The Columbia register., June 16, 1905, Image 3

OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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BELIEVES MILL FEASIBLE.
R. O. Btohr a Convert to Flax Doc
trine of Eugen Boss.
Balem J. 0. 8tohr, of Chicago,
euUtant traffic director of tha llarrl
man line, accompanied by General
Freight Agent K. 11. Miller, of the O.
It. AN.; General Passenger Agent W.
K. Coman, of the Southern Faclflc, and
II. E. Lounabury, traveling freight
and aaeengei agent of the latter com
peny, were here laat week to make In
qairiea Into the practicability of the
establishment of a linen mill here,
and held a conference with Eugene
Boaee, the lai expert, and Mrs. W. P.
Lord, a flat enthuaiaat, in the reception
room of the Willamette hotel. At a
rceult of the conference Mrjtttohr atatea
that he la con t I need that a quality of
fibre that cannot le excelled any place
elae in the world can be grown In thlt
valley, and that everything from the
coarsest of twine and cordage, crash,
etc., to the very flneat linena and lace
can be manufactured fioin it.
He la alao aMured by Mr. Bom that
-with the aid of a new flax pulling ma
chine which la now In court of perfec.
tlon and completion the raw material
-at 1 produced quite aa cheap, if not
chraiwr, than in the foreign countries,
and that the finished product could be
placed upon the market at such price
that the foreign or eastern mill could
not compete with.
Mr. Ktohr collected a great amount
ol rliull data concerning the Industry
while here, and will carry it back to
i'hli-ago with him to make hi report,
lie would not atate what particular
ra tion the llarriman system proposed
to take toward promoting the develop,
metit of the induatry, but he aaya if
the projtct looka feaaible to the man
agement it will exert iu influence
toward Interesting Eaatern capital to
iuveat In the enterpriae. I
WANT SALARIES BY WARRANT
State Employee Ditlike Certificate of
Allowance.
Salem At a meeting held lat week
the elate employee decided to levy an
aamwatnent upon themaetvea to raise a
fund to defray the expenae of hiring an
attorney to teat the question whether it
I the duty of the secretary of atate to
inane anlary warrant on the first of
each month. The assessment levied
wa at the rate of 2 per cent on the
monthly salary.
John A. Caraon waa employed to con
duct the mandamua proceeding, which
will probably he commenced thia week,
after the monthly payroll haa been pre
eented to the secretary of state" and he
lia refused to Isnue a warrant.
Secretary of State Dunbar takea the
position that it id hia duty to proceed
under the general law and inue certifl
ca'c of allowance for the reason that
no appropriation la available.
The employee contend that under the
Kay law, paed by the last legiilature,
it la the duty of the secretary of state
to iaaue warrant for salary claims,
even though there be no appropriation
available. The difference to the em
ploye in that if they receive certificate
of allowance they mutt discount them
at 1 0 per cent. A warrant would be
worth its face value.
Sumpter Valley Extension to Begin.
Sumpter A working crew bos gone
out over the Sumpter Valley railway
lKHtnd for the front. Work ha leen
et dried on the extension from Tipton,
and will be pusled witli all possible
speed until Austin station ha been
reached. It is reported that this is
'the objective point of the road this
aeaaon, bihI that the company will be
sutihfled with this much of an exten
sion for the present. The large force
of men being put to work leads to the
impression that if it is possible tho
road will be extended further.
Continued Rain Helps Crop.
La Grande The continued rains of
the past week have been of great bene
fit to growing crops and grain and
grasses have never been better than at
the present time. Farmers are Jubi
lant over tho prospect of abundant
crops and fruitgrowers are also rejoic
ing at the improved condition of their
orchards, as the damago by late froBts
is not nearly as bad as at first reported.
Census Returns Coming In.
Pendleton Aaschfnr Strain has re
ceived part of tho returns from the
atate census being taken in this county
and reports that Milton city has 000
people and Froewafor between 300 and
315. The North Milton precinct, in
which Frenwater Ih looted, 1ms 1,500
Inhabitants, lining one of tho most
thickly suttlod in tho county,
Fewer Hops This Ymr.
