THE LEADING PAPER
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM,
Circulation, 800.
575 Subscribers
OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
WITHIN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
VOL. 8.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1891.
NO. 85.
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oliiinhlii County Directory.
Cauiil' Officer.
II. J. Hnllwr, HI. Ili'lcn.
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diiiiiiiniiii'Hlliiiii llr-l mi't llili.l Hiilnnln)' In I'm'h
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Miiil.'dtnUwiivl miriti. VIimh nl.10 k-'m. for
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in,. Iinwliim. I hurxlny. mul Hiitn.ilii.
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Physician and Surgeon,
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Physician and Surgeon,
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HttlDK A IHt!!SKIl.
Attorneys-at-Law,
T. A. Mi-tliKlii, I l'romit ntli-iiiliiii ulven lo
A. .S. lir.'.inT. I ,n ml OlMi'tt liiiiiivn,
On-Kuii Clly, (rH)ii.
1). MTTI.K,
Surveyor and Civil Engineer.
I.ml HttrveyhiK, Tuwii I'lnttliiB nml Kn
Hlntirtii3 work iironiptly tlone.
(L'ul'NTY StiKVKVurt.) Ht, llolotiii, Or.
It. CON V Kits,
Notary Public & Real Estate Agt,
Cliilnknnlo. Orogon.
All ninu'rn rnrefully mul riirreully mmle
out,
1 leu I Kn ii to litiimlit, miltl nml ri'nti'tl
t. mmNry, I., t. titniN. i. w. prafbm
i;uni:y, haiiis & ukatku.
Attorneys-at-Law,
5 , OnKon City, -Oregon.
Twi'lvo vcars emicrli'iico n Henlntur of
the V. H, i.nnil ollloo here, rcroiiinicnils Us
tn our Ki'ii'iMlly of till Kltiils or imniituii nc
tori! the I.nnil (Hiiro or tint Courts, nnil hi'
volvlitir tlii) prni-tlrc iu thu llt-nvral I.nnil
Olllce.
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. Attorney-aMaw,
( I .ale Hjieoinl Agent of (ienornl f.nnil Olllt'o)
Orkiiiin City, OlIKtlOX.
Jfotncslead,, rre-eiuiitlon and Tnnbor
I.nnil A)ilirutUiti, nml oilier l.nnd (HIU't
IIiinIih'hh, n Hiioelult y. Dlllco, 2nd Floor
Laud Olllt u IIiiiIiIIiik.
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Notary Public & Real Estate Agt,
Reuben, Cnhinibln County, Orogou.
Tho uniloririrfned will itttinil to, nd onrMly lo nil
IiiiIiii iHirluliiinit to tlm tminifnrrlnir of rail uUU,
mul uiawur Iniinlilrot roWthiR lo lonilliin mil Ml van t-
Will Im aittintl to I'tunAon Cklim, bolutf mithorlaatl
to bv luteal rtotiRiililon Irom the liuinitnient of
Interior. B. WINUKKT.
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MIHOKM-ANKOIIS,
. DAVIES,
The Photographer,
First and Taylor Streets,
PORTLAND - - OREGON
Work and ticva lliat cannot bo btiiUm.
MO 4 OI.OM ll'K tff TlIK ii. A. V.
