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About The Ione proclaimer. (Ione, Or.) 1???-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1909)
TAFT SMILE WINS. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST; ' OPENING AT LAKEVIEW. I BIQ FRUIT TRACT SOUGHT. tvery Participant Sure of Securing - t .L-..1- . m.- ai-4 !i.n .1.- lands of the Oregon Valley Lend com pany, mm of the old Oregon raili- . tary road trut, and Un Heryford Cat tle company's lawk, not only to tb largest private land opaning in histo ry, but It differs to away wys from luwf kllnmanta marl k Uu ITnltx States government. In to Lakevtew -opaning every participant got a tract of land and a town lot. Tow ar no Thraa hundred thousand acre of land are being distributed praetieally witb- -out expense to the public. Tbe lands were eat into 11,982 tracts,, varying in oiss from 10 acres to 1,000 acres, and that number of oontrsets were sold for 1200 each every contract being good for a tract of land and a Lakeview lot. . Tbe purchasers live in every state in -the Union, but tbe bulk of tbe eon- tracta were sold in the Middle West About 8,000 contracts were sold in Ne braska, 2,000 in Kansas, and smaller allotments in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma and other states. Nearly 1,000 con- rscm wers nougni oy uregon ana Cal ifornia people, FOREST FUND 18 38,120 47. Oregon School Fund Is Increased by neservs necetpia. Salem Congressman Hawley has re- eeived a tetter from the acting sec tary of the interior to tbe effect that under the terms of tbe agricultural appropriation- act, for 1900, approved Jfay 28, 1908, $88,120.47, realised from forest reserves in this state dur ing tbe year ending June 80, 1909, will be tuned over to the state to be placed In the common school fund of tbe state Tbe law provides that 26 per east of tbe money received from each forest reserve shall bo paid at the end of tbe year to the state treasurer Wherein tbe reserves are located, to be expended as tbe legislators may direct for the pub- lie school and pablie roads of tbe county or counties in which the forest reserve is located. s Tbe total amount realised eVony tbe forest reserves of Oregon during the year ending; June 80 was 182,481.88. Mr. Bawley was instrumental in se- - curing the enactment of the clause un der which the public schools receive forest reserve revenues, Filling Farmers' Warehouses. La Grande. Over 15,000 bushels of grata are already stored in the farmers' udmb warehouse at Island ' City, al though the roof on the bail dins is not yet completed. The union is yet in its ureacy in Union Bounty, but the farm rs ere working together splendidly, ing season is over 80,000 bushels of wheat will be la this warehouse. The wheat is pooled and held in the ware house for sale, and when the buyers purchase toe gram it will be con veniently near the maia line of tbe railroad for shipment. ' Alfalfa Brings High Prices. Freewater The alaflfa crop in tbe Hudson Bsv country to almost entirely in stack. This section received its name from the fact that the Hudson Bay company in the early days of Ore gon wintered their stock in this valley. Tbe climate to milder than that of tbe unwinding conn try. Large bands for Spokane and Seattle markets are win tered here. Tbe crop will bo about 30. 000 tons and ranchers ar getting $9 end $10 a ton at the stack. - Prune Crap Good. Albany Prone drying has begun fat tills vicinity, and tbe drier men report good yield, with the fruit in excel lee t condition. The prune packing estab lishment In making active preparation to begin packing frurt They expect to start tbe packer about tbe first of October ander the management f La Belle Bros. It is expected that tbe factory win handle upwards of 100 ears of fruit this seeeon. i - . - Valuable Timber Land Sold. Ashland Eighteen thousand acres of timber tend, known as the Coggfna tract, lyiog half to Oregon and half In California, baa been sold to the Northers California Lumber company. It to estimated that there era 460,000, 000 feet of standing timber on the land, af which 70 par cent to soger and white pin. Drill for On Near Nefcatom. NeaeJem The Hydrocarbon OH com pany to building a large drilling camp ear bora, a barge load of heavy ma chinery having eJ ready been received. Aetna! drilling will Psndtow. QeamDadgo, Perth J. ft. Smrth Lrvoetock 1H la law eastern Capitalists Purchase l,2oO Acres m Rogue Valley. - -- - Ornate Pass. - One of 'the largest deals to take plaoe is Bogus river fruit lands occurred a few days ago, when a representative of Eastern capitalists purchased the 8. H. Kiggi property, consisting of I860 acres. This Is one of the Inert bodies of .land in the county, ' and Is supplied wMh 2000 inches or more of. water from the Ap plegate river.