Cottage Grove leader., February 21, 1908, Image 2

Cottage Grove Leader
Issued Each Friday
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C O T T A G E G R O VE ............. OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Oar
Busy Readers.
A Resum e o f th e L e s t Im p o rta n t bu t
N o t Less In teresting Events
o f the Past W eek .
Russia and Japan are still encroach­
ing on Chinese territory.
S TA TE H O O D N O T PLEDGED.
T E R M S AR E V IO L A T E D .
Land
N ew M exico M u tt D epend on Future
Developm ents.
Washington, Feb. 19.— The substance
of the report of B. D. Townsend on bis
investigation of the Oregon A California
railroad land grant was made public to­
day for the first time, and shows in a
general way the facta on which the gov­
ernment will base Its suit to compel the
railroad company either to comply with
the law er forfeit its title to the grant.
The report is so full and explicit as to
require no explanation. The following
extracts are made:
“ The provision of the grant restrict­
ing t i e number of Bales have never
been respected.
lands have been sold
to any person, whether settler or specu­
lator, in as large quantities as possible
and at the highest price possible.
In
making sales the railroad company bus
always observed the law of supply and
demand and has never obeyed the law
of congress. Substantial violations of
the terms of the grant occurred from
the very beginning. Among the first
conveyances executed in 1872 several
Instances occur where land was sold at
prices largely in excess of $2.50 per
acre, sometimes as high as $10 per
acre. In 187t.three instances are found
of conveyances to a single purchaser of
quantities exceeding 1,000 acres each.
The ‘e violations continued throughout
the history of the grant.
“ When the Southern Pacific system
secured control of the land grants the
first thing they did was to organise an
effective land department. Land exam­
iners and timber cruisers were employ­
ed and a force set to work to ascertain
and appraise the value of each specific
tract of land contained in the grant:
this had never been done before.
“ About 1890 some of the old and ex­
perienced timbermen of Michigan, Wis­
consin and Minnesota were attracted by
reports as to the timber lands of Ore­
gon.
There suddenly arose a tremen­
dous demand for lands by wealthy tim­
bermen and speculators in the East.
The railroad company waj quick to see
its opportunity to profit by disposing
of lands contrary to the terms of the
grant. It immediately began to make
sales in quantities ranging from 1,000
to many thousand acres.
“ Of 813,908 acres sold by the rail­
road company, only 127,418 acres were
sold within the limitations of quantity
and purchase price prescribed by the
grant, and 615,928 acres were sold
quantities exceeding 160 acres, of
which 363,991 acres were cenveyed or
sold to 38 purchasers in quantities ex­
ceeding 2,000 acres to each purchaser
since the year 1897.
“ At the expiration of 40 years after
the enactment of the grant, 2,000.000
acres of the lands granted are vested in
a single proprietor, with no public ob­
ligation and virtually controlling the
commercial destiny of a large portion of
Oregon. This is the very evil which
the provisions of the grant were destin­
ed to avert. Y et that condition now
exisgts. with the asseition of a legal
right to make it permanent.
“ The total assessed valuation of the
land grant for the year 1907 was ap­
proximately $18,000,000, whereas prior
to the year 1902 the assessed valuation
had never exceeded $2,000,000. Of the
total taxes paid by the railroad com­
pany on account of its land grant, from
1870 to the present time, more than
one-half has been paid since 1902.”
Washington, Feb. 18. — Notwith­
standing reports sent from Washington,
no agreement has been made by leaders
in congress to pass a bill at the next
session of congress admitting the terri­
tory of New Mexico into the Union.
The facts of tbe case are briefly as fol­
lows:
A delegation of New Mexicans, bead­
ed by the governor, came to Washing­
ton several weeks ago to survey the
field and determine whether or not
there waa prospect of statehood legis
lation this session.
This delegation
was to have been backed by 100 or
more New Mexicans had the outlook
been favorable.
But after conferring
with tbe leaders in both branches of
congress, the advance guard decided
that statehood legislation could not be
secured this session, no matter how
many men appeared on the scene to
urge its enactment.
