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J prices r soaring ami pro
, for tlif winter lire gloomy.
r, American warship have been
-1 in the acenc of disorder in
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,.,ita in the Portland Postal Sav
h.nlc were $5,451 for the tlmt
nd i,H'- the second.
L.-hinixtM rail the mreateneq strike
n Illinois ( entral unfair, ami a
jt ia avoiil.-l tcrriirnly.
law of the state of Waithington
Jing for wmn serving on juries
Ma declared uneowuitutional.
itere electric atorm, aerom
Jb t tidal wave, did'much dnn-
Lions' the watoriront in I hicago.
lUte election In Maine gave a
itvof M for lh reiieul of the
iilurn clause of the atate conali
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n Fmncinco fireman, noted for
;im and ladiler-senling, fraetur-
. ikull hy a fall from a three-foot
y and will rotally die.
Jcnta were no anxioua to secure
i io the training achool at l-o
that ninny took place in line
rmiineil all night proceeding the
n( of the ichdoln.
rt G. Fowler made the first
of hi aeroplane journey aero
fitment in 2 hour and 41 min
covering 1.4 milea from San
inco to Auhurn, Cat.
York police are baffled by
mit of bomb outrage.
(i mayor or Iacoma rind a that
;ery baker in that city ia sell-
kaurt weight loavea.
fanhion lor lanaian women
nclmle long akirta, to conceal
tory mnnider their one defect in
irmce - large feet.
ixiel RiKiM'Velt aeverely criticize
nding Hce trea'.y, declaring
will ariite dispute which cannot
tiled by arbitration.
ny Chinese refuse to pay their
and aerioua disorder are feared.
bera killed a mine-owner and hia
in Pennsylvania, but did not
th box containing $2,800 which
aeing taken to pay olT the miner.
woman mayor of Hunnewell,
uv ahe will have a woman
marshal, believing a woman can
over illicit aliona better than
M.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
'at Track price: I!luetem,
tlub, 2c: red Russian. 7c: val-
2c.
tulTa Ilran, $24.60(25 per
siiiMling. $.12; short. $26.60o
Mled barley. $M.60( .14.60.
Vthi.le. $.13: cracked. 134 ton.
My- N,w feed, $3132 per ton;
rng, f .UW-r 37.
k-New white. $2829 ner ton.
J' No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim-
IISm Hi; No. 1 valley, $14; l-
112; clover, $8.60; grain hay,
ultry - Hen, lfije; spring, lfijc;
young, lBiii 16c; geese, lift
: turkeya, Hl 19c.
Jlter Oregon creamerr butter.
FPtck, 31c; print extra.
- Fresh Oregon ranch, candled.
c per dozen.
r-rancy, 10J. lie per pound.
I-Kanry. 131((il4e.
'ih Fruita Cantaloupe. 3bct
) per crate ; peache. 6,r)((i.85c per
WMermelon. lie ner nnumh
K 75c per crate; prune, 75c per
ci.ii.Z5; grajw. 75cv.
0le, lfiZ.60.
stable Heans. Col 10c txiuml!
il per hundre.lwi.luM-
1(lc K'r dozen; cucumber, $1(C
er aiick: eirv nlanl r.r.i ....i-
"I; garlic, l(V,12c: lettuce. 30(,f
Vt il"7.cn : hntlunK Ltin tt r.
5 per box; penner. Mhi 10e ner
; ; railiHhe. 12e er doren; toma-
I"t oox ; new carrow,
Prsa.k; turnip, $1.25; beU,
tatoe Oregon, 1c per pound;
t putatoe. 3c tier nound.
"ion - Calif..
. . , Va, iu 'vi nun-
"ight.
P 1911 MntrlKli 9K,, 91
,ery, nominal; 1909 crop, 27c;
n; v,.y( I6wl7e; mohair,
ttle v.t.. .
r (k. wj cnoien Fieera,
'''""S.HO: ,wl r. o.kr,,.
