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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1907)
L j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OPTIMISM PREDOMINATES. Find QOOO OUTLOOK FOR OREGON.,, 8EE8 HARD WINTER AHEAD. Large Freshman Class Enters State University This Year. Eugene Prospects are the best for a banner year at the University of Ore gon. The fretthrnan clasB will In all probability number 200, an Increase of 60 per cent over last year. One favor able sign of the growth of the univers ity in attendance and in its standing among the institutions of the West is the fact that a large number of Fort land students who have been attending Berkeley and Stanford will this fall transfer to Oregon. Freshmen from Portland will number about 60. A great advance is also noticed this year In the standing of the high schools throughout the state. Scarcely a high school from Roeeburg to Pendleton but that will send from one to a dozen stu dents to the university. The unsettled status of the normals will also contrib ute to the attendance at Oregon. Accommodation for tho increase has been soon to, and a good sized women's dormitory has just been completed The new library, which has been under construction since about June 1, has been completed and accepted. The time for moving in has not been defl nitely set Hood River Woodsman Reads Warn ing of Nature. Hood River Jim Tompkins, the Mount flood woodsman, whose predic tion last fall of a hard winter was .veri fied, is out again with a pronuncia tion to the effect that the coming winter will discount that of last year, and will in effect be a "peeler.", Mr. Tompkins again bases his prediction on the habits of the bears, which, be states, are more numerous in the lower valley than last year, and are foraging almost in the dooryards of the ranchers to fatten tip for a "powerful spell of killin' weather." "Them snow storms we had last winter," says Mr. Tompkins, "won't be a marker to what we'll ketch this winter. Every sign known to natur' is hollerin it out loud, We're coin' to git a dandy. I tell ycr. I ain't been a watchin' fer these signs in ther Oregon woods fer 25 years fer nothin', and the bears comin' in close to town is a sure sign. Another one is the bark on the trees. Whenever it gits as thick as it is now, look out. Get plenty of wood, friends," conoluded the woodsman, "and kid it auick, fer you'll nave use fer it mighty sudden." TUTTLE ACT INVALID. Unequal Assessment Makes New Road Law Unconstitutional. Salem In a decision just rendeerd Merchants Throughout Country Good Times Prevail. New Ycik. Sept. 3. -Remarkable for their optimism are the replies from more than 3,000 retail merchants, Job bers and bankers regarding the business outlook of the country, which are print ed today in the Dry Goods Economist They show that there is no evidence of business depression, that on the whole the retailers are purchasing as heavily as they did last year, and that all are looking for a continuation of prosperity. There is not the slightest evidence of the pessimism that haB pervaded Wall street. Where there Is a trade depres sion, it is due to local conditions, as, for instance, in San Francisco, where on account of the labcr troubles, the merchants have not purchased as heav ily as heretofore, in other places the merchants for the most part state that it is because prices are so high that they look for a lower level and are pur chasing for the Immediate demand only. Five questions were asked by the Economist of ite subscribers in making the canvass of the business conditions. They are: "What are the crop conditions of your section? "How are the farmers fixed finan cially? "Is labor well employed or otherwise in your city and vicinity? Do you observe any condition which would cause you seriously to apprehend NEWS FR1I THE NATIONAL CAPITAL LATIN-AMERICAN COMMERCE I LANE'S NORTHWESTERN TOUR Dur- Will Total Has More Than Doubled Ing Past Ten Years. Washington, Sept. 4. According to official figures, the trade of the United States with the Latin-American coun tries in the fiscal year just ended aggre gated more than $600,000,000, against $234,000,000 in 1897. In Latin-American countries are included British Honduras, British and Dutch Guiana, and the West Indian islands under British, Dutch and Dancieh control. The imports from the same countries in 1907 amounted to $3oU,uuu,wu, against $165,000,000 in 1897, having thus a little more than doubled during the decade, while the exports thereto aggregated $255,000,000 in 1907 against $80,000,000 in 1897, having a little more than trebled during the decade. From the Latin West Indies and the French West Indian possessions the imports in 1907 were $124,000,000, against $24,000,000 in 1897, and the exports thereto in 1907 $82,000,000 against $17,000,000 in 1897. Comparing the trade of 1907 with that of 1906, a gain of over $20,000,000 in exports is shown, composed almost exclusively of manufactured articles, which form nearly 6 per cent of the exports to Cuba, about 70 per cent of those to Mexico, and about 85 per cent of those to Central and South Ameri ca, while from all of the countries in Question, the imports consist chiefly of foodstuffs and manufacturers' materials Hear Rate Cases in Portland, Spokane and Seattle. Wahington, Sept. 5. Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane will be in Portland September 16 to hear argu ments on complaint of the Oregon Rail road commission against the Chicago & Alton and various other roads, the com mission alleging that the rate on de natured alcohol shipped from Chicago and Missouri river points is excessive. Before reaching Portland Mr. Lane will hear arguments at Spokane, Sep tember 9, on complaint of the city of Spokane against the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and O. R. & N., alleg ing that their rate on sheet steel from Pittsburg to Spokane is excessive and out of proortion to the rate from Pitts burg to Seattle. On September 13 Mr. Lane will hear arguments at Seattle in several cases against the Northern Pa cific, in which it is alleged that its rates on shingles from Avon and Edge- comb, Wash., to points in Minnesota and Texa are unreasonable. UNCLE SAM FIGHTS PLAGUE. nOilUlAH 111UT. rUTlll HHn 1 " Tho .mni, thin vBiif will be a creat . ."""TV,." 'r.rA. any decline from present prosperity; r ------- o- -1 iificTB wnnam ua nowar. 01 me dumb r, . ... ,.- ri i t - 7 k i vr I , j I "Have you uougm ua ireeijr no jubi PrfcoB .. ur,t : amAll for steadily " v " vear at this timeY" "bb" r- ----- , ior Art r.nn nmio. mwi roan a av. a.s Bn-i . ... ,. n.. -i-i at work on the grounds all ammerj Trr" " oaoa n, in ciassnying tne replies, uw buiii a Qftin fv,.m in anlorwti,! nftnHi- '.v "D"v .;" and trr tones were placed m five aUU ID KDIVIUK k"V I 1 llflC uxnAtint fnMnnn hrmn 1 a A fT llfl I " - ... .. 1DUU. UULUUDU UUUlUUOli ucvauoD VI tion, in appearance very mucri like tne . , uneaual a8Bessment of Great Engineering Feat. Washington, Sept. 6. A report has Innt reached tho State department of what is declared to be the greatest en- carry on the work. Roosevelt Orders the Public Health Service to Aid San Francisco. Washington, Sept. 7. By direction of President Roosevelt, the public health and marine hospital service has assumed charge of measures to stamp out the plague in San Francisco. This step was taken today by request of Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, who added that the city would do all that is possible towards providing funds to Lewis and Clark fair grounds. Public Wharf at Oregon City. Oregon City After trying for more than a year to bring about the estab- lishment of a public wbarf in Oregon Citv. the promoters of the project have at last been successful and the city council has authorized the establish ment of a grade on Moss and Eleventh streets from Main street to the water front, this action being taken prelim inary to the improvement of the Btreets lead ne to the sito ol the proposea aocic The cost of the new wharf will be about $1,600. the money being sub- scribed with the provision that the streets be improved by the city. costs for such improvement. The ques tion was raised in the case of the St. Benedictine Abbey vs. the Marion County court and other county officials, in connection with the proposed con struction of a macadam road between Marquam and Silverton for a distance of four miles. The law provides that the cost of such improvement shall be assessed to the property located within a radius of one mile upon each side and at each end of the proposed im provement, and the plaintiff com plained that, under this system, a property owner at either end ot tne stretch of road to be Improved would be doubly assessed in case the improve ment be extended. ereat