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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MAKING ARTIFICIAL STONE.
Klamath Fall Industry Growing end
Plant WW Bs Enlarged.
Klamath Palls. To extend tha nut
lecture of artificial atone and briek by
aa hydraulic prosssa tb Hydrsulie
Stone Briek Company has erected
building and installed a plant .pf
raodera machinery here. . . - ,
Tba materials for th cement block
-aura prepared and placed is a mold, the
back being a mixture of cement,
-crushed rock and aand at a percentage
of five or six to one and the facing be
ing a mixture of aand and cement at a
mixture of three to one. By the nee of
levers a pressurs of 100,000 pound to
the square inch ia exerted, thus pro
ducing a block of even density in which
all the- component parts are brought
logetner to form a solid m
- Bricks are made of a mixture of
tare to one and are ths equal of what
as commonly known as pressed briek,
with many points of superiority. They
-can be made in any desired color,
though it is doubtful if any one will
-desire other than the natural gray, as
Its appearance is both lasting and pleaa
ing to the eye. Several thousand ofT
these bricks have been made and i
superior to anything ever seen ia I
-city.
In addition to the bricks and blocks
'the company is preparing to manufac
ture sewer pipe. Machines for this pur
pose have already beea ordered and are
-expected here in a few davs.
Paving blocks and tile will bo added
and within, the next, year this company
will be-tirniBhing employment to local
labor and have ' a weekly payroll of
several hundred dollars. '
-GOOD INTENTIONS GO WRONG
Scarcity of Salmon In Rlvsrs Attrib
uted to Killing of SeaUona.
Astoria, Although the slaughter of
wealiona has beea carried on systemati
cally for some years and has received
the' sanction ef the state authorities as
being a means of getting rid of one of
the greatest natural enemies to the
salmon, there Is a well-defined oppo
sition to the practice being continued
growing among some of those who have
Been directly interested in the fishing
industry for several years.
They assert that while the seallons
xist on salmon and destroy many of
those Ask, they also drive the fish into
the river, and that otherwise the salmon
will not enter fresh water until they are
-ripe and ready to spawn, To substan
tiate their contention these men say
that a similar ease occurred In Norway
some years ago. There the government
took up the work of destroying certain
natural enemies of the salmon and the
-result was that the fish stopped entering
-the rivers ia schools or "runs," but
straggled ia much as they have dona In
the Columbia this season.
This year there were hundreds' of sea
llons killed pfl thenuath of the Colum
bia and many more were frightened
sway, and the runs .of salmon have been
small. At Tillamook and Nehalem there
-were large numbers of sealions and more
7hinook salmon were caught there than
over before.
V Right of Way Causes Sutt.
Madras, Or. W. K. Ellis and wife,
-who have a plaaa two miles southwest
f Madras, were served with summons
In a condemnation suit by Deputy
Sheriff J. C Bobinson, for right of way
of the Deschutes Railroad company aver
their land.
There was a wide difference between
the price offered by to right of way
sgent and that asked by the owner of
the land. Tba ease will come up for
consideration at the October term 01 the
circuit court la Crook county.
Railroad engineers have commenced
to set grade stakes for the Harriman
Toad, and it ia presumed construction
-work will begin in a few days oa both
sides of Willow Creek senyoa, north
and south of this place.
Big Timber Sal In Unn.
Brownsville. The largest sale of tim
ber land recorded in Linn county r a
number of years has hist taken place
acre, the lands involved ia ths transfer
being known as the Martin tract, owaed
by local people, consisting of approxi
mately 2500 acres, situated en the north
slope of the divide between the Cela
' pools and Mohawk rivers. The price
paid for this land was eloaa ta $45,000,
purchaser being the Crass st Timber
company, ef Portland. It m surmised
that the land goes into tba bands of
peculators. Brownsville Is only fear
and a half miles distant from the land.
The land la admirably situated far log
ging and miliiag. -
Trout far Oregon Streams.
