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Hcppncr Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OP THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Government survey of soils is declar
ed a failure.
Thaw has been granted a trial on the
question of his sanity.
China will send diplomats to this
country to study commerce.
Cosgrove will come north in a private
car to take te oath of office.
Many trains are snowbound on the
Northern Pacific in Montana.
The senate will rigidly investigate
all appoin ees by the president.
Holland, Fnni'e and Great Britain
are tj unite in the Venezuela affair.
Taft will announce no more cabinet
selections till af er the inauguration.
Senator Davis, of Arkansas, has
bloodpoiscning, and may lose an arm.
Fire destroyed an entire block in the
business portion of Thompson Falls,
Montana.
Washington proposes to reopen the
Sand island boun .ary dispute which
was won by Oregon.
Harriman lires are to be continuous
from Seaattle to Mexico City, accord
iong to present plans.
The snow area over the Pacific
Northwest is gradually extending
south.
The blizzard in Montana has blocked
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Nortehrn.
The Italian parliament is in session
to consider measures regarding the
earthquake.
' A sudden thaw woud result in bad
floods all along the Columbia and Wil
lamette rivers.
The government is piling up evi
dence that the Harriman merger throt
tles competition.
San Francisco will aid Portland in
securing the Liberty bell for the rose
festival next June.
Ice floe3 in the Columbia river have
stopped all boats and are growing in
thickness and extent.
A woman left $2,000 worth of jewels
in a Los Angeles bank and officials
have been unable to locate the owner.
A notorious criminal has been re
leased from the Montana penitentiary
by mistake. Officers are making a fu
tile attempt ton locate him.
A Seattle man takes a swim in Puget
sound every morning and does not give
up the practice even with the tempera
ture down to 14 degrees below freez
ing. A mail sack containing bond3, etc.,
worth $200,000 was stolen from a de
livery wagon in Paris in broad day
light. The police have not the slight
est clew to the thieves
The queen dowager of Spain i3 seri
ously ill.
A new Franco-American treaty of
extradition has been signed.
J. P Morgan & Co. will loan $22,
500,000 to the Bolivian government.
Owing to a shortage of the crop, an
advance will be made in the price of
brooms.
Richard Croker has begun the erec
tion of a residence at West Palm
Beach, Florida.
Morse D. Brown, 83 years old, is
said to be the oldest practicing attor
ney in Chicago.
Attorneys for Abraham Ruef have
been given another ten days in which
to prepare their bill of exceptions.
John W. Gates has given the money
to erect a $100,000 college and a $20,
000 hospital at Port Arthur, Texas.
The Canadain Pacific railroad will
spnd $30,000,000 on Western con
struction work this year, it is reported.
James Treadwell, once a millionaire
and promoter of the famous Treadwell
mines, in Alaska, has been declared a
bankrupt by San Francisco courts.
Mrs. Maybrick is to marry again.
Zero weather prevails throughout the
West.
Mrs. Claus Spreckles will have an
allowance of $130 per day.
Terrible riots have occurred between
Hindus and Mohammedans in India.
Castro's plot to murder Gomez has
been revealed by a telegraph operator.
More earthquake shocks have occur
red at Messina and s-till more are pre
dicted. An attempt will be made to collect
the late Senator Mitchell's fine from
his estate.
Thousands of Yaqui Indians have
surrendered their arms to the Mexican
government.
A revolution has broken out in Man
churia and the mutinous troops have
won a victory.
Rockefeller has extended the time
for the Chicaeo university to earn the
f 00,000 donation.
FATAL MINE EXPLOSION.
Twenty Four Dead in Letter's Fam
ous Illinois Colliary.
Zeigler, 111., Jan. 12. The Ferie-s of
mishaps in Joe Leiter's famous $1,
000,000 colliery here during the last
few years reached a climax . shortly
after 1 o'clock this morning, when a
mysterious explosion killed 24 men.
Nineteen dead have been recovered,
live are missing and are undoubtedly
dead, and two are injured critically.
