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Newspaper Page TextTHE EUGENE DAILY" GUARD 'yOLUME 36 EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1911. NO. 209 LAFOLLETTE ATTACKS RECIPROCITY STEELHEAD TROUT TO BE PLANTED IN . - LOCAL STREAMS AND DECLARES PROGRESSIVES WANT REAL REVISION Washington, July 22. Assailing the press of the United oi.tos for its support of Canadian reciprocity Senator La- Toilette made his closing speech against this bill in the senate daT. He expressed his belief that the newspapers would saffer a loss of influence for the support they have given to leeislation in which he said "they have a direct money interest." He referred to the interests of newspaper owners in the matter of the pulp features of the Dili. LaFol'ette defended the progressive republicans from the charge they have changed front on the tariff and are now oppos ing partial tariff revision, as embodied in the reciprocity bill. He said the progressives stood just where they did in the tariff fight of 1909, but that the reciporcity bill was not a true reppub jjcan measure. , "I oppose this bill because it belies its title," said LaFollette. It is not reciprocity." He declared the democratic party had violated its own urinciples by aligning with the republican high tariff forces, and denounced the reciprocity bill as "a confidence game," citing what he said would result in a loss of $40,000,000 alone to 'he farmers in the three states of Minnesota, and North and South Dakota, from the operations of the agricutural schedule of the agreement. LaFollette severely criticised President Taft for his attitude regarding the bill. ill splitTgreat korthern Ml IS TO BE OPERATED New Company Being Organized in Portand to Work This Rich Property. " SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL Wickersham Believes Supreme : Court's Decision. Was ' r Benefical. .. . Hancock, Mich., July 22. The big combinations like the Standnrd Oil md Tobacco trust are going to be pllt up Into a number of parts with out connection or monopoly of power. This was the prediction in an address here by Attorney-General Wlckcr itiam answering "people who are say ing the decisions of the Supreme court do not renlly mean anything." Incidentally Mr. Wickersham took occasion to trace the guiding hand of President Taft in the policy of the department of justice, concluding his tpeech with the remark that "No mat'er who should be nt the head of that department, so long as W. H. Taft Is president, no other policy could obtain." Mr. Wickersham then gave an ac count of the activities of the "Peo ple's law office," the department of justice. , "First of all." he said, "there are the great trust cases in which you. In common with the whole country, have been so much Interested. The government scored great victories there. Do not let anybody deceive yon as to that. If the court had held that every contract that put a re straint of any kind upon commerce among the states, however slight. as a violation of the Sherman law. the department of justice would have "o to illustrate the truth or what Edmund Burke said. 'You can't draw n indictment against a nation.' "For there nro nn Inni'aTa annual. n the government, nor for that mat ter in the country, to draw Indict ments against evervbodv who makes ny contract that in any' respect oper ates In some measure to restrain in ornate commerce. When the Stmrema nnrt cnlrl e must read this statute as roason we men and give it an lnterpreta ' on thit will not strangle all trade: out which will prevent any undue re-"r,'nt- Prohibit all contracts and combinations that are intended to in mere with the natural course of iraoe or which will have that neces- , ' ""eci then the court gave us means of preventing those who led tiallla0im,lnt ,f lh '?w- This is the . w OI lne ,a('t that lQe court va f. 1 1 e . ... MM., tun mure 10 uie pro- , 7 f monl'"lles. and by its de thr5"S,0rdered ,ne wreaking up of BonLn sest and most successful CuMr?.1 ererh- PIared. the5eUL8,.'!.e pop.e are '"? hat thing- thl " ll really monn an-v l simn,!?' 8ay ,hat tno tdg trusts 'oms1 COrganize under other I leve Sn,g on just as bfore. Don't I ce f0rn;?"ch !alk' Take '"V nsur CcorDo'0,,me U Iook3 as If these ' nan. rel"riue ami i's k"e lnv ' ne of whi('' shall other !?Cllo or contn1 "veri h"e a r A 00 one of which 0pas'tn 11 Percentage of busi ol. tm. , anth g like a monop-, inire ana QtemrAta he court r""rt t0 nnt I understand t "t tn. ,' ana ""thing less will ,l0 of ,'nJn,tner,.retatlon of t"e deci- A company is being organized in Portland to operate the Great Northern mine in the Blue River dis trict, according to information re ceived in Eugene recently, it Is said that Portland capital exclusively will be furnished to place the property In operation again and experienced min ing men will 'bo put In charge. For a number of years this well known mine has been idle, financial