to Stay NEWS NOTES OF General Huerta in United State• State Places Quarantine CURRENT WE K On 11 Oregon Counties Resume of World’s Importan Events Told in Brief. New Y ork—General V ictoriano Hu e rta , form er provisional president of Mexico, who for nearly a year has been an exile in Spain, arrived here Tuesday on the Spanish steam ship An tonio Lopes from Cadia. G eneral H u erta was paased by U ni ted S tates im m igration officials as a tra n s it alien, a fte r he had declared un der oath th a t he would do nothing th a t would involve th e n eu trality of the U nited S tates. The ex-preaident said th a t he had come to th e U nited S tates p artly for pleasure and partly to atten d to some personal business connected w ith fam ily m atters. He swore th a t he had no intention of going to Mexico or to Cuba. The length of his stay here, he said, was indefinite, but he wrould re tu rn to Spain, possibly sailin g from New York early in May. G eneral H u erta was m et a t q u aran tin e by rep resen tativ es of th e press and by an array of photographers. W hile su b m ittin g to being photo graphed in every desired pose, he de clined to say anything as to his m is s io n - a g r e e in g to m eet new spaperm en a t his hotel here at a la ter date. R egarding th is appointm ent he said: “ I understand th a t my presence in th is country creates in you th e desire to know my view s about th e affairs of Mexico and I prom ise to satisfy your w ishes to th e best of my ab ility . I beg you, gentlem en, to rem em ber th a t no interview w ith me should be con sidered as au th en tic unless it carries my personal s ig n a tu re ." General H u erta was accompanied by G eneral Jo se C. Del gardo, who has been his p riv ate secretary for 10 years, and by A braham R atner, a personal friend of th e general, who declared him self as an A m erican citisen, giving his residence as New York. Sixteen thousand Chicago carpou te rs go on strike. G erm an subm arine sinks Dutch freight ship while a t anchor off The N etherlands. John Bunny, the noted motion pic tu re com edian, is n ear d eath a t his home in Brooklyn. Two Zeppelins raid English town on the ea ste rn coast F riday and do con slderable dam age to property. Ten Tacom a dairies a re closed by health authorities, who claim milk from tubercular cows w as freely sold G ermany declares R ussian invasion of H ungary w as a failure, and th a t the Cxar's arm y has been brought to halt. F ast m elting snow in A rizona w ash out tw o dam s near S t Johns and drown eight persons, besides doing half million dollars' dam age to prop erty. Mrs. O. H. P. Belm ont announces th a t 500 women of New York will m arch to the office of U nited S tates Senator O'Gorman here April 30 to ob ta in his views on W om an Suffrage The steam er N orthern Pacific of the G reat N orthern Pacific Steam ship com pany, siste r ship of the G reat N orthern, sails on h er m aiden trip be tw een San Francisco and Flavel. Or. W illiam L. Miller, 101 years, of Jo p lin, Mo., announces his wedding to Mrs. Nancy B. Pike, 60, and Issued a general invitation to th e public to a t tend. Miller was m arried tw ice pre viously. P. C. Jenkins, a prom inent resid en t Indiana Mayor Gets Six of B utler county, K entucky, was found Years tor Election frau d guilty in circuit co u rt and sentenced to four years and one day in th e peni Indianapolis, Ind.