I REPORT ON STANDARD OIL CO
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FIRE BENEFITS CITY.
Eugene to Have Better Buildings and
Cement Walks,,
Eugene Aside from the Iobs of Btock
and furniture suffered in the fire of Au
gust 6, the general result has been and
will be very beneficial to the property
holders along Willamette street, and
to the ci'y. The council has definitely
decided to extend the fire limits and it
is likely that all future buildings put
up on North Willamette street will be
of brick or stone.
James Banford, who lost about half
the buildings destroyed by the recent
fire, will eiecta modern brick on his
property, the work to commence this
fall. A briek building will be put up
on the Betman property and the bat
ance of the block is too valuable to be
allowed to He idle.
Cement sidewalks are being put in
along Willamette street, with one or
two exceptions, as far as the depot, and
every foot of sidewalk in the front of
the fire line has been taken up to give
place to cement walks. The council
-will likely order all the board walks
supplanted by cement.
Hop Outlook Good.
Woodburn There will be a larger
hop yield in this section this season
. than In any previous year and the
quality will be mostly choice. The
lice have practically' disappeared and
all but a few old yards that have
Commission on Corporations bays It
Uses Worst of Methods.
Washington. Aug. 5. Significant
revelations are made public in a re
port submitted to President Roose
velt by Herbert Knox Smith, Com
missioner ot corporations, concern
ing the operations of the Standard
Oil Company.
In a previous report the ways ana
methods of the Standard were ex
plained. The present report sets
forth the results of these methods
and the effect they have had on the
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Estimate 140,000 Bales.
Salem Estimates from the most
conservative dealers of this district,
who have made a tour ot the hop-
growing territory and observed yard
conditions closely, place the state
crop for 1907 at not to exceed 140,-
000 bales, as compared to approxl- consumption of oil and on the profits
mately 150,000 for the season of of the Standard Oil Company, com
iflftfl. And thin oHtlmntfl miiv h re- miSBloner BHlltn say.
duced fully one-third more by rea
son of failure to secure picking
money.
The crop seems to be coming on
The Standard Oil Company Is re
sponsible for the course of prices of
petroleum and Its products during
the last 25 years. The Standard has
consistently used Its power to raise
very unevenly, and all yards, gen- the price of oil during the last ten
erally speaking, are more or less Years, not onlv absolutely but also
spotted, while the number of missing relatively to the cost of crude oil."
nius in most yaras is remarKaoie. Tne standard has claimed that it
Many fields are well advanced and as reduced the price of oil; that it
the burrs are fully developed. These haa hotm a hnnefit to the consumer:
give promise of'an abundant yield, and that only a great combination
witn corresponaing nign quauiy, nlke the Standard could have lur
whlle on the other hand, in the ma- nlHhP,i nn at the Drlces that have
Jorlty of yards, the vines are still in nrevalled.
blossom, with a very small percent- "Each one of these" claims," says
age of burrs well set. Commissioner Smith, "is disproved
by this report
20 Per Cent Decrease. The Increase In annual profits ot
miiahnm Tha hnf. Kmn nf Wash- the Standard Oil Company from
ington county this season bids fairto " '27'000'e0
be 20 per cent less than last years .The total dividends received by
product. This shortage Is due to
lack of cultivation owing to bad
weather at a time when yards should
have had care; to lice and lack of
spraying; to the low prices prevail
ing, and to the fact that there is
some blight in many yards that last
season were free from fault.
Last year's Washington county
nrndiict went about 8.000 bales, and
t It la oaHTYiatn1 that ihia eaaann thA
the Standard from 1882 to 1906
were $551,822,124, thus averaging
24.15 per cent a year. The dividends
however, were much less than the
SAILORS WAN f NEW UNIFORM.
MUST RENDER ACCOUNT!
Naval Committee Considering Entire
Change of Costume.
New York, Aug. 9. The jack tars
of the United States navy have made
such a mighty protest against the
time-honored headgear and blouse
they wear ashore and on dress occa
sions aboard ship that the navy de
partment has appointed a committee
to decide on changes in the uniform.
Captain Hugo Osterhaus, commander
of the battleship Connecticut, is
chairman of this committee. Captain
Osterhaus has sent out a statement
to the captains of all warships in the
North Atlantic squadron and to tne
commander of every ship in the ser
vice, asking for suggestions.
