CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Hatteras landed at Korsam, In Zea­
land, an Island belonging to Denmark.
They took the steamer to Kiel, and
from there proceeded by Altona and
Hamburg to London, where they ar­
rived on the 18th of the eame month,
scarcely recovered after their long su f­
ferings.
The first care of Clawbonny was to
request the Royal Geographical Society
to receive a communication from him.
One can imagine the astonishment of
the learned assembly and the enthusi­
astic applause when he read Hatteras’
Fort Providence, where we must win­ document
General Resume o f Important Events
ter.”
The doctor and his companions had
Tho day passed In profound dejeo- the honor of being presented to the
Presented in Condensed Form
tion. The Insanity of the captain was
by the lord chancellor, and they
for Our Busy Readers.
a bad omen, and when they began to wens feted and "lionized” in all quar­
talk over the return voyage, their ters.
hearts failed them for fear.
They
The government confirmed the names
missed the Intrepid spirit of their of “Queen’s Island,” "Mount Hatteras"
W. J. Bryan called on President Taft,
leader.
and "Altamont Harbor.”
Next morning they made all ready
Bryan approves of the Postal Sav­
The Insanity of Capt Hatteras was
to sail, and brought the tent and all Its of a mild type, and he lived quietly af ings bank bill.
belongings on board.
Sten cottage, a private asylum near
Wet snow is crushing trees and tele
But before leaving these rocks, never Liverpool, where the doctor himself
to return, the doctor, carrying out the had placed him. He never spoke, and phone and telegraph wires in Ohio.
intentions of Hatteras, had a cairn understood nothing that was said to
The newly elected Socialist adminis­
erected on the very spot where the him; reason and speech had fled to­ tration has taken office in Milwaukee.
poor fellow had Jumped ashore. It was gether. The only tie that connected
The Colorado Conservation commis­
made of great blocks placed one on the him with the outside world was his
top of the other, so as to be a land­ friendship for Duke, who was allowed sion has turned down the Pinchot poli
cies and declared for Btate control of
mark perfectly visible while the erup­ to remain with him.
tions of the volcano left it undisturb­
For a considerable time the captain water.
ed. On one of the side stones, Bell had been In the habit of walking in
The present condition and future
chiseled the simple Inscription:
the garden for hours, accompanied by prospects of the Harriman lines were
JOHN HATTERAS.
his faithful dog, who watched him with
The duplicate of the document at­ sad, wistful eyes, but his promenade never better, according to the traffic
testing the discovery of the north pole was always In one direction in a par­ manager.
was Inclosed In a tinned iron cylinder, ticular part of the garden. When he
At a gambling house raid in Seattle
and deposited In the calm, to remain a got to the end of this path he would over 100 men were arrested, $300 con­
silent witness among those desert stop and begin to walk backwards. If
fiscated and a carload of furniture and
rocks.
anyone stopped him he would point
This done, the four men and the cap­ with his finger towards a certain part gambling devices captured.
tain, a poor body without a sout, set of the sky, but let anyone attempt to
Circuit court in Portland adjourned
out on the return voyage.
turn him round, and he became angry, Tuesday “ because of recent deaths in
On the 15th they sighted Altamont while Duke, as If sharing his master’s families of litigants,” but everybody
harbor, but ns the sea was open all sentiments, would bark furiously.
went to the opening ball game.
along the coast, they determined to go
The doctor, who often visited his a f­
Over 12,000 enthusiasts saw the
round to Victoria bay by water, in­ flicted friend, noticed this strange pro­
stead of crossing New America In the ceeding one day, and soon understood opening game o f baseball at Portland
sledge.
the reason for It He saw how It was between the home team and Oakland,
As the sloop made Victoria bay they that he paced so constantly In a given the latter being shut out 2 to 0.
all hastened to Fort Providence. But direction, as If under the Influence o f
At the Drexel-Gould wedding in
what a scene of devastation met their some magnetic force.
New York the police were obliged to
eyes! Doctor’s house, stores, powder
This was the secret: John Hatteras
magazine, fortifications, all had melted Invariably walked towards the north, eject women from the church to pre­
vent them from tearing down the dec­
away, and the provisions had been ran­
(The end.)
orations for souvenirs.
sacked by devouring animals.
After a thorough search, a few cases
An ordinance has been introduced in
of pemmlcan wero found scattered here
AJTT PLAQUE IN NEBRASKA.
the city council of Boulder, Colo., mak­
and there, and two barrels of preserv­
ed meat, altogether enough for six K a n . i t . A l . o S u f f e r s f r o n t M o u n d - ing it unlawful for women to wear
skirts that sweep the sidewalks or trail
weeks, and a good supply of powder.
