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.