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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TAFT IS OFF TO PANAMA. LUMBER CUT GAINS Increase tor Whole Country Cent in Year, 34 Per Leaves on Cruisar Tennessee V>ait of Inspection, •or Charleston, 8. C. —- President Taft has sailed for the isthmus of Panama to get in personal touch with condi tions along the big canal. President Taft visited the isthmus just before hie inauguration in !9«>9. but since then various executive and engineer ing problems have arisen, and congress must soon frame l<^{i»lation as to rates of toll, form of guvernmcnL the regu lation of the sale of coal, the disposi tion of the Panama railroad ami many other things. The president expects to make various recommendation» re garding the canal at the coming short session of congrers. Mr. Taft sailed on the armored i cruiser Tennessee, with the cruiser Montana as convoy, While officially known as cruisers, these vessels have the general proportions of the battle ships of a few yean ago, although they could not stand up very long against a modern DreadnaughU Both cruisers have a S|x*vd of 22 knots and will make the trip to Coion in four days. Mr. Taft expects to tie on the isthmus four days and ie due back in Charh-ton November 22. He will stop over a few hours in Richmond on the 23d. President Taft's xpecial squadron is under the command of Rear Admiral Staunton, with the Tennessee as flag ship. Admiral Staunton, Captain Quimby, of the Montana, and Rear Admiral Ford, Commanding the Charleston navy yard, were at the de l»*t i L ■ arrived. The members of his party were driven to the home of Mayo» Rhett for breakfast Later the presi dent reviewed groups of while and col ore*I school children. Mr. Taft went aboard the Tenne»»«* launch at the custom house wharf, As he made his way up the »(«rtxiard gangway of the big gray cruiser his flag was run up and he was received with a ruffle of drums a blare of trum pets ami all the ceremonies accorded the commander in chief of the Ameri can armed forces. The president is making a purely business trip to Panama and accom panied only by his brother, Charles P. Taft, Secretary Norton, two aides, a physician and a stenographer. Washington Th«* lumber cut in the United States during the calendar year 1909 was 44.585 million feet, board measure, as against 33,324 millionjfeet in 1 890, and 40,256 million feat in 1907. This was an increase of 34,2 per cent over 1907. The output of lath and shingles during 1909 was 3,712 million and 14.945 million respective ly. The increase in the production of lath in 19«9 over 1908 was 24.3 per eant and over 1907 1.3 per cent, while the corresponding increases for shing les were 23.4 per cent and 26.4 par cenL This information appears in a pre liminary comparative report covering 1909, 1908 and 1907, which was trans mitted to Census Director Durand by M. Chief Statistician William Steuart. The substantial increase over the two preceding years wax general, of the individual atatea showing a de- creased cuL The figures show a < con- spicuous increase in the cut of the Southeastern states, including all thoae on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from Viriginia to Texas ami Kentucky and Tennessee. The proportion of the total lumber cut of the country contributed by New York and the New England states did not vary materially during the three years, being 9 per cent in 1907, 9.6 per cent tn 1908 and 7.5 per cent in 1909. Although the wood pulp industry continues to make heavy and in * ing draft upon the supply of spruce, thia tree still practically shares with white pine the place of first impor (anew anong ths lumber titobers of this re-ion. In 1909 it» contribution to the total lumber cut of thia group of states was 28.8 per cent, while that of white pine was 31.1 per cent. The relative importance of the Lake V " eons in —in lumber production continues to decrease steadily, as the supply of white pine stumpage grows lea». The Pacific Coast states, with an output of 28.3 per cent larger in 1909 than in 1908, and 2.2 per cent greater than in 1907, nevertheless, contributed a smaller proportion of the total cut of the country in 1909 than in either of the preceding years, the per cent for 1909 being 15.5, for 1908 16.2, and for 1907 16.8. Douglas fir was far in the lead, as lumber material in these states during the three years, the pro duction from thia