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C hicago, May 26.— Besides deter-
i m ining to increase freight rates 10 per
cent, the railroads in the “official cla s
sification'’ territo ry have ag reed to
add considerably to the bu rd en s of the
shippers of package freight. A t the
* same m eeting at which th e rate in
creases were decided upon, the r e p r e
sentatives of m ore th an 400 railroads
agreed that after Ju ly 1 th ey will not
receive for shipm ent an y p ackages in
K R e su m e o f th e L e ss Im portant but less than carload lots w hich are not
N ot L e ss Interestin,» Events
m arked plainly with th e n am e of the
o f the P a s t Week.
consignee, the statio n an d s tate of
consignee, the station, city and state
of destination.
Mrs. Alfred Vanderbilt has secured
It is e stim ated th a t this action will
a divorce.
save the railroads in the te r rito ry east
President Fallieres, of France, is
of the Mississippi River and n o rt h of
visiting King E dw ard.
th e O h io River to the seaboard, at
A Seattle w om an sent her d a u g h
ter for a doctor an d th e n c o m m itted least $ 2 , 000,000 annually in loss and
dam age claims. O n th e o th e r hand, it
suicide.
VV. T. H am ilto n , th e last living of will cost the sh ipp ers of package
G eneral Custer's scouts, has ju s t died freight pro b ab ly as much, or even
m ore, to p e rfo rm the actual work re
at Butte, Mont.
T h e P re s b y te ria n general assem bly quired in m ark in g th e sh ip m ents as
It is
will seek a closer u n io n of th e P r e s p rescribed by th e railroads.
also sta te d by the sh ip pers th a t it will
b y terian churches.
T h a w has been declared still insane, make im p o ssib le an y secrecy regard-
but he will try to avoid re tu rn in g to l ing th’e id entity of the c u sto m ers of
any business house.
the M atteaw an asylum.
O n th e co n tr a ry , any business house
S en ato r Slayden. of T ex as, is o p may, after the new rules go into ef
posed to the S eattle fair and says the fect, statio n m en at railroad w a re
cou n try is tiring of expositions.
houses an d learn in detail all about
T h e re is a d e sp e ra te effort in c o n the sh ip m ents of com petito rs, to
gress to pass a c u rre n c y bill by h o ld w hom shipped and in w hat amounts.
T h a t this will have a tr e m e n d o u s ef
ing up the public building bill.
fect upon this class of business is con
Fully a q u a rte r of a million men fidently asserted.
em ployed in E n g lish shipbuilding
It has been th e custom of the ship
y ard s have accepted a cut in wages.
pers to m ark their p ackages with an
M ore th a n 100 g o v e rn m e n t m e a t in initial or som e hieroglyphic, the key
sp ecto rs held a con feren ce in C hicago to which is to be found on the bill of
It was the th e o r y th a t this
o n the e n fo rcem en t of the n ew m eat lading
would save the time and labor of the
in spectio n law.
shipper and th r o w a certain am ou nt
The
O k la h o m a
legislature
has of secrecy aroun d the co nd uct of his
passed a law w hich provides for a business.
p e n ite n tia ry te r m for any em p lo y er
w h o refuses w o rk to a m an because
W H O LE ST A T E ST O R M SW EPT
he is a m e m b e r of a union P in k erto n
d etectives are also b arred from the
state.
T e x a s S u f f e r s U n to ld D a m a g e F r o m
P e te r Daly, th e actor, is dead.
W in d and R a in .
Good p ro g re ss is being m ade on the
Austin, T e x a s, May 26.— A terrific
S eattle fair buildings.
wind and rain sto rm sw ept T e x e s
T h e N o rth e r n B ap tist convention from th e P an h a n d le to th e Gulf early
for 1909 will m eet in P o rtlan d .
Sunday. T h e d estru ctio n to crops and
A statue of th e late S en ato r H a n n a vegetables, trees and sh ru b b ery was
has ju s t been unveiled at Cleveland, the g re a te s t re p o r te d in years.
Ohio.
