Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19??, June 27, 1907, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextTP foREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST RUSSIA IS QUIET. SETTLERS WILL LOSE LAND. Klamath Falls Aroused Over Recent Ruling by Garfield. Klamath Falls A decision recently made by Secretary Garfield has com plicated matters In township 37, range 10. This tract ol land was secured on scrip by Daniels & McKael, a Wiscon sin timber firm, several years ago, but their filing was rejected at the Lake view land office, the officials asserting that the scrip was fraudulent. On ap NEW LAW IS DEAD LETTER. People Receive Niw of Czar's Ac tion in Silence. St. Petersburg, June 18. The disBO- lutlon of the second douma was receiv ed throughout St. Petereburg with per fect tranquility, thanks to the precau tionary measures, and in no place in Kussia. so faf as known, were there any serious disturbances. Demonstrations among St. Peters burg workmen are anticipated tomor row, Dut tne awnonties are not alarm ed. They profess to be chiefly appre hensive over the possibility of rioting NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CHANGE OF POSTS'. Grocerymen Continue to Make Sales of Poison for Sprays. Salem That the law giving druggists the exclusive right to sell poisons will not be enfdroed is evident from the fact that some of the druggists have found n iiweBBtiry w yuiuuooo w.c. "'w""1 and racial excesses in uuessa ana in of poison from grocerymen. itiey are Kley &od otner citjeg wLere party feel hardly in a position, tnereiore, v pros- )ng rung highf An outbreak 0f agrarian ecute tne grocerymen iur einng io. ,ji80rciers in several regions of the em Some time ago a' druggist secured an . , anticipated later, when the neas opinion irom tne attorney general, m antr earn of the dissolution, but a which it was held ttiat tne pnarmacy . . , . I 1 . i 1 nrH 11,a nn ..I I r . n - peal to the commissioner ol tne general mw oi iwi prumuim uio omc i'"- 0f the government to handle the situa. land nm,.B and to Secretary Hitchcock. ?nB by.any pe"0"8. P4. r'?tered tion prevails in administrative circles ih TBvlflw land office was unheld Pliarma1B1te fnd tbl8 was neia io ap- Newg of the dissolution reached the the Lakeview lana onice was upneiu. , , . flre nBej in ru,t ( i fj j - . ou minuuig irnuciu uuu iniv iui lutijr Keeentiy tne Wisconsin nrm secureu u 8pray8 and f?r oUler agricultural pur- lagt edition8( but the public was quick rehearing before Secretary Garfield, poses. Agricultural papers pretty gen- ly lnformed through extras and great who rendered a decision reversing the erany conaemnea tne juw, iur uio pogteig set out by the police at all street .t ,i ,On,i0,i n,l v t,h Bonu.mwiB uru,,B.0l0 - corner8 , coataining the ukase announc. . w LUMBER TRAFFIC ENORMOUS. lands to the timber company. The tract of land is within ten miles of this city and is especially valuable for tim ber, while some of it is suitable for ag ricultural purposes. Several persons from Klamah Falls have homesteads in the township and have made improve ments on the land, but according to the oecretarv'a decision, must rive up the lands. In a few instances holders made final woof on timber claims in this town ship and disposed of them to third per sons. The situation is quite complicat ed, and it is likely that another rehear ing will be requested. No Sheep Killing Looked for. Sumpter The recent rains have had a most beneficial effect upon the grasses of the ranges of this section of Eastern Oregon. Already sheep and cattlemen are beginning to occupy the localities they arranged for during the stockmen's convention here last tall with tne ior- st reserve officials. Several bands of chpen are en route to this section and are expected in the vicinitfy of Sumpter any day. It is not thought there will be any ruthlets slaughter of sheep like that which has disgraced tne Btate uur ing past yean, owing to the satisfac tory arrangements made in allotting the ranges of the reserve, as each Indi- vidual is protected by his agreement with the government. for the rea son that the druggists charge a higher nrlce for noisons than grocerymen and dealers in agricultural supplies ate ac customed to do. It was asserted, how ever, that the law would be enforced and that prosecutions would follow if others than druggists continued to Bell such commodities as arsenate of soda, acetate of lead and Paris green. The grocerymen accepted the challenge and announced their intention to stay in the business. Since that time several drucruriets have been procuring their poison supplies from grocerymen, fos siblv thev have been'doing this for the purpose of securing evidence, but thi . ... . .. 