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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST IRRIQATION IN MALHEUR. -Private Company Planning to Water v ISO.OOO Acres. - Sslsm According to advice re ceived in tba office of the state en gineer at Seism, Trowbridge 4t Niver. private raclatnation company with a ilendid iweord, is conducting a survey -of a tract tocludinc about 160.000 acres of arid land, coins of which ia In U albesjr county in thia atate and aoma in Idaho. Tha object la to le through the naalta of to survsys if it would bo feasible to atart a reclama tion project covering thla territory. Tba land which ia receiving tha at tention of tba reclamation company'a engineers liaa bwatean tba Owybeo and Snaka rivers. Tba water for irrige - tion will probably ba takeh from tba -Owyhaa rivsr. Tba project ia ia Ita incipient stage, and no definite infor mation aa to tba plana of Trowbridge -et Nirer can ba obtained. According to State Engineer Lewis, tba work done by Trowbridge Niver, baa proved highly aatiafactory and in those districts in Idaho where the Arm has already accomplished big results, tba people of the state prefer the com pany's operations to tba United States .government's projects. " Tba day after Oregon's new water law want into effect last spring, Trow bridge A Nirer sent a party of sur veyors and engineers into the Owyhee .-river valley to take observations. The work baa been continued until the present, wbtcb leads the state engineer to believe that tba private company -will shortly take up a large traet in this state for reclamation. TUNNEL THROUQH MOUNTAINS Indications Point to Hugo Uodertak Ing by O. R. St N. Pendleton Ramon to local railroad circles here predict the greatest rail Toad undertaking that baa taken place in una section of tba atate for years. of which the craw of surveyors wbich re now working on the Stan field Coyote ro toff are tba vanguard. Thia underaktng Includes, among other ac tive changes and improvements, tun Tjeling through the Blue mountains and tba elimination . of several bad grades lor the purpose of shortening the time and" distance between Chicago and Portland. Thia tonne), which of necessity 'wouia oe irom wive k nve muee in length, would accomplish much in the saving of time and power. By pushing op Butcher creek canyon and there en tering the mountains, tba worst part of the grade and many windings would be eliminated, and on the east aid of tba mountain tba famous Kamela hill would ba avoided and tba distance from Boron to Le Grande reduced to IS miles. . Rumor also says that , considerable work will be done en Tel lore sect bill, between Union and Baker City. It la r believed that surveying camps will be fahHahail at DnnMn awl Em4m atwl at ether points within tba next few day. If these Improvements are ac tually contemplated by the O. R. ft N., it la evident that It Is not the Inten tion of ute officials to divert rrcignt or nsosongor business down the Snaka river, aa baa bean proposed. WIN Prevent Pleads.. Athene A number of teams have been at work the past month straight ening the part of Wild Bene Oat n Land ft Trust company, and through the city park. The creek baa been banged in many places and made much wider and deeper. William Boeber bee charge of the work, and assures the when it ia finished It will ba sufficient to carry all the flood waters that aoma down tba in wet ussoa and have here tofore flooded the valley. Own Vamebto OoM Albany Tba directors of tba Mexi an mines, owned by Lion county men, have just reeeived word and aeaaya from their mine showing they have truck a vela wbich goes 106.80 to the toe of free milling ore. The letter seated that the mine none of the greet--eet In Old Mexico. Considerable stock m use enterprise is nem oy moany people. Dr. J. L. Hill of this city; ia -the president, PVed Ware seeretery and L E. Btoto ana of the directors. Top Prtoe far Peach Trees. Talent a M. bee ban eeed four ens of peach nrrnord to C W. Bops lev 82,000. Tba traet to net to new varieties. Sixty trees ef the Apple gate variety are three years eld; M -trees two yean ohf ere ef tha Sooner -variety. Tha rant at yoanger and of afferent varieties. - " , , eastern Man atoya Oretomw Hood Eliot Teontj acres of tha limns- nines en tha west aide have bean nald far 