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NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON M A R IN E S ARE L A N D E D . Will BACK IN THE OLD RUT. Protect Am erican Interests Island of C uba. Havana, Sept. 14. — One hundred armed sailors from the United States S T A T E F A IR A S U C C E S S . protected cruiser Denver, landed last G R A B B E D BY S P E C U L A T O R S . evening and camped in front of the Attendance at Salem About Equal to Klam ath County Developm ent W ill Be president’s palace, in anticipation of Two Y e a r* Ago. possible uprising w ithin or attacks Delayed, Says B lanchard. upon Havana. Halem— Notwithstanding three half San Francisco — C. J. Blanchard, m «laya of cold, rainy weather, together member of the reclamation service from Tampa, Fla., Sept. 14. — A private with the fact that thia ia the height of Washington, ia authority for the state- cablegram received here from Cienfue- the hop hat Veit, the Oregon atate fair merit that the development of the goa, Cuba, atatea that marines from the of 1906 has been one of the moat sdc- Klamath country will he hindered he ceaaful in the history of the atate. The cause of the fact that land speculators United States gunboat Marietta were attendance was about equal to that of have seised upon hundreds ef acres in landed at that place yesterday to pro two yeara ago and waa much larger on thia new Irrigation proeject of the gov tect American interests. Portland day. Halea of conceaaionajand ernment. Washington, Sept. 14.— So far as can advertising apace have been good and “ 1 look tor a great development in rereipta from thia source have been the Klamath country,” lie said, “ hut lie ascertained no official word has been large. thia development will l»e delayed be received regarding the repotted landing The additiona to the pavilion not on cause of the number of land speculators of marines a*. Cienfuegos, Cuba. The ly made more space lor exhibits, hut who have secured fine tracts there. Marietta's commander had special in gave more room for aalea of concea- They are holding this land at from >26 structions alona. Titeae circumstances made the to >40 an acre. Thia price w ill pre Havana, Sept. 14.— A dispatch from fair a aucceaa financially ami it la atated vent many settlers from coming to Ore that there are funds on hand to pay gon, and w ill retard the progress of the Cienfuegos says that the U n it«! States every claim. Klamath country. The government gunboat Marietta has debark«! a de Nearly 4.000 people were cam;>«l in w ill charge the settlers >26 an acre for tachment there. Cienfuegos is besieged the grove in front of Ute fair grounda water, and thia amount, added to the by insurgents and some of the fortifica and thecome-and-atay-all-week idea haa ■peculators’ price for the land, w ill tions have been damaged. become so popular that a number of act to the detriment of the purchaser. regular viailora at the fair have decided The news that the Southern Pacific will Washington, Hept. 14.— It was o ff- to erect email cottage* on the grounda build through Klamath will greatly add cially annocneed here that the sailors neat year. Since regular atreeta ami to the value of the land there.” who were landed at Havana from the ulocka have been laid out, thia can l»e Blanchard was delighted with the American cruiser Denver have been or- done aatiafartorily. work of the irrigation congress at Boise, Visitors to the atate fair gave only which he attended. lered to return to their vessel immedi w ith alm ost count less Im ages of s ta r s paaaing attention to the sample roa I ately, save for a small guard which w ill " We appoint«! a publicity commit a ml w hich m ake a com plete record o f the government ia building adjacent to tee there.” he said, ” which will great be left at the American legation. Thia or lla r ta r d I n lie r a ltr H aa the heavens wince 188*». E very n ig h t the atate fair grounda. The end of the ly aid the Pacific coast. Thia commit action