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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
OREGON FIR FOR PULLMANS.
Millions of Feet Used Every Year for
Palace Cars.
Portland In 18 months Portland
has furnished between 40,000,000 and
60,000,000 feet of fir lumber for use In
the construction of cars at the shops of
the Pullman Oar company, located at
Pullman, III. In the purchase of this
material, the company has expended
clone to II, 500,000.
These figures are vouched for by Al
bert Jones, purchasing agent of the
Pullman company, who was sent to
the West 18 months ago to buy lumber.
The first is UBttd exclusively for siding
on boxcars, and, besides the lumber
bought here, more is continually being
contracted for in other sections. Borne
Slf t 11 mnto!.! la d.n.on r. ..... I. (
ing, siding and the like, while more
has been shipped rough.
There is no prospective cessation of
the buying so far as the pine is con
cerned, and, while yellow pine ie also
largely used, that ie not being drawn
from this locality. In the construction
of sleeping and passenger cars only
hard woods are utilized, particularly
for finishing the interior. Some ma
terial is often left in dry kilnd four or
five months, subject to slow heat and
the air drying process, in order that
when fitted in cars it is perfectly sea
soned. Prices of Cattle Advancing,
La Grande Peter O'Sullivan, who
has just returned from a visit to Wal
lowa county, says that one of the chief
Cannes for the prevailing prosperity in
all sections of that country is the in
crease in the price of cattle. Repre
sentatives of the Pacific Meat company
are making large purchases, and Walla
Walla buyers are looking for feeders.
The range leasing plan has proved very
satisfactory, and the forming of separ
ate boundaries for cattle and sheep has
resulted to the advantage of the cattle,
which come from the range in fine con
dition, i
Apples at the Fruit Fair.
Hood River The exhibit of spples
grown by A. I. Mason, which took the
eweepstakeB and several other prizes
at the Hood River Fruit fair consisted
of three boxes taken from 9-year-old
trees, planted 63 to the acre. The
trees averaged five and a half boxes,
and altogether he took 1,141 boxes
from his orchard. Jn the entire yield
there were only 64 wormy apples dur
ing the season and the trees were
sprayed six times with arsenate of lead.
In the whole yield there were only 54
boxes that went smaller than four tiers
to the box.
Wants Passenger Bridge.
Oregon Uity For ttie accommodation
of the people of Oswego, the Clackamas
county court will be asked to negotiate
with the Southein Pacific company to
the end that the county may construct
an upper deck on the company's rail
road bridge to be constructed across the
Willamette river at Oswego. The plan
of the Oswego people who will petition
the county court foi this action is to
secure ior themselves a means of cross
ing the Willamette river and more di
rect communication with this city.
Institute Arouses Interest. '
Myrtle Point The Farmers' insti
tute and fair, which has just closed,
proved a great success. The display of
agricultural Droducts convinced all vis
itors of the agricultural possibilities of
the region about myrtle roint. vr.
Withycombe of the Oregon Agricutlural
college gave an illustrated lecture on
the treatment of the dairy cow. As
this is a dairying region, this lecture
was well attended and the farmers got
many benecflial ideas from the doctor's
remarks.
Land Withdrawn From Entry.
The Dalles The local land office is
in receiDt of a telegram from the com
missioner of the general land office
withdrawing from filing or entry, un
der the coal land laws, all the public
lands embraced in the ionowing town
ehiso: Townships 6 south, ranges 24,
25 and 26, E. W.D.; townships 7
south, ranges 24, 25 and 26, E. W. D.;
townships soutn, ranges zo, zo, &
W. D.
Much Grain Accumulates.
La Grande Homer Littleton, fore
man of the Chas. Playle warehouse at
Alieel, reports that a large quantity of
grain has accumulated, owing to tne
flmharso Dlaced aeainst railroad ship
ments of wheat from the interior points
to Port and. on account ot the grain
handlers' strike, but that shipments
will now be resumed.
Crook County Horses for Alberta.
Pendleton Thirteen carloads of
range horses 'were shipped from this
ritv to Alberta last week. They are
owned bv M. R. Cowell, and were tak
n from the ramre in Crook county.
