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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
LINN CROPS ARE ABUNDANT.
Record Grain and Hay Output Ex
pectedLabor Scarce.
Albany Ceres has dealt bountifully
with Linn county this year. There is
not a failure to record thui far. Even
the strawberries, reported ruined by
the late spring rains, recovered from
the temporary setback and made a full
crop. Linn county farms are the pic
ture of industry and prosperity. Every
variety of farm product will be almost
a full yield, and some, particularly the
hay eutput, will surpass all previous
records.
Haying 1b now in its busiest stage,
and the enormous size of the crop will
tax the resources of the farming com
munity to care for it before the thresh
ing season. This year's hay crop is
notable for the great amount of vetches
grown. This greatest of all stock foods
' thrives in the Willamette valley, and
Linn farmers are beginning to realize
the fact. It has many of the properties
that rejuvenate the soil, and is itself a
profitable product. Running as high
as five tons to the acre, it not only
yields enormous Btacks of hay, but' also
furnishes excellent pasturage.
There is a market shortage on farm
laborers in Linu county, and farmers
are experiencing extreme difficulty in
housing their crops.
All classes of grain will be ready for
harvest soon, and almost at the same
time. This complicates matters and
creates a greater demand for help than
ordinary. Tj meet the occasion farm
ers are doubling forces in the haying
and in this way the work is progressing
rapidly, and soon the greatest output
of hay Linn county has ever produced
will be on the market.
A part of tbe work of threshers this
year will be separating seed from the
vetch straw. Large orders for vetch
seed have been received, a number of
them coming from Portland wholesale
houses.
Many Claims to Adjust.
Salem When the next legislature
convenes one of the most important du
ties which will devolve upon the joint
committee on claims will be the adjust
ment of a large grist of claims aggregat
ing a total of over $425,000 in princi
pal, upon which interest will be de
manded from the state at the legal rate
of 6 per cent, and for all periods of time
ranging from three months to a year
and a half. JThe most complex ques
tion which the committee and the leg
islature must determine is which of the
claims for interest, in equity, should
be allowed and which should be reject
ed. Report of Land Board.
Salem The monthly statement of
Clerk G. G. Brown, of the state land
board, shows that a total of $29,426.88
had been clolected in the land depart
ment during the month of June for the
sale of school, agricultural and swamp
lands. A statement of tbe condition of
the several funds on hand in the land
department follows: Common school
fund, principal, $305,901.77 common
school fund, farms, $158,318.33; uni
versity fund, principal. $688; universi
ty fund, farms, $3,170; agricultural
college fund, principal, $16,025.07;
agriculutral college fund, farms, $5,935.
Must Tell Police Their Troubles.
Salem If the gillnet fishermen do
not want their rights to fish in the tide
waters of the Columbia river to be im
posed upon by owners and operators of
fish traps, gears, etc., they will have to
take their troubles to the "policeman"
and have the matter adjusted by the
courts through the regular process.
This, in effect, is the decision arrived
at by the state board of fish commis
sioners while considering the complaint
of illegal fishing with traps in tbe tide
waters of the Columbia made by Secre
tary H. M. Lorntsen, of the Columbia
River Fishermen's Protective union.
Hot Winds Cause Damage.
The Dalles The east wind which
prevailed recently unquestionably did
more or less damage to grain. Farm
ers from different parts of the county
report late grain badly injured, but
they do not consider that early spring
or fall grain is badly damaged. A
week of cool weather or a good rain
would be most beneficial and would re
store most of the damaged crops.
Oregonians Who Drew Locations.
Pendleton Among the names of the
prizewinners in the drawings for tbe
Crow Indian lands in Montana, which
took place July 3, occur those of Hugh
K. McCollem of Pendleton and Arthur
Blevine of Pilot Rock. Other Oregon
ians who were among the fortunate are
Clyde Brenner of Heppner and W. E.
Owens of Portland.
Union County Grain Safe.
La Grande July 5 was the hottest
day of the season. On that day the
thermometer registered 101, on July 6,
99 and tbe night of July 6, 68, which
was the hottest night so fur of the sum
mer. July 7 the thermometer stood at
89. So far not the slightest damage
has been done the crops.J
VALLEY FARMERS COMBINE.
