J U R Y F A IL S T O AGREE.
OREGON OIATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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O R E G O N W O O L GOOD.
C H E A P F U E L IN S IG H T .
Secretary Smyth« Praises Compulsory
Dipping Law.
If Choppers Can’t Sell to Trust They
Will to Consumers.
I'ortlaud.— Secretary Dun F. Hmytlie,
nf the Oregon Woolgruwer* association,
paseril tlirougli Portland recently on hie
way to Halcm, where he represents the
thiril district of Oregon at the annual
meeting of the stute sheep commission.
Mr. Hmythe says the wool clip this year
is as large us usual, and I hut the wool
is of exceptionally flue quality.
At this session of the sheep commis
aion the eastern Oregon men intend to
take some radienl action to prevent fur
Iher encroachments of
Washington
sheepmen in the Wenaha forest reserve.
Mr. Hmytlie, who is extensively en
gaged in shis-pruising himself, is em
phatic in praise of the compulsory dip
long law passed at the last session of
the legislature, lie says Oregon sheep
are now practically free from disease of
every kind, and the wool is of a much
higher grade than in former years.
The administrtion at Washington has
favored the woolgrowers in the Ev«r
green Htnte, to the detriment of Oregon
stockmen. Just what action will Lie
taken Mr. Hmytlie was not prepared to
say, I ut he thinks the commission will
moke recommendations that the for
estry department at the natiunal capital
will not dare to overlook.
Pendleton.— After futile effort* to
sell their wood to Pendleton and
Walla Walla woodyards, ten wood-
choppers of Kamcla have pooled their
output and have placed an agent in
this city and will sell direct to the
consumer. T h ey have 5,000 cords in
the pool and will fill this territory
with cheap wood, they declare
The
woodyards have large supplies on
hand, owing to the fact that the mild
weather of the* past winter restricted
the sale, and have refused to buy the
Carnela pool, which is now being mar
keted here,
Already several cars
have been ordered from the pool and
it promises to demoralize the wood
market in the inland empire.
LEASE BIG T R A C T .
Sheepmen Gobble’|l00,000 A cre* a*
Overflow to Forest Reserve.
Fendletoo. One hundred thousand
acres of fine range land has just been
leased in Maker county by Morrow, Gil
liam and Umatilla county sheepmen as
an overflow range from their fsrest rr
serve allotments. The land is logged-
oflf timber land, and lies in a strip 50
miles in length between Austin and
Fleasnnt valley, in Maker county, and
belongs to the numerous lumber com
panic* of that district. It was leased
for five years by Dan F. Hmythe, of
this city, and A. K. and A. Hmytlie, of
Arlington, William .Smith, of Arlington,
and A. C. Whittier, of Maker county.
The sum of $8,000 was paid for use of
the tract for five years. Over 5n.0nn
head of sheep will be held in the terri
tory during a portion of the summer.
It is well watered and contains fine
grasa.
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Hslt in"Timber Land Buying.
Klamath Fall*.—J. W. Alexander, of
the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, is
in this city on business for his eom
pany. He states that he is not here to
buy timber, but that he expects to buy
when special Inducements are offered.
There is but little movement in timber
in this section. *nd none is expected un
til after the presidential election. While
the price of farming lands in this see
tion has increasivi in the past six
mouths, timber Innd has decreased from
41.50 n thousand to 75 cents nnd $1.
However, those holding claims arc not
worrying over conditions, as they feel
sure the slump in timber is but tern
porary.
Whipping Up on Tule Contract.
Klamath Fall*__ It is stated here that
Chief Kngineer Hood has given iinpcrn
tive orders that the dredging on the
marsh for the railroad grade must be
rushed or the contract will be forfeited.
The contract consists of a grade four
miles along across swamp land, now r ink
with tides, and the agreement now is
that crews must lie worked day and
night in order to throw up the grade
at the earlii*st possible dote in order to
allow it to settle anil dry beforo the
track ip laid.
Open Reserves June I.
Pendleton.- Sheepmen of Umatilla
county have received notice that sheep
may be taken upon the Wenaha forest
reserve June 1, instead of June 15, the
date originally set. For some time
sheepmen have been asking for the use
of the reserves on the Blue mountains
earlier than usual, because of the dry
weather prevailing this spring. Dan P.
Hmythe, secretary of 'tho sheepmen’s
association, has received notice from
Hupervisor Hchmitr. that admission
would be granted June 1.
Will Exhibit at State Fair.
