NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST CONGRESS MEETS. ESTIMATES ARE MADE. ' Republicans are Gloomy; Democrats Columbia a River Allowed *1,725,000; and Insurgents Rejoice, Others Fare Well. OREGON HAS 6 7 2 ,7 6 5 . State Entitled to Another Represen' tative— Idaho Has 3 2 5 ,5 9 8 . Vi ashington— Oregon has a popula­ tion o f 672,765, as shown by the 13th census. The population ten years ago was 413,536. The increase the past ten years, therefore, has been 62.7 per cent. The population in 1880 was 313,767. The increase in 20 years h been^ll4 per cent. The census bu­ reau’ s figures indicate that Oregon will be entitled to another representa­ tive in congress two years hence, even if the ratio o f representation is increased, in accordance with custom. The announcement o f the population o f Idaho, also made public, indicates that that state also w ill gain one rep­ resentative. The figures show that there are in Multnomah county, outside o f Port­ land, 19,047 persons. The population of the county is given as 226,261, the population o f Portland having been an­ nounced previously as 207,214. The whole county shows an increase o f 123,094. The county has more than doubled its population in the past ten years. It had a population o f only 4,150 in 1860, the first year in which there is a record o f the county’s peo­ ple. The figures o f the bureau show that Idaho, which is credited with a total population o f 325,598, as compared with 161,272 in 1900, a gain o f 101.9 per cent, has a greater increase in the past ten years than any other state in the Union thus far announced, ex­ cept Oklahoma. Washington, D ec. 5.— “ O, wondrous Washington— Estimates of the cost change” was the sentim ent fe lt today by many Republicans and expressed by of river and harbor improvements the Democrats when the closing session throughout the United States for the of the 61st congress was opened. year to end July 1 , 1912, contained in In the senate the first rap o f the the annual report of General Bixby, gavel sounded the knell o f Senator chief o f army engineers, shows a total Beveridge, who w ill be replaced by Kern. It was as dismal fo r Aldrich of $22,227,361. and Hale, whose reign o f dictatorship In his report General Bixby selects ends with this assem bly. For Carter, ¿11 projects as worthy of congressional of Montana, Dick, o f Ohio, and Kean, appropriations. Among these recom- of New Jersey, the session is just as menuations are: Ohio river, $3,550,000. foreboding, this congress marking Mississippi rvier, ' $3,400,000. their last term as national lawmakers. Columbia river above Celilo falls to While joy prevailed on the Demo­ cratic side, goom overhung many a Re­ snake river, $25,000. Columbia river, Celilo falls to Dalles publican head. A m ong the leaders for whom this session w rites a death war­ rapids, $600,000. Columbia river below Portland rant are Burkett, o f Nebraska, Bur­ rows, o f M ichigan, Depew, o f New $150,000. Columbia river mounth, $950,000. York, Dick, o f Ohio, Flint, o f Califor­ Los Angeles harbor, $270,000. nia, Frazier, o f Tennessee, Hale, of Ocean front, near San Luis Obispo. Maine, Piles, o f W ashington, Scott, of West V irginia, and W arner, o f Mis­ Cal., $110,000. San Francisco harbor, $30,000. souri. Oakland harbor, $150,000. While gloom pervaded the senate, Eureka, Cal., harbor, $185,000. the house appeared grief-stricken, the Grays Harbor (Wash.), $300,000. havoc to be w rought in the upper body Snohomish river, $75.000. not equaling the dow nfall that awaits San Joaquin river, $25,000. the representative chamber. Speaker Coos Bay harbor $40,000. Cannon today began his last period of Appropriations for the Sacramento rule over the low er house and for many of his colleagues this session is a fare­ river were not recommended, as the LOVE NOT JAP MOTIVE. well before enforced retirement. report o f engineers had not yet been Among those is Taw ney, o f Minnesota, completed. The lakes to the gulf waterway pro­ chairman o f the appropriation commit­ Great Britain'« Belief in Friendship ject is not mentioned in the report. tee. Shattered. That the rivers and harbors recom­ With the D em ocrats and even the London— When Japan recently gave mendations may precipitate a fight insurgents the situation is different. orders fo r a new dreadnaught to be For the Dem ocrats jo y is unconfined, against President T aft’ s plan to elim­ this session o f congress being a pre­ inate the "pork barrel” was intimated built in England, the proponents o f the English-Japanese alliance were loud in cursor o f greater things, o f which the by the politicans. It is predicted that referring to this act as having been soon after congress convenes certain predicted rise to the speaker’ s chair of congressmen will frame a rivers and inspired solely by an desire o f Great Champ Clark is the forem ost. Britain’ s Far Eastern ally to prove by Sure o f control o f the next house, harbors bill carrying about $30,000,- 000 in appropriations. With the usual friendship the pact was not obtained the Democrats are jubilant and smiles