B u ild in g P r a ir ie l a .o c t * .
It was soon collected and brought on
The professors at the Kansas and in the dust of the street.
board.
An earth slide buried a work train
Nebraska agricultural schools have
At last, after thirty days tolerably been puzzling their wits over the prob­ and 25 men near St. Alphonse, Quebec,
quick sailing, and after battling for
and nearly all were killed.
forty-eight hours against the Increas­ lem of finding some way of ridding the
ing drift Ice, and risking the frail sloop alfalfa country of what they call the
W. J. Bryan has returned to New
a hundred times, the navigators saw mound building prairie ant, according York from South America, where he
to the New York Sun's Lincoln (Neb.) has been studying sociological condi­
themselves blocked in on all sides.
Altamont make a reckoning with correspondent.
tions.
scrupulous precision, and found they
The prairie ant sustain! all the tra­
The condition of Samuel Clemens
were In 77 degrees 15 minutes latitude ditions of the country In being a hus­
(Mark Twain) is slighly improved, but
and 85 degrees 2 minutes longitude.
ky and combative chap. He has been still serious.
Heart trouble is the
"This Is our exact position, then,”
said the doctor. "We are In South out on the plains for years, but wisely cause.
chose
his
early
habitations
far
from
Lincoln, Just at Cape Eden, and are
A stenographer who wrote letters for
entering Jones sound. With a little where the men lived. Now that the
more good luck we should have found farmers have become numerous they Roosevelt in Naples says he expects to
be the next president o f the United
open water right to Baffins bay.
find him troublesome.
States.
"I suppose, then,” said Altamont,
The ant Isn't so very large, but he la
"our only course Is to leave the sloop, pugnacious. Any toppling over of his
The books of the United States Steel
and get by sledge to the east coast of
habitation, the walking over It or the corporation were thrown open to the
Lincoln.”
tearing up of It Is the signal for a public and show that the largest stock­
The rest agreed.
The little vessel was unloaded and horde of Insects to come rushing out holders are Hollanders.
the sledge put together again. At last, ready for battle. They fight Indian
American workmen have been shut
on the 24th, they set foot on North fashion, every Individual soldier pick­ out o f the works o f the Pressed Steel
Devon.
ing out an antagonist and going for Car company at Schoenville, Pa., and
It was not till the 80th of August him. No matter what they seize up­ serious trouble is imminent.
that they emerged from those wild on, hair, clothing or skin, they hang
With banners afloat, finery aflutter,
mountains Into a plain, which seemed
to have been upturned and convulsed on by their mnndlbles while their busy and occupying a procession o f taxicabs
by volcanic action at some distant pe­ bodies are engaged In stinging. They nearly a mile long, the Buffragists in
secrete a poison that Is as effective In convention in Washington,
riod.
D. C.,
Altamont, who had displayed rrreat results as anything the wasp or bum­ moved on Capitol Hill and presented
unselfishness and devotion to the oth­ blebee has.
to congress 400,000 individual demands
ers, roused his sinking energies, and
While never running away from a for votes for women.
determined to go out ar 1 find food for fight, the ant cannot be said to lie
Not a dynamite cracker nor a cap
his comrades.
peevish about hunting It.
In
his
pistol nor a “ snake in the grass” will
He had been absent about an hour,
and only once during that time had building operations he takes care to be sold in Washington, D. C., the com­
they heard the report of his gun; and give full warning that he Is on the Job ing Fourth.
Instead, there will be
now he was coming back empty-hand­ or living there. He first clears a large band concerts, athletic contests, boat
ed, but running as If terrified.
circular space about the proposed races and all kinds of outdoor sports,
"Down thore, under the snow !” cried ■mound, removing all vegetation. Then while the citziens’ committee sets off
Altamont. speaking as If scared, and he puts his dwelling In the exact cen­
the fireworks.
pointing In a particular direction.
ter of the clenring. The mound Itself
"W hat?”
A workman at the new Mt. Tabor
Is generally elliptical at the base, but
"A wholo party of men!”
reservoir in Portland attempted to re­
sometimes circular. The mounds range
"Alive?”
place a driving chain on a concrete
In Blze from two to six feet In diame­ mixer which had jumped off the sprock­
"Dead—frozen—and even------”
Ho did not finish the sentence, but a ter and vary In height from a few et wheel, when his clothing caught in
look of unspeakable horror came over Inches to several feet.
the cogs and his arm was drawn in and
his face.
