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I lIKUiuN STATE ITEMS Or INTEREST
G&ANQB INTEREST GROWS. (
lecturer Johnson Ylsit Adds to Mem-
- bsxabip at Lidlw. ' r
Laidlaw J. J. Johnson, state grange
lecturer, wu ia Laidlaw a tow davs
-Ago, and held an enthusiastic mm ting
in id interest of grange work. The
.mult of aii visit baa beea to revive
interest in the order, and a number "of
new membera have beea added to
Pickett Island grange, the local society.
mi. jonnnon uu dmb traveling extea
.-aively in Central Oregon, and stated at
the meeting that he-sad not sera a see
tion of the State thai-had raster nos
.aibilitie tHn in this; district, and with
in aaveni ot tu rsiiroaas in ton toe
tion he looked to see this part of" the
tato rapiaiy settled up. , -i
nOLUT LTJVB FOB CROOK.
.Portlanders Fnralih Fonda for Opal
Oity-Prineville Electric,
PrinevUle. County Surveyor Fred A.
Bice has the eontraet for the eoniple
tion of a survey for an eleetrie road
.from Opal City, the new town on the
north side of Crooked river, on the Ore
gon Trunk and Uarriman line surreys,
to Prineville, by way of Lamoata gap
-and McKay nati
The contract for the surveying was
Awarded by Jos. Q. Houston, who rep
resents Portland capital in the Oden
falls project and a reclamation Proj--et
in the vicinty of Opal City. It is
the purpose of Mr. Houston to generate
the power for the eleetrie line at Oden
Tails, where eon tract have already
:beea awarded for the. aonatnietion of
power plants.
Douglas County Onions.
Roseburg. Douglas county continue
to break records. Besides some won
derful yields of fruit, it now eomes to
the front with an onion crop yielding
41,500 per aere. From a piece of ground
belonging to Joe Snider, at Days Creek,
measuring 83 square rods, approximate
ly one-tbird of an aere, Mr. Snider har
vested a little more than 600 bushels
-of onions this year. These were sold at
2 cents per pound, bringing him $500,
or a retum of more than l,5O0 per
-acre. This bents anv crop heard of ex-
ept the immense yield of 8 pit sen berg
-apples grown by J. B Smith at
Winston's, this county, last year, for
which he realized $2,400 per acre. .
Halt Bervie Impaired.
, Marshfleld The mail servic to Coos
tBay is aerionsly impaired aa a result of
the change in the schedule made by the
government. Under the new arrange
ment the outgoing mail will be eight or
ten hours late. The department or
dered that the service by way of Sum
ner over the Coos Bay wagon road be
discontinued October 81. No provision
for carrying the mall was made until
the next day, when Inspector Vaille in
strutted the Marshfleld postmaster to
send the mail by train to Myrtle Point
aad thence by stage to Boseborg. -
A. a Bvna.
Salem. The net revenues of the As
toria A Columbia Bivei railroad, o
wording to the report filed with the rail
road eommimion, for the year ending
Juno 30. 1900, were $210,788.79. The
total operating revnueo for the road
-were $622,075.38; of this $525,533.91
was interstate business and $96,542.47
as Oregon portion of the Interstate
slneas carried. The operating ex-
eaces were $410480.10. Taw Avtwrt A
Columbia River road paid taxes amount
ing to $29,612.17.
Better Service Fiomisod.
Salem. Annonneemeat haa boon
made at the office of the railroad com
mission that hereafter the Corvallia A
Eastern Railroad will give bettor serv
ice between Albany and the coast.
Heretofore during the winter the pas
senger business has been handled by a
mixed train. From this time on the
service will bo divided and all freight
will be taken ear of by a trl-weekly
freight. . ,
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OosaplaJae Against WeQa-Fargo.
Salem C. P. Bishop, a clothier wtth
string of stows in the Willamette
valley, has II ted a complaint with the
railroad eomtaiseioa against the Wells-
Fargo Express company, alleging oxeee-
vo rates, tie says teat, tne rate si
ta a untd an ehees mm Haiem
In Portland t extortionate. In view of
mi nt la Main from Chiasm to
Salem, and T cents from Salem to
Oraata Peas. -,
Aatoo Take FLaee eg Btaga.
