HUSalA'S URATirUDE.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
LABEL ALL FRUIT.
Groweri Find 8everalWays of Obeying Attorney Filet rormal Complaint
New Law. Against Southern Pacific.
SalomNow that the fruit-shipping 8uom.jolin F Logan , promillent
season has begun, growers are con-1 Portland attorney, has filed In the of
f routed with the necessity of comply fl(,e o( tho 0rogon Railroad Coramig8ion
lag with tho new law, enacted a vigorous complaint against the South
the lust Legislature, requiring that ' 1ad&a bocause of iu irregular and
every box or packago of croon fruit I. i..: ! l.
ehall bo marked with tho name and ad
(Irons of ttio grower and packer. Here
at Sulcm there are various methods of
complying with tho law, and Borne fruit
in going out with no mark at all. The
only fruit Hhippod thus far is straw
berries, packed in small boxes, 24 in
a crato. Home growers stamp their
names and addrosses upon each small
box, so that tho consumer will know
by whom the fruit was grown, and so
that if there is anything wrong with
it the dealer will know where to make
the complaint. Others mark the name
and address only upon the crate. In
almHt all instances tho stamp placed
upon 4he box or crate gives only the
name and address, and does not say
whether the person whose name appears
is grower or packer, or both. The sec
tion of tho new law bearing on the sub
ject is as follows:
"Any person, firm, association or cor
poration engaged in growing, selling or
packing green fruits of any kind within
tho State of Oregon shall be required,
upon packing any such fruit for mar
ket, whether intended for sale within
or without the State of Oregon, to
stamp, mark or label plainly upon the
outBide of every box or package of
green fruit so packed the name and
postofflce address of the person, firm
association or corporation packing the
same; provided, further, that when the
.grower of such fruit be other than the
packer of the same, the name and post
oflice of such grower Bhall also promi
nently appear upon such box or pack
Age as the grower of such fruit."
Price of Pruret Raited.
Salem Probably influenced by rapid
advances in the price of prunes in Cali
fornia, packers here have been raising
their offers for 1907 contracts and on
June 14 cents for the 40-50 size was
freely offered. This price has been re
fused by several growers however. Ac
ording to the latest advices from Cali
fornia, a 4-cent basis price was offered
there several days ago, or 5 cents
-for the 40-50 size. Now that buyers
are active and the market advancing,
"the growers are doing a great deal of
figuring before making contracts. At
the same time, it is reported that quite
a number of contracts have been made.
' o o i
"W. C. Tillson & Co. report having made
contracts for about 45 cars.
Contract Spud at $1 10.
Salem The largest deal in potatoes
ever made in Oregon was closed here
when Lachmund & Pincus contracted
35,000 bushels of the growing crop at
311.10 per hundred. The buyer is
George Burtte, ' representing L.
'Scateno, of San Francisco. Lach
mund & Pincu9 are well-known hop
dealers, and growers, but this year
they have 142 acres of spuds, lhe
short crop in California has turned
buyers to this state, resulting in the
remarkably high price named in the
contract made today. The figures are
net. the buyers furnishing the sacks,
The contract calls for September and
October delivery. This is the first
potato contract reported in this vi
cinity this year.
Astoria Regatta.
Astoria A mass meeting of citizens
was held Saturday niarht and it was de
ided to hold the annual regatta during
the coming August in connection with
the sangerfest of the Norwegian sing
in s societies of the Pacific Coast. A
committee of nine was appointed to bo
lect a chairman and secretary of the re
eatta and to request the Congressional
delegatien to ask the Navy Department
i i . i i.
to send one or more warguips io Asiona
at that time,
Salmon Prices Up.
Astoria At a meeting of the Colunv
tia River canners the selling prices for
canned salmon were fixed at the follow
ins rates per dozen:, Tails, $1.65; flats,
$1.75: halves. $1.05; plain ovals, $2.30;
ley ovals, $2.35; nominals, $2.50;
equats, $1.75. Compared with last sea
on 's prices these figures are an advance
of 15 cents on tails and flats, 5 cents on
halves and 10 cents on ovals and nom
inals.
