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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
UmaiilIa County Booklet.

Pendleton-The Commercial associa-
tion is preparing matter for booklet
containing information of Umatilla
county. to be distributed among the in
coming homeseekers to induce them to
locate in the county. A number of the
newspaper men and business men have
been asked to contribute articles for the
book, and it will be printed as soon as
possible. Fifty thousand copies will
be printed for distribution among the
visitors who pass through to the Lewis
and Clark fair this summer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
CASTRO SEIZED COAL MINES.
Protest Entered by Italian Government
for Operating Company.

Protest Entered by Italian Government
for Operating Company.
New York, March 21.- The Herald
this morning prints the following dis
patch from Port of Spain, Trinidad:
News has reached Port of Spain that
the governor of Barcelona, Venezuela,
has received from President Castro Or
ders to take possession at once OF the
coal mines of Guantanaricual, situated
near Barcelona, and leased in 1898 for
33 years by the Venezuelan government
to all Italian company.
The same day the Venezuelan troops
took possession of the mines by armed
force, as in the similar case of the New
York and Bermudese company, this,
notwithstanding the protest of the Ital-
ian government. The action has been
taken without judgmnt of the court
of Caracas.
The Italian legation has been notified
and Baron Aliotti, Italian charge
d'affaires, is represented as having
entered protest.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Peabody is Seated.

Denver, March IT. = James 81. Pea
body today won his contest for the
Office of governor, from which he re-
tired on January 10 after serving a
term of two years, but his victory was
achieved only after he had given his
pledge to resign and surrender the
chair to Lieutenant Governor Jesse F.
Mcdonald The vote in joint conven-
tion of the general assembly by which
Governor Alva Adams was ousted and
Governor James H. Peabody installed
was 55 to Al. Ten Republicans voted
with the Democrats for Adams.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat - Walla Walla, Sc q SIC;
bluestem, 94c; valley, SIC, per bushel.
Oats-No. white, $1.37A@1 AZ;
gray, 81 so per Genital.
Hay Timothy, $14@16 per ton,
clover. $11@12; grain, $11@12; cheat,
$11@12.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, 1sc per dozen.
Butter = Fancy creamery, 271a@
321ac.
Potatoes - Oregon fancy, s5@95c;
common, 65@80c.
Apples-Fancy, $1.75@2.50 per box;
choice, $1@1. .25.
Hops-Choice 1904, 2S1a@24c per
pound.
Woo'-valley, 1e@2oc; Eastern Ore
gon, 12@l7c per pound; mohair,
choice, 25@26cs per pound. s>z
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
oregon STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NUMBER ALL NOSES.
New Legislative Apportionment to Be
Made in 1907.

Salem-A new legislative apportion-
ment, based upon the state census of
1905, must be made by the legislature
of 1907, and for that reason it behooves
each county to see that a full enumera-
tlon of Inhabitants is made this year.
The growth of Eastern Oregon and the
city of Portland in the last five years is
supposed to have been more rapid than
the growth of the Willamette valley
counties, and if the state census should
show much of difference, Multnomah
county and Eastern Oregon may profit
by securing larger representation in the
legislature.
From computations made by Labor
Commissioner o. P. Hoff last summer,
that official reached the conclusion that
some Ct the older settled valley counties
are not increasing very rapidly in popu-
lation. His report showing that opin-
ion raised a storm Of criticism from the
counties that received an unfavorable
showing, but Commissioner Hoff assert
ed that his computations were made ac-a
cording to plans approved by the best
statisticians, and he anticipates that
the census will bear out his figures. -
/ The apportionment into senatorial
and representative districts is not al
ways made in. strict compliance. with.
the constitution, and therefore some
counties get a larger representation
than their population entities them to,
while other counties get less. Should
the legislature-ef 1907 be actuated by a
desire to follow the constitution, there
might be some important changes in
the apportionment of representatives.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Thursday, March I6.

