DOINGS OFTÎEWEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. General Resume o f Im portant Events P resented. In C ondensed Form fo r O ur Busy R eaders. Edwin Hawley, noted railroad m ag­ nate, died in New York. The Oregon Drydock company has raised its rates for all classes of ves­ sels. Express companies are to be prose­ cuted for m aking thousands of over­ charges. Objections by Senator Heyburn have blocked progress on the peace treaties. Prosecutor declares the m arks of Conner’s te eth are on caps used in dy­ nam ite explosion. Postal banks are causing a noticea­ ble decrease in the am ount of money sent abroad by foreigners. OPIUM TRADE IS BETTER. Chinese Flagrantly Violate Law Since O utbreak of War. Pekin — One unfortunate result of the revolution has been a revival of opium consumption. A fillip was given to the trade when Kuang-tung and Yunan joined the movement, and proclaimed th e ir independence. These two provinces, w ith Szechuen, were the larg est consumers of opinum in the em pire, and the suppression of poppy cultivation and opium smoking was keenly resented by a good number of the inhabitants. As soon as the authority of the im­ perial governm ent was thrown over­ board th ere was evidently a reaction among those addicted to the habit. Even before the revolution, and in spite of the strin g en t rules, there is reason to believe th a t opium houses continued to flourish secretly. Now it is said th a t they have begun to carry on th eir trade publicly in Canton and in other places, the bad exam ple once set being quickly followed. Owing to the suppression of poppy cultivation enough local opium is not available and the foreign article is in g rea t re­ quest. Prices have risen and clear­ ances in Hongkong and Shanghai are very satisfactory from the trad e point of view. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE PLANNING ENGINEERING SHOW Students Wdl Airships and Do Brass Casting S tunts fo r V isitors. Oregon A gricultural College, Cor- v alis—“ B igger, b rig h ter and b e tte r” is the slogan of the engineering stu ­ dents of the Oregon ag ricu ltu ral col­ lege in th eir plans for the annual t gineering show, to be held th is year March 15 and 16. H itherto the ex­ h ib it has been called an electrical show, and a m anager, one of the elec­ trical students, chosen to make the plans. T his year it was decided to secure the cooperation of all of the en­ gineering departm ents and m ake it an inclusive dem onstration of w hat the college engineering as a whole can do. Many new featu res are to be in tro ­ duced th is year. The forestry d ep art­ m ent will ex h ib it for the first tim e, and Prof. George W. Peavy, head of the departm ent, is g reatly interested in the display which is being pre­ pared. The civil and mechanical en­ gineering departm ents, hitherto but minor exhibitions, will this year have the larg er p a rt of the space. A blacksm ithing shop will be in full operation by the mechanical engin­ eers, and a foundry, p attern making, and machine shop will in te rest visitors w ith the actual processes of making brass castings, and com pleting the burnishing processes, giving the vis­ itors paper w eights, monograms and other souvenirs made “ while they w a it.” The woodworking shop and power plant will also show in terestin g operations. A num ber of new pieces of equipm ent in the mechanical labor­ atories will be in full operation, and furnish spectacular features. A. M. Jepperson of Baconia, and J. F. Hess, of Corvallis, have purchased the C urtiss biplane exhibited a t last y e a r’s show, and a fte r many tests and the building of models and gliders, will be ready to give dem onstration of aviation. The A rchitectural club, ju s t formed th is w inter, is another new featu re as it, also, will have an exhibit, for which it is now holding a contest in which the members are com peting for the honor of arran g in g the club exhib­ it. ONE POOR FARM IS PLAN. C o st Would Be Less and Indigent Much B etter C ared For, Salem —To establish a central home for the aged, located in or near Salem, and do away w ith all poor farm s and homes for indigent people throughout the sta te is the plan which is announc­ ed by