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Net Les Interesting Event
f the Past Week.
Peary says he is only returning for
provisions and supplies.
The Standard Oil comapny Is openly
fighting for control of the Illinois Cen
tral. Alice Rooeevelt Longwcrth Is making
politics an important part of her social
duties.
Bodies ezhnmed In Mount Calvary
cemebry, Portlatd, are found to be
petrified.
After three days' persistent bunting,
Preedient Toxs-elt has finally bagged
a wild turkey.
It is expected that records of the San
Francisco mint will disclose rank grafts
in that institutiin.
A big German-Americ ai iosuaice
company has paid all its San Francisco
fire losses and reorganised to continue
in business.
Tne Dake of Marlborough finds it
se eerary to practice rigid economy as
a result of his separation from his rich
American wife.
At a lonely stage station in the Coast
mountains a dog was discovered to be
gnawing a human band. Search is be
ing made for the body.
The authorities in New York City
have maed out ten thousand orders of
arrest, to be ready in cases of emer
gency on election day.
Congressman Hoar, a son of the late
Senator Boar, is dead.
T The navy is badly in need of hospi
tals on the Pacific coast.
High prices of meat la Germany
makes the Germans vegetarians.
f Steel building constructors fn New
Yoikrefuse to deal with the unions.
U Fifteen leaders of the recent Russian
revolt have been sentenced to Siberia.
P Count Boni refuses to bslieve his
American wife really intends to divorce
him.
Norway and Sweden are disputing
about the ownership of the island of
Spitsbergen.
Secretary of War Tait addressed a
great audience at Pocatello, Idaho, on
law and order.
A heavy storm has swept over
France, accompanied by heavy snow
and a tidal wave at Touion.
It is said the czar is practically a
prisoner of the grand dukes, who force
him to acquiesce to their orders.
Up to November 1 the number of sa
loon licenses issued in Chicago for the
ensuing quarter was 129 lees than six
months ago.
S By comparing finger prints a soldier
in the penitentiary at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., has been discovered to be
an escaped murderer from England.
Beecnt storms have dislodged large
quantities Jof mud from the sides of
Mount Vesuvius, causing damage to
the railway and farms on the mountain
ide,
It is said that the prosecution has
evidence that Mayor Schmits and Boss
Ruef, of San Francisco, made over a
million dollars from grafts on building
permits.
Morocco is torn by anarchists of dif
crent bands and beliefs.
The Panama Canal commission is
having a hard time to find laborers.
An independent telephone company
has gained a right of way in Chicago.
A German steamer collided with a
four-masted ship and sunk, 23 of her
crew being drowned.
A Germsn princess of royal blood has
been investigating slums ol Chicago un
der an assumed name.
Eight person, charged with com
plicity in a recent daring robbery in
St. Petersburg were executed.
Ten anarchist speakers and leaders
were arrested in New York charged
with inciting to riot and disorderly
conduct.
It has developed that San Francisco
saloons which bought their supplies
from one certain firm got their licenses
easier than others.
A W. C. T. U. speaker says there
are 10,000 women and girls in Chicago
working for $5 a week or lees, and
there are 5,000 saloons.
People in Montana and adjacent
states are in grave fear that the entire
Cheyenne Indian nation, numbering at
least 800 fighting men, will go on the
war path.
Standard Oil company is fined 15,000
by Ohio judge, when law permitted a
fine of millions.
Wealthy widows of Chicago have
been robbed of 1 100,000 or more by a
pretended broker.
Money transports in Russia are now
guarded by strong forces of Cossacks In
stead of gendarmes.
Demands for a shorter work day and
Dew wage scale have been made on all
lines of the Penneylvania railroad.
BUFFALO BILL TO RESCUE.
Runner Sent by Renegade for Help
to Drive Out White.
