tbe ne bers of tbe ktgielatore obeying tha pm- vtatone it contains. : Better Train Service Ordered. Kelem Orders hare bee iaeoed by the railroad eommiasioa reqairiog the Southern Pacific company to pat oa a special train out of Boseborg to make the ran so Portland whenever north boond overland axprare train 50. IS is two hours behind aebedala time of ar rival at Roaeborg and also to require the O. &. 4 5. company to run a pas senger train each way daily betweea Portland and Pendleton, the east boond train to leave Portland in tba morning and tha weet boond to leave Pandkrton la the morning, . and requiting the train to atop at each station, aitbar regularly or by signal, for tha accom modation, of travel between theee and intermediate points. . . Muat Not Invade Rsseree. : Pendleton In a latter just received by County Super in teodeot Wells from J. H. Ackennan, etete aeboot snperio tendent, tbe hopes oi a public achool lor white children cn th reaerratioa are dashed. Sot long since Profeeeor Wells wrote tbe stats superintendent if a dietrict might bs eetabliahed npoe the CsUlia Indian rteervaUon. Be had been asked to take th mattes ay by varioue white renters living on the reservation and who have children of school aye. However, in hia reply 8a per in tendent Ackermaa declared the connty has no right whatever to extend Its ecboolo to the reeervaUon. ' :: Albany Ship Much FrvH. Albany Mor than 25 ton of Bart- let t pears have been shipped oat of Al bany thia aeeeoti and a few more will ba sent oat before the shipments are concluded.' More cherries were sent out of Albany this season than ares be fore and, according to tbe amounts al ready under contract, tba blggeet prune ahi patent ever made from Oregon will leave Albany this fall. If the prone crop eomea up to preeent expectation, this big shipment will be realised. Profits Pay for Land. Jacksonville Ten acres of fruit land within th corporate limits of Jackson ville, Oregon, eeet W. I. Mclntyre, s well known orchard ie of that city, 1, 900 a year ago. This year he will more than hare paid for the property with tha proceed ot fruit aold from tbe tract this season. Mr. Mclntyre ia aa entbnsiastie fruit grower, who bas sdopted scientific methods of producing tbe different vatrietiee of fruit. . PORTLAND MARKEST. , Wheal Club, tie; bluestom, Sic; vslley, 81c; red, 79. Oats So. 1 white, izxtHngss; grsy, Barlev Feed. I3( 13.00 par tse; brewing, I34-M0Z4.7&; rolled, S40 AIS .60. - . -. . ' ' ; Corn Whole, 12030 per ton; cracked, 130.50. Bay Vslley timothy, So. 1, $17 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon Umothy, (lt0; clover, 111; cheat, $11; grate bay, Illlt; alfalfa, 111S. Batter Fancy creamery, $0035 per poond. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 8J8S'e; 115 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 3O0 pooada, 6X$c. Pork Block, 75 to 150 pooada, SQ 8Se; packet. 7J8c. Poultry Average old bene, 13grt4e per pound; mixed ehlckena, 11); spring chickens, 12013c; old roost ers, 6Q9c; dressed chickens, 16l?e; turkeys, live, 15016c; geeee, live, S c; ducks, 14c - Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, SS0SOs per doaan, Piaita Applea, flll-50 per box; cantaloupes, $1.25010 per crate; peaches. 76cXfl per erste; prunee. ou a.oc per cmie; waasrmeiaoa, iit per pound; plums, i0oo per box; h.i or L. - - - - .A. ipeara, iocqiiu m iwj -w fl 60 per crate; Cessnas, si.io par dO - WO 1 V ' .blTnrnips, $1.25 per sack; "J" XM bJT.i.sS .u-mMmMm. iK01c par pound; celery, J6c0$l per doaen; corn, XXM p,,. cucumber, 1015e , ' : ! , . a ... par wnw , wi iuij.um mw w , J . 1 J paraiv, auv l' uvwru, iwvii .1 ($l?!tcper pound; radishes, 20c per dosen; spinach, 6c per poond; qaash, 5Oc0$l per box; sweet potatoes, 24'e per poond. ' " , " -. Onions $StB3.SS per hoadred. Potatoes Hew, II par hundred Hope Fngglea, $H07o per poond. Wool Eaatern Oregon, average beat, 16022c per poond, according to ahrlnk age; valley, 20A22e, acaording to fine ness; mohsii, choice, 29030s per poond. . -. of New Mexico Urged to Can Convention. Santa Fa, Jf. M., Sept. lfl-Dela-gate Andrew, national committeman, Lunar H. O. Borsnm, chairman of the BepnUkaa central committee, ex-Unit. ed State Attorney Child, Jodg A. L. Morrison, General John P. Victoria, a Democrat, Postmscter Walters and other eitiaen today called upon Gov ernor Ccury to urge him to call a eon (titational convention within two months ao that a constitution may be drafted, eu omitted and adopted by tha people before congrta meete after the holidays, with a plea for admission to statehood. It is proposed to call to gether tha delegates elected to