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DOINGS OFTHE WEEK Qanaral Resume o f Importent Event« Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Reeders. S A V IN G T H E S O IL . U n iv e rsity o f Illinois S e n d s uable B oo k le t. O u t V a l Chicago — Illinois recently took a leading place in the national move m ent for the advancem ent of scientific farm ing when 50,000 booklets on “ Saving the Soil” were mailed out to farm ers through out the state. This campaign which is in line w ith that of the National Irrigation congress, which m eets in Chicago in December, is to be advanced from tim e to tim e by experts of the university of Illinois and will be directed by Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins, chief in agronomy. Dr. Hopkins is said by many to be the foremost soil expert in the United States and he has the co-operation in this educational campaign of the B ankers' association of Illinois. This association represents 1,480 banks, w ith more than $1,500,000,000 of banking assets, all concerned vitally in preserving the richness of Illinois soil. The booklet mailed to the farm ers is from the pen of Dr. Hopkins, and Richard L, Crampton, secrtary of the Bankers’ association, has announc ed th at a second booklet is in course of preparation by Dr. Hopkins, of which half a million copies are to be distributed. “ Scientific farm work extending over a period of several y ears,” says Mr. Crampton, “ has proved the method so good th at it appears im per ative to interest every farm er in the state right now. The university authorities are unanimous in the opin ion th at no other single agency could so well serve the university as the Bankers’ association, and were asked to undertake the movement. We feel it our duty to do so and consider it a privilege to carry on such work for the state as a w hole.’’ Dr. Hopkins, who is interested in the work of the National Irrigation congress in Chicago this year, has pre pared, through study and extensive travels, many tables of statistics con cerning average crop yields in the different states of the Union against the yields of various foreign countries. The w heat yield a t the university’s experim ent farm has been made tw en ty-seven bushels to the acre, while the average Illinois yield for the last six years has been only seventeen bushels. Friends of this movement in other states will gather much inform ation from the nineteenth session of the Ir rigation congress at Chicago Decem ber 5 to 9. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE R O U TES PU SH ED W ESTW ARD SC H O O L LAND LEFT. O r e g o n E le ctric R ig h t o f W ay R e a c h T o ta l A c r e a g e 1 5 4 0 ,8 8 6 , H a lf H a rn e y and M a lh e u r. es Santiam . Salem —R ight of way for the ex tension of the Oregon Electric railw ay company south from Salem to Albany and Eugene has been procured as far as the Santiam river, a point more than half way between Salem and A1 bany, except for three or four sec tions, to obtain which condemnation proceedings will be brought in the C ircuit court for Marion county at once unless pending settlem ents are reached. The Oregon E lectric’s right of way between Albany and Salem will be two and eight-tenths miles shorter than the Southern Pacific right of way and the Southern Pacific right of way is 28 miles long. The rails to be used between Salem and Eugene are 90- pound rails. The electric railway ex pects to make the run between Eugene and Portland w ith its through trains in 24 hours, and w ith regular trains three hours. T rains are to operate betw een Portland and Eugene in 1912, unless there is difficulty in getting bridge m aterial for the structures across the Santiam and W illam ette rivers. The W illam ette will be crossed near H arrisburg, near where the Southern Pacific now crosses that stream and the Santiam between Sa lem and Albany. As soon as the right of way m atters can be settled, several crews will be gin construction at different points along the right of way between Salem and Eugene. It also comes from a source here th at preparations are un der way to double track the Oregon Electric between W ilsonville and Portland this summer. Is In Salem —George Brown, clerk of the state land board, has completed a re vised list of the state school lands yet unsold. The total rem aining acreage is 540,885. It is shown th at in 10 counties there are no more state lands to be h ad : Clackamas, Clatsop, Co lumbia, Lake, Linn, Marion, Multno mah, Polk, W ashington and Yamhill. In addition there are about 50,000 acres of state school lands included in national forest reserves, which are made base for lieu selections. Gover nor W est has recommended th at these lands be selected by the state in one place and th at the state m ake the 50,- 000 acres a