LAST MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS
Brief Summary of Roosevelt's letter
to Lawmakers.
different plan was adopted, and has
since been pursued at a rate which only
promises a navigable river In from 20
to i n yea n .
Such shortsighted, vasclllatlng and fu
tile methods ate accompanied by de
creasing water borne commerce and in
creasing traffic congestion on land, by
increasing floods and by tlie waste of
public money. The remedy lies in aban
doning tin- methods which have so sig
nally failed and adopting new ones in
k eping NNitli the needs and demands of
our people.
I urge that all our national parks ad
jacent to national forests be placed
completely under tlie control of tlie for
est s rvice <>r the agricultural depart
ment, instead ot leaving them as they
now are, under tlie inferior department
and policed by the army. The congress
should provide for superintendents with
adequate corps of first-class civilian
scouts .or rangers, and, further, place
the road construction under the super
intend.-id, instead of leaving it with the
war department. Such a ehango in
park management would result in econ
omy and avoid the diffi;*ulti«*s of ad
min is t ration which now arise from
having th* reepona'bllty of care aid
Prote ton divided between different de
partments.
1 had occasion in my message of May
t. liejti. to urge the passage of some
aw putting alcohol, used in tlie arts,
state traffic in game should be extended
A B A N O O N F A M O U S H O T .fc L
t«» Include fish New federal fish hatch
eries should be established. Tlie ad
ministration of the Alaska fur seal serv
D i r e c t o r s W ill C l o s e C h i c a g o A u d i
ice should be vested in the bureau of
fisheries.
t o r iu m S o o n .
This nation’s foreign policy 1« based
«»ii |ke theory that right must be done
Chicago, Dec. 15.— Plans for aban
between nations precisely a» between
doning the great Auditorium h&tel
individuals, and in our actions for the
¡list 10 years we hav* in ihls matte»
have been decided upon by the board
EASTERN ERS TO SETTLE.
proven our faith by our deeds. We
H A R N E S S H A R N E Y R IV E R S .
have behaved, and are behaving, toward Says Our Ships Are Equal to British of directors of the Congress Hotel
other nations as in private life an hon
company, operating the Auditorium
orable man would behave toward his
and the Annex. All the business of N e v a d a C a p it a lis t s P la n P o w e r P la n t s In flu x C o n t i n u e s to Id e a l C o l o n y at
of Sdme Date.
fellows.
W o lf C re e k .
the two big hotels on Michigan boule
in S o u t h e a s t e r n O r e g o n .
The work on the Panama canal is be
ing done with a speed, efficiency and
vard is to be concentrated in the An
Burns.—There is good prospect of
entire devotion to duty, which makes
nex.
which
recently
was
enlarged
to
it a model for all work of tii • kind. No
important development of electrical
task of such magnitude has ever be A d m ir a l A n s w e r s C r i t i c s W it h M u c h double its former capacity.
fore been under aken by any nation, and
President Southgate asserted that power in Harney valley in the near fu
V i g o r — L a t e s t T y p e B e a t D r e a d - the Auditorium hotel had been losing ture that will set things humming
no task of the kind lias ev«r before been
bett r performed. The men on the isth
n a u g h t — A r m o r is W e ll P la c e d — money for years
He asserted that it George S. Nickerson, a well-known
mus, from Colonel Goethals and ills P l
civil engineer, whose headquarters at
ow commissioners through tlie entire
S a y s O n ly B la n d e r is D u e to L in e did not pay 1 per cent on the money present are in Winnemucca, Nev , has
list of employes who are faithfully d«>
invested, and that it was poor prop
.ng their duty, have won their light t<>
O f f ic e r s .
erty compared with the new Annex been taking measurements for several
he ungrudging respect and gratitude oi
A
which, he asserted, was paying its months along the Donder and Blitzcn
he Am rlcan people.
river in the northern slopes af Stein
I again recommend the extension of
stockholders $250,000 a year.
the ocean mail act of 1891 so that aatia*
From the earnings account for the mountains, the result of his investiga
New York, Dec. 15.—The latest bat
u toiy American ocean mull lines to
year shown at the Chicago Auditor tion and calculations being that a man
»uth Afrii i. Vsia, th< i1
tleships
built
by
this
country
are
ium association stockholders' meeting, representing heavy capital has filed in
\ustralasia may be established. The
■reatlon of sU»*li st amsliip lines should vastly superior to England’s Dread- it is seen that the hotel paid last year the county clerk's office a claim to a
>«; tiie na ural corollary <*f tiie voyage
by in rentals $153,701. The theater paid water right on that stream of 4,800
if the battle fleet, it should precede naught is emphatically stated
cubic inches, or 120 cubic feet per sec
he opening <*f the Panama canal. Even Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans in a $07,000 and office building $64,780,
under favorable conditions s -veial years
while inte'rest and dividends brought <»nd. the intention being to build dams,
him. in $9.015 more, making a total of flumes, etc., and develop an immense
oust «-lapse before such lin«-s can 1»»' magazine article written by
•*iit into operation. Accordingly i urge
he strongly defends the $295.077.57. The cost of the building power for generating electricity to
iiat tii«' ci»i:cr«-ss a d pl ump, ly where wherein
foresight already shows that itetiqji American navy, and replies to criti amounted to $262.103, leaving a net supply the entire Harney valley with
sooner or later will b • inevitable.
income for the year <»f $32 974, from light and operating force.
J »-all particular attention to th*' tm- cisms of it.
is
“ I do not for a moment claim that which was deducted $17,168 as depre
ri ory of Hawaii. The importance of
G a s S t o p s D r ille r s .
hose islands is apparent, and tlie need the Indiana and her sister ships are ciation on equipment.
