INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
WINTER WHEAT IMPROVES.
Crop Reports Show Pacific
west Grain Better.
North
BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
Washington, May 11. According to
May estimates . f the department of
Washington, May 16.
Stone, of cor|x>ration tax law is exceeding our
agriculture, the winter wheat crop of Missouri, in the senate today, paint««1 expectations," said Internal Revenue
tbe Pacific Northwest was in better a picture uf that body under what he Commiaaioner Royal E. Caln-Il, tho
Crop Abundant and Price* Good, but J. Johnson Buy* Farm for *15.000.
condition May 1, ¡910, than May I, termed the new leadership of the “in- official charged primarily with the im-
Clear* *41.000 in 2 Year*.
Indian* Hava Failed.
1909, in Washington and Idaho the • »urgent*. ”
(«uaition and collection of this new f««im
Eugene One of tbe largest deals in condition being above the 10 year av
H«»»i River Ths berry season ha»
Contending that in the contest of of tax which was authorized by th«-
real
estate
made
in
Eugene
for
some
erage.
commenced in earnest with a shipment
last Friday over the long and short Payne Aldrich tariff act uf August 5,
Reports »bow that 6 per cent of the haul provision of the railroa«! bill the .90»,
of ISO crate*. It i* now expected that time is the »ale of the Jonathan John
the shipments will double rapidly and son farm, known as the old H. F. Dunn winter wheat acreage in Oregon has j ”insurgent»” had won a signal victory,
"Not only will the cor|a>ralion tax
that by th« first of the week the »caium place, half mile north of the city limits been abandoned, leaving 476,000 acres he painted Cummins a» occupying the yield a greater revenue than we antici
will be on In full force.
Price* for of Eugene and containing 1,138 acres., to be harvested. The condition of this place of Aldrich; La Follette that of pated,” continued the rommlMioner,
to W. II Holeman, of Puyallup, Wash. crop is reported at 95, as compared Hale; Bristow that of Ixalgc, and Nel "but the cur|>orations, with very few
bcrriee are g-sxl. but picker* »carve.
It I* believed that growers are up The price paid for the tract was $50 an with 93 last year. The 10-year aver son that of Gallingvr.
exceptions, are »bowing a disfnMiition
against the moat eerioua *Hortage of sere, or $56,900. Two years ago Mr. 1 age for Oregon is 96.
He pictured Clapp, ’’the bold, black to meet the requirements of the law
Eight and two tenths per cent of ••agl«- of Minnesota,” a* .hairman of and have made prompt returns. There
'labor thia year ever known, and that Johnson paid $15,000 foe the place.
Mr. Holeman, who Is cashier of th«- the Washington acreage has been aban I the committee on interst.il« commerce, lias In-cn Very little attempt to evade
unless it is obtained quickly consider
able loss will be sustained. The large First National bank of Puyallup, will doned, leaving 676,000 acres to l«e har ' in place of Elkina, white Bevt-rnlgv the law, and it may be said to be work
^number of Indiana who unsually come move to Eugene to reside and Will vested, the condition of the crop on was to lie found exhorting hi* collea ing w - th greater satisfaction than
*inlo the valley, it I* said by Joseph erect a fine residence on a hill on the May I i* 95, being 2 per cent above gues to harmony and regularity and mignt reasonably be «-xp< cted of a law
Tayhi, the Indian foreman who has for tract which he has just purchased. A that of last year and 3 per cent above Dolliver acting as musical director, so new and which is such a radical de
several years supplied hundreds of his part of the farm lies on a sloping bill1 the 10-year average.
i and the “silver voice of Carter*' was parture from past practice.
In Idaho 4 per cent of the acreage to be heard sweetly echoing in lite
fellow tribesmen and their squaws, and a part in a beautiful valley ex
“While the constitutionality of the
will not be here this year, as they have tending from Spencer's Rutte six miles has been abandoned, leaving 345,000 chorus.
<-or;airativn tax has been brought into
found employment looking after their to the city of Eugene. Mr. Holeman acres to be harvested. The condition
By a vote of 40 to 45, the house of qui-stion and will xon lie «iccided by
places on the reservation.
Thia has will divide the farm into smaller tract» of the Idaho winter wheat on May 1 representstive* • »lay deeliiiiNl to pa.»» the United States Supreme court, we
thrown a big scare into the growers, and will plant moot of it to fruit, as it was 98, against 93 of last year, and 95 Senator Jones' bill authorising the »ale .ire proceeding with the enforcement
on the 10-year average.
who are making every effort to secure is admirably adapted to that culture.
