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F O R E S T G R O V E ............. O REG O N
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A R esum e o f th e L e ss im p o rta n t but
N ot L ess In te re stin g E vents
o f th e P a s t W eek.
T he freedom of F in lan d is restored
by th e czar’s m anifesto.
P rosecutor H e n e j’s b ro th er baa been
arrested for stealin g tim b er.
T h e governm ent has called for bids
for th e K lam ath irrig atio n work.
A collision on th e P anam a railroad
resulted in th e d eath of one m an.
W itte is conceded to be th e cnly man
w ho can save R ussia from a n arch y .
F ire a t Pensacola, F lo rid a, destroyed
m ore th a n $100 000 w orth of p ro p erty .
C harles A. S tillin g s, of Boston, has
been appointed p u b lic p rin te r by th e
presiden t.
T he boad of co n su ltin g engineers on
th e P anam a canal is holding m eetings
to decide on th e ty p e of can al to be
b u ilt.
A board of officers has been ap p o in t­
ed to exam ine su p p lies purchased for
th e arm y said not to be u p to th e
stan d ard .
R U SSIA 'S F IR S T DAY O F LIBER IY
People A lready Divided Into P a rtie s
and B lood Flow s in C apital.
S t. P etersb u rg , Nov 1. — All R ussia
today en th u siastically received th e em ­
p ero r’s g ift of freedom, w hich th e
g reater p a rt of th e people received w ith
deepest joy, though in S t. P etersburg,
Moscow and o th e r cities Socialists an d
revolutionists organized an ti-govern­
m ent dem onstrations and red flag pa­
rades, w hich, w ith th e p a trio tic m a n i­
festations, led to a n u m b er of conflicts
between “ red s” and “ w h ite s,” as th e
anti-governm ent and ro y a list factions
are respectively term ed . On the whole,
th e day passed m ore q u ie tly in R ussia
th a n bad been expected, th o u g h col­
lisions betw een th e people and th e
troops are reported from K azan, K ish-
nieff an d P o ltav a, and tw o m en were
k illed .
In each of th e tw o c a p ita ls, S t.
P etersburg and Moscow, th e day was
one such as th e R usrians never before
have seen. T h e Slavic people, who,
d u rin g th e long w ar ju s t closed, and
th e anxious period preceding th e a n ­
nouncem ent of th e new era of c o n stitu ­
tio n alism , seem ed self-restrain ed and
ap ath e tic , gave itself up fully to th e
exuberance of th e m om ent and spent
th e e n tire day in parades an d assem ­
blies, w hich, for th e first tim e in th e
histo ry of R ussia, were freely p e rm it­
ted . U nder th e order of C ount W itte
and G eneral Trepoff, th e troops gen­
erally were w tihdraw n from th e streets
of th e cities and th e fu llest rein given
th e people to let o u t th e ir en th u siasm
in d em o n stratio n s, w hich, so long as
they were n o t d estructive, were not in-
terefered w ith .
JE T T Y IN U RG EN T N EED .
C hief E n g in eer M a c k e n z ie 's S tro n g
Pobiedonosteeff, th e aged adviser of
O pinion.
th e czar, has resigned, fie has been
W ashington, Nov. 1 . — “ T here is no
one of th e strongest defenders of th e
river or h arb o r project in th e U nited
autocracy.
S tates so d esperately in need of money
G erm any claim s th e honor of secur­ rig h t now as th e m outh of th e C olum ­
ing freedom for th e R ussian people. bia riv e r,” raid G eneral M acK eazie,
T he kaiser says he adviBed th e czar to chief of engineers, today.
“ In my
ta k e the step.
o p in io n ,” he added, “ con stru ctio n of
Strong pressure is being bro u g h t to th e Panam a canal, from an engineer­
b ear on M itchell,
W illiam son and ing point of view, does n o t com pare
II erm ann to have them resign. G ov­ w ith th e project we have und ertak en
ern o r C ham berlain says he would at on th e C olum bia river bar. T his 40-
once call a special election to fill th e foot ch an n el project is one of th e most
vacancies if th ey should give way to difficult problem s we ever bad to solve.
allow some to hold office who could ap O ur p lan of solving it is all rig h t, b u t
p ear on th e floor of th e house and sen­ we m ust overcom e such obstacles as are
not found on any o th er project in th is
a te.
