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I ' T . r . m . n t o f fin j „ h e j b y J u n e , 1 9 1 1 . q u s t e to g u a r a n t e e u f t h e c o m p e t i t i o n In t r a d e b e t w e e n t h # A la s k a t h a v e n o th i n g to a d d to t h e re c o m - j rap id developm ent > e a s t- rn an d w estern seab o ard # w hich this c h a n t m i - l n e t h e r* n o t a t i o n o f t h e A m c a n a l will be c o n s t r u c t e d to secu re. c » n f l a g t o |t # a n c l e i it p l a c e u p o n t h e a> T h e d ut le a o f th® D e p a r t m e n t o f J u s T h ® e x t e n s i o n o f c i v i l s e r v i e ® r u l e » t o tice h a v e be en g r e a tl y inc r ea se d b y l e g t h e C o n s u l ® a r i d tl a g r a t i n a i a c q u l s l t l o r isla ti on e n a c t e d “ In t h e i n t e r e s t o f t h e o f d i p l o m a t i c r e a l d •ru-**» a b r o a d » t o ®d »hie h t h s n » » g en er al w e lf a r e o f tha p eo p le a n d e x ln r s l t vised t en d in g It* a c t i v i t i e s Into av en ue® p l a i n F r e r r ®ff r t ‘ #a h m i t i » b v e t c h «I# l y within th® c o n s t it u t io n a l juris dic ti on, p a r tm e n t • hlef t > re # Di e e a t l u * it w h i c h It l : i f l n o t b e e n t h o u g h t w i s e In A l a s k a t J a y nn<l m a y o f h i» d e p a r t n # n f f r t h e f i n g ft •• • •IS'-’t a L e g i s l a t u r « y e a r e n d i n g i n • So .* l .• •*# -•> #t e* - n e c e s s a r y f>»r th® G e n e r a l G o v e r n m e n t v e a r h e n . a t • ena® t# p r e a e n t t h e # m a »et ••:»•> w h l -h w 1 ft’ # n h er e to f o r e to o c c u p y . ” T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n t o g o v e r n « t h e y h a v e ; r e l a t i o n s o lit t a i n t h # d e p a r t m e n t s , b u r e a u » a n d offi e# ha s b e a n so improve d that a v a a t a m o u n t I t Is f a r h e ir f o r th d tv t nent af th s of the G overn M ent and in # t it# o t h e r P a r t e r r i t o r y thi It b# c o n m i t t a d t o a o b lig a tio n s u n d e r ex istin g law a n d a « at o f feuat n® ®» h a ® b e e n d i s p o s e d o f . ticul ar a t t e n t i o n l a c a l l e d t o p r o s e c u t i o n s m i s s i o n , to ip polnta d by th # E x e c o f t h e s e e s t l m a t ■ w o u l d r e s u l t In e m b a r r a s # »f 'bu cket a h o p ® . “ f r a u d » w h i c h h av e w i t h l i m i t e d l eg s l a t i v s p o w e r s s u f f i c i e n t l y I n g t h e e x e c u t i v e b r a n c h of t h # G o v e r n m e n t In t h e p®rf * • N d t i ® m a i l i n g p t w l l a g a a n d v i o b r e a d t o m e e t t h s In a l n e e d s , t h a n t e cu n m a r k dues n u t a p p ly to t h e r iv e r s a n d h a r tlnu# th e p re aen t insufficient governm ent lation® o f th® a n t l - t r u a t l a w . w ith a few re m e d ia l power#, or to m a k e a b o r a e s t i m a t e , ex * p t t n t h o s e f o r e x p # n # e # R eco m m en d a tio n of a federal In c o rp o r ■q ' ¡ l a r g o v e r n m e n t w # « there s «••( o f m a l n t e n a n e a ,j t h e m e e t i n g of *.n Iga a t i o n a c t 1® r e n e w e d . C o n g r e ® ® 1® u r g e d t b ’n t . u n d e r I U p r o p e r f o u n d a t i o n o n w h i c h t o r e s t It. T h ie a u x g s a t l c >n t t ■at t h a a p p l y 1° t h e p i d d l e b u t r i n g s t i l l n o r t h # to p a r p r o m p t l y J u s t c l a i m s a g a t n a t t h ® G o v e r n m e n t , delay® i n t h e p a y m e n t o f N av y bu ild in g p ro g ra m m e »miniasi will Isa d t o »«vvernmsnt by The P resid en t a«ya th at " a. « a n In- or B ill w h i ch i n j u r e s t h e r e p u t a t i o n o f t h e G o v s i t i n g I n t e r e s t s h a .a n o t h s allght##t oom e-produclr g m easure th e ex istin g e rn m e n t as an h o n est d ebtor. S im p ler d a t i o n In f a c t S u c h a g o v e r n m ent t a r i f f h i l l n e v e r h a a b e e n e x c e e d e d b y J u d i c i a l p r o c e d u r e 1® a d v i s e d . T h e me®- l ed w e ll In t h e till lp p a n y c u s t o m s b i l l t n t h e h i s t o r y o f th* #n g e s a r s i w e ll In A l a alitn. a n d g r»'. wor,!