The Stayton mail., June 21, 1907, Image 7

8 C H M IT Z IS G U ILTY.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BY HAIL I ü K LAM ATH FALL8.
NfcW LAW 18 DEAD LE TTE R.
L a x F • w M ile s W ill Delay C o m p le tio n
Until Fall o f 1008.
Qroccryman Continue to Make 8a!ea
o f Poiaon for 8praya.
Klamath Falla— The California*
Northeastern Railroad la expected to
reach Darrla, »even tulle» from Teet-
c r ’s Landing, hy November 1. Steam-
era ply between Teeter’« and thla
city, ao Unit next winter there will
be but »even nil lea of ataglUK In the
t tip to thla city.
A regular train aervlce over the
T new railroad will bo uHtiibllahed
July 1, when the road will be com­
pleted to Orr'a Meadow«. The roud
1« being built In u aubatantlal man­
ner, which give« u»aurance that It
will one duy be uaed aa the main
line of the Southern Pacific between
Portland and Sacramento.
The road will In all probability
not reach Klamath Full» until the
fall of 100H, aa It will require con-
alderable time to complete the dike
ucroaa the marah and to conatruct
the drawbridge ucroaa
Klamath
river,
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Salem— That the law giving drnggiata
the excluulve right to *«ll poiaorm will
not lie enforced ia evident from the fuct
that some of the drnggiata have found
It neceseary to pnrohaae their auppliea
of poiaon from grocery men. They are
liardly in a poeltlon, therefore, to pro»-
acute the groeerymeti for id lin g poiaon.
Some time ago a drnggiat aecured an
opinion from the attorney general, in
which it waa held that the pharmacy
law of 1U07 prohibit» the aale of poi-
aona hy any |M*raona except registered
pharmacist«, and thia waa held to ap­
ply to auch poiaorie aa are used in fruit
apraya and for other agricultural pur-
po*ea. Agricultural p *| mtn pretty gen­
erally condemned the law, for the ren-
von that the drugglata charge a higher
price for |joi*orui than grocery men and
dealer» in agricultural auppliea are ac­
customed to do. It waa »averted, how­
ever, that the law would Ire enforced
and that prosecution» Would follow if
other» than druggist« continued to aell
such iomirioditiea aa ara<-nate of aod«,
acetate of lead and I’aria green.
The
grocery men accepted the challenge and
announced their intention to atuy in
the Imaineaa. Since that lime several
druggist« have been procuring their
poiaon supplina from gro cry men. I’o*-
aibly
they huve l«*eu doing thia for the
j
purpose of aecuring evidence, but thia
ia not probable, for there ha* b-en no
neeil to resi.rt to thai device.
All the
dealer» have continued to «ell OJienly
and base no fear of prosecution.
Berry Pricea Up Again.
Hood R iver-—Cold weather and
rain which fell here for the flrat time
iu many week« la holding buck the
atruwherry crop, the aeaaon for
which la thought to be about half
over. Price» for berrlea have taken
mi upward tendency, bringing In the
neighborhood of $2.75.
So far 30
c a r» have been whipped out thla s<*n-
aon with the expectation that aa
many more will be moved before It
la over. Thla doe« not Include the
number of crate* «hipped by expreia,
* which haa reached about 8,000. The
total number of cara «hipped laat
year waa 2X, ao that although the
<rop la not aa large aa expected It 1»
Anticipate Buay Lumber Seaaon.
u better one than that o f 1906. Grow­
Klgln— The varioua sawmill men of
er ■ now look for It to reach 60,000
«•rate* agalnat 76.000 or .......... , Klgiii ure getting ready for the i*ea«on’s
which waa predicted early In the aea- run and many m ils have,started, a -
though the work ha* been aomewhat
aou.
hampered hy the wet weather.
There
ia every prospect of a busy aeaaon in
Planing Mill for Silverton.
Milverton— A movemrnt la on foot in the lumbering industry, and the output
thla city to establish another lumlieiing will e<pral that of any former year.
entetpriae, which promise» to lie a very The eat i muted cut ia placed at 25,000,-
important addition to lumbering Inter- ink) feet. Many of the mill proprietor«
eat* in Silverton.