- Ite former owners found much profit i raising three crops of alfalfa each year, and selling it at from IS to 20 a ton, but It has aow be come so profitable to raise fruit that three hay erope do not produce suf ficient revenue to satisfy the fruit raiser. The buyer and his associates will take poeeeseioa of the premises on the first day of January, and they will at that time put oa a large force of men to lay out tbe tract In aa ideal manner, with convenient avenues fue ling in every direction, is order to make it the largest tract of land de voted to fruit alone in Bogus river valley. The entire premises will be planted as rapidly as possible la peaches, peam and commercial apples. This place formerly belonged to Con sul H. B. Miller, but last year H .was sold to 8. H. Rigge, who kept it nine months, raised severer-hundred tone of alfalfa bay, and sold out at a pries up into six figures. - Qrand Rondo's Qreetest Crop. La Grande Heavy rains throughout Union county bsv greatly delayed threshing, but it to estimated that most of the work will be finished with in tbe next two weeks, although there will be a small amount that will not bo finished la the next 80 days. Tbe yield in Union county to eeti mated to run over tbe 1,000,000 bushel, mark. This will be tbe largest amount of wheat ever grown la the Grand Rondo valley. The farmers an not so inclined as they were at first to hold onto their wheat until It reaches tbe dollar mark and ar letting tbe wheat go in small amounts every day. The price ranges around 80 cents for blues tern, 79 for 40 fold acd 77 for elub. ' 80 Oars Prunes Shipped. The Dalle Tb prune crop of this county, with tbe exception of a few orchards on extremely high ground, baa been harvested and tbe crop has been marketed. There was a total of 80 ears shipped in carload lots, besides perhaps four cars shipped Id small quantities by express. Tbe prunes have netted tbe growers a little better than 822.60 a ton, i. . b. Tbe Dalles. Tbe bulk of the crop has been bought and shipped by The Dalles Fruit com pany, though a few carloads have been shipped by growers. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wbeet Blaestem, f7e; dub, 87c; red Russian. 86H; valley, 90c; fife, 87c; Turkey red, 87c; 40-fold, 89 Barley Feed, 826.50; browing, $27.50 per ton. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley, $1816 per ton; Eastern Oresnn. 81o.604917.60; alfalfa, $14; clover, 114; cheat, $18014.60; grain hay, 151. Butter Cite creamery, extras, Sec; fancy outoid creamery, 8&36c ; store, 2122e per pound. Butter fat prices average 1 t per pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled. Sic par dosen. Poultry Bene, lSHle per pound; sprinn 16Hell6c; roosters, 10c: docks, young, Hc; geese, young, 10c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1,7642 Pork Fancy, 10c par pound. Veal Extra, 1010Xe per pound. Fruits Apples, $1(32.26 ptr box: pears, 50c81.26; peeebee, 6e0fl.25 crate; cantaloupes, 50c31.60: pluma, 2676e per box; watermelons. iti)c per pound; grapee, 60e4$l.26 per basket) eaesbaa, It.7&s2 nar crate; quinces, $1.60 per bos. rotate i par sack: sweet pota toes, 2dv24c per pound. Onions $1.26 per sack. Vegetables Beans, 46e oof pound : cabbage, l&lej cauliflower, 76e $'..26 per dosen; celery. ftOcttttl ; earn. 166020c; oambrs, 1026c; onion. 1216c; paao, 7e per pound; pop pers, NtflOe; pumpkin. lMtiftlfce: squash, 6e; tomatoes, 86f40e par box. Hops 190B Fogglssv 20s clusters, earner ; -1908' crop, I7e: 1907 eroav 12c; IftOe'erap 8c per pound. Wool restern Oregon 1$2S per emd; valley, 2826c: mohair. choice, 24026. Cattle Btoera, lop, $4.26; fair to goad. $4; I urn $8.6008.76; cows. top, $8.2638.601 fab? to good. $ 8.26; ii ii ii tomsdiam, 2.60692. 