H ILL ON PH IL IP P IN E S .
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
O N T A R IO BOOM S.
M AN Y HUNT EH3 IN O REG O N.
Values Kuna Whan Short Lina Pur* Report o f Game Warden Baker Gives
Some Interesting Statistics.
chases Ten-Acre Terminals.
Halem— Game Warden J. W. Baker’ s
Ontario— The boom in Ontario real
estate, on account ot the announce­ annual report shows that 17,000 of the
ments and predictions in railorad cir­ inhabitants of Oregon are hunters, not
cles in the past few months, is here. taking into consideration the farmers
The clim ai came with the announce­ who hunt over their own lands, and
ment of purchase by the Oregon Short are, therefore, not required to pay the
Line r.f terminal grounds here ten acres yearly tax of $1.
Fees received amounted to $17,421,
ill eatent.
There is only one meaning for such some of which came from nonresident
a purchase, in the opinion of almost hunters, who paid $10 for the privilege
everyone who hears of it, and that is of killing wild game in the state;
that Ontario is now irrevocably decided $166.40 was collected as fines for hunt­
on as the junction point of the proposed ing without a license.
The game warden expended $7,262.25,
east anil west line across Oregon with
This
the Oregon Short Line and the liarri- leaving a balance of $10,325.15.
will lie available at once for deputies as
rnan transcontinental system«
From the general
The result of the announcement of soon as necessary.
the purchase was electrifying, lteal appropriation fund, the warden receiv­
estate prices at once went soaring.
In ed $ 1,662.78 for salary and traveling
sorre instances, it is staled, laud has expenses and $2,490.88 was used for
doubled in value in a few days, and salaries and expenses of deputy war­
there M e in s to !>e no let up in the ad­ dens, making a total expenditure for
vance as yet. High as the prices are, the year of $11,412.91 for the protec­
compared w ith those of a few months tion and propagation of game.
Violations of the law have l>een less
ago, there is still plenty of demand.
New men are arriving on every train. frequent this year than for some time,
Kach seems to have some money, and hut justices of the peace are not inclin­
each is apparently anxious to get it in­ ed to im|«ose severe penalties.
Kighty-four persons were convicted
vested as speedily as possible.
and fined for violation of the game
laws, the fines averaging $15.
C O U N T Y R E P O R T S SLO W .
Secretary o f State Will Ask Legisla­
ture to Provide Penalty.
Salem— The summary of the tax val­
uation of Clackamas county just receiv­
ed at the office ol the secretary of state,
shows a total valuation of $9,608,045
for the year 1905, as against $9,364,000
for the year 1904.
A ll the counties except Lane, Mal­
heur, (¡rant and Curry have Hied their
reports with the secretary of state for
this year. According |to the law all
the reporta of the several counties
should have been filed not later than
November 1, hut as there is no |>enalty
for failing to comply with the law, the
secretary cannot compel the county
courts or the county clerks to send in
their reports until they get ready.
It is the intention to ask the next
legislature to provide a penalty to he
assessed against the counties for neglect
in this regard.
Prison C o st *1 2 ,0 0 0 ,
Halem — Secretary Oavens, ot the
State I’ rison board, has completed his
report, showing the amount expended
during the year for improvements at
the penitentiary as $1^,1 H5.M2.
Of
this |tl,663 12 came from the “ revolv­
ing fund” and $5,622.70 from the gen­
eral maintenance fund. What is term­
ed the “ revolving fund” is made up of
the annual rental of the foundry $2,400.
Th is amount is used to keep the found­
ry and machine shops in repair.
The
foundiy and machine shops were entire­
ly remodeled during the'summer.
Corporations Must Pav Fee.
Salem— Attorney General Crawford,
in response to a query from Secretary
Uunhar, holds that all corporations
must pay the annual license fee from
anil after the date of filing their incor­
poration pajiers with the secretary of
state. A number of corporations have
not organized for the transaction of
business after filing their articles, and
they claim exemption from the annual
license fee until such time as they shall
organize (or business.
Must Keep Roads Open.
Weston — Unless people residing on
the line of a rural postoflice delivery
system keep the roads leading to their
places in passable condition they are
likely to lose their service. The con­
dition of the mountain roads out of
Weston has at times l»een so had that
it was difficult for Carrier B. F. Somer­
v ille to make his trips, and a report of
the matter to the authorities at Wash­
ington lias brought that ultimatum to
Postmaster Baker at this place.
