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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1908)
GOMEZ SEEKS PEACE ASKS FOR FRIENDSHIP. - t Eight Months' Rupture With Vene zuela Draws to Close. Washington. Dec. 25. After einht New rresiaeni 01 Venezuela his months, ti,c united states has sumed friendly relations with Vcne 1 OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST Started Reform Movement. ALSO SHUTS OFF CASTRO'S CASH Absent President Accused of Compli city la Plot Decree Against Holland Is Suspended. zuela, and William I. Buchanan has left on the cruiser North Carolina to visit that country, look into the situa tion and make a report to the state S TATE TAX LEVY. Revenue to Bo Raised for IOOO Ex coods That of 1900. Cntt Hun ml fill twit Aft i . , i uaiwiu. vnt iiuiiiuu iimiiui vm department, ilits win ucciac wncmcr ,,, . cvpnv.v- thousand dollars is Uic umtea stales win accora ionnat the totai approximate amount of rev recognition to the government. cnuc to be raised for state purposes Umn fniiu tniw tor iqod. pour minurcu tnousanu uoi " 11-...-. aF! toll ! Inrillltrl trMT l.shcd that the Gomez government ,nd,rcct sourccSf Ieaving $,.,275,000 to will retain its power without trouble, ije apportioned among the several as there arc many adherents of Prcs- counties. ident Castro in the country. Indeed, , This amount is $125,000 greater Caracas. Dec. 24The end of the the possibility that disorder may ' , "'utt", V7w vr7. rule in Venezuela- of Ciprano Castro arise is indicated in a request for an Tj,e jncrcasc this year is due in part has come. The dictator who has gov- American ship at La Guayra, to to the holding up of the University crned the republic with a rod of iron which this government has promptly of Oregon appropriation bill last , . . t ki : responded. . year, by reason of which the levy for ..tJL The general opinion is that the i003 was at the rate of $47,500 per ""V- " r" 'ZZT' " new order of Unties wil open the way v car. as nrov ded bv laws then in cx SlS"rrcaXT"ir'1for.the.pacinc settlement of VcncKstcncc. 'Since the "appropriation bill '... i. i.f. .... zuela s disagreement with this coun- has k"c into effect, carrying an ap he id of the Teoubl c w hen he sal ed Ho,land and Francc' . pronation dating back to January nwdSnNovIE Thc refusal in March last of .the , iW, it will be necessary, in inak- S "' 3 m Jrf Castro administration to . consider ing the 1009 levy to include a Univcr- :j ti: r. "...a.. t i separately thc issues with the United sitv of Oft-con deficit of about $155 1." AY " ""J.." ' a 'V..'"..!.. ' States made it plain that diplomacy oo6. Thc 1009 lew will include $100, &I.UIUII1K, ttUU 13 luuuv iiiuiuuKiu) uia-I ,, . . i . r .t. r .. credited. icouiu accompusu nouiing luruivi uuu lor uic purcuasc 01 uic wrcguu The Bank of Venezuela has cabled lovvara uicir sciucmcni. uity iocks. snouiti uic legislature rc- its correspondents at Berlin and Paris n ioj tne Venezuelan govern- pcai the locks appropriation dih, tins cancelling the unlimited letter ofmcm laving ia:u aunaijr -'aniiJ piuu.uuu win uc nu iuu irfusuijr uu .rM; rrW.r ln qnnr Tntrr. whin t.. against it by various powers, Great icct to anuropriation for other pur left Venezuela for EuroDe. and no one Britain, Germany and Italy, block- poses. One installment of $100,000 aded the ports of that country with has already been levied. rptitm to thf mnital The Castro cab- the view to the forceful collection of The levy will not be made until Jm-f has been forced to resitni. and a the debts. early in January, 1909, but the tota new and progressive ministry has been Venezuela appointed