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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1906)
I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST j BALANCE FAVORS ISLANDS. GOOD WAGES IN HAYFIELDS. BEST IN UNION. Klamath Basin Farmers Pay $2 Per Day and Board. Klamath FallB Laboring men can do well in Klamath basin. Haying haa brought on a tremendous demand for men of brawn, and wages started at $2 a day and board in the hayfields. Mason, Davis & Co., contractors on the canal, promptly met the wage with the additional inducement of an eight-hour day, and farmers generally realize that an eight-hour day in caring for a crop of alfalfa would hardly do. It is a bumper crop of hay that is being cut in this county, too, and many ranches re port that tonnage of from four to five tons is not unusual. With all of this vaBt production, ap pearances indicate that good prices will be realized, as there are more animals to be fed than ever before. Especially will the demand for hay suitable for horses be called for in large quantity for the animals employed in construct ing canals, laterals and other portions of the government work and building the railroads reaching this way for the tonnage the valley is to produce. The government has decided to build the second unit of its canal without asking for fiirther bids on the work and will immediately proceed to equip the addi tional camps necessary for that work. The wages ot men at the government, camps has been increased to correspond with that offered by farmers and the contractors. Work on the canal system is now go ing ahead rapidly. D. 0. Henny, su pervising engineer, who succeeded J. B. Lippincott on thiB project, is acquaint ing himself thoroughly with the work that has been done and that is outlined for immediate construction. He has spent most of the time on the work since his arrival from Portland. Barley Stands Heat Best. The Dalles Headers are running all over the county in the farming sec tions, and the grain is being stacked madv for threshing. As yet no thresh ing machines have started, but several -will begin this week. As harvest ad vances, it is Bhown that the whoat crop is better than was thought a week ago The quality of spring grain is inferior None of the spring grain is No. 1 The fall wheat is of good quality, bnt most farmers estimate that their fall wheat will not yield over 15 bnshels to the acre about half a crop. Barley is the best crop this season, having stood the hot weather better than wheat or oats. t Have 72 Per Cent of Offices. Salem Out of 342 county offices in the state the Republicans bold 249 and thA Tlemncrats hold 88. while only two filled bv Independents, one by Prohibitionist and one by a woman who nnnnlitical party designation. One office is vacant. The Republicans hold 7? K nnr nent of the county offices and the Democrats 25.7 per cent. The In dependents elected secured the office of mirvevor in two counties and the Pro- hihiUnniatg elected a coroner. The woman elected is Miss Emma Warren who was elected school superintendent of Clatsop county. No one was elected coroner of Wheeler county. For New Woman's Building. AlVmnv After holding a meeting of the board of regents of the Oregon Agri iiUnral college at Corvallis, the mem v,ora nf th hnard came to Albany last week and at an adjourned session in this city awarded the contract for the mam nrnmATI 'a building, to be erected on the campus, to H. Snook. The con tract price is $69,000, that being the lowest bid by $2,000. The building will be constructed of the granite lrom the ouarries at Detroit, the eastern nf the Corvallis & Eastern railroad, and the building stone at Ya quina bay. Iowa Expert Says Dairying Conditions Excel His State. Salem That Oregon can produce butter cheaper than any other state in the Union and that Oregon creamery men are nevertheless flgnring on im porting cream from Minnesota, were startling assertions made at a dairy men's meeting here last week. Professor McKay, of the dairy de partment of the Iowa State Agricultural college, was the principal speaker. He said that although his state produces mnre butter than any other state, be freely acknowledged that thiB is a more advantageous region for dairying, for the reason that the climate is less sub' ject to such extreme conditions. He said Oregon should not import a pound of butter, but should bo an exporter when that product can be shipped to New York for 2 cents a pound and to Liverpool for 2 cents. He urged the extension