I
IMS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief!
COAL MINING COSTS LIVES.
The railway merger begin iu diaso
ution by electing new directors for
the Southern Pacific.
Wilson aaya he wilt form his cabi
net from the progressive, element of
the Democratic party.
President Taft has abandoned his
plan for a world peace tour and will
take up his duties as profsesor of law
at Yale.
The Treasury department plans a re
organization of the custom service,
under which many employes will be
dispensed with.
The rivers and harbors bill intro
duced in congress provides for a mil
lion dollars for improvements at the
mouth of the Columbia river.
Florence, Or., having been cutoff
from water communication by storms,
the people are getting supplies of ba
con and other commodities from Port
land by parcels post.
At the first general election held in
the town of Clatsop. Oregon, in ten
years, blank paper was used for bal
lots, the names . of candidates being
written by the voters.
Under a new law every emit! born in
the Kingdom of Great Britain here
after to parents insured under the na
tional insurance act will bring the
parents a bounty of SO shillings, or
bout $7.50.
Farmers near Seattle, Wash., have
made arrangements with the Women's
Federation of that city to supply fresh
eggs and other produce direct to the
consumers in the city, cutting out all
middlemen.
Robert W. Archbald. Federal Dis
trict Judge of Pennsylvania and a
One Miner Killed for Every 1 S3, 000
Tons Produced.
Washngton, D. C. One miner's life
is snuffed out with every 183,000 tons
of coal mined in the United States.
In 1907, when the Federal bureau of
mines was beginning its work, this
ratio was greater. Then one life was
given with every 144,000 tons. D'
Joseph A. Holmes, director of the
United Statea bureau of mines, in his
annual report to Secretary Fisher, at
tributes the decrease in mortality to
the Federal government's work in the
mining fields, and points out how the
enormous death list may be still fur
ther reduced.
i ne aeam rate in the metal mines
of the country is nearly as high, he
declares, as in the coal fields, averag
ing more that three men per thousand
employed; the death rate in the quar
ries is larger than it should be, aver
aging far more than that in foreign
countries; and the same is true in
metallurgical plants. He recommends.
therefore, that money be given the
bureau to carry its mine-accident in
vestigation into these other fields in
larger measure than the limited ap
propriations so far granted have al
lowed.
the enormous annual loss in mining
and preparing coal for market, the
huge waste of natural gas, -as well as
lack of efficiency and waste in the
metal mining industries, are men
tioned by Dr. Holmes. This extrava
gance of natural resources, he asserts.
should be checked.
Pioneer educational work, tempor
ary in character." is the way in which
the director, refers to the mine rescue
and first-aid work among the more
than 700.000 miners in the 15,000
mines of the country. Ultimately this
must be taken care of, he says, by the
coal mining companies through the
training and organization of miners at
each of the larger mines or groups of
mines. He says that already several
companies maintain rescue stations at
their own expense. The chief purpose
of the bureau of mines is to train
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc.
judge of the Commerce court of the ! miners in first aid, mine rescue and
United States, was adjudged guilty of
"high crimes and misdemeanors." ex
pelled from office and forever disqual
ified from holding positions of public
honor or trust.
The Indian appropriation bill carry
ing $3,000,000 has been passed by the
house.
Roosevelt rejects a proposal to try
to bring the Republican and Progres
sive factions together.
Survivors of the steamer Rosecrans
say 33 men perished when the vessel
was lost on Peacock spit.
Robbers using a motorcycle held up
an expressman on the outskirts of
Portland, making their escape easily.
Governor Marshall of Indiana, op
poses free school books.
Suffragettes announce their inten
tion of marching from New York to
Washington to present their demands
to congress.
The accounts of the sheriff of Mult
nomath county. Or., balanced to a cent
when the books were turned over to
his successor.
Two desperadoes in an automobile
threw a brick through a Chicago jew
elry store window, seized gems worth
$$00 and escaped.
Witnesses testified that "profits" of
more than $30,000,000 have been made
by the First National bank of New
Y'ork City, since its organization with
a capital "of $500,000 in 1S63.
A 15-year-old girl was rescued from
a band of gypsies at Los Angeles. ;
She claimed to have been bought by j
the leader of the band from an orphan I
asylum in Montana eight years ago.