'cow, $4.B(4;75. R(Kdi ,4 25
l i0"'1, "verage 1060 pound,
''ft! nimm... o nr.. it. i . ;
I4.9(,5j choice bull, $3.60
''. choice calve, 200 lh, and un
"'""7.36; g.K,d calves, $5.60m
njmnn. $4(S; rhoi(.a itag,
"-76: e,Ki jj or,,,, j ro
r.xtra rlw.i
",, fr; choice heavy, f 7c 7.25;
$l.2r,((1.60.
, choice two and three,
choi. n,,.,,.!.;. i i..
: r"ic valley lHmlm, $4
l. choice killing ewea, $2,250 3.
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ENGLISH OFFICER wII0SE VISIT TO FRANCO-GERMAN
"vshiick ii Ao IINtLNSED GERMANS.
.KMCIIAL llt JOB KKKM II.
FRANCE AND GERMANY GROWL
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Naval Fleata Raady tor Action
viawad By Rulart.
llerlin Germany Is willing to con
cede to France full political freedom
of action in Morocco, providing France
takes over corresponding political ob-
igations, according to an apparently
nspired article printed in the Lokal
Anzeiger. The paper declares that
these obi igationa include the protec
tion of the livea and proerty of Ger
man subject.
Germany will insist that the abnor
mal status by whlrn the r rencn au
thorities take shelter behind the local
authorities whenever German right
are infringed be ended. France is
welcome to a free hand in Morocco,
but she must assume the accompany-
ng resgionsibilty. Germany then will
mk to r ranee lor reoress ami noi io
the irresponsible Moroccan govern
ment if German suffer.
The Anzeiger say that France is
not haggling over the question of ter
ritorial compensation, but place her
demand that she be left free in Moroc
co at the head of the list.
Notwithstanding the absence of a
conference between the representa
tive of the two countries, there is no
disguising the fact that the people of
Jermany feel apprehension. Ihi Is
elt in business everywhere, and it is
accentuated by the happening just
now of the naval review of the two
power first Involved. The German
Meet is making formidable showing
at Kiel; the French president and his
cabinet reviewed the fleet of their
country at Toulon. The announce
ment that the German ship were in
such shae that they could go into bat
tle at a moment notice il necessary,
i regarded a a sinister aspect.
FLOOD DROWNS THOUSANDS.
FREE LOCKS APPROVED.
Oregon City Property Owner Unani
mous for Improvement.
Oregon City, Or. One of the most
important mass meetings ever held in
Oregon City took place Saturday in
the Commercial club rooms, when the
property-owner and business men
went on record by a unanimous vote in
favor of the construction of free lock
on the East aide of the Willlamette
river at Oregon City.
Colonel Charles II. Dye obtained an
amendment to the original resolution,
which is designed to protect the mill
ing interests of Oregon City from nec
essary molestation. Many of those
present, fearing that the amendment
would tend to retard construction of
the locks, voted against it, but it was
finally carried by a vote of 28 to 25,
and then the resolution, as amended,
went through without a dissenting
voice.
W. P. Ilawley, who ha been quoted
a saying the construction of the locks
along the route suggested would put
him out of business, made a brief
speech and went over the ground from
his point of view. He is in favor of
the free locks, he said.
MERGER SUIT IS APPEALED.
China Swept By Most Disastrous Ca
tastrophe Crop Gone,
rekin The great flood which ia
devastating a part of the Cnineae em
pire extend from lchian, in the pro-
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ince or llupen, to anangnai, on me
coast, a distance of about 700 mile.
The bank of the Yangtse-Kiang have
been obliterated, except in the high
land and around the walled citiea and
town.
So far the loai of life can only be
estimated, but it is believed that
thousand of person have been
row nod. Farmhouse and brush
hut have been submerged throughout
the entire district, or are floating
down the river. The loss to foreign
property is extensive.
