BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
ROOSEVELT ON
STANO.
E« President and J. P Morgan
Teetify in Steel Case.
May
INDUSTRIAL development and
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Washington. June |<
Ftatik B
Washington The battle llnea on Kellogg, special counsel of the Dw
LARGEST TIMBER DEAL.
EUGENE TO FLORENCE.
V. a ' ngton. Jun» !’•
Th«
J
day of the debate on the'Canadian the Canadian reciprocity agreement partment of Justlc« In the prpeecu-.
reciprocity bill proved a field day for
Benson for Hla
ware aquarely drawn In the aonata Bon ot the Standard Oil company, I 22,100.000 Paid 8
First Work on Construction Impetus
tin im ’ i>t*|Mow»d to the measure
l*»i
and known as th«
trust buster," f
Columbia
County
Holdings.
today,
when.
In
accordance
with
by Senator Nelaou tn an exhaustiv«
for B g Demonstration.
told the Staiilej steel trust Invest!
a peach, several Senators took part In agreement. Chairman Penruae of the gating comtultti-e today that he had
One of the largest timber deals »
Eugen* Fully 2'"»> people gathered
a running debate that marked the finance committee reported the bill
for years been special counsel of sub evt»r dom'd In Oregon w as consum
closing period of the address.
without recommendation.
Favorable sidiary
companies uf the
I'nlted mated thia week w hen ti. Benson at the west end ot i"lfth street Tues
Senator Nelson was radically an '
day to celebrate the beginning of
States Steel Corporation In Minnesota
transferred his holdings In t’olum
tagunlstic to the bill
He occupied and adverse vlewa were presented by and that be
had no apologies to make
construction
work on the Eugene
the floor moat of the day. but ex aenatora and the way waa cleared for tor IL
to
bla county
the Benoon Timber
Siuslaw railroad, The stores of the
plained that thia waa only the first' the long a lege of dlacuaalon In open
Chairman Stanley declared that the company for a consideration of 2-
of several Installments of hla vlewa session.
city were closed from 2 io 4 o'clock
commute« would summon auyouc — lOO.uoo.
on thia aubject.
be
be
the
ami the business part of town was
President
of
the
I'nlted
John
Sharp
Williams.
Venator
from
Tho
principal
owner
of
the
rom
A spirited debate among Republi-1
Stains or J Pierpont Morgan to ax l>an) is Frank Lynch. who. with <J. practically empty during the celebrn
can» a as precipitated over the effect' Mississippi. declared that hla altitude
certain how certain railroads, owned J. Evenson and E E Couvert, or tlon
.More than
1"" automobiles
of the Root amendment dealing with In favor of the meaaure waa baaed by tbe steel trust were shin
to de- ganised ibe new corporation to re
paper and
wood
pulp.
Senator« on the theory that he would not re clare enormous dividends on
were lacked along th« rigtit of w ay,
smalt
tain the name and good will of Mr
Lodge, Clark of Wyoming and Smoot fuse to kill a rattiesnake because it
capitalization. It 1s probable that as-; Benson It is capitalised at >3,000.000 ail rilled with un etllhuslHHtli- and
all we • ■ mi the floor ami talking
President
Risisevelt
and
Mr
Morgan
Construction of a
There arc 15.000 actes of land tn cheering crowd
simultaneously.
It waa agreed that waa not an anaconda
Mr William»' re(»irt wax one of will be asked to aiqiear before the the tract, containing 400,000,000 fi««t railroad from Eugene to Florence
that proviaion only restored the terma1
c-mmlttee when It bolds sessions In «f highgiad«
tir
With tic- has been the dream of latti» county
of the trvatry as submitted to Con several presenting various vlewa on New York.
transfer of th« bolding-- are lndud«<l
gross.
the reciprocity bill
The majority re
"The chairman and this commit a sawmill plant of ¿uo.ooo feet daily for 30 )ears.
"How. then, did that feature of
At 2 o'clock a procexnhin of cltl-
port was noncommittal neither for tee.” said Mr Stanley, "want to know capacity and a logging railroad, full)
the agreement disappear?- naked W|l
how and why certain railroads are equipped, 12 miles long
nor
against.
