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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 31, 1901.
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CUAI'TKR VI.
Mry hod Uva at tlm poorhoitao about
tlirua wfk when Ml. Uruntly nno day
onlrreil bar to tt on bor itin-himuit anil
run acroaa the nioailow anil tbroiiith tlio
wooda until ah rame to a rya atubble,
lhn follow the footpath along tho fc-Dre
mull ah came to another atrip of wooda,
with brook running throuxh It. "Anrl
Juat on th fur edg of them wootla," aal.l
ahe, "you'll a tha nwn folka to work;''
and do toll m to roma to their dinner
quick."
It wa mild September day, and
Mary doternjlned not to hurry. 8h bod
not gon far when ah came eiuldeiily
upon boy and two little clrla, who ai-ciH-
ed to b playing near tha brook. In the
featurea ot the boy ahe recoguiaed Henry
Lincoln, and remembering what Hilly
bad aald of him, ahe wai about turning
away when th amolli-at of tha girla
eapled bar, and called out: "Ixwik bore.
Iloa. I reckon tbat'a Mary Howard.
I'm going to apeak to her."
"Jenny Lincoln, you muain't do any
aurb thing. Mather won't like It," aa
awared th girl called Itune.
Hut whether "mother would like It" or
not, Jenny did not atop to think, and
going toward Mary ahe aaid: "Hare yon
coma to play In the wood"
"No," wa Mary'a reply. "I came to
call tb folka to dinner,"
"Ob, It waa yon that reamed ao loud.
I couldn't think who it waa, but It can't
be dinner-timer"
"Yea, "tie; It's noon."
"Well, we don't bar dinner until 2,
and w ran Hay here till that time.
Won't you play with nr
"No, I can't; I mint go bark and
work," aald Mary.
"Work!" repeated Jenny. "I think
It'a bad enough to bar to lire In that
old boua without working; but come and
aea our flab pond;" and taking Maw'
band, ahe led her to a wide part of the
atream where the water bad been dam
med up nntil It waa nearly two fwt deep
and clear aa cryatal. looking In, Mary
could ae the prbldea on the bottom,
while a Sab occaaloually darted out and
then disappeared.
"I mad thl almoAt all myaclf," anid
Jenny. "Henry wouldn't help me be
caua b'a ao ngly, and Itoae waa afraid
of blacking her fingera. But I don't care.
Motber aaya I'm a great-great I'ra for
gotten th word, but It mean dirty and
careleaa, and I gueaa I do look like a
fright, don't IF
Mary now for the flrat time noticed the
appearance of her companion, and readi
ly gneaaed that the word which ahe could
not remember waa "atattern," She wa
a fat, chubby little girl, with round,
aunny face and laughing blue eyea, while
her brown hair hung around ber fore
bead In abort, tangled curia. Altogether
ah waa juat tha kind of little girl which
on often find In th country awlugiug
on gate and making mud plea.
Mary waa naturally ery neat; and in
reply to Jeony'a question aa to whether
ah looked Ilk fright, ah anawered,
"I Ilka your face better than I do your
dreea." becauae It la clean."
"Why, ao waa my dree thia morning,"
aald Jenny, "bnt there can't anybody play
In tb mud and not get dirty."
Jenny drew nearer to Mary and aald:
"If you'll nerer tell anybody aa long aa
yon Mr and braeathe, I'll tell jou aurae
thing." Mary gar th required promlae, and
Jenny continued: "I ahotiliiu't like to
bar my mother know It, for ah acolda
all th tlm now about my 'vulvar
taateV though I'm aur Itoae llkea the
aam thing that I do, eicept Billy Ben
der, and it'a about him I waa going to
tell you. II waa ao pleaaant I couldn't
help loving bim, if mother did aay I
mustn't. He used to talk to me about
keeping clean, and once I tried a whole
week, and I only dirtied four dreaaea in
all that time. Oh I how handaome and
funny bla eyea looked when I told him
about It. II took me In hi lap, and
aald that waa more than he thought a
littl girl ought to dirty. Did you ever
ae any boy yon loved aa well aa you do
Billy BenderV
Mary healtated moment, for, much
a ah liked Billy, there waa another
whom ah Iced better, though be bad
neeer been one-half aa kind to her aa
Billy had. After a time ah anawered:
"Yea, I Hk. or I did Ilk, George More
land, but I ahall never aee hltn again;"
and then ah told Jenny of her home lu
England, of th long, dreary voyage to
America, and of her father'a deatbi but
when ahe came to the aAd night when her
mother and Franky died, ahe could not
go on. and laying bor face In Jenny'a lap
aha cried for a long time. Jenny'a tear
flowed, too, and ahe, aoftly caresnlng
Mary, aald: "Don't cry ao, for I'll love
you, and we'll have good timea together,
too. Wa Hv in Boston every winter,
but It will ba 'moat ai weeka before w
go, and I mean to aea you every day. '
"In Boston?" aald Mary, Inoulringly.
