ORW SME ITEMS OF INTEPSTI
LUMBER CUT HEAVY.
Ha
Mew
MM at TtthuMok Tun
Out
60,000 FMt Per OeyA
Tillamook -The Tillamook Lambcr
M srjQfectur Ing company s mv hi wdhI 1
in this city le taming oat 60,000 feet
of lumber daily most of which b being
cjoed (or building pevpoeee in and
roond TiDamaok City. The company
was organtosd by George K Lamb,
Cart Habarlach, H. I. Batta and Fred
C Baker, and tba aawnill baa ao Idaal
location, being at the Iwad ef naviga-
tioo and right in tbo heart of Tillamook
county and eity. It took over $40,000
for ita eito, buildings- and machinery.
Tba mill haa two large higb-pressore
trailers, two engines, larga cirealar
sawmill and a pony mill, with planers,
trax machinery and flry kiln and em
ploy! about BO men. - It la entirely - lo
cal oapital at the back of tba saw en
terprise. . .
Several snfoments jf 'spruce nave
4eeo sent to Portland on ' the atesmer
Argo, -which- doeks at the company'!
warebooae tn Hoaoottoa elough. This
ia ss far aa ataaoMra ean go inland in
Tillamook eoonty, which ia at the
bridge on the toad going north.. The
company baa obtained the right to
boom I gs on the east aide of the bridge
in Honoarten slMght where several
million feet of loga can be Stored. A
-eat was made from tba aloagb t the
end -of the tog slip, the government
dredge being need for the purpose.
Tb Pacific Railway ft Navigation com
pany will fan a par from- the depot
along the waterfront of Tillamook City,
the track running on the north aide of
the aawmill and through the oosnpeny'a
lumber yard. The wHI give tbe TjHe
mook Lumber company railroad ' and
hionino' facilities .on ita own prop
erty, the new aawmill has given the
city a ateady monthly payroll of about
42000, and aa eoon aa tba local demand
for lumber diminish it wjll be in, the
market for export lumber.; jj.fy
IRRIGATION PROGRESSES
Big Tract Being Placed Undo Water
In Rogue Hhjer Valley; ,
-Grants PaaaConatroction of the
gravity canal and high line fa-rigatfon
ditehee which are to bring water from
Rogue river to the arid lands m and
around Grants Fans is .progressing
rapidly. The most difficult portion of
the gravity eana, that near the power
dam, was attacked with two powerful
hydraulic gianta. By thin method the
cemented creoad and huge boulders
were eaaily removed.. The gravity
canal ia It feat wide at the bottom, 18
feet at the top and 6 feet dene. - f
Two high line ditches have been eon
otroetad, one ed each aide of the river.
These will irrigate all of Grants rose
and nroch of tba country adjaeent
to thia eity. Tba south bank ditch
will reach and eover the orchards' and
farms ef the Fraitdale district. Money
or the undertaking was entirely sup
lied from Grants Pass. . . -.
-r
win Viett Hood River. -Hood
River- Several hundred of lbs
. moat prominent reeidenta of the agri
cultural eelleges and experiment eta
. tkms of the United States, sceosxpoejed
by their wives, will visit Hood River
-valley, Auguet 11. The party will
laave Portland by apodal train and will
aw met at Hood River with aotomobilea
and carriages and be given a drive over
tba vallcv to witness the splendor ef
Hood Htvers erenaraa. n m pwanen
to serve the geeets with genuine
Hood River luncheon, to which the
.famous Oiarnetoma will form a prom
laeatpart on the meow. The dtetin
guiahed vnttore will b man of tba
Cotnmerical crab while in the Apple
Governor Names Delegates,
iaesm Driegatos to the tret
Wa
tlonal CoaeeivatiPB oangreas to be held
a the anditoriamef the Alaska-Yohoo-Paciftc
exposition. Seattle, Aogast 26,
ST and 18 have been appointed by Gov
wrnor Beoaoa as follows: J. N. Tee,
ohsirman Oregon 43unoaivattoa eonv
miestoo, Portland; Edward B. MeAl
liatar, dean of the School of Eogtoccr
tog, Atolverslty of Oregon. Eugene;
Goorajs M. CornwaJt, : editor tte
Timberman, Portland; W. K. Newell,
i lib rr stats board of bertieultara.
