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ST. HELENS, OIUiGON, Fill DAT, MAItCIl 11, 1904.
NO. 13.
II II M
EVENTS OF THE DAY
qatiii:ki:d from all parts op the
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Novlow of tb Import
nt Happonlng of the Past Week,
' presented In Cuiulrnu4 form, Moot
l ikely to Prove Intonating to Our
Many Header.
Tim senate hn passed tho naval
nppnipi liitloll 1)111.
Another British cabinet crisis It be
lieved lu he nt hand.
Tim Chicago Federation of tabor Is
fighting Mayor Harrison.
t 'nlttMl Miticworkors will leave (he
quosiluii of strike with the local Un
ions. A second bombardment of Vladi
vostok lit reported In which tho Japan
cm, lust one or two crullers.
II, purl on affair of Indian Terrl
leu y Hiiiui-ka of Kraft on tho part of
ciiiii IiiU connected with speculative
concerns.
A Springfield, Ohio, mob took a
negro, who shot a detective, from Jail,
huiiKcd him mid then rlddlod hla body
Willi lllllll'l.
A witness In llm Buioot trial aay
wiiii marrli'd after tho Issuance of
din inaiiirtii and I positive llrlgham
Young performed tho ceremony.
Tin' report on Influence being exert
i l ly member of coiiar" to gain In
i-ieasc in posloltlro rental, clerk
hi i . lit-., Involve members from all
lnil five states, Oregon, Idaho, No
mi, In. Ni'w Hampshire and Rhode la,
land.
Field Marshal von Waldersee Is
(l.ii.l.
The house ha paaind tho Indian ap
ptuprlnlloii bill.
prcyfti lino won an appeal for a
ri vlnliiii of lilt raao.
Tim I'nlted H(atee will not (rant
tlin Ctiuiu Japan cabls concloii.
will nut accept the chairman
ship n( Un National Republican com
wiitce. Kuitti-rn miner refu to accept a
reduction In i'i and a strike li
pruliHlilx.
H'liuiur Nelson iloclaro American
1 ii i r. n r b ili'itmnil alio prevent the dl
iu-in Ix'i iiK iit of China.
Troop have been sent rroni Vladi
vostok In iiutol tho Japanese ad
inn,!' from the aouth.
President Smith, of tho Mormou
Inirih. nay congress la prying Into
IiIh iloiiii'iiilc r?!rs without right.
Hrlulii believe tho only diplomatic
ilitiiKir ll' In a continental protein
BKittiinl the Japanese C'oresn treaty.
Jupiiri hn again addressed the pow
ers lii reply to the Russian conten
tion (hut lm violated rule of war.
An ciirlhqtiaka In New Meilco did
ii.ii, h ilumage to property.
Itiiiwln welcome what It term the
change In American aentiment.
Advices from Port Arthur aay the
Japanese are again bombarding that
place,
i he body of a mastodon In a good
state of preservation ha been found
In ar Dawson.
Jiipnn hn completed tho landing of
n great fon e In Corea, and a forward
movement I expected toon.
President Hmltb. In the 8 moot trial,
says Mormons will defend plural mar
rliicc If uii attack la mado.
Tim Japanosn fleet haa allowed a
miinliiT of colllnr to proceed to Vladi
vostok, expecting to selso tho fuel and
supplies when It take that port.
A Inn linn been Introduced to allow
tln Northern Pacific to aell land
iiIoiik t tin right of way and quiet title
to (nuts In 1'ortland and other Went
cin clt lea.
The Great Northern and Northern
l'aelllc railway havo agreed to offer
hoini'Koi'ker exciirilon rate during
March ami April. Tho rata to the
Went mid return will bo ono faro, pint
$2.00.
The flood Rltuutlon on the Ohio river
lit Toledo I aorloui.
Kli'K Kilwirrd la confined to hi room
on account of lllno.
Senator Hule think tho navy la auk
Iik for too many now ahtpa.
General Kouropatkln will make
Mukden hi headquarters.
Clilef of engineer recomrueenda
nKiihiNt the extension of the Uray
llnrlior Jetty.
