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CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
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Doings of the World aV Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume of Important Eventl
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
More than 8,000 persons attended
the president's New Year reception.
m r. I - t A .liUnat inw fpaa.
ties is eulogized by the president of
A compensation act is being urged
for the relief of injured postoffice em
ployes. The cost of living is less in the Pan
ama canal zone than in the United
States.
Aged 94 years, the oldest member
of the San Diego bwiroming ciuo iook
a half hour's swim with the other
members on New Years day.
Tk Smith VnKn rivor is frozen over
J 11 kiruvaa m. hv . . .
in Southeastern California, a phenom
enon never neiore Known wiuuu
memory of the oldest inhabitant.
Salt Lake City has assumed the
commission form of government, and
VinMnuer viiiniilmri mav sue the
city for salary for their unexpired
terms.
Loomfixers in Massachusetts cotton
miiu trill demand an increase of 10
per cent in wages, and a strike may
involve many thousands oi cotton mm
employes.
Queless and sandalless Chinese in
New York City celebrated tne Dirtn or
the new Chinese republic, the chil
dren singing a revised version of
"America."
Kolb & Dill, two of the most noted
comedians of the age, who have been
at loggerheads for . some time, have
patched up their differences, owing to
a strong mutual desire for prosperity.
A new sheriff of New York has
been sworn into office, and declares
his intention to appoint responsible
women as deputies, believing they
will be more efficient than men in pro
tecting life and property along certain
lines.
The Russian council of ministers
has decided not to allow the Salvation
Army to carry on its work in Russia.
The name of Roosevelt will be
placed on the primary tickets of many
states as a presidential preierence
candidate.
The Union Depot & Terminal Co.,
of Cincinnati has been granted a fran
chise to erect a union station costing
$40,000,000.
Because of the omission of a word
in the will of a Cincinnati millionaire,
his neice will get no share in his $1,
500,000 estate.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices : Bluestem,
8182c; club, 79c; red Russian, 78c;
valley. 80c; forty-fold, 7980c.
Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $38 tn.
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $30; shorts, $24; rolled bar
ley, $3738.
Oats No. 1 white, $30.5031 ton.
Hay No. 1 Eastern Oregon timo
thy, $1818.50; No. 1 valley, $15
16; alfalfa, $1314; clover, $1112;
grain, $1213.
Barley Feed, $3637 ton.
Fresh Fruits Pears, 60c$1.50 per
box; grapes, $1.251.50; cranber
ries, $1213 per barrel; casabas,
$1.50 per crate.
Apples Jonathans, $1.502.25 per
box; Spitzenberg, $12.50; Baldwin,
75c$1.50; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.25
1.75; Northern Spy, $1.251.75;
Winter Bananas, $23; Bellflower,
$1.101.35.
Potatoes Buying prices: Burbanks,
90c$1.20 per hundred.
Onions Jobbing price, $1.50 per
sack.
Vegetables Artichokes, 90c per
dozen; cabbage, lllc per pound;
cauliflower, $1.902 per crate; cu
cumbers, $1.251.75 per dozen; cel
ery, California, $44.25 per crate;
egg plant, 12c per pound; garlic, 6
10c per pound; lettuce, $2.60 per
crate; peppers, 810c per pound;
pumpkins, lljc per pound; sprouts, 9
10c per pound; squash, llljc; to
matoes, $1.75 per box ; carrots, $1
per sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1; par
snips, $1.
Butter Oregon creamery butter,
solid pack, 36; prints, extra; butter
fat, lc less than solid pack prices.
Poultry Hens, 12c; springs, 11
12; ducks, young, 1718c; geese, 12
13c; turkeys, live, 2021c; dressed,
choice, 22J23c.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
37 Jc per dozen; case-count, 35c per
dozen.
Pork Fancy, 83S8Jc per pound.
Veal Fancy, 1414c per pound.
Cattle Choice steers, $5.75(a6;
good, $55.60; choice cows, $4.60.g,'5;
good, $4.254.50; choice spayed heif
ers, $55.25; good to choice heifers,
$4.504.60; choice bulls, $4.254.50
good, $4(t4.25; choice calves, $78;
good, $6.757.
Hogs Choice light hogs, $6.55
6.65; good to choice hogs, $6.25
6.50; fair, $66.25; smooth heavy
hogs, $5.25(5)5.50.
Sheep Choice yearling wethers,
$3. 754; choice killing ewes, $3.25
3.75; choice lambs, $4.905.10;
good, to choice lambs, $4.754.90;
"culla ?34.
t?TINY.
Premier Yuan Shi Kai May Yet Pre
vent Formation of Republic. ,
Pekin Seven hundred soldiers
cuardinff the Lanchow arsenal have
mutinied. They are a part of the im
perial government troops, among
whom there has been a movement for
some time past in favor of a republic.
