INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
ROUTES PUSHED WESTWARD
Oregon Electric Right of Way Reach
es Santiam.
SCHOOL LAND LEFT.
Total Acreage '540.886, Halt
Harney and Malheur.
I«
In
Salem—Right of way for the ex
Salem George Brown, clerk of the
tension of the Oregon Electric railway stat«* land board, has completed a re
com (»any south from Salem to Albany vised list of the state school lami» vet
ami Eugene has been procured as far unsold. The total remaining acre
as the S in11urn river, a punt r. rr I ia 540.1 5. It ia shown that in 10
than half way between Salem and Al counties thero are no more state lami»
bany, except for three or four sec j to be ha>!: Clackamas, Clat >p, Co«
tions. to obtain which condemnation lumbia, Lak«-, Linn, Ma-mn, Multo-*-
prove -dings will I m * brought in the mall, Polk, Wu. h ngton an I Yamhill.
Circuit court for Marion county at
In a«!dition th* re are about 50,000
once unless («ending settlements are j acres of state sch«M>l lamia include«! in
reached.
| national forest reserves, which are
The Oregon Electric’s right of way ; ma«le base for lieu selections, trover-
between Albany and Salem will be ner W est ha» rocommendtd that th«-»«-
two and eight-tenths miles shorter lamia be »«-l«-ct<vl by the state in one
than the Southern Pacific right of way («lace and that th«* »late make the 50,-
and the Southern Pacific right of way I OOO acros a state forest roaerve, prob
is 28 miles long. The rails to l>e use«!, ably in the UaM-ade range, adjoining
between Salem and Eugene are 90- : a government re«M*rve.
pound rails. The electric railway ex- j The list of counties and acreage of
|>ects to make the run between Eugene , school lands remaining to be
jld in
ami Portland with its through trains ' each are a« follow«
Baker, 19,340;
in 2J hours, and with regular trains Benton, 200; Coos, 120,; Curry. 940;
three hours. Trains are to operate I Crook, 40,200; Douglas, 905; Gilliam,
between Portland and Eugene in 1915 3,520;; Grant, 21,840; Harney, 145,-
unless there is difficulty in getting 280; Jackson, 400; Jo»«-phine, 260 ;
bridge material for the structures Klamath, 92.220; Lake. 94.240; Lin-
across the Santiam and Willamette coin, 360; Malheur, 175 ’>20; Morrow,
rivers.
The Willamette
will be 1.960; Umatilla, 4.360; Union, 5,10;
3,320;
crossed near Harrisburg, near where ' Wallowa,
W asco,
3,560 ;
the Southern Pacific now croases that j Wh«*eler, 3,160.
stream und the Santiam between Sa- ! This lam! is now sold by the state at
lern and Albany.
a minimum of 77.50 per acre, some
As soon as the right of way mutter» of it selling under bid ax high as 315
can be settled, several crew» will he (M-r acre. Th«* receipts g*> to th«* irre
gin construction at different points ducible school furxi. which ia loan«»!
along the right of way between Salem out to citizen» of the state on go«x!
and Eugene. It also comes from a real estate first mortgage security at
source here that preparations are un 6 per cent interest.
The irr«*dueible
der way to double track the Oregon school fund now et|uais nearly 36.000,-
ami 900, th«* interest from which yearly
Electric between Wilsonville
Portland this summer.
i produces mor«* than 3300,000, which
• pi»>r11 n* I in >ng th« counties n>-
cording to the number of children In
NEHALEM ROADS IMPROVE.
: the «bounties between th«- ages of 6 and
21 years, as shown by the annual eon-
S3I.OOO Appropriated in Single Dis sus taken by the county school au|>er-
trict; Cheese Output Larger.
intemients.
Wheeler
The Till.ru.■. k ■ unty
ROOM FOR HOMI STEADERS.
court is now advertising for bids for
the construction of the first mile of
the Wheeler road, to be built from the Acreage Open Totali 2 500,00 of
bridge across the south fork of the
Which Fifth is Tillable.
Nehalem river to the townsite of
I
l.-'A
Th, .- .- nr.-
M
Wheeler. There w ill he a call for bills
acres of government land open to en
for the remaining mile as soon ns the
try and settlement in Lake county, ac
plats and profiles an* made.
This is
cording to Arthur W. Orton, register
but one of the many road propositional . .. ,, ......
,
, ...
