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SENTENCE SCHMITZ JULY 8. Severity Depends on Oihsr Prosecu tions— Defense Enraged. ÎJ H t t H M t N KICK A T T O L L S . FOHES T FUND FOR EACH S TA T E Hal* to Pay Tax f o r Driving Acroaa Plnchot Saya Department Propoaea Umatilla Haaarva. I Improved Service. I’midtatou T i m « thouaund sheep Pendlfton— W hile in the city fof a are now on their way acroaa the Um few hours, Gifford Plnchot, chief for atilla Indian reservation, boltiK the ester of the United Htutee, announced drat to pay the required tux and that if his present plans were material- crola with u permit. The bund bo- j ixed that the next appropriation for for I oukn to Joe Connelly, and the ex est reserves, by congress, would Ije di- pellee Incurred by the toll will be I vidnd into upeciflc appropriations for cloae to |100. When the Indiana, i the states. His object in this change under the direction und aupurvlalon 'o f policy Is to secure l»etter appropria of O. C. Edwards, the agent. luat tions for the individual states, making yeur put a tax on livestock driven it po*sihle to pay better salaries (or acroaa the reaervatlon there wue those who are placed in charge of the much dlaaatlafactlon amonx the forest reserve* and thereby secure more ahccptncn, who drove their flock* ¡competent men. The question of having the forest re around Inatead o f acroaa. A ll the serve district headquarters moved from Mhoupmcn, both luat year and thla, Portland to this city whs taken up with the exception of Mr. Connelly, witli Mr. Pinchot, and he promised to have taken their aheep on a clrcult- give the matter his attention. He lis oua and dlltlcult route uround the tened carefully to the arguments made f<<r the proposed change and admitted reaervatlon. The rule made luat year require« t iat there seemed to be some good rea a toll of 3 cents a head on aheep, 5 sons wiry the change should l*e made. cents on horses and 10 cent« on cat The forester says bh particular pur tle. In uddltlon the owner muat k I v « pose in corning to the West at this time a bond for duinugc* and pay an In is to study local need», hear complaints, dian policeman to act a« eacort, to explain tiie purposes of the fore»! re see that no grazing allowed along serve, adjust differences, und in short the route. That the toll of 3 cent* Is wholly to adapt the administration of the re unjuMt la held by the sheepmen. Ac serve affairs to the local conditions. cording to them they have no objec He aays he is finding Hurt complaints tion to puylug an Indian policeman Concerning the reserve is not due to the to nccotnpuny them and to giving the theory or poliey of tho administration, bond for damages, hut they look up but to mistakes that have been made on the toll as pure graft on the part n the conduct of the reserve affairs, o f the Indians. • ind these he is endeavoring to adjust as rapidly as possible. Archie Mason to Build Aey Dike Ho wont from hero to Coeur d’ Alene, Klamath F a lls— Archie Mason, of Idaho, and from thence goes to Helena the firm Mason, Davis & Co., ha« to meet Hecretary of the Interior Gar been advised by W illiam Hood, chief field. He expects to Ire in Portland July 13 and 14. engineer of tho Southern l ’aclflc Company, that his bid on the con- Crude Oil for Track. aiructlon o f the dike across the K la Pendleton— The oiling of the O. math marsh had been accepted, and R. & N. Co.'s roadbed between here that he waa expected to begin work and Spokane Is now on In earnest. A at once. This la a good piece of news trial run has been made under the for this section aa It mean* the early direction of M. J. Buckley. The road completion o f the California-North that is being oiled Is considered by eastern Kullway to thla city, Mr. travelers to be the dustiest and most Mason expects to have two large disagreeable road to travel In the steam dredges In operation by July Northwest. The route lies through 10, nnd ntntea that ho will complete alkali dust and sand for many miles the contract by the first o f the year. und all passengers alighting from the The contract embraces a dike or Spokane train are covered with a The dust, coupled grade about six miles long across the white coating. with the heat of the summer months, Ady swamp lands. The fact that Mr. Mason has undertaken construc mukes travel on this road anything tion o f the dike gives assurance that but a pleasure. the railroad will reach this city dur Harney’ s Prospects Excellent. ing the summer of 1008. Burns — There are excellent crop