OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
GUIDE TO OREGON ELECTORS. I
Secretary of State Issues Compilation
of State Laws.
Salem Salem and a number of other
Oregon towns which have elections in
December have overlooked the fact that
nominations are required to be made in
accordance with the direct primary law.
In Salem the direct primary was not
thought of until a few days before the
time for filing petitions had expired.
Some of the petitions filed by Republi
cans bear the signatures of Democrats,
although the law requires that every
man signing such a petition must assert
that he is a member of the political
party named in the petition. .
Section fl of the direct primary law
provides that in citieB holding their
municipal elections on a day other than
the date of a general election, the pri
mary election shall be held on the 30th
day preceding the day of the municipal
election. Tetitiuns for nomination for
city offices must be filed 15 days before
the date of the primary election.
Secretary of State Dunbar has recent
ly issued in pamphlet form complete
compilation of Oregon election laws
and will mail a copy free to any person
requesting the same.
Sawmill at Dallas.
Dallas The proposition of George W,
Cone, of St. Johns, Ore., to build a
lumber mill in Dallas with a capacity
of 5,000 feet per hour has been accept
ed, with but very slight modifications.
It is understood work will commence at
once on both mill and pond. When
thiu mill is completed, Dallas will have
within her corporate limits three mills,
and already there are four others in
territory tributary to the Polk county
seat. Mr. Cone's proposition was put
before the business people at a meeting
and met with almost unanimous suc
cess. Negotiations have been brought
to an end and now nothing remains, it
is stated, but the formal signing of the
papers. -
University Needs Money.
University of Oregon, Eugene Only
a rough shed will be used to house the
timber cesting machine which has
been on exhibition in the Forestry and
Irrigation building of the United
States government building at the Lew
is and Clark exposition, the reason
assigned being a lack of funds. The
university asked an appropriation for
this purpose at the last session of the
leigBlatnre, but it was denied. In a
Tough shed, therefore, will be con
ducted the tests which will be part of
the' engineering course at the univers
ity. In othe- departments, it it stated,
there wilJ Y similar, but less ap
parent enioruement of economy.
' Governor Accepts Monument.
Salem On behalf of the people of
the state and the Public Building com
missioners, Governor Chamberlain has
addressed a letter to Vice President E.
E. K. McJimsey, of the Missouri com
mission to the Lewis and Clark fair,
formall accepting the presentation of
the Missouri monument to the state,
and assuring the Missuori commission
that a prominent site on the capitol
grounds would be selected for its erec
tion. The monument presented to
Oregon by Missouri is known as the
heroic statue and is situated immedi
ately in front and to the left of the
Missouri building, recently destroyed
by fire. "
Corvallis Poultry Show.
Corvallis Committees are working
in earnest for the big poultry show to
be held here November 29 to December
2, inclusive. Last year's show was a
pronounced success, both in attendance
and financially. It is the intention of
the incoming board to make the coming
ehow still better in every .way. At the
Tegular annual meeting of the Corvallis
Poultry association the following offi
cers were elected for the ensuing year:
Dr. Bowen, president; Professor Lin
coln Kinseley( vice president; Eugene
Simpson, secretary-treasurer.
Frost Cuts Fruit Short.
. Freewater The fruit packing houses,
of which there are three here, have
finished their business for the season.
The fruit crop has been considerably
short of the usual yield on account of
the late spring frosts. The shipments
for the season are as follows: 15,000
"boxes of strawberries, 2,000 crates of
cherries, 5,000 other berries, 5,000
boxes pears, 80 cars of prunes, 25 cars
of apples, 35 cars watermelons, 16 cars
onions, 5,000 boxes peaches and grapes.
During the packing season 150 people
have been given employment, receiving
wages to the amount of nearly $6,000.
New Clothes for Convicts.
Salem Within the next few days
the prisoners at the penitentiary will
be garbed in new uniforms of a blue
gray color, minus the stripes. The new
uniforms are now being made in the
prison tailor shop. The solid color
uniform is an innovation, and at the
same time a concession to the well be
haved prisoners. Hereafter, only rei
fractory inmates will be obliged to wear
the stripes. . - ' . -
FiRST SHIPMENT OF COPPER
Douglas Mining Firm Sends Three
Tons to Tacoma Smelter.
