Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1908)
1 PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Tuesday, April 7. Washington, April 7.—Ths senate today adjourned until Thursday, and on that day will take another adjournment until Mon.lay <>f nest week. ‘Ihis pro gram was arranged today by Ute Ha- pulilicaa leaders l«< aue<> no naw tries* nrsa now on the oalrndar are likely to ba si acted thia se-eion. The unfinished taislorea is a bill by Gambia to regii at* the sell lament of the account* Iwtween the United Hutes and Iheaeveral States relative lo the <lls|M«lllon of public land. Il la understood that this bill will not be passed al this srsalon, and tliai the other land hills, such as the one to provide an enlarged hemeateed, will also go over until neat Session st least. Expectations are that there will lie little legislation except ths appropria tion bills, and It la not lni|K>»allde that eongnea will I* ready Io adjourn sour* tint* between Mav 15 and May 3(1. ol some mvsaiire deal lug with a part ol ths questions, st least. Diet have been agitated in a nuiubsr of Houthsm •tat«», which have I hsii prevented by Hnpreine c< url ruling* Irom nseicialng thslr pnlii e power* for the conttul uf into« leant*. Washington, April 3.—When the house of representatives adjourned late today, the hreac h Ix-tween lhe majority and minority parties was, If anything, alder than «vet. The leader* on both able* arrived on the scene early, appar eutly none the vcorae for the parliumen t»ry rlri'gg* 1» of the night Irefnre. The Dvimcial* loMimed dilatory tactirwand kept it up II rough ut lhe day, notwith standing t> e committee on m’e* apply ing 'he gag law t>> general delate on 1)1« District ol t'o'umbia appropriation bill, winch wa* In older lot considers linn. Tbs rule aa> adopted amid up- n«r and after the Denice rat* lias ex hxiiabd every parliamentary move shlch they could make to obstruct its Washington. April 7.—The whole of flual disposition the session of the houae today was de Thursday, April 2 vote<| lo the consideration ot the Dis Washington, April (.—Th* executive trict of Columbia appropriation bill Two amendments of more or 1res na Session ot lhe senate today waa largely tional Interest were adopted, one pr*e corisurned by discussion, without pas vldlng tor 75 cent gas tor all district sage of a bill to reorganise lhe public establishment. and the other requiring •<h‘xd system in the District of Cerium that all outside doors to public build bis by placing It under the control of a ings should open outward and that new dlrec or appointed by ths national com- buildings shall have four sails. An m aaloner ol education, superseding the effort lo escine the incorporation of a control by the board of education com ehlld-labor provision applicable to lire |»*ux! of cltisens <>f lhe District. diet riel ta I led Tire bill, which appro- Ths bill relating to the settlement of pílales l9 6fll,4MI, «■< |ma-ed and claims of state« on account of the die- thereupon lile ho'iar, out of respect to pcxnlloti of public land wa* again taken the memory of the late Representative up and lhe Bacon amendment for set Abraham L Brisk, ol Indiana, look a tling the socounte ol owners of rollon recesa until 11 3U o'clock tomorrow, tie seised by the government during the Ing alili ou lhe legislative day ol Mou- Civil war, amounting to *5,000,(XX), day. was ronaidereil. but without results either on the bill or the amendment. Mxnday. April 0. Washington, Apr 11 fl.— The army hill, carrying an appropriation of almovl * I iKi.txai.iHMl, »*s | aasrd by ths senate today piaclically as lepirta-d from the coinmltiee on military affairs. The only amendment adopted car lied an ap propriation <d *20,000 for a system of water aorta f. r Foil William Iftnry Harrison, Montana The hill material* ly increases the |«y of «filters and en listed men Th* fortifications bill, reported to the artiste today, cart lea Senator Ankeny a auieudment. increasing the appropria tion lor fortification* on Puget sound (1,000 000. A* th* bill) passe«! lhe hull«*. It appropriated *747.000 lor thia Work. The appropriation la not Item- lead Th* arnata tialajr pa-aed An- kany'a hill, appropriating *220.000 lor a public building at Walla Walla. Washington, April fl —Beyond forc ing roll call on the approval of llvi journal and on adjournment, the Dem* icrrnts of the house today offered no obstruct on to the orderly Iranaacliaa of business. Thia living suspension day, Several Important bills were pul through by pre. finally unanimous vote. Among these we* the Hierllng employ- eta' liability bill, only one vote bring recorded agalnet it, that of Litlleflold, of Mains, ami the bill establishing a naval elation at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and appropriating *660,(MM) for the purpose, against which bhcrwixd, of Ohio, stood alone. Al 5 10 p. m. the bouse took a recess until 11 31) o'clock tomorrow morning. Saturday, April 4. Washington, April 4.