INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
URGES NEW COTTON TARIFF.
GET MINIMUM WAGE BILL.
Commission Raport Showa Dutiea Ara । British Miners Will Fight Till Price
Excaaaivaly High.
Is Fixed.
REBELS CLOSING
LN ON FEDERALS
Washington, D. C.—President Taft
London—A fateful day in the his­
has transmitted to congress the tariff tory of British trade struggles came
board’s raport on the cotton schedule. to a close with the passage through
E. H. Smith Goes East to Tell of Chicago Man Says Agriculturists Are
* The president recommends that the parliament by a large majority of the Madero’s General Advances Be­
Campaign Here.
Coming Here to Live.
oottoa section of the tariff law be bill establishing in legislation the
cause Retreat Is Cut Off.
Portland — E. H. Smith, of the Portland—“In the 13 cars on the taken up at once for reviaion.
principle of a minimum wage scale in
American Linseed company, has gone train by which I came into Oregon,”
The report ia exhaustive, technical the country's most important industry
to Duluth to report upon the progress said R. E. Kimball, a Chicago builder and detailed.
—coal mining. The minimum wage Aubert Believed to Be in Ignorance
of his campaign to awaken interest in who has come to Portland to establish
The preeident’s message ia a com­ bill passed its third reading in the
of Defeat of Allies—Victory
the flax-growing industry in Oregon, himself in business, at the Commer- parative aummary of the board’s find­ bouse of commons by a vote of 213 to
for Rebels Likely
A. P. Allensworth will remain in the cial club, “there were between 300 ings. As in its report on the woolen 48 amid a scene of great excitement.
Northwest and continue the campaign, and 400 persons, all of whom were schedule and the pulp and paper sched­ The house of lords were assembled at
with the assistance of the Oregon bound for Portland or other cities of ule, the board makes no recommenda­ 2:50 o’clock to receive the bill and on
Jiminez, Mex.—General Trucy Au­
Agricultural college and the larger the state. ”
tions, and suggests no duties in its re­ motion of Lord Herschel it passed its bert’s retreat seems to have been a
mask, for he is reported to have re­
commercial organizations of the state,
“Although the colonist season is view of a very complex subject. The first reading.
organized his column of federal troops
which have indorsed the movement not f“r advanced, wherever I went it president says he bases his recom­
Premier Asquith on leaving the and to be returning to attack Jiminez.
thoroughly.
appeared that the stream of travel
mendations
on
the
declaration
of
the
house
of commons was cheered loudly It was reported that he already had
, xu i.
toward Oregon was on the increase,
Prior to leaving for Duluth, Mr. and Portland and Oregon were men. platform on which he was elected— by all the members.
engaged in battle at a place known as
Smith visited the flax mill at Cheha- tioned oftener by people westward that a reasonable protective tariff
After a strike lasting nearly a Rancho San Pedro, 20 miles from this
city.
lis, Wash., and secured samples of its bound than any other city or state.”
should be adjusted to the difference in month and involving the whole coun­
The government commands of the
fiber to send back to Duluth, prelimi-
Mr- Kimball said that while the let-
try
in
distress,
the
miners
thus
have
nary to entering into negotiations to *7 isSUe.d by tbe ,Central Labor ^un- cost of production at home and abroad. secured recognition of the principle late General Salas and General Tellez,
“The report of the board shows the
. .
C1j warning people away from Port­
which they set out to obtain. But it is practically certain, have returned
take over the entire stock of fiber on land and this state had been widely difficulty of stating, in general terms, they still are dissatisfied because the to their base at Torreon, 150 miles
u i _i
u the factory
— •___
hand,
which
has been en- . circulated and had attracted a great differences in costs of production for bill does not specify the amount of the south of here, and it was assumed
a great variety of cotton manufac­
when Aubert broke camp and disap­
deavoring to dispose of for some time. amount of attention, he did not be­
tures,
” the president wrote. “The minimum wage and there is no pros­ peared that he had seen the futility of
lieve
that
it
had
had
the
effect
of
de
­
pect
of
an
immediate
settlement
of
By assuring farmers who were raising
differences vary widely according to
attacking a force outnumbering his
flax for the Chehalis mill, which has terring many immigrants from com­ the character of the particular fabric. the strike.
own
at least two to one.
ing,
unless
it
might
have
been
a
few
The
miners
’
leaders
declare
their
been a losing proposition in many re­
“The report shows that the cost of
Information
that he had halted his
who
are
members
or
sympathizers
of
spects, of a market for their linseed
spinning cotton yarn in this county is determination to keep up the strike
at the Portland factory, and for their the unions. The agricultural class of greater than in the leading competing until they have secured guarantees of retreat and was returning to the at­
minimum wage scale of 5 shillings tack resulted in the cancellation of an
fiber by shipping to Duluth, Mr. immigrants apparently ignored the country. In the case of ordinary warp
$1.25)
for men, or until the district order issued early in the day for Gen­
Smith hopes to influence them to con­ letter.
and filling yarns, forming the bulk of
eral Campa with 600 of his rebels to
tinue flax-growing.
