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THE OREGON MI ST vorT. xxvi ir. ' ' " '''"''- " , : HISUiNS, OREGON, Fill HAY,' OCTOBER 8, 1909. NO. 46. NO PERPETUAL KinMT "l. . : mt - 1 L.J- .......j, , i EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from A! Farts of tbs Wcrll PREPARED FOR THE BUST RIADER ls Important but Net Lata Inli ttilng Hppnln;a from Point Outside th State. Many anarchUt ere being found In Spain end errtd. Canada ha ffrabbeJ Urg area of Polar Ik'hI fur Ureal Urltakn. Amrolca will be (lrt to esamli) and report ujwn )r, Cook' Aretia record. trtUumnU antl ar hoal a re being tlwt at Madrid, Kuala, on account of rhulrra. Tlx Great Northern plana a mall train to run from St, I'aul U Seattle In 47 hour. Nw Turk Republican hav rwm intt a man for mayor wbo H praett- rally unknown. Nine men ere dead and two dying aa tha rr.ult of an viploaton and fir In Kil)n coal mine. gavntMn balloon corojtd for tha llvm.ott cup el Zurich. gwlUerlend. Kir nation ar represented Kabbl 8lphn S. Wiee eaya mlMg nation i a ntetiar) to to Jewlata rara and to Christianity in general. An American mining ajrndlrata i maamf million by working tba tail inca of ancient MecicM mlrw. The University of Nebraska baa (in out that it doe not want college tuuifha, nor alaalM, and that no stu dent who wurkad bia way baa ar die- graced th Inalllution. Tba special train of tba president's party la cumpaeed of plain roach. Th president glvee eaeurmnra that Vancouver barrack Will not m moved. Tba National Carman Alliance of America wtli taka up tba cry of anU prohibition. I'rmtdent Taft apant two day In Portland and declared thera tha pleaa- antat of hw trip. ll.rrlman' lntrl will b handlad by thraa man, Kobort 8. I.ovelt, J. C Stul.b and Jullu KrultarhnltU Tba chairman of tha Republican county eiwnmllle of Naw York will try to up tba voting of dead man name. Tba Kan at at board of health baa itarlarad itaalf aaint th wearing of beard and will try to ba it nil ing enforced by law. A wlihy Grand Army veteran waa ao bully rruahad In tha rJb to aaa Taft at th Portland armory that b died on tha way to tba boapilaU Charla W. Mora. Naw York flnan tier, ronvktad oy violating national banking-lava, ha paid off 17.600.000 or hiii indebtedness, and aay ba will w pay tha remaining f 50000,0. Severa fighting between th Span lania and Moor oontlue. Sir Thorn I.I p ton would Ilk an other ehanc at th America yachting cup, Chlf Foreater Plnehut far trust are after water power iU in lb Waal. An American fishing vl ba been cite, I for poaching on Mexican flahing preserve. After a long light Mr. Yerke ha been granted a third of lb eetate of hr huaband. General Grant aaya b will quit th army if need be and giv all bi tlm to temperance. . Th urvy ba begun on th lat link of th California railroad Into the Klamath country. Th aulUn of Morocco ba put El Koghl, th pretender, to death, uilng th moat horrlbl erulty. W. A. Clark, Jr.. aon of i-Sntor Clrk, of Montana, ha dleovrd a ptocee for mlting line or and may become the tine king of thejeountry. On man wai killed and eight other Injured la I collision between a paa enifiir train and work train on th JH Sound railroad at Grrion tun- el, Montana. tea blent Taft ha declared himself In favor of ship subsidy. Th Minora' eongres atGoldflald, Nov., condemned th poUej of Korea tor rlnclmt. Hr. Cook I to dispatch avl North at one for hi Instrument and the Eskimo who accompanied him. In a speech at Seattle PridentTaft dvocated the commllon plan of gov ernment for Alaska, the aam a now in the Philippine. A Purl girl after a quarrel with her wetheart thruat heraelf between the bar of a lion'a eaga and wu o tully Injured that iha died. Father Searle, a noted aetronomer, y the tall of Hallev'a comet may bit the earth. Mar 28 the two bod If ill be cloaeit to ach othr. Indication aaem that the number of Plil admiiaion to tha