Arc Lights for Medford.
Medford Dr. Ray, manager of
the Condor Power Co., who recent
ly purchased the Medford lighting
plant, tendered a banquet to the
Commercial Club last evening, and
today besan the Installation or
modern arc system of street lighting,
For the first time in its history
Medford Is using arc lights for street
lighting.
New Railway Corporations.
Calpm Th Portland Eastern Rail
way Company was incorporated today
hy E. P. Clark, Arthur H. Fleming,
V R Tnlwell. Robert T. Linney and
C.' W. Miller, with a capital stock of
$5,000,000. The, company proposes to
build a railroad from Portland to
Clear Lake, Wasco County, by Salmon
TUver and Troy Lake Pass.
Hood River Berries at $3
Hood River. Strawberry receipts
today were 1500 crates. The berries
-went at $2 per erate, one carload ship
ment being made.
WANT8 BETTER SfcRVlCE.
uiiuurLujii iiuHHuiiuiir Lmin KHrvii'a iifiri.n-
ward. There is no complaint concern
ing south-bound trains. s
Mr. Logan Bets forth the incidents of
recent effort to catch a train from a
Valley town to Portland, He says the
train wag reported several hours late,
out tnat station agents were not kept
advised as to the time the train would
arrive, with the result that be am
many others were caused much incon
venience and loss of time. He wants
the commission to compel the railroad
to establish a schedule it can follow
and then keep its agents advised of the
time of trains that are delayed.
I ho afternoon trains 201112 north
through the Willamette Valley have not
been regular for nearly three months.
.farmers near Ileppner have filed a
complaint against the O. K. & N., as
serting that the freight rates between
Ileppner and Portland are excessive.
The complaint sets forth that the rate
on whoat between Ileppner and Port
land, jtf miles, is 18 cents per hutt
dred, while the rate from Pendleton to
Portland, 231 miles, is 15 cents per
hundred. On other commodities the
same difference prevails.
400 Fire Warders.
Salem The Oregon Forestry
commission met here and elected
Governor Chamberlain chairman
and E. P. Sheldon secretary. The
other members present were: S. C.
Bartrum, Roseburg; L. S. Hill, Eu
gene; J. w. Baker, Cottage Grove;
H. B. Van Dusen, Astoria and E. R.
Lake .Corvallls.
It was decided that about 400 men
Interested In the protection of for
ests from fire will be appointed fire
wardens without pay from the state,
though most of them will be in the
employ of timber owners. Fire hun
dred copies of the new forest fire law
will be printed for the information
of wardens.
First Wool Pool Sold.
Salem. William Brown & Co., of this
city, have bought the Scio wool pool,
20,UU0 pounds, at 21 i cents. This is
the first pool of Valley wool Bold this
year.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Millstuffs Bran, city, $17; country,
$18 per ton; middlings, $24.5025.5O;
shorts, city, $19; country, $20 per ton;
U. S. Mills, dairy chop, $15.50 per ton.
Wheat Uub. 86(aJ87c: bluestem. 88
90c; Valley, 8687c; red, 85c.
Oats No. 1 white, $28(g)30; gray,
nominal.
Flour Patent. $4.80; straight, $4.25;
clears, $4.25; Valley, $4.304.40; gra
ham flour, $44.50; whole wheat flour,
$4.254.75.
Barley Feed, $2222.50 per ton;
brewing, nominal; rolled, $23.50
24.50.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$2123; clover, $9; cheat, $910;
grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $1314.