117,000. Tba tram awe two and haven year ohf Williams nig and Man town trees. The pnhasai is H. W. who try easaa from FARMERS REGISTER KICK. Pass Resolutions Protesting Against - Marina League Measure Pendleton Resolutions protesting strongly against the efforts -of the Merchant Marine league) of Seattle to secure an order forbidding foreign ves sels which bring cool to the Pacific coast from carrying wheat on their re turn trip wars passed at a mass meet ing of cltissns, held in the Circuit court room at the court house here. When the vote was taken not a dissenting voice was beard and the indorse! waa unanimous. .' Judge S. A. Lowell was mads chairman and Charles A. Barrett of Athena, secretary. Congressman W. R. Ellis waa pres ent and voiced his sentiments against the proposed measure and extended his services in oooperation with the clti ssns. J. T. Lieuallen, president of the county organisation of tba Farmers' Educational ft Cooperative union of America; Judge 8. A. Lowell and C A. Barrett were the speakers. As the proposed action of tha Merchant Ma rina league would tend to lower tba price of wheat, the protest was couched in vigorous terms. A telegram was sent to the ascrstary of the navy by the meeting, asking postponement of action until the receipt of tba signed circular of protest. Con gressman Ellis also sent a personal tel egram to the secretary, requesting in vestigation into the farmers' plea. Electric Roads tor Rogue. Medford John R. Allen, the owner of the Pacific ft Eastern railroad, now being extended towards the Klamath valley, will make an application at the nut meeting of tba council for n fran chise to operate an electric road n Medford. He will also apply in the other cities of the Rogue river valley. A company composed of Wall street men are backing him,- A company has been incorporated for a million and half dollars and will atart construction work immediately after tba franchises are granted. Hogs Equal to Fat Steers. Condon ia a carload of hogs shipped from Condon, Fred "Edwards placed a hog for which ha received $36.40. This is thought to be tba record price for a single porker. Large Crop Alfalm Seed. Union From six scree of slfalfa 129 bushels of seed were taken thia year, The market value of the seed Is fully $1,000. The crop waa grown on the Townley farm. FOR TLAND MARKETS. Wheat Blosstem. $1421.08; elab. 92s; red Russian, t0e; valley, 91c; fife, 92a; Turkey red, 92e; 40-fold, B6c Barley Feed, t2.e027 par ton: brewing, Z7.W). Oats No. 1 white, $2828.50 par n. . Con Whole. US per ton; tracked. BBS. Hay Timothy, Willamette valley. I14(17 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $18 20; alfalfa, Sl16; -clover, $14; cheat, 91S14.t0; gnu bay, $14$16. Batter- City creamery, extras. See per pound; fancy outside -creamery. 38(3)880 ; atom, 22K24c Butter fat prices average le pnr pound nndar regular butter prices. Egg Oregon, SoOSSe per onsen. Poultry Hons, lo16He; nprings. HHtftl&c; roosters, fctflOc; docks. IS 91e; geese, 10c; turkeys, Ink I7e; aqoano, tl.76$l per dosen. Fork Fancy, ftarB)e per pound. Veal Extra, 10lle per pound. Fruits Apples, $I2 per box ; pears, .!. 60; grapes, 80c$1.2S per crate, 18c per basket; nssshas, Sl.2fxWl.60 per dosen; 00(000, $10 1.2S per box: cranberries. S&SOfifl par barrel. Potatoes SXaoe par sack, sweet potatoes, per pound. Sack Vegetables Turnips. 75etffll pores; carrots, $1; beets, $1.26; rutabaga, $1.10. ' On iotie Oregon. 1101.26 per sack. Vegetables Artichokes. 90s oer desen; eanbng, oIc nor pound; cauliflower, 406V9fe par dosen; celery, SOOSSei corn, $ll.t par sack; horseradish, KrflOe per dosen; pwp pers, Kte per pound; pumpkins. 11 1 Ue: iwdishea. lir ner ineiii mwu par pound; enaaah, $1J1.10: to- toaa, 406T60. Hope 1909 crop, 14oc par nound: 1908 crop, fOc;J907 eren, 12c i 1908 crop, 8c Wool Eastern Oreejwa, l02senor pound; mohair, choice, 24c . Cattle Best steers, $4.7$: fair In good, $4tt4.S0; nMdtonj and feeders, tS.2Mex.TS; best eswu, $.0; fab- to good, $nat.lSj asmmun, $2.9032.71; balm, $2Ct2.S0; atngc tl.UHdA.Vi: cnlvan, light, S&SSjtt.M; heavy, 84a 4.7s. -Beat, r.nasas.88: alerkers. 