CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
MILLIONS TO FIGHT SHARKS.
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
Uentral Resume of Important Evants
- Preterited In Condensed Form
for Our Busy, Readers.
Roosevelt and his party dlno with
king and queen of Italy.
President Taft gavo a dinner at the
White Houso to conservationists.
It Is reported that Roosevelt still
has confidence in Taft and his policies.
i Premier Asqulth's policy In the
houso of commons won by a voto of
357 to 261.
Two hundred tnxlcnb drivers In Chi
cago.nro on.strlkc, and the remaining
SOO are expected to join them.
An aviator at Alameda, fell 80 fcot
with' his blplano into San Francisco
bay, but was rescued by a skiff,
Tho incldcnt botwccn Colonel Roose
velt and tho Vatican at Romo grows in
Imbortanco and promises to become
world-wide.
of
Plan Is to Charge Only Legal Rates
on Furniture" Security.
New York, April ' 4. Mrs. Russell
Sago has inaugurated a state-wide plan
to thwart tho loan Bharks who fatten
upon tho necessities of the poor. Sho
has returned from her trip across the
continent to put Into immediate effect
measures to save tho unfortunate from
tho exactions of the usurer.
Tho Sage millions will capitalize a
chain of model loan establishments
which will advance money to the poor
on their household goods at tho legal
rato of interest.
Tho plan has been prepared by tho
Sage Foundation, In cooperation with
Orion II. Cheney, state superintendent
of banks, and awaits only Mrs. Sage's
final approval.
Mr. Cheney, who has been waging a
bitter war upon tho loan sharks, said
today:
"When tho Sago Foundation enters
this field not only will it accomplish a
most worthy mission, but at tho same
timo it can be mode financially profit
able. Tho concerns which tako unfair
advantago of tho unfortunates who aro
financially embarrassed will bo oithor
driven out of tho business or forced to
conduct their business on tho samo fair
basis as tho Sago Foundation."
Mr. Cheney said hn believed tho poor
who havo to resort to tho securing of
loans on their furniture should be cared
for in preference to tho class that
cures advances on salary.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
CRATER LAKE ROAD ASSURED.
Portland, member of the constitutional AVIATOR SWOOPS TO
convention of Oregon, and eminent
pioneer lawyer of the coast, is dead,
'unemployed In Taeoma to the num
ber of 50 refused to do longshore work
feV lets than 40 cents an hour, and
were chased off the dock by policemen.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons, a Chicago phll- fti.u making
,tH-nl.t. .irtd Oft vnra. aava h haa mo. 1 . w" 1 whl'8 making an
exhibition flight hen yesterday.
He was circling the royal palace
Uncle Sam Approves Plant, and May
Give Subttantlal Aid.
Tho Crater Lako road will bo built.
Government approval of tho project
has been secured by Will 0. Steel, a
recognition appropriation of $5,000
made, Engineer D. F. Hcidlo sent by
the government to Mcdford, and tho
promlso given that GO per cent of the
work will have been accomplished by
July 1 of this year. Tho Mcdford Com
mercial club's subscription of $25,000
for tho construction of tho road is well
under way and there will bo no further
delays. Mr. Stcol has just returned
from Washington. Ho represented tho
Mcdford Commercial club and inter
vened on Its behalf with Secretary of
tho Interior Ballinger and other gov
ernment officials.
"Tho government's approval of tho
Crater Lake road in effect nullifies the
decree handed down by the Supreme
court last month," said Mr. Steel.
"I found about tho halls of tho cap
ital a focllnc of resentment that even
so august a body as tho Supremo court'
should deem tho Crater Lako national
park n local affair, any more than that
Ycllowstono national park should be bo
Be- considered.
"Sccrary Ballinger asked mo how
much money wo would bo wanting
from tho government for tho Crater
Lako projccL I told him wo would
need eventually about $2,000,000, In
THINNING NEAR AT HAND.
Fan Sebutian, Spain, April 4. An
other Trench aviator haa met death
white making a flight in an aeroplane.
Hubert Leblon, who, prior to his tak
anthroplst, aged 00 years, says he haa
aided 47 struggling colleges, whlck are
now all thriving, and will now give hit
pocketbook a rest.
In a case of Nebraska and Arkansas
against tho railroads, tho Supremo
court of tho United States has decided
that tho roads havo aomo right that
must bo recognized.
J. J. Hill called to pay hla respects
to President Taft. Ho says farmers In
the Northwtst aro a month ahoad of
timo with their spring work on ac
count of the fine weather.
