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OREGON
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
CANNOT COLLECT POLLTAX.
Attorney General Pastes
POINT AGAINST HERMANN.
PR.ZES FOR ESSAYS.
7::.z:n vbm vo,,.,
From Pupils of Oregon.
to "'.J . Tn.OreKo.,ier of .he
puma collection
Bona
th. r..n.- . ., :, 01 a merican involution offers nrIM
ArturSV JXv. lr.W P"Plta of PW I. the
cjiMit from the U tM i ,',u n ,oT w 01 ureor. "ys on subjects
which Paed the k.i ?! m 325, "' iH our war for lmlepind-
" emj mi. UI LM'Jlin Dlvwn M... .l i t
fol
11.1
b-
seouent imi.nll.k, i : oeriuaniaiii,-
. , - f'iiiik lor me irm.iren ol i " "Separation
Hie tate revennua . . r.i , ...... ' . I'"'""""
,,,.,, .. " oi inurcu ana Male in America."
groun of he section enacted In 1854, The essays are limits to three tho..
nilll. on the dollar of all taxable pro, atu.lei.fa own hanusriting on one aide
f l ., "1,mu,n witietl pillta. only of the paper, and mvompanied by
t..,01 ikiiui iimi. auer a certificate or the writer's teacher,
V UJZT "no enact on staling that the writer la a pupil in
UJ ie pomax cannot he
collected; that the
A Ul Lin' w. ...I.:..!. U I.
II r7.M,a. : :r' "r,fm "e f-P-ve.ly. written on any of the
in irVr; "' ' . !, ;mw:"" lowing subjects: "Joseph Brant a
pollU,ir be Indian, of the Revolution," "Pu
legally designated class, and that the teacher
assessment would heliavm, tha in ti, nrii'.
not have the validity of a judgment un- nt.al.led work. The essay nnwt be
hi M cnteral on the roll. As the signed by the writer, giving alao hia or
roll would not I made np before the her puUT.cw address. They should be
act lakes effoct. the assessor would have forwarded to Mr. A. M. Smith, Fenton
no fmtlier authority to collect the tax building, I'oitlund, Oregon, and ahould
or make up the roll, andthat there ia reach their deHthmtion not Inter than
no authority in future for hheriffx hi rl.a . r- iuht
collect the Us.
Board of Sheep Inspectors.
Salt in Governor Chamlierlain has
name.1 the new ntute btard of nheep
commiBMionera. The new ofliciala are:
Fi rat dial riot William II. Stenaloff,
fialein, term of two yeara; dintriot em
braces Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook,
Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas,
Yamhill, Polk, Marion, Linn, Ilenton,
Lincoln, Lane, Coos, Ikiuglas, Curry,
Josephine and Jackxon counties.
Kecond district Thomas lioylan, An-
In awarding these pricea the conunit-
tee will I governed by considerations
of; Originality, accuracy of statement,
manner of treatment, orthography, syn
tax and punctuation. Thewe prize are
(ifTered to encourage love of our country
and the study of its hUtory.
Adilitional information may he ob
tained by writing to (ieneral Thomas
M. Andermin, care of The liucknghain,
Portland, Oregon.
NEWS
Answered Letters, bul Copies of An
swers Not Found.
Washington. Mrch 15. Evidence
j ! i ji- j a . t:....ut Iler-
ualJ uamngmg o a" Ng i.
niann was iutro-lticeU uy me goc.-- rr..- -'"-rta lft jijiy
meut today In the trial of I he ts-Umi
commissioner for destruction of 35 let-
txjoka. alltired to k
- g d
contained odicial correpondetice.
Charles L. Dubois, chief of survey di
vision; D. C. fc'hormsn, formerly Her
mann's financial clerk i and John S
Wile, anoUier clerk in the laml oBice, Ul attention
M THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
8PUmber.
15.S
Taft'.p.tWth.',.hilirDl '
I. ontdiuCff 10 ah i ..
tMHn.l.l.l It. .
Dew Wilut;.
allldentifle.1 reversl letters t-aken from body w "J "or the Wanders
uie Dies or me lan.i uuice, an 4u -"""H u oi mem-
ing to government bueinewi and all en- bers sirj s.l,T1,h "'i of one
doruei on the Lack, "anavtereu vj
commissioner. "
They all agreed tliat this endone
ment signified that Hermann hiinaeii
w T.: .-i1mH...,rv' and
houi-e w n I ""wtat vea. l,;u .i...
... !i:ineOllimi-:.- "
dicUted the leplies and that his an- 1 1 Vnite,l 8i7 W l"'1"!
awers were nrecs-coDied in what were msenihi. .