A IiIkIi HiiNHlnn offlclul any the ah
timlonuient of Port Arthur would be
(llmiKtroiiH to UusbIo.
Kx -I'reNldent Cleveland denies that
he ever had a Negro a his guest at
luncheon, a reported.
Jnpanpa refuge declare they wore
I rented In a terrible manner by Hub
i.liuiH nt l'ort Arthur.
A nomine ran amuck In the war do
m i t men t olllce, shooting one man and
Hi lug nt other clerks.
l'Varlng the approach of Japa
ni'Mii II net, KiiHMHlnna and noncombat
"iitH nt Ylukow are preparing to re
tire. Heci-i'tnry Bhnw has cnlled on tho
niillonnl bunks for 1:10,000.000 of gov-
ci nmciit dcipoHtta to be applied on the
price or uio I'nnama canal.
Henaior Fulton has Introduced a
hill HtrcnKlhnnlng the present salmon
Mailing law so as to further restrict
llnhliiK and extend tho closed season.
.IiiimnoHO staff leaves for Coroa. and
trnopH are expuctod to advance at
once.
(leneral Charles Dick has been
elected to succeed the lata Senntor
llunna.
Premier Balfour effectively usod the
wiir on n n argument for a greater Drlt
IhIi imvy.
fLEET SHUT OUT.
Russian Ships Cannot Return to
Vladivostok.
Umdon, March D.TIi J a pun cue
ligutliin here bus received no ollklul
Information regarding the bombard-
incut of Vladivostok, It la believed at
the legation, however, that the Jup-
uncNu are now between the HiiMHiun
Cruiser squadron and Vladivostok,
and there Is reason to believe that the
ItiiHHlun squadron I In the vicinity of
Posslet Hay.
ItUHHlan official dispatches do not
mention thla squadron, and this fact
lends color to the belief that the Jap
anese wniHhlp havo shut It out of
Vladivostok. It Is pointed out at tho
legation that If this Is true, tho Hus
sion vessels are In a critical position,
since they must run the gauntlet of
the Japanese squadron off Vladivos
tok or tho Japanese squadron off Port
Arthur, buforo reaching a Husslou
port.
Ill a dispatch from Bt. Petersburg
a correspondent of the Htumlard gives
a rumor that tho Cznr bus received a
telegram to the effect that the Jupun-
e flmt bombarded Vladivostok all
day Monduy. According to this rum
or only trivial damage wns Inflicted to
the ItusHlans, but one or two Japan
ese cruisers were sunk.
There Is much curiosity hero con
cerning tho resisting power of Vlad
ivostok, which has been long rcnard
ed as the i Hint li a r of the Far Kast.
Vladivostok Is known to be better
vqulppcd as a naval base, and to -have
greater docking and repairing re
source than Port Arthur, hut doubts
are expressed as to the character of
Its defenses. Itusata has been settled
(hero for 40 years, and It Is conse
quently conitldcrcM pronahle thul the
leftttises and guns at this place are of
a somewhat obsolete character.
It Is understood that during (lie
past few years all (hn available new
gutis and war material which It was
possible to send over the single. Hue
rrnns Hlberluu railroad have been
used for the strengthening of Port
Arthur snd points In .Manchuria, Icav-
ng Vladivostok with old type guns of
short rsllge. It Is reported that Vlud
Ivoslok Is 111 supplied with provisions
and necessaries.
IHspatcheM from Tokio published
Ibis morning speak of (he sacrifices
lining made by the Japanese nation.
According to the Dally Chronicles
orrcspondent nt Toklo, the Mikado
is abandoning all luxuries, the court
following his example, and all are go
ing to live abstemiously until the war
Is ended.
HOPE IS ON LAND.
Russia Consider That the War Has
Hardly Begun.
