The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, January 18, 1901, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ST. VOL. XVIII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FEIDAY, JANUARY 18, ' 1901. NO. 5. ih or i m w in m INLAND EMPIRE DAIRYING. BLOCKED THE MAILS. m OF Ti HID IIW0I011E5 From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OP INTEREST TO OUR MANY READERS Comprehensive Revkw of th Important Hap. penlngt of tbe Put Weak In a Condensed form. Oregon' stato levy tux hits beets flxttil itt 5.7 mUlw. The kingdom n( Saxony ioliaiU a lou of $20,000,000. Burgle,' blew open eafe In store it Irving, Or., but secured no booty. Boers captured three agents of Hrlt- Inh peace comuilHsiouers aud put one to death. Tlio UtnutilU roof lightship has sgaln broken lout mid dlr'ted from har statlun. Th rebel In Colombia. li,to de. perate Httmit tu enter Ouluu but wore driven back. Prince Chang protest avalust con tain plated appointment of successor to LI lluuii Chang. Governor Hunt, of Idaho, ha abol (had the famous jwrtuit system In In Coeur d'Aloui'K. London pit per loudly demand tht reinforcement be wilt to th scene of war In youth Africa. A Leavenworth, Kan., Hand only escaped lynchtug by being placed in tli state penitentiary. Northern Faciflo train wan wrecked in Washington while psiwlug over inking bridge and five people iujuied. Samuel Lewis, tlm notorious money lender anil usurer, who bar Imhiu called the greatest aud meanest of modern Khy looks, U tlra J. " During theater performance la Chi cago, a man raised the cry of Ore and aa a result eeveii peraoua were: killed aud many Injured. While engngwl lu thawing dynamite iu one of the tumieli of the Ample mine, near Ltllooet, II. C, John Ule ann, minor, waa instantly killed aud two othen seriously Injoied. An artesian oil well haa been (truck near lieauiunnt, Texas. Thouaauds of people are Hocking to the place to ne the novel tight. 80 far, it la eati niutml 00,000 barrola bavo been wasted on the pratriu. - The Chehalta-Sonth Bend, Wash., train ran into a luudKlide about eight uitlea west of Chelmli and the engine aud throe freight our ran off the track into the Chohall river, 't he passenger coach left the track and the front eud hung over thu river bunk. The engineer was the ouly one injured. A metropolitHU polico force will bo organized at Manila. Von Utilow made tile debut aa chan cellor in the Prussian diet, J. J. Hill deulea that he la trying to form a railroad combination. Canada will (end recruit for Radon 1'otteH' African constabulary. Tho Chinese einperor'a brother way be the imperial eutoy to llerlin. There ia objection to roin missioning the battleship Wisconsin ou Friday. The Home press la Indlgnaut at the Duke of Nurfulk's address to the pope Southern l'blllpplne port may be closed to prevent oomiuuuicatiou be tween rebel. Northern transcontinental annouuee a reduction in through rate to tb 8-ceuts bavin. AinbaHaador Choate and White are working for the removal ol negotia tion Irom Pekln. The Northern Pacific hue declared a regular quarterly dlvtdeud of per cent on it pro (erred itouk. Kirk 0, Armour, nephew of the late Philip D. Armour, aud bead of the Ar mour interest iu Kansas City, i crit ically ill at hi home with pneumonia. By the accidental discharge of a blast iu the Malachite mine at Miudl l'usi. An,, one man waa blown to atom and two other seriously injured. Coineliua L. A Word, the defaulting New York bank teller, pleaded guilty before the criminal branch of the United State court and thu saved the itate the expense ol a trial. A 15-year-old boy, who was iteallng a ride on a freight train, noar Halem, Or,, loit hi hold aud full, tne train panning over and teverlng both leg a novo the knee, lie died from bli in jnriei. In a water front fire In New York, one fireman wa seriously injured and 60 teamen nairowly eaaaped with their live. One steainer aud a pier wa burned to the water' edge. Los, 1500,000. Ily a ooIUhIoo on a New Jersey rail road, near Laurel Kun, a car filled with powdor exploded with inch foroe that the report wa heard 20 mile. No one waa Injured, but the oara next the one in which the powder wa were blown to pieces. Five hundred motor carriage per year la the average output of a Pari firm for the pint live year. The Eaikmos of Alaska