C. J. Himcral, are uneasy regarding the labor question
Brewer Uroa., Al Porter and LeRoy j and this w ill Ire the only thing th> t
Browne, all owning aawmilla mat I will etaud iu the wuy of a aueceaaful
here, bnve purchaaed eight acn-a of land run.
eonth of the depot and will in the very
Rain Helps Grande Ronde Crop«.
neat future erect a large planing mill,
lot Grande— The rain of last week
where all kind» of dreeae«! Iuml>er w ill
l»e manufactured. The fonr mllla in- has greatly tx-nellted the Grand Ronde
terealed In the entetpriae have a capa­ valley fanners, stockmen and fruit
city of 60,000 feet of lumber a day. > gfiwers. Nearly an inch of water has
They will incorporate, and It ia expect-! fallen. Farmer* are assured of more
* i that one or two other mlllownera than an average crop of hay and grain
■*will bivome intereated In the transae- while the fruit crop is normal and
moth better than average in qnality.
4 Ion.
Hold« Option on Water Power.
Oregon City— M. F. Donahoe haa se­
cured from Frank llabelt a renewal of
an option on 280 acres of land three
miles from Cazadoro on the Cluekaina*
river.
Halielt’a property command*
the aite for the development of im­
mense* water p ow er,«« two cyrner* of
the land cross the Clackamas. It ia
understood that Donahoe ia represent­
ing a company that la o|M>rating on tire
•■Sandy.
bight Killed During May.
Salem— Eight killed and three injured
ia the record of railroad casualties In
Oregon during the moath of May, a*
shown hy reports received by the Ore­
gon Railroad commission.
Of tire
killtd two were trainmen, two were
other employes and four were persona
not employed by the roads. Of the
injured two were employes and one
•wus not. No passengers were killed
^ o r injured so far aa repotted.
Sixty Five Graduate at O A. C.
Corvallis— F.x-Stnator John M .(»«g r­
in made the annual address to the stu­
dents of the O. A. C. at the commence­
ment, which saw f»5 graduates in vari­
ous departments get diplomas.
The
silutstory was hy Belle Bonney, of
Woodbnrn, on “ The Prime Wisdom of
L ife ." The valedictory was by Darwin
<». Thayer, of Rainier, on “ American
Agricultural Education."
U ie Fund* Aa Appropriated.
Salem.— Attorney-General Craw­
ford hna rendered an opinion In an­
swer to an Inquiry from W. W. Cot­
ton. of the Borrrd of Regents of the
Agricultural College, In which he
holds thnt the Board must apply Its
1907 appropriation of $06,000 on
1 907 contracts and Its 1908 appro­
priation of a similar amount on l $ u s
j contracts.
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Extend Central Oregon Canal.
Bend— The IT. I * P. Co. will
soon commence work on a 60-Inch
Inverted stave'pipe or flume, to he
built across the old river bed In the
Powell Buttes region. This pipe Is
the first work In an extension of the
Central Oregon canal, and the exten­
sion has long been desired by the
settlers of this region.
81,000 Fourth at Band.
Bend— Bend will celebrate the
Fourth. A grand fish barbecue will
be given, and there will he sports
o f all kinds, such as ball games,
horse races, broncho riding and
dancing. A purse of $1000 haa been
raised and a good time I« assured.
PO RTLAN D M ARKETS.
Wheat— Club, 86ft 87c; bluestem
88ft 90c; Valley, 86ft 87c; red, 85c.
Oats No. 1 white, $2Sft30; gray
nominal.
$ 22ft 22.50
per
Barley Feed
b r e w i n g , nominal; rolled. $23.50if1
2
1 r.u
Corn— Whole, $26; cracked, $27
per ton.
Hay— Valley timothy. No 1, $17
<itl8 per ton; Eastern Oregon tim ­
othy, $21 ft 23; clover, $9; cheat,
$ 9 ft l0 ; grain hay, $9(S' 10; alfalfa,
$ 1 3 « 14.
