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... .' PBnUAH Of MDCB. . v 0 O G O OREGON STATi mS f INTEREST i BEACH rO PLATDTOM, -1 - APPLES ABU. HIGH, j -OoVsrajawa Bzptrta tirveatlgeto Pin--r- . pacts im Oooa Qcwnty. - Marehfleld That platinum exists ii Cms county oeems to be th opinion f experts aad that the development f the mineral ia being looked into by men of money there ia bo doubt. Dr. D. T. Day, who has charge of the mis tral division of the geological rarvejr im Washington, D. C, baa Dees puk ing investigations- He was tent out for the purpose of investigating the possibilities of platinum mining devel opmeata along the eoaat, - He ii quoted at saying that he has found some plat inum ia the ere examined ao far, and has etated that he will give Instrue tioas to miners as to how te save the platinum which he believes is now loat in large qnantitieB Is the process of mining- for sold. A, L. Maodonald of Schenectady, N. Y.. where mining i chiaery la manufactured, la acoompany ing Dr. Day. They have gone down the woast to make farther investigations. The results of the work will be of vast importance to the mining interests of -Cooa and Curry counties. ... OO-BDtt TO HAVB BOMB. Society Women, of Bugenr to Assist la Building Basgatow. ,r tTniversity'' of Oregon, Eugene. To Tjuild a handsome bungalow to torvs the general headquarters and center of ',' o-ed student life at the university of Oregon ia the nniqne plan of a number of prominent Eugene society women, Including the wive of several aaiver -' f tV professors. the bungalow ia te eoat about $9000, and will be constructed along raftsman lines. It will have one large room for meetings and social affair, with a email kitchen, bath and rest room. The ' "building will be constructed on a lot just outside the college campus, owned " hy the University Young Women 'a Christian association; which will be In charge of the bungalow after it ie com Dieted. President Campbell la much pleased "with the interest the women ere taking ia tne bungalow. . - "Fake" Label on Apples. Hood River Th members of the 'Hood River Apple Grower union, which omprisea 90 per cent of the orehardists. are up in arms over the report from " New York that quantities of apple were on the market there bearing the - wrapper of the union which were not up to the high standard of quality mala tained by that organisation. The wrap per of the anion are regarded aa an .absolute goarautee of high quality in - the eaat, and when these apples were r found to be inferior In selection and pack, many complaints ponred la upon Steinhardt A Kelly, who bought the en tiro output of the union this year. largest Hatchery to World, ' Salens The largest aalmon hatchery , r in the world, te be owned and operated by the state of Oregon, will be formally opened at Bonneville. Monday, Novesn "ber 15. The new central hatchery eost asor than 12.000. and has an egg ea . paeity of 60,000,000-and nurasty pond nufflefeat te feed ft,oo,0OQ young fry. The hatchery in mw nearly completed, ui ia being operated nnder the diree- ttoa of Superintendent J. W. Barriaa. -- UhOOO Bnaniai ea Batatas. Oregon City J. H. Brown, of New Era, somes, very near being the "potato king" of 'Oregon. He raised 10,000 traehels this year, beside 3400 bnahela af wheat and 250 bushels of clover seed Hi. Brown ships nearly all of hie prod nets, to California, where the exeelleai results of bis scieatiac farming are well -known. - . - j "v Lrnn Ooemty Goto Bw Tows. . Albany The Linnbevea Orchard company, Which plana to set oat 3000 acre orchard In the northern part of Lian county, will establish a sew townslte. It will be called Liaohaveu The ite of this new town baa not been -definitely chosen, but H will be tea the oeatef of the colossal orchard. . . - Oasnal Klamath Falls At the adjomed neeting of the Klamath Watomuets' ee sociaUea the capital stock of the aaee--eiatioa waa iBcreaaed frees $2,000,000 to 6,000.000 by MOO majority, while the proposition te increase the par vela of the stock from gzo to S30 par share met by 114a. . Peeutry .