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HT. HELENS,
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATMERCD FROM ALL PARTS OF THH
TWO HnMISPMCRES.
ComprchciMlve Hcvlew of the Import
nt Happening, of the Paat Week,
I'rcMntcd In Condcnacd Form, Moat
Likely to Prove Intercatlng to Our
Many Header..
Tlm TriiH MiiHitliil ril(raH. i. in
wnnioii in Knattlu.
Ttiraey ban callitd for r2,U()0 mt-n for
aurvlrv in Mai wlonla.
1'opr I'lua lua given $20,000 to lw
dlittrlbuloil among tlm poor of Rome.
Ilitt two Kaunas Clllfia ars attain
miffuring from tlm eflwU of higb viator.
Tlm 37th national enrampnitint of
tbti t. A. It. I. iu wm.lon at Han Kr.n
i two,
ily tb collapaa of tlio uplMir din k of
. Hnlrili atrnii;r 40 people Kura
In wiiihI.
The Ktmnian llwt b.e eailwl for Turk
ey t" enforce the ilnniaml that .laying
of ion mi I bo avt-ngMl.
China baa aitroed with the United
State, to open two porta, time main
taining the oH-a Juur polity.
liivifuvflt aanta Hoot lo help hint
defeat hi. New York rneniie. and will
endorae him for president in 1UUH.
A wealthy IavenKrt, la., woman
waa kidiiaimi and held for .r0,000
ransom, hut gave bvr captor, th. .lip
am) eeraped.
Vemvim continue, a-tiva and Is
ending .moke and tlame to a height of
4,000 tw l. J ava i. Bowing toward Ot
'ajamo and i'omeii.
A falling meteor duatroyed a bridge
at Mention, Mich.
Cardinal Ciibbon. ban left Rome od
hi. way to the United Htatee.
Hreintlin Cincinnati atotk jarde
deatmyiHi iiU,0U0 worth of proprty.
Knglii-h apurtAinen are confident
-hamrork IU will lift the cop thil
year.
Hwertaty Hitchcock ha. ordered an
investigation of land fraud, in Indian
territory.
JoM-ph rnlitier ha given $2,000,000
lor the ealahliehmunt of a bool of
nurnitlimn at Columbia univeraity,
Sew York.
The Rusarian premier lielieve. the
VUcedonlan reteilion will be confined
to Monaatir.
The Minion pack for thin year will
he about 300,01)0 cam-a. Thi. ia nearly
23,000 cae. eliort of laet year.
The general .tuff of the army gave
secretary Root a dinner in honor of big
nice, in eecuiing the new atmy law.
Wbeeline. W. Va., union and non
union men clashwl and over 1,000 .bote
were fired. Only two men were
wounded.
The power, are not likely to interfere
w ith ltur.ia in her move aeain.t Turk
ey a. they feel that the .ultan neexl.
punlahinent.
fird Halisbury, fi-premier of Kng
laud, i. critically ill.
The Rritinh parliament has ad
jtmrned until November 2.
Kaetern capitaliata are aniiou. to ee-
i-nre yellow pine land, of Southeastern
Oregon.
rim flrat ineinir of the Alaskan
boundary comniitt.i.n will be held Sep
tember 3.
Joffrlea baa retained hi. title of
champion of the world by again defeat
ing Ccrbett.
Captain R. H. Laweon, a dit
tingui.hed naval officer lu the Civil
war, i. dead.
A.iMilml Dluaa haa returned toBrem-
eruin naval .lation with hi. eiinadron
atuir a cruine In the Kortn raciuc
ocean.
Tli ImttlMhii) Magnacbuaett. .truck
an unchartered rock and will have to
go to dry dock. Her injuries are not
aerioua.
Th. Tnrkt.h gendarme who killed a
KuHaian comul ha. been executed.
Turkey will pay the consul', widow
180,000.
Charlea M. Bcbwab i. at the head of
a great Uiloring trust just formetl
which will establish homo, throughout
the Uuiled Mates.