Codv, Wye, Nov. B. Colonel Wil
liam F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), accom
panied by Colonel Breck and several
nicniher of the party which returned
few days ago from a big bear num
'latter start on their overland niarcn
to &
Notwithstanding the agreement
which was reached at the conference
.h-tween the soldier and the Vies.
there are fear of a general uprising
of all northern Indian. "Buffalo Bill,"
who Is familiar with Indian charact
eristics, has been kept closely advised
of the developments in the recent
troubles, and he believes the matter
will not be entirely settled by the
arrangement which puts an end to the
wanderings and depredations of the
Utes under Appah and Black Whisker.
At the instigation of the Utes. run
ners have been going to all the tribes
of the Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and
Crows, with a view of inducing them
to Join in driving the whites out of
the land, and Colonel Cody believes
that steps should be taken at once to
counteract efforts of these messengers
to stir up revolt. On his arrival at
Sheridan, Colonel Cody will confer
with the military authorities as to
the exact methods of procedure.
GREAT FAMINE IN CHINA.
Ten Million on Verge of Starvatlo
Crops an Utter Failure.
Shanghai, Nov. B. Advices received
here Indicate that famine conditions
of the most desperate nature prevail
In the Northern part of the great
Province of Klang-Su, with but one ex
ception the most fertile and valuable
of many provinces of the empire. Ten
millions of the total population of 21.
000.000 In the province are reduced
to stern want.
Crops are an utter failure and
scenes of suffering that rival anything
In the empire's history are reported
from every point in the region. Food
riots, which have been marked with
much bloodshed, are reported dally,
and so far the officials have taken no
steps to relieve Istress. In fact, to
prevent the rioting spreading to the
cities all of the local governors have
been ordered to keep the people In
their homes at all hazards, and fur
ther rioting has resulted from this
step.
All of the local diplomatic represen
tatives have received advices from
foreigners in the famlne.stricken re
gion urging them to use all their In
fluence to have the imperial govern
ment take steps to aid sunerers. a
Presbyterian missionary who has just
returned from the region declares that
thousands of persons have already
starved to death, and that unless Im
mediate aid is forthcoming the death
list will be appalling.
CINCH ON YELLOWSTONE.
Major Pitcher Recommend That Com
petition Be Established.
Washington. Nov .5. According to
the annual report of Major John
Pitcher, Acting Superintendent of the
Vpilowstone National Park, the mo
nopoly enjoyed by the Yellowstone
Lake Boat Company for the transpor
tation of tourists from Upper Geyser
Basin to the Thumb is becoming a ser
ious problem. Major Pitcher has rec
ommended that competition be estab
lished In some way, or that the stage
lines be permitted to operate their
own boats, In order to give their pat
rons the choice of boat or land trans
portation to the Thumb.
The Yellowstone Lake Boat com
pany charges $3 a head for the trip,
which is 18 miles' distance, us iran
chlse expires July 21 next. Major Pit
cher emphasizes his recommendation
of last year that the garrison at Fort
Yellowstone be Increased to a four
troop or squadron post.
STEEL INDUSTRY EXPANDS.
Washington, Nov. 5. A bulletin is
sued by the Department of Commerce
and Labor says that exports of Iron
and steel manufacture show an In
crease of about 25 per cent In the
nine months ended with September,
and Imports of a similar character
show also an Increase of practically
25 per cent In the same period as
compared with the same months of
the preceding year.
The growth In operations of iron
and steel, the bulletin says, was larger
In the nine months ended with Sep
tember, 1906, than In any correspond
ing nerlod of our export trade. The
gain in these months over the cor
responding period of the preceding
year was over $24,000,000.
Blank Hand Throw Bomb.
New York, Nov. 5. Unsuccessful in
their attempts to blackmail Francisco
Messina, a prosperous tailor of Brook
lyn, members of the so-called Black
Hand Society, so the police say, hurl
ed a dynamite bomb against the front
door of the tenement-bouse In which
he lives and conducts his business.
Damage of $8,000 to the building and1
surrounding property was caused.
Score of persons felt the shock of the
explosion, but no one was Injured.
Messina has received letters demand
ing $400 to $1,000. Detectives arrest
ed two men on suspicion.
Mine Diamond In Kentucky.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 5. With a
view of mining diamonds In Elliott
and Carter counties, Samuel Pearson,
ot- Scranton, Pa., and W. J. Rice, of
San Juan, P. R., have organized the
Kentucky Transvaal Diamond Mining
Company, with a capital of $100,000.