A general strik e has been called in c o u n try ; com pared w ith th em th e ob­
stacles a t P anam a become insignifi­
F in la n d .
c a n t. ”
C h in a ’s arm y m ade a good showing
G eneral M ackenzie th e n p ointed out
a t th e recent m aneuvers.
why it is essential th a t a large sum
Von Buelow says G erm any w ants a should be ap p ro p riated a t th e coming
session for c o n tin u in g jetty co n stru c­
trad e tre a ty w ith th e U n ited Slates
tio n . T he money on h and rem aining
S t. P etersb u rg is w ild w ith rejoicing from th e last a p p ro p riatio n w ill last
over th e m anifesto of th e czar g ran tin g only a few m onths longer. W hen it
freedom .
is gone work m u st be suspended, unless
R ussia has a n u m b e r of vessels at congress in th e m e a ltim e sh a ll provide
Japanese ports a rran g in g to tak e home fu rth e r m eans for c o n tin u in g opera­
tions. If work stops on th e je tty w hile
prisoners of th e late w ar.
it is incom plete vast dam age w ill be
T he ru m o 'ed m u tin y of th e Russian done by heavy seas, not alone to th e
B lack sea fleet and m u d er of two a d ­ je tty , but to th e tram w ay, w hich ex­
m irals cannot be confirmed
tends some way beyond th e end of th e
In a head-on collision betw een two je tty .
freig h t tra in s on th e Rock Island a t
IN V E ST IG A T E LAND O F F IC E S .
Casey, Iow a, Bix men were k ille d .
A cting P u b lic P rin te r R icketts has P re sid e n t Issu e s S pecial O rd e rs to
su b m itted estim ates of th e expenses for
K eep C om m ission.
th e com ing year. T hey are m uch low­
W ashington, Nov. 1.— Acting on a
e r th an form erly.
recent le tte r of th e secretary of th e In ­
T h irteen persons w ere k illed and 30 terio r, sta tin g th a t he was convinced
in ju red in a wreck on th e S an ta Ke a th a t defects existed in th e organization
m ile out of K ansas C ity .
A num ber and business m ethods of a n u m b er of
of th e in ju red may d ie.
th e bureaus connected w ith h is d e p a rt­
At Lodx, Russia, w here 130,000 men m ent, and suggesting th a t th e m atter
a re on strik e , th e in fa n try were ordered be referred to th e Keep com m ittee for
to fire in to th e ir ran k s, b u t instead investigation, th e p resid en t has re
quested th e com m ittee to e n te r upon
pointed th e ir guns high in th e a ir.
th e investigation at its e arliest conven­
R ear A dm iral T ra in , com m ander of
ience and th a t special a tte n tio n be giv­
th e A m erican A siatic squadron, and his
er. to th e m ethods of business employed
son, were th e victim s of an attack by
in th e general and local land offices,
C hinese a t N ankin.
M arines were
th e office of th e surveyor g en eral, th e
com pelled to tire tw ice in order to sub­
R eclam ation service and th e In d ia n
d ue th e mob.
service.
S u it has begun to o ust th e New York
The in q u iry w ill deal specially w ith
I.ife and M utual Life from O hio.
th e general a.ul local land offices. One
The S tan d ard Oil com pany owns of th e questions which will receive th e
$27,000,000 of Santa
Fe preferred a tte n tio n of th e com m ittee is w hether
th e services of receivers a t local offices
stock.
may not lie dispensed w ith w ith o u t d e t­
S trik e leaders have formed a govern­ rim e n t to good a d m in istra tio n .
m ent a t Moscow to act independently
of th e im p erial a u th o ritie s.
G re a t E arn in g s o f S te e l T ru s t.
Fifteen of 107 p a tie n ts treated a t the
New Y oik, Nov. 1.—The d irecto rs of
Portlsam l sa n ita riu m for consum ptives th e U nited S tates Steel corporation to-
have been discharged as cured.
lav declared a reg u lar q u a rte rly d iv i­
R ussia w ill he unab le to get th e new dend of 1 J 4 per cent on th e preferred
loan of $250,000,000 sh e w ants u n til stock, payable November 30. No d iv i­
dend was declared on th e common
after th e present tro u b le is se ttle d .
stock. T he n et earnings for th e q u a rt­
A m aniac killed two men at C henoa,
e r ended S eptem ber 30 were $31,240,-
Illin o is, and made a fortress of th e steel
532, an increase of $12,4tUt,ti50 as com­
v au lt in th e bank.
He was cap tu red
pared w ith th e sam e q u a rte r last year.
by th e use ol chloroform .