— F our men con ten tiary on the charge of being con victed in th e T erre H aute election nected w ith night raiding operations fraud tria l w ere sentenced by Judge in w estern Kentucky. Anderson to the Federal p en iten tiary Twelve thousand m en em ployed by a t F o rt Leavenw orth, Kan. th e Calumet & H ecla M ining com pany. The oth er 16, including Donn M. Calumet, Mich., and subsidiary prop R oberts, mayor, who received prison erties, received an increase of 10 per sentences and appealed, and the 87 ce n t in wages. The w age ra te in ef fect prior to th e o u tbreak of the E uro who w ere given sentences ranging from one day to six m onths in th e local pean w ar is thereby restored. ja il, are in ja il here. I t was said the The British gove?im ent has offered 16 w ill have tw o or th ree days in a “full and am ple apology” to the Chil ean governm ent for th e sinking on which to o b tain th e ir appeal bonds, M arch 14 in Chilean te rrito ria l w aters which w ere fixed by Judge Anderson of th e G erm an cru iser D resden, th e a t $10,000 for each year the men w ere Internm ent of w hich had alread y been sentenced. Edw ard Holler, th e form er ordered by th e m aritim e governor of chief of police, who pleaded guilty, Cum berland Bay w hen th e B ritish also received prison sentence. squadron attacked and san k her. The four who w ithdrew from the Select and common councils of P hil appeal a re : John M. M esselink, city adelphia have decided to allow the his sealer of w eights and m easures and toric L iberty Bell to be se n t to the form er m em ber of th e sta te leg isla Panam a-Pacific Exposition. Resolu tu re ; A rth u r Gillis, P rogressive elec tions providing for its trip across the tion official; Joseph Strauss, liquor continent w ere unanim ously adopted salesm an, and George Sovem , gam by both branches. M ayor Blanken- burg announced th a t he would sign the bler. Each had been sentenced to a resolutions and only m inor details now year and a day in prison and to pay a rem ain to com plete th e arrangem ents. fine of $100. To obtain lib erty pending his ap V ehem ently assertin g th a t he had peal, Mayor R oberts, who was sen nothing to do w ith th e d eath of F ra n cisco Madero, G eneral V ictorlano H u tenced to six years and to pay a fine erta , ex-provisional presid en t of Mexi of $2000, th e severest sentence given, co, issued a long signed sta te m en t in will have to furnish a bond of $60,000. New York se ttin g forth w hat he term I f all secure bonds it will mean a total ed his side of th e Mexican question. of $420,000. G eneral H uerta declared th a t he knew who was responsible for M adero's death, but th a t he was keeping it as a Telegraphers Are Declared “professional secret." Underpaid by Employer An a tta c k by th e allies on th e G er Chicago— P resident Newcomb C arl m ans, is declared to be near. ton, of th e W estern Union Telegraph London gives out th e lost list on th e company, and S. J . Konenkamp, presi N euve Chapelle battle as nearly 8000. dent of th e Commercial T eleg rap h ers’ Union of A m erica, testified from The U nited S tates is building a sub th e ir repective view points before the m arine th a t will w ithstand a 100-day U nited S tate s commission on Indus dive. tria l relations Tuesday as to wages A big copper m ine in Josephine and w orking conditions of th e com mer county, Oregon, has been sold for cial telegraphers. $250,000. Mr. Carlton caused a mild sensation when, replying to a question from Spokane policemen are stopping j i t F ran k P. W alsh, chairm an of th e com ney drivers who have not filed $2500 mission, as to w hether teleg rap h ers bonds, required by a recently-passed w ere adequately com pensated, replied: ordinance, " I believe th a t th e teleg rap h ers are u n d erp aid ." A P etrograd dispatch reports th a t "O v e rp a id !” exclaim ed Mr. Walsh. th e K aiser personally d irec ts defense "N o, underpaid. I th in k they ought of H ungary and th a t the Russian ad to m ake more money than they do. So vance is broken. fa r as I can ascertain , wages have in Six instructors of W illam ette u ni creased 30 per cent in th e last ten Ten years ago a Mo rub tele versity, Salem, Oregon, have resigned. years. The move on the p art of th e teachers g rap h er received $18; it is now $23. I t was $13.50 fo r women and now