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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1910)
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE WOMEN IN HARD STRUGGLE. England’s Chain Makers Striving to Better Conditions. Birmingham. England — Just bow SEATTLE TO GET PLUM LONG SHOT ACCURATE. hard the struggle ia sometimes be tween capital and labor, ia shown by i Hit Small Prof.« of «2 a Bushel Shown Afl.r E,tUrn Shipm,n|. Brmg Good Prices the strike of the women chainmakers Torpedo Station to Be Established Atlantic Fleet Gunners on Sound. Marks at 8 Miles. Puking and Packing. | for C,rloadt i of Credloy Heath, England's most cry- Seattle Fur the purpose of estab Portsmouth. Va. -The Atlantic tleeL Ma rah A« Id The harvest of the eran- I Medford One hundred and forty-one I ing industrial scandal. lishing a torpedo station ami auxiliary 1 the pri«le of the American navy, de- When the Trades Boards act was berry crop in Cooa county ia nearly cars of Bartlett and other early pears navy 'yard, the national government ’ monatrated that no mark was too small paaaed last year to fix the rate of pay have been shipi>cd from Medford to over anti the yield this year is big. \ date. The average price received has for such sweated trades as this, the has already taken steps to acquire a for it to hit if it shuwed anywhere One small patch yielded cranberries at ranged from *2.40 a box to S3.60, employers got the women to contract considerable tract of land, approxi I above the horison. the rate of almost *6,000 an acre. 1 which la the price that John G. Gore out; that is, to sign away any benefits mately 100 acres, at Keyport, at the Eight of the sigteen big battleships, Thia was on the McFarland place. It received for a car load of Bsrtlstte- in under the act, by presenting to them mouth «if Dogfish bay, having already forming the first squadron and headed documenta they did not understand. So was 6 feet long and 10 feet wide and Chicago. Thia price beat by 27 rente the re «till there are 500 women, mothers taken over 60 acres of the laixl. by Rear Admiral Schroeder’s flagshipy from it were taken ail bushels of cran turns that the Burrell orchard received most of them, slaving at the hardest The site received the approval of the Connecticut, peppered four targets, berries. If an entire acre was covered at New York earlier in the season for labor of forging chains, for not more Admiral Miller on his re ent vis.t to each one-fifth the site of an ordinary with vines yielding at the same rate a car, which for a time held the blue than a «foliar a week, made up of six the Pacific roast, and after viewing it, warship, at a range greater thanlO.OOO the acre would produce 1,633 bushels. ribbon as to banner prices of the year. 14 hour days. he called Inta conference the officers uf ’ yards, or more than six miles. It is an eye-opener to visit this ac Of the cars that were shipped from The berries sell for 13 a bushel this Medford the Rogue River Fruit A Pro cursed district, where women toil the chamber of commerce, and announ The Delaware, one of the two Amer year and thia would be a yield of *4,- Now they are ced that aa the department had only ican su;>er-drvadnaughta, cut away her duce association shipped 73. the Bur harder than men. X99. it coots for harvesting and for rell orchard 47, John G. Gore 11, Hill struggling to gain five rente an hour, (iiHi.iHKi with which to make the pur boxes a little leas than 11 a bushel. It will chase, perhaps the moat desirable way target al th«» first salvo. The other Crest 18, Besr Creek 7, Hall 2 and Al an increase of 150 per cenL The average of all of the cranberry len 2. bring them about *2.65 a week if they of acquiring it would be to have the ship» of the fleet, including the Dela marshes in this locality this year will officers of the chamber send represen ware's sister »hip, the North Dakota, John G. Gore’s prices averaged 12.70 win. be about 400 bushels an acre. Allow- j a box; those of the Burrell orchard Sickly children are seen in numbers | tatives into the vicinity and see how the Connecticut, the Louisiana, the ing 11 a bushel for picking ami pack- i *2.55 each, those shipped by the Ro round these home forges, and even the much of the pn>|«we«i site could lie Kansas, the Michigan, the New