Pearson, who spent years as an en
gineer In the diamond fields of South
Africa, nava that the Indications for
'diamonds are better In Kentucky than
In South Africa.
Pirate 8elze Launches.
TTnnekoner. Nov. 5. Reports have
been received that Chinese pirates .
have seized a British launch and two ;
2S w,thnC$ie0800n0 Tharta '
running fight. No casualties are re-
ported. .
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEW LINES IN CLACKAMAS.
nvestment
In
Electric
ways.
Oregon City Consequent upon an
Increase In population from 23.000 In
increase in .
the Spring of 1905. as shown by the
assessor's censua, to 3.000, which
considered a reliable esumate or tw
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county, population at the P;""
lime, tjiacaanjB mum rjin ivi
Ing a new era In its growth and dml
opnient. Several agencies are contributing to
thia material development of the
county and Its resources, roremoai
among which Is the building of elec
tric railway systems. Idle capital rec
ognizes as a desirable Investment the
building of transportation lines Into
Clackamas county, where the various
resources are still undeveloped and
merely awaiting the encouragement
that will follow direct communication
with a market.
The Interests back of the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company,
which has already done a great deal
In building up this county, are recog
nized In the proposed building or an
electric line from Canemah to Salem,
and this enterprise Is assured, rights-of-way
having been secured and sur
veys made over the entire route. The
same Interests, It has lately developed,
caused the mysterious survey to be
made between this city and Molalla
and Wllholt Springs some three
months ago. This wlU be a branch
line operated by the same company
and will penetrate one of the richest
sections of the valley. Assurance Is
given that this line will be built
The survey Is now being made for
another proposed electric line between
this city and Molalla, with the cele
brated Wllholt Springs as the ultimate
terminus. This Is being done by the
nrornn CItv and Molalla Railway Com
pany, a corporation In which Oregon
City business men own a controlling
Interest. Its route Is via Beaver
rich timber and agri
cultural section, and the promoters of
the enterprise promise io oeKin
structlon work within a few weeks.
rwrr.n rirv la becoming metropoll
tan A free mall delivery service for
the city has been ordered esiaousneu
December 1. An Improved telephone
system Is being Installed by the PMc.
States Company, while the Home Tele
phone Company will begin Installing
Its system soon, having completed the
construction of Us line to the Clacka
mas Tlver. Just north of this city.
The great increase In sales of realty
Is added evidence of the growth of
the county. Large farms are being
subdivided and disposed of In smaller
tracts, with the result that a larger
acreage Is being placed under cultiva
tion. RAILROAD PETITION DENIED.
No Reduction ot Assessment of Prop
erty In Linn County.
ALBANY Before the Equalization
Board of Linn County adjourned its
sessions the Oregon & California Rail
road Company appeared bv its agent,
George Scriber, and requested a re
duction in the taxation value of the
property from $19,000 per mile on
the main line in the county and $11,
000 per mile on the branch lines, to
$10,400 and $5400, respectively. A
reduction in the assessment on its
timber land from $7 to $3 an acre
was also asked. The company has
66,054 acres of the finest timber land
in Linn County. After hearing the
claims of the company, the board de
cided to let the assessment stand as
fixed bv the Assessor. The total as
sessment of the railroad company is
$1,732,148, of which $1,269,700 is on
its roadbed and rolling stock and
$402,243 on timber land.
GIVEN BETTER FACILITIES.
Cood River Now Ships Apples In Re
frigerator Cars.
HOOD RIVER Refrigerator cars
were taken out over the Mt. Hood
Railroad and for the first time apples
are to be shipped direct over the new
railroad. At several point along the
road where there are large orchards
the railroad company has built sid
ings so that growers can load aimosi
direct from their orchards. This is
nrnvincf A ereat heir to fruit growers
on the east side of the valley as the
apple crop is so large that they are
experiencing considerable trouble in
getting their fruit hauled to the rail
road.
Chinook Becoming Scarce.