fallowed the receipt of an official 'I h l « Io n . w hen tin* w e a th e r p e rm its th e H a r v a r d road ami a few rode of ila length are tee w ill place before the common peo report by Acting Secretary of State Ba To tie a<-<-r«lit<-d hm th e d isco v erer of plain l) visible iron, the atreet car track, ple of the United Slates a truthful re con from M r. Hleeper, the American m ore »tars th a n any o th e r living a s o b se rv a to ry scans th e heavens, b oth in aa alao are the cruahed rock hunkera, port of the irrigation country and will charge d’affairs at Havana, regarding tro n o m er m u st Is» g ra tify in g . Eefiecial- th e n o rth e rn am i so u th e rn hem isphere*. the landing. hut aaide from the view thua obtain«] help them get land.” ly should th Is ts* th e r a s e w hen th e N E W R U S S IA N L E A D E R . the visitors paid little attention to the The report was not made public, but lucky d isc o v e re r Is a w om an. Hindi road. The road won quite genera) ap it was announc«! offi ¡rally shortly af- d istin c tio n belongs to Mrs. W illiam ina K n i i l u t l u n l a f « ' E a r n i n g t u U r e s o r x Begins Work on Second Unit. proval, especially on the rainy days, M a x lm e , > « w In T h ia < 'o a a t r y . Klamath Falls— Work on the second terward that the sailors were land«! P a to n F lem ing o f th e H a rv a rd olieerv- when the cruahed rock road waa entire unit of the irrigation system has com from the Denver solely for the protec One of the most prom inent of th e ■ tory. T h e re su lts o f her In v e stig a ly free from mud and slush. menced under direct supervision of the tion of the lives and property of Ameri tion» have In terested th e e n tire a s tr o Russian revolutionists Is Gregory Max- A few farmers and road supervisors government officials. Ime. who Is now In this country, w ith This unit in can citizens; that such action was in nom ical w orld. took time to inspect the manner in eludes 1» miles of the East Branch pursuance of a discussion between M r. a price of 15,000 In a d d itio n to her a<*b (e le m e n ts In which the road waa built and made in canal and 27 miles of laterals. Bids Hleeper and the naval commander, with th is Hue sh e Is dl»tln<*tlve In i«elng th e roubles on bis bead. quiries aa to the conatruction, hut the for the construction of this unit were the belief that it was a wise precaution Maxime was one o f greater number were more interested in advertis«! for some months ago, hut looking to the protection of the lives only w om an oortipvlng an official posi the leading citizens tion a t H a rv a rd U niversity. livestrx'k and horae races. non« was rerelv«!, and the construction and property of Americans. There was of Riga, w here he E ight h ith e rto unobserved s ta r s In work is now undertaken by the govern no intention, it is stat«), to do other owned a newspa- wise than to safeguard American inhab th e novae hav e been discovered by her. ment, on force account. Tunneling on O . R. & N. I*r, now suppress Df fifth tyjie s ta rs she has found eighty- itants, and the services of the sailors l.a Grande— Au enlarged force of ed by the govern four. as com pared w ith fifteen located were to Ire u tiliz«! only in case of dis men Is now engage«) in tunneling the Hop Picking Resumed in C lackam as. ment. T he revolu Oregon C ity— II jppickiug has been orders within the city which threat by her com peers in aclein-e. In c id e n ta l mountains between Kamels and Ifil- tionary m ovem ent ly she ha* found 2«i<» new variab les. In gard in order that the <>. R A N. main resumed in earnest in all yards in this en«! such inhabitants. That the land struck th a t place in ing in any way ouutcmplatod the pro recognition of her work Mr*. F lem in g line will not ernes ao many trestles, locality. No damage has result«! to 1905 and the B altic which at present are high and nutner the hop crop here on account of the tection of either the Cuban government has Just ticeu elected a n