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Newspaper Page TextHillsboro Independent Imm4 friday af lack HILLSBORO . ..OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK Iq a Condensed Form lor Oar Busy Headers. terms are Violated. A Riium of th Lest Important but Net Less Interesting Events cf the. Past Wt.lt. Russia and Japan ar itill encroach. In- on Chinese territory. French troop have liaJ another sharp briiKh with Moioccan tribe. Chicago street lailway companies pay the . Ity 75,O00 a je.ir for franchise. Major General Wood, commsndinK the l'hillptinee, will lUrt home Febru ary 2J. A report was current In Madrid that AIoIioiibo had been blown up dt b nub, but the king la safe. A Kentucky postmaster while can reling stamrj exploded ont of 20 cart- fid e aent through the mails. Railroads throughout the country have started a move to reduce the wage of employes and trouble la expected. New York has just had the highest lire In the world. An irisigriiriarit ! axe breakinn out on the fortieth door of t ie Singer building. An evidence of the rawing of the financial Hurry la shown by the fact tlmt fullr 6.0DI) Western and Southern b i. era are in New York afier goods An east bound Southern Pacific freight train was wrecked near Kl M a, le. Cal.. and ten cars loaded with ml and vegetable demolished. Three traiims are sunDcsed to be under the w reckage. Two men were burned to death in a fire at Limestone, N. Y. Jews of Pittsburg have raised fund to aid distressed Jewish familiea. Whitnlaw Keid has returned to his pout aa ambassador to Great Britain, A Corean and Japanese Kzclusion league has been organised at Denver. A pearl necklace ard a pin of extra ordinary beauty, valued at $110,000, have been stolen from Countess von Wattenslebe, at Berll. Miss Emily Currier, for 43 year a teacher In Chicago public schools, is d.a l. For the past 41 years she never missed a day from her duties. Utilization of automobiles to trans port rubber from the back country of the Congo to the river is planned by the American-Congo company. While the driver of a Wells-Fargo expreca wagon was delivering a package In Keno a thief stole a sack containing $-A00 in gold. No arrests have been male. Callao, Pern, Is making great prepa rations to welcome the battleship fleet. The Kentucky legislature la still in dcadloik over the election of a senator. The Spokane Athletic club will admit women to its boxing and athletic con trts. Smoking will be barred. l-ocal labor anions In San Francisco are doing everything in theii power to ai l the tight against bubonic plague. Hanker Morse, of the New York lee trust, was much surprised at his arrest wi.en he landed from a Kuiopean trip. Two Mexican woodchoppers In Cali fornia ate toadstools for mushrooms and bi;h died before a i-hvsician could reach them. right for the privilege of railroad building in Turkey and Austria is cre ating serious inharmony among the xiers of Kurope. Itaron Takahira, who has returned to the United States as ambassador from Jnan, says the idea of war with Japan is "too hellish to think of." It is tieieved that the larger part of the lttlcskip Meet will eventually make a visit to the Orient, in the in tirests of preserving the entity of Tewnaend Makes Report en Land Grants in Oregon. Washington. Feb. 19. The substance nf tha rara.rt of B. I). TownSend On bil Investigation of the Oregon A California railroad land grant was wade public to- .1.. ..- tl, flr.t lima, and ahoWS in general way the fact on which the go eminent will base Its suit to compel the railrcad company either to comply with the law er forfeit Jul title to the grant. The report Is so full and explicit as to rnmira ca ex ar.ati'.'n . I n louuaiua virtu-fa are made: "The provision of the grant restrict ing tie number ot sales nave ue.y. been respected. Lands have been sold to any person, whether settler or specu lator, in as large quantities as possible and at the highest price possiDie. i m.bini aalxa tha railroad company has always observed the law ol suppiy a..u d.mand and has never ODeyeu mo iui KuhntantiI violations ui ti.a i.m of the irrant occurred from Among the first miv s - - - lamvaunni i ecu ted In 1872 several Instances occur where land was sold at Drices largely in excess of -' ov per acre, sometimes as high aa $10 pet acre. In 1874 three instances are found OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MOW lO MARK YOUR BALLOT Initiative . tar Vofi'ff on inairwfciw.'w ard ReftrenOum r-etltiona. Salem-That thre la a general misunderstanding aa to tne mauuer i.n..i,fl hn marked In whlcll DBIIUi uu. In voting upon referendum measures ... . . w- fh. tnrl mat 1U au dressing- public meeting a few day . l..nl uneaker Uiauu m ago a l"""'"'"- , , assertion that In order to defeat referendum measure one must vote ..v... Thi was an error. Dallots I vu. " .... i u.uiilv tha same are to De maraeu m l..., manner as to both Initiative and ref erendum measures. J nose wuu w.u . ... ..... a tr.iiu mta ronstl- a mil euacicu -" - tutlonal amendment adopted should mark their ballots before the word Yes" Those wno are uppubcu m -hn.iid vote 'No." Whether sub mitted under the referendum or pro nosed by Initiative, the measures ap pear upon the ballot In exactly the 1 - .tin. 1... h.a hwn ...... a r.ipm A 1 1 1 1 1 1 uai ., illlic .wi .... - . hv the leulslature and has LANGS HETUHNsy- UUs of conveyances 'to single purchaser of Leen referred to the people stauda In - .1.1. 