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DISEASE APPEARS. THE STAYTON MAIL Inquiry Into Second-Class M ail M at Typhoid and Ptom aine Poisoning D an gers of Bun Francisco. ter Is Proposed. t . D. A lE X A N D f R, P u b lish e r Oakland, t ab, May 7. Poor old Han W ashington, May 7. Postm aster- Francisco, with Its old landm arks a General Cortelyou has recommended to STAYTON.................... OREGON congress the appointm ent of a commis mass of tangled and still sm oldering sion to inquire into the subject of sec- MUST OBSERVE REGULATIONS. wreckage, and Us thousands of suffer NEW LAND SEEDED ond-class mail m atter, w ith a view to ing people! The place tonight presents ascertaining w hat modifications of the Government Inspector Finds Scab u scene which no pen enn describe. Acreage N orth and South of Bend Com present second-class laws are neceseary Among Oregon Sheep. ing Under Cultivation. | to render its report to congress not lat Whut has passed during the nineteen or than December 10, 1006. days the earthquake and fire is Pendleton—T hat scab among sheep Bend—Much uew land is being cul lu order that all interests shall be tivated near Bend. N orth liea w hat ie is more prevalent in Knstern Oregon slowly since creeping into history. During I d a Condensed Form (or Our represented, he has recommended that the commission consist of seven per known as the Powell Huttos district, tliau last year is m aintained by R. A. the past nineteen dsys Hnn Francisco Busy Readers. sons and be made up as follows: One one of the best agricultural eectione In ltsm say, supervising inspector of the has been a living hell. In the weeks Isenator, selected by the president of tho Deechutee valley, extending from United S tates bureau of anim al indus and months to come, yes, even in the A Resum « o f the L ess Im portant but the senate; one representative, selected by the speaker of the house; one officer the eastern extrem ity of the buttee to try, wh< has been investigating condi yours that aro to follow, this state of N ot L ess Interesting Events hell will continue. of the postoffico departm ent, selected the old channel of the river, eight miles. tions. o f the P ast W eek. by the postm aster-general; one repre It is one imnieuse plowed field, broken Mr. Ka ninny came from M ontana at It is nit well enough for tho prom i sentative of the publishers of daily In only a few places. This area is be the instance of sheep buyers In that nent business men of Hail Francisco, newspapers; one representative of the ing increased rapidly, and in a short iftute, who deaire to have quarantine the governm ent officials and those con Voliva has organized a strik e against weekly, semi-weekly and triw eek ly I>o\v 10 in Zion. newspapers, and one representative of tim e all tillablo laud iu tho district regulations made less rigid in Oregon nected with tho Rod Cross Hoclety, to The anthracite miners and operators the publishers of periodicals and m aga will be producing. Three years ago in order to perm it them to ship steak be sanguine over wlmt is being dune have finally agreed. zines, the last three to be appointed by there were only a couple of houses be from Oregon to M ontuuu without dip to relieve the suffering of Hun F ran the president of the U nited S tates from tween Bend and l ’rineville. Fences and ping. B ritain and Turkey each stand firm among cisco's stricken people und of the fu those recommended to him by and prepare to fight. representative publishers of such news other signs of habitation were equally From roports received by Mr. Rain- ture. Russian dem ocrats propose to give papers and periodicals, and a seventh scarce. say from federal inspectors, county It is all well enough for these men all land to the peasants. member to be selected by the six, whose Auother district rapidly developing ia stock inspectors and sheepmen them to say: “ Well, w e’ll build a better and manner of selection is so specifically that under the Arnold ditch, five to six selves, he is convinced th a t conditions more beautiful rity .” It is all well Free restau ran ts are proposed to feed provided. An appropriation of $¿5,000 the destitute of San Francisco. is recommended to defray the cost of miles south of Bend. S ettlers here are are worse than last year. Consequently IMIOII gh for l)r. Devine to say: “ Wo The president will co-operate w ith the investigation. putting up substantial houses that would ho says quarantine regulations cannot have the situation well iu hand, and no the several states in Standard Oil prose The postm aster-general in his recent lie a credit to any city; they are not be relaxed. one will go without food or clothing.” 