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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ONTARIO BOOMS.
Value Raise When Short Line Pur
chases Ten-Acre Terminals.
Ontario The boom in Ontario real
eBtate, on account of the announce
ments and predictions in railorad cir
cles in the past few months, is here.
The climax came with the announce
ment of purchaBe by the Oregon Short
Line of terminal grounds here ten acres
in extent.
There is only one meaning for such
a purchase, in the opinion of almost
everyone who hears of it, and that is
that Ontario is now irrevocably decided
on as the Junction point of the proposed
east and west line across Oregon with
the Oregon Short Line and the Harri
man transcontinental system.
The result of the announcement of
the purchase was electrifying. Ileal
estate priceB at once went soaring. In
some instances, it is stated, laud has
doubled in value in a, few days, and
there seems to be no let up in the ad
vance as yet. High as the prices are,
compared with those of a few months
ago, there is still plenty of demand.
New men are arriving on every train.
Each seems to have some money, and
each is apparently anxious to get it in
vested as speedily aa possible.
COUNTY REPORTS SLOW.
Secretary of State Will Ask Legisla
ture to Provide Penalty.
Salem The summary of the tax val
uation of Clackamas county juBt receiv
ed at the office ol the secretary of state,
ehows a total valuation of $9,008,045
for the year 1905, as against (9,364,000
lor the year 1904.
All the counties except Lane, Mal
heur, Grant and Curry have filed their
reports with the secretary of state for
this year. According ,to the law all
the reports of the several counties
should have been filed not later than
November 1, but as there is no penalty
for failing to comply with the law, the
secretary cannot compel the county
courts or the county clerks to send in
their reports until they get ready.
It is the intention to ask the next
legislature to provide a penalty to be
assessed against the counties for neglect
in this regard.
Prison Cost $12,000,
Salem Secretary Gatens, of the
State Prison board, has completed his
Teport, showing the amount expended
during the year for improvements at
the penitentiary as $12,185.82. Of
this $6,663.12 came from the "revolv
ing fund" and $5,522.70 from the gen
eral maintenance fund. What is term
ed the "revolving fund" is made 'up of
the annual rental of the'foundry $2,400.
This'amount is used to keep the found
ry and machine shopB in repair. The
ioundry and machine shops were entire
ly remodeled during the summer.
Corporations Must Pav Fee.
Salem Attorney General Crawford,
in response to a query from Secretary
Dunbar, holds that all corporations
must pay the annual license fee from
and after the date of filing their incor
poration papers with the secretary of
state. A number of corporations have
not organized for the transaction of
business after filing their articles, and
they claim exemption from the annual
license fee until such time as they shall
organize for business.
Must Keep Roads Open.
Weston Unless people residing on
the line of a rural postoffice delivery
system keep the roads leading to their
places in passable condition they are
likely to lose their service. The con
dition of the mountain roads out of
WeBton has at times been so bad tnat
it was difficult for Carrier B. F. Somer
ville to make his trips, and a report of
the matter to the authorities at Wash
ington has brought that ultimatum to
Postmaster Baker at this place.
' Giant Spruce Log Cut.
. Astoria One of the largest and fin
est treeB ever cut' in the Lower Colum
hia river district was placed in the
'water a few days ago by the Gray's
Bay Logging company. It was a spruce
measuring 105 inches in diameter at
the butt and 60 inches at the first limb,
108 feet up. The tree was cut into
five loes. which contained 30,921 feet
of perfectly clear lumber.
Monster Vegetables From Coos.
Coquille The fertility of Coos coun
ty soil is proved by a turnip and radish
On exmUlMUU 111 iuib fcllj. iiJD inuiru
came from the garden of J. H. James
and weighed 16 pounds. The turnip
came from Fat Elk and was grown by
Charles Pendleton. It tipped the
scales at 10 pounds.' Neither of the
monaters had any more than the ordi
nary cultivation.
Diphtheria at Weston.
