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THE OREGON MIST vol. xxviif. EVENTS OF THE DAY M Items Gathered from All Parts of ttie world. PREPAKhD I OR THE BUSY HIADER Lit. Important but Not Ls. InUr- citing Happening, from Point Outsld. lb. Stat. Com it suffering In Nebraska from inlrn.o hrt and lack of mnl.lur. Th Hritlsh house of common ha. ytui i tli. Koulh African confederation till. San IXrgu, Cal police will arrrst woni'ii iwrlng on th. tr wear Ing kimono. Muiiraii officials deny th report thai I'orlirio Dins, ooor Ut reldnt. fcas ben assassinated. Sum ii en an j uir.e woman ware Bitnvlnl ly an ipliwlon of natural fu at Cleveland, Onto. Th. f iirt thtt Abdul llamld, -ruUan ot 1 urkajr, it dangrrously III, sr. ilmi.il el Constantinople. Ilarnmsn he secured Control of the Wr!.l! lyitem, thereby adding bout 12, 000 mile to bit lino. Kirfrr, Oklahoma, bank robber ur pn.rd at their Work, k Iliad th City mtr.hal and fatally wounded tha raab kr. I'nnre Albert I,opold, hair to tha Belgian throne, ha Jut raturned from th. i'oi.go and say condition ara at lfa(ry. An rarihtuaa haa been racardad by the initrumanU in th. waalher hur.au at Wanhltigtn. Tha origin waa atl tnatej at about S.BllO mile distant In California or Mexico. All ircorda fur attandanc ara being brutrn at the Seattle fair., Uoorieh tribesman maka almoal con' Unt oltai k. on tha Spanl.li fort. Th unrarta'nt of tha wheat market lil ra.ies storage of much of tha Cali furma crop. There i. aarloua difference between Great llritain and her colunle on tha Cava) tllry, fhe Itork I.land railroad haa placed an ot.irr fir 5.1KMJ freight car and 60 locoinolivra. Th power will aend a fleet to Crate to furre tha removal of tha Creek flag aid prevent a Turkish attack. A alurm in Chicago caused three deaths by drowning ami number of lajuric. Tha property loa i heavy. An eip)tlon on a Hue I an submarine boat rauMnj injury to 14 men, one fa tally. The Vvesal was American built. Millionaire ftratlbury, of San Kafael, Cat., smienced to serve a term in the prniU-iitlary for perjury, baa received a reprieve, bput will hava to serve 30 days in tha county jail, Tha .hah of Tarsia la married. Ha i II year old. There ara rumbling of a revolution In Northern Maiico. A hot wav In I-oodon haa been tha came of many death. VY!,,-le aiaculiona and flghing have Urn renewed at Uarcelona. Thaw haa bean given a few day' respite I fore returning to tha lnan uy lu m. Almost the entire town of Milton., IM., tin a bean destroyed by (Ira. Th I"", will roach $100,000. Johnson Porter aya ther I room slung the Deachu'e fur two railroad, adi having doubla track. (iri'fi e will ask tha advlca of the power before answering th laat noU of Turkey on tha Crete affair. Mrs. I'arkhurst, th English auffrsg ttr, leader, will soon visit th United Status and deliver a rlea of lecture. Uioting ha occurred at Stockholm, 8eili n. in connection with tha atrike. I'ynaniit haa been used to blow up itreet rare, W Milan K. Tayn., eon of th houa leader, ha bean appointed deputy aai ('it attorney general at a salary of .Moo a year. Minster Wu, of China, hai been re-call.-d. The earning of the Northern Pacific how an Increase of $260,000 over lat yi'ar. An Kvanston, III., tailor haa had a diamond set In th nail of hi little fltlgnr, ('liina has lent a not to Japan In hich the mikado' policy regarding ne railroad righto I called unjuatifled IWrsHion. Kii hard Crlln, who confesses to Jvlng bnen a burglar for seven year, n told the New York poll, that there no prolit In th business. A Ni w York girl i th flrt Amerl- woman to own her own balloon for u m a pleasure. I'ftr Brother, ar further caualng ' "lrnan cmtractora trouble in the ""chutes by hiring their men. ' haltl between dock laborer nd potico ,t Fort William, Ont, H "xn wro lnjurd, thre faUlly. The court ho. Awi.UA that Thaw I HILL BACKS ROAD. Construction of Or.Ron Trunk Up the Deschutes to tit Rushsd. Portland, Aug. I7.