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NEWS ITEMS OE GENERAL INTEREST
EROM THE STATE OE OREGON
IN C R E A S E
FULL OF SUGAR.
IN
T IL L A B L E
ACRES
C ountry
U m atilla C ounty Rhow a Big Gain In
Five Y e a rs .
Klamath Falk— Flunk Ira Whit*» of
the Enterprise Land A Investment com
pany haa just received report« from the
department of agriculture relative to
samples of sugar beets raised on the
Enterprise tract. The beets were taken
from the same tract as were those sent
to Professor Knisely some time ago,
but were fully matured, while the
others were not. Professor K nhely’«
test allowed fiom 17.40 to 19.35 per
cent pure sugar, while the department
test is one or two per cent higher, with
a very high degree of purity.
These l»eets produced 8,286 pounds
to the quarter-acre tract, or nearly 17
tons to the acre.
The department of agriculture in a
letter to Mr. White say« Klamath
county’s sugar beets are of the most ex
cellent quality an^ that prospects are
bright for the industry in this county.
Pendleton—Umatilla county’s rapid
development is shown in the recent
summary of lb s taxable property in the
county, recently furnished the secre
tary of state by Assessor Strain. Tills
summary, oompared with the one made
five years ago, shows the numlier of
tillable acres as increased by 90,000.
The total number of acres of arsble
land in the county at present is 46,000.
The number of acres classified as uon-
tillable is given at 588,144.
The figures for the latter do not, of
course, include the forest reserves and
other government land not subject to
taxation. The amount of non-tiliable
land in the county is constantly in
creasing, also, by reason of the fact
that so much government land is being
taken np and deeded to settlers.
The increase in the number of till
able acres is due in large measure to
the different irrigation projects which
are being completed. This is not the
only source of increase, however, as
thousands of acres of land in the ? sjt-
ern and southwestern parts of the
county are now plowed up and growing
wheat that a few years ago were consid
ered worthless for anything more val
uable than range for stock. Much of it
was given over entirely to sagebrush
and jackrabbits. The Pilot Koek and
Birch creek countries have experienced
the greatest development in this line.
Good
R e p c rt on K lam ath
S ug ar Beets.
Siges o f O il at Bonanza.
Bonanza—The possibilities of devel
oping oil wells in this immediate vicin
ity are now more encouraging than at
any previous time. In boring a well
for a new livery stable in this town a
strata of black oil sandstone was struck
and specialists have pronounced it an
unimstakeable sign of the existence of
oil. Several other places iu Klamath
county, especially in that portion sur
rounding Bonanza, show signs of oil.
The prospects are good and the develop
Each Farm to Ba Named.
ment of the same may result in the dis
Grants
Pass— Among the business
covery of one of the richest oil regions
transacted
at the Josephine County
on this coast.
Fruitgrowers’ union at its last meeting
was the adopting of Individual letter
F ru itg ro w e rs Plan M eetin g.
heads and letter paper, upon which
Eugene— The Commercial club pro will be designated the name of the fruit
motion department has decided to join farm and the brands packed by the
with the Lane County Horticultural grower. It was thought beet for each
society in sharing the expense of the member to have some appropriate
proposed mass meeting of ruitgrowers name for his fruit tract, and by insert
and citizens, to be held here Saturday, ing it upon letter sheets it would also
January 4. Prominent speakers will give prominence to individual effect,
address the meetings and the people and at the same time give the union
throughout the county will be asked to greater Dotice and strength, which
send in questions which they would would more favorably attract the buyer
like the experts to answer. The com to this locality.
mittee in charge has selected Dr. D. A.
Paine to act as chairman of the mass
Railroad Buys Laidlaw.
meeting.
Laidlaw—The rumor has been rife in
this community for some time that the
H ood R iver Apple C ro p .
laidlaw townsite had been sold to the
Hood River—Complete returns from Mount Hood Railroad company, but
Hood River’s 1907 apple crop show until now these rumors could not he
that the growers will receive In round verified. The verification comee from
numbers 1200,000 for their product, the fact that the abstracts of title are
notwithstanding the money trouble, car now being prepared at Prineville pre-
shortage and reduced crop. This is ap parator to a formal transfer of the prop
proximately wliat the Hood River crop erty to the purchasing company.
brought last year when it was in the
To Indict Nevada Sheepm an.
neighborhood of 20,000 boxes more,
Pendleton—Through the efforts of
and is accounted for ty the fact that
the apples brought a much larger aver Dr. W. H. Lytle, state sheep inspector,
age price.
The entire crop is now indictments will be returned against P.