Herbert w. amount here indicated, $1,275,000, is anoointed bv Tuan Vicente Gomez, the Bowen, then American minister to close enough to thc actual amount actine president. Venezuela, as a commissioner to take that will be levied so that county The attempt on the lite ot scnor up uie question wun inc various gov- courts may act upon u in computing Gomez was frustrated by the coolness crnmcnts, and he signed protocols their share of state taxes. Already a and courage and the daring act of the with them which reserved a certain number of counties have been anx nresident himself. Alone and unsup- percentage of the customs receipts, to iouslv innuiriiiK what thc state levy ported, he arrested the ringleaders of be set aside to satisfy the claims. The will be. Under existing laws, the ap the conspiracy with his own hands in blockading powers were made pre-1 portionment among the counties will the presence of their armed adherents, ferred creditors and after this action he issued a proc lamation sayinir that not only had he saved his own life, but he had main tained the highest ideals of the re public. Already the new administration shows signs of a desire and intention to settle thc disputes between Venez uela and foreign powers that have LABOR LEADERS SENTENCED be made at a hxed ratio which has been in force a number of years In makinu thc apportionment for 190U thc state board will be con fronted with thc problem of making an apportionment between iioou River and Wasco counties without any law prescribing how thc appor be made, ihc act River county con Prison for Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, Who Appeal. Washington. Dec. 25. Twelve nmntkc in .'oil fnr C,fflii. nmnxrc tlOIimellt Shall ..va.t.aJ ... jua. aw. Mu.a.u.. I . T f I I . . i' a" a. a . I . .t t T l l-I UilllK A VWU kept the republic in a light ot unen- presiueni; nine monuis ior jonn ., ,i nn ..,;,; hU mieet viable notoriety tor several years past. Mitchell, one of thc vice-presidents, The state board passed the uuestion At a conference held yesterday be- amJ six months for Frank Morrison, up to the attorney general and that iwccu ociior uu. -..u u . ,. f t, American Fcdcr- ofTic al has advised thc board to di- Seckendorff, the German minister m secretary, an oi tnc American i cacr w-isco coimtv ntio between charge of the interests of Holland ation of Labor, was the sentence im- VJ,C0 since the departure of the Dutch mm- nosed bv Tudtrc Writrht. of the su ....i. ister, M de Reus, last summer it was emc CQUrt q the Distr;ct of Co- Thus thc law prescribing thc ratio ?hTdde iSSa'&Seffi lu-bia yesterday for contempt of lo prohibiting the trans-shipment of court in violating an order enjoining u'r" i' fl, ? Vw,i goods destined for Venezuela. Pend- them from placing on the unfair or ?.f th.c ,0'c ?"".,?U, 3 fng the signing of a treaty between "We don't patronize" list the Buck Hood R.veruntv h. bee carved cuelan commissioner, the Dutch war- All of the defendants were in court , if ', r 11 ' hips that have been patrolling the when sentence was pronounced and aiJ?. V1,? !, Hood ezue rhino thnt MIlfA nOn nitrn liniT T n I .iilion r.ntattn tt n c tr-t-1-n- VniiiUn eo.-iSt for nearlv three LntJrP of nn 3nn-,l in thP DUtrJrf of 870,280. Dividing the apportionment weeks w II be withdrawn. Cn umbh nnndhte court was fi ed. -."t.r. - Gompers beinc released on $5,000 bond, Mitchell on $4,000 and Morn son on $3,000. Judge Wright s decision, which con sumed two hours and twenty min ules in reading, was a scathing ar will be .0158 and that of Hood River .0070. Though there is no law e.x pressly authorizing such an appor tiounicnt. the attorney .general cx presses the opinion that this is equita ble and should be adopted. 