draaA th cooetitation susdex th Joint etme bood plan a year ago, most of whom have , aits eased a ilUcgneea to without compensation. Governor Curry declared himself Is hearty accord with this plan and prom ised to take action after hia return from a eonsultetion jwitL PreeidVbt Kooeeveix. . Within the past few days nearly every newspaper ia Sew Mexico come oat in hire of holding a eoustito- Uocal convection tbw tall and senti ment for statehood is practically onanl- CITY BURNED LIKE TINDER. Particular of Hakodate Fire Show Destruction Waa Great. . Victoria, B. C., Sept !. Tbe steamer Hhawmott, which arrived last aigbt from Manila via Japan and Cbna with a cargo oi kesop, tea, silk and general freight and 40 aslion psaai gers, Including many naval, military and civic officers from the Philippiaee, brought further new of the greet fire at Hakodate. It aeeme the big conflagration origin ated in a soap factory near tbe Higa shigawa scbool and spread with great rapidity, aareepiox away hnsdieds of bamboo bouse. -During tbe firs a pow der maeasine at Kialiomachie exploded, Involving much lose ol I He. Jn ail 300 lives wrese lost daring the ton la gnstioa and 13,000 homes buned, a strong wind fanning th fire, which spreed with great rapidity. All tne foreign consulates, adioinie- tralive orEoea, banks, company office. ssbooks, theaters, etc wera barned with th . axception of th American ooneulate, coarthooee, railway station and the enatoms bonae. One steamer, the Sanaye Man, was bomed and aank In the harbor. CEMENT, SI A BARREL. New Factory In Montana May Become Boon to NortJtwwet. Helena, Mont, Sept. 18. Work ba begun on th eonetroction of a $600,000 cement plant at Three Forks, a town east of Helena, at the Junction of the Gallatin, Madison snd Jefferson rivers, on both the Korthern Pacific ad St. Paal railwaya. As a reeult of cheap basic materials, the company proposee marketing tbe product at $1 a barrel, as against $4 st preeent. The plant will have an nltoiaate ca pacity of 1,000 barrels a day, and will be tbe largest of ita kind ia this ac tion ot the Northwest. The company has s fully subscribed capital of $2, 400,000, and is ssid to have five mile of limeaton snd silica lands. Jsnx and Hymns Pingree, of the Pingree National bank, of Ogden, Ctah, any at the heed of the enterprkse, while C. Boettcber, of the Billings sugar fac tory, I. T. McBride, a Butte lawyer, snd Joseph Scowcroft, ot Utah,, are the main factors. Not Enough Coal at Home. Sew York, Sept. 16. Th itustion with regard to ths proposals ieeued by tbe bareaa ot equipment of the Navy department for supplying coal for the battleship . fleet on it voyage to the Pacific has seenmed rather interesting shspe here by the statements of several agents of the larger coal mining con cerns that tbey would not preeent bids. Their reaaons ars that they nave not the necessary quantity of coal on band, aside from the quantity demanded by private contracts which have been en tered into. Drude Threaten Vengeance. Pari, Sept. 16. Saltan Mukti el Haflg, it ia reported, bas announced that he will pay tbe cost of th French expedition to Morocco, on condition that the French evacuate the country. Only two cotumne of tribesmen at now reported to be under arma In th Case Blanca district. Tba latest advice re ceived from General Tirade said that. if tbe delegates from the tribee suing for peace did not appear at noon today, be would destroy ths Moorish camp. , Boycott Diehoneat Road. New York, Sept 18. By the uceo! a rigid boycott on unscrupulous line and by the elimination of insidious preferences to favored ahippers, the latter declared to be worse than open rebates, tha railway magnates of the Esst propose to make a streanoas effort to reduce the impending fall ear short age, which admittedly la threatening the industries of ths entire country. Oppose AO Expositions. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 16. Senator E. J. Barkers, who leavea thia evening for Washington, today declared that be woold fight the Alaska-Yukon ex position appropriation In congreea. Be declared that the exposition at James town had been a lamentable failure and ha weald oppose all inch protect In the tutor. ... SCORES 0.R.