. u.' . cww.:rj.h..?
kuuku aa inn uoiuiiiiBBiui.ei .nnrovai vumiaHinn Ivf..
letter-books. It was also brought become i
the
the
re they
KlH"tiT.ftrtlheMon Ju'y 30.
n-reUry T ill(tP . ,i. ...
al"
out by the government that careful
i. n. i. .i. . i i i, a ....al ir fiM.rftarr
the land ollice failed to diaclot-e copies " J'?' MHemlily will
nf t. .nHwera to OieM narticnlar let- ' - . , , , tl... . V "'"cqueni
: " , : : ,.rr ' .... w," i, T..TniDyetoi held
tiers, inereuy strongly iniiinaiiiiK
tha.rip()nthefl,tTy7fu77--
the letters niuxt Uve been copied in Monday oiwwti la n,,,,.-,,!
for
" 1 ws lllllli
I. .LilOllal.- i ...
the books destroyed by Hermann as yea - w nom oiiioe
harunl in the indictment, and that two yir.
the books, therefore, contained official The on of the riiilh-nine
correspondence. idandi reqirtsj tint voters mind be
v ...i.i....AA iM .,,nn.t )f ... .d voiin fthi .u:
aw Binnitrr ri iiirm o ii piii'iiuivviiiiuir. . -im, citizens 01 llie
lndictmer.t hiu heretofore been given Philippines. Its Australian Imllot
lurimr the nrotriu'tml trial. In fiu't. I avHtem is to M ttaM n.i i,u,.
w ' I V i ' in-imi
uma i oi uie eviiieia-e aiiuiuuieu ujj iw lies a: f"- "wcorrujil pructices.
ii. is l ine nas Deen uesignea to no
Crop Outlook Good.
Milton Farmers in this section of
telope, term one year; district eomnris- t'matilla county are very optimsitic
es Wasco. Cr.mlf. I aka .ml if i.....i over the nrocpect of a bumper wheat
counties.
Third district Dan P. Pmythe, Pen
dleton, term three yean; dixtrict com
prises Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Grant,
Wallowa, linker, Harney and Malheur
counties.
Valley
tracks
street
a few
Electric Line at Milton.
Milton The Walla, Walla
Traction company now has its
laid down to the bend of Main
in this city, and it will le only
days when there will lie hourly service
between this city and Walla Wslla.
Wash. This will be a great benefit to
Milton and vicinity, nnd will material
ly aid the already rapid growth of Mil
ton. 1 his city Is now in
iierous cond
streets are
grade, and many clmnges
have recently taken place. There will
soon be a $15,000 hotel erected.
and hurley crop this coming season.
The fall wss an ideal one in regard to
rainfall, theie Iteing plenty of moist
ure in the ground before the setting in
cf wilder weather. The snowfall in
the mountain districts this year has
been unusually heavy, thus conserving
the water supply for the suummer
months. With the supply already pro
duced by the thawing nut on the low
lands or light soil districts, it leaves
little queation as to tle adequate tup- j
ply of moisture.
Roads Must File Schedules
Salem The railroad conunissitt has
iss led the fol 'owing important order
affecting all ruilr std and transportation
snow a
motive for the destruction of the books
and had no direct bearing upon the
actual charge contained in the indict
ment. Toduy's evidence is very strong
in support of the indictment, and while
it is circumstantial, yet leaves little
doubt in the minds of those who have.
followed the case that Hermann s so
called "private," letter-books in fact
contained much correspondence relnt
ing to the business of his oihce
MAY PROMOTE IMMIGRATION.
c ty.snow in . very pros- throughout the stti: "That
nnd turn; all the principal ,he ime within which every railroad,
e being brought to proper e(c ilmi, prlnt and file with the com!
1 many changes for the better ... . , .. . . A . ,
Rate on Logs Will Stand.
Salem The state railroad commis
sion made public the result of the hear
ing at I alius, in the case of the people
of Falls City againd the Salem, Falls
City A Western IUilroad company,
prottsting against the raising of rat
by Uie raid on lom ami lumlier. After
an impartial hearing and investigation
of the matter, and there being no fur
ther remonstrance against the rate be
ing increased after It was thoroughly
understotxl and had mot the approval
of the commissioner, it was decided to
allow the railroad com puny to make the
increase.
Hans Big lumber Mill.
Msrshfield C. A. Smith, the wealthy
lumberman of Minneapolis, Minn., has
arrived on Coos Hay, and in an Inter
view said that work will immediately
commence on the erection of the huge
lumber mill which, when completed,
will give employment to over 2,500
men. While reticent regarding specific
plans, Mr. Smith admitted that a steam
schooner is being built that would ply
from the lumber mill to Portland and
San Francisco. The schooner will
have capacity of 1,000,000 feet of
lumber.
mission its hedulse, as provided in
section 13 of the act creating this com-
j mission, be fixed at ten days prior to
! i. i i i . i iv .
uny bir-11 Bcneuuie lasing encci; ami
that all K'hedulea which are to tie
effective April 1, H07. shall be so
printed and filed as provided In said sec
tion, on or before March 20. 1107.