Borne marvelous feats In building
The doctor and the others were so are performed by these ants. The top crushed. A fellow workman cut the
mangled flesh loose with his jack-knife
roused by this Incident that they man­
of the mound la composed of a coarse while others supported the suffering
aged to get up and drag themselves
after Altamont towards tho place he gravel or shale or some rough mate­ victim, who was then rushed to a hos­
rial near at hand. Under this Is a pital on 'the opposite side o f town,
Indicated.
They soon arrived at a narrow part rainproof roof, made of particles of nearly five miles.
at tho bottom of a ravine, and what a soil cemented together, the cement be­
Three men robbed a California train
spectacle met their gaze! Dead bodies, ing furnished by the secretions of the
already stiff, lay half burled in a wind­ body. Beneath this are the myriad and then escaped in a launch on Suisun
bay.
ing sheet of snow.
little round chambers wherein they
It was evident this ravine had been
An Oklahoma farmer was swindled
but recently the scene of a fearful live, rear their young and store their out of $2,000 on a fake horse race at
struggle, that the poor wretches had food. About a third of the way to San Francisco.
been feeding on human flesh, perhaps the top are the openings, few In num­
President Taft is confident that the
while still warm. And among them ber, through which the workers pass.
the doctor recognized Rhandon, Pen These are closed when the working $30,000,000 irrigation bill will pass
and others of the Ill-fated crew of the day Is over or a storm threatens.
both houses.
Forward!
The females do most of the fighting
It is reported from many cities that
"Come away! come aw ay!” cried the
doctor, dragging his companions from because they have the larger mandi­ moving picture shows are seriously in­
the scene. Horror gave them momen­ ble* and the bigger stings. The scien­ terfering with the saloon business.
tary strength, and they resumed their tists aay there are three classes of
A fierce wind storm in Southern
march without stopping a minute lon­ ants, male, fertile fe-.iales and sterile
ger.
females, and the latter are the sjprk- 1 states cost 17 lives and property dam­
Even the men themselves were never ers of the colonies. The only wav the age amounting to many hundred thou­
able to give any detailed narrative of experts have discovered to hurt the sands.
the events which occurred during the snts Is to have carbon bisulphide evap- j
President Taft, speaking at a ban­
next week. However, on the 8th of
September, by superhuman exertions, orated In s xlnc tube made airtight by quet in Washington, said one term as
States is
they arrived at last at Cape Horsburg. being packed around with soil. This president o f the United
it placed over the openings In the enough.
the extremo point of North Devon.
They were on the short of Bafllns mound, the vapor being heavier than
The Supreme court of Louisiana has
bay, now hnlf frozen over; that Is to air descends and the ants at home are
been railed upon to define “ what is a
say, on the road to Europe, and three suffocated.
negro,” and the derision is being wait­
miles off the waves were dashing
—
ed for with great interest by many
noiselessly on the sharp edges of the
K p i a rn tu C r i m i n a l C o d a .
lea-field.
states.
Procrastination Is the thief of time. |
Here they must watt their chance of
Curiosity
Is
the
porch
climber
of
j
A 685-pound woman has been jailed
a whaler appearing; and for how long?
in San Francisco for exhibitting her­
But heaven pitied the poor fellows, society.
The past Is the hold-up man of am­ self as a freak.
for the very next day Altamont per­
ceived a sail on the horizon.
bition.
A woman in snyder, Texas, started
Just then a happy Inspiration came
Good-fellowship Is the firebug of so­ the fire with coal oil, and she,’and her
to the doctor. His fertile genius, which briety.
infant daughter and 14-year old sister
has served him many i time In such
Conscience le the eneak thief of con­ were burned to death by the explosion
good stead, supplied him with one last
tentment
which followed.
Idea.
The bore Is the pickpocket of pa
Passengers and crew of the steamer
A floe, driven by the current, struck
against the Ice-field, and Clawbonny tlsnce.
Santa Clara, wrecked off the Califor­
The
college
boy
te
the
rheckklter
of
exclaimed, pointing to it:
nia coast, were all saved, and the
"This floe!”
humor.
steamer herself has been pulled off the
His companions could not under­
The firecracker Is the pirate of rooks and is being towed into port.
stand what he meant.
pear«.
"Let us embark on It! let us embark
The wife o f a prominent coffee mer­
The weleh rabbit Is the ghoul of
on It!”
chant at Loa Angeles has finally been
sleep.