A Berkeley, Cal., man offered to con
tribute 1100 toward paying off a
1.17 A TIT AM DATIC nceu cvcnuiaiiy bdou. ,uuv,uuv, in
IFLA1HJ UN IwLAd. eluding making of traits and various
other improvements, no assured mo
of his belief that wo would get that
much, at tho same timo stating frank
ly that had it not been for tho Indom
itablo energy and persistence of the
Mcdford commercial interests nothing
further would ever havo been done
following tho Supremo court's unfav
orable decree.
"I received an official communica'
tion stating that the United States fish
commission would placo 60,000 rainbow
of
Mlramar at a height of 140 feet when
his motor broke. Ho attempted to
glide back to the shed, but the ma-
chlno turned and swooped with terrific
forco against tho rocks. The aviator
was crushed.
Mmn. Leblon witnessed tho Taccldcnt
and when tho body was recovered from
tho sea, the rushed shrieking towards
tho ambulance to which it was being
carried. Sho threwZheraelf upon tho
lifeless form, klsslng.lt repeatedly and
refusing to be led away, As the.weath-
or was stormy, Leblon a flight was un-
nsMctMl and onlv a few iteonla
church debt If tho womon of tho church Mmb!ed to see tho f start. Af ter tho
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start, however, an enormous crowd
quickly gathered and followed the body
to the police hospital. There was an
examination, but the doctors were only
able to confirm that death must have
been Instantaneous,
or
It
would remove their hata during
vices. The women refuted.
The political altuatlon In Etgland
extremely tent.
Roosevelt will be aa cloaely guarded
aa any king during hie vialt In Rome.
Secretary Ballinger will bring suit
agalntt Collier's Weekly for attacka
upon him.
At leaat tlx bankara will be Indicted
at a result of the PitUburg graft acan
awl and Investigation!.
A guide who helped Cunningham lo
cate illegally on Alaska coal clalma,
being chagrined at the amall fee paid
him, haa told all ho knew about the
matter.
Eight caaea of amallpox have devel
oped in tho town of Charleaton, Wash.,
near the Puget Sound navy yard, and
all achoola, taloona and billiard halla
ITALIANS CHEER ROOSEVELT.
Seen In Theater at Naplat Recelvtt
Grand Ovation.
Naples, April 4, Ex-Prealdent
Roosevelt was given a tremendous re
ception at tho Theater San Carlos,
where he attended a performarice to-
nlnht Tho Americana In tho boxea
started the cheering, which was taken
up by a great body of students seated
in the third gallery. Colonel .loose-
velt rote and bowed hla acknowledge
ments, which only served to Increase
the tumultous applause.
During an Intermlttlon students to
the number of 200 marched to the rear
fry In tho Crater lake, to add to tho
ntnpk nf flili nlrniulv l)iprr. "
Crater lako road, completed, will bo
87 miles long, Engineer Hcidlo will
give his timo not only to making a sur
vey of all roads now planned, but in
making a survoy of all roads and trails
to bo constructed at any future time.
Klamath Falls Depot Finished,
Klamath Falls Tho finishing touch
cs havo boon put 'on tho magnificlcnt
depot erected by the Southern company
In this city. No date for the formal
opening of tho building has been an
nounced and will not bo until word la
received from San Francisco.
When It waa announced that the rail
road company had decided to erect In
this city a depot that would coat In
the neighborhood of $20,000 few peo
ple believed that that amount would be
Invested In the structure.
But Instead of a $20,000 structure
tho company hat given the city one
that will coat nearer $40,000, and one
that turpattet in elegance anything of
its kind in the west. The fact that
the Southern Pacific haa seen fit to
rflvo Klamath Falls such afino building
ia indicative or what that company ex
pects this city to be. Tho depot Is tho
direct outcome of tho petition that
waa sont to Chief Engineer Hood, ask
Ing that this city be favored with what
tho company expected Klamath Falls
to bo.
kave been closed.
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JU'T Joining tho Von der Hollen tract at
fret the Eucharist congress in Mont-
Mai next September, which will bo at
tended by Cardinal Vanutolll, papal
delegate from Homo,
'Donald Gravea, 14 yean old, waa
hot through tho right eye at hla home
at Long Beach, Cal., by Jesse Franson,
aged 11 years, and died two houra
later. The two lads were playing In
Man with a 22-calibre rifle.
A plan la being formulated by tho
heirs to the millions of Russell Ssge,
to make i a systematic war on loan
sharks by establishing loan agonclea
where people in stringent circumstan
ces can borrow at reatonablo ratca of
interest.