In n u m e ro u s places houses w ere un
E a s te r n railroads will resist th e I n roofed and sm all villages and ham lets
terstate C o m m erce C o m m ission ’s rates
in m a n y instances w ere in u nd ated by
for accounting.
the terrific rainfall which, in th e space
T h o u s a n d s of people are sw arm in g
of
four hours, reached seven inches in
to the P u g et S o un d cities to see the
m an y sections.
A u stin w as in the
A tlan tic battleship fleet.
A H o b o k en , N. J., justice of the path of th e w o rs t of th e sto rm , and
peace says he m a rrie d A nna Gould for ho u rs the stre e ts w ere im passable
and P rince de S a g a n before th ey left for eith er m an o r beast, electric light
and telep h o n e c o nnection s were dis
for Plurope.
abled beyond im m ediate rep air and
T h e airship W h ite W ing, built by m any houses w ere unroofed.
Baldwin, is m ak in g successful flights
T h e ag ricultu ral sections of C entral
fn New- York. Baldw in was th e in and S o u th e r n T e x a s have been im
v en to r of the airsh ip at the Lewis and m eas u rab ly dam aged, a c co rd in g to
C lark fair.
general re p o rts received here, badly
A C hicago w o m an b ro u g h t back to d em oralized wire service occasioning
life after being p ro n o u n ced dead is slow and u n satisfacto ry re p o r ts from
so r ry she was revived
She says her m an y section’s th a t are kn o w n to have
soul trav ersed a beautiful c o u n tr y in suffered from th e storm.
spirit land.
O K L A H O M A T IE D
CO M PLETELY
C rop failures in British F a s t Africa
is causing much loss of life am o n g
the natives. More th an 40.000 d eath s M u s k o g e e is in S o r r y P lig h t W ith o u t
have been caused by starv atio n and
H e a t o r L ig h t.
the g o v e rn m e n t is feeding 50,000
M uskogee. Okla., M ay 26.— N ot a
people.
railroad in O k la h o m a is in operation,
Bishops in the Methodist general con as a res u lt of the heavy rains and
fcrence passed the lie.
clo u d b u rsts th a t have occurred in v a ri
France may have to recognize Mulai ous p a r t s of th e state du rin g the past
Hafid as sultan of Morocco.
three days. T h e last ro a d to suspend
The late Governor Sparks, o f Neva o p eratio n s was th e M isso u ri-K an sas
da. was a great cattle breeder.
& T ex as, which was forced to quit at
Before the battleship fleet leaves for n o on S unday, when the bridg e on the
:he Orient it will be reorganized.
main line at Eufala w ent down.
T o add to th e disaster, the main
Inability to get a board o f arbitration
is continuing the street car strike at supplying natu ral gas to th e Indian
T e r r i t o r y part of the state was c a r
Cleveland, Ohi*.
ried a w ay with the Clarksville bridge
The Presbyterian general assembly late S unday, and the supply of gas
wants congress to pass a law making for M uskogee and several o th e r cities
Sunday an absolute day of rest.
in the s o u th east p a rt of th e state has
Baron Takahira. Japanese ambassa been en tirely cut off Officials of the
dor to the United States, says critics gas c o m p a n y say it will be a week
of his people are hasty and th at war before rep airs can be m ade so th a t
the gas supply can again be carried
rumors are unfounded.
\ s n atural gas is used for light and
Admiral Evans has called upon the heat, business will he suspended
president and received congratulations E lev ato rs have been forced to stop
on the successful trip of the battleship running, and hotels and re s ta u ra n ts
fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
have practically been put out of busi
The government has started a suit ness.
for a dissolution of the New Haven
V e h ic le F a lls D o w n M o u n ta in .
road's merger with the Boston and
Maine and New England trolley roads
San Jo se, Cal.. May 26.—T w e n ty -
In an address before the Bankers one students, half the g rad u a tin g class
club, of Chicago. Bryan said unless the of the S anta C lara H igh School, were
people were assured their deposits were carried 200 feet dow n a m o u n tain side
fully secured the government will have when a carry-all toppled from the
to start banks.