Many have al­
the production of the domestic indus­ boards as provided by the bill arrange occupy Parral, two hours’ journey by
PATENTS HELD UP.
acceptable
terms.
ready withdrawn or are planning to
try, the foreign cost of turning cotton
rail from here. Campa was ordered
withdraw from flax culture, owing to
into yarn is shown to be about 70 per
to report at this place at once.
the uncertainties that have heretofore Land Agent's Suspicions Delay Opera- cent of the domestic cost.
The rebel Column, still at Escalon,
H1CAGO PACKERS FREED
attended it.
tion of Hawley Bill.
“The duty on these yarns is two or
30 miles south of here, received orders
The entire Northwest as a flax­
OF TRUST LAW INDICTMENTS to proceed north to attack Aubert in
Washington, D. C.—A new obstacle three times in excess of the difference
growing district is the goal toward
in cost of production. On some highly
the rear.
has
arisen
which
may
delay
the
issu
­
which the campaign will be directed.
specialized yarns and on yams of the
It is possible, though not probable,
ance
of
patents
to
Siletz
homesteaders
Chicago--Chicago
packers
ended
a
Mr. Smith has leased 20 acres of land
highest count — that is, of greatest
that Aubert has not heard of the re­
near Brooks, which will be operated under the Hawley bill. Chief of Spe­ fineness—the duty in some cases about ten years’ legal battle with the gov­ pulse of the other federal column and
as a flax experiment farm and the re­ cial Agents Sharp, at Portland has equalizes the difference in conversion ernment when a jury in United States still expects to be supported.
sults of its operation will be turned telegraphed the general land office costs.
District Judge Carpenter’s court
Reports were received showing that
over for the benefit of the flax farm­ that he “thinks” he has found evi­
“The report further shows that in found them not guilty of violating the General Aubert's return was not due
dence
that
options
have
been
given
on
ers of the Northwest at large.
the case of a large variety of fabrics
to his own choice, but to having met a
On the advice of Professor Withy- some Siletz lands and that “possibly” which permit of the use of many criminal section of the Sherman anti­ column of rebels in the mountains,
some
of
these
options
may
be
on
lands
combe, of the Oregon Agricultural
trust law.
through which he was threading his
He has looms per weaver, the prices at which
college, Mr. Allensworth visited the affected by the Hawley bill.
goods
are
sold
by
the
American
manu
­
Whether further investigations into way.
suggested
the
advisability
of
delaying
farming communities of Union Coun­
facturer are as low as the prices
The appearance of the insurrectos,
ty to interest them in flax culture. issuance of the patents while he can charged by the foreign maufacturer in the beef-packing industry will be who came from Corralitor, checked
look
into
the
matter.
made, District Attorney Wilkerson re­
He will meet Mr. Smith at Lewiston
him and he returned to the vicinity of
Sharp also reports that he does not his own market, and in many cases fused to say.
for a conference, and will then return
lower.
Jiminez, evidently seeking a good de­
know
whether
those
who
are
’
supposed
to Portland to continue the campaign
He was overwhelmed by the ver­ fensive position. His force of 1,200
“Under the existing system of dis­
to have offered options are prepared to
of education throughout the state.
take them up and the understanding tribution, a slight reduction of duties dict. He had been confident of con­ is surrounded on three sides by 3,000
rebels and a fourth column is moving
here is that land agents may have un­ would, in some cases, materially re­ victions.
The verdict came after the jury had into position.
PRIZES FOR BEE PRODUCTS.
dertaken to buy up these lands with­ duce the price to the consumer, while
out having the capital on hand to in other cases a large a reduction of been out 19 hours. At no time during
the duties would not change the price the deliberations were the packers in
Bt ekeepers’ Association Plans Ex­ make the purchase if their offer is
ARMY GUARDS CITY.
danger.
Only three ballots were
to the American consumer at all.”
accepted.
If
the
Interior
department
hibit for State Fair.
taken.
The
first
was
8
to
4
for
ac
­
Figures
are
presented
to
show
that
acts on Sharp’s suggestions, issuance
The following list of prizes will be of patents under the Hawley bill may altogether labor costs in the cotton in­ quittal, the second 11 to 1, and the Martial Law Declared for Fear of
Dynamite Outbreak,
dustry are in many cases lower in the third was unanimous.
awarded at the 1912 Oregon State I be delayed indefinitely.