Oaston; and E. W. WrigM otl tonal
witter, rmmtv h $
.. ath-lrw WIN Aid
"eftbmns of bfene
b went a Btrnwa tn tba interest of
the Eagene Weston railway were
mn br-tke aaoaia or neac m-
oality, andraaeal thiaasnil dollars In
saoney waa promised the arometwrs of
tba road If it ahoUe
BJmira. Labetdnd
id bx eitiaana wba era. m
Crop Owa.ow at.dw.4- '
PerttondA fine awtloak for
hi OTKHgrt, eee -erf V .
gar J. P. O - of the Bsavbnen
linos, woww-amssdfcaa s week's
trip over the west eMe Ime, I
tbe Woswrtatoos) hsmam atojs
HUGE FAHM PROWT. j
Oaln la Tan Times Annual Rental far
Willamette Vasay Ranch.
Albany A. 0. Armatrong, a farmer
residing four miles aorthweatof Piaia
view and 10 miles aontheastof Albany,
will realise a profit of $4,800 on 1Z0
aerea ef vetch be threshed last weak.
Incidentally he will clear op eboet .
000 this year on a farm of 400 aerea,
or which ha pays aa annual rental of
$600. Some other Linn eotmty farm
ers are doing almost as well, and farm
ing in the Willamette valley is paying
bettor this year than for many years.
Armstrong had 140 seres in veteh
this year. He mowed SO acres of it,
and after storing his bams foil of loose
bay for bis wmter'e-eoppiy had on saga
left over from the 20 acres to bale 80
tons, which i worth $1 too. The
vetch on the remaining 120 acres waa
threshed for seed by the thresher and
cleaner .of Parker Broa., and Armstrong
had 70 tons of threshed and cleaned
vetch seed from his 120 acres.. VTbU is
worth four cents s pound in the present
market and after Armstrong pays all
expeneae of thrashing, viewing, etc.,
he will realise a net profit of $4,800 on
the veteh seed alone, to say nothing of
the veteh hap he baled. ; i
In addition to hie 140. aerea in vetch,
Armstrong has 200 ere in spring oats.
which ia in splendid condition and will
doobtless return a big yield and give
mm an aoaiiionai prom or several nun
dred dollars for the past year's rorlu t
V 5 'Big' Deal b Fruit Land. '-JF
Hood River A 'Jarre land deal has
jost been eonsommated hare by the
purchase by J, B. Rabastosnv Alex B.
Reed and J. M . Cnlbertsoa, meal eap-
italiets, of 800 aerea of eimproved
fruit land from the Stanley-Smith
Lumber ones pony. , The-taaet whteh is
ODnskwtad one JnT the best in the val-
le f , ia aiUMted six miles Went ef fbe
city, and sold for $67 an acre. It is
the intention of the aarebaseri to cot
it op in small traeta, , A Isrga spring.
which baa been mentioned ss possible
for a water supply for tba city, is sit
uetedonthelsnd, , , ,
" New Factory for Salem. ';
Salem Steps havh beetf taken to
wards the location at Salem of a cloth
ing, glove and mitten factory.- James)
H. and L. W. Gleason, Kansas men,
were before the board of trade asking
for s bonne and the oommereial organ
isation seems willing to meet the
terms named. The promoters say they
have machinery worth from $8,600 to
$4;009 ready to mstoll and eumeiaa
capital with which to bring it west sad
f et up. They ask the pjuineel men
of Salem to donate fiteand bond
ing ao ny ivy leea, r: n : . ..
PORTLAND MARKETS. ".;"'"'
92c; sed Rossiaa, SOvOe; valley,
84e-, 40-fold, K9Se.
Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27
perton. f I --.'..- J i i
Osto28eM8.80 per tarn
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley.
