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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST CURE OF THE INSANE. DIGGING LONG TUNNEL. Good Record the Past Year at the Oregon Asylum. Salem An unusually good record in the curing of patients Las kept down the number of inmates of the state in sane asylum and has probably averted congestion at that institution. When the last legislature met, there was every reaBon to believe that the con struction of a new wing would be abso- Baker City Irrigation Co. to Conduct Water Through Hill. Baker City The 500-foot tunnel of the Baker City Irrigation company through the hill on which is situated the city reservoir 1b ander way by a gang of 40 men, with all the necessary machinery. Work was commenced at both ends simultaneously, and unleBB lutely Becessary within the ensuing two Ube plans of the engineers go wrong, years. An appropriation ior an auui tion of three wards was made, but the appropriation was included in the om nibus appropriation bill and was held up by the referendum. Construction of new rooms was therefore made impos sible. . , The usual rate of increase in popula tion at the asylum is 50 per year, and at that rate the institution would have been crowded. to the limit before anoth er legislature could take action. Of late, however, a large number ol pa tienta have been discharged. Should the next legislature make an appropriation for a new wing, contain ing three wards, it will be at least two van from the present time before the addition would be ready for occupancy. There is now room for 08 more patients in the men's department and ten in the women's department. Unless, there' jfore, the preBeht low rate of increase Continues, tbe"building will be full be- ffore the capacity can be enlarged. I In any event it will be necessary to i transform one1 of the men's wards into f a ward for women, and probably it will tie necessary to use some of the men'B : smoking rooms for dormitories the two crews will meet in the middle of the hill. When completed this will be the greatest irrigation tunnel in Eastern Oregon. The entire cost of the tunnel will be about $40,000, while the system this company is putting in will cose over $100,000. The headgates are on Pow der river, about seven miles above Baker City. The ditch follows the foot hills down to the big reservoir hill, where a tunnel was found necessary. After leaving the tunnel the water will be taken around the east side of Baker City and put on about 5,000 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the northeast . ' This land will be devoted to fruit rafting and small farming. E. L Smith, of Hood River, ia at the head of i the company building; this ditch arid'dt is the firBt and only irrigation pMect of any magnitude in Baker county. NEEDS A STRONG LEADER. BUSINESS IS PROMISING. Portage Railroad Saves Farmers Five Cents a Bushel on Wheat. Salem That the operation of the portage road from The Dalles to Celilo has resulted in an increase of 5 cents a bushel to wheat crowing farmers, who were able to reach the portage road, ie the report made by Superintendent L' 8. Cook, 'to the Portage Railway com .mission. Not all the wheat that brought the increased price was shipped over the portage road, however, for Mr Cook says that the O. R. & N. Co. has met the cut brought about by the oper ation of the state's railroad and farmers have profited in that way. The O. R. & N. met the cut by ab'i sorbing drayage at Arlington and by other means and thereby secured much of the shipping. Only 18,139 sacks bf wheat went over the portage road dur insr November, but more could have been secured by seeking contracts and more will be secured when the shippers become familiar with the rates. , J I Linn Farms May Yield Oi V Albany Are the foothills of Linn county charged with crude oil that will make the owners of the land fabulously rich? This question is agitating the minds of a large number of people since the investigation of the land has been taken up by A. A,.Horter, Wil liam S. Harris and W. P. Ready -'For some time these men have been pros pecting in the coal fields around La- comb, and now have arranged to lease several hundred acres in that neighbor? hood for the avowed purpose of boring for oil. Russian Nation Blindly Staggers In Throes or nevoiunon. St. Petersturg, via Eydtkuhnen, Dec. 11. But one question is being asked at present in this unhappy country: Where is the revolution leading Russia? It is ihe one all important subject be fore the people, and happy would be the man who could foresee just what is ahead. But this is impossible. The best informed men can only guess at what may come to pass. All is chaos and disorder, and what is worse, there is no light ahead. Russia today might well be likened to a giant staggering down a blind alley in the blackest mid night. He knows not where his path leads; be cannot tell wnere pmaiis are before him. The end of it all can only be guessed and no prediction is of any value. For this revolution is a terrible thine. It has paralyzed industry, it has ruined all business, it has tied up the postal and telegraph service, and when it desired, it has effectually stopped all railroad traffic. It has been re sponsible for crimes unspeakable; it has caused the blood of Russian pat riots to flow from one end of the em' pire to the other ; it has arrayed class against class and man against man ; it has bred mutiny in the navy and