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HIGH PRICED PEARS.
Fruit of Rogue River Valley Secures
Record Figure In New York.
Medford Telegraphic advices from
New York state that a car of Medford
pears, from the orchard of J. W. Per
. kins, sold for $3,429, the highest price
ever realized for a carload of pears in
America. Part of the car brought
$7.70 per box, the highest price ever
recorded for single boxes of the fruit.
Thej were the Doyenne du Cornice
pear, of which not more than 15 cars
are as yet grown on this continent.
The variety has for two or three years
been in vogue at the leading metropoli
tan hotelB. It has proven especially
well adapted to Southern Oregon, and,
while the orchards are yet young, the
quality is unequaled and the yield is
heavy.
The average price for the entire car
was $5 40 per box. The pear box is 50
pounds, but, realizing he had some
thing strictly fancy, Mr. Perkins used
clear half-boxes and wrapped the ten
der pears in paper with lace border and
a lithugraphed "top knot." He also
had lithoeranhed end labels on the
boxes, which were made of clear lum
ber. His success Justifies, in his mind,
the expenditure necessary to effect this
fancy pack.
WEED ROAD IN NEW HANDS.
Lack of Laborers Delays Extension
Toward Klamath Falls.
Klamath Falls The Weed railroad
has paHsed into other hands. Theodore
Saul, of Weed, a large stocholder in
the Weed Lumber company, the former
owner of the road, is authority for the
'Btatement. The purchasing company
is a corporation known as the Califor
nia Northeastern Railway company
This sale not only includes the pres
ent Weed railroad, which extends 24
miles this way from Weed, where it
connects with the Southern Pacific
with eight miles more graded, but the
Weed oroiect to extend the road to
Klamath Falls.
Work just now is almost at a stand'
still on the extension of the road to
this city, owing to the scarcity, it is
eaid, of laborers, but men are being
sought and a larg: crew will be put to
work at an early date when the road
will be pushed to th's city rapidly.
E. D. Dunn is manager of the Cali
fornia Northwestern, and he, with i
staff of assistants, is now at Weed,
where he has taken Ibe management of
the road from A. D. Evans, former
manager, and who is also manager of
the Weed Lumber company's interests
Work Mines All Winter.
Surapter Since the strike made in
the Gold Nugget group, in the Bald
mountain district, a few weeks ago,
there has been much development done
on the property by the locators, Bess
ler and Dunn. Cabins for use during
the winter have been erected, and the
main tunnel or drift started on the
ledge. An crecar and track have been
delivered and extensive work will" be
done this winter. Supplies for a long
period are on the ground. The Bunny
brook croup, an extension of the Gold
Nugget, is also being developed.
New Reduction Plants Installed.
Sumpter Extensive improvements
at the standard mine are under way
A larce crew of carpenters has been
employed there for some time past on
sawmill construction, and lately on the
reduction plant building. The Im
perial, in the Cable Cove section, is
also employing a crew of carpenters on
a new reduction plant. This property
has been an extensive shipper for sev
eral months past, and bids fair to be
come one of the largest producers in
this district.
Oregon's School Debt $764,664 60
Salem The secretary of the state
and board reports the total loans and
interest bearing indebtedness of the
various educational institutions of the
state, outstanding October 1, as $764,
fifl4.50. divided.es follows: Interest
Vipurinor school land indebtedness
$562,128.85: college lands, $23,550.57
university lands. $688: school farm
loans, $167,575.08; college farm loano
$7,085: university farm loans, 3,4oo
In Weston Grain Fields.
Weston Farmers in this vicinity are
getting well along with their summer
fallowing, and the land is in prime
condition for seeding since the recent
The seed drills will follow
closely the last cultivating and will begin-
work about the middle of the
month. About one half of the wheat
lands in this locality are summer fal
lowed each alternate year, except lands
near the foothills, which are put into
winter wheat every third year.
Big Wheat Sales at Adams.
Adams Three hundred and twenty
thousand bushels of wheat has been
handled through warehouses here.
Over one-half of thiB has been sold at
an average price of 61 cents per bushel
about one half going to the Athena
mill and the balance to Portland.