1 I CViUW is not probable, lor there nas been no , . . . . i il . J. - - 111 4.1.-1"- need to resort to tnai device, an mo dealers have continued to sell openly and have no fear of prosecution. ing the dissolution manifesto. and the imperial WON'T RUSH STRIKE. to Prospects for Cherry Fair. Salem Preparations are almost com plete for the second annual Cherry Fair, to be held heie July 10-11-12, tinder the auspices of the Oregon Hotti- cultural society and in conjunction with the Northwest Nurserymen's asso ciation convention. Circular letters and invitations have been sent out broadcast by Secretary Armstrong and, fudging from the number ot applies- tions foi space already received the success of the exhibit is practically assured. Over 20 silver cups will be awarded in the different varieties and classes of cherry exhibits, while special premiums will be given for floral dis plays and creditable seedlings. Will Water Malheur Land. Vale A bin irrigation project is be ing developed on the Owyhee nver, tributary to Nyssa. The project covers something like 200,000 acres of land and is being worked ot by Mews. Test and Gregg, of Ontario, who have inter ested Chicago capitalists in the matter. The plan is to take . water Irom the Owyee river about 16 miles southwest of Nyssa, place reservoirs at different pointB on the river and cover all the higher land lying east and south of the point of intake. A number of people are securing lan now, for the territory covered by the project will be rich and valuable when irrigated. Anticipate Busy Lumber Season. Elgin The various sawmill men of Elgin are getting ready for the season's run and many mills have started, al though the work has been somewhat hampered by the wet weather. There is every prospect of a busy season in Telegraphers Realize Great Cost Business That Would Follow. New York, June 18. The Commer cial Telegraphers' union has not yet received an answer to the demands on the Western Union Telegraph company, according to President 8. J. Small, of the union. After a meeting of the ex ecutive committee tonight, both Presi Small and Secretary Treasurer Kussell left the city, Mr. Russell re turning to Chicago. President Small notified all the un iona today that the statement that the adjustment of grievances had been post poned was untrue, and directed them to hold themselves in readiness for im portant information. President bmall also issued a state ment in which he said that local unions all over the country were clamoring for a strike, but that they had been notified that they must take no action without permission from the national officers. He added that in view of the fact that a strike would be costly to business men throughout the country, the national board of the union was anxious to avert it if possible. JAPAN NEEDS MONEY. General Moving of Foreign Repre sentatives of Uncle Sam. Washington, June 22. Feeling that his usefulness as American consul at San Salvador has been impaired, the State department has decided to find another post for John Jenkins. This office became embroiled in the quarrel between Nicaragua and Salvador. Samuel E. Magill, at present Ameri can consul and Tampico, Mexico, will be trasferred to San Salvador, where Mr. Jenkins has been stationed since 1899. The appointment of Percival Dodge, at present secretary of the Amer ican embassy at Tokio, Japan, to fill the new post of minister to Guatemala, leaves a vacancy at Tokio, which will probably be filled by the transfer of Peter Augustus Jay from the Americnn embassy at Constantinople. This change in turn will afford an opportunity for the State department to reward Philip M. Brown, at present secretary of the American legation at Guatemala and Honduras, for services rendered in bringing about the termin ation of the war between Salvador and Nicaragua. NO THROUGH ROUTE LIKELY. Thought Thai t his Can Be Raised In France Now. Paris, June 18. While political con siderations of high order contributed to the negotiation of the new Franco-Jap' anese entente, there is no longer any the lumbering industry, and the output doubt that the substantial quid pro quo will equal that of any lormer year. The estimated cut is placed at 25,000,- 000 feet. Many of the mill proprietors are1 uneasy regarding the labor question and this will be the only thing that will stand in the way of a successful run. ' PORTLAND MARKETS. 