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OREGON OIATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
fcXCUKttlON HA I t a ,
FIND FILTH Y P U S IN MILK.
Many Oregon People Expect to Vlelt Startling Report After Analysis at
Fleet at San Francisco.
State College.
Portland Many Oregon |>eoplo
Corvallis—Hamples of uiilk received
expect to go to Hnn Francisco to see for ana lysis during the past week at
Admiral Kvuns’ squndron upon Its the baoterlological department at tho
arrival In tho city by the Ooldun college have been unusually noticeable
Gate. Ho many Inquiries have been lot tilth. Heven of them from various
parts of the state contained pus. One
made of the Harrlman passenger of held the foreign matter In such quan
ficials that u special rate will bo tities that it la estmlated to have con
made to Han Francisco and return tained one-tenth of 1 per cent. Pro-
from Portland to permit Oregon peo feasor Pernott’s attention was attracted
ple to assist In welcoming the fleet by the unusual amount, and he made
to the Pacific const. A flrst-cluss in.juiri«ws of the owner of the animal
rate of $26 to r the round-trip to Ban and
that there was a large
Francisco will he named, with a fen - , lamp several inches in diameter on the
duy limit, and pasaanger officials
f
kh
pert the low figure will be popular | ,K)*,y of «»# oow, near the urlder. It
and that many will take advantage WM »«PP0^
have developed from
*.f It. T h e present foundtrlp rut« is ■“ ,nJ««ry rer-eived from the horns of
$40. T h e dates on which the re- another cow. and had developed into an
dtired special tickets will be sold aboess. It was, of course, the explan-
have not yet been decided, ns this atlon of the pus in the milk. The milk
will depnd upon the movements of (was in use when the sample was sent
the fleet. As soon as It Is definitely to the laboratory.
Of the six other
Mettled Just when the fleet will ar-
)n wbjch paB developed, the
t»Ve ** s ‘“ ' •• ranclHco. the Southern «|u&ntifcjr was much smaller. In these
'We expect to take 700 ,„.op|o
history of the cases was not learned,
from Portland alone to see the fleet." | 8o," e k' me * * ° Bt «'• laboratory
nuld A hh I h I (Jpin ral I' iikhwikit Ageut •mpJG® of croarn offered at an Oiegon
Hcott yesterday. "W e have had a creamery were analyzed. They had a
very lurge number of Inquiries from strong smell that was carried into the
all over the state in regard to the butter product. Analysis disclosed that
possibility of fixing rates to permit the foreign substance was bam filth,
Oregon people to visit the fleet on dm, to probable uncleanlinees in milk-
Its arrival In Hun Francisco. In re- j nK. A report resulted in changed con-
“" on“e *® !»;!- wlí f ,p r®adt deB' ro tM dltions in the dairies from which the
tha squadron, we have decided to cre* m
»»»PP«»-
put lu the low rate.
Telephone Company Loses.
Portland—Oregon and the Intitiative
and referendum law lias won the first
FR EE OF SCA B.
C s s ta re
O ru ro n
8 h ..o
H e a lth »
rODnd
in
,h e WKhk b e in * ® ,d e b7 t h ®
' “ ^thy, Pacific HUtes Telephone A Telegraph
That Dipping Will Ba Omitted.
and ,h e H,inset Telephone
Pendleton— At a called meeting of company, to declare the oonstitutiocal
the hoard of sheep commissioners amendment permitting the initiative in-
held In this city, a proclamation was va|id and contrary to the constitution
i for
f H the
h
of the United Htatea. Judge Clel.nd In
spring of 1908 unnecessary)..
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has
the
and that It need not be observed.
, the Circuit
. court
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. sustained
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According to the report made by murrer of the state in the case of the
state Sheep Inspector Lytle and Dr. | state against the Pacific Htatea com-
S. W. McClure, head of the bureau pany, thus upholding tha contention of
of animal Industry In the northwest, the state. Notice of appeal was given
the state Is practically free from and the case will be taken to the 8n-
acab. A few cases were reported In preme court at Balem as soon aa poesi-
the Willamette Valley early In the ble> From there It will be taken to
winter, but these have all been at- „
United Hute„ 8 apreme co u rt.it
tended to. In Umatilla county,'. .
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where two years ago there were 60.-, bf,,nK
'v,ew of f° r® « d®-
4)00 head of scabby sheep, there la cisiona by the Oregon court, tiiat the
not a single case of scab today. The ( ruling will be for the sUte and against
only case reported lately In Eastern the company
Oregon was a band of 176 bucks in
Lake county, and these huve now
Colonists From East.
been dipped.
