I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEW LINE8 IN CLACKAMAS. I 1 FOR LONGER TERMS.
Capital 8eek Investment in Electric
Railway!.
Oregon City Consequent upon an
increase In population from 23,000 In
the Spring of 1905, as shown by the
Assessor's census, to 30,000, which is
considered a reliable estimate of the
county's population at the present
time, Clackamas county Is experienc
ing a new era In Us growth and devel
opment. Several agencies are contributing to
this material development of the
county and its resources, foremost
among which Is the building of elec
tric railway systems. Idle capital rec
ognizes as a desirable Investment the
building of transportation lines Into
Clackamas county, where the various
resources are still undeveloped and
merely awultlng the encouragement
that will follow direct communication
with a market.
' The Interests back of the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company,
which has already done a great deal
In building up this county, are recog
nized In the proposed building of an
eloctric line from Canemah to Salem,
and this enterprise Is assured, rights-of-way
having been secured and sur
veys made over the entire route. The
ame Interests, It has lately developed,
caused the mysterious survey to be
made between this city and Molalla
and "Wllholt Springs some three
months ago. This will be a branch
line operated by the same company
and will penetrate one of the richest
sections of the valley. Assurance is
given that this line will be built.
The survey Is now being made for
another proposed electric line between
this city and Molalla, with the cele
brated Wllholt Springs as the ultimate
terminus. This is being done by the
Oregon City and Molalla Railway Com
pany, a corporation in which Oregon
City business men own a controlling
interest. Its route is via Beaver
Creek, through a rich timber and agri
cultural section, and the promoters of
the enterprise promise to begin con
struction work within a few weeks.
Oregon City is becoming metropoli
tan. A free mall delivery service for
the city has been ordered established
December 1. An Improved telephone
system is being installed by the Pacific
States Company, while the Home Tele
phone Company will begin installing
Us system soon, having completed the
construction of Its line to the Clacka
mas Tiver, just north of this city.
The great Increase in sales of realty
Is added evidence of the growth of
the county. Large farms are being
subdivided and disposed of in smaller
tracts, with the result that a larger
acreage is being placed under cultiva
tion. RAILROAD PETITION DENIED.
tio Reduction of Assessment of Prop
erty in Linn County.
ALBANY Before the Equalization
Board of Linn County adjourned its
sessions the Oregon & California Rail
road Company appeared bv its agent,
George Scriber, and requested a re
duction in the taxation value of the
property from $19,000 per mile on
the main line in the county and $11,
O00 per mile on the branch lines, to
2fc1f).4nn and $5400. respectively. A
reduction in the assessment on its
timber land from $7 to $3 an acre
was also asked. The company has
ifi.0.r)4 acres of the finest timber land
in Linn County. After hearing the
laims of the company, the board de
cided to let the assessment stand as
fixed by the Assessor. The total as
sessment of the railroad company is
$1,732,148, of which $l,Zuy,YUU is on
its roadbed and rolling stock and
$462,248 on timber land.
GIVEN BETTER FACILITIES.
'Good River Now Ships Apples In Re
frigerator Cars.
HOOD RIVER Refrigerator cars
top taken out over the Mt. Hood
Bailroad and for the first time apples
are to be shipped direct over the new
railroad. At several points along the
Toad where there are large orchards
the railroad comnanv has built sid
ings so that growers can load almost
.;onf frnm ihmv orchards. This is
UX1VKV A 1 - - .
proving a great help to fruit growers
on the east side of the valley &a the
apple crop is so large that they are
PYnerienciner considerable trouble in
getting their fruit hauled to the rail
road.
Chinook Becoming' Scarce.
HOOD RIVER Employes of the
Government fish station on tee Clack
amas River, who have been taking
salmon eggs at the mouth of the White
Salmon River, have completed their
-work for this season and report that
the number of eggs secured this year
is the smallest since the work of en-
deavoring to preserve the salmon in
the Columbia River was taken up.
Altogether but 5,000,000 eggs were
taken this year as against 16,000,000
last year. The work commenced on
September 19 and was stopped abont
the middle of October.
Superintendent Ackerman Favors
Change In Present Law.
Salem That the apportionment of
public school funds should be mada
upon the basis of the number of teach
ers employed, and not upon the num
ber of children in the district, Is one
of the most important recommenda
tions In the biennial report of Super
intendent of Public Instruction J. II.
