APPLE FOES WAVERING.
■ P
’*» i
REBELS IN FULL CONTROL.
Eastern Commission Man Off»r Com* Mexican Forces Gathering for March
to Capital.
promise to Westerners.
Washington.
D.
C. — Th»
Eastern
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Chihuahua Rebels are in control of
I commission men who are backing the the entire stale of Chihuahua. Col
APPLE CROP GAINING.
Suiter apple but bill, on which a bear- onel Pancho Villa and bis forces are
,rl"
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Rumors That South Pole HIS mg will be held Thursday, are pmpoe- still in the state but ao outnumbered Cold Weather in Hood River Zone
Presages Big Yield.
ing to compromise with the Western aa to be ineffective.
Been Reached.
Hood River With every indication
The column under General Salazar
members of congress and the Western
apple growers who hava prepared to and Campa moved to the city from pointing to the biggest crop of apple«
by far that the Hood River valley ever
Norwegian Traveler Arrives at Tas atta.k the measure, and hav« suggest Saui and with Orosco's men are in had. the Growers' union, individual
ed their wlilingneea to strike from camp at the edge of the city. All sa shippers and merchants arc making
mania Four Others in Field
the bill all reference to the apple boi loons are closed by order of Orosco. active preparations for an increased
and Interest Crows.
bill If the W vet era men would then An immense crowd welcomed the col local storage capacity to handle the
fruit, which present ext I ma lea place
umn from Juarez.
withdraw their opposition.
at upwards of 1,000,000 boxes. With
Under
Orozco's
immediate
command
The suggestion was not entirely
Hobart, Tasmania — Captain Raold
work begun and plans under way, the
Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, satisfactory to the W estern mra here, are 600 former government troops. storage plants of the community will
has reached here on his return from for they said that if all reference to The rebel generals dralarod that the have their capacity greatly enlarged
the box were eliminated from the Sut
his South Polar expedition.
before the fall harvest begins.
ler bill It would be brought up again numerous volunteers who were offer
"While we will make no definite
Inndon -Excitement was caused In next year as a separate measure, and ing themselves will soon swell the plans until after the annual meeting
it
wju
preferable
to
settle
the
iseu^
al
rebel army to 5,000 men. who will be of the stockholders here in April,"
Ixindon by a rum--r thatCapain Robert
F. Scott, the British Antarctic ex this session and t-e done with it.
taken south to secure control of Du- , says C. H. Sproat. manager of the
Oregon and other Western growers
plorer, had reached the South Pole.
range.
Torreon and all other towns be local union, "we propose to make a
Au evening newspaper printed the r.s are strongly opposed to that provision i twren here and the City of Mexico.
great inereare in our »«..rag« ware-
of
the
Suixcr
bill
which
««tablishee
mor. which is without confirmation
houaoa." The union made the pur
The
misunderstanding
by
which
from any source. Mrs. Scott, wife of the grades of apples. They hold that General Salazar delayed entering Chi- i chase last year of a number of lots
the eiplorer, and olUrrn of the the this section is clearly'lliscriminapiry huahua apparently has I .ran cleared adjoining the preeent storage and re
Geographical society say they have not against Oregon and Washington apples up. On the surface at least, all dis- frigerating plant. The prexent capa
and wr-t-Jd not enable Western growers
heard from him.
city of the union building is 40,000
trust of Orozco has disappeared.
If the rumor proves true. Captain to have their beat apples marked as
A report from Parral saya that Jose boxes. It is hoped that at the meet
Scott will have the distinction of hav grade A. At the hearing Thursday, <ie al l.ux Soto, with a small detach i ing a strong concerted action will be
ing won a veritable race to the south provisions of the Sulzer bill will tie ment of Federate has joined Villa.
made to increase thia capacity to sev
ern extremity of the earth, several assailed by the Western men present
eral hundred thousand box«-».
expeditions under flags other than and an euort will be made to have the
Diaz Outlines His Position.
