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CORVALLIS GAZETTE Gazette Publishing Co. CORVALLIS.-.. .'...OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK NEW MEN NAMED President Announces Reorganiz ation of Canal Commission. In a Condensed Form lor Busy Readers. Oar A Resume of the Less Important but Net Less Interesting Events f the Past Week. Both armies in Manchuria ar ready for another big battle. Italian warships are at hand to en force demands on Veneznela if neces sary. It is officially announced that the Bussian fleet has finally started Vladivostok. ENRICH THE LAND. Great Irrigation. Project for Southern t Idaho , Receives Approval. J?,, Washington, April 4. The Payette Boise irrigation project' in Idaho has received the formal approval of the sec retary of the Interior, who recently set aside $1,300,000 for initiating the work of construction. This action has been anticipated for some time, and is largely the result of the splendid enter prise ' of the citizens - of that section. For more than a year the landowners, organized into a water-users' associa tion, have labored indefatigably to har monize the many conflicting claims of private interests in lands, canals, and water rights, with the result that today Washington, April 4. The president practically the valley as a unit stands has carried out his plans for the reor ganization oi we iHtuiiiiuu ium mission as to the personnel and POISON FOR BABES. ONLY ONE OLD MEMBER REMAINS Consists of Seven Members, but All Actual Work Will Be Done by Three Only. pledged to the government enterprise. ' Great as the satisfaction of the citi zens may be on account of the favor able action of the secretary, it is no greater than that felt by the reclama tion service, which has long recognized It is announced that King Alfonso of the fact that the Payette-Boise project Spain will marry the Princess of Con- is Qne of the moBt attractive in tne for naught, of England. Beturns seem to indicate that the Be-1 Dublican state ticket has carried in I Michigan by upwards of 70,000 majority. Taft proposes to take the leaders of the antis to the Philippines in hopes of arid West, and but for the many .and complicated private and corporate in terests involved, would have been se lected for tne initial work of tne gov ernment in Idaho. The people, having worked out satisfactory solutions to the showing them the necessity of reducing divers problems, are deserving of the success which has finally crowned their efforts. While the citizens were straightening out their difficulties the government engineers thoroughly investigated the physical conditions and' worked out comprehensive plans for irrigation, which have been presented to and re ceived the approval of the board of con suiting engineers. These investigations show that the project is entirely feasi ble from an engineering standpoint The lands to be reclaimed are of excel lent quality, and with the climatic conditions prevailing are capable of sustaining a dense population. The fertility of the lands now under irriga- tion insures the financial soundness of the tariff. Boosevelt has . announced, that he would make no move toward securing peace in the Far East until both na tions have announced their readiness to discontinue hostilities. It is reported in Washington that be- force his departure from the city the president issued an order recalling T. Cader Powell, recently appointed United States marshal of Alaska. Henev has announced that Mitchell will be the first tried for land frauds Hermann and Williamson will follow and then the others. The trails will commence early in Jane. Heney says he will also not work for other indict ments until some convictions are se cured. - Russia will float another internal Ioanof $100,000,000. Congressmen say Santo Domingo needs a prote torate. t Payne says the coming congress will not change the present tariff laws. Government receipts for March ex ceeded the expenditures by nearly $1,-000,000. Bobert J. Wynne, recently appointed consul ' general at London, has left for his post. The Japanese are making a turning movement on Kirin, preparatory to an attack on Vladivostok. The Seattle representative of a Jap anese concern has offered to furnish 20,000 Japanese laborers to dig . tne Panama canal. The president has selected Theodore r. Shonts, president of the Toledo, St Louis & Western railroad, as head of the new Panama canal commission Nothing has been heard for several days of the Japanese army following General Linievitch, and St. Petersburg authorites are fearful that another sur prise is about to be sprung. Tnhe Venezuelan court has decided busi- ess methods, generally on the lines of the legislation he suggested to congress at the last sessnon, which failed in the crush of business in the closing hours Todav. within half an hour after the president's departure from