17.26487.80; steekera, $ejM. -Beet will us. 84.2sax4.B8: fnartoaweAaTscM: tistissn.8t.TS M; fawtoswen, 8awM8.7S: ERA OF LOW MORTALITY. . It Has Been Reached by the CMHzed World. Washington. Oct "The elv ilised world has Indeed arrived at an era of low mortality.'' ' This conelnsleo is itatod in census boreeu bulletin1 No. 104, on mortality statistics for 1908, prepared by Dr. Creasy L. WUbnr, chief Btetistkian for vital statistics nndar Director Dorand, who has transmitted tt to Secretary Nagel, of tba department of commerce and labor. The death rate of tba registration state In 1808 was 18.8 per 1,000 of population, which was nlightly lower than that for the entire registration ana, 1S.4 par 1,000, sod it is the low est on record. Dr. Wilbur states It is probably tba lowest death rate that baa ever occurred in tha United States. The death rate of the rural portions of these states was still lower, being only 14 par 1,000, while that of toe urban population was 16. e per 1,000; the latter including si) cities having a population of 8,000 or more Inhabitants in 1900, and being, ee usual, some what greater than tba rural rate. Buch rates would have seemed quite out of the question a few years ago. Nearly one-fifth of all the deaths that occurred wen tboae of Infants uander one year of age and over one fourth are of children lees than five years of age. ' Nearly one-fourth of all deaths reg istered wen those of persons bom out side of toe United States. The states having the Inrgeet proportion of natlve-bom Americans of native stock an, Or Wilbur states, the ones In which It Is the most difficult to secure the passage of effeetiv registration laws. Therefore, the aetnal mortality of Americans of native parentage is not folly represented in the registra tion area, although over two-thirds of tha deaths registered were of native born persona and one-third wen of na tive-born with native perenta. . It appears that the month of maxi mum mortality in 1908 was January, with 67,768 deaths and that of mini mum mortality was June, with 49,701 desths. ZELAYA BOTTLED UP. Insurgents Have Nlearsguan President In Tight Piece. New Orleans, Oct 2. Passengers arriving today on tha steamer Impera tor from Bluefields, Nicaragua, report that, when tbey left Bluefields three days ago. President Zelaya was virtu ally bottled up at Managua. A gene ral advance by General Estrada Is be ing checked by want of ammunition. Seven! of the passengers en the Im perator stated that general news of the revolutionary movement waa unre liable, aa tha revolutionists wen in clined to exaggerate their successes. Tbey said their own asssrtiono regard ing the serious situation faced by Pres ident Zelaya were baaed on their per sonal obssrvetiona. Captain John PcoWiob,' master of the Imperator, aald Genera! Estrada bed already established a provisional government over Grafton, Cape Cm ciaa, Blue De Ids and Rama. Tha strict sat discipline was being maintained, all saloons were closed st nightfall and drunkenness and disorders were imme diately suppressed. Captain Pederaen confirmed the As sociated Press dispatches from Port Cortes telling of the capture and hold ing of a launch cant by the revolation ary leaden to Port Barrios. The launch, be said, was to have brought a large supply of ammunition to the la- surgents. Do Lara Out en Bonds. Lot Angeles, Oct 29. L. Guiterres do Lara, the Mexican attorney held by the United States immigration author ities on ehargea of being an anarchist and illegally to this country, waa re leased from jail today on 88,000 bond pending bis hearing before Chief la spec tor Ridgway, of tba immigration service. Do Lara's hand was signed by C C Reynolds, prominent and wealthy hardware merchant, and Al fred M. Salyar, a well-known tonal bos- Dummy Entries Claimed. Sen Prarjcisee. Oct. 1 In the trial of Dr. O. W. DwtnnsIL Rax Dexter and Jefaa Gilpin before the United States district court hen an ft charge of sobornatlon ef perjury hi connection with the dummy entry of timber land to Northern California, Benjamin Pwrniuh, one ex the alleged nomnry entrants, took the stand again today. He toetiSed that be end bis brother bad entered siaims hi Siskiyou eeonty tba result ef letter from Dr. DwtenetL nrommiag them $200 for their holdings. NMs Athxato, Gew Oct of the Georgia Unitary Academy wre, wan rushed to the city to day suffering from on illness which bee effected the school to sstd.mli NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL NEW RATE