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Hillsboro Independent h.4 UUmt t lack Wk HILLSBORO OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK la a Condensed Fcrm lor Our Easy Readers. A Return of the Less Important but Not LsS lntarstir( Events of the Past Wsek. The temperature is 6 lielow xero at Kan.m.i City. The Thaw trial is now fairly la-gun Iiihu.ii ty in the plea of the defense. New Jersey Republican have noinin Mtp.1 Frank O. Briv'ir as United States Senator. Mmiv rers.rts are !inB received of tieonle Is-im frown to death in North bikota. Snow and slides have blocked all tr.iii.M on the Northern Pacific so that n Katcm inuil tan reach Tiicoma The raise granted jxistal clerks will a l l IHH.OOO to the salaries of those in Oregon ami 1100.000 to thisoe of Washington. The . It. A X. between Portland and Tim 1 hi lies is in worse sham than for yearn. Several work train are hem iin-il in on both sides. During the January just passed twice a much excavation was done on the riiiiuina canal an in any January when the woik was under French control. Southern Pacific trains, while still running, are all U-hind time and have to proceed carefully on account of soft track; and uncertain bridges ana em biuiktuents. Besides flirhtinir for territory in the Noi-tlmest. the lliirriman and Hill managements have entered lntoa wordy war regarding the merit of the met h' ods employed by each, which does not ntx-iir to furnish more cars to the liiprier than tha territory fight. The king of Siuin is to visit the Unit ed States. An explosion of gasoline started a $100,000 fire In Chicago. China is to resuscitate Its navy. Ten million dollars is to be piovided yearly for the woik. Fruit men of Southern California are b-lling their troubles to the interstate Commerce commission. A snow-slide at Monarch mountain, Colo., buried three houses. At least a doeii lives were lost in the slide. In Xorthern Montana the tempera ture is rejiortetl 60 lielow zero, the cold est in 27 years. All railroad traffic is at a standstill. Seven miners met death in a wreck of a coal train on the Chicago & North western near the corporation limits of Dea Moines, Iowa. Hcven perform were Injured, some of tlieni perhaps fatally, by a tire in a New York run br. Tha pfi wr mil - kmmi '' Ore broke out. The Willamette and Columbia river valleys are experiencing the highest water In several years. The C). H. & N. railway is having much trouble with lis tracks. The third explosion in West Virginia minis in two weeks has just occurred. In the last disaster between 25 and 35 men were entombed and rescue is doubtful on account id gas. Senator Culloin says "war talk Is bush." The president 1ms given 1100 to the Chinese famine fund. (Illiver has formed a strong syndicate to dig the Panama canal. Heavy losses will be sustained by Montana stockmen, as feed Is scarce. California Japanese oppose exclusion and have sent a lawyer to Washington. The United States mint at New Or leam is coining $1,000,000 for the Mex ican government. Hundreds of cattlo are dying from exhsustion and odd In the Salmon rlv er, Idaho, country. Chicago ia experiencing a little of the winter weather that , has been sweeping the states farther west. Governor Hughes, of New York, is keeping Ills campaign pledge and is having nothing to do with the Isism'S A tralnload of Omaha manufacturer and j obbers will visit the Pacific North wt-t early in the spring in an effort to sccuie trade. The Xavy department has figures showing that a first-class battleship can lie built cheaper by a private company than In the government yards. The difference is atsiut $350,000. The Thaw jury it now complete. I.itiht earthquake shock continue to be felt at Kingston. Knssia will borrow $25,000,000 to feed her famine sufferers. Another terrible blixzard is sweeping Montana and Isritish Columbia. The governor of Caracas baa been murdered by adherent of President Gomes. A 2 -cent passenger fare bill has been favorably reported in the Missouri leg' islaturo. Th entire appearance of the Solomon islands in the South sea lias been rh.mged by an earthquake. The president and Admiral Fvans have approved the action of lavis in the Kingston affair. A bill has Uon intrluced in the Illinois legislature providing the death p:ilty for burglars and highway rob l-r. The Periodical Publishers' aseoeia tion of America has determined to nVht the proiKwcd change in second class mail regulations. Kitevelt say state will not al nal on must that if the several dish child labor the TO PROTECT SALMON. Or.... and Wa.hington Legislative Committe.s Rch Agreement i r-K k R agreement be- .. iu.,.,utr of Oregon and w-i.i.,.r, r.. hed at a concurrent ....... ...;n..u mnforvnee held in Uii city bills will be introduced within a few ,1... in the Oregon and Washington legislatures recommending that no sal -!;,,., l-.Mowed on the lolum i.;. .1. i-tmwn 6 o'clock p. m. Sat .r.l A n. m. Sunday, during the winner open season, which it is plan uiil etend from Al'tA 20 to ,.