Washings ton, Secretary Taft, directly in charge of canal matters, made public the names of members of the new commis- sion and the division of duties among them. Only one member of the old commission was reappointed, Benja min M. Harrod. Otherwise the com mission is new from top to bottom, for there is a top and bottom and consider able difference in the functions and pfy of the commissioners. Finding he was obliged legally to appoint seven commissioners, the president did so, but he carried out his own plan .by making three of them practically the full commission. The other four, though bearing the title of commission ers, not only receive a much lower com pensation, but are assigned much smaller fields of activity. The personnel of the new commis sion is as follows: Theodore r. Shonts, chairman; Charles E. Magoon, governor of the canal zone; John F. Wallace, chief engineer; Bear Admiral M. T. Endicott, United states navy; Brigadier General Peter C. Hains, United States army (retired) ; Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps engineer, Unit M. Harrod SEND THIS BOOK EAST. the undertaking. Nearly 90 per cent I ed Stater army ; Benjamin of all the irrigable land in the valley is pledged to repay the government its ex penditure for providing a permanent water supply. The estimated cost of the entire sys tem is $10,732,000, or an average cost not to exceed $30 per acre for the land which has no facilities at present for irrigation. This amount includes main tenance for ten years, also the value of existing works which would be utilized but which would not have to be paid for by the government, and the pur chase of rights of way, which will have to be provided from the reclamation fund. N The full utilization of the water sup ply in the Boise and Payette rivers will possibly be the complete reclamation of nearly 600,000 acres, which, divided into farm units of 80 acres, will mean 7,500 farms, a rural population of 30, 000, and a population in towns and villages of double that number, The agricultural wealth of the val ley, estimated on the basis of the last census, would be approximately: irri gated land, $30,000,000: farm build- ings, $4,500,000; implements and ma chinery, $1,410,000; live stock, $9, 300,500; canals and reservoirs, $12, 000,000; total, $57,210,500. In 1900 the value of farm property for the whole state of Idaho was $67,271,200. Adulterated Infant Food Kills Half a 'ii Million a Year. "; -v ' y ' -f ' ?? Chicago, April 3. --Nearly half a million babies ' died in the United States last year from the effects of adul terated infant foods, ' poisons used in coloring butter and candy formalde hyde in milk, and other impure articles of diet turned out by fraudulent manu facturers. Data to prove this assertion were produced . before the meeting of the executive committee of the National association of State Dairy and Food Departments, which met today at the Grand Northern hotel. A bitter war in the ranks of the asso ciation is expected to be revealed. Food commissioners " from different states, health officers and officers of the National association are in attendance. Differences of opinion concerning the alleged adulterations are said to be re sponsible for the strife. Paul Pierce, of Chicago, and B. Allen, of Kentucky, secretary of the association, are the leaders of the two factions. Mr. Allen has come to Chicago to look after his interests. ." ' The claim of enormous fatality among infants last year resulting from impure food is made by J. N. Hurty, secretary of the Indiana state board of health. Mr. Hurty produces figures to show that 65 per cent of the total deaths of infants in America last year were due to poisons administered in impure foods and the deadly concoctions placed on the market by fraudulent food manu facturers. He produces statistics to show that more than 700,000 infants died in the United States last year. If Mr. Hurty s figures are correct, said Mr. Pierce, ' "and I believe they are, an army of 455,000 infants was murdered last year by food adultera- tions. They were poisoned by infant foods and dyes and chemicals contained in the diet their mothers have fed them in an effort to appease their appetites, to satisfy their natural desires for nour ishment and rear them healthfully to maturity. ' When such conditions as these are harrassing our land, when these baby killing food adulterators are permitted to stalk forth among us, blighting our homes, feeding on the lives of our children to fatten their purses, is it not time that pure food workers regarded some other subject of greater import than whisky, to the adulteration of which they have lately devoted most of their energy?" , I OREGONiSTATEiiTEMSiOblNTEREST I i WHEAT OUTLOOK VERY BRIGHT gainst the American asphalt trust, ac- It seems safe to assume that with the cusing it of aiding the recent revolu-1 completion of