Uke Erie fisbermen are preparing to
.i-i.i ,i.. i 'ana. 1 inn rnvenue cutter, in
the Intern when an attempt la made to
capture the firming vessel..
Rain is causing the Kansa. river to
rise again.
RusHia has detdtled on a policy of
peace in the far f.ast.
The Servian cabinet ha. resigned,
nd King I'eter threatens to abdicate.
The chance, are very slim that Co
lom da will ratifj the Panama canal
treaty.
Macedonians, disappointed in recelv
i.... i.,.,i.n avmoathv in the war
with Turkey, charge that pres. i.
bribed.
n t p..,. nmaiilnntof the Nation
al mamifacturers' a?eooiation, puts
laoor unions and iiiod. in me name
category.
A Rook Island train went throuah a
l.i i... ... Tnnka. Kan., killina one
man and seriously injuring a number
of other..
OltEGON, FIUDAY, A UfJUHT 21, 1903.
TELL WHO MAY LAND.
New Chlnete
Regulation.
Public.
Are Made
Washington, Aug. 19. A new net ot
ChineiH) regulation., prepared by Com
miiwioiier Ueneral ol Immigration Sar
gent and approved by t-'ecretary Cortel
you, of the department ol coir, men e
and labor, jurimliction of the matte' of
the exc'uaion of Chinese having been
trausferied from the treasury to the lat
ter department, were made public to
day and are now ready for distribution.
These rules d sinnate what Chinese per
nor,, are permitted to land at port, of
the United State, under the provttiiii)
of the law. and treaties, together with
Ihe po t. at which Chinese, other than
Chinese diplomatic and consular olli
cer., may land and name the officer,
whe have been vested with the power
and authority heretoloie conferred on
collector, of cuatoina, giring their sta
tion, .nd Jurisdiction.
Condition, are named to which every
Chinese person seeking admission into
the United States under the provision,
of the act of 1902, for the purtOM of
taking part in any fair or exhi dtioo
authorized by coiiitresa, shall confoim
a. a condition precedent to such admis
sion regulations governing the arrest
and deportation of Chinese unlawfully
within the United State, are included.
All told there are IU rule, embraced in
the new regulation. Accompanying
the regulations are law. and treaties re
lating to the exclusion of Chinese.
Provision is made for a itertillion
record of all Cbinesj laborer, arriving
and departing at port, of entry, copies
of such registry Va be transmitted to
tin commissioner general of immigra
tion. Conditions are prescribed to which
all Chinese persons claiming the right
of transit through the United State, to
foreign territory must conform a. a con
dition preceding such privilege. Nu
merous change, have been necesnary In
the revinion of these rules to make
them conform to the transfer of jurimlic
tion ever tne subject from the treasury
department to the department of com
merce aud labor, roruis ol blanks are
prescribed and rules made to govern the
ollicers charged with the enforcement
of the exclusion law.
LAWS AT FAULT.
Congrcaa May Be Asked to Repeal Pres
ent Land Laws.
Washington, Aug. 19. The 68th
congr.HS, wuen it regularly assemble.
in December, will be called upon to re
move from the statute books three laws
under which the government is being
systematically robbed each year of hun
dreds of thourands, if not millions, of
dollars' wo th of public lands. The
robber, are not in all cane, violating
the letter of the law, and a. long a.
these time laws remain in force t bey
cannot be reached, but they are violat
ing the spirit of the law, and escape
only on technicalities. The fight be-
aun in the last daya of the 57tn con
gress, to bring atiout tho repeal of the
timlier and atone act, the desert land
act, and the commutation clause ot the
homestead act, I. to be renewed with
viuor. and the friends, a. well a. Ihe
enemies of reform, are even now pre
paring to enter the fray, each aide de
termined to win.
