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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1908)
R A IL R O A D T R A F F IC S T O P P E D . Entire State o f Montana a Vast Waste o f W ater. T O P U R IF Y C A M P A IG N . C IT IZ E N S T A K E IN IT IA T IV E . C o rru p t Practice* Act Restricts C an Plan Bonds to Raisa Money to Im prove Siuslaw Bar. didate*' A c t*. Hitli-m.. The adoption of the corrupt practice* a r t fiy the people at the elec tion June 1 will make the next political <aiii|*tigii a vastly different one from those which have been »cun in Oregon in the lust few year*. For one thing, the advertising plan of making a campaign, which Senator liourno made popular in O regon, will he lee* extensively lined in the future. Two feature* of the corrupt practice* act will tend to aecompliah t It in end - one a limitation on expenditure*, and the other a requirement that paid ad vertining he *o marked. Undoubtedly the m*B*uro will have a salutory effect in purifying eleeUou*, though *ome of it* provisions teem unnece*»arily *c- vere. I’uhlieitv in the m atter of campaign expenditure* i* one of the most import nut requirement* of the law, and tiere after it will he nccuinirr for candidate* and party mnnager* to keep nn account ot all expense* and file it within 15 day* after the primary or general elec tlon, allowing contribution* to cam puign fund* and the purpowc* for which all money wan Npent. Candidate* are permitted totiNe one page of u pamphlet to lie i*»tied hy the mate for the pur pone of giving the voter* information concerning them, each candidate to pay fur the Rpacc occupied, and in exce*» of th a t each candidate may *pend in a primary campaign 15 per cent of one y e a r ’* *alarv, and in a general ram pign 10 per cent of one year'* »alary, though any candidate may *pcnd a* much a* $100 if tho percentage *hould lie I ck * than that. A candidate fur governor will hereafter he limited to an expenditure of $750 in a primary campaign and $500 in a general earn Posse Chases Horsethieves. Eugene.—T he citizens of the S ius law valley, on the coast of Lane c o u n ty, are becoming tirrd waiting for the governm ent to improve the bar at the m outh of the Siuslaw river so ves sets can pass out or in without delay, and a plan is being discussed to raise fund* for the undertaking in an o th er way. It is proposed to bond that part of the county lying west of the Coast range of m ountain* for 30 or 40 years, and use the m oney thus raised in building jetties at the m outh of the river. It is thought by the prom oters of the scheme that $100,000 could he raised easily in this way, and that with this sum considerable start could |>e made tow ard constructing the jetty. It is hoped hy the time this sum is expended the national g o v ernment would he ready to take up the work and push it to completion T o meet the interest on the bonds each year, it is proposed to col!<vct a toll of perhaps 35 cents per thousand feet on the lum ber and a p ro p o rtio n ate sum on o th e r articles exported from the tow ns at the mouth of the river. Later a sinking fund could be raised in the same way to pay off the bonds when they become due. In this way the expense of building the jetty would he borne by the in d u s tries directly benefited by the work •IN C R E A S E P E N D L E T O N Wisconsin PLANT. Company Negotiating Woolen Mills. for I’cndleton.— A gents of the Racine woolen mills, of Racine, Wisconsin, arc here looking over the P endleton woolen mills with a view of p u rc h a s ing them and making them a p art of the great Racine industry It is p ro posed to employ at least 300 men and women in the plant and to increase the capacity hy m ore than three times and make it the biggest woolen mill in the northw est. Pendleton, being on a main line of tran sp o rta tio n and in the heart of the sheep district, has been selected as the m ost favorable location for the branch of the Racine industry. If purchased the mill will he de voted exclusively to the m anufacture of high grade Indian robes, blankets and similar lines of goods. (laker City.— In the country south o f H untington officers arc chasing a band of horsethieves, who have been practicing in M alheur county. It is claimed the thieves are headed for ilakcr county, with the prohahlc h o p e o f being able to reach a transconti nen tsl railroad and get out of O regon In the last few weeks m any report having lost horses, and there is a r u m o r that the gang scut tip from Mai licur some time ago and later p a r doned by G tvernor Cham berlain has com pleted a new organization, and is operating in the same m anner they Auto Fever at B aker City. were a few years ago, when the t a x Baker City.—T he autom obile fever payers of eastern O re g o n spent much ha* struck this city squarely, and in m oney and effort to capture them. the last week four carloads of touring cars have been unloaded and sold to Reject Dam Bids. people here and in this vicinity. T he K lam ath Falls.