Shanghai trane nas ueen seriou.njr
tTected and the cotton and rice crops
in the Yangtse-Kiang vulley have been , tf
Mil 4 I
lestroyea. 1 ne consequent iwuiin ;
loubtles will be more severe even
than that of last year.
The Liao river In Manchuria la also
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ooileu. many navo u--u "m""
and a seriou famine in that region is
certain.
Government Allege 62 Errors in
Decision Favoring Harriman.
Salt Lake City Appeal papers have
just been filed in the United States
Circuit court in this city by the Fed
eral government in the suit against
the Union Pacific Railroad company
and others, known as the Harriman
merger suit, which was decided last
June by the United State Circuit
court for the F.ighth district in favor
of the railway defendant.
In the opinion handed down by the
majority of the court, it wa held that
the railroad companies were not com
peting line and that the bherman
anti-trust law wa not being volated.
The governments appeal from this
decision filed here contains 62 alleged
error of the Circuit court judges,
many of which are concerned with
what are competing lines and others
concerned with stock deals among the
railroads themselves.
The effect of the appeal, if the
United State Supreme court chooses
to consider it on all the grounds sub
mitted, will bring virtually every find
ing of fact by the Circuit court into
question again.
German Fleet All Ready.
Kiel, Germany The great German
. . 1 A t f mn..M..a.
aval neei was review uj iriv.
William in the harbor here, thousands
f spectator observing the fleet a it
could take to aea in a day, If neces
sary, ready for action. The three new-
est battleship "e usuneamiiu
type did not join the fleet, a techni
call they are till undergoing triala.
Though fully completed, these three
20.000-ton warship remained at an
chor and saluted the emperor.
Sinaloa Remain Loyal.
Culiacan. MexlcoFarly return of
Wednesday's election indicate a sweep
ing victory for Jose Kenteria over
lovernor Handera for me governor
ship of Sinaloa. The result Is taKen
to indicate thut tne popuiuce noes ran
approve of Governor Bandera' threats
to declare Sinaloa' Independence of
Mexico.
"Coffin Nails" Burnsd Up.
Ashevillc. N. C. With students,
faculty and citizens praying and sing-
the last stock of tobacco and
cigarettes in Marahill, N. C, was
burned on the campus of Marshill col
lege, as the climax of an anti-cigarette
crusade. The college student
had aopted resolutions calling on mer
chants of the town to give up the sale
of tobacco and cigarettes, and raised
money to reimburse them for their
sacrificed stocks.
BRIBE-TAKING IS CHARGED.
John D. Support Plan.
Cleveland, O. A special service In
stitution backed by John D. Rockefel
ler will be built by the Euclid-Avenue
Baptist church aoon. Tlan for such a
structure were submitted to the board
of trustee a few months ago but
were not acted upon, because Mr.
Rockefeller, to whom they were
shown, objected to some of the feat
ure. The plana have been redrawn
and now have hi approval.
CorTs Plant Dynamited.
Toledo, O. An attempt to wreck
the building of the J. M. Bour com
pany, coffee and tea importers, whs
made when three dynamite bombs
were exploded in an alley in the rear
of the plant. Considerable damage
was done.
Mayor and Councilman of Gary, Ind ,
Under Arrest.
Gary Ind. Charged with accepting a
bribe of $5,000 in connection with the
granting of a heating franchise Thom
as E. Knotts, mayor of Gary, spec
tacular figure in a district of fast and
furiou politic, waa arrested with
five of hi councilmen and C. A. Wil
liston, city engineer, by deputy sher
iff from Crown Point.
The arrest of Gary'a municipal offi
cial threw the Steel City into the
wildest excitement, and added fuel to
the flame of factional strife which
characterized Knott's political career.
Those arrested are Thomaa E.
Knotts, mayor of Gary; C. A. Will ia
ton, city engineer, and Walter Gibson,
Anthony Baukus, Dominick Szyman
ski, Emernon Bowser and John Simia
skia, aldermen.
Bolaf Simiaskia son of the alderman
was also arrested as a go-between.
