■-ffP IP ....? * da NEWBERG GRAPHIC E. It. WOODWAMX, I NEWBKRG.. NEWS OFTBE WEEK Railroads Put Additional Burdens on Small Shippers. ™ , - ^ v . Chicago, May N .— Besides deter­ mining to increase freight rates 10 per cent, the railroads in the “ official clas­ sification“ territory have agreed to add considerably to the burdens of the shippers of packsge freight. At the same meeting at which the rate in­ creases were decided upon, the repre­ sentatives o f more than *00 railroads agreed that after July 1 they will aot receive for shipment any packages in less than carload lots which are not marked plainly with the name o f the consignee, the station and state of consignee, the station, city and state o f destination. It is estimated that this action will save the railroads in the territory east o f the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River to the seaboard, at least <2,000,000 annually in loss and damage claims. On the other hand, it will cost the shippers o f package freight probably as much, or even more, to perform the actual work re­ quired in marking the shipments as prescribed by the railroads. It is also stated by the shippers that it will make impossible any secrecy regard­ ing the identity of the customers of any business house. On the contrary, any business house may, after the new rules go into ef­ fect, station men at railroad ware houses and learn in detail all about the shipments of competitors, to whom shipped and in what amounts. That this will have a tremendous ef­ fect upon this class o f business is con­ fidently asserted. It has been the custom of the ship­ pers to mark their packages with an initial or some hieroglyphic, the key to which is to be found on the bill of lading. It was the theory that this would save the time and labor of the shipper and throw a certain amount of secrecy around the conduct o f his business. n su OREGON WOOL GOOD. FAVORS BIO FLEET. j •A a w » OF INTEREST COUNTIES TO EXHIBIT. -. . . ' '• ■ . - í¿ i* ' 0 U :c h 'it'; COMPROMISE ON FAIR Great Lesson Taught by Cruias, Bays l Admiral Evans. J ________ Washington, May 26.—Admiral Ev- 0 ♦-*•’** N ana, in an interview with W . S. Meri- weather, told of th* rcsulta of the r cruise o f the Pacific and its benefit* J • and the future policy and proapecta of the American navy. | . “ What, in your opinion." he waa M n rv H lk ra a atked. “ ia the moat vital question af- SPEND $650,000 FOR tXHIBITS fecting the navy today?” i T “ The shortage of officers and men,| particularly officers," Admiral Evans replied. “ W e have not a battleship in Washington Delegation Highly Elatod commission today with a sufficient, at Raeult— Uselas* Expenses number o f officers properly to look out for her battery. Those we have Are 8trickon Out. are Excellent, but they are so over­ worked that they are giving way un­ der the strain. Men can be trained Washington, May 23.—The confer- for duties on shipboard, at has just been shown in the cruise o f the At ence committee on the sundry civil bill w!thCoftkera** 1 aciflc’ but not *° yesterday agreed to give $660,000 to the “ In c e r e a l a sudden outbreak of Seatt,e **P°»ition- Fifty thousand dol- hostilities. we would find ourselves l*ra will be cut off from the expenses seriously handicappd from this cause." - of the government board, which is re- The Admiral was then asked what duced to three members, and unintcr- was the chief lesson to be drawn from the cruise of th$ battleship fleet. |e»t,n* feature* of tbe *°venuneot ex- “ There are two,” he replied. “ Firat, Libit are eliminated. There was no cut the absolute necessity for two fleets* in the appropriation for buildings or one on the Atlantic and one on the the Alaska, Philippine or Hawaii ex- Congressional Committees Agree 01) SfidYtlB ApprOprldtlOll. Secretary Smyths Praises Compulsory | Oregon Commission Asks Active Q#-| Dipping Law. operation o f All. Portland__ Secretary Dan P. Smyths, Portland.