of dairying as a means of taining farm fertility. Director James Withycombe, of the Oregon experiment station, said that the dairv products in this state, this year will have a value of $8,000,000 and in a few years dairying will sur pass lumbering, which is now our greatest wealth producing industry le said that one creamery operator figuring on importing cream from Min nesota, and deplored such a condition, when the Willamette valley will pro duce 10 to 15 tons of green corn feed or 30 tons of green alfalfa per acre. Dairy Commissioner J. W. isailey spoke in a similar strain, saying that he has seen hay offered for sale this year at $2.50 a ton in the field and yet the farmer had no stock to sell. Philippine Exports Exceed imports First Time Since Annexation. Washington, July 24. The two most noteworthy features ol tne commercial returns of the Philippine lsianuB ior 1905 are a balance in favor of the is- lands for the first calendar year period n the history of the American occupa- tion, and the advance ol American goods to the first rank in tno import trade. The favorable trade balance is due to increased export values, which aggregated $33,454,744, or more than $4,000,000 in excess ol tne exports ior 1904, An increase of $500,000 in American trade in 1900 witn tne is lands, combined with a decline In rice imports, givea to the United States the lead, and in view or. me anucipaieu farther decline in the demand for for eign rice in the islands, tne united States is expected to continue to in- crease its lead. The increase of $2,000,000 in the imnorts from the United States in the last five years is largely made up of Imnnrta nf iron and steel and their manufactures: cotton, raw and manu fnnt.nrAd. and illuminating oil. ine iron and steel trade approximated $3, 000,000 in value. Great Britain gained moat in the iron and steei iraue wun the islands, but the United States takea the lead, whereas Great Britain was fnrmnrlv in the lead. There is still great room for improvement in the ex ports from the United states to ine is lands. APPEAL TO PEOPLE Russian Parliament Tells Them Not to Pay Taxes. CZAR MAY IMPRISON LEADERS Guards Prevent Newspapers From Publishing Revolutionary Man ifesto Much Disorder. the people . Petersburg scarcely be DOUMA DISSOLVED. CANNED MEAT EXPORTS. Higher Price for Hops. Salem On news that the English and German crops have been seriously niured transactions in futures have been reported at 12 cents. It is esti mated that about one-half of the Ore gon crop for 1906 has been Bold, and George L. Rose predicts that the mar ket will open at not less than 15 cents Crop estimates vary from 95,000 to 125.000 bales for Oregon this year Latest local advices from England place the probable English yield at from 200.000 to 300,000 cwt., as against 700,000 cwt. last year. is Japan of the Oregon Convicts Make Escape Salem A loss of 10 per cent prisoners is the record of the penitentiary thus far this season in working convicts on the public nign ways. About 60 men are kept at work . . . 1 II - I . f ' on tne roaos ana ai ine state iair grounds. Six have escaped and are still at large. PORTLAND MARKETS. Used Large Quantities During War With Russia. Washington. July 24. Complete fig ures of the exports of American canned meats for the past fiscal year are snown today in a statement issued by tne de partment of Commerce and Labor, ine value of canned meats exported from the United States in June, 1906, was $461,100. against $797,127 in June, 1905, and in the fiscal year lyuo. iy, 233,410, against $9,977,045 in 1905. The figures for the Basel year iue included: Canned beef, $6,430,446; canned pork, $1,215,85,7; and other canned meats, $1,587,107. The quan tity of canned beef exported in the fis cal year was 64,523,850 pounds, as against 66,688,568 pounds in 1905. The reduction in exports occurred al most exclusively in tne snipments to Japan, which country took large amounts of American beet during tne wai . but greatly decreased her imports on the diabandment of the army. The exporta to Japan during the fiscal year 1906 were 2,306,583 pounds, against 14,687,165 pounds in 1905, and in the month of June, 1906, were 34,412 pounds, against 3,612,188 pounds in June, 1905. The United Kingdom was the great est buyer of canned beef, exports to that country increasing 4,758,815 pounds for the fiscal year, but decreaa ing for the month of June, 1906. St. Petersburg, July 24. The great news of today is the adoption of an ad dress to the people