prospects in all parts of Harney county. Law Weak at Vital Point. Grain has a fine stand and fruit of all Kalem— An Inquiry received by the varieties is looking well. Alfalfa has ntutc railnstd commission from s rail made an unusually good growth this road telegraph operator mils attention ymr, and there are some rich patches to the fact that the act of the last legis of it on dry land with no artificial irri lature regulating the hours of lalxtr of gation. Haying will begin early in railroad employes was very loosely July and the crop is very heavy. drawn. Though the law forbid« the employment of telegraph operators P O R T LA N D M AR KE TS. more than 14 consecutive hours, there is nothing to prevent their lieing work Wheat— Club, 86c; b'uostem, 88@ ed 23 hours out of 24 if they l>e given an hour’s re*t st the end of 14 hours. 89c; valley, 86c; red, Oats— No. 1 white, $27.50®28.50; Trainmen are protected in this retqrect, gray, n initial. hut telegraphers are not. liarley— Feed, $21.50(2122 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $23.50(2} Adams Wheat Crop Is Good. 24.50. A lains— The prospect for a Iranner Corn— Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per yield of wheat in this locality was ton. never any more promising than at the Hay— Valley tmothy, No. 1, $17®18 present time,. The fall wheat in most per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 Instances was put in st just the right ® 2 3 ; clover, $9; cheat, $9®10; grain time and got a good start and while hay, $(*(«610; alfalfa, $13(204. the spring wheat, came on slowly on ac Fruit«— Strawberries, $1.50(32 per count of the backward season the lute crate; cherries, 65 @ 75o per box; rain ha« now inaurcd a good crop, anti apples, $3(93.60 per box; apricot«, the acreage is considerably larger than $1.25(91.65 per crate; plums, $1.65 a year ago. The sume re|K>rt comes pier box. from the Weston and Athena district, Vegetable«—Turnip«, $2 per sack; which is !he center of the great Walla carrots, $2.50 ]>er sack; beets, $2.50 Walla valley wheat belt. per sack; asparagus, 10c pier pound; beans, 7(38c per pound; cabbage, Factory Employes Protected. 2t$c per pound; com, 35@50c per Oregon City— Deputy Stnts Com doxen; cncumliere, 75c p»er dozen; let- missioner of Labor and Inspector of tn«*e, head, 25c per dozen; onions, lf> Factories and Workshops C. Henry ®20c per dozen; peas, 2 \ ( a 4c per Gram, of Portland, have made an In pound; radishes, 20c per dozen; rhu spection of tho factories In this city, barb, 3 tjc per pound; tomatoes, $3.50 lie visited the huge plant of tho W il lamette Pulp & Paper Company, @4 per crate. Potatoes— Otegon, $2.76(33.25 sack; where he mndo a close examination, nnd declared the protection afTorded new potatoes, 8 C(j(2>4c per pound. Butter— Fancy creamey, 22t^@25c the lives of the employes was first- class, as was also tho fire protection. per pronnd. Mr. Gram Is president o f the State Poultry — Average old hens, 11c Federation of Labor. per pound; mixed chickens, 10c; spring fryers and broilers, 14@15c; old Mill Assessment Shows Increase. rooster«, 9c; dressed chickens, 16 Aberdeen— Connty Assessor Cnr- (2)l7c; turkeys, live, 10(912c; turkeys, ter says that the total value o f the dressed, choice, nominal; geese, live, mills of Grays Harbor, exclusive of pound, 7(2>10c; young ducks, 13(914c; shlnglo mills, ns shown by the re old ducks, lOe. turns Is $896,020. The personal as Eggs— Candled, 23(324c per dozen. sessment property of Chehalls county Veal— Dressed, 5i*@7)4C per pound. will show a 10 per cent Increase over Beef— Pressed bulls, 3V^(2}4c per the assessment o f two years ago. pound; cows, 6(2}6 \ c ; country Bteers, Only personal property Is assessed 6 *® 7 c. this year. Mutton — Pressed, fancy, 9c pe pound; ordinary, 5®7c; spring Iamb«, Heavy Wheat Yield Certain. 10(910^0. , Condon— About an Inch nnd a half Pork— Dressed, 6®8Vtfc per pronnd. o f rain hns fallen here and the Hopr«— 6@8c per [round, according to ground Is soaked deeper than ever qrmlity. before at this time o f the year. A W ool— Eastern Oregon average best, big yield o f fall grain Is absolutely assured and many of the wheat men 16®22c per pound, according to shrink are expecting from 25 to 40 bushels age; valley, 2J@22c, according to fine 29Q30c per to the acre, which will be the largest ness; mohair, choice pound. yield In the history o f the country. I Han Francisco, June 28.