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BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Wednesday. Dre. 21. Washiagton, Dre. 21.—Declaring “calendar Wednesday'* was “pecu harly sacred.*’ Speaker Cannon today refused to permit the immediate eon »id.-ration of a special m«-»sage sent to «engrvM by Prewideat Taft. Lee» than eighty members were present, in spite of the fact that it was “ealeu •iar Wednreday. * ’ Most of the session was taken np with a discussion of the M. m > u bill for a revision of laws relating to th« ju dietary Taft's »|Mr*cial message rec«>mmendrd the adoption of a law authorising l’res ident Taft and officials of the state of Texas to mark the boundary be tween Teaas and New Mexico The me«sag«> was read and it* consideration •uggested but the speaker objected. The senate today adjourned at 2 o'clock. It will reconvene January 3. The senate this afternoon adopted the recommeiidatnion of the president autli-rDing him l>> settle the Texts New Mexico boundary question The phy sical valuation of railroad* is demand«! in the report of the inter stale commerce Commission submitted today to congriwe. The report ref«1!» n < .mm «Sion, accountant or financ.al writer would for a moment consider that the present balance sheet in th» of statement purporting to gno property ’ »uggrsts even rmuololy or ju a reliable measure either the money in vested or the present value of the rail mad*.' ’ Tuesday, December 20. Washington.- Tho spectacle of a con gre*«man desiring to withdraw from counuittee a bill for a government ap propriation of »0,000,Ovo for his con atitueney and of another congresanian opposing the motion was presented in the house of representativo» when Julius Kann, ot California, moved that a bouse comuilttee be discharged from consider ing a resolution introduced last Decern ber asking federal aid for the Pauauia exposition to be held in Han Francisco in 1915. lu making tho motion, Kabn declared that California no longer needed a federal appropriation, having raised »17,500,000 for the project. iiington.—In order tu to conform Washington. with 'be i - pure food law*, all packages of foods wi HI have to bear a statement of th« exact measure of the contents on the label, if a substitute bill to bo sub mil ted to thè house by Kepfesentative Mann, of Illinois, becomes a law. The ■ulwtitut» bill is intended to take the place uf Mann's original amendment to the pure food law. Mann decided to «bang- hi« lull after a conference with < liieago and New York bu*ia>-«> men. The death knell of “suspension of the rule»’’ day was sounded, «o I ar ns the present sereion is concerned, thruu SC*» the instrumentality of Speaker Cannon, who thereby got a unique revenge. The house had finished tho unanimous consent calendar, and Speaker Cannon called up the first bill on tho calendar of motions tu discharge commit tee* The me .»»tire was a provision for revision and codification of the ;x>*tal laws. The document contains hundreds of pages, and probably would occupy all the time • f a ' ’ suspension day’’ that would last thr. igi the remainder of the s<-s«ion Cannon's ruling will probably cut off all further attempts to susjiend the rules The appointment of Martin A. Knapp to be a judge of the United States eom mere court was confirmed by the sen ate Knapp ha* been chairman of the interstate commerce commission for *ev I era! years. lastea>l of at th« New York navy yard, according to the testimony of Chief Constructor Watt, of the navy, before the house committee on noval affair* to«lay. Hr said there would be lug to the government build all the v easels by contract. SATISFY BOI H FAIR CITIES. Let San Francisco Hav« Panama, Deepwater tor New Orleans. Washington A compromise on the Panama exposition question may be considered when »'orgrese reconvene« after the holiday tsces*. It is pro- not pledged to either San Francisco or New Orleans |os<-d by congressmen that San Francisco shall have the ex position in 1915 to commemorate the opening of the Panama canal, while New Orleans