THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1892.
LABOR UNION FIGHT.
The Mester Boycott Resisted liy the
Federation." .
AN ILL OMEN OF BROTHERHOOD.
Second Days Proceedings of the Califor
nia Earthquake. .
DREAD APPREHENSION REALIZED.
Ireland's Appeal to America an Import
ant One-The Mushroom ' of
Ocklshomaj etc.
Vo Vnpr. Anril 21. At a meeting of
the executive committee of the federa
tion of labor which is to be held in this
city next week, a plan of campaign will
be marked out for a fight, which means
"the survival of the fittest" so far as the
American federation of labor and the
Knitrhtaof labor are concerned. Then
the great battle will begin, and in every
city the fight will be taken up by the
.- federation. These two powerful bodies
of oreanized labor will enter into a com
tat which will be lengthy and quite
spirited. Such is the meaning conveyed
bv an interview with Henry White
general auditor of the . united garment
workers of America, affiliated with the
American federation of' labor". In the
interview he is emphatic in the denun
elation of the Knights of labor policy re
garding the boycott on Rochester cloth
ing manufacturers. "He stated that the
federation has taken the matter up, and
would endeavor to counteract the effects
of the boycott.
California's Earthquake.
. San Fbancisco, April 20. A singular
impression possessed many residents of
Vacaville yesterday, to the effect that
" they bad not passed all danger, and this
dread apprehension was realized, when,
at three separate times, from 2:02 to
6:40 a. m.t shocks of an earthquake were
repeated, and if a building was only
slightly injured yesterday, today the
wreck is complete. In the creek one
mile above town are fissures from one
to six inches wide, from which gases es
aped, making a loud, Tiissing sound
Water was thrown out of the creek' on
the banks on either side a distance of
twenty-two feet by the explosion. There
was no apparent excitement but more
shocks were awaited. There were none,
however, until 8:25, and that-was al
. most as sharp as its early-morning pre
decessors. The town presents even
more ruined appearance than yesterday
Debris is piled up everywhere. Build
ings all around town have opened up,
and many walls that were only cracked
yesterday are nearly ready to fall today
Shocks were also felt at Dixon' at 2, 4,
and 8 :30 a. m. They were all of " short
duration compared with ttfe one of the
night before. A large force of men have
been engaged to clear away the ruins of
yesterday morning's damages. Similar
. reports come from Haywards, Benicia,
Stockton, Woodland, Sacramento and
Elmira. At the latter place seven dis
tinct shocks were felt.
An Appeal for Aid.
New York, April 21. iThe friends of
Ireland in America are appealed to by
the committee of National Federation,
. ior aid to carry home 'rule for Ireland at
the elections soon to follow the dissolu
tion of parliament. The appeal says
"The election will decide the home-rule
question for our generation, if not for
ever. Will you aid the Irish people
now? The tory party has arranged to
contest every seat in Ireland ; to impose
new burdens on ' our people, knowing
their poverty. Heavy statutory fees
must be deposited when the nomina-
tions are made. ' The necessary funds
should be in our treasurer's hands before
the dissolution of -parliament, in order
to be available at once. . The hour for a
final effort is upon us." The appeal k
signed by Thomas A. Entmett, president,
lit requests that contributions be sent to
surer Eugene Kelly. 22 Cooper
iunion. . .
"A Mushroom Town.
Okabche, O. T.f. April 20. Yesterday
borning Okarohe was a lonely depot on
he Sock Island road. This morning it
baa 1,500 inhabitants, including twenty
Vomen. -There is a grocery store and
limber yard, both doing a rushing bosi-
About the first men to alight
ere two drummers, who went right to
ork taking orders. At 1 1 :40 yesterday f
krenty minutes before the hour, at El
jpno, a'revolver shot was fired' It was
iken for' the signal, and the crowd
shed across the line. ' The soldiers
bnaged . to stop' most of them, but a
fge number continued on in the race.
is will doubtless lead to many com-
cationB. During the rush, nine miles
1st of Union City, one man was killed
dispute over a claim.' A number
boomers are returning,- disappointed
hot getting claims. ' ...'"":.