1.1... n niuiuiira ihHf nnantitiea exceedimi 1.000 acres each Tl s e violations continued throughout the history of the itract. 'When the Southern racinc sysiera secured control of the land grants tne first thing they did was to organize an effective land department. Land exam iners and timber cruisers were employ ed and a force set to work to ascertain and appraise the value of each specific tract of land contained In the gram: this had never been done before, "About 18H0 some of the old and ex Derlenced timbermen of Michigan, Wis consin and .Minnesota were attracted oj reports as to the timber lands of Ore iroa. mere suddeciy arose a tremen dous demand for lands by wealthy tim bermen and speculators in the rast The railroad company waj quick to see its opportunity to profit ty disposing of lands contrary to the terms of the grant. It immediately began to make sales In quantities ranging from 1,000 to many thousand acres. 'Of 813,908 acres sold by the rail road company, only 127,418 acres were sold within the limitations of quantity and purchase price prescribed by the grant, and 515, W-'8 acres were sold in quantities exceeding 160 acres, of which 3(13,91)1 acres were ccnveyed or sold to 38 purchasers in quantities ex ceeding 2,000 acres to each purchaser since the year 1897. At the expiration of 40 years after the enactment of the grant, 2,000,000 acres of the lands granted are vested in a single proprietor, with no public ob ligation and virtually controlling the commercial destiny of a large portion of Oiegon. This la the very evil which the provisions of the grant were destin ed to avert. 1 et that condition now exlagts, with the assertion of ft legal right to make it permanent. The total asseased valuation ot the land grant for the year 1907 was ap proximately 118,000,000, whereas prior to the year J 902 the assessed valuation had never exceeded (2,000,000.. Of the total taxes paid by the railroad com pany on account of its land grant, from 1870 to the present time, more than one-half has been paid since 1902." ti,u .m nosltlon us a measure tnai has been proposed by initiative. Loan Fund Increases. University of Oregon, Kugene Hon. n A. Rnoth. of Kugene. lias luei given to the student loan fund of the Univer sity of Oregon a check tor ft00 to be used as an irreuuciuie euuauuuai fund for students. The fund will De known as the "Booth Loan Fund" and mill h kent seDarate from the general loan fund, which at present is distrib uted In loans ranging in amount rroin $15 to $80 among 10 students of the university. Since the establishment 01 the aeneral fund five years ago, more than 30 students have been enabled to complete their college course who could not otherwise have done so. The uni versify hopes to establish during the present year a loan fund ol at least $5,. 000, to be loaned under the direction 01 President Campbell, or some one desig nated by him, to boys and girls all over Oregon who wish to complete their edu cation, but who cannot do to without assistance. It is believed that a loan of approximately $100 a year, at a low rate of interest, to be repaid in two years after graduation, is much more preferable than an outright gift In the form of a scholarship. The fund will be guaranteed by 10 men against loss. Two signatures will be required on each ncte and a small amount of life insur ance will be taken out to insure against loss by death. The present loan fund amounts to approximately $1,000. Annual Report of University. University ol Oregon, Kugen. The annual report of the president of the University of Oregon lor 1907, with the reports of the tU)ard and registrar, have pint been issued. The president a report shows that the university haa made a aatn ol 231 In enrollment this year over that of lust. Tillamook O.irym,. M"v,r Y,r Par Co' Tillamook An,K... eo-Peat,,,? cheeae factory t,; .k t!nuttl report Is tBttt . Rd 1 lover Creamery Company aoU m"f,w iron.! h.,in.. . ! exceedingly flutterlna- to ,t,e"VJ. ,...- a ,H,0 ....... . .'"h'.