Bell, assisted by Altamont. hurried
Hard luck Is the shoplifter o f hope. recognized as the "mysterious girl at
to the sledge, and brought back one of
Bad cooking la the eandbagger of the ringside” who has attended many
the poles, which he stuck fast on the
prizefights in that city, disguised in
Ice like a mast, and fastened It with civility.— Puck.
men’ s clothing.
ropes. The tent was torn up to fur­
The
nish a sail, and as soon as the frail
A Kansas tornado swept a creek dry
craft was ready the poor fellows jum p­
What Is known aa the California
ed upon It, and sailed out to the open horse or mustang la In hla ancestry for nearly a mile, tore up telephone
poles and carried a cow and calf 200
sea.
and essential qualities an Arab.
yards.
Two hours later the survivors of the
Forward were picked up by the Hans
W ir #
VI Mir pi na .
A mission at Chungsha. China, was
Christian, a Danish whaler, on her way
The wire hairpin was first mad* la destroyed by rioters because Chinese
to Davis straits.
Ten days afterward. Clawbonny. 1S4I in England. Prior to that waad- officials had cornered the rice supply
for export.
Johnson, Bell, Altamont and Captain so skewers were used
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
CHAPTER XII.— (Continued.)
All, except Hatteras; and why could
this extraordinary man not sleep like
the others? He g re w more and more
excited, and It was not the thought of
returning that so afTected him.
Whatever might be the cause, he
could not sleep; yet this first night at
the pole was clear and calm. The Isle
Was absolutely uninhabited—not a bird,
nor an animal, nor a fish.
Next morning, when Altamont and
the others awoke, Hatteras was gone.
Feeling uneasy at his absence, they
hurried out of the grotto In search of
him. There he was standing on a
rock, gazing fixedly at the top of the
mountain. His Instruments were In
his hand.
Presently Hatteras said, In a hurried,
agitated manner, as If he could scarce­
ly command himself.
"Friends, listen to me. We have
done much already, but much yet re­
mains to be done.”
"W e are close to the pole, but we are
not on It.”
“We are still 45 minutes latitude
from the unknown point,” resumed
Hatteras, with Increased animation,
"and to that point I shall go.”
"But It Is on the summit of the
volcano," said the doctor.
"I shall go.”
The tone of absolute determination
In which Hatteras pronounced these
words It Is Impossible to describe.
His friends were stupefied, and gazed
In terror at the blazing mountain.
"Very well,” ho said, finally, "since
you are bent on It, we’ll go, too."
CHAPTER XIII.
It was about 8 o’clock when they
commenced their difficult ascent; the
sky was splendid, and the thermometer
stood at 52 degrees.
Hatteras and his dog went first,
closely followed by the others.
But as they got higher, the ascent
became more and more difficult, for the
flanks of the mountain were almost
perpendicular, and It required the ut­
most care to keep from falling. Clouds
of ashes whirled round them repeated­
ly, and torrents of lava barred their
passage.
Hatteras, however, climbed up the
steepest ascents with surprising agil­
ity, disdaining the help of his staff.
He arrived before long at a circular
rock, a sort of plateau about ten feet
wide. A river of boiling lava sur­
rounded it, except In one part, where
It forked uway to a higher rock, leav­
ing a narrow passage, through which
Hatteras fearlessly passed.
Here ho stopped, and his compan­
ions managed to rejoin him. He seem­
ed to be measuring with his eye the
distance he had yet to get over. Hori­
zontally, he was not more than 200
yards from the top of the crater, but
vertically he had nearly three times
that distance to traverse.
"Hatteras.” said the doctor, "It Is
enough; we cannot go further!”
"Stop, then,” he replied, In a
strangely altered voice; "I am going
higher.”
He had hardly uttered the words be­
fore Hatteras, by a superhuman effort,
sprang over the boiling lava, and was
beyond the reach of his companions.
A cry of horror burst from every
Up. for they thought the poor captain
must have perished In that fiery gulf;
but there ho was safe on the other
side, accompanied by his faithful Duke*
who would not leave him.
He speedily disappeared behind a
curtain of smoke, and they heard his
voice growing fainter In the distance,
shouting:
" I ’o the north! to the north; to the
top of Mount Hatteras! Remember.
Mount Hatteras!”
All pursuit of him was out of the
question.
At Intervals, however, a glimpse of
him could be caught
through
the
clouds of smoke and showers of ashes.
Hatteras did not even turn once to
look back, but marched straight on,
parrying hla country's flag attached to
his staff.
At last he reached the summit of the
mountain, the mouth of the crater.
Hsre the doctor hoped the Infatuated
man would stop, at any rate, and
would, perhaps, recover his senses, and
expose himself to no more danger than
the descent Involved.
Once more he shouted:
“ Hatteras! Hatteras!”
There was such a pathos of entrea­
ty In his tone that Altamont felt moved
to his Inmost soul.