The, enlisted men are desirous oi
obtaining coats and visor caps. Many
of them want the wide flaring trous
ers changed -Into the ordinary pat
tern. But the chief grievance relates
to the blouses and the old-fashioned
pancake caps. These caps are said
bv all seamen to be absolutely useless
on a windy day, as they cannot be
kept on the head. They afford no
shade to the eyes and seem to exist
merely as a relic of the past,
The protest over the blouse is con
sidered well justified in the navy. In
the first place the seamen object to
the wide collar, which blows up
around their ears on windy days,
They want shorter neckerchiefs and
New Suit by Receiver Earl Again
8ugar Trust.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 8. A bill in
equity which calls upon the American
Sugar Refining company to give an ac
counting of its business for the past
fcur years was filed before Chancellor
Magee today on behalf of George H.
Earl, Jr., receiver of the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining company, of Philadel
phia. The suit, it is said, is the only
one of the kind ever filed in this coun
try, and the step taken by the Pennsyl
vania company may be the means of
opening an entire new field for investi
gating trusts. The suit is separate
from that for 130,000,000 damages
which Mr. Earl instituted againet the
American Sugar Refining company, of
New York.
Mr. Earl holds that in procuring the
ontrolling interest in the Pennsylvania
company in 1903, the company became
trustee for the concern and is respon
sible to it for an accounting, although
the American company never operated
the opposition company's plants.
FIRST TESTIMONY.
total earnings. It is substantially coata but nke those of marines.
certain that the entire net earnings
of the Standard from 1882 to 19
were at least $790,000,001 and pos
sibly much more.
"These enormous ' profits have
been based on an investment worth
at the time of Its original acquisition
not more than $75,000,000."
The report of Commissioner Smith
shows that the Standard Oil Com
pany is responsmie ior petroleum
Should the sailors' demands be
granted, It would be the first time In
the history of the American navy
that seamen have worn coats,
l,nnn rrliron tn ottotlHnn OTA mflklnf?
.f av,inT Hnm nf th old ' output will be slightly over 6,000
yards are looking better than fori bales. In many districts the lice
the past five years. The new yards 'have been prolific and, as spraying
hW L " Tl lX;!ivenyBany 0spylng, whate So price, for the past garter of a cen-
has made
the yards
lty yesterday
USUAL DEFICIT FOR JULY.
But U. S. Revenue From All Sources
Shows Large Increase.
Washington. Aug. 7. The com-
turv Decause mis company uas cou- inarotivn mnnthiv statement oi tne
a thorough inspection of i-r u ue -" trolled the industry. The report lament", receipts and expendi
of this vicinity was In the .J.J0,..,.!,,!; .: shows the Drlce history of oil pro-frtM awa that for the month of
and reports the out- county-seuwuuy latum tu , , - nracticallv since ; th tntai rnint were
thin Kawann - .-w- - i j u l t x v v
look very bright, corroborating the
opinion of others as to large yield
and good quality.
State Printer Is Busy.
the beginning of the Industry. This so06. 465 and the disbursements
gives an opportunity to compare tne $66,813,345, leaving a deficit for the
Toa course of prices during the earlier m0nth of about $11,000,000. This
Lane County Keeps Up.
Eugene The hop yield In
. , , . til I I wuiucuw . v I llKtl LV.i L 19 CAL'taiucu UJ fcJ
county mis year win a-piny nf ... Murine the later monoDOlis- t , winni nf Pih fiscal vear
9 I la A 1 1 I . - av Wv,-au.Uj.m0 v
'hI iw Mo Period. It also shows that prices nearly all the approprla
the crop ot last season,
appropriations made
Salem Secretary of State Benson ; harvested, ihe prospective low wou,d haye been lower durlng thls fey seaslon Qf congres8 be.
has completed the indexes to the Pr ces for hops and Preseni mg a later perJod under normal competi- come available and large sums ar
Rpnotfl innmnls of the prices for labor may Influence a lew tlve condltlons and In the absence of 1mmediatelv withdrawn from the
" 7T-f ,r iefr,T r f PHHJir K".asoo srMs-'a-ssK
handed them to the State Printer for . yards dug up this year, but the quan- These prlces.Bll0W dIrectly the ef- deflclt a year ago it was above
printng. Printer Duniway says ne-- ft"i feet that the existence or tnis com- 163 ,500, 000.
" ... . .. . changed. The long, dry, cool weather k,. Vo aA nnnamr '.