it is is said to be voluntary. $18. My own view is th a t a first- E x-presidents T aft and Roosevelt act class teleg rap h er should be able to as honorary pallbearers to th e late earn a t least $5 a day of nine hours. P rofessor Thomas Lounsburg of Yale Some of our employee, under th e so- college. The tw o ex-presidents shook called prem ium plan, are m aking close hands form ally. to th a t.” The w itness said his company has A n expressm an on the Oregon Elec tric railroad saves life of a sm all child one of the best pension and relief or who was standing on the track a t E u ganizations in th e country, and it costs gene. The trainm an dashed ahead of the men nothing. H alf a m illion dol th e train and jerked the to t to safety. lars was expended on it last year, he said. In th e W est th e French forces ap Airman Killed by Fall. parently are satisfied w ith th e ir recent successes betw een the Meuse and the W ashington, D. C .—Cecil Malcolm L orraine fro n tier and say only th a t Peoli, an av iator, was killed a t College th ey have come in contact w ith the P ark, Md., near here, w hile m aking a G erm an entanglem ents in th is region. te st flight in an aeroplane of his own Official German reports a ssert th a t de invention and in which he had planned term ined attack s by th e French have flights from W ashington to New York been repulsed along th is sector. and from New York to S t.L ouis. The Condolences for the loss of F-4 sub m achine fell 300 fee t and P eoli’s skull m arine are sent th e U nited S tate s by was fractu red . The cause of th e acci dent has not been determ ined. Peoli G erm any. was th e first man to fly across the The Portland Beavers w ere defeated Andes m ountains in South America. 6 to 3 by th e Venice team in th e open The w recked m achine is said to have ing gam e of th e Pacific Coast baseball been th e la rg e st In th is country. league. Because A rizona is a dry state, w a te r will be used to christen th e b a t tle sh ip A rizona a t th e New York navy yard Ju n e 19. The w ater to be used by th e sponsor, who ia y et to be named, will be th e first to flow over th e spillw ays o f th e Roosevelt rese r voir dam . Belgium to Hear Concert. B erlin — The famous Philharm onic O rchestra of Berlin is prep arin g to m ake a concert to u r of Belgium early in May, according to announcem ent by th e O verseas N ew s Agency. FeWx W eingarten w ill conduct and th e m usi cians will play tw ice in Bniaeela. S a le m —To prev en t the spreading of many ca ttle and a num ber of persons rabies, the S late Livestock S anitary had been b itten there. Board, at a mooting held hero rec en t "W e sh all try to get the city author! ly, issued an o rd er placing 11 counties ties of P ortland to enforce the o rder under quarantine. It was announced th ere." coutluued Dr. Lytlo. “ It will th a t the disease had been coinniuni require th a t dogs be muxsled, and, oat oil by coyotes to horses, dogs, cats when on the stree t. In leash. The and o th er anim als in eight counties In board will see th a t it is enforced In th e e a ste rn p art of th e sta te . The M ultnomah county outside the city. counties included in th e q u aran tin e “Stock ow ners havo suffered sev ere a re latke. H arney, Crook, Baker, U m a ly lu e a ste rn couutles. T he situ atio n tilla, M alheur, W heeler and Union, Is especially hard for th e poor hom e w here rab ies prevails, and M ultnomah, stead ers, w here som e of them have C lackam as and Jackson, to which it is lost th e ir only cow through being bit- feared th e disease may spread. tenby a hydrophobic coyote o r dog. T he o rder requires th a t all dogs, un Even ca ts a re becoming afflicted with less used in h erding livestock, be m uz th e disease and th ey are being killed zled. S tate V eterinarian L ytle, who by fear stric k en ow ners." atten d ed the m eeting, said