"I’M
him y «t!" he exclaimed;
and before Clawbonny could hinder
him, he had cleared with a bound the
torrent of Are, and was out of sight
among the rocks.
Meantime. Hatteras had mounted a
rock which overhung the crater, and
stood waving his flag amidst showers
of stones which mined down on him.
Duke was by his side; but the poor
beast was growing dlzsy In such close
proximity to the abyss.
Hatteras balanced his staff with one
hand, and with the other sought to And
the precise mathematical point where
all the meridians of the globe meet, the
point on which It was his sublime pur­
pose to plant his foot.
All at once the rock gave way, and
he disappeared. A cry of horror broke
from his companions, and rang to the
top of the mountain. Clawbonny
thought his friend had perished, and
lay burled forever In the depths of the
volcano. A second—only a second,
though It seemed an age—elapsed, and
there was Altamont and the dog hold­
ing the Ill-fated Hatteras! Man and
dog had caught him at the very m o­
ment when he disappeared In the
abyss.
Hatteras was saved1 Raved In spite
of himself; and half an hour later he
lay unconscious In the arms of hts de­
spairing companions.
When he came to himself, the doc­
tor looked at him In speechless an­
guish. for there was no glance of rec­
ognition In his eye. It was the eye of
a blind man, who gases without see-
in*.
*X>ood heavens!” exclaimed Johnson.
"%• is blind!”
“N o!” replied Clawbonny, "not My
poor friends, we have only saved the
body of Hatteras; his soul Is left be­
hind on the top of the volcano. Hts
reason Is gone!”
Three hours after the whole party
were back once more In the grotto.
"Well, friends.” said the doctor, "we
eannot stay longer In this Island; the
sea is open, and we have enough pro­
visions
We ought to start at onoe.
and get back without the least delay to
H A R R IM A N
L IN E S
TRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
PROSPEROUS
T ra in Service is Im proved and Equip­
ment Added.
Chicago, April 20.— “ There never
$ 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 T O B U IL D D A M .
was a time when the Harriman lines R A IL R O A D S R A C E A C R O S S S T A T E
were in better condition physically or
when they had better prospects,” said Hill and H a rrim a n Interests Rushing Will S to re Enough W a te r to Irrig a te
J. C. Stubbs, vice president and traffic
2 0 ,0 0 0 Acres in U m atilla.
to Coos Bay C ountry.
director o f the Harriman system to­
Pendleton— The projected dam across
Bums— That the Harrimaa and Hill
day. “ They are ordering new equip­
the Umatilla river at Coe for the pur­
ment, increasing the train service and interests will run a harder race across pose o f conserving flood waters o f win-
the
state
in
building
from
east
to
west
facilities everywhere and give promise
| ter to be used in reclaiming 20,000
than that now on in beading south
of continuing the improvements.”
acres contained in the Furnish-Coe
Mr. Stubbs has just returned to Chi­ through the Deschutes river canyon is project west of Pendleton is to be con­
cago from a five weeks' inspection tour becoming apparent. The contest, it is structed this summer.
The contract
over the entire system in the United believed, will be the most exciting ever has been signed and bonds given for
States and in Mexico.
pulled off in the history of western commencement of work within 30 days
“ Double-tracking on the Union Pa­
and completion by October 1.
The
cific is being pushed as rapidly as pos­ railroad construction.
That the Hill interests will push Eschbach-Bruce company of Seattle
sible, and as Boon as the work can be
has been awarded the contract.
accomplished the entire line from through to completion with all possible
Although the dam was projected sev­
Omaha to Ogden will have two tracks. haste a line from Boise, Idaho, to Coos
eral months ago, and though concrete
Roundly speaking, 500 miles of the Bay, or some point in the Willamette
cores had been constructed from bed­
1,000 have been finished, and the en­ Valley having connection with Portlalid
rock to the surface of the ground, no
tire line from Omaha to San Francisco by means of the Oregon Electric, is now
work has been done for several months
is now protected by block signals.
It
and many were of the opinion that
is probable that the San Pedro line|will practically settled in the minds of men
the project had been abandoned.
be open for ^traffic much earlier than speculating on the state’s future rail­
The original plans of the Furnish-
road operations, and it is known that
June ! . ” •
Coe project were for reclaiming land
COLORADO COUNCIL TO
REGULATE SKIRTS
Boulder, Colo., April 20.— An ordin­
ance to prohibit the wearing of long
dresses on the streets of Boulder was
introduced in the city council last
night. It provides that “ it shall be
unlawful for any person whose wear-
big apparel or skirt shall be of such
length as to trail upon the ground and
become a dust sweeper or otherwise
obnoxious to the public health and re­
fined taste, to appear upon any side­
walk in this city.”
