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I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
100 STAMPS AT GOLD COIN.
Extensive Preparations Made to Con
tinue Operationst
Baker City Dr. T. II. White, one
of the three owners of the Gold Coin
mine, has just returned from Portland,
where be arranged for the addition of
100 BtampB to their ten-stamp mill al
ready in operation, and purchased a
new hoist to ba shipped to the mine at
once. The machinery will all be made
in Portland.
Since the favorable decision in the
injunction case by the Circuit court,
given the other day, the mine will be
in full operation the balance of the
winter,
Managing Owner James A. Panting,
of the Gold Hill mine, in the Durkee
camp, 20 miles southeast of Baker City,
is here and reports that he has had a
full force of men at work retimbering
eome of the tunnels and slopes, and
that he has cut the main ledge ten feet
wider on the lower levels. In .doing
this work he struck another stream of
water in the mine, which will give him
a sufficient supply to irrigate another
100 acres of the home ranch. He Bays
the recent heavy snow storm will bene
fit both farming and mining interests.
No Longer Superintendent.
Salem David E. Baxter, who was
appointed county superintendent of
ecliools in November by the county
court of Wheeler county, is out of
office. The county superintendent
died, and the county court appointed
Mr. Baxter to fill the vacancy. At
torney General Crawford held that the
appointment was for the unexpired
term, and that Baxter would hold office
until 1908. Recently it was discovered
that Baxter did not hold a first-grade
certificate, and again a question came
up as to Baxter's eligibility to hold the
office. This time the attorney general
held that unless Baxter could show a
certificate as required by law, the office
was vacant. The court notified Baxter
to produce his certificate or give up the
office. He resigned.
Many Men at Opp Mine.
Grants Pass At the Opp mine, near
Jacksonville, about 60 men are at work
in and around the mine. All the ma
chinery, even the sawmill, is operated
by electricity. The company owns 240
acres covered with timber, and all the
lumber for building purposes at the
mine and the timbers used in the mine
are cut by the sawmill. This is the
first sawmill in this part of the state to
be operated by electricity. All the
main tunnels and drifts at the Opp
mine are lighted by electricity. The
company has just finished installing an
air compressor and power drills.
Meat for New Railroad.
Arlington Henry O. Busey has
purchased a half interest in the meat
business here from C. C. Clark. Al
though the contract has been let to a
large Canadian firm to furnish the fresh
meat for all the contractors of the
Northern Pacific railroad now being
built down the north bank of the Co
lumbia river, this Arlington firm is
providing the meat for the railroad men
for 25 -miles east and 20 miles west of
Arlington. Several hundred dollars
each week come into the coffers of this
town for meat alone.
Contract Let for Ties.
Elgin Another large contract for
ties for the Wallowa extension has
been let by the O" R. & N. Co. to
George Edwards, of Spokane. Mr. Kd
wardB is equipping two camps and hir
ing men to commence work at once.
His contract calls for 20,000 ties to be
delivered by June. He has the privil
ege of accepting another contract for
30,000 more, if he so desires.
1 To Build Railway.
Salem Articles of incorporation
have been filed with the secretary of
state for the United Railways company.
The incorporators are W. D. Larrabee,
M. H. French and, J. White Eveans.
The road is to run from some point in
Portland to Peak, in Washington coun
ty. The capital stock is $5,000, divid
ed into 50 shares of $100.
Oregon Firms Dissolved.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
issued a proclamation, as required by
law, dissolving about 5,000 corpora
tions that have not complied with the
provisions of the corporation license tax
law. Most! of the companies have al
ready gone out of business.
Subscribe Many Acres.
Echo More than 6,000 acres of land
lave been subscribed to the Umatilla
Waterusers' association. The executive
committee has met and signed the arti
cles of incorporation and the papers
have been forwarded to the secretary of
state.
State Loans $61,200.
Salem The State Land board has
approved 44 farm loans amounting to
$61,200. The money loaned belongs
to the state school fund and drawl 6
per cent interest.
