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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1906)
Heppner Gazette fcaoed nmrmdmraf Cadi Waak HEPPNER. .OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General RevUw of Important Hap penlngs Presented in a Brief end Comprehensive Manner for Busy ReadersNational, Political, His torical and Commercial. Peary says he is only returning for provisions and supplies. The Standard Oil comapny is openly fighting for control of the Illinois Cun tral. Alice Roosevelt Longwrrth ia making politics an important part of her social duties. Bodies exhumed in Mount Calvary cemetery, Portland, are found to be petrified. After three days' persistent hunting, Preedient Foore elt has finally bagged a wild turkey. It is expected that records of the San Jrancisco mint will disclose rank grafts in that institution. A big German-American insurance company has paid all its San Francisco fire losses and reorganized to continue in business. Tne Duke of Marlborough finds it necessary to practice rigid economy as a result of his separation from h:s rich American wife. At a lonely stige Etation in the Coast mountains a dog was diecovered to be gnawing a human hand. Search is be ing made for the body. The authorities in New York City lave maed out ten thousand orders of arrest, to be ready in cases of emer gency on election day. Congressman Hoar, a son of the late Senator Hoar, is dead. The navy is badly in need of hospi tals on the Pacific coast. High prices of meat in Germany makes the Germans vegetarians. Steel building constructors fn New York refuse to deal with the unions. revolt have been sentenced to Siberia. Count Boni refuses to believe his American wife really intends to divorce him. Norway and Sweden are disputing about the ownership of the island of Spitzbergeu. Secretary of War Taft addressed a PEARY WILL TRY AGAIN. Message From Labrador Intimates That He Is Not Discouraged. Lenox, Mass., Nov. 6. That Com mand r Robert E. Peary encountered unusual difficulties In his search for the North Pole was indicated in a telegram received today by Morris K.I Seeks nvestment ,n E,ectric 11 L - A 1 11 , n . V 1 f A I ' jessup, president oi me i-i-aij i..iiv. Club. The most significant portion of NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON BUFFALO BILL TO RESCUE. NEW LINES IN CLACKAMAS. the tpWram. however, was that con taining an intimation that Command er Peary would again try to find the Railways. Oregon City Consequent upon an increase in population from 23,000 in the Spring of 1905, as shown by the FOR LONGER TERMS. Superintendent Ackerman Favors Change in Present Law Salem That the apportionment of public school funds should be mada upan the basis of the number or teacn era employed, and not upon the mini North Pole The telegram rouows. ' BesBor.B cenSus, to 30,000, which is;ber of chiidren ln the district, is one "UnnoHn n Tjiiirnnnr. hv way oi ... ... ..,(... . , . . j.. Twillineate. Newfoundland Roosevelt now here. Repairing rud der and stern, taking ballast and awaiting arrival mail steamer to se cure coal. "Return voyage incessant struggle with ice to Cape York, September 26. Then storms and head winds to Lab rador coast, October 23. "Carried away two rudders, stern post and two blades of propellor, fore top mast and spanker boom; lost one boat; burned all coal and some inter ior beams, using wood and blubber along coast. "Expect to communicate again from Chapeau Bay. All progress will be slow. Have no anxiety for our safety and give no credence to exaggerated reports. "Roosevelt is returning this year for additional supplies and for repairs. Several tons of whale meat and dog food thrown away last fall after poi soning a number of dogs. Other sup plies lost by breaking of ice in April. "PEARY." New York, Nov. 6. Although Com mander Peary failed to reach the North Pole, Secretary H. L. Bridg man, of the Peary Arctic Club, be lieves that his feat in reaching farther north ought to be a subject for Na tional rejoicing. Mr. Bridgman, who received the message from Command er Peary, announcing his return to civilization, telephoned the news of Mr. Peary's safety to Mrs. Peary, who happened to be in the city. "Thank God he is safe," was her first comment. Then she plied Mr. Bridgman with questions regarding the