WATER USERS WANT ATTORNEY
Milton and Freewater Settlers Make
, Move of Precaution.
Milton A meeting of the users of
water on all the streams and ditches in
Milton and Freewater, excepting the
Tumalum river and Hudson Bay ditch,
was held here to formulate plans for
the employment of counsel to look after
the interests of all parties interested.
A committee of three was appointed,
William Nichols, S. A., Miller and J.
II. Piper. Attorney Stillman, of Pen
dleton, submitted a proposition to take
the case and look after every right and
secure a record for each. He wants
about $600. It was decided that the
committee should have full power to
act for and determine, by the assistance
of the individuals, each one's claim,
whether it be riparian or right by ap
propriation. The papers in the case
must be prepared by October lo.
CANNOT CANCEL LICENSE.
Oregon Law Prevents Exclusion of
New York Life From State.
Salem There is no authority in the
Oregon statutes for the cancellation of
life insurance company's license be
cause of mismanagement is the reply
made by Secretary of State Dunbar to a
request for such action against the New
York Life. The request was made by
H. Yenner, a New York banker, who
has asked all insurance commissioners
to revoke that company's license unless
John A. McCall resigns the presidency
and George W. Perkins the vice presi
dency. Mr. Dunbar explained in his
reply that the Oregon law authorizes
cancellation for only two reasons non
payment of money due on a policy or
inability to pay losses and that he is
not advised that the New York Life
comes under either case.
Experts Report Small Shortage.
Pendleton The experts now auditing
the county books are declared to have
found a small shortage in the clerk's
office. " However, according to Expert
Beckwith, there has been no failure on
the part of anyone to turn over money
received; but there has been failure to
charge for some things which, under
the law, should have been charged for
Also, he says, that subsequent findings
may offset the shortage that has been
found. Under whose regime the irreg
ularities come will not be divulged
nor the amount of the deficiency.
Freewater's Big Crop of Hay.
Freewater In addition to the excel
lent fruit and gram crops raised upon
winter and spring irrigated lands in
this locality a large amount of hay is
grown. The crop of alfalfa last spring
was light, but the two last cuttings
have made a good yield, aggregating
seven tons to the acre, worth in the
local market $5 per ton. Without ir
rigation this land is practically worth'
less.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 72c per bushel; blue
stem, 75c; valley, 7172c
Oats No. 1 white feed, $2424.50
gray, $2424.50 per ton.
SBarley Feed, $20.5021 per ton
brewing, $21.5022; rolled, $21.50(322
Rye $1.40(91.45 per cental
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
15 per ton; valley timothy, $1112
clover, $89; grain hay, $89
Fruits Apples, $11.75 per box
peaches, 65c$l per crate; plums, 50
75c per crate; cantaloupes, 76c
$1.25 per crate; pears, $1.251.50 per
box; watermelons, lc per pound
crabapples, $1 per box; quinces, $1 per
box.
Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound
cabbage, llc per pound; cauliflow
er, 75c per dozen ; celery, 75c per
dozen ; corn, 65c per sack ; cucumbers
1015c per dozen; pumpkins, 1H
lc per pound; tomatoes, 3040c per
crate; squash, 5c per pound ; turnips
90c$l per sack: carrots, 6575c per
sack; beets, 85c$l per sack
Onions Oregon Yellow Danvers
$1.25 per sack.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, 6585c per
sack; common, nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per
pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, z7zc per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 11
12c per pound; mixed chickens, 10
lu)$c; old roosters, 8yc; young
roosters, lOOlOc; springs, ll12c
dressed chickens, 1212c; turkeys
live, 15lGc; geese, live, 89c; ducks
13014c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 1213c
per pound; olds, 1012c
Wool Eastern Oregon average best.
1921c per pound; lower grades dow
to 15c, according to shrinkage; valley.
2527c; mohair, choice, 30c.
Ueel Dressed Dulls, , lZc per
pound; cows, 34c; country steers,
4c. '
. Veal Dressed, 37c per pound.
Mutton Dreseed, fancy, 67c per
pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 70
7c. -Pork
Dressed, 67c
per pound,
FLAMES EAT FOREST.