U n til led orders on hand S eptem ber 30
A postle I>owie is recovering his aggregated 5,685,377 tons, an increase
h ealth and w ill soon re tu rn to Chicago of 2,837.341 to n s as comparer! with
from Mexico, w here he baa been a r ­ Septem ber 30, 1304.
ranging for h is new Zion C ity.
P oles Hold O u t F o r M ore.
An ex trad itio n tre a ty has been ap­
W arsaw, Nov. 1. — The em ployee of
proved by th e U nited S tates and San
M arino.
A consul w ill be sen t to th e V ienna railro ad have decided to re­
W ashingto n . San M arino is th e sm a ll­ m ain on strik e u n til th e question of the
use of th e P olish language is settled
est and oldest republsic in th e w orld.
and u n til th e governm ent proclaim s
T he R ussian cru iser Leena, now at am nesty for p o litical prisoners and self
San Francisco, may Ire seized by revo­ governm ent for R ussian P oland. The
lu tio n ists as soon as she reaches the new psapers are ap p earin g w ithout be­
Black sea. The crew sym pathizes w ith ing subjected to censorship. T he police
th e presen t m ovem ent ag ain st th e gov­ in sist th a t th e people rem ain indoors
ern m en t.
after 8 p m , and th is is causing much
in d ig n atio n .
Secretary T aft baa com pleted h is es­
tim a te s of th e a p p ro p ria tio n s req u ired
P opulation o f New Y ork S ta te .
for th e W ar d ep a rtm e n t for th e next
A lbany, N. Y ., Nov. 1. — T h ere are
fiscal year.
T hey to ta l $UI1,98S,-
now 8,066,672 people in New York
267.75, $10,000,000 lees th a n th e last sta te .
These figures were announced
congress a p p ro p ria te d .
by th e sta te en u m eratio n b u reau . In
S o u th ern congreessm en a re u n ited 1900 th e population was 7,288,894, and
in 1830 fi,003,174. T he p o p ulation of
for a rate b ill.
G reater New York, as counted by th e
A p ra irie Are n ear M inot, N. D ., has sta te en u m eratio n bureau on J u n e 1
dsetroyed th o u san d s of tons of hay, and announced, is 4,014,304, as com ­
som e build in g s, a large a m o u n t of grain pare.) w ith 3 437,202 in 1300 and 2,-
507,314 in 1890.
• t d some stock.
MANY NOW D E SE R T .
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MAY B E iD IS S O L V E D .
Five T h o u san d O re g o n In c o rp o ra tio n s
A re D elinquent.
Salem — Two m o n th s hence 5,000 O r­
egon corporations w ill be dissolved by
proclam ation of th e governor unless
they com ply w ith th e term s of th e cor­
po ratio n license law before th a t tim e
expiree. Many of these concerns hold
real p roperty or negotiable p aper, and
a ll w ill lose th e ir power of tran sactin g
business from th e date of d isso lu tio n .
More th a n th a t, any person who shall
exercise or a tte m p t to exercise th e cor­
p o rate powers a fte r d issolution has
te e n proclaim ed w ill be liable to a fine
of $1,000 and im p riso nm ent for one
y ear.
The law is p lain and com pre
hensive in its term s, and w ill operate
to suspend th e powers of d elin q u en t
corporations unless th e y com ply w ith
th e req u irem en ts.
These 5,000 corporations referred to
a re concerns w hich have not in any
m anner com plied w ith th e corporation
license tax law . T h ere are 10,000 cor­
porations listed on tho books of the
secretary of sta te , and of these 3,000
have com plied w ith th e law.
Some
have already g ne o u t of existence, b u t
th e re rem ains on th e list a large n u m ­
ber of corporations w hich, though not
doing a very active business, hold
p roperty rig h ts w hich th ey m ust pro­
tect.
Because th e corporations have
not been doing an active business and
are m erely holding p ro perty, th e offi­
cers of th e com pany have neglected to
com ply w ith th e law, and thereby re
ta in th e ir corporate pow ers.
VVhen
th ey have been dissolved by proclam a­
tion of th e governor, th e y w ill no long­
er have power to execute a deed, col
lect a d eb t or enforce any rig h t in th e
courts of th e sta te .
P U T ON T H E A N X IO U S SE A T .
E a stern
O reg o n People F earful o f
T im b er Investigations.