Baker City—The West bound trains
The commission made a regulation
requiring railroads shipping sheep * r.®.bef n? ,.Df to.
h . , 7
Into the state to notify the secretary . Wltb colonist travel from the Middle
o f the hoard of sheep commissioners »fates and the hast. The regular trains
so the animals can be Inspected. A arc unable to carry the loads and extra
resolution was also passed favoring sections are run. It is not uncommon
a bounty law for the state of Oregon, j for a train comprising 16 coaches to
holding that It Is necessary for the p„u through Baker on its wav to the
protection of the sheep Industry. The (>«,(. This section is getting it share
commission will use Its best tndeav- o( the homeseekers, it Is thought, but
ers to secure the passage of such a ' the railroads have given —
- - and
Portland
law at the next session of the legis
other
Ccaat
points
the
same
rate that
lature .
Baker
and
Eat-tern
Oregon
points
re-
All the members of tho commls-
«Ion were present at the meeting, ceive, snd this of itself lias a tendency
President T. F. Boylen having n r- , to make the coloniat go through to the
rived from Denver a couple of days Coast, because it costs no more
ago, and W. H. Steusloff coming in '
from Salem this morning.
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
O bjects to H:gh Rataa.
Salem—Complaint has been made to
the railroad commission by 11. 8. Gile
A Co., of this city, tiiat the Honthern
Pacific company lias unwarrantedly
raised the rates on citrus fruits from
Han Francisco during the past year
from 40 cents to 69 cents, and from
Portland for the aame commodity from
16 cents toj25 cents, and on sweet po-
t^oes from 10 cents to 19 cents.
Gile A Co. claim these increases
have practically ruined their trade in
California citrus fruit.
Mora Fruit in Douglas.
Roseburg— At n meeting held here
of the Dougina County Fruitgrowers’
Asoclntlon, the capital stock of the
association
was increased
from
$6,000 to $12,000. This association
Is one of the most active and pro
gressive in the state, and has been
the menns of securing much larger
prices for Douglas county fruit than
had heretofore been received. A
large acreage Is being Bet to or
chards In Douglas county and n few
years will Bee thin section one of the
largest fruit producing countries In
the state.
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Harrlman In Hamay.
Burns— P. A. Worthington, repre
senting the Oregon Eastern railroad.
Is here filing nt the United States
land office the amended maps of a
railroad survey and location through
Malheur and Harney counties. While
he claims to know nothing of the In
tentions or the Harrlman compnny,
his presence gives rise to much talk
of early construction.
Mora Watar for Vale.
Vale— The newly elected members
of the city council were sworn In
Monday night. The city Irrigation
system was Investigated and a new
steel flume across Bully Creek or
dered. The new flume Is to be 48
Inches In diameter and will carry
sufficient water at all time« for the
proper supply of the clty'a needs.
Wheat— Club, 83c; blueetem, 85c;
valley, 83c; red, 81o.
Barley— Feed, $26 per ton; rolled,
$22@30 per ton.
Oats— No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28
per toe.
Corn — Whole, $32.50;
cracked,
$33.60.
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $17®
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$20(321; clover, $ 1 4 0 1 6 ; cheat, $15;
grain hay, $ 1 4 0 1 6 ; alfalfa, $ 1 2 0 1 3 ;
vetch, $14.
Fruits— Apples, $ 1 0 3 per box, ac
cording to quality; cranberries, $8911
per barrel.
Vegetables—Turnipa, 75c per sack;
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
sack; asparagus, 25c per pound; cab
bage, lH c per pound; cauliflower,
$ 1 .7 5 0 2 ; celery, $4.2 6 9 4 .7 5 per crate:
parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 17Ho
per pound; radishee, 30c per doxen;
rhubarb, 5c per pound; spinaoh, 10c
per pound; sprouts, 10c per pound;
squash, 1 0 1 He per pound.
Onions— Oregon, $2.60 per hundred.
Potatoee— 4 0 0 6 0 c per hand red, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoee, $3.50
0 3 .7 6 per hundred.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 3 0 0 3 5 c per
pound.
Poultry— Average old hens, 14915c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1 3013 ^ c ;
spring chickens, 1 6 9 1 8 ; turkeys, live,
1 4 0 1 5 c ; dressed, choice, 1 6 0 1 7 c;
geese, live, 9 0 1 0 c ; ducks, 1 6 0 1 6 c;
pigeons, 7 5 o 0 $ l; squabs, $ 1 .5 0 9 2 .
