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-•V- MOB DEFIES B A Y O N E T S . Disarms “ Tin Soldiers’’ — Genera Strike May Be Called. O R E G O N ’S NEW W A TER C O D E . SPEAK ON APPLE C U L T U R E . Methods of Registering Water Rights Dr. S. A Robinson, of Old Virginia, Under State Law Praises Oregon Apples. » + Philadelphia, Feb. 28.—According to a statement issued today by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, the amount of damage done today and the number of assaults committed by mobs were greater than on any prev ious day of the strike. Two hundred and ninety-five cars were wrecked, making 750 cars put out of service since the strike began. .. Six hundred and sixty-three cars were run up to nightfall, when all cars were returned to the barns. Salem—The following statement was Portland—Members of the Portland prepared by State Engineer John H. Apple Growers club were afforded ar. Lewis to refute some of the charges opportunity to listen to two addresses that the new water law passed by the at the regular meeting at the Y. M. C. legislature last year is too intricate A. recently. M. O. Lownsdale, of La and cumbersome: fayette, owner of one of the largest “ The assertion has been made that apple orchards in the Willamette val the Oregon water code is so intricate ley and having 30 years’ experience in Philadelphia, Feb. 23.—Three boys and restrictive in its operation as to raising apples, was the first speaker. were shot and probably fatally injured prevent or greatly check the use of He was followed by an address by Dr. and several received less severe S. A. Robinson, vice-president of the streams either for power or for irriga today in riots that followed the State Horticultural sbeiety of Virginia, wounds attempted resumption of service by the tion. and a member of the Royal society of Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. “ For the purpose of throwing some England. The shooting occurred in attacks on light on this subject a summary of the Dr. Robinson telling why Oregon filings made under this law in the apples bring the highest prices in the cars in the Northeastern section. Mar ket street, the principal business state engineer’s office between Feb markets of the world said in part: thoroughfare, was the scene of the dis ruary 24 and December 31, 1909, has “ You in Oregon are being taught to turbances all day. Cars were stoned been made. underestimate your competitors. There and two policemen were roughly hand “ A total of 464 applications for per are a number of sections which you mits to appropriate water have been must take into account. Canada, along led by a mob of several thousannd per filed, the estimated cost of the pro the St. Lawrence river and around the sons. A dozen arrests were made and posed work, as given by the appli Great Lakes, Nova Scotia and a few the prisoners were placed in a trolley This was stormed by the mob and cants, amounting to $30,000,000. The other sections are as productive as the car. ’ Drigoner8 escaDed magnitude of these figures can be ap Pacific Northwest and while th» apples Preparations were made by author preciated when it is remembered that of these sections do not compare with $2,100,000 represen'ed the total cost the first and second pack of Oregon ities to call upon the entire force of of all irrigation works prior to 1902, they are a good commercial apple. But the state militia if the police tomor according to the United States census, your apples are the best and it is be- row were unable to cope with the sit- President Murphy, of the and it is believed that $6,000,000 will canae they are the best that they draw : uation. Central Labor union, still regards a fully cover all expenditures made since the great prices. general strike of all unions in the city such date, including those of the gov “ The production of strictly fancy as inevitable, although Organizer Pratt ernment. apples will never be overdone. They said to oppose this move. “ The fees paid to the state in con- will always meet a demand command is Members of the State Fencibles, an nection with these filings amount to ing a high price, both because of the $9,700, a sum which more than covers small area fitted for such apples and independent military organization. 