The document is entitled “ An ordi­
nance to promote public health and
concerning displays upon the side­
walks,” which was interpreted by one
alderman to mean that “ if the council
intended to define the
length of
skirts one way it must also define it the
other way.” The ordinance was urged
by the Women’s club.
O L D B U D G E T IN T R O D U C E D .
since the Hill interests began to dis
play interest in the same section of tho
state, the Harriman people, too, have
become very active. Surveying parties
have been busy for some time stretch­
ing lines with a view of finding the
most feasible route from cast to west
across the state, and it is said that no
small portion o f the proposed road has
already been staked out.
According to information so far given
out by men closely in touch with rail­
road construction people, it appears evi­
dent that the Harriman line will be
built from Vale westward by way of
Burns, whieh route, it is understood,
will also be followed by the Hill peo­
ple. The recent transfer of the large
holdings o f the Willamette Valley &
Cascade Mountain Military Road com­
pany to a syndicate of Minnesota cap­
italists, who will throw it open to set­
tlers without delay, is expected to be
followed by an early announcement
from James J. Hill to the effect that
the holdings will be given transporta­
tion facilities as soon as a line can be
built, the survey of which, it is be­
lieved, will practically parallel the line
of the old wagon road its entire dis
tance.
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B A N K S O F R IV E R C A N C A V E .
L loyd-G eorge Com m ents Upon D e ­
W ar
crease in W hisky Consum ption.
D e partm eat Refuses to Heed
P rayer o f D w ellers in Lane.
London, April 20. — David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer,
re-introduced last year’ s budget in the
house of commons today. He declared
that he realized that the present deficit
of $131,240,000 would be more than
wiped out when all arrears had been
collected and that there would be an
actual surplus of $14,800,000.
If the budget had been passed as
usual last year, he said, there would
have been a surplus of $21,000,000.
The chancellor commented upon the
remarkable decrease of 32 per cent in
the consumption of whiskey, a decrease
that he attributed mainly to the extra
duty imposed. The loss in the revenue
from spirits, as compared with the es­
timated figures, was $14,000,000.
Washington — The war department
has definitely refused to assist in pre­
venting the washing away of the banks
of the Willamette between Eugene and
Harrisburg. Citizens, through Sena­
tor Chamberlain, asked the department
to do this on the ground that the gov­
ernment built the dikes that caused the
higher water which had caused great
destruction upon adjoining lands at
each freshet time.
Chief of Engineers Marshall referred
the matter to Major Mclndoe, at Port­
land, who upon examination reports:
“ Caving in was in progress before
the dikes were built and in our opinion
the dikes are not responsible primarily
for such caving in.
The project to
prevent it would be enormously ex­
pensive and not justified by the needs
P IN C H O T P O L IC IE S H IT .
o f navigation on the river. Work done
for that purpose would be solely for
C o lo rad o Com m ission W ants State to the protection o f private property and
is therefore not recommended.”
C o n tro l P o w e r Sites.
Denver, April 20.— The Colorado
Conservation commission today adopt­
ed a resolution declaring for exhaus­
tive state control of waterpower sites.
The resolution, which turned down the
Pinchot policies as outlined by James
R. Garfield, in his address last night,
reads as follows:
“ Resolved, That as the waters of
this state are the property o f the
state, the powers developed by such
water should remain forever under con­
trol of the state, and that all legisla­
tion tending to abridge or restrict such
control be discouraged.”
Plan M odel D airy fo r K lam ath.
Klamath Falls.— Klamath county is to
have one of the finest dairy ranches in
Oregon, according to the plans of John
Ellis and W. L. Albright. It is to bo
located in the big Albright-Ellis ranch,
about seven miles from Fort Klamath.
When the ranch is in readiness to re­
ceive the herd, Mr. Ellis will go to tho
middle west, where he will select the
stock that is to compose it. He has
decided on the purchase of Guernseys
and Holsteins, believing that these will
best meet the conditions of climate and
the demands of tho markets.
principally by winter, spring and early
fall irrigation. Three dry seasons in
succession convinced
the promoters
that it would be well to provide for
emergencies, and the dam plan was
adopted. The dam will be 50 feet
high, 1,170 feet long, 270 feet wide
at base, and 20 feet wide at top, and
will cost $110,000. It will form a res­
ervoir covering 240 acres and contain­
ing a supply sufficient to irrigate the
entire project for 60 days.