Senators
Williams
Stone
sens,
headed by the mayor and city
Ham Alden Smith, of Michigan.
able to |iay 100 or 150 t»-i cent dlvl
Mr Lynch, head of th» new com I council, formed at Eighth ami Will
"Ask the whispering winds." re and Kern united In urging the ac d«nds and pul 11,000.ow or I5.0OU.000
pany. purchased from Mr
Benson
ceptance of the bill without amend
aponded Clark
amette streets aud marched to the
Into their surplus, when their capital
Apparently pleased with the poetic meat, while Senators lav Follette and Izatlon Is only 24.00O.oou or »a.OOtl.OOO. some time ago the sawmill plant acene oi operations
The procession
and
holdings
at
Santiago
and
hast
character of hla response, the Wyom McCumher presented reports In op That may be all right, and It may
continued to operate the business was headed by a band, and wax one
Ing Senator first seemed disposed to position to the measure
there under the name of the Henson of the largest that baa formed in
Mr Wllltama gave especial promt not
leave It there, but later added that !
We shall summon the President I. uni tier compani
With the acquisl
nence
to the portion of President
the amendment wax not only in
Eugene recently.
Automobiles were
of
th«
I'nlted
States,
J
P
Morgan
or
harmony with the original compact Tafts Chicago speech dealing with an) other person within the power tlon ot all of the Benson timber In line, followed by carriages
and
holdings,
Mr.
Lynch
and
associates
wood
pulp
as
expressive
of
his
views
between the two countries. but In con-i
of the committee, to get the whole become the largest timber and lum buggies and scores on foot.
Senator Kern also signed the Will
aonauce with the Canadian bill carry
Her operators in the Columbia River
lams report and placed an ludorae truth and nothing but the truth"
All the »(leakers dwelt on the {tu
Ing the agreement into effect.
' 1 think we ought to summon troth basin.
Smith was not satisfied and de meat on It. In which he said
portative to Eugene of securing rali-
thure
p>r»<iiii,''
said
Representative
"I am for the Canadian reciprocity
mantled from Chairman Penrose an'
Young,- of Michigan, a member of tile
road connection with the coast, |M»r-
explanation of the dlsapiwarance of bill because It looks to freer trade committee
tlcularly
In view of the nearness of
and
more
Intimate
commercial
rela
that feature of the bill
Penrose had
"You mean th« ex President of the
adopted the pMicy of allowing the tlonshlp between this country and I'nlted Stales, don t you?" asked Fifty Oregon Postmattsrs Gainer« the completion itr the Panama canal.
I am opiaiaed to the Root
opixinents of the measure to do the Canada.
Th« line Is financed by the I .an«
Chairman Stanley.
By Prosperity.
talking and reluctantly he arose to amendment for the reason so well
"Yes, of course," Mr. Young re
Count) Asset company, which I» «
stated by Senator Williams
I would,
reply,
Wsahlngtuu—The posloftlcc depart
local corporation, organized In Oc-
tie glad to support auy of the pro , plied
ment lias
announced
Chang«»
In
Washington, June 15.—Senor Poli posed amendments which in Indspet.d I
toiler, I9"9
Permanent survey has
cat|s> Bonilla once president of Hon* ent and additional sections provide
; salaries of presidential postmasters,
FRUITS OF VICTORY DENIED.
been completed to a point
I miles
dtiraa. and acknowledged friend of for reductions In tariff taxation If
based upon the Increase or decline west of Eugene, and sew
avail
Zelaya, the dejoaed leader of Nlcar the reciprocity bill, with such amend
.f . ■ ■ ..
., ,: •!
able preliminaries have h
i com-
agUH, came to Washington Thursday tnents. would command enough votes Insurrectos Angered Bvcause Entry
coast
year, the changes to become effective pleted from this point to
. ■ whit I, ba exIdealt> did to Insure Its passage"
to Chihuahua Io Rsfuwd
lb« copmany owns limo r«
of w »
.July I.
not care to explain, for he gave the
Chihuahua. Mexico, June ti
Four
Eleven Oregon postmasters will re terfront at Gletiada. on the Sluslaw
"slip” to the Government agents who
river.
had been sent to watch him ami
Washington An attack upon the thousand federal troops, commanded reive an increase of IJOO, 39 will
Coos Bay I» the ultimate destina
by three generals, are patrolling th« ’receive an Increa»« of 2H>> snd only
appeared at none of the places where protective tariff system by an Amer
lion, and tin- irè.-i e.iiiipaiii <iwti»
streets
here,
determined
that
the
vic
four
will
have
salaries
reduced
one may usually find a Central Amer- lean manufacturer who professes to
Contracta bava
Portland la now a maximum office surveys to that point
ha ve studied labor and manufaetttr torious Insurrecto army under General
been
Ing conditions In many countries held Orosco »hall not enter th« city. Or- and the post master a salary will not west let as far as Elmira, 14 miles
mission.
of Eugene
oxco's force extends north along th« be advanced.
