The news=record., June 30, 1909, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from Ail
Farts of the World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Pittsburg streetcar men have gone
on a strike.
Roosevelt is said to be much heavier
than when he left the White House.
Castro still remains in Spain, con
demning everything and everybody.
Cardinal Satolli is seriously ill and
grave doubts Jare entertained for his
recovery.
Hawaiian sugar planters have agreed
to make no concessions to the Japanese
strikers.
A vigorous campaign has been
started in New York against the com
mon house fly.
Hundreds of persons suffering from
leprosy are said to wander unrestricted
through the island of Cuba.
Ex-Vice President Fairbanks says
the Japanese rule in Corea gives good
promise for the future of the country,
California Democrats have gone on
record as favoring ex-Governor Folk,
of Missouri, as candidate for president
in 1912.
Friends of F. A. Cook, the Arctic
explorer, expect to hear from him at
any time now that he has been succes
sful in reaching the pole.
Jap strikers in Hawaii have appealed
to Governor Frear.
Reports from Morocco say the revo
lutionists are winning over the sultan's
troops.
Deposits in the Chicago national
banks are at the highest point ever
reached.
Mrs. Katherine Gould ' has been
granted her divorce and $36,000 a year
alimony.
Secretary Ballinger has started on
his Western trip to inspect the various
irrigation works.
The Standard Oil has announced a
cut of 10 cents per 100 gallons in the
price of refined oil.
Excessive heat throughout the At
lantic stateB continues to cause much
suffering and scores have been pros
trated. '
Miners and operators in the Fernie,
B. C, coal district have come to an
agreement and the strike has been
called off.
The Turkish government is still try
ing to secure Abdul Hamid's money
He has $21,600,000 in the Imperial
bank of Germany.
A New York street car man is grad-
ually turning black. The change
started about a year ago and he is
now as black as a negro except the
right side of his face.
Voliva, successor of Dowie at Zion
City, has been deposed. -
Northwestern and Southern Nebras-
ka have been swept by tornadoeB.
William J. Bryan, Jr., is married
Miss Helen Virginia Berger became
his wife.
The German reichstng has rejected
Von Buelow's inheritance tax and may
be dissolved.
A 12 year-old California boy has
confessed to the murder of his little
brother 6 years old.
Chicago women have said many un
kind things of Professor Starr, who
holds all women as savages.
Harriman is closing many of his
shops temporarily. Work will be re
sumed again in about 30 days.
A special election in San Francisco
voted against the establishment of a
municipal street railway line.
J. Ogdon Armour has returned from
Europe and says the outlook for better
times is bright. He does not look for
war between Germany and Great
Britain.
A Chicago boy tried to Imitate the
Black Hand and was shot and fatally
wounded.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is now vice
president of the Standard Oil company,
Although the senate has raised the
duty on lumber the house is likely to
again lower it.
Leaders in congress say President
Taf t's corporation tax is sure of pass
ing In both houses.
Trouble has again broken out in Mo
rocco, the sultan's brother trying to
stir up a new revolution.
Many prostrations are reported from
heat in New York. A nuumber of
deaths have also occurred.
A drunken San Francisco policeman
shot and dangerously wounded a young
business man without provacation.
The contract has been awarded for
rebuilding the bridge across the Wil
lamette river at Madison street, Port
land. A storm on Lake Killarney, Ireland,
pset a boat load of tourists. Eleven
were drowned, of whom five were
Americans.
The second trial of Calhoun will statr
Monday, Jane 28.
BALLINGER STARTS WEST.
Will Rid Indian Service of Incompe
tent Agents.
Chicago, June 28. Secretary R. A.
Ballinger, the "big chief" of the De
partment of the Interior,' sharpened his
long knife and tomahawk today while
he was in Chicago, to go after the
scalps of a large nu .Tiber of Indian
agents on the reservations in the West.
He spent the greater portion of the
day with Frank Sorenson, superintend
ent of the Indian warehouse, and then
announced that he was getting ready
to rid the Indian agencies of numerous
incompetent hands.
He mane no secret of the fact that
he is "heap brave," and is going on
the warpath to burn the red tape of the
department. He laid the foundation
for his campaign in a long conference
with Mr. . Sorenson, making detailed
inquiries into the manner of conduct
ing business with agents and inspected
the stock of goods on hand which are
being shipped daily by carloads to the
reservations.