Empire Mill May Reopen.
Marshfielil What is taken as a sure
indication that Klijali Smith intends to
aimin operate his large lumber mill in
Kinpire is the fact that he has had the
Arago hotel reopened. This hotel has
been idle Hnee the closing down of the
lumber mill some years ago. It is the
only hotel ry in Fliiiih Smith's little
city ami is owned by the Southern Ore
gon Land company. Workmen have
been busy for several days repairing the
machinery in the mill.
Howe Succeeds Williams
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
appointed ex-State Senator W. A.
Howe, of Carlton, a member of the
state brd of agriculture to succeed
Jasper Williams, of Allsiny, deceased.
and President W. II. Downing, of
Shaw, to succeed himself. He also re
appointed Dra. A. C. Smith, of Port'
land, Alfred C. Kinney, of Astoria, and
C. J. Smith, of Pendleton, on the
board of medical examiners. Their
terms had expired.
Government Will Not Interfere With
Movement of Southern States.
Washington, March 15. Informa
tion received . today renders it clear
that the immigration authorities, as
one result of the several conferences) re
cently held, in which the president, I em
COMPLETES NOBEL BOARD.
President Appoint! Two More Com.
miisiontrs o Industrial Peace.
Washington, VWh 18. The presi
lent t-xlay PPumW Seth Low. of New
York, sna monism. n,1Hh cf Bim.
ingliam, AI- representatives of the
eeneral public un.Wr the act of comrresa.
establbhing a fooltion for the pro
motion of imliiNtmi peaco, the basis of
w hich is tut aotsjprue fund, recent! v
awarded the president of the Norwegisn
storthing.' Thiiwoipletes the admin
istrative bard. Other members of the
btsird of trustors w:
John Mitchell, president of the Unit-
ed Mineworkers ofAroerim, as the rep
resentative ot ram; Marvin Hughitt,
president of the Chicago 4 Nuithwest-
liailny company, representing
LAND ORDIR IS RECALLED.
President Finds Holding Up ot Titles
Hardship on Settlers.
Washington, March 14. President
Roosevelt today sent the following let
ter to the secretary of the interior can
celling his order of February 12, relat
ing to the issuance of evidence of title
under the public land laws:
"My order of February 12, 1D07, re
lating to the issue of evidence cf title
under the public land laws ia hereby
cancelled for the reason that congress
did not appropriate an amount audi-
cient to enable the commiHtioner of the
general land office properly to csrry out
ine purposes ol that order, which were
to have such examinations made of all
applications fur patent as would facili
tate the Issuance of title to bona fide
settlers and homemakers; would reduce
illegal entries to a minimum and bring
the work of the land office up to ilnte
With the amount actually appropriated
it is net possible to miry out the order
oi to provide with certainty for the de
tection of fraud without causing unrea
sonable hardship to bona fide settlers
anil homemakers.
"In order to accomplish as much as
can be accomplished with our present
means in preventing illegal acquisition
of public lands, the commissioner ol
the general land office wlil detail all
his available field and office force In
such manner, by concentration or other
wise, as w ill as effectively as is possible
with the actual appropriation restrict
fraud, enforce the existing laws and
promote the bona fide settlement of
public lunds by homemakers.''
WITHDRAWN FtlOM FOREST.
Icspital ; the chief justice nf the supreme
court of the United gutes, the secretary
Horse Fair at Woodburn.
Wood burn A livestock fair will be
held at Woodburn on March 23. Six
classes of stallions will lie on exhibition
Percheron, Shire, Pelgian, Clyde, i
Standatrd and Coach. There will also
lie teams, nsidsters, brood mares and
colts. Many tdooded Iiorses will be in inu. si'.tr mlU. JUtvAyi Ri
.1 . 1 . n - : :il .. v-
uie ni av p. in. ine pnxes win jjye S 4)('il.O() prr cwt.
Corn Whole,$24.60; cracked, $22.80
PORTLAND MARKETS.
bluestem, 74c;
2!30;
Wheat Club, 72c;
valley, 70o; red, 71c.
(hit 4 No. 1 white.
22!i.
Barley Feci, 22.50 per ton; brew
gray,
be awarded at 10 at. m. Among the
prizes is a 2S silver cup, donated by
the lUnk of Woodburn for the best
horse of all.
Oifice Short of Clerks
Roseburg The local land office
says
per ton
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14
15 per ton; Kastern Oregon timothy,
$17(tl8; r lover, $!); chest, $9; grain
hay, $"(3M; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3235c
that there are from 600 to 600 final per pound.
proofs awaiting action. Ielay haa been Butter Fat First grade cream 33'c
due to lack of clerical assistance, rather per pound second grade cream, 2c lees
than to the president's former order, per pound.
though action on aome proofs waa de Poultry Average old hens, 15c per
layed to some extent by that order, pound; mixed chickens, 14c; spring,
Many of these cases have been pending fryera and broilers, 20322c; old
since 1904, but most of them have ac roosters, 10fiil2c; dressed chickens, 16
cumulated since the reopening of this 17c; turkeys, live, 13(3 15c: tur-
olfice, Jsnuary 8, 1906, after a auspen- keys, dressed, choice, 18 20c; getwe,
sion of one year.