LAND TRADE IN DISPUTE.
Deal Involving 4,000,000 Feet ot
Lumber In Court.
Baker City A land trade between
Stoddard Bros, and Henry Hewitt -is
occupying public attention. Hewitt
filed an action at law against the Stod
dards, asking $2,852 damages, because
he alleges the defendants in that action
cut sawlogs on his property. The Stod
dard Brothers have come back with a
crossbill in equity, alleging that they
traded Hewitt a quarter section of land
for a like amount of property in this
county.
Under the agreement, they say, they
were to build a railroad spur onto the
land and cut the timber thereon, and
Hewitt was also to cut immediately the
timber on the land they traded him.
The party securing more than $1,900,
000 feet of good sawlogs was to put up
the difference to the other. They ask
that Hewitt be forced to comply, as
they have been under expense iu build
ing the railroad spur.
Visit Excites Speculation.
Baker City It is reported on good
authority that George L. Thayer, of
Walla Walla, engineer for the North
western Gas & Electric company, who
has been in this vicinity for the past
few days, has been investigating a pro
ject for a mammoth reservoir at the
Rock creek power plant, which at pres
ent furnishes the current for Baker
City's lights. This reservoir would be
used to furnish power for the plant
during the dry season. Another; report
states a project is under consideration
to cut Baker City off the Rock creek
circuit, and that the company will ue
that plant for power for the mines and
Bourne alone, and will use the plant
being installed in South Baker to fur
nish power for this city.
Pays $35,000 for Store.
Eugene The largest price paid for
any one piece of Eugene real estate in
many years was when F. E. Dunn, a
dry goods merchant, purchased from J.
H. McClung the two story brick block
and the lot on which it stands at Eighth
and Willamette streets for $35,000
Ti-e building is 70 by 120 feet and is
occupied by a dry goods store, a book
store and a drug store on the lower
floor, and offices on the upper floor. " It
was built about four years ago by Mr.
McClung. Mr. Dunn will move his
stock of goods into the building.
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Sawmill Closes Down. '
Albany The big sawmills of the
Curtiss Lumber company, at Mill City,
on the Corvallis & Eastern railroad,
has shut down for a few days. It was
stated the mills needed overhauling.
and the deep' snow in some portions of
the Cascade mountains has interfered
somewhat with the logging operations
of the company and a shortage is the
result. This condition is not expected
to prevail very long.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 70 71c; bluestem, 72
73c; red, 6768c; valley, 73c
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.50
28.50; gray, $2728 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.5024 per ton
brewing, $23.5024; rolled, $2425.
Buckwheat $2.50 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy
$13.50(314 00 per ton: vallev timothv
910; clovar, 7.508; cheat, $7.00
8.00; grain hay, $78.
Fruits Apples, 75c$l per box
choice, $1.251.50; fancy, $22 50
pears, $1.251.50 per box; cranber
ries, $1313.50 per barrel. ,
Vegetables BeanB, 20c per pound
cabbage, 2jc per pound; cauli
flower, $2 per crate: celerv.
$3
per crate; bell peppers. 85c per pound
pumpkins, lc per pound; sprouts
6 7c per pound; squash, ljli
per pound; turnips. 90c(c6l per sack
carrots, 65 75c per Back; beets, 85c
$1 per Back.
Onions Oregon, No. 1, $11.15
per sac; jno. 2, 7080c.
Potatoes Fancv eraded Burbanks
7075c per hundred; ordinary, 50
ouc; sweet potatoes, z2c per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 21&Z2
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2727c per
UUOCUl
Poultry Average old hens, 12
18c per pound; springs, 1213c;
mixed chickens, ll12c; broilers,
1315c; dressed chickens, 1415c;
turkeys, live,1516c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 1720c; geese, live, 911;
geese, dressed, 1214c; ducks, 16
17c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10llc
per pound; prime, me
dium, 78c; olds, 57c.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1621c per pound; valley, 2426c;
mohair, choice, 30c.
Beef Dressed bulls, 22Jc per
pound; cows, Z is country
steers, 45c.