Secretary Ballinger said tonight that
he was going to make radical changes
in the manner of conducting Indian
affairs in the West.
"I am not afraid to cut away the red
tape when I see that it is hampering
the work of the department," said
Mr. Ballinger. "I think the principal
difficulty is with the incompetent
agents. They are not unscrupulous,
but it takes good business men and
men who understand the manners of
the Indians to deal with them."
Secretary Ballinger left late tonight
for Kansas.
BLOCKS GROWING OF BEETS.
Lack of Railroads Prevents Oregon
From Becoming Sugar State.
Washington, June 28. According to
the United States Department of Agri
culture, lack of transportation facih
ties in Oregon is seriously retarding
the development of the beet sugar in
dustry in that state. Oregon today has
but one beet sugar factory that at
La Grande. Capital has been looking
over the Eastern Oregon field and sev
eral localities have been found where
the growing of sugar beets on a large
scale would prosper if there were ade-
quale facilities for getting the beets
to a factory. But the almost utter
lack of railroad transportation is an
obstale too great to be overcome in
most instancces. The department re
port indicates that there is prospect of
the installation of a sugar factory at
Enterprise, though no details are given
and the whole matter is still undecided,
Washington, like Oregon, has but a
single sugar factory at ths time,
That one is at Waverly. There are a
number of places in Eastern Washing
ton, however, where the building of
sugar factories is seriously contemplat
ed, among them North Yakima, Spo
kane and Thorp. The department re
ports that companies have been formed ;
in some cases contracts have been
made with the farmers to grow sugar
beets; considerable capital has been
subscribed: concessions have been
tentatively secured from towns, such
as free building sites, remission of
taxes for a period of years and other
privileges. All these projects are
simply awaiting development or more
opportune conditions.
JAP SEALERS ARE CAUGHT.
Schooner Kenai Maru Taken Within
Three-Mile Limit of Sitka
Vancouver, B. C, June 28. United
States Marshal Shoup, . of Sitka, has
captured the Japanese sealing schooner
Kenai Maru, taking it well within the
three-mile limit of Sitka. Two Japan
ese cruisers were to be at Unalaska
June 9, to patrol Bering sea and pro
tecct Japanese interests off St. Paul
and St. George. The Thetis left Una
laska June 2, for Herschel island and
Point Barrow. Because of the ice Bhe
may not reach Nome before July 1.
The Manning is at St. Paul and St.
George doing patrol duty. The schoon
er Emma, of Unalaska, reached there
June 6, with 400 fox skins seured by
trading. The Rubs, together with the
Perry, touched at Sitka, Yakutat and
Belkofski en route to Unalaska.
Boiling Oil in Texas Well.
Galveston, June 28. Oil tappers are
working on a problem confronting
them on the farm of M. Zimmerhaul,
near here, where a flow of boiling oil
was struck. Specially constructed
dams are being built to hold the pro
duct, which is too hot to be handled in
the usual way. The strike was made
four days ago. For three hours a col
umn of hot water shot into the air, fol
lowed by the hot oil. At first it was
thought the heat of the oil was tempo
rary, but its temperature has remained
near the boiling point.
War on Heney to Start.
San Francisco, June 28- Stanley
Moore, of counsel for Patrick Calhoun,
whose trial on a charge of offering
bribe to a supervisor resulted last Sun
day in a disagreement of the jury, at
peared in Judge Lawlor'a court Satur
day and announced that today he would
file a motion in an effort to impeach
Assistant D. strict Attorney Francis J
Heney. He also stated that he would
file another motion alleging that Judge
Lawlor was biased and prejudiced.
Big Metal Strike Likely.
Youngstown.O, June 28. The execu
tive committee of the Amalgamated
associatoin of Iron, Steel & Tinplate
workers today refused the demand of
the Republic Iron & Steel company for
an open shop. If the company remains
firm the result is said to be that 6,000
men will walk out
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ACT IS SPECIAL.
Injunction Is Granted Against Crater
Lake Road.
Salem In the Circuit court Judge
William Galloway granted a perpetual
injunction restraining the governor and
secretary of the treasury from paying
out $100,000 for the construction of
the road to Crater lake. He held the
law is special and local and clearly in
hibited by the constitution of the state.
The case will be immediately appealed.
The Supreme court has previously tak
en the same stand as Judge Galloway,
in a case almost identical.