Governor W est. The governor believes th a t under the system which he proposes to establish the counties of the sta te will be saved a t least one- half the expense incurred in caring for the poor and a t the same tim e will be able to see th e ir poor cared for in a much more hum anitarian and com fort­ able manner. Governor W est, in the past week, has sent le tte rs to the county judges throughout the en tire state, in whch he has asked personal opinions as to his scheme, as well as com plete d ata of the expense which counties have been p ut to in the care of the poor. L etters are arriv in g , but not enough have been received th a t he is able ade­ quately to give any comprehensive idea of the approxim ate expense as compared to the expense under the county plan of caring for the poor. Governor W est will incorporate in his m essage to the n ex t legislature a plan largely along the lines which have been outlined ten tativ ely by him. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY AFTER EX PRESS COMPANIES. ____________ T hree Thousand O vercharges in One Day Alleged. W ashington, D. C.—Prosecution of express companies for overcharging shippers on the transportation of their goods was indicated by Commissioner Lane a t the express ra te hearing to be the intention of the In terstate com­ merce commission. W. A. Ryan, one of the investiga­ tors for the commission, presented in tabulated form the exam ination of one m onth’s business of the Adams Ex­ press company, showing th at $67,000 in overcharges had been turned into the company’s treasury. T. B. H arrison, counsel of the com­ pany, explained w hat are known as “ over-prepaym ents” and asserted he would be able to show th a t no more than 20 per cent of the $67,000 actu­ ally remained in the company’s treas­ ury. He added th a t positive instruc­ tions were given by the company to all its representatives to make refunds on all discoverable overcharges. “ W ell,” said Commissioner Lane, “ it is conclusively established th at the agents of the companies them ­ selves do not understand the tariffs and regulations of the companies. By an exam ination of the business of the companies for one day we find more than 3,000 overcharges. Now, then, we propose to prosecute the compan­ ies for making these overcharges. They are clearly violations of the law .” Mr. Ryan presented com parative ta ­ bles of the operations of express com­ panies in G reat B ritain, France and Germany and those of the United States. They showed generally th at for sim ilar service, weights and dis­ tance the foreign rates were consider­ ably lower than the domestic rates. W. M. Langley & Son Lawyers Forest Grove, Ogn. W. P. Dyke Attorney-at-LaW and Notary ‘Public Forest Grove Oregon Hollis & Graham A ttomeys-at-Law Forest Grove, Ogn. J. N. Hoffman Attorney-at-Laro EQUITY AND PROBATE ONLY Office Hoffman Bldg. Pacific Ave. Ind. Phone 502 F o rest Grove H. W. Vollmer, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office in A bbott Bldg. SH IP TO SEEK TREASURE. The O regon-W ashington Railroad Both Phones F o rest Grove, Ogn. company has reduced class fre ig h t Money Provided to r Expedition to rates to all points on the O. R. & N the South Seas.. Ind. Phones W oolgrowers are assured of an GOOD ROADS BODY FORM S. San Francisco—T hat the failures of early and active m arket for wool ac­ Residence 212 Office 233 cording to reports from E astern m ar­ adventurers of the past to find hidden loot of bygone buccaneers amid the O regon Leagus P ro p o ses to F oster kets. enchanted isles of the South coast and Highway Building in S tate. DR. C. E. W A L K E R C aptain Sverdrup is en route from coral reefs of the South seas, fails to Corvallis — The Oregon Good Roads New York to S eattle to take charge of discourage persons w ith a belief in the league was organized here Wednesday. an A rctic expedition which will es­ legends of w ealth, became apparent EAST SIDE ABANDONED. C onstitution and by-laws w ere adopt­ Osteopathic Physician tablish a floating headquarters for the when another story of a contem plated ed and the following officers elected : A laska W haling company. expedition leaked out here. Government to Acquire Existing Can President, V ictor P. Moses, county Jam es Morton, ju s t arrived from Treatment by Special Appoint­ al at Oregon City. A receiver has been appointed for judge of Benton county; first vice Topeka, Kan., is searching among the the W ashington Orchard Irrig a tio n & president, C. C. Lemmon, of Hood W ashington, D. C.