EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from Ail
Farts of the World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Lets Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Five men and 68 horses were burned
to death in a Duluth fire.
The millionaire son of Cyrus Field is
clerk in a lodging house.
Harriman is ill and has gone to Vi
enna to consult a physician.
New York is experiencing a record
breaking cold wave for June.
President Reyes, of Colombia, has
resigned rather than face a revolution.
Taft may visit President Diaz this
fall. The two presidents plan to meet
at the border.
A burglar in Prussia has secured
damages because he broke a leg while
robbing a house.
One of the trials of Indian railway
men is set forth in a report telling of a
train striking a wild elephant.
Cuba refuses to assume a share of
the Spanish debt incurred when the
islands gained their independence.
A new dirigible balloon built in
France has made two successful flights,
each time carrying nine passengers.
The French budget for 1910 shows a
deficit of $21,800,000.
A prospector has been shot in the
mountains of Arizona by Mexicans.
The government is investigating the
charges that meat inspectors are lax in
their duties.
In hifl plonincr arMross in tha invir in
the Calhoun case Heney talked 12 hours
ana was still not tired.
A steamer has just arrived at Seattle
from Alaska with six and a half tons
of gold, valued at $3,200,000.
Japanese, who claim to be agents for
the Tokio government, are endeavoring
to secure oil lands in California.
Hawaiian Japanese have preferred
charges against the sheriff who made
the recent raids, alleging burglary.
Chicago surgeons have successfully
grafted a section of bone from the leg
oi a lamo into the right leg ot a man
By a traffic agreement between the
Milwaukee and Harriman roads the
iormer can enter Portland on the O. R,
& N. lines.
The largest amphitheater in the
world is to be erected at Chicacm.
The huge structure will have seats for
4o,uuu and with the site will cost $3,
000,000.
Morse, the convicted bank wrecker.
ays he will repay every dollar he
owes.
Cardinal Gibbons warns women to be
careful about taking up woman suf
frage.
An amendment to the Illinois pri
mary law may restore Harrison to
power in Chicago.
The Japanese government treats the
Hawaiian incident lightly and puts the
blame on agitators.
A RritiBh steamer was fired on by a
Russian warship for approaching too
near me czar s yacht.
Ten persons in Austria took shelter
from a storm in a barn and it was
truck by lightning and all killed.
Loa Angeles police declare that
thousands of young girls have been
shanghaied from Pacific coast cities
and taken to China to live a life of
slavery.
As a result of the observance of the
battle of Bunker Hill, 65 persons were
treated at hospitals for injuries and as
many more received treatment at
home. Fireworks and toy pistols were
the cbubo.
The fiast victim of excessive heat
for this year was reported from EI
Centra, Cal.
After six months of hard work under
eight fathoms of water six bags of first
class mail have been recovered from
the wreck of the Panama steamship
Finance.
A feud at Meadville, Miss., resulted
In two deaths and two fatal injuries.
Two big Eastern steel plants have
ordered a 10 per cent increase in wages
of employes.
Two Missouri towns were wrecked
by a tornado and three persons killed
and a score injured.
California wholesale people are mak
ing a desperate effort to secure the
Klamath Falls trade.
An eminent Holland physician says
American physicians give too much of
their time to politics.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri, has
signed a bill prohibiting the marriage
of Caucasians with Chinese, Japanese
or other Asiatics.
Paris papers have started an attack
on the United States Steel corporation.
Hundreds of arrests have been made
at Monterey, Mex., in connection with
dynamiting plot.
A Cincinnati woman who married a
thief to reform him has been fatally
hot by her husband.
JURY DISAGREES.
Unable to Reach Verdict in Calhoun
Case at San Francisco.
