1 OREGON 4 VOL. XX. " I' l!0 FJCSS I ON A L ,uay runic, CoMviriNcmc. J. B. GODFREY, Bcal Estate and Timber Lands Soil AllHTIIACTH MADIlii n, m:i less, or room S. II. GUU1JKK, ATTOIlXICV-AT-IAW. nlllr ll K K ".Mlrs, ar lir.l.r-M. I I OUIilOM. Will (It hM Wrantial Hrlillon l 111 l.l ,,!, iniiiKirJ la I'm III I'iwIIg la til (! ."'I I'lllWl ! I OUII.. V. II. POWELL, jTTOliXK V- AT- Li W, pan 1 I'laiim r At! ar iiKi r.su. t t OHSUUN, gi,, M..m Ulcus Not.ai rveue W. (!. Fist-licr, ,iTToi;xi:y-AT-LAv. ItAlMKK, i i OREGON. I'. liaiiMM. T, J. Ci.xtfua. Altonn')snl4.aw. JrS tl... inula llullillae. url4 Oir. I ,.!u....l'il.l tUlnw"!!l lfvl ftsm4 1 W : X W. . ttl.Ulll lUM.AUD A DAY, jTTnliXICYS-AT-HW hi it i 1 fcSn, oHl wu-1 lit' rf! rwt.' in rHH tl OlNIiifl Of wh e,. n AWfn l $vt at(vtil lm Uttf lr. IMuiu Kosa, J'li isiritm and Surgeon. si". III: LESS. OHKUO.N. Ur. II. U. Cliir, I'histcittii and Surgeon. nr. iu:i.enh. oitKOON. Dr. J. K. Hull, riiisiciun and Surgeon. I I vr-KAMK. OREGON. Dr.C L. 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Tliy t'tiiiiiiif m isl tlia aciioua In- it n ul I lie aiiific Novemlwr 16, llM). Thry inlrniKurJ arorfi of tli . i'tirr.1 ami trip.) it nut on ill nierita by 1 pulllnii ovrr thrra duren raara on Ilia Irmliinriit ami nati'lun thriu. They aiAn (iit pliiait iani to nam clirunii', in- fiialiip I'tiFi, and ailinlniatrriHl it aith III pliv.inam for jndgr-a. I'p lo Au Ittiai I'ft. 07 r int ol tlia teat ra, wi re rtllifr wall or progrvaainj favora l.lv. Tlirra lieinj luit 13 per rent, ol li.iJurt-. Ilia parnei aara .almlifd and t li nctl tha tranaactioii. The proceetl iiK "f t invealigaling rominittra and llm t'liiiiral repurta of tlia tent raara were piililinlii'd ami will le mailed (re on ap plii alitui. A'ldreaatlia John J. rill ton t'tnij.any, 420, Monlgomtry lret, H.tii Y rniii'iaco, I'alif. prints most inilda newt about Just large 8am- , , , patter ni may urn uiu.nu. t Information thai I. n.c....r, t. Ih. . .,.,., tm.x. monih ,"-.'".s 7 OKEUOX. Fill DAY, JULY 01, 1903. EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHHRED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprtlitn.lv Kevlew of tha Import. ant Happening! of tha Paat Week, (Tenanted In CoaJcnaed Form, Most l.lkely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. The race war at Danville, III., is iivur and tjuiet reatorei. The Japaneae preaa ia atmngly in lair of war with Kuaaia. Cardinal Gibbons received a very wrdial retption on his arrival at Home. A roaveiitioii to organize a new rej nriu (i liticAl party is now in aesaira it I'enver. The Britiali preia terms Russian llifial's words on Manchurian situs' lion aa insulting. A li-xas contractor attempted to hrllie an ainiy officer by sending him f.'UU in a boi ol cigars. reparations are completed for the liolaing ol the conclave which wil "lei I a iiiccmsor to l'oe Io, Katinfai tory proireas is being made in I ha trade treaty negotiations 'be tween the Uhitwl rttatcs and China for the i. iiing of Msnthurian ports. A roke truat, headed by the Krirk coal lonipany, is to I formed. The capital ia placnJ at $7,000,000. The new concern has control of 10,000 ai rt)n of colli land. The discovery of four boxes of dyna mite in the mountains thiee miles from .SVIhcii, B. C, with the date 1881 markod on them has led to speculation is to a tragedy in which pioneer pros pectors were the victims. A lien wind storm in the Boondary reek valley, B. C, has done 15,000 Inmate. It blew down a steel smoke la.'k al the Greenwood smelter, over in rued buildings, smashed windows jinl crippled telegraph and telephone wirna. Heveral men were injured by falling tiet-a. The poiie's rt-uimains have been laid u the temporaiy resting place. llarriman will try to wrest the con trol of the Northern Pacific from Hill. Secretary Root will recommend that troopa in Alaaka be given double time allowance. A hiiih ItUHsian official charges Great iritain with duplicity in the Man- liurian affair. Five men were hurt and 1 100,000 worth of property destroyed at a Terre Haute. Intl., fire. Kxtieme hot weather prevails in eastern Keluaxka. Crops are thought to have been injured. The stubbornness ot a Hungarian Hirer is responsible for the prostration ( 4,'i0 soldiers by heat. Cardinal Gibbons surprised every body in