Hamp ing, this gives the grower a profit of gue River Fruit & Priduce association mere tots are pressed into the labor. obtained for that amount. *800 an acre. Th«- selection of Puget Sound by the shire, and the South Carolina, also *2.50 earn, and the Bear Creek orchard Many of the women are not trade un Nearly all of the cranberry marshes *2.68 per box. ionists, tiecause they have never been Navy department for the establish found the range accurately. are along North slough, tributary tn It coat growers from 70 cents to *1 able to afford even four rente a week ment of a torpedo station will be a The target finals were tawed in the bay, and there are hundreds of to ship and market and about 50 cents as subscription to the union. Their surprise to many, for the reason that «Ingle/lie by one battleship which was acres available which have not been to produce a box of pears. . fight for existence ia one of the worst strong efforts have been made by the not shooting. Some of the shells set out. The land must be of a peat The prices thia year were lower than that has ever stained modern indus representatives of California to secure formation. The heavy bottom lands last year becaaue the crop w«a two trialism. its establishment somewhere on that dropped 5(8) feet astern and gave a will nut do. Land which is made of weeks earlier in ripening and thus was coast. realistic aspect of a battle. decomposed vegetable matter, such as thrown into the market before the Cal The proposed torpedo elation will be BRYAN BOLTS HIS TICKET. is found in the old beds of lakes, is ifornia season was over. largely fashions«! after that at New Comice, TO HAVE IOOO AIRSHIPS. the only kind adaptable in this part of Howells and d’Anjou pears are now port. R. L, and is designed eventually Refuses Support to Democrats on the state. It must be of such a na being shipped. The Bose and Winter ta become a full-fledged navy yard. Son of Thomas F. Ryan Agrees to Account of Option Law. ture that the water will drain through. Nellis are yet to he picked. Organise Fleet. In addition to the necessity of hav Lincoln, Neb. In a statement in AUSTRALIA SEEKS HINTS. ing a certain kind of aoil there must which he declares that the crusade Washington John Barry Ryan, son University Opens. be available a quantity of fresh water which he feels impelled to wage Land Commimomr of Victoria.Stud of Thomas F. Ryan, the New York University of Oregon, Eugene The ao situated that it can be controlled against the liquor interests of tne atate multi-millionaire, succeeded In driving ies American Irrigation. Slate University opened its doors to and the marsh flooded when desired. and nation overshadows a personal and incoming students ScpL 20, and from the officials uf the War ami Navy de The ground must be especially pre Washington Hugh McKenxie, com political friendship of 2*> years, Wil pared and made level ami sanded. The all indications It is entering upon the liam J. Bryan announced he had bolted missioner of public lands for the com partments into a .state of enthusiasm expense is not so much in securing the moat proa;>erous year within its his the head of the Democratic stale ticket monwealth of Victoria, Australia, wh<> over hie plan ta provide the army and plants and setting them out as it is in tory. The first of the registration days in Nebraska and would not support is touring the United States, study navy with a fleet of airships that the preparation of the soil. The i was aet aside for the first-year stu JMM* C. Dahlman fur governor ing the irrigation and land systems of dents and a total of 287 filed their reg would augment tremendously the offen marshes can tie started at a coat of Mr Bryan «aye he regrets that he is this country, conferred with various Practically all about $150 an acre if the grower un istration certificates. government officials here concerning sive am! defensive power» of the twin >->>in|>clled to take th«- stand hr .!.