IOPMENT AND
OF OUR HOME STATE
FLY TMOUUANDS OF MILES.
Prizss
Offered for Long Distance
Flights in United States.
New York, June I. Aerial flights
i from New York to St. !a*uis and from
New York to Chicago will next be at-
temped, substantial money priass foe
4 Install Pump- County to Cooperate With Sawmill
the acrompllahnents of both feats hav
Canyon.
Co. in Needed Work.
ing tx-cn offered.
Klamath Falls Klamath county and
•er from
A prise of >10.000 was offered to
»■nds «00 the Meadow Lake sawmill company night by th«- New York World ami St.
are to build a macadam row! from Louis Post Dispatch to the first aviator
•riment
Klamath Falls to the top of the moun »ho fli«-s an aeroplane from New York
zenport tain on the old Fort Klamath road. City to St. Lamia or from St. lamia to
have just com The work is to be done on a co-oper
New York.
The New York Tinos announced that
dt which raises live plan, and ultimately the city may
it hail arranged with J. C. Shaffer, of
overshot water join in the combination.
The proposition made to the county the Chicago Evening P<ut for an offer
IT homestead» on is that if the county will furnish the
of >25,000 for an aeroplane rx'e tm-
rock crusher and one man to care fis twrun Chicago and New York.
parkable under the machine, the Meadow Lake Mill
Mayor Gaynor announced the prise
sea river and ita company will haul the rock, place it on
for the New York St. Ixmis flight at
.{rer. lie in gorges the road, roll it down and do all the th«- Hot«-1 Astor tonight, where Glenn
n, the walla being balance of the work in connection with
H. Curtiss, who on Sunday wrote a
At the point the building of a flood roadbed without
new chapter in the history of aviation
Christenson [>ump other cost to the county.
by making a flight from Albany to
.»ary to raise the
The Meadow Lake people are making Governor’s Island, was the guest of
four perpendicular this offer for the reason that the coun
the New York World, whose >10,000
t of which la 75 feet, ty has given them the privilege of run award he won.
Conditions governing
when commenced ning a traction engine over this road the flight wilt be announced after a
ke a mammoth job. I
to haul the product of the mill to mar conference with aeronautic experts.
to get the neces- ket in this city. The road leading out
A distinguished company gathered
place where the of town toward Fort Klamath from the to meet the young aviator tonighL At
installed.
All the city limits to the top of the hill is one the table th«i modest Curtiss sst be-
.uwervd from the plains of the worst pieces of road in the tw«-en th«- mayor and Brigadier Gene
.bove to the water’a edge. A county during the winter season, in ral Howe, U. S. A., In command of the
I
en feet in diameter and two the flat about a mile outside th«- city department of the EasL
eight inches aero«« the face was thia road gets hub deep in winter an«!
A flood of congratulatory cable
built. The machinery and Hume were it is almost impossible to get through grams and tch-grama was read. Among
arranged ami securely fastened to th« it with any kind of a rig during that them were message* from Blériot, the
rock« to prevent them from l<eing time of the year.
French aviator; the Aero Club of
washed awa-y by high water.
Eleven
France, Count Jacques de Leaaepe,
hundred and sixty feet of pipe are used
Sane Celebration at La Grande.
who recently flew across the English
in making the raise of 625 feet. Teats
La Grand«- The Continental Con- channel; Hart O. Berg, the "father of
of the plant have proved highly suc grew of 1776 will be repr«!u<-ed in aviation,” and Hubert Latham, the
cessful.
this city, and all speakers will be French aviator.
garbed in continental dress, the Lib
Hudson Maxim, one of the s|<eakers
Lumber Campa Can't Get Men.
erty bell will be here in likcrwss, and of the evening, said:
Hood River The Strawberry grow- ■ the D«>claration of Independence will I "As the warless era. of which we
era are not the only employer« of labor be road under inspiring cireumstanc.-s 1 catch glimpses in our dreams of a dis
who are having their trouble« these on July 4, following decisions reached tant future, is unquestionably yet far
days. The Oregon Lumber company by the Chautauqua committee.
away, we must in our prediction look
has alux> t been for«-«-d to close ita mill
There will be a strenuous effort to to the flying machintrs in war as well
at Dee on sc
the scarcity of la- I have a sane celebration during the as sport and commerce.
bor. Manager Charles T. Early says Fourth. No flrocrarkers, fireworks or
” We shall not have to wait tOO'years
they use three crews -"one comirffc, confetti will be allowed on the grounds. for the staunch, wind defying machine,
one'working and one going.”