. Prlaeviile J. H. Wenandy of Bend,
wU has for the past two yean ope
rated the stag Hne in eoajuaetioa with
the D. L l P. company between Bend,
Redmond and ether paints te Bhaaiko
Vy way of Madras, has etisMeea of his
tire stage and livery bum nana ex
cepting aeme-heMiagc in Bend, and aao
pet five sp-to-4sts aatosMbilco rata the
stag service aevcriag all poiats to the
Interior. f .
Warsafleld. A arras diapateh from
Kew Terh. ttarlag that the Nerthwest
wrn was pleasing a bead tassa for the
completion of the risen of the eewpaay
te tae Paeifw coast, has created some
latci t bsre. bseasas ruse baa ess
weeteal the naaaa sf tbc Worth scats ra
A, with leae ef the lecal railrsad flarvers.
ic ssaae hssa feH fbea taw tvortb-
FARMERS ARK COMING".
Kanaana Take Contracts to Buy Uargs
Across; Near Grant Pact.
Grant Pass Development of the
ooantry by the colonisation method baa
been atartcd ia Rogoc rivar valley.
Several large project havo beam ad
vaaosd that haa o d a general movo
ment in thia direction, particularly the
talk of an electric line from Grants
Paaa to Ashland.
Another feature that baa gone far to
ward the rapid development of mnoh
land has been the inauguration of
large Irrigation system for both high
and low land.
A project to colon ice 2,000 ac
within a few miles of this city was an
nounced a few daya ago by W. B. Sher
man, who aeys be baa con tracts with
sufficient people to take op thia land in
40 and 80 acre tracta. Nearly all the
buyers are faxroera from near Kansas
City, and they and their familiea will
begin to arrive shortly. The advance
guard will aelect the Improved land
thia fall, in order to be prepared for the
spring crops. Following in the spring
another body will arrive, and within
year the entire tract will be nettled
with Eastern farm era.
' The price to be paid by the colon ista
for the an improved land will vary from
$8 to $20 an acre. - ,
Pears Bring Vj Cento Back. 1
Medford. A carload of Dears from
the Bear Creek orchard sold for $2,900
in New York. There were 1,064 half
boxes or 44,064 pears, hence each pear
tor the oar averaged 6W cents. The ear
paid the orchard company net $2,215.80,
or 4.97 eente for each pear. ,
Convict Foundry Bsbuttt
Salem. The ahopa destroyed it the
penitentiary early in the summer have
been rebuilt and the new buildings are
ready for occupancy. ' The buildings
will again be occupied by Loewenberg,
Ooing A Co., employing convict labor
the manufacture of atoves and
ranges,-
Dry Land Fotaoe.
The Dalleiw-A. H. Fligg has taken
1.336 sacks of potatoes from 14 acres.
grown by the dry land farming process
jut. ,r iigg ia sxaioiting numemua epee
imens weighing, three pound each.
IBeet Walcha SO Founds.
Eugene Ola Cae person baa brought
back to Eugene a beet grown in bio
garden that beata all beeta it) this sec
tion. Too vegetable weigh just SO
poandi. ia
PORTLAND MARKITS.
Wheat BlDcstem, 11. OS (Q 1.04;
club, 92e; red Russian, 0fllc; val
lef, 91e; Fife, fSc; Tarkey red, 2c;
40-fold, 96c.
Barley Feed, 127 par ton: brotr-
log, 127.60. - .
Corn Wboie, 185 par ton: craeked,
ISA- v "
Oats Ho. 1 white. 28.50 par ton.
Bay Timothy, Willamette valley.
1417 per too: Eastern Oregon, $18
mO; alfalfa, 16d)16; clover. $14;
cheat, I1814.S0; grain bay, 1416.
Bottar City creamery, extras, 86c
par pound; fancy ontaido creamery,
fSOtasOc; atsre, t2H&Ua. Batter
fat prieea nvsvage 1 He per pound un
der regular buttar prices.
Eggs Oregon- 8o86c per docsn ;
Eastern, $0a84e.