Domestic
Fruits— Strawberries.
$1.60ft 1.75 per crate; cherries, 4 0c
ft 1.65 per box; apples, $3 it 3.50 per
box; gooseberries. 5 ft 6c per pound;
cantaloupes, specials $2.50, crates $6
ft 6.50;
apricots, $1.50ft 1.75 per
crate; peaches. $1.75 per box.
Root vegetables— Turnips, $2 per
sack: carrots, $2.50 per snek; beets,
$2.50 per sack; garlic, 8c per pound.
Fresh vegetables— Artichokes, 50
<fl 6fte per dozen; asparagus, 10c per
pound; beans, 1 2 4 ft 15c per pound;
rabbnge, 2 4<* per pound; corn. 35 ft
40c per dozen; cucumbers, 75c per
dozen: lettuce, head, 25c per dozen;
lettuce hothouse, $1.50 per box;
onions, 1 5ft 20c per dozen; parsley.
20c per dozen; peas, 2N4ft5c per
pound; peppers, bell, 45c per pound;
radishes. 20c per dozen; rhubarb,
3 4 c per pound; spinach,
6c per
pound; squash. 5 0 e ft$ l per box; to­
matoes, $3.50 ft 4 per crate.
Onions— Texas, $2.25 per crate;
new California. 3ft34<* per pound.
Potatoes— Jobbing price; Oregon
and Eastern. $2.20 per sack; new
potatoes. 4 *4 ft 5c pound.
Butter— CBv creameries:
Extra
creamery, 2 4 ft'25c per pound: state
creameries: Fancy crenmerv, 22 *4 ft
25c; store butter, 1 7 4 ft l8 c .
Cheese— Oregon full cream twins,
1 5 ft 1 Sc. Young America, 1 6 4 ft
17c per pound.
Poultry— Average old hens. 14c;
mixed chickens, 13 4 c : spring fryers
and broilers, 17 4 c ; old roosters. 9
ft 10c; dressed chickens, 1 6 f t 170^
turkeys
live,
10ft 12c;
turkeys,
dressed choice, nominal; geese, live,
per pound, 8c; young dtirks, 15ft
16e; old ducks. 13c; pigeons, $ l f t
1.60; squabs, $2 ft 3.
Eggs— 184 ft 20c per dozen.
Veal— Dressed. 75 ft 125 pounds,
8 ft 8 4 c ; 125ft150 pounds. 7c; 150
f t 200 pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and
up, 5 4 ft 6c.
Beef— Dressed bulla, 4 ft 4 4 c per
pound; cows. 6 ft7 c ; country steers,
7 ft 8c.
Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 9c per
pound; ordinary, 8 ft 8 4 c; spring
lamb«, 10 ft 1 0 4 c.
Jury A g r « « « That San Franciso Mayor
Extorted Money,
Man Francl«co, June 14.— A jnry of
12 of hi» peers ha» declared Mayor
Eugene E. Hchinitz guilty of the crime
of extortion a* chaiged agalnat him by
the Oliver grand jury.
The jury waa out juat one heur and
thirty-Ave minute«. It elected Charles
E. Lapp foreman and at once proceeded
to an informal ballot.
Thia waa caet
verbally and etood 1] for conviction
and one for acquittal. Mr. Burna, a
shoemaker, cast the dissenting vote.
Then the 12 men began a discussion of
the evidence, which lacted for nearly
an hour. At the end of that time the
flr«t formal hullot waa ca»t. It waa a
written tjallot and waa unanimous for
conviction. The jurymen i*«ued thia
atatement to the Associated Pres« im­
mediately after their diamianal hy the
court.
The mayor received the verdict quiet­
ly and wrthout emotion. lie «at at the
table talking with his counsel, while a
few loyal friends came up and «hook
him hy (he hand. Many of the city
tttiployea, appolnleea of Schmitz, were
present and they showed the greatest
surprise and consternation.