... the United States land offlo
......*e here.
. . be undertaken
i.i
«...
.
. . of
to
by .u
the county
court
Of this area atxiut 500,000 acres is
in this section. In this road district
suitable for general agriculture and
there has been appropriated 331,000
will produce the ordinary products of
for road wurk.
the temperate zone. There are also
The new cheese factory being erect
alstut 90,000 acres of lamia own.nl by
ivi Ry R. Zweifel, about one mile
the state of Oregon in the county,
above Wheeler, is progressing rapidly,
which are for sale at low prices am!
and the factory will be able to com
on reasonable terms.
mence manufacture of cheese alsiut
This area is one that would seem at
April 1. The other factories in the
first glance to roquire mime time to
Nehalem valley, three in numhi r, will
settle were it not that last year in the
also start about April I.
Indications
• , . government lami office here there were
are for a considerably larger oi *
i 1,341
1 'tJl application»
¡mill im t inns for
fur a
ti total
fitful of riVitr
over
from this valley this season than last.
350,000 acres of diversified lands.
Work on the railroad has been going
Three-tenths of the area of the coun
ahead rapidly during the past month
ty is timbered, three tenths agricul
of good weather. Track is now laid
tural, three tenths grazing land and
for about six miles above Wheeler,
the other one-tenth mountainous or
and is going down at about half a
rough country that cannot be included
mile per day.
under the other classifications.
As
the county has never had any advertis
Governor Weil Plant Parole.
ing and la so far away from th«ri* pres-
Salem Governor West has devised i ent railroad lines, it is remarkable
another way to prevent building cells [ that so much lam! should have been
on the roof of the penitentiary for the ' taken last year, ami there is every
keeping of the prisoners.
Dr. Calvin j evidence that thi» year will see ail the
S. White, state health officer, announ- I available valley lands fil«»l upon by
ces that the governor intends to parole ■ settlers.
The present homeaeekers
some of the higher class prisoner« and J are coming here with sufficient mean»
semi them out to work on
farm i
| to
till the ______
lands r-~,
properly,
and show
j, the ......
________
____ ,< ami
conn<*ct«-«i with the state tuberculosis j evidence that they are the real devel
The stockmen
prisoners opers of the country.
sanatorium. They will l>e
I
who have nearly finish«-«! their terms are welcoming the newcomers, us they
and who have not twsen confined for feel that the growing of grains ami
the more serious offenses. They will grasses to feed the many thousands of
take the place of the salarie.! attaches 1 head of stock that use the open range
of the aanatorium, of whom there is ' country during the winter season, will
at present such a number that by the allow them to avail themselves of the
time their salaries are paid there ia markets in the early spring.
not a great deal more than ia neces
sary left for the feeding and care of
led»p»r*d»nce Gets Nawcomers.
the patients.
Independenc«* Many newcomer« are
Dr. White aaya that the newly ap reaching Independence, and farm and
pointed superintendent. Dr. Fitxger- city property is rapidly changing
ald, intemis to increase the num tier of hands.
One of the largest real estate
cows on the place, so that no milk will deals that has taken place lately was
have to be bought.
They will get the sale of Spurling- Brothers’ 202
chickens ami pigs, and with the crop acres joining Imlependence.
W. W.
ping capacity of the farm be able to Wilson was the purchaser for a consid
make the institution nearly if not eration of 115.000. Mr. Wilson will
quite self-sustaining.
Thia
cut the place into small tracts.
is one of the finest farms in Polk
county.
Elgin Acres Win Record Price.
FEDERALS TRAP REBELS.
Scout Discovers Too Lata Thai Ap
proaching Forces is Enemy.
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST
Agua Prteta, M«-x., March 29.
M.-sssg«*» from Governor Torres, luto I RELIEF STEAMER AT SHANGHAI
AFTER BIGGEST COMBINE.
meaeag«*» to the rebel junta here, •bow
that the rel*cla suffered a de ‘citive
de- ; Buford Carries Food to Chin ese He
Government Will Proceed Asainst AI-
feat near Urea yesterday, Thrir h mui i
ducedto Eating Leaves.
leged Cosí T rüst.
is place«! at 75 dead and many woumi-
The
United
States
Washington
rd. Th e messages to th«* rrtwl junta
Washington, March 29.