The shipment was consigned to Shelby
Junction, Mont., but tne norseB are ae
signed for the Alberta market. ,
ROCK CREEK'S FINE FRUIT.
Growers Busy Picking Large Crop of
Apples and Pears.
Rock Creek The ranchers along
Rock creek have stepped out of the hay
harvest into the fruit hai vest, and are
picking apples and pears. Fruit men
are proud of their orchards and claim
that Hood River or any other locality
in the Northwest can produce no finer
fruit or more abundant yields. Fruit
is shipped from this section to many
important points in the East, and com
pares favorably with any of the pro
ducts in these markets. The leading
fruit growers are William Head and A.
A. Carothers. The former has an or
chard of 10 acres, the latter about 20
acres. Mr. Head has picked and ship
ped about 800 boxes of apples, peaches
and pears to Spokane, Walla Walla
and Pendleton and other points east,
while some was shipped to Condon and
Arlington. He estimates he will have
1,000 boxes of winter apples for ship
ment. Mr. Carothers has shipped 1,
000 boxes of fruit and will ship 1,300
more. These gentlemen get the high
est prices for their fruit. Fruit grown
on Rock creek captured first prize and
gold medal at the Omaha exposition a
few years ago. The exhibit was made
by A. A. Carothers, and was a surprise
to orchardists, packers and dealers.
Hops Are On the Up Grade.
Salem The hop market at Salem
has assumed a very active condition in
the last day or two, and now every
dealer in the city has orders for hopi
at a slight advance over figures named
a week ago. Krebs Bros, has received
an order for 1,000 bales at 15 cents a
pound. All other dealers are offering
that price. Krebs bought the ClaU'
field crop of 175 bales at Dallas. Jos
eph Harris and Uatlin x Linn were
also buyers on the West side at 12
cents, while Lachmund & Pincus paid
17 cents for a choice lot bought from a
dealer at Dallas.
To Establish Big Sawmill.
Albany A sawmill with a capacity
of 20,000 feet per day is to be estab
lished six miles south of Brownsville
by G. B. and E. H. Dickinson, of thia
city. A contract with the lessees of
the land secu'ed requires that the plant
be in operation by January 1.
PORTLAND MARKETS,
Wheat Club, 64 065c; bluestem,
68 069c; valley, 67c; red, 61062c.
Oats No. 1 white, $23.50024; gray,
I2222.50.
Barley Feed, 120.50 per ton: brew
ing, 121.50; rolled, $23.
Rye $ 1.35 1.40 per cwt.
Com Whole, $26027; cracked, $28
per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$1416; clover, $6.6007; cheat, $70
7.60; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch hay, $77.60.
Fruits Apples, common to choice,
25075c per box; choice to fancy, 75cO
$1.25; grapes, 6Oc0$1.5O per box;
Concords, Oregon, 27 c half basket;
peaches, 75c$l; pears, 75c$1.25;
crabapples, $11.25 per box; prunes
25 050c per box; cranberries, Oregon,
$308.6 per box; quinces, $101.25
per box.
vegetables Beans, 57$c; cab
,ge, 1)4 lc per pound; cauli
flower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75
05c per dozen; corn, 12s per doz
en; cucumbers, loc per doztn; egg
plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head
20c per dozen, onionB, 10 O 12&c per
dozen; peas, 405c; bell peppers, 6c
pumpkins, lc per pound; spinach
405c per pound; tomatoes, 80050c
per box; parsley, 10O15c; sprouts
7&c per pound; squash, lo per
pound; turnips, 90c$l per Back; car
rots, $10125 per sack; beets, $1,250
1.50 per sack.
Onions Oregon, $101.15 per hun
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliv
ered, 80085c; in carlots f. o. b. conn
try, 75 0 80c; sweet potatoes, 202 Jc
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c per
pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 3132c per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12c per
pound; mixed chickens, 11 0 12c
spring. 12c; old roosters, 9 0 10c
dressed chickens, i15c; turkeys
live, 16021c; turkeys, dressed, choice
2022c; geese, live, 9O10c; ducks, 14
15c.
Veal Dressed, 5)8c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 22o per
pound; cows, 45c; country steers,
5c.