&N. CO. : cIEclIIcg Sleek. ILL BARUSAJ IMS ill SZSZT Intaratat) Commerce Commlaioner ThMk 8hippor Have Can for Complaint Against Roada. Portland, Sept. 17. That tha Ore gon Railroad & Ksvigation company not adequately equipped to handle tbe traffic eotrasted to it, and that it is the worst offender in this respect la tha tire territory of tbe 5 orth western lines, ia the verdict of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, whoae investigation in Portland yesterday in cluded a look Into the ear shortage. Be found the outlook very gloomy ia thia State. He talked with lumbermen and other shippers daring the day, and ex preeeed himself freely on this sobjeet et night. "The car situation is very serious. mid ba. "Shipper have a legitimate cause for complaint at their inability to get equipment. The railroad n themselves admit they are unable to handle the trams offered. Tbe O. K. Ac K. aeeme to be the worst road in thia territory aa far as car snpply goes.. "There la aome complaint of discrim ination in . tbe matter of eara. It ia charged that the eastern end of tbe sys tem is favored aa against thia end, Then ks no way to remedy this, except for the roads to get a larger number of cars. Vt course tne question la auu oosolved whether the O. K. 5. is using all ita equipment to tbe beat- ad vantage, bat there is no doubt that for ao originating road, it has too little equipment. "Tbe northern Pacific last year pot into stmce four times aa many n a aa tbe O.E.1S. own today. The O. R. 4 5. had on ita line in June of this year about 5,421 cars, of which 4,900 were borrowed and 600 ita ow The Oregon Short line owns 7,000 cars and had in Jane approximately that number on ita tracks. Tbe O. S. 4 ' baa 500 cars ordered, and tba Oregon Short Line 600. "Tbe managers have on the Southern Pacific system a car pool, by which cars owned by any of the Harriman linee are treated as at home, no matter on which of the allied lines they are, bat there is a strong rivalry between all parts of th sysm to make a showing, ao that tha O. E. t S., which ia the worst off for cars of any road in this territory, bas a difficult time of its own, owing to its short equipment, in keeping within seeing distance of its business." - DOORS THROWN OPEN. Canada WiH Not Restrict Japanese Immigration. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 17. Thirty- eight thousand JapaneM hive been given pertmaeion by the government to come immediately to British Cotumbia. They will crore tbe Pacific as rapidly aa steamer can be secured to bring tbem. . The news that Vancouver will an immigration hitherto unprece dented waa received today by the steamer Woolwich, which brought 230 of the brown men. The steamer In diana is overdue now bom Honolulu with 300. Beet informed eircles de clare that tbe Dominion government will do nothing at all to prevent the farther influx of Japanese despite the protest of Vancouver. . The demand for labor ie so great in the interior of British Columbia and on the prairies of the North west that ss many Japs aa wish to come will be allowed. On tbe other hand, official statements come from Ottawa that Premier Leaner and Delegate Ishii will confer tomorrow and arrange a nominal limit. Nobody in Vancouver believes that even if thia is declared it will be adhered to. There was no demonstration today on tbe arrival of tbe Japanese on the steamer Woolwich. Moors Have Had Enough. Casa Blanca, Sept. 17. With the snbrnisaion of all th tribes, which now seems practically aesursd, it would ap pear today that the mteson when, took General Drode into Morocco has been fully accomplished. Persona acquainted with the country declare that ths move ment of tbe tribesmen is over. Tbey ara essentially agriculturists and tbey are in a harry to return to their fields for their first rains. It is understood thai when absolute calm kt re-eaTab-liebed ber th troop will be distrib uted to eight sesports. Reduce Rate OnC'Third. . Topeka, Kan., Sept. 17. Th state board of railioad commissioners has prepared a tariff sheet providing a re duction in freight rates of about 33 per cent, which it will present to the legislature If a special section is called, (jorerooc Hoch has practically (aid ha will call a special session if the roads do not grant the two-eeot far rate. This put the quest ion aqua rely up to tbe railroads ot either granting the two-cent far or of facing a right Russian Emigrate to Siberia. ' St. Petersburg, Sept. 17. A tele gram receiwd her bom Riaan says that 51,000 emigrants bar passed through there since the beginning of the year, bound for Sibeiia. NEW RIOT AMONG CARMEN. San Franclec Poftce Are Accused af Snooting at Strikabrsaksr. San Francisco, Sept. IS. Another scene of riot waa enacted at the Twenty fourth and Ctah streets carbarn bast night, following tba arrest of William A. Brace, a nonunion carman, oa com. plaint of two young women that be bad annoyed tbem by a remark as they pa mad. Bruce resisted arrest snd wsa severely clubbed. . The police sllega that they were thereupon attacked