88 Hatch Shad at Oregon City. Oregon City The shad hatchery es tablished at Willamette falls by Su perintendent Henry O'Malley, of the TTnited States bureau of fisheries, is in operation and is an unusual sight. Al ready 1,120,000 shad egus have been taken, though the hatchey was started only laBt week. George H. Talbert is conducting operations and the bureau xpects to take 1,500,000 eggs. The AbIi are hatched in glass jars on the sixth day after being taken and are liberated as soon as hatched. Some of the shad are placed in the Wiillamette fiver and' others are being sent to Skagit river and other Washington points. ) Want Old Rate Established. Salem A petition has been received from the Sunset Logging company by the railroad commitsion asking that the old rate upon shipments of logs and lumber, recently reduced by the com mission upon complaint of the Key stone Lnmber company from $15 and $12 to $12 and $10, respectively, be restored, because the latter rate Is ruin ous to the company's business, since it will not pay operating expenses. Marked Fish Find Way to Ocean. Astoria One of the marked salmon that were turned out from the Clacka mas river hatchery In 1904 was deliver ed at the Tallant-Grant Packing com pany's cannery recently. It was acht- nook and weighed 28 pounds. Two caught a Wheat Club, 86c; bluestem, 89c; valley, 86c; red, 84c. Oats No. 1 white, $27.5028.50; gray, n'.minal. Barley Feed, $21.5022 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $23.50 24.60. Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29 per ton. Hay Valley tmothy, No. 1, $1718 per t'ji; Eastern Oregon timothy, $2L 23; clover, $9; cheat, $910; grain hay, $910; alfalfa, $1314. Fruits Strawberries, l.602 per crate; cherries, 312c per pound; apples, $33.50 per box; apricots, fl.251.65 per crate; plums, $1.65 per box. Vegetables Turnips, $2 per sack; carrots, $2.50 per sack; beets, $2.50 per sack ;. asparagus, 10c per pound ; beans, lOOlzo per pound; cabbage, 2c per pound; corn, 35ouo per dozen; cucumbers, 75c per dozen; let tuce, head, 25c per dozen; onions, 15 20o per dozen; peas, 2)4c per pound; radishes, 20o per dozen; rhu barb, 3Jc per pound; tomatoes, $3.50 4 per crate. Potatoes Oregon, $2.503 per Back; new potatoes, 4446c per pound Butter Fancy creamey, 2225c per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 1314c per pound; mixed chickens, la c; spring fryers and broilers, 1617cj old roosters, 910c; dressed chickpns, 16 17c; turkeys, live, 1012c; turkeys, dressed, choice, nominal; geese, live, per pouhd, 8c; young ducks, 1314c; old ducks, 10c. Eggs Candled, 2122c per dozen. Veal Dreesed, 5j7)c per pound. BeeJ Dressed bulls, Z 4c per pound; cows, 66o; country stews, 6X7c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 9c given by fiance was the promise ol ac cess to the French market for future Japanese loans. Japan did not need a French guarantee for Corea and Formo sa, but a Japanese guarantee for Indo- China was worth a great deal to France. Japan, according to the confidential statements made by some of her high est representatives in Europe will need something like five billion francs ($1, 000,000,000) within the next few years to convert her present high rate loans and to furnish the capital necessary for industrial and commercial development in Manchuria SCHMITZ MAY UPSET PLANS. more of the marked fish were iew days before and reported, but their DOund: ordinary. 5fa7c: BPiinsr lamb?. "weight is not Known. 10106C. Pork Dressed, 68Mc per Bound. Brook Trout Planted In Molalla. Hops 68c per pound, according to Oregon City Through the efforts ef quality. 