Thereupon the
“ big lobby,” was called off and the
original delegation went home.
Two propositions were submitted,
but no pledges of any sort were given.
First, it was suggested that it might be
well to send a congressional party to
New Mexico during the coming summer
to make an investigation and determine
whether or not conditions in that terri­
tory were such as to justify its admis­
sion into the Union. The other propo­
sition was merely to allow the New
Mexicans to come to Washington in
force next winter and appear before the
territories oommittees of senate and
bouse in support of their statehood bill.
Townsend
M akes R eport on
G rants In O reg o n .
L O A N F U N D IN C R E A S E S .
T A L K S B E A R F R U IT .
Students to Be Assisted a t U niversity
o f O reg o n .
M ario n F a rm e rs Buying G raftin g and
Spraying 8uppiies.
University of Oregon, Eugene— Hon.
R. A. Booth, of Eugene, has just given
to the student loan fund of the Univer­
sity of Oregon a check lor $500 to be
used as an irreducible eduational loan
fund for students. The fund w ill be
known as the "Booth Loan Fund” and
will be kept separate from the general
loan fund, which at present is distrib­
uted in loans rangiug in amount from
$15 to $80 among 10 Btudents of the
university. Since the establishment of
the general fund five years ago, more
than 30 students have been enabled to
complete their college course who could
not otherwise have done so. The uni­
versity hopes to establish during the
present year a loan fund of at least $5,-
000, to be loaned under the direction of
President Campbell, or some one desig
nated by him, to boys and girls all over
Oregon who wish to complete their edu­
cation, but who cannot do so without
assistance. It is believed that a loan of
approximately $100 a year, at a low
rate of interest, to be repaid in two
years after graduation, is much more
preferable than an outright gift in the
form of a scholarship. The fund will
he guaranteed by 10 men against loss.
Two signatures will be required on each
ncte and a small amount of life insur­
ance will be taken out to insure against
loss by death. The present loan fund
amounts to approximately $1,000.
Salem— That the educational wotk
among fruitgrowers by such men as M
0. Luwnsdale and E. C. Armstrong has
been productive of great results in this
vicinity, is evident from the unprece­
dented sal-s of grafting and spray ma
terials by Balem dealers.
During the
last few days of clear weather there has
been an immense demand for rosin
beeswax and tallow with which to make
grafting wax, thus allowing exclusively
that farmerg are acting upon the advice
of Mr Lownsdale to cut down their old
neglected and diseased apple trees, with
a view to grafting into the stumps.
Much of the grafting this year, how
ever, w ill be in youDger trees, which
were permitted to form a top so high ae
to tie out of reach, or wbicli are oi un­
marketable varieties.
In most in
stances where old teres aie cut down
they w ill be cat close to the ground and
the grafting w ill be done next winter
in the shoots that come op from the old
stump this summer.
A great many
cherry orchards are being grafted to
marketable varieties— usually the Roy
al Anne— where t^e original tree is of
a variety for which there is no demand
AMERICA IS LOSING
Rebate Prosecutions Raise Rates
to the Orient.
JAPAN CONTROLS ALL MANCHURIA
Provokes
C hina
by
H e r Aggression
and Shuts O u t Rival Naiions
— Pow ers May P ro test.
Washington, Feb. 20.— In'ormation
from unofficial and individual sources
~ French troops have had another sharp
evidencing the aggressiveness of Japan
brush with Moroccan tribes.
in Manchuria has been accumulating
Chicago street railway companies pay
in the State department for some time.
the city 1675,000 a je tr for franchises.
That this condition is irritating in in­
Major General Wood, commanding
creasing degree to China iB also a mat­
the Philippines, w ill start home Febru­
ter of knowledge here. It is said with
ary 20.
authority, however, that in no manner
A report was curteDt in Madrid that
has tbe Chinese government biought
Alphonso had been blown up by a
the matter to the attention of the
bomb, but the king is safe.
American government, and no report
A Kentucky postmaster while can­
on the subject is looked for.
celing stamps exploded one of 20 cart­
ridges sent through the mails.