Will hflVfl tile lOUrnEls urillLcU, , r . , , - . a I umauuu u.a,a unu. uh"" -" .-1 1 ixiH leuciyto iiuiu
bound and ready for distribution f dftea f tK'taSSfcttJ " al8 T month am0nted to
about the middle of this month. . ll,lty at 1 8 crued to the combination itself by which la nearly $2,700,
The lournals for the session of
1905 were not ready for distribution
until about the middle of January of
the following year and the prepara
tion of the indexes for the journals,
In the office of Secretary of State this
.year breaks the record.
New Professor at Albany.
Albany Rev. Frank R. Zugg, of
Charleston, Ind., has been chosen for
the chair of History, Sociology and
Economics In Albany College. He
-will soon arrive in this city to ar
range for the coming scnooi year,
Picking Begins September I.
Aurora If the present good
weather continues, the hop crop here
will be fully as large as last year,
and the quality equally as good. The
hops are burring out fine, the hot
weather having killed the lice. The
crop will probably be five or ten days
earlier than last year. Picking will
begin generally September 1.
from . 'Customs last
$28,826,448
000 in excess
way of profits. Just conclusion can 0f tuiv. 1906: Internal revenue $22
thus be drawn of the way the Stand- 840.304. increase $738,000. Mis
ard Oil has used its great industrial cellaneous $4,229,712, increase $10
power. 000.
The expenditures for July, 1907
aggregate almost exactly $1,000,000
more than for July, lSUb, tne re
ductions being balanced by nearly
S4. 000. 000 increase account con
struction of Panama canal.
SECOND HEARINQ BEGUN.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Federal Courts Continue Inyettlgation
of Standard.
Chicago, Aug. 6. The prepara
tlons for the secend federal Investi
gations of the relations between the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Wheat Club, 80c ; bluestem,
The new instructor is a graduate of valley, 80c; red, 78c.
Park College, Mo., and also of the Oats No. 1 white, $25;
Princeton Theological Seminary, nominal.
Navy Department Learns Lesson
Washington. Aug. 6. Acting Sec
rotary nf the Naw Newberry has
and the Chicago & Alton Railroad, acted upon the findings and recom
82c; ordered by Judge Landls of the motlntinna of thn board which, in
united states district uourt on at- vestigated the accident on the bat-
gray, urday, win begin tomorrow. Tne cau tleshlD Georgia on July 15 last, re-
ior tne epeuiai grauu jury win ue snlHnfr in the death of ten omcers
Hearing of Standard Oil Case Begins
September 3.
St. Louis, Aug. 10. The first testi
mony in the government's suit to dis
solve the Standard Oil company and
kindred companies on the ground that
they constitute a trust, will be taken in
the postoffice building in New York on
September 3. Ex-Judge Franklin Fer
riss, of St. Louis, who was appointed
special examiner to hear testimony, has
issued an order for the first testimony
as above and copies were mailed today
to all the attorneys on both sides.
Frank B. Kellogg, of St. Louis, and
C. B. Morrieon, of Chicago, special
counsel for the government, requested
Judge Ptrriss to issue the order. Judge
Ferriss has not been informed what
witnesses will be called at the hearing.
The taking of testimony will mark
the actual beginning of the govern
ment's fight to overthrow the Standard
Oil company and the 70 or more sub
sidiary corporations allied with it. The
suit was filed in St. Louis early in the
year, and all preliminary matters have
been cleared away.
GOVERNMENT WINS FIGHT.
Whlla ot Pi.lnootnn Pmfpssnr Znee VA 191 KCYZiM nor tm!l"ueu aua uuueu oidieo uiauim ai- anj onllnra nnrt the inlurv OI a num-
?T UllO a.iwwwvu ' " J VJV.f .vvv-y . tJ I t . . ... ,, , . t I -
did post-graduate work in Princeton breWing, nominal; rolled, $23.50 torney bims win go over an tne eyi- ber of other9. The report Includes
. . . . , Ui C n'fei iJvyl A I ' w ilanna nraaanfad ot tha rflfflnt trial! ... . . ai 1. ii
University. He has had several
years' successful experience both In
preaching and teaching.
