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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
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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
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: 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
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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,
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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."
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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.
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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.
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