by numbers of nonunion men. A riot aqoad ot 25 patrolmen under Lieuten ant Tobin came op and in a fight a eeore of heads wer broken by dab of the police and a number of arrests wer mad. Eventually the nonunion men were driven back into the car be res. Ths polios ray that tha carman who started the row ia an ex-con riot. - Mayor Taylor baa increased th MiasioB petrel by 22 men, in accord. sue with his promise of . yesterday. Th picket' tent at Twenty-fourth and Potrero streets, s block bom th com pany's bam. Is to b removed. It baa been a headquarters for trouble for weeks past. : Tbe Chronicle commenting upon the farioo rioting in the Mission district, when fir won anion car operatives ba the employ of th United Jteilroads wer (hot by onion picket and police men, charge flatly that the polk axo baahed tbe nonunion men and towght against them side by side with their union tormentors. The Chroniet points oa that the patrolmen Wade, B5gelow and Miller who shot down the earmeo, wer appointed to tha po lice force from the teamsters and car men's onions soon atter th commence ment of th streetcar strike, when a Union Labor police commieeion and a crooked chief of polio wire la conteoL LAND HINDUS AT VICTORIA. Monteagla Turn Back. Fearing Vte- at Vancouver. . Ottawa, Ont- Sept. 13-Advfese from Vaneowver state that the mayor of Vancouver baa warned tha captain of th steamer Monteagle, which baa on board 114 Japs nose, 149 Chines and 941 Bindos, dnstined for this port, that be would be enable to guarantee a safe tding bare, be causa th iiiilisimt have expressed their deteiminaUco to resist th immigration of any mors) Asiatic borer. Ths steamship aa- thoritiea feared to sseums tbe risk and the vessel bas been turned back to Victoria, where the Asiatics will be landed. Vancouver1 ia reported a bin eouv- parasively quiet, but aa outran by two Chinamen yesterday has again inflaxaed the people. Tbe Mongolians, white panting along one ot the mala sir neat, r a white baby Bitting oa tbe door step. They snatched It op and threw it into th middle of the etreet, which waa busy with traffic. It fell among the horses' feet and narrowly saeaped death Beyond being bruieed it waa not mnch the won. An angry crowd started ia pursuit. Tbe Chinees had a good start and escaped. Tba fact that no arrest have been made bas not tended to alky the temper of th peo-pl- CHARGES AGAINST RUICK. Said to Have Forced Grand Jury te Indict Borah.,.,, .v..,..... Boiaa, Idaho, Sept. 13. Judge Diet rich in th Federal court ' yesterday ia sued an .order for a special grand jury to appear on Thursday, September 19. Tbe order waa issued at ths instance of Jodg M. C. Borch, special assistant attorney general of the United States, who is here for the purpose of inquir. ing into rust ten in connection with th Idaho land fiais. It ia understood here that th order waa really th result of a plea in abate ment filed by the attorneys for Frank Martin, one of the men indicted with Senator Borah and other, which plea makes serious and sensational charges of misconduct on the part of United States Attorney Enick. Theee charges sre that Raick need force and coercion In securing ths tn- dtctmenta of Borah and his fellow de fendants, and are supported by the affi davits of three of the grand iurrmen Hoch'a Figtibna; Blood ks Up. Topeka, Sept. 13. Kansas pclitt- ciana ars strongly of th opinion that Governor Hoch will call a special see si on of th legislature if th railroads persist La their determine Hon to ignore tbe 2 -cent far order. Tbe governor i not been notified of the action of th road except through the newspa pers. Be declares that Kansas - will have a 2 -cent fsrs rat or it will ba cancelled in the statea around her.- A conference wss held by Governor Hoch, Attorney General Jackson and ths at torney for the railroad commieeion. Says Laurter WIB Settle It. Tokio, Sept. 13. The Hothl, which ia the most outspoken newspaper ber ia regard to the recant Japanese difficulties ia Sao Francisco, la aa edi torial thia evening says: "Th trouble ia Vancouver appears to bs over, and wsa confined to one city. Japaa caa safely leave her Intereata in the hands of Premier Lauritr, who always baa been friendly. There ia no reason why the people should feel uneasy over th outcome." Ne Hope for Arbitration. ' Th Hasnr. Sept. 13. The belief la rapidly growing among th delegate to the international peace conference that there ia no hope for a permanent arbi tration ooort, owing to the German op position. Tba delegates are greatly dieeoaraged, although the kaiser's op position to the pk ba long been inti mated. . 939, an Uicroaae u t"i" ; .