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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1905)
W IL L IA M S O N F AC E 8 JURY. OREGON M E ITEMS OF INTEREST ROQUE HIVfcR VA LLE Y HOPS. H U P QHOW LRS IN PO O L. Dr. Van Gatnar end Marlon R. Biggs Also Defendants in the Case. Portland, July 7.— With tiie convic tion of Henator Mitchell sliding into history, those curious ones who were in attendance at this trial w ill this morn ing again have the chance to witness another Oregon congressman before the liar of Justice— Representative J. N. Williamson. With this member of the lower house of congress w ill also lie trie«! Dr. Van (leaner and Marbin R. Biggs. Williamson and Van (iesner were intereste«i in tiie sheep business, and tiie *|ieciflc charge against them is subornation of perjury, it being allege«! that they induced various persons to make fraudulent timber entries. It is charge«! that the alleged fraudulent oaths were taken hehire Marbin R. Biggs, who was Unite«* States commis sioner at Prineville. Tiie indictment which was returne«! against Williamson, Van Gesner and Biggs was return««! February 11, 1905, ami it alleges thaUthe three men named in tbe indictment »inspired to suborn certain |iersons to commit perjury whose names are set forth in tbe indict ment, to take op claims under the tim- lier and stime act, swearing when they t«iok up these claims that they were not taken up for speculative purposes. W hile this case w ill not attract the attention that the trial of Senator Mitchell did, it nevertheless will lie watched with great inten-at. Repre sentative Williamsrm, until he was elected to aucceeil Malcolm A. Mfwdy, was a state senat«ir in the Oregon legis lature. The fact that he was indicted along with Henator Mitchell w ill give tiie case some national interest. Acreage Hat Bean Doubled and Yield Lane County Lines Up Under Krebs’ Management. Promise* Well. Eugene— A large number of hop Grant* Pas*— 11 op pro*|>«cta in the K okh » River valley are superb thia growera of Lane county met in Eugene year, ami thia district la ra|>i(lly getting last week to take preliminary steps to to It« one of the steadiest ami lieat hop help form a gignatic corporation to produrera on the Pacific coaat. It ia handle tiie crop of the Pacific coaat and Conrad Krelsi, of too early yet to Ray what price* will he, to control prices. hut they Miami at preaent at 24 to 2ft Halem, president of the Krebs Hop cent*, witiiout buyer*, ami little or company, which lias t)24 acres of ho[>* none offered by grower* The “ Eng- at Independence and Brooks, is at tiie liah clu tter" ia a lithe “ o ff" in Route head of this big movement. A general convention w ill ho held at Miction* of the valley thia year, hut the native* are re|torted very strong. The Haleiu some time iu July attended hy crop of 1909 w ill nearly double the d I eg ted elected from the several hop acreage of that of ltM)4, which war in districts. At tliis convention the cor After its the^iieighltorhoiMl of 300 acre*, or about poration will lie formed. 300,000 pound*; the average yield be formation the crop of each grower will let transferred to the corporation, which ing 1,000 |toundr per acre. Hop grower* have at laat been aroua- will do all the selling. A hoard of di ed from their long sleep, and many of rectors w ill lie elected and tiie directors them have given their yarda splendid will appoint a selling cornmiUee which fertilisation and cultivation thia year. will meet in Halem every Haturday for John Rauaxaii, who has the largest the pur|M>se of making sales and rejxirt yarda in the county, coin prising 87 on the condition of the marketts, etc. acres, and several other* in hia vicini Hop experts w ill !>« «ailed in to ascer ty, whose yarda lie along the bank of tain the quality of each crop and keep Itogue river, have installed splendid it iu ita proper grade. Mr. Krebs is encourage«! over his gasoline engines and pumps, so that project, and stated that he believes their yarda will lie finely irrigated. The total acreage of yards in the that HO per cent of the 100ft crop will county at the present time ia 70H acres, be turn««! into tit is corporation. After o f which the new yarda planted this lie gels Oregon thoroughly organised he year and w hich will not lie in full bear wilt go to Washington, and then to New ing until next year, comprise 1 HO acres, York state, and expects to have the en leaving A4H arc«* of yards which w ill tire crop of the United States under lie in full bearing the preaent y<-ar. A control of the corporation. DUNNE S O W N E R S H IP PLAN . great many parties have purchased land in the far tamed Rogue river valley Chicago’ s Mayor Propose* C orpora B A N K S CO M E TO AID. with a view to putting in yarda next tion Shall Own Car Lines. year, and should the price of hops go Chicago, July 7.