Those offices where
Soon after Bonilla arrived, the the attention of the house of repre
railroad 30 tulles, with headquarter« a 2200 increase Is ordered are ax
Central American colony heard that sentatives for two hours today.
follow», the figures indicating th«
Representative W. C Redfield, of at Haus.
he hail come ax an agent of the
CAPACITY INCREASED.
l b.- ins'tt te> tox make, i >
to postmaster’s salary after July t
Clenllflcos party of Mexico, to <>|e Brooklyn, the new Jlemocratic mem
■ -•i!, .-ill i
1
- - i
w till--
Bend. 21*00; Central Point. 21500;
JHise the ratification of the Honduran ber. a manufacturer of machinery and
reports com« to th«m of bnnqurta liv Cottage
Grove.
2-'M,0;
Hermiston. Reservoir ot Beker Irrigation Com
long connected with export trad»», said
losn treaty.
ing served In Mexlco City, they. In 21400, Klamath Falls. 22400
pany Gets Improvement.
Med
American
manufacturers
are
It became Apparent that Govern that
spite of i»«ace, are tielng kept In the ford. 2290*. Monmouth. 21400. tin
ment officials were ni<> re or less tin- abandoning the protective principle
Bsker Work Is now under wav
field on short war rations
tario,
21*00
St
Helens.
11.100,
easy nt the turn of affaire wh«n aa unnecessary as they develop more
which will greatly Increase the slot
An Incident of the strained rela Sumpter, 211"". Wallowa. 2l-'rt"
agents who have been watching the scientific management of their own
tlons bet ween the two armies oc
An Increase of 2ioo will raise th« age capacity <it the reservoir of the
Gulf Const reported that the plot plants
cut red today when a federal lleuten salaries of the following piatinax Baker Irrigation company. The height
was thickening In New Orleans and
"The protective tariff simply has
ant who shouted "Viva Heye»” was (era to the figures named below:
that Juan Estrada, the man who enabled the American manufacturers
of the dam is Increased 10 feet, xo
shot and killed by an insurrecto who
12140;
Ashland.
|25OO;
Albany,
ousted Zelaya, would arrive there to sell at such prices that they have
that when the changes are cximplete
had smuggled himself Into town
I
!
;■">
Bll...
t
J;
ila
n
Aurora. I
not studied their own conditions close
soon
W bile wott-le»- I . exp' .■■»■»cd ' tls I' don. 21500;
Burn», 21700; Canby tue dam will l>« 400 feet In length.
I
There Is little that the agents of ly.’’ said Mr Redfield.
They have
M>-xlt o , I .' .
n >t
I’
21200; Canyon City, 21200; Clats '10 feet wide at thi* top and 70 feet
this Government could do other than re’led on government support rathei
straighten out the tangle. Governor kanie, 214O0; Coquille. 217"O. Dallas.
to discover revolutionary plans, if than u|«>n business management
Its
In depth
Already th« company han
Kntcrprl—•. >!»••>•>;
I Eugene. ■|>ent over 2200,000 on the reservoir
there are any. and see that no vlo effect has been to stimulate the de Gonsales expects no serious cunse 22000;
quences.
22900,
Falls
City.
2ISOO;
Forest
latlon of the neutrality laws occur.
velopment of plants until they are
However. General Orosco. Madero’s Grove.
22000;
Freewater.
21400 and ditches, and the work now under
now so large that the products must
Washington. June
15
How the be sold abroad. In this condition the foremost military chief when Inter Grants I Paas. 22500. Hillsboro, 21900; way will give a storage capacity
sugar interests combined In first one manufacturers no longer want to pay viewed at Haus, frankly expressed Hood River. 22800; Huntington. 2 I 300 ; which will absolutely prevent any
le»nts. 21400; shortage of water on the land Irri
IIMW ;
form ami then another and how the the high prices necessary for ma displeasure at the authorities' failure Jacksonville,
to turn over the city to hla forces Mc.MlunvIlle, 12 mo.
Milton. 21500,
American Sugar Refining Company terial under a protective tariff "
Snow in the
It was given out at his headquarters Milwaukee.
