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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1906)
liiillfliffll ' ' -- - .. . ,.- -I , . L.,- ----4 ' " -- .J J LAW WIU. n6t STAND,. i Bill, to Restrict Giving of Free Rides ,b Railways Not Properly Drawn. Sjilem TFie anti-paBs ' law Initiated byhe People's Power league is , mipuf an' ' enacting clause. " arid ' is therefore void. The constitution, expressly; provides that all laws initiated by the people ehall contain the enacting clause, ; "Be it enacted by the people of the state of Oregon." The copy of the bill filed with the secretary of state has no such clause. The discovery Was made when Secre tary Dunbar sent the bill to the state priiter, preparatory to having 100,000 copies printed for distribution among the voters of the state. ' ! Attorney General Crawford says the secretary of state cannot pormit any'.pne to correct this defect, because each of the ,8,000 or more petitioners signed the bill in its present form. He rules that the secretary has no authority to chango it or to allow any one else to amend it, but that he must submit it aa it came to him from the petitioners. The supreme court has held in the caBe of the state vs. Wright, 14th Ore gon, page 375, that the deliberate omis sion of an enacting clauee is a fatal de fect. The discovery of this error brought to light the fact that there is no enact ing clause or formal declaration of any kind on any of the bills for amend ments to the state constitution, for which peHtions are on file. This ap plies to tho woman's suffrage amend ment, as well as to the amendments submitted by the People's Power league. It has not been determined whether this omission makes the amendments void or not. The officials are looking up author! ties. No authority has been found to allow the secretary of state to refuse to submit a measure to a vote of the peo Die. even though it may contain defects which make it void on its face, provid ed the bill or amendment comes to him with the proper number of signatures. Land for Reservoir Site. Washington The secretary of the in terior has finally withdrawn land for the Cold Soring reservoir site in con nection with the Umatilla irrigation project in Eastern Oregon, the land ly ing in townships 4 and 5 north, ranges 29 and 80 east. Persons who have tnadn entry of anv land embraced in this reservoir site prior to the prelim inary withdrawal, August 16 last, and have not acquired vested rghts, will lose their land through the cancellation of their eitrieB. The government, however, will pay for any improve' ments they may have made. Will Show How Alfalfa Grows. McMinnville II. E. Lounsbury, traveling freight agent of the Southern Pacific company, has purchased for the company five acres near McMinnville, to be used as an experiment for growing al'alfa, with the hope of promoting dairying interests. Numerous other tracts of land throughout the ' valley have been purchased by the Southern Pacific (or the same purpose. The company will furnish the seed together with a supply of land plaster and inoc ulated soil from successful alaflfa fields in other parts of the state. Will Start in 60 Days. Eugene The deeds transfering the Eugene Woolen raille from Wilbur & Wright, of Union,' Or., to the Salem com any, headed by T. B. Kay, which recently acquired the property, have been signed in Salem and Emil Koppe, who is to be the resident manager of the plant, has arrived. Manager Koppe has already begun to make improve ments at the mill, and expects to have it in operation .in 60 days. A new brick and concrete picker house will be constructed immediately. To Develop Coal Mines. Eugene The Spencer Butte Coal & Petroleum company has been incorpor ated here, with $100,000 capital. The incorporators are : J.W.Zimmerman, C. F. Mitchell, W. J. Williams and S. E. Stevens, of Eugene, and I. W. Love, of Portland. The company has a coal prospect ten miles southwest ot Eugene, which it will at once begin to develop on an extensive scale. Later on oil prospects will be bored. Appropriations for Chemawa. Washington The Indian appropria tion bill about to be reported will carry 116,200 for the Chemawa Indian school, including $4,000 for a new bakery and $ 10,000 for a viaduct to tross the railroad tracks, which run through the school grounds.; The lat ter improvement is intended to insure the safety of pupils in passing the rail load. .. '.. ...-:. ': ' ."."'' MANViCLAIM WATER. Nu merous Filings on Oregon streams Recorded at Salem. Salem The "'imirierous filings that ave.been made orjfthe waters of rivers and mountain streams for power purr poses in this state during the past year, have awakened interest in - the ques tion, of the electrical possibilities of Ore.gon. I Many of the power projects have good financial backing. .; !The majority of the recent filings, indeed, are said to eman ate. from the 'same source , The doctrine of beneficial use which it is desired to apply to the waters in all stream's of Oregqn is responsible! for much ot trie activity uispiayeu ot jate. 4s the law stands, any one can file on water for power purposes, and by doing a small amount of 'work each year can prevent, any one else from .appropriat ing or using trie water. This rule ap plies to irrigation arid a movement is on foot to change the law eo -that no man can appropriate more water for ir rigation purposes than he can put