Maintaining utmost tecrecy until the
hour of attack, government secret tor
vice agents made ralda simultaneously
on bucket shops in. New York, Phila
delphia, Jeraty City, Baltimore, Cin
cinnati and St Louis. In all 16 arrests
wero made. Five millionaires aro said
to havo been caught In the dragnet, ex
tending from tho Missouri river to the
Atlantic,
Admiral Fournler of France predicts
war between the United Statea and
Japan.
A Seattle woman la believed to have
poisoned nearly 60 valuable doga in
that city.
l'lnchot refuses to say whether or
not he was summoned to meet Rooso
velt In Eruope.
Nat Goodwin, the noted actor, haa
purchased a ranch of 869 acrea near
San Jacinto., Cal., for $64,000.
More thani 8,000 white and negro
men, women and children, employed
In the American Tobacco company's
atemmerios in Louisville, hy have
struck for hlghor wages.
President Taft says the policy of re
turning men to congress for successive
terms makes tho East more powerful
in that body,
The French government la conduct
ing extensive experiments in aviation
and is considering the appropriation
of at leaat $,uuo,uoo for aeronautics.
Three hundred thousand coal miners
In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illin
ois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansaa, Okalohoma
and Arkansas have quit work, pending
settlement of a new wage acale.
recalled tho colonel's parting
tion to Prealdent Taft, that the great-
eat problem for the United States waa
tho maintenance of a tho moral well-
being and strength of tho people.
rroiossor uoggiano said that thia waa
also tho greatest problem for all coun
tries.
Colonel Koosovelt, replying, appeal
ed to tho student to aspire to tho high-
eat Ideals, but warned them that thuir
aspirations must bo coupled wlthi prac
tical methods.
"Life la a strugglo." he said. "You
must not keep In tho clouds. Your
Ideals must bo such aa can be real
ized."
Pel Dog Funeral Elaborate,
Chicugo, April 4. Beth, a blooded
cocker spaniel which has won many
blue ribbons ut bench shows, Is dead,
but If there Is uny post mortem satis
faction for a departed canine In an
elaborate funeral, Beth mutt havo It.
Wrapped In an embroidered opera coat.
her casket lined with tho trophies of
horshow victories, ueth was burled be
neath a fine old mission willow yester
day, sorrowing friends witnessing the
ceremony. Beth waa tho pet of Miss
Suzetta Newton, the young daughter
of Mrs, California Newton.
Fund is Pledged to Cook,
New York, April 4. On tho author
ity of Captain B. F. Osbon, ono of tho
most active supporters of Dr. Freder
ick A, Cook, tho explorer, it was an
nounced tonight that about $176,000
had been guaranteed toward a fund to
help Dr. Cook provo his claim to ills
covery of the North Pole. "A prom
Inont Western man," said Captain Os
bon, "has pledged $100,000 of this
sum, and Eastern friends of the
Wellon, for $60,000. The entlro tract
will bo planted to orchard. Ono hun
dred and fifty acres aro being set out
and tho balance will bo planted next
winter to apples and pears with each
fillers. Tho In ml is similar to thnt of tho
famous Bradshaw orchard near by, and
Is under tho FIbIi Lako ditch. It is
planned to mako it ono of the finest
commercial orchards in tho valley.
Model Farm In Jackson County.
Medford Tho Oregon Good Roads
association has offered to build n model
road ono milo long freo in Jackson
county. The association asks only that
tho county officials furnish tho labor
necessary for the building of tho rood.
Colonel Frank Ray has offered to glvo
tho crushed rock necessary for tho
building of tho road. The association
bollovcs that by building a model road
its superiority and advantages will
mako everyone a good roads advocate.
Restore Lands to Entry.
Washington The Ontario Commer
cial club has wired Senator Bourno to
endeavor to induce Secretary Ballinger
to restore to all forms of public entry
all lands previously withdrawn for the
Malhuer Irrigation project under tho
Federal reclamation act. Bourno Is
looking into the matter to ascertain
tho facts. The subject has been dis
cussed many times and tho opinion In
Mulheur county has been different in
tho past as to tho wisdom of abandon
ing the government project entirely.
plorer the remainder, Mora will bo
forthcoming it needed to complete tho
vindication of Cook."
Warships for G. A, R. Encampment,
Washington Senators Bourne and
Chamberlain have requested tho secre
tary of tho navy to Bend ono or two
ex-l warships to Astoria for tho twenty
Hood River Will Need 2,000 to 4,
OOO Handt Soon.