$12M per too; Bastora Oregon, $17
(cfll8; mixed, $1$.601 M: alfalfa,
818.50; jOtovor, SUsllS; cheat, $18
I.OV. ' ' ' . , "
Grain Bags 6c each. '
Fruits Appiee. aew 1102.2$ Per
box; pears, $11.76; peaches. SOetij
$1 per 'Crate; eantaloopea, $22.0;
ems, $6e$l mar box; wstermelons,
jffllJic per pound; blackberries,
$L60 per crate. ,
Pnraroos 7eo$l per sack: sweet
potatoea, 44e per sooad. - , - .
Oniena $1.2fia)l.M por sack, ' .
Vegatobka Boaos, 4?6e per pemid.
cabbaga, ti)t; ssnliOewer, 0ea
$1.2S par doaen; eelery, 76tis8ee; en-
csmbera,, l$ip2Sc; ontooe, lOlflc;
Te perpoond; red ia has, lbe per
tewtoee, 7W$l.Wperhoi, ,
Batter City asameii, extras.
15 fancy oetside creamery, 27Mdl
80 We per poondj stove, 2Jo)22e, Bat:
tor fat prices average 1 U par aoond
nder regotar batter prions.
Sggfr-rOrscew nmak 4aodJe, XJt
v27ifl per doses.
Pooltry Hens, 18a: anrings. 16e:
roostora Pl4cy decks, young, tt
sl$a$ geesa. yeoog. fiyaitcr tor-
ya, 8811 aha, $1.75&z nor dosen.
Peak Faney, 1111S per posnd.
VaaiExtrae, 8H10e. aes peond:
Urdiassy, ,B; Peavy. 78.: :.
Hepe-yJ veowtraets. 21B22e per
peond; 1W8 erop, le; 107 crop, 12c;
ISMerop. mv
Wool Eestorn Oregoa, 18028c per
ppand; vattey, ttyiiit vsehair, ehotos,
242o.
Cattle Btosrs, top 1.le; fah to
1 w wa. i nun ,
eowstop. A8.amu? to goad. $80
8.26: comnma to mediovn. 82.80
2.78ajse iatf0h Beovy,
U.mfWm 8tos2.760
2. 76.
f i 4 d less ia
- -es ? yeawni
goad. $S.M9.7a;
efi. SO.
4dair to '
sprtog mmbs. 9MW
1 AJL KO. " ' 1
Boca Beet, $8.78; fair to no'edV He pnrlieakws isgoftn Dto nam-
- e; pji ilm a, S8djg CMm) fata,
. ; BRITAIN LOSES GRI. 4.
WiH Accept American Domination to
.L-"'v . o Brnpifo. -CbjurtJHiqas,
Rl., Aug. 16. The
British empire in momentary danger of
deaU action at the hands of Germany,
and ready, merely for the asking to
eoeept the oeeainanee of toe United
States and see the empire'! real seat
of aothority transferred to Washington,
is, according to Colonel o. a. MeChtre,
editor ef MoClure'e Magasine, the sit
aation which la now confronting the
country's atatesmen. t
. Colonel htcCiure called the parting
of America from England In 1776 a
disaetroas miatake, and road a state
ment from Lord Roseberry in which
that statesman predicta that, if Eng
land and America had not separated aU
the time of the Revolution, the seat of
toe great British empire would have
already been trmnaf erred from the Brit
ish Isles to what to now the United
States and those islands would have
simply been the eeered historic ehrins
ef the great worid empire of the Eng-lieh-apeaking
people,
"The United States should secure
Che dominance of the British empire,"
continued Mr. MeClvre, "for the ask
big The present situation of England
and Germany is that of two farmers
living aide by side, one of whom is s
Brat rate prisefighter, has trsined his
people to be prisefightsrs and says to
hie neighbor, who has been peaceably
engaged in cultivating hia estate: 'I
Want some of your property and I'm
going to bsvo it The possible de-
struetieo of the British empire, which
obis means, is the most terrible prob
lem before as today."
ROBBERY AS TRADE.
Santa Clara Gang "reposed to Loot
Many Banks.
Santa Clare, CalM Aug.. 16. Still
concerning their identity, but bilking
freely of the daring $7,000 robbery in
which they were the principal actors
Friday, the tw boys captured at Sun
nyvale by Sheriff Langford were
nrought hero for arraignment on a
charge of robbery. -.--
To Sheriff LangforA who eaptared
them, the young men made a startling
confession. Jos Willetta, who apeeari
to be leader of the gang, said he and
his companion had planned seerieeDf
bank robberies that would have created
reign of terror In financial circles.