Mount H a m ilto n road at m idnight
The Mexican govcrnmdnt has start S atu rd ay night T h e vehicle b roke up
ed proceeding« against M artin Jacoby, when it started in its descen t and
millionaire and head of a large m ercan most of th e yo un g people slid in safe
tile house. He is charged with misap ty down the m ou ntain side in the
propriating between $3,000,000 and $5- cover of th e vehicle N ew s of the ac
cident reached this city early S unday
000 , 000 .
and a physician and n u rses w ere dis
In n speech at Harrisburg, Pa., Brvan patched to the scene in an a u t o m o
oaid ho favored the direct primary.
bile.
’
Governor Spark«, of Nevada, is very
low, nnd hi* physicians say he cannot
W e s t G u th rie U n d e r W a te r.
live.
G uthrie. Okl.t M ay 26 — All W e s t
M ajo r Jamen F McTndee is to suc G uthrie is inu ndated w ith from seven
ceed Colonel R«easier as government en to ten feet of w ater ru s h in g th r o u g h
gineer at Portland.
the street« T rain service on all road«
A rbitration of the street esr strike •n and out of G uthrie i« at a standstill
at Cleveland. Ohio, has been arranged, because of miles of rails being u nd er
b ut some rioting continues.
w ater and dozens of brid g es im p a s s a
N o atte m p t is b ein g m ade to
One man was killed and 10 injured ble
In a b ig Chicago fire, which destroyed operate trains east and w est from
Guthrie while tbe Arebison. T o peka
$ 400.000 worth o f property.
A Santa Fe south of G uthrie is im
A tornado ra«se 1 throngh a farming passable at Seward, b etw een here and
section near Clay Center. Kan., d estroy O k la h o m a City
in g much property and killing three
p*opl^.
S e n te n c e F ou r to Death.
Thi 1
Ltm itanii, from
St P e te rsb u rg . M ay $ 6 —T be court-
pee! for New York, has besten her for m artial of eleven revolutionists, in-
m er record for crossing th s ocean by eluding four wom en, which began a
several hones.
few day s ago. has resu lted in the sen
N ig ht riders continue to do much ten cin g of four of th e accused to
d sm sg e by burning tobacco b aras it death and six to periods of penal
servitude
O n e was acquitted
Kc ntueky.
FOREST GROVE.
OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
G re a t L e s s o n T a u g h t by C ru ise , S a y s
A d m ira l E v a n s.
on
S e c r e t a r y S m y th • P r a is e * C o m p u ls o r y
D ip p in g L a w .
I f C h o p p e r s C a n 't S e ll to T r u s t T h e y
W ill to C o n s u m e r s .
P ortlan d __Secretary Dan P. Smythe,
of the Oregon WoolgrowetH association.
I assed through P ortland recently on his
way to Salem, where he represents the
third district of Oregon a t the annual
meeting of the s tate sheep commission.
Mr. Smythe says the wool clip this year
is as large as usual, and th a t the wool
is of exceptionally fine quality.
At this session of the sheep commis
sion the eastern Oregon men intend to
take some radical action to prevent f u r
ther encroachments of Washington
sheepmen in the Wenaha forest reserve.
Mr. Smythe, who is extensively on
gaged in sheepraising himself, is etn
phatic in praise of the compulsory dip
ping law passed at the last session of
the legislature. He says Oregon sheep
are now practically free from disease of
every kind, and the wool is of a much
higher grade than in former years.
The administrtion at Washington has
favored the woolgrovrers in the Fiver
green State, to the detrim ent of Oregon
stoekmen. Jusrt what action will be
taken Mr. Smythe was not prepared to
say, but he thinks the commission wil
m ike recommendations th a t the for
estry department at the national capital
will not dare to overlook.
P e n d le to n .— A fter futile efforts to
sell th eir wood to__ Pen d le to n and
W alla W alla w oodyards, ten w ood-
c h o p p e rs of K aniela have pooled their
output and have placed an a g en t in
this city and will sell direct to the
consum er. T hey have 5.000 cords in
the pool and will fill this te r rito ry
with cheap wood, th ey declare. T h e
w oo d y ard s have large supplies on
hand, o w in g to the fact th a t the mild
w eath er of the past w in ter restricted
the sale, and have refused to buy the
Cam ela pool, which is now being m a r
keted here.