Hood River At the.annual mcoting
of the Hood River Applcgrowora Un
ion, it was stated that the crop this
year would reach 35,000 boxes and that
In four weeks from 2,000 to 4,000 em
ployes would bo necessary to thin tho
fruit
A resolution adopted fixed tho prico
of marketing the apples this year at
at 10 cents a box, Instead of 5 cents,
In order to handio the big crop proper
ly. Strong recommendations were
mado for improvements in pack and
grading. Although tho big mcoting of
tho growers was unanimously In favor
of adopting a plan to pay tho directors
for their services for tho coming year,
which never has been dono before, the
directors declined tp accept any re
muneration and fought tho motion on
tho floor until it was lost
A letter from Representative Haw
ley, read to the meeting, said that tho
Lafcan bill had not been reported and
was considered dead. The new board
of directors elected consists of C. II.
Sproat, L. E. Clark, C. Dethman, E.
H. Shcpard, G. W. McCurdy, J. L.
Carter, G. W. Simons and O. L. Wal
ters.
Water for 73,000 Acres.
Salem At a meeting of the desert
land board recently State Engineer
Lewis and Attorney General Crawford
were authorized to enter into a con
tract with tha Almnral-Evana mmninv
for the reclamation of 78,000 acrea of I JAPANESE SPIES. NAY
h inu
GLASS TRUST PROBED.
Imperial Company Is Said to Control
33 Factorlef In Eleven States.
'Pittsburg, April 2. It was learned
tonight that after three months' Inves
tigation,' Federal officers aro ready to
present to a special grand jury hero
next Monday evidenen that tho Imper
ial Window Glass company is a trust in
violation of the Sherman act
The corporation formed under tho
laws of West Virginia, is said to con
trol 33 large window glass factories in
11 different states.
The company haa offices in Illinlos,
inaiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mich
igan, North Carolina. New York. Ohio.
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Many
prominent glass manufacturers from
these states aro said to havo been
served with subpoenas to appear before
tho grand jury as witnesses.
United States District Attorney Jor
dan said tonight:,
"Tho investigation of tho Imperial
Window Glass company has been under
way for 80 days, and agents of the de
partmcnt ot justice have visited every
ono of tho 33 plan a operated under tho
charter or the company.
"Tho company waa Incorporated in
West Virginia early this year, and Its
alleged control of tho window glass
business is to bo Investigated with In
tent to show that it ia a monopoly In
restraint of trade.
" xne.imeprtai Window Glass com
pany ia a holding organization, the
manufacturers Doolintr their outnut and
selling through the company exclusive
ly. Prices have .been compared with
those of tho American Window Glass
company and there ia but slight differ
ence."
JUDGE WILLIAMS
PASSES TO REST
Grand Old Man of Oregon Has
Crossed Dark River.
End Came ss He Had Often Wished,
In Harness and In Full Pos
session of Faculties.
GEORGE H. WILLIAMS,
Of no distemper, of no blast ho died,
But fell liko autumn fruit that mel
lowed long,
E'en wondered at becauso it fell not
Sooner.
Ago seemed lo wind him up for four
score years,
Yet slowly ran ho on seven winters
more,
Till, like n clock, worn out with
beating time,
Tho wheels of wearly life at last
stood still.
Portland, April 5. With tho samo
serenity that had marked tho later
years of his long and useful life, Judgo
ueorgo H. Williams early yesterday
morning pasted to the Great Beyond.
Sunday night Oregon'a erand old
man had retired at the usual hour, 'af
ter a quiet day apent in Rood health
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.
arid lands In what Is known
Powder River valley project Negot
iations have been pending for a year
aince tho first announcement of the
project waa made.
The total coat of tho project will be
$3,800,000. It Is, in fact, two separ
ate protects combined, and tho segre
gation to be' reclaimed lies in Baker
county within easy access from tho
main lino of tho Oregon Railway &
Navigation company. About 40,000
ncrcs only Is government land, the rest
being In private ownership. Tho work
will go ahoad at soon as tho
NOT BE PUNISHED.
Washington, April 2. The War de
partment haa turned over to the local
Philippine government tho prosecution
of the two Japanese alleged to havo
been engaged in securing plans for tho
fortifications of Corregldor, Manila
harbor, through tho bribery of Joseph
G. Saxe, an American soldier.
This has been dono In tho hopo that
the local attorneys in Manila may bo
ablo to find some section that will
will go ahoad at soon as tho necessary . ,,.. " , T , ,,
withdrawals can bo secured from tho lJ'J!1 Sf.
vi.unuv.o, miviii iiju uiiiicu Dimes
Interior department
Tho largest project includes a dam
In Thief valley 110 feet high and a
concrete and solid rock distributing
canal nlno miles long, with a carrying
capacity of 600 cubic feet of water per
second. Tho other division will bring
water through Cretton hill by meana of
a cement lined tunnel two mllea 'long
from Balm creek. All the entailer
feed canala will be cement lined.