Bt. Petersburg, March 8. Although
nlnioHl four weeks have elapsed since
the Japanese fleet first attacked Poll
Arthur, here tho war Is considered
hardly begun. Heavy land fighting,
upon which the fate of the campaign
icpends, Is not expected much before
Ihe end or April. Ily this time Itus
ula will have In the field, exclusive of
the largo army of men required to
guard tho railroads, four army corps,
each with a cavalry division and on
artillery brigade. All thul has hap
pened so fur, or I going to happen un
lit these forces arc In the field. Is con
sidered, according to the KuhsIiiii
view, to be nothing more than the
prologue to the rent drama.
The crippling of the Port Arthur
fleet was unfortunate In that It gave
tho enemy the command of the sea at
(he very outset. It Ib, however, of
relatively small Importance from the
standpoint of the main strategy of the
war, whether Port Anbur stands or
falls. Hut as Ionic as it holds out,
and tho fleet Is harbored there, It will
constitute a. potential menace which
will restrict and hamper Japan s op
erations, and the Hussluns are deter
mined to defend Port Arthur as horo
trolly as they did Sevastopol. No
large garrisons will be retained there;
10,000 men are as good as luu.uou ror
defense, whllo tho more men the
more mouths to feed. There are
enough provisions there now to Inst
for eight months, In addition, there
will bo a division or Cossacks witn
mountain batteries on the peninsula
to oppose landings and - huriiKs the
enemy If It succeeds In investing ine
city,
Flood Peril Is Passsd.
Hnrilshurg. Pa.. March 9 Tho Ju
littn and Susquehanna rivers bnve
been falling all day and Weather Ob
server Domain said tonight that they
III continue to full for 24 hours. The
Korges above and below Hnrrlsburg
are still Intact and there bus been no
movement In the Susquehanna river
Ince the break of yesterday ami in uie
norge at High Spire. The conditions
in the flooded district show an Im
,iv, .r veulerilnv and unless
there Is a sudden rise In tho river, it Is
(bought tho worst Is over.
France Can Take No Offense.
Purls. March 9. It Is not expected
that Japan's Intention to build the So-oul-WIJu
rallroud will cause any serl
oiib clash with tho owners of the early
Kronen concession. The original con
cesion wns granted to a. Kronen com
pany In 18. A considerable portion
of the line bus already been laid under
Krench auspices and It Is understood
that Korolgn Minister Pelcasso has
snuirht to nrotect Krench Interests
ulong the road, as ho protected the
rights of (he Panama l anai uoinpnny
Railroad May Sell Lands.
Washington, March 9. The senate
(,1,1,1V imuxeil Hennlnr rosters mil
,,ti,,,,.liiir thn Northern Pacific Rntl
road Company to sell surplus lands
within Its right of way when It has
no use for tho biiiiio, and confirming
sules of sirh lands heretofore made
by this company.
CHANGE IS URGED
COMMISSION ASKS REPEAL OP TIM
BET AND STONE ACT.
Forssts Should B Sold at Value Plscd
by Appraisers -.Chang rtomcsUsd
Law-ilk hards, Plnchott and Mcwcll
Advocate Restriction of Cominuta
tton Clause.
Washington, March 8. The com
mission appointed by the President on
October 22. 1903, consisting of W. A.
Rklisrds, commissioner of tho gener
al land office; UlfTunl Plnchot, chief
forester of (ho department of agri
culture, and K, H. Newell, chief en
gineer of the reclamation service, to
make suggestions regarding revision
of flio luw relating to public lands,
has made to tho president a partlul
report which was sent to congress to
day. It recommends the repeal of the
timber and stone act, and the substi
tution of suitable provisions for sell
ing, after appralsul, tho timber on
public lunds thul Is needed lu lurgu or
small quantities ror Industrial pur
poses.
Tho committee ulso recommends
the repeal of the law permitting as
signment of ('Ulrica miner tho desert
In ml law, and urges the Importance of
a more careful administration of law
especially as to those provisions re
luting to obtaining an adequate per
manent water supply.
It advocates the restricting of tr..-
coinmulutloii cluuse of the homestead
entry where such entries are located
within forest reserves or where the
land is chiefly valuable for timber. It
stiggcats the outlines for a law permit
ting homestead entries upon agricul
tural lands within forest reserves and
(he survey and description of such ag
ricultural lands by metes and bounds
rather than by the regular system,
thus permitting tho agricultural lands
(o he sclcrd'd along (he valleys and
t embrace the good tillable land with
out taking lu extensive tracts of aide
hill.