Tho CJrnnd Army of tho Republic,
in national oncampmont ut Dutroit,
wuh potitionod by cortnin pontH com
poHcd of whito inuiiibers, in Mi-
sifiHippi and LouiHiium, to creato
separata dupartniontu for tho dif
foront rncoH, so that nogroes ' could
not becomo niutnbors of wliito pouts
or tako part with tho whites in
department cncainptnontH. This
course was recommended by tho
department commander in chief. It
is to tho credit of tho 0. A. It. that I
it refused to tako any such notion
General Warner, chairman of the
Uid committed having the matter in
chnrgo, in making his report says
During that fierce struggle for
the life of tho nation, wo stood
shoulder, to shoulder us comrades
tried. It is too Into to divide now
on a color lino. Tho man who is
good enough to stand between tho
llag and thoso who would destroy it,
when the fato of tho nation is trem
bling in tho balance, is good enough
to be a comrade in any department
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
No different rules have been, or
ever shall bo, rofiogimod by tho
survivors of tho Union army and
navy. No department should be
established for any color or nation
ality. Tho platform of the tirin-
ciplts of the Grand Army is so
broad that all honorable discharged
soldiers and sailors can stand upon
it. In the opinion of your com
mittee the fact that tho departments
of Louisiana and Mixtiissippi conmst
of jxmts, one part of which is com
poncd of while comrades and the
other of colored comrades, is no
reason for making this radical
change inour rules and regulations.
Our fraternity, charity and loyalty
should bo witnessed by our deeds,
as well as our words.
Faiiillln In Hilltilaiiil.
The i)iiit!ii of HiiliK'ilninI ore. gorifr
lly ftpniikiiijr. hiiiiiII nml gracefully
furniud nml uttnt n reiiiurkulilo cou
tnvat to lliulr tall nml lritiilug nititoa.
The ft) urn In lovt'lini'itri U miforttitiutuly
Homnwlml triuiUmt. no tlmiljt owing iu
largo nit'uiiiro to tlm Infiii lor ftirn gnil
rough work with the nou. No lilnn of
fmiinlo nutTi-nire is uvor likely to outer a
Hulljciiliinil. r' hand. 1IU t'li of tho
relnliiui of tho nexos In the old ono tlmt
tho nmn U tho livnd of tho wifu nod
that woniun. tako thniu m you liko, tire
an interior order; thoy are kind And
coiirtooii to thoir women In nil ro
ipKeu, lint thore U no douht who is
lord nml brotnl-wiuuiir. Tho pntri
nreliut vlni him ncareoly died out.
Kach liitty, broad - nhooldorod sou,
though ho nmy hnra )tisstnl Ids twenty
llrt liirlliiliiy, Is ivquired to give all or
nutirly nil his enruings lo his father so
long as ho llvtn in his fttther's house.
Whon ho iiKtrrius nnd tiikoe up hnuso
for himsolf thon only tlous tho nattia
iirotusttu como to nu ond. Ileljgo
luntltirs as a rulu marry young; there
are more woiuoti thnu invu, and It Is
not ilillltMilt, to lind a mute. House-
keeping is not nn expunsivo Job, and
there is plenty of money to bo earned
if a man is iutolliunt and industrious.
It may be some time boforc the yonug
husband hits a boat of his own, for a
boat costs 15 (thoy nro all built in
tho Island), but ho can always hire
one, paylujr for Its hire about 35 nor
oeut of the payment ho himsolf chargos.
The population of the enrth ifnnhTo
lUelf lu iliO years.
THWAITES,
The Photographer.
CABINKT8. - 250 PKR DOZEN.
CARDS, $2.00 PER DOZEN.
167 and 16!), First Btroet, rortland Or.
D. J. SWITZER,
8T. HKf.KNM, - - - - - OlilCUON,
'-AGENT FOR-
State Insurance Co.
'- OF
SALEM . - OR EG ON.
io -nn-
JOHN A. BECK,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
FOR rout
Elegant Jewelry.
Tho Fluent Assortment, of Wntohps, I'locks.
and Jowvlry o( ull Di'McrloUon.
Ori'OHITIi THK KSMOND, I'OUTI-ANU.
A, H. BLAKESLY, "
y Proprietor of
Oriental t Hotel
".ST.. .HELENS, OREGON.
Tho liottsp hits boon fully refurnished
throiiKhntil anil the next or itcvom
motlnllons will bo Riven. v
CHARGES REASONABLE.
STAflR run In connection with ,
tho lioliileoiinoi'tliiK with the North- '
em I'lu'ilii! liiiiliimil at Milton. ' HIiiko
for Tfteoina trains HI p. in. For rottluntl
tram at, 3 i. in.