Blaine is not in it," today. So says
is Magee, who went down to Wash-
on to eee about it.
' Very Prominent" .Citizens.
Moktbeal, April." 20. A' tremendous
sensation was created in St. John's,
Quebec, by the arrest of five prominent
citizens, Including lawyers and officials
of the provincial government, on
charge of the most revolting nature. It
is alleged the prisoners were in the
habit of enticing small boys into a ren
dezvous known locally as the "Fishing
Rod Club."
A Big Land Sale.
Dubois, Pa., April 20. The Pennsyl
vania railroad company has bought the
Duliois estate, comprising 23,000 acres
of coal and timber land in Clearfield
county, for $17,000,000.- John Dubois
who was made sole heir of the estate at
the death of his uncle, is in Philadel
phia. The low grade of the Allegheny
valley railroad, now controlled by the
Pennsylvania, runs through the tract
from east to west. It is said the trans
fer will be made to individual stock
holders of the Pennselvania. .
OCR PUBLIC . SCHOOLS.
Report
of -.Term Examination.
District No. 40.
School
Tygh .Valley, April 18.
Editor Chronicle:
I send you, herewith, my term exam
ination report, hoping you will have the
kindnes to publish it. It will be of
gome interest to your readers, in this
district, and you will do a favor to
. Yours Truly
L. P. Dobais, Teacher,
FIFTH BEADEB CLASS.
per cent,
John McAtee. ... .
Mamie Davis
Frank Zumwalt.
84.6
84.2
68.6
FOURTH READER CLASS.
John Fitzpatrick.
Philip McCorkle'.
Volnev Driver. . .
85.5
77.5
76.1
. ' THIBD- BEADEB CLASS.
Edward Campbell
Beecham Watkins
SECOND BEADEB CLASS.
Erne Watkins
Levi Zumwalt
Ernest McCorkle
Daisy Cantrell. . . .
Buyess Cantrell....
Zeanaus Watkins .". . .'
FIBST BEADEB CLASS. .
Emmet Zumwalt."
Ralph Cantrell
THE MASSILLON TRAIN.
67
58.5
84.7
80.2
77.5
74.7
73.2
61.0
70.2
61.6
Quickest Time and Largest Train Load
To Cross the Continent.
The Russell train of thirty-two cars
from MasBillon, Ohio, which passed
through The Dalles Sunday, carried
forty traction engines ; forty-five separa
tors ; five saw mills ; one car load of
saws, one car load of advertising matter ;
forty water tanks ; in all, goods valued
at $100,000, upon which the freight
amounts to $13,000. The train was
turned over to Mr. S. G. Bigdon, at this
city, after being visited by hundreds of
people, and then proceeded to Portland
where it was placed on exhibition and
was greatly admired. . It was the largest
train, loaded by one firm, that has ever
yet crossed the continent, and it has
made a record for the best time across,
having left the factory at Mossillon on
the 5th inst., and made the trip .through,
including the stop of a day in The Dalles,
in thirteen days, without an accident,
The firm of Russell & Co. make a spe
cialty of threshing machinery for the Or
egon and Washington trade. They have
their own branch house for the coast at
Portland, employ a number of expert
machine men, and every year make a
study of the requirements of the coast
trade in this line. .
The Russell threshing outfit for this
season will certainly be' the best in the
market. The engines are equipped with
Russell's patent friction clutch, which
has for the past five years kept this en
gine at the head of the procession. The
new Cyclone thresher for this season has
a double barred cylinder, set in an iron
frame,, which entirely overcomes the
tendency to loose spikes, and the frame
twisting out of line, in addition to Rus
sell's patent spiral, distributing beater,
which is peculiar to this machine only,
Messrs. J. M. Filloon & Co., The Dalles
agents for Russell & Co., for the above
and other farm machinery, are this week
in receipt of a large -share of the goods
lor wasco ana other counties.
