Hillsboro Independent
I rnrtar- lata Waa
HILLSBORO.
..OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Iq a Condensed Form for Oct
Busy Readers.
A Return of th Lata Important but
Not Lata Interesting Event
of the Past Week.
NEW PACKING PLANT.
Half in
Plan a Bnand Million and
Portland.
Portland, March 11 Schwarschlld
A Sulxberger, the biggest Independent
firm of meat packer in tha United
States, will build a pscxing piam -u
South Poitland coating 11,500,000 it
.... .tut.
I a ll.. ail lim.
men! to De locaieu wuuiu ma- u
its. An ordinance will be presented
to th council today or passage, g""
inn the firm the light to construct and
operate modern packing plant on the
nreaent lite of the Zimmerman racking
company! establishment. An option
ia held on the Zimmerman plant by the
K..hnMfhilil t Su zber.er interest
An insane man tried to kill king Tn n ln I to be erected in South Port-
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Iiiaaou, ui numv I land Will D a OupilCaieOI win oini-
King Alfonso was received with much child 4 Sulzberger establishment in
en huia.in at Barcelona. Chicago, one ol the moat complete in
In . n.M I ia thnrnnffhlv no to the
hour negroes have been lynched in ,u,.h Duntg anywhere, and,
although not ao large a their packing
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
11 1 1 BLOODY FIGHT AT PEN. ' Ip .' " 1 ' ' " """ 1
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PLANT NEW NUT IN YAMHILL
Mi-isinslppi for incendiarism
Spanldi anerchiste are esid to oe after house in Kansas City, l aaid to be a
the premier, and not the king. model in oonatruction. The capacity
The Mother's' congress Is In session
at I lie White House, Washington, C.
of the Portland establishment i
10 O'M? cuttle, 25,0,,0 h nd
small stock week.
ill be
OWNER PROTkr TXEtt.
Claim Land I. w.rth 76 CnU
lntti ?t . earner.
Fifty California Pistachio Received at
McMmrvine
Walnut club, of Klamath Kn. ti.. Csl''ornl
this city, baa received through its sec- Oregon Land company"0 tba 'oa
rotary, W. II. Latourtfe, a present of Military Land Grunt eomf" ?wne"
. . . ...' . u i. . in Klamath
50 pistachio nut trees iroui mo 1 vi wiuunua of w ---
..tuirlmAnlft farmat Chico. Cal.. ''county, have hrn,.. mit tlirous "'
i. uri.iitinn tn the members of the attorneys. Noian.i Sini'h. against
. . 1- . nutiua lit i k'l.l.,.ll, . . 1906 UlM
ciud. ine piaiai-uiw u ..,.nnj lelaii" . ,
Western Asia, but Is grown in r.ngian.i , on meir lands. Aimo'J- V
and France. It la believed tnai ine ueu ineru In 1W)0 at $3 nd u
similarity of the Willamette valley cli
mate to those two coantrie will insure
the iuecewiful growing of the na't here.
Tha nuta are very high priced, and are
used principally for flavoring the more
expensive confectionery.
The Walnut club ia active in intro
ducing new varieties of products to the
lew
The com mini-. ..rd before the
board of equilaii.tnTobjectlng to the
assessment. ).,.t ,u. hoard sustained
trie assessor.
The complaint filed itate that lands
adjoining will not sell to' nlore than 60
cent per acre, as all ndt ln tn' re"
gion are arid, uncultlteJ n1
from transportation. The soil ia of a
The United Railwaya company of Ban I The completion of the plant will re-
Francisco la about to go Into the Lands 0u re between a year and If monin
or a receiver.
Japan ridicules the idea that naval
preparations are being made for an at
tack ou China.
(ireat Britain has aent a note to J
pm advising arbitration of the China-
J iiian dillicultlea
Machinery must be ordered from the
East, and Ita manufacture will require
at least aix months. When the ma
chlnery is delivered the erection of the
nackins house will be begun, lor the
machinery must be built into the nous
es. If the permit desired is given by
the council, the option ou the Zlmmer-
The president haa sent to the senate nian site will be closed at once and the
tlie nominal on of John McCourt to M wuwi "r umuumoi,
district attuiney for Oregon.
Portland has been assured that a
mi in ter of cruisers and torpedo boat"
will be sent there during the rose car
nival. t
Kchmits has been released from jail
and he and Kuef have patched up their
differences. In the remainder of the
trials they will stand together.
King Alfonso will visit Barcelona In
derlauce of bomb throwers.
Mayor Busae, 4 Chicago, his taken
steiKi to keep all anarchists out cf the
city.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
Yurk, lays the charges against him are
false.