The recommendation also is made
(hat when binds are restored to entry
after temporary segregation ample
time should be allowed homesteaders
to exercise their rights, giving them
the preference over persons who may
wish to select the land by the use of
scrip or other form of entry.
DAVACEO BY SHELL FIRE.
Japantsa Make Impression on Batter
ies at Port Arthur.
Nlu Chwnng, March 9. New arrlv-
uls from Port Arthur confirm the ru
mors In circulation here last week that
tho westerly batteries have been bad
ly damaged by the Japanese shell
flit!. Desultory bombardments contin
ue, but there bus been an absence of
concerted action on tho purt of the
Japanesse warships for a couple of
lays. All of Ihe civilian popuation has
been expelled from the town.
A heavily iwiii'n train was derailed
near tho town Saturday, but It Is not
known bow much damage was done.
Tho wreck was caused by an obstruc
tion being placed on the track by Jap
anese agents.
There has been no recent damage to
the Kusslsn squadron nt the hands of
Japanese, the cruiser Asknld has been
floated, and Expert Ullchrlst now de
clares that he can save the battleship
lletvlxan. The attempt to repair the
liydock so that It would accommodate
the battleship CxarevKch has been
abandoned, and she will remain in a
llssbled condition until the close of
the war, or until she can bo sent to
Vladivostok, where the drydock is
large enough to accommodate her.
Nlu Chwang Is now occupied by a
hiii it 1 1 detachment of Cossack cavalry.
AGAIN ALARM IN BALKANS.
Sultan Rejects Memorandum Present
ed by the Reform Power.
Vienna. March 9. The optimistic
feeling regarding the situation In the
Hulkans has again given way to pes
simism. The Sultan wns reported to
have emphatically refused to ratify
Ihe Niitchovltch agreement, and his at-
tltudo occasions much anxiety In the
Bulgarian government.
Telegrams received here today de
lure further thut the Sultan has re
jected the memorandum presented by
the reform powers ns well as the de
mands for the gondnrmie commission.
This commission Is making slow pro
gress In Its work. The two civil agents
are reported to have broken down un
der the strain.
Fare to St. Louis Fair.
Chlcano. March 9. A committee of
(he Transcontinental Passenger As
.ij,itlti t,-iilv rleelileri to recommend
to the general meeting of the asso
ciation the adoption OI circuii raies
for tho St. lx)iils Exposition from Pa
cific Coast polnlB. Under this ar
rangement, the rate from the Coast to
O. 1 ...tla .I.HMllirll r-lllcnLUl W 1 1 1 lift 7ft
$(17.50 direct to St. Louis and $72.50
direct lo i nicago unuimn m. um
iit.n n,,.,allii, tt aiiTnvia helnir nl
I III l,v.oiii,,i i.i ri-,..-- ".-r.
lowed here was not settled. The com
mittee also decided to recommend Ihe
adoption of hoinoseoner8 rates.
Japanese Take Island.
Toklo. March 9. Japanese squad
ron took possession of Hal-Yang-Tiio
one of tho Klllot group of Inlands, on
February 29. They found only stores
of coal and slRniillng tings there, ihe
Hussluns having evacuated the isliind
on February 23. The Russians con
tlnue to push southward along the
coiiBt from Possiet liny toward song
clung, tho correspondent continues
and the Vladivostok squadron appar
ently Is covering their commuulca
tlon with Vladivostok.
Another Flood Is Feared.
lililul.,,,.., M,ii.,1i Q liV,im Tirnanltl
Indications the Monongnhela and Al
leghnuy rivers will again be nt a flood
stage tomorrow morning. Huslness
men and residents in the low sections
are preparing lor a su-iooi singe.
8HELL THE CITY.
Japanese Fleet of Seven Vessel Bom
bard Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, March 8. A (loot of
five Japanese buttlcsblps and two
cruisers appeared off this place at
1:25 o'clock this afternoon and bom
barded the town and shore batteries
fur OG minutes.