The commanding officer fled to Kaip
ing, whence he sent a message to the
railway authorities at Tientsin warn
ing them that the mutineers intended
to stop all railway traffic.
The feeling in Pekin, nevertheless,
is that the throne has taken on a new
lease of life.
There are some competent observers
who believe that Premier Yuan Shi
Kai will yet prevent the consumma
tion of a republic.
The imperial cabinet has accepted
the resignation of Tang Shao Yi, who
was sent to the Shanghai peace con
ference as the representative of Yuan
Shi Kai and the imperialists. The
government has also telegraphed to
Dr. Wu Ting Fang, leader of the rev
olutionists at the peace conference,
saying that in future it will negotiate
by telegraph.
The government declares that Tang
went beyond his instructions when he
signed the agreement calling a nation
al convention to decide on the future
form of government.
Premier Yuan adheres to the points
of his original suggestion regarding
the national convention, namely, the
proper election of delegates and the
selection of Pekin as the gathering
place.
Premier Yuan has again offered his
resignation, but it was not accepted.
The court also received a round robin
from the generals commanding the
imperialist troops in the vicinity of
Pekin, in which they demanded that
the princes of the imperial clan with
draw their wealth from the foreign
banks, where much of it has been
placed recently, and deliver it into the
hands of the war office.
Prince Ching, the former premier
and foreign minister, received a letter
from representatives of the Manchu
troops in the vicinity of Pekin, threat
ening to destroy his palace unless the
hoarded money is delivered over to
them.
When negotiating for a foreign
loan, Yuan explained that about $10,
000,000 would carry the governent on
for six months. By that time, he de
clared, discord would have occurred
among the rebels in the south and the
provinces would return gradually to
their allegiance. Fuan Shi Kai now
has obtained from the Empress Dow
ager more than $2,000,000, which will
permit the carrying on of the govern
ment beyond the period which the
rebels have fixed for the assembly of
the national convention.
AMERICANS IN SAFE PLACES.
Few Remain in Inaccessible Regions,
Says Official Report.
Washington, D. C. Virtually all
the American residents in China, it
was reported to the State department,
are safely at the treaty ports. Fig
ures from American diplomatic repre
sentaives in China show that 190 for
eigners, including 35 Americans, were
reported on November 8 to have de
parted down the Yangtse river from
Chunking, Sze-Chuen province, under
the convoy of a gunboat.
The total number of Americans in
the province of Shengsi is reported to
be 12 adults and nine children; in
Kansu province 11 American adults
and seven children. These people are
in the inaccessible regions.
Several Americans are said still to
be in the provinces of Hunan and Hu
peh. All American "women and children
have left Chang Chow and other in
terior points in the southern part of
Fukien, while those in the immediate
vicinity of Hoochow have withdrawn
to that port.
Kansas Towns Hungry.
Topeka, Kan. The towns of Jet-
more and Dighton, Kan., on branch
lines of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe, have notified the public utilities
committee that they have had no train
service since Decemebr 26, and ask
immediate relief from a threatened
coal famine. At Jetmore food provis-
inng ara mnnincT Inw. The commission
is urged to get a train through to re
lieve the situation. The nowfall in the
vicinity of these towns has been very
heavy, and railroad tracks have been
entirely blockaded.
Foreign Pests Barred.
Sacramento, Cal. The state of Cal
ifornia now has power to declare a
quarantine against any foreign coun
try for the exclusion of pests which
prey upon fruit or vegetables. This
was made possible by Governor John
son signing the bill passed by the leg
islature at the extra session a week
ago. The bill provides a way for the
state to combat the dreaded tropical
fruit fly which has gained a foothold
in the Hawaiian islands.
Snow Covers Death Trap.
Seattle, Wash. A rotary snow
plow that was fighting drifts on the
Copper River railroad at Mile 75,
Alaska, ran into a gulch that had un
til a short time before been spanned
by a bridge, and Engineer J. E. Reed,
of Cordova, was crushed to death be
neath the rotary. The bridge had
been destroyed by fire but owing to
the snow the engineer did not detect
the gap.
IMPERIAL TROOPS M
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND .
, PROGRESS OF
STATE LEVY SET AT 3 5 MILLSJ
Oregon Citizens to Ba Requird to
Pay $3,100 000 in Taxes,
Salem The people of Oregon will
have approximately $3,100,000 in
state taxes to pay in 1912. The state
levy will be 3.5 mills. The total as
sessed valuation appraised by the
State tax commission on public serv
ice corporations will be $108,000,000
and by assessors $784,000,000. The
amount, $3,100,000, which the people
of the state will be called upon to pay
will be the Jhighest in the history of
Oregon for one year.