200 were placed on duty today, the cost to the general taxpayer of on account of the increasing popula strong, with loaded rifles. They were the state engineer’s department. No tion which is demanding the highest armed in the Kensington mill district complaint as to excessive fees or un priced apples. In New York City a detailed reasonable regulations or restrictions few years ago I saw apples piled on Northeast, a hotbed of sympathizers. Fifteen policemen quartered in the has been heard. Water right records the docks, simply glutting the market barn of the company at Ridge avenue are necessarily more complicated than and with a greater quantity sent in and York street narrowly escaped land records, and the applicant, or than ever before. They were being death tonight when the entire north- rather those which have appeared at sold—good commercial apples—for 75 1 corner of the building was blown the office, seem to think the cost does cen’s a barrel. Two trainloads of ap- east away with dynamite. The explosion not exceed the benefits. Sixty-two of ples were left standing unopened. But occurred just as C. O. Pratt,was about the 464 applications have been can with this glutted market Oregon ap to address a meeting of carmen at celed from the records and the water is ples were being held at $3.50 to $4.00 Ridge avenue and Dauphin street. subject to reappropriation. a bushel box and the dealers were glad “ The water code makes no annual to get them at that price. That shows C E N S U S O F O C C U P A T IO N S . charge for the use of water for 'power the way Oregon apples are thought of development, but limits the franchise in the East and what will be paid for or right to a period of 40 years, sub the very best. Questions Will Apply to Everybody in ject to a preference right of renewal the United States. “ Now, I am from Virignia, where under the laws then existing. It we can grow a very high grade of ap Washington, 23.—The “ occu should not be confused with a separate ple. But there is no fear of Virginia pation" q u e s tio n Feb. in th e U n ite d S t a te s law which provides for an annual tax being a competitor of yours for a gen census population schedule to be car of 26 cents to $2 upon each horsepower eration at least. The reason I would ried by the enumerators during the developed. But little complaint as to give as hereditary inertia although Thirteenth Decennial census, begin the excessive amount of these fees has there are some who may dub it ‘hook ning April 15 next, applies to every been heard from the small appropriator worm.’ A t any rate, they will not body living in the United States on the who intends to apply the power to his develop their land and the proprietors date mentioned, which is the “ Census own use. It is different, however, of the soil, the sons and grandsons of Day," and all the population schedule with the large appropriator and its re slaveowners, have such a great amount questions relate to it only. tarding influence is reflected in the of personal individuality that they In its printed instructions to enum small number of such filings made un cannot be made to co-operate, and co erators the census bureau holds that der this law. Only a few of the small operation such as you have at Hood the occupation followed by a child or a appropriators have paid the tax in re River is an absolute essential to the woman is just a important, for census sponse to notices sent out prior to Jan success of the apple industry.’’ purposes, as the occupation of a man. uary 2. Therefore the enumerators are told “ Forty-nine petitions for the deter PORTLAND MARKETS. never to take it for granted without mination of water rights on various inquiry that a woman or child old streams of the state have been filed Wheat—Track prices — Bluestem, enough to work bas no gainful occupa with the board of control. This $1.13(8)1.13%; club, $1.06; red Rus tion. board is composed of the state engin sian, $1.04; valley, $1.05; 40-fold, It is pointed out, however, that only eer and the division superintendent of $ 1 . 10 . gainful occupation are to be reported. each of the two divisions into which Corn—Whole, $35; cracked. $36 ton. By this is meant any employment, the state is divided. Surveys have Oats—No. 1 white, $31.50 per ton. work, profession or vocation by which been completed and testimony taken Hay—Track prices—Timothy, Wil the person working regularly earns on nine of these streams. All irrigat lamette valley, $20(8)21 per ton; East money or its equivalent. The fact ed lands, power plants, ditches, etc., ern Oregon, $22(8 23; alfalfa, $17(8) that a person has no gainful occupa along 11 other streams have been lo 18; California alfalfa, $16(817; clo tion is to be noted on the schedudle. cated and mapped during the past sea ver, $15(816; grain hay, $16@18. If a person is only temporarily unem son by the state engineer. In all, Fresh Fruits—Apples, $1.25(83 box; ployed on account of lack of work or 57,500 acres of irrigated land have pears, $1.50@1.75; cranberries, $8(89 sickness, or