"George Uvea In Boston."
Jenny waa allent a moment, and then
anddenly clapping ber hnnda together,
aha eiclalmedi "I know George More
land. He Uvea Juat opposite our house,
and la Ida Boldon'a cousin. Why, bee
most aa handsome aa Billy Bender, ouly
ha teaaea you mow. I'll tell him about
tou, for mother aaya he'a got lota of
money, and perhapa he'll give you aome
Mary felt that ahe wouldn't for the
world hava George know she waa In the
poorhoua. and aha quickly answered.
"No, no. Jon mustn't tell blm a word
about me. I don't want you to. Prom
la that you won't."
CIIAPTKH VII.
One afternoon about the middle of Oc
tober Mary aat under an apple tree In
" ...,.in hitter y. It was
In vain that A1U. who waa with her.
and who by this tune was w -"'
alone, climbed up to her aide, patting
uiom-i ,-viiia. In various ways
Twin her attention. She still J wpt on,
unmindful of the apuuu vi "rv. "
aU-ps udoo th graaa, nor until twica re
peated did she hear the words, "Why,
Mary, what la the matter Wbat'a hap
pened V Then looking up she aaw Billy
Bender, who raised her In hla arms,
Laying her head on hla shoulder, h
sobbed out: "She's gonehe' gone, and
there's nobody left but Sally. "Oh dear,
oh dear!"
"Gone! Whose goner asked Billy.
"Jenny," waa Mary' reply. "Hhe'e
gone to Boaton, and won't com back till
next May; and I loved her ao much."
"Oh, yea, 1 know," returned Billy. "I
met them all on their way to th depot;
but I wouldn't feel so badly. Jenny will
come again, and besides that, I'v got
some real good news to tell you."
"About Kllar aald Mary.
"No, not about Ella, bnt about myself;
I'm coming her to live with you."
"Coming here to live!" repeated Mary
with astonishment. "What for? Are
your folka all dead?"
Billy smiled and anawered, "Not quit
ao bad aa that - I went to School ber
two years ago, and I know I learned
more than I ever did at home in two
seasons. The boy, when Henry Lin
coln I away, don't act half as badly aa
they do In th village; and then they usu
ally have a lady teacher, because it'a
cheaper, I suppose, for they don't pay
them half aa much aa they do gentle
men, and I think they are a great deal
th best. Anyway, I can learn the moat
when I go to a woman."
"But what mokes you come here, and
what will your mother do?" asked Mary.
"She's got a sister come from th West
to atay with her, and aa I shall go home
every Saturday night, abe'll get along
well enough. I beard Mr. Parker in the
store one day inquiring for a boy to do
chores. So after consulting mother I
offered my service and wa accepted.
Won't we have real nice time going to
school together?"
Three weeka from that time the winter
school commenced, and Billy took up
bis abode at the poorhonse, greatly to the
satisfaction of Sally and Mary and great
ly to the annoyance of Mia Grundy.
"Smart ideal" aaid ahe, "to bav that
great lummox around to be waited on I"
and when ahe aaw bow happy hla pres
ence seemed to make Mary, ah vented
her displeasure upon ber in various ways,
conjuring up all aorta of reasons why she
should stay out of school aa often aa pos
sible, and wondering "what tha world
waa coining to, when young onea hardly
out ot the cradle begun to court! - It
wasn't ao In ber younger days, goodness
knows!". . . .
