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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1907)
WHERE MONEY WENT. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FAIL TO KEEP LAW. Statute Requiring Killing of Weeds Dliregarded In Marlon Salem There is evidence tliat there lias been a pretty general disregard of the provisions of the Barrett law, pass ed by the last legislature, providing (or the extirpation of Russian, Canadian and Chinete thistles and other , obnox ious weeds In this county, and if a strict enforcement of the act were to be insisted upon many of the road super visors of the county, as well as a ma jority of municipalities, would be liable to the penalties imposed for neglect in observing its provisions, ranging from I 50 to $500 fines for each offense. This law, which is the repetition of old laws upon the subject, except that Its provisions are made more stringent and its scope enlarged to embrace white mustard, cocklebur and silver salt buBh, commonly called, requires the road su pervisor of each district to make a tour of inspection of the properties within ihis territory and serve notice upon all property owners upon whose laud any of the weeds mentioned in the list are found to destroy the same before they 3w.ve bloomed and seeded, and a copy of the notice must be filed with the county court. If the landowner neg lects, fails or refuses to comply with the law in this respect, the road super visor has authority to employ men to destroy the peHts and charge the cost to tfhe property owner, which applies as a lien upon the land. FIR BLOCKS ARE THE BEST. Oregon Product Excels Other Woods for Switch Blocks. Salem Another instance of the su periority of fir wood over the harder varieties pf forestry products for com mercial and industrial purposes is illus trated in a communication to the rail road commission received from Man ager E, Lyons, of the Northern Pacific Terminal company, of Portland, who states that fir wedges will be used in future for swith and frog blocks in place of hard wood blocks because It is -superior adaptation to this use has been demonstrated fully by past experi ments. Mr. Lyons' letter is In reply to a notice from the commission calling at tention to the dereliction of the com pany in permitting switch and frog Mocks to remain out pf place in the ter minal yards, and Mr. Lyons assures the commission that this matter, the blame for which he attaches to the ne glect of the track department, will be attended to more carefully in the fu ture, He says that the hard wood blocks work out of place on the light track and under heavy traffic, while fir blocks remain securely wedged where driven. Good Coal In Lane Conty. Eugene There is no longer any doubt that coal exists in" reasonably large quantities in Lane county and two months will see the commodity irom the mine of the Spencer Butte Coal & Petroleum company on the local market. This concern has been de -veloping its properties for several months past, and now knows definitely just what it has. The mine is ten miles west of Eugene, and includes 301 acres of land. Considerable of the land consists of a hill about 400 feet high, and large croppings show near the base of this hill, a sixand one-balf foot vein being an average of the croppings meas ured. Crops Are Good at Bly. Bly Owing to a heavy rainfall, hav ing is progressing slowly, though there is a good crop to harvest. There is Jit tele grain sowed through this district, though what there is is headed well .-and will make a very heavy crop. Al falfa is being cub the second time Other crops Bhow up very favorably. ' New Instructor Arrives. Ashland Professor H. H. Wardrip, who will nave charge or the new man vial training department of the state normal and of the work in physical culture, has arrived at Ashlandand is superintending the installation of the equipment required for the new de partment. Cannery a Failure. Milton The cannery at Freewater Yhas closed its doors. 1 Inability to se -cure funds for running expenses is the cause of its action. A great deal of to matoes, corn, berries, etc., which had been contracted for by outside parties will not be forthcoming owing to the shutdown. . .. Clatsop Building New Road. , Astoria Clatsop county is building a public highway along what is known as the coast route between this city and the Tillamook county line, the plan be ing to secure a good road as soon as pos sible to Tillamook city. ABANDONS SCHOOLS. Board of Regents Will Let Drain and I Monmouth Go Alone. Salem The board of regents of Ore gon state normal schools has rescinded its action of July 18, ordering that the Monmouth and Drain normals be oper ated this year and instead a resolution was adopted declaring that the schools shall not be operated unless donations are received and that "no donations shall be received without the express understanding and agreement that no claim will be made for repayment by the state or legislature." The faculty already elected at Mon mouth Was discharged and the execu tive committee authorized to elect a new faculty when funds are available. No faculty has been elected by Drain normal. Ex-President Bessler, of Monmouth, says that his institution will meet the conditions imposed and that the school will tun next year Ex-President Briggs, of Drain, could not say what the friends of that insti tution will do. , BIG PRUNE CROP. Picking Will Begin About September I In Linn County. Albany Prunes are surely a bumper crop this year