—T he secretary of old stage line to Halfway, Baker c o u n th e interior has rejected the bids on ty. has installed automobiles, and in th e Clear lake dam. a part of the the future the six-horse team and old Klam ath irrigation project, on ac Concord stage will only be seen when count of the high figures, together the roads are exceedingly muddy. with the fact that land ow ners in that Young Chosen at M ilton. •section have still five per cent more land to sign up to bring the total tip Milton.—J. E. Young, recently p rin t o the required 80 per cent. T he two cipal of M oore’s school, in this valley, bids subm itted were by Mahoney has been appointed Drincipal of the Bros., of San Francisco. $115,770. and Milton school. T h e directors had Mancy Bros., of W innem ucca, $188,- previously engaged R. J. Davies, but 5(80. T h e governm ent may readver- this week he notified the trustees of tisc for bids, or do the work by force his refusal of the position. Mr. Davis account. will teach at Nyasse, Ore. Will Show Canby Berries. O regon City.—T h e Canby S tra w berry G row ers’ association has chosen the following officers for the ensuing year: R. S. Coe, president; Charles Roth, vice-president; C. N. Wait, sec retary; S. R. Reese, treasurer. T he association expects to distribute 10,- tioo pieces of advertising m a tter at the coming rose show in O regon City. June I'.' and 1.1. and on the last day o f the rose show the berries that are «m exhibition will be given to the Rose Society to he sold. Many e x hibits by Canby grow ers are p ro m ised. Bronco Bucking fo r Condon. Condon. -C o n d o n will celebrate the F o u rth of July in old-fashioned style, and a com m ittee was appointed to s o licit funds for the carrying on of the festivities. It is planned to hold a m arket day in connection with the celebration, just as has been held in Pendleton and T he Dalles. Broncho- hucking contests and baseball will form a part of the program m e, while a num ber of carnival features will also be added. Four G raduate at W oodburn. W oodburn. — T he com m encem ent exercises of the W oodburn high school graduating class were held in the M ethodist Episcopal church, of this city, last week. T h e church, b e a u tifully decorated, was filled with friends of education. T h e address to the class was made by Charles V. Galloway, of Salem. T h e diplomas were presented hy Colonel J. M. P oo rm an , of the hoard of directors. It is the first high school graduating class in W oodburn. Monm outh Wants Freight Depot. Salem__.The Oregon rnilrond eommis •ion tins ordered th a t a hearing he had a t Monmonth, .Tune 15. at 1:30 P. M., on the question of a Southern Pacific freight depot. Open Bids fo r Building Sites. W ashington. — T h e supervising architect has announced that bids will be opened July 16 for public building sites 130x135 feet at Albany and La G rande and 140x140 feet at Pendleton. Helena, Mont., June 5.—W ith the greatest rainfall in 28 years, M ontana is experiencing the most complete de m oralization of railroad traffic since the first train crossed the Rocky M ountains in this state. Thousands of passengers are m a rooned. Six persons are reported drowned; railroad tracks are washed out in every direction. Land slides are reported on the Great N orthern near Kalispell and the rivers are rapidly rising. T h is is the situation briefly summed up; T h e property dam age to railroads will run into the thousands and many of the big m ountain trestles are en dangered. T h e re is, as yet, no pros pect of a let up in the downpour, l.ast n ig h t’s precipitation it estim ated at m ore than tw o inches. It is believed th at at least six per sons have lost their lives as a result of the high water. Nine N o rth e rn Pacific trains which were held up in the eastern part of the state since last Sunday arrived yesterday and left over the Great N orthe rn tracks. T hese trains are now stalled at G reat Falls, H avre and other points in N orthe rn Montana. O n the east of Helena the Great N orthe rn tracks are washed out near Basin and both the m orning and even ing trains from Butte are held up there. W est of Garrison the tracks were washed out several days ago and no trains have been able to get through for a week T his cuts off all means of transp o rta tio n to the coast, since the Great N orth e rn trains cannot get through from the north. O ne of the leading theatrical com panies is held up in Helena now and the probabilities are it will have to remain here a week. The company has cancelled all its dates for several days ahead. S H O O TS AT DREYFUS. M ilitary Journalist Seeks Revenge for Insult to French Arm y. Paris, June 5.