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LAI DL A W CHRONICLE
VOL.
I.
L A I ÜL A W ,
A U T H O R IZ E D
C A P IT A L
(HOOK
COUNTY,
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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The Laidlaw Banking & Trust Co.
In a Condensed Forni for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
OF LAIDLAW, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON
A R e su m e o f the L e s s Im p o rta n t but
Transacts a General Banking and Trust Business;
acts as administrator, executor or trustee of estates;
transfers money by mail or telegraph; crllections made
promptly and upon favorable terms.
Not
L e ss
In te re s tin g
E ve n ts
o f the P a st W e e k.
J. Pierpont Morgan is in deadly fear
of assassins.
Grover Cleveland has just celebrated
his 69th birthday.
Coal miners are working hard to pre­
vent a general strike April 1.
DIRECTORS :
J. D. LAIDLAW
W . A. LAIDLAW
T. A. RUTHERFORD
President.
Vice President.
Cashier
Nebraska thermometers are register­
ing from 5 to 10 degrees below zero.
John I>. Rockefeller maintains an
armed guard at hiB house in New Jersey.
The house and senate are likely to
disagree on the type of canal to he
bnilt.
LAIDLAW, OREGON
General Wood defends the action of
the American troops at Mount Dajo,
Philippine islands.
The
C o m e r Sto re
Secretarfyy of the Navy Bonaparte
insists that the United States should
build a greater navy.
OF
Customs authorities have decided
that Chinese josshouse fittings are sub­
ject to a duty of 15 per cent.
L A ID L A W
Snow elides in Colorado have caused
a number of deaths and a property loss
that will reach close to a million dol­
lars.
O p p o s ite th e B ank
Carries Dry Goods,
nishing
Goods,
Groceries, Men’s Fur­
Mattresses,
Bed
Springs
and
Latst returns from the Colors do train
wreck give the number of killed as 22.
Telegraph operators are blamed for the
accident.
New York proposes to establish a
municipal seaside resort.
The president will not appoint a su
preme judge for six months.
Bedding, Stoves and Tinware, Doors and W in ­
Susan B. Anthony’ s Bister will stump
Oregon in the suffrage campaign.
dows, Paint, Washing Machines and Wringers.
The Japanese parliament lias voted
to buy all railroads in that country.
The house will take up the amended
statehood bill Wednesday, March 21.
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La id la w , O regon
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A few good Business Locations.
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W IL L Q U IT C A N A L .
A C T O N J E T T Y B IL L .
S h o n t s W ill G iv e Entire A ttention to
H is R ailroad.
H o u se R iv e rs and H a r b o r s C o m m it ­
tee W ill S o o n M eet.
Chicago, March 19.— A Washington
special says:
Information from trustworthy sources
makes it seem practically assured that
Theodore Perry Shonts, of Chicago,
chairman of the Isthmian Canal com­
mission, intends soon to send his resig­
nation to President Roosevelt.
It is
unquestionably the intention of Presi­
dent Roosevelt to nominate John F.
Stevens, the chief engineer, to succeed
Mr. Shonts. Mr. Stevens will combine
the duties of the two offices.
Pressure from his associates on the
railroad with which Mr. Shonts is con­
nected lias been strong for some time to
bring about this result— his return to
railroad work and tus resignation from
the canal board.
Mr. Shoots had
withstood the pleas of his business as­
sociates, but recent events have induced
him to consent.
Mr. Shonts is still president of the
Clover Leaf railroad, and it is said that
the interests of that road, in the mind
of liis colleagues, demand that he
return and take active charge of the
property. It is said he owns securi­
ties in the road to the value of about
$3,000,000, and, in the interest of
these holdings, as well as the holdings
of others, it is declared that he feels he
must no longer divide time and his
labor.
There has been no secret that the re­
lations between Secretary Taft and
Chairman Shonts have been strained at
times. They are probably today not of
the most amicable nature. It is prob­
able that Mr. Taft will succeed to the
vacancy in the United States Supreme
court caused by the resignation oi Jus­
tice Brown, but will not take his seat
before next October. Mr. Taft has his
own views about the canal work, which
are not in accord with those of Mr.