A remarkable explanation of the at­
titude of our government in this im­
Railroads throughout the country
portant matter is developed a the result
have started a move to reduce the wages
of inquiry directed towaid officials who
of employes and trouble is expected.
cnanot be quoted, but are in positions
Sues to C ancel C o n tra c t.
New York has just had the highest
to direct our policies. In effect, it is
tire in the world.
An insignifiant
Portland— The case of the state of
as follows:
blaze breaking out on the fortieth floor
Oregon againBt the Columbia Boutbern
“ It is frankly admitted that America
of the Singer building.
,
Irrigation company is being heard in
is losing her commercial foothold in
the
United
States
District
court.
The
the Orient. This loss, however, is not
An evidence of the passing of the
TO W ELCOME FLEET.
state is represented by A. M. Craw
financial flurry is shown by the fact
charged to Japan. Rather it is assert­
HOW TO M ARK YOUR BALLOT
ford,
attorney
general,
and
the
irriga
that fully 6,000 Western aDd Southern
ed to be the effect of the growing ten­
tion company by W. T. Muir and Sene­ H onors o f Vice A dm iral fo r Evans at dency toward international government­
buyers are in New York after goods.
Instructions fo r V oting on Initiative
C allao, P eru.
ca Smith. Under the Carey act the ir­
al regulation in the United States. As
a rd R elerendum P etitions.
An east bound Southern Pacific
rigation company was to irrigate cet
Lima, Peru, Feb. 18.— The Ameri­ an illustration of this, attention is call­
freight train was wrecked near El
Salem— That there is a general tain tractB of land in Eastern Oregon
can fleet, which is steaming up the ed to these facts:
Monte, Cal., and ten cars loaded with
misunderstanding as to the manner aggregating something like
27,000
“ Five years ago flour in barrels was
In which ballots should be marked acres. This waa the agreement made west coast of South America, iB expect­
oil and vegetables demolished.
Three
in voting upon referendum measures between representatives of the state ed to arrive at Callao next Thursday, being shipped to the Orient fiom the
tramps are supposed to be under the
Northwest, steel rails Item Pittsburg,
is indicated by the fact that in ad­
wreckage.
dressing a public meeting a few days land board and the company several and the government has ordered that and cotton in bales from Texas. These
years
ago.
The
state
maintains
that
Two men were burned to death in a
ago a prominent speaker made the
Rear Admiral Evans be tendeied the shipments were made possible because
fire at Limestone, N. Y.
assertion that in order to defeat a the company has not carried out iis honors of a vice admiral. Tbe cruiser ol an exceedingly low ocean freight rate
part of the contract and Mr. Crawford
referendum
measure
one
must
vote
arrived at by a railroad combination.
Jews of Pittsburg have raised a fund
“ Yes.” This was an error. Ballots is asking that a receiver be appointed Cor:.ne Bolognsi left Callao tonight for This rate has been condemned by our
to aid distressed Jewish families.
are to be marked in exactly the same
this port.
courts as a conspiracy against trade,
manner as to both initiative and ref­
Whitelaw Reid has returned to his
N ew Bank F o r M ilton.
Everything is in readiness at Lima and the development of this trade has
erendum measures. Those who wish
poet as ambassador to Great Britain.
Milton— Application for a charter and Callao for a glorious welcome to been abandoned.
Tbe domestic war,
a bill enacted or a proposed consti­
The official program as it is characterized, against the Stand­
A Corean and Japanese Exclusion
tutional amendment adopted should for a new National bank, with a cap the Americans.
Includes
a
great
banquet
which
w
ill
be
ard Oil company, which is credited
league has b>en organized at Denver.
mark their ballots before the word ital of $25,000, to be established In
“ Yes.” Those who are opposed to it Milton, has been made to the Con given by President Pardo to the officers 1 with the largest Oriental trade of any
A pearl necklace ard a pin of extra­
should vote "N o .”
