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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1905)
M AY W ATER OREGON STAU ITEMS OF INTEREST Y A M H IL L C R O P S DOING W ELL. A L B A N Y BIOS FO R M ILL. Prospects are that Caraal Yield Will Citizens A gree to Put Up Money to Aid in Rebuilding. Be the Beat In Yaara. Albany— A meeting of Albany’ s citi McMinnville— Yam hill county haa not ha<l a better promise of a good yield zens was held last week to consider tlie in cereal* for yearn than it ha* the prea- question of taking some step to secure «n t aeaaon. Crop« generally are th rif tlie rebuilding of tlie woolen m ill of the ty, and of the tlneat color. Owing to Bannockburn Woolen Mills company in the weather and crop condition« laat Albany. This ia m ill that was burned epring, the farmer« seeded a larger aiiout a month ago, entail! in? a loan of acreage than uatial laat fall. The fall $76,000. Among thoee who addreesed the eowing waa moatly wheat, and thia la advancing rapidly. Oats atari look meeting were: J. K. Weatherford, Fred Dawson, P. II. Goodwin, K. W. well, and there la no algn of blight. The aprtng aowing la practically fln- I.angdon, F. J. M iller and Mayor W. iaherl and the earlier spring grain ia up H. I »avis. A ll favored purchase of and growing well. Fcrmera generally stock by Albany citizens, and several hftve marie a larger aowing of apring volunteered to take blocks ranging io oata than uatial. There ia a growing value from $260 to $1,000. A com tendency in thia county to make the mittee was appointed to take charge of tiie work, ascertain how mncli money apring crop conaiat chiefly of oata. Hop conditiona, while good, cannot Aloany people w ill put up to assiat in lie called excellent. The growth haa rebuilding tlie m ill, what kind of a lieen extremely uneven, aome vinea |iro|awition the Bannockburn company having grown ra p id !), and are already will entertain, if any, and report. It seema that Albany w ill be able to trelliaetl, while othera have not ad- vanretlfai. Otherwiae, the crop lcaika subscribe enough stock in the Bannock well and haa not lieen harmed by froat. burn company to rebuild tlie m ill if In a few yarda the leavea have lieen that company w ill put in the ma alightly mopped, hut prar'tically no chinery, and put tlie m ill in working harm done to the hops. Aa far aa can order. t»e aacertained, every yard in the coun Boom Spirit at Ashland. ty ip iieing cultivated, anti a fair crop Ashland— As a result of concerted im anticipated. Ilopmen are not dia- couraged by the uneven growth, and actions of leading citizens of Ashland are huving the yarda thoroughly hoed working through the Isiard of trade, a fund of approximately $2,000 lias lieen and tlie more advanced hope twined. Apple* ami other fruit, except prune* pledged for tlie promotion and publi and cherries, w ill yield abundantly. city of tbe resources and attractions of The cherry crop w ill lie very light in tiiis city and vicinity while tbe big Fifteen all part* of the county, owing to the ex^iaitiori is on at Portland. late froata. Tlie prune crop w ill alao hundred dollars of tins sum was aub- lie l«*a than normal. The pro*)tecta scrilied at a big mass meeting of citi were exceptionally good until viaitcd zens held under the auspics of tbe by the recent froat. Near Dayton and board of trade, at which there was a aectiona along the W illamette river very large attendance and much en there w ill not be ever a third of the thusiasm for the objects in view. A uatial yield, while on the prairie aiiout portion of the sutn subscribed w ill be half & crop ia expected. In the more exfiended upon a permanent display at protected aectiona there may lie three- tbe Southern Pacific depot in this city. fourth« of a crop, but in no parts wili it lie up to the normal output. Hatchery on Wallowa River. Astoria — Ferguson A Houston, of tins city, have completed tbe ¡dans for Berries on the Reservation. Adaina— John Pierce, a quarter-breed tlie promised new salmon hatchery to allottee, who reside* two mile* Month of lie erected by the State Fisheries de here, haa demonatratd that the Uma- partment on the Wallowa river. Tiie tills reservation land is capable of rais ¡dins are for a frame structure 230 feet ing more than wheat, although it ia 1 mg and 66.4 feet wide. It w ill con not irrigated. I.aat year he aet out leas tain 33tl trougiis, each of which w ill be than one half an acre of Hood River Iff feet in length and