th a t all E v erett ao o d m an w as appointed ape- violators of the q u aran tin e would be | d a l ag en t to in v estig ate sheep scab punished to th e fu llest e x te n t of th e reported In Douglas county. Mr. Lytle law, the v enalties being fines from said th a t he has no fear th a t the dla- $50 to $100 for each offense. Mr. L ytle 1 ease is of serious proportions. announced th a t all peace officers T h e board m ade arran g em en ts for would be called upon for assistan ce paym ent to th e ow ners for horses and in enforcing th e order. T he veterln- m ules it may be found necessary to arlan declared th a t conditions w ere I kill because of glanders. A nim als un especially alarm in g in L ake county, j d er 1000 pounds will be paid for a t th e rabid coyotes and dogs running th e ra te of $25 a head, and anim als weigh- range in large num bers. He said th a t | ing m ore th an 1000 $35 a bead. Grants Pass Farmers Form Own Water Co. G rants I’ass — The farm ers in th a t portion of Rogue R iver V alley ju s t w est of G rants Pass have organized a co-operative irrig atio n corporation. Ow ners of approxim ately 1000 acres of land have signed up, and nearly two m iles of irrig atio n ditches have been built. The ditches are five feet wide a t the bottom and six feet a t th e top, and are capable of carry in g 10,000 gallons of w aler s m inute. The w ater is to be pumped from th e Rogue R iver by a cen trifu g al pump driven by an electric motor. I t will be forced first tc a knoll, and then piped across th e valley to a high line ditch, and from th e ditch d iv erted on th e 1000 or more acres of land. The cost of in stallin g th e plant will be $5 an acre. A 100-horse power electric m otor and a 12-inch cen trifu gal pump have been purchased and will be installed prior to Ju n e 1 in order to give w ater to these lands on and a fte r th a t date. A reserv o ir 100 fee t wide by 300 feet long will be dug six fee t deep on th e top of the knoll. From th e re it NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland — W heat Bluastem, $1.30 forty-fold, $1.28; club, $1.27; rod F ife, $1.23$; red Russian, $1.21. Millfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $26 ton; shorts, $28; rolled barley, $304131 C orn—Whole, $36 ton; cracked, $86, H ay— E astern Oregon tim othy, $14 («¡16; valley tim othy, $12d(Jl2.60 g rain hay, $I0«(12; alfalfa, $12.604(1 13.60. V egetables — Cucumbers, hothouse $4.60 c ra te ; cauliflower, 76c(«C$1.26 artichokes, 764086c dozen; tomatoes. $6 c ra te ; cabbage, 2qo8$c pound; cel ery, $4.60 c ra te ; cauliflower, 76c6C $1.26 dozen; head lettuce, $2.26 per c ra te ; hothouse lettuce, 76coo$l box spinach, 6c pound; rhubarb, 766tV0c box; asparagus, $ H a l. 75; eggplant. 30c pound; pea*, 7(<t8c; carrots, $1.60 sack ; beets, $1.60; parsnips, $1.26 tu rn ip s, $1.76. G reen F ru its — S traw b erries, $4 c ra te ; apples, 60c<t($t.60 box; cran berries, $116012 barrel. P otatoes -Oregon, $1.86401.60 aack W ashington, $1.26 4 0 1.60; Idaho, $1.60; new potatoes, 8(«t9c pound sw eet potatoes, 3$c. Onions — Oregon selling price, 76c sack, country p oints; C alifornia, job bing price, $1.76 crate. Eggs — Fresh Oregon ranch, rase count, 17$60l8c dosen; candled, 19c. P oultry — Hens, 16$60l0c pound broilers, 266c27$c; fryers, 184o20c turkeys, dressed. 226023c; live, 1640 19c; ducks, 124016c; geese, 8609c. B u tter — Cream ery p rin ts, extras, 27$c pound in case lots; $c more in less than case lots; cubes, 22$6f23c. Veal - Fancy, ll$ 0 0 l2 c pound. P ork— Block, 9$60l0c pound. C a ttle — Best steers, $7.26 6« 7.76 choice, $7407.26; medium $6.76607 choice cows, $6406.60; medium, $560 6.76; heifers, $6416.26; bulls, $3.6040 6 ; stag s, $6406.60. Hogs — L ight, $6.60407.66; heavy $5.90406.66. S heep -W ethers, $7408.26; ew es $6 607; lam bs $7.26409.26. MISSIONARIES ASK FOR INTERVENTION Long Cablegram Sent Lo Wilson by Americans in China. TROUBII rOR UNCLE SAM PRIDICIID P resid en t Is U rged ¡to Tell Ja p a n to W ithdraw H er E acesslve F o rces. Tolls Amounting to SOOOO, Paid by Pekin Officials. Pekin.