state forest reserve, prob ably in the Cascade range, adjoining a governm ent reserve. The list of counties and acreage of school lands rem aining to be sold in each are as follows : Baker, 19,840; Benton, 200; Coos, 120,; Curry, 940; Crook, 40,200; Douglas, 905; Gilliam, 3,520;; G rant, 21,840; Harney, 145,- 280; Jackson, 400; Josephine, 260; Klam ath, 92,220; Lake, 94,240; Lin coln, 360; Malheur, 175,520; Morrow, 1,960; U m atilla, 4,360; Union, 5,10; W allowa, 3,320; Wasco, 3,560; W heeler, 8,160. This land is now sold by the state at a minimum of 77.50 per acre, some of it selling under bid as high as $15 per acre. The receipts go to the irre ducible school fund, which is loaned out to citizens of the state on good real estate first m ortgage security at 6 per cent interest. The irreducible school fund now equals nearly $6,000,- 000, the interest from which yearly produces more than $300,000, which is apportioned among the counties ac cording to the num ber of children in the counties between the ages of 6 and 21 years, as shown by the annual cen sus taken by the county school super intendents. F I G H T I N G IN P R O G R E S S . M e x ic a n R e b e ls T a k e S a n ta B a rb a ra A fte r H a r d Fight. El Paso, Tex.— A stubbornly fought and bloody battle betw een 300 insur gents and 200 Federal troops has raged around the little town of Santa B arbara, southw est of the city of Chi huahua, since W ednesday morning, according to a telegram received here from Parral late Friday night. Both sides have sent for reinforcem ents. W ednesday m orning, according to the Parral dispatch, the insurrectos attacked and took S anta B arbara, but before they could strengthen its de fenses the Federals rallied and at tem pted to retake the place. A body of 25 rurales charged through the in- surrecto lines and succeeded in reach ing the m unicipal building, but were cut off from the main Federal body. They took refu se in the building. The telegram from P arral does not re veal their fate. Finding him self outnum bered, Col onel Arzamendi, in command of the Federal troops, sent to Parral for re inforcem ents, and the insurrecto lead ers are said to have dispatched mes sengers in the direction of the camp of Madero and Orozoco on a sim ilar errand. N either side had received reinforce m ents when the m essage reached here I t is said th at both sides exhibited the g reatest coolness and bravery and that the percentage of killed and wounded is exceptionally high, considering the num bers engaged. WOULD BE » CRII Great White Nations Could Never Become Enemies. A sq u ith and R e id A g r e e — B ible B o n d T h a t C a n n o t B e Ig n o re d — T a ft S e n d s G reeting. is FED ERA LS TRAP REBELS. S c o u t D is c o v e r s T o o L ate T h a t A p p ro a c h in g F o r c e s is E n em y. Agua Prieta, Mex., March 25.— Messages from Governor Torres, also messages to the rebel ju n ta here, show that the rebels suffered a decisive de feat near Ures yesterday. T heir lo ss is placed at 75 dead and many wound ed. The m essages to the rebel junta place the num ber of Federal dead at 30. It is believed the rebel force which engaged in the fighting at La Colorado a few days ago, had divided, one sec tion going around to the w est of H er mosillo from the south, under com mand of Jesus Rivera. The other half, under command of a leader named Loyzien, m arched to the east and north, joining Juan Cabral and 220 mounted rebels who had gone south from Carbo. The rebels a few days ago ceased cutting the telegraph wires, und in stead tapped the wires and caught the governm ent messages. The govern m ent sent decoy m essages which threw the insurrectos off in their cal- cuations. Rebels at San Rafael, near Ures, were joined by Giron and a force from Sahuaripa and the com bined force under command of Loyzien took up quarters in the old Federal barracks. Only two roads lead into San R a fael, and Loyzien placed two scouts to guard these. One of these scouts is said to have taken along a bottle of mescal, and when he saw the Federal army he thought the troops w ere rebels Colonel Ojeda, who had collected forces from Hermosillo, had obtained inform ation th at the rebels w ere at San Rafael, and before approaching the town, divided his forces inti) two wings, which neared the camp in the form of a g reat pair of shears. The rebel scout realized his m istake too late, and got into the rebel camp only a short tim e ahead of the Federal who closed in on the old barracks from both sides. London — Prem ier Asquith and A woman held up and successfully W hitelaw Reid, the American am bas robbed a small store in W ashington sador, at a m eeting of statesm en D. C. W ednesday evening, took occasion to Baron de-C onstant declares France eulogize the arbitration moveent. has lost 20,000,000 