Much as Mary had learned to prise
Sally's friendship, ' before winter was
over ah had caus to value it atill mora
highly. Wretched and deatitut aa tb
poor craned creature now waa, ah allow
ed plainly that at some period or other
of her life ah bad bad rare advantage
for education, which ah now brought
into na for Mary'a benefit.
Each night Mary brought bom her
book, and the rapid Improvement which
ah mad In ber atudiea waa aa much
owing to Sally's useful hints aud assist
ance aa to ber own untiring persever
ance. One day when she returned from
acbool Sally saw there waa something
the matter, for .her eyea were red, and
her cheeks were flushed as If with weep
ing. On inquiring of Billy, ahe learned
that some of the girls had been teasing
Mary about her teeth, calling them
"tushes." -
Aa It happened, one of the paupers waa
si k, and Dr. Uilbert waa at that time in
the house; to him Sal immediately went,
and after laylug tb case before bim
asked blm to extract the offending teeth.
Stilly waa quite a favorite with the doe
tor, who readily consented, on condition
that Mary waa willing, which he much
doubled, as such teeth came hard.
"Willing or not, ahe ahall bar them
out. lt'a all that makes her ao homely,"
aald Sal. and, going in quest of Mary,
she led her to the doctor, who asked to
look in ber month.
There waa a flerc struggle, a scream,
and then one ot the teeth waa lying upon
the floor.
"Stnnd atlll," aald Sal, more sternly
than she had ever before apoken to Mary,
who, halt frightened out of her wits,
stood still while th other one was ex
tracted. "There," said Sal, when th operation
waa finished, "you look a hundred per
cent hotter."
For a time Mary cried, hardly know
ing whether she relished th Joke or not;
but when Billy praised her improved
looks, telling her that "her mouth was
real pretty," and when she herself dried
her eyes enough to see that it waa a
great Improvement, sh felt better, and
wondered why ahe had never thought to
have them out before.
Rapidly and pleasantly to Mary that
winter passed away, for the presence of
Billy was In Itself a aufftclent reason why
she should be happy. Ho waa so affec
tionate and brother-like in hla deport
ment toward her that she began question
ing whether she did not love him aa well,
If not better, than she did ber sister Ella,
whom ahe aclilom saw, though she heard
that ahe had a governess from Worcester,
and waa taking music lessons on a grand
piano, which had been bought a year bo
fore. Occasionally Billy called at Mrs.
Campbell's, but Ella aeemed ahy and un
willing to apeak ot her aister.
"Why ia there this dlfferencer h
thought more than once, aa he contrast
ed the situation of th two girls th one
petted, caressed and surrounded by every
luxury, and the other forlorn, desolate,
and th Inmat of a poorhouse; and then
he built caatles of a future when, by th
labor of his own head or hands, Mary,
too, should be rich and happy.
CHAPTER VIII.
As spring advanced Alice began to
droop. Sally'a quick ey detected in her
lufitlUblo signs of decay. But ahe would
not tell it to Mary, whoso life now seem
ed a comparatively happy one. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker were kind to her. Unci
Peter petted her, gnd oven Mis Grundy
bad mora than one admitted that "ah
waa about a good as young ones would
average." Billy, too, had promised to
remain and work for Mr. Parker during
the summer, intending with tha money
thus earned to go the next fall and win
ter to the academy In Willbrahatn. Jem
ny was coming back ere long, and Mary's
atep wa light and buoyant aa aba trip-
?ed, ainglng, about the house, unmlnd
ul of Mr. Grundy' oft-expressed wish
that "she would stop that clack," or of
th anxious, pitying eyes Sal Furbusb
bent upon ber, as dsy after day the
faithful old creature rocked and tended
little Alice.
At last Msry could no longer be de
ceived, and one day when Alice lay gasp
ing in Sally's lap ah aaid, "Aunt Sally,
Isn't Allc growing worse? She doesn't
play now, nor try to walk."
Sally laid her band on Mary's fare and
replied: "Poor child, you'll soon be ail
alone." -- s-
There waa no outcry no sadden gush
of tears, but nervously clasping her
ban upon her heart, as If th (hock bad
entered there, Mary sat down upon her
bed, and burying ber fac In the pillow,
sat there for a long time. But ahe said
nothing, and a careless observer might
have thought that ahe cared nothing, as
It became each day more and more evi
dent that Alice wa dying. But these
knew not of the long night when with
untiring love the eut by her sister' cra
dle, listening to ber Irregular breathing,
pressing her clammy bands and praying
to be forgiven if ever, In thought or deed,
she had wronged the little one now leav
ing her.