‘ a r " k.K *n'1 thnt* " *r" p r o ssib ly J th e co u n try .” H e co n tinue»: g r e a t e r y l n g n e e d In t h e U n i t e d S t a t s # t r e a l l y I n t e r e s t e d In t h s p r o p e r d e v e l o p m e n t ... A T h e c o rp o ra tio n excise tax , p ro p o rtio n ed la c h e a p e n i n g t h s c o a t o f l i t i g a t i o n b y a i m - o f t h a t t e r r i t o r y f o r t h s b e n e f i t of t h s V e r s a l t e a c e Society. E N G IN E E R S V O T E T O S T R IK E . I f D e m an d s A re R e fu s e d , C la s h M a y B e G re a te s t in H is to ry . Chicago— Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive^Engineers, and four of his assist ants spent Saturday canvassing the re cent strike vote taken by the men on tiie Western railroads. Mr. Stone estimated that 96 per cent of the enginemen favored a strike. The next move, according to Mr. Stone, is with the railroads. The railroads affected in the present controversy are those extending west from Chicago, and if the engineers strike the Eastern roads will not be drawn into the controvresy. There is always a chance, however, of a sym pathetic strike, and in that event the Eastern engineers would join the strik ers. Switching service in the Chicago yards would be brought to a standstill. Sixty-one railroads will be affected if the engineers vote to strike and their terms are not accepetd by the managers. The number of enginemen employed on these roads is 33,700. The lines represent 136,000 miles of road, or 53 per cent of the total mileage of the country. This vote is the first that has ever been ordered by the Brotherhood of Engineers on a general scale and it is the first of any kind to be taken since the strike on the Burlington in 1888. “ Our brotherhood is known through out the country for its conservatism/’ said Grand Chief Stone, “ and when we take a strike vote it means some thing. The managers tried to take ad vantage! of us because we have not been inclined to strike in the past. We have done our best to maintain harmony, and have even made conces sions that our men would not be wil ling to accept. If it comes to a strike, whi'ffi now eeems likely, we will tie up every road west of Chi cago.” After months of negotiations the demands of the engineers now are some 7 per cent higher than the rail road managers are willing to grant. If the demands are not acceded to a strike that will close the throttle of every railroad locomotive west, south and north of Chicago may be called within five hours, it was intimated. C o n d itio n s on C o a s t. O. R. & N. Co., $4.40 to $5.20 for a run of 100 miles or less, to be com pleted in 10 hours or less. Southern Pacific, $3.75 to $5.17 for a run of 100 miles or less, to be com pleted in 8 hours or less. Overtime, pro rata. General increase requested 15 per cent. Number of engineers affected 425. HOM E RULE It FO R IR E L A N D . L ib e r a ls W in in E n g la n d , □ re a m Is R e aliz e d . Iris h Liverpool, Eng. — Premier Asquith has pronounced home rule for Ireland the leading issue in the present cam paign. This momentous pronounce ment was made in a small schoolhouse of a remote village in Scotland but al ready it has stirred the whole British Islands and eclipsed all other issues in the fight. The pronouncement was made in answer to a “ heckler” as the typical disturber of British political meetings is called. “ Is it the truth,” asked this heckler, “ that, if the Liberal government is re turned to power in this election, it will give Ireland a measure of home rule?” “ My reply,” said Asquith, “ is, ‘it is.’ ” Though Redmond was well aware that it was Asquith’s intention! to give Irish home rule an immediate chance, the carpers and factionists in Ireland have been insisting that Asquith was a trickster and that Redmond was his dupe. But even the Dublin Independ ent, chief supporter of the Healy fac tion, confesses that Asquith's confes sion leaves no more to be said, and is entirely satisfactory. 1,0 0 0 F O W L S O N E X H IB IT IO N . G IN S E N G F A R M IN G FO R ROGUE A n n u al S h o w o f ^Oregon P o u ltry and P e t S t o c k A sso cia tio n . C h a r le s A . T r a p p C o m e s F r o m so u ri to E s ta b lis h In d u stry . Portland — Over $10,000 worth of poultry is on exhibit at the annual show of the Oregon Poultry & Pet Stock association in the Lilly Seed company’s^buidling, Front and Salmon street*. There are about 100 fowls entered for prizes. J. C. Murray, secretary, .said that the show is much better this year than ever, and that the important breeds are more largely represented. White Leghorn« number 100, White Wyandottes 85, Barred Plymouth Rocks 85, while the displays of Buff Brown