Salem President (Vmrnd Krehs, of
the Hoplioldors' Protoelivo association,
has isauod a circular Idler nayint that
reliableu dvices from New. York and
California growers are tlmt tho 1005
hop crop In those states will bo Btnaller
than last ytar,
PROMISE BIO POOL.
Conrad Kreba Declares Project for
Big Combine Will Win.
Salem Although a week has not
paaaed since the laauance of tho circu
lar letter to the hopgrowert of the Pa
cific coast, New York and England, by
the firm of Krebs Bros., of this city,
ropoeing in organisation oi a gigantic
op pool or corporation. President Con
rad Kreba, ol the firm, saya bo baa re
ceived replies from almost every hop
growing section of this state, and that
all spoke favorably of the proposition
and pledged their hearty support. II
has already received promise aggre
gating 25,000 bales of the IVOft crop of
bop.
Ho far letters have been received
from growers In the districts of Forest
Grove, Woodburn, Dayton, Corvalli,
Eugene, Amity, Oregon, and Cowllts,
Washington, while verbal aasurances of
upport have been received from the
growers of the Independence, Dallas,
Cbampoeg, Kt. Paul, Aurora, "Brooks
districts and Washington and Yamhill
counties. '
"I feel much encouraged over the
outlook," aald Mr. Krebs, "and I
think there is no question that the
move will win. The letters I have re
ceived are from the principal grower
and represent the buiiness element of
the industry, and when they recognise
the feasibility and practicability of the
scheme it only remains for others to
fall into line and the thing is done.
We shall probably wait two weeks to
hear from all over the coast and east
before any steps are taken to call a
meeting, but I now feel quite certain
that it will be called."
BIQ STRIKE IN OPP MINE.
Sacks of Or are Taken Out Worth
20.000 a Ton.
Medford When the first big strike
was made in the Opp mine, two weeks
ago, many people ei preened opinions
that it waa a bunch and that the vein
would pinch out, a ao many other veins
have don in Southern Oregon. Events
have proved, however, that if it is a
bunch it is the biggest, richest and
most extensive ever found on the Pacific
c6at. I Ant week a second strike,
somewhat smaller than the first one,
waa made, and a body of ore richer and
larger than both others haa Just been
uncovered, proving conclusively that
the Opp mine is one of the most prom
ising quarts gold mines ever discovered
on the coast.
Besides this extremely rich ore, they
are taking out largo quantities of high
grade free milling ore, and the width
and depth of the vein increases. The
first strike amounted to 20 socks of ore
that waa almost pure gold; the second
one consisted of five sacks of an esti
mated value of f 1,500; the third one,
the ore of which is considered richer
than either of the other two, consisted
of 40 sacks, already taken out, and
there remains an unknown quantity of
ore still in sight. This would make
the three strikes aggregate a value of
over $20,000.
Hon. II. E. Ankeny has visited the
mine and while there offered $1,200 for
three pieces of ore weighing altogether
110 ounce. The offer was refused.
At this price the ore would be worth
$133 a pound, or $236,000 per ton.
dun 14 a Salem Holiday.
Salem The Greater Salem Commer
cial club haa adopted a resolution ask
ing all business houses to close on June
14, which will be Salem day at the
Lewis and Clark fair. The Business
Men's league will take a similar action,
and at the request of the city council,
Mayor Waters will issue a proclama
tion asking that Salem day be observed
as a holiday here, so that as large a
number as possible may go to Portland
to attend the fair. President ilofer
says that Salem should send 2,000
people to the fair on June 14.
Will Hanley Selling Cattle.
Burns W. D. Hanley left for On
tario at the close of the month with
cattle. He took about 1,500 head from
the P ranch and picked up enough more
at Venator and Anderson vaijey to swell
the number to 2,500 or 3,000. The
.bunch is mostly 2-year-olds, with a
few yearlings and 3-year-olds.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Club, 84c per bushel:
bluestem, 00 91c; valley, 8587c.