species constituting 68.1 per cent in 1907, 66.1 per cent in 1908, and 68.5 in 1909. It contribut ed 79 2 per cent of the total production in Washington in 1909, and 82.2 per cent in Oregon, while redwood formed 45.6 per cent of the total output of California. Of the total production of lumber in 1909 soft woods supplied 33.875 mil lion feet, or 76 per cent, while hard woods contributed 10.693 million feet, or 24 per cent. Soft woods contrib uted 1 per cent less of the total pro duction in 1909 than in 1908 and 1907, in each of which years they formed 77 per cent of the total. ESKIMOS DISCREDIT COOK. Missiooar rl Get Tsrsa Story Wanderings in Arctic. of Chicago Dr. Frederick A. Cook is further discredited in a special cable dispat th to the Chicago Daily News from its correspondent in Copenhag en, Denmark. The story is the first publication of Knud Raamusaen, the Danish explorer, - as aent by him to his wife in Copen hagen, and now given out by her. Contained in the story are purported statements of Cook's two Eskimo com panions In the Polar quest, Itukvauk and Apilak, in which they confirm Commander Robert E. Peary's charge that Cook traveled in a circle and never even approached the Pole. Rasmussen, in the story, is quoted as saying he did not himself interview the man. but that their statement» were taken by the Rev. Gustav Ol»en •nd Kateket Sechmann Roscbach, mis • ionariea. The dispatch to the Daily News •ays: “Already in 19"9 when I was on an expedition to Greenland,” writes Ras- muaaen, “ there existed grave doubts as to whether Dr. Cook really had reached the Pole, so I determined to find out from his two Eskimo compan ion«, I secured their statements through the missionaries. " Thia is the story of the Eskimos, •» given in the dispatch: “We traveled from Annatook with eight sledges in company with Dr. Cook, at the first sunshine, February. From there to Ellsmore we slept only once on the ice. ,!t took four days to cross Ellsmore land. Eighteen days out our companions left us. We then had gone only about 12 English miles from land. “The ice was fine and there was no reason to stop, for anyone who wanted to go on could do so. The 19th day Dr. Cook took observations with an instrument he held in his hand and we then changed our course westward. “We left here a lot of food for men ami dogs and one of ua went ahead to examine the ice. He reported it in good shape which it was, but Dr. Cook looked at it and said it was bad. “On they way back we stopped at open water near the land. We stopped one <iay and went over to Ringnas is land before the snow had melted (April). “One day I (Apilak) came upon Dr. Cook sitting down and drawing a map. I balked at it ami asked him . ’Whose route arc you drawing?’ ” '.My own,’ replied Dr. Cook. “But that was a lie, because he drew the map a long way out at sea. where he hail never been. “We : = to sh-xit beat* 00 the ice, until we had enough for the dogs. We do not know how many nights we slept on this part of the journey. The •mall riven had only begun to break when we reached Hell's Gate. “Here as Dr. Cook directed, we left our dogs behind, although they were fat from the bear meaL We had crossed the great sound ami had to push our boat along the ice. "Dr Cook said: 'We will reach human beings (Baffinsland) within two days.’ “We had slept twice when he looked ahead and said he saw a tent, but it was only a atone. We kept hunting for human beings s long time. Then \ we came to an island on which eider birds were resting. We followed the land past Cape Sparbo and when our provisions were nearly gone we re turned toward Cape Zs-ddon, where we arranged for wintering. "It was yet twilight the whole night • nd wo built a house of peat and stone, just as we do st home. We caught walrus, musk ox and bear for winter. It was a fine autumn and we had made provisions for the winter. During the dark time we were inside most of the time making clothes ” INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR DOME STATE BURNED AREAS RESEEDED. TAXABLE LAND »9,600.000. Forest Service Meo Plant Larch and Pine Near Bear Creek. Bei'ton County Richer by »2.000.000 Than Year Ago. Wallowa Local officers of the For est service have begun to plant 45 acres of an old burn««! area on the headwaters of Bear creek to European larch and Scotch pine. They are using the seed-spot method. In ail over 3(8) acre« have Ixvn planted in the Wal lowa national