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MEAT PRICES GOING DOWN.
Pork Products and Choice Cuts
Bv«f Lead th* Way.
IRRIGATE ALFALFA LAND
OREGON TO GIVE
THANKS.
Farmer* in Hudson Bay District Con Governor Benson Issue* Proclama-
t on to People of Stat*.
tract for Electric Power.
»
Salem Governor F. W. Bcnaon has
I muc <I the ¿annual Thanksgiving pro
clamation in the following word*;
"Thanksgiving Proclamation:
"In accordance with the time-honor
ed custom of setting apart one day in
the year in remembrance of blessings
vouchsafed to us by Almighty God, and
in conformity with the proclamation
of William Howard Taft, president of
the United States, I, F. W. Benson,
governor of th«’ stat«' of Oregon, by
authority in me v«-»t«a!, do hereby des
ignate Thursday, November 24, a*
Thanksgiving Day, and I earnestly rec
ommend that upon that day the |>eople
of thi* state desist from their usual
vocations ami repair to their respective
places of worship, there to give grate
ful thanks to Almighty God for his
goixlnesa ami loving kindness to u* and
to all mankind.
"I further recommend, aa a fitting
observance of th«' day. that out of our
abundance we rememlier the poor and
destitute among us, and that by de«-d«
of mercy anil charity we make it an
CANDIDATES FILE ACCOUNTS.
iiccaaion of comfort and happiness to
Republican Stat* Central Commit!«« , other*. Let ua also devote the day to
the enjoyment of h<wpitality and the
Expended 92,979.43.
strengthening
of family tie*; to inapir-
Salem — According to a statement
tiled with the secretary of state by I ing sentiments of loyalty to our coun
Treasurer Ben Selling, of Portland, the try and resjiect tor its laws and Insti
Republican state central committee ex
tution*.
pended 12,979.43 to elect the Republi
"In witneaa whereof I have here
can ticket in the late campaign. The
unto set my hand ami eau*ed the great
.> -(.u, .t : fully ib miz.-d.
The Citizens’ committee of Portland «cal of the stat«' to I* hereunto affixed.
also expended 53,209.99 in an effort to Done at th«' Capitol, Salem, Oregon,
re elect Judge John B. Cleland. The this 15th day of November, in the year
effort was without result, despite the of Our Lord one thousand nine hun
large amount of money spent. He was dred and’ten.”
Milton The rich Hudson Kay alfalfa
district i* to be irrigated by pumping
water by electric power. At a meet
ing of farmer* here an agreement was
rvachcd with the power company to
furnish 160 horwpower in addition to
subacriplion« already mad*. The light
company ha« promised to build and
have the line ready for u»e by -May.
The light and power Company pro
poses to expand $16,000 and build 10
mile* of transmission line* to thi* dis
trict whenever contract* have been
signed for 250 horsepower for one
year.
The »ervice charge being made i*
11 per horsepower per month, and a
eliding scale fur the amount of current
used. It is estimated that a five horse
motor can be run 20 hour* per day for
five month* in the season, and two or
three hours per day during the remain
der of the year for $112.50, which i*
les* than the present coat of ditch
water.
With water 10 to 50 feet beneath
the surface in copious quantities, anti
electric power for pumping purposes, a
transformation in the quantity and
quality of crop* grown in the Hudson
Bay country is predicted.
beaten by Henrv E. McGinn, the anti
assembly nominee.
Oswald Writ, Democratic governor
elect, expended $150 during the cam
paign. Judge H. L. Benson, who was
re-elected circuit judge in the Thir
teenth judicial district over his Demo
cratic opponent. Judge Noland, by 32
votes, filed his statement, which shows
he spent no money to lie re-elected
The Thirteenth district i* composed of
Klamath and Lake countie*.
Ship Prune* Eaat.
Eugene The Eugene Fruit Grower**
mwociation ha* «hipped 15 car* of
prune* to New York thi* season. The
association also «hipped out 20 ear* of
apple* and there are about 15 car*
more to be packed and «hipped. There
is much of the canned product »till on
hand, though a great deal has been
«hipped.
PORTLAND
*
HOOD APELE (¡ROWERS
ARE IN JOYOUS MOOD.
<
MARKETS
Wheat - Track prices: Blue* tern,
79c; club, 77e; red Russian, 74c; ral
Iy, 7- •. 4o fol I. 7“c.
Barley— Feed, $20.50«|21 lier ton.