0KEQ0N NEWS.
Salem now gets fresh salmon
daily from Nestucca and Alseabayg.
Many fields of wheat in Polk
county aro yielding from thirty-five
to forty bushels an acre.
Senator J. II. Mitchell has gone
to Washington, D. C, to attend to
legal business beforo the supreme
court.
Nearly MS.OOO. has been raised
in stock for a hosiery and under
ware factory to bo built at Water
loo, Linn county.
I other Armstrong, aged ninety
years, titod in Malem August 11th
it , ii . . . . . .
no was ine oiucsi uaa f ollow in
the United States.
1 he total assessment of property
in Yakima county is 11,008,29(5, of
which amount ifI,U2i,3iO is on
personal property and 3,(Mii,0."0
on roal estate.
Tho Catholic priests of Oregon
are Boon to enjoy a vacation at the
pleasant homo of tho Denedictinc
fathers at Mt. Angel, thirty miles
from Portland.
Last week at Yaquina while
couplo of young men were shooting
at a mark ono of tho bullets passed
through tho hat of Hoy htuart,
boy, who was playing near by.
Rust is reported in some fields.
late-sown grain in low plaees suffer
ing tho most therefrom. . 1 he dam'
ago done is lees in Jackson than in
moot of tho counties of Oregon,
Several cases of diphtheria are
reported in Crook county. Two
children Of John Savage, who lives
two unles from rnneville, have
died, and another is dangerously ill.
John Kennedy, living near Co
burg, was kicked by a horso and had
one rib broken. He was knocked
down and fell on his shoulder,
dislocating tho shoulder joint and
fracturing the bone below the socket.
Joseph Rrico, a laborer omploved
on street work in East Portland,
jumped off tho iron railroad bridge
into the river Saturday night and
was drowned. It is believed ho
took this method of committing
suicide.
Dr. W. T. McMurty died at
Eugeno August 9th from cancer.
The cancer was located at the base
of hie tongue. Dr. McMurty prac
ticed at Sellwood about three years
ago previous to his location in
Eugone.
Parties who wish to secure the
services of a boy or girl, or who
wish to adopt children can have
full particulars by addressing K. T.
Dooley, superintendent' Oregon
Hoys' and Girls' Aid Society, Port
land, Urcgon.
wan. two tiriugo commissions
trying to sell bridge bonds Portland
certainly should bo able to securo a
free bridge Tho Mcussdorffer
commission has agreed to sell bonds,
and tho council commission (com
mittee) is advertising for bids.
Farmers living on the east fork
of Hood river havo determined to
utilize the water of that stream bv
building an irrigation ditch four feet
wide at the bottom and about the
same depth. Tho head of the ditch
will be 1500 feet above the Colum
bia river.
An inspection ""of tho Cascade
locks shows that tho water is nearly
all pumped out of tho canal and
that a forco of laborers have been
put to work on ttio sand pit, pre
paratory to commencing tho lay
ing of tho concrcto in the bottom of
tho canal. '
An irrigating ditch to run
between Yreka and Little Shasta
is to bo constructed at a cost of
about $300,000. Tho Hume will bo
twonty feet wide by four deep, and
it will not only irrigate thousands
of pretty dry acres, but also lloat
lumber from tho Upper Klamath
mills to the railroad.
Indications are that a good body
of ore will bo found in tho Buffalo
mine near Pendleton when the tun
nel is run a sufficient distance to
stnko the leugo and tho prospects
are considered encouraging. The
company will hold a meeting soon
to docide on future operations. : It
is probable that when tho Monu
mental mill is started, ore will be
taken from the upper level for
reduction.
Tho Germau emperor tried to
take chargo of the ship on his
return homo from England and
ordered the captain and second
mate below. The captain protested,
as the ship was in dangerous waters,
but finally obeyed, leaving the
second oflicer on the bridge of tho
vessel with the emperor, The empe
ror ordered him below, but as
ho did not move as rapidly as
desired ho attempted to throw him
oil'. In tho Bcuflle that took place
botween tho emperor and tho oflicer
the emperor's kneecap was broken.