citizens in her They w ere the principal speakers at many wars. the tercentenary celebration of the completion of the English translation B utte City, Montana, has elected of the Bible, known as the King Socialist mayor and m ajority of the Jam es version, in 1611. city council. In his address Mr. Asquith said: Three thousand coal m iners in the “ The English Bible belongs not only Roslyn d istrict have gone on strike to the subjects of King George, but to against the open shop. the whole English-speaking world. One of the truths which I firmly be Vice President Corral of Mexico, lieve is rooted in the faith of the has taken a long leave o f absence, and Christian men and women on both it is believed he will not return to his sides of the A tlantic is th at w ar be office tween English-speaking people would Roosevelt a t Reno, Nevada, de be not only a crim e against civiliza nounced the “ divorce colony’’ and tion, but an unforgiveable breach of severely (criticizes the Y. M. C. A. those commandments which are en and courts. shrined in the testam ent on which The W ar departm net has ordered both nations have been bred.” N E G O T IA T IO N S B E G U N . the m ine-planting boat Ringgold to Mr. Reid said: thoroughly mine the mouth of the Co “ From the men and from the peoples lum bia river. B rit is h A m b a s s a d o r and A m e ric a n nurtured on the precepts of the Bible and m ainly on this version, came the S e c re t a r y D is c u s s Pe a ce T re a ty C. D. Hillman, the Seattle million recent statesm anlike proposal of the aire real estate dealer who is in jail W ashington—Jam es Bryce, the B rit president of the U nited S tates and the on a swindling charge, did $12,000 ish ambassador, held a conference S at inspiring response of King George, worth of business in one day. urday w ith Secretary Knox regarding through S ir Edward Grey, which prom The infant em peror of China has the proposed arbitration treaty be ises to m ake w ar as a settlem ent of tween the U nited S tates and and G reat any dispute henceforth between any been declared suprem e commander of B ritain, but negotiations are still in a English-speaking peoples impossible, the army and navy, but the prince re tentative stage. gent will act until the em peror be and between any other civilized na N E H A L E M R O A D S IM P R O V E . It is said th at no hitch has yet been tions discreditable.” comes of age. encountered and reasonable progress The corporation of Dublin voted 42 $ 3 1 , 0 0 0 A p p ro p ria te d in S in g le D ;s- is being made. B IB L E B IN D S T W O N A T IO N S . to 9 to proceed “ w ith the next busi trict; C h e e se O u tp u t L a r g e r. This treaty the forerunner of its ness,” when a resolution proposing a W heeler — The Tillamook county kind-—will be presented to the world s M e s s a g e R e jo ic in g in S o loyal address on the occasion of King court is now advertising for bids for R O O M F O R H O M E S T E A D E R S . as a model for the lessening of strife T a ft S P e r n e d c io u s Tie a s S c rip tu re . George’s approaching visit was intro the construction of the first mile of among nations, if it receives the ap Albany, N. Y., March 29. — The duced at the m eeting. the W heeler road, to be built from the A c re a g e O p e n T o ta ls 2 . 5 0 0 , 0 0 ¡of proval of the U nited States senate. W ashington—Felicitations on the state capitol, erected at a cost of $25,- The U. S. Suprem e court has re bridge across the south fork of the There is no reason for haste, it is Bible tercentenary celebration in Lon 000,000 caught fire shortly before 3 W h ic h Fifth is Tillable. versed itself and declares the com Nehalem river to the tow nsite of Lakeview — There are 2,500,000 pointed out, and because of the m am don were expressed through Ambas o’clock this moring and is threatened modity clause of the Hepburn rate law W heeler. There will be a call for bids acres of governm ent land open to en moth task which its im portance in sador Reid from President T aft as fol w ith complete destruction. to be legal. The clause prohibits rail for the rem aining mile as soon as the try and settlem ent in Lake county, ac volves, the negotiations will proceed lows : The fire is fanned by a stiff breeze. roads from carrying commodities in plats and profiles are made. This is cording ith deliberation. The adm inistration “ The tercentenary celebration of It originated in the w est end of the A rthur W. Orton, register w will the publication of the King Jam es which they are also dealers. but one of the many road propositions of the U to nited endeavor to have it in complete States land office here. form for presentation to the senate version, Royal A lbert Hall, London, great structure on the third floor and to be undertaken by the county court Of this area about Russia