1 lie board CASTRO KEPT IN IGNORANCE Would Refuse to Believe His Down fall If H Worn Infnrmnri. .. L,;,t "K.rvt,r i, .-i will follow his advice, "."' -ri -,i .fi ...:.u: .t. . i I liacn county can ascertain appro.' is unaware of his downfall or the grav- -'.-" CV " ." u 1 .rt"u imatelv the amount of its share of thc 1909 by multiplying ts ratio. 1 nc ratios counties are as follows County Pet Baker 0231 Benton 0202 Clackamas 033 Clatsop 0212 rnltimlii.T oiao CasVro conce ning' the Sports of wh. MissouH .V ' - ' ' ' ' ' ' L'3 is coinir on. as tne presiaent wouia lw "wtt,B,,G" trooK e il. : ir.H.A...i. i riur ramnanr. insn eni fienaiice is iier-i if i -r t u I alflefl nnrl nrnrL-iimed; unrefitieH iti I StatO taxes for Aiciiiucn ui pd.tv Mf ..c - -" - 5.",-"" ;' SI 275.000 by i no dispatcnes ot any Kina. inc opin-M"""i a"'""l. is , , nf thn ci-vwil ;nn ; con.i;iv tr-.nncr crmnnrl hrr ures the liticants conception of the OI l,u- sttl" ilv train. ntr trrotind that Castro's power is completely tribunal s duty wherein his cause still broken. penus. One of the most prominent mem bers of his suite, who did not wish his OUSTS OIL TRUST. name made public, said: No one has informed President Blow to Rockefeller. rifn!p tn helieve the disnatches. I I T i- Curry 0040 cannot ask the president's opinion on statc supreme court yesterday handed 5?"'las these things, because he is on a sick down a decision which ousts the Gilliam 0087 bed. I am perfectly sure that he has Standard Oil comoanv of Indiana, and Grant 009- not received a dispatch since Sunday. thc Republic Oil company, pcrpetu- fjanwy oiOJ and am certain that there has been no anv rrom the stae Hood River 0070 exchange of cipher dispatches, because The ,jecjsfon aiso dissolves the Jackson 0314 the president does not possess a se- vVnt.rc.p;f.rr. nil mnmnnv n( St Josephine .. 0090 cret code." . !;. In nfldiiinn tn the nther fen. Klamath 0115 The same personage ridiculed the L of thc decision each con,pany Lake .0107 idea of Castro's complicity in a plot to assassinate the acting president, Senor Gomez i. fined sr.o ono. Lane " ui" Lincoln 0053 state h.is been watred for a number Linn . . . . , '.0520 n( irnirc Alnrniv (1nr?, T-Tnllotr iMallieUr ' .UUJ' RECORD WORK ON CANAL. the governor-elect, was the prime Marion 0013 Morrow .0095 Thirty-seven Million Yards Taken Out interests. He caused a big sensatiori PU tnoman This Year. several years ago oy going to w ' Ynrlc- tn take lest mnnv and nutt nir Sherman 0087 San Francisco. Dec. 24. The Pan-lti,., i,:,,!, Annn-..irc nf -tn ?tnnifir'i Tillamook 0087 ama canal will be opened January 1. throtmh one of the most trying cx- Umatilla 0400 1915. according to an official com- ,m:,i;nn. tuv ,..itiicnr.,i Union 0J3 tnunication received yesterday by the Tj.e Waters-Pierce Oil comoaiiv Wallowa '. .0073 California Promotion committee from tn, m, VMrc rnc rnr-ntn. Wasco . : 0158 t t. Ti..-t.t:.. n:i r r "v J .-. x.-.....- ... r. . -... Josci"' "utMiu , ai.vi.-La.jr "Mtive of the Standard in Missouri. Its vvasningion 1 l. ..-,) aw ama ff nn I Via r a V1 A M f I . . . Wf t lC? ; .0391 the canal commission. The statement in part is as follows: "There has been excavated from the line of the canal since the Americans took control about 50,000.000 cubic yards. This is as near as can be cal culated at the present time, and is about one-third of the entire excava tion Of thi connection with the Standard was dc- Wheeler nied steadfastly for years, but proof Yamhill that it is a subsidiary has been de' velooed in both the state case and Total l.oooo the federal suits. The Republic Oil company is a similar concern. Survevlne for Harriman Road. ti i i i: l ii i ' uic oruer io uissoive uic waicr o..1i.jai,i,-1i, !, rw-.t,(.c I UIICLJlirU Ul LUC CI1L1I C CAUaVd- I rr t - rr I X UI necessary to complete the wort H,ln . , or t,,e central 0rcS linc of rKUMnn.. i.L .i,n,.t days decision was tha. result of a .t. c...t n :: i.. nnt ... i,... 