Cottage Grove leader., May 07, 1912, Image 2

DOINGS OF T H E E R
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume o f Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
fo r Our Busy Readers.
Prisident T a ft pays high tribute to
Major Butt, his aide, who was lost on
the Titanic.
The British inquiry into the Titanic
disaster promises to be as thorough as
the American.
Railroad officials are preparing for
the largest passenger traffic this
spring ever known in the Northwest.
The proposal to send out a third
steamer to search for bodies o f the Ti
tanic’s wreck victims has been aband
oned.
Alaska steamers arriving at Seattle
report the ice floes in the North the
most numerous and dangerous they
have ever encountered.
RIVERS GET MORE.
OREGON CARTOONIST, DEAD IN NEW YORK, AND ONE OF HIS
FAMOUS MARK HANNA CARTOONS.
Senate Substantially Increases Appro­
priations for West.
Washington, D. C.— Carrying $8,-
064,010 in addition to the appropria­
tions provided for by the house, the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill,
aggregating $32,126,530, has been
agreed to by the senate committee on
commerce and will be reported in a
few days.
The largest single increase to the
house measure was $2,600,000 for the
Mississippi river, making $6,000,000
for that waterway.
The bill carries a tqfal o f $2,489,
000 the rivers and harbors o f Oregon
and Washington.
Other increases
over the house bill adopted by the
senate commerce committee are as
follows:
Improving Nehalem bar,
(100,000; maintenance o f Tillamook
Bay improvements, $5000; improving
the Columbia and Lower Willamette
below Portland, $25,000, making the
total for this work $180,000; im­
provement o f the Oregon slough, $50,
000; improving Columbia between the
foot o f The Dalles and the head o f Ce-
Iilo Falls, $200,000, making an aggre
gate o f $800,000; Columbia river
above Celilo Falls $200,000, making
an aggregate o f $800,000; Columbia
river above Celilo, $20,000, making
an aggregate o f $50,000.
Total increase
for Oregon and
Washington over the house bill, $295,
C O U N T IE S ARE INTE R ESTE D .
Federal suit to dissolve the harves­
ter trust has been filed at St. Paul,
Minn.
Secretary Knox is en route to the
Pacific coast, via Atlanta and New
Orleans.
The Mississippi river is again rising
and has reached the danger point at
St. Louis.
American residents
in Western
Mexico are leaving as rapidly as they
can find means o f travel.
Yuan Shi Kai, in a message to the
senate o f the new Chinese republic,
urges progress and modernization.
P O R TLA N D
M AR K E TS.
Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem,
$1.08; red Russian, $1.01; valley,
$1.08; forty-fold, $1.03.
Milistuffs — Bran, $24 per ton;
shorts, $26: middlings, $31.
Com— Whole, $39; cracked, $40 per
ton.
Hay— Timothy, $166i}17 per ton;
alfalfa, $12.50fq)13; clover, $8.60;
oats and vetch, $10.60^])11; grain
hay, $9.
Oats— No. 1 white, $39@40 per ton.
Fresh Fruits— Strawberries, $2(d)3
per crate; cranberries, $10@11.60 per
barrel; apples, $1.25<d!3 per box.
Potatoes — Jobbing prices: Bur­
banks, old, $1.60631.66 per hundred;
new California, 6c per pound; sweet
potatoes, $3.25 per crate.
Onions — Bermuda, $3613.50 per
crate.
Vegetables — Artichokes, 76Ld)90c
per dozen; siparagui,
California,
$1.76 per crate;
beans,
7(e per
pound; cabbage,
4c;
cauliflower,
$2.75 per crate; celery, $5@6; cu­
cumbers. $2632.50 per dozen; egg ­
plant, 26c per pound; head lettuce, $2
per crate; hothouse lettuce, 75c6i$l
per box; peas. 10c per pound; pep­
pers, 26c; radishes, 30c per dozen;
rhubarb, 2(c per pound; spinach, $1.16
631.26 per box; tomatoes, $3.50 per
box; garlic, 86310c per pound; tur­
nips, $1631.10 per sack; beets, $1.60;
rutabagas, 11661.10; carrots, $1.