This is the second serious disaster in
the Zeigler Coal company's property,
which has been the scene of several
minor fatalities and where for more
than two years a desperate labor war
was waged as the result of a strike.
An explosion in 1905 killed 35 men at
work in the mine.
Joseph Leiter and his bride of half a
year were here when the explosion
happened. Leiter came to town sev
eral weeks ago to direct the fight on a
fire in the workings, which, after a
month's battle, was got under control
Friday nignt. Leiter himself conduct
ed the first relief party into the mine.
The first coal hoisted out of the shaft
in more than six weeks was brought up
yesterday and it was expected to put
the full force of men at work during
the next few days.
I he explosion was remarkable in
that except for the manv dead it left
scarcely a trace and the interior of the
mine tonight shows no sign of damage,
WILL BE NO PLAGUE.
Stringent Sanitary Measures Taken
at Messina.
Messina, Jan. 12. -General Mazza
has adopted strigent measures to pro
i tect people and property. In addition
to establishing a police service around
the city, he has issued orders that any
person lound ecxavating without a per
mit shall be shot.
General Mazza declared that under
the guise of rescuers, many thieves
were committing robberies.
Sanitary conditions have greatly im
proved and it is now believed that
there is little danger of the spread of
disease.
The American relief ship Bayern,
fiying'the Red Cross flag, arrived Fri
day. A small amount of clothing was
sent to the American consulate and the
remainder of the stores are being dis
tributed to ports along the south coast,
The United States Bupply ship Cul-
gea, which arrived trom Port Said Fri
day, carried 130 tons of provisions and
was well stocked with blankets and
wearing apparel. The stores were
sent ashore and distributed.
The living are still being taken from
the ruins. Ten days ago it was thought
that all buried under the wreckage
must have perished, but several per
sons taken out Saturday were found to
be in extraordinary good condition.
ONE-MAN RULE WEARIED.
Venezuela Grew Tired of Government
of Castro.
Paris, Jan. 12. Jose de J. Paul,
special envoy of Venezuela, arrived
here this evening from Bordeaux and
was warmly greeted by a score of Ven
ezuelan!. M. Paul declared Castro's downfall
was the result of a conflict between
the country's ambition to carry on
peaceful internal and foreign policies
and the policies of Castro, which were
rapidly jeopardizing Venezuelan inde
pendence. "What was the real cause of Cas
tro's fall?" M. Paul was aked.
"It was brought about," replied the
envoy, "by the necessity of averting a
revolution. It must be remembered
that Hollancd practially abrogated the
protocol of 1894, whereby she had un
dertaken to prehibit traffic in arms and
prevent filibustering expeditions and
revolutionary outbreaks. Having thus
abrogated the treaty, the presence of
Holland's warships would have render
ed us impotent to stop filibustering."
"Castro's present standing in Vene
zuela," M. Paul said, "is that of a
man opposed to his country's aspira
tions. Venezuelans are weary of one
man's domination."
M. Paul expects to open negotiations
with the French government within a
few days.
Cosgroe Postpones Trip.
Paso, Robles Hot Springs, Cal., Jan.
12. Although Governor-Elect Samuel
G. Cosgrove, of Washington, is very
much better, he will not leave for the
North tomorrow morning for his inau
guration at Oiympia next Thurdsay.
The severe weather in Washington has
caused Governor Cosgrove to postpone
his departure from here indefinitely.
Preparations had been made for the
governor to leave here tomorrow morn
ing on a special train, bat a telegram
from his son today caused him to
change his plans.
Chinese Can't Compete.
Victoria, B. C, Jan. 12. Mexio has
proved an unfavorable field for Chinese
immigrant", according to advices re
ceive 1 from the Orient. The viceroy
of Canton has foi bidden further emi
gration and the newly established Chi
nese line will puffer s-rious ioss.
Hongkong paper. claim that Mexico
is too poor a country even for the Chi
nese, and that the coolies cannot com
pete with the ill-paid, half-starved
peons.