HOOD RIVER Employes of the
Government fish station on the Clack
amas River, who have been taking
salmon eggs at the mouth of the White
Salmon River, have completed their
work for this season and report that
the number of eggs secured this year
is the smallest since the work of en
deavoring to preserve the salmon in
the Columbia River was taken up.
Altogether but 5,000,000 eggs were
Aiiogeiner uuu
taken tnis year as agatuai.
last year, me wom cuuuuwnu.uu
September 19 and was stopped about
the middle of October.
Wallowa County's Big Fair.
ENTERPRISE That Wallowa
County is coming to the front in agri
cultural, fruit and stock was Bhown
by the exhibitis at the County Fair
at Lostine, which in every way was a
revelation. The attendance was good
and the exhibits excellent ,varied and
represented every part of the county,
Fine catte 0f Beveral breeds were on
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FOR LONGER TERMS.
Superintendent Ackerman Favore
Change In Preeent Law.
Salem That the apportionment of
public school fundi should bo made
upon the barfs of the number of teach-
er empoywli anj not upon the rum-
ber of children In the district. Is on
or me moil miwnwi rominruu.
Ackerman, which was made public to
day. This very radical change m the
plan of distribution is suggested as a
means of enabling the sparsely set
tled district to employ as efflcieut a
teacher and have as many months of
school during the year as the larger
and more favored district. This priv
ilege, Superintendent Ackerman says,
is one to which the smaller district
is entitled. California has such a law.
Among other recommendations
made in the rcHrt are: That the
minimum length of the school year be
increased from three to live months;
that the levy for school purposes bo
increased from $6 to $vS per capita;
that the inheritance taxes bo turned
into the irreduciblo school fund, and
that a part or tho whole of the cor
poration tax be turned into the com
mon school fund to bo expended each
year for school purfwses. In connec
tion with the recommendation regard
ing the length of the school year,
Superintendent Ackerman says thero
are too many districts satisfied to
maintain school only the minimum
number of months required by law.
"Ihere is no reason why a child
in a small, isolated district is not en
titled to as many months of school
as is the child in a more favorably
situated district," said he. "Mere
location should not he the test of the
number of months' schooling to which
a child is entitled." The suggestion
that the rate of levy be increased is
founded upon the need of more funds
in order that longer terms of school
may be maintained.
Big Timber Deal Is On.
GOLD HILL Hie four thousand
acre timber tract, situated at the
head of Foot's Creek, is now being
cruised in the interests of Idaho and
Ashland., Or., capitalists. The sale of
this property would mean much to
Gold Hill and vicinity, as it would in
volve a large expenditure of money
in building of a logging road to con
nect with the S. 1. Railroad at the
mouth of Foot's Creek.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
WHEAT Club, 64c; bluestem, 6Cc;
Valley, 67c; red, 61c.
OATS No. 1 white, $24.60025.60;
Eray. $23.50024.
BARLEY Feed. $21.60 per ton;
brewing, $22; rolled. $23.
RYE $1.3501.40 per cwt.
CORN Whole, $25.60; cracked
126.50 Der ton.
MILLSTUFFS Bran, city. $14.60;
countrv. 115.50 ner ton; middlings
124: shorts, city. $16; country. $17
ner ton: choD. U. 8. Mills, $15.60; Hn
seed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, $18
nfr ton
HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $100
11 per ton: Eastern Oregon timothy,
$14016; clover. $6.6007; cheat. $70
7.50: grain hay. 17; airaira, sn.ou;
vetch hay. $707.60.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, com
mon to choice, 25075c per box; choico
to fancy. 75c2$1.60; grapes, $101.60
per crate; peaches, 76c0$l; pears
75c$1.25; cranberries, $909.50 pet
barrel; quinces, $101.25 per box; per
slmmons. 11.2501.60 per box
FRESH VEGETABLES Cabbage,
Vill2 pound; cauliflower, $1.26 per
dozen; celery, 76085c per dozen; egg
plant, $1.60 per crate; lettuce, head,
20c per dozen, onions, 1012V4c per
aozen: bell peppers, 6c; pumpains, xyt
cents per pound; spinach, 406c per
pound; tomatoes, sotj&uc per dox;
Darsley. 10015c; squash, Vac per
nound: hot-house lettuce, 25c per dos.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c
0$1 per sack; carrots, 9Oc0$l per
sack: beets. $1.25 01. 60 per sack; gar
lie, 7"410c per pound; horseradish.