1 cution. nnnual report recommends to congress small shacks as so many dwelling houses This is n right und hopeful view to review of the wholo subject are in a new country, but in many in Leading architects estim ate that the a of thorough Plan Union H igh Schools. of tho m utter. second-class mail m atter and tho rebuilding of San Francisco will take enactm ent of a statute to take the place stances aro two stories and well iiaint- Albany—To secure high school facil take These big com m ittees will care for but one year. of those existing, which would rentier ed. Much new land is being seeded in ities in rural communities, different the musses ufter their fusbiou of doing H eavy frosts in W isconsin, Iowa and unnecessary the consideration of such this district. Fences are being built, school districts in Linn county are N ebraska have greatly dam aged gar questions as those upon which second- new perm anent roads made to run on planning union high schools at central things on a big scale, but there ure dens and early fru it. class m atter now depend. In now rec section lines. Less than two years ago points. In Jordan Valley five districts hundreds who ure bound to bo over ommending this commission, the post one could go south from Bend fifty to will join next fall, and besides m ain looked, thrust nsido by the scram ble for A Newport News, Va., man killed his aster-general in his communication to sixty miles, and in th a t distance find taining separate schools of eight grades w ife because it was her wish. She had m the comm ittee on postoffices and poBt scarcely a house; now, w ithin seven will establish one high school for all supplies, and this is not ull. been released from an insane asylum roads miles of Bend, along w hat is known as pupils who have completed eighth grade Yesterday and today gave an in ti the senate, says: but a short tim e and was again losing “ The of existing the Ice Cave road, there are th irty work. Under present conditions rural mation of tho disease and sickness statutes regulating the her mind. second claw of mail m atter are out of houses, w ith much land in crops each districts must send children to one of which physicians have feared would Franz E. Creffield, chief of the Holy 1 date; they do not meet modern require year. the larger towns for high school tra in break out. Tho drinking wutor of tho __ Rollers, has been shot and killed at ments of the publishing industry, and ing. If the experim ent a t Jordan V al Endowed Scholarships. Seattle by George M itchell, brother of the adm inistration of them unneces ley proves successful, the plan will be strieken city is polluted with typhoid two of the women the self-styled sarily and unreasonably hampers the W illam ette U niversity, Salem—D irect followed in other parts of tho county. fever germs. 'Plio constant cry of tho “ Jo sh u a” led astray two years ago, publishers of bona fide newspapers and ors of the Oregon C hildren’s Aid So health departm ent officials for days has when excitem ent over the new religion periodicals. have ordered th at funds of the Bigger Demand for Oregon Sugar. been “ boil the w ater beforo drink was high at Corvallis. “ As an indicationofw hatisinetaoinoi ciety “ As an indication of w hat is in society shall be given to the W illam La G rande—One of the im m ediate e f ing .” This is easy advice, but, when Trepoff and th e dowager empress volved in adm inistration, it may be ette Endowm ent Association of W illam of the Hnn Francisco disaster on people are cooking outdoors on sh at now rule the czar. stated that the question of what is a ette U niversity, to be m aintained as a fects tered stoves and rudely constructed T urkey is rushing troops to Sinai to bona fide newspaper or periodical is one j tru st fund to aid needy and w orthy or Lu Grande is an.increased deniaud for ovens made of broken brick, w ith tho fight G reat B ritain. about which there may be and often is phans, or half-orphans who wish to a t the product of the local sugar factory. wind day lifter day blowing a gale, it much difference of opinion. The same During the past week tho factory hus Ohio is preparing to oust the Stand is true of w hat constitutes a known j tend the university. Each individual is no wonder that the warning to boil out seventeen carloads of sugar to ard Oil from th a t state. office of publication, of w hat constitutes will be allowed $100, and ns the in sent the w ater is ignored. A dvocates of international arbitra- a publication originated