OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BERRY SEASON OPENS.
Mood River Valley Thronged With
Plckeri of Many Kinds.
Hood River For the first time In
two years Hood River will have a
characteristic strawberry season,
with all Its attendant rush and ex
citement. For two seasons the river
has not been high enough for boats
to land at the town and dellever their
merry cargoes of berry plckerB from
both up and down the river. This
year there Is high water. The boats
began landing at the town today, and
from now on until the season ends,
Indians, school teachers, residents of
Portland and towns in the Willam
ette Valley and along the Columbia
River will pour Into Hood River for
the berry season. Hood River mer
chants always expect a brisk busi
ness during the berry season. In
some years more money Is realized
from strawberries than apples, and
the returns being quicker, it gets to
circulation at once. Pickers who are
adept and Industrious earn from $2
to $3 per day, and some as high as
$3.60. A ride through the valley
during the season shows strawberry
fields everywhere dotted with pick
ers In a variety of picturesque garbs,
from girls In blue overalls to the
stately Indian In his flaming red
blanket or head dress.
Long Detour to Reach Albany.
Albany Though living within 15
miles of Albany, residents of the Santi
am country are now forced to tiavel
twice that fat to reach this city. Un
safe and damaged bridges are the cause.
Wnen the Sanderson bridge was par
tially washed out in the Santiam floods
last winter, residents of the "Forks of
the Santiam." as that country is local
ly termed, could reach the county seat
via Jefferson. But new that the big
wagon bridge at Jefferson has been
-closed to traffic by order of the courts
of Linn and Marion counties, the near
est open bridge across the Santiam is
at Lebanon. This makes the distance
to Albany about 30 miles.
S. P. Refuses to Sell Land.
Eugene Attorney A. C. Wood
cock, who was sent to San Francisco
to tender the money put up by about
50 Eugene people for the purpose of
buying timber lands In the Southern
Pacific Company's land grant, has
returned from the Bay City. He says
that when he tendered the money It
was promptly refused and that the
officials In the office became angry
and little short of ordered him out.
The matter will now be taken Into
the courts and those who have put
their money Into the pool have hopes
of a decision soon to force the com
pany to sell.
Malheur Irrigation Project.
Vale The chief engineer for the
Christian Co-Operative Federation
arrived In Vale Sunday from Port
land, and In connection with Colonel
R. G. Wheeler, their resident attor
ney here, left for Willow Creek
where they have purchased reservoir
sites for their irrigation project In
that valley. The chief engineer
stated there would be a crew of sur
veyors to arrive here soon, and that
they would commence worn on tnat
project at once. The irrigation of
ttila vnllov mennn the reclamation of
something like 150,000 acres of val
uable land.
Federal Inspectors Will Dip Sheep.
Eugene The squabble over the en
forcement of the new law. which re
iuires the diDDina of all sheep every
year, has been practically eettled with
the Lane county farmers, who declared
that they will not allow an inspector to
dip their sheep. . tiureninEon, oi
the United States bureau of animal in
dustry, was heie and decided that only
those flocks should be dipped that are
t!nefiRed and that the others would be
left alone. Several Federal inspectors
will do the work.
Bill Goes Up to Voters,
Salem Chief Clerk Kiser, of the
secretary of state's office, has finished
checking the referendum petitions on
the Multnomah county sheriff's bill
and finds there are 4,972 valid signa
tures. There were 6,000 on the peti
tion and 4.666 are necessary. The bill
therefore .will not become a law until
it has been voted upon by the people
or until the courts have found some de
feet 7in the petition not found by the
secretary's office. f
Astoria Will Aid Railway.
Astoria The Chamber of Com
merce at its meeting this evening In
structed Its committee to assist in 86'
.-nrlner riehts of way for the Port
land-Oregon & Sea Coast Railway
from ClatsoD City toward
the Nehalem Valley. The chamber
lso adopted a resolution condemn
ing dance halls.
Clatsop Will Exhibit.
Astoria The special committee
ot the Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed to consider the advisability
of Clatsop County making an exhibit
at the coming state fair, has pre-
pared its report recommending that
the exhibit be maae.
STATE HAS LAND TO SELL.
Kelliher Tracts to Be Put on Market
Soon.
Salem The State Land Board has
decided to stand by Its act cancelling
state land certificates held by A. T.