Glendale Swank & Burnett have
made the first shipment of copper ore
ever sent from this vicinity to the Ta
coma Smelting company. The ship
ment consisted of three tons of ore, es
timated to average above 30 per cent
pure copper, though a goodly portion of
it iB upward of 40 per cent.
These men have not an extensive de
posit of tbia ore, but from such devel
opment of their property as has been
made the ownerB are confident they
have a valuable mine and that further
tunneling will develop a more extensive
deposit. Largs deposits of copper ore
have been discovered in a number of
places within a few miles of Glendale,
but so far none have been found that
warrant extensive development, though
it is believed that such will yet be dis
covered. The location of the deposit from
which the above ore comes is about 18
miles east of Glendale,. on the west side
of Green mountain, a mountain mined
and prospected for gold for the last 20
years, more or lesB.
Rich Ledge in Mohawk Valley.
Eugene Residents of the Mohawk
valley, in the vicinity of Marcola,
about 20 miles northeast of Eugene,
are considerably excited over the dis
covery of gold bearing quatrz in the
hills in that locality. When pounded
with a hammer, gold in large quanti
ties can be seen in the quartz. Ex
perienced mining men say the ore is
rich, and if the ledge is found to be
extensive, there will be a big rush ot
people there to secure claims. No
assays have yet been made, but the ore
taken out is apparently rich.
Stamp Mill Next Spring.
Glendale Willis Kramer, of Mrytle
Creek, was in Glendale a few days ago,
and said that he was preparing to place
a force of men on his Whisky creek
properties for the winter, and would
install a modern stamp' mill in the
spring. Mr. Kramer is now associated
with his two brothers, and they have
the mineral and the money with which
to develop it. This mine is about two
miles from the famous Gold Bug mine
Bringing Sheep From Mountains.
Pendleton Sheepmen are now com
mencing to drive in their flocks from
the mountain ranges, which in some
localities are already covered with
snow. On the ranges close in they are
being left, because the recent rains
have improved pasturage and sheep
will do well for some time.
Ranchmen After Supplies.
Pendleton The Grant county ranch
men are now coming into this city for
their winter supplies, some of whom
came a distance of over 100 miles, re
quiring several days to make the trip.
They report a hard time coming through
snow and mud over the mountain
ranges.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 75c per bushel;
bluestem, 7778c; valley, 7375c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, 25
25 50; gray, 24.5025 per ton.
Barley Feed, f 21 ; brewing, f 21.50;
rolled, 21.5022.
Rye $1.401.45 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
15 per ton; valley timothy, 1112;
clover, 89; grain hay, $89.
Fruits AppleB, $11.75 per box;
peaches, 6075c per crate; huckleber
ries, 7c per pound; pears, $1.251.50
per box; crabapples, $1 per box; grapeB,
muscat, 75c$l per box; Tokay, 75c
$1.30; black, 60cfl; Concords, 15c;
quinces, $1 per box.
Vegetables Beans, l4c per pound;
cabbage, llac per pound; cauliflow
er, 75c per dozen ; celery, 75c per doz
en; corn, 65c per sack; cucumbers, 10
15c per dozen; pumpkins, lc;
tomatoes, 30 40c per crate; squash,
lc per pound; turnips, 90c$l per
sack; carrots, 6575c per sack; beets,
85cf 1 per sack.
Onions Oregon yellow Danvers, $1
1 .25 per sack. -
rotatoes uregon iancy, 70c per
sack; common, 5560c; Merced sweets,
1.90 per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2930c.
Poultry Average old hens, 11
2e,; young roosters, 10llc;
springs, 11412c; dressed chickens
1214c; turkeys, live, I719c;
geese, live, 89c; ducks, 1414c
per pound.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 11
12c; olds, 910c. ,
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1021c; ' lower grades down to 15c,
according to shrinkage; valley, 25
27c per pound; mohair, choice, 30c.
ueei Dressed bulls, l2c per
pound; cows, 34c; country steers,
4(040. 'i'-U'Q.; ri'
Veal Dressed, 37c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fancy,.67c per
pound; ordinary) :4(5ey; lambs, 7
GRANARIES ARE BARE,
Foreign Agents Are Eagerly Picking
Up Cereals Where They Can.