difficulties having beset the old com pany after n great deal of develop ment work had been done, a fine ore reducing mill had been installed and some gold taken out. Attorney J. M. Williams, of Eugene, has been act ing as trustee for the numerous creditors of the company, and last April cave to F. K. Lltzenberg, of Portland, a contract for sale of the property. He has been at the mine ever since, representing the Portland people who are furnishing the money for the new corporation that is being organized. Mine Is Rich. The Great Northern is known to be one of the richest properties In the IthiG River district and for a while after the mill was stnrted, 'act ual dividiwds were declared, but either through mismanagement or the wrong kind of machinery or something of the sort, the company was forced to cease operations and the plant has been idle since. H. C. .Million, formerly of Eugene, now re siding in Portland, promoted the old company and sold shares of stock to hundreds of people in the state and on the const, many Eugene people being among them. It is good news to the mining world and the people of this part of the state In general to learn that the mine is again to be operated. Lane County Game and Fish Association About to Get . 100,000 Young Fish. Arrangements are about to be completed by the Lane countv Fish and Game Protective Association to secure a shipment of steelhead trout which will be planted in the waters of the McKenzle and Willamette ri vers In an effort to introduce that species of fish In this county. Master risn waraon t.'ianton has promised the local members that If it Is pos sible for him to secure the voting fish Eugene will get them. The request was made by the local association al most too late in the season, yet it is quite probable that they will be fur nished through the coiirtesv of. the Oregon fish hatchery authorities. A shipment, if they can be obtained, will be received in August and an other In the spring. The steelhead trout Is a new fish for. this vicinity, although they are found in the lower Wlllnmette.They abound in large numbers In Rogue ri ver. They are larger than the red side variety and are verv gamev, putting up as hard a fight in coid water as the average sportsman cares to handle.. They run In size all the way up to 20 and 24 Inches If thov can be successfully Introduced In the fticrjenzie and Willamette thev will add, greatly to the popularity of these streams. 0RTIE McMANIGAL LEFT TO HIS FATE Los Angeles. Julv 20 nriia Mo. Manigal, alleged confessed dvnamltnr and Informer against the McNamara oroinors, nns be?n abandoned by his relatives here because he repeats all heir conversations to the nrosecutlon. according to statements made today uy ueorge fienm. nig uncle. Behm, who Is a locomotive engi neer at Portage. Wis., and who raised McManigal from infancy until he was 18, has visited his .nephew only once since -he .arrived in Los Angeles. Behm said today he believes McManigal is "either doped or crazy". and declared his intention of not visiting hlra again because "he tells all that is said to him to the dectect- ivc8 for the prosecution." Behm s stand on the question of seeing his nephew also has been taken bv Mrs. McManigal, who has not called on her husband for several days. LONG AEROPLANE RACE OCCURS TOMORROW CHOLERA SITUATION IS SATISFACTORY New York, July 22. The cholera situation at Swinburne Island is satisfactory to the officials who have tho matter in charge. No coses have developed among the passengers of the strainer Principe dl Piedmont, which 'arrived yesterday. ment of justice has followed during the last two years could have been pursued. t'nder him, the law has been enforced to the best of the abil ity of those to whom he has entrust ed Its enforcement with the sincere effort to make enforcement thor ough, dispassionate and without un due discrimination. "It has been sought to make the administration of justice effective without being clamorous. No matter who should be the'head of the de partment, so Ions as W. H. Taft is president, no other policy could obtain." London. July 21. Fifty thou sand dollars Is the handsome prize hung up by a London newspaper to go to the winner of the 1000-Tnilo aeroplane race around the British isles, which is scheudled to start to morrow. The aviators are given August 5 to finish the course, which is as follows: Brooklands to Hendon, 20 miles; Hendon. via Harrogate and New castle, to Edinburgh, 343 miles; Edinburgh, via Stirling, Glasgow. Carlisle and Manchester, to Bristol. 