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. ST.-IIKLKNH, OIIEGOX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1909. NO. 45.
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EVENTS OF THE DA
Newsy Items Gathered from Ai
Parts of the World.
PREPARED fOR THE BUST READER
Lii Important but Not La Inter
Ming Happening (rem Points
Outald tho Stat.
Mors arthjuaka arc predicted fur
Spanish troop hav ' burned many
Mixrl.b village.
A Freneh aviator haa established
now record In Germany.
A llixlon brlda weigh 210 pound
and stands 0 11 on high.
SI children ware bewjly Injured In
hoot Ore at Jeraey Cite, N. J.
Harvard unlveralty haa Chinee
ihlvta who la looking fur honor.
A Sao .Kranelsco highwayman baa
bern nlncd to 60 year la the pent'
tontiary.
The twelfth annual ronventlon of
the American mining eoogr la In
teuton at ColdOeld, Mev.
Mayor Calvin, of Cincinnati, baa
tabllahed "kicking day," when all
complaint are to be beard by the city
offleiala.
George P. Har, of the Reading com
pany, aaya there la no combine among
(! anlhiaelte coal eompanl of Penn
sylvania.
Three mlnera were burled by rave-
In In a UokMeld, Nev., mine.
The (ihyaleiana attending Judg Wil
liame are hopeful of hie recovery.
A big fight U on In Mlaeourl between
toe hrewerie and prohibition!!.
A r'renrh army dirigible balloon
tili.tml In the air and four aviator
wore killed.
The Omaha etreetrarr company will
make conreeeltma to It men and let
(I. rntnl la likely.
Ileaae la breaking out In the die
trlrt oVnoeded by the hurricane along
the IMiiaUna coaat and mora death
ara e I petted.
lUjxiM from Morocco aay the tribe.
mn liave Inflicted tembio defeat
upon the Spanish, driving them back
and killing 7.000.
An American company will be
awarded the contract over a Ilrltlab
concern far fumlehing the machinery
fur obstructing email ax ma factory
In Australia.
Hunger among the Moor haa led to
overture for peace.
A Colorado man 78 year old la to
remarry (he wife be divorced 60 year
ego.
Moro piratr are .thought to have
raptured an American cutter and mur
dered the crew.
1'oUce of Omaha are buay In their
elTorla to prevent riot In connection
with the streetrer etrkk.
Several Engltah euffragvttea In Jail
In London have refused to eat and had
to be fad with atumecn pump.
Kaatern railroad establ'shed cheap
excursion rate from the Middle Wet
to the Atlantis tbl cummer with good
result.
Clarence II. Maekay aay the report
that tha I'oatal Telegraph company I
about ot abaorb the Weetern Union I
unfounded.
Tha Wrlgiit brother rtoUrta
fight against aeveral flying machine
hlch they conelder Infringement on
their patent.
The late Governor Johnsono, of Min
ne.ot left no will, but It waa hia wih
that hi wif ahould have all bla prop
erty, worth about $18,000
General Solicitor Loomle, of the
Union I'acifle, with headquarter at
Omaha, la to go to New York to be
come head of tha legal department of
the Ilarriman line.
French Inventor bava aeveral new
asroplanea.
Th death loaa In tha Gulf atorm la
now placed at 100.
Peary aaya hi Indictment of Cook
will contain 80 count.
KoIIrIou riot at Caetro, Spain, r
tulted In tha death of a prieet
An Iowa grand Jury haa Indicted 85
vnen for e '"-"
CLASHtS WITH GOVERNMENT.
.....una. ,roopi May Be Called To
oein Qaorgi Trouble.
ntere.led In the serious claal, now on
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horllia In the rae of Charlea E. Steir
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Over BteiiKill Uie biltereat legal
in uie maiory or (he aute baa
--n iirecipiuuKi, with both aidi con
ndent and (landing pat
Should the State Court tiartfUl In ll.
attitude of deflance to the mandate of
uie reuerai court, the chance are that
moat IntereatliiK development will
come U pae thla week, which will re
ult In the arreit of aeveral othor oin.
clala. It la bvlleved here thut tha V.A
eral court will carry lu point, even If
obliged to make a direct appeal to the
viiiieu niaiea government to enforce
I order. Therefore, in the aottle.
mem oi uii aitnite, national troopa
m7 iibtb io lie ueea.
The acute altuation In Dade count
aroae over an effort to secure evldxnce
man alleged blind tiger caae. The
people of Da le county, near Idling
Kawn, have believed a distlllrrv ha
been located In that neighborhood for
aome lime, and that It haa paid the
itovemment llcenae to aecure immunity
from Feileral raid. In order to set
the neceeeary evidence, the grand Jury
summoned before that body Charlea
Stfggall, alorekeeper and government
gaua-er. Hteggall then communicated
with tha collector of Internal revenue.