Hood River-- Hood River apple grow
Millatuffs Bran, $25 per ton; mid
er* «re greatly excited over the fact dlings, $33; shorts, $27; rolled barley.
that the Hood River car of SpitZen-
berg* won the sweepstakes prise at the
Hay Track price*: Timothy, Wil
Spokane apple show. The car that won lamette valley, $1964,20 per ton; East
the prise for Oregon came from a sin ern Oregon. $21"i 22; alfalfa, new, $15
gle orchard belonging to Charles H. 6416; grain hay, $14.
Sproat, manager of the Hood River
Corn Whole, $31; cracked, $32 ton.
Apple Grower*' union, and one of the
Oats |27«r28 per ton.
largest Spitzenberg growers In the
Poultry Hens. 17c; spring«, IS1-,'!
valley.
16c; ducks, white, 16c; geese, 11c;
The car of Yellow Newtown* that turkeys, live. 2tx<(22c. dressed, 25«i
won the first prize was also a Hood 26c, squat«, $2 per dozen.
River car and grown by Mr. Avery.
Egg« Oregon ranch, candled, 4061
These two cars of apples with their 42Sc Eastern, Aprils, 30oi32e. East
prise-winning ribbon* attached will be ern fresh, 366137'* c.
forwarded to Chicago and displayed at
Butter City creamery, solid pack,
the Land & Irrigst on eongrea*. The 36c per pound; prints, 3761,37 Sc; out
winning of these two prise* ha* had a side creamery. 35oi36c; butter fat,
stimulating effect on the real estate 36c; country store. 24<o25.
market.
Pork Fancy, I2<<il2'*f per pound.
V
Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 121*
Mora Big Onions.
6413c.
Klamath Fall* — W. H. Pankey, of
Apples - King, 406475e per box;
Langell valley, has on display here on
Wolf River, 75c6i$l; Waxen, 85c6t
ions measuring 16 S inches in circum
$1.25; Baldwin, 75c6i $1.25; Northern
ference six! weighing two pounds each.
Spy, 75c6i$1.25; Snow, $1.25641.50;
Mr. Pankey plante«! the aee«l last
Spitzenberg, $1.25412; W inter Banana,
spring, and the only water they re $1.75613.50.
ceive«! was that which fell in the form
Green Fruit* — Pear«. $1.25612 per
of rain during whst has been an un
box; grapes, $1.256/1.50; cranberries.
usually dry year.
$8.506(9 per barrel; hucklcberrie*. 6(0
Mr. Pankey has 280 acre* altogether
He per |x>und.
in hie ranch, and none of the place i*
Vegetable* — Beans,
lOoillc per
under irrigation.
He raises beaa»,
pound; cabbage, l46tle; cauliflower,
corn and tomatoes, and supplies Bonat •
California, $2.25 per crate; celery, 50
sa and vicinity with vegetables. He
6480c per dos; pumpkins, 16(14»* per
also has a splendid orchard of 800
pound; sprouts, 76iHe; squash, 16(
tree*, some of the 3-year-old tree* be
I1»*; tomatoes, $1.25 per box; carrots,
ing loaded with fruit thi* year.
81(41-25 per hundred; parsnip*, $1(«(
1.25; turnip*. 91.
Portage Nearing Completion.
Potatoes Oregon, 11.25611.30 per
The Dalle*-- Construction on the hundred; ■weet potatoes, 2‘*c per
portage railway ha* reached the west pound.
ern extremity of the right of ¡way and
Onion* — Oreg'jn, buying prices,
within a few davs all of the steel will $1.10 per hundred.
be in place. The bulkheading and rip
Hop*--1910 crop, 126413%«; 19"9
rapping is nearly completed and teams crop. 6c; old*, nominal. •
are busy dredging out along the river
Wool—Eastern Oregon, 136417c per
aide so that boat* can get up to the pound; valley, 176419c; mohair, choice,
wharf. The bulkheading, which «a* 326133c.
placed next to the river along the
Cattle Beef steer*, good to choice,
western end, st the place where the
ib.f.'., fair to medium, 84.
current will strike in high water, wa* 5; choice (payed heifer«, $4.75<>t5;
made by driving piling 40 feet long. good to choice beef cows, 4.1506/4.75;
medium to good. $3 506(4; common.
Salla 250 Acre* of Timber Land.