383 miles; Bristol, via Exeter, to Brighton, 214 miles, and Brighton to Brooklands, 40 miles. Norwegian Army Lieutenant Confesses Twenty Burglaries. n , rfc ff kiri' jr MV f r ir If Jg r$t w - V r Carl von Motz Meyer is a real "gentleman burglar." For several month! he has been pilfering houses in a fashionable locality in Brooklyn, and when Anally arrested he cnlruly admitted that ho had committed twenty or more burglaries. He said be was the son of a wealthy bunker In Chrlstlnnla, with branch offices in Munich, nntl London, and that he bad obtained a furlough from the army to come to New York two years ago to learn American bank ing methods. lie lost his Job Inst winter and since then bad been adding to the Income h's father allowed hlra by breaking into houses.. JJo surrendered pawn ticltets for goods worth $!,100, on. which be bad obtained about $350. When committing the burglnrles he always Wore a dross suit and thus evaded the suspicions of defectives and night watchmen, with whom he often talked In the eiirly morning hours. The picture shows the young burglar ho Is tweu ty-four years old lu the custody of -n detective on the way to court. SENATOR PElfieOi ORDINANCES PROMISES TO PASS BILL PASSED BY THE Says He Will Carry Reciprocity Necessary Steps Taken at Spec ial Meeting This Forenoon at 1 1 O'clock. Bill to President Tomorrow .Washington, July 23. Chairman The city council met at 11 o'clock VOTE DOWN PROPOSAL FOR GENERAL STRIKE Butte. July 20. Today's session of the Western Federation of Miners' convention was characterized by heated discussions. The principal declare a general strike In this coun try on the day ot the trial of the McNamara brothers in Los Angeles was voted down. 172 to 124. It wa9 finally voted to levy an assess ment of 25 cents on each member monthly so long as necessary, the money to be used for the defense fund of the McNamaras. SERIOUS RIOTING IN DOCK DISTRICT Cardiff. July 22. Five hundred soldiers were ordered into the dock district today, where a large number of persons were injured and much property damaged by rioting last night. THE WHK.VT MARKETS. 8 1-4: May U5 te ofepriLwise fontrol and guld- Ar th.n J"?' IafL n "'her man that wh ch the Ho-,. The weekly Friday night social function nr the University summer school students will he held tonight in the dormitorv. in form of a mus icale, with a d,ie following. which the depart- Crow. H. C. Weaver is in Eugene from Chicago. July 22. July, Sept. 88 1-8; Dec. 91 3-8; 1-2. Portland Unchanged. Tacoma Unchanged. f.eo. H. Colter, .wife and daughter. came in from Glenada today, by pri vate conveyance. They will go on to Portland before returning home. Jas. F. Robinson passed through Eugene this afternoon on his way to Drain, and will stop in Eugene to morrow, o L. M. Goodwin and family will go to Newport tomorrow on a vacation trip. nrr ,.f the cenfitn chiunce com-! this forenoon and passed the nec mittce, promised President Taft to-leasary ordinances providing for the dav, to lav the Canadian reciprocity issuances and salo of tho $130,000 bill, with the approval of both sen-1 refunding bonds and the $07,000 ate and house, on the president's ! light, power and water bonds, voted table tomorrow afternoon, before the by the people at the election last president leaves for his week-end I Monday. stav at Beverly. Penrose said it might ' Mayor Berger. Conncllmen Ness, get through tomorrow, and then It , Delay, Koppe, Hell, Wetherbce and would be brought Immediately to the "orr yore present at the meeting, white house. Wnrnock and Striker being absent. .Viiieiidment, Lost. I The ordinance for the $130,000 Senator' Townsend's amendment to j refunding bonds was first passed, the recinrocitv hill nrnvifiimr for in. The bonds are to bear not more ternatlonal Improvement of the Ht. Lawrence river, was defeated in the senate today by a large vote. Sena tor Stone opposed putting waterway legislation upon tho reciprocity blli. He said It should 'come up in cong ress as a separate proposition, and that as such, It probably would bo favorably acted upon. FOREST FIRE ON LITTLEFALL CREEK A forest fire Is raging on Little Fall creek and it - has already covered over a square mile of terri tory. It is running directly towards the Cascade forest reserve. The flro originated In sumo sccond-grow:h tim her and spread over an area logged off some time ago by the Hooth Kelly Lumber company. A force of men with shovels, buckets and pro visions started over tho dlvido this afternoon from a Booth-Kelly camp on the McKenzle and will cross the range by an old trail Into the region of the fire, making an effort to head off Its progress. L0RIP1ER INQURIY GROWING BROADER Washington. July 21. Tin? office of secretary of state of New York was brought into the Lorlmrr Investi gation today wen '. K. Wiehe, one of the central figureso'n the Lorlmer hearing, testified that $1,000 had been asked of him as the price of a copy of the list of contributors to Taft's campaign fund In 1908, on file In glbany. than five per cent Interest, pnld semi annually, andn re due 25 yeara from the date of their issuance. Tho ordinance authorizing the $57, 000 bonds was then passed. These bonds call for 6 per cent Interest, payables eml-nnnnally, nnd are due 15 years from the date of Issuance. Both ordinances