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V ie s P rs sld sn t sn d B p s a k s r
Liability Lew.
IN F O H M A T IO N I» C O S T L Y .
M ora
I h i n S IO , 0 0 0 E «pandad
Enlightening V otar*.
A P P L E L A N D 8 1,000 P E R A C R E
for G ro w e r S a y s it la W orth That With
A pple t 81 a Box.
P rom ise
Washington, March 20. — Speaker
Cannon snii Vice President Fairbanks
today announced their belief that the
present congress will pass an employ
ers’ liability act which will meet and
orvercomethe unconstitutionality of the
present law p«iinte«l ootby the Supreme
court of the United Htstes in a recent
decision. %hese statements were made
unreservedly by the speaker and guard
edly by the vice president to s delega
tion le«l by Haiuuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
from 87 national and international
trade snd labor and farmers’ organiza
tions assembled in a national confer
ence in this city. The delegation called
on the speaker to lay before the house
of repiesentatives, through him, a me
morial entitled “ Labor’s Protest to
Congress.”
The protest submitted by Mr. Gom-
pers and his associates refers to the
Supreme Court decision in the hatters’
case a* the "most recent perversion of
the Intent of a law by the judiciary by
which the Sherman anti-trust law has
been made to apply to labor, although
it wa* an accepted fact that congies»
did not intend the law so to apply and
might even have specifically exempted
lalmf but for the fear that the Supreme
court might construe such an affirma
tive provision to lie unconstitutional.
Hood K lver- The annual meeting
Hale:*»— The sending out of the pam
phlets containing the meaioirea to he of the Ho«i<i Itlver Horticultural Ho-
voted upon at the general election In elety, the largest auxiliary organiza
Jun >, together with the arrímente for tion to the state society In Oregon,
, took place lust Hat unlay.
and against them, hai* been begun by
Thu rimetlng started\In the morn
the secretary of state.
Already over ing with 8. F. lilythe 6s chairman,
60,000 have Iteen sent out to voter* and with un IsUrmiaaioa at boob
whoae nani«« have been Nuhmitted to lasted until lute In the day.
A. I.
the *e«Tetary of state.
Mason, whose subject was "T h e Ap
The state printer haa prepared 100,* ple," stated as his opinion that the
OOO of these pamphlets In all at a ««»at time was coming when districts
of $6,373.76,
Of thla amount the per- growing cheap and Inferior grades of
Mona submitting the ineaaurea ui.d argu- fruit would be forced to go out of
business.
menta will have to pay $2,707.34 as
J. C. Porter, who was on the pro
their proportion, as ttxtid by law. The gramme to speak on pruning, and
total amount collected by the secretary who Is one of the most prominent
'A state from the fliers ol the arguments growers at Hood Itlver, or elae-
Is $2,000. An adjustment will be made where, stated that, ev«?n If prices for
on a i>ei pane busis, and those who have apples should go to $1 a box, land
l>aid more than tiieir share will receive at Hood IIIv«*r would still be worth
a refund, while the others who have $1,000 p««r acre on account o f the
not pulii their full |«eroentage will have Immense r«*turn on the investment.
C. H. Hproat, who was called on
to remit the difference.
to speak on "W h at Hhall We Do to
The postage lor the semling nut of Market the Future Apple Crop to
theae argument* w ill cost about $3,000, (»«•t the H«!Ht Results?" was strong
and ttie oo*t ol $0,378.75 will have to ly In favor of raising the best grad«;»
he added to it before the actual esperia« and beat quality of fruit, and In this
of getting out the meusuros can be aa connection, as a director «if the Ap
certaine«!, the amount ol ¡«ostaga, the ple-Growers* Union, read a number
cost for clerks engagerl in mailing, o f letters from large buyers and Im
about $260, and the cost of securing the porters In which they stated that
they had found It cheaper to pay
names of voters.
higher prices for fruit grown at
P R O T E C T T R U L Y IN N O C E N T .
Secretary of Htate Henson, it is esti
Hood Ulv«-r than a less price for that
mated, ha* saved aliout $3,000 in the grown elsewhere on account of Its
getting up of the pamphlet by his ar quality and keeping properties. Mr. But Railroad Land G rant M u st F irst
Be Forfeited.
rangement of the measures.
Washington, March 20.— The status
P ro fe sso rs Quiz 8tudents.
University of Oregon, Kugene— of purchasers of granted land in good
A S K F O R IN S T R U C T I O N .