Kelliher, covering some 30,000 acres
and next week, after the new law
goes into effect, the board will repay
to Kelliher the portion of the pur
chase price already paid, and then
advertise the lands for sale to high
est bidders in tracts of not to exceed
320 acres.
Kelliher was before the board with
a request that deeds be granted to
assignees of certain certificates
which he claimed were granted upon
genuine applications. The request
was denied. He also requested the
privilege of buying for members of
his family some 1,300 acres of land
at $2.60 an acre, In consideration of
which he would give the board the
cruislngs of his 30,000 acres of can
celled lands, but this was also re
fused. The board took a strong "stand
pat" attitude, and refused to com
promise or make any agreements,
but will put all cancelled lands up
for sale on equal terms to all. As
some of Kelllher's lands are sup
posed to be quite valuable, there is
likely to be some scrambling for de
sirable tracts when they are offered
for sale, which will probably be early
next month.
Crushed Rock for Eugene Streets.
Eugene A carload of machinery
has arrived here for crushing rock to
be used In the paving of Willamette
street, and It is thought paving will
begin at once. The only obstacle In
the way of pushing the work Is the
arrival of rails for the Willamette
Valley Company, and they are looked
for dally. The machinery will be
taken at once to the rock supply
back of Skinner's Butte.
Shad for Oregon.
Oreeon Cltv SuDt. O'Malley. of
the United States Bureau of Fish-
pHph has returned from an official
visit of inspection of the government
hatcheries on the UDner Columbia.
He said today that the bureau would
cnnrtnft. nneratlnns with shad In
June and will take eggs between Ore-
eon Cltv and the mouth of the
Clackamas, in the Willamette River.
A shad hatchery will be operated at
Willamette Falls.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 84 85c; bluestem,
87 88c; Valley, 83 84c; red, 82
83c.
Oats No. 1 white, $28.50 29;
gray, $28.
Rye $1.45 1.50 per cwt.
Barley Feed, $21.5022 per
ton; brewing, nominal; rolled,
$23.5024.50.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27
per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, ?17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon tim
othy, $21 23; clover, $9; cheat, $9
10; grain hay, $9 10; alfalfa,
$13 14.
Domestic fruits Strawberries,
13V4'15c per pound; Oregon, 20
25c per pound; cherries, $1.75 per
box; apples, $l2.50 per box;
gooseberries, 8 10c per pound.
Root vegetables Turnips $2 per
sack; carrots, $2.50 per sack; beets,
$1.251.50 per sack; garlic, 7
10c per pound; horseradish, 7 8c
ner pound.
Fresh vegetables Cabbage, Cali
fornia, $2.50 per sack; cauliflower
$1 1.25; dozen; lettuce, head, 35
45c dozen; onions, 1012c per
dozen; tomatoes, $2.25 4.50 crate;
parsley, 25 30c; artichokes, 65
75c dozen; hothouse lettuce, $2 box;
peas, 710c; radishes, 20c dozen;
asparagus, 7 8c pound; bell pep
pers, 30 35c pound; rhubarb, 4c
ner pound; cucumbers, BOcrail.ou;
spinach, $1.50 per crate; beans, 15c
per pound; squash, 50c $1 per box
Onions Oregon, $2 2.50 per
hundred; Texas, lc per pound.
Potatoes Jobbing price; Oregon
and Eastern, $2.00 per sack; new pO'
tatoes, 56c pound; sweet pota'
toes, 6c per pound.
Butter City creameries: Extra
creamery. 22c per pound. State
creameries: Fancy creamery, 20
22c; store butter, 1717c.
Butter fat First grade cream
21c per pound; second grade cream,
2c less per pound.
Cheese Oregon full cream twins,
16 17c; Young America, 17 18c
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 14c;
mixed chickens, 13c; Spring nr
ers and broilers, 20 25c; old roos
ters 9 10c; dressed chickens, 16
17c; turkeys, live, 13 15c; turkeys
dressed, choice, 18 20c; geese,
live, per pound, 8c; young ducks
nominal; old ducks, 16 18c; pig
eons, $1 1.50; squabs, $2 3.
Eggs 1818c per dozen.
Beef Dressed bulls, 44c per
pound; cows, 6 7c; country steers
7 8c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 10
10c per pound; ordinary, 6 9c;
spring lambs, with pelts, 9 10c.