Washington. The bureau of fisheries
Baa deposited young flsb ia Oregon
streams aa follows: tOOO brook trout
for Bpnng creek, Hilgard, Or.; 200Q
Taiabow trout for Meadow brook, Hil
gard, Or. j 1000 for Beaver sreek, Hil
gard, Or.; 3000 for Jordan creek, Hil-fi-ard,
Or.; 6000 for Piv Points creak,
Hilgard, Or.; 0000 for North Fork af
Burst rivef, Baker City, Or.; 3000 for
Beer creek and tributaries, Baker City,
Or.: nn0 for Downey lake, Baker City,
Or.; 5500 fer Eagle sreek. Baker City,
Or.; 3000 fer Piah lake, Baker City, Or.;
aad 6000 for Dayly rank, Baker City,
Or. ; t
4O0 Asree h Spwds.
' tJaios. Over 409 acres of potatoes ia
the riciaity af Union this asaaoa prom
tee a hamper crop aad ths oseUtf will
te mrst-daea.
" CROPS IN GRANT HEAVY.
Wheat and Fruit Will Briny; Farmers
- Good Pries.
Pralrla City Por the Srst tiros to
the history of tb John Day rail tba
produeta of ths toil will bs thrown up
on the market. With too coming of
the railroad this fall tba fruit and grain
raisers will be able to aand their sop
pi ie to Baker City and ail railroad
nointa. -
According to reports received here
there ia a abort fruit crop in many s
tiona of Ess tarn Oregon. Grant coun
ty never bad a bettor yield of all kinds
of fruits and grains than this year.
Heretofore epplee bars been fad to the
hogs and fruit could be bad for tba
picking. Thin summer eon tractors are
bjying the fruit in the orcharde. It
will ha boxed and shipped to ra'lroad
points.
I Tba floor mills of tba John Day val
ley ars paying f 1 a bushel for wheat.
Although the yield ia moeh in advance
of previous years, there will not be
enough wheat to supply local demands.
Tba people of Grant county have im
mense tracts of land that have never
been cultivated, and now that the land
is contingent to the railroad the wheat
yield should bo Tory materially in
creased.
Wheat of Grant oounty compares fa
vorably with wheat raised in the lower
counties. In fact, the Blue mountain
wheat ia of superior Quality, especially
where It baa been Irrigated.
Conserve Waste Water.
Arlington The John Day .Power
company, composed of Oregon, and
Washington irrigation enthusiast, ia
preparing to develop the immense wa
ter power of John Day river, about 14
miles west of Arlington. The energy
of this water, which baa been idling
away its atrsngth for ages, will be
converted into electricity and distrib
uted over three or four counties. The
company hopes to be ready by next
spring to furnish Arlington and neigh
boring towns with electricity for lights
and power.
Buys North Bend Sawmill.
HarshfleloV The mill of the North
Bend Lumber company, at NtJtth Bend,
has been sold to W. E. Best, of Seattle,
and Frank Stan dish, of Portland. The
purchasers have bought the stoek of
several of those interested and part of
the stock of L.' J. Simpson. Mr. Best
has taken charge as manager. The mill
has a cutting capacity ef about 70,000
feet a day. It is understood that the
intention is to double the capacity of
the mill as soon aa the lumber market
improves,
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track nricee: New eroo.
hi ties tern, 04e; club, 88e red Bassian,
861c; Valley, POc; Turkey red, B8C 40
fpld, 80,0.
BarleyFeed, 125.50 28; brewing,
$26.5037 per ton.
Osts September, S27.0Oauw per
ton.
Cora Whole. $35: cracked, $38 par
ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $26 per ton; mid
dlings, $33; sorts, $29(5)32; chop, $22
20; rolled barley, $2930.
Hay New crop: Timothy, Willam
ette Valley, $12(5)16 per ton; Eastern
Oregon, $17(5)18; mixed, $15.5016.50;
alfalfa, flZJW; clover, flljglZ; cheat,
$1314.50. -4.,
Grain Bags H each.
Buttar City creamery, extras, SSe:
fancy outside creamery, 8731a per
pound; store, 8122e. (Butter fat pri
es average fs per pound under reg
ular butter prices.)
Egge Oregon ranch, candled, 88
20c per down.
Poultry Hens, 16ySlfc; Springs, 16
(S16i; roosters, 010c; ducks, young,
14: geese, young, IOst-turkeys, ft;
squsbs, $1.76S per doses.