and published ! come is about $300, this will provide points th at havo heretofore depended Those in charge of tho c ity ’s affairs tion oppose a larger navy. for the dissem ination of inform ation of for three students annually. Tho fund largely on Han Francisco for their sup public character, w hat is devoted to will be non-sectarinn, and benefits aro ply. W hile the factory has been supply across the bay have steadfastly m ain Attorney-G eneral Moody is a t work a literature, the sciences, arts, or some j to be secured by com petitive exam ina ing places eastw ard as far as Boise and tained there was uo danger from an on Standard Oil indictm ents. special industry, w hat is a legitim ate tion. A standard of 85 per cent in shipping westward to l ’cndleton and epidemic. This was the truth a week A nthracite coal m iners will avoid list of subscribers. All of these ques- , scholarship must be m aintained. Re W alla W alla, no sueh extensive ship ago. It was too early for infection, a strike by accepting the old wage tions must, however, be determ ined in port of expenditures scale. each case before second-class entry can the society each year. will be given to ments have before been made at this I but now tho period of incubation has run, and what tho physicians hnvo been granted; but a publication having tim e of the year. Smallpox has broken out in Zion be met all requirem ents is positively pro preparing them selves for the out C ity, and the Dowie p arty calls it Di hibited adm ission if it be ‘designied p ri W ells Are Spouting W ater. vine punishm ent. break of typhoid—has struck tho city. m arily for advertising purposes or for A rlington—W ells bored for oil pros Investigate U m atilla Troubles. Twenty-one students at an Indiana free circulation, or for circulation a t j pects two years ago, in which w ater Chcinawa— Dr. Charles K. MrChesney, Yesterday fourteen cnees wi-ro taken college have been suspended for haz nominal ra te s.’ T hat such questions,; came to the surface level, have become to tho I’residio hospital, and today a ing one of the professors. especially the latter, are subtle and active artesian gushers since the hour United H tates supervisor of Indian dozen tnoro cases wero recorded. and render adm inistration ex schools and special inspection official, Losses by the San Francisco fire complex aine poisoning is developing. This ceedingly difficult surely need not bo of the destructive earthquake in Cali passed through here, en route to P en Ptom have caused the bankruptcy of the sta naturally must follow the constant diet te d .” fornia. These wells are located a t Car- dleton, to investigate troubles on the T rad ers’ Insurance Company of Chi Postm of corned lieef ami other canned goods aster-G eneral Cortelyou ex ley, W ash., a few miles northeast of cago. presses the belief th a t such commis A rlington, and had been sunk by pros Um atilla reservation between the super upon which tho jHioplo havo been living The president has won his fight on sion, if appointed, will be able to make intendent, the Indians and the stock tho eurthqusko. , This is one way the railroad rate bill and an am end recom mendation th at will be equable pectors in the hope of securing a flow men. Dr. McChesney has been in north since that sickm-ss is spreuding in Hun F ran m ent has been inserted carrying out to publishers, relieve them from present of crude petroleum. Results were not ern and southern California, locating cisco. to the anticipations of those who his views. annoyance and restrictions, and at the up planned the exploitation, and the en rem nants of the Chinook and confeder Tho other and oven more dnngerous same tim e protect the interests of the The battleship Rhode Island went terprise was abandoned. W ater from ated tribes of the Pacific coast. way will como from tho supply depots. aground in Chesapeake bay. No dam governm ent. the principal well is being thrown ten At these places wagon loads of bread, age has been done, and it is expected feet into the air, and the flow has been SLID E DAMS CHEEK. she will be floated soon. after being carted through tho streets, continuous and even in volume since PO RTLA N D M A RK ETS. dust strewn and filthy, nro unloaded nt A bill has been introduced in con Mass of Soft E arth Holds Back Im the earthquake in San Francisco. gress authorizing the reappointm ent of W heat — C lnb, 71 7lie; blnestem , these camps. Typhoid germ s will find mense Q uantity of W ater. a number of W est Point students who Sacram ento, Cal., M ay 8.