80 far had their plans matured, that
on Thursday, with a hired automobile
awaiting their return, they entered the
First National bank, to the heart of
Oakland, and calmly Weighed the
chance of making their escape with a
fortune, ...
"Thia Santa Clara robbery was only
aa experiment,'' said the youthful rob
ber, after making thist revChrtton.
"We intended, if it was successful, to
go after a bigger and richer institution
next time and to clean up big money
before wo were through.
"We purchased a machine ta Oak
land and had it remain just aronnd the
corner, as we did in Friday'a Job. Csrr
and I went to the First National bank
about 12 o'clock and leaked the pises
over. We were well - armed, and if
there bad not been as many clerks and
so many people pooling outside, we
would have bold up tbo cashiers and
tollcss and tried to escape with all tba
I money m sight." -
TWO TRAINS CRASH.
Over 40 Hurt m Wreck on Denver &
.Rio Grande Rood. A ,
Colorado Springs. Ten persons are
dead and others expected todiea,be
tereoB 40 and 60 are injured, three en
gines ere to the ditch, two baggaga
ears, including toe eon tents, are
as are badly damaged aa the result of
his dsn collision oetweea east booed
eager Mew 8 and west bound pas
senger No. 1 on the Deover A Rio
tGrandc railroad, near Booted, IS miles
north of this eity at 10:2ft Saturday
ning. ' The wreck was doe either
to a miaanderstanding of orders by the
driver ef the first engine of lbs north
boand train, or to Ms having mistaken
a switch engine standing on the siding
at Hosted for ttw train ho waa to pass
at that point end which he later
created tats. ,
. ' bscnire wm rmj wdi.
tendon, Aog. 18. Lies tenant Eroest
H. Shock leton, the Antarctic explorer.
ill- lestore to the United Sestes sad
Caaoda, commencing ( the toes to
March, 1910. He will receive a re
cord fee. hot fee araiey will not go
into hw pocket hot wifa be need tie
lsy off 'debts amonnting to $70,000
oontraeted daring his record breaking
expettrtion. The Daily firpreea re-
ehes tba . British govontesaat tor
its tagratrtode in dXliniag te eon trib
ute to the east of Lieutenant Sbaefcle
ton'scspeditieav - - - '
Cavthquako M tepop.,-, t .
TeWe, Aug. 18. A dtasiUovo aartaV
eke aboek toe Jeoanem provtocos of
Wswoa Oaesrilii sad n to I am id tba
list of eoosaUioi willbehsevg,- latbs
rt AIM --- - .J
.be billo4
iaswovollablvsaoM 1 i ,
I NEWS FROM TBE NATIONAL CAPITAL J
'tt.., WU MUST GO, ' i.
Plctoreequo Chinese Figure m Wash
- - pe Is Recalled. .
Washington, Aug. 14. For tbo sec
ond time in his diplomatic career Br.
Wa Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to
the United States, has been recalled
from the Washington mission, and baa
been directed to proceed heme, where
it to expected bo will bo assigned to
other work.
Dr. Wu's successor will be Chang
Tin Tang, known as "progressiva''
to Chinese political affairs, Hs has
seen diplomatic service in India, Eng
land. Thibet end the United States.
Dr. Wu's retirement from Washing
ton removed O pictoreaqoa ftgoro from
the capitals Probably no diplomat la
better known than he, for be is pop
ular talker and his pungent wit and
bright sallies have been heard and read
with interest at many pieces.
Daring the Boxer troubles, Minister
Wu, in connection with Yuan Shai Kai,
then TaoTai of Shanghai, was aocccac
ful in getting through a meeeege to the
American miniiter, Mr. Conger, who,
with hia colleagues, was in the legation
compound to Pckin, and .whose fete
was a matter of great eooesrn to the
atate department.
An anawcr from Mr.' Conger demon
strated that be bad received tbo mes
ssge sent by the state department and
that all was wall with the legation offi
cials. It is pointed out as 0 peculiar
eoincidenee that Wu should be recalled
at thia time, soon after the downfall of
Yuan Shai Kai, hia friend.
