OREGON STATEITErriNTffif
LET FOR TWO YEARS.
Oregon' Convict Labor Goes to the
Stove Foundry People.
1 Salem An agreement has been
reached between Governor Chamberlain
and the Loewenberg-Going company for
the leaning of convict labor at the peni
tentiary for a period of two yearB. The
price to be paid for labor in the same
that baa prevailed in the past, but sev
eral changes have been made in the
contract in other particulars.
Because there is a popular desire
that convicts be employed on the pub
lic roads, in which , desire Governor
Chamberlain joins, and because the
last legislature authorised the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate
the subject and report to the next legis
lature, the governor refused to make a
contract now for the leasing of convict
labor for more than two years. In
sistence upon the shorter period made
it impossible to secure a higher price
than has been paid in the past 3
cents per hour for each man.
The new contract requires the stove
foundry proprietors to employ not less
than 150 men a day, whereas the min
imum number heretofore has been 100.
There are now 300 prisoners in the
penitentiary. About 100 of these are
employed on the farm, in the stables,
in the kitchen, and on other work con
nected with the management of the in
stitution. This leaves 290 to be other
wise employed. The foundry will now
take not less than 150, leaving 140 out
of employment. At many times the
foundry will employ more than 150,
but this number must be paid for,' jfeven '
though not worked.
What to do with the 140 idle men je
now the problem . A (ew of them, cqn
be employed on the public roads near
Salem under a co-operative arrange
ment with the county court, fend a
gang will be put at work grubbing out
a piece of state land on the Reform'
school iarm. This will still - leave
some idle, probably, at many times of
the year.
Wasco to Cultivate Hops. i ' '
The Dalles Wasco county will, jt is
expected, in a few years become the
banner hop producing county of the
state. This season a number of farm
ers have been experimenting in" hop
culture with satisfactory results, f -The
hops they have produced are of an ex
cellent quality and the yield is yery
large. 8o succssful has been the ! ex
periment that a number of farmers are
now contemplating putting out large
yards next season and engaging in . the
business of hop raising on an extensive
scale. There are thousands of acres in
the county suitable for hop fields, as
the bops thrive wtihout irrigation and
will do well on almost any of the up
land that is sheltered from wind. ".
Quality Is Perfect.
Salem While it is yet too early to
make accurate statements of the yield
of hops in Marion county this year, es
timates by men in the best position to
judge are that the total yield will be in
the neighborhood of 37,000 bales. The
quality will be perfect. In about a
week, when the work of baling is far
ther advanced, a fairly accurate state
ment of the actual yield can be made
and the samples will show the quality.
Growers are showing little disposition
to sell at present prices, but it is be
lieved that 15 cents a pound would
cause rapid selling.
Decision Is Withheld.
Pendleton In the Circuit court ar
guments were made by the attorneys in
the Little Walla Walla irrigation suit
that has been brought in this district.
The point in controversy was the recent
order given by the court making the
state a party to the suit and requesting
the state engineer to make a hydro
graphic survey of the land involved.
After listening to the argument1! of the
various attorneys, Judge Ellis an
nounced that his decision would be
withheld, and October 21 was set as the
date for arguing the demurrers.
First Snow Falls In Bourne.
Sumpter The mountaineers, report
the first snow of the season. In the
highlands surrounding Bourne light
falls have occurred in the early morn
ings. The ground has been covered,
out the snow has always disappeared
before noon. Old citizens, who take
pride in the weather knowledge, say
that the very warm and dry summer
that has just died will be followed by
an unusually severe winter.
Douglas Crop Increased.
Eoseburg This year's hop crop in
Douglas county will approximate BOO
bales. The quality is good. No sales
are reported, as growers expect prices
to rise somewhat.
Benton County's Yield.
Corvallis The estimated yield of
hops in this vicinity is 1,410 bales.
FORFEIT TO STATE.
About $10,000 Paid on School Land
Lost to Buyer.
