NEWS OF THE WEEK
ta a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Return« o f the L e tt Important but
Not L t u Interesting Eventa
o f the Past Week.
TWft rays he will not resign from the
oablnet.
Mach evidence of Thaw’s insanity is
being given at his second trial.
Officers and men of the battleship
fleet are being royally entertained at
Rio de Janeiro.
Taft says the fleet is being sent to
the Pacific to show onr naval strength
to Oriental eyes.
The California Safe Deposit A Trust
company, of San Francisco, is in the
hands of a receiver.
Samuel V. Proudfoot, of Iowa, has
been appointed aHsi9tant commissioner
of the general land office.
A train was held up in Asiatic Rus­
sia by 20 brigands, but the guards brat
them off. A large amount of gold was
on the train.
T O R ECA1 L TR O O P S
Nearly Every Family at Boyertown is
Affected.
Nevada Must Net Shirk Responsibil­
ity. Says President.
Boyertown. Pa., Jan. 15.— When
nightfall put s atop to the work of re­
covering the dead from the ruins of the
Khoa iee opera house, where Monday
night's holocaust occurred, the official
roll of viotime numbeied 167. Wheth­
er any more bodies are buried beneath
the ruins cannot be positively stated,
but it is the belief of those who had
charge of the greweome work that all
of the dead have been removed, and
that the total list of viotims will not go
over 170. The tatio of women and girls
to men and boys is abort 9 to 1. Work
of identification will not be began until
today, as most of the bodies are still
lying in a confused slate at the four
improvised morgues.
The population of the place is about
2,600, and the disaster paralysed the
town, and the people are going shout
dazed. It is safe to say that everybody
in the places either lost one or more
relatives or was intimately acquainted
with those who died in the fire
In
several cases, whole families were
wiped out.
It was almost daylight yesterday be­
fore the flames were extinguished ami
rescuers were able to enter the ruins to
remove the dead.
The morning was
bitter oold, and by the time the be­
numbed and exhausted firemen began
the task of disentangling the mass of
burned beams and twisted iron the en­
tire rains were coated with ice and
there was danger of the walls falling.
The work was slow at first and it was 7
o’clock before the first body was re­
moved.
Washington, Jan. 14. — President
Roosevelt has determined to withdraw
the Federal troops from UoldBeld, Nev.,
I A l K s p r a y a n d p r u n in g .
.shortly »ft. r the legislature begins Its
; special session today.
This intention
Marion County Fruitmen Plan More was made kDOwn at the White House
today, when the report of the special
Frequent Meetings
1 investigation commission was made
Salem— The Marion County Horti­
public, together with a letter from the
cultural society has decided to bold
president to Governor Sparks, dated
either weekly or bi-weekly meetings
January 4.
The president says he
the remainder of the wintes (or the
shall be governed by the recommenda­ Ex-United Rtata* Attorney Hall and
special purpose of spreading informa­
tions in the report unless the governor
tion concerning the proper pruning and
Edwin Mays at Bar— No E x ­
cau show that the statements of the re­
spraying of fruit trees. It has been
port are not in accordance with the
planation Is G iv e f.
found that at one meeting the time <s
facts. The report says:
so short that all the subjects In which
j “ The conditions did not support the
fruitgrowers are interested cannot be
general allegations in the governor's
Poitland, Jan. 16.— Twelve jurors,
eatisfactorily discussed, and that as a
request for troops, nor were his specific satisfactory alike to the government
result the growers get partial informa­
statements established to any such ex­ and to the defense, were selected yes-
tion, which is of little practical use to
tent ae to justify his use of these state­ | terday to determine the guilt or inno­
them. A t the weekly or bi-weekly
ments for the purpoee of getting Fede cence of John H . Hall, ex-United
meetings, special subjects w ill betaken
ral troops.’ ’
I States attorney for Oregon, and Edwin
up, varying according to the particular
“ But we must firmly believe that Mays, who are jointly charged with 11-
portion of their work the growers are
upOD the assembling of the legislature,
; legally fencing public lands in Eastern
about to perform. Thus the subject of
or within a few days thereafter, the Oregon. The first juior, Alfred Fieerk-
pruning will be one of the first consid­
troops should be removed, regardless of sen, a farmer of Delation, Linn connty,
ered (or the reason that the pruning
any request for their retention that was accepted at 11 o’clock amt the jury
season is now on. After that spraying
may be made by either the legislature was completed at 5:35 o ’clock yesterday
will be the subject of lecturee and
or the governor of Nevada, it being es­ afternoon with the acceptance of Henry
demonstrations.
