í '< ÜQINGS QFTHEWEEK c. w Itoti Ona Death and One Bad Accident T o ­ tal o f Loa Angeles Meet. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE BORAH PLE A D S FOR BILL. Idaho Senator Quickly Retorts Objection o f Baily. to TO ABANDON POSTS, Washington, D. C. — A fte r two hours’ general debate the senate IR R IG A TIO N M EET P O P U LA R . E X TE N D W E S T SIDE ROAD. agreed to vote Tuesday on Senator Call to Congress Here Wins Re- Salem, Falls City & Western to Borah’s bill to create a children’s bu- sponse From All State. Bridge Willamette. ^ reau in the department o f commerce Salem— Resolutions o f the board of and labor, and on amendments sug­ Portland— Answers to the call is- directors o f the Salem, Falls C ity & gested by Senators Works and Pom- sued last week for an irrigation con­ Western were filed with the secretary gress to be held in Portland, February General Resume o f Important Eventa o f state, showing a contemplated ex­ erene to lim it the circulation o f the Concentration Is Keynote o f New Plan— Greater Economy and 19, 20 and 21, are being received in tension and branch o f that road, which bureau’s reports. Presented In Condensed Form Availability Gained. steadily increasing volume at the promises to be one o f the most im-1 Senator Bailey criticised what he fo r Our Busy Readers. Commercial club promotion bureau in portant pieces o f railroad construction, I said were Mr. Borah’s efforts to put Portland, which indicates a wide­ fo r this particular section at least, i children on a level with pigs. spread and active interest in the com­ that has been contemplated fo r some Washington, D. C.— Secretary o f “ The effort is to raise them to the time. ing meeting. Party lines are being sharply drawn War Stimson, acting upon an exhaus­ Under the resolution the road plans level o f pigs, ” responded Mr. Borah. tive report from the general staff, has W illiam M. Colvig, president and in the tariff controversy in congress. manager o f the Medford Commercial an extension from Salem to Oregon Mr Borah ha8 contended that the gov- decided that no less that 16, and prob­ Judge Alton B. Parker takes Roose­ club visited the Portland Commercial City, via Silverton, Molalla and Mu- ‘ emment expenditure o f millions of ably 18, existing army posts should be velt to task for fomenting popular dis­ club recently to inquire about the lino. The resolution also contemplates , abandoned at once, in order to put an trust o f the courts. coining congress and declared that a branch from this extension to S ta y -, dollars for information concerning the end to the “ extravagance and ineffi­ condition o f hogs and cattle justified Political candidates were numerous Medford would issue an invitation ton. ciency resulting from improper distri­ at the meeting o f the Woman's Good The Salem, Falls C ity & Western the $30,000 asked for the children’s urging the congress to meet for its bution o f the mobile arm y.” Roads congress in Tacoma. now operates from Black Rock to second annual session in Medford. The posts condemned are Apache, bureau. West Salem, which is directly across W illiam Pollman wrote from Baker N ew spring hats for women are ex ­ Barracks, Idaho; Mr. Bailey said it was mere “ fad- Arizona; Boise the river in Polk county from this acknowledging the receipt o f the call ceedingly high in shape, as well as Brady, Michigan; Claik, Texas; Geo. ism,” and that there was even too for the congress and said he would city. Last year the road secured a price, with little or no brims. much legislation in the interest o f Wright, Washington; Jay, N ew Y ork ; come to Portland at an early date to franchise into the city to operate Lincoln, North Dakota; Logan, H. communicate with officers o f the Ore­ along Union street to a point past livestock, adding that at the present Heavy buying o f Montana oats by Roots, Arkansas; McIntosh, Texas; gon Development league regarding the Capitol street and at the time it was rate “ we soon will be sending Eastern dealers has brought the McKenzie, W yom ing; Madison Bar­ delegation o f representatives to be rumored that the move had in view an schoolmaster into every district.” Northwest price to up $32 per ton. racks, N