55.000,000 has been removed during f"d t","0?' m!fvf" , ;Ucd,S officially accepted by E. H. Harriman, the last three years. In 1908. down cc.urr.ed; Judge Lamm in his m- le engineers in Chief Engineer to November 1. nearly 31.000,000 cubic "'vidua decision declares the trust Bosc!lkc's office have received orders a... . inttn-itt tA itn iitiAd ci mwi in ii mrirri i . - . a yards were removed, and the total tor y ""Vlf v.". t0 go ahCad with thc surveys south ot this year will not be far from 37,000,- Graves in his opinion says the evi- M . an(J have iocatC(i ti,e line 000 cubic yards. This will bring the ae"ce tsws mat tne water company tj)rough Haystack, Culver and La grand total of American excavation to wa taken owcr by the trust over the monta to Q'Neil. which will presum about 00,000,000 cubic yards." protest of the minority stockholders. abJy be the junction point for thc Des- -.i L. r r r, chutes line and the proposed linc run Calls 2-Cent Rate dust. New 9n,ef f Bay CUX' . ning cast and west across the state, Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24. The r 3U" t,x , ' . , JU-i3crca"1 following the Central Uregon mill tate tnHav heiran the introduction of Jcsse Cook, who for more than a tarv road ad coiinectiiiff the Cor evidence to support its side in the ve?.r lia? ccn property clerk in the vaHis & iastcrn with Vale in Malheur Missouri rate case, in which the state pohce department, with the brevet county. The Deschutes line will seeks to nrove that the 2-cent fare and rai.,K ol captain, was iat.1 ingiu ap- probably he extended to liend in maximum freight laws of Missouri pointed chief of police by the hoard Crook county, on the present survey. A. 1. TalIa-lUI J,u,t,: cuiiniiissiuncrs, io tuccccu COUNTRY LIFE COMMISSION. Oregon Agricultural College Facult Makos Some Suggestions Corvallis. At a meeting of the ag ricultural raculty of the uregon r cultural college, thc request of Presi .tent Rnnnrt-rlt's nniltltrV Life COI11 mission for suggestions that might aid the commission in making its report was discussed and the following state nietit nrenared: "If fpileral' nnnronriatioiis are to b made for improving social and ceo nninie conditions in rural COIllllUllli ti- it is recommended, first, that they be made to existing high schools and normal schools for thc purpose of maintaining courses of instruction in agricultural, industrial and domes tic arts, and including business mcth nds and home sanitation, so tliat a nnhlie selinnl teachers tllilV have til training necessary for teaching those subjects in the public sclioois. "Second that in order to secure th full efficiency of thc airricultral col cues and experiment stations, thc national government should co-opcr ate with thc states in agricultural cx tension work, this work to be under thc direct supervision of thc agricui tural colleges. With an adequate ap propriation a comprehensive system of travclmc acncultural schools, tar nicrs' institutes and free circulating libraries could be maintained, and PUb lications issued for free distribution so that all important discoveries of th experiment stations could be given to every tanner ot every statc. Big Klamath Land Sale. Klamath Palls. A tract of laud ag grcgating 3300 