San Francisco, June 21. Terminat
ing in a disagreement of the jury, with
ten men determined on acquittal and
two steadfastly resolved upon convic
tion, the trial of Patrick Calhoun, pres
ident of the United Railroads, came to
an end at 12 o'clock yesterday. Five
months and a week had elapsed since
the wealthy streetcar magnate made
his first appearance in court to answer
to the charge of offering a bribe of
$4,000 to a supervisor to obtain a privi
lege for his corporation, and a period
of 24 hours had been consumed in fruit
less deliberation.
Not until each juror had pronounced
as hopeless the prospect of a verdict
was the order for their liberation made
by Judge William P. Lawlor. Prose
cution and defense gave assent to the
discharge and the proceeding ended
within 15 minutes.
After ordering the discharge of the
jury Judge Lawlor drew his chair to
the edge of the platform nearest the
jury box and addressed to the 12 men
some informal remarks severely criti
cizing the laws and usageB that made
possible the expenditure of three
months in the empanel of a jury and
congratulating and thanking them up
on their worth as citizens.
He declared the courts were utterly
helpless to prevent such occurrences
and recommended that the legislature
be influenced by the people to make al
teration in the laws that governed
court procedure in the empanelment of
jurors. Under the orders of the court
the attorneys will be expected to fix a
date for another trial upon the same
indictment at this morning's session of
court.
"I am ready to try this case again
and I will go ahead tomorrow if neces
sary," said Mr. Heney an hour after
the adjournment.
In a long statement issued by Mr.
Calhoun last night he said:
"Of course I am disappointed at the
failure of the jury to acquit me of un
biased charges that have been brought
against me. I should have liked my
vindication by the jury to have been
absolute."
. FIFTEEN ARE DEAD.
Bad Collision on Trolley Road Injures
Twenty-five Others.
Chesterton, Ind., June 21. Fifteen
are dead and 25 injured as a result of a
wreck on the South Shore Electric rail
way, two and a half miles west of here
last night. Nine bodies have been re
covered and more are expected to be
found in the wreckage in the tops of
the wrecked cars.
A westbound car was coming at high
speed down a long hill and at the foot
met an eastbound car also going at a
terrific speed.
It is estimated that at least seven
bodies are still under the debris. The
motorman on the westbound car, who
was killed, was pinned between the two
vestibules of the cars and could not be
plainly seen and his position was such
as to make escape impossible.
Most of the passengers on the east
bound car were returning from the
Crown Point automobile races.
It is believed that the motorman of
the east bound car must have seen the
onrushing west bound car, as he had
thrown off his power and brought the
car to a standstill before being struck.
WORK TO 0E RUSHED.
Construction to Start Within 30 Days
on Deschutes Road.
Portland, June 21. Barring unex
pected delays in securing a continuous
right of way. bids for the construction
of the Deschutes line into Central Ore
gon will be asked by Harriman within
30 days. The only obstacle that nr.
vents the immediate construction of
the Central Oregon road is the adjust
ment of right of wav ouestions with
power companies operating on the
uescnutes river. The railroad com
pany has already secured rights of way
to 70 per cent of the 120 miles to h
traversed by the proposed road. An
early and satisfactory adjustment of
penning rignts or way problems cover
ing the remainder of the riistnnra !
believed more than probable without
resorting to condemnation proceedings
in me courts.
Celebrate Poltava Fight.
St Petersburg. June 21. Th
country is watching with interest the
preparations for the Poltava hi rente.
nary celebrations, which will extend
over four days and be in the nature of
a great patriotic military pageant
M. Mazurovsky, the battle painter,
ana count Aiouravietf, also an artist
historian, will Drenare th
enacting on the spot the battle fought
200 years ago. . Part of the troops
present will represent the Swedish
army. The culminating arena will ha
based on Kotchubey's picture.
Heavy Gold Output Expected.
Seattle. June 21. The irolH d i cro I n era
in the neighborhood of Pnirhanir
Alaska, will yield $12,000,000 during
mo present year, according to a report
received today by a Seattle bank. This
bank expects to handle ab ut Sfi Ron .
000. All the conditions favor the min
ers the weather, water supply and
r.uu run oi gravel. Development of
the auarti ledirea.
furnished the placer gold, is just be
ginning.