Mexican rebels exterminated the j
garrison and captured the town of
Ayotcingo. only 25 miles from Mexico , ..revoIation jn the
City, afterwards annihilating the fed- ,5wi . mini .. and
erai re-eniorcemenuu
f" 1X)RTLAXD MARKETS
fire-fighting methods; and he adds
that "during the year more than 30,
000 miners have attended the lectures
and demonstrations given from the
mine-safety cars; more than 1000 ad
ditional miners received training suffi
cient to enable them to participate in
actual mine rescue work and more
than twice that number have been
added to the list of miners trained in
first-aid practice."
Health conditions in and about
mines should be investigated, in the
opinion of Dr. Holmes. Preliminary
inquiries, he says, "have indicated the
prevalence of tuberculosis and the
presence of hookworm as miners' dis
eases in several different localities in
the United States. It is important
that this work should be extended rap
idly, because of the fact that the
health conditions as well as the risk of
accidents, may be influenced by con
ditions susceptible of easy improve-
I ment.
"The large and continual influx of
. foreigners into the mining regions of
i the United States may bring to an in
creasing extent the hookworm and
other diseases that exist in mines in
parts of certain European countries.
Various questions that concern the
health of workers in mines, quarries
and metallurgical plants cannot be an
swered finally without investigations
and inquiries that are national in
scope. Among such questions are the
most efficient methods of preventing
the diseases peculiar to mining and
metallurgical industries, and the most
effective sanitary precautions to be
observed in and about mines and in
the various metallurgical occupa
tions." The director dwells upon the neces
sity of trying to prevent explosions
rather than check them after they are
started. In this connection he calls
attention to the fact that there has
se of explo
it, and the work or
the bureau "in investigating explo
sives has alone a value far greater
than the entire cost of maintaining
the bureau since its establishment."
TAX APPORTIONMENT IS OCT
State Levy Among Various Oregon
Counties Made Public.
fcalem The apportionment of the
state levy among the various counties
was completed by the state board o
tax commissioners. The division
among the counties is as follows :
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WANT MORE EGGS PER HEN
Wheat Track prices: Club, $2i
83c; bluestem. srWSSe: forty-fold,
83c; red Russian. 80c: valley, 83c
Barley Feed. $23d2 per ton;
brewing, nominal; rolled. $23.50..:
26. SO.
Corn Whole. $27; cracked. $2 ton.
Hay Timothy, choice. $16-: 17 per
ton: mixed. Eastern Oregon timothy,
$12:13; oat and vetch. $12: alfalfa.
$11.5"; clover, $10; straw, $6.i7.
MillstufTs Bran. $22 ton; shorts,
$24; middlings. $30.
Oats No. 1 white. $26.j27.
Fresh Fruits Apples, 50cm $1.50 I
per box; pears. $1.50ii2.
Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur-
Plans to Raise Wages.
Washington, D. C. The metal
schedule of the traiff law again was
under fire before the house committee
on ways and means. Several steel
'manufacturing interests contended for
retention of the present duties. S. P.
Ker. president of the Sharon. Pa..
Steel Hoop company, advocated chang
es in the t hraseologv of the law to
prevent importers from taking advan
tage of its ferraj. Mr. Ker told of
plans now under way to advance the
wages of its common laborers, artisans
and mechanics 10 per cent February 1.
Agricultural College Regents to
Urge State Chicken Farm.
Salem To bring the standard of the
laying hen in Oregon far beyond its
present average is the intention of the
board of regents of the Oregon Agri
cultural college. The board has de
cided to recommend to the legislature
passage of an appropriation of $12,000
for the purchase of 70 acres of land
near Corvallis to establish a poultry
farm. The average hen in Oregon
now lays 50 eggs each year, while
there are some at the college which go
far past the 200 mark. It is for the
purpose of developing choice layers
and selling them and their eggs at a
nominal price to the farmers of the
state that the regents desire to secure
this land and establish a "chickery."
GRAZING LAW IS UNPOPULAR
People In Rural Districts Object to
Stock-Fencing Regulations.
Salem Enactment of the law at the
last election prohibiting stock, includ
ing cattle, horses and hogs, from be-
ng pastured outside of fences in por
tions of Eastern Multnomah and
Clackamas counties, is proving objec
tionable in many localities, and al
ready petitions are being circulated
asking the legislature to take some
action to provide relief. E." Lacy, of
Springwater, has charge of circulating
the petitions there, which will be
placed in the hands of F. M. Gill, rep
resentative.