Muuon iresnea. rancy, 7c per
pound; ordinary, 506c; lambs, fancy
80.
Pork Dressed, 608c per pound.
Hops -1906, 14016o per pound
l&uo, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best
1318c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 20021c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 26028c.
URGE ONE BUILDING.
Oregon Men Want United Northwest
at Jamestown Exposition.
Portland, Oct. 16. A movement for
joint Northwest building at the
Jamestown Ter-Centennial exposition
was launched at a recent meeting of the
Oregon Jamestown Exposition commit
tee at the Portland Commercial club.
President Jefferson Myers and Secre
tary John II. Stevensonn, of the com
mission, were directed to write an offi
cial letter to the governors of Washing
ton, ' Idaho and Montana, notifying
them of the attitude of the Oregon
commiBsion, and asking them to take
action in their official capacities to
bring about participation in the plan
on the part of their respetive states.
Thj plan is conceived by the Oregon
commission is for joint action on the
part of the four Northwestern states in
the erection of one magnificent exhibits
and headquarters structure, in which
each state shall have a department of
its own, the expense to be borne equal
ly by the several statea. It was point
ed out at the commission' session that
such co-operative action would have
the effect of impressing the East with
the unity of Northwest interests and of
exerting both a political and commer
cial insignificance. It also seemed ap
parent that with the combined capital
of the four states a building of such
imposing size and beauty could be
erected that it could not fail to attract
wide attention, while a building by
any one of the states, singly, could not
have this effect, and, besides, joint ac
tion could reduce the expense ot put
ting up individual buildings.
President Myers was authorized to go
to the scene of the exposition and ne
gotiate for a site for an Oregon build
ing, in the event it is desired to erect
one, and also keep in mina tne possi
bility of a joint state building. . He
will defer his departure for the East
until he has had time to hear from the
governors of the Northwest states on
the plan suggested. In the event the
other states do not show a disposition
to adopt the plan proposed, this will
not be allowed to interfere in any de
gree with Oregon's plan to make an ex
Libit, should the legislature warrant it
Upon his return from the EaBt Pres
ident Myers will make a report to the
commission, and (Jovernor unamber
lam on the result uf Lib investigations,
and this report, Betting forth in detail
the cost of making an exhibit and the
facilities for erecting a building and
installing an exhibit, when delivered,
will be used as the basis for appearing
before the legislature to ask such an
appropriation as shall be necessary to
make a creditable showing.
FARMERS MUST DRAIN.
Department of Agriculture Issues Bui
letin of Instruction.
Washington, Oct. 16. For the guid
ance of the great number of people from
humid regions who settle on the im
mense areas of Western lands opened to
settlement, the Department of Agricul
ture has issued a report on "Practical
Information for Beginners in Irriga
tion."
Ihere are several million acres open
for settlement in the United States
and irrigation works built by private
enterprise and works being constructed
by the national government will pro
vide a water supply for more than 1,
000,000 acres of arid lands. The re
port discusses arid soils and water sup
plies generally and describes how to
locate and build farm ditcher, prepare
land to receive water, irrigate staple
crops and how much water to apply.
"Experience throughout the arid re
gion," the report says, "is demon
strating that the greatest danger to irri
gated lands is lack of drainage. Water
applied to crops raises the ground wa
ter, which brings with it the salts dia
solved from the soil; capillarity brings
this water to the surface, where
evaporates, and the Baits accumulate
until all vegetation is destroyed. The
only insurance against this is proper
drainage, but anything like economy in
the use of water and thorough cultiva
tion, which will check the rise of
ground water or lessen evaporation
will decrease the danger."
Battling'Witha River;
Imperial Junction, Cal., Oct. 16.
Seldom has a more desperate battle
with nature been waged than that for
the turning of the Colorado river
Rockwood gate went out last Thursday
and a great disappointment was occa
sioned, but the outlook is much bright
er. Yesterday the trestle below the
gate was prepared, 100 cars of rock
being dumped as an experiment. This
morning the rock was found in the
same position, indicating that the
soil was firm enough to support it.
Another trestle ia being built.
Silver Advances to 70.13.