-.. factory. iiir.i urn 10 thin cD" .7 . Following are wf the Interest ing figure. thrt: Amm. ; of milk received for thJv't '-0". pounds; amount (. buif' 1,11 COD talned In milk, 8 577-7 pounda; average teat. oiyll Pe1 . 7 amount of cheo nianuiariureu, 195,00 pound- rurns receiveu, $27,692.06; averil)?e PrU rev vmi 14 1-5 cents per Zni t- mook; average vi-i.i 1 Z1 l,ounu per 1U0 pounds of niU- . , . The price pal,i th P'ton, .for butter fat k ... . hith price dur ing the whole year s the fo"owlD figures will show'- January, 30.6 cents; February, 2S.27 cnta; Marcb, j a ceius; April, 37 55 cemo, 34.37 cents; June 34.96 cents; July, 34.08 cents; August. 36.78 cents; September, 36.16 cents; October, 36 cents; Novemher. :tii.5 cents; Decem ber, 33.33 cents. As the numerous cheese factories of Tillamook county are making their annual returns, 'he dairymen are now in a portion to Know me results of their year's work, who are comparing figures ltn previous years, and aa a result o' tnls B large number of dairymen bsve niade over $100 per cow for it year, and con sidering that they raise all their own feed on their-farms .snd do not have to buy mill feed, the profit In dairy ing lut year waa exceedingly lnrg, they receiving their pay every month. As an illustration or this, W. 1). Alderman has made $2,385.96 from 21 cows, or 1113.61 per cow. Me takes hla milk to the Maple Leaf Creamery Association, and It Is mude into cheese. TALKS BEAR FRUIT. STATkHOOD NOT PlEOGkO. New Mexico Must Dapand on Future Dtvalopmants. Washington, Feb. 18. Notwith standing report nt from Washington, no agreement has been made by leaders in congress to ps. a bill at the next session of congress admitting the teril tory of New Mexico Into the Uniou. The facts of the case are briefly as fol lows: A delegation of New Mexicans, head ed by the governor, rime to Washing ton several week ago to survey the field and determine whether or not thera was prospect of statehood legls lation this session. This delegation was to have been backed by 100 or more New Mexicans had the outlook been favorable. Hut after conferring with the leaders in both branches of congress, the advance guard decided that statehood legislation could not b secured this session, no matter how many men apeared on the scene to urge IU enactment. Thereupon the "big lobby," was called off and the original delegation went home. Two propositions were submitted, but no pledges of any sort were given. First, it was suggested that it might be well to send a congressional party to New Mexico during the coming summer to make an investigation and determine whether or not conditions in that terri tory were such as to justify its admis sion Into the Union. The other propo sition was merely to allow the New Mexicans to com- to Washington in force next winter and appear before the territories committees , of senate and house In support of their statehood bill. TO WELCOME FLEET. Marlon Farmers Buying Grafting and Spraying Supplies Falem That the educational work among fruitgrowers by such men as M. O. Lownsdale and K. C. Armstrong haa been productive of great results In this vicinity, is evident from the unprece dented sabs of grafting and spray mi terials by Kaleiu dealers. During the last few days of clear weather there ha been an immense demand for rosin, beeswax and tallow with which to make grafting wax, thus showing exclusively that farmers are acting upon the advice of Mr Lownsdale to cut down their old, neglected and diseased apple trees, with ft view to grafting into the stumps, Much of the grafting this year, how ever, will be in younger trees, which were Dermitted orm a top so blah as to be o.it ot reach, or which are of un marketable varieties. In most in stances where old teres are cut down, I they will be cut close to the ground and Th. r,,,wl. t,. tne nrmn tih dona next winier -" , .. , , ... , .. , .1 1.1 fallen short $15,000 of meeting the w"' f " " current expenses of the year and to "U,"H a., avoid a deficiency the faculty served cnerry orc.mius wui p iu threemonth.witbo.it r.av. The work marketable var.et.ugiially the Roy- Honors of Vies Admiral for Evans at Callao, Peru. Lima, Teru, Feb. 18. The Ameri can fleet, which is steaming np th west coast of 8011th America, Is expect ed to arrive at Callao next Thursday, and the government has ordered that Rear Admiral Evan be tendered the honors of a vice admiral. The cruiser Cor ne ttologimi left Callao tonight for this port. F.verything is in readiness at Lima and Callao for a glorious welccme to the Americans. The oilicial program Includes a great twnquet which will be given by President I'ardo to the oflicers in commemoration of Washington's birthday. On Friday Admiral Kvans, if his health permits, will visit the president and the visit will be returned on board