Many
Ranches and Houses Ruined
Near Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara, Cal., Oct. 10. Dis
astrous forest Area which started above
Santa Barbara last night are still rag
ing with undiminished force. Driven
by a terrific wind until early thiB morn
ing, the flames swept over a space five
miles long and three miles wide, ex
tending along the foothills above Mon
tecito, Summerland and Carpenteria.
Fires are now burning densely covered
vallevs. and the mountain sides of
Toro, Romero, Ward and Fithian can
yons are veritable iurnaces, Jroin which
flames are shooting nigh into the air
with a roar that can be heard for miles
Smoke in dense clouds floats over
the coast, and from Ventura to Point
Conception, within a radius of three
mi lea from the center ot the fire, ashes
and cinders are falling like snow.
The flameB have burned over 30
ranches and destroyed houses, barns
and other buildings on 12 farms. Hay,
grain, beans and other crops and live
stock also are destroyed. The loss to
the ranchers in buildings alone is eati
mated at $50,000.
A vast amount of timber is destroyed
and more is burning. Wires are down
and roads blockaded by fallen trees, so
tha4 full details of the losses are im
possible. Supervisor Slosser and his
assistants, with 100 volunteers, are
fighting the flames, with little hope of
restraining the fire in many hours. If
winds spring up tonight the many
magnificent homes in the Upper Mon
tecito valley will be threaten'd, to
gether with the towns of Summerland,
Sereno and Carpenteria.
TRAPS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Railroad Senators Scheme to Make
Rate Bill Toothless.
Washington, Oct. 10. Between this
time and the assembling of congress on
December 4, President Rooosevelt will
hold a series of conferences with men
prominent in the Republican party in
congress relative to the prospects of
railroad and tariff legislation. Those
who have talked with him at Oyster
Bay during the summer, when his time
was not taken up with peace negotia
tions, are satisfied that the president
will place the rate legislation ahead of
everything else, and, if it has to be
done, will sacrifice tariff legislation in
order to get the railroad rate bill
through. And there is every reason
to believe that the president will ad
here to this intention.
But' the president will have confer
ences with his supporters with a. view
to outlining a campaign in support of
he railroad rate bill. He knows, and
his supporters know, that the oppon
ents of the bona fide rate regulating bill
are going to resort to all manner of
means to prevent the passage ot a bill
favored by the president, and the presi
dent is just sharp enough to start in
away ahead of the session to head off
the opposition. He knows be will have
to outwit or outgeneral some of the
most adroit men in the senate, but th
president is no slouch when it comes to
dealing with smooth senators, and he
ought to succeed even better than be
fore on this issue, because he has the
great mass of the people behind him.
GUTTERS RUN WITH BLOOD.
Cossacks Trample Parading Strikers
Under Horses' Hoofs.
Moscow, Oct. 10. A reign of terror
again exists throughout the city and
adjoining country, as the result of re
newed rioting between the strikers and
troops. Desperate fighting, has taken
place in every quarter of the city, and
dozens of strikers have been killed
and wounded. The rioting began early
Sunday morning, when a band of So
cialists, carrying red flags and banners,
bearing derogatory inscriptions com
menting on members of the royal fam
ily and local authorities, tried to pa
rade through the principal streets. The
police attempted to disperse them,
when some one fired a shot from a re
volver. The bullet severely wounded
Police Lieutenant Nicholas Pontche
vitch. The police then fired a volley into
the crowd, and charged it, only to be
driven back with some loss. Troops
were then called and a sortie of mount
ed Cossacks drove the crowd into a
side street, trampling the leaders under
the feet of the horses.
On the Way to Savannah.
Washington, Oct 10. John F. Gay
nor and Benjamin D. Greene, who are
being taken to Savannah, Ga., to stand
trial on a charge of conspiracy to de
fraud the government out of a large
amount of mony in connection with
the river and harbor improvements
there, passed through Washington to
day. They reached the city early in
the morning in charge of secret service
agents, who turned the two men over
to United States Deputy Marshal George
E. White, of Savanah, who left with
them for Savanah.
