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THE OREGON MI VOL. XXVJII. HT. JIICLKNS, OIlEflON, Fit I DAY, MAY 28, 109. NO. 20. EVENTS JJFTHE DAY Sewsy Items Gathered from All Parts of tbe World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Lim Important but Not Li InUr itli Happening from Points OutslU th 8tata, A (!mrii urgn ha boaii tyricliwl fur wiiunlliii( whit man, Krr ia alarmwl Irat American (viiiix-titum kill U10 lac Industry. Ilniry ha callml on United Hallway amployva to Uxtlfy agatnal Calhoun. Two Aim rlrana cotiltiuxi In Most ran prlwni for tnurlor hava btn liber all. Tentiraaoe lynrhera are to be un IikI for contempt of the Federal Nu prin1 court. N'unicruua rarttUke sbork have Imwii felt nar Oaxara, Mexico, A toriuua ahora ia feanxl. Anirutionipra in the Kaat have die ruvrrr.l a liuge comet, which la visit) W in Die early morning hour. What ia ili-claretl to be the flneat MmKniir trmple in the world haa Juat Urn iMiratml at liitliai.apolte Wluat, crn am) oU hava taken an olh.r advance at Chicago, causing great etcitcnirsil. All ml new high rec ord. Th ilnmlh In the vicinity of Vera Cnii. Mnico, la a arrioua that many w,ip!r are leaving. Wwlvea and dog hare g. mad and many native have rjr.fi tiittrn. Th lirittih war aeare againat Car mtny i ctxntemned ai hyateria. Krem-h n-imcii have gone on atrike, tielnit up ahippinK at all the principal port. Tlie government haa disproved the rharif' that llertey la In Ita pay while pruarcuttng grafter. A lute Kantorn ayrtdlcata la aaid to be preparing ttt iwrala a string of 30 dry fuU alurra In the WeeL A Han Kranclaro chemist claims to havo diat'uvrred method of making hltkry nonlntiuleating, but eihlltar ating. Kvi.lrnre ia being gathered that ex plorrr from Sweden came to America tn I.T..'. mure than a century before Columbu. It ia aaid that the reforma demandad by llrvat llritain and the United Slats have not brcn put Into effect in the Congo I roe HLate. The Oirnlnal court of Veenetuela hu dismissed Um charge againat ex ('resident Castro of complicity in a plot to murder ("resident Comet. Ilvrauwi the senat refuae to con sider legislation aaiile from the tariff measure, maiiy river and harbor Im provement era being held up. Includ ing thewe of the Korthweat France haa decided to materially In- her navy, A change in lumber dulle la likely to be a.luptml by the senate. The bill againat big hat ha been rJerled by the Illinoia leglalatur. I'mmintint New Yorkera have been ItxIlrWd for coal land frauda In Wyom ing. AIhIuI Hamld ia aaid to have turned ov..r t,ri.oi)0,ooo mora to lha Turklah government. Celeatino Caalro, brother of the de posed praldnt of Veneiuela, haa been ordered to leave Curacoa. iirest Hrltaln will aUrt conatruction on four mure Draadnaught before tha close uf the prvaent tlacal year. lap atriknra on tha Hawaiian planta tion! are to Invade Honolulu and par le. It la eatimated there will be from 3,00 to 4,000 in Una. President Taft haa nominated Charlrs I). Klllott, of tha Minnesota HuirniM court, a a Juatlce of tho Su premo court of tha I'hlllpplnpa. Hallway freight troubles hava Juat "Hun. Actlona are to be commenced against road operating Into 1'acillc t terniinala demanding tha aame trcntnient aa Spokane, Every employ of tha Standard Oil company UHpendid work two houra during tha funeral of H. II. Rogers, vice president of the company. There r 67,000 on tha payroll. A controlling interest In th St. Paul Pioneer Press has been sold to the ot. Paul Dispatch. Wlllinm Adler, tha New Orleans hank wrecker, has been given six years In tho penitentiary. Allen Parker, a member of tha Brit n pari iamunt declares that the race build dreailnaughta is craty and sin- WhcHt has n ached $1.80 at Chicago naU.BS lit Cincinnati. Mora Jap laborers on Hawaiian Plantations) huve fiu" on strike and MuO men are now Involvled. Tho Philippine general aanembly has P"d a resolution declaring in favor the ltidopniulimce of the Island. Evidence Is being secured at Chicago "it various labor leaders called strikes ordtir to levy blackmail on employ WAR AT SEATTLE. Kalr Eahlbltors Will Retlit Efforts to uataca Oroundi With bhopt. Seattle, Wash., May 2G.War to a finish with an apiwal to the courts, through Injunction proceeding, If no ceaaary, waa decldad upon Sunday by tha A. V, P. exhibitors who are re acting the efforts of the expoaltlon company to erect booth on grounds al ready allotted to various atatt-a, Ore gon being the first to preclplUle the fight sgalnat the unseemly disfigura tion of it br-auliful grounds. To carry title) determination Into effect, an organisation to be known as th Kxhibitors' club, waa formed at the Oregun building. Colonel J. A. Kllcher, executive commissioner for California, waa elected treasurer chairman, ami