At Cherryville, on the Mount Hood
automobile road, some of the farmers
have obtained the opinion of a Port
land attorney that the law is not
effective and might be ignored, but
they are in doubt and are not taking
any chancs. They are anxious to have
the law repealed or modified.
Mail Has Shellac Finish.
Gold Hill The woes of other post
masters since the establishment of the
parcel post are lost upon Postmaster
Hammersley, of this city, who de
clines to admit that even a dozen
scrambled eggs in a mail sack can
compete for official discomfort with
three quarts of very "gooey" varrish
mixed thoroughly throughout a sack of
second-class mail. The sack in ques
tion arrived from the South, and the
first dip into its recesses brought forth
a sticky fistful of a certain famous
brand of floor varnish. Three one
quart cans, unboxed, had lost their
lids in transit and mixed freely with
the contents of the sack, in direct de
fiance of the regulations.
1 i r v I. .
n, ""If' " Wotherspoon Wins Fight.
Onion. Orr-nMi. It rr rV. Washington. D. C William W.
Vf.hla Artirhr.ko si 5.1 r-r Wothersnoon was confirmed by the
dozen; cabbage, lc per pound; cauli-! n" 85 Major-General of the United
flr i r-,, t. 5,i I States Army by a vote of 35 to 14.
crate: cucumbers, ..cr2 per dozen
eggplant. 10c pound; head lettuce,
$2.50 per crate; peppers, 10c pound:
radishes, 85c per dozen; sprouts.
10c; tomatoes. $2r2.2.i per box; gar
lie, 5;i flc pound ; turnips, 75c sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 75c; parsnips,
75c.
Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 3i.i31c
per doien.
Butter Oregon creamery butter,
cubes, 37 c per pound; prints, 3?f-i
39v
foul try Hens. 13: 14c, broilers.
13fl4e: turkeys, live. 20c; dressed.
choice. 23c; ducks, 14m 15c; geese,
12.il Sc.
Pork Fancy, llVilOJc per pound.
Veal Fancy, l-lji.i 15c per poifnd.
Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice.
1Si20c per pound; 1913 contracts, 15
il6e.
Wool Eastern Oregon. 1-l.ilSeper
pound; valley. 21.i22fc; mohair,
choice. 32c.
Cattle Choice steers, $7..;7.85;
good. f6.50.T7; medium. $V.;6.50;
choice coa", $(.;7; good. $5.5( :6;
wierfiam. 4-5t,i5.25; choice calves.
9T.KOt.i9) rumi bmrj r aires. $Af 7
. . --. 97.i4kjtr.ro ; ktirr
The confirmation of the appointment.
which was sent to the senate by Presi
dent Taft last August and again in
December, ends a long fight against
the promotion of General Wother-
spoon. which was led by Senator Bris
tow, of Kansas, who declared Wother
spnon had not sufficient field experience
and that other generals were entitled
to the promotion ahead of him.
Archbald to Resume Law.
Philadelphia Ex-Judge Archbald,
who was stripped of his office as Dis
trict court judge of the United States
by the United States senate, left for
his home in Scranton. Pa. The ex
judge declined to be interviewed, but
his son spoke for him. "My father's
conscience is clear. He is going home
to practice law. My father has been
a courteous, diligent and good judge.
Perhaps his kindness of heart accounts
for many of his difficulties. "
Aid for Project Wanted.
Bend Bend's first representative in
the Oregon legislature, Vernon A.
Forbes, is to be a speaker at the irri
gation congress in Portland. The sub
ject of Mr. Forbes' discussion will
concern the Columbia Southern irriga
tion segregation adjacent to Laidlaw.
Together wit) J. E. Sawhill, secretary
of the Central Oregon Development
league, he will go before the congress,
and later before the legislature, urg
ing the adoption of plans whereby the
state will lend its financial aid to the
completion of the project.
Cherryville May Get Railway.
CherryviUe The Cherryville Com
mercial club held a meeting Saturday
night and elected officers for the year.
It was reported at the meeting that
the Multnomah & Eastern railway has
made arrangements to clear the right
LAWMAKERS ARE IN SESSION
Strictly Business Program Urged
and Start Is Made.
OKFH'KKS Or 17TH ASMKMBI.Y.