Ackerman, which was made public to
day, This very radical change in the
plan of distribution is suggested as a
means of enabling the sparsely set
tled district to employ as eflicient a
teacher and have as many months of
school during 'the year as the larger
and more favored district. This priv
ilege, Superintendent Ackerman says,
is one to which the smaller district
is entitled. California has such a law.
Among other recommendations
made in the report are: That the
minimum length of the school year be
increased from three to five months;
that the levy for school purposes be
increased from $G to $8 per capita;
that the inheritance taxes be turned
into the irreducible school fund, and
that a part or the whole of the cor
poration tax be turned into the com
mon school fund to bo expended each
year for school purposes. In connec
tion with the recommendation regard
ing the length of the school year,
Superintendent Ackerman says there
are toq many districts satisfied to
maintain school only the minimum
number of months required by law.
"There is no reason why a child
in a small, isolated district is not en
titled to as many months of scnool
as is the child in a more ' favorably
situated district," said he. "Mere
location should not be the test of the
number of months' schooling to which
a child is entitled." The suggestion
that the rate of levy be increased is
founded upon the need of more funds
in order that longer terms of school
may be maintained.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
WHEAT Club, C4c; bluestem, 66c;
Valley, 67c; red, 61c.
OATS No. 1 white, $24.5025.50.;
gray, $23.5024.
BARLEY Feed, $21.50 per ton;
brewing, $22; rolled, $23.
RYE $1.351.40 per cwt.
CORN Whole, $25.50; cracked,
$26.50 per ton.
M ILLSTUFFS Bran, city, $i4.5u;
country, $15.50 per ton; middlings,
$24; shorts, city, $16; country, $17
per ton; chop, U. S. Mills, $15.50; lin
seed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, $18
per ton.
HAY Valley timothy, no. i, ?iug
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$1416; clover, $6.507; cheat, $7
7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $ll.5U;
vetch hay, $7 7.50.
DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, com
mon to choice, 2575c per box; choice
to fancy, 75c$1.50; grapes, $11.60
per crate; peaches, 75c$l; pears,
75c$1.25; cranberries, $99.50 pei
barrel; quinces, $11.25 per box; per
simmons, $1.251.50 per box.
FRESH VEGETABLES Cabbage,
1V2b pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per
dozen; celery, 7585c per dozen; egg
plant, $1.50 per crate; lettuce, head,
20c per dozen; onions, 1012C per
dozen; bell peppers, 5c; pumpkins, yA
cents per pound; spinach, 45c per
pound; tomatoes, 3050o per box;
parsley, 1015c; squash, lc per
pound; hot-house lettuce, 25c per doz.
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c
$1 per sack; carrots, 90c$l per
sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; gar
lic, 710c per pound; horseradish,
910c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2
2jc per pound.
ONIONS Oregon, 90c$l per hun
dred. POTATOES Buying prices: Ore
gon Burbanks, fancy, 90c$1.05; com
mon, 75c90c.
BUTTER City creameries: Extra
creamery, 3032c per pound. State
creameries: Fancy creamery, 25
27c; store butter, 1617c.
EGGS Oregon ranch, 3235c
dozen; best Eastern, 2627c; ordin
ary Eastern, 2425c.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twins,
1414c; Young America, 1515c.
POULTRY Average old hens, 12
13c; mixed chickens, 1212c;
Spring, 1213c; old roosters, 9
10c; dressed chickens, 1314c; tur
keys, live, 1717c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 21224c; geese, live, per
pound, 89c; ducks, 1415c; pig
eons, $11.50; squabs, $23.
VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds,
78c; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150
to 200 pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up,
5j6c.
BEEF Dressed bulls, 22c per
pound; cows, 4 5c; country steers,
55c.
MUTTON Dressed, fancy, 7c per
pound; ordinary, 5 6c; lambs, fancy,
8c.
PORK Dressed, 100 to 130 pounds,
8c; 150 to 200 pounds, 77jc; 200
pounds and up, 66c.
HOPS 1906, choice, 1517c; prime,
13l7c; medium, 1212c per
pound; olds, nominal.
WOOL (Eastern Oregon average,
best, 1318c per pound, according to
shrinkage; Valley, 20 21c, according
to fineness.
MOHAIR Choice, 26 0 28a.
JAPANE8E PROBLEM SERIOUS.
Think the United States is Thoroughly
Prejudiced Against, Them.