the Connecticut. A bull fight has been fixed for Monday, at which it is expected Dearly all the officers and at least 5,000 of the sailors will have an opportunity to see the sport of the country. An excursion to Mount Meiggs has been arranged for Tuesday and on Wednesday there will be a re ception at the American legation. The war minister will give a dinner to the American oflicers on Thurcday, Febru ary 27, and the following evening the National club will give an officers' ball. RICH NEVADA STRIKE Assays Over S.'x Uucdred Dollars to roe Tod. TAKAHIRA bAVS "NO WAR" HUNDREDS STAMPEDE TO SCENE Appearances Indicate Greatest Strike Ever Mad In State Ore Seams Unlimited. Reno, Nev., Feb. 18. At the 60-foot level of the lease of John Keams. on Hal loon mountain, at Rawhide, today, Tom Kearn set off shot that uncov ered a breatt of ore literally alive with g'dd and assaying clear across the six foot opening more than $00 per ton In gold and silver, making it by far the largest gold discovery in the history of Nevada, if not In the world. The strike is only a short distance from th estate of the Halloon Hill company's property which sold last week for $1100,000. Not since the dis covery of Toriopah has the excitement been so intense in Reno. Tonight mnre than 200 residi nts of this city, many of (hem businessmen and others clerks, left for the scene. This rush has been going on for the past ten day on re ports of strikes from the ramp, but the Confirmed story of the Kearns strike this afternoon has added to the excite ment The population since last week has grow n to 6,000 and is being added to aa rapidly as conveyances can carry for tune seekers to the camp. The ore to all appearances i in place. The vein forms a contact between the main back bone of Halloon hill and joins the coun try rock to the west, w hich is altered porphyry. The gangne is in a moder ately solidified kaolinized rhynlite car rying about $3 In gold to $1 in silver. WAR FEVER IN RUSSIA. WORST IN SCORE OF YEARS. Storm Paralyzes Traffic in Chicago and Causes Suffering. Chicago, Feb. 19. Several deaths, many injuries and much suffering fol io (led today In the wake of one of the worst blizzards experienced In this sec tion in several years. Trallic on sur face and suburban lines is practically tied up tonight and downtown betels are filled with r.sidentg of outlying dis tricts, who found themselves unable to reach their hom s. The storm, which broke early in the day, raged with increasing fury until nightfall, subsiding somewhat toward midnight. One of the most tragic oc enrrences In connection with the storm was the wrecking in the harbor'at Wau kegan.of the fishing lioat Ansonpah, in whicn two men lost their lives and six others had narrow ea.apes from death China. Secretary Metcalf has made public the report of Admiral Convene on the eft. etiveness and standing of the Amer lean navy, which Is to the eftect that our navy is as gx.d as th c lient in every thing but numbers. There is nn outlook of plague In (eriiiany's West Africa colonies. the report is again current that J:ip.iii is trying to float a loan In I'.iila. I'remler Franco has reached ti. 11011 badly worn out by his flight from Lisbon. The garrison at Fort Yellowstone will be Increased to four troops of cavalry of 100 men each. Two men were killed while walk Inn on the railroad, near Hilllnns Mont. They were too drunk to no the nn approaching train The house committee on nillltnry affairs has agreed to recommend more pay for enlisted men .1. rlerpont Morgan was an Inter "led spectator during the senate do bate on the pending currency bill. Nine miners were killed by an ex plosion of gas In a Kentucky coal mine. Turkey Is withdrawing hor troop ironi the Russian frontier of Persia and the outlook seems to be for peace. Count Honl de Castlllane was fined $:'i) for his recent assault on his rival, Prince d Sagan. nnd the lat ter was given 20 cents damages. After being in trie hands or re reivers for eight Tears the assets of n New York bank shrunk from $ I .it), 000 to $;ic..ooo. In a speech before the Lincoln rlnh of Kalamazoo, Mich., Senator Kiinx, of rcnns lviinla, said federal regulation of railroads had been "en tirely Justified nnd was not an at tack on tnislnes4. A .rw lori aranj Jsry nn r turned to Indlcdutats siluit lc King Morse. Hoarh Ilargls, th young wis a was shot his father, a ksatuiiy t;tt as held without talk Gorge Threatens Des Moines. Pes Moines, Feb. 19. A blizzard which started last night and still rages today has delayed trains on all roads from one to lour hours, stopped street cars and interfered with telegraph and telephone communications. Flight Inches ol snow has fallen and drifted naniy. un Kaccoon liver an ice gorge six miles long has formed just above the city. City officials are using dvnamita to blow up the gorge. People are mov ing out ol houses on the low lands. For ttie first time in the history of the city a uig ice gorge mreatens destruction Fourteen Inchis of Snow. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 19. Following a continuous tall of snow lasting 24 hours. accompanied by a Wind which heaped it into drifts, ami almost tied up all amos 01 sireei name, the mercury be gin a downward course this evening ah railroad trains were late and s ime instances morning overland train aid not reach Omaha until this even ing. Neatly 14 inches of snow fell the heaviest in 20 years. There waa heavy run of livestock at the yards to day and much suffering from the storm was the result. of the summer school and the corre- 1 pondence ichool is discussed and a re commendation is made for a bureau of research in economics, politics and so ciology. An outline of the plans of the school of education for training high school teachers and principals is given and attention la railed to the gilt to the university of a building and land by the citizens ol Nonh Bend for the establishment of marine biologi cal laboratory, f r which Coos bay offers exceptional advantages. The total registration, as shown by the reg istrar's report is 077 students. New Salmon Hatrhery. Astoria Master FlHh Warden Van Duaen received from the O. K. sV N. Co. a lease to the property on Tan ner creek, near Bonneville, which the state fisheries department de sires as a site for the establishment of a large central salmon hatchery. and of a system of retaining ponds. where the small fry can be fed and kept until large enough to protect themselves against their numerous natural enemies before being turned out. Much Snow, But No Cold. vny, reo. me snow storm that rjrevailed all day in Kansas and Western Missouri continues to- nignt. tint without low temperature most points reporting the thermometer anove .'ll degres. In Kansas City tl .an up 1., o CIOCK Tonight was about one and one-half inches deer hut in Southern and Central Kansas tour or rive inch. have f.4llrn. Trains are not seriously delayed, and the storm is tiigiuy satisfactory to ranchers. Flood Naaring Cincinnati. v .n.mi 1, reu. ir. loday an Ihursday the crest ot the flood is n pected here, having pafsed Parkersbnrg yr.ier.iay. inundation of lowlands lias oven reported all along the river, an moiisan.ia have teen driven from their Homes, but it is now believed that con ditilS S Will not grow much mnra .! lona. PINCHOT WILL QUIT. at Anne where t'Joriginal tree is oflpep0rte( a variety tor wnictinere is no aemanu. Japs Studfing Salmon, Oregon City 8. Fujimura, of Hokkaido, Japan, (pent yesterday at the Clackamas station of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, and Is on the Pacific Coast to study the methods and work of this govern ment in handling salmon propng; tlon. Mr. Fujimura is from North ern Japan, where there Is only the dog fish salmon, and states that his government Is considering the Intro duction of the chlnook Biilmon in Japanese waters. He is fresh from a ,tour of the fisheries work In Eng land and other European countries. Albany's New Flour Mill. Albany Albany's new flour began running today In one of warehouses of the old Albany Farm-' ers Company and will he conducted by E. A. Johnson, recently of Drain. and P. H. Marshall, secretary of the Albany Farmers' Company. The new mill has a capacity of SO barrels a day. The new firm will also man age the three warehouses of the old company at Albany, Tallman and Tangent. New Bsnk For Milton, Milton Application for a charter for a new National bank, with a cap ital of $25,000. to be established In Milton, has been made to the Con troller of the Currency at Washing ton. It will be railed the First Na tional Bank of Milton. The stock- noiders are: J 1. Klnni. W. II. Steen. J. ti. nan, c. W. Steen, Highly Har- iri, II. M. Cockburne, II. U. Lee, iiavui stiii, f K Cockburne, C. T. mm cockburne and John McEwan, the He Has Plans for Career in tha Senate. Washington, Feh. 18. The story has been put in circulation in Washington to the effect that Uifford Pinchot, chief of the Forest service, will retire from service at the close of President Roose velt s term, and go West to grow up with the country. The report goes on to say that Pinchot has a desire to mix in politics, with the hope of ultimately being sent to the senate from the state In which he takes his resilience. Since Mr. Roosevelt became presi dent, Mr. Pinchot haa been a very pow erful man in the administration. He was holding an insignificant oflice as chief of the forestry division of the Ag ricultural department. Government forestry work was then In its infancy and the work 