The Estacada News
Isaaed Each Thursday
E STAC AD A
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In i Condensed Form lor Oar
Bosy Readers.
A Resume o f tho Lee* Important but
Not Lees Interesting Events
o f the Past Week.
King Alfonso,
in Berlin.
of Spain, is visiting
The massacre of Jews continues at
KiahiuefT.
American imports into Cuba show a
greet increase.
Roosevelt says it is useless to inter­
cede for Russian Jews.
The general board of the navy re­
commends the building of 18,000-ton
ships.
Western Washington millraen are
endeavoring to secure cars for shipping
lumber.
The Norwegian charge d’ affairs at
Washington is sure Prince Charles, of
Denmark, w ill be king of Norway.
Balfour gave a cold reception to the
delegation of England’ s unemployed
and a monster indignation meeting was
held.
LET CONGRESS ACT
O P P O S E S RIVEH W ORK.
Secretary o f War Will Not Make Ex­
ception In Favor o f Columbia.
Washington, Nov. 7. — In his an­
nual report made public today, General
MacKenxie, chief of engineers, asks that
the following appropriations be made
in the next sundry civil bill:
Mouth of Columbia river, $800,000;
Celilo canal, $250,000; Willamette and
Columbia below Portland, $125.000;
Columbia between Vancouver and the
mouth of the Willamette, $30,000; Ta­
coma harbor, $200,000. Each and all
of these appropriations jrere authorised
in the river and harbor bill passed at
the last session; these respective sums
have been expended or are covered by
contracts now in force, so that not one
dollar asked for by General Mackenzie
will go to pay for new work. In other
words, General Mackenzie is asking
only for enough money to pay for work
now under way or already completed.
Me asks for no new appropriations for
be has been instructed by tbe secretary
of war to cut down his estimates and
coniine himself solely to work hereto­
fore authorized.
Personally, General Mackenzie be­
lieves congress should make large ap­
propriations for the mouth of tbe Co
lumbia river, and he thinks it wrong
to allow work on that project to stop at
its present incompleted stage, and yet
under instructions from his superior he
cannot officially recommend such ap
propriation.
M IL L IO N S FOR DEFENSE.
Walter G. Tubby, a 8t. Paul railroad
man, has been appointed superintend­
ent of construction of the Panama Chief o f Engineers Makes Estimates
In His Report.
canal.
Washington, Nov. 7. — Sixteen mil
A colony of 25,000 Lithuanians,
gathered from all the large Eastern lion dollars w ill be necessary to com
cities, w ill settle somewhere in the Co­ plete the engineering works of the fort­
lumbia river region
ifications of tbe sea coast of the United
A woman has successfully borrowed States under the present plans of tbe
money in New Jersey towns on the Endicott board, according to the report
pretense that she is tbe wife of J. J.
of Brigadier General Mackenzie, chief
H ill, of the Great Northern.
of engineers. There already has been
American
novelty
manufacturers
appropriated for this purpose $328,-
claim their products equal those of
Permanent projects at 31
France and Germany and w ill hold an 963,434.
exhibition in Chicago in December to different points have been adopted and
prove it.
most of them are well under way.
The cxar has granted home rule to Among these points are San Diego,
Finland.
Cal., San Francisco, Columbia river
Liberals are rallying to tbe support and Puget sound.
Tbe defense of the Great lakes and
of Witte.
the St. Lawrence River is under con­
England’s national memorial
to
sideration. Tbe estimate for the com­
Gladstone has been unveiled.
pletion of tbe fortifications do not con­
An insane woman' at Kalamazoo, template anything more than the pro­
Michigan, fed her children with the jects outlined by the Endicott board.
hogs.
Modern appliances and additional pro­
An inspection of tbe steamboat in­ jects which may be adopted by the
spection service has been ordered in St. Taft board, appointed last summer,
and the fortifications of the insular pos­
Louis.
sessions may increase the estimate
Japan and Russian w ill exchange the when additional work is approved by
peace ratification about the 20th of this congress. It is estimated that $4,263,364
month.
will be required to put into execqtion
Britain’ s unemployed m illion has pe­ by the engineering department the
titioned Balfour for relief by creating schemes of the artillery and signal
corps fur fire control of the seacoast de­
new public works.
fenses.
Fire which started in a New Or­
leans paint atore destroyed $100,000
C O N T E S T ON S M O O T ’S SE AT.
worth of property.