make water proof boot and shirt of the skin of the aalmon. In the ilostoii high aohoola the girl outuumbor the boy by 1,000 or ao, but in th primary and grammar school the boy outnumber th girl by nearly No Improvement in the Situ ation at the Cape, CENSORSHIP Or GENERAL KITCHENER Boar Art Stealing Cattle Clot to Pretoria' rorU-Dyiumltt Mlnei Laid to Protect Property In th Read. London, Jan. 12. Th tltuatlon in Pouth Africa grow won rather than better. Lord Kitchener' dispatcher are more laconic than thote of Lord Itoberta, and little elae o importance 1 allowed to oome through. The 'lime in an editorial today flnl oonuort in the thought that "the uro ces of attrition i doing iu work, aud mum anortiy lead to the Inevitable re. ult." In other quarter, however, therew lea satisfaction with the con- oitimi of affair, which have nractli-al. ly necessitated tb fortlfluution of Cap Town. No atop have been taken to comply wim ixra Kitchener 1 demand for re. inforcemeut. Ixird Coleridge, in a letter uxouaing nil non-attendance at a political meet lug, aay: "1 loath and deleat thi war and the policy which bronvht it about, the mode a which It la conducted aud the undignified exciteinout over the de feat of a handful of peaaanta defending their country at the hand of 10 tiraea their number of trained aoldler, iwcked by th wealth of Knlgaud." Thl morning ' dianatche report that a amall partv of Iloer carried off cattle cloae to the eaat fort at l'retoria. Nine hundred Doer, oudt-r Command ant Kriuinger, are IS mile from Utah- mond, iu the direction of Marrayaburg. Humor are apreading at l'orterville that the rebel have joined the linen in the Calvina diatrlct. The miliiary commiaalouer of police at Johannea- I urg haa warned the public to beware of daugeroo dynamite mine laid in the lUud to prote t the mine. Apoeali for Mora Troopi. New York, Jan. 13. A diapatch to tne iribune aay: Day after day the newipapera con. tinue to aecoud the appeal of the cor reipondenta in Cape Town lor more troop for South Africa. The neceity for trenh draft of monnted men ia growing urgent to augment the atreugth of the force now aerving, and to re place the yeomanry and other troopa that should by thi time be returning home. Meanwhile the recruiting for tne South African constabulary it pro. Brewing iluggiahlv. The actual unm her o' reurnit diapatohed ao far from the United Kingdom I but 200, but 800 more are to atart next week, with more than three tlmea the number re quired applying to be enlisted. The selection of caudidatea goe on at a rate of only 300 a mouth, at which rate it will take nearly a year aud a half to get tb necessary 6,000 men. Another Invading Column. London. Jan. 12. "Five thousand Boers, luppowd to be trekking weat from Vrvbuiv." aava the ?aia Town oon-flnnnnriont nf the Dull Mail, "ara now making their way into the heart 01 Cape uolony. Ihe supposition Is that they have captured several small garrison on the way. CHINESE TROOPS DRILLING. A Large Force Are Under Armi aiSlnan Fa Believe They Can Defeat Allies. Pekln, Jan. 19. A Chinaman from Sluan Ku, where the ourt is at pre ent, aavs that within the oity 86,000 Chinese troop are drilling continuous ly, and the majority of them are armed with modern rifle. He say that the feeling of the people there is bitterly anti-foreign, and that they believe that they can meet the allies in an open flgkt and defeat tbflin. The minister are considerably as tonished over the Chinese grant to ! ia of a concession north of the I'el Ho, at Tien Tsin, a compared with the Iliitish and French concessions 00m biued. The grant, according to the Kuselnni, waa made voluntarily for ervice in endeavoring to bring about peace. The minister think that tho conceaniou constitutes good pay, when considered in addition to the annexation of all Manchuria. rienor Corogan, the Spanish minis ter, think that the negotiutlona will commence at Fekin, poosibly endiuf lu Kurope. M. Danglers thinks that negotiation will end at The Hague. Agonclllo Revolts. London, Jan. IS. A eeriou dii agreement ha arisen between the Fili pino representative in Kurope. Agou clllo, whom Aguinaldo ordered there, ha revolted and refuses to go to Hong Kong or give np bi post in Purls to Dr. Apaoiblo. The latter Agninaldo ordered to go to Canada from Hong Kong to watch the