Eggs— Freeh ranch, 1 7 0 1 7 H c per
dozen.
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, 9 0 9 H e;
125 to 150 pounds, 7o; 150 to 200
pounds, 5 0 6 Ho.
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 ponnds, 7 0
7H o; packers, 5 0 6 H o .
Hops—1907, prime and choice, 4H
9 6 c per pound; olds, 1 0 2 c per pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, average beat,
1 8020c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, I 892 O 0 per pound, accord
ing to Aneneaa; mohair, ohoioe, 29930o .
D ire cto r F re n ch , o f Idaho Experim ent
8tatlon,ven A rd ent Advocate.
By II. T . F ren ch . TMractor b l a h o Experiment
Station . Moscow.
handicapped In hia work by the more
or less complete iaolation of his work.
This Is especially true in the West
where many sections are not as thickly
settled as ths older portions of the
country. Sometimes this condition is
due to a mistaken attitude on the part
of the breeder—a tendency which is
quite natural to men who are not aooua-
tomed to organized effort in accom
plishing a given object. I refer to the
quite prevalent whim that if several
men engage In the same business the
work will be over-done, and the mar
ket for tha products destroyed or seri
ously impaired.
In no department of
agriculture la this condition leas likely
to prevail than In the production of
pure bred or even well bred live stock.
The more animals of merit produced in
any given locality, the greater likeli
hood of a better market, owing to the
fact that often a few superior animais,
even, are not sufficient to attract the
interest of the prospective buyer. The
buyer which the stock breeder wishes
to interest is the man who is looking
for several bead, a car load, or perhaps
several carloads, of animals at one
time. Any one who has attempted to
look up a carload of cattle of any par
ticular type or breed, can well under
stand how difficult it is to find the de
sired number of suitable animals In
any one locality; and in case the ani
mals have to be selected from remote
herds what a vexing problem it la to
assemble the animals at any^iiven
point for shipment. Now if a number
of farmers in any given locality woald
all agree to breed the same kind of
livestock, then it might ba possible for
a buyer to get the entire lot desired
from that particular section.
Another important point in favor of
community breeding would be tbe op
portunity offered 'or comparison. When
a breeder is isolated from other men
who are handling the sama kind of
stock, he may not have the opportunity
to check up his stock to see if the de
sirable points are being brought out aa
they should be. Home important char
acteristics may be overlooked unless
there is some standard of excellence
available, with which to compare his
own results.
One of tbe most serious hindrances to
the improvement of the breeds of live
stock in the West, is the difficulty in
securing near blood when It should be
intioduced.
Several individual case«
have come under our observation where
a splendid foundation was allowed to
run out, through too close breeding,
which could not be avoided, except a ta
great expense and trouble in securing
new blood from remote sections of the
country.
The question of feed and care could
be much better solved in any given
community if a dozen men were hand
ling the same kinds of livestock, rather
than a dozen different types and breeds.
These ideas are being put into actual
practice in some sections of the Missis
sippi valley, and if needed there, where
the country is densely populated, it is
doubly important in tbe Pac’fio* North
west, where farmers have not many of
tbe conveniences of transportation
and rapid communication that are en
joyed in the more densely populated
sections of the country.
PO T A T O E 8 FOR ALCOHOL.
Praaldant o f Washington State 8chool
Gives Intaresting F acts.
B j J. L.
Ash lock.
Washinarton S ta te Colter#.
Pullman.
The newly organized Commerccial
club of Pullman, Wash., ia now per
fecting arrangements for the installa
tion of a denatured alcohol plant in
that city. * President Bryan, of the
Washington State college, who is chair
man of the committee on denatured al
cohol, ia conducting the negotiations
for the purchase of a large " s t i l l ," and
if the plans of the organization are car
ried out, the plant will be in operation
by the time next season’s potato crop is
taken from the field.
Discussing the
prospecta for denatured alcohol, Presi
dent Bryan said:
"F o r the past year the state experi
ment station has had in hand the mat
ter of gathering information relative to
the practicability of utilising this im
portant crop in the manufacture of de
natured alcohol. Careful analyses have
been made to determine the amount of
aloohol that potatoee of this region will
yield. We have found that one hun
dred pounds of potatoes will produce
eighteen pounds of starch; that eigh
teen pounds of starch will produce nine
pounds of alcohol, which, I believe,
sells at from 50 to 65 cents per gallon.
At this rate, the alcohol from one ton
of potatoee would sell for about $18.
"Aloohol can he made from the small
potatoes aa well as the large ones, and
in this fact lies a source of considerable
saving to the farmers.