the Boise-Payette project tion. A decision has also been ren- the farm property of this section would derde against the French cable com pany. Oyama's army has resumed a general advance. Bussell Sage has retired from active business. ' Many Japanese prisoners in Bussia commit suicide. Russians say the Japanese are busy stirring up the boxers again. The yellow peril scare against Japan has been revived m Europe. The .Bannock burn company may re build its woolen mills at Albany. v The railway rate bill will be ready in October, when the president will call congress together. All reports of mediation and peace are denied by Bussian authorities, who say the war will go on. Incendiaries set fire to the ship building works at Sevastopol, doing great damage to work under way. During March 79,000 immigrants came into this country through the port of New York. Last "year for the same month the arrivals were only 47,- 877. - ' - - - i .. . An anonymous threat to dynamite the Warsaw police has caused the offi .' cers to beat everyone coming in the di rection of the barracks, compelling them to go m another direction. Hayti is threatened with anti-Syrian riots. The kaisers visit to Morocco irritates France and raises British hopes. A newly arrived Bussian at New York has been found to have leprosy. Japanese statesmen propose, a triple alliance of Japan, United States and Britain. The Salvation Army has established a fresh air home for Chicago waifs on a farm of 50 acres. . . Baron Science hall; with a number of valuable instruments at Denison un iversity, Granville, Ohio, burned. Loss, $100,000. ' have a value equal to 50 per cent of that of the whole state The Boise and Payette valleys consti- tute one of the most attractive sections of the West. In the past few years they have undergone a transformation that is nothing less than marvelous. The progress in agriculture is reflected in the splendid growth of the towns ad jacent, and the whole basin presents an alluring picture to the visitor, and fur nishes an excellent sample of the result of irrigation. It requires no particular acumen to see that these valleys have entered upon an era of substantial, de velopment which is destined t unite them in one of . the richest agricultural communities on this continent. Tell Your Friends About Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The 1905 issue of "Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Their Besources, is- sued by the passenger departments of the Oregon Kail road & Navigation com pany, and the lines of the Southern Pacific in Oregon, is now 'ready for dis tribution, 50,000 copies having been issued. The book is divided into chap ters covering the following subjects: Climate, Dairying, Diversified Farm- ing,. Fish and Fishing, Fruit Culture, Grain Growing, Grasses and . Forage Plants, Homes for Millions, Hop Rais ing, Irrigation, Lewis and Clark Ex position, Lumber and Lumbering, Markets, Mines and Mining, Portland the ' "Eose City," Bailroads, Schools and Churches, Soil, Stock Raising, Veg etables products, Lands in Western Oregon, condensed information about towns. and cities along the O. B. & N. and the Southern Pacific lines. Every citizen of the states ex ploited in the book will find it valu able to send to relatives and friends in other states who may be induced to come and live in the Pacific North west. .Four cents in stamps sent to A. L Craig, General Passenger Agent of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company Portland, Oregon, with the address of an eastern friend, will insure its being sent. FIFTY MINERS ARE ENTOMBED Decides. to Indict Packers. Chicago, April ' 4. Well-authenti cated Teports that the .Federal grand jury which is investigating the business methods of the meat packers will re turn indictments when it reconvenes next Wednesday were prevalent today. The report was that the adjournment taken yesteruay was really decided upon in order to allow Assistant Attor ney General Pagin time to draw up the bills at his leisure and give due con sideration to the mass of. testimony taken since the jury first went into session. . Display Burbank's Wonders. San Francisco, April 4. The women of Santa Rosa and Sonoma county will make a floral exhibit at the Portland exposition with the other products from Sonoma county, and it will be made up for the most part of Luther Burbank's floral creations. If enough can be se cured that will stand shipment to Port land, the display will be entirely of his flowers, as the women of the city and county-are anxious to show Mr. Bur- bank how they appreciate his work, Chile and Peru Have a Tiff. Lima, Peru April 4. The papers to day print Chile's reply to the Peruvian protest regarding Taona and Arica, The reply delcars that Chilee is resolv ed, without wounding the susceptibili ties of Peru, to acquire definitely do minion and sovereignty