FACTS SLIP OUT.
Serious
In the New York to Paria automobile
r e the American car is far ahead of
tha others.
The janitor of the Coll in wood school
dec laree he faatened the doors open at
the first alarm of fire.
The incident of the seiture of the
Defects In Naval Construc
tion, Say Officers.
Washington, Marsh 11. That there
are serious defects in the construction
of American battleships was charged
yesterday by Captain C. McR. Wins-
low, assistant chief of the bureau of
navigation of the Navy department, and
Commander A. L. Key, former naval
aide to President Roosevelt. The form
er oflicer said the ships nnder Admiial
Kvans were all over-draft when they
left Hampton roads. He defended Ad
miral Rojestvensky for taking the
Russian ships into battle with the Jap
anese with full bunkers of coal, saying
that the Russian commander could not
have done otherwise, for he did not
know bow far he would be compelled to
steam.
Commander Key attempted to direct
the form of his own testimony and in-
anil nl this vloinitv. Last, year a
olive trees were set out on tracts of land pumice stone formstidi nJ wnatevelf
owned by its members, and thia spring , timber grew thera hm been removed
. .,( ...any m..re are lielug planted , The 1807 valu-iinn 75 cects per
It haa been proven that the almond trte acre, which the conPn't's 'eKrJ
will flourish here and bear an excellent fair. Tbev hv .afnaed to pay the
uality of nuta. The fig, likewise, has 1906 taxes and th l.nd it liuted at de-
equaled the California fig in excellence," Ilnquent and will be aold unlesa the
and yet the possibilities of Yamhill cli- county la restrained by the court.
mate and toil have been but half tested.
8EMMN0US AL SCHOOL.
Telephone Company Loaea
Portland Oregon and the lntitiative
and referendum law bas won tne nrsi
round ln the tight being made by the
Pacific States Telephone A lelegrapn
company, and the Sunset Telephone
company, to declare the constitutors
Jamet Wlthycombe So Descridet Ag
ricultural College.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval-
lia At a meeting of the San Oriel so- ' amendment permitting the initiative in
ciety in the opera house, Dr. Jamee valid and contrary to the constitution
Withycombe, director of the expert- of the United Ktatet. Judge Cleland In
ment ttation, defiaed the Oregon Agri- the Circuit court hat sustained the de
cultural college aa a seml Industrial murrer of the state in the case of the
college. He said that at one time state against the Pacific States corn-
higher education meant training of the pany, thua upholding the contention of
intellect exclusively and thai this was , the state. Notice of appeal wat given
an extreme view, e-peciaiiy ooticeaDie and the cage will be taken to the tu
ln Europe. Later many countries in pre me court at Salem as soon aa possi
Europe adopted the other extreme, ble. From there it will be taken to
training young men solely for the in- the United States Supreme court.it
diistries, and in this manner crowded being assumed, in view of former de-
out the humanities from the lives of cisions by the Oreiron court, that the
the great industrial masoes. Ameri- ruling will be for the state and against
cans, who thought the industrial phase the company
oi s?nooi training had been overworked,
until it became a fad, have taken in
termediate grounds by the introduction
Industrial colleges, ln lieu of the
European theory of Industrial training
hooia.
1 panese steamer Tatsu Maru by China curred the displeasure of the committee
1ms not yet been settled. 0n that account. He criticised the
John F. Stevens, ex-englneei of the "oor belt and the gan decks aa being
i'anama canal, says the big canal will
be of little value after it it finished.
Admiral Goodrich saya American
battleship are equal to those of any
Uit oountiy but could be made much
China Is about to spend 160,000,000
in naval construction. The govern
ment will also borrow large sums to be
tued ln railroad construction
An alarm of fire at Lees Summit,
Mo., caused the 400 school children to
riixh out of the building in a panic. No
attention was paid to the fire drill.
Hearst papers ate accused of inciting
sn trchy
Portuyal seems to be drifting toward
a republic.
Colorado has had 29 homicldoa al
ready in 1UVH
Black Hum! leaders are meeting their
nmUli lu New York.
The death lint in the Collin wood dis-
a-ter lias reached 174.
Jpan cav s she will use force with
('lima only as a last rtsrt.
I lie Knickerbocker Trust company,
ol New lurk, 1 to reopen
Nine Chinese have been sentenced to
death in Boston for murder.
The IntenUte Commerce commission
will enforce the 9-hour law op all rail
loads
Franklin's house in Taria haa been
ui m tnsned to mske way lor a more
unHlern building.
Professor Ojiarkenboa, ex-profesor of
I nliunlila university, announces tha
he hail a medicine that will make bad
men good.