— Over the angry protest» of the defense, who de nounced it as "an outrage upon jus tice," Judge Dunne yesterday gran Us I the request of the prosecution for de lay and withheld nntil Monday, July 8, the sentencing of Mayor Eugene E. Hchmitz for the crime of extortion, of which he was found guilty June 13. In the presence ol a great crowd in hi» courtroom in the Terripel Israel, shortly after 10 o’clock, Judge Dunne called the convicted mayor for sentence, first inquiring whether it was the purpose of the prosecution to press against him the other four extortion indictments re turned by the grand jury. The coart intimated that if the district attorney so intended, the sentence about to be pronounce«! would be les« severe than if other prosecutions were to be aban doned . District Attorney Langdon declared that the state had not made up its mind on this point, and aske«l for an other week in which to consider it. In cidentally he admitted tliat the prose cution war* not prepared to argue against the defense’s motion for a new trial, which would naturally precede the imposition of sentence. Mr. Fair- all, for Ibe defense, replied that the latter did not desire to argue, but would submit that motion. He insist««! upon tbe right of th ) mayor to secure sen tence at once, so that he could without further delay take an appeal to the higher court for the new trial which Judge Dunne would refuge. Judge Dunne finally granted the de lay on the aussurance of the district attorney tliat by July 8 the state would say whether or cot the other extortion cliarges would be prosecuted. CLOSE UOORJ T O DI8EASE. Radieal Order o f Texas Classes Con sumption With Smallpox. Washington, June 26.— Federal officials having to do with the regula tion and control of the public health were exercised today to learn that the puMic health officials of Texas will soon Issue a proclamation of per manent quarantine againat all per sons affected with the advanced stages of tuberculosis. The procla mation will place tuberculosis in tbe tame category with small pox and yellow fever, according to report, and la being issued because of the In creased Immigration o f tuberculosis patients to the dry climate of arid Texas. It was said here that under the Federal statutes tuberculosis Is not a quarantinable disease, either under the maritime or Interstate Immigra tion law, but Immigrants can now be kept out of the United fitates when afflicted with tuberculoats, under the new immigration law. The opinion was given that it may be difficult to sustain such a quarantine before the Supreme Court under the provision of the constitution guaranteeing the right of every citizen o f the United States to go from one state to an other. In each case the state authorities will be compelled to prove absolutely that the person denied entrance to Texas is suffering from tuberculosis In the advanced stage, and the cost of such a quarantine will be large. On the question of public policy In volved In such a quarantine no opin ion of officials could be obtained for publication, but it is known to be tbe opinion of some o f the individual experts that the study of tuberculosis has progressed so far that a state of quarantine Is unnecessary and that NEVER P L O T T E D VIOLENCE. Immigration of this kind might be treated at tuberculosis colonies If Boyce Reiterates Denials o f Others, protective steps are necessary. The issue raised in Texas has but Makes Home Admissions. never been heard of before by Fed Ikuse, Idaho, June 28.— A ruling eral officials, although Colorado a made yesterday by Judge Wood while few years ago agitated a somewhat similar step. Eiiward Boyce, for years the leader of Lower Rate on Alcohol, the Western Fe«leration of Miners and Washington, June 27.— A curious now a wealthy mine owner of the Coeur case was filed with the Interstate d ’Alene«, was teetifying in behalf of Commerce Commission today by the W illiam D. Haywood, may materially Railroad Commission o f the State of limit tHe show ing of the defense as to Oregoii against the Northwestern the existence of the counter-conspiracy and Burlington Railways and sev eral other lines. It appears that the against Huywood and his assistants defendant lines charge the same rates which it alleges. upon the denatured alcohol from James 11. Haw ley for the state ob Chicago to North Pacific terminal jected to the general question as to the points as they charge on other al policy and practice of mine owners cohol. By reason o f the high freight throughout the West in blacklisting rates the price of denatured alcohol union miners, and in the argument that in Oregon is greatly Increased, as it followed Clarence Harrow for the de costs from 12 cents to 18 cents a fense claimed that same latitude in gallon to transport It. proving counter conspiracy that the Postal Changes in Northwest. slate enjoyed in showing its conspiracy. Washington, July 2.