BRIEF REPORT OF
WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS
Washington, April 27. A sensation
Lua sprung the house today, when
iurtliKT, or M assacnusetts, inirtxiucmi
csulution of Inquiry in response to a
thargo by Diffendorfer of Fennsylvan-
,i, that money ami numeric were De
ng used to give an Eastern manufac
uring concern a momqioly In tho con
met fur shoe for tho army anil navy.
Jiiffcmlorfcr mill ho could prove hi
Hscrtmn, ami a a result uaruncr
died uin tho secretary of war and
hi secretary of the navy for all po-
1 i j ,. information concerning tho shoo
. infract. 4
Diffendorfer Interrupted Gardner In
ih BM'(h on tho free lint bill ymtcr
iy while uiacuasing government
rice for army shoe. "It it not a
net." ho askisl. "that Herman & Co,
f Huston, absolutely control, after
i ceiling out every other romix-titor in
,o I ' t 1 1 - I St iiteg, tho manufacture of
io.-h for tho army and navy of tho
nited State?" Gardner Raid that
liud never heard of urh a firm.
I shall bo at liberty, then, in the
li-ar future, Diffendorfer aald, to
ow to the gentleman that they have
Imolute control or the shoe mnnu
u-turcd in this country for the army
in! nuvy. and that they have frozen
it rometitor thnt I know of who
iv lost out and todayare bankrupt,
.vimr to the Ifaet that thin firm of
.-rmun & Co. hait used ita inlluence
ith the representative of the United
iiiten, or those in control of the Uni-
i I Stateii government have used their
tiienee, (to freer. out romiMtitora
I huve plui-ed them on the black
ht. ho to MiH-uK, ani navo even Rone
far as to Rive money o that other
ktns may not Do competitor alter
zing them out.
Washington, Apr. 27 A bill provid
iK' for the enlargement of the nation
house of representative from 3'Jl to
I member anil the apMrtionment
' these members to the different
itcs on the basis of the population
i iwn by the recent Federal rcnsus
.ni-d tint house early thia evening
'er vain efforts of member of both
itical parties to amend it.
Tin' proponed aim of the house i
nticid with that proviil.il for in
Crumpneker bill painted by the
ise at the ItiNt session of congress,
t mt acted tiHn by the senate.
HoUKton bill, panned today, leave
the legislatures of the different
iti t the imwer to rearrange the con
.ssiotial districts in their reHMctive
ites on the new population basis of
member for each 211,h77 inhabi
its. Tin" two imHrtant amendment pro
Keel anil defeated today were to put
re districting power in too niimij
the eovernor of state when the :
when the ;
i isi.iture had failiil to act; and to '
nt the house in the future to a
i riihernhip of 4:10 or 4TI3. leaving fu
e reapportionmenta to the secretary
coiiimerce and labor. Each amend
nt wan vigorously championed by
Kepuhlirana and had Homo Demo-
it ic iipirt.
Washington, April 20. After a day
caucuses, conference an I secret
i -t i hk". in which the Democrats of
e "progressive" Republicans of the
mte were blocked by tho r-yular
lalori the two factions tonight are
ting on their arms.
Whether the fight of the "progres-
" for more apointments to com
ttees of imiortaiii' will be trans
red to the senate floor rests with a
cling of tho progressives in the
riling.
The skirmish began in the meeting
the Republican committee on com
tees eurly in tho day. Ballingcr
"rt ii the list of committees.
I'linnsliately I. a Kollette objected,
i-'ting that the "progressives"
re being treated "unjustly and un
rly. " lie said he would reserve
right to npsise further in his own
ie. The Ballingcr list was adopted,
" four insurgents voting no.
Washington, April 27. Victor Ber
i", of Milwaukee, the Socialist mom
r of congress, in a resolution intro-
d today, not only promises to abol
i the senate, but aims to strike from
" hand of the president the veto
it and take from the courts author
' to invalidate legislation enacted
the house of representatives. All
i is pniH.sed as an amendment to
constitution, which, if petitioned
r by ,1 er cent of the voter in each
do, shall be submitted to a general
lereiiduin.
