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P O U L T R Y RAISING IN OREGON. Extracts FO H tflD * QLAO HAND. OREGON GIVEN PROM INENCE Corrupt Practices Aet May Ba Found Joint Passenger T ariff Mentions 200 Unconatitutlonal. j Points in Stata. Halcm— That the corrupt-practices' Oregon receivra considerable prom bill, to be submitted to a vote of the inence in the Joint tariff issued by the people under the Initiative and ref-1 Union Pacific giving the one way col erondum, Is In direct conflict with onial rate* to the Pacific ooaat from that suctlou of the Constitution which Union Pacific territory. The tariff haa guarantees freedom of speech Is be juat been iaaued and make* the ratea lieved by many who have read the effective March 1 to April 80, inolu- measure. The bill make* It a crime for uny person to ask, solicit or In aive. The tariff aeta forth the ratea in any manner try to Induce or per- j detail aa they have been announced al suade u voter on election day to vate ready in the tews paper*. The low col for or against any candidate or meas onist rate la good to any atation in Ore ure. This would bar the use of uny gon and about 200 points in this elate kind of argument on election day and are mentioned Individually in the there is doubt whether It would be tariff. The rate ia 130 from Council constitutional. Bluffs, Omaha, Bt. Joseph, leaven Under this section of the law it Is worth or Kansas City to all main and probable that newspapers published on the morning of election day would branch line points on O. H. A N. east bo prohibited from printing anything of Portland, Including points north of calculated to Influence voters In de-j Umatilla and Pendleton, via Granger, termlnlng how to mark their ballots. | Ogden and Huntington, via Denver, The words "In any manner try tA Granger or Ogden and Huntington, or Induce or persuade" woult^ cover a via Denver, Grand Junction, Ogden and multitude of acta. Candidates whoj Huntington. went to the polls and extended the I The aaine rate obtains to Portland glad hand to voters would unques-l and all main and branch line points tlonably come within the terms of on the Houthern Pacific south thereof the act, for It Is common knowledge j that u warm handshake la one of the. to and including Aabland, aa wall aa most potent means o f getting votes. all points on the Astoria A Columbia River railroad, via Granger or Ogden and Huntington, via Denver, Granger Josephine Goatmcn Organize. or Ogden and Huntington, via Grand Grants Pass— The Houthern Oregon Junction, Ogden and Huntington and Angora Goat Breeders' association has via Denver and Billings. been organised with C. K. Hairoon, president and Charles Meaerve, secre W ANT CHEAPER GRAIN BACKS tary. The association will have a reg ular meeting In March. The raising Growers at Athena Working Through o f goats haa become one of the promi Association. nent industries of Houthern Oregon. As well aa being profitable for the wool, Athena— C. A. Barrett, president of they are looked upon aa a valuable ad the Inland Graingrowera’ association, junct in clearing new land, in keeping ■ays that the principal object of the or down the undergrowth. It Is calcu ganization at present Is to reduce the lated that there are about 6,000 or 0,- price of sacks. The association declares -000 of the animals scattered among the that the prices the dealers ask for sacks ranches In this district, some of which are unreasonable. They say that they made a good, substantial saving, laat are imparted stock. year by means of the association, and that they will be able to make s far Grain Sacks at Reduced Figures Pendleton— Umatilla county farmers greater saving this year. Mr. Barrett, w ill share in the purchase of 1,000,000 eetirnatea that the farmers of this wheat racks made by the Farmers’ Co oounty will be able this year to save The Inland Graingrowers’ operative union at Walla W alla. Over $40,000. association ia a corporation and buys 200 farmers were present at a macs meeting at which contracts lor the pur its own sacks direct thus making a chase of 1,000,000 aacks from the J. Z. great deal better bargain than the Hmith company and the Kerr-Gifford dealer can make. Another purpose of the association ia company of Portland at a uniform price of 7 S c, was made. As the same to force the O. R. A N. and Northern quality of sacks sold laat year at from Pacific railway companies to arrange to 10 to 11c each, the farmers have made shift cars from one line to the other a great saving in purchases for this without removing the goods from one car to another. Another object the year by asking for bids. association has in view is to reduce freight rates on large grain shipments. Naw Collage