Also, waste
fruit can be used, and considerable suc
cess has been reported from the use of
corn, and even the stalks.
This dena
tured alcohol Industry should be taken
seriously by the farmers and business
men of the Northwest; for it mwms tha
ntilisation in a profitable way of a vast
amount of produce, such as small pota
toee, off grade wheat, waste fruits, etc.,
which are now simply a source of dead
loss.”
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DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
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Saturday, March 14.
fact that the senate committee has
found that the charges of participation
in the Brownsville riot, which caused
him to diamine companies B, C and D
of the Twenty-fifth infantry, were sub
stantiated, and asks the senate to pasg
a special law extending for one year the
time within which those who establish
their innocene may be reinstated. Such
a bill will be introduced.
Senator Heyburn today secured tha
passage through the senate of hia bill
providing for the survey of all public
land, reserved and unreserved, in Ida
ho, Oregon, Montana and California.
Under the present system, tbs govern
ment only surveys land upon request cf
actual settlers. Mr. Heybnrn says this
system tends to retard development,
Washington,
March 14.— After and also retards surveys, as settlers
several weeks’ consideration, a pos don’t like to go on unsurveyed land.
Washington, March 14— Represen
tative Burton, of Ohio .Submitted to
the house his minority report as a
member of the hanking and currency
committee, dissenting from tbe ma
jority report , which recommended
the passage of the Fowler currency
hill. Mr. Burton's report concerns
itself wholly with the Fowler bill
and his reasons for opposing It, and
makes no re^eie-cc to either the
Aldrich or the Williams bill, the lat
ter measure having been recommend
ed by the Democratic members in a
minority report.
In his report Mr. Burton says that
he does not regard the passage of the
Fowler bill as either practicable or
desirable at this time.
tal savings hank bill has been draft
ed for presentation by the secate
committee on postofflees and post-
roads next week. The sub-cpmmlttee
appointed to decide upon the meas
ure held Its final meetings Saturday
afternoon, Postmaster-General Meyer
participating in an advisory capacity.
The measure decided upon is a com
posite of the bills introduced by Sen
ator Carter of Montana, chairman of
the sub-committee, by Senator Bur
kett of Nebraska and Senator Knox
of Pennsylvania. The Knox bill was
Introduced by request, and was
known as the Meyer measure, hav
ing been drawn under the direction
of the Postmaster General.
Washington, March 11.— Determined
and persistent assaults on the poetoffice
appropriation bill in tbe house today
reaulted in amplification of that meas
ure In many important parts, deepita
the protests of Chairman Overstreet and
tbe committee.
Tbe letter carriers finally won their
long fight for $1,200 salaries, when an
amendment by Goebel, of Ohio, grant
ing tbe same was adopted.
The house
also allowed an additional $25,000 for
clerks in third-class offices where the
salaries of tbe postmaster range from
$1,200, and $15,000 additional for con
tracts stations.
A ltogether the appropriations carried
Friday. March 13.
Washington, March 13.— Senator by the bill were increased to tbe extent
Fulton today introduced a resolution of $1,355,000. _________
discharging the interstate commerce
committee from further considera
tion of his bill regarding increased
railroad rates, having become satis
fied that Chairman Elkins is delib
erately trying to smother the meas
ure by refusing to bring It to a vote.
Elkins, in retalliation, had read In
the senate a letter from Commis
sioner Knapp, which be contended
was hostile to Fulton’s bill, but he
Sion’s report, which was inclosed,
and which was favorable to the bill
as amended.
Further debate was cut off when
2 o'clock arrived, as that hour had
been fixed for a set speech on the
currency bill, but Fulton will present
the commission's report and continue
hfs fight.
Elkins is not playing fair. His un
fairness will help Fulton, who is de
termined to fight to the last ditch to
get his bill before the senate. He
had an assurance tonight, however,
that the subcommittee will report
hfs bMl tomorrow.
Washington, March 13.— The for
tification appropriation bill, which
will soon be reported to the house,
will make adequate provision for in
creasing the efficiency o f the coast
defenses along the Pacific coast. It
is stated that the entire appropria
tion, save what Is necessary for
maintenance of defenses on the At
lantic coast, will be devoted to the
enlargement and improvement of the
Pacific coast and Insular defenses,
several million dollars In all. It is
the intention of congress to make
the fortifications on the Pacific coast
In every way equal to the defenses of
the harbors on the Atlantic.
Tuesday, March 10.