Cart Mutt Stop Where Promlttd.
Salem Judge William Galloway on
tho circuit bench haa rendered a declt-
ion in which he holds that the right of
way contracts made with farmora In
Marlon county by tho Oregon Electric
Railway company, by which tho com
pany promised to stop cart on farmt
code docs not touch.
It Is quite evident however, that
tho charge of bribery will not .hold, aa
tho Supreme court has ruled that tho
bribe must be offered to an official.
Of course, Private Saxe can and prob
ably will bo tried by military court
martial, but it doea not seem probable I
that thero will be any way of punish
ing the Japanese If found guilty.
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POWER SITES ARE WITHDRAWN
With-
through which the lino passes, aa part m.t c.vL.
' " vuii.iuvi.nvii, mil .aiiu miu I nnrarl I SI withdraw tmrr i
and spirits. At the riling hour the
empty tenement of clay waa found re
dining aa he hid gone to sleep, the
face aa placid aa that of a alumberinir
child, ihere waa no evidence of
struggle aa the spirit left the body.
Indication that thero had been the
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iimiiimkhjiii rJt,l .11 RIUU1 UIU- I w ll.M. h.H .!.! I .1..
.n mo o hld 0 ten w thed-by "simply allp
of waterpower sites on the pafallc do- ntm? awav "
Mm- Vnr ivffk Jiufon Willi. m. ,mA lw.n
Washington and Idaho Lands
hsld by alllnger.
he
the Oregon Eloctrie right of way for
tho consideration of $600 and a prom
lso to stop cars on hla ranch,
tho Columbia river In Washington.
Approximately 4Z.7G0 acrea of and
in Montana waa designated for settle-
mnf ItrtffAi thtj AnlatI Imtviaiaiiaiairl
,..,, i ..ft.u, ... Thia land. wu H wa nnt
.igin ino xoiiowing ueais were re-1 itiicentlhla nf ti-iiiftil irrirr.M .
ported last week: David Llnd to A. a reasonable coat from any kaown
Hill, 11-acro orchard tract south of source of water tupply. This makes a
Elgin for 13,600: S. M. 8lough. one- total of 2fl.RflR.2io hm-m In Mnni.n.
nauuiocK in worm fcigin to waiter designed for settlement under tho art
uiiss, oi roriiand: the union fcstato The coal landa withdrawn from the
company to h. m. biough one and one- public domain, It waa announced, in
half blocka In North, Elgin; Hackott elude large areaa.withln unopened In
cumber company, one wock in Hind- dian and military retervatlona. Aa
ing than for several years. For a long
time prior to last fall he had been In
convenienced by an internal disable
ment more or lets chronic, yet It waa
of such a nature that hla actlvo inter-
eat and partlcipationjn business affairs
waa not Impaired, and not even hit
mott Intimate frienda realized tho pain
he had tuirered,
I6TH AMENDMENT WILLIAMS'
man a .addition to L. Davis, Walter
Hill sold his C3-acre ranch and Mrs.
Baker her G0-acre ranch.
such withdrawals are without effect
Mr. Ballinger haa cancelled them to
clear tho .record. These landa were
already withheld from entry becauso
they wero within Indian or military
reserves, and their inclusion within
coal land withdrawals waa a duplicate
oi meir reservation. The total area
Oregon Jurist Latt of "War Senate,"
and Close Friend, of Lincoln.
"The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the united States, or by
any aiaie, on account oi race, color or
previous condition of servitude."
The foregoing la the Fifteenth
Amendment to the constitution .of the
Will Build Two Hotels.
Klamath FallsWork is to be beirun
in tho near future on a three-story ho
tel in tho Hot Snrinira addition. Tho
building permit for tho structure has Involved in the correction of tho rec Unllwl States, adopted by congress in
been granted. This, togother with tho 0rds was 811,864 acres, located in res- IHJU ""V 'VST mmeU, by h0 BtatM
160,000 hotel planned by the Liver- orvatlona In Nw aiolm rWnin Tho text ot tho amendment waa pre
Utah. North Dakota. Washington and Rareu ? ureK.n ""eaman.
Montana.
mores, will give the city ample
comodatlon tn the hotel lino.
ac-1
ninth annual encampment of tho G. A.
R. of Oregon, Juno 21 to 24, and have
been assured that the request will be
cranted If nosslble. Definite action
Swltchmon Ask Increate. WU1 bo delayed a few days to dtter-
Clnclnnati, April 4. Committees mine whether the ships will bo avalla-
rcprcscnting vuo swltchmen employed ble at that time.
In tho Cincinnati division visited off!