"The sonnta has run its course,"
"I Mr. Iterger, after his threatening
'uinent had been dropped into the
I'per on tho sitoaker'a desk.
"It must Home day, as with the
itish house of lords, yield to the
1'iilar demand for its reformation or
ilition."
daps Frea American Suspects.
Washington Tho two Caiforninns,
I'hanlsoi) and Fletcher, arrested in
pan as spies, because they photo
iphed the Maizuru naval station,
V" been released, and the State de
rtment has been notified bv Ambas-
f 'lor D'lirien. An investigation dis
ced that they inadvertently directed
'ir cameras toward a forbidden zone
getting a picture of the harbor
m the deck of a steamship on which
y were traveling.
Congress May Discutt Arrests.
Washington, D. C- With a view to
fermining whether any Federal law
s violated in tho arrest of J. J. Mc
mara in connection with the Los
ngeles Times explosion, Represena
ve Korhley, of Indiana, telegrnphed
' Indianapolis, askimr for all the
'""J"- Mr. Korbley has been urged
V labor Constituent. In Indiana to lav
' matter befora congreaa.
THE DAILY
Washington, April 20. The Demo
cratic free list bill, characterized by
the Republican a "political soothing
yrup," was roughly handled in the
house thia afternoon by the Republi
can aide.
Underwood, Democratic chairman of
the way ail means committee, Intro
duced it in an hour'a speech, shortly
after the session convened at noon It
Is now left to the mercies of Mann,
of Illinois, leader of the Republican
aide, and what Mann said about it in
the two hour he held the floor gave
Ixith siilea food for much debate, com
ment and criticism.
Underwood, in explaining the pro
poud measure, acknowledged that it
would mean a reduction in government
revenues by at leant 110,000,000 a
year, but declared that thia would be
more than met by government econo
mies. "Th,'. free list bill it not offered as
a compensation to the farmer for pro
ducts of his that were put on the free
list in the reciprocity bill," said Un
derwood, "because we do not believe
the passage of the reciprocity bill will
in any wuy affect the farmer' income.
One of the objects of this bill is to re
move from the protected list those im
plementa that the farmer uses in pro
ducing his crops. The other purpose
is to reduce the cost of living to the
masses by putting their food products
on the free list."
Underwood announced that this was
only the beginning of the Democratic
revision of the tariff.
"We propose to revise tho tariff
schedule by schedule," he said. "That,
in our opinion, is the only proper way
to handle the tariff question in con
gress. The Democratic pHrty does
not stand for the wiping out of the
custom houses; we realize thHt the
ex penne of government must bo borne
by a judicious system of duties. . I!ut
by lowering and adjusting prohibitive
duties we can fully maintain the
amount of custom revenues."
Underwood charged the Republicans
with making the Payne tariff law so
that it left a tariff on everything that
the farmer used, while reducing many
of his protective duties.
The minority report, signed by all
of tho Republicans on the ways and
means committee, declares that the
measure represents a "transparent at-
tempt at the manufacture of politcal
capital."
It asserts that congress
was cm 11 i-d together specifically to
pass tho Canudian reciprocity bill.
"The interests of the farmer and
of everybody else will bo subserved,"
says the report, "if the country is
spared further exploitation and fur
ther tariff legislation at the present
time and if adjournment is taken
promptly after the reciprocity bill
shall have been finally acted on."
Washington, April 24. Despite tho
fact that high officials of the Navy de
partment have apologized to I'rofessor
Heers, of Yale, and his daughter for
the slight recently administered in
connection with a social affair at Ann
ajxilis, congress may make an oflicial
investigation of the alleged snobbery
at tho naval academy and at West
I'oint as well. Apparently Repre
sentative Korbly of Indiana and other
members of congress who have taken
an interest in tho incident, arc nut
satisfied with the explanations of the
Navy department about "social sta
tus" and the like, and some hot words
nre likely to find utterance on the
floors of congress as a result of tho
form the oflicial asilogy in the Iteers
cass has taken.