W. II. Wehrung, presi dent uf the Or eif on comrniiMiiin wta elected secretary. Attorney General vrawiurti, who iiikI iwen summoned to ailvlse the Orrgon cummisaion as to It rights in the controversy, took the m. sition that the exposition authorities neti no rigtil to erect booths on the Oregon grounds, or on any other trrounda assumed In rtifT counties and the government Kricour- aged by tins view or the situation a resolution wss unanimously adopted at the meetinir firm! v nroU'Stinir airainHt locating any booth on any grounds without permisslun. Meanwhile the exoaition authorities are standintr nat and sav thev will rruct the 10U booths planned. . They promise to incur aa little friction a iwealble. but declsre their suthuritv is supreme, and they must have their way. Should the Kxhibitors' club be upheM In the courts, and it now seems sure the case will reach tha Court, it will devolve upon the eipoaition au thorise to eetmhli.h e ROM-i! r)lre for the Uxiths, a the exposition au thorities themselves derlsre that the huuth tuiulil not tut Iii(11inI in the court of honor, thus marring that bright feature uf the grounds. CUT GOVERNMENT EXPENSES Taft's Policy of Economy Being Car ried Out in All Departments. Washington, May 2.1. Secretary Meyer ha cut off 110,000,000 in Navy department estimate for the next fla cal year. This ia a sample uf what may be expected on the part of other cabinet oHicisls. It msy not be possible to reduce ex penditures in all department to a no ticeable a degree as in those pertaining to the army and navy branchea of the military service, but the thing that will be accomplished in all directions is a more intelligent idea of the rela tione between, or rather harmonuing of, estimates and appropriations. Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh experts to have in hand by June 1 esti mate uf all heads of depsrtments. iielween then and the time for the meeting of congress in regular session in December, painstaking study snd Investigation with a view to ascertain ing the exact requirement of various bureaus embraced in dillereni depart ment, or just what work each Is per forming and a detailed analysla of re sult as compared to exjiense involved, will be carried on. REVOLUTION IS ACTIVE. Santo Domingo Republic In Throel of Another Strife. II....: M.u )'. . Thn cape uayuan, nj" revolutionary movement is spreading. General Camacho, the ex governor of Monte Christi. who Is working in unison with General CJuirito Felice for tha overthrow of tho government, has attacked and seised Cuayabin and Da jabon, which are on the llaytlan fron tier, the Dajebon river being the north west boundary between Haytl and the pominiran repuouc There has been nhtinif between the revolutionist and the loyal forces at Monte Christi. The fate of Jose Honlns, governor ui HI..- I. LnnU'H hilt It 111 reiwrted he is either dead or a prisoner. . i . . t :.,,..rlllil..lt MlUf tiommunu'Biions re .! im Avm-cted to govermnwnv -". reach the disaffected district by sea. China Is Standing Firm, t i.i... m.w 2fi. The dispute he- i..... ...... i ,wl Chin over the tween iwi.uK". WKisesslon Of the dependencies of Macao I .... i . The rortugese gov- ernment is sending General Jose Msch- ado to Induce China to come io en ... cable agreement, notwithstanding the fact that tho government has received i Chi,,, aiisohltoly refuses to enter into negotiations with the I ortu gese delegates unleaa l or ugal an "ounces the dependencies, Including the neighboring Islumls. Dresdnsughts to Grow. ..... nr. ..nlnnhl MeKun- LoniKin, may tu.- na. first lord of the admiralty, in reply- . i.i.i ii.. m.v.irnment S inir to criticisni on e -- - naval policy, said tmlay that the bat U..111 ,l.,r th a vesr tteshlPS to ue uuiii m'" - . Sram would be at least 30 per cent superior to their Immediate predeces sor. In what way that superiority is sore. " . , .. v to be oliiainea n - - - provements to oe iiino.m" made known. U. P. Order 100 Engines. rJrataKa-ss z.;,rfu."iw"'i,b"' ,h" Schen.ctwly nd Brock. ln. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TOPOGRAPHIC MAP8 MADE. Geological Survey Furnishes Valuable Lane County Data. Salem Advance sheets of a topo graphic map covering 1:H,000 acrea of the Willamette valley between Eugene and Junction City have been received In Salem. This area was surveyed dur ing the summer of l'JOH by the state engineer in co-oiration with the Unit ed States geological survey. The fin ished map, to be published for distribu tion, can be obtained for 5 cent a copy by addressing the United States Geo logical survey, Waxhington, D. C. The map shows at a glance the irri giitlon and drainage possibilities of this section and will prove invaluable to the commercial Interests of Kugone. It shows