Butter — Oregon creamery butter,
solid pack, 26c per pound.
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
t i c per dozen; case count, 20)c.
Pork— Fancy, 10$(<i)llc per pound.
Poultry — Hens, 16c per pound;
springs,
15Jc;
broilers,
256330c;
ducks, 20c; geese. H e ; turkeys, live,
20c; dressed, 25c.
Hops — 1911 crop, 396339ic; olds,
nominal; 1912 contracts, 246326c.
Wool — Eastern Oregon, 106317ic
per pound; valley, 186319c; mohair,
choice, 3646336c.
C attle— Choice steers, $6.50637.20;
good, $6.26636.40; medium, $4636.25;
choice cows, $6.60636.25; good, $563
6.60; medium, $4.60635; choice cal­
ves, $ 6 . 80638 . 86 ; good heavy calves,
$6638.60; bulls. $3.50636.60; stags,
$4.76636.86.
Hogs — Light, $8638.40; heavy,
$6.60©)7. SO.
Sheep —
Yearlings, $4.60635.60;
wethers, $6636.60;
ewes,
$4635;
I am be, $4.506i6; spring lambs, $6*3
7.60.
T. R. CARRIES OREGON.
Hold Children's Industrial Fairs—8end Ex-President Gets 28,172 Votes for
Nomination.
Exhibits to State Fair.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
vallis— A ctive prepartion for holding
children’s industrial fairs are now be­
ing made by 31 o f the 34 counties of
the state, and 3 secluded counties, it
is expected, w ill shortly be heard
from also. This is the report o f C. C.
Thompson, extension traveling organ­
izer from the Oregon Agricultural
College. Up to April 1 he had ad­
dressed audiences aggregating 4,095
people, and sent out 3,495 pieces of
mail relating to college extension.
The month o f February he reached
7,500 people directly, holding a series
o f 61 short meetings, and visiting
schools, commercial clubs and general
citizens’ meetings.
His correspond­
ence for that month approximated
2,000 letters.
The industrial contest work has been
organized in the Chemawa Indian
school and in the Oregon State Train­
ing school.
Some 950 bulletins with
letters on the industrial work for boys
and girls, and 187 letters were sent to
city superintendents o f schools asking
them to encourage the children to go
to hear these Bermons.
Mr. Thompson reports that Curry
and Coos counties w ill join forces in
the industrial fair work. Some o f the
best school work o f this kind in the
state, he says, is being done in Doug­
las county, where a number o f com­
munities will hold local fairs in addi­
tion to sending exhibits to the county
and state fairs.
000.
Anthracite coal miners have refused
The senate com m ittee, amendents
the agreement offered by the opera­
provide for surveys o f Coos Bay, Co-
tors to Bettle the question o f wages
quilie river, Siuslaw river, the W il­
and working conditions.
lamette between Oregon City and Eu­
Locomotive firemen and hostlers on gene: Yaquina Bay, Port Orford har­
Eastern roads have demanded an in­ bor, Graveyard Point, Columbia river,
crease in pay which will aggregate between Vancouver and the mouth of
the Willamette, and the Columbia
$26,000,000 a year.
river through Rickey and Grand Rap­
The “ honor system” among convicts ids to the International boundary line.
in the Nevada penitentiary has proven
The bill carries two amendments by
a practical failure, and all men out on Senator Jones, one appropriating
road work have been called in.