-Uncrtalnty as to th actual force behind the ()rKon irunk was removed when John V. Htaven maile th announcinient that he had arulred a controlling Interest n the project, whirh, In Its execution, I to be nuanced by J, J. Hill, person ally. The acquisition of this prt,prty by Mr. Stevens and his aasorlMUs and th idrntilUslion of Mr. Hill win, it are of major importance to the railroad situation in tins slate. It la regarded me initial stop by Hill In hi in vasiun of Central Oreiron and th. eventual building t.f a railroad to San Kranriscoo. Subsequent development resulting from Hill' invasion of Ore gon ar expected materially to alter th railroad map of the slat. "On being a.kml several day ago If I had any interest In the Oreiron Trunk or If 1 represented any railroads that were Interested, I said no, and the latter statement still holds good," id Mr. Stevens. "Since then, however. I have ac quired a controlling interest in tho project, hava all necessary financial ar rangement completed, and the road will be built as fat as it can be reas onably done with men and money. The matter is a personal one, and I hav no objection to aaying that J. J. Hill, a an Individual, Is financially in ter. LI to any sxtmt necessary to car ry tha toad through to successful com pletion. 'Plans In detail ar not fully devel oped, but will become apparent from time to time, as conditions may seem to require. It may be said, however, that the Oregon Trunk proioe to provide a quickly as practicable a northern outlet for Central Oregon, re gardless of the designs of any other transportation company." Having made this announcement, Mr. Stevens refused to budge an Inch. FIGHT TO BE KEPT Ur. Balllng.r and Pmchot to M.el Aain In Denver. Iienver, Aug. 17. Every subject that in any way can be connected with th commercial, Industrial and agricul tural growth of the West, from the Panama canal to scientific dry farm ing, will be discussed in Denver this week at sessions of the 12th annual convention of the Trans-Missisiippi Commercial congress. II el ween 6.0U0 and 7,000 delegates ar expected. The congress began Its sessions yesterday, although the real work will not be taken up until today. One of the featurra of the congress probably will I the renewal of the struggle between Secretary of the In terior Hettinger and Chief Koreater Pmchot, begun publicly at Spokane last week. These two men and hOO delegate from the National Irrigation congress at Spokane are expected to day. Among the multitude of subjects to be discussed ar railroad and trans portation; commercial problem, closer relation with southern republics, with special reference to tha Panama canal; national defense, with x-ciel refer ence t the Pacific coast ami Hawaii, which will end delegate; conserva tion of national resource, irrigation and reclamation; good roads; beet and cane ugar Industry ; reform of the consular service; drainage of ub merged ln!, and separate statehood for Anton and New Mexico. Among th accredited delegate will be live woman, to from Denver, two from Anion and one from Tex. Th government will lake advantage of tli congress to give Illustrated lec- turt every night explaining wnai reo ersl aulhorltie are doing In the wy of public works, Including the Panama canal. Rival to B Built. Victoria, II. C Aug. 17.-Thwe was much military activity both In Japan and Manchuria when the KmprvM of India left Japan, in conaequeiu-e of Japan' determination to rebuild tho Antung-Mukden railroad. Meanwhile, a further cause of trouble has devol otwil in cwiiquence of Chin having determined to build a rival line through Manchuria to connect Corea via Chien tao. the island In the Turner, regarding whose ownership China and Japan are still Involved, with Kilin, on the Chin ese section of th Manchurian railroad. Suit to Oust Book Truat. KWirnrt. Ark.. Aug. 111. fuiv has boon Died i'n the Jackson Circuit court L.. i v f..irrv nrosecuting attorney, and HbI'l. Norwood, attorney general of Arkansas, against the American Book company. Th. slate ask-1 the exacting of Hue amounting to $2,000, 000 and the ousting of the defem an company. It is alleged in the u.t that the American Book company, a pub Sh.r.nd distributor of map, etc.. in party to . pool or trust. Concrete Building Falls. Winnipeg, Aug. 17.-A concrete apartment block known as the Brodid ben. being erected here, collated Sat urday evening. Heavy rains had Sened the'concretco that the steel , '," .. WBV. Four men were in- and I were crushed, two o severely they JrVr. uk.nto. hospital in . dying condition. Strikers Returns Work. prt William. Out., Aug. 17. The strlk ng dock laborers of the Can.dlan of arbitration. ST. IlKLENK, I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST I - - - - -- LUMBER CUT HEAVY. New Mill at Tillamook Turns Out 00,000 Fet Per Day. Tlllarnook-Thi) Tillurnook Lumber Manufacturing company' new sawmill in this city Is turning out CO, Quo feet of lumber daily most of which 1 being useii (or buiuimg pursues in and around Tillamook City. The company was organised by George B, Lamb, Carl Haberlsc h, II. T. Bolt and Fred C. Baker, and