$2«i3.50; bulls. $3.506/4; stags, good
Eugene W. T. Bailey, of thia city, to choice, $4614.50; calves, light. $?'</
ha* just sold to a company of Eugene
heavy, $46(5
banker*, representing two inatitutiona
Hogs — Top, $9.26649.50; fair to
here, 255 acre* of timber land lying medium, $9649.25.
on both aide* of the Siualaw rl"rer 45
Sheep — Best valley wether*. $3.25
mile* weal of Eugene, for 120,000. 61,3.50; fair to good wethers, I3oc3.26;
Thia land can eaaily be logged at once, best yearling wethers, $4.25614.75;
a* the Siualaw river at that point la beat valley ewe«, $3.50644; lamb*,
large enough to float million* of feet choice mountain, $5.256(5.75; choice
of log* at one time.
valley. $4.754(6.
ot
Chicago J. Ogden Armour says the
whole tendency in the price* of stock
yard products is toward a lower sched
ule. He also said the descent would
be gradual and warned the public I
against too hastily accepting the belief
that a drop from the high«mt to the
lowest price* wa* due.
"The packers' price« to the retailer*
are bsjHwi entirely on what we have to
pay for the live animals.” said Mr. .
Armour, "G«’nerally speaking price*
are lower and I believe they are work
ing toward» a »till lower level. The
present situation 1» the result of th«'
enormou» c<»rn crop and of previous
high price* that stimulate«! everybody
to raise livestock.
"The public ia getting the brrefit of
political condition* and should get fur
ther benefit »• the inerea»<'d supply of
livestock reach«« the market.
"The recent high price* ot meats
el'll packing house prixlucts cannot tw
attrtliutcd in any way to the packer*
nor to any combination of person* or
Arma engaged in the packing bou««' in
dustry. It ha* been due to conditions
that developed from a «carcity and *
high price for corn, which ia the basis
of the supply of livestock.
"Conditions in livestock raising sre
1 iggcr than any packer or »el of pa k
era. Our pricca are baaed on what we
have to pay for liveatock, and the
sooner the people and the world at
large realize that, the better it will be
for everybody.”
PASSENGERS FACE FAMINE.
Wrack Survivor* Shut m By
on Kstalla Island.
Storm
Cordova, Alaska Eighty-three per
sons, comprising the passenger* and
crew of the wreck«) «tcamship Port
land. which was beached in the mouth
of the Katalla river, arc *tranded on
Katalla island. The storm which broke
soon after the passenger* were landed
from the wrecked vessel. I* raging
with increaa«-d fury and all effort* tn
go to the aid of the nunenel passen
gers have proved unsuccessful.
There are few ;>eople living on the
islam! and the food supply is small.
It is feared that if the passenger* and
crew of the Portland are not taken
off wain they will be forced to undergo
great ha nia tups, owing to the failure
of the food supply.
The steamship Alameda tried for 12
hours to enter the storm» wept harbor,
but waa finally compelled to give up
the attempt and turn bai k.
The tele
phone line, the sole m- xns of commu
nication with the island, is down, and
the stranded passengers are entirely
cut off from the outside world.
PANAMA CANAL IN 1013,
T«ft I« Told Work Will Be
Ahead of Time.
Finished
Panama—The Panama canal will be
-ompleted December 1, 1913. Thia in
formation waa given to President Taft
while he was in*|iecting the famous
Gatun dam. The official date of the
opening remains January I. 1915, Lieu
tenant Colonel Goethals dreiring one
year in which to train the canal tend
er* and to get the machinery working
•moothly.
Ship*, meantime, will have the priv
ilege of the canal, rtut at their own
risk or delay.
In addition it was announced by Col
onel Goethals that the rejxirt that
President Taft’s visit waa the forerun
ner of a request for another $100,000,-
000 from congress, wa* unfounded.
The canal will be completed in 1913,
he said, within th«» $375.000,000 al
ready authorized.
The president was pleased at the
outlook for early completion and con
gratulated Colonel Goethals.
He ex-
pres»«*d amazement at the work accom
plished since his visit in February,
1909.
He displayed a knowledge of the
technical detail* that surpristid the
officials, his familiarity dating back to
the time he wa* secretary of war,
when he advocated a lock canal aa
against a a«-a-level system.
He was
greatly surprised at the immensity of
the dam, some idea of which can te
gained from the fact that the train
was urder way nearly three hours on
the spur tracks overtunning the great
fills.
’Perfect’ Man Collapses.
Lynn, Mas*.—Charles Orrin Breed,
of this city, formerly world’s amateur
champion strong man and « leading
Methodist Episcopal layman, dropped
dead from heart disease. Three years
ago Mr. Breed was examined by Dr.
Sargent, of Harvard, and pronounced
perfect so far as physical proportions
were concerned.