Building. Milton— At a meeting of the board Fual Down at Psndlaton. o f Columbia college It wsh decided Pendleton— An exceptionlaly mild that an administration building cost ing (25,000 should be erected, and winter lias combined with the recent fi It Is understood that this building nancial panic to create havoc with the ahull be ready for use at the next col fuel situation in this city, as viewed lege term next fall. The building I b from the standpoint of the fuel dealer to be equipped In the most modern Coal has dropped from $11 to $7 per way, giving every advantage to the ton, and though the wood price ia being students. This is a South Methodist Institution, and la proving very suc kept up temporarily by the sheer foroe cessful. There Is an enrollment of of the local oombine, the bottom ie sure over 100 students this terms, all to drop out of it shortly. form different parts of the north P O R T LA N D M AR KE TS. west. _________ Paisley Wants the County Seat. Silver Lake— W . H. McColl, of Pais ley, is authority for the statement that Paisley wants to bring to a vote at the June election the question of the re moval of the county seat from lake- view to Paisley. Paisley, Bummer lake. Silver lake, New Pine Creek and North Warner voters would probably favor the move. Paisley is many miles nearer the geographical center of the county than Iakerlew. Salas Under Hinkle Ditch. Pendleton— Seven sales of arid land aggregating over $11,000 have just been made from the Hinkle Ditch company's tract in the western part of Umatilla oounty. The tracte will all be settled and reclaimed and a large settlement ia anticipated in that part of the county this spring. Those making purchases were J. H. Strohm, W. P. Littlefield, Maurice I>. Hcroggs, Elisabeth J. Tuck er, Martha A. Travis, Lorin G. Henry and B. F. Strohm. Demand Flat 2 1-2 Cant Fair. Salem— A committee of the Travel ing Men’s association has arranged with the railroad commission to file s complaint against all roads doing busi ness in Oregon and asking for a fiat 2>{'Cent rate on mileage books. The rate now is about 'l \ cents, and the hooks sold are not mileage books, but are coupon books, each ooupon repre senting 6 cents. Eagles Worry Banton County. Monroe— A pair o f large eagles are playing havoc among the small lumhs on the foothills west of town. They are expert In keeping out of rifle range and no one has been able to get a shot at them. Cannery Putt Up Baaf. Brownsville— The Brownsville can nery has been experimenting In the canning of beef and It will probably put up a large amount In the near fu ture. Wheat— Club, 82c; biueatem, 84c; valley, 82c; red, 80o. Oats— No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28. Barley— Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, $32; roiled, $29030. Corn —• Whole, $32.60; cracked, $32.60. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1,$17018 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $20 @21; clover, $14016; cheat, $16; grain hay, $14016; alfalfa, $12@13; vetch, $14. Butter— Fancy creamery, 30035c per pound. Poultry— Average old hena, 13@14c per pound; mixed chickens, 12013c; spring chickens, 13014c; roosters, 10 012c; dressed chickens. 14o; turkeys, live, 14@15c; dressed, choice, 16@17c; geeee, live, 9010c; ducks, 18020c; pigeons, 75c0$l .00; squabs, $1.6002. F^ggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 26027c per doxen. Veal— 76 to 125 pounds, 9 @ 9 ){c ; 126 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 6 0 6 )^c. Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7 0 7 ^ c ; packers, 5@6c. Fruits— Apples, table, $1.7602.50; cooking, $1.2601.50 per box; cranber ries, $8011 per barrel. Vegetables— Turnip*, 75c per sack; carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1.00 per sack; cabbage, 1 Sjc per pound; cauli flower, $1.76 0 2 ; celery, $3.50@4.50 per crate; onions, 15@20c per dozen; paraely, 20c per doxen; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 17)^c per pound; pumpkins, l @ l ^ c per pound; radish es, 20c per doxen; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8o per pound; squash, l@ U * c per pound. Onoions— $2.50 per hundred. Potatoes— 40060c per hundred, de livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25 @3.50 per cwt. Hope— 1907, prime and choice, 5@ 7><c per pound; olde, 102c per pound. Wool— Eastern Oregon average best, 13@20o per pfiund, according to shrink age; valley, 18@20o. according to fine ness; mohair, choios, 29030c per pound. From Oragon Experiment Station Bullstln. The climate of Oregon from a pout try man's standpoint is discussed by James Dryden in Bnllatin No. 96 of the Monday, February 10 idge, of Indiana, today delivered an Oregon Experiment station which has Washington, F’eb. 10.