—Ju s t at the close of the cerem onies attending the canoni zation of Emile Zola in the P antheon yesterday, when the president of France, the prem ier and a host of ministers of state were taking their departure. Louis A ntheno Gregoris, a military writer of note, drew a re volver and fired tw o shots point-blank at M ajor Alfred Dreyfus, for whose liberty Zola fought and won. Men distinguished in all walks of life filled the P anth eo n and, when the shots rang out, there was great ex citement in fear that the president had been assassinated, hut even the attem p t on the life of M ajor Dreyfus created a profound impression. Sol diers speedily surrounded Gregoris and he was aken to jail, bruised and bleeding, with his clothes alm ost torn from his hack. M ajor Dreyfus was not seriously in jured A bullet entered his forearm, hut did not injure the bone. At a late hour the official statem ent was made that his condition was very fa vorable and th at no complications were feared. W ith regard to the crasons for G re goris’ act, the opinion prevails in Paris that there is much truth in his avowal that he was driven to the deed by the appeals to hatred with which the anti- Semitic papers have been filled since PO RTLAND M ARKETS. the governm ent resolved to place the W heat Club, 00c per bushel; red body of Zola in the Pantheon. Russian, 88c; bluestcm , 92c; valley, PLANS T O H O N O R F L E E T . 90c. Barley—Feed, $25 50 per ton; rolled, 927.50(b 28.50; brewing. $26. Festivities in Auckland Will Continue O a ts — No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton; Four Days. gray. $27. Millstuffs—Bran, $26 per ton; m id Auckland, N. S. W.. June 5.— F es dlings. $30.50; shorts, country, $28 50; tivities to last over four days have city, $28.50; w heat and barley chop. been arranged for the entertanim ent $27.50. of the men of the American b attle Hay - T im o th y . W illam ette Valley, ship fleet and the governor of New $17 per ton; W illam ette Valley, o r d i Zealand, all the federal officials, the nary, $15; E astern O regon, $18 50; m ayors and the municipal authorities mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa. $12; are to participate in the welcome. O n the arrival of the fleet August 8 there alfalfa, meal, $20. Dressed M eats—H ogs, fancy. 8c per will be an official reception and a re pound; ordinary, 7c; large. 6c; veal, view of the volunteers, to be followed extra. T ic ; ordinary, 6c; heavy, 5c; by a dinner to the admirals and offi cers of the fleet in the evening. mutton, fancy. 8(3?9c. A municipal welcome will be given Butter— E xtras, 25c per pound; the following day and will include a fancy, 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c. Eggs—Candled, 19j(3 20c per dozen; reception by the m ayor of Auckland. August 12 and 13 will be devoted to tincandled, 19c per dozen. P ou ltry — Mixed chickens, lt(3)12c a visit to R otraqua Lake, where there pound; fancy hens, 12(f5't2ic; roosters, will be en tertainm ents by the Maoris. T he governor will entertain the vis 8c; fryers, 20c; broilers, 22ic; ducks, old. 17(3M8c; spring, 20(3)22}c; geese, itors August 14 and this function will 8(3 9c; turkeys, alive, 16(cil8c for hens, be attended by the m em bers of the 14(o 16c for gobblers; dressed. 17(3)19c. legislature. Apples—Select. $2 50 per box; fancy, $2; choice, $1.50; ordinary, Police Protect Money. $1.25. New York. June 5.—A New York, P o ta to es—Old. O regons, choice, New Haven & H a rtfo rd train c a rry 7 0 (3 80c pet hundred. Fruits S traw berries, O regon. 15(5? ing eight Adam s Express com pany t7 ic per pound; gooseberries. 6c per cars, one of which contained $150,000 in cash, collided with a switch engine pound; apricots, $1.50 per crate. O nions—California red, $1.65(3'1.75 in the Rronx yesterday, sm ashing per sack; Bermudas, $2 per crate; g a r both engines and derailing the cars. A dense crowd collected about the lic. 15(o 20c per pound. Vegetables Turnips, $1 50 per scene of the wreck, and the reserves sack; carrots. $1.50(3)1.75; beets, $1.75; were called out to protect the money, parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, $1.75(32 per which was loose on the floor of the c'vt.; beans. 1 l(ri'12ic per lb ; head car. T h e fiolice formed a line about lettuce, 1 2 i (3 t 5 c per dozen; a s p a ra the w re .k e d cars and held back the gus, $1.50 box; egg plant, 20c per lb.; crowd until the money could be re parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 5'37c per moved to a place of safety. pound; peppers, 2flc per pound; r a d Typhoon O ff Australia. ishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 3c per London. June 5.