A Minneapolis grand jury has re­
Disposition Will Be Made Before the
turned indictments against four former
Term Ends,
officials of the Northwestern Life Insur­
Washington, Nov. 7.— Senator Bur-
ance company.
ws, of Michigan, chairman of the
The Isthmian Canal commission has
just purchased a vast amount of sup­ committee on privileges and elections,
plies for the canal, including lumber, who has arrived in Washington for the
powder, cars and engines.
coming session of congress, said tonight
Mountain View, Oklahoma, has been that ho expected to have the case of
swept by a tornado and seven people Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, dis­
killed and 15 injured. A large number
posed of before the term ends.
of residences were wrecked.
Senator Smoot’s seat is being contest­
W itte opposes an Anglo-Russian ed on tbe ground that he is a member
agreement.
of the Mormon hierarchy.
A great
The caar has signed a proclamation mass of testimony was taken at the last
for free press and liberation of prison­ session of congress, and it was gener­
ally understood that each side had
ers.
completed ite case.
Private car lines have refused to
Senator Burrows said that if it is de­
answer question« asked by the Inter­
cided to present further testimony the
state Commerce commission.
committee is willing to hear it. He
Germany w ill terminate the Dingley stated that the committee w ill consider
tariff agreement with
the United the case immediately after the reor­
States, and thus clears the way for a ganisation of the senate committees in­
new trade treaty.
cident to the meeting of a new con
gress, and the filling of a vacancy
Minnesota is now having her turn caused by the retirement of Senator
with land frauds. Benson, Hyde and McComas, of Maryland.
Glover are accused with officials and
lumbermen of securing large tracts of
Costly Improvements.
timber to which they bad no right.
The grand scale upon which munici­
The court martial case of Commander pal improvement is being carried on in
Young, of the Bennington, is being re­ London was impressively shown in the
viewed by the Navy department.
It recent completion of a new thorough
is understood the sentence of the court fare through a congested district. This
is a severe reprimand.
thoroughfare is three-quarters of a mile
Soldiers in Warsaw fraternise with long and 300 feet wide, and its con­
struction has eradicated some notorious
the rebels.
slums. Among the buildings removed
It is announced that the Willamette
to make way for it were 51 liquor
Valley Railway company, which pro­
shops. The work has occupied six
poses to build an elec'.rlc line from
years and has cost over $30,000,000—
Portland to Eugene, is to l>e a collec­
a large part of which will lie recovered
tion for a new transcontinental road.
by the sale of builfting sites.
St. Petersburg dispatches say that in
the rioting since the esar signed tbe
Bombs Thrown at" Troops.
manifesto granting a constitution fully
Tiflis, Nov. 7. — Demonstrations to­
10.000 have been killed and as many
day were participated in by 20,000 per­
more seriously wounded in 50 leading
sons. While a procession was passing
provincial towns.
along Golowinrki Prospect, firing be­
Tbe navy is In great need of engin­ gan. Bombs were thrown at the troops,
eers.
who answered with rifle shots. The
The people of Norway are to vote on dead number«! ten and there were
many wounded
In another place a
monarchy or republic.
crowd of school pupils with revolu­
Beef pecker« say Garfield promised tionary Hags collided with a loyal dem­
immunity from prosecution.
onstration. The troops fired in the air
Chine le preparing to establish e with a view of dispersing the crowds
and a general encounter ensued, in
constitutional form of government.
which four were killed and 17 wounded.
Von Sternberg, Germany’s new em­
bassador to the United States, has ar­
Socialists Hoist Red Flag.
rived at his post.
Vienna, Nov. 7.— The Socialist suf­
The czarina is leaving Russia for frage demonstration on the Ringstrasae
Germany until the present turmoil has today was attend«! by 60,000 persons.
on account of her health.
A strong force of gendarmes was sta­
tioned along the streets, but did not in­
The new battleship Rhode Island is terfere with the demonstrate, and the
the swiftest In the American navy. Socialists were even permitted to hoist
Her beet time is 19.38 miles an hour. red flags over the reicherath building.
F ive of the seven counts in the first There were no disorders whatever, and
case against the Iroquois theater are similar demonstrations are reported
bald to be good by the United States from Lumhurg, Grata, Klengenfurdt,
Itruenn and elsewhere.
eourt.