Salem Certificates of sale for a total
of 20,000 acres of state school land
have been cancelled in the last few
weeks, because of lapse in the payment
of installments within the required
time. Of this aggregate amount of
land, 7,000 acres is in the limits ot
the proposed Blue mountain forest re
serve, and, according to the rulings of
the Interior department, the state will
be able to use the land as base for the
selection of lieu land.
The original purchasers of the land
have forfeited the payments made,
amounting probably to $10,000 or
more, and the state has the land to
sell again. Much of the land outside
the reserve will probably not be salable
for some time, as the state has raised
the price to $2.50 an acre. The 7,000
acres inside the reserve should find a
market as base for lieu land, at $5 an
acre.
A large proportion of the certifiates
that have been canceled were among
those secured by violation of the law
governing the purchase of state school
land. Prosecution of land fraud cases
has scared many of the holders of cer
tificates fraudulently obtained, and
they, have thought best quietly to drop
the whole transaction, forfeit what
they have paid and let the state keep
the land. ' ' ,
Adopt Early Closing.
Eugene Forty-seven business men
of Eugene who have closed their: "shdps
and stores at no regular hour in the
evening have signed, an agreement to
close - hereafter; eacb evening . except
Saturday at 6 o'clock.' The list in
cludes hardware stores, gun stores,
grocery stores and places in other lineB
of business, many of which have never
"closed be'f 6re"9 6 clock'. " " We "dry goods"
stores have heretofore closed at 6 and
most of the grocery stores at 7, but now
there will be a uniform hour for clos
ing. '; ( tj'
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Many Students Enrolled.
Corvallis The attendance in the
Oregon; Agricultural college promisee to :
cross the 700 mark early in the year,
and many believe it will reach 800.
Hop fields, fruit harvest and the Lewis
and Clark fair have laid claim on
many, so that the enrollment has been
delayed. During the opening week, 527
reported for duty, and the registration
is steadily progressing.
Making Beet Sugar.
, La Grande With 125 min at .work
in the beet sugar factory and fully 400
more at work in the fields, the yield in
sugar this season . is expected to( be
about 25,000 tons. Next year it is ex
pected to far exceed this amount. The
work of converting the beets into sugar
has stared.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $2424.50j
gray, $2424.50 per ton.
Wheat Club, 71c per bushel; blue
stem, 74c j valley, 7172c.
Barley Feed, $20.5021 per ton;
brewing, $21.5022; rolled, $21.5022
Eye $1.401.45 per cental. s
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
15 per ton; valley timothy, $1112;
clover, $89; grain hay, $89.
Fruits Apples, $11.50 per box;
peaches, 7585c per crate; plums, 50
75c; cantaloupes, 75$1.25 per crate;
pears, $1.251.50 per box; water
melons, lc per pound; crabapples,
$1 per box; quinces, $1 per box.
Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound;
cabbage, lljc per pound; cauliflow
er, 75c per dozen; celery, 75c
per dozen; corn, 65c per sack; cu
cumbers, 10 16c per dozen ; pumpkins,
lMlcper pound; tomatoes, 35
40c per crate; squash, 5c per pound;
turnips, 90c$1.00 per sack; carrots,
6575c per sack; beets, 85c$l
per sack.
Onions Oregon, $1 per sack;
globe, 75c per sack.
Potatoes Oregon, fancy, 60 75c per
sack; common, nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727c.
Poultry Average old hens, 11
12c per pound; mixed chickens, 11
ll)c; old roosters, 99c; young
roosters, 10llc; springB, ll13c;
dressed chickens, 1415c; turkeys,
live, 1617; geese, live, 89c; ducks,
1314c.
Hops 1905, 1213c; old, 1012c.
Wool Eastern Oregon average- best,
1921c; lower grades down to 15c, ac
cording to shrinkage ; .valley, 2527c
per pound ; mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per
pound; cows, 34c; country steers, 4
4c. y
Veal Dressed, 37)c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fate, 67c per
pound ; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 77)c.