24.50.
dence presented at the recent trial .i nt th testimony taken by the
n toi,a1. too. rBnhoA 9o nor Ul "10 0,-a"uaivl "V """f "v. board.
oiu -ii, , t resulted in conviction and a line or AinW fln nf tbe findings and rec
ton, $29,240,000. and will select the wlt-LnQtir.na mnot f which hove
1 1 r-f TT.ll . Li i.1 . tl7Al' . . . I " "
. ' , j o 1 nay vauey timoiuy, 1. x, nessea to be suopoenaea. u ae- heretofore been published, were ap-
Hops Bring Good Price 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, yeloped that the reason for haste Jn pr0ved by Mr. Newbrry, who has or-
Oregon City Fifteen cents is the $2123j clover, $9; cheat, $910; this Investigation Is that the statute dered them put Into effect. The Navy
ruling contract price for hops and gram naVi $910; alfalfa, $1314. of limitations Is running against the Department is now convinced that
three contracts have been filed in tttfor Funov m-flamei-v. 27030o government, and because of it the tho raaa nf the accident was beyond
per pound. Chicago & Alton will escape re-in- auestlon a "flareback," which it re-
Pnnltrv Avaraee old hens. 12 aicimem on oeiweeu oy auu xy Kard8 a8 a welcome conclusion,
the office of County Recorder C
E.
Ramsby. The contractor is Ed. C.
Herron ahd he Eets from Hi A. and
Samuel W. Wolfer, of
"bales from a 10-acre tract; B. Merz,
of Macksburg, 5,000 pounds from a
seven-acre tract.
.
Oregon City Has Snakes.
S Nil T1 J.J.1 LattA
appeared in this city. City Engineer "
W. A. White killed a small one on
"Madison street at the foot of Falls
"View. The snake was-a young one,
about two feet in length, and had
two rattles. A large snake was seen
this week on the-rocks on Jefferson
be-
uu '-a. iou. couuis 01 vu3 i,u uu wuiuu io fl11qo it ii believed that sucn nare-
Needy, 40 V T'. t It' Standard Oil Company was con- S "n"ba dea,t with safely by ad-
soring chickens, 1516o; old roosters, L,toH
8a9c: dressed chickens, 1617c; tur- This otntiita nf limitatinna hnrH
kevs. live, 1215c; turkeys, dressed, Urosecutlon on offenses committed
choice, nominal; geese, live, 8llc; m0re than three years before indlct
ducks, 814c. ment. Many of the shipments on
Eggs French ranch, candled, 22(a) which the standard un company
was convicted 01 uuueyuug reuoxea
dltlonal precautions.
Middles on Torpedo Boats.
Washington, Aug. 7. Orders issu
ing from the Navy Department show
thot a niimhor nf mldshinmen have
v,;frTunina. Rfflil 5in p. Tv.nnd occurred between September, 1903, tnrnftdo-hnat dutv.
oples, $1.502.25 per box; Spitzen- and August, 1904. When the grand Thls mark8 a new pollcy ln the Navy,
,eres. $3.50 per box; cantaloupes, iury C0.n,venelA"!"!LJ4;. t7 showing that the Navy is deficient as
9 fifwa! 50 ner crate: neaches. 60c3 "tt8 Wl" . fl compared witn toreign navies m tor-
$.5Ud.ou per crate, peahen, oum d agalnst the Alton. nedo-boat work. There are 60 tor-
$1.25 per crate; raspberries, $1.25 The jury conslder lnfractlonB P" wnfr K rlftn. t.vnea in our
1.50 per crate; blackberries, &c ftf tha Elkins Law occurring from Kt ic nt ti,0m m nr.
street rftar the, residence of Ernest nerDound; locanberries, $1 per crarte; Aueust. 1904. until March. 1905. L. Lit Thia haa hoon oanHed
P. Rands. Br.riote. 1.50(3,2 rer crate. -
v, f - , , . I I II V LUC DUVl V 1 -
Vegetables Turnips, $1.75 per sack;
Fish Traps Removed. carrots, $2 per sack; beets, $2 per
ABtoria The fish traps at Point El- sack; aspaiagus, 10c per pound; beans,
lice, which were condemned recently 35o per pound; cabbage, 2)c per
Right to Water Under Indian Treaty
Is Upheld.
Helena, Mont., Aug. 8. Federal-
Judge C. E. Wolverton, of Oregon,
who has had under consideration for
some months the case of the govern
ment against the Conrad Investment
Company, involving the right to the
use of the waters of Birch Creek, the
middle of which marks the southern
boundary of the Blackfoot Reserva
tion, in his opinion which was re
ceived today, decided for the com
plainant. The government asserted
the right to the use of the waters
among other things under a treaty
with the Indians, while the chief con
tention of the defendant was that, he
having compiled with the act of con
gress of 1891 relating to right ot
way over public land for irrigation
ditches and canals, the government
could not go back of that.
W. O. Conrad, of Helena, is the
owner of the company, which has ex
pended large sums in reclaiming
thousands of acres of land Just south
of the Blackfoot reservation. The
main canal is over 90 miles long and
there are many more miles of later
als. It Is not known whether the
case will be appealed or not.