$130,000 for improving the Apoon
mouth o f the Yukon river, Alaska,
Full confessions covering nine burg
and another appropriating $55,000 to
laries, one o f which was unknown to
protect the government buildings at
the owner o f the place burglarized,
Valdez from glacial floods.
were made to the Spokane police by
The following surveys are author­
two men under arrest there.
ized in Washington: W aterway con­
Homer Davenport, one o f the great­ necting Simulk Bay with Padilla Bay;
est o f modern cartoonists, died of Willapa harbor, from Raymond to the
pneumonia in New York.
The Ti sea; Naelunorth and other streams
tanic disaster and the pictures he entering Willapa harbor; also a sur­
drew bearing upon it had greatly de­ vey o f the channel connecting Adm iral­
pressed him and are believed to have ty Inlet with Cook’s Inlet, Alaska.
hastened his death. He was a native
o f Silverton.
M INERAL LAND C LASSIFIE D .
W hile A. C. Dexter was defending
the Stars and Stripes with fellow vet­
erans o f the Spanish-American war on
Seattle streets his sister, Caroline M.
Dexter, came to the defense o f the
flag in Union Square, New York,
where
Industrial
Workers o f the
World and Socialists were trampling
the national colors under foot.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF IDE STATE
BIG F R U IT C R O P SEEN.
Outlook in Rogue River District Nev­
er Better in History.
Portland — C. M. Speck, a large
fruitgrow er o f Rogue River valley
says that the outlook for a large fruit
crop in the vicinity o f Medford has
never been better. Mr. Speck went to
Medford from Spokane two years ago
and purchased what was known as the
Burrell orchard o f 600 acres, which he
sold later for from $1,000 to $2,000 an
acre.
“ The Burrell orchard w ill ship over
100 carloads o f fruit this year,” said
Mr. Speck.
“ It contains the finest
grove o f Yellow Newtown Pippins in
the world. But, o f course, there are
many fine fru it ranches in that lo­
cality.
“ The Palmer farms, known as the
Modoc orchards, which contain 1,500
acres, and the Palmer orchard o f 110
acres adjoining the city limits o f Med­
ford, which produces its first crop this
year, are among the finest. The prom­
inence o f the Chicago fam ily has add­
ed to the prominence o f the farms.
“ Medford is the home o f many re­
tired millionaires who are livin g on
ranches and producing fru it for diver­
sion, which in return is o f high mar­
ketable value.
Pay Dirt Must Produce More Than
Blend Colors, Says Decision.
Roseburg, Or.— Government land
must produce gold in paying quanti­
ties, and cannot be characterized o f
mineral value by showing o f merely
blend mineral colors, according to a
decision handed down in the Roseburg
United States land office. The de­
cision probably ends for all time the
case instituted by the Federal govern­
ment against Irvine
Gardiner, of
Myrtle Creek, and involving a 40-acre
tract o f land on Lees Creek.
Gard­
iner holds the land on its timber and
agricultural valuations.
The contest against Gardiner was
instituted following an investigation
on the part o f the Federal mineral in­
spectors, and was watched closely by
hundreds o f homesteaders in this sec­
tion o f the state. Evidence was in­
troduced regarding questionable oper­
ations o f the J. C. Lee Mining com­
pany.
In summing up the land officials say
that: the land held by Gardiner has
never yielded gold in paying quanti­
ties, but that it yielded money to
the stockholders through the sale
of
stock, particularly when oper­
ated by the J. C. Lee Mining com­
pany; that the mere fact o f colors o f
gold having been found is no evidence
that such mineral prevails in paying
quantities.
C A R LO A D T O BE DEPO RTED .
Oregon
Institutions Being Cleaned
by Federal Official.
Salem — A fte r an investigation by
United States Immigration Inspector
Weiss, it is probable that there w ill
be a large number o f deportations
from the state institutions.
The State board some time ago
started a campaign to clean, the state
institutions o f an undesirable class of
foreign inmates— that is those with
criminal instincts and o f unsound
mind before landing in this country.
Mr. Weiss has spent a week at the
several institutions and has been in
consulation with the several superin­
tendents and the members o f the state
board. As a result o f his investiga­
tion it is likely that at least a carload
o f these people w ill be deported, and
at the government’s expense.