Domestic rruits strawberries, 81
10ic per pound; cherries, $1.65 per
box; apples, $12.50 per box; goose
berries, 67c per pound; cantaloupe?,
$2.503.00 per crate; apricots, $1.50
1.75 per crate. '
Root Vegetables 1 urnips, $2.00 per
sack; carrots, $2.50 per sack; beets,
$1.251.50 per sack; garlic, 7l10c
per pound; horseradish, 78c per
pound; chicory 30c.
Jbresh Vegetables Cabbage, Cali
fornia, 33ic per pound; cauliflower,
$1(01.25 per dozen; lettuce, head,
3545c dozen; onions, 1012Jc per
dozen; tomatoes, $2.254.50 crate;
parsley, 2530c; artichokes, 6575c
dozen; hothouse lettuce, $2 box; peas,
67c; radishes, 20c dozen; asparagus,
6c pound; bell peppers, 3035c per
pound; rhubarb, 4c per pound; cucum
bers, 50c1.50; spinach, $1.50 per
crate; beans, 12l15c per pound;
squash, 50c(a)$l per box.
Onions Oregon, $22.50 per hun
dred; Texas, Ic per pound.
Potatoes Jobbing price: Oregon
and Eastern, $2.25 per sack; new po
tatoes, 5j6c pound; sweet potatoes,
6c per pound.
Butter City creameries: Extra
creamery, 24(3)25c per pound. State
creameries: Fancy creamery, 24c;
store butter, 1717ic
Cheese Oregon full cream twins,
16c; Young America, 17c per pound
Poultry Average old hens. 14c:
mixed chickens, 13lc; spring fryers
and broilers, 1820c; old roosters, 9
10c; dressed chickens, 1617c; tur
keys, live, 1012c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, nominal; geese, live, per
pound, 8c; young ducks, 1718c; old
ducks, 13c; pigeons, $11.50; squabs,
$23.
Eggs 17jc18lc per dozen.
Veal Dressed, 75125 pounds, 8
8jc; 1255)150 pounds, 7c; 150200
pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up, 56c.
Beef Dressed bulls, 44jc per
pound; cows, 67c; country steers,
78c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 9c per
pound; ordinary, 88jc; spring lambs,
10(510jc.
Pork Dressed, 100(5jl0 pounds,
8j9c; 150200 pounds, 77k; 200
pounds and up, 66c.
Did
ureal w,VHI
St. Petersburg, June 4. The Russian
amino committee has notified its rep
resentatives in London and New York
that the time has arrived to cease agi
tation for foreign subscription, as Rus
sia now is able to care for her own
pooplo.
Prince Lvoff says that assistance
sent to Finland from Great Britain and
the United States has done inestimable
good and hag boon a mighty weapon to
force the Kussian government to uo its
duty. With the latest Douma appropri
ations, the aid given by the state totals
$87,000,000,'of which $6,000,000 will be
devoted to fighting the scurvy in Ufa
province and elsownere, ana in main
taining eating places. These eating
places at present number 30,000 and are
feeding 2,500,000 people.
Prince Lvoff said the outlook for the
harvest in Central Russia was the most
promising of a dozen years past. There
had been a plentiful rainfall and tem
perature had been excellent for the
growing crops.
BALLOON HIT BY LIGHTNING.
Italian Army Captain Falls 700 Feet
Before Gaze of Crowd.
Rome, June 4. A tragic incident
took place June 1 during a review of
the troops by King Victor Emanuel and
Queen Helena. As a part of the maneuV'
ers a military balloon was sent up to a
height of 700 feet with Captain Uilivelli
in the car. A storm which had been
coming up burst suddenly and the thou
sands of spectators were horrified to see
a flash of lightniDg strike the bag of
the balloon. There was an enormous
burst of flames and a terrific detona
tion and the collapsed balloon with its
dangling car fell to the earth, a mile
from the Bcene 01 tne review.
Crowds of people, afoot and in autO'
mobiles and other conveyances, rushed
in the direction where the balloon had
fallen. Captain Uilivelli was found
alive, but unconscious, ue wag placed
in an automobile and rushed to a bos
pital, where he died without regaining
consciousness.