HEALTH IS BEST IN WEST,
Washington Leads With Low Death
)Rat. With Montana Second.
Washington D. C. Washington
state leads the commonwealths of the
nation in healthfulness according to a
special statement issued by the census
bureau.
The Northwestern states' death list
per thousand population in 1910 was
only 10. That of the United States
or those states included in the "regis
tration area." the only ones covered in
statistics, was 15. 1 he census
bureau's figures are based on a group
of states whose population comprises
59 per cent of the total, of all the
states, ahd give a fairly accurate
idea of the health of the nation.
According to the figures, the North
west is the healthiest part of the
country, Montana was second in the
list of the least number of deaths, the
returns showing 10.6 death per thous
and in 1910.
FLOODS RAVAGE GRAVES.
Floating Coffin Show Extent of
Damags Done in China.
Pekin Only meager report have
reached the capital from the walled
towns about the Yangtse valley,
where the floods have hemmed in the
missionaries and other foreigners.
The report received by the American
mission at Wuhu, estimating that
100,000 persons had been drowned, ha
not yet been verified, but every ac
count confirms the great extent of the
disaster. Travelers arriving by steam
boat at Hankow from the upper
reaches of the river report that many
coffins of a huge Chinese type were
encountered floating in the Yangtse,
which indicates that the waters are
robbing the graves of former years.
From Chang Teh, in the Province of
Hunan, comes word that the receding
water are being followed by pesti
lence. The International Relief so
ciety which will convene at Shanghai
September 15, will consider the ques
tion of extending it relief measures
beyond the provinces of Ngan-Hwei
and Kiang Su.
GERMAN PUBLIC UNQUIET.
Bank Run Starts While French Cabi
net Digest Proposals.
Rerlin Develonments in the Mor-
1 m 1
ocean mediations are expected while
the French cabinet is digesting Ger
many's counter proposals. The situa
tion is quiet enough, but uneasiness
persists among the uninformed public.
The run on the savings banka at
Stettin has ceased, but a similar run
has been started on banks at Koenigs-berg.
Chines Hair tor Americans.
San Francisco In the extensive and
valuable cargo on the Pacific Mail
liner Corea, which arrived in port Sat
urday, were ten bales of human hair
Chinese hair shorn from the heads
of men and women, later to be
combed, dyed, and made into switches
for American women. 1 he large con
signment of human hair which will
later adorn the heads of American so
ciety belle was accompanied by H. L.
Ehrenfels, general agent at Hongkong
for a concern of haircomber and im
porters.
Perjury it Admitted.
Ixs Aneele Hiram W RiiHll
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
PROJECT TO BE REVIVED.
Laidlaw Reclamation Plan I Consid
ered by Board.
Salem As a final resort, as told In
a letter being sent to the holders of
rights under the old Columbia South
ern project near Laidlaw, an effort is
being made to reorganize the com
pany by the Oregon, Washington &
Idaho Finance company, of Portland.
George W. Hinshaw, of Marion, a
holder under the company, has been
in conference with Secretary Olcott
and member of the state board, and
the letter containing the new proposi
tion to finance the scheme was exhib
ited. This project, which includes about
27,000 acres under the Carey act, ha
had troublous times for several year
It was originally known a the Three
Sisters project, when later its name
was changed to the Columbia South
ern Irrigation company, and again to
the Columbia Southern Irrigating com
pany.
The plan hai embraced an idea to
construct a reservoir and store the
water of Tumalo creek, from which
creek the water now on the project is
furnished. Mr. Hinshaw Bays; that
now there are a sufficient number of
ditches dug to water the entire pro
ject if the ditches were in the right
place and were not too low.
It will be necessary to construct the
proposed reservoir, and for this pur
pose the new scheme is launched to
secure additional capital. The condi
tions of the affairs of the project are
such, according to the letter sent out
by the finance company, that the new
plan is a last resort, and that if the
project is ever to be put on its feet it
must be done at once.