01 t'mchot s division counted for little. Mr. Pinchot quickly Interested the president in the subject of rational forestry, and when the pres ident became interested the division sprung into prominence, and has grown steadily to its present proportions. Its growth and the extension of its work would not have been possible but for the aid of president Roosevelt. Ruihirg Troops to Fr:ntier to Fight Turkey. fit. Petersburg, Feb. 18. The alarm ist reports of the possibility of hostili ties between Russia and Tarkey, which have permeated all stratus of Russian society, have assumed the proportions of a veritable war scare, to which the sensational press Is devoting its biggest headlines. The situation Is taken seriously, not only in military circles, but also by conservative politicians. M. Ciiitch koff, leader of the majority In the douma, announced his intention to night of raising at the next meeting of the committee of national defense the question of the nation's readiness for war. This, he believes, is of the most vital importance, in view of the news from the Caucasus and all parts of Kurope. He also purpose to interpel late the minister of communication on the ability of the railroads to transport troops qirckly to the frontiers. The douma, according to M. Gutch- koff, will be guilty of criminal negli gence if it pet m its the country agam to be drawn Into a war for which it is wholly unprepared. The surest means to avoid a rupture, he said, is serious preparation for any eventuality. Mercenary Newspapers Havo Caused All ih Di'sturbar.ca. New York, Feb. 17. Declaring that war between the United Mates and Japan would be tho most "In human event In the world's history," and was " too hellish" to bo thought of, Huron Kogoro Takahira, the uew Japuueat ambassador to Washing ton, said today, upon landing In New York from the ateauier Ktrurla, that rbe Japanese know absolutely noth ing of a break In the cordial rela tions which have been historic be tween the two nations. Talk of war, Jiaros Takahira declared, fi'-ii Euch emphasis, was utterly unintelligible to him, unless, as some one had sug gested, it was spread broudcust to serve the commercial ends of some newspapers. The uew ambassador said there might be some matters pending In Washington which would require bis attention, but they were not ser ious. As to the cruise of the Amer ican fleet to the Pacific ocean, B regarded It purely as a naval man euver on a grand scale designed to show to the world ut large that America has a wonderful naval pow er which can be dispatched any where ut a moment's notice "In sup port of a legitimate cause which al ways Is at the bottom of American diplomacy." Karon Takahira will leave for Washington tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock to present his credential to President Koosevelt. lie is a warm personal friend of Mr. Roose velt, aud is looking forward to his meeting with the chief executive with a great deal of pleasure. The buron Is returning to the American capital after an ubsence of two years MAROONED ON GLACIER. SWEDEN FEARS RUSSIA. Eta- Strained Relations Over Coaling lion May Bring War. Stockholm, Feb. 18 The relations between Sweden and Russia are decid edly strained at present. The tension has arisen because Russia insists upon being released from the agreement made when Sweden surrendered Finland, thst no naval stations or fortiflcatio is should be established on the Finnish shores adjacent to Sweden. The pait taken by Russia in the Norwegian integrity treaty and her present attitu le on the Baltic closed sea question also have greatly irritated Swedtn. Var is feared In Sweden, because Russia for some time past hits been pre paring to establish a naval station nn the western shores of Aland island, which' is 25 miles fiotn the Swedish coast and only a few hours by steamer from Stockholm. Nineteen Japanese, Fishermen Found Fratz.pg and Starving, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 17. Cnst ashore on Malasplna glacier near Ya- kutat, Alaska, November 6, after a severe gale lasting 72 hours. 