Washington County News MARK P A C K A G E S IN F U L L . R a ilr o a d s P u t A d d itio n a l B u r d e n s S m a ll S h ip p e r s . Issued Each Week I 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. _________ 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'