Veal Dressed, 88)c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c;
ordinary, 45c; lambs, 77c.
Pork Dreseedi 67c per pound.
GIVEN FREE HAND.
France Assures United States She
Respects Monroe Doctrine.
Washington, Jan. 23. Convinced of
the sincerity of the assurances received
from France regarding her loyalty to
the Monroe doctrine and all that it in
volves, the Washington government
has given the Paris government a free
hand in the execution of the program
for the solution of the Venezuelan prob
lem. The conference on this phase of
the question occurred some tirre ago,
and M. Jusserand, the French ambas
sador, has final assurances that the
efforts of France to obtain diplomatic
treatment for her charge d'affaires at
Caracas will not be interrupted at
Washington as in any violative of the
Monrore doctrine.
The first move in the execution of
the French program may be expected at
any time, but on tbia point the French
government is observing the strictest
secrecy. M. Taigny, the retiring French
charge, who, it is believed, is now at
Curacoa, will come to this country on
his way home, and on his arrival at
New York he will find an invitation
from the French ambassador at Wash
ington to spend several days here in
conference with M. Jusserand, on whom
the burden of an important phase of
the Venezuelan negotiation naturally
falls, that he may have the benefit of
the facts about the situation. It is
not unlikely that M. Taigny will also
see Secretary Root.
The whereabouts of the French ships
remain a mystery so far as the officials
of the State department and French
embassy are concerned, it is said. It
is assumed, however, that they are
daily in touch with the ministry of
marine at Paris, and are awaiting an
opportunity to take such action . as
their instructions may provide for.
Great interest is felt in diplomatic
circles here about the exact nature of a
sentence found objectionable in the
note of President Castro to M. Taigny.
EUROPEAN CROPS IN DANGER.
Weather is Unseasonably Warm and
Excessively Humid.
Washington, Jan. 23. The foreign
crop report, for December shows that
over large areas of Europe the prevail
ing characteristics were unseasonably
warm weather and excessive humidity
Crops lightly, sown have germinated
finely and entered ou the winter in
strong, healthy condition.. Late sowing
of crops, in Europe, however, were un
usually extensive, and eome anxiety is
felt concerning them.
In Great Britain the winter wheat
area has been extended. The acreage,
however, is still believed to be dimin
ished, as compared with last year. The
growing crops have an improved ap
pearance. '
In France tke wheat area is the aver
age. ' v
In Germany weather conditions were
unfavorable and there was no marked
improvement.
In Roumania the area under whet
is 25 per cent short of last year. The
1905 crop is now estimated at from 50,
000,000 to 55,000,000 bushels. The
bulk of it is said to be out of condition,
hence no important export movement
to north of Europe points is expected
until spring.
No important definite news regarding
the condition of winter sown cereals in
Russia are reaching the outside world
WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?
Colorado Propounds Searching Ques
tions to insurance Companies.
Denver, Jan. 23. All of the 222 in
Burance companies doing business in
this state have been asked, through
their bead officials, to make oath to re
plies to a list of questions compiled
by the Colorado Insurance department
Some of the questions asked are
whether money has ever been contrib
uted to campagm funds, particularly
during the last six years, and if so
whether or not it is proposed to cen
tinue the practice, and also if the item
"legal expenses" in the report of 1905
included contribution to funds for cam
paign purposes or to influence leglBla
tion.
Trade with the Netherlands.
Washington, Jan. 23. According to
a report of the bureau of statistics of
the department of Agriculture exports
for the fiscal year 1905 amounted to
$73,000,000 and our imports $22,000,
000 from the Netherlands, Our ex
ports to Belgium in the same year were
$28,000,000 and our imports from that
country $26,000,000; The Netherlands
and Belgium rank next to the - United
Kingdom, Germany and France in im
portance as markets for products of the
United States. Copper exports to the
Netherlands aggregated $20,000,000.
Drydock Dewey Spoken.