forest this year, Imt all but the Bear Creek burn are in areas burned over this year. The Bear Creek turn, whh is seve ral years old. is on the watershed of Wallowa's water supply and as it has not reforest«! from natural sources, the forest s**rvice has resorted to arti ficial means to better protect the store house for the city's summer supply of water. The method used consists of digging seed spots six feet apart each way and planting the tree seeds. While the loss of s«-d in this manner is a very large percentage, it is considered one of the most economical ways of refor esting burned over areas. The work is under the direction of Supervisor H. W. Harris, and six men are employed. Corvallis The tax roll of Benton County for 1910 is made up and will soon lx* turrnxi over to the proper offi. cals. The figures show the total taxa ble property in the county is 39,500,- 000. The total amount for 1909 was 37,- 500,000, an increase of over 32,000,• Ooo. This inervas»' comea from an In crease in the assessment of railroad timber ami speculative holdings. These properties heretofore have been assessed a very low figure ami in some places were never aa»es»>sl. The sev eral items as shown are as follows: Tillable land. 32.249.900; non tilla ble land, 34.002,976; farm Improve ments, 3356,375; town lota, 31,191,- 545; improvements on town lots, 3466,- 075; machinery, etc., 367,060; mer chandise, etc., 3184,365; shares of stock, 351,540; farm implements, ■ hold furniture, 378.- 905; horses and mules, 3166,870; cat tle, 360.130; sheep ami goats, 313,188; «wine, 33,845; dogs. 31,075; total, I».960,514. Railroads and public util ities. 3540, Grand total, 39.500,514. WAY TO IMPROVE ROADS. What is Known at ' Splitlog Being Introduced. Drag'' Portland The Pacific Highway asso ciation Is sending out information in regard to the operation ami construc tion of the “King Drag" or "Split Log Drag" for the immediate improve ment of road conditions on the Pacific Coast Thia information has been sent to every county commissioner in the counties of the state of California, Oregon and Washington, through which the proposed Pacific highway will pass, in order to |«t this inexpensive meth od of road improvement into wider fields, not alone for the Pacific High way but for general thoroughfares. Great encouragemnet is living con stantly afforded the Pacific Highway association in this endeavor to (letter the road conditions, «•specially by the Seattle Automobile club, which at Its last meeting voted to affiliate ami financially assist the P. H. A. RAILROADS RUN A( LOSS. Pacific A Eastern Report Deficit of »15.400. Shows Salem Deficit in railroad operatinn is shown by the annual report of the Pacific Eastern which has just tieen flU-d with the state railroad commis sion. The Income account am! operat ing revenue show a deficit, net, of 315,400.23. The total operating reve nues are reported as 39,557.69. D. M. Rohibrough. of Aurora, haa complained to the commission that he shipped an emigrant ear from Burley, Idaho, to Newberg, Or., ami he was told the charge would be 3128, but when the car arrlvixl he was charged 3198, he alleges, He asks the commis- »1 ■■ t., I. t. rn. l.>- if h. nl: t.e 1 i-i'.ltid for an overcharge in this case. Thomas A. Jenson, of Portland, com plains that he shipped a piano from Railroad Reaches Butte Falls Watertown, 8. D., to Portland ami Cottage Grove The Pacific A East w I. l-..irrf.'>l I fl r till- pi!.'»' t. ern railroad has reach«! Butte Falls. This raU, he asserts, is an outrage. The last bridge waa croaaed Sunday and work will be rapid from this time PORTLAND MARK! I S. on until the line is ready for use to the timber city. The mad is planning to Inaugurate Wheat Track prices: Bluestcm. a regular train service to Butte Falla 776i.78e; club, 75c; red Russian, 73c; POWERS MAY LOSE SEAT. as early as possible. In all probabil valley, 78c; 40-fold, 76c. ity an excursion will lie run in the Barley Fetal, 32ooi 20.50 per ton. near future, giving all an opportunity Kentucky Democratic Delegation to Millstuffs Bran, 325 per ton; mid of Inspecting the new iine. Ask Congress to Act. dlings, 333; shorts, 327; rolled barley, The Pacinc & Eastern belongs to the 324U7 25. Louisville Reports which were Hill people and consists of 30 miles Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil freely circulated here are that there of standard track between Medford anil lamette valley, 319<>i.2O per ton; Kaat- is a movement Uruler way to have the Butte Falls. The line is surveyed and em Oregon, 321o:22; alfalfa, new, 315 nine Democratic representatives of the ready for grading from Butte Falls to (<t 16; grain hay, 31 4. Kentucky delegation make a concerted a point on the main line of the Oregon Corn - Whole, 331; craelted, 332 ton. effort to have Caleb Powers ousted Trunk coming down the Deschutes Oats White. 