- !! Th tiills will shorten th present ojieri season five days u .1 M..a .Lva In Alltfllst. Apri ti. bills will make th closed season from March 15 to April 20 and from August 20 to September 10. The present law makes the closed season, from March 15 to April 15 and fnn Auimst 25 to SeptemU-r 10. tv, !.. 1,-t, in of the closed season .v.iiMi.ir... Uiin.liiv hVhinii are the principal features of the measure agreed upon by the members of the concurrent nrm,miiiiw from the Oregon and Wai-n ii.gton legislatures, appointed to frame a bill to be parsed by the lawmakers of the two states for the protection of .lim.!.i river salmon. tine of the principal object of a later committee which this commiiu re commended will lie the attempt to de vise a nlan to make a fish way around Colilo falls, so that the salmon can easily get into the upper Columbia. 8 HOWS PROSPEROUS YEAR. Internal Commerca for 1906 All Previous Records. Broka Washington, Feb. 5. The movement of internal commerce during tne pasi year exceeded that for any previous one in the history oi tne country, -ui fn n tement list issued oy uie uureau of statistics of the department oi wm w - . m ft merce and Ijiixir. Livestock receipts at the seven pri mary markets aggregaicu iu,ii, head, exceeding those of the previous vear bv more than 150.0O0. Shipments ..fnnekinir house products from Chi cago, except canned meats and dressed hogs, show gains as compared with those of either of the two immediate preceding years. Of these products ihirinif the vear. the aggregate snip meids were 67.775.HUO pounds; canned meats, 117,688,650 pounds; cured meats. 304.642.049 pounds; dressed txef, 1,308,072,285; dressed hogs, 13, 170.300 pounds: hides, 75,175,520 pounds; lard, 421,914,529 pounds, and pork, 30,681,200 pounds, making a total of 2,768,016,443 puunds, being over 100,000,000 pounds in excess of the previous year. The total grain receipts at 15 inter ior primary markets were 798,621, 685 bushess, an increase of 250 000 ovre 1905. The tota' movement em braced: Wheat, 243,735,058 bushels; corn, 242,722,716 bushels; oats, 233, 300,339 bushels; barley, 69,409,290 bushels, and rye, 9,294,282 bushels. The receipts of grain at six Atlantic and Gulf porta aggregate 214,840,998 bushels, an increase of 14,000,000 bush els. Shipment of anthracite coal from Kastern producing districts aggregated 65,047,290 tons, a preemptible decree. ON WAR FOOTING. Hurry Orders Sent Out from Wash ington to Militia. Springfield, 111., Feb. 6. Recruits are wanted iin a hurry for the Illinois National guard and within a week or ten days the rosters of nearly every company in the state infantry, artillery, cavalry and signal corps alike, will be thrown open for emergency enlistments, ollicers and privates meanwhile carry- ng on a still hunt for embryonic sol diers. This stir in the state soldiery Is the result of a geneial order from the War department at Washington. Whether the order Is'ars greater significance than its face shows has not been dis closed by the Washington authorities, our, uie militia ana assemblymen are quick tn connect the order at this time with the sgiutinn over the Japanese question and its possibilities. ine readjustment applies to every state liiat lias a National Guard. Smuggling in Chinese. El Paso, Tex., Feb. IS. Returning irom a trip of investigation at Mexican ports and along the tiordcr lietween the United States and Mexico, Marcus Ilraun stated tmlay that he had found extensive, thoroughly organized and wholesale schemes for smuggling Chi nese into the United States. The in vestigation was taken for the personal information of President Roosevelt. Mr. Praun declined to give details as to his conclusions and discoveries. He did state, however, that one remedy would be to nave mounted line riders Track Is Washed Away. Ogden, Itah, Feb. 6. One hundred feet of track and a bridge on the main line oi uie t-nion racinc railroad were washed away by a rush of water tbrough Velr canyon, 20 miles east of here, this afternoon. The flood was caused by the recent heavy rains in this sw-tlon. All traffic will be delayed for 24 hours. The overland and Lo An 1 t 1 A geies nmiictt trains eastbound, are lsing diverted! over the Oregon Short Line. Westbound trains, except the Atlantic express, are being held east of the break. The track is lieing repaired May Excavat Herculanaum. Rome, Feb. ft. E. II. Gerton, the British amlsissador, has interestl