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THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. EIGHT PAGES PAGE TWO CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. . General Resume of Important Event Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. President Taft is planning addition al trust legislation. Toledo, 0., elected a Socialist asses sor and two councilmen. Aviator Fowler arrived at El Paso, Tex., on his Pacific-to-Atlantic flight. Gompers fears a rush of cheap labor to the Pacific coast when the Panama canal is completed. Thirteen vessels of the Chinese im perial navy have deserted the Manchus and joined the revolutionists. Aviator Rodgers has rallied from the dazed condition resulting from his fall when he attempted to complete his ocean-to-ocean flight Sunday, and is eager to complete hia trip. A terrific winter storm is sweeping the Atlantic coast, and much wreck age is coming ashore. Freezing weather extends into Louisiana, and fruit and garden truck is suffering considerable loss. A German war correspondent left Tripoli in disgust rather than main tain silence regarding the atrocities committed by the Italian soldiers. He says the stories already given out do not tell half the truth. A French scientist has discovered unmistakable evidences that some pre historic men at least were vegetarians. Women of Brooklyn, N. Y., formed a marketing club and are buying their supplies at wholesale, saving nearly 50 per cent Banker Robnett, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of the funds of the Lewiston, Idaho, national bank and was sentenced to ten years' imprison- ment. Italy accuses Turks and Arabs of violating the rules of war. Lincoln's birthplace has been ac cepted by President Taft as a national preserve. Railroad men are gloomy because of the burdens imposed by the employers' liability law. . An extension of the O.-W. R. &, N. is projected from North Yakimt to the Sound. Great hostility was shown in the German reichstag against the pro posed Morocco-Congo deal. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Export basis: Bluestem, 8284c; club, 78fi;79c; red Russian, 7677c; valley, 7879c; forty-fold, 80c. Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $38 ton. Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings. $31: shorts. $24: rolled bar ley, $3536. Oats No. 1 white, $3132 per ton. Hay No. 1 E. 0. timothy, $18(19; No. 1 valley, $1517; alfalfa, $13 14; clover, $1112; grain, $1112. Barley Feed, $32.5033 per ton; brewing,' nominal. Fresh Fruits Pears, 75c$.75 per box; grapes, 75c$1.25; cranberries $1111.B0 per barrel; huckleberries, 45c per pound. Apples Jonathans, $1.502.25 per box; Spitzenberg, $12.50; Baldwin, 75cJl.50; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.25 1.75; Northern Spy, $1.251.75; Winter Banana, $23; Bellflower, $1 1.25. Potatoes Buying prices, Burbanks, 90c$1.10 per hundred. Onions Buying price, $1.10 sack. Vegetables Artichokes, 75c dozen; beans, 510c pound; cabbage, lUc; cauliflower, 60c$l dozen; celery, 50 75c; cucumbers, $2.50 box; garlic, 1012c pound; lettuce, 7580c doz. ; hothouse lettuce, $1.25 box; peppers, 810c per pound; pumpkins, lUc; squash, llllc per pound; tomatoes, 50c$l per box; carrots, $1 per sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1; parsnips, $1. Butter Oregon creamery butter, solid pack, 35Jc; prints, extra; but ter fat, lc less than solid pack price. Poultry Hena, 13J14c; springs, 1213c; ducks, young, 1617c; geese, llj12c; turkeys, alive, 22ic; dressed, choice, 2627c. Pork Fancy, 99ic. Veal Fancy, 1313ic Cattle Choice steers, $5.455.75; good, $5.305.45; fair, $5.155.30; choice cows, $4.504.75; fair, $4 4.25; common, $2.503.50; extra choice spayed heifers, $4.755; choice heifers, $4.60(9)4.60; choice bulls, $3.754; good, $3.253.50; common, $22.50; choice calves, $7.507.75; good, $7.257.50; com mon, $45; choice stags, $4.504.75; good, $4.254.50. Hogs Choice light, $6.756.85; good to choice, $6.50(ffi6.75; fair, $6.256.50; common, $56.25. Sheep Choice yearling wethers, coarse wool, $3.754; choice yearling wethers, east of mountains, $3.40 3.60; choice tows and threes, $3.200i) 3.35; choice mountain lambs, $4. 25(a) 4.75; good to choice lambs, $4.25(5) 4.65; good to choice lambs, $44.25; valley lambs, $3.754; culls, $3 3.50. Hops 1911 crop, 4343Jc; olds, nominal. i Wool Eastern Oregon, $16c; val lsy,!16i7c ; mohair, choice, S537c. PRICES GOING SKYWARD. Food Frozen in Transit and Crop Hurt by Frost. Chicago -'Winter, which arrived snorting and snarling, did more than freeze a few persons to death. The sudden advent of cold weather sent the prices of 11 foodstuffs skyrocket ing, so that those who survived the initial blast will become painfully aware that winter has set in in ear nest The reasons given for the advance in food staples are that hens cease laying, cows give a limited supply of milk, carloads of fruit and vegetables were frozen in transit and the source of much of this supply damaged by frost There is also the further rea son that snow is falling heavily over a wide area and trains are likely to become stalled and food supplies will be slow in arriving. Here are some of the advances following the