Owing to the large number of other
reclamation projects, it will be neces­
sary to arrange for normal flow of the
river at all seasons o f the year. The
spillway will also be capable o f hand­
ling the largest floods and will have a
capacity o f 50,000 second feet, or
twice as much water as has ever
passed down the river.
A L L R A IL L IN E T O N E W P O R T .
T ies O rd e re d by C orvallis Sc Eastern
to S k irt Yaquina Bay W ith Road
Corvallis— Beach travelers going to
Newport, on the Oregon coast, this
summer will in all probability not have
to put up with the annoyance of trans­
ferring from train to ferry at Yaquina,
as has been tho necessity in the past.
The Corvallis & Eastern Railroad com­
pany has decidod to extend its road
from Yaquina, its present terminus, to
Newport, the track to skirt the beach
of the crescent shaped bay. The news
states that tho Corvallis & Eastern
Railroad company has entered into a
contract with tho Yaquina Bay Lumber
company, at Toledo, for 7,500 railroad
ties, which number will be sufficient to
cover the stretch between Yaquina and
Newport, a distance o f about throe and
a half miles.
Rolling Stock fo r S h o rt Line.
Salt Lake City — In addition to 40
passenger coaches arriving here for the
Oregon Short Line and the large num­
ber o f cars already ordered, the road is
preparing to place an order for $5,000,-
000 worth of rolling stock. The in­
creased order is believed to be due to
the road’s anticipation of a season of
prosperity. The prediction that there
will not be enough rolling stock in the
country to accommodate passenger and
freight traffic also may have had some­
thing to do with the action o f the road’s
officials.
W h ite a k e r W ell Show s O il.
Dallas— Drilling has been resumed at
the Whiteaker oil well. The machinery
is again running on full time. The drill
is hammering away in a stratum of
hard rock, with a strong showing of
oil and a constantly increasing flow of
natural gas. For the last two weeks
drilling operations have been practically
suspended to give the workmen an op­
portunity to put down several hundred
feet, of 8-inch casing. Rapid progress
will now be made.
Fire Destroys M uch T im b e r.
Fam ous S e a le r M issing.
Victoria, B. C., April 20.— Captain
Charles Spring, son o f Captain Wil­
liam Spring, the founder o f the British
Columbia pelagic sealing, has been
missing since January 1 under circum­
stances almost conclusively indicating
that he has been lost with his steam
launch, on which he had embarked on a
cruise around Vancouver island in
search of new oyster beds.
He was
known to have spent New Year’s Eve
at Pender island, but since then no tid­
ings either of the launch or its owner
have reached his family.
Salem— Printed proceedings of the
February meeting of the state board
or forestry are now ready for distri-'
bution. They give reports of damage
done to the forests in the state by fire
during the summer of 1909. In this
connection the report of the secretary
shows that there were 413 fires, burning
over an area of 61,037 acres, and that
a total o f 191,213,500 feet, board meas
are, of mercantile timber was destroyed.
I f this timber had been manufactured
into lumber it would have represented
an approximate value of $2,485,776.
Land O ffice at Vale.
O ne Pittsburg G ra fte r Guilty.
Pittsburg, April 20.—Guilty as in-
icted, with a recommendation for ex­
treme mercy from the court, was the
verdict returned today in the case of
ex-Councilman M. L. Swift Jr., the
first of the victims of the graft scandal
put on trial on the charge of bribery.
The jury was out one hour and 45 min­
utes. Attorney Marshall, for the de­
fense, announced a new trial would be
asked. Assistant district attorney W.
E. Seymour tonight said Judge Frazer
had signified his intention of consider­
ing the recommendation for mercy.
Jail Beats Taxpaying.
Vale— Bruce R. Kester, an agent of
the government, is in Vale for the pur
pose o f recommending a suitable loca­
tion for the land office, which will be
opened here in accordance with the re­
cent act of congress creating a new land
district, with the office at Vale. It is
not the intention o f the government to
erect a building, but to lease a portion
of a building, which will accommodate
the offices and equipment for the new
office.
Com plains o f Shipm ent.
Salem— H. Grebe, of Portland, has
filed a complaint with the railroad
commission, in which he sets forth that
a large consignment of seed peas ship­
ped from Pullman, Wash., to Condon,
Or., March 21, has never reached its
destination. Mr. Grebe also complains
o f excessive freight charges on the O.
R. & N. from Portland to Condon, and
delays in delivery have caused him
much damage.
Rafton, III., April 20.— Because J.
J. Keon. a Socialist leader, refuses to
pay a poll tax of $1.50, he began this
afternoon to serve six months in jail.
The city hall has been converted into
a jail by screening the windows with
chicken wire and Keon declares he will
serve his full time rather than pay the
tax or work it out at 75 cents a day.