Washington, Jan. 23. The drydock
Dewey, on the way to the Philippines,
has again been heard from. The com
mandant of the coaling station at San
Juan, P. R, reports that the Dewey was
spoken Friday night by the cruiser
Maryland. The Dewey was in latitude
27.52 north and longitude 48.29 west
She was traveling four knots an hour
AH were well.
TROOPS
MUTINY
Seize Heavy Guns and Capture
Fortress at Vladivostok.
WORSE THAN FORMER TROUBLE
Desperate Battle Between Loyal and
Rebellious Troops Machine
Guns Turned on Latter.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 27. That there
has been a renewal of the mutiny at
Vladivostok was confirmed , by a dis
patch from that city filed Thursday
and received here late tonight. The
dispatch indicates that the mutiny,
which began last Monday, had not been
subdued, and that the situation was
far more serious than was the outbreak
in November, as the mutineers in
elude both sailors and artillerists, who
are in possession of the battery and
are well armed with rifles and machine
guns, as well as having heavy fortress
guns.
General Mitschenko, who has been
sent to deal with the mutineers, the
dispatch adds, has no easy task, as the
Cossacks given him are ill suited for
capturing a fortified position. He de
clares that the promises of immediate
transportation home for the men, with
which the government ended the for
mer revolt, are now scarcely effective.
The mutiny is due to the reserve
men, who are thoroughly undisciplined
and are clamoring for their immediate
transportation home.
ALL SIBERIA IN REVOLT,
Arsenal ' Sacked, and Pitched
Battle
Fought in Fortress.
St. Petersburg Jan.. 27. Reports
from Trans-Bafkaf districts say that the
Cossacks have joined the peasantry and
expelled officials from office, forming a
revolutionary government of their own
Estates are being ransacked everywhere
in the district.
General Linievitch has telegraphed
the Czar that sailors in Vladivostok
have broken into mutiny and attacked
and wounded the commander of the
fortress. The outbreak was caused by
the countermanding of an order to send
them back to Europe, .. . ,
Sailors invaded the armory, seized a
quantity of rifles, occupied the battery
and demanded the release of prisoners.
when Commander Selivalow '. remon
strated. The mutineers opened fire on
the commander and. his loyal guards
and a general fight ensued, in which
the commander and others were wound'
ed. A determined effort was made to
suppress the mutineers, in which, .there
was more firing and a determined bat
tle was soon raging. . .
In the fighting it ia said there were
200 killed and many others wounded.
Cossacks have been sent to restore
order.
IMPROVE TAX SYSTEM.
Moroccan Conference to Draw. Up
Rules Harmony Apparent.
Algeciras, Jan. 27. Spain at today's
session of the Moroccan conference pre
sented the draft of a convention provid
ing for a better return of taxation in
Morocco, and also for the creation of
new revenues. The conference aftar
some discussion expressed the opinion
that nothing should te proposed for
Morocco which may modify the basis of
the present organization of the country
or be in contradiction of the habits of
the Moroccan people regarding land
taxation .
The conference decided that the work
of drawing up the new rules shall be
entrusted to the same committee which
examined the question of the control of
the trade in contraband arms, with the
addition of Belgian, Russian and Mo
roccan members.
Herr von Radowitz, head of the Ger
man mission, and M. Revoil, chief of
the French delegation, had a long pri
vate meeting ' today. Although the re
sults were not disclosed, the meeting
produced a distinct feeling of optimism
among the delegates.
Germany Fears Socialists.
Berlin, Jan. 27 Several members of
the Prussian house of lords today in
terpellated Chancellor von Buelow
regarding the government's proposed
line of action against the . Socialists.
They asked whether the government
thought the existing legislation ade
quate for opposing the Social Demo
cratic plans which are hostile to the
Fatherland. Count Eulenberg, in sup
porting the interpellation, predicted an
open struggle with the Socialists. If
the Socialists were let alone, he said,
the downfall of the empire muBt follow.
Investigate Abuse of Chinese.