but one or two houses to the squiire mile. Ily promoting and en couraging the practice of irrigation and more intensive and diversified farming, this limp, It is believed, should show from 30 to CO houses to the sunre mile. ROS.D FRANCHISE SECURED. Esttern Cspltslists Said to Be Inte rested In Cor Bay Project. Marshlleld -The terms of the fran chise granted to J. II. Somers and J. K. Clark for an electric railroad on the county roads have been made public. The commissioners have given them the privilege of choosing between the road from Myrtle Point to Kost'burg or the Coos bay wagon road from Sumher to Myrtle Point The franchise pro vides that those receiving the franchise must select one of the two routes and begin work of construction within six months and have half of the line com pleted within eighteen months, and all completed within Coo county in two year. The same parties promoted the effort of the Coquille Mill Mercan tile company at Coquille in aecuring franchise for a road through that city. Somers and Clark have not yet di vulged their plans further than to state that outside capital will be interested. Forest Grove Wants Rsilwsy. Forest Grove -Trouble is being ex perienced in securing right of way be tween thia city and Verboort for the United Hallways, and unless settlers along the route sgree to terms within the next few days it is probable that the line will not be built to thia city. The business men of Forest Grove are doing all in their power to induce the owners of property to sell the right of wsy, as failure of the line to build to this city would not only be a great lose to the town, but would also retard the growth of the country adjacent. Flowing Wells at North Powder. North Powder After finding a strong flow of artesian water on the Chris Johnson ranch, a mile southeast of town, at 1X7 feet, the Gllkison & But ler well boring outfit has left to put down a well for the ML, Carmel school, six miles west of here. Thia ia the fourth nrtesiiin well found in and close to North Powder st less than 600 feet. A l.un's, 1H1 feet; A. Hutchinson's, 200 feet; II. E. Hall's, 4!!4 feet, The water is clear, cold and free from alka li in every instance. Freewater Realty Active. Freewater--Sales of real estate have been active this week, Hall snd Korts hsving sold 11 acres of alfalfa land at $200 sn acre for Nelson Allen to Miss Grundry, of Boston, Mass.; 40 acres of al fl fa land from Hiirry Badgcro to J. Admin, for $5,000, and nine acrea of fruit land from W. V. Korta to J. J. Giiuner at $.100 an acre. Fred Moreley has sold his livery barn in Freewater to J. I'shi r, of Walla Walla. Fruit is looking good. . Good Meeting Atiurad. Tho coming Pacific Coast Hrother hood conventions uf the Presbyterian church are petting hold of the men of the church. The ministers are taking a back seat while the laymen are run ning things. The program of the Port land convention includes the names of leading laymen of the state and the national olllcirs of the Brotherhood. Kvery Presbyterian business man in the statu Is being invited to attend. Japs Set Out Fruit Trees. Dufur On the farm of the Columbia Land & Produce company, located near here, there has just been set out 25,000 fruit trees. Thia company, composed entirely of Japanese, has 6,000 acres of land here, of which all i being farmed and set to fruit The company now have several hundred acres of po tatoes and peas. There are about 80 Japanese laborers employed on the farm. i Loralne Farm Are Sold Eugeno The Churchill Mathews company, of Portland, has closed a $05,000 deal for a number of farms in the Loraine country. It is presumed the purchasing company will plant these tracts to walnut and fruits. The farms include the choicest in that sec tion of the country. The company holds options on several other place in tho same neighborhood. Face Potato Famine. Marslifleld-Cooa county is facing a potato famine and it is expected that the prices will aoar higher and reach the record mark In thi locality. There are practically no pld potatoes obtain able and dealers are offering as high as 2 cent a pound. The shortage is not confined to Coos county but the district in general Is affected. WILL SPEND MILLIONS. O. R. & N. Company Give Out Plans for Extensive Improvements. Salem According to evidence intro duced before the commission in the Eastern Oregon grain rate investiga tion, the Oregon Railway & Navigation company contemplate the expenditure of more than $3,600,000 during the next year, beginning June 1. Testi mony to this effect was offered by the railroad company to show that a reduc tion of the rates at thi time would be unfair. The largest item in the detailed statement presented is that of the bridge across the Willamette river at Portland, for