OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BIG CROP IN LANE.
Fruits of All Kinds Promise Well
Hop Outlook Bright.
Eugene Reports from over the
county give a much better account of
the grain ciop than the estimate given
some time ago. On the whole, the
crop will be above the average.
The work in the hop yards has com
menced ami the yield will be good. If
picker! can bo secured to get in the
hops during the good weather a splen
did showing will be made a full aver
age crop of splendid quality, with less
bad effect from lice than UHual.
In potatoes and late vegteahles the
yield will be large. The recent rain
was worth hundreds of dollars to pota
to raisers, who will get a bumper crop
and a good price for it. ( '
Grapos will be better this year than
for many seasons, There are not many
vineyards here, but those who have
carelully looked after this fruit have
found It a most satisfactory crop to
raise. Peaches are a good crop; the
same is true of pears, but the apple
crop is a little light.
The question of help to do the har
vesting may lessen the profit of the
farmer of Lane county, but nothing elne
threatens his return this year. The
whole county is experiencing a prosper
ity it has never before known, and the
merchant who is watching the condi
tions is looking toward the largest and
best trade from the furmer in the his
tory of the county.
TRUE TO MONMOUTH.
Alumni and Friends Rally to Support
of "Mother Normal."
i Monmouth The conditions required
by the new state board of normal
schools will be met by the Monmouth
school and . it will continue to run.
President Resaler gays that the canvass
for funds has proceeded far enough to
justify him in making this definite an
nouncement, although only one day's
time was given to meet the terms im
posed by the board.
Many letters are being received from
the alumni of the school sending in
their pledges and assurances of loyal
suport, and the loyalty of the citizens
of Monmouth, which has always been
an important factor of the "mother
normal," is again manifested in the
quick response with pledges to com
plete the cash deposit asked by the
board.
By the loyalty , and sacrifice of the
faculty all departmenst of the school
will be maintained the same as hereto
fore and the institution will open
promptly at the announced time.
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Moores Heads Blind School.
Salem County Superintendent E
T. Moores has been elected superin
tendent of the State Blind school to
succeed George W. Jones, who has ac
cepted a position as superintendent of
the state blind school of Illinois.
Moores is a graduate of Monmouth
Normal school, a teacher of several
years' experience in the publio schools
and has served seven years as superin
tendent of the Marion county schools.
Mrs. Moores will succeed Mrs. Jones as
matron of the institution. The change
will take place September 1.
First Brick Kiln In Coos Bay.
Marshfie d J. W. Utter, formerly of
Idaho, has just completed the first
brick plant of any size on Coos bay. It
is located on Isthmus inlet, one of the
tributary rivers, and a kiln of 75,000
brick has been completed for the mar
ket. This is the first really successful
attempt at brick making in the vicinity
of Coos bay and that the material can
be produced here at a reasonable cost
promises to revolutionize the building,
as brick shipped here sell at a practi
cally prohibitive price.
Will Rebuild Shipyards.
Bandon The Price shipyards, which
were destroyed several weeks ago by
fire, are in the course of reconstruction,
and will be within the city limits in
stead of two miles up the river as for
merly. The new location ia adjoining
the Ccdy mills, which are nearly com
pleted and which will have a daily out
put of 100 000 feet of lumber, thereby
making ship timber available at little
cost.
Farmers Will Hold.
La Grande Threshing in the Grand
Ronde valley is now well under way,
and grain is being delivered to differ
ent warehouses. A few sale contracts
fcr wheat have been made at 68 cents
per bushel, tne purchaser peing me
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flour mill oomnanies. Most cf the
farmers do not care to sell now and are
holding with the hope of receiving 75
cents.
Supreme Court Rules Published.
Salem The new rules of the Supreme
court have been published in pamphlet
form and Clerk J. C. Moreland has
gent a large number of them to lawyers
in various parts of the state. If any
lawyers who desire copies have been
overlooked, they will be supplied upon
application to Mr. Moreland.
TO PROMOTE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Special Interest In Mild Production
Evidenced on Coos Bay.