9010c per pound; sweet potatoes, zv
2'Ac per pound.
ONIONS Oregon, 9Oc0$l per hun
dred.
POTATOES Buvlnc prices: Ore
gon Burbanks, fancy, 9Oc0$l.O5; com'
mon. 7Sc09Oc
BUTTER City creameries: Extra
creamery. 3O032Ac per pound. State
creameries: Fancy creamery, 250
21M.C: store butter. 1617c.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 32V4035C
dozen; best Eastern, 26 0 27c; ordin
ary Eastern. 24025c.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins,
UUc; Young America, 1515c.
POULTRY Average old hens. 12V4
013c; mixed chickens, 12012V4c;
Spring, 1213c; old roosters, 90
10c; dressed chickens, 13014c; tur
keys, live, 17017V4c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 21022jc; geese, live, per
pound, 809c; ducks, 14015c; pig
eons, $101.60; squabs, $203.
VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds,
VA 8c; 125 to 150 pounds. 7c;
150
to 200 pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up,
6VJ06C.
BEEF Dressed bulls, 202'4c per
pound; cows, 405c; country steers,
605ttc.
MUTTON Dressed, fancy, 7c per
pound; ordinary, 506c; lambs, fancy,
8c.
PORK Dressed, 100 to 130 pounds,
8c; 150 to 200 pounds, 707jc; 200
pounds and up, 6061iC
HOPS 1906. choice, 15017c; prime,
13017c; medium, 120120 per
pound; olds, nominal.
WOOL Eastern Oregon average,
I
best, 18018c per pouad, according toldeclded to Introduce a bill with the
shrinkage; Valley, 20 0 21c, according object of ameliorating the conditions
to fineness. lof women and children who are com-
MOHAIR Choice, 26028c Ipelled to work for a living.
CAPTURE SOLDIERS' SUPPLIES.
Utts Loot Wagon, Whll Troop Qo
on Short Ration,
Sheridan. Wyo., Nov. 2 A band of
100 IHo Indians, It I reported, cap
tured a wagon loaded with nour ami ,
supplies bound frum Arvada to the
Tenth and Sixth Cavalry. The driver
was held at a rifle's nniislo whllo tho
-i t at. ml Marrlt'lt
It away allowing tho driver to proceed
with the empty wagon.
Sheridan. Wyo.. Nov. J.-Further
details of the raiding of a government
supply trln bound for the camps of
the Tenth and Sixth Cavalry from
Arvada characterises It as a very
clever piece of work, evidently plan
nod by some of the older heads of the
i!.- Aomniln to Driver James
Forgen. no Indians were In sight until
hunch of aboui iuu muuiiiuu
red-
skin suddenly dashed out of a defllei,,, WM itU(neJ today In the Walla
BT&ta.tsjrsi!s:iw-u .... p... .'-
of a few sharp yell In the nature of state prison by Oovernor Chamberlain
commands, and. while several Indian 0f Oregon, 83 members of the Oregon
kept Forgen under tholr rifles, the bal-! legislature, C. W. Jame. superintend
ance looted his wagon train of 8,000 L,nt of tne Oregon penitentiary, and
pounds of flour, the sack of h'cti 'othrr. Whllo the lawmaker have not
were strapped to the cayuse or I c , thrlr opnonB on th6 lub-
Utes. who th.n disappeared Into lJwt f,, ,t ja vl(lnt that mnnj ot
.w , iw. mi.tin of the'thwu do not favor tho change.