details of the news he had re ceived from her husband. Mr. Bridgman told her that her hus band, while he had failed to reach the pole, because of ice, had now the dis tinction of having gone farther north, havine reached 87 degrees 6 minutes. a point 32 minutes nearer to the .Norm Pole than that reached by me miKe of Abruzzi expedition in 1900. In dis cussing Peary's dash late last fan, after he had time to study the Com mander's message more closely, Mr. Bridgman said: I am sure it has been the ambition Fifteen leaders of the recent Russian of every true American to see trie Stars and Stripes first at the Arctic pole. And that it should be an Amer ican who should reach the farthest north is little less gratifying. It is evident Peary has had the same ex perience of getting on drifting ice and being carried away from his goal that other explorers have had. Probably no other man living would have gotten off so well as Peary has. He found himself on ice that had been broken Steamer-' considered a reliable estimate of the county's population at the present time, Clackamas county is experienc ing a new era in its growth and devel opment. Several agencies are contributing to this material development of the county and its resources, foremost among which is the building of elec tric railway systems. Idle capital rec ognizes as a desirable investment the building of transportation- lines into Clackamas county, where the various resources are still undeveloped and merely awaiting the encouragement that will follow direct communication with a market. The interests back of the Oregon Water Power & Railw,ay Company, which has already done a great deal in building up this county, are recog nized in the proposed building of an electric line from Canemah to Salem, and this enterprise is assured, rights-of-way having been secured and sur veys made over the entire route. The same interests, it has lately developed, caused the mysterious survey to be made between this city and Molalla and Wilhoit Springs some three months ago. This will be a branch line operated by the same company and will penetrate one of the richest sections of the valley. Assurance is given that this line will be built. The survey is now being made for another proposed electric line between this citv and Molalla, with the cele brated Wilhoit Springs as the ultimate terminus. This is being done by the Oregon City and Molalla Railway Com pany, a corporation in which Oregon City business men own a controlling interest. Its route is via Beaver Creek, through a rich timber and agri cultural section, and the promoters of the enterprise promise to begin con struction work within a few weeks. Oregon City is becoming metropoli tan. A free mail delivery service for the city has been ordered established December 1. An improved telephone system is being installed by the Pacific States Company, while the Home Tele phone Company will begin Installing its system soon, having completed the construction of its line to the Clacka mas river, just north of this city. The great increase in sales of realty is added evidence of the growth of the county. Large farms are being subdivided and disposed of in smaller tracts, with the result that a larger acreage is being placed under cultiva tion. RAILROAD PETITION DENIED. great audience at Po,a:ello, Idaho, on P'DyV storm am i was taken in a law and order. A heavy storm has Ewept over France, accompanied by heavy snow and a tidal wave at Touion. It is eaid the czar is practically a prieoner of the gran l dukes, who force trim to acquieeca to their orderB. Up to November 1 the number of sa loon licenses ieaued in Chicago for the ensuing quarter was 129 ltea than six months ago. - By comparing finger prints a soldier in the penitentiary at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., has been diecovered to be an escaped murderer from England. Reecnt storms have dislodged large quantities "of mud from the Bides of Mount Vesuvius, causing damage to the railway and farms on the mountain side. It is said that the prosecution has evidence that Mayor Schmitz and Boes P.uef, of San Francisco, made over a million dollars from grafts on building permits. Morocco is torn by anarchiets of dif erent bands and beliefs. The Panama Canal commission is having a hard time to find laborers. An