creat ed dissension among the soldiers ; it has caused the peasants to rise against the tyrants who for centuries have dominated them and ground them to the earth. It has practically nullified the authority of the government and given to the proletariat powers be never drVamedf fjfoBsesling 12, month; ago, because he has learned' ho'w he may bend all authority, even that of the czar, to nis win. CONDITIONS WORSE Troops and Workmen Fight on Streets ot Riga. WARSHIPS TO REGAIN CONTROL Linn County Taxes Fixed Albany At the regular December term of the county court for Linn county the tax levy for Linn county for all purposes was fixed. The total levy to be paid by residents of the county who are not subject to a city tax will be 21 mills. This includes state, county and the several special taxes. divided as follows: State, 6.5 mills; school, 5.4 mills; county, 3 mills; roada and bridges, 4 mills; indigent soldiers, 0.1 mills; special road, mills; total, 21 mills. SALEM WOULD CAN FRUIT. Bright Outlook for Show. Albany December 19 to 23 are the dates set for the annual exhibition of blooded fowls under the auspices of the Movement Started to Form Company Linn County Poultry association. This to Handle Output. bazaar promises to be one of the best Salem-A movement has been started yet held, and many prizes will be offer ior the organization of a co-operative nmnanv amona the fruitgrowers for the purpose of constructing and' oper ating a cannery. The plan is to form. a corporation with 400 shares of Btock at-$25 a share. Not more than 20 nhares can be held by one person, and transfers can be made only through the board of directors. The hoard will consist of nine men and will have charge of the businesas of the concern. The purpose is to secure to growers the highest possible price for fruit The movement was started by.S. J T,nmmon. an Eastern fruit packer, who ed for the best exhibits, for many of which there is material in Linn county. PORTLAND MARKETS. MARTIN TO FRONT; Provisional Government Has Been Es tablished in Baltic Provinces Public Buildings Burned. St. Petersburg, i& Eydtkuhnen, Dec. 16. It is stated upon the highest authority that two cruisers and two torpedo boats have been ordered by the minister of Marine, acting under in structions of Count Witte, after an audience with the czar, to proceed from Libau to Riga and shell the city, if the reovolutionists refuse to surrender. A provisional government has been established there and the public build ings are occupied by representatives of the home rule party, who have determ ined to make Riga the capital of the Baltic provinces. Barricades have been erected every where, and steamers arriving at the port are unable to communicate with the bore. Public buildings have been burned. The population is fleeipg and merchants are abandoning their business. f .' , T,he, new strike law provides Leavy penalties and ' drastic punishment for participators ana instigators oi striKes. They may be sent to prison for froin',16 months to four years for an offerfse. VERY LITTLE DONE Both Houses of Congress Slow In Getting to Business. CANNON ANNOUNCES COMMITTEES Senate Takes Up Railroad Rates and Refers Bill for Canal Appropri ation to Committee. South Dakota Representative Wants Commerce Controlled. Chicago, Dec. 11. The Washington correspondent ot the Post wires as fol lows: , " .,' 4i . . . Eben W. Mar'titf, of South Dakota, hitherto counted as one of the most conservative Republicans in the house, has brought trouble to the door of the party leaders by introducing a bill ot a substance so strongly paternalistic that it casts some of the radical measures into the shade and by comparison makes the others appear as bulwarks of Conservatism. ' - ' . Mr. Martin's measure aims to give the government control of every cor' ponatiou in the country that is engaged in interstate commerce in fuel or food supplies. Two years agd Representa tive Martin forced consideration of bis resolution asking for investigation of the beet industry. The resolution the house and the beef inquiry is on. Government" Openly Defied.-fv Paris, Dec. 16. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin, undei Bate of December 15, says the Buddea. re turn of the government to reactionary measures has aroused the interest of , the revolutionaries, who are holding meetingB and passing resolutions de claring their determination to jesist the government. As the resolutions arq passed they are forwarded to the'. min isters, who do not reply to them.,. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Journal, dated December 15, says: 'At a meeting of engineers tonight it was resolved to demand the immedi ate release of Schmidt, the leader of the mutiny at Sevastopol. V; "Alarming reports are arriving con cerning the troops at Moscow, who ap pear to be thoroughy disanected, ana who, in addition to demanding in creased pay and shorter terms .of serv ice, ask for liberty to read all news papers." i r - DECREASE OF POSTOFFICES. HOCH STARTS OIL WAR. Wheat Club, 72o per bushel; blue stem, 74c; valley, 73c; red, 68c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.00 gray, szo.ou per ton. Barley Feed, $2222.50 per ton; brewing, $22.5023; rolled, $23 23.50. ,v Rye $1.50 per cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, 1 A K CA - 4- . 11 expects to take the management of the ! . ' g ' co-operative cannery. . M . . 