Senator Morgan occupied practically
the entire time in opposition to the
Santo DOMINGO treaty in the executive
session of the senate today. .,
A new plan suggested is to let the
whole matter go over until the next
regular session of congress, when joint
resolution will be passed to authorize
the president to do the very things that
are proposed by the treaty.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
oolnes IN CONGRESS.
"Wednesday, March Is.


Republican leaders Of the senate are
all at sea respecting the action ad-
visable to take in regard to the Santo
Domingo treaty. Recognizing that the
Democrats control more than one-third
of the votes, and that two-thirds are
required to ratify the convention, the
Republican leaders think that the
treaty should be withdrawn by the
president. On this subject the senate
and the president do not agree, and the
idea prevails that, after one or two
days more of inconsequential discussion,
the special session OF the senate will be
allowed to adjourn without date, and
the treaty lapse. But this plan is not
popular in the senate and way to
avoid it is being sought.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
RESUME WORK ON uMATlLLA
irrigation Project Has Attention o.
Government Engineers.

Pendleton-John T. Whistler, en-
gineer of the reclamation bureau for
Oregon, says work will be resumed on
the Umatilla irrigation project in q
short time. The engineers will con-
tinue their Investigations of the John
Day river proposition and ascertain if
the river can be diverted from its chan
mel over the desert lands of Southern
Morrow county.
The feat would be difficult one,
and, contrary to the belief of the pub
lie, who think the river would leave
it's channel at the headwaters of Will
low creek, the canal would necessarily
follow the deep canyon of the river for
miles, emerging to the top at
point west of lone, Morrow county,
and take an easterly direction toward
Umatilla county until the grade neces-
STATED running north to the Columbia.
This project would probably cost from
50, 800, 900 to $4,000. 900, but Mr.
Whistler states that should it be found
that 250, 900 acres could be reclaimed
it would be feasible. Should The
amount of land be much smaller than
this it will be deferred until such a
time as lands are Of a sufficient value
to warrant the expenditure of such a
sum, or at.1east until the. reclamation
ful d reaches such an amount as to war
rant the commencement of such g
scheme.
Other Investigations in the Umatills
project proper will be continued, as 6
site was found late last fall which
might prove feasible. The character
of the soils in that district is such tha
great care is being exercised upon 6
site. Some have proved after tests to
be of such nature as not to hole
water through the hot season an(
would lose great amount by the per
collation. through the sides and bottom
of reservoir.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Oregon Hops are Dirty.

Silverton-Fred Arthur has just re-
turned from four months visit in
England, and among other things he
brought back sample of choice hops
upon comparison with which the best
hops of Oregon are found to be less
clear and bright in appearance. Mr..
Arthur says that although many of
Oregon's hops found market in Eng
land this year the buyers there COM
plain that the hops are too dirty and
that instead of getting better they are
picked less clean each year. He fears.
that the reputation of Oregon no, will.
suffer unless there is an improvement
in the picinkg.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Small Hope for kuropatkin.

London, March " The advices
from the Far East are believed here to
indicate that Genebral Kuropatkin and
his forces in Manchuria will be forced
to surrender to the Japanese within a
very short time. The correspondent of
the London Daily Mail at St. Peters
burg, telegraphing late last night. says
that advices received by the Russian
war Office indicate that very large
force of japanese have succeeded in
carrying out Marshal Oyama's envelop-
ing movement and is now far to the
northward of the fleeing Russian col
umns.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
To Exhibit Sumpter Ores.

Sumpter-The building which will
contain the permanent ore exhibit of
the Sumpter mining district, is COM
plete in its interior decorations and
now ready for the reception of a dis
play specimen. The object of the ex-
hibit is the concentration at one piont
of the many different kinds of minerals
that are produced in this district.
This will permit of inspection of ores
without the necessity of visiting the
many different sections where they are
found. Many visitors from the East,
visiting the Portland exposition, are
expected to stop over and inspect this
section, and the mineral display will
be one of the most important objects to
attract their attention
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
CONFERENCE ON IRRIGATION.
Experts from Western Government
Stations Meet in California.