76: eeivee, top, $6et.M; heevy. S8.60tip4; bsdla, $202.25; ataga, 8X.sOWH.60. Hog Beat, $1; fair to good. $7.76 07.86; storkets, $6J7 Catoa Cats, $7.6008. Sheep Tea we there, $4; fair to swad, $8, 60io8.76; yeavlmga, beet, $4; latr to awed. xx.sOs.76: ewes. Ue Presictont Beams His Way Into Favor i With Ohlcagoana. Chicago, Sept. 17. President Teft smiled his way tot the hearts of 600, 000 Chicagoans yesterday. Geniality and "Bill" Taft for that's -what the multitudee called him ruled the city for 16 boors. From the moment bo ar rived until he entered bis private car to leave, through all the nntomobiling and speechify tog and baadshaking and excitement, there was one thing which shone a brightly as the sun of a per fect day. , It was tbe fssaous smile. That smile was commented upon very whet. It was cheered and it mad those who saw It feel more pleased with tbe world sod with themselves. Good humor. Jollity, happiness theee followed Mr. Taft like attendant guard ians wherever bo went. And in res pones to that smile Ur. Taft got the smiles and laughter of tbe throngs, as well as their shouts and ap plausa. All the way through tbe 16 miles of streets which bo traveled dur ing tbe day la a motor, at tbe West Sid ball park, at the Orchestra Hall meeting, at tbe bankers' ball, Mr. Taft saw thousands upon thousands of face which smiled at him and which cheered him. "It's grand," said the chief execu tive before be bad been in tbe city five minutes. "I'm really vastly glad to be here." ' As his automobile swept down Mich igan avenue In tbe midst of 160,000 school children, be turned to his aids do camp, Captain Archibald W. Butt, U. 8. A., and his voice was just an atom bosky. - "This is wonderful. Butt," be said. "The cheering of the children to most pleasant to me, and yet affecting, for we know that the cheering of the child ren Is sincere." At the great bankers' ball there were silks and white shoulders and jewels; there was rythm of waits mu sic and glow of pendant lights; there was dancing by blushing debutantes and epigram tie foreign consuls; there was promenading by prominent bank ers and dowagert and beauties and pol itician. And the chief individual fig ure af the scene was tbe big man in evening dress who smiled and smiled and smiled. Unqualifiedly President Taft to In favor of anion labor. This was tbe subject of his mala speech today, and in plain terms be upheld organisation, but demanded that the rights of non union labor be protected. Next to this In national importance was his de nouncing tbe present court system. He deplored delays la tbe administration of justlos and announced an intention to org congress to make a change, MON8.Y FOR WIDOW. Mrs. Harrlman Is Made Ontv Benefi ciary la WIH. . New York, Sept 17. A hundred brief weeds, weighted eaoa with ap proxlmately tl,ee00O end containing fn their entirety the tost testament of S. n. Harrlman. given eat yesterday. make bis widow, Mary Averill Harrl man, ana of tbe wealth ice; women in the world. It perhaps to the briefest will on re cord for the disposal of an estate of each magnitude. All his property Is left to Mrs. Harrlman, Wall street estimates that Mr. Harritaaa will in herit In realty and personal property between $76,000,000 and $100,000,000. Mr. Harriman'e private fortune to sop- poeed to have bean greater than this by many millions, bat there to reason to believe that hi unmarried daugh ters, Mary and Carol; his married daughter, Mrs. Robert Living tooe Oswrry; and bto two son, William Averill and Roland, a bey f 14, to gether with his surviving sister, Mrs. 8imona, and other relatives, have all been enbatantlally provided for with gifts out f hand. . The will to tuted Jon 6, 1908, and to witnessed by Charles A. Peabody, president of the Mutual Life tosuraitos company, who drew it, and C a Tege thof. Mr. Pesbody was Mr. Harri man's eloss personal friend. Mr. Harriman, by making no be quests to children or relativee, avoided the largo share af the eoornooe inher itance tax which, under the laws of the tat af Mew York, weald stbarwto be im: ' Fires Destroy Hem. Oxnard, Cel.. fcVpt. 