contain an emer gency clause and are In effect as soon ns signed by the mayor. The council will meet on August 2 4 to open the bids for the bonds. Street Names nnd Numbers. Mayor Berger called attention to the fact that Postmaster Page has assurance from the postofflce de partment, that Eugene may secure one or two additional letter carriers for the outlying districts of the city providing that the street names are put up at the interesections nnd tho houses are numbered. The street commissioner and city mar shal were directed to attend to thli work before August 8, as that Is the date which Postmaster Page sends in his report upon the matter to secure the additional carriers. SMELTER TRUST IS GOOD TRUST New York. July 22. The Investi gation Into the affairs of the Ameri can Smelting & Refining company to determine whether the so-called "smelter trust" Is in violation of the Sherman anti-trust, law has been dropped. Unlet! States District At torney Wise said today that he iad Investigated the complaints agirTnst the "smelter trust" and found them without foundation. LANE COUNTY DESTINED TO BE ROYAL ANNE CHERRY CENTER OF ENTIRE WORLD An Industry that Is to be carried on In Lane co:inty on au enormous scale, and which Is to make Eugene famous tho world over Is that of cherrv growing. During the pres ent season, which Is just ended. Hu gene bus shippid to all parts of the United States 457. Mill pounds ol Royal Anne cherries or over 22S 1-2 tons. Thev were picked entire ly from old orchards, and according to the estimates of local fruit men. there are three times as many acres of now orchards already set out anil about to hear lu but a year or ho. This will tripple or quadruple the cherry crop of Lane county during the next year or so. At present Eu gene ships more cherries than any other place in the entire world, as ns far ask nown. by well informed fruit men. Salem has held this place until the present year, but Lane county's crop now exceeds that of Marlon county by over 30 tons. The figures herewith quoted, do not even represent a total, Tor cherries are still coming lu. Two orchards in particular. the Dunn and tho Chase orchards, will raise the total to over 230 tons. Profits are KimrinniiH. Tho profits In cherry raising are enormous. According to figures prepared by J. O. Holt, the manag er of the Eugene Fruit Growers' as sociation, an average profit would be at least $305 an acre. Taking an average of the various typical orchards about Eugene and the erop yielded this year, it was found that between six and' eeveu tons were harvested from an acre. The cost of picking cherries ranges from 60 cents to $1 n hundred pounds, but, taking a maximum. $lli0 an acre should be allowed for picking. For cultivation, spraying and prun ing, not more than $15 should bo allowed. This makes a total ex pense of $135 an acre. This year the price received bv the grower for the rherries was $S0 a ton, nnd assuming an average of six or sev en tons to pie acre, each acre would produce no less than $500 worth of thefriivl.: This would leavo a mini mum of $305 as a revenue from one acre of laud. Nor is this year considered an unusually good or heavy year, but as Mr. Holt ex pressed it: "This has been a mighty good normal year there have been better years, and there have been worse." With such profits ns theso, tho raising of cherries is bound to In crease still more rapidly than It has during the past seven years, und. too. It Is not believed that this Increased supply will materially lower tho price, for cherries are a fruit that ran bo grown only In a few localities and there will always be a demand for them. One thing that will keep the cherrv acreage comparatively low, however, Is the long period required for ninturlty. It requires n troo five or six voars to bear. This will deter many who nre seeking immedlale rclurns for tnelr money from investing, nnd there is much other fruit with goood profits that will develop In- hall the time. Lack of Help. . A problem that will also confront the cherry growers Is that of har vesting their crop. The cherry crop, like the hop rrop. must bo picked when ripe, nnd In a comparatively short space of time, generally not over two weeks. To do this a host of pickers Is needed. This year no le.-s than 500 pickers worked In thft cherry orchards about Eugene. But when the demnnd Is for three or four times this number, It. may be necessary lo go outside the county for labor nud to bring foreign la bor to tide the growers over the period of picking. Advantage of o-oiicintloii. The marketing of the cherrlea has much to do with commanding a price, and for Eugene's promi nence as a cherry center. much credit must he Igven to tho Eugene Fruit Growers' association with a cannery In Eugene. Instead of each grower being obliged to find a mar ket for himself, this association, with Its representatives alert for the best market, sells the entire crop In a few places. For Instance, practically the entire Lane county crop was sold this year three mouths In advance to markets In New York and Chicago. It would require a small train In Itself to transport tho 20 carloads of cher ries that will have been shipped from Eugene this season. Of this number of carload lots. 16 . have been barreled imiiI shipped east. Each car carries SO barrels, or to be exait. 