Washington, March 10.— The senate
today ratified and made publio six of
the 13 treaties negotiated at the inter
net ion Iconference at Tbe Hague. The
conventiona adopted are those to which
no opposition had been made.
The final reports of the committee on
m ilitary affairs, in relation to the
Brownsville affair, will bs made to the
senate tomorrow. Senator Warner will
present the report of tbe majority of
tbe committee sustaining the action of
the president in discharging without
honor a battalion of the Twenty-fifth
infantry on the gronnd that the negro
soldiers had done the shooting.
Washington, March 10.— Consider
ation of the poetoffice appropriation b ill
was resumed by the house of represent
atives today.
Although amendments
were in order, tne bill, when it was
laid aside for tbe day, with 11 pages
disposed of, had undergone no material
change.
A noteworthy speech by Hamilton,
of Michigan, upholding the right of
the Federal government to control cor
porations and sustaining the president
in his atittnde toward them, was the
feature of the days’ proceedings.
Other addressee were made by Sm ail,
of North Carolina, and Finley, of 8outh
Carolina, each of whom attacked the
proposition to increase the pay for
ocean mail service on the ground th at
it was bat a subterfuge for a ship sub
sidy.
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Build Submarines on Pacific.
Thursday, March 12.
Washington, March 17.— F. W.
Hibbs, of Seattle, one of the construc
tors of the battleship Nebraska, ac
companied by Representative Hum
phrey, called on Secretary of tho
Navy Metcalf to urge that some of
the submarine torpedo-boats pro
vided for in the pending naval ap
propriation be constructed on the Pa
cific coast. They explained to tho
secretary that the cost of construc
tion of these vessels on the Atlantic
coast, added to the cost of their
transportation to the west where they
will be commissioned for service,
-would greatly exceed the cost of con
struction on the Pacific coast. Mr.
Metcalf agreed with the presenta
tion made by Mr. Hibbs and said
that he would endeavor to have at
least four of the eight vessels built
in western yards.
Washington, March 12.— The Lll-
ley submarine boat inquiry was be
gun In earnest today by a special
house committee. Beginning at 10
o’clock the committee continued its
work during the greater part of the
day. Representative Lilley was heard
at length. He began his testimony
by reading a long typewritten state
ment, a part of which was In the na
ture of an affidavit in which he out
lined his charges in detail. When he
had completed this formal presenta
tion he was questioned at length by
Representative Olmstead of the com
mittee, who was designated by
Chairman Boutell to perform that
service.
During the afternoon session. Rep
resentative Richmond P. Hobson tes
tified that he had tieen approached
by a man representing the Electric
Boat Co., who told him that. If he
American Ships to Carry Supplies
would support the claims of that
Washington, March 14.— The bill
company before congress, the com
pany could bring influence to bear to require the transportation of ma
upon Speaker Cannon to have him terial and supplies to be used In tho
(Hobson) appointed on the commit construction of the Panama canal ia
ships of American register was
tee on naval affairs.
Washington, March 12.— By a tie passed by the senate today. As
vote, a motion was lost today in the amended the bill exempts from the
house committee on military affairs restrictions ports In which no Amer
to report favorably the Dawes bill ican vessels are to be secured for
creating a roll to be known as the such transportation. Another amend
volunteer retired list and placing ment provides that bids for supplies
thereon, with retired pay, the surviv shall be accepted, naming alterna
ing volunteer officers of the army, tive prices for shipment in American
navy and marine corps of the civil 'or foreign ships. Senator Bacon
war. Estimates Indicated that the claiming that such an amendment
first year’s operation of such a law was necessary in order to allow the
would cost the government $11,000,- bidders for furnishing lumber to
compete successfully.
000 .
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Washington, March 12.— The sen
ate committee on military affairs to
day reported favorably a bill author
izing extra officers for the army.
The bill reported would add 651
officers to the army distributed as
follows among the grades: Thirty-six
colonels, 54 lieutenant-colonels, 90
majors, 162 captains, 144 lieutenants
and 126 second lieutenants.
Pension Bill Before House.
Washington, March 17.— Below Is
given the full text of Senator Borah’s
bill authorizing the use of not to ex
ceed 50 per cent of the receipts from
town lots on government Irrigation
projects, for the erection and equip
ment of schoolhouses, construction of
sewer and water systems, etc. Mr.
Rorah believes that this bill will
meet
with general approval, as it
Wednesday, March II.
has already been approved by the Re
• Washington, March 11.— President clamation Service. It differs from
Roosevelt today, in a special message the Heyburn bill In that it makes an
to the senate, calls attention
to the absolute
donation
of
the
money.
A