England's being now in the Antarctic. bill amended to adopt the Oregon box
Paris
-"What I promised my com
FAMILIES COME WEST.
Captain Scott, of the British Royal as the standard ami to readjust the I patriots was that I would return
*
Navy, is at the head of an expedition grades so that the finest Oregon apples should war break out against a for
may
go
into
the
market
as
grade
A.
;
Coloniite'
Children
Will Assist In
which included 80 men. 20 Siberian
eign enemy, an«! not that 1 w.>uid r-«
ponies, 30 dogs and two motor sledgea. with other grades fur inferior fruit turn to take part in the struggle of
Work on Home Farms.
which left England in July, 1010, on If these changes can be made, W-st- i the parties. I have no intention of
Hood River Since the westbound
era apple growers will supp«>rt the
the Terra Nova.
intervening in the strife of the ¡>ar- trains fille«! with homescekers have
bill.
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Four other expeditions are st-vking
ties, especially while they have n»«t been passing through H—-I River th«
the South Pole. The moat important
recovered their reason."
THREE-YEAR BILL MODIFIED.
past weak, about ten families have
of these is that of the Norwegian cap
This declaration wax telcgraph«*l stopped to make this valley their fu
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tain, Raold Amundsen, who is utilii-
by General Porfirio Diaz in connection ture home. A significant fact about
iaa
1
th.
!:•! rat:“! !•-!•« Subcommittee Drafts New and Easy i himi ■ report that ho had written a
newcomers this year is that all seem
Homestead Provisions.
ship which Dr. Fridtjof Nansen used
letter to a friend in New York saying to have made definite plana before
in his explorations in the Arctic
Washington. D. C.—The sub-com- ' he was ready to return to Mexico if
leaving their Eastern homes.
ocean.
mittee of the public Ian«!» committee the country nevd««! him.
Many have relatives who have al
Another expedition is that of the
ready secured places for ¿hem.
Fri
Austrian, Dr. Mawson, who was one having in charge the Borah-Jones
POLICE RAID SUFFRAQETTES
day a family with ten children arrived
three
year
homestead
bill
has
agreed
of the members of the Shackleton ex
from Missouri. The children will as
pedition.
His vessel, the Aurora, tentatively to several amendments
slat in raising strawberries.
left Australia in November, 1910.
which will be laid before full commit Arrest Editors and Capture O’tices
The colonists do not linger long in
of Suffragette Publication.
The German expedition, under Lieu tee for adoption. Instead of granting
the city, but strike straight for the
tenant Fitchner, of the Bavarian Six months' leave of absence, the bill
Iximion—In pursuance of the deter communities they have chosen for
army, sailed from Buenos Ayres Octo will provide that the "settler or his mination of the government fully to
borne spots in the country. The class
ber 5. last year.
family" shall reside upon the land at
of homescekers coming this year is es
teat
the
efficiency
of
the
existing
laws
A Japanese expedition under Lieu- ' least seven months in each year, and
pecially gratifying to Hood River peo
tenant Shi rase left Sydney harbor on before final proof is made will require to deal with the latest tactics of the
ple.
November 20 last.
that a habitable bouse shall be erect«*! J militant suffragettes, before resorting
upon the land, as evidence of intention to s|M»cial legislation to make the j
MAN FILES ON LOST ACRE.
OROZCO PROCLAIMED LEADER to make it a homo.
funds of the (suffragette societies
No provision has yet been adopted
Other Rsbal Generals Recognize New requiring any specific amount of culti liable for damages done by their mem Government Surveyors Overlook Land
Which Becomes Valuable.
Rula in Chihuahua.
vation. this subject being still often, bers, the police raided the offices of
El Paso, Tex.—A special news dis but an amendment has been agreed the Women's Social and Political un I
Roseturg An unusual transaction
patch from Chihuahua says that Pas upon making the bill applicable to all ion.
wax recotded at the Roseburg Unit««!
cual Orozco was proclaimed generalis [tending unperfecte«! hom«‘«teaders en
They arrested Mr. and Mrs. Freder-' States land office when John McNeill,
simo of the rebel forces.