masses troops on the Chinese the whole side of the building is acres is in this section. In this road d istrict suitable for general 500,000 the adjournm ent of the ap E ngland: It affords me very great wrapped in flames w ith which the frontier, ready for invasion. agriculture and before pleasure to present, through Mr. Reid, there has been appropriated $31,000 proaching session of congress. A tornado in Alabam a wiped out all will produce the ordinary products of So fa r as negotiations have pro my congratulations to those who, in firemen seem powerless to cope. for road work. The capitol is one of the finest the buildings in a small village, and the tem perate zone. There are also The new cheese factory being erect it has developed that, while the m other country, are com m em orat buildings of its kind in the country. injured many people. about 90,000 acres of lands owned by ceeded, ing so signal and historic an event as ed by R. Zweifel, about one mile G R A IN B A G C O S T M A Y R IS E . the treaty will provide for the arb itra state of Oregon in the county, tion of practically all disputes that the publication of the K ing Jam es The building is of drilled granite, four The holy synod of Russia has issued W heeler, is progressing rapidly, the stories high, and houses the assembly, which are for sale at low prices and may an edict prohibiting Jew s from bear E a rly P u rc h a se R e co m m e n d e d to In above and the factory will be able to com arise betw een the two countries, version of the English Bible. This the senate, the court of appeals, the on reasonable term s. ing C hristian names. book of books has not only reigned su mence m anufacture of cheese about including m atters relating to questions state library and the offices of many land G r o w e r s ’ A sso c ia tio n . April 1. The other factories in the This area is one th at would seem at of honor, it will not provide the ma preme in England for three centuries, An American woman, now the w ife officials. Or.— Believing the price Nehalem valley, three in number, will first glance to require some tim e to chinery for the arbitration of each but has bound together, as nothing state of a B ritish peer, christened the B rit of Pendleton, A t 4 :05 o’clock the flames had swept settle w ere it not that last year in yie bags is going to be higher be also sta rt about A pril 1. Indications specific controversy. That will be ar else could, two great Anglo Saxon na ish dreadnaught Monarch, recently fore grain the entire w est section of the the harvest season arrives, C. A. are for a considerably larger output governm ent land office here there were ranged by special agreem ents under tions, one in blood, in speech and in a across launched on the river Tyne. building and were bursting into the B arrett, president of the Inland Grain- from this valley this season than last. 1,341 applications for a total of over the general treaty in each instance. common religious life. finance com m ittee room and the lands. “ Our laws, our literature, our social senate The New York fire m arshal says bad grow ers’ association, will recommend Work on the railroad has been going 350,000 acres of of the diversified adjoining offices of the tem porary area of the coun life, owe w hatever excellence they arrangem ent of elevators, in violation th at an early purchase of bags for the ahead rapidly during the past month T ty hree-tenths president of the senate. A t th at hour V E D R I N E F L I E S L I K E W IN D . is tim bered, three-tenths agricul possess largely to the influence of this the fire threatened of city ordinances, caused most of the members of the association be made. of good w eather. Track is now laid tural, to reach the sen three-tenths grazing land and He is authority for the statem ent our chief classic, acknowledged as for about six m iles above W heeler, deaths in the recent factory fire. th at some of the growers of the coun and is going down at about half a the other one-tenth m ountainous or F re n c h A v ia to r T r a v e ls 2 0 8 M ile s at such equally on both sides of the sea.? ate A chamber. t 5 o ’clock the fire was not under rough country th at cannot be included A coining outfit and 189 bogus dol ty have already entered into contracts 9 0 . 