Fork Fancy, Halite per poena. :
Veal Extra, 0i10s per pound.
Fresh fruits Apples, saw, $1(2)3 per
box; pears, $1.758 par box; peaches,
50e(S)$1.10 per ereta; caataloupa, $1.50
(5)2.50 per erstej pluma, 1575e per
box: watermelons. 1(3) lie ner sound:
grapes, 60c$L7Sj aasabaa, U0 per
aoien.
Potatoes Oregon Jl per sack; sweet
potatoes, Sc per pound.
Onions new, ajjo per seca.
Vegetable Beaas, 4ri)5 ; cabbage, 1
He per pound; cauliflower. 40e(S)$l
per dp tea: celery, 50e$l per doaea;
corn; lS(a20e per doaea; encumbers, 10
&254 per doaea; lettuce, hothouse, $1
per box; onions, ltlfftlfie per doses;
parsley, Se per doses; peas, Ta per
pound; peppers, 510s pet pound; rad
ioes, Ua per aosea; spinaeh, oe per
pound; square, Act tomato, 75e
$1.15.
Cattle Steers, top, 4.804.60; fair
te food. $44S4.t5; eommoa, $3.75&4;
cows, top, $3.40S.65; fair to good, $3
(W2.25; eosunon to medium, $2JHho)X.tS;
calvea, top, $55.M; heavy, $3.5XaH;
bulls and stags, $3.753.2Si eesamoa.
Bbeep Ten wstaera, $4; fan? to saoa.
S3.60v.7ff; ewes, c less en all grades;
yearlings, bast, $4; fair to good, $3JO
3.75; Bpring lambs, tB.K&SM.
Haga-tast, $8.75; fair to good, $f
8-50; stackers, $67f Chlsa fata. $70
$ 8.
Word wot lacervsf frem Iadepasd
eaea that Miles PerteTaeM bad emtrae
ted to deliver 30,000 p 4s ss saw
hops to Xlaasr-WeU Jlettor at $0
Hubert Latham, Frenefe Aviator, Out
- does Paulham.
Bethany Aviation Piald, tasims, Aug.
27. Hubert Latham, the Pranck avi
ator, today took glorious revenge for
the hard luak be expeneaea in his n
cent attempts to cross the amglish Chan
nel by establishing a new world's rec
ord for distance, 164 kulsmetera, $50
meters, or $6.88 miles. Lataam covered.!
1$ la pa, or 150 kUometera, t hours,
1$ minutes, 0 seconds, sad las. fall dis
tance in t hears, 58 minatm, f S-3 Me.
oada, which are alto works's records.
The flight waa at tba rat af about 88)
kilometers aa hour, as aosjptred with
53v made by Wright at Lenans and a
fraction under 60 made by Paul ham yes
terday. Nothing could have exeeeded the
beauty and impreaaiveaess of ths pro
longed flight. In grace ef lines n
other aeroplane here eonparea with
Latham's monoplane. Tka slightly
tilted planes from the lost skiff-like
body give It the resemblance, when
close, to a winged canoe; wane sailing
high up in ths air, it loom from the
distance like a mammoth dragon. For
an hour, witk fluttering wiaga, like a
living thing, it fought its way sgaiust
the storm of wind and nia at an
average height of 160 feat, mounting
higher as the wind rose, astil at the
worst of the' storm, it row folly 1000
feet.
Latham early in the day, witk No. 13.
an aeroplane of the same type, made a
flight of more than 70 kiloaeters, and
after he had flniehed, Count da Lambert
covered 116 kilometers, 72.73 miles, in
commanding fashion. The flight there
fore ia a single day totaled sore than
210 miles.
HAVOO WITH MOORS. '
Spanish Artillery Kills Hundreds, and
Moors Mutilate Prisoners.
Lisbon,. Aug. 27. Special dispatches
received herefrom Melllla say the light
ing ia general on the aforeeeaa coast.
The new Spaniah artillery ass wrought
terrible havoc among the Moon, who
nave lost 1U00 men in tne last three
days. Ths Spanish casualties amount
to 360. A Spanish column bis destroyed
three village near jtestinga.