As a conscquenco he has been laid
up-sinco. This is one of the reports
given as to how tho emperor sus
tained his injurv. From reports,
it appears the emperor was almost
insaue at tho time from . some
unknown cause.
WASHINGTON' SfEWS.
The oatfl on La Conner flats have
been badly flattened ai d lodged by
the late rains.
Clallamcounty's . assessment is
just completed and foots up $3,700,
000 a most excellent showing.
Ten contraband Chinamen have
been arrested on Whidby island in
Pugct sound, and taken to Seattle
for trial.
Tho cars of the Fairhavcn elec
tric system are expected to arrive
in a few days, and tho track will be
completed in about three weeks.
Seattle wants tho national educa
tional convention next year. The
committee that will name tho place
of meeting will visit Seattle next
week.
Olyrnpia has voted to iusue bonds
for 150,000, to bo used in building
sewers, funding its debts, amount
ing to $77,500, and other necessary
public improvements.
r . r , ,
across the line, and about four miles
of rortd.
The saloon men of Spokane have
oreanizeda society to nrotect and
uphold all personal, civil and
religious liberties of its members
and to be known as the League of
v rcettom.
On Gehr Spring near Walla
t
Walla tho boiler of a tbreshine
engine blew up, totally destroying
the machine and scalding several
horses. None of the men about
were hurt.
The millers at Ritzville have been
having some troublo with their
water supply, the steam jet not
being powerful enough to raise the
water from the well and force it
into the tank.
State Land Commissioner W. T.
Forrest has received a report from
Whatcom county showing the sale
of school lands to the amount of
$86,036. The prices ranged from
$12 to $155 per acre.
The Lake Chelan Railroad &
Navigation Company has two boats
now running on Lake Chelan, and
expect to build alarge,commodioiis;
fast-running 6tcamer to meet the
demands of -business for 1802.
John Kreischel, a farmer livine
about one mile below Catheart's
station, near Snohomish, had an
encounter with a 250-pound bear.
Kreischel came out victorious and
his neighbors got a good supply of
bear meat.
It is rumored that a band of
stock thievos have been stealing
cattle in Okanogan county and
running them across the line to
disposo of them. It is said the
band is composed of twelve or fif
teen persous.
Much enthusiasm prevails in
Port Townsend just now over the
prospoct of the speedy renewal of
the construction work on the Port
Townsend Southern. The ship
Oaks is now discharging her pargo
of railroad iron at that port.
People down the Pataha complain
that some of the ranchers above
are damming up the creek and run
ning out the water into ponds and.
using it for irrigating to such an
extent that there is not enough
water loft in the channel for stock.
The minors down Yakima river,
somo seven miles below Ellensburg,
are working away and getting
ready to start their machinery for
working the bed of the river. Tho
process is new thore, but a trial will
be mado along about the. first of
next month.
The woods about the mouth of
the Swak on the south side are on
fire. Fire is raging northwest of
Cle-elum also, destroying the timber.
Foars are entertained that it may
reach tho cordwood in that section.
The air above Cle-elum and Roslyn
ia thick with smoke.
A deal has been closed whereby
W. E. Simpson, of Tacoma, pur
chased of J. II., Brown, of North
Yakima, fifty car loads of water
melons, thus giving him control of
the entiro watermelon crop of the
state, which ho says will amount
to about 180 car loads in all.
A suspension pridge has just been
completed aorossthe Klickitat river
at Wetornnis. It is 140 feet in length
and four feet in width. The floor
hangs about twelve feet above the
water and is swung from two cables
each one of which is made of six
telegraph wires twisted together.
