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OREGON COURIER A. W. VHKNKY, Publisher. OBKGON CITY OREGON NORTHWEST NEWS. MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES AND DEVELOPMENT. tiovermnent Land In Coo County Not Worth Taking Up - Key Woolen Mllll Subsidy Entirely Subscribed From All Parts of Oregon. Coquille City ii going to have a sash and door factory. A commercial club bai been incor porated by the oltizens of La Grande. There are now 1,033 pationts in the state insane asylum, and disbursements for last month averaged $10.89 per capita. Two mail lines will probably be es tabllahed from Ashland to Klamath Falla, and from Ager to Klamath Falls, thus doing away with the present pony line to Snake. The (25,000 subsidy required for the rebuilding of the Kay woolen mills at Kaloni has now been entirely subscrib ed. Machinery for a four stamp mill of doable the capacity of the former will be erected. It is stated that there is little gov ernment land in Coos ooonty worth taking np for farming purposes. Creek - 'bottoms are nearly all settled and so ia good bench land except in such places that are too far away from roads or navigable streams. There ia considerable vacant land in Curry county. The samlon pack for the season of 1806 amounted to the following num ber of cases for the Columbia river: 617,400, valued at $3,843,028.65. Of these 433,178 cases were paoked on the Oregon Bide and 184,283 cases on the Washington sido: 457.813 oases were Koyal Cbinnook-and 31,500 cases were fall Chinook salmon. On the Oregon wast streams and bays 02,020 cases were put up. About 64 per cent of the cutoh on the Columbia river was taken with gill nets. Twelve per oont with seines, 10 per oent with traps and 6 per cent with wheels. The numbor of nersons employed in the fisherios and allied industries in this Btate dur ing the year was 5,849, to whom was paid the enormous sum of $1,230,346 for labor. The paok this year was laraer than for any season sinoe the origin of the industry, save two, 1883 and 1884, when the paok was 629,400 and 620,000 oases respectively. ed for the Soldiers Home It will cost $10,000. A New York capitalist will erect a handsome three story building block at Billings, in the spring. Billings contemplates a proposed sys- tern of sewerage which is estimated will oust about $35,000. The machinery has been purchased for a complete flouring mill at Butte, with a capaoity of seventy-five barrels per day. The people at Billings, Livingston and the counties of Custer and Yellow stone are agitating the opening of a portion of the Crow reservation by an aot of congress this session, at Helena. D0N(JS Qtf CONGRESS MOSE GUNST WON. ROUTINE WORK OF THE FIFTY FOURTH SESSION. Substanoe of the Hill and Itesolutlous Introduced In tho Sonata and House Make-up of lb Various Commit tees-Senate. Washington, Deo. 13. Senator Pen er spoke on his bill to regulate congres sional funerals. He declared that the expenditures on account of funerals were oontinualy growing until the average cost bad increased to $4,542, The last thirteen burials of the seven' ty-tbree whioh had oonrred in the sen ate had oost more than the other sixty, Of the 107 senators who had died while in the service the expenses were great est in the case of the late Senator George Hearst, of California, whose funeral oost the government $21,323. Senator Squire has introduced, by request, a bill creating an additional lighthouse district out of the present Thirteenth district, which shall em brace the waters of the Straits of Fuca, Puget sound and Washington sound, and all AlaBkan waters, and to have the lighthouse tender Columbine trans mraiy one year ago were was nut frred to that district. one log bouse on the site of the city of Rossland now occupies. There are now House. 8,000 people there, the town has eleo- Washington, Deo. 13. A bill has trio lights, a telephone system and wa- been introduced fixing the salaries of tor works are being put in. Rossluud United States marshals in lieu of fees. is in Trail creek distriot, about eight The following are the figures fixed in miles from the boundary line. Three- the Paoifio Northwest: Oregon, mar fourths of the mining interests thero I shal, $4,500; chief deputy, $1,200; are held by residents of Spokane. Washington, marshal, $5,000; ohief I .1 i A. . Af. T .1 . 1 1. 