Giant Spruce Log Cut.
Astoria— One of the largest and fin­
est trees ever cut in the I^iwer Colum­
bia river district was placed in the
water a few days ago by the Gray’ s
Bay lagging company. It was a spruce
measuring 105 inches in diameter at
the butt and 60 inches at the first, limb,
108 feet up. The tree was cut into
five logs, which contained 30,021 feet
o f perfectly clear lnmlier.
Monster Vegetables From Coos.
Coquille— The fertility of Coos conn-
ty soil is proved by a turnip and radish
on exhibition in this city. The radish
came from the garden of J. II. James
and weighed I 6 'a pounds. The turnip
came from Fat F,lk and was grown by
Hilaries Pendleton.
It tipped the
scales at 10 pounds.
Neither of the
monsters had any more than the ordi­
nary cultivation.
Diphtheria at Weston.
Weston — Diphtheria has made its
appearance in Weston. James Killgore
and a hoy in his family are attacked,
and Mr. K illgore’ s condition is report­
er! as serious. A strict quarantine has
been established by the city'council.
Occupies Attention o f House Three
Hours Telling What He Knows.
Washington, Jan. 6.— In a session of
five hours today, the house placed on
record a speech in favor of the Ph ilip­
pine tariff bill, one against it, and a 20
minutes’ talk for tariff revision accord­
ing to the Republican demand of Mas­
sachusetts.
H ill, of Connecticut, oc­
cupied three hours, and was listened to
with the greatest interest in detailing
the knowledge he gained from two
visits to the Philippines, the last as a
member of the party of Secretary Taft
last summer.
He paid particular at­
tention to the tobacco feature of the
measure, and explained away much of
the misapprehension as to the enor­
mous products that might be expected
from tbe islands.
Tbeir territory, be
said, was small, arid the fertile lands
still further limited.
Mondell, of Wyoming, who has led
the fight against the bill in the in­
terest of the beet sugar industry of this
country, spoke vigorously against the
measure and against the policy of help­
ing the Filipino people by granting
them open markets in the United
Htates.
He said the passage of this
bill would be the death knell of the
beet sugar industry in the Unite«!
Htates.
The abolition of the tariff on hides
was pleade«l (or by Lawrence of Massa­
chusetts, who presented the position
taken by the Republicans of that state.
Information regarding immigration
from Austr«>-Hungary contained in re­
ports by Marcus Braun was asked for
from the secretary of commerce and
lalxir.
That Women May Vote.
Halern — Governor Uhamtierlain has
issued a proclamation notifying the
legal voters of this state that an initia­
tive petition lias l>een filed in the office
of the secretaiy of state proposing an
MAY H O LD BALANCE.
equal suffrage amendment to the con­
stitution.
The proclamation recites
that the petition contains 9,904 signa­ United States May Act as Arbiter in
Moroccan Conference.
tures, properly certified, and that this
number being sufficient, the proposed
Washington, Jan. 8. — The agitation
amendment will be submitted to a vote
in Europe over the coming Moroccan
of the |>eopie at the general election on
conference and the result it may bring
June 4, 1906.
has spread to this country and officials
Irrigation Promises Much.
here are now deeply interested in the
F.cho — The announcement that the matter because of tbe reccently devel­
government would complete the irriga­
oped fact that the American delegation
tion system here has stimulated busi­
ness. Work is lieing rushed on the big lias become the most prominent factor
Furnish diteli, which is to be taken of the gathering.
over l y the government when complet­
It has been believed here that the
ed. Over 100 men are now employed various Fluropean governments which
and nearly as many teams. There are
now 10 new buildings under construc­ are so deeply interested in the confer­
tion, but progress is retarded by the in­ ence, notably France and Germany,
ability of the two lumlier companies to had agreed to a program which would
furnish material as fast as needed.
lie adiiered to rigidly.
The possibility
of a split between these two govern­
ments on some of tbe questions in­
Snow a Boon to Wallowa County.
Wallowa— There has been a decided volved may throw the United Htates
fall in teni|>erature since early in De- into a position where its delegates with
cember, but snow lias fallen to sufficient their votes will have the power to settle
depth to make sleighing very agreeable. the question. In that event, it is con­
Nearly all the farmers and many others sidered, the position of the United
are making good use of the sleighing Htates may become embarrassing.