—The army sp- pr priati' n bill waa completed by the Senate committee on military affairs tislay and will be repotted to the sen ate on Monday. Il will carry *l>oiit *15,000,(XXI more than waa provided in tliv hill as It passed lhe house, making a total of approximately *!(X>,IMHI,tKXI. An Hem of about *7,000,000 was in- eludi-d to Incieeae the pay of the army, marine revenue cutter service and corps, but excluding enlisted I men of lhe navy, in accordance with the pro- vision of the bill which was |«eaed | by Ilia senate. Washington, April 4.—By adopting a sweeping cloture rule in the house today, the Republicans left to the Dem ocrats very liuiitol powers. No longer can a fill bust! r 1« conducted against sending to conference bills with sennte amendments; no lonjflr can a motion to close debate lie amended or diacuaa- ed, and no longer can a motion to ad journ take precedence over a motion to take a reress. Williams forced a rollrall on the ad option of the role, and it was adopted, l.ls to 119. Consideration of the District of Co lumbia appropriation bill was then re sumed, but only after anotnsr rollcall. Frldsy, April 3. Washington, April 3.—Ths senate committee on judiciary spent some hours considering the various bills in tended to relieve prohibitoin states from baderai Interference in dealing with liquor traffic within ths borders of such states, but no agreement was rase bed. It was determinali, however, to vote on the maaanrea on Monday. From the discussion today there ap peared to be a chance for the reporting Parada Plane Ara Modified. Washington, April 8,—Homa alight modification in the plane of the parade of the Atlantic hattleehip fleet from Magdalena bay to Han Francieoo, as an nounced at the Navy department Hatur day, and which provides for stops at Port Harford and Monterey, were made public today. As a result of the ohange the fleet will leave Hants Barhara April 29th Instead of the 30th, as stat ed Haturday, anil It will go to Port Harford, reaching there April 30. On ly ■ stop of one day will be mads at Port Harford. Rpencer for the Netherlands. Washington, April 2.—Spencer Ed dy, the the Chicago man who haa for many months been an attache of the Ameriean legation In London and who recently married Mise Spreckels, daugh ter of John I». Spreckels, was today nominated by President Roosevelt for minister to the Netherlands. Ills head quarters will be in Luxembourg. Eddy is a brother-in-law of Senator Bever idge, of Indiana, who married hia aia- UPPtR COURT TO DECIDE. Huef Asks That Judge Doot ng Be Forbidden to Try Him. H«n Franclarxr, April 3.—With the j views of Jiidg* Manrn-e T. Dooling. e> annouocwil from Ure i>enol , that an Im murilty contract ia non eiialant in la«. Ill*gal II entered Into by a district at torney ami unetilorceable by a defend ant, indual Ing a protahl« salvers ruling on the objection of Abraham Korf lo further prix*eedii g* against him t* i-auae of the promise rd Imrminity made him by th» persecution tint afterwards rt-pudisti-d, Kiief, through hisstto neys today made applx-ation to the Htate Hupreme i-uurt for a v>ri' of man d*to and petilionnl for a writ of pro hibition, The application and petition are identical with lhe orivs denied yea torday by the Distr et Court ol Apprel I’he Hupreme court I* a»k«d to prohibit Ji’dge I tooling from continuing th» trial of Ku»f, ami to Isaue a writ ol mandate or-lermg him to transfer the case t > another departmi nt of the Hu parlor court Aasivtani District Attorney Francis J. Henry thi* afternoon replied to the argument ot Frank J. Murphy, who raised ths question of the Immunity contract la-for* Judge Ikxrling this inoriiing and contended that through Ituef’s reliance upon the promise made him, Iris constitutional rights were in veiled when he tee titled before the «rand jury and that he was entitled to >>« placed lack where be could attack the validity ol the indictmenta. CONDEMNS ALL PENDINO BILLS Naw York Chamber Advocates Com mission on Currency 8,atom New York, April 3.-—None of the ourrency legislation now before oon grew, with the exception of the Lover ing bill, which provides for the sp- |H,intment of a corn mission to investi gate the currency and banking systems cd the United Htate*. will have the ap proval of lhe New York chamber of ootnmerce. This was the decision to day when the chatnl er adopted the re port of ita *peci*l committee to inveati- gate and report upon pending legisla tion. It ia the belief of the committee that then I* little chance o' any cur rency legislation tiring enacted at the present session of congress. The committee's re p <rl recommend* the enactment of a law providing for the appointment of a cotnmiaGon lo in vestigate lhe currency and banking *ye- terns of the Uni'ed Htates snd other lesding commercial nation* and to re port suc h measure “as msy be found nectwssry to place our currency and tanking system on a aound bruts, which i* abaolmely essential h r the perma nent wellare and progress of the coun try.” Washington, April 2.