th sawmill ha an ideal location, being at the head of naviga tion and right in the heart of Tillamook county and city. It took over $40,000 for it it, buildings and machinery. The mill has two largo high-pressure boilers, two engines, large circular sawmill and a pony mill, with planers, box machinery and dry kiln and em ploys about 30 men. It I entirely lo cal capital at the back of the new en terprise. Several shipments of spruce have been sent to Portland on th steamer Argo, which docks at the company' warehouse in Hoquarton slough. This I as fur a steamers can go inland in Tillamook county, which i at the bridge on tha road going north. Th. company has obtained the right to boom I igs on the east side of the bridge in Hoquarton si ugh, where several million feet of logs can be stored. A cut was made from the slough to the end of the log slip, the government dredge being used for that purrxe. The Paclllc Hallway fi Navigation com pany will run a spur from the depot along the waterfront of Tillamook City, the track running on the north aide of th SHwmill ami through the company' lumber yard. This will give the Tilla mook Lumber company railroad and shipping facilities on its own prop erty. The new aawmill has given the city a steady monthly payroll of about $2000, and as soon as tbe local demand for lumber diminishes it will be in the market for export lumber. IRRIGATION PROGRESSES. Big Tract Being Placed Under Water In Rogue River Valley. Grant Pas Construction of the gravity canal and high line irrigation ditchea which are to bring water from itogue river to the arid lands in and around Grants Pans is progressing rapidly. Tbe most difficult portion of the gravity canal, that near the power dam, wa attacked with two powerful hydraulic giant. By this method the cemented ground and huge boulders were easily removed. Th gravity canal is 12 feet wide at the bottom, IK feet at the top and & feet deep. Two high line ditches hve been structed, one on each aide of the r These will irrigate all of Granta and much of the country adja to this city. Tbe south bank c will reach and cover the orchard farms of the Kruiblale district Mi for the undertaking was entirely , lied from Grants Pass. Will Visit Hood River. Hood Hiver Several hundred of most nrvminent resident of the a cultural colleges and experiment tions of the United Stales, seeompa by their wives, will visit Hood it valley, August 21. The party l.,.v Portland bv soecial train and be met at Hood Kiver with automol and carriages and be civen a drive i the valley to witness the splendor Hood River's orchards. It is planned to serve the guests with a genuine Hood River luncheon, in which the famous Gravensteins will form a prom inent nurt on the menu. The distin- riiUhed visitor will be guests of the Commericul club while in the Apple city. Governor Names Delegates. Nalrtm DeleirateS to the first Na wmi1 Pnnservation conirross to be held at the auditorium of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, Seattle, August 26, 27 and 28 have been appointea oy uov- crnor Benson as follows: J. N. Teal, chairman Oregon Conservation com mission. Portland; Edward H. McAl lister, dean of the School of Engineer ing, University of Oregon, Eugene; George M. Cornwall, editor l'acinc Timherman, Portland; W. K. weweii, member state board of horticulture, Gaston; and E.W.Wright, editorial writer, Portland. Eug.n Gives Mor Money. ii n Tha ihirH day of the active canvas for fund for the railway from Eugene to the Pacific coast resulted in .. ......I .f fulfill Tha work of the three days has amounted to $12,000 snd the committees are gratified wtih the progress that has been msde. ThoB. in charge do not doubt that the $160,000 required will be raised. The plan to build to tne coam ami umi ton L,.t oMth Coos bav bv a coast line Is receiving good support here. Elmlra Will Aid Road, c Th. citizens of Eugene ... t.. tflmira In the Interest of WHO weu v. - - the Eugene & WeBtern railway were well received by the people of that lo cality, and several thousand dollars in money was promined the promoters of the road If it should go through or near Elmlra. LaDor ana suppi.ee were also promised by citizens who are anx ious to secure the roa(L Crop Outlook Promising. Portland A fine outlook for crops .. l nr... aA Southern Oreiron wrougn . . Is evident, according to General Man ager J P. O'Brien of the Harriman lines, who has returned from a week Inspection trip over th. went Bid. ". the Woodburn-Natron line and th Cor- OltEUON, Fill