— Senator appeal to the senata to adopt his bill recently been published. Among other Aldrich, of Rhode Island, chairman providing for a non-partisan tariff com o f the committee on finance, opened mission, a plan which he declared con things the writer says: the debate In the Benate today on It Is of oourse worth considering by his bill to provide an emergency cur formed to modern and business ideaa ths man looking for a location whether rency. He was listened to with great on this subject. He spoke for an hoar Western Oreg< n with its open winters attention by republicans and demo and a half, receiving tbe careful atten and freedom from snow and sero tem crats alike, while in tbe galleries tion of senators and A large audience in There were present peratures does not offer opportunities there was a large audience. Among | tbe galleries. for the production of eggs and poultry others was J. Plerpont Morgan, who many delegatee of commercial bodies that sre not found in Eastern and Mid remained through tbe delivery of the j now in session in this city. | Following Beveridge, several Demo dle West states. That poultry thrive in speech. Aldrich said. In closing a lon g' cratic senators spoke briefly on the gen oold sections where snow and sero speech: eral subject of the tariff. weather prevail ia not to ba denied, "T h e enactment o f the pending Senator Stone, of Missouri, intro but tbe labor and expanse of caring for hill will furnish evidence that con them ia undoubtedly greater then. To gress Is not unmindful of Its serious duced a joint resolution authorizing the seoure an egg yield In winter where the responsibilities in this regard. There president to relinquish control of the climate is savers entails mors expense can be no reasonable doubt of the e f Philippine islands in 1913 upon first for housing and more care In the feed fectiveness of the measure. The securing a pledge from tbe nations to firm ly believes that preserve tbe neutrality of tbe islands. ing. It la probably true that the smal committee lest profits sre made during the winter through its enactment an atmosphere months though the prices are very of confidence and feeling of security Washington, Feb. 5.— Tariff revision will be created which will be inval much higher than in spring and sum and the president’ s recent special mes uable in Improving business condi mer, because the egg yield ia ao small tions and In giving a new impetus sage to congreea again were tbe main from the average fitek as to leave little to the work of national develop topics of discussion In the house of rep or no margin of profit. It ia aleo true ment.” resentatives today. Aa haa been the that the egg yield ia quickly affected by case for nearly a week, the Indian ap changes in the weather, «-specially in Washington. Feb. 10.— A brief propriation bill ostensibly was before the temperature. A sudden change but fiery speech by l,eake, of New the hones, bnt in no quarter waa any from mild to cold weather means a Jersey, In which he outlined his op word spoken in regard to it. Tbe honse certain check in the egg production, position to W illiam J. Bryan as a apparently had made np its mind to and although the weather soon moder candidate for the presidency, re disease tbe issues of tbe day at this lieved somewhat the monotony o f de ates it will often take several weeks bate on the Indian appropriation bill time, and no effort was made to check before tbe egg yield gets back to where in the house of representatives to the flow of general debate, which will it was. Tbs only way to prevent this day. Mr. I,eake charged Mr. Bryan be continued tomorrow. Is to provide housing that will protect with taking the big stick from the A long speech by Payne, of New the fowls from too sudden ebsogee in president, leaving the latter only a York, the majority leader, waa consid temperature. This entails more ex big slipper and he further credited ered important because of hie assur pense in housing and consequently di the democrats in the house with hav ances that a tariff revision plank would minished profits, but what ia of more ing usurped the right o f free action be incorporated in tbe Republican na importance is the highly artificial con of the delegates at the Denver con tional convention’s platform of this vention by nominating Mr. Bryan In ditions that it necessitates. year. He devoted some attention to advance. His remarks were greeted It would appear therefore (hat there with hisses from the Democratic side Mr. Bryan, whom be credited with go ing about the conntry accusing Presi are certain advantages that this state o f the house. possesses over factions of the country Considerable progress was