OE NAI U RE D ALCOHOL. OREGON SIATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FARM ER « HOLD THfclM WHEAT FILINQ P E T IT IO N «. O ro w iri of Baker County Expect to Candidates for Office Have More Qot High Prlcsa. Then a Month. Baker City— O n« of the strongest Salem— Candidates for office have combine» among the farmer» around more than a month yet In which to Baker City la now In existence and procure signatures to their petitions It la prucllcally Impossible to secure and to file them In the office of the grain of any kind, Heretofore they secretary of state or the county clerk have alwaya been anxious and ready us the case may be. Borne o f them to aell but at the present time It la ure not familiar with the details o f almoat Impoaalble for the local deal- the direct primary law and are mak­ era to aupply the demand o f the peo­ ing Inquiries aa to dates. The last ple In Baker City who hare stock to day for filing petitions for nomina­ tions for offices to he voted for In keep. The cause of this combine among the state at large, or In any district the farmers o f this section o f the composed of more than one county, country la the building of the Kagle or In judicial or prosecuting attor­ Valley railroad, which will employ a ney districts. Is March 27. This class large number o f teams la the spring o f offices includes state offices, con­ and the furmera are holding their gressional offices. Joint senators. grain In anticipation of the great de­ Joint representatives, circuit judges There peti­ mand and the high prlcea when ac­ and district attorneys. tive operations begin. The build­ tions are to be filed In the office of ing of the Hnake Klver Railroad will the secretary of state. Petitions for nominations for o f­ also create a strong market for grain and many of the ranchera ezpect to fices to be voted for In only one aell to the contractors on the Hnake. (county must he filed In the office of With the two railroads building they the county clerk not later than April are almost sure to obtain a high 1 price for their grain and to make ‘i he secretary of state will certify the state, congressional and district money by holding It. portion of the ballot to the county clerk by March 30. The primary PROFESSORS EX fRAVAQANT. election will he held Friday, April 17. The general election will be held Petition a Submit Arguments Against Monday, June I. Increase for University. Alfalfa for Cattlo. Halem— Kztravsgenoe and misrepre­ Pendleton— It is estimated that th« sentations are chargee againat the Htate university in argument againat the rais­ Increase in the alfalfa acreage of Uma­ ing of the annual appropriation from tilla county this spring will amount to 947,600 to $1*3,000, died with the sec­ at least 10 per cent. In the Butter I creek and lierrniston districts in the retary of state. The following statement suggests mo­ | West end of the oonnty and also in the tives stronger than “ eztravagance: ” Hudson Bay district in the North part The enrollment liaa increased but *3 of the county active work in enlarging per cent, while Increased appropriations the alfalfa farms is now in progress. o f 300 per cent la requested; thattabha The raw land without water is worth submitted by alumni are “ pretended” I bat $10 to $26 per sere, while seeded to and false; that where the students at alfalfa and under Irrigation it is worth the university coat the state $160 per ( from $100 to $160 per acre. The pro­ year, the common schools receive but posed erection of the packing plant st 98 per pnpil. The argument atatee Portland has stimulated the growing of “ the university hae ahowu bad faith in 'alfalfa and the feeding of cattle in this pushing this b ill; univeraity professor« district very much. with large salaries have eztravagant New Fruit P acin g House. ideas." Milton— At a meeting of the Milton Work is Expsdltrd. i Fruitgrowers’ onion the following d i­ Klamath Falls— The reclamation rectors were elected (or the ensuing service Is advertising for bids for year: J. N. Htone, T. L. Ragsdale, the construction o f the Clear lake William Forsyths, O. K. Goodman and dam. bids to be opened April 16. The K. P. Jenson. The union is In good specifications call for the placing of condition and Its affairs have been 64,000 cubic yards of earth and rock handled in a very creditable manner. fill, with the building of necessary spillway and outlet. The dikes will It is the purpose of the nnion to build require the placing of about 26,000 a new and larger packing boose on the ■cubic yards of earth and rock fill. site of the present one for this season The Clear lake dam represents the The new building will probably be a principal work In the upper Klamath three-story structure and w ill be con­ Falls near Bonanza and Merrill. The veniently arranged (or the handling ol landowners In that region had be- fruit. _________ -come discouraged over the beginning Afiar Federal Court ■of work In that section this year, and this advertisement for bids come» as Pendleton— The Pendleton Commer­ a surprise and as very good news. cial aaociation w ill send a delegation to I Washington to fight for the Federal Fruit Replaces Forests. j district headquarters when the date of Grants Pass— If the progress of clear­ the hearing with the house judicial ing up raw land and improving it keeps committee Is fixed. !