Oregon City__ The board of directors
of thr Otnckamns County Fair associa
tion hns authorized the executive com
mittee to make a countv oxhitiit at the
state fair, which will follow the Clack
amas county fair. The board appropri
ated $50 for premiums for juvenile
exhibits, and reappointed Thomas F.
Ryan, Oeorgo Lazello and T. J. Oarv as
a enmmitteo to direct the affnirs of the
assocltaion.
Bumper C rop Promised.
Arlington.— Heavy rains throughout
this section o f Oregon a few days ago
have added many thousands of dollnrs
♦n the wealth o f Gilliam and adjoining
counties. Tho wenther is warm and the
farmers happy. Kvory one predicts a
prosperous year for this part c f the
state.
Hatchery Superintendent.
Oregon City.— W. II. Smith, o f Park-
plare, hns linen appointed superintend
cot o f the stntn fish hatcheries at Wal
lowa and Ontario.
Keep Salmon Out o f Alfalfa.
Pendleton.— Thousands of salmon
fry from six to eight inches in length
are now running out into the canal
of the Irrigon irrigation project and
many of them are being stranded on
the liars, where they arc perishing
Deputy (iarnc and Fish Warden O. F
Turner will take immediate steps to
have proper fish screen* placed at the
dam to prevent this destruction of
the young fish The dam of the I rri-
gon project is in the Umatilla River
two miles east of the town o f Uma
tilla
Thousands of fine salmon fry
are now to lie found in the river atid
every effort will he made to prevent
them from running into the irrigation
canals Other canals on the river arc
properly protected with screens and
ladders.
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Wells-Fargo to Build.
Eugene
The Wells Fargo Express
Company has begun the erection of a
fine brick building on the Southern
Pacific depot grounds in which to
handle its business in this rity
The
architecture o f the new building will
hr m keeping with that of the new
passenger depot, now in course of
construction and to he completed be
fore July l. Th e Wells-F.argo build
ing will he of hrirk and stone a n '
will cost *4,000 to $5,000
It is prob
tblc the downtown office of the com
pany will be done away with when
tlie new building is finished as the
location i» convenient to the business
section of the city
Pays Large Inheritance Tax.
Halem__ The second largest inherit-
snee tax ever paid into the state treat,
ury was received recently. It was
he tax on the estate of Amanda Reed,
of Multnomah county, Appraised at a
valuation of $1.385.919.89. The tax
was $7,141.44*. The largest tax paid
was on the estate of Henry Weinhard,
which amounted to $15,248.54. The ap
praised value of the Weinhard estate
was but $1,381,967.22, but was left in a
lump sum, while the Reed estate was
divided among a large number of bene
ficiaries.
Auto to Cart y Tourists.
Klamath Falls__ Captain J. M. McIn
tyre, of the McIntyre Transportation
company, has purchased an 11 passenger
automobile, and will put it on the line
1 etween Dorris nnd this city. A crew
of men is now working on the road be
tween Dorris nnd Keno, getting it in
dinpe for automntble service, and it is
expected that the run enn bo made in
»wo hours from end of rail to this city.
Ruef A g » in Escapes, but New
Will Be Pressed.
Trial
Han Francisco, May 22.— Unable to
igree, after being out almost 44 hours,
the jury in the case of Abraham Ruef,
-harged with offering a bribe to former
Hupervisor Jennings J. Fhillips, was dis
charged at C o ’clock last evening by
Judge Maurico T. Dooling. Thirteen
l allots were taken, and the jury stood
6 to 0 from the outset. At no stage was
there a chance for sn agreement, the
credibility of the witnesses being the
main point upon which the jurors di
vided.
The failure of the jury to convict will
not alter the attitude of the prosecution
■ s there are numerous indictments pend
ing against Ruef, on one of which he
will be placed on trial as soon as the
state can make it* arrangements to that
end. In view of this fact the board of
supervisor* today appropriated $70,000
for the continuance of the graft prose
cutions.
Resuming t)ieir deliberations yester
day morning, the jury was called into
court at 11:45 o'clock by Judge Poo
ling, but asked the court for more time.
The request was granted and they re
tired.
When 4 o ’clock arrived the bailiff or
dered the courtroom cleared, as Judge
Dooling had decided to send for the
jury in a short time, and there was a
desire to avoid any demonstration on
the part of the spectators. As a result
attorneys directly interested and the
members of the pres* were about the
only ones in attendance when the jurors
filed in anil took their places in the box.
Foreman l ’enny arose, and in response
to the question of Judge Dooling said
it was impossible for the jury to agree.