La Grande Settlers Rejoice.
Ia Grande Two thousand entrymen
in this district, who have been waiting
for a month to two years for pstents
from the government, will be affected
by the president's recent instructions
to the general land office to expedite
' the issuance of patents. The local land
office ia six months behind in the work
here, a great majority of papert being
held up in Washington.
Mora Troul for Oregon.
Oregon City Two hundred thousand
Kastern brook trout have Deen receiver
at the Clackamas United States bnreau
of fisheries stat ion for distribution in
Oregon, and 100,000 tainbow troul have
been received from California. Super
intendent O'Malley has started a sub
station at Esgle Creek for ateelhead
work.
live, 8c; ducks, 16($18c
1 Fgg Oregon ranch, 1919tC per
do :en .
Apples Common, 75c $ 1.25 per
box; choice $1 502 00.
Ye ;etables Turnips $11.25 per
srek; rarmts, $t1.25 per sack; beets,
$1.25 160 per sack; horseradish, 7(3
8c per pound; cauliflower, $2.60 per
crate; celery, $3.60(34 per crate; let
tuce, head, S54V perdosen; onions,
10(.l2tC per dnsen; sprouts, 9c per
pound; radishes, sue per tioxen; as
paragus, 1(V per pound; rhulstrl). $2(J
2.25 per box.
Onions Oregon, 750Oc per hundred.
Pots toe Oregon Purbanks, fancy,
$1.35(31.40; No. 1 choice, 90of2$1.10;
common, 75c(2$I.
Veal Dressed, 5tf?.0c per pound.
Reef Dresaed bulls, 3(33 per
pound; coaa, 6(3c; country steers,
ft(5wc.
Mutton Dresed, fancy, lOfjlO.S'c
Secretary Straus, Attorney General
.id , . . . ... I of commerce and kbor and the secretary
tion Sargent and prominent men of the L ..:..u uroKMcrj
a .1 I . . ..... . " HH.U1HM
wiuin nave panicipaiea, win interpret,
the existinu immigration law aa it waa
Interpreted In the South Carolina cae. ' Disposing to Veterans
The attorney general has held that the I Washinifon, Mirth 19. The United
iiumigrunts landed at Charleston. 8. C. I Snonlsh Wit Vetertns. District of Co-
last November, are legally in the conn-1 lumbia detirtnimt, today adopted a
iry. iney were irxjuced to come to I resolution ngorowiy denouncing the
America by authorised agents of South J action of (be institutions! convention
Carolina and the passage money for I of OklahoriM in aVopinji a caue in
some, at least, or them was paid py s cotiMiitmi d'ttrwuhisins soldier.
the state, and others by contributions I sailors and nitim, and chanvterizing
of the citicens. he vera I other Southern I such action ai a direct insult to all
states have decided to seek immigra- American gohliertt, sailon and marines
nn iuujj iwd mine nun mi were ioi-l miuiiriuuiu me leversl wars
lowed by South Carolina and it ia un- in which the country has ben enimifod.
derstood they w ill not be interfered I and w ho have turer known defeat in
with.
any war.'
CHNGE3 CANAL BOARD.
Large Area In Pend a'Orielle Moun
tains Open to Settlera.
Washington, Mirch 16. The Forest
service has received notice that 372,000
acres of land in Stevens county, Wash
have been released from temporary
withdrawal. This land lice between
the Pend d'Oreille river on the east and
the Colvllle and Columbia rivers on
the west. It ia principally unsurveyed
and mountainous. The area was orig
inally withdrawn pending examination
to dutermnie suitability for addition to
the Priest River national forest.
Its release waa recommended by the
forester because of numerous protest
by settlers against 'its reservation and
because protection of the watersheds
was not necessary In order to conserve
any streams used lor irrigation pur-
pnws. Reports of examiners show that
it is chiefly a brush land area much
burned over, though a small proportion
is timbered.
The released land w ill lie subject to
settlement for 90 days before becoming
subject to entry.
"That friend of yours, Sklllven, Is
certainly one of the most charitable
men I ever met," remarked the paaseu
ger with the fur-llned overcoat
"I tiaveu't noticed Ulm giving away
anything," said the paancuger with ttitf
leatuerlue suitcase, folding his uews
par and pocketing It. "What hsp
e0ed to touch bis heart V
"l dou't mean that exactly," said the
pasaeuger in the fur-llned overcoat. 1
dou't know whether he's easy or tight,
but I know be takes charitable views."