Washington. Oct. 31. While nothing
of an official nature has been allowed
to leak out, It Is nevertheless a fact
that President Xloosevelt and the State
Department are deeply concerned over
the growing anti-American sentiment
that has apparently taken deep root
In Japan. Private advices and confi
dential telegrams to the State Depart
ment confirm press reports telling of
the unfriendly attitude of the Japanese
and add to the uneasiness of adminis
tration officials.
It can be stated on authority that
the administration Is anxious to avoid
a rupture with Japan. The East ap
pears to be in entire sympathy with
this view, but in the West a different
sentiment prevails, and it Is the en
mity of the people of the West that Is
largely responsible for the present del
lcate situation. "
The Japanese have come to the con'
elusion that their people are not more
welcome in the United States than are
the Chinese, and while no bar has yet
been raised against them, they fully
expect that in the near future the Chi
nese exclusion act will be extended to
cover all subjects of the Mikado. If
such a move Is made by the American
congress, It will certainly give affront
to Japan, and serious consequences
would .most certainly follow.
The people of the East do not look
upon the Japanese with that same
contempt that is shown west of the
Rocky Mountains. In this part of the
country the Japanese are viewed sea
tlmentally; they are known principally
for their deeds In war and for their
recent defeat of the great Russian
army and navy, in tne , west the
Japanese are viewed from a practical
standpoint, for there they are known
Intimately. The difference is that the
West is flooded with Japanese labor
ers; in the East there are none. The
East Judges the Japanese by the few
people of that race who live here,
They are principally diplomats or stu-
dents; citizens of the highest type.
There are no Japanese laborers in
the East. On the other hand, the Pa
cific Coast and the Rocky Mountain
region knows little of the Japanese
diplomat, but bus an Intimate knowl
edge of the Japanese laborer, and he
Is a very different type of man.
The East, knowing nothing of the
Japanese labor problem, is at a loss
to understand the unfriendly attitude
taken by the people of the West, and
If the Western contingent In congress
attempts to extend the Chinese exclu-
slon law to embrace the Japanese, the
Issue will meet with determined oppo
sition from this end of the country.
The further fact that the admlnlstra-
tlon is anxious to preserve friendly re
lations with Japan will be another
great obstacle In the way of the ad
vocates of Japanese exclusion, and the
fight, once begun, will be vigorous and
protracted.
The bulk of Japanese In this country
being confined to the Western states
It Is natural that the current opinion
In Japan should reflect the sentiment
of the Japanese hordes in this country.
The Japanese laborers, being made
aware of the unfriendliness of the
white laborers In the West, as well as
the unfriendliness of the employers of
labor, very naturally conclude that
this sentiment is general throughout
the United States, and having reached
this conclusion, it is to be expected
that their views would reach their
home country. Their animosity crops
out at frequent intervals, notwith
standing the efforts of the Japanese
government to keep it down.
That the Japanese are in an ugiy
mood is manifest by their readiness to
make much oui of little incidents that
occur In the United States. Only a few
days ago Asahi Kitagakl, the only
Jananese .midshipman at the Annapo
lis Naval Academy, voluntarily resign
ed because he was deficient In bis
studies and unable to keep up with his
class. He took this action on the ad
vice of the Japanese Embassy In this
cltv. Any other midshipman would
have been dropped without the prlvl
lege of resigning. It was promptly
announced that no other Japanese
would be appointed to the vacancy,
and immediately the report was spread
that the United States government
was displaying discourtesy to the Jap
anese government, when, as a matter
of fact, the announcement was made
in accordance witn a recent act or con
gress, which stipulated that .no more
foreigners should be admitted to the
Naval Academy. The incident stirred
the Japanese in the United States and
caused another ripple at nome.
In like manner the Japanese took
offense because John D. Rockefeller
made some caustic remarks on the
treachery of the Japanese In business
M'Creery to Be Minister.
Mexico City. Oct. 31. It was stated
here last night that Fenton R. Mc-
Creery, who for the past nine years
has been secretary of the United
States Legation and Embassy here
would be appointed United States Min
ister to Columbia to succeed Minister
Barrett, who Is to be made United
States Minister to Brazil. Lloyd
Griscom. present United States Am
bassador to Brazil, will succeed George
von L. Meyer as Ambassador to Rus
sia, who will became Postmaster-Gen
eral in March 1907. Mr. McCreery said
he had no official knowledge of his
promotion.
Want Dry Elections In Austria,
Vienna, Oct. 31. The Austrian temp
erance societies unltf d in presenting
to the parliamentary committee which
is formulating a universal suffrage
bill an appeal that it embody in the
law the American practice of closing
saloons during polling hours.