Whether sub­
in commemoration ol Washington’s American enterprise, is declared to
troller o f the Currency at Washing­
ordinary beauty, valued at $60,000,
mitted under the referendum or pro­
birthday. On Friday Adm iial Evans, have been disastrously effective in the
have been stolen from Countess von
posed by initiative, the measures ap­ ton. It will be called the First Na­ if his health permits, will visit tbe Orient, while the tobacco and cotton
tional
Bank
of
Milton.
The
stock­
Wattenslebe, at Berli.
pear upon the ballot in exactly the
president and the visit will be returned goods trades are said to iiave been dealt
same form.
A bill that has been holders are: J. L. Elam, W. H. Steen on board the Connecticut. A bull fight
Mies Emily Currier, for 43 years a
heavy injury through the operation of
passed by the legislature and has J. H. Hall, C. W . Steen, Highly Har
teacher in Chicago public schools, is
been referred to the people stands in ris, H. M. Cockburne, H. B. Lee has been fixed for Monday, at which it the railroad legislation here.
dead. For the past 41 yearB she never
“ From this point it seemed easy for
the same position as a measure that David Still, F. E. Cockburne, C. T is expected nearly all the offirerB and at
least 5,000 of the sailors will have an government officials here conversant
miBeed a day from her duties.
Cockburne and John McEwan.
has been proposed by initiative.
opportunity
to
see
the
sport
of
the
with
foreign matters, to view Japanese
Utilization of automobiles to trans­
country.
An excursion to Mount commercial aggression in Manchuria
Annual R ep o rt o f U niversity.
Plan R e tt Room at M ilto n .
port rubber from the back country of
Meiggs lias been arranged for Tuesday with a greater degree of complaisance
University of Oregon, Eugene- T her"
the Congo to the river is planned by
Milton— An interdenominational so­ and on Wednesday there will be a re­
than would be tbe case in the face of
annual report of the president of the
the American-Congo company.
ciety has been formed In which all the ception at the American legation. The
an urgent domestic demand for govern­
University of Oregon for 1907, with the
churches
are
interested
to
promote
the
W hile the driver of a Wells-Fargo
war minister w ill give a dinner to the mental assistance. Japan, it is assert­
reports of the steward and registrar,
establishment ot a reading room in the American officers on Thursday, Febru­
express wagon was delivering a package
ed, without great difficulty, justify
have just been issued. The president’s
city.
Meetings
of
the
society
w
ill
be
in Reno a thief stole a sack containing
ary 27, and the following evening the everything she has done in Manchuria
report shows that the university has
held
every
two
weeks.
Tbe
reading
$5,500 in gold. No arrests have been
National cinb w ill give an officers’ ball. as sanctioned by the ‘open door’ policy
made a gain of 231 in enrollment this
room is intended as a rest room for the
made.
initiated by the late Secretary Hay,
year over that of last. The funds have
country people. A library of 500 vol­
and adhered to by the greater nations,
fallen short $15,000 of meeting the
Callao, Peru, is making great prepa­
umes has been arraged for.
Commit
P IN C H O T W IL L Q U IT .
including Japan.
current expenses of the year and to
rations to welcome the battleship fleet.
tees representing different branches of
avoid a deficiency the faculty served
W hile Japan may justify these things
The Kentucky legislature is still in
the cwork have been appointed.
Reported He Has Plans for Career through tbe “ open door’ policy, it has
three months without pay. The wotk
deadlock over the election of a senator.
in the Senate.
been charged that fhtre exists evidence
of the summer school and the corre­
The Spokane Athletic club will admit
spondence rchool is discussed and a re­
Begin W o rk fo r Pulp M ill.
Washington, Feb. 18.— Tbe story has of her use of many methods and prac­
women to its boxing and athletic con­
commendation is made for a bureau of
Oregon City— Work preliminary to been put in circulation in Washington tices which might not bear the light o f
W O R S T IN S C O R E O F Y E A R S .
tests. Smoking will be barred.
research in economics, politics and so­ the construction of the new mill of tbe to tbe effect that Gifford Pinchot, chief impartial investigation.
