Hillsboro independent., November 27, 1903, Image 3

OREGON NEWS
CALIFORNIA 4 OREGON COAST.
Prospects for Llns From Qrants
Pats to Eureka.
urania runt ever were the pro
pecis 01 a ranroau irom drama t'ass
southward, through Josephine ami the
southern counties of thin state, and I VI
Norte county, California, connecting
-with the line being built north to Eu
reka, aa bright ai at the present time
For several months railroad talk hai
been at a low ebb in Southern Oregon
especially that pertaining to the pro.
posed Oregon A Pacific, but recently it
ha been revived, and in a way that
gives promise of something iletinite be
iug dune. Thia road would open up a
large and rich mining section.
There has been organized in Pun
Francisco, and incorporated in Cali
fornia, a concern known aa the Cali
fornia A Oregon Coast railroad com
pany. It ia organized with a capital
stock of $1,000,000, and several inflit
ehtlal men are behind the enterprise,
among tliein Isping John Parth, of Mil
waukee; 15. V. Thomas, of New York
J. (). 11. (iunn, T. W. M. Draper, 11.
It. Laidlaw and M. H. Wilson of Sun
Francisco.
The purpose of the newly organized
company ia to build a line of railroad
from (irauts 1'aaa to Kureka, ('!., or
rather to aome point on Humboldt bay
The new company absorbs the old Ore
gon & Pacific, ami ia more extensivedn
ita acope than the former company, aa
it wan the original intention to build a
line only from (irauta Pass to Crescent
City, w'hile the new road will extend
on aotith, connect ing with the northern
built line to Kureka. giving a new line
from (irauta Pass to San Francisco.
Aa bus been previously Mated, the
survey for t hie proposed road ia com
pleted, ami grade Makes have been set
over a largo part of the proposed route.
Right of way has also been secured for
a greater part of the lint', (irounds for
aidings and stations have also been
(ranted, and the company ia ready to
begin the actual construction of the
road with the arrival of the spring
months.
1 1KB AT TILLAMOOK.
CourthouM Burned and Business Portion
of the City Threatened.
Tillamook A disastrous fire occurred
here last week which entirely destroyed
the courthouse of lillaniook county
and seriously endangered the business
portion of the city.
When the fire waa discovered the
building waa entirely ablaze and to save
it waa impossible, but by the valiant
work of the fire company and citizena
many hooka and papers were saved from
destruction. The entire cotitenta of
t'je ollices of the achool superintendent
and the county purveyor were lost, and
most of the papers and hooka of the
assessor's ollices weie burned, although
the contents of the safe are thought to
be intact.
Thia year's assessment roll waa for
tunately saved.
Mill Vetoed by Governor.
Palem If a special session of the
legislature should be called, other mat
tera than the tax law must receive
aome attention. The governor'a vetoes
In the last session constitute a sort of
"unfinished business" which must be
taken up by the legislature when it
next convenes. The governor said, af
ter sending out bia letter, that he
did not intend to attempt to preclude
action upon these vetoed measures, for
the constitution particularly prescribes
what course shall be pursued, ami the
governor could not prevent legislative
action, even if he so desired.
Altitudes In Union County.
I (irande A complete survey of
Union eosnty baa just leen made by T.
11. Perry, I'nited States geological sur
veyor. This aurvey determined the
geological aa well aa the topographical
formation of Union county. The alti
tude of all the streams and feeders have
teeu determined, at the source as well
as at the mouth The highest point in
I'nion county is at the summit of (Iran
ite mountain, which is a little over 8,.
000 feet. Mount Fannie, above Cove, is
7,000 feet, and the lowest point is at
the mouth of the Wallowa river, which
ia 2,535 feet.
Carpenters are Not to Be Had.
Pendleton There is a scarcity of car
penters in Pendleton. This is the sea
son for repairine old buildings, but
workmen cannot Is? secured. A num
ber of people are desirous of construct
ing hollies, but owing to the scarcity of
men and materials, it ia not likely any
new buildings will be started until
spring. mere are irorn i. 10 .o ouiio
ings under wav, ami
carpenters
are
busy on all of them. It ia estimated
that there ari fully 3o0 carpenters at
work on new buildings in different
parts of the city.
Paya $15,507 for Land.
Pendleton A deed has been filed
with the county recorder whereby
Michael Mr-Cracker sold 2,000 acres of
Manuel Pedro for $15,507. The prop
erty is located several miles southwest
-of Pendleton.
OF INTEREST
SNOW IN BLUR MOUNTAINS.