— Mayor Edward F. up, the Rogue river valley w ill become Taka Up Asylum Employes’ Certifi- Dunne tohJ the city council tonight his one of the big hop district« of the coast. cats* o f Allowance. plans for municipal ownership of trac Halem — Arrangements have been tion properties. , It was not municipal Qet Rival Phone Line. made hy which all employes of state ownership absolutely, but, as the may Albany— The city council of Albany institutions at Halem w ill receive the or explain««!, the nearest thing possible baa granted the oft requested franchise face value of their salary claims each under existing conditions, and he aske«l to the independent telephone people, month. Portland banks have agreed to the aldermen to consider it carefully. Abs«ilute municipal ownership and op and in the near future construction take U|> ttie certiflctaes of allowance is eration, thej mayor said, he Joes not w ill lie commenced on the exchange of sued hy Secretary of State Dunbar for consider practical just now. the independent people in Albany. A ll the amount of the pay-roll of each in The plan which the mayor offered the Independent lines in Linn and stitution, ami hold these certificates provides for the incorporation of a com Kenton counties are included in the until an appropriation becomes availa pany, managed by five men who com company that baa aecured the fran ble. They will depend upon the next mand the confidence of the people of chise in Albany, and when the system legislature to allow interest on the Chicago. To this company is to be ia completed there w ill lie a free ex money, ami Governor Chamberlain has granted a 20-year franchise, covering change l>eiw««in the principal towns of said that he w ill recommend that in the streets in which rights of the old these counties. It is expected that terest b« allowed. The amount of the companies already have expired or soon spirited coru|>etition w ill secure a need salary claims w ill probably be $180,- w ill expire. It is to lie stocked to the ed better service in Albany. 000 up to the adjournment of the next amount necessary to establish a street legislature. Tiiere will be no more car system in theee streets, roughly es discounting of salary claims, but claims timate«! at 240 miles. No bonds are to File Petitions Wrongly. Salem— Unless the friend* of the wo for supplies will Ire shaved as hereto be sold. fore. The stock is to he deposited with a man suffrage amendment exercise more trust company, which the five directors care than they have tieen doing, their Land Office in Portland. are t«i select, so as to prevent a pur initiative |M-titions (or the submission Oregon City— At the close of business chase of it and consequent control by of tbe pro|K>*«d amendment will lie fa June 30 the business, together with the outside interests. The stock is to be tally defective. Secretary of State records an«! archives of the Oregon City sold at popular subscription. lumbar has received several petitions Lam? office, were transferred to Port At any time the citv may elect, it on the blanks prepared by the advocates land ami installe«) in the Blnxier build can take «iver the property on an ap of woman suffrage, but in ins opinion ing, corner of West P.trk and Washing praised valuation. the signatures on these petitions cannot ton streets. Simultaneous with the re be counted in making up tbe total num- moval of the land office from this city, A R M Y READY T O R E V O L T . ber of signatures for the iniative. He takes place a change in the name of hold* that the separate sheets upon the office, which w ill now l>e officially which the signatures are w ritten should designated as the Portland I.and office. Demand Political Rights From Czar for All His Soldiers. lie gathered together and tiled at one Register Dresser ami Receiver Itibee w ill remove with their families to Port time. Ixindou, July 7.