DAY, AUGUST 20, 1009. HUGE FARM PROFIT. Gain is T.n Tim.s Annual Rental for Willamette Valley Ranch. Albany A. C. Armstrong, . farmer residing four miles northwest of Plain view and 10 mile southeast of Albany, will realize a profit of $4,800 on 120 acre of vetch he threshed laat week. Incidentally he will clear up about$6, 000 this year on a farm of 400 acres, for which he pays an annual rental of $600. Some other Linn county farm ers are doing almost as well, and farm ing In th Willamette valley ia paying belter this year than for many years. Armstrong had 140 acres in vetch this year. He mowed 20 acres of it, and after storing bis barns full of loose hay for hi winter's supply had enough left over from tbe 20 acre to bale 20 ton, which i worth $13 a ton. The vetch on the remaining 120 acres was threshed for seed by the thresher and clesner of Parker Bros., and Armstrong had 70 tons of threshed and cleaned vetch seed from his 120 acre. This is worth four cents . pound in the present market and after Armstrong pays all expenses of threshing, cleaning, etc., he will realize a net profit of $4,800 on the vetch seed alone, to say nothing of the vetch hay he baled. In addition to his 140 acres in vetch, Armstrong haa 200 acre in spring oats, which is in splendid condition and will doubtless return a big yield and give him an additional profit of several hun dred dollars for the past year's work. Big Deal In Fruit Land. Hood River A large land deal has just been consummated here by the purchase by J. E. Robertson, Alex 5. Reed and J. M. Culbertaon, local cap italist, of 800 acres of unimproved fruit land from the Stanley-Smith Lumber company. The tract, which is considered one of the best in tbe val ley, Is situated six milea west of th city, and sold for $57 an acre. It I th intention of the purchasers to cut it up in small tract. A large spring, which has been mentioned as possible for a water supply for tbe city, is sit uated on the land. Sand Island Is Gold Mine. The Dalles Two notices of location of mining claims have been filed with County Clerk Angle. The claims are located on an island near the mouth of the Deschutes river. Hugh Ritchie files on 20 acres in the name of the Red Wing Placer Mining claim, and Emma S. Ward files on 10 acres in the name of the Columbia placer claim. The r vu UVL 1UI L. "1U1U. tlmt lib. Barley Feed, $36 per ton; brewing. $27. Oats $28i 29 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamete valley, $12(416 per ton; Eastern Oregon $17(o3 18: mixed, $16.5016.60; alfalfa, $13.50; clover, $11C 13 ; cheat, $13 (il,14.B0. r Grain bags 5 c each. Butter City creamery, extras, 81 H'c per pound ; fancy outside creamery, 27Hfti31.H,c; store, 21(f22c. Butter fat prices average Deeper pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 27 27 He per dozen. Poultry Hens, 16c; springs, 15H 16c per pound; roosters, 9(iI0c; ducks, young, 12,(130; geese, young, lOfti! 11; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1.752 per dozen. Pork Fancy, ll(tslljc per pound. Veal Extra, 9)f;10c per pound. Fruits Apples, $1(U2.25 per box; pears, $1.60(a-2; peaches, 75c(ii$1.60 per crate; cantaloupes, $1.76(il2.50; plums, 85(if76c per box; watermelons, ll4(nlSc per pound; blackberries, $1.60(U.75 per crate. Potatoes 75c(d$l per sack; sweet potatoes, 8 Je per pound. Onions $1.26 per sack. Vegetables Beans, 4ftf 5c per pound ; cabbsge, l(i?lie; cauliflower, 40c(rf$l per dozen; celery, 60ct!$l; corn, 16 20c; cucmubers, 16(ir20c; onions, 12 (:16c; peas, 7e per pound; radishes, 16c per dozen; tomatoes, $11.S6 per box. Hops 1909 contracts. 21c per pound ; 1908 crop, 1415c; 1907 crop, lie; 1906 crop, 8c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c per pound; valley, 2325c; mohair, choice, 24fti26c. Cattlu Steers, top, $4.60; fair to good, $4(i4.25; common, $3.7684; cows, top, $3 60; fair to good, $3i S 26? common to medium. $2.60(32.75: calves, top, $65.50; heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags, tz.Yodra.zo. Sheep Top wethers, $44.25; fair tn onnH 3. 50i8.75 : awes. JC less on all grades; yearlings, best, $4; fair to good, 3.uUi'3.io; spring amoe, $6.26(6.50. Hogs Best, $8.76; fair to good, $8 8.60; stockers, $67; Chin, fata, $6.757. BRITAIN LOSES GRIP. Will Accept American Domination to 8sve Empire. Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 16. The British empire in momentary danger of destruction at the bands of Germany, and ready, merely for the asking, to accept tbe dominance of the United State and e the empire's real Mat of authority transferred to Washington, is, according to Colonel S. 8. McClure, editor of McClure's Magazine, the sit uation which is now confronting the country's statesmen. Colonel McClure called the parting of America from England In 1776 a disastrous mistake, and read . state ment from Lord Rose berry in which that statesman predicts, that, if Eng land and America bad not separated at th. time of tbe Revolution, the seat of the great British empire would have already been transferred from th Brit ish Isles to whst i. now the United States and those island would hav imply been the sacred historic shrine of the great world-empire of tbe Eng-lish-speaking people. - "Tbe United State should secure the dominance of the British empire," continued Mr. McClure, "for tbe ask ing Tbe present situation of England and Germany is that of two . farmers living side by side, one of whom ia a first rate prizefighter, has trained his people to be prizefighters and says to his neighbor, who has been peaceably engaged in cultivating his estate: 'I want some of your property and I'm going to have it' The possible de struction of tbe British empire, which this means, is the most terrible prob lem before us today." ROBBERY AS TRADE. Santa Clara Gang Proposed to Loot Many Banks. Santa Clara Cal., Aug. 16. Still concerning their identity, but talking freely of tbe daring $7,000 robbery in which they were the principal actors Friday, the two boys captured at Sun nyvale by Sheriff Langford were brought here for arraignment on a charge of robbery. To Sheriff Langford, who captured them, the young men made . startling confession. Joe Willetts, who appears to be lesder of tbe gang, said he and his companion had planned a series of bank robberies that would have created a reign of terror in financial circles. So far had their plans matured, that on Thursday, with a hired automobile awaiting their return, they entered the First National bank, in tbe heart of Oakland, and calmly weighed the chance of making their escape with a fortune. "This Santa Clara robbery was only an experiment," said the youthful rob ber, after makino- " Wtion. al, to Ution loney Oak the Can bank lace nd if and , we and the are dead and others expected to die, be tween 40 and 60 are injured, three en gines are in the ditch, two baggage cars, including the contents, are smashed, and several passenger coach es are badly damaged as the result of a headon collision between east bound passenger No. 8 and west bound pas senger No. 1 on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad, near Husted, 13 miles north of this city at 10:25 Saturday morning. The wreck waa due either to a misunderstanding of orders by the driver of the first engine of the north bound train, or to his having mistaken a switch engine standing on the siding at Husted for the train be was to pass at that point and which he later crashed into. Lecture to Pay Debt. London, Aug. 16. Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer, will lecture in the United State, and Canada, commencing the tour in March, 1910. He will receive a re cord fee, but the money will not go into his pocket, but will be used to pay off debts amounting to $70,000 contracted during his record breaking expedition. Tbe Daily Express re proaches the British government for its ingratitude in declining to contrib ute to the cost of Lieutenant Shackle ton's expedition. Smallpox In Chile. Santiago, Chile, Aug. 16. There are 348 smallpox patients in the laza retto. The authorities hav. dictated severe measures to avoid carrying in fected persons in public coaches, and have also prohibited the exposure of smallpox corpses in churches for fune ral services and their accompaniment t the crematories. The land inspec tion board has discovered an illegal disposition of lands to a Japanese col ony and has forbidden the sale. Earthquake In Japan. Tokio, Aug. 16. A disastrous earth quake shook the Japanese provinces of Nsgoa Saturday and it 1b feared the list of casuslties will be heavy. In the province of Omi, 400 bouses were ras ed. No particulars regarding the num ber killed are available, as all commu nication has been cut off. U TVLfwwU P-C 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. Prompt Delivery. We Will LOAN RENT You a lock Box. SELL You real estate or farm land SURVEY Your lots or land. INSURE Your buildings. MAKE Your abstracts. SELL Your property. DO Your notarial work. LOAN Your money. 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