which plan have been perfected. Thi structure i to coat the railorad company $1,250,000. The next largest item i for straightening the track and eliminating curve be tween The Dalle and Coyote, $1,000, 000. The statement also include the pur chase of more depot ground at The Dalles at a cost of $71,000; ground for and the construction of a roundhouse at Pendleton to cost a total of $48,000; a new station and additional ground at Baker City to cost $38,000. The other items include straightening track and ballasting the main line and improving branch lines. The entire amount ag gregate $3,628,738 85. The hearing is the final one in regard to the grain rates which have engaged so much of the time of the commission for the psst 12 month. It will prob ably be some time before tbe result of the hearing will be known. California Capital to Klamath. Klamath Falls Southern California capital is to be interested in Klamath Falls if the transfer of the large tract of land adjoining the city on the west is completed. John J. Fitzpatrick, representing a number of San Diego capitalist, haa taken an option on 500 acre of land belonging to Moore Broth ers. The option i for 30 day and in volve approximately $40,000. The land involved lays in West Klamath Falls and reaches from Lake Ewauna to the Upper Klamath lake. There ia a water front of almost two mile. Condon Needs Rain Quickly. Condon Weather conditions for the past month have been moet nnfavorable in thia locality. There haa not been any rain for over two month. Grain ia looking well and growing, some of it beginning to herd out, although it is only about a foot in height Farmers who were interviewed say that if a good rain comes within 10 days it will be all right for the wheat Other say that they will rot have more than half a crop. A number of fields through the country have been allowed to go to weeds. Complaints Against Rates. Salem D. B. Chamberlen, of Cot tage Grove, a poultry raiser, haa filed an informal complaint with the rail road commission in which he charges that the rates on fancy poultry and eggs enforced by the Southern Pacific are prohibitive. M. C. Smith asks that the Southern Pacific be compelled to construct a small freight shed at Walker, a flag station on the Southern Pacific, toward the southern part of the state. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestcm milling, $1.30(i 1.35; club, $1.20; valley, $1.17. Corn Whole, $35 per ton ; cracked, $36 per ton. Barley Feed, $35 per ton. Oat No. 1 white, $40.60(i41 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $14(dl8 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18 20; clover, $llrl2; alfalfa, $13((i 14; grain hay, $13(il4; cheat U(.t 14.50; vetch, $14(i 14.50. Fruits Apples, 65ci$2.50 per box; strawberries. Oregon, 12s(ii l5c. Potatoes $1.75(n 2 per hundred. Vegetables Turnip, $1.25 per sack ; carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.60; beets, $1.76; horseradish, 10c per pound; as paragus, 7 MtlZc per pound; lettuce, head, 25(n;76c per dozen ; onions, 12 (di5c per dozen; radishes, 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 2((i3c per pound. Butter City creamery, extras, 28c; fancy outside creamery, 26,Si(ii:28c; store, 18c. Butter fat prices average 1 )i cents per pound under regular but ter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, 23(i.24c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 15M((t)16c; broiler, 28(if30c; fryer, 22(ii,25c; rooster, 10c; ducks, 14(t)15c; geeae, 10(jlllc; tur keys, 20c; squabs, $2.G0(a3 per dozen. Pork Fancy, 10c per pound. Veal Extras, 8c per pound; ordi nary, 7c; heavy, 6c. Hops -1909 contracts, 10c per pound; 1908 crop, 8(u?84c; 1907 crop, S(t4e ; 1906 crop, lc. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722?4c per pound; valley, fine, 24)c; med ium, 23c; coarse, 21c; mohair, choice, 24(ii25c. Cattle Steers, top, $5.25(i5.50; fair to good, $4.75f6; common to me dium, $4(a14.50, cows, top, $4.254.50; fair to good, $3.75ftt;4.25; common to medium, $2.60(;8.60; calves, top, $5j) 6.50; heavy, $3.60((i!4; bulls and stags, $301)3.60; common, $2ii2.75. Hogs Best, $7.60 ) 7.76 fair to good, $7.25M7.60; stockers, $6&6.60; China fats, $6.76(il7. Sheep Top wethers, $4(9:4.60; fair to good, $3.60(?4; ewes, c less on all grades; yecrlings, best, $4.60; fair to good, $44.26; spring lambs, $5 6.50. - ROADS BLOCK SPOKANE. Will Appeal for Rehearing In Recent Rate Decision. Spokane, Wash., May 21. Informa tion comes direct from Washington to day that the further plan of the rail roads is to prevent final determination of the rate question involved until after the member of the commission separate for the summer. The further plan i outlined that im mediately after the Spokane jobber