OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
VOTERS CANNOT CHANGE.
. Attorney General Says Original Regis
tration Must Stand.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
is of the opinion that there is no autho
rity for the changing of a voter's regis
tration after it has once been made.
He lias not rendered a written opinion
upon the subject, but after hearing the
report that changes have been permit
ted in Linn county, he examined thj
statutes governing registration and said
that the only change provided for by
law is that which becomes necessary
when a voter changes his residence
from one precinct to another.
Mr. Crawford said that if a voter
registers as a Socialist and then changes
bis registration so that it shows him to
be a Democrat, this would be in effect
a second registration, and more than
one registration is expressly forbidden.
If the clerk should make a mistake and
write the word "Socialist" after a
man's name, when the voter had an
nounced himself as a Democate, Mr.
Crawford thinks it would be permissa
ble for the clerk to correct the error,
but where the party affiliation has been
recorded as given by the voter, there is
ho authority for a subsequent change.
It has been many times asserted that
in Marion county many Democrats are
registering as Republicans in order to
' take part in the contest for the Repub
lican primary nominations. Inspection
of the registration books shows that
this is not true, and that if any persons
are registering improperly tbe.instances
are so few and so unimportant as to es
cape notice. The disposition here is
for each to register his party affiliations
honestly and fairly, if gives at all.
Farmers Tired of Waiting.
Ontario The farmers of Dead Ox
Flat, tired of waiting for water from
the various projects contemplated, have
taken steps to organize an irrigation
district under what is known as the
Wright law. A petition to the County
court will be considered at a special
session April 16. The proposed district
includes about 10,000 acres of the best
land on Dead Ox Flat, in Malheur
county, just across the Snake river
from Weiser, Idaho. When this district
is organized and the means of watering
it have been installed, there will have
been added to Malheur county many
thousands of dollars of taxable proper
ty. The success of the enterprise
moans much for the county.
Wallowa Bridge by July I.
Wallowa When the 0. R. & N. Co.
started to secure right of way in this
county for an extension of their line it
was not definitely known how boon the
road was to be in operation. In a re
cent conversation with a gentleman
who is in a position to know the activ
ity of all projected railroads, it was
learned that the extension to the O. R.
& N. was expected to reach the Wal
lowa bridge by July next. With rail
road accommodations so early, much of
the crop raised in Wallowa county, as
well as the surplus stock, will be
shipped from that point.
Change Wool Sale Dates.
Pendleton Owing to dissatisfaction
with the schedule of wool sale dates re
cently announced for Eastern Oregon,
the executive committee of the State
Woolgrowers' association has made out
a new one, as follows: Pendlflton, May
22-23, May 29-30; Heppner, May 24
25, June 7-8, June 21-22; Condon,
May 81, June 1, June 27-28; Shaniko,
June 5-6, June 19-20, July 10-11;
Baker City, June 25-26, July 12-13;
Elgin, July 13. The sale for the Wal
lowa county wool has been set for Elgin
instead of the town of Wallowa as pre
viously arranged.
Closed Season To Be Enforced.
Oregon City "A strictly closed sea
sun will be maintained on the Colum
bia river this year," says Deputy Fish
Warden H. A. Webster, who has gone
to the Lower Columbia. The closed
season began on the 15th inst. and con
tinues for a month, and in order that
all illegal fishing may be prevented the
authorities of Oregon and Washington
will co-operate and maintain a thor
ough patrol of the river. Oregon this
year has two patrol boats and Wash
ington has one, and all three will do
service onthe Columbia.
Prospects Good In Sumpter.
Baker City Conservative mining
operators are of the opinion that dur
ing the coming summer greater results
will be obtained from the mines of the
Sumpter district than ever before. In
an interview on this question I. R.
Bellman, a well known operator and
manager of the Crack Oregon, at
Bourne, stated that this is assured by
the fact that so many' properties have
been fully developed and are now on
the verge of being placed among the
regular producers.
FRUIT CANNERY FOR ALBANY.