Pork Dressed, 67c per pound
SANDS ARE RICH IN ORE.--;-
Blacle Deposits- Near Mouth of Co
lumbia Give Results,
. Portland, Oct. 3. Dr. David T. Day,
chief of the division ' of mining and
mineral resources of the United States
Geological survey, announces that his
experiments with black sands at the
Lewis and Clark exposition have been
eminently successful. Dr. Day Bays the
black sand lound in the vicinity of .the
mouth of the Columbia river is of suffi
cient value to warrant its being concen
trated, as it contains valuable minerals
that will average not lees than $7 per
ton. The experiments carried on in
the concentrating pavilion at the expo
sition proved that a ton of the black
sands taken from the Columbia river
will average $5 in magnetite, or iron,
and $2 in other minerals. lie says the
exact value of the gold and platinum
has not been determined as yet, but
that the iron alone makes it valuable
enough to pay the cost of transporta
tion and then leave a splendid profit.
Dr. Day has been experimenting
with these black sands for some time.
He says the extent of the sand beds is
practically unlimited, and that in some
places they have been found to be 70
feet in depth. Samples have been
taken from the surface sanda and from
the bottom of the beds, and the rich
mineral always shows up when the
sand is concentrated. He says the
deeper the sand is obtained the richer
it is in minerals.
DRIVEN BY CLUBS;
Martinique Workmen for Canal Com
pelled to Land at Colon.
Colon, 0(!t. 3. Six hundred and
fifty laborers from Martinique, brought
here Friday on the French Bteamer Ver
sailles, under contract to work on the
canal,, refused; to disembark or to sub
mit to vaccination, which is imperative
under the American sanitary regula
tions. They clamored to be taTfenback
to Martiniuqe, asserting that they had
been misinformed as to the conditions
here before they embarked, and that
later theyileatned; Jtbese conditions were
intolerable and deadly. ; "
Yesterday morning, however, 500 of
them were with difficulty persuaded to
landand, these werg sent to points
along the line of the canal. One hun
dred and fifty remained on board and
declined to leave the ship under any
consideration. These were forcibly
jBjected from the. yessej this afternoon
by Panama fcnd Canal zone policemen,
but not until nearly every one of them
had been clubbed and several were
ble idihg from ugly wounds. ; ; ' ' .
All yesterday and last night the Ver
sailles was guarded by Panama police
men.; Early this morningthe French
consul at Colon, M. Bonhenry, ap
pealed to the men to listen to reason,
explaining that they had left Martin
ique under contract with the Canal
zone emigration agent, guaranteeing
the payment of their passage here, and
that while working on the canal they
would have, in addition to their wages,
the guarantee of free quarters and free
medical attendance.
ARMY STORES BURN.
Temporary Buildings Contained Mil
' lions of Dollars' Worth of Goods.
Tokio, Oct. 3. A fire which broke
out in an army storehouse at Hiro
shima at 1 o'clock and continued for
over three hours, destroyed 20 tempo
rary buildings, together with their con
tents, consisting principally of provis
ions and clothing. The cause of the
fire is being investigated.
A large portion of the clothing had
been removed from a new storehouse
before the fire. The extent of the dam
age is believed to be comparatively
slight. There was no loss of life.
A later telegram from Hiroshima
said that the fire was still burning at
1 o'clock this afternoon. In addition
to the 20 buildings, several others filled
with fodder were destroyed. Although
the buildings were constructed of light
material, they contained an enormous
amount of stored goods, and the struc
tures being of inflammable nature, the
flames were difficult to extinguish, de
spite the desperate efforts of the troops.
The fire was discovered at 1 o'clock,
and spread with great rapidity. It
was probably of incendiary origin. The
loss is variously estimated at from $2,
000,000 to $5,000,000.
Ferry To Be Abandoned.
Tacoma, Wash, Oct., 3. It is an
nounced here that upon the completion
of that part of the north bank line be
tween Vancouver and Portland, the
Northern Pacific will practically aban
don the ferry between Kalama and
Goble, and the line from Goble into
Portland. It is understood that ar
rangements have been made with the
ABtoria & Columbia Eiver road where
by this road will care for the business
along the 40 miles of Northern Pacific
track between Goble and Portland in
the future.
Big Order for Rails.