The la- !
with automatic equilibrialiun.
Very
borers d« not Seem to stick long at any
Marcóla Milt Starts.
soon automobiling of the air will be as
job and while We yard workers are
Eugene The Southern Pacific com safe as’nutoinobiiing upon th«- earth
getting
a day they will not stay pany has started one of ita sawmills at now is. Neither shall we have to wait
With their job«. 0ns ffibrning recently Marcóla in operation site’ a shutdown 100 year» for that spectacular cventu
with th* i*M of Marehal Lewis, Mr. of three years.
The other two mills ation a tight between aerial navies,
Early rounded up !0 men in the jung owned by the company in that vicin for these are bound to come.”
les and managed V. persuade 13 of them ity will be started up as soon as the)
Curtiss was enthusiastic over the
to take the train fur Dee and go to I are in readiness, which will be inside new offer, but, in the absence of de
work. Eleven were pot to work in th«- of a few weeks.
These mills, when tails as to stops allowed and other con
yard and |wo others sent on to the operating to their full capacity, em ditions, he would not say definitely
timber camp. At noon the Dec office ploy 3'0 or 400 men.
whether he would enter th«- contest.
called up dhd told Mr. Early they were
Chari«-» K. Hamilton quickly an
ready for another round-up, as the 11 |
All Oregon Itsms Remain.
nounced, however, that he would be a
men frw the yard were beating it
Washington—The river» and harbors i contestant. He had planned to enter
down ttw> track.
Fortunately these bill was sigm-d by th«- conference com the New York-Albany race, but Curtiss
loafer» do not stick long in Hood Riv mittee with all Oregon itema nailed I was too quick for him.
er, as they ’get thirsty and have to down. There has been a hard fight
The announcement of the prise offer
move along to The Dalles or Portland.
against the Oregon itema, but the sen ed for th«> New York-Chicago flight
ate eonfero«-», at Bourne’s instance, in was issued from the Times office late
Cannery Ready for Work.
sisted and finally overcame the house tonight as follows:
Eugene The Eugene Fruitgrowers* conferees’ opjwaition.
"The New York Times announces
association has 'a large force of men
that it haa arranged with J. C. Shaffer,
Creamery Ready for Business.
employed getting the plant ready for
of the Chicago Evening Post, for an
the opening of the canning season. A
La Grande
The new creamery is offer of >25,000 for an aeroplane race
large amount of money has been ex- ' ready for business.
The machinery between Chicago and New York, the
pended on the cannery building since it haa all been test«-«! and the plant is in details of which will be announce«!
was purchax-d from the Allen company readiness for the season’s run. The j later.”
early in the spring. The packing de machinery is of the latest and most
partment has been moved to the base efficient type.
AIRSHIP WAR TEST PLANNED
ment of the building, where a go«!
PORTLAND
MARKETS.
floor has been built and every conven
Aviator Hamilton to Take Explosives
ience installed for the employes.
The
Wheat Track prices:
Blu«-atem,
Into Air With Him.
big room on the ground floor formerly 836: H4c; club, 80(<l8Ic; red Russian,
used as a packing room will be u»ed 78c; valley, 84c.
New York, June I. — Unusual inter
for other purjKXM-a.
Corn Whole, >33; cracked, 134 ton. est was manif«*»lcd today in the an
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil nouncement that government employes,
Work 33 Days on One Log.
lamettc valley, >206:21; Eastern Ore who arc planning on an airship flight
Tillamook The crew of Hadley Rus gon, >22«:25; alfalfa, >15(<:16; grain I test soon in Chickamauga Park, will
carry with them expl<«siv«-s to be drop-
ael shingle mill, which is owned by C. hav. >176: 18, per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, >266: 27 per ton. lied at dummy targets situated in the
W. Gilmore, worked from April 9 to
Frosh Fruita Strawberries, 75c6/ park. The test is to be given under
May 18, cutting 141,000 shingles out
of one log 11 feet 10 inches in diam 11.40 per crate; apple«, >1.506:3 per the direction of Aviator Hamilton, and
eter and 60 feet long. In order to cut box; cherries, 50cW8i.2S per box; will be an attempt to prove the bene
fits of the airship in time of war. The
up the log It was necessary to blow it gooseberries. 36: 4c per pound.