According tries, so that, if it is paae«-d, home
of Southern Oregon, filed U|>on an
to the telegram, his leadership was «traders now striving to comply with ick Pethick Lawrence, joint editors of acre of land abutting the city limits
acknowledged by the other insurrecto the law may secure title after three “Votes for Women." The police also of M«»!ford, omitted from the terri
generals, Salazar, Campa, Hernandel instea«! of five year's residence.
arrested later in the night Mias Chris tory embrace«! In government surveys.
The amendments adopted will not
and Ponce.
tabel Pankhurst. They took posses In the event McNeill resides on the
The announcement wax receive«! en meet the opposition raised by the In
land continuously for 14 months he
sion
of the offices.
thusiastically by the soldiers, who terior department and further protest
ran purchas«- the same from the gov-
The leaders
of the union are eram« nt for 22.50. and should he wish
cried. "Viva liberta,” and "Death to from that quarter is expected.
Madero."
charge«! with being responsible for the to waive this payment he can secure
Orozco issued a proclamation deci ar- ; WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEAVE latest wirxlow smashing campaign.
a government patent to the land at
ing that the present movement knows
Presumably they will be tried under the expiration of five years.
no party, that the fundamental law Amari etna Left in Madera Are Armed
the conspiracy laws. Members of the
Bsrry Output Increases.
of 1K57, guaranteeing the fullest lib-
and Capable.
uni in said the new departure of in
Portland An increaseil production
•rtiea to the p«N>ple, shall govern, and
El Paso — One hundred and fifty dicting hard labor sentencee upon of strawberries is expect«*! in the
asserting that a rebel army of 5,000
men would begin the campaign against Americana, mostly women and child those convicted of taking part in the Hood River and Mosier districts this
the City of Mexico within a few days. ren from the American lumbering recent demonstration and in arresting year, and the O.-W. R. A N. company
town of Madera, were brought into El the leaders would produce a bigger is preparing to give th« growers spe
Paso, by the Mexico Northwestern crop of volunteers for militant work. cial service to Eastern points where
Madero to Resign, Is Report,
The weakness of the aurffagist the berries are sold.
railway from Pearson, their first stop
Mexico City The receipt of Presi ping place after leaving
Maiera. cause, however, is seen in the fact
In 1910 the Hool River distYicta ex
dent Madero's resignation [and also Another train bringing refugees from that the great majority of women de
ported 62 carloads of berries from the
that of Vice President Suarez would Chihuahua is expected over the Mexi nounce the militant actions, which
state. This year the output will be
not surprise members of congress can Central.
they assert are being carried too far. | approximately 100 carloads, aero rd -
when that body m«-«-te on April 2. or
There is ample evidence that the ing to early estimates.
With the exception of a small hos
They are
v Kin thereafter. The report originat- pital staff at Pearson, every American recent window smashing has alienate«!
shipped to points in North Dakota,
ed among members of congrrez. tn j woman and child in the towns of public sympathy.
Minnesota, Wisconsin and ax far East
fact, Madero's and Ruares* resigns- ' Madera an<! Pearson, Mexico, ia on
While th« militant
suffragettes ax Chicago.
tions are said to be expect«*!, in which ’ United States soil.
were vainly trying to break through
case, according to the beat informa
These assert that for weeks they the cordon of police about Parliament
Big Crop in Grand Ronda.
tion obtainable.
General Trevino virtually have been isolate«! and liv Square, 200 medical student« organ
Imbler The estimate now for the
would be the choice of eongreaa.
ing in a state of terror. With nuither ized a raid on the suffragette prem fruit crop of the Grande Rondo valley
wire nor train communication and ises. to pay them back in their own for 1912, including pears and [teaches,
May Call Militia Soon.
mails demoralised, they have been cut coin.
is 1,000 carloads.