Raisuli On Another Raid.
Tangier, Oct. 10. Raisuli and his
band have again been raiding the
neighboring tribes, murdering the gov
ernor of Tebiancenta district. ' The
depredations of the outlaws have caused
'a feeling of alarm among the populace.
FIGHT IN SENATE
Rate Bill Will Not Easily Pass In
.Upper House.
LOWER HOUSE WITH PRESIDENT
View of Representative Hull, of Iowa,
One of President's Friends,
,. J irt the Matter.
Washington, Oct. 10. "There is go
ing to be a lively fight at the coming
session of congress over the railroad
rate problem, and the house will go
with the president." That is the view
of Representative Hull, of Iowa, chair
man of the committee on military af
fairs, and a man well posted on legis
lative matters.
Mr. Hull, being an experienced law
maker, and a careful man, will not
venture a prediction as to what the
senate will do with the rate question,
but after a conference with the presi
dent, he declares that Mr. Roosevelt is
as determined as ever that congress
shall act in a manner to cure the "rail
road evil," and he is satisfied that the
administration will leave no Btone un
turned to accomplish this result.
Mr. Hull is one of those men who
take little stock in the declarations of
such men as Senator Elkins, when they
come out and announce that the senate
will very promptly pass a railroad
rate bill. He knows, as other practical
men know, that the senate is not apt
to do any such thing; he knows Mr.
Elkins well enough to be aware that
this ifa his method of campaign. In
his own state, where other Republicans
are seeking to wrest the senatorship
from Mr. Elkins, the senior West Vir
ginia senator has cleverly thrown out a
sop to every faction in his party ; he
has endeavored to make it appear that
he is in sympathy with every party
leader, and is working for his interests.
At the same time, Mr. Elkins is man
ipulating affairs in West Virginia in a
manner that will undoubtedly result
in his own re-election, and the over
throw of every insurgent t ho takes
sides againBt him.
So it is with the rate bill. Mr. El
kins professes to favor rate legislation
and gives assurances that a satisfactory
bill will soon pass the senate. That is
to allay the prevailing fear; it is a
clever move on the part of Mr. Elkins,
who at heart is as anxious as any man
in congress to prevent the passage of
such a bill as President Roosevelt
favors. .
PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED.
Foreign Engineers Predict Success of
Panama Canal Scheme.
Panama, Oct. 10. After break
fast with Governor Magoon and Chief
Engineer Stevens, the members of the
advisory board of consulting engineers
of the Panama canal this morning in
spected Ancon and La Boca and the
canal up to Corozal, getting an idea of
the swampy surroundings. At 3
o'clock this afternoon, during a terrific
rain btorm, they visited President
Amador and members of the cabinet,
meeting with a very pleasant reception.
Major General George W. Davis,
chairman of the board of consulting en
gineers, informed the Associated Press
that it would be at least a month he
fore a report could be presented. Ed
ouard M. Quellenac, of the Suez canal
staff, Adolph Gnerrard, the French
delegate, and J. W. Welcker, the Dutch
delegate, informed the Associated Press
that they could see no problem which
the engineering energy and the treas
ury of the United States could not
solve M. Guerrard said he thought
the most difficult problem would be the
control of the Chagres river and in
connection with the Culebra cut, but
they admitted that very good work was
now in progress.
Herr Welcker was very optimist! 3 as
to the future of Panama, and said that
he thought that a city bigger than
Buenos Ayres would spring up here,
which would be the metropolis of Cen
tral and South America.
Effective When Signed.
Washington, Oct. 10. The treaty of
peace between Russia and Japan will
become effective upon its approval
without awaiting the formal exchange
of ratifications at Washington.
This information was imparted at the
Japanese legation today. This course
has been decided upon in order that the
speediest possible termination of the
war may be had. As son us it has
been signed, this fact will be communi
cated to the State department, and this
government will apprise each emperor
of the act ot the other.
Census Report on Cotton.
Washington, Oct. 10. The Census
bureau today issued a bulletin showing
the production and distribution of the
cotton of the United States available
between September 1, 1904, and Sep
tember 1, 1905, to be 14,455,994 bales.