- Pendleton At the meeting of the Tstllla Morrow Cewaty Poultry enee--eiatioa, January IS, 16 and 17 vera eat a the dates for the big exhibitiea of birds. Great interest is beiag asaa- .ifeateaV ud rt hi expected that there -wiU he the tneat display ef poultry ia the hiatery at thai eootioa... v, Big Texnto at DaOaf, Dallas William Sbewey Is ashibtt lag a turnip which measure 34 inches ia circumference. It ia solid thraagh wt aad very heavy. The turnip waa grown ea fern land ft few aula free -town. BewyeW BaTai f er ' rlaa-B. B, WnUasaa aad I. If Tnkia k.M ! mi Thsmai Holman 160 acrae of has yard, leaaaai nasar Eola, fas mwnjim Fancy Hood Blver Spttastibergs Bring Hood Blver The apple picking has come te aa end In Hood. Bivee valley for the year 1909, and several crew are busy at present packing the fruit for market. A number of the larger grower have concluded their packing and their fruit has been hauled to the cold storage plant in the city, await-ing-ehiproent to New York. The union is sending out several cars each day, consigned to Steinhardt Kelly, who purchased the entire crop of fancy stock. The fancy. BpHzenberga were sold to the Kew York Brat for 3-35 per box, and aince this deal was made the Davidson Fruit company of this elty baa paid as high aa $9.60 per box for fancy Spitaenberga. The fruit in Hood River valley this season has been of a higher standard than any marketed n previous year. There has been a noticeable decrease in rust and other infect ton that mitigate in pro ducing a lower grade of apples. The season's profit is very satisfactory, not withstanding the fact that the crop waa cut a little short. : , ' f Bailroad Imarevea Line. ? Dee The big steam shovel of the Mount Hood railway ia digging ballast for the oew track from Dee to Park dale, a distance, ef six miles. When the work ia completed passenger and logging trains caa be run. The new line extends well up- toward Mount Hood and through an excellent body of tr timber. The contract for the extension of the telephone line from this-point to Barkdale was let to Harry Bailey of Hood River. The Borne Tel ephone company of Hood River is the owner of the line.'1 ' , ' a, New tawmUl for Wallowa. ' Wallowa Pisa Bros a well-known awmill firm of Elgin, have shipped their machinery to this elty, where tliey will consolidate with the Bear Creek Lumber company, a new corporation re cently formed. The Plaas mill will be installed on the new company's hold ing to eut the timber for a new mill, which will be installed next season. The company will put In a new band saw with a capacity of about 40,000 feet per day- Asylum Bids Awarded. Salem The board of trustees of the Oregon - State Insane Asylum has awarded to the Northwest Bridge works of Portland the general contract for the new receiving ward building at the hospital tor the insane. ' ' Blgh Price far Land. ' Irving C. J. Paoastt he cold his 30-aere ranch west of town to O. Ten ike of Iowa, the price paid being $110 aa acre. Mr. Fassett baa moved to Eugene, hhving bought property aad will build, ft modern home. VorBamu Has - Wheat Blueetca, $1.05; club, KMj red Bassiaa. ftxtte:. Taller. 0490e: Fife, Maej Turkey red, e 40-fold, MKrttWa. Barley Feed, WQtlMj brewing, $X7M per tea. Cora Whole, U; cracked, AM par toe. - Onto-Be 1 White, ftSJ02B per ton. Ray Timothy, " Willamette Valley, 14to)17 per tea; Eastern Oregon, ft!8 20; alfalfa, 154316; ejover, 14 Cheat, la14J0: grain hay, ftlaOlft. Batter City, creamery extra. Me; fancy oataido creamery, S0(330a per poundt store, z2to24e. (Butter fat pricee average me pew pound under Tilar butter prices), ggs Freeh Oregon extras, 403 42fee n donenj Eastern, 0S4e per doaea. Poultry Ha, HHfgHe; springs, 13D14tae) rooster, ftlOe; daeka, iSODlSi geese, iOt; tarkeyt, Jive, WaMt dreaaed, aOSlej aquaba, 1.T5 X per doaea. Pork Fancy, tr9wc far poand. - Veal Extrae, t(H0e per pound. Fruit Apples, fl2.B6 boxi naara. 