Promise of Plenty of Water for
Msxt
Year-Big Price for Haystack.
Baker City More than three feet o
anow has fallen in the mountains ir
thia vicinity during the past few daya
Such a heavy fall of anow thia early in
the season ia unusual, and while it has
ita inconveniences, on the whole the
people regard it aa favorable con
dition, because it arguea well for aa
abundant supply of water for mining
ana irrigation purposes next season.
It will lie bard on stock, especially
sheep, on the ranges, but, aa stockmen
generally are prepared for a bad winter
aeaaon, very little actual loss ia antici
pated. Sheepmen were obliged, en
account of the high price of hay, to sell
a goodly portion of their sheep, and
they are prepared to feed those they
have on hand until spring.
It ia an ill wind that doea not benefit
aome one, and in thia instance the hay
ranchman ia the man who ia gathering
in the harvest. Hay ia bay, and will
be until grass cornea again.
One rancher in thia vicinity recently
sold the bay in one big stack for $18,
000 cash. It waa a big stuck or rick,
and there ia several thousand tona of
hay in the stack.
WHISTLER LEAVES HARNEY.
Reading of Water Gauges In Streams
Will Be Kept Up All Winter.
lturns John T. Whistler, engineer
in charge of the work being conducted
in Oregon by the reclamation service of
the I'nited States geological survey,
has left for Pendleton. Thia will be
his final visit to Harney county for the
present year, as he w ill leave the state
for Washington. I. ('., in Pecemlier,
to take up the work of making a de
tailed exposition of the present year's
tieldw ork in ( (regoti.
Mr. Whistler has had three parties
of engineers in the field in this state
summer, one of these partica having
been engaged since June in surveying
the proposed reservoir site in Silvie'a
valley, ami also in working out the de
tails of an irrigation system to carry
water therefrom to the subjacent lands
in Harney valley.
The approach of bad weather has
drawn the work for thia year to a con
clusion, with the exception that the
reading of water gauges in the streams
will be kept up without interruption.
End Fruit Tree Shipping.
Milton The season for shipping
amall fruit treea has clnaod. It ia esti
mated that 12,500 treea have been
shipped out to all parts of the west,
middle and eastern states during the
past two weeks. About 10 cars have
been shipped in the past 10 days. As
the season waa short thia year, many of
the smaller trees had to be expressed,
as it would delay matters too long to
nd them by freight. Samuel Miller
has one of the largest nurseries in Fast-
rn Oregon, and there are several fruit
men w ho have amall nurseries.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 71c:
blue-
stem, 5c; valley, 5(i7He.
Parley Feed,$ 20 per ton; brewing,
$22; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $1.75(33.85 per bar
red ; hard wheat straights, $ .1.110 i4.10:
bars, $3.55dt3.75 ; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.20i,t4..r)0; grahnm, $3.75;
whole wheat, $1; rye wheat, $l.75n5.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07
$1.05 per cental.
Millstuffs Itran, $20 per ton
mid
$1; Mings, $24; shorts, $20; chop.
linseed, dairy food, $!',.
JJ Hay Timothy, $! per ton; clover,
$13; grain, $11 ; cheat, $11.
Vegetables Turnips, ti5e per sack;
earrots, 5c; beets, 00c; parsnips, 50
f75c; cabbage, 1(1 t4c; celery, 35.
tiOc; pumpkins, l'lrlcper pound.
Onions lellow Ianvers, 75ca$l
per sack.
Honey $3'? 3.25 per case.
Potatoes Oregon, choice and fancy
f0ii75c per sack; common, 50c per
sack; sweet potatoea, sacks. 2c: boxes.
4".
r runs Appies, i.irtiif: oox ; pears.
$ lOi 1.50 per box; cranberries, $it
10.50 per barrel
Putter Fancy
creamery, 27 1 (ft 30c
per pound ; dairy,
(415 V.
2022. V; store, 15
Cheese Full cream, twins, 5rti
") 'ac; Young America, lflrttlrt c; Til-
amisik, Hii H '.jc; 1. astern cheese.
Pol-1 try Chickens, mixed. 10'
lO'aCpcr pound; spring,
ID'.frf lie:
hens, 11c; turkeys, live, 15 JKc per
pound; dressed, ltiiflSe; ducks, , i 7
per dozen; geese, 7(ifv er pound.
l-.ggs Oregon ranch, 30(33 2 .'j'c
F.sstetn, 25nr27 'c.
IWf Pressed, ftltf'(ff(lc per pound.
Veal Pressed, small, HiaSc; large,
r!(irH lc sf r pound.