Use of fertilizers,
sential that the state of Nevada shall Freerksen, a farmer of Shedds, Linn
methods and time of cultivation, thin­
understand this situation completely— county, and a brother of the first man
ning fruit, etc., will be taken up as
shall recognise the fact that there will, selected. Both sides had exhausted
occasion seems to demand.
at that date be thrown upon it, and it their three peremptory challenges be­
alone, the primary responsibility of fore the name of Henry Freerksen was
DALLAS A F TE R A C AN N ER Y.
keeping order, and that, recognising reached, but he was snbjected to a
this responsibility, it may take such
Fruitman Bslisve Th e y Will Have a action as is the duty of the state and as thorough queslioning by Special Piose-
outoi Heney before being accepted.
Market for C ro p .
will be sufficient in the premises.”
When conrt convened yesterday
Dellas— A committee appointd at the
morning Mr. Heney created a sensaition
meeting of the Horticultural society
I A N D O F F IC E F O R C E S H O R T .
by announcing that of the 12 defendants
last week for the purpose of securing
named in the indictment only Hall and
the co-operation of the fruit raisers of
Commissioner Says Department is Edwin MayB would be trie«! at this
this vicinity in the establishing of a
tim e.» HiB failure to indicate when W .
Handicapped in Efficiency.
cannery at Dallas, is hard at work.
W . Steiwer, Hamilton H. Hendricks
W ith the exception of the berry crop,
Washington, Jan. 14.— Commission­ and Clarence B. Zachary would be tried,
snfficient fruit is raised within a radius er Ballinger, of the general land office, If at all, is believed to give color to the
of five miles around Dallas to easily has completed his annual report for report that these three defendants have
support a cannery, and it is believed submission to congress.
He asks an been promised immunity in return tor
that the establishment of that industry appropriation of $500,000 to carry on important testimony against their co­
in this city will result in the planting the field wotk of his bureau in the pro­ defendants. The testimony of these
of enough of the small fruits to keep tection of the public lands, an increase defendants, it has been rumored, is
the cannery in operation during the en­ of $250,000 over the current appropria­ considered essential to the case of the
tire season each year.
tion. During the fiscal years of 1895-7 government against Hall and Mays.
A company will be formed and the there was recorded for investigation
farmers, fruitgrowers and business men 24 459 cases of all kinds; of these the
ID E N T IF Y IN G T H E D E A D .
will be solicited to take stock in it agents investigated and disposed of 12,-
H eretofore the fruit cropeof this vicin­ 104 cases, and 12,356 ranee remained
ity weie shipped to the canneries in for examination July 1, 1907.
Many Boyertown Victims'Burned Past
Salem and Newberg.
There were 2,243 land entries relin­
Recognition.
quished after the rase was in the hands
Boyerstown, Pa., Jan. 10.— One hun­
New Library Building Open,
of special agents for investigation, 363
University of Oregon, Eugene— Dur­ entries were cancelled after hearings dred and seventy persons perished at
ing the holidays many of the recitation had upon special agents’ charges; 367 the RhoadeB opera house fire Monday
rooms ef the univeisity were removed unlawful enclosures of public lands night, according to figures compiled by
The list
from Villard hall to better quarters in were removed restoring 1 940,120 acres Coroner Strasser last night.
the new library building.