Tbe three Oregon representatives in
O ff for the Philippines.
congress refuse to resign and there Is
Monterey, Cal., Nov. 7. — The F if­
no law by which their salaries may be
teenth infantry and companies I and L
Stopped.
of the Fourth cavalry left today for San
Martial law has ended anarchy in Francisco, where they w ill emhark to­
Odessa after 6,000 have been killed morrow on the transport Sherman for
pad wounded.
tw j years' service in the Philippines.
President Wants It to Investigate
Insurance Hatters.
CONSULTS WITB HR. HORTON
Will Propose a Federal Inquiry T o Go
Beyond the W ork o f the L eg­
islative Committee.
Ukase Made Excuse for Ex­
termination o f dews.
Odessa, Nov. 7.— The anti-Semitic
riots are in full swing in this city and
surrounding districts. The agitators of
the movement have distribuetd a cir­
cular assuring the villagers that the
authorities have received the czar’s
ukase and state that it commands the
extermination of all Jews. As a result
of this action, the wholesale pillage
continues. The local authorities refuse
to interfere, either standing idly by,
refusing to check riots, or participating
in the same.
News continues to reach the city of
terrible massacres, which have occurred
at various points along the railway, es­
pecially here and at Kieff. Thecasual-
ties in those murderous disturbances
are heavy.
C onfer on Packers' Cate.
Chicago. Nov. 7.— Attorney General
Moody has sent for United States Dis­
trict Attorney C. B. Morrison and
Assistant Attorney General Oliver E.
Pagin to go to Washington in regard to
the beef trust prosecution. The plea
of tbe packers declaring that Commis­
sioner Garfield, of the bureau of Cor­
porations, had promised the packers
immunity from prosecution has taken
such an aspect that the attorney gene
ral is said to wish a joint interview
with the commissioner and Messrs.
Morrison and Pagin.
Dynamite Placed on Bridge.
Santa Barbara, Cal., Nov. 7.— An at­
tempt was made to wreck the second
section of passenger train No. 9, north
bound on the Southern Pacific, abont
midnight last night at the Loa Alamos
bridge, six miles below Surf and four
miles north of Santa Barbara. A stick
of dynamite had been placed on the
trcck, and when the engine struck it
there was a terrific exploeion. The
pilot and wheels of the engine were
blown completely off, but the engine
did not leave the track and no one was
injured.
Whole Caucasus in Revolt.
London, Nov. 7.— The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
"W a r, hopeless war, prevails in the
Caucasus. The Trans-Caucasian rail­
road, the sole line, is
effectively
crippled and reinforcements have been
compelled to march. Seventeen bridges
have been wrecked, and the rails have
been torn up in 40 place«. Telegraph
lines have been destroyed, and Georgia
and the Daghestan are isolated. Every
male is in arms."
Polos Also Want Autonomy.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 7. — On the
heels of the announcement of tbe sne-
isful Finnish national movement
comes news of a strong revival of tbe
etruggle for autonomy in Poland. Dis­
patches from Kalisch, In Poland, and
Thorn, in W ,«t Prussia, say that flags
with the Polish coat of arms have been
hoisted in several churches and city
build lags.
BY
PR E S ID E N T
Administration Would Lika to Sae O r­
egon's Congressman Resign.
Calls on People to Celebrate Thanks­
giving in Tims Honored Way.
Washington, Nov. 6.— It can ue stat­
ed on reliable authority that tbe Roose­
velt administration is in sympathy
with tbe movement now on foot in Ore­
gon to induce Senator Mitchell and
Representatives Hermann and W illiam ­
son to resign their Heats in congress.
Officials of the administration share
the belief universally held in Wash­
ington that Oregon should not be de­
nied representation in congress; it is
acknowledged that Mitchell, Hermann
and Williamson will never again be
able to render their state effective ser­
vices; they certainly cannot do so un­
der prevailing conditions.
It being
apparent that not one of these men
could possibly be in position to perform
active duty as a member of the Fifty-
ninth congress, the administration
thinks it is incumbent upon them all
to resign.
For obv'ous reasons, no member of
the coadministrition can Ire quoted on
this matter, but. if tbe president’ s
views and those of his various cabinet
officers could be printed, the people of
Oregon would have no doubt as to the
position of tbe administration. So far
the administration has done nothing to
force Mitchell, Hermann or W illiam ­
son out of congress, though some offi­
cials of the department of Justice have
been urging the attorney general to
ask for an advancement of tbe Mitchell
case on the docket of the United States
Supreme court.