additions to early estimates, it is with the flavor o f business bargaining, were worn today by Bourbons who, likely that such a bill would carry be­ but simply intended gracefully to draw heretofore, w ore gloom even in merry tween $40,006,000 and $50,000,000 in more tightly the "t ie s o f alliance.” sessions. The insurgents, too, partook All this sentiment has been rudely the aggregate. of the elation o f the Democrats, as the The politicians base their prediction shattered by Fred T. Jane, naval ex­ turn o f affairs brought about by the on the president’ s action at the time pert and student o f international fight­ recent election enables them to com­ he signed a measure carrying $50,000,- ing ships. mand respectful attention in the Re­ "T h e report that Japan, while leav­ 000 for the same purpose. At that publican caucuses where heretofore time he sent a message to congress ing five o f her own shipyards empty, they were spurned as outcasts. has ordered a dreadnaught to be built which asid; No business was transacted, both " I once reached a conclusion that it in England to show her admiration for branches m eeting m erely to appoint a was my duty to interpose a veto in the Anglo Japanese alliance, ia some­ joint com m ittee form ally to appraise order, if possible, to secure a change what weak in the matter o f assigned the president that the legislative o f method of framing these bills. Sub­ ca u se," Mr. Jane asserts. branch o f the governm ent was ready to sequent consideration has altered my "T h e actual facts appear to be that proceed, to call the rolls and to adjourn view o f my duty.” although Japanese yards are now fully after adopting resolutions to the mem­ The president withheld his veto be­ capable of turning out moderate-sized ory o f members who had died since cause for three years there had been vessels and very good destroyers, the congress last met. no rivers and harbors appropriations building o f monstrous battleships is and bad he failed to sign the measure, rather beyond the capacity o f their ex­ THREATEN HARD TIMES. government engineers would have been isting plants. This probably explains the tremendous delays in recent Jap­ seriously handicapped. anese construction. It is far cheaper The White House idea is embodied Railroads Will Fight Reduction in in General Bixby’a recommendations, and expeditious to have a ship built Freight Rates. that money should be set aside for the outright in England than to import Washington — That the railroads prompt completion o f more important large quantities o f material to be put which have demanded freigh t increases projects, and that scattering appropri­ together in Japan. that will amount to $75,000,000 nually are in league with " b i g busi­ ness’ ’ to enforce the rates through is a story in circulation here. The business interests are opposed to regulation such as is proposed by President T aft, and it is said that Wall street w ill join the railroads in the fight for higher rates. The club that is to be held over the interstate com m erce commission and the country in general is "hard tim es." Financial depression and panic, it is predicted, w ill be the out­ come if the rate increases are not granted and the business interests let alone. Thia is said to have been in­ timated plainly enough to be a Wall street threat. B ig business men and railroad officials who have been in W ashington during the discussion of the rate question are said to have been very pessim istic in their views for the future financial outlook. Prosperity seems to have lost its charm, according to the magnates, and the way in which they have said it has been tantamount to an expression o f their intention to bring about a financial depression, offi­ cials here say. • Small Farms Increasing. Rapid settlem ent o f the country ad­ jacent tp Bend, Prineville, Lakeview and Silver Lake, Oregon, has caused the national forest service to mater­ ially reduce the number o f cattle al­ lowed to the b ig cattlemen on the ranges o f the Fremont national forest. The reductions w ere made by Thomas P McKenzie, o f the department o f ailviculture o f the forest service. Oklahoma Has 1,657,155 People. Washington— The population o f the »tate o f Oklahoma ia 1,667,155, ac­ cording to atatistics o f the 13th census Bade public by Director Durand. This H *n increase o f 242,978, or 17.2 per cent over 1,414.177 in 19«7. Illinois' Population 6,638,691. Washington— The population of the o f Iilinoia ia 6,638,591, accord­ â t to the cenaos bureau. The increase *■ or 18.9 per cent. A t the Prevent apportionment, Illinois would «•in four ations for projects which have been dragging along for years should be withheld. Senator Burton sUunchly supports the president and is prepared to make a strong fight against piecemeal appro­ priations, such as legislators whose political lives depend on the govern­ ment appropriations would introduce. The same legislators are placed in the predicament o f organizing a fight to pass a “ pork barrel” bill over the veto of the president. YEAR IS BIG FOR LIQUOR. ARBITRATION REACHED. Chicago