8ffl9 - o ' New Cut-Off Nearly Done. il.25fai.50 per box. McMinnville The new St. Joseph- vmthlM Beans, wax. 12c Der Lafayette cut-off, which is nearly com- p0Und; cabbage,, llc per pound; pleted, will enable the 'Yamhill divi- cauliflower, $1.25 per crate; celery, inn of the Southern Pacific to have regular trains over the new road within a short time. The new stretch of track ia nearly two and a half miles long, and will do away with keeping up the nine milea ot road from Whiteson to Lafavette and the big bridge near the latter place. If the present schedule remains in force, three trains a day will rnn into Portland at 6 and 8 a. m. and 3 p. m. 4575c per dozen; cucumbers, 50G0c per dozen; pumpkins, lc per pound; tomatoes, $11. 25. per crate; sprouts, 7c per pound; squash, lc per pound ; turnips, 90c$l per sack; carrots, 6575c per sack; beets, 85c $1 per Back. OnionB Oregon yellow Danvera, $11.25 per sack. Potatoes Fuicy graded Burbanks, 6575c per sack; ordinary, 5560c; Merced sweets, sacks, $1.90; crates, $2.15. Butter Fancy creamery, 27)30c 1 Would Spread Kansas Laws Over Entire Nation. Topeka, Dec. 11. Governor Hoch has started a national war on the Standard Oil company. Last year the governor threw the gaff into the Stand ard by means of several laws regulating the oil industry. Now he wants the same thing to happen in the other states of the Union and accordingly is sending letters to every other state gov ernor asking for the passage of the same laws that Kansas has now on the statute books. He recites the facts in the Kansas fight and explains the pipe line com mon carrier, the maximum freight rate and the anti-discrimination laws which cut the Standard tenacles, and con eludes: "It is extremely .desirable to extend the operation of these principles of government to other states, that the greatest possible good may come oi them. I therefore' roost heartily re commend these enactments to the fa' vorable consideration of the governors of sister states, and trust they may think the lubject of sufficient import ance to recommend to their respective legislatures, and I urge the legislatures of the several states to study these Kansas enactments and if thought wiae to incorporate them or their essential features into the laws of their respect ive states. " Snow Falls Early. Burns The first snow storm of the vear hafl'visited this county, and snow per pound is now 12 inches deep in the valley and Eggs Oregon ranch, 35c per dozen, three feet on the mountains. This is Poultry Average old hens, 12c per more Bnow than fell all last winter, and lb; young roosters, 10llc; springs old settlers Bay it is more than has fall-1 ll)12c; dressed chickens, 1212c; en this time of year since the bard rointfir of 1887-88. when 75 per cent of t.h Htnnk perished. The early snow indicates a long, cold winter, but the stockmen have plenty of fodder for five months' feeding. Complaints on Illegal Fishing. Tillamook Deputy Fish Warden H. A. Webster has filed two complaints in Justice Haberlack's court on account of the alleged violation of the fishing law in Tillamook bay. One is agaisnt the Elmore Packing company, and the oth er against W. W. Ridehalgh, manager of the cannery at Garibaldi. turkeys, live, 16c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 1718c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 1415c. Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10 llj-nc per pound; olds, 57c. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1621c per pound; valley, 24 26c; mohair, choice, 30c. Beef Dressed bulls, Kg 2c per pound; cows, 84; country steers, 4 4c. Veal Dressed, 37c per pound. Mutton Dressed, 'ancy, 77)c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7 7c. PorkDressed, 67c per pound. Big Game for Roosevelt. Washington, Dec. 11. Major M. H W. Llewellyn, United States attorney for New Mexico, took luncheon at the white house today and urged the pres' ident to visit him next spring for the purpose of hunting jaguars cc leopards. 'which are found along the Mexican border. He is hopeful of persuading the president to go. The major snapped his fingers in derision at the very idea of hunting for bobcats and coyotes The major is confident that the joint statehood bill, merging New Mexice and Arizona, will pass this session. Many Coal Barges Lost. Hawesville, Ky., Dec. 11. At 9 o'clock tonight the towboatB Harry Brown and Raymond Horner, with tows of coal for New Orleans were caught in a severe wind storm opposite here. The Brown lost 27 bargeB, while the Horner lost seven. Each barge contained 25, C00 bushels of coal. The coal was val ued at $120,000 and the bargeB at $64, 000. No lives were lost. Result of Rural Delivery Local Par cels Post Proposed. Washington, Dec. 16. The annual report of Fourth Assistant' Postmaster General P. V. DeGraw says there has been a decrease of 575 in the new post masters commissioned, as compared with the previous year. The actual number of postoffices in , the United States at the close of the. fiscal year was: First claBB, 275; Becond class, 1,258; third class, 4,120; fourth class, 62, 478; total, 68,131. This, the report says, ,was a reduc tion, resulting mainly from the discon tinuance of 3,492 fourth class postoffices during the year by reason of the estab lishment of rural free delivery, 'lhe aggregate compensation (of the post masters thus displaced ' amounted to $198,994. City free delivery baa been extended during the year to 44 new postofficeB, as against 69 in 1904. The gross re