ew Y o rk ; Meade, South Da- ^ "A ccord in g to Colonel Waterson, sent from his territory. Other letters extension to Silverton and Abiqua. kota,; Niagara, N ew Y o rk ; Ontario, The mayor o f Portland has vetoed and communications o f a similar na­ A t the same time the franchise was that is just what you are about to New York; Wayne, M ichigan; Whip­ the proposed ordinance ousting oil ture have also beeen received. John granted the road secured permission do,” Mr. Borah rejoined. Mr. Bailey ple Barracks. A rizon a; W illiam storage tanks within the city limits. H. Lew is, state engineer, and H. C. from the state and the W ar depart­ replied that his “ part o f the party” Henry Harrison, Montana, and Y e l­ had no such intention. ment to construct a bridge across the Brodie, assistant secretary o f the Des­ F ive explosions in Kansas C ity are Senator Overman, o f North Caro lowstone, Wyoming.! ert land board, w ill both be in attend­ W illam ette river from W est Salem to being investigated by officers who be­ O f Fort Apache, it is said a possi­ Salem, to be used as a connecting lina, criticised reports o f child labor ance throughout the sessions. lieve they were caused by the same bility o f Indian trouble near this post 12 DIE IN ICE JAM. Full information as to the extent o f link fo r its line from W est Salem into investigators. Some o f those reports, parties who destroyed the Los Angeles still exists, and that Fort Jay might he said, were obscene. the attendance from all sections o f the this city. Times. “ They told o f children chewing to be retained as headquarters o f the Ferryman Refuses to Risk Trip and state is expected to be in within the Government attorneys surprised the bacco,” said he. “ Was not there a eastern m ilitary prision. M A C H IN E S C U T EXPENSE. next two weeks and officers o f the De­ Small Boats Are Lost. defendants in the packing house trial There is another form idable list o f strong opposition to that investigation velopment league w ill make complete Cairo, 111.— Tw elve persons are be­ by producing the original “ margin from the cotton mill owners o f the posts which, while not recommended plans for the program o f the congress Secretary o f State Olcott Installs sheets” on which the combine figured lieved to have been drowned two miles for immediate abandonment, are de­ state?” demanded Senator Dixon. Labor-Saving Devices. south o f here at 3 o ’clock Sunday a f­ at that time. the selling price o f its products. Mr. Overman said he had not heard clared not to be situated with a view Salem— Secretary o f State Olcott o f it. ternoon when a rowboat in which they o f securing economy o f administration Friends o f a woman arrested at were brought to this city from B ird’s ROSE SH O W P L A N S MADE. has installed two labor-saving ma­ Senators Heyburn and Thornton also and supply or a full measure o f m il­ Coeur d ’ Alene, Idaho, showered her Point became lost in an ice jam. chines that w ill greatly increase the opposed the bill. effectiveness. Consequently Senator Hitchcock itary and the deputy sheriff with rice when The passengers were part o f the 135 Society to Engage Arm ory for Three efficiency o f this department and at spoke in favor o f it. their garrisons w ill not be increased, they went to take the train for T a­ who le ft the noon cotton belt train at the same time save the state consider­ Days In Festival Week. and ultimately they w ill be withdrawn coma, thus concealing for the time, able money. One is a camera espe­ Bird’s Point, Mo., and were le ft w ith­ “ GAG” RULE CHARGED. to such points o f concentration as con­ Portland — Special plans have been the true state o f affairs. cially designed for photographing rec­ out conveyance across the river, be­ laid by the classification committee o f gress may designate. These points ( y A guinea pig was found alive in its cause the railroad ferryman refused to the Portland Rose Society in the office ords, and the other is a rapid address­ Ex-Postal Clerk Accuses Postmaster- are Ethan Allen. Verm ont; Plattsburg w ire cage in the ruins o f the Equita­ risk his steamer in the ice and heavy o f A lfred Tucker, secretary, in the ing machine. Barracks, New