Potatoes — Carload buying prices: tMt will be watched with great inter
into eight pieces with dynamite, the
saw used tieing only eight feet in Oregon, 40c per hundred; new Califor eat by government officials as well as
length. In cutting the log not over nia, 1*4<< i 2 c per pound; sweet pota the world in general.
—
half a cord of timber was wasted. In toes, 4c.
Vegetables Artichokes. 60fct75e per
felling the tree an arm 60 feet long
Airship Treaty Now Under Way.
and four feet in diameter was I roken doten; asparagus, >1.256(2 per box;
Washington, D. C.. June 1. Aerial
to splinters, not a bit of it being saved. head lettuce, 506» 60c |>er doren; hot navigation haa made such rapid pro
house lettuce, 50c6i>l per box; green gress that Secretary of State Knox and
onions, 15c per doten; rhubarb, 2c per the government of Mexico are negoti
Farmers’ Union in Coos.
pound; spinach, HrrtlOc per pound, ating an aviation treaty governing the
Marshifleld A local branch of the
rutabagas, ll.25of l.5O per sack; car passage of airships aeries the border
Farmers' Co-operative and Educa
rots, 85co:>l; beets, SI.50; parsnips; between the two countries. It will be
tional union was formed in thia city by
7 Scat IL
the first treaty governing aviation be
Charles A. Hill, the organiser, who
Onions
Bermuda, >1.506: 1.75 per tween nations and is already on the
has been working In this locality.
crate; red, >1.7561.2 per sack.
road to completion.
It is announced
There are now four or five different
Butter- City creamery, extras, 29c; from the State department that Mr.
branches of the union in the county
fancy, outside creamery, 286:29c per Knox is only awaiting the test of Mex
and they will all be brought together
pound; store, 20e.
Butter fat prices ico's proposition in detail before tak
under a county organisation.
An
average I *,C per ;>ound under regular ing final action on the terms.
effort will be made to secure 1,000
butter prices.
members in Coos county.
Eggs- Fresh Oregon ranch, 23«: 24c
0 FEET.
Marshfield Improves Waterfront.
Marshfield
The Marshfield city
council is planning to clear the water
front of all sheds, boathouses and
buildings, so that it will be possible
to have a wide wharf extending the
full length of the business section. To
do this It will be necessary to condemn
some of the buildings.
Eugene to Celebrate Fourth.
Eugene Eugene will celebrate the
Fourth of July in an elaborate atyle
this year, the Merchants* Protective
sssc-f-’---- having taken up the matter
after the Commercial club had decided
not to celebrate. An air ahip and oth
er big attractions will be secured for
that day.
TREAT ROAD WITH ROCK.
per doten.
Pork -Fancy, 126:13c per pound.
Veal Fancy, l0»«i 10lye per pound.
Lam ha Fancy, 9"i 12c per pound.
Poultry Hens, 19c; broiler», 28«d
30c; ducks, 18o:25c; geese, 12*yc;
turkeys, live, 206:22c; dressed, 25c;
squabs, 13 pw doten.
Cattle Beef rteers. good to choice,
|5.756t5.90; fair to medium, >4.506:5;
cows and heifers, good to choice, 14.50
<«t5; fair to medium, |4<>:4.75; bulls.
18614; stag», 88*5; calves, light, >6
*7; heavy, >4<«:5.5O.
Hog« Top, |10»«r 10.40; fair to med
ium. 196:10.
Sheep — B«-»t wethers, >4.506:4.75;
fair to best wethers, >46:4.25; beat
ewes. >3.756:4; lamba, cholea, >5.5061
6; fair, I4.75at5.25.
Chinese Fear Outbreak.
Shanghai, June 1.- Chinese warships
with troops have been dispatched to
Nanking in anticipation of a native
outbreak against foreigners. The lat
ter have been warned.
The Chinese
soldiers now at Nanking will be re
placed by the force from Shanghai, as
they are not considered reliable in case
of need.
BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
Washington. June 6. By a vote of
40 to 24 the senate today took up the
administration bill to authorise the
president to withdraw public lands for
conservation pur|mx-a. The negative
rot«- was cast by member* who believ
ed that the bill to admit Arisona and
New Mexico to the Union as separate
states should have b»-en given the
right of-way.
Th«- statehood bill ’probably will be
delayed until near th«- cl««e of the x-s-
sion, when there may be slight chance
for it to emerge from conference
The Democrats I«»! in the movemtuil
to have the statvhool n>« a ore suletl-
tut«-«i for the conx-rvation bill.