One of the most sensational and re
markable international transactions
known in many years, and. one which
will make a great, stir in England and
Germany, consists in the. virtual sale of
the island republic of San Domingo to
private parties for the United States for
$3,500,000 in 5 per cent debentures,
secured on the revenue from tobacco, etc.
Herr Jaeger, who for twenty years has
been in the service of the Rothschilds,
at Frankfort-on-Main, is a fugitive and
an embezzler of nearly. 2,000,000 marks.
No event within many years has created
a greater sensation in- the financial cir
cles of Germany . .
The Oregonian says: "When in the
legislature Mr. Veatch objected to every
appropriation." This is not correct.
There was at leastone notable exception.
Mr. Veatch made a rousing speech in
favor of the Raley bill and voted with
the majority when it passed - the senate.
A pamphlet containing the new Aus
tralian ballot law adopted by this state
is for sale at the Chbokicls office at ten
cents a copy. ". ' . .. . . : -.
BIG JEW YORK STEAL.
- - - -
A Gang of CrooM Cflstoi House Ei--.
.'ployes Detectel
IMPORTERS CHEATING' UNCLE SAM.
The Stealings of Seventy-Five Persons
" Aggregate f 300,000. . .'
NUMEROUS ARRESTS TO BE MADE.
A. Clan of Importers, Brokers and Cus
tom Employes Full Together
for Tears.
New York, April 21. For some weeks
past Collector Hendricks has been
quietly working" upon a clew, which has
at last unraveled . a proceeding which
has been carried on in this port for
years, between a clan 01. importers,.
brokers and customs employes, by
which the government has been" de
frauded of large sums of money. About
forty persons have been' arrested, and as
many more will be taken into custody
this week. Special treasury agent White
head, and a force of detectives, are
co-operating with collector Hendricks in
the matter.- The system of frauds prac
ticed has been in the undervaluation of
imports, and the operators are mostly of
a class of persons jntherto considered
honorably connected with some of the
most respectable merchantile houses of
the continent. The first arrests, made
on Tuesday, created great excitement in
the circles of those implicated, and when
the newspaper reporters heard of it -ef
forts were made to get at the facts, but
the collector and his assistants bad pro
vided against revelations so closely that
no information could be had until the
beginning of the wholesale arrests, then
it was learned that the authorities have
been for some time quietly investigating
what has turned -'out to' be the most
gigantic conspiracy of the times. At
least seventy-five persons are implicated
in the steal, and the sum taken aggre
gates over $300,000. Importers, customs
inspectors. -weighers and 'assistants, as
well as spme gaugers, belong to the. ring,
which appears to have been operating
successfully a number of years.
San Francisco Rings ters. ' .
Chicago, April 20. Government joffi
cials this morning resumed their . search
for contraband tobacco, sent here and to
other cities by the San Francisco . ring
sters, who have .been defrauding the
customs. The treasury agents received
dispatches from San Francisco and New
York this morning, and on information
contained therein an inspector was "sent
hurriedly to a city in Ohio, where.it is
believed 100 bales of the tobacco were
sent for disposition. Meyer ' & Son, C.
Heller and S. Kullenbacb, who have had
dealings with San Francisco men, - and
were victimized by them, have given
Collector Clark some valuable informa
tion, and it is believed before many days
the tobacco will be located in Chicago
and seized. . .
Union Pacific Affairs
NewYobk, April 20. Capt. R. 8,
Hayes has consented to' take the presi
dency of the Union Pacific when Sidney
Dillon retires, at the coming- election
Jay Gould and Russell Sage will be
dropped from the board of directors, and
Mr. Dillon retained only as a c&ncession
to his long service to the company. A
suggestion that the place of chairman of
the board be created for him was not
favorably considered by the people who
will represent the controlling interest.
Vice-President S. H. H. Clarke may con
tinue his connection with the company
upon condition that he resign his po
sition as general manager of the Mis
souri Pacific railroad, which he is said
to have expressed a willingness to do.
Building Accident.