Will Obtain Their Grain Bags Inde
pendent of Buyers.
Salem There is a lively war on be
tween Willamette valley farmers and
the valley millers and warehousemen,
growing out of the question of furnish
ing sacks for grain. It has always been
the practice for warehousemen and
millers to furnish sacks to farmers and
take the value of the racks out of tbe
purchase price of the grain when sold.
Recently millers and warehousemen
in other valley counties decided to dis
continue this practice and to require
farmers to buy the sacks outright.
Marion and Polk county grainbuyers
have practically agreed to the same
plan, though no formal action has been
taken,
"This is a blessing to valley farm
ers," declared W. A. Taylor, a promin
ent grain farmer. "The warehousemen
have got none tbe start of us, for al
ready we have began arianging Jto buy
sacks independent of them. We have
placed ourselves in their power too
long. Now the farmers will build
granaries on their own farms, buy only
sacks enough to haul grain from the
field to the granary, let the grain lie
loose in bins, and thus be compelled to
buy only one-tenth as many sacks as
they do.
"I bave learned by experience that I
can sometimes get 8 cents more a bush
el for my wheat by having possession
of the grain when I get ready to sell.
Farmers can make enough in a single
season by increased prices of wheat to
pay for their granaries.
"Let the warehousemen combine.
We are doing something in that line
ourselves and we shall buy our sacks
without paying tribute to the ware
housemen." Big Log Drive in Progress.
Albany The Spalding Logging com
pany is now dumping into the Willam
ette river above Albany its annual
drive of logs for the mills at Oregon
City, and for its own lumber mills at
Newberg. This years' drive will con
sist of 12,000,030 feet of logs, and will
be one of the largest on record. It is
now in the vicinity of Harrisburg, in
Ltnn county, and will be several days
getting down to Albany.
Benson Files Bond.
Salem Secretary of State-elect Frank
W. Benson has filed his official oath
and bond in the sum of $10,000 with
Governor Chamberlain, who has ap
proved the same.
W. C. Bristol is Reappointed.
Oyster Bay, L. I. President Roose
velt has reappointed William C. Bris
tol United States attorney for the dis
trict of Oregon.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 7071c; blueBtem,
7273c; rel, 6869c; valley, 71c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $32; gray,
$31 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.75 per ton; brew
ing, $24; rolled, J2526.
Rye 1 50 per hundred.
Hay Valley timothy. No. 1, $11
12.50 per ton; clover. $8.509; cheat,
$6 507; grain hay, 78; alfalfa, $11.
Fruits Apples, $1.501.75 per box;
cherries, 48c per pound; currants, 9
10c; peaches, 75c$l per crate;
plums, $1(91.25; strawberries, 58c
per pound; gooseberries, 8c per
pound; Loganberries, $1.35 1.50 per
crate; raspberries, $1.75(11.85 per
crate; blackberries, 8c per pound.
Vegetables Beans, 57c per pound;
cabbage, lc per pound; corn,2535c
per dozen; cucumbers, 75c$l per box;
lettuce, head, 25a per dozen; onions,
1012c per dozen; peas, 45c per
pound; radishes, 10Q15c per dozen:
rhubarb, 3c per pound ; spinach, 23c
per pound; tomatoes, $1.252.25 per
box; parsley, 25c per box; squash, $1
1. 25 per crate; turnips, 90c$l per
sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets,
$1. 251.50 per sack.
Onions New red, llc per
pound; new yellow, l2cper pound.
Potatoes Fancy graded Burbanks,
old, 4050c per sack (110 pounds); or
dinary, nominal; .new, Oregon, 75c
$1.50.
Butter Fancy creamery, 1720c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2122c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12
13c per pound; mixed chickens,
12c; fryers, 1617c; broilers, 15
16c; roosters, 910c; dressed chick
ens, 1415c; turkeyB, live, 1617c;
turkeys, dressed, choice, ,1722c;
geese, live, 88c; ducks, 1213c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, 11c; olds,
8c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1823Ki: ; valley, coarse, 2223&c;
fine, 24c; mohair, choice, 2830o pei
pound.
Veal Dressed, 5H7o per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound;
cows, 4J5c; country steers, 56c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c per
pound', ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy,
88Hc.