— Tiie Moscow corre land this summer. spondent of the Standard says: Road May Go Into the Nehalem. “ I have received startling informa Fields Lie Flat Rainier— A logging railroad into Rai tion, the very nature of which renders En*e*priee— Recent h 'avy rains in its confirmation from official sources nier is practically assured. The Ham this section have caused much of the imjKjssible, but which, if correct, may mond interests have secured a right of heavy grain ami first crop of hay to lie designed to promote the revolution wav from Dean Rlanchard, the Deerdorf fall The grain which has fallen w ill ary movement in Russia to a remarka estate, and the Western Cedar company. necessarily have to lie cut for hay, as it ble extent. W . E. Newsome has proven the only cannot be harvested with a binder or “ It is that an ultimatum will short obstacle so far. The company owns iteader. ly lie presented to the czar demanding 1,200 acres of heavMy timbered land political rights in behalf of the army. alxiut three miles from this place It P O R T L A N D M A R K E T S. Tiie date of the presentation w ill prob is surmised that it is the intention to ably coincide with tiie completion of push on to tiie Nehalem, as the same Wheat — Club, h2(<<83c per bushel; the mobilization now in progress. parties were negotiating with 8. Henson bluestem, 89(390; vslley, nominal. “ Two hundred thousand of the for his Clatskante road. It is |iossihle Bariev— Feed, $22(322.60 per ton; youngest and therefore the most dissat that Mr Rookie’s railroad will be ab rolled, $23.60. isfied members w ill then have received Oats— No. 1 white, feed, $30 per sorbed by the new company. their aims and w ill be umler the com ton; gray, $30. mand ot men drawn largely from civil Hay— Timothy, $14^10 per ton; Pays for Teeth Made in 1870 life. I am told that the initiative has clover, $11(312; grain, $11(312. La Grande— William Proehstel re tieen taken in tiie garrison st St. Peters Eggs— Otegon ranch, 20<321c per ceived this week a reinittanace of $30 burg.” dozen. in payment of a debt that lias been due Butter— Fancy creamery, 17 *4 (321 tgc 3ft vears. Mr. Proehstel was formerly Gorky Works for Freedom. Poultry — Fancy hens, 12ty(ai3c; a dentist and in 1870 lie made a set of 8t. Petersburg, July 7. — Maxim mixed chickens, 11 (3 12c; turkeys, live, teeth for a young woman who married Gorky, the novelist, who is living at 18(319c per lb. and moved away without settling the Fruits — Strawberries, $2(32.25 per Kokola, a small village on tiie coast of hill, and in the eottrse of time the mat crate; apples, table, ♦1.60(32 50 per Finland, has refused a flattering offer ter was forgotten as far as Mr Proehstel l*>x; apricots, 8ftc(3$l per crate; to go on a lecture tour in the United was concerned. Tbe missive came from peaches, 76 (3 86c; plums, fl()r(3$l ; States, preferring to remain for tbe a town on Puget sound, inclosing a I.figan lierries, 11.25; blackberries, purpose of aiding in tiie work of eman draft for $30 and explaining what it He is «me of tiie re 75c; cherries, 5(38c per lb; prunes, cipating Russia. was for. Tiie writer stated that she 90c(3$l per crate; raspberries, .$1.75. cognized leaders of tiie Constitutional now felt able to pay the bill. Fresh Vegetables — Corn, 30 (3 40c ists, aud is visited daily by persons He has a per dozen; cueutnlters, 40c(3$l; let from all parts of Russia. Wool-Clipping Delayed. tuce, head, 10c; parsley, 25c; peas, large income, but gives the major por Enterprise— Hheep shearing in this 2(35c per lb ; radishes, 10(312« per tion of it to tiie cause which tie lias at enmity lias been greatly handicapped dozen; tomatoes, $1.75(33 per crate; heart. by tiie heavy rains of the past w ee« turnips, $1 25(31 40 per sack; carrots, Unless belter weather prevails the woo) $1 25(31.50; beets, $1(31 25. T o Collect Data on Canal. clip of this county w ill not lie dis|osed Potatoes — Oregon fancy, old, $1@ New York, July 7. — Two Panama of until the latter part of July. canal commissioners, Peter G. Haines 1.10; Oregon, new, $1(31.26. Beef — Dressed bulls, l(32c per lb- and Colonel M. B. Harrod, sailed for Refuse to Sign Lands. Panama today on the Haguranca, to col cows, 3 1* (34 V '. Klamath Falls— The Shook brothers, lect data concerning the surveys of the Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 6c per lb. of Dairy, B. B. Beckman, of Jackson Hops— Choice, 1904, 19@21c per lb. canal route and to ptepere plans of this ville, and Mrs. I). K. Ralston of Ash Wool — Eastern Oregon, best, 19(3 route for use by the advisory hoard of land, are holding tip government irri 23c; valley, 2fl(327c; mohair, choice, engineers, which w ill meet in Wash ington September 1. gat Ion by refusing to sign their lands. 