Chicago, Oct. 24. The American
grain trade is just beginning to realize
that Europe is practically barren of all
coarse grain supplies and is willing to
pay whatever price is necessary to sup
ply the want. Unprecedented sales of
new corn, which this year is of excep
tionally good quality ana almost equal
to old corn for all purposes, is one of
the signs on the commercial barometer.
Sales within two days of more than
2,000,000 bushels of barley malt, at
th a point alone, to say nothing of Bales
at other centers, is another significant
pointer. Agents of foreign houses are
scouring the markets everywhere, pick
ing up all available durum wheat,
which is being greedilv snapped up by
Europe, more especially Russia, which
is woefully short of wheat. This is
shown by the fact that Odessa, hereto
fore the foremost wheat center of Rus
sia, is practically an empty port this
year.
The public has wondered why the
wheat market has been quiescent while
the export demand for every other grain
has been booming by leaps and bounds.
The explanation is easy. Canadian ex
porters have been reaching into the
millions of wheat in Manitoba and
sending just enough to European mar
kets to keep the price down until they
can get possession of the entire North
west crop at their price.
Farmers of the Northwest, in unde
voleped country, have no storage facil
ities, and must send their wheat to
market. It is going into elevators at
Montreal and other points East and on
the Pacific coast, and when it is all
cleaned up prices will undoubtedly
take a sensational jump, for Europe
has no wLeat and must pay our price.
MOVING TROOPS HOMEWARD
Trains From Harbin Are Crowded
With Men and Equipment.
Harbin, Oct. 24. Now that the rati
fication of the peace treaty has been
announced to the assembl, permis
sion has been given by headquarters to
telegraph the fact that the troops are
being rapidly demobilized. All north
bound trains from the position are
loaded with troops and their equip
ment. Half of all the native buildings in
the northern part of Kuanchengtsu and
vicinity have been requisitioned for use
preparatory to this movement home
ward and many huts and buildings
there and elsewhere will be used by
those troops which the authorities will
be unable to move before winter.
Lieutenant General Linievitch, who
has been here since October 12, con
templates a visit to Vladivostok. A
prominent general has been appointed
to conduct the movement of Russian
prisoners from Nagasaki.
The Russo-Chinese bank is preparing
to reopen its former branches along the
line of the South Manchurian railroad
and is arranging to establish agencies
at Dalny, Port Arthur, Yinkow, Muk
den and Tie Pass.
The Amur railroad will be immedi
ately extended to Blagovestchensk and
Kabarovsk Local authorities are be
ing re; industries established.
GOLD STANDARD IN MEXICO.
Imports Have Risen and Activity Is
Marked in Many Lines.
Mexico City, Oct. 24. The currency
and exchange commission which has
been in charge of matters connected
with the putting into operation of the
money reform, met yesterday under the
chairmanship of Finance Minister Li-
man tou. It was announced that the
mint had begun coining new $5 gold
pieces. The monetary change to a gold
baBis has been operative now for nearly
six months and has brought about the
stability in rates of exchange on foreign
markets, regardless of the variations in
the price of silver.
Imports have risen, owing to the
greater purchasing power of the people.
There has been an increase of activity
in manufacturing, mining, land trans
actions, etc., and Mexican exchange on
a gold basis has been effected without
peitubation of any kind and resulting
in increase of general prosperity.
Reform of the Service.
Washington, Oct 24. Secretary Root
has completed a plan for the reorgan
ization of the diplomatic and consular
service. He baa recently worked
out a scheme whereby he hopes to se
cure the hearty co-operation of con
gress. Among other things he will
recommend increase of the salary for
ambassadors, ministers and consuls ;
ownership by the United States of its
foreign legations; the merit system in
the filling of vacancies in all positions
under the grades of ambassador and
consul general.
' .: Protests to the Porte.