FEVER'S GRIP IS BROKEN.
New Orleans Will Show President
Its
Terrors Are Past. v
New Orleans, Oc. 9. Yellow fever
report to 6 p. m.: New cases, 29;
total 3,176; deaths, 3; total 410; new
foci, 8; under treatment 207; dis
charged, 2,559.
At the close of the eleventh week of
the struggle against yellow fever, the
health authorities summed up the sit
uation tonight as full of encourage
ment. Today's new cases in the city
were all in the old zone of infection
and most of them are of an extremely
mild type.
Sentiment in favor of some character
of national quarantine is apparently
growing here and elsewhere in the
state.
Arrangements for the president's re
ception and entertainment are progress
ing, and every effort is to be made
while he is here to convince him that
in New Orleans fear of the fever has
entirely passed. -The route of the pro
cession to the city hall will carry him
past the Lee monument, on the im
mense circular mound on which there
will be gathered several thousand
school children armed with American
flags to give a patriotic greeting. The
streets through which the president is
to be escorted are to be decorated on a
lavish scale.
WAS READY TO FIGHT.
Great Britain Offered to Give France
Aid Against Germany. , .
London, Oct. 9. The Matin's dis
closures purporting to give details in
connection with the resignation of the
French foreign minister, M. Delcasse,
because of the Moroccan situation, and
the sensational statement that Great
Britain not only communicated to
France her intention of supporting
France in the event of a war with Ger
many, but actually giving details of her
intentions regarding the place for the
landing of troops and the seizure of the
Kiel canal, created mrich talk in diplo
matic circles today and are published
at length in all the afternoon papers.
In official quarters, however, no ex
pression of opinion was obtainable.
Foreign Minister Lansdowne was absent
from the city and consequently it was
impossible to secure a definite state
ment regarding the actual lengths to
which Great Britain went at the time
of the crisis. During that time the
Associated Press secured a statement
trom a high official of the British for
eign office, which to a certain extent
supports the assertions of the Matin.
INVADE COLORADO NEXT.
Hitchcock's Land Fraud Campaign
Will Be Continued.
Washington, Oct. 9. Upon the con
clusion of the land trials in Portland,
Secretary Hitchcock will, for the time
being, at least, turn his attention from
Oregon and go after land thieves in
other states, notably Colorado, Idaho
and New Mexico. Special Agent Burns
and those who co-operated with him in
working up evidence in the Oregon
fraud cases are to be sent to other
states, probably first to Colorado,
though this is not fully determined.
Incidental to this determination, it
is learned that Special Agent A. R.
Greene, who for yearB was Mr. Hitch
cock s most trusted representative In
Oregon, is to be sent back to Kansas,
his home state, and will soon thereafter
retire from the service.
Grand Naval Pageant.
Tokio, Oct. 9. The coming visit to
Japanese waters of the British squad
ron, commanded by Vice Admiral Sir
Gerald Noel, will, it 1b expected, be
made the occasion soon after the ratifi
cation of peace of a grand naval review,
which, with Admiral Togo's triumph
ant entry into the city, will offer a
splendid occasion for diverting the peo
ple's attention from the unsatisfactory
terms of the treaty. It is believed that
the authorities will do everything pos
sible to utilize these events aa demon
strations of the fact that the peace of
Asia is guarded by the two powerful
allies. American warships a re expect
ed to be present at the naval review.
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Renew Attack on Germany.
Paris, Oct. 9 A marked reaction in
public sentiment has followed the
Franco-German accord concerning the
Morocco conference. Many leading
newspaper are renewing their cam
paign of criticism against Germany.
This is due principally to Chancellor
von Buelow's open statements :4voring
a Russo-German rapprochement. The
Matin reviews the circumstances of M.
Delcasse's retirement from the Foreign
office, alleging that a number of sensa
tional events occurred in connection
with the change.
Make Battleships Larger.
Washington, Oct. 9. Secretary Bon
aparte has under consideration a recom
mendation made to him that he request
congress to Increase the tonnage of the
two battleships authorised at the last
session from 16,000 to 18,000 tons.
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