OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
PRICE WILL NOT ADVANCE
Oregon Millmen Not Worrying Over
Price of Logs on 8ound.
Portland Dnsplte the shortage In
the log supply for the Columbia river
mills and the exhaustion of the sur
plus that Is stored each summer for
the winter's Tun, Portland millmen are
not apprehensive of a raise In the
price of logs. The schedule has soared
to such heights already, they say, that
there Is no likelihood of a further ad
vance for weeks to come anyway. That
the mills have already cut the usual
surplus Is admitted, but It Is saldthat
nowadays the camps along the river
are equipped to put logs Into the water
at any season, and the lack of rafts
on hand for future use does not trouble
the mill-owners.
The announcement that logs will be
higher on the Smnd after the first of
the month docs not concern local saw
mill men. They say that prices are al
ready higher on the Columbia river
than on the Sound. After the new
price scale goes Into effect, the Co
lumbia river logger will still be get
ting more for his product than the log
ger who operates on the Sound.
The price of logs on the Columbia
river has advanced remarkably during
the season. In the spring logs of the
best clasg could be had for $7 and $8.
Now these same logs cost $11 and $12
per 1,000. The remarkable demand for
lumber Is responsible for the Increase,
together with the somewhat restricted
supply. With every mill cutting to Its
fullest capacity, logs are bound to ad
vance. Some say the situation Is such that
Ipggers could get what they might
choose to ask for their product, on
account of the small amount of saw
mill timber available, but It Is given
out by millmen that if the prices are
raised any more the mills will close
down, as prices are already up to the
limit. That the price of lumber could
he advanced again Is scouted. It Is
argued that if a boost were given the
price on Oregon flr, It could not com
pete with Southern pine In the East
ern markets. This Is the fact that
keeps the price of the Oregon product
where it is.
RAILROAD FOR TILLAMOOK.
Citizens Guarantee Right of Way and
Work Will Start Soon.
Tillamook At a meeting of the bus
iness men it was decided to guarantee
a free right-of-way to E. E. Lytle, of
the Pacific Railway & Navigation
Company, with terminal grounds, from
Tillamook City to the Nehalem river,
and from the Nehalem to the county
line In Washington county. It is not
to cost the citizens of this county more
than $10,000, and In consideration of
this Mr. Lytle has agreed to commence
work next year in Tillamook City and
grade and build 15 miles of road, going
north from this city, and have the en
tire line between Tillamook City and
Hillsboro completed by December 31,
1908.
It Is expected that the free right-of-way
will cost the citizens between
$20,000 and $30,000, and the business
men and farmers have thus far liber
ally subscribed towards It, although It
Is somewhat of a large amount of
money for so small a community to
raise.
Some little disappointment was felt
here'that the effort fell through In get
ting some financial help from the
Portland business men, as the building
of Mr. Lytle's road will be of great
benefit to Portland commercially. .
Oregon's Mill Statistics.
Salem There are 379 mills' In the
State of Oregon, according to statisti
cal data collated by Labor Commis
sioner Hoff, to be embodied In his
forthcoming report, Including saw
mills, combined saw and planing mills,
combined saw and shingle mills, 7
shingle mills and 37 planing mills,
which cover 90 per cent of the indus
tries of the state.
The total annual output of these
mills, as reported, embraces 1,097,460,-
300 feet of lumber and 37,030,000
shingles. The reported value of the
planing mills aggregates $369,500;
and that of the 300 mills remaining
$6,364,200. The total number of men
employed by 313 mills reporting is
11,790, and women, 311. The total
amount of wages paid for labor in 313
of these mills in 1905 was $6,648,-
093.90, and 96 mills report an increase
of 12 per cent in wages over 1904; none
reports a decrease.
Rainfall at Astoria.
Astoria The rainfall at Astoria in
September was the heaviest during
any corresponding month since the
records have been kept here. The pre
cipitation was 8.66 inches. The near
est approach to this was during Sep
tember, 1905, when 7.38 Inches of rain
fell.
IHELP8 FOR DEBATING 80CIETIE8.