Gardeners and Orchardists of Linn
County Take Stock.
Albany Active work looking to the
erection of a cannery and packing plant
in Albany has begun by the gardeners
and fruitmen interested. The new
company will be known as the Fruit
growers' and Gardeners' Co-operative
association, and will be owned by the
men who sell their products to the com
pany or by citizens of Albany. Stock
in the new company is selling under a
restriction that no one man could se
cure more than 25 per cent of the
stock.
Besides packing, preserving and can
ning fruit and vegetables, the new con
cern will handle all kinds of produce,
acting as a kind of distributing point
where all produce for the local trade
can be secured at a uniform price. In
this way all stores will be able to keep
up with the market, and the farmers
will have no trouble in disposing of
their product.
The plan is to start with a cannery,
prune packery and cider and vinegar
works. All of these industries have
been needed very much in Linn county,
because of the immense amount of
small fruits and garden products grown
here, and because the county had no
such enterprises the development of
the fruit and gardening industry has
been much retarded.
Wool Sales at Condo'n.
Condon An effort is being made by
the Condon Commercial club to estab
lish at this place wool sales days. The
secretary of the club is in communica
tion with the State and National Wool
growers' associations, and with the aid
of the local woolgrowers' association,
which it is expected will be organized,
it is thought dates may be secured.
Endeavors are also being made to se
cure a reduction in freight rates on
wool from Condon to Boston, and
also on local shipments of sugar, salt
etc.
Beet Acreage Largely Increased.
La Grande Manager F. S. Bram
well, of the sugar factory, has been in
Cove, making contracts for the growing
of sugar beets for this season's run, and
reports having contracted for about 1,
000 acres of beets in that locality. The
sugar company expects to have a larger
acreage this year than ever before.
Heretofore the factory has never had
aiore than 2,800, acres but this season
is counting upon at least 4,000 acres.
Big Yield in Gilliam.
Condon Crop prospects for a large
yield are said to be better than ever be
fore in Gilliam county. There is a
greater acreage of wheat than ever
seeded in this county before and con
ditions are unusually favorable at this
time. The ground is wet to a depth
of more than two feet. Range is im
proving rapidly, owing to the splendid
growing weather of the past two weeks.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 6667c; bluestem, 66
68c; red, 6465c; valley, 70c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.50; gray,
$27 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2324 per ton;
brewing, $2424.50; rolled, $24.50
25.50.
Buckwheat $2.25 per cental.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $13
14 per ton; valley timothy, $89; clo
ver, $7.508; cheat, $67; grain hay,
$78. '
Fruits Apples, $12.50 per box;
cranberries, $12.5014.50 per barrel.
Vegetables Asparagus, 10llc per
pound; beans, 2c; cabbage, lc per
pound; cauliflower, $22.25 per crate;
celery, $4.505; sprouts, 67c per
pound; rhubarb, $2.25 per box; fpar
sley 25c; turnips, 90c$l per sack;
carrots, 6575c per sack; beets, 85c
$1 per sack.
Onions No. 1, 7080c per sack;
No. 2, nominal.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
5060c per hundred; ordinary, nom
inal; sweet potatoes, 22o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 27630c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 16J17c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 1314c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c;
broilers, 2022c; young roosters, 12
12ac; old roosters, 10 10c; dressed
chickens, 1415c; turkeys, live, 16
17c; turkeys, dressed,. 1820c; geese,
live, 89c; geese, dressed, 1012c;
ducks, 1618c.
Veal Dressed, 37jc per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 23c per
pound; cows, 1 4c; country
steers, 45c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89cper
pound, ordinary, 4 5c; lambs, 8
9o.
Pork Dressed, 6'8Jc per pound.
Hops Oregon, 1905, choice, 10
10c; prime, 8)9 ; medium, 78;
olds, 57c. . '
Wool Eastern Oregon average beet,
1621c per pound; valley, 2426c;
mohair, choice, 25 30c.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY DEAD.