Alaska-Yukon-I 'pflc expoiltion will not equal thoae i th Lewii and Clark expoeition. Wining Congrei, Propoa. Am.rlc.n uaw on Water Power. eaMf' N,v" 0c-6-Th.Am.r. . , alu)r adopting a reaolu tlon calling u,.mlb. national govern . k7. i , KUUaT "0WM r water , B , "r"l,rn "u'. "d urging th. .Imllar aute leg.i.tion b. pJJJj -aiimg ior congreaalonal c lion. Th iiHtx r. under which ik. i- rer oi mineral ..r follow It ouuide the line of hi. el.l wa another vubject of diacua.lon, and - wiu me ut)titutlon of w maaingm aloe line of a claim IU llmlu when continued downward Vertically, waa urged. Wildcat tnlnine achamea ..1....1 under the ban by the eongreaa, which urged (lata and national ieglalation to prevent th oirator of auch echemv irurn inverting money of inveatora that might otherwiae be ued in developing legltiaiat profiertiea. J. It. Richard, of Hoi- Idaho, th. retiring preaident of the congrea. waa given a nantleom eervice by the dele- gaum. Loe Angele and Sook ana hava ite. veloped a lively rivalry for the next eeelon of the congreaa. Thi oueatinn win oe decided ty the executive com mittee. FARMERS FLOCK TO CANADA. Fully 70,000 American Settler Have Croitad Border. Winnipeg, Mn.. Oct 6.American farmer by th Una of thousand ar now pouring over the boundary Into the Canadian Weet. According to a (tate ment mad by the deputy miniatvr of interior at Ottawa, th invasion of Americana Into Canad will toUl over 70,000 for lb prrnyer. In the beginning of this acroe, boun dary movement the newcomer were largely from the Middle plate, but thi year they ar coming from a moat ev ery slat In the Union. Not only i the quantity aatiafactory to Canada, but tb quality of aettler I rather im proving than otherwiae. Practically, the official report y. 80,000 American thi aeaaon entered Canada, and every man, woman and child wu poaaeaaed on an average of II.0OU in stock, cash and effect, mean ing that they brought Into thi coun try nerly 160,000,000. W. J. White, bead of the Canadian immigration agenrle In tb United Slates, aay th' year' immigration from the United elate ha increased fully 30 per cent end that next year he I pec I to see about 115.000 Amerl carta willing In th Canadian Vt eat. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST NINfc OEAO IN ROSLYN MINE. Fir Follow Oat EaplosionShft I Furnace Blast. Koalyn, Waah., Oct 6.-Fifteen men ar believed to have been killed or fa tally injured in an explosion of gas in the hft of min No. 4. of tb North western Improvement company, at 12 45 Ihie afternoon. The mine in the neighborhood of the abaft la burning fiercely, flame rush ing through th shaft with an awful roar. I n electric purope are cut oh, and tha water aupply In theclty isvery low. It is thought th fire in the shsft will not affect the other mines, but It mar be six month before th ahaft can be put in working condition again. It 1 said that th mail 1 caving in and other exploeiona may occur at any lima. Shop Ar to B Doubled. Sacramento. Oct 6.-Report have been received here to tne eiieci mat tha New York oftlc of the Western Pacific ha aent back plan of th rail road shops to be built in Sacramento ith Instructions to prepare pecinca- iin. f.ir boildlnirs double in ixe. The orittlnal plan called for an expenditure of $750,000 while the proposed shops under th new arhem will cost i, 600.000. Vnriker Indication of the move, advanced by local railroad men I that th Wetein 1'aeitic coniempiau-a running line up and uown me Germany Causes Alarm. Madrid. October 6. Dispatches from Gibraltar today say German steamers ar disembarking cannon and lrg quantities of gun and ammunition at Morocco port u'unru i"r ment. Great Urltain ami r rente, ( aaid, hv been Informed 01 tne eq uation and whll tney r ku"'"k neutrally, they are V b macy to prevent a collision. The atti Euta of the .ultan 1 said to have cauaed ministerial anxiety. Feara are entertained that he may deair to In cite a general war. Dual Over Girl I Fatal. San Diego. CI., Oct B.