British Cruiser Smashed.'
London. June 21. The Rriti.i.
er bappho, which was reported last
niirht in a collision ntr nun......
rived in Dover this morning in a sink-
k mnuiuun. a numoer or tuga and
lifeboats
tempt is being made to beach the
cruiser.
ADVICE TO CONGRESS
Taft Favors Corporation Tax and
Income Tax.
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
Urges Senate to Adopt Provision as
House Has Already Done
in Tariff Bill.
Washington, June 17. President
Taft yesterday sent the followinz mes
sage to congress:
"To the Senate and House of Repiv
ser.atives It is the constitutional Hut.v
of the president, from time to time, to
present to me consideration of congress
such measures as he shall judge neces
sary and expedient
"In my inaugural address, immedi
ately preceding this present extraordi
nary session of congress, I invited at
tention to the necessity for a revision
of the tariff at this session, and stated
the principles upon which I thought
the revision should be effected. I re
ferred to the then rapidly increasing
deficit, and Dointed nut thn ohlicwtion
on the part of the framers of the tariff
bill to arrange duties so as to secure an
adequate income, and suggested that if
it was not Dossible to do an hv imnort
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duties, new kinds of taxation must be
adopted, and among them I recommend
ed a graduated mneritance tax as cor
rect in principle and as certain and
easy of collection.
'The house of representatives has
adoDted the BU freest inn and hnn nro
vided in the bill it passed for the col
lection ot such a tax. In the senate,
the action of its finance committee
and the course of the debate indicate
that it mav not ncree to thin nrovinion
, " i i
and it is now proposed to make up the
deficit by the imposition of a general
income tax, in form and substance al
most exactly the same character as that
which, in the case of Pollock vs. Farm
ers' Loan & Trust company, 157 U. S.
429, was held by the Supreme court to
be a direct tax, and therefore not with
in the power of the Federal govern
ment to impose unless apportioned
among ttie states according to popu
lation. "This new proposal, which I did not
discuss in my inaugural addresB or my
message at the ODenintr of the nresent
session, makes it appropriate for me to
suDmit to congress certain additional
recommendation.
"The decision of the Supreme court
in the income tax cases deprives the
national government of a power which,
by reason of previous decisions of the
court it was generaly supposed the
government had. It is undoubteedly a
DOWer the national trnvnrnmpnt oiioht
to have. It might be indispensable to
the nation a life in great crises.
Aitnougn 1 have not considered a
constitutional amendment as necessary
to the exercise of certain phases of
this power, a mature consideration has
satisfied me that an amendment in tha
only proper course for its establishment
to us iun extent. I therefore recom
mend to the congress that both houaea.
by a two-thirds vote, shall propose an
amendment to the constitution confer
rinir the Dower to lew an income tr
upon the national government without
apportionment among the states in pro
portion to population.
"This Course is much to ha nreferreH
to the one proposed, of re-enacting a
taw once judicially declared to be un
constitutional. For congress to assume
that the court will reverse itself and to
enact legislation on such assumption
will not strengthen popular confidence
in me BiaDiuty oi the judicial construe
tion of the constitution. It is much
wiser policy to accept the constitution
ana remeay me delect in due and regu
lar course.
"Again, it is clear that by the enact
ment of the proposed law, the congress
will not be bringing money into the
treasury to meet the present deficiency,
but by putting on the statute book a
law already there and never repealed
will simply be suggesting to the execu
tive officers of the government their
possible duty to invoke litigation.
"If the court should maintain its
formsr view, no tax would be collected
at all. If it should ultimately reverse
itself. Still no taxes would hnva Lun
collected until after protracted delay.
it is i said the difficulty and delay
in securing the aDnroval of three-fourths
of the states will destroy all chance of
adopting tne amendment Of course,
Strike in Plate Trade.
Pittsburg. June 17. Mom than in .