Tho incident, arising from the snub
given Miss I!iers at a recent social
"hop" at Annapolis, has grown in im
portance, a circumstance distressing
to Navy department officials, who are
loath to see anything that tends to
create a prejudice against the service.
Miss Heers was taken to the hop at
Annapolis by a midshipman, who was
subsequently reprimanded for so do
ing. Miss Heers is employed as gov
erness in the household of Lieutenant
Commander William H. Tarrant, U.
S. N. Then came the storm.
Following the storm came the apol
ogy. Secretary Meyer and the super
intendent of tho academy saying it
was demanded because of a misunder
standing of the "status" of the young
woman. In other words, it was found
that sho was not in "domestic service"
as a matter of necesity, but was from
a family of "social status." There
fore an apology was unnecessary.
New Land Office Needed.
Washington - The . Oregon delega
tion is discussing the advisability of
introducing a bill to establish a new
land office in Central Oregon, probably
at Madras. Present land ofllcos at
Tho Dalles, Lakeview, Hums and Vale
are too far removed from tho new
country being opened by the Des
chutes road. Fifty to 75 new settlers
aro reKirted arriving daily and the
distance to tho land office is working
a hardship.
r"ud Become History.
Washington -With tho resignation
of Kdward C. Finney as chief law offi
cer of the reclamation service, to take
effect May I. practicallyll the offi
cials of tho Interior department whose
names figured prominently during the
Hallinger-I'inchot investigation, have
now severed their connection with the
government service.
RIOTERS RULE CANTON.
Americana la Dangar Revolutionist
Steal Explosives.
Washington, April 29. Americans
and foreigners in Canton are believed
to be in danger. United State! Consul
Hergholx In Canton cabled the state
department today. He has telegraph
ed the senior naval officer in Hong
kong, and if the situation should prove
serious, a United States warship will
proceed to Canton.
Hongkong, April 29. Hundreds of
persons aro fleeing to this city from
Canton, where, last night, revolution
ists, armed with rifles and bombs, sur
rounded the Viceroy's palace and set
fire to the building before they were
driven back by imerial troops in com
mand of Admiral Li. Several were
killed on both sides, the imperial
forces losing a colonel.
Only official messages were received
from Canton, but it was said that the
disorders there are spreading, the
rioters gaining in numbers and bold
ness. The gravity of the situation Is
increased by the report that there is
discontent among the imperial sold
iery, many of the emperor's enlisted
men being anarchists.
The valiant attack of the imperial
troops under Id saved the viceroy's
palace from destruction. For a time
it looked aa if the rioters would de
stroy it. The viceroy escaped un
harmed. Considerable damage was
done to his puluce before the tire was
extinguished.
It is reported here that the gates of
Canton have been closed and that the
soldiers aro maintaining martial law.
Suspicious person are being de
tained ami searched.
The enlistments of many imperial
soldiers have expired within the last
few days, and the ugly demeanor of
these men is giving the government
concern.
A rejmrt that Vice Governor Fu
Chi, a Tartar, has been assassinated,
has not been confirmed.
It is known that the rebels have
seized a quantity of government ex
plosives. The government has asked
the steamship companies plying to
Canton to susend their schedule.
One unconfirmed report from Canton
says that 800 of the "queless," or rev
olutionists, have been slain during the
riots.
Foreigners in Canton are reported
to bo perfectly safe.
RECIPROCITY IN CANADA.
Opposition Will Put Up Strong Fight
In Parliament.
Ottawa. Ont.. April 23. The do
termination of the Canadian gov
ernment to ratify reciprocity was em
phiutized in parliament today by the
prime minister. Sir Wilfrid Launer,
who declared that he would not go to
Fngland and represent Canada at the
Imperial conference or to the corona
tion of King George in June, but
would remain here to press the agree
ment, if tho opjiosition persisted in
obstructing it ratification.