Secretary Hitchcock, after more
than four year, in the cabinet, daring
which time he ha. familiariied himeelf
with the operation, of the several land
laws, ban become convinced that the
statutes should be changed. He can
not see why the government should re
linquish for I1 an acre timber land.
that are worm I uu an acre; re can
not see why dummy entries ehonld be
permitted, even though they ue matie
nst inside the limitation ol me law
he doe. not see w; y one man should be
nermitted to make an entry in the in-
terest of another; nor does be recognise
the justice of allowing cattle lrona
and larro stock interests to gain con
trol. if not ownership, of vast tracts of
public erasing lands, contrary to the
nnhlic oolicv. Secretary Hitchcock
has come to realise that wnne tne gov.
ernent is annually losing vast areas of
valuable lands under the operations of
the law. just specified, the governent
is, to a great extent, powerless to arrest
many formi of speculative entries so long
as Jihere laws remain on the statute
books.
Italy Expects War.
Rnma Aim. IB. The memorandum
of the Bulgarian government to the
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powers regarding tne Biiuauon in Ma
cedonia ba. produced a great effect
here. The general impret.ion Is that
the Bulgarian government is no longer
able to Hold natx popular leeung,
which, unless it is repressed in time,
..ill laa.l In a ear with Turkev. The
fate of Bulgaria in that event, it is
thought, would probably be the same
a . ,. nf rjrmwa in the last war with
Turkey. The Italian government is ex
changing views wltn v tennaanu ionuun
Nearlng the Nevada Line.
Carson. Nev., Aug. I9.-News has
been received that psrly of couviete
who escaped from the prison at Fo'som.
Cal., visited Glen Alpine, near Tallao.
They stopped at the resort at noon,
demanded dinner, and carried away
several days' provisions. Beyond tak
ing food they did not annoy or threat
en any one, and openly admitted their
identity. Theion-icta are now near
ing the Nevada line, and if they cross
an effort will be made to capture them.
Street Cars Collide.
Carthage, Mo., Aug. 19 A head-on
collision took place this afternoon on
the Carthage-Joplin ele. trio railway
three mile, from this place. Motcrman
Joseph Baker was killed, motor man
Kd Helge fatally hurt and 25 other
per.ons seriously injured.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
BIO PROFITS IN FARniNO.
Willamette
Valley Ranchers Will Oe
Well This Year.
Willamette valley farmer, are re
Juicing over the prospect for good
profits In almost every thing they
have to sell this year. Not only are
prices good, but yields arc large and
a. a consequence there will be more
money ifi the valley this year than
there has been for more than a de
cade before.
Wheat at Salem is quoted at 70
cents, with the mills paying a 2-cent
premium. In ordinary year all above
50 cents would be clear profit, but be
cause of the high wanes paid to farm
help this season it will take from 62
to 55 cents to pay the cost of produc
tion. The average yield, so far as
can be learned, will be about 20 bush
el, to the acre or more. This means
a clear profit of from $3 to 1 3 60 an
sere on wheat, after allowing for all
labor and expenses. Oats have turn
ed out better In proportion that
wheat, and the large yield, wltb a
price of about 25 cents per bushel,
will leave a good profit on that crop.
The season has been very favorable
for hay, and yields have been rood.
The prices quoted at present are from
17 to 8 a ton In the local market ror
loose hay. Farmers say that about
half of this price is profit Yields run
from two to three tons per acre, mak
ing this crop a better paying one than
wheat.
Hops promise a price ranging from
15 cents upward, and it Is generally
figured that all above 8 cents is profit
though growers who hire all theii
work done and give their yards a good
upraying say that the cost of produc
tion Is 10 cents a pound. At any
rate, there seems to be an excellent
profit this year.
The prune crop Is large, and though
the domestic market has not opened
has been making sales at Its owa
price, a 24-cent baBls. which price
leaves the grower a "better than fair"
margin.
All through the year dairy products
have brought an extraordinary price,
and even country butter has found a
ready market at paying figures.
Woolgrowers sold their fleeces this
year at a high price, and sheep have
been in demand all through the year.
CATTLEMEN REFUSE TO SELL.
Despite fcarctty of Feed They Hold for
Better Figures.
Never In the history of the country
around Dale ba. the cattle market
keen as unsettled as It is at the pres
ent time. Prices offered by export
buyers are extremely low, and the
cattle- raisers are refusing to sell.