000 skilled workmen, members of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers. emnWerl h
the American Sheet and Tin Plate com
pany, will quit work June 30, at which
time the open shop order of the com
pany becomes affective. M Anv nn.
skilled workmen will also be affected.
lbe decision to take this action fol
lowed a special convention held here.
In the Pittsbunr distrirt a matoritu
the mills of American Sheet and Tin
riate company are non-union.
Illinois Primary Law Invalid.
Springfield. III.. June 17 Tha S,,
preme court of Illinois todav rWlsred
unconstitutional the state primary law,
and as a result the state is without a
legal method of nominating candidates
for office. It is thought a special ses
sion of the legislature will he mIIpH tn
enact a new law. The decision of the
Supreme court is the result of an at
tack made UDOn the nrimsrv l k.
candidates defeated in the state pri
maries last summer.
no one can speak with certainty upon
this point, but I have become convinced
that a great majority of the people of
this country are in favor of vesting the
national government with power to
levy an income tax.
"Second, the" decision in the Pollock
case left power in the national govern
ment to levy an excise tax which ac
complishes the same purpose as a cor
poration income tax, and is free from
certain objections urged to the propos
ed income tax measure.
"I therefore recommend an amend
ment to the tariff bill imposing upon
all corporations and joint stock com
panies for profit except national banks,
otherwise taxed, savings banks and
building and loan societies, an income
tax measured by 2 per cent of the net
income of such corporations. This is
an excise tax upon the privilege of do
ing business as an artificial entity and
of freedom from a general partnership
liability enjoyed by those who own the
stock.
"I am informed that a 2 percent tax
of this character would bring into the
treasu'y of the United States not less
that $25,000,000.
"The decision of the Supreme court
in the case of the Spreckles Sugar Re
fining company against McClain seems
clearly to establish the fact that such
a tax as this is an excise tax upon priv
ilege, and not a direct tax on property,
and is within the Federal power with
out apportionment according" to popu
lation. "The tax on net income is preferable
to one proportionate to a percentage of
the gross receipts, because it is a tax
upon success and not failure. It im
poses a burden at the source of the in
come at a time when the employer is
well able to pay and when collection is
easy. .
"Another merit of this tax is the
Federal supervision which must be ex
ercised in order to make the law effect
ive over the annual accounts and busi
ness transactions of all corporations.
While the faculty of assuming a cor
porate form has been of the utmost
utility in the business world, it is also
true that substantially all of the abuses
and all of the evils which have aroused
the public to the necessity of reform
will be made possible by the use of this
very faculty.
"If now, by a perfectly legitimate
and effective system of taxation, we
are incidentally able to possess the
government and the stockholders and
the public of the knowledge of the real
business transactions and the gains and
profits of every corporation in the
country, we have made a long step to
ward that supervisory control of cor
porations whicn may prevent a further
abuse of power.
"I recommend then, first, the adop
tion of a joint resolution by two-thirds
of both bouses, proposing to the Btates
an amendment to the constitution
granting to the Federal government
the right to levy and collect an income
tax, without apportionment among the
states, according to population; and
second, the enactment as part of the
pending revenue measure, either as a
substitute for or an addition to, the in
heritance tax, of an excise tax upon all
corporations, measured by 2 per cent of
tneir net income."
OFFERED HUMAN SACRIFICE.
Russian Police Probe Sect That Wor
ships Blood-Stained Idol.
St Petersburg, June 16. Dispatches
from Perm, European Russia, say the
local police have begun an investiga
tion into the sect of the Crimson God,
the members of which are accused of
human sacrifices and other horrible
practices.
Repeated disappearances of persons
in the district where the sect dwells
throw suspicion on the organization.
which worships a red wooden idol, col
ored, it is said, with human blood.
lbe police have located a secret
grave containing the mutilated body
of a man supposed to have been sacri
ficed, and they expect to find others.