Besdes her
Local labor unions in San Francisco S to rm Paralyzes T ra ffic in Chicago ciology. An outline of the plans of Hawley Pulp A Paper rcuni>any was be of the Forest service, will retire from claim to an equal footing with other
the school of education for training gun when a force of men started to eervice at tbe cloee of President Roose­ nations in Manchuria, on the ‘open
are doing everything in their power to
and Causes S u fferin g .
high school teachers and principals is build a walk leading from station A to velt’s term, and go West to grow up door’ basis, she has, it is asserted, ob­
aid the tight against bubonic plague.
Chicago, Feb. 19.— 8everal deaths, given and attention is called to the the mainland. As soon as this work is with the country. The report goes on tained many valuable
concessions
Banker Morse, of the New York ice many injuries and much suffering fol- gilt to the university of a building and
done, actual construction of the new to say that Pinchot has a desire to mix through which her control of the rail­
trust, was much surprised at his arrest lowded today in the wake of one of the land by the citizens of North Bend for
pulp mill on the site of statiqn A will in politics, with the hope of ultimately road and telegraphic facilities is prac­
when he landed from a European trip.
worst blizzards experienced in this sec­ the establishment of a marine biologi begin, and it is expected to have a por­ being sent to the senate fiom the state tically complete. Thiscontrol is known
to be used primarily in the interest of
Two Mexican woodehoppers in Cali­ tion in several years. Traffio on sur­ cal laboratory, for which Coos bay tion of the plant in operation by April in which he takes his residence.
The next.
Since Mr. Roosevelt became presi­ Japanese tradesmen ar.d to the detri­
fornia ate toadstools for mushrooms and face and suburban lines is practically offers exceptional advantages.
dent, Mr. Pinchot has been a very pow­ ment of all foreign competitors.
both died before a physician could tied up tonight and downtown hotels total registration, as shown by the reg
are filled with residents of outlying dis­ istrar’s report is 977 students.
erful man in tbe administration. He
reach them.
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
tricts, who found themselves unable to
was holding an insignificant office as
M ichigan T rain s Snow bound
Fight for the privilege of railroad reach their homts.
N ew Salm on H atchery.
chief of the forestry division of the Ag
Detroit,
Mich. Feb. 20.— At least 13
building in Turkey and Austria is cre­
Wlieat— Club, 81o; bluestem, 83c; riculturrd department.
The stoim, which broke early in the
Astoria— Master Fish Warden Van
Government passenger trains p k ed (heir pilots into
ating serious inharmony among the day, raged with increasing fury until Dusen received from the O. R. & N valley, 81c; ted, 79c.
forestry work was then in its infancy impervious Bn ow drifts throughout
powers of Europe.
Barley— Feed, $26 per ton; brewing, and the work of Pinchot’ s division
nightfall, subsiding somewhat toward Co. a lease to the property on Tan­
Mil higan, and late this afternoon re­
Baron Takahira, who has returned to midnight. One of the most tragic oc­ ner creek, near Bonneville, which $32; rolled, $29@30.
counted for little. Mr Pinchot quickly
the
state
fisheries
department
de­
Oats— No. 1 white, $27; gray, $27, interested the president in the subject ports from out in the state indicate that
the United States as ambassador from currences in connection with the storm
some of there trains are still snow­
sires as a site for the establishment
Japan, says the idea of war with Japan was the wrecking in the harbor'at Wau­ of a large central salmon hatchery, per ton.
of national forestry, and when the pres­
Corn — Whole,
$32.50; cracked, ident became interested the division bound. Traffic was comp etely aband­
kegan of the fishing boat Ansnnpah, in and of a system of retaining ponds,
is “ too hellish to think of.”
oned in gome instances
The blizzard
$33.50.
which two men lost their lives and six
sprang into prominence, and has grown
It is beieved that the larger part of others lutd narrow es apes from death. where the small fry can be fed and
Hay— Valley timothy. No. 1, $17(9 steadily to its present proportions. Its which swept down open the lower por­
kept
until
large
enough
to
protect
tion of Michigan from the West yester­
the hattleehip fleet w ill eventually
themselves against their numerous $18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, growth and the extension of its woik day afternoon still prevails with great
make a visit to the Orient, in the in­
natural enemies before being turned $20@21; clover, $14@15; cheat, $15; would not have been possible but for
G
o
rg
e
Th
reatens
Des
Moines.
severity, and the snowfall ringes from
terests of preserving the entity of
grain hay, $ 14@ 15; alfalfa, $12(3113; tbe aid of president Roosevelt.
out.