A part of the battleship fleet Irsched
iileil t return by way of the Huei cana
and will also visit a number of Euro-
tienii countries.
.
, Illinois Central directors are work
In on a plan to raise $30.0(H),OUO.
King Edward is on a visit to France
and called on the French president
Two women have been arrested at
Napa, Cal., for passing counteifeit
money.
The Interstate Commerce commission
says it is not opposed to the Fulton bill
as bas been atated
Charges have been filed against Chan
eellor lay, of Syracuse university, for
shaking ill of Preeident Roosevelt.
Suite'for the illegal cutting of timber
have been filed ln the United States
court at Helena against several firms.
Oovernor Johnson will dedicate th
monument erected by the state of Min
nota on Shiloh battlefield on April 10
A petition signed by 40,tX)0 persons
asking pardon for Captain Van Hohaick
under 10 years' sentence for criminal
negligence In causing the wreck of the
steamer Oen, Hocnin, whereby over
1 OHO lives were lost, will be presented
to rresiiient Kooevelt.
The first consignment of Easter bon
rots from Paris has arrived at New
York.
A fire in the suburbs of Tokio hnrned
4';) houses and caused a loss of 2,.
oiM.OOO.
The house committee on expositions
fivors appropriating I'ntO.OtV for the
Japanese fair.
A monmnent and statue of Shake
epeare will be ready for the 300th an
"""fur ef ate aVeta aiia will frost
ed in Locdon.
too low and the ammunition hoiata aa
nsafe. He attempted to dispute the
testimony of other officers, especially
Chief Constructor Cappa, but was not
permitted to do ao. Hnally.the com
mit tea held au executive session, at
which it waa decided that Commander
Key should be heard today, but that
hia criticism should be conn fled to ships
and not directed against othcers
Market Day Not Success
1-a Urande La Grande's first mar
ket day waa not quite the success that
waa anticipated, at least from the
standpoint of those who brought live
stock to be auctioned. Price offered
Pendleton Wants Demonstration. in most cases were ao low that the
Pendleton The diversified farmlnir owners preferred to withdraw their
plan of the O. R. A N. officials has met property from . But the merchants
with the approval of the Commercial of the city made every effort, and were
association, which has appointed a eminently snre-iui. to give the visit
committee to confer with the othoialt 'K farmers moon more than the usual
having the demonstration work in 'ie for t""", money. Bargains
ihiro. Thi. Mimtniitiia will xnrlraxnr abounded -". 'e mercantile eetab-
' - i,i II 11 nil rn.l- . i
to Induce the Harriman agents to ex- country poo
tend their instruction lecture train Into' P' vurongeu reeig.
this country. An effort will also be l
made to have the railroad people eatao-1 ug i Tract Leaaed
liah a modern exDerimental farm in Klamath Fall J. c L-ih.il iim.
this oounty where It can be demon- , ber cruiBer 'or the Weyerhanser Lnro-
uuuw - . uw mnuiinT in ti,ia rralnn. Mae mat
FINDS NO EXCUSE.
la Re
Coroner Says Soma Person
sponsible for Disaster.
Cleveland, O., March 11. "The loss
of the lives of little children in the
Colllnwood school fire was absolutely
nexcusable," Coroner Burke declared
today after making a thorough lnveetl
gatlon.
'The poor little children were caught
in a veritable trap and held end crushed
until burned to death," he said, "gome
one is responsible for this and should
be held. I am not prepared yet to say
upon whom the blame should be
placed. Before I can charge anyone
with this horrible responsibility I must
review the evidence carefully and de
Uberately.
"I find that the steam pipes caused
the fire by being placed too close to
the wood. There ia no doubt ln my
mind that the overheated pices caused
the fire."
Another body waa recovered from the
ruins today, making the total 166
Wanted Drawing Made.
Ely, Nev., March 11. A Japanese
was arrested at Riepetown, a few miles
from this city, last night, after a hard
struggle. Clinton, who is an expert
draughtsman, was in a saloon when ap
proached by the Japanese, who, after
talking on various subjects, finally
ssked C linton if he would go with him
to San Francisco and get drawings of
the fortifications there, assuring Clin
ton he would pay him well. Clinton
Indignantly refused and held on to the
Japanese until officers arrived. The
Japaneee is now in jail.
Cut Out Puget Sound.
Tacoma, Wash., March 11. Begin
ning next Sunday, the Hill line Will
refuse to exchange ticket with the
Harriman lines on one way passenger
business between Puget aound an
Eastern point via Portland. Although
local events of both the Hill and liar
riman lines will say, "I will not say
that such an order ha been Issued." it
leaked out today frcm an official North
ern Pacific source that strict order
have been received from the traffic de.
partment in St. Paul to discontinue th
sale of ticset.
strated that the summer
wanton waste of land.