The custom of giving a quiz each
month In the different subjects has faith from the Oregon A California
Um atilla F arm e rs Want S u m m e r Fal become almost g«*neral among the Railroad company, and their right« un
low Train.
dlftorent members of the faculty, der the law, were set forth in some de
Pendleton— Ho successfully was the and as approximately a month of the tail at the hearing before the house com
summer (allow train recently run by second semester has elapsed, the
students are in about the same state mittee. The provisions of the grant
the O. K. A N. company through the of mind only In n lesser degree, as
prohibit sales except to actual settlers
wheat belt of the Palouae country that during examinations.
Under this
Umatilla county farmers are making an system a student nmy encounter as in limited quantities and at a limited
effort to secure such a train for the many tests In one day as he has price. By necessary implication it per
wheat belt of this oounty.
hours, while with the examinations mits sales of the kind mentioned.
Hall a dosen agricultural experts ac th«*re Is very little likelihood «if hav-
Tbis provision of the grant is a con
companied the train and lectnre«] on lug more than two in one day.
dition subse<jutnt for breach of which
dry farming, antisummer fallowing and
the government has right of forfeiture.
Um atilla River Sw ollen.
deep plowing for the wheat districts,
However, a condition subsequent ie not
Pendleton— Warm rains followed self-executing. Upon the breach of the
with the result that farmers were great
ly benediteti and have expressed a de by a chinook wind and then more condition title does not automatiotlly
sire to hear more on these advanced rain is taking the snow off the moun revert to the grantor.
Bo that until
lines of farming.
Umatilla county tains at a rapid rate. The I'mutllla the government in some way asserts
river
Is
higher
than
It
has
been
any
farmers are dissatisfied with summer
time this year, and though the water rights of lorfeiture, title remains unim
fallowing half of their valuable land ! h rising rapidly, It Is still far from paired in the railroad company, with
each year ami deaire to knovY what dangerous. The rains are being full autiiority to make sales to actual
crop* can lie raised on alternate years hailed with delight by the farmers, settlors in the manner provided in the
which will conserve the soil forces and as the season has been exceptionally grant. After forfeiture is claimed, no
at the same time yield a profit. With dry.
_________
further stales of any kind can be made
this end in view they will ask the O.
by ttie railroa« company, if the conten
It. A N. company to organize a farmer's
tion of the government is correct. But
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
train.
all sales made within the terms of the
Wheat Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c; grant will be valid and will be in no
Valley. 82c; red, 80c.
way affected either ty the Fulton reso
W eather G o o d for Farm ing.
Barley— Feed, $26 per ton; rolled
lution or by any suits that w ill be com
Halem— Not for many years have the $28 (ft 30 per ton.
farmers of this part of the Willamette
MlllatufTs— Bran, city, $26; coun menced.
try,
$27 per ton; middlings, $30;
valley had as favorable a season as
P L A N N A T IO N A L A P P L E F A IR .
this for fall and winter work. With shorts, city, $27; country, $25 per
scarcely an exception all the farmers ton; chop, $20<ft 25 per ton.
Oats— No. 1 white, $27 0 28 per
got their plowing and see«ling done in
Sp okan e P ro p o se s to O ffe r 8 1 0 0 ,0 0 0
ton.
season and the work of pruning and
in Prem ium s.
Corn— Whole,
$32.50;
cracked,
sprailng orchards was favore«! by lair $33.50.
Bpokane,
Wash.,
March 20.— A t a
weather during the winter. The out-
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
1 <>k now is for excellent crops of all ton; Eastern Oregon timothy. $ 19 0 meeting of prominent citizens today it
Kinds. The winter was a mild one and 20; chiver, $140 15; cheat, $ 1 5: was decided to make the big apple show
livestock came through in fine condi grain hay, $14 0 15; alfalfa, 12 0 13. that will be held in Spokane next De
Domestic fruits— Apples, $1.25®
tion, notwithstanding the scarcity and
cember a national affair, and such large
conse<pient high price of hay ami mill 3.50 per box, according to qunllty;
crnnberrles,
$8
0
1
1
per
barrel.
prizes w ill be offere«i that fruit from
feed.