So far
Mr. Weiss has investigated the State
prison and the main building at the
Insane asylum, finding about 15 to be
deported from each o f these institu­
tions. Further investigation at these
and other institutions w ill
likely
double this number.
Official returns from all but a few
o f the more thinly settled counties of
the state g ive R oosevelt* plurality of
6362 over La Follette.
The vote
stands as follow s:
REPUBLICAN.
R oosevelt .......................................................... 28.172
L a T o ile tte ........................................................ 21.820
T a f t ..................................................................«.20.312
Rouaevelt’ s p lu r a lity ...................................
6.362
I ni led State* Senator.
S e l l i n g ............................................................... 31.907
B o u rn e............................................................... 26.468
L o w e l l ...............................................................
7.994
M o r to n ................................................. ........... •_ 3,270
S e llin g ’s p lu ra lity ........................................
6.439
Secretary o f State.
O lcott .
Fields
O lc o tt’ a m a jo r ity ...............................
32.129
29.363
2.776
Dairy and Kood Commissioner.
C o t t e l................................................................. 16.478
K d w a r d s ...................................................... ’.. .
7.839
L e a ...................................................................... 12.502
M ic k le .........................................................._ 17.666
M ickle's p lu r a lit y ........................................
1.177
R ailroad Commissioner. Second District.
A itch ison .......................................................... 16.130
S ch u lderm an .....................................................
8.109
S t g y t o n .............................................................. ... 7.716
A R ch ison ’ s p lu ra lity ...................................
8.026
Representative. Second District.
C o c h ra n .............................................................. 2,282
E llis ..................................................................... 2.781
R oo sevelt............................................................
637
R u s k ...................................................................
2.415
S in n o tt................................................................ ....3.372
S in n ott's p l u r a lit y .......................................
691
D E M O C R ATIC .
President.
H a rm o n ................... ........... ..................
W ils o n ....................................................
C la rk ........................................................
W ilson 's p lu r a lity .........................................
667
8.586
7.142
_
1.433
United S tate« Senator.
C osh ow ...............................................................
L a n e ...................................................................
M i l l e r ................... r ...........................................
P ie r c e .................................................................
L a n e's p lu ra lity ...................
Vi
2.679
7.512
328
4.922
2.590
Representative. Second District.
C o re y ...................................................................
C r a h o m .............................................................
G raham 's m a jo r it y .......................................
1.618
1.840
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E X PE R IM E N T W O R K IS PLAN .
Federal
Officials
Investigate
River Conaitiona.
Hood
Hood R ivet— The United States de­
partment o f agriculture during the
past winter has made the Hood River
valley the scene o f various experi­
ments, and A. V. Stubenrauch, o f the
pomological office o f the department,
has been here to investigate condi­
tions as to the advisability o f estab­
lishing a storage and precooling ex­
periment station here this fall. He is
favorable to such a plan, and it is
thought such work w ill be conducted
here.
*
Mr. Stubenrauch, who was accom­
panied here by B. B. Pratt, who has
been conducting such experiments in
Portland the paBt year, says that the
greatest portion o f decay in storage is
caused by bruising from rough hand­
ling. He also lays strong emphasis
on the precooling o f fruit immediately
after it is picked. The department o f
agriculture is givin g especial atten­
tion to the methods o f precooling
Working in such a quiet way that
but few people knew he was in the
vicinity, A. T. Strahorn, who has been
here a week, has begun preparations
for making a complete soil survey o f
the Hood R iver valley this summer.
NEW C O U R SE S IN DAIRYING.
College to Begin Work in Milk Pro­
duction Methods.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
vallis— A new course in milk produc­
tion is to be offered by the dairy de­
partment o f the Oregon Agricultural
college next fall. Few colleges sep­
arate the manufacturing and produc­
tion features o f the dairy instruction,
but at O. A. C. it has been decided to
offer two separate courses, so that
students may specialize in either
branch o f the industry they desire, or
take both at once.
