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Borne Fruit to r 2 0 Years U n
known to Scientists.
Pendleton,-—Not suspecting that a
seedless pear was anything out of the
ordinary, K. L. Oliver, a prominent
fruitiaiaer two tu'les west of thia city,
has been growing [ware of (hat nature
for two decades. Much publicity has
been given during the
[mst three
months to a seedless j*a r discovered by
A. I. Mrtst.n.
The tree hearing the
weodles* pear on the Oliver farm near
thia city waa growing on the place
when he twilight it, 20 years ago. The
pear* on the Oliver tree differ in de
scription from those of the Mason
farm, being very large and resembling
the Flemish Beauty more than any
other varltey. They are entirely seed-
ly s and have only the slightest tracing
of core, txdng in effect coreleaa as well
as seedless. The flesh ia fine grained
and «olid, the flavor is good and the pear
has many claims for popularity aside
from being a seedless and cureless vari
ety. The tree bears late, the fruit
ripening in October.
Where the tree came from 1« not
known. The farm with the orliard on
Beta Out Walnut Treea.
it waa purchased from a nurseryman,
Rlckreall— J. H. Htump, one of the who aet the orchard out.
leading farmera reaiding in thia county,
haa planted 176 acrea of hi« large farm
S C H O O L F O R C O N V IC T S .
near Monmouth to Kngllah walnut«,
and will make hia walnut grove a com
Prison R eform ers W ill Aak P erm it to
mercial proposition.
The treea are
T ry Scheme.
planted with a apace of »10 feet between
Salem— The superintendent of the
rowa one way and of 40 feet the other
way. In the «|>ace between the rowa of state prison, the governor of Oregon,
Hi. Pierre and Portland
walnut treea Royal Anne cherries are Chaplain
planted and aa these latter will liear friends of prison reform have agreed
quickly the land aet to walnuts will on a plan for the construction of an
Boon be made profitable while awaiting asaeinbiy hall and night school build
the tint crop from the walnut treea. ing that is to be added to the peniten
Experiment« made here in past year« tiary by consent of the next legislature.
with walnuts have been ao eat ¡«factory It 1« to accommodate about 800 j>er-
that Mr. Stump's venture ia not looked sons and betides serving aa a chapel
and amusement hall will Ire a school
upon aa an experiment.
room and have recitation rooms con
necter! with it.
Meeting o f F ru itg ro w ers .
It is to be located &w an addition to
Albany— An educational meeting for the east wing of the priion, and will
fruitgrowers will l>e held here Tuesday, be built of brick made by the convicts.
January 28, under the direction of the The prisoners ate to do all the con
l inn County Horticultural society. M. struction work themselves, and tbua re
4). Lown(dale, president of the W il duce the coat to the etate to a mini
lamette Valley Applegruwcra’ ns«ocla- mum.
tion, and L. T. Reynold!, secretary of
Many of the prisoners can neither
the same association, and « commit- read nor write, and tho work that is
winner of horticulture, will I * speakers. Iteing undertaken haa the indorsement
Mr. Lcwnsdale will give a practical of the Prisoners’ Aid society of this
demonstration of how to (rack apples state.
for the market.
Weston— Farmers of the Downing
neighborhood, near Weato», which is u
.region of 50-bu«hel wheat and $100 on-
acre land, are plaiinihK to hulld their
own *arehou«e at downing station.
The movement haa been under way ever
• luce the exporters raised their handling
charge* and adopted a form of wheat
receipt unsatisfactory to the farmera.
They have juat lieen given definite aa-
anrance hy the
It. A N. company
that the com|>any haa adopted an open
|>olicy and will grant warehouae room
at l>owning atatlon or elsewhere at a
purely nominal charge.
The farmera
InUireaUd in the movement are Jubi
lant, and will hold a maaa meeting to
airange for the building of the ware-
houae. This, they declare, they will
-certainly do unhaw the exporters re d u c e
their handling chargea and change their
form of receipt. Farmrea here are cr-
gsnlxlog along co-operative lima ami
have a very flourialdiig farmera' union,
which meeta regularly.
Wisconsin Mon W ant Tim b er.
Veteran T h res h ar Quits.