Weston Diphtheria has made its
appearance in Weston. James Killgore
and a boy in his family are attacked,
;and Mr. Killgore's condition is report
ed as serious. A strict quarantine has
beea established by the city council.
MANY HUNTERS IN OREGON.
Report of Game Warden Baker Gives
Some Interesting Statistics.
Salem Game Warden J. W. Baker's
annual report shows that 17,000 of the
inhabitants of Oregon are hunters, not
taking into consideration the farmers
who hunt over their own lands, and
are, therefore, not required to pay the
yearly tax of $1.
Fees received amounted to $17,421,
some of which came from nonresident
hunters, who paid $10 for the privilege
of killing wild game in the state;
$166.40 was collected as fines for hunt
ing without a license.
The game warden expended $7,262.25,
leaving a balance of $10,325.15. This
will be available at once for deputies as
soon as necessary. From the general
appropriation fund, the warden receiv
ed $1,662.78 for salary and traveling
expenses and $2,499.88 was used for
salaries and expenses of deputy war
dens, making a total expenditure for
the year of $11,412.91 for the protec
tion and propagation of game.
Violations of the law have been less
frequent this year than for some time,
but justices of the peace are not inclin
ed to impose severe penalties:
Eighty-four persona were convicted
and fined tor violation ol the game
laws, the fines averaging $15.
That Womsn May Vote.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
issued a proclamation notifying the
legal votera of this state that an initia
tive petition has been filed in the office
of the secretary of state proposing an
equal suffrage amendment to the con
stitution. The proclamation recites
that the petition contains 9,904 signa
tures, properly certified, and that this
number being sufficient, the proposed
amendment will be submitted to a vote
of the people at the general election on
June 4, 1906.
Irrigation Promises Much.
Echo The announcement that the
government would complete the irriga
tion system here has stimulated busi
ness. Work is being rushed on the big
Furnish ditch, which is to be taken
over by the government when complet
ed. Over 100 men are now employed
and nearly as many teams. There are
now 10 new buildings under construe'
tion, but progress is retarded by the in
ability of the two lumber companies to
furnish material as fast as needed.
Snow a Boon to Wallowa County,
Wallowa There baa been a decided
fall in temperature since early in De
cember, but snow has fallen to sufficient
depth to make sleighing very agreeable
Nearly all the farmers and many others
are making good use of the sleighing
pnvelege. The Josph-Elgm Stage
company is now carrying passengers
and mail on bobsleds. Much better
time is made now than by using their
coaches. While, the road remains froz
en and no chinook occurs, sleighing
will be the easiest means to bring in
freight from outside points.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 72c; blueatem, 732'c;
red, 69c j valley, 73c per bushel;
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27;' gray,
$26.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2323.50 per ton;
brewing, $2424.50; rolled, $23.50
24.50.
Rye $1.50 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,
$13.5014.50 per ton; valley, timothy,
$910; clover, $9 10; cheat, $8.60
9.60; grain hay, $89.
Fruits Apples, 75c$1.50 per box;
pears, $1.251.50 per box.
Vegetables Beans,wax,1012c per
pound, , cabbage, l2c per pound;
cauliflower,' $1.25 per dozen; celery,
$3.50 per crate; encumbers, 50 60c
per dozen ; peppers, 6c per pound
pumpkins, lc per pound; sprouts,
7o per pound; squash, lJil&c pound
turnips, 90c?l per sack-, carrots, 65
75c per sack; beets, 85c$l per sack
Onions Oregon, No. 1, $11.25 per
sack; No. 2, 7590c.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
65 75c per sack; ordinary, 50 60c per
sack; Merced sweets,. 2cper pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2730c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 30c per dozen
Poultry Average old hens, 1213c
per pound; young roosters, 10c; springs.
1212c; broilers, 1213c; dressed
chickens, 1212c; turkeys, live, 17
18c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 19
20c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 16c
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10
11c; prime, 89c; medium,78c
olds, 57c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average beBt,
1621c; valley, 2426c; mohair,
cLoice, 30c per pound.
xseet messed bulls, lZc per
pound; cows, 34c; country steers
44Kc.