shall hold an expoaition in 1918 to commemorate, say. the be ginning of work on the lakea-to-the gulf deep waterway. It is said this plan has been sug gest«! at the White house and that it has met with the approval uf th«' pres ident. Taft and those who have ojenly cspou*«i the compromise proposition are aaid to feel that In no event could New Orleans have a deeper interest than in the completion of, or at lerst the undertaking of actual work «n the deepening of the Mtsaiasippi river and the digging of the necessary canal* to make it an outlet from the Great Lakes. An exposition to celebrate the event would be in order, It ia urged, and New Orleans would be the proper city in which to to hold iL With such a compromise, the Crescent city ahould be urged to withdraw its claim for the Panama canal exposition and permit San Francisco to hold this celebration without further opposition. An effort will bsj made to obtain the consent of New Orleans to thia plan. LAND SALES »12,198,460. Reclamation Tund Secures More Than Half of Bum. UNPREPARED TOR WAR. Secretary of War Drelares United Bute« Could Not Repel Invasion. Washington—Th« full test of the confidential report to congress, prepared b» th- K-cretary f war. which declares that th« Unite«! States la uaprvui ared to repel invasion, ha* been secured by the prvn*. It is the re|K>rt which th« bouse ■ J 1 to 1 receive . •* in »* secret ’» • W' , •*'> ■* vs which M and ««a withdrawn hr order of the Presi dent when thia refusal was made known The report declare« that th« regular arrnv is lefirient in number end de feetiv* in other enumerate«! respects It «tv* that the organirc.1 militia also • deficient in number, lacking in equip meat, tn ■ widely scattered, and other wise below the mark. The coast de feews are deficient in equipment and ammunition, the report goes on. The total authorised strength of tho army, including the Philippine and In dian scouts, th« Porto Rico regiment i I - e ho’oi: a!'corps. Is 9- ?■> Heers and men Deductions of noncombat ants and men not available leaves ap proximately M >tM< American combatant officers aud men, of whom 47.000 are or gun.’’ I into 15 rvgimetUs .if cavalry, 6 regiment» of field artillery, 30 regi ments of infantry, 3 battalions of en ginvers, and 4 companies of signal tr «ope, and 17,000 are organised into 170 companies of eoaat artillery. Tho total strength of the organise«! militia is 119,660 officers and mon. Do ducting the number of men who could not re«p.>nd to a call, leaves approx! itely »6 ■ hi (• >mbalant officers and men, of whom 112.000 are organised Inta troops of artillery, cavalry and infantry, and 4.200 are organised for eoaat de fen*«. POSTAL BANKS JANUARY 3 WsaWrn Postmasters Confer HlUhcook About Byatstu. with I* «tmaater Gsnsral • .. w in readinr«» for the P ata) Saving» Banks to rrceivs deposits on January 3, the first w rkmg day of the now s Washington grrs«--d » > far as to »"« ito ths begin mtig of operations. One experihirtital office will be opened ■ n each «tat« and territory to make the first test of the service as thorough as possible under the limited appropriation. The offices designated are ail of the second class aud in )o alities where eondlt'-us are exception ally favorable for the development of i p »'il saving« business Several of ■ inhabited by foreign born Americans, who are remitting annually considers ble sums of m-»nev to their native ' ■ • < • ■ r ! r r a In the last few days, the postmasters at the twelve offices in thr Rocky Mountain and Pacific Const state« have been in Washington at the r»«|uest of the postmaster general for a confer ence \mung the postmaster* taking part were: Reb«. Uoetir d’Alene. Ida o Harper, \nae--n la. Mont.; Einmitt, Klamath ¡'alls, Ore., and Cavanaugh, Olympia, Wash. They were instructed how to put the new system into operation, and how tho business should be conducted. Wa-dii.