Poultry Hens, 16c; aawings, ISe;
roosters, o10e; docks, U15Kc;
10e; tnrkeya, 17J,c; anoaba,
f L7642 par doacn.
Pork Fancy, fcwKo Per pound.
Veei--Extrsa. ,0He per poemd.
Fraitsr-Applaav loJ2.26 per box;
peers, 1$1.6V; trapes, B0efl.
par crate; 2t par baokst; aasabac,
81.261.60 per dosen; onfncea, t&
1.26 par box: eranbsrriea, $8.6009 per
barrel ;' persimmon, $1.60 par box;
hnKleberrisa, 8c par sosnd.
Potatoes -60(S)60e per sack; ajwost
potato. Iav2e per poood.
VentsMee Artichoke. 76e par dos
sn; beans, 10c per pound; eabceers,
Mc; csnlirkTwer, 8060c par pound;
celery, 6068 6e: torn, $101.26 par
sack; heraeradiea, M10o per doses;
pesa, 10c per ponnd; peppers, 66c;
ponrpkraa, 1 $ 1H1 oprcajta, 8c;
s gnash, $lb1.10; lumaUiis, t6(9s0e;
turnips. 7hcSl per asck; cssrsta, $1;
beets. $1.26; rotabsgss, $1.10. .
Onkaw $1191.26 per sack. ,
Hues) ltOO rron, 244126c per pound ;
1008 crsp, 20c; 1907 arop, 12c; 1906
crop. ft.
Woc4 Restsra Orsgon, lw02Sc par
BMrtatr, enotca, 24c
Cettle Best sAser. $4.60: fair to
good. $404.26; uradluui and
$S.0Ct.76; host cows. $8.60;
an, $MrS6j esasawa to sasdissa,
$t.60a.76i bolK $242.60; sUgs,
tlfotttttf rahw, liaM $6,26J
a.50; hsarry. $444.76.
Hog Best, i.8SM; anilll.
$7.6017.76: atoekera, $6).
Bbssp Past with is. $4.21: lair to
good, $2.74b4; best swsa, IS.TsM;
fair to an, t$. 1002.76; awaaw $4J
WAB8HIF HAS BFBED.
BarUeahlp Vortk Dakota X Fastest
, Dreadnaught Afloat. -
Rockland, Mc Nov. 5. Ths North
Dakota's screw standariaatioa tests
over the Bockland meaaured mile course
today developed a maximum speed of
22.25 knots, aa average of 21.833. Both
marks are in excess of the best per
formances of either her sister ship, the
pelaware, or the Belterophoa, the lead
ing Dreadaaughi of the British navy.
In attaining thia speed the turbine
engines of tea North Dakota were
forced to the development of more
horsepower than haa beea reached by
any battleship afloat. A maximum of
35,150 horsepower was recorded, while
33,870 horsepower was the mean
amount. The maximum number of rev
olutions of her nickel composition pro
pellers was 286 a minute. It was found
tint 868 revolutions in this time were
sufficient to maintain ths contract speed
of 21 .knot. - i
"The North Dakota briber perfona
anoe today takes precedence aa a gen
eral first-class battleship. The figures
recorded today surpass those of any
other Dreadnaught. Ther ia butf on
such battleship afloat the attainments
of which may exceed those of the
North Dakota. This is the Neptune,
just launched for the British navy. The
Neptune, however, will have to attain
figures much in excess of specif cations
to accomplish thia. The Bellerophoa,
of the British navy, has made but 3M
Knots. ,
GBAIK SLIPS FBOM CANADA.
Dominion Send Wheat to America for
. aUUpment Abroad.
Montreal, Nor. 6. Frelgnt rates have
brought about a curious eituatioa in
connection with the shipment of grain
from Canada to England. Despite the
large increase in the grain output from
tno Canadian West, Montreal ia get
ting less of the grain freight trade
than it haa had in recent years.
The explanation ia that freight rates
from Boston to Liverpool are ene and
one-half cents per bushel cheaper than
from Montreal to Liverpool and that
though the extra cost of transportation
of the grain from the Canadian West
to Boston brings Aha total cost of
freight from the wheat fields to Eng
land to 12 8-4 cents ia each ease, the
insurance on the freight from Boston
1 less than one-third of that on grain
oa the Montreal route outward bound.
