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j GENERAL NEWS OF INTEREST I I Items Over State and Nation Gathered this Week I OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Crosa Makes New Grain Oregon City. A new and unnamed grain hai been grown by P. O. Chind gren, a farmer at Mullno, after a aer lea of experiments with the corn wheat and the Egyptian apeclea of the grain. Tor the paat two or three years the farmer baa been studying the poaRibillty of crossing the two llndt of wheat. Bamplea now In the rooms of the Oregon City commercial club show that be bas been highly 'successful. Tbs grain produces a stalk about eight feet long and heads that are much larger and beter than either of the old kinds. No name baa been selected for the new grain. blue- , Wheat, New Crop Club, 79cj stem, 83c; red Russian, 79c. Hay Timothy, $1(5; alfalfa, 13. Butter Creamery, 32c. Egg Candied, 28c; ranch, 22c. Wool Kastern Oregon, 16c; Wil lamette valley, 19c. Seattle. Wheat, New Crop Rluestem, 84c; club, 79c; rpd Russian, 77c. Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa, $13 per ton. Eggs 28c. Butter Creamery, 31c. have been summoned to appear In the United States district court at Port land September 16, to answer a com plaint in the suit of E. J. Barnes and 68 others against the Southern Ore gon company and themselves aa offi cials of the state of Oregoa. The 59 complalnanta are people who desire that land granted by oongr.ss In 1S69 to the state of Oreion be disposed of according to the terms of the grant BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON OREGON TO BUILD FIRST Panama Exposition Work to Be Com plated Early. Eugene. "Oregon first," In the let ting of contract and erecting of a building on the grounds of the Panama-Pacific exposition, Is the reason for a meeting In Portland of the Ore gon commission, the state officers who picked the commission, and two score representatives of the various Industrial, educational and other teresta of the stats. Six architect are to present their plans for the proposed building, and It Is expected out of the multitude of counsel, to be able at that meeting to select the d sign for the Oregon building. Extracting Gold From Band. Marshfleld. A machine for the ex traction of gold and platinum from black sands, whloh baa been operated on the beach near Coos Bay, has been largely perfected by the Inventors They declare that It Is the only ma chine which will successfully save the precious metals from the sands. The machine uses centrifugal force In stead of gravity as a means of sep aratlng the gold and other metals from the sand. " . M Dalry Experts to Work Corvallla. The dairy division of the United States department of agricul ture will co-opernte with the Oregon Agricultural college In providing ex tension service along dairy lines In this state. An agreement to this ef feet was reached at a conference be tween B. If. Rawl, chief of the dairy division, and J. B. Dorman, In charge of western operations on behalf of the federal authorities. I i-s rl H Coos Plsns Highway. Salem. Coos and Douglas counties are planning the construction of a modern bard surface highway on a grade not to exceed 6 per cent, whloh will connect Coos Bay with the South ern Pacific Highway at Koseburg. The road will be of great benefit to the country. It will traverse a rich agri cultural section and enable ths mar keting of vegetable and fruit grown In the district LAND LOCATORS DODGE LAW Many Homesteaders Are Defrsuded, Ssys Official. Eugene. Fraudulent homestead lo cators are at work In the Blualaw forest, according to Assistant Super visor nttom. Theee professional lo cators, one of whom accordlug to Mr. Kit torn, haa an agent In Portland to send prospective settlers this way, take the unwary homeseeker to piece of agricultural land that Is sub ject to entfy, and the victim, after paying a fee of from l to f 50, returns to the forestry office In Eugsna only to find that a dosen or more other persons buve already filed on this particular tract of land. The fraud Is possible became the official surveyors are behind In the work of running lines on lands that are being honiesteaded. The "locat ors" are careful to show their cus tomers tracts of land that are Indeed subject to entry, but they negleot to say to how many other persons they have already shown the same land. The fact that theee "locators" ssow real vacant land makes It difficult for the officials to make a charts that would stand in court Prisoner Is Wsll Paid. Roseburg. Charles Howard, an al leged bootlegger, who Is serving an Indefinite' term In the county Jail for contempt of court following his re fusal to reveal to the grand Jury the tiamea of 13 places where he la alleg ed to have secured liquor IlleKully, informed the officers that he was be ing paid -'0 a day by those when he was protecting. Big Prune Crop In Freexwatcr District Freewater. The prune crop this year in this district Is valued at $60. 