Mutton Pressed, 4i35'se; lambs,
dressed, tic.
Pork Pressed, flc.
Hops 1!03 crop, 12 ,22c per pound,
according to quality.
Wend Valley, 1741 Ac; Eastern Ore
gon, 12(315c; mohair, 35337,Sc
THE CAL TVEAIY.
Substanco of the locumcnt Signed by
Bunan-Varllla and Hay.
Washington, Nov. 21. Although
the treaty hua not been made public,
the Aaaia-'iated Press ia enabled to give
the substance of the dia-ument. It con
sista of between 22 and 26 articles, but
the main tiointa of the convention are
contained in the first six articles.
The keynote of the treaty ia the pro
vision in one of the very first articles
by which Panama cedes to the I'nited
States whatever land or lands in the re
public of Panama, thia government
shall find desirable in connection w:th
the building or the operation and main
tenance of the canal. In addition, the
treaty givea to the United Statea abund
ant sovereignty over the canal strip,
which, it ia understood, comprises lc
tween eight and teu miles on each side
of the canal. Within this zone, the
power of the United Statea is absolute
aa if the zutie were part and parcel of
this country.
In general, it may be said that w hile
the new treaty contains many of the
provisions of the rejected llay-Herran
treaty, it ia not bused on that conven
tion, but follows not only the spirit,
but the letter of the Spooner act.
Thus, instead of the lease for a fixed
period of the canal strip, thia new
treaty providea for a perpetual grant of
the right of way to the United States,
and instead of a complicated provision
for courts of fixed composition, half
American and half Colombian, to ad
minister justice over the canal strip,
the new treaty permits this government
to exercise the most complete jurisdic
tion thereon.
Permission also ia given the i'nited
Statea to fortify the line and the termi
nals, and it may police it with troops.
That portion of the treaty dwelling
with the fortification of the terminals is
rather general, but sulllciently explicit
not to be misunderstood.
The cities of Panama and Colon re
tain their municipal autonomy under
the republic of Panama so long as they
maintain public order and sanitary con
ditions to the satisfaciti'ii of the
United States. Failure to do this gives
the I'nited States, according to the
treaty, the right to force strict compli
ance with the wishes ot this govern-.
mcnt in thia direction, and the United
Statse can even use force to compel
obedience to ita rules aa to public order
and public health in these cities.
The money consideration is the same
in the new treaty as in the llay-Herran
convention, with the exception that
the $10,000,000 go to Panama instead
of to Colombia. The treaty further!
providea that the canal is to be neutral
and 0x n ot all nations on even terms.
Secretary Hay had a conference with
the Panama minister late last night,
and the general terms of the treaty
were agreed upon.
CURB FOR CONSUMPTION.
Ruaslan Physician la Having Remark
able Success.
Moscow, Nov. 21. Remarkable cure
of consumption have recently been
effceted in Russia by Kisel Zaogranski,
formerly a mining engineer, and now
especially licensed by the Russian med
ical department to practice medicine.
Zagoranski has given the Assoicated
Press an account of the origin of his
consumption cure, from which it ap
pcara that 30 years ago he was sent to
Sileria to superintend extensive min
ing works. The medical facilities
there were extremely limited, and Zag
oranski himself attended to the medi
cal wants of the workmen to the best
of his ability.
An oh foreman of the mine, how
ever, always took care of consumption
cases, and almost invariably cured
(hem. The foreman died some years
ago, confiding bia tuberculosis cure to
Zagoranski, who continued to use it.
Hearing a rumor that John P. Riske
feller, of the United States, had offered
an immense prize for the discovery of a
eonsnmption cure, he consulted Ameri
can Consul Smith, who, with his broth
er, W. K. Smith, ts-gan a systematic
observation of the cases of several pa
tients, and especially that of an Fng
liah lady, an acquaintance '. the con
sul, who had been given up by the doc
tors. She submitted to Z.igoranski's
treatment, which was given under pns
feasional medical observation. This
occurred last spring, and the cure ap
pears to Ik- -rmanent.
Forests Mast bs Conserved.
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 21. Olfic
ials of the National grange were in
stalled tmlay. The committee on for
eign relations expressed itself in favor
of reciprocity w ith all countries w hich
consume our products The committee
also favored international arbitration.
The committee on agricutliire pn--nt-d
a report in which it said that the two
pressing necessities confronting the
American farmer were changes of law
in the matter of disposing of our vast
public domain and the conservation of
the forest area of the country.
Ten New Double Stara Discovered.