President, Dan J. Malarkey, Mult
nomah ; Chief clerk, John W. Cochran
Multnomah; Reading clerk. Ben Hunt
ing ton, Douglas; Calendar clerk. Eu
gene Foster. Polk ; Sergeant-at-arms,
Colonel W. G. D. Mercer, Lane; Door
keeper, George Crane, Douglas; Mail
ing clerk, J. I. Moreland, Hood River,
Speaker, C. A. McArthur. Mult
nomah; Chief clerk, W. F. Drager,
Marion; Assistant chief clerk, Harry
Met lellan, Douglas; Reading clerk
Dudley Clarke. Multnomah; Calendar
clerk, W. B. Burner, Wheeler: Mail
ing clerk, W. F. McAdams, Polk; Ser
geant-at-arms, J. D. Woodman, Yam
hill ; Doorkeeper, R. R. Corey, Baker
State Capitol, Salem In a rush
both houses of the 27th Legislative
assembly started work Monday and
by 3:05 o'clock in the afternoon the
house reported itself as fully organ
ized, and the senate followed within
25 minutes.
Dan J. Malarkey was elected presi
dent of the senate, and Clifton N. Mc
Arthur speaker of the house, as ached
uieu. rractically the only right was
carried on against Malarkey. although
that developed into a "tempest in a
teapot, and when the votes were
counted he had 25 out of the possible
30 in the senate.
Both Malarkey and McArthur reit
erated their desire for a business ses
sion of the legislature. Malarkey,
who sat in his seat on the floor, as he
beard himself condemned in strong
terms by Joseph and Kellaher, fol
lowing his being conducted to the
chair, made a definite statement in re
sponse to charges that he had ac
quired the place through barter" and
trading of committeeships for votes.
repudiating the assertions in strong
terms, and in this he was backed by
his colleagues.
The senate was called to order
16:12 o'clock by Miller, of Linn, the
dean of that body. Briefly he ex
pressed his thanks for the honor ex
tended and declared that the legisla
ture is meeting under the most favor
able circumstances, living in a great
time, under a great government and in
a great state. "It is much better that
We should pass a few good laws, well
considered and well digested, than
that we should pass many laws which
are not, said the senator.
The temporary organization plan
went off like well-oiled machinery as
arranged for in caucus. Senator
Calkins was nominated for temporary
chairman and was eseortd to the chair
by Dimick and Hoskins. John P.
Hunt, of Marion, was nominated as
chief clerk. As a committee on per
manent organization Burgess, Barrett
and Hawley were named, and on cre
dentials the committee which was pre
dicted, Dimick, Dean and Carson, was
selected.
Kellaher, upon the appointment of
this committee, injected a little humor
nto the proceedings by asking leave
to make a motion to adjourn, in event
t had not already been planned that
someone shoulc otter that motion.
Caklins suggested that it might be
better to make a motion for a recess.
which was taken for 30 minutes.
Although only a 30-minute recess
was taken it dragged away into prac-
ically an hour. The credentials com
mittee consumed considerable time in
considering the contest which devel
oped between Kiddle and Hodgin over
who should be seated for the joint sen
atorship from Union anil Wallowa
counties. Kiddle apparently received
he election from that district, and it
waf so certified, but a recount indi
cated that Hodgin was leading by a
small margin.
Dimick and Bean, on the credentials
committee, represented the organiza
tion forces, while Carson has been
considered a candidate opposing Ma
larkev for the presidency. Carson
was inclined to favor Hodgin in the
committee, but no minority report was
filed. The committee reached a de
ion to recommend that Kiddle be
seated until such time as the senate
had decided the contest. L'nder the
constitution each house is made
judge of the qualifications of its own
members.
Ranger Sets Windbreak.
Florence C. H. Young, forest rang
er, says the planting of willow cut
tings in the sandniils along the ocean
beach will be continued during the
coming spring in this locality. It is
Mr. Young's present plan to obtain
some 25.0OO willow cuttings at once
and to bury them part way in the and
until the middle of March. Thev then
will be planted along the sand dunes.
to form a wind break for a varietv of
RESUME WAR WITHIN WEEK
Balkan Allies Will No Longer Tol
erate lVlays of Turku.
unforeseen events
hould change the current of affairs.
war in the Near East will be resumed
within a week.
The allies, convinced that the Turks
merely are drifting, without a fixed
policy, have determine 1 to end the
seemingly fruitless debutes and wire
pulling by resuming military oera
tions where thev were left off more
than a month ago.