Coal miners of the East demand an
immediate increate in wagea or a
atrlke wilt follow.
, The department of agriculture haa
forbidden the feeding, or "floating,"
of oysters in brackish water, previous
to sending them to market, believing
it a fruitful source of typhoid infec
tion. The Young Egyptian company haa
Atari i a - - a. ' a
1 puunsnea a protect, aganiai oionei icyan university, latt night made a
Roosevelt's speech at Cairo, declaring bonfire of tholr hats. Dancing around
that hla remarks were offensive to the the bonfire, they tworo never again to
whole nation and were made only with imperil tho hair of their heads by
at oujtci oi pleating nia omciai noaw. waaring naia.
cals of the roadt today to present de
mands for changed working conditions
and higher pay, based upon the Chi
cago rate. The men affected aro the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St.
Louis; tho Chesapeake & Ohio; the
Cincinnati, -Hamilton & Dayton; the
Cincinnati Southern and the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern.
Students Have Hat Bonfire.
Delaware, 0 'April 4. Cheering
for tho ancients, who never had bald
heads, or ought never to have had
them, tho boy atudepta of. Ohio Wot-
leyan university, latt night made
Plenty of Water at Athena,
Athena Either because of the re
cent election or because of the abund
ant rainfall, the springs which supply
the city of Athena with water aro
gushing forth with abundance. The big
reservoir is running over and the sound
of the pump haa ceased. The Athena
people aro dellghtea to havo abundance
zt Bolt water.
Madford Raltet 2 B.OOO.
Medford The 126,000 for the Carter
Lake highway that was expected to be
aigned for this city has been subscribed
after uto subscription paper was In cir
culation only two weeks. Now that
Medford haa pledged $35,000 toward
the road V construction, people of the
entire state will be asked to lend their
aid to the enterprise.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
(3:1.02; club, 06c; red Russian, 94c;
valley, Jl; 40-foId. 97s98c.
Uarley reed and brewing, 24,60
27 ton.
Corn Whole, $34; cracked, $36 ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy. WU
lametto valley, $20ftzl per ton; East
ern Oregon, $23(324; alfalfa, $10.50
17.50; grain hay, $1718.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.50029 ton.
f resh trulls Apples, iKtrz.oo per
box; cranberries, ?8w per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices :
Oregon, SOtffiGOc per hundred; sweet
potatoes, 3Gi31c per pound.
Vegetables Asparagus, 3(9c per
pound; cabbage. 116)Sc; rhubarb, 4
6c; spinach, $1 per box; sprouts, 9c
per pound; turnips, $1 per sack; ruta
bagos, $1(1.25; carrots, 85c$l;
beets, $11. 25: parsnips, 6076c.
Onions Oregon, $1.76 per hundred.
Butter City creamery, extras, 33c;
fancy outside creamery, 3233c per
pound; store, 20c. Butter fat prices
average l)c per pound under regular
butter prices.
George II. Williams, and waa present
ed and adopted with only a minor
rhftncrA In wnrmniT-
ciociro-vigor is oarreu. jud(ra willloma was one tJ tha IL
Washington, April 2. Tho postmos- if not the lost, member of tho "war
ter goneral today Issued a fraud order
against the Dr. Hall Electro-Vigor
company at beattle and denied it the
use of the malls, A short time ago a
similar order was issued against thia
senate, and had been a warm person
al friend of Lincoln and also of Grant
Sent to tho senato from Oretron in
1864, he soon became a power in the
administration forces. He was the
company at San Francisco, Denver and originator of the "reconstruction act,"
Chicago, on the ground that it was a which he later, aa attorney general In
iBKe concern. wr.en ino company Grant'a cab net. enforced.
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sougni an injunction restraining the
postmaster-general from issuing the
order the court denied the Injunction
and held the department's action waa
proper.
Prices Blamed on Tariff,
Washington, April 2. Increases in
the price of olive oil and macaroni are
laid at the door of the Payne-Aldrich
tariir uw by Wallace fierce or Boston.
.Tierce said ino duty on paper was re
sponsible for an increase of half a cent
a pound in the price of macaroni, be
cause tho macaroni waa wrapped In paper,
in a similar way, olive oil waa
higher on account of the duty on tins
He testified that there had been a gen
Cotton Mills Closing.
Boston, Marh 31. Fifty per cent
of the tpindlea in Southern cotton mllU
are idle, according to statistics assem
bled by the American Wool and Cotton
Reporter, The figures tho w the cur
tailment now In progress not only in
the South, but In all sections of the
country, ia more extensive than has
ever been known in the history of the
trade, even taking into consideration
the panic year of 1907. Mill ater mill
Is closing down entirely until new cot
ton arrives or market conditions Im
prove.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, 23124c eraI upward tendency in the price of
per dozen.