Anderson, a millionaire sheepman of
placed at 110,000 boxes.
Nevada, for bringing flocks over the
state line into Oregon without first
M o re T ravelin g L ib ra rie s .
Salem—The Oregon Library com giving notice to the state sheep inspec
mission held its regular session last tor.
week at the commissione’s rooms in
PORTLAND M A R K ETS.
the state bouse. W. B. Ayer and Miss
Isom, members of the commission,
were in attendance, besides the gover
Wheat— Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c:
nor. It was decided to buy 25 more valley, 82c; red, 80c.
traveling libraries, making 90 in all,
Oats— No. 1 white, $28; gray, 128.
that will be placed in circulation as a
Barley— Feed, $27; brewing, $31;
result of the commission’s fir-t year’s rolled, $30.
work. It was decided to establish an
Corn— Whole, $32; cracked, $3.7.
exchange station for Eastern Oregon at
Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, $16;
Baker City.
Eastern Oregon timothy, $2O@23; clo
ver. $15; cheat,.$15; grain hay, $15(^
C o lo n ize r at K lam ath.
$16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 35@37)$c
Klamath Falls—George L. McDon-
augh, colonization agent of the Union per pound.
Veal—75 to 125 pounds, 8^@ 9c;
Pacific railway, who is expected to ar
rive in Klamath Falls next week, is 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200
now at MacDoel, the new Dnnkard pounds. 5<i$6)4c.
Puik— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6(g>
town on the California Northeastern
railway in Butte valley. He comes to 6)$c; packers, 6<^6^c.
Poultry — Average old hens, 10c
Klamath Falls to become familiar with
10c;
colonizing possibilities here. He will per pound; mixer! chickens,
be accompanied by a Dunkard elder, D. spring chickens, 10c; roosters. 8c;
dresser! chickens, 12f$13c; turkeys,
C. Campbell, of Colfax, Wash.
live, 15c; dressed, choice, 18(^19c;
geese, live, 8<S>9c; ducks, 12*4^13^ 0;
S aw m ill in C hristm as S ock.
Marshfield—The new office building pigeons, $1 @1.50; squabs, $2ft>3.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 35c per
of the big planing plant of the C. A.
dozen.
Smith Lumber A Manufacturing com
Fruits—Apples, 75c@$2 per box;
pany was opened and dedicated Christ
peacbe-r,
75e«<i$J per crate; pears, $1.25
mas Eve. Festivities were held and
many citizens attended
The office 0 1 .7 5 per box; cranberries, $9.60(a)12
building is now completed and in use. per barrel.
Vegetables—Turnips, 75c per sack;
The mill proper will be finished and
carrots,
65c per sack; beets, $1 per
ready for operation in February.
sack; beans, 7@9c per pound; cabbage,
le p e r pound; cauliflower, 75c@$l per
S elect by C onventions.
dozen; celery, $3 26 0 3.50 per crate;
Salem—In answer to an inquiry from onions, 15O20c per dozen; parsley, 20c
Chairman G. A. Westgate, of the Re per dozen; peas, 11c per pound; pep
publican statq central committee, At pers, 86^17c per pound; pumkpins, IO
torney General Crawford has rendered l ^ c per pound; radishes, 20c per doz
an opinion in which he say^ that dele en; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c
gates to the national conventions and per pound; squash, lO l^ ic per pound;
candidates for presidential elector must tomatoes, $1.50 per box.
be chosen at conventions and not under
Onions—$1.7501 36 per hundred.
the direct primary.
Potatoes—50@65c per hundred, de
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.75
Shut Down on Keno Canal.
@3 per hundred.
Klamath Falls—The reclamation ser
Hops— 1907, 5@7c per pound; olds,
vice has closed down on the Keno canal l@ 2e.
on account of the wet weather, keeping
Wool—Eastern Oregon average best,
only the derrick gang and the engi 13@20c per pound, according to shrink
neering corps. The shutdown was made age; valley, 18@20c, according to fine
necessary on acctount of the wet ness; mohair, choice, 29030c per
weather.
pound.
8T U D Y FO R L8TR Y.
Student« at O rego n A g ricu ltu ral C o l
lege G athering T re e Meeds,
By K. A Lake, Oregon Agricultural Colie««.
The students in forestry at the Agri
cultural col lege are making their first
collection of seeds of native trees and
shrubs for use in the establishment of
a forest tree nursery and arboretum.
The purpose in view is not only that
the work «-hall t>e instructive to the
student in the study of seeds and seed-
age, silviculture and dendrology, luit
that the plant shall be a source of data
to the whole state upon the growth,
habit, resistance and general character
of tire trees and shrubs of Oregon, so
far as is (HMsihle to grow them upon
the same site and similar conditions.