bold six egg bas Tiie capacity of tlie plant will strawberries, and although the plants kets. lie 18,000,000 eggs each season. The were lews than a year old, they bore lierries from June until November, the appropriation for building the hatchery heaviest crop Iieing in June ami Oc w ill be available May 18, and bids on tober. Thia yeur he haa set out more the construction w ill be called for soon plants, having now almost one acre. after that. A ll are in bloom and Mr. Pierce ex perts to have ri|ie berries in two weeks i f the weather is favorable. Rogue River Craft. (irants 1‘aas -— The first boat, other than a canoe or skiff, to navigate the Upper Rogue w ill be one now complet ed and ready for launching here. The craft is a light draft, staunch affair, and waa built by John C. Lucas, a local merchant, for pleasure purposes. It is 30-foot length, with six-foot beam, ami w ill lie propelled by a powerful gaso line engine, its builder is confident it w ill successfully make tbe rapids of the Rogue, Isitli below and above ■Grant* Pass. Tbe |siwer dams w ill lie mounted by skidways. One Fare to Albany. Albany— Effort* of the Albany Com mercial club to secure special rates from Portland to Albany during tbe f,ewis and Clark exposition have proved successful. A committee was ap]ioint- ed some time ago to confer with the officials of the Southern Pacific railroad in Oregon, and aa a result of tlie work o f tliin committee the traffic men have granted a rate of one fare for the round trip for all who hold transportation from Eastern ¡mints, tickets good to re main in Linn comity for 1ft days. Hood River to Get the Mill. Eugene — The present owners of the woolen m ill here, Messrs. Wright and W ilbur, of Union, have no intention of ¡mtting the m ill into operation, aa was reported at the time they made the pur chase last winter from the receiver. Instead, it is now learned, the m ill w ill lie moved to Hood River, where the citizens are to take stock in the concern to the amount of $20,000. Valley W ool Pool Sold. [>alla*— The Polk County Woolgrow- ers’ association sold its ¡mol of 100,000 pounds in Dallas for 2ft ^ cents a pound. H. L. Fenton, of Dallas, was the buyer. May IS both the mohair and wool associations w ill meet in Dallas to elect officers and transact other general business of the associa tions. Land Sale Near Union. Union— The Dwight ranch of 100 acres, well improved, 4)^ miles from Union, on Catherine creek, was sold last week to Faulk Brothers, of Daven port, Wash., for $0,000. Acre proper ty in this section is showing a livelier tendency, and numerous sales are re ported. Excellent Crop Prospect*. Pendleton— Tiie reservation south and east ot here presents the most thrifty appearance ami tlie prospects are for tiie finest wheat crop in tlie his tory of the county. South of Adams tlie wheat is nearly knee high and of a dark green color, which indicates the liest of growing conditions. In a few instances in the same locality the fields are infested with t.ir weed, the pest of tiie reservation. Tlie great number of these weeds is partly accounted for by tiie fact tiiat only combined harvesters have been used for years. 1906 Hop Contracts Filed. Salem — Three 1905 hop contracts, aggregating 60,000 pounds, or 280 bales have lieen filed tor record in tbe department of tlie county recorder. They are: J. E. Forrest, of Salem, to T. Rosenwald A Co., of New York, 10,000 pounds at 18 cents; J. E. K irk land and others, of Independence, to T. Rosenwald A Co., New York, 30,000 pounds, at 17 cents, and George II. Irwin, of Brooks, to Valentine Ixiewi’ a Sons Co., of New York, 10,000 pounds, at 17 cents. Educational Exhibit. Pendleton— Tlie educational exhibit for tlie Ix'wis and Clark fair is all in the hands of tlie county school superin tendent, and is being assembled and prepared for tlie cabinets. One of the fine features of tlie exhibit is a number of drawings. Tiie pa|>ers to be bound after reaching Portland are classified into piles according to tlie work. 8u- l>erintendent Welles lias three assist ants at the work. P O R T L A N D Q U O T A T IO N S . Wheat — Club, 84®8ffc per bushel; bluestem, 89®91c; valley, 8ffc. Oats — No. 1, white, $28 per ton; gray, $27. Eggs— Oregon ranch, 17@17)^c per dozen. Butter— Fancy creamery, 1 7 )*® 19c per pound. Potatoes— Oregon fancy, $1®1.05; common, 80®85e. Apples— Fancy, $1.75(92.60 per box; choice, $l® 1.25. Hope — Choice, 1904, 2 3 )* ® 26c per pound. Wool— Valley, 23 ^ ® 25 ^ c ; Eastern Oregon, liest, 17)*®19c; mohair, choice, 31®32,4c per pound. Hay — Timothy, $14® 16 per ton; clover, $11® 12; grain, ^ $11®12; cheat, $11<S12. D E 8 C H U T E 8 LAND. jact If Caray Irrigation Fails. Washington, May 6. — Information which reaches Washington indicaites that tbe reclamation service msy yet iiave an opportunity to irrigate in the Deschutes valley in Eastern Oregon. A t tlie time tiie national irrigation law was passed the reclamation service was anxious to build sn irrigation service along the Deschutes, bat found that private enterprise had entered the field aud was already operating or preparing to o(ierate under the Carey act. Had it not been for this fact, the govern ment would today be completing an ir rigation system that would irrigate far more land in tbe Deschutes than w ill ever be reclaimed by private enter prise, and would probably have been able to turn the water into the canals not later than the coming fall or win ter. I f private capital should decide to withdraw from the Deschutea valley, the governmeut would be very glad to enter tiiat field, buy up what works iiave already been constructed, and enter upon the irrigation of a much larger area than is now internded to be reclaimed. But the government is not going to make any advances. Nor w ili it ¡my fancy prices for such works as iiave been constructed by private capi tal. The situation in the Deschutes coun try is not altogether similar to that in Klamath basin. In the Deschutes, so far as known, the community is satis fied to have its lands irrigated by pri vate capital, notwithstanding private capital w ill reclaim only the cream, and leave forever barren a large tract tiiat would lie irrigated by the govern ment. In the Klamath basin public sentiment is a unit in favor of govern ment as against private irrigation. This much is to tie said: I f private capital goes ahead and completes its ir rigation system according to present plans, Uie government w ill never go in and reclaim the outstanding lands. Private interests are promising to irri gate only lands which can tie watered at a minimum cost; the government w ill not follow and undertake to irri gate adjoining lands where the cost w ill lie excessive unless it can have the en tire field to itself. One of the prime objects of government irrigation is to reclaim lands in large areas, combining cheap with expensive work, so as to make the average cost within the reach of the settler. The government is not taking up extremely expensive works; it cannot afford to; it is only irrigating where it knows it can recover the ex penditure. T R IP L E A L L IA N C E FOR PEACE French See France, United States and Britain Thus Combined. Paris, May 4.— Tiie Temps in a lead ing article today discusses Ambassador McCormick’ s remarks to President Loubet yesterday on the presentation of the former’s credentials as being timely reassurances of the strong rela tions uniting the two countries. The paper says: “ The ambassador referred to the Franco-American alliance as being stronger than if inscribed in traatiee, and then by an initiative which ie worthy of emphasis he expressed satis faction with the Anglo-French rap prochement. It is not habitual for third ¡lowers to lie mentioned in cere monies of this kind, and this makes the ambassador's allusion to Anglo French friendship more significant." Tlie Temps adds that the friendship thus indicated between France and the United States and France and Great Britain, is susceptible of developing into a triple understanding for the ben efit of the participants and the peace of the world. Tiie Journal des Dehats also devotes a leading article to Minister McCor mack’ s speech. Garfield Has a Carbuncle. Los Angeles, May 6 — United States Commissioner of Corporations James R. Garfield, who arrived in Southern California Monday to investigate the oil condition of this section, is suffer ing severely from a carbuncle and is temporarily hampered in pursuing his investigations. Both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railway companies iiave thrown open their offices and rec ords to the commissioner and his assist ants. When he goes from here to Tex as he w ill leave two assistants behind, who w ill continue the investigation. . Bombmakera Arretted. London, May 5.