-And all thia time there cam no kind
word or message of love from Ella, who
knew that Alice wa dylug, for Billy
had told her so.
The end cam peacefully. There was
some talk of burying the child in the
poorhouse Inclosure, but Mary pleaded so
earnestly to bav her laid by her mother
that ber request was granted, and that
night when the young spring moon cam
out it looked quietly down upon the grav
of little Alice, who by her mother' side
was sweetly sleeping.
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Three week had passed away since
Alice's death, and affairs at tb poor
house were beginning to glide on as usual.
Mary, who had resumed ber post aa dish
washer in the kitchen, wss almoat daily
expecting Jenny; and one day when Billy
came In to dinner be gave ber the joy
ful intelligence that Jenny had returned
and had been in the field to see him,
bidding him tell Mary to meet her that
afternoon in the wood by th brook.
Mary bounded joyfully away to th
woods, where she found Jenny, who era
braced her in a manner which showed
that ahe had not been forgotten. -
"Ob," said she, "I'v got so much to
tell yon, and so much to hear, though I
know all about dear little Alice's death
didn't yon feel dreadfully?"
Mary'a tears were a aufflcient answer,
and Jenny, as if suddenly discovering
something new, exclaimed, "Why, what
have you been doing? Who pulled your
teeth r
Mary explained the circumstancea ot
the tooth-pulling and Jenny continued:
"You look a great deal better, and if
your cheeka were only a little fatter and
your akin not quite ao yellow, you'd b
real handaome; but no matter about that
I saw George Moreland In Boston, and I
wanted to tell him about you, but I'd
promised not to; aud then at first I felt
afraid of him, for yon can't think what
a great big fellow he'a got to be. Why,
he'a awful tall and handsome, too. Ros
likes him, and so do lots of the girls, but
I don't believe he cares a bit for any of
them except hia couain Ida, and I gues
he doea like her."
Here the chatterer waa Interrnpted by
Henry Lincoln, who directly in front of
ber leaped across th brook. He was
evidently not much improved in his man
ners, for the moment be was safely land
ed on terra firms he approached Mary,
and, aeiaing her round the waist, ex
claimed, "Halloo, little pauperl You're
glad to see me back, I dare aay."
Then drawing her head over so that
he could look into her face, he contin
ued, "Had your tuska out, haven't you?
Well, it'a quite an improvement, so much
so that I'll venture to kiss yon."
Mary struggled, and Jenny scolded,
while Henry said, "Don't kick and flounce
so, my little beauty. If there's anything
I hate it'a aeelug girla make believe
they're modest. That clodhopper Bill
kisses you ovejy day, I'll warrant"
(To be continued.)
New Idea.
The Kafllrs have had an opportunity
to learn something of the art of surgery
since the soldiers and the military doc
tors have overrun Africa, Possibly ad
vanced methods will not altogether
supersede primitive aurgery among
these people, however, for they are not
fond of change.
Time was when n Kaffir with
broken leg.submltted to peculiar treat
ment It was customary to place the
limb In it bole dug in the earth, and
keep it there till the bones were knit
together again.
, The Leisure Hour tells of a case in
which the bones of a certain Kaffir lnd,
having been set by Enropenn aid, tho
Kaffir father dlsseuted from the meth
od employed. He bad the splints re
moved, carried the boy home on horse
back, and then took the usual course of
setting the limb In the earth. The
consequence waa that It took six
months to effect a cure.
Kaffir doctors are hereditary, the cle
verest son in the doctor's family being
usually chosen to succeed his father.
There are other modern thlnga that a
Kaffir has to learn besides the newest
mehods in surgery. In his language
there is no such term as "Thank you."
He is beginning to learn It however,
although he does not think It becoming
to show any emotion whether of grat
itude ot auythlng else.
When two Kaffirs meet one lays, "I
see you," which la answered by "Yes."
More poetical la hla parting word,
"May peace go with you," to which
cornea the response, "May peace stay
with you."
Aa Effect Spoiled.
"After the ceremony the bride wept"
"Grief at leaving her home?"