B aker C ity— A governm ent agent has
been q u ietly looking over th e tim b er
lands in W estern B aker and E astern
G ran t counties and a g reat m any
“ p ro m in en t” citizens are on th e un-
oasy Beat. W hile it has been earnestly
m ain tain ed th a t th ere no land frauds
in Baker county yet th e questions ask ­
ed by th is governm ent official are said
to have fairly sta rtle d th e m en being
questioned. T he agent was very a n x i­
ous to learn of m en who, according to
th e records and files, own and are su p ­
posed to be living on certain claim s,
b u t who are absolutely unknow n to th e
neople living in th a t d istric t, and no
trace of them can be found.
N othing
w hatever rem ains except th e nam es on
th e plats and records.
I t is well known th a t certain syndi­
cates have «ecured control of nearly all
th e valuable tim b er lands of th e Blue
m ountain range, in Baker an d G ran t
counties.
I t waB th is condition of
affairs th a t was being investigated.
T he tim b e r region is lirg ely in G ran t
county.
M ines in B aker Busy.
- Baker C ity — One hundred men are
now at work a t th e U nited E lkhorn
m ines 16 m iles w est of th is city and 50
team s are busy h au lin g concentrates
from th e m ill up th e m ountain to the
railroad station in B aker C ity, for sh ip ­
m ent to th e S um pter sm elter. T here
is m uch excitem ent in th e copper d is­
tric t east of B aker and m any strangers
a re here looking over properties w hich
a re rap id ly com ing on th e m arket, in
view of th e proposed railroad bu ild in g
w hich w ill begin in a few m onths.
Army is Little C o n sid ered in T im e o f
P eace by A m ericans.
W ashington, O ct. 31.— M ajor G en­
eral F. C. A insw orth, th e m .lita ry sec­
retary , in his an n u al report, devotes
m uch atte n tio n to desertions from the
arm y . “ Those who know how th e can­
teen came to be ab o lish ed ,” he says,
“ are n o t hopeful of its restoration;
th ere is no likelihood of any such in­
crease in th e soldiers’ pay as w ill offset
th e g reater inducem ent offered in civil
p u rsu its; th e com forts and even lu x u r­
ies th a t are furnished to enlisted men
in o u r service are even now criticised
by some as being not only extravagant
b u t in ju rio u s in th e ir effect on men
whose real business is to fight and
m arch, encum bered w ith few comforts
and no lu x u ries; and th e discipline
and in stru ctio n to w hich the soldier is
now subjected are not likely to be re­
laxed in fu tu re.
“ O ur people have little real in terest
in th e arm y in tim e of peace, and from
th e earliest day of the republic have
been accustom ed to look upon it as a
m ore or lees unnecessary in s titu tio n .
E n listm en ts in th e arm y in tim e of
peace is not uncom m only regarded as
evidence of w orthlessness on th e p a rt
of the recru it.
“ I t is safe to p red ict th a t desertions
from th e arm y w ill continue to be ex­
cessive u n til th ere sh all have been a
radical change of public sentim ent to­
ward th e arm y aud u n til the deserter
shall come to be regarded as th e crim ­
inal th a t he is, to be ostracized and
hunted down as relentlessly as any
o th er transgressor of th e law s.”
B U R ST MAIN C A U S E S D EA TH.
DEMANDS GRANTED-
Russians Free to Speak, Think,
Write ard Meet.
*
COUNT WITTE IS FIRST PREMIER
M anifesto S h o w s C o m plete A bdica­
tion o f A utocratic P o w er— Em ­
p e ro r B ow s to Inevitable.
S t. P etersburg, O ct. 31.— " f am sa i'fi
the A m erican people, who u n derstand
w hat freedom is, and th e A m erican
press, w hich voices th e w ishes of th e
people, w ill rejoice w ith th e friendly
R ussian nation a t th is m om ent, when
th e R ussian people have received from
his im perial m ajesty th e prom ises and
th e guarantees of freedom , and w ill
join in tb e hope th a t tb e R u ssia ^
people w ill wisely aid in th e realization
of those liberties by co-operating w ith
the governm ent for th e ir peaceful in ­
troduction. O nly th u s w ill it be possi­
ble to secure th e full benefits
freedom conferred upon th e people.”
C ount W itte, R ussia’s first prem ier,
last n ig h t sent th e above message to
tb e A m erican people th ro u g h tb e Asso­
ciated Press.
H e had ju s t arriv ed a t
b is residence on K am m eniovrov P ros­
pect from P eterhof, w here in th e A lex­
ander palace th e em peror tw o hours b e­
fore had given h is final approval to a
m anifesto and to a program w hich w ill
forever end th e ru le of absolutism e x « -
cised by him and h is ancestors for 3<Nf
years.