—From a recent ment Only F ru it company, which was organized hulks of Oakland Creek for the sort of R iver; second vice president, B. W. conference he has had w ith the army to develop desert lands on the Colum­ c ra ft he thinks he needs to carry on a Short, of K lam ath F alls; secretary. engineers, Representative Hawley search for millions. bia river near Kennewick, Wash. P rofessor E. F. Ayers, Oregon A g ri­ feels confident th a t the government W. Q. Tucker, M. D. Morton said th a t the money already cultural college; highw ay engineer, will soon acquire title to the W est A dem ented woman a t the Oregon was provided for the u n d ertak in g and R obert G elattly, of Benton county; side canal a t Oregon City and begin insane asylum broke aw ay from a all th a t was needed was a schooner or Physician and Surgeon directors for th ree-y ear term , J. R. prom ptly the reconstruction contem­ band of patien ts who w ere out walk- barkentine capable of holding supplies Edwards, of Lincoln county, Professor plated and authorized by congress. Calls answered promptly day or n ig h t id); and hurled herself into a blazing and possessing accommodations for H. M. P arks, o f Oregon A gricultural Phone: Office 271, Hesidence 283 Ever since his return to Washington brush pile, from which she was imm e­ the score of men who will make the college, and B. P. Cator, of Benton in December, Mr. Hawley has been diately rescued w ithout serious in­ trip. county; directors for tw o-year term , urging the departm ent to “ do some­ jury. He refuses to divulge the n atu re of B. D. Schell, of Ashland, S. W. th in g ” and to take up th a t project DR. NELLIE HAYNIE, the princely fortune which will be The Mexican garrison a t Ju arez re ­ Laythe, of H arney county, and C. W. which will be the cheapest and most brought into port several m onths afte r Chiropractic Neuropath QUARRY NEXT S T E P . volted, took possession of the town Leevee, of C orvallis; directors for efficient and which can be completed governm ent, proclaimed .Gomez pro the vessel sails from San Francisco, one-year term , V. R. Allen, of Marion Consultation and exam ination free. in the shortest tim e. The engineers, visional president of the republic, and but adm itted th a t it was of immense G overnor Lays Plans fo r Road C on­ county, H arry Ebson, o f A storia, and a fte r considerable dickering, h a\e Satisfaction guaranteed. Office N orth bulk. In w eight it would am ount to bitterly criticized P resident Madero Phil S treib, J r ., of Portland. struction W ork. concluded th a t the construction of a F irst street, near Dr. W ard’s office. Hours, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. The revolutionists are believed to be several hundred tons. The purpose o f th e organization is “ It is really a very expensive com­ Oregon C ity—The establishm ent of to fo ster good roads building in the new canal on the E ast side of the in league w ith the Z apatist rebels riv er would be too expensive and th at m odity,” said Morton. “ If I w ere to a sta te rock quarry a t some convenient the South. tell you the real value you would only point between Oregon C ity and New sta te and to supply supervisors and project is practically abandoned. “ A unt D elia” Torrey is to v isit the smile, so I shall not discuss th a t p art E ra is contem plated and th a t w ithin others w ith inform ation th a t may aid Therefore, it has been determined to president, who is her favorite nephew o f it. W hat I w ant is th e rig h t ship. the near future, according to Governor them in th e highw ay im provem ents acquire the old W est side canal by condemnation, unless the Portland We have the money and are ready to W est, who was in the city accompanied under th e ir jurisdiction. 