SOONERS GET PICK
ndlan Police Powerless to Step
Breaking of Roles.
LAW IGNORED BY PROSPECTORS
Great Rush Occurs Into Walker Lake
Reserve, but All Claims Are
Found Taken.
HAWTHORNE, Nev., Oct. 30.
Walker Lake Indian reservation was
opened at noon yesterday and half an
hour, after the signal admitting thous
ands of prospectors had been sounded
countless mining claims had been lo
cated, townsltes established and mush
room cities are now springing up at
the mouths of Dutchman and Cotton
wood Creeks, in the vicinity, of which
tne ricnest mining territory is sup
posed to lie.
Although many preferred to locate
claims according to the law surround
ing the opening of the reservation and
waited at the boundary lines, numer
ous men had rushed into the coveted
land the night previous. As a result
the race from the boundary was a
farce. J. P. Miller, who started from
Hawthorne with about 500 men when
the dynamite signal was fired, beat au
tomobiles and vehicles with his fleet
horse, covering the distance of seven
miles in 29 minutes. He secured as
locations valuable mining property.
George Green, with A. Nye and P.
O'Brien, of Tonopah, in the race from
Walker Mountain from the Yerring
ton side, covered four miles of precip
itous country in 21 minutes. They
also secured 14 Arastra properties.
George Nagle, supposed to be acting
for United States Senator Nixon,
staked out a townslte at Dutchman
Creek.
Holders of claims Immediately pa
trolled them with Winchester, but,
as nobody cared to dispute their loca
tion, there was no bloodshed. It is
feared, however, that when surveys
are commenced tomorrow there may
be disputes which may cause trouble.
Half a dozen participated In the strug
gle for mining land, and In some in
stances succeeded in securing rich
properties.
As a rule the people who waited
until the regular time before rushing
Into the territory did not secure any
thing for their efforts, and many hon
est prospectors who had spent all
their savings to participate In the
opening turned back defeated.
So great was the rush across the
desert from the line nearest Thome
that a number of persons narrowly
escaped being trampled over, and In
numerous instances Injuries were re
ported. Horses were ridden until they
dropped, and men recounted their 111
fortune when their automobiles be
came stalled in the deep sand.
Jaded and overcome by thirst, num
bers of prospectors barely summoned
enough ' strength to make their loca
tions. Those who had waited for the
signal from the top of Mount Grant
before rushing Into the reservation,
found that all the most valuable
claims in the vicinity of the rich
Dutchman, Cottonwood and other
creeks emptying Into the southwest
ern portion of Walker Lake had been
taken up by men who had rushed In
the night before. Even men who em
ployed launches to take them across
Walker Lake from the eastern side
found that their efforts were of no
avail, as they were much too late to
be on an equal footing with the men
who had disregarded all law.
SDeclal Land Agent Frank Parks
has received no reply from Washing
ton to his recommendations that the
present opening be annulled on ac
count of Irregularity. He asserts that
today's proceedings are an Injustice
to those who sought to obey the laws
regarding the opening and whose ef
forts were baffled by those who rusn
ed through ahead of time because the
boundary lines were not properly
euarded. Had it not been for the
work of private citizens, who assisted
the 14 Indian police, there would not
have been the slightest semblance of
regularity in the opening.
English Landlords Won't Sell.
LONDON, Oct. 30. John E. Red
mond moved the adjournment of the
House of Commons today In order to
call attention to the lack of progress
in reinstating evicted tenants In Ire
land owing, as the speaker alleged, to
the landlords hindering the operation
of the land act by refusing to sell un
tenanted land. The land commission
ers were consequently unable to pro
vide farms for evicted tenants.
Mr. Redmond said it was obvious
that the government must resort to
some system of compulsion.
Reds Make Another Rich Haul.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 30. A
party of revolutionists numbering 20
held np a convoy of three vehicles on
the way to Kazan and secured 26,000
roubles. The robbers escaped.
Cuba Has Tranquil Day.
HAVANA, Oct. 30. Reports re
ceived by telegraph this morning from
the commanders of the garrisons In
all parts of Cuba show that complete
tranquility prevails.
PLUNGE TO DEATH. '
Three Loaded Trolley Cars Leave
Track and Go Through Trestle.
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 30. By the
wrecking of a three coach train on the
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Sun
day afternoon at least 50 passengers
perished and the list may reach thq
total of 75 when all is known. While
crossing the drawbridge spanning the
waterway known as the "Thorough
fare," which separates Atlantic City
from the mainland, the train left the
tracks and plunged into the water.