—Carrying a total of *11 608,606, the agricultural appropi lation bill was fours id by the house lata belay. It had been under illocitssion for nine days and from the time Ils >on»ld>-ralixn begsn until the verr end its provisions were attacked a( every turn, with the result that it underwent msny changes. Justlrefore ita fw-aage. Hcott, of Kansas, chairman of the agr l<-ultnral committee, made an tinsi>rve.»fiil tight to have stricken out the amendment adopted yesterday con- alderahly Increasing (he appropriation for soil investigations. During tlie <!e>«te today a brief flurry wa* crew'ed by Harrison, of New York, Denurrat, characterising as socialistic the bill of the minoiity leader, Wil liam*, providing for the utilization of PRACtICE NEARuY OVER. the treasury »tirplu* in the construction and Improvement of roads In the seve ral vtstes. Vessel* at Magdalena Bay About to Wednesday, April I. Washington, April 1.—Senator Iley- bnrn's thrre-day filibuster to detest Keprreenlatlve Jone*' bill authorising ths Benton Water company to darn bnake river at Three-Mile rapid* endrd In utter rout this afternoon, the *enate turning him down by a vote of 47 to 4. The passage of this bill and the con sideration of a measure for adjudicating the claims of »lab-a sgsin«l the govern ment on account of the disposition ol the pr needs of public land* occupied nearly th* entire eetsion of the senate today. Washington, April 1.—Debate on the agricultural appropriation bill wns de void of lhe cPargoa and imputations which marked Its consideration on Munday and Tuesday. More progress wa* made with the measure than on I any previous day, ami the indications are that it will finally get through to morrow. Tislay's discussion dwelt on a propo sition for an increaswf appropriation for the farmera' hirlletins, which, however, waa refused, and 'he subject of inquir ies Into road-building, etc., by the de partment, the trend of opinion being that *uch work should fx> encouraged. Mex co is Angry. Washington, April 7.—While the offi cial relation* between the United Htate* and Mexico were never more cordial than now, and while there Is nothing in the material interests or desire« of either republic which conflicts In the slightest degree with lhe others, offi cials of ths American Htate department have become suddenly aware of the ex istence and rapid growth of n public sentiment in Mexico of distrust and suspicion of Americans and the Ameri can’s intentions respecting Mexican ter ritory. This condition ia made more exasperating but none the lees harmless and emlwrrasaing from the fact that it is entirely groundless in fact, and the officials declare haa for its basis nothing but irresponsible newspaper gossip and criticism. Coal and Clean Ship. Kan Diego, Cal., April 3.— Wireless reports received from Magdalen* lay state tliat the record target practice of 1906 for the Atlantic fleet is practically at an end. The Vermont, the last ol the "Big 16“ to go upon the ranges, completed ths firing ot her 12-inch gun* yesterday and today was complet ing her record with the rifles in the secondary battery. Most of the ships also leave completed their torpedo prac tice. so that IltUe remain* to be done at Magdalena bay but to coal and clean ship. It ia said that all ot the vessels will take on raiticlent ooal to carry them to San Francisco. In this way the ships will lie open to visitors every day of their stay at the various ports on the coa-t. During coaling days all ships of the navy are barred to visitors and practically all of the officer* have to remain on board. The Connecticut, which brought Ad miral Evans to Kan Diego yesterday af ternoon, and which cleared again for Magdalena bay at 4 o'clock in the after noon, wns 240 miles south at noon to day aid will rejoin the fleet late to morrow afternoon. The weather at Magdalena bay ia re ported as cloudy and threatening, Giese condition* having prevailed for aome time. No rain has fallen in the bay, but a few miles inland it is said there have l>een heavy shower*. White uniforms were ezpected to he worn, but blue haa l>een the prescribed color nearly every day. Gold Key for the Admiral. Seattle, Wash., April 3.—A eoi id gold key to lhe city, made of Alaska nuggets, is the unique token of hospi tality that will be presented to the ad miral in command of the big battleehi fleet when it visits Seattle next June. It is to lie of handsome design and wil weigh about ten ouncee. The key will be presented by Mayor John F. Miller. A committee of the chamber ol com merce today decided to call upon citi- sene to contribute a fund of *26,000 for Futi Hefiln far Damage*. Washington, April 7.