The fleet approached from the di
rection of Askold Island, at the east
entrance to Ussurt Day, and about
:2 miles southeast of Vladivostok.
KnUrlng Ussurl liny, the enemy
formed a line of battle, but did not
upproach to a closer range than a
mllo and one-third. Tbey directed
their tire against the shore batteries
and the town, but no damage resulted,
us most or their 200 lyddite shells
fulled to burst.
The ItUHHlan batteries, commanded
by Generals Vernotez and Artamonoff,
did not reply, awaiting a closer ap
proach of the enemy.
The Japanese fire ceased at Z:30 p.
m., and the enemy retired in tne oi
rectlon of Askold Island. Simultan
eously two torpedo-boat destroyer
appeared near Askold Island and two
more near Cape Muidel. Ihe Japan
ese ships were covered with Ice.
The attack resulted in no loss to
the Hussluns, but cost the Japanese
00.000 rubles ($100,000) In ammuni
tion. Most or tho projectiles were six
and 11! Inch kIh'IIb.
The population of Vladivostok wag
warned this morning of the presence
on the horizon of a hostile fleet and
the prospect of an attack during the
day, but It remained tranquil.
TO OPEN BIG TRACT.
Congress I Asked to Allow 8ettlera
on Yakima Lands.
Washington, March 8. Representa
Ive Junes today Introduced a bill
opening to settlement about 1,000 000
lures of unallotted lands of the Yak
ima Indian reservation. Having the
insurance of the support of the Inter-
r department he hopes to secure the
passage of this bill at the present ses
sion.
Tho bill authorizes the secretary of
he Interior to classify and appraise
he unallotted lands of the reserva-
on. Irrigable and grazing lands are
here to be thrown open under the
homestead law, while timber lands
will be sold under sealed bid after
luo advertisement. Mineral lands
v. Ill be disposed of under the mineral
laws and arid land under the desert
act.
In addition to complying with the
equirement of the land laws, settlers
will bo required to pay the appraised
alue of the lands they acquire. The
bill recognizes the cisim of the Yak-
ma Indians to the disputed tract of
300.000 acres lying west of their pres-
nt reservation and east of the Bum-
inl( of the mountains. The secretary
Is authorized to make allotments to
hose Indians on the reservation who
have not yet received lands, and Is
also authorized to set apart tracts of
grazing and timber lands for the ben-
tit of the tribe.
FIRE LOSS GROWS.
Oklahoma Now Puts Coat of Prairie
Blaze at $500,000.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 7
Three persons perished in the prair
ie Are and the financial loss by the
fire and gale is estimated at $500,000.
Further reports or property loss by
both lire and wind Indicate that the
first estimate was too low. The dam
age by wind extends over seven coun
ties in the Southwest. The total
cases from fire and storm can as yet
inly be estimated, but It Is the gener
al opinion thut they will reach $500,-
000.
Scores of persons are suffering
from burns and broken limbs. The
area from which reports of damage by
wind come cover a hundred miles
square and means, of communication
over tho district 'are meager. This
difficulty Is increased by the fact that
poles are burned and wires blown
down.
The little town of Francis was des
troyed by fire, but no particulars are
given.
Three residences at Snyder were de
molished, and seven persons were In
jured, none. It Is believed, fatally.
At Mount Park, several houses were
lemollshed, and half a dozen persons
were Injured, none, seriously. A strip
six miles wide and nine miles long
burned 20 miles south of Hobart. The
loss in the Kiowa country will exceed
$150,000.
Czar Will Replace Vessels Lot.
Paris, March 8. The Figaro this
morning published a St. Petersburg
llspatch saying that a member of the
'omnilttee on the Increase of the
nnvy has declared that $7,500,000 has
thus far been subscribed to this end
Count Orloff Dnvldoff has- telegraphed
from Rome that he has placed $1,500,
000 at the disposition of tne commit
tee.