The Balkan kingdoms, moreover,
are anxious to obtain relief from the
heavy burden of maintaining armies
n air fmilinir indefinitely. Wish
ing, however, to observe all diplo
matic courtesies, they have given the
powers a reasonable time to agree on
the note regarding Adrianople, frame
it and present it to Turkey. If Tur
key, as seems probable, fails to yield
to the note, the Balkan kingdoms have
agreed that they will call another sit
ting of the conference through Sir Ed
ward Grey or Rechad Pasha, who, ac
cording to the rotation followtni.
would be the next presiding oiticer.
and announce definitely their decision
to break off negotiations.
Immediately afterward the Servian,
Bulgarian and Montenegrin command
ers will notify Turkish headquarters
that hostilities will be resumed within
96 hours.
The allies have no faith in the effi
ciency of the aote the powers will
present to Constantinople. The Otto
man government has failed to convene
the grand council, and apparently has
no intention of meeting the allies' ul
timatum on Adrianople. The allies
feel that the note of the powers is
couched in too mild terms to be effec
tive, and that Turkey will know that
it means nothing, because the powers
will be unable to agree on coercive
measures.
WOMAN INTRODUCES FIRST
BILL IN LEGISLATURE
Olympia, Wash. The first bill
ever introduced in a Washington legis-
ature by a woman was house bill No.
1, introduced by Mrs. N. Jolin Croake,
of T acorn a, providing a minimum
wage scale for girls and women in
Washington.
Mrs. Croake had her measure all
prepared and the instant it was in or
der to introduce bills she presented
hers, which received the first place in
a shower of 17 bills of all descriptions
and from all parts of the state. Mrs.
Croake's bill provides a minimum
wage for women and girls in any line
at $1.25 a day. or IS cents an hour
where engaged in piecework.
FISHER FAVORS RECEPTION
Secretary Would Have Affair in Ro
tunda Displace Inaugural Rail.
Washington, D. C. President-elect
Wilson's inauguration, according to
Secretary of the Interior Fisher,
should be celebrated by a "ptpular re
ception in the rotunda of the cnpitol,
with no charge for admission," rather
than by an inaugural ball in the pen
sion building. Mr. Fisher expressed
his views in a letter to Senator
Sutherland and Representative Shep
pard. chairmen, respectively, of the
senate and house committees on public
building and grounds. Mr. Fisher
suggested that congress take charge
of the inauguration celebration and
make the necessary appropriations
therefor.
IRRIGATIONISTS
SCORECAREY ACT
Demand iMii'f for Settlers and
Show State's Negligence.
FINDS SECRETS
SPHINX
I rge Slate Power Plant at (Vlilo
Rapid and Recommend ( oun
ty (Jootl Road Measure.
President. William llanley. Hums;
first vice president. A. . Tho....H..n.
Echo; second vice president, I. y.
Ihapman. Portland; third vice presi
dent. M. J. l-ee. I'""''?: Ury
treasurer. J. T. Hinkle, H.rm.sU.n.
Portland - Unqualified declaration
that the Carey act has not operntc.l
successfully and presentation of a sub
stitute plan whereby the settler cun
give a first mortgage and secure imme
diate title to his land were contained
in resolutions ununimously adopted by
the Oregon Irrigation congress.
Further resolutions urge the state
legislature to provide funds for the
immediate relief of settlers on the ( o
lumbia Southern project in Crook
county; to pass a county bonding act
for the construction of good roads, and
to appropriate money for the thorough
investigation of the Columbia river
power project was advocated by John
H. Lewis, state engineer.
One of the most important - and the
shortest -resolutions provides that no
reclamation project be opened for set
tlement until the water is ready for
distribution. This would prevent such
disastrous results as those experienced
by the Columbia Southern settlers.
Residence requirements on irriga
tion projects constructed by the Rec
lamation service were declared unjust
and unreasonable and art ion whs urged
that will allow water-users 25 years in
which to rcnav the government lor
construction exiwrses.
President-elect Wilson was asked to
ap)int a "Western, and preferably
an Oregon man, possessing legal learn
ing, knowledge of actual conditions
existing in the West, and the judicial
temperament essential to the proper
discharge of the duties of the office fr
seeretaiy of the interior. No nu n
tion of either Joseph N. Teal or Wil
K. King was made.
Adjudication of the water rights
under the Central Oregon Irrigation
company's project, which was made
the subject of an address by A. O.
Walker, of Alfalfa, was Bsked in a
sepiwate set of resolutions.