He holds such a tax is unconstitutional.
Y earling Sheep Bring $ 5 .
Keon’s meals will be taken from the
Heppner—R. F. Bicknell shipped 25
city’s leading hotel.
carloads of sheep from this city and 20
carloads from Echo the first o f last
week. The sheep are yearlings, and
Washington, April 20.— Representa­ were purchased from Morrow County
tive Culloch, of Indiana, presented to sheepmPn at prices ranging from $4.50
President Taft today a petition for the to $5 per head. There were about 14,
000 sheep in the shipment.
T a ft Asked fo r Pardon.
pardon of John R. Walsh, the Chicago
banker. The petition was signed by
Poultry Plant N e a r M ed fo rd .
22,000 residents of the Second Indiana
Medford— C. H. Hoxie has purchased
congressional district, into which the
railroads built by Mr. Walsh extend. from Gus Lawrence 1-2 acres south
west o f Medford for $15,000. The land
The president directed that the peti­ is partially agricultural and partially
tion be referred to the department of small timber. Mr. Hoxie purposes go­
justice to follow the usual course.
ing into the chicken business on a large
scale.
S to rm s Menace F ru it C ro p s.
Winchester, Va., April 20.—Snow
and hail fell at intervals this morning
over the fruit belt of Northern Vir­
ginia. The thermometer has taken a
decided tumble, falling 45 degrees
since yesterday noon, approaching the
freezing point.
Launch Ready at Hernvsfon.
Hermiston— The lannrh belonging to
the Columbia Land company is now in
running order, and prospective settler»
will be taken out on the government
dam every afternoon. The people of
Hermiston initiated the motor ear by
going en masse to Stanfield.
M o to r C a rrie s M ail.
Brownsville— Mail service on the
motor between this city and Albany
has been inaugurated, and henceforth
Brownsville will receive four train
mails each day, except Sunday, when
there will be but two.
PO RTLAND
M ARKETS.
Wheat— Track prices— Bluestem, 93
0 95c; club, 88(i/90c; red Russian, 86J
0 8 7 c; valley, 95c.
Barley— Feed and brewing, $23.50@
24.50 per ton.
Corn—Whole, $34; cracked, $35 ton.
Hay—Track prices— Timothy, Wil­
lamette valley, $200 21 per ton; East­
ern Oregon, $23(i? 24; alfalfa, $16.500)
17.50; grain hay, $17(f/)18.
Oats—No. 1 white, $270 28.50 ton.
Fresh Fruits—Strawberries, Florin,
$2.50®3 per crate; apples, $102.50
box; cranberries,$ 809jjbarrel.
Potatoes — Carload buying prices:
Oregon, 400 50c per hundred; new Cal­
ifornia, 6c per pound; sweet potatoes,
3404c.
Vegetables— Asparagus, 3 0 5 c; cab­
bage, 1 40 1 -t,"c per pound; head let­
tuce, 60O75c per dozen; hothouse let­
tuce, 50c(ff$l box; green onions, 15c
dozen; radishes, 30c per dozen; rhu­
barb, 3c pound; spinach, $1 per box;
sprouts, 9c per pound; turnips, $1 per
sack; rutabagas, $1®1.25; carrots, 85c
r o ll; beets, $1(01.25; parsnips, 50®
75c.
Onions—Oregon, $175 per hundred.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 39c;
fancy outisde creamery, 32033c per
pound; store, 20c. Butter fat prices
average l j c per pound under regular
butter prices.
Pork—Fancy, 13(i/13$c per pound.
Veal— Fancy, lO o ll c per pound.
Lambs— Fancy, 12c per pound.
Poultry—Hens, 20c; broilers, 270!
28c; ducks, 2240 23c; geese, 124c;
turkeys, live, 20®21c; dressed, 25c;
squabs, $3 per dozen.
Cattle—Best steers, $6.750 7: fair
to good steers, $6®6.50; strictly good
cows, $5.75o6; fair to good cows, $5
O 5.50; light calves, $60 7; heavy
calves. $40 5; bulls, $40 5.25; stags
$4.500 5.50.
Sheep—Best wethers, $80 8.25; fair
to good wethers, $6.500 7; good Iambs,
$i® 9.
Hogs— Top, $11.10011.25; fair to
good $10011.
Hops— 1909 crop, 1 3 0 16c, according
to quality: olds, nominal; 1910 con­
tracts, 1 5 0 16c.
Wool—Eastern Oregon, 14017c per
pound; valley, 18021c; mohair, choice,
3 0 .) 324c, Portland.
Cascara bark—440.5c per pound.