Failure of the government to prove
United
States
than
in
England,
yet
Rock
Island,
Ill.—Fear of a possible
Fair for bees and bee products, under
the actual hourly earnings in this its case beyond reasonable doubt was dynamite outrage as a sequel to the
the auspices of the State Beekeepers’
FISH TO BE PLANTED.
country are in most of the principal responsible for the verdict, several recent fatal rioting caused martial
association:
jurors said. They did not review the law to be declared by Governor De-
occupations much greater.
exhibits in the case. The mass of fig­ neen.
Specimen of comb honey, not less Many Mountain Streams To Be Filled
ures and reports mystified them. To
With Brook Trout.
than 24 pounds, first prize, $5 ; second,
The entire Sixth regiment, Illinois
CHARGE IS ADMITTED.
have attempted to untangle them National Guard, was mobilized here.
$3.
Pendleton — State Fish and Game
would have been useless, it was As a result an early threatened demon­
Most attractive display of comb Commissioner Cranston has received a Editor in Department of Agriculture agreed.
stration was averted and Mayor
honey, first prize, $10; second, $5.
letter from George W. Bowers, com-
Suppressed Facts.
Schriever relinquished his power to
Specimen of extracted honey, not missioner of fisheries, department of
SUFFRAGETTES TO JAIL.
Washington, D. C.—Joseph A. Ar­
the military authorities.
less than 24 pounds, first prize, $5; commerce and labor, Washington, D.
Sheriff Bruner’s fear of “powder
nold,
editor-in-chief
of
the
divicion
of
second, $3.
C., saying that in his opinion the
Participants in Window - Smashing men” was substantiated when it was
Most attractive display of extracted aPring-fed mountain streams and lakes publications of the department of ag­
Campaign Sentenced.
learned that several experienced con­
honey, first prize, $10; second $5.
°.f Oreg°n are adapted to the cultiva- riculture, assumed responsibility for
London—One hundred and twenty- struction workers familiar with the
e
, .
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,,
tion of the brook trout (Salvelinus the suppression of the much-talked-of
10.^
fontinalis), and that the introduction
six suffragettes were placed on trial use of high explosives were mingling
™
S i g £ yr
WaXJ° of thia sPe«es in such waters may be report on the feasibility of reclaiming at a special sitting of the County of with the malcontents.
This discovery was followed by a
M f
’ f 1 PnZe’ $4 ’ undertaken with reasonable assurance the Florida Everglades. He told the London sessions, in connection with
’
of good results. This is the fourth Moes committee he had recommended the window-smashing raids in London raid on the railroad yards, where a
Most attractive display of beeswax, year that brook trout have been ex- that the report be suppressed and had March 1 and March 4, and were sen­ score of men were arrested. Deputy
first prize, $6; second $3.
perimented with in Oregon streams. voiced that opinion to Secretary Wil­ tenced to terms ranging from four to sheriffs, aided by militia officers, in­
six months’ imprisonment. In some vestigated reports that a dynamite
Honey vinegar, not less thin one especially in Eastern Oregon, but son in June, 1910.
“Why did you oppose the publica­ cases where the women undertook not plot had been perfected.
gallon, shown in glass, first prize, $3; State Commissioner Cranston had be-
second, $2.
come a little doubtful as to the wis- tion of this report?” asked Chairman to repeat the offense, they were bound
Two Buried; One Lives.
over to come up for judgment if called
Single comb nucleus Italian bees, dom of further experimenting with Moss.
“Because of the obvious irreconcil­ upon.
Cordova, Alaska—Thomas Erickson,
first prize, $5; second, $3.
this particular variety of trout. The
Mrs. Pankhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Peth­ a miner, was killed when a snowslide
Single comb nucleus black bees, [esult9 tbu.9. far obtained ba™ not able difference of the engineers of the
first prize $5; second. $3.
been Up ‘‘‘J"9 «Pectations. Mr. Cran- department and the conflict of opinion ick, joint editors of “Votes for Wo­ swept down the mountain above Ken-
,
.
, L
. ,
.
ston says, however, that since receiv- outside the department,” answered men,” and Mrs. Mabel Tuke, again necott. Erickson and J. H. Swanson
Single comb nucelus Carniolan bees, ¡ng the above reply to his inquiry he Mr. Arnold. “It was apparent to me were remanded when they appeared at were buried by the snow, but a relief
first prize, $5; second, $3.
is making preparations to stock suit- that no report could be issued with the the Bow Street Police Court to answer party succeeded in extricating Swan­
unanimous approval of ths depart­ to the charge of conspiracy and incit­ son and saved hie life. Erickson was
Single comb nucleus Caucasian able streams with this species.
ment.”
bees, first prize, $5; second, $3.
------------
ing to commit malicious damage to buried so deep that life was extinct
“I thought that it was time to exer­ property.
when the rescuers reached him.