—A typhoon off the pound; spinach, 3c per pound. H ops— 1907. prime and choice, 5(3) west coast of Australia is believed to 6}c ner pound; olds, 2(3)3c per pound. have wrecked 40 boats and killed at T h e m eager re W ool — E astern O regon, average least 275 sailors. best. 1 t(q)15c p e r pound, according to ports received here concerning the supposed sea tragedy say that the shrinkage; valley, 10@12)c. boats comprise the great pearl fish M ohair—Choice, 1 8 @ l8 ic per lb. ing fleet. Cascara Bark—3 j(g 4 c per lb. j NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHI1T0N, D. C. T E S T B O A T W IT H T O R P E D O . Demon o f Destruction W ill be Sent Against M onitor Florida. P U T M A R IN E S O N G U A R D . Uncle Sam to be Sure o f Fair Elec tion in Panama. W ashington, June 9.—Sacrificed for the benefit of naval construction, the m onitor Florida, shot two weeks ago with the heaviest naval gun, will, on Saturday, June 13, be punctured beneath her waterline arm or by the most powerful Am erican W hitehead torpedo. T he first dem onstration was to test the respective strength of arm or plate and explosive shell, also to show the effectiveness of a new design of fight ing mast. T h e torpedo is to be sent into the F lorida that it may be defi nitely known w hether a water-tight bulkhead, specially constructed within her, designed with all the most m od ern ideas of construction, can be de pended upon to save a ship from de struction against this dangerous m ethod of attack. Secretary .Metcalf has invited Sec retary T aft to witness the test. W ashington, June 1.—T he Panam a presidential campaign, which is to culminate in an election the first week in July, has recently developed “rev olutionary tendencies’’ to such an ex tent as to cause grave concern and the serious intention to employ severe measures on the part of the American governm ent to insure a fair and h o n est election, probably the first in the history of Centr-.l America. T he 500 American marines stationed on the isthmus will be detailed to the elec tion places. As some precincts will need no arm ed supervision, and others will need several troops, they will be distributed where they will do the most good. The call for a personal report from Minister Squiers is the result, it is ex plained, of new developments. At the same time, Mr. Squiers may be asked to explain certain new spaper com m ents to the effect th at he has al Emergency May Not Arise. lowed himself to become enthusiastic Washintgon, June 6__Treasury of in favor of one of the candidates. Mr. fieial* declared today, after a study of Squiers will sail for the United States the new currency law, there i* nothing tom orrow. in the measure which says th at clearing Railroads in Fear. house certificate» are illegal. They also express the opinion that not a dollar of W ashington. June 5.— Newspaper the authorized emergency currency will ham m ering of the plan to increase ever he issued. Should an emergency rate«? has resulted in compelling the arise, they think that clearing house railroad«« to desist therefrom , a p p a r certificates instead of highly taxed ently. T h e announcem ent was made emergency currency would he resorted at the office of the interstate com to again. The treasury department is merce commission today that the arranging for $'*00,000,000 in emer commission had inform ation that new gency circulation notes in blank for tariffs would be filed July 1 T he law any hank which might apply for them compels that new tariffs shall be filed under the regulations. a m onth in advance of the time new rates are to go into effect. June 1 has passed, and no increased tariffs Fulton Leaves for Chicago. have been filed, indicating that the W ashington, June 3.—S enator Ful plan announced after the trunk line ton will leave today for Chicago and meeting at New York, looking to in remain to atten d the national conven creased rates beginning July 11, has tion. Representative H aw ley left for oeen abandoned. T h e shippers’ vic hom e this afternoon. S enator Fulton tory in this m atter is wholy credited yesterday called at the reclamation to the new spaper publicity, which service bureau to urge them to expe has been persistent th ro u g h o u t the dite work on the K lam ath irrigation country against increases. project. They had allotted only $400-- 000 to be used this year. Senator Big Drydock fo r B rem erton. F ulton asked for $750,000. Director W ashington, June 5.— Revised spe Newell gave him reasonable assurance that the latter am ount would be set cifications for the naval drydock to aside after July 1, when new funds be built at the B rem erton navy yard, on Puget Sound, were com pleted t o become available. day by Rear Admiral Holliday, chief of the navy yards bureau. It is e x New Postage Rates. pected that the dock will be com plet Washington, June 6 __ Uncle Sam can ed 18 m onths from July 1, when w ork write to John Bull more frequently next is expected to be started. Bids for fall, for a fte r October 1 it will cost but the construction of the dock have 2 cents for each letter instead of 5. been asked, and it is announced th a t Announcement was made today at the they will be opened on June 18. T h e office of the postmaster general that an preparations are being carried on agreement has been perfected by which with dispatch, and it is not th o u g h t the letter rate between the United th at any delay will be perm itted T h e States. England, Ireland and Scotland need of the big navy dock on the P a will be reduced from 5 cents to 2 cents. cific has been made clear by the visit The charge will means a saving of of the Atlantic fleet. much money, as the trans-Atlantic mails have been increasing rapidly in Cuts S h o rt T h ird T e rm T a lk . volume. W ashington, June 4.