»f improving th«'ir condition and devol equal to the Drcadnaught of the Eng
Ontario.—The gas pressure encoun
vin g their r sources is urgent. In re-
W IL L E N L A R G E C A P IT O L .
tered at the Ontario oil well contin
«■nt y. irs industrial conditions upon lish navy," says Admiral Evans, “only
W O R S T A C C ID E N T O N C A N A L
he islands have radically changed. Tlie that she is the equal of the English
ues. It has been flowing 60 hours
mportatlon of coolie labor has prac- ships designed it the same time. But
and increases in volume steadily. The A d d i t i o n s to W e s t W in g P r o p o s e d b y
ically «eased, and there is now devel-
»ping such a diversity in agricultural l do claim that our latest ships are T h o u g h t O t h e r B o d ie s M a y S t ill B e drillers were forced to stop work on
C o m m is s io n e r s .
.rodnets as to make possible a change vastly superior to the Dreadnnught
account of the tons of water thrown
B u r ie d U n d e r D e b r is .
• i tii*- land conditions of the territory, and 1 believe that every lighting man
into the air continuously. The well
so that ;m opportunity may be given to
Colon, Dec. 15.—-The explosion yes is now capped, but the water is being
lie small land owner similar to that on who has given tlu* subject intelligent
terday at Bas Obispo was the most forced out between the casings to a
he mainland. To aid these changes, consideration will agree with me."
serious
accident in connection with height of 12 or 14 feet. The directors
he national government mu/U provid«;
The admiral urges the superiority of
h«* necessary harbor improvements on
the building of the Panama canal
•ach island, so that th • agricultural the 13-inch gun over the 12-inch gun since the United States took control. of tlie company will meet to decide
imducts can be carried to tiie markets and asserts that the change to the les
what course of action to pursue. They
• f tin- world. The coastwise shipping ser caliber to conform to England’s A thorough investigation has been or will pmbably apply for a gas fran
aws should be amended to meet the type was a most serious blunder. This dered, and already officials are taking
Monday f«>r heating and light
tpecial needs of the islands, and the
evidence and endeavoring to ascertain chise
20x40
ilien contract labor law should be so is chargeable, he says, to the seago-
ing Ontario and other towns in the
Modified in its application to Hawaii as ifig officers of the navy and not to the cause of the premature discharge. country. An attempt will be made
o enable American and European labor any staff corps.
Thirteen bodies have been recov
to continue drilling for oil, as the well
0 be brought thither.
Regarding the waterline armor belt, ered, but it is believed that a score or may furnish both if drilled to a suf
Real progress toward self-government
more are still under the masses of
s i. ing made in the Philippine laiande. he says:
ficient depth. Gas was found in the
fhe gathering o f a Philippine legislative
"I am sure, after many weeks of rock and earth that were thrown up.
>ody ami Philippine assembly marks a close observation, that the lower edge The death list would have been appall fine sand 20 feet below blue shale. The
drillers
believe the main head of gas
process absolutely new in Asia, not only
is regards Asiatic coloneies of Euro of the armor belt is too high rather ing had a train conveying 500 laborers and oil is probably a few hundred feet
pean powers, but as regards Asiatic than too low.”
It had been strenu passed a few minutes later. This train below.
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possessions of other Asiatic powers; ously contended by critics that the had just passed through the cut, and
P r o t e s t R a te R a is e .
md, ind *ed, always excepting tlu* strik-
was barely out of view when the ex
J a p a n e s e in W a s c o C o u n t y .
■ ng and wonderful example offered by low location of the belt was a vital
plosion
occurred.
"As the upper
the great empire <>f Japan, it opens an point of weakness.
Boyd.—A company of Japanese is
For a space of 800 feet in length
•ntirely new departure when compart’d edge of the belt is always even with
with anything which has happen -d or above the level of tlie protective and 400 feet in width the Bas'Obispo farming 1,700 acres of choice Wasco
inning Asiatic powers which an* their
county land, five miles from Boyd, on
iwn masters. Hitherto this Philippine belt," continues Admiral Evans, "the cut presents a graphic picture of the upper Fifteen Mile creek. The com
egislature lias acted with moderation danger to be apprehended from a terrible effects of the explosion. The
md self-restraint, and has seemed in projectile penetrating above the belt, whole hillside -has been devastated, many purchased tlu* land, after look
ing over various parts of the county
»radical fashion to realize the eternal
ruth that tlieie must always be gov- beyond the wrecking effect of such the dynamite rending the earth and carefully during the past summer and
■rnment, and that the only way in projectile, is that tine to the amount of tossing boulders in all directions.
which any body of individuals can es- water that may enter the hole.
A 9>-ton steam shovel lies a wreck, has just been turning the sod and
It is
ape
Ity of being governed
crushed under the weight of falling planting grain, orchards and vegeta:
.».v outsiders is to show that they are the damage that may be done by such
Every one of the crew was hies. The Japanese have not superin
ible to n-strain themselves, to keep projectiles entering below that may rock.
Jown wrongdoing and disorder. The cause the ship t«> sink by exploding killed. All the tracks in this section tended the farming, but have assisted
CUlpino people, through their official*,
were torn to pieces and are now cov in the labor, preferring to have white
ire therefore making r -ai steps in tlie magazines or boilers, but this is ini
men do the overseeing and actual
probable. It will require many 12- ered with tons of debris.
lire«-, ion of self-government.
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A long time will be necessary to work.
I again recommend that American cit- inch shells on the waterline or on any
zensiiip be conferred upon the people of other to disable or sink such a ship, take away the great heaps of earth.
S u b d iv id e P o l k L a n d .
’>>i to Ki*".
In Cuba our occupancy will cense in if the officers and men know their
Monmouth.—One of the largest
ibout two months’ time. The Cubans business and want to tight.”
farm deals ever made in this part of
R E O P E N S A N D IS L A N D C A S E .
iave in orderly manner elected th«*ir
l*olk county was made here this week
iwn governmental authorities, and the
sland will be turned over to th«*m. Our
by J. H. Moran. It consisted of two
C A S T R O IN R A G E .
