Q SCO At- K fnmattft tm Km VOL. XI. PORTJLAlSrD, OREGODS",' SATURDAY, JAJSIUARY 20, 1907. NO. 40. Jac IsOy , ft & n V IS v1 tin WJN A " THE ri!7Sr NATIONAL BANK OF KAUSPELL KALI8PELL, MONTANA D. K. I'EELKK, I'rcs., F. J. MJBEIIT, V. rrti.. It. K. WKI1STKR, Cash., V. T. I.AW80N, A. Cash. Transact n Kcnotnl i miking buslnoFs. Drafts Issued, nvalUblc In all elites of the United Ftntos sml Europe, Hong Kong unit Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. LADD & T1LTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Established In 1859. Transact a flcncrl Dunking lluslness. Interest allowed on tlmo de posits. Collections made at all wilnts on fitvorablo terms. letters of Credit Issued available In l:urnie and the Eastern Stntos. Sight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on Now lork, Washington, Chicago. Ht Louis, Denver, Uinalm, San Francisco and various points In Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and llrlllsh Columbia. Kxohango sold on London, 1'arls, Uorlln, Frankfort Btid llong Kong. UNITED STATES OF PORTLAND, OREGON. J. C. AIKBWOItTlI, 1'rostdont. W. II. AVKIl, Vlce.J'rcsldont. It. W. 8CIIMKEH, Cashier A. M. WUKIIIT, Assistant Cashier. Transacts a gcnoral banking business. Drafts Issuod, avallablo In all citlos of the United States rtid Euroe, Hung Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable forms. NORTH WC3r CORNER THIRD AMD OAK STREET. THE PENINSULA Capital, fully paid up, $28,000.00. Surplus and undivided profits, $3,000.00. Commenced Business June 6, 1005. nmCKKHi J. W. KOItDNKY, l'rosldcnti It. T. 1'IiATT, Vlco President: C. A. WOOD, Cashier. IIOAItDOK DtltKCTOHtf! J. W. I'lirilnay, lt.T. I'latt, F,C. Knapp, W. A. llrewer, II. L. I'oWJrs, Tlios, loclirau, M, I.. Ilolbrook, C. A. Wood, "Oldest Hank In tho DEXTER, HORTOIN & CO Canltal 1200.1100 BANKERS lieposus fi,iMyw ".. ..- .rtrt Arcounts of Norlhvot I'nctflc Hanks aollcltnl upon terms which will grant to thorn tho most liberal act'otnmoiWulnns cell Istent with tholr lalancrs and responsibilities. Win.M. I.r.dd, rrcsideut; N II. I.atltnor, Manager; M. W. l'u crsmi, Cashier. Seattle, nliliigton, TUB flRST NATIONAL. BANK OP PORT TOWN8GND hstabllshed IfcM. Collections proinpll)' mado and romittcd. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Gupltul, -Surplus, $1,000,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NoHhYaklma, Wash, Cmpltml mnd Surplum $130,000 OO UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY W.M I.ADD ClIAH. CAKI'KNTKIt President v Vlco 'resident FIRST NATIONAL BANK alia Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In the 8tato.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAl'lTAI. 1100,000. BUKl'LUS 1100,100. IKVI ANKKNY, President. A. II. UKYNOI.DS. Vteo Prostdont. A. It. IlUKFOltD, Cashier THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE TAOOMA, WASH. UNITED STATES DIPOSITARY CmpHml $200,000 Surplum $200,000 SAVINGS DEPARIMENT OKFICKItH Chester Thnrnc, 1'rtsldent: Arthur Allerton, Vice Prosldvnt and Cashier; Frederick A. Hlce. Atslstant Cashier) Delbert A. Youuir, Assistant Casl.ter. JNO. C. AINHWOHTH. 1'rvs. JNO. 8, IIAKKIt, Vlre i'res. I'. 0. KAUKKM AN, 2d Vlco Prcs. A. U, PltlCilAHD, Cashier. F. P. IIABKKI.I., JH., Assistant Cashier. THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK General Bonking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Deposit Vaults SAVINGS DtPARIMtNTi Interest at the llato of 3 por cent per Annum, Credited 8onilAunualtr TACOMA. WA8HINOTON AU'ltKD CUOMDOK, I'res. A. 1'. McCI.AINK Vlco Prcs AAltON KUIIN, Vice Pre. CHAS. i:. SUtlllElt, Cashier. D. C. WOODWAKD, Aut. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Got fax Wash. Oaoltal, $120,000.00 Transacts n gonoral banking btiHinuai. WncliltiKton mid Idaho IUmiih. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Mooruhuud, Mlnnoaotu JOHN I. A Ml), President DAVID ABKKOAAHD, Vice President Interest Pnld on FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn. Farm Loans NegotluU'd. Tiro and Cyulono Insurnmo Written. Dooa a General llmikiiig lltiwidosH. Capital, lAO.ooo K. AllNEbON, Pre. 0. It. JACOIII Cashier A Pur Cunt Interest Pulil on Tlmo DopoMltM THE FIRST INATIOINAL, BA1NK OR DUUUTH, MINNESOTA, CAPITAL. l00,000 SURPLUS 73H.OOO U. S. Government Depositary. OKOltOK PAI.MKH President V. U. MEYKK8 Cashier La Granio National Bank liSSSSSE Oamltal and Surmlut, $120,000 DIKE'TORB: J. M. Iterry. A. U. Conley. F. J. Holmes, K. M. liyrklt, F. U. Meyers, Ceo. h Clearer, Geo. Palmer. The Merchants INatlonal Bank Or St. Pttul, MlnnuHOtu UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital, $1,000,000.00 Surplus, $000,000.00 TranMacta a sunernl banklns buulnuttit. Correiipondencu Invited 0FFICER8-KEK.VETII CLARK, President; OEO. II. PRINCE, Vlco President! II. W. PARKER, Cashier; II. VAN VLECK, Atslstaut Cashier. DIRECTORS-Crauford Uvlneston, Kenneth Clark, J. II. Skinner, Louis W. Hill, Geo. II, Prince, f . il. Jilgelow, R.D. Noyes, V. M. Watklns. L. P. Ordway. F. II. KcllorfK. J5. N. Saunders. Thomas A.Marlow, W. II. Parsons, J .M: Ilannaford, Charles P. Noyes. Our new plant on Front St., between Seven teenth and Nineteenth Sti., it the most modern Engineering Plant on the Pacific Coast. Work placed with us will be executed with efficiency and despatch. NATIONAL BANK BANK ST. JOHNS, ORE. Rtato of Washington." tnirpiusaua unuiviiiru jironis, wo,wu Of PORTLAND OULJCJON jSOO,000 DopoHitH, $13,000,000 W. I HTIMNWKO. Cashier A. n.CMNK Assistant Cashier Special lucllitlos for hnudllii Knatorn CSTAOLISHID 1081 I.F.W A. IIUNTOON, Catiler AHTIIUIt H.COSTAIN, Asst. Cashier Time Depoatlbs OKO. U CLKAVER W. h. I111KXH0LT8 Asst. Cashier Aut. Cashier NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Loss Important but Not Less Interesting Event of the- Past Week. Another blizzard hits blocked Dakota rallroadM. Slionta denies that friction emitted him to resign. More charged are liolng made nuaiimt b'enutur llalley, of Ti-mih. Another bloody battle- hriH ocenrrod be tween Mexicans utul YiKjula. Tlio Jirlllnh cnblnet udniltH that Svvettciihiini will bo recalled. Chlntgo bus traced much of tho scar, lot fever epidemic to uwcat shops. Tho blizzard In Europe bus been the caiiHO of ninny pooplo Iteczlng to death. KiiHtern ItcpnbllcaiiH would grant ship bub.shly to South American lines only. Tho naval appropriation bill carried $25:1,000 for tho Pugot Bound navy yard. Hrltstol will retain IiIh ofllcoiiHUnltetl Statru nttorney for Oregon until tho land fraud trials are finished. Tlio ceimiiH bureau has just issued n bulletin which shows that 1,750,000 childrcnl between tho ages of 10 and 15 yours nro employed as breadwinners. Governor Bwottenham, of Jamaica, threatens to dissolve tho Kingston coun cil for taking Hides against him. Tliero is a groat need of lumber, but tho gov ernor refuses to recolvo it'. Tho tlood of tho Ohio river is receding slightly. Jninalcans denounce Bwottonhamund ask his recall. , A rato discrimination inquiry Ip ln progress In Donvor. Tho Colorado legislature has passed an anti-cartoon law. Tho Nevada legislature is considering a railroad commission bill. J. P. Dolliver will Ik again elected United States senator from Iowa. Oil in great quantities hns been found on land owned by W. It. Hearst in Moxico. A revised lint of tho dead and Injured of tho Terro Ilauto train wreck shown 20 killed and 23 injured. Tho senate subcommittee has report ed against llnntol's confirmation as dis trict attorney for Oregon. Tho mayoralty contest will cost tho gpeonlo of Now. York iibout $400,000, whother Hearst or McClulhn win out, Tlio Iiritish govommont has disavow ed Bwettenhain's action