the Italian government in favor of the plan of CI larlea Waldstein, professor of fine arts. King's college, Cambridge, for the excavation ol the ancient city of Her i. . . cnianenm, ami nas received assurances that the application and plan of Pro- fisor Waldstein are being studied King ictor Fmannel has accepted the Honorary presidency of the committee on excavations. Scvera Storm In Kansas. Kansas t lty, teh. 3. The severest st. Tin of the winter is raging throng!) Kansas and Western Missouri, with the temperature at or near rem, six indies of snow on the ground and snow still falling, driven by a bitter wind. All trains are marked late. from 45 minutes to six hour. IN THE NATIONAL Tuesday. Fsbruary 6. w.ai.inirtLn. Feb. 6. The senate spent the entire day in considering the i...n-n .nnrontiation bill, but without concluding the question of amendment tl- .rmv annroririation bill was .ml mill be taken up a soon the Indian appropriation bill baa been deposed of. The bill carries am, mm 1 11 ML The principal items In the increase in the military bin are; .u. i-u nubiu iltiO.OOO: siktnal service in Cuban pacification, $50,000; con tract surgeons. $60,000; regular sup plies. $590,643; barracks and quarters, $1,372,227; transportation, $702,904 increase incident to uie prButD w . bill extending and promoting the etli ciencyofthe artillery corps, $0,221, 100. Whim?ton. Feb. 5. Several test vote were taken by the bouse comiiiit ... nblln lands to determine the .ttitu.le of the committee towards Pres ident KismevelCs iolicy of leasing gov ernment coal lands. inecoiiiuiuv.ee voted against the general leasing sjs- fur fniil lands, but by a vote of 5 ... a ..i-..r. a tn ii to ease sucu iuuub bU 14. . V . . - - - - in limited areas. Anothrr vote showed that the Com mittee favors the renting instead of the present system of selling land, but wnn iiHslincations in me prem-im which will make fraud more dilhcult, Monday, February 4. Washington. Feb. 4. Thf senate oc- mini! the first two hour of it session today in perfecting the house bill per mitting the government to lane an u- nl on noints of law In certain crim inal cases. The bill is intended to reach cases similar to that against the meat packer! . - alt 1 1. f A The bill was JaiU aside to permit further discussion of . Carter's resolu tion aimed at the recent order oi trie secretary of the interior preventing the issuance of land patents to entrymen until after an examination on the irround bv a special agent. Hcyburn continued the remarks lie began several lay ago and New lands followed in de fense of the secretary. lSacon made a brief statement in tended to show that Ileveridge bad been in error regarding the operation of the child labor law in Geoigia. Washington. Feb. 4. The bouse passed a number of important bills to day, including the McCumber service pension bill, the omnibus lighthouse bill and the omnibus revenue cutter bill. The omnibus lighthouse bill car ries a total apropriation of $1,598,500 for the lighthouse establishment and an additional sum of $195,000 for addi tional light keepers. The house, by a vote of 10 to 65, con curred In the senate amendments to the urgent deficiency bill, loaning the amestown exposition $1,000,000 and safeguarding the loan by a lien on the grosa receipts. i Pills providing for the protection of gnme in Ainsaa ami aiiinoriamiw re fund of certain taxes continued under the revenue act of 1898 were also passed. Saturday, February 2. Washington, Feb. 2. Two hours were spent today by the house on the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, speeches against the measure being made by Hepburn, Clark of Missouri and Kiefer. Impressive eulogies were delivered on the late Senaator Gorman of Maryland. Out of respect to the memory of the late Representative Flack, whose death was announced, the house at 4:05 adjourned until Monday. Washington, Feb. 2. The senate de voted most of the day to the reading of the Indian appropriation bill for the adoption of committee amendments. Several bills authorizing the construc tion of bridges and one exending the terms of leases in the Yellowstone Na tional Park were passed. After a brief executive session the senate adjourned at 3:30 o'clis k out of respect to the memory of the late Representative flack, of ork. Friday, February I. Washington, Feb. 1. Senators paid tribute today to the memory of the late senator Arthur Pue Gorman, of Mary land. All business for the day was suspended at 2:30 o'clock, according to a special order, and eulogies were de livered expressing the profound Borrow and regret of the senate at the death of the Maryland senator. Previous to this order many bills of minor importance were passed, inelud Second Judge