United State elec tions. He wa then ordered to replace Agonclllo. The disputants have both oabled Aguinaldo and are waiting for hi reply. , Llvlngiton Bank Dividend. Washington, Jau. 12. The control ler of the currency declared a dividend nl i t in favor of the creditors of the Livingston National bank, of Living. stou, Mont. A German Pipe Trust, Berlin, Jan. 18. All the German pipe foundrle. according to a ipecial dUpatch from Cologne, have joined the pipe trust which i being orgaulaed. Ce-Opcratlv Creameries tre Starting Up Here snd There. Ppokane, Jan. 11. Industrial Agent Junaou, ol the O, K. & N. Co., has embarked on the policy ol organising co-operative creameries in Ksstern Oregon and Ksstern Washington, Within a week one co-operative cream ery wa organized at Tekoa, in the Fa- louse country and another at Hummer villo, lu the Grand lioude valley. The Tekoa creamery starts with the milk of 600 cows, and at Summerville the outlook is (or 800. "There i no country more favorable for dairying," aatd Mr. Judaon, "than Kastnrn Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and the creameries can be started onder the most favorable aus pice. Farmer will take a great deal of interest in the new industry and it ia sure to be a great success." TheO. II. & N. Co. is promoting creameries only on the co-operative plan, that being the plan that hat made the dairy farmers of Minnesota aud Wisconsin wealthy. In Oregon, Washington and Idaho, the conditions are lar more favorable for the industry than iu the etates of the Upper Missis sippi valley, the farmer there having to feed their stock six months of the year, while here r attle get their own living practically all the year, FORESlYOFOREGON. Many Interesting Features Representing th Natural Woods st the Pan-American. Buffalo, Jan. 11 A. J.Johnson, forestry commissioner of the state of Oregon to the Fan-American, i work ing hard to gather an exhibit that will properly represent the state in this important industry. One hundred and forty varieties of woods will be repre sented, many of which are very inter esting. Mr. Johnson mention the myrtle a one of the most useful and Interesting woods in the world on ao count of it varied colors. Oregon will have exhibit in the agricultural, liberal arts, forestry and fisheries' buildings, a the commis sioners iu the different department are alive to the advantages to be de rived from a thorough representation and they wish the state to keep abreast of the times. - Besieged th Jsll. Phoenix, Arls., Jan. 11. All of last night and nearly all day frenzied mob has been besieging the connty jail of Yuma, and ouly the aotion of the aoting governor prevented a triple lynching. Three tramps were arrested last night for killing Under-sheriff 8am Devore. Devore went to arrest the train) for stealing a barrel of liquor, and waa shot and killed by them. The murderei were soon under arrest, aud a threatening mob formed around the jail. Thi afternoon Act ing Governor Aker received a dispatch saying the jail was inadequate for the protection of the prisoners. The gov ernor directed that the prisoners be placed in the penitentiary. Excite ment still runs high, as Devore wa a very popular man. Germany's Position Not Defined. Berlin, Jan. 11. Gerrnauy la not yet willing to define her position with reference to Secretary Hay' proposal to transfer the Pekln negotiation to Washington, according to a statement made by a high foreign oflloe official to a representative of the presa today, because of a difference in view on the snbjeot. The German foreign office believe Mr. Conger' view of the at titude of the empress dowager i cor rect, and that the position of the Chi nese court at Sinan Fu is growing more and more untenable, rendering it probable that the power will soon succeed in persuading the imperial personage to return to Pekin. Attempt to Counterfeit Rillwsy Tickets. Kansas City, Jan. 11. An apparent attempt to counterfeit Burlington Tail way tickets has been learned by the local officers of that road which has received information that a man re cently tried to open negotiation with a 8t. Joseph printer to furnish au elec trotype of a Burlington coupon tioket, which he piodnoed. The printing firm refused to do the work and notified the railway officials of the request. Burlington