Mr. Breed wa* 54
year* old. A* a young man he became
famous for hi* extraordinary strength
and traveled throughout the country
giving exhibition* of muscular prow-
cm , meeting strong the men.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
NOTES OF GENERAL ENTEREST
SIXTY PERCENT OF COUNT BAD
FU It S FROM CRUISER.
Aviator Ely Maker Successful
to Land Wins S5OO.
Trip Great Falls Mont., Has I3.U4H
cording to New Total.
Ac
Fort Monroe, Va. Aerial naviga
Waahington — The population of
tion ha* proved that It ia a factor Great Falla, Mont., ia 13,948, a de-
which must be dealt with in the naval 1 < reaa«' of 982 a* compared with 14.930
tactic* of the future, if the •ucceeaful ( in 1900.
Director Durand said the Great Fall*
flight mad* |by Eugene B. Ely in a
Curtis* biplane from the cruiser Bl rm- returns aa originally reeeivt-d showed a
Ingham can be taken a* a criterion.
( total of 23,324, or 8,376 more than the
From ¿Hampton Roads. the acene 45 correct count
The director biamea
year* »go of anolh< r epoch in ¡the his the attempteil padding to three out of
tory of navy warfare, wlitn ironclad* 12 enumerator* of the citv, 60 per cent
took their place as the »«-» fighting of whoa«- returns, he aaya, were fraud-
force of the world, th«' aviator flew ■ ulent.
across th«' lower end of Chesapeake
The three men were arraign*«! and
bay, landing on the shore opposite this two of them were »ent to jail for 24
fort.
i hours each and fined $150 each, while
With weather condition* unfavorable the thin! waa pul in prison for 48
for flying, th* aviator glided from the hour* and fintxl $200.
Ho aaya that
platform erected on th«' forward deck the increa»«-« were obtained largely by
of the cruiser, swoop«*! down until he taking the names «if transient Visitor*
touched the water, then roe* rapidly | to the city which were pl »ceil in the
and wa* off in th* direction of the At hands of the enumerators by private
lantic. Five minutes later he lande«l I individuals.
safely on Willoughby Spit.
The return* show a decrease from
The impact with which the machine the figure* of 1900 amounting to 982,
struck the water after it* 37-foot drop but Mr. Durant! contend» that, as there
from the deck broke a small piece was fraud in .the 1900 census, there
from a propeller blade. It* »peed wa* has tx-en an actual growth.
not lessened, however, and it dart«*!
Population statistics were made pub-
away on it* flight.
i lie for the following California cities:
Ely did not wait for the Birmingham Oakland, 150,174, an increaM of 83,-
to get into motion, which would have 214. or 124.3 |wr cent, compared with
aided him by adding to hi* momentum, 66,960 in 1900. Berkeley, 40,434, an
but seizing an opportune moment be increase of 27,220, or 206 per cent,
tween »bowers, wsa off before thoee on com par«'«! with 13,214 In 19(H).
A la
the tug» could get ready to follow and mella, 23,282, compared with 16,464
assist him in case of need.
in 1900.
Ely »aid afterward» that it would be
an easy matter for an aeroplane to
MARKET VALUE UNCERTAIN.
alight on a veesel which wiui either
moving r>r stationary.
Captain Washington I. Chambers, Railroad Commiiiiontri Reject Basis
of Taxation of Railroad*.
who has been detailed by the Navy de
partment a* chairman of a board of
Washington Deciding to hold it*
aeronautical investigation,
declare«!
23d annual convention in thi* city on
the flight was more than he had antici October 10, 191). ¿the National Asso
pated. and is confident th«' time will
ciation of Railroad Commissioners
come when the army and navy will use
elected the following officers:
Presi
aeroplanes.
dent, R. Hudxon Burr, of Florida; sec
When he struck the surface on div retary. W. H. Connolly, acting secre
ing off the platform on the Birming tary of the Interstate .Commerce com
ham, the water splashed onto hi* gog mission, and assistant secretary, Wil
glee, and he could not ««■ for several liam Kilpatrick, of Illinois.
minute* In which direction h«' was giv
Many delegate*. opposed the adop
ing. He had planned to take a differ tion of the report of the committee on
ent coura«- from that followed and land railroad taxes and plana for ascertain
further to the north.
ing the fair value of railroad property,
The highest altitude he attain«*! was the opposition taking the ground that
estimated at .'»00 feet.
market value was impracticable a* a
His striking the water, he said af basis of taxation of railroads genera I -
terward, waa due to a miscalculation.