31(932Hc per lb. FLOOD IN MEXICO Water Sweeps Down Narrow Can yon, Drowning Many. MINING TOWN IN PATH OF FLOOD Reports o f Dead Vary From IOO to 1,000— Storm Came Suddenly in Dead o f Night. Mexico City, July 4.— Reports are current here that from 100 |>ersona up ward, with one report claiming even 1,000, iiave tieen drowned in a great fio«id at Guanajuato, a mining city, now the important seat of activity by several large American and British companies. The wires were down all day yesterday, and tiie roails were im passable. No news has been received, and two reports are current, one sayiDg 1,000 were killed, another says that at least 100 were drowned. I .ate tidings are that Guanajuato is completely fhxxled and water is alreaiiy invading the higiier parts of the town, while there is fear that the Laolla dam may give way, which would mean com plete and general ruin. The city is built in a great gorge in the mountains, and the streets ramble up tjie mountain sides in picturesque fashion. A storm began furiously on the night of .Tnne 30, and after midnight no one dared to go to bed, so tremendous was tiie fury of the elements. The water rose in the lower or business streets, Hooding shops and damaging thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. The lower streets became raging tor rents as the water poured in rivers down the upper streets. Doors were smashed in by the force of the water, and windows were no protection against tbe furious flood. I.ater advices state that it is known that over 100 lives were lost at Guana juato. A dispatch to President Robin son, of the Mexican Central railroad, says tiiere are 1,000 dead at Guana juato. The town of Marafilo, just below Guanajuato, is completely wiped oat. PEACE E N V O Y S NAMED. Russia and Japan Announce Repr«' sentatives to Washington. Oyster Bay, July 3.— Official an nouncement was made by President Roosevelt today of the names of the Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washington peace conference. The character and ability of the men se lected by both belligerents is an earn est of the desire of their respective gov ernments to conclude if possible tbs tragedy being er acted in the Far East. By direction of the president, Secre tary Loeb made the formal announce ment in the following statement: “ The president announces that the Russian and Japanese governments have notified him that they have ap pointed plenipotentiaries to meet here (Washington) as soon after the first of August as possible. The two Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador Mur- avieff, ex-minister of justice, and now ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura, now minister of foreign affairs, and Minister Takabira. “ It is possible that each side may aend one or more additional representa tives. The plenipotentiaries of both Russia and Japan w ill be entrusted with full power to negotiate and con clude a treaty of peace, subject, of course, to ratification by their respect ive home governments.” DE HAVEN S E T S DATES. Mitchell Case Disposed of, He Turns Attention to Others. Portlan«], July ft.— Judge Ite Haven was a busy man yesterday and w ill lie ««pially busy today. The end of the Mitchell trial has not brought surcease froiu work, and the interval between the first case and the one of J. N. W il liamson set for Friday morning w ill fill the hours of the Federal court with action and hurry. Y'eeterday morning all of the land fraud cases were taken np by the court and fixed upon the calendar for consid eration. Tim e« were set for hearing demurrers to the many indictments now pending in different cases, dates were fixe«l for listening to arguments upon plea# in abatement and days set apart for arraignments and pleadings of th««se defendants who are now wait ing for the call of the conrt. The Mitchell and Hermann cases were put at the foot of tbe calendar, aa was the case against F. P. Mays, and the many defendants made prominent in the Puter-McKinley land fraud case of last winter. Today the great major ity of the defendants w ill either plead or w ill bring their motions for error before the court, after which the cases will be set, as near as possible, upon the docket for trial. T O R N A D O IN TE X A 8. Zigzags Across Country, Smashing Everything in Its Path. Fort Worth, Texas, July 6. — A tor nado which struck Texas in