— Rural free de Mr. Hawley contended that the state had directly shown the existence of a livery carriers have been appointed as Oregon— Parkers, route 1, conspiracy by Harry Orchard and by so follows: doing had laid the foundation for and Percy J. Dickson carrier, Joseph 0. Washington— ma«le the connection of all the evidence Anderson substitute. offered on the subject. He said that North Yakima, route 3, Fred B. Dye Robert Bordill substitue; the defense was trying to show a coun carrier, ter conspiracy by proving various iso Rochester, route 2, Emma Manners car T ie lated instances and certain general con rier, Allen K. James substitute. ditions, none of which was connected postoffiee at Arctic, Chehalis county, with the case and for none of which a Wash., will be discontinued July 31. proper foundation had been laid. In ruling the court accepted in part Secretary Adjusts Land Claims. the contention of the prosecutoin and Washington, July 2.— The secretary limited the proof of the defense along of the interior Las approved Oregon re this line to event« in Colorado and the linquishments Nos. 24 and 26, La Coeur d’ Alenes connected with the caee Grande, embracing the claims of 46 fet- us now established tlers, etc., and covering 7,517 acres, and Oregon relinquishment 25, T1 e Small Appeals to Mackey. (>alles, embracing the claims of 23 set Han Francisco, June 28.— President tlers, etc., and covering 2,821 aerts. 8. J. Hmall, of the Commercial Tele This is part of an adjustment of claims graphers’ union, Hppe&led yesterday di growing out of a conflict a ith the rectly to Clarence Mackay, head of the Northern Pacific grant. Postal Telegraph company. Mr. Small Transfer o f Naval Officers. wrote a letter directed to offset the one Washington, July 2.— Lieutenant G. written by Mr. Mackay to the officials of the Postal company in which Mr. T. Pettingill, U. S. navy, has been or Mackay commended the operators who dered to Puget sound navy yard for refused to go out and condemned the duty. Assistant Paymaster W. J. Hine, men who struck. A possible step to U. 8. navy, has been detached from ward a settlement was made yesterday duty on the Princeton and will proceed when the striking operators appointed to the navy yard at Puget sound for du a conference committee. ty as assistant to the general stoiekeep- er of that yard. Great Fire at Jamestown. Abandon Fort Assinniboine.J Norfola, Va., June 28.— Fire at Pine Washington, June 27.— As a pre Beach, a resort filled with hotels of varying size, restaurants, stores and liminary step to the gradual aban donment o f Fort Assinnlboine, Mont. places of amusement jnst outside the Captain Boniface, o f the Second Cav Jamestown exposition grounds, destroy alry, was relieved of duty as Con ed 40 to 50 frame structures between structing Quartermaster at Fort As- Virginia and Maryland avenues and sinniboine and directed to turn over One Hundred and Second and One Hun the property for which he Is account dred and Ttiird street«, including Ex able to Lieutenant Howard G. Dan position avenue. The loss is placed at iels. between $200,000 and $250,000, with Julius Jacobs Dead about 20 per cent insurance. Washington, June 26.— The Treas ury Department received a telegram Will Appeal 2-Cent Cass. announcing the death o f Assistant Kansas City, Mo., June 28.— The at United States Treasurer Jacobs at torneys for the 18 principal Missouri San Francisco. Treasurer Treat took railways and Attorney General Hadley direction o f tbe office by wire and for the state last night practii’ally pending his arrival In San Francisco, agreed to take the niRtter of the juris has designated Cashier Burnes to act as Assistant Treasurer. diction in the enf'uvenient of the Mis souri 2-cent law to the Supreme court. Sending Men to the Front Washington, June 27.— The Scout Crui»»r Lsurched. Department today received a cable Rath Me., June 28.— The scout em b gram from the American Minister at er Chester, one of the latest types of Guatemala City, stating that the sit fast warships, was launched vesterdav uation In Salvador Is disquieting, and afternoon from the yard of the Bath that Guatemala and Salvador are Iron works. sending troops to the frontier. f B IL E T R A C K LAND INQUIRY. Nothing to Be Gained by Inva.tiga- tion in Oregon. Washington, Jane 29.