divisions. In all of these on the whole the prospects for good crops are bright and, where the crops are lighter than heretofore, the higher prices more than compensate. . In all sections there appears to De a scarcity oi avaii&Die labor, while unusually high prices are being paid. "All's well," is the summary wnicn the Economist makes of the situation in the entire country. NEW ELECTRIC POWER. Cart Still Scarce. Eugene The scaroity of cars on the Southern Pacific company's lines for lumber shipments Bt'll continues in this oBrtntyiho, and Ontnber to divert vicinity, and some of the mills are clos- Lm emigrants to Eutmno nd ing down for an indefinite period, ine county. Support was pledged from the big mill of the Booth-Kelly company at Merchants' Protective association and Wendl ing closed down last week and the Commercial club. Two hundred Geo. H. Kelly, general manager of the dol,.r. . morith ha8 bGen aubBcribed for company, says the mill at baginaw win purp0Be i Italian Inventor Promises to Revolu tionize the World. New 'York, Sept. 3. Confident that he is the discoverer of an electrical de vise that is to revolutionize the world industrially and economically, Raffle Bova, an electrical engineer, has come glneering work of the kind ever at tempted on the European continent It is to be a canal under the Rove mountains to connect the port of Mar seilles more directly with the river Rhine. Consular Clerk M. B. Kirk, of Paris, reports that the minister of public works in France and the counsel general of bridges have recently report ed the expenditure of over $15,000,000 for the construction of the tunnel canal, which is to be four and one-half miles long, 73 feet wide and 43 feet above the water level to the vaulted room. It will be completely lighted by electri city and possess a small railroad run ning along the side. Evans' Fleet Starts North. Washington, Sept. 5. Admiral Ev- ana has taiten nis pig oattiesnip neet on a cruise northward from Hampton Roads. It is understood at the Navy department that the fleet will make no Acting promptly on telgraphio in structions from Oyster Bay, Surgeon General Wyman issued the necessary orders and advised the mayor of San Francisco that the corps of the service officers already on duty there would be augmented and that additional measures would be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Cannot Give Tents to Sick. Washington, Sept. 3. The War de partment has decided to grant the re quest of the mayor of San Francisco for tents to accommodate the patients in city hospitals who are to be removed from the buildings to reduce the chance of extending the ravages of the plague. Acting Secretary Oliver was urged to comply with the application by Sur geon General Wyman, but failed to find any legal authority for the gift of the tents. He repplied, however that 1 he would sell the city of San Francisco So Eugene Immigration Scheme Eugene At a banquet given by the P ii norm root ont.afa hrnlrnrH it wns dnr.id- JU6v"M - . i ... , ... . I ucpttf uuieuu luai mo uotw ni" v i , . . 0 ed to keep a man in Portland during from Carincia, Jtaiy, lor ine purpose oi hft- ,n . n0fth but wi1 engage jn any numuer iwcwmry . East- demonstrating before America's best drills and various kinds of fleet and w c w em emigrants to Eugene ana iane nTtwrtj what hia Invention will do. souadron maneuvers on the cruise. The It consists of a small battery and h ' , wyu. Has Scent of Lumber Trust. monaay ana mis win oe uie jubi. up- be closed on October 1. The mills at Springfield and Coburg are now running a day shift, and will probably continue In operation despite the car shortage. Fruit Goes Out by Carloads. Freewater The Freewater Canning and Preserving company has leased its tannery to the Webber-Russell Can ning company cf Seattle. This firm is shipping by carloads peaches, pears and prunes tc the coast cities. Ranch' rs everywhere are complaining of their inability to secure pickers, and a far more serious shortage in fruit boxes, However, the fruit season in this vicin ity has been unexcelled for three years, and six and seven carloads are being shipped daily to eastern points PORTLAND MARKETS transforming apparatus, which, he 1" ' v, .,. ,n i. uL Y Washington, Sept. 5. An investiga says, will run the largest dynamos Yn w. tL,r ,nnV," thev dr0D an. tion of the lumber industry is being di- without the use of steam