Y o r k ; Robinson, N e­ General o f Tyranny. In the past it has been the practice ble building in New York City, hav­ fog. braska; Missoula, Montana; Logan, Sherlock building, to capture the ex­ Washington, D. C. — Charges that to record articles o f incorporation with Three boatsmen were hired to bring ing survived the fire which practically hibits fo r the annual show from the Colorado.; Douglas, Utah, and D. A. destroyed the contents o f the building, the passengers to this side o f the r iv ­ small householders. A tentative op­ a typewriter, requiring comparing, the postmaster general and other pos­ Russell, Wyoming. and lived 16 days without food or wa­ er. Two o f them took five passengers tion has been taken on the armory for correcting and checking, all o f which tal officials suppress facts and misin­ The latter post is shown to have each. Frank Jones, said to be an ex­ June 12, 13, and 14, days in the latter was very slow and expensive. ter. cost to date $4,925,486. I t is said perienced boatsman, permitted 12 to part o f Rose Festival week. More The addressing machine w ill save form congress as to the safety o f the not to be situated with a view to max­ Harriman line officials were in close get into his boat. The two lighter than $4,000 w ill be expended on the the state from $1,000 to $1,300 in the lives o f clerks in the railway mail imum economy or strategic effective­ conference all day, and claimed to ferries were about 50 yards ahead o f m ailing o f the in itiative and candi­ service were made before the house ness. have been discussing only railroad Jones when they heard shouts for show, which it is hoped to make self- dates’ pamphlets for the 1912 primary committee on postoffices by Urban A. The principal object is to dispose o f business, but it is believed they also help, and, turning, saw Jones battling supporting, not only by the member­ and general elections. W alter, o f Denver, formerly a railway the present small army with distinct considered the advisability o f com­ frantically with a monster floe that ship fees but by admission charges. mail clerk and editor o f a postal jour­ reference to its mission in case o f The harmonious relations existing promising with their striking shop­ was sweeping his craft beyond control. FARM ERS T O P O O L C REAM . nal. between the society and the Rose Fes­ war. This first involves adequate men. The heavy fog then hid the lost party tival association have been cemented Specific regulations o f the postoffice forces for foreign garrisons, which Democrats propose 30 to 60 per cent from view and nothing has since been and an agreement has been made by Crabtree Residents to Have Cream ­ service, he said, forbid clerks to dis­ cannot be reinforced from the United head o f the ferryman or his passen­ which the Rose Show shall be an en­ cuts in the steel tariff. cuss wrecks. He charged that “ the States a fter the outbreak o f hostil­ eries Bid fo r Product. gers. tirely exclusive function, but one that Albany — Farmers residing in the postmaster general has not stopped ities. W ith the rest o f the army a The railway linking K ey West with Most o f those in the lost boat are w ill have any possible deficit defrayed vicin ity o f Crabtree, Linn county, short o f misinforming the committee mobile force is to be organized and the Florida mainland is now in opera­ thought to have been in a party that by the Rose Festival funds. have perfected an organization to pool and the public,” as to conditions un­ distributed among about eigh t great tion. boarded a train at Lilburn, Mo., but Floral displays by nurserymen o f a their cream for sale to the creameries. der which clerks work. strategical points in the United their identity has not been establish­ character other than roses w ill be Mr. W alter exhibited a letter file in States, instead o f scattered in 49. They w ill thus sell all o f the cream o f The Japanese foreign minister reit­ ed. barred from the show, but a special which he said he had 500 letters from erates Japan's friendship for the Searching parties on both sides o f provision has been made that nursery­ the members o f the organization to mail clerks reporting unsanitary and