1 A J m Th mlna numor. an '!,. man PU'7. l,OUU; iliano, HlHrMJUl, ,UUU; BrltUb Columbia. A salmon oaunory is reported to be a new enterprise that will be established noar Victoria next season. The Kaslo and Socan railroad has been completed and accepted by the Canadian government. The road ex- tends from Kootenai to the southwest and is literally lined with mines. A company has just finished reclaim ing 8,000 acres of first section and 45, 000 acres on the Kootenai river. It will be placed on the market in the spring. Over $250,000 have thus far been expended on the work. in the Fort Stoole section of East Koo tenai have petitioned the Dominion government for an appropriation to im prove Kootenai river from Fort Steele south to the ' international boundary line, says the Nelson Tribune. It is nimod the river oould be navigated eight months in the year were it im ohief deputy, $1,000. Another bill fixes the salaries of United States distriot attorneys, as fol lows: Oregon, $4,000; Washington, $4,000; Idaho, $4,000. No explana tion has been made why Washington officers should receive more than those of Oregon, and they will probably be Washington. H. L. Thomas, of Seattle, baa t oheme to build an eleotrio road be tweeu Tacomu and the Queen city. There has been a sudden demand for work oattle on Puget sound, and the cattlemen are unable to supply the de mand. Cattle may be worth $200 a pan before winter is past. A bank is to be established in New Whatoom by a Chicago man, who has already established banks in Colfax, and at Union, Or. He states that the new institution will be capitalized with $60,000. The ordinanoe providing for the is sue of $1,250,000 warrants for the con struction of the water system at Seat tle was oarried, with a light vote and registration. The vote was 2,331 in favor and 1,600 against. It is said the distillery near Goldon dale will soou be in operation. The ompauy is now arranging to buy 1,200 head of hogs and 800 of oattle, for winter feeding for the early spring market The resumption of business by the distillery will be of great bene fit to the Kliokitat farmors. There is a movemont on foot to soud ton of flax of Washington growth to the Barbour works in Ireland. And the manufacturers have said that they will haokle it and otherwise pre pare it to show just what can be done in Washington aud show its relative value in comparison with otlior flax. Judge Hanford, of the United States court has rendered a decision that land claimed by a railroad under its grant, but for which no patent has been is sued, are not assessable and taxable as the property of the railroad company, This will reduce the assessment of the Northern Paoifio Railroad Company iu many oounties. The state land commission has in vested $160,000 of tho permanent school fund in state warrant. This amount with the Bum already invested in county bonds aud the amount draw iuir interest on the contracts of the purchase of school lands, will make a whole sum for the permanent school fund now drawing interest, about $2, 00,000. .-..o .u tuo JOT, ttj.o "- I ,i..J .. n.- proved. It is also olaimed that there will be 60 tons of ore on the river bank by the time navigation opons in the spring. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Fltb of Press Comment at Home and Abroad on It. Chicago Times-Herald In its broad and comprehensive grasp of the questions dealt with the message is one of the strongest state papers that Mr. Cleveland has ever written, While it is diffuse and might be con densed with corresponding improve' ment to its literary style, it is not nearly so ponderous in its rhetorio as products of Oriental Senate. Washington, Deo. 18. Quay today presented the senate the petition of the Wool Merchants' Association of Phila- delpia, and it was read and inserted in the Record. Cafferey offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling on the secretary of the treasury for information as to his reasons for suspending the payment of bounty to the manufacturers of sugar. Stewart addressed the senate on the pending resolution for a commission to investigate the needs of labor and agri culture, predicting an invasion of the lands in com pet l His Position as Police Commissioner Continued by tbe Supreme Court. San Francisco, Deo. 18. M. A. Gunst, better known over the country as "Mose" Gunst, has been confirmed iu bin position as police commissioner by tbe supreme court. Gunst was ap pointed police commissioner, a life offloe, by Governor Markam just be fore he retired from offloe. Although relating to San Francisoo alone, it oreated a great stir all over California. Ministers and others objected to Gunst, because of his reputation as a sporting man, although not a word oould be said against his introgity. When Gov ernor Budd came into offloe, be promptly appointed Stewart Menzies, a highly respected citizen, to succeed Gunst The latter refused to give up his office, and the oase was oarried into the courts. Gunst won in the lower court, and the full bench of the su' preme oourt today sustained the deoi sion of the lower court. Sinoe his ap pointment, Gunst has taken an aotive interest in police affairs, and has in stituted many reforms in the depart ment here, the result of an exended tour of inveaigation in Eastern oiies. OFFICIAL WORK. ACTION AT RECENT SESSIONS OF HORTICULTURAL BOARDS. Schedule of Weights Iu Fralt I'ecklng A Dure Itemedy for Han Jose Scale Poultry Shows Nest Mouth Inspee tlon Mules In Oregon. An Aged Couple Murdered, Bluefleld, W. Va., Deo. 18. Near Bear Hollow, two miloB from here, in Gilea county, an atrocious crime was committed last night, where John and Mary Feagan, 61 and 64 years old re spectively, lived alone on thoir farm. John Feagan sold his home recently, and it was known he bad in his house $200 or $300. Yesterday morning early