Pendleton— After a career of 38 years
a« a threshing machine man, Joe Hny-
der, of this city, is welling out hia large
outfit of threehera and horaea at public
auction and will retire ^rem the buai-
r.e*a |>ermanently. He ia known aa one
of the ino»t energetic thresher men in
Kaaiern Oregon and haa |>erhap« made
the longos runa eacli acawon of any man
in the county.
He will retire to a
amall farm on the Umatilla river weet
of Pendleton.
Klamath Falls— A party of four from
Wisconsin have left here with local
guides and timber cruisers for the tim
ber near Illy. A great deal of interest
is taken in their movements, as it is
announced they are here in the interest
of a big land deal. They left for the
timber equipped with everything need
ed in a winter (im p in the woods, in
cluding snow shoes.
People owning
claims in that region expect to be able
to dispose of them.
PORTLAND M AR K ET8.
A
Burns Land Office Business.
Huma— The land office in thia city
for the quarter ending December 31
shows an increase over the aarne period
iu 1906. The year 1907 lias been one
o f the liveliest yearn for the Burns land
-office wince it was catabliehd here, and
it ia expected that 1008 will bo still
lietter, aa the country ia getting better
advertising t. an in lormet yearn, and
a large rnnh of new settlers is expected
here in the spring and summer.
Portland Retires Csrtificstss.
Portland— It is stated by the com
mittee of Portland bankers having in
•charge the (sinking operations of (he
Portland hanks during the recent de
pression, that all of the $1,000,000 of
clearing house cert I Heat en issued during
that time have been redeemed, includ
ing $26.),000 loan certificates issued to
the suspended Merchants’ National
bank.
Weyerhaeuser* Buy Timber.
Oregon City— The Northern Pacific
railroad has wold to the Weyerhaeuser
land company 19,280 acres of land in
ClackamHH county. The deed has just
been recorded here, but the price is not
slated. The land is mostly timbered
and runa along the weet end of Clacka
mas county, from the Clackamas river
to the southern boundary.
Pruning Trees.
Freewater— Howard Kvans, county
fruit Inspector of Umatilla oounty, Bays
the trees in thia vicinity are being
pruned boat as rapidly as men can do
the work, and the prospects were never
better for the growers betmining Inter
ested In the importance .ot caring for
trees. Great rare will be taken to
spray for cod I in moth.
Oats State C o ntract.
Salem— On opening bids for lumber
the state hoard awarded the contract for
the supplying state inatitutiona to the
Curtía Lumber company, whose bid
was $37 per «arload below the next
bidder.
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Wheat— Club, 86c; Bluestera, 87c;
valley, 86c; red, 83c
Oats— No. 1 white, $27.500 28; gray,
$27.60028.
Burley— Feed. $27.60 per ton; brew
ing, $32; rolled, $29030.
Corn — Whole, $32.50;
cracked,
$32.50.
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $18
per toa; Kastern Oregon timonthy, $21
0 2 2 ; clover, $16; cheat, $16; grain
hay. $15@16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
Fruits— Apples, $1®2.60 per box;
pears, $1.26® 1.75 per box, cranber
ries, $8011 per barrel.
Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack;
carrots, 85c per sack; beets, $1 per
sack; beans, 20c per pound; cabbage,
lc per pound; cauliflower, $202.25 per
dosen; celery, $3.2603.50 per crate;
onions, 15020c per dozen; parsley, 20c
per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; pep
pers, 8017c per pound; pumpkins, 1 0
l'x c per pound; radishes, 20c per doz
en; spinach, He per pound; sprouts, 8c
per pound; squash, 101 }%c per pound;
tomatoes, $2 per box.
Onions— $1.8502.15 per hundred.
Potatoes— 50®75e per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25
03.50 per cwt.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 30®35c per
pound.
Poultiy— Average old hens, 12012 V*c
per pound; mixed chickens, ll> 6 0 1 ?c;
spring chirkens, 12® 13c; roosters, 8 0
10c; dressed chirkens, 14c; tnrkeys,
live, 14016c; dressed, rhoice, 17018c;
geese, live, 9®10c; ducks, 16017c;
pigeons, 7 5 c 0 $ l; squabs, $1.5002.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 27)6c
per dozen.
Veal— 76 to 125 pounds, 9 09 ,^c;
125 to 160 pounds, 7o; 160 to 200
ponnds, 5 0 6 ^ c.