—Couaty judges and com­ of tho Oregon Woolgrowors soooeiatisn, missioners of all the counties of Ore­ passed through Portland recently on km gon, as well as all the commercial or­ way to Salem; where bo represents the third district of Oregon at the annnal ganizations of the state have been sent A R n i u m o f th . L m i Important but meeting of the state sheep commission. a letter by the Oregon-Alaska-Ynkoa- Not L m i Interesting Evoitt Mr. Smyths oays the wool elip'thls year Pacific commission in which the commis­ is as large as usual, and that the wool sioners ask for co-operation in making / o f tho Paa* W n k . is of exceptionally fine quality. ' Oregon ’• exhibit at the Seattle show tho At this sessioA of the sheep commis­ greatest stats exhibition at next year's sion the eastern Oregon men intend to Lig exposition. Peter Daly, the actor, ia dead. take some radical action to prevent far­ The commissioners sot forth that Ore Good progress » being made on the ther encroachments of Washington gon will have the moot complete state sheepmen in the Wenaha forest reserve. building at the fair, and thmt the co­ Seattle fair buildings. Mr. Smythe, who is extensively on operation of tho officials in securing The Northern Baptist convention gaged in sheepraising himself, is 0 m thorough nnd attractive exhibits of Or­ for 190» will meet in Portland. phstie in praise of the eompulsory dip egon’s resources will be imperative. A statue of the late Senator Hanna ping law passed at the last session of The letter which has been sent by the has just been unveiled at Cleveland, the legislature. He says Oregon Aeep commision through President Wehrung are now practically free from disease of is in part as follows: O h io ., every kind, and the wool is of a maeh Eastern railroads will resist the In­ "T h e expense to your county ia col­ higher grade than ia former year*. terstate Commerce Commission s rates lecting ouch on exhibit will not bo The adminiatrtion at Washington for accounting. large. Get a live man to take hold of favored the woolgrowors in tho the work and push it, bearing in mind 'Thousands of people are swarming green State, to the detriment of that it is quality not quantity that ia , o S . « b. to the Puget Sound cities to see the stockmen. Just what action will wanted. After yon have gathered your Atlantic battleship fleet. taken Mr. Smythe was not prepared to exhibit we will transport it to Seattle, trained ?nd arrived at the Pacific e n -1 »«reed to today. The compromise is say, but ho thinks the commission will install and maintain it without further trance to the Straits of Magellan and highly satisfactory to the Washington A Hoboken. N. J., justice o f the make recommendations that th f for­ expense to your county; we will also Magdalena Bay absolutely in condi­ delegation. peace says he marned Anna Gould estry department at tho national capital place an attendant ia charge, and will tion to g o into an engagement." and Prince de Sagan before they left "W hat should be our future naval will not dare to overlook. GOVERNOR 8PARKS DEAD. for Europe. keep in close toueh with you during the strength, and how distributed?” fair, so that your eounty will get all The airship White W ing, built by ‘Forty-eight battleships with the the benefit possible in the way of ad­ necessary cruisers, torpedo-boat*, sub­ Navada Executive Killed by Ovaawork LEASE BIG TRACT. Baldwin, ia making successful flights vertising, etc. in New York. Baldwin was the in­ marines and auxiliaries. They should at Extra $*s*ion. "T h e commission is also having be distributed—24 on the Pacific and ventor o f the airship at the Lewis and Sheepmen Gobble^l0 0 ,0 0 0 Acres as Reno, Nev., May 23.—“ I don't fear printed a 06-page booklet on the re­ 24 on the Atlantic.” Clark fair. v - Overflow to Forest Reserve. sources of Oregon, which will be dis­ death. I have done my best I am A Chicago woman brought back to Pendleton.—One hundred thousand tributed during the exposition. Two tired and am ready to go. Good-bye." FIRE ON OLD VC88EL. life after being pronounced dead is seres of Has range Mad hao just boon pages of this booklet will be devoted to Surrounded by hi* wife, three- eons sorry she was revived. She says her leaned in Baker eonnty by Morrow, Gil­ each eouaty. We also intend to show soul traversed a beautiful country in liam and Umatilla county sheepmen aa by moving pietuea the farms, orchards, Sensational Naval Experiment Will be and a daughter, Governor John Sparks, spirit land. conscious to the last, sank to death at an overflow range from their forest re livestock, timber, mountains, streams Tried bp Navy. Crop failures in British East Africa serve allotments. The land is logged- and everything of interest ia each 8:30 yesterday morning, after uttering Washington. May 25.