Crowding on top of this, there Is a
scarcity of hay as compared with last
year, and prices are running moun
tain high. Hay Is selling In the field
at $10 per ton, whieh is $4 higher
than It was last fall. Cattle-raisers
who have not a sufficient supply are
trying to contract for all they can se
cure, but the farmer will not sell.
Again there are more cattle on the
range this year than last, without suf
ficient feed for them. Notwithstand
ing the discouraging state of affairs
which confront the cattleman, he Is
willing to wait for further develop
ments. The export cattle buyers who have
been in the country bave had to go to
other parts because they could not se
cure the cattle here. The buyer,
give Portland quotations here at $2.70
per hundred for cows and $3.35 for
Steers. The average is $3.75. and
even better prices than that were re
ceived last year. If both the buyer
and the seller continue to hold out. It
Is believed that there will be a num
ber of forced sales on Oie part of the
stockmen, and that they will sell at
a loss to themselves.
Ne Orass to Fight Over.
Tliere Is no range war In the Upper
Deschutes valley. On the contrary,
there Is the peace of desolation. The
range was overstocked and eaten out
and no grass worth making war over
remains. Where neat cattle and
horses once throve by the thousands
there Is now none too much feed for
a few hundreds. Twenty years ago
there was no finer graxlng region in
the United States. Men who now ride
all day In a cloud of dust tell of the
time when the grass was up to their
knees as they bestrode their horses
and cattle fairly wallowed in the feed
that covered the 30 miles of present
desert between Bend and Prinsvllle.
Cowlitz Navigation Obstructed.
During the recent freshets a sand
bar formed at the mouth of the Cow
Itta river which greatly hindered the
operation of the plant belonging to
the Columbia ft Cowlltx River Hooni
Company. A dredge will shortly take
the work of clearing the channel In
hand, after which the company will
put In two new piers and rearrange
the sheer boom. When finished this
boom will be one of the best on the
Columbia river and will be of great
assistance to the loggers
To Have Brand New Schaol House.
Canyon City Is to have a new and
up-to-date school building that will be
a credit to the town. The school au
thorities ore advertising for bids for
its construction. The building will
be two stories high and will have four
class and recitation rooms. Its cost
will be about $3000.
President Smith Inspecting Farms.
E. U Smith, of Hood River, presi
dent of the State Board of Horticul
ture, ia In Coos county on a tour of
Inspection. While there Mr. Smith
will visit most of the principal farms
In the county.
Planing Mill Burned at Hatnea.
The Haines Lumber Company's
planing mill. t mines, was burned
lsst week. The loss Is $5009. The
plant was owned by James Mitchell,
of Baker City, who carried no insurance.
MAY BE FOREST RESERVE.
Commissioner Richards Olves Reasons
for Withholding Large Tract.
Register Dresser, of the Oregon
City land office, has received from
Commissioner W. A. Richards, of the
United States land office, a letter re
lative to the telegram of recent date
withdrawing certain public lands In
that district from settlement. The
letter directs the withdrawal, tem
porarily, of all vacant unappropriated
lands In townships 6 to 13 south, botb
inclusive, range 4 east, from settle
ment, entry, sale or other disposal,
under the public land laws, pending
the determination as to the advis
ability of Including said area within
the Cascade range forest reserve.
Regarding the rights of settlers
who bave already located on lands In
cluded In the specified area, Commis
sioner Richards saya:
'Neither this temporary withdraw
al, nor the permanent reserve of the
'HnCs which may follow, will affect
any bona fide settlement or claim
properly initiated upon the lands
prior to the date hereof, provided
that the settler or ciaimanta continue
to comply with the law under which
their settlement or claims were ini
tiated, and place their claims duly on
record within the prescribed stat
utory period. The withdrawal oper
ates to defeat all settlement claims or
other claims Initiated subsequent to
this date, regard le..' of the date upon
which you receive the telegram."
DAILY ATTENDANCE SMALLER.