Europe by appearing ia ordi nary dress instead of robes. Canada is still In favor of reciprocity with the United States, deepite Cham Iwlain's policy for preferential trade. A aeuaational note has been sent to President Roosevelt exposing a plan of Hungary to control its people in the United States. The battleship Kearsarge made the trip across the ocean in nine days, four and a half hours, an average speed of 13.10 mile ran hour. 8he arrived on this side all ready for action. Thirty thousand people viewed the resaaius of the late pove the second day they lay in state. Prince Ferdinand has fled from Bul garia and it is thought he will not re turn to his throne. Indian cannibals on Tiburon island captured a party of Mexican prospec tors, killed and ate tliem. Tom Johnson says be does not want to be governor of Ohio but would like to succeed Hanna as senator. Negro convicts in a Tennessee mine revolted and barricaded themselves in the mine. They will be starved out. Tha famous 6sherman ring has been stolen from the dead pope's hand. Couaternation prevails throughout the Vatican. At a meeting of the Lewis and Clark fair directors H. W. Scott was elected president and H. W. Goode director general. Taylor & Co. and W. L. Stow tfc Co., two Wall street firms, failed as a re sult of trying to corner certain slocks. James P. Keene lost 1,600,000 by the transaction. The United States league of local loan and building associations is in ses sion at Boston. Cardinal Gibbons has formed a com bination with the French cardinals against Rampolla. Seventeen representative! of the Paul ist order in the United States are in con ference in New York. Cardinal Gotti Is gaining strength in the race to succeed Pope Leo. James A. Mitchell, president of the Boll telephone company,, of Philadel phia, ftince 1895, bae resigned. U. N. Bethell, of rew tort, was elected to sucteed him. Twenty clerks on the New York Cen tral railroad at Niagara Falls, N. Y., are accused of robbing freight. Six have bean arrested, and five of these pleaded guilty. , NATION ALIRHIQATION CONQIIHSS. L'lsh Forwards Object With Liberal State Appropriation. Og'len, Utah, July lift. Unuaua' efforts have been made to insure the success of the 11th Niitio .al Initiation Congress, which will he held here September 15 to 18, inclusive. A lib eral state appropriation was made, and the amount has b en doubled by private subscriptions from officers of the congress and from citizens of the city and statu. The program has been carefully ar ranged with the view of achieving practical benefit, and will include practical irrigation and forestry les sons, reports of experts, application of provisions of the reclamation act, state progrena under the national act views on settlement of lega' complies Hons and the pertinent and important tlieme ol colonization. As Utah is the pioneer state in irri gation, special opportunities will be offered for the study of the history and progress of (he science, and excureiona will lie arranged to enable delegates to take loll advantage of the fact. Special terms have been secured from the railroads, and Ogden hotels have announced that there will be no advance in their rates. Complete ar rangements have been made for the en tertainment of visitors, reception com mittees being detailed to visit all trains. The basis of rpeieeentation in Ihe congress will be: 1 he governor of each state and ter ritory to appoint 20 delegated; the mayor of each city of lets than 25,000 population to a point two dolegatne; the mayor of each city of more than 25,000 population to appoint four delegates; each board of county commissioners to appoint two delegate; each chamber of commerce, board of trade, commer cial club or real estate exchange to ap point two delegates; each organized ir rigation, agricultural or livestock asso ciation t) appoint two delegates; each society of engineers to appoint two del egates; each irrigation company, emi gration society or agricultural college, and each college or university having chairs of hydraulic engineering or for- emry to appoint two delegates. The follow ng are delegates by virtue ol their respective offices: Tho presi dent and members of his cabinet: the duly ac redited representative of any foreign nation or colony; the govern or of any state or territory; any mem ber of the United States senate or bouse of repieeentatives; member ol any slate or territorial commission. FATAL CRASH IN FOOL Two Trains In Minnesota Collide and Four Men arc Killed. St. Paul, July 29.