Pork Dressed, 78Jc per pound,
CANNON AIDED WEST.
Speaker of House Blocked Diversion
of Reclamation Fund.
Washington, July 10. Thanks to
Speaker Cannon, tbe Hansbrough bill
diverting $1,000,000 from the reclama
tion fund to drain private swamp lands
in North Dakota, was not allowed to
come before tbe house at the recent ses
sion. Had the bill been given consid
eration it would almoet certainly have
become a law, for it bad already passed
the senate, was indorsed by a majority
of the house committee on public lands,
and only a handful of Western mem
bers were in a mood to oppose the bill
in debate.
Speaker Cannon was the man who
defeated this onslaught on the none too
large reclamation fund, and his posi
tion was altogether unexpected, too.
When congress was framing the recla
mation law, and in the years previous,
Cannon was one of the strongest oppon
ents of the proposed legislation. Ho
believed it would deplete tbe treasuiy
and interfere with other government
work; furthermore, he contended that
irrigation of arid lanis could be carried
on by private enterprise under the Car
ey act, and therefore saw no necessitv
for utilizing public land receipts in this
great work.
Since that law was written on the
satute books and has been put into op
eration, Speaker Cannon has traveled
through the West, has observed the
vatt benefits that are resulting from it,
and today he is as staunch a friend of
the law as any man from the arid West.
He has proved himself a better friend
of tbe law than many men who helped
to frame it.
In the closing days of the session an
effort was made to rush through the
senate a bill to take a part of the recla
mation fund for draining the Dismal
swamp, but the bill was refused con
sideration, a number of Western senat
ors having been aroused to a realization
of the danger that lurks behind bills of
this character, and notice was served
by Senator Fulton that no more distri
butions would be made from the recla
mation fund for the benefit of states
that do not contribute to tbat fund.
The senators behind the bills provid
ing for the drainage of the Dismal
swamp, the Florida Everglades and the
big swamps along the Mississippi river,
on the other hand, are determined to
force through their respective bills,
and it is to be expected that they will
unite at the next session.
The West 's not strong enough in
numbers to outvote the South, which is
sure to stand together on these drain
age propositions, and the only hope, so
far as the senate is concerned, is in
arousing adverse sentiment among men
from the Northern and Eastern states.
On a fair presentation of the case,
the men from the West ought to be
ablu to win out, but they can only win
by standing together, and those who in
the recent session voted for the Hans
brough bill will have to renounce their
former vote and declare themselves
against all legislation that will deplete
the national reclamation fund.
BIG STORMS IN COLORADO.
Dry Creeks Become Torrents and
Much Damage Is Done.
Denver, July 10. Cloudbursts and
lightning did considerable damage in
this section of the state today. In
Denver a wall of water 10 feet high
came down Dry creek in the western
part of the city, carrying away foot
bridges and damaging the bridge of
the Denver & Internationa! railroad.
Two boys were fishing under the bridge
and were rescued with difficulty.
In Boulder a wall of water six feet
high came out of Sunshine canyon and
spread itself over Pearl street and
other streets in that city. A mile of
the Sunshine railroad was destroyed.
Considerable damage was done in the
city.
At Florence late this afternoon a
cloudburst in Oak creek undermined a
big bridge at Rockvale. A heavy storm
destroyed telephone communication be
tween Florence and Pueblo.
Fay Powers, aged 17, was killed by
lightning near Colorado Springs.
The Carnegie library in this city was
truck by a bolt of lightning during the
storm, but no other damage resulted.
Root at San Juan.
San Juan, P. R., July 10. The
cruiser Charleston, with Secretary
Root and party on board, arrived here
this afternoon. The Charleston estab
lished a record run between New York
and San Juan, making the distance in
3 days and 19 hours. As the Charles
ton neared the harbor she received sa
lutes from Moro castle and the Italian
cruiser Umbria. Governor Winthrop
and his secretary went on board the
cruiser and after an extending of greet
ings the secretary's party came ashore
in naval launches.
No Yellow Fever In New Orleans.
New Orleans, July 10. Dr. Tames A.
White, surgeon in charge of the marine
hospital here, issued a statement to
night that as far as he is aware none of
the marine hospital surgeons at New
Orleans had given out any statement
that there is yellow fever in New Or
leans, and neither is there nor has
there been any fev9r existing in this
city.