Indian Agent Colo has completed
the work of enrolling the Coeur
d'Alene Indians entitled to a share
in tho distribution of $500,000 paid
by tho government for tho lands
recently ceded. It is found that
426 Indians are entitled to a share
of this money, and that each will
receive $1100. Many of the Indi
ans are already well-to-do.
jueporiB irom a largo numoer oijto'ju inclusive. Uotton and rice
towns throughout the Palotwo and j will command better prices than
Big Rend country indicate a very -j last season. Cattle will be worth one
slight falling off in the, crop esti- third more' than eighteen months
mates of a month ago. ago, with other live stock in propor-
The Cascade City Land Company tion- Tobacco is advancing heavily,
let a contract to C. O. Squire to an bops are firm at good prices,
build two bridges across Kettle Winter fruit will command large
river in British Columbia, just values and all vegetables are yield-
FAEM AND GARDEN,
VALt'E OF1 OVH CHOPS.
Tho American : Agriculturist, in
its annual review of the harvests,
to bo puplished in its September
issue, estimates that tho farm profits
this year will be 1,000,000,000
more than during the recent ' years
of depression. On tho basis of the
present pronpects the corn eiop of
1801 is estimated to be 2,000,000,000
bushels; wheat, 500,000,000 bushels;
and oats, 022,000,000 bushels. The
total yield of wheat, corn and oats
on the basis of this estimate will be
28.8 per cent, greater than lust year,
and 10.7 per cent, above the average
of the precending eleven years. On
this basis of value of the corn
crop will be to the farmers, $1,000,
000,000; wheat, $500,000,000; and
oats, $250,000,000. This is $150,
000,000 more than the value of
! tlicsn ernna in 1R0O ur.A r:9r, OOO .
ooo' more than the value of the
j aVeraire of these .crons from 1880 to
!.,. V . . . .
; ln8 fairly, with every indication of
i a remunerative market. The export
' oulIook was never better. Im-
mensely increased sums will be sent
to the United States for our produce
Of course ulterior influences may
interfere with these brilliant predic
tions, but it is almost certain the
farmers will receive better profits
on their crops than ever before.
CARE OF MILK.
No drugs are fit to put in milk to
destroy germs. Salycilic acid and
borax are the least harmful, but no
one, unless he has them for sale,
will advise their use. Heating is
the only safe method, but simple
boiling does not destroy all the
spores, lo kill them a heat of 240
degrees Fahrenheit is required, or
alternate boiling and cooling for
three days.
l ne practice ot boiline milk is
rapidly growing in tho cities. Doc
tors prescribe it and some furnish
it to patients, being convinced that
without it their treatment would be
of little use. Nine-tenths of all the
cases of cholera infantum aro due
to bad milk.
1 he best way to boil milk is to
put it in a bottle with a long neck
plugged with cotton. Subject it to
steam tor an hour, then cool rapidly
Healthy milk is more digestible
before boiling, but bad milk must
bo boiled or it cannot be used with
safety. Two hours' boiling will kill
everything, but ten minutes' boiling
three days in succession will be
equally effective. The taste of milk
is changed at 160 decrees. At 155
degrees Fahrenheit the taste is not
changed. Heating to that degree
six days in succession will render
milk sure from souriug,' but this is
not practicable. A more practical
way is to heat to 155 degrees, then
cool to near the freezing point, when
it will keep many times longer than
if not treated. Cooling alone will
also greatly delay souring if done as
6oon as drawn. ' -
THg FRUIT TREE PKSTS.
Now that the authorities that be
have forbidden, under penalties,
the sale of any infected fruit, the
necessity of eradicating the fruit
trees pest is brought right home to
every orchardist. The following,
from an exchange, is pertinent in
this connection : The apple crop
of Oregon has heretofore been a
voluntary crop. Apples have crown
spontaneously and their production
has been so favorable and at such
littlo expense, that this valuable
fruit has beeurneglected and left to
the ravages of injurious and obnox
ious pests. The effects are now
seriously felt, and apprehensive of
impending danger of complete fail
ures in recent years, the fruit and
its enomics are beginning at this
late day to receive much needed
attention. A few years ago during
the apple season "the orchards of
tho valley were luxuriant with the
luscious products, and many bush
els were allowed to go to waste.
