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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MAY BE DISSOLVED. Five Thousand Oregon Incorporations Are Delinquent. Salem Two months hence 5,000 Or egon corporations will be dissolved by proclamation of the governor unless they comply with the terms of the cor poration license law before that time expires. Many of these concerns hold real property or negotiable paper, and all will lose their power of transacting business from the date of dissolution. More than that, any person who shall exercise or attempt to exercise the cor porate powers after dissolution has teen proclaimed will be liable to a fine of (1,000 and imprisonment for one year. The law is plain and compre hensive in its terms, and will operate to suspend the powers of delinquent corporations unlesB they comply with the requirements. These 5,000 corporations referred to are concerns which have not in any manner complied with the corporation license tax law. There are 10,000 cor porations listed on the books of the eecrotary of state, and of these 3,000 have complied with the law. Some have already g ne out of existence, but there remains on the list a large num ber of corporations which, though not doing a very active business, hold property rights which they must pro tect. Because the corporations have not been doing an active business and are merely holding property, the offi cers of the company have neglected to comply with the law, and thereby re tain their corporate powers. When they have been dissolved by proclama tion of the governor, they will no long er have power to execute a deed, col lect a debt or enforce any right in the courts of the state. . Defines Rights of Vyater Company. Salem Attorney General Crawford, in response to a request from Secretary Brown, of the State Land board, holds that the Deschutes Irrigation & Power company has no right to charge interest on lands sold to settlers previous to the "date of reclamation," as fixed by the Carey desert land act ; that is, the date of approval by the secretary of the interior of the work done by the com pany to reclaim the land. This ap proval ia to be given when the state engineer, certifies that the land has been reclaimed, which, in this case, has not been done, and will not be done for some time yet. Alfalfa Lands Are Soaked. Milton Now that the fruit and veg etable crops have Jaeen harvested there will be no further use for water for ir rigating purposes on lands under culti vation. The water is flowing down the ditches to the Hudson bay district, where it is used to good advantage on ' the alfalfa lands for winter irrigation, which proves beneficial to the early crop. The water overflowea the land, which is thoroughly soaked, holding the moisture until the crop gets a good start in the spring. This system of winter irrigation is recognized by the alfalfa growers as an important feature In this business. ' Governor Refused to Sign. Salem For the first time in the his tory of Oregon, deeds to state lands have been issued without the signature of the governor. Governor Chamber lain refused to sign the deeds conveying 10,000 acres of state school lands to various holders of certificates of sale, which certificates the Marion county grand jury reported as having been fraudulently obtained. , Secretary of State Dunbar and State Treasurer Moore signed the deeds, and, in the opinion of Attorney General Crawford, these two signatures will be sufficient to convey title. Hop Farmers Not Alarmed. Woodburn Hopgrowers in this sec tion are not despondent over the reign ing low prices, and believe that, if they are financially able to hold on, the tone of the market will be made more encouraging in a few weeks. Some think an effort is being made to corner hops, and that in time there will be quite a jump upward in prices. The first sales here this season have been made, Johnson Bros, having sold to Tooze & Page 80 bales at cents, and Collinson Bors. 60 bales to Wil , liam Brown, of Salem, at 8 cents. Sash and Door Factory. Astoria Work has,been commenced on the construction-of a new sash and door factory for the Clatsop Mill corn any. The building is to be 30x200 feet and one story high. The machinery was ordered some weeks ago from Osh kosh, Wis., and has already been ship ped. It is expected to arrive so that the factory can be in operation by the first of the'eoming vear. Irrigation in Baker County. Baker City Work has begun on two irrigation ditches in Baker county, which, when completed, will carry water from the Powder river and Birch creek and will render productive thous ands of acres near Baker City and Huntington, respectively. , PUT ON THE KNXIQUS SEAT, , Eastern Oregon People Fearful of Timber Investigations. Baker City A government agent has been quietly looking over the timber lands in Western Baker and Eastern Grant counties and a great many "prominent" citizens are on the un easy seat. While it has been earnestly maintained that there no land frauds In Baker county, yet the questions ask ed by this government official are said to have fairly startled the men being questioned. The agent was very anxi ous to learn of men who, according to the records and files, own and are sup posed to be living on certain claims, but who are absolutely unknown to the people living in that district, and no trace of thein can be found. Nothing whatever remains except the names on the plats and records. ' It is well known that certain syndi cates have secured control of nearly all the valuable timber lands of the Blue mountain range, in Baker and Grant counties. It was this condition of affairs that was being investigated. The timber region is