As the r«*-
place the number of Federal dead at transport Buford, bearing the relief sult of long Investigation Into what
30.
supplies to the starving ptxiple in agents of th«* dupartment of juatice
It ia believed the rebel force which
China,
which were collected in this declaro i» the biggeat trust in the
engagid in the fighting at La Colorado I
a few days ag*>, had divided, on«* inac country under the auspices of the Am world, announcement was maile here
tion going around to th«* west of Her- ; erican National Red Cross and the Se tmiay that criminal pi >s«*cution» of
mosillo from the south, under com-1 attle Commercial club, has arrive.! in half a dozen of the most (siwerful
mam! of Jesus Rivera.
The other '
Shanghai, according to a cablegram financiers in the United States are to
half, under <x>mman«iof a lender nani«*«l;
ls>yzien, march«-«! to the ea.»t ami | received by the officials of the Ameri bo begun by the federal government.
Agents of the department have re
north, joining Juan Cabral and 220 can Re<! Cross.
mount«-«! rvl*ris who had gon«* south
The vessel will proceed immediately ported their find of evidence showing
from Carbo.
to Nanking and Chinklang to unload that a billion dollar combine exists,
The relx-ls a few days ago era*rd
her
cargo.
fathered by the Pennsylvania railroad
cutting the telegrafJi wires, and in-
Mail advices to the State depart and which was organize«! to control
atead tappe«! the wiros am! caught the
government messages.
The govern ment from Shanghai and Nanking re the output of anthracite coal through
ment sent de«n»y me»»ag«*s
which tail pitiful tales of the indescribat le out the whole of the United States.
threw the inaurrecto» off in their cal-1
The government, it is alleged, will
suffering of the starving millions.
citations. Rebels at San Rafael, near
try
to show that this gigantic cum
Mr.
Ito-dick.
a
missionary,
writing
U res, Were joined by Giron and a
force from Sahuaripa ami the com- from Pochow, aaya the suffering poor lunation has for in any years secretly
bined force under command of Loynen have reach.-I the extreme» of Jmi». ry used its power to extort enormous
t.-.-k up quarters in the old Federal
A few months ago they were living on profits from the coal trade, throttling
barracks.
With thia exhausted, all competition by withholding cars
Only two mails lead into San Ra wheat bran.
fael, ami l»>y en piar«»! two scouts U* ' they have resorted to cmiking leav.w from concerns not in the trust, Dum-
guard these,
One of these scouts is '< of trees and even dry wheat chaff.
my directors and secret alliances be-
said to have taken along a bottle of ?
Barefooted children, all but naked tween the railroads ami the mining
mescal, and when he saw the Federal ■
days,
pitifully companies are reported as the basis of
army he thought the troops were ! i on freexing cold
the combine. The subsidizing of small
I screaming "I’m hungry. I’m hun-
rit bell
railroads and the buying up of enor
Colonel <)je«la. who had collected ' gry,” present a «xirnmon street scene, mous coal holdings are said to have
forces from Hermosillo, had obtained
Mothers, no longer able to provld, been the steps by which the trust
information that the rebels were at San '
f«aal for their offspring, throw them gained control of the coal situation.
Rafael, ami before approaching the I
Officials of the department of jus
town, divide«! his force» into two | away, probably in the frantic hope tice assert that the Pennsylvania, the
wings, which neared the camp in th«* that compassion will force some one Baltimore 4 Ohio, and the Norfolk 4
form of a great pair of shears. The to roscue them. Men, a few months Western railroads are the most promi
rvlxl »«•out realiz«*«! his mistake too > ago able-lnMli«si farmers, have been nent in the trust. It is also asserted
*
lh.it the Penn-.yh.ini.«, through .-nor
a short time ahead of the Federal i rmiuced to rags, shivering with cold mous holdings listed under dummy
who closed in on the old barracks and facing starvation.
names, controls other roads. The Bal-
from !x>th aides.
jtimore 4 Ohio am! the Norfolk 4
FIRE DESTROYS CAPITOL
OF NEW YORK STATE
• BUCKET SHOPS" UPHELD.
Western are reported to have used the
I same device to conceal their proper-
Columbia Justice Derides Law Un- ties ami affiliations
constitutional.
KNOX DRAFTS NEW TREATY.
Washington An attempt by con
Albany, N. Y., March 29.
Th«- |
gress to define an closely the offense of
state cipitol, ervete«! at a cost of 325.- ,
Anglo-Am»ric»n Alhanc»
Ready for
” bucket shopping” at to make it
■ - ■ ■ ,i .: • ' ■. .! • •. .