acres has been sold within cieht mites of this city. In cluded in thc purchase is the townsitc of .Midland, the iirst station soutn oi Klamath rails on the California Northeastern railway. The purchase price was between $75.0(0 and S0,000 it is thc largest sate ever made in this section. The .Midland town company a California corporation, made the sale to h. R. KcaiiK-s and IJ. IS. Campbell of this city. Wage War on Coyotes Pendleton. len thousand coyotes arc to be killed in Oregon during the month of January by the stockmen who are losing $1,000,000 each year from thc devastation of the animals Last January the first cffoit at or ganized warfare against coyoti-s was made and it was reported to thc board of sheep commissioners that fully 10.000 animals were slaughtered. The plan, on an enlarged scale, is t be put in operation again next mouth i 'Ready to Build at Eugene. Eugene. Work on the new postof fice building for Eugene will begin soon. Preliminary arrangements for excavation for thc building arc already being made. I lie government has no tified Postmaster Page that thc con tractor's bond has been accepted, and it is probable that a superintendent of construction will be here at once La Grande Land Takes Rise. La Grande. Thc price of land in the arid sections of this valley is now $100 per acre, where formerly it was disposed of between $25 and $30, on account of promised irrigation. I he market is dull, for there arc none o thc landowners that care to part with their holdings. Snow In Umatilla County. Pendleton. Umatilla county wheat fields arc covered with a mantle of snow. Not very much Ins tallcji yet, but indications arc that much more will come before morning. Farmers have been wanting snow for some tunc, and are therefore happy. Object to Advanced Rates. Portland. The implement jobbers -f .1.!. !... " ui mis cuy arc protesting against in creases in freight rates. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat H ucstem. 0(V?507e? elnl 91c; fife, 91c;N red Russian, 88c; 40- loici. u.ic; valley, 9lc. Oats No. 1 white. $32 ncr ton Hay Timothy. Willamette Vallcv. n per ton; eastern uregon tunot hv. $16.50(gl7; clover, $12; alfalfa, $12 ij; gram nay, 9iz(&i;i. 1' nuts Apples. 75c(ffi$2.75 ner box: pears, $11J75 per box; grapes, 05c $1.50 pci; crate; quinces, $11.25 per uox; cranuernes, i;j.riUC(iii4.50 per barrel; persimmons, $11.25. rotatoes HOfrtOOc ner cwt swe.t potatoes, 2(?72c per lb. unions, $lftil.25 per hundred lbs. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack: carrots, $1; parsnips. $1.25: beets $1.50; horseradish, 810c per pound; artichokes, 90c$l dozen; beans, 15 17jc per pound; cabbage, lUc per pound; cauliflower, 75cS$l per dozen; celery, $4 50(724.75 per crate; cucum bers. $2(0)2.50 box; egg plant, 11c per pound: lettuce. 75ctW$l ner linv parsley, 30c per dozen; peas, 12jc per pound; peppers, 1520c per pound; pumpkins, lHc per pound; radishes, 30c per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; sprouts, 010c per pound; squash, .u'iji. jicr jiuuiiu, tomatoes, 50c((j1.75. Butter City creamerv. extras .tntfa 37c; fancy outside creamery, 32J35c per pound; store, 1820c. Eggs Oreuon ranch. 