Night Riders Held in Jail.
Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 12. The six
Night Riders sentenced to death at
Union City and two others sentenced
to 20 years in the state penitentiary,
have been placed in jail here and wi 1
be held in c'ose confinement to await
the action of the Supreme court, which
will meet in this city next April.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
DEVELOP LAKE COUNTY.
Building of Railroad to Klamath Falls
Expected to Be Big Help.
Lakeview The yeaj- 1909 will wit
ness great development in Lake county.
Anticipating the migration L;at will
begin with the opening of spring, the
Sout.iern Puciflc company is now sill
i 14 from all points on iU lines,
through tickets, via Klamath Ft. lis,
to this city, the county heat, which i
100 isiles east of Klamaih Falls, by
stage.
This great county has been isolated
for years. W th its 5,000,000 acres it
has a population of 3,500, or 5,000
acres for each voter.
Much of the land is held in immense
ranches, and the sheep and catotfe men
have reigned supreme for many yenrs.
Now, two large irrigation projects in
course of construction mark the begin
ning of a new era that will mean an
increase of n any fold in the population
and business of the county, bringing in
an agricultural pe pie, anu cnanging
the old order of things.
For the past six months a great ad
vertis n campaign has been carried en
in the Middle West. This" campaign is
in the hands of the Oregon Valley.Land
company, successor to the old Oiegon
Military Road Land Grant company,
whose holdings lie on either side if tne
old Oregon Military road, extending
from the Klamath Indian reservation
in Kb math county through Lake into
Harney and Malheur counties.
The land is being sold on the certifi
cate and auction plan and already
many thousand certificates have been
disposed of. The irrigation projects
will be completed in time for ti e crops
of-1910, anl will reclaim 100,000 acres
of fine sage b ush land in the Golden
Goose lake valley.
Rich Josephine Strike.
Grants Pass When the owners
brough in a big buckskin bag, fat with
yellow nuggets, for exchange for coin
of the realm over a Grants Pas3 bank
ing counter, it became known that an
El Dorado, that rivals the famou3 dig
gings of Alaska, has been quietly
worked for several months past near
this city. The owners and operators of
the claim are W. J. McDow and son.
Their diggings are located on Briggs
creek, in what is locally known as the
Swede basin district. The gold taken
from the claim is coarse and heavy,
many of the nuggets being of a large
size and running in value from $20 to
$25.
Oil Flows at Ontirio.
Ontario Oil, gas and water is now
flowing from the well of the Ontario
Co-Operative Gas & Oil company, in
the suburbs of this city, although the
oil is limited. The oil and water is
forced to the surface by the gas, and
although an attempt has been made to
plug the well, abp )t a six inch stream
is still flowing. The well is now down
1,600 feet, and is the deepest well yet
sunk in this field. In starting this
well, 12 inch casing was used, but af
ter sinking 400 or .500 feet 10 inch cas
ing was used, and at 1,500 the casing
was reduced to 8)4 inches.
Oregon G"vers Are. Thanked.
Salem Governor Chamberlam has
received the following telegram from
the editor of a leading Italian news
paper of New Yor', who is president
of the relief committee in the raising
of funds for the earthquake sufferers:
In behalf of the Italian community,
I tender you sincere thanks for your
prompt and generous assistance in be
half of our compatriots afflicted by the
recent earthquake in Italy. I harles
Barsoti, President Italian RePef com
mittee." Fruitmen Will Organize.
Salem The first steps toward the
organization of a fruitgrowers union
were taken last week when, at a mips
meetinsr of growers, John Perrherton,
E. C. Armstrong, Charles Long and
William Zosel we-e appointed a com
mittee to rep rt a plan organiza
tion. The plan rf the Puyr.lup orgnn-
iz t!on w s generally approved, but
will he modified to meet loc i condi
tions. The organization will handle
fresh fruits and probably operate a
cooler.
Farmers Hippv Ovc Snow.