He had planned before he left to drop
The convention refused to adopt the
near the water, so aa to get the mo
report, a* wall a* the reports of the
mentum which he wanted to carry him committee on rates and rate making
upward, but he overreached th«« mark.
and on car service and demurrage.
It is understood Ely, by thi* flight,
The committee report was adopted,
won a $."'00 prize offered by John Barry recommending that
the Interstate
Ryan for the first flight of a mile or Commerce commiaaion early 'prejiare
mure from any ship to land.
rules ami regulation* for carrying into
effect the uniform claaaification of
freight, authorized by law, and to give
to the commissions of the various
Canada to Follow Unitsd
Stata*' state* and all parties interested an op
Plan in 1911 Count.
portunity to be heard before final
adoption
of the uniform classification.
Washington
Contemplating th«<
adoption of some of this government’s
improve«! census-taking methods In
ESTRADA EXPELS RIOTERS.
connection with its next census. the
Canadian government has sent to Anti-American Disturbers Ar* Ban
Waahington E. II. Mac Ph a il, of the
ished From Nicaragua.
census bureau of Canada, to consult
Waahington
The Liberal leader«,
with Director Durand regarding the
operation* of the American census bu alleged to be responsible for the anti-
reau. The two officials have been in American riot* at Leon, Nicaragua,
were expelled from the country by
confi-rencel the past two days.
Mr. MacPhail said that according to President Estrada, aiyording to a tele
official estimate, the next Canadian gram received by the State department
census, to be taken In June, 1911, will fr<>m Thoma* B. Moffat, United State*
show a population of about R,000,000. consul at BlueAclda.
The men ex pel Ini are Zclodon and
This would be an increase of 2,700.000
or about 50 per cent over the figures Mxldonado Zelaya, Game* and Barreto.
Unitoti States Consul Cllvarrs at
for 1901.
Managua telegraphed the States de
WOMAN WASHES DIRTY BILL.
partment that he had completed hie in
vestigation of the anti-American out
Certificate it So Clean That Bank break at Leon, and that hr Ix-lievcd
the government authorities now had
Teller Think* It Counterfeit.
the situation well in hand.
Washington A mistake that may
Charles Teller, the American boy
become common if th«- government fin
who was injured in the recent riots,
ally decide* to launder dirty paper
waa shot by a soldier aa a result of
money, ha« ju«t come to the attention
mistaken identity, the consul rc[xirts,
of the treasury official«. A woman In
for the lx>y did not participate in the
New York receive«! an extremely dirty
disturbance. The consul confirm* the
silver certificate. 8he promptly washed
report that the trouble waa inaugurat
and ironed the bill. It came out of the
eli by the Liberal*, who. Incited by the
process bright and clean and she took
it to the bank. It looked ao strange incendiary utterance* of their pre**,
insist u;x>n holding anti-American dem
that the bank teller pronounced the
onstration*.
note a counterfeit and sent it to Wash
ington for inspection.
"The only
Salt Lak* City Grows.
thing the matter with that," smiled
Washington Salt Lake City ha* a
Chief W ilkie, "is that it's clean."
population of 92,787, according to
statistics of the 13th census . This is
Malt Association Accused.
an increase of 89,246, or 73.3 per cent
Washington Complainta’againat the
over 53,531 in 1900.
United State* Maltsters' association,
The population of Salt Lake county,
alleging violation of the Sherman anti
Utah, I* 131,426, compared with 77,-
trust law and an illegal combination of
725 in 1900.
the malting com panic* eaat of the
Augusta, Ge.. has a population of
Rocky mountain*, have been made to
37,826. Thi* I* a decrcaae of 1,615,
the department of juatice by individual
or 4.1 per cent under 30,441 in 1900.
users of malt.
CENSUS METHODS LIKED.
Portland First In Rank.
Washington By making extraordin
Tama Owl Flies BOO Milas.
arily heavy shipments of wheat during
Victoria, B. C.- The steamship Zea- October, Portland regained her posi
lamiia, which arrived here from Aus tion a« the leading wheat exporting
tralia, had on boad a California tern- city of the United State*, aa shown by
yard owl, which alighted on the steam statistic« of the department of com
er 860 mile* from th* nearest land.
I merce and labor.
Stat* of Main*
Grow*
to
742,371.
Washington The population of th*
state of Maine is 742.371. according to
the thirteenth censu* statistic*.
This
is an increase of 47,905, or 6.9 per
cent over 694,446 in 1900.
The in
crease from 1890 to 1900 waa .33,390,
or 5 per cent.
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