It is learned on good authority that
privelege.
The Jos«*ph-Klgin Htage
company is now carrying passengers the United Htates government w ill do
and mail on bobsleds.
Much better everything in its power to bring about
time is made now than by using their a peace'ul settlement of the issues
coaches. W hile the road remains froz­ which w ill be discussed at the confer­
en and no chinook occurs, sleighing ence. From this it appears that Presi­
will be the easiest means to bring in dent Roosevelt has again determined to
use all his power in keeping the world
freight from outside points.
at peace. The difficulties of the situa­
tion are great and the American mis­
PO R TLAN D M ARKETS.
sion w ill undoubtedly have much work
to do.
Wheat— Club, 72c; bluestem, 73>*c;
red, 69c; valley, 73c per bushel.
Will Defeat Statehood.
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $27; gray,
Washington, Jan. 8.— The Republi­
$26.50 per ton.
can “ insurgents” of the house now con­
Barley— Feed, $23@23.50 per ton: tend they have formed a combination
brewing, $24(824.50; rolled, $23.50(3 that w ill defeat the statehood bill and
24 50.
carry the Philippine tariff bill with it.
Rye— $1.60 per cental.
They say they have 70 Republican
Hay — Kastern Oregon timothy, votes which w ill be supported by a
$13 50(314.50 per ton; valley timothy, united minority, to defeat a rule pro­
$9(310; clover, $9(310; cheat, $8.60(3 hibiting any amendment to the state­
9.50; grain hay, $8(39.
hood bill. They w ill amend this bill,
Fruits— Apples, 75c(3$1.50 per box ; they say, by admitting Oklahoma and
pears, $1.25(31.50 per box.
Indian Territory as one state and leav­
Vegetables— Beans,wax, 10(312)^c per ing Arizona and New Mexico out for
pound,
cabbage, l(32c per pound; the present.
cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery,
$3.50 per crate; cucumbers, 60®60c
Dolliver Will Fight Delay.
per dozen; peppers,’ 6c per pound;
Washington, Jan. 8.— Senator Dolli­
pumpkins, ,l 4 ® lc per pound; sprouts,
ver, of Iowa, w ill resist to the utmost
7c per pound; squash, 1 '4® l/vC pound;
any attempt of the committee on in­
turnips, 90c(3$l per sack, carrots, 65
terstate commerce of which he is a
(375c per sack; beets, 85c(3$1 per sack.
member to defer action upon railroad
Onions— Oregon, No. 1, $1(31.25 per
rate legislation until the house has
sack; No. 2, 76®90c.
passed a bill. The present majority of
Potatoes— Fancy graded Burbanks,
the committee is op(>osed to giving the
65(376c per sack; ordinary, 60(360c per
Interstate Commerce commission power
sack; Merced sweets, 2c per pound.
to change rates. Three of the Republi­
Butter— Fancy creamery, 27J*(380c
cans, however, stand with the Demo­
per pound.
cratic members for regulation as gen­
Kggs— Oregon ranch, 30c perdoren.
erally define«! by the president.
Poultry— Average old hens, 12® 13c
per pound; young roosters, 10c; springs,
Public Lands Withdrawn.
12(312^c; broilers, 12@13c;
dressed
Washington,
Jan. 8.— Withdrawals
chickens, 1 2 ® 1 2 ^ c; turkeys, live, 17
(318e; turkeys, dressed, choice, 19® from all forms of disposal of public
20c; geese, live, 9@10c;
ducks, 16c. lands for proposed forest reserves have
Hops — Oregon, 1905, choice, 10® tieen ordered by the secretary of the in­
11c; prime, 8 'i ® 9 '1,c; medium,7®8c; terior, effective January 14, I f 06, as
follows: Nevada, Spring mountain re­
olds, 5®7c.
serve,
345,000 acres; Wyoming, Pear
Wool— Kastern Oregon, average best,
16®21c; valley,
24®26c;
mohair, Lodge reserve, 107,020 acres.
ci.otce, 30c per pound.
California to Celebrate.
,
rieef — Dressed hulls,
l® 2 c per
Washington, Jan. 8.— Representative
uound; cows, 3®4c; country steers,
Kalin, of California, intrcxiuced a bill
4 ® 4 *c.
t«*day providing for an appropriation of
Veal— Dressed, 8@8c per pound.
Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 6®6J%c per $5,000,000 for an exposition in Han
pound; ordinary, 4®5c; lambs, 7® Francisco in 1913 to celebrate the
400th anniversary of the discovery of
7 *o.
the Pacific ocean by Balboa.
Pork— Dressed, 6 ® 7c per pound.
DARE NOT REVOLT
Little Danger ot Break Between
Congress and President.
HEAR VOICE OF THE NATION
Many Senators 8oon T o
Be Elected
and Opposition to Roosevelt
Meant Political Death.
Washingt«m, Jan. ^ — Two-thirds of
the United Htates senate w ill come np
for re-election within the next three
years, and of this total 34 are Republi­
cans. This fact is likely to have con­
siderable influence upon the ultimate
stand taken this winter by the senate
on measures advocated by the president
and endorsed by the people.
It does
not necessarily mean that the senate
w ill fall in line and follow the lead of
the president, but it points to such ac­
tion, and the wise observers, after
studying the situation, think they can
see the senate supporting the president
on the large issues now up for consid­
eration.
During the first weeks of the eession
it looked very much as if tbe senate
would take iseue with the president
on many important questi«ms of legis­
lation. There were unpleasant words
regarding the Panama canal; there
were murmurings about the . presi­
dent’s course regarding Santo Domin­
go; and behind it all considerable
private comment upon the preeident’ a
railroad rate policy as outlined in his
message. Many senators have reached
the conclusion that the president is
recklessly usurping the powers of con­
gress to srjine extent, and they have dis­
played evidence of ugliness on that ac­
count. For a time it looked as if there
would be revolt.
But w ill there be? Rather, w ill not
the senate fall in line and follow the
lead of the president? It is a serious
thing for the party in power to break
with its president, and such a move is
more apt to injure those senators and
representatives of the insurgent class
than it is to injure the president.
What is more, the party in power must
sufTei trom any such revolt.
These
things are being carefully weighed, and
there afe those who now predict that
there w ill tie no break between congress
and the president, unless it may be on
the railroad rate iseue. and even on
that issue a compromise is more likely
than an open rupture.
K ILLE D BY BOMB.
Ex-Governor Steunenberg, o f Idaho,
Victim of Dastardly Outrage.
Boise, Jan. 2.— Frank Rteunenberg,
ex-governor of the state, was killed
Saturday evening] at his home in the
subnrbs of Caldwell. A dynamite bomb
had been placed at his front gate with
some contrivance by which it exploded
as he entered. Both legs were blown
off and he lived but 20 minutes.
There is no known reason for the
outrage, but it is charged to some
member of the famous inner circle of
the Coeur d'Alene dynamiters, whom
lie prosecuted so relentlessly in 1899,
while he was governor.
Governor
Gooding is in communication with the
authorities of that county and is pre­
pared to put the full support of the
state behind the officials there in run­
ning down the perpetrators of the
crime.
It is thought probable that the lead­
ing detective agency of the country
w ill be asked to send some of their
best men to the scene and the state
w ill offer as great a reward as the gov­
ernor may find he has power to pro­
pose.
Steunenberg was governor of the
state frvom 1897 to 1901, having been
twice elected.
He was born in Iowa
44 years ago and had been in Idaho
since 1887. He left a wife and totbree
children.
RENEW WAR EL8EW HERE.
Rebels Say M oscow Revolt Showed
Weakness o f Government.
Chicage, Jan. 3.— The Daily News’
St. Petersburg correspondent s«ys:
Revolutionary leaders disclaim tbe
initiative in the Moscow insurrection.
One of them, M. G iliiaroff, who has
jnst returned from that city, reports
to the Ht. Petersburg committee that
General Donbasoff carried out tbe mas­
sacres upon plans agreed npon by
Count W itte and Minister Dnrnovo, of
the Interior department. Discovering
that the additions to their pay of 20
or 30 kopecks monthly had not satis­
fied the troops, and that runtimes
were continuing, the government de­
cided that m ilitary on interior duty
should receive twelve-fold wagee, and
that the police should be given special
rewards. Simultaneously the govern­
ors and their subordinates were empow­
ered to declare martial law at any time
on their own responsibility. Thus the
whole empire was pat in a state of
siege.