«•» derstands his business. Then it is j of these are freshmen and an unusually his first departure from political rogu American methuds. He is looking for services. four years before a good crop is se large proportion of them are from larity but says be feels it hie July to settlers for Australian lands aixl seek The attractive feature of Mr. Ryan’a cured. The plants live for years if Portland and Multnoma county. -Io so because of the position taken by | ing a few American irrigation ex|H>rte. proposition was its economical side; Students will continue to register tended. the Democratic nominee on the liquor He is accompanied by Dr. A. F. Mead, I he did not ask a dollar of government throughout the week, as many are late an American irrigation expert, who Is money in return for the collection of question. returning. WHEAT FREE FROM SMUT. ' The statement, which in a way is chairman of the water supply commis a reserve of alxiut a thousand aero- A. R. Tiffany, registrar, predicts apologetic in tone, does not Indicate sion fur Victoria. BlMM that might b* call«-d immediate Most Successful Harvest in Yesrs Is that the registration thia year will that Mr. Bryan will support the candi- ' The Victorian officials will shortly ly Inta service |by the government in reach H00, which will ecli|«M» all pre Now Drawing to Close. late of any other party, but announeea leave for the West to study irrigation event of need. What he did want was vious records. that he ia a pronounced advocate of systems at flrst hand. the moral support of th«i two depart Pendleton Probably the moat suc Several additions have been made to county option and the early saloon ments. This was given him with a cessful harvest season Umatilla county the university faculty. Professor Ar hearty good will. has ever had is being brought to a thur Collier, of Harvard, who has been closing law, both of which he Insists FOREST RANGERS WANTED. Efforts will lie made ta develop aero close, in those parts of the wheat connected for many years with the are menaced by Mr. Dahlman'a can-1 planes of greater sixe than those now belt where harvesting is done by United States geological survey, has didacy. Civil Service Examinations Will tie in use, ao aa to transport a corporal's means of the combine, harvest was been chosen to fill the chair of geology, "DOLLAR A DAY FOR LIFE." Hold in Nine Oregon Towns. guard and ta carry sufficient smmunl- over some lime ago. The season was which has been vacant since the death — shorter by several days than any other of Dr. Thomas Condon. Washington Civil service examina tion for «-ffective bomb work. ever experienced in thia part of the Grand Army Men Begin New Pension tions will be held October 24 and 25 atate. Thia was probably due princi Campaign. for forest rangers at the folluwing PORTLAND MARKETS. LUMBER INCREASE IS FILED. pally to the fact that there were from places: Atlantic City, N. J. Veterans at Wheat Track prices: Blueetem, 90 30 to 40 new combine harvester» and Oregon Portland, Eugene, Heppner, tending the national encampment of several new headers to assist in caring (/iPl^c; club, K3*tH4c; red Ruaaian, John Day, Lakeview, Medford, Prine Southern Pacific Takes Advantage the G. A. R. were formally welcomed for the crop. One Pendleton dealer file; valley, HHc; 40-fold, 86<>i.86c; of Expiration of Order^ to Atlantic City at a monster meeting ville. Roseburg and Wallowa. alone sold 29 combines. A second Turkey red, 82«t88. Washington Bellingham, Chelan, Washington The Southern I’aclflc Barley Feed, *22 per ton; brew on the Million Dollar pier. cause for a short harvest was the ideal Leavenworth, Okanogan, Olympia. Re rsilroaii file«! with the Interstate Com The big event Is the parade Wednes weather. There was but one shower ing, *28. public, Seattle, Tacoma and Walla merce commission new tariffs which Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil day. Vice President Sherman will re Walla. during the entire season. , will be put into effect October 16, In view the veterans, with Commander in A third cause was the substituting lamette valley, ,19oi2O per ton; East Idaho Buiae, Challis, Emmett, creasing rates on lumber from Wiliam- Chief Van Sant and Lieutenant Gen in not a few instances of the steam ern Oregon, *21*322; alfalfa, new, *15 eral Nelson A. Mlles. U. S. A., re-i Grangeville, Hailey, Idaho Falls, Koo «•tte valley pointe to San Francisco and ami gasoline engines for the 20 to 30- <<1,16; grain hay, «14. tenai, McCall, Mackay, Oakley, Poca bay pointe to *5 per ton, a rate which Corn Whole, *32; cracked, *33 ton# j tired. horse teams on the combines. tello, Salmon, Sandpoint, St. Anthony, they had established two years ago l>ut One thing noticed at the various Millstuffs Bran, *23*124 per ton; There has not tieen a season in re Wallace and Weiser, which was held unreasonable by the meetings was the definite shape the cent years when the growers had to middlings. *31; shorts, *264(26; rolled Interstate Commerce commission. movement fur increasing the pensions contend with ao little smut. The barley. *24.50(0*25 50. S|.