Milton Want Carnegie Money.
Milton At a meeting of the Com
mercial club, a delegation of young
women from the Young People's union
waited on the club to secure aid to
build and equip a public library. The
club appointed a committee of three
to work in conjunction with the young
people to provide way and means to
raise the needed funds. It is their In
tention to raise a fund of $2, BOO and
then request assistance from Andrew
Carnegie. They want a building cost
ing in the neighborhood of $5,000.
About $800 was pledged at the meeting.
Import Burro for Miner.
Grants as Elyht tlx burros or jacks
for packing miners' supplies into the
hill have been received here by E. R.
Stewart and George Reed. Te little
animal were shipped from El Paso,
Texas, and spent 14 days on the road.
They came through in fairly good con
dition, except in one instance in An
ions, where they were kept for 90 bonra
without water. The burro are consid
ber
Closed a deal witb . V. Elder, of Lake
county, for the leasing of 53.400 acres
of timbered grszing lands. This Is the
largest tnct ever leased to one man in
this section. Mr. Elder will pay 4
cent per sere the first year, witb the
privilege ol extension for another year
at 4 centi. He owns 27,000 head of
sheep that tre now on the desert. He
expects to drive them to this immense
range about April 1.
Want Railroad Extended
Condon The farmers of the South
ern part of Gilliam county are uniting
ln an efTurt to secure the extension of
the Arlington-Condon branch of the O.
R. A N. aifar south aa the Buckhorn
country, a distance of at least 15 miles
from Condon. The reason is that much
time is watted every fall anil winter in
hauling the Buckhorn grain crop to
market, si it takes one day for the
Buckhorn farmers to make one trip to
the station ind warehouses.
Three Montana Lifer Make a Mao
Dash for Liberty
I)eer Lodge, Mont., March 10. War
den (rank Con ley, of the Montana
subs penitentiary, was fearfully wound
d Sunday morning and bis first assist
ant warden, John Kobicauu, waa kill
ed, when three life convict, George
Kuck, W. il. ilaytw and anuUiei wiioaw
uauie i 'Uot'ii'i'veu'oui; 'iuauii a oita'n W
lilierty in
DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Tuesday, March 10.
Washington, March 10. The set ate
today ratified aod made publio aix of
ilia IS ireaiira liegniiaied mi the inter
tiaCiuui conference at I he fia'g'ue. I iie
the penitentiary office at 8 conventions adopted are those to which
o'clock. It la thought the warden will
live.
Robinson' throat waa rut from ear
to ear and the jugular veiu waa fevered
Con ley' throat was gashed and he was
stabbed several time in the shoulder
and groin before he wa able to draw
hi revolver and shoot two of the
assailants down. Convict Hayes and
Rock were both shot down by Cod ley
aiter the latter had been wounded,
The attack on the prison authorities
and a subsequent effort to escape ha,
according to the prison authorities
thl afternoon, been long planned by
Rock and Hayes, who were cellmates.
Both were armed with penknives,, the
hladna nf which ware harmmed like
rasors. The three oonvicte were hronght disposed of, had undergone no material
to the oflioe of the penitentiary Bunday change.
no opposition bad been made
The final report of the committee on
military affairs, in relation to the
Brownsville affair, will b made to the
senate tomorrow. Senator Warner will
present the report of the majority of
the committee sustaining the action of
the preeident In discharging without
honor a battalion of the Twenty-fifth
infantry on the ground that the negro
soldiers bad done the shooting.
Washington, Merch 10. Consider
ation of the poetoffice appropriation bill
waa resumed by the house of represent
ative today. Although amendments
were in order, tne bill, when it was
laid aside for the day, with 11 pages
morning by Deputy Warden Robinson,
to be tried for some trivial infraction
of the ' prison rales, and Con ley wa
waiting to ait in judgment
The moment the men entered the
office door Rock turned swiftly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door be
hind the men, and quickly drawing
knife, he began alashing at the deputy
warden' throat. Robinson wa unable
to retreat or move before hia throat was
cut wide open and he sank to the floor
dying.
At the same moment that Rock at
tacked Robinson, Ha ye also pulled out
a knife similar to that oi kock snu
started for Con ley. The latter retreat
ed to the rear of the office before the
oncoming deperado. Before Conley
could draw hi revolver, however,
Hayes had slashed his throat, cutting
him from the left ear to a point nnder
the chin. The convict, seeing his in
tended victim getting away, grappled
with him and stabbed him serial
time ln the shoulder and groin.