largely in Grant county. Mines in Baker Busy. Baker City One' hundred men are now at work at the United Elkhorn mines 16 miles west of this city and 50 teams are busy hauling concentrates from the mill up the mountain to the railroad station in Baker City, for ship ment to the Sumpter smelter. There is much excitement in the copper dis trict east of Baker and many strangers are here looking over properties which are rapidly coming on the market, in view of the proposed railroad building which will begin in a few months. Government Testing Plant. University of Oregon, Eugene Work men are engaged in the construction of a building on the campus to receive the government stone and timber test ing plant, for which the state of Oregon appropriated (5,000 at the last session of the legislature. The building is lo cated just north of the gymnasium and a little to the rear of the Engineering hall, is 30 feet wide and 40 feet long and has solid foundations of cement and masonry to support the heavy test ing machinery. s Work America's Sole Cobalt Mine. Baker City The 8tandard mine, Quartzburg district, 60 miles southwest of here, is said to be the only produc ing cobalt mine in America, and is one of the wonders of the world. During the past 18 months the property has been developed under Superintendent N. F. Heath so that ore can now be worked. Specifications for the mill plant are in the hands of Engineer N. C. Bonnevie, in Denver. Forty-two men are at work, and excavations are in progress. Bids for the plant close November 80. - . PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7374c per bushel: bluestem, 7577c; valley, 7475c; red, 6970. Oats No. 1 white feed, $26.50; gray, $25.50 per ton. Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton; brewing,$2222.50; rolled, $22.5023. Eye $1.40(31.45 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 15 per ton ; valley timothy, $1112; clover, $89; grain hay, $89. Fruits Apples, $11.50 per box; huckleberrieB, 7c per pound; pears, $1.251.50 per box; grapes, , fi0c $1.50 per box;' Concords, 15c per bas ket; quinces, $1 per box. Vegetables Beans, wax, 1012c per pound; cabbage, lc per poand; cauli flower, 85 90c per dozen; celery, 75c per dozen ; corn, 50c per sack ; cucum bers, 1015c per dozen; pumpkins, lc per pound; radishes, 25c per dozen; tomatoes, 3040c perorate; squash, lc per pound; turnips, 90c fl per sack; carrots, 6575c per sack; beets, 85c$l per sack. ' Onions Oregon yellow Danvers, $1 1.25 per Back. Potatoes Fancy, 75c per sack ; ordi nary, 5560c; Merced sweets, Backs, Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per pound. Eggs' Oregon ranch. 30(332c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens. 10c per pound; young roosters, 910c; springs, 10c; dressed chick ens, 1214c; turkeys, live, 17c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 14lrjc, Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 8 11c pr pound; olds, 7)J0c. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1921c;, lower grades down to 15c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley,' 2527c per pound ; mohair, choice, 80c. Beef Dressed bulls, l2c per pound; cows, 34c; country steers, 44Kc. - , Veal Dressed, 37Kc per pound. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 6)7c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7 7c. Pork Dressed, 67&c per pound. V MANY NOW DESERT. Army Is Little Considered in Time of " Peace by Americans. Washington, Oct. 81. Major Gen eral F. C. Ainsworth, the military seo-( retary, in Lis annual report, devotes much ...attention to desertions from the army.' '"Those who know how the can-1 teen came to be abolished," he says, ''are not hopeful of its restoration; there is no likelihood of any such in crease in the soldiers' pay as will offset the greater inducement offered in civil pursuits; the comforts and even luxur ies that are furnished to enlisted men in our service are even now criticised by some as being not only extravagant but injurious in their effect on men whose real business is to fight and march, encumbered with few comforts and no luxuries; and the discipline and instruction to which the soldier is now subjected are not likely to be re laxed in future. "Our people have little real interest in the army in time of peace, and from the earliest day of the republic have been accustomed to look upon it as a more or less unnecessary institution. Enlistments in the army in time of peace is not uncommonly regarded as evidence of worthlessness on the part of the recruit. "It is safe to predict that'desertions from the army will continue to be ex cessive until there shall have been a radical change of public sentiment to ward the army and until the deserter shall come to be regarded as the crim inal that he is, to be ostracized and hunted down as relentlessly as any other transgressor of the laws." BURST MAIN CAUSES DEATH. Many Families Made Homeless and Much Property Destroyed. Chicago, Oct. 31. Three lives were lost, property valued at $150,000 was destroyed, scores of families were made homeless and freight traffic on the Nickel Plate railroad was delayed Tor several hours as the result of the breaking of a water main at Eighteenth and Clark streets today. The fatalities resulted indirectly from the bursting of the water pipe, which flooded the immediate neighbor hood for several blocks, 'damaging a number of business houses. Two of the persons who lost their lives were overcome by gas in the Illinois tunnel at Eighteenth street and Armour ave nue, whilt attempting to ascertain if the flood had damaged the property of the company. The other death was the result of a Bhock to an invalid, who awoke and found her room flooded with water. So great was the' force of the water that all the business houses and homes on Clark street from Sixteenth to Twentieth street, and those on La Salle street were flooded. The tracks of the Lake and Michigan Southern railway, between Seventh and . Eighteenth streets- were undermined, and the foundation caved in. Several freight cars were overturned and their contents damaged. BIG RANCH CUT UP. Chehalis County Will . Have Additions to Population. Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. 81. The sale of the "Blockhouse" Smith ranch, near Oakville, in this, county, for $25,000, calls attention once more to the activ ity in farm lands in this vicinity. It is an indication that lumber is notf to be altogether the ruling passion. The sale of this ranch follows in the wake of several others which have been re corded in the past month or six weeks quite as important. The Smith ranch comprises over 800 acres and was settled upon as far back as 1854 by the man from whom it takes its name. Smith is a quaint character and prides himself on the nickname of "Blockhouse." This cognomen was the result of his having built a block house on his ranch for protection against Indians. It is understood the ranch is to be cut up into small farms and disposed of to first comers. In connection with the sale of big ranches, it is important to note that logged-off lands are show ing a steady Bale in various parts of the county for colonization purposes. It is also interesting to the people of this section to know that an Eastern farmer has purchased a large tract of land near this city for the raising of Angora goats. Great Increase In Trade. Washington, Oct. 31. A bulletin is sued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor estimated that the foreign commerce of the United States for the calendar year 1905 will amount to more than $1,000, 000. For the nine months ended in September the imports of materials for use in manufacturing amount to $422, 000,000, and the exports of manufac tures to $424,000,000. Manufactured materials imported in the nine months of 1905 were practically twice as great in value as in 1890. Japanese Leaving Manchuria. Tokio, Oct. 81. The evacuation of Manchuria by the Japanese is being actively carried on, and troops are ar riving daily at various ports. General Kurokl is expected here by the middle of November. DEMANDS GRANTED Russians Free to Speak, Think, friteand Meet. COUNT WITTE IS FIRST PREMIER Manifesto Shows Complete Abdica tion of Autocratic Power Em peror Bows to Inevitable. St. Petersburg, Oct. 31. "I am sure the American people, who understand what freedom is, and the American press, which voices the wishes of the people, will rejoice with the friendly Russian nation at this moment, when the Russian people have received from his imperial majesty the promises and the guarantees of freedom, and will join in the hope that the Russian people will wisely aid in the realization of those liberties by co-operating with the government for their peaceful in troduction. Only thus will it be possi ble to secure the full benefits of the freedom conferred upon the people." Count Witte, Russia's first premier, last night sent the above message to the American people through the Asso ciated Press. He had just arrived at his residence on Kammeniovroy Pros pect from Peterhof, where in the Alex ander palace the emperor two hours be fore had given his final approval to a manifesto and to a program which will forever end the rule of absolutism exer cised by him and his ancestors for 300 years. A simple perusal of the manifesto shows how complete is the emperor's abdication . of his autocratic power. The very style of the document is clear and direct and devoid of verbose, vague and bombastic phraseology which here tofore has characterized hii majesty's manifestos. It not only betrays the real authorship, but shows that the emperor has at last irrevocably bowed to the inevitable. He does not even conceal the fact that the discontent and agitation of his subjects has driven him to take the step and practically yields everything civil liberty, the inviola bility of person and liberty of con science,' speech and assembly. He not only converts the farcical imperial dou ma, with only consultative power, into an absolute legislative assembly, with out the assent of which no measure shall become law, and before which all governmental authorities must answer, but promises eventually universal suf frage. , HANDICAP TO OVERCOME. Hard Fight Required to Secure Ap , proprlation for Columbia. Washintgon, Oct. 81. In view of the attitude assumed by Secretary Taft and the fact that there will be no river and harbor bill this winter, it seems absolutely certain that no appropria tion can te secured for, the mouth of the Columbia river at the coming ses sion it Oregon has but one representa tive in congress, and, even if the other three places should be filled by new men, the chance of securing the much needed appropriation would still be remote. Army engineers who recognize the importance of pushing work on the Columbia river bar, and who have every confidence that the project now under way will provide a channel deep enough to meet, all the immediate de mands of Portland's commerce, are anxious that an appropriation shall be made this winter. They want at least $1,250,000; unless they get it, they admit that work will have to be sus pended without securing a 40-foot depth, and, furthermore, discontinu ance of work while the jetty remains unfinished means retrogression and waste, which will ultimately increase the cost of the project beyond the orig inal estimate. These engineers are fully cognizant