( the Oregon del­ on st the present pace, Josephine egation think it necessary, expressions county, within five years, will be en­ from attorneys of Morrow, Gilliam, tirely cleared an I planted to frnit. As Hherman and other Eastern Oregon an Instance of this work it may be stat­ ooumiet In favor of Pendleton for the ed that one country store la Applegate headquarters will be secured. valley has placed seven grubbing ma­ PORTLAND MARKETS. chines within the last month. These mechanical devices dc the work ol sev­ Wheat— Club, 81c; bluestem, 83c; eral men, with greater ease and lees ex­ pense. Within short distances ol town valley, 81c; ted, 79c. Barley— Feed, $26 per ton; brewing, where heavy machinery may be used, donkey engines play a prominent part $32; rolled, $29030. Oats— No. 1 white, $27; gray, $27, in pulling stumps and brush. per ton. Corn — Whole, $32.60; cracked, Nsw Watsrsd Lands. Freewater— The Freewater, Mil­ $33.60. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $170 ton & Hudson Bay Irrigation Com­ pany is Just completing its ditch sys­ $18 per ton; Fkistern Oregon timothy, tem In the northern part of Uma- $20021; clover, $14015; cheat, $16; tllla county and will reclaim 1,200 grain hay, $14016; alfalfa, $12013; acres of new land this season. The vetch, $14. ditch system when complete will Fruits— Apples, table, $1.7603.00; comprise 39 miles o f laterals and dis­ cooking, $1.2601.60 per box; cran­ tributing ditches and about nine miles of main canal. It la a winter berries, $8011 per barrel. Vegetablea— Turnips, 76c per sack; Irrigation proposition and will use the flood waters of the Tumalum and carrots, 66c per sack; beets, $1 per W alla W alla rivers for Irrigation. sack; cahhage, 1 0 1 4 c per pound; cau­ T h e land under the ditches la all liflower, $1.76 01.86 ; celery, $3.760 fine alfalfa and fruit land and is be­ 4 perorate; onions, 16020c per dozen; ing brought into cultivation rapidly. parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 17)£o per pound; pumpkins. 1 0 1 4 c per Board of Visitors for Normals pound; radishes, 20c per dozen; spin­ Salem— Governor Chamberlain has ach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c per appointed the following Ixwrd of visit­ pound; squash, 101 4 c per pound. ors for the state normal schools in sc- Onions— $2.60 per hundred. ■cordanoe with the law passed at the last Potatoes— $2.60 p ir hundred, deliv­ session of the legislature: R. R. Turn­ ered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.600 er, Grants Pass; J. M. Powers, Halem, 3.76 per cwt. and J. A. Churchill, Raker City. Their Rutter— Fancy creamery, 30036c per duties shall consist of observing and in­ pound. vestigating the condition of schools. Poultry— Average old hens, 13013 4 c per pound; mixed chickens, 12.4013c; Oregon Butter 8ent East. spring chickens, 12 4 0 1 3 c ; roosters, Corvallis— A carload of butter hns 1 10011c; dressed chickens, 14c; tur­ been shipped by the Corvallis cream­ keys, live, 14016c; dressed, choice, 16 ery to Philadelphia. The shipment 017c; geese, live, 901Oo; ducks, 140 eoniprosed 50,000 pounds and Is valued at above $160,000. It la stor­ |16o; pigeons, 7 5 c 0 $ l; squabs, $1.600 2. Kggs— Fresh ranch candled, 2 2 4 0 age butter, and the movement Is oc­ casioned by much better prices for 2 34c per dosen. Veal— 760126 pounds, 7c; 160 to the product In the East than are ob­ tained on the Coast. 200 pennds, 606 4 c. Pork— Block, 76 to 160 pounds, 6 4 Two Klllod by Railroads. 0 7 o ; packers, 606o. Halem— The number of accidents for Hops— 1907, prime snd choice 4 4 0 the month of January, according to the 6c per pound; olds 102c per pound. report of the railroad commission, W ool— F as tern Oregon average best •hows one employe and one tramp killed 18020c per pound according to shrink­ and one passenger and one employe in­ age; valley 18020c according to fine- jured daring the month. new; mohair choice 29030c per pound. . Farmers May Make It Future Fuel oi the West. Ur Krad W. I s a l i , Harrotarr Waahlnjrtnn Btati Uranga, T u m a itw , Waab. Two years a go the Grange, assist ed by some other organizations, went to work to try and paaa a law that would allow alcohol to he manufac turod and uaed for