The rural region, of which Perm is
the center, is a breeding ground for
many fanatical cults. It is a meeting
place for the pagan tribes of Asia, as
well as of persons who flee from Rus
sia on account of religious peisecution,
Refugees of this type have lived for
centuries in the dense forests of the
district, and their beliefs have devel
oped along the most fanatical lines.
Tax Unearned Increase.
Berlin, June 16. The reichstasr re
assembled today. Among the official
communications laid before the house
was one from the government concern
ing the proposal to tax the unearned
incr.easement . in real estate values.
The government has decided that it is
inexpedient to do this for imperial pur
poses, inasmuch as there are seemingly
unsurmountable difficulties in the 'wav
of an equitable adjustment of the taxes
on city and county values, but it ap
proves as just the taxing of the un
earned increasement for local purposes.
Aid for Castro Feared.
Bufort N. C, June 15. The revenue
cutter Pimlico hunted off this coast to
day for the steamer Nantichoke, sus
pected of filibustering intentions
against Venezuela. The Treasury de
partments activities were invoked be
cause of persistent rumors that friends
of ex-President Castro were planning a
hostile expedition against the Gomes
government It is alleged 10,000
stands of arms had been shipped from
Belgium to America for this purpose.
Hadley Turns Down Fair.
Kansas City, June 17. Governor
Hadiey today vetoed the bill providing
for an expenditure of $20,000 for a
Missouri exhibit at the Seattle fair.
The governor said the state needed the
money more lor educating its citizens
and for the poor. l
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEW LAWS OPERATIVE.
Important Measures Passed by Spe
cial Session of Legislature.
Salem The laws passed by the spe
cial session of the legislature and not
bearing the emergency clause became
effective Tuesday morning, June 15.
These include some important enact
ments, notably Chapter 2, "An act to
provide hotels and lodging houses with
fire escapes, ropes and other appli
ances;" chapter 5, "An act requiring
the doors of public buildings to open
outward;" chapter 6, "An act to pro
vide for codifying the laws of the state
of Oregon;" chapter 9, "An act to ap
propriate money for the Eastern Ore
gon Agricultural Experiment station ;"
chapter 10, "An act for the protection
of ducks;" chapter 11, "An act to pro
hibit night hunting of deer, limiting
the number killed and prohibiting the
sale thereof;" chapter 12, "An act to
prohibit the use of fire, flashlights,
etc., on duck ponds;" chapter 13, "An
act to provide for the protection of elk
and to prohibit the sale of same."
Chapter 1 makes an appropriation
for the expenses of the special session ;
chapter 3 is the asylum appropriation
bill, which carries the emergency
clause; chapter 4 is the higher curri
cula board act, which also carries the
emergency clause; chapter 7 is an act
to reimburse George H. Small for land
purchased by him and canceled by the
state chapter 8 is an act to appropri
ate money for improvements at the in
sane aslyum, penitentiary and other
state institutions, and went into effect
immediately under the operation of the
emergency clause.
DELEGATES ARE NAMED.
Governor Selects Citizens to Attend
Trans-Mississippi Congress.
Salem Governor Benson has ap
pointed the following citizens of Ore
gon delegates to the Trans-Mississippi
Development congress, to be held at
Denver, August 16 to 21 :
H. L. Corbett, E. W. Wright, W.
C. McBride, Henry Hahn, A. H. Dev
res, I. N. Fleischner, J. B. Eddy, Sig
Sichel, John F. Carroll, Julius Meier,
H. C. Wortman, Edward J. Failing,
Portland; W. H. Sheusloff, Clifford
W. Brown, Salem ; U. S. Lauehary.
Dallas; Herman Wise, Astoria; John
H. Hartog, Eugene ; E. L. Smith.
Hood River, W. L. Thompson, Pendle
ton, Walter M. Pierce, La Grande;
J. n. Dobbin, Joseph; W. A. Messner.
Independence; A. H. Miller, Medford;
Alex Martin, Jr., Klamath Falls; F.