Pork Fancy, IStlSle per pound.
Veal Fancy, UllSc per pound.
Lambs Fancy. 15 18c per pound.
Poultry Hens. 19n9e per poun8:
broilers, 27028c; duvke, 2223c;
geese, 121c; turkeys, live, 2225c;
groceries In the latt ten years.
San
almost incessant rain for the last three
days haa put the streams if) this aec-
tlnn T ....L 1
dressed. 25t29c; squH Pr doten: not been recorded in 20 v
pm!a n.f .JUTT Mfua 7R. "ot. peen "corded In ZO yeara.
fiV tn i rrVili" JlZTur At rlotown, aouthwett of here, tho
fair to good, $5.556M: atrictly good I v- . ,i , . i
2?a,?7,T?r!.1."'r """' V their homea.
ULU,t.U. llafllL LfllVCB. m aV I a nftTJT VtU I T IT 1 J n A-v
ves, Um; bulls, ,47fi .tagi, MWed frIhlT.nd' S
ovtao.ou. At Kwt n.vi. u.ir. to.i...
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Invasion Now Boomerang.
Ottawa, Ont, April 6. There Is
much rejoicing in the column of the
Canadian press over the continued and
ir.Hf .w.analtr. I.uuliui a .1. .
Storm In Tivii Samaiii. I - . .
' - -i .n NATTaWUT Milt lattM 1 mlmn a
Antonio, lexas, April z, An conalderable outflow of Canadians to
the United States, Thia Canadian
moveaaent toward the United Statea ia
particularly noticeable in the province
ol umbk. un every day or lut year.
at an average, that province loet 52 of
itt InhabiUnu by emigration, the at
ioritv ef whew left for luMnaa in tke
goaia per- United Statea.
Hogs Top. $lMeeiMS; fair to
good. $106(111. ;
Hops 1909 crop, lTtlltc per pound;
oids, nominal; mo c irtett, .ac
Wool Eastern OraMN. 163Qe per
pound; valley, !MWe; meaair,
choice. 256126c. 1 " '
Hida-Dry hides. lM17c Mund;
dry kip, 1617c; dry eaMskhVlS
zoc; salted hides. 7Mt; atJted caii-
tkin, nc; green, lc
Curtitt Firm Intolvent.
Buffalo, N. Y April 2. An invol
untary petition in bankruptcy waa Med
here today against the Henring-Curtiaa
company cn Hammondtpert, N., Y.,
manufacturers of flying machines.
Three eraditera allege intolvency.
titena n, curtitt, Um aviator, ia
vice-prat Went and general manager oi caused the
the eoaapany.
Mad Mullah it Raging.
Aden, Arabia, Abril 5. The feroc-
ieua campaign of the Mad Mullah
againatthe aultanatea under Britlth
Muteettea eentinuea unekecked.
light hundred of the tribetatcn friend
ly to the sultanate have been alaugb-
tercd, vaat areaa laid waato and towns
rased. It is believed here that this
will lead to another expedition
against the "Mad Mullah," who 1ms
British gevwnwent
I anxiety for maay yesM,
Near two hundred million people
la India are dependent on agrlculturb
for their living.
Sovcn years ago thero were two
thousand students In China, and la
1907 there wore 175,352.
In tho last ton years 325,000 people
have emigrated from England and be
come Canadian farmers.
In the rural districts of England and
Wales the death rate is about 23 per
cent lower than in the urban districts.
Twenty tons of ostrich feathers, val
ued at moro than $500,000, were re
cently carried by tho Mauretanla to
New York.
The Koh-l-noor diamond originally
weighed eight hundred karats, but by
successive cuttings has bean reduced
to 10C karats..
At tho end of the last flscal year ia
tho United States 278 life-saving sta
tions had been established, ot which
more than two hundred were on' the
Atlantic and gulf coasts, sixty-one on
the coasts of the Qreat Lakes, seven
teen on the Pacific coast and ono on
the Ohio Rlycr at Louisville, Ky. More
than six hundred persons aro number
ed tn the crows and tlioro wero 833
disasters In which tho uorvlco took an
active part.
According to report a section ot tho
amphitheater in King Arthur's round
table Held In Monmouthshire, England,
haa been' partially exhumed. The
Archaeological Society haa made five
excavations around the walls and the
searchers found tho main entrance,
the sand which formed tho bed of the
arena, and a corner stone. From In
scriptions on the stono they trace the
date of the theater back to 110 A. D.,
or eighteen hundred years.