— Because P re s Will Send M ore M arines. ident Roosevelt's latest declaration W ashington. June 5.— Publication that “no friend of m ine” will continue of the United P ress dispatch telling of efforts to nominate, the president has the critical condition of affairs in the republic of Panam a, aroused great in w ritten to one of W e s t Virginia’s del terest here, and it was announced to egates to the Chicago convention for day that 200 additional m arines have the specific purpose of heading off been ordered sent to the isthmus at what appears to be a united effort to once, with orders to protect A m eri revive the Roosevelt sentim ent. - M ore can property and help keep order at than this, the president's friends, echo the coming election. It is also planned ing his sentiment, say th at the presi to detail on the isthmus a large body dent has expressed himself to the of sailors being transferred to and contrary on this subject in term s from the Atlantic fleet if conditions which admit of no uncertainty. do not improve before the election. Will Decide A fte r July I. • Held as a Filibuster. Washington. June 6. — Complying with the request of the state depart ment, the minister of foreign affairs of Honduras has ordered the arrest of F. G. Bailey, former president of the Ex port Shipping company, of New Jersey, and the detention of the steamer Golds- borough and her cargo. This informa tion came to the department in a dis patch from Minister Podge at San Sal vador, dated Wednesday. W ashington, June 9.— It is doubtful if the decision of the interstate com merce commission in the Pacific Coast lumber rate cases will be re n dered much before July 1. Several weeks’ w ork remains to be done, a l though every effort is being made to expedite these decisions. It is pro posed to announce simultaneously the decision in all the Pacific Coast lumber rate cases, as the points in volved are practically the same in all. Inquiry Will be O rd ered . Plague is Still Raging. W a shington. June 4.—T h e A m eri can charge d ’affaires at Caracas has advised the state departm ent that since May 25, the date of the re o p en ing of the port of La Guavra, there have been seven cases of plague, two of which are know n to have been fa tal. T he g o v e rn m e r' has caused to be published daily bulletins showing plague conditions. T he dispatch also reports one death from the plague at Caracas W orld T rip fo r Middies. W ashington, June 4.—O f tw o hun dred m em bers of the class at the An napolis naval academy who will g ra d uate next Friday, 111 have been o r dered to report to the Atlantic fleet at San Francisco, July 1. T h e m id dies are jubilant over the prospect of the trip to the F a r East and home again by way of Suez canal and the Atlantic ocean. Selects T o kio Com m ission. W ashington. June 3. — Secretary Root has decided on the personnel of the commission to renresent the United States at the Tokio exposition in 19t2. T h e com m issioners general will be Francis B. Loomis, form er as sistant secretary of state; Frederick J. V. Skiff, director of the Field m u seum, of Chicago, and U nited States judge for the district of Minnesota. W ashington, June 9.— T he accident on the arm ored cruiser Tennessee, in which four men were killed an d sev eral injured, was caused by the b u rst ing of a steam pipe while the vessel was off the California coast, and will be thoroughly examined into by a board of investigation appointed by Admiral Sebree. Admiral Sebree has wired a report containing practically the same information as the new spa per dispatches. Bourne Going to Europe. W ashington. June 4. — S enator Bourne has informed some of his col leagues that he expects to sail for Europe in a short time to join his wife, who is completing a tour around the world. According to these sen ators, Bourne will sail before the Chi cago convention. Several efforts made to locate Bourne and confirm the story were unavailing. Hopes to Recover Sight. W ashington. June 3.— In the hope that he may recover his sight. T ho m as P Gore, the blind senator of O k la homa. entered upon a course of treat- men today at the Episcopal eye, ear and throat hospital, in this city, under the care of Dr. William Holland Wil- mer. Mr. Gore lost his sight in child hood. and but slight hope is held out bv the physicians as to his recovery of sight.