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6 0
7c; packers, 807c.
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 6®
7 >¿0 per pound; olds, 102c per pound.
W ool— Eastern Oregon average best,
13@20o per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 18020c per pound, accord
ing to fineness; rnotalr, choice, 290
30e per pound.
Secretary fo r Washington felts
Benefits to Bo Derived
ct
Hy Frm1 W. h win, 8*cretary Wanhinirton Stats»
Granjf*. T u m w ilw , Woahinirton.
The Grange has, lor forty years,
stood for the upliftment c l the farmer,
Mor dav. January 2 7 .
prise waa sprung when Chairman Taw-
and we only have to look back, over
Washington, Jan. 27.—Greatly to ney of the appropriations committee
its history, to see what it has axorn- the surprise of everyone, the subject of warned the members that the country
pllshed for us.
«lavery was introduced in the senate waa confronted with the certainty of a
It is to the Grange that we owe the today.
Secretary Taft was directly $100.000,000 deficit unless the esti
rural mall delivery, the oleoma gar ine charged w th having a knowledge of mate« for the next fiscal year should be
hill, the denatured alcohol law, and In alsvery in the Philippine islands. 'Jha cut down rnaterially.
many states It has forced the passage of delate was made pertinent hy the etc-
Tawney’ s warning was seized upon
better tax laws, and other laws that tions of the bill revising the criminal by Underwood, Alabama, a« the text
assist in giving the farmer the benefits code of the United States which pro for a lengthy discussion of the recent
of his labor.
financial depression.
vide penalties for dealing in slaves.
Nor is the work of the Grange alone
Hale asserted that such provisions
directed to the urging the passage of should be stricken out, as he regarded
Wednesday, January 2 2 .
laws. It becomes needful to prevent slavery as obsolete in the United States
Washington, Jan. 22. — President
the paacage of some laws that would be and could see no reason for referring Roosevelt today transmitted to the sen
detrimental tn the beet interests of the to it.
ate and house copies of the tariff regu
farmer, and that is a part of the work
Heyburn, in charge of the bill, con lations negotiated some time ago be
the Grange does.
tended for the retention o j the provi tween tbs United Htates and Germany,
Space will not permit me ts go into sion, saying that there are forms o f sla together with a proposed amendment
details, but anyone may obtain the de very other than those abolished by the to the customs administrative act, put
tails by asking for them.
Civil war.
ting the same in force as a statute. In
Although we take an interest in the
the senate the message aroused lively
legislative work of our people, we also
Washington, Jan. 27.—The financial discussion in executive session when
benefit them in Tnany ways besides.
question was discussed in the house to taken up.
The remarks were not ad
To the young man and woman, we day by Fowler, chairman of the com dressed to the message so much as to
offer a chance to gain pleasure and mittee cn hanking and currency, in an the policy of considering it in executive
profit in the meetings of the Grange, aa exhaustive speech in which he opposed session, as well as the policy of the
we carry »n our meetings in strict par bond secured currency and the proposi president in connection with the agree
liamentary manner, providing we get tion looking to the establishment of a ment.
the right person for Master, and so give central bank. He used for his text the
Senator Hansbrongb declared the har
them a chance to learn how such work bill introduced by hjip early in the vester trust is trying to control dele
is done. We also have literary pro present month providing, among other gates to the Republican National con
grams, providing we get the right per things, lor hank redemption districts, vention.
son for lifcturer, and so give them a which, he argued, would meet national
A bill has been introduced to raise
chance to practice speaking in public, emergencies.
the pay of officers in the revenue cotter
and appearing on the r<^strum before an
Fowler declared the United States service.
audience, all of which is a benefit to had the worst financial and currency
any young or, io fact, an older person, process in the world, instead of the
Washington, Jan. 22.— Rapid pro
too, in these times of public a wakening. beet.
gress was made in the house of repre
To the father and mother, who are
The Indian appropriation bill was sentatives in the consideration of the
the providers for a family, it gives them reported to the house today by Mr. bill to codify and revise the penal laws
a chance to purchase their needed snp- Sherman, chairman of the houie com of the United States. The only amend
plies in connection with their brothers mittee on Indian affairs.