New Yobs, April 21. A building on
State street, Schnectady, fell in yester
day with a terrible crash. Workmen
were excavatipg alongside of the wrecked
building, for the foundation of a new
building adjoining, and they just had
time to escape. Mrs. Carting, wife of
the owner of the wreck," was in the
building when it fell, and was buried in
the debrie and some time elapsed before
her rescue "was effected. The roof was
finally lifted and propped, and she was
found conscious and uninjured, beneath
a sewing machine which had fallen over
her and acted as a shield, protecting her
from the roof timbers.
Senator Mitchell was feeling very good
over having a convert in John Sherman
to his opinion that the present Chineses
exclusion acts did not expire until 1894.
8enator Dolph believes that the end will
come May 6, . this year, and Senator
Sherman said he too was of that opinion,
until he read all the amendment care
fully. ' The" members of the judiciary
commission agree with Senators Mitchell
and Sherman on this proposition-
Five hundred men are. now at work on
the Astoria and ... Transcontinental
railway. . ..- - ' - j
MARKET REVIEW.
. - The Dalles, April 23, M92.
Trade for the past week has moved
along more brisk without any changes
in prices in any one line, save in flour
which has declined twenty cents per
barrel in the past few days. There has
been a decline of thirty cents per barrel
in Portland within, the past three days,
and is quoted there at $4.30 for standard
and $4.20 for Walla Walla. This decline
and quotation is 60 cents lower than
that of a month ago, anjl is nothing
more man was. expected, owing to the
weak condition of the markets. Wheat
is moving, more freely in the local mar
ket and .a sharp . decline has taken
place,' correspondingly with- the Port
land and Eastern markets.- Yesterday
55 cents was paid for good, marketable
wheat, and it is difficult to obtain more
than 60 cents for best milling. The life
less condition of foreign markets has
thoroughly demoralized the grain trade
throughout all grain centers. Ships
are being chartered abroad for this next
harvest at rates much lower than ever
known at this season of the year.
Freight rates all over the world on grain
charters are very much depressed owing
to the small offerings and the very large
quantity of idle tonnage. What
shrinkage 'the future quotation's . may
sustain will be made up largely by cheap
freights to foreign merkets so that pro-'
ducers will fare well in the end.
Hay, and feed grains, together with
mill feed, corn, etc., is in excellent sup
ply at unchanged prices and is held, firm
and steady.
The egg and butter market is steady.
Butter is more plentiful and the surplus
above home demand is being shipped to
the metropolis'. - .
- The vegetable supply is good, and
prices are looking downward. The fruit
market is very . fine with an increased
scarcity of offering.
The grocery trade is brisk and no
changes are 'noticed in quotations.
Coffee, beans and rice are fine. Sugar
is steady, - with an easy feeling that
there will be no advance: .
There is" nothing to note in the wool
market, save that it. is,' moving freely.
One lot has been shipped to 'San Fran
cisco as a feeler. What the result will be
is to be determined by the returns. .
The salmon season has fairly opened,
but the catch is very light. Jobbing lots
are -sold at 8 cents per lb., which is high
er than formerly on the first of the sea
son. A difference in quotations will fol
low in a few days.'
Wheat We' quote 55 to 60 cents
per bushel. Corn in sacks $1.40 $1.50
per 100 lbs.
Oats The "oat market is in good sup
ply with' a limited demand. We quote
1.20 cents to fl.zo per cental. -Barley
The barley supply is limited
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental.
Floub Local, brands wholesale, $4.10
$4.35 per barrel at the mills, retail
Mills tuffs We quote bran at $20.00
per ton. Ketail .$1.00 per 100 lbs,
Shorts and middlings, $22.50$25.00
per ton. Chop corn at $28.00 to $30.00
per ton. Rolled barlay at $28.00 to
430.00 per ton.
. Hay Timothy hay. is in good supply
at quotations $14.00 to $15.00. ' Wheat
hay is quoted at 12.50$13.00 per ton,
and scarce, baled. Wild hay is quo
ted at $12.0013.00 per ton. Alfalfa
$12.00 baled. Oat hay $13.00.