—A special S ubstitute Fills for Bridges. their way into tho bread und into tho 72(§73c; rtd , 70c; valley, 70c. w ere recently expelled for hazing. from W oodland to the Sacram ento Albany—Fills are taking the place of O ats— No. 1 w hite feed, $27.50(328; stomachs of tho people, ju st ns they Senator H eyburn’s illness has be Union says: bridges in Linn county wherever the would by drinking polluted water. Ho The th reat of flood in the Capay val change is practicable. In a great ia any gray, $27 per ton. come more serious. much for this. ley, resulting from the slide of earth The Czar is in a panic over w hat th a t has fallen from the m ountain side places this change has been made. In Barley — Feed, $23.60®24 per ton ; Now for tho half hysterical and parliam ent may do. and dammed the w aters of Cache creek, two instances fills 350 feet long wero brewing, $24(324.50; rolled, $24.50(3 nerve shattered people who still cling The Southern Pacific has hauled 1,056 is growing increasingly serious. It may made. Bridge« are short-lived in this 25.5C. tho stricken city. H ardly a day has be assumed th a t the slide in question clim ate, and a constant source of ex lU y — Valley tim o th y ,$12(313; clover, to cars of supplies to San Francisco. passed W ednesday, April 18, but in some w ay the result of the re pense to the county. Perm anent fills $7.60rati; cheat, $0(37; grain hay, $7 that the since General Greely says there is sure to was city has been rocked by an cent earthquake, and it is now found but little more than a new bridge, (38: alfalfa, $12. be more suffering in San Francisco. earthquake. Last W ednesday there to be 1,000 feet wide and to close com cost which will stand but a few seasons. was n terrific shock, anil this morning The house comm ittee has killed the pletely the w ater course. Ever since The county court has ordered road su F ruits — Apples, $2(33.00 |>er laix; shortly 10 o ’clock nnother hard the occurrence the w aters have been pervisors to supplant all wornout straw berries, $1 25 <3 1-65 per crate; trejnblor after bill abolishing land office receivers. thnt sent men, women and steadily piling up behind it, and was San Francisco has plenty of food on found by m easurem ents taken this! bridges w ith fills where m aterial is Oregon, 23c per pound. children from their homes nnd buildings hand for ten days, w ith more on the morning th a t a depth of one hundred available. In all cases where there Vegetables — Asparagus, 73r(»$l 26 into the streets scream ing mad in aro long approaches to bridges, stand way. fright. Mow long tho people’s nerves feet had been reached. only a short distance above the per box; cabbage, $ ! 86(33 00 per will stand this is unansw erable. They The m anagem ent of San Francisco If it had been taken a t an earlier ing b n rd red ; cauliflow er, $2 25 per crate; are a brave people, these folks who has been restored to the municipal stage the dam m ight have been blown ground, fills are ordered. celery, $5.00 r»er crate; bead lettuce, have passed through tho eartliqunke officials. up w ith dynam ite and the w aters re Compels A nother Survey, 25c per dozen; onions, 10(315c per and fire, but there is a lim it to all leased w ithout danger to any locality, The new Russian cabinet claims to but it is now too late to do this, as it ft simply means th at, if tho dozen; radishes, 20c per dozen; courage, D rain—The recent calam ity in San be Liberal, and denounces W itte as an would but precipitate the flood th at is earth continues to groan nnd trem ble, rhubarb, 3<®4c per pound; spinach, oppressor. cotirageoua will givo up and feared. The dam is of soft earth and Francisco has made necessary a resur- 90 per box; parsley, 25c; turnips, $1(3 the most tho city. G reat B ritain has sent an ultim atum debris, and there is some hope th a t it vey of the first twenty-five miles of 1.25 per sack; carrots, 66(3(5c per quit Indeed, in some qunrters men of au and a fleet to Turkey. She is support may absorb the w ater or cut out grad tho proposed Drain-Coos Bay Railroad, sack; beets, 85c@ $l per sack. thority aro talking o f sending all o f ed by the other powers. ually and the w ater pass in harmless beginning a t this place. Tho maps and the women and children nut of Han quantities. Should it give way to the i profiles of tho final survey were de Onions— No. 1, 3c per pound. Geologists investigating the cause of pressure Francisco. This is talked of by no less the results will be very serious Potatoes— F incy graded hurhanka, stroyed in the conflagration. The engi th e San Francisco earthquake have and a large area of country will be authority th at Captain Kennedy, who 60(370c per h u nd red: ordinary, 50(3 neer, F. D. Brown, was ordered back found an immense crevice in the moun flooded. has charge of tho United .States gener from N orth Bend on Coos Bay, which 60c; new C alifornia, 4c per pound. tain range near Redwood City. al hospital nt tho I’rcsidio. point he had almost reached, ami will B utter— Fancy cream ery, 17% (320c The new Russian cabinet is composed Trolley Car Collision. begin at once the resurvey. Mr. Brown Seizing Btolen Supplies. of reactionaries. Trenton, N. J., May 8.