Angel. gated by the project,
M ount
11200;
achieved power In the sugar world
Mr Redfield declared that lustead
mountains Is melting slowly this year,
waa the theme of the story to which of foreign labor tielng cheaper, Amer that since the Insurrecto» In North 21800; Newport. 2i; Oregon City
and the Powder river will furtilsiij
the House sugar Investigating com lean labor is really the cheapest In ern Mexico practically had begun and 22500; Roseburg. 22500; St. Johns
won. they should be the first to enjoy 21800; Salem. 21200; Shaniko, I1500. plenty of water to all consumers,
mlttee listened today
the world; that no labor produces
Sheridan. 21500;
Hherwoorl, 11200. with no possibility of the damaging
In |sdnt of Interest that story was as much output. In proportion to the tbe victory
Many of Orosco's followers have de Springfield. 21800; The Dall««, 12*00. shortage of water which followed
rivaled in the day's proceedings only wages It receives, as American
dared that If the federáis do not lob-do. 21100, i’nlon, 2i'»"0, Wood the hi-avy spring ft.-ilu-t • when pra<-
by the refusal of the committee to
Mr Redfield attacked the Republi
tu-ally all the snow In the moun
evacuate soon the Insurrecto army burn. 218b"
excuse Joseph F. Smith, head of the can principles of a
tariff equal to
tains went off within a few days.
The decreases are:
Mormon Church, from responding to the differences In cost at home and will enter In a trody.
Dufur, 21300 to 21100; Gras« Vai
the subpoena to testify before the abroad." saying It was Impossible tn
CASTRO APPEARS l»< HAYTI.
21300 to 2
"
I
committee.
Mr Smith must appear determine the difference
||e said
ROAD'S EARNINGS BIG.
21300; Tillamook. 2l?'»o to 21700.
the American tariff abroad Is "worth
next week.
Ity far the most Important witness less unless emjsiWered to call for Esiled E« President of Venezuela May
I
Oregon Short Lins Shows Remark
liefore the committee today was Low the cost sheets of the factories en
CASCARA BARK TO MARKET.
Cause Complications.
abla Prosperity-
ell M l*almer. director of the Amer gaged In the line of manufacture It
Washington. June
Cipriano Cas
lean Sugar Refining Company from Is studying.'* adding that often ths
Salem
—
Enormous
business trans-
1x99 to |9"F ami head of Its traffic American cost of production is lower tra .•vll'-.l .• x |.r-1.7711 of VsmMBOln Dealers Are Quoting Five Cents
actions by the Oregon Short I.Inn
Peel.
Pound
for
New
who»« return to his native countrv
department for years preceding that than that abroad
are Indicated In their report, which
At the outset of tils testimony Rep
the i'nlted States and foreign conn-
Portland—Peeling of caucara ot
resentative Madison, of Kansas who
tries are trying to prevent, has bean cbittlm bark has started In the conn has just been filed with the state
Washington- The house Democrats
conducted the examination. Introduced
discovered st Port de Pslx. Hayti, try ami Initial shipments have been tax commissioner.
The gross earn-
will accept the popular election of
pg .1 tMMta for Ills questlot»» a t>age
aboard the steamer Consul Grò» received In this city
Ings of the road from operations
senators resolution as it was passed
luck under mysterious circumstances
from the minute books of the com
First prices for 1911 peel of chit
through the senate with the Bristow
pany's board of directors. Its para
\niefican Consul Torre», at Port an tlm stand at 5 cents n pound, the are shown to I«» 221.748,834 G>r 1910.
amendment
They will do this, not
mount f-ature wax the authorisation
Prince, cabled the state department highest figure In recent years for with operating expenses amounting
withstanding the fact that the Itrls
to 111,188.791
The total Income Is
of a • nmmlttee to buy «httslde rcfln
the start ot the season, and for new
tow amendment Is repugnant to them,
placed at 229.585.144.
The tax«»
minister to Hartl, re bark.
erl«*s,
giving as It does control of senatorial
for the entire line In 1910 were 2840,-
movement of this vex
All together several tons of new
Washington. June 11
Intimation o! elections to the federal government
Th«
bark have ticen received and the 757 and for 19'19. IM5.9SI.
doctoring the now famous Day por but they (< t c to repudiate it because
taxes in Oregon for 1910 were 127.-
high price paid
trait voucher, a consequent lively col the popular election of senators Is so
201 and In 1909 ffitill
The gross
Inquiries regarding the probable
loqity between Secretary Knox and Insistently demanded by the country.
