Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1907)
II il NEW STATE IMPROBABLE. IMGON STATF. ITFMS - flF INTFRFST n MOSTLY SPRlNQ GRAIN. Dry Fa In Wasco Prevents! Seeding of Usual Acreage. The Dalles Farmers from the inter ior of Wiihco county say it is Htill too early to predict with any degree of otr talnty, what will be the prospect for this year's crops. The season is about ' three weeks lato, and the rain, which has fallon to the depth of 1.5 inchos since April 1, has greatly interfered with plowing and seeding. From farm era In different parts of the county, it is learned that there is more moisture in the ground now than for a number of years past. On account of the luck of moisture last year, a small propor tion of the acreage was sown to fall grain, probably not more than 25 per cent. The grain that was sown, how ever, came through the winter in splendid shape, the heavy snowfall making a good protection. As socn as the ground settles enough to begin, work will bo pushed furward with great rapidity In order to make up for the lateness of the season. SALEM TO HAVE HORSE FAIR Growing Demand Creates New Inter est Among Stockmen. Salem The horse shows held at Staytoii and Woodburn recently were so successful and so great has the interest in hoises become throughout this coun ty that Secretary Frank Welch, of the state board of agriculture, has called a meeting of horsemen to be held here to prepare plans for an exhibition horse iair to be held in this city soon. On account of the market advance in prices and the demand for fine horses, which are very scarce on account . of Eastern buyers having scoured the oounty and taken out so many, apremi um fund will be inaugurated and every horseman and those interested in horses will bo asked to contribute something to the fund. In this way prizes can be offered. At the meeting a soliciting commit tee will be named to undertake the work, j Rains Delay Seeding. Pendleton As a result of the rainy -weather that has prevailed all over this section during the greater part of the unrinif it has been difficult for farmers to get spring work done as early as us ual. Under ordinary conditions prac tically all of the spring seeding is done "by the middle1 of April, but much land . i ! ! l Hieani lor spring gram una year its yvi unsown. To make the situation worse, there is more than the usual amount of epring grain to be sown this year, be cause of the dry weather during the early fall, and some of those who seed' ed in the late fall met disaster because cold weather kept the wheat from germ inating. Consequently the latter have to reseed now. However, the only re seeding of consequence is in the north' western part of the county, where more late sowing was done than on tue reBer -vation. Fruit Commissioners Named. Salem At the meeting of the state horticultural board the following ap pointments were announced for the next term of four years: Judd Geer, of Cove, to succeed himself from the Fifth district; C. A. Parks, of Salem, ap pointed to succeed himself from the Sec ond district. There are yet two candi dates for the third appointment, which has not been decided upon, lhey are A. II. Sechler and R. H. Webber, of The Dalles. It is thought possible "Webber will be reappointed. Newport Hotels Filling Up. Newport Newport has begun to en tertain her usual summer visitors. , Her hotels, boarding houses and cot tairfis are well filled with visitors. The open air band concerts twice a week, masquerades, dancing parties, bowling contests, roller skating, lawn tennis and whist parties furnish ample oppor tunity for amusement. The fishing and hunting are good and the. beach is liter allv niled hieh with beautiful and -rf IT " precious stones. Work Must Be Done Over. Albany Members of the State Grange who have been circulating peti tions asking for . a referendum vote on the University of Oregon appropriation hill have worked in vain. It has been discovered that an error was made in preparing the form for the petitions and which renders them wortniess. iseve ral hundred names have been signed to these petitions and the work of seve ral days has ccme to naught. Cove Fruit Outlook. Cove The prospects for a heavy cron of fruit from this section of the Grand Ronde were never brighter at this time of vear. and the outlook for easy and rapid shipment was never be' fore so good, even in the minds of the doubters, as the Central Railway com' pany assures shippers it will be ready to lift the strawDerry crop in June. , ; BUY BACKS DIRECT. Inland' Association Cuts Out Middle men's Profit on Big Order. rondleton C. A. Barrett, president of the Inland Whotttgrowers' associa tion, announced a few dayB ago that he had just purclmsed for the association 250,000 acks from Koshland Bros., of Kan Francisco, and 75,000 from a Port land firm. The exact price paid was not given out, but under the contract which the association has with the farmers, the sacks are not to cost more than V cents delivered in carload lota to the different stations in this and Morrow county. lhe present quotations from the lo cal grainbnyers who have heretofore supplied the local market is 10 cents. About two and a half million sacks are used In this county annually, more than one million of which have now boen purchased by the association for this year, and applications for more are coining in daily. Ihis is the first attempt the gram growers have made to cut out the profits of the middlemen, and so far it seems to have been successful. Governor Names E. L. Smith. Salem Governor Chamberlain has appointed