2 M ile s an H o u r. “ A m ericans must, therefore, w ith control. advancing across the under the other classifications. As lars were captured by San Francisco at 6J cents and he is of the opinion m ile per day. unfeigned satisfaction, join in thanks front of the It was building and threatened Issy Les M oulineaux, France. giving the county has never had any advertis authorities, together w ith two men in that no b etter than this can be ex to the God of the Bible who has to destroy the entire structure. G o v e r n o r W e st P la n s Pa ro le . ing and is so far away from the pres Pierre Vedrine le ft Poitiers in thus bound whose possession they were found. pected. L ast year the organization together the old and the* at 6:18 o ’clock Saturday sacks a t less than 6 cents Salem—Governor W est has devised ent railroad lines, it is rem arkable monoplane by so precious a tie. orning and arrived here at 8:30 new “ I world Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, secured another way to prevent building cells th at so much land should have been o m ’clock, apiece for its members. can speak, sure, for my fel T O W N D E F I E S I N S U R R E C T O S . m aintained an average low countrymen in I am of Germany, says arbitration and dis At the annual m eeting Saturday the on the roof of thfe penitentiary for the taken last year, and there is every speed of having congratulating you 90.2 miles an hour. As soon arm am ent are im practical. 2 0 0 R e b e ls Fail to C a p tu re V illag e board of directors voted to w ait an keeping of the prisoners. Dr. Calvin evidence th at this year will see all the as some minor repairs can be made, on so significant a commemoration. available valley lands filed upon by S. W hite, state health officer, announ other week for additional bids before A fte r Five H o u r s o f F irin g. “ W ILLIAM H. T A FT .” Dr. D. K. Pearsons, a m illionaire Vedrine will s ta rt again for Pau, in th at the governor intends to parole settlers. The present homeseekers an attem pt to win the Aero Club’s cup phianthropist of Hinsdale, 111., will placing the contract. Several bids ces Parral, Mex.— Demands of 20(U or of the higher class prisoners and are coming here w ith sufficient means for the best flight from P aris to Pau. W A R T A L K M A Y B R I N G W A R . celebrate his 91st birthday April 14 by were received and opened, but none some more insurrectos for the surrender of to till the lands properly, and show send them out to work on the farm was accepted. The am ount of the bids giving away $300,000 to schools and was not given out, but Mr. B arret in connected w ith the state tuberculosis evidence th at they are the real devel Vedrin began the Paris-to-Pau flight the town of Inde, situated several religious organizations. but m et w ith an accident B a ro n d ’E sto u rn e lle s W a r n s A m e r i hours’ ride from the national railroad, tim ated th at the best one was in the sanatorium . They will be prisoners opers of the country. The stockmen Tuesday, were refused by the jefe politico and A new city directory of Portland, vicinity of 7 cents. c a n s N o t to A n g e r J a p a n - who have nearly finished their term s are welcoming the newcomers, as they which compelled him to descend at as a result a fire lasting five hours was Or., gives the city a population of and who have not been confined for feel th at the grow ing of grains and Poitiers. He made 170 miles in three P e o p le Fit fo r W ar. directed on the town. The insurrectos 252,621. S O U N D F E T E C H R IS T E N E D . the more serious offenses. They will grasses to feed the many thousands of hours and 10 m inutes. Angeles—That there is danger lost eight men. take the place of the salaried attaches head of stock th at use thd open range Vedrine did 335 kilom eters (approx of Los Russia has accepted C hina’s reply to w ar between the U nited States and A boy was sent by the insurrectos during the w inter season, will im ately 208 m iles) in 132 minutes. Japan, her demands, but diplom ats are sus Seattle C a rn iv a l C alle d “ G o ld e n Po t of the sanatorium , of whom there is country stated by Baron D ’Estour- w ith a m essage to the authorities ask at present such a num ber th at by the allow them to avail them selves of the One of the fastest railroad expresses enelles was picious. latch, • 9 7 ." de Constant, m em ber of the ing for surrender, prom ising no pillag in France covers the same general m arkets in the early spring. tim e their salaries are paid there is French senate and representative of ing was to be done. The boy was de Seattle— The Seattle Carnival com not a g reat deal more than is neces route in 136 m inutes. PO RTLAN D M ARKETS. m ittee has chosen a name for its sum sary ^Discussing his record-breaking France a t The Hague Peace confer tained and a short tim e afterw ards a left for the feeding and care of P la n s fo r C a r n e g ie L ib ra ry . ence, in an address before the City few shots dropped into the plaza. which is to be made an Vedrine said: W heat — Track prices: Bluestem, m er festival, Medford—The library board of Med speed, Ju st then the tri-color of the republic event. It will be known as the Dr. patients. “ I was favored w ith a light breeze, club. W hite says th at the newly ap 86c; club, 82c; red Russian, 81(</82c; “ annual ford m et recently and