I f this is done, and
the Supreme court sustains the findings
of the lower court, Mitchell w ill be
deprived of his seat some time this
winter and Governor Chamberlain, will
bave an opportunity to appoint his suc­
cessor to serve until March 4, 1907.
Washington, Nov. 3.— The president
today issued his proclamation naming
Thursday, November 30, as a day for
Thanksgiving. The proclamation fol­
lows :
By tbe president of tbe United States
of America, a proclamation: .
When, nearly three centuries ago,
tbe first settlers came to the country
which has now become this great re­
public, they faced not only hardship
and privation, but terrible risks to
their lives. In those grim years the
custom grew of setting apart one day
in each year for a special service of
thanksgiving to the Alm ighty for pre­
serving the people through the chang­
ing seasons. The custom has now be­
come national and hallowed by imme­
morial usage.
We live in easier and more plentiful
times than our forefathers, the men
who with rugged strength faced the
rugged days, and yet the dangers to
national life are quite as great now as
at any previous time in our history. It
is eminently fitting that onse a year
our people should set apart a day for
praise and thanksgiving to the giver of
good, and, at the same time that they
express their thankfulness for the
abundant mercies received, should
manfully acknowledge their shortcom­
ings and pledge themselves solemnly
and in good faith to strive to overcome
them. During the past year we have
been blessed with bountiful crops. Our
business prosperity has been great. No
other people has ever stood on as high
a level of wellbeing as ours now stands.
We are not threatened hy foes from
without.
The foes whom we should
pray to be delivered from are our pas­
sions, appetites and follies; and against
these there is always need that we
should warn.
Therefore I now set apart Thursday,
the 30th day of this November as a
day of Thanksgiving for the past and of
prayer for the future and on that day
I ask that throughout the people gather
in their homes and places of worship
and, in rendering thanks unto the most
high for the manifold blessings of tbe
past year, consecrate themselves to a
life of cleanliness, hon^r and wisdom,
so that this nation, may do its allotted
work on earth in a manner worthy of
those who founded it and of those who
preserved it.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
second day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and five, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
thirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president,
E L IH U ROOT, secretary of state.
New York, Nov. 7.— That there will
be a Federal investigation of lile insur­
ance methods and that President Roose-
valt is taking an active interest in the
matter and will, in all likelihood, at
an early date ask tor the appointment
of a congressional committee to take up
the work, was learned today from an
authority the value of which can not be
questioned.
The inquiry w ill be conducted inde
pendently of the states legislative com­
mittee, and in spite of any results
which may follow the committee's re­
port. It is declared that the revela­
tions and the many startling discloeures
brought out by the state committee
have been the incentive which has led
tbe president and his advisers to take
up the question.
The president during the last two or
three weeks has frequently been in con
ference with men prominent in the ins
uranc world. It is known that Paul
Morton, head of tbe Equitable Life As­
surance society, was in Washington
yesterday. I t was whispered in Wall
street today that Mr. Morton’ s visit to
W O RK PLE ASE S T A F T .
Washington was in the line of giving
the president some inside information
Secretary Sees Great Improvement at
concerning the proposed investigation,
Panama.
and that he might even have been sum­
Panama, Nov. 6.— Secretary of War
moned there. Mr. Morton would not
say whether this was a fact, neither Taft held a long conference this morn­
ing with Chief Engineer Stevens.
To­
would he consent to be interviewed.
day Secretary Taft and Mr. Stevens will
go over the works at Empire City and
DREDGE C O A S T HARBORS.
Culebra cut and afterwards will go by
General Mackenzie Recommends the boat from Mindi to Colon, examining
at the same time the harbor improve­
Building o f a Boat.
ments at Cristobal.
Washington, Nov. 7.— In his annual
Secretary Taft informs the Associa ed
report General Mackenzie, chief of en­ Press that he was very much pleased
gineers, made one exception to the rule with the situation here, which he says
prohibiting recommendations for new has greatly changed for the better since
work. He recommended an appropria­ his last trip. H e thought from what
tion of $50,000 to build a dredge for he had already seen that the work on
use on the bars at the entrance to T illa­ the canal was progressing satisfactorily
mook, Yaquina and Cooe bays, and at and was now efficiently organized. He
the entrance to the Siuslaw and Co- said he was happy to notice that the
quille rivers. General Mackenzie had spirit of the men on the canal had im­
this to say about the dredge, for which proved, and that the condition of five
tbe last congress refused to make an or six months ago did not exist.