Fresh Vegetable»— Artichokes, 75 all parts of the United Btates will be
Cii 90c per dozen; ns|>aragus, 2 5c per
Expect B ig Freshm an C la st.
pound; beans, 20c per pound; cab entered in competition. It is expected
University of Or««gon, Kugene— Indi bage, M4c per pound; cauliflower. that the awards that will be given will
cations are that Oregon's freshman $1.75 0 2; celery, $4.25 0 4.75 per attract some of the greatest fruit ex
«•lass of next year will lie the largest crate; eggplant, 20c per pound: let perts of foreign countries.
in the history of the university. Regis tuce, head, 65c per dozen; hothouse,
To carry out the plan, a corporation
trar Tiffany has received s«i far over 60 5 O c0 $ l per box; parsley, 20c per to be known as the National Apple
dozen;
peppers,
17
He
per
pound;
applications for university entrance,
Hhow w ill be forme«! with stock amount
while in previous years very few if any radishes, 30c per dozen; rhubarb, ing to $ 100,000, and governed by a board
10c per pound; spinach 5c per
came in so early.
University author pounds; sprouts 10c per pound; of trustees of seven or nine men.
It is
ities preilict an entering class of close squash, 1 0 1 H e per pound; to anticipated that one of the directors will
to 250 next fall. The present enroll matoes, crates (6 baskets), $5 0 tie Louis W. H ill, president of the
ment, exclusive of outside branches, is 5.50; Mexican, crates, $3.
Great Northern railroad, who has been
418, and with the law, medical and
Hoot vegetables— Turnips, 75c par requested by wire to accept a position
music department the total is brought sack; carrots, 65c per sack: beets, on tbe board.
$1 per sack; garlic 8c per pound.
up to 710.
* It is intemieii to offer from $8,000 to
Onions— Buying price, Oregons, $10,000 in premiums and to make the
$2.50 0 2.90 per hundred; Japanese
Violated G am e Law s.
show an annual affair.
Among the
jobbing prices, $3.50.
Albany— George W. Fisher, pro
leaders
are
W
.
D.
Vincent,
cashier of
Potatoes— Buying price, 40 0 65c
prietor o f the Brownsville glove fac
per hundred, delivered Portlnnd; the Old National bank, and David
tory, was convicted In the State Cir
sweet potatoes, $3.5003.75 per hun Brown, president of the Hazelwoo«!
cuit Court o f violation o f the game
company.
dred.
laws, by having fresh deer meat In
Butter— City engineries:
Extra
8
his possession December 12, long a f
creamery, 30c per pound: state
M o th e rs to M eet in B ru sse ls.
ter the open season for killing deer crenmerles, fancy creameries, 25 0
Washington, March 20.— The invita
had closed. Judge Bennett directed 30c; store butter, choice, 1 6 0 1 7 .
the jury to return a verdict o f guilty
Cheese— Oregon full cream twins tion of the Belgian government, extend-
without leaving the jury-box. Fisher
15c; Young America, 160M6HC per e«l through Baron Moncheur, t lie Bel
was fined $100 and .costs. He will
gian minister, to the National Mothers’
pound.
appeal the case to the state supreme
Poultry— Average old hens, 1 4 0 congress to participate in the Interna
court.
15c;
mixed
chickens.
1 2 0 1 3 c; tional congress on the education of the
spring chickens, 1 6 0 2 0 c; turkeys, family, to be held in Brussels in 1910,
Reduce Rates on 8acka.
live, 1 5 0 17 c; dressed, choice. 16 0 was aceepte«! by the board of managers
Pemlleton- -Umatilla county farmers 20c; geese, live, per pound, 8 0 1 0 c ; of the Mothers’ 8«x:iety to«iay.
Among
are rejoicing over the announcement ducks, 160 17 c; pigeons, 7 5 c 0 $ l; the delegates appoint««! to represent the
made by the Northern Pacific and O. squabs, $1.5002.
United Btates were the following: Mrs.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, 16c per dozen.
R. A N. railroads of a 40-cent rate per
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, 9 0 9Hc; Frank B. H ill, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs.
hundred on grain hags from Portland,
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 Jefferson D.'Gibbs, California; Mrs. F.
Tacoma snd Seattle. This is a reduc pounds, 5 # 614c.
W. Ashley, Denver.
tion of practically 35 per cent from the
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7
present rate.
0 7%c; packers, 5 0 6Hc.
G ove rn or Guild Very III.
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 4
Boston, March 20.— Governor Guild,
0 6He per pound; olds, 1 0 2c per who has been ill for two weeks, is in a
N e w 8heep C om m ission e r.