Des Moines, Feb. 19.— A blizzard
eight inches in Detroit to 18 inches ia
China.
vetch, $14.
which started last night and etill rages
the Southwest section of the state.
Albany’s mew F lo u r M ill.
Fruits— Apples, table. $1.75@3 00
Secretary Metcalf has made public
today has delayed trains on all roads
Desd'ock Is Urbroken.
Albany— Albany's new flour mill cooking, $1.25@1.50 per box; cran­
the report of Admiral Convese on the from one to four hours, stopped street
Frankfort, K y., Feb. 18.— The Ken­
Mors Deaths in Chicago.
began running today in one of the berries, $8(911 per barrel.
effectiveness and standing of the Amer­
cars and interfered with telegraph and |
Uhicago, Feb. 20— The blizzard
Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack; tucky general assembly has balloted for
ican navy, which is to the effect that
warehouses o f the old Albany Farm­
telephone communications.
Eight
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per a month to elect a United States sena­ which began here yesterday was still in
our navy is as good as the beet in every­
Inches of snow haa>fallen and drifted ers' Company and will be conducted sack; cabhage, 1 @ 11 4 C per pound; cau­ tor to succeed James B. McCreary, and progress today, although the greatest
thing but numbers.
badly. On Raccoon river an ice gorge by E. A. Johnson, recently o f Drain, liflower, $1.75(311.85 ; celerv, $3.75(3; is apparently no nearer an election fury of the storm had passed.
A light
There is an outlook o f plague In six miles long has formed just above the and P. B. Marshall, secretary of the
4 per crate; onions, 15(r^20c per dozen than it was on tbe first ballot. In the snow fell during the early part of the
Germany's West Africa colonies.
city. City officials are using dynamite Albany Farmers' Company. The new parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, 17
first vote ex-Governor Beckham, who day, and was piled info deep drifts by
The report is again current that to blow up the gorge. People are mov­ mill has a capacity o f 50 barrels a
Japan is trying to float a loan In ing out of houses on the lowlands. For day. The new firm will also man­ per pound; pumpkins. l @ lj^ c per had been nominated at tbe Democratic a strong wind. Traffic on all surface
pound; radishes, 20c per dozen; spin primaries, received 66 votes; ex-Gov­ and elevated streetcar lines, as well as
Paris.
the first time in the history of the city age the three warehouses o f the gild
Prem ier
Franco
has
reached a big ice gorge threatens destructioon. company at Albany, Tallman and ach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c per ernor Bradley Republican caucas nomi­ on steam roads, was greatly delayed,
nee, 64 votes, while seven Democratic though large squads of men.worked all
pound; squash, l(3 > l}ic per pound.
Tangent.
Genoa badly worn out by his flight
votes were scattered and one Republican night in an endeavor to keep the tracks
Onions— $2.50 per hundred.
from Lisbon.
M uch S now , But No C old.
Planting N ut Trees in Linn.
Potatoes— $2.50 per hundred, deliv­ absent through illness. There has been clear of enow.
The garrison at Fort Yellowstone
Kansas City, Feb. 19.— The snow
Albany— A meeting to discuss wal­ ered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.50(3; □o change.
will be increased to four troops of
storm that prevailed all day in Kansas nut culture and to stimulate interest in 3.75 per cwl.
cavalry of 100 men each.
Brazil Continues Rebates.
Sultan is O-vy S m iling.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 30@35c per
Two men were killed while walk­ and Western Missouri continues to­ that line of industry w ill be held in
Washington, Feb. 20— The president
Rome, Feb. 18.— “ The sultan is rub­ of the republic of Brazil, to commemo­
A number of pound.
ing on the railroad near Billings, night. but without low temperature, ! Allwny on February 27.