GOOSE LAKE VALLEY 'COMING
Future Great Witn Artesian Water
to Be Used in Irrigation.
Lakeview A plan that will mean
much to the future of Goose lake val
ley was started among the business
men of this territory this week.
They have secured the service of
George Ede. a professional well dig
ger, who will make several drives for
artesian water.
The reports of the United States
geological survey indicate that all of
Lake county is artesian basin, and it
has long been believed by the resi
dents of this section that artesian wa
ter could be had at a depth not ex
ceeding 300 feet.
In addition to thia is the possibility
that the big irrigation system of the
Lakeview Irrigation & Power com
pany will have water ready for distri
bution by early spring next year for
about 40,000 acres.
NEW ALFALFA PEST FOUND.
fcv ...... (..vpuvais, wmen Wt.i , j
by the German foreign minister, Herr
Von Kidderlein-Waechter, to Ambas
sador Cambon in Berlin. La Liberte
affirms that, notwithstanding denial
and explanations, Germany is gradual
ly concentrating her troop close to
the French frontier.
World's Champion I Hero.
Tendleton, Or. Bearing down upon
a crowded corner of Main street a
team of runaway horses was halted
when Buffalo Vernon, world's cham
pion steer bulldogger and cowboy of
renown, leaped to his saddle anil threw
the noose of his lariat around their
necks. In the general panic three
other teams ran away on the main
street. No serious damago waa done.
Professor O'Gara Make Discovery
in Southern Oregon.
Medford New crown gall, a disease
that effects the roots and tops of alfal
fa, and which is unknown to the De
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton. D. C, has been discovered by Pro
fessor P. J. O'Gara, former govern
ment pathologist, now employed by
Jackson county. The affected plants
show numerous galls which inhabit
the growth and which, if allowed to
spread, will destroy the alfalfa crop
of an entire valley.
After months of study of the disease
and of the records of the department.
Prof. O'Gara came to the conclusion
that he had discovered a plant disease
that was indeed new. A letter to V.
K. Charles, acting mycologist at
Washington, brought a request for
samples, and upon the examination
Mr. Charles also pronounced the dis
ease new. He also asks for a large
collection of it for the mycological
exchange . Professor O'Gara is pre
paring a bulletin on the subject which
will be ready for publication toon.
GOVERNMENT WANTS MONEY.
Little Leniency to Be Shown to Set
tler on Irrigated Land.
WaBhingtono, D. C Settler under
Western reclamation projects may ex
pect no undue leniency from Direc
tor Newell as to deferred payments.
On his return from the Northwest, the
director made this significant state
ment :
"There i nothing paternalistic in
the government' irrigation work."
Director Newell nearly always has
argued against the extension of pay
ments when Western member could
present the claims of worthy settlers,
and statement made since his return
indicate no change in his opinions.
Normal School to Open.
Monmouth The outlook for the re
opening of the normal i good, and
from the present information received
at the president's office indications
are for a large number at the entrance
enrollment, which has been set for
September 18. Several members of
the faculty are on the ground getting
familiar with the accommodations for
their respective work. The faculty
and the citizen are arranging a public
reception for the opening day.
Convicts Work n Capitol.
Salem Now the striped-shirted con
victs have penetrated as far as the
State capitol building, and two of Gov
ernor West' honor men are being
used to assist George Dunsford, jani
tor, in cleaning out the basement of
the capitol. Many visitors were sur
prised to see the convicts walk back
and forth through the corridors clad in
their prison garb.
FRY MARKED FOR TAB.
Stat to Count Salmon That Run to
Columbia River.
Bonneville For the purpose of esti
mating the number of fish propagated
at the Bonneville hatchery which re
turn to the Columbia river and there
fore to what extent the hatchery
affects the industry, a force of men ia
employed at Bonneville in marking
100,000 salmon fry soon to be liber
ated. This ia done under the direction
of Master Fish Warden, Clanton,
whose suggestion that the fish be
marked was approved by the commis
sion. The mark ii made by clipping a
section out of the right gill case. Mr.