A sim ple perusal of tb e m anifesto
shows bow com plete is th e em peror’s
abdication of b is au to cratic pow er.
The very style of th e docum ent is clear
and direct and devoid of verbose, vague
and bom bastic phraseology w hich h ere­
tofore has characterized h i t m ajesty’s
m anifestos. I t not only betrays th e
real a u th o rsh ip , b u t shows th a t th e
em peror ha» a t last irrevocably bcwfcl
to th e in ev itab le.
H e does not even
conceal tb e fact th a t th e d iscontent and
agitation of his subjects has driven him
to take th e step and p ractically yields
everything — civil lib erty , th e in v io la­
b ility of person and lib erty of con­
science, speech and assem bly.
H e not
only converts th e farcical im p erial dou-
m a, w ith only consultative power, into
an absolute legislative assem bly, uyrth-
out the assent of w hich no me J u r e
shall become law, and before w hich a ll
governm ental a u th o ritie s m ust a n sw e r^
but prom ises eventually universal su f­
frage.
Many Fam ilies M ade H om eless and
Much P ro p e rty D estroyed.
Chicagp, Oct. 31. — T hree lives were
lost, p roperty valued a t $150,000 was
destroyed, scores of fam ilies were m ade
hom eless and freig h t traffic on th e
Nickel Plato railroad was delayed Tor
several hours as th e resu lt of th e
D efines R ights o f W ater C om pany.
W ork A m erica’s S ole C obalt Mine. breaking of a w ater m ain a t E ighteenth
Salem — A ttorney G eneral C raw ford,
B aker C ity — T he S tandard m ine, and C lark streets today.
in response to a req u est from Secretary
T he fatalities resulted indirectly
Brown, of th e S tate Land board, holds Q uartzburg d istric t, 60 m iles southw est
of here, is said to be th e only produc­ from th e b u rstin g of th e w ater pipe,
th a t th e D eschutes Irrig atio n & Power
ing cobalt m ine in A m erica, and is one w hich flooded th e im m ediate neighbor­
com pany has no rig h t to charge in terest
,of th e wonders of th e w orld. D uring hood for several blocks, dam aging a
on lands sold to settlers previous to
th e past 18 m onths th e property has num ber of business houseB.
Two ot
th e “ d ate of re c la m a tio n .” as fixed by
been developed u n d er S u p erin ten d en t th e persons w ho lost th e ir lives were
th e Carey desert land a c t; th a t is, the
N . F. H eath so th a t ore can now be overcom e by gas in th e Illin o is tu n n el
d a te of approval by th e secretary of th e
w orked.
Specifications for th e m ill a t E ig h teen th stre e t and A rm our ave­
in te rio r of th e wmk done by th e com ­
p la n t a re in the hands of E ngineer N. nue, w hile atte m p tin g to ascer.ain if
pany to reclaim th e land.
T his a p ­
C. Bonnevie, in D enver.
Forty-tw o th e flood had dam aged th e property of
proval is to be given when th e state
men are a t _woik, and excavations are th e com pany.
T h? o th er death was
engineer certifies th a t th e land has
in progress.
Bids for th e p la n t close th e resu lt of a Bhock to an in v alid , who
been reclaim ed, w hich, in th is case,
N ovem ber 30.
awoke and tound h er room flooded w ith
has n o t been done, and w ill not be
w ater.
done for some tim e y e t.
So g reat was th e force of tbe w ater
G overnm ent T estin g Plant.
U niversity of O regon,E ugene— W ork­ th a t all tb e business bouses and homes
Alfalfa L an d s A re S o ak ed .
M ilton— Now th a t th e fru it and veg­ men a re engaged in the construction of on C lark street from S ixteenth to
eta b le crops have been harvested th ere a b u ild in g on th e cam pus to receive T w entieth street, and those on La Salle
HANDICAP T O O V E R C O M E .
w ill be no fu rth e r use for w ater for ir ­ th e governm ent stone and tim b er te s t­ stre e t were Hooded. T he tracks of the
rig atin g purposes on lands under cul i- ing p lan t, for w hich the state of Oregon Lake and M ichigan S outhern railw ay,
between
Seventh
and
E
ighteenth
v atio n . The w ater is flowing down the ap p ro p riated $5,000 a t th e last session
H ard Fight R equired to S e c u re Ap­
d itch es to th e H udson bay d is tric , of th e legislature. T he building is lo­ streets were u nderm ined, and th e
p ro p riatio n fo r C olum bia.
foundation
caved
in
.