The fruitgrowers
Washington, D. C.- Activity of the off completely from the outside world
Marching to the building occupied arc agitating the marketing problem
division of military affairs of the War and almost constantly have
been by the Women's Press in Charing and the president of the Eastern Ore
department, in connection with gene menaced by marauding bamis.
Busi Cross road, where there was a big dis gon district fruitgrowers' association
ral stalT and quartermaster depart ness at Madera, they say, is non play of suffragette literature, they
has issuad a letter to the growers to
ment», gives rise to the report that existent. It was reported by refugee«, bombarded it with stones, smashing
ihe mililia of several states will be the mills of the Madera Lumber com all the windows, to an accompaniment get their reports for 1911 and their
ideas as to a selling agency. About
ordered to mobilise on short order and pany were closed, hundreds of work of cheers from deligted spectators.
75 Inches of snow has fallen over the
possibly ordered
to the Mexican men being thrown out of employment.
grain section of the Grande Rond«
birder to supplement regular troops,
Finder of Money Lozes.
valley and fumishe«! excellent [>rota
unless more quieting word comes from
Battleship Utah Swift.
Kansas City A. W. Foster cannot tion for the winter grain.
M- I
New York—Word reached the navy have the m«>ney he picked up on the
Farmers Give Lerd^For Railway.
yard here that all previous speed rec floor of a Kansas City safe deposit
No-Toll BUI Possib'o.
Eugene — S«> anxious are farmers
Washington. D. C.—No decision on ords for battleships in the United company. The court of appeals de
the question of the Panama canal tolls States navy had been broken by the clared the money should remain with along the river road northwest of
Foster upon Eugene to have the Portland & Eugene
was reached by the house committee battleship Utah, with an average the deposit company.
on interstate and foreign commerce speed of 22 knots in her four-hour full finding 1180 on the vault floor turned electric line ext«*nd«*d into their terri
and it i« possible that the bill will be power run off Provincetown. The de it over to the officers of the company tory that they have offered to de««! to
reported without any toll provisions. signed speed of the vessel, an oil and No owner for the money was found the county alx feel more land along
Amer and ho brought suit to recover IL A their proprrty to make the road 88
The majority ia believed to favor a coal burner, was 20.75 knots.
paragraph to the bill which would ican battleship speed laurels have jury awarded him the find and the de feet in order that a 40-foot strip
might lie turned over to the electric
give the president authority to make been held by the Delaware, which in posit company appealed.
company. The question of a franchise
the rules and regulations governing her preliminary trial made 21.58 knots.
Chinese Looters Spare Foreigners for the railway company will coma
canal tolls.
Army Staff Is Revised.
Pekin—Chang Ting Fu. an import1 before the court for hearing soon.
Robber Tuma Motorman.
Washington, D. C.—Carrying out ant city on the railroad about 180
Traps Bls Wild Animals.
Oakland. Cal.—A young man. styl the theory upon which it was founded, miles southwest of Pekin, has been
Albany — R. S. I-eeper, of Albany,
ishly clad, turned robber here, held that the general staff of the army shall added to the lie« of places which have
up the motnrman and conductor of a be kept supplied with new blood by been looted and burned. No details present«! the skins of four wild«ats
Grand Avenue streetcar, robbed the continually displacing the officers who have reached here, but it is thought and two coyotes at the county clerk's
conductor of 117.40, forced both men have seen four years' service by men there need be no fear for foreigners office here and collected the at ate
He trappad the animals In
to get off the car and ran it himself to called In from the field, nearly two there, because the mutineers every bounty.
within a few blocks of the business dosen changes ia that body have been where are observing the same rule of the Upper South Santiam river re
not touching strangers.
gion.
center of town, where he disappeared. announced.
TO INOCULATE SOIL OF OREGON
Agricultural College Giving Free Bac
teria to Farmers.