A lread y several cars
have been ordered from the pool and
it pro m ises to dem oralize the wood
m ark et in the inland empire.
K eep Salm on O ut o f Alfalfa.
P e n d l e t o n —T h o u s a n d s of salmon
fry front six to eight inches in length
ire now ru n n in g out into the canal
of the Irrigon irrigatio n pro ject and
m any of them are being stra n d e d on
the bars, w here they are perishing.
D eputy Game and Fish W a rd e n O. F.
T u r n e r will take im m ediate steps to
have p ro p e r fish screens placed at the
dam to prevent this d estru ctio n of
the y o u n g fish. T h e dam of the I r r i
gon project is in the Um atilla River
tw o miles east of the tow n of U m a
tilla. T h o u s a n d s of fine salmon fry
are now to be found in the river and
every effort will be made to p reven t
them from ru nn in g into the irrigation
L E A S E B IG T R A C T .
canals. O th e r canals on the river are
properly protected with screens and
S h e e p m e n G o b b le " J l0 0 , 0 0 0 A c r e s as
ladders.
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O v e r flo w to F o r e s t R e se rv e .
Pendleton__ One hundred thousand
acres of fine range land has ju st been
leased in Raker county by Morrow, Gil
liam and Umatilla county sheepmen as
an overflow range from their forest re
serve allotments. The land is logged-
off timber land, and lies in a strip 5t!
miles in length between Austin and
Pleasant valley, in Baker county, and
belongs to the numerous lumber com
panies of th at district. I t was leased
for five years by Dan P. Smythe, of
this city, and A. K. and A. Smythe, of
Arlington, William Smith, of Arlington,
and A. C. W hittier, of B i k e r county.
The sum of $8,000 was paid for use of
the tract for five years. Over 50,000
head of sheep will be held in the terri
tory during a portion of the summer,
ft is well watered and contains fine
grass.
H slt in’ T im b e r L a n d B u y in g .
Klamath F'alls__ J. W. Alexander, of
the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, is
in this city on business for his com
pany. He states that he is not here to
buy timber, but th at he expects to buy
when special inducements are offered.
There is but little movement in timber
in this section, and none is expected un
til a fte r the presidential election. While
the price of farm ing lands in this see
tion has increased in the past six
months, timber land has decreased from
$1.50 a thousand to 75 cents and $1
However, those holding claims are not
worrying over conditions, as they feel
sure the slump in timber is but tem
porary.
W e lls - F a r g o to B u ild .
Eugene.—T he W e lls -F a r g o E x p ress
C om pany has begun the erection of a
tine brick building on the S o u th e rn
Pacific * depot g ro u n d s in which to
handle its business in this city. T h e
architecture of the new building will
be in keeping w ith that of the new
passenger depot, now in course oi
co nstruction and to be com pleted b e
fore July 1 . T h e W e lls -F a r g o build
ing will be of brick and stone an 1
will cost $4,000 to $5,000. It is p r o b
able the dow n to w n office of the c o m
pany will be done aw ay w ith when
the new building is finished as the
location is convenient to the business
section of the city.
Pays Large Inheritance Tax.
Salem__The second largest inherit-
tnee tax ever paid into the state treas
ury was received recently. I t was
he tax on the estate of Amanda Reed,
>f Multnomah county, appraised at a
valuation of $1.385.919.89. The tax
was $7.141.40. The largest tax paid
was on the estate of Henry Weinhard,
which amounted to $15,248.54. The ap
praised value of the Weinhard estate
was but $1,381.967.22, but was left in a
lump sum, while the Reed estate was
livided among a large number of bene
ficiaries.
W a sh in g to n , May 2-Y—A dm iral E v
ans, in an in terview with W. S. Meri-
w eather, told of the results of the
cruise of the Pacific and its benefits
and the future policy and pro spects of
the A m erican navy.