4nDoi. Eastern, notfi)S5c per dozen. ' rouitry liens, 10(7lic per are nnt rnnlicrntnrv. ferro. who has been in charge of the the late Chief W. J. Biggy, who was state's investigations into the earnimrs drowned on the night, ot November and expenses of various railroads, de- ?p, while crossing the bay in the po QUAKES IN MONTANA. vtrclnla Oltv Is 8hakon and Sohoo houso Topples, Vircinia City, Mont., Dec. 23. Tw earthquakes in ten minutes, the first at SiSS this afternoon, caused thc wildest excitement in this city, the panic-stricken people rushing into thc streets in the Delict mat tnc Duuuiugs were about tq topple over. Struc turcs trembled violently, plaster came down, dishes were thrown to th floor, thc main school building, n two story brick, was badly cracked, and thc ground rent with scams from ote to three inches wide. Two more shocks were experienced this evening, one at 0:35, the other at 0:50. and again sent thc people hurry ing into the streets. The first of thc tremors was felt yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, and another at 7:30 this morning. ... .."rank Pace, who arrived from tl Crater lakes, the scene of an extinct volcano, six miles soutn 01 Virginia City, where 13 old craters have been filled with water, torming a cnain 01 lakes, states that thc ground heaved there like thc bosom ot a iaKc, cans ing immense fissures to form in th mountain and rending the cliffs. Som of these fissures, according to iSI Pace, arc from a foot and a ha to two and a half feet wide. There is a belief that water of thc Crater lakes has found its way throng subterranean nassaucs to thc rent nants of the fires of the old volcanoes, although the Yellowstone park is only 75 miles from here. PREDICTS CHEAP LUMBER. Edward Hlnos Says Lower Cost of Manufacture Is Responsible' Chicago, Dec. 23. Edward Hines newly elected president of thc Virgini & Rainy Lake Lumber company, t It largest combine in the world of its kind, predicts cheaper lumber and new era in its production as a resu of the new organization. "It is our intention to cheapen the cos of manufacturing, and, of course to cheapen the cost to consumers pro portionatcly," said Mr. Hines. "We will not do this, however, at the cx pcusc of the country by reckless or wasteful lumbering methods. "We will work in harmony with th forest departments of the United States and Canada, and we hope to make money out of the things that they will ask us to do. I'or instance, we will utilize all the timber on the ground we cut over. Wc will not sun ply pick out thc choice trees, leaving dead wood and brusli to feed forest fires. We will clear the laud, so that instead of being a worthless wilder iicss after it is cut over, it will u available for farming purposes. Jtlir t a,S a . wc arc aiso Hoping mat 2 lurtncr reduction may be made in thc cost o lumber to American consumers by th taking off of thc tariff. The greater part of our land is 111 Canada, and tin: would enable us to bring the Cana dian lumber into the United States, a thing that the tariff practically pro inbits now. GASPIPE THUG IS CAUGHT. Cracks Jeweler's Skull, but Prompt Alarm is Effective. San Francisco, Dec. 23. Sigmund Hartig, a jeweler of the Mission dis trict, is lying in thc hospital with a fractured skull tonight as a result of the attempted robbery of his place of business m broad daylight, the crime being very similar to thc gaspipc out rages which terrorized this city two years ago. ilartiirs establishment was entered this afternoon by Louis Schultz, an ex-convict, who pretended that he ucsircd to purchase a $50 diamond When the dealer disnlaveil the i-rm ijclitiltz attempted to crab it and struck Hartig with a section of gas- n...aa II. I .. . a rice iuiicu up in a piece ot paper, Uartltr saw the action and .In-hre.! back, but did not entirely avoid thc blow, which struck him on the side of the head. He did not lose his hold on thc jewel, however, and retainer! consciousness loin; cnoucrh to cive the alarm, which resulted in the capture of us assailant alter a snort chase. bchtiltz was released from the neni. -...; rv. . icnuary