The Czar, the correspondent contin
ues, has decided to rebuild the Rus
;lnn cruiser Varlag and the torpedo
minboat Korletz, which were destroy'
d at Chemulpo, out of his private
purse.
Lighthouse Tender Needed.
Washington, March 8. Tho Secre
tary of commerce and labor today re-
ommended to congress that an ap
propriation of $150,000 bo Immediate
ly made ror the construction of a new
lighthouse tender for the Thirteenth
Lighthouse district. He states that
the Miinznnltn, now assigned to that
district, is suitable only for Alaskan
service, and should be permanently
stationed in Northern waters. A
staunch sea-going vessel la needed off
(lie Washington and Oregon coasts,
Russia Wants American Apparatus,
New York, March 8. A rush order
has boon plnced with an American
firm for apparatus used In coaling
warships at sea. It Is expected thut
the 45 Russian vessels In home
witters will be In position by June to
proceed, if necessary, to Far Eastern
stations, taking with them the Amer
ican Invention which will enable the
war vessels to proceed without run
ulng afoul of the regulations at neu
tral ports regarding coal.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
KNOW TIMBER BU8INE8S.
Many
Men Coming From
Western States.
Middle
There I Indication of a large lrnml- La Grande. Morgan Lake, situated
gration to Oregon this spring from the about two miles above La Grande, haa
Middle Western States, of a nature, been thoroughly tested as to the
that will be very Important In the 'amount of power and water that can
development of the timber resource
of the sate. C. H. Stewart of Albany,
one of a number of people interested
In timber claims, the applications for
which were suspended because en
tered In the wrong district, has been
corresponding with the holders of sus
pended claims, with a view to con
certed action in the matter of getting
their applications reinstated.
A number of people in the Middle
Western States are Included In the
list of holders of suspended applica
tions. These people have been com
municated with by Mr. Stewart, and
a great many or tnem nave written
letters to the effect that they will be
here this spring to assist In looking
the matter up.
During the course of the corres
pondence letters have come from lum
bermen In Wisconsin, Michigan, Min
nesota, and the two Dakotas to the
effect that they will remove to Ore
gon to reside and Invest their means
in timber and the necessary mills to
put It on the market. This will be
done both because of the great op
portunities offered In Oregon, and be
cause of the rigorous weather that
has prevailed In their home states
during the present winter.
They are all substantial men who
have had experience in the lumber
business, and have been on the ground
In Oregon, and are conversant with
the conditions here. They will come
here seeking a new field for opera
tions, where there are abundant re
sources and a climate in which life
can be enjoyed and work continued
the year round. "
LEGISLATURE WILL DECIDE.
Unpaid Indian War Claim Will
Be
Presented to That Body.
Salem. Secretary of State Dun
bar has prepared a circular letter
which he Is sending out to all Indian
War veterans who have unpaid claims
against the State. He infom tbem
that since the appropriation has been
exhausted he has no further authority
to audit claims or Issue warrants, but
he will preserve the claims and pre
sent them to the next Legislature.
This Is In accordance with a general
law prescribing the duties of the Sec
retary of State. The claims now in
the hands of the Secretary or State
amount to $35,227.06.
It Is understood that Adjutant-
General Gantenbein has received
claims amounting to 115.000 more.
Whether the remaining claims will be
raid rests entirely with the Legislat
ure. Articles of Incorporation Filed.
Salem. Articles of Incorporation
were filed in the office of the Secre
tary of State last week as follows:
Farmers' Irrigating Company, Hood
River, $75,000.
Warrenton Grocery ft Butcher Com
pany, Warrenton, $5000.
Stanfield Irrigation Company, Echo.
$5000. Object to construct an irriga
tion system in Umatilla and Morrow
counties, taking water from Umatilla
river and Butter creek.
Abbett Tinning ft Roofing Company,
Portland, $1000.
Shipping Supply Company, Port
land. $1000.
Lutke Manufacturing Company, of
fice furniture manufacturing, Port
land. $50,000.
Prasll ft Co.. Inc.. Portland, liquors.
cigars, $2000.
Campbell Transportation Company.
Portland. $50,000.