cold weather: Eggs, up 3 cents, retailing at 40 to 42 cents a dozen. Potatoes, 35 cents a peck, and the price will go much higher. Creamery butter, 33 cents a pound. Ham. 17 cents a pound. Dressed chickens, 16 cents a pound. Coal dealers have given notice that they will advance prices at once. They have had two lean years, due to the strike and overproduction m mud sea sons, and prospects of a long, hard winter affords them an opportunity to even matters up. The charitable organizations of Chi cago are fortifying themselves against unusual demands this winter. WOOL MEN SCORE TARBELL. SI. OOO Raised to Tell Public Truth About Industry. Baker, Or. To bring out the real truth about the wool business as op posed to what has been told by writers like Ida Tarbell. who, by fictional magazine and newspaper articles, they declare, have put the wool indus try before the public in an entirely false light delegates to the 14th an nual convention of the Oregon Wool erowers' association,' subscribed $1,000 for publicity purposes. The subscription was raised in a few minutes by the delegates, whose enthusiasm had been stirred by an ad dress by W. S. McClure, secretary of the National Woolgrowers associa tion, who spoke on "Woolgrowing and Its Relation to the Tariff. McClure scathingly arraigned writers like Miss Tarbell for giving untrue statements and denounced the present Jaws, which he said make the wool industry a pre carious calling, where in the past it has been one of the substantial nat ural resources of the country. , "How is it that woolen goods, the raw wool for which I purchased for $1.67, could not be made into a suit for less than an added cost of $35? asked McClure. "Going to Washing ton with goods for a suit, the wool for which cost me $1.67, the first tailor I asked agreed to make it into a suit for $45. Others varied some, with the lowest bidder asking $35." ZIONITE OPPOSES CEMENT. Christ Would Avoid New Sidewalks, Reason for Asking Injunction. Zion City, 111. Rupert Deveraux, a member of the old Dowie faction in Zion's affairs, filed a petition with the Zion City board of aldermen ob jecting to the proposed construction of cement sidewalks here, on the ground that Christ never walked on cement and therefore "would avoid Zion City on the Savior's approaching second coming to earth. " x The petition said that Dowie would return to life with the second coming of Christ. One of Deveraux' followers, it was said, recently attempted to get some word from the late Alexander Dowie by sleeping three successive nights on Dowie's grave in the cemetery here. He is said to have reported to Dever aux that the expected message did not come to him. Sahara to Know Burbank. Los Angeles Negotiations are un der way between local men and the authorities in various parts of the Sa hara which are excepted to result soon in the introduction of Burbank's spine less cactus on the African desert. Ex periments with the various kinds of spineless cacti have demonstrated, the experts say, that some of them will thrive on any desert in the world where the temperature does not go too low. and they believe the Sa hara is peculiarly adapted to their cul tivation. Los Angeles Faces Election Troubles Los Angeles With a total registra tion of more than 190,000, election officers in Los Anglees are now facing one of their most vexing problems. How to arrange voting booths so all can vote is the problem. In some precincts more than 2,000 voters are registered. In others it ranges from 500 to 1,800. According to officers, it is a physical impossibility for all of those registered in the larger precincts to vote within the 12-hour limit. Thief Returns Sermon. Wilkesbarre, Pa. A sermon en titled, "Prepare to Meet Thy God," which was taken from the pocket of Rev. M. E. Williams, a Methodist minister at Athens, Pa., when he was in this city recently, by pickpockets who extracted a large wallet, has been returned to him. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE VOTING LIST LONG. Candidates for Oregon's April Prl mary Will Be Many. Salem When the voters of Oregon go to the polls at the primary election April 19 they will have a formidable array of candidates for a large number of offices from whom to choose. In addition to voting for the candi dates for president and vice president of the United States under the new Oregon presidential preference primary plan, voters in each of the First Second and Ihiru congres sional districts will be called upon to select their choice of candidates for representatives in congress. Next year a United States senator also will be selected to succeed Jonathan Bourne, Jr. The office of secretary of state is to be filled and one justice of the Su preme court is to be elected to succeed Chief Justice Eakin. The term of J. W. Bailey as state dairy and food commissioner will also expire. 