I of tbe Wallu Walla military reserva of the law aa if the question had not
As a further example of the rise in
picker* from Portland, the Willamette
tion to Whitman college, at $150 |>cr l*cen raised, fur the law today ia bind
land value* in thia vicinity, Mr. John
valley and Eastern Oregon.
acre. Two attempts were made to ing in its effect and will continue so,
The highest prices ever paid for son, the seller of thia tract, two year»
pass the bill, first by unanimous con unless declared unconstitutional.”
picking berries prevail, but it is feared and a half ago bought the Whitney
The commissioner in his annual re-
sent, but Fitsgerald of New York ob
that not half enough will come into ■ farm of 200 acres, which has recently
jcctr-d.fand later Ululer a *ua|»en»ion of |M>rt «atimatod that the cor;x>ration tax
the valley to gather the crop.
Many I been bought by Seattle capitalists, for
for the tir*t year, being the calendar
the rule«.
of the school children are being asked ! $37.50 an acre, and six months later i
Milwaukee, Wis., May 11. It is an
On motion of Representative Ellis, year which ended Dv-ceml«cr 31, 1909,
to help out the rancher* a* soon as sold it to J. 0. Storey, of Portland, for nounced by city official* that Milwau the house- today |uiNM-d the senate bill would approximate $25,1'00,000.
In
school close». May 20, and everyone fT.O an acre. Two years later, only a kee municipal l«e><!» will not co l»c- changing the name of the Willamette congress tbe estimates ran all the way
who can bo spared will take a hand at few days ago, Mr. Storey sold the tract ging under a Social Democratic admin customs district to the- “Portland cus fo ■ tit,..... tM0 to I
berry picking . A number of orchard to J. P. Howe and others, of Sealite, istration.
toms district,” and fixing the- salary
owner» who are living in town and hav for $250 an acre.
The bill
At a meeting in Chicago the exeeu uf the- collector at $6,000,
Washington, May 11. Sei «tor Jone*
ing their places looked after by hired
tive board of the International Baker»' also changes the name of the Se>uthern tuday introduced a bill appropriating
help announce that they will give their
union decided to buy Milwaukee bonds Oregon district to “Coe* Bay,” an«l $26,000 to defray the coat of experi
Roadway to Josephine'* Cave*.
friends a lift, but it is estimated that
to the extent of $200,000, should the the district of Oregon is charged to menting with the |«arccla post system
Granta Paas - To make more pleas need for such action arise.
the valley must secure 2,000 outsider*
The bak ■•Astoria.”
■ >n rura. J' c «li-livrry routes. He also
ant the trip to the cave* this summer er» have in their treasury $200,000 *m
to get the crop to market.
The house of representatives toel 1 presented to th«- Interior department a
the great limestone labyrinths of Gray- i United State* bonds and these they passeel the senate- bill authorising tile petition of residents of Neapelim,
back mountain, known as Oregon’s have decided to sell, giving them that S|x«kane & British Columbia railroad I Okanogan county, on the south half uf
TOO MUCH FOR LIGHTS.
Marble Halls, will be put in sha|>e to amount of money fur Milwaukee bonds te> bridge the Columbia river near th«- the Colville Indian reservation, asking
r- -vu.- visitor« . at an early date.
Experiment* With Meter Shows Big Th«-»«- eaves are said to be the largest should there be any move by Eastern mouth of the San Poil river, Washing i that lands they occupy l-e set aside aa
, bankers to hamper the Social Demo 1 ton.
a tow ns i to ^before the reservation ia
Saving Over Fiat Rats.
marble halls in the world, ami every cratic administration.
opened to general entry.
Washington,
May
It.
Many
mem
Salem Beginning June 1, the state year are visited by tourists from all
Senatug Piles presented aft amvixi-
The International Bakers' union re
Form quested all other uniona to take similar bora of tbe house of representatives ment to th<> sundry civil bill increasing
of Oregon will lary electricity for all sections of the United States
state institutions by meter instead of erly tbe caves were controlled by pri action. It is said the brew-ry work today received in the mail a printed th«- appropriation for roads to ML
on a flat rate as at present, which, it vate individuals, but are now within er»’ organisation, holding nearly II,- copy of a tele-gram sent to Rcprcscnta Rainier national park from $20,000 to
is believed will mean a saving to the the confines of the Siskiyou forest re , OOO. immi tn United State* bonds, will tive Poindexter May 9 by Father H. J. $25.000.
Vandeven, pastor of St. Patrick's
state of from 13,000 to $5,000. As an i Herve, ami much th«- same as a national fall tn line on the proposition.