P. Light, Lakeview ; G. A. Barrett
Athena; Jesse . Edwards, Newberg;
w. xi. xtagsdale, Moro; A. Soufert
The Dalles; Phillip Knowles, Dufur;
Asa xJ. xhompson, fccho; T. J. Don
nelly, Baker City; Herman Rothchild.
North Powder; Ger Small, Baker City;
UarK Wood, Weston; A. C. Marsters.
Roseburg; Warren Preed, Gardiner;
W. G. Gilstrap, Eugene; F. W. Wa
ters, Salem; G. V. Johnson, Corvallis;
Alex MCNair, Tillamook: W. T. Schol
field, Astoria; G. C. Huntley, Oregon
City; J. A. LaUoc!:, Canyon City; T.
C. Taylor, Pendleton; L. A. Wrieht.
Union ; Walter L. Tooze, Falls City ;
John D. Olwell, Central Point; Percy
K. xs.euy, Albany; W. T. Macey. Mc
Minnville; Ed Radcliffe, Langlois: N.
Whealdon, The Dalles; Dr. Frank
Kistner, Heppner; A. W. Hope, Vale;
a. a. Kendall, Koseburg; l. J. Simp
son, North Bend; E. H. Flasrcr. St
HelenB; .H. L. Truax, Grants Pass;
cnaries a. r isner, tuugene.
New Deaf Mute School. '
Salem The board of trusteed of tha
deaf mute school opened the bids for
tne erection oi new buildings for the
institution in North Salem. Konthonxir
& Herrick, of Salem, were the lowest
Didders, their price being $56,844.90,
and the concern will be avnntwl tha
contract. The other bids went up to
over $79,000. The buildings will be
finished bv December 1. There mill k.
a main building 172x105, with a white
pressed Dries; front; a dormitory 90x45
and a boiler house 37x37. The
home of the institution is on the Ore
gon Electric and the company will
build a new station near the school.
College Secures $50,000.
Albanv A 1 hnn (.ollarra h.. l : j
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its SKn.nnn nHrnnuiit a
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ment was made by President Crooks at
the annual meeting of the hnn.j
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trustees of the college that the $25,000
needed in Oregon has all been raised
and this insures an additional $25,000
from the national college board, of the
Presbyterian church. V.
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and dollars of this amount was sub
scribed in Albany, $10,000 in Albany
Portland. '
College Catalogue Out.
Universitv of Oregon. TTn (ran a TU -
university of Oregon catalogue, with
announcements for 1909-10, has just
been published. It contains a com
plete synopsis of the work done in the
university and of . that which is re
quired for entrance; gives a list of the
instructors and students, outlines the
equipment of the different
and tells of the life of the students in
meir ainerent branches of activity.
Strike Reported Near Gates. ,
Albanv Prenirient P V Oh: .
the Black Eagle Mining & Milling com
pany, has left for the mines near Gates
He reported that he had just received
word of a rich atrika r .nnn
- - -yyt
lbe ore is a cuprite, consisting of 80
per cent conrter. with
silver, and he claims will assay at $200
FARMERS WANT RAILROAD.
Believe Umatilla County Trolley Line
Would Help Shippers.
Pendleton Believing that with an
independent electric railroad extending
across the wheat 'belt of Umatilla
county and connecting with the boats
on the Upper Columbia river they
would be able to sell their wheat to
better advantage, the farmers of the
county are again talking of building
the proposed line. Though no plans
have yet been worked out the propo
sition is to be fully discussd at a meet
ing of the County Farmers' union,
which is to be held in this city June 26.
Two plans for the building of the
road have so far been proposed. One
is for the farmers to build and operate
the line themselves, while the other is
to induce someone who is in the rail
road building business to construct it
If undertaken, this will be the second
co-operative movement fostered by the
Farmer' union, the building of a string
of warehouses in the northern part of
the county being the first
Would Arouse Interest.
Salem Governor Benson has ap
pointed John H. Lewis, state engineer.