chose a set of “ There is a storm hanging over was run up the pole by order of the Golden Potlatch, ’97,’’ w ith a subtle pointed superintendent, Dr. F itzger but my m achine does 130 kilom eters your valley, 82c; 40-fold, 82$/.83c. plans from six subm itted for the new heads,” he said, “ a battle th at jefe as a defiance to the invaders, and Time in a Cool Place.” ald, intends to increase the num ber of $20,000 Carnegie library for Medford, (approxim ately 81 m iles) an hour in threatens Barley -Choice feed, $25$/,25.60 per “ A Hot “ 97“ of all this loveli then the firing commenced w ith vigor. refers to the arrival of cows calm. It will do in the air w hat a ness, and it destruction on the place, so th at no milk will ton; m iddlings, $27$/.28; shorts, $21$/ the The which the ironm aster promised some is of this I have come to steam ship Portland from Alaska, have to be bought. They will get 150-horsepower m otor will do over the 22; rolled barley, $27$/28. months ago. The plans are to be sub warn you. Japan does not w ant w ar H e a d o f D u m a Q u its, 17, 1897, w ith the first cargo of and pigs, and w ith the crop m itted to Carnegie’s secretary. The best road.” Corn—Whole, $28; cracked, $28$/ July any more than you do, but may be St. Petersburg — A. J. Guchffok, Klondike gold dust. The festival will chickens ping capacity of the farm be able to 28.50 per ton. ladies of the G reater Medford club forced into it by a force of circum include this date every year, which is m ake the institution nearly if not of the Octoberist party, has re O ats- No. 1 white, $28 per ton. E m b ry o C itize n L o se s . have agreed to give a site for the li stances th at seems to be deepening leader the height of the flower and early quite self-sustaining. signed as president of the Douma. A H ay—Track prices; Tim othy, Kast- also Olympia, W ash.— D isgusted because brary in the center of the city park, around your both.” few days ago he announced at a m eet em Oregon, No. 1, $19$/21; mixed, fruit season. which is in their hands. The city he lost a justice-court suit in Seattle ing of the O ctoberist group th at he in $16$/'18; alfalfa, $ll(y;12; grain hay, against the N orthern Pacific railroad F re e w a te r L iv e s U p to Its N am e. some tim e ago voted a special tax for D e L a r a A c c u s e d o f S h ir k in g C lo s e r U n io n Projected . tended to take this action. On th at $13$«14.50. F. C otterill, who was born in Eng m aintenance, as required by Mr. Car Freew ater—The well for the city El Paso, Tex.—L. G uitierrez de occasion the O ctoberist deputies in ti Poultry — Hens, 20c; broilers, 25 Victoria, B. C.— S ir Joseph Ward, w ater land, had his naturalization papers negie in aking his gifts. has proved a success. Lara, form er Los Angeles Socialist mated th at they would resign their fit30c; turkeys, 21c; ducks, 20$/23c; prem ier of New Zealand, accompanied Dug in works cancelled and has left Olympia w ith lecturer season of the year and a m agazine w riter, seats in the Douma, but on advice of geese, 12(0,14c; dressed turkeys, by Lady W ard and suite, arrived here and when the all dryest more disgust than ever against Am er B o n d s Get B ig P re m iu m s. wells w ent dry, it was on the Moana, en route to the im per found th at the underground supply O ntario- The $47,000 w orth of On ican institutions. He says th at in his reached here from the interior of their central com m ittee at Moscow they choice, 23$/26c. Mexico, w here until recently he was will retain th eir seats for the present. Eggs Oregon ranch, 20$/21c dozen. ial conference of over-seas prem iers to filled this one to overflowing w ith pure tario school bonds, which w ere voted country a poor man can g et justice, an captain. Madero offi The bourse was very weak, owing to B utter—City cream ery, extra, 1 and be held in London next month. Sir w ater. It is 434 feet deep, but at recently to build a 14-room high school but in W ashington, he says, he cannot cials insurgent th at De L ara refused to the critical political situation, and a 2-pound prints, in boxes, 31c pound; Joseph will advocate the form ation of the depth of 23 feet large veins of building near the site of the present g et his case to the Suprem e court be fight declare Casas Grandes. He was re panic developed in the Moscow bourse. less than boxes, cartons and delivery an im perial parliam ent in which all flowing w ater were found. This se 12-room public school building, and cause there is not money enough in ported at killed in th at battle, but this over-seas dominions of G reat B ritain cures for the city a t a reasonable ex for the erection of a four-room public volved and even, if there was, he had extra. proved untrue. Rodney G ilbert, a B e rth o ld ’s Fate in D ou bt. Pork— Fancy, 10)$/!llc per pound. shall be represented in proportion to penditure a supply of w ater adequate school building in E ast O ntario, were no funds. Chicago new spaper man, returning Mexicali, M ex.