Leghorns and White and Buff Orpinghtona include a large number. The jugdes of the show are H. H. Collier, of Tacoma, and W. M. Coates, of Vancouver, B. C. “ The Portland show is excellent and one of the best 1 have attended this fall,“ said Mr. Colier. “ There are some fowls on exhibit here that would be prize-winners any place. “ Why the people of this state do not devote more attention to the poultry industry is surprising to me. Condi tions here are favorable for the busi ness. The raising of poultry is both pleasant and profitable. “ The people of the entire North west, it seems to me are overlooking a big field in the poultry production. It is certainly absurd for us to import poultry and eggs from Kansas and other states. We should be doing ex actly the other thing. Where we have one hen now we should have three. Over-production of poultry and a su perfluous supply of fresh eggs will be a most improbable occurrence in this country. “ The states of the Pacific Northwest would do an important thing for the industry, in my opinion, if they would create pure food laws regulating the cold-storage people. I believe that storage companies should be required to stamp the dressed poultry, showing the time it was received and placed in cold storage. Every egg that has been placed in cold storage should be marked, giving the date of its en trance. Farmers should also be re quired to stamp the eggs the day they are laid. By this means, we could tell a fresh egg when we saw it. It is certainly unpleasant to pay fresh-egg prices for eggs that are stale. “ Regarding the show, I believe it is the most complete of any I have at- tendc*d for some time. The people of Portland should turn out and encourage it." Medford For the purpose of inves tigating the soil' and climatic condi tions of the Rogue River valley, to ascertain whether ginseng may be suc cessfully grown here, Charles A. Trapp, of Houston, Me., who has worked on and known of the original ginseng farm since its beginning, is in Medford and will search all parts of the valley for the desired spot upon which to establish this new industry. Mr. Trapp believes the plant may be successfully grown here without the expense of shading it, and in this man ner may be grown on a much larger scale than in other climates, and should all conditions prove favorable, he expects to purchase hillside lands and enter the business on a large scale, as he represents well established and wealthy ginseng growers of the Middle West. Ginseng farming is one of the most profitable pursuits to which the soil can be put in case the country is adapt ed to the growth of that herb, and as a usual thing a country which will grow oak, cottonwood, alder and pine is adapted to the growth of ginseng. This herb, in its growth, requires but little heat, in fact, in South Missouri, the original home of ginseng farming in the United States, the plant is grown under shade, and in its wild state is found growing in a mulch of dead leaves and forest debris, in the most shaded places. BEN SO N A TTESTS H IS O A T H . G o v e rn o r A ls o S ig n s O w n C e rtific a te o f E le c tio n . Salem Frank W. Benson took the oath of office as secretary of state be fore Chief Justice Moore, of the Su preme court, and left immediately on the Shasta Limited for California, where he expects to remain for some time until .bis health is improved. The need of a warmer climate is driv ing him to the South. The governor was accompanied by Mrs. Benson. The certificate of election which was delivered to Mr. Benson by the chief clerk is probably unique in the annals of the state. It certifies to the elec- tiomof F. W. Benson as secretary of state, and is signed by F. W. Benson as governor, and also is attested to by F. W. Benson as secretary of state. Mr. Benson also canvassed the vote as governor and secretary of state, con stituting as such the majority of the members of the board. FO U R C O U N T IE S ASK B R ID G E . M is E x p e n s iv e D am G o e s O u t. Klamath Falls—Word has reached this city that a large dam recently built by private interests to store water for the irrigation of about 4,000 acres of land in Langell valley about 40 miles from Klamath Falls, was washed out by the heavy rains and melting snow. The construction of the dam cost several thousand dollars. In addition to the loss of construction the promoters of the irrigation system will not be