and the picking in most of the orchards hereabouts will begin about the first week in September. Growers are experiencing small diffi culty in obtaining pickers on account of the high wages to be paid. The prevailing wages for pickers is 6 cents per bushel, this being an advance of 1 cent over the amount paid last year It is said that a good picker can clear about $3 per day and that children should be able to pick on an average of about 30 pushels per day and thus earn 11.80. It is an interesting fact that while the prune industry was conisdered a failure a few years ago, on account of the lack of a market, this condition has been eliminated and growers will re ceive on an average of 50 cents per buEbel for all they can produce and bring into the market. The orchards that have been properly cared for will do better this year. Construes Mill License Law, Salem Attorney General Crawford has construed the definition of what constitutes a mill, factory or workshop, for the purposes of inspection and levy of fees to include all institutions where in machinery is operated for manufac' turing purposes, whether conducted solely by the owner of the plant or not. Under this interpretation all little shops wherein articles of furniture, etc., are made, come within the mean ing of the act and the owners will be required to pay the annual license fee of not less than $5. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat (New crop) Club. 78(&79c bluestem, 8082c; valley,, 80c; red 7677o. Oats (New crop) No. 1 white. 123.50: era v. $23. Barley (New crop! Feed. $22f3 22.5U ner ton; brewing. I24(ffi24.50. Corn Whole, f 28; cracked, $29, per ton. Hay Valley timothy. No. 1. $17ai8 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 23; clover, $9; cheat, $910; grain bay, $910; alfalfa, $1314. JButter, fancy creamery, 3235c per pound. Poultry Average old hens, 1313Ji per pound; mixed chickens, I2c spring chickens, 14K15o; old roost ers, 8(a9c; dressed chickens. 16(3n7c turkeys, live, 1616c; turkeys, dress ed, choice, nominal; geese, live, 8 10c: ducks. 10c. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 2528c per dozen. veal Dressed, 6$8o per pound Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 8 8c; packers, 78c. Fruits Apples, $1(31.75 per box cantaloupes, 65o$1.10 per crate peaches, 50c$l per crate; blackber ries, 57o per pound; prunes, $1.50 1.75 per crate; watermelons, llJo per pound; plums, $1.501. 65 per box pears, $1.50 per box; apricots $1.502 per box; grapes, $1.251.75 per box. Vegetables Turnips, $1.75 per sack carrots, $2 per sack; beets. $2 per sack asparagus, 10c per pound; celery, $1.25 per dozen; corn, zo(3og per doren cucumbers, 10 15o per dozen; lettuce had, 25o per dozen; onions, 1520o per dozen; peas, 45c per pound pumpkins. l(3),2c per nound: rVin barb, 8)c per pound; beans, 35c per pound ; cabbage, 2$o per pound squash, 50c(S,$l per box: tomatoes 6090c per crate; sweet potatoes, 6 5o per pound. Onions $2.252.50 per hundred. Potatoes New, $11.25 per hun dred. Hops 46c per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon, average best, 1622c per pound, according to shrink age; valley,' 2022o, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per pound How San Francisco Has Made Use of $9,000,000 Relief Funds. San Francisco, Aug. 20. The Belief Corporation has issued a statement summing up the work that it has done from the time of the fire to the present evacuation of the camps. The state ment says: 'The efforts of the corporation to provide permanent homes for the sul- ferers from the catastrophe will com plete the administration of the $9,000, 000,000 of the relief fund. The amount in money that was received by the cor poration amounted to $8,357,933.93, be sides free transportation and the sup plies donated from various sources. The sum of $906,000 subscribed is still outstanding, $700,000 of which is in the hands of the American National Bed Cross. , , "In the three months immediately following the fire, known as the emer gency period, $2,060,000 was spent for clothing, food, shelter, distribution of supplies, sanitation, aid to the sick and injured and aid to neighboring cities. Since the permanent organization on August 1, 1906, of the Belief and Bed Cross Funds corporation the expendi ture has been $6,226,000. Nearly $3, 000,000 of this sum has been used for small loans, mostly fcr the purpose of assisting people who had acquired lots in the city to erect homes on them. The result is shown in the building of 1,367 cottages. The remainder has been spent as follows: "Furniture and household necessi ties, $1,260,000; tools for artists and professional men and to assist business men, $513,000; transportation, $41, 000; sewing machines, $37,000; relief of various kinds, $627,000. "The department of lands and build ings has spent for the construction of dwelling houses in the park and for the fitting up of the Ingleside camp for old people, $900,000. Bonuses to the amount of $402,000 have been given to people erecting buildings in the burned district. Eight hundred and forty-three buildings have brought the owners such a reward, the bonuses rep resenting 12 per cent of the cost of the building. A permanent home fcr those who are too old to care for themselves and have no means is being erected at a cost of $900,000. "Ninety-five thousand dollars has been administered by the bureau of special relief for a variety of needs, such as medical services, milk for children, special delicacies for children, artificial