" W h a t, in your opinion,” he was
asked, ’’is the m ost vital question a f
fecting the navy to d a y ? ”
" T h e sho rtag e of officers and men,
particularly officers,” A dmiral E vans
replied " W e have not a battleship in
com m ission today with a sufficient
n u m ber of officers properly to look
out for her battery. T h o se we have
are excellent, but th ey are so o v e r
worked th at th ey are giving way u n
der the strain. Men can be trained
for duties on shipboard, as has ju st
been show n in the cruise of the A t
lantic fleet to the Pacific, but not so
with officers.
" I n case of a sudden o u tbreak of
hostilities, we would find ourselves
seriously handicappd from this cause."
T h e A dm iral was th e n asked what
was the chief lesson to be d raw n from
the cruise of the battleship fleet.
“T h e re are tw o ,” he replied. “ First,
the absolute necessity for tw o fleets,
one on the A tlantic and one on the
Pacific; second, th at we took the fleet
to sea w ith one-third of the men u n
tr ained and arrived at the Pacific e n
trance to the Straits of Magellan and
M agdalena Bay absolutely in c o n d i
tion to go into an en g ag em en t.”
" W h a t should be our future naval
streng th, and how distributed?”
“ F o rty -eig h t battleship s with the
necessary cruisers, to rp ed o boats, s u b
m arines and auxiliaries. T hey should
be d is trib u te d —24 on the Pacific and
24 on the Atlantic.”
F IR E O N O L D V E S S E L .
S e n s a t io n a l N a va l E x p e rim e n t W ill be
T r ie d bp N avy.
W a sh in g to n , May 25.—T h e m ost
sensational naval experim ent ever a t
tem pted by this cou n try will take
place to d ay in Chesapeake Bay, when
the m o n ito r Florida will be su bm itted
to b o m b a r d m e n t by big guns and tor-
Dedoes to d em o n s trate the effect of
m odern projectiles upon the in ternal
fittings and the s tru ctu re of the fight
ing craft of the American navy.
T h e Florida is so co nstru cte d and
fitted internally in such a way as to
have practically the same stre n g th of
resistance as the latest type of A m e r
ican battleship.
At first it was proposed to put live
sheep in the tu rret of the m onitor, but
this plan has been abandoned because
it is believed the death of the anim als
would prove little as to the p ro b ab il
ity of loss of human life under similar
circum stances. T h e plan to te s t the
ability of the m odern ship of w ar to
w ith stand the heavy firing of the lat
est big gun s has attra c te d much at
tention in official circles and it is
looked upon as a m a t te r of great im-
p irtance by foreign officials at the cm
b.tssies here.
P A C IF IC
M A IL IS
P A S S IV E .
W o u ld N o t be B e n e fite d by P r o p o s e d
New Fly D estroys Aphis.
S u b s id y C la u se .
Milton__ Local orehardists are much
San Francisco, May 25. —T he prog
interested in a new variety of fly which re«s of the postoffice ap propriation
has appeared in orchards in this section bill, now in its last stages before C on
recently and which appears to be an gress, is being w atched with much in
"nemy to the green aphis, a pest which terest in this city, especially with re
gard to the ocean mail subsidy amend
has done great damage to peach trees nient, agreed to by t h e c o n f c r e e s , but
W h ip p in g U p on T u le C o n t ra c t .
this season. The new fly, which may rejected by the House, which has
Klamath Falls.—I t is stated here that
Chief F.ngineer Hood has given impera prove a blessing to the fruitgrowers, is asked for an o th e r conference on the
T h e proposed increased
tiv e orders th a t the dredging on the larger than the ordinary house fly and measure.
marsh for the railroad grade must be has wings long and slender and spotted c om p ensation to steam ship lines di
rectly affects the com panies run ning
rushed nr the contract will be forfeited black and white.
vessels from this p o rt to China, Japan,
The contract consists of a grade four
A ustralia and the Philippines.
miles along across swamp land, now rank
A u t o to C a r r y T o u ris ts .