-E.rl Davis who wu tabbed nln time by Earl Lynnell in a duel over girt on the mght of Septebmor 18. died thi. after Zn It tt.nu. or lockjaw. Davi. waa 17 year old; Lynell i a o 17. Clotlld. Monte., the Spanish girl over whom the fight took place, 1 I. Si took to the mounUin. and is S at large. The police are now .courlng the country for him. A knire thru.t produced blood poisoning. St Yv to Run No More. ....!.! n,.L B.-Honrl St. Yve. th. famoui French long-di.tanc run- 1 njiii;iii. --- . and that he prob- h.ea t(MlV neart w , acain ably would e unau.o Hi. oppommt, Han. Holm-, of b.c, flnThed .trong. cover "g J. Mar- :r.fdrHfounQ'to measure correctly. IMMENSE TRACT SOLD. North Yklm 8yndldat Takes Ovar 10,000 Acre in Harney. Portland -A great tract of Eastern "egon land, comprising 16,000 acres, naa ieen sold by J. O. Elrod, a local real eatau dealer, to Frank II. Clerf ana nie mother, of North Yakima, and aawiciau, at a consideration of $300, uuu. 1 he deal reoresent a nrofit r.t over iou,uiw to Mr. KlrwJ, who pur- im.ru me iana is month ago. The property i located In Harnev county and comprises what is known a th old Juhn Devine ranch, one of the moat noted ram he in Oregon. One of the unique feature of the nlar ( mat 11 boas la a herd of elk. one of the few herd of this kind in Oregon. The name of the place is now th Alvord ranch. It has been rented to the Pa- clflc LlveaUx k company, but th recent purchaser will tock th property and conuuci it themselves. 1 he lend I all fenced and cross fenced, with about 7.600 acre. In hav. Th remainder ia good agebruih land with a larg quantity of available water for irrigation purpose. Good building hav been erected on the place, and all the improvement are in good aliape. Mr. blrod say that tb purchase represents an advance in the price of the land of something over $100,000 in 18 month. A year ago tut June he purchued it from the Eugene Church company of Tacoma. Tba deal hu just been consummated whereby the prop erty i transferred to Mr. Clerf and aaaoclates. REDUCE EXPRESS RATES. Nw Schedule Goes Into Effect on O. R. & N. Lin. Salem October 1 the reduced ex press rates ordered by the railroad commission on the Oregon Railway & Navigation company' line where the Pacific hxnrrs company operate. went into operation, Tb reduction are material, and in some instances as much aa 20 and 25 per cent. The Pacific Expreu comprny accept ed the reduction without making fight in the court. Patron of the express company will at one feel the benefit of the reduced rates. An effort will aoon be mad to pro cur a reduction of the rate charged by th Wells Fargo Express company, which operates in the Willamette val ley. Representative B. F. Jones of Polk county, who brought the success ful complaint against tb Pieific Ex press company, 1 also prosecuting tb complaint against the Well Fargo company. Building Santiam Bridg. Lebanon - Preparatin for the con struction of th bridge over the San tiam river at thi place are being made aa rapidly u possible, for the new line between tabanon and Crabtree of the Oregon & California railroad company. A gang of nearly 100 men are now at work on the new tructur. The bridge i going to be one of the longest bridge In the country, being nearly 400 feet crossing the river, with a tres tle of some 2.000 feet on th wet ap proach to the bridge. The bridge will exxtt in the neighborhood of $100,000. Auto Road It Discussed. Marshfield-Tbe building of an auto mobile road from Coo bay to Roseburg was the chief subject under discussion at a good road meeting neia at v.o- quille, the county seat. The plan 1 to have the residents along me line agree to s special tax and th county appropriate an equal amount A road, passable at all time 01 tne year, naa been agitated for some