A noteworthy speech by Hamilton,
of Michigan, upholding the right of
the Federal government to control cor
porations and sustaining the president
in bl atittude toward them, wu the
feature of the day' proceedings.
Other addreeae were made by 8raall,
of North Carolina, and Finlev,of South
Carolina, each of whom attacked the
proposition to increase the pay for
ocean mail service on the ground that
it waa but a subterfuge for a ship subsidy.
men Uon their death.
Washington, March 8. The house
today immmmI the bill providing for tha
Y7i-v:r .t ?"nCvJMr !mi
bishop of Manila $403,000 for damage
lone to caurch property during the
Spanish war and the sutfrqiieiit Phil
ippine insiiriection. The bill was de
bated for several hours.
The house today unanimously adopt
ed a revolution to investigate the
charges brought by Representative
Lllley, of Connec ticut, of coirupt influ
ences upon mewliers of the house naval
affair committee in connection with
authorisation for submarine torpedo
boat.
Monday, March 9.
Washington, March 9. The senate
discussed at length Senator Frye's joint
resolution providing for the carrying of
materials for the Panama canal in
American bottoms only. Frye advocat
ed the adoption of the resolution, say
ing that at least 5,000,000 barrels of
cement would be required In the work,
and that so long as foreign vessels were
permitted to con pete, It would be im
possible for the domestic phips to par-1 adjourned
Thursday, March 6
Thursday, March 5. A marked trib
ute of reepect waa accorded the memcry
of the late bent tor Redfleld Proctor, of
Vermont, by the United Rates senate
today. The reading of the journal was
enly begun when Senator Dillingham,
of Vermont, arose and, asking that it
be dispensed with, referred in tones
that indicated deep emotion to the
great, bereavement tint bad come upon
the senate, the state of Vermont and
the country by the passing of a man
who for so many years had been in the
public eye.
Mr. Dillingham moved the adoption
of the customary resolution, and the
vice president annoi n ed a committee
consisting of Senators Dillingham, Dan
iel, Galliiiger, Perkins, Taliaferro,
Overman and Hemenway to attend the
funeral.
In the house the proceeding wer
brief. While waiting for the official
announcement of heuator Proctor'
death, a coimle of bill of minor Im
portance were passed.
Mr. Haskins, of Vermont, presented
resoltit'on of regret, which were adopt
ed. After Speaker Cannon had an
nounced the nanus of the co n m it tee to
represent the house at the tuneral, the
house, as a further n ark of respect,
Jhe body will De accom-
Although bleeding terribly, Conley ticlpate in the transportation becaute by members of the family of
managed to draw hi gun from hi of the difference both in construction
rw-knt and fird four timet with the I and operation. He Said that In both
weapon pressed against Hayes' abdo- these respects tsniisri ouiu nit nu
men, ian auvamage oi i irnsi uiir iiiuu.
As Hayes sank to the floor. Rock An amendment by roster, ot Mr-
rushed at Conley, who emptied the two ginia, providing tliat the restriction
remaining cartridges in his gun into should not apply to the unn pons or
Rock and he latter also went down, any part ot tne unueu rm.e- ..u
TU. .1.1.. I l. wIia lt.il Kain nalloH I avhil'h VASaflla Ol tllS U U 1 Wd CUIies
1UO UIIIU VUll, ILV . IIU 1 1 M-a.vu . . .... . . I
to the "carnet' took to his heels st could not be secured for the traue was it was
h flrat nf tha hattle. but was auicklv accented by Frye. . 'for it.
the late senate r and by the congres
sional committees to Proctorville, Ver
mo.?, Wednesday, March 4
Washington, March 4. Currency
legislation was the subject of consider
ation in Ihe renate today. Heyhurn
opposed the Aldrich bill and declared
useless and he would not vote
n.nt.ir..i n.l nlaral in his ce . The fultou. or uregon, ana
n.iiiu i,i.i.i o.ia nnf hia nama Georiiia. sounlit to have the amend
.,til !,. H-.1 nuailuaMih. iwhii mrni extended to me noriu j aimu
was concerned in the plot or whether and South Atlantic coasts respectively,
he had merely been called to the office but were unsuccessful.
at the same time as the other two.
ARE FIRE TRAPS.
Wallowa Extension Rumor.
La Grands There ia hope of a speedy
resumption of activitie on the Wal
Iowa eiteniion of the 0. R. A N. Off!
ered a safe and reliable animal, and are velen looking over the ground.
exceedingly strong and well designed for 11 "ported the won win oe reeumeu
April 1, tod mat arrBnirenwine air
being made to put a la ige force of men
at work.
pack animals in the brush and through
the mountains.
Objscts to H s,h Rates.