Legislative appropriation of $50,01)0
to he used with a like amount already
promised by Secretary Fisher, of the
Federal Interior department, in in
vestigating irrigation and power proj
ects as outlined by J. N. Teal before
the congress, w hs advised.
The State Board of Control was com
mended for its work in the adjudica
tion of the waters of the Silvies river
in Harney county and the early com
pletion of the project whs recom
mended.
Hearty indorsement was given the
state forest work and attention of the
legislature was called to the necessity
of maintaining nd provding fur it.
The benelicial influence of forest cover
for the run-off streams and the hazard
f denuded watersheds through fires
were pointed out.
Hold Funeral for Horse Omnibus.
Paris The funeral of the horse
omnibus of Paris took place Saturday
the last in the lines was sun-
old Ve-
w hen
pressed. At noon, when the
hide was to start on its final journey,
a great crowd gathered and with mock
An appropriation of $100,000 would j solemnity hung wreaths inscribed w ith
involve far less loss to the taxpayer, the virtues and past glories of the
he said, "than is incurred directly and , ramshackle conveyance round tin.
Harvard Savant Finds Great Imact
Tomb of King.
Hoston -That he has discovered the
secrets of the Sphin has keen made
known to the authorities of the Har
vard Scientific Museum and the lloston
Museum of Fine Arts, by Professor G.
A. Keisner, the Harvard Egyptologist.
Inside the Sphinx he found a temple
dedicated to the sun. It is older than
any of the pyramids, ami It date is
aomewhore around 6000 II. C, the
moat ancient in Egyptian history. The
tomb of Mens, the king, who posed as
a giwl aim - -
is also w muo w -.-
leading olf Into caverns which have
not yet been eiiet rated, for the work
has been going on only six months.
The Sphinx is carved out of natural
rock, but within are caves and build
ings of a city of gold, which was per
ha once o n to the air.
At present Iho excavations are con
lined to a chamber. The head of this
chamber is ' feet long by 14 wide.
It is connected by tunnel with the
temple of the aun. which real within
the paws of the Sphinx.
Such relics as the "Crux Anaatea"
(looped crow), symbol of the sun, are
found by the hundred. Irfaide th
Sphinx are also tiny pyramid, al
though the Sphinx built long be
fore the resl pyramid.
According to Professor Keisner, the
F.gypt of today covers one vast city,
the edge of which has been scratched,
ami the interior of which probably
never will be disclosed.
WATCH TARIFF IS IN LINE
Aluminum Declared to Be in Hands
of Monopoly.
Washington. D. C. Democratic
members of the house committee on
ways and means are planning to exam
ine closely the atTairs of the Alumi
num Company of America and the
Wattham Watch company, w hen their
represents! ivea testify in an adjourned
hearing on the metal tariff schedule.
Kach company haa leen charged with
being a trust.
One day w ill be devoted to the tariff
schedule covering wd and it manu
factures, and silks and ailk good.
Neither of these schedules was affect
ed by Democratic revision attempted
in the last session of congress.
John P. Ilarlew, of New York, rep
resenting clients interested in the
aluminum duty, haa tiled with the com
mittee a brief alleging that the alum
inum industry practically is in the
hands of the one concern, the Alumi
num Company of America, controlling
substantially all the sourer of alumi
num in the country.
Arthur V. Davis, of Pittsburg, rep
resenting the Aluminum company,
has been urged by the committee to
apM-ar at the hearing.
F.. C. Fitch, of Waltham, (a expect
ed to represent the watch concern.
The American watch manufacturer
want a specific duty basia instead of
the Democratic plan of 30 per cent ad
valorem on watch movement.
RADIO WILL SERVE ALASKA
indirectly in the existing practice."
To meet the expenses of inaugural
balls a charge of $." has been made for
Sliles.
A line of new automobile omnibuses
; were ilrawn up round the s iuare km,!
tickets, with an additional charge for the motormen of these modern vehicles
the subsequent concerts, supper, seats sat w ith their caps in their hands and
in the grandstand and so on. Presi-1 played the lugubrious fanf.ire on their
1MT.
Indian Inquiry Advised.
Washington. D. C. An investiga
tion of the aairs of the Crow Indians
of Montana by the Department of jus
tice will be recommended to the senate
by the senate committee on Indian
affairs. Secretary of the Interior
of wav between Sandv and Welch's re- Pine which thrives wherever the sand
sort. ' Dr. Botkin. who made the trin can be kept from blowing away until
to Portland, said that he had been in- I growth haa begun.
route had been let. The commercial
club will lend its assistance in every
way possible to get an electric railway
through here.
