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