The matter was brought before par
liament by Opposition Leader Borden,
who asked Sir Wilfrid what his inten
tions were in regard to the approach
ing events in Ixindon.
"I deemed it my duty to attend,"
replied Sir Wilfrid, "and engaged my
passage srx weeks ago, but I have
come to tho conclusion that, should my
presence be required in Canada, and
there is every indication that it may
be. it will be my duty to forego the
privilege of attending tho conference.
My first duty is to Canada.
"It would be unfortunate that any
of the prime ministers of the self-governing
British dominions should be ab
sent from so important an event as
tho imperial conference If it is not
possible for me to go, the fault will
not be mine. Tho one thing which
prevents is the position of the trade
agreement with the United States.
"Mr. Borden has said he and his fol
lowers offer uncompromising opposi
tion to the ratification of the agree
ment. I may tell him that on this
side we offer uncompromising support
for tho agreement. He thinks it
would be a ban to Canada and a possi
ble danger to the empire. We think
it would be a boon to Canada and to
the empire.
Artists are Conservative.
Pnris The one hundred and twenty
ninth salon of the Society of French
artists opened here Saturday. In the
opinion of critics, the exhibition has
little to distinguish it from those of
preceding years, its principal charac
teristics being the decreased size of
the canvases, and tho absence of nud
ities. The whole is markedly conserv
ative in technique and tho distinctive
work of Henry Martin and Haul Cha
vis. The contributions of the Amer
ican artists. Tanner, MacCamaron and
MacKwean are notable.
Co-Eds Scorn Marriage.
. Chicago Two per cent or less of
the young women students in the
lower cIbssos at tho University of Chi
cago aro planning to marry, according
to a canvass recorded by Miss Marion
Talbot, dean of women. The canvass
included !t women in the annual re
port of President Harry P. Juilson.
Fifteen of those interviewed refused
to tell what they aro going to do when
they graduate. More than half de
clared they were going to teach.
Big Staamthip Wracked.
Madrid A dispatch received here
from Vigo says that a big F.nglish
steamship, the identity of which has
not been established, was wrecked on
fane Villano. on the northwest coast
C.linia It ia not known whether
thera were any fatalities.
WHY HE WEARS LONG HAIR
Joaquin Millar Thus Hide Two Long
Ja89d Scars From an
Indian Arrow.
A writer In the 8ao Francisco Newa
letter tells the following itory:
Joaquin Miller, the venerable poet
of the Sierras, who la on the road to
recovery, after almost fatal Illness, Is
one of the best-known and most pic
turesque figure about the Ban Fran
cisco bay, and for year hi trip Into
Oakland from "The Height" have
been weekly event. It has been a
matter of wonder to his many admir
ers that a man of such brilliant men
tality, and. In addition, poi.sesied of
so much good common sense, should
play to the gallery gods In the matter
of hirsute adornment. Miller's beard
and flowing lock have long been a
constant source of Irritation to the
public. A board may be swallowed,
though It of necessity causes some
slight uneasiness, but a gentleman
with back hair Just naturally gets the
public" goat. However. Mlller'a abil
ity to keep a secret has shown that
he Is no lady.
Some time ago I had occasion to
visit the great man on Ma lofty moun
tain hefgf.t. In almles discussion we
talked of one thing and another, when
Miller quizzically asked:
"How could you spend a dollar with
most profit?"
"I know how you could' spend It,"
I remarked.
"How?" Inquired Mr. Miller, cur
iously. "By visiting a barber," I answered
bluntly. "Say, now look here, Miller,
why don't you amputate those flowing
locks of yours? It's ridiculous for a
man of your stamp to affect a pose.
There are so many silly little would
be artists and poets to whom that sort
of a thing comes natural. Why don't
you cut It out or off?"
Miller smiled. "And so you really
think I wear my hair and beard long
for a pose, do you?" he queried.