— There are reasons for believing that the investiga tion now being made in Oregon by As sistant District Attorney Townsend will not materially help in the solution of the problem of compelling the South ern Pacific railroad company to place on the market in accordance with law the 3,000,000 acres of land remaining of the grant to the Oregon A California Railroad company. In plain language, there is stronsg suspicion that this in vestigation is a farce and that it is not going to accomplish what was intended. Unletw indication* are incorrect, tome- body ha* injected a joker into this pro ceeding. The identity of the person who i* standing between the people of Oregon and the Honthern Pacific rail- roa«l has not yet been disclosed, but be mu«t be high up in official circles. In the first place it is contended by men who have made a special study of this question that there is nothing to investigate in Oregon. All the records, all the laws, and all the facts behind the grant are on file in Washington and the determination of the beet method of proceedure must be based on tbe law and on the records. If, there fore, tbe department of justice is to crack this nut, it must make its inves tigations here in Washington and not in Oregon. The law* making the grant are on file in the State department. The debate preceding this legislation are on file at the capitol, and from these records may be gathered the in tent of the men who secured the legis lation, silmilar information may be gathered from reports on the various bills, and all these reports are of re cord here and Dot in Oregon. But what is still more important, all the papers that passed between tbe gov ernment and the railroad company that secured the grant aie of record in the Interior department in this city and cannot be found in Oregon. Nicaragua Massing Troops. Washington, June 28.— State de partment cablegrams indicate a contin uance of threatening conditions in Central America. American Minister Merry reports from San Salvador that the Nicaraguan government is maesing troops at Point Coseguina. This place is upon the North Pacific bolder of Nicaragua, on the Gulf of Fonseca, and directly opposite the Salvadorian coast, which appeare to be the storm center at this moment. American Minister Lee reports from Guatemala City that Nicaraguan forces have appeared upon the north coast of Honduras. The forts on this coast recently were occupied by the Nicaraguans as an incident to the establishment of the provisional gov ernment, but it was understood that President '/.*•lava had ordered the with drawal of all the Nicaraguan troops from Honduras. Bnild Dams in Forest. Washington, June 26.— The Stan ley Smith Lumber Company has been granted a permit in the Cascade Na tional forest to construct and main tain three reservoirs, dams, and con duits to supply water required for fluming logs and lumber. Joseph R. Keep ,of Portland, has been granted a permit to build a dam about 10 feet high on Camas creek, Cascade National forest, to lay approximate ly two miles of pipe line from the dam to the head of a log chute in section 11, township 5 south, range 10 east, to provide water for a don key engine and camp. More Time for Umatilla Project. Washington, June 28.— The secre tary of the interior has granted an ex tension of 30 days’ time to Harvey A Morton, of Hermiston, Or., for comple tion of their contract for a portion of the distribution system of the Umatilla irrigation project. The nnuenal sever ity of the weather and the difficulty of securing labor rendered it impossible for the contractors to complete the work at the time specified in their con tract. Holmes in Own Defense Washington, June 28.— E. 8. Holmes, Jr., ex-assistant statistician of the Ag ricultural department, on trial on the charge of conspiring to «iefraud the gov ernment by prematurely divulging in formation regarding the cotton crop, took the stand today in his own de fense. He testified that he never had any advance reports from the field and contradicted many of Mr. Van Riper’s statements. Postal Clerks Promoterl. Washington, June 28 — The follow ing promotions of clerks in the Astoria postoffice will be effective July 1: One from $600 to $600; two from $600 to $800. At Ellensburg, Wash., one from $500 to $600; one from $600 to $800; one from $800 to $900. New Postmaster at Fsrnvalo. Washington, June 27.— Laurence W orley has been appointed Postmas ter at Fernvale, Ore., vice Hilma Nel- sem, rea tin e*.