Montreal, Oct. 3. It is officially an.
nounced that the Grand Trunk Pacific
haB given an order for $4,QOO,000 worth
of steel rails to the Dominion Iron &
Steel company, of Sidney, B. C. The
contract calls for the delivery of the
rails within five years
LAND FRAUD CASES
Heney Working Hard to Secure
More Convictions.
LAWYERS WANT CASE DISMISSED
Should Indictment Be Found Faulty
Defendants Will Go Free on
Statute of Limitations.
Portland, Oct. 3. Willard N. Jones,
Thaddeus 8. Potter and Ira Wade will
face the Federal court this morning
charged with a conspiracy to defraud
the government, provided Judge Hunt
overrules the demurrer to the indict
ment, which was argued yesterday by
S. B. Huston and M. L. Pipes for the
defense and District Attorney Heney
for the government.
Several moves have been made by
the defense to prevent the case coining
to trial, but so far they have been un
successful, though their efforts have
hindered the consideration. The first
indictment against the defendants was
admitted to be defective by the district
attorney and was dismissed, while the
present indictment was returned just
as the Btatute of limitations was about
to run. A plea in abatement was filed
by the attorneys as the second step, but
this was overruled by the court, upon
which the demurrer was presented.
Yesterday morning it was Submitted
upon a statement of contention by the
different attorneys interested in the
case.' ; ,:, .
The court listened to the argument
on both sides and then took the matter
of its decision under advisement until
this morning, when it will make known
its opinion. If Judge Hunt should de
cide for the defense, the defendants
would be .enabled to escape prosecution
entirely; as the statute : of; limitation
has by this time run and no new in
dictment could be drawn or voted to
replace the present one. ,
STEALING IS EASY. -'
New York Bank Clerk Takes Money
. , , to Prove It.
Nwe York, Oct. 3. By the confes
sion of Henry A. Leonard, a- young
clerk in the employ of Halle & Stieg
litz,' brokers at 30 Broad street, the
mystery of the robbery on Wednesday
last of $359,000 worth , of securities
from the National City bank was clear
ed up today. Leonard who lives with
his parents at .566 East 136th street,
was arrested yesterday and kept in
clcse confinement while the detectives
continued their search for the missing
securities, every dollar of which was
recovered today.
The prisoner, who is only 24 years
old and who has previously borne the
reputation of an industrious and
thoroughly reliable clerk, made the as
tounding statement in his confession,
that he had planned and carried out
his scheme of forgery not from a crim
inal motive, but solely to show by
what a simple device the elaborate safe
guards of New York banks could be set
at naught. That this statement is in a
measure correct is shown by the facts
in the case.
TRAIN HELD UP.
Great Northern Express Car Dyna
mited and Safe Looted.)
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 3. The Great
Northern overland train, leaving Seat
tle at 8:20 last night, was held up and
the baggage and express car dynamited
half a mile east of mile post ten, about
five miles from Ballard, at 8:45. It
was 11 o'clock before the train pulled
into Edmonds and the most meager re
ports were sent to the local office.
Three men are known to have done
the work. Two boys, who got on the
blind baggage here, as soon as the hold
up began entered the passenger coaches
and began holding up the passengers.
They were captured. They say two of
the men were on the blind baggage
when they got on and the third got on
at Ballard. All were dressed with
raincoats and slouch hats.
Agitating for a Republic.
London, Oct. 3. The Christiania
correspondent of the London Post says
the agitation against the terms of the
Karlstad agreement continues to grow.
Critics declare the terms have placed
the government in a humiliating posi
tion, but the delegates shrunk from
rejecting them or taking the conse
quences. The object of those who are
behind the agitation is to weaken the
government in order to prepare the
way for a demand which is being ad
vanced for the establishment of a re
public. Fire Destroys Army Stores.
Tokio, Oct. 3. It is officially re
ported that the damage caused by the
fire in the army storehouse at Hiro
shima amounted to 1,849,107 yen,
equivalent to about $924,533, including
the buildings, provisions and clothes
which were destroyed.
STORM WAS FURIOUS.
Typhoon In Philippines Much Worse
Than First Reported.