Marshfleld-o-lbe chamber of com
merce of Marshfield will on September
10 and 11 hold a big meeting for the
advancement of the dairy and horticul
tural interests of Coos county. Those
who have accepted invittations to de-
livor addresses on this occasion are
President J. W. Kerr, Professor C. I.
Lewis and Dr. James Withycombe, of
the State Agricultural college at Cor
vallis; Mrs. Waldo, State Grange lee
turer, of Portland, and William Schul
merick, of Washington county. They
will talk on dairying and horticulture,
and Dr. Kerr will also speak on some
educational theme. It is expected that
Congressman W. C. Mawley will also
be present on this occasion.
There litis been a lively interest in
the dairy and creamery business in Coos
county since State tood and Dairy In
Bpector Bailey's recent visit here. He
pronounced Coos county an ideal place
for the dairying business and expressed
the belief of possibilities of great in
crease in that line. Addresses to the
resident of the rural district were made
by Mr. Bailey and he appointed Mr.
Yoakum, owner of a dairy farm, to act
as deputy dairy inspector lor the
county.
Apple culture s also receiving more
attention than formerly. P. Duffy, an
apple buyer, of Sydney, Australia, is
on Coos Bay looking over the orchards.
He has bought for shipment all of the
Gravenstein apples procurable and the
fact that outside buyers are coming in
to this territory has given new interest
to the culture of cpples.
Danger In Using Stamping Machines
Albany By a most peculiar injury
to his hand, growing from continued
use of a stamping machine, County
Recorder Grant Frohman has been
confined to his home for more than a
week and will not be able to use his
hand for some time. He was indexing
instruments and using a stamp, 'the
handle of which he struck with the
palm of his right hand, for several days
two weeks ago. Though the work caused
no pain, the palm of the hand suddenly
grew very sore and his entire hand
swelled up. It has already been neces
sary to lance the hand three times
Local physicians have characterized the
injury as catarrh of the hand.
Best Quality Ever Produced.
Wallowa The wheat crop in this
valley is just being threshed. The
quality is the best ever produced here
and the yield is the largest for several
years, being from 30 to 60 bushels per
acre for fall sown wheat and from 25 to
35 bushels per acre for spring sown
wheat. Tne barley and oat crops are
also above the average in quality and
yield.
PORT LAND MARKETS
Wheat (New crop) Club, 82c
bluestem, 83c; Valley, 80c ; red, 79o
Oats (New crop) No. 1 white,
123.50; gray, $23.
Barley (New crop) Feed, $22.50
23 per ton; brewing, $2424.60; roll
ed, $24.5025.
Corn Whole, $28 per ton; cracked
$29.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy
$1920; clover, $11; cheat, $11
gram hay, $1112; alfalfa, $1213
Butter Fancy creamery, 32s35c
per pound. "
Poultry Average old hens, 13c per
pound; mixed cnicicens, izc; spring
chickens. 13c; old roosters,
dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys
live, lo16c; geese, live, 810c
ducks, 10c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 2627c
per dozen
Veal Dressed, z per pound
Pork Block, 75 to 160 pounds, 8
8$c; packers, 7$8o.
Fruits Apples, $l1.75 per box
cantaloupes, 75c$1.50 . per crate
peaches, 40(8 85o per crate; blackber
ries, 45c per pound ; prunes, 5075c
per crate; watermelons, 11
per pound; piums, z&(d)7oo per
box; pears, 76c 1.25 per box
grapes, 75c$1.50 per box.
Vegetables Turnips, $ 1 .75 per sack
carrots, $2 per sack; beets, $2 per sack
asparagus, 10 per pound; beans, 3
oc; caDDage, zyt; celery, 11.2:5 per
dozen; corn, zo3oc per dozen; cu
cumbers, 1015o per dozen; lettuce
head, 25c per dozen; onions, 1520
per dozen; peaB, 46c per pound
pumpkins,
2c per pound; rad
lshes, 20c per dozen; rhubarb, Z
per pound; squash, 60c$l perciate
tomatoes, 4050c per crate; sweet po
tatoes, 4o per pound.
Onions $2.252.60 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, 2022c, according to fine-
ness;
mohair, choice, 393Je per
pound.