Spacial Session.
of
Col-
o'clock this moring and is threaten«-«! impracticable in the District
W ashington, D. C. Th«* drafting of
with complete destruction.
umbia has resulted in the com píete
The fire is fanned by a »tiff breeze.
a
new
arbitral! >n treaty between the
failure of legislation on the ground of
It originated in the west end of the
Unite«! States und Great Britain to in-
great structure on th«* thin! tl<x»r and unconstitutionality.
I clued all disputes I m - tween the two
Justice Wright, in the District Su
the whole side of the building is
wrap|H*d in flames with which the preme court, has decided that the act | countries has be«<n begun by Secretary
i of State Km>x.
Negotiation of the
firemen seem powerless to cope.
referred to constituted an unwarrant
The capitol ia one of the flneat '
convention will be ex|>edit«*<l as much
butl'litig» ..f it» km I in th.- country, i ed interference with the right of the | . as {■«saible. with a view to submit
Th«- bull.bng ia of driiie.i granite, fottr] citizen to enter into contract relations
ting it to th«* senate for . ratification
stories high, and houses the assembly, | and therefore was unconstitutional.
at th«- special session to begin April 4.
th«* senate, the court of ap|H*ala, th«-
The statute is of local application
state library arid the offices of many
Th«* trvaty will be the first of its
only and does not necessarily affect ‘
state officials.
kiml ever negotiate«! and will provide
At 4 05 o'clock the flames ha<! swept the actions which the department of ,
for arbitration on all disputes In-tween
across the entire west section of the justice has begun at many other points
th«*
Unite«! States and Great Britain.
building ami were bursting into the against alleged bucket shop o|x-rators. -
The work of drawing up the new con-
senate finance committee ro«>m and the for the prosecution in those cases
adjoining office» of the temporary
. • vention will I m * difficult, because the
president of the senate.
At that hour been under the postal laws on
.document will be the first of its kind.
the fire threatened to reach the sen plain ground of fraud.
,
It will be used as a model for similar
ate chamber.
This decision was rendered in th«*
; conventions with other rountries.
At 5 o’clock the fire was not under case of Edward Altamus 4 Co.
control. It was advancing across the
Negotaition of a general arbitration
The movements of the government
front of the building and thr«*atene«l leading up to the indictments Were treaty with Great Britain is the direct
to destroy the entire structure.
shroued in the greatest secrecy. On result of the speech of Sir FMward
April 2. 1910, however, when indict
TOWN DEFIES INSURRECTOS.
ments
were
obtained,
raids on Grey, minister of Foreign affairs of
“shops” in seven cities Were made Great Britain, in the house of com
200 Rebels Fad to Capture Vdlage simultanrsiusly. wires were cut ami mons several weeks ago, in which he
customers were thr*>wn into panic. (aj(j that a proposal for negotiation of
After Five Hours of Firing.
Since then, according to Attorney
Parral. Mex. Demands of 200 or General Wickrrsham, “bucket-shop such a convention would be welcomed
more inaurrecto» for the surrender of ping” has become a thing of the pull by the British government.
White President Tuft ami Mr. Knox
the town of Indc. situated »ev era I r»»t of Denver.
have been in favor of such a treaty
hours’ ride from the national railroad,
The government announced its in
for some months, they were not in-
were refused by the jefe politico and tention
to
appeal
from Justice
clincd to make definite pro|»>sal of the
as a result a fire lasting five hours was Wright's decision.
subject to Great Britain until official
directed on the town, The insurrectos
information hail first been obtained as
lost eight men.
WOOL RATES ARE ^ASSAILED.
to th«* probable attitud«* of that coun
A boy was sent by the insurrectos
try toward the proposal.
The sp«*ech
with a message to the authorities aak-
ing for surrender, promising no pillag Grower! Petit-on for Reduction In of Sir Edward Grey dear«*<| up thia
phase of the situation am! pav«*d the
Tariff From Northwest.
ing was to be done.