What the State Library, Commission
Is Doing for Oregon Towns,
Salem Frequent requests for ma
terial on subjects to be debated In the
schools of Oregon convinced the com
mission of the desirability of supply
ing some "debate libraries." ,
Each library contains a few of the
best books and pamphlets on the sub
ject, and usually the brief from "Briefs
for debate" or "Briefs on public ques
tion." Periodical articles, to supple
ment the library, may be rented from
the II. W. Wilson Co. of Minneapolis
for a few cents. A list of desirable
articles Is enclosed with each library.
The library will be sent without charge
except for transportation to any de
bating society in Oregon upon applica
tion from the officers of the society and
the principal of the school. The
books may be kept for one month,
Each package Is small and the express
will vary from fifty cents to one dol
lar, Icbs than the cost of a single book.
It will now be more possible to have
live debating societies and to do thor
ough work.
Application should be made soon as
there Is but one library on each sub
ject, and loans will be made In order
of applications.
Societies planning for several de-
bates should file request at one time
for all libraries wanted during the
year, stating date of debate on each
topic.
Libraries on the following subjects
are now ready and more will be sup
plied soon: Industrial arbitration, Chi
nese exclusion, Immigration, tariff,
trusts, eight-hour day, child labor, cap
ital punishment, open shop, spelling re
form, trades unions, popular election
of United States senators, nominating
systems, proportional representation,
railroads, roads, taxation, Insurance,
forestry, irrigation and prisons.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 6566c; blustem, 68
G9c; Valley, 6768c; red, 6263c,
Oats No. 1, white, $23.5024; gray,
$2222.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $20.50 per ton; brew
ing, $21.50; rolled, $23.
Rye $1.35 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $2627; cracked, $28
per ton.
Mlllstuffs Bran, city, $14.50; coun
try, $15.50 per ton; middlings, $24;
shorts, city, $16; country, $17 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10 11
per ton; Eabtein Oregon timothy, $12
14; clover, $6.507; cheat, $7
7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch
hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apples, common to choice,
2575c per box; choice to fancy, 75c
1.25; grapes, Oregon, 5075c per
crate; California, Black Prince, $1.15
1.25; muscat, $1.25; Tokay, $1.25
1.50; Concords, 27c per basket;
peaches, 90c$1.10; pears, 75c1.25;
crabapples, $11.25 per box; prunes,
2550c box; huckleberries, 810c per
pound; cranberries, $9 per barrel;
quinces, $11.25 per bor.
Vegetables Beans, 57c; cab
bage, l2c per pound; cauliflower,
$11.25 per dozen; celery, 5090c per
dozen; corn, 12c per dozen, cucum
bers, 15c per dozen; egg plant, 10c per
pound; lettuce, head, 20c per dozen;
onions, 1012c per dozen; peas, 4
5c; bell peppers, 5c; pumpkins, VAc
per pound; spinach, 45c per pound;
tomatoes, 4050c per box; parsley, 10
15c; - sprouts, 7c per pound;
squash, lc per pound; hothouse let
tuce, $11.25; turnips, 90c$l per
sack; carrots, $11.25 per sack; beets,
$1.251.50 per sack; garlic, 7100
per pound; horseradish, 10c per pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliv
ered, 8085c; in carlots f. o. b. coun
try, 7580c; sweet potatoes, 221ic
per pound.
Butter City creameries; Extra
creamery, 30c per pound. State cream
eries: Fancy creamery, 2530c; store
butter, 15 17c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 30c per dozen ;
best Eastern, 2627c; ordinary East
ern, 24 25c.
Poultry Average old hens, 13
14c; mixed chickens, 1314c;
spring, 1314c; old roosters, 9
10c; dressed chickens, 1415c; tur
keys, live, 1621c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 2122c; geese, live, per
pound, 910c; ducks, 1415c; pig
eons, $11.50; squabs, $23.
Veal Dressed, 6 Ms 8c.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound;
cows, i5ysc; country steers, 56c.