Garment Worker« Reach Agreement With Big Firm. Chicago— Through the influence of the CMy Council committee, which realized that a continuation o f the garment worker«’ «trike meant a big financial burden on the city, an arbi­ tration has been reached between the firm of Hart, Schaffner A Marx, and it« 10,000 employee, who have been on strike for nearly two months. With nearly 100,000 peraona affect­ ed by the »trike, it waa rapidly becom­ ing a serious problem to the city au­ thorities. This mass o f people, mostly foreigners, were destitute, and with the advance o f cold weather the situa­ tion would have become a desperate one. The Council committee conferred all day behind cloaed doors with repre- aentativea of the clothing makers, but details o f the conference are withheld until the term» are voted upon by the employe*. It ia known, however, that in the compromise the atrikera have won substantial gain». INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE ORCHARD BRINGS *3 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Michigan Capitalists Buy Lownsdale Property. Great Farmer»’ Union Would Regulate Warehouse Shipments. L afayette — Millárd O. Lowrisdale, pioneer orchardist o f Oregon, and founder o f the great apple growing in­ dustry in the Northwest, has retired from active life. He has sold hia 300- a>od that the purchase price is close to $300,000. Mr. Lownsdale was virtually the pioneer o f all latter-day apple growers in the W illam ette valley. When he planted his orchard 21 years ago apple grow ing was almost a lost art. The possibility o f grow ing apples often had been denied, even the pioneers o f the valley having concluded that it was not possible to produce the wonderful re suits that had given the valley great reputation before the fruit peats appeared. ♦ The Dalles— Resolutions recommend­ ing the enactment o f a law by the state legislature requiring warehouses to ship grain in the order that orders for shipping are given them, as a fair deal to all growers, was adopted by the State Farmers’ Educational and Co­ operative Union, in session here.- Upon the recommendation of the legislative committee, the union also decided to send committees to sessions o f the state legislature whenever mat­ ters of importance to agriculturists were under consideration. The enactment o f a grain inspection law was urged and this will be one of the important matters in which the legislative committees will interest themselves. In general, the resolu­ tions adopted by the present conven­ tion are those adopted by the North Qaroiina Farmers’ Union, at ita ses­ sion in September. The state board o f the union has de­ cided to hold its next meeting at Pen­ dleton the second Friday in January, at which time a campaign to increase the membership o f the union and to promote its interests will be started In the jurisdiction, which includes Oregon and all of the state o f Idaho south of Idaho county. The work o f Mr. Lownsdale has re­ established the apple growing industry in the great valley reaching from Port land to Eugene. His orchard has been a material demonstration of his ideas, this year crowning his success with record production o f 76,000 boxes. Mr. Lownsdale has in mind the / tablishroent o f a market for handling Mine Brings * 7 6 0 ,0 0 0 . the fruit o f thia ¿region, and hopes to Baker City — The Gold Coin mine, perfect the organization of )a Wiliam ette ValleyjFruit Growers’ association, one of the richest placer properties the object being to provide a common in Eastern Oregon, located about 20 miles south of Baker City, has been channel for the output. sold to a syndicate o f Eastern capital­ ists organized by Thomas Nevins & RECLAIM 15,000 ^C R E S . Sons, 37 Wall Street, New York, for $750,000. Thia property adjoins Mor­ Weed Interests Build Big Levee in mon Baain on the north, where are located a number o f rich quarts mines. W ood River Valley. Klkmath Falls— To reclaim 16,000 acres o f land in the Wood River valley, a levee 24 miles in length is being built by Senator Abner Weed, o f Sis­ kiyou, Cal. The work is about half finished. Senator Weed owns 15,000 acres o f land in the valley between the mouth o f Wood river and the mouth o f Seven mile creek, and this levee along the lake shore is to protect these large holdings from the lake overflow in the w et seasons. This land o f the sena­ to r ’s is some o f the best in this valley for hay and grazing purposea. The levee w ill serve as an embankment to keep the water from overflow ing the land and the ditch w ill aerve as a drain for the w et land lying along it. OREGON COW BRINGS^* 700. W. O. Minor Gets Top Price for Shorthorn at Chicago Show. Chicago — “ Bright S tar," a Short­ horn cow brought to the International Livestock exhibition by W. O. Minor, o f Heppner, Or., was sold for $700. The animal ia 2 years old. Mr. Minor has secured top prices for all the breed animals be brought to the show, besides winning aeveral prizes with them. W. A. Forbes, o f Sacramento, Cal., is attending the show, with the inten­ tion o f buying 800 dairy cattle to take back to hia California farm. He is the proprietor o f one o f the largest dairies on the CoasL Three Postoffice» for C rook. Prineville—Three postofficee were Trtacco Also Furnishes Record Gov­ established in Crook county December ernment Revenue. 