"Well, I supjiose It would surprise you
a bit to know that I do It Instead
from necessity." He lifted the sweep
ing beard and disclosed to view a
long, Jarged scar at the base of the
chin and another extending across the
back of bis neck.
I apologized like a gentleman.
'I got those scars," be said, "from
an Indian arrow along In the early
days. A party of soldier was leaving
Yreka. and needing a guide, asked me
to go along. In an encounter we had
with a band of Modoc Indians, I was
struck by an arrow, the barb entering
my neck Jut below my chin and com
ing out at the back. As it was Impos
sible to remove It. the head had to be
filed off. Fortunately, It was not
poisoned. Since then I have always
worn my hair and beard Jong."
Jade and Amber.
How behind the times we are. Just
rubbing our eyes opn to the loveli
ness of Judfl, while our slant eyed
I brother of the east has loved It for
thousunds of years! Interwlned with
his great love of It la the unshakable
belief In Its potency to bring uninter
rupted good heahh and good luck to
Its wearer nay, moe than this, that
It la a talisman against which the
shafts of 111 will are splintered to bits.
Jade Is Indeed to him the most pre
clous of all stones and for ages has
he wrought It Into most exquisite and
delicate shapes both In ornamcn'aj
Jewelry and lovely plecca of bric-a-brac.
hi looking over the display of Jade
In the Metropolitan Art museum one
Is Impresesd with the waxen appear
ance of the polished Jado.
An Infallible home tfst for Jnde mny
be made by placing upon one cheek
the stone In question and upon the
other something In glc.sa. If the doubt
ful stouo Is the sacred stone of the
east Ita touch will Ming like tee and
even for quite a time after removal,
hut If It Is merely glass the two checks
will have the same mild shock of
cold, warming up very quickly. The re
suits of the amber test, however, are
the reverse, amber being warm upon
the cheek, and the glass Imitation
cold. Amber, too, when under fric
tion, will act like a magnet, gathering
up bits of tissue pnper, and even to
the teeth It has a different feel from
glass, more like a very hard wax.
Making Love to Her Own Husband.
I have already said that I was i
blessed with a romantic brain and!
that a quiet, even state of things J
could not satisfy me for long. So the!
thought suddenly entered my head to'
have my husband madly lu love with
me.
One evening as we were promen
ading the bank of the Vistula, under
those venerable trees which shaded
tho less unsophisticated loves of the
beautiful Marie D'Arquln, I brought
round the conversation to sentiment.
I maintained that no happiness was
nosslMe on this earth except In a
reciprocal attachment, both lively and
enduring! My husband, after listen
ing for a little while, looked at h! j
watch, called my attention to tho
lateness of the hour, ooservea tnat
our cousin were becoming very tire
some, and that It was time to go In!
From Countess Fotocka's "Memoirs."
8afer and Surer.
"t want you for my very own." said
the rich old gentleman when he had
succeedod In getting the beautiful girl
to listen to htm.
"Hut how can I be your very own?"
"Why why, you can marry me,
can't you?"
"I suppoae I could; but don't you
think. If you really want me, It would 1
Iba aafar to adopt me T" Judge, I
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
CATTLE QUARANTINE DUE.
Klamath and Lake County Animal
Have Scabies.
Salem Governor West has been
called upon to quarantine the cattle in
Klamath and Lake counties unless
they have been examined or pronoun
ced free from cattle scab. State Sheep
Inspector Lytle declares that unless
such quarantine measures are taken it
is probable that the Federal govern
ment will quarantine the entire state.
Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bu
reau of animal industries at Washing
ton, D. C, has received word from
nr. li. r.. rinKerton, Inspector in
charge at Pendleton, Or., for the Fed
eral government, that scabies exist
among the cattle.
Dr. I'inkerton reports finding 13,330
cattle diseased in Lake county. These
cattle, he reported, became infected
through animals brought from Cali
fornia and all the cattle on the open
range are exposed.