Th«- hou--«- territories cobunlttee fa-
church uf Walla Walla, viciously at verably reported Delegate
They will be protected ami
experiment about a year ago meters park.
Wicker
tacking the Jones bill authorizing sham's bill appropriating $25,000 for
were installed ami as a result the eared for by rangers of the forset serv
MINERS RESUME CRUSADE.
th<- sale of the Walla Walla military the erection of detention hospitals for
ice, in fact, one of the main camps of
change will be made at once.
reservation to Whitman college.
It is tbe insane at Nome and Fairbanks,
During 11 months, beginning June the rangers is near the entrance U> the
Further Disorders Result in Pittsburg *X|>ectcd thia bill will be called up for
1, 1909, and ending April 30, 1910, the labyrinths.
Alaska.
Thousands of people would visit the
ill the I' iou - h M-ci lny, und th--
District in Kanras,
state paid the Portland Railway, Light
Senator Boruh <lcllvere«i a speech on
& Power company $12,043.31 at a caves but for the hard journey. Lo
PitUlurg, Kansas, May 11. March sender of the telegram expects his mes practical conservation in the aenats to
sage
to
be
read
to
the
house
at
that
flat rate for lights which would have cated 55 miles south of Grants Pass ing miner* resumeil their crusade
day, and rcpeat«-d)y punctured theoret
been at meter rate* $9,833.95, or a ami with the last 22 mil« of the dis- against the operations of the mines in time.
ical ideas mlvance«I by Pirn hot Slid
The houae ceimmittc« on library has Garfield.
saving of $2,210.26.
No effort was j laaco covered only by a narrow, rough this vicinity today snd some disorder
favorably re;»irle<i the- Hum;>hrey bill
made to conserve the power for lights j and tortuous mountain trail, the trip ' resulted.
under the flat rate, while every super I to the marble halls is anything but
Forty seven miner* at Croburg at- aulheirizing the marking of the old
Washington, May 10. -“Waler com
intendent of the state institutions un ' pleasant, and can only be made by the i tempted to pull the fires in the mine* - Oreguu trail, and authorize* an appro petition is a ficiton, ” declared Senator
I
aid
of
pack
animals.
The
government,
priation
of
$25,000
ns
the
government's
der the meter system will be instructed
there, but they were driven away by
Heyburn, of Idaho, in the «ourse of a
not to burn lights not absolutely need ' through its appropriations for such uther miners seeking to prevent contribution toward the cost of the un speech in aup;»>rt of his long and short
I
purposes,
will
construct
a
road
to
the
dertaking. The bill is amended to per haul amendment to the interstate com
ed, l|J> Governor Benson and the new
i trouble.
chief clerk, H. H. Corey, liellevc the cave* from the main highway at Wil
At Curransvillo, the marchers suc mit the accretary of war to receive merce bill.
saving will reach nearly $5,000 a year. liams valley, and will provide suitable ceeded in putting out the Area in the i-ontributions from any one source to »
Hi* declaration was made in re
Being situated Breezy Hill mines and the men there fund to be known a* the Oregon trail sponse to an interruption by Senator
The state also pay* $123 per month, shelter at the caves.
fund, which money shall be use-d, in Briggs, of New Jersey, who hmi set
flat for power otherwise than that util In the heart of the forest and well up ! were driven away.
ised for light«, or during the 11 months on the Hiskiyous, the entrance to the
Th»' fire* under the boilers of the connection with that appropriated by up the argument that transcontinental
mentioned a total of $1,353.
Under caves is an ideal spot for camping, coal company'a water works also w ere congress, in the erection of suitable rail rate* were necessarily affected by
the meter rates the bill for power with an abundance of big game close drawn, and the town is without water. monuments along the Oregon trail.
water competition, an argument that
The adoption by tbe senate yesterday did not meet the approval of the Idaho
would have been, for the same period, at hand.
The marcher* later started for the
of a lung and short haul amenilmcnt to senator, but which brought forth the
fl.”?
mines near Mulberry.
the railroad bill will result, it la be foregoing answer.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Lebanon Fair June 16, 18, 17.
lieved, in hastening the final vote on
Without a single dissenting Republi
the measure and make easier the task can vote, the house today passed the
WAGES FURTHER INCREASE.
Lebanon The Strawberry Fair and
Wheat
Track price*: Bluestem,
of the conferee* who will attempt to railroa«! bill, one of the chief measures
Festival committee held a meeting this Mg; club, 85c, red Russian, 84c; val
harmonize the differences between the which President Taft wished enacted
week, at which the date* for the fair
Five
Thousand
Telegrapher»
Gain
ley, 85c.
senate and the house. Thia is the con at the present a«-aaion of congress, by
were set for June 15, 16 and 17, when
Concession»
from
Railroad.