W h e n asked w hat would be the re
with tules, and the agreem ent now is
K lam ath F'alls__ Captain J. M. M cIn
th a t crews must be worked day and tyre, of the M cIntyre Transportation suit should the subsidy a m en d m en t be
retained in the bill, F. S. Samuels
night in ordpr to throw up the grade company, has purchased an 11 -passenger m a n a g e r of the O ceanic Steam ship
at the earliest possible date in order to automobile, and will put it on the lino C om pany, said:
allow it to settle and dry before the between Dorris and this city. A erew
“ W h e t h e r we will resum e run ning
track is laid.
of men is now working on the road be vessels to Australia and carry the
tween Dorris and Keno, getting it in mails can not be determ ined for a time
O p e n R e s e r v e s J u n e I.
shape for automobile service, and it is Australia and New Zealand have made
Pendleton.—Sheepmen of Umatilla ■xpeeted th at the run can be made in o th e r c o n tracts for carrying the mails
county have received notice that sheep two hours from end of rail to this city. since we discontinued, and we do not
may be taken upon the Wenaha fores*
know at presen t w h e th e r we could get
reserve Ju n e 1. instead of June 15. the
that business again.”
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
date originally set. F o r some time
Adolph J. Frey, assistant to the
sheepmen have been asking for the use
vice-president and general m a n a g e r of
Apples— Select. $2.50 per box; fancy,
of the reserves on thp Blue mountain«
the Pacific Mail Company, the J a p
earlier than usual, because of the dry $2; choice. $1.50; ordinary, $1.25.
anese and China line, said th ere was
w eather prevailing this spring. Dan P.
Potatoes— Select, 70c per hundred; little prospect of the Pacific Mail
Smythe, secretary of the sheepmen’s Willamette Valley, 45e per hundred; availing itself of any increased allo w
assoeiat'on, has received notice from East Multnomah, 55e; Clackamas. 55c ance. chiefly because of the difficulty
Supervisor Schmitz th a t admission wer hundred; sweet, 5H>c per pound.
of securing crew s composed la rgely of
would he granted Jun e 1.
F ru l's — Strawberries.
Californin. A mericans, as the law would require,
«tl.50tdn.85 per crate; Oregon, 10@ at a rate of wages p erm ittin g of any
profit.
12 1
per round.
D aily S n o w s t o r m s at B u ck e y e .
Sumpter. — Superintendent W.
II.
Vegetables— Turnips. $1 per sack;
G e r m a n s A n g r y at F r e n c h m e n .
Gleason, of the Buckeye mine, in the carrots. $1.50(171.75; beets. $1.25; p a r
Berlin. May 25.— D eno uncing P aris
Cracker Creek district, reports opera snips. $1.25; beans, wax. 12*-i(?713'-ic
per pound; head lettuce, 35e per dozen;
tion at the property in full blast. artichokes. 50c per dozen; asparagus, clubs as m ere gam bling re s o rts and
Cross cuttin g for the main ledge from 7(i78e per pound; egg plant. 25(a30c per clubm en as card sh arp ers and black-
the drift is in progress, and it is ex nnund; parsley, 25e per dozen; peas, 6 'SJ I legs, the G erm an cou rt and press are
pected to encounter the vein in a short 7e per pound; peppers. 20e per pound; i declaring today th at it is easy enough
while. There is much snow in the vicin radishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 2@3c 1 to «ee w hy T eu to n m em bers are u n
w elcom e—th ey have som ething b etter
ity of this mine and it is a hard m at per pound; spinach. 85e per crate.
to do with their time th an to spend
ter to get supplies in at present. Con
Wheat— Club. 89e per bushel; red it at a gam ing table. Rut for the c o m
tinued snow storms prevail almost daily Russian, 8 6 ' j e ; blticstem, 91c; valley,
m ent by m em bers of the Cercle rie
at that altitude.
89e.
I.’U nion that G erm ans are regardless
Bariev—Feed. $25 per to n; rolled, of F rench club custom , the b lack
W ill E x h ib it at S ta te F a ir.
$27(1728; brewing. $26.
balling of Am bassadorial A ttache
Oregon City__ The board of directors
O a ts —No. 1 white. $27.50 per ton; H o r ts m a n m igh t have been perm itted
of the Clackamas County F air associa gray. $27.
to pass as a personal matter.
tion ha* authorized the exeeutive com
H.av—Timothv.