Veal Dressed, 75 125 pounds
8c; 125 150 pounds, 7c; 150200
pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up, 5
6c.
Pork Dressed, 100 130 pounds,
89c; 150200 pounds, 77c;
ZOO pounds and up, 66c.
HtAOTIOhi BOUND TO COME.
Railroad Man Predicts Adverse Feel
ing Towards Natior' -r
Cleveland, Ohio, May 21. Presi
dent William II. Canniff, of the new
York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
company, (Nickel Plate) believes In the
reKUiat.or. 0 ai.ioads by the nation
anc 'he icase, but regards the present
activities of President Roosevelt as pro
ductive of harm to the country in gene
ral. He thinks that railroad regula
tion should be accompliehed by liberal
conservatism, else 111 effects will be
felt by the people.
"The pendulum is swinging In one
direction now," said President Canniff
today, "but It can not fail to swing
back, and when it swings back it is
bound to tway a good deal in the other
direction. I do not mean by that that
we need fear a financial panic; but I
do mean simply that there will be a
retarding of the progression of the last
five years for which the country will be
the worse off.
"Nations must have their heroes.
Read into history and eee where Caeear
was lauded by his people one day and
perhaps the next was railed at. The
president has struck a key note that
has met with ready response on the
part of the people, only it is not always
sane to believe that the approval of the
masses is assurance that the most good
is to come to the biggest number of
people, for the world often applauds a
man and later on discovers that what
they approved has done them no good
"It will not be long ere the whole
situation will be eettled into even run
ning again, but not until after the pen
dulum has had its swing a little the
other way."
FOLK HEARS GRAFT STORIES.
Members of Kansas City Police Force
Bring Tales to Governor.
Kansas City, Mo., May 21. Gover
nor Joseph w. roiK ien ior oenerson
City today after a conference with the
local police commissioners, regarding
graft charges that lasted until 1 o'clock
this morning. He had but a few hours'
sleep last night and early today con
tinued con fen in g with persons from
different walks of life, who made him
acquainted with various phases of police
corruption. Among bis callers were
policemen and police detectivee, who
ate said to have laid bare numerous ir
regularities, evidently in the hope of
gaining immunity for themselves. Gov
ernor Folk's investigations have con
vinced him that there is a very strong
alliance existing between the Metropol
itan Street Railwiay company and the
polce force. A high official of the po
lice department is authority for the
statement that within two years thi
alleged alliance has been encouraged by
the heads of the departments. Mayor
Beardsley has repeatedly said that po
licemen have been overzealous in seiv
ing the streetcar companies, when pas
sengers have been injured in accidents
It was charged that instead of taking
steps promptly to relieve the sufferings
of the injured, the policemen notify the
claim agents of the company.
RUSH RAILS TO FAR EAST.
American Factories Busy With
Hurry
Orders for Japan.
New York, May 21. America's in
dustrial invasion of the Far East is now
in full swing, and Japan is pouring
golden stream into the United States
for steel rails, cars and locomotives
Twelve millicn dollars already have
been expended in this country for rail
road supplies to be used in the construe
tion of Southern Manchuiia railways
and it is now learned that contracts in
volving millions of dollars are pending
Deliveries of rails are being made, and
for the next three months steamships
chartered by Japan will ply across the
Paclfio bearing valuable cargoes of steel
and Iron.
Manchuria will be strapped with
American steel rails from Dalny
Mukden, and the traveler will ride
cars of American manufacture and
drawn by locomotives built in this
country. Thousands of dollars have
been spent in premiums to American
manufacturers for quick deliveries, for
the Japanese insist that these railroads
must be built and in full operation
within two years. Japan's lepreeenta
tives wete told to go ahead and get the
railroad supplies at all costs.
Burglars Crack Big Safe.
Missoula, Mont., May 21. Cracks
men shattered the door to the treas
urer's vault of Missoula county at an
early hour this morning, but before
they secured the money they were
frightened away. The treasurer's office
in the court house is within 75 feet
the county jail. The explosion was
heard by the prisoners in the jail, but
owing to the fact that the deputies
were engaged in arresting several sus
picious characters, nobody in authority
knew of the attempted burglary until
later.
Women Get $500,000 Funds.
Pittsburg, May 21. In ,a popula:
subscription campaign of ten days, the
members of the Young Women's Chris
tian association of this city have raised
a building fund of over $300,000,' there
bv earning an endowment fund of 1200.