BARRED BY BRITONS
No American Canned Meats Al
lowed On Their Warships.
SAILORS REFUSED TO EAT IT
Admiralty Yields and Will Feed Them
On Australian and Argentine
Canned Goods.
London, July 10. As the result of
the refusal of one of the ships of the
British attacking fleet to take on Amer
ican tinned meats during the recent
naval maneuvers, the Admiralty directs
that ships' companies be supplied with
Australian or Argentine brands in lieu
of American. The remainder of Amer
ican tinned meats now on hand is being
returned to the victualing yards and
will be no longer a compulsory ration
for tbe navy.
Winston Charchill Spencer, under
secretary of the colonies, in an official
communication to William Redmond,
Nationalist member of parliament, says
he is informed tbat special care is ex
ercised by tbe New South Wales gov
ernment that only absolutely healthy
beeves are slaughteied for food and
that every precaution is taken at the
Ireezing and canning works to insure a
cleanly method. Where any breach of
the regulations regarding cleanliness is
proved, licenses are immediately with
drawn. Persons slaughtering a diseas
ed beef are liable to imprisonment for
two years and -the seller ol dipeaeed
meat is liable to imprisonment for a
longer term. Government inspectors
report weekly. Twelve hours notice
must be given of intention to slaughter,
and where no such notice is given a
penalty of $25 a head may be imposed.
RECIPROCITY THE NEXT ISSUE.
Congress Will Be Asked to Enlarge
President's Powers.
Washington, July 101 Tariff reci
procity as the beginning of tariff revi
sion may be made tbe chief issue of the
short session of the 59th congress. It
is more than likely tLat after the elec
tion in November steps will be taken in
the direction of the passage of a general
reciprocity law. Whatever reciprocity
there4a must be by a new law, because
the reciprocity feature of the Dingley
act expired two years after its passage,
and none of the treaties negotiated un
der its provisions succeeded in securing
raticfiation by the senate.
Tbe reciprocity of the future must be
statutory, that is to say, the president
must be authorized in some way, either
by the separation of a maximum and
minimum tariff or by a horizontal re
duction, to promote trade relations
with tohre countries This would not
mean revision of the tariff if reciprocity
could be accomplished on a percentage
basis, that is to say, by the application
of a more general principle of the pres
ent law without disturbing the rates
themselves, thus provoking a general
tariff discussion.
ROOT DODGES PROBLEMS.
Speaks at Banquet at San Juan With
Diplomatic Reserve.
San Juan, Porto Rico, July 10. Eli
hu Root, the American secretary of
state, who arrived here on the cruiser
Charleston on his voyage to Rio Ja
neiro as the representative of the
American government at the Pan
American congress, was entertained at
luncheon tonight by George C. Ward,
at the Union club.
Auditor Hyde, of Porto Rico, pro
posed a toaat to President Roosevelt
In responding Mr. Boot said be fully
appreciated the difficulties attending
the island's adjustment to the new con
ditions resulting from its separation
from Spain and the severance of rela
tions between church and state. The
United States, Mr. Root eaid, was
greatly interested in the welfare of the
island and in holding its friendship,
and strongly desired for Porto Rico the
utmost prosperity and happiness.
Mr. Root avoided all reference to in
sular problems, such as the question of
citizenship, the coffee growing industry
and the presence ot troops.
Sealers Put In Chains.
Victoria, B. C, July 10. Advices
from Japan state that three Americans,
one Britisher and one Japanese sealer,
who were imprisoned for 16 months at
Vladivostok, have returned to Japan
after being released. One of the Amer
icans was loaded with chains, while in
confinement. The Americans and the
Britisher, who are distressed, are being
maintained at the Seaman's Institute
at Yokahoma. They were members of
tbe crew of the Japanese sealing
schooner Kyoichi Maru, which was
sunk by Russian cruisers in 1903.
Castro Again Supplants Gomez.
Caracas, Venezuela. July 10. Vice
President Gomez yesterday transferred
to President Castro the presidential
office, which the latter temporarily re
signed in April last.
WILL ISSUE PERMITS.
Agricultural Department Ready to En
force Heyburn Bill.