Mutton Dressed fancy, 78c per
pound; ordinary, 5 6c; lambs, fancy
88c. '
Pork Dressed, 6 8c.
Hops 1906, 1517c per pound;
1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1519c per pound, according to shrink
age; Valley, 2022c, according to fine
ness.
Mohair Choice, 2830c per pound
DROWNED AT HI8 P08T.
Keeper cf Lighthouse on Gulf Declines
to Take Refuge on Tug.
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 2. The number of
casualties in. the great storm of last
Wednesday' is slowly increasing, as
messages arrive from places which
have heretofore been inaccessible. The
total last night of the known dead was
75. This number vfas brought up to
a certainty of 79, and a possibility of
102, by the reports which reached Mo
bile during the night and early today.
Four bodies not before counted have
been found at Coden, and It Is esti
mated that 23 lives have been lost
from the oyster fleet around Cedar
Point. This last estimate is not known
to be accurate, and is probably some
what exaggerated, for the reason that
it includes among the dead every man
aboard a fishing boat who has not been
heard of since the storm.
It is known that some of the boats
on which these men were have been
driven ashore, and it is entirely pos
sible that some of the crews managed
to reach the shore. It does not seem
likely at present that the death roll
will amount in this vicinity to more
than 125.
Mobile itself Is rapidly emerging
from the confusion caused by the
storm. Large gangs were kept work
ing all of Sunday In clearing the
streets of debris, three of the street
car lines have commenced to run, for
the first time since Wednesday, the
confusion at the docks is rapidly be
ing repaired and business will be at
normal action as soon as the railroads
are able to run trains.
The keeper of the Horn Island light
house, just outside of Scranton, lost
his life. The captain of a tug which
came near the house at the commence
ment of the storm urged him to leave,
but he refused to abandon his post,
and in short time was drowned. The
entire end of the island on which the
lighthouse was situated is said to have
been carried away by the waves.
Five out of eight vessels at Ship
Island at the time of the storm were
beached and two will be total wrecks.
Several vessels, the names of which
are unknown, are ashore off Horn Is
land and the small islands marking
the passage between Dauphin Island
and the mainland have been destroyed.
The beacon lights on this part of the
coast are not greatly damaged.
The schooner Alice Graham, of Mo
bile, is known to have been lost, with
her crew of six men. This boat has
been pursued by an evil fate, and, be
sides having various mishaps from
time to time, was wrecked in the great
storm of 1893, when several people
were lost from her.
Four bodies have been picked up in
the water near Dauphin Island and
nave Deen- Duned tnere. Two were
evidently sailors and two were boys.
The people on Dauphin Island suffered
great hardships during the storm, and
for 24 hours were In great danger. The
soldiers of Fort Gaines made a dan
gerous trip of two miles to the resi
dences on the island, offering to give
everybody shelter within the fort, but
the offer was In all cases refused, the
people preferring to remain in their
own houses.
Vancouver Troops for Cuba.
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Oct. 1
To assist in protecting life and prop
erty and in preserving peace in Cuba
the "Pearl of the Antilles" is the
peaceful, rather than war like, mis
sion which will start the Seventeenth
ana Eighteenth mountain batteries
now stationed here across the conti
nent to Newport News at an early
hour today and which later will lead
them to the scene of the present West
Indian imbroglio. It will be the first
time that these troops, equipped bet
ter than the foot or mounted soldiery
of any other post In America to wage
warfare among the mountain passes
and inaccessible highlands of Cuba
have been, away from the Columbia
River garrison since their return from
the Philippines nearly two years ago,
save for their short trip to San Fran
cisco to do patrol duty following the
earthquake.
Great Trad Was Flooded.
New Orleans, Oct. 2. Reports that
probably a dozen lives were lost and
that hundreds of square miles of land
were under 18 inches to four feet of
water during the hurricane on the
Mississippi river delta were brought
here today. The inundated tract is
mostly inhabited by fishermen and oys
termen. Messages which left these
villages last night said that up to that
time several persons were still miss
ing. The loss to the United States
Marine Hospital quarantine station on
Ship Island is about $60,000.