independent telephone company has gained a right of way in Chicago. A German steamer collided with a four-masted ship and sunk, 23 of her crew being drowned. A Germtn princess of royal blood has been investigating slums ot Chicago un der an assumed name. Eight person, charged with com plicity in a recent darinsr robbery in 1st. Petersburg were executed. Ten anarchist speaker" and leaders were arrested in New York charged with inciting to riot and disorderly conduct. It ha? developed that Pan Francipco salome which bought their enppliee from one certain firm got their licenees eaeier than others. A Y. C. T. U. speaker says there are 10,000 women and girls in CLicaeo working for $5 a week or lets, and there are 5,000 ealoons. People in Montana and adjacent eta'es ae in grave fear that the entire Cheyenne Indian nation, numbering at leaet 809 fighting men, will gi on the war path. Standard Oil company is fined 15,001 by Ohio judge, when law permitted a fine of millions. Wealthy widow of Chicaeo hav been robbed of 1 100,000 or more by a pretended broker. Miney transport"! in Rupia are now finTM by etrong forces of Cossacks in stead of gendarmes. Demands fin shorter wirV day and new waee scale have been made on ail lines cf the Pennsylvania railroad. contrarv direction. It is likely that he and his party went to the limit of human endurance before they gave up, as instanced by the eating of the dogs." "Will Peary ever make the attempt again?" "I do not know. Although it was said by the newspapers when he sail ed away that if he failed this time he would never try again, he never told me that, and I was quite close to him. I consider that one of the wonderful features of this expedition is the fact that the Roosevelt is coming home with the entire party despite the hard ships they have experienced. "Peary probably reached within 203 miles of the North Pole. He passed the Abruzzi party by about 30 miles." This was Peary's fifth attempt to reach the pole. Other sledge journeys were made in the years 1S92, 1S95, 1900 and 1902. The following message of congratu lation for Commander Peary was re ceived today by Mr. Brideman, secre tary of the Peary Arctic Club: "Ppary, Care Bridgman. New York: Very hearty congratulations upon your splendid achievement. "WILLIAM S. BRUSE. "Edinburgh, Scotland." Magoon Acts With Vigor. Havana. Nov. C. To end the feeling of inseenrity throughout the island, due to the existence of straggling bands called into being by the rerent Insurrection, Governor Magoon has ordered the employment of strong bodies of rural guards to pursue and scatter the bands and restore order. American troops will replace the rural guards in the towns in which the lat ter are withdrawn. Governor Magoon said That he is determined to prevent horse stealing and that he will have persons guilty of this offense arrested and punished. Order for Ten New Cars. Omaha, Neb., Nov. ". Orders have been riven by the Union Pacific ror material for ten new motor-cars, which will b" constructed at onee In the Omaha shons. N'fw machinery of the of the most important recommenda tions in the biennial report of Super intendent of Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman, which was made public to day. This very radical change in the plan of distribution is suggested as a means of enabling the sparsely set tled district to employ as efficient a teacher and have as many months of school during the year as the larger and more favored district. This priv ilege, Superintendent Ackerman says, is one to which the smaller district is entitled. California has such a law. Among other recommendations made in the report are: That the minimum length of the school year be increased from three to five months; that the levy for school purposes be increased from $G to $8 per capita; that the inheritance taxes be turned into the irreducible school fund, and that a part or the whole of the cor poration tax be turned into the com mon school fund to be expended each year for school purposes. In connec tion with the recommendation regard ing the length of the school year, Superintendent Ackerman says there are too many districts satisfied to maintain school only the minimum number of months required by law. "There is no reason why ,a child in a small, isolated district is not en titled to as many