Salem Complaint has been made to
the railroad commission by II. 8. Gile
A Co., of this city, that tlie Southern
Pacific company has unwarrantedly
raised the rates on citrus fruits from
San Francisco during the past year
from 40 cents to 69 cents, and from
Portland for the same cemmodity from
18 cents to 2A cents, and on sweet po
tatoes from 10 cents to 19 centa.
Gile A Co. claim these increases
have practically mined their trade In
California citrus fruit.
Glass Cut Many Firemen.
New York, March 11. A score of
firemen were Injured, several ol them
seriously, hundreds of persons were
driven from their homes and many
buildings were threatened by a fire ear
ly tolsy which destroye.1 the six-story
brick building at 3 West Eighteenth
street. The big Siegel-Cooper depart
ment store was seriously threatened at
one time. The fire also got into the
adjoining buildings and before it was
checked had caused a loss of $;0t,0t0.
Dynamit Car Expla.
Denver, Colo , March 11. A Ns-
spoial from Buford, Wyo., say a ir
of dynamite exploded there tonight
from some unknown cause, wreeking
several frame houses near by and de-
stroying a number ef frvlnl.t anr. A
far kaowa so oe mm killed or In
jur!.
Dairy Industry Growing.
Lebanon The dairying industry I
becoming a large factor in LeUnon's
business life. It is growing a great
deal faster than tha mnaf hnn.fnl
thought it would. There is shipped r,"ott. 6c P" ick;
from Lebanon cream to six different I '' "nrlf,' ZNS 1
ereamerie. One has a station here
and having several wagms out to gath
er op the cream, it of course has the
biggest part of the trade. In 1907 this
creamery paid out at the Lelanon sta
tion $21,118.27, which was an increase
of more than $3,000 over 190H and three
times the amount paid out for 1905.
Cannery for Independence.
Independence An enthusiastic meet
ing of cititens and farmers last week
decided to take steps toward establish
ing a cannery at this place. There will
be another meeting of the citiiens ami
farmers at the opera house, at which
time there will be prominent experi.
eneed cannerymen, professors from the
Oregon Agricultural college and others
to address the people on the profits
from a cannery and when the commit
tee appointed will report.
La Grande After Settlers.
LaGrande At least 25 familio from
Idaho will arrive in LaGrande thia
weekwith a view to sernring homes In
the valley. A local real estate firm haa
lid a asisnieaary emplovea a i,i,ht
and te tatx f te Slid U War ,.
ing the at wiibT.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 83 blueetem, 85c;
valley, 83c: red. 81c.
Barley Feed, $:'6 per ton; rolled,
$22oi30 nerton.
Oats So. 1 white, $28; gray, $28
per ton.
Corn Whole. $32.60; cracked.
$33.60.
Hay Valley timothy. No. 1. $17
1 Per ton- Eastern Oregon timothy,
20(o21; dover. $1415; cheal, $15;
grain hav.$i4(ai8; alfalfa, $1213;
vetch, $14.
Fruits Apples. $13 per box, ac
cording to quality; cranberries, $811
per barrsl.
egotables Turnips, 75c per sacs;
beet, 1 per
per pound; cab-
haire. . nr pound; canllflnwer,
$ 1. 75(32; celery, $4 25(84 75 per crater
Pr"lev, 20c per doren; peppers, 17 SC
P' pound; ndiah4. 30c per doien;
rhubarb, So per pound; spinach, 10c
P" pound; apru"". 10e Pr P0,,n',i
"inash, laiO per pound.
Onions Oreyon. $2.60 per hundred.
Pot jtoss 40( fi0c P' hundred, de
livered Portlsnd; eet P01"10- M-60
3.75 psr hiindrel.
B'ittrFancy creamery. 3035c per
round.
Poultry Average 0,(1 14rt,lfir
Pr pound- niiied chickens, 13(ai3tC;
'Pr'rg chickens, 1I; turkeys, live,
Hft-lSo; dre""1- ihnUf, Wc
ifoese, iiya (Vi'lOc; ducks, 15(.i D';
Pigeons, 75cS fl ! 'lbs, $1.50r42.
KggwFresb ranch, J7fe.l7,4c: per
dozen.
VeaU-s to 125 pounds, 9S 9 ic :
12 to lso pntin.1-. 7c; 150 to 200
P"'ind., ,ys.6,e.
Pnrk-m,,,;., 75 to 150 pounds,
7V; pa,-!. WS0- , . . ...
IIot- 19or, prime and choice, H
-ps,p!,n.); olds. KMc per pound.
V nl-Ktern Oregon, average best,
llvoic ner P1,lr", according to shrink
i . Hi22iie per pound, aword
irito motoir.cholc 2P30.