La Grande Mercantile Company, La
Grande, $20,000.
Maccabees' Building Association.
Roseburg, $16,000.
Oklahomans at Independence.
Independence. Five families of Ok
lahomans arrived here from Californ
ia this week. They have found two
residences in which they have moved
until better accommodations can be
secured. They are pleased with the
country, and state that they will lo
cate here. They state that they are
in communication with some 50 fami
lies In Oklahoma who are contemplat
Ing coming West and will settle In
this state if they are satisfied, as the
cold winters In the East are driving
many west. ' 1
K. of P. at Pendleton.
The District Convention of the
Knights of Pythias was held last week
at Music Hall and was attended by
300 delegates and visiting Knights.
This district. No. 10, is composed of
(he following: Damon, No. 4, Pendle
ton; Pythian, No. 29. Athena: Steph
ens, No. 49, Weston: Pleiades, Ne.
74. Helix; Hercules. No. 71. Milton:
Tomax, No. 93, Adams.
Independence, Krebbs Bros., who
purchased the Henderson-Murphy
farm, have placed a large crew or men
on the place and state they will place
al of the available land Into hops. It
is thought that somethiug over 500
acres will be so planted. They will
build a number of hophouses and
other buildings, and will use probably
nearly 1.000.000 feet of lumber in
their Improvements.
Record of Second Oregon Volunteers.
Salem. The State Printer has com
pleted and delivered to Adjutant-
General Flnzer the 1440 additional
copies of the official record of the
Socond Oregon Volunteers. The Adjutant-General
will supply one copy of
the book to each member of the Sec
ond Oregon, free of charge.
Gain of 100 Pupils.
Pentdleton. Secretary Hailey of
the Pendleton school district will file
his census with the county superin
tendent In a few days. It shows a
gain of 100 pupils over last year, there
being this year 1616.
POWER FROM MORGAN LAKE.
La Grande May Soon Have Suburban
Electric Lin.
' be obtained from It. The power will
be used for different important things
, for the benefit of La Grande and the
comjminlty. More power will be used
for the electric light plant and to run
a motor line to Hot Lake and other
points in the county.
The engineer reported to the officials
of the electric light company that
their plan was entirely feasible and
practicable. The plans call for a frac
tion over two miles of pipe and the
power obtained through the pipe will
be equal to 500 horsepower. The res
ervoir when filled will contain water
sufficient to furnish this amount of
power for a period of one year, with
out receiving any additional supply.
In other words, when the lake Is filled
it will contain enough water to sup
ply water for 500-horsepower. The
lake is situated 1100 feet above the
power station, which, according to the
plans or the engineer, will be located
near the site of the Old Town flouring
mill.
LAWS TO BE VOTED UPON.
Printed Pamphlets of Direct Primary
and Local Option Measures.
Salem. Secretary of State Dunbar
has received from the State Printer
the first copies of the pamphlets con
taining the full text of the direct pri
mary law and the local option law,
which will be voted upon by the people
on June 6.
Ninety thousand copies of each pam
phlet will be printed. The printer has
already turned out 30.000 copies of the
local option law, and 60,000 copies of
the direct primary law. The former
fins 20 pages and the latter 52 pages.
In a few days the Secretary of State
will distribute these pamphlets to the
several counties in sufficient quanti
ties so that each voter may have one,
free of charge.
Coming Events.
State Convention. Knights of the
Maccabees, Portland, March 22.
County Recorders and Auditors.
Portland, March 25.
Republican primaries, April 2.
Republican County Conventions,
April 7.
Republican Convention. First Con
gressional District, Salem, April 13.
Republican Convention, second
Congressioned District, Portland,
April 13.
Republican State Convention, Port
land. April 14.
Democratic Convention, Multnomah
County. Portland. April 14.
Oregon cattlemen s Association,
Portland. April 16.
Democratic State Convention, Port
land. April 19.
Dog Show, Portland. April 20-22.
University of Oregon-Pacific Uni
versity debate. Forest Grove. April 22.
Annual reunion. Department of Ore
gon, G. A. R., Hood River, June 15-17.