other temporary reason, been accurately measured and mapped, per barrel. the occupation which that person usual- at a cost of 7 X cents per acre. Potatoes—CtfHoad buying prices— ,y followg ¡„ to be reported. “ The most important of these Oregon, 708; 75c per sack; sweet po- a person has two occupations, the streams are the Umatilla river and all tatoes, 2%@3c per pound. enumerator must return only the more its tributaries. Crooked river, Squaw Vegetables—Cabbage, $1.50(8)2 per important one—that is, the one from creek and Tumalo creek, in Crook hundred; turnips, $1.25 per sack; ruta- wbjch the person gets the more money. county, Willow creek in M otto county, bagas, $1(81.25; carrots, $1; beets, If that cannot be learned, then he is and Willow creek in Malheur county, $1.25; parsnips, $1. to return the one at which the person also Little Butte creek in JacksoVi Butter—City creamery extras, 37@ spends the more time. As an illustra county. The popularity of the law 39c; fancy outside creamery, 35(839c; tion, the enumerators are told to re with respect to the adjudication of old store, 20(823 %c per pound. Butter a man as a “ farmer" if he gets rights has far exceeded the expectation fat prices average l% c per pound un turn most of his income from farming, al of the legislature, as the appropriation der regular butter prices. though he may follow the occupation for the state engineer’s office is so lim- ! EggB—Fresh Oregon ranch, 27%@ of a clergyman or preacher; but they ited that surveys cannot keep pace 28c per dozen. must return him as a “ clergyman ’ if with demands. Cheese—Full cream twins, 19(820c “ No right to the use of water ean per pound, young Americans, 20(8:21c. he gets more of his income from that occupation. be acquired except by application to, Pork—Fancy, 12@12%c per pound. and the issuance of a permit, by the Veal—Faney,12(8il2%c per pound. House of Lords Lacks Support. state engineer. Th® records as sum Poultry—Heos, 17%(818c; springs, London, Feb. 23 —The players in the marized above and the experience of 17%@18c; ducks, 20(8)22c; geese. 13 this office during the ten months of (314c; turkeys, live, 22%@24c; game of polities threw the cards upon 1909 during which the wafer code has dressed. 25(0 29c; squabs, $3 per dozen. the table in the house of commons to been in effect, leads to the conclusion Hops—1909 crop, prime and choice, day. The government is without the that this law is entirely satisfactory to 20(822e; 1908s, 17%c; 1907s, 11 %c allies necessary to carry legislation and the prospect is that the country will be the prospective investor and settler. per pound. stirred by another general election It has already stimulated the develop Wool—Eastern Oregon, 16(8 23c soon. up Premier Asquith announced ment of the state through irrigation. pound; mohair, choice, 25c. that the financial legislation would be Power filings and doubtless power de Cascara bark—4%<g5c per pound. velopment has been somewhat retarded Hides—Dry hides, 180ll8%e per put ahead of the proposals to curb the M'neV urJ . » „ ¿ T E S T . £ 1 Power of the house of lords. John E. by the annual tax provided for in a ’lrttfT Redmond, the Irish leader, declared separate law. Complaints as to this PO?,n2 H*tl; that the Nationalists would not feature should not be directed against calfskin, 10*e; salted calfskin. 15c poor* , ^ ^ m. the water code.” green, lc less. I Cattle—Best steers, $5.60(85.75; | Egypt’s Premier Dies of Wound. fair to good steers, $4.50(36; strictly To Investigate Oregon Electric. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 23. — Boutres good cows. $4.60(84.76; fair to good Salem—The railroad commission up Pasha Cbali, the Egyptian premier and cows, $3.75(34; light calves, $6.50(36; on its own motion has ordered an in minister of foreign affairs, who was vestigation into passenger accommoda heavy calves, $4<35; bulla, $3.60(3 shot by a student yesterday, died to tions furnished patrons by the Oregon 3.76; stags, »3(8 4. Hogs— Top, $9(89.25; fair to good day. The assassin, who is in custody, Electric Railway company. The in is a Nationalist, and declares be sought vestigation will include both car con bogs, »8.60(8 8.76. to avenge certain acts of the govern Sheep— Best wethers, »6(36.26; fair veniences and depot accommodations »6(36.60; good ment which are displeasing to the Na such as are required of other railroads to good wethers, tionalists. ewes, »6; lambs, »6(86.60. operating in Oregon. Washington, Feb. 28.