by the deputies to parliament, who assembled at Viborg, the language of which, with its revola tionary demands that the people cease to furnish money and troops to the gov ernment and repudiate further loans, affords pretext enough for the govern ment to lodge its authors in the fortress if it feels strong enough. A rumor was spread tonight that thiB course bad been decided upon. Copiea of the appeal to are in the hands of all St newapapera, but it will printed tomorrow, for the reason that a detachment of police ia posted at the door of every newspaper printing office in the city, with ordera not to permit any papers to leave the building until authorized by the censor. The author ities hope by equally vigorous measures to prevent the publication of the appeal in other cities, and in the meantime to nullify the fears of the people as to the possible effect of the appeal. Meanwhile the masses of the Kussian people, slow of thought and action, hae not yet roused themselves to the gigantic upheaval which is sure to fol- ow the dissolution of their parliament Minor disorders are reported from ba dozen cities. An incipient anti-Je ish outbreak at Odessa has been check ed by the police. A sympathetic strike has been begun at the Khaikov rail road shops, which may inaugurate a general tieup of communication, but St. Petersburg, Moscow and moat of the other great centers are still calm. YEARN FOR OLD HOME. Harvesting Begins in Linn. Aihotitr Harvesting haB begun in t inn nmmtv. While some damage to snring grain baa been reported, aa a re suit of unuaually warm weather laating for several dayB, these reports are the flxcention rather than the rule. Fall eown grain was damaged but little, and on excellent crop will be garnered. Late sown spring grain will improve considerably yet under the influence of the cool weather now prevailing. Hay ing is practically over, and the baler will add the finishing touches before the fall rains set in. New Combine Attracts Attention. Athena A combine harvester has been purchased by John Walter which will be the firat of its kind to be uaed in this section. The machine is pro pelled by a 20-horse power engine, which runs all of the machinery, tail ing, only a sufficient number of horses to draw the machine. The separator and cutting machinery ia operated en tirely independent of the draft. The feature that most interests farmers is that of doing away with many horses required by other combines. Wheat Club, 70c; blueatem, 72c; red, 68c; valley, 71c; new club, 68c; new blueatem, 70c. Oata No. 1 white feed, $32; gray, $31 psr ton. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, f23.ou per ton; ronea, z4(gz.ou. Rye $1 50 per cwt. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $11 12.50 per ton; clover, $8.509; cheat, $6.507; grain hay, $78; alfalfa, $11." Fruita Applea, $1.502.25 per box; apricots, 41. 251. 35; cherries, 610c per pound; currants, 910c; peach es, 75c$1.10 per box; plums, $1.25; Logan berries, $1.35(311.40 per crate; raspberries, $L401.50; blackberries, 8c per pound ; gooseberries, 8c. Vegetables Beans, 57c per pound; cabbage, l2c; corn, 2535c per dozen; cucumbers, 75c$l per box; egg plant, 3040c per pound; lettuce, bead, 25c per dozen; onions, 10 12c; peas, 45c per pound; radish es, 1015c per dozen; rhubarb, 2 2c per pound; spinach, 23c; toma toes, $1.253 per box; parsley, 25c; sqnaah, $11.25 per crate; turnips, 90c$l per suck; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets, S1.251.50 per sack. . Onions New, red. l4gi$c per ponnd; new yellow, l?42c per pound Potatoes Old Eurbanks, nominal ; new potatoes, 75c$1.50. Butter Fancy creamery, 17 20c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2121c pel dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 1314c per pound; mixed chickens, 13(13c; springs, 16 0) 17; roosters, 9 10c; dressed chickens, 1415c; turkeyB, live, 1517c; turkeyB, dressed, choice, 17ffli22c; geese, live, 89c; ducks, 110)130. Hops Oregon, 1905, ll12c; olds, 8c; 1906 contracts, 12jlSc per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1720c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 2022, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2830c per pound. Veal Dressed, 58c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per ponnd ; cows, 4J5c; country Bteers, 66c Mutton DreBsed fancy, 78c per pound; ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy, 88c. Pork Dressed, 78c per ponnd. No Houses for Hundreds Who Would Return to San Francisco. San