light and fusl. without having to pay the prohibi­ tive revenue tax, that had beea re quired by the government, bo aa to free the people of the country from the tyranny of the Standard Oil Co., which has gradually raised the prlc* of fuel oil from a low price to an amount that Is paying the monopoly extremely large dividends, thereby levying an unreasonable tax on lb consumer o f the products o f petro­ leum. A fter a long and hard fight In congress In which the Standard Oil Company did tbslr best to prevent the passage of the bill, w# conquered and now a farmer, or several o f them may erect a still, and make alcohol In any quantities, the same to be de­ natured. or poisoned, by officers ap­ pointed by the government, and may then be used or sold to any ons un­ der a permit whlcb may be obtained from the government. It Is now our duty to get ths ap­ pliances for the use of the product Into general use, so that there will be a demand for the alcohol, so that there will be distilleries Installed all over the west, so as to use the waste products o f our farms to make fuel for our engines, atoves. both heating and cooking, and to give us one of the best lights that you ever saw. I wish that Tt were possible for ms to show ths lamp with Its beautiful light, so that you could realize the value of It aa a light producing fuel. Wherever I have demonstrated the light, It has met with an enthusias­ tic reception and it la only a ques­ tion of letting people see the value o f de-natured alcohol, to Insure a demand that will fill our land with distilleries, making our own fuel out o f the small potatoes, sprouted wheat, small, and Imperfect apples, snd fruit of other varieties, and In fact, anything that is composed of sugar or starch. A corn-field, with Its stalks filled with sweetness, will make large quantities of alcohol, snd a small amount of land will raise enough fusl to keep our homes wall heated snd lighted for the year. Another good quality of this al­ cohol Is that It is perfectly clean snd healthful. There Is no dust, smoke, soot, or gas, developed In the burn­ ing of It for either light or heat, snd It does not vitiate the sir in the room, as (t contains oxygen, In Itself and does not have to use ths oxygen out of the air In the room, so much as any other fuel. There la no wick-trlmmlng to be done, as the wick Is never on fire, and as far as smoke Is concerned, the lamp chlmneya will never need any washing, so the lamps are much easier to take care of. You can turn It off until there Is a very small light, and so makes a per­ fect night lamp, as there la no gas, as there is from a kerosene lamp, to make the bed room a hot-bed of disease. There Is another great boon to the housewife In the alcohol flat-iron, which will burn only about a cent’s wortb of fuel, rather than ten or f if ­ teen cents worth as when you have to use a stove of any sort. You can take this flatiron into any room of the house, out onto the porch, out under a shade tree, or anywhere else that you want to, as you have no “ string” attached to you as In the electric Iron, and you do not have to travel back and forth between the ironing board and the stove, as you have always had to do, nor do you have to stand near a hot stove while you are doing your ironing. W rite to me and I will tell you how you may procure these splendid Improvements, as the Grange is an­ xious to get people to know of the advantages to be derived from ths Introduction of denatured alcohol Agricultural Club Formad. By J. H. Frsndnon. IVpurt ment o f Dahryins. Idaho Experiment Station. Moocow. A sudden impetus was given th« agricultural Interests of the Univer­ sity o f Idaho on the 19 o f December, 1907 when the students of that de­ partment organized an agricultural club. It consists of students deeply Interested In agriculture, who are doing all In their power to build up a strong agricultural college In the university. It Is with a keen sens« of the needs of Idaho that the move­ ment Is begun. Idaho is one of the most rapidly growing states o f the union. Over 700,000 acres o f land have been added within the last year or two to the grants covered by the irrigation companies. This will fur­ nish room for thousands o f beautiful homes In the near future. It Is ob­ vious that scientific skill will be In demand under the conditions brought about by thin extended sys­ tem o f intensive farming. A publication known as the Idaho Student Farmer will be the club’s main method of Interesting the farm ­ ers o f the state In the work of the agricultural college, and It la hoped by this method to get a great many students from the farms. It Is prob­ ably the only student agricultural paper published In the colleges of the northwest. The first and only num­ ber o f the present scholastic year will come out In a week or ten days. The people of Idaho should re­ spond with the true spirit of an ener­ getic commonwealth. 