W a s h in g to n
L e g i s l a t o r s W ill C o n f e r
»ccupation on this «»■ «-asion has lasted
large
and finely improved farms, one
1 little over two years, and Cuba has
O il In d ic a t io n s .,
W it h G o v e r n o r M e a d .
ol 337 and the other of 380 acres, all
hriven and prospered under it. Our
•arnest hope and one desire is that tiie D e c l a r e s A c t o f H o lla n d O u t r a g e o n
in one body, facing the county road
Tacoma.
Wash.,
Dec.
15.—State
•«■ople of tlie island shall now govern
C iv iliz a t io n .
Senator Stewart, of Cowlitz county, for two miles. This tract will be di
hemselv«-s with jus ic *, so that peace
ind order may be secure. We will glad
Berlin,
Dec.
15.— The seizure of the and Senator McGowan, of Pacific vided up into small farms, affording
ly help th«*m to this end; but I would
county, and Representative Burke, of better opportunity to settlers with
lolemnly warn them t*> remember the coast guardship Alix by the Dutch
The purchasers are
»treat truth that the only way a peonle cruiser Gelderland is no less than Wahkiakum county, passed through limited means.
•an permanen.ly avoid being governed naval brigandage.
It is an outrage Tacoma today on their way to Olym E. V. Carter, a banker of Ashland,
from without is to show that they both
By that act Holland pia t«j interview Governor Mead and and William Addison, also of Ash
an and will govern themselves from on civilization.
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has put herself outside the pale of de Attorney-General Atkinson relative- land.
within.
Tin* Japanese government has post- cency.
I do not know what Vene to a reopening of the Washington-
1 0 -A c re T ra c t S o ld .
poned until 1917 the dat ■ < > f the great zuela will do about it."
Oregon boundary line case recently
international exposition, tiie action be-
Shelburn.—George W. Nelson, of
In this caustic language President decided by the United States supreme
ng taken so as to insure ample time in
Yamhill county, has purchased a 10
which to prepare to make the expos!cion Castro of Venezuela commented to court.
il that It should be made. The Am ri- day on the warlike move made by
acre tract near here from G. Vcrncm
an commissioners have visited Japan
The price paid was $200 an acre
.nd the postponement will merely give Holland Saturday, the news of which
Other sales nearly as good have been
impler opportunity for America to be was not conveyed to him until he
represent'd at the exposition.
made in this vicinity the past month,
reached this city this afternoon.
As regards the army, I «-a 1 attention
showing the healthy condition of the
P r o p e r t y V a lu e s in Y a m h ill
Castro declares that his visit to this
0 the fact that while our junior offlc«*rs
real estate market in this section. The
ind enlisted men stand very high, tlie city is to consult Dr. Israel.
He as
•»resent s.vs.em of promotion by seniority serts that whoever says he is not sick
firm of Osborn & Son, of this place,
• suits in bringing into the higher
is erecting a two-story building near
■trades many men of mediocre capacity is telling a lie.
It is believed by those interested the depot. The ground floor is to be
who hav«* but a short time to serve.
The Venezuelan president has en
The cavalry arm should be reorgan- gaged the first floor, containing thirty that if Governor Mead and Attorney- occupied as a store, while the upper
z«-d upon modern lines. This is an arm
General Atkinson will intervene or story will be a lodge hall.
$3.046.087,
ii whi«'li it is peculiarly necessary that rooms, at the Hotel Esplanade, and I
:he field officers should not be old. The his bill will be a trifle over $250 a behalf of the state the supreme court
avalrv is much more difficult to form day. He has engaged for the use of of the United States may be induced
P a rk fo r Eu ge ne .
332.079;
$598 104;
han infantry, and it should !>•■ k*-pt up
to give this state a rehearing upon
$280,415;
Eugene.—Eugene will have a splen $286,856;
co the maximum both in efficiency and himself and his party ten motor cars,
He is sur new evidence that will be submitted.
n strength, f«»r it cannot be made in a at a cost of $500 daily.
$135,076;
did park at the Southern Pacific de $135,895;
turry. At present both Infantry and rounded by a small army of detectives
$92,442;
$73,814;
irtillery are too few in number for our and followed by a retinue of gaily at
pot grounds by spring. The promo $56,930;
D e a d M e n T e s t s Ille ga l.
$54,476.
ti«*«*ds. Esp cial attention should be
tion department of the Commercial
aid to development of the machine gun. tired flunkeys. Representatives of the
Albany. N. Y.. Dec. 15.—Prison o f club has just completed arrangements
\ general service corps should be estab- foreign office greeted Castro today.
$12,235,570.
ficials
in
this
state
will
not
lend
them
ished. As things are now the average They have been ordered to show him
with General Manager O ’ Brien, of the
selves to any experiment seeking to Harriman lines in Oregon whereby
soldier has far too much labor of a non-
every courtesy.
nil it ary character to perform.
D a lla s to B e B o o m e d .
revive a man executed in the electric the club is allowed to begin the work
Now that the organized militia, tin-
chair, such as has been discussed in of beautifying the grounds and laying
Dallas.—The business men of Dal
national guard, has been incorporated
E x a m in e r o n D o u b l e D u t y .
