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FLIES WITH OWN WINGS. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST INVESTIGATE EXPRESS RATES. State Railroad Commission Has Fancy Figures to Start With. Salem, Or., May 26.—An investigation ha* been started by the railroad com mission regarding express rates en- forced by the Wells, Fargo and the Pacific express companies in Oregon. Some startling revelations have been brought to light that will likdl* de mand the attention of the commisaioi in the neaf future. Comparisons have been made show ing the relative charges on lines in Or* w o n and the charges in other states for similar distances and for the same class o f goods. From Portland to Siskiyou, a distance o f 389 miles, the Wells- Fargo express company charges a mer chandise rate of $2.75 for 100 pounds, while for the same distance is Missouri a rate has been established by the Mis souri railroad commission, which is now in force, o f $2 for 100 pounds. The merchandise^ rate'in Texas for a sim ilar distance is $2.05. * The rates charged by the Pacific ex press company are even more exorbi tant according to the figures given out by the railroad commission. The Pa cific express company operates out of Portland east over the O. R. & N. For 440 miles over the O. R. & N., from Portland to Huntington, the general merchandise rate for 100 pounds is $4. For 358 miles, or the same distance for which the Wells-Fargo charges $2.75 in Western Oregon, the Pacific express company in Eastern Oregon charges $3.75. Compared with similar distances in Missouri and Texas, the cates o f the Pacific express gpmpany are extreme. For 440 miles in Missouri the general merchandise express rate is $2.10 and in Texas it is $2.30. In both these states the rates have been fixed by railroad commissions and have been ac cepted by the express companies and are now in force. The rates given are for the same classes p i goods in every instance. ANNUAL INSURANCE REPORT Secretary of State 8hows Growth and Present Statue of Business. Salem.—Frank Benson, secretary of state, as ex officio insurance commis sioner, has completed his annual re- compic being printed and will t. It is now being pm available within a few weeks. The report includes a statement of the to tal risks written by all insurance com panies doing business within the state o f Oregon, the gross premiums received, premiums returned, losses paid and the net premiums for taxation of all au thorized companies and associations for the year ending December SI, 1907. Besides much other valuable infor mation the report shows the aggregate business transacted within the state since 1895; the amount o f licenses and taxes paid into the state treasury since 1687, and gives a list of all the insur ance companies authorized to transact business in Oregon on May 8, 1908. A statement o f the business o f the era! Oregon mutual fire relief associa tions for the year ending December 3L 1907, is also included. r Complete Elgin-Joseph Lina. In the Portland mail from the East to General Manager J. P. O ’Brien, o f the O. R. fk N„ company, he has received the long-expected instructions from New York to proceed with construction o f the Elgin-Joseph branch. About $500,000, the amount necessary to com plete the line, has been provided. From noo to 400 men will be put on at once. For the last two months the authoriza tion from Mr. Harriman for this work O' has been expected daily. As soon as the effects o f last year’s money strin gent^ began to wane Mr. O’Brien made annlication for the necessary funds to complete the road to Joseph. Double tbp-Enrollment. University o f Oregon. Eugene.— 'Judging from the applications that are pouring into the Registrar’s office, the freshman class of next September will be the largest in the history of the uni versity. More than 200 applications have already been reoeived from grad uates o f the different high schools and academies throughout the state, and it is safe to predict that there will be at' least 100 more, as many freshmen do not apply for standing until college opens in the fall. Nevada’s Governor ah Oragonian. Ontario.