in tho Jamaican affair and has culled on him for an ex planation. Extensive preparations aro boing mado for tlio meeting of tho American Notional Livestock afsociution ut Den ver. Four thousand stockmen aro ex pected to bo in attendance. Tho flood in tho Ohio valloy la th worst sinco 1884. Chicago hopes for a cold wavo to Btop tho epidemic of diseaso. Senator Fulton will work for a law to save Columbia river salmon. General Funston recommends better pay for army officers and 111011. High water in tho streams at Win Hold, Kan., havo flooded tho town and many families havo hud to move out. Ex-Governor Higglns, of Now York, has been fatally stricken with heart falluio. Sixteen wero burned to death in tho tiro following tho collision of a freight and pussenger train on tho Dig Four at Fowler, Ind. Firo destroyed much of tho business part of Reaufort, S. 0. Tho Ioks is placed at $700,000 with only one-third povored by insurance. Professor William I. Thomas, of the Chicago university, says woman in not. the equal of the whito iruu, but U about oquul to tho negro mentally. The Gila river in Arizona has over flowed it oanks and is doing much damage. The San Francisco ochool board says President Jordan, of Stanford, was flushed with wine when ho denounced their attitude in the Japanese school question. The San Francisco school board is enraged at President Jordan, of Stun ford university, becauso ho favors tho Jap anese in the controversy now on in Ban Francisco. The president has signed the bill passed by both houses of congress for tho relief of Kingston. PROBE HARRIMAN SYSTEM. Interstate Commerce, Commission Meets In Portland Portland, Jan. 25. Tralllc conditions in this state wero investigated yester day before Franklin K. I.nnc, member of tho Interstate Connnorco commis sion, tlie object boing to drtertnlno tho legality of tlio Hnrrlman merger of railroads. Tho questions of Attorney Severance for tho commission wero in tended to draw out shippers and rail road men as to r. bother competition 1ms been stilled by tho merger ntul al ternate routes for trallio closed. Tho testimony of sblppors woh that thoro hag been no competition between tho Union Pacific and Southern .Pacific worthy of tlio name since tho consoli dation undor one management in 1001. It wits further brought out by tho testimony of Thomus McCuskor, a fot mcr employo of tho Hnrrlman system, that Ogden gateway via tho Sacramento route was closed upon tlio accomplish ment of tho merger, and shipment from this territory via Sacramento to tho East Mas stopped. Orders wero, ho said, to send tralllc over tho O. It. A X. and Union Pacific to tho East. This chango gavo a more direct route and re lieved tho Harrlnmn Hues of hauling freight over tho Slsklyous. It is tlio of tho railroad interests that many routes are open to tho shipper: that nono have been closed and that tho solo Instances where shlpmens have been advbed by way of tho Union Pa cific to the exclusion of other routes havo been becauso of tho lack of carH on other lints. SENATOR ALGER DEAD. Was Attending to Business as Usual Almost to tho End. Washington, Jan. 24. United States Senator Itussoll A. Alger, of Michigan, died suddenly at his resi dence In this city at 8:45 o'clock this morning, following an acuto attack of oedema of tho lungfl, with which ho was stricken shortly after 8 o'clock. Although Mr. Alger had not been in good health for somo tlmo, his death was most unexpected. Tho senator lust night was apparently In his usual health. During the day ho transacted considerable business, and was at tho Var department up to a late hour yes terday afternoon. At the bedstdo when bo passed away wero Mrs. Alger, and their son, Qaptuin F.M.Alger, and his wife. On Tuesday night Mr. Alger, when about to leave the lioin-o to attend a dinner given in lienor of