Shonts.
When Mr. Taft goes to the Supreme
court, it is the intention of President
Roosevelt to turn the supervision of
the canal over to Secretary Root’ s de­
partment.
The secretary of war de­
sires to arrange the construction plans
to suit his own judgment before the
transfer is made.
Washington, March 16. — Chairman
Burton, of the house rivers and har­
bors committee, said he would call a
meeting of his committee at an early
day to consider Senator Fulton’ s will
appropriating $400,000 for work on the
jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
river. The committee is due to arrive
here from its southern trip by Saturday
or Sunday and it is probable the meet­
ing will he held some time next week.
If it shall he the opinion of the com ­
mittee that this separate bill should he
presented to the house and pressed on
iis merits, the b ill will be reported
without amendment. There is every
reason to believe that the committee
will favor the appropriation of $400,000
inasmuch as the chief of engineers and
secretary of War have both stated that
this amount is absolutely necessary to
preserve the jetty work from destruc­
tion and have specifically stated that
a >y less amount will not answer.
There is a report that the members
of the house committee may favor en­
larging the Fulton bill by adding pro­
vision for three or four other emergency
projects, so as to make it virtually an
emergency river and harbor bill, such
as was suggested earlier in the session.
This is not certain, however, as the
committee ha9 had no meeting this
session, and its sentiments cannot be
accurately ascertained. If the bill can
he so amended without making it a
general river and harbor bill, its
chances of passing the house will be
brighter than would the bill making
an appropriation for the Columbia river
alone.
T M BER
L A N D B IL L R E A D Y .
Official figures show the population S e n a te C o r m r ttee F a v o rs 'R e p e a l, but
Fulto n W ill F ig h t It.
of Germany to |oa 6U,606,183, against
56,367,178 in 1900.
Washington, March 19.— The senate
The Ohio legislature is considering public lands committee today virtually
a bill which will give the courts power completed the bill to repeal the timber
to punish witnesses who refuse to talk. and stone act and authorize the sale of
King Charles, of Ronmania, is near public timber at not less than its ap­
death. The crown princo is unpopular praised value, small dealers to be given
and a movement has been started to
preference in the sales and miners free
crown his 13-year old eon.
use of timber for domestic purposes,
The District of Columbia court has the same as in forest reserves.
overruled Binger Hermann’ s demurrer
An amendment insisted upon by Sen­
to indictments for destroying public
records. He will ask for an appeal to ator Fulton will be adopted giving the
counties 10 per cent of the amount of
the Circuit Court of Appeals.
Western railroads are facing a labor sales in their respective limits in lieu
famine. Twentv-five thousand men are of taxes.
The committee is also framing a bill
needed in the Northwestern and South­
western states to build the roads that to permit homestead entry of agricul­
are already under way, and it is esti­ tural land in forest reserves. This hill
mated that before June twice that is designed particularly to meet the
principle objection to reserves in Ida
number will be needed.
ho. Senator Dubois is strongly urging
Denmark may put a tariff law into
this measure and predicts its passage.
effect.
Mr. Fulton is the only member of the
Russia suspectB Japan of hostile de­ committee opposed to the repeal of the
signs in Siberia.
timber and stone act, but other West­
A ll railrc-d" through Colorado are ern senators agree with him and will
join him in Opposition to the bill when
blocked by snow.
it comes up in the senate.
In case it
Senator Depew is too ill to attend to is impossible to prevent the passage of
his duties in the Benate.
the bill by the senate, Mr. Fulton will
The first severe blizzard oi the win­ seek to increase the amount to he paid
counties from the receipts of timber
ter has just swept New York.
sales from 10 to 25 per cent.
