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I ' ' . I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST THERE IS JOY AT MERRILL. Canal Will Be Puihed South From There at Once. Klamath Falls Word comes from Merrill, 22 milts south of here, that the citjuens of the town and farmers of the country are considerably elated over the repot that the call by the govern ment lor bid) for the first ten miles of the main tanl of the lower project will be followed by a call for bids for the extension of the canal south of Merrill. . Instructions have been received by the government officials here to push the work of securing the rights of way for the first ten miles of the main can , al, and then to proceed to Merrill and secure the rights of way for the exten sion at once. This order comes some what as a surprise, since it was thought that the work on the first ten miles of the main canals would De the extent of the government irrigation work here until this section was fully under way. So far not a single landholder haB refused to grant right of way through Lis property. Everyone approached Las freely given the way without hesi tancy. The canal passes through 0. N. Meyers place, requiring the remeval 6f his residence, and the only damages he asks is the actual cost of moving the house. ' - NO MARKET FOR HIS WHEAT Baker County Farmer Cannot Sell Grain In County Seat. Baker City According to estimates furnished by the Baker City Develop ment league, there will be about 300, O00 bushels of wheat in Baker county this fall for which there is no market. Baker county is just beginning to raise wheat, but unless there is a market opened soon, the farmers declare they will go back to alfalfa. There is neith er a flouring mill no; grain buying firm in the city. M. F. Bond, a farmer tilling 800 acres, raised a large amount of wheat this summer. He hauled two loads to Baker City last week, but had to haul them back againy as he could not ven give the .wheat, 'away, much less eell it. The' farmers have been raising oats principally, for which cereal there is a good market, but since the price of wheat went so high they began raising it, and now cannot find any market for it, , ..- v s. . Want to Close Early. Eugene A movement is on foot among the members 61 the MercEftnts' Protective association of this city to in duce all stores in this city to close at an early Lour each evening. At pres ent the dry goods stores close at 6 o'clock and the grocery stores at '7. Hardware Btores, meat markets and stores in other lines have no regular Lours for closing, often remaining open !. 1 1 . ! i 1 Tinr.il a. am nniir a nnmmiT.aa nan been appointed to arrange a uniform Lour for closing, and it is thought that all will agree to it. Both Ordered Elsewhere, Pendleton As a result of differences between Major J. J. McKoin, superin tendent of the Umatilla Indian agency, and Clerk C. M. Robinson, both have been ordered to report for duty at other agencies. Major McKoin, it is under stood , will retire from tbe public service,- though having been ordered to take charge of the Shoshone agency. Mr. Robinson has left for Browning, Mont., where he will be clerk at the Blackfoot "Indian agency. The names of their successors have'not been made public. Indians Must Get Hunters' Licenses. Salem That Indians residing on a reservation must secure hunters' li censes if they bunt off the reservation is asserted by Attorney General Craw ford, in an opinion just rendered. Mr. Crawford says that the law- is general in its terms, and since no exception has been made in the case of the Indian, the man whose forefathers inhabited this country for a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the con trary, must pay his dollar a year for the privilege of joining in the hunt. Hop Estimates Vary. oi tt :u: i it omeuj xxojj piu&iug is won auvanc- ed in this and Folk counties, many of the smaller yards having finished. . The rany weather has not seriously in :; terfered with tbe work of gathering the . -j - : rect estimate of the yield for this year, but it is estimated that all the way from 85,000 to 10500 bales. There is no fixed market price for the hops. A few have been sold recently for 18 ' nonfa Viiif o a a villa tltA rvwtnrnva am ai-nn r. in T.nri mm r i v i.n rini.uin u niir waiting developments. sues Tor uurnea wneat. Salem 8' S. Brownell . brought suit , against oaieiu nuuiuig iiin company to recover the value of 1,000 bushels : oi wneai aesiroyea Dy me mm nre in 1899. A similar suit involving a larg- 'ar nnaniiv tor brnncht thrnnch thn ( i -j o o - supreme court ana tne iarmers won. tThe qusetion