on ucccmucr 3. Blggy's Death Explained. San Francisco, Dec. 23. The coro ner s'jiiry today visited the water front to VICW the nolice tanneti Pntrnl from which Chief of Police William J. IjIkk V was OSt nverlmnnl nn tli. night of November 30. It is believed the jury will bring in a verdict of ac cidental drowning, in view of the dem onstration made by boatmen that the launcii rolls easily,, and that it was wussiuie ior a man to fall over the idc. It is believed the itirv will take into consideration the possibility that II r.n.1 a. . .... -1 - I. . , a .. iiirkj i uck ins ncau on a ringbolt mbedded in the aftcrdeck as lie fell. Umatilla Lobby Named. Pendleton. A legislative committee und expenses ot various railroads, de- L,"""""f r0ok has been on 15 members from the county has clared that the, relative cost to t he lice launc h patrol. Cook has been on bcen 0,nted ,,y t,IC Commercial as railroad companies ner nassencer mi e the police lorce ot tins city since i'cb- . j railroad companies ner passencer mile the po was less for state than for interstate ruary 18, 1889 Bullet for Aerial War. Berlin, Dec. 24. A Gottingen gun smith named Schraeder has invented and patented an expanding bullet indapted for the destruction of dirgible balloons. The bullet can be fired from the regular infantry rifle. sociation to work in harmony with thc Umatilla county delegation in an cl fnrt tn secure frnm the legislature Bank Clerk Gets Five-Years. measures which arc particularly de- Pittsburg, Dec. 25. Herbert W. sired. Chief amonj? these are the cx- Tiers, formerly a discount clerk in norimcrit farm for the Umatilla pro file First National bank, was sen- Meet, an increased appropriation for tenced to serve live years in the pen- the Weston normal, a branch asylum itcutiary yesterday. Early in 1000 and an amendment to the good roads Tiers embezzled $51,000. law. dressed turkevs. 20(77)23c. Veal Extra, 010c per pound; or dinary. 7fq!8c; heavy, Cc. 0jS7ckI,anCy' 7k PCr PUnd! IarBC' Mutton 6Cc per pound. ' Hops 1908, choice, 7.7ic pcr pound; good prime, 0(S!0ic; fair prime, So! m& 63C! 1007' 22c; i,.'0?nStcrn 0re,B". average best, 1014c per pound, according to shrinkage; valley, JSiftiflJc Mohair Choice, 18i0c pcr pound Lumber Comblno In Minnesota. Dulutll. Millll.. Dec. 23 The muel, nlkcd of lumber combine Mint lini occn lorming came to full develop mcnt here today. The combine U the most powerful factor in the lumber world, and will control 3,000,000,000 feet of lumber in the northwest. It will also control the Dulutll & Rainy Lake railroad and a fleet of 70 great ake lumber vessels. Its assets, at thc least, arc estimated at $30,000,000. Thc name adopted is the Dujuth & Rainy Lake Lumber company. Claimant to Millions, Reno, Nev., Dec. 23.-J. p. Springer, yardmaster of the Southern Pacific company at Reno, is a third claimant for a share of the estate of the late Christopher Springer, Baid to be a Uerman baron, who died leaving prop, crty worth $80,000,poo in Wilmington, im up m Grand Jury to at Won ftw 1 Prnnneo ' PRICE AGREEMENT IS District Attorney Slmi DecI.rt, of Present lnm,t. crecy Is Malnuinecli Chicago, Dec. SO-Nr,.),-than a complete cxpoor ' pds of the beef trust il ?!, ttnt by District Alton cj S m cut grand jury investig Xlt being carried out with tl t nhU ft ' cial aKc.ts of tlc into s c'l0' commission. lc "wmttct It developed today that i ,,. lo the inquiry i r, J','" dd'S rates and possible rebate the work of the inter commission and its aCCnu i. . a number of W " Wnfinti . i. '. service nn....!