In other words, American porta are
getting Montreal 'a grain export trade
because the insurance rates on grain
cargoes from those ports are about 70
per cent less than those oa such freight
Horn Montreal,- -
ABBOOBAM AT 406 MILES,
Pacific Mall Liner Korea Hang Up
Wireless Becord, --,'. 1
San Francisco, November fl. The
wireless record was agaia - broken
by the Pacini Mail liner Korea Toes
day night, when a message from her
4,309 miles distant was clearly received
here on the summit of Huseian Hill.
A message was received last week at
a distance of 8J00 miles. The latest
message waa as follows:
"November 2, F. M., BJ09 mile
west of Honolulu. I touch witbrvapaa
trnivht All wall. Rnma."
This message waa alas caught by the
government wireless plant ia Sarralea
Islands, 40 miles outside the Groldsn
The listen ee covered to and from
the Korea is 1,100 miles farther than
the distance covered by tb Marconi
system on the Atlantic, and Mareqni
is said to operate with a SO kilowatt
plast. The Sores' plant 1 a kilo
watt.
The misaag caste direct and la an
mistakabi dot and dashes. ,
SCHMTTE MEM BEE JOBS.
Bx-Mayor's Old Henchmen Flocking
Back to Land sf Birth.
Has Fraaeiseo, Nov. 4. Although
Mayor-sleet P. H. McCarthy ha de
clared thst he has not made any plana
regarding numerous appoiatmonta which
he will have at ia disposal when he
takes office, the henchmen of ex-Mayor
nehmlta are slreanv flocking back te
ths crib. It is declared by those In
tosch with the political plans of Mc
Carthy that many of them will be given
a chance at the public funds oass more.
The ex-registrar of votes, two ex-
members of the police commission, a
member of th board of public works
under Schmita, and the ex-teeretary of
that body and the ex -secretary of the
board of education are among thee who
arc said to be slated for rstsra to
power, although they may not assure
their aid berth. v
a Strike. -
Cleveland, Nov, f. Prlseipal
Oharle Lynch of West High School
ad a semprsaais amposftioa today
t tbc 480 bay and girls ef U school
who are en strike against doubt -rises
sad bad Issehc, that be will see
to providing better meals at neon If
they will raters. He told them he eonld
da aethiag to S hangs th doable eea
teas. Th sapil will sot ssssider th
proposal. What school eeavessd sot
more thaa 100 pavib were I the build
Isg. Th ether 400 heM a meeting aad
adopted rcselattss to ptstoag th fight.
Vrp' Sarsag Beam LusQog.
Hew Terkj Nov. sV News leaked sst
lata thbj aft erases that bsm Use lad
sight robbers aboard the Haasburg-
Amsricsa Hasa? Prlaas Jeseatm blew
opea the streag vases enfa, sees red gftuV
000 In gold aad enseal A Ths psUss
are gsardlsg the ks sad ths w oa
NEWS FROM THE
NATIONAL BBVENUB BOOMS.
Income Fast Catching up With Unci
Sam'a Bxpanas.
Washington, Nov. 5. A working bal
ance in the treasury much the same as
a month ago little lew than $31,000,
000 a balance la the general fund of
$89,103,07$, or approximately $6,000,000
lea thaa a month ago, the ordinary
disbursements overrunning the ordinary
receipt by $1,928,895, and an aggregate
debt which decreased $395,544, are some
of the feature ehowa by th treasury
statement for October..
Treasury officials say th statement
was gratifying. Th custom and in
ternal revenue receipts are booming.
Th aggregate debt -rf the United
Bute la $8,601,425,301. Deducting
notes and certificate, the regular inter
est and non-interest bearing debt la
$1,295,147,482.
Customs receipt for October were
$29,278,695, which brings receipts so
far this fiscal year to $89,861,876. In
ternal revenue receipts arc" approxi
mately $24,000,000.