1 000 from H. C. Fries;.
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SAW BROWNSVILLE SHOOTING.
Editor of Mexico Paper 8aw Negroes
Kill Bartender Natrous.
Washington, May 23 Paulino D.
Preclado, editor of a Mexican news
paper in Brownsville, Tex., and an
eye-witness to the shooting of Frank
Natous, the only man killed In the
affray there, was on the stand today
before the Senate committee on mil
itary affairs. Dramatically telling his
story in Spanish and having It inter
preted for the committee, he proved
to be the most important witness
during the present hearing.
When the shooting began, Pre
clado was sitting in the court In the
rear of Tillman's saloon. According
to his story today, Mr. Crixell, who
conducts a saloon across the street
from Tillman's place, rushed In ex
citedly and reported that the "ne
groes were out." The doors to Till
man's saloon were immediately
closed and barred and Natous, the
bartender, started across the court
to bar the gate which connected the
court with the alley. Preclado fol
lowed, but before he had emerged
from the saloon in the court he saw
five or six negro soldiers in uniform
enter the gate. They fired several
shots, and Natous threw up his arms
and, exclaiming in Spanish,
'Oh, my God," fell on his back.
He was killed instantly. Another
bullet grazed Preclado's hand and it
bled profusely. Still another bullet
passed through Preclado's coat and
vest near the left breast pocket and
broke his glasses, which were in a
case In the pocket. The men immed
iately proceeded down the alley,
shooting as they went.
He swore positively the men were
negro soldiers.
FORAKER CONFUSES POLICE.
Accuses Witness of Telling Different
Stories Than Before.
Washington, May 22. Three
members of the Brownsville, Tex
police force were questioned today in
the Investigation being conducted by
the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs. All testified concerning the
Incidents attending the Brownsville
affray and all became somewhat con
fused under cross-examination by
Senator Foraker when he called at
tentlon to discrepancies between
their stories today and those told on
the stand on a previous occasion.
Policeman Victorianio Fernandez
testified that he heard the shooting,
and as he ran downtown from his
home he was summoned to the Till
man saloon, where he found the bar
tender lying dead. He gave It as his
opinion that the man had been killed
by negro soldiers. He said he h
seen no soldiers that night, as most
of the shooting was over before he
got down town.
Senator Foraker called attention
to the testimony before the citizens'
committee in Brownsville two days
after the affray, when Fernandez
told a vivid story of having been
chased by two negro soldiers, who
fired several Bhots at him.
Manufacturers Want Tariff Revision
New York, May 23, The National
Association of Manufacturers of the
United States went on record as In
favor of a revision of the tariff and
the negotiation of more treaties,
Some debating preceded this vote on
the report of the committee on tariff
and reciprocity. The committee
based its recommendations on a poll
of the 3,000 members of the asso
ciation. Of the total number reply
ing 65 per cent declared for immed
iate revision, while 20 per cent ex
pressed a "stand-pat" sentiment.
Eight per cent believed that the time
for revision had not arrived
Pugilist Pardoned by President.
Washington, May 23. The De
partment of Justice today prepared
and transmitted to the White House
for the President's signature, when
he returns from his outing In Vir
ginia, a warrant for the pardon of
John L. Lennon, the marine corps
private who Is serving one year's im
prisonment at Governor's Island, N.
Y., for desertion. Lennon is a nephew
of John L. Sullivan, the former pug
ilist, whose intercession with the
president resulted in clemency.
"Woman in Blue" Arrested.
Washington, May 25. Mrs. Isa
bella A. Case, who attracted some at
tention as "The Woman in Blue,"
who tried to see the President at
Oyster Bay last summer, and who
has since sought to see the President
was arrested here last night on a
charge of insanity and taken 'to the
House of Detention, pending exami
nation. She Is 40 years old.
Coal Production In 1908.
Washington, May 21. The total pro
duction of coal in the United States in
1906 was 414,039,581 short tons of
2,000 pounds, valued at $512,610,744.
Pennsylvania contributed 200,546,084
short tons. West Virginia has sup.
planted Illinois as the second coal pro
ducing state.
President Returns Home.
Washington, May 24. The Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, who have
been enjoying six days' vacation at
Pine Knot, the country home of Mrs.