— Den S. Dickerson, .who is , now Governor o f Nevada, vice John Sparks, deceased, is s Malheur Coun ty boy. aged 34 years. His parents reside on a farm five miles west of Vale. He left this section seven years ago for Nevada and joined the Miners Union in White Pine County, and •when the union asked recognition on the state ticket he was named as lieu tenant-governor. He served in the Philippine war, enlisting in Portland. Frenchman Beats All Records With Aeroplane in Italy. The NEWBERG GRAPHIC Rome, June 1.— Leo de la Grange, the French aeroplanist, made a new experiment with * bis aeroplane here OHEAP FUEL IN SIGHT. I this morning, which was ao successful that it filled the spectators with ad If Choppara Can’t Sell to Trust Thay miration. He surpassed his own rec Will to Consumers.. ord by flying for 18 minutes and 30 Pendleton.—After futile efforts to seconds, only then coming down be sell their wood to Pendleton and cause he received a signal to do so, Walla Walla woodyards, ten wood- and alto because the motor of his ma- choppers o ' Kamels have pooled their cb in eca n n ot hold sufficTent'gasoline output and have placed an agent •• to operate it much longer than that. th,s and w‘ n KH to th e| During that spW o f time M. de la { consumer. They havb 5,000 cords in|Grange made nl^ aPd three-fourths with Pd^eap "w ood .th ey woodyards have large supplies , on hand, owing to the fact that the mild weather o f the past winter restricted the sale, and have refused to buy the Csmela pool, which is now being mar keted here. Already several cars have been ordered from the pool and it promises to demoralize the wood market in the inland empire. A paper thpt will prove Interesting to every member of every family In this county YOUR NAME ON OUR BOOKS ° [ “ e*tabIj,b ;d in the m,1,tarlr field, namely fax kilometers, a little over nine and iiine-tentha o f a 1 mile, at a velocity o f 60 kilometers, or , 7 2 milef an hour • ~ The aeroplane was first pushed for- ward by M. de la Grange's associates, and’ as soon as the motor was put into action the machine rose without dif ficulty, keeping from seven to ten.feet above the ground. It moved smooth ly and turned easily, the rounds of the course following each other with out interruption, and not once did th< aeroplane touch the ground. It was a marvelops exhibition, which would have won De La Arange a prize of $5000 had it occurred in France. It at least confirms his possession o f the Archdeacon cup. , Keep Salmon Out of Alfblfa. Pendleton.—Thousands of salmon fry from six to eight inches in length are now running out into the canal of tbe Irrigon irrigation project and many o f them are being atranded on the bars, where they are perishing. Deputy Game and Fish Warden O. F Turner will take immediate steps to have proper fish screens placed at the dam to prevent this destruction of the young fish. The dam of the Irri gon project is in the Umatilla River ROBBEftS GET CASH. two miles east o f the town o f Uma tilla. Thousands o f fine salmon fry are now to be found in the river and Great Northern Peeeenger Train Held every effort will be made to prevent Up at Great Falla. them from running into the irrigation Butte, Mont., June 1.— A Miner spe canals. Other canals on the river are properly protected with screens and cial from Great Falls, Mont., says: ladders. ’•» , ’ The north bound Great Northern passenger train was held up this even W e lls -F a r g o t o B u ild . Fugene.-r-The W ells-Fargo Express ing about one mile and a half from Company has begun the erection o f a this city by seven masked men at 12:30 fine brick building on the Southern o ’clock, the train being run onto a sid Pacific depot grounds in which to ing by the robbery, who fired a fusil handle its business in this city. The architecture o f the neto building will lade of shopts up and down the train. be in keeping with that of the new W m Dempsey, aa Augusta rancher, passenger depot, now in course of was shot through the leg in attempt construction and to be completed be ing to escape from the train after it fore July 1. The W ells-Fargo build ing * will be of brick and stone an«*. had stopped, and Conductor Hayes will cost $4,000 to $5,000. It is prob was compelled by the robbers to pre able the downtown office of the com cede them in passing through the cars, pany will be done away with when l . . i,,. the new building is finished as the \ he carry,n* a hat ,n wluch the paaaea location is convenient to the business invited to dump what cash section o f the city. they had abont them. Most o f them deposited from $1 to $10, and tbe Rare Species of Duck. booty o f the desperadoes is not be Klamath Falls.