The general understanding is that
th«- rivers and harbors conference re
port will be taken up tomorrow.
Op
position to that bill and the public
building bill has la-en luwd effectively
by the Ik-mocrata to compel the major
ity party to act on legislation which
the minority favored.
But now, if
they take that course, the effect will
be to delay action on the statehood
measure. Appropriation bills will be
USod to displace other business.
There appears to be,
therefore,
strong probability that the statehexal
bill will be the last of all the im|>»rt-
ant measures before congress to com«>
up for cor.siderati<m. The indications
are that final action cannot Iw taken be
fore next session at leaaL
It was practically settle«! tonight
that there will be a conference be
tween the senate and the house on the
railroad bill.
Since Saturday last
there has been a movement on f<K>t to
have the hou»« agree to the senate bill
in its entirety and thus avoid a con
ference.
The acceptance of that provision ha«!
the eff«-ct of inclining some Demo
cratic senators more favorably to the
bill and of causing the Ih-moeratic side
of the chamber to request op|>ortunity
for consultation before reaching th««
voting stag» on the final |uuuiagr. Ac
cordingly, the vote was )»>atpuned to
permit a Lh-mocratic conference, which
will be held at II o’clock tomorrow.
The senate tmiay con firm«-« I the nom
ination of Fret! W. Carpenter as min
ister to Moruvn,
!!«• will leave for
his |Mi»t of at Tangier shortly.
An amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill adopt«»! by the house
toiiny stipulated that no part of the
>l60,(»i>0 provided in the bill for the
rnforerment of the Sherman anti-trust
law can be used in th«- prosecution of
labor organixationa.
Tawney resisted the amendment, but
rereiv«-«! little support from his col
leagues.
Representativ«' Mct'redie t«»iay in-
tr«>duc«-d a bill authorizing the holding
of a tertn of th«- United States circuit
c«Hirt at Vancouver. Washington on the
fir»t Tu«-aday in April and October of
each year anil at Aberdeen the thin!
Tuesday in April and October.
Mct'rmlie is anxious to procure a
term of the F«»ieral court at Vancou
ver, not alone to accommodate the
|K*ople of Southwretern Washington,
but to enable the citizens of Oregon
who are remqielled to go into Federal
courts of Washington to d«> so at the
most convenient place.
Washington. June 1. The confer
ence report on the river snd harbor bill
includes an appropriation of >3U«),(MM)
to lie list-«! with a like amount hereto
fore appropriated by the state of Ore
gon for the pun-haso of the existing
canal an«! locks at Oregon City, or for
the purchase of right of way and con
struction of a new canal ami locka on
the op|smite side of the river.
The item of >60,000 for improve
ment of the Upper Willamette la a)s«i
passed ami provision is made for a sur
vey of th«’ river from Oregon City to
Portland.
The Republicans of the house went
squarely on record tonight for the
prompt passag«- of th«' postal savings
I n k bill, which if p»rt of President
Taft’s li'gislativc program.
The bill
was finally agreed on at a four-hour
conference lasting until midnight, at
which the following reeolution sub
mitted by Representative Tawney, of
Minnesota, was adopted:
"Resolved,
That th«’ postal savings bank bill,
agreed on by this caucus, be and the
same is hereby adopted; that the zam--
lie reported by the committee <>n post
offices and poatroa«la, and that it is th«'
»«■n«e of thia caucus that a rule be re
ported from the committee on rulre for
ita conaideration in the house.”
The caucus was largely attended
ami the only bolt was by Represent«
live Southwick, of New York, who v«i
hcmently denounctxl the bill as redo al
!y Socialistic and withdrew, declaring
hia intention to fight it on the floi.r «>f
the houa«-. Mr. Southwick aigneal tb<>
call for the caucus and has attemhxi
the three previous csuciuw-s on the bill.
The caucus fiz«v! at 65 *p«-r cent the
amount of funds [placed in the poatal
savings banks that must remain on de-
poeit in banks In ex h state and ter
ritory, ami 30 p«-r cent as the propor
tion of such funds that the trustee»
may withdraw for investment in Unit
ed States securitire.
Washington, June 4. Although it
came as a surprise to many, there were
numerous indications today that th«<
senate and the bouse might reach a
prompt agreement on the railroad bill
through practical acceptance by the
house of th«' senate bill. While there
wax no certainty that such would be
th«- case, there were many straws
pointing that way.