Willamette
Valley,
mittee to make a eountv exhibit at the
S p a r k s ’ Se cre ta ry Dead.
state fair, whieh will follow the Clack $17 per ton; Williamette Valley, ordi
C
arson.
Nev . May 2 5 — W. R Davis,
nary.
$15;
Eastern
Oregon
$18
50;
amas county fair. The board appropri
ated $50 for premiums for juvenile mixed. $16: clover, $14; alfalfa. $12; private secretary to the late G overnor
j Sparks, died at his hom e in this city
exhibit« and reappointed Thomas F. alfalfa meal. $ 20 .
Davis
Dressed Meats.—Regs, fancy
per S a tu rd ay of stom ach trouble
Rvan. George I-azelle and T. J. Gary as
1 was h e tte r know n as “ Riley" Davis.
a committee to direct the affair* of the pound: ordinarv. 7(777'i e ; large, 6 e: He served a* secretary to G overnor
veal, extra, 7 U r ; ordinary, 7e; heavy.
assoeitaion.
I Sparks since he first took office He
6 e ; mutton, faney. 10 c.
' was a resident of D ayton. N ev . where
B u m p e r C r o p P r o m is e d .
B u tter—Extras. 24e per pound; faney, , he held a n u m b er of im p o rta n t posi-
Arlington.— H eavy rains throughout 23e; ehoiee, 20e; store, 16e.
1 tion*
T h ro u g h the death of the late
this sertion of Oregon a few days ago
P oultrv—Mixed chicken«. I S d i ld e p e r G ov ern o r and hi* «ecretarv busine«*
have added many thousands of dollars pound; fanev hens. 14'<j(1715e; roosters, in the state and federal buildings is at
to th e wealth of Gilliam and adjoining old' 9e; fryers, dozen. $4: broilers, a standstill.
counties. The weather is warm and the dozen. $4 50(575: dre««e,l poultry, per
farmers happy. Every one predicts a pound, le higher; ducks 165fl7e: geese,
F r a n z J o s e f in S e r io u s C o n d itio n .
prosperous y e a r for this p a rt ¿of the 8(579e; turkevs. alive, 17®18e; dressed.
V
ienna. Mav 2 5 — E m p e r o r F ran z
19<5?20e.
state.
Jo sef hi* caught a fre«h cold and g e n
Hops— 1907. prime and choice. '51® eral audience« have been suspended
trine per pound; old. m d ? 2 e per ponmf. T he cou rt physicians say th e y do not
H a t c h e ry Su p e rin te n d e n t.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, average best. ortsider his m t i e s ’y ’« condition a’arm -
Oregon City__ W. Tf. Smith, of Park
plare. has been appointed superintend llifflS e ner pound, aeeording to sh rin k in*. but there is much uneasiness c m
rn t of the state fish hatcheries at Wal age; valley. 10 (lfl 2 ' 4 e.
cern in g him ow ing to his age and
Mohair—Choice. l d ^ l S ^ e per pound. continued ill health.
Iowa and Ontario.
POPULATION IS D U M liSIB
Lo ss
of
L ife
Believed to Be Hig^
T h o u s a n d s o f H ea d of Liv*.
sto c k Killed.
Dallas, Tex., May 26 —Seven .
sand persons art- practically w itl
shelter now as a result of the vioT
s t o rm which broke over NortH
Texas and O klahom a Sunday nig
T o d a y alone fully 2,000 people *5
driven from their homes by the -J 1
ing of the T rin ity river. Hot*
b arn s and everything in the path ¡1
the terrible flood is swept down 15
carried away. T rinity river is a ru .1
ing, surging torrent and nothing!
parcn tly stands before it. Big &.
tories far removed from the rive
p ro p e r are flooded, bridges have beet
sw ept aw ay like kindling wood. Live,
stock by the thousands have perished
an d fear is now entertained that 1
m eat famine will follow in the wait I
of the s t o r m ’s fury.