Clanton decided upon this marking
for the reason that all other markings,
the cutting of a section of the tail or
fins, have already been employed by
other fishermen.
The new marking in no way injure
the fish, as was demonstrated at this
place several weeks ago, when it waa
found that of the 600 so marked only
two died. Mr. Clanton learned seve
ral years ago of the success of this
marking from a Japanese student in
fish sulture at Standford university,
who employed it successfully in Japan.
The fish marked next year will have
the left gill case clipped to avoid con
fusion of the two lots.
"This system of marking is under
taken for the purpose of arriving at
an estimate of the number of fish
propagated by the state hatchery that
return to the Columbia river at ma
turity," said Mr. Clanton. "An adult
salmon is usually between three and
four year old. Now the fish which
we are toon to liberate will come back
into the river in three or four years.
If we get back even 10 per' cent of
these it would give us a pretty defi
nite basi to compute the proportion
of artificially propagated fish in the
river. As a matter of fact I should
say that a large proportion of the sal
mon in the river is propagated by ar
tificial means. The natural method
has been largely curtailed by the de
struction of the spawning grounds by
irrigation.
" In former years the fish proceeded
to the headwaters of the tributaries of
the Columbia to spawn, but these
streams have been dammed in such
away that the fish are prevented from
getting into them. The Grand Ronde
river, that was once a famous spawn
ing place, now has no salmon in it at
all. Another fact in connection with
the diminished natural propagation is
that the salmon has more natural en
emies that it had in former years.
Bass and carp now prey upon the
young salmon. With all these handi
caps and the increasing number of
fishermen it is only reasonable to con
clude that the perpetuation of the
salmon industry must more and more
depend upon the hatcheries."
POTASH INVESTIGATION ON.
Government Official Reaches I ake-
view to Make Soil Tests,
Lakeview Edward E. Free, physi
cist of the breau of soil in the de
partment of agriculture, has arrived
In Lakeview and will make an investi
gation and anaysis of all soils lying
adjacent to the alkaline lakes in Cen
tral and Northern Lake county, with a
view of discovering possible deposits
of potash, which is said to be plentiful
in that territory.
This field a year ago was unknown.
Now it is recognized by leading au
thorities that it hold the largest de
posit of soda in the world, the pro
duct of the new field showing a practi
cally perpetual supply of soda, which,
under analysis, reached a purity of 99 1
per cent. In addition to bi-carbonate
of aoda, there are 30 other by-producta
that will be used in various commer
cial ways. One thousand tons of thia
product has been sold for immediate
delivery to one of the largest firms on
the Pacific Coast.
WHEAT RUNS 45 BUSHELS.
Farmers About Elgin Hurry to Gat
Grain to Town Before Rains,
Elgin Wheat is being hauled to
the warehouses here as fast a the
farmers can get it there. They are
in a hurry to get their heavy wheat
crop to town before the fall rains set
in and the roads become soft. Al
though all threshing machines of the
season are still in the field, it is ex
pected that they will finish up thia
season' run by the first of next week.
Wheat is yielding an average of 45
bushel to the acre, but little is going
higher than 50 bushels, thus falling
short about 10 bushels from the pre
dictions earlier in the season.
Woolgrowers' Date Set.
Pendleton Official announcement
ha just been made by Secretary
Smythe that the annual convention of
the Oregon Woolgrowers' association
will be held t Baker, Oregon, No
vember 14 and 15. The executive
committee has just selected these
dates. Discussion of the wool tariff
will be the most important business
topic. President Gooding and Secre
tary McClure, of the National associa
tion, are expected to attend.
Much Lumbsr Leave Astoria.
Astoria During the month of Au
gust, 25 vessels loaded at the sawmills
in the Astoria district. Their com
bined cargoes amounted to 18,836,501
toot of lumber. In addition to these,
one raft was towed from the Columbia
river to San Francisco, and it con
tained 5,000,000 feet of piling.