The new work w ill take up in de­
tail the care, management, breeding
and feeding o f dairy cattle to the end
o f gaining the largest possible milk
production, and will also give the stu­
dent a thorough knowledge o f the his­
tory o f pure-bred dairy cattle.
Postal Banks to Open.
Washington, D. C.— Postal savings
banks w ill be opened June 1, as fo l­
lows:
Washington — Bickleton, Bridge­
port, Cathlamet, Centerville, Doug­
lass, Eatonville, Naches, Randle, Ska-
mokawa, Stevenson, Toledo, Wilkeson
and Yacolt.
Oregon— Banks, Bay City, Brooks,
Coburg, Cornelius, Dayton, Dilley,
Florence, G Aston, Gervais, Halsey,
Lafayette, Linnton, Monroe, Scap-
poose, Scio, Troutdale, Turner, W il-
sonville.
Culiacan Almost in Ruins.
Tucson, A riz. — Culiacan virtually
ruined and Tepic badly battered, the
west coast o f Mexico iB reported at
the offices o f the Southern Pacific o f
Mexico to be free from warfare for
the first tim e in several weeks. Tepic
could not be heard from, the wires
having been cut at Presidio. Twenty
sacks o f sugar were stolen from a rail­
road car at Culiacan, but the rebels in
their anxiety to keep peace with
American interests returned 19.
The
rebels also furnished a guard to pro­
tect the property o f the railroad.
Barge Load o f Gasoline Burns.
Cleveland— F ive men were burned
to death and damage estimated at
$450,000 was done to boats and gaso­
line on the docks here when Standard
Oil barge No. 88 exploded late Thurs­
day afternoon. A ll the injured were
employes o f the Great Lakes Towing
company. The barge, which was at
the Jefferson avenue docks on the
Cuyahoga river, was being filled with
gasoline from a 10,000-gallon tank on
the bank. Leaking oil on the surface
o f the river was ignited and set fire to
the barge.
Knox Will Hear Complaints.
Los’ Angeles — Secretary o f State
Knox, who will arrive here soon from
New Orleans, w ill hear stories o f
cruelties inflicted upon Americans in
Mexican jails when he reaches this
city.
Secretary Knox
telegraphed
that he would be glad to listen to all
who had any complaints to make. C.
A . Heberlein,
who was recently
thrown into jail at Jimenez by General
Orozco, w ill tell Secretary Knox bis
story.
Rebels Retire Warships.
Buenos A y re s —C ivil war has again
broken out in Paraguay. Telegrams
from Asuncion say that four govern­
ment warships bombarded the revolu­
tionists, who are commanded by ex-
President Jara at V illa Encarnacion,
176 miles southeast o f Asuncion. The
fire returned by the revolutionists,
however, was so fierce and so well di­
rected that the government warships
were compelled to retire in a damaged
condition.
Japan Will Join in Fair.
San Francisco— Japan has accepted
the invitation o f President T a ft to
participate in the Panama-Pacific In­
ternational Exposition, to be held in
this city in 1915, according to official
information received here by Presi­
dent Moore, o f the exposition com­
pany. The information was cabled
from Tokio to Consul General N agi. in
this city. Japan is the first foreign
nation o f importance to sign ify its in­
tention to participate in the exposition.
Queues Roil Republicans.
Sanghai— Republicans in the dis­
tricts around Shanghai are attacking
all residents who wear queues, forci­
bly cutting off the objectionable ap­
pendages. Coolies and others in the
international settlement who retain
their queues are afraid to venture be­
yond the limits.
Collisions occurred
between the municipal police and so-
called reformers.
Italians Capture Island.