Withycombe Visits Union Farm.
Union Professor James Withy
combe. of Corvallis, stopped here en
route home from the meeting of wool
growers at Vale and inspected the
state farm at this place. He outlined
the plan of the board of regents, which constructed here,
contemplates many things to the ad
vantage of the farm, including the
utilization of the entire tract in exper
iments, general farming, stock rais
ing, dairying, etc.
Coast Highway Is Sought.
Salem To convert the ocean beach
along the shore of Oregon into a pub
lic highway is one of the pieces of
legislation which Corvernor West is
contemplating giving hi sanction be- I
I. W. W. Organizers Active.
MarshheM I. . Y. organizers
have been busy in the logging camps
in this vicinity, and it is with appre
hension that the different contractors
view the situation, one of them said.
hile there have neen no open rup
tures yet. it is said that the men are
rapidly joining the organization, which
has already lined up the railroad la
borers on different branches being
and are ready to
walk out at the slightest pretext.
There have been no demands present
ed as yet.
Klamath Has Hay Surfeit.
Klamath Fall Last year was fa
vorable to the hay crop, and as a con
sequence the Klamath valley ha more
hay than can be used locally. Through
the Klamath Falls Chamber of Com
merce an attempt ha been made to
have the rate to San Francisco reduced
ton. The officials of
fore the next legislative assembly. In from $7 to $5
each I the Southern
it J the rate, but have requested more spe
cific information.
I i-. . i 1 k. t i r I . i - -l , l I . i c r r . - . . j
., if mr Hi pwni i urn ia amy I many place aiorg in cnani me oracn i iw jnoinem I acme Dirt m rei jstra
" -4CT, lf.ZMf MMWrti OF IHIiUlIM 111 (Alk. nl lii'.l,., IM AtkM
ri: I - - -'
t rare ligation.
'is cat off.
dent Taf-"s inaugural ball made mon
ey. A guarantee fund of $r.7i0 was
raised, and the receipts were $5)5, 2.1.
horns as the driver of the horse on
bus drove otf on his final run.
er pets
idiips at
Borah Rill Is Favored.
Washington, D. C. The senate ir
rigation committee has ordered a fa
vorable report on Senator Borah's bill
uuriiHiliK Mil Buiiiiinuai ioaii ui f.v.f,-. UdlllMII'il II lew IlitVS ac
ooo.OOO to the reclamation fund from I port sail, Hoar-Admiral
toe rnji-rm iren.iirj, coi 1 1 lonetl tiffin j I'UUl-l liy a goal, oil the (JUarterd
securing the consent of Senator New- the battleship New Hmnpshirt
. ' . , . ' ' Jin-Hies. I Here is
tif ed the committee that in the next Joy in the fleet again. Assistant Sec
congress he w ill advocate a change in I retary Winthrup, of the navv .I,.,,,..
provide that, ment, let it be known the rlei,rti. t
rVlmir-
Navy's Han on Pels OfT.
Norfolk, Va. The goats, monkeys.
cats, dogs, parrots and nth
almanl 1'ncle Sum's fighting
1 a ...1.. U ........ I ...
1 ;,r". winch were
banished a few days ago. when r...
sai I, Hoar-Admiral fiovl..
k of
pshire. will
the reclamation law to
settlers shall be relievo! of repaying , did not approve their removal.
to the government the cost of building
the irrigation projects
Chief of Scouts Is Dead.
Seattle. Wah. Captain John Dar
raeh. chief of the scouts under Gen
eral Crook and General Waller during
the Indian campaigns, and formerly
a prominent contniction engineer of
New York Citv. died at his home at
Flmonds, 20 miles north of here, ages)
S3 vears. Mr. Darrsgh was born in
Enfield, N. V, and came west in l"il.
In lai4 he returned to New York and
engaged with his brother in construc
tion work, building the first skyscrap
er in New York City. He returned
to the Coast in 1902.
Freight Rates Increased.
Washington, D. C. Cancellation of
through route on class and commod
ity freight. Including lumber and
fruit, from points west of Huntington,
Or., by wav of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad & Navigation company to
destinations in the East was suspended
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion until April 30. The effect would
be to increase the transcontinental
rate or to force shippers to semi their
freight by a more circuitous route.
Misquoting May Be Made Illegal.