17. A gnat for est fire to burning tonight hi the hill. Telephone m usages from Somto at o'clock called for all available men to fight the flamee. Four families were burned out m Lee Psoas bill today. Heodreds of tons of ban and beans wer betrned. Several hundred men feaght tbe Area all night, and bar the biggest teak yet before them far savin: tbe rncnrr' hams, Thfhwsbeearlv mdny Banning, and have burned to varying Hretions ever in, devastat ing a solid stretch of $0 mills of bills. Helps Ottawa. Oat.. Scot. 17. The Rne. dtoa Rairway eomen teste baa mads aa ndtog all rafheed la Ce sses, which an tot eresti seal bene- neas, s oweet taetr eeedetors to - Bsagma to Paced by United sen tea emlsprntsan asnstola, OTS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL i IsBaaBHeBwaaeBwaBBnnwBn HEAR PACIFIC RATE CASjCS. Fug Interstate Commleelon WIN Sit or) Coast la October. Washitwton. Sept. 17. The entire Interstate Commerce oommlesion will visit the Pacific coast this fall and eon- duct hearing on all complaints af rec- ord from that section. Tb hearings will begin at Seattle, October and after clearing tb Washington docket, tbe commission will mov to Portland on October 14, and to San Franctoeo four days later. Among the questions to b heard are the allegation that various distributive rates in the Northwest ar exceosire. Testimony will alas he taken an vari ous complaints affecting the contem plated rearrangement of all traimeon tinentel rates to Pacific coast points. Most of the large cities have entered complaints which will be beard. In most Instances where time permits, tbe commission will bear arguments after bearing testimony. Among cases on which testimony will be taken at Portland are: Oregon Railroad commission vs. O. R.' A N. and other roads; Farmers' Co-operative Educational onion vs. Great North ern and others, and Astoria chamber of Great Northern. At Seattle the commission will take up the following: Portland chamber of commerce vs. O. R. A N. and others ; Transportation bureau, Seattle cham ber of commerce, vs. Northern Pacific and others; Humboldt Steamship oo pany vs. White Pass A Yukon route, of Alaska; F. S. Harmon vs. Lake Short A Michigan Southern railroad, and Se attle Frog tt Switch company vs. Northern Pacific . At San Francisco a long docket It to be beard, the most important ease be ing that of tbe Pacific Coast Jobbers' A Manufacturers' association vs. South ern Pacific and other roads. , Bellinger Denies Rumor, Washington, Sept. 16. Secretary Bellinger is suffering from sore throat today and on the advice of his physl cian to not at bto office, Ho has been ordered to'' remain at homo as quietly as possible and expects to be back at work in a day or two. He will depart for the West Saturday and will meet President Taft either at Denver or Helens. Secretary Bellinger denies tbe report that be contemplates resign Ing from the Taft cabinet, as pub lished la yesterdsy's dispatches. i Land Withdrawn Front Entry. Washington, Sept, 16, The secre tary of the Interior has withdrawn from entry south west quarter of tkm 29, township 25 south, rang 14 east, hi Lake county, Oregon, until tb geological survey can make aa ination of tb peculiar formation en this land, known as Fortrock. If this land mark to considered of sufficient importance, it will be permanently re- eerved aa a national monument, Hitchcock Owning West. Washington, Sept IB. Postmaster General Hitchcock left Washington to night on a trip to tbe Pacific eoast, go ing by way of New York city. He will arrive in Seattle la tin to be present at the Washington state post masters' convention, September 20 and 21. Ha will attend aleo tb conven tions of tbe Oregon and Montana post masters. Irrigation Contract Awarded. Washington, Sept. IB. A contract has been awarded D. H. Trapbagen, of Seattle, for tb construction of that portion of tb distribution system f tbe Tieton Irrigation project an tbe Natch Ridge, Wsshingtoa. Tbe work involve tbe execration of 117,- 700 cubic yards of material. The eon- tract price was $81,600. Taffs Secretary at Whit Heuee. WashiiMTtoav Sept. !. Fred W. Carpenter, secretary of the preeident, and Rudolph Forstor, en f the as sistants eeretaries, who were at Bever ly, Mass., have returned to Washington and assumed their duties at the White House. President Taft will at all time be to easy communication with Wash ington. Spencer Cddv Resign, Washltigton, Sept. 18. Th State deoertaent today received tb resigna tion f Spencer Eddy, ef Illinois, min ister to Roamartia and Servla. Mr. Eddy's wife, to the datightac of John D. Spreckeie, of Sea Diego, III health to given as tbe anas for Eddy's rsaig- He Derended Jena Surratt. . ' Weshingtoa, Sent. 18. Judge W. F. Morris, former chief jestlee ef the eenrt af wppeato far la