or other en- chor in Magdalena bay, on the West- He savs it may be applied to em coast of the continent. lighting and They Seek the Noble Elk. Albany To kill an elk is the pro nounced ambition of most of the hunt ers who are now leaving for the moun tains in this part of the state. After a closed season of several years, it will be lawful to kill elk after the 15th of this month, for a period of one month Each hunter is limited by law to one lk, but the members of the hunting parties notf equipping for the moun tains will be satisfied with this legal limit, thouah they are very desirous of killing that one. Has Brood of 220 "Chinas" Albany Chris Van Dran, of this ity, has raised 220 Chinese pheasants this season. He has been more suc cessful this year in hatching and rais- ' ing the birds than ever before. Van Dran was one of the pioneer pheasant raiBers of Oregon, but this, is the larg est brood he ever raised in one season. The demand for Chinese pheasants is such that he could easily sell twice as many as he raises and could contract "for nil his brood in advance. Wheat (New crop) Club, 82oj bluestem, 83c: Valley, 80c; red, 78o Oats (New crop) No. 1 white, $23.60; gray, $23. Barley (New crop) Feed, $2250 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; grain hay, $1112; alfalfa, $1213. Butter Fancy creamery, 324b35c per pound Poultry Average old hens, lac per pound; mixed chickens, 12c; spring chickens. 12o; ergy locomotives, eteamships, heating plants or anything where elec trical energy is employed. He calls his invention the "auto vibro electrica sorgente." In a statement he says: 'In building a fire one first must have a match. I have discovered the match of electricity, and with it start the fire that continues to burn rected by Herbert Knox Smith, com missioner of the bureau of corporations, which may develop sufficient informa tion to warrant the government's pro- RoseburK National Bank Licensed Washington, Sept. 6. The controller ceeding against the lumper trust. At present ine inquiry is pruueeujug in and Michigan and in the of the currency has approved the appll cation of A. C. Masters, C. W. Parks, I. Abraham, J. F. Baker, N. Rice and E. V. Hoover to organize the Roseburg National bank, with capital stock of $50,000. F. P. Hill has been appoint ed a euard in the Cascade national for- in est. Oregon, and Thomas Monroe to a other words, with a substance that may similar position in the Imnaha national be obtained anywhere for a few cents I forest Mrs. Olive C, Swenning has originate the force that sets the dynamo in motion and continues it in action. I am not relying upon theory, but have made many tests in Italy througn which I increased the ordinary force manifold without the aid of steam or been appointed a clerk, temporarily, in the Cascade forest. No Fees for Return Certificates Washington, Sept. 3. Commissioner Sargent has ordered immigration otn old roosters.' 8ffl9c- any other power except what I obtained cials to inform resident Chinese who Those having been graduated frcm the Wisconsin Southern states. It is along purely economic lines to develop the amount of standing timber. After the source of supply is ascertained, Mr. Smith will inquire into the cost of production. Filipinos in Island Service. Washington, Sept. 3. Twenty-two of the young Filipinos who were edu cated in the United States have arrived at Manila to undertake a period of ser vice for the government equal to the time spent in this country acquiring an education at government expense. dressed chickens, 1617c; turkeys, live, 1616c; geese, live, 810c; ducks, 10c. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 2728c per dozen veal Dressed, os;o per pound Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 8 8c; packers, 7So. Fruits Apples, $ll.60 per box; cantaloupes, 60c$1.00 per crate; peaches, 40(g8oo per crate; blackber ries, 45o per pound ; prunes, 5075c per crate; watermelons, , llc er pound; piums, owgioo per from my small battery. I am using the electricity which exists in all of nature's elements and which haB hith erto been wasted." x; pears, 75c $1.25 per Record Price for Peart. Medford All records in the sale of bartlett pears has been broken by the sale in Montreal. Can., of a car from the Bvml orchard in the Medford dis trict, of car No, 1628 for the gross sum 1622c per pound, according to shrink of $2,550, or $5.05 per box. grapes, 60c$1.60 per box Vegetables Turnips, 1.76 per seen ; carrots, $2 per sack; beets, $2 per sack; asparagus, 10c per pound; beans, 3 5c: cabbage. 