Not only ate local s««eds tieing col
lected but seeds from the home dis
tricts sre coming in from friends of
students and the Institution.
This
kiudm'ss on the part of those residing
in the mere distant and mountainous
parts of the state is highly appreciated,
as it enables the class to obtain a much
greater variety than otherwise would
be possible with the time and means at
tiie command of either students or in
stitution.
Owing to the fact that the course is
hut one year old, only the general and
preliminary phases of tiie subjeet have
been considered by the student« in tiie
work. The O. A. C. Forest Cub, an
organization of those interested in tiie
forests of the state, is now discussing
forest fire laws, their enforcement, effi
ciency and improvement. Each stu
dent is assigned a phase of the topic in
hand and in due time reports his find
ings to the club. Prominent timber,
mill and lumbermen upon invitation
discuss various topics before the club,
as transportation, timber preservation,
forest conservation, re-for«station, im
proved methods of lumbering, U. 8.
forest service work and similar topics.
later the advanced student« will take
np work bxiking to tiie solution of some
of the very practical problems new be
fore the wood users of the country
Tiie great problem of what to do
with the waste, including the standing
tiinl>er that is injured by insect and
fungus foes, will be one of tiie first to
be investigated as soon as the equip
ment of the department will permit.
The statement is made upon good
authority that fifteen pet eent of the
mature timber on the western slope of
the central region of the Cascade is
wholly lost through fungous diseases,
and that another fifteen per cent is
graded as call.
Beetles, borers and
minor foe« do considerable further
damage, and it is safe to say that the
sum total of these losses must amount
to millions of dollars. It Is reasonable
to suppose, iu the face of recent results
in agricultural practice« In our own
country, to say nothing of the modern
forestry practices of Europe, that the
major part of this loss could be turned
to gain through the intelligent investi
gation of the troubles and the applica
tion of modern measures for combatting
these foes of the forest.
Other great problems are those relat
ing to taxation, re forestation, u tilis
ing mill waate, improved methods of
harvesting the crepe, disposing of the
debris and weed tire«, timber technol
ogy and the preeervatioa of lumber.
These problems together with many
more it is the purp<«e of the college to
help solve through tiie department of
forestry, as well as train men to take
bold of the practical work and prob
lems of our fortwts and thus insure the
best possible use of the tree crop.
Publications fo r F arm ers.
The following publications of interest
to farmers and others have been issued
by tiie Agricultural department of the
Federal government ami will lie fur
nished free, so long as they are avail
able, except where otherwise noted,
upon application to the Superintendent
of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, I). C.:
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 116.— Irriga
tion in Fruit Growing
By E. J.
Wickscn, M. A., professor of agricul
tural practice, University of California,
and horticulturist of the California ex
periment station.
Pp. 48, figs. 8. A
statement of the relations of irrigation
to fruit production, and of irrigation
methods as they have been demonstrat
ed by Pacific coast experience.
Farmers Bulletin No. 138.—Irriga
tion in Field and Garden. By E. J
Wickson, M. A. Pp. 40, figs. 18. This
bulletin discuHses the subject from the
standpoint of the individual farmer,
and contains instructions on the deter
mination of ditch levels, the measure
ment of small streams, sources of water
supply and their use, the distribution
of irrigation water, methods of apply
ing water, the choice of an irrigation
method, and the time for the applica
tion of water.
Bulletin No. H 7 .— Report on Drain
age Investigations in 1903. By C. G.
Elliott, drainage expert, irrigation in
vestigations, office of experiment sta
tions. Pp. 62, pis. 6, figs. 12. Price
10 cents. This is a report of the work
done by Mr. Elliott during the year
1903. It includes discussions of plans
for drainage near Fresno, Cal., in the
Yakima and Ahtanum valleys, Wash
ington, in the Grey Bull valley, Wy
oming, in the Missouri valley and in
Hancock ccantzy, Iowa, and of drainage
as a preventive of hillside erosion in
Georgia.
PROCEEDINGS OE THE SIXTIETH
SESSION OF NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
S aturday, D ecem b er 21.
Washington, Itoc. 21.-—The senate
today passed a bill »us|«<nding during
the year 1907 the requirement that
miners shall do at lea«t $100 worth of
work annually during the period in
which (licit claims are being fierfected.
Cullom introduced a joint resolution
pro|xi«ing an amendment to the consti
tution limiting the terms of the presi
dent and vice president to nix years ami
prohibiting re-eletion for a second
term.