1 Oregon City and Molalla sportsmen, - Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 'the United States bureau of fisheries 1622c per pound, according to shrink- has planted l',500 Eastern brook trout age; valley, 2322c, according to fine- in the waters of the Molalla liver and iness; mohair, choice 293Uc per tributaries. : pound. It He Secures Bail. Scheme for Re organization May Be Delayed. San Francisco, June 18. A radical change in the executive branch of San Francisco's government is contingent on developments in the case of Mayor Hchmitz, who is temporarily incapaci tated by reason of his imprisonment in the county jail. The date for the passing of sentence on Mayor Schmitz in the extortion cases on which he has been convicted has been set for June 27. . Prior to that date he cannot possibly procure bail. according to the decision of Judge Dunne, but the law provides that after judgment has been passed, the matter of allowing bail is discretionary with any magistrate having jurisdiction. Consequently, if judgment is passed on the date set, Mayor Schmitz will have ground for a new application for bail. Confirm Report of Treaty. Paris, June 18. The news of the signing of treaties by France and Spain and Great Britain and Spain, mutually guaranteeing the integrity, of their re spective countries and their insular and colonial possessions in the East Atlant ic and Mediterranean and which was officially denied, was fully ' confirmed today by M. Pichon, French minister of foreign affairs. ' The fact that he had not, at the time the news was first published, communicated with the nfl powers interested, led to the official Interstate Commission Cannot Adjust in Time for Convention. Washington, June 19. The Inter state Commerce commission wi.l take no further steps looking to the estab lishment of a through route for passen gers going to Seattle to attend the Christian Endeavor convention by way of Portland. Efforts made this week by Commissioner Lane to adjust the differences between the Harriman and Hill interests over this through busi ness was based on an informal request, the matter being incident to freight discussion, and the commission cannot take action unless formal complaint is filed. If such complaint is filed now however, the commission could not act in time to benefit Christian Endeavor visitors, as it would require a healing and argument, both of which consume time. Given Medal for Bravery. Washington. June 20. A bronze West Indian medal was today awarded by the Navy department to Bear Ad miral Bowman H. Metal la, U. B. JN retired, for specially meritorious con duct other than in battle. The medal was bestowed for "rescuing crews from and in close proximity to burning ships, after the battle of Santiago, July 3, 1898." McCalla, then commander of the Marblehead, took his ship close to the burning vessels of Cervera's fleet and rescused Spanish sailors at great risk of the exploding magazines. Diplomat Not Recognized. Washington, June 22. Secretary Root has declined to grant the request of Dr. Angel Urgarte to be receded at the department as the diplomatic repre sentative of the Honduran provisional government, which amounts to a refus al to lecognize that government at this time. i New Northwest Postmasters. Washington, June 21. Washingtoi postmasters appointed: Elk, Irving Miller, vice W. a. Kelsey, dead; Ham mond, Mary C. Dietrich, vice Gebhard Dietrich, resigned. Oregon Clyde L. Trapp vice E. M. Trapp, resigned; Roseburg, H. J. Almar Candoll vice August Byny, resigned. More Than 150,000 Carloads of Saw ed Timber from Northwest. Washington, June 20. t Official Washington was given some astonish ing statements when counsel argued here before the interstate commerce commission for their clients in the case involving the through joint rate via the Portland gateway, asked for by Puget Sound millmen, on forest products riginating in Western Washington. Official Washington and 1 through it the nation learned that Western Washington and Western Oregon alone cut annually 17 per cent. of the entire output of sawed lumber in trie United States; -and that near lj 90 per cent of the shingles supplied .to the Middle West come from the North Pacific coast; that something like 150,000 to 175,000 carloads of forest products an nually is the freight originating in the two North Coast states; that the gigan tic railroad systems comprising the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Oregon Railway s Navigation company, South ern Pacific, Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line have been utterly unable to move more than one-third of this offer ed traffic, and that enough sawed lum ber and shingles he in the mill yards in the North Coast to load to engine capacity thousands of trains hauled by eight-driver mountain "hogs." DROP ARMAMENT QUESTION. America Will Not Raise It and Europe Opposes It Washington, June 18. It can be stated on authority that the American delegates to The Hague conference wil not bring up for discussion the