INCREA8E ARMY PAY.
Congress Likely to Approve Plan at
Next Session.
Washington, Aug. 27. Increase in
pay of the army, but no Increase in its
size is the compromise which has been
reached between the president and
leaders in congress who control legisla
tion. The president has given his
hearty approval to the plans of the gen
eral staff of the army which included
both increases, but after consultations
and conferences, it has been decided
that it will be impossible to do more
at the next session of congress than to
secure an increase in pay for the army.
Immediately upon convening bills will
be Introduced in the senate by Mr.
Dick, of Ohio, and in the house by Rep
resentative Capron, of Rhode Island,
carrying out the agreement which has
been reached.
These bills will provide for an in
crease of 10 per cent in the salary of
lieutenant gerenal, 15, per cent in
crease for majors and brigade generals,
20 per cent for colonels, lieutenant col
onels and majors, 25 per cent increase
for captains and lieutenants and 30 per
cent increase for noncommissioned
officers and privates. It is thought
that such' a measure will become law
It was desired by War department
officials that congress should authorize
an increase in the strength of the army,
not so much by increasing its strength
numerically at this time, but by provid
ing for creation of new regiments to be
given skeleton organization in time of
peace.
WHOLE FLEET TO COME. '
Sixteen Battleships to Sail for Pacific
In December.
Washington. Aug. 27. The torpedo
flotilla which will go to the Pacific
coast when the battleships sail in De
eember consists oi eight vessels, the
Hull, Truxton, Whipple, Hopkins,
Worden, Stewart, Lawrence and Mc
Donough. Whether all ,will be fit for
the voyage is doubtful.
The flotilla will be commanded by
Lieutenant H. I. Cone, who commanded
the Dale to China four years ago.
The number of battleships which
will go to the Pacific is 16, not six, as
stated in dispatches by an error in
transmission. Ships already on the
Pacific will increase this number to 19.
The official statement of the presi
dent after his conference with acting
eecrptary of the Navy department, Rear
Admiral Bronson, chief ;oi the bureau
of navigation, and Rear Admiral Evans,
who will command the fleet, is as fol
lows:
"The conference between the presi
dent and the three officers of the navy
was called to decide details in connec
tion with the Atlantic fleet going to the
Pacific.
"The fleet will consist of 16 battle
ships. It will Etart some time in De
cember. The course of the fleet will
be through the Straits of Magellan and
up the Pacific coast to San Francisco
"The fleet also will, in all probabili
ty, visit Puget sound. The question of
the routeby which it will return to the
Atlantio has not as yet been decided
HAVE NO COAL FOR EXPORT.
American Companies Obliged to Re
fuse European Orders.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Because o
its inability to fill the order, the Phila
delphi & Reading Coal & Iron company
was compelled to decline a contract for
25,000 tons of anthracite, the order for
which was tendered by a representative
of the Austro-Hunganan chamber
commerce. The proposed purchaser
was willing to pay the regular price for
placing the coal on board vessels either
here or in New York.
Another order for 200,000 tons of bi
tuminous coal, wanted by the Italian
government, is also being offered tc the
largest soft coal operators of the Unit
ed States, with little prospect of its be
ing taken, because of the great expense
in delivering it to its destination.
The great demand for coal by foreign
governments is attributed to the in
creased ooal consumption by their war
ships. All native coal is being used
foY this purpose, and the supply is not
equal to the demand.
On Verge of Another Strike.
Chicago, Aug. 27. Chicago is on the
verge of another packing house team
sters' strike, with the customary attend
ant rioting and disorder. When the
question of wage settlement came up
week or more ago, a committee of arbi
tration was appoinetd and the matter
was considered settled. The commit
tee, however, has been unable to agree
and at . tonight's meeting the offer of
the packers to increase the pay of the
men one per cent was rejected. They
demand one and a half all around and
other concessions.
Japan Blames America
Tokio, Aug. 27. It is reported that
the investigations made on the part of
Japan concerning the Pribyloff incident
of June 19 show that the Japanese
fishermen offered no resistance what'
ever and that the firing by the Ameri
can guards was unprovoked. The
Washington government has been no
tified to that effect, and Tokio is now
awaiting s reply. The publio is watch-
tog the affair with keen interest.