The levy of 3.5 mills will not be the
highest, however. In 1904 the levy
was 7.006 mills, the highest in the
history of the state, and the lowest
was the territorial levy of 1 mill in
1858. In 1904, when the levy was the
highest, only $1,225,000 was raised
on a valuation of $173,978,888, as
compared to the $890,000,000 valua
tion of this year.
While the figures given above for
1911 are not final, the change will be
so small as to be comparatively in
finitesimal. The Tax commission practically ar
rived at its final conclusion recently,
working for the final extreme results,
which probably will be known soon.
The total of $3,100,000 includes the
appropriations for the University of
Oregon and the Monmouth normal
school, which in themselves amount to
more than $500,000.
The valuation, as given by the as
sessors this year of more than $789,
000,000, show a decided increase,
while the valuation of $108,000,000
placed by the State Tax commission
on public service corporations is prac
tically an increase of $11,000,000 over
last year's valuation of $97,263,000.
The final figures represent the ap
portional valuations, the year's valu
ation on public service corporations
going well above the $155,000,000
mark. The tax levy for 1911 is more
than l'mill increase for 1910. Last
year it was impossible in making up
the levy to ascertain what the appro
priations of the legislature would be,
and hence the increase.
WORK STARTED AT VALE.
Extension of Oregon Eastern Road
Begins in Earnest.
Vale Actual construction work on
the Oregon & Eastern railroad has
been started at mile post 15, near the
mouth of the canyon. Over 100 men
are located at this camp and more are
being sent out daily.
Thirteen heavily-loaded wagons, be
longing to the Utah Construction com
pany, left the past week for the can
yon, where tents are already erected
and everything ready for work. On
Wednesday fresnos, scrapers, teams
and wagons left for mile post 15.
On Thursday, camp No. 2 of the
Utah Construction company left for
mile post 40. Work on the big tunnel
there is now under way.
The Wasatch Construction C3mpany,
sub-contractors, have located a large
camp in the canyon, and upon the re
turn from Salt Lake' of Thomas O.
Creer, in charge of the company's
work, will start work immediately on
a big cut in the canyon about 30 miles
from Vale.
The local yards present a busy ap
pearance. All kinds of construction
material is piled up there to be sent
into the canyon. Part of the material
will remain here, as the Utah Con
struction company will start grading
work from Vale as soon as W. L.
Wattis returns. He is in charge of
all the Utah Construction company's
work.
Permanent headquarters in the Vale
yards have already been built for this
company. A large number of tents
have been stretched, sheds erected, a
warehouse is being built, water mains
from the city water system have been
tapped for the camp's supply, and
electric lights are being installed. A
large building is also to be erected by
the Oregon Eastern people in the local
yards for use as headquarters of Con
struction Engineer Osborn and his as
sistants. The new $11,000 depot is now open
and passenger trains are all stopping
there.
Dairy Interests Thrive.
Deschutes The new year is open
ing auspiciously for Central Oregon.
Sherwood Bros, have just unloaded a
carload of 24 registered Jersey dairy
cattle for their farm two and one-half
miles north of Deschutes. They ex
pect to ship in two carloads more
soon. The shipment of cream to Port
land creameries by some of the farm
ers in this vicinity has begun, about
one ton a week now being shipped.
Farmers are receiving 32 to 34 cents
a pound for their cream, and 40 to 45
cents for butter.
Baker Ships Heavy Cattle.
William A. Gover, of Pine Valley,
holds championship honors for the
shipment of the heaviest weight steers
that have gone out of Baker for a long
time. He shipped recently to the
Union Stockyards, Portland, four car
loads of cattle, six steers in the lot
averaging over 2,000 pounds each,
while one weighed 2,500 pounds.
Money in Alfalfa Seed.
Alfalfa seed has become one of the
profitable crops of the Ontario region
of Eastern Oregon. More than $30,
000 has been realized from the sale of
seed this season.
OUR HOME STATE
URGE CRATER LAKE ROAD.
Engineer Recommend" Completion Or
Work Before 1915 Fair.
Washington, D. C. "It is doubtful
if any view existing in the world to
day ia as impressive and at the same
time as beautiful as the view of Cra
ter Lake from the rim," said Major
Jay J. Morrow, of the Army engineer
ing corps, in transmitting a report to
the War department, recommending
the expenditure of $642,000 for the
construction of roads and trails in the
Crater Lake National Park.
Coupled with his appreciation of
the scenic beauty of Crater Lake park,
Major Morrow urgently recommends
that the main roads, for which ho has
made surveys and estimates, be rushed
to completion in order that thousands
who visit the San Francisco exposi
tion in 1915 may, en route to or from
Portland, stop .off a day and see the
park. If these roads can be completed
in time, Major Morrow thinks the
Crater Lake tour will prove to be one
of the favorite side trips of travelers.