—Representa the entertainment of the men and ofli- tive Thomas Ilefl-n, of Alabama, waa cera of the fleet. today made the ilefemlant in a suit for Moves to Start Mines. *20,000 damages tiled by Ixiuls Lundy, the negro with whom the congressman Indianapolis, April 3.—Ths flrat offi had an altercation on a streetcar on cial act of President Lewis, of the March 27 last. The affair grows out of United Mineworkers of America, in Mr. Heflin's taking exception to the a«euming hie office today, was to »end negro's drinking on a streetcar in the telegraphic invitations lo the operators presence of women. Imndy ia repre of the competitive field, consisting of sented by four negro attorneys. Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, to attend a meeting in thia city Monday, April 6, with repre Doss Not Gusrsntss Purity. Washington, April 2.—If a bill pass sentatives ol the miners, to make an ed by the senate Monday becomes a effort to agree npon a cal) for an inter law, It wfll be unlawful for any adver state wage convention and, If necessary, tiser to announce that hi* wares are to decide upon a genetai resumption of “guaranteed by the government of the mining operationa in the field. United Htate« under the pure food duet Passe* Contract Speed. law.” The bill Is intended to prevent Rockland, Ms., April 3.—Facing ad the misleading statement that under the pure hxxl law articles are guaran verse conditions today in the way of teed as to their purity. The senate highwimla and heavy seas, the armorer! also passed a bill including drugs of the cruiser Montana exceeded her contract hcmoopathlc pharmacoepla on equal requirements by a slender margin on Her fastest terms with tho«e of the allopath io un the Rockland trial course. mile, which wss made with the tide In der toe pure fend law. her favor, eras at the rate of 23.8 knots sn hour. The Montana made 13 rune Sioux Want Reservations Opened. Washington, April 8,— A delegation today, being starter! at a 18-knot clip, of Hioux Indians from ths Cheyenne which was Increased gradually to 22 and Standing Rock reaervatlone, who knots. favor opening at least half of these tea- Anarchy Rules In Hayti. ervatlona to settlement, called npon the president today with Commissioner Paris, April 3.—A dispatch received Leupp, of the bureau of Indian affaire. here today front Port au Prince, Hayti, The president chatted with them a «ays that the situation there is extreme short time. If the plan for opening ly grave and lhatoompletsanarchy pre these reservations should become a vails. Ths dispatch further declarM law, about 3,200,000 acres would be- that American warships are preparing oorae open to settler*. to land marines. | OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST A*w York Mafl.lrsl. Dwell* LOMDOM FOB A QUIBT LIFB. r.uw Cwwre, R l«b11aswles a«« Fowl Mak« < aaatrg Taa Retag. Low cut gowns worn by New York •oeiety women at the opera and In the restaurants have shocked Iseroy B. | Crane, one of the magistrate« of the K l *N u .U Pwulf WAHcnOujt WtSTnkd LONU i IION» FAVOR Municipal Court in that city. ts a remedy be advocatee the establishment Qrcware Gel Architsci's Drawing*— Fruit In Willamette Vailey Promi*** to of *.-lioola of morality to rale.- the mor Moon t»lsrt Work. Do Unusually Wei'. al tone of New York, which, he rie- Milton—Plana for ths new warehouse Halem—Climatic eondlti.ine during dana. haa trer-ome as bad as ancient and cold storage plant lo be erwted by the past winter have b-en ex spCion- Rome. Expressing hie views of the lhe M1 ltrs . Fmltgrow. rs' union have ably favorable for all farm crop« and lax moral tone In Gotham, Magistrate be n received from th" ari-ldteet, F. E. the prewrit fair seat her is considered Crane said: Finkenbrner «1 Well. Walla, and pre- Ideal lor fruit. The cold spring has ”1 bxlleve the public exhibition of so parat lor * »rs being made to begin work. kept the fruit trees beck, thu« protect ciety women In extremely low cut I’ll* builoh-g will have 16 loot wall*, log them to a large eita it Irort danger gowns at the opera and other public «Ibal'l b»»rment The second 1 tory ol injury tom Ir >-ta end Ute min*. places; drinking, smoking, and the gen will to- u-e.1 as a b'* fac'ory and lor Growers expect fair weather through eral abandon of other*. ea;M"-lnlly storage put|»»ee. Half ■ f lhe loement the bl'caaomirig period »nd with eneh young girl*, at restaurant* throughout will be used for cold stoisge, lhe re conditio«-« prevailing a full cropof fruit the city, and the conditions and teuqe mainder tor storage of fru i* amj ber will “get.” tatlona surrounding girl* of tender j gi ries awaiting efiipme. *. | Apples in the Willamette valley were I'he plans are now to rr.natmrt lhe a abort crop hurt season end wi'b even st middle class daui-ee In certnln public birilduig of lonrrr to. large »hipping fair c million* thia year the tree* abould balls ami their associates generally, platforms will surround it or. t«o aids* bear an Immense crop. Cherry, pear will prove the morality of New York and one end. The