—Because o f' Columbia river and the Celilo canal, to protests filed against the bill donating connect with the North Bank real at to Whitman college the lands and a point opposite the mouth of the Des buildings of the abandoned Walla chutes river. This bill now lacks only Walla military reservation, Senator the signature of the president to make Jones has withdrawn that measure, it law. and today introduced a new bill au- j The secretary of the interior has thorizing the sale of the reservation to decided to report favorably upon the Whitman college at $50 an acre. Bourne bill amending the enlarged I t is expected that the military com-1 homestead act so as to permit patents mittee, before reporting this bill, will to issue in Oregon upon proof of pro ascertain from the War department duction and cultivation instead of re whether or not this price is reasonable, , quiring residence. and if not will substitute a price re- : commended by that department. It is Washington, Feb. 24.—Representa not expected there will be objection to tive Hawley announced today that the the sale of the lands at a fair price. hearings on the Lafean apple packing A bill introduced in the senate, today bill would begin before the house com to add 1,000,000 acres to the area mittee on agriculture on March 9, and available for use by the state of Ore continue long enough to enable all wit He has notified gon under the Carey desert land act, nesses to b® heard. and also to authorize the state of Ore horticultural societies in Oregon in or gon to drain Blue Point, Flagstaff, der that they mHy send representatives H art and Clumf lakes and reclaim the to Washington to appear before the lands now submerged and • to create committee. A bill was introduced today in the liens upon the land so reclaimed as a security for the repayment of the cost house by representative Hawley, of of reclamation by settlers on the re Oregon, providing for the opening and settlement of the Klamath Indian res claimed lands. Senator Jones today introduced bill ervation of Oregon. The bill provides for the surveying permitting the Okanogan Electric Rail way company to build a bridge across of the reservation and allotment to the the Columbia river at Bridgeport and Indians within a year, the government another across the Okanogan river at j to have use of some of the land for demonstration farms. Defflins Ferry. The Aldrich bill providing for a com-1 A graphic picture of Alaska, with mission of senators, representatives her millions in gold lying hidden be and civil appointees to be selected by neath hundreds of feet of frozen earth, the president, to supervise the busi- j was drawn by Delegate James Wicker ness methods of the executive d epart-; sham today in a statement before the ments, was passed by the senate to- ] house committee on territories, in sup port of a bill for the revision of Alas day. The postoffice appropriation bill was kan mining laws. If a resolution introduced today by under consideration in the house during the entire session, which lasted over Senator Heyturn ¡8 adopted, the senate six hours. Both houses will be in ses will take up what is known among po lice officials as the “ third degree." sion tomorrow. The house public lands committee The resolution provides for appoint has reported favorably the administra ment of a select committee of three to tion bill making an appropriation of investigate the practice of administer $500,000 for the survey of public lands ing what is known as the “ third de within railway land grants. In Oregon gree" ordeal by the officers of the law there are $500,000 acres unsurveyed in for the purpose of extorting state ments and confessions from those Oregon & California railroad grant. charged with crime. Mr. Heyburn asserted that such Washington, Feb. 26.—In accordance with recommendations by the senate methods were more cruel than those of committee on finance, the bill provid | the Inquisition. They were not only ing for the issuance of $30,000,000 of barbarous, he said, but were in direct certificates of indebtedness for the ben conflict with American court instruc efit of the reclamation srevice will be tions under which an officer is prohib amended so as to make the government ited from talking with his prisoner on directly responsible for the payment of the subject of the charge against him. the certificates. As the bill now stands Washington, Feb. 23.