Salem— Governor Chamberlain has pound.
W ool— Enstern Oregon, average critical condition. His physician, Dr.
appointed A. L. Mackintosh, of Paul-'
beat, 12 0 1 6 c per pound, according B. F. Winslow, found the governor so
ina, sheep commissioner for the Second to shrinkage; valley, 18 0 20c, ac seriously ill yesterday (hat it was decid
district to suooeed Thomas Boylan,1 cording to fineness.
ed to call two other physicians Into
whoae term expired March 12.
consultation.
Mohair— Choice, 26c per pound.
M onday, M a rc h 23.
Washington, March 23.— The senate
to«lay for the fifth time in the present
session adjourned be«auae death had
robbed the body of one of it* members.
The untimely death of Henator Bry
an, who was familiarly known as the
“ baby" of tbe senate, a title which he
took pride in, came home to the senate
with more force than any which had
precede«! it. There was no other sub
ject of conversation prior to and after
the session than the fact that the mor
tality record of tbe present session it
greater than in any previous entire
congress.
Washington, March 23.— A scene
somewhat out of the ordinary was en
acted in the house of representatives
today because of a charge made by
Mann, of Illinois, that Bulzer, of New
York, had put into the congressional
Record what purported to be a speech
delivered by him last Saturday, but
which Mann charged was not tbe one
delivered.
It all had to do with Sulzer’s claim
that he, and not Mann, was the author
of the legislation that brought the de
partment of commerce and labor into
being.
A letter addressed to Speaker Car.non
from Representative Charles E. Little
field, of Maine, tendering bis resigna
tion as member of congress, to take
effect September 30 next was read.
After passing a number of measures
relating to the District of Columbia,
among them an amendment prohibit
ing betting on horse race« at Benning
ton’s track, the house adjourned out of
respect to the late Senator Bryan.
rect.
There was quite a large attendance
of Democratic senators in their places,
but comparatively few Republicans.
Occasionally conversations between sen
ators on the Kepnblican side caused the
senator to discontinue the reading of
his remarks. On one occasion he re
marked: “ If there are any comments
on my remarks, I would be glad to
have them made so audibly that I can
bear them.’ ’
After speaking for more than two
hours and a half, La Follette yielded
the floor with the statement that he
would resume his speech Monday next.
Washington, March 19.— After seve-
r«l hours of spirited discussion over the
proposition to abolish 17 of the 18
United State« pension agencies and
ooneclidate pension disbursementa in
Washington, tbe house today passed
tbe pension appropriation bill, carry
ing $160,869,000, the largest sum ever
authorized by this measure.
The
house, by a vote of 86 to 139, stood by
tbe committee on appropriations and
left unchanged its recommendations for
one general agency.
Bills were passed authorizing the sec
retary of war to establish harbor lights
in Wilmington harbor, California, and
authorizing the cutting of timber, the
manufacture and sale cf lumber and tbe
preservation of forests on certain Indian
lands in Wisconsin.
W ednesday, M a rc h 18.
Washington, March 18. — Senator
Kavner, of Maryland, announced to the
senate today the death of his colleague,
William Pinkney Whyte. After’adopt-
ing the usual resolutions, the senate
Saturday, M a rc h 21.
Washington, March 21.— Almost the adjourned out of respect to the memory
entire session of the senate was con of the late senator.
sumed with consideration of tbe legis
Washington, March 18.—General de
lative, executiv^and judicial appropri
a t e bill. The bill finally passed car bate on the pension appropriation bill
ried an appropriation of $32,945 631, continued for over four hours in the
the amount added to the bouse bill by house of representatives today. The
subjects discussed took a wide range—
the senate being $642,718.
politics, finance, tbe trusts and tbe
Washington, March 21.— Without president’ s last special message all re
being materially amended in any form, ceiving attention.
At 4:24 p. m. the he use adjourned
the fortification appropriation bill was
peered by the bouse today. During the out of respect to the memory of the late
closing debate the War department was United States Senator W illiam Pinkney
criticised by several members regard Whyte, of Maryland.
ing the money spent on fortifications at
Subig bay, which, it was charged, was
Tuetday, M a rc h 17
wasted, in view of a later recommenda
Washington, March 17.— The sen
tion that the defenses at Cavite be ate late this afternoon, without a
etrengthene I. Criticism likewise was dissenting voice,' confirmed the nom
offered to tbe estimates of the depart ination of John McCourt, of Pendle
ment, which recommended an appro ton, as district attorney for Oregon,
priation of over $30,000,000, whicn it thus terminating one o f the longest
was said could not have been expended and most bitter patronage fights in
the history of Oregon.
within ten years.