II. A. Itucker, asking him what he
should do In the matter.
Kucker wired him that under the
government rules, ha would bava to
keep quirt. This la the outcome of a
government statute, under th revlacd
laws, by which government employes
are (labia to lose of position, fine and
imprisonment, if they divulge Informa
tion aecured In their official capacity.
Bteggail promptly Informed the
grand Jury that be could not answer the
quest ion put to him, and gave the gov
ernment rule a hla reason. Hi re-
fuval brought the matter to the atten
tion of Judge Kite, who ordered him to
answer. Three time he was sent for
and three time refused to answer, and
then he u sent to jail.
II mad appeal to the Federal au
thorllle In Atlanta for protect on. A
the government cannot afford to allow
It employe to be kept In prison for
obedience to government rule, the
federal official determined to atand
by Staggall.
Before they could take action, how.
ver, Judge Kit held that Kucker had
Interferred with th conduct of hi
court by ordering Steggall not to
speak, and so he sent Sheriff Thurman
of Dade, to Atlanta, to serve summon
on Kucker to appear in hia court
CANADA WANTS ASIATICS.
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
Hallroad Contractor a Facing Serious
Labor Famine.
Ottawa, Out, Sept 2S.Th Cana
dian railway are fare to fare with I
labor famine, am) unleea a plan can be
devised whereby Asiatic labor may be
mported for conatrurtion work, much
f their railroad building will have to
be abandoned. Thla ia the opinion ex.
pressed by Collingwood Schrirber, con
suiting engineer of the department of
railway.
On the Western prairie the demand
for faim laborers haa temporarily de
moralised th railway construction
gang, the Urand t runk recinc roan
beine? eenecl ly hard hit This road
ha been able to retain only a small
percentage of it laborers employed on
construction work, the farmer in that
section having offered as high a $4 a
day for men while Uie railroad company
pay but 13.
In the next two year, tour new con
tract are to be let for conatrurtion
work, and Zft.OOO men will be needed.
Sir Charlea Hiver Wilson, president
of th Grand Trunk system, haa been
here consulting Sir Wilfred Laurier
upon a proposal to employ Asiatic labor
in building new llnea. u is proposed
to bring the Aslatlra to lanaua ana re
turn them to their native countries
fter th work haa been completed.
Taw Changes In Minnesota.
St. Paul. Sept 28. Few changee
ara liable to be made Immediately in
the administration of the affair of the
stat of Minnesota, uovernor r.oer-
tart say lis will contnlue to carry on
far as pouie me poncius oi m
lata Governor Johnson. Many of th
l)mocrtlc governor appoint were
Kepubllcan. and they may hold over.
Som of th Johnson men nave saio
it,. t iIiav would reslirn. So far, how-
WILD FRUIT QOOO.
Old Orchards In Coast Rang Without
Cara Give Fine Result.
Cottage Grove Lincoln Taylor, who
recently returned from an outing in
the coast mountain, saya he found a
great many vacated homea throughout
the section visited by him and th or
chards, planted year ago by tha home
teadere, have gone wild and the fruit
la to b found in great abundance.
Hear, coon and other fruit eating
animals have Infested th orchard in
many place and th limb have been
badly broken, bvt that has not affected
the bearing quality of th trees.
Mr. Taylor saya there Is rarely a
rase of scale or other disease to be
found on any of the trees, and the cod
lin moth ia not in evidence. This Is
splendid evidence in favor of th entire
coast rang aa fruit producing sections.
Henry H. Veatch too, while on a
bunting trip on Cedar creek, about
eight milea from Cottage Grove, came
upon a splendid orchard that bad been
entirely taken by the Or timber. He
brought out fair aamplet of the apple,
which surpasa anything to be found on
the lower levela In sixe, color and aro
matic excellence. The fruit rraembiea
the Gravenstein quite strongly, but is
mora highly colored and measures
more than 10 Inches in circumference.
On th William Lawless ranch. Just
east of town, there is a fine Crawford
peach orchard in the fir timber which
ia heavily laden with beautiful fruit
BIG ORCHAROS PLANTED.
Benton County Farmers Going In for
Apple Cullure.
Corvallla The Weetern Oregon
Fruit company, of which Judge Borth
and J. W. Polk, of GranU Paaa, are
the principal (tockbolder. will begin
planting 1,000 acre to apples and
pear October 1. Tbia company baa
purchased 1,700 acres near Monroe.