building will Ire 40 and prune trwa are apparently lo per will reach a statua approaching that feet wide and 1 IM) leet long, with freight fect rondltion and there seems to 1« no of Rome In bee de< llriliig days. "Do you know I would not permit elevators et each end. It will have a reason why a bumpar crop shoo'd not cap«, ny of handling *500,1)00 worth of be realised. Tne high prices eea ired my daughters to attend the opera or fruit during a seeaon. in recent yrwra for fruit ha* encouraged I any public entertainment wbre alight PAY8 826.000 FOR ORCHARD i the growers to do more extensive prun raiment la the rule and look upou the ing anti spraying that ever before, with bold exhibition of women wbo rank Dr. F. C. Psge, o» MeUtord. Buys 268 the result that the quality of Iruit har high In the society world. 1 believe It vested will be exceptionally good. Tne la not only * demoralizing influence, Acree m Aahlsnd District. Ashland — The papers have been coming of fair weather haa net the plowa i especially upon the young, but that the drawn at Ashland in what it is believed going in all orchards and cultivation exhibition In Itself la an indication of a low moral tone. I nnnot understand Is lbs biggest orchard sale yet consum will thia year ba uncsually thorough. bow a chaste and modest woman .-an mated io the history of th« Rogue Clear* Columbia Channel. go out In public dressed aa Is tbe cus River valley. The property involved The Dalles — The Port'and contract tom In tbe present day. Huppoeing tbe is the orchard sod farm ot C«ntity ors, Wakefield A Jacobsen, who have Commi**iooer Joshua Palltrson, locat women of tbe oBwery were to exhibit ed in Talent precinct, four mile* north been dredein* and otherwise clearing tbemaelvea In such costume aa are worn the narrow cbauuel of the Columbia at of Ashland. Two hundred and fifty In many places of amusement*. In ho what is known as Three-Mile rapid;, sight acres was the ar rears involved in tels, restaurants, etc. They would be near thia city, have completed their the deal, 130 acres being young orchard work and brought the dredge to The liable to arrest and censured at least. of lour and five-year-old spphr trees in “Now. while It Is true, as ha* been Dalia*, where it is now moored. The fine condition, the retnaluder being removal of the ruck* and reef* from thia said, that morality Is largely a ques farm lands suitable for fruitgrowing, portion of the Columbia ha* cost the tion of geography, tt I* also true tbe but unplanted to tress. The consider government about *100,000, and haa oc different moral code* must be separat ation in the deal waa *52,1)00. cupied aeversf years, the ugh it ccull i ed by more than a mile and a half. Set Out Many Grape*. New have been finished sooner but for the Beenes enacted nightly about Grant* Paas—One of the largest ship fact that it could not be carried on the York. I believe, exhibit as low a moral ments of Tokay grape cutting* waa un year around, on account of high water. tone a* baa been shown in any civilized ’ .» avx Lia â* is swz.aws loaded at the depot (hi* seek that haa The Columbia now free from impedi- -oeiety, ancient or modern. Tbe ever been received in one lot in Houtb- ' mente to the Big Eddy, w >ere it con French, during tbe revolution, bad a ern Oregon. One hundrel thousand nects with the portage road. 'Goddess of Reason’ wbo was a woman cutting* were consigned to W. B. Sher of the street*. Cuts Freight Rates. man, who i* setting out 60 acree in the "Tberolgne was no more of a public foothill* just outeide of the city limits Salem—The Oregon Railroad com- character than aome of the queens of overlooking town. Several other con mission has rendered its decision in the tbe stage of whom we have made hero signments of small amr nnti have been O R. A N. distributive rate case, or ines. Why within tbe last year a distributed to varioa* other fruit grow dering a reduction in rates between young woman whose lack of character ers. Grower* feel jnbilant over the Portland and points east of The Dalles. wa* tbe cauae of oue of the imnr sen outlook for grapes and are hustling to The reduction amounts to 3 cents a sational murder trial* has actually set get well rooted vines to plant and in hundred on first class freight to Bigge, tbe fashion for young girls by tbe some instances Willamette valley nurs 7 cents to Arlington, 13 centa to Pen clothing she has worn.” erymen have been unable to fill more dleton, 18 oents to La Grande and Ba ker City, and 19 centa to Huntington, than half the orders. with proportionate reductions to other Market Day Is Big Suecaas. points and on other clavaea of freight. Baker City—Baker City's firs: month Rate« to The Dalle are already low Legal Information ly market day was a pronounced sue- enough, owing to water competition. eeaa, hundreds of farmers having All the commiaaiooera concurred In brought in stock to be »old. Between the decision. 