appropriation:
The secretary said the sanitary con­
"Navigation in these harbors is often ditions are excellent and believed that
greatly delayed by the forming of by continuing the present methods yel­
shoals, tbe material deposited in most low fever conld be controlled. He
instances being of such nature that it thought the efficiency of the laborers
cannot be handled with a dipper dredge. was not as high as it should be, but he
It is estimated that a combination suc­ said that he contemplated making no
tion and dipper dredge could be ad­ change until the men had been given a
vantageously used, and so constructed fair trial. Tbe department of Confmis-
that it could be taken from harbor to saries, where the men could get proper
harbor as necessities demand. •
food, he added, would raise their effi­
"T b e coat of such a plant with two ciency.
dump scows would be approximately
$50,000, and it is thought that the
E FF E C T IN FATH ER LAND .
necessity for Its use w ill fully justify
the expenditure.
People In Berlin Fear Russian Revo­
lution Will Touch Germany.
R IO T 8 A T ODESSA.
Czar's
P R O C L A M A T IO N
TH E IR U SEFU LN E SS GONE.
C R O O K LAND SO LO .
K L A M A T H LAND IS SELLING .
Harriman Interests Secure Control of Denver Capitalist Gets Fins 7 ract o f
1,800 Acres.
Big Irrigation Project.
Klamath Falls— Land in the Klamath
Salem— The transfer of tbe Columbia
Southern Irrigation company’s interests basin is now being sought after bv big
in the Bend country to a newly formed speculators as well as the man who
corporation organized by men connected looking for an ideal place to build
Tho order
with tbe Harriman system is a sign home and rear a family.
pointing toward tbe construction of a from Washington, D. C., calling for tbe
railroad from some point on Harriman placing of bids for tbe work on tbe
lines to the irrigation district in Crook main canal of the Klamath irrigation
project, is bringing in investors by tbe
county.
The Columbia Southern Irrigation score, and local land agents are having
company was largely backed by th’e their hands full to handle the would-be
same interests that built tbe Columbia purchasers.
The latest deal of moment in realty
Southern railway. The sale of the road
to Harriman people has now been fol­ was closed this week, when C. E
lowed by the transfer of the irrigation Wantland, of Denver, Colo., land agent
company’s interests in the 27,000 acres for the Union Pacific railroad, closed a
of land being reclaimed just west ( f the deal whereby he and others became
Deschutes river and north of the Tuma owners of the Mitchell tract of 1.800
lo, in Crook county.
This land is acres, lying two miles below Klamath
The price paid for this tract
northwest of Bend and practically ad­ Falls.
joining that being reclaimed by the was $40,000. Charles W. Eberline, of
Deschutes Irrigation A Power company New York, land agent for the Southern
The new company, known as the Co­ Pacific, who is now Btationed at San
lumbia Southern Irrigating company, Francisco, was also here this week
has filed articles in the State depart­ looking over the country and inquiring
ment with James E. Wilson, H . F. about land values. What his mission
Connor and W. R. Litzenberg as incor­ was is not yet given out.
porators. . The capital stock is $300,
Land values in the basin have re-
000. It is stated in tbe articles that mained practically the same ior several
the company proposes to take over the months, the prospect of irrigation not
property and affairs of the Columbia having affected them so far to a great
Southern Irrigation company.
extent.
SH E E P S E N T E AST.
Trade
From Southeastern Oregon
Brings in $ 2 ,000,000.
Baker City— The active state of the
sheep market this fall has been a mat­
ter of congratulation to that portion of
Southeastern Oregon interested in this
branch of the stock raising industry,
although the
estimates
sometimes
made, of $3,000,000 having
been
brought into this country this season,
are too much by half, according to the
"sheep kings’ ’ of Eastern Oregon.
Miles Lee, recognized as Baker coun­
ty’s leading sheepman, and W. G.
Ayre. another sheep king, from Durkee,
Baker county, both state that about
$2,000,000 worth of sheep have been
shipped from Eastern Oregon this year.
Prices have ruled from $1.75 as high as
$3.50 in extreme cases.
Considerable
shipping has heen done this year from
Huntington and Ontario, these points
being most convenient to Malheur and
Harney counties. Freight rates to tbe
Easte.n markets are the same from
these points as from those farther north
along the O. R. A N.
Will Have Mutual Phones.