Veal Dressed, 88c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 66c per
pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 7
7Xc
Pork Dressed, 67c per pound.
DO GREAT WRONG TO ARIZONA.
Joint Statehood With New Mexico
Condemned by President.
New York, Jan. 2. James Douglas
who is the executive head of the min
ing enterprises in Arizona, grouped as
the Phelps, Dodge & Co. Interests, is
quoted today regarding his views upon
the proposed joint statehood of Ari
zona and New Mexcio. Mr. Douglas
says, among other things:
"To force Arizona into a union with
New Mexico is to do a great wrong to
the people of the former territory, who,
in racial antecedents, religious prefer
ences and industrial interests, are
wholly unlike the inhabitants of New
Mexico. New Mexico has a population
sufficient to justify her admission as a
single state, and the people of Arizona,
among whom I have spent more than
25 years of my life, would rather wait
20 years for statehood than be joined
to New Mexico.
"In the event of joint statehood, the
vast interests in Arizona would be out
voted and so controlled in the matter of
taxation by the greater population of
the present territory of New Mexico,
which is vastly less important in the
value of its taxable property.
"1 can well understand tnat it may
seem desirable to substitute a state
government for the territorial form
whenever it can be wisely accom
plished, and can also appreciate the
political considerations that are in
volved in the contention for joint state
hood, but neither should outweigh the
injustice that would be involved in
such an unfit alliance as that of Ari
zona and New Mexico."
WANTS RESERVE OF 60,000 MEN
Chaffee Proposes to Use Men Already
Trained In Army.
New York, Jan. 2. Lieutenant Gen
eral Adna It. Chaffee, chief of staff of
the army, today expressed himself as
in hearty accord with the provisions of
the army bill evolved by the general
staff, and now in the hands of the sec
retary of war.
"Matters military in this country,"
said the general, "naturally mean the
outlay of money, but I believe it will
be worth all it costs to strengthen the
military arm of the government by
creating, as contemplated in the bill,
a reserve of 60,000 men. By creating
this force of the men who have served
one term of three years and have been
honorably discharged, we shall have
the benefit of the instruction they hav
received, the proficiency they have at
tained in marksmanship and their re
gard for discipline.
"It will be possible, with such a re
serve, to put the army on a war footing
with seasoned troops. The reservists
would be enlisted for five years, during
which they would be under pay and al
ways subject to a call for service, but
in time of peace permitted to follow the
vocations of their choice."
General Chaffee returns to Washing'
ton tomorrow.
ANOTHER HOPE FOR MALHEUR
Senators Propose Irrigation, Exclud
Ing Wagon Road Lands.
Washington, Jan. 2. Senators Ful
ton and Gearin today called on the di
rector of the geological survey to see if
it be possible to revive the Malheur ir
rigation project, now practically dead
They hope the government will do
something that will benefit settlers
owning land in that vicinity and sug
gested that the original project might
be reduced in size by eliminating the
wagon road land and land included in
the railroad right of way, which proved
serious obstacles in the way of the first
project.
Director woicott promised to give
immediate attention to this request
and in a few days will advise the sen
ators whether or not it will be prac
ticable to remodel the project as they
have suggested. 11 such a plan is feaa
ibb, there is some hope that a modified
Malheur project may ultimately be
built.
Try to Liberate Peons.
New Orleans, Jan. 2. The Federal
authorities in this state are determined
to put an end to the practice of placing
negroes in a state of peonage, which
has been in vogue since the Civil war
It is the plan of the planters to take
negro under contract, agreeing to furnish
all his living expenses for a term of
years, and to get all the profits of the
negro laborer during that time. This
afternoon J. J. Newland, of Washing
ton, La., was placed under arrest under
indictment by the Federal grand jury
on a charge of peonage.
Bomb Kills and Mangles Many.
Dvinsk, WeBt Russia, Jan. 2. A
strike was declared here today. Martial
law has been proclaimed. By the ac
cidental explosion of a bomb at a meet
ing of workingmen last night eight per
Bona were killed and 23 wounded.