Washington, Out. 16. The director
of the mint yesterday purchased 150,
000 ounces of silver at 70.13 cents per
fine ounce, delivered at the mint in
Denver. For the convenience of bid
ders it has been decided to open bids
for the sale of silver on Mondaya,
Wednesdays and Fridays of each week,
instead of on Wednesdays only, as
heretofore.
ONE MORE CHANCE
nnexatlon Sore to Follow Next
Failure ot Cuba.
SELF GOVERNMENT IMPOSSIBLE
Sugar and Tobacco Men Will Object
to Free Competition, But It
Must Come.
Waehington, Oct. 16. Republican
senators and congressmen who have
been in Washington recently and offi
cials closely identified with the admin
istration agree with the president that
Cuba shall have another opportunity to
try self government, but the opinion is
almost universal that annexation is
only a matter of time. Little is being
said publicly about the probability of
annexing Cuba to the United States,
but the subject is receiving a great deal
of attention in Washington and public
men are seriously discussing the best
method of bringing the island under
the protecting arm of the United States
President Roosevelt is absolutely sin
cere in his declaration aeainst tne
present annexation of Cuba and he has
hopeB that the Cuban people, on thier
second attempt, will be able to form
and maintain a satisfactory govern
ment. He does not want the island
made a part of the United Statea if, by
any possibility, the Cubans can con
duct their own affairs and protect the
ives and property of all their citizens
He does not believe that the United
States at this time would be justified
in taking over the island, merely be
cause vast amounts of American capital
have been invested. But if the words
of other administration officials can be
held to be authoritative, it ia to be in
ferred that the president will interpose
no further objection to annexation in
caee the second Cuban government is a
failure.
While annexation is generally ex
pected. no one looks forward to it with
enthusiasm. Rather, the Cuban prob
lem is regarded in the light of one of
the unpleasant outgrowths of the Span
ieh war, as perpleing in some respects
as the Philippine question. Southern
men would like to Bee Cuba made
American territory, but they want the
tariff wall kept up against Cuban sugar
and tobacco, and some bar erected
against the immigration of native Cu
bans into the Unite States. The South
has more than its share of dusky citi
zens.
It is probable that the men in con
gress who are fighting a reduction ot
the duty on Philippine sugar and to
bacco would join the South in demand
ing the retention of the tariff on sugar
and tobacco from Cuba in case of an
nexation. If Philippine sugar is a
menace to the beet sugar industry of
the West, it will be argued that the
sugar from Cuba, closer and much more
abundant, would be a still greater
menace.
STORM SPOILS BANANAS.
Hurricane Sweeps Through Central
America, Wasting SI, 000,000.
New Orleans, Oct. 16. Damages of
fully $1,000,000, including the partial
demolition of one town, was done by
the hurricane on the coast of Central
America which was reported by a brief
wireless message received here last
night, Wireless and cable advices to
day to the United States Fruit company
say that probably no loss of life- oc
curred. The hurricane appeared to be central
near Bluefields, on the east coast of
Nicaragua. It swept in from the sea,
its first fury striking Little and Great
Corn islands, which were swept bare
of vegetation aud their topography
even altered by the waves. On the
mainland the storm's damage was con
fined mostly to a path about 80 miles
wide, in which banana and rubber
crops were destroyed and plantations
blown down. Great damage is report
ed from Rama, a town on the coast
about 40 miles from Bluefields.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Dying.
New York, Oct. 16. Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, widow of the president of the
Confederate states, is dying of pneu
monia at the Hotel Majestic here. It
1b believed she cannot survive more
than a few houra. Mrs. Davis has
been ill for several davs, but it had
been believed she would recover up to
last night, when a sudden change for
the worse was noticed. Mrs. Davis
went to the Majestic a short time ago
on her return from the Adirondacks,
where she spent most ot the summer
for her health.
Army in Cuba Given Name.
Washington, Oct. 16. Brigadier
General Barry, acting chief of staff, to
day issue! a general order by direction
of the president stating that the mill
tary forces now assembled In (Juha or
to be assembled there are constituted
an army to be known as the Army of
Cuban Pacification.
NEXT POPE NOT A SAINT.
Need of a Palitician at the Vatican is
Widely Recognized.