Oats No. 1 white, feed, $30.00 per
ton; choice milling, $30.
Hay Timothy, $14318 per ton;
clover, $11312; grain, $11312; cheat,
$11312 ,
EggB Oregon ranch, 1819c per
dozen.
Gutter Fancy creamery, 1721Jc
Strawberries-$1.2531.60 per crate.
Apples Table, $1.6032.60 per box.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, $1.3531.60;
new potatoes, $1.5031.65.
Hops Choice, 1904, 22K24c per
pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, best, 19
23c: valley, 27329c; mohair, choice,
3132c.
READY TO 8 ELL TIMBER.
Government will Now Open Forest
Reserve to Loggers.
Washington, Jane 9. Following out
it declared Intention of developing
forest reserve by use, the bureau of
Forestry annonces, by special bulletin,
that mature timber in all forest re
serve la to b offered for aale. The
restriction formerly laid upon th ex
port of timber from the state in which
th forest reserve were located ha
been removed, and th law now place
no limitation on th shipment of tim
ber grown on any forest reserve, except
those in th (tat of Idaho and th
Black Hills reserve, in South Dakota.
Th effect of this change in th law,
and th declared policy of th depart
ment of Agriculture, I that the timber
on th reserve may now be cut and
disposed of to th highest bidder. On
many of th reserve there are great
quantities of matnr timber, and on
some of them th facilities for getting
it out at a reasonable cost are excellent.
The forest service, which has charge of
the administration of th reserves, is
anxious to begin the cutting of this
mature timber as toon as possible, and
it is prepared to consider offers from
lumbermen who wish to undertake
such operations.
It is perhaps well to call attention to
the fact that this announcement doe
not mean that the forest reserves are
going to be devastated under authority
of the government. On the contrary,
the distinct and definite purpose of the
forest service is to improve the re
serves by utilising the material that
1 now fit for lumber. In doing so, it
will also provide for the reproduction
of the forest and the restocking of
those areas upon which foret t condi
tions are defective. Work of thia kind
has been successfully carried on for
some year in the Black Hills forest
reserve, and has been begun with the
greatest promise of success on the lands
of the Chippewa Indians, in Northern
Minnesota, from which it is proposed
to create another National reserve.
The public in general, and lumber
men In particular, will be interested
to know that in thfs last case the re
strictions imposed by the forester have
in no way hampered the lumbering
operations. Timber sold at public
sale, with full knowledge of these re
strictions, brought higher price than
were obtained for white and Norway
pine in the same region, and the slash
has been burned and got out of the
way at a cost of about 12 cents per 1,
000 feet board measurement.
The supervisor of each forest reserve
is authorised to receive applications for
the right to cut timber; intending pur
chasers should communicate with him,
not with the department at Washing
ton. OVERTURN THE WHITEWASH.
Convention of Baptists Refuses to En
dors Rockefeller.
North Bend, Ind., June 9. "Re
solved, that we express ourselvs against
the present tendency to criticise the
great Baptist brotherhood in the person
of one of its most active members, and
this in the face of the fact that there is
no evidence to prove Mr. Rockefeller
is or ever has been either directly or
indirectly connected with conduct that
is out of line with the highest moral
ity." This resolution caused a storm of
protests today at the convention of the
Northern Indiana Baptists' association.
It was voted down after vigorous com
ment, both in defense of it and in op
position to it.
The defense of John D. Rockefeller
was drawn by Rev. Mr. Wheeler, of
Elkhart, who introduced it and made a
speech in defense of it. Rev. Mr. Lan
kin, of Mishawaka, also defended it.
The protests were started by Rev. C.
R. Parker, of Laporte, who, among
other things, said:
"Rotten things should be dealt with
in the most rigid way."
Canadians Sink Fishing Tug.
Port Stanley, Ont., June 9. The
government cruiser Vigilante tod'iy
ghted the American fishing tug C.a;
M., of Lorain, O., six miles off Middle
island, Lake Erie, and five miles north
of the boundary line. The Vigilante
signalled her to stop. The tug steamed
away and Captain Dunn of the Vigi
lante fired several shots across her
bows. In dodging th tug collided
with the cruiser, rolled over and sank.