Senator-elect William Alden Smith by tho Michigan delegation, suffered an attack of heart failure, but it was only with difficulty that ho was porsuuded to reman at homo. Ho attended tho session of tlio soniito Tuesday afternoon and appeared as well us usual. Vice President Fairbanks was tho tint to call at tho Algor residence to day to express sympathy. Tho funoml services will bo bold at 2 fi. in. Saturday at the lamlly residence u litis city. Tho body will bo taken to Detroit for burial. STILL ENCASED IN ICE. Europe Hun?; With Icicles and Choked With Snow. London, Jun. 25. Arctic weather conditions continue) to prevail In tho whole of EurojK, while, curiously enough, the actual Arctic regions, Northern Norway and Iceland, rej)ort tho prvealeneo of mild and rainy weather. All tho voskoIh reaching Hrltish ports aro covered with long Icicles and have snow on tholr decks. Telegrams received from all parts of the continent give almost incredible re ports of tho extreme rigor of the weather ami consequent suffering. Many deaths are reported. In Aus tria two sentinels were found dead at their pouts as a result of tlio cold. Tho heavy snow continues in Russia and Turkey, and tho Dumilo Is frozen over in t-uvoral places In Knumunlu. Blight earthquakes aro rcjxirtcd from Hatoum. Tho blizzard continues at Constantinople, where tho snow is mU to bo several feet deep. Navigation on the IlosphortiH and tho liluck sea has been practically suspended. No Exception to tho Rules. Washington, Jan. 25. Speaking of a dispatch from Kansas City 'jtmctrn ing tlio now order for recruiting negro soldiers, Major-General Alnswotth, (lie military secretary, today said Unit no significance should attach to tlio orders given for tlio enlistme-it of negroes for service In tho Philplpincs. Tho orders wero not confined to Kansas City alone, but wero sent lo other recruiting points. It Is raid to bo tho invariable custom of the department so far as pos sible to recruit up to their full strength all regiments. Rel'eve Idaho Settlers Minneapolis, Jan, 25. Tho North Dakota fuel shortage again Is becoming serious, according to reports received here, Inability of tho railroads to keep freight trains moving Irresponsible, In a largo degree, for this condition. PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Thursday, January 24. Salem, Jan. 24. Doth houses this afternoon adjourned until Monday. This is largely duo to tho stato printer being utmblo to scctiro enough composi tors to turn out tho work on tlmo and will allow him tlmo to catch tip. Tho two houses this morning met in joint assembly and listened to an ad dress by Mr llryan. A bill was Introduced in tho senato permitting capital punishment for tnb bers who aro captured armed with dan gerous weapons. Hills wero also Introduced In tho senato creating tho county of North Grant and create a railroad commission to bo appointed by tho governor. In the hoiiso new measures Included tho appointment of a commission to in vestigate tho lire insuruueo business and one providing that each county shall bo a judicial district and provid ing for a prosecuting attorney for each county. Tho bill providing for publication of notlco of all estrnys was passed by tho house. Tho senate bill fixing tho Linn Ijtno boundary was also passed by tho hnu'so. Four bills woro passed by tho senate They provide: For holding meetings of stato textbook commission In May , bill to cut off Drain and Ashland was Instead of July; raising fees of jurors' Introduced. Today a bill was Intro from $2 to $.'