About 62 miles of good roads and
100 miles of trails, in the opinion of
Major Morrow, will ennblo the tourist
to reach the most important spots in
the park with facility, and, while the
estimated cost is high, he believes the
expenditure is fully justified, particu
larly as it is proposed to build the
roads for automobile travel. Com
pared to the cost of building roads in
the Yellowstone and Rainier National
parks, where the topography is simi
lar to that in the Crater Lake park,
Major Morrow says the figures cited
in his estimates are not excessive, but
about on a par with the actual cost of
building roads over like territory in
the two older parks.
It probably will be somewhat diffi
cult to secure an appropriation of
$100,000 this session for beginning
work on the Cratr Lake roads, for
the house is inclined to hold down ap
propriations, and national park im
provements are never regarded as of
vital importance. However, it is
probable that some members of the
California delegation will join hands
with the Oregon delegation in urging
a liberal allowance, and, jointly, these
two delegations may be able to get
what the army engineers are asking.
Crater Lake park is about as acces
sible to San Francisco as it is to Port
land, or will be when the Natron cut
off is completed, and California will
benefit as much as Oregon from tour
ist travel.
CULVER SEES FIRST SNOW.
Crop Prospects Look Good and Far
mers in Central Oregon Happy,
Culver The first snow of any con
sequence to fall this season is here
and crop prospects for the coming sea
son are exceedingly good. Many acres
of potatoes will be planted this spring,
and a potato growers' association will
be formed for marketing the product.
The crop will be sorted and packed
as carefully as are the fruits in the
fruit section of Oregon.
This year many potatoes were grown
in this section weighing from two to
four pounds each. J. L, Windon
raised three and four-pound spuds
this year, and one hill weighed 15
pounds. This farmer lives to the
southeast of Culver in the Haystack
section and others there did equally as
well. On the west side of the Des
chutes river is a territory of some
thing like four townships that is being
connected with the railroad here by a
new wagon road and bridge now under
construction and this section also will
be a large potato producer.
This section of the country west of
the Deschutes lies from six to 12
miles from Culver and has been iso
lated from the railroad by reason of
the fact that they were compelled to
drive 40 to 50 miles to reach transpor
tation until the new road is completed.
Foot bridges have been built for use
while the wagon road is being built
and a mail service and postoffice to be
served from Culver have been pe
titioned. Smallpox Scare is Over,
Corvallis "The rumor that Corval
lis might be quarantined on account
of smallpox is nothing but ridiculous
gossip," said Dr. H. S. Pernot, city
health officer. "We have not had
thirty cases all together, and they
were carefully quarantined and every
precaution taken against the spread of
the disease. The main means of con
tagion was .the city public schools."
People coming to the college for
the short course would be running no
more risk of exposure than they would
if they stayed at home.
Asylum Farm is Plan Now.
Salem That the 640 acres of land
at Union, bought several years ago
for an Eastern Oregon branch asylum
site, be used for an asylum farm in
connection with the new Eastern Ore
gon institution at Pendleton, is a sug
orpstion made bv Governor West to the
state board, and it is probable that
the board will ask the legislature to
give the board power to utilize the
land as it sees fit.
Centennial Money Maker.
Astoria The Astoria Centennial
committee has issued a financial state
ment showing that its receipts from
all sources amounted to $115,891.47,
while its expenditures in carrying on
the recent celebration were $109,
613.36, leaving a balance on hand of
$6,278.11. What will be done with
the money remaining in the hands of
the treasurer has not been decided.
OUR GREAT ANNUAL
CLEAN-UP SALE
Of Broken Lines in All Departments is now going on
and will continue until the middle of January.
HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF MEN'S SHOES, WOMEN'S SHOES
AND CHILDREN'S SHOES REDUCED 20 PER CENT.
You'll find them on our Bargain Tables arranged ac
cording to size.
Owing to the backward fall season we have too
much Clothing on hand. We therefore offer
EVERY MAN'S AND BOYS' SUIT IN THE HOUSE
AT 20 PER CENT REDUCTION.
Every Man's and Boys' Overcoat and Cravenette
Raincoat reduced 20 per cent.
Broken Lines of Men's Shirts reduced from 20
to 40 per cent.
Broken Lines of Men's, Women's and Children's
Underwear reduced 20 per cent.
Big Line of Staple and Novelty Dress Goods on
our Bargain Tables, grouped according to price at
35c per yard, 50c, 65c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25, all of
which have been reduced from 20 to 40 per cent.
Everything is marked in plain figures and there's
no juggling with prices at
Barnes' Cash Store
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