19 members of the Japanese fishing. schooner Sutsuma Maru lived in a camp at the foot of the glacier for three mouths. Then nine of them escaped in their sampan to Yakutat, where the ship Jeanie was bailed. The Jeanie went to tho glacier that afternoon. With seven sailors the Japanese sampan, which was towed to the glacier by the Jeanie, put off towards the beach to rescue their comrades. The Jennie's big lifeboat followed in the wake of the sampun, but did not approach the surf. The sampan had hardly entered the surf when it was rolled over re peatedly. Four of the men were picked up unconscious by the life boat and taken back to the ship a mile away. The 0 dicers of the Jeanie saw the catastrophe and the ship wrecked men on shore rushed into the sea and took out the bodies of the other three sailors. Whether they were alive or dend Is not known. The Jeanie stood off for two hours, but the sea was running so high that no boat could live to pass the surf. A revenue cutter has sailed to the glacier to rescue the other men. FLEFT WILL OO TO ORIENT. United le, $32.60; cracked, in Handle Little Freight. Salem The Oregon Electric Rail way has announced that it Is remit- to handle freight business In a fttm.TI way, but since It Is not fullv urn. pared It has asked the railroad com mission to suspend the demurrage rules. School and Raised. Salem The state land ho.-irH h, raised tne price or state school land from $2.50 to $5 an ncre. This ac- iioii was entire v funeei... vanee in nrlee was f:.v.r.i ,., members of the board and will ..r,.i, I po."n'1 radish. ably meet public approval. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Club, 81c; bluestem, 83c; '""y, 01c; ied, 79c. 'iB,ley Feed, $26 per ton; brewing, I'Nied, i:Krt',30. ats-.Vo. 1 ,hit!i 27; gray, $27, 'CI UJI1, Corn $:i3..ri0. II ..... 'y-alley timothy, No. 1, $17 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, -0ot21; clover, $H15; cheat, $15; 111(315; alfalfa, $12(a13; .r.un, 114, rrnils Appi., table, $1.753.00; ""-wiiiiC, $1.25(.1. BO per box; cran b'"'e", $(?!! p, barrel. egethH,-r irtljpgi 7fic per sack; tu,.,,t.. . . . -..1. a, one jxr ssck; beets, si per caiit,ePi if;i,l'4c per round; can- ini.mer, $i.;5fiia H5 ; celery, $3.75f per cigts- ,,. i,y2tc per dor..-n Th1"r,i".,,'rsle-v'Ik-r.loen; peppers. 17.V per oor.en ; Oead'ock I Unbroken. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 18. The Ken lucky general assembly has balloted for a month to elect a 1 nite.l Mates sens tor to succeed James 13. McCreary, and is apparently no nearer an election than it was on the first ballot. In the first vote ex-Governor Beckham, who had been nominated at the Democratic primaries, received B0 votes; ex-Gov ernor Bradley Republican canons noml nee, M votrs, while seven Democratic votes were scattered and one Republican ab-ent through illness. There has been no change. ach, c 20c spin- Planting Nut Trass In Linn. Albany A meeting to discuss wal nut culture and to stimulate inter.t in that line of industry will b held i Albany on Febrnsry 27. A number ol walnut grower will be present and will give instruction In the planting and care cf walnut trees. Some new ! nut orrhads are being set nut in county and there will pn.b-hl .. -i""'H a 1 Dsr ,.ni : sprouts. Hi: tier l""imi; Siitisfi). ti l'4c per pound. nion3 hundred ''"'"to-.!.! ..I r hnndr 1-1 E.l rtT hundred, deliv- frp" Portland- .-t potatoes. $.1.fiofti 3. .IS per cwt BKer Far, creamery, 3035c per greately increased eonung two years. scrtage during tin N Industry for kugene. Kgene Kugene pec,s shortly to have In operation a complete concrete bock cement brick mannfaoturmg Fh. r I r -l-par.ment of the Commercial club has interred .inbh;r.inVfe;tv.,h, :.r.r pound, r".i!trv-Ar old hris, 1.W13V I'pmnd; red chicken, 12'(3 13c; "i,r'"g ehi, lL"r,M3e; rooner, : rW' '. hi, kens. Me: tur- livo, Ik,.,; dressed, choice, 15 l'e; n(.,. o, . 10c: ducks, 14M 1'x1; Pig-ons';-H(i fl;s.piabs, $1.60u?2. J-'W Frwh' racl candled, 22,3 "V Per dr Vesl 7,v; ,,, ' ,nds. "c; 150 to Pork Blork -5,0 150 pounds, 6i '; packer. Vfj.rtc. Hops jt ' nil choice 4(3 c Pr Dmnj. ' ,. "0 ner pound. Won -1 : '"".,nn average best 152 r.T''rn, .rdin. to shrink- : v.i ..r,nJI"-..1rdinii to fine- ne; iob4I,,S;w2!Kd30epef pound. Pushing Towird Coast. Terry Mont.. Feb. 18. The Chicago, Milwaukee fc St. Paul railway to-lay extended to this city the train service of the company's Pacific cosst exten sion. The new line crose the Yellow stone river f..r the first time at Terry. The train service ia daily being extend- eu nerween Aberdeen, Narmanh, N. D., and this city. The record of Ihe Chi- cago, Milwaukee A Kt. Paul In buildliio i'S tacinc roast extension, has. it ian no-inced today, never lieen equaled In the matter of time by anv similar nn. derm King. Sulfan I Only Smillnr. Home, Feo. B.'The sultan U run. hing his hand," said nn ambassador of one of the leading power in explaining that, the only country to profit by the i-reHKiog up 11 me Mironean under, standing In the Balkans would be Tnr key. ho far Turkey has only consented 10 a commission to study the proposed Ain-tria railway and has not aa vet given the concession, and year are ne. cessary to obtain concession from the porte. Lumber Ceanpany Assigns. Murfressboro, Tenn., Feb. 18. Tha firm of W. B. Karthman A Co., dealer in lumber, have assigned. The liabiil- tie. It I said, will approximate $700.