A Moorish deserter who has soma into
the Spaniah lines declares ths Spanish
prisoners, after being horribly turtured
and mutilated, are decapitated and their
bodies flung into a hole on Mount Gu-
ruga. Estimates place the aumber of
Spanish prisoners at 1000.
The water being doled ent to the
Spanish troops is insufficient, and driven
by their overwhelming thirst they have
drunk from stagnant pools. Many cases
of poisoning have resulted. Already 68
men have died from this canst.
ZEPPELIN EN VOYAGE.
Starts on 460-Mile Trip With Berlin
aa Objective Point f
pTicderiehshafen, Aug. 27. The dir
igible balloon Zeppelin III started to
night for Berlin. The course will be via
Nuremburg, Leipala-aad Bittrfild,
about 450 miles. Ths run te Bitterfield
will be mads without stop and the air
ship probably will arrive there after
nightfall. It will remain at Bi Kernel d
until Suaday to replenish the gaa and
benzine supply and, then will take on
Count Zeppelin, who will pilot the ship
to Berlin. The crew consists of only
enough men to manage the airship, the
government rejecting applications ex
others who wished to maks the trip.
Oregon Man Champion.
Camp Perry, O., Aug. 87. The na
tional rifle matehes were concluded to
day. Ia the individual match another
world's record waa made.
A young riflemaa from the United
States Naval Academy, Midshipman H.
O. Boeeeho, of Oregon, who won the
governor's atateh last week, made the
remarkable score of 195 out of a pos
sible 200 at alow flrs ia the 200, 600,
800 aad 1000-yard targeta, thereby win
ning the $20 prise for the highest slew.-
are score.
in 622 anmnetitnra. witk tha muihI
score of 830. whieh is 30 above the score
by whieh Lieutenant A. D. Sotarock, of
Okie, took the honors last year.
Investigate Pan Tans.
Spokaae, Weak, Aug. 37. Mayor
Pratt today appointed a committee of
Ave prominent eUissss to Investigate
the Panta Pantois' secret polities! so
ciety, alleged to havs been organised
to serve personal and special interests
by securing the appointment of its mem
bers to publis offices. Tb mayor has
had the proposed investigation under
consideration for some time. Ha urges
the committee, all of whom have agreed
te serve, te aske thorough aad impar
tial inquiry. Testimony will have to be
voluntary, as the committee bee not
power to subpena witasssss.
Oner Bathing Suits Uft
1tiaMn.cfe-Tdka. Oat. a er
'Tbe Strathcosa Bote! at Chautauqua
Park, a landmark, was ocetreyed by Are
today. The 160 guests last all their be
InnvinM. Ther were aavar! aumw
scapes. 'Possibly 60 paraeae from the
hotel were is hathiag er on the golf
links er teaaie conns when the are
tart Jul lUvaral woaiaS Uia all Htmir
elethiag except the bathiaf salt they
wars wearing. s .
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Tisplilss to Ooeel OoneMew.
Weaalagtos, Aug. 37. The shisa seat
byCelasel Bum volt svsa his Africa
hasting trip were today unearned at
the Natiesel Masssas. The speeisseaa
NEWS FROM THE
MAKE WINE FROM ORAPES.
If Any Other" Ingredient Used, Label
. Must So State.
Washington, Aug. 87. Upholding Its
contention that the consumer is, under
the food and drug act, sautled to know
the character of the product he buys,
ths board of food and drug inspection
of the department of agrioulture today
issued a decision declaring that a bever
age cannot be labeled wine unless it is
made from "the normal alcoholic fer
mentation of juice of sound, ripe grapes
without addition or abstrsctiong either
prior or subsequent to fermentation."
The term "wine" can only be used
for a beverage made from the mare of
grapes if .the beverage is labeled "imi
tation." A fermented beverage pre
pared from grape "most" by, the ad
dition of sugar may be termed "sugar
wine," according to the board's de
cision. . The addition of watsr to the
grape "must" will also require further
characterization than the term "wine."
The decision waa reached by the
board ia connection with the labeling
ox Ohio ana Missouri win.
Try to Leave' Out Perm Land. '
Washington, Aug. 86. Statementa
and interviews quite constantly are
printed from friends of ths policy of
eonservstionbased on the assumption
that amendment of the law will be nec
essary to enable the elimination of agri
cultural lands from national forests.