Ixmdon, Nov. 21. The correspon
dent of the Paily Mail at Sydney, N.
W.. says that Professor Hussey, of the
Lick ol-s. rvatory, who has Is-en ramp
ing for several weeks at Canoblas, has
discovered ten new double stars. Pro-
lessor Hnasey regards the discovery aa(gariana on the Mussulman village of I "Ths Sea-Wolf," will bgin in ths Jan
of ths gr-atest important. Zsraaa. 1 nary Century.
COME TO TERMS
Panama Minister and Hay Sign
Canal Treaty,
IS NO DISPUTE ON ANY POINT
President Roosevelt Will Not Send ths
Document ta the Senate Until Pres
ent Work Is Out of ths Way.
Washington, Nov. 20. Secretary
Hay and M. Philippe-Ibina-Varilla, the
minister of Panama, at tl o'clm'k this
evening, signed the Jlay-Huna- anlla
treaty, providing for the construction
of the Panama canal by the United
States. The ceremenv occurred in Sec
retary Hay's study. The Panama min
ister arrived at Mr. Hay 'a house
promptly at ( o'clisk, having made an
appointment with the secretary for a
conference at that hour. lie waa sur
prised to find that the secret ury had be
fore him the treaty engrossed in dupli
cate. 1 he secretary informed M. Iluna-
Vrailla that he was ready to sign the
tieaty. The minister read the docu
ment carefully, and then he and Secre
tary Hay attached their signatures to
it.
Tho secretary and minister refused
to comment on the ceremony, the
only olhcial admission that can he had
is that the matters of the terms of the
treaty are practically settled. The
treaty in its text cannot be made public
at this moment for two reasons:
First Pecause of the unw ritten law
which obliges the state department to
await the pleasure of the senate in thia
matter of publicity.
Second Pecause the president has
not yet determined w hen the conven
tion shall be submitted to the senate
for ratification. His present purpose
is to withhold it until there is reason
able assurance that its consideration
will not obstruct any of the legislation
for which the present special session of
ingress has been called.
M. A. MOODY WINS.
Judge Instructs Jury to Return a Ver
dict of rot (lullty.
Portland, Nov. 20. F.x-l!eprcsenta-
tive Malcolm A. MihhIv is acquitted
and exonerated. Ilcfore the hearing of
the case was completed, Judge Pcllin
ger ordered that a verdict of acquital
bo returned. After listening to a brief
argument on tho essential points in the
action, the judge expressed the convic
tion that there was no evidence to show
that Mr. Moody waa guilty of any il
legal action the transaction through
which he was alleged to have embezzled
and opened a letter belonging to Mrs.
Margaret I.. Conroy. Without premit
ting the case to pris'eed further, he
took the matter in his own hands, com
manded the vredict be prepared im
mediately, and ordered a juror to sign
it for the jury.
llefore ordering the case disposed of
in this manner, the judge took occasion
to pick to pieces the chain of evidence
that the prosecution had attempted to
prove "by inference," Btiil stated that
no evidence had la-en brought out to
show that there was any illegal design
back of any act Mr. Moody had per
formed relative to the transaction in
volved. ON THE VERQB OF ANARCHY.
Honduras
Is Likely to Have a Revolu
tion at Early Date.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. IS.
(via (iuatcmala, Nov. 20. Honduras
is at present on the verge of anarchy,
and the conditions are such that a rev
olution may break out at any time.
The governmental party was complete
ly overwhelmed at the recent elections,
and the opposition controls the legis
lative branch of the government.
Conrcquently any measure favored by
the administration ia voted down.
The reported intention of Nicaragua
and Guatemala to unite against lion-
duras, while apparently unfounded,
nas nan me eueci oi aiming xo me gen-
eral apprehension.
If (iuatcmala were to take the offens
ive she would tie in a noistion to cause
mucri irouoie, as sue maintains a large
force on the Honduras border. Tin
reason for this is given as a fear that
Salvador has designs on (iuatcmala
and the force is kept ready to resist !
anv invas on.
Rebels Are Driven Back.
San Pomingo, Republic of Santo po
tningo, Nov. 20. Severe lighting took
place lat night around this city. The
reikis were prevented from entering
' the capital. The loss of the rebels is
not known. The United States cruiser
P.altitnore landed marines to protect
American interests. Iluard-: wen
placed at the American legal ion and
consulate, and the Clyde Steamship
agency. The situation otherw ise is un
'rhanginl. All is ipiiet this morning,
but a new attack is expected at any
time.
Bulgarian Villages Are Burned.