San Francisco, March 2l.-At a small
but very significant conference of half a
dozen irrigation experts connected with
the experiment stations of the United
States Agricultural department on the
Pacific coast, held yesterday and today
at the University of California, import
ant plans were made for the future of
irrigation and drainage investigation in
all the western states. The meeting
was attended by Professor Elwood
Mead, chief of the irrigation bureau of
the Department of Agriculture; Profess
sor Samuel Fortier, of Montana; Pro-
fessor 6. H. True, of Nevada; Professor
o. L. Waller, of Washington; Profess
sor J. II. Withycombe, Of Oregon; and
Professors E. w. Hilgard, R. H. Lough-
ridge, and E. J. Wickson, of the agri-
cultural experiment stations at Berkley
The chief task of the conference was
the preparation of plans for expert
ments to determine the quality of water
which will give the best results in irri-
CATION under different conditions. This
is an undertaking almost limitless in
extent In addition to this, cam
paign of education is being arranged
+ Professor Elwood Mead, who has just
arrived in California to commence his
series of annual lectures at the State
university, is very hopeful over the
future OF; irrigation on the coast.
Professor Withycombe' reported on
/ the work and its possibilities in Oregon
He will return north and continue the
measurements of streams.
Today's conference is considered az
opening new possibilities in irrigation
on the Pacific coast.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Saturday, March i8.

The special session of the senate was
at $3.50 today adjourned without day.
All the nominations sent in were con-
firmed with the exception of five, the
most important of which was that of
Judge James Wickersham to succeed
himself as judge of the District court
of Alaska. Several unimportant treat
les were ratified, but beyond these mat
ters no legislative business was TRANS
acted. Most of the session was devoted
to the Santo Domingo treaty and at ad-
journment no action had been taken on
the matter and it was allowed to re-
main on the calendar.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Calls Peasantry to Arms.

Paris, March 17.-Father Gopon, the
leader of the st. Petersburg workmen
in the demonstration of January %,
who, according to the Tribune Russ, is
still hiding in France, has issr Ell an
other stirring appeal to the Russian
peasantry, calling on them to follow
the directions of the revolutionary COM
bative committee, forgetting all differ
ences of religion and race, and rise as
one man, armed for general insurrec-
tion against czarism.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Water War On

klamath Falls-The Klamath Canal
company ordered the headgate of its
canal opened on Link river and the
water went coursing down the canal
through the tunnel, under Ankeny canal,
down Eleventh street, in Klamath
Falls and out onto the flats bordering
Like Ewauna. Immediately Sheriff
,Obenchain served the manager of the
company with an order from the court
directing him to shut off the water, be-
cause the property owners on Eleventh
street brought suit against the company
for damages, as the secretary of War
had notified the company that taking
water out of Link river would be il
legal. The company will now undoubt-
edly have the attention of the United
States district attorney.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
SAY AMOUNT IS ExoRBITANT
America and Britain Hold Out Against
Paying Samoan Claim.


London, March 21.-The Associated
Press understands that there are no
prospects of an early settlement of Ger
many's Samoan claims. A tentative
offer of $4,000 has been declined.
Germany's claim of 100000, when
divided betweed the United States and
Great Britain, is conceded to be not
worth haggling over, but the two gov
ernments stand together on principle
on the refusal to settle.
The claim for $l20,oO0 includes
moral damage, and the American and
British experts to whom the accounts
were submitted report that the claim
represents ten times the actual losses.
Germany has been informed that the
two governments are anxious to settle,
and would be willing to pay any rea-
sonable sum, as other claims are await
ing the result of this settlement.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
.Prune Trees About to Bloom.