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PREPARE TO MOVE BIG FLEET.
President Orders Navy Department to
Complete All Details.
Washington, Aug. 27. President
Roosevelt has issued official orders to
the Navy department to arrange all de
tails of the forthcoming cruise of Ad
miral Robley D. Evans' battleship fleet
to the Pacific. This order has been is
sued with instructions that each bureau
head will be directed to take up its par
ticular line of work in order that the
16 battleships may be in prime condi
tion to start from Hampton Roads
about September 1.
The bureau chiefs will undoubtedly
be expected to make estimates and re'
port on their line to the department
It has been estimated roughly that the
coal supply necessary for the billet, in
addition to the amounts being sent to
the Pacific, will be , something over
100,000 tons.
Provisions and supplies will be ar
ranged for, and all possible attention
will be given that everything be in
readiness when Admiral Evans takes
command early in December.
SAYS WEST NOT WORRYING
Does
Not Know Wall Street
Says
Secretary Wilson.
Washington, Aug. 31. Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson has returned
to Washington after an absence of
several weeks in the West, bringing
glowing accounts from that section of
the country.
The West is not worrying over fu
ture panics or hard times, but is send
ing money to the hast right now," he
said. "The neople out there do not
know Wall street exists except as they
read about it in the newspapers. The
grain crops are generally good this
year, and less Western money is going
into Canada than last year. There is
some tear of another coal famine dur
ing the coming winter."
Speaking of politics, Mr. Wilson
said:
"Everybody I talked to out Weet was
favorable to Roosevelt, and will insist
upon the nomination and election next
year of a man who will carry out his
policies." '
Woman to Aid Uncle Sam,
Washington, Aug. 31. With the
appointment temporarily to the immi
gration service of Miss Helen M. Bullis,
of New York, who recently has been
connected with the Travelers Aid soci
ety, the government will bend its ener
gies toward the detection of the system-
ized "white slave" traffic, believed to
exists in the United States .
Thus far, the immigration service has
been unable to make any headway
against the evil. Miss Bullis has rep
resented to Commissioner General Sar
gent, head of the immigration service,
that she will be able to gain the evi
dence nee ssary, not only to check the
importation of women and girls for
immoral purposes, but to bring to jus
tice the men who are getting rich
through the infamous business.
Consuls Get Promotion.
Washington, Aug. 28. Church
Howe, of Nebraska, consul general at
Montreal, has been appointed consul at
Manchester, England. Albert R. Mo
ra retz, of Arizona, consul at Bahia,
Brazil, has been appointed consul gen
eral of the district of Central and South
America, at a Balary of $5,000. The
following other consular appointments
have been made: Augustus E. Ingram,
of California, consular clerk at Callao,
to be consul there; Lorin A. Lathrop,
California, transferred from Bristol to
Cardiff; Rea Hanna, California, con
sul at Iquique; Thomas W. Voetter,
New Mexico, consul at Saltillo; Jacob
E. Conner, Iowa, consul at Sigon;
James V. Long, Pennsylvania, consul
at Venice.
Give Settlers Their Patents.
Washington, Aug. 29. The Interior
department is revoking the orders of
Secretary Hitchcock suspending thou
sands of public land entries in the
West, and as soon as possible all en
tries, where proof is complete and
against which no charges are pending
will be passed to patent. Hundreds of
thousands of acres were tied up by Mr
Hitchcock's orders of suspension, and
there is not a single word of evidence
in the files of the department to justify
this action in1 the great majority of
cases.
Make Sure Taft Can Go Through.
Washington, Aug. 28. In anticipa
tion of Secretary Taft's late arrival at
Vladivostok the gunboat Chattanoga
has put into that port to make sure
that it will be possible for Mr. Taft to
enter that port on a gunboat or similar
ship as late as the middle of v next No
vember. Mrs. Kirk Gets Appointment.
Washington, Aug. 28 Mrs. Ella B.
Kirk, of St. Johns, has been appointed
assistant matron at the Hoopa Valley,
Cal , Indian school.
TRIALS CAN GO ON.