New Jersey. Superintendent C. V. off the park, which will be several las met last week and organized a
with the army as a part of the national
forces, it behooves the government to
Chicago. Dec. 15.—Cassius C. Jones, Collins said today that he would con acres in extent. Plans for the im
do every reasonable thing in its power
commercial club, which they have
to p rfect its efficiency. It should bo chief state bank examiner, assigned to sider such an experiment illegal, and provement have been adopted. Twelve
the
Dallas
Development
issisted in its instruction and otherwise Cook county, has suddenly resigned oermission would have to be secured hundred yards of loam will be needed named
aided more liberally thaq heretofore.
from the legislature before he would
league, for the purpose of financing
PI e continuous services <>f many well- his place rather than face the scandal consent to revive a man after he had to surface the grounds so that shrubs,
and carrying out a plan to advertise
trees’ and grass will grow.
rained regular officers will be essential which his superiors say will be stirred
in this connection.
the resources of Dallas and vicinity
up if letters written to him by city been electrocuted in order to prove
I approve the recommendation of the
the
theory
that
the
electric
current
in the eastern states, and to attract
The
D o u g l a s ’ N e w C it y .
general board for the increase of tlu bank officials are made public.
does
not
kill,
and
that
it
is
the
physi
tourists and settlers to this place.
nacy, calling especial attention t«» the charge made against Jones is that he
Oakland.
—
Superintendent
Fields
autopsy knife that really causes
iced of additional destroyers and col- was privately employed
Hon. U. S. Loughary was elected
by these cian’s
and other Southern Pacific officials, president. H. G. Campbell secretary
death.
1 rs. and. above all. of the four battle
• hips. It is desirable to complete as hanks as an examiner while lie was
accompanied by an official of the and W. G. Vassal treasurer.
soon as possible a squadron of eigh’ doing the same duty for the state. The
Sutherlin Land Si Water company,
A f t e r C a t t le R u s t le r s .
*at tie-ships of the best existing type banking act says no employe of a
” li«* North Dakota, Delaware. Florida
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
Reno, Nev., Dec. 14.—Captain W. went to the new townsite at Sutherlin
ind Utah will form the first division of bank shall be appointed as a bank ex
Monday to locate the ground on
his squadron. The four vessels pro- aminer to inspect the institution by L. Cox, superintendent of the naval which the new station is to be built
Wheat—Blucstem. 96^ 97c; club,
*os«»d will form the second division. It which he is employed.
state police, with a picked squad of Work will commence at once on the 91t; fife, 90(q91c; red Russian, 88c;
i’ 1 he an Improvement on tiie firs., the
hips being of the-heavy, single caliber,
station building, which will be con 40-fold, 91c; valley, 91c.
men,
working
in
harmony
with
Sher
ill big gun type. All the vessels should
T a k e s U p B o l l W e e v il F ig h t .
structed of concrete and finished in
l ive the same tactical qualities. th-»t *
Barley—Feed, $26 50 per ton; brew
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 15.—Starting iff Emerson, of Lassen county, Cali side with natural Oregon fir. The ing. $27.
:P”«*d and turning circle, and as near as
possible these tactical qualities should from this city today, a "boll weevil" fornia, left yesterday for Pyramid lake railroad company will also begin con
Oats—No. l white, $31 (£3150 per
he the same as is iti the four vessels
on an expedition to drive out and
ton.
special train will be run by the Illi- arrest if possible the cattle rustlers struction on a passing track
before named now being built.
Two hospital ships snouid be provid- nois Central railroad over its main
Hay—Timothy. Willamette Valley,
who have been making depredations
«1 Tiie actual experience of the hos
P u t S t a m p M ill in M in e .
$14 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy.
pital ship with tlie fleet in tlie Pacific line and branches through the coun in that region recently. The rustlers
Oregon City.—The Willow creek #16 (a 17; clover, $12; alfalfa, $13; grain
has shown the invaluable work which ties of Mississippi that are threatened have been stealing horses and cattle
such a ship <io«*s. and has also proved hv the boll weevil pest. The tour of
mines, located near Hailey. Idaho hay. $12 50(^i 13.
•hat ii is well to have it kept under tin* the special train will occupy the on in Northern Nevada and California, and owned by local capitalists, will
Fruits—Apples, 60c(q$l 25 per box;
command of a medical officer. As was
and it is expected will make a fight to be equipped with a ten stamp mill
Literature will be dis resist capture if overtaken.
pears. $1(3)1.2fL per box; grapes, $lt^
ti> be expected, all of th«1 anticipations tire week.
of trouble from such a command have tributed and exhibits showed to illus
which was purchased in Portland last 150 per crate; quinces. $1(3)125 per
proved completely baseless. It is as trate the ravages of the boll weevil
week by Superintendent Rambo, and b«jx; cranberries, $13.50(314 per bar
absurd t«> put a hospital ship under a
P o p e H o p e fu l ot Fra n c e .
will be shipped into the mines. In rel; huckleberries. 10(3 15c per pound;
ine offh *-r as it would be to put a hos and the best method of fighting the
Rome, Dec. 15.—There was an im the Stuart lode a vein of platina has persimmons, $1(31.25
Incidentally it is intended to
nltal on shore under such a command pest.
This ought to have been realized before, impress upon the farmers the advan
pressive ceremony at the Vatican to been uncovered and free gold-bearing
Potatoes— 75{385 c per ewt.; sweet
»nd there is no excuse for failure to
tage of diversifvmgtheir crops.
realize it now.
day upon the occasion of the reading quartz has been reached in one of the potatoes, 2(32.Jc per pound.
claims.
Nothing better for the navy from
Onions—$1(3 l.io per 100 pounds.
of the beatification decrees conferred
very standpoint has ever occurred than
A n n iv e r s a r y o f W a s h i n g t o n ’s D e a t h
Vegetables—Turnips, $1(3.1.25 per
upon 36 French missionaries who met
the cruise of the battle fleet around .lie
B r id g e p o r t D it c h W o r k S t o p s .
sack;
carrots. $1; parsnips. $1.25;
worl«i. Tlie improvement <»f tin* ships
Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 15.—The the /death of martyrs iti China and
Bridgeport.—The Bridgeport Land beets. $1.25; horseradish, S^lOc per
in every way has been extraordinary
upon Joan <»f Arc. The reading of the
m d they have gained far more expert- Masonic lodge .»f this city yesterday
company
has
had
a
large
force
of
«‘nee in battle tactics than they would sent a delegation of its members to decrees took placfe in the presence of men and teams busy since July build pound; artichokes, 90ef»i$1 per dozen;
beans, 10(3 l4c per pound; cabbage.