involved is whether the wheat belonged to the company or the' farmers when it burned I TESTING STATION SOON. Timbermen Will Then Be Relieved of Big Responsibility. University of Oregon, Eugene Plans for the timber testing station have ar rived and all the machinery is here ex cept the large machine on exhibition at the Lewis and Clark fair. This sta tion is something that the state has needed for .a long time. Thousands of dollars have been lost to the state on account of its 1 absence." ' Individual timber men refuse to specify timber upon their own responsibility on which account buyers have frequently import ed timber into this very territory that they might know the exact strength of their timber. ' " "' Hereafter individuals will be spared the responsibility of specifying their timber. The bill providing for this timber-testing station', introduced by Senator R. A. Booth, of Lane, passed the legislature last session , over the governor's veto. The big machine in Portland has a capacity of 200,000 pounds, and is as large as any in ser vice. It will be sent to the university about October 15. The government will Lave a man here at that time to take charge of it. Primary Election April 20. Salem Attorney General Crawford has advised Secretary of State Dunbar that the date for the primary election under the direct primary law will be April 20, 1900. The law provides that the primary election shall be held on the 45th day prior to the general elec tion. The general election will -be heldJune 4, and Mr. Crawford says that the 45th day previous to the day of general election will be April 20. The usual rules for the computation of time do not apply in this case, owing to the language in which the provision is made. Irrigation Office Is Moved. ;. Pendleton In conformity to a recent order issued by Mr. Henny, of the United States Reclamation service, the office-maintained ia this city in charge of J. T.jVyhistler Js to be discontinued and moved to Portland, where it will be nearer to the larger proportion of the government irrigating projects .un der consideration. Mr. Whistler, who has been ii charge of the office for two years, and his assistant, Hebert Yates,' left for Portland last week, but W, C Sawyer will remain here for some time to complete the gauging of local streams, v i . ,j , , Large Attendance at Ashland. .. Ashland The Southern Oregon State Normal school, which has opened ' for the 1905-06 term, has the largest at tendance in ts history at opening time, according to the reports of the officials of the institution. The senior class has a membership of 33, Which Also surpasses all past records. A marked feature in the attendance is the large percentage of graduates of high schools who are entering the normal to take the full normal course, President Mul key says. , PORTLAND MARKETS. 'Oats No. 1 white feed, $23.5024; gray, $23.5024 per ton. Wheat Club, 7172o per" bushel; bluestem, 7475c; valley, 71c. Barley Feed,- $19 20 per ton; brewing, $192(J; rolled, $2223. " ' Rye $1.30 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 15 per ton; valley timotLy, $1112; clover, $89j grain Lay, $89. Fruits Apples, $11.50 per box; peaches, 65c$l per crate; plums, 50 75c; cantaloupes, $1$1 .25 per crate; pears, $1.251.50 per box; water melons, Jlcper pound; crabapples, $1 per box; quinces, $1 per box. Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound; cabbage, llc per pound; cauliflow er, 75c. per dozen ; celery ? 75c per dozen; corn,. 65c per -sack; cu cumbers, 1015c per dozen ; pumpkins, lH,lKcer pound; tomatoes, 25 30c per crate; squash, 5c peri pound: turnips, 90c$1.00 per sack; carrots; tiocsvoc per sack; beets, 85c$l per sack. ' Onions Oregon, II pep sack; globe, 75c per Back. ' 1 ,1 Potatoes Oregon, fancy, 65c per sack; common, nominal. ij Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c. ' Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727)c. Poultry Average old hens, Z 14c per pound;, mixed chickens, 13 13c; old roosterB, 910c;' young roosters, ll12c; springs, 1415c: dressed chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 18 21c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 13 14C. i 4 . :.,, Hops Nominal at 13c for choice 1905P. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1921c; lower grades down to 15c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 2527c per pound imohair, choice, 3,0c. Bwsf ; Dressed bulls, l2o per pound; cows, 34c; country steers, 4 4c. . . 