over Tacna and Arica. " Double Explosion Wrecks Shaft and Kills Majority of Men. Benton, 111., April 4. -Some 50 miri ers were entombecL today in Jospeh Leiter's mine at Zeigler by a terrific explosion of gas, and it is probable that 30 or 40 of the buried men are dead Thus far four bodies have been found When between 35 and 40 miners had descended into the' mine today to re sume work, a terrific explosion blew the timbers about the. mouth of the mine high into the air. Czar Still Hopes to Win. St. Petersburg, April 4. A meeting of all the members of the Grand Ducal circle was held in the palace of the Grand Duke Vladimir late last night. at which the czar was present and at which the question of war or peace was thoroughly discussed. A majority of those present favored the beginning of peace negotiations, but the Grand Duke Vladimir and his intimate asso ciates stated that in their opinion it would be far better to continue the fighting, at least for the present. This view apparently met the czar's view Awful Havoc by Bomb J St. Petersburg, April 4. Seventy persons, 30 artillerymen and. 40 Chi- nese,were killed Monday by the terrific explosion of-a bomb in the artillery de pot at Harbin, Manchuria. .- The man who caused the 'explosion was also killed. The entire laboratory, a huge establishment, was wrecked, and 10, 000,000 projectiles were destroyed '2, 000 packing, cases containing 5,000 each. Millions of other projectiles, not yet completed, were made useless. ' Rates of. Desertions from Navy. Washington, April 4. In a state ment issued today by Bear Admiral Converse, chief of the Bureau of Navi gation, it is shown that of an enlisted force of 30,066 men in the navy, only 10.7 per cent deserted. FRAUD ON STATE. REVENGE IS TAKEN. Russian Bomb-Thrower Mutilates an Enemy of Socialists. ' Lodz, Bussian Poland, April 3. Po lice Commissioner Szabalovicz, - of the Second district, was seriously injured today by a bomb, which was thrown at him in the street. The police commissioner had been summoned by telephone to come to the office of the chief of police, and started on foot, followed by a policeman. The former noticed, at the corner of Kon stantinosk and Zawarski streets, ' a poorly clad man carrying a basket. As Szabalovicz approached,, the man sud denly hurled a bomb, which exploded with terrific force, blowing off the com missioner's feet and severly wounding him in the breast. It is feared his in juries will prove fatal. The force fo the explosion is judgable by the fact that it tore a hole in the ground two feet deep and 12 feet in cir cumference. The accompanying police man drew his sword and wounded the commissioner's assailant on the head When the prisoner was searched . a loaded revolver and some cartridges were found in his pockets. He is re ported to be dying from the sword cuts received. The explosion was heard about five miles . away. .All the windows in the neighborhood were shattered. People in adjoining houses were thrown to the floor. Szabalovicz is hated by the Socialists. He is charged with killing a Socialist during the disturbances here in Decem ber last. Cold Rains Have Damaged Prunes, but Farmers are Satisfied. Albany Linn county people are watching the weather man closely these days, and yearning for a "fair day" This is particularly true of fruit growers, for the recent cold rams are a menace to the fruit crop. As it is, some injury has been report ed. A prominent farmer and fruit grower of Linn county states that he is of the opinion that cherries and prunse are somewhat, injured already, particu larly cherries. The cherry trees were loaded with blossoms at the end of the warm Spring weather that marked the closing days of February and the first half of March, and the ram - caught them at the - tenderest age. Then a couple of light frosts last week added to the danger. Prunes were not brought out so much as cherries by the premature advent of spring, and may possibly escape injury. Although the trees seemed to be in blossom at the beginning of the rains they were in reality not generally in full bloom, but were loaded with buds that were just ready to burst but had not yet exposed the tender . inner part to the weather. . Under these circum stances it is believed the damage will be nominal, if . good weather comes soon.' ' However, it would not take many days of chilling rains and winds to do irreparable damage. It has been stated that the prune trees were giving evidence of such a heavy crop that it would really be better for the fruit if some of the embryo prunes were killed by the cold. Other branches of farming are faring well. An easy winter and early spring places stock in excellent condition, and every class of stock looks well.' . Dairy farmers are milking more cows, with better results than in years before at this season of the year. Many, farmers' will finish the winter in much