E. L. Smith, of Hood River, to act as Oregon's official representative n opening the Jamestown exposition Upon his shoulders will devolve the mportant duty of being present at the inaugural ceremonies of the fair, and he will present on behalf of the state the governor's formal announcement of the state's representation, if he does not attend himself, and Mr. Smith will also be the state's official guide through the departments of exhibits and will take care of the correspond ence from Oregon people and see that they are properly treated while there. Incorporate Fruit Farm. Eugene A stock company capltaliz' ed at $20,000 has been formed in Eu gene for the purpose of growing fruits, owning lands, buildings and operating canneries. The members of the com' pany are W. G. Allen of the Allen Canning & Packing company, P. E Snodgrass, cashier of the Eugene First National bank, and F. L. Chambers of the Chambers-Bristow Banking com pany. ' Beautifying Fair Grounds. Salem Secretary Welch, of the State Agricultural board, has announced his intention to beautify the fair grounds this year with flowers in a manner that has never been equaled in the 47 years that state fairs have been held here He has conferred with the other mem Ders oi tne noara ana they have prac tically given him carte blanche in the matter. - PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club 7374c; bluestem, 7577c; valley, 7071c; red, 7172c. Oats No. 1 white, $29.50: gray, $2829. Rye $1.451.50. , Barley Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew ing, $23; rolled, $23.5024.50. Corn Whole, $25; cracked, $26 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $15 16 per ton; F'astern Oregon timothy, $1718; clover, $9; cheat, $9; grain hay, $910. Apples Common, 75c$1.25 per box; choice, $1.502. Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per sack; carrots, .25 per sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; horseradish, 7 8c per pound; cauliflower, $1 per dozen; celery, $4 per crate; lettuce, head, 3545c per dozen; sprouts, Oq; radishes, 25c per dozen; asparagus, 13 15c per pound; rhubarb, 6c per pound. Onions Oregon, $3. J Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1.401.65; extra fancy, $1.75; No. 1 choice, $1.51.40. Butter Fancy creamery, S2c per pound. Butter Fat First grade cream, 33Vc per pound ; second grade cream, 2c less per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 1516c per pound; mixed chickens, 1415cj spring fryers and broilers, 2022c; old roosters, 1012c; dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys, live, 1315c; tur keys, dressed, choice, 1820c; geese, live, 8c; ducks," 1618c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 1920o per dozen. Veal Dressed, 58c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 33c per pound; cows, 56c; country steers, 6 7c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, .1010c per pound; ordinary, 89c; spring lambs, with pelt, 1213c. Pork Dressed, 69c per pound. Heps 8llc per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 13 18c per pound, according to shrink' age ; valley, 2022, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, Z8Z9e per pound. Spokane PWrr Regarded With;Amued. Toleration by Conservatives. Portland, April 9. Though7 the? re-' cognize that there has lonat existed iiC certain sections of the Inland Empite llitent dissatisfaction 'with - existing state boundariei, conservative citizens of Oregon, Washington and Idaho are inclined to regard with amused tolera tion the . Spokane project to create a new state through the secession of the disgruntled communities from their parent commonwea.th. Even in Eastern Washington, where most of the population of Spokane's new state oi Lincoln would be centered, the sentiment in favor of the creation of a new commonwealth Is by no means unanimous. Many conservative citi zens are of the belief that the time is not yet ripe for actual separation, and even among those who indorse the Spo kane scheme, it is recognized that there would be serious problems to face were the present states to say: "Bless you, children, go in peace." In large measure, the differences that have brought about the desire for sep aration are political, and it cannot be overlooked that other political jealous les would spring up to fill the new state of Lincoln with discord and heart burnings. Already two Inland Em pi re cities, if not more are looking with green eyes upon Spokane's assumption that she Is to be the capital of the new state. The politicians of the dis satisfied communities who are now in power can be depended upon to oppose from the word go any move that would impair their influence and drag them away from the public crib where they are now feeding. GENERAL DARILLAS SLAIN. Man Who Might Have Been President Coldly Slain. City of Mexico, April 9. Manuel Barrillas, ex-President of Guatemala, was assassinated here Saturday evening as he sat in a streetcar. As the car stopped a young man 17 years of age climbed aboard and rushed up to the general and stabbed him twice, the first blow severing the jugular vein, the second cutting his face. The gen eral died instantly. The assassin was captured. He gave his name, as Jose Estrada, and his home as Ocos, Guate mala. Ex-President Barrillas was generally considered as Btrongly associated to the present government of Guatemala. He was 62 years of age and was a strong possibility for the next presidency of the country. Members of the Guate mala colony here think Estrada was a paid assassin. . HOW TO CURB THE TRUSTS. National