The house w ill reject the senate
The Oregon senator is so thoroughly
amendmnets to the Btatehood bill.
convinced of the inadvisability of re­
The czar has ordered extreme meas­ pealing the timber and stone act that
ures to be taken to protect Jews from tie will carry his fight to the house and
massacre.
seek to induce the house committee to
Secretary Taft has consulted with table the senate bill, just as it has
three of his brothers regarding the heretofore tabled a similar hill in the
house. He feels certain that this leg­
place on the supreme bench.
islation will he killed in the house, if
A Chicago man has asked a divorce not in the senate.
from his qpcond wife that she may
marry his son.
The husband is 56,
K a is e r W o u ld B e B o s s .
the wife 22.
London, March 19.— Reynolds’ News­
Chicago is now ahont to oust the paper prints a dispatch from Berlin
Western Union and Postal Telegraph stating that Kaiser William is more de­
companies or make them pay a good termined than ever to have his own way
price for the use of streets.
in regard to the Moroccan question at
His latest
The anthracite coal miners will ar­ the Algeciras conference.
range another schedule for presentation ambition is to pose as the dictator of
to the mine operators in the hope it Europe, and he seems to consider the
may be accepted and thus prevent a present moment a favorable one to as­
sume the role. The more moderate of
strike.
his ministers are anxious lest the kais­
Colonel Knight,
Major
General
er shall provoke France too far, for
W ood’ s chief of statff, has returned
fear that France and England may
from a reconnaissance of of the situa­
throw down the gauntlet to Germany.
tion in China. He reports that there
is absolutely no danger of trouble and
C o n stitu tio n Is S a v e d .
that tranquility abounds.
Washington, March 19.—The famous
A new French cabinet lias been old aar frigate Constitution, “ Old
Ironsides,” is to he saved from rotting
formed.
at the Boston navy yard and will also
Mrs. Dowie denies the rumor that escape the worse fate of being used as a
she has deserted her husband.
target by the North Atlantic fleet. The
Taft's retirement from the presiden­ gallant old craft is to he patched up
and rehabilitated, so she may indulge
tial race revives the hopes of Fair­
in an occasional cruise in mild weather.
banks.
This is the decision of the house com­
The Standard Oil company will only mittee on naval affairs. It is estimat­
give evidence at the trust investigation ed that it will cost just $6,000.
under compulsion.
S ta rte d I OOO R ive ts.
The Laidlaw Land Co.
MARCH
The Iowa 'legislature has passed a law
Baltimore, March 19. — The British
preventing the employment of children
steamer Belfast, Captain McKee, which
nnder 18 years of age in any occupation
arrived from Las Palmas, Grand Ca­
injurious to health.
nary, today, brought mails from the
Captain McKee re­
Vice President Fairbanks honored drydock Dewey.
Senator Fallon by calling the senator ports that when he left Las Palmas re­
to his chair and turning over his gavel pairs were being made to the dock,
to him for the greater part of an atfer- which had started a thousand rivets on
the trip across the Atlantic.
» noon«
VO TERS CAN N O T CHANGE.
F R U IT C A N N E R Y F O R A L B A N Y .
A tto rn e y G e ne ra l S a y s O rig in a l R e g is ­ G a r d e n e r s and O r c h a r d is t s o f
tration M u s t Sta n d .
C o u n ty T a k e S t o c k .
Salem— Attorney General Crawford
is of the opinion that there is no autho­
rity for the changing of a votei’ s regis­
tration after it has once been made.
He has not rendered a written opinion
upon the subject, but after hearing the
report that changes have been permit­
ted in Linn county, he examined the
statutes governing registration and said
that the only change provided for by
law is that which becomes necessary
when a voter changes his residence
from one precinct to another.
Mr. Crawford said that if a voter
registers as a Socialist and then changes
his registration so that it shows him to
he a Democrat, this would be in effect
a second registration, and more than
one registration is expressly forbidden.
If the clerk should make a mistake and
write the word “ Socialist” Liter a
man’ s name, when the voter had an­
nounced himself as a Democate, Mr.
Crawford thinks it would be permieea-
ble for the clerk to correct the error,
hut where the party affiliation has been
recorded as given by the voter, there is
no authority for a subsequent change.