Manila, Oct. 2. News of the mag
nitude of last week's typhoon continues
slowly to filter from the interior, but
specific details are as yet hard to ob
tain, owing to the fact that telegraphic
service has been paralyzed and it will
be many days before the wires are re
stored to their former state of useful
ness. It is certain, however, that the
earlier reports of the loss of life have
been underestimated, and when the
facts are known the full list of dead
will run well into the thousands.
But it is not the dead that are the
chief sufferers, inasmuch as the de
struction of thousands upon thousands
of native huts has been followed by a
period of what approaches actual star
vation of the survivors, and it will re
quire prompt action on the part of the
authorities to relieve those in distress.
The damage to crops cannot be esti
mated, but will run well into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. This is
a most serious blow, inasmuch as the
last season has been the first when the
agricultural workers have been in a po
sition to do their utmost with their
land, and they had buit great hopes on
the outcome.
WRIGHT WILL RESIGN.
Taft Reports Unfavorably on His Gov
ernment of Philippines.
San Francisco, Oct. 2. The opinion
has been expressed by prominent mem
bers of the Taft party while in San
Francisco the other day that General
James F. Smith, who is on the Supreme
bench of the Philippines, will likely be
soon the governor of the Philippine
islands. The good reason for their
belief is that Luke E. Wright, of Mem
phis, Tenn., the present governor, will
be asked by President Eoosevelt to re
sign on the recommendation of Secre
tary of War Taft.
Governor, Wright is expected to. ar
rive here in November on his journey
to Memphis and Washington. It is
given out that he is making the trip
for a change of climate and scene and
to be present in Washington at the
opening of bids for the construction of
the projected system- of . railways
through the islands. The true reason
for his visit, however, is said by the
senators and representatives of the Taft
party to be his retirement from the
governorship of the islands. , -
AN IMMENSE THRONG.
Eighty-five Thousand Admissions td
Fair on Portland Day.
Portland, Oct. 2. Portland dav,
with its 85,133 attendance, brought
with it the city's hour of greatest tri
umph. It was the crowning day in the
success of the. Lewis and Clark exposi
tion. Portland has cause to feel proud
of September 30.
On no ether occasion in the past his
tory of Portland has there been such a
patriotic outpouring of humanity. The
city was depopulated; the exposition
was thronged. The populace appeared
to move as one man to the exposition
grounds to make the day such a day as
never before was seen at the exposition.
And at that the weather was not what
one would call pleasant, there being a
lowered temperature with intermittent
showers. Had the weather been more
propitious, for the past three days, it
is confidently believed the 100,000
mark would have been reached.
The attendance proved a surprise to
even the most sanguine. It is true that
the sum of 100,000 admissions was set
as the tide mark. But not even the
most sanguine expected the actual re
turns to be above 65,000 or 70,000.
Hence the outcome is a surprise.
John A. Dowie Paralyzed.
Chicago, Oct. 2. John Alexander
Dowie, founder of the Christian Cath
olic church in Zion, and of Zion City,
111., has announced that he was strick
en with paralysis on one side before
his recent departure for Mexico, He
passed through Dallas, Tex., today, on
his way to that country. Dowie has
chosen his successor, but keeps his
identity secret. Dowie attributes his
illness to the "sin of overwork" and
has bidden his flock farewell, not ex
pecting to recover. Dowie was born
near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847.
The Way Britain Does It v
Constantinople, Oct. 2. The arrival
at Hodeida Yemen, province of Turk
ish Arabia, of the British cruiser Fox
promises to lead to a speedy settlement
of the British claims in connection
with the piratic attacks of Arabs on
British dhows in the Eed sea. The
commander of the Fox has been in
structed to see that the local authori
ties arrest and punish the culprits, de
stroy the pirate dhows and pay com
pensation to the owners of the British
dhows.
Boycott Still Active.
Washington, Oct. 2. United States
Consul General Lay, at Canton, China,
has sent a telegram to the State depart
ment regarding the Chinese boycott
against American goods. He says the
situation is bad, and that the feeling
against foreigners continues. He ex
presses the ' opinion that the boycott
ought to die a natural death, but says
it seems to be lingering.