— F ifteen peo brought his entire crew with him, and per pound. Han Francisco, M ay 7__Tho polico K'fgs—Oregon ranch, 18(318% c per San Francisco’s w ater supply is now ple were injured by a head-on collision thinks it will only require from two to and m ilitary authorities aro slowly but dozen. safe, but short. of cars on the Trenton-New Brunswick four weeks to complete tho work. surely ferreting out tho people who P oultry— Average old bens, 14(3!6c have abused tho free supplies privilege. Idle men in San Francisco are refused T raction Com pany's lines at Plainsboro, Creamery at L atourell Falls. tw enty miles outside of this city, at food and made to go to work. per pound: mixed chickens, 13% (314c; Tho detectives engaged in the work aro idnight. The cars, one from this city Bridal Veil—Latourell Falls is to broilers, 20(322 % e; young roosters, proceeding cautiously, so th a t no seiz San Francisco banks have reopened m and the other from New Brunswick, have a cream ery. Repairs and im 12% (3 13c; old roosters, 11(312% c ; ures will bo made unless tho officers and are doing a good business. were m aking their last trip s for the ents are being m ade on a twe- dressed chickens, 16(316% c; turkeys, are certain th a t no injury to deserv A new copyright law has been com night, and in accordance w ith the usual provem story building 30x60 feet. Concrete live, 17(3)8c; turkeys, dressed, choice, ing persons will be. inflicted. When it pleted, but its passage by congress is custom, ran by the signal. W hen round floors will be provided is established that supplies have been and an engine doubtful. ing a sharp curve the headlight of one will be installed, with m achinery to han 20(323c; geese, live, 1 0011c; geese, secured by subterfuge, the goods nro seized ami turned over to the nenrest M ilitary forces are after another ban trolley car showed the approach of the dle the product supplied by farm ers in dressed, 10(31 lc ; ducks, 17®18c. Station. The, authorities aro being as d it band in the province of Cavite, Phil other. Before the power could be re the vicinity. The enterprise is pro H ops—Oregon, 1905, 12(312% c. versed the cars met, and the passengers jected by Newton Courier, of Latourell Wool— F.astern Oregon average best, sisted by numerous nnonymnus letters, ippine Islands. were throw n from the chairs. telling of tho unlaw ful hoarding of F'alla. 16(321c; valley, 24(326c per pound; stores. Attorney-General Moody is preparing m ohair, choice, 28<330c. to prosecute the Standard Oil and rail Line Cut to M azatlan. High Price for Sheared Sheep. roads for rebating. B ritish Gold to P ay Losses. Mexico City, May 8__Engineers of Baker C ity—Lee Brothers, of this Veal— Dressed, 8%<37c per pound. Beef— Dressed bulls, 3c p ir pound; London, M ay 7.— The American the Mexican N ational Railw ay have city, have purchased the entire flock of Two passenger trains of the Pennsyl in cutting a line from D ur sheep of Oliver, in the John Day coun cows, 4% <35% c; country steers, 5(36c. stenm er Ht. Paul, which sailed from vania road collided near Altoona, pa. succeeded for New York today, took Twenty-five people are dead or injured. ango to M azatlan on the Pacific coast. try, for delivery after shearing a t the M utton— Dressed, fancy, 8(38% c per Honthainpton The locating work has been going on high price of more than $3 a head, in pound; ordinary, 5(36c; lambs, w ith $1,835,000 in gold, most of which is People of Zion C ity fight shy of m eet for a year. I t is probable th at the in- cluding yearlings, lambs and ewes. Tho destined for the ngents of B ritish in ings held by Dowie, a t which he a t teroeeanic railw ay will build an exten exact figure« are not given out. I t is pelt on, 9(310c. surance companies to meet their Hnn Pork— Dressed, 7® 8% c per pound. Francisco claims. tem pts to explain recent events. sion to the oil fields from Teziutlan. one of the largest sales of the season. LAWS OUT OF DATE. I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST NEWS OF THE WEEK I i . . , ■ « 8 * — ♦ r >