for Oregon. Washington, Feb. 5. Senator Ful ton today appeared liefore the judiciary committee in l?half of his bill dividing Oregon into two judicial districts. Ful ton's bill will come up for final action at a meeting of the judiciary commit tee next week and it is understood that after being amended to provide only for an additional district judge, it will 1 favorably reported and be passed by the Senate. The committee is willing to authorise another judge to relieve the congestion, but not another full complement of court officials. Oregon's Fata Is In Doubt. Washington, Jan. 30. Repairs to the battleship Oregon are held np be cause of shortsge of money. The bouse naval committee has agreed to report a special bill appropriating 11,000,000 to put the new turret on the Oregon and Massachusetts and make other import ant alterations which will modernise both ships. If this bill passes, the de partment will ntilixe part of lis general fund to complete repairs to the Oregon. The bital ct will 1 aliont l,230,(iio. There ia some opposition to this Course. Mulksy at Washington. Washington, Jan. 30. When the senate meet at noon tomorrow, Senator Fulton will present the credentials of Senators Bourne and Bourne, and w ill ak that the oath be sdminstered to Mr Mulkey. If Mr. Mulkey's credentials are approve,!, he will be sworn in, and at once enter upon bis duties. Mr Bourne will not take the oath nntii March 4. Mr. Mulkey arrived ton ,t Unlay to be sworn in, and did not bo to the senate at all. HALLS OF CONGRESS ing one fixing ..:t mail salarltv- ui,.r. . .1 v.. j - tatnrii. luutir, . .i .. $.100. w ith . Ul Ti. of $100 bas been reached. ...,' h,ll P" sited in war survivor fr,.,n ...... r uioutri ti " to liv r . There are n., . T of Uie g - - o.uuo urv"- Washington, FcbTI-.irPr,,I,ri''ti,.n! for river and h.rb'nr- i 0 itT speeches aiisin , i. , . with tne piouimea l-Html f(( t-J,nir" Louis and the d.m.11inoltb to St. Missis- the Gulf ipp river rrm Kt jto Clark, of Missouri, deli aeteristic sech , u,0f the Mis sissippi river p" othert who dis cussed the bill LI'. KuJenborg, of char- Pennsylvania and (iarreit, of Tennessee. Bills wer ,1 tli ta.unda. riMoflandadTZn"&r.Ar- reservation i i,la -ndcr"" l7 additional land dl.ivL. in ! lo" catod at Nome aiu Falrban'11' Thursday, janury 3l . Wasbinifton t o, Tbs river and barls.r appropriation bi'll'c,,Pit'd PT tullyall of the timed the house to- day. After a short milMy over. Ul.e ahort colloquy division of tinm u,i the paternal ad- vice of the speaker to alio lie c,!alf- man of the commit i of the h' (Currier, of New Hamph'fe to con" trol the general debate, the debate was begun by Burton, of Ohio, chairman of the rivers an. I i..i..i committee. Speeches were made by Eartholdt, of Missouri, and others. In providing for the comPlu"" y1 new projects, a r,lieal departure made in the bill from former methods. 'It ha been thought best," Burton re marked, "to undertake no "ew im provement unless the whole amount re quired for its comnletioD U appropri ated or authorized." Washington, Jan. 31. Ryner's ad dress on the expansion o' eeutive prerogatives, Senator Lodge'1 brief re- Dlvandau ex-ten,!.! ,!iiimilon oi tne administration of public land laws by Heyburn constituted the process ings in the senate. Heyburn continued his criticism oi the special order of the tecretary ot the interior which forbidi the issuance of patents to land until after n exam ination of the ground by special gent. Heyburn asserted that the creation of forest reserve had raised Uie price of wood for fuel in h,B 8tate 5 per cent and the rr oe oi lumoer generally from 2 to $5 s thousand feet. He said 18,(XHI,0IO acr oi mnu in Maho bad lieen converteJ into forest reserves, lie could ma no explana tion of the policy being pursued unless it was "greed of power. Wednesday, JLuary 30. Waahinirton. Jun. V. Besides fix ing Fberuary 20 as Bulla? to vote on the declaiation tht'rnator Reed Smoot, of Utah, is not en it led to his seat, passing a bill appropriating t-,-000,000 to confine the Cdorado river to its liunka and another placing the management of the Panama railway under the Isthmian Canal Commission, the senate today listened to an extended speech by Carter, ol Montana, In criti cism of the secretaryof t lie Interior and another by Heyburn to the same end. The recent order of the secretary pre venting the issuance of patents to pub lic land until after tn examination on the ground by a special arent, was the subject of the criticitm and many sen ators from Western itiitee by casual In terruptions showed their approval of the sentiment expressed. Washington, Jan. 30. The house today completed the agricultural appro priation bill after adopting sundry