— Hunters on the lieved to be greater than several hun Klamath river near Teters landing report the finding o f a pair o f red« dred dollars. ducks nesting among the tnles. The | While the passengers were being birds are small and supposed to be robbed, several o f the highwaymen cinnamon teal, a species ofd u ck rarely, atood d at the door, o f the car> seen in this section. The pelicans „ " . . . , , have returned in great numbers this to Prevent the passengera from lesr- spring. The rapid growth of the city ing. and the settlement of the hills be -1 The robbers finally jumped off the *'Te' n Ewa*"Va . and the UpPer coaches and disappeared in the dark- Klamath lake seemed for several years „ . . . . . . , , past to have driven the pelicans to ne” Ra,n '* fa,hn* heavily, and the other fields. However, they are here night is so dark that no trace o f the in great numbers this year. j robbers could be found, although posses were in pursuit within 20 min Drain Mora Klamath Land. utes after the outlaws had left the Klamath Falls. — Twelve hundred acres o f swamp land north o f Klamath train. Falls, near Naylor, will be reclaimed bv the owners, Fred Melhase and John GOVERNMENT MAY SUE. Hagelstein. Land adjoining has raised some o f the finest vegetables ever Groat Area in Montana Is Stripped grown in Klamath county, and this Bare o f Timber. ^ land when drained will be cut up into small truck patches. The surveyed line Butte. Mont., June 1.—A'federal sur of the Oregon Eastern, running tioith vey corps is engaged in running sur-' from Klamath Falls to Natron, will cross this area o f swamp land and the vey lines in the mountains near Phil- ipsburg, Mont., to determine the dike will be used in draining A. amount o f cordwood cut for the mines Stocked With Fish. of Granite county, and the Ideation of Baker City.— Thomas H. Parker, of the ground from which the timber the state fish commission, received at North Powder the other day 31,000 was taken. This wood was . cut, it is O r eg o n S h o r t l in e U n io n P a c if ic Three Trains East Daily Through Pullman standard and tourist f-ffiu* c a n dally to Omaha. Chicago, Spo uts; tourist sleeping cars dally to Kansas City; throush Pullman tourist sleeping ears (personally conducted) weekly to Chicago, g au ss, City; reel lu tag shair-ears (seats iras) the Kast dally. Dmr forti and f-J O t. m. Tint scHeDtH.es Oil take. Den rev, Ft. Worth,Omaha. Kenan* City. St. Louis, Chicago end aastvs 6:00 p.m. via Huntington. Atlantic bm n 1:15 p. a . vis Bait Lake, Denver, Ft. Worth. Omaha, Kansas City, SC Louis.« hlcogoaud 7:15 a.m. Huntington. Walla Walla, tawia- FC Faul Feat Mail ton, 8pokane, Wal lace. f u l l ma n, Minneapolis, SC Paul, Duluth, Mil SS»a. aa. an«! Last For tailor Marosi ticket agent, or m i. llcICU R R AY, It is Equally Valuable for Children It Contains no Narcotic and is Safe and Sure Ask your Druggist for iL trout, which have been placed in the claimed, from land belonging to the lakes at the hgpd of North Powder government, and it is Intimated that river and in other streams near by. suits may be begun to recover for about 700,000 cprds of wood cut, ap PORTLANO MARKETS. proximating in value about $1,000,000. The bulk of this wood was cat about Wheat—Club, 89c per bushel; red Russian, 87c; bluestem, 92c; Valley, 10 or 12 years ago, during the boom days <of silver, and was used at the 89c. Barley— Feed, $25.50 per ton; rolled, Bimetallic and Granite' Mountain $27.50(3)28.50; brewing, $26. Oata— No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton; mines, owned by Charles D. McClure and his associates, of St. Louis, to- gray. $27. Hily—Timothy. Willamette V alley.! gether with a few Montanans The $17 per ton; Willamette Valley, or-!area of timbej land stripped clean is dinary, $15; Eastern Oregon. $18.50; 10 miles wide and 12 long. mixed, 816; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12; Still Vigorous at 128. alfalfa meal. $20. Dressed Meats— Hogs, fancy. 