Several
freight
cated
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s
t
n
o
rth
of
th
e
gym
nasium
and
w here it is used to good advantage on
cars
were
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verturned
and
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ir
contents
W
ashintgon,
O ct. 31. — In view ol
a
little
to
th
e
rear
of
th
e
E
ngineering
th e alfalfa lands for w inter irrig atio n ,
th e a ttitu d e assum ed by Secretary Tg
w hich proves beneficial to th e early b a ll, is 30 feet wide and 40 feet long dam aged.
and th e fact th a t th ere w ill be n o j
crop. T he w ater overflowes th e land, and has solid foundations of cem ent
BIG RANCH C U T U P.
and harb o r bill th is w inter, it seer
w hich is tl or Hi ghl y soaked, holding and m asonry to su p p o rt th e heavy te s t­
absolutely certain th a t no ap p ro p ria­
th e m oisture u n til th e crop gets a good ing m achinery.
C h eh alis C ounty Will Have A dditions tion can t e secured for th e m o u th of
s ta rt in th e sp rin g .
T his system of
th e C olum bia river a t th e com ing ses­
A pple-G row ing P ro fits Sm all.
to Population
w in te r irrig atio n is recognized by th e
sion if Oregon has b u t one representa­
M ilton— W. H . W ilm ont, w ho owns
alfalfa growers as an im p o rtan t feature
A berdeen, W ash., O ct. 31.— The pale tive in congress, and, even if th e o th er
40 acres of land n ear Freew ater, w hich
in th is business.
of Wie “ B lockhouse” S m ith ranch, near three places should be filled by new
tias been p a rtia lly set o u t to fru it, says
O akville, in th is county, for $25,000, men, th e chance of securing th e m uch
G o v ern o r R efused to Sign.
th a t apples are becom ing an u nsatisfac­
Salem — For th e first tim e in th e h is ­ to ry crop on account of th e u n certain ty calls a tte n tio n once m ore to th e activ­ needed ap p ro p riatio n would still be
to ry of Oregon, deeds to state lands of crop, w hich is a failu re n early every ity in farm lands in th is v icin ity . I t is rem ote.
Army engineers w ho rec o g n iz c ttb e
have been issued w ith o u t th e signature a lte rn a te y ear; also because of th e low an indication th a t ln m b er is not to be
of th e governor.
G overnor C ham ber- price and expense in g ettin g ready for alto g eth er th e ru lin g passion. T he sale im portance of p ushing w ork onJK e
of
th
is
ranch
follows
in
th
e
wake
of
C olum bia river bar, and who
lain refused to sign th e deeds conveying th e m ark et. He th in k s seriously of
10,000 acres of sta te school lands to p ilin g o u t has apples trees-an d settin g several others w hich have been re every confidence th a t th e project now
coraed in th e past m onth or six weeks under way w ill provide a channel deep
various holders of certificates of sale, Ita lia n prunes, cherries and peaces in
q u ite as im p o rtan t.
enough to m eet all th e im m ediate de­
w hich certificates th e M arion county th e ir place.
T he S m ith ranch com prises over 800 m ands of P o rtlan d ’s com m erce, a re
grand ju ry rep o rted as having been
acres
and
was
settled
upon
as
far
back
anxious th a t an ap p ro p riatio n shall be
frau d u le n tly o b tain ed ..
S ecretary of
PO R TLA N D M A R K ETS.
as 1854 by th e man from whom it takes made th is w inter. They w ant a t least
S tate D unbar and S tate
T reasu rer
W heat — C lub, 7 5 0 7 6 c per b ushel: its nam e. 8m th is a q u a in t ch aracter $1,250,000; unless they get it, th ey
Moore signed th e deeds, an d , in th e
and prides him self on tb e nicknam e of adm it th a t work w ill have to be sus­
opinion of A ttorney G eneral Craw ford, bluestem , 7 8 0 7 9 c ; valley, 7 3 0 7 5 c ;
“ B lockhouse.”
T his cognomen was pended w ith o u t securing a
4 00 o t
these two sig n atu res w ill be sufficient red, 71(372.
th e re su lt of h is having b u ilt a block­ depth, an d , furtherm ore, d isio irtif
to convey title .
run u-
O ats— No. 1 w hite feed, $ 2 5 0 2 5 .6 0 ; house on his ranch for protection
ance of w ork w hile th e je tty rem ains
gray, $24 5 0 0 2 5 per ton.
ag ain st In d ian s.