— A dispatch from St. Petersburg to a news agency here says that a dozen men have been arrested in a joiner’ s workshop who are suspected of being bombmakers. Several infern al maheines, the dispatch adds, were fonnd in the ahop. CONDITIONS WORSE Chicago Strike Breakers Carry Rifles and Use Them. POLICE ARE UNABLE TO PREVENT Rioting in Street G row s More Vicious and Many Participants ara Badly Injurad. Chicago, May 2.— Conditiona in the teamsters’ strike were worse today than at any preceding time. The strikers were in a more ngiy mood, the rioting was more open and vicious and the at tacks on nonunion men were more fre quent and daring than at any time since the commencement of the trouble. The chief cause for the increased bel ligerency on the part of the strikers and their friends is the fact that tbe Employers’ Teaming association today brought 1,600 men into the city to take their places and 500 more are said to lie now on the way and. will arrive within 12 hours. These men w ill re ceive the full pay of union men and it has been guaranteed to them that their positions w ill fie permanent. Among them are 200 farmer boys from the sur rounding states who have volunteered their services and sought positions as drivers. Tomorrow Winchester rifles w ill he carried on all wagons of the Employers’ Teaming association in open view. A number of nonunion men have been ar rested on the charge of carrying con cealed weapons and today the attorneys for the Employers’ Teaming association called upon Chief of Police O’ Neil and asked him if their men had not the right to carry weapons provided they were held in open view and were not concealed. Chief O’ Neil replied that there was no law against it and ar rangements were promptly made by the employers to place Winchester rifles on every one of the wagons. • C LEARIN G T H E WAY. Government Buys T w o Private Irriga tion Canals on Klamath. Washington, May 2.— The secretary of the Interior has approved, provision ally, the purchase of the Adams ditch and the Ankeny canal, in the vicinity of Klamath Falls, both of which are to be used in connection with the K la math irrigation project in Oregon. The government had previously secured options on these irrigation systems, and the action o f the secretary provides for their purchase as soon as the final plans of the engineers for the construc tion of the large project have been ac cepted. The government w ill pay $100,000 for the Adams canal and $50,- 000 for the Ankeny. The secretary has also approved, sub ject to future determination, to con struct the project, the purchase of 15,- 000 acres of land belonging to the J. D. Carr I.and & Livestock company, at Clear Lake, California. The purchase price is $187,500, and includes the ri parian right« of the company in the Clear lake reservoir site and along the Tule lake, besides canals now construct ed on the lands of the company. SC EN E O F CARNAG E. M A Y A BAN D O N PLAN . Govsrnmsnt Likely to Drop Palouso Irrigation Projsct. Hpokane, Wash., May 3.— It ia re ported here from what is thought to be authentic sources that the government has decided to abandon the Washing ton irrigation project in the Palouse valley for varions reasons. In the first place, there is conflict between the gov ernment reclamation bureau and the Ü. R. A N. over the removal of the tracks of the road from tbe bed of the Wash- tuena coulee to a point higher np on the north hank of what would be the artificial lake, provided the plans of the engineers were to be carried out. The O. R. A. N. built the track through the coulee some years ago to afford transportation facilities to the farmers of tbs district, and laat year rehabili tated tbe line and pot it in operation after an interval of three or fonr years’ idleness. As long as this track is maintained it w ill be impossible for the government to construct its pro jected reservoir. A conference has been held between the government en gineers and those of the railroad com pany, and it has been estimated that it would cost more than $400,000 to change the track from the bed of the conlee to a point along the bank. This ram, added to the cost of the irri gation project, as already planned, would place such a burden upon the land tributary to the district as to make the work impracticable at this time. W hile this is the story currently re ported, there is said to he another and more vital condition prevailing. I t is said to have been recently discovered by the government engineers that the soil forming the bed and walls of the conlee is of sneb a nature that it would be practically impossible to make the lake bold water. The soil is a sandy loam, through which water percolates as through a sieve in a great many places, and to bnild a reservoir that would hold under the immense press ure natural for such a large body of water would necessitate the artificial treatment of the walls and bottom of the basin, which is at least 15 miles in length, at a cost that coaid not be con sidered by the Reclamation burean for many years to come. F IG H TIN G O N S T R E E TS . Death and Broken Bones Outcome of Chicago Strike. Chicago, May 3.