months ot scnooi as is the child in a more favorably situated district." said he. "Mere location should not be the test of the number of months' schooling to which a child is entitled." The suggestion that the rate of levy be increased is founded upon the need of more funds in order that longer terms of school may be maintained. Big Timber Deal Is On. GOLD HILL Tlie four thousand acre timber tract, situated at the head of Foot's Creek, is now being cruised in the interests of Idaho and Ashland., Or., capitalists. The sale of this property would mean much to (Jold Hill and vicinity, as it would in volve a large expenditure of money in building of a logging road to con nect with the S. P. Railroad at the mouth of Foot's Creek. Runners Sent by Renegades for Kelp to Drive Out Whites. Cody, Wyo., Nov. 5. Colonel Wil liam F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), accom panied by Colonel Breck and several members of the party which returned a few days ago from a big bear hunt in the Big Horn Mountains, left here for Sheridan, Wyo., intending to hold a conference with the Utes before the latter start on their overland march to Fort Meade, where they are to stay in charge of the Sixth Cavalry until spring. Notwithstanding the agreement which was reached at the conference between the soldiers and the Utes, there are fears of a general uprising of all northern Indians. "Buffalo Bill," who is familiar with Indian charact eristics, has been kept closely advised of the developments in the recent troubles, and he believes the matter will not be entirely settled by the arrangement which puts an end to the wanderings and depredations of the Utes under Appah and Black Whisker. At the instigation of the Utes, run ners have been going to all the tribes of the Sioux, Northern Cheyennes and Crows, with a view of inducing them to join In driving the whites out of the land, and Colonel Cody believes that steps should be taken at once to counteract efforts of these messengers to stir up revolt. OREGON SOLONS IN G0NVENTI0N Meet at Pendleton and Are Royally4 Entertained by People. Visit State formal School at Weston and Washington's Jute Mill at Walla Walla Not In Favor of Ex changing Salem Stove Plant for Jute Mill. Sheridan, Colonel Cody will confer with the military authorities as to the exact methods of procedure. GREAT FAMINE IN CHINA. Pendleton, Or., Oct. 30. Whether Oregon should supplant its stove foun dry in the Salem prison with a juto mill wag studied today in the Walla Walla jute plant of the Washington state prison by Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon, 33 members of the Oregon legislature, C. W. James, superintend ent of the Oregon penitentiary, and others. While the lawmakers have not expressed their opinions on the sub- On his arrival atlject freely, It Is evident that many of Ten Million on Verge of Starvation Crops an Utter Failure. Shanghai, Nov. 5. Advices received here indicate that famine conditions of the most desperate nature prevail in the Northern part of the great Province of Kiang-Su, with but one ex ception the most fertile and valuable them do not favor the change. This is the attitude also of Governor Chamberlain and Superintendent James. They argue that the stove foundry brings to the state a revenue twice as big as a jute mill would do, that a Jute mill would launch the state in a business which is in large meas ure speculative and risky and liable to heavy losses because the raw pro duct from India is manipulated by a trust; that th finished bags would be sold to consumers near the factory. of many provinces of the empire. TentuereDy discriminating against others not favored by proximity to the plant; that Oregon's participation in the bus iness would not regulate prices, be cause it could make only 12 per cent of the bags used, and the Washington plant doubled in size could make only 25 per cent of the bags used in that millions of the total population of 21. 