Potatoes Abundant ' at 50 to 60
cents a sack and demand limited.
Botteb We quote Al .40. 65 cents
per roll, and more plentiful.
Eggs Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 12 to 14 cents,
Poultby Old fowls are in better sup
ply at $4.00 to $4.50 per dozen.
Apples 1.75$2.00 '19 box and scarce,
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
and onions, 1 cent per pound.
HnE8-Prime dry hides are quoted at
.W per pound. Uulls .U4Uo. Ureen .uz
.03. Salt .03).04. Sheep pelts
1.00 to $1.75 ; butchered, 75 to cents ;
bear skins $6 to $8 ; coyote .60 ; mink 50
cents each ; martin $1.00 ; beaver, $1.75
(33.00 per lb. ; otter, $2.005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4-00 each; Red Fox,
$10.00 ; Dilon gray, $25.00 r Black Fox,
f.w; role cat, . ; wildcat, s.&u;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00.
Beef Beef on loot clean and prime
2c. for ordinary and 3c. for prime.
Mutton Choice weathers 44Lg
cents, and scarce per tt in carcas.
Hogs 5c. Dressed, and quite scarce.
Veal 6 to 7 cents per tt.
Countrv bacon in round lots 10c.
Lard 5& cans .12c; 10B
401b. 8c9Kc. "'
Lumber The supply is fairly good.
We quote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No. 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50$2.60. Lath $2.85.
Lime $1.65$1.7d per bbl. Cement
$4.60 per bbL
staple gbocebies.
Coffee Costa Rica is quoted at 23
cents by the sack ;
Sugars Chinese in 1001b mats, Dry
Granulated, $6.J; Extra C, 5 cents
C,54 cents.
American sugars Dry (jrranulated in
barrels or sacks, 6 cents ; Extra C, in
do., 5 cents; C,'5 cents.
Sugars in 30 tb boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.80; Extra C, $2.10; Dry
Granulated $2.25.
Sywjp 2.25 to 12.75 can, kegs 1.90
to $2.00 keg.
Rice Japan rice, 6)6 cents; Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beaks Small white, 45 cents;
Pink, 4L4 cents by the lOOlbs.
Stock kali? la quoted at $17.50 per
ton. Liverpool. 50 tb sack. . 70 cents
100 Ibsack. $1.25 ;' 2008. sack, $2.25.
Henry Waltersoh, of the Louisville
Courier-Journal has made a strong plea
for Russell Young. No action. ;
Senators Squires and Allen have ar-
roused to a sense of- their duty in the
matter of Columbia river improvements,'
and ask for an appropriation, for an im-
rovement below Vancouver.-
A SCGGESTITB PICTURE.
Effect of and Open Rirer on the Cost of
. . Transportation. -
From the Vancouver Independent.
Linus Hubbard of The Dalles is send
ing out'handsome photographs ef the
whaleback steamers Wetmore and Col
gate Hoyt passing through the Bault Ste
Marie locks. Accompanying them is
the following verse :
If our senators and congressmen
Heed the signs of the hour, . .'
These steamers and more by many a score
Will pass the Cascade locks in '94. .
v The photos with the verse, are highly
suggestive, and nothing has yet trans
pired to show that the whalebacks -will
not be the corning grain carriers of the
world. There is but one place between
Cape Hancock and the Cascades with
insufficient water for these steamers, and
that is the bar; a short .distance below
Vancouver, and a comparatively insignU
ficant sum will be needed there to
furnish a sufficient -depth of . water for
the largest vessels that enter the river,
When it .becomes possible to load a
steamer with wheat clear up in the grain
fields of the interior, and send that cargo
through to a foreign market without
breaking bulk or without further ex
pense except that of operating the
steamer, then will the farmers of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho enjoy a trans
portation rate that will make them won
der how' they endured . the present
monopoly so long as they did, and thous
and even millions of dollars that is now
thrown into the coffers of Jay Gould and
his Wall street satraps, will be kept, here
the northwest, ' among the farmers
where it rightfully, belongs. It ib not
even necessary that the business be done
with, whalebacks in order to reduce the
present exhorbitant rates on wheat from
the interior, for if the Cascade locks
were completed and open to all, there
would be scores of independent steamers,
barges and scows, offering competitive
rates that never can be secured so long
as the river is not .open, and -there is
only one railroad to handle the business,
The river must be opened, and any ap
propriation no matter what the amount,
cannot be too large for the vast interests
at stake. It is to be hoped that the
signs of the hour" will be heeded and
that the immense grain crop of the in
terior Will float seaward on the Columbia
river before "4" it possible to com
plete the woik contemplated, sooner.