1 202 barrels of Royal Anne cherries have been put lip In Eugene this year. The remaining cars consist of three carloads of cherries shipped fresh In refrigera tor cars r ol ocal markets, nnd one cnrload that has been canned. In ol the above figures the cherries re ferred to are Royal Amies and do not Include the many other varie ties, from pie cherries to black Re publicans, that have been ptit up anil handled by the Eugene can nery. Berry, Hciisou AlMtit Over.. The run on berries at the cannery Is ulso nearly finished. The loganberry crop Is short this year, and tho shipments from the can nery will not exceed BOO cases, or scarcely two-thirds that of last year. The red raspberry crop la about the same ns that of last year, with a total of 150 cases. ttpnlini.il llr.na ol-a lulililf t.rai. kl Ih. big cannery for the handling of later crops. Beans and other vege tables will come next. To handle the bean crop a new machine has been Installed. This is a cutter and stringer, and takes the beana from a hopper nnd cuts them into equal lengths, ns rapidly as a score of girls could begin to do. The can nery has been nddlng machinery quito rrequenuy uuring . me pasr. year, nnd lins also enlnrgod until now It Is one of the best and most modern, ns well as one of the larg est canneries in the state of Oregon. ANOTHER PROGRAM AT Y. M. C. A. TONIGHT Another of tho weekly programs will be given at tho Y. M. C. A. this evening at 8 o'clock. This one will be almost entirely musical Including both instrumental and vocal ntim mers. This is opepn to the public; and a large attendance ils expected, ns tho crowds at the other programs have taxed the lobby. The program for this evening fol lows. ' Vocal solo, Mrs. Dugnld Campbell. Tenor solo, A. R. Curtis. Plnno solo, Miss Jessie Fnrlss. Piano solo, Miss Lnthrop. Baritone solo, "The Adrian Sea," O. E. VonOven, with violin obllgnto, by Buford Roach. Tenor solo, E. K. Miller. The program will close with a number by A. C. Terrlll, not to bo announced. AUTO COLLIDES WITH COLLEGE HILL CAR Hon. R. A. Booth's White steam automobile, being driven by Roy Booth and occupied, besides himself, by bis wife and mother, ran Into the College Hill loop car of I he P. E. E. street railway system shortly .after 1 o'clock this afternoon, but there waB little damage either lo tho auUimobllo or to the rar. The auto mobile was proceeding east on Eighth street and In attempting to turn south on Willamette Mr. Booth failed to turn the machine fur enough to the right and collided with the rear end of the car which was standing al the terminal. The fender or the streetcar was broken off and there was some minor damage to the auto mobile. The occupants of the latter wer considerably ahnken tip lmt were uninjured. Today closes tho fourth week of the University Bummer school. One course In pedagogy ends with this week, and a number of students en rolled in this city will leijj-o fcdy and tomorrow for their homes. DID YOU EVER VIEWITTHISWAY7 Two men wero dlspupting over their respective churches. One wai a Methodist and the other a Presby terian. Finally one of the men called a neighbor who was passing nnd asked his opinion as to which, wns tho butter church in which to be seved. "Well, neglbbor," he said, "son and I have been hauling wheat for nearly forty years. There are two roads that lend to the mill. One Is the valley road nnd the other leada over tho hill and never yet has the miller never asked me which road I miller asked me which road I came, good?' " Exchange. A BIG MILITARY ' . ' TniinMcv at ruinftftr ivuniiui n i vmunuu Chicago, July 21. Preparations were completed today for caring for the 6,000 troops who will take part In Chicago's second military tourna ment opening next Sunday to con tinue to the following Saturday. The participants will Include regulars ot both the cnvalry and Infantry winga of the United States service, the Illi nois national guard, British troopa from Canada and a number of crack drill corps from a score of states. CHEMIST WILEY'S CASE DELAYED Washington, July 21. The Wiley case will probably not be settled next week. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson declared before the cabinet mooting today that it would take li I id several days more to go through Dr. Rav Palmer, of Kansas City, will preach at the Jiaptlst church In Eugene next Sunday morning and evening. . ; Henry Powell McClure. son of Wal ler McCluro. a rormer Eugene resi dent, was accldently killed at Lake Chelan, Wash., a few days ago.