"That's easy," commented the man
with the lent her I ne suitcase. "Ills
Ideas may be liberal, but be Isn't not
to ajieak of. Borrowed his wheelbar
row last spring and I hapiieiied to
break one of the handles. At least, I
didn't break It ; It was broken already,
or splintered. Well, I offered to pay to
have it repaired, of course, and darned
if be dldu't take me up on It!"
"That was pretty small," agreed the
man with the fur-llned overcoat. I
don't wonder you're sore on blru.H
"I dou't know that I'm sore, particu
larly. It was only 23 cents, but It
dldu't seem to me very neighborly.
Kind of a crunky dlwiHisltlon, too."
"Well, of course, I don't know any
thing about that, but I was talking
with him about old Brackenbury. Talk
about a crank, Briickenhurk Is one for
your whiskers. lies got a groucu
agntiist humanity. Hanged If I ever
knew such a mean old rooster. I was
telling this Skllllven altout the way he
acted up all the time In his office. I
guess there Isn't one of his clerks w ho
wouldn't itotaou htm If lie got a gisid
chance. Skllllven, It seems, knew hint.
"'I believe all that is greatly exag
gerated,' he says. 'Of course, he's a
little Irritable at times, but he's suf
fered with dyspepsia a good deal to
my certain knowledge. We must make
Allowances, He's a pretty nice old mun,
when you know him.'
"'I know him pretty well by repu
tation,' said. 'He's got the reputation
of being the meanest old skinflint that
ever pared dumo with a raior. They
tell me be won't have bis shoes pol
ished because the frictiou might wear
them out Slid ttist he's hail the barber
ears the bair he t-uts off Liiu for thv
last thirty years to stuff a uiattrevs.'
" That's uonsene.' he says. The
poor old gentlemau has been bald for
the lust thirty yeirs. He's frugal. I
kiHw, but don't consider that a vice.
-Well, then I mentioned the old rat's
love of uioucy and he excused that by
saying that most old uieu were more or
less svarlcloua
"'Not ti the extent of dishonesty." I
says. 'I've-bcanl f thlnx he's done
thst ought, to haw landed him lu the
lieultenUary.'
" 'We'll,' 'nys Skllllven. 'we're all hu
man and we've got our little faults. If
It Isn't one thing it's another, and we
don't waut to be too bard on eople,
especially old leoplc. 1 don't supoHt
Mr. Bnukeiihury has a great many
more years to live, ami I'm sorry for
that, because he really Is. when you get
to know hliu, a very nice old gentle
man, lie has some excellent qualities,
and my family thinks the, world of
him.' Now, I don't care what you say,
when a man can talk thst way about
a hoary old scoundrel like W. 1. Brack
euliurj',. he's mighty charitable."
' "llai" ejaculated the man with the
leatJieliie suitcase contemptuously. "I
dun t suppose he told you that his wife
la Brack's next of kill and that they
ejtiMM-t to come In for the bulk of bla
niniioy when lie dies. Oh. he's a charit
able duck, all right, and w hen It comes
to whct-lharruwa , with broken han
dles "
"Weill that wasn't the only thing,"
said the man with the fur-lined over
coat "We talked alsiut other ieole
too you Riming them and he spoke
pretty well of you."
"I don't , ace any particular reason
why he shouldn't," snld the man with
the leatlierlue suitcase. "I never bilked
him vut.of 25 ceuts." Chicago Dally
News.
1
Unions Shew Increase.
wasningion, sun n 20. At a meet
ing of the exerntive council of the
American Federatios of Lalmr. which
began here today, President (iomper
reported on the wmk outlined at the
Minneapolis convention w ith reference
to the yet unorganised workmen and
other matters of imp.rtance. Secretary
Morrison submitted i reoort for the few
months since the close of the federa
tion's last fiscal yw, showing an In
Roosevelt Receives Resignations and
Appoints New Members.
Washington, March IS. The presi
dent today received the resignations ai
members of the Idhmian Canal com
mission of Rear Admiral Kndieott,
Brigadier General C. P. Haines and D.
M. Harrod, to take effect tomorrow
To fill the vacancies he announced Uie crease of mors than 50.000 members.
appointment of John F. Stevena BS I as eomnHXed with thueiirrnatmndinir Alt
n.irniHii oi uie commission to succeed months of last year.
1. 1. MiontS. and as commisainnera
Llentenant Colonel Ooethals. Maiors
(isillard and Siebert. Civil F.nslnneer
K.wseau, Dr. Uorgas and Jackson
Smith.
r.x-enattr Blackburn will have to
await the retirement from the commis
sion of Mr. Stevens about April 1.
Bellinger's New Assistsnt.