K!lnjcsley Correspondence.
' Kingsley, Or., April,' 16.
Editor Chronicle :
I thought I would send a few items
from our little burg where the farmers
are through seeding, and the weary are
at rest..
The weather is cool with frosty nights,
Wheat that is sown is making plenty of
root, but is not growing much on the
surface. -
Mr. Brigbam, of Dufur, preached a
very able sermon to a large congregation
at our school house last Sunday, and the
Rev. Mr. "Baker, of Dufur, preached
Monday and" Tuesday' nights to very at
tentive audiences. So you see our peo
ple are a little inclined to be religious.
Our school started on the first Monday
of April, under" the management of Prof.
Merrill, a man well qualified to teach
and train the mind ot our youths.
Our Sunday school is a grand success,
under the able management of Supt. J,
D. Whitten, assisted by our able school
teacher,
The Literary society was a failure last
Saturday night, on account of the
directors- locking the school house on
them...
. Tam O'Shantbb.
GRACIOUSLY DECLINES.
But He Has Treated the Boys to a Box
of Clears at the Expense of
the Party.
Wamic, Dr., April 18.
Editor Chronicle:
. I see from the report" of the proceed
ing of the democratic county convention,
as published in the Chronicle, that I
have been honored with the nomination
for county surveyor. . Please allow me
space to thank the members of the con
vention for this expression of their con
fidence, respect, etc. I regret very much
that my present engagements are such
as to forbid all thought of accepting the
nomination. -
I decline with the very best feeling for
every member of the convention. I am
even with my ' old friend, ' Mr. Sanford
now, as I have "treated the boys" here
to a box of $60 per thousand cigars :
charging the same to his account.. Very
truly youts, . - .
-. r F.S..GOBDOS.
ABOUT THOSE CIGARS.
Mr. Gordon Mast Withdraw His Reelgna-
tlon or Buy His Own Cigars.
The Dalles, Or., April 21, 1892.
Editor Chronicle: '
Tell Mr. Gordon that I am not in the
habit of putting a man in nomination
and letting him decline and then set Up
the cigars at my expense. If he will
stay in the stall and stand our currying
in June, the cigars will be paid for..
. A. C. Sanfobd. -
A large aerolite fell about three miles
northeast of Palermo, Cola., last night.
The aerolite was green in color. It left a
long train of fire in its wake, arid its
striking the earth ' was accompanied by
an explosion audible several miles.
"Are Tour Taxes PaldT"
Tax paying citizens of Oregon have,
frequently appealed for redress of the
tax grievance. Not that the levy is al-
wV8 considered unreasonable, but front
the l'act that tax payers .never know
when they are through paying. A sys
tem sueh as they have in Brooklyn, f
Y., is moot devoutly wished for in Ore-',
gon. In Brooklyn all the taxes are paid
for the year at one time, to. one man,,
city, "school, county, state,, and any
special assessment that may be levied."
Recounting his experiences in. Oregon, a
resident of Brooklyn says : "I used to
write to the tax-collector to send me my
tax bill for the current year. '. He did so.
It was all itemized, the regular from the
special assessment, and the total carried
out.. I would, upon its receipt and ex
amination, mail him a check attached
to the bill, and next day my tax bill re-
turned receipted; and I had nq doubt
whatever after that all my taxes were
paid. In this county, beside the trouble
of running to the different places and
the expense of keeping three sets ot'
books and three sets of clerks, it requiree
an expert to know when all his taxes
are paid. This system is liable to make
mistakes, and often when a man thinks '
his taxes are paid he finds they are not."