Great Champion, of Female Suffrage
Passes Away.
Rochester, N. Y., March 13. The
long and eventful life of Susan B.
Anthony closed at 12:40 o'clock this
morning. The end came peacefully.
Miss Anthony bad been unconscious
practically for 24 hours, and her death
had been momentarily expected since
Sunday night. Only her wonderful
constitution kept her alive.
Dr. M. S. Ricker, her attending phy
sician, said Miss Anthony died of heart
failure, Induced by double pneumonia.
She had bad serious valvular trouble
for the last six or seven years. Her
lungs were practically closed, and the
pneumonia had yielded to treatment,
but the weakness of her heart prevented
her recovery.
Last night in a delirium, Miss An
thony spoke of the' work in Oregon,
where the battle for woman suffrage is
now being waged. Shortly atfer she
sank into a stupor.
Susan Brownell Anthony, reformer,
was born at South Adams, Mass., Feb
ruary 15, 1820, the daughter of Daniel
and Lucy (Reed) Anthony. Her fath
er was a cotton manufacturer, and gave
his children a liberal education.
For more than 40 years she has been
before the country as a prominent ad
vocate of reform. Through her influ
ence wider fields of employment have
been opened to women. Up to the
time of her death she never relaxed her
efforts. She has published, in con
junction with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Matilda Joslyn Gage, "The H'sto
ry of Woman Suffrage.'" She has also
contributed to leading magazines and
lectured in England.
SCREWS ON IN KANSAS.
Interstate Commission'Turns Light on
Standard Oil.
Kansas City, March 13. Acting up
on resolutions passed by both houses of
congress, three members of the Inter
state Commerce commission today be
gan an investigatoin of 'the charges
made by independent oil producers of
Kansas that the railroads of Kansas dis
criminate in favor of the Standard Oil
company in the matter cf rates outside
that state.
The members of the Interstate Com
merce commission who' will make the
investigation are: Francis M. Cock
rell, Judson C. Clements and Charles
A. Prouty. ' ,
John T. March, whuhas been in the
Southwest for the pats two weeks mak
ing a preliminary investigation of the
producers' charges, was present today
as the attorney for the commission.
Frank S. Monnett, ex-attorney general
of Ohio, and Clifford Thorn, of Wash
ington, la., were present as attorneys
for the independent producers. The
railways also had attorneys at the in
vestigation. The agitation for the investigation
begun today was started some time ago,
when Clifford Thorn, acting on behalf
of the Kansas Oil Producers' associa
tion, filed with James B. Garfield, com
missioner of corporations at Washing
ton, a statement in which instances of
alleged discrimination against the inde
pendents in the matter of rates was
made.
WOMEN AS SHIELDS.
Cause of Slaughter of Whole Moro
Families by Troops,
Manila, March 13. Major General
Wood, who has arrived here, has an
nounced tLat he assumes full responsi
bility for the fight against the Moroa at
Dajo hill, near Jolo. He said that
there waB no wanton destruction of wo
men and children in the fight, though
many of them were killed by force of
necessity, because the Moros used them
as shields, in the band-to-hand fighting.
Major General Wood declared that
many of the women wore male attire
and their sex could not be distinguish
ed. Another confusing cause was the
desperation with which the women
fought, the priests having worked all of
the Moros to a religious frenry. Many
of the Moros feigned death and butch
ered the American hospital men who
were relieving the wounded.
Decision is Given Orally.
BoiBe, March 13. The Supreme court
today granted the motion made by the
state in the habeas corpus cases of
Charles H. Moyer and his associates,
from Denver, charged with the murdtr
of ex-Governor Steunenberg, striking
out all that portion of the answer relat
ing to the extradition and removal of
the prisoners from Colorado. As this
cut out all ground for the writs of ha
beas corp"B, the attorneys agreed that
those might be denied with out further
argument, an order was formally made
denying the writs.
Famine Imperils In Morocco.