of the need of early com pletion of the jetty, they realize the necessity of a deep channel across the bar to accommodate rapidly growing commerce. Express Company Robbed. Helena, Mont., Oct. 81. The con tents of a $25,000 express package sent from Hamilton, Mont., to New York are missing, and detectives are - trying to discover what became of the money. The money was shipped by Charles F. Kelley to N. W. Harris & Co. for in vestment. Instead of receiving the se curities he had purchased, Kelley was dumbfounded to receive a letter stating that the contents of the package, upon receipt by the New York firm, consist ed of newspaper clippings. The seals, however, were intact. German Fleet to the Rescue. Berlin, Oct. 31. The German cruis er Luebeck and ten torpedo boats put to sea today from Kiel for an unknown destination, giving rise to a rumor that they are bound for St. Petersburg to bring the Russian empress and he children to be the guests of Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia. No official confirmation can be had. NO APPROPRIATION. Taft Will Not Recommend Money tor Bar or Celilo Canal. Washington, Oct. 80. Secretary Taft, in his estimates this ' year, will not recommend anv appropriation for completing jetty work at the mouth of me oommDia river, nor will ne ask for an appropriation to continue the con struction of The Dalles-Celilo canal.. Army engineers who have been advised of the secretary's attitude are of the opinion that, unless some special legis lation is enacted making appropriations ior tnese projects, worn will have to be suspended befoie another mer and harbor bill can pass, something that is deplored by the engineers as much as it will be by the people of the Nortn- Mr. Taft is not discriminating against the Columbia river in refusing to ask for an appropriation this winter, for hn has decided to recommend no appropri ations for river and harbor works. Those projects known as continuing contracts will be cared ior in the sun dry civil bill without any recommend ation on the Part of the War danart- ment. but. unfortunately for the Co lumbia river, neither the bar project nor the Celilo canal is in this class. Had Oregon full rettresantatinn in congress this winter, a good strong del egation, it mignt be possible, with the aid of the delegations from Washington and Idaho, to have the bar project made a continuing contract and thereby provide means for getting annual ap propriations until the work is complet ed. But with only one representative in Washington and no repesentation in the house, where such legislation usu ally originates, this accomplishment ia considered impossible. WITHOUT A HEAD. Czar Vacillates While Russian Revo lution Grows. St. Petersburg. Oct. 30. While th day passed quietly without bloodshed in the Russian capital, and while the city is outwardly calm, today's devel opments all indicate that a crisis is imminent. Although the streets are filled with troops, and reinforcements are now pouring in from Finland, the government seems utterly powerless to cope with the situation, and many calm observers seem seriously tobelieve that the present regime is tottering to its tan. Differences have developed between Count Witte and General Trepoff, and while the precious moments pass, the emperor, surrounded by the imperial family, remains shut up at Peterhoff , seemingly still hesitating as to what course to pursue. - " - The situation cannot well be exaggei ated. With the present indecision of the emperor, the government has neither a head nor a policy to meet the crisis, and things seem to be drifting toward anarchy. The revolutionists openly declare that the government haa ceased to exist and that nothing re mains to his majesty except to abdi cate. With a firm head at the helm, however; all might quickly be changed. Representatives of the Associated Press drove through all sections of the city today. Troops were everywhere in evidence, as if to overawe the peo ple, but although there were many ru mors of bloody collisions, none of them could be authenticated.' There were great crowds of workmen in the indus trial quarters, but they were orderly. WHERE MUCH MONEY GOES. Buildings Are Full of Useless Gov ernment Printing. Washington, Oct. 30. In his testi mony before the joint printing commit tee today, Foreman Brewer, of the Senate folding room, said that there were 475,000 uncalled for publications stored in bis department. Amzi Smith, who has been in the Senate document room for 30 years, said that the supply of documents there haa quadrupled during his incumbency, but there are not too many to meet the de mand. . J. R. Halverson, superintendent of the House folding room, testified that there are no fewer than 1,000,000 doc uments stored, including 200,000 bound volumes of the Congressional record. Sergeant-at-Arms Ransdell, of the sen ate, Btated that the senate documents are stored in an abandoned car barn, and that it is almost full. Datto All No More. Manila, Oct. 30. Troops under Cap tain Frank R. McCoy, of the Third cav alry, has surprised the Datto Ali, head of the Moro , insurgents of the island of Mindanao, who has been on the war path for some time past, and killed him, together with his son and ten followers. Forty-three, wounded Moros were made prisoners, and many arms and a large quantity of ammuni tion were captured. Three enlisted men of the Twenty-second infantry were killed and two wounded during the engagement. Decrease In Pension Roll. Washington, Oct. 30. The Pension bureau reports a loss of 2,003 Civil war pensioners by death during Sep tember. "The net decrease of pension ers was 941, leaving a total of 996,270 on the pension rolls September ?0.