1 '- ; ; ' Veal Dressed, 88c per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6)7c per pound ; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 77c. Pork Dressed, 67c per pound 1 PROGRESSIVE IDAHO. No Time Being Lost on the Boise Payette Irrigation Work. , Washington, Sept. 25. The Reclam ation service has made the following announcement: "The engineers in charge of the Boise-Payette project, Idaho, have made such progress with preliminary work that the board of consulting en gineers will neet at Boise October 18 to consider plana and decide on future. arrangmeents. The splendid work.pf the Water Users' association in harm onizing the many conflicting claims of private interest in lands, canals and water rights is beginning to bear fruit, and it is believed that practically noth ing stands in the, way of early construc tion.. ; .. "About 100,000 acres are already ir rigated in this section, but plans for the full development of the natural re sources of the valleys which will come under this project are pf such magni tude as to be beyond the reach of com munity effort. - "The present estimated cost of 1 the entire system is nearly $11,000,000, and completed works will supply water to approximately 372,000 acres of lan1. On account of the restricted condition of available reclamation funds,, how ever, a portion of the project has been selected which, though only an integer of, the whole, will yet complete the pro ject itself. ' "The Payette and Boise valleys con stitute one of the most attractive sec tions of the West. Progress in agti culutre in this vciinity in the past few years, and the consequent growth of adjacent towns, furnish an excellent example of the result of irrigation and give promise of substantial and won derful development in the future." ' -v . f v .. , I RELIEF WORK IN RUSSIA. Government Seeking to Provide Food for Famine Districts. St. Petersburg, SeptV 25. Special committees from the' Department of Agriculture and Ministery of the Inter ior left here today to take charge of the relief work in the famine disrticts of Russia. The cost of this work -1b estimated, by the government at $20, 000,000. No acute distress has yet been " reported, and the government hopes, by prompt distribution of. food, seed, grain and fodder and the. employ ment of the famine stricken populace on public works to tide 'over the people until the ndw. harvest v ., : '. ;4 The rates for the transportation f grain and fodder into the government's stricken by -famine Lave been reduce'd, but the deficiency jn , rolling stock ts the chief obstacle to the work of relief. An observer of the situtaion' who re mained here this week from a tour of Southern Russia, tqid the Associated Press that bags of grain were piled tip in' the mountains at many stations. Some - of these were-left from the 1904 harvest, waiting for,carB to(move then?. The termination of the war has already released some cars from the Siberian road. iuv ' ,"' ' " BUILD NEHALEM ROAD. Lytfs Announcement at Meeting 0 Portland Chamber of Commerce. Portland, Sept. 25.E.i E. Lylte ani nounces . that he will build the Porti lahd.. Nehalem & Tillanlook railroad; wLich is now tied up at its first 20 miles ot road through the tangle with the Atlas Construction company. Since the retirement of Mr. Lvtle from the Columbia Southern and the subsequent statement that it was bis intention to engage in further railroad construction work in the state, there Las been much speculation as to where his -activities would first make themselves felt. The announcement of Mr. Lvtle's connectionvith the Portland, Nehalem a xiuamooK was not made as a public utterance, but in the course of a meet ing of the transportation committee nf the Chamber of Commerce, called to consider the feasibility of providing for further river transportation by the Open River association. Several leadins business men were present at the meet ing, among them being Mr. Lytle, who, while discussing the question before the meeting, said that it wonld ha in. convenient for bim to become active in tbe plans under discussion, owing to ms other interests, the chief of which was the Portland & Nehalem road'. ;.V. Platfi Legs Fall Him. .r! Denver; SeDt. 25. Deanitn nvnrv effort to keep the news from the public, and in the face of a positive denial from his wife, a person in Senator Thomas G. Piatt's household tonight practical ly admitted that the big New York boss was - suffering from locnnlnt.nr nfn-rlo and that even the statesman himself had little' Lope of livirig up to the end of his term in the Senate. The Piatt party left for the East at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, and Senator Platt was very unsteady on his legs and acted as if he expected to fall at every step. A-T- tT Jail Penalty