"No; she forgot herself, and held up
her beautiful long satin train going
down th a'sle."
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD.
K Comprthentlv Rtvkw of the lmpermi
Happenings of th Past Week Prett ted
la a Cofldenstd form Which la Most
' Likely to Prov of mtcrtst to Our Many
Readers.
The America's cup race will begi
September 21.
France wants her treaties with Tu
nis abrogated.
Mrs. Mckinley is standing the re
turn trip well.
An unknown man committed sui
cide near Kalama, Vah.
Three prisoners escaped from the
county jail at Salem, Or.
Anny frauds have lieen discovered
in Lcyte, Philippine islands.
Suicide of a Rusttiiui financier may
embarrass many institutions.
Senators Tillman and McLaurin,
of JJouth Carolina, have resigned.
Caillesand Malver, Filipino lead
ers, have been forced to surrender.
Thirty-two bodies have so far been
recovered form the Sengheny colliery.
Oregon ores are being collected
for the International Mining Con-
President McKinley has pardoned
Alexander McKenxie, the Nome re
ceiver. The output of the Sumpter, Or.,
mining district was never so great
as now.
The American legation guard at
Pekin is having trouble with the
Germans.
Publication of the St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremyra baa been prohibited
for a week.
Five persons were killed and 40
injured in a trolley car collision near
Albany, N. Y.
The cases against Carman, Car
ranza and other insurgent leaders, -have
been abandoned.
The steward of the German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm waa arrested
for stealing gold burs.
Washington capital question has
been settled by the purchase of Thurs
ton county courthouse.
The- last of the American troops
have left Pekin.
President McKinley reviewed the
troops at the Presidio.
Bresci. the assassin of King Hum
bert, of Italy, committed suicide.
The expelled West Point cadets will
appeal their cases to the secretary of
war. ,.
There is a mysterious steamboat
plying on the Columbia river without
a license.
Two men were held up at Midway,
B. C, and robbed of 150. The rob
bers escaped.
Flood in Elixabethtown, Tenn.,
drowned three people and destroyed
11,000,000 worth of property.
The cup challenger, with a royal
party on board, including King Ed
ward, was struck by a squall and
wrecked. The yacht is badly dam
aged. No lives were lost.
The report of the examiners of the
suspended Vancouver, Wash., bank
shows its liabilities to be $232,465.53
and aaseta 249,373.84. Depositors
will receive about 50 cents on the
dollar, as many of the assets are
valueless.
The naval board of construction has
recommended the construction of a
battleship of 16,000 tons displace
ment,. This would give the United
States the largest vessel afloat, as
the present largest one has only a
little over 15,000 tons displacement.
Mrs. McKinley continues to im
prove slowly.
Ex-Congressman Boutelle, of
Maine, is dead.
Nearly 1,000 firms have signed the
new machinists scale.
The old Shamrock boat the new by
half a minute in the last trial.
The striking machinists have
gained many recruits to their ranks.
The coal tax in England is injur
ing the manufacturing interests of
the nation.
The receut punitive expeditions of
Germany in China are now pleasing
to the Russian ruler. :
Nearly 2,000 more United 1 States
volunteers are now on the way home
from the Philippines.
Interior regions of British Colum
bia are threatened with serious floods
by reason of tha late spring.
A band of fifty-seven gypsies seeking
admission to the United States from
Germany have been deported.
A clerk in the adjutant general's
office at Manila is charged with forg
ing General MacArthur's name.
The party of - Ohio oongressmnen
who accompanied President McKinley
to the West are now in Portland.
Two missionaries who made for
tunes in the Nome district are to
build hospital in Chicago.
Beoent census statistics in Italy
show that the proportion of popula
tion not able to read or write has de
creased to 39 per cent.
' The faculty of Stanford University
in California has directed that saloon
and cafe advertisements must be
omitted from tho Daily Palo Alto,
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RACED FOR A 8WITCH.
Ttrribl " Accident Caused by Metomwn's
Careleitncs. '
Albany, N. V May 27. -Electric
cars racing for a switch while run
ning in opposite directions ' at the
rate of 40 miles an hour cost five
lives yesterday afternoon by a terrific
collision in which over 40 prominent
people were injured, some fatally
and others seriously. The lobby of
the local -postofiice, filled with dead
and wounded, hysterical women and
children looking for relatives and
friends, surgeons administering tem
porary relief, and ambulance racing
through the city taking the wounded
to the hospitals, were the early in
timations of the accident.