Dtotrtot at C i lam tli, died today, aged 74 years. Jeans Merrto aef ended Jean H. Bar rett, on ef the alleged SILITZ 8HKINO PATENTS. Court f Equity Is Heerine; OrecofV Homestead Case. Waahlagtoa, Sept. SI. Proceeding looking to compelling the patenting of the loag-suBpoadeSrSUets homestead en tries is Oregon were begaa la the court, of equity Is this city today. Steanaaa A Loug tires,' local representatives of A. W. Lafferty, of Portland, filed a bill 4a equity praying for a order restraining the secretary of the Interior -and the commissioner of tbe general land office from promulgating final decisions now in bourse of preparation, directing the cancellation ef the entries la question uatil the ftaal hearing oa a bill for a mandatory injunction compelling the to luenes of final receivers' rerelpts as of dates of reception of final and eohuna tatioa proof at the Portland land of- These eases were adjudicated by the Interior department upon contests filed ageism entries long after the lapse ef two yean from the dates oa which proofs were received t the Portland office, and it to contended by counsel for the.elainiants that the department acted without Its power la authorising proceed in ge aader contests filed' after that period, it being argued that sab- misJos to ths regieter and receiver of proofs, regular la form sad nobjee tionable, entitled the claimants to final receiver's receipts oa taw dates waea such proofs came la the hands of the register, and the receiver had later, It is alleged, defaulted la his doty under law la withholding the tosuaae of such certificates at that time. Counsel contend that the issuance of receiver's certificates was a ministerial act, which might have beea compelled by mandamus, Inasmuch as the proofs when received at the Portland office were unobjectionable. Had the certifi cates been issued whea tbe proofs wers presented et Portland, the contests brought more than two years after the making of proofs would hays been barred by the provisions ox the act of March 8, 1891. DROP MALHEUR PROJECT. No Fundi Available to Oantfnu Irri gation Work. Washington, Sept 18. It was an nounced today that tbe government will not at the preeent time undertak tbe construction of tb Malheur irriga tion project. Secretory Bellinger, though anxlou to help settlers la tb Malheur eon tract country, finds after a study of tb entire irrigation situation, that the condition of tb reclamation fond will not now justify tb adoption of any new project. Many millions af dollars. In addition to what to a pres ent available, are needed to complete projects In course of ooastraetioa and as ths adoption of now projects would seriously interfere with finishing what has been heretofore undertaken. It baa been decided temporarily to lay aside all applications for new work. This decision to spprovsd by President Taft. Tb question whether or not the Meinour project shall be built by pri vate eaterpris be not been paasid upon, and probably will depend largely upon tbe attitude of landowners. How long It will be before tbe Mainour pro ject can be undertaken by the govern ment to purely a matter of conjecture. . ' Hew Governor of Porto Rico. . Washington, Sept. 16. It was an nounced tonight that ths president would appoint Oeurge R. Col ton, of tb District of Columbia, as governor of Porto Rico. Mr. Cotton first went to tbe Philippines as lieutenant eokmel of a Nebraska regiment. After that h was made collector of oastoojs at Manila. This office he now balds, having come home o leave of abeeneo to assist ths bureau of Insular affairs la preparing tb Philippine tariff bilL Consider Promote Wsohlngtoa, Sept. 17. Tb follow ing promotions have ben mad In tbe Veonsulsr servlcai Devid F. Wilbur. of New York, from eeoeel goueral at Halifax to consul at Kobe, Janaai net W. Ragedale, California, frees consul at BL Petersburg to osnsul gen eral at Halifax. Ragedale entered the eoneeler eerviee Ot Tientsin, Chine, in 1897 and was transferred to St. Peters burg la 1908. " Show Disgust With Peery. ' ' Waehtogtoa, Bent, 15. "Pots bnrnV tog to a cam toman's job; the scientific vale of the discovery to very slight." said Henry W. Perkins, acting snper- totosxtoat of tbe oast geodetic survey. . aw. All Weehuwtoa replies: "If that to tree, why, la heaven's seat the aseetlea of tb victory settled km a 1 1 I i n Ilk mssmiT