file supplemental petition asking that the commission disapprove of the rates which have been filed with it by the railways, th railway companies will petition for a rehearing on all the ques tions which have been presented and decided by the commission. In the meantime it is predicted the schedule of rates submitted to the com mission will be published by tbe rail road companies and will become effect ive rates until the question can be once more brought before the commission and argued. The representatives of the railroad companies expect that . the Interstate Commerce commission will order that the rate established by the commis sion in the rate case will not become effective until after the bearing on the petition for a reopening of the case, and it is clear that if a rehearing is granted Spokane will have to accept the schedule of rates as presented by the railroads until after the final deter mination of the rehearing. COWBOYS ATTACK HERDERS Sheepmen Are Injured and 3,000 of Their Flock Killed. Grand Junction, Colo., May 21. As a result of a battle between sheepmen and cowboys on a contested range near Atchee, Cola, yesterday 3,000 head of sheep were killed and two sheepmen were injured. The sheep, which be longed to S. A. Taylor and R. A. Taw ney, were grazing on a range near tbe hamlet of Carbinero. It appear that the cowboys dashed in upon the herders and tied them to trees, and then rode out and killed the sheep. They first cut the telephone wires. Several hours later the sheep herders were liberated. The authorities of Garfield county have been notified, but it is not be lieved the cowboys will be captured. The range in which the crime was com mitted has long been a contested one, and several murders have resulted from quarrels over it Warrants have been issued by the authorities of both Mesa and Garfield counties for the arrest of 16 raiders, several of whom are said to be known to the sheepmen. Late tonight the sheepmen in this section of the state arranged for a mass meeting, at which substantial re wards will be offered for tbe arrest and conviction of the raiders. NEW GRAIN ROAD. Hill Announces New Branch Line Into Wheat Belt. Seattle, May 21. Great Northern railroad officials announced today that a branch line of the road would be built from Wilson Creek south to Connell, the junction of the Northern Pacific and the Oregon Railway & Navigation company. The move is one that has been projected by the Hill lines for years, and is said in the local offices to mark the first step in the contest for Eastern Washingon territory between the Hill and Milwaukee interests. The branch line, as planned, will de part from the main line at Wilson Creek and will follow the Crab creek valley until it swings off to the east of Moses lake, traversing the low country east of the Saddle mountains and con necting with the Northern Pacific main line at Connell. The branch line, which affords a new outlet for the wheat farmers of Grant and Douglas counties, Washington, will be continued ultimately from Con nell to connect with the North Bank line below Pasco, securing a water grade for wheat bains from the fields to Portland. Halibut Trust Planned. Tacoma. Wash., May 21. Dissatis fied with the low prices the fisheries companies are paying for halibut, the owners of the Puget Bound fishing boats are planning to form a combination and to establish a joint fisheries com pany, with headquarters in Tacoma and agencies throughout the East While the retail price of halibut is said by the fishermen to be about the same, they are only getting from 14' to 1 cents at the fisheries companies. With the forming of the combination they would get from 8 to 10 cents. Anaconda Show Loss. New York, May 21. The annual re port of the Anaconda Copper Mining company for the year ending December 31, last issued t- day, shows that dur ing the first six months of the year 1908 the company suffered an actual loss, owing to the shutdown of opera tions in January and February of that year. The income for the year waa $16,604,482, a decrease of $3,146,662 from 1907. The expenses were $14, 658,519, a decrease of $944,842. Salvation Army Convene. Chicago, May 21. Four hundred members of the Salvation Army were in attendance at the national congress of the Western America district, which opened a five days' meeting here today. Commander Eva Booth addressed the congress. Jas.Muckle&Son ? Successors to Dart & Muckle ST. HELENS Carry a Complete Line of the Best in General Merchandise at Lowest Prices Con sistent with Quality. Country Produce Bought and Sold. When in Need of Gro- ceriesj Dry Goods, Hardware, Boots and Shoes We Solicit Your Patronage and As sure You Courteous Treatment. 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