Corvallis-By the latter part of this
week the italian prunes in the big 1856
acre orchard north of Corvallis will be-
in full bloom. The event is nearly a
month ahead of time, the usual date
being about the middle of April. Five
years ago the same orchard began blos-
soming March IL, and that season
yielded a heavy crop. Peach, almond
and apricot trees in the vicinity have
nearly finished blooming.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Extra Session in October.

Des Moines, March 21.-Senator Al
lison is authority for the statement that
President Roosevelt will call congress
in extra session October 1, two months
in advance of the regular session, for
the purpose of considering the railroad
rate investigation. Senator Allison
also expressed his own views relative
to the rate question. He stands for
empowering the commission to adjust
rates, declaring that there are many
abuses which are subject to correction.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
klamaths Must Paw LAKES.

Salem-Attorney General Crawford
has rendered an opinion in which he
holds that the Indians of the Klamath
reservation, who have just received
their allotments from the government,
are subject to government under the
laws OF this state, and are entitled to-
enjoy the same privileges as other citi-=
zens. This means that the lands held;
by these Indians are subject to taxation
the same as those Of white men. AL
though the act making this allotment,
passed congress in 1899, it has just
been approved by the president.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Fighting Hawaiian Forest Fires.

Honolulu, March 21.-Five hundred
or more persons, mostly plantation Ia
borers, were today fighting the forest
fires at Wahiawa. The fle is now be-
lieved to be under control. About g.
900 acres were burned, being mostly
land recently acquired by the United
States for a military reservation. A
trail 80 feet wide was burned around
it. The forest is being patrolled to-
night. The fires in Olaa and Kona are
also believed to be under control
Rain helped to extingish the. fires in
the Olaa district.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
BIG GUNS MAY TALK.
French Warships Ordered to Proceed
At Once to Venezuela.

Washington, March 21.--The French
Cable company complications have
reached crisis, and Minister Bowen
has informed the State department that
the French minister at Caracas, by in
structions of his government, has noti-
fed the Venezuelan government that
there must be no further proceedings
on its part toward the cancellation of
the company's franchise or interference
with it's property.
Further, Mr.. Bowen reports that two
French warships, the cruisers Duplex
and Jurien de la Graviere, have been
ordered post haste to Venezuela to act
in accord with the instructions of the
French minister. The warships are
now in the Caribbean sea.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Friday. March IL.

In the executive session of the senate
today Morgan continued his speech Of
yesterday. He spoke until 4::45 p. M,
when Foraker took the floor in defense.
Adjournment is looked for tomorrow.
1t is not determined whether the treaty
will be recommitted or whether it will
be allowed to lapse without action OF
any kind. Ef'''s ~ &
Senator -Spooner discussed: BRIEFLY
the rlations between the Philippines
and this country, and said he believed
the time would come when the islands
would have their own government.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
LOW Prices for Cattle.

Pendleton-Stock growers of the
county are disappointed at the poor
cattle market and few are selling re-
gardless of the fact that only the lowest
figure of the season can be obtained. A
short time ago the market promised to
reach 4 cents for steers and 80 cents
for cows, and in one or two instances
those figures were paid, but after those
sales the prices Immediately fell until
only 8 4 cents is paid for the choicest
animals.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Spartan Runs on a Rock.

Block Island, R. L., March 21.-The
steamer Spartan, OF the Boston and
Philadelphia steamship company, ran
aground on the southeastern end of
Block island during fog early today
while on her way from Providence to
Phi laielphia. A 15-foot hole was
stove in the ships bow and soon the
vessel sank SO her decks were awash.
Tonight the vessel is rapidly breaking
up. The crew of % remained aboard
the ship during the day, but were taken
off tonight. Wreckers have been sent
to lighter the cargo.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
To import Black Percherons.

Pendleton-A. G. Ruby & Co. this
week sold to John Grow, the wheat
grower, a black Percheron stallion,
making the eighteenth sale since estab-
fishing a distributing depot in the
place. Mr.. Ruby is preparing to go to
Europe to purchase another lot, and
will leave the latter part of May. He
will first visit England to purchase a
few Shires and then to France to pur-
chase the black Percherons, which are
more popular than other breeds. The
animals will be shipped and will reach
here about the first of July.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Plan for Larger Iron Works.