'Ten delegates to the national convention for the nomination of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected and five electors for president and vice president at the general election. A railroad commis sioner from the First and Second con gressional districts is to be nominated and elected. In the Second, Sixth and Eighth judicial districts judges are to be elected and in the Fourth judicial dis trict or Multnomah county, judges for Department No. 1 and No. 2 are to be elected. District attorneys are to be elected in all but the 13th judicial district, where the election was held last year for that office. BROWNSVILLE APPLES WIN. Ten First Prizes Are Awarded on Eleven Entries at Albany. Brownsville The Albany apple fair is closed and Brownsville is rejoicing over the fact that this community car ried off so many first prizes on apple exhibits. Besides being awarded first prize of $50 for the best com munity exhibit, Brownsville was awarded first prize on the best plate exhibit of ten or more varieties, first on bert box of Grimes Goldens, first on best box of Hoovers, first on best box of Willow Twigs, first on best box of "Unknown" variety of apples, first on best box of Winesaps, first on best three boxes of Jonathans, second on best box of Red Cheek Pippins. The exhibit was colletced and arranged by Cate brothers, orchardista of this place. Brownsville entered eleven separate exhibits outside of the community ex hibit, and was awarded ten first and one second prizes. The exhihjt was made under the auspices of the Brownsville Fruit and Produce asso ciation. This is the second consecutive year that Brownsville has carried away the honors on the community exhibit. DEER DAMAGE ORCHARDS. Big Buck Felled by Farmer's Blow With Broadax. Gold Hill Charging with lowered antlers across the barnyard of the Chavener ranch, just across the Rogue river from Gold Hill, a big buck deer met death from a blow from a broad axe in the hands of W. E. Thompson. The belligerent stag literally "got .t in the neck," and the one blow was sufficient to give him his quietus. He dressed over 100 pounds. With the closed season for deer a week old, Mr. Thompson is wondering whether he has violated the game laws in killing the buck, as he did, in self defense. Deer have been unusually plentiful in Southern Oregon this fall, and it has been a poor hunter indeed who has not succeeded in bringing home a liberal supply of venison. Big Pumpkins Grow Here. Albany Three pumpkins, each weighing 80 pounds grew this summer on the same vine on the farm of R. A. Marsh, four miles south of Albany. Marsh brought two of the pumpkins to this city and placed them on dis play. One weighed 79J pounds and the other was larger. The third large pumpkin, which is at least as large as the other two, is still on the vine rip ening. A pumpkin weighing 99 pounds which grew on the farm of H. T. Rid- ders, in Benton county, about seven miles from Albany, is also on display. Mining Claim is Sold. Lakeview E. T. Weisendanger, of Los Angeles, has bought the Last Dol lar claim in the Hoag mining: district near New Pine Creek, and has let a contract for a shaft to be sunk on the claim.' The property is six miles from Hope mountain. There is ex pected to be considerable activity in the Hoag and Coyote Hills district in Lake county, Oregon, and Modoc coun ty, California, the coming winter, as more capital has been invested lately. Portland Men Make Strike, Klamath Falls It is reported that a ledge of tellurium has been struck on the Donemore ranch, owned by Joe Freshour, that assays between $8,000 and $17,000 a ton. The ledge is said to be between five and six feet wide, and two prospectors from Portland are reported to have made the strike. The ranch is high in the Siskiyou mountains, about two miles from the Oregon-Califoria boundary. ESTABLISH NEW DEPARTMENT O, A. C. Regents Inaugurate Useful Service for People. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vnllis An extension division has just been organized at the Oregon Agri cultural college by the regents at their monthly meeting, and Prof. R. D. Hetzel has been made director. The plan is to conduct an organized cam paign of service to all parts of the state for the benefit of those unable to come to the college for the regular courses. The constantly increasing demand upon the college to solve problems for the people in the rvmote districts of the state has grown to such propor tions that it became necesaury to form this new division in order to fulfill satisfactorily this duty of the institu tion. The new department will include nil such ,work as the farmers' institutes, domestic science demonstration meet ings, itinerate schools, demonstration trains, correspondence courses, exten sion lectures, the organization of ju venile clubs, and like educational work. Every district of the state will be served through this medium, and men, women and children aliko will thus be given an opportunity to receive in struction in any branch of the college work in which they are interested, without leaving their homes. The ex perts in agronomy, horticulture, gar dening, poultry raising, animal hus bandry, dairying, bee keeping, crop pests, business .methods, cooking and sewing, flower growing, forestry, me chanical engineering electrical and ciV' il engineering, good road work, mining and other branches of instrution will direct personally these extension courses. Both the number and scope of the farmers institutes will be greatly in creased under this new plan. Travel ing schools