00. The greater part of the crop hat been harvested stid over 100 carloads are now ou their may to rateru aa Uriels. THE MARKETS. Portland Willamette hopsrowers announce that the recent rain killed the little red spiders which do great damage to the crops. Portland is to have a milk show, September 22 to 27. Its prime ob Jects will be to demonstrate the area food vulue of milk and the dangers of unsanitary dairying. In lieu of her first two puppies, whloh died a few days after they were whelped, two orphan kittens have been adopted by a fox terrier belonging to a liveryman of Salem. The $10 round trip rate from Ban Francisco, Sacramento and point! north to Klamath Falls will be on sale September 12 and 13 and will be good for return within two weeks. Well known business men and farm era slept on cots In ths street In front of the Round-up ticket office at Pea dleton. In order to be the first to pur chase tickets when the aals began at 7 o'clock last Monday morning. To be shot at, the shot missing bet but frightening her horse so that she was thrown from tbe saddle and drag gad by the stirrup until badly injured was the story told by aged Mrs. John Olbrlch, who cams to Baker from Big Creek to report to the grand Jury. Sergeant James 11. Wolford, of Ore gon's Fourth Const Artillery Reserve, landed one of the 12 honor places on tbe United States team that will de fend tbe Palms trophy in the Sep tember 8 fight with Canada, Sweden and other countries. Oregon hunters are threatened with a big cut In their open season on ducks, geese and other shore birds. If the new federal game law Is approved by President Wilson as It passed con gress. Oregon sportsmen will be al lowed to shoot only between Bsptem ber 16 and December 15. One of the best fruit deals In the Rogue River valley for thla year was made by Fred Hopkins, of Medford, whan through the Producers' Fruit company he sold his entire crop ol Winter Nellls pears, 7K0O boxes, from 14 acres, to London and Olasgow fruit dealers for aproxlmately $20,000. A peculiar malady seems to have In fected tbe Jack rabbits of the Eastern Oregon section. Rabbits are dying by the thousands. When overtaken by the disease the rabbits crawl Into the first bole they find and die there. In many badger holes as many as ball doii-n dead rabbits have been found. A huge tract of timber land, lying 20 mllea north of Medford, comprising 4500 acres, haa been sold to the Den ton Lumber company of Redding, foi $100,000. The new owners will im mediately begin the construction of a 36,000 fruit box factory that Is to upply apple and pear boxea for the eutlre valley. That some system should bs devla d to postpone the first payments ol settlers on government reclamation projects until after the land haa bo- gun to produce and that their burdens hould otherwise be lightened, la the opinion of Will. R. King, ex-justloe of the Oregon Supreme Court, now chief onunsel for the United States reola niatlon service. A power and water system ooverlng towns from Stnyton to Salem Is being promoted by Idaho and Spokane men. The (ruixi.nl Is to bring water from the North Fork of the Santlam with which to supply Salem, Staytoa, Autna- vllle and the state institutions, alao they are promoting aa electric light ing system and trolley Hoe through eUayton and Aumavllle to Salem. The movement for city ownership of the water and lights bas see a renewed Klamath Falls for two reusons. Ons that the rates for water for lrrlga- km prevent as free use of water for that purpose us would follow lower tea. This prevents the planting ol rees and redtires the number of lawns, litis keeping back the work of beati fying, the city. A movement haa been started to ecure the closing of Mill Slougn, a mall tidal estuary which reaches nek through the center of Marsh- fluid, dividing the town Into two parts nd Just at this time the matter is at- racllng more attenlon that usual be cause of the important hearing It has n railroad construction, and the mat er will he taken tip with the Oregon legation to secure special lsgisla- on by congress. Notwithstanding the efforts of Rep resentative Hlnnott and other mem- era of the Oregon delegation to get one relief tor settlers on lsade un- urveyed and uuopeiied to entry there sems to be uo relief for them. The 'neral land office has ruled taat the atute governs and that If they leave luiuis they must do so at their own sk. This ruling affects a large Bum ber of UreKon eutrymen. Oswald West, governor. ami A. M. Crawford, attorney general of Oregon. MARSHA WARRINGTON reas. ay-, , ' 'sV I y a ,i .? . y , s i LT'feaw Ik : i' Marsha Warrington, one of the chief witnesses In the famous Dlggs Camlnettl white slsvs trials at San Francisco. Brief News of the Week The proposition to bond San Fran cisco In the sum of $3,600,000 to ex tend Its municipal street railway sys tem was passed