— In tervention by th e Unite«! S tate s In the negotiation* now pro ceeding betw een t'h ln a and Ja p au is recoiniuended to P re sid en t W ilson In th e appeal recently sent t<> him by A m erican m issionaries In this coun try. T he m essage of 6000 w ords was rubied to W ashington Monday. It ch a racterise s th e Ja p an ese dem ands on China as acta of aggression such as eventually will p resent a m enace to the United Htatoa. Iti'calllng the fact th a t Ja p a n has at present In th is country doubled her usual quota of troopa (am ounting to <0,000 m en), the m laslonartea urge th a t Jap an he notified th a t the oxceaa of tr«M>ps should he removed. The und erstanding here Is (list a Chinese official or several officials paid the cable charges, am ounting to nearly $<000, on tho m essage to P re si d en t Wilson. T his com m unication was signed by m issionaries alt connected with the A m erican P resb y terian m is sion a t P ek in , Rev. C hanncey Good rich, of the A m erican board of com m issioners fur foreign mi**loii*, who Is stationed a t T ien T ain; Rev. II. II. l/owry, of tho M othodlat Episcopal miHHioM ut Pekin, ami Rev C. F. Hub bard. The petition aska P re sid en t 'W ilson (o dem and of C hina and not of Japan A m erican p articipation In the confer ences now under way. It Is suggested th a t G reat B ritain and o th e r nations bo invited to p articipate. T here are In C hina several hundred A m erican m issionaries, of whom the g reat m ajority havo not seen th e m es sage. Some of them who w ere re quested to sign It, decline«!. T he A m er ican board recently requested Its m is sionaries to avoid public expression of opluion on political affairs and a l though It Is said tho m lsalotiarlua gen erally aide w ith China In the p resent controversy, few of them havo boon activ e politically. The m issionaries aak “th a t th e gov ern m en ts of both C hina and Ja p an be notified th a t the presence of unusual bodies of Ja p an e se troops on Chinese soil not only em b arra sse s tho fr<"edom of negotiations, but co n stitu tes an o u t rage to th e rig h ts of C hina and a se ri ous m enace to tho peace and safety of A m ericana and foreigners, generally," aud recom m ends (bat “pending th e re moval of excessive con tin g en ts of J a p an ese troops all negotiations should ho suspended." will be taken by g rav ity through a 24- inch, P'l*» «"d carried across th e valley to the foothills on th e north. The farm ers are p reparing th eir lands by leveling and more th an 600 j acres of alfa lfa will be planted th is fall. The most o f th e land will be planted to corn th is season, and a fte r the h arv estin g of th is crop will be sown to alfalfa. The ditch d igging is being carried on under the direction of Joe Russell, and th e d itching is being done s t a few cents less than $1 a rod. D itch d igging of th is kind usually coats not less than 2.60 a rod, it is said. Alex Hood, ow ner of one of the larg est parcels of land to be irrigate«! by the system , is d irectin g work on th e project. H is ranch com prises 176 acres. H. C. Newell, ow ner of th e Lace House laundry, of Portland, has S eattle— W heat — Bluestem, $1.29 ranch of more than 600 acres, a por- tion of which will come under this forty-fold. $1.28; club. $1.26; Afe, ditch. He is im proving his ranch, and $1.26; red Russian. $1.22. has one of th e show places in the Barley— $26 per ton. Rogue R iver valley. The L athrop and Muller properties are among those Tacom a A pples— Cooking, 764090c; which also will come under th e project. Winesapa, $1.36601.60 box; local, 86c. Comb honey— Y akim a, $3.60 c ra te ; Crowd Out Oregon Spuds. All-Day Community Meet strain ed honey, $6.60; Idaho, $3.60; U n iv ersity of Oregon, Eugene — a t Scio Well Attended Nevada, $3.60. "T h e rise of potato grow ing as an in A lbany.