King Vietor Emanuel and the mili
tary authorities went to the hospital
after the review to inquire concerning
the injured man.
HAS TITIAN'S "ST JEROME."
St. Louis Man Got Priceless Old
Painting for Mere Pittance.
St. Louis. June 4 Edward Sells, of
St. Louis, believes he has identified a
painting he purchased a year ago for
less than siuu as tne famous "at,
Jerome" painted by Titian about 1531
No trace of the painting has been had
since about 1629. Sells purchased the
picture from Allison K. Stewart, a Wt,
Louis mining engineer, to whom it was
given in 1900 by a padre in the moun'
tains of Honduras after Stewart had
given him a liberal offering of silver,
The painting itself hows it is very
old. The canvas is hand-made and filled
with red clay,' after the customs of the
Renaissance period. St. Louis artists
say the painting bears several defects
peculiar to Titian's work. They esti-
mate tne vaiue 01 tne painting, 11 u
the Titian "St. Jerome," to be about
$100,000.
Put Ties On S. P. Track
San Jose, Cal., June 4 An attempt
to wreck the early morning train be
tween this city and San Francisco was
thwarted yesterday by the fortunate
discovery, shortly before 5 o'clock, of
large pile of ties on the Southern Pa
eifla track, at a point near Santa
Clara. Also a rail had been loosened.
and had not the discovery been made
just in time, a frightful wreck almost
certainly would nave resuuea. vmeers
are busy in an attempt to run down the
criminal and two arrests have been
made, the men in custody being tramps,
Goldfield Men Organize.
Goldfield, Nev., June 4 The busv
ness men and mineowners of Goldfield,
to the number of 150 men, have per
fected a permanent organization, to be
known as the Industrial Association of
Nevada. Tho purpose of the organiza
tion is to insure the industrial peace of
the state and its various camps. An
executive committee with wide powers
was elected. The committee will elect
an executive, who will be given a lib'
eral salary, and devote his entire time
to the affairs of the association. The
Goldfield branch is the nucleus and all
the camps of the state will form aux
iliaries.
Sultan's Troops Mutiny.
Tangier, June 4. A serious mutiny
of the Sultan's troops at Casa Blanca
hag broken out. The trouble arose over
the non-payment of the men. The mutl
neers attempted to secure goods lying
in the Customhouse, but the authorities
succeeded in preventing this by paying
the men half of the amount flue them.
Snow Falls In New York.
New York, June 4. Snow fell in New
York Sunday. The flakes did not fall
all the way to the pavements, but, com
ing from a colder temperature, they
swirled about the tops of the skyscrap'
era, and before dissolving added a mid
winter touch to the most remarkable
June that New Yorkers have known,
American Born In Fore'gn Lard
Rome, June 4. Mrs. Griscom, wife of
Lloyd C. Griscom, the American Am-
bassador to Italy, gave birth to a son
m June 2.
America's Aid to the Starving
NEWS FROM THE
Condi i ions will soon change
Canadians Say Japanese Laborers Will
Soon Leave United States.
Ottawa, Ont., June 6. A report
received at the department of trade
and commerce from Alexander Mc
Lean, Canada's agent to Japan, gives
press opinion that within a short
time the United States will have more
ifnculty in obtaining labor from Ja
pan than it has now in keeping Jap
anese laborers out.
Ihere is a growing demand tor
Japanese laborers from almost all the
countries of South America and from
Hawaii, which promises, with the de
mand for men tor the development of
Corea and Manchuria, to absorb the
whole of Japan's supply of laborers.
Within the last few months the emi
grant companies who deal with Jap
anese labor as an export commodity
ave filled contracts in Mexico for
10,000 laborers.
PRESIDENT UNDECIDED.
Lawyers Urge Prosecution of Harrl-
man, but Commission is Divided.