A number of other bills and resolu
tions were introduced. After Iteing in
session 46 minutes, tiie senate Unlay
adjourned until January 6.
A bill providing security to deposit
ors of tanks and fir tiie prevention of
hiwrding of currency, wan introduced
tolay by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma.
It fixe« a tax uptin all <lepo«it« and
from tiie fund thus created provide« for
the payment in full of all depoaiUtia
when a t«nk ia declared insolvent. The
secretary of the treasury is directed to
maintain a fund of $ 100,000,000 in
treasury notes, which may l>e loaned on
bonds to 96 per cent of theii value.
The hill provides that advance« from
it shall tie charged foi at tiie rate of 6
percent for tiie first four mouths and
theioafter at tiie rat« of 8 per cent.
Senator Burkett reintroduced liie
grazing bill of last M-naiou. It provid«-«
for the leaning of tiie public domain Ui
<wttle owner« for the maintenance of
tiieir stock, giving, however, s«*ttlern
the right to enter and to locate ujxin
land at any time.
RIXEY TELLS ALL ABOUT IT .
Brownton
Claimed Authority Over
Hospital Ships.
Washington, l»ec. 27.— That a sen
oil« breach exists between tiie iiureail
of navigation and the bureau of medi
cine of the navy, Involving tiie ques
tion of the responsibility of tiie latter
bureau, was made apparent in a atate-
nient Issued by Hutgenn General Pres
ley M. Hixey, of the navy, in which he
touches u, mi n (lie eiriminstances lead
ing up to tiie probable selection by the
president of a medical officer to com
mand the hospital «hip Belief over the
protest of Rear Admiral Brownson,
chief of tiie bureau of uuvlgiitioii, who
ban sent hi» resignation to the presi
dent. While disclaiming exact know
ledge as to tiie cans«* of Admiral Brown-
son’« resignation, ttie surgeon general's
statement leaves lit, le r«sun f»l doubt
that the controversy lie review« waa a
potent factor.
General to Retire.
Washington,
Dec. 27.— Brigadier
General Charle« B. Hmtili, on »|iecial
duty at tiie proving grounds at Sandy
Hook, N. J., linn lxen place«! on tiie re
tired Iiat of the army by o,M-ration of
tiie law on account of age. General
Smith Is tiie junior brigadier, having
only la-eti wpp dried to tliat grade in Oc
tober last. He ia a native of Vermont,
hut was appointed to the military acad
emy in July, 1H62, from Illinnia.
At
tiie time of Ids promotion to tiie grade
of brigadier general lie was in command
of the Handy Hook proving grounds,
Washington, I>co. 21.— After l>eing
witli which station he had been Identi
in ne«sion about 20 minute«, the house
fied
for many years.
of representative« Unlay adjourned until
January 6 Tiie proceedings were en
Bend Sympathy to Taft.
livened by a brief hot fierce «perch by
Waeldngton, lh«c. 26.—One of t i e
Gainee of Tenm*«aee, who criticised the
house for its inaction and for taking first disjiatihes laid tiefore Kecrelary
aucti a long recces at a time “ when we Taft on hi« return to f lie W a r dejwrt-
«hould have gone tn Wall street and ment was from Manilla, P. I., telling
throttled the thieves and turned bark of tiie organization under a new charter
U> the honest people their hard earn of the Banco Kspatiol Filipino and tiie
election of director«.
The dispatch
ings."
Gaines wan preceded by Hepburn of added: "Deem it first duty to exprew«
Iowa, who protested against what he our deep syn>|«liiy with you in your
said wan tiie indiscriminate way in l«>reaveiiient and arsnre you of our
which commitUe« were given authority gratitude for your earnest and aneotee-
to sit during the «eesion of tiie house, ful support. We shall use our bent
thereby cauaing members U> be im effort« toward realization of your policy
mune from arrest in case it became for advancement of our country."
nece««ary to secure a quorum.
G reen« and G aynor Lose.
Both Williams and De Armomi were
Washington, Dee. 26.—The Hnprem»
upon the floor, but took no notice of
court of tiie United Htate« ha« denied
each other.
the petition for write of certiorari
bringing to that <'oiirt the case« of Ben
O reg o n M en A ppointed.
jamin D. Greene and John F. (»aynor,
Washington, Dec. 27.—The president who ate under sentence to ,« y a fine of
sent the senate tiie following Oregon $575,749 and to undergo term« of im
nomination« just tiefore the holiday re- prisonment of four years each on the
oee*. land office receivers— Albert A. charge« of cm)s<zzlem«iit and (*onpira«*y
Roberts, I-a Grande; Fred P. Crone- in connection with Captain Oberlin M.
miller, lakpvlew; Frank Davey, Burns. Carter’« sc be me to defraud (lie United
Ijtnd office regiaters— Frank C. Bram Htate« in connectl<n with iiarlmr im
well, la Grande; John N. Watson, provement» at Savannah, <«a.
lakeview.