La Grande Cortinued snowfall
means tens ot thousands to t.rann
Ronde valley farmers and fruitgrow
ers. Stock is not S'lfferin". Last year
was the second unrsuillv dry season in
Eastern Oregon, and urless there is a
havy snowfall in the mountains and
valley this winter's cron is likely to be
short next season. Unless a warm
wave comes, indications are for a vrrv
avy snowfall. The m-lting snow is
ry rruch better for crops.
Floral Puildine: Site Pirkrd.
Pendleton--A cror ' ntr to a privntr
mesafro received from Was'iirtrton
Prnd'eton's postr'fTir-o bui'd'ng w II ' e
located on the corner of Alta and Gar
den streets, one Mock from the busi
noa center of the ci'y. It is under
stood the nr'ro pa'd for to sitp is
$10,000. Th" new Ftone fV'pt w:ll be
on the same street, three blocks awav.
New Packing Hons.
North Powder A pork paekrt ho'ipe
has been oprned here bv L. McGregor.
rormerlv r"nnrirtor of a meat park'Yg
nlant in Pnrt'and. TTe bf also oTned
a retail market. It to he rim in ern
nprtinn with th" parkin? plant. Mc
Gregor s first lot or nop, ;z in num
ber, weighed from 250 to 350 pounds.
WATER BIG TRACT.
Deschutes Company Signs Contract
With State Land Board.
Salem The State Land board has
s'gned up a contract for the reclama
tion of 74,000 acres of arid land in
Crook county, the Deschutes Irrigation
& Power con puny being the contractor.
The company ia to have a lien upon the
land for the estimated cost of reclama
tion, fixed at $60 per acre for irrignble
land and $2.50 per acre for non-irrigable
land.
The Deschutes company already has
contracts for the reclamation of two
tracts, one cons'sting of 84,000 acres,
known as the Pilot butte segregation,
and the other consisting of 56,000
acres, known as the Oregon Irrigation
company segregation.
All this land is in the vicinity of
Bend, Crook county. The tract cover
ed by the contract just signed lies south
and east of the tracts covered by the
earlier contracts, and reaches from
th Desi'hute's river nearly to Trim
ville. Water for the irrigation of this vast
area of land will be taken from the
Deschutes river. The plans call for
the construction of a storage reservoir,
the deta h of which are yet to be defi
nitely decided upon.
The per cent of irrigable and non-irrigable
land is not definitely known,
but it is estimated that the total lien
of the company will be in the neigh
borhood of $3,500,000. The company
is to receive 80 cents per acre per year
from settlers as a maintenance charge
until 1917, when the system is to be
turned over to the settlers' organization
complete, unincumbered and in gocd
condition. The contract requires that
the most important portions f the
flume shall be made of concrete and
steel.
The contract gives the irrigation
company the right to use the water
powers available in the canal system
for a period of 35 years, in considera
tion of which the company is to main
tain the canals during that period. The
land will be sold to settlers by the
state, the purchasers paying off the
company's lien, this being the conside
ration. Big Mill for St. Helens.
St. Helens A mill that will increase
not only the payroll of St. Helens but
the population to the extent of at least
300 is now being built by the Charles
R. McCormack company, of San Fran
cisco. It is expected to be completed
and in operation by July, 1909. Over
$200,000 is being expended on the con
struction. About 200 men will be em
ployed. The company is one of the
wealthiest on the Pacific coast. It
controls the Hicks-Hauptman company,
of San Francisco, and the California
Pole & Piling company, which has
yards at Seattle, Everett and San
Pablo. It also has a fleet of five o.-ean
vessels.
Big Wages for Chinese.
Astoria The demand for skilled
Chinamen to work in the canneries
will be greater the coming season than
ever before, especially the slitters and
solderers. A great run of salmon is
expected on Puget sound this year and
extensive preparations are being made
to handle it. Some of the Columbia
river slitters have been offered $!,000
for the season and some solderers $600.