in readiness to furnish water next spring, which will bring great loss to the settlers under the project. S o u th e rlin to B e R e b u ilt. Sutherlin—Sutherlin suffered a se vere loss in the fire that occurred Tues day morning. Most of the burned buildings had just been completed and the merchants occupying them had filled them with large stocks of holiday goods and winter merchandise. Luck ily, there is a large stock of lumber on hand in the yards of the Sutherlin Lumber company, and new buildings will be erected immediately after ad justment of the fire losses. P la n s P o u ltry P la n t. Klamath Falls—J. W. Bryant is lay ing out the largest chicken farm in Southern Oregon. He is building houses which will be cold proof, and which will not only keep the product of his hens from chilling in the coldest kind of weather, but will keep the hens themselves comfortable. PO RTLA N D M ARKETS. Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem, 84c; club, 82c; red Russian, 80c; 40- fold, 83c; valley, 82c. Barley—Feed, $22 per ton; brewing, $23. Millstuffs- Bran, $24@25 per ton; middlings, $29(r;31; shorts, $25.50(d) 26; rolled barley, $24.50(d 25.50. Hay—Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $20(ft22 per ton; East ern Oregon, $23(d24; alfalfa, $14(dl5; grain hay, $14.50(d$15.50; clover $13 ff/ 1 4 . Corn—Whole, $29; cracked, $30 ton. Oats—No. white, $27.50(d 28.50 per ton. o p m e n t o f V a lle y . Poultry—Hens, $15(r/16c; springs, Butteville -Resolutions in favor of 15c; ducks, white, 17c; geese, 12(ii) the construction of a wagon bridge 13c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 22($ across the Willamette river at this 23c; squabs, $2 per dozen. Eggs—Oregon ranch, candled, 45c; town were adopted at a meeting of the Tri-County Push club here. The reso Eastern, Aprils, 32c per dozen; East lutions state that there is a thickly- ern fresh, 38c. Butter—City creamery, solid pack. settled farming district on each side of the river; that the only means of 37c per pound; butter fat, 35(d37c; H a n c e G a v e B e d to G ra n t. Eastern, 3Id/34c. Seattle, Wash. — Celebrating his crossing the river between Oregon Pork—Fancy, l O d / 1 0 ' o C per pound. City and Salem, a distance of 50 miles, ninetieth birthday anniversary, Byron is by ferry, on vvhich'toll must be paid; Veal—Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds. 12>£ S. Hance, assistant attorney general that a bridge would aid the develop @13 % c per pound. Apples—King, 40d/75c box; Wolf of the United States during the admin ment of Marion, Yamhill, Washington River, 75c@$l; Waxen, 75cd/$l; Bald istration of General U. S. Grant, and and Clackamas counties. • v r r . * b i a v r ln .........1 ^ j E J ? í i *.h“J s r ís .u"sr.í¡s¡.ll¡ : rr . . - - win, $75cd/1.25; Northern Spy, 75c@ personal friend of Sheridan, Sherman $1.25; Snow, $1.25(// 1.50; Spitzen- O r c h a r d B r in g s $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 . and other great generals, received con berg, $ 1.250/2; Winter Banana, $1.75 gratulations from a host of friends. Medford—The Bear Creek orchards, 0/3.50. Despite his years, Mr. Hance is in one of the finest orchard tracts in the Green Fruits—Pears, $1.250/2 per good health, but his hands are crippled by rheumastism, which he contracted Rogue River valley, was sold recently box; grapes, $10/1.35; cranberries, when he gave up his bed to General to Samuel Rosenburg, of Seattle. The $10.500/11 per barrel. Vegetables — Beans, 100/11c per consideration is in the neighborhood of Grant and slept on the ground. pound; cabbage, $10/1.25 per hundred; $300,000. Tht* orchard contains 237 celery, California, $30/3.25 per crate; Landis Merciful to Youth. acres, all of which is planted to fruit, pumpkins, 10 / 13 ^c per pound; squash, Chicago—Boles Kaktovich, 17 years about 175 acres in pears and the rest in 10/1,16c; tomatoes, $1.25 per box; car old, who confessed to stealing $2 from apples. The price per acre averaged rots, $10/1.25 per hundred; parsnips, The sale was $10/1.25; turnips, $1; beets, $1.250/' a registered letter, will not be sen better than $1,200. By an imperial order the ban against tenced until after the Christmas holi made through John D. d w ell, for syn 1.50. dicate composed of Messrs. Wistler, Potatoes—Oregon, $1.25 hundred. Jews in Moscow, Russia, has been re days. “ I can't sentence this boy d w ell, Clark and