7Sc$lA); grapes, 0OefLU per crate, lOfSHVae per basket; eftaabea, 61.8S1J per aoaen; qaineea, 1 1JB per box: cranberries, mM&9MO per barrel; aersimmens, fi-AO par bos. Fetatoee Oregon, sordwoa per aw sweet petataee, llSle per poaad. VegetaMaa Artichokea, 75e per aW 5 beaaa, log per poewd; eabbage, a) Isi oca I i dower, 0Oel par deaea; cel ery, aoiwsoet eora, 9i(eClM per anek; feorsaraaish, aYojlOe nor doaon; peaa. 10 per pea ad; peppers, WO; aaunpkiaa, l&lWc; radtahoa, IS per do sent sprewta, la per pocwd: senaah, 61(31.10: tomatooa, t660c; tnraipa, 7te61 per sack: carrot. SI; aats, KM; rata- bagas, $1.10; eateas, $19I.C8 per sack. - Hope im crop, ttHMtl IMA crop, tOe; 190T amp, llc 1906 crop, $c Wool Eaetara Oregon, lpts par pound; Mohair, choice, $4. Cattle Beet steers, t4.2MB4.50; fair to good, $AStM; medram and feeders, $S.9KSa.79; beet cows, $S.xlWnSJM)i ate- dfuBL ; emsras to mod rum, fSJWtU I.7S; bulla, $2lM.S0; stage, tt.tfkajMJW; ratvoa, light. SM&UMi heavy. I4 4.76. Hoge Beat, fT-!Mf faedlam, $7 JO &7.T6; stoakeva, $OVa. Vheep Boat wctaora, MJ6aMJ9; fair to goad, 6S-TS&4; beat ewea, g.76 W4i raxr to gaoa, e-0fcyl,7) maaha, goamjav Coal Bbaft at Onerrr, 'BL, Sce&e of - Terrible DUaater. . Cherry, I1L, Nor, lhW-At least 850 miners wen killed her Saturday, to one of the .worst mind disasters of his tory. The St. Paul Oooi compaay's mine, owned by the Chicago, MiJwaa kee A hit. Paul railroad, ia the seen of the horrible disaster, J Figures differ aa to the number of mea to the mine eft the tune of the fire. Officials of the company insist that the list of fatalities may act reach 250, bat the- minora say that over 400 work mea were ta the mine when -tbflrc started and that few had oDoortuaitr to escape. . Fire started from a pile of hay iato which miner ia believed to have thrown a torch. Flamee- quickly spread to the timbers and in a few minute the passagewaya were ft seething fur naee, and escape waa impossible. Mea who volunteered to eater the burning mine were brought out dead. Twelve. bodies have ao far bean recov ered, many of these being men who at tempted to rescue work. Water turned into the abaft made no headway against the flames, and early in the afternoon the mine was sealed up in the hope ox eaeoxing tne flame. The survivors said many of the minora bad retreated to the further most ends of the. veins, where they might huddle together, gasping what little oxygen remaisod in the sealed and burning mine in the hope that the rescuer might reach them before It waa exhaoaed. The moat hopeful of those seeking to aid the men doubt that many will bo found alive. The only men to escape were those near the main abaft when the Are started. They declared . a careless miner had throws a torch on a bundle at hav used to feed the mine males Ia a few minntos the smouldering mass waa placed on a cart and started toward the main abaft about 150 feet away. Before it waa reached a small explosion ' occurred ana n a lew mo aients the entrance waa filled with smoke and flames. Thoee nearest the cases hurried to them and were hoisted to the surface. After four trips the caaea ceased moving -and no niore miners came up. WOBKZNO POLK LOBS JOB. Kew Bear and Tobaooe Taxea Oanae Hardahly fca Oarmany. Berlin, Nor. 15. Not only la the la bor market suffering from the redue tion of work la the cigar and cigarette trade as a direct result of the new taxea, but similar depreeaiona are gala ins- around ia other Industries, espe cially ia that of brewers. There ia every reason to believe that the ae pressioa will become mere acute within the next few months, and that the Reichstag will be called- upon to vote for ft further eunt for the relief of the worklcee factory, haada, as the 200,000 pound aterling already voted for this Dunoae to ouito lasanMMst. The brewers having pot