Washington, June 5. Some definite
conclusion is to be reached during the
coming week in regard to the course to
taken by the Government in the
disposition of the case developed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
investigation into the Harriman rail'
road mergers. An important confer
ence is to be held to consider the ques
tion at the White House in the week,
which will be attended by the Presi
dent, the members of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Messrs. Kellogg
and Severance, special counsel tor
the Commission, and Attorney-General
Bonaparte.
At present Mr. Koosevelt is undo
cided about what shall be done. He
has received advice from some sources
urging that Mr. Harriman be prose
cuted. while other officials of the Gov
ernment have taken the position that
such a prosecution could not be sue
essfully carried out. Ho far the Presi
dent has not given any indication as to
how he regards the case. It is believed
he is not in favor of going any further
with the crusade against Mr. Harri'
man.
The members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission are also divided on
the question of going after Mr. Harri
man for alleged violations or the anti
trust law. Chairman Knapp is known
to consider the case as developed
against Mr. Harriman of such a char
acter that it would be a matter of great
uncertainty as to whether a conviction
could be had. These views are believed
to be shared by at least two other
members of the Commission, though
they have refused to state their
opinions.
Investigating Japanese Riots.
San Francisco, June 6. United
States District Attorney Robert T,
Devlin today took the testimony of
three Japanese who were in the Jap
anese restaurant on Folsom street
when that place was wrecked by a
mob recently. Their testimony was
conflicting and tangled, but did not
differ in essentials from that given
by two white witnesses examined last
baturday. Mr. Devlin expects to con
elude ' his investigation tomorrow,
Mr. Devlin is also investigating the
reported importation of Japanese as
contract laborers.
Censorship on Mail and News
New Orleans, June 6. Passengers
arriving tonignt on tne steamer
Anslem from Central American points
say that what amounts to a censorship
on the mails has been put into effect
in Guatemala. Under the new rule
they say that all mail must pass
through Guatemala City before being
distributed. The passengers also say
that newspaper-reading in public is
now curtailed, and that foreign news
papers are frequently smuggled ashore
from incoming vessels.
Japan Is Misinformed.
Washington. June 6. Surprise was
..expressed here upon reading the To-
kio story ot japans aissatisiaction
at the attitude of the United States in
the .race troubles at San Francisco.
Officials here can only conjecture that
there has not been a publication in
Japan of all the official correspond
ence, which, it is believed, would fa
vorably affect public opinion toward
the United States.
Incraese in Circulation.
Washington, June 5 The monthly
circulation statement issued June 1 by
the Comptroller of the Currency shows
that at the close of business May a
1907. the total circulation of National
bank notes was $601,940,550, which is
an increase for the year of $42,810,890,
and for the month of $2,020,710.
Survey New Section.
Washington, June 4 Topographic
work on the Mount Baker quadrangle
near the Canadian boundary in the
Washington forest reserve will soon be
begun by Robert Muldrow, of the Geo
logical Survey.
New Rural Route.
Washington Rural Route No. 1
hnn bn ordered ftablihed Autist
1 at Kerbv. Toseohine Countv. Ore-
gon. serving 492 people and 110 fami-
I ties
NATIONAL CAPITAL
SURVEYS IN OKtGON.
Government to Map Bull Run, Kerby
and Butter Creek Region.
Washington, June 7. The Secre
tary of the Interior has approved of
the plans for topographic surveys In
Oregon and the allotment of funds
xor carrying out the same. The work
of the season contemplates the sur
vey of the country surrounding the
source of Portland's water supply la
the Bull Run and Cascade forest re
serves, including a part of Mount
Hood. The survey will cover an area
of 1200 square miles. This entire
country will be surveyed and mapped
uu large scaie, tne entire work to
cost $7000.
Another survey will be maAa nt
the Kerby country, west of Grant's
rass, lying in the Siskiyou forest re
serve, ,in Southern Oregon. This
survey will cover about 900 ami urn
miles and cost $6000.