Myers. now,“ said Judge Landis, in the Uni Onions—$1.400/1.50 per hundred. moved. ted States court, after giving the case Hops— 1910 'crop, ll@ i33*c; 1909 G o ld Fin d S t ir s M e r r ill C o u n try . consideration. “ I can't do it. Christ crop, 70/8c; contracts, 120/12’ac. , , - , , T . . . i The deficit in the Postal department mas is coming on and he has four little Merrill — Gold mining excitement Wool-- Eastern Oregon, 130/17c per brothers and sisters at home. I shall has developed here within the last few pound; valley, 170/19c; mohair, choice, allow him to remain with them until days. Last summer C. H. Merrill was 320/33c. after Christmas. Let him come here riding the range on what is known as Cattle — Prime steers, $6.75@6; A Missouri man has established his again on January 9 and I'll see what Spring Lake mountain and discovered good to choice, $5.250/ 5.75; fair to claim to a $10,000 estate by a peculi 1 will do then.“ some float which he thougth was mixed good, $4.750/5.25; common. $40/4.50; arity in his voice. with gold. After sinking a shaft choice to prime cows. $4.750/5; good T o r n a d o T w ir ls T h in g s . some feet into the hill other samples to choice beef cows, $4.250/4.75; fair It is announced that tne Klamath cut-off of the Southern Pacific will be Silverton, Or.—A tornado, small in were sent away and this assayed as to good. $3.750/4.25; common to fair, area, which passed about two miles high as $12.05. The find is about eight $20/3.50; good to choice heifers, $4.75 iii.ii,ution« I ma.i. in my i««i m»*.«,. Four members of one family near southeast of this city struck the house miles northwest of here and about 15 0/5; fair to good. $4.500/4 75; com miles southffjf Klamath Falls. mon to fair, $40/4.25; choice to good n ,ul'»*cl- ' "m “,nTln *h*> *'■• Silverton, Or., died of black smallpox, occupied by Arthur Buell and family, hurled it from its foundations and fat bulls, $40/4.25; fair to good, ::'n.‘qiai,r:di«r"b!!u.m °.Vi and three others are seriously ill. turned it partially around. Aside from Bridge Nearly Finished. $3.50o/4; common bulls, $2.-500/3.25; Moorehead, Minn., report» a temper breaking nearly all the dishes in the Hermiston—The contractors erect good to choice light calves, $70/7.50; ature of lfi below zero, and a cold wave house and slightly injuring some of ing the bridge across the Umatilla fair to good, $6.500/7; good to choice grips the Mississippi valley and the the furniture, no damage was done. A west of this city are putting down the heavy calves, $5.25o/6; fair to good, East. barn belonging to A. Peterson on an flooring and will soon have the bridge $4.750i5.25; common calves, $3.750?) Many settlers in Western states adjoining farm was also blown from ready for traffic. W’ork will start soon 4.75; good to choice stags, $4.50(0 5; on the road connecting it with this fair to good. $40/4.50. ,m_ have been granted leave of absence its foundiations and fences leveled. city, which will give better access to Hogs— Choice, $7.75@8; good to from their homesteads, owing to fail J o h n D . to B e S a n ta C la u s . the city for all those people living on choice, $7.500/7.75. ure of crops. Tarrytown, N. Y.—John D. Rocke the west side of the river. Sheep—Yearling wethers, grain fed, The Federal court at Greensboro, N. feller is to be Santa Claus this year $4.750/5: old. grain .fed, $4.250?4.50; C., has decided that the “ white slave” I for Tarrytown children X m a s T r e e s fo r S a n F r a - c 's c o , Cards were choice ewes, grain fed, $3.76@4; good law is unconstitutional, as it interferes' distributed all over the village an Cottage Grove—Three carloads of to choice, grain fed, $3.250/3.75; feed with state rights. nouncing that all children who are Christmas trees are being shipped to ers, $2.250/3; choice lambs, grain fed, It is rumored that Carnegie is about member! of the Sunday school of Mr. 1 San Francisco and several carloads are $5.750/6: good to choice, grain fed. a and *i <i to give $10,000,000 to some interna- Rockefeller'! church, the First Bap being shipped from Pass creek canyon $5:500/5.75; poor lambs. $4.950?6. nn-z . .» „ . ,n. tional organization, Uni tist, will receive a Christmas stocking points. Shipping trees is becoming Hay fed sheep and lambs 50c lower ons full of goodies. quite an industry about Cottage Grove. J than grain fed. S p a n at B u tte v ille N e ed e d t o r D e v e l