-igron. Twenty three state* : artie I-it. I in the division of the money received from public lands dur Ing last year, according to figures given out at the gene««1 land office. The total amount received from the public land «.ales t ai- 1 appr -tiu itely »12,194,4'0, • >f which »5,257,095 was plaeeil in the United Stat»« treasury as the net pro ere.is of the sale«, »6,674,a.54 went to the ■ re.lit of th.» reclamation fund,' «nd »261,99! was turned over to the United States as its share of the proceeds. Only 15 states participated in the divisions of the reclamation funds. Tho*« states receiving no fund* on this account hav* EMPLOYES SHARE PROHTS. no reclamation project« within their borders North Dakota lead* with the Rteet Corporation Distributes Bonus of largest amount turned into the treas »2.700,000. ury, »788.974; ranks first in the amount New York The Vait«d States Steel received by the states, »39,44», but Corporation announced it» plan for die take« third place in the amount given tributing a bonus to the officer» and to the credit of the reclamation fun»!. emplovra of the corporation and sub sidtary corporations in accordance with »842,714. Routh Dakota 1« second in all th« dl- its annual practice The sum to bs distributed for 1910 visions, Tho net proeeed« converted srno nts to approx uiatelv ».’,7i>o,000 into the treasury _ from ___ _______ _______ the eale _ of land* The amount 1« determined by the annual Monday. December 10. n that state amounted to »701.395; the 35 ashingtun, Dee. 1 y—The Indian amount accredited to the state is »85,- earnings Th» bonus will be paid 60 per rent appropriation bill, carrying items ag ‘«19. and the amount for the reclama in common stock at J7o a »hare and 40 tion fund is »944,514. gregatmg »9.215,430, was reported to per cent in cash. Last year the bonus Th» third state in the matter of n«»t was paid 60 per cent in cash and 40 the senate today. The total represents proceed» turned into the treasury and a net increase of »947.99’, over the the amount accredited the state', tops ¡■er cent in preferred stock at »124 s •hare or common stock at a share amount of the bill as it w as passed . those receiving money for the reelama- This year the usual opportunity will t n fund. Montana takes this position. by the house. Of this increase »6181,000 I be given to subscribe for shares of the The net proceeds in that state amounted is to carry out the awards to thr loyal i to »633.175. The amount to the state corporation on a basis of »114 a share Lost (’reeks In accordance with an I is »31,654, «nd the amount to the recla for preferred and »70 n share for the common stock. agreement made with that tribe in mation fund is given as »94.3,721. 1001. A bill to promote commerce between How Cudahy Settled Estate. DRY DOCK RIDS OPENED the United States aud foreign eoun Chicago.—M ichael Cudahy left an e* tries in wood pulp and the printing paper iadustry whs introduced today Meyer Will Not Raise Eight Hour Qu»« late valued at »11,000,000, only »2.000, tlon on Work. * by Representative Ferris, of Oklahoma 0OO of which is in real estate. Except It provide« that wood pulp and print Wnahlngtow, Dee. 23 Bids for the for »25.000 bequeathed to various ehar ing paper shall lie admitted to the! construction of the caissons for the dry United Stat«Hi free of duty, on ron dorks now In process of building st itablo inetltutions, the estate will be held in trust by Joseph M. Cudahy. The »lition that the government where it Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, naval station, widow will receive »30,000 annually. is produced and from which it is im j the Puget Sound. Washington. nsvS Mrs. William Cudahy, a sister Indaw, jwirtrd restricts the exportation or im yard, and the New York naw yard will receive »6.000 annually for five |M>*ea an export charge. w-rr opened at th« navy department year«, and then »5,000 annually. At Washington. Dec. 10.—The majority today. the close of five years ala children of and minority r«q»orts of the special The esla»ons are built In the shape of the packer will divide the estate, after Ballinger I’inchot Investigating com veasela, and constitute the gates to th« the widow «hall have r«eeiv«d ».