Consul«— Maxwell Blake,
of Missouri, at Dunhrline, Scotland;
Urge Brownson to Talk
George B. Killmaater, of Michigan, at
Washington, Ihw. 28.— Line officer«
Newcastle, New Houth Wale«; John II.
MCnnn of W iscon sin , at Glasgow, in the navy are urging Admiral Brown-
Scotland; Maxwell K. Moorhead, of eon to publish rorre*,Mjndrrice relative
to Id« resignation, holding that lUxey’«
Pennsylvania, at Acapulco, Mexico.
statement was really inepirr-i at tiie
White Houae. Il lias developed that
O pen Land o f S pokane«.
the acceptance of his resignation was
Washington, Dec. 26.—To facilitate announced 15 minutes after it had been
tiie opening of the unallotted portion given Io Hecretaty Metcalf to take to
of tiie Spokane Indian reservation, President Ko<ie«velt.
Repeaentative Jone« and Henatcr Piles
have asked the Iridian office to «end an
N ew P residential Postoffices.
inspector to Washington to conclude
Washington,
Dec. 26.— Followingaro
negotiation« with the Hpokane Indians
under which congre«« can anthorlse tiie nrn«mg the ,*o»tuffices which will be
disposition of all land remaining when come presidential January 1: Oregon—
allotments are completed. It is hoped Bandon, Clatskanie, Echo, Gresham,
tliat an agreement can be «¡»eedily 1,100 each; Lents, 1,000; Vale, l.Tik».
Chelan,
reached so that legislation opening the Washington — Burlington,
Mabton,
Rockford,
1,100
each;
Ray
reservation do entry can be (iaa»ed tills
mond, 1,400; Friday Hartior, 1,000.
season.
Idaho— Ma lad City and Parma, l,0(U>
Engineers to T o u r C oast.
Waidiington, I>ec. 28. — Colonels
I x c h and Lockwood of the l<mrd of
United States engineer», will leave for
tiie Pacific coast on January 9, begin
ning with California, and wili hold
public hearing» on a numlier of pro
ject», Including Oregon undertakings.
People will have the opportunity to
present tiie local needs of their com
munities. Both the officer» are loyal
supporter« of coast developments. It
is suggested that Portland prepare to
present necessary work« for it« «ectlon
N o Action in B ristol C ase.
Washington, Dec. 28.— Members of
tiie Oregon delegation in congress met
and informally discusaed the Bristol
ca«e hut no action whatsoever whs tak
en. T iie matter may come up tor rnoie
formal dineuasion later tint no an
nouncement of plan« has been made.
each.
H oquiam M ills R esum e.
Hoquiam—One of the licet Christmas
greeting« to r«*ach tiie |>eoplo of thie
city was the news that tiie mills of thia
city will resume operations immediate
ly afler tiie first of tiie new year, run
ning full time.
large order« havo
been place<1 with different mill» of thia
city, and tiie manufacturing plant« w ill
continue working until »pring.
M edals for Panam a S erv ic e .
Washington, Dec., . 6 . — Medals of a
suitable character are to be given to all
citizen« of the United States who have
served the government on tiie Isthmus
of Panama for two year» and who «lur
ing that period have rendered satisfac
tory service.
N ew Money O r d e r O ffices.
Washington, I>ee. 26.—On January I
tiie following postoffices will trrooine
Taft to Talk Politics.
domestic money order offices: Oregon—
Washington, Dec. 28 — Secretary Beaver, De Moss Springs, Eddyville,
Taft will make ids first political pro Murphy, Norway, Wren. Wa«hinglork
nouncement since his return from abroad —StratfoTd. Idaho—Cherry Creek.
at Boston, Decein I >er 30, in a speech be
fore tiie Merchant»’ association.
Hawaiian O fficials C o n firm e d .
Wahington, Dec. 24.—The «enate
Congressm an C atderhead III.
has confirmed the nomination of W al
WH«hington, Dec. 28.— Representa ter F. Frear to tie governor of Hawaii
tive William A. Calderhead, of Kansas, and cf Fred S. Hartwell and H. M.
is critically ill with double pneumonia Ballon to be chief jn»tice and associate
at his apartment in this city.
justlc« rMpectlvaly of that tarritory.
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