time, but it i. likely that the present movement will materialixe in actual work next um-mer. Increased Llan I Denied. After a Ions: discussion of Uie merit of the case the desert land board ha com to th conclusion that the Deschutes Irrigation and Power company cannot demand an increased lien of 140 per cent or $40 an acre from the settler for reclaimed land. The matter will probably be token up by the aettler., and the reclamation company and finally threshed out in the court. Thedi.pute ia one of long atanding. La Grande Ha Oat Record. La Grande-Ona of the largest yield and record for fat threshing a. well have been enacted here thi week, when the Connaway machine, thresh ing on the Leander Ferguson ranch, brought out 129 bushela of oat to the acre of a 20 acre field. During 10 hour, one day the threBher rolled out 6,008 bushel, of oata. The yield ia one bushel to the acre greater than two crop already reported on 20 acre field, this season. , To Plant Vt Orchard. Albany Article of Incorporation of the Linnhaven Orchard company, the corporation which plana to set out a 3 000-acr orchard in Linn county, have been filed In the county clerk' office. The capital stock of the corporation ia .300 000, divided into 8,000 share, of tlOo'each. $100,000 being preferred stock and $200,000 common. Hunting Make. Revenue. Albany-Linn county ha contrib uted $1.8"S to the .tate game fund al ready thi year. 997 hunter. licenses nd 866 anglera' lic.n.e. having been Issued from the county clerk', office beret TRAIN ROUTE FIXED. at Demon.tratlon 8peclal to 8top Seven Eastern Oregon Town. Portland It (hlbboleth "A crop for evry acr every year," the deinonstr' tlon train of the O. R. & N. will leave Portland, October 26 on an anti bar renness crusade in Sherman. Gilliam and Moro counties. The intinerary of the educational train as finally decided upon provide a four-day' trip In which leven (top will be made. lone, Heppner, Clem, Condon, Gru Valley, Moro and Wasco will be viiited by the demonstration train and at each place .ix lecture will be delivered by mem' ben of th faculty of th Oregon Ag ricultural college at Corvallla, profes sors or that institution, with few railroad officials to be the only pasaeo ger of the demonstration special. The complete acbedule for the dem onstration train i aa follow : Tuesday, October 26 lone, 9 a. m. to 12 noon; Heppner, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m. Wednesday, October 27 Clem, 9 a. m, to 12 noon; Condon, 2 p. m. to 6 p. m., and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p m. Thursday, October 28 Gran Valley, 9 a. m. to 12 noon; Moro, 2. p. m. to 6 p. m. and 8 p. m. to 9 :30 p. m. Friday, October 29 Wasco, 9s.ni. to 12 noon. Bohemian Colony Coming, Klamath Fall Unleu torn unfor- seen obstacle arise there will be lo cated in the southern portion of the Klamath baiin one of the largest Bo hemian colonic ever established in any state. Sixty representative of the colony bav apent aeveral daya going over th 8,000 acre of land on which option bave been aeeured. Tbe colony i in tb form of a club and conalata of approximately 600 familiea. Official of the club visited thi section aeveral week ago and aeeured option on tbe large Lakeside tract Tbe 60 member who hav been bore for several day ar a final committee to pass on the land. If they recommend tbe acceptance of tbe land the aettling up of tbia large area will be begun at once. New Flour Mill Active. Baker City The Baker flouring mill, which 1 now almoat completed, has been an extensive buyer of grain in Eastern Oregon thia aeaaon, having just closed a contract with tbe North Powder grower for 25,000 bushel of wheat. In contemplation of tha de mand cauaed by tbe new mill many ranchers raised mora grain thia year than usual, and the result hu been gratiflying, both the grower and tba mill operator. Odd Fellow, to Spend $5,000. Condor. The Odd Fellow have be gun excavating for their new two-story brick building on Spring street. The building will be 30x100 feet, and will cost $5,000. Tbe order expect to be able to occupy its new quarter about January 1. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track pricea: Blueatem, 96c; club, 88c; red Russian, 86c; valley, 90c; Fife, 88c; Turkey red, 88c; 40-fold, 90c Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27. Oata No. 1, white, $27.60('i28. Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $15(tf;16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18 dtl9; alfalfa, $14; clover, $14; cheat, $13rdjl4.60; grain hay, $1516. J Butter City creamery, extra. 86; fancy outside creamery, 33(i'3bc per pound; store, 22H,(n24c. Butter fat pricea average lc per pound under regular butter pricea. Egg. Oregon ranch, 82X('!33c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 1414Ke; springs, 14r(14tc; rooster, 910c; ducks, 15c; geese, 9ftil0c; turkeys, 18(o19c; squabs, $1.75(n'2 per dot. rork Fancy, 9(aiJ4C per pound. Veal Extra, 1010tC per pound. Fresh Fruit Applet, new, $1.25(i 1.75 per box; pears, $11.75; peaches, 76c(i$l,25 per crate; cantaloupes, 60c (d$1.25 per crato; plume, 2550c per box; watermelon, le per pound; grapes, 85c(a.$1.25 per crate, 20(t26c per basket; cuabu, $1.60; quince, $l(iil.25 per box; cranberries, $910 per barrel. Potatoes Buying price: uregon. 60(t65c per sack ; sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. Onion New, $1.25 per sack. Vegetables Beans, 4dC5c; cabbage '.(die; per pound; cauliflower, 60cci $1 per doien; celery, 6076c per docen; corn, 1520c perdoaen; egg plant, 76ciS$l per box; garlic. 7Be per pound; noraeraaisn, ntgiuc per pound; onion, lZHCt'ioc per aoten; parsely, 35c per dozen; peas, 7c per pound; peppers, 46c per pound; pumpkins, lrilKc; radishes, 15c per dozen; .quash, 1H1' tomatoes, 60il76e. Cattle Steers, top quality, $4.25e 4.40: fair to good. $4 ; common, $3 60 (CS.75; cows, top, $3.263.85; fair to good, 8(a3.10; common to medium, 2.60(1(2.75; calve, top, $6tf5.25; heavy, $3.60(4; bulls, $2(u;2.25; tags, $2.60i3.60. Hog Best, $8; fair to good, $7.75 (.(7.85; stackers, $G(.r7; China fata, $7.50()8. Sheep Top . wether., $44.25; fair to good, $3.60(d:3.75; ewe., He leu on all grade.; yearling, best $4(i 4.25; fair to good, $3.603.75; spring lambs, $5(n 5.50. Hop 1909, Willamette valley, 20() 24c; Eastern Oregon, 20(n23c; mo hair, 1909, 2324e per pound. THE KINO OF ENUMERATORS Farmer and Crop Reporter, for th Cenau of Agriculture. Wuhlngton, Oct, 1, Forty-five thousand enumerator oat of the tl mated grand total of 65,000, will be engaged April 16th next gathering In tha required Information concerning agriculture for the Thirteenth Decen nial U, S. cenau. Director Durand purpose making every effort to secure progreiv farmer and crop reporter for tbeae place. Hi action is baaed upon the recommendation of Chief Statistician LeGrand Power and the advisory board of special agent com posed of professor of economic and farm expert who bave been asaiating in th formulation of tb acbedule of inquiriea concerning farm operation and equipment It ia believed that the election of thi claas of men already familiar with atatiatica! method of securing data and reporting it in com prebendible form, will add greatly to efficiency of tbe census and to tbe act entific value of tbe information ob tained. Director Durand doea not an ticipate any difficulty in procuring enumerators of this kind, u there are in every tate of the Union hundreds of crop reporters acting for tbe depart ment of agriculture, representative of state boarda of agriculture, etc Th agricultural acbedule which is to be placed in the band of these enumerator ia nearlng completion by the census bureau. Tbe advisory board, wbo are acquainted with prac tical agriculture, it varying condi