-" who work dircc y under th7"r" mcnt of justice, V Vtn into another phase of the PX dustrv. "c packinsnL. These n((t'in. - .... wa..v..l,3 II.1VC Illln I...' (ictcrminc whether tacit W,?14 between nadkers as to h?8fi.en,"1 prices and the division Herri W (lisirilmilnn i. ' I.:: ",0' "rntorr or . ,v ......... . muica ed today ol !. "l c e 'vcstiKationitAr .r a. hr,r.!ihP, he denaViTne.: .."d,-0"16." if attorney. "We know what we aTi ing, after, if wc arc not permit! tit the nature of the inquiry S "ff J t is. Wc arc now mere y $tlfia, little case, in whirl, ,&. l" roads arc concerned ,n the hope that which would be ..f value or be tidS mo m u.iBia lui .1 new aim more tun. sivc investigation There ji mZ VaiiltC Or indefinite nlmnl ll,i and it has a purpose which I imK lvi iniiicn 111 (ii.il lose. RAILROADS FOR OREGON, Competition Force Hirrlm.ni.p.. alrlHe Kluiu I tn.. r. . . soon to come into its own with ttutti i.iiiun ijciiiiiei, rtiirntj over the activity of other railroad r. porations in surveying aod conilmct till! lines of road ifirnmrli rmVn M. tions of the Pacific Northwest, . warn 11. iiarninan and his aidi have decided actively to occupy ill of tie territorv in the Mrirtliwnt urdi.li HI. : - j - ... -.--....... n.iiviwiva f.. ! a I . . iau iu uctuinc ui vaiuc, irom a irutae standpoint. Plans have been perfected by l!r. Harriman fnr llie rnnttriirtinn f fi. ween 750 and 1000 miles of riilroid in thc Statc of Oregon alone, and ibt surveys hai'e been nnlrrcrl nf 9 nnl deal of territory which ii now without means ot transportation. Julius Kruttschnitt, director of nun. tcnancc mid operation for the Harri- iTimi 1iiie final T Tl tc.inrc (-rtnio'tifly ....... ...... j - - . av a fc engineer tor .Mr iiarr.man, nave re cently returned front New Vtt, ti.a, ..u... .,r.,i.,i It is admitted by the Chicago official. that there arc such plans, John bull not so merry. Christmas In EnglandJIs Marred lr Poverty. I.ntwlnn Dec y5 The dark Side of 1 ne I'.ugiisii uiirisinias u " " fiii(i.lt.a. r ,,,inttiiilnvefi. and Inc bin a a ' . I .I.'..... aal ........ ..n . --. , suffering. This is seen principally " 1 A,i,ln .....1 1, r.lncumv .mil at otbff shipbuilding center, where sbipW' ere arc out of work A small baud of shabbily Ir iiiUer.ihle Innkincr title lipioyeu F".u" lave paraded fashionable tuwW ing the past, week, nrwu - way amoiiK ! nuu - u shoppers. Thc police accompanied '.' .. " .1. ...1 ... nrAtr In tie uaiio as 11 uiaruiicu, vent disturbances, its motto rtwa Wc want work More than l0Mho.i scini) ed on iw jan - , . midiiiglit to gci aaivauuii . atH for bcls. The "'VZS rcconl cases of men being itfljg to imprisonment for stealing M nave famines suucnuH n - .11 n-.l Flddl. New uannamn w Vancouver. H. C, UK- ;-"': . ..Aiimtr ut Hewitt, the Tacoma '""ht, ja has acquired coal mining rigi Graham island, one of t v r. ,.rr, imnienseiy " ... UiliUHniL- Ktu.ii" .... j.tm- I.!. mhmI I MIIMEIIH llil b w. . s charter for building tr ,(t. .7 " ' tha lie "" val e the CAVtku lit propcrwia MICH.. iv - . ,t '"s : " . Lake W Lake. n(i, rnut3i)p''. ;rnm, m n fl5,y 1, ernt ear vcrtiscd tng ot lure. will fa U II US 111 III ilalc, Ilillsd of a broken today tli cause of 'lensant nassciiRcr sons were 1 v . f tauy. 11 nrn sllKfll II I V ...... j. . - misplaced ! .,. 1 WHICH llil ly in tins rain, in wiow" bljr j. c Injured, on PtV. is afsn 1 said be dons tliat '""'( the tlT by members of C V: rC itccn rolibi ff y. :tton ui im Oklahoma! own B' .K . ...lira, IU19IM' . l-kim Hit1, . invm 0l J'r "Main t.nrl.fl UMJIli""" . If.. .1 Viriuraiiy r n....ln Ol v.vi, .a,.. itants in Johnston . - - .1 - a. lit. I out yesicruiijr gating about "."avmhi r. . tmVilOt I'L. .4.. WIS Vt i a ui) ' "t Ait u ' ,v fire, tnc