—The most is causing much loss o f life among off timber land, and lien ia a strip 50 eounty. the above words. f sensational naval experiment ever at­ We must have your help and eo-op«ra the natives. Mpre than 40,000 deaths miles in length between Austin and tempted by this country will take __ illness which culminated ia tbe The have been caused by starvation and Pleasant valley, in Baker county, and tion in the gathering of your exhibit. today in Chesapeake Bay, when '• » -lor's death was directly due to the government is feeding 60,000 belongs to tho numerous lumber com­ I f we were compelled to buy these ex- place the monitor Florida will be submitted *° . * _ panies of that district. It was leased hibta the state would have to double to bombardment by big guns and tor- overwork and nervous strain attend- people, v WHOLE STATE STORM SWEPT its present appropriation, but with your for five years by Dan P. Smythe, of pedoes to demonstrate the effect of ant upon tbe extra seaaion o f Nevada's Bishops in the Methodist general con­ this eity, and A. K. and A. Smythe, of aasistanee we hope to carry out our ference passed the lie. Texas Suffers Untold Damage From Arlington, William Smith, of Arlington, present plane without asking for any modern projectiles upon the internal > lerislature late> last fall. Mr. Sparks was born in Mississippi. fittihgs and the structure o f the fight­ Wind and Rain. France may have to recognize Mulai and A. C. Whittier, of Baker county. further apppropriation." August 30, 1843, and came to this state ing craft of the American navy. Halid as sultan o f Morocco. Austin, Texas, May 26.—A terrific The sum of $8,000 was paid for use of The Florida is so constructed and in 1868, engaging in stockraising. He Pays Large Inheritance Tax. fitted internally in such a way as to owned large cattle ranches in Nevada The late Governor Sparks, o f Neva­ wind and rain storm swept Texts the tract for five yean. Over 50,00<) head of sheep will be held in the tarri and Texas, as well as a large cotton Salem.— The second largest inherit da, was a great cattle breeder. from the Panhandle to the Gulf early tory during a portion of the summer. auce tax evyr paid into the state treas­ have practically the same strength of plantation in Texas. He was elected Before the battleship fleet leaves for Sunday. The destruction to crops and It is well watered and contains fine ury was received recently. It was resistance as the latest type of Amer­ chief executive in 1902 and again in ican battleship. the Orient it will be reorganized. ________ the tax on the estate of Amanda Reed, vegetables, trees and shrubbery was grass. At first it was proposed to put live 1906 by large majorities. Lieutenant-Governor D. S. Dicker- of Multnomah eounty, appraised at' a sheep in the turret of the monitor, but Inability to get a board o f arbitration the greatest reported in years. Hslt in*Timber Lsnd Buying. valuation of $1.385,919.89. The tax this plan has been abandoned because son is now governor o f Nevada. He is continuing the street car strike at In numerous places houses were un­ the - death of - the animals came . _ to Nevada eight year« ago and Klamath Falls__ J. W. Alexander, of was $7,141.40. The largest tax paid it is . believed Cleveland, Ohio. . . . - . . . I _______ . t • ___Y _ / ' i __________ t a _______ roofed and small villages and hamlets the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company, is was on the estate of Henry Weinhard, would went to work in a mine at Cherry Tree. prove little as to the probabil­ The Presbyterian general assembly which amounted to $15,248.54. The ap­ wants congress to pass a law making in many instances were inundated by in this city on business for his com praised value of the Weinhard estate ity of loss o f human life under similar circumstances. The plan to test the the terrific rainfall which, in the space psny. He states that he is not here to EXTRA SESSION CALLED. Sunday an absolute day o f rest. buy timber, but that he expects to bu\ was but $1,381,967.22, but was left ia !a ability of the modern ship of war to o f four hours, reached seven inches in Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassa­ when special inducements are oflefe-l lump sum, while the Reed estate was withstand the heavy firing of the lat­ dor to the United States, says critics many sections. Austin was in the There is but little movement in timber divided among a large number of bene­ est big guns has attracted much at­ Philippine Assembly Needs a Month o f his people are hasty and that war path o f the worst o f the storm, and in this section, and none is expected un ficiaries. Mora to Finish Work. _________ O - tention In official circles and it is for hours the streets were impassable til after the presidential election. Whil- rumors are unfounded. looked upon as a matter o f great im- Manila, May 23.