one of his neighbors went to tbe house and a terrible sight presented itself. On the bed lay Mr. Feagan with his skull crushed, and a deep gash in his breast, whioh had been 'done with an ax. On the floor lay Mrs. Feagan with her head split open. The house had been ransacked. Two tramps, thought to be Hungarians, who were seen Sunday evening travel ing the road near the Feagan home' stead, are supposed to be the perpe trators. Parties are in pursuit of them, and if captured it will go hard with them. oertain others of Mr. Cleveland's pa- tion with our domestio products, pers. Even its diffuseness is pardon- Senator Squire has introduced a bill able when we consider the president's providing for the establishment of a earnestness and his desire to make his gun faotoryion the Paoifio coast for the' meaning main to the averase intelli- manufacture of heavy and a.her ord- genoe. Ibis is particularly the case in nance ior cue use or tne army, his discussion of the financial and reve nue questions, where he reiterates both his faots and his arguments. But it is in respect to the Venezuelan question that the president shows the vigor of the administration s foreign policy. Only those who ' hoped that the presi dent would not rise to the "height of this great argument and sustain in all its broadness the modern construc tion of the "Monroe doctrine" will be disappointed in its utterances. The country at large will receive them with aoolaim. lie Forgot the Canal. Ilartford Courant. House. Washington, Dee., 18 Proceedings in the house opened by Cannon offering a resolution for the consideration to morrow of an amendment to the rules for an increase of membership of lead ing oommittees from fifteen to seven teen, the number in the last house, aud for the oreation of an additional oom mittee on elections. The resolution was adopted. Flynn asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a resolution call ing upon the secretary of the interior to inform the house of the reasons for the delay in the appointment of allot Idaho. The new town of Nea Pereos is lo cated about fifty miles from Lewiston. The Cottonwood Piping & Milling Company, expect to kill over 1,000 head of hogs this mouth. Tho wool clip of Idaho for 1805 will amount to 8,00.0000 pounds, an in crease of 1,000,000 over last year. A general packing house is a new enterprise about to be started at Idaho Falls by a stock company, with a oapi tal of $4,000. Salmon are said to be dying by the hundreds in Suuke river. They are washed ashore and many dogs have died from eating them. Montana. The jail at Belt, recently destroyed by fire, is to be promptly rebuilt A two story brick will soon be erect--boo too-hoc! New York Weekly. It soems a pity the president hadn't ing agents to allct land to the Wichita Indians, and whether any blood con nections of the secretary of the interior were interested in delaying the open ing of those lands to settlement. Postmaster-General Wilson's recent order forbidding postal employes from urging postal legislation also came in for attention, Peffer offering a com prehensive resolution of inquiry as to the order. Another resolution by Gall- inger oalls for information as to the number of aliens in the various govern mental branches. word out of so many, many thou sands of them to throw to the Nica ragua oanal. This is really a deserv ing project, even if it is Amerioan and patriotic, and if General Benjamin Harrison did commend it It is also quite as important, one would think, as some other things that got into the message for instance, Mr. Cleveland's grievanoe against Mr. Thurston, of Hawaii. Words Lack Truth. Denver T. men.) President Cleveland's message was a very strong and able one in many re spects from his individual standpoint. What he says on greenbaoks, tariff, bond issues and silver, are all strong points, but they lack the convincing elements of faots truth. Josh Bill ings thought it was better to have a limited amount of knowledge than to know a great doal that was not true. President Cleveland would evidently disagree with the lamented Josh. If It Were Dramatized. Chicago Iu tor Ocean If the president's niessago should be dramatized, the first three acts would consist in the president butting the bull off the bridge with his bead padded with sawdust, so as not to hurt the bull The Leading Industry. At the Yakima Horticultural Society at North Yakima, Secretary Mitchell said tbe fruit industry of Yakima coun ty comprised 4,000 aores.aud is a greater source of profit than any other indus try. A united effort is to be made to stamp out the San Jose scale through spraying. He Didn't Go There. Fond Mother Dour me, what's tbe muttor now? Married Daughter Boa-boo my hus band has deceived nie. Fond Mother The brute I How do you know? Married Daughter He boo-hoc he said he was was gniug to the church fuir last night, and and he didn't. He went somewhere else. Mother Who told you he wait some where clue? Daughter No one. This morning I found sonio eoroe money in his pickets President Crespo Interviewed. London, Deo. 13. The Times prints