S o far no arrangem ents of a char
a cte r calculated to relieve the intense
suffering of the inhabitants have bits
attem pted . It is really too soon tt
give any real estimate of the dead
W ith the abatem ent of the rising
w aters steps w ill be taken at once tc
help th ose in dire distress. As usual'
in such cases, the poor of the varioutl
cities and tow ns in the path of then
elem ents are suffering the worst I
T h e present storm is by far t k l
most violent of the present year, an*
for th at m a tte r perhaps the word
sto rm th at has visited Northern Trail
in several year«. It was exceptional?!
severe at F'ort W o rth . Dallas, \Yida|
Falls, D en to n and Abilene.
T h e p ro p e r ty loss will run extras I
ly high, but so far not even a cos I
servative estim ate can be placed xl
the whole. At F o rt Worth alone: |
is figured nut th at the storm slf
cause close o n to $ 100.000 daitupl
W h e n sub urb an points are finsilil
heard from the loss will run mull
higher in th a t vicinity.
ty
R eo o rts from Mineral Wells stateH
th a t W a d e O w en s and Rrnest StatelnB
w ere drow ned there. Persons areilttfl
reported d row ned near Wichita FalkH
and Childress.
At Denton an at-jl
kn o w n man lost his life in attemptii|B
to «** vc some household effects.
All over the storm-swept distnd|
railroads and crops have sufferedl
heavily.
Railroad traffic i; ■ j
rally at a standstill, as at most poiol
bridges have been torn from !b*l
fou ndatio ns by the surging floodnl
ter. As quickly as possible the nif
road people will repair the datr
done. In any event, it w ill be tv
days before an y th in g like sche«d(
time can be m aintained on any ofi
roads.
A N A R C H Y IN P E R S I A .
Sta te
A p p a re n tly H e lp le s s
W ith Situ a tio n .
to Ct|j
Rerlin. May 26.— Advices rectid
here are to the effect th at atuidl
prevails th r o u g h o u t Persia. Asana|
ample of the S h a h ’s helplessntis 1
cope w ith the situation a libel actio
is cited which has been brotghI
against the P ersian new spiw V m -
sowad. ns an article s t a t i n g ’.fit parts
of P ersian te r rito ry arc in the control
of brigands and revohtti nists. ini
concluding w ith the following:
“T h e g o v ern o rs are tyrannical, tbe|
ad m inistration is corrupt and ine5*|
cient. the taxes are in arrears, thefl
ch equer is empty, the s. .’.liers’ wiW
are unpaid and the army is help»!
W h a t is the Sltah going t o do in tfcetf
m elanch oly circumstances? He*|
votes hintsclf to o r g i e s night 41
night until daybreak.”
T h e new spaper proceeds to Fl
p ro o f of its allegations and conc:»JJ
by d em an d in g the dethronemettj
the Shah and the establishment
republic.
I
T h e S hah brought a libel achl
but w ithd rew it when the editor f
fered to prove the charges in det
Follo w ing this, the walls of Tenet
w ere covered with placards cal*
upon the people to assassinate
m onarch.
S a v e s Rat, Is Arrested.
P itts b u rg , May 2 6 —For
save a half-drow ned rat front
to r tu re d to death. Thomas . ■
w as arrested vesterd.av after he
been badly beaten by J05iP;_
Smith. M orris saw a crowd of
aro u n d the rat. and Smith was 1 P™
it with a st ck Morn«
.
and a fight folk wed in
j y-,|
•
I
1
M o rris and sentenci 1
,
fine of $13, or serve 20 days
w orkhouse.
_______
Deadly Gas for Burglar*.
S tu ttg art. May 26—A chemtod'l
in the small town of V
. J
fected and patented an 1 *Pve . J
th r e a te n s burglar« with
'if'e r ti-cv -cc
. ’’I’
Wil
vault door, either by 'keleWn
w ith the aid f c " I" i ' " ’! . . ' ' M
g'vcerine and
»'
*!- not«*
phernalia The moment 2 .
opens the door, or bore
poisonous gases are
j*l
ing the invader and leawni
on the floor.
_________
M eat inspectors Confer-
Chicago. May 2«
m eat ir.snect t « w ere p
.
dav at the open,ng o ' f f
which c
o
n
s t d
t h e new m eat
i,
t a r v of Agriculture \ \ i « « ,
in g the deliberations of
ne
5c'