11 and 12 o'clock there «as a band con A provision of a city charter that the cert by the Baker Concert land and at city abould never be liable for any Fight for Water Rights. 1 o'clcx:k the horse show was held. Milton—Hearing of the second irri damage sustained by any person In Hundreds of hotwe were in the parade. gation suit in the Involved water situa consequence of the neglect of any per Immediately after the p.irade was held tion in thia part of the Walla Walla son to keep any sidewalk clear of the public wedding, winch waa sne of valley is on, oourt being held here in snow. etc., or other obstruction, was In the chief atira tlcna, took place. The stead of at Pendleton because there are Madam vs. City of Marquette, 111 crowds then went to the pub.ic anction, about 350 witneesce The first suit Northwestern Reporter. 107». upheld where thousands of- dollars' worth of was the Peacock Milling company by the Michigan Supreme Court as stock «a« add. The merchants of the agalnet numerous waterusers on the valid, and not open to the objection city did an Immense bueinee», having Walla Walla river. Thia second suit ma le special reductions ler the day on is brought by the Irrigation union, that It was class legislation. In Du Vlvler A Co. vs. Galilee. 14f» all of their goods. which has lands below Miltcnand Free Federal Rejiorter. 118, 80 C. C. A. 556. water and which is trying to stop land Shear Speep With Machinery. the United States Circuit Court of Ap Arlington—Sheep-shearing will begin owner- abcve them from using water to peals for the Second Circuit holds that which they claim exclueive rigbL at Smythe A Smith's plant, five miles a corporation organized by the mem south of here, this week. Sixteen bers of a partnership, to whom all the The Dalle* to Have Float shearing machines will be nsei, the The IMIlee—At a meeting of the co no stock Is issued, to take over all the power l«ing furnished by a six horse th la property of the partnership and con power gas« Ine engine. Forty thou mercial club it was decided that tinue ita business at the same place, la city shall be represented at the rose sand at.ee p will be sheared at thia plant liable for the debts of the partnership show in Portland by a float to be de this aea>< n, and an average of 2.000 even though such debts were not ex head daily it expected. Sheepmen re signed aud constructed by J. W. Har A committee has pressly assumed by the corporation. port that the »heep are tn good condi per, of Portland. That decisions of to-day are some tion, but that pasture is getting scarce. made a canvass ol the business houses This has been one of the meat success and obtained *600, with the promise of times governed by precedents which an additional * 100. The float will be appear to have outlived their useful ful lambing seasons known, but few decorated with the products of this vi ness Is Illustrated by the recent deci lambs living lost from any cause. cinity and will be one of the features of sion of the New York Supreme Court the spirit of the Golden West parale. Will Revk Isolated La«d. In De Wolf vs. Ford. 104 New York Union—Property in this county which Supplement, 876. The court In this 8 2,COO Raised for Diking Fund. haa t>een lost to the aaeesement rolls is case, on authority of an early English Freewater — A largely attended meet about to l>e diecoveted and made to pay case (Calye's Case. 1 Smith's Lead. its share of the expenses of county and ing of ranchers, interacted in controll Caa [8 Ann. Ed ] 249). held that a ing the floodwaters of the Tnm-a-lum state government. It is raid that nu guest at a hotel could not recover for meroua tract* of isolated land have nev and Walla Walla rivers, met last week Insults heaped upon her by a servant in Badgero ’ s hall. About *2,000 has er t>een located by assessors in listing----------- ------- —- --------- --------- , property. J. T. Williamson, of La been for ‘»>e project, and the of the proprietor of the hotel. In the Grande, who has made a busineea of Ic- work diking the river has already English case the rule wns laid down that an innkeeper's liability extends Twenty-three thousand eating land for a number of veare, haa commence.!. . .7"*”*, *7 ” only to Injuries to the movables of bis arranged with the county commissioners acres of land in this valley are irriga guests. He is not Hable for Insults or to do the work on a percentage bad*. ble. of which there are 6.000 acres Injuries to the person. As the court The early records are very poor and will dow under cultivation producing excel could not Arid that this case bad ever lent crops. require much work. been questioned in England. It consid PORTLAND MARKETS. Ths Dall«* Make* Good Brick. ered Itself bound. Judge McLaughlin, however, disseuts from the decision of The Dalles—Mr. L'therland. a Port Wheat—Club, 84c; bluestcm, 87o; land brick expert, whose opinion wa* the majority. valley, 85c; red, 82c. sought by the architect of the city hall, In Pickering vs. Winch. 