Officials Know No Reason tor Delay
In Oregon Cases.
Washington, Aug. 29. So far as offi
cial Washington is aware, there is no
known reason wny the Oregon land
fraud trials should not be immediately
resumed, nor is there any known reason
why they cannot be concluded before
December 1.' It is the expectation cf
the officials here that District Attorney
Bristol will soon begin the prosecution.
The Hermann case will wait until F. 4
Heney can drop his graft work at
SanjFrancisco, for it was he who work
ed up this case and it is his desire to
conduct the prosecution in person. All
others, it is believed, will be conducted
by Mr. Bristol. There has been some
delay, because Mr. Heney had in his
possession some facts and evidence re
quired by the government prosecutor,
but Mr. Heney some time since prom
ised to forward this matter to Mr Bris-
tonl, and it is presumed all necessary
data is now in the hands of the district
attorney.
Both the Department of Justice and
the Interior department are anxious
that all pending land cases in Oregon
shall be cleared up without further de
lay.
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Help Japs Going to Canada.
1 Tokio, Aug. 29. The clause of the
emigration prctection law, making ships
carry emigrants subject to official per
mission, which has hitherto been lim
ited to vessels destined for Hawaii or
South America, will be made to operate .
in regard to similar ships destined for
Canada on and after the first of Sep
tember. This will have no effect in
reducing the number of emigrants who
are already under certain reatrictions
but is aimed principally toward assur
ing the safety and interests of officially
recognized emigrants.
Examine Officers for Promotion.
Washington, Aug. 30. The follow
ing board of officers is appointed to
meet at Fort Law ton, Wash , for the
examination of such officers as may be
ordered before it to determine their fit
ness tor promotion: major w. i.
Stamper, Third infantry; Captain H.
A. Smith, Third infantry; Captain
John W. Barker, Third infantry ; First
Lieutenant Jesse R. Harris,' assistant
surgeon; First Lieutenant John Bosley,
assistant surgeon.
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Not Coming to Portland
Washington, Aug. 30. It is not ths
present intention to send the battleship
fleet to Portland because naval officers
fear there is not sufficient depth of
water on the bar, but' practically the
whole fleet will visit Puget Sound. The
ships will anchor opposite Seattle.
Because of the extreme depth at Ta
coma, no stop will be made there.
Northwest Postal Affairs
Washington, Aug. 30. Washington
postmasters appointed : Hover, Thomas
H. Dry, vice H. A. Hover, resigned;
Pacific Beach, Arthur O'Nicholas, vice
James G. Aveiy, resigned. Rural
routes 1 and 2 have been ordered es
tablished November 1 at Adams, Uma
tilla county, Oregon, serving 700 peo
ple and 152 families.
Prepares Way for Big Fleet.
Washington, Aug. 28. Captain
Usher, of the cruiser St. Louis, reports
sailing yesterday from Acapulco, Mex
ico, for San Diego, Cal., on his way
to San Francisco. He has been quietly
looking into the resources of various
South American ports in anticipation
of the cruise of the battleship fleet next
winter.
Confer on Standard Case.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 29. Frank B Kel
logg, special counsel for the govern
ment, conferred with the president to
day, supposedly on the detail of the
suit to dissolve the Standard Oil com
pany, of New Jersey, the hearing of
which comes up in New York Septem
ber 3.
Panther for Pacific Repair Ship.
New York, Aug. 28. The transform
ing of the auxiliary cruiser Panther
into a repair ship to accompany the
Atlantic fleet to the Pacific has begun.
The Panther will have a complete forg
ing room, foundry and machine shop.
Build More Huge Ships.
New York, Aug. 29. The Times to
day says: The next naval appropria
tion bill presented to congress will re
commend that two and perhaps four
batteships of at least 20,000 and per
haps 25,000 tons be authorized.
Banks to Mate Statement.
Washington, Aug. 28. The control
ler of the ourrecny has called for a
statement of the condition of national
banks at the close of business on Aug
ust 22.
Bucketshop Men Art Indicted.
Washington,, Aug. 30. The grand
jury has indioted five brokers on ft
charge of conducting backet shops.