—The statutory time Daily Snowstorms at Buckeye. ;• irtance by foreign officials at the em­ Admiral Evans has called upon the for either man or beast, electric light the price of farming lands in this sec for the adjournment of the Philippine Sumpter. — Superintendent W. H. bassies here. •resident and received congratulations and telephone'connections were dis­ tion has increased in the past six assembly having arrived with the work abled beyond immediate repair and months, timber land has decreased fi on the successful trip o f the battleship Gleason, of the Buckeye mine, in the many houses were unroofed. o f that body incomplete, Governor-Gen­ $1.50 a thousand to 75 eenta and $1. fleet Arena the Atlantic to the Pacific. PACIFIC MAIL 18 PA88IVE. The agricultural sections o f Central However, those holding claims are not Craeker Creek district, reports opera­ eral Smith has called a month's extra The government has started a suit and Southern Texas have been im­ worrying over conditions, aa they feel tion at the property in full blast. for a dissolution o f the New Haven measurably damaged, according to sure the slump in timber is but tem­ Crose-eutting for the main ledge from Would Not be Benefited by Proposed session. Prior to the adjournment o f road's merger with the Boston and general reports received here, badly porary. the regular session, the radicals at­ Subsidy Clause. the drift ia in progress, and it ia ex­ ________ Maine and New England trolley roads. demoralized wire service occasioning pected to encounter the vein in a abort San Francisco, May 25.—The prog­ tempted to present a resolution favor- Whipping Up on Tule Contract.*1 while. There is much snow in the vicin­ ress of the postoffice appropriation !ing immediate independence, but were In an address before the Bankers’ slow and unsatisfactory reports from elub, of Chicago, Bryan said unless the many sections that are known to have Klamath Falla.—It is stated here that ity of this mine and it ia a hard mat­ bilT now iulte lasY stages "before Con- ***** oR : by people were assured their deposits were suffered from the storm. Chief Engineer Hood haa given impera ter to get supplies in at present. Con­ gress, is being watched with much in- ?heJ ^ de^sh'P ,o i. ^ ” fully secured the government will have tive order* that the dredging on the tinued snow storms prevail almost daily terest in this city, especially with re- ** believed that the attempt to present OKLAHOMA TIED COMPLETELY marsh for the railroad grade must be at that altitude. to start banks. gard to the ocean mail subsidy amend- *Jje resolution will be renewed during rushed or the contract will be forfeited. ment, agreed to by the conferees, but i *^lYx*r* *f.***on‘ . The Mexican government has start­ Auto to Carry Tourists. rejected by the House, which has!. T*1* Philippine commission haa re­ ed proceedings against Martin Jacoby, Muskogee is in 8orry Plight Without The eontraet consists o f a grade fonr miles along aeross swamp laad, now rank Klamath Falla.—Captain J. M. McIn­ asked for another conference on the bl- millionaire and head of a large mercan­ Heat or Light. The proposed increased teaching o f the various Filipino d!- with tules, and the agreement now ia tyre, of the McIntyre Transportation measure. tile house. He is charged with misap- Muskogee. Okla., May 2*.— Not that erews must be worked day and company, has purchased an 11-passenger compensation to steamship lines di- i a'^ct* *“ public schools, and has propriating between $3,000,0Q0 and $5, i the line reetty affects the companies Tunning1 substituted a bill creating an institute railroad in Oklahoma is in operation, night in order to throw up the grade 000,009. at the earliest possible date in order to between Dorris and this eity. A crew vessels from this port to China, Japan, ^ or * * *tu