Civic Federation Plans for Convention in Chicago. New York, April 9. The executive council of the National Civic Federa tion has decided . on Chicago as the place and May 28, 29, 30 and 31 as the dates for holding the naticnal confer ence on combinations and trusts, which recently was announced by that organ ization. Representative men from the various walks of life have signed the invitations asking the appointment of delegates by governors and presidents of the important commercial, manu facturing, agricultural, labor, economic political and law associations. The purpose of the conference is to consid er the trust and combination problems especially the question of what amend raenls, if any, should be made to to the Sherman anti-trust act. ALASKANS WELL PLEASED. Governor Hogatt is Not In Favor of ' Changing Government; Seattle, Wash., April 9. W. B Hogatt, governor of Alaska, reached Seattle tonight from Washington. 1 "We got almost everything we asked of the last session of congress," he said. "The people of Alaska are well satisfied with Uncle Sam's tieatment of them. This cry for a territorial form of government comes from polit ical discontents. To have this change in rule would mean an increase in tax ation of 25 cents per capita for the small population. Together with the fact that the country is only partly de veloped this burden is not yet warrant ed. We can very well afford to go along as we are despite the howl of pol lticians." Protection to Immigrants. Rome April 9. Francesco P. Materi member of the chamber of deputies has made public a letter in which he urges the government to extend its pro' tection to Italian immigrants, not only on board steamers crossing the ocean but even after they have disembarked in the United States. He expresses the belief that emigrants to America are exploited and used for work In unheal thy sections of the country. The writer points out that in 1906 800,000 Italians emigrated, of whom 500,000 went to the United States; ' , Mormons Aid the Chinese. Salt J-ake, April 9. Twenty tons of flour were voted for the relief of the Chinese famine sufferers at the 78th Mormon conference today. The flour will be taken from the tithing stores, NFWr FROM THF WATIflWil FrJPITlI uuuu ! uyiijk ;.JiM i la ' ' - JAPANESE WU3T STAY' OUT. I First Cases Under New Agreement! Upheld by Straus. Washington, April 9. Secretary Straus, of the department of Commerce and Labor, today .denied admission to this country to five Japanese immi grants. These are the first Japanese exclusion cases which have reached the secretary since the promulgation of the executive order carrying into effect the new immigration law. Secretary Straus' action was based upon an appeal taken by the Japanese from a decision of the inspector at El Paso, Tex., denying them the right to enter on passports from Mexico. The appeals first reached Commissioner of Immigration Sargent. They were re ferred by him to the secretary, with the recommendation that they be dismissed on the ground that no othVr course was permissible under the president's order carrying into effect the agreement of last winter relative to the exclusion of Japanese laborers. Land Officers Named. Washington. April 12. On recom mendation of Senator Bourne, concurred in by Senator Fulton, the president to day appointed Charles W. Moore, of Grass Valley, as register of The Dalles land office to succeed M. T. Nolan, re moved, and named Louis H. Arneson, of Hood River, as receiver of that office to succeed Miss Anne M. Lang, whose term expired March 3. Both senators have given considerable time to the S6' lection of new officers for The Dalles land office, it being their desire not on ly to obtain men thoroughly qualified, but men againnt whom no charges can properly be made. Many candidates appeared in the field, some of them strongly indorsed politically. Gives Island to Republic, Washington, April 10. That the Isle of Pines is not American territory was officially and judicially decided tO' day by the Supreme court of the United States. The decision was rendered in the case of Edward J. Pearcy vs. Neva da M. Stranahan, collector of the port of New York, and the opinion of the court was announced by Chief Justice Fuller, who said that up to the Paris treaty the Isle of Pines has been consid ered as an integral part of Cuba, and that it could not be held to be covered by article II of that treaty, which in eluded only islands in the vicinity of Porto Rico. Sober, Sane Proposals. Washington. April 11. "I find the president and I are absolutely in accord as to the importance of confining the efforts of the propaganda to sober, sane and practical proposals which can be carried out." These were the words used by W. T. Stead, of London, who has come to America to attend the peace conference in New York, after an hour' talk with the president at the White House this afternoon, in which tb coming peace conference at The Hague was a prominent feature. Mr. btead was accompanied by Dr. Albert Shaw. Probe for Graft at Panama. Washington, April 9. The president has taken up the complaints affecitng the commissary depart men ton the Mb mus of Panama that have come to him as the result of recent visits of mem bers of congress to that place. He has assured his callers that the allegations affecting graft in that department and other complaints shall be ' looked into promptly. Boundary Treaty is Made. Washington, April 10. It was offi cially admitted today that a treaty has been drafted with Great Britain provid ing for the appointment of a joint com mission which