327<<128 per ton. from his seat as representative of the country. Poultry Hens, 17«; springs, 15c; Eleventh Kentucky district. Con ducks, white, 16c; geese, 11c; tur gress, It is reported, will be asked to 100,000 Arras Will Be Reclaimed keys, live, 20c; drcMed, 23<«(26c; deny Powers his seat on the ground Crescent Actual work of reclaiming squat«, 32 per down. that ho ha» thrice been convicted of several thousand acres of land near Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 40c; felony and has not been acquitted by a Crescent will be inaugurated early in current receipts, 38c; Eastern, 30<a32c jury. Governor Willson's pardon, it is the spring. All the necessary survey per doten. contended, does not have the same ef ing has been completed. Butter City creamery, solid pack, fect as an acquittal on the charge of Some 100,000 acres of land will be 36c per [xiund; prints. 876137)4«; out complicity in the Goebel assassination. irrigated with water to lie taken from side creamery, 856t36c; liuttcr fat, OIL LANDS NEAR COAL. Crescent and Fish lakes. The project, 36c; country store butter, 24ni 25c. Deposits in Alaska Believed to Be it is understood, is fathered by the Holiday Silver May Be M.nted. Pork Fancy, 126112 p«»r pound. E »tensive. Hunter Land company, of Portland, Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12’, Washington Treasury officials msy who own about half of the land affect 6/. 13c per pound. Seattle President Taft’s order with have to change their minds, after all, ed. The rest will be watered in con drawing Alaska oil lands from settle and order the mints to click off a mil Apples King, 40ril,75c per box; junction with the government reclam Wolf River, 75c6r 3l; Waxen, M5c«u ment was not unexpected, being in line lion bright silver coins for the Christ ation service. About 100 miles of 31 25; Baldwin, 75crn3L25; Northern with the administration's policy of mas holidays. It has been customary canal will r*d. All th« land( 'Spy, 75< :3125, Snow, 31.2'. ■( 1.50, restoring all Alaska coal lands to the to do so for many years, but as the lies west of Crescent, and it now is Spitxenberg, public domain and letting congress treasury has on hand about 122,000,000 Germany's Budget Grows. 3l.25r<:2; Winter Ba cover«! for the moat part, with black nanas, 3l.756l3.50. legislate for their disposal. The oil in g'xxl coins, even though they are Berlin The Nord Deutsche Allge- pine. The country is said to have lands are in or near the coal fields. not bright and shiny, it had been de Green Fruits Pears, 31.25622 per miene Zeitung ’prints the details of great promise as a dairying region. Gushers were tapped in the Katalla cided, in the interest of economy, that box; grapes, 3LI5«>il.25; 17 '■»c per the budget for 1912, showing expend- coal fields and coal claims now cover I no new ones would lie turned out But basket; cranberries, 3 m .50 i < i 9 per bar : itures of 2.924,9-15,136 marks, approx One Tossnl-Growcr Loft. the oil land. rel; quinces, Hiol.25 per box; hucklo- the wsil of protest which is said to imately 3 12,975,545. The estimate; Clarence Cunningham, who located 1 have originated with the small boy has Oregon City With the sale of the berriea, 6oi 8c per [xiund; pe rsimmons, includes for the army 1209.941,844. an the famous group of coal claims that I gathered momentum. The indignation Samuel E. Gregory farm, at Carus, 31.85 per liox. increase of 120,214,155, of which figured so prominently in the attacks , of the demands of the merchants hss there remains only one teasel grower Vegetables Beans, lOoillc per amount 11,976,124 is for additions to on Secretary Ballinger, went to Alaska j grown and the subtreasuries have been He ie George pound; cabbage, ’,frilc; cauliflower, the peace footing. The navy estimate In Clackamas county. to prospect for oil, ami Indians showed besieged with demands for new mon- 40c«i3l per doten; celery, SOtuHOc; ' is 3112,639,849, an increase of 34.128,- E. Gregory, at Molalla. him the enormously rich coal areas. I ey until all the assistant treasurers are Gregory brothers came here 15 years pumpkins, ho 1 *4» ;x*r pound; sprouts, 482. The tadget requires a loan of The oil deposits of Alaska have not yet calling for help. The New York 324,438,982 to balance the expendi sgo, and George Gregory Imught the 7<<l8c; squash, l'ull%c; tomatoes, 50oQ been thoroughly prospected, but are treasurer came to Washington to in tures as against 347,962,290 borrowed teasel farm of J. N. Sawtell, at Mo 60c per box; carrots, 3ku. 1.26 hun believed to be extensive. lalla. 