a dispatch this morning from a corre spondent in Caracas, giving the result of an interview be had with President Crespo, of Venezuela. The president said that he understood the question of the outrage upon the British Guiana police and the boundary question were to be treated distinctly as between Great Britain and Venezuela, but he declined to discuss the British note on the subject He added that the Vene zuelan officer who bad arrested the British oftioers would be punished for exoeeding instructions, and that the English government would be compen sated. Woman Suffrage Convention. Rochester, Deo. 18. Woman suf fragists throughout the country are preparing to attend the twenty-eighth annual convention of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, which tsseuibles in Washington, January 23 next Tbe official call for the conven tion has been issued. It is signed by Susan B. Anthony, and Racbael Foster Avery, corresponding secretary. Atlanta Congress on Africa. Atlanta, Ga., Deo. 18. Governor Atkinso j, in his address before the con gress on Africa, said, in referrng to tbe interest of the negroes in the oou version and salvation of the Dark Con tinent, that it remained for eaoh to deoide for himself whether he would go or remain. "You are free oitizens of this republic If yon oare to stay the choice is yours; if yon think best to eas your lot among the people of your old country, none may say you nay, So long as I have a voioe in the affairs of Georgia I shall do my utmost to see that tbe colored man has bis rights.' The object of this oogress is to give the Ameiioan negroes a right view of their relation to the oivlization and redemp tion of Afrioa. Coin's Mew I' arty. Chicago, Deo. 18. W. H. Harvey, the oracle of free silver, who is best known as "Coin," today launohed his new politioal party. According to the press notice which Mr. Harvey gave out, it is to be known as "Patriots of America." Its essetial mission is to advance tbe oauseof free silver.as well as to eliminate selfishness from poli tics, and it is expeoted rapidly to over come all existing politioal parties, The national officers are: W. H. Har- vey, first national patriot; unaries u, MoClure, national reoorder, and James H. Adams, national treasurer. , Kesult of the Dynamite Explosion. Butte, Mont., Deo. 18. In the dis triot oourt today, the trial of the $20,' 000 damage suit of Sophia Goddard against the Kenyon-Connell Coinmer oial Company was commenced. It is the first of about twenty suits growing out of the dynamite explosion, January 15 last, by which sixty -eight men were blown to atoms and between 500 and 1,500 men injured. Tbe suits aggre gate between $300,000 and $400,000, and nearly every attorney in the state is engaged on one side or the other. Strike Among Tailors. New York, Deo. 18. Tonight about 15,000 tailors in this city, Brooklyn and Jersey City are locked out There are 195 shops in the Employers' Associa tion and of this number eighty-three have posted the new card, and the rest are expected to follow within a few days. Twenty thousand workmen may be involved, for that is the number con trolled by tbe Brotherhood of Tailors in three cities named. The New Orleans Klots. New Orleans, Deo. 13. Great Brit ain is making an issue with the United States over the wounding of the pur ser, James H. Baney, of a British steamship during the levee riots here last spring. Governor Foster has re ceived a communication from Secre tary of State Olney asking for a report of the levee disturbances, and what steps have been taken toward bringing tbe offenders to tnaL It is said that. owing to political combinations, neither tbe men who wounded the Eng lish purser or killed the negroes will be poniahed. Another Mhillut Conspiracy. Berlin, Dec 18. A special from Moscow says a conspiracy against the life of the czar has been unearthed there. Another dispatch says a num ber of bombs have been seized, and several men and women, including a prominent nihilist leader, have been arrested. Closing the Toolrooms. San Francisoo, Dec. 18. Chief Crowley has decided to close all the pool rooms in the city if possible, di recting that all of the proprietors shall be arrested. He believes that their prosecution will be upheld by the city ordinances. Chicago to Have Fewer Saloons. Chicago, Dec 18. Chicago brewers are tired of being saloon-keepers, and have decided that after January 1, there will be 1,700 fower saloons in the city than at present Those that re main must pay a third or a half more for beer than is being paid now. Arlaona Irrigation Bonds Tlared. New York, Dec. 18. A dispatch from London says it is reported that a large Anglo-American banking house bas placed in Glasoow, Scotland, the entire issue of tbe first mortgage bonds of the Arizona Water Stoarge Com" pan j, amounting to 400,000. Tbe third annual session of tho Northwestern Fruit Growers' Associa tion bas just been held at Walla Walla. Having considered the adoption of a uniform schedule of weights for tbe various standards of fruit paokages, tbe committee recommended as follows: Four-basket