The bill ment of any importance which got
and sisters, and so gain the advantage carries a total appropriation of $8,215,- through was one by Ollie James, of
that is to he derived from wholesale 697.
Kentucky, making itacrim inal offense,
dealing.
under heavy penalty, to falsify govern
Saturday, January 2 6 .
To the home owner, It provides a safe
ment crop statistics, the object of the
and suie, as well as cheap insurance for
Washington, Jan. 25.-*-Repreeenta- amendment being to protect cotton and
his property, and any member of the tive Eliis today introduced a bill pro tobacco growers from speculators. Over
Grange, who is at'ached to any subor viding that the time for reclamtion of 50 pages of the bill were disposed of.
dinate Grange is entitled to that benefit. all lands covered by desert land entries
The house asked the president for a
Our insurance is carried at exact cost, in Uumatilia county, Oregon, hereto report of the commission sent to Gold
and we are laying by no surplus to be fore made, where it can be shown to field to investigate the trouble there.
lost by poor investments, or by the dis the satisfaction of the department of
Representative Humphrey Introduced
honesty of the officers, bat we keep the interior that the entryman has been a bill appropriating $3,000,000 for lour
enough on hands at all times so that hindered, delayed or prevented from submarines for Puget sound.
we can pay all losses promptly, upon reclaiming such land by nnusual floods,
Representative Jones introduced a
the proof being sent in.
either directly or indirectly, is hereby bill making it unlawful for any person
In life insurance we have none to extended until the first day of October, to injure or destroy any part of govern
offer that will answer the demands of 1909, and the time lo t making final ment irrigation works.
the great majority of our patrons, but proof of reclamation of such lands is
Representative Kahn introduced a
we i re working on a plan, that w ill ul hereby extended to the first day of bill appropriating $5,000,000 for sab-
timately furnish us a life insurance as April, 1910.
marines for the Pacific coast.
well aa a property insurance, and on
The house committee on pensions has
the same basis, that of actual cost.
agreed on an appropriation of $15,000,-
Tuesday, January 21.
In the line of purchasing and selling, 000, an increase of about>$7,000,000.
Washington, Jan. 21.— The sena'a
we are not as well organized as we
today discussed the propriety of au
would like to be, but aa the dealers are
Friday. January 2 4 .
thorizing one of its committees to in
all in combines, and the commission
Washington, Jan. 24.— The senate vestigate thé circumstances connected
men are all united by common consent, expositions committee favorably report with the issuance of an injunction at
it behooves us, aa farmers, to combine ed the Seattle exposition bill, after
the instance of the Hitchman Coal &
if we would protect our own interests cutting the appropriation from $1,125,-
Coke company agaiDst John Mitchell
and obtain the just rewards for our 000 to $700,000. The bill appropriates
by Judge Alston Grayson, of the
labor and enjoy the better accommoda $300,000 for buildings and $400 000 United States Circuit court of the
tions that we might have if we could for exhibits. 01 the latter item, $250,-
Northern district of West Virginia.
obtain the real fruits of our labors.
000 is lor the main government ex
Considerable time was spent in con
In the Grange we place woman where hibit; $100,000 for the Alaska exhibit,
sidering the bill to revise the criminal
she belongs, on an equality with man, and $25,000 each for the Hawaii and
code of the United States.
and so make our order a truly social Philippine exhibits.
Four buildings
Senator Teller today introdneed an
one, and oar Grange work inclndee the are authorized.
amendment to the sundry civil appro
enjoyment of the fruits of our labors, as
priation bill providing lor the purchase
well as the education of the mind, and
Wasbingtop, Jan. 24.— An attack on of silver bullion to the extent of $100,-
the guarding of the purse.
the power of the speaker was made in 000,000 to be made into subsidiary
In conclusion let me state the pur the house of representatives today by
poses of the Grange, as set forth in the Mr. Shackelford, of Missouri, during coinage.
Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, today in*
declaration of purposes adopted by the the consideration of the urgent defi
troduced a bill to provide for ascertain
fonnders of the order:
ciency appropriation bill.
He said
To develop a higher and better man Speaker Cannon was the “ ablest, bold ment of the true boundary line between
hood and womanhood among ourselves. est champion of autocracy this age had Idaho and Washington.