*>00,000 mittee will t>e report cd out of tho I drv docks. in cash. house committee on agriculture with 1 The labor problem raise4 in connec «rut comment. The report* were re tion with the work, Involving applica Island Sink* Into Sea. ferred to that committee and members tion of the sight hour law to the eon of the committee have b«»en loath tn •tn>«tion of the raiasons. wn not de- Port Limon. Costa Rica.—At least take the question, figuring that the cided bv th« attorney general, who said seventy families, variously estimated report« having eome from a committee the question was beyond his Jurisdic at from 15» to 170 men. women and should have been left on the «peaker’s tion. The attorney general said the! children, were drowned through tho tab!« instead of going to another com question was one for the courts to de sinking Into the sea of their island mittee The eommitteo nn agriculture cide in ease the Issue were raised. home. considered the matter briefly, and the The island, in the renter of the Ilo The navy department informed bid- plan is to send th* report* back to the ders that the point would not be brought Pango lagoon In Rnlvador, disappear»«! house np by the government, but the depart after a »cries of earthquake shocka This will put the matter before th« ment. of rotirse, was unable to speak and slid into th« depths of the Isgoon. Í house in the shape that the minority for the tabor interest«. Tn the event carrying with it nearly al! the Inhabi member» wish and th« motion to adopt ’he unions raised the question, It would the maforitv report will be follow«,! be a subject for Judicial determination. | Ballinger Inquiry »13 844. bv a minority proposition to substitute The lowest bidder for tho New York Washington. — The Dellinger Plnehot report. Constd*reb1e eai»»on w«s the Rnare A Tries! Com-| eongresaional Investigation cost the the minority eperehmaking on the whole issue is panv. of New York, whose price was country exactly »13.544, according to a probable before the controversy i» out I • 122.946 The Moran Company, of Be report filed by the-eecretary of the sen- of the wav The quretion will not ’ attie, was ths lowest bidder for the ate. The expense for stenographers was »5.701. »5,701. The costliest witnesa was eotne up until after the holiday rereaa ether twa csUsons, their proposal for *u The government could have eave«! the Pearl Harbor_caissnns being »110.» Henry K. Lev«, who rame from Fair- »1.506.600 if it eonld bar« the battle | OOH. and for th* Pug*t Round structure banks. Alaska, Hi* fee« and mileage coot th« e«iaatry •ML •hip New York built 1« a private yard »125,000. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE WILSON GROUP BONDtD Engineers' Visit Ea(wctsd to In Mining Activity. Result Wallows An offer to boixl the Wil son Basin mince at »10,000 baa bes’n made to tb«' Wilaoti Basin Mining com ;>any, which has run dcvelo(>n><»nt •hafts into two claims on the Wilson Basin ledge 20 miles south of Wallowa. This offer is the result of an invsetl- gallon into the mining |Hvoaibilitiea of thia county by H. Stanley Hoskin, a mining engineer from Tu Aris., who has made a cart ful survey. Hoo kin also examined several oth« r ledgre and informed the Wilson Br»th«-rs that they were throwing talc and carbonates on the dump that carried from »500 to (600 a ton. Hoekin's visit to thia c«>unty is l<M>kcd upon by mining men as a forerunner of great mhiini; ac tivity. it has been known for some time that goo«! values existed in the ores of thia county, but capital fur develop ment ia lacking. Th«» offer tu bond ths- Wilson Basin mines for »40,000 in sures the necessary capital, anti the owners of the mine will accept it. Assays from thia mine show values in gold, silver, copper, tungsten and tin, besides traces of silvimte. An assay of ore taken out at a depth of 20 feet showol 3 per cent tin. Bean Crop *160 An Acre. Medford Amo« McKee, a farmer in the Applegate valley, has dis|Hi««-d of his crop of brown Iwans to Medfurd merchants at a price of 6% cent« a pound. His harvest from six acres amounte«i to 14,000 pounds. Each acre produce«! gross returns of *150. Three years ago Mr. McKee paid »41 an acre for his land, bim ! eacb year it has pr<»!uc»d thr«-«- tin-..