These prices are about double what
have been paid in former years.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Barley Feed, $27(7 27. 50 per ton;
brevring, $28.
Wheat Bluestem, 98c; club, 91c;
fife, '91c, red Russian, 89c; 40-fold,
93c; valley, 91c.
Oat No. 1 whit $32.50 per ton.
Hay T mot'ny, Willame te val'ey,
$14 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17(7 18 ;
clover, $12; alfalfa, $12013; grain
hav. $12013.
Fruis Apples, 75cO;$3 per box;
pears, $10; 1.75 per box; qu'nee $10;
1.25 per box; era berries, $14,50015
per barrel; peTsimmons, $101.25.
Po atoes 80 0;) 90c per hundred;
sw ef p tatof s, 2J4C p r prund.
Onions Oregon, $1.20 p r hundre d
Vege ables Turn'ps, $1.25 pe r sack ;
carrots, $1; parsnips, $1.25; beet
$1.50; horseradish, 80; 10c per prund;
f-rtichokes, $1.40 per e'ozen; beans,
2214c per pound; cabbage, l?4c per
p'und; eaulifl wrr, $1.25 per dozen;
celery, $4.50 per crate; eggplant, 11c
per pound: lettuce, $101.25 pt-r b' x ;
parsley, 30c per dozen ; p as, 20c per
pound; peppers, 150; 20c per pound;
pumpkin", 10; l).,cper pound; radishes,
30c per dozen ; spinach, 2c per pound ;
spr uts, 10c per pound; squash, 10;
1 c per pound.
Butter City creamery, extras, 360;
37c; fancy out ide creamery, 32 aO;35c
per pound; s'ore, 1802(c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 37. 0; 40c;
Eas'ern, 27 .-Ot 32 !-.jc per de zrn.
Peultry Hem, 14c p-r prund;
spring, large-, .vn sthi, j.-kh
16c; mixed, 13'.;0;14e: ducks, 190;
20c; geese, 100;llc; turkeys, 180; 20e.
Veal Ex ra, 10c per pound; ordi
nary, 70; 8c; heavy, 5c.
Pork Fancy, 8c per pound; large,
70;7l-.;c
Muttejn CO; 8c per pound; lambs,
80;RK'-c.
Hops 1908, choice, 7o77J.c per
pund; good prime, fi62'c: far
prim1, 5J.;0; fc; medium, 505Jv'c;
1907. 20;2!..c; 1906, ll'..c.
. 101 11 ir-.
I Wool Eastern Oregon, average hes
I 100; 14c per pound, seconding to srrik
jnage; valley, 15 (t 162'c; mohair,
j choice, 180il9c.
HESITATE TO ANGER CHINA.
Why Powers Decided Not to Protest
Against Yuan's Dismissal.
Washington, Jan. 11. The predom
inating reason that has influenced the
American and British ministers at Pe
kin in abandoning their project for a
protest by the p wers against uny dis
turbance of the present policy of the
Chinese government is believed here to
be largely the delicacy which this gov
ernment has felt in approaching the
Chinese government on this subject.
It was difficult to anticipate how any
r presentatii ns along this line might
be receive, for it is realized that the
Chinese t re sensitive on any intim 1
tions which convey the impression that
they are not capable of manging their
own affairs. There was a question
also whether these would have been
excusable, notwithstanding the great
interests the governments, particularly
that of the United States, have in the
preservation of peace in China and the
maintenance of its progressive policy
n view of the fact that there have
been no serious results following
Yuan's dismissal and n ) 'reacti nary
tendencies have marked the administra
tion of the Chinese government.
Great reliance is placed by the State
dep .rtnent in the appointment of Liang
to the ministry of foreign affairs, and
it is hoped that the influence that he
may be able to exert may go tar in
preventing any decidedly backward
steps, at least so far as the foreign
policy of Chinia is concerned.
MAY NOT SEND BELL WEST.
Philadelphia Reluctant to Lend Relic
Lest It Break.