with laboratory and staffs of from five to twelve experts will be sent to hold regular sessions of a week or more in different sections of the state. Correspondence courses and study clubs will supplement the in struction of these schools, and practi cal application of the methods taught will be made on the farms, ranches, and orchards of the students of such courses. Bulletins giving in popular language the valuable practical in formation will also be distributed by the extentsion division. An informa tion bureau will be conducted in the same connection to relieve the various departments from the overwhelming flood of letters of inquiry, 83,000 of which were received last year. Other valuable educational work is also planned for the division at the college. TUBERS OPEN EYES. Redmond Potato Fair Is Revelation to All Who Attend. Redmond Redmond's first annual potato show, held November 2, the date the O.-W. R. & N. demonstration train was here, was a success, and far exceeded the expectations of the Red mond commercial club, which promot ed the project. The idea of holding a potato show in Redmond was advanced by F. W. Graham, western industrial and immi gration agent of the Great Northern road, when he was here Railroad day. After seeing some of the exhibits of potatoes he said : "You folks have without doubt the best lot of potatoes grown in the United States, and it would be the best kind of advertising for you to hold an annual potato show, and make a specialty of that kind of crop. It would attract attention from all over the United States." The idea advanced by Mr. Graham was taken up by the Commercial club and the papers here, and though the time was limited in which to get up exhibits, the showing made was be yond the expectations of all. New Precinct Created, Springfield The county court has created two new voting precincts here, making four now. This is in accord ance with the expressed determina tion of the county court to limit the number of voters in each precinct in the county in order that the ballots cast at the state and county elections my be counted before midnight on the same day of the election. In some of the larger precincts during the past few years the work of counting was not finished till well along during the next day after the election. Paisley Realty Improvements On. Paisley A number of new buildings are being erected here. The most prominent of them is the new garage of A. Hartlerode. C. E. Campbell is building a residence, Clark Johnson a dwelling and S. P. Moss, the ranch man, is remodelling a town property he recently purchased to use as a home when not on his farm. George Ranney has put up a building next to the blacksmith shop and other build ings in, the town have been improved. School Loans Examined. Salem Land Agent Rinehart has just returned from Eastern Oregon, where he has been investigating the nature of the securties for state loans and finds that as a rule the loans are well secured. About $5,000,000 of the school fund is loaned on real prop erty and about $1,000,000 on school board bonds. A few of the loans on real property are being recalled or ad ditional security demanded where the security is not deemed sufficient. Our Clothing for Men and Boys Is made from carefully selected fabric and thoroughly tailored. You'll- appreciate the splen did style and fit of our SUITS AND OVERCOATS We're showing a complete line of WINTER UNDERWEAR for every member of the family. If you want RELIABLE SHOES made to stand hard service during the rainy sea son, we can suit you. Footwear for the whole fam ily at prices that credit stores can't match. See our line of Scotch Mixture Dress Fabrics And Fancy Back Coatings. You'll not find as com plete an assortment of Stylish Novelties anywhere else in the valley. You'll need COMFORTS and BLANKETS For the cooler nights. N We can- Save You Money on Every Article. BARNES' CASH STORE SALEM, OREGON. WATT SHIPP "THE BICYCLE MAN" SALEM, OREGON Athletic and Gymnasium Goods Guns, Ammunition and Fishing Tackle Bicycles and Repairing Pocket Cutlery and Razors Sun Typewriter, $10 General Blacksmithing Horse Shoeing We do all kinds of Wagon and Carriage Work and keep in stock all parts for vehicles; work guaranteed i Main Street, near the Bridge INDEPENDENCE, OREGON NEW STORE See the new store just opened on Commercial Street, across the hridge in Salem. Every thing in Clothing and Gent's Furnishings. J. JAMES. ITS BEST CONSIDER QUALITY FIRST AND THEN QUANTITY. WHEN YOU ARE BUYING , FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. THAT HAS ALWAY8 BEN OUR MOTO, AND THAT 18 WHY WE ALWAYS SHOW THE BEST MEATS IN THE MARKET8. IF YOU HAVB GOOD FAT CATTLE OR HOGS WE WANT THEM AT THE HIGHE8T MARKET PRICES. Both Phones. Cbe Independence Etoery Barn CK0WLEY BROS., Proprietors. X Main St., North of Garage, T Best of Service day or night. Gentle horses and Responsible Drivers. TT T x tiorses i By Day, Week or Sfonth. Best of X anywhere. Both Phones. A A 1114,1 a Atttitiifcitdfcitiifittrtt 4iji4iA4iA HILJLIRD General Repairing T0 WILL H. BLOCH, INDEPENDENCE, ORB. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON T . 1 1 Doardea Care and Feed. Prices ai low as ItiiAAlllAAAAJ l