have gained if they had stayed in the Mount Vernon to place a memorial the pope and many high prelates. The
Atlantic waters. Tlie American p«'opli
pope expressed the deep conviction ing the main canal and laterals for 1 # « He per pound; cauliflower, 75c@
have cause for profouml gratificathm. wreath on tlie tomb of Ge«^rge Wash
the
irrigation
of
Bridgeport
orchards.
both in view of the excellent condition ington. on the occasion of the one that France, through divine interces It has closed down that part of the $1 per dozen; celery. $3.50 per crate;
cucumbers. $2(32.50 per box; egg
*f th«* fleet as shown by this cruise, and hundred and ninth anniversary of the sion. would return to the bosom of
in view of the improvement ¡he cruis. death of the first president. It was in the church, saying the intercession of work, as the ground was frozen and plant. He per pound; lettuce, ll'a 1 25
the
weather
too
chilly.
Carpenters
has worked in this already high con-
per box; parsley, 30c per dozen; peas.
litlon. I do not believe that there U j the Fredericksburg lodge that Gen the new saints strengthened him in are still busy at flmue work.
The 12k per pound; peppers, 15(320c per
any other service in the world in which eral Washington was made a Mason, this belief.
,canal and laterals required for this pound; pumpkins. Kriljc per pound;
th»- average of character and efficiency and for many years past the lodge has
3,000-acre irrigation project will be radishes, 30c per dozen; spinach. 2c
in th«' enlisted men is ns high as is n«»w
In d ia n E d i t o r s A r r e s t e d .
rhe case In our own. I believe tha; th* regularly observed the anniversary of
completed in the spring.
per pound; sprouts, Q$(3l0c per
same statement can he made as to oui his death.
Calcutta.
Dec.
15.—Great
excite
officers, taken as a whole.
pound; squash. 1(3l k per pound; to
ment prevails here, owing to develop
H e a v y S n o w R e p o rte d .
matoes, 50c(3$l 75.
C e y lo n E n t e r t a in s F le e t.
ments in the agitation against the
Pendleton.—Farmers and ranchers
Butter—City, creamery, extras. 3
W ilfle y R e s i g n s J u d g e s h i p .
The most proriiinent
Colombo, Ceylon. Dec. 15.—The government.
! n ew s
AMERICAN NAVY
n o t es g a t h er ed fr o m
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
The following are the chief points
brought out in the message of the presi
dent to tlu* second session of the six
tieth congress:
The financial standing of the nation at
the present time is excellent, and the
financial management of the nation's
interests l»y the government during the
last seven y ars has shown the most
satisfactory results. Hut our currency
system is imperfect, and it is earnestly
to be hoped .hat the currency commis
sion will be able to propose a thorough
ly good system which will do away with
the existing d fects.
As regards the great corporations en
gaged in interstate business, and es
pecially the railroads. 1 can only re
peat what 1 have already again and
again said in my messages to tli • con ndustrie*. and manufacture*, upon th*
gress. 1 believe that under the inter ir e list; that is. to provide for th*
state clause of the constitution the withdrawal free of tax of alcohol which
United States has complete and para :s to l*c denatured for those purposes,
mount right to control all agencies of t’ h«' law of June 7, 1906, ami its amend
int rstate commerce, and 1 believe that ment «if March 2, 1907, accomplished
the national government ahm • can exer what was desired in that respect, and
cise this right with wisdom and ef the use of denatur ’d alcohol, as intend-
fectiveness so as both to secure justice k J, is making a fair degree of progreea
from, and to do justice to, th * great uni is «'ntiib'd to further encourage
corporations, which are the most im ment and support from congress.
portant factors in modern business.
The pure food legislation has already
The railways of th*- country should work d a benefit difficult to overesti
be put
|
• under the ii
mate.
commerce
commission
and
removed
It has been my purpose from the be
from tlie domain of the anti-trust law ginning of my administration to take
Tlie power of the commission should the Indian service completely out of
be made thoroughgoing, so that it could the atmosphere of political activity, and
exercise complete supervision and con there lias been st ady progress toward
trol over the issue of securities as well
hat end. Th«* last remaining strong
as over th
raising and lowering ot hold of politics in that service was
raies. As regards rates, at least, this the agency system, which lias seen its
power should be summary. The power .». st days'and was gradually falling to
to investigate the financial operations pieces from natural or purely evolu
and aeoounts of the railways has been tionary cau* s. but, Ilk* all such sur
one of the most valuable features in vivals, was decaying slowly in its later
recent legislation. Power to make corn stages.
bimitions and traffic agreements should
I again renew my recommendation
be explicitly conferred upon the rail tor postal savings banks, for d -positing
roads, the permission of the commis savings with the security of the gov
sion h ing first gained and the combi -rnment behind them. The object is
nation or agreement being published In to encourage thrift and economy in
all Its details.
the wage-earner ami person of moderate
Rates must be made as low as Is rn*ans. in 14 spates th«- deposits in
compatible with giving proper returns savings banks as report'd to the comp-
rolh-r of currency amounts to $3.590.-
to all the employes of the railroad,
from the highest to the low st. am: 245,402, or 98 t per cent of th* entire
proper returns to the shareholders; but deposits, while in th«- remaining 32
they must not, for instance, be reduced states there were only $70,308,543, or 1.6
conclusively ^ that
In such fashion as to necessitate a cut p r cent, showing
In tbi warns ol tbs employes or tin th*re are many localities in the United
abolition of the proper and legitimate States where sufficient opportunity is
not given to tin- people to deposit their
profits of honest shareholders.
Telegraph and telephone companies savings. The result is that money is
engaged in interstat • business should k pt in hiding ami unemployed. It is
be put under the jurisdiction of the In believed that in the aggregate vast sums
of money would be brought into circu
terstate commerce commission.