will consider all ques tions connected with the water bound aries between Canada and the United States, including the whole subject of fisheries regulations for the great lakes and the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards. Postpones Hearing on New Kates Salem In order to attend the Spo kane case which is to come before the Interstate Commerce commission, and in order to give the O. R. & N. officials an opportunity to be heard, the state commission has postponed the hearing of the complaint against the $5 rate on rough lumber to San Francisco from Tuesday, April 16, to Tuesday, April 23. Gives Ohio Negro an Office. Washington, April 12. The presi dent appointed Ralph W. Tyler, a ne gro, of Columbus, O., to be auditor of the treasury of the Navy department. Tyler is the man who it was announced bad been considered by the president for a Federal position in Ohio, particularly that of surveyor of customs at Cincin nati. President Refuses Interview. . Washington, April,. 11. The presi dent has declined to giant an interview witn Mrs. Ida von Claussen, who has complained to the State department that Charles H. Graves, United States minister to Sweden, refused to present her to King Oscar, when the king want ed to meet her. WENAHA FORESTS. Division to be Made Between Cattle and Sheep. Washington, April 10. The recent addition to the Wenaha national forests in Oregon include some of the best ear ly stock range in the state, and there is considerable anxiety among stockmen in regard to the range divisions which will be made there. A meeting has been called at Walla Walla for the purpose of hearing the claims of those who have had this range, and an effort will be made to divide it fairly and in a way which will best protect the in terest of settlers and ranch owners liv- ng in its vicinity. It will be the policy in all such cases to give the owners of cattle and sheep respectively the use of that portion of the range best adapted to their stock and to which they appear best entitled from prior use and the location of their ranches. After the division has been made, each will be protected in the use of the allotted range. OLD SOLDIERS NOT TOO OLD. President Says They Must Not Ba Dismissed From Servico. Washington, April 13. R. B. Brown, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Corporal Tanner, past commander-in-chief, and various officials of the local organiza tion, called on the president today in reference to the alleged dismissal from the government departments of many veterans of the Civil war, and of their widows, for no other cause than old age. Some time ago the president took up this question at a cabinet meeting, and gave instructions that discrimina tions against the veterans or their wid ows should cease. During the call to day of Commander Brown and his friends, the president informed them of the instructions he had given, and assured them that the old soldiera should be cared for. Have Observed Rules of War. Washington, April 11. Senor Echa saretta, the Nicaraguan consui at New Orleans, advises the Nicaraguan lega tion in this city that, according to a communication from General Juan Ef- trada, the general commanding the Ni caraguan expedition engaged in captur ing Hondurian ports, explicit instruc tions were given to the general to follow strictly the rules and regulations in accordance with international law when nations are at war, guaranteeing life and property of every neutral citizen at the different places where his forces are stationed. . No Compromise Possible. 'Washington, April 11. -"The next Republian National convention will nominate Theodore Roosevelt or else a reactionary," declares one of the most adroit politicians known in the national capital. "There will be no compro mise candidate next year, no candidate acceptable to Roosevelt and yet accepta ble to the money power. Either the people will rise in mass and force the nomination on Roosevelt, thus over whelmingly endorsing his course, or . else they will meekly bow down and wear the yoke of unscrupulous capital." Georgia Rate Cases Set. Washington, April 13. The Inter state Commerce commission has set for hearing in this city April 18 the case . of the Enterprise Mining company against the Georgia Railroad company and others, alleging unreasonable and discriminating rates on cotton from various southern points via Paciflo Coast terminals to Shanghai and other ports in Japan and China, and also a practically similar case against the same railroad filed by the China and Japan Trading company and others. Fleet of 36 Warships. Washington, April 13. Having com pleted an elaborate program of exercise and target practice, the battleship di vision of the Atlantic fleet sailed from the naval station at Guantanamo, Cuba, yesterday for Hampton Roads to par ticipate in the ceremonies incident to the opening of the Jamestown exposi tion. When assembled in Hampton Roads there will be an aggregate of 36 warships of various types, constituting the most powerful fleet ever assembled in American waters. Lost Barge Found. Washington, April 12. The nine men who were on coal barge No. 1, which was lost in a storm off the Flor ida coast, while being towed by the navaljcollier Caesar, have been landed at Galveston, 'Texas, by the German steamer Professor Woermann. . Catholics Discuss Affairs. Washington, April, 11. The affairs of the Catholic church in America and the Catholic university in this city are to be the subject of consideration by the Catholic hierarchy, which is to hold meetings here this week. RANGE IN