MOB LY N C H E S G ENERALS. United States. the river are patrolling the shore, but men, being professional exhibitors, the creamery making the highest bid. unsafe mail cars, fand said the posi­ In this way the farmers expect to re­ may display both hothouse and field ceive a higher price for the product. Portland East Side business man their search seems fruitless. tions o f the authors would be placed Ecuadorans Vent Feelings Against propose that the state buy the Home roses. Unusually fine trophies w ill be It is said that the creamery men in jeopardy i f the names were pub­ Imprisoned Rebels. Telephone system. hung up fo r these exhibits. H A YW O O D C O N D E M N E D . too, are satisfied with the arrange­ lished. Guayaquil, Ecuador— A mob broke “ It is a remarkable situation that ment, fo r it w ill afford a regular sup­ Dr. Sun Yat Sen accuses Premier into the Quito penitentiary in spite o f ply to the creamery which makes the this ‘ g a g ’ law o f the department Asylum Will Use Oleomargarine. Yuan Shi Kai o f trickery, and some Labor Denounces Defender o f M c­ double guard and lynched Generals should keep congress from gettin g at Salem— H ereafter oleomargarine in­ successful bid and lessen the operating Namaras As Traitor. o f the prem ier’s closest friends say Eloy Alfaro, Flavio A lfa ro, Medardo the facts,” said Chairman Moon. expenses o f all. A t the present time stead o f butter w ill be used at the they do not know what his ultimate Alfaro, Ulpiano Paez and Manuel Ser- Denver-— W illiam D. Haywood, ex ­ State asylum for the insane. In this there are five cream routes running “ W e can subpoena these men, but we riano, prominent revolutionists. ¿bjecta are. secretary o f the Western Federation cannot protect their jobs if they tes­ out o f Crabtree, two each for two Genera Elloy A lfaro was a former o f Miners, who is in Lawrence, Mass., connection the agent for the oleomar­ Portland creameries and one for a Cor­ t ify .” P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS . garine company secured the contract president o f Ecuador. His brother, working in the cause o f the striking principally by "s lip p in g one over” on vallis creamery. The competition for General Flavio A lfaro, was form er BIRD HAVENS DESIGNATED, W h ea t— Track prices: Bluestem, textile workers, was denounced by the cream thus is keen, and one creamery Superintendent Steiner. minister o f war and commander in 85c; club, 82c; red Russian, 81c; val­ Denver trades and labor assembly as Surreptitiously he succeeded in re­ may secure the bulk o f the cream o f chief o f the revolutionary forces. an enemy o f organized labor. ley, 82c; forty-fold, 82Jc. Auklets In Alaska, Prairie Chickens that vicinity one day, and practically General Medardo A lfaro is believed to The resolution attacking Haywood placing the butter supply in the super­ nothing the next. Mill stuffs — Bran, $23 per ton; in Nebraska, Protected. intendent’s refrigerator with oleo­ have been brother to the two Alfaros, shorts, $25; middlings, $30; rolled was adopted after evidence had been margarine and the fam ily used it un­ Washington, D. C.— Three new na­ and Generals Paez and Manuel Ser- presented that Haywood had been barley, $370(38. LAN D AG R E E M E N T LAGS. knowingly fo r several days. When tional bird reservations, two in A las­ riano were the leading lights in Ecu­ Oata— No. 1 white, $31(431.60 per quoted correctly in the newspapers re­ this became known to the superinten­ ka and a third in Nebraska, have been ador's latest revolution. cently when he made statements at­ ton. Desert Board and Irrigation Firm dent he tried the same plan on officials created by President T a ft and placed The is revolution, although it had Hay— No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim ­ tacking the American federation o f Bicker O ver Points. and members o f the staff with like under the department o f agriculture. been a long time breaking, began a othy, $17(418; No. 1 valley, $16(416; labor because o f its withdrawal o f Salem— Although the essential fea t­ On Foster Island, one o f the Alaska few days after the sudden death, on success. alfalfa, $13(414; clover, $12; grain, support from