to good use. State regulation of the flow and distribution of all waters is fast be coming a principle of law in all the arid land states. To regulate abuses and prevent ttieir repitition, the leading wateruaers are preparing to urge numer ous changes in the law, so that the ownership of the waters in all streams and lakes shall vest in the state, for the use and benefit of the people. If this is done, it will be necessary to make careful surveys and measure the flow of all streams that the water may be equitably distributed. Ask for Pool in Wool. McMinnville The Yamhill Live stock aociation has elected the follow ing officers: President, William Dil- erst; vice president, John Redmand; secretary, M. B. Ilendrick; treasurer, W. 8. Link; directors, William Gun ning, John Eborall, R. O. Jones, Amos Nelson and D. A. Walker. At the last meeting of the association a resolution was passed recommending that " the trustees set April 7 as the date for sell ing the mohair pool. It was also rec ommended that a wool pool be formed by the Yamhill growers. Indians Want Lands. Pendleton About 25 Indians, mem bers of the Columbia river tribe, have made formal application to join the Umatillas and share in the allotments of the reservation, claiming that they are of the same tribe and failed to come in with them when the allotments were made several years ago, preferring to stay with the Columbia river tribe. Much Freight From Dallas. Dallas Twenty cars of lumber were billed out of Dallas in a single day re cently, .besides several cars of spars and piling. The mills here and at Falls City have a combined output of from 10 to 20 cars daily. The freight service on alternate days will soon give way, as the Southern Pacific has promised a daily freight train. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 69c; bluestem, 70c; red, 66c; valley, 72c. Oats No. 1 white, feed, $2829; gray, 27.5U28.ou per ton. Barley Feed, $23.50(24 per ton; brewing, $2424.50; rolled, $2425. Buckwheat $2.25 percental. , Hay EaBtern Oregon timothy, $13 14 per ton; valley timothy, $89; clover, $7.508; cheat, $67; grain hay, $78. Fruits AppleB, $12.50 per box; cranberries, $12.5014.50 per barrel. Vegetables Cabbage, l2c per pound; cauliflower, $1.90(32 per crate; celery, $4 per crate; sprouts, 6J7c per pound; squash, lljc per pound; turnips, 90c$l a sack; car rots, 6575c per sack; beet?, 85c$l per sack, Onions Oregon, No. 1, 65(70c a sack; No. 2, nominal. ' Potatotes Fancy graded Burbanks, 6065u per hundred; ordinary, nom inal; sweet potatoes, 22c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 27a30c per pound. Eggs Oregon rancL, J617c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 1314c per pound; mixed chickens, 1212c; broilers, 1920c, young roosters, 12c; old roosters, 10 10c; dressed chickens, 1415c; turkeys, live, 16 17c; turkeys, dressed, choice. 1820c; geese, live, He; geese, dressed, 1214c; ducks, 16fi?18c. . Heps Oregon; 1905, choice, 10 10c; prime, 89c; medium, 78c; olds, 57c. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1621c; valley, 2426c per pound; mohair, choice, 80c per pound. Beef Dresoed bulls, 2J3c pound: cows, 3J4)c per pound ; country steers, 45c. ' ' Mutton Drpssed, fancy, 8)9c per pound; ordinary, 45c; lambs, 8 veai uressea, awsc perpouna. Pork Dressed, 88c per pound. TERRITORY. Roosevelt Forbids the Quashihg.of Indictments in Case. , Washington, Feb. 20. j-President Roosevelt had taken 4 pfrBnal interkt' in the charges of fraud corruption which are;' said to occurrein connection liwith tbe affairs of the Jive Civilized Tribes in the Indian rirri tory. But for his intereference inflict-' memts against 'seve'pemons alleged to have been engaged in illegal fcr'ac tices wut'X-have been quaBhedi :f ' Now, however, under bis orderaf ..the Interior department is pushing its in vestigations with increased vigor, ; and it is reliably stated that in the snear future a number of new indictments Trill be reported against not only j; sev eral men already indicted, but tljey will also include a number of portions whose names have not heretofore Jieen brought into the case, including a high government official in waBmngion When it became known to the presi dent that the district attorney for, dian Territory bad been instructed , to quash some indictments already found, he immediately sent orders comiter mahdfng this proposed action. lie was, led to do this by information received by him. that, after March 4, when' the tribal relations of the Five Civilized Tribes ceased, certain facts would' be put into his possession which would strengthen the hands of the govern ment in its efforts to bring to trial a number of persons guilty of gross fraud perpetrated against the Indians. It is known that Secretary Hitchcock has submitted to the president and Attorney General Moody a special re port dealing with the whole situation, which gives such details as to make it imperative for the government to act. GERMANY FEELS INSULTED. Chinese Minister at Washington .Said to Have Talked Too Freely. Berlin, Feb. 20. A sensation has resulted in diplomatic circles here from the cabling of what purports to be an interview at Washington with the Chi nese minister to the United States, Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, in which the latter is quoted as saying: "Since the dawn of your civilization the Germans have been disturbers of the peace and