ie u ile r of th e f.Kroom maxime . republic was pro or the in«urr«'tionary government, Koval A stronom ical S wlety o f L on cus. When the tunuelir.g is complet«! I ra‘n» *«cept in a few yards where some claim «!, with M axime as Its first pres the stream that now crosses and re- I *^e vines were laid on the ground on President Palma, or any other persons don. She is the first A m erican w om an ident. In I »«'ember it was suppressed than American citizens, was disclaim«! and th e th ird of her sex to receive such crosses the right of way will have a » « » u n t of the heavy foliage. The yield officially \ n d it was point«! out that by the government and every effort w as an honor. continuous course on one side of the continues about one-fourth below the m ade to apprehend Maxime. He ea- this fact could not be emphasized more “ M ore s ta r dl»«iverle* a re a c c re d ited track. The trestles w ill he fill« ! in as • * • » « • . hut the quality is good. Pick- strongly. to Mrs. F lem ing th a n to any «»(her p er «mped, however, m aking bis way from the new course is fix«i. and much re- ‘n* finish«! in most of the yards Secretary Bonaparte conferred with son In th e histo ry of science,” Is th e one revolutionary body to another, u n pair and loss of time, which necessarily , 1,1 county by the last of the week, officials of the Navy department today. re m a rk a b le a sse rtio n r « e n tly follows from so many trestles, will fje m ade til he reached M anchuria. He pushed He declined to say anything about the eliminated. The scheme is a gigantic PO RTLA N D M A R K ETS. concerning th e w ork o f th is w om an. <»n to the Pacific <*oast and from Vladi conference, but it is known that Cuba one and w ill r«juire many months to And th e a sse rtio n aj>j»eHr* to lie tru e . vostok sailed for a Chinese port. U heat — Club, 63c; hl ties tern, 66c formed the main topic. The cruisers complete. F o r th a t reaso n she a ttr a c te d th e a t Them-e be p ass« l over to Jap an , from valley, 66®68c; r« i, 60c. Tacoma and Cleveland, now outfitting ten tio n o f th e sa v a n ts o f th e K oval As which country he came to the U nited Oats — No. 1 white, > 2 8 ® ’4; gray at Norfolk, he said, would lie held in States. Lab o r Famine at H ood R iver. tro n o m ic a l Society o f fxmdon. >22 per ton. readiness to go to Cuba if ne«led. The untimely end of the little repub H <od River— The scarcity of laborers M em bers of th a t body as a m le a re Barley — Fe«l, >20®21; brewing at llooJ River is said by sawmill men lic has anything but dam pened th e cold blooded. T hey do not a d m it any and applegrowers here to have become >21 6 0 « 2 2 ; ro ll«!, >22 per ton. young R ussian's ardor. Tbe exam ple Rye— >1.36 per cwt. U N IF O R M IT Y IN B U S IN E S S . a serious matter. One of the big mills, he set he believes to have been of In Corn— Whole, >»7; cracked. >28 per which have been trying for a long time calculable value to the whole em pire, ton. Com m ission W o rks to T h at End and to get while rnen for employment in its and he d « 'lares th a t the seed sown on Hay— Valley tim othy, No. 1, >10® plant, has had to fall hack on Japs. R ailroads H elp. the B altic will spread all the way to i l per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, As they are said to he entirely unfa Siberia. Washington, Hept. 14.— Discussing m iliar with the work they are a most >12® 14; clover, >7® 7.60; cheat, >7® Unlike Count W itte. Maxime scoffs a t 7 60; grain hay, >7; alfalfa, >10 Die probable method of proceeding un eerious handicap in getting out lumber. the Ixium a. “A helpless aud useless der the new railroad rate law, Inter- vetch hay, >7®7.6O. Ranchers are in need of men for pick parliam en t.” he term s IL and when he Fruita — Apples, common, 2 5 ® 50c state Commerce Commissioner Cockrell ing applee, and other work at this sea said the first effort of the commission s ta t« l th a t **aoon it will l»e sm artin g under rebuffs” his words truly had the