agent have been notified to be ou the outlook for spurious trans portation. A Milking Machine. It ha been generally believed by those engaged in dairying that cow could not be milked by any mechanical device. A Glasgow, Scotland, firm claim to nave a machine that will do the work and wants to exhibit it at the Fan-American exposition at Buf falo next summer. The milking ma chine i aaid to be bnilt on the pneu matic system, with valves, motion rubber, eto. American Engineer Released. Washington, Jan. 11. A dispatch from Charles W. Kindiok, consul of the United States at Juarec. Mexico, reports the release of T. W. Lewis, an American citizen, an engineer on the Mexioan Central railway, who waa arrested because his train ran over and kl'led a Mexican named Jesus Calde ron, who had attempted to make a ooupllng. Two Chinese Burned to Death. Boise, Jan. 11. In a fire at Nam pa this morning in a wash house two Chi nese were burned to death. There were seven Chinese in the place, and the others were rescued with difficulty, one being badly burned. The body ol one of the victim wa recovered, but the other was incinerated, nothing being left but bit of bone. The Chi nese had considerable money in the bnilding. One fellow had $5,000 bur led, whioh he expect to recover. Russia 'Demands an Indefinite Lease on Liao Tung. WITHDRAWN FROM TRIPPLE ALLIANCE Her Treaty With China Will Alto Give Her Complete Possession of the Man churian Railroad. 'London, Jan. 1. "Prlnc Uchtom-J sky s mission to Pekin, say the St. Petersburg conespondeut of the Daily Mail, "was to secure a convention, I understand, on the following basis: Iu return (or renouncing her claim for war indemnity, Russia demands an in definite, instead of a 00 year lease of the Lia Tung peninsula, and of the Fort Arthur. In other words, she de mands annexation, as well aa the com plete posession of the Manchurian rail way, which, onder the existing agree ment, revert to China after 90 year." The Concert Breaking Up. New York, Jan. 14. A dispatch to the Herald from London says: Attention wa drawn to the sus picions similarity in the tendency ex isting between the official view eman ating from Vienna and the dispatches cabled by English correspondent in the United t-tates. Anniber striking instance has 00 ourred within the last couple of days. Aa usual the unanimity of views is manifested in a sentiment of hostility to the American government. This time the state department's proposal to refer certain points of the Chinese negotiations to a commission which would meet at Washington or else where, furuishea the pretext for at tack. The Daily Telegraph's Yienua correspondent tell how the uggetion ha aroused the ire of Austrian dip-) lomatista airaiust the United States may be asked to leave the ooncert of Yfm Hm Hurlbunt who has just resigned aa general passenger agent of the O. R, & N. Co., to become president of a street railway company in Port land. He has been an active railroad man 30 years, with several large system la the East and with tbe Union Pacific powers in China, is freely disousaed. This unanimity is too pronounced to pass unnoticed. If the matter were probed to the bottom, the person who inspired many statements would proba bly prove to be the kaiser, who ia at the bead of the triple alliance, aud tne only member of the Anglo-German al liaucJ whose hands are unfettered. Englaud baing kept busy iu the Trans vaal, is in no position to dictate with a fair chance of being obeyed. His majesty ia more concerned in shutting the United State out of the concert than any one, for it Is the United State that ha thwarted his scheme of wholesale slaughter which wa to imbue China with terror of the German empire, while the other power were to thrust into the back ground as of no account. A a matter of faot, however, there I no ooncert of the power how. Russia ha virtually withdrawn from it of her own free will, preferring to make an important treaty with China. Acoording to tbe Daily Telegraph the idea is contemplated of leaving out the United States. And France, the ally of Russia, aud united by the frieudliest ties to America, will scarce ly work cordially with the stumps of a concert, uamely, the triple alliance md England. This simply means the concert is breaking up into sompanies it which the divisions