H op F a rm e rs Not A larm ed.
unfinished m eans retrogression an d
B arley— Feed, $21 per to n ; brew ing,
I t is understood th e ranch is to be waste, w hich w ill u ltim a te ly increase
W oodburn— H opgrowers in th is sec $21.60; rolled, $ 2 1 .5 0 0 2 2 .
c u t up in to sm all farm s and disposed
the c„st of th e project, beyond th e orig­
tion a re not d espondent over th e reign­
of to first com ers. In connection with inal estim ate. These engineers are fully
Rye— $ 1 .4 0 0 1 -45 per c e n ta l.
ing low prices, and believe th a t, il
th
e
sale
of
big
ranches,
it
is
im
portant
H ay— E astern Oregon tim o th y , $ 1 4 0
cognizant of th e need ol early com­
they are financially able to hold on,
to note th a t logged-off lands are show ­
pletion of th e je tty , they realize th e
th e tone of th e m ark et w ill be made 15 per to n ; valley tim o th y , $ 1 1 0 1 2 ;
ing a steady sale in various parts of the
necessity of a deep channel acros^The
m ore encouraging in a few weeks. clover, $ 8 0 3 ; grain hay, $ 8 0 9 .
county for colonization purposes. I t is
Some th in k an effort is being .m ad e to
F r u i t s — A pples, $101 -7 5 per box; also in terestin g lo th e people of th is bar to accom m odate rap id ly grow ing
comm erce.
corner hops, and th a t in tim e th ere hu ck leb erries, 7c per pound; pears,
section to know th a t an E astern farm er
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rW
w ill bs q u ite a ju m p upw ard in prices. $ 1 .2 5 0 1 .5 0 per box; grapes, 60cO
has purchased a large tra c t of land near
E x p re ss C om pany R obbed.
The first sales h ere th is season have $1.50 per box; Concords, 15c per bas­
th is city for th e raisin g of Angora goats.
been m ade, Johnson Bros, h aving sold k e t; quinces, $1 per box.
H elena, M ont.. O ct. 31. — The con­
tents of a $25,000 express package sen t
to Tooze A Uage 30 liales a t 8 b, cents,
V egetables— Beans, wax, 10O 12c per
G
re
a
t
F
rau
d
is
Laid
B
are.
and C ollinson Bors. 00 bales to W il­ pound; cabbage, 1 0 1 A^c per p o in d ;
from H am ilto n , M ont., to New Y ork
P h ila d e lp h ia , O ct. 31. — T he report are m issing, and detectives are try in g
liam Brown, of 8 alem , a t 8 cents.
cauliflow er, 75c per dozen; celery, 75c
per dozen; corn, 60c per sack; cucum ­ of th e board of investigating engineers to discover w hat becam e of th e m oney.
G ra n ts P a ss S c h o o ls C ro w d e d .
bers, 10O 16c per dozen; p um pkins, appointed last Ju ly by M ayor W eaver The money w as shipped by C harles F .
G ra n ts Pass — T he en ro llm en t of th e * iO !c per p o u n d ; radishes, 25c per to exam ine tb e A lteration system of the Kelley to N. W. H arris A Co. for i n ­
G ra n ts Pass schools has passed th e 750 dozen; tom atoes, 3 0 0 40c p e r o r a te ; city and th e N ortheast and Southern vestm ent. Instead of receiving th e se- *
m ark and th e 17 room s of th e th ree sq u ash , * 4 0 1 c per po u n d ; tu rn ip s, 90c boulevards, now under construction, curities he had purchased, K elley waa 4
city school b u ild in g s have th e ir'se a tin g 0 $ 1 per sack; carro ts, 6 5 0 75c per w hich report was su b m itted to th e dum bfounded to receive a le tte r sta tin g
m ayor yesterday, was m ade public to­ th a t the contents of th e package, t upon
capacity fu ll, yet new scholars a re e n ­ sack; beets, 8 5 c 0 $ l per sack.
T he rep o rt shows th a t up to receipt by th e New Y ork firm , c<9Mist-
O nions — Oregon yellow D anvers, $1 day.
terin g each day, and w hat to do w ith
date th e city has lost through excessive ed of new spaper clippings. T he sJLls,
th em is th e problem C ity S u p erin ten d ­ O l 25 per sack.