Occupancy to the open range. There were 27 con­ of dead includes one fireman, who lost
j
his
life
lighting
the
fire,
and
one
man,
of the new building has been delayed, victions connected with these cases.
owing to the fact that there has been
The total of moneys recovered by tire 'Jacob Johnson, who died from injuriee
no money available for heat.
The government in all special agents’ cases received in tne biasing playhouse.
Three charred bodies were recovered
problem was solved by turning off the was $386,251 and 2,372,224 seres of
heat from the entire upper floor of V il­ land was either freed from fraudulent from the ruins of the building yester­
day,
and of the 168 bodies or remains
lard hail and sending it through the claims to title or released from unlaw­
that lie in the improvised mins of the
pipes into the library building.
ful enclosure and oocupancy.
building 114 have been officially or par­
tially identified by sorrowing relatives
Big Milton Ranch Sold.
M O R O C C O F A C E S C R IS IS .
or friends.
Milton— For the price of $28 562.50
Not more than 25 of the entire num­
Henry L. Frazier, of Milton, has sold Sultan Abd El Aziz Is Forced From
ber of bodies removed from the fire
his ranch Dear this place to W illiam
Throne by Reports.
have heads. There are several trunk»
H. Harder, and the deal repreeents one
Tangier, Jan. 14.— There is conster­ which will never be recognized, as they
of the biggest individual transactions
made in this section of the country for nation among Moroccan officials at the were strangers in the audience that
many months. The Frazier ranch is sensational news from Fez announcing witnessed the play.
located just southwest of Milton, and the proclaiming of Mnlai Hafld as sul­
contains 246 acres of wheat land. This tan and the dangerous conditions now
IN D O R S E S S P A R K S ' A C I IO N .
sale also included the Franzier resi­ pre ailin g in the city. Couriers who
have arrived here announce also that Caucus o f Nevada Legislators Sup­
dence in Milton.
the people of Mequinezhave proclaimed
ports Governor.
Hides Take Big Drop
Mulai Hafld sultan. According to the
Pendleton— After the highest prices latest information from Fez, the Ule­
Carson, Nev., Jan. 16.— A joint cau­
ever paid for hides in Eastern Oregon, mas or wise men, were forced to decree cus of the special committees of the
in the past eight weeks, prices have the overthrow of Abd El Aziz, the sul­ senate and assembly of ttie Nevada leg­
now dropped to the lowest price known. tan of record, and proclaim Mulai Hafld islature met yesterday and framed a
Only a few weeks ago dry hides were sultan in his place, by the attitude o.' joint resolution which w ill be introduc­
quoted in this city at 18 cents per the people, who were greatly excited ed in the senate today asking the presi­
pound. Now dry hides are worth but over reports that Ahd El Ariz had sold dent of the United States to retain
troops in Goldfield until sneh time as
9 cents and green hides but 4 cents.
the country to France.
The announcement by the publio the state can provide either a police
P O R TLA N D M AR K ETS
criers was received with frantic joy. force or other means to maintain order
Mnlai Hafld was proclaimed snl'an un­ in the camp. This is a decided victory
Fruits— Apples, 75c®$2.25 per box; der certain conditions, which he must for Governor Sparks, as the committee
peaches. 76c®$l per crate;
pears,
accept together with the title. Among framing the reeolution is c mp< sed of
$1.25®1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.6U
20 members, both Republicans and
these are the following:
@$12 per barrel.
That be reject the Algeciras act, ex­ Democrats, with the pro and anti labor
Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack;
pel the French troops from Morocco, elements both represented.
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
The resolution will undonbtedlv pasa
prohibit access to the interior for Euro­
sack; beans, 20c per pound; cabbvge,
peans, who with the Jews, it is set the senate, while the general expres­
lc per pound; cauliflower, $2(5(2.25
forth, should be allowed to occupy only sion among the meruliers of the lower
per dozen; celery, $3 60 per crate;
qnartera in the port« reserved for them; house is that it will go through that,
onions, 15@20c per dozen; parsley, 20c prohibit Moorish subjects from placing body by a small majority, the »enate
per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; pep­
themselves nnder the protection of for­ being Republican and the assembly
pers, 8(i417c per pound; pumpkins, 1(3j eign consulates, secure Morocco's rights strongly Democratic.
lJ ic per pound; radishes, 20c per doz­
in the frontier question with Algeria,
en; spinach, Ac per pound; sprouts. 8c
Want« to Fine Standard.
and suppress taxation.
per pound; squash, 1 @ 1 h i c per pound;
Chicago, Jan. 16.— District Attor­
tomatoes, $2 per box.