The farming ocoumunity regarded
apples as a crop of secondary
importance on account of their
inexpensive production and but lit
tle attetion was manifested in tho
outcome. But to-day it is different.
The constant immigration puts
larger demands on the apple than
the market can supply and the pests
are spreading rampant.
INSECT DESTROYERS.
The finding of antidotes for the
voracions insects that prey 'upon
the fruit, vegetable and grains, has
been one of the questions that has
engaged the earnest attention of
scientific agriculturists and horti
culturists, with varying success. It
win be remombered that Mr. Alfred
Kceble, of California, . introduced
tho lady bug into that state from
Australia with such good result in
tho destruction of fruit insects.
lie is about to make a second trip j
to that lar-oft continent in search of
a destroyer of tho grasshopper, said
to exist there, and it is hopeful he
may find it. People in the Eastern
states years ago who were fighting
tho so-called Colorado potato bug
made very little progress against it
until an insect that destroyed the
eggs of the potato bug came to their
relief.
TKSTISd THK COWS.
The Farm Journal says a New
York dairyman doubled the yield
of butter per cow of his herd in
one year by testing every cow and
disposing of the poor ones and feed
ing a little better his new herd.
Both acts are in full accord with
modern dairy gospel.
PORTLAND MAEKET.
FROltVCE, rBDIT, BTI.'.
WiiKAT-VValU VII, 11.45; V!lny,
$1.50 pet cental.
F;.')U-Quote; Standard, $t.85; Walla
Walla, $4.00 per birrel.
Oath Quote: 4650o per bushel.
IUy Quote: tTJ(a:14 per ton.
MiLLHTUfre Quote: Bran, t'JS.OO; Hhorti,
$25.00. Orimnd Barley, $.)0.00 32 00;
Chop Feed, 825&20 per ton; Barley $1.20
per cental.
uottkk uoote: uregon fancy crianery.
32ic; fancy dairy,30; fair to good, 2527 Jc;
common, 15(a20i:; California, 22i(.24o per
per iun.l.
Ciwcksk Quote: Oregon, 12rti,12ic; Cali'
forriii, 1 2-i per poo nil.
Eou.i - Ort.'jzon, 20o per dozen.
Poultry Quote: Old Cbickem, $6.00
(i'OoO; young chicken, 12 50fa4; Duck
$4.0OYo,C.0O; Geeae, nominal, $3 per dozen;
i uriteya, i jc per ponoa.
V ffGETABLes Quote: Cabbage, $1.50 per
ceniai; Ljunn iwer, i.zo net dozen: Uatonf.
ljc per pound; B.et, $1. 25 pir aavk; Tur
nips, 1.00 ptr eack; New Potatoes, 60c;
Tomitote, 90c per box; Lettuce, 12.'c
per dozen; Green Peas, Sfaia per pouud;
otrini; ians, v)j per pound; it ha
bub, 3c per pound; Artichokes, 40c
per dozen; Radiihea. lOo per dozen bunches:
ycuu-,' Onion, lOo per dozen hunches;
Cucumbers, lOi pet dozen; Carrots, $1 00
per suck; Coro, loj per dozen; Sweet Pota
toes, 3j per nound.
f r.CITj Itiverside Oranges. S2 50 to 3.50:
Sieiiy Lemons, 7 to 8.00; California, 5.00 to
R 00 per box; Apples, 75c to 1.25 per boa;
lil tanas, 3.50 to 4.00 per bunch; Pineap
ples, avj 10 .uu per dozen; themes
1.10 to l.2o pet box; Goosberries. 4 to 5c
oer pound; Curren' a, Go per pound; Apricots,
l.ov to l.i'o per box; Kaspberries, S3 per
pouna; reaches, ,oe per box; Blackberries,
(C per pound: 1'lums. 50o per box: W ater
m.-llons, 3.00 per dozen; Cantloupe. 1.50 to
1.75 per dozen; Grapes, 1 00 per box;
rears, i o per box.