the McNamaras follow ­ Superintendent Steiner says that ures o f the agreement between the reservations, the rhinoceros auklet December 22 last, o f President Em ilio ing their pleas o f guilty in the Los $12(0.13. the change from butter to oleomargar Desert Land board and the Central breeds. The island contains one o f Estrada. Angeles dynamiting case. Haywood’s Barley— Whole, $40 per ton. ine will result in a saving o f several Oregon Irrigation company have been the most extensive bird collections in The first o f the drastic nieasures Corn— New, whole, $33; cracked, remarks were branded as incendiary practically decided upon, it became Southeastern Alaska. and unworthy o f a man connected thousands o f dollars on the mainten­ taken by those who opposed the revo­ $34; old, whole, $36; cracked, $37. evident at the meeting o f the board ance fund. The oleo can be secured “ The Nebraska reservation is in the lution was carried into effect last with organized labor. Cranberries $10(0,11.50 per barrel for 21 cents a pound, and butter is that the actual signing o f the agree­ heart o f the prairie chicken country, Thursday at Guayaquil, when General N. W. Hilton, the Denver attorney Potatoes — Buying prices: Bur­ now at practically 40 cents. The ment may be yet far away. and furnishes the only refuge which Pedro Montero, who was proclaimed who a short time after the arrest o f banks, 90c(4$1.16 per hundred. Verbal agreements have been reach­ has been established for this fast-dis­ maintenance fund is now about $9,000 president by the troops a fter the death Vegetables— Artichokes, $1.26 per the McNamaras was connected with ahead o f the appropriation, but Su­ ed on practically every part o f the appearing game bird,” said Dr. Hen- o f Estrada, was shot and beheaded by doten; cabbage, l|( 4 l { c per pound; their defense as counsel, in a speech proposition between the board and shaw, head o f the Biological survey. perintendent Steiner says radical cauliflower, $2.60 per crate; celery, to the local labor assembly denounced a mob that later burned his body. The measures w ill have to be used to keep representatives o f the company, but This makes a total o f 55 bird re­ shooting o f Montero took place in the $5.26 per c ra te.; garlic, 8(4l0c per Clarence Darrow, the McNamaras' at­ in some manner written statements as servations establised to date, eight o f pound; pumpkins, l ( 4 l t c per pound; torney, declaring that he had sacri­ out the red figures during the coming courtroom, where the general had just to what these agreements really are them in Alaska. year. sprouts, 8c; squash, lR o lJ c per ficed his clients to his own interests. been tried by court-martial and sen­ do not seem to coincide with what is pound; tumipe, $1.26 pet sack; ruta­ tenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for agreed on orally. Eugene Plans Big Fair. Cabinet Men Will Tour. bagas, $1.25; carrots, $1.26; par his connection with the revolt. Wu Threatens Hostilities. Eugene— In the expectation o f i ■Dips, $1.25; beets, $1.60. Washington, D. C.— Secretary o f Pekin— The Pekin government is Lands May Be Irrigated. Onions— Association price, $2 per curing the district fa ir for Eugene Thirty Indictments Expected. the Interior Fisher and Postmaster- trying to obtain an extension o f the Klamath Falls— Farmers livin g near sack. this year, the Lane County Fair board Indianapolis— The Federal grand General Hitchcock, the only two mem­ Apples— Fancy Rome Beauty, $2.50 armistice, but Wu T in g Fang, repub­ is planning for an extra large fair this M errill, whose acres are not irrigated, I bers o f President |Taft’s cabinet who jury which has been investigating the per box; choice Rome Beauty, $2; lican minister o f justice at Shanghai, fall, and E. M. Warren has been ap­ are considering the advisability o f or­ have not visited the Panama canal, dynamiting conspiracy w ill begin im­ fancy Yellow Newtowns, $2.50; fancy has telegraphed, threatening to renew pointed to attend the meeting o f the ganizing an irrigation district. If Spitxenbergs, $2.75; Delaware Red, hostilities unless abdication is ac­ second Southern Oregon Fair board at this is perfected water w ill be fur­ have been ordered by the president, mediately wh it is expected to be the W ithin a $1.75; Winesap, $2; Northern Spy, complished. Three thousand more o f Roseburg. Tw o years ago, fa ilin g to nished by a private company, instead to make a tour o f Inspection. They last week c f its work. will leave here about the middle o f $1.60; Baldwin, $1.60«! 