rflort to obtain tb .m , but without . . . c * ! ’• would be a uniform '.V’ y of doing busi ring of prophecy. ' • 3 0 c per basket; peaches, R 0 c ® ||; ness. cess. “ We are," he said, “ giving most of Although an exile In America, M ax pears, 60c® >1.26; plums, fancy, 25® our attention to securing the adoption 6c per lo x ; blackberries, 6 ® 6c per ime works night and day for his people Book« for School Libraries. pound; crab apples, >1®1.26 per box. of a general system, believing that by at home. The new spaper he owned a t Halem — Ho satisfactory have the re Melons— Cantaloupes, 60c® >1 26 per puisuing this course we w ill lighten Riga has b«»n suppressed, and w hile sults of the traveling library system our own labors and render it possible the autocracy reigns he d are not erase proven, from an educational stand crate; watermelons, \ ® l c per pound; for the railroads to aid us in carrying casahas, >2.60 per doxen. the R ussian boundaries, yet he fre point, that the Htate Library commis Vegetables — Beans. 6 ® 7c; cabbage, the law into effect.” quently expresses the belief th a t It will sion has elect«) to place a new order lie then outlined the plans of the 1 *.»®2c per pound; cauliflower, 76 c ®>1 not be long before he can re tu rn to for 42,000 books for school libraries, in per dexsn; celery, 00c per doxen; corn, commission to he to secure; his home unm olest«!. addition to what is already on hand, 1 fejt— A uniform system of account W itte cast aside. Gapon dead and at a total coat to the state of >11, 1 2^ c per dozen; cucumtiers, 16c per ing b / the railroads. doxen; egg plant, 10c per pound; let 802.36. Among the most popular of Gorky practically an impossibility now, Second— A uniform o /stem of classi tuce, bead. 20c per dozen; onions. 10® the hooks order«) are the life of Robin' it Is to Gregory Maxime th a t the R us MRS. r iX M lX C AT HER WORK. fication of freight throughout the Unit eon Crasoe, Baldwin's Life of Lincoln, 12t^c per dozen; peas, 4®6c; hell pep. «! States. sians o f this country are fast tu rn in g one to equality with themselves unless as the logical leader of th eir cause. Htories of Great Americans for Little pers, 1 2 ® 16c; radishes, 10® 16c per Third — A uniform schedule of rates dozen; spinach, 2®3c per pound; to :he right to comradeship has been clear Americans— 60 famous stories, and matoes, 8 0 ® 60c per box; parsley, 26c; fares and charges. ly e sta b lish « !. 3 cm I s l a n d C o t t o n I n O r i o n . Black Beauty. Fourth — The performance by the sprouts, 8c per pound; squash, >1® Mrs. F le m in g has passed the fo rtie th A firm In Colombo offered to give sen 1.26 per crate; turnips, 90c® > I per roads of the entire transportation from Very Heavy Sales o f Sheep. m ilestone of life's jo u rn ey , hut. u n lik e island cotton free to anyone who would sack; carrots, >1®1.26 per sack; beets, the place where freight is received to Baker C ity— Owing to the unofficial m any p erso n s who devote them selves to plant It In Ceylon, and they report th a t the point of destination. >1.26® 1.60 per sack ; horseradish, 10c announcement by government officials per pound. M r Cockrell also eaid that the rail scientific ends. Is affable and c h a rm in g seed sufficient to p lan t 3,(XX) acres has some days ago that next year the rang roads are manifesting a disposition to of p erso n ality . b«»n applied for. T hree thousand acres Onions—New, l l4 ® lt^ c p e r pound. ing of sheep on forest reserves would In her pronunciation of w ords a means 3,000 bales of seu island cotton Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks, 8 0 ® 90c; aid the commission in the enforcement be restrict«! at least 60 per cent, sheep slight b u rr rem inds the hearer th at she of 300 pounds net each. The firm had of the law. sweet potatoes, 2>gc per pound. owners have, during the past three is a Scot—in f a c t she Is a native of to buy the se« l abroad, as obstacles Butter— Fancy creamery, 2 6 ® 30c per weeks, sold large portions of their pound. Dundee. In the land of oat. akes. She were p lac« l In tbe way of Its purchase Tube Trust in Great Britain. Hocks. The pries have been good and it is estimated by one sheep buyer that I ()reK°n r*och, -/® 2 7 )^ c per Glasgow, Hept. 14.