. The scene of the accident was at a
point about two miles out of Gicen
busch, on the line of the Albany dc
Hudson Railway. The poii.t where
the cars met on tho single track wo
at a sharp curve, and so fast were
both running and so sudden was the
collision that the motormen did not
have time to put on the brakes be
fore south bound car No. 22 had gone
almost clear through north bound
car No. 17, and hung on the edge
of a high bluff with its load of shriek
ing maimed humanity. One motor
man was pinioned up against the
smashed front of the south bound
car, with both legs severed and was
killed instantly, while - the other one
lived but a few moments.
The few women and children who
had escaped injury were hysterical
and added their cries to the shrieks
of the dying and mutilated. Men
with broken arms and bones, with
dislocated joints and bloody heuds
and faces, tried to assist others who
were more helpless. Help had beer,
summoned from East Greenbusch and
vicinity, and in, a little time the
bruised mass of humanity, with the
mutilated dead, were loaded on
empty cars and taken to Albany.
The ambulances and physicians had
been summoned and the postofiice
turned into morgue and hospital.
As far as the physicians could tem
porarily attend the wounded they
were taken to their homes or to the
hospitals.
With both motormen killed it
was hard to get at the real cause of
the accident, but it is pretty well de
termined that it was caused by an
attempt of the south bound car to
reach a second switch instead of
waiting for the north bound car at
the first siding. The cars weigh 16
tons each and are the largest electric
cars built, , and so frightful was the
crash that both cars were torn almost
to splinters. .
SEVERE W HO STORM.
Caused Widespread Devastation in Five West
r State.
Salt Lake, May 28. The wind
storm which swept over Nevada,
Utah, Southern Idaho, ;.-: Wyoming
i-nd Colorado, did damage that will
run into the . hundreds of thousands
of dollars. It resulted in almost
complete prostration of telegraph and
telephone service in the states affect
ed and for nearly 24 hours during the
height of the storm, the inter moun
tain region was practically cut off
from the rest of the world. The
storm was severest in Eastern Nevada
and Utah, and in the fertile valleys
in the northern part of Utah wide
spread devastation resulted. When
the storm was at its height, the wind
at some points reached a velocity of
50 miles an hour. .
At Ogden the storm was felt worst.
Here the wind tore roofs from a num
ber of buildings, including the Bap
tist church, completely demolishing
barns and outbuildings, and scattered
them far and wide, uprooted many
shade trees and tore others to pieces,
blew in plate glass windows in busi
ness blocks and prostrated electric
light wires, so that the city was in
darkness. " The damage in Ogden
will probably reach $100,000.
At Five Points, Logan, Smithfield,
Hooper and other p'.aces the damage
was very great. Hundreds of fruit
trees were completely stripped. The
force of the wind waa so terrific
around Logan and Hooper that to
mato vines were swept entirely from
fields. It is estimated- that fully
one half of the crops were destroyed.
Around Hooper, the sweep of the
wind blew away the ploughed ground
to the full depth that the plows had
entered the earth, rendering the land
practically useless.
Along tho north shore of the Great
Salt Lake the wind picked up the dry
sand in great clouds and . hurled it
across the country with terrific force,
half burying the railroad tracks for
miles. ..
New Mexico Mln Accident
Santa Fe, N. M., May 28. One
man was instantly killed ami several
seriously hurt at the Santa Bita cop
per mine, in Grant county, while
cleaning out blasts which had failed
to explode.
Sailed for Nome.
San Francisco, May 28. Three
steamers sailed today for Nome the.
CneniAiiirli with 2 600 tuna of con-
era 1 freight but no passengers; the
Portland witn 4U0 passengers, tiiren
tons of mail and a full cargo. Nearly
hulf nf the iiS8enr'crs are enmlovc
of the Northern Commercial com
pany, bound for Unalaska, Dutcl.
harbor, St. Michael and Nome. The
steamer Valencia, with about 2tX)
passengors and supplies.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of of th
Growth and Improvement of th Many
Industries Throughout Onr Thriving Com
monwealth Latest Market Report
There was a $3,500 fire at Oregon
City the first of the week.