Washington, March 20. Land Com.
missioner Bellinger announces the se
lection of Fred Denett, of North Ihi
kota, as assistant commissioner, sue.
ceedlng George F. Pollock, of Ohio,
who becomes chief clerk in the general
land office. Pollock takes the place of
James F. Macey, assigned to field ser
vice as inspector of surveyors. Mr.
Bellinger states he will redistrict the
field force in order to secure a more
nerfect organization, enlarge aome dis
tricts, eliminating others, snd bring all
special agents under the control of neld
duels.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
Washington, Ma), 16. Postmas
ters appointed:
Oregon Hamilton, Burton M. How
ell, vke James T. Lewjg resigned.
Washington Snowden, Alice Sutton,
vice r . w. uney, r.jcmd.
Rural carriers appointed:
Newberg, route 3, Isaac E. Holt, car
rier, John D. Crater, substitute; Scap.
pooee, route i, '"wtav Tetc, carrier,
Rudolph Tet., substitute; The Dalles,
route 1, William G. obrist. carrier.
Advance In Postal Salaries.
wushmgton, March 15. First As
sistsnt Postmaster General Hitchcock
lias made a compilation showing hos
many clerks in nostoffices and letter
carriers will be fleet d by the increased Charles L. Obrist, what itute
pay recently provided for them bv con
gress. ine additional pay will begin Stlckney rrsa,t a p,jc
on juij i next. Hie total number nf Wash nirton. Jiarch Ii a
pminoieo. ai mat time or aa soon nev. president or in ch caim. Great
Biwrwartis m they shall have complet- Western Railroad company, in an
cti a irr seivice in ins crrii in i it . iiwnsinn iru xi i .it...
which they are now serving will be tion. said: "Tl.e peonie r nnw i.T.
19,900. The increase will affect 42.. inu that foundation fi fin anrl a( tvi rt a
433 carriers throughout the country. a tremendous psnic." sir. Stickney
said tnat ne am oe eve that the
k'rjolna New Copper Deal. crisis will be reached within the next
Grand Rspids. Mich.. March is two years, but he took the nosition thst
juuge rvnapjien, or the United States censiniy win t snd will be even
Circuit court, today admitted tliat yes-
tenmy ne issuer a restraining order for
bidding stockholders of the Cnlnmpt.
Hecla Mining company from holding a
meeting to vote proxies in the Osceola
company, and hearing on an inlnnrtinn
waa set f ir Msrch 25. Judre Knanmn will be msde by the Interior H.n.rt.
refuse.! absolutely to discuss the mstter. ment to obtain the consent of the Chey
The action before Judge Knappen was enne river Sioux temporarily to j..
institnte.1 by Mr. Boyntonsttorney for on their resenstion thm,mDprs ot the
u(eiow interests in the Osceola L ie istnd of moiao- 00 ieft their res
mine. I mtinn in Utah Isst M. .-j
afterwards rounded np s Fn.t f.,t.
Will Enforce 8-hour Law. f. D. Because of irti
fttinn vnrki nn
Must Establish Joint Rates.
Washington, March 20. The Inter
state Commerce commiion today de
cided the ea-w of the Amerkmn I.ive-
rtnek afsis iatlon and the Texaa Cattle
raisers' sssoclation against the Texas A
Pacific Railway company and others
The commission holds that the public
interest reonires the establishment of
through routes and Joint rates formerly
provided for In joint tariffs, but grants
leave to any party to apply lor a mom
fication of the order w hich may be is
Oregon aueil at anv time and providesthnt sik-I
order shall be withheld au aay.
Theft of Mule Caussd War.
Wiuthinuton. March 19. One mult
a mule belonging to Senor Ireno Sal
eado was the chief object of dispute
litwMn N'icaraBua and Hrtndiiras when
thev beiran the qusrrel which finally
ended in the war that is threatening
i, nmcti of all Central America, ac
in. mrdina to the official communications
..,.l..n.l the ministers neiween
the two iepubli, copies of which corn
hva lieen received in
1IIUIJ H H'"i
Washington.
more disastrous thsn the rmnlmf iso.t
He doclsred thst all the railroads are
threatened with bsnkruptoy.
Wsnt To l With Sioux.
Washington, March j4 A) effort
Washington, Msrch 15 Secretary Hpf w,r ,nd of the r "n. the
'l.f. .... - i . .
imiimniirnuniprf w ine engineer
officers of the War department in. n.
f..c t. the letter the eightnhonr law as
spplied to public works nnder their
direction. This order, which was is-
sued with the permission of the presi
per pound; ordinary, 85.9c
Tas Money Received. I Fork Pressed, (! per ponna.
Oiwon Cltv Sheriff Beetle ha col-1 Ilnpa WJ12c per pctind, according
Wtetl no to date about $190,000 In to quality.
taxes. The time for the granting cf Wool-Eastern Oregon average best,
rht. for prompt payment ia over, ' 131- lr pound, accor-ling to shrink-
:.i.ii.h-r,ifftsxnaveraof the county, age; Talley, 2t23c, according lo nne-
havepaidin. Inw,;
moliair, choice, 232tc.