STAPLK GROCERIES.
CorrEe -Costa Rica. 21; Rio, 23c; Mocha,
30c; Java, 2oj; Arbnckle's, 2Go per pound.
Suoai: Goldeo C, 4 extra C, the; dry
granulated, 5c; cube crushed and powdered,
6;Jj ; confL-osioucrs' A, 5jc ier pound?
iSVBCPS E litem, io barrels, 47 to 53c;
half barrels, 50 to 58c; in cases, 55 to 80c;
per gallon, $2 25 to 2 50 per keg; California,
in barrels, 30c pe Ration; $1.75 per kee.
Beans Quote: Small Whites, 3Jc; Pink.
33i :; Bayns, 4Jc; Butter, 4Jc; Limns, 4J
5c per pound. .
Dried Fruits Quote: Italian Prunes,
10.J(5 12c; Pelieand Germsn Prunes, 10c per
pouud; Raisins, $1.75(82 25 per Sox; Ptnni-mer-dnetl
Pears, 10S;llo; sun-dried and
factory Plums, ll(S,12c: evaporated Peaches,
lS30o; Smyrna Fis, 20c; California Figs,
9o per pound.
Rice $5.50 per cental.
Hoset Quote: 18To 20c per pound.
Salt Quote: Liverpool, 116, $16.50.
$17: stock, $11 per ton in carload lota.
TUK MKAf alARkST.
Beef Live, 3c; dressed, 5(5 Go.
Mutton Live, sheared, 3Jc; dress nl; 7o.
Hoi;8 Live, 6o, dressed. 8(,9o.
Ve.il 5(5 7c per pound.
Smoked Meat and Lird Quoted: Kasteru
Ham. 12W 13o; Ore.-on. 12ic: Breakfast
Bacon, 12(ai3o; other varieties, 8ft' lie;
Lird, 9illjfc per pound. '
MISCELLA N,r)tT8.
Uidim Quoted, Dry Hides selected
prime, b(a 'Jo, jo lesa for culls; green,
selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 55
pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. 30
(aoOe: medium, 6080c; long, 90a$1.25;
shearlings, 10(i.20o; Tallow, good to choice,
33t per pound. -
Wool Quote: Willamette Valley, 17
19c; Eastern Oregon, 10 IC.Jo per pound,
accnrtiing to conuuions ana snriuKage.
Kora JNorninai. Quote: 20o per pound.
Nails Bise quotations; Iron. $2 85-.
Steel, $2.S5; Wire, $3.40 per keg.
ottoT vuote: 1.70 per sack.
Coal Oil Quote: $1.90 per case.
The Bruents ef tioaal Brads.
Good roads are certainly a joy
forever. It takes money to build
them, but it pays in the long run.
Clarke county needs better roads,
and not, another year should go by
without the building of at least
two good roads through the entire
length of the county. A very great
improvement has been made on the
principal county roads running out
from Portland within the past two
or three years, especially the Base
line, Section line and Powell's roads.
A gentleman who has lately been
traveling over these roads says they
are among the best he Has ever
seen, and are a credit to the county.
Tho trees and brush along the roads
have been cut and the stumps
removed the full width; the roads
have been rounded and made
straight, and a good, heavy coat
ing of gravel placed on them, and
now they are hard and smooth, and
it is a pleasure to drive over them.
If tho business men of. Vancouver
had ten years ago devoted more time
and money, in securing first-class
roads leading from this city through
tho body of the country, Vancouver
would to-day be enjoying a greater
degree of prosperity. Good roads
are always a good investment.
Vancouver Register.
Specimens of pure rock salt were
brought into Ellensburg from the
Big Bend last week. Indications
are that the salt deposits there are
practically inexhaustible.
GENERAL NEWS.
The French wheat crop is
below that of preceding years.
far
Twenty deaths have occurred from
trichinosis at Lueben, Germany.