Philadelphia, Jan 11. The efforts
to have the Liberty Bell taken to the
Pacific coast to become a feature in the
various celebrations mav not be suc
cessful. The old bell has been taken
to at least four expositions and to oth
er celebrations outside this city in the
last 25 years, an i every time it is
brought back a movement is starte I to
prevent the historic bell from ag:un
leaving Philadelphia. Notwithstan
ing this agitation, city councils, which
have the rower to authorize the bell's
be ng taken from the city, have nearly
always granted the requests, as coun
cils eo not like to place the city in the
ro5tt:on of be ng discourteous or indif
ferent to the requests. Requests have
already been made here to have the bell
co to the Northwest, but nothing offi
cial has been done.
One of the reasons against taking the
bell West is because of the great dis
tance to be traveled and the liability of
the bell's breaking. The old relic is
in a trlass case on the cround floor of
Independence hall, and is under con
stant guard day and night.
BUOY CROSSES NORTH POLE
Takes Eirrht Years to Float From
Canada to Norway.
Christiana. Nor., Jan. 11. The me
teorological institute has received
letter from Soroe, Denmark, stat'ng
that a buoy driven ashore November 3
contained a notice that the buoy was
set adrift on July 24, 1900, near Cape
Bathurst, and was 400 kilometers north
east of the Mackenzie river. Cape
Bathurst is in British America on the
Arctic ocean, lyintr in latitude 70:137
N., longitude 127:30 W.
It is believed here that the buoy
which thus drifted more than eight
years, was carried thiough the polar
seas between Greenland and Sp'tzber
tren. If this is so, it would seem to
support the conclusion on which Cap
tain Ronald Amundsen has based his
futu-e expedition on the Framm.
Cantain Amundsen's expedition of
the Frumm will start from San Fran
cisco early in 1910. He plans a drift
ing voyage similar to that undertaken
by Nansen. He intends to fasten his
ship to the ice r orthwest of Point Bar
nw, Alaska, and hopes to drift across
the pole.
Red Tape Slew Thousands.
Rome, Jan. 11. Red tape is declar
ed to be responsible for thousands of
deaths among the survivors of the
earthquake. It is learned today that
charges to that effect have been made
atrainst officials of the government.
The matter vac brou.ht officially be
fore the chamber of deputies when that
body convened Friday, but the more in
fluential me mbers persuaded those who
made the charges involving the govern
ment to deday action until after the
public temper becomes more calm.
Want No Oregon Lumber.
Wellington, N. Z., Jan. 11. A gre-at
conference of the timber trade was
held at Falmerston North today to dis
cuss the question of the impottation of
Oregon pine. The press was excluded,
but several of the delegates asserted
after the conference that owing to the
recent whedesale importation of pine
fully 50 sawmills would close down in
definitely. The mill owners demand
the imposition of a duty on all import
ed timber in bulk.
Fi s Harvester Trust.
Topeka, Kan., Jan. 11. The Kr.nsa?
Supreme court, in a decisit.-n harx'ed
down today affirmed the verdict and
finp of the District court of Fhawnee
county against the International Har
vester company. The comr any must
pay a fine of $12,600 on 42 counts,
each count be-ing a violation of the
criminal paction of the Kansas anti
trust laws.
Three Young Girls Burn.
Diekinsem, N. D., Jan. 11. Fire yes
terday destroyed the home of Joseph
Kohl, a homesteader, 12 miles from
here. Three young girls alone in the
house were turned to death and a
fourth fatally burned.
SAYS EMPEROR
WAS MURDERED
Kang Yu Wei Says Yuan Shi Kai Was
Plotter Against Dead Ruler.
Will Probably be Placed on Trial Re
form Movement Greatly Aided by
' Recent Action, Says Banished Di
plomat, and Foreign .Intervention
Not Desired.
Penang, Straits Settlement, Jan. 9.