on board, even the Haytlen peel of chlttlm In the Pacific North earning» per mile for the company
Chairman llamlln. of the lions« In
Some of them, however, expect the
having been refused permis- west are coming forward In great are shown to lx* 213.994 and the
vestlgntlng committee, and testimony southern states’ legislatures to repudl
of
ofieration
mil«
per
go on board
to
numbers from eastern manufacturers rx|ienaex
of Disbursing Clerk Morrison's mes Ate It on account of the Bristow
27199. while the net earnings |ier
as
well
as
from
foreign
Interests
senger that he found the voucher on amendment and In this they are
So far ax known no otders from the mile are 28795. Tho equipment. In-
the floor near Morrison’s desk after joined b. most of the prophets here
Navy to Seek Men.
outside have l«<An received and first eluding rolling stock, b'lt exclusiv«
the archives had been ineffectually who lielleve that enough states will;
Bremerton,
Wash
Announcement buyers are therefor« undecided a» of roadbed, rails and similar prop
ts-1-.o -I • -I featured today’s State De repudiate It to prevent Its getting
has
l»een
made
here
of
a plan of the to whether they paid too much or erty. is valued at 2I2.040.221.
Into
the
constitution
partment Investigation.
poi .-«|>ondence between Secretary
The direct e'ectlon of I'nlted States navy department to establish a sys not.
Surveyors Start from Burns.
Prospects are for a normal peel of
F ,. ■ s I Coifil G«-m 'I Ml< ' o-l nt - enators bfi’ was (>as»«d by that body tern of navy recruiting office« at
Portland.
Ore
;
Seattle.
Wash
;
Walla
sections
of
the
Pa
chlttlm
In
most
Burn» Thr»e crews of government
Calcutta Indicated that the mysterious Monday by a vote of •>! to 21.
Walla. Wa«h ; Spokane. Wash., and clflc Northwest but In some places surveyors, each containing 14 men.
difference tietween the amounts of
Boise,
Idaho.
In
accordance
with
the
where the bark waa formerly gath arrived In Burna this week and ar«
Portland to Have Postal Savings
the voucher and the actual amount
purpose of bringing the enlisted force cred In great volume, scarcely any on their wav to different parts of
paid to the painter of ex Secretary
Washington The establishment of
Itav's |>ortralt wax applied to enter* the first postal savings hank In Port above the authorized enlisted strength will lie peeled hereafter ticca u«c of the county, where uA»urvev«d land
lands by is situated, to proceed with the work
enev accounts, particularly to Chine»*» land has been assured by the author Men are lacking properly to man the th« settlement of the
new vessels ready or soon to be farmers.
of subdivision, which they liegan last
matters, according to Michael.
isation t inlay by the postoffice de
ready for commission. The full en
rear
<me gang will go to Steens
partment of additional space to Sta
listed quota of the navy as estab
Mountain, another to the Iron Moun
Boundary Report Falla.
tion K
Thia space. It la expected,
Elgin Crops and Fruit Heavy,
lished by law la 47.500.
Many en
tain section and the third to the ex
Washington — The
international will be used only until the erection llstments have expired
Elgin— Rains of the last two weeks treme south end. near th" Nevada
Boundary • Commission hand»d down of the new Portland postoffice has
assure record crops In this part of . Iln»
A large area of good land will
Anti Treat Law Tested.
the country
Timothy and alfalfa are
Its decision in the Chamltal tone been completed.
lie taken for settlement.
Tacoma. Wash.—Judge Chapman, In fine condition and the grain crops
boundary dispute recently, and It Is
Philippine Town to Be Bonded.
of the superior court, has held the are promising
Fall wheat Is no
regarded a failure of tbe tribunal
Gage Mine May Reopen.
Washington The Insular bureau of anti treating ordinance to b« consti rank In growth that It will be nec
The I'nlted States Commissioners
Riverton- The Gage mine at River-
have dissented and the Mexicans have the war department has called for tutional and affirmed the judgment essary to mow a crop of hay from
done likewise They found that up to blds for 2125.000 4 per cent bonds of of the police court against Guo Klesel. It that It may be able tn hold Its ton. on tbe Coquille river, which has
Several farmers been dosed down. Is to lie opened
a certain points, lands on the KI Paso the City of Cebu. Philippine Islands,: proprietor of the State saloon, by burden of grain,
Hau
side of the river grew by accretion to defray the expenses of construct which Klesel was fined |f>d and costa have already cut thetr wheat down again soon. It la announced
but that at any period there was a ing sewer and drainage facilities, pro Klesd'S. as a test case, will be ap and many will follow suit. Full crops Francisco men are Interested In the
sudden cutoff by the river of a con vide a water supply and primary pealed to the supreme court, by of apples, pears, cherries and small property snd plan* are now le-lng
i made for operating the mine.
agreemenL
fruits seem certain.
siderable portion of Mexican territory school buildings.