'At the Court Theater at Darmstadt
a Christmas play In flvo acts, entitled
"Bonlfaclus," was pcrformod a few
weoka ago. The plot Is laid in the
Illack Korctf; the timo the eighth cen
tury. The subject treated Is the con
version of tho heathen by St. Boni
face. The play was well received and
It now becomes known that tha author,
on tha bills as IC. Manii, Is tho grand
duko of Hcsso, who Is hailed by tho
German press as tho latest recruit to
tho ranks ot royal dramatists.
Tho year 1009 will .always be re
membered aa tho year In which tho ef
fort to maintain finished steel prices
collapsed, but In tho light ot tho his
tory tlnco mado it will bo woll to ro
membcr that tho year It alto conspicu
ous as witnessing a healthy and rea
sonable reaction toward fair prices
with an absolutely open market, but
with a spirit ot fairness and good wilt
pervading the trade which nover be
foro existed under similar outward
conditions. Iron Trado Review.
Thero ia no Incident of Christmas
benevolence within our knowledge ot
auch far-reaching acopo for future
good as the gift of Henry Phlpps to
the University ot Pennsylvania In fur
therance of hla plana for the study,
treatment and prevention ot tubercu
losis. Mr. l'hlppi, who haa bow ex-
ponded $3,000,000 with a view to the
extirpation of thlt mott dettructlve of
maladies, has made ture of the future
eCectlvtnest of hit object by putting
Itt direction in charge ot a capable In
stitution already organised to make
the mott competent use of the wea
ons placed In Its hands. Philadelphia
Record.
Nearly one million new farms bars
betn created In the United Statea dur
ing the last teu years. In the last tea
yeara the total number of farmt haa
Increased 18 per cent In the older
States, from Ohio eastward, there has
been going on for twenty-years a tea-
dency toward the amalgamation of
farms distant from market Into larger
holdings. On the other hand, this sec
tion has witnessed the cutting up Into
smaller tlret of many farmt nearer to
market There are now almost tbrea
times as many farms at In 1870, and
an unprecedented Increase In the value
of farm lands and live stock. Ameri
can Agriculturist
In India such surnames as these art
frequent: Tllak (a caste mark on tha
forehead), Plyart (beloved), Cub
Kourl (alx little shells), Longa (a
clove), Kurbanl (sacrifice), Motl
(pearl), 8uraJ (sun), Kharg (sword),
Ball (strong), Phul (flower), Bahadur
(brave). There sometimes they glv
their children bad name so that evil
spirits will pass them by and not,
barm them, thinking they are worth
lets aa Bhlkarl (beggar), Bbangt
(tcavauger), Chuba (rat), Gobar (cow
dung). I know a high caste family
who lost several children In Infancy.
When the fourth was born they called
blm Bhangt, and be lived. They at
tribute his life to the name they gave
aim. MuiaKarpur Christian Advocate.
Some people believe that the banana
waa the original forbidden fruit of
the garden of Eden, In any case, It Is
one ot the curiosities of the vegetable
kingdom, being not a tree, a palm, a
bush; a shrub, a vegetable o ran herb,
but a herbaceous plant with the statua
ot a tree. Although It sometimes at
tains a height ot thirty feet, there Is
no woody fiber In sny part of ita struc
ture, and the bunches growing on the
dwarf banana plant are often heavier
than the stalk which supports them.
No other plant glvea such a quantity
ot food to the acre aa the banana; It
yields forty-four times more by weight
than the potato and 133 times mors
than wheat. Moreover, no Insect will
sttack It, and it la alwaya Immune
from disease of any kind.
Public btatfaetloaa ot the larger
tort during the year bow closing are
believed to kave reached $HX,W0,0O9,
which beats the record by $.9,000,0,
mott of this exeees being due to tha
death f 'Joha S. Ktaaedy, whose ba
tjuett flgures-. la the beaetaetteas at
the year to the exteat et $S,660,6.
Nearly $13,000,000 Is credited to Jaka
Rockefeller, aad evsr H.wM.oaa ta
Andrew Carnegie, while Mrs. Christo
pher L. Msges H put dowa for $
es,090. Two mllllont ltft to tha Uni
versity ot Wtfcoatta by Coloatt.Viiaa, .
wka was la tie flrtt Clevstaat eaataat, .
lacluded. Mrs. Sage fare away
atarly two mlll(oaa, aad tat knutatti
at Ofarge Crocker far saaaar resisrtk
era batweea a million aad a half aad
two mllltoas. Mare thai third al
Itiy'i AaAaJ taasLa kI Cat alua
f a-a) a ana a i N S v- I a-PC ay-fbbbbbb-