amendments. The feature was a speech made with a view to justification of the meat Inspection law by Wads worth, of New York, who retired from congress at the close of the amnion. He took the president seriously to task for his letter of last summer in severe criticism oi me bin The diplomatic ami consular appro priation bill was sent to conference, the managers on the part of the house lieing YousiiiB, lowa, C. K. Lnndift, of In diana, and Howard, ot Georgia. The river and harbor appropriation bill, carrying 184,000,000 in round numlrs, was tatken up, no time ling agreed upon for the close of the general debate. Tariff Reviiion Sh ved. Washngton, Feb. 5. Twice during this session of congress efforts have been made to secre a e,lciw of the Re publicans of the lions,, to consider a plan of revising the tariff Both at tempts ended in dismal failure. The original attempt wag mle by men from Xew Kngland. The second at tempt was i,ia.B (,y preventatives fr .m the Middle West, Minnesota and Wisconsin. In view of these failures, ! n,By...,r " ,Ionfor a m't that there will be no special seion of con gress in the spring to nr,ngt,W tariff. Alaska Camp Out of Food. ihitMt' Ja"-30-On January 12, he Rush received a telegr., from Act- lilt zzno, riHtin' f a,' w,5rin r. t r,."Y1,t,on.f the little mining The Rush immediately put mlt wilh ' -u.f p.y r'-ion sufficient to last the v age for ,t least five ZnL. She n a heavy e. Th , InVtHlTh "I children t irRh'r1,0' thpir I rovision.. and I. ,. 'h.H n"t come, starvation was inevitable. Idaho Law Uphed. Washmt,,,,, F,.,( 5 p.eme C v.11- ' ,rrn-'y arainst F.nos thesIo i'n ,r'rm'"' thed.-isionof in?! m I?, T. 1210 i"g it unlawf ,I OS,sU '" nl!k o leep "! th -r or herder hetTn 7 r i1'" ' oth persons or ling borW'thinU',f"io7s dwel- l i no s, Raineyl0flniMois,C'upa , of Indiana, Ma.ld ci Illinoi".. t'ratt, of Illinois, ShnSi, MOUtl; Chandler, of Jrl ' ' Mahon, of DAKOTA FARMERS FREEZE. Bliixard Aggravates Sufferlrg Train Sarvica Cripplsd. Fargo, X. D., Feb. 4 Wliat ia by far the worst storm of the w inter is just subsiding, after having wrought havoc with the train service and occasioned much suffering and death among isolat ed homesteaders. IVgiuniiig Friday afternoon, the bliixard raged with una bated fury until this evening. Sweep ing across the plains, driving quantities of snow 1 fore it and piling it in deep drifts in every cut, it lias put an end to all traffic, not only in North iHikota. but In Western Minnesota as well, and resulted in a complete lieup of all rail roads In this part of the country. From 2 o'clock this morning until 7 o'clock this evening not a train arrived in Farg) from the Fast or West. Trains leaving St. Paul yesterday ar rived tonight, from 12 to Id hours late. No trains are running north or wet of Fargo tonight. Fust bound Coast trains on the Northern Pacific were held all day at Maila, Bismarck, Media and Jamestown. Two passenger trains which left Fargo early last evening were caught in a snowdrift 13 miles east of here and it was found necessary to send 75 men with shovels to dig them out. They were not released until this even ing. That the present storm has carried great suffering and death in its trail there can lie little doubt. Many were short of fuel and the blixzard aggravated this condition, but it is among the homesteaders that the greatest suffering exists and scores of those have undoubt edly perished. T. M. Kruger, a homesteader residing 21 miles northwest of Williston, N. I., who readied here today, stated that within eight miles of his home seven men bad frozen to death on their claims. TO CALL EXTRA SESSION, Prssldent Anxious to Hasten Settle ment With Japan. Washington, Feb. 4. It is the pres. ent intention of the president to call an extra session of the senate after March 4 to consider and tatify the Santo Do mingo treaty and the treaty with Japan now in process of negotiation. Under this treaty Japan will agree that her coolies shall be excluded from the United States. March 4 there will be 61 Republican senators, one more than enough to rat ify the treaties, and the president is now in consultation with the senate leaders to ascertain whether the Repub lican membership will act as a unit. It is his desire to have both treaties, Carticularly that with Japan, ratified y Republican votes. It is authoritatively stated that Japan w ill not give her assent to a treaty ex cluding her coolies from the 'United States until San Francisco admit Jap anese children now in that city to her public schools. Every senator and representative Irom the Pacific coast is heartily in favor of the compromise propped by the presi- lent. Their opinion Is that it accom plishes what is sought by that entire