are becoming more marked a time goes on. Lawshe Goes to the Philippines. Washington, Jan. 14. Auditor Law she received the final instructions 'rotn tle seoretary of war today, preparatory to leaving Washington tonight for Ihe Philippine, where he will enter upon hia duties as auditor for tbe Philip pine archipelago. One of his duties will be to re-examine tbe aooounta of officers of the army who handle all the government fund iu the Philippine archipelago. Indiana Fsrmer Removed Railroad Track From His Property. Crawfordsville, lnd., Jan. 14. The rails of the Chicago & Southeastern Railway, which crosied the farm of Wesley Grantham, near this city, were torn up and removed from the farm laat Wednesday night by iiheriff Ca, niue, acting on a writ of ejectment, secured by Grantham. All train traf fic including the government mail service was effectually blocked. Injunction proceeding were im med ia tey filed against Grantham, bnt to day in the circuit court Judge West refused to grant a temporary restrain ing order, deolarig that Grantham bad already been kept out of hit property eveu years, and that the constitution guaranteed blm certain rights, with which the court did not propose to in terfere. The rood's attorney asked that an order be made giving the road possession until the land could be con demned, but the court refused to do this, saying that the company bad bad seven ve.rs to do thi and had failed. The court iaaued an order, however. forbidding any further destruction of the road' property. Grantham' land is guarded by armed men. Laat night two of the road's bridge were blown np, one of them 80 feet long and 16 feet high. Many load of rail were carted off to a school bonse, three miles from the right of way. Two baokloads of armed men went down from Ladoga last night to the Grantham farm. The road will be blocked now for several day at least, and Grantham's attorney declare possession will not be relin quished until tbe road pays 13,000. RAISES THE BONUS. Seattle in One Week Subscribes $103,000 for the Battleship Contract, Seattle, Jan. 14. The people of Se attle have completed the raising of a $100,000 bonus to be paid the Moraa Bros. Company, of this city upon the launching of the new sheathed battle ship, whioh tbey have been awarded in San Francisco and Portland. by the Navy department. The Morans' bid of $3,873,900 must be ro iled down $100,000 to bring it within tbe limit fixed by congress. Tbe business men volunteered to furnish this amount if the company would accept the contract at the reduced figure The entire sum was raised in a week, being oversub scribed $3,835. It is estimated that the battleship contract means the ex penditure of $2,100,000 iu wages on Puget Sound during tbe next three yeais. Moran Bros, will build at onoe new machine shop and power house, to oost $400,000. Commander John W, Qusckenbush. Washington, Jan. 14. Commander John W. Quaokenbnsh, United States navy, retired, died today at bis home in this oity, aged 64 years. Commuted by the President. Washington, Jan. 14. The president today commuted the sentence of Chas. L. McUin. who was to have been hanged in this city tomorrow, to im prisonment for life. In Deoember, 1890, McUin, who was a motorman on one of the street railways, killed an other motorman. Jealousy waa the cause. Ssntenced to Death. Priuoeton, lnd. Jan. 14. J. D. Keith was this afternoon oonvioted of murdering Nora Keifer and sentenced to death. Danish West Indies to Be Ours. Copenhagen, Jan. 14. The negotia tions (or the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States are seem iulgy approaching settlement. The matter has been placed in the bands of th finance oommittoe of the rigsdag, with the view of arranging the differ ence in the price asked ' and offered. The king and ministry are in favor of the sale, but final action may be de layed by powerful opposition both is th island and here. Interesting Events and Gossip of the Past Week Reported From Cities and Towns in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. IDAHO. Thornton Hutobins, well-kown stockman of tbe state, died at Boise. A movement is on foot at Caldwell, looking to tb early closing of store. Paul Jacot, a resident of St. Joe, has been committed to tbe Blaokfoot in sane aslyum. John Harley, pioneer of Idaho City, is dead, aged 70. He came to this state in 1863. Callender ia the nam of a new post office in Idaho county. Edward W. Taylor Is postmaster. A branch telephone line ha been run from Dewey to Bwafc Falls. Thi give tbe Fall a direct line to Boise. 