Mr. McCourt’s commission will be
An amendment by De Armond to made out immediately and will prob
allow the secretary of war to buy ably be forwarded by mail tomor
abroad war materials in “ any" quan row. Upon its receipt he w ill take
tity was adopted, despite the efforts of the oath of office and, upon tele
Republican floor leaders to marshal graphing the attorney general that
he has done so, will be directed by
sufficient votes to defeat it.
wire to take full charge o f the dis
trict attorney’s office.
Friday, M a rc h 2 0
Washington, March 20.— The ship
subsidy bill was passed by the senate
today. It pays to 16-knot vessels ply
ing between this country and South
America, tbe Philippines, JapaD, China
and Australia, $4 per mile, the amount
awarded by the act of 1891 to vessels of
20 knot« only.
The bill was amended so that 12-knot
vessels will receive $2 per mile, which
ie the allowance under the existing law
to 16-knot veeeels. Amendments were
also aiiopted providing that, if two or
more lines cf steamships ply lrom At
lantic ports to South America under
the provisions of the bill, one line
shall stop at two ports south of Cape
Charles and stipulating that no more
shall be paid for subsidies than is re
ceived from such service by the govern
ment.
A bill was also passed increasing the
salaries of men employed in the life
saving service.
Washington, March 20.— More criti
cism of President Roosevelt was in
dulged in in the house today, when he
was roundly denounced by Hardwick,
of Georgia, for failing to send to con
gress all information regarding corpora
tions which has come into his posses
sion. The presiilent, however, found a
ready and vigorous defender in Mr.
Mann, of Illinois, who asserted that
the president had acted with the ut
most good faith in sending congress all
the information that ha«i come to him.
The fortification appropriation bill
was taken up and in the course of de
bate upon it, Bartlett, of Georgia, de-
nie«l the claims of Republicans tocredit
for authorship of the railroad rate or
^Sherman anti-trust law. The bill was
siile trackeil for general debate, which
continued until adjournment.
Thursday, M a rc h 19,
Washington, March 19.— Resuming
in the senate toilay his unfinished
speech on the Aldrich currency bill, I.a
Follette directed himself to the charge
made in his remarks on Tuesday that
the recent financial stringency was
started by great banker* and financiers,
declaring that since he spoke on Tues
day he had secured additional informa
tion proring that his oharges were cor
V.’ ashington, March 17.— The sen
ate committee on finance today voted
unanimously to amend the Aldrich
financial bill by eliminating railroad
bonds as security for national bank
circulation. It also decided to amend
the bill so as to retain the provision
of the present law prohibiting the
retirement by national banks o f
more than $9,000,000 of circulation
In any one month. The committee
discussed the proposition of increas
ing taxation on emergency circula
tion outstanding more than six
months. The rate under the bill as
it now stands is 6 per cent. No ac
tion was taken on this feature.
Washington,
March
17. — The
western senators who stood out
against the railroad bond feature o f
the Aldrich currency bill won a sig
nal victory today when the finance
committee adopted an amendment
eliminating railroad
bonds from
among the securities that may be
used as a basis for the issue of na
tional bank currency.
When the president consulted with
the western men ten days ago he
found many opposed to the railroad
bond
clause.
Including
Senators
Borah, Bourne and Dixon, and upon
probing deeper concluded that they
were right. He then informed Sen
ator Aldrich of their position and of
his concurrence and at Mr. Aldrich's
suggestion the committee acted to
day.
B a rs A narchist Paper.
Washington, March 24.— Declining
to allow the poetoffice department to be
put in the position of accessory to mur
der by allowing in the mails publica
tions which advocate killing of citizens
by dynamite, Postmaster General Mey
er has issue«! an order declaring non
mailable the Italian publication known
as La Qneetion Sociale, a weekly publi
cation at Paterson, N. J.
Portland Bid Low est, But T o o H i(h
Washington, March 24.— Mclnnis A
Roos, of Portland, Ore., were the low
est bidders, at $178.489, for construct
ing the proposed hospital at tbe Puget
scund navy yard, bids for which were
opened at the Navy department today.
Only $160,030 was appropriated by
oongreea for the work.