This encouraged the police and sol­
diers to provoke riots by attacking
peaceful meetings and bombarding the
buildings. Drunken dragoons butch­
ered everybody, then the people joined
the revolutionariee and built barri­
cades, and the massacre went on.
The chief of the revolutionaries, M.
SokolofT, said:
The Moscow demonstration disclosed
the weakntiss of the government. Dur­
ing an entire week cavalry, artillery,
police, reactionary volunteers, generals,
admirals and statesmen failed to over­
come a badly armed force of 3,000
workmen, while tbe people remained
nentrai. We shall begin again in some
place like Odessa or Kieff, where there
are fewer troops and more workmen,
and where the people sympathize with
us.
In the fighting at the Nevsky
works the other day tbe losses of the
soldiers were greater than onrs. The
fact that the garrisons at Krasnoyarsk
has joined the revolution shows that
the czar’ s forces are decreasing, while
ours are growing,
AGREE T O S T O P REBATES.
Big Three Insurance Companies Will
Make Cleveland Referee.
New York, Jan. 3. — An agreement
to abolish rebating oy premiums has
been entered into by the New York
Life Insurance company, the Equitable
Life Assurance society and the Mutual
Life Insurance company. Announce­
ment was made toiday that Grover
Cleveland has been been appointed
referee to decide all qneetion* in dis­
pute that may arise in sneb matters
and that bis salary w ill be $12.000 per
annum, to be paid jointly by the three
companies.
Mr. Cleveland has ac­
cepted with the nnderstanding that
the officers of the three companies are
to second his efforts to stop rebating.
A similar appointment was held by the
late Thomas B. Reed.
Any agent who gives rebates w ill be
dismissed from the service and w ill not
be re-employed by any of the com­
panies.
It is tbe desire of the com­
panies to secure tbe co operation of all
other life insurance companies to this
agreement. I t was said today that, if
rebating can be entirely abolished, the
first year premiums can be reduced.
S U B M IT PL A N FOR BIG C U T .
Stevens Willi Advise Canal Commis­
sion— Bring Labor From Spain.
Washington, Jan. 2.— The Isthmian
Canal commission held a short session
today. Chief Engineer Stevens, who
came to Washington to present his
views to the commission on the type
of canal that should be constructed,
was requested to submit any project
which he may have for the excavation,
removal and final disposition of the
excavated material to be taken oat of
Culebra cat in a canal with a summit
of 85 feet above low tide, and also to
inform the commission whether or not
he has worked out or has a project for
a sea level waterway.
The commission
authorized
the
chairman to appoint a committee to
review, appraise, condemn or dispoee
of material left on the isthmns by the
old French company, which must ne­
Anarchy on Siberian Road.
cessarily be removed.
The experiment propose«! for securing
8t. Petersburg, Jan. 2. — Warning
news has been receive«! from Siberia. labor from the north of Spain was ap­
It is reported authoratively that the proved .
Siberian railroad is disorganized as far
as Cheliabinsk. Railway stations have
Decision on Irrigation Law.
been pillaged by soldiers and sailors.
Washington, Jan. 3.— In an opinion
General anarchy prevails along the by Justice Brewer, the Supreme court
line, and trains are being run with of the Unite«l States today affirmed the
great delays and uncertainty. At Ir ­ decision of the 8upreme court of A ri­
kutsk there lias tieen a general head­ zona in the case of Howard vs. Perrin,
ing-up of tbe line, and robbery ami involving the right to use seepage water
pillage have made the place almost for irrigation.
A statute giving the
untenable.
Disasters of the worst right to appropriate for purposes of ir­
kind are fearetl along the whole line.
rigation water “ from any convenient
river, creek or stream of running
Smoot Confident o f Result.
water” gives no right to sink a well,
Washington, Jan. 2.— Senator Smoot, collect in it the water percolating
of Utah, believes that when a vote is through the soil ami draw it off in
taken in the senate upon the question pip«*s or aqnias for irrigation purposes.
of his right tc retain bis seat, he will
come out victorious.
He expressed
Earthquakes in Austria.
himself as anxious that the test be
Vienna, J n. 3. — A series of esrth-
speedily made.
The call issued by qnake shocks were felt at about 6:30
Chairman Burrows of the committee this morning at Agram, G illi, Laibch,
on privileges and elections for a meet­ Marburg and Grats. Buildings cracked
ing Saturday, has brought up public and the inhabitants fled panic stricken
interest.
from their houses.