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and operation looking to a chase of .Chamberlain and Superintendent
thn Utes are practically at a stand- James. They argue that tho stova-
stlll until supplies can do nau. mor
supply trains will be sent out from
Arvada at once. Troops from Keogn
with supplies are now at Ashland, on
tho way to the camp of tho Tenth
near Moorhead. ,
The Utes have completely outwitted
the military, and are now reported
back in Wyoming, on i.nuo i
river, retracing the route by wnicn
they entered Montana. They evident-1
Iv know of the arrival of troops at i
Ashland, and have 'either given up
the attempt to reach the Cheyenne
or mra waiting for that band to meet
,.V. tinrt nf lh POllll'
iry The Ute. on Creek have
not moved, according to a telephone
message received yesterday afternoon.
DEBT DECREA8ED $2,074,829.
Treasury Has Comfortabl Cash Bal
ance of $373,300,810,
Washington. Nov. 2 Tho monthly
statement of the public, debt shows
that at the close of business October
31, 1906. the total debt, less caHh In
(h treasury, amounted to $952,171.-
364 which Is a decrease for the month
of $2.074.S29. Tho debt Is recapitu
lated as follows:
Interest-bearing debt I9za.ii.zu.
Debt on which Interest has ceased
since maturity. $1,123,205.
Debt bearing no Interest, ijuim ',-
719.
Total, $1.325,47Z.174.
The cash In tho treasury Is classi
fied as follows:
Gold reserve, $160.00u.uuo; irusi
r,.n,ia 11 103.R97.869 to offset certifi
cates and treasury notes general fund,
$174,029,968; In National bank deposi
tories, $145,976,346; In treasury of
Philippine Islands, $1,730,063: total,
$1,581,633,247. against which there are
demand liabilities outstanding amount
ing to $1,208,332,437. which leavca a
cash balance of $373,300,810.
DALNY OPEN TO THE WORLD.
Free Port In Manchuria Can Buy
Many American Products.
Wnahlnirtnn. Nov. 2. Dalny was
opened to the trade of the world on
Septembor 1 witnoui any cercmonj
whatever, according to a report made
to the State Department by John Kd
ward Jones, the American consul.
Mr. Jones says that many Japanese
cargoes have arrived. At present no
business houses are available, but Mr,
Jnnpii save a number of Japanese
Arms have obtained permission to re
pair buildings which were damaged In
the late war and merchant of other
nations can obtain the same rigm
Haste Is necessary, however, the Con
sul says.
As the Manchurlans regard whea
as their staple crop. Mr. Jone says
It Is likely that the Sungarl Valley will
be entirely devoued to wneai ne
vear. and In consequence, there will
be a demand for farming machinery.
Cotton roods are also In demand
Some American cotton fabrics already
havA been received, but Japan is word
ing hard for the trade. The Chlne.se
want dyed cloths ready to make up.
and are especially fond or light ana
dark blue colors. Food Is scarce and
high-priced and it is almost Impossible
to get labor.
Radical Laws for- France
Paris. Nov. 2. The Cabinet has de
cided to Include In Its Parliamentary
program the purchase of the Western
Railway, and a bill providing for the
abolition of the death penalty. War
Minister Plnuart's plan for the reform
of courtmartlal amounts to their en
tire BUDDresslon. substituting therefor
civil procedure in the case of offenses
punishable by common- law, while dis
ciplinary courts will deal wun inirac
tlonn nf rilHclnllne.
Minister of Public Works uarmous
nrnWf fnr tho revision Of me
contemplates the taking over by the
state of all mines.
Monument on White Plain.
Whlt Plains. N. Y.. Nov. 2. Amid
the waving of flags and cheer from
nnn nflonle. the monument commem
orating the battle of White Plains on
it. ninth anniversary was dedicated.
The Village Park Association erected
the monument on the spot that marks
the breast works of General Washing
ton. The stone is of granite, and the
tablet of bronze. On the top of the
stone Is the old mortar cannon dug
up near the spot.
Over 2,000 children and several
Grand Army posts assisted.
Female and Child Labor In 8paln.
Madrid. Nov. 2. The uaninet nas
LEGISLATORS MEET
Oregon Solons Seeking Informa
tion on Public Matters.