Spain will be invited to act as
mediator in the Chilian troubles.
The coffee crop in Mexico is
abundant, but at Rio not quite
equal to last season.
The shortage of rye in Russia 3s
to .be made up by a more liberal
use of potatoes and maize.
A Jewish colony is to be estab
lished near Cape May, N. J., 900
acres having been purchased.
The McGrath exploring party in
Alaska may be compelled to remain
in far-away north for another year.
Vermont is celebrating her cen
tennial anniversary of admission as
a state, and dedicating a battle
monument.
The total mileage of the railroads
of the United States amounts to
166,817. The total earnings for
1890 were $1,086,040,207.
Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of
the former president, was buried
August 16th beside the remains of
her distinguished husband.
How to allow Chinese visitors to
the world's fair, in the face of the
exclusion act, is a conundrum our
government fs'trying to solve.
Exhibitors will furnish propelling
machinery fpr the world's fair, and
thus save the expenditure of over
$1,000,000 to the commission.
President Balmaceda, of Chili,
is entirely too dictatorial in his
removal of the judges, and is
censured by the Chilian authorities.
Civil service law provisions are ,
said to have been freely violated in
Baltimore, and : the . dismissal of
numerous government oflicials is
demand.
There is trouble in San Francisco
over the will and property left by
the late Mrs. Hopkins-Searles, and
a report that Timothy Hopkins may
contest the will.
The monument erected to mark
the spot in Heligoland where Empe
ror William I. assumed possession
of the island, has been unveiled
with appropriate ceremonies.
A liquid resembling petroleum
has been discovered on the property
of P. P. Carroll near Black Lake,
Olyrnpia, and samples sent to San
b rancisco for testing purposes.
Conflicting reports continue to
arrive from San Salvador, the latest
denying former reports of the revo
lution in progress there, and claim
ing that no serious trouble exists.
The Charleston is being hurriedly
made ready to sail from San Fran
cisco, and the rensacola is now on
the dry dock at- Mare island. After
being repaired she will sail for
Honolulu.
An epidemic of malignant mala
ria is afflicting the inhabi
tants of Glogau, Neisse, Lowen,
Kaser and ports of Brestau, and is
supposed to have been caused by
the recent flooding.
State elections will be held in
the following states on Novem
ber 3d: Iowa, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Mississippi, .Nebraska, JNew
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyva
nia, and Virginia.
Senator Carlisle deems Cleveland
the strongest democratic candidate
for the party, though if Campbell
beats McKinley for governor of Ohio,
he thinks Campbell will recieve the
nomination, for president.
There will be 70,000 troops
engaged in the Austrian maneuvers
which begin soon. Smokeless powder
will be used exclusively, this being
the most extensive test yet made of
the efficiency of that invention, f
Sometheng like 150,000,000 bush
els of wheat will be exported from
the United States this year. Amer
ican wheat growers will get good
prices and ready sale for all the
wheat they have to spare this season.
Kaiser .William, who i likewise
paints, has made a design for a paint
ing of Frederick the Great, represent
ing Frederick borne through the
clouds by cupids. . The sketch, is
being painted by the euiperor'a
hired meif. '. . ' - - ; , '
Santa Cruz has laid the corner
stone of a granite memorial arch
on the spot where the cross was first
planted by the mission fathers in
1791. It will be completed and
dedicated September 14th, the cen
tennial anniversary.
" The Siamese government- is tak
ing active steps to resist French
encroachment in the provinces of the
Mekong river. The king has depu
tized three princes of royal houses
to divide the government of the
provinces in question, and a large
force of troops has also been sent.
The wheat, corn and oat crops
will this year be larger than ever
before. The estimated values will
be: Corn, $1,000,000,000; wheat,
$500,000,000; oats,, $250,000,000.
The estimate will be 28.8 per cent
greater than last year, and 16.7 per
cent, above the average of tho pre
ceding eleven years "