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.
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-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.