-a it* . riyinal coat. Bryotui the labor expend«!, beans, accerding to Mr. McKee, are clear profiL except for a few bushels of •»■«■ ! '1 > .- lai d un »lu I. (.«• gn>»< his beans Is of a black gravel nature aid is under irrigation. After plant mg. Mr. McKee harrows hia land three times and Irrigates as often. The beans, when ripe, are pulled up by the roots and allowed to dry on the ground. When dry, ihey arc thrown Into a wagon box and threshed with a fan ning mill. Tbe hulls ar«' the tineat i f •trek feed. Poultry Show Heads Chosen. Pendleton I). C. Gurdane, of Hepp ner, the man of fjarred Plymouth Hock chicken fame, is to head the Umatilla Morrow county Poultry association fur another year. He was selected for the third time at the annual meeting held in the armory at the close of the show. James W. Brown, undertaker at the Baker furniture store anti a chicken fancier of the first water, whs chosen secretary after E. F. Averill hail posi tively refused to take a third term. The date of the next show was left with the executive committee, but it is almost assured that it will tie held in January, 1912, during cither the second or fourth week. Nsw Land Company at Eugen«. Eugen«' The Eugene A Great West ern Land company has filed article« of Incorporation with the county clerk here and the reeretary of state at Sa lam with a capital «trek of Ilfifi.iMM). The incorporator« are O. H. Skotheim and John Baird uf Eugene and P. Aug ust Peterson, of Alitert Laa, Minn. The object of the company is to buy large tracts of land,"set them to ap ples. |H-ara ami walnuts, and sell them in smaller tracts to people from the East and Middle West. Sixty or sev enty agencies will be establish«! in that |>art uf the country. Springfield Wak«s Up. Springfield -That Springfield will aoon lie an important railroad center was forecast by a statement of H. A. Brandon, of tbe Southern Pacific, who has apent several days here with sur veyors, staking out the 68 acres of de pot yarda that thr road owna here. He said: ’’Your people will soon lie on the main line of the Southern Pacific, and it ia only a queation of a short time until you will ne«M much greater hotel accommodationa.’’ He had ref erence to the proposed running of trains to California over the Natron cutoff. Wood Scarce at Hood. Hood River The large aawmill operate«! at Dee by the Oregon Lumber company is expect«! to rloae down next Saturday. The mill haa aupplim! thouaand« of corda of elab wtxvi for the city, and cutting off of thia wad supply will make a material difference in the woo«! market here. Wood ia exceedingly «carre at Hots! River thi« year. Litter of Pigs Bring* Good Price Wallowa -- Thoroughbred hogs are coming into their own in Wallowa county and several sale« of thorough breds have lieen reported within the past few weeks. A litter of pigs from registered I)uroc Jersey stock sold re cently at »10 each for the males at weaning time. MODEL ORCHARD Twoivo Thousand Apple Trees ou Pro ject in Irrigated District. I’r.-water A model orsbard of 169 • ■-res is being establiahed near this place J H. Hall, of Freewater, and <' M. Hall, of Walla Walla, are financ ing the project. A large force of men has been en gaged for several weeks planting tbe tract !•> J-nathan, Wiq«sap and Rome li-auty apple trees Thi* section can n.-w b»sst of a single tract containing ■•ver 13.90» trees Water for the land will be taken from a large well with ample water |o supply the entire tract. The water will bo forced all over tho project by a pumping plant run by elec tric power, arrangement* for which have b«»on completed. 'Uii* tract is planted on the triangu lar r ilff-rma »rstem, 7fl tr«'« to the acre. There will tie three roads graded ■cross the tract, tine thousand Caro lina poplars have already been plant*«! along th«w road*. This land ha* been laid out and planned very systematic ally from beginning to end. There is room left for a bouse on each 10 acres, and everything will be uniform throughout- Growers Hold Hops. Portland.