S torm in East
ney 8ims, upon sn ivin g today frero
Onions— $1 85@2 per hundred.
Chicago, Jan. 14.— Chicago and its Washington, where he is thought to
Potatoes— Delivered Portland, 60®
75c per hundred, sweet potatoes, $3 environs were cut off for several hours have discussed the matter with Presi­
yesterday from wire communications dent Roosevelt, announced that be w ill
per cwt.
Wheat— Clnb, 85c; bluestem, 87o; from other point» by a snow snd wind 1 make an effort to bring the Btandafd
storm which hegan before dawn and OH company of Indiana to trial next
valley, 85c; red, 83e.
Oats— No. 1 white, $27.50@28; gray, raged without a break all day. Snow | week on the lemaining 4,000 counts in
continue» to fall.
A northwest gale the indictments returned against the
$27.50@28.
Barley— Feed, $27.50 per ton; brew­ drove blinding masse» of wet snow be­ corporation. It will be possible in the
fore it. The warmth of the atmosphere event that the company shonld be con­
ing, $32; rolled, $29@30.
Corn — Whole, $32.60;
cracked, caused the heavy flakes partly to melt victed on each count of the indictment
and stick to whatever they touched. 'to impose 6nes sggiegating a total of
$32.50.
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $8 per As a consequence overburdened wires $80,000,000.
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21@ and poles were put ont of commission
Range W ar Brewing.
22; clover, $15; cheat, $16; grain hay, in all directions for hours.
Grand Junction, Colo., Jan. 16.—
$16@16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14
More Defensea Needed.
Appeals to the governor and to the
Butter— Fancy creamery, 30fa)35c per
Peattle, Jan. 14.— " W e realize the sheriff of Mesa and Delia comities for
pmnd.
Poultry— Average old hens. 12c per desirability of providing additional de­ protection, having failed and fearing a
pound; mixed chickens. ll^ @ 1 2 c ; fenses for Puget sound as rapidly as bloody battle w ill be participated by
spring chickens, ll> *® 1 2 c ; roosters, possible, snd when I get hack to Wash­ irate cattlemen through whose territory
8(41 Or; dressed chickens, 14c; turkeys, ington I shall lay the facts before con­ they must pass, the scene of many
live, 15e: dressed, choice, 18c; gee»«, gres» snd recommend additional fnrtifl range w»ra and murder», the owners of
live, 9® 10c; duck», lfl@17o; pigeons, cations,” said'Lientensnt Colonel Fred­ 20.000 sheep are sending their stock
erick V. Abbott, aseistant to the cheif from Montro*e to the winter range in
76c@$l; squabs, $1.S0@2.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 30c per of the engineer corps. United States Utah under a guard of 200 men armed
army, having charge of fortifications of with Winchesters.
dosen.
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, (VS-9 t* c ; the United State*, ls^t night, who a -
Postpone Seattle Fair.
125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 rived here from Manila Wednesday.
Seattle. Jen. 16.— W hile tha idee ia
pounds; 5(45 »40.
Japanese 8ends in I Bid.
Pork— Block, 78 to 150 pounds, 6®
not received by with approval by the
Honolulu, Jan. 14.— The award of majority of the people, Cclonel Blethen
7c; peckers, 6@7c.
Hope— 1907, prime and choice, 6(31 bids for mater is) for the construction of and others have recently began a move­
7X c ; per pound; olds, 1 ® 2c per pound. improvements for Pearl harbor has ment to postpone the Alaska-Ynkon
Wool— Eastern Oregon, average beet, been held np. becanse the lowest bid­ exposition until 1910.