1st. Good, hon­ A rich gold-hearing ledge has been pay cash. This is not a gam e, but Railway, L ig h t & Power company will by George F. Rodgers chairm an of the e st D e n tistry to th e found near Raymond, W ash., and make a fu rth e r reduction in its price. stra ig h t business proposition.” S ta te highw ay commission. Governor b e st o f my ability. Revision W ork Delayed. regular stam pede is on. The la test figure quoted by this Could one do more? W est and Mr. Rodgers w ere m et at Salem— I t probably will be the la t­ Inventor Loses Life. A Portland m erchant was convicted 2nd. I exam ine New E ra by a com m ittee from the te r p a rt of F ebruary before the com­ company was $450,000, but the en­ y o u r m o u th and tell and flned $50 for publishing a false P aris—Francois R eichelt, aged 35, Oregon City commercial club and w ith mission to revise the tax commission gineers believe this price is exhorbi- you its a ctu al con­ and m isleading advertisem ent. a ladies’ tailor, was in stan tly killed L. R. Fields, superintendent of the of the sta te holds another m eeting. tant. dition before I be­ The Duke of F ife, a member of the here when a parachute which he had Southern Pacific company, drove down A desire to w ait until a fte r common­ g in y o u r actual Wool Views Optimistic. royal house of England, died a t Asso- invented failed to work ns he jumped th e riv er road past the W ittenberg es­ w ealth day a t Eugene may m ake some w ork, s ta tin g in ad­ W ashington, D. C.— Senator Smoot, from a stage of the Eiffel tow er, ta te quarry a short distance north of difference in the date, as S tate Tax van, Egypt, from the effects of ex ­ vance w h a t t h e nearly 200 feet from the ground. New E ra and the W illam ette Pulp & Commissioner Galloway has been a r­ who has drawn a wool tariff bill based posure in a shipwreck la st December. co st w i l l be. If Reichelt had been w orking two P ap er company quarry ju s t south of ranging plans so th a t the subject of upon the findings of the tariff board read y , w e begin: if A runaw ay trolley car a t St. Paul years on his invention, which he in­ P ulp Station. ___________ n o t, th e ex am in a­ taxation will be thoroughly discussed and in line w ith the president’s recom­ crashed into another car filled w ith tended for use by aviators when aero­ tion costs you noth­ E ith er of these quarries would be there a t th a t tim e in as many of its mendation, will not offer th a t bill as passengers and then caught fire from planes began to tum ble because of ac­ ing. adaptable to the use of the s ta te for phases as possible. a su b stitu te for the house steel bill, the stove. Tw enty w ere injured, two cidents. ob tain in g suitable rock fer road con The various members, who w ere a s ­ but as a su b stitu te for w hatever wool 3rd. I g u aran tee all th a t I do, a s I consider of them fatally. w ork not w orth guaranteeing:, not w o rth doing. The parachute was made of silk and struction. The rock from the W itte n ­ signed the task of handling the d etails bill the house may pass later on. This has been my policy. was attached to the back like a sol berg estate quarry has been examined in connection w ith the six or seven Mr. Smoot said th a t in his judgment 4th. A bsolute cleanliness. E v ery in stru m e n t PORTLAND MARKETS. d ie r’s knapsack. It weighed less than by the S tate engineer and S tate geo­ bills, which it is probable the commis­ any wool bill enacted th is session m u st be cleansed, and are used as th e y a re taken 20 pounds. Reichelt ascended to the logist and has been pronounced first- sion will pass on before they are sent would not be injurious to the wool in­ from th e sterilizers. W heat — Track prices: Rluestem, first stag e of the tow er, which is class for road buidling. 