question of limitation of armaments. That mat ter is regarded as a purely European question at present and as the result of another year's work by Professor De Martens, at the various capitals of Eu rope, has been to thresh out pretty thoroughly the whole matter, and make evident the fact that at least four o the great powers are averse to the con sideration of the disarmament question, the Washington government regards itself as relieved from the necessity of bringing this matter to the fore. It is the opinion here, also, that the subject of limitation of armament will not now be broached by any of the powers represented at The Hague con ference. Alaska Land Restored to Entry. Washington, June 18. By authority of the secretary of the interior, there will become subject to settlement, on September 30, and to entry on October 30, 1907, about 2,980,000 acres of land in Alaska. The land restored waa withdrawn on June 30, 1903 for the proposed Northon Bay national forest, and is situated immediately on the north shore of Norton Sound, north of St. Michael, and about 50 or 60 miles south of the Arctic circle ,in the Juneau land district. Sends Charlston to Artorla. Washington, June 21. At the re quest of the chamber of commerce of Astoria, Senator Bourne secured an or der from the Navy department directing the cruiser Charleston to be in Astoria harbor on July 15, the day of Vice President Fairbanks' reception in that city. Portland Boy for Annapolis. Washingtor, June 22. Henry W. Blagen, of Portland, will be admitted to the naval academy at Annapolis, as the appointee of Representative Jones, of Washington, provided he passes the examination. He was appointed mid shipman last week by Senator Bourne New Northwest Postmasters. Washington, June 22. Joseph J. F. Waser has been appointed postmaster at Englewood, Wanh.( vice Mary Gard iner. resigned, and George h. Payne appointed regular, and Frank Lackey substitute rural free delivery carrier, route 2, at HillBboro, Oregon. denial. Mexico Has Car Famine.' Torreon, Mex., June 18. Willard S. Mcrse, an official of the American Smelting Refining company, stated yesterday that mining and smelting in terests in Mexico are facing a crisis in the matter of fuel and ore transporta tion. Northwest Postal Affairs. Washington, June 19. Gillis O. Dizney has been appointed regu ar, Charles M. Dizney substitute, rural free delivery carrier, route 1, at Mad ras, Or. Benlah J. Atherton haB been appointed postmaster at Nolin, Or., vice W. W. Atherton, resigned. National Bank for Corvallls Washington, June 20. The Benton National bank of Corvallis, Or., hns been authorized to begin business with a $50,000 ca'-itfll A. J. Johnson is president and John F. Allen, cashier. Many Will Lose Navy Jobs. , Washington, June 20. With theap- -proaeh of the new fiscal year, when, ac cording to the terms of the naval per sonnel act there must be some heavy pruning in the various commlpsioned grades in the navy, more concern is being expressed among the officers on duty at the department over the fact that up to this moment not nearly enough officers have applied for retire ment to meet the needs of the system upon which the law was based. There are 24 vacancies to be made above, the grade of junior lieutenant. Eastern Oregon Forest Withdrawn. Washington, June 18. About 601, 760 acres of land now under temporary withdrawal for forestry purposes ad joining Weneha and Imnaha national foreRta, Oregon, in Wallowa and Union counties, will become subject to settle ment on September 30, but not to entry filing or selection until October 30, at the land office at La Grande. New National Bank at RitzviUe. Wachington, June 18. The Pioneer National bank, of Ritzville, Wanh., has been authorized to begin business with a capital of $75,000. O. H. Greene is the president, C. E. Shipman vice pres ident, and W. H. Martin cashier. Oregon Postal Changes Washington, June 18. On Jnljj 1 the pnstoflice at Seaside. Or., is to be raised to the presidential grade, and the s ulary of the postmaster fixed at 1,4Hfl. Culdesac, Idaho, ie raised to $1,100. New Northwest Postmasters I Washington, June 20. Postmvsters 'appointed: Oregon Yainax, Alice L. Fp'nk, vice J, W. Evans, reBigned. Wahingtn Bluestem, Henry Llojd, vice O F. Manges, removed. Foinree Fort Wright Qnai d House "Washington, June 19. The secre tary of war today alloted $15,000 for the enlargement of the gnard house at Fot Wright, Wash. ...