Arrangements are being made to
selebrate the Fourth at Baker City.
The Grand lodge of Odd Fellows
held their encampment at Baker City.
Efforts are being made to develop
the Kaolin deposits, near Huntington.
The people of Forest Grove and vi
jinity are trying to secure a Sunday
train service.
Farmers near Salem say grain is
looking aa well as it ever did and they
axpect a large crop this year.
Mrs. Thomas Campbell, aged CO
years, an old resident of Oregon, died
at her home in Monmouth last week.
The Baldwin Sheep & Land Com-,
pany, of Hay Creek, will sell at pub
lic auction, June X, 1,000,000 pounds
Df wool.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Columbia River Pack
ers' Association it was decided to raise
the price of canned goods.
Beports from Willamette ' and
Clackamas river fishermen, near Ore
gon City, say this is the best season
for their work for several years.
The board of trustees of the State
Reform School has let bids for the
laying of 4,500 square feet of concrete
work, for basement floors and walks.
The cost of repairing the Albany
bridge amounted to $1,837.57.
The new ice plant at Baker City
will be in operation by July 1.
The annual meeting and barbecue
of Wheeler County Pioneers will bo
held at Bicbmond on June 12 and 13.
The advance in the price of- pota
toes has caused the planting of more
potatoes t han ever before in the vicin
ity of La Grande.
The Albany council has resolved to
turn over the bridge across the Wil
lamette at that place to Linn and
Benton counties or to Linn county,
when the city shall be reimbursed for
the recent improvements.
k rural mail delivery route from
Eugene will be recommended to the
postal deparrtment. The route will
be as follows: From Eugene north
on river road to the Miller fruit dryer
and return to Santa Clara school
house, thence west to Irving road,
thence southeast to Siuslaw stage
road, thence west to' Kemp school
house thence south to foot hills by
way of Martin brick yard and return
to Eugene via Hawkins road. The
trip will be made six times a week. .
Service will not be established before
July.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 60c.: val
ley, nominal; bluestem, , 6162c.
per bushel.
Flour Best trrades, $2.90(83.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.60.
Oats V hite,$1.35(gl.40 percental ;
grav, $1.30(1.S2 per cental.
Barley Feed, $17(17.50; brewing,
$17(317.50 per ton.
Millstiiffg Bran, ?1 perton ; miutl
lines. $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop,
$16.
Hav Timothy, $12.5014; clover,
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67
per ton.
Hops 12 14c. per ib.
Wool Vullev. ll13c: Eastern
Oregon, 7 10c; mohair, 2021c.
per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, li09
17&C ; dairy,' 13 14c. : store, 11
12 c. per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212'c.
per doxen.
Cheese full cream, twins, i;J(
13Jsc. ; Young America, 13)'14c.
ler pound.
Poultry Chickeii8,mixed,$3.50(ai4;
'iens, $45.00; dressed, lll2o. per
ixnind; springs, $35 . per dozen;
lucks, $5(6; geese, $6(37; turkeys,
ive, 1012c; dressed, 1416c. per
pound.
Potatoes Old, $11.15 per sack;
new, 243l24'o. per pound.
Miitt.m l.iiin ls 4?..' (3 5c. ner
pound gross; best sheep, wethers,
with wool, $4.254.50; dressed, 637o
per pound.
Hogs Gross, neavy, lawo;
light, $4.755; dressed, 77&rj. per
pound.
Veal Larrro. 6f7c. oer wound:
mall, 7i8o. per pound.
Heel uross, top steers, faijso.za;
'nws and heifers. $4.504.75: dresaed
beef,. 8i8Mc. per pound
A dispatch from Tangier says the
French commercial attache recently
rold 100,000 rifles to the Shereefiun
government.
A tcWrnm of 12 words is sent to
my part of New Zealand by simply
mixing lO 11 ou stamp li teius.
.nnlomnlnlMl in Vun, Vltrlf fMfxf
will cost the tremendous sum of
fZi.,ew,wo.
TY. YTnUnl QlnlA. Ittcwld all nttior
nations in the matter of fruit grow
ing, strawberries were vaiueu at
$80,000,000 last vear ana grapes at
$100,000,000.