The crew of the Vigilante reeued Cap
tain Galbraith and two of the tog's
crew.
No Let-Up On Beef Trust.
Chicago, Jane 9. Instructions were
received todaj by the Federal grand
jnry which has been investigating the
affairs of the beet industry, to continue
th investigation and return indict
ments if the Jurors find that th testi
mony warrant inch action.
CREATES DICTATOR
Trepofl Given Supreme Fewer
by tiis to.
MEANS WAR TO EITTEfi END
Ukas, Instigated by Ag4 Procura
tor, May B th Precursor of
National Assembly.
St. Petersburg, Jan 0. Emperor
Nicholas' nkaae virtually creating Gov
ernor General Trepoff dictator has giv
en rit toj a mighty sensation. It is
th imperial recognition of th crisis
in tha internal affairs of Russia and
instinctively recalls th step taken by
th emperor' grandfather, Alexander
II, immediately after th attempt to
blow op th winter palace in 1880,
when be appointed a commission of
public safety headed by General Loris
Melikoff.
"Reaction and suppression" doubt
less will be the quick interpretation
put upon the emperor' act as soon as
it become known to the Liberals. Bur
ied in the columns of the Official Mes
senger and coming almost without
warning, the ukase is not yet generally
known, but to the initiated tbe future
of Constantino Petrovitch Pobiedonost
oseff, chief procurator of the holy syn
od, looms large. Behind the scenes
the old mail remains as stern and as
uncompromising as ever. He left what
many believed to be hi dying bed laat
Thursday and went to Tsarskoe-Selo,
where he spent almost the entire day
with his majesty.
The decision to place in the hands of
the strongest executive in Russia,
which Trepoff is universally recognised
as being, the power to crush with an
iron grasp the political agitation which
has brought Russia almost to the brink
of revolution, according to public be
lief, is the fruit of Pobiedonostseffs
Visit, for, so far aa can be learned, not
a single one of the emperor' ministers
was in the secret. The ukas came
like a bolt from a clear sky.
WOULD BE ELECTED KING.
What Would Happen toIRoosevelt if
It Wer Possible.
Washington, Jan 6. H. Clay
Evans, late consul general to London,
was in the city today to pay, his re
spects to tbe president previous to his
departure for his old Tennessee home.
In an interview standing for tariff re
vision, he declared that the people of
England loved President Roosevelt.
"If the king fl England were an
elective office and Theodore Roosevelt a
subject of Great Britain, he would un
doubtedly be a sovereign. That is
what these cousins of ours think of
President Roosevelt," is the way he
expressed it.
"The people over there are connected
with us by so many ties of friendship
and kindred that Americana can dis
tinguish little difference when they get
to know the English people. They
have our sympathies, too, and are our
warm advocates and friends. President
Roosevelt is as much a popular idol
over there aa he is here."
WARNING SENT TO ENQUIST.
Russian Admiral Awaits Orders Jap
anese Warship Near Manila.
Manila, June 6. Major General
Corbin at 10 o'clock this morning re
turned the call of Rear Admiral En
quiet. Upon his leaving the Russian
flagship a salute of thirteen guns was
fired. ,
Executive officer Ferguson boarded
the Russian flagship today and deliver
ed to Rear Admiral Enquist the ulti
matum from Washington that he must
either sail at the expiration of 24 hours
or dismantle his ships. Enquist is
awaiting instructions from St. Peters
burg. Repairing has been commenced
on the ships.
A two-funneled warship, believed to
be a Japanese vessel, has been sighted
northwest of Luzon. It is headed
south.
Big Profits of Suez Canal.
Paris, June 6. The report of the
Sues Canal company for 1904, to be
presented next Tuesday, will show the
following: Transit receipts, $2,477,
000; financial operations, $17,000; dis
posable assets, $2,207,600, and the
statutory reserve, $468,800. Sales of
water have decreased slightly, while
the expenses have been decreased by
$83,200. An extraordinary reserve has
been provided for thia year amounting
to $1,000,000. The increase in trans t
receipts was caused by exports of In
dian wheat and coal to the Far East.