Potatoes— Fancy, 75c per sa c k ; o rd i­ costs, collusive bids, illegal advertising however, were intact.
e n t T u rn e r and th e d is tric t board are
try in g to solve.
T h e board has de­ nary, 5 5 0 6 0 c ; Merced sweets, sacks, and in o th e r ways th e snm of $6,330,-
000. A nu m b er of city officials are
R ights of Bank S to c k h o ld e rs.
cide«! to ren t a room and h ire an o th er $1.90.
B u tte r— Fancy cream ery, 25O 30c per held responsible.
teach er to relieve th e crow ded condi­
W ashington, Oct 31.— In deciding
pound.
tio n of th e school.
th e case of J . W. G u th rie vs. H . L.
N ational P ro d u ctio n o f L ead.
Eggs — Oregon ran ch , 2 9 0 3 0 c per
Harkne«s, th e Suprem e co u rt of the
W ashington, O ct. 31.— Tho Geolog­ U nited States today held th a t a stock­
S a sh and D o o r F acto ry .
dozen.
P o u ltry — Average old hens, 11c ical su rv ey ’s rep o rt on th e lead and holder in a N ational bank is en title d ta
A storia— W ork has been comm enced
on th e con stru ctio n of a new sash and per p o u n d ; young roosters, 1 0 0 1 1 c ; zinc in d u stries of th e U nited States for inspect th e books of th e b ank.
The
11012c;
dressed chick- th e year 1904 shows a gross production case arose in connection w ith th e Com­
door factory for th e C latsop M ill com- springs,
of 607,000 sh o rt tons, valued at m ercial N ational bank of Ogden, U tah ,
an y . T h e build in g is to be 30x200 feet ens, 1 2 0 1 4 c ; tu rk ey s, live, 1 7 0 1 9 c ; 1
| $26,402,000. T he increase in produc of w hich H ark ness owned one-fifth ol
and one story h ig h .
T he m achinery geese, live, 8 0 9 c ; ducks, 1 4 0 1 4 l«c.
H ops — Oregon, 1905, choice, 8 0 tio n was m arked in S outhern M issouri, th e stock. H e w as denied tb e rig h t ol
was o idered some weeks ago from O sh­
S outheastern K ansas, C olorado, U tah inspection. The Suprem e c i u r l of the
kosh, W ia., and has already been s h ip ­ 10c per p o u n d ; olds, 7 ^ 0 1 0 « .
Wool— E astern Oregon, average best, and Id ah o . T he p rin cip al increase was state decided in favor of bis c o n tr itio n .
ped. I t is expected to a rriv e so th a t
T he lead o u tp u t of th e
th e factory can be in o peration by th e 1 9 0 2 1 c ; low er grade« down to 15c, ac­ in K ansas.
cording to sh rin k ag e; valley, 2 5 0 27c C oeur d 'A len e d is tric t of Idaho as giv­
G erm an Fleet to the R escue. 4
first of th e com ing y ea r.
en as 108,854 sh o rt to n s.
per po u n d ; m o h air, choice, 30c.
B erlin, O ct. 31.— Tbe G erm an cruis­
Irrig atio n in B a k e r C ounty.
Beef — Dreesed b u lls,
1 0 2 c per
er Luebeck and ten torpedo boats p u t
J a p a n e s e Leaving M anchuria.
Raker C ity— W ork has begun on two po u n d ; cows, 3 0 4 c ; country steers,
to sea today from Kiel for an unknow n
Tokio, O ct. 31. — T be evacuation ol d estin atio n , giving rise to a rum or
irrig a tio n d itch es in Baker county, 4 0 4 S c .
V eal— Dressed, 3 0 7 A^c per pound.
M anchuria by th e Jap an ese is being th a t they are hound for 8 t. Petersburg
w hich, when com pleted, w ill carry
w ater from th e Pow der riv er and Birch
M utton— Dressed, fancy, 6 1 * 0 7 0 per actively carried on, and troops are a r ­ to bring tb e R ussian em press and her
creek and w ill render p roductive th o u s­ p o u n d ; o rd in ary , 4 0 5 c ; lam ha, 7 0 riv in g d aily at various porta. G eneral children to be tb e gneete of P rince and
ands of aerws n ear Raker C ity and 7A*c.
K uroki is expected h ere by th e m iddle Prince«« H enry of P rueeis. No efflrifU
P o rk — Pressed, 6 0 7 A«c per pound. of N ovem ber.
H u n tin g to n , resp ectiv ely .
confirm ation of tb e report ia o b tain ab le.