O.egon City — Stock is being sub
scribed liberally by Oregon City busi­
ness men towards a corporation for in­
stalling a mutual telephone exchange
in this city as the connecting link to
the successful operation of the rural
telephone system in Clackamas county.
It is proposed to form a company with
a capital stock of $7,500 and install an
exchange having 150 phones. ThiB ex
change has been petitioned for by sub­
scribers to the various rural telephone
companies throughout the county.
At
the rate stock in the proposed company
is selling, the company will be organiz
ed in a few days.
Work Progresses at Waldo Lake.
Eugene— Engineer Simon Klovdahl,
in charge of the preliminary work of
constructing a large reservoir at Waldo
lake, on the summit of the Cascade
mountains, for an irrigating system to
be installed by A. R. Black and his
associates in the Upper Willamette val
ley, is now in Eugene and reports two
feet of snow have fallen at tbe summit
in tbe last two weeks. His crew has
completed a good trail from the road to
the lake; has built a house for the
Millions in Stumps.
winter; has commenced work on a big
Baker City — Two Russians named
canal to tap and drain the lake.
Solomon are here from the East inves­
M IN ID O K A SALES P O S T P O N E D .
tigating yellow pine stumps, from
Survey New Timber Road.
which they claim to have a process for
Dallas— Great interest is manitest in Lots in Townsites Will Be Placed on
manufacturing turpentine and
tar.
Market Next Spring.
They say there is millions ip it, and Dallas now with reference to a prelim­
Washington, Nov. 3.— lu refutation
are now in the hills surveying stump- inary survey for a logging railroad from
age. They must have decayed stumps, the bead of M ill creek, ten miles north of Btories recently sent from Washing­
service today
the theory being that old yellow pine west, to Dallas. John Van Orsdale, i ton, the Reclamation
stumps absorb chemicals from the civil engineer doing construction work makes the following announcement:
"T h e secretary of the Interior, act­
ground.
Four and one-half cords of for the Cone m ill, says: " I am em
stumps make $150 worth of turpentine ployed by a Portland man who repre­ ing upon suggestions of the governor
and tar, and the process can be re­ sents Eastern capital, to run over the and prominent citizens of Idaho, an­
peated 1 6 times a month. I t is be­ route and report on the feasibility of a nounces the postponement of sales of
lieved local capital will interest itself road to tbe headwaters of M ill creek lots in the new townsites of Heyburn
from Dallas. I do not know who the and Rupert, on the Minidoka project.
in the enterprise.
backers are. I shall make the survey The dates of sale, Novemper 14 and 21,
Beilin, Nov. 6.— Many people in
as soon as possible."
respectively, have been extensively ad­
Looking for Seining Grounds.
Berlin are saying that Russia’ s success­
vertised, and indications were that a
ful revolution may have far reaching
Asteria— A representative of Puget
Eastern Money fo r Railroads.
large attendance would be present.
results for the fatherland. Germany, sound parties has been here during the
Baker City — Articles of incorpora Owing to the lateness of the season,
they say, w ill be completely isolated past few days conferring with the own­
tion of tbe Ontario A Idaho railroad the possibility of bad weather and the
among nations when the Russian dem­ ers of some of the principal independ­
have been filed in Boise by N. C. lack of accommodations for visitors, it
ocracy comes off victorious, if the kai­ ent seining grounds in the Columbia
Richards, an attorney of Sumpter was deemed wise to postpone the sale
ser resists the craving for greater po river, in an effort to Becure options and
Wheeler A Co., of New York, capital­ until early next April.
A t that time
litical liberty. Tbe situation is deemed property. Aa near as can be learned,
ists, who are interested in Sumpter pleasant weather can be counted upon,
all tbe more serious because pan- a company is being organized on Puget
mines, are said to be behind the pro water w ill have been turned into the
Slavist ideas leading to war over the sound to erect a salmon cannery on the
ject, which is to build a railroad from new government canals, and more than
Austrian and Balkan questions may get Columbia, but before any definite steps
It is re­ 1,000 new settlers will have already es­
the upper hand in Russia, when the are taken the company desires to ob­ Ontario to Emmett, Idaho.
demociacy has complete power. The tain possession of a number of seining ported the Vale railroad, recently in­ tablished themselves on the land and
czar’ s government has hitherto been grounds as the principal source from corporated to build to a connection with will be clearing off sagebrush and put­
the Oregon Short Line, is barked by ting in crops.
able to keep them down.
which to secure its fish.
Banker Savage, of Chinook, Mont.