Jay Bowerman, president of the state
senate, C. N. McArthur. speaker of the
house, F. S. Stanley, of the Portland
chamber of commerce, and Tom Rich
ardson, of the Portland Commercial
club, as an executive committee of
five to arouse interest in the National
Irrigation congress at Spokane on
August 9 to 14. It is the purpose of
this committee to interest commercial
clubs and other organizations entitled
to representation at the congresB.
Governor Benson will soon announce
the names of the twenty honorary dele
gates from the state at large. Com
mercial organizations, county courts,
incorporated cities and irrigation com
panies are all entitled to representa
tion. It is the purpose of the execu
tive committee to arouse state wide
interest in the Spokane congress to the
end that Oregon may have the largest
and most representative delegation in
attendnnce. The committee will hold
a meeting in a few days when it will
organize and adopt plans for its work.
Thirty Claims Staked.
North Powder A large deposit of
high grade ore, running largely to cop
per, gold and Bilver, has been uncover
ed near here. Thirty claims have been
staked off within five miles of town
and the location work is being vigor
ously prosecuted under the direction of
George H. Downs, who has cornered
the labor market by employing all avail
able men. It is understood here that
the enterprise is being backed by Port
land people. .
Sumpter Extension Announced.
Sumpter That the Sumnter VbIIpv
railroad will be extended to the Thomas
ranch, and perhaps to Susanville, this
summer is announced practically . offi
cially. The route will not he from
Austin to Prairie City, as has been
planned lor some months, but will be
down the middle fork of the John Day
river, a distance of 22 or 3 miles. .
Congress Committee Named.
Salem Governor Benson- has ap
pointed C. N. McArthur, State Engi
neer Lewis, Fred S. Stan'ey, Jay Bow
erman and Tom Richardson as a com
mittee to work up enthusiasm for the
National Irrigation congress to be held
at Spokane from August 9 to 14.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30
1.35 ; club, $1.201.22 ; valley, $1.17.
Corn Whole. S35 ner ton ; rrnclrari'.
$36. T'
Barley Feed, $3435 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $4142 per ton.
HaV Timothv Willomeffo noll.n
$1720 per ton. Eastern .Oregon, $20
23.
Fruits Annlea ffnO RA r. knv.
Strawberries. &Wn9
$11.25 per box; gooseberries, 6c
Potatoes $22. 25 per hundred.'
Vegetables A
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Der dozen: lpttnrp hnA 9f no at.
en: Onions. 2(tAn nr r1rtn rifl.
sley, 35c per dozen ; peas, 66c per
pound; radishes, 15c per dozen; rhu
barb, 33c per pound.
Butter City creamery;extra9,26J:;
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store, 18c. : Butter fat prices average
x ?4 cenia per pound under regular but
ter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2425c
Poultrv Hans 1JilMUn.
10 ' "V-
lo ( 20c: roosters, a ji q. Hnolrs .
young, 17(oll8c; geese, -10;ic; tur
keys, 186;20c: sauaha. S2tf?2 9H ner
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dozen. , . ,
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Extras. RdfUXif nrdinarv
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ic; neavy, tc. ...
Hops 1909 contracta,1314c; 1908
crop, 9S!10c; 1907 crop, 55ic; 1906
crop, 22?c
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722Jfc;
valley, fine, 23c; coarse,. 21c; mohair,
choice, 24(?t25e. -
Cattle Steers, top, $4.75; fair to
good, 4.254.50; common, $44.25;
cows, top, $4; fair. $3.503.75; com
mon to medium, $2.50(33; calves, top, ,
$55.50; heavy, $3.504; bulla and
stags, $2.753.25; common to medi- .
urn, $2(32.50.
Hogs Best, $88.15; fair to good,
$7.50(37.75; stackers, $66.50; China
fata, $6.75(37. .
Sheep Top wethers, $4; fair to
good, $3.50(33.75 ewes, c less on all
grades; yearlings, best $4.15; fair to
good, $3.754; spring lambs, $4.75
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