up the price of beer in consequence of- the new taxes, the result haa been a eoasider able decrease in the consumption, ag gravated by a boycott organised by the Social Democrats. Aa a result of this, workmen have been discharged, and if the boycott eon Una c. th sum ber of dismissed hand will increase. In Ansruat the everare Bomber af ap plicBBta for a hundred open situation in the brewing trade was $06 higher than to anr ether laduatn. In wur temberg the number of applicants showed the maximum Of aso. BAPOLSOB'S FLAO X TOTMD. Of Warrior's Lrvenatem BsBIftrtad . at Parts Army Paris, Nov. 15. Lord Archibald Campbell haa presented to the Army museum her Curious reiie af Na poleon. This hi the flag which the tatter flew la the Isle'af lb during hie captivity there. -General NieS, eantediasi t the muse um, haa placed It ia one of the moms where it can. now be eeav The flag, whieh eeems to have beea eathrery is vented by Napoleon, althoogb tome say that It was in part suggested by that of Cosmo del Medici, a former soverelglT of the island. Is rather a strange standard. It is square, white and fringed with, gold, bearing three guide bees and ft diagonal scarlet stripe. The staff carries a white and scarlet scarf, having ait taree golden beea. Kapoleea dees lot sees to hav 'need the nac he invented elsewhere than in the Isle of Elba, where he was a de throned aad captive BMaareh. Lftanl Praad Pert Wad, Nov. U- IadictmewU charging them with forming a sonspir aer to defraad the United State gov erameat out af about 7.090 ftsres ef land In the vicinity of Irrtgem, Uma tilla ewaaty. Oreeou, wens rets rued by the federal grand Jury Saturday after noon againet 4. Taorbcrn Moss. Frank B Holbrook and John B. AUehtsan. all of Portland. These mea have been ofj- m of the OrefftS Lied A Water com pany, Oabeidiary corporation of the now defunct Title Guarantee) A Trust eampany, aad aa osVers af the farmer company they are charged with hawing eon mi tied saw crime asm si. Nantes, Prune, Nov. 16,Tn NlflO sat ef warning sounded when the ehareb placed baa upon certain school books, which 'he clergy con- aidered offensive to the' Cat belie church, the priests are rWsetag abae tattoa 4e Oat ho He sohoel children who are natag Is boohs iatordistad fey the NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL FBABIi HABBOB PLANS WIN. Hawaii Naval Bhattoft to -s Crnafttot la Paelfle Oeaaa. : - Washington, Not, IS. The president haa approved the recommendation of the joint army and navy board for making Pearl harbor, in the 'Hawaiian Islands, the greatest naval station in the Pacific In doing this, It waa eoa- aidered that ft temporary naval station only would be constructed at Olongapo, and that the proposed improvement in Manila harbor would be abandoned. Tbie'will leave the protection of the ports to the army. The determination to minimise the fortification in the Philippines and to make Pearl harbor ft groat naval sta tion was aot because of any intention of withdrawing American control from the island. It waa purely strategical, it was said. For years Scree contra veray has been waged as to whether the principal fortification tn the Phil- ippinea should bo located at uiongapo or t'avite. The naval officers favored Olongapo and the amy Manila bay. The bis floating- dock is now at Olon gapo, and under the prssant plan will be-retained there. - XAKB TOBPBDOBS OJf OOAST. Navy Deportment lashing Locattom for . Station in West, Washington, Nov. If. The navy de partment has decided to establish a tor pedo station on the Paeine Coast to manufacture and repair torpedoes for ue en the Pacific Cosat and by the ship of the Pacific fleets. There is but one torpedo plant in the United Mates at present, that at Mew port, and it is entirely inadequate, be ing able to turn out only 100 torpedoes a year. More than twice that number are purchased abroad. The department proposes ultimately to manufacture all its torpedoes