Barley -Fil’d snd brewing. $226123.
census of opinion expressed by con 200 to 126.
the growers say the berries will be at
Corn Whole, $33; crscked. $34 ton.
Philadelphia, May 11. Several im- greaa leaders.
their best. Last year the fair was
Fourteen Democrats joined the ma
Hay Track price«: Timothy, Wil
held on June 5 and was two week* too lamette valley, $2<>-?21 per ton; East- [■ortant «-on cessions have been secured
jority. President Taft tonight said
by
the
5,000
telegraphers
on
the
Penn
Washington
May
13.
By
a
su-id«-n
early to get the best berrie* in the ex ern Oregon, $22® 25; alfalfa, $16.50
sylvania railroad system east of Pitts wcliiing late today of supposedly irre that he was deeply gratified over the
hibits. This year the delicious fruit io $17.50; grain hay, $176118.
passage of the measure.
He was ce-
burg, following a meeting of the gen concilable factions, the senate by a
will ripen at least a week earlier, and
peeially pleased with the comfortable
Oats No. I white. $26,50*i 27.50.
eral
committee
representing
the
oper
vote
of
56
to
10
atlopted
h cumpromiao
the fair is act for nearly a week later,
margin by which the commerce court
Fresh Fruita Strawberries, Oregon,
which should bring the fair on at tbe $2.60614 per crate; apples, $i.50r<i3 ator* and General Manager Myer», of amendment to the railroad bill for the feature was kept in the bill, for he re
the company.
regulation of relative charges for long
very height of the berry season.
gards this court aa probably the moat
per box.
In addition to the general 6 per cent and short hauls.
, important step in th«- pr<q>oacd law.
Potatoes
Carload buying price»: inervn»« in wages recently declared by
The agreement was reached chiefly
Referring to the cfauae providing for
Big New M.ll W.lt Start.
Oregon, 40« 50e per hundred; new Cal the company, supplementary increase* because
each
faction
apparently
Wallowa The first trainload of logs ifornia, 2j6i3e p»-r pound; sweet ;<ota- w«-re grant«! to equalise wages with thought it was getting the better of a the physical valuation of railroads, Mr.
Taft pointed out that the power now
for the big Nibley Mimnaugh Lumber t *«, 4c.
the amount of work performed.
shrewdly-driven bargain.
Sum«- sena
practically rests with the Interstate
Vegetable* Asparagus, $161 1.25 per
company’s milt has arrived at the mill.
tor* tonight suggest the Supreme court
tommerrr commission, and that the
A large numtier of logs are banked out, bog; celery, $3.50« 4 rate; hothouse
may have to arbitrate the question as
Blow at Bleached Flour.
difficulty in carrying out such a plan
ready to be delivered.
The mill is lettuce, 50e«i$l per box; green onions,
to which faction's judgment is right.
Des
Moines,
Iowa,
May
II.
Judge
always has bMB found in the enormous
ready. The mil) ha* a capacity of 50,- 15c per dozen; rhubarb 26/2jc per
Representative Mondell, of Wyom
000 feet per day ami is tbe largest of pound; spinach. 8*110e; rutabagas, McPherson in the F«-deral court t««day ing, is playing the “Heyburn act” i-ost of the undertaking.
Just before adjourning Uslay, the
carrots, 85c6i$l; upheld the national pure food law as with the_Warren irrigation bill that ia
ten mill* which will market a total of $1.25oi1.50 sack;
regards bleached flour when he dismis
senate adopted a sul-stitute for the
30,000,000 feet of lumber here an beets, $1.50; parsnips, 76cg|$l.
now
before
the
house
committee
on
ir-
Onions
Oregon, $2 per hundred; sed the complaint of the Shawnee Mill . rigation. He ia not objecting to the resolution directing an investigation
nually.
ing company, of Kansas, and the Up
of almses of th«- franking privilege,
Bermuda, $1.50 per crate.
bill on the allege«! ground that it ia un
of Omaha,
which was introduced yesU-nlay by
Bsrrie* Ripe at Umatilla.
Butter -City creamery, extras, 27c dike Milling company,
constitutional, as Heylmm did, but he
Umatilla- The first strawberries of per pound; fancy outside creamery, brought in behalf of the Western Mill is objecting to the form and the lan Senator Stone, of Missouri. Th«- sub
that United
stitute authorises an investigation into
the season were put on the market hen- 26oi 27c store, 20c. Butter fat price* ing company, aaking
guage of the measure as It paaaed the
States
district
attorney
M.