section and San Francisco, In holding out on the school question, ia arraying itself against the rest of the coast. NO LAND REVISION. Homesteaders Find Only Blue Out look From Present Congress. Washington, Feb. 4. There will be no revision of land laws this session, neither will congress piss Senator Car ter's resolution overturning President Roosevelt's order suspending all public land entries until they can be examined on the ground by rjiecial agents. At the same time the senate will refuse to increase the appropriations for sjiei-ial agents to facilitate these entries. The consequence is that there will be un precedented congestion In the general land office and Interior department and entries pending may not lie patented for years, .unless some relief is offered by the next congress. The president's order was intended to force congress to so modify the land laws as to minimize chances lor fraud but the bouse public lands committee is packed against this proposition, mak ing legislation impossible. The settlers will suffer in Consequence of this dead lock. Refuse to Honor the Flag. Denver, Colo., Feb. 4. "We no like American flag; nothing to do with him." Two Japanese nearly 20 years old and pupils of the Corona school for more than a vear, threw down their American flags before the school flag drill at the school today and bolted from the room, refusing to take part in the drill or even to accept presents of flags from teachers. For more tlian an hour, while the other children of the wh ml drilled and waved their flags in the corridors of the school, the two Japanese stood sullenly in the yard. Rebuild th Oregon. Washington, Feb. 4. The famous battleship Oregon Is to be modernised, and Secretary Mctcnlf announced today that he had authorized the expenditure of 11,000,000 of the naval repair fund for that purpose. Of the liest type of warships when she was launched, the Oregon is already almost obsolete, and to ma'ke her equal to modern men of war she must be extensively over hauled. The changes will be similar to those ordered for her sister ship, the Indiana. The alterations will take a year. Offers Army of Laborers. Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 4. Signor Oiismini, a contractor of Milan, Italy, left here yesterday for Colon on the steamer Prini F.itel Friederich. Signor Ousmini said he bad arranged contracts with 30,000 Italian and Spanish la borers to work on the isthmian canal at reasonable wag-s, and that he was pre pnred to land them on the isthmus within six months. He believes that the nndertaking can be completed with the labor at bis disposal. To Look Into Cosl Shor'sgs. Butte, Feb. 4. Representative Alex McAnley, of Silver Bow county, has introduced a resolution in the legisla ture, calling for an investigation into the coal shortage in Montana. Hie resolution recites that the prices of coal to domestic consumers in this state bays been raised 25 to 50 per cent. - PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Tuesday. Februsry 6. Salem, Feb. 5. Another bill has l,een introduced to win 11 holders of land grant from the government toseJI the land at 50 js-r acre and its trait not exceeding IttO acres. ...... The bouse lan-sod a bill inhibiting the granting of a Insuur license to any one who has been wnvicted.of selling liquor to minors. ' i -..ii.... I, bill oassed prohibit any but members from wearing badge of secret orders. A now bill In the senate manes me Asss iated Press a common currier. A new house bill provides that offi- ..a t I,.. .9 eers must not wina v vnii state laws and provides for punishment of such officers. A gavel presented to Siieaker navey i.j... ......i.,.1 Hv kinds of wood: Oregon grape, the state flower; apple, from a seedling plained ai iwi in 1825; cherry, from a seedling start ed in Iowa in 1845 and transplanted to Oregon in 1847; service berry, from near Oregon City, the first territorial Chamooeg. the lite of the first American civil government on the Paciflo Uoast. The bill for the transportation of convicts by prison guards instead of sheriffs was defeated in the senate. Twenty-ono new bills were Intro duivd in the house today and eight in the senate. Monday, February 4. Kaiom v.h .4 Bv a vote of 24 to 1 the senate adopted Uie house joint memorial asking congress vo Bumm w a vote of the people a proposition to elect senators by direct vote. Two constitntioonal amendments were adopted by the house today. Orig inally they were those of the ttate tax commssion providing for taxation of property by classes of subject. Tim unab ntoiHml the house fertilizer inspection bill over the veto of the gov ernor. This is one of the bills vetoed at the cloe of the 1005 session and has already passed the house. A bill to repeal the anti-scalping law was defeated in the house by a vote of 28 to 20, six memliers being absent. Two bills were killed in the senate by indefinite postponement. They aura ' fliviriir fiWfc to unrecorded deeds, and creating Clark county. 