«<-ifi.-aily, the new tariffs fil«<l in Western Apples Popular. | of veterans is taking. The cry was Oats White, *27*/27.50 per ton. quality of the grain has been of the crease th«« rate from East Sid«» |x>inta ” A Dollar a Day for Life. ” The ns- Washington American apples tempt Green Fruita- Apples, new, 50m beat and some phenomenal yields have In pnxif of this from *3.40 to *5, and from points un «1.50 per box. plums, 40«i75c; pears, i tional encampment is expected to take the English buyer. been reported. Up the matter. statement, Allwrt W. Swaim. Ameri the West bank of the Willamette south 75c4x*1.25; peaches, boxes, 5Oor75e; Early season estimates of 6,000,000 of (Corvallis the Increase is from *3.f5 The National Association of Naval can consul at Southampton, re|«>rta bushels for the county have been ex gra|*ea, 50c«/*1.25 per box; luga, *1.35 Veterans believes it has a solution of that a shipment of apples from the to *5. This *5 rate was in effect up ceeded. Other authorities say the (<{1.40; 20c per basket; cranberries, the matter of placing a statue of Gen Wenatchee section of Washington com i to October 15, 190H, when the commis country’s crop fell short of the 6,000,- *8.50 per barrel; watermelons, *1 per eral Robert E. Ix<e in the capital at manded a higher price than any other sion ordered a reduction respectively hundred; cantaloupes, *1*(2 per crate; 000 mark. Under the law Washington. Th«- association at its American apple ever offered in the to *3.40 and *3.65, Fully half the crop has already been caaabaa, (3.50 per d<>Xcn. resolutions In' open English market, much of the ship the rates fixed by the commission can Vegetables Beans, 3«/5c per pound; ’convention adopted sold. The greater part of the wheat which it did not oppose the placing of ment tiring aoid at from 8 to 12 cents lie enforced only for two years. Bold brought in the vicinity of HO cents. cabbage, 2c; cauliflower, *1.50 per I doxen; celery, 90c; corn, 12«/ I5c; cu- Lee's statue in the capital provided it a pound and eagerly taken at that New Mathods Employed. cu m tiers. 25* / 40c per box; eggplant, ' appeared in civilian attire. The naval price. FALL WHEAT TO BE TRIED. Washington Rearrangements of the The secret of success, he says, is for 6c per pound; garlic, H/</10c; green veterans elected William G. McEwan, the American shipper ta send good detail» for mine rescue work in the onions, 15e per doxen; pepper», 6c per Philadelphia, commodore. Upper Klamath Farmers Dissatisfied fruit well packed and keep out of an Rocky Mountain region will be |>er- pound; radishes, 154420c jier doxen; With Sprmg-Sown Wheat. auction where a commission may con fcetixl by Dr. J. A. Ilolmca, director squash. 40c per crate; tomatoes, 25c*( Fur Catch Unusually Big. of the new l/urrsu of mince, on his trip Klamath Falla—That the farmers of 50 per box; carrots, *144 1.25 per sack; Edmonton, Alberta- Edward Hkgle, trol prices. to the Western country, extending the Upper Klamath country have come beets, (1.50; parsnips, *1441.25; tur one of the largest independent fur over thre«» weeks. to the conclusion that they must resort nips, *1. ! dealers in the North country, who has Canton. O.. Grows 10,650. lie «III visit Colorado, Montana an«l to some other method to make a suc Potatoes Oregon, *1.25 hundred. passed half a lifetime at the business, Washington The following figures Wyoming. While in the West Dr, cess of wheat raising, other than sow Onions New, *1.50 per sack. is authority for the statement that the were given out by the census bureau: Holm«-s will deliver an address at the ing in the spring, is shown by the fact Poultry — Hens, 17*1.17 Sc; springs, fur catch of the past winter, which is Canton, O., 50,217, an Increase of that a doxen of the largest farmers are 17<u 17 S®; ducks, white, 17(<i 17 Sc; now beginning to arrive from the 19,650, or 63.7 per cent as compared American Mining congress at Ix>e An- ' gelea. banding together and sending away for geese, 1 lor 12c; turkeys, live, 20c; North, will net the trappers more than with 30,667 in 1900. fall s.