8. B. Wright' two-story residence at Bonner' Ferry! on the north side of the river, wa entirely destroyed by fire. Tbe aggregate valuation "of tb in strument filed for record at Wallace with tbe connty recorder in 1900 is $2,062,416.78. Henry Ott. a well-known pioneer farmer of tbe Boise vallay, has sold bi ranch of 450 acres. The purohase price wa $6,625. Thomas W. Bates, promoter of the Idaho Midland railway, baa returned to New York. He say ihe road i in the best possible condition. Tbe P. & 1. N. railway baa a nounoed it intention of extending its road into the Seven Devil country. Steel rails have already been pur chased. ' The county commissioner of Ada county faave selected T. C. Catlin to represent tBeir interests at tb Na. tional Live Stock Association meet, to be held in Salt Lake City. Tbe preliminary steps have been taken toward organizing a Pioneer As sociation at Lewiaton. All who re sided in tbe state prior to tbe close of tbe year 1877, are eligible for mem bership. Judge Stewart ha rendered a decis ion of considerable importance to Boise. He holds that the city council has no authority to act as a board of equalization. Therefore increase of valuation of property made by tbe council are illegal and void. Fire at tbe Bunker Hill mine. Wardner district, destroyed tram way which leads to tbe Stemwinder mine. In consequence, tbe latter mine bad to be temporarily shut down The fire originated in the pumping bouse. Loss is estimated at $2,000; fully insured. . James Patten, a rancher living near Bonners' Ferry, lost a valuable horse while triyng to cross the river, fie attempted to drive the team across on the ice, but when near tbe middle of the stream the ice gave way uLder the horses .and before thev could be drawn out one of them ws drowned. WASHINGTON. Tt is said that Hoquiam will have a basket factory. Tbe Aberdeen Order of Eagle will tect a $3,000 building. Spokane has accepted plan for a crematory wbiob will oost $4,500. The old Hartford hotel has been torn down and loaded on cars, billed for Jackman, Skagit county. New Whatcom i endeavoring to have the appropriation for the water way project raised from $16,000 to $50,000. Whitman connty boasts of tbe youngest court bailiff in tbe United States in the person of Willie, the 11- year-old ion of Judge McDonald, of the superior court. Dr. L. R. Markler haa betn ap pointed quarantine officer for Belling ham Bay. Heretofore vessels have bad to wire to Fort Townseud for instruc tions. Measures are being taken to intro duce a bill in the legislature to sub mit to a vote of the people an amend ment to the constitution designating Taooma a the state capital instead of Olympia. The miner working on the Admiral Dewey claim, near Republic, have killed lour cougar recently. The largest measured 8 feet 4 inches from tip to tip and the smallest 7 feet 10 inches. Tbe board of county commissioners for Lewis county has let a contract to the Northwest Bridge Company for the construction of a 140-foot span bridge across tbe Cbehali river at Biaok'a Station. Tbe contract prioe ia $1,494. An important strike baa been made on the property of the Oro Grande Gold Mining & Milling Company, a few miles from Marcus. Previous as say gave from $8 to $21.65 in gold, silver and copper and the ore from the new vein is expeoted to go much higher. The executive board of the Thurston County Bioyole Path Association re ports $1,901 received last year from the sale of bioyole tags and $456 from other sources. David Jathley, who ha returned to Everett from Dawson, brought home the petrified jaw of a prehistoric mas todon. From point to point the jaw measure 87 inches, and it still con tains two teeth nine inche long. It i thoroughly petrified, weighing 60 pounds, . . I A 60-year franchise has been granted for an electrio railway between Seattle and Taooma. The line ia to be in operation in 18 months. Th machinery for the new mill at Hartford i now on the ground. It will cut 85,000 feet of lumber per day, and tbe shingle mill in conjunction will . have a capacity of 150,000 shingles. As