in this country, and to that end. a plant will be established oo the Pacific Coast as soon a Congress makes -the necessary appropriation. The exact location of the plant has not yet beea determined. Ohnngaa Made la Navy. Washingtoa, Nov. 10. Commander Roger Well, executive officer of the battleship New Hampshire, has been ordered to duty ia command of ths cruiser New Orleans. Commander B. C. Evans has beea detached from duty as recorder of ths board of inspection and aurvsy in this city aad ordered to take command of the scout cruiser Sa lem. He will relieve Commander A. lb Kev. the former naval aids to Pros! dent Roosevelt, who will bo tendered to the battleship Connecticut, the flag ship of the Atlantic fleet, for dnty aa chief' of staff f Bear-Admiral Schroeder. , . ' California Busy ea Fair. " Washington, Nov. 10. To further ths project for a world's fair in San Fran .lu ( 1013 tUat RMaatAt Kd I. Wolfs ef California today conferred with Jfepreseuiauve nana. ssr. a.u will introduce a out ai iae boxi uoa grace to appropriate money for ths ea rwtaiHn. Vfr. Welfa meeatlv Intra dnced. and the California legislature passed, ft blU to appropriate $800,000 ft mb fnr ftva vaara for the eznceitios. whieh would have raised $2,500,00, ths eitiieas to saoeeriba aa equal amount, making total si m,w,wv svaiiaojo from me state), ' Teat hf pastor New On. Washington, Nov. 10. Preparations a h imawme warn eh saw mmm yet uadertahea to try oat will begin at ladiu Haad mravine- rroudi when the new 14-inch eaaaoa just completed by the Midvaie eteei uompasy, oi roue delphia, arrives at the Washington it trri. Tha naonatev In on Its wV here end everything is prepared tor.. ths ftnishiag tooenea on is. - i ' Peary Seeks No South Pole. Washingtoa, Nov. 11. !ommaoder Robert E. Peary,, who has token op hi residence with his family 1b Washing ton, is not contemplating an expedition to the south pole. Mrs. Peary declared late today, when Informed of a report that the commander would head aa ex pedition to seek the south pole within ths next five years, that she knew posi tively this was untrue. Washington, Nov. 1$. Secretary Meyer today settled the ssntrovsrsy a to whether a line oflleer or medical ofllcer shall be placed in command of the hospital chip Solace by designating Burgeon George Pickerel!, of the medi cal corps, teeomsaad the vessel. The navigation of the ship will be is eaarge of a aserchaat sailing shftstor. . WsB Kawwn WVtter Dead. hert Pattemea, a widely kaowa news- Cper writer, died here today. He had a connected with the Chicago Trib- aw for 11 years, years jmv-iie waen agtesi sarreevoadeaL Ho was a school t f Fr ieVmt Tnfl He was 63 years of ag at the time ef bis death. takai Not la Xhlsgrne. Washingtoa, New. 16V N reflection was lavolved in tba- -softer ftetaaaing Uentomnt Frnak H. Labai from the Aeronautical service of ths signal serps, aad directing him to Jeto the Sixth cavalry. Take war asade plate today by smeishj af tW gf Ispirtmaat, eWrtiJbBS WIN DBOISION. ; . Baai Workers oa Irrigation Projects: to- B Paid. ..- Washington, Nov. Settlers oa government irrigation projects who as sisted ia constructing these project, aad who were paid 1b water users' certificate, sines declared iavalid by ths attoraey geaeral, are to be paid ia cash for such cervices aa they ren dered. This will be done nnder the decision of the controller of the treas ury, who concurs in ths view of the attorney general that the issuftass of certificates wss illegal, but who fur ther hold that, inasmuch as actual -work waa performed in the intcrcet of the government, it must be paid for. . He directs that thia indebtedaeae be discharged by money from the reclam ation fund. As ths controller's decis ion Is interpreted; it does aot authorise the redemption of outstanding certifi cates but merely directs the payment of thoee settlers who performed eon atroetioa work. This, in effect, means that the cer tificates