Constantinople, Oot. 24. Mr.,Leish
man, the American minister, has ad
dressed a note to the Porte, protesting
agaiust the Violation involved in the re
trial of 'Ghirkis Vartanian, of the
Por$'s assurances that judicial proceed
ings would be suspended pending the
Settlement of the, questions of principle
arising -from Vartanian's cjftim fo
American citizenship." !l" "' '
DIG BY CONTRACT
Government's Probable Action on
Panama Canal.
EXCEPTING GREAT CULEBRA CUT
Doubt Whether Any Concern Would
Undertake This Work on Ac
count of Magnitude.
Washington, Oct. 24. The govern
ment of the United States is willing to
enter into contracts with corporations
or individuals for the construction of
any portion or all of the Panama canal.
This statement was made by Secretary
Taft today, while discussing the condi
tions upon the isthmus and the policy
of the government.
There is some doubt in his mind
whether any concern would be willing
to undertake the excavation of the Cu
lebra cut on account of the magnitude
of that work. It is not the excavation
that will be so difficult as much aa the
disposition of the earth taken out of
the cut. But as to the other work the
government will be ready to enter into
contracts for its completion as soon as
it is determined what type of canal
shall be constructed. It is stated that
contracts would not be made during
the preliminary stages because the gov
ernment iad to prosecute the work un
til its officers knew what was to be
done and had a sufficient knowledge of
the conditions to pass upon bids and
make judicious contracts.
STRUGGLE IS ENDED.
Jerry Simpson Dies After Illness of
Several Years.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 24. Ex-Con
gressman Jerry Simpson died at 6 :05
o clock yesterday morning at St. Fran
cis hospital, from aneurism of the
aorta. He had been hovering bewteen
life and death for ten days. At the
bedside were Mrs. Simpson and their
only child, Lester Simpson, of Roswell,
N. M.
Mr. Simpson was conscious up to five
minutes before death. The end came
without a struggle.
The ex-congressman's last illness be
gan at the time of his final campaign
for congresa. In spite of failing health
he continued his business activity,
working as an agent for the Defreest
Draper Land company, of Chicago, and
operating an extensive ranch near Ros
well. Six months ago his condition
became such that he went to Chicago
to consult a specialist, who pronounced
his malady hopeless. From that time
he continued to grow worse until final
ly compelled to abandon business. He
was brought to the hospital here Sep
tember 21.
ONLY ONE LINE STILL OPEN.
Strike is Preliminary to General Sus
pension of All Labor.
St. Peterbsurg, Oct. 24. The rail
road strike situation shows no signn of
amelioration. Traffic across the cen
tral belt is paralyzed, while a general
strike, which broke out today at Khar
koff, has cut off communication in an
other great section of the empire.
Kharkoff is the most important rail
road center in Southern Russia. The
strike affects, among others, the line to
the Doiietz coal region, on which Rus
sia largely depends for fuel during the
crisis in the oil regions, and the line to
Odessa and Sebastopol.
Moscow is isolated except the line to
St. Petersburg, while the capital has
an international line, by Fydtkuhnen,
open to Berlin. The strike is part of a
general scheme by Social Democrats to
compel the emperor to grant universal
suffrage and compel political freedom,
but the plan of the leaders is to avoid
a collision with the authorities. Their
present purpose is to make tests of the
strength of the various organizations
preparatory to the inauguration of a
general strike of all classes in support
of the radicals at about the time the
national assembly meets.
Will Send Machinery to Panama.
Seattle, Oct. 24. In competition
with the leading machinery houses of
the East, the Hallidie Machinery com
pany, formerly the Hallidie-Henshaw-Bulkley
company, of this city, was
awarded 73 contracts for machinery
and supplies for the Isthmian canal.
The class of machinery which will be
shipped from Seattle to Panama con
sists principally of engines, drilling
mills, raBps and miscellaneous sup
plise, showing that the Seattle iiouse
is well equipped to handle such busi
ness in the face of such competition.
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Witte Appointed Premier.
Dlf. i ObQIDUUIg, -Alf All Ik YVaD pCi -
sistently reported,, in the clubs and In
government circles late at night that
the emperor yesterday had appointed
folio of minister of finance. All tne-
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papers mis morning give prominence
to the report. '!.,
TRYING TO HEAL SPLIT.