Sheep Inspector Lytle 'made an in
spection trip through Klamath, Lake
and Crook counties, covering the en
tire district. He says that while con
ditions are not of a dangerous nature
the manner in which cattle have been
run in Klamath and Lake counties for
the past year, makes practically all
animals more or less exposed to cattle
mange.
"The winter in the interior of Ore
gon has been unusually long and se
vere," Mr. Lytle reports, "and at this
time most of the range animals are bo
thin and weak that they could not be
dipped now, owing to their inability
to climb out of the dipping vat."
He says a quarantine would not
damage the cattle industry to any ex
tent and would be less injurious to the
cattle interests than a Federal quaran
tine. Governor West has not taken
action but will probably issue a proc
lamation soon.
FINE DEPOTS PLANNED.
O.-W. R. & N. to Build Well on Des
chutes Line.
Portland Contracts for the erection
of five new passenger stations on the
Deschutes line of the O.-W. R. & N.
Co. have been awarded to Moore Bros.,
of Portland, and work on their con
struction will be started at once.
Three of these structures one each
at Hunts Ferry, Gateway and Madras
will have general dimensions of
24x30 feet, and will be two stories
high at one end. It is estimated that
they will cost $4,500 each. The two
others will be erected at Fargar and
Paxton respectively and will cost
about $2,000 each. They will be
24x70 feet and one story high.
The Hunts Ferry, Gateway and Ma
dras stations will be fitted up with fa
cilities for both freight and passenger
service, commodious waiting rooms
for the public, offices and several
rooms to be used as quarters by the
agents.
Although these buildings will be
somewhat larger than is demanded by
present conditions on the new line,
the company has looked into the future
and intends that they he in use for
five or ten years. They will be mod
ern in every detail and will equal in
many ways the stations on the main
line.
FOURTH WAREHOUSE NIGH.
Pilot
Rock Farmers to Take Over
Building In That Town.
Pendleton Farmers of Umatilla
county will soon own their fourth
warehouse. Then grain growers of
one more section will be able to handle
their wheat through their own ware
house. The Pilot Rock local of the
Farmers L'nion, having conducted a
$10,000 general merchandise store suc
cessfully in that town for the last
year, has taken an option on the In
terior Warehouse company's building
in that town and expects to close the
deal soon.
A stock company will be organized
among the members of the union only,
but the business of the warehouse will
be extended to all growers of grain
tributary to that town. A charge
sufficient to cover the expense of
maintaining the warehouse will be
made and this will be the same to
members as non-members of the union.
Tho building to be acquired is one of
the best and most modern storage
warehouses in the county. It has a
canity of 80,000 sacks of wheat and
is only two years old. Warehouses
are now owned and operated by the
farmers at Adams, Helix and Echo
and the growers believe they are
thereby saving several hundred dollars
annually.
Monmouth Attendance to Be Big.
Salem Inquiries as to the Mon
mouth normal school are coming into
the offices of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction Alderman, who says
that indications point to a large at
tendance when the school opens Sep
tember 18. He says there will be 16
members in the faculty. President
Ackerman is now in the East securing
members of the faculty and examining
normal school conditions. He expects
to return to Oregon early in May.
Asparagus Now on Market.
Springfield Asparagus is on the
market from the George B. Dorris
asparagus farm near Springfield. The
season is 15 days later than it was a
year ago. This is due to cold weather.
The Dorris asparagus farm ships
canned asparagus to all parts of the
country and has become a very import
ant Lane county industry.
BOYS TO MAKE TRAPNESTS.
Manual Training Teacher of Portland
Asks Plant to Follow.
Corvallis Prof. Dryden of the O.
A. C. poultry department has just
received a requeat from William J.
Stanley, supervisior of manual train
ing at the Holladay school of Port
land, for the plans aad specifications
of the trapnest which Prof. Dryden
designed and included in the college
exhibit at the Seattle exposiotn.
'The Lenta and Arleta section of
Portland are very much interested in
the chicken business," says Mr. Stan
ley, "so I will start the boys of the
manual training department making
chicken furniture. The trapnest
shown by your college at the Seattle
exposition was a very good model.