crates, 25 pounds; stan dard peach box, 20 pounds pear box, 45 pounds; cherry box, 150 pounds; berry orates of 24 boxes, 25 pounds. Tbe committee recommended that tbe minimum number of cars required for a special fruit train be fixed at fif teen; also that transportation com panies be requested to reduce tbe mini mum weights on all kinds of green fruits from 24,000 to 20,000 pounds. The following resolution was adopted: "Resolved. That the committee on transportation be instructed to confer with the transportation companies and request them to take favorable aotion on tbe various recommendations above; that tbe transportation committees meet not later than sixty days from this date and confer with the railroad companies in regard to tne aoove recommendations. " J. M. Hickson, commission mer chant of Seattle, read a paper on "As sorting, Boxing and Packing Fruit" C. A. Tonneson read a paper pre pared by Seoretary T. R. Conn, of Hood River, on "Picking, Packing and bhip ping Strawberries." "Ideal Nursery Stock Methods of Pruning" by E. F. Babcock, by O. A. Tonneson on "Protec tion of Orchards Against Insect Pests," and by Willis Brown, manager of the Oregon Fruit Union, on "How to Ship Fruit" A conference was held with the rail road men, with a view to securing specially low rates on fruit to Easter points next season. A committee of five was appointed to revise the constitution and by-laws, and the committee on bureau of in for' mation was instructed to take up the matter of exposing dishonest commis sion merchants. The committee on the bureau of in' formation made its report, recommend ing that a bureau be established for tbe purpose of enabling shippers to ship in' tnlligently and keep posted on tbe mar' kets. Tbe condition of membership is to be an actual shipper of fruit in Ore gon, Wasbington or uritisn uoiumoia. Application was made for membership in the Northwestern Fruitgrowers" Association. New Officers were elect ed as follows: President. Dr. N. G. Blalock, of Walla Walla; seoretary, C. A. .Tonne son, iaoouia; treasurer, w. a. unuer, Walla Walla; vice-presidents, R. C. MoCroskey, Garfield; Emile Schanno, The Dalles; H. A. Russell, Kendick, Idaho. After quite a spirited contest, North Yakima was chosen as the place for holding the next annual meeting, to be held the seoond Tuesday in December, 1890. of the association, to hold or assist ia holding meetings annually at suck place in Western Montana as it mem bers may from time to time deoide, and to make exhibit of frunit and offer preimums thereor. Tbe trustees for the first three months are J. J. SonttV wick, of Darby, W. B. Harlan, of Cotuo, R. W. Niool, of flmilton, H. A. Carmichsel, of Hamilton, A. 8. Blake, of Victor, Thomas Burroughs, of Corvallis, and John Robertson, of Steveusvilla THREE BIG CONVENTIONS. Official Work in British Columbia The Bemi-annual meeting of the Pro vincial Board of Horticulture, whioh was in session at Viotoria, adjourned to meet again during the next sitting of the legislature. Monday was devot ed to the consideration of correspond ence, coming from the different Austra lasian colonies, South Africa, the east ern provinces, and several of the Ameri oan states. Agricultural reports and bulletins are received from all these sources, containing the best informa tion available. The second day's ses sion, was taken up witn quarantine matters and the comparing of notes on the progress of horticulture in British Columbia. It was found that fruit growing bad received a great impetus of late, and that there had been gener al compliance with the horticultural and quarantine regulations on the part of those engaged in the industry, and, therefore, no changes in them were considered to be necessary. The five horticultural districts in the province having been mapped out, it was decid ed that in eaoh of these meetings should be held, at which lectures will be given on fruitgrowing, with partioular atten tion to planting and pruning. The only difficulty the board bas to contend with is the financial one, but the most possible is made of the provincial gov ernment grant To Fruit Inspector Palmer's discreetness and good judg ment the board attributes the harmony of foeling among the fruit growers of the province. The inspector they re gard as a most valuable officer, wel come everywhere, and always ready to impart useful information. The third day s session of the board was spent discussing the varieites of fruit best adapted to the country lying east of the Cascades where tbe hardiest varieties are required and j ne8g that lying west of tbe same great land mark. General business came up for transaction at the fourth day's session, and on Friday committees were ap pointed to consider legislation and the general affairs of tbe board. Members of the provincial executive were present during the meetings. The Itepobllrans Will Convene la St. Louis In June. Washington, Deo. 17. Chairman Carter, of the Republican national committee, today issued tbe following call for a national convention: "To tbe Republican Electors of the United States In accordance