Columbia. S. C. Enactment of a
law making it a misdemeanor for a
newspaper r?porter to misquote a pub
lic speaker was urged by Governor
filease in his message to the South
Carolina legislature. The governor
recommended the passage of a 2 -cent
railway fare bill. 1
al Doyle denies the goat butt.Ml him.
Convicts Flee in Automobile.
Joliet, Ii!.- Three eonvicts escaped
from the stiite enitentiarv here Slln.
day and are thought to 'have made
their way to Chicago jn a stolen auto,
mobile. Two of the men were serving
sentences for murder. TlTey were
seen two hours after their escape in
the stolen car, seeding along the road
eight miles from J, t. The convicts
were in their prison gnrb. The farm
er who saw them and telephoned the
nrijin s.fTir.; -il., t at.
' ; 1 "" "e men had st
pei me car and were standing
disputing alout the route.
up.
in it.
Five Bankers Seek Parole
.Jif.- h."n-0" hundred
..... ,., , miners in me r edcra
Herniary nere, among thern fiv
era, will apply f,,r rclen
pen-
bHt,k-
r'e
se at it,. -
terly meeting of the Federal U,li ..'t
.anqe.t the pr,n nt ,
The bankers are from Indiana,!,
I ittsburg, Guthrie. OkU.. and Paris'
went into rfTWt
mora than O.ui
oner have been release,! through iu
""" Q"iy tour returned.
Kills $1200 Silver Fot
r"Tr- l umbering
...... j .t mis place, killed a
ma.e silver gray fx. shooting the
imal from an open window on the
h " u"''"J"rcd by
' ortn irom ll:oo n.-,, ' -'cci
acconW " . ft urry. 24 re.r.
.rprn nere. ,kfJW bw f-
Secretary Meyer Approve Regula
tions for Commercial Use.
Washington, D. C. Six naval radio
stations in Alaska w ill be opened for
commercial business before February
1. Secretary Meyer has approved
regulations for rates, method of
handling messages and other question
relating to the new service. The sta
tions are at St. Paul. Dutch Harbor,
I'nalaga, Kodiak, Cordova and Sitka.
Messages from St. Paul, Dutch I labor,
I'milaga and Kodiak to all (mints in
the I'nit.-d States except California,
via the North Head, Wash., radio sta
tion, w ill cost 2-1 cents a word, plus the
commercial rate to deti nation. From
St. Paul, Dutch Harlair, I'nalaga and
Kinliak to points in California, via the
l.ur. Ka radio station, message will be
sent at the rate of :iu cents a won!,
plus the commercial rate to destina
tion. Fully prepaid message addressed to
ships in Alaskan waters or to Alaskan
Hiints will be acivpt.-d at North Head
and Kureka from the public or by land
wire for transmission by radio.
Seek Peace With Yaqui Indian.
Wahhington, D. C. -- John Way
Hammond, the mining exiert who was
President Taft's siH-cial ambassador at
the coronation of King I. urge of Eng
land, has requested iermision from
the Mexran government, through Am
lias,r Calero, now in Mexico City,
to go mto the stronghold of tho Yaqui
Indians in S.mora to try to pacify
them. Mr. Hammond is desimu of
establishing peace among the Yaqui.
to carry out n extensive irrigation
project along the Yaqui river in the
territory occupied by the Indiana.
Kobber Return Key.
Pittsburg A robber wnlkod into the
office of C. (). ). WllaIt- ,j.-Mtr,f
he I.Kiral.., I!che,ter Pittsburg
railroad, and held IWualt and Ticket
Agent Claj ton Hran.lt. at bay with a
revolver, compelling the two men to
han-l over the contents f the safe and
cash drawer. $:,.2r,. A, he w
ing the olli.-e, he l.,ed a bunch of
k'ys to IWualt. saying: "Here's
,., V"r. h n'ity ticket office
" - ieveian.1. 1 stuck
ld th.-m I would
keys."
hem up and
return their
Edmonton Ha Bad Fire
r1italpTn:.AIU,-Fiw- hirh ,Urt-
H in bed . ,r fr-tim. thrr,t.
bus nras district here early Sunday.
ZV" l"n ter main. ,h.
firemen were unable to get a stream
n. ' r,r" "! a number of small
o",:,:",,wi,e..,''"' Th"
'i' r " name
."ecKci. The U,
ne tnermomctor
grees below zero.
could be
was $100,000.
registered 30 de-
big Effort to Save Pet Doe; Fatal
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