! per day; tlxlng salaries 'ducod to close the Drain mid Monmouth hi Douglas county: to turn unexpended school funds back Into the fountv school fund Instead of tho general fund. , Wednesday, Jnnvry 23 ftntnm fli .TrtM 01 Tlinu nrA ponding in both houses an unusually largo number of lien bills and in iv ma- jority of rases tho advantages that will fid low llmlr nmiettiionr. nrn rnnfi.rro.1 .v..., w., m ... av.v nJ upon tho laboring man who performs work and who, under tho picscnt slat-, ute, In many instances oxperlonces no , end of troublo in getting what is bin duo, when lie does not losu out alto-1 gother. It has boon discovered that nil lln officers of tho 0. N. O. havo been Jo he pulil by tho county and one-third chosen In violation to tho state con-iby thoHtnto; creating tho office of In stitution. Representative Jackson has "IHictor of mines, and several covcriiiK prepared a Ml) to romedy tho defect. " H01V('ml Hw:t "H of t!l toli ' t," Tho bill providing that jurors ,n:ly ' Htnto tax eoinmlsslon, in ettcli ease ud. bo kept together In civil actions has the lienor of being tho first to pass the house. I Tho senato passed tho bill agreed upon by Uno and Linn fixing tho boundary between thoso counties. Governor Chamberlain scut a mes sage to both houses today asking moro money for the Jnmestown exposition. A total of 10 bills have been Intro duced relating to roads and highways. Johnson s measure providing for mint improvement by county ami stato Is the most important Twenty-four now measures wero read for thu first tlmo in tho house today. This makes u total of 2:17. Among tho 10 bills in the senate wero two by Halley amending the di rect primary law. One provides for party conventions before thu primary election and tlio other makes statement No. 1 pledgo apply to party candidates only. Tho election of Mulkey and Hourno im United States senator was confirmed today In joint session of tho two houses us tho law requires. Tho journal of yesterday's election in tho two houses was rend and President Haines there upon declared them elected. Mulkoy serves until March 4, 1007, and Hourno six years from that date. Tuesday, January 22. Sulom, Jan. 22. llotli houses of tho legislature in separate session today olected Jonathan Hourno, Jr., United States senator for tho long term anil Fred W, Mulkey for tho shoit term. 1 bo vote on Mulkoy was unanimous in tho hoiiso and all members of the senate present voted for him. Three represonlativcH, Reynolds, Kodgors and hettlomier, of Marion, refused to sup-1 port Hourno. These inon explained that they did not pledgo thoiiiHolves and also that tholr constituents gavoa plurality against him. Four senatois, Hooth of Luno, haycock of Grant, Mil ler of I.lnn-Marion and Whculdon of Wasco, voted against Hourno. Tho senators gavu much tho same reason as tho leprcHontatives for not fuvorlng Hourno. Tho voto stood: Mulkoy Hoiiso, 00; senate, 27. Hourno I louse, 67; senato, 2.'i. No progress bus so far been mado In either house on tho railroads bills that J provide for a commission, reolnroeal demurrage, maximum rates, taxation of gross receipts, etc. Theso subjects havo hardly Wen heard of yet in tho senate, and only one bill bus upjenrod there relating to them. This Is tho bill of Senutor Johnson, of Henton, providing for reciprocal demurrage and prohibiting rebates and discrimination, but omitting tho commission. In the house, hoHOvor, a number of hills have been introduced. A joint memorial was introduced in tho senate this morning by Senutor Mulit asking congress to compel tho owners of tho Oregon A California Railroad company to soil Its grunt lands at tho price stipulated in thu grant. llie resolution was referred to tho com in it tee on resolutions. Hy unanimous voto tho senato adopt ed a memorial asking congress to re move all tariffs on raw juto or juto bags. This move- will quite likely tend to tlefeat any effort to establish a juto mill ut tho state penitentiary. Hy combining two resolutions tho Fcnato sought to ollminuto 0110 junket ing trip. Hesolutlons had been intro duced for tho appointment, of a com mllteo to confer with a