1. Hat Rock is a new office, 11 miles Washington—The United States has from Prineville. It ia located south just passed through a banner year for and east o f Powell Buttes, near the drinks, smokes and oleomargine. Here Prineville Bear Creek Butte road. is the nation’s record for the 12 months Mrs. Louise E. Becker ia postmistress. ended on June 30, as it shows in the Rolyat is situated in Ireland valley, figures o f the internal revenue bu- almost south o f Prineville, about 60 mile«. The poetmaater is Mr. Schrad read: Of distilled spirits, 163,000,000 gal­ er. Hia mail supply will coma from lons, 30 , 000,000 gallons more than the Prineville and will be delivered once a week by the Prineville-Fife stage line. year before. Of fermented liquors, 59,485,111 La Pine is the poetoffice for the new barrels, an increase o f 3,000,000. town, which takes the place o f Roe- Of cigars. 7,600,000,000, or 160,- land It ia near the location of the 000,000 more than 1909. Fatal Portent Fulfilled. former Rosland office, on the line of Of cigarettes. 6.830.000,000, an in­ New York— For the reaeon that both the Oregon Trunk railroed. The mail crease of 1 , 006 . 000 , 000 . hia brother and hia sister had died just eu(A>ly will be daily over the Prine- Of plug, fine rut, cube cut, granu­ as each waa approaching the age of ville-Silver Lake line. lated or sliced smoking or chewing to­ 17. John Smyth, a young resident of bacco or snuff. 402,000,000 pounds, the Upper East Side, had frequently Cows Pay Wall. 4 , 000,000 more than the year M o r e expreeaed a fear that he would never Monmouth— Frank Loughary ia tak­ Of oleomargarine, 141, 862,2Hz live to celebrate hia own 17th birthday. ing $1041 a month from the product of pounds. 60 . 000.000 pounds increase. He was nearing what he considered 16 cow«. Besides this cash revenue, Illicit distilling and manufacturing this crucial age. when Saturday he fell he has lota of skim milk to feed to hie of moonshine whisky is on the ln- eight atoriee through the elevator shaft piga, and he aims to turn them off at 8 crease "especially." the bureau «7 * . of a new building at Broadway and months old, weighing 200 pounds each. "where there are state-wide prohi­ Ninety second street, and died m the With hogs selling at $9 a hundred in bition laws.” | last rites o f the choreh were being ad­ the market one can readily aea that The internal revenue receipts on all < ministered to him. this is a quick way o f bringing in good these things—and certain other thing*, money at practically no outlay. Two-Dollar Counterfeit« Out. ■nch aa playing cards and mixed flour -a m o u n te d to more than $289 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Oldest Peach Tree Oise. Washington Chriatrnaa shoppers in Jacksonville— On Thanksgiving day, Chicago and other Middle Western eit- Lorim er Report Due 800*1. ies will do well to examine closely any weighted down with two Inches of Washington—Senator Burrow«, of two dollar bills they may receive in heavy snow, the tint peach tree to be Michigan, chairman o f the senate cosn- change. A new counterfeit two-do liar planted in Southern Oregon bowed its nnitteeon privilege« and electiona. mid ailver certificate baa been discovered In bead and died. Pater Britt planted ,h„ the sub-committee that inveatigst- circalatien. The note ia no« a good the tree in 18*7 In hia yard in Jaekaon- ed in C hi««® tbe charge« oas aa dees examination, but would ville and It has born« frail continuous­ Senator Lon mar. o f Illinois, weald easily daeaiva any on« ncr ly sines I860. It waa no doabt ana of maTe a full report to tha eoaamitta« tha oldest fruit trees in Oregon. after New Year’«. NEW LAWS SOUGHT. Teach Advancs Geography. University o f Oregon, Eugene— The university has added a new department to ita curriculum, that o f Geography. Courses are given in Economic Geog­ raphy, physiography, history o f geog­ raphic influences, physiography of the United States, and field geography. The work is under Professor F. G. Barker. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat -Track prices; Bluestem, 81 (382c; club, 80c; red Russian. 78c; valley, 80c; forty-fold, 80c. Barley— Feed, $21@21.50 per ton; brewing, $23. Millstuffi— Bran, $26 per ton; mid­ dlings, $33; shorts, $27; rolled barley, $24fr;.26. Hay—Track prices: Timothy, Wil­ lamette valley, $20(322 per ton; East­ ern Oregon, $23(324; alfalfa, $14.60(3) 16.50; grain hay, $14.50(315.50; clover, $16. Corn— Whole, $30; cracked, $81 per ton. Oats— White, $28/328.60 ton. Poultry— Hens, 14<314>{c; springs, 18H ®14c; ducks, white, 16<317c; see, 12c; turkeys, live, 16<317c; dressed, 20c; squabs, $2 per dozen. Eggs — Oregon ranch, candled, 42>%< 3 1 1 c per pound. Veal— Fancy, 86 to 126 pounds, 12X ( a 13c per pound. Apples— King, 40@75c box; Wolf river, 76e(3$l; Waxen, 85c/3$1.26; Baldwin, 76c<3$1.26; Northern Spy, 76cf