Though Orcgoa'a School Populatloa Has
Oreatly Increased.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion X H. Ackerman has just finished
compiling the annual school statis
tics as gathered from the reports re
cently filed in his office by the sever
il county superintendents. A. the re
ports for last year covered a period
f 16 months, there Is no basis for
comparisons except in a few partic
ulars. The school census for the year end
ing in June, 1903. shows that there
are in the state 143,757 person, be
tween the ages of 4 and 20 years. At
the same time last year the school
population was 138.466, so that an in
crease of S2S1 Is shown.
The average daily attendance In all
the public schools of the state during
the preceding year has been 64.219.
while for the preceding year It was
66.779, or a decrease of 2560. A de
crease In the average daily attend
ance at the same time that there is
an increase In the school population
is probably due to the scarcity of
labor and the high wagee, which, to
gether, take many of the older boys
out of school during the greater part
of the year.
Protest Against Withdrawal.
A special meeting of the Roseburg
board of trade and citixens generally
has been called to protest against the
withdrawal of any more public lands
from entry in that portion of the
state. Other commercial bodies in
the western part of Oregon will be
Invited to co-operate in protesting to
the officials in Washington. D. C, and
to our senators and representatives
in congress against the further ex
tension of our already immense for
est reserves. Such recently proposed
extensions will work serious hard
ships on many bona fide settlers now
lacated on some of these lands,
To Clear Coos Bay Channel,
Replying to an earnest request
submitted by Congressman Hermann
based upon a petition of the Coos
Bay chamber of commerce. Secretary
of War Root wires that he has appor
tioned $10,000 as an emergency aid
for removing the recent shoal forma
tion in the Coos ba yentrance chan
net which delays deep-draft vessels.
As the shoal Is constantly enlarging,
commerce there would have material
ly suffered had It been aecesaary to
await congressional action.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 76978c; bine
stem, 78(381c; valley, 7iHS0e.
Flour Valley, $3.60(r3.85 per bar
rel; bard wheat straights, $3.60(43.85;
hard wheat, patents, $1.1004 60
graham, $3 3' 3.75; whole wheat,
$3 5fviS4.00; rye wheat, $1.00.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$21; rolled, $21(21.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07.4'; gray,
$1 05 per cental.
Mill.tuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mil
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $1S:
linseed dairy food, $18.
Hay Timothy, old, $20 per ton;
new, $14(9 15 clover, nominal; grain,
$12; cheat, nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2022Kc
per pound; dairy, nominal; store, 16
(17c.
Cheese Full cream, twins,. 14c;
Young America, 14c; factory prices,
llHc b
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 119
11 Mo per pound; spring, 16(t7)c;
hens, 12(4 liHc; broilers. $2(3 per
desen; turkeys, live, 10(12c per
pound; dressed, 14 1 1 5c . ducks, $:5
per dozen; geese, $5(36.50.
Egg. Oregon ranch, 19(20c.
Potatoes Old Burbanks, 70975c
per sack, growers' prices; new pota
tocB. Oregon, 80c(sE$l per sack; Call
fornia, lc per pound.
Wheat Sack. In lot. of 100, 60.
Beef Gross steers, $3.7594.25;
dressed, 6K7)o per pound.
Veal 8c per pound.
Mutton Gross. $3; dressed. 6g
6e; lambs, gross, $3 60; dressed, 7c.
Hogs Gross, $6.505.76; dressed,
7o.
Hops 1902 crop, 15916c per pound
Tallow Prime, per pound, 4ig5c;
No. S and grease, 24B8o.
Wool Valley, 17918c; Eastern
Oregon, 12915c; mohair, S6937)t'c.
NO. 36.
FOR NAVY YARD.
Puget Sound Will Ask for an Approprke
tlon of $422,300.
Washington, Aug. 18. The navy
department bus recehed the annual
recommeudatiens and estimates of the
official of tLe Puget sound navy yard
asking for an appropriation, at the
next session of congress, of $422,300
for the erection of new buildings and
the purchase of new tools and ma
chinery. In addition it is strongly recom
mended that congresi authorize the
early construction of a second drydock,
of such dimensions a will accommo
date the largest warship likely ever to
be itatkmed on the Pacific coats."