It has been many times asserted that
in Marion county many Democrats are
registering as Republicans in order to
take part in the contest for the Repub­
lican primary nominations. Inspection
of the registration books shows that
this is not true, and that if any persons
are register ing improperly the instances
are so few and so unimportant as to es­
cape notice. The disposition here is
for each to register his party affiliations
honestly and fairly, if given at all.
L inn
Albany— Active work looking to the
erection of a cannery and packing plant
in Albany has begun by the gardeners
and fruitmen interested.
The new
company will be known as the Fruit­
growers’ and Gardeners’ Co-Operative
association, and will he owned by the
men who sell their products to the com­
pany or by citizens of Albany.
Stoc*
in the new company is selling under a
restriction that no one man could se­
cure more than 25 per cent of the
stock.
Besides packing, preserving and can­
ning fruit and vegetables, the new con­
cern will handle all kinds of produce,
acting as a kind of distributing point
where all produce for the local trade
can be secured at a uniform price. In
this way all stores will be able to keep
up with the market, and the farmers
will have no trouble in disposing of
their product.
The plan is to start with a cannery,
prune packery and cider and vinegar
works. A ll of these industries have
been needed very much in Linn county,
because of the immense amount of
small fruits and garden products grown
here, and because the county had no
such enterprises the development of
the fruit and gardening industry has
been much retarded.
W o o l S a le s at C o n d o n .
Condon— An effort is being made by
the Condon Commercial club to estab­
lish at this place wool saleB days. The
secretary of the club is in communica­
tion with the State and National Wool-
growers’ associations, and with the aid
of the local woolgrowers’ association,
which it is expected will he organized,
it is thought dates may he secured.
Endeavors are also being made to se­
cure a reduction in freight rates on
F a rm e rs T ire d of W aiting.
wool from Condon to Boston, and
Ontario — The farmers of Dead Ox
also on local shipments of sugar, salt
Flat, tired of waiting for water from etc.
the various projects contemplated, have
C a n n o t U s e S tate M o n e y .
taken steps to organize an irrigation
Salem— Attorney General Crawford
district under what is known as the
holds .in an opinion that the State
Wright law. A petition to the County
Lewis and Clark commission cannot
court will be considered at a special
use the $50,000 appropriated by the
session April 16. The proposed district
state for a memorial building, even if
includes about 10,000 acres of the best
an individual is willing to supply the
land on Dead Ox Flat, in Malheur
$50,000 which the Portland Lewis and
county, just across the Snake river
Clark corporation refused to donate.
from Weiser, Idaho. When this district
Mr. Crawford says the law is explicit
is organized and the means of watering
in its declaration that the corporation
it have been installed, there will have
must supply the money and the city of
been added to Malheur county many
Portland donate the site.
thousands of dollars of taxable proper­
ty.
The success of the enterprise
Beet A c r e a g e L a rg e ly In c re a se d .
means much for the county.
La Grande— Manager F. 8. Bram-
well, of the sugar factory, has been in
W allo w a B rid g e by J u ly I.
Cove, making contracts for the growing
Wallowa— When the O. R. & N. Co.
of sugar beets for this season’ s run, and
started to secure right of way in this
reports having contracted for about 1,-
county for an extension of their line it
000 acres of beets in that locality. The
was not definitely known how soon the
sugar company expects to have a larger
road was to be in operation. In a re­
acreage this year than ever before.
cent conversation with a gentleman
Heretofore the factory has never had
who is in a position to know the activ­
more than 2,800, acres but this season
ity of all projected railroads, it was
is counting upon at least 4,000 acres.
learned that the extension to the O. It.
A N. was expected to reach the Wal­
B ig Yie ld in G illiam .
lowa bridge by July next.
With rail­
Condon — Crop prospects for a large
road accommodations so early, much of
the crop raised in Wallowa county, as yield are said to he better than ever be­
There is a
well as the surplus stock, will be fore in Gilliam county.
greater acreage of wheat than ever
shipped from that point.
seeded in this county before and con­
ditions are unusually favorable at this
C h a n g e W o o l S a le D ates.
time.