— I t is announced was « lu cated there and taught school in Ceylon by the hign price dem anded as soon as It became known w hat It was that a combination of Scotch and Eng th ere for five years. 76,000 head have been sold out of Wal Her fath er. Kot>ert Stevens, was a w anted for. The price In Ceylon has Poultry — Average old hens, 14c per lish tube manufacturers to regulate the Iowa and 66,000 out of Baker. pound; mixed chickens, 13®13i^c; home and export business has been man whose Inclination leaned to scien been as high as 60 cents per pound, ’ prluR. 14® 16c; old roosters, 9® 10c; formed with a view to abolishing the tific research and he was the first In against 10 cents asked in England.— Larger School Attendance. dress«! chickens, 14® 16c; turkeys, present keen competition. The indus th at section to take an Interest In the Philadelphia R«*ord. I.a Grande— The public schools open live, 16®21c; turkeys, dress«l, choice, try has suffered incalculably since the then new daguerr«>tyj>e process of pho «1 with an attendance of 760 and a 2 1 ® 2 2 ^ c ; geese, live, 8®10c; ducks, W h a t t h e V l l l l a n S a id . previous agreement was cancelled 18 tography. T he daughter, however, was eoips of 19 teachers, with one teacher I 14® 16c? months ago. I t is understood that the not « in ten t to remain amid the rigid “ Yeh.” said the first gallery god, de y -t to 1» »applied In the high acbool. Hope - 190(1 contract«. 17920c per new combine is wider in its scope than environm ents of the old world. More scribing tbe m elodrama, "the hero done The hret day« attendance wee in ed- ponnd; 1906, nominal; 1904, nominal the old, taking in all the firms in the than tw enty years ago she came to the villain up all right, but the villain vence of l»»t year a A baalnaat da- W o o l-E aeto rn Oregon average I,e.t, United Kingdom cypptone Clydelsdale America and soon obtained a position w ouldn’t adm it It.” partrr.ont hae been added to the couree 15919c pr ponnd, according to el,rink- firm. It is str ted that the American a t H arv ard observatory as computer. "Chee.”’ exclnlm«l the other. and the high echool hae the twelfth | age; valley, 20922c. according to One- producers are supporting the combine. For some tim e her work th ere was of "No,” the first continued. “De last grade. ness; mohair, choice, 28 ® 30c per the sim plest character, but. as the value words he sahl was, ‘I am undone.’ ”— ponnd. Rain o f Liquid Sulphur. of her services was recognized, she was Philadelphia Ledger. Hops Damaged by Rain. e®l — Dressed, 5 l«®8c per pound. Buenos Ayres Hept. 14 — The state pilckly advanced from one post to a n Eugene— The recent rain, by mold Beef — Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; W hat has become of the old-fashion and breaking strings and poles, damag cows, 4 > « ® 6 ^ c ; country steers, 6®6c telegraph department today receded a other. In 1897 she was appointed c u ra ed man who said he could whip hla telegram from Jachate, province of Han tor of the astronom ical records of the ed Lane county hops to the extent of 16 Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 7®8c per to 20 par cent. Picker« a ri in great pound; ordinary, 5 9 # c ; lamb«, fancy Juan, stating that the night of Beptem- university and since then her work has enemy on a sheep skin? be I I there was a rain of sulphurous been directed to a study of the heavens. demand as growers wish to harry the 8®8>^c. I f a groery store clerk Intends to rob liquid and that in consequence the in harve8t‘ * Pork— Dressed, 7® 8)<c per pound. At present slie lias In charge more you at all, he wll rob you when be sells habitants were greatly alarmed. than 150,000 glass plates, each covered you cantaloupes.