Assintant District Attorney Heney,
who haa borne the brunt of the battia
for the prosecution, was not in the
courtroom when the
verdict
was
brought In. Even the prosecution did
not expect »itch a quick decision by the
jury, and waa unpre[»tred for it. There
were no aign» of jubilation when the
result of the trial was known among
the forces of the prosecution.
They
took their victory quietly.
Among the crowd were heard expres­
sions of nati*f»etion that justice had
been done, but they were mingled with
word» of regret that Mchmitz, who had
played auch a gallant part during the
fire and earthquake, had succumbed to
the influence that had brought about
hi« conviction of felony. Sentence will
1)« pronounced June 27.
Wit-L EXPLAIN PLAN.
W ANTS BETTER SERVICfe.
Washington Officials to Attend Pub­
lic Lands Convention.
Washington, June 12.— The pres-
deut wua In conference with Secre­
tary Garfield, Senator Carter, Com­
missioner Ballinger, of the Land Of­
fice, and Director Newall, of the Re­
clamation Service, concerning the
public landa convention in Denver
ten daya hence.
It will be attended by those of
other government officials, Including
Secretary Wilson and Forester Pin-
chot.
While no atatement regarding the
day’a conference was announced it la
understood that the administrative
officials will go to Denver prepared
to explain and, if necessary, to de­
fend the course that has been pur­
sued.
It will be contended that the plan
haa been to preserve public lands for
the actual settler and to regulate the
forest reserves so as to conserve the
water supply and protect the timber.
The withdrawal o f coal lands by
executive order a year ago will be
defended as necessary for proper
classification, and it will be shown
that much of the withdrawn land
haa been restored. The principal at­
tack is expected to be made on the
forest reserve policy, but Mr. Plnchot
and others will be prepared to con­
tend that all has been done in the
public interest.
Washington Lumberman Claim Tha
Roads Are Inadequate.
Washington, June 13.— A case of
more than ordinary Importance to
the Puget Sound territory was heard
hy the Interstate Commerce Com­
mission. It was that of the Pacific
Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Asso­
ciation, and other lumber organiza­
tions In the State of Washington,
against the Northern Pacific, the
Great Northern, the Oregon Short
Line, the Union Pacific and 16 other
railroad companies. The complain­
ants allege that the defendants re­
fuse to establish for their products,
a route via Portland, Ore., between
points la Western Washington and
points In Wyoming, Colorado, Kan­
sas, Nebraska and other points in
the Middle West, but require them
to pay local rates on shipments to
Portland, the shipments there to be
transferred to other cars for ship­
ment to destination on the rate to
alstination from Portland. It is also
alleged that the defendant lines re­
fuse to interchange cars, and that
they do not furnish enough cars.
Two New National i arks.
Washington, Jane 15.— If the neces­
sary legislation chh be secured In con­
gress next winter, a national park will
I * created along the Columbia river to
embody the land on which Multnomah
Fa'Is is located and another national
park will be located in the extreme
southweet corner of Oregon, to embody
land on which a grove of big trees is
situated. These two tracts were here­
tofore embraced in forest reserve with­
drawals, but have been now withdrawn
for the pnrpoee of creating national
MAY HAVE DISPUTE A T HAGUE parks on condition that the necessary
legislation can be obtained. Such legis­
lation will be recommended by the sec­
Japanese Scheme O* Aggression Op­ retary of the interior next winter.
posed by America.
Montana Lands Restored.
New York, June 14.— A Vienna dis­
Washington, June 15.— By order of
patch to the Herald quote* a delegate
the secretary of the interior about 250,-
to The Hague conference, said to he the 240 acre« temporarily withdrawn for
representative of a greet power, as de­ the propose«] Deer Lodge and Ruby
claring that Japan it to hurl a bomb Mountains national forest and for an
into the conference by bringing forward addition to the Helena national foreet,
the question of right of a conqnerer to Montana; about ZZU.OOO acres with­
annex territory subjugated with ail that drawn for an addition to the Madison
forest, Montana; about 39,640 acres
is upon it.