Washington, July 9. The Heyburn
36-hour livestock bill became a law
June 29, when it was signed by the
pnsident. Since that time the depart
ment of Agriculture, which is charged
with the administration of tbe new
statute, has made preparation to issue
permits to all shippers of livestock who
care to avail themselves of its more
liberal terms. The permits to make
shipments for periods longer than 28
hours can only be made by authority of
the secretary of agriculture, and those
not obtaining such permits will be re
quired to conform to the old law.
The Heyburn law, of couise, applies
only to livestock shipped in cars that
have no facilities for feeding in transit,
and which are so crowded as to deprive
the stock of rest while on the rail.
Stock that is shipped in the more mod
ern cars, and which is regularly fed
and watered on the cars, is not affected
by the law.
The bill in its approved form pro
hibits any railroad from transporting
livestock from one state to another for
a period longer than 28 consecutive
hours without unloading the same into
properly equipped pens for rest, feeding
and water, and it is stipulated that
these stopping periods shall be at least
five hours in duration. In case of
storms or on account of other unfavor
able circumstances, shipments may be
prolonged beyond the 28-hour period
without authority from the department.
FINEST SHOTS IN THE WORLD.
American Army is Increasing Record
for Proficiency.
Washington, Juyl 9. In a letter to '
Acting Secretary Oliver, President
Roosevelt has expressed his gratifica
tion at the remarkable progress that is
being made by the enlisted men of the
army in markmanship. Before the
Spanish war the American private sold
ier was admittedly the finest shot in
the world. The addition of the large
number of volunteers had the effect of
greatly reducing the average of the
riflemen. But since tbe reorganization
of the army following the war, eveiy
effort has been made to stimulate in
terest in markmanship, and tbe result
is that today the average is probably
as high, if not higher, than it was at
the beginning of the war.
The figures laid before the president
that elicited his approval shewed that
in 1903 there were, in the whole army,
58 expert riflemen, 394 sharpshooters
and 500 marksmen, as the various
grades are known technically. In the
following year these figures had in
creased to 264 expert riflemen, 1,439
sharpshooters and 2,484 marksmen.
Now it shown that last year the reco.d
stood 696 expert riflemen, 8,371 sharp
shooters and 3,346 marksmen. Gene
ral Oliver attributed tbe improvement
in large part to the fact that congress
has allowed an increase of pay of $3
per month In the case of expert rifle
men, $2 for sharpshooters and $1 for
marksmen.
GRAND DUKES COWER.
Czar Asks for Aid to Escape Wrath
of His People.
St. Petersburg, July 9. According
to advices from Moscow, there are now
20,000 workmen on strike in the city,
and conditions are hourly becoming
more threatening. All the police and
soldiers on duty there have been noti
fied to use the strictest measures to
prevent crowds gathering In the streets
and to compel all persons who cannot
show authority to keep off the streets
after nightfall.
The situation in the Caucasus is
threatening and a detachment of Cos
sacks, armed with rapid fire guns, has
been dispatched there on a special
train.
It Is asserted in official circles in St.
Petersburg that the grand dukes are
taking the most gloomy view of the
situation. All are said to have Bent
their valuables to Paris and other Eu
ropean centers and to be ready to flee
tbe country at an hour's notice.
The rumor is again afloat that tbe
czar has asked that one of the powers
send a warship to wait at a convenient
point to take on the royal family in
case of a revolution and convey them
to a place of safety.
Secretary Wilson to Visit Stockyards.
Washington, July 9. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, accompanied by
Soliictor McCabe, Dr. Melvn, chief of
the bureau of animal industry, and Dr.
Dorset, chairman of the blochemic di
vision, left for Chicago this afternoon
to make a personal inspection of the
Chicago packing institutions. "Before
drafting the regulations for the enforce
ment of tbe law, I want to see what is
going on for myself," said Secretary
Wilson today. "My stay in Chicago
may run two weeks, I have not map
ped out any itinerary."
Call for Designs for Big Ship.
Washington, July 9. Secretary Bon
aparte has issued a circular inviting
ship designers and shipbuilding firms
to submit plans for the 20,000-ton bat
tleship authorized by congress. Tbe
naval bureaus have also been instructed
to prepare like plans for comparison.
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