London, March 13. The Daily
Mail's correspondent at Tangier says
that the failure of the wheat and bar
ley harvest is threatened throughout
Morocco.. With no reserve from last
year, he adds, a terrible famine seems
to be impending.
WRECKAGE BURNED
Certain That Thirty-Five Bodies
Are Reduced to Ashes.
TRAINS COLLIDE IN COLORADO
Flames Do Work So Thoroughly That
Only One Body Has Been
Identified.
Pueblo, Colo., March 17. A wreck
accompanied with horrors exceeded
only by the Eden disaster, which oc
curred August 7, 1904, on the line of
the same railroad, resulted from a
head-on collision of two passenger
trains on the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad four miles east of Florence,
Colorado, at an early hour yesterday
morning. The trainB were the Utah
California express No. 3, west bound,
from Denver, and the Colorado-New
Mexico express No. 16, east bound,
from Leadville and Grand Junction.
They met on a sharp curve and were
less than 200 yards apart when the en
gineers discovered thit a collision was
imminent.
The disaster was made more horrible
by the manner of the death of many of
the passengers, variously estimated
from 20 to 85. Fire swept over the
wreck, engulfing the victims in a
cauldron of flame and leaving only
charred and blackened bodies to tell
the tale of slaughter.
A list of injured given out by offi
cials of the railroad company comprises
32 names. None of the injured are
dangerously hurt, and it is believed all
will recover quickly.
, It is reliably reported that but one
body is sufficiently intact to make re
cognition possible, all the others hav
ing been incinerated. The identifica-'
tion of the victims who succumbed to
the merciless flames is only possible, it
is believed, through a comparison of
lists of rescued and missing. No ac
curate estimate of the number of dead
was possible by reason of tha fact that
so many of the bodies were practically
destroyed.
One of the pathetic tragedies of the
disaster was the wiping out of all but
two of the family of Taylor Hewitt, of
Lebo, Kan. Father, mother, daughter
grandchild, and the wives of the two
sons are missing. The sons, A. E.
Hewitt and W. L. Hewitt are among
the injured in the hospital here each of
them having leg fractures in addition
to other injuries.
ACT LIKE CAT AND DOG.
Russia and 'Japan Ready to Spring at
One Another.
St. Petersburg, March 17. General
Grodekoff's order issued yesterday ex
cluding Japanese from Russian Man
churia, and at the same time beginning
the distribution of land among the dis
banded troops whose familis are helped
by the government to emigrate to Man
churia, and the fact that many officers
are dispatched to Vladivostok daily in
dicates that the situation in the Far
East is considered unsafe. A famous
general who recently returned from
Manchuria is quoted as Baying:
"Despite official and diplomatic de
clarations at Tokio, we believe the
Japanese consider the war unfinished,
and that they will seize occasion to
conquer the Amur region from Harbin
to Lake Baikal. Tbeir military forces
in Manchuria have been strengthened
rather than diminished, and officers
allow no one to visit headquarters.
Even Englishmen are excluded.
"TLe disorganized state of the Rus
sian army in Siberia favors the plans
ot the Japanese. This is the reason for
General Grodekoff'a order and General
Rennenkampf's excessive severity in
crushing the revolution at Chita in
Trans-Baikalia.
Robbed of Large Sum.
Great Falls, Mont., March 17. A
Tribune special from Kalispel reports
th loss of $8,000 by the O'Brien Lum
ber company at the hands of highway
men. John Peterson, a trusted em
ploye, waB carrying the money from
Kalispel to the works at Timers, about
nine miles distant. Near the mill he
was stopped by three men. One held
the team, another held a gun at Peter
son's head, and the other secured the
currency. The robbers were disguised,
but are believed to the be men from
that locality.
Bond Company a Fraud.
Louisville, Ky., March 17. Charges
of fraud and insolvency were made in a
suit filed late yesterday against the
American Reserve Bond company, of
Chicago, asking for the appointment of
a receiver. Millions of dollars belong
ing to investors all over the United
States are involved in the suit, which
was filed in the United States court
for the eastern district of Kentucky by
Levi Hake and Mary Welch, investors
in the company.