This w ill be warmly denied by both wi hdrawn for forestry purpoees near
Russia and the United States, the the Snowy mountain national forest,
Herald’s Informant is quoted as saying. Montana; about 50,880 acres adjoining
The Russians have large private prop­ Crazy mountain forest, Montana; about
erties in Manchuria, and the United 20,320 acres near Bitter Root focrest,
States considerable mining and other Montana, have been restored for entry.
interest« in Cor**. Of such interests
Senator Morgan Dead.
Japan proposes to deprive tliem. At all
Washington, June 14.— United States
event«, that is to be the object of her
Senator John Tyler Morgan, of Ala­
proposition.
The United States proposes to bring bama, died at 11:15 Tuesday night.
a motion diametrically opposed tc that Senator Morgan had been in had health
of Japan, and this, in view of the pres­ for a numbe* of years, but had more or
ent existing controversy between Japan less regularly attended the sessions of
He suffered from angina
and America, it is oa.-y to see has all congreos.
the makings of a tirst-class internation­ pectoris, which was the cause of his
death.
At the deathbed were hia
al row.
daughters, Miss Mary Morgan and Miss
Cornelia Morgan, both of this city, and
FINISH WITH ORCHARD.
his secretary, J. O. Jones.
Mr. Mor­
gan’ s home in Alabama was at Selma,
Chief Witness for Stats on Stand for where the funeral will take place.
Six Days.
Changes In Army.
Boise, Idaho, June 14.— The cross-
Washington, June 12.— The fo l­
examination of Harry Orchard closed
lowing board Is appointed to meet at
yesterday. He had l>een on the stand
Walla Walla, Wash., to inspect ani­
six full days and part« of two, having mals purchased under contract for
been called at 9:30 o ’clock on June 4, the army: Colonel Edward A. Good­
and his cross-examination being fin­ win. Fourteenth Cavalry; Captain
ished at 2:30 o’clock yesterday after­ Alanzo Gray, Fourteenth Cavalry;
noon. In bis direct examination eight Captain Edward F. McGlachltn, Jr.,
Fourth Field Artillery; veterinarian,
and one-half hour.* were consumed,
Henry W. Peter, Fourteenth Cavalry.
while his cross-examination occupied Major W illiam H. Sage, Adjutant-
20 hours. He left the stand appar­ General, is relieved from duty In this
ently stronger than when he began his city and will proceed to Vancouver
testimony, and he is in excellent spir­ Barracks and report to the com­
its, according to the statement of tire manding general.
warden, feeling relieved after thus un-
New Northwest Postmasters
buidening himself of his long story of
crime of every grade from murder
Washington, June 14.— Postmasters
down.
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appointed: Oregon— Fairgrounds, Ma­
rion county, Hanrison Doe, carrier;
Henry H. Craig, substitute; Kent,
Are Prejudging Verdict.
Denver. Col., June 14.— Two men on Sherman county, Walter H. Bennett,
the jury in Boise, Sebern and Robert­ vice 8. G. Donley, resigned; Provclt,
son, are feared by W. I). Haywood’s at­ Josephine county, Henry F. Bailey,
torneys, an<l if the secretary of the vice H. L. Green, resigned. Washing­
Western Federation is convicted it will ton— Anatome, Asotin county, F,arl E.
lie because « f these two, is the general Kirkpatrick, vice J. A. Bradley, resign­
opinion of the delegates to the conven­ ed; McMurmy, Skagit county, John W .
tion of the Western Federation of Min­ Blake, vice M. La rock, removed.
ers now in session here. W hile the
Withdraw All Forma o f Entry
delegate* are looking for the acquittal
Washington, June 15.— The secretary
of their chief, now on trial for murder,
of the interior has withdrawn from all
they admit that the presence of these
men on the jury is causing some anx­ forms of entry the land immediately
surrounding Multnomah Fall*, and aD
iety.
so that enclosing the Siskiyou big trees,
both in Oregon, with the end in view
Russia Will Borrow Again
of creating national parks for the pro­
New Yortt, June 14.— A Paris dis­ tection of the (nils and trees.
patch to the Times states that srrante-
Carrie Nation Arrested
menta are Wing made by European fi­
nanciers to supply Russia with $50,-
Washington, June 14.— Carrie Na­
000,000 In gold, of which sum the tion, after haranguing a crowd in front
Unite»] States is to furnish $12,000,000. of a down town saloon tonight, was ar­
The understsnding is that the money rested on the charge of disorderly con­
is to be applied exclualvely to domestic duct. She was released on $20 col­
needs.
lateral.