repose of other people and nations within what is now the Christian domain. They seem always liscontented with what they have. Their energy appears to demand the whole world in which to bustle." The Chinese minister is then said to have intmiated that the present discon tent in China is due to German meas ures and German plots, and is alleged to have further intimated that the Ger man government or its agents is giving support to the revolutionary movement which has for its object the overthrow of the present reigning dynasty in China. This is absolutely and emphatically denied here, but none of the members of the Foreign office would discuss the matter until the authenticity of the al leged interview could be substantiated. It is understood that a long cable dis patch was received from Baron von Sternberg, German ambassador to the United States, Sunday, bearing on the subject. If it should prove that the statement of Sir Liang Cheng can be substantiated, there is a possibility that China will be asked to disavow his remarks. WOULD CLEAR THE SITUATION, Revolution in Wenezuela May Occur, Says M. Taigny. 1 Paris, Feb. 20. M. Taigny, the ex French charge d'affaires at Caracas, in an interview with the Matin's corres pondent at Liverpool, said that the unanimity of the diplomats in Vene zuela against his expulsion was a great surprise to President Castro, who until the last moment had relied on the moral support of a certain power. M. Taigny, according to the corres pondent, is convinced that a revolu tionary movement for the overthrow of President Castro is preparing. He had been approached by several of the revo lutionary leaders during his sojourn in Venezuela, but owing to his position as representative of France he was obliged to hold aloof from politics. In M. Taigny's opinion, the corre spondent adds, a revolution would clear up the present awkward situation in Venezuela. Eight-Hour Day the Issue. New York, Feb. 20. John Mitchell and his associates on the anthracite miners' subcommittee, today finished their work of preparing proposals for an agreement in the hope that they will meet with the coal operators' sub committee. It is practically certain that the miners will make a firm de mand for the eight-hour day for all men employed about the mines. One of the miners' representatives paid to day that the eight-hour question was more important to the men than any other demand mentioned. Russian Town Aflame. Kief, Russia, Feb. 20. An anti Jewish riot broke out today at Vietka, a town of 6,000 inhabitants near Gomel. A large part of the town is in flames, and troops have been sent there from Gomel. FRAUD IN INDIAN WARNING IS State Department Tells Mission arles of Dapger. in phjha. ; " : -n- WW ; GIVE : EVERY; PRjrrECTlON Says They Should Leave Interior Assistant Secretary Bacon Ad-, mfts Cause for Anxiety. Cincinnati,-Feb. 24. In answer to a letter from' -F; M, Kains, correspond ing secretary for -the Foreign - Christian Missionary society, to the State depart ment at Washington regarding the situ. ation in China, , Acting Secretary pf State Robert Bacon sent the . following letter to Mr. Rains: ' , "The condition of. affairs in, China is causing this government much anxiety, and, while nothing is known here which would justify the immediate withdrawal of missonaries from tho interior, it would appear prudent to the department for the heads of the missions to warn all outlying stations of the apprehension caused by their exposed condition and to advise them to take early steps to remove to places of safety at the first cause of alarm, even if it should appear insignificant and the danger not imminent. "This government is disposed to afford every protection in its power to its citizens in China, but in case of an outbreak such protection would be much facilitated if American citizens were congregated in accessible locali ties." COMMERCE STILL INCREASES. Large Advance in Exports and Im- ports for Fiscal Year. Washington, Feb. 24. The foreign commerce of the United States during the first seven months of the fiscal year 1906 amounted to $1,752,421,330, ac cording to a bulletin issued by the de partment of Commerce and Labor. This shows a considerable increase in both imports and exports, but more es pecially in exports over the correspond ing months of 1905. In the seven months ending with January, imports have increased $70, 000,000, and exports have increased $155,000,000. Imports during the seven months ended with January, 1906, were $699,764,566, and exports were $1,056,656,764. The increase in importations occurs chiefly in manu facturers' materials and finished manu factures, while the increase in exports occurs chiefly in agricultural products and manufactures. WANTS TO IRRIGATE EGYPT. American's Claim to Slice of Desert Held Up. Washington, Feb. 24. The Slate de partment has been informeds, through Consul-General Gittings, at Cairo, with regard to the claim of Cope White house to a vast tract of land in the Egyptian desert, that the application filed by Whitehouse was regular. Whitehouse has made extensive ex plorations in Africa and Egypt. He discovered what he believed to be the site of an ancient city in the Egyptian desert, and took steps to secure title to a large area of land including this place. His purpose was to reclaim and develop the arid land by means of irrigation. He has not yet been able to take possession of the land and he alleges that his claim has been held up in the Egyptian foreign office on nical grounds without any right. tech Power From the Colorado. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 24. Accord ing to the Times, the energy of the Col orado river is to be transmitted to Lob AngtleB, according to plans now being matured by local and Philadelphia cap italists. First the power is to be dis tnbuted among the mining .camps on the Nevada and Arizona border and ul timately brought here. It is said that between the Grand canyon oi the Colo rado and the Black canyon it is'possible to take advantage of certain sites and develop electrical energy equal to 500, 000 horse power. Investigate Rates On Oil.'. Kaunas City, Mo., Feb. 24. John T Marchland, of Washington, secret agent of the Interstate Commerce commis sion, arrived here today to investigate illegal rates on oil. The resolution under which Mr. Marchland is working was introduced in congress Monday by Congressman Cample.', c Kansas. MAY VETO RATE BILL ,.f .-. Committee Free' to Amend, But Given Faif Warning. : Vi POSIJIOJl pj . PRESlDEiyT jSHpWN Announcement Made to Senators Who Have the Measure in Charge ,.. -r One Change Likely. Washington, Feb. 22. When the senate committee on interstate com merce meets . on ' Iriday to vote on a rate bill, the announcement will be made authoratively , that President Roosevelt "'Will iibt attem'pt'to prevent amendment of the Hepburn bill; that he will, leave the committee free to ex ercise if s beet judgment,' and if possible compromise its differences; thatj if a reported , which does not meet his ap proval and in that form is .patsed by congress, he will content himself to ex ercise his veto power. Ibis announce ment will be made as the result of a conference here today between the most active persons supporting the house bill without amendment, but will be deliv ered to the.'committee by a senator who has supported an amendment providing for judicial review of orders of the In terstate Commerce commission. Conservative members of the com mittee assert that they have the neces sary votes to amend the Hepburn bill, if they are left free to exercise their in dividual judgment, so that they will not be put in the position of opposing the president's policy. Under these conditions, it is said that Senators El- kins, Foraker, Crane, Kean, Aldrich, Carmack, Foster and McLaurin will vote for an amendment providing for udicial review. . Seven votes is a ma ority of the committee. Messrs. Cul- loru and Carmack will not be present when the committee meets on Friday, but as Mr. Cullom iB opposed to amendment, this will not affect the result. An informal meeting of the committee will be held today. PURE FOOD BILL. Provisions of the Measure as Passed by the Senate. Washington, , Feb. 22. The pure food bill as passed by the senate makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture or sell adulterated or misbranded foods, drugs, medicines or liquors in the Dis trict of Columbia, the territories and the insular possessions of the United States and prohibits the shipment of such goods from one state to another or to a foreign country. It also prohibits the receipt of such goods. Punishment by fine of $500 or by imprisonment for one year or both is prescribed. In the case of corporations, officials in charge are made responsible. The Treasury department and the departments of Agriculture and of Commerce and La bor are required to agree upon regula tions for collection and examination of the articles covered by the bill, but no specific provision is made for investiga tion except by the department of Agri culture. The investigations by that department are placed in the hands of the chief of the bureau of chemistry and, if he finds that the law has been violated, the secretary of agriculture is required to report the facts to the United States district attorney, who in turn is required to institute proceed ings in the Federal courts. The bill also defines foods, drugs, medicines and liquors and also defines the stand ards for them. There is an exemption for dealers who furnish guarantees against adulterating and misbranding. Jarvis Has First Claim. Washington, Feb. 22. The Alaska governorship is still in the air. ( D. H. Jarvis, of Seattle, who was offered the position, has not yet made known his wishes, but it is believed he will accept if he can get out of certain business contracts which are now binding him. In case Captain Jarvis declines, it is a free field. Senator Flint, of Califor nia, today presented to the president John P. Clum, recently appointed postmaster at Fairbanks, and urged his appointment. As postoffice inspector Mr. Clum has been all over Alaska. Discovery of Ancient Frescoes. Venice, Feb. 22. While workmen were engaged in renovating the church of Santa Maria Gloriosa de Frari, some ancient frescoes were disclosed behind the mounraent of Doge Nicolo Tron. One of the frescoes represented a pano ply with the coat of arms of Doge Tron,. and another consisted of decorative bands with figures of the evangelists. Will Preserve Cliff Dwellings. Washington, Feb. 22. The senate committee on public lands today au thorized favorable reports on three bills concerning National parks. Among these is the bill creating Mesa Verde National park, in Colorado, to preserve the ruina and relics of the prehistoric, cliff dwellers. ' ,