1 tie senate passed a joint memorial demanding that granted lands be sold for not more than 2.60 per acre. tIia mnuiA anutainatl tha irovprnor in his veto of the board of control bill of the 1905 session. All the otber vetoed senate bills were indefinitely post poned. ' Friday, February I. Salem. Feb. 1. War on normal schools has broken out again in the leg islature, and the forces demanding abo lition of two of the four Institutions are considerably stronger tlmn ever before. Representatives of the Oregon State Grange are fighting the bills enlarging the powers of eminent domain for cer tain corporations. Both houses have passed the bill re quiring fruit box labels to show the name and address of the grower and the packer. Eight bills were introduced in the house, among them one to appropriate $75,000 for the purchase of additional grounds for the Agricultural college Seven new measures were presented to the senate. Thursday, January 31. Salem, Jan. 31. Speaker Davey has a proposed constitutional amendment. His plan is for the people to elect the presiding offices of the legislature the same as any other oflicer. Representative Jackson's bill taxing mortgages was indefinitely postponed. Double taxation was feared by the op position. There is some danger of the bill giv ing osteopaths an Independent examin ing board tsdng shelved in the senate. Among the 23 new measures in the house today was one to annex a part of Grant county to Baker county; creating the Twelfth judicial district; to pro hibit "treating" In saloons and to re peal the poll tax law. One of the most sweeping bills of its character to make its appeanin-e in the scate legislature is that of Repre sentative Brlx, introduced, yesterday and providing for appropriation and use of the streams of the state by corpora tions or persons. The bill declares that all streams, sloughs and waters of the state which have not ' sufficient water cajwity of serving the uses of com merce or of profitably floating, during any part of the year, upon natural water or freshet, logs, ties, shingle bolts' or otber products of the forest, hall be declared public highways. There Is a proposition on fot to raise the salaries of members of the legisla ture from 120 to 500 for the session. Wednesday, January 30. Salem, Jan. 30. Plans for free locks at Willamette Falls have turned from a state appropriation of $400, (MX) for building new locks, or buying locks now existing, to an appropriation of $300,000, contingent on an additional appropriation from congress sufficient for building new locks, or the purchase Demands a Commission. Tendleton, Jan. 30. Much feeling was manifested at the meeting of the Pendleton Commercial association, held tonight for the purpose of discussing the Chapin Railroad Commission bill, now before the legislature. A resolu tion indorsing the bill was unanimous ly adopted and forwarded to the speaker of the house and president of the sen ate, as well as to the Umatilla county delegation. Strong speeches in explan ation and In favor of the bill were made by Judge Lowell, T. C. Taylor, W. L. Thompson and others. Curbs Land Barons. Salem, Jan. 30. Curbing of Coos ly land barons, who hold lands granted by congress in 1809 for the Coos bay wag on pskI on condition that the grantees or their assigns would sell it at not more than $2.50 an acre ami in not larger than 160-acre tracts snd only to actual settlers, is the purpose of a bill introduced today by Senator Malarkey, It would compel the !rons to deed to any liona fide purchaser who shall offer the $2.50 an acre stipulated in the grant. of the old ones by the national govern ment. Such was Uie outcome Uslay of a tussle In the house over the bill ap propriating 400,000 for building new But for a defect a bill would psobab ly have been passed by the house re quiring jmssengers on cars who are un able to obtain seats to pay but half faro. It will be corrected. The compulsory edition bill pre pared by Superintendent Ackerman ss.h1 the senate. It requir teachers to compare their registers very two months with the census of the district and report to the county or city super intendent tbce cbildren not aueinung. The, senate indefinitely postponed the bill appropriating $05,000 for the Jamestown exposition. Tie reason was the large a) propriations needed for other purposes. The house passed the bill increasing the appropriation of the Oregon Library commission from $2,000 to $0,000 per