—Senator War the certificates are made payable from ren today introduced a bill authorizing the reclamation fund. The proposed amendment will auth the secretary'of the interior to sell sur orize the secretary of the treasury to plus water of the government reclama transfer from time to time from the tion projects to individuals, corpora general fund to the reclamation fund tions or associations operating under such amounts as may be necessary to the Carey act and authorizing the sec complete the projects, providing the retary to co-operate with persons, cor aggregate shall not exceed $30,000,000. porations, irrigating districts or Carey He is authorized to issue certificates act associations in the construction of not to carry more than three per cent contemplated reservoirs, which will interest to reimburse the treasury for impound the water in excess of the advances made. The funds thus ob needs of pubic lands within the pro tained are to be used for the comple posed irrigation project. Senators who have been heretofore tion of projects already begun. Ultimately the government is to be unfriendly to the bill to raise addi reimbursed from the reclamation fund tional money to hasten completion oi at the rate of 50 per cent of the re government irrigation projects are now suggesting that the bill be amend ceipts of the fund. After a conference today with Dr. ed to authorize $50,000,000 instead of W. T. Homaday, director of the New 1 »30,000,000 worth of certificates of in York zoo, the senate committee on debtedness. Commenting on this new conservation of natural resources, of situation Senator Borah said: “ Of which Dixon, of Montana, is chairman, course we would like to have »50,000,- decided to represent to the department 000, and if we find we can get it, we of commerce and labor the undesirabil will take up this new proposal, but the ity of renewing the present lease for thing that is disturbing friends of the the slaughter of seals in Alaskan wa measure now is whether or not this proposed raise may not have the effect ters, which expires next April. According to Dr. Homaday, the of killing the bill after it gets to the seal herd has been reduced from 4,- house. We do not know what we 000,000 to 50,000 in a comparatively will do regarding this proposition until brief period. He expressed the opin the situation can be canvassed in the ion that a renewal of the lease would house." • The senate commerce committee has amount to the practical extermination of the herd. He recommended a adopted amendments to the river and harbor bill as follows: Siuslaw river, closed season for ten years. $213,000, conditioned upon co- opera- , tion by the Port of Siuslaw; Coquill« Washington, Feb. 26.—Representa river, increase from $27,840 to $50,000 tive Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, and $6,000 annually for maintenao made a general assault on the tariff Clatskanie river, increase from $500 to law under license of general debate on $5,000. Survey of the Oregon slough the postoffice appropriation bill in the in the Columbia opposite Vanc/Uver, ia house today. also ordered. Telling a number of stories of starv Washington, Feb. 22.—Representa ing children and of working men ap pealing for work in the large cities, tive Hawley today introduced a bill anj, Kitchin concluded each tale with the thorizing the opening of the ' lands in Klamath reser*;-tlon a(ter the- statement: “ And all this under the Aidrich- completion of «notments to Klamath Payne bill, which no one on the Repub and Modoc Indians. As soon as the lican side has the courage to defend." allotments are completed, a commis The administration bill to create a sion consisting of one resident of Ore court of commerce and amend the inter gon, one representative of the Interior state commerce laws was ordered fav department and one member of th» orably reported today by the senate Klamath tribe are to be appointed at committee on interstate commerce, $10 a day to classify and appraise th» which will recommend its passage surplus lands, dividing them Into agri practically in the form recently revis cultural, timber, grazing and mineral ed by Attorney Genersl Wickersham. lands, the classification to be eomplet- The attitude of the house committee ed in eight months. in regard to the bill ¡»'giving the pres The bouse naval committee today ident concern and today he sent for voted a tentative apprtfvETo/ Secretary some Republican members of the com Meyer • plan of reorganization, which mittee and urged them to do every will (five the secretary the power to thing possible to expedite its passage, put hi* plan into practice for one year. even if it should be necessary to Several hours again were devoted by amend it, so long as the general pur the senate committee on interstate poses of the act were carried out commerce today to listening to Attor The senate today passed Represent ney General Wickersham expound his ative Ellis’ bill authorising the Oregon views concerning amem^nents to Hw Trunk line to build a bridge across the | interstate commerce law. . - * 1 i