The financial
13(420e per pound, according to shrink­ der is a dummy for some Japanese con­ condition in all parts of the conntry
age; valley, 18(420c. according to fine­ tractor.
It is probab e that all bids and failure to realize on certain Invest­
ness; mohair choice 29®30c per pound. will be rejected.
ments cease this plan to be considered.
There is a deadlock in the Kentucky
S P E C IA L 8 E S S IO N C A L L E D .
legislature on the election of a United
States senator.
Governor Beckham is
in the lead at present.
Nevada Legislature Meets to Consider
Goldfield Situation.
Colonel Goethals places an estimate
of $250,000,000 as the oost of the Pan­
Carson. Nev., Jan. 15.— The special
ama canal. This does not include the session of the Nevada legislature called
$40,000,000 paid for the work already by Governor Sparks met at noon yester­
done nor the $10.000,000 afterward day.
After organization Governor
paid to the government of Panama.
Sparks’ message was read. In the sen­
Taft urges the government to with­ ate the appropriation bill of the session
draw from Cuba in the spring of 1909. was passed. The only Important action
taken was the passage of a resolution
The Roman Catholic church will soon referring all bills that may be intro­
announce new laws calculated to pre­ duced relative to state rangers, constab­
lent hasty marriage.
ulary or military, to a special joint
Trial of Oregon’s land thievee has committee.
There ia a question as to the legality
commenced at Portland with Judge
of the organization of the assembly.
Hunt, of Montana, presiding.
The membere, under a ruling ftom the
A French aeronaut has devised sn attorney general, organized without
airshipheavier than air capable of rnak swearing in theepesker Robert Skaggs.
ing a speed of 24 milee an hour.
In the senate all of the officers were
As there
Ten pereons were Injured in New compelled to take the oath.
York by the explosion of three dyna­ is a disposition to depose Skaggs, in
mite tombs, which partially wrecked a case of a re-opening the qneetion, it is
expected that a lively fight will be had.
tenement house.
Governor Sparks, it is thought, will
Mayor Taylor, of Ban Franoiaco, has
endeavor to Influence the passage of a
a huge task before him.
One of the
state ranger law similar to that of Tex­
first things ins to provide a water sys­
as, as he has the Texas law at hand,
tem for fire fighting.
and it has been read by a number of
The forty-foarth annual convenflon the membesr. It is likely to meet with
of the National Woolgrowers' associa­ strong opposition in the lower houBe,
tion, at Helena, was the moet success­ where the labor unions have a strong
ful ever held. The attendance was also representation.
unusual ly large.
Senator Morehouse, formerly of Cali­
At a meeting of 700 New York land­ fornia, now located in Goldfield, is in
lords it was decided to have introduced attendance, representing the Goldfield
in the legislature a bill making it a chamber of commerce.
felony for any political agitator to in­
P L A Q U E C A M P A IG N E N D E D .
cite tenants to refuse to pay rental
which has been agreed upon. At pres­
Only One New Case Since Christmas
ent it is a misdemeanor.
in San Francisco.
More mines are being opeaed at Gold­
San Francisco, Jan. 16.— The cam­
paign for the eradication of the bubon­
Council Bluffs, la., has started a war
ic plague in San Francisco, which has
on gambling.
been conducted by Dr. Rupert Blue and
G nat Britain is alarmed for her nav­ a staff of 150 medical officials of the
al Bnpretnacy.
United States marine hospital, la al­
The kaiser advocates the study of most over. Only one case of plague
has occurred In this city since Decem­
English in Germany.
ber 26, and it was a Japanese who was
The fire in the big New York sky­ taken ill after arriving from Stege,
scraper showed an insufficient water Contra Cneta, where he is believed to
supply.
have contracted the disease. The loeal
Mnlai Hafld has been proclaimed health authorities announce that no
snltan of Morocco and he Iras started a further daily plague bulletins w ill be
issued.
holy war.