000,000 in the province are reduced to stern want. Crops are an utter failure and scenes of suffering that rival anything in the empire's history are reported from every point in the region. Food riots, which have been marked with much bloodshed, are reported daily. -state; and that the change to a jute and so far the officials have taken nomjll woul(l entail upon the state an ex jute stens to relieve istress. In fact, to prevent the rioting spreading to the J i nil -Mi. Innn 1 irAvrirnnrc Vi'lVtP I ,,,s . w. uc mii- with kec.n interest. It was not neen oruert-u iu nt-t-p uic yirui.ic their homes at all hazards, and fur- running, because the day was one of penditure of perhaps $125,000. The Oreuonians examined the PORTLAND MARKETS. No Reduction ot Assessment of Prop erty in Linn County. ATJSANY Before the Equalization Board of Linn County adjourned its sessions the Oregon & California Kail road Company appeared bv its agent, Geonre Scriber, and requested a re duction in the taxation value of the property from $10,000 per mile on the main line in the county and $11, miA rv'1o tlm hrnnrh lines, to WVFV Tl JWUl. wii ...v, "J ' 7 . .f;iu,4i'U and .t-)-"", -e)'ci.-i j.t-i w reduction in the assessment on its timber land from $7 to $3 an acre was also asked. The company has (i(',0.")4 acres of the finest timber land in Linn County. After hearing the claims of the company, the board de cided to let the assessment stand as fixed by the Assessor. The total as sessment of the railroad company is .11,732,143. of which $1,209,700 is on its roadbed and rolling stock and $4U2,24S on timber land. GIVEN BETTER FACILITIES. Cood River Now Ships Apples in Re frigerator Cars. HOOD RIVER Refrigerator cars were taken out over the lit. Hood Railroad and for the first time apples are to be shipped direct over the new railroad. At several points along the road where there are large orchards the railroad company has built sid ings so that growers can load almost direct from their orchards. This is proving a great heln to fruit growers on the east side of the valley as the apple crop is so large that they are experiencing considerable trouble in getting their fruit hauled to the railroad. Wallowa County's Big Fair. ENTERPRISE That Wallowa County is corning to the front in agri cultural, fruit and stock was shown by the exhibit is at the County fair at Ixtstine, which in every way was a revelation. The attendance was good t-alnr. nf SIP". 000 has been ordered to he used in the manufacture of these land the exhibits excellent , varied and i kpys, iVe, h K'c; turkeys, dressed ' WHEAT Club, C4c; hluestem, CGc; Valley, G7c; red, Glc. OATS No. 1 white, $24.50 25.50; gray, $23.5024. BARLEY Feed, $21.50 per ton; brewing, $22; rolled, $2:!. RYE $1.35021.40 per cwt. CORN Whole, $25.50; cracked, $20.50 per ton. MILLSTUFFS Bran, city, $14.50; country, $15.50 per ton; middlings, $24; shorts, city, $16: country, $17 per ton; chop, U. S. Mills, $15.50; lin seed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, $18 per ton. HAY Valley timothy, No. 1, $100 11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $1416; clover, $C.507; cheat, $7 7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay, $77.50. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, com mon to choice. 25?r75c per box; choice to fancy, 75ef;$1.50; grapes, $101.00 per crate; peaches, 75cft$l; pears, 75efiS1.25: cranberries, $99.50 per barrel; quinces, $17 1.25 per box; per simmons, $1,251? 1.50 per box. FRESH VEGETABLES Cabbage, l'jSlis pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; celery, 75 85c per dozen; egg plant, $1.50 per crate; lettuce, head, 20c per dozen; onions, 1012V2c per dozen; bell peppers, 5c; pumpkins, cents per pound; spinach, 45c per pound; tomatoes, 3050c per box; parsley, 1015c; squash, 1'c per pound; hot-house lettuce, 25c per doz. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c $1 per sack; carrots, 90c7$l per j sack; beets, $1.251.50 per sack; gar lic, 7 $i 10c per pound; horseradish, I 9 (ft 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, t$ 2JAc per pound. ONIONS Oregon, 90c$l per hundred. POTATOES Buying prices: Ore gon Burbanks, fancy, 90c$1.05; com mon, 75cfi 90c. BUTTER City creameries: Extra creamery, 30fi32M,c per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamer-, 25 27M.C; store butter, lfift 17c. EGGS Oregon raneh. 32fittc dozen; best Eastern, 20-3 27c; ordin ary Eastern, 24 25c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, 14W14UC; Young America, 1 5 1 5 ' c. POULTRY Average old hens. 12' ffil3',c; mixed chickens, 12ftl2c; Spring. 12V? ffilSc: old roosters, 9H 10p- Hressod chickens. 