Kach juror was then questioned by
Judge Dooling, and all agreed that they
could not arrive at a verdict. Judge
Dooling then formally discharged the
jury.
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B U I L D „ T O ; P A C IF I C .
Edwin^Gould Makes Announcement
fo r Western Pacific.
Los Angeles, May 22.— Kdwin Gould,
pathfinder for the “ ocean to ocean"
railroad
ambition
o f his brother.
George, announced that the Gould lines
will not only reach San Francisco, but
they will enter Los Angeles and the
port* of the Pacific Northwest, through
Portland. Mr. Oould arrived today
fiom Texas in his private care “ D ix ie ."
Gould is a director of the Western
I ’aeific, and make* the j>ositive an
uonneetnent that the ocean to ocean
Gould line will be consummated with
the early completion of the Western
Pacific into San Francisco, and that the
lines of the Goulds will also be extend
ed to Portland in the near future.
Further, Mr. Gould declare# that the
Pacific Coast will be the scene of the
most extensive railroad operations ever
known.
For many months it has been rumored
that the Gould interest# have been se
curing options on rights of way along
the coast from the north shore of San
Francisco L>ny to Eureka. The North
western railroad, which ends at Willets,
Mendocino county, is supposed to l e
the property of the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe jointly, but lately it has been
reported that part o f the right, of way
between Willets and Eureka has been
found to overlap other claims, and liti
gation was threatened.
W R E C K IN BELG IU M .
PO R TLAN D MARKETS.
Apples Select. $2.50 per box; fancy.
$2; choice, $1.50; ordinary, $1.25.
l ’otatoes— Select, 70c per hundred;
Willamette Valley, 45c per hundred;
Fast Multnomah. 55c; Clackamas. 55e
per hundred; sweet, 5%e per pound.
Fruits — Strawberries,
California,
»■1 50<§ 1 85 per crate; Oregon, 10 0
l?%e per pound.
Vegetables Turnips. $1 per sack;
carrots, $1.50(0)1.75; beets, $1.25; par
snips, $1.25; beans, wax. 12V.[(313%c
per pound; h.-ad lettuce, 35c per dozen;
artichokes. 50c per dozen; asparagus,
7(it 8c per pound; egg plant, 25(330e per
notind; parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 6(i$
7c per poun<$; peppers, 20c per pound;
radishes, 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 2@3c
per pound; spinach, 85c per crate.
Wheat— Club, 89c per bushel; red
Rttssian, 86%e; bluestem, 91c; valley,
R9c.
Harley— Feed. $25 per ton; rolled,
$27(3*28; brewing. $26.
Oat*— No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton;
gray, $27.
Hay— Timothv. Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Wllliamette Valley, ordi
nary, $15; F.astern Oregon. $18 50;
mixed. $16; elover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
alfalfa meal, $20.
Dressed Meats— Tings, fancy. 8%e per
pound; ordinary, 7(37%«; large, 6c;
veal, extra, 7%c; ordinary, 7c; heavy,
6c; mutton, fancy, 10c.
Mutter— Extras, 24c per pound; fancy,
23c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
Poultry— Mixed chickens. 13(314c per
pound; fancy hens. 14%(315e; roosters,
old. 9c; fryers, dozen, $4; broilers,
dozen, $4.50(35; dressed poultry, per
pound, lc higher: ducks 16t317e; geese,
8(39c; turkeys, alive, 17(318e; dressed,
19(320e.
Hops— 1907, prime and ehoiee, 5(3
6' ,r per pound; old, l% (32e per pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, average best,
11(315e. per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 10<fpl2%e.
Mohair— Choie*, 18©18%e per ponnd.
Sixty
Killed and Hundred Injured in
Collision o f Trains.
Antwerp. May 22__ In one of the
worst railroad disasters that ever oc
curred in this country a great number
oi passengers, the number being esti
mated as high ns 60, were killed today,
and at least 100 seriously injured in a
collision between two passengers trains.
The trains were running at a high rate
ot speed when the crash occurred. They
came together with great foree, throw
ing the cars from the tracks and piling
them up in heaps of ruins. Great d if
ficulty was experienced in releasing
tho imprisoned passengers. Twenty two
bodss have been recovered, and search
for more is being made in the ruins.
The collision occurred at Contieh, six
miles southeast of Antwerp. One train
was bound for Brussels and the other
was going to Lierre. Three coaches of
the latter train were crushed into kind
ling wood. The accident, which is
thought to have been due to mistaken
signals, took place on a crossing.
New Outbreak in Hayti.