A third topographic survey will
cover a tract of the country on the
south bank of the Columbia River
along the Umatilla River and Butter
Creek, west of Pendleton. The Na
tional Government has allotted $3500
for this work and the state will ex
pend $2500 additional, under State
engineer j. h. Lewis. The purpose
of this survey is to determine the ir
rigation possibilities of this particu
lar region.
i
No Grazing Fees for 1907.
Washington, June 8. From cor
respondence received at the Bureau
ot f orestry, mere appears to hn
some misunderstanding as to the
rights of settlers to graze stock on
lorest reserves created by the Pres
ident on March 2 and 4 of this vpr
The Secretary of Agriculture issued
on order permitting all persons who
had heretofore used the range in the
newly created reserves to continue
the use of same during the season of
iu witnout permit from the De
partment and without payment of a
grazing ree. Next season the range
in these new reserves will be eon-
troll by the Department and only
such stock can be grazed as is auth
orized by the Forest Service. At the
same time, a nominal grazing fee
will be collected at a rate yet to be
fixed by the Department. But for
the present season grazing In the re
serves created March 2 and 4 will be
as free as if the range was still a
part of the open public domain.
More Water for Panama Canal.
Washington, June 5. In explanation
of the cabled report from Panama of
the extensive revision in engineering
estimates for the Gatun dam and lake,
upon the sufficiency of which the suc
cess of the entire project depends, the
following statement has been issued by
the Isthmian Canal Commission: "De
tailed surveys which have been com
pleted on the Isthmus show that the
area of the great Gatun Lake will be
225 square miles, or double the estimate
made in the minority or loclc-canal re
port of the board of consulting en
gineers." Forest Guards for Northwest.
Washington, June 4. D. W. Meyers,
J, W. Kelso, Clarence J. Ingram, Clar
ence W. Jackson, G. C. Cottrell and
George L. Ford have been appointed
forest guards in the Cascade forest.
Other guards appointed are: L. D. Ham
mock, Coquille forest; Jesse Dewitt,
Siskiyou forest; Orloff A. Stafford,
Heppner forest; F. P. Pettit. Fremont
forest; Maurice Hamilton and John
Snow, Washington forest; J. H. Bolen,
W. J. Ryan and C. W. Ray, Yakima
forest.
Captures British Sealer.
Washington, June, 7. The Secre
tary of the Treasury has received a
telegram from Captain Ainsworth, of
tne revenue cutter Rush, stating that
he had seized the British sealing
schooner Charlotta G. Cox, which
was found illegally catching seals In
Falrweather grounds, off Alaska.
The Rush also reported the pres
ence of Japanese sealers in the same
vicinity with a large number of seal
skins on board. The Japanese seal
ers, however, are not subject to seiz
ure outside of territorial waters.
Abandon Garrisons.
Washington, June 7. Secretary
Taft has briefly outlined his policy
In regard to the reduction of the
garrisons in Western Army posts as
follows: . "It is not proposed to re
move cavalry from Fort Snelllng, So
far as the cavalry at Forts Assini
bolne and Keogh are concerned, the
absence of troops In Cuba and the
necessity for concentrating squad
rons at Fort Assiniboine and Keogh."
Alaska Forest Worthless.
Washington, June 5. Request has
been made by the Forest Service for re
lease from temporary withdrawal of 3,-
0uu,uuu acres of land at Norton Bay,
Alaska. The restoration to the publio
domain of this land will be made be
cause after careful examination the
Forest Service has found it unsuitable;
for National forest purposes.
New Acting Commissioner.
Washington, June 7. John C.
Capers of South Carolina will be ap
pointed Commissioner of Internal
Revenue ad Interim until December
1, when Pearl Wight of New Orleans
I will become Commissioner,
Mr. Cap-
ers Is the member of the Republican
National Committee from South Car
I olina.