held by settlers who did ths work will be accepted by the govern ment as aa indication of the amount duo 'each settler, but does aot justify the interior depart meat in redeeming certificates held by speculators who performed ao services. There ere about $300,000 worth of certiAcfttos outstanding. TTBHBBIBS BBXVO MILLIONS. PacUft Canneries Industries Furnish Work for Big Amy. , . - Washington, Nov. 11. Ths prelimi- -nary report of ths census bureau for the neheriea of th Pacific ocean for ths year ending December SI, 190ft, which is now complete, gives statistics con fined to the fishing-industry: and does ........ not include wholesale fish dealers or canneries, The-flnal report will eon tain an analysis of the totals and wilt j preaent statistics for other phaaea of the industry. There are 6004 independent fishermen, S0S1 wage-earning fishermen, and 207 " vessels employed, valued at.$l,7$l,6S2. Outfit, such aa bait, fuel, provisions, valued, at $A67,022; 7208 boats, $1,244,- , B62; apparatus of capture, $2,458,780, .nnalatin a Jnilnu tj.na ASTTA. D7S2 gillneta, $1 ,135,500 lines, $5470; 388 pound and trap nets, $76960) 60S seines, $184,630 ; 2837 trammel acta, $66,570; 44 wheels, $236,000; miscel laneous taekla, $63,680; shore and acces sory property, $347,910;.. cash capital. $117,170. Typhooa DeskTop Town. Washington, Nov. 16. Th deetrue tlvs character of ths reseat typhoon that paesed through Taclobaa in ths Philippines is Indicated by ft cable gram received today from the governor general of th islands, stating that it laid waste the populous towns of north ern Lyte, thence passed through Capis and out ever the China sea. Ths army post at Dagaml was destroyed. Con siderable damage was done to property to Taelshsm. i Oapto the paaviaeiai goverameat building sad railroad offices and houses built of light mate rial were blown dowa. 0 rowing crops were damaged, ' Baiitagat Aasww Blavht. Washington, Nov. ll-eoretary Bel. ' linger will avail kiaasslf of th first opportunity to take sp with President Taft th latest public tion of the Ola vis charges affeetlag ths attitude of ths interior department toward the Alaska coal made, Oa th result of th eon- -sultattoa will depead the next stop ia , th matter. Secretary Bellinger ex pect to hand to President Taft a copy -of his first annual report. Interest at taches U this document as It will con tain Mr, Bellinger's views ea the gea eral treat avost of public land ejnsstioas. " Argearttoa Feeds BngUad. Washington, Nov.- 11. Britons are . ceasing to look to America for their supply of "the meet beef of eld Eng land' and are tnraing more and mors to Argentina for meats and cattle. B. N. Bartlettaa, consul reneral at Buenos Ayree, informed the departmeat of commerce- and labor today that ths traflio is beef from Argentina to England was growing rapidly, sad that ths British isles are becoming mors aad more de pendent on the South American republic for their meat euppliee. Vara sf Sxnevta Rag. Washington, Nov. 12. An increase of mors than $21,000,000 ia tba value of the export of domeetl products frost the United States la shown far last Oc tober, compered with a like period last year, the respective total being $123, 643,70, against $101,763,046. Exports of wheat deeiiaod from 12,032,146 bush el for October, 1B0S, to 6,766,410 bash- cm ia October last aad th value of ex ports ef meuTaed- dairy prodnrls fell" from 61M33J12 la October. 1006. to $8,364,1140 la October, 1000. Brtdgs Plana Appcwvod. Washington, ' Nor 12. The acting secretary ef war, ea rscommeadatioa of the chief ef engineer and ths judge ad-vseate-general of ths army, has ap proved the plans for ths new O. B. m N. bridge aernee the Willamette river at Portland. Notification of this approval will be seat to the railroad compear through Major Kavaaaugh at Portlaad. Thia leaves th railroad without re straint ia Its senstmatton sf the bridge) ss far as the gvrnaenl i$ asses reed.