Port au Prince, Hayti, May 22.— In
cited to insurrection by Septimus
Marius, the rebel leader, a serious anti-
government outbreak has taken place
in the southern part of tho Island. Strong
forces have been sent to the seene t6
suppress the uprising, but fears nre en
tertained that before the troops arrive
the insurrectionist« will have seized a
number o f cities, following the seizure
with massacres in revenge for the sum
ntary execution of a number of promi
nent anti government sympathizers in
this citv last March.
Favors Opium Conference.
Tokio, May 22.— The Japanese gov
ernment has signified its intention of
joining America in the latter’# efforts
♦o secure the calling o f an international
opium conferene«.
Monday, May 26,
| deficiency and military academy appro
priation bills, the last of the great up
Washington, May 25 An effort to propriation bills.
annihilate time by dilatory tactics
without making progress on any legis
Washington, May 21.— The house
lation except that involved in conter- spent another l.usy day today. After
ence reports was the chief occupa a protracted debate, the conference re-
tion of the senate today under the 1 port on the District of Columbia trac
leadership of Aldrich.
The attempt tion bill, permitting the laying of
was so successful that the net result street car tracks to the Union station,
in the way of accomplishment o f the was adopted with the provision for uni
day's session was the adoption of tin- versal transfers eliminated; the confer
conference report on the sundry civil ence report on the agricultural appro
appropriation bill.
priation bill was agreed to; the senate
amendments which increased by $1,000,-
Washington, May 25.— W orking un 000 the public building bill appropria
der heavy pressure with a single eye tion were disagreed to, and a confer
to adjournment at the earliest possible ence asked, and bills were passed as
moment, the house today disposed of follows:
a great amount of business. Several
Establishing in the interior depart
conference reports were agreed to ment a bureau of mines and providing
and the following bills passed:
for the co-operation of states for the
Amending the navigation laws; re conservation o f the forests and waters
moving the discriminations against of the White and Southern Applaehian
native officers o f the P o rto Rican mountains, and the appointment of a
regiment of infantry; authorizing the national forest commission.
sale of unallotted land o f the Spokane
Indian reservation; encouraging the
development
of
coal
deposits in
Wednesday, May 20.
Alaska; and prescribing penalties
Washington,
May 20.— Th e senate
against the sale of clothing and g o v
ernment property by soldiers.
The today passed the omnibus public
omnibus hill relating to disposition of building bill, inserting not only the
the public land was sent hack to con numerous amendments suggested by
the senate committee on public build
ference.
After an active debate of an hour ings and grounds, but also a few pro
As
and a half the project for a reduced posed by individual senators.
hall <>f representatives was defeated passed the bill carries a total o f about
$35.090,000, o f which $6,000,000 is for
by a large majority.
building contracts. The larger appro
priations for new buildings added by
Saturday, May 23.
the senate included: Riverside, Cal.,
Washington, May 23.— Following a $125,000; Everett and W alla Walla,
precedent the United States Senate Wash., $140,000.
killed off the attempt of the Western
The limit of cost fixed for the sub
Senators to open the way to a consti treasury building in San Francisco
tutional amendment providing for the was increased from $375,000 to $625,-
election of Senators by popular vote. (»00. The senate amendment provid
The question came up on a resolution, ing for a new office building for the
offered by Owen, of Oklahoma, and departments o f state and justice to be
after an unusually spirited debate, the used jointly was retained, the ulti
resolution was referred to a commit mate cost of which is limited to $2,-
tee. where it will be smothered to 500,000, and it is hinted that if this
death.
item is not retained the bill may be
Fiilton, of Oregon, w av paired in allowed to fail. The amendment ap
favor of the resolution; Bourne was propriating $400,000 for purchase o f
absent. Ankeny and Piles, o f Wash an embassy building in Paris to be
ington. both favored the passage of used as an office and residence also
the resolution, as did Borah, o f Idaho, was accepted by the senate.
but Meyburn was opposed to it.
Washington, May 23.— Th e House
again today wrestled with the subject
of mail subsidies to steamhsip com
panies and once more recorded itself
against the proposition by the vote of
14"> to 154. The debate ran well into
the night.
Having been overwhelm ingly de
feated yesterday the conferees on the
postoffice appropriation bill today
came into the House with a new re
port. agreeing with the Senate on
everything except the subsidy pro
vision and that relating to the system
for weighing the mails. The portion
o f the report on which there was no
disagreement was adopted unanimous
ly under an agreement to extend the
time of debate on the subsidy ques
tion.