The ground is wet to a depth
Pendleton— Owing to dissatisfaction
of more than ¿we feet.
Range is im­
with the schedule of wool sale dates re
proving rapidly, owing to the splendid
cently announced for Eastern Oregon,
growing weather of the past two weeks.
the executive committee of the State
Woolgrowers’ association has made out
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
a new one, as follows: Pendleton, May
22-23, May 29-30; Heppner, May 24-
Wheat—
Club, 66@ 67c; blnestem, 66
25, June 7-8, June 21-22; Condon,
May 31, June 1, June 27-28; Slianiko, (368c; red, 64 (365c; valley, 70c.
Oats— No. 1 white feed, $27.50; gray,
June 5-6, June 19 20, July 1 0 1 1 ;
Baker City, June 25-26, July 12-13; $27 per ton.
Barley — Feed, $23(324 per ton;
Elgin, July 13. The sale for the W al­
lowa county wool has been pet for Elgin brewing, $°4(g|24.50; rolled, $24.50(3
instead of the town of Wallowa as pre­ 25.50.
Buckwheat— $2.25 per cental.
viously arranged.
Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy. $13(3}
14 per ton; valley timothy, $8@ 9; clo­
Closed Season T o Be Enforced.
ver, $7.50(38; cheat, $6(37; grain hay,
Oregon City— “ A strictly closed sea­ $7(38.
son will he maintained on the Colum­
Fruits— Apples, $1(32.50 per box;
bia river this year,” says Deputy Fish cranberries, $12.60(314.50 per barrel.
Warden H. A. Webster, who has gone
Vegetables— Asparagus, 10(3)He per
to the Lower Columbia.
The closed pound; beans, 2 ^ c ; cabbage,
per
season began on the 15th inst. and con­ pound; cauliflower, $2@2.25 per crate;
tinues for a month, and in order that celery, $4 60(35; sprouts, 6@ 7c per
all illegal fishing may he prevented the pound; rhubarb, $2.25 per box; rpar-
authorities of Oregon and Washington sley 25c; turnips, 90c(3$l per seek;
w ill co-operate and maintain a thor­ carrots, 65(375c per sack; beets, 85c(3
ough patrol of the river. Oregon this $1 per sack.
year has two patrol boats and Wash­
Onions— No. 1, 70@80c per sack;
ington has one, and all three will do No. 2, nominal.
service onthe Columbia.
Potatoes— Fancy graded Burlanks,
50(360c per hundred; ordinary, nom­
Seaside to Astoria.
inal; sweet potatoes,
per
Salem— Charles M. Cartwright, W il­ pound.
liam L. Dudley, Edgar J. Daly, San­
Batter— Fancy creamery 27)6 @30c
derson Reed, B. F. Allen and J. Frank per pound.
Watson have filed articles of incorpora
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 16)^@17c per
tion with the secretary of state for the dozen.
Astoria A Coa9t Interurhan company.
Poultry— Average old hens, 13(314c
They propose to build a steam or elec­ per pound; mixed chickens, 12)6<313c;
tric railroad from Astoria to Seaside, broilers, 20(322c; young roosters, 12(3
ending at the Halladay or Old Seaside 12‘ ac ; old roosters, 10(310*^c; dressed
property, in Clatsop county. The cap­ chickens, 14(315c; turkeys, live, 16(3
ital stock is $390 000 divided intr* $100 17c; turkeys, dressed, 18(320c; geese,
shares.
live, 8(39c; geese, dressed, 10(3 12c ;
ducks, 16(318c.
Prospects G ood in Sumpter.
V’eal— Dressed,
per pound.
Beef — Dressed hulls, 2>^@3c per
Baker City — Conservative mining
operators are of the opinion that dur­ pound; rows, 3)% (3 4 )6 c; country
ing the coming summer greater results steers, 4 (35c.
Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 8t^(39cper
will he obtained from the mines of the
Sumpter district than ever before.