- Two train met in a head on collision on the Chicago Great Weturen this morning and the result is four men killed an 1 25 cr 30 passengers injured. The two trains were ton Twin City Limited and a fas, freight. The limited was running aa a first section to Minneapolis. The sucoud section con sisted o! an excursion traia running from lies Moines to Minneapolis and was three hours behind time. The fast freight, southbound, received an order at Dodge Center reading that the secon . section of the passenger train was three hours late and the trew evi dently misread the order and attempted to make Vlaisty Siding, between Podge Center and Hastings, Minn., thinking that it was the limited that was late. Meanwhile the limited was poind ing along at regular speed ml met the freight head-on just after it had rounded a curve at Vlasity. The morn ing was loggy and neither engineer saw the other in time to stop, although the engineer of the limited had applied the air brakes. That the I wo trains came together with terrific force was evidenced by the fact that both engines wer oadlv dam aged and the baggage and buffet cars we.e completely wrecked. The bag' gageman was buried beneath a pile of trunks when the car was lifted off the track, but was taken out uninjured Oeneral Davis Retires. Manila, July 29. Majoi General Davis has transferred the command of the department of the Philippines to Majjr General James F. Wade, General Davis having been retired for old ago. General Davis' last act was to review all the troops about Manila. The re cords in the case of First Lieutenant Foley, of Ihe Fifth cavalry, who was court martialed on charges involving the embeulement of soldiers' money and other financial Irregularities, have been forwarded to Washington. Boy Not Fit For a King. St. Petersburg, July !. A special ist on the treatment ol backward chil dren, at the command of the imperial government, examined and observed Prince George, the eldest con of King Peter Karageorgevich of Servia, during the past week, and has reported to the emperor that the boy is a degenerate. Prince George is 10 years old. On June 12 a Berlin dispatch to the Lon don Times said that King Teter might abdicate in favor of his eon. Razed By Lightning. Minneapolis, July 29. One of the worst wind, lightning and rain storms in the history of the city struck Minne apolis todav. ' In Southeast Minneapo lis the financial loss will aggregate many thousands of dolars. Buildings were razed, others were unrcofed and lightning splintered some Electric wires were prostrated and nearly all the street cars were tied up. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON NEW LAND LAW DEFECTIVE. State Board Bclitvts Old Act Still In Operation. Application han been made to the Htate land board for the purchase of a tract of school land located within the boundaries of on of the proposed rorr-Bt reserves in Eastern Oregon mis land has been withdrawn from sale by Ihe state land board for thf reaHon that If the reserve should be created the land would probably be more valuable for "baHe" than foi nal as school land. The applicant it thla cane contends, however, that the board has no rltsht to refuse to sell any school land when the legal price --" per acre, has been tendered. The state land board, In considering tne question, has dUcovered that there is a defect In the title of th act of the last legislature which makes It doubtful whether the leglsla tur raised the price of school lant" to 2 -m per acre and required the board to Hell at that price. The title of the act refer only to Indemnity land, while the act Itself applies tr lioth. Indemnity end school land The board is Inclined to the opln ion mat go much of the act at applies to school land Is inop erative. and that the old law i still in force on that subject. The old law authorized the board to sel school land at any price not less thar J1.2o per acre. Undr that law the board could withdraw the land froir Kale, or could fix the price at I2.S0 which was Intended by the legisla ture. If the land should be placed. In forest reserve, and could be used as t base. It would be worth fc an acre For that reason purchasers are anx ious to get It. and the state land boarr" ii desirous of holding it. The que tion of law involved will be submit ted to the attorney-general for hif opinion. Work Begins on Expensive Barn. n ork has comnaem.