2c; celery, 75c$i per dozen; corn, 2535c per dozen; cu cumbers, 1015o per dozen; lettuce, head, 15o per dozen; onions, 1520c . - . i per dozen; peas, aoc per pouna; pumpkins, l2c per pound; rad- lanes, 20c per dozen; rnuoaro, a8o per pound ; squash, 50cl per crate; tomatoes, 3050o per crate; sweet po tatoes, 2c per pound. Onions $2.252.50 per hundred. Potatoes New. $11.15 per hun dred. Hops 46c per pound, according to quality. ... Wool Eastern Oregon, average pest, intend to visit China with the inten tion of returning to the United States, that the immigration officials will make out return certificates free of charge as a part of their duties. The order is is sued as a result of Sargent's discovering while in Salt Lake recently that the Chinese believed return certificates must be made by a lawyer, and they paid $5 to $50 therefor. Colonel Hal ford Retires. Washington, Sept. 6. Lieutenant Colonel Elijah W. Hallord, pay depart ment, U. S. A., was relieved today, having reached the statutory age of 64 years. Colonel Hal ford was v attached to headquarters of the department oi ;alifornia, at San Francisco, and was one of the most widely known officers in the pay corps of the army. He was private secretary to the late President Benjamin Harrison from 1889 to 1893 Northwest Postal Changes. Washington, Sept. 4. Neils A. Jen son has been appointed regular, Thomas Johansen substitute, ruralcarrier, route 9. at F.nnmn.lnw. Wash. Rohnrt Put. precautions are necessary to preserve it k h . been appointed postmaster at irom disaster. Mooney is Reinstated. San Francisco, Sept. 3. One of the first acta of the Taylor board of police commissioners was to reinstate Captain of Police Mooney. Captain Mooney was dismissed by the Schmitz board for criticising the method of ex-Chief Di- nan and the then board ot commission s Mr Mnnnov addressed his cam- kx pany on the necessity for greater alert ness in the suppression oi vice, iie warned the men that the friendship of chief of police and police commission ers would not save those that be found derelict in any matter of duty. normal, engineering and agricultural courses will be given employment under the Philippine board of education and the law graduates will be given other employment. Old Rumor Killed Again. Washington, Sept. 6. Rumors orig inating in Portland to the effect that headquarters of the department of the Columbia were to be removed from Vancouver barracks to Seattle are flatly discredited by Adjutant General Aina worth, the one man above all others who keeps posted on such matters. When the attention of Senator Bourne was called to this rumor he took it at once to General Ainsworth, and secured from him a flat denial. Great Church In Danger. London, Sept. 3. The committee of architects appointed to inquire into St. Paul's cathedral has issued a report which declares that, while the cathed ral is in no immediate danger, elaborate Cholera Slaying Chinese. Shanghai, Sept. 3 The epidemic of cholera among Chinese in lower Yang Tse tiorts is spreading. About 200 1VDO BtAAU I iWU)V put JW" www- a i - , -, , . i This nets age; valley, 2022c, according to fine- persons died In the streets of Cuba Newcastle, Wash., vice resigned. Eli Manning, in the growers $3.77 at Medford. All the ness; mohair, choice, returns to date are highly satisfactory, pound. 2930o per the province oi flgan-iiwei and juu- &lang, province oi A.iangBi. Straus Fixes Date of Return. Washington, Sept. 3. Secretary Straus, who is in Yellowstone park, has written that be expects to resume de partment duty September 12, after dis cussing his intended inspection trip with President Roosevelt. Philippine Wood for Lead Pencils Washington, Sept. 4. It is learned from Manila that samples of Philip pine woods believed to be available for making lead pencils have been sent to New York to be tested. Lead pencil woods have become so scarce that if the Philippine woods are satisfactory it will create a large market therefor. The samples shipped to New York are o red lauan and balbalbaoan. New Chief for Creeks. Washington, Sept. 6. The president today authorized the secretary of the Interior to appoint Subchief Mety lin ger, of the Creek Indians, to succeed General Pleasant Porter as chief of the tribe.