—The news th at Si Veal—Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12 population. The proposed parliam ent for many years to come. The con sold at a premium of $2,814, to E. H. from a trip to the interior of Mexico, would take over all questions of for tractin g engineer for the w ater system Rollins & Sons, of Denver. This is $2)12) c per pound. Berthold was wounded in a fight R ide to T e s t C o w P o n ie s. was jailed by Mexicans in Juarez sev w mon A pples— Fancy, $2$/2.75; choice, eign policy and defense and seek will ith the federals near Alamo, together Denver—To prove the supremacy of commence work at once. believed to be the best sale of school eral hours, but was released later. closer union in trade laws. $1082; common, $50c$/1 per box. w ith the inform ation th at the govern bonds made in Oregon this year. the W estern cow pony, three Colorado Vegetables Asparagus, 8c pound; m ent force at Tecate has been doubled E lg in O r d e r s C e m e n t S id e w a lk s. There w’ere seven bids for the bonds» cowboys, G. A. Morse, George H arris C h in e se A ttack A m e rica n . Five G o v e r n o rs R e sp o n d . cabbage, $1.50 per hundred; rhubarb, by the arrival of 100 men, again cre Elgin — A t a m eeting of the city Helena, Mont. — Governor Norris $2.25$/;2.50 per box; sprouts, 9c; car Shanghai -The Rev. John M urray, council and John Gobin, will ride from Den ated alarm in the rebel garrison at ordinance was ordered Ind ependence G e ts N e w c o m e rs. has received replies from five of the rots, 85c$/$l per hundred; parsnips. of the American Presbyterian mission draw n to an compel Mexicali. General Leyva dispatched property-owners Independence— Many newcomers are ver to New York City, startin g April six governors of the N orthw estern 25 85c$/:$ l ; turnips, 85c$/$l; beets, at Tsi Nan Fu, was attacked by Chi along Front street the men under C aptain Fran to put in cem ent reaching Independence, and farm and 8. They will have only six horses in states to the request for them to ap cisco mounted nese March 28 while m aking pastoral sidew alks. The council 90c$8$l. Q uijada to hold Picachos Pass not to city property is rapidly changing th eir string, each day riding three and point delegates to a m eeting to be held against Potatoes — Oregon, buying prices, visits at a point 17 miles north of that in stitu te condemnation decided possible advance of the proceedings, hands. One of the largest real estate using the others as pack anim als. here early in May for the purpose of Federals the place. He was badly injured about but instead ordered the walk $1.35$/:1.60 per hundred. from Tecate, or the approach placed deals that has taken place lately was They hope to reach New York in eight form ing the N orthw estern Develop of the main Onions- Buying price, $2 hundred. the head and body and was brought on arm y by way of the w est street line. This will place the the sale of Spurling B rothers’ 202 weeks, hereby establishing a record m ent league. Governor Hay, of W ash side of Lakuna Hops 1910 crop, 17)$/18c; 1909 back to the mission by a governm ent walk the three Salada. feet from the people’s acres joining Independence. W. W. for long-distance riding. escort. He is now considered out of property or building ington, has not been heard from. crop, 120i. 13c; contracts, 16$/ 16c, which if Wilson was the purchaser for a consid All of the executives have expressed Wool Eastern Oregon, nominal, 12 danger. An absurd report had been they cover w ith cem ent line, P lo w T r u s t O rg a n ize d . A n o th e r A m e ric a n A rre ste d , also will make eration of $15,000. Mr. W ilson will a w illingness to co-operate in the Moline. 111.— A m erger of 22 plow (if) 18c per pound; valley, 16$/I7c; circulated among the Chinese th at Mr. a 12-foot walk along their properties. cut the place into small tracts. This Tucson, A riz.—A special to the C it movement, which has for its purpose mohair, choice, 32c, delivered P ort Murray had stolen a child. anufacturing companies into one is one of the finest farm s in Polk izen from Nogales, A riz., says th at A. the developm ent of the N orthw estern m land. company w ith a capitalization of $50,- T. Gill, an Am erican resident, has states. county. E lg in A c r e s W in R e c o rd P rice . Ja p a n e se In v a sio n Fe are d. C attle—Choice steers, $6.25$/6.60; 000,000 was announced here. The been arrested by the Mexican officials good to common, $5.50$/6; prime V ictoria, R. C.