made dent Roosevelt of grand or petit larceny where sero weather and snow prevail. with the Indian appropriation bill, in purloining his ideas. Representation in the boose was in First, a milder climate and Isas severe which waa amended so that the changes In temperature than ia charac Commissioner o f Indian affairs, be creased today when tbe two Philippine teristic of Kaitarn states. Beoond, in fore he carried out the policy of delegatee took their seats. abandoning nonreservation schools, sections of the stata with no snowfall shall investigate the question fully Tuesday, February 4 the poultry can range over the fields and report to the House at Its next and find animal food and green food session. Washington, Feb. 5.— The senate to Another amendment re which sre often hard to get wnere the stored the appropriations for the In day passed the nrgent deficiency bill, snow covers the ground. dian schools at Fort Lewis, Color carrying an appropriation of over $24,- 000,000. The large deficiency appro The heavy rainfall of Western Oregon ado, and Carson City, Nev. priation for tbe navy brought ont con and small percentage of sunshine may Friday, February 7. siderable diseneaion of tbe subject of be set down as a disadvantage, but when the nature of tbe rainfall is un Washington, Feb. 7.— The session of executive departments making expend derstood it is doubtful whether it is the house of representatives today was itures not provided for by an appropri very m< oh of a detriment. Owing to devoted almost entirely to considera ation. Deficiency appropriations for the the moderating influence of the Pacific tion of the omnibus war claims bill, ocean these rains are warm and have which was passed after considerable Panama canal gave rise to Democratic not the chilling effeot of the rains in dheueeion. It carries a total appropri criticism of the publication of a paper F'ostem states. The temperature of ation of $315,000. A ripple ol excite by the Oanal commission at Panama, Western Oregon in the winter months ment was caused by Macon, of Arkan and incidentally Teller declared that be la usually higher when it rains than sas, who, In the course of the debate, believed the lock canal at Panama when the sky is cloudless, and the defended the senate against what be would some day be declared a failure fowls will usually be found out in the said were aspersions cast upon that and that a sea-level canal would take rain except when it is very heavy, body by Payne, of New York, when be its place. Senator Borah, of Idaho, introduced which ia n«t often the case. One pool- predicted that the senate would load tryroan in Marion county said to the the bill down with a number of unmer- a bill absolutely repealing the timber and stone law. He offers no alterna writer in November, before the rainy itorious claims. season set in, that he wished it would What will be known as ‘ “ the minor tive plan of disposing of public timber, rain, because, he said, bis bens laid ity currency b ill” was introduced today bnt is in conference with Secretary Gar better when it rained. The explana by Representative John Sharp W il field and is drafting a bill. tion of this, if It ia true, may not be liams, of Mississippi, the Democratic in the rain itself, but in ths fact that leader of tbe house, who drew the Washington, Feb. 4. — President it brings to the surface many angle measure as a result of a harmonious Roosevelt’s recent message to congress worms, which supply the lack of ani conference of Democratic members of on the relstions of capital and labor mal food In the ration. the house committee on banking. The and of corporations and tbe public again Turkeys are successfully raised in bill will come before the bouse in the was the theme of diacaseion in the Oregon, and turkeys are known to be shape of a minority report from that bouse today. So great was the demand for time that geneal debate on tbe In easily affected by rain, bat the fact committee. A number of private claim bills also dian appropriation bill, which is the that the rains are warm no doubt largely accounts for the success in tur were passed and the house then ad pending business, was extended tomor key raising in this state. Douglas journed until Monday. row for four boars. Interest in today’s oounty in Oregon produces several proceedings centered in a speech by Thursday, February 6. times more turkeys than the state of John Sharp W illiams, the minority Rhode Island, noted for turkeys. Washington, Feb. 6 — In a speech in leader, who, while lauding the presi Another thing in favor of tbe mild tbe senate today, Senator Cuiberscn de dent for some of his sentiments, ex climate and freedom from snow is that clared that the secretary