2; Ben Davis, Yuan Shi K a i’ s troops have arrived get the fair, Owners o f the February. On account o f the numer- week, it is believed the jury w ill be Eugene organized a o f by the government in Pekin, bringing the total up to ready to consider the indictments. $1.26. county board, provided grounds and marsh land have been in consultation Butter — Oregon creamery, solid 7,000 men. Tiah Lang, form er T ar­ held a very creditable exposition. A with experts regarding the best way ( ous questions which w ill arise on the Reports about the district attorney's pack. 38c; prints, extra; butter fat, tar-general at Nanking, who has been larger fa ir was held last year. The to work in conformation with the opening o f the Panama canal, the office are that at least 30 indictments . . . . . . i president is desirous o f having everv have been drawn up. D istrict A tto r­ opposed strongly to Premier Yuan, has 88(440c f. o. b. Portland. county court gave $2,000, and this, it ney M iller said that the indictments, Poultry— Hens, 13c; springs, 124c; fled from Pekin and is supposed to it expected, w ill be repeated this year. t r e^ r m tre i ‘ W!!.n d . yb r ^ ^ conditions member °f on the the C8binet f,m ilia r With isthmus. if any are returned, w ill be secret, the ducks, young, 20c; geese, 124 c; tur­ have gone to Tien Tsin. ing and pumping out the surplus wa­ names o f those indicted being withheld keys, live. 18c; dressed, choice, 22c. Foreclosure Suit Is Big ter. Bill Boon to Foresters. Wabash to Be Improved. until arrests are made. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, can- Cottage Grove— Probably the larg­ New York — Simultaneously with est foreclosure suit ever brought in died, 30c per dozen. Benton Fruitgrowers Elect. n?! 0" ' C' ~ ° " Jmotion o f P si. a . ,, . , . senator Dixon the senate adopted an the statement that Frederick Delano, Lane county was taken under advise­ Pork— Fancy, 8(it84c per pound. Loot From Bank $4,000. Corvalha— A t the annual election o f amendment to the house bill for relief president and one o f the receivers o f ment by Judge Harris, in the circuit Veal —Fancy, 134(414c per pound. Vancouver, B. C.— It is learned Hops— 1911 crop, 434dt444c; olds the Wabash railroad, was in New court at Eugene this week. The case officers o f the Benton County Fruit-j o f employes o f the bureau o f mines that the two unmasked holdup men nominal, 1912 contracts, 25c; three York arranging for an issue o f $5,- is the Trust Company o f Am erica vs. growers .association held here, the , providing that hereafter any employe who robbed the H illcrest branch o f the follow ing persons were elected to o f the forest service ' njured - while on y 000,000 receiver’s certicfiates for im­ years, 19c; five years. 16c. Royal Bank o f Canada, last week, got the Oregon & Southeastern railroad, serve the ensuing ----- “ President, ‘ * duty shall be compensated by the gov- Wool— Eastern Oregon 9(ii 16c; val­ provements, the “ independent” com­ and is for $300,000. The trust com­ W. S. Brown; ng year: away with $4,000 instead o f only $1,- secretary. J. A. K e r r ; ■ emment for such time as he loses as mittee o f the road's refunding and ex­ pany holds the bonds o f the railroad ley 16(ill7c; mohair choice 35ifi37c. directors, W. F. Groves, George A r m -1 a result o f his injury and granting one 999, as given out at first by the bank tension bondholders announced that Cattle — Choice steers $6(46.20; issued under a first mortgage for the strong and Charles Pemol. A pur­ year's pay to the fam ily o f any for­ officials. Had the holdup occurred a good, $6.76< h 6; choice cows, $4.90«! they had agreed to finance the im­ amount stated. The road runs from day sooner a much larger amount chasing committee was appointed estry employe who may be killed in would have been lost, as on that day 6.10; good, $4.40(