Ashland-The Ashland Iron Works;
company, whose plant was partially de-
stroyed by fire few months ago, has
let the contract for new buildings and
machinery on a new site and on great
ly enlarged scale. The company has
been reorganized with a nominal capital
of $40, 900, but the plant when COM
pleted will represent an investment of
nearly SIS 900, it is said. The new
buildings are to be completed and the
new plant installed by May l.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Mistake Over Damage Claim,

st. Petersburg, March 2l.-The Rus
sian press is bitterly attacking the
claim for damages for the sinking of
the British steamer Knight Commander,
on the theory that the demand is for
exemplary damages put forward by the
British government in violation of inter-
national law and entirely apart from
the owners claim, whereas the fact is
that it is simply the owners claim, the
misapprehension having been created
by erroneous report in English papers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Instructions for Taking Census.

salem-Secretary of State Dunbar
has issued the blanks and instructions
to county assessors governing the tax
ing of the state census of 1905. Sup
plies will be sent to each assessor in a
day or two. The legislature, at its last
session, having failed to pass any act
amending the old census law, Secretary
of State Dunbar has adhered closely to
the law, out of date though it is. Two
blanks are provided, one for the emu
meration of inhabitants and the other
for the enumeration of industrial pro-
ducts. For the convenience of ass essors
the military roll was included in the
enumeration of inhabitants. The in
structions given are very complete and
if studied and carefully followed the
census should give very accurate col
lection of statistics.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Meat Too High for the Poor.

Mexico City, March 21.-Meat deal
ers are exercised over the rise in the
price of meat, which has been advanced
from 25 to so per cent in the last
month, and charge that there is meat
trust at work. The situation is seri-
GUS, as meat is almost, beyond the
means OF the lower classes.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
WiIdwood Min to Start.

Cottage Grove-The Wildwood Lum-
Der company, which owns large saw
mill near the end of the Oregon &
Southeastern track, above Wildwood,
has decided to put the mill into active
operation. There are plenty of logs
close to the mill. /. L. Smith, well
known samwill man, has been put in
charge.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
witte Asked Peace Discussion.

Paris, March 21. - In the course of
an interview in the Matin today, Wis
count Hayashi stated that M. Witte,
when in Berlin last July, sent an
emissary to London asking the japanese
minister there to meet him to discuss
peace. Minister Hayashi consented,
but received no further communica-
ton,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-24
Bomb for Pobiedonostseff.

London, March IA dispatch from
st. Petersburg to the News agency re-
ports that late last night bomb ex-
ploded on the tramway line close to the
residence of M Pobiedonostseff, pro-
curator of the Holy Synod. No one
was injured.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-25
CAR NICHOLAS LOST OPPORTUNITY

in clear, ringing tones. At first he used
the ordinary words Of courtesy, but
then he declared in words that bit like
fire into the hearts of his audience that
the hopes which some OF the zemstvos
had expressed were idiotic dreams and
that he was resolved to maintain In.
tact his autocratic power.
ut was a set lesson, learned by rote
and spoken with the mechanical pre-.
cision of a monograph. When 1t was
over the emperor turned and left the
hall with all the relief of a schoolboy
who had spoken his piece and finished
his lesson. But II the effect Of that
blighting speech was evil in the nation
II had still more disastrous results for
the emperor. The words which had
been put into his mouth operated like
one Of the magic formulate which In
fairy tales suddenly transform a palace
into a prison and Danish the hero far
away into the heart OF an enchanted
forest where he must sleep unseen UNI
til the hour OF his deliverance. From
that moment he was a helpless prison
err In the hands OF his ministers. He
had alienated the only force which
would have given him strength to as
sert himself against the bureaucracy.