Will you kindly let me have sketchea
or drawings?"
Though scores of trapnest have
been invented and patented, not all
have been as thoroughly tested as the
one originated by the college, which is
not patented, so anyone may get the
plan and build one without fear of
prosecution. It is extremely simple
in construction, and can be made by
any one who can use a saw and drive a
nail. The whole thing can be cut from
one board a foot wide, ten feet long,
and an inch thick.
The trapnest is in the form of a box
open at one end, with a door which
close as the hen enters. After she
has laid, she is released by an attend
ant who takes the number on her leg;
band and marks it on the egg. Thus
the owner may know which hens are
the ones that lay the eggs, so he can
eliminate from the flock those which
do not lay enough eggs to pay for
their care.
TRY DRY ALFALFA FARMING.
A. F.
Hitt Gives Some Advice to East
ern Oregon Dwellers.
Farmers of Eastern Oregon are
urged to develop dry farming alfalfa
by A. F. Hitt, special field agent for
Oregon, Washington and Idaho of the
bureau of statistics of the United
States department of agriculture.
Mr. Hitt says the plan is being suc
cessfully adopted in the Idaho dis
tricts where the rainfall is only be
tween 3 and 9 inches. He believes,
therefore, that there is no reason why
it should not be equally profitable in
Central Oregon, where the rainfall ia
much greater.
In discussing the matter with J. J.
Sayer, who is now touring Eastern
Oregon gathering information for the
Portland Commercial club, on the re
sources and conditions of that partic
ular part of the state, Mr. Hitt stated
that the farmer who will try thia
plan conscientiously will make a profit
in two ways. In the first place, he
pointed out, he will get a good crop of
hay and in the second place the grow
ing of alfalfa will restore to fertility
lands worn out by constant cropping
with wheat.
RAILROADS RACE TO COAST.
Hilt System and Southern Pacfic Are
Rushing Work.
Grants Pass. From best inside in
formation obtainable, there is appar
ently a race on to the coast between
the Hill system from Eagle Point to
Crescent City via Grants Pass, and the
Southern Pacific system from Eureka,
Cal.. to Grants Tass.
Information comes that heavy con
struction equipment and a large force
of mules and scrapers is unloading at
Eureka for the Southern Pacific
Charts of the Grants Pass yards have
been made at Portland. The South
ern Pacific has had options on lots
from the right of way at Grants Pass
to Rogue River for several months.
All are reported accepted and the
money paid for them.
Coos Oil Test Goes On.
Marshfield The well of the Miocene
Oil & Gas company which is being
sunk at Bear creek, near Bandon,
promises well, according to the re
ports of those interested. Drilling
has been stopped temporarily pending
the arrival of more machinery ordered
from San Francisco, but the work will
be resumed in a few days and it is ex
pected that before many weeks the
well will determine whether there is
a big supply of oil in the neighbor
hood. The company was formed by
Bandon men with local capital and ex
perts were employed to do the work.
The company holds oil leases on large
tracts. It has always been believed
there was oil in Coos county, but this
is the first effort to find it that has
been carried to any extent.
E. O. Seike Assistant Forester.
Salem E. O. Seike, instructor in
the department of forestry at the Ore
gon Agricultural college, has been
named assistant forester by the state
board of forestry at its second meet
ing. Mr. Seike is a technically trained
forester, and will have charge of the
office and organization while State
Forester Elliott will oversee the prac
tical side. Every county in the state
is to have its fire wardens under the
new forestry department.
Sawmill Machinery Arrives.
Eugene The first carload of ma
chinery for the new sawmill plant of
the Rose Lumber company has arrived
and is being rushed from here by
freighters. The Rose Lumber com
pany has 60 acres of saw timber near
Coburg, which will be manufactured
into railroad ties and yard stock dur
ing the summer. It is putting in a
mill with a daily capacity of 30,000
feet.