Francisco, July 24. San Fran Cisco's greatest need is homes. The people who were driven from the city at the time of the disaster are eager to return, several thousand laborers are imperatively needed to aid in the work of rebuilding, but there are no houses for them The rehabilitation commit tee has set to work to furnish relief but the resources at its command will admit of only slight assistance. This committee will build some 3,000 homes for workmen, but this will not even serve to house the thousands still liv ing in tents. It is to individual initiative that the city must look. Evidences that thi will be forthcoming are beginning appear. In the Richmond district, tne sec tion located between Golden Gate park and the neck of the bay, several homes are being erected and have been rented in advance. Still it is to the stretch of land south of Market street that the people must look for the rebuilding of homes in suf flcieat quantity to solve the problem Here dwelt the thousands of the city' poorest and U is to this section that they wish to return. Czar Places Russia Back Under His Own Despotic Rule. St. Petersburg, July 23. Russia's first experiment in parliamentary gov ernment came to an ignominious end Saturday night with the promulgation of two imperial ukases, the first dis solving the present parliament and pro viding for the convocation of its suc cessor on Marcn o, 19U7, more tnan six months hence, and the second pro claiming the capital of Russia and the surrounding province to be in a state of extraordinary security, which is only infiniteaaimally different from full mar tial law. This measure of safety is to provide for the outburst which un doubtedly will be provoked by this daring measure. It is now but a step to dictatorship. There is little doubt that the order for the convocation of the new assem bly will still further postpone the time, unless the new parliament promises to be more amenable than the present. The delay in fixing the time for the new elections seems to indicate a de cision to change tne present basis of suffrage to perhaps a basis of universal suffrage with which the advisers of the emperor hope to swamp the educated liberals, the Socialists and the work men with the vast mass of peasantry. The only uncertainty is tne coming storm when and where it will break. The advocates of the "mailed fist" be- eve that, by dissolving parliament and provoking a collision now, they will find the revolutionary leaders not prepared for an uprising at Moscow, whereas further delay would nearly give the revolutionists the time needed to organize and to continue the corrup tion oi the army. There are no precedents in Russian history for the execution of an order of prorogation, but today probably will find the palace in possession of the mi litia and the surrounding BtreetB deliv ered to the emperor'B guards. SECRETS OF DREADNAUGHT. Her British Admiralty Makes Public Plan of Armament. London, July 24. The first official announcement regarding the battleship Dreadnaught is contained in a white book on naval construction the past year, which was isaued tonight. Be sides ten 12-inch guns announced, the Dreadnaught will have 27 12-pound quick firing anti-torpedo boat guns and five aubmerged torpedo tubes, in ine arrangement of the armament six of the his guns are mounted in pairs on the center line of the ship, and the re mftininc four are mounted in pairs as broadsides. In view ot the modern potentialities of torpedo boats, and considering es pecially the chances of a torpedo attack toward the end of the battle, tne ami torpedo boat suns are widely separated so that the whole of them cannot be disabled by one shell. The speed ia designed to be 'it Knots The bunker capacity is 2,700 tons with which the Dreadnaught can steam 5,800 sea miles at economical speed and 3.500 miles at 18i knots The estimated coat of the Dread' naught, including guns, is $8,987,485 MANY BURIED ALIVE. to Unbreakable Passenger Car. Washington, July 24. A steel pas senger car has recently been completed in Pittsburg for the Southern railway which is regarded as the beginning of the general uee of steel instead of wood for all kinds of railway cars. The car is 74 feet 46 inchns long over all and weighs 110,000 pounds. There was no wood used in its construction except for the interior decorations, and that wood was made fireproof. It is aaid that the car could not be telescoped in a collis ion, neither could the ends be smashed in, and it is non