Interstate commerce is now chiefly lation through the instrumentality of
conducted by railroads; and the great tiie postal savings banks.
In my last annual message I com
corporation has supplant d the mass
of small partnerships or Individuals. mended tiie postmaster general’s recom
The proposal to make the national gov mendation for an extension of the par-
The es-
ernment supreme over, and therefore to el post on the rural routes.
give it complete control over, the rail ablishment of 1 1» • local parcel post on
roads arul other instruments of inter rural routes would be to tlie mutual
state commerce is merely a proposal to benefit of t!.-- farmer and th* country
carry out to the letter one of the prime storekeeper, and it is desirable that tlie
purposes, if not tlie prime purpose, tor routes, serving more than 15,000.000
p -ople, should lie utilized to tiie fullest
which lie constItution was founded.
Tii re are many matters affecting practicable extent. An amendment was
proposed
In the senate last session, at
labor and the status of the wage-work
er to which I should like to draw your the suggestion of the postmaster gen*
ral, providing that, for the purpose ol
attention, but an exhaustive discussion
of the problem in all its aspects is not iseertaining tiie practicability of es
tablishing a special local parcel post
now necessary.
The congress should without furthei system on the rural rout.-s throughout
delay pass a model employ *rs' liability die L’ nited States, the postmaster gen
law for the District of Columbia. The eral be authorized and directed to ex
employers' liability act recently de periment and report to the congress the
clared unconstitutional, on account of result of such experiment by establish-
apparently including in its provisions tig a special local parcel post system
employes engaged in intrastate com m rural routes in not to exceed four
ounties in the L’ nited S ates for pack-
merce as weLi as those engaged iq inter
iges of fourth class matter originating
state commerce, has been held by tie
local courts to be still in effect so far >n a rural route or at the distributing
as its provisions apply to the District postoffice for delivery by rural car
of Columbia. There should be no am ders. It would seem only proper that
biguity on this point. If there is any •4uch an experiment should be tried in
.rder to demonstrate the practicability
doubt on the subject, the law should b
re-enavted with special reference to the >f the proposition, especially as the
postmaster general estimates that the
District of Columbia.
I most earnestly urge upon the con- revenue derived from tlie operation oi
gr. ss tin* duty of increasing the total I n such a system on all tin* rural routes
Inadequate salaries now given to oui .voubi amount to many million dollars.
The share that the national govern-
judges. On tlie whole there Is no bodj
nent should take in tiie broad work of
of public servants who do as valuable
work, nor whose moneyed reward is so ducation has not rec«-ived the attention
inadequate, compared to their work. Be md tii«' care it rightly deserves. Tin
ginning with the supreme court, the mmediate responsibility for the sup
judges should have their salaries dou port and improvement of our educa-
ional systems and institutions rests
bled. It is not befitting the dignity oi
nd should always r«;st with tiie people
the nation that its most honored public
>f the several states acting through
servants should be paid sums so smal
compared to what they would earn in heir state and local governments, bu.
he nation has an opportunity in educa-
private life that the performai
i< >n,i I work wlii'di must 11 <>t be lost, and
public service by them implies an ex
i duty which should no longer be neg
ceedingly heavy pecuniary sacrifice.
It is earnestly to be desired that some lected.
I strongly urge that tiie request ol
method should be devised for doing
he director of the census in connection
away with the long delays which now
obtain in the administration of justice, with th«* decennial work so soon to b«
»«•gun. lie complied with and that th*
and which operate with peculiar severity
against persons of small means, and ippointments t*> the census force be
favor only the very criminals whom it »laced under tlie civil service law, waiv-
is most desirable to punish. These long ng tiie geographical re tire m e n ts as
delays in i lie final decisions of cases requested by the director o f the census,
make in the uggr gate a crying evil; i'he supervisors and enumerators should
and a remedy should be devised. Much iot !>*• appointed under the civil service
of this intolerable delay is due to im aw, for the reasons given by the >ii
proper regard paid to technicalities rector. I commend to tlie congress the
which are a mere hindrance to justice. -¡ireful consideration of the admirable
eport of tlie director of tlie census, and
In some noted recent cases this over
regard for technicalities has resulted in i trust that his recomnn-ndations wil
a striking denial, of justice, and flagrant >e adopted and immediate action there
wrong to the body politic.
>n taken.
Real danifig • has been done by th*
it is highly advisable that there
manifold and conflicting interpretations diould be intelligent action on the part
of the interstate commerce law. Con
>f the nation on the question of pre-
trol <>ver the great corporations doing -lerving the health of the country,
interstate business can be effective opl> i'hrough tiie practical «xtermination in
if it is vest -d with full power in an ■tan Francisco of disease-bearing ro-
administration department, a branch I. nts our country lias thus far escaped
of the federal executive, carrying out a he bubonic plague. This is but one of
federal law; it can never bo effective
he many achievements of American
if a divided responsibility is left in
»•aith officers, and it shows what can
both the states and the nation; it can >«* accomplished with a better organiza-
never be effective if left in the hands
ion than at prcs«*nt exists.
of the courts to be deciced by law suits
The dangers to public health from
If there is any one duty which more
ii«»d adulteration and from many other
than another we owe it to our chil- dureos, such as tiie menace to the
dren and our children’s children to per
■ hysical. mental ami moral development
form it ones it is t<> save the forest!