Denton county, cornea into possession
October 1 and expects to plant fully
1.000 acre thla fall.
The Oregon Apple company will also
begin planting at th earliest date pos
sible. This company owns 800 acree
south of Corvallla and ha ordered
tree to plant 600 acres to applea and
pear at once. Thia company owna
some of th sightliest land in Benton
county.
The Willamette Orchard eompany.
which recently purchased th famous
Samuel Wyatt farm, two mile weat
of Corvalli. ia preparing to plant 125
acre thla fall.
Mayor Virgil E. , Wattes, who put
40 acre of th Pleasant View fruit
farm to apple thia spring, will add 20
acres thia fall.
Ther hav been mny small acre-
aires set to fruit this year and it ia
expected that fully 2.000 acrea or new
orchard will be set out In Benton
county by January 1.
Work on Branch to Begin.
Albany J. B. Eddy, right of way
airent of tha Southern Pacific, etetea
that work will begin on tha Lebanon-
Crabtre branch next week. He waa
in Albany en route to Portland from
Ibanon where he ha completed se
curing right of wy for thi branch.
It will be eight mile long and connect
th north and south ends of th Wood-burn-Springneld
line, not now operated
because of the wrecked bridge across
th South Santiam.
ROGUE VALLEY LAND SOLD.
Eastern Capitalists Invsst In Larte
Fruit Tract.
Roseburg Three large realty deala
were consummated in Roseburg last
week. The first was the Henry Riden
our farm, aix milea west of this city,
comprising 814 acres, which waa sold
to John Busenbark, of Kansas, for
140,000. Tha second waa 100 acre at
Dixonville, to C. J. Sloven, of Virgin
ia, the consideration not being mad
public. Tba third was what ia known
a the old Booth place, In Garden val
ley, and comprise 320 acrea. th con
sideration being 125,000
Th buyer are the Overland Fruit &
Development company, of Boston,
Mass. The purchase by: the Boston
company was made by its treasurer and
general manager, Charlea A. Brand.
The company will act the entire tract
out in apple and pear and will con
duct the orchard themselves. Mr.
Brand decided upon the purchase after
inspection of the fruit landa of Wash
ington and the district of Rogu river
nd Hood Kiver, being satisfied that
his present location ia the best for tbe
varietiea of fruit the company interds
to raise.
Albany Needs Mor House.
Albany -The Albany Commercial
club has Invited all the people or Al
bany to an open meeting to be held in
the roome of the Commercial club to
consider number of questions which
have been under discussion in the ex
ecutive board of tha club. One pur
pose of th meeting is to arouse the in
terest of local capital in tha erection of
flats for renting purposes, as the de
mand for house for rent has lar ex
ceeded tho supply for the pat year.
Potatoes Success as Fallow Crop.
Weston Tha Weston mountain coun
try ia demonstrating its fertility by
.Ttra pood crona this year, ground
used last year for potatoea ia proving
especially productive, showing that the
tubers are a gooa aummer lauow. Li
bert Gould had 84 bushel oi oariey
per acre from 20 acrea of "potato
ground," and from five acres or similar
ground J. E. Walden had the remark
able average of 116 bushel of oata.
Hophouse and Crop Burns.
Woodburn The Kendall hophouse.
east of Woodburn, ournea ib wf
together with 14,000 pounas oi im.
ear a hop, wnicn naa oeon cwiu.-
i at 9 cent. Th building wa ownea
y Frank Kendall an1 rented ny t.ee
iendall. Th cause of th fire ia un-
nown. The building and conienu
ere insured In th Hopgrowera ire
hsuranc company.
Cove Fruit Goes Etst.
Cove SUckland Bro., probably the
.rgest fruitraiser in the brand
onde valley, ar shipping mixed fruits
i th Eastern marKew. nums,
ar, crabapples and apple ar in
aeon and full crew ia at work in
eo rchrd. Two car wer shipped
at week and two mora hav been
rwarded this wek.
Imports Fin Chickens.
Milton B. F. Willlama his received
! thoroughbred young chickens of the
iff Plymouth Rock vrlety from St.
Wis. Mr. William will end om
' his poultry to th A.-V.-P. how at
jattle.
Cooa Haa Another Lin.
Marshfteld Tbe Coo Bay Electric
Railway company ha just been incor
porated, with a capital stock of $l,-
600.000. Tbe Incorporator ar James
H. Flanagan, W. S. Chandler and F.
C. McCollom. Tboae connected with
the movement aay their plana ar not
sufficiently developed to make any
statement of the purpose of the com
pany. Mr. Flanagan is a local banker
and Mr. Chandler ia a San Franciscan
interested extensively in Coo bay.