Upon these recommendations Secre
tary Moody will later base his final es
timates that are sent to congress, and
while he will no doubt -make some
alteration, and possibly some reduc
tion., it is believed that in the main
he will, approve the recommendation.
of the Paget sound officers.
In pointing oat the necessity for a
drydock larger than that now in use.
Naval Constructor H. D. Wright ray
the past develompent of the yard, and
the increased business that i rare to
follow the completion of extensions
now in progress is sa h as to render
one dock inadequate. Within two
years the amount of repair work to be
done at Bremerton will have increased
to such proportions that another dock
will be necessary to accommodate the
ships. No estimate of the eott of such
a stock is submitted, although if the
department approve the suggestion
an estimate will probably be made be
fore congress convenes.
WATER FALLS IN SHEETS.
Cloudburst Does Oreat Damage la Kaa
aas and Nebraska.
Fairbory, Neb., Aug. 18. Detail
have been received here of a cloudburst
along tbe Nebratka-Kansa. line for
abont eight miles. Two clouds appar
ently met. and for an hour the water
fell in sheets. Estimate, of the down
pour are all tbe way from a foot to
three feet. The water swept down
Dry Branch and Silver creeks, that are
usually dry at this season of tbe year,
taking everything before it. More than
1,000 trees were taken out by the
oots. and barns, corn crios. grain and
bay stacks, several drovee of bogs and
many head of cattle were swept away
with tbe flood.
Not a bridge remains on Siivei creek
and bat one on Dry Branch. Tbe resi
dencies were all built on high gronnd,
which accounts for tbe fact that no
lives were lost, although there were
several narrow escapee.
ONE CHANCE FOR CANAL.
Colombia Is Alarmed Over Probable Sac.
ccas of Nicaragua.
Panama, Aug. 18. Letter, received
from Bogota say that np to August 1
the Panama canal commission bad
held only one meeting on account of
the disgust of members with the action
of Senator Peres y Soto, who insisted
on recalling the treaty at the flrat
meeting. Senator Obaldia, a warm
supporter ef the treaty, ba. had several
conferences with President Marroquln
and United State. Minister Beauprie,
and notwithstanding their efforts the
committee could not be induced to re
port in favor of ratification. Amend
ments bave been offeied which seem to
meet tbe approval of 20 senators oat of
24.
Both tbe house ot representative
and tbe senate are deeply impressed
with tbe persistent rumors which reach
Bcgota of tbe possibility of a move
ment for tbe secession of the isthmns
if this treaty is not ratified. The tear
that each an eventuality might follow
failure to ratify tbe treaty appear to
constitute the only chance or favoia
ble action on the treaty.
China Discredits It.
Pekin, Aug. 18. Tbe report that
Russia and China wibl ask the Ameri
can government to arbitrate all ques
tions arising over tbe Russian occupan
cy of Manchuria ia discredited here.
It is oelieved that both of these power
bave already arrived at a mutual under
standing on tbe subject, although upon
what terms none of the foreign lega
tions have as yet been able to ascertain.
America is generally considered one of
the last governments which could pos
sibly be asked tj arbitrate in thi
case.
Fleet to Scene.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 18. A squad
ron of the Russian Black sea fleet ha
been ordered to sail for Turkish waters.
Notification of th' move has been tele
graphed from Sebastopol to tbe Russian
ambassador at Constantinople. The
dispatch of the squadron is intended to
emphasize Russia's intention of exact
ing complete compliance with her de
mands as to satisfaction for th murder
by a Turkish gendarme of her consul
at Monaatir.
Trains Collide In Fog.
Philadelphia, Aug. 18 Two freight
trains on the Pennsylvania railroad
crashed together early today between
St. David's and Radnor, killing two
brakemen and injuring the engineer of
the second train. A tramp who bad
his collar bone broken in the accident
says several of bis companions were
riding on the freight, and It isprcbable
that they are buried beneath the wreck,
ace. The accident waa due to th.
dense fcg.