Rome— A wireless message received
by Admiral Presbytero, in command
o f the armored cruiser
Pisa, an­
nounced that to complete the occupa­
tion o f Stampalia, an island o f the
Grecian Archipelago,
belonging to
Turkey, he landed two companies,
which seized the heights commanding
to town o f Livaderia.
The small garrison surrendered at
the first summons.
Klamath Bill Passes Senate,
Klamath Falls— Secretary Caleb T.
Oliver, o f the chamber o f commerce,
is in receipt o f a telegram from Sena­
tor Chamberlain announcing that the
appropriation bill carrying an appro­
priation o f $112,000 for a Klamath
Falls federal building has passed the
senate.
W hile it is believed the bill
will have easy sailing in the house,
the people here are anxiously await- i
ing its reception by the lower branch
o f congress.
Oregon at Her Richest.
Salem— W ith $1,600,000 on hand in
the state treasury, Oregon is probably
in better financial condition than ever,
all debts being paid except $200,000
owing in connection w ith the purchase
by the government o f the canal and
locks at Oregon City.
There is so
much cash on hand that the treasurer
is distributing it among 54 banks,
state depoeitoriee.
Voters One-Fifth Women.
San Francisco— Registrar Zemansky
has completed the official count o f the
vote registered in San Francisco, both
men and women, for the presidential
primaries on May 14.
The total is
136,490. Women number 26,670 and
men 109,920.
Sawmill Strike is O ff. '
Seattle— A t Industrial Workers o f
the World headquarters it was said
the strike in the Hoquiam and Aber­
deen sawmills was declared off and the
strikers authorized to go back to
work. A ll the mills are paying $2.25
a day for common labor. Before the
J strike the pay was $1.80 and $2.
Planting Trees In Dry Area.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
vallis— Prof. George W. Peavey o f
the O. A . C. school o f forestry, made
a week's trip through Moro. Hermis-
ton and Union to superintend planting
o f some 3,600 trees as an experiment
to determine what species are best
adapted to thatjvicinity.
Each Vote Costs 66 Cents.
Baker — It cost just 66 cents for
each voter to caat his ballot in Baker
county at the last primary election.
The total cost submitted to the county
commissioners was $1660, and 2535
voters marked ballots.
The ballot
boxes traveled a total o f 2645 milea,
which coat $254.60.
Four Killed in Storm.
Laredo, T ex.— A tornado that passed
just north o f here caused the death o f
three young women and a baby, ac­
cording to the best information avail­
able by means o f demoralized commu­
nication facilities.
A special train
has been sent from here with sur­
geons. The meager reports received
here tell o f the injury o f many persons
and destruction o f farm buildings.
Montana Snowfall Deep
Butte, M o n t— Snow covered Mon­
tana Saturday to a depth o f from
three to 11 inches.
The storm has
been called the “ millón d o llar" storm,
it being expected to benefit the agri­
cultural
interests to that exten t
Traffic did not suffer.
In Gallatin
county, the principal wheat d istrict
11 inches o f snow fell in 24 hours.
Reclamation W ork Due.
Klamath Falls— Work on the pro­
posed reclamation project on Indian
lands near Modoc Point, 20 miles
north o f this city, w ill be started
this
summer according to a re­
port circulated Saturday, following
the return here o f A. L. H ill, an en­
gineer in the United States Indian
service. Mr. H ill made a thorough
inspection o f the projecL
An appro­
priation o f $50,000 was made at the
last session o f congress for the pro­
ject. Under the project 9,000 acres
o f land on the flat w ill be irrigated.
Traveling Hens Laid Steadily.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
vallis— Two hens, a Barred Rock and
a White Leghorn, used on the O. A.
C. poultry demonstration car to illus­
trate the types o f good layers as com­
pared with poor laying individuals of
the same breeds, laid regularly the
whole two weeks that the car was on
the road, givin g demonstrations be­
fore some 11,000 people in 26 towns
and cities. During all this time the
poor layers, though receiving the
same food and care, did not lay an
egg.