Sand Display East.
Hood Kiver Hood Kiver la prepar
ing a display or fruit at the National
Irrigation eongre to be held in Chi-1
cago in November. Tbe Hood River
Anple Grower' union expect to Bend
a ear of th finest spple to th great
ahow. Thomas Persons ia in Hood
River taking scene of the apple in
dustry with a moving picture camera.
Thee will be used in connection with
the diaplsy of fruit
THE CENSU8 POSITIONS.
Will Irrigate Orchard Land.
Cottage Grove S. T. Kelson ha
sold hia 875-acre farm to John Spray
for f 16,000 cash. Mr. Spray propose
to place the ranch under irrigation.
The land will be worth from (100 to
I2O0 an acre as soon as water is on It
and the increase is large, as the or
chards Increase in aixe. There ar
27S acrea which can be irrigated, all of
which ia bottom land.
Appointment Clark Pindell Explain
Method of Application.
Washington, Sept. 24. Appoint
ment Clerk Pindell, of th U. S. Cen
u bureau, state on th aubject of
the census examination, October 23d,
that the distinction between th perm
anent census force and tha additional
temporary employe provided by th
Thirteenth Census act I quite import
ant and should be remembered. A
vacancies occur on tha permanent cen
sus they will be filled, a heretofore,
by tranafera from elsewhere in the
service, or by selections from the ex
isting register of the civil service
commission.
Persons now on tha register of the
commission are, therefore, eligible for
appointment to vacancies on the perm
anent census roll, but there is no great
er opportunity during the decennial pe
riod for such appointments than there
haa been heretofore. Th additional
temporary positions, authorized by the
Thirteenth Census act, except those
above $1,200 per annum which will be
filled largely by transfer from the
permanent cemu roll, will be given to
tho person who pasa th test exam
ination on October 23rd. Tboae now
on tbe registers or the civil ervic
commission, who desire appointment to
these additional census places, should
take tbe teat examination aa their pres
ent eligibility availa them nothing in
respect to appointment to the poai
lion, l be fact that a person ia on
tne civil service register doe not pre
vent him from taking thia test exam
ination.
Blank application forma and the cir
cular of instructions were ready for
distribution by September 10th. Aa
soon aa the applicant completes his ap
plication in every respect, it should be
addressed and forwarded to the U.
Civil Service commission, Washington,
O. C, and not to the census bureau.
Lar should be taken that th enve
lope containing the application ia prop
erly addressed and sufficient postage
stamps are affixed. If tbe application
i satisfactory a card will be mailed the
applicant and it will admit him to tbe
examination. An application must be
filed in sufficient time to arrange for
tha examination at the place selected.
No request will be granted for an ex.
amination otherwise than aa acheduled
for the cities and states on October
23rd.
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Will Reprasant Oregon.
Salem Delegate to the annual con
vention of the Miisissipi to the Atlan
tic Inland Waterways association to be
held at Jacksonville, Fla., November
17 and 18, have been announced by the
governor aa follows: E. w. spencer.
of Portland; John Fox, of Astoria; W.
J. Mariner, of Blalocks; J. T. Peters.
of The Dalles, and O. B. Hinsdale, of
Gardiner.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, 96c; club, 89c;
red Russian, S6.c; valley. 91c; Fife,
89c; Turkey red, 89c; fortyfold, 91c.
Barley Feed. I25.6026; brewing,
$26.C0(ii,:27 per ton.
OataNo. 1 white, 27(f27.50 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette vallev.
1 8f 16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
(il9; alfalfa. $14; clover, $14; cheat,
$I3fiU4.50; grain hay, $15f.16.
Butter City creamery, extras, 86;
fancy outside creamery, 33ftf36c; atore,
22C Butter fat prices average lite
per pound under regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 32(i
32 He per doien.
Poultry Hens, 16(3T6c; springs,
15H((16c; roosters, OftilOc; ducks,
young, 1516c; geese, young, 10Dllc;
turkeys, 20c; squab, $1.752 per
doxen.
Pork Fancy, 9(i 9 c per pound.
Veal Extra, 10(il0c per pound.
Fruits Apple, $1.26(ci 1.76 per box ;
pears, 76c(i.ou; peacnea, H(ii.zo
per crate; cantaloupes, 60cC'f$l 25;
plums, 25(it Silc per box ; watermelons,
lc per pound; grapes, 86c(f$1.25 per
crate; 25Cio0c per basket; casabas,
$1.50(1(1.75; quinces, $lfti'1.75 per box;
huckleberries, 10c per pound.