for Striking. , Warsaw. Russian Poland. Sent. 25. TLe military governor has issued a proclamation warning workingmen that they will be imprisoned for three months if they carry out their threat to strike, as a protest against acts of the government. TO TREATY China Wants Prompt Evacuation of Manchuria. RAILROAD GUARDS ARE MENACE Says Province Should Be Cleared of Troops in Nine Months arfd No Guards Remain. Washineton. SeDt. 26 The Pont. this morning says: Ine Chinese government, a week Or more ago. made a formal protest to t.hn Russian and Japanese governments con cerning two of the conditions set forth in the treaty of peace signed at Ports mouth. China objects to two thines first, the length of time allowed for the evacuation of Mnnrhnria. and aao. ond, the provisions made for an armed guard lor the railroad lines owned by RusiBa and Japan in Manchuria. , "China believes that nine monthB is entirely sufficient time within which Japan and Russia Bhall evacuate Man churia, instead of 12 months, as pro vided for in the peace treaty. "The provision made for guarding. tne railroad, tbe t;hinfHfl rnnfpnrl onn. templates an armed force of probably iu,uuu men in Uhinese territory. The Chinese government regards the main tenance of guards in Manchuria as a menace and it does not propose to agree to such a plan." - MEXICAN TRADE GROWING. Largest Increase Last Year Was In - American Imports. - Mexico City, Sept. 26. Statistics of Mexico s. foreign trade ; for the fiscal year ended June 30, show a healthy commercial condition. The imports wer,e valued at ;f 85,861,081 gold, of whjch $48,303,167 .came from " the United States, an increase of nearly $6,000,000 over the preceding fiscal year. Great Britain sent goods to the value of $10,481,343, an, increase of about $400,000. Germany contributed $9,810,538, which is a slight increase. France sent $8,482,685, which is a gain t 1 A Art ArtA 1. 1 The gold exported amounted to $13, 696,146, a gain of nearly $3000,000 over the preceding fiscal year. - - The total amount of silver exported .(silver value) was $65,523,645, which is a de crease of $13,688,044. The total silver value of all exports was $208,520,451, or about $104,800,000 gold value. This shows a very satisfactory condition, al though a slight decrease from the pre ceding year. : ' Trade with the United States is grow ing steadily and will increase from year to year in the judgment of, mercanyiej and banking aouses Th&ccraritry't.wftB never more prosperous and the outlook for the coming year jb. a bright one v SLAVS ARE AROUSED Austrian Invasion of Albania a ' Chal- V ; rjrS lenge to, Russia. " St. Petersburg, Spet. 26. Not only Russia but all tbe Slavs of Eurpoe are aroused as the result of Austro-IIunga rian troops crossing the frontier into Turkey and occupying , Novibaaar. Four Russian army corps ' have been ordered south and subsidized steamship lines plying on the Danube are prepar ing transports. Prince Golytzin, privy councillor, said today : "Russia considers the Austrian inva sion of Albania and occupation of Novi- bazar a challenge that is answerable with force, because it is a flagrant breach of the treaty of Berlin. It threatens the independence of Servia and Montenegro, which Russia has guaranteed. "The invasion, however, is a master move, killing two birds with one stone. It is calculated to relieve the Hungari an crisis, flattering Magyar vanity by annexing Turkish territory, while' at the same time the Slav population of the annexed region would put the Mag yars in a minority in Hungary. But intrigues by the Hapsburgs always end to their own detriment." , Packers Fix the Rates. Cihcago, Sept. 26. "The packers fix the rates," declared A. B. Stickney, president of the Chicago, Great West ern railroad, testifying for the defense before the Interstate ' Commerce com mission today regarding frieght rates from the Missouri river to Chicago. In answer to a question as to how the charges were made, President Stickney replied: "In fixing the rate on dressed meat, we don't have very much to say The packer generally makes tbe rate. He comes to you and always makes you feelhat he is. your friend,,"., ,.,.. ... Growing Worse at Hamburg;. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 26. The yel low fever infection at Hamburg 1b spreading rapidly, nine new cases, four suspicious cases and one death being reported today. Roxie reports one new case and one death. OBJECTS AT WORK ON MESSAGE. President Devoting Much Time to the Gathering of Material. OyBter Bay, Sept. 26. The president is devoting considerable time each day now to work on his annual message to congrses. For some time he has been assembling data for the message, but since the adjournment of the peace conference he has been writing the data into denmte torm. The message will not be completed until some time early in November, because each member of the cabinet will have to supply mater ial for discussion of the work of his department. This information will be contained in the annual reports of the cabinet officers, which have not been completed. , Three topics highly important at this time to the American people will be discussed by the president in his message. They are the Federal regula tion and supervision of life insurance, the relations between this country and Venezuela and America's interest in the fiscal affairs of the government of Santo Domingo. Other important sub jects naturally will be considered, among them the scandals disclosed in the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior; the work of the depart ment of Justice in the beef trust cases, the regulation of railroad freight rateB, the progress made in the construction of the Panama canal and the conclusion of peace between Russia and Japan. Much of the material for the dis cussion of these subjects the president has in hand, and the last few days of his stay at Sagamore Hill are being devoted to the preparation of that part of his message which will deal with them. Few visitors have been received since the adjournment of the peace conference, the president desiring to be as free as possible from interruption while working on Lis message Hia hut week Lere is practically devoid of engagements. The consideration of all matters except those of immediate im portance is being postponed until the president shall reach Washington. NAVAL BASE AT SINGAPORE. Great Britain Will Purchase Extensive Docks and Sites. London, Sept. 26. The fact that the British government purposes ' to estab lish a vast naval base at Singapore, which was announced by the "Sunday Observer with the suggestion that this was the first tangible result of the new Anglo-Japanese alliance and .the con clusion of tbe Russo-Japanese avar, affords tLe newspapers an opportunity to discuss tLe situation of using Singa pore as a base, which was announced some; .time; ago "when- Admiral Fisher outlined the reorganization plan. ' -The newspapers now point out the tremendous strategic value of Singapore as guarding the gateway of the Pacific and when open to Japan's- warf vessels as giving Great Britain and Japan the upper hand over the other European countries where the Far East Is con cerned . Some of this morning' r papers ftjtejtotnid,.i3 4we,H pojdtBliuphase of the acquirement of the Singapore docks, as though just at the time it were a demonstration of power by Great Britain. But the government's inten tiB4o porobfwe-tbe docks at Singapore has been an , open secret v for many months, and according to good authori ty, the British' government is . simply facing the result of the new strategic situation in the Fai East. EXPERT ON THE GROUND. t . I f Northern Pacific Sends Man to Select Sites for Portland Bridge. North Yakima, Wash., Sept. 26. While the fact that the Northern Pa cifio is to construct a line down the north bank of the Columbia river from Kennewick to Portland has already been publicly announced, Mr. Levey supplies some of the missing details which have been most eagerly awaited. Mr. Levey left St. Paul . Thursday night. Accompanying him was Ralph Majeski, a bridge engineer and expert, who continued to Portland last night. Mr. Majeski comes from Chicago, and has tbe reputation of being one of the best bridge experts in the country. It will be his province to look Over the route by whicL tLe new line will enter Portland, by way of Vancouver, Wash.; and decide upon the best sites for bridging the Columbia at the latter city and the Willamette at Portland. ' Calabria Is Wind Swept. Rome, Sept. 26. Another tornado today caused enormous damage in Ca labria. 'A gradual clearance of the buildings ruined by the recent earth quake shows that the number of per sons who perished was greater than given in the first estimate. Large numbers of bodies are being discovered daily. The work of constructing wood en cabins under government supervision is progressing rapidly. Two hundred have already been completed and 4,000 more will be necessary to Bhetler the homeless people. . -. :' San Gabriel Swept by Flames. Carmont, Cal., Sept. 26. A brush fire that burned two days has devastat ed San Gabriel valley, destroying all tLe vegetation and doing $100,000 dam age. The main industry of the valley, bee raising, has been ruined. 1 S ' 1