— More th an 600 people a t V egetables — Cabbage, W inning du stry in Idaho and Colorado is one tended the all-day com m unity m eeting stad t, $3.26; carro ts, $1.60401.66; g re a t cause of the potato depression in held a t Scio S atu rd ay and it w as one beets, home-grown, $1601.26; turnips, Oregon, because th e crops of th ese two of th e la rg e st and b est g ath erin g s of sack, $1.26; potatoes, Y akim a, $3040 sta te s have taken th e southern m ar k e t ," says H. B. M iller, d irecto r of tho kind ev er held in Linn county. 32 to n ; Idaho, $286030; sw eets, $4 People w ent from a d istan ce of 15 the d ep artm en t of com m ercial and in m iles to h ear school questions, good c w t.; early rose seed, $60 ton; tom a d u strial survey of th e u n iv ersity of roads and dairying discussed by ex toes, $4.60 case; onions, green, 20c Oregon school of commerce. Form erly perts. dozen; W alla W alla, $1.75 box; O re perhaps 40 per cent of O regon’s potato T he m eeting w as held in th e assnm gon yellow D anvers, $1.76; Yakima. exports w ent below th e Mason and bly-room of th e Scio High School, but, $1.60; garlic, 30c pound; radishes, lo w ith a good m any unable to gain ad cal, 20c dozen bunches; C alifornia Dixon line. Mr. Miller th in k s G erm an com peti m ission a t th e m orning session, an 25c; paraely, 80c dozen bunches; le t tion will u ltim ately be a big facto r in overflow m eeting was held la te r In a n tuce, head, $2.25 c ra te ; spinach, local southern m ark ets if th e duty rem ains o th e r schoolroom. M. S. P ittm an, of the extension de 6c pound; W alla W alla, 76c box; cu Baker, Or.—Ex G overnor W est won off potatoes as at present. The G er p artm en t of th e Oregon S tate N orm al cum bers, local hothouse, 75c6t$1.60; man w ith his cheap labor, cheap fer School, was th e principal sp eak er at celery, $4 6£ 4.50; ru tab ag as. $1.86 in tie- suit brought in c irc u it M r l tilize rs and w ater tran sp o rtatio n can th e m orning session. He discussed sack ; cauliflower, $2.25 c ra te ; O re here ag a in st him hy W illiam W legan. in norm al tim es m eet th e Idaho grow school problem s and said it was the gon, $3; artichokes, 76c dozen; rhu Copperfield saloon keeper, for dam agea alleged to have been caused by th e re er on even term s in th e south or ex m ission of a school to find o ut w hat a barb, local, 3c; asparagus, Wall moval of liquor and aalooo fixtures person is fitted for, in sp ire him to fol W alla, $1.35 box; K ennew isk, $1.256/ from trem e east. bis saloon, when G overnor W est low th a t line of w ork and then pre 1.35; green peas, 9c. declared m artial law In C opperfield, pare him for i t T he rem ain d er of tho Fresh M eats — S teers, 12 (H ) 12Jc a fte r Kern H obbs’ v isit on Ja n u ary 2, White Pine Mill Returnee. session was devoted to co n trata am ong B aker — Because of large orders, the schools of th a t section of the coun pound; cows, 12c; h eifers, 126£l2ic; 1914. T he Jury retu rn ed the v erdict a fte r the B aker W hite Pine company sta rted ty in school songs, solos, declam ations w ethers, 14Jc; dressed hogs, l l i c ; being o ut seven hours. Nino w ere for its mill a t W hite P ine w ith about 160 and dram atizations. Songs by the trim m ed sides, 15Jc; com binations, tho ex governor and thr«>o dissenting. men. The resum ption was due to Scio H igh School Glee Club w ere a 15c; Diamond T. C., 16Jc; yearlings, Tho first several ballots th e Jurors 15c; ewes, 13c. lum ber orders which M anager Frank feature. stood eight for tho d efendant and four In th e overflow m eeting P rofessor Poultry- Ducks, live, 104012c; hens, against. G ardiner believes will keep th e plant, G. V. Shelton