To enhance the comforts and attractions produced,” and declared the speaker
Washington, Jan. 21.— Two exciting
of the home, and strengthen our attach “ exercised a greater despotism than
episodes and narrow escape of the rep
ments to our pursuits. To foster mu- exists in any monarchy in Europe.”
resentatives from de'eat on an amend-
tun) understanding and co-operation.
Representative Perkins,
of New meat to the penal code bill made the
To maintain inviolate our laws, and to York, introduced a bill appropriating
session of the house today one of in
emulate each other in labor, to hasten $1,373,643 for the purchase of grounds
tense interest. First came a hot tilt
the gcod time coming. To reduce out and erection of buildings for the United
between Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, and
expenses, both individual and corpor States consular ervice in China, Japan
RanJell, of Texas, in regard to the lat
ate. To buy less and produce more in and Corea.
ter’s amendments prohibiting senators
order to make our farms self sustaining.
During the debate on the urgent de or repre«eDtatives from being employed
To diversify our crops, and to crop no ficiency bill Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
by public service corporations.
more than we can cultivate.
To con took occasion to boom Bryan as the
The climax of the debate came when
dense the weight of our exports, selling Democratic nominee for president.
Clark, of Missouri, amid thunderous
less in the bushel and more in hoof and
Democratic applause, declared that
in fleece, and less In lint and more in
Thursday, January 2 3 .
W illiam Jennings Bryan wonld be nom
warp and woof.
To systematize our
Washington,
Jan.
23. — Senator inated at the Denver convention, and
work and calculate intelligently on
8tone, of Missouri, today presented sta Boutell, of Illinois, aroused the mem
probabilities. To discountenance the
tistics of government deposits in na bers on hie side of the house to a high
credit system, the mortgage system,
tional banks to show that the distribu pitch of enthusiasm by stating that
the fashion system, and every other
tion of money during the recent cur Speaker Cannon would be the Republi
system that tends to prodigality and
rency stringency was not “ equitable,” can nominee at the Chicago convention
bankruptcy.
as contemplated by law governing the in June, and would be elected in No
We propose meeting together, talk
Treasury department.
He declared vember.
ing together, working together, buying
Represmentative Smith, of Califor
that the West and South were discrim
together, selling together, and in gen
inated against, while New York and nia, yesterday introduced a bill provid
eral, acting together for our mutual
Boston were favored. His speech was ing that widows of civil war veterans
protection and advancement.
on his resolution pending In the senate shall not lose their pensions by mar
If we, as farmers, become organized,
directing a committee to investigate riage to surviving veterans of the civil
we have the power to ask for what we
war.
and report on these transactions.
want and to get it, because we have the
In response to a resolution introduced
numbers, and all that is required is the
Nationat Bank at W allow a.
by Senator Ankeny and passed by the
union that is the means of unifying
Washington, Jan. 28.— The control
senate, the secretary of the navy today
that power.
transmitted to the senate a letter giv ler of the currency today authorized the
Think the matter over, and decide to
ing the estimate of the cost of subma 8tockgrowers’ and Farmers’ National
organize a Grange and so help to make
rine torpedo boate delivered at Puget bank, of Wallowa, Or., to begin busi
this world more worth living in.
sound and Grays Harbor, on the Pacific ness with $50,000 capital. James P.
coast. He said that under a recent Stevens ia president, E. A. Holmes
H ie * B i a s « M a n g a .
contract the navy had been offered 340- vice president and C .T . McDaniel cash
Boll three-quarters of a cup of rice
ton submarines for $360,000 and 270- ier.
In milk tn a double boiler. When cook
ton submarines for $285,000. The Navy
ed, add a half box of gelatin dissolved department estimate for each boat on
C o nfer arcs on Sw am p Land.
tn a little cold milk, add sugu* and the Pacific coast would be $378,000.
Washington, Jan. 28.— The secretary
rantlla to taste. When cold, beat In
of the interior held a conference today
a quart o f crenm that haa lieen whip
Washington, Jan. 23.— The urgent with the members of congressional del
ped to a stiff froth. Set In a wet deficiency appropriation bill occupied egations from swamp land states In
mold In ths Icebox to form.
Servo the attention of the house today to the order to reach an agreement on a bill
exclusion of all other business. A sur for the reclamation of such land.
with raspberry Jules poured over 1C