Too Many Fllmiy Building Are Con-
atructrd in America.
Wwahlnaton, Marrh 10. In a state'
ment mails public last night, Richard
Humphrey, engineer in charge of the
structural material laboratories. of the
government, discusses recent fire hoy
rora and asserts that fire traps ss bad
or worse than that which cost the lives
of so many school children at Collin
wood, O., exist n nearly every village
and town and in many of the large
lties.
He urges the pnssage of laws to pro
ibit the occupation of anything except
structure of the highest fire re'tating
type, especially when it ia used as a
school, theater cr other structure in
which people assemble in large num
bers.
"It is a matter of record," he said,
'borne out by statistics, that this coun
try Bend8 enormous sums nf money in
providing equipments in fighting fires,
while foreign countries spend .their
money in building structures which
offer the greatest resistance to fire. The
per capita loss In this country yearly
exceeds $5, against an annual loss in 21
of the principal cities of Europe of 33
cents per capita. Estimating the pop
ulation of the country at 80,000,000
the loss from fires here is $740,000,000.
If we had the same conditions that pre
vail in European cities our loes would
be but $26,400,000 a year."
Japan's Nsval Strergth.
Tokio, March 10. Some reliable fig
ures sre now to hand showing the pres
ent strennth of the Japanese navy com
pared with ita strength when the war
broke out. Details are appended, but
the totals may lie briefly stated, vis :
One hundred and fifty seven vessels of
all descriptions, repreaenting a tonnage
of 283,242 tons, before the war, and
204 vesse s and 615, 0f2 tons at the
present day. Further scrutiny of the
figures shows that Japan today possess
es more than twice the number of bat
tleships she had before the war.
Resolutions of sorrow upon tne en-
' nouncement of the desth of Kepresent-
ative Adolph Meyer, of Louisiana, were
sdopted, and at 4:20 p. m. the senate
idjourned as a further mar oi respeci
to his memory.
The house wss in session but a few
minutes, adjourning at 12:12 o'clttrk
upon announcement of Mr. Meyer's
death.
Japan's Move H gh Handed
Paris, March 10. The French press,
despite the Franco-Japanese entente,
considers that the Japanese'government
las been brusque and even high handed
in its deliberations with China over the
matter of the seixureoftbe Tatsu Maru.
The Temps, in an editorial, points out
that there has been extensive smuggling
of arms to South China,! where there i
widespread revolutionary agitation,
the chief instigators of which are stu
dents, who have returned from Japan,
and excuses over anxiety on the part '
China under the circumstances.
Shivering In th Dakotas.
St. Paul, March 10. Extremely cold
weather prevailed throughout the
Northwest Sunday night and yesterday,
the warmest place In this region being
St. Fanl, where the temperature wss
four degrees below sero yesterday morn
ing at 8 o'clck. Throughout North
Dakota at that hnnr the temperatnre
ranged from 4 to 2fi lielow. The crest
ot the cold wave extended from South
Iakota to Winnipeg. The temperature
rose slowly during the day.
Portugal Not Involved.
Lisbon, March 10. Investigation in
stituted by the Portuguese govern sient
regarding the Tatsu Mara incident,
have elicited from the Pekin govern
ment the emphatic assertion thst the
seixnre occurred on the high Mas, and
that, therefore, there wa no violation
Of th tw 0ynrnig PoAlgiti am MO.
Saturday, March 7.
Washington, March 7. Hills to es
tablish raving banks, introduced by
Senators Cartir, Kn u and Burkett, to
day were considertd by a subcommittee
of the senate committee on poetollices
and post roads consisting of Senators
Carter, Burrows, Jiankhead and Clay.
Postmaster General Mever was lefore
the subcommittee and outlined his
views on the subject.
Mr. Meyer sttd that, while ti e
Knox bill wss drawn in his depart
ment, he was not wedded to that mai
ure an I was very ready to approve
i msndments or provislt n to be taken
fiom both the Burkett and Carter hills.
The committee and p'wmaster general
were agteed r.pin the plan for Discing
the funds to bo seemed by the postal
savings tanks In the various r ational
tanks of the country at a rite of inter-
est large enough to pay depositors 2 ter
cent snd to defray all attendant ex
penses.
Washington, March 7. A rart of
the session today of the house was de
voted to the consideration of nrivate
claim bills. The remainder of the dav
was given over to eulogies of the late
Repns mutative Slemp, of Virginia.
Friday, March 6.