• f children from child labor, should lie
of this country, for they constitué
not and overcome. There are numerous
tlie lirsi and most important element ilseascs which are now known to lie
in fhe conservation of the natural re
»reventable which ar<\ nevertheless,
sources of tii«> country. There are. ot iot prevented. The recent international
course, two kinds o f natural resources
-«ingress on tuberculosis has made us
One is tiie kind which can only be used painfully awar«- of tii«' inad'quacy of
as part of a process of exhaustion; \nicrican public health legislation. 1
this is true of mint's, natural oil and
herefore urgently recommend tiie pas-
gas wells, and the lik«‘. Th«* other, and cig. of a hill which shall authorize a
of course, ultimately by far th«* most redistribution of the bureaus which shall
important, Includes the resources which icst accomplish tlds end.
can b«' Improved In tli«* process of wis*
I r ■comnn nd that h-gislation be en-
use— the soil, th«* rivers, and the for
icted placing und«>r tiie jurisdiction of
est s coins under this head. Any reall)
be department of commerce and labor
civilized nation will so use all of the««
he government printing office.
three g r at national assets that tie
All soldiers' homes should be placed
nation will have their benefit in the
inder
th«* compl.'tc Jurisdiction an«l
future.
All serious students of the question •«»ntrol of the war department.
Economy
and sound business policy
are awar«' of th«* gr«*at damage that has
¡•«'quire that all existing independent
been don ■ in the Mediterranean conn
tries of Rurop«. Asia and Africa by mrcaus and commissions should be
deforestation. The similar damage that ■»laced under the jurisdiction <»f appro
has be«‘ri done in «-astern Asia is l«*ss priate executive depa: tim-nts. It is un-
n tee from every standpoint, and results
well known.
The lesson of deforestation In China »nly in mischief, to hav«* any executive
Is •» i sson which mankind should hav< I work done save by the purely executive
learned many times already from whai todies, under the control «if the pr«*si-
l«nt; and each such executive body
has occurred in other places. Dénuda
Mould be un«i«r the immediate super
tion leaves naked soil; then gullying
cuts down to the bar«' rocks; and vision of a cabinet minister.
m«*anwhile tlie rock waste buries th
I advocate tin* 1mm dlate ailmission
bottom lands
When the soil is gone
• f New Mexico and Arizona as states
men must go; and the process does not This should be don«- at the present ses-
take long.
d»»n " f the congr.ss. The people of the
wo terrltori s hav.* made it evident by
What has happen«'«] in northern China
heir votes that tl <-\ will not come in as
wha has happened in central Asia, it
The only ilternative is to
Pal 'stln.
In mirth Africa, in parts ot m«* st.it*
ulmit them as two, and I trust this
th«- Mediterranean countries of Europe
will surely happen in our countn if w< .vill lie «l«»nc without deiay.
d«i not ex.-rcisf that wise forethought
I call the attention «if the congress to
which should he one of the chi«*f markf
lie importance of the problem of the
of any peopb* calling its.'lf civilized
isheri«-s in the interstate waters. On
Nothing should be permitted to stand ir
he Gr«'at I.akes w»- are now. under the
tlie way of the preservation of tlie for
*rj wiei li atj of tpiII i l of this ye i t .
ests. and it is criminal t<* permit indl
nd avorlng to come to an interna-
viduals to purchase a little gain for
ional agreement for the preservation
themselves through the destruction of i nd satisfactory use of tiie fisheries of
forests wh n this destruction Is fata'
lo se waters, which cannot otherwise be
to the well-being of the whole countr\ Achieved.
In th<* future.
But tii problem Is quite as pressing
Action should he begun forthwltl
n the interstate waters of the United
during the present s«*ss'm of the con
'tat. s
Ti • salmon fisheries of the
gr«*ss f.>r the Improvement «if our In
’'»lunibla river are now but a fraction
lan«l w it rways— action which will re
• f what they w«*re 25 years ag«i. and
suit in giving us not only navigable what th*'V would be now if th * United
but navigated rivers. W e have spent States gov« rnment had taken complete
Washington, Dec 11 -The resigna United States and Ceylon paid their , Bengali leader in Eastern Bengal.
hnndri'd« o f millions of dollars up«n
h uge «»f tin m l»\ Intervening between tion of I.aehheits R Wilfley of Mis respects t«' each other today through (Dutta. was arrested Saturday and
these waterways, yet th«‘ traffic on
tregon and Washington. During those
nearly all of them Is steadily declining
8 year* the fishermen of each state souri. judge of the United States dis official visits between Rear Admiral conveyed to an unknown destination.
This condition Is the direct result of iave naturally tried to take all they trict court for China, has been ac Sperry, of the battleship fleet, and Another prominent nationalist leader
th*» absence of any comprehensive and
-1 ’ i > I ur • -1. an«l
tii«*
tw o
1«• g i s I i
cepted by President Roosevelt. The Sir Henry Edwards McCallum, gov ! Mitra. editor of the Sanjibani, has
far-seelnc plan of waterway improve
iav«' n«'Vt*r been able to agr«1«* on Joint
ment. Obviously we cannot continue
ction o f ani kind adequate In degree present has appointed Judge Rnfiis H. ernor of Ccyl«»n The American war been arrested at Calcutta, while the
thus to expend t 1 le revenu** of the
>r the proti'ctlon of the fisheries. At Thayer of this city as VVilfley’s suc ships ;.re coaling for their journey editor of another native paper has
gov.'rnment without return. It Is poor
he moment the fishing on the Oregon
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through the Indian ocean to the Suez been sentenced to transportation on
business to s^end mon v for inland -side is practically clos<-«l. while there is cessor.
the charge of sedition.
canal.
navigation unless we get It.
•io limit on tiie Washington side of any
B o n d s in G r e a t D e m a n d .
<ind. and no on.* can tell what the
Inquiry into the condition Of the Mis
• «arts will divide ¡is to the very stat-
G r a f t e r s D e n ie d N e w T r ia l.
Washington, Dec
—Announce
slssippi and Its principal tributaries re
J a p a n S t a r t s N e w L in e .
veals very many instances of the utter ut- s under which tills action and non- ment was made today by Secretary
Harrisburg. Pa.. Dec 12.—Judge
Tokio, Dec. 15.—At a dinner given
waste caused by the methods which i«*tIon r< suit. Meanwhile very f< w sal
of
the
Treasury
George
R.