PENDLETON ENTERTAINS TUEJl
Visit Washington's Jut Mill and Ore
gon State Normal 8chool
at Wsston.
Pendleton, Or., Oct. $0. Whether
Oregon should supplant Its stove fouu-
dry In the Salem prison with a Jute
foundry bring to the state a rovenue
twice a big as a Jute mill would do,
that a Jute mill would launch the stale
In a business which Is In large meas
ure speculative and risky and liable
to heavy losse becauso the raw pro
duct from India I manipulated by a
trust; that the finished bag would b
sold to consumers near the factory
thereby discriminating against others
uot favored by proximity to tho plant;
that Oregon's participation In the bus
iness would not regulate prices, be
cause It could make only 13 per cent
of tho bag. used, and the Washington
plant doubled In size could make only
6 per cent of the bag used In thai
state; and that the change to a Jut
mill would entail upon the state an z
pendlture of perhaps $125,000.
The Oregoulana iamlnod the Jut
mill with keen Interest. It was not
running, becauso the day wa one of
Its alternate Idle ones, tho Idloues
coming from short Jute supply. But
several of the 70 looms were put la
motion for eihlbltlon. The visitors,
headed by Oovernor Chamberlain,
were conducted through the plant by
Governor Mead and M. F. Klncald. the
new superintendent.
The chief argumeut for tho Jute mill
is that manufacture of grain sack, un
like that of stove, doe not eompet
with free labor and that It glvw farai
era sack cheaper than the marktt
price.
Aft r viewing the Walla Walla plant,
the visitor wnt to Weston to view
the Normal School at that Vlace ami
thence come to Pendleton, where they
attended a dinner and smoker tonight,
given by the Commercial Association.
At the Weston Normal School thw
party was greeted by Robert C.
French, president of that Institution,
and was led to the assembly hall of
the school where some 2it student,
were gathered. President French, to
show that the Institution wa not a
local high school for Weston. skd
the pupils residing In Weston to arise,
then those whose homes were beyond
the tewn. The latter number visibly
eiCedd the former.
President French ald afterwri
that of the 138 pupil in th normal
department, only 22 are resident or
Weston. In addition are 102 young
pupils In the training department, all
from Weston, their studies ranging
from kindergarten to eighth grad To,
age of normal pupils range from 16 to
87, most of them being 17, 18 and 1.
Governor Chamberlain spoke com
mendlngly of the school, saying it.
would always have a place In hla.
heart. Representative Datey, of Ma
rlon, encouraged the frlens of th
school by declaring that It Is on or
the Indispensable educational Institu
tion of Oregon. Representative Taw
ter, of Jackson, spoka tka earn enti
ment and Jocularly said that Governor .
Chamberlain's remarks had put him on.
record and that they would ba remem
bered when he should pas upon tho
appropriation bill of the Republican
legislature. Other speaker wra
Senator Smith, of Umatilla, and J. II.
Raley, of Pendleton.
The town of Weston toQtesn after
noon holiday to receive the vUltor.
At the tatlon, a mile dUtant from the
school, numerous conveyances wero
waiting their arrival, to convey them
up town. The keen Interest of wesion
in its normal school was evidenced by
the appreciation Its citizens showed or
the visit of the Governor and the Leg
islators. At tonight's dinner Oovernor Cham
berlain urged co-operation of Oregon
and Washington for improvement r
the Columbia river and the protection
of salmon. Governor Mead responded
that In Improvement of that river
Washington "ought to co-operate with
your state." But he pointed out that
Seattle controlled a great part of th
legislative power of Washington,
that It was not so well Informed of th
need of the Columbia river as It
might be.
Steal Comrades' Cash.
Havana, Oct. 31. Captain Wltherup
Narzo, of the American cruiser Brook
lyn, has requested the police to arrest
two deserters Charles Fornald, yeo
man, of Atlantic City, N. J., and David
A. Harman. yoeman. of Hazelton, Pa.
These men left the Brooklyn In charge
of a mail pouch In which there wero
registered letters containing $1,800"
for transmission to the United States.
The crew of the Brooklyn had Just
been paid off, and tho men wore send
ing money home.