L. Temple,
the special case covered by the Stone
early last week and came from the Mc average l|c per pound undvr regular
senate, an«l wants to substitute a bill of
,uf luwa, be enjoined from aeizing
resolution, which had reference to the
Farland snd Edwards ranches.
The butter price*.
his own framing.
Thia la Mundell's
Egg* Fresh Oregon ranch, 236i24c bleached flour shipped into Iowa. The favorite method of opposing legislation circulation of a pamphlet in defenae of
l«erri«-a are a good size atwl much m«>re
decision doe* dor* not state whether or
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
luscious than the California fruit per doten.
that other Western men advocate.
. not the bleached flour is injurious.
Pork—Fancy, 12r«rl2|c per pound.
Cherries are now tieginning to ripen
Ever since he entered congress Mon
Trade Treaty Under Way.
Veal Fancy, 106/ lOjc per pound.
and will be put on the market soon.
dell has regarded himself as the only
Alaska Fishermen Strike.
Washington, May 16 — the Federal
I.amhs—Fancy, 106/12c per pound.
man in either body competent to draw
Seattle, Wash., May 11. Three hun satisfactory legislation in the Interest government has taken steps looking to
Poultry — Hen*. 2'*o21c; broilers,
Or* Find Draw* Miner*
306185c; ducks, 18M23c; geeee. 12|c; dred Indian salmon fishermen st Ketch «if the West. No matter who intro tbe negotiation of a trade treaty with
Myrtle Creek — Excitement among
It was officially announced
turkey*, live, 206/22c; dressed, 25c; ikan, Alaska, have formed a union and duce* a bill, how popular it may be, or Canada.
miners ha* been caused by a recent
struck against an attempt of the fac how satisfactory its form, Mundell today that last Thursday Secretary
squab«, $3 per doien.
find four miles above Canyonville,
Cattle Beef steer», hay fed, good tn tories to reduce the price of fish from wants to change it and substitute lan Knox had sent a communication to the
where a wide dike of ore. carrying
British ambassador here transmitting
choice, $H«i6.5O; fair to medium, $56/ 6 to 4 cents. The Ketchikan factories guage of his own.
chalcopyrite yielding $14 to $26 to the
to the Canadain government a formal
5.50; cow» and heifer», good to choice, preserve salmon by a mild-curv pro
In
the
house
of
representatives
to
ton. has been discovered.
Seventeen
$5615.50; fair to medium, $4.256(4.75; cess and ship the product to Germany, day, Congressman Furdney, of Michi proposal that tariff negotiations be in-
locations were made and several more
stitub-d aa soon as possible.
bulla, $3.506/4.25; stags,
$50/5.60;, where it is • favorite articl«of food.
gan, deiiverrti an address In reply to
will be made immediately.
calve», light, $66x7; heavy, $4.506/
Senator Beveridge’s Indiana tariff
Irrigation Bids Rejected.
5.50.
speech, in which the latter criticised
Rioters Destroy Mission.
Planning Cherry Orchard.
Washington, May 12. The secretary
Hog* — Top, $10.6110.60; fair to
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Fordney
Changsha, China, May 11. Word
of tbe interior has rejected all bids for
Eugene E M. Warren, who owns medium, $9.506x9.76.
declared Beveridge had assaulted the
the tract of land on Bailey hill on
Sheep—Best wether*. $5.256/ 5.75; has reached here that riots have oe- Republican party and held himself up the excavation of 40 miles of sub-lat
which was located the old Tom Hegar best ewe*. $4.756/5.25; lambs, choice, curred at Yuen Chow, which is 225 to his constituents as a martyr, repre erals on the Cowiche-Yakima branch
mile* from Changsha, and that the in
prune orchard, has grubbed up every $7618; fair. $6.50617.
senting himself as the savior of his of the Tieton irrigation project, Wash
ington, and authorised the reclamation
tree in the orchard. 16 acres, and may
Wool- Eastern Oregon, 146i 17e per land mission has been destroyed. No ' people.
service to undertake thia work by force
plant the tract to Royal Ann cherries pound; valley, 186i20c;mohair, choice, detail* are given, a* the telegraph
| Washington,
May 12.—“The new ! account.
I wire* have been cuL
n the near future.
824633c.
BERRIES NEED PICKING.
FARM BRINGS •58.900
SOCIALISTS BACK UP
THEORIES WITH CASH.
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