Protect O. R. & N. Roadway.
Washington, Aug. 8, Authority
has been granted to the engineer in
charge of the Umatilla irrigation
project in Oregon to construct a
wasteway on the storage feed on the
canal about three-fourths of a mile
below the town of Echo. The point
at which this structure will be built
controls the operation of the canal
throughout a section about four
miles long where the canal very
closely parallels the O. R. & N. rail
road. This section has been con
sidered as threatening the safety of
the railroad. .
Transport Breaks Down. " suiting from the heavy demands for
San Francisco, Aug. 6 The trans- teuch officers for the new battiesnips
I lrA nnrnmlaolnn
port Warren, which left Saturday e1ub tuw -""
n.ltfc o ln.iira tnntlnp-Ant nf trnnnfl arA 1
by the War department as being a pound; celery, $1.25 per dozen; corn, was compelled by a Cultivate Land In Forest Reserve
menace to navigation, have been re- 25a35c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c$l hreakdnwn of machinery to nut back Washington. Auk. 6. J. O. Han
moved by the owners in accordance . per box; lettuce, head, 25c per dozen; gh.e had hardly got outside the bay num, of Portland, Or., has been
- with 'tha nr-Aara nt tha TTnitad Rtfl ten ninna i firta20n ner dozen : Deae. 4(S5c whpn thfi officers in the enelne-room exanted a nermlt-to cultivate 180
Trying to Settle Str'ke.
Washington," Aug. 9. Charles P.
Nelll, commissioner or labor, Is in
telegraphic communication with P.
H. Morrissey, grand master, - and
other officers of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, ln an endeavor
engineers.
ner nound: radishes, 20o per dozen; noticed that her machinery was not acres in the Cascade National forest to bring about a peaceful settlement
r ' . L ji t, riv.in-cinninnn. I , r.nniia.1 tr. ti him liTiHAr nf tha ntrlkn nf Hwitp.hmen emnloved
WOrKlUg US II UUBUi. Vinci uujiucu ihuilu;, ----- -- ...
See Their First Autos.
McKenzie Bridge This place had l'f
-first experience with automobiles thf
other night when- two motor cars ar
rived on their way to Belknap Springs
The trip was made from Eugene in lesn
than eight hours with no accidents.
McArthur Is Reappointed.
Olympia Announcement is mad1 ,
at the executive office of the reap
pointment of J. W. McArthur, o-
Spokane, as a member of the Statr
Board of Pharmacy,
November 1.
tomatoes. $11.25 per crate
Potatoes New, l2c per pound.
Veal DreBsed, 68c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 34o per
oound; cows, 66c; country steers,
17c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 89c per
pound; ordinary, 57c; sprins lambs,
99c per pound.
Pork Dressed, wtsft P pounn
Donnelly, of the Army Transport De- the act of June 11, 1906, and to
nnrtment. made an exhaustive ex- erect a House and otner Duiiaings, u
amlnation of . the Warren s machln- he so desires, for the purpose or oe
ery and is in hopes that new con- ginning his improvements before the
denser tubes can De installed Dy land is formally iisiea ior minis ai
Tuesday. , the United "States Land umce,
No Protest Fr-m Japan.
D. Washington, Aug. 7. No protest
in has been received from the Japanese
John D. Is Not Worried.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 6. -John
Dnibnfnilsr s-lvaa no lndio.ntinn
, , . i xbuvnciviivi a ' ' ...... wv
Hops 67e per pound, awarding ... t least that the decision of government against the plan to send
to quality. Judge Landls, fining the Standard the Atlantic battleship fleet to the
wvil Eastern Oreeon. average best, mi finmnarur the limit, affected him Pacific and none is expected. It Is
nnnordinir to shrink- in tha lithtest. As far as appear- nointed out there that no basis exists
Mt.L Iffpc- re Taleyr2022c, according to fine-lances go, the magnate has not given for protest or eomplaint, aa the fleet
, to take effec . ol 2930c a pound. I the matter a thought. 1 is to remain in American waters.
by the Colorado & Southern Railway
Company, and to prevent, if possible,
the enforcement of a general strike
order calling out all the trainmen
employed by the road.
New Northwest Postmasters.
Washington, Aug. 9. Postmasters
appointed:
Oregon Pokegama, George W.
Mclntyre, vice G. B. Walters, re
signed. Washington Hall, William A.
Geerr vice O. B. Aagard, resigned;
Bingen, Melvin Wetherell, vice 8. G.
Hadley, resigned.
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