by the votera by a big majority. Nine persons lost their lives and Ix were injured when the boilers of the towboat Alice exploded at Pltts- urg. According to estimates published at London, the Jlalkan war cost near ly a billion dollars. Letters from the north and returned stampeders bring unfavorable news from the Shuuhanna, Alaska, gold frleld. QoldHeekers going toward the camp meet discouraged men returning and many turned back, abandoning supplies on the trail. Three submarine divers sent to the scene of the wreck of the steamship State of California In Alaskan waters were able to descend only to the pin nacle of the rock on which the vessel struck. No further effort will be made to recover the 20 bodies supposed to He In the cabin of the lost ship. The palace of peace at The Hague waa dedicated by Queen Wilhelmlna in the presence of 2000 officials and delegntea to the recent peace confer ence there. Andrew Carnegie receiv ed the grand cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau at the hands of the queen. Precanceled stamps, the newest wrinkle adopted by the government to save time In the delivery of pack ages and Incidentally save hundreds of thousands to the government, will soon be In use. The now scheme calls for the cancellation of stamps before they are sold and they will be used by the big sf.iros and mall order houses who si tnl out great quantities of mail each day. Fire which swept the steamship Im- pemtor, the largtst vessel afloat, aa she lay docked In Hobokon, caused the death of Soconil Officer Herman Oobrecht, the serious Injury of Sea man Stumpf, and created a panic among the 1131 steerage passengers who were aboard. Officials of the line estimated that tbe damage to the vessel itself would not be great. The senate made several Important changes In the bill. The proposal of the democrats to give circuit courts of appeals equal Jurisdiction with the United States customs court was with drawn by Senator Williams In behalf of the democratic committee mem bers. He said the committee had de cided it would be better to leave the final Judgment in custom cases en tirely to the customs court. A provision prohibiting the importa tion of goods made by convict labor, or "principally by children under 14 years of axe" was adopted. The provisions giving the President power to establish retaliatory duties much higher than the usual tariff rates against certain imports from countries that might discriminate against the United States were adopt ed after several fruitless attempts by the republicans to amend them by ln: creasing the list of articles on which the extra duties could be levied. President Hopeful of Peace In Mexico President Wilson is still hopeful of favorable culmination of the negotia tions undertaken by this country to bring about peace In Mexico. His urgent appeal to Americans In Mexico to leave ths country was de clared to have been determined on af ter wise counsel, not alone because of the present situation In Mexico, but because of conditions which might de velop In spite of the efforts of the pro visional government to prevent any harm coming to foreigners. That the administration Is content to give the situation plenty of time to work Itself out is demonstrated by the present attitude of the president and his advisers, and is regarded as one of the explanations for Sperlnl Envoy Lind's remaining In Vera Cruz. Huerta Short of Funds. The provisional Mexican govern ment, it has been pointed out. Is en countering financial difficulties, and there have been Intimations that there might be a change in the government personnel which would open the way to negotiations on a definite basis that would lead to an election for the Mexican presidency under constitu tional regulation. Until some such de velopment, the administration has ground for the belief that there Is danger to Americans remaining in Mexico because of the straits in which the provisional government finds It self. A discontented army, It has been suggested, might become uncontroll able. National Capital Brevities A hotiKe bill for tbe appropriate of $7,0'io,oOtl to esiablish a government armor plate plnnt has ben Introduced by Representative Brit ton of Illinois. I.ivestlgnt ion of the charges against Judge Kmory Speer of the federal court of Georgia has been authorized by the passage of a house resolution. Reprcscii.af lvw Woods of Iowa has been elected chairman of the republi can congressional committee. President Wilson nominated Henry Morgentliini, of New York, to be am bassador to Turkey. President Wilton Indicated to visit ors his policy toward the Philippines. It Is said that he plans ultimate but not Immediate Independence for the islands. The Glass currency bill was rein troduced In the house by Representa tive Glass, and was referred to the banking and currency commltee. It bas been approved by the caucus Of house democrats, with but nine