limbs, nnentflclee. pewinc ma chines, stoves, etc. ' The bureau of hospitals has cared for 4,750 patients at an expense of $170,000. The indus trial bureau has spent $35,000 for the establishment of social halls, the main tenance of sewing centers, kindergar tens, etc. For the rehabilitation of hospitals and charitable societies $360, 000 has been expended, which, how ever, is not sufficient for the purpose The plans of the corporation for the winter include additional aid to the needy institutions, the caring for about 200 women and children in the hospit als, the maintenance of the Ingleside camp and the assistance of those who are in real need of charity." DON'T WORK ENOUGH. Hetty Green Says Girls Think Too , Much of Clothes. New York, Aug. 20. "Young girs of today are too extravagent. They think too much about clothes and they don't have enough to do. , If they had some useful work to occupy their thoughts they would not run to such extravagance. So spoke Mrs. Hetty Green, the world's greatest woman financier, when asked her opinion on some topics of ourrent interest. ' "I speak from experience," she add' ed. "Perhaps you don't know it, but I was quite a belle when I was young But I outgrew all that sort of thing The rainbow silks and metal fingers are not to' my taste. I used to wear those things. I used to have more fix ings and trimmings on me than there is cn a Christmas tree. I have more sense now. Society hasn't enough to do to keep itself out of mischief. Those so-called fashionable women spend all their time these davs at bridge and smoking cigarettes and drinking pale tea and strong whisky. Every one of them ought to be working." Aerial Visitor Frightens. New York, Aug. 20. Everbyody out of doors at Amaganzett, L. I., was startled last evening on hearing a ter riflo roar, and at the same time saw a blazing mass shooting through the heavens over the ocean apparently only a little way out from shore. The blaz Ing object appeared to many to be about 20 feet in diameter. Those who wit nessed the fliaht, say the meteor must have weight several tons. When it struck the ocean huge breakers came tumbling shoreward. Several bathing pavilions were washed away. Work Pumps for Weeks. Charlestown, 8. 0., Aug. 20. The ship Shenandoah,lth a cargo of coal' for the Mare Island navy yard, is re ported wrecked at Melbourne, Austra lia, due to a heavy storm encountered while rounding Cape Horn. For 64 days the men worked the pumps before reaching harbor. NEWS FROM THE FAIR IS FAILURE. Uncle Sam Can't Get Money Back from Jamestown. Washington, Aug. 20. Uncle Sam may become gatekeeper at the James town exposition this week.' He mate rially assisted iz financing the under taking, but has been unable to get his money back according to agreement. Assistant Secretary of the Treasurer Edwards is now upon the ground for conference with those in charge, and unless some definite assurance can be given that installment payments will be made on the government loan, he may place a representative at the gates to take charge of the receipts. At the treasury department it is stated that patience has been exhausted waiting for some evidence to be shown of a serious intention to reimburse the government. By an act of congress $1,000,000 was advanced out of the public treasury to aid in the opening of the fair, and with the consent of the exposition company it was stipulated that 40 per cent of the gross receipts would be paid the government in July, when the first installment on the loan was due, and that on August 1 and every half month thereafter $100,000 should be paid. Weather and other conditions were adverse to the exposition at the begin ning, and delay in installing exhibits kept many visitors away. Ask Guard for Operators. Washington, Aug. 23. Bepresenta- tives of the telegraph companies visited the War department today, asking for soldiers at Ash Fork, Ariz., to protect the operators against another attack. General Bell advised them to apply to the governor or Arizona. XI the gov ernor decided that troops are necessary, he would so request President Roose velt, who undoubtedly would honor the request. Keeps Ahead of Budget. Washington, Aug. 22. Pan-Ameri can canal construction work is proceed ing faster than was calculated in the estimate presented to congress. This year's work will cost $8,000,000 more than the appropriation, owing to the rapidity of construction. Colonel Goe' thals, however, will continue to work in advance of the appropriation, ex pecting that congress will make good Navy Officials Start. Washington, Aug. 24. Brigadier Genera) Murray, chief of artillery, and Commander Spencer Wood, of the navy, started for the Pacific coast, where they will lay out the so-cailed defense sea areas, similar to those esr tabhshed on the Atlantic coast. They will visit Seattle, Portland, San Fran' Cisco and San Diegc. Cutter Manning Hits Rock. Washington, Aug. 20. A telegram received by the Treasury department reports that the revenue cutter Man ning yesterday ran upon an uncharted rock near Vaidez, Alaska. As Captain Cantwell added that he proceeded to Sitka for repairs, it is believed the Manning is not seriously damaged. Taft Is Off to Manila. Washington, Aug. 20. Secretary Taft left here today on the first stage of his trip to Manila. He is expected to make a notable speech in Columbus, O. At Seattle he will be joined by mem bers of his family. Mr. Taft will re turn in December, via Suez, completing a trip around the world. Federation