better shape than was anticipated after the poor crops of last year. Wheat is looking fine, and, barring Borne unforeseen freak of nature to de stroy the present bright prospects, the wheat yield of the valley will be far above the average. Fall sown "whjat can almost be seen to grow now, and many farmers are preparing to put all their remaining acreage in spring grain Marion County Grand Jury Will Inves tigate Illegal Transactions. Salem Though the statutes govern ing the sale of state lands have been violated ever since they were enacted, the investigation to be made by the. Marion county grand jury this week will be the first attempt that has ever been made to punish infraction of these laws. Several hundred thousand acres of land have been bought illegally, and the state school - fund has been de spoiled of several hundred thousand dollars, but usually punishment of the offense has been barred by the statute of limitation before it was discovered, or, the state having .received the legal price for the land sold, no one feels in- - terested enough to start an investiga tion. The offense which the grand jury will investigate this week is of re cent date, and the facts are so well known that the transactions , can scarcely be overlooked. Because the state in every instance receives the price required by law, and . is not directly robbed, it has been easy to let the infractions of law eo with scarce a passing notice'. But indirectly the state has been robbed and vigorous action at the proper time would not only have landed the offenders in pris on-, but saved many thousands of dol lars for the school fund. It is not through the ordinary sales of schopl land that the steals have taken place, for in all such cases the state has re ceived 'all the land is worth. It is through the lieu land operations that the manipulators of public lands have made their fortunes at the expense of.' the school fund. Albany Mill May Be Rebuilt. Albany President Charles Coopey and Secretary H. M. Grant, of the Ban nockburn Woolen Mills company, who have been in Albany looking after their property, which was recently almost totally destroyed by fire, state that is possible the mill will be rebuilt The brick walls are part of them stand ing and in good shape, and. some. of the machinery can be saved. The big boil er in the engine room was hot damaged and altogether there is quite a nucleus around which to start a new mill. The company had a great deal of business ahead when the fire occurred. Norwegian Colony for Nevada. Benb, Nev., April 3. The Norwe gians of Minnesota and the Dakotas plan to -establish an immense colony in Nevada. . A representative arrived here this week,, and iH now carrying out the plana. It is planned to secure a tract of several thousand acres of unclaimed land in the central portion of the state, construct an irrigation system and place it ready for the plowman. When this is done, arrangements are already made to have thousands of Norwegian families come to the state and place the land under cultivation. Snowfall Late, but Deep. Sumpter A heavy fall of snow oc curred here ' Inst week, making it al most possible to use sleds again Placer miners are happy over the out look, as they are now promised a much longer season in which to work than they expected from indications a short time ago. Quite a depth of snow has been reached in the uplands, therefore streams will not dry up as soon i thought. . Weather prophets are at loss to explain the unusual conditions which have prevailed for the past two months. ' Show Valley Live Stock. Woodburn Two thousand people at tended the livestock fair in this city last Saturday. A splendid address was delivered by Hon. James Withyeombe,. of the State Agricultural college, .of Corvallis. Colonel J. B. Eddy, Hon. J. W. Bailey, state food and dairy com missioner, and J. H. Settlemier also delivered lively speeches. Altogether the initiation of this fair was a magnifi cent success. President Fred Dose and Secretary .William P. Pennebaker will proceed to perfect a permanent organi zation. A three days fair of all pro ducts and livestock will be held during next October. Mohair Pools are Bought Up. Dallas Dallas witnessed one of its busiest days Saturday, occasioned by the selling of the pool of the'Polk and Yamhill County Mohair associations. The Yamhill pool, consisting of 40,000 pounds, was purchased by Bumheimer & Co., of Portland, at Z cents. The association retains the sacks, which were held at 25 cents each. The Polk county pool, consisting of 50,000 pounds, was bought by H of Dallas, at 32 cents, paid are considered the market stands. L. Fenton,. The prices -beat, as the- Oregon Used Up the Funds. Washington, April 3. Seventeen special agents of the land office in var ious Western states were furloughed today on account of shortage in funds. A large part ' of the appropriation