Norway s Republic.
London, Jon 6. The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
says: It is believed her that Norway
intend to establish a republic, and
that important event may be expected
within a few day.
WILL DETHRONE KINO.
Norway Ha Decided on Revolution
ary Action.
Copenhagen, Jon 7. Th Chris
tiania correspondent of th National
Tidenden says:
It la th general opinion that t disso
lution between Norway and Sweden is
now inevitable, bot that it cannot occur
without removing or suspending tho
existing Norwegian legal power.
Before the end of this week the Stor
thing will have adopted resolution
which, from tbe instant they com in
force, will mean the dethronement of
tbe king.
Th Norwegians maintain that the
king, by not revoking hi veto given at
Stockholm of the law for separate con
sular representation and partly by hi
absence from Norway, baa suspended
hi right and dotie a king of Nor
way. Under article 13 of the constitution
the Storthing will install a responsible
government, which in the absence of
tbe king will govern in the king'
name.
Notification of eventual change in
tbe constitutional situation will prob
ably be given to the powers by special
mission.
JAPAN READY FOR LONG WAR.
May Bo Means of Liberating Russia's
Oppresaed People.
Tokio, Jane 7. "If Russia prefers to
continue tbe war, Japan is willing to
meet the enemy' challenge," say the
Kokumin Shimbun, a leading paper of
this city, commenting on Russia' ap
parent stubbornness in admitting that
th time has arrived to arrange for end
ing hostilities. It declare that, did
the responsibility rest upon Japan to
decide the question, the Japanese could
not afford to ignore the demands of
other countries for the cessation of hos
tilities, though based upon purely hu
manitarian principle. A tie case
stands, however, says tho Kokumin
Shimbnn, it is the enemy who desire
the indefinite protraction of hostilities,
and nothing prevent Japan from shear
ing Russia of her military strength a
she has deprived her of her naval
power.
In this way it would be possible to
liberate the czar's stricken people, who
have long suffered from the oppression
of the autocracy, to restore independ
ence to the Poles and Finns, to stab
lieh a free state out of the remaining
portion of Russia and to bridge the
chasm dividing that country from tbe
powers. Japan, it adds, is ready for
any war program, whether for 20, 80
or 100 years.
WORTHY OF GREAT EVENT.
Vic President Fairbanks Speak in
Praise of Portland Fair.
Chicago, June 7. Vice President
and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived in Chicago
today from Portland, Or, where the
vice president went to open , the expo
sition. Tomorrow the vice president
will make an address at tbe laying of
the corner stone of the new Federal
building at Flint, Mich.
Mr. Fairbanks was inspired by the
Portland exposition and he did not hes
itate to say so.
"The exposition is in every way
worthy of tho event it commemorates,"
said tbe vice president. "The people
of the coast took a pride in the enter
prise from its inception, and they ful
filled their ideals. The exposition haa
a worthy setting. Nature aided the
builders, and the site and its surround
ings are of rare beauty. The buildings
are properly grouped for purpose of
the beat effect and their artistic excel
lence cannot be denied. It seems to
me that the fair cannot fail of the suc
cess that it most certainly deserve.
We had a delightful time in Portland.
The people of the west are charming
hosts."
Wires Cut to St Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, June 7. Telegraphic
and telephonio coronnbication with
Moscow has been severed and the re
port of the evening session of the all
Russian Zemstvo congress has not been
received up to midnight. A rumor ia
current in St. Petersburg that the
meeting was broken np by the police
and military, but this has not been
confirmed. Dispatches to the Associ
ated PreBS from Moscow show that the
authorities did not interfere with the
morning and afternoon sessions of the
convention. .
Tidal Waves In Lake Michigan.
Chicago, Jnne 7. Shifting atmos
pheric conditions on Lake Michigan
caused a succession of tidal waves to
day, two being reported in Chicago.
Each of th waves on the Chicago side
of the lake roe to a height of three and
one-half feet.