Rome, Oct. 16. In spite of the fact
that the pope is enjoying perfect
health, the matter of possible rweults
of the next conclave, whenever it does
occur, is being discussed among the
cardinals, and this with no desire to
anticipate the election or to be disre
spectful to the pontiff. The feeling
among the cardinals has changed great
ly dince August, 1903, and today there
exists a tendency quite opposite to that
which triumphed three years ago. In
view of the Vatican's experiences with
France, the cry this time will be not
for a merely religious pope, but a po
litical pope; not for a saint, but for a
statesman.
Even the strongest opponents of
three years ago of Cardinal Rampolla
now favor his election. Rampolla
failed in 1903 chiefly because he was
vetoed by Cardinal Puzyna, in the
name of Austria, speaking for the en
tire Triple Alliance.
Although Pope Piua has suppressed
the right of veto ibroaeted by certain
powers, the reason which induced the
Triple Alliance to oppose Cardinal
Rampolla still exist, and the church
today is less able to afford displeasing
the Central Empire. Consequently
there are rumors of an experiment with
a foreign pope, in spite of the disfavor
of the Italians. For the last four cen
turies all the popes have been Italians.
FOOTPADS HARD AT WORK.
Police Round Up All the Suspicious
Characters They See.
San Francisco, Oct. 16. Despite the
energetic measures taken by the police
in rounding up all ex-convicts and sus
picious characters yesterday and today,
the activity of the footpads and high
waymen continued Several reports of
robberies and attempted hold-ups were
made to the police.
Carl Wilson, a laborer, was "Jield up
and robbed of $6 by two men, while
walking on Rush street, near Kearney,
about 10 o'clock tonight. As the foot
pads stopped him Wilson fired a shot
at them in the darkness. In their
haste in searching him, the robbers
overlooked the pistol which he had.
Attracted by the shot, a nightwatch
man came running np and also began
shooting at the fleeing men.
Edward Lang, a street-car conductor,
reported to the police today that he
was held up by two masked men at the
north end of the Ferry building shortly
before 12 o'clock last night. While
one of them held a pistol against
Lang's head the other footpad went
through bis pockets, and, according to
Lang, robbed him of $50.
An attempted hold-up was reported
from Golden Gate park. The approach
Borne pedestrians frightened away
the highwaymen.
BIG GUNS NEEDED.
General Wood Also Wants Cavalry
Sent to Philippines.
Wahington, Oct. 16. An argument
against the reduction in the number of
troops in the Philippines is made by
Major General Leonard Wood, com
manding that division, in his annual
report. The total garrision, on June
80 last, numbered 20,043 men.
"We are far from home,", says Gen
eral Wood, "and in case of foreign dis
turbances, even with all our troops
concentrated at Manila, the force avail
able would be scared y sufficient to de
fend it from a serious attack. More
over, a strong garrison should De main
tained here until conditionns pertain
ing to the civil government are well es
tablished and the animosities and dis
appointments incident to the building
up of a local government under new
and perhaps strained conditions have
passed away."
General Wocd suggests adding some
artillery to the present garrison and
sending to the Philippines one squad
ron of esch of the cavarly legimenta in
the United States.
Public order has greatly improved in
Miindanao. The rice output there is
said to exceed any previous year and
the people have gone to work. As
there is an large Mohammedan tlement
there, and unexpected disturbances
may occur as the result of action of re
ligious fanatica returning from Mecca,
the report Bays the garrison should be
concentrated.
Postal Deficit Less.
Wasnbington, Oct. 16. Postmaster
General Cortelyou has given out an ad
vance statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the postal service for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906.
It shows a reduction of the annual de
ficit from $14,572,584 for 1905 to $10,-
516,996 for 1906, over $4,000,000, or
27.832 per cent. The total receipta for
1906 were lrr ,932,783, an increase
over 1905 of $15,106,198, which ia the
greatest increase for any year in the
history of the service. The per cent of
increase in receipts for 1906 ia 9.88.
Rain Damages Cotton.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 16. A heavy
rain has fallen over the ground in part
of Texas the past 24 hours, doing con
siderable damage to the cotton crop.
There will be a heavy loss in tice.