Corte!>oy
oon
reach
the
spawning
grounds,
and
Kunkel yesterday overruled a motion today to the new Japanese minister to
haV‘* hitherto obtained for the so-called
probably four years lienee the fisheries that S3 1 bids have been received on f«~»r a new trial for Snyder. Sanderson. ¡Chile, it was announced that the Toy
‘•Improvement” of navigation. A strlk
Ing Instance Is supplied by the •Im vill amount to n«ithlng. and this com s the
issue of Panama bonds. Mathues and Shumaker, the officials I Ysin Steamship company will start a
provement” of the Ohio, which, begun from a strugg e between the associated.
The and contractors who were convicted .new line of steamers between Japan
In 1*?1 was continued under a single • >r gill-net fishermen on the one hand, The bi«ls aggregate
successful bidders will purchase on the charge o f conspiring to de ¡and South America, commencing Jan
plan for half a century
In 1*7?» a new ind the owner* of the fishing wheels
plan was adopted, and followed for a up the river.
the bonds at prices ranging from fraud the state in the matter of the uary 1, with three steamers on a reg
quarter of a century. In 1902 «till a
Tlie f deral statute regulating inter*.
$105.
1 state capitol contract.
Grants Pass.—A number of families
have arrived here irosw the east to
make their homes with the Ideal col
ony. being established at Wolf Creek,
in Wolf creek valley, in the northern
end of Josephine county. The colony
L being founded under tlie direction
of Rev. \\ G Smith.
large farm,
«»r rather several big farms, were pur
chased and subdivided into smaller
tracts, and the members of the Ideal
colony will turn their attention large
ly toward the growing of fruit. f«>r
which tlu* climate and l ands of Wolf
creek valley are well adapted. Only
Christian people are sold tracts in
side the colony, and no saloons or
places of vice will be allowed. The
site of the colony is one of the most
picturesque sections of southern Ore
gon, ami on the main line «>f the
Southern Pacific.
Salem.—Secretary W. N. Gatens, of
the capitol building commission, has
been instructed to secure architects’
plans for two additions to the state-
house. The proposed additions, if
constructed, will be placed on either
side of the west wing of the state-
house. and will be two stories high.
The floor space will be about
feet. The additions are urgently need
ed, as office room at the statehouse
is crowded. The plans will be sub
mitted to the legislature. The prin
cipal question is whether the addition
will mar the appearance of the whole
building.
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Salem.—A. G. Burdick, president of
A. G. Burdick & Co., dealers in dried
fruits, cofiiplains of the raise in rates
• >n prunes from $1 to $1.10. in effect
January 1. Mr. Burdick says the in
crease will shorten the life of an in
dustry that is already doomed. Grow
ers, according to Mr. Burdick, are
selling their fruit on a narrow mar
gin as it is, and many have uprooted
their trees to plant a more produc
tive crop. If the increase announced
goes into effect many more will dig
up their trees, he declares, and an
other legitimate industry for develop
ment of the Willamette valley will be
killed. Mr Burdick’s complaint fol
lows a similar one filed by the Wil
lamette Valley Prune association of
Salem.
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Grants Pass.—Considerable excite
ment prevails in Sams valley, near
Gold Hill, over the striking of what
appears to be a genuine oil stratum.
The discovery is reported to be far
better than the "indications” that have
been found from time to time on va
rious southern Oregon oil prospects.
This is made on properties that are
being deeply developed by a substan
tial company. The lands were recent
ly taken over by Colonel Munday, of
St. Louis, and R P. Little, of south
ern California. They are preparing
to install a large drilling plant.
It is contended that the decision
takes awav from the State of Wash
ington Sand island and Puget island,
territory that always belonged to this
state. Revenues to the state have been
seriouslv reduced, it is maintained,
and the fishing interests of the state
have been greatly affected.
9
$30.000.000
150
$102 28 to
$102.sos.soo.
ular tchedule.
McMinnville.—Nearly one-fourth of
the taxable property of this county is
contained within the corporate limits
of the ten cities and towns in the
county. They contain property of the
assessed value of
which is
listed as follows: McMinnville. $1,-
Newberg,
Carlton,
Sheridan,
Dayton,
Yamhill.
Amity,
Lafayette,
Willamina.
Dundee,
The total
valuation for the entire county for
this year is
coming to town from the southern
end of the county bring news of a
heavy snowfall, which is greatly ap
preciated Though the balance of the
county has been favored with two
heavy rainfalls recently the part of
the county south of Pilot Rock has
had hardly sufficient moisture to lay
the dust. The fall of snow therefore
is welcomed.
C u t C o u rt Exp e nses.
La Grande.—Hereafter the county
court will expedite matters by requir
ing the county judge to act as a com
mitting magistrate and take from the
justice of the peace all heirings of a
preliminary nature in criminal case-'
The reduction in expenses will be ma
te rial.
37c; farcy outside creamery, 32|@35c
per pound; st«>re. 17(323c.
Eggs — Oreg«'n selects, 42i@45c;
Eastern. 30(335c per dozen.
Poultry—Hen*. 13(3l3|c ner pound;
spring, large 18(313c; small. 13^314c;
mixed, 12(312k; ducks,
I4(3*15c;
geese, 9(3l0c; turkeys, 16(3l7k*
dressed turkeys, nominal.
*
Veal— Extra. 0(39 k p/r pound;
ordinary. 7(38c; heavy. 5c.
Pork—Fancy, 7j(a8c per pound;
large. 6§<37c.
Hops—1908, choice. 7$(38c; prime,
6'3 7c; medium. 5(36c per pound; 1907,
2(3 4 k ; 190^ i ( 3 l k
Wool — Eastern Oregon, average
best. 10(314c per pound, according to
shrinkage; valley. 15(316c
Mohair—Choice, 18c per pound.