of tbe treas pressed the belief that others were dan the fowls are able to secure practically ury by bis report to the senate has gerous. the year round all the green food'neces raised an issue of fact as to whether sary in the fields. And finally, the national banks in New York used the WAR W ITH IN 90 DAYS fowls in their search for food in the $85,000,000 of public money deposited fields get the exercise which ir neces with them for speculative purposes or sary for it is worthy of mention in this whether this money was used to meet So Says Japanese Newspaper. O r Not at All. connection that the largest special the demands of outside banks for re poultry district in the United States ia serve purposes. Washington— An Interesting and found in Northern California, that has The Beattie exposition bill was pass very singular comment on the Japan- no snowfall. That district is somewhat ed by practically a unanimous vote. ese-American situation appears in an similar to that of Western Oregon, with Senator Beveridge introduced a reso article in Japanese contained in the its open winters, mild and humid cli lution declaring that the tariff should Canadian News ,the Japanese news mate and nearness to the ooean. provide for maximum and minimum paper o f Vancouver. In part it is as My inveetigations of tbe poultry in rates of duty. dustry of Oregon have been confined to Senator Heyfcurn today re-introduced follows; the western part of the state, the region his resolution calling upon the presi Minister Hayashi recently stated west of the Cascade mountains. This dent to investigate and report to the that the number o f passports issued section at the present time produces senate all matters connected with the by his government had been greatly more poultry products than the larger reoiganization of the Northern Pacific. reduced o f late, and promised that area of the state east of the Cascades. The senate today passed the bill plac hereafter only the central govern As the agriculture of Central and Flast- ing Major General Howard on the re ment would issue passports. He de manded that the American govern ern Oregon becomes developed we may tired list as a lieutenant general. ment should guarantee that no exclu expect greater development of poultry sion act should be passed. Ambassa keeping, and probably in time that Washington, Feb. 0. — Political dor O’Brien replied that the Presi grrat agricultural area may produce speech-making came to an en4 in tbe dent could not make such a guaran more poultry products than the older bouse today, and actual consideration tee since it would be an act o f dis section of the state in Western Oregon. of the Indian appropriation bill was courtesy to congress, but he would The climatic conditions are different resumed. A bitter fight whs waged on endeavor to prevent the passage o f east of the mountains, the heavy rain I he propoeition to abolish non-reserva exclusion legislation. At present the fall is absent and enow covers the tion schools, and the subject was dis negotiations are approaching a satis ground during part of the winter The cussed throughout the afternoon. The factory conclusion, but the army and climate there is more characteristic of question was raised by the offering of navy headquarters are preparing for tbe Rocky mountain region, though no an amendment by Delegate Smith, of possible emergencies. It is reported that the British For such severe weather prevails as in the Arizona, to lim it the appropriation for eign Minister has given notice that Middle and Northwestern states. If it collecting and transporting Indian in tbe event o f a Japanese-Amerlcan should prove that a dry climate with children at school to the state in which war, Japan could not count on Eng plenty of sunshine but laoklng ths se they live. The amendment waa lost. land's aid; and not only so, but it vere winter changes of temperature o' Representative Hayes introduce«! a is believed In Washington that no the East is the ideal one for proultry, bill authorising participation by the uation but France would give aid to we may expect a great growth of the United States In the International ex Japan. I f Japan is to fight, she must poultry industry east of the Cascades position at Tokio, Japan, in 1912, the begin within the next 90 days, or by In Oregon. Undoubtedly on the grain sum expended not tc exceed $350,000. that time the American fleet will have reached the coast o f California. ranches of Central and Eastern Oregoi But our State Department declares where food is oheap there is opportun Wadnasday, February 5. that there is hope for a satisfactory ity for great profit in poultry raising Washington, Feb. 5.— Senator Bever conclusion of the matter.