The court's reasons for the decision
are given as follows:
The act is local and special in that it
applies to only two counties in the
state and because it is limited to a spe
cified section and for special purposes
only. The act creates a loan of the
credit of the state, which in the aggre
gate with previous debts or liabilities
exceeds the sum of $50,000.
The proposed Crater lake road would
not be a continuous public highway
across the state via Crater Lake Na
tional park because the act provides
only for the construction of roads from
Medford, in Jackson county, to the
western boundary of the park and from
Klamath Falls, Klamath county, to the
eastern boundary of the park, leaving
an intervening segment of more than
1334 miles over which the .state gov
ernment has no jurisdiction or right to
trespass.
WILL BUILD NORTH.
Rurnor Says Harriman Will Not Stop
at Klamath
Klamath Falls According to reports
Klamath Falls is not to be the terminus
of the terminus of the California North
eastern for any considerable length of
time. It is stated on good authority,
however, not officially, that a contract
has been let for the construction of 25
miles of road northward from this city,
The roadbed is now completed to upper
Klamath lake, about two miles north
of the depot site. The track will be
completed during July and direct con
nection made with the boats on the
lake. The large steam dredges used in
building the dyke across the marsh are
to be moved to the lake and will be
used in building the Southern Pacific
dock. This work will take but a short
time. It is generally believed that
soon as the docks are completed the
dredges will be used in constructing
the grade for the extension. It will
be necessary to cross several miles of
marsh in extending the road northward
and it is likely that this work will be
begun in the near future.
Local representatives of the South
ern Pacific will not confirm the report
that a contract has been let for a 25
mile extension; Erickson & Peterson,
contractors, who have been building
the spur, say that they cannot give out
information in regard to future work.
Fruit Outlook Improved.
Cottage Grove The past week has
been a busy one in all parts of this end
of Lane county. The recent rains have
put a broad smile on the face of every
farmer and agriculturist. The fruit
outlook is improving each day and with
a continuance of showers this section
will surpass last year in abundant
crops. Wheat, oats, vetch and barley
are looking well and the warm weather
is bringing in the berry crop on sched
ule time. Haying will soon be in full
Bwing,- in fact several parties have al
ready cared for their first crop.
Linn's Finances Good.
Albany The county funds of Linn
county are in excellent condition, show
ing a monthly balance of $132,652.62,
as taken from the books of County
Treasurer Francis : Resources Bal
ance May 1, $140,350.73: received
from all sources, $4,640.64; total,
$ 1 45, 000. 37. Disbursements General
fund warrants, $7,589.36; road fund
warrants, $4,660.97; school fund war
rants, $94.90; institute warrants,
$2.50; total, $12,547.72.
Plant Has 800 Berries.
Dufur A strawberry plant bearing
800 well developed berries is thought
to be the record, even for this prolific
variety, yet in the field of Mike Abnet,
not far from this place, such a plant
flourishes. The berries have been
counted time and again by doubtful
persons. The plant is supported en
tirely by one root, and spreads over a
large area. It has grown with no un
usual cultivation.
Ontario Bridge Is Begun.
A. C. Thornberg, of the MinneaDolis
Steel & Machinery comapny, has ar
rived in Ontario to begin the erection
of the Idaho-Oregon interstate bridge
across the Snake at this point. Pre
liminary work has begun, and Mr.
Thornberg reports that within a week
or ten days a full force of men will be
at work on the structure.
.
ucoks uooa in Wheeler,
Mitchell Cloudy, damn weather.
with heavy shower at intervals during''
the paBt week, have been favorable to
the crops. In some localities fall sown 1
Btuu t.ueu w rauy, uut oig oay crop
and a heavy yield of spring sown grain
are now the very best prospects in the
greater portion of Wheeler county.
Kansans In Eugene to Organize.
Eugene The former residents of
Kansas who are now residing In Eu
gene organized by electing William
Hempy, president, and Paul Merrill,
secretary. July 15 waa Reelected as
t the day for the first Kansas picnic.
PORTAGE ROAD GETS FUND.
Attorney General Finds Way Out oj
Legislative Blunder.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has rendered an opinion to the effect
that $75 a day appropriated by the
terms of Chapter 89, laws of 1909, be
used for the operation and maintenance
of the entire portage railway system.
Under a strict interpretation of the
act, the amount would not be available
for anything but the construction of
the line from Big Eddy to The Dalles,
and the balance of the line w.uld have
to quit business for . lack of money
with which to operate. The attorney
general, however, decided that it would
be safe to be guided by the evident
intent of the legislature rather than
by the Btrict wording of the law.