13f14c; tur- ther rioting has resulted from this step. All of the local diplomatic represen tatives have received advices from foreigners in the famine.stricken re gion urging them to use all their in fluence to have the imperial govern ment take steps to aid sufferers. A Presbyterian missionary who has just returned from the region declares that thousands of persons have already starved to death, and that unless im mediate aid is forthcoming the death list will be appalling. CINCH ON YELLOWSTONE. Major Pitcher Recommends That Com petition Be Established. Washington, Nov .5. According to its alternate idle ones, the Idleness coming from short jute supply. But several of the 70 looms were put in motion for exhibition. The visitors, headed by Governor Chamberlain, were conducted through the plant bj Governor Mead and M. F. Kincaid, the new superintendent. The chief argument for the jute mill Is that manufacture of grain sacks, un like that of stoves, does not compete with free labor and that it gives farm ers sacks cheaper than the market price. After viewing the Walla Walli plant, the visitors went to Weston to view the Normal School at that place and thence came to Pendleton, where they the annual report of Major ,ionn , . t. in(,tinn. .,.f!r,tr Riinorintendent of t ie.6"v" ",u """"'-'' Pitcher. Yellowstone National Park, tne 1110 nonolv enioved by the Yellowstone At the Weston Normal School the party was greeted by Robert C. Lake "Boat Company for the transpor- j French, president of that Institution, tation of tourists from Upper Geyser 'and was led to the assembly hall of Basin to the Thumb is becoming a ser-j the scnool where some 240 students ions problem. Major Pitcher has rer-,.ere gatnere,i, president French, to ommended that competition be estab- , th t th jnstitution was not a local high school for Weston, asked 1 ! call l in cn m o un V nr tbaf. the stage I lines be permitted to operate their own boats, in order to give their pat rons the choice of boat or land trans portation to the Thumb. The Yellowstone Lake Boat Com pany charges $3 a head for the trip, which is 18 miles' distance. Its fran chise expires July 21 next. Major Pit cher emphasizes his recommendation of last year that the garrison at Fort Yellowstone be increased to a four troop or squadron post. STEEL INDUSTRY EXPANDS. Washington, Nov. 5. A bulletin is sued by the Department of Commerce and Labor says that exports of iron and steel manufacture show an in crease of about 25 per cent in the nine months ended with September, and imports of a similar character show also an increase of prartirally 25 per cent in the same period as compared with the same months of the preceding year. The growth in operations of Iron and steel, the bulletin says, was larger in the nine months ended with Sep tember, 190ft, than in any correspond ing period of our export trade. The gain in these months over the cor responding period of the preceding year was over $24,000,000. motor cars, hut tlie worn win noi w;t:i for tho arrival of the new machinery. Construction of the ten cars now or f'rred will proceed simultan onsly. They will have gasoline engines of 200 hors power. Bull-Baitinn at Colon. Colon. Nov. fi The rl brat ion of the third anniversary nf the founda tion of the Republic of Panama con tinual hre today. There was a bnll baiting and other amurements in the afternoon, .-nd fireworks in the even ing. A thanksgiving frviee was held and a nccptlon by the Consular officers. per pis- represented every part of the county. 1 choice, 21T22'c; geese, live, Fine cattle of several breeds were on 'pound. Si9o; ducks, 14fil5c; exhibition; also some verv good sheep eons. $lL50; squabs, $2ft3. and hogs that probably have no su- VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pound; .11. 7iAif'c 125 to 150 pounds. c; 1; penor m the state. ':r'i''nn. i o,i r Padinq Road Rsise Waf?. Philip lphia. Nov. r,. Th Philadel phia Reading Railway Company an nouric'I today an increase of wages of 10 pr rent to all employes whoce salaries are less than $200 per month. I Chinook Becoming Scarce. HOOD RIVER Employes of the Oovemmc'it fish station on the Clack amas River, who have been taking nImon eggs at the mouth of he White Salmon River, have completed their work for this season and rejKrt that the number of eggs secured this year is tlie smnlh'r-t since the work of en deavoring to pp-serve the salmon in tie Columbia River wa taken np. Al'ogetl:r but ."i.OOnKiO eggs were taken this yenr as against KS.OOn.fiOO last year. The work commenced on September If and was stopped about the middle of October. to 2"0 pounds, Gc; 200 pounds and up. 5i,rf. 