Associate forester, ia the absence of
Porester Pine hot, when asked about
this mstter, and requested to make a
statement setting forth in substance the
facts, prepared the following;
"In estsblishing ths boundaries of
national forests, it is the aim of the
service to exclude, so far as possible,
lands more valuable for agricultural
purposes than for forest purposes. Any
one acquainted with the mountainous
regions of the west in whieh are located
national forests will realise, however,
that small areas of agricultural land-in
pockets and in valleys of minor-streams
exist, which in establishing boundaries
to inculde forest land could not be ex
cluded." Peace Squadron to Orient.
Washington. Aug. 27. Another
"peace" fleet Is to bs sent across the
Pacific by Uncle Sam. It will comprise
eight of the strongest and fastest cruis-
rs in the naval force and will leave Han
Francisco a week from aext Sunday. It
will be occupied with its mission, which
s declared to be friendly, more thaa Bve
months.
The vessels whieh have been ordered
to prepare for the Journey are the fully
armored ernisers Tennessee, California,
South Dakota. Washington, West Vir
ginia, Colorado, Maryland and Pennsyl
vania.
According to ths navy department's
schedule of their 28,000-mile journey, af
ter making several tide trips to Chinese
and Japanese ports, the whole squadron
will reassemble at Yokohama and will
sail home January 10, 1810
Rata Hearings Advanced.
Washington, Aug. 27. A change in
the itinerary of the interstate commerce
commission on its Pacific coast trip de
veloped today. It had been expected
that the work of the commission would
begin at Spokane, October 4. Commis
sioner Prouty, however, has assigned the
first esss for hearing at bait Lake Ulty
on September 28.
The rehearing ef the ease of Spokane
against the Northera Pacifle railway
and others, knows as the Spokane rate
case, is set for September 29. It is like
ly the advance In the dates of the hear
ing of these twe cases will automati
cally advance the dates of hearing of
the eases ia Seattle, Portland, Baa Fraa
eiseo, Los Angeles and Beno.
.
RooseveH Order Disliked.
Washington, Aug. 27. Ex-Prsideut
Boosevelt7e order, by which 15,000
fourth-elsas post m sat era wsr put Into
th aBine4 civil aervlce at one strobe
of the pen, stands a good ehanee ef
meeting with a suuaea ena, Becoming
tA i formation obtained at the poetof-
flce department According to high de
partment officials, the move has proven
of doubtful value, and It is generally
conceded that the remaining 45,000
postmasters who were not ineinaea in
the November order will sot be pissed
in the classified service, as long as
President Tsft remains In the White
linnw at PnstBiaster-Oeaeral Hitchcock
retaias his prassat cabinet portfolio.
More Land for Settlers.
Whlt.tfl Am 7. Under the en
larged homestead aet, allowing entry en
320 iastead of ISO acres,' Acting aecre
tary of the Interior Pierce today desig
nated for settlemeat 842,480 additional
.ma im Unntina. Biakin a total acre-
sge designated ia that state Of 26,030,-
080.
TimAmr tha sem act 7 S3 .330 acres of
lead ia Baa June scanty, Utah, have
bees Similarly designated.
atperry to Be sth-ad.
Waafcinotoa. An-. 87 . Rear -Admiral
ftperry, who took the Atlantis battle
ship Beet ss tts cruise irom nss rraa
rises to the Philippiaee aad through tb
fin nl t HamotOB Road, will be
LluuJ mm tka retired list Beaten be 1.
having then reached the age limit,
No Trouble In Mexico. '
Washlaartoa, Aug. tT David &
Taompsea, U sited States Ambassador
te Maiiee, bee totogrspbed the state
dsnsrissest that there no awagar ef
serious tteeMe la htexie.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
PLOUN TO BE SEIZED.
Department of Agriculture Does Not
Approve of Bleaching.
Washington, Aug. 36. The requests
of maauf astnrera of bleaehed flour that
no further seiBurea of bleached flour be
made until a test case should have beea
decided; were refused today, following
a conference between Wade BL- Ellis,
acting attorney-general, and Dr. H. P.