Corvallis — Free bacteria for the
raising of leguminous cups, such as
alfalfa, peas, beans, and clover». will
be furnished to the farmers of Oregon
u|x»n request by the dr|>artiiivtit of
bacteriology at the Oregon Agricul
tural college.
The experiment sta
tion experts hav« been busy preparing
this material for the inoculation ef
soil for some time, and will send full
directions for its use with each cul
ture.
Those desiring the material
should send their requests at least
two weeks in advene« of the time
they wish to use it. stating what le
guminous crop« they desire to raise,
and how much land they intend to
piant.
Anyon«- who has examined the roots
of a thrifty plant of this sort of crop
knows that there are found on the
mote small lumps, known ax nodules.
Scientific study has shown tneee to
lie caused by bacteria infecting the
roots, and that unless these are pres
ent. a g«H>d stand will not be obtain««!,
showing that the bacteria are n««ces-
»ary to the full growth of the plant.
If the soil does not contain the bac
teria, a gtxxi catch of the crop may
not be expected. By using the«.- cul-
tures the proper bacteria may be in
troduced inbi the anil. Where a crop
has never been grown on a particular
piece, of land, as where alfalfa ia be
ing introduced, or when th«- stand ob
tain«! has not been satisfactory and
it is known that the lack was not that
of sufficient lime, such cultures can be
us«! with goiwl cffecL They will not,
b wrvi-r, correct lime deficiency, nor
will the bacteria thrive in acid soil.
For this reason, lime should be applied
where needed before the culture is
FARM IS WOHLD PROBLEM
Samuel Hill Says Country Must Be
Made Attractive,
Portland—That the problem of in
ducing people to go back to the lan<!
can only be solved by providing good
roads, telephones, go««! sc I mmi I s , rural
delivery, was the d«*claration of Sam
uel Hill, pioneer in the giMwl roads
movement in the Pacific Northwest,
in an address deliver««! in Westmin
ster Presbyterian church, dealing with
the building of highways.
He point«-»! out that between the
years 1870 and 1900 the proportion of
the [sipulation engagi-»! in agricultural
pursuits had b«wn reduce«! one half.
This, he declared, was one explanation
of the high coat of living.
He said
the problem of putting people back on
the farm and kareplng them there is
not only a national one, but is one
with which the whole world is call«l
to deal.
To keep people on the land,
ho assert««!, required that they should
not only have improved facilitiee, but
that they should have markets for
their products.
Good roads over
which to haul these products wrre
shown by the speakrr to lie indispen
sable in the solution of thia ecunnomic
[iroldem.
15 CENT MEALS STARTLE
Ststs
Auditors Gssp al Assessor's
E spans« Account.
Salem Fifteen-eent meals and bm!s
for 50 cents a night, charged by As-
eesaor Strain, of Umatilla, against his
expense on a state account caused the
auditing department in Secretary Ol
cott's office to gasp. Strain was here
recently attending a state meeting of
th« aaa«*saors of the state. He report
ed do expense for carfare. For throe
days he charged 45 cents a day for
meals, or 16 cents a meal, and 50
crate n night for lodging.
His three days' stay here at the
assessors' meeting will cost the state
12.H5, which is consider««! a record
breaker.
OREGON FRUIT IN GERMANY
Qrande Ronda Apples Make
In Europ«.
Big Hit
La Grande Returns have b«*en re
ceived from the Grande Ronde apples
which were shipp'd to Germsny. They
aversgm! II.K2 the box.
With the
remittance came a most flattering re
port that the apples were received in
the beet of condition and that the box
of extra fancy apples shipped gratia
with ths/ shipment to Emperor Wil
liam of Germany waa well received
and much appreciated.
From present
Indications the Granda Romir valley
expects to market most of Its spple
crop this year in Germany.
Fruit Buds Not Injured by Cold.
Brooks — Th« cold weathar of last
weak ia ended and a careful inspection
of the fruit buds discloses very little
harm don«. Pear buds, which war« a
little in advance of th« season, ar«
slightly blackened on the outaid«, but
the heart is not affected.