dis senters. Secrt.arv Daniels has addressed a letter to fjovernor Goldsborough Maryland, denouncing the action of the ctute officers in allowing a young man convicted of tneft to escape pun ishment bv e'i's'ing In the United States navy. PATRIOTIC WAVE SWEEPS MEXICO Mexico City. A wave of patriotism Is said to be sweeping over Mexico, and from many states and from all classes, it is announced, assurances of allegiance and offers of service are being received daily by President Hu erta and hla minister of war. The war department has been called on to furnish military Instructors to a dozen cities, where the fear of be ing impressed for service against the revolutionists bas given away before a later patriotic ardor. . f In addition to tbe students of tbe preparatory schools, where military instruction has been enforced for some timo, the manual of arms is be ing taught workers who are attending night schools and the employes of the tax department t i Tbe excitement among American residents over President Wilson's warning subsided to a large degree over Sunday. A limited number of persons left on trains to Vera Cruz and tbe opinion Is growing that the warning, so far as regards the large centers, will not be generally obeyed unless further Information of definite character is forthcoming. 6 Of I We Repair All Kinds of MACHINERY AUTOS and GAS ENGINES We are equipped with steel drilling outfits, turning I lathe, furnace, etc. GASOUNL DST BATTZKIIS, AUTO SUPPLUS A1WATS ON HAND AT THX INDEPENDENCE GARAGE & MACHINE SHOP EDWARDS 6c BALL, Proprietors 000f4000W0000000000f004'9mm00 Endolane Orchards and Garden FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR SALE IN SEASON A Fine Orchard and over alx acres of aa Fine a -Garden as there Is in the Willamette Valley C. W. DOSSETT Independence, Oregon r. r. D. No. 2 0000000000000000m00 1000000000l. l H Pl000000I00 OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BEGINS its forty -fifth school year September is. isi. DEGREE COURSES In many phaseoof AQniCULTURC. ENQINEERIN1. MOMI ECONOMICS. MININ3. r0HISTV. COM MERCE. Pharmacy. Two-year courses i Aoavt, TURK. HOME ECONOMICS, MfOMAMtC ART. FORESTRY, COMMERCE. PNARMAOV TEACHER'S COURSES In saaaaal training, agriculture, domeatie ecieace and art. MUSIC, including piano, string, baad instruments and voice cultnre. A BEAUTIFUL BOOKLET entitle "Thb Enrichment of Rural Urg" and a Catalouuk will be mailed free ou applicntion. Address M. M. TbnnanT, Registrar, dw-M6to9 Corvallla, Oregon. Get Your Printing Satisfactorily Done, Placing: Your Order at The Monitor Office NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Serate Completes First Read ing of Tariff Bill and It May Pass Within Week. Waahinston. Tho senate has com pleted the first reading of the new tariff bill, although many of the most iiniHinani utw roatures of the meas ure remain to bo settled. Senate lead ers agreed that the disposal of the first reading of the bill had brought the passage of the in en mire within view, and that another week may wit ness Its completion and passage. The rate of the new income tux, the proposed tax on cotton futures, many provisions of the administrative features of the law, the suggrMed tax rebate of 6 per cent for imports brought in American ships, and many other sections of the measure that will occasion debate were put over without action, and will be taken up again thla week. Senator Norrls an nounced that before the bill was com pleted he would propose an amend ment directed at the llratlllan coffee monopoly, giving the president au thority to levy a 15 rer cent duty on products controlled through monopoly or conspiracy iu another country. Bayarel Important Changes Msds 000000000000000000000000000000000004&44000 004000000000040000000000000000400400000 Buy Real Estate Now When the Price on Land is Still Reasonable Willamette Valley Land Will Double in Value in LESS THAN FIVE YEARS :: WE LIST JUST k FEW GOOD BARGAINS 200 ACRE FARM $20,000 All in Cultivation and well Located. A Model farm for an Up-to-Date Dairy Proposition and a Soil that Will Produce Clover Hay and Seed, a place that is well drained and Well Worth the Money. This place has ood Orchard, a Ood house barn and other Improvements. 120 ACRES $13,000 A well improved dairy farm, ready for a good da i ryman to take hold of, including good barn, house, stock, etc. 100 ACRES $15,0)0, all in Cultivation but 1 acre Ash Grove, planted in hay and grain, 25 acres in apple orchard, 8 room house, barn 42x60, smoke house, chicken house, a fine Dairy proposition. 33 ACRES $6600, 1 barn with cement floor, 1 big dairy barn, Big House 135 cherry trees, family fruit, a fine Dairy Offer. 4 mu uairv Prcmosmons Wo have others. We have stock, grain, fruit and small acreage propositions, business chances, etc. J. TAYLOR CO. R ----------f -f-f rr t rr rr rrrr rtt0tts-Mrsm 000)00000 100,0000 9044000000400000400000400000