Dunlsp, of the pure food board of the
agricultural departmeat.
The food ezperta of tha, department
some time ago decided that oleaehed
flour was In violation of tha pure-food
laws, not so much oa the ground of im -purity
but because of alleged misbrand
ing, and the areata of the department
were instructed to maks seisures of
flour. Counsel for the millers have
been suing to have the seisures discon
tinued until a test case could be de
cided. . Today it waa determined that
the seizure would be eoatiaued without
regard te a teat case.
It ia sot known what percentage of
floor now consumed in the country is '
put through the bleached methods. Two
processes of bleaching, on by elec
tricity and the other a chemical pro,
cess, are used nearly altogether.
The large millers of the northwest
stopped bleaching flour oh February 1,
The hard wheat of the northwest makea
a white flour without bleaching, while
the softer wheat of the middle west
does not produce suck a white solor
whea milled.
CAR SHORTAGE FEARED.
Railroads May Bo Unable to Handle
Immense Buslnsss.
Washington, Aug. 81. -A heavier
business than has ever been known ha
a single year ia looked for by Chairman
Knapp of ths Interstate Commerce
commission for American railroads
during the present fiscal year.
The serious sltustraa anticipated, not
only by Judge Knapp, but by other offi
cials of tha commission, and by ops rat
ing railroad men generally, Is that
there may be a shortage of cars. The
crop prospects are considered so bright
that the transportation sompanles map
be taxed beyond their capacity to ban-
dls the freight.
According to the figures submitted
to the commission, the railroads havs
recovered from the low business pres
sor of a year and s half ago, and are
now handling almost as much traffic aa
they did in the rush months of 1907,
which was the banner year la Ameri
can railroading.
Canadian Wood Pulp Hit.'
Washington, Aug. 81. Rulings on
tba administration of retaliatory pro
visions of ths Payne tariff law, directed
at ths wood pulp and print paper In
dustry of Canada, were issued by the
Treasury department Friday. It is di
rected that if any province forbids the
exportation of wood pulp, an additional
duty of one-tenth of s sent per pound
should be levied on print paper valued
at 8 oanta per pound or less, which
comes from that province, and duty
of one-twelfth of sent per pound
should bs assssssd on mechanically
ground wood pulp coming from such a
province, and which will bs otherwiee
admitted free of duty under the general
provisions of the law.
Exhume SuttorVs Body,
Washington, Aug. 27, The body of
Lientensnt James K. Button, of the
United States marine corps, will be dis
interred and eiamined by medical and
gunshot experts te determine the nature
of the wounds that ssused his death.
Before reinterment, however, the
ground, la which the bodv now rests ia
Arlington cemetery will be consecrated
under the rites of ths Cat hoi is Church,
Csrdinsl Gibbons has sanctioned the
plan. Cardinal Gibbons, It B said; "oT"
aiders it hss been established that Lieu
tenant Suttoa did not take his own life,
at least with suicidal iateat.
Nickel! Oett No Pardon.
Washington, Ang, 7. The depart- '
meat of Justice today announced that
President Tart had refused to grant a
pardon to Charles Niekell, formerly a
United States commissioner and editor
of a newspaper at Medford, Or. Niekell
was convicted ia Portland of conspiracy .
to suborn persons to eommH perjary by -making
fslse statements ia their" appli
cations to pure has land ia that state.
Niekell was sentenced August a, 1800,
to 13 SMS ths' imprisonment. ,
No Politics M Census.
Washington, Aug. 87. President Tsft-
has made it slear that he docs not In
tend that the seasas work and politics
shall be mixed. Aetiag Secretary Me
Harg of the department of commerce
and labor today received a letter from
Mr. Carpenter, secretary to the presi
dent, stating that senses supervisors
who held political positions, suck as sec
retaryship er cbeirmaaabipa of county
committees, mast give up either tfcstr
political ar-their geveramsat position.
Raise Rsglsrratton Poo.
Washington. Anr. 17. ltMu
of f cants Is to be made scon ia the
fee for registering letters and packagee,
AiaiiMtMMt ml tk tr naA ihian
was mad today -by Postmaster-Oeaeral
Hitchcock. The governmest has been
losing heavily through ths Brass st sye
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