Ordinary receipt so far this fiscal
year run ahead of the same period last
year by almost $28,000,000, while mis
cellaneous receipts for the sams period
outdo last year by almost $13,000,000.
UI disbursement for the month, civil
and miscellaneous reached $36,378,704;
war, $25,189,809; navy, $9,981,822; In
dian, $1,627,916: pensions, $1 1,850, 82 U
postal deficiency, $3,397,612; interest on
public debt, $3,270,216; and repayment
of unexpended balance, $1,198,700. ..
' To Shoot at Airship.
Washington, Nov. . To deviae
dom mesne of dafana .again aerial
Invasion, th bareau of ordnane of the
War deportment, it wo learned today,
ia about to begin a aeries of experi
ment in shooting at air craft with
cannon. Th experiment will be car
ried on at th Sandy Hook proving
ground In New Jersey. Captain
Charles Day Chandler, of th signal
corps, one of th two qualified pilot in
the -army, left Washington today for
New York to mako arrangement for
the balloon to bo oaed. He will be
stationed temporarily at Port Wood,
near New York.
Lieutenant Fly Without Wright
Washington, Nov. 4. Lieutenant
Humphrey and Fouler today flew an
hour and three quarters of a minute in
the government aeroplane, breaking all
records for sustained flights mad at
College Park since the beginning of
the trials thst are bctnghela nnder the
nrost supervision of Wuber wngntt
rne young men showed a strong in
elinatibn to keep up loager, but Wright
signalled them to descend) oa aceouat
of the wind, which was rising rapidly.
' Oonapiraey Verdict Sustained. "J
' Washington, Nov. A The Federal
Supreme court today denied a rehear
ing in tbc contempt eea a against
Sheriff Shipp and Deputy Sheriff Oil
son, William, Nolan, Hugdet and
Mays. It 1 erdererl that tbey be
brought to Washington November 16
for eentenc. Tbey war convicted of
conspiring to lynch Edward JoAnon, a
negro, at Cbsttanoogs, Tenn., Marsh
10, 1906. .
Bight of Way Noted.
Washington. Nov. 4 Government
land officers today were directed by
Commissioner Frsd Dennett, of the
general land office, that in th future
they shall note oa all original entry
papers the existence of right of way
on lands so affected. Entrymen 'fre
quently have complained that tbey had
no previous knowledge of th fight ol
way 0 their property.
Brldgo Wait m Bows.
Washington, Nov. B, The war de
partment has received word that Repre
sentative Gills has ao objection to ap
proval of the plans of the sew O. B. A
N. bridge at Portland, but Senator
Bourne has not been heard from. He
has been telegraphed at Chicago to the
hope that farther delay may be avoid
ed. The department is ready to act.
' rootbaD Up to sVmoolo.
Waaklavtaa. Nov. B. Nalthsc the
navy department a or the war depart
most had beea called epos late today
(a Maaidav ths nroooeed cancellation
of th army savy football gsmea. Of
ficial la both departments said the
qoestio was for ths superintendent of
th reepectivs academic to settle.
WssAfanctoa. Nov 2. The Swiron
saurt today denied ths petition for s
writ of rtiorsH to aba case of
Tboroa 8. Newell vs. J. C. McBrfdo,
lsvolvis tuo oowtrsot eswvoytng title
t three mtotog daims near Bene
Nov. 2. Los HeCtenfj,
of Tato fvorstty.
ths) awttcs g Ualtod
oeossdlnsj CbaHs
buy. lease
Mow Oortod
WMbissrtaa,
HnMafsV wnsMButVuT
F. Trss who"
MhwArus.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
READJUST COAST BATBS.
Interstate Commerce Pommies! oners Bs-
turn to Washington,
Washington, Nov. 9. When Inter-"
state Commerce Commissioner Clark
aad Cockrell arriv la fVaahingtoa to
morrow morning all th members of th
commission will have returned from a
trip that will probably result ia a com- '
plot readjustment of freight rates la
the far west.