the upper edge of Montague county, coming from tbe northeast and swinging far into the southeast, this afternoon caused the loss, it is believed, of 40 lives, injured a large number of people, and did un told damage to giowing crops and cattle. Fortunately the tornado missed the small towns in the section through which it swept, bat it zigzagged in each a way as to take in tbe homes of many farmers and stock raisers in the sec tion. At Jacksboro the force of ths wind was terrific. The Baptist church and 20 other bdildinga were blown off their foundations, and a number of buildings totally destroyed. Mrs. Travis Cal houn was seriously injured. Travis Calhoun, Mrs. Horton and Henry Wes se r and family were also injured. At Montague no lives were lost in the town, but in the country great loss of life is reported. The wires are down in all directions, and it is difficult to get particulars. Ten persons are known to be dead in the neighborhood of Montague. Most of those killed lived on Salt creek, along which the tornado swept with special force. A t Kacona the tornado passed a few miles to the south, and later lists give the dead at 14 and the injured at 41. TR A IN IN DITCH. Great Northern Passenger Leaves Track and Cars Bum. Great Falls, Mont., July 6. — A spe cial to the Tribune from Willison, N. D., says No. 3 west bound passenger train on the Great Northern was wrecked at Spring Brook, abont 12 miles west of there. A car in the mid dle of the train jumped the track just before reaching a switch. A t the switch this car went on the side track and a complete wreck followed. A ll the train left the track except the engine. Explosions- followed im mediately and set the wreckage on fire. Seven cars were completely destroyed by the fire, but the passengers all es caped through the windows and only a few were seriously injured, although a large number were slightly hurt. The injured were all brought to Willison and it is believed none are fatally hurt. The train was running at a high rate of speed, but no more than the regular run «•alls for. Where the car first left the track there is absolntely nothing wrong with the track and no one can account for the accident. A ll of the other cars passe«! over the place, and had it not been for the switch no seri ous results would have followed. A ll the mail was saved. Coal From Captured Collier. Odessa, July 4.— It is announced that the crews of tiie warships, which have mutinie«! have sent on shore dele gates to confer with the port officials regarding terms of surrender. They secured a quantity of provisions from the captain of the port and later on captured a collier and replenished their bunkers. It is believe«! that they w ill be granted amnesty and that following such action hy the government they Russian Paper Plays Ghoul. will surrender. It is announced that the loss of the recent rioting is between St. Petersburg, July 6.— The Novoe $2(^)00,000 and $25,000,000. Vremva, which alone of the leading papers here attacke«! President Roose Armistice Rests with Japan. velt for forcing peace endeavors, has St. Pet Tsburg, July 4 . — Negotia- been printing a series of articles to ti ns for a armistice between tlie armies prove that American intrigues and ot Russia and Japan, it can he definite American instigation were responsible ly stated, are now in progress, presum for file war. It now asserts that the ably at Washington; hut they have not same causes brought about China’s readied a stage where any further an retpiest to he represente«! in the nego nouncement can he made. The delus tiations. It says that Mr. Hay’ s doc ion seems to rest with Japan, which trine of the administrative entity of country is weighing the relinquish China w ill be buried with its author, ment of tiie pros|>eots of bettering her but the fruits of his policy w ill remain. present advantageous position Against the enormous cost of lives and money Convict Strike Quelled of another great battle. Halt Lake City, July H.— Twenty con victs at the state penitentiary struck Advance on Vladivostok. to«Iay, refusing to work until improve London, July 4.— The correspondent ment was made in the f«K*l and other ot the Morning News at Shanghai says accommodations. After the strikers had that tha Japanese are advancing on been place«! in solitary confinement and Vladivostok ami that a battle is im handcuffed to the ceiling for several minent near the Tumen river. hours, the strike lost ita popularity.’