DARE NOT IREVOLT
Little Danger of Break Between
Congress and President.
HEAR VOICE OF THE NATION
Many Senators Soon To Be Elected
and Opposition to Roosevelt
Means Political Death.
Washington, Jan. 2. Two-thirds
of
me united states senate will come
up
for re-election within the next three
years, and of this total 34 are Republi
cans, ibis fact is likely to have con
siderable influence upon the ultimate
stand taken this winter by the senate
on measures advocated by the president
and endorsed by the people. It does
not necessarily mean that the senate
will fall in line and follow the lead of
the president, but it points to such ac
tion, and the wise observers, after
studying the situation, think they can
see the senate supporting the president
on the large issues now up for consid
eration.
jjuring tne nrst weeks oi the session
it looked very much as if the senate
would take issue with the president
on many important questions of legis
lation. There were unpleasant words
regarding the Panama canal; there
were murmurings about the presi
dent's course regarding Santo Domin
go; and behind it all considerable!
private comment upon the president's
railroad rate policy as outlined in his
message. Many senators have reached
the conclusion that the president is
recklessly usurping the powers of con
gress to some extent, and they have dis
played evidence of ugliness on that ac
count. For a time it looked as if there
would be revolt.
But will there be? Rather, will not
the Benate fall in line and follow the
lead of the president? It is a serious
thing for the party in power to break
with jts president, and such a move is
more apt to injure those senators and
representatives of the insurgent class
than it is to injure the president.
What is more, the party in power must
suffer from any such revolt. These
things are being carefully weighed, and
there are those who now predict that
there will be no break between congress
and the president, unless it may be on
the railroad rate issue, and even on
that issue a com promise ia more likely
than an open rupture.
KILLED BY BOMS.
Ex-Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho,
Victim of Dastardly Outrage.
Boise, Jan. 2. Frank Steunenberg,
ex-governor of the state, was killed
Saturday evening at his home in the
suburbs of Caldwell. A dynamite bomb
had been placed at his front gate with
some contrivance by which it exploded
as he enterod. Both legs were blown
off and .he lived but 20 minutes.
There is no known reason for the
outrage, but it ia charged to some
member of the famous inner circle of
the Coeur d'Alene dynamiters, whom
he prosecuted so relentlessly in 1899,
while he was governor. Governor
Gooding is in communication with the
authorities of that county and is pre
pared to put the full support of the
state behind the officials there in run
ning down the perpetrators of the
crime.
It is thought probable that the lead
ing detective agency of the country
will be asked to send some of their
best men to the scene and the state
will offer as great a reward as the gov
ernor may find he has power to pro
pose. Steunenberg was governor of the
state frvom 1897 to 1901, having been
twice elected. He was born in Iowa
44 years ago and had been in Idaho
since 1887. He left a wife and three
children.
Anarchy on Siberian Road.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 2. Warning
news has been received from Siberia.
It is reported authoratively that the
Siberian railroad is disorganized as far
as Cheliabinsk. Railway stations have
been pillaged by soldiers and sailors.
General anarchy prevails along the
line, and trains are being run with
great delays and uncertainty. At Ir
kutsk there has been a general head-ing-up
of the line, and robbery and
pillage have made the place almost
untenable. Disasters of the worst
kind are feared along the whole line.
Smoot Confident of Result.
WaBhington, Jan. 2. Senator Smoot,
of Utah, believes that when a vote is
taken in the senate upon the question
of his right tc retain his seat, he will
come out victorious. He expressed
himself as anxious that the test be
speedily made. The call issued by
Chairman Burrows of the committee
on privileges and elections for a meet
ing Saturday, has brought up public
interest.
YERKES IS DEAD.
Complication of Diseases Carries Off
Builder of Street Railways.
New York, Dec. 30. Charles T.
Yerkes, he noted railwav financier of
Chicago and London, died last night in
bis apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel, where he had been ill for more
than six weeks. Mr. Yerkes suffered
from a complication of diseases, grow
ing out of a severe cold which he con
tracted in London early in the fall.