“ The Minidoka tract today offers one
German Socialists cherish no illusion
of the beet object lessons in the West
to tbe effecct that the rulers of Ger­
Complete Road in Year.
All
Fruit
Crops
Are
Light.
of the wisdom of the reclamation law,
many w ill change their methods as o
Salem— The Citizens’ Electric Light
P'reewater— Judge Geer, Oregon state and present conditions predicate that
result of the events in Russia. Herr A Power company, of this city, haB an
Behel is preparing for a hard fight with agent in the field aranging for the horticultural commissioner, spent sev­ one of the most prosperous and popu­
view to defending the fatherland’s right of way for the proposed electric eral days in this section last week, and lous agricultural communities in ths
main democratic institutions, the gen­ line between this city and Portland. while here was the guest of John S. world will Boon rise up from out of the
Vinson. He reports light fruit crops desert at this point in the 8n ak e river
eral franchise for tbe reichstag.
It is the purpose to have this portion in generahpver the entire state.
A l­ valley.”
of the line completed within a year. though the Freewater crop was lighter
Consul O rdered to Scene.
The power plant and waier power at than usual, good prices prevailed and
Culebra Cut is Flooded.
Washington, Nov. 6.— The State de­ Eugene w ill supply ample power for fruit ranchers realized as large profits
Panama, Nov. 3. — Heavy rains last
partment, after a conference with the the new road when built. The present as in the previous years. Mr. Geer ap­
week filled the Culebra cut with water
naval officials here and communication intention is to build the road from Eu­ pointed Howard Evans of this place
to the extent of stopping the work of
by cable with Consul General Lay, at gene, as southern terminus, by way of fruit inspector for this vicinity.
the steam shovels at the Cucaracha end
Canton, China, has arranged that that Albany, Salem and Oregon City, to
of the cut.
To make up for the time
Portland.
official shall accompany tbe viceroy of
P O R T L A N D M AR K E 1S .
lost during the rainy season, Chief En­
Canton on a Chinese gunboat to Lien-
Wheat— Club, 74<376c per bubsel; gineer Stevens w ill follow the example
Expects Much From Fulton.
chow, about 300 miles up tbe West
bluestem.
77@78c; valley, 74@75c; of the Frenchmen, who, in the dry sea­
river, to investigate the massacre of the
Coquille— Coquille valley is expect­
son, employed a double force of men.
red,
70@71c.
five Presbyterian missionaries at that ing much from the recent visit of Sen­
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $25@26; A ll freight trains of the Panama rail­
place. One or two American naval ator Fulton, who has just returned to
road except one each way w ill hereafter
officers now in China will accompany his home in Astoria. Everything was gray, $25 per ton.
Barley— Feed, $21 50(322; brewing, run at night, so as to give tbe Canal
Mr. Lay to assist in the investiga­ done to make the few days spent by the
commission’ s train more time on the
tion.
senator in this vicinity not oniy pleas­ $22(322 50; rolled, $22 50(323.
main line duriag the day.
Rye— $1.50(31 60 per cental.
urable to himself, but also profitable
Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy,'$15(3
to the valley and Cooe bay. The junior
Reds May Proclaim Republic.
New German Disaster.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 6.— Rumors are senator was given every opportunity to 16 per ton; valley timothy, $11(312;
Berlin, Nov. 3.— An official dispatch
jurrent throughout the city that the familiarize himself with the growing clover, $8@9; grain hay, $8(39.
Fruits— Apples, $1(3150 per box; from German Southwest Africa says
revolutionists have decided to pro­ needs of the Coquille river and Coos
huckleberries, 7c per pound; pears, that Lieutenant General von Troths,
claim a federated republic.
One of b«y.
________
$1.25(3 1 50 per box; grapes, 60c(3$l.50 the commander-in-chief of tbe forces,
the principal forces with which the
per box; Concord, 15c per basket; in personal command of a detachment,
Wide Ledge Near Railroad.
government has to deal just at present
recently attacked an entrenched force
Eugene— More excitement has been quinces, $1 per box.