committee from Washington on tho subject of fisheries and another committee to confer on pilotage. Tho senate committeo on resolutions providod that 0110 commit teo should bo provided for tho two ptu poses. Monday, January 21, Salem, Jan. 21. Standing commit tees of tlio Oregon legislature wero an nounced this afternoon by President Haines of tho senate and Speaker Davcy of the house. In each case tho best places were secured by tho support ers of Haines and Davoy for leadership. Tho hunters' license law, it is safo to say, will bo chahged this session. Two bills relating to tho subject havo already appeared In tho house. Tho normal school ntiestlon Is already a live 0110 In tins session. Ijist week 11 .hcIiooIh. Tho hotiso unanimously passed over tho veto of tlio governor tho bill Jo regulate tho niiinufacturo and salo of commercial fertilizers. Tills was 0110 of the seven housn bills of tho 1005 , ... .. iBOhmioii vetoed iy 10 governor. , Altogether 7 bills wero read for tho nwt tlmo In tho house today. In tho i Heilllto 18 I10W measures appeared. Kt'orgunimtlon of tlio judicial system of Oregon is proposed In a Honato bill. Among thu house bills were:' To col lect Inheritance tax on estates of $5,000 and up, instead of $10,000 us at pres ent; bounties ranging from $5 to $20 "w Hcuips ol wild animals, two-thlrdH la . . . ...'. .vomting tlio adoption ol the report. In tho senate the now measures In cluded: For reciprocal demurrage and prohibiting rebates aiul discrimination; for transportation of convicts by prison employes; to purchase laud adjoining I tho eapltol grounds on tlio east side, and to provide for working county pris oners on puhllu highways. May Refund Money. Salem Holders of fraudulently pro- cured state school land certificates aro to recolvo tholr money Uick, if the re coiuiuondatiou of Governor Chumlcr lain shall ho carried out. At the ro quest of thu governor, Attorney General Cmwford has prewired a bill, authoriz ing tho state land hoard, in its discre tion, to refund to a holder of such n cortiflcato whatever money had' been imid to tho statu thereon. LopR'nR Company Buys Timber. Astoria The llrumner I-opging com pany has purchased from Hirch & Mc Cluro ROD acres of UiiiImt land near Young's Ulver falls. This is said to lie one of thu finest Ijodic of timber in this section. PORTLAND MARKET8. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 607oc per Is mix; ciiolco to fancy, i 2.ru: pears, $l(i)l.r0. Vegetables Turnips, 00c$l per sack; carrots, 00et3)$l per Hack; beets, $i.2fi1.60 per wick; horseradish, 0 10c ir pound; sweet potatoes, .'lo per pound; cabbage, 2c per pound; cauli flower, $2.60 per dozen; celery, $.'1.60 per crate; pumpkins, 2o imt pound; squash, 2o por pound; sproutH, He p r pound. Onions Oregon, drcd. fll.lf) por bun- Potatoes Oregon Hurbanks, $11.:J0; common, 7fil)5o. funcy, Wluat Club, 07c; bluestem, 00c; valley, 7o; red, coo, OutH No. 1 white, $27; gray, $20. Hurley Feed, $21.60(3)22 per ton; browing, $22.60; rolled, $23.6024.60. Itvo $1.4051)1.45 perewt. Corn Whole, $2(1; cracked, $27 jxir ton. Hay Vulb-y timothy, No. 1, $14 15Krton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $0; cheat, $0; eruin bay, $010; alfalfa, $14. Hutter Fancy creamery, :i0:i5o per pound. Hutter Fat First grade cream, .'IHlc per pound; hecond grado cream, 2o less per iKjund, Eggs Oregon ranch, .'l2a.'lo por dozen, Poultry Aventge old hens, 1014o per pound; mixed chickens, 12l.lo; spring, 1414J;; old rootsers,10llo; dressed chickens, 1HI7oj turkeys, , llvo, 17 17o; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, 1012o; ducks, 17(7' 18o. Val Dressed, Hl4i4" por po'd'd. Reef Dressed hulls, 2.1o per ound ; cows, 45c; country steers, 66.c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8iJ0o por pound; ordinary, H2)7c. Pork Dressed, 00o per pound.