Washington, Jan. 27. Senator Till
man has introduced a resolution di
recting the committee on immigration
to investigate charges of ill treatment
of Chinese aliens traveling in the
United States by officers o! the immi
gration service.
CONTROL THE CASH.
Senators Want Hand in the Allotment
of Reclamation Funds.
Washington, Jan. 22. The senate
committee on irrigation today discussed
the proposition to amend the national
irrigation law by placing the distribu
tion of the reclamation fund in the
hands of congress, instead of the secre
tary of the interior, as at present.
Strong sentiment in favor of the change
developed. Several senators on the
committee believe it unwise to permit
the secretary of the interior to have
undisputed control of this fund, now
aggregating $32,000,000. No bill for
this purpose was pending, but probably
such a bill will be introduced and
passed this session.
The discussion today was incident to
a debate on Heyburn's 'townsite bill.
which authorizes the withdrawal ef
land for townsite purposes on govern
ment irrigation tracts, and provided
that money derived from the salo of
town lots shall be turned into the re
clamation fund for expenditure on town
improvements. This bill was referred
to a sub-committee for report.
The committee also crave attention
today to Fulton's bill authorizing the
condemnation of land needed as part of
national irrigation projects. No, action
was taken, but members expressed the
opinion that such a law would be un
constitutional. This bill was drawn
particularly with a view to enabling
tne government to acquire private land
under the Malheur irrigation project.
It will be acted upon later.
SLAY WORKMEN IN THREES.
How Soldiers Strike Terror Enraged
, . Reds Plan Reprisals.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. It is be
lieved that workmen employed in the
government works are being shot after
brief trials by courts martial. It is re
ported tbat the victims selected for
slaughter are led out three at a time ,
and executed before the. eyes of their
comrades, who are awaiting their turn
to face the soldiers. As soon as one
batch has been dispatched, three other
prisoners are lined up in the same spot
and shot. Firing has been heard at
the scenes' of execution, continuing
without cessation. The military has
also resorted to, beaang girls brutally
as a means of punishment. :.
Stories of the cruelties that are being
practiced have become noised about,
and they have entirely inflamed the
revolutionists, who are planning re
prisals.; i i A '.
In the south of Russia there is a
great congestion of grain, as it has been
accumulated for some time, and there
is no means of transporting it, as the
authorities are too busy with their
campaign of repression against the re
volutionists to think of the administra
tion of every day affairs.
BUDS SWELL IN CHICAGO.
Warmest Winter Day in History May
Injure Growing Things.
Chicago, Jan. 22. Something has
gone wrong with the weather machine.
All residents of this city are willing to
swear to this fact. The mercury
reached 63 at 4 p. m. today, breaking
all records since New Year's day of
1876, when it stood at 65 above. Gar
deners at the parks and along the
boulevards have become greatly wor
ried The mild rains, light snows
and general springlike weather of the
past two weeks have brought the sap
into motion and budB are beginning to
swell. Maple trees are said to be aa
far advanced as they should be on
March 1, and many of the more or less
delicate vines are well along toward the
spring rejuvenation. Now that a cold
wave is predicted for tomorrow, with a
drop of nearly 40 degrees, great fears
are expressed lest all vegetation now
started may. Buffer such a set-back aa
will cause great loss in the floral and
shrubbery display of the many miles of
park and boulevards in the spring.
All States Should Act.
New York, Jan. 22. A general de
cision that insurance reforms should
be inaugurated immediately by state
legislatures throughout, the country
was arrived at by the insurance com
missioners of several states who con
ferred with the New York legislative
committee which investigated the mat
ter. Conferences between this com
mittee and the state commissioners
have covered a period of two days.
Senator Armstrong, chairman of the
New York committee, said that there
would probably be no more conferences.
Cruiser Denver to Watch Castro.
Washington, Jan. 22. The protected
cruiser Denver, which has been tempo
rarily detached from the fifth division
of the Atlantic fleet, has sailed from
Oulebra tor San Juan. The Denver
will be detained in West Indian waters
for the present, awaiting the turn o
events in Venesuela.