is the "black gangs" organized by the
of rebellious natives on the Orange
Vegetables—
Beans,
wax,
10(312c
per
caused
in
the
Mohawk
valley
by
the
police to oppose the Intellectuals. They
river, east of Hartebeestmnnd, under
are especially strong in Moscow, where discovery of another gold bearing quartz pound, cabbage, lc per pound; cauli­
command of Morengo, Morris and
the Metropolitan Vladim ir is one of ledge near Marcóla, on the Wendling flower, 85c(390c per dozen; celery, 75c
Christian. The fighting lasted several
their leading supporters. These organ­ branch of the Southern Pacifio railroad. per dozen; corn, 50c per sack; cucum­
honrs, until nightfall. Three German
izations have established mock courts The Hyland Bros., who operate a saw bers, 10(312c per dozen; pumpkins, 4
officer* and 13 men were killed, three
of justice, which have condemned the mill near Marcóla, found a ledge 32 (31c; tomatoes, 30(340c • per crate;
feet wide. Samples of the ore assayed squash, 4%(31c per pound; turnip«, 90c officers and 31 men were wounded, and
principal revolutionaries.
went from $1.50 up to $7.50 per ton. <3$1 per sack; carrots, 65(375c per five missing. The rebels lost heavily.
It is probable this ledge w ill be de­ sack; beets. 85c(3$l per sack.
Odessa Like Military Camp.
I to Will Rule O ver Corea.
Onions — Oregon yellow Danvers,
Odessa. Nov. 6 .—The pillaging here veloped.
$1.25 per sack.
Tokio, Nov. 3.— It is reported that
has been largely stopped, thanks to the
Hop Sales at Silverton.
Potatoes— Fancy, 75c per sack; or­ tbe Marquis Ito will leave for Corea
intervention of the troops and the local
Silvertoa — Lachmund A Co., of dinary, 55(3 60c; Merced sweets, sacks, on November 5, as ambassador from
militia, formed largely of students, but
Japan. It is likely that the candidates
Salem, bought 107 balee of hope of N. $1.90, crates. $2.15.
the streets are unsafe for all. except
A. Snell at 8 cents, anil W olf A Son, of
Bntter— Fancy creamery, 25(330c. « for the posts of Japanese ambassadors
sanitary officers ami Sisters of Charity.
at the European courts and at Wash­
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 32<332t$c.
this place, bought 51 balee of Peter O l­
The city presents the aspect of a m ili­
Poultry — Average old hens, 10c; ington w ill be accedited before long. It
son a> 9 '* cents and 54 bales of 8. C.
tary camp.
The student m ilitia is
Rue at the same price.
They bought young roosters, 9(310c: springs, 10c; is rumored that Russian commissioners
purta:ng the rioters, who are defend­
will establish' a head office for the
ing themselvee with revolvers.
The 49 balee of J. Am beer at 9 cents. Buy dressed chickens, 12914c; turkeys,
transportation of prisoners at Nsgaaaki.
students are taking their captives to era are reticent about reporting sales. live, 17c; geese, live, 8<39c; ducks, 14
Most of the released men w ill be sent
Only prime hope are being sold.
<315c.
the university.
Hops— Oregon 1905, choice, 8<311c; to Vladivostok, the others to Odessa.
Start Timber Teats Soon.
olds, nominal, 7.ti<310c.
Prairie Fire Bums Stock.
University of Oregon, Eugene— Ex­
Wool— Eastern Oregon average beat,
M ore Fraud in Philadelphia.
Boneeteel. 8. D., Nov. 8.— Reports pert Knapp, representative of tbe gov­ 19(3t i c ; lower grades down to 15c, ac­
Philadelphia, Nov. 3.— According to
have reacted this place from Gregory ernment in charge of the timber testing cording to shrinkage; valley, 25(327c a report made to Mayor Weaver today
that a prairie fire, driven by a terrific •tation, has arrived in Eugene and will per pound.
by W. Bleddyn Powell, the city archi­
wind from the northweet, has been rag­ rum menee experiments as soon as the
Beef— Dressed bulls, 1 <3 2c per pound; tect, the city of Philadelphia has been
ing all day in Tripp county, west of big testing machine ie installed in the rows, 3(3 4c; country steers. 4(34 l$c.
defrauded of thousands of dollars la
this place.
An area of over 60 miles new building.
Carpenters expert to
Veal— Dressed, fancy, 6 4 9 7 c . per tbe ronstrnction of six pavilions for
has been burned, and a great deal of have the structure ready for the ma­ pound; ordinary, 4(§5c; lambs, 7 9 7 4 « . consumptives on the ground of the
bay and stock has been destroyed.
chine in a few day*.
Pork— Dressed, 6 9 7 4 c per pound.
Philadelphia hospital.