HiB condition had been critical for ten
days past, and the attending physicians
gave up all hope several days ago, al
though members of the family clung
tenaciously to the belief that the re
markable vitality of Mr. Yerkes would
eventually pull him through. ' Since
early yesterday morning the patient
bad been kept alive by strong stimu
lants. Charles Tyson Yerkes was born at
Philadelphia, Pa., June 25, 1837. The
Yerkes family is of Dutch origin, the
first settlers of the name coming to
America a few years before the arrival
of the Quaker colony under William
Penn. C. T. Yerkes was educated at
the Friends' school and Central High
school, of his native city, and began
his business life as a clerk in the flour
and grain commission and forwarding
house of James P. Perot & Bros., being
presented with a salary of . $50 at the
end of his first year.
His latest exploit was to revolution
ize the rapid transit system of London.
He built a system of underground elec
tric lines, which shines by contrast
with the old Metropolitan (under
ground) railway in every particular,
having pure air, clean stations, clean
and comfortable cars. He then secured
control of the Metropolitan, after a con
test before a commission of parliament,
against J. P. Morgan, and has been en
gaged for several years in transforming
it into an electric system.
REBELS WRECKING BRIDGES.
Sti
Active in Moscow, Though Their
Leaders are Captured.
Moscow, Jan. 1. The rebels are still
active here, despite all reports to the
contrary, aB developments of the past
few hours have plainly shown. In
order to cut off ingress to the city by
rail from Tver, the insurgents today
placed bombs under the bridge between
that place and Moscow, literally wreck
ing the bridge.
A mob of armed men made an attack
on the police barracks and was defeated
with great loss of life. The police lo
cated the meeting place of the Social
Revolutionary committee and arrested
all the members. A quantity of bombs
was also seized. Enraged at the arrest
of the committee, a mob destroyed 200
wagons loaded with provisions for sol
diers. Following this the prefect of
police ordered the soldiers to shoot any
one found interfering with either pro
vision wagons, telegraph or telephone
poles.
The streets of the city present a
ghastly appearance. The bodies of un
identified dead are found lying every
where. It is said that when the police
arrested the revolutionary committee
the workmen were discussing a termin
ation of the strike.
SAVES HALF DAY.
Reduction in Schedule of Transconti
nental Mails.
Washington, Jan. 1. The postmaster
general has announced what, from a
postal standoint, is regarded as one of
the most important changes in rail
way mail schedules that have occurred
in many years, affecting all points in '
the East having business with points
west of the Mississippi river. It be
comes effective December 31.
A change of the schedule on the
Union Pacific railway between Omaha
and Ogden, Utah, and on the Southern
Pacific between Ogden and San Fran
cisco, witn supplemental cbanges on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
Chicago & Northweatern railroads . be
tween Chicago and Omaha, reduces the
time of mail in transit between New
York and San Francisco west bound,
and between the same points east
bound, practically 24 hours. A busi
ness day ia saved each way.
Direct connection is made at Ogden
with a train from Green River, via Po
catello, Idaho, and Huntington, Or., to
Portland, expediting mail for Oregon,
Washington and Idaho 12 hours.
Abolish Private Car Lines.
Des Moines, Jan. 1. The Western
Fruitjobbers association today adopted
strong resolutions demanding the enact
ment of legislation abolishing private
car linea and pointing out the insuffi
ciency of pending legislation before
congress in this respect. The associa
tion also gave endorsement to Governor
Cummins, who aroused the wildest en
thusiasm at the banquet by hia arraign
ment of private car companies and of
congress for what he declared to be its
alothfulnesa in heeding the petitions of
shippers for relief.
Drydock Out In Atlantic.
Norfolk,' Va., Jan. 1. The mammoth
drydock Dewey, which left Solomon's
island yesterday on its long irip to the
Philippines by way of the Sues canal,
passed out of the Virginia capes at
10:40 tonight.