— The death of one man and the injury of scores of others were the immediate result of today’ s fighting between the striking teamsters and their sympathizers on the one side and the police and the nonunion men on the other. There were riots in all parts of the city Men were clnbbed and stoned almost to death within a square of police headquarters and five miles away men were shot down in the streets. A t a hundred places between these two extremes there were assaults and fights in the streets. Blood was shed on State street, in the heart ot the fashionable shopping district, and furi ous riots took place almost in the door ways of the leading hotels. Nonunion men were pelted with stones, bricks and every conceivable sort of missiles. They were dragged from their wagons, beaten, clubbed and stamped upon. The mobs that followed the wagons on which they rode were ngly in the ex treme. B LAM ES A N T I-T R U S T A C T . Railroad Man’ s View o f Consolidation — Bryan’ s Platform Safa. Washington, May 3.— Hugh L. Bond, Warsaw Troops Shoot Down Nearly of the Baltimore A Ohio railroad, to day continued his statement before the One Hundred Persons. Warsaw, May 2.— Nearly 100 persons senate committee on interstate com were killed or wounded in disturbances merce. Asked as to what caused the in various quarters of Warsaw yester consolidation of railroads, Mr. Bond day. The troops, apparently, were un answered : “ The anti-trust act.” controllable and violated all orders to He explained that there was no act with moderation. They fired into method of preventing weaker linee the crowd of demonstrators, and work men in desperation resorted to the use from cutting rates. The weaker lines of fireanns and bombs. Many children were taken in so as to prevent demoral and women are among the dead and ization of rates. Robert Mather, chairman of the ex dying. What approaches a reign of terror ecutive committee of the Chicago, Rock exists today; the city presents a most Island A Pacific railroad company, was gloomy aspect, and the temper of the next heard. During his statement Mr. entire community augurs ill. Tiie Mather alluded to the assertion that, if the government did not take hold of presence of numerous patrols of Cossack cavalry and infantry is the only re rate making, there would be a demand for government ownership of railroads. minder of lurking danger. T o Mark the Boundary Line. Victoria, B. C., May 2.— The Cana dian boundary survey party, which is to delineate the boundary as stated in the Alaskan boundary award, w ill leave for the north on Thursday, land ing at tlie head of navigation on Port land canal and working thence north east and north, following the line. A series of monuments w ill be built. On mountain ¡leaks monuments 30 inches high w ill be built of aluminum bronze drilled into the solid rock. At river crossings and in valleys larger monu ments w ill be built. Unknown Gives University SSOO.OOO. New York, May 2. — An anonymous donor has given $500,000 to Columbia university for erecting and equipping a college hall for undergraduates to be named in honor of Alexander Ham il ton, of the class of 1777. Race for Rich Coal Fields. Butte, May 3.— A Miner special from Bridger, Mont., says there is a r ce on betwi e i railroad surveyors to get into the Bear Creek coal fields. Philadel phia capitalists are behind one set of engineers, while the Burlington is said to lie sending a party of 40 men into the Bear Creek country from its Toluca- Cody branch. The route of the Bur lington party is said to embrace Cooke City and the Sunlight mining districts, recognized as two of the beet mining sections in the state without a railroad outlet for their ores. Raising Sunken Ships. Tokio, May 3.— The work of salving the sunken ships at Port Arthur and Chemulpo is progressing satisfactorily to the Japanese. Details are withheld, bat it is believed to be certain that the Japanese navy w ill secure several bat tleships and cruisers.