8end In your name and addresa to the Idaho Stu­ dent Farmer, University of Idaho, Moscow, snd receive the first copy free. DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS Monday, March 2. Washington, March 2.— A bill to re­ organize the consular service passed the senate today. It will close 28 consu­ lates and create 16 new one«, bat Dot one consul will be dropped. The law will take effect July 1, 1908. The mail shipping bill was made the special order (or next Thursday. Senator Smith, of Michigan, spoke against the railroad bond features ol she A lurch currency bill. Most of the day was devoted to the passage of bill* on th« calendar which ware not of genera) importance. Washington, March 2.— A variety of subjects was considered by the house today. A resolution wss passed au­ thorizing the immigration committee to investigate charges of peonage in cer­ tain states. Four hundred pension bills and a few other private bills were passed st the rate of 10 a minute, and the remainder of the time was con­ sumed In considering the postoffice ap­ propriation bill, which will be dis­ cussed for several days. An important bit of legislation was offered by Hepburn, of lows, through • bill imposing a tax of 60 centa per hun­ dred shares on stock or agreements to sell. Saturday, February 29 Washington, Feb. 29.— Senator El- kis, chairmann of the committee on in­ terstate commerce, said today that this committee would report adversely on Senator Fulton’s bill, providing that no interstate freight rale shall be in­ creased until the Interstate Commerce commission shall hold such increase to be reasonable. Mr. Elkina says this adverse report will be tweed on a letter which he has received from Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce commission, say­ ing it is the opinion of that commission that such legislation is inadvisable. Washington, Feb. 29.— There ass a suggestion of "g ra tt" in the house to- day in considering a paragraph in the army appropriation bill appropriating $26.0000 for the purchase oi 6,000 scree of land near Washington, D. C., (or a target range. Mann, Illinois, opposed the prooeition and ridiculed I lie Ides of paying $40 an acre for such property. After the provision had been farther debeted, it wss stricken out on a point of order by Mann. The last paragsph of the bill also met an obstruction in Mann, who vigo­ rously attacked the proposition it in­ volved of giving the chief of ordnance discretion in purchasing ordnance sup­ plies without publicly divulging their ingredients, snd the provision went out on s point of order. The bill then was passed, carrying a total appropriation of $84,767,566. o f Owen to have the bill, so amended as to recognize the citizenship of five civilized tribes of Indians by putting the word “ late” before this designa­ tion, calling them the “ late five civ­ ilized tribes.” A fter further debate, in which Owen, Curtis, Clapp, McCumber and I-odge participated, Owen’s proposi­ tion to designate the Indians as the “ late five civilized tribes” was voted down. Owen's vote was the only one in Its support. Washington, Feb. 27.— Represen­ tative Lllley, of Connecticut, today Introduced a resolution calling on the secretary o f the navy to Inform the house o f representatives o f the physical condition at the present time o f the various submarine tor­ pedo boats owned by the United States government, together with full Information o f reports relating to the performance o f each, subma­ rine accidents thereto and repairs thereon. Mr. Lllley said: “ I am Informed that the dozen or so submarines purchased from the Holland Boat Company by the Gov­ ernment are practically all sick, broken and tied up at wharves, out o f commission, and that the Octopus which outstripped its competitors in the trials off Newport last year. Is In such a shape o f dilapidation that ac­ ceptance by the navy department has been refused. Wednesday, Fsbrusry 26. Washington. Feb. 26.— There were two speeches in criticism o f the Aid- rich currency bill in the senate to­ day. The bill to revise the criminal laws o f the United States was passed after adoption of Culberson's amend­ ment penalizing the improper giving out of information by government o f­ ficials affecting the market value o f products of the soil, except upon proper authority. The senate today adopted a reso­ lution introduced by Senator Lodge requesting the president to send to the senate correspondence with Ven- esuela in relation to pending contro­ versies concerning alleged wrongs done to Americans in that country by the Venezuelan government. Washington, Feb. 26.