Mont. They were too drunk to no­ ni 09 t points reporting the thermometer j walnut growers w ill be present and will
Poultry— AvprsgeoMhens, 13(313t^c bing his hands,” said an ambassador of rate the visit of the Atlantic fleet to
above 20 degrees. In Kansas City the j Ve> instruction in the planting and per pound; mixed chickens, 12fs@13o; one of the leading powers in explsining the city of Rio Janeiro, has signed a
tice an approaching train.
The house committee on m ilitary snow fall up to 9 o'clock tonight was j carp cf walnut trees. Some new wal- spring chickens, 12t$@l3c; roosters. that the only country to profit by the ¡decree authorizing the continuation of
affairs has agreed to recommend about one ami one-half inches deep, j nnt 0,thails are being set ont in this 1 0 @ llc ; dressed chickens, !4c; tur­ breaking up of fhe European under­ rehates on tariff charge« rn articles of
more pay for enlisted men.
hut in Son them and (entral Kansas. 1 enunty and there will probably be a , keys,
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live, , 14(3:1.5c: dressed, choice, 15 standing in tbe Balkans would be Tur­ ! - 'm rican merchandise during the fiscal
J. Pierpont Morgan was an inter­ four or five inches have (alien. Trains grpately Increased acreage during the <S>i7c: geese, live, 9(3>10c ducks. 14@ key. go far Turkey has only consented year 1908. The.rehates which are con­
15c; pigeons, 75r(3!$l ; squabs, $1.50(92 to a commission to stndy the proposed tinued apply to wheat, flour, condensed
ested spectator during the senate de­ are not seriously delayer), and the storm 'coming two years.
is highly satisfactory to ranchers.
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bate on the pending currency bill.
Eggs— Fresh ranch candled, 2 2 }«<9 Austria railways and has not ag yet milk, manufactures of rubber, watches,
N ew Industry fo r Eugene.
given the concession, and years are ne­ , writing Ink, varnishes, typewriters, re­
23,4 e per dosen.
Nine miners were killed by an ex­
Flood Nearing Cincinnati.
Egene— Eugene expects shortly to
Veal— 76(51125 pounds, 7c; 150 to cessary to obtain concessions from the frigerators, pianos,scales and windmills.
plosion of gas in a Kentucky coal
ports.
Cincinnati, Feb. 1?. — Todsy and , have in operation a complete concrete 200 pounds, 5(316 bio.
mine.
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6)4
Turkey Is withdrawing her troops Thursday the crest of the flood is ex- | block cement brick manufacturing
B lizzard in A dirondacks.
L u m b er C o m p in y Assigns.
, l r o m the Russian frontier of Persia pected here, having passed Parkersburg plant. The promotion department of @7c; packers. 5(360.
Plattpbnrg, N. Y., Feb. 20.— A north-
Hops— 1907, prime and choice 4 } « (9
and the outlook seems to be for yesterday. Inundation of lowlands bas the Commercial clnb iias interested
Mnrfressboro, Tenn., Feb. 18.— The west storm of snch reverity an to be nn-
peace.
been reported a ll along the river, and ' parties who have a large plant at Niag- 6c per pound; olds 1(32c per ponnd.
firm of W. B. E irthman A Co., dealers nupal, even in thip bUzzanl-amirtonied
W ool— Eastern Oregon average best in lumber, have assigned. The liabili­ reffen ip mfffr.g in Northern New York
Count Bonl de Castlllane was fined thousands have been driven from their ara Fialls, N. Y ., and the managers'
$20 for his recent assault on his homes, but it is now believed that con- ' w ill be here in a few days to make ar- ! 18@20c per ponnd according to shrink
ties, it is said, w ill approximate $700.- tonight, and ip rapidly adding to the •
rival, Prince de Sagan, and the lat­ dltions w ill not grow much more sert- rangement« for the establishm ent of tbe age; valley 18f«i2t>c according to fine- 000 with assets between $500,000 and
»now that covers the whole Adirondack
ter was given 20 cents damages.
ous.
new p la n t.
jneas; mohair choice 29@30c per pound. $600,000.
region.