Judge W. J. Marnner and L. A.
Lewis, of the Portage Railway com
mission, are in Salem to consult with
the state officials regarding the mat
ter. The commissioners report that
the road is doing a good business and
that when the extension to The Dalles
is completed the road will be self sus
taining. "
Money for Road Case.
Medford The Medford Commercial
club has voted the necessary $200 to
carry the Crater lake road case to the
Supreme court on an appeal from the
decision of Judge Galloway of the Ma
rion county court, in which the act was
declared unconstitutional. The stepB
will be taken by the attorneys at once
in order to get action on the matter in
the Supreme court as early as possible.
The $200 is for the payment of court
costs.
Railroad Bonus Raised.
Baker City All of the $10,000 bonus
that has been raised for extension of
the Sumpter Valley railroad, the last
being reported from the John Day val
ley, following which David Eccles or
dered construction crews into the in
terior to begin the work of grading
and laying track. The road is expect
ed to be ready for business by Thanks
giving. Canal Commission Wants Fir.
Portland The Isthmian Canal com
mission has asked . for proposals for
supplies for the Panama canal work
which include 2,000 pieces of center,
intermediate and side Bills of either
Douglas fir or lonz leaf yellow pine,
The notices have been received by the
Portland Chamber of Commerce and
are on file here.
New Library at Baker City.
Baker City The opening of the new
Carnegie library was celebrated here
with appropriate exercises. The Baker
Concert band rendered a concert in the
evening, where several hundred people
had gathered, after which addresses
were made by Mayor Pollman, Profes
sor J. A. Churchill and C. A. Johns.
Three Roads to Coast.
oaiem inree companies have or
ganized and filed articles of incorpora
tion within the past week for the pur
pose of constructing railroads from
points in the Willamette valley to the
Pacific coast. Two have been pro
jected for the Coos bay country and
one for Lincoln county.
Benson to Name Delegates
balem Complying with the request
of the Mississippi-to-Atlantic Inland
Waterway association, Governor Ben
son will appoint a number of delegates
to attend the meeting of the associa
tion at Jacksonville, Florida, this fall,
PORTLAND" MARKETS
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30
club, $1.20; valley, $1.17.
Corn whole, $35 per ton; cracked,
$36 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $41 per ton
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$1720 per ton; Eastern Oregon. $20
5?23.
Fruits Apples, $12.50 per box
strawberries, $1.501.85 per crate
cherries, 6(i;8c per pound; gooseber
ries, 45c per pound; currants, 8
1UC per pound.
Potatoes $1.252 per hundred,
Vegetables Asparagus, 7590c per
dozen; lettuce, head, 25c; onions, 12
15c; parsley, 35c; peas, 36c per
pound: radishes, 15c per dozen; rhu
barb, 33)c per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, extras,
26c; fancy outside creamery, 25
26c per pound; store, 18c. Butter
fat prices average lc per pound un
der regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch 24c per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 13c per pound;
springs, 18c; roosters, 89c; ducks,
young, 14(15c; geese, young, ll(t12c;
turkeys, 18c; squabs, $22.25 per
dozen.
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Extras, 8)(9c per pound;
ordinary, 7c; heavy, 6c
Hops 1909 crntracts, 15c per pound;
1908 crop, lOffnic; 1907 crop, 55ic;
lsuts crop, z('iZ?4C.
Wnnl Flantprn ftreimn 1 n
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nound: vallev. fine. 23e: eor. 21 U...
1 mohair, choice. 24rif2Ke.
Cattle Steers, top, $4.504.60;
fair to good, $.254.40; common, $4
4.15; cows, top, $3.75y 3.85; fair
10 gooa, 3.zd(i.3.du; common to me-
dium, $2.603; calves, top, $55.60;
heavy, $3.50((;4; bulls and stags, $2.75
3.25; common, $22.60.
Hogs Best, $86(8 15; fair to good,
$7.60i7.75; stockers, $6g6.50; China
fats, $6.75fa7.
Sheep Top wethers, $4; fair to
good, $3.60CT3.75; ewes, less on
all grades; yearlings, best, $4.15; fair
to good, $3.75g4; spring lambs, $4.75
(5.25.
AUSTRIA OUSTS STANDARD.