tion, and wbo are active in their re spective states in assisting the farm er to improve their farm methods. bav been most earnest and no effort ia being apared to make the acbedule u simple m possible, and yet secure the greatest amount of important in formation concerning agriculture. There will be but one acbedule for agriculture. There may be a small acbedule for the enumeration of ani mals in citiea. Thi will be carried by the city enumerator and it will cover horses, milch bows, chicken, etc., bouaed in barn, stables, etc., in tbe citie. No attempt will be made to get the area of city garden or vacant lot cultivation. TARS JOIN IN PARADE. Military Men of Seven Nations March With .Americana. New York, Oct 1. Twenty-five thousand men of arm marched yester day before tbe massed representative and special envoya of 37 nations, while 2,000,000 citizen ihouted themselves boars in cheer. Tb great military parade waa the climax of the Hudaoo Fulton celebration. Tbe most conspicuous reception of the day went to the uilors of the Ger man fleet, magnificent body of picked men, who, a they reached the review ing stand, fell into the formal slap- slap of tbe parade goose-step and burst into "My Counry, Ti of Thee," with an overwhelming volume of basso and a feror which took away the breath of the listeners. The people aat silent for a moment, and then rising to their feet cheered until their voice gave way. So many men representing so many branchea of the war department of the world have not been seen on Amer ican streets before, ao many wearing tbe color have not been seen since the daya of the Civil war. Inspection Ruins Plants. Vancouver, B. C, Oct 1. Horticul turist of Vancouver, Victoria and vi cinity are ao thoroughly indignant at the way they bave been treated by provincial government official that they are getting up a signed protest to the department at Ottawa to protest against what they allege ia wanton de struction of nursery stock consigned to them from outside points. A 1 ornamental nursery and green house stock entering tbia province baa to be inspected and fumigated to guard against pesta which may infect the plants. The complainants allege that after thi fumigation has taken place the plant ar passed to the provincial department, which detains them for some time, often so long that hundreds of dollar' worth of stock rota, ia spoiled or condemned. , Second Calhoun Trial Resumed San Francisco, Oct 1. The second trial of Patrick Calhoun on the charge of offering a hribe to former Superin tendent John J. Furey wu resumed before . Judge Lawlor yesterday. Twenty-aix talesmen were examined and rejected, the grounds for objec tion in most cases being either that the talesmen expressed a fixed opinion or that their name di 1 not appear on the assessment rolls. The attorneys for the defense declared they would be seriously handicapped by tbe absence of one of the leading counsel. 1 Military Balloon Test Successful. Los Angeles, Oct 1. After re maining in tha air for two hours, the military balloon United State, bear ing two members of the local division of the signal corps, landed at Vineland station. The balloon test the first of th kind ever attempted in the country by national guardsmen, wu an unqual ified success, the signals between the aeronauts and the automobile party that followed the flight of tha balloon being transmitted perfectly. : Tralna Crash, Many Hurt. Spokane, Oct 1. In a head-on col lision between two Great Northern passenger trains at Trinidad, Wash., at 6 p. m. yesterday, Dr. J. W. Cox of Superior, Wis., wu injured, prob, ably fatally, his skull being crushed. Jas. Muckle & Son Successors to Dart & Muclde 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. eU I We Will I B B B B B LOAN You money. 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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