87 Pacific Barley—Feed, *24.60 per ton; rolled, now in process of construction, regard Reporter, 763, the Supreme Court of *27028 per ton; btewing, *27. ing brick lately binned here by The Oats—No. 1 white, *28.60 per ton; Oregon notes that residence and domi Dalles Brick A Tile company, has made cile are not Interchangeable terma. and a report after a careful examination and gray, »28. Corn — Whole, *33.60; cracked, drawa a distinction between such declares the brick equal to any made in terms Residence denotes a place of *34 50. this state. Borne of the easing brick I Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, *17 per abode, whether temporary or perma delivered In this city by mistake had ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, *17 50: nent while domicile denotes a fixed been rejected by the architect, which elover, *14; cheat, *15; grain hay, *14 and permanent borne, and need not be led to the examination. 015; alfalfa. *12. the actual place of abode. Domicile Fruita—Apples, *103 60 per box, does not depend upon mere nakcl resi Apple Land at SI.BOO an Aera. Hood River—One of the blggeet sale* according to quality; cranberries, *80 dence, but Is the legal, the Juridical seat of every person—the seat where of orchard land that haa taken place at 11 per barrel. Vegetables—Artichokes, 75090c per be la considered to be In the eyes of Hood River was reported in the par- chase of 32 acres of bearing orchard d(1“n' “P*'*»’«. 9° pound; beans. 20c the law. for certain applications of the from C. K. Marshall for *30,000. Th* pound; ¡»nodI<*n- law, whether be be corporeally found purchaser wan F. W. Angui. of the firm Ilflower, 5Oc0*l; celery, *4.6006 per there, or whether be be not found of MacRae A Angus. The orchard is orate; pert ley, 26c per doaen; peas, 10c there. To constitute a change of domi set to young trees that have only been pound; peppers. 20o per pound; rad cile. three things are essential—first in bearing a year or two, and the price ishes, 26c per doaen; rhubarb, *202.26 residence In another place; second, an paid is not regarded as high, owing to perorate; spinach, 86c crate; sprouts, Intention to abandon the old domicile; the standard varieties of apple tree* 10c per pound, squash, 101 l<c pound. and. third, the intention of acquiring Onions—Oregon *4.2604 .50 per hun and ita location. • new one. dred. There Is only one spot on eartb wber* the Jaded spirit, weary of the rush an-l noise and hustle of modern life, can Slid true peace and perfect quiet. It la known aa I xmm I ou Town. Wliat with cows. dogs. |s*ultr>. motor cars ami nightingales tbe country nowadays le such an u.iroarloua pandemonium that only a deaf man or an artillerist can live there In comfort, «ays the laindon I »ally News. Buch wrre the arguments which Dx. Robinson, town clerk of Hhoredltcb. ad vancMt when G. H I>. Murray evinclud »<1 hla Inquiry on behalf of the charity ! coiiMiilsaloners Into the application of th* Ironmongers' company to remove their almshouses from Kingsland road. Kboredltch. It haa been suggested. Dr. Robinson said, that tbe old ladle* in tbe alms house* were disturbed by the nolee In the district, but probably the site waa always nolay. Tbe coaches going to York In the old days made quite aa much noise aa any Izindon county coun cil train car did today. If tbe old la dies thought they were going to escape noise |,y removing to tbe country they would be bitterly disappointed. He lived In the «ountry himself and be wa* often awakened at 1 o'clock In tbe mornlug by the passing of an oi<t wheeling, croaking motor car belong Ing to bls majesty's poetofll<e. If peo ple wanted to know wbat dust ami noise and stink meant, let them go into tbe country, where there wa* no po lice commissioner to stop motor omni buses from carrying on their tnferuul traflk-. To take only one night of his life, there was a «-orncrake rasping outside his door till 10 o’clock. Then he was awakened by a nightingale—a bird which made music for a quarter of an hour, hut became troublesome when It sung for two hours. When that censed a cow began bellowing amt then a dog beard the l«s-nl pollcemaa walking down the street and barked tor an hour. At dawn tbe birds began again. London was the one place where peo ple could get rest from such noises. Invited to Visit President. Salem—Governor Chamberlain has received an invitation from President Roosevelt to attend a dinner at the White House on Tuesday evening, May 12, when there will be an assemblage of governors and other officials to dis cuss the question on conservation of na tional resources. Governor Chaml'er- lain hopes to be able to attend, but is afraid that he will be unable to do ao, owing to other pressing matters. Seek for Oil. The Dalles—Articles of incoropration by the “Beavis-May Oil company” have been filed with the county clerk here. The Incorporators are George