Since the origin of the plague in this
The new Japanese ambassador to the oity last May there have been 137 veri­
United States declares that all trouble fied cases.
Of these 17 were verified
w ill soon be over.
by clinical examination and 120 by
In a mad rush to get seats at a the­ bacteriological investigation. Of the
ater In Barnsley, Kng., 16 childreu total number of persons who contracted
this disease, 74 died and 63 recovered.
were trampled to death.
Only two case« remain under treat­
The colors of the American man-of-
ment, and at the isolation hoapital
war Che«apcake, captured by England
there still remain 18 suspects under ob­
in 1813, have been offered for sale in
servation .
London.
W hile the plague has practically been
General Manager Mohler, of the Un­ stamped out, the sanitary campaign of
ion Pacific, declares the prohibition Dr. Blue and the local health authori­
wave now sweeping the conntry will ties w ill continue for some time.
stop expansive railroad work.
May Not Get Immunity.
A strike of 200 newsboys in Boston
San Francisco, Jan. 15.— After a sec­
created quite a disturbance. Three po­
lice officers were aesaulted, stripped of ond oonfi renoe between District Attor­
their badges and one officer and a by­ ney Languou and Detective Burns ami
Abraham Rnef, Mr. Langdon would
stander seriously injured.
only say that the time is not ripe for a
The jnry in the Thaw case has been public statement regarding the matter
completed.
of whether Rnef Is to he granted abso­
The battleship fleet has arrived at lute immunity from prosecution in re­
turn fer telling about the bribery cases.
Rio Janeiro.
Ruef also rsfnsed to say whether the
Warsaw, Russia, terrorists are bnsy
oontract granting him immunity had
again and the city is in a turmoil.
been signed or not. Judge Dunne has
T. C. Becker, of New York, is to flatly rsfused to be a party-to any each
aasirt Heney In the Oregon land frauds. agreement.
France may Insist on arbitration be­
tween the United States and Japan to
Evacuate Cuba Next Year.
prevent war.
Washington, Jan. 15.— In transmit­
Alton B. Parker attributes the re­ ting to the senate today the report of
cent financial panic to Roosevelt's “ at­ Provisional Governor Magnon on oondi-
tions in Cnha, the president said:
"I
tacks on property.”
am glad to he able to nav that we can
The steamship Aki Msrn, from the
now definitely announce that by or be­
Orient, has jnst arrived in Beattie with
fore February 1, 1909, we shall hav«
1,200 tons of fireworks to be used by
i turned over the ialand to the president
Coast Chinese in celebrating their New
and congreaa to be elected next Decern -
Years.
| her by the people of Cnfan. Our word
Four policemen were killed and fire to tnrn the island over to its own peo­
nearly 30 injured in the burning of a ple w ill be scrnpnlonaly regarded.”
New York skveenper. The fire started
on the fifth floor of a 12-story bnilding
Put South Dakota In Commission.
and the structnie is a total Iona.
The
Washington, Jan. 16.— The battle­
monetary leas is placed at $5,000,000. ship Sonth Dakota has beer, ordered
Only seven jurors have been secured placed In commission at the Mare Ie-
I land navy yard on January 27.
in the Thaw case.
field.
MAKING PROGRESS
T O T A L D E A D 170.
GRAF r O L D TR E E S .
Diseased O rc h a rd » in Valley Are to
Be Laid Low .
Corvallie— A movement is being
launched here for a great campaign for
the renovation of old orchards in the
Willamette valley and other parts of
Oregon. President Newell, of the state
board of horticulture, Mr. Lownsdale,
M i. Reid, and a large number of the
fruit inspectors of the various counties
are on the ground and are identified
with the plan. The first gun in the
campaign was fired by M. O. Lownsdale
in an address before the visiting horti­
culturists and other winter short course
students in college chapel.
The ad­
dress met with a hearty Indorsement,
and aroused much enthusiasm.
The
Agricultural college authorities will
join in the plan, and in an edncaitonal
way and otherwise co-operate to the ut-
moet extent in furthering the move­
ment.