Roosevelt, arrived in this city at
8:45 Wednesday night.
ACT ON HARRIMAN MERGER.
Commission Will Decide Suit Regard
less of Court.
Washington, May 24. It Is not
the intention of the Interstate Com
merce Commission to await the re
sult of the proceedings to compel E.
Harriman to answer certain In
quiries that were put to him in the
New York investigation before tak
ing action on the general subject of
the Investigation.
In the opinion of members of the
Commission, it may be a year or
more before a final decision can be
reached regarding the refusal of Mr.
Harriman to answer questions. The
proceedings will be instituted in New
York the latter part of this month, or
the first of next month. It is expect
ed that, if the court upholds the
Commission, Mr. Harriman will
carry the case to higher courts.
Should the lower courts be adverse
to the Commission, it is probable
that it will carry the matter up, in
asmuch as a right of the Commission
is involved.
The case would have been brought
earlier, but the attorneys of the
Commission have been engaged on
other work. The arguments in the
Standard Oil cases, which are to take
place in St. Paul, will occupy the
attention of Messrs. Kellogg and Sev
erance, and they will not be able to
take up the Harriman matter until
after these are finished. Without
reference, however, to the determi
nation of that question, the Commis
sion will consider the merits of the
general inquiry into the Harriman
lines and reach its conclusion on the
facts presented. The indications are
that a determination of the case will
be reached In a few weeks.
CANNOT FINISH CRUISERS.
Labor Union Troubles in San Fran
Cisco Responsible.
Washington, May 22. The Union
Iron . Works has Just given up the
task of completing the cruiser Cali
fornia, as also building the South
Dakota, a cruiser of similar type. .
The South Dakota is now 97.4 com
pleted and work on her is being car
ried on. It is regarded at the Navy
Department that, in view of the
labor troubles, the completion of
these two cruisers marks the end of
naval construction at San Francisco
for some time.
The reports to the Navy Depart
ment from San Francisco show the
California to be 99.6 per cent com
pleted. All that remains to be done
Is a little work in the turrets, .con
siderable painting and finishing up
of odds and ends. The California is
a sister ship to the West Virginia,
which Is now the flagship of the Pa
cific Coast fleet. The contract price
of the California is $3,800,000. Her
keel was laid May 7, 1902, and she
was launched April 28, 1904.
Northwest Postal Affairs.
Washington, May 26 Postmast
ers appointed:
Oregon Mayvllle, Laura E. Mc
Connell, vice M. S. Thomas, re
moved; Placer, Ruth W. Scovill, vice
Molly Irwin, resigned.
Washington Columbus, Milan
Robinson, vice K. T. Stark, resigned;
Pe-Ell, George H. Dodge, vice J. G.
Dunlap, resigned; Piedmont, John J.
Cunnea, vice N. N. Bell, resigned.
Rural free delivery carriers ap
pointed for Washington routes East
Spokane, route 2, Frederick L. Hu
glll carrier, S. J. Payne substitute;
Spokane Bridge, route 1, William F.
Galloway carrier, Wallace Galloway,
substitute.
Relief of Greek Refugees.
Washington, May 25. The State
Department received the following
dispatch today:
"Owing to great numbers of refu
gees arriving In Greece from Bul
garia and elsewhere in Turkey in
Europe, the Greek Chamber of Dep
uties before adjourning for the Eas
ter holidays, authorized a loan of
10,000,000 francs for the purpose of
furnishing these refugees with the
implements, etc., necessary to enable
them to begin life in their new
homes."
O'Brien Succeeds Wright.
Washington, May 21. It was an
nounced at the State department today
that Thomas J. O'Brien, of Michigan,
United States minister to Copenhagen,
will become ambassador to Japan in
September upon the retirement of Luke
E. Wright, who has given notice to the
department that he wishes to leave the
service at that date. A successor to
O'Brien has not yet been selected.
Rates on Petroleum Too High.
Washington, May 23. Freight
rates on petroleum and its products
from Ohio and Pennsylvania to St.
Paul, Omaha, Sioux City and Sioux
Falls constituted the subject of a
hearing before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The complaint
is that the tariffs In force are ex
cessive and unreasonable.
Two Deaths From Plague.
Washington, May 23. A cable
gram from Honolulu to the Marine
Hospital Service in this city, reports
two deaths yesterday from plague
and one new case of that disease.