5th. My prices are reasonable, n o t advertised to a vote of the people, have from dustry, and he thought woolgrowers 86 Jc; club, 82}c; red Russian, 81 |c about 187 fee t from the ground. He The rock on the paper com pany’s tim e to tim e reported th a t progress is were m aking a m istake in contracting cheap prices to lure you in, and th e n c h arg e you valley, 8 3 ic ; forty-fold, 83c. placed a table n ear the edge facing land is of sim ilar formation and char­ m ore—b u t a price th a t will m ake m ore frien d s; M illstuffs—Bran. $23 per ton ¡shorts, the Seine and got ready for the jump acter. In both places there is suffi­ being made, and it is probable th a t by a t this tim e. more patien ts; one price to all. the tim e the n ex t m eeting closes $25; middlings, $30; rollled barley, w hile a crowd of 'rep o rters and cine cient land fronting the rocky bluff to S enate Asks fo r Report. these bills will be well under way $38«i 39. m etographs aw aited him on the install the necessary sw itches or side­ tow ard form ulation, if not entirely W ashington, D. C . — The senate Barley—Whole, $40 per ton. ground. track s to connect w ith the main line com pleted and in readiness for the passed a resolution calling upon Secre­ N. W. C om er 6th and Oak, 2nd floor, ta k e elevator Corn — New, whole, $34; cracked, Reichelt jumped out from the table of the Southern Pacific «»mpany only voters. ta ry F isher to report the amount of $35 per ton. w ith the parachute on his back. For a few hundred feet d istan t from the public land w ithdraw n from entry in O ats—No. 1 white, $32 per ton. a second it seemed as if the parachute quarries. each state, the purpose for which it W ater C o n tract Drawn, Hay — No. 1 E astern Oregon timo was about to open in accordance w ith “ I believe the sta te should own the Salem— Sidetracking for a tim e at was w ithdraw n, the am ount of such thy, $17(d)18; No. 1 valley, $16«i.l6; the theory of the inventor, but it quarry and th a t the land should be alfalfa. $Ì3C<£14; clover, $12; grain, shrunk together again and he fell like purchased o u trig h t” said the gover­ least, the Benham Falls project, the land th a t has been classified and re­ Get Your stored to entry and when it is proba­ $12(1(13. a stone, strik in g the ground in less nor. “ Perm anent ow nership would Central Oregon Irrig atio n company ble the rem aining land will be classi­ Potatoes— Buying prices: Burbanks, th a t four seconds. He was picked up ju stify the sta te in going to the ex­ rep resen tativ es and th e D esert land fied and throw n open. 90c((f.$2 per hundred. dead. His legs and spinal column pense of constructing buildings, and board completed a d ra ft of a contract The purpose is to hasten the work V egetables— A rtichokes. $1.26 per w ere broken and his body made a hole we would have a supply of good rock on the rem ainder of the project. T hat /! dozen; cabbage. li(gan to move early Monday th e sta te giving results o f such stu d ­ the Coos Bay life-saving station Annis, of New York. H o p s— 1911 crop, 4 3 i(»44ic; olds, m orning w ith the gale th at sw ept over ies as have already been procured. J. S. Loynes & Son changed from its present location over nominal, 1912 contracts, 2 6 « f'2 6 tc ; Tilghm ans island. The iceboat An­ Indian Lands to Be Sold. three m iles from the b ar to a more three years. 19e; five years, 15c. Ksrnville to Have Cannery, napolis, up to a late hour, had found Wool —E astern Oregon, SKii 16c per no trace of the boats. W ashington, D. C.— A fter removing j Five other N ew p o rt—K ernville, on the Siletz convenient place, is being pushed by pound, according to shrinkage; valley, launches managed to |fight th e ir way river, is to have a new salmon can­ the cham ber of commerce and others. disputed featu res from the bill provid­ 164f£l7c; m ohair, choice, 35c pound. through buffeting cakes and made nery. At present the only cannery on One p etition which was generally cir­ ing for the sale of the unallotted lands C attle—Choice steers, f5.86oi6.10; clear w ater. the S iletz riv er is th a t belonging to culated was signed by about 1,600 in the Standing Rock Indian re se rv a -' good, $6.60<>(.6.75; choice cows, $4.90 the Elm ore estate. H. F. Barnes, a citizens and now another petition is tion in North D akota and South Da­ 6T6.10; good, $4.25 «» 4.75; choice T ro cp s Held in Readiness. Portland business man, who owns the being circulated only among the big kota. the senate passed th a t measure. spayed heifers, $5.35«i5.60; good to I^avenw orth. K an.—Colonel Daniel canneries a t W aldport, on Alsea bay, mill ow ners, vessel ow ners and other The lands em brace more than 1 100 - 000 a c re s._______________ choice heifers, $5(i.8; good, $6,75