Wu'a sympathies were with, ttw
United States during tbo Boxer
troubles, and thia led to his recall.
Only an intimation from thia govern
ment llist his bebeoding would be
offensive to tbo United States, it is
believed, prevented his summary death
at the hands of toe Chinees authorities.
The new mtntctar, Chang Yin Tang,
from April, 1898, to February, 1880,
was consul-general at Sen Franeseo and
boom years ago was attached to the
Chinees legation to Washington for a
short time. -. ,
'. PROBE ALASKA COAL LAND. "
Hearings Soon in Sea trie and Other
Oitias on Alleged ffrauda.,, , l
Washington, Aug, 17. Meeh Inter,
est was manifeeted here today by Inte
rior department official! In re porta from
Denver that 0 hearing to Seattle,
Wash., next month, will disclose proof
of gigantic frauds in connection with
coal landa in Alaska, -They declined.
In the absence of Secretory BsJJtogec
and General Land Commissioner Den
net, to discuss the nature of tba report.
It is teamed that upwards of 700 en
tries on coal lands to Alaska, involving
aboat 112,000 acres containing valua
ble veins, have been upended by the
department daring the last three years.
Estimating that these entries are
wortb-at least 82,000 per acre on ft
basis of 1 cent per ton, tbeeeeoal lands
would be worth $260,000,000. .
Hearings will be bald to other eitl
to the West to addition to Seattle but
just what ones was not die el no ad.
. Oropo Show Decrease.
Washington, Aog. 11. An Indicated
winter wheat total yield of (82,820,
000 bushels, as compared with 648V
06, bushels, finally estimated lest
veer: an sewage of crlator-wheo of
0.8 against 004 -o year age; corn,
84.4, against & 6: spring wheat, vl.,
against -80. 7, end oats, 86.6, against
This summarises today's Crop report
or too oepartmeni 01 ergncuitnre. .
The comparative figures for corn In
clude 88.8 last month and 82.6
tbo everag ef August 1 for the last
10 yeera. The preluninsry returns lot
tbo winter wboot yield indicate about
16.6 bushels per sere, compared with
14.4, 00 tnally estimated but yeas.
The condition of spring wheat U com
pared with 88.9 tost month and 8M,
tbo 10-veer overage on- Aogost t.
For eomparisos) oho opt erop averaged
88.8 last montb and 88.1 tor IS y
oaAosvotl. - '
The rtfoportlcw of bMtyesr'coat erop
in the farmer'a bands on August 1 was
sheet 8.8 per sent, or 26,282,000 atMe
i - e.i ...
, ,Wrovni'Sfioop CMibVtod.'
WssUndtobf And. '17.-Owng tb
Dm ii j ia ii of ow infeetfooa Slssooc,
known a tip PDd togdhiiaaa, or necre
baeilloeia of cheep, the secretary f ag
rieoltoTe bso-.CToerad- o cjnaraotlns.
effective August 12, on tba counties of
Fvemont, Natrona Cooverea, Weston,
Crock, pocsidaa,' ionneen and Big
Hern, to the state of Wyoming,
' . Veto AypoSdQ toeOconsH. '
Watoinertea. Aom IT. By dxroxtisw
of PvesMcnt Taft, ex-Governor J, W.
MeCoaoelL'of Idaho, bos been appoint-
od tooo faioportont posvtten to eoonee
tion with the toad freed tercet toettons
Hn Idano. The peeitios says 82.600
B4sbW SpVebT Pto yeaAntt6BVBfviri4e
MeTaswaB fcoW tolo to tawef Basy
REPORT IS GIN 1 to. 1
Montana Power Sites Ware Not Sx-
V tended Under' BoHnigor f
Washington, Aug. 14. "At no time
daring the odmiamtratioo of Secretary -
Bellinger have any power sites been
filed 00 in Montana," said Acting Aa
airtant Commieaioner Sen warts of the
general land office, today. - .
The statement waa issued as a, denial
of tba report that in the Boasman,
Moot., land diatriet, one Jerroieh Coe
lina. on June 11, Bled on 16,868 scree
of lend, valuable for power sites, in
the Interest of torso nowev Bsmnaniea.