In an interview here today Kang Yu
Wei, the well known Chinese reformer
who was expelled from Pekin after the
coup d'etat of 1898, declared that Yuan
Shi Kai had been dismissed Irom nia
high position as member of the grand
council of the Chinese empire because
he was instrumental in the death of
the late emperor, and that he probably
would ' be placed on trial for his con
nection with the matter.
"The resultt of this trial will con
vince foreigners that Yuan Shi Kai
instigated the murder of the late em
peror," Kang Yu Wei declared. "His
dismissal will work for the good of the
constitutional party ; the constitution
will no longer be delayed. I oppose,
foreign intervention in favor of Yuan
Shai Kai; that matter is one for China
to settle alone. The regent, Prince
Chui, controls the army and is intro
ducing reforms."
Since his expulsion from Pekin ten
years ago Rung Yu Wei has been in
strumental in directing the reform
movement in the empire from various
places outside the country.
He is at present living in conceal
ment in Penang, and very few people
are able to see him. ' It is necessary
to be vouched for by friends before
access to him can be obtained. It is
impossible to obtain confirmation of
the expectation that Kang Yu Wei
will-now return toP ekin.
BURLINGTON BREAKS AWAY.
Announces Cut Rate From Chicago to
Seattle Exposition.
Chicago, Jan. 9. Trouble is brewing;
among the Western railroads over the
rates to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position, which will be held in Seattle
this year. Today the Burlington roarl
caused surprise among its competitors
by quoting a rate of $62 for the round
trip from Chicago. In this connection
the Burlington has stolen a march on
the other roads, which were waiting
for a general agreement among the
lines of the Transcontinental Passenger
as ociation as to what the rate should
be from Chicago.
Although there is no legal reason
why the Burlington should not act in
dependently and quote ny rate it sees
fit, its action is contrary to that cus
tomarily taken. Other Western roads
are now charging that the northern
connections of the Burlington have
been quoting a $62 rate for Kevt-ral
weeks, despite the fact that only the
rate from the Missouri river and from
the Twin Cities had been agreed upon,
the rate being $50.
Representatives of other Western
roads declare that, if the 1 urlington
purposes taking independent action be
fore rate matters have been considered
by the association, it will mean a seri
ous break in the harmonious relations
existing among Western roads.
NEEDS OF JETTY.
Chief of Engineers Will Ask for Ap
propriation of $1,200,000.
Washington, Jan. 9. Senator Ful
ton had a conference with the chief of
engineer0 with relerence to the neces
sity for immediate appropriations for
river and harbor work in Oregon. He
learned that the river and harbor com
mittee had called on the engineers for
a report as to the necessity of only
three projects in the country, one of
them at the mouth of the Columbia
river.
The chief of engine-ers says that
$200,000 is absolutely necessary for
the maintenance of ' that project, but
he needs an additional $1,000,000 to
carry the work ahead and will strongly
urge that this amount be provide-d. He
also believes it essential that sufficient
appropriations be made to repair and
put in commission the dredge Chinook.
In response to Mr. rulton s inquiry,
he also expressed the opinion that am
ple fund3 should be provided for oper
ating the new dredge Oregon during
the coming year.
The senator feels convinced that he
will have the hearty support of the en
gineers in his on on 10 gei money ior
the Columbia river anel Oregon coast
n the forthcoming bill.
Anti-Pass Bi'l Introduced.
Helena, Mon., Jan. 7. Today's ses
sion ( f the legislature was very brief.
Neith'-r house has yet .named commit
ters. Special bills were introduced in
both houses and referre-d to appropriate
committers. Neither of these are of
any great importance, relating to
amendments of present laws. There
was one exception, however, this bring
the prohibition of free railroad, tele
graph or telephone passes or franks to
all persons except actual employes.
New Shocks Cause Panic.
Naples,.Jan. 9. Dispatches rrceiveel
here state that several earthquake
shocks occurred at Monte Leone and
Pal mi this evening. The roofs of the
houses were shaken down and the peo
ple thrown into a panic.