The boy was de
way for actual negotiations.
tained and a short time afterwards a
Washington
Inequalities in the
The attitud«* of the senate will de
few shots drop|s-d into the plaza. freight charges on raw wool from th«*
Just then the tri-colorof the republic Western ami Northwestern wool states termine whether or m>t other ronven-
was run up the pole by order of the to Eastern w.x>l markets, mqiecialiy tiona, similar to that negotiat«*«! with
jefe as a defiance tn the Invaders, and Chicago, St. lx>uis and Boston, arc the Great Britain, will I m * drawn up and
then the firing commenced with vigor. subjects of a complaint made to the aubmitte«i for ratification.
It is utxIrratiMxi that preliminary
Interstate Commerce commission by
exchange» have b«*«-n made through
Head of Duma Quits,
the National Woolgrower»' association
the State department to ascertain *the
St. Petersburg
A. J. GuchfTok. against the Oregon Short Line railroad
leader of the Octoberist party, has re and many other Western am! North attitude of the French government to-
war«! a general arbitration treaty cov
signed as president of the Ilouma. A western railays.
ering all future disputes.
These con
few days ago he announced at a meet
It is averred that wool rates are
ing of the Octoberist group that he in unreasonable ami discriminatory, am! ventions. if ratified and put into oper
ation, will be a long »tep towards in-
tended to take this action.
On that the particular preference is given by
ternationl peace.
occasion the Octoberist deputies inti the roads to Pacific coast terminals.
Elgin The reconi price for raw
Newbsrg to Get Library.
mated that they would resign their
The rates arc asserted to tie from 7 J
land was made Tuesday when Newton
Negro Official Sworn In.
Newberg Won! was receive«! here seats in the Douma. but on advice of cents to 10 cents too high, in com par !
Roberta bought of Henry Hug a five-
Washington — William H. Ix*wis,
acre tract at 1150 an acre. This land last evening from Andrew t'amegie their central committee at Moacow'they ison with rates from other wool terri
could have been bought last year at by the I allies having charge of the will retain their seats for the present. tory. It is declartxj that the defend the Boston negro, recently named by
360 an acre, and the whole 90 acres public library that he would give 110,- The bourse was very weak, owing to ant railways are also violating the President Taft for the position of as
could have been obtained thia year for 000 towards the erection of a public the critical political situation, and a long and short haul provision of the sistant attorney-general of the United
States was formerly sworn into office.
1100 an acre.
The tract, in recent library at this place. Already a fine panic develope.! in the Moscow bourse. law.
Mr. I-ewis’ nomination failed of con
years, produced 60 bushels of wheat lot has been given, and it will be nec
Drill Ship! in Drydock.
Two Americans Killed.
firmation by the senate, an<l Mr. Taft
essary for the city to give a bonus of
an acre.
The
Seattle The cruiser Boaton and the gave him a rec«-ss appointemnt.
(1,000, which has lw*en agreed to.
El Paso, Tex. - James T. Harper, of
gunboat Concord were placed in dry- new official of the department of jus-
Shipment Cost Alleged Great.
El Paso, a captain in the inaurrecto _
Proposed Road Oppoted.
army. arriv«*d here from the interior deck at the Bremerton navy yard to be. ties called at the White house to
Salem-Complaining that it costs
of
Mexico.
He said Robert E I^e, scrape»! ami painted preparatory to be- thank the president.
Salem
To
declare
invalid
an
order
330 to ship a earload of freight from
of
Kansas
City,
Mo., and Martin ing turned over to the naval militias i
of
the
Marion
County
court
in
1907,
Medford bi Eagle Point, a distance of
of Oregon and Washington to be used
Postal Banks Extended,
only 11 miles, when it costs but 3120 to construct the Silverton and Mar- Ryan, whose residence he did not as armories and drill ships. The Bos-
Washington In • he'll st of 45 addi-
know,
had
been
kill«*d
in
the
battle
at
quam
road
under
the
Tuttle
act,
Joseph
to ship the same car from Portland to
Harper ton will proceed to Portland under her tional postal aavinga depoai tori tea
Medford, a distance of 329 miles. Von I Stupfel, in an action brought against Casas Gramiea on March 6.
The announced by
Postmaster-General
der Hellen Brothers, of Eagle Point, j Marion county, asks that the court be said about 26 Americana had been own steam on or about May 15.
The official report Concord will be stationed in Seattle Hitchcock are Astoria, Or., Hoquiam,
filed a complaint with^the „state frail- ' restrained from letting a c« ntracj for taken prisoner».
Wash., and Kaliapell,
Kalispell, Mont.
harbor.
iWaah.,
¡said 17 foreigners were taken.
road commission.
| ths road.