the result of eating canned meats and salad at a lodge entertainmet at Ballard, F. S. Still man, a drug clerk of that city, is lying in a critical con dition at bis home, suffering from pto maine poisoning. Word haa been received of tbe death ot Captain William Hainek, a pioneer mining, man, at Northport. He was a native of North Carolina and bad been on tbe coast since tbe palmy days of Virginia City, Nevada. Tbe Northern Lumber Company' aawmill at Everett, which waa burned a few month ago, i to be rebuilt. New machinery is on tbe way from the East, and plans for the building are ready for tbe contractors. It ia announced that the logging camp adjoining th Sedro-Wooley townsite on the north, staited up again by a new concern. These camps, two ' in number, are among the largest in the Northwest, each employing about 150 men. Tbe operations of tbe new firm are expected to be on a scale even more extensive than heretofoie. Judge Moore at Seattle has issued a peremptory writ ot mandate to the King county board of commissioners requiring them to call a special elec tion within 40 days to permit the resi dents of that part of the reservation lying within King county to vote whether tbey desire to have the reser vation annexed to Pierce county. Natural oil indications have been discovered near Spangle. Tbe discov ery was made on tbe adjoining ranches of A. D. McMicbael and J. B. Butler, and a lease has been secured on one of these by capitalists wbo will prospect for oil and gas. F. K. MoCoy, a repre sentative of an oil company in Cali fornia, baa been examining all the fields of tbe Palouse looking for oil Linda for hia company, and be has se- : cured a lease on Mr. McMicbael' farm. OREGON. The organ factory at Dallas is en larging ita plant. Tbe Bybee bridge across Rogue river ia being repaired and i closed to travel. The free ferry at Liverpool, Benton county, is not yet in operation, owing to high water. F. E. Dunn, of Eugene, sold 57 bales of 1899 bop to San Francisco buyeis for 8 cents per pound. Fred Walter, of the Farmers' Cus tom mill, baa purchased the Cheape mill property at Pendleton for $5,500. The telephone office at Sumpter has abolished its telegraph office, and mes sages are now transmitted by telephone to Baker City. A test pit, sunk 15 feet on the Ore gon Boy, a recent location in tbe Ala mo district, is said to have disclosed a 1 ledge with $12 values. Oscar Dilley, of Oakville, is building a dairy building whioh will be large enough for 50 cows and will have all up-to-date improvements. J. A. Fitzgibbon has bought the Cook and Miller ledge on Foot's creek, Southern Oregon. This i a ledge in which two feet of $50 rook ha been developed. A young man, aged 18 years, the adopted son of Thomas Smith, was thrown from a load of railroad ties near Elgin, and received injuries whioh re-, suited in his death. Tbe shaft on the Little Breeches claim, in the Bald Mountain district, is down 26 feet, and average assays of $5.40 are reported. No cross cutting will be done until the 100-foot level ia readied. Farmers living between Lebanon and Sodaville will make an effort to get free rural mall delivery. Tb route will be about as follows: From Lebanon to Sodaville, thence west about six miles, thence north about six miles, thence east to starting point. Georse Newsome, a farmer living near Marquam, was held up and robbed in bis own doorway. 'Mr. Newsome answered a knock at the front door and was surprised to Bud a revolver in bis face on opening tbe door. He gave up a few dollars he had in his pocket. C. S. Warren, Jr., has purchased from George Day a one-sixth interest ' in the Crown Point property for $500. The property adjoins the Diadem in the Greeuhorn Mountain district, and has been developed by a 40-foot shaft. , It is said that average assays from a 3 -foot ledge are $25.80. while some specimen assayed $104. An important mining deal ba just been consummated in Eastern Oregon, whereby tne Quebec and High Or olaims changed hands. The considera tion is placed at about $40,000. A mas meeting ot citizen of Gil- bam county was held, at which it was decided . to organize a company and build railroad from Condon to tbe Columbia. This would greatly benefit the wheat men of that county, as at present all wheat 1 being hauled ia -wagon 40 to 60 mile,