It seems possible that a remedy for these
difficulties might be easily applied.
NORTHWEST. NEWS.
Astoria Herald. The salmon catch is
very small,' many boats coming in with
out any fish, and in other instances only
one or two to the boat. . The run, even
for this season of the, year, is considered
exceedingly poor," and unless a marked
improvement is noted,- the pack will be
smaller than ever in the history of tke
salmon canning industry.. " -.
- Spokane Review. - Jay .Gould may
not be much of a sportsman, but when
he goes west he usually bags 'big game.
His recent trip into Texas is understood
to have proved quite successful. He
captured only one, railroad,, but with,
ditches and irrigating canals he had beti
ter luck. Jason loses no sleep over the
extinction of the American bison, but if '
the American railroad should become
extinct existence would become very
dreary for him.
Grants Pass Courier. Cap.. Hender
son is about to erect a hotel at the mouth,
of the famous Josephine .county caves,
and those romantic fastnesses will soon
become a famous summer resort. They
are distant twenty miles southeast of
Kerby, within three miles of the Cali
fornia line. . The subterranean, passages
have been explored for about ten miles
and they seem to run away into Califor- -nia.
The captain says there is tolerable
good footing most of the way,' but the
chambers are up and down, necessitat
ing the use of ladders at various points.
In one place there is a deep pit into
which rocks have been thrown, but have
never been heard to strike, so it is con
sidered pretty nearly bottomless. They
will be more fully explored in the future. .
Assotin Sentinel. The following novel
plan of ridding farms of squirrels is. be
ing tried in Asotin county. Several
rows are plowed in the field nearest
where the squirrels are thickest, and at
a distance of about every thirty feet
holes to a depth of . twenty inches' are
sunk, with . a post hole digger. The
squirrels take possession of the furrows
as a play ground and while running af
ter one another, will tumble into these
holes from which they cannot agMn.
emerge, but die. Several farmers who
have tried it, say it works admirably.
Excursion to Hood River.
The Idlewilde Odd Fellows Lodge of
Hood River will give a grand picnic at
that place on April 26, in honor of the
seventy-third anniversary of the intro
duction of odd fellowship to the United
States. Invitations have been extended
to the lodges and members in the sur
rounding "country and t is expected that
quite a number of odd fellows from The
Dalles, Goldendale, Dufur and other
places will attend.. .The Regulator has
put the return rates for the trip al fifty
cents for adults and twenty-five cents
for children, and to accommodate the
excursionists will leave here at 7 a. m.
and await their convenience for return,
ta Hood River if necessary.
' Portland Lire Stock Market.
Pobtland,' April' 21". The following'
prices of live stock in this market are
furnished by A. Fargher & Co. : Cal.
steers, average 1,150 to 1,250 lbs., $4-00
$4.15 ; Grass fed steers, average 1,000
to 1,200 lbs., $3.75 $4.00; Grass fed
cows, average 900 to 1,100 lbs., $3.00
$3.80 ; Hogs, block, average 125 to 200 lbs.
$6.00(86.25; Stock, average 80 to 125 lbs.,
$5.75 6.00; Grass fed sheep, average
80 to 95 lbs., $4.75 4.90 ; ditto average
100 to 110 lbs. $5.00 $5.10; Grass fed
sheep, Eastern Oregon, average 95 to 110
lbs., $5.00 $5.10. The market is strong,,
or good stock.
Stoneman and Fiege call attention to
their new stock of ladies fine shoes, in all
widths, and their full assortment of
lawn tennis shoes, with perforated inner
soles which they offer at prices as low as
goods of the same quality can be sold for
anywhere. -.
A lively time is expected In political
circles at New Orleans today. The elec
tion is for state, parish and citv officers,
and besides two democratic . tickets in
the field, there are two republican
tickets, a farmers' alliance ticket, and
a peoples' ticket. Some broken noses
may be looked, for.