gave a p ractical talk on dressed, 16 6® 18c; live, 10 60 14c; Tho v erdict was a su rp rise here, be running all sum m er a t least. The th e co n stru ctio n of good roads with springs, dresse«!, 22c; live, 144ol6c; cause it was th ought th a t the length South B aker mill also is running full th e m aterial available. P rofessor squabs, live, $2.50 dozen; dressed, $6; of tim e occupied by th e Jury in Its de capacity and will continue to do so in S ch ran t su b stitu ted for 8 ta te Dairy definitely. Com m issioner Mickle, who was unable turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 2841,30c; liberations Indicated an antl-W est ver dict, and when tho verdict was read by The company recently purchased to atten d . E. M. R eagan and others, geese, 20c. 'Ircu lt Judge A nderson th e few pres m ore th an 1,000,000 feet of tim ber, rep rese n tin g th e A lbany Com m ercial S pokane— C a ttle — Prim e steers, $6 en t seem ed dazed. Club, explained th e proposed County and w ith th e large num ber of orders Ex-Governor W est also w as not p res from th e East it expects to be able to F ru it G row ers’ association. A b ask et Oil7 c w t.; heifers and cows, $54i,6. ent, although he was notified In tim e. d in n er was served a t 12 o’clock. Sheep— W ethers, $6(q7; ewes, $54/) At the Gelser-Grsnil hotel, wbilo pack keep its 260 men busy all sum m er, and ing to leave for P ortland, he clearly 6; lambs, $64/ j 7. probably longer. "T h e outlook is good,” said Mr. Improper Packing Hurts Hogs— H eavy live hogs, $6.26 cw t.; showed elation. “ I cam e hero convinced I would get G ardiner. " W e have all th e orders Price of Good Apples lig h t hogs, $7.25. square deal, even should I lose," lie we can handle and expect to keep W heat— $45 ton, delivered In city. said. “I was nnturally anxious th a t Hood River.—N o rth w estern apple every m an busy fo r some tim e .” O ats— $34 ton w hole; $86 rolled, de tho verdict should bo In my favor, for m a rk e t men declare th a t indifference th e case has been one which a ttracted of grow ers In m aintaining a good sys livered in city. Sheep Shearing It Begun. tem of g rading and packing resulted Bran— $26 to n ; shorts, $32; bran statew id e atten tio n Involving th e g reat question of hum an rights. T he ques A rlington— The annual sheep sh e ar in m ore harm tho p ast year th a n any and shorta, $27 tion, I believe, Is now se ttle d for good H ay —Tim othy, $16 to n ; $16 In c a r and all, and the rig h ts of the hum an ing a t th is point is now in full swing, o th e r d etrim en tal influence. H. F. D avidson believes tho change loads; alfa lfa, $16, delivurtsd in city ; being a re acknow ledged to be superio r w ith about 15,000 sheep in town and In system of packing apples has been to those Involving m ere pro p erty .” 40,000 a t th e large Sm ythe B ro s.’ responsible for much of th e d eterio ra $14 in carloads. C om —$37 to n ; cracked, $38. p lan t near here. T here will probably tion of grad e and pack. F orm erly the B arley— Rolled, $32 ton. Road Buying Equipm ent. be 500,000 pounds of wool m arketed grow ers paid a daily wage to th e ir Oil M eal—Soy bean meal, $60 ton. Philadelphia. — T he P ennsylvania through A rlington during the month. packers, who gave th e fru it close in Railroad com pany has en tered the The first shipm ent le ft upon th e Inland spection. S o rtin g and sizing for the m a rk e t for approxim ately $ 20 , 000,000 Cucumbers On Market. E m pire for th e Portland wool w are m ost p a rt w as done by hand. Now th e fru it is sized and graded by m a w orth of new equipm ent and for new house Wednesday. The q u ality in all chines. P ay m en t is m ade on a piece T a c o m a -G re e n cucum bers from the m aterial for ea rs and locom otives cases Is b e tte r than la st year, w ith basis. local hothouses are now on the m arket which it will build In