PROBLEM. Steam-Electric Question Gomes Be- fore Commerce Commission. . Waahington. Oct. SO. - Whether steam railroads shall eo-oparate physi cially with electric lines ia a question which has been presented to the inter state commerce commission and which Is to be argued to Cincinnati in few days. The cans at issue la of unusual im portance because np to the present time the steam railroads of tba country have refused to enter into any arrange ment with the electric lines for through routes and joint rates either for freight or for passengers. Tha law dots not explicitly require physical connection between two roads either steam or electric but It has been the policy of the commission in interstate buaineee to require such connection to be made between two steam roads, when the conditions appear to demand or even to warrant tha connection. The making of through rates and joint rates for both freight arid passengers naturally follows the physical connection of the two roads. The extensive construction and oper ation of electric lines has increased the demand for their connection with steam roads. Many of them endeavored to effect a joint srangament with steam roads, but In practically every instance the efforts have been of no avail. Qompoct Rebukes Eliot. Washington, Oct. 80. Referring to a statement of Dr. Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard univers ity, that the government should pro hibit labor unions on the ground that they have monopolistic tendencies and an opposed to democracy. Samuel Gompsrs, president of tba American Federation of Labor, laid: "Sines bis retirement ss president of Harvard, Dr. Eliot has nothing to do but talk. He now lives in an aga which be can not understand. Sines the time when he was mentally capable of appreciat ing industrial and commercial condi tions, great ehangea and development have taken pines." Monster Cigar From Philippines. Washington, Oct 27. Brigadier General Ciarenee R. Edwards, chief of the bureau ef Insular affairs of the War department baa reeeived the largest cigar sver made In the Philip pine islands. It was tba first cigar ad mitted free of duty under the new tariff act, which allows the free ad mission of 160,000,000 Philippine ci gars each year. The cigar waa made by a Manila factory and measured 42 inches in length and about 10U Inches In circumference. It weighed about nine poo ads. Mlnietsr Eepinoes Resigns. Washington, Ott 2ft. Dr. Don Ro- dolfo Eepinoes, the Nlcaraguan minis ter to the United States, announced to day that he had resigned and that Ze laya, the deposed president of the re public bad accepted his resignation. Dr. Esplnosa stated that bis brother, Emllio. was nracticellv at the bead of tba revolutionists under Estrada, the provisional president end be gave thia aa the cause of bis resignation. The resignation of Esplnosa w regarded ben ss a severe blow to Zslaya's tot tering government. Government WIN Appeal. Washington; Oct, 29. "Tbo gov ernment will at enee institute an ap peal from this decision," ennooneed Attorney General Wlckerabam today In reference to the action of Judge Holt in the Circuit court at New York yesterday sustaining the plea of the statute of llmftafons Interposed by the defendants. Kissel and Hamed, to the Indictment against them Jotonly with the American Sugar Refining company. The attorney general said Judge Holt's decision wss of far reaching cones- qnence. Cold Weather Is Coming. Washington, Oct 27. Cold weather h about to grip the country from coast to coast. The sheet of rain that swept across the United States radiating from a storm center near St, Loots, has paesed along until now It u wsep- lng down upon the Middle Atlantic coast. Tea otsxuroanes m expeneo o pass ant to nan, after which tbo wind will eweep the country from the North, varying n trine aesordtog to the ae- fevers Tan Equal Payments. Wssbington, Oct. 2f. Secretary Bellinger today expreeeed decided ob jection to making materiel change In tba method ef collecting water pay ntonto frees section an government irrigation erejerto. Ho hi not In favor of graduated saymenta, email far the flrst year or two. In ensuing thsnaf ter. bet would adhere to the nton at ton carnal payments now to fores. Qsnsrel Oapsswger M. Weshlngten, Oct. an. Brigadier John A, Cspilngw, U. 8. A ana to tow