- Fears of possible E lgin— The record price for raw name of the consolidation will be of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Follow Newberg to G e t L ib ra ry . C a n a d a D r a w s Se ttle rs. cows, $501.5.50; choice, $4.75$/5; invasion by Japan are m aintained by land was made Tuesday when Newton Deere, and its headquarters here. The ing so closely on the arrest of A bra Antwerp^ The diversion of Euro concerns common, t ‘2(ii 4; choice heifers, $5.25 the newspapers of the Antipodes, ac Roberts bought of Henry Hug a five- N ew berg--W on! was received here ham at comprise the new com Salesby, the American Nogales pean m igration from the United pany are th $*5.50; choice bulls, $4.500/ 4.75; cording to advices received by the acre tract at $150 an acre. This land last evening from Andrew Carnegie m erchant here, East Moline, who was removed to prison States to Canada is said to be serious Syracuse, located fa ir to good fat bulls, $3.750/4; fair Makura. W. J. W atriam s, king of could have been bought last year a t ' by the ladies having charge of the at Hermosillo, wa, Welland, O nt., dispatch states that ly affecting the A tlantic steam ship Fort Sm ith, Ottum to medium heavy calves, $4.750/5; the Loyalty islands, has addressed pe $60 an acre, and the whole 90 acres public library that he would give $10,- feeling has been the aroused A rk., and Minneapolis. among the lines. The Red Star line has given The scope of the choice stags, $5.250/5.50; fair to titions both to G reat B ritain and to could have been obtained this year for 000 tow ards the erection of a public Am ericans against the Mexican industry will be ex- good, $40/5.50; choice light, $7.90 French officials, asking th at a protec $100 an acre. The tract, in recent library at this place. Already a fine cials, some believing th at it is the offi up to the American-Canadian line two tended. be of $88; choice heavy, $7.500/7.75. torate be declared over the islands to years, produced 60 bushels of w heat lot has been given, and it will be nec- ginning of a move to force American the best special em igrant steam ers essary for the city to give a bonus of Hogs Choice, $7.90///8; good to prevent them being secured by Japan. an acre. afloat, the Gothland and the Samland. T w o A m e r ic a n s K illed . intervention. ------------- $1,000, which has been agreed to. choice, $7.75oz.7.90; good to choice The king declares the Japanese are These vessels, heretofore in the A nt E l Paso, T e x .— Jam e s T. H arp e r, o f S h ip m e n t C o s t A lle g e d G reat. j *------------- heavy, $7.50$$7.76; common, $70/ crowding into New Caledonia and have werp-New York service, are now to be E l Paso, a ca p ta in in the in su rre cto N in e -M ile T u n n e l F in ish e d . 7.60 installed a wireless station in a lonely Salem—Complaining th at it costs operated from Rotterdam to Canadian arm y, a rriv e d here from the in te rio r P ro p o se d R oa d O p p ose d . Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, part of the Loyalty islands. Berne, Sw itzerland—The final ob porta in the regular em igrant service. $30 to ship a carload of freight from Salem To declare invalid an order o f M e xic o . H e said R o b e rt E Lee, grain fed, $4/0 4.85; old wethers, $4 Medford to Eagle Point, a distance of of the Marion County court in 1907, struction to the Loetschberg tunnel o f K a n s a s C ity , Mo., and M a r t in $84.25; choice ewes, grain fed, $4o/ H u n d re d s D ie o f Plague. only 11 miles, when it costs but $120 to construct the Silverton and Mar- through the Bem ez Alps has been M a in e H o u s e R e je cts In c o m e T a x. R y a n , w hose residence he d id not 4.60; fair to medium, grain fed, Amsterdam Reports of a serious to ship the same car from Portland to quam road under the T uttle act, Joseph pierced by the laborers, a fte r 54 A ugusta. Me. The Maine house of know , had been k ille d in the ba ttle at $2.75083.25; choice lambs, grain fed, outbreak of the plague are coming Medford, a distance of 329 miles. Von Stupfel, in an action brought against y ears’ work and the expenditure of representatives, by a vote of 82 to 53. n d e s on M a rc h 6. H arpe r $6 .25085.50; good to choice, grain from the southeastern p art of Java. der Mellon Brothers, of Eagb* Point, Marion county, asks th at the court be $20,000,000. The tunnel, which is declined to ratify the proposed amend C sa a id s a s ab G ra ou t 26 A m e r ic a n s had been fed, $5$/.5.25; fa ir to good, $4.76085; It is stated th at 350 cases, of which filed a com plaint w ith£the state rail- restrained from letting a contract for the third longest in Europe, m easures m ent to the U nited S tates constitution tAken p risone rs. T h e official rep o rt culls, $2.50$(3.50. approxim ately nine miles. 224 proved fatal, have developed. providing for a tax on incomes. road commission. , the road. sa id 17 fo re ig n e rs w ere taken. FIRE DESTROYS CAPITOL OF NEW YORK STATE