It ia said that within three to five
years a complete new orchard can be
made ont of the old one, and a profit of
$5 to $10 per tree be realixed.
This
was the assertion of Mr. Lownsdale in
his address. He says he has accom­
plished thiB result with old trees on his
farm, and that it can be done by any
farmer who can do grafting or have it
done.
The thing to do, says M i. Lownsdale,
is to cut down the old treee. The best
plan ia to cal them close to the ground,
leaving the roots intact.
This should
be done by the 1st of March. The next
season, from the 10th to the I6th of
May, such varieties aa are best for the
Oiimate and for commercial pnrpoeea
should be grafted on the three or four
best sprouts. This is the easiest and
most certain plan. Two feet of the old
trunk may be left and the graft applied
to it the first year, and a year of time
in reproducing the orchard is gained,
but this requires an expert at grafting
in order to be soccessfnl. By either
plan the trees w ill be in good bearing
in from three to five years, and a reve­
nue of $5 to $10 each be realised.
Welcome to New Industry
Oregon City— Nothing in recent years
has brought so much satisfatcion to the
people of Oregon City as the announce­
ment that a new paper mill is to be
constructed at Oregon City on the East
side of Wilammette Falls, fronting the
basin, with the installation of two ma­
chines of the largest capacity at the
outset. Not lees than 300 men will be
furnished employment, and this means
that from 400 to 600 people will be
added to the population of Oregon City
within a year, and that there will be a
corresponding increase in the industry
and business of the town.
Shingle Mill for Albany.
Albany— A shingle m ill, with a ca­
pacity of 60,000 shingles daily, w ill be
established in Albany this winter by
E. A. Thompson and Elmer Cramer,
former employes of the Curtiss Lumber
company in its big plant at M ill City.
Work w ill begin on the new mill as
soon as a satisfactory location is found.
The two men have secured the shingle
manufacturing machinery of the Mill
City mills, and have also acquired the
ownership of a large body of spruce
timber, and propose to make the in­
dustry a large one.
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Glass Factory for Eugene.
Eugene— Eugene bids fair to have a
glass factory in the near fntitre.
Gus­
tave Mathisen, an expert glass blower,
who was one of the promoters of the
factory at Coburg, in this county, offers
to put up a plant costing $50,000 if the
citizens of th ia city take stock in a com­
pany to be organized to the amount of
$5,000. Mathisen claims to he backed
by ample capital. The matter w ill at
once be taken up by the Commercial
club and it is probable that some action
w ill be taken immediately.
Lebonan Mills Reopen
Ablany— After being closed for three
weeks, the Lebanon paper m ill has re­
sumed work and 60 men temporarily
idle are again in employment. The re­
cent flood piled so many logs in the
Santiam canal that the m ill could not
get a supply of fuel wood for the regu­
lar consumption of 30 cords dally.
Though this was the cause of the shut­
down, some feared it might be due to
the financial stringency,
but
the
prompt resumption of work has re­
stored confidence.
No Delegate to D ry Farm ing Congrese
Portland— Oregon is the only one of
the semi-arid states not represented offi­
cially in the Trmns-Missonri Dry Farm­
ing congress, which will hold its second
session in Salt Lake City, January 23-
26, and efforts are being made by Man­
ager Tom Richardson, of the Commer­
cial clnb, to secure someone from East­
ern Oregon. The Oregon Development
league is willing to offer credentials to
any representative citiaen of the state
who w ill attend the meeting.
Change in Blue Mountain Reeerva.
Washington— The president has jnst
signed a proclamation which elim i­
nates 131,643 acres of the Bine Monn-
tain forest reserve, as recommended by
the forest service. The greater pert of
the aresr eliminated consists of open
grass lands. The boundary has also
been changed to exclnde some heavily
timbered land, title to which has passed
from the government.
Fulton Files Hie Petition.
Salem— C. W . Faltón his filed e
copy of his petition for Republican
nomination for United States senator.
Jury Secured in Hall Land Case
In One Day.
WILL TRY BUT TWO DEFENDANTS