Will Build Reservoirs and Aid Home
Refineries to Fight Octopus.
Vienna, June 25. Owing to the de
cisive intervention of the imperial gov
ernment, the Standard Oil company's
plans for gaining control of the Gali
cian petroleum industry have suffered
a final and crushing defeat. The Aus
trians have withdrawn the contract
with the company, which would have
insured to the American concern a
dominating position in the Galician oil
fields, for which it has been striving
many years.
The minister of finance has under
taken to build reservoirs and lease
them to oil men at rents much less
than those demanded by the Standard
Oil company. Moreover, home refiners
will escape the handicap of heavy re
bates cn the price of the raw product
which the Standard was ti have en
joyed under the contract now canceled.
The government expresses a hope
that competition will be sharpened
through abrogation of the contract, but
it is probable that lively fight will fol
low for export trade, which vitally
affects the Standard's position in Ger
many. CZAR GETS MONEY.
Compromises With Former Official
Who Embezzled $1,000,000.
Winnipeg, Man., June 25. The
famous case in which the czar of Rus
sia brought action against Ivan Pros-
kowreakoff in the Winnipeg courts for
the recovery of a large amount of mon
ey was ended today after a year and a
half of litigation.
Ivan- was a defaulting official in
charge of the administration of a pro
vince in the trans-Caucasus. He ab
sconded with more than $1,000,000
years ago, made his way through China
and Japan, where he purchased large
quantities of Oriental goods, and final
ly reached America, opening stores in
San Francisco, Vancouver and Winni
peg.
Anna Seaman, a talented and hand
some Russian woman, alleged to be a
Nihilist, joined him here as his wife,
and they kept house in luxurious fash
ion in a fashionable suburb.
The Russian police eventually traced
him to Winnipeg, but when the time
came to make his arrest he was miss
ing. His property was attached, and
after a long fight, a compromise finally
has been reached under which the prop
erty and merchandise is to be sold and
the proceeds divided between the czar
and representatives of the Prosko-
wreakoffs.
SUTRO HEIRS GET MONEY.
Will
Giving Vast Estate to Charity Is
Annulled.
San .Franciso, June 25: The Su
preme court invalidated today the will
of the late Adolph Sutro and ordered
that the large estate, valued at mil
lions, and consisting of the Cliff House
ranch in this city and the San Miguel
rancho, be distributed among the
heirs. The former property is situat
ed along the beach and includes the
famous Sutro heights and resorts.
unaer me terms oi ine win the es
tate was to be held in trust until the
last surviving child should die, after
which the lands were to be sold and
the proceeds given to charitable and
educational institutions in this city,
The court held that the failure to nro-
vide specifically for the distribution of
the proceeds of the sale rendered that
bequest invalid.
MAY GRAFT ARM ON MAN.
Unique Operation Possible at Billings
if Extra Arm Can Be Secured.
Billings, Mont, June 25. The graft
ing of an arm from one man to another
will take place in a hospital in this
city should some unfortunate individual
come along from whom the arm may
L- 1 V SI .......
un necureu. u u. Williamson waa
knocked down and robbed in the rail
road yards at Park City several weeks
ago. He was thrown beside the tracks
and a train came along while he was
unconscious and cut off one of his arms
just below the elbow. County Physi
cian Miller states that his arm is in
good condition for grafting, and if a
dying patient should happen along in
iime to supply the limb the operation
win De pertormed.
.Robs State School Fund.
Denver, June 25. Mark Woodruff,
ex-state register of lands of Colorado.
was arrested today at Plattville under
an indictment charging embezzlement
or? 15, 000 from the sale of school
lands. Woodruff was brought here th
afternoon, arraigned in the District
court and released under $2,500 bond
Woodruff declares that he has received
no promise of immunity. He refused
to go into details as to where he has
teen since leaving Denver more than
two years ago, but stated that he had
been employed on various newspapers,
Gotham Still Swelters.
New York, June 25. Although the
temperature in this city was slightly
cooler than yeBterday, the humidity
was high and therefore conditions were
extremely uncomfortable. The high
est point reached during the day was
89 above zero. Fifty persons were
prostrated by the heat There were 6
deaths from that Cause. The hot wave
yesterday was blamed for at least 12
deaths and more than a score of pros
trations. American Bank Opened.