8. E. Gregory has just dis dred; parsnips, 316r.l.2B; turnips, 31. form Trea»urcr McClung ami George to balance the present budget. In the sandstone and shale txxls of Roberta, director of the mint, that posed of his ranch, 57 acres, with the Onions Oregon, buying price, 31.10 the Yukon and Koyukuk valley, heavy j banks in New York are being almost buildings and 25 acres of timber, to per hundred. Poisoned Wins Kills. seepage of oil has been noted, but no I mobbed by merchants who want bright Noah Christner, of Eugene, for 3150 Hops —1910 crop, 12«:14c; 1909, Vancouver, B. C. Four Frenchmen per acre. The other 120 acres were nominal, olds, nominal. effort has been made to Segregate the new coins to give out to their eustom- engaged in a drinking bout In a house purchased by Herman Smith, of Au land, from the government domain for j era during the holiday season. Wool Eastern Oregon, 116(17« per , in the Fairview section of Vancouver. rora. for 390 an acre. The new own ;iound; valley, 17«. 19c; mohair, choice, exploitation. Their port wine disagreed with them, ers will not attempt teasel raising, but 326X38. A lake covered with oil haa been Mint Will Be Closed Permanently. and when the police were called to the will confine their labors to general discovered within the region about 300 Cattle Beef steers, good to choice, Washington — George E. Roberta, house after midnight they found one farming. miles mirth of Kotxebue sound, and it 35.2574 6.65; fair to medium, 34 5060 is believed that good gushers could director of the New Orleans mint, man lying dead beside a table on which Mr. Gregory will go to the Palouse 6; choice spayed heifers, 34.60<» j 5; be found here at shallow depth. said that the mint would be abandoned was a half-emptied bottle of port that country, in Washington, where he be good to choice beef cows, 34.26« 4.70; is thought to contain strychnine. Two for the preeenL When operations lieves opportunities for successful medium to good beef cows, 33.5Oe:4; may be resumed there is not known. others were almost dead from the teasel growcring are better than here. common beef rows, 32« 3.50; Isilla, Towns Show Big Growth. effects of the liquor ami were taken to 33.50« 4; stags, good to choice, 14fifi Washington — The population of “There is not enough work to keep all a hospital, where they are critically Coos County Dry. 4.50; calves, light, 376:7.50; heavy. Youngstown, Ohio, is 79,066, an in the mints in operation.” said Mr. ' ill. The fourth man had disappeared i Marshfield Complete returns show 33.7574,5. crease of 34,181 or 76.2 per cent over Roberta. “It is with difficulty that and the police are seeking him. three are kept working.” that Coos county haa gone dry by 23 Hog» Top, 39,25749.60; fair to me 44,885 in 1900. votes. It is held by the wet faction dium, 39(4 9.25. KI Paso, Tex., 39,279, an increase ■Fratile' ie Rsmsmbsrsd. Loa Angelas Has 310.198. that th«. Marshfield charter is such that Sheep Best valley wethers. 33.257 i 0 of 23,373 or 146.9 per cent over 15,906 New York—The following telegram the city can continue the saloona re 3 50; fair to good wethers. 3374 3.25; Washington The population of Loa in 1900. Canton. III., 10,453 compared with Angeles, Cal. is 319,198, as compared ' waa receievd at Tammany hall from a gardless of the county, but others beat yearling wrthers, 34.25704 76; “Roose claim that thia matter must be decided best valley ewea, >36x3.50; lamba, 6,564 in 1900. with 102,479, as announced by the cen Democrat in Oyster Bay: East Chicago, Ind., 19,008, cotn- sus bureau. Thia is an increase sines velt’s own district: Dix, 218; Stim in court. This is the first time the choice mountain, 35.2574 5.50; choice county ever went dry. valley, 34.764(5. son, 158. Beaten to a fratals. “ pared with 3,411 in 1900. 1900 of 267,199, or 21.5 per cent. i - ----
