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j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
OPTIMISM PREDOMINATES.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.