ef the tote James G. Btotoo, bj serlsnsly IH with pnon- TARIFF WAR IN SIGHT. Franca Gets Out Her Andsnt Chip and Oarafulh; Poises It. -Washington, Oct 28. A tariff war of such gigantic proportions aa to threaten demoralisation of trade be tween this country end Prance and eventually to lead to tha prohibition of French Imports into this country, to looming up. Although France baa not issued ft proclamation imposing a maximum duty on all American products received In that country, it ia admitted that n preliminary notice has been published indicating that such ft proclamation It is expected bora that the ebango In tha duties charged by Prance will become effective November 1. The apparent cause of France's re sentment ia the fact that Germany to given a longer time than Francs to comply with the conditions of the Paync-AIdrieh tariff bilL Under the new law President Taft is given authority to prohibit imports from countries discriminating against, the United States. Officials hen be lieve Taft will bo forced to take this action against France, in 'ease the threatened riee of duty on American goods is made. PRIVATE CAPITAL FAVORED. . . Government WIN ANow Individuals to Build Malheur Project. Washington, Nov. 2. Secretary Bal- linger. to response to telegraphic in quiries from Oregon, has declared that the government cannot build the Malheur irrigatton project because It bsa no available funds. This leaven the project at the disposal of private enterprise, if still desirous of under taking its construction. It Is understood that If tha money could be bad, Secretary Bellinger Would authorise tba construction of thia pro ject immediately, not the condition of the reclamation fund Is such that then will be no money available for at least ayssaVsnd perhspsioesionger per iod. It Is tbo understanding of the de partment that private enterprise stands ready to build this project, and If a practical private project, accept-. able tp landownera, ia undertaken, then "will be no opposition from Washington. wl -- - ' ' Asks for More Doctors. Washington, Nov. 2. "I do not mean to aay that tba negro doctor alone should practice among his race, but I do think that any fair minded person will agree with ma that we ought to ban a fair proportion of negro doctora to practice among negro patients," said Dr. Booker T. Washington, of Toske gea institute, in addressing the matri culating students of Howard universi ty. Dr. Washington admonished the students that the high medical standard already establlabsd most be maintain ed. He said there are about 2,800 ne gro physicians in the country and urged that Uut numhar h rlnaihUri. Japan WIN Keep Pledge. Washington, Nor. t. That Japan Intends to keep -its pledge with China to remove Its military forces from Chlen.Tao, a territory lying between Manchuria and Conn, which long ben been in dispute, la indicated by the fact that by today all Japanese troops ill be entirely withdrawn. An nouncement to this effect- was made at the Japanese emboesy yesterday by Mr. Keishn MatsuL counselor of toe embassy and charge de'affalras, who hss just received a cablegram from his government to regard to tha matter. Oregon to Oct FufJ Share. Washington, Oct. 28. Secretary Bellinger Is determined to give Oregon its full share of benefits under the na tional Kleroatioa law. In addition to the amounts beret of on allotted, Ore gon, by 1912, he save, will be entitled to about 82,700,000, and In the near futon ba will take up with the re clamation service various undeveloped projects to Oregon with a view to starting work en one or another ss soon as the eoeaaoary funds become evaileble. . - Kohlaaat for Onineee Peat. " Washington, Oct 27. Then wan ft penlstent rumor today at the Slate de partment that Judge Kohlaaat of' Chi cago, waa being considered favorably for the pest of minister to China. N lather Sssntory Knox, of the State department nor Assistant Secretory of State Hanttogton Wilson la to w7MfciM- ' Tha tm lf Crane has bissms nn hnoorteat cen sldoratioa for the State ewpartsnsnk wsVejltjtaf FwJnt uVwiwref AMpfMAisafe Weshmgton, Oct 28. Tor bis hero ism to rescuing n shipmete who bat fallen overboard In the harbor at Sees tto, Michael Millie, asatanato'a meoe en the ere leer Penasylvaaia, ban re ssived silver sssdel sent by the i to thai eity.