annum. Twenty-five new measun-s were add ed in tha- house tislay, bringing the total up to 310. The senate added the unlucky numler of 13 to their 153. There was very strong optmeit ion to the new quarantine law prosed by the bill of Senator Smith, of Umatilla, giving the state board of health quaran tine powers In towns and on trains, bet it passed the senate by a good majority. Miners of the state are interested in a bill by Representative Moore, of Bak er wunty, creating the office of inspect or of mines, providing for the appoint ment of deputies, defining the duties and fixing the salaries of isitli. Free posses for public officers of the state and of districts and counties must be furnished by any railroad exercising the power of eminent domain, according to a bill intnsluced by Representative- I Freeman, of Multnomah, prepared by John F. Logan, of Portland. This free transportation is Intended to compen sate the public for the privilege of emi nent domain, and w ill save the taxpay ers considerable money. Work of Land Thieves. Salem Because of the recent land fraud investigation and other pressing reasons. State IjuhI Agent Oswald West, in bis regular biennial report to the governor, lias recommended several changes in the land laws and in the regulations of the land commission. The repoi t shows that about 600,001 acres had been obtained by fraudulent methods. II. II. Turner, of Salem, executed a large portion of the certifi cates and sold them to A. T. Kelliher. Both were indicted by a Marlon county grand jury, but Turner turned state's evidence and Kelliher, who was con victed and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, appealed, and his case is still pending in the Supreme court. Ratifies Locations ss Made. Salem Senator F. J. Miller, of Linn- ! Marion, lias introduced a resolution I proposing a constitutional amendment ratifying thfl location of sfafe iiiHtitn tions wliiih have been heretofore estab lished away from the capital. Other resolutions that have been introduced provide for the future location of Insti tutions away from the capital, but the 1, mi. - r...!.. .i....- ... .... f..w l IMllier resolution uorr nut K'. ""J PORTLAND MARKETS. Fruits Apples, common to choice, 50Yi)75c imt box; choice to fancy, $1(W 2.60; pears, $1(1.50. Vegetables Turnips, $1(5.1.25 per stick; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1.25(2)1 .50 per sack; horseradish, 7(Vi 8c per pound; sweet potatoes, S'c per pound; eab!ige, 2,c. per pound; cauli flower, $2.50 per dozen ; celery, $3.50 4 per crate; pumpkins, 2n per pound; squash, 2c per pound ; sprouts, 8c p r pound. Onions Oregon, $1,1.35 per hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1.40,1.50; common, $Ki)1.25. Wheat Club, 68c; bluestem, 70e; valley, COCi 07c; rod, GOc. Oats No. 1 whit, $29; gray, $28. Barley Feed, $22 per ton; brewing, $23; rolled, $24(,24.50. Rve $1.40(31.45 per cw t. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Vall-y timothy, No. 1, $14(3 15 per ton j Kastern Oregon timothy, $17(W18; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $9(310; alfalfa, $14. Butter Fancy creamery, 328(335c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 3fc per pound ; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Kgg Oregon ranch, SOJj'c per dozen . Poultry Average old hens, 12(?.13o per pound; mixed chickens, (i,2e; spring, 13(314; old roosters, U(310c; dressed chickens, 14(316c; turkeys, live, 17 (3 17cj turkeys, dressed, choice, 2021c; geese, live, 1012c; ducks, 16(31 8c. Vsl Dressed, 6)fl per ponnd. Beef Dressed bulls, 2(33c pur pound ; cows, 4(35c; wiintry steers, 6(35 c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8(38 c per ponnd; ordinary, 6(3 ,7c. Pork Dressed, 6(38 c per pound. Two Normals to Gat Money. Salem, Jan. 30. The senate today orseres the ways and means committee not to report appropriations for more than two normal school. It was adopt, ed without an aye and nay vote, but it was apparent that the senate strongly favors the idea and it is practically certain that not more thrfh two nor mals will be provided for by this legislature. The resolution does not specify which of the normals shall Is? povided for. but leaves that In the hands of Uie ways and means commit-, tee. State Aid tor Tillamook. Salem, Jan. 30. Representative Prt-ala, of Tillamook and Yamhill, in a bill introduced yesterday, asks an ap propriation from the state of $50,000 to lie expended in deepening and improv ing the harlsir in Tillamook bay.' The bill authorizes the appointment by the governor of a commission of five per sons, reliable resi-lents of Tillamook county, w ho shall have charge of the work Incidental to the expenditure ot the appropriation asked.