Iia aae their reservation i.
condition to make a living 0n.
Meet Only In W,hjngtoo
Washington, Msrn 19 Tne
in a
work
. ... . it. r-
nl Iha Inlersiaie .'""ir fvmm nn
lent, will l far-reachinaand. it ia r,. h.. mm so heavy that it no.
dieted, will greatly reduce the imnnnl ri,ll tn discontinue th herln. hi. h
of river and harbor work that can ty hv heen condiicte-1 by mm,tw, iha
accomplished nnder the appropriations commission outside .f Washington,
made by the last congress. Hereafter, when it ' lonnd necessarv
to conduct lnvesti(t'oHtin oth piti-.
fell to Insurance Company. I special agenta will take the testimony
Milan, Msrch 15. In the town of and report to the comrr,iion a(1 tne
Btrnano, near this city, 2,000 persons arguments on the " ill he. heard by
were today maIe homeless by a fire the commissioner! m city,
which destroyed the greater part of the
villsge. The people were indifferent Supreme Court Tsk,, RCMf-
to the spread of the flames, liersuse Washington, Msn'h clef
their property was Insured, and the an- justice announce! tola? that the 8n
thorities were obliged to force peasants preme court would ks a two weeks
to work to check the fire. j recens. from next Mndy
until Anril 8.
Ammunition Not Ouardsd.
w..hinoton. March 14. That am
munition used in infsntry rifles is not
,n.rdd as closely as has been claimed
by dischsrged negro soldiers, and that
it t. ;hi for soldiers to obtsin ex
tra ammunition ws brought out in the
Brownsville inquiry todar- ."";
mony was given by Captain D. W.
Kilburn, of the Twenty-sixth Infantry,
which regiment preeeueu ui
soldiers ai Fort Brown. The same wit
ness declared that citisens of Browns
ville made threats thst they would run
negro troops out of town.
Ross Demsnds Inquiry.
Washington, March 20. Reclama
tion Engineer D. W. Ross, in chsrge of
government irrigation projects In
Idaho, today telegraphed a demand for
an Immediate investigation of bla work
in Idaho, sstrsfied that a fair Invest!
ration will clear bim cf ehsrg.-e made
by Special Inspector Greene. There
'clamation service is unable to act. as
Secretary Garfield haa tasen n-t...
on Mr. Greene's rersirt and has not
even called for an explanation.
President Confer With ? oakum.
Washington, Msrch 20.-Tbe prer-i-dent
had a conference today
Yoakum, cUlrman of the board of di
rector! of the R-ck Dlsnd Railway
company. This ia the second confer
ence the president has held with Mr.
Y kum within ten days. Mr. V--um
declined to rUte the purpose of ibit
interview.
aeWbBaar's'NssssM
A process for making rubber from
wheat has been Invented.
! There were 1.231,278 Odd Fellows In
the United States January 1.
! The totnl numla-r of Immigrants to
the t'nlted States, tisst, was 1,UH1.735.
F.arl Gray, Governor-General of Can
ada, receives a aulnry of $50,000 a
year.
The lower peninsula of Michigan Js
wild to be entirely underlaid with rock
an It.
The churches sre tilt Portuguese
ladling places and votes in roruigai
are cast nowhere else.
There are 803 stock and 2.11 mutual
fire Insurance comiwnles In the United
States January 1, 1007.
Workmen in one of the streets of
Madrid dug up an old waiuui-woou
chest containing K) gold doubloons.
Medals of honor for distinguished
gsllsntry In wsr In which the United
States wss engaged sre held by 458
Amerlcsns.
The result of the first six months'
working of the Slmplon tunnel have
teen tsbulsted, snd show thst an aver
age of 8.W passengers were csrrled i
day. J
If not slwolutely the oldest, the Store
Koppsrberget In Sweden Is the oldest
ropir mine of which there are any of
ficial figures. It has been worked con
tinuously for nearly HOO yesrs.
The dreailed nun butterfly Is spear
ing ever)'"'"' lu Bohemia, threaten
ing the devastation of the forerts. The
neighboring wixsls of Saxony and Si
lesia sre slso threatened. The Minis
try of Agriculture has mimed a com
mlaxlon to Investigate.
Andrew Carnegie's "hero fund" wss
,tal.llshed In lt4 with $.-.. ssi.iss) at
Its disposal. The commission had
awarded sixty -three medsls up to Jsn.
1 ps7. snd disbursed about $40,0110,
aside from sbout $15,0(10 given San
Francisco snd other sufferers from dis
ssters. perhaps for concentrsted Insccurscy
f ststement nothing can surpssa the
following sentence, which occurred In
sn account of a burglary given a short
time beck In a pap": "After a frult-
sesreb all the money was recov
ered, except one pair of boots." Tit-
Bits.