CAN NEVER AGREE
Germany Gives Up Hope of Mo
roccan Settlement.
LAYS ALL BLAME ON FRANCE
Kaiser's Spokesman Says He Will
Yield No More Hands of
Delegates Are Tied.
Berlin, March 15. German faith in
an amicable settlement of the Moroc
can tangle has given way to hopeless
ness. A spokesman for the government
today admitted that the situation has
reverted to a critical point, with di
minishing prospects of agreement.
When your correspondent on March
5 cabled that harmony was in sight, he
reflected the firm confidence of the
kaiser and Prince von Buelow that a
settlement was only a matter of hours.
France's refusal to regard the German
concessions as adequate surprised the
Berlin authorities, who now insist that
handing over police control of Casa
Blanca, which is one of the seaports of
Morocco, to the neutral powers is the
German irreducible minimum.
The Foreign office's conception of the
position of affairs at this hour is that
matters are where they were before,
except it is "plainer than ever that,
if the conference breaks up, the blame
will belong to France, and to France
alone."
Cannot Move Step Forward.
Algeciras, March 15. The Moroccan
conference has reached a peculiar stage.
It is completely helpless to solve the
deadlock which has arisen over the re
maining details of the police and bank
questions.
The sessions are temporarily sus
pended without knowing when they
will be resumed. The French and Ger
man delegates are bound by their in
structions, and therefore are unable to
make any further concessions, and the
conference, not having judicial or ex
ecutive powers, cannot settle the differ
ences by a majority.
The neutral delegates who have here
tofore sought to secure an agreement
between the parties which the confer
ence could unanimously confirm, now
recognize that if the conference is left
to itself, it is incapable of getting out
of the present difficulty, and it remains
for the governments themselves to in
tervene for the purpose of reaching an
agreement.
TO CHANGE EXCLUSION LAW,
Representatives of Commerce Give
Opinion to House Committee.
Washington, March 15. John Foord,
secretary of the American Asiatic asso
ciation, and representative s of commer
cial interests in prominent cities of the
United States, appeared before . the
house committee on foreign affairs to
day in support of the FoBter bill to
amend the Chinese exclusion act in
such manner that high class Chinese
may be admitted at less inconvenience.
Mr. Foord discussed the section of the
president's message recommending
modification of the exclusion act.
"There is nothing radical about the
changes the president proposes," said
Mr. Foord. "The president's simple
rf medy is to define the excluded class
of Chinamen and let all others enter
after due consideration by the consular
officers of the United States at the port
of departure in China, and bearing cer
tificates duly vised by the officers."
D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N. C,
representing the National association of
Manufacturers, said his associates had
no desire to admit Chinese coolies. He
said class distinctions were made in
China and must be recognized by the
United States. The coolie was so eas
ily recognized that it was desirable tor
this country to say that all Chinese but
the coolies may enter our ports. He
urged that there was no desire among
manufacturers to bring Chinese labor
ers here to compete with American
labor, for, he said, intelligent labor,
using improved machinery, excels Chi
nese cheap labor.
Utah Roads Demoralized.
Salt Lake City, March 15. Railway
traffic both north and south from Salt
Lake has been badly demoralized.
Trains from the north on the Oregon
Short Line are 10 to 20 hours late.
The train from Portland due at 7:40
last night did not arrive until this fore
noon. Drifted sand along the Colum
bia river and snowdrifts near Weiser,
Idaho have caused most of the delay.
Trains from Lob Angeles on the Salt
Lake route are detained by washouts.
No trains have passed this point since
Tuesday night.
Vote to Seat Hawaiian Delegate.
Washington, March 15. By unani
mous vote, the house committee on
elections No. 3 decided today to re
commend the seating of Delegate Kala
nianaole, of Hawaii, whose seat was
contested on the ground of fraudulent
election methods.