The statement saya that neither Col-
line nor the Collins Land company bad
mode any each filing at Boaeman or
elsewhere. "
"The only water power site' on the
wateraheds of the Miaeoori river not
now Under the control ox the govern-.
mcntander Secretary Ballinger'a ordero
of suepeneion, are sites which have
boon to private ownership for ssvenuV
years," says Mr. ocb warts, "and two
additional aitos which are improved and
developed to ran the streetear ayatem
and lighting of Helena and Butte and
tbo mines to Butts. .
These two sites are fa too -peaces
ion of the Helena Power d) Light
company and the Capital Improvement
company, one having dam 86 feet
high end the other 120 feet high, screes
the Missouri river.
'As to the application on Jane 11,
of Precident Ramsey, of the Riverside
Lend A stock company, for 100 and
bohandredtba seres. It was rejected by
the local land office and rejection sus
tained m tola office."
EAST WILL BENEFIT.
Lands A cross the Sea to Gain by Do
- velopment In This Country.
Washington, Aog. 18, Predicting
that the Far East will be especially
benefitted by the continual ateady de
velopment of tbo reeooreee of thic
country. Boron Takabira, Japanese anv -
basaador, left Washington this after
noon for Seattle, where be will call for
Japan, The baron returns at the dlroo-
turn of hie government and baa on-'
nouoeed hia expectation of returning
to Washington in ibe fall. He will as
sist in work, preliminary to rsviaing
the Jspaneaa treaties with the powers
of the world, which become operative
next year. - - t .
"I'm going to Japan oa leave of ab
sence," tba embassador sold, "I do not
feel that I am called noon to say any
thing particular in regard to the rela
tions between. America and Japan. For
two of three months oftet my arrival
I bad to see almoat daily publications
of some kind of onblaasant atorica
about os, which I thought from the
on tact fabrications of misinformed
persons which would disappear to due
time, as they did. Ever sines then
everything baa been of e right direc
tion and I have 00 doubt will sontlooo
so forever."
Hold Water Power Sites. v
Waahington, Aog. 18. Heerctory
Bellinger will report to congress to
December pnmcroos withdrawals of
temporary water-power sites to West
ern states in order that peeper togielo
tton may bo enacted by congress to
preeerve power altea to the government
and to prevant meoopolies.
Acting Secretary Wilson today with
drew for temporary power sites 6,800
aerea to Montana and Utah, In Moo
tons the following withdrawals were
"toOOST-- :
Along the Yellowstone river, 1,222
acres; along the Hell Gate river, 4,268
aerea, and along the Jodith river, 1,160
acres; to Utah, along Ashley creek,
240 1
Water Fight lo Acute.
Washington, Aog, 12. Interest Is
eeute aero to the Impending struggle
between Secratery Bellinger end For
ester Pinebot, and prad let tone era
freely mode that one or the other will
bo obliged to teperate himself from tbo
government service. At tbo fweotiy
boreeo today Pinehot adherents ex-
hireesed the opinion that Mr, Bsllln-
gsr's dismissal would come op soon 00
It became generally known that bo
bos, ss they believe, played into tbo
bands of the water-power trust, -
. ' ?" Cost of Special Session "
Washington;
Aug. It. The tarhf
bHI psaoed by ,
hove marked down some ef the ecbed-
oles, bat at a eonservotivo estimate thlo
onaxUaent cost the United States treee-
sry 84, 000, 000, The bill b) silent as to -the
exact disposition of the money. ,
The pages ef the senate will gat 84, 800
for Mw extra ososten and pages of tbo 1
$1,604 i f , t .vi
Wheat of Stew Ranks Htch. '
Wash lag tin, Aog. In tbo gov-1
crnment crop report tossed today tbo -
flgoreo by states toefode the. following:
Wasbtoatsw winter wheat, prelim toary
patasaja. critoisiiB Id; 061,000 hart ila, '
Ex-Ge-veverJaad ejoeilty 68 per oaptv Sprtog wheeW
eortttoa Asgust IIPOB 80 and 10,
vmlUadi a mom , ,8'k t , T" 3 . ,
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