- 000 with assets between $500,000 and $600,000. Continued Over Ohjsction. ran Francisco, Feb. 18. The trolley briliery cases of Calhoun, Mullaly, Ford, Abbott and Schmitx were contin ued today by Judge I.awlor for one week over the objection of Attorney A. A. Moore, who declared that all ti e United railroad ofliculs were ready for immediate trial. All the cases against Kuef except the one which is now set for trial were also continued after an objection was entered by Attorney Henry Ach on the ground tht Knef bad never been arraigned or received a copy of the indictment. ' Prosecutors In Conference. Los Angeles, Feb. 18. Following the report of impending Federal and Mate prcecution of the railroads of Califor nia npon charges of violation of the law. If. K. Duncan, special agent of the Department i f Justice at Washing ton, was today In consultation with United States District Attorney Oscar Lawlar. Members of the State It ill road commission and Asistant Attor ney General Raymond Benjamin ar rived today for the purpose, it is said, of examining the books of th? Santa Fe and Salt I-ake Railroad companies. Canada Will Stand by Japs Ottawa, Ont.. Feb. 18. The Japan ese consul wa inquiring at the depart ment today as to the truth of a report from Vancouver about the arrest of two Japanese nndrr the Natal act. The Justice department has no information but its ollicen have instructions to test every case by habeas corpus or otherwise, so as to permit the Japan ese to land. As soon aa the official copy of the Natal act ha been received here, it will be disallowed. States Will Take a Hand In Far Eastern Question. Washington, Feb. 17. The ques tion of preserving "Chinese territor ial and administrative entity" has suddenly assumed new Importance In the eyes of the diplomatic world in connection with the crulHe of the American battle fleet to the Pacific especially since It became an as sured fact that the fleet is to pro ceed to the Orient soon after reach ing San Francisco. Several months ago It was stated that certain Interests closely In touch with commercial affairs In China professed to.be Informed that the real significance of the fleet's move ment to the Pacific had to do with affairs affecting the Flowery King dom, and that In time their state ment of the case, would be justified. Always the well-informed have been aware that there was something If nothing more than a remote contin gency aside from the practice fea tures of the cruise Involved. A pop ular Impression has been that tho immigration question was behind it all. The immigration question now Is practically settled, but thero Is to be no change In the program of send ing the fleet under Admiral KvanB to the Far East. Ltbor Will Go to Law. New York, Feb. 17. New York labor unions contributed about $5, 000 to the fund nsked for by Presi dent Samuel dumpers, of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, for the purpose of fighting the Injunctions Issued by the District of Columbia courts In the suit against the Fed eration by the Buck Stove & Range Company. The suit Is to determine the right of the federation tr) black list manufacturers who do not em ploy union labor. Tho cases are to be taken to the supreme court Standard Declares Dividend. New ork, Feb. 18. The directors of the Standard Oil company declared a quarterly dividend of $15 per share. The same amount was paid in the cor responding quarter last year. Standard Oil is an unlisted stock. The amount of stock outstanding la $100,000,000. Will Fight for Harbor. San Francisco, Feb. 17. A battle for waterfront property valued at. $20,000,000 w ill be begun n xt Tuesday when the authorities of the city of Oakland organize to fUht tho Southern Pacific. For half a c.-ntury the Southern Pacific has dominated the front of Oakland's harbor, grah blng, step hy step, strips of land, un til it had laid its hands upon tho greater part of the harbor -m r;- th---. A recent decision of the federal court of nppeals has opened the way hy which the city of Oakland may re gain the land. PCivr fcr l"sur-re 'orrp-rv.'''1 New York, Feb. 1 7. Judge Ward In the United State circuit con t, appointed the following receivers lor the Mutual Ites-rve Insurance Com pany: Charles J. Could, of the --w firm of Could & Wllkle; W illiam I f. Russell, of the law firm of Russell Wlnslow, nnd Archibald C. Ilaynes, president of tho Mutual Re serve l.l f f Insurance Company. Kach receiver was put under a bond or $100,000. Insolvency and Inability to meet Its obligations are given Grip Has Got London. London, Feb. 17. Influenza N claiming thousands of victims In London snd the visitation of tho present time la the worst that has bepn known In many year. No bs than three members of the cabinet, confined to their beds with the mal- Isdy.