The passengers in the first two-
coaches, with one or two exceptions,
were drowned. Twenty-five bodies -have
been recovered, and it Is expect
ed that at least 25 and possibly 50
more bodies still are in the submerged
coaches.
The accident was witnessed by.
many persons on shore, and assistance
was promptly sent from Atlantic City.
Little could be done, however, toward
saving the lives of those imprisoned in
the submerged coaches. The water at
the point where the train plunged in
was not deep enough to cover the
coaches at first, but as they settled in
the mud and as the tide rose they
were soon gone from sight.
Late In the evening a wrecking crew
arrived, and with their aid and with
the use of a derrick, a dozen or more
bodies were taken out and brought to
this city. Of the 25 bodies about 20
have been identified and it Is believed
that no difficulty will be experienced
in establishing the identity of the
others.
The trestle Is about a mile long and
15 feet above the water, and the drop
to the water required several seconds,
giving time for the passengers to see.
and calculate their fate.
The accident was due to a rail
turning in." It appears that the rail
which was an outside one on the right
hand side coming down, must have
been out of plumb about an eighth of
an inch. The sharp flange of the elec
tric caught this and twisted It inwards.
This twist threw the fiTst car off
the track and into the water. The re
sult was that the second and third
cars were dragged with It and while
the third car was descending the rear
portion struck a piece of the abut
ment, hung there for a short time and
then slid into the water. This brief
stop saved several lives. A number of
men -and women leaped out of win
dows and the rear door either Into the
water or caught hold of a post and
were rescued. ,
It was stated that fully 80 to 100
passengers were aboard, mostly all
crowded into the first and second cars.
These are engulfed. Among the pas
sengers were 20 members of the Royal
Artillery band, who were on their way
here from Philadelphia. One or two
bodies of the band were recovered
early In the afternoon.
CLOSING IN ON THE UTES.
Wyoming Militia May Be First In
Touch and Battle May Be Fought.
Riittn ltfntit.. Oct. 8(V A Btiprtnl tn
the Miner from Sheridan, Wyo., says:
Soldiers are now approaching the
band of renegade Utes from five diff-
prpnt rinlnta nnd It a nnlv ft miPRtlnn
of time until the redskins are either
forced to surrender or are annihilated
by the cavalry from Fort Keogh, ap
nroaching from the north, two more
troops from Fort Meade from the
northwest, two from Fort Robinson,
out of Gillette, closing in from the
southeast, two from the same fort ad
vancing from Arvada, from the south,
and two companies of infantry from
Fort Mackenzie, from tne west.
The Utes are traveling northwest,
and according to a report have not
yet passed the Big Powder. The band
la mniTlne- rHrert for the Chevenne
agency, across the river. It now looks
as though the several bodies or Wy
oming militia will be able to arrive in
the vicinity of Ashland, 60 miles north
of here, by Monday at least, In which
event a battle will probably be rougnt
in the valley or Tongue Kiver, near
that place.
Ashland Is 12 miles from tne uney
ptino rpsprvatlon. and the Utes have
already sent couriers to the Cheyennes
for help in case they decide on resist
ance to the regulars, squads ox mran
try from Fort Mackenzie left Sheri
dan tnr Arvnilft. where, thev will emard
the supplies in order to release the.
full strength of the cavalry. ;
Election Approaching.
New York, Oct. 30. A week from
Tuesday there will be elections in 42
states and three territories. Oregon
Maine and Vermont have already
elected state officers and members of
the Sixtieth Congress. In 23 of the
states a governor and other state offi
cers (In 20 of them also a legislature) ;
in ten, minor state omcers or justices
nf the sunreme court: In two, con
gressmen only, are to be elected. Ok
lahoma Is to vote on a state constitu
tion, and Arizona and New Mexico on
Joint statehood.
Mutinous Cossacks Sentenced.
Yeketerinoslav, Oct. 29. The trial
of the Cossacks who mutinied last
winter and withdrew to the mountains,
where they proclaimed a uossacK re
public has come to an end. Some of
the men have been sentenced to from
.5 to 20 years' Imprisonment at nara
labor.
Fleet of Fishers Destroyed.
Toklo, Oct. 30. As a result of the
recent storm, the Goto Island fishing
fleet was practically destroyed, 228
vessels having been lost and 822 fish
ermen drowned. Of those saved, 100
were Injured.