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.