Asks Damages. Washington, Aug. 24. President Gompers said today that the American Federation of Labor would probably sue the National -Manufacturers' asso ciation on the charge of the conspiracy in beginning a concerted effort for in juring organized labor. Seek Bank Clerk and $11,000. Washington, Aug. 24. Edwin H. Potts, until a few days ago' a trusted employe of the American National bank, is being sought by the police on a charge of stealing $11,000 worth of Erie railroad stock certificates. Faster Work on Canal. Washington, Aug. 22. The Isth mian canal commission will expedite canal excavating 20 per cent by con tracting for 14 new steam shovels in addition to the 60 now working., Railroad Selection Approved. Washington, Aug. 23. The secre tary of the interior has approved the selection of 400 acres of land by the Northern Pacific railroad in the Coeur d'Alene land district, Idaho. Hold Examination at Boise. ' Washington, Aug. 23. The Civil Service commission announces that clerk-carrier examinations for the post office service will be held at Boise, Ida ho, August 28. Ordered to Bremerton Yard. Washington, Aug. 24. Assistant En gineer A. O. Bastrom, U. S. N., has been ordered to duty at , the Puget sound navy yard. NATIONAL CAPITAL WOULD MAKE RED WHITE. Experts Find Signal Lights Have Two Meanings on Railroads, Washington, Aug. 22. The board of experts appointed to investigate the signal system of railroads of the Unit ed States will be confronted at the out set with the fact that there has been completed a more or less startling revo lution in block-signal practice during recent years. This is nothing less than changing the universal and time-honored white light from a safety signal to a danger signal. Ever since block-signaling went into effect on American railways, and,; even before that time, the white light at night has been notice of safety to men on "head end." It still is so on a ma jority of lines, but generally managers throughout the country have decided almost without exception that the best signal practice discards the white light as a sign of "clear ahead" and transfer its meaning to "something wrong; stop immediately.'' This revised langauge has become such because of the fact that it has been discarded from the signal lexicon of the best authorities and by many of the largest railway systems of the United States. HARRIMAN WAS OWNER. In Control of Chicago & Alton When Granted Immunity. New York, Aug. 23. A Washington special to the Herald says: That E. H. Harriman was m control of the Chicago & Alton railroad when it made its "immunity" bargain with the department of Justice and' gave evi dence which led to the imposition of a. $29,240,000 fine upon the Standard Oil , company was established today, when it was officially learned that the prom ise of immunity was extended in June, 1906. The Alton, under the joint con trol agreement evealed by the Inter state Commerce commission, is now controlled by the Chicago, Bock Island & Pacific railroad, dominated by the Moore brothers, but in June, 1906, it was controlled by Mr. Harriman. Whether Mr. Harriman knew of the immunity bargain cannot be learned here and will not be known until C. B. Morrison, who, as United States Dis trict attorney in Chicago, gave the promise of immunity with the approval of Attorney General Moody, arrives here on Monday. Uncle Sam Makes Good. North Yakima, Wash., Aug. 22. Mrs. Wilbur Spencer, who lost $109 in paper currency in a fire which destroy ed her home in Toppenish some time ago, has recovered $40 of it from the United States Treasury. -Mrs. Spencer found the charred remnants of two $20 certificates after the fire and gave them to Cashier Goodrich, of the local bank. Mr. Goodrich forwarded the two pieces of paper to the treasury, together with affidavits setting forth the facts of the case, and a reply was promptly re ceived. Northwest Postal Affairs. Washington, Aug. 22. Bural route No 4. has been ordered established Oc tober 16, at Vancouver, Clark county, Washington', serving 500 people and 115 families. v Albert L. West has been appointed regular, with W. J. Edwards substi tute, rural carrier for route No. 3 at Sherwood, Oregon. Joseph Trecker has been appointed postmaster at Goshen, Wash., vice P. G. Cooke, resigned. Goes Over the Testimony. Washingon, Aug. 21. Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte conferred several hours today with District Attorney Sims, of Chicago, going over the testimony taken in the Standard Oil trial at Chicago to determine to what extent the evidence given by Harriman and other Chicago & Alton officials would render them immune to prosecution growing out of the so-called Alton deal. Redding Man Recommended.. Washington, Aug. 17. Senators Perkins and Flint have recommended that Judge Edward Sweeny, of Bed ding, be appointed superintendent of the mint at San Francisco to succeed Frank Leach. Wireless Stations on Coast. Washington, Aug. 21. The Army and Navy departments have arranged to co-operate in maintaining wireless communication between Nome and St. Michaels, Alaska, and Seattle and San Francisco. Buffalo to Aid Cutter Patrol. Washington, Aug. 21. Naval trans-' pott Buffalo sailed for Puget sound yesterday to assist the revenue cutters in patrolling the sealing waters in the vicinity of the Pribiyloff islands. Portland Man Gets Clerkship. Washington, Aug. 21. Jack J. Wo ohos, of Portland, has been appointed a olerk in the office of the shipping com missioner at San Francisco.