for special agents has been consumed in the employment of special officers en gaged in running down frauds in Ore gon. . Secretary Hitchcock deemed it more important to get at the bottom of facts in Oregon than to conduct exten sive formal examinations elsewhere. . Coal Miners Scale Renewed. Philadelphia, April 3. The soft coal operators late tliis afternoon stated that they had practically agreed to renew the wage scale. This will prevent the threatened strike of 50,000 miners in the bituminous district. A joint con ference of the operators and miners will be held in Altoona tomorrow to com plete the arrangement. . Rushing Supplies to the Front. . St. Petersburg, April 3. More than ten trains, stocked with provisions and war material, are leaving St. Peters burg daily for Vladivostok. Independence Idea To Be Aired. Independene It is the purpose of the Willamette Valley Improvement league to call a meeting of the execu tive committee provided for at Salem last week to meet in Independence the last of April. Members of the Inde pendence Improvement league are con sidering the advisability of calling a general meeting, to be held here at the same time. If called, and it most like-' ly will be, the program will be an exec utive session in. the afternoon and' a banquet in the evening, at which the Independence idea will find expression. Ranchers to Fight for Water. Milton A mass meeting of 300 fruit growers and citizens of Milton and vi cinity was held in Alliance hall for the purpose of providing legal advice and the best methods to pursue against , the Peacock Mill company, which has brought suit against the city of Milton and all the irrigation ditch companies and private- property owners in this valley, to determine ' the amount of water the Peacock Mill company shall appropriate for the purpose of running their mills at this place. . Snow in Linn Mountains. - Albany There is now considerable snow in the mountains in this part of the state and high water in the streams in 'this part of the valley is feared. The recent rains have filled the streams up to their banks, and warm rains, which would melt the snow all at one time would cause a flood. There has been no damage from high water during former rains this winter, as there was comparatively no snow on the moun tains until the recent cold weather. - Dog Poison in Bologna Sausage. Independencs Dog poisoning has become so common in Independence that no surprise is expressed when a canine is observed in the throes of death on the street or in a front yard. Some of the most valuable dogs in town have been poisoned and though there is a standing reward of $200, the poisoner has not been apprehended. Bologna sausage containing ' poison has been picked up in different portions of town, but it affords no clue as to the identity or motive of the poisoner. For Cheese Factory at Ukiah. Pendleton Ward Emigh, proprietor- of the Walla Walla creamery, who will establish a -cheese factory at Ukiah, 60 miles south of this place, is in the- city making arrangements for the trans portation of his cheese making machin ery and will open the factory within a few days for business. The machinery has a capacity of 24,000 pounds of milk a day, but as the dairy interests have declined of late, Mr. Emigh does not expect nearly that much at first. Waiting for a Market for- Coal. Riverton The bunkers of the River ton Mining & Development company' mine have been filled and mining oper ations have been suspended awaiting a vessel to carry coal. Manager Bouse of the company is now in San Francisco, looking up the coal market and arrang ing for the freighting of his coal. The steamer Chico, of San Francisco, which is now due here, will . take the first cargo of coal from this place. Heavy Snow Now in Bohemia. Cottage Grove There is heavy anew in the Bohemia district now, and out side work will be late this year on that account The telephone line between tjottage urove and the mines is down on account of the recent storms. PORTLAND MARKETS. Klamath People Raise Big Bonus. . Klamath Falls Klamath county has raised $80,000 of the $100,000 bonus for the Weed railroad extension to Klamath Falls, and , has obtained an extension until May 1 to raise the bal ance. - The balance undoubtedly Will be raised, and the railroad connection of this section with the outside world is now assured. - ,-' . Wheat Club, 8687c per bushel; bluestem, 9394c; valley, 88cc. Oats No. 1 white, $2829 per ton gray, $2728. ' . Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton; clover, $1112; grain; $1112; cheat, $1112. Eggs Oregon ranch, T717)c per dozen. , Butter Fancy creamery, 2527c.. Potatoes Oregon fancy, 8595cj common, 6580c. : Apples Fancy $1.752.50 per boxy choice, $11.25. ' Hips Choice, 1904, 23 X 24c per pound. . - , Wool Valley, 20c per pound; East ern Oregon, 15l8c; mohair, choice,. 3132c per pound. ' '