R. Beavis, Anna May and I»r. Harry F. McKay. The capital stock is *30,000. The com pany purposes to engage in developing oil lands in the vicinity of Dufur, Or., at which place the head office ia to b*. Potateee—46<55c per hundred, de livered Portland. Butter—Fancy creamery, 27 t*c per pound. Poultry—Average old hens, 14016c per pound; mixed chickens, 13o; spring chicken«, 16020c; turkeys, live, 1501flc; dressed, choice, 17018c; gee«e, live, »3; ducks, 16017c; pigeon«, 75cC4*l; squab«, *1.6002. Eggs—Freeh ranch, lflc per dozen. Veal—76 to 126 pounds, 809c; 125 to 160 pounds, 7o; 150 to 200 pounds, 506^8. Pork—Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 70 7140; packers, 60fltyc. Hope—1907, prime and choice, 406c per pound; olds, 1(411*0 per pound. Wool—Eastern Oregon, average beet, 1201flo per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 1841te, according to qual ity; mohair, choice, 25c per pound. Caaoara Bark—3c per pound. Moral A Tee« ef Tbar rvoseeetlve CIS». Saab. Phoebe—“You would hardly know Freddy since he got back from Monte Carlo. He lost all hla money there and----- ” There are forty-five niAtical socie ties In New York City. “American butter ' la tbe name given in Syria to oleomargarine. An Iowa man has Invented a ma chine for paraffining butter tube and boxes. The estimated value of dairy prod ucts for l'.«07 was *'4X1.060.1X10, and that of poultry (flUO.OUO.OOO. Bears are liable to taxation la aome Japanese villages. Tbe origin of thia curious custom is unknown. The paper caps used on milk bottles are ma<le at tbe rate of 800.000 a day. and one man operate* five machines. Imports Into Canada In 1907 (esti mated ) from the United States will amount to *165.0IM>,000, against only *78.000,000 from Great Britain. Canada's government revenue from all sources this year will be more tbau (lOO.msi.OOO. In the first seven months tbe custom* receipt* Increased *6.500.- 0(10. A few «lays aro David Pingree, of Salem. Mass., bought several hundred thousand acres of the “wild lands” of Maine, thereby becoming possessor of a tract of laml larger than tbe entire State of Rhode Island. It Is tbe best bunting ground in tbe eastern part of the United States. A cosmopolitan citizen says that the torvlgneni. artists, philanthropists, edi tors. scientists and sociologists wbo go to New York City to stuily Amerk-a are likely to be led Into all sorts of errors If they confine their studies and observations to the metropolis, for New York City is less typical of America than any other part of the country. Tbe linen industry Is tbe greatest manufacturing Industry Ireland poa- sesees. There la luvested In It some thing like fifteen and a half million pounds, and It gives employment to 70.0*1 people. It Is a matter for much uneasiness that year after year for a considerable time has marked a decline in the area under flax lu Ireland.— Northern Whig. Few jioople will hare had the cour age to sit down thirteen at table for tbe greetings of a new year. But five-and- flfty years ago Lord Roberts was one of thirteen who sat down to dinner on New Year’s day at Peshawar. Eleven years later—though most of them had been through the Indian mutiny and half of them bad been wounded—they were all alive. And Lord Roberts ia still very much alive.—London Chron icle. Be«0 Race Pi*eoa0. It la not generally known that bees ire swifter lu flight than pigeons—that Is. for short distances. Borne years ago a pigeon fancier of Hamme, West phalia, laid a wager that a dozen bee* liberated three miles from their hives would reach borne in lees time than a dozen pigeons. The competitors were given wing at Rybem, a village nearly a league from Hamme. and the first bee reached tbe hive a quarter of a minute In advance of the first pigeon. Three other bees reached the goal before tbe second pigeon. The bees were also slightly handicapped, having been rolled In flour before starting for tbe purpose of Identification.—The Reader. Thackeray*« Poet«. Evelyn—“Hardly know him! Why, I shan't know him at all.”—Illustrated Bits. Illa Awtal Tbreet Mother—Why did you not screaju wh»n Hana kissed you? Daughter—He threatened m«. Mother—How? Daughter—He said If I did he'd nev er kiss um again.—Meggeudorfer Blat ter. Any man Is willing to admit that be doesn’t write a good '‘hand;’' bad writ ing la generally regarded as • mark ff genius. Thackeray’s favorite poet* were Goldsmith and tbe “sweet lyric sing- era,” Prior, whom he thought tbe easi est, tbe richest, tbe most charmingly humorous of English lyrical poets, andv Gay, the force of whose simple melody and artless ringing laughter he appre ciated. He admired Pope, too; but while admitting Milton's greatness, thought him “such a bore that no one could read him.” It la not surprising, therefore, that Thackeray never re layed the “big bow wow kind” of poetry. _____________________ If fathers could be sons to them selves, what food som they would tel