Growing out of ths now famous Spo
kane rat ease, la which the shippers
of the inland empire claimed a radical .
reduction of rate oa commodities both
from th cast and th Pacific Coast,
th cases now under consider tloa com
prise a list of mora than 1007 Those
inland cities allege unjust rates from
the east and from th Mississippi River
points in particular. They claim that
rates to the Pacific Coast are much
cheaper for a much longer haul aad .
ask reduction.
The decision in the Spoken rat
case, which, it 1 believed, will be fol- '
lowed in all other eases, was based oa
the theory that the railroads' conten
tion that water so rape ti tion toward th
coast rate waa correct.
All complaints 'that hav beea filed
sine the Spokane difference hav
beea based on the allegstioa that th -rates
ia themselves were unreasonable.
It ia set likely that decisions in any
of the oases will be handed down until
early la January. '
PROSPERITY MOVES OARS.. '
Improving Basin BEeepLag Ballroasl
FeeUlttes Taxed. '
Washlngtoa, Nov. AProsperity has
arrived, according to A statement issued
by ths bureau of statistics of the de
partment of com mere and labor.
During September th business of th
country and the volume of freight ear
reached proportion which excelled .
those of the same month last year. Ia .
fact, the bulletin declares that, while
the number of idle cars at the end of
last month had not altogether disap
peared, ther were indications that a
car shortage would quickly develop.
These improved condition are most
pronounced la ths coal and iron trade.
The movement of lumber also was assa-
wbat heavier.
Ther was a decided arums til the re
ceipts of grain and flour at the four
leading seaports, and receipt of grala ;
at 15 of the principal interior market
likewise were below th actrresrate for
oeptsmoer) iUB. .
A similar condition fa aneoTsred la.
the shipment of packing house prod
ucts from Chicago, the shief slump bo '
ing on. canned meats, wbieh show a loo
of 46 per cant ,
atondur Aid aMey.
Washlngtoa, Nov. 4. Persistent rs '
mora are resetting the state depart
ment that the govenmeat f Hendorsa ,
is giving active support to President
Zelaya In Nicaragua la has contest
against th insurrectionary army of
Qeneral Estrada. Th Mixer by Hon
duras officials of the American launch,
th property ef th Lagans do P cries
Fruit company, will be mad th sub
ject of a protect by this country, fee-
yosc tsts question it t not th inten
tion of th stat departsMat to toko
any actio. , ;
btor Land for Settler..
Washington, Nov. 4-cretary Bel
linger has designated a being subject
to disposition under the enlarged horn
bill approximately 179,440 acres of land
is Sun Dnneo district, Wyoming. Thl
makes a total of 12,146,20 acres thus '
designated la this state, Under the as- ..
Hrgt-d homestead bill settlers are giva
th right, to 820 isatssd of 160 aere.
Wlckeraham May taccssi Fcckbam.
Washington, Nov. . It la qfing per
ltatly rumored hers that Oeorge W.
Wiekersham of Now York, attorney
genera) of the Hnitcd States, is to bo
appointed associate justice of the su
preme court to coeceed the 1st Bufue
Pekhsin. It ts cot knows whether
Wiekersham will accept if th sppoiat
ment 1 offered to him.
. Honduras Called Down.
Washington, Nev. Th stat de-
psrtmest ha taken steps to correct th
ill-treatmeat which the govsrsmeat of
Honduras w charged with having as- ,
corded A. B. Miller, aa American dt ;
fsen, who has bsslaees IntsTcete in Sea
Pedro and Puerto Cortea, and ha made
representation soaeeraiaf the matte
to that goveramest. y
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Argamsto hi Bailrsad Oass.
Washington. Nov. 4-Ia tb Usltod
State uprem cort th case sf tb
Orest Northern and th Chicago Great 1
Western agslset ths atsto of Mias.
ota hav beea called for argumeat.
in inveiv the validity of ths
trees earnings tasrlaw sad were decidedl
against th toad by the MlaaeeMa a
pram court.
Te nimsss! Ost Arttlksry.
WacMsstou. Nev. V Th war As-
psilmsnt has seassJ tb appotat.
sseat of Ltoatoaaat Otepbes M. Fssto
to ssmmsad the eeeet arUUerr sJstrtot
mske Oeee Bay a
.Ma , ,
at Fert Casey, Wash.