Another Storm Is Coming.
Washington, Oct. 2. The Weather
Bureau toni-sht announced that an
other "tropical disturbance" Is report
ed as approaching the Yucatan Chan
nel from the east, but that there was
no information available as to the in
tensity of the storm.
TAFT WINS CUBANS
Believe He has Come to Uplift
Fallen Republic,
SPEAKS AT HAVANA UNIVERSITY
Refuses to Evict Poor From Barracks
to Make Room for Soldiers
Amnesty for Prisoners.
Havana, Oct. 2. Governor Taffs
acts today have gone far to win him a
warm place In the hearts of the people
whose destinies have been placed in
his hands. Presiding this morning at the
opening exercises of the University of
Havana, he declared his mission here
was solely for the purpose of uplifting
the fallen Republic and restoring it to
the path of prosperity, an announce
ment which was received with demon
strations of delight by an audience rep
resentative of the highest society In
Havana.
Following this it became known that
Mr. Taft and Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon had cabled for their wives
to join them here, a step which can
not but be most agreeable to the Cuban
people and which will strongly cement
the bonds of affection between them
and the American provisional adminis
tration. Still another act . of Mr. Taft is
warmly commended as illustrative of
his thoughtful consideration of the
humbler classes. Learning that many
poor families occupying the tempor
arily disused barracks at Camp Co
lumbia were about to be summarily
evicted by order of the Cuban author
ities in preparation for the occupation
of the quarters by the brigade of
marines, Mr. Taft went to Camp Co
lumbia in an automobile, explained
that he had not been aware of the con
ditions and recinded the order. He
left the camp amid cheers and warm
expressions of gratitude from the peo
ple. The news of this act of humanity
spread rapidly and received the high
est praise.
Much of the Governor's time today
was occupied in receiving officials of
the various departments and judges of
the courts. With the members of the
Supreme Court he held a long confer
ence concerning the drafting of
proclamation of general amnesty. This
decree Is of the most importance, in
view of the fact that at many points
on the island, notably Clenfuegos,
many persons are in jail awaiting the
disposition of political charges.
Bible Not the Word of God.
Detroit, Oct. 2. Bishop Charles D.
Williams, of the Episcopal diocese of
Michigan, in an address to Y. M. C. A.
members here on "The Bible and the
Word of God," declared that the Bible
was not the word of God and that the
teachings to the contrary are the most
prolific sources of unbelief the church
has to contend with. The Bishop said!
"Nowhere does the Bible declare
itself the word of God. Yet we are
told we must take it in its entirety. It
is a venerable book and visitors are
requested not to touch it, as it is the
direct word of God, there is no other.
"Take the young man just out of
college. He reads Genesis and finds
impossible geology, astronomy and
ethnology. His teacher, when ques
tioned says: 'Manipulate It until it fits
your sciences.' If too honest to handle
the word of God craftily, the young
man gives up the Bible. He refuses
to stultify his reason. .
"The Bible needs no defense; all II
needs is a square deal. There are
those who read it devoutly and dili
gently, but I never say the Bible Is the
word of God. I say the Bible and the
word of God. To those who accept the
entire book as the. literal word of God
I point out that It is nowhere so
stated. Christ tore asunder the OTd
Testament precepts, the law of Moses,
and furnished new ones. Where the
Old Testament directed men to hate
their enemies the teachings of Christ
were to love your enemies.
Taft's Advice to Cubans.
Havana, Oct. 2. The flower of Ha
vana society was present at the open-
in? of Havana University. After the
annual address Governor Taft present
ed the diplomas to the successful stu
dents and then made a notable ad
dress, the spirit of which' was that the
intervention of the United States was
undertaken solely to assist Cuba and
Cubans and that her future was de
pendent upon her young men. Mr
Taft spoke in English, pausing at
every sentence for its interpretation.
Kansas to Oust Standard.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 2. Suits were in
stituted In the Supreme Court today
by Attorney-General Coleman under
the state anti-trust act to oust the
Standard Oil Company and the Inter
national Harvester Company
TROOPS OFF FOR CUBA.