DROP AR M AM ENT Q U E STIO N .
America Will Not Raise It and Europ«
Opposes It
Washington, June 18.— It can be
stated on authority that the American
delegate« to The Hague conference w ill
not bring up for ditcuseion the question
of limitation of armament«. That mat­
ter is regarded as a purely Fiuropean
question at present and as the result of
another year’s work by Professor De-
Martens, at the various capitals o( Eu­
rope, has been to thresh out pretty
thoroughly tbe whole matter, and make
evident the fact that at least four of
the g r a t powers are averse to the con­
sideration of the disarmament question,
the Washington government regards
itself as relieved from the necessity of
bringing this matter to the fdte.
It is the opinion here, also, that the
subject of limitation of armament w ill
not now be broached hy any of the
powers represented at Tbe Hague con­
ference.
President at Oyster Bay.
Washington, June 14. — President
Roo«evelt left Washington today for bia
summer home at Oyster Bay.
The
party included Mrs. Roose>elt, Mrs
Cowles, the wife of Rear Admiral
Cowles, Secretary and Mrs. Loeb and
Mr. M. C. Latta, one of the assistant
secretaries.
They will reach Oyster
Bay about 5 o’ clock.
Tbe president
hopes to pass a very quiet summer at
Oyster Bay, and acconiing to present
plans, with probably not more than
one exception, he will remain there
continuously until he leaves for Can-
ton, O., for the unveiling of the Mc­
Kinley memorial monument on Sep­
tember 30.
The Roosevelt children
are now at Oyster Bay waiting the ar­
rival of their parents.
Complaint on Rates-
Washington, June 12.— The Fos­
ter Lumber Company of Tacoma to­
day submitted a complaint to the In­
terstate
Commerce
Commission
against the Missouri Pacific North­
ern Pacific and other lines.
It is
charged that on shipments of timber
products from Washington to Tow ­
ner, Colo., and Tribune, Kan., higher
rates are exacted than for similar
shipments to points in the same state
with longer hauls, the difference
amounting to 18 cents per hundred
pounds.
Alaska Land Restored to Entry.
Washington, June 18.— By authority
of the secretary of the interior, there
will become subject to settlement, on
September 30, and to entry on October
30, 1907, about 2,980,000 acres of land
in Alaska.
The land restored was
withdrawn on June 30, 1903 for the
proposed Northon Bay national forest,
and is situated immediately* on the
north shore of Norton Sound, north of
St. Michael, and about 50 or 60 miles
south of the Arctic circle ,in the Juneau
land district.
Eastern Oregon Forest Withdrawn.
Washington, June 18.— About 601,-
760 acres of land now under temporary
withdrawal for forestry purposes ad­
joining Weneha and Imnaha national
forests, Oregon, in Wallowa and Union
counties, will become subject to settle­
ment on September 30, but not to entry
filing or selection until October 30, at
the land office at La Grande.
Pulliman Car Company Rebela.
Washington, June 15.— In Its answer
to the case filed with the Interstate
Commerce commission by the citizens
of St. Paul, the Pullman company de­
nies the right of the commission to reg-
nlate its rates and attacks the constitu­
tionality of the railway rate law.
New National Bank at RHzvIlle.
Washington, June 18.— The Pioneer
National bank, of Ritzville, Wash., has
been authorised to begin business with
a capital of $75,000. O. H. Greene ia
the president, C. E. Shipman vice pres­
ident, and W. U. Martin cashier.
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