-ed on the new and modern $7000 barn to be erecteC on the grounds of the Eastern Oreeor experiment station at Union. Thr first story will be constructed of cut stone, and the superstructure of wooo Twelve men are now employed layina the foundation. The building is lo cated on the southern part of the 620 acre farm owned by the state, anc" not far from the main line of the O It. & N. where it rounds Hutchinsnr Point. The building will have cement floors and will be of a very pleasinr architectural design, and will be usee1 for experimenting in the development of thoroughbred livestock. Crops In Lane County. While there has been much com plaint about unfavorable weather and many farmers have expressed the be lief that crops of all kinds would be light, there la now a change to the al truistic view of the situation In Lane county. Conditions are turning out much better than anybody believed few weeks ago. probably the most elated of all the producers are those who have orchards. Conditions for years past have been more or les discouraging to the horticulturist and only the strong hearted have been able to bear up against the repeated failures of prune crops especially. Smoky Pall Reappears. The pall of smoke which annually visits the Southern Oregon moun tains, screening the Bine-covered ranges from "View and shodowlng the entire SouthprrK Oregoa country, is making its appearancer A few minoi fires have already Vy'n observed in the surrounding lomjtains, though none of them have occurred in the heavily timbered districtsX. A strict er vigilance will be kept this year than usual, and it is not likely that the dreadful fires of last summer will be repeated. Clatakamle-Mist Road Surveyed. The survey has been completed for a new location of the wagon road be tween Clatskanie and Mist. The new road will be built on a 6 per cent grade, making an easy ascent up this side of the mountain. Money It being subscribed to make the Improvement and the work will ba finished at an early date. The improvement will be an important one, as this road is the only outlet by which a number of sawmills in the Lower Nehalem get their products to the railroad. Coming Events. Ninth annual re&itta, Astoria Aug ust 19-21. State Fair. Salem, September 14-19. Second Southern Oregon district fair. Eugene, September, 29-October S. Summer Association of the North west Indian agencies, Newport, Aug ust 17-27. Lane county teachers' Institute, Eu gene, August 4-5. Watermelons Late. From all Indications Joseplne coun ty will maintain its widespread rep utation of being a great watermelon section. The melon season will be some later there this year than usual, but the growers say the luscious fruit will be as much in evidence this sum mer as ever before. Melons are grown In the bottom lands below Grants Pass by the 60 and 80-acre fields. AssUtant Postmaster Blamed. PostmnBter Moomaw, if Baker City. has received an order from the post- office department at Washington, di recting him to dismiss Assistant Post master George H. Tracy. This is the sequel to the loss of two registered letters sent throuch the Baker City office on March 17 last, which were not received by the people to whom they were addressed. Flax Will Have to Be Cut. After having tried for more than two weeks to secure men to pull flax, Eugene Bosse, proprietor of the Salem flax plant, has been compelled to abandon the effort to gather the crop In that manner, and much of It will be cut with mo wine machines. APPROPRIATION SHORT. Money to Pay Indian War .Veterans Has Been Exhausted. The appropriation of $100,000 made by the laat legislature for the payme-nt of the Indian War veterans will all be elha,i8teS, by tne Pment of claims already fl ed, and over 300 claimants must wail until the next legislature aLPr,Pi'ateg money before they VaS et their pay. The unpaid claims will aggregate some $50,000. so that the total amount paid out on this account will be $150,000. As It had become apparent