Washington, March fl. The army
pjy bill was passed by the senate to
day. The bill provides for army offi
cers a graded increase of pay ranging
from 6 per cent for lieutenant generals
to 20 per cent for junior officers. It
slso provides that "the average pay of
enlisted men of the army, aa now estab
lished, be Increased 40 percent " This
smendment, suggested by Culberson.
of Texas, tskes away the discretion of
the president in fixing the pay of sol
diers Scott resd a letter from s banker
who stated that army officers y 3 per
cent Interest per month to have their
salarli discounted because their in
come are so small.
An amendment wa offered by Ba
con, and adopted, giving sis month'
py to families of officer and enlisted
Perkins spoke at length In support
of the bill. Bailey stated that he
would speak on the bill Monday and
Depew will speak on Friday. Aldrch
announced that he hoped to have a
vote on the measure next Wednesday.
A canvass of the senate made to as
certain the sentiment in regard to the
bill indicates that there will be more
Democratic senators for it than Repub
lican senators against it. Since th
speech by Smith, of Michigan, in op
position to the railroad bond feature it
has been stated persistently that there
is a Republican defection that endan
gers the passage of the bill.
Washington, Msrch 4. The agricul
tural appropriation bill has been agreed.
upon by the house committee on agri
culture and probably will be reported
to the house tomorrow. The hill cur
ries a total of $11,431,416, which is a
reduction of $1,420,006 from the de
partmental estimate, and an excess of
$1,948,058 over the amount appropri
ated for the cuirent year.
Only Seven Japs Cam In
Washington, March 10. The Pacific
coast members of congress have been
informed that only seven Japanese, and
these not laborers, have entered the
United State thia year, which is re
girded as showing the effectiveness of
the new emigration regulation which
Japan has formulated and undertaken
to enforce.
There is sn apprehension that some
Japanese laborera have entered th
country through Mexico, but it is learn
ed that Mexico is negotiating witb
Japan for practically the same regula
tions that have been applied tc th
United States.
Puy Lower California.
Washington, March 10. Represent
ative Smith has addressed the secretary
of state ln a letter asking an opinion
regarding the advisability of the pur
chase by the Cnitid States of part or
sll of Lower California, in Mexico, so
that control of the Colorado river along
the portions where it has broken it
bounds, could be undertaken by the
United States government. Smith urges
hesldes the matter of the Colorado
river, that the United States already
conducts extensive operations at Mag
dalen bay in Lower California.
Ozark National Forest.
Washington, March 10. The presi.
dent has signed a proclamation creating:
the Ozark national forest in the noith
western psrt of Arksnr-as. The new
forest brings the total area of the na
tional forest In the United States up
to 164, 493, 599 acre, practhally all lo
cated in the Rocky mountains and Pa
cific coast rrgions and all of It west of
the Mississippi fiver.
Potlatch Case Up.
Washington, March 11. Charging
discrimination on the nart of railroads 'alivs
in favor of Pacific coast lumbermen and
against men engaged in the same bnsi.
ness inland, Attorney Stevens yester
day opened the hearing of the Potlatch
cae before the infterstat commission.
This rase is connected with the war of
the Northwest lumbermen against the
railroads which are accused of enterir g
nm"nu "imuine io exron exorbitant t hable that
11 ine movement oi I acinc coast resolution for
lumber from such trsnsfer point a St.
lain.
Jone After N P.
Washington, March 5 Renresent-
Jones, of Washington haa
posed to amend Senator Fulton' reso
lution, now hefore the house, for the
Southern Pacific land grant inquiry, so
aa to Include an inquiry into the North
ern Psoitis grant. Hawley resisted the
proposisl and asked Jone not to com
plicate the position of the Fulton reso.
lutlon. to which Jones ac-li.l r i-
Jones will It t'oduc. B
n inquiry into tha.
Will Fight for HI Bit'.
Wsshington, March 5. Senator Fnl
ton declared today he would get a re
port on hi rate law mendment bill.
He proposes not to "ly down," but is
prepared to fight for hi measure.
It is learned that some member of
the Interstate Commerce commission
sre displeased that Chairman Knaaa
committed them auft inst th Inltm,
bill. CoriilTahla Uallna as. a ,,!, ,
in tba commieairsj am tM wstMat ttva
tW aw) MNrruemO.
northern Pacific. The paasage of tl .
"""" lewoiiuion is expected.
Good and Evil In Roosevelt.
'iln,f,on' Mar. Il.-f4.natf Bail
ey, "'Texas in criticising the Aldrich
financial bill on the floor of the senate
today took occasion to "slam"and Drai-e
President Brieve,,, "t have nevei
a-en such a mixture of god .ml)
vi 1 In pub ic man," declared tie
o-alkTrK,"" ,0 'h 'eident.
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