ceipts of free delivery offices during the year had increased 8 per cent ana the cost only 2 per cent. Mr. DeGraw renews the recommend ation that a rate of 3 tents per pound or any fractional part thereof be fixed on packages not exceeding five pounds mailed at the distributing postoffice of anv rural free delivery route. This rate should apply only to packages de posited in the local postoffice for deliv ery to boxes of patrons on routes eman ating from that office, and not to mail transmitted from one office to another. Washington, Dec. 12. With spirited debate on the subjects of railroad rate legislation, arising through the intro duction of a bill by Mr. Tillman to au thorize the Interstate Commerce com mission to fix miximum ' rates, and of the Panama canal, due to a controversy over the reference of the emergency ap propriation bill to a committee, yester day's session of the senate continuously ,. proved interesting for more than four ( hours. An adjournment was taken without a ' mention of thn late Senator Mitchell of ' Oregon, and so for the first time the death of a senator was permitted to pass unnoticed by the senate. The erasure of Mr. Mitchell's name from tbe rolls followed. Chaplain Hale recalled the situation to mind in his prayer by re-.,-' Jerring pointedly to corruption and death and by praying that members of the senate be given -strength to bear each other's, burdens. .After more than a score of senators had discussed the Panama bill . it was referred to the appropriation committee by a vote of 40 to 23. ' ''',' '." The senate then, at 4:50 p. m., went ' into executive session and at 5:10 ad journed; 1 t - , . .; f In the 'House. ' "The only ,matter.,of importance com ing up in the house was the announce ment of committee appointments by Speaker Cannon, - after which adjourn-', ment was taken until Wednesday. ' ,', Northwest Committeemen, 4.', Humphrey, Wash,,, was placed on the mercnant marine ana nsneries commit-,. . tee; Jones, Wash., rivers and harbors; rrencn, iaano, puDiic lanas ana immi- gration and naturalization; nermann, Ore.,, Indian affairs; Williamson, Ore., mines and mining and irrigation of arid lands; Cushmarl, Wash., stays on in terstate and foreign commerce and on private land claims! ' The following are the principal com mittees -with chairman: Ways and means, Payne; appropriations, Tawn- ' ey; foreign affairs, Hitt; judiciary, Elkini; military 'affairs, Hull; naval affairs,, Foss; insular affairs, Cooper; banking and currency, Fowler; merch ant marine and. fisheries, Grosvenor; territories, Hamilton ; elections, Mann ; rivers and harbors, Burton; railways and canals, ' Davidson ; agriculture, Wadsworth ; postoffices and post roads, Overstreet; public lands, Lacy; Indian' affairs, Sherman; manufactures, Sib ley ; mines and mining, Brown ; invalid pensions, Sullpway; pensions, Louden alager; claims, Miller; war claims, Mahon ; irrigation of arid lands, Mon dell; immigration and naturalization, Howell; printing, Wachter. FRANCE WEARY OF WAITING. Patience is, .Becoming Exhausted by . Castro s Procrastination. - Army of Strike Breakers. Chicago, Dec. 16. The Chicago Em ployers' association, at a meeting to day, formulated plans for the establish ment of a Btanding army of laborers, both skilled and unskilled and repre senting every branch of trade to be pre pared to go to any city in the United States to fill the places of strikers when necessary. The scope of the associa tion will be extended so as to include every city in the United States with a population of 50,000 or more. Employ ment bureaus will be maintained where nonunion workmen can register. Horizontal Reduction of Tariff. Washington, Dec. 16. Senator Mc Creary yesterday introduced a bill to reduce the tariff of the United States by providing that there shall be levied upon ail articles imported from foreign countries a rate equal to three fourths of the present schedule. ' Washington, Dec. 12. France has refused to" Withdraw her note to Vene zuela, protesting against President Cas tro's treatment of M.Taign, the French diplomatic representative . M.J UBser and, the French ambassador, bad a long conference with Secretary Root to day regarding the Venezuela situation, which it can be announced on high au thority is daily growing worse. France, it is understood, "'would have taken steps to protect her own interests in Venezuela before this, had it not been for the unwillingness of the French government to make any move which would hinder or embarrass the settle ment of the American troubles with Venezuela. This is thoroughly under stood by Secretary Root and although Mr. Russell, the American minister, is still endeavoring to assist in reaching a peaceful settlement of affairs at Cara- is about exhausted. Bill for Federal Control. Washington, Dec. 12. A novel method of seeing Federal control over insurance is proposed in a bill intro duced yesterday by Representative Lan dis, of Indiana. The bill cites that congress has exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, the territories and the insular possessions of tbe Unit ed States. In consequence authority is given the department of Comerce and Labor to require full statements from all insurance companies doing business within such jurisdiction over which cogress controls. Sympathy for Russian Jews. Washington, Dec. 12. Representa tive Sulzer, ol New York, yesterday in troduced a resolution of sympathy for Russian Jews. ,