Heversl New Tork postmen, accord
ing to the World, have made fortunes
of more than $200,000. These men. al
though independently wealthy, through
extra effort during leisure hours, still
trudge from house to house flally with
mallbag and whistle, content ato ae
copt a salsry of $1,000 a year which
Uncle Sam provides for his postmen.
In every esse the fortunes wfre msde
through shrewd Investments In real es
tate.
Louden now has six underground
electric rallwsys (tubes) In operation.
snd five more sre under coastructioa
or projected. The rsllwsya of London,
underground ana surrsce, rsrry more
thsn fM.fV"0 pe"""n" yar
which underground lines accommodate
2Ts8.0iW.rtio. There are neanly 000 rsll-
ir ststlons In Grester IxnoVn, and
Into the trunk line ststlons alone there
pour annually more than 900,000 passengers.
A dip Into an official return showed
that there sre 101 urn"" i.m-u
between the sgea of 00 and 70, 149 be
tween the ages of 70 and 0. while 7
return tbelr age betweeo M0 and 00.
One almost suspects these seven old
Dstrtarchs of hsrlng carried sedan
chairs In the pre growler days At all
event,. Jbcy sre a living advertisement
of Ijoiidon ss a health resort, with beef
steak, overcoat and muffler. London
Chronicle.
One of the princesses of the Bur
mese court, ynuiig woman not yet 20,
Is snld to he the possessor of the costli
est dress In the world. It Is court
costume snd worn only on rare occs
sH.hs. '-It-la studded with Jewels re
puted to lie worth In the aggregnte not
less than one million four hundred
thousand dollars. Leslie's Weekly.
.'The nsine "Polly," applied to the
parrot, Is said to have lieen brought
to the Niifth In an early day by flat
Isintmeii, who took grain and provis
ions down' the Ohio and Mississippi
rlvera to Xew Orleans. Parrots were
in cages nt the doors of many French
shops ami the Westerners beard the
French say to the bird, "Paries, par
lex." pronounced parley, and meaning
"seakJ sH-sk !" This word, as they
brougMt It back, csme to lie jMilly.
DUCKS 1,200 MILES AT SEA.
Bird t frrU Aroaad SlramablB, Tak
lasr It for aa Island.
The Oivanic Steamship Company's
liner Marlisisa, Ciijitslu IiwI.hmi, sr
rlved from Tahiti with twenty-three
passengers and a cargo of t mines I
products. Among the passengers was
W. Ioty, former American consul
at'lHiMfte nnd recently promotel to
represent Uisie Bftin In Persia aa Unit
ed Ktates consul..
The Interests' of America In Persia
have la-en represented hitherto by the
secretsry of the British Icgstlon st Te
hersn, who acted ss United 8tatea vice
consul whenever neces-lty arose. This
government, however, recently sppolnt
ed three consuls for Persia, among
them Mr. I My. whose post will lie st
Fabric. Tlas Is In the same latitude as
Kan Francisco and la one of the most
inncccssit.le consular posts In tlie world.
In Journeying to bis new station Con
sul Iity will have to truvel camel
back for LTSO miles.
On the afternon of .Nov. 0 Captain
Lawless' wss surprised to see twelve
black snd white ducks flying overhead.
They csme- from tlie esstward. After
circling around the Mariposa a num
ber of times, as If they were wondering;
what kind t an Island the liner was,
the ducks ,wheled Into line and re
sumed their flight heading due west.
The ducks were 1.800 miles from Ben
Francisco and 1.2O0 miles from Ha
waii, the nearest land. Han Francisco
Call.
Where C'lotkplas Cams Trwm,
Few persons ever wonder w lie re
clothespins come from; few ever besrd
of Bryants Point Me., and yet a man
there bs been quietly turning tree
Into clothespins for yesrs and supply
ing the world with them, amassing hr
the process as comfortable a fortune aa
many. a man makes In a more preten
tious business In some .money centers.
Ills name la Lewis Mann, and be be
gs with a capital of $400, with which
be purchased an old disused mill and
began the manufacture of clothespins.
To-day, he Is tlie largest Individual
msker of this very necessary article In
the world.
Hacvtvrs "t'allret."
Oliver Herford. who I equally fam
ous ss a poet Illustrator and brilliant
wit waa entertaining four magazine
editors at luncheon when the bell rang
and a maid entered with the mall.
"Ah," Bald an editor, "an epistle."
"No," said Mr. Herford, tearing open
the envelop, "not sn epistle; a collect"
Philadelphia Bnllettn.
SI ( aaalaallsa.
With a Quivering band we clip from
an Irish paper the following transcript
of an official notice In a Iublln gov
ernment office: "Under no circum
stances must government messengers bo
used for luncheon." London New a