For the largest, best, most interest­
Rail Line to Tap Newport.
cise caution and prudence. I recom­
A
prisoner
who
is
serving
a
term
in
Warm weather throughout the interior
ing, attractive and instructive exhibi­
Salem — Supplementary articles of mended, therefore, that no report be
Holloway jail after conviction for is causing many slides along the trail,
tion in bee raising, a sweepstakes incorporation, which were filed with
issued at all. A bulletin from the de­
prize of $15 will be offered.
the secretary of state by the Valley 4 partment should be the last word from window-smashing, testified that bags of making travel dangerous.
atones and hammers had been served
The State Beekeepers' association Siletz road, provide for the construc­
I. W. W. Threatens.
is anxious to make the exhibit an ex­ tion of a railroad from Independence the department and I didn’t think it out to herself and others from the
fair to the people of the country to
cellent one, since upon this point hangs to Newport.
San Francisco—Acts of violence of
In the original articles give them any bulletin which was not suffragist headquarters with orders to
break windows.
the question as to whether it shall be the company proposed to build a rail­
a nature that would “make the whole
approved by the department, The
made a permanent part of the state road from the upper dam on the secretary agreed with me.”
world shudder,” were threatened by a
Poison Trial is Begun,
fair exhibits.
committee representing the Industrial
Luckiamute river to Simpson. Under
Berlin—The trial has begun here of Workers of the World that called at
the new plan this will give Portland a
Coast Artillery to Guard Border.
Loganberry Crop Sold.
five men accused of being responsible the office of Mayor James Rolph, Jr.
direct connection with Yaquina bay on
San Francisco—By orders issued by for death by wood alcohol poisoning of Accompanying the committee were
Salem—An order from Chicago to the West Side.
the department of California of the 89 persons which occurred last Christ­ nearly 300 members of the organiza­
the Salem Fruit Union for 100,000
United States army here a detach­ mas among the inmates of the munici­ tion, and they crowded into the assem­
pounds of dried loganberries, has
Hawley to Help Commission.
ment of 25 men of the Twenty-eighth pal night shelter for the homeless. bly room of the board of supervisors,
brought to light the fact that the Wil­
Salem—In reply to a recent tele­ company, Coast
Artillery, United
lamette valley loganberry market for gram from the State Railroad com­ States army, was sent from Fort Rose­ The indictment alleges violation of where the mayor and a few members
large lots is closed, and that heavy or­ mission, asking that steps be taken to crans to Campo, 55 miles southeast of the pure food law by the preparation of the board were in discussion.
ders cannot be filled from here. The pass through congress a bill prohibit­ San Diego, under command of Lieu­ and selling of harmful substitutes.
Price of Coal Mounting.
Technicalities do not permit of more
union is unable to meet the order be­ ing the ownership of steamship lines tenant Charles N. Wilson.
Recent
Chicago—Coal to the small consum- ,
cause of heavy Portland contracts for by railroads, Representative Hawley depredations by bandits on the Mexi- serious charges, so the culprits will
er has advanced 50 cents to $1.50 a
the green berries and the market for writes that he will so vote unless can border caused the order, The undoubtedly get off lightly.
ton in Chicago in the last three weeks.
heavy sales for this year is past from good and sufficient evidence shall prove troops will reach Campo in two days.
Dealers say there is no prospect of
this section.
some modification is advisable.
Berlin—Christian Gottfried Albert immediate relief. There appears to
Indian Bureau Is Eyed.
Traeger, member of the Reichstag be plenty of soft coal in storage, but
State Forest Ei I Seen.
Pendleton Crops Hopes High.
Washington, D. C.—The house com­ from Oldenburg, and "Father of the much of it is held through fear of a
Salem—Governer West has received
Pendleton—Crop prospects continue mittee on expenditures in the Interior House,” is dead, aged 82. Herr Tra­ coal strike.
copies of a bill which has been intro­ bright throughout this section. Tem­ department has decided to conduct a eger, who belonged to the radical
duced in the senate by Senator Cham­ peratures have been low for several full investigation into the Indian bu­ party, had been a member of the
River Pierces Tunnel.
berlain providing for the state to cre­ weeks. Grain has continued to make reau embracing all the reservations Reichstag since 1874. He was a law­
Berlin—Eighty workmen barely es­
ate a state forest through exchange of a good growth, while fruit buds have and their administration. The inquiry yer. He was a prolific poet and col­ caped with their lives when the river
scattered school sections in Federal been kept back until there is no dan­ will be conducted by the full commit­ laborated in the translation into Ger­ Spree broke through the tunnel now
forests for a compact body of forest ger of late frosts. No fall grain was tee and hearings will begin as soon as man of the poems of Robert Burns.
being bored under the river for the
reserve lands.
frozen ouL
possible.
He also wrote several plays.
extension of the Berlin subway.
FLAX EXPERT REPORTS.
OREGON GOAL OF MANY.