combustible. Cigarmakers May Establish Stores. Chicago, July 24. The Cigarmakers' union, it is understood, has taken up seriously a proposal to establish fac tories for the making of cigars in all the large cities in the United States, and also of stores under the control of the union, through which to get the manufactured goods to the conanmerB. Buildine in Massachusetts Town Col lapses on Workmen. South Framingham, Mass., July 24 At least eight and perhaps twice that number of masons, plumbers and ital ian laborers wore crushed to death to dav in the sudden collapse of a build ing in process of erection on Concord street, while ten others were dragged or dug out of the wreck, some seriously injured. At a late hour tonight ten men were missing and a large force of lahorers was at work on the ruins searching for the dead. , Firemen and members of the Ninth regiment of infantry of the state inili tia. in camp here, succeeded in digging nut half a dozen injured, and later found others. Panic Among Odessa dews. Odessa, July 24. The Jews here are in a state of panic, fearing an ant Jewish outbreak as the result of the killing of a diunken Cossack who re centlv wandered through the Jewish nnarter brandishing his saber an shouting: "Death to the Jews." Gov ernor General Kaulbara, addressing a delegation of JewB today, said: "I vouch for my soldiers, but I am unable to say what the Cossacks or Christian civilians might do." The slightest incident might start trouble. Cossacks this morning looted throe Jewish Bhops. British Express Sympathy. London, July 24. A British address of sympathy with the Russian people and parliament is being circulated. Already the signatures oi many persons have been obtained. WILL USE BOMB. Terrorists Mark Victims for Death Trepoff is Warned. St. Petersburg, Juy 23. Although the victory of the reactionists seems at present to be complete, neither the So cialists nor the Terrorists have accepted the situation, and, while the people are apparently completely overawed by the display of force on the part of the au thorities, it will be necessary to con tinue the use of the bayonet for some time. General Trepoff himBelf is au thority for the statement that he has again been warned that he is marxea for assassination. Despite this lact, ne continuee actively at work, aitnougn at all times surrounded by . a heavy guard. The Socialist members ol toe douma have held a number of secret meetings, but so far they have refrained from carrying our tneir avowed determina tion of issuing a proclamation attacking the czar, the reactionary element and more especially their former allies, the Constitutional Democrats. If they do trouble must come. ao, ENTER LAND AT SHOSHONE. Boomers' Scene of Operations Trans ferred From Lander. Washington, July 23. In acordance with a Bupplemental proclamation is sued by the president, tne register and receiver of the land office for Lander, Wyo., district, shall receive entries for lands in the ceded portion of the Sho shone reservation at Shoshone, Wyo., from August 15 to October 3, 1906, ip stead of at Lander, as provided in the proclamation of June 2. Thia action waa based on the fact that the railroad now building into the reservation will not be constructed from Shoshone to Lander until after August 15, and the change is made to accommodate pros pective entrymen. All persona who draw numbera at the drawing, which begina at Lander, Wyo., on August 4, 1906, which num bers entitle them to make entry be tween the dates of Auguta 15 and Oc tober 3, incluaive, must proceed to Sho ahone, Wyo., and make their entriea inatead of going to Lander, as provided in the first proclamation. After Octo ber 3 entries will be made at Lander. Camps Will Soon Be Abolished. San Francisco, July 23. Rudolph Spreckles and Allan Pollok, of the fi nance committee, investigated five of the refugee camps yesterday. They went to the speedway camp, to the Harbor View camp, to two in the Po trero and one south of Market street, inspecting the tents, shacks and soup kitchens. As a result of the tour Mr. Pollok states that the camps muat le abolished as soon as possible and the refugees housed in permanent dwell ings. He added that most of the soup kitchens will be discontinued August 1. Threaten Revolt of Fleet. Sebastopol, July 23. A meeting of 2,300 Bailors from the rarships here today drew up economic demands for presentation to Admiral Skrydloff. Un less these demands are fulfilled the men say the whole of the Black sea fleet will revolt.