In the last few days that t appropriation would soon be exhaus fd. Secretary af State Dunbar asked he attorney-general for advice aa to the course he should pursue with re ard to the claims that come In the $100,000 has been expended Attorney-General Crawford has re-7- hlfd.han pinion ln whlcn he held hat be secretary of state has no a , 'hority to audit the claims or Isr" e arrants after the appropriation in exhausted. This means that until the eglslature makes another approprTa '.Ion those whose claims are not at Zl0n, fl'.e ,n the office of the sec retary of state will have no lesal Jlalm against the state. A 2398. l the Code Provide hat the secretary of state shall not "sue a warrant except when an . iropriatlon is available for the ly. nent of the same. It also provides that where a claim has been IncurrM n pursuance of authority of law but io appropriation has been made or s made, has been exhausted, the'sed i certificate as evidence that the lalm has been allowed. The atir ley-general holds that the Indian war lalms do not come under any of hese classes and that, therefore the ecretary hag no power to ifssue 'war arits or even certificates. He can do lothing but receive the claims nd :eep them on file until the next leels ature meets, when he will report hem to that body for their consider ttton. The Indian War veterans- claims vere not Incurred ln pursuance of my law of the state of Oregon, but ere Incurred under the ' territorial rovernment. The United States gov rnment assumed all the Iaibilitles of .lt!rritor7 wnen the sta'e was ad ultted, and for that reason the vet rans had no legal claim against the tate. The appropriation Is held herefore. to be the measure of the imount for which the secretary mar mdlt claims. ' New Mine for Gallce Creek. Gallce creek, which has already b ome noted as a rich niar-or mint eglon and prod hrough the Old Channel mJnea hat district la to have "lydraulic placer mine. Thla nine will be one of th l9r.i j st equipped hydraulic placers in the est The new hydraulic mine Is Teing equipped by the Gallce Creek hydraulic Mining Company. Thi ompany has had a laree crew nf ma lt work for the past sit aring the placer fields to be operated ipon. for the installation of an enslve hydraulic plant. Working on Rainbow Mine. The Rainbow mine in IW1 y will in the near future be anion ne producing mines of the state. At iresent they are working The ore is from five to 20 feet wM' arrylng gold and CODDer Vnlnaa There are 2000 or 3000 feet of ririfr unnels and ahaft work, exnosina inn. 100 tons of ore or more. The com. oany has been steadily developing and blocking out ore for the past twi years. A plant for treating ores will be erected soon. Sawmill Burned. The LiembauKh sawmill, six n,;i. from Cottage Grove, on Mosbv crack caught fire while the crew was at din ner. The entire plant was destroyed. The valuation was not given. There was no insurance. Collected by Fish Commissioners. Fish Commissioner H. G. Van Du. en has deposited in the state treasury $3303.85. which sum was collected by him during the month of June. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 77(878c: val. ley, 80c. Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton: brew. ing, $20. Flour Best grades, $4.10(9 5.50: raham $3.35(33.75. Millstuffs Bran. $23 per ton: mid. dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18. Oate No. 1 white, $1.07 a 1.07 M : gray, $1 06 per cental. Hay Timothy, $19(320: clover. nominal ; cheat, $16(316 per ton. Potatoes Best Bu?banks, 7075c per sack; ordinary, 354ic per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 3.50 per cental. Poultry Chickens, mixed, llI2c; young, 1617c; hens, 12e; turkeya, live, 10312cj dressed, Hai5c; ducks, 4.00(95.00 per dozen; teesa, $6,000 6.50. Cbeeee Full cream, twins, Ui& 18c; Young America, 16)ilBoj fact ory prices, 191 c less. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022)v'e per pound; extras, 22c ; dairy, 20( 22Mc; store, 16c17. Eggs 20 21o per dozen. Hope Choiee, 17020c per pound. Wool Valley,12)i917c;Eastero Or egon, 8914c; mobair, 8637)c. - Beat Grots, cows, 3940, 'per ponnd; steers, 66c, dressed, 7k'c. Veal 7X8c. Mutton Gross, 3c per poand dressed. 6X6c. Lambs Gross, 4c pel pound ; dreeeed, 7c. Hogs Gross, 96Jic per poand dreeeed, 6X7.