In pound, ordinary, 4 (3 5 c; lambs, 8(3
an interview on this question I. R. 9 * c .
Bellman, a well known operator and
Pork— Dressed, 6 (3 8 l^c per pound.
manager of the Crack Oregon, at
Hops — Oregon, 1905, choice, 10r3
Bourne, stated that this is assured by 10’ ac ; prime, 8 , 2(39 ’ a ; medium, 7(38;
the fact that so many properties have olds, 5rt$7c.
Wool— Eastern Oregon average best,
been fully developed and are now on
the verge of being placed among the 16(321c per pound; valley, 24^326c;
mohair, choice, 25(330c.
regular producers.
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C O N S T IT U T IO N
F O R C H IN A .
C o m m is s io n e r s P re d ic t T h is a3 R e su lt
o f S tu d y o f A m e rica .
New York, March 1 6 . - - Prince Tsai
Tse, High Commissioners Shang Chi
Heng and Li Cheng To, envoys of the. .
emperor of China, their secretaries and
attaches, sailed on the W hite Star
liner Baltic today to continue thfeir
investigations in England, France and
Belgium. The prince said last night:
“ I have greatly enjoyed my visit to
this country, and the uniform courtesy
that has been accorded me, including
the reception by President Roosevelt,
has deeply impressed me with the
friendly attitude of the American peo­
ple. I believe that such contact makes
for a better understanding and must
bring benefit to both of our peoples.”
That China will soon have a contsi-
tutional government is the opinion of
some of the commissioners. Announce­
ment of tMs belief was made by one of
the secretaries of the commission just
before the Baltic sailed.
It followed
a brief conference between all members
of the party.
“ We have been making a com pre­
hensive study of the political situation
in this country,” he said, “ and have
seen the application of your laws and
the workings of the governing bodies.
I believe that China will soon have a
constitutional government.
It will
probably he modeled much on the lines
of the British constitution, but will
contain some of the good features of
your own constitution.”
W RECK
K IL L S
150 P E O P L E .
H e a d -O n "C o llis io n o f F a st P a s s e n g e r
T r a in s in C o lo ra d o .
Pueblo, Colo., March 16. — No. 1,
southbound, and No. 3, northbound,
passenger trains on the Denver A Rio
Grande railroad collided head on near
Portland, Colo., shortly after midnight,
and it is reported at least 50 persons
are killed and a large number injured.
Relief trains have l>een ordered from
Pueblo and Florence. At this hour de­
tails are unobtainable.
Meager hut authentic information
from several sources states that the
number killed in the collision will
reach 150. The craches (‘aught fire and
most of the victims were roasted to
death.
M o n e y fo r G u n s and P o w d e r.
Washington, March 16.— The senate
committee on appropriations
today
completed the fortifications hill, and it
was reported by Senator Perkins. It
carries appropriations aggregating $5,-
618,993, an increase of $780,000 over
the amount appropriated by the house
hill. The increases are: For mount in,
field and siege cannon and equipment
and machinery for their manufacture
at arsenals, $290,000; for the erection
and equipment of a powder factory and
or seacoast cannon, equipment and ma­
chinery for their manfacture, $365,000.
D id They 6 te a l Money'*
New York, March 16. — The grand
jury which is investigating evidence in
the insurame matter submitted by
District Attorney Jerome in at sea as to
whether a political assesment by a d i­
rector of a corporation constitutes the
crime oi laneny.
The members of
the jury questioned Mr. Jerome on the
matter and at his suggestion the matter
was placed before Judge O’ Sullivan, of
the Court of General Sessions, who will
render an opinion next week.
W ill N ation alize R a ilro a d s.
Tokio, March 16. — 'The parliamen­
tary majority in favor of nationaliza­
tion of railways is reported to he in­
creasing and there seems to be little
doubt the project will be carried
through.
Work on the elevated rail­
road in Tokio, suspended during the
war, has been resumed. Japan and
Russia are planning to exchange im ­
perial envoys to signify the restoration
of peace.
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