'BEEF Dressed bulls. 2fT2tc per poijnd; cows, 4 5c; country steers, MUTTON Dressed, fancy. 7c per pound; ordinary, 5fIGc; lambs, fancy, 8c. PORK Dressed, 100 fo 130 pounds. Sr; 150 to 200 pounds, 77i.ic; 200 pounds and im. CffCAc. HOPS 1906. choire, 15 77170; prime, 1317e: medium. Wl2c per pound: olds, nominal. WOOI. Eastern Oregon averago. best. 137 18c pr pound, according to shrinkage; Valley, 20g21c, according to fineness. MOHAIR Choice, 26928c. , Blank Hand Throws Bomb. New York, Nov. 5. Unsuccessful in their attempts to blackmail Francisco Messina, a prosperous tailor of Brook lyn, members of the so-called Black Hand Society, so the police say, hurl ed a dynamite bomb against the front door of the tenement house in which he lives and conducts his business. Damage of $8,000 to the building and : jsiatorB. surrounding propeity was caused. At tonight's dinner Governor Cham Scores of persons felt the Fhock of the ! b(irl,iin h , (.0.0,)pration of Oregon "?""l'r i and Washington for improvement of .MVMMIIil ItIS If" It'-'l the pupils residing in Weston to arise, then those whose homes were beyond the town. The latter number visibly exceeded the former. President French said afterward that of the 138 pupils in the normal department, only 2 are residents of Weston. In addition are 102 young pupils in the training department, all from Weston, their studies ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade The age of normal pupils ranges fiom 15 to 27, most of them being 17, 18 and 19. Governor Chamberlain spoke com mendingly of the school, saying it would always have a place In his heart. Representative Davey, of Ma rion, encouraged the friends of the school by declaring that it is one of the indispensable educational institu tions of Oregon. Representative Vaw ter, of Jackson, spoke th same senti ment and Jocularly said that Governor Chamberlain's remarks had put him on record and that they would be remem bered when he should pars upon the appropriation hill of the Republican legislature. Other speak-ri were Senator Smith, of Umatilla, and J. II. Raley, of Pendleton. The town of Weston took an after noon holiday to receive the visitors. At the station, a mile distant from tho school, numerous conveyances were waiting their arrival, to convey them up town. The keen interest of Weston in its normal school was evidenced by the appreciation Its citizens showed of the visit of the Governor and the Iog- ing $400 to $1,000. Detectives arrest ed two men on suspicion. the Columbia river and the protection eif salmon. Governor Mead responded that in Improvement of that river Washington "ought to co-operate with your state." But he pointed out that Seattle controlled a great part of the Mine Diamonds in Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 5 With a view of mining diamonds in Elliott Cgsiative power of "Washington and Carter counties, Samuel Pearson, that it was ne)t so well informed of the of Scranton. Pa., and W. J. Rice, of needs of the Columbia rive-r as it San Juan. P. R.. have organized the might be. Kentucky Transvaal Diamond Mining Company, with a capital of $100,000. Ute Still Travel. Pearson, who spent -ars as an en- Sheridan, Wyo., Oct. 31. Luther gineer in the diamond fie lds of South Dunning, a man living on Otter Creek. Africa, says that the indications for ( has just arrived from the Indian camp. iM.-iivnnd are better In Kentucky tnan; where ho mn and talked witn ini"t in South Africa. Kannapah. who pays his people are? prepared to fight before they will bo Pirates Seize Launches. taken hack to Utah to starve. When HoncVong. Nov. 5. RejMirts nave f Dunning visited the camp the Indians been received that Chinese pirates were on Bear Creek, have prized a British launch and two) This is the latest reliabile informa rhinQ lminctiea in West River and tion regarding the location of tho Utes escaped with $10,000 in booty after a and at that time they were 70 miles running fight. No casualties are re- j rmm fcnerioan ana making wesmaru. ported. jto Tongue River.