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Washington. May 19.— T h e confer
ence report on the sundry civil appro
priation bill was submitted to the
house today and action on it has been
postponed until tomorrow. Th e re
port of the house conferees showed
that about 40 o f the 163 amendments
under consideration have been dis
agreed to.
Chief among these are the appro
priation of $3,000.000 for the purchase
o f a site for the department o f com
merce and labor building; $600,000 for
the purchase o f two steamers for the
Panama
trade;
$600,000 for
the
Alaska-Yukon Exposition o f Seattle
and upward o f half a million dollars
for new revenue cutters and light
ships.
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Tuesday, May 19.
Friday, May 22.
Washington, May 19.— The senate to
Washington. May 22.— The omnibus day passed bills providing for the con
claims bill was considered by the Sen tinuance of the Porto Rican regiments
ate today until displaced by the resolu of infantry and authorizing the sale of
tion to extend the period during whicn lands at the head of Cordova Bay,
no penalty will be enforced for violation Alaska, to a private corporation.
Washington. May 19.— The house to
of the commodities clause o f the Hep
burn bill. Aldrich inquired o f Fulton day again showed its capacity for work,
of Oregon how much o f the total appro and with adjournment in mind, con
priation carried by the claims hill was tinued the cleaning-up procet®. The
for Southern war claims, and was told conference report on the legislative ap-
that two-thirds were of that character ' propriation bill was agreed to; eonfer-
and one-half o f those for damages to ' ence reports on the agricultural and
; fortification appropriations were re-
choice property.
Aldrich suggested that the time ought ! eeived.
The bill making an appropriation of
soon to come to stop allowance of this
kind o f claims arising 42 years after the , $500,000 for representation by the
war. when the government could not ' United States at the Tokio exposition
secure witnesses who knew anything was passed, as were also the two omni
about them, except those who are re bus bills embodying 40 separate meas
lied ujkui by the claimants to prove ures having to do with public land and
their losses.
matters in the territories.
Fulton said he would offer an amend
Pending a vote on a bill providing
ment that would do just what was de for the issuance of leases of publie
sired.
land in the Panama canal zone, a re
cess was taken until tomorrow.
Washington, May 22.— The senate
The omnibus territories bill, embrac
amendment to the postoffice appropria ing 15 measures favorably considered
tion hill extending the ocean mail sub by committee, was passed, under sus
sidies to steamers plying on the Pacific pension of the rules. The various pro
Ocean to the Orient and Australia and visions of the bill deal exclusively with
on the Pacific and Atlantic to South legislation pertaining to the territories,
American ports was the subject of warm
the most important of whioh is one
debate in the house and finally caused regulating the sale of liquor in Alaska.
the rejection o f the conference report
The passage o f the bill in this manner
hv a vote o f 145 to 156. There is little
wss to limit the debate to a minimum,
prospect that the house conferees will
to obviate at least 14 roll-calls.
yield to the senate.
By the provision# of a bill, the secre
tary
of the navy is authorized to ac
Thursday, May 21.
cept and care for gifts, such as silver
Washington, May 21.— The proceed services, presented to vessels of the
ings of the senate today, as is usual navy.
toward the close of a session, covered
a multitude of subjects, including a
Spends O ver a Billion.
probable final announcement on the cur
Washington,
May
26.— Although
rency question. Announcing that the
conferees of the senate and house on the figures on the total appropriations
the currency bill would be unable to for the present session o f Congress
agree is congress is to adjourn at an are incomplete, from careful estimates
early day, Aldrich reported from the the indications are that th fy will ex
committee on finance a joint resolution ceed $1,000.000.000. This is $100,000,-
creating a national monetary commis 000 in excess of any previous session.
sion, to be composed of nine senators The largest increases over previous
and nine representatives, to investigate years are found in the postoffice, pen
all matters concerning the banking and sion, naval and army appropriation
curreev system o f the country, nnd the b i l l s . _______________ __
resolution was passed without debate.
Bills Signed by President.
The senate passed a bill appropriating
$100,000 to enable the secretary of agri
Washington,
May 26.— President
culture to co-operate with states for the Roosevelt has signed the hills provid
conservation of forests. It also pro ing for the participation of this coun
vides for a comm;s=ion of five members try in the exposition to be held in
of the sena'e anil five from the house T o k io in 1012; the legislative, execu
to study the who'e question of the tive and judicial appropriation bill; a
necessity, desirability and legality of hill making Monterey and Port Har
the purchase of forest land by the ford, C a l , sub-ports of entry, and a
United States and to report to tho next bill authorizing the extension of the
congress.
street railways o f this city to the
The senate today passed the general Union Station.