-ed wheat with which to make a dressed, 22«/25c; aquaha, *2 per doxen. *260,000. Mink and marten have been Little Rock, Ark., 45,941, an in Railroad Lands to Be Taxed. test the coming season. They intend Butter City creamery, solid park, ' more plentiful thia year, he says, but crease of 7,634, or 19.9 per cent, as Washington Land in Montana to sow several acres of fall wheat and 36c per pound; prints, 37*1:371, e; out foxes and beaver were very scarce, sil compared with 38,307 in 1900. amounting to 29,036 acres within the give it a thorough test. side creamery, 35*/36c; butter fat, ver foxes especially so. Thia year only La Crosse, Wis., 30,417, an increase That, the farmers cannot successfully 36c; country store butter, 24«/25e. 15 foxes were taken in the Mackenxie of 1,522, or 5 3 per cent, as compared primary limits of the grant of ths Northern Pacific Railway company grow spring sown grain in the Upper Eggs Oregon, candled, 34«/35c. river diatricL with 28,895 in 1900. wers brought into the taxable area Klamath country one year after an Pork Fancy, 13c per pound. j when they were clear listed by the de other has been demonstrated. With Veal Good, average, ll«{12c per Japan Buying Cotton Again. Coast Hatchenss to Ba Increased partment of the interior. The lands an unusually wet season spring grain pound. Seattle The ateammship Minnesota, Chicago "The salmon hatcheries on were in the Helena, Ixiwiaton and will make good yields, but with a dry i Cattle Beef steen, good to choice, sailing for Japan, took in her cargo the Pacific Coast will be increaae«! Miles City land districts. season it is invariably short and the *5.25*1.5.75; fair to medium, *4.2544 ’ 550 bales <«f cotton, the first tug ship next spring," said Grorge M. Bowers, yield is hardly worth harvesting. 4.75; choice spayed heifers, *4.50*4 ment in two years. Thia consignment Western Rats Raise Suspended. 4.76; gixxl to choice beef cows, *4.25 ' ia looked upon as the beginning of United States commissioner of fisher *40,000 Building at Medford *(4.75; medium to good href cows, heavy shipments, the trade having ies. The commissioner said that over Waehlngton The Interstate Com 4.050,000 white fish, |;>erch and trout Midford Work has been begun on *3.7541 4.25; common beef cows, *2«i I been heavy before the business de pres would also be released in the waters of merce commission has ordered ths the two-story *40,000 concrete and 3 75; bulla, *3.75*14; stags, good to • uspension of the proposed inrrossed 1 «ion from which Japan ia emerging. the Groat Lakes from the government freight rates of the Middle Western brick block at Main and Riverside choice, *4«/4.25; calves, light. *6.7544 hatcheries next year. | roads until January 6, 1911. The sua- avenu«* by contractor R. J. Stewart, 7; heavy, *3.754(5. Cleveland Has 600,003. and ia to tie completed by the middle Hog»- Top, J10.50W10.76; fair to lension affects nearly all the roads en Jureau Land Offer Accepted Washington — The population of j of Jamuuy. Thia building will be 75x medium, *10*t, 10.25. tering Chicago and St. IxMiia. 100 feet in dimensions. The lower j Sheep — Beet ML Adams wethers, Cleveland, O., ia 560,663, an increase Washington The secretary of the Johnstown, Pa., Is 66.4R2 floor will be used as a store room and best valley wethers. *3.2544 of 178,895, or 46.9 per cent, as com treasury has accepted the offer of Mar pared with 3x1,768 in 1900. The pop lin George and Thomas Smith for prop the upper floor will contain a number fair to gooij wethers, *3«.' Washington — The population of of office rooms. J. M. Root and San best valley ewes, *3*(,3.50; choice Mt ulation of Joliet, 111., is :<an in- erty at the corner of Fifth and Main Johnstown. Pa., ia 56,482, an increase Francisco associates are financiering Adams lambs, *5.25*t5.50; choice val . crease of 6,317, or 18.1 per cent, as street», Juneau, Alaska, for a site for of 19,456, or 54.4 per cent as com I compared with 29,853 in 1900. the structure. the governor’s mansion. ley lambs, *5wS,25. pared with 36,936 in 1900. CRANBERRY YIELD BIQ. MEDFORD PEARS COSTLY. I