Mobilization of Forces at Newnort
News Where Transports Are
Ready.
Washington, Oct. 1. American
troops are now moving toward Cuba
Mobilization of the forces will be at
Newport News, Va., for the most part,
although a part of the expeditionary
force to Cuba will be sent from New"
York and Tampa,, Fla. Advices re
ceived at the departments of the mili
tary today indicate that all is quiet in
Cuba and that the insurgents intend
to lay down their arms.
The probability is the United States
forces in the island will be landed only
as a precautionary measure. So far as
officials are advised no trouble of a
serious kind is anticipated, but in ac
cordance with instructions from Pres
ident Roosevelt hurried preparations
are being made for the sending of an
expeditionary force, of the army to
Cuba.
The first American troops will be
landed at Havana next Saturday.
Meantime the marines and bluejackets
from the American fleet in Cuban
waters will protect American Interests
and support Secretary Taft, the Pro
visional Governor of Cuba, in the
preservation of order and the protec
tion of life and property.
In official circles here American In
tervention was regarded as inevitable.
How long it may continue it is im
possible to foretell. The nature of the
intervention and the preparations for
it indicate a supervision of Cuban af
fairs on the part of the American gov
ernment for an indefinite period. Ar
rangements have been concluded not
only for the expeditionary force to
Cuba of about 5,600 men, but for a
second force of equal numbers.
No orders for the mobilization of the
second force, of course, have been is
sued, but if the men are needed all
arrangements have been completed for
hurying them to Cuba at the earliest
possible moment. Whether more troops
than are included in the first expedi
tion will be sent to Cuba will depend
upon the developments in the Island
during the next ten days.
It is certain, however, that a suffi
cient force of American troops will be
maintained in Cuba to support the
provisional government and to Insure
security to life and property pending
the establishment of a stable govern
ment by the Cubans.
WIRELESS CONVENTION.
Delegates From Thirty-one Countries
Meet at Berlin.
Berlin, Oct. 1. Delegates represent
ing 31 governments will assemble here
October 3, by Invitation of the German
government, with the object of Teach
ing a common agreement for the ex
change of messages by the use of var
ious wireless telegraph systems, and to
define the basis on which private wire
less telegraph companies may operate
with the consent of the governments.
The conference is a result of the
Marconi Company having refused to
allow its stations to do business with
persons using other than Marconi ap
paratus. This controversy began soon
after the Marconi Company, In 1901,
set up stations for public telegraph
purposes. The refusal of these sta
tions to take messages sent in by
the Slaby-Arco (German) apparatus
brought about the international wire
ess telegraph conference, also by the
invitation of Germany, in 1903. Eight
governments took part, as follows:
The United States, Germany, France,
Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Russia and
Austro-Hungary.
The delegates of six governments
agreed in the final protocol to a series
of recommendations looking toward
the co-operation of all users of wire
less. The delegates of Great Britain
and Italy, because their governments
had contracts with the Marconi, did
not sign the recommendations. Little
has come of these recommendations.
The Marconi Company has continued
to set up stations and to refuse the
messages of rival systems.
The most important act in the con
troversy in the conference was that of
the United States in 1904 directing
the Marconi Company to remove its
apparatus from the lightship Nan
tucket.
Germany will propose to the confer
ence that an international bureau shall
be established for the control of wire
less telegraphing; that each wireless
Btation must be connected with tho
ordinary telegraphs by special lines;
Troops From Fort Sheridan.
Chicago, Oct. 1. Brigadier-General
W. H. Cater, commander of the Depart
ment of the Lakes, received orders
from Washington today, directing two
battalions of the Twenty-seventh In
fantry and the Fourteenth United
States Field Battery, at Fort Sheridan,
to proceed immediately to Newport
News, where they will embark for
Cuba. Colonel W. L. Pitcher, in com
mand of Fort Sheridan, ordered two
special trains of 12 cars each for
Tuesday morning, and it Is expected
the troops will leave for Newport News