with. usage and the instructions of the Re publican convention of 1802, and by the direction of the national commit tee, the national convention of dele gated representatives of the Republican party will be beld at the oity of St. Louis, state of Misiouri, Tuesday, the 10th day of June, 1890, at 12 o'clock, noon, for tbe purpose of nominating candidates for president and vice-presi dent of the United States, to be sup ported at tbe next national election, and for the transaction of such other and further business as may be brought before it "Republican electors in tbe several states and territories, and voters with out regard to past political affiliations, who believe iu Republican principles and indorse the Republican policy, are cordially invited to unite under this call in tbe formation of a new ticket. Eaoh state will be entitled to four dele- gates-at-large, and for each representa tive in oongreca-at-large,two delegates, and for each congressional district, each territory, and the Distriot of Co lumbia, two delegates. "Delegates-at-large shall be chosen by popular state conventions, oalled not less than thirty days after this pub lished notice, and not less than thirty days before tbe meeting of the national convention. Congressional distriot delegates shall be chosen at the conven tion called by tbe congressional com mittee of each dstrict, in the same manner as tbe nomination of the rep resentatives in congress is made in said district; provided, that in any con gressional district where there is no re publican congressional committee the republican state committee shall ap point from the residents of such dis trict a committee for the purpose of calling a district convention to elect distriot delegates. Territorial dele gates shall be chosen in the same man ner as the nomination of the delegates in congres are made. Delegates from the Distriot of Columbia shall be ohoson at the convention to be called by the oommittee of three provided for by the national oommittee meeting in Wash ington City, December 20, 1895, and such convention shall be constituted nf members elected in tbe distriot pri maries, to be held at suoh time and place and to be presided over by suoh judges of eleotion as such oommittee of three may appoint "In addition to the representation now authorized by the rules of the na tional convention for the territories ef Utah, New Mexioo.Oklahoma and Ari zona, tbe committee advises eaon of tne said territories to elect four delegates, aud tbe admission is recommended. An alternate delegate for each dele gate to the national convention to act in oase of the absenoe of a delegate, shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time as the delegate ia elected. All notices of contest must be filed in writing with the seoretary of the national oommittee, acoompanpied by printed statements of the grounds of contest, which shall be made publio. The preference in order of hearing and determining suoh contests will be given by the convention in accordance witk ' the dates of filing suoh noticeB ani statements with the seoretary." Democratic Committee to Meet. Philadelphia, Dec 17. W. F. Har- rity, chairman of the democratic na tional oommittee this afternoon re quired the secretary of the ccommitte to notify the members thereof to assem ble in Washington City on January 16 next for the purpose of selecting a time and place for holding the next Democratic convention. Chairman Har rity has received letters from the com mercial bodies of fifty oities urging the national committee the select a late date for the convention. The busines people contend that a long campaign unsettles trade. It is believed that a date not later than the middle of July will be selected. People's Farty Convention. Terra Haute, Ind., Deo. 17. Th national executive committee of the People's party has issued a call for the national convention at Lindell house. St Louis, January 17. 1896, to fix the time and place for holding a national convention and to transact other busi- Montana Association Organised. The Association of Fruit Growers recently organized in Western Montana has been incorporated. It has no cap ital stock but makes its headquarters at Hamilton, Ravalli county. Tbe ob jects of the association as set forth in the articles are to encourage closer re lations between the various fruit grow ers of Western Montant, to collect sta tistics in regard to fruitgrowing and publish the same under the direction To Protect Publie Funds. San Francisco, Dec 18. The state bank commissioners have made an or der that the funds of any county treas urer deposited with a bank shall be re ceived only as a special deposit, and not loaned out nor used by the bank is any way. The county treasurer must give bis money to the bank in a sealed package, and when he wishes to with draw the deposit must receive it back in the same package A Shingle Combine. Tacoma, Dec 18 An organized effort is being made among all the shingle manufacturers of Westers Washington to close by January 1, for two months in order to stiffen price in the Eastern markets.