— The climax in general debate on the army ap­ propriation bill in the house came today, when Dalzell, Pennsylvania, recognized as one o f the foremost protectionists o f the country, deliv­ ered an exhaustive speech In defense of the republican pary and its pol­ icies, in which he upheld the prin­ ciple o f the protectve tariff system and said that under It the United States had become the greatest o f manufacturing nations. The army appropriation bill was read for amendment and Its consid­ eration was not concluded when the house adjourned. Tuesday, February 26 Washington, Feb. 25.— Currency legislation was the chief topic before the senate today. For nearly three hours Owen, of Oklahoma, spoke on the Aldrich bill, saying that he had. through ex-Senator Jones, o f Arkan­ sas, in 1900 proposed legislation somewhat similar to the bill under consideration, but with essential d if­ ferences, which he declared would have prevented the recent panic had it been enacted into law. Owen re­ ceived close attention from the sena­ tors and was frequently interrupted with questions, which led to spirited debate. T eller declared that Indian bills have in the past been put through the senate loaded down with new legislation that should never havs been adopted. Washington, Feb. 28.— W ithout a dissenting voice the house early in Washington, Feb. 25— General de­ the day, under a special rule restored to the army appropriation bill the bate on the army appropriation bill provisions to increase the pay o f non­ in the house of representatives today commissioned officers and men and again furnished opportunity for free to prohibit the private employment expression o f opinion on the Issues Garrett o f Tennessee of army musicians for pay, both of of the .day. which yesterday went ouf on points and Hau of North Carolina arraigned the Republican party for its policy of order. The house took up an amendment with regard to the tariff, while offered by Foster, of Illinois, appro­ Hayes o f California denounced the priating $1,500,000 for joint man­ financial system of the United States euvers o f the militia organizations of as “ patchwork,” and the Aldrich bill the several states and the regular as “ falling far short o f the remedial army. It provoked extended debate, legislation needed.” The only remarks pertinent to the Hull and Tawney leading in opposi­ army bill were made by Parker of tion. The amendment was altered so as New Jersey, who spoke In favor o f the proposition for Increased pay to limit the amount to $1,000,000 and as modified was agreed to, on for the officers and men, and Kus- division, 56 to 48, but on the vote terman of Wisconsin in support o f being taken by tellers It was lost, 59 restoration o f the canteen. The seven hours allowed for gen­ to 60. eral debate on the bill will expire to­ morrow, when the measure will be Thursday, Fsbrusry 27. read for amendment. Washington, F'eb. 27.— One o f the most dramatic scenes In the senate Treaty With Switzerland. was enacted today when Owen, of Oklahoma, Insisted, in tragls tones Washington, March 3.— An arbitra­ and with face showing much emo­ tion treaty between the United States tion, that the five civilized tribes o f and Switzerland was signed today by Indians were dead and that he, as a Secretary Root and Minister Lesvogel. member o f the tribe o f Cherokee In­ It la understood that the treaty follow« dians, was not under the control of the secretary of the Interior. The the line« of treaties negotiated rrcently event was rendered all the more In­ between the American government and teresting by the fact that Owen was several European conntries. sharply engaged In controversy by Curtis, o f Kansas, himself a Kaw In­ Tims Extended to Irrigators. dian. Washington, March 3.— The house It was the first time that two men 1 as passed a hill extending nntil May with Indian blood in their veins had 15 next the time in which homestead ever locked horns as senators In the entry-men may establish their residence senate chamber. The controversy arose In connection with the consid­ upon certain land within the Hnntley eration o f the Indian bill and was irrigation project, Yellowstone county, precipitated by a motion on the part Montana. Friday, February 29. Washington, Feb. 28.— Long W in­ ter» »pent in isolated sections of A l­ aska have so greatly increased the percentage of insanity that the sen­ ate today passed a bill authorizing large expenditures for the mainten­ ance of the Alaskan insane. The 5 per cent o f the license moneys col­ lected outside of the incorporated towns for road building, schools and the care of the insane has been found insufficient for the demands. Consideration of the Indian appro­ priation bill and a speech by Smoot, of Utah, on the currency bill, con­ sumed nearly the entire time in the Benate today. The Indian bill was passed.