Pekin, June 25. The Pekin branch
of the Internation Banking corpora
tion, the first American bank in the
East to join the group of British,
French, German and Japanese institu
tions in existence here since 1902, was
opened here today.
HARRIMAN TO BUILD
las Called for Bids on Line From
Natron to Klamath Falls.
WILL COST ABOUT $2,225,000
Construction to Be Undertaken Now
Will Be Followed by Comple
tion of Line Soon.
Portland, June 26. Bids for the con
struction of 59.48 miles of the Oregon
Eastern railroad, projected from Na
tron to Klamath Falls, will be received
in the Southern Pacific offices at San
Francisco during the next two weeks.
Of that mileage, 34.24 miles will be
constructed southeasterly from Natron,
while the remaining 25.24 miles will
be built in a northwesterly direction
from Klamath Falls.
Bids for the construction of the Kla
math Falls end of the extension must
be submitted on or before June 30.
Contractors, however, are allowed until
July 10 to submit proposals for build
ing the 34 miles of the track from Na
tron, the present northern terminus of
the projected road. Local Harriman
officials will make no estimate of the
probable cost of building the two sec
tions of this railroad, but it is believed
the improvement will involve an ex
penditure of approximately $2,225,000.
lhe two extensions, aggregating
about 60 miles, for which bids have
been asked, cover about one-third of
the length of the proposed road, which,
according to the approved survey, will
be 198.6 miles in length from Klamath
Falls to Natron.
The action of Harriman in calling
for bids for extending this road by be
ginning work simultaneously at Na
tron and Klamath Falls is accepted as
conclusive evidence of his determina
tion to complete its construction. It
is figured that to build the 60 miles of
track for which bids have been invited
will practically exhaust the appropria
tion that has been made for this road
for the ensuing year. For that reason
additional appropriations for further
extensions are looked for next year.
1 here can be no question of the ulti
mate purpose of Harriman to complete
this road between Natron and Klamath
Falls. Completion of the extensions
for which proposals haye been asked
cannot in themselves add materially to
the value of the property. By extend
ing the road 25 miles northerly from
Klamath FallB, the northern terminus
of the southern extension would reach
only into the heart of Klamath county.
The construction of an additional 35
miles southerly from Natron would
terminate the road from this end in a
mountainous and sparsly settled dis
trict. For these reasons it is patent from a
practical business consideration 'that
the Harriman interests will complete
the road as soon aB possible and place
the investment on a revenue-earning
basis. The primary purpose in project
ing this road was to provide for the
Southern Pacific a better grade for
crossing the state and thereby avoid
the more difficult passage now followed
over the Siskiyou mountains. When
completed, the Oregon Eastern un
doubtedly will become the main line for
the Southern Pacific between Portland
and San Francisco.
AID DESTITUTE LUBORERS.
Plantation Hands Nnw in Bay City to
Be Returned to Bay City.
Honolulu, June 25. The territorial
board of immigration has decided to
bring back here 200 Spaniards and
Porto Ricans stranded in San Francis
co, and reported to be destitute. It is
understood that this is being done at
the request of the deppartment of com
merce and labor at Washington.
The stranded laborers were imported
here about a year ago from Europe and
Porto Rico to work on the sugar plan
tations in the islands. Becoming dis
satisfied they left the islands and went
to San Francisco, where they charged
that they were brought to Hawaii un
der false promises.
May Take Clear Title.
Washington, June 26. Under an or
der just issued by Secretary Ballinger
settlers on all government irrigation
projects may make full payment for
their water rights as soon as they fully
comply with the requirements of the
law as to residence, cultivation and ir
rigation. Heretofore final payment
for building charges could not be made
until five years after water was turned
on. This makes it easier for settlers
with money to get absolute title to the
lsnd, especially settlers who went on
the land before water was ready.
Welcomes tlap Cruisers.
Honolulu, June 26. The training
squadron of Admiral Ijichi, composed
of the cruisers Aso and Soya, arrived
here today. Hundreds of Japanese
assembled at the waterfront and gave
the vessels an enthusiastic reception.
Governor Fear entertained Admiral
Ijichi at dinner tonight and the men
of the Japanese fleet were given shore
liberties during the day and evening.
The squadron will remain in the harbor
for a week.
Japs Bound to South America
Honolulu, June 6. The Japanese
liner Hongkong arrived today from
Yokohama en route to South America
with 700 steeragp passengers, mostly
Japanese, aboard. They are all bound
for South American ports.
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