Constantinople, Nov. 20 The Mus.
sulmsna in the district of Kirk-Kiliseh
have burned five Pulgarian villages in
revenge for an attack made by the liul-1
MIUHT CAUSB MONEY PINCH.
Qucatlon About Paying Out ths Pries of
the Panama Canal.
Washington, Nov. 19. With the ad-
ministration definitely committed to
the building of canal by the Panama
route, and having brushed aside all im
mediate consideration of Columbia aa a
factor in that purpose, the important
question now confronting the president,
the cabinet and the Republican lenders
in congreea are whether they can pro
ceed with the work under the Spixmrr
amendment, adopted at the last session,
or whether it will be necessary to enact
new legislation throughout.
Senator Spooner was at the Whits
House tixlay, but would not say wheth
er the question waa discussed.
The most important question for the
treasury ia the expenditure of $50,000,-
000 in cash that ia authorized under the
canal amendment. Can thia amount
be paid without unsettling financial
conditions to some extent ia a question
being asked. The total available cush
balance of the treasury department a
few daya ago was $223,14 1, 30!l, but of
thia vast aiim $173,3JH,4ii4 was in na
tional bank depositories throughout the
country. That makes a total of about
$50,000,000 in the treasury proper.
The amount will probably change in
favor of a larger cash balance by ths
time thia country gets to the point of
doing business and making canal pay
ments, but it will not be above $ii(),
000,000 at the outside uulesa the trans
action is long delayed.
Traditions declare that there should
always le in the treasury department
proper $50,000,000 with which to meet
possible emergencies. It ia admitted,
however, that the amount could safely
be reduced to $10,000,000 or less.
Of the amount with national bank de
positories and carried as a liability to
the treasury, there ia a large sum to
the credit of disbursing ollicers. Thia
could be reduced and the treasury
could probably use for the canal pay
ments $:!0,IH)()1000 nut of the funds
now in band. Put this would leave
$-0,000,000 to come from the deposits
w ith the national banks. How serious
ly the withdrawal of this sum would
disturb the financial and commercial
interests id the country is now being
carefully considered.
TO BHCAK LAND RING.
Hcucy Uoea to Confer With Knsx and
Hyds la Stricken Silent.
San Francisco, Nov. 19. Attorney
Francis J. lleuey will leave for Wash
ington tomorrow to confer with United
States Attorney (ieneral Knox on ths
land frauds. The investigation will be
extended to thia city, where it is assert
ed that the conspiracy had its fountain
head in breaking into the big steal in
the Southern Oregon land deals.
The men interested in that business
have been at work covering np their
tracks since Mr. lleuey was appointed
special prosecutor against those frauds.
In reference to the disclosures in the
land frauds which are bringing the
crooked deals so prominently before
the public eye, Hyde, the land lawyer
is now silent. Tho man w ho was so
hasty to rush into print with his state
ments when conjectures and innuen-dis-s
were Hying through the air is not
talking 'or publication now. When he
so airily took the public into hia confi
dence to tell them all he wanted to tell
them about theae land deals, the ma
chinery of the law had not been set in
motion.
GREAT EXODUS OF MINERS.
Trouble Is Feared at Hastings,
and
More Dcputlca are Sent.
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 10. Another
large shipment of miners left here to
night for the different coal fields of tho
south and middle west. A large crowd
was at the station to bid them goisl hye,
and the demonstration when the train
pulled out was deafening.
The report reached here that 200 men
had resumed work at Hastings today,
but thia proved to be untrue. A man
from that camp arrived in Trinidad to-
nigut, ami siau-s mat not a man la
I working there. Hastings is a Victor
Fuel camp and trouble ia feared there.
Five extra deputies were sent out ti-
night to join a large numlsr of guards
1 already at I last ings.
To Become Judfs at Ores.
Honolulu, Nov. 19. The commis
sion appoint ing ( iovernor Pole United
j States district judge reached here to-
night, lie will take the oath of of lire
before Chief Justice Frear, of the terri
torial supreme court, and assume his
seat on the I n h immediately. Secre
tary Carter has not jet. received his
commission ns governor, but by virtue
' of bis ollice of secretary he w ill act as
governor in the interim. The grand
jury w ill resume its investigation ef
the scandals connected with the last
gislature.
Jack London's Creed.
Jack London is a practicing believer
in hard work. "Work," he told a re
cent interviewer, "will carry a man
anywhere. The four great tlii-.gs are
good health, work, a philosophy of life
j and sincerity. With these you mar
cleave to greatness and sit among
ffianM." Mr. Ixindon'a new batI