Potatoia 60(if70c per Back; aweet
potatoes, 2c per pound.
Onion $1.25 per ck.
Vegetables Bean, 4 (a 5c per pound ;
cabbage, l((('lt4'c; cauliflower, 60c(jr$l
per doxen; celery, 50(?f!75c; corn, 16(iJ
20c; cucumber, 10((i:25c; peas, 7c per
pound; peppers, 4(cEc; pumpkin,
(die; squash, 6c; tomatoes, 50(i;60c
per box.
Hops 1909 crop, 2223c offered;
1908 crop, 17c; 1907 crop, 12c; 1906
crop, 8c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c per
pound; valley, 22(Vi24c; mohair, choice,
24c.
Cattle Steers, top quality, $4 25(3
4.60; fair to good, $4; common, $3.60
(ii S.76; cows, top, $3.60; fair to good,
$3(i?3.25; common to medium, $2.50
2.76; calves, top, $5(Ti)5.50; heavy,
$3.604; bulla, $22.26; stags, $2.60
3.60.
Hogs Beat, $8; fair to good, $7.76
(if 7.85; stockers, $6(o)7; China fata,
$7.50(n!8.
Sheep Top wether, $4(5:4.25; fair
to good, $3.603.75; owes, X cent
leas on all grades; yearlings, best, $4
f4.25; fair to good, $35.0g3.75;
spring lamb, $5.255.50.
Opens Galea to Famous Gunnison
Tunnel in Colorado.
Montroee, Colo., Sept 24. Preai
dent Taft apent yesterday on the. west
ern slope of the Rocky mountain amid
a succession of magnificent scenes. In
many respect hi day waa one of the
most interesting be haa had amce leav
ing Boston.-
Late in the afternoon Mr. Taft stood
on the brink of the deepest irrigation
ditch in the West and far out in the
foo bill of the mountains, with not
settlement in sight, made the elec
trical connection that started a flow of
water through the Gunnison tunnel
that will reclaim 140,000 acres of arid
land. The greatest irrigation project
the United State government ever has
undertaken waa thus put in operation
and the opening was the occasion! of
a joyous celebration throughout the
valley of the Uncompahgre.
During his travels yesterday the
President had ample opportunity to
study the effect of irrigation. For a
long time hia train ran through stretch
es of country where as far as the eye
could reach the only vegetation n
sight consisted of a few greaaewood
bushes or sagebrush. The i out of a
rocky canyon the train would suddenly
come upon a veritable oasis, where
fields of alfalfa and mile of orchard
told of the miracle wrought by the
touch of water.
The tunnel has been hewn through
aix milea of a mounntain range and
when the project i completed next
spring it will divert the waters of the
Gunnison river, now flowing to the
Gulf of California, to the valley on
thi side of the mountains, where
minor private projects of irrigation
already have told the wonder of th
soil.
Big Timber Deal.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 24. A large
timber deal whereby A. B. Kurts, of
New York, president of the American
Financial Securities company, acquires
64,000 acres of timber land in the
Cowichan lake country, was practical
ly consummated today. The purchase
price waa in the neighborhood of $1,
600,000, ami the - new owner are to
spend $500,000 mor in the develop
ment of the property by th erection
of a sawmill and the laying of spur
tracks. The Canadian Pacific railroad
will build a branch lin to tidewater.
Reyes Goes to Europe.
Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 27. Fol
lowing the resignation of General Ber
nardo Reyes from th presidency of the
local casino, it I rumored her that
General Reyes ia preparing to leave
Mexico and to take up hia residence in
Europe. Much color is lent to tbe re
ports due to th fact that th horn of
General Reyes, valued at $90,000, . I
for sal. It i not believed that Reyes
haa intentiona of leaving Mexico until
after tha election.
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COLUMBIA COUNTY BANK
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS I
Portland, Ore,
Portland, Ore.
New York
First National Bank,
U. S. National Bank,
Hanover National Bank,
Officers Wm. M. Ross, President and Cashier, Edwin
Ross, Vice President; A. h. Mone, Assistant Casnier.
Directors Wm. M. Ross, M. White, James Dart,
Edwin Ross.
sagaaassaasassgagaagaaa
Frederick Grant for President
Chicago, Sept. 4. Major General
Frederick Dent Grant, son of th fam
ous leader of th Ui.ion forces during
the Civil war, is being boomed aa tha
presidential candidate of the Prohibi
tion party in 1912, by membera of th
organization who ar assembling in
thi ci ty to celebrate the fortieth annl
versary of th birth of the party.
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