This would hav«- the effect of hasten
ing the adjournment of congress and
member» prophesied that with the rail
road bill agreed upon, adjournment
would com«- within three weeks.
Senators Aldrich, Crane ami Elkins
today conferred with Speaker Cannon
am! Representative Mann, of Illinois,
who has charge of the house bill. Mr.
Mann said that as far as he was con
cerned, personally, he would not agree
to the senate bill. He said there were
many thing» in the house measure
which were nut in the one a«i>>pted by
the senate u|»in which he would insist.
Also there were some things in th«-
senate bill to which h«- objected.
The subject will be called up in the
hou»«- next Tuesday, when Mr. Mann
will move non-concurrence and appoint
ment of conferees.
'
The suggestion that the house accept
the senate amendments to the railroa«!
bill met with favor at th«- hands of the
Ilemoeralie member» of the house who
had the fight against the measure
adopt«-«! by the house.
They pointed
out that the senate bill was a much
tx-tter one than that passed by the
house, from the shipper»’ standpoint,
and if Republican leailers sinrerely de
sired a measure which would benefit
the |>eople they coukl accept that meas
ure.
Washington. June 3. — Th«' senate
today adopted Burton’s resolution in
structing the Interstate commerce
commission to report to the senate all
available information regarding the
proposed advance in railroad freight
rates and to furnish 100 examples of
how leading commodities will lie affect
ed by the increase.
Attorney General Wickcrsham Imlay
declare«! that the department of justice
would not pro<-e«-«l further against the
rate increases by railroads unless the
ahip|icr» filtnl formal protests against
the increases.
He declared, how
ever, that his department was ready
to proceed if proper evidence was laid
before it.
The attorney general’s announcement
followed the filing of freight increases
by railroads in all parts of the coun
try. The new tariffs filed with the In
terstate Commerce commission provide
for increases varying from 3 to 31 per
cent and affi'eting practically every
shipping center in the Unite«! Staten. i
Railroads and ship,iers are complct-
wnr plans.” Both sides ar.
paring for a big struggle over the rate
question. Following the tiling of rate
increases yesterday by the Eastern an«!
Ontral Western rsilroads, th«> ship
pers are pre|»aring to take measures to
ke«-p the rates from going Into effect
On the other hsnd, the railroads en
joined by th» Federal court» from al
lowing their rate» to take effect are
meeting to form plan» to fight the ease.
”Jim Crow” Not Passed On,
Washington, June 1. An attempt to
Washington, June 2.- But for the
have the Supreme court of the United fact that Senator Overman, of North
States pass upon the authority of Carolina, succeeded in having the sen-
common carriers engaged in interstate : ate incoropratie in th» railroad bill
commercnc to make ”jim crow” regu a |>rovi»ion regulating injunction pro
lations met with failure when the court ceedings affected by state law, the sen
dismissed the so-called Chile’s appeal ate probably would have voted on the
from its dcx-teeL
| railroad bill tothiy.
Washington,
May 31. ■ Senator
Bourne's drawbridge amendment was
«■liminated today from the river and
harbor bill by the conf«'rence commit-
t»e an«l the bill was reported back to
the renate am! house for Anal passage.
Thia ernla drawbridge legislation for
thia x-saion, for neither house will re
store the amendment to the bill.
The committee, however, is satisfied
with the action of th«' War department
in agreeing to ameml ita bridge regu
lations to permit the closing of draws
from 6:30 to 8:30 a. m. daily, with
two 15-minute open peri«»!» when re-
quired. The War department, as pre
viously stated, refuM'S to grant any
closed period at night, for reason»
heretofore explain«!, and there x-ems
no prospect thst this determinstion
will be siter«»!. Senator Heyburn to
day In the senate dtwlared that Idaho
doe» not fsvw the popular election of
United Statre senator», an! later, in
effect, declared that the Idaho legisla
ture was not sane when it indorsed
this prop«» it ion.
Heyburn comments
were injected into Senator Owen*»
speech in favor of popular election of
senators.
It is expected the bill authoriling
the withdrawal of public lamia will he
c«>nsldcrrd by the senate as so«m as
the railroad bill has passed, and that
it will pass after a brief discuasioh.
Senator Clark, of Wyoming, will offer
an amendment providing that the with
drawals shall not last lieyond the ses-
si«>n of congr«^» during which they are
mxie, hia purpose being to prevent
tying up the public domain by with-
. drawala.
Western senator« will «dd the >30,-
000.000 Irrigation bill to this measure
as an amendment.