its own shops. much cleaner fleeces and b e tte r staple. T h e lid will be p u t on In Hood R iver and enjoying large opening sales at T he equipm ent program Includes 144 T here has been a strong tendency th e com ing season and no lax packing 75c to $1.60 a dozen, according to size. new locomotives, 146 all steel passen tow ard im proving th e grade ewes. and grad in g will be allowed. ger cars and ab o u t 10,000 freig h t cars. Sam O. Campbell, who for th e past The E astern cucum bers have been All th e locom otives, 66 of the passen forced off the m ark et. Apple prices in tw o y ears has been chief Inspector for ger cars and 2102 of the fre ig h t cars Two Millt Begin Work. th e N orth Pacific F ru it D istributors, E astern W ashington have again tak en will he built a t the com pany's shops La P in e—The J . N. M atsen Lum ber d eclares th a t low prices to a g rea t ex a rise and are now leaving the cold a t Altoona, w hile th e rem ain d er will company sta rted work a t its big mill te n t h av e been caused by poor pack, sto rag e houses a t $1.35 a box. Prices be placed w ith outside com panies. Tho W ednesday. The P rin g le F alls mill and th a t th e rem edy lies In the control here, however, have not been affected, new equipm ent is to bo used for re sta rte d work last week. Both are of th e grow ers them selves, ra th e r th an but advances will be made soon. D eal placem ent* and will not bo additions w orking at full capacity on b ig con w ith th e m ark etin g agencies. ers say th e m ovem ent of apples is en to tho p resen t equipm ent. trac ts. The Pringle F alls mill is tu rn couraging to the grow ers, who are ing out stuff for th e power compariy, Albany Janitor It Thrifty. Allies' C am paign Is O n. cleaning up th e ir stocks rapidly. and th e M asten mill is w orking on A lbany.—W h at a m an can accom P aris.—Tho allied offensive on the flume m aterial, presum ably for the plish who a tte n d s stric tly to business w estern fro n t is developing. A ccord Wheat to New York. Moore syndicate. The La P ine Lum- and w orks steadily, on a sm all salary, S eattle — The A m erican-H aw aiian ing to the m ilitary au th o rities here, tfer company expects to s ta r t its mill Is Illu strated by M. E. Bllyeu, ja n ito r lin er Oregonian began loading 1300 the offensive m ovem ent h as been In in a few days. a t th e L inn co unty courthouse, who tons of W ashington w heat for New progress for several w eeks a t stra te g ic has a ttain ed a record of ten years' York. Two other liners to sail th is points from th e sea to th e Alps, w ith Road Intpection Completed. m onth for New York will ta k e 1,000 successes In C ham pagne, a t Lcs Epor- Flavel.—C. O. Jen k s, general m an continuous service. T en years ago tons each. These are th e first large ges. Neuve Chapelle, N otre Dame do Bllyeu, a w idow er w ith five sm all chil ag er; A. J. Davidson, su p e rin ten d e n t; shipm ents of w heat by steam er to New A. M. Supqu, chief en g in eer; Mr. G ar d ren to support, began work a t the I^nrette, I a Bolsselle, Dtxmude and H is sa lary w as $40 a York, and th e business prom ises to be south of M ett and In Alsace. H ard rick. Mr. T w itchell and P rofessor courthouse. come fixed. The sam e company is also Koyl w ere In th e p arty of officials who m onth, an d during all of th is tim e it fighting w as In progress M pnday in have ju s t com pleted an inspection trip has n o t averaged m ore th an $60 a beginning to carry O riental rice to n o rth ea ste rn F rance and in th is way over th e Spokane, P ortland Sr. S eattle m onth. B esides his o th e r duties, he New York regularly. All th e steam ers th e p ressu re la gradually being in use th e P anam a eanal. ta k es p rid e in th e co urthouse lawn. road betw een P o rtlan d an d FlaveL creased. tx-Governor West Wins Verdict In Copperiield, Or., Saloon Case