Negotiations On for .Merger of Rival
Livestock Associations.
Denver, Oct. 28. The proposition to
amalgamate the National Livestock asso
ciation and the American Stockgrowers'
association on a basis that would also
dispose of the much mooted question of
representation of the packing, railroad
and commission houBe interests, was
taken up at the ioint conference of the
executive committees of the two organi
zations at the Brown Palace hotel yes-
traay. A plan outlined by a subcom
mittee was voted down after a some
what extended discussion and the sub-
committee instructed to make another
effort to formulate a plan that would
be acceptable to all interests. The
subcommittee will report again today.
ine report, which was defeated yes
terday, recommended that the National
Livestock association be changed to Na
tional Livestock committee, consisting
oi representatives of the producers of
livestock. This committee would in
turn appoint committees on railroads.
packing houses, commission houses,
etc, which would give those interests a
representation and a right to be heard
whenever they felt the need of expres
sion. The report recommended that
the American Stockgrowers become
known as the American Oattlewowers'
association, with a membership con
sisting of cattle, horses and swine
growers. The sheep men,' the report
suggested, should affiliate with the
American Woolgrowers' association.
FIGHT WITH FEVER ENDED.
New Orleans Now Prepares to Wel
come President.
New Orleans, Oct. 23. Yellow fever
report to 6 p. m.:
New cases, 7; total, 3,359; deaths,
none; total, 435; new foci, 2; under
treatment, 92; discharged, 2,832.
Though Dr. White would not confirm
the statement, it was generally re
ported today that practically the
whole force employed by the Marine
Hospital service here would be honor
ably discharged within the next week
or ten days, in view of the practical
extinction of yellow fever in New Or
leans. There seems to be a general
desire to have all of the men remain
here until the president's arrival, in
order that they may participate in a
formal presentation of the Federal fe
ver fighters to the president, an event
which it has been arranged will take
place at the city hall. The emergency
hospital was finally closed today.
A thanksgiving service marking the
close of the fever fight, is being arrang
ed to take placeat Trinity church on
Sunday next.
Mayor Behrman today issued a pro
clamation in connection with the visit
of President Roosevelt, asking all busi
ness houses to close during the presence
of the distinguished visitors, in order
that t,he whole community might have
the opportunity of manifesting its ap
preciation of the service rendered by
the president in the fever fight.
CHOLERA UNDER CONTROL.
Attacks Europeans and Americans
Rather Than Filipinos.
Washington, Oct. 23. The cholera
plague in the Philippines is being got
ten under control by the Marine Hos
pital service. A peculiarity of the dis
ease is that it has not shown any ten
dency toward location and the persons
attacked have been generally of the
better classes. In proportion to the
population there have been more cases
among the Europeans and Americans
than among natives.
The origin of the cholera has not
been discovered. The body of a person
who died of the disease was' exhumed
at Pateros shortly before the outbreak.
The belief is growing, however, that
cholera may live indefinitely in the
wells of Pateros and at times become
virulent. Many medical men are in
clined to believe that the disease is in
digenious to the islands.
. A land quarantine has not been in
stituted and a cordon around Manila
would require 100,000 men. This free
dom from restraint has enabled the
board of health to secure co-operation
from the natives in efforts to stamp out
the disease.
Food Supply Running Short.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 23. The strike
in Moscow has resulted in practically
a general suspension of railway traffic,
and the effects of this are making
themselves felt in a general advance in
prices of foodstuffs. It is almost im
possible to get food and supplies
through to Moscow, owing to the tie
up, and there is much suffering in the
city, especially among the poorer class.
Some heavy consignments of food have
been stopped in transit, and it is im
possible to move the - cars into the
city.
( : Death List Growing.
Chicago, Oct. 23. Later returns
from the storm which swept the Great
lakes for 36 hours, subsiding yesterday
morning, increased the known death
list to 21 and the number of vessels
either lost or damaged to 42. Several
small craft are missing, and it is feared
that the death list will grow.
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