—With only a handful of hops remaining in control of the grow ■•rs, an l with the visible supply in all ■ • « «•»•’■. agr•':».<• 1» limit- I. grower* are asking 2Oo a pound for their hops, and some have entirely with drawn them from sale. “The market is entirely blocked at this time,” say* Herman Klaber. “(■rowers w;!| not let go. R-me are asking ‘20c a pound, while others will not sell Jnst now at any price.” Short interest* ar* very much alarmed, and therefore trying to dis lo'lg« the growers from their hold on thr market. Even were growers will lag la »» II every bale they now poaaswa,- thrrr would n>»t be nearly enough hops to. 611 the orders air. ■■ly taken bv shorts Shorts are »aid to have sold fully 16.900 bnlcs of Oregou hops for late delivery, but a* there ar* only a couple of thousand bale* in the ban»!* f ill grower«, and leas than 10.000 bales In nil hands, including dealers, the outlook from a short seller’s point of vivw I* extremely gloomy. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices Bluc*t«-ni. 78«; elut-. *lr; re.l Russian. 80«; valley, 42c; 4» fold, 89*. Ilirl-v E.-*d, »2? 50 p«r ton; brew 4. *>t >24 per t ->■ Ila» Track prices: Timothy, Wiliam- ■■tfc Valley, »196120 per ton; Eastern Oregon. 421(ii22; alfalfa, »14; grain hav »11 *•»>'■■ 15.50; clover, »13..> 14 < orn W hole, »29; cracked, »30 ton. Oats No. 1 white, »286128 50 ton. Poultry- liens, 14l«6>'l5e; springs, II o 14Hc; ducks, white, 186pt0a: gees«, 13( > 14c; turkeys, alive, 226p25c; -lr<-»sed, choice, 23r«i?5c; s<|uaba, »2 per dorea. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 42%c; Eastern, Aprils, 306133c per doxen; Eastern, fresh, 374iiC per dozen. Butter City creamery, extra, 1 and 2 !sound prints, In boxes, 37e per pound; >■»« than boxes, carton* aud delivery extra. Pork- Fancy, lie per pound teal -Fancy, 45 to 125 pounds, 13(<i 14.- per pound. tpplc. King, 4061 75e per box; Wolf River. 75rr,i||, Waxen, 75e6i»l; Bald win, 75e ■■»125; Northern Spy, 75cOi> »123; Snow Banana, »1.7561 3.50; Red Cheek Pippin, 75e6i»1.25. Sack \ rgetablcs—Carrot*. »161125 hundred; parsnips. »1611.25; turnips, ♦ 1; be«U, »1.2561 1 50, Potatoes -Oregon, (1.256iL85 per hundred; sweet potatoes, ».3 50 per bun ir.-I Onion*—Buying price, »1.25 per hun dred. Green Fruit* Pears, »1 25612 per I h » x ; grapes. »1 75612; cranlwrriea, »12 Ci 12 50 per barrel. Vegetable» Beane, 12Ue per pound; cabbage. »161125 per hundred; cauli flower. »2912 25 per crate; celery, Cali fornia, »3 per erat*; hothouse lettuce, •1'- 1 2* per box; peppers, 10e per lb.; pumpkin*. 1611 per lb.; sprout«, 7(U) 4e; squash. 16i 1 U4c per lb Hops 1910 crop. 146716«; 1909 crop, 10,-; contracts, 126i 12l»e. Wool Eaatern Oregon, 136i»17e lb.; valley. I76f )9e per lb Mohair Choice, 806133c per pound. Cattle—Prime steer*. | to choice steers. »6616 50; fair to good «teere, »4 75613 25; common steers, »4»/ 4 '.<>; choice to prime cows, »4 7567.5.75; go I to choice beef rows. »4 25674 75; fair to good beef rows, »3 75-4.25; common to fair beef rows. »2673 50; good to choice heifers. »1 75675; fair to g--■<! heifers, »I 50-.. 4.75; common to fair heifers. »46> I 25; choir* to good fat bulla, »46* 4 25; fair to gon>! fat bulls, »3.50614; common bulls, »2.506® 3 25; good to choice light calves, »76> 7 50; fair to good light ealvea, »6 5O6S> 7; good to choice heavy calves, »5.2561» 6; fair to good heavy calves, »4.756it> 5 25; common calves. »3.75674.75; goo.l to choice stags. »4 50’15; fair to good Stags, »4674.50. Hogs Choice hogs. »4614.75; good to »hole* bogs. »7 5O6j 7.75. Rheep—Yearling wethers, grain fed. »4 7567'8; old wethers, grain fed. »4 25 614 50; choir* ewes, grain f*d. (8.756b 4: good to choir* ewe*, grain fed. »3 25 67 3 75; feeders. »2 2S6i3; choirs lambs, grain fed. »6677; good to choir*, grain fr.l, »5.50»i 5 75; poor lamb*, »4 957a 5. Hay fed sheep and lambs, 50« lower than grain fed.