8c per S t Petersburg, June 1.—A veteran pound; ordinary, 7c; large, 8c; veal, soldier, with the record of 80 years’ extra, 7c; ordinary, 6c; heavy, 5c; mut military service, and whose age is de ton. fancy, 8(3}9c. clared to be 128, has beeit visiting St. Butter— Extras. 25c per pound; from the Tver fan/v on... atn*V ’ | Petersburg trom iv er district. f* jr ji,* 4 ¿ .C t ! hu A’ This wonderful old man. Michael Bud- P" do*en>. nikov, traveled to the capital to draw uncandled, 18$c per dozen. i ■ ,. . . ffc. Fruit Crop Will bs Heavy. • • Baker City. — Unless exceptionally mid weal her should overtake this part o f the country there will be a large fruit crop, according to men who are heavily interested in fruit lands and or chards. In the Immediate vicinity of Baker City fruit ia necessarily 'slower on account of the altitude, but over id Pine and Eagle valleys it la far advanced. Recent cold spells have not damaged the crop materially. BMP». J ° i ^ 7 Mif . l v CWh i . T ' l 2 £ K ? czar h .df hfm il. Ctarikoe Se‘ o a! a roosters, 8 ^ fryers 22» ® 2 5c; brStefa! * f.ea! ure of the festivities for the Swe- 20^22ic; ducks, old. 10(3)l7c; spring.. d,*b ¡K3CLWei whose f c f '' v ........... is adorned - j - ___^ Budnikov, breast 22ftf$25c; geese, 8@ 9c; turkeys, alive, with many medals for bravery and dis 16(3)18c for hens, 14(3)lflc for gobblers; tinguished .service, joined the Russian dressed, 17®18c. Apnles— Select. *2 so ner hox: fancy. army in 1797. $2; c h o ic e s t .50; ordinary, $1.25. Kill Women and Children. Potatoes—Old Oregons, choice. 70 i®80c per hundred; sweet. 5fc peri Athens, June 1.— A body of panic- pound. stricken refugees from Samos, who Strawberries— Oregon, 10@17fc per pound. 1 | have arrived here, report that eighty Scouring Mills to Rsopsn. Vegetables—Turnips, $1.50 per sack; women and children were slain by ' Pendleton.— It was announced a few carrots, $1.50(3)1 7ft; b e e tl $1.85; Turkish troops during the first day’s days ago that the wheels of the Pen parsnips. $1.25; cabbage, $1.75(3)3 per fighting at Vathy, capital of the island, dleton scouring mills would be started cwt.: beans, wax. 7($8c per pound; ¡They declare also that the troops fired turning about Tune 1. The uncertain head lettuce, 12li3)l5c per dozen; cel-1 persistently on the foreign consulates. condition of the wool market ia re- enr, R5c per dozen; asparagus, $1.50 The refugees are all Greeks, and, as snon-ible for the late start, but it per box; egg plant, 20c per pound; they have inborn hatred of the Turk, will not shorten the season’« run. Sev parsley, 25c per dozen; peas, 5®6$e their statements are accepted here eral thousand pound* of. wool are per pound; peppers, 20c per pound; with considerable reserve. now on hand and more is arriving radishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb. 8c per pound; spinach, 8c per pound; daily! ______ Cholera ta Spreading. cauliflower. $2.50 per crate. Teachers Turn Homostsadsrs. Manila, June 1.— The cholera At Hops— 1907. prime and choice, B(8) Ontario.—About 90 teachers o f the 6lc ner pound; olds. 2(3)8c,per pound. Dagupan. 120 miles from Manila, is W ool— Eastern Oregon,' average worse. Twenty-nine deaths are today pnbllc schools o f Malheur county have filed on homesteads under irrigation best. ll® 1 5 c per pound, according tb reported, due to eating infected foods, iT he people are loath to clean up their ’'projects near V ile and will engage ln\ shrinkage; Valley, 10(3)l2fc. Mohair— Choice. lft<8)lS|c pier pound 4 surroundings, despite strenuous efforts fanning. A number o f unmarried wo Cascara Bark—3 i@ 4 c per pound. 'o n the par* of the bureau of health. men teacher* are in the number