Wheat Prospect is Flattering.
Pendleton, "I do not think I
have ever seen tte wheat outlook so
good at this time of the year as it is
now between Pendleton and Athena."
said Representative W. M. Blakely re
cently. Mr. Blakely. who is ex
sheriff of Umatilla county, owns a fine
tract of wheat land at Eastland. "The
grain is very strongly rooted, and in
this respect has a splendid start. The
acreage on the reservation and around
Adams, Athena and Helix is about all'
in, though the good conditions may in
duce a few farmers to sow more."
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 77c; blue-
stem, 81c; Valley. 82c.
Barley Feed. $21622 per
ton:
brewing. $22; rolled. $2425.
Flour Valley. $3.903.95 per bar
rel; hard wheat straight. $44.20;
clears. $3.854; hard wheat patents,
$44.20; clears. $3.854; hard wheat
patents. $4.40(fr4.60; graham, $3.50
3 90: whole wheat. $3.654.05; rye
flour, $4.5l4.75.
Oats No. 1 white. $1.17H1.20;
grav. $1.10'1.15 per cental.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $1819 per ton;
middlings. $24.50026; short. $1920;
chop $18; linseed, dairv food. $19.
Hay Timothy, $l5(fT17 per ton;
clover. $1112; grain. $1213; cheat,
$1213.
Vegetables Turnips, 80c per sack;
carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1;
cabbage. l-ff2c: red cabbage, 2c; let
tuce, head. 25 40c per dozen; hot
house. $2 per box: parsley, per dozen,
25c; tomatoes, $1.501.75 per crate;
cauliflower. 75c$l per dozen; celery,
t!5ijf80e per dozen; squash. lV4c per
pound; cucumbers. $1.752.25 per
dozen: onions, yellow Danvers, $2
2.25 per sack, growers' price.
Honey $33.50 per case.
Potatoes Fancy. 80cCf$l. per cent
al; common, 60c 80c, growers'
price; sweets, 2V4c in sacks; 2c
crated.
Fruits Apples, fancy. Baldwins and
Spitzeubergs. $1.50(2.25 per box;
choice, tl 01.50: cooking, 75c.
Butter Sweet cream butter. 30c
per pound; fancy creamery, 274
30c; choice creamery. 25c; dairy and
store, nominal.
Butter Fat Sweet cream, 284c
sour cream, 26M.C
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12V4
1,1c per pound; springs, small 15
lc; hens. 1313V4c; turkeys, live,
15 16c per pound; dressed. 1820c;
ducks, $8 9 per dozen; geese, live,
8c per pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 1314c
Young America, 15c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 17 18c.
Beef Dressed, 57c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 67c; lambs. 8c
Veal Dressed. 6V49c.
Pork Dressed, 7V4c.
Hops Choice, 25 26c per pound;
prime. 2425c.
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Ore
gon, 1215c; mohair, 3235c.
GALE DRIVES FIRE.
Prairie Fr Sweep Over Oklahoma
With Great Damage.
Lawton, Okla., March 5. Driven by
a terrific gale from the north, which
at times reached the velocity of 90
mlels an hour, a prairie fire swept
over thousands of acres of Kiowa and
Comanche counties last night, destroy
ing hundreds of (arm buildings and
much live stock, made 1000 persons
homeless, caused the death of several
persons, threatened a number of
towns and swept away scores of build
ings in the outskirts of towns.
The losses from wind and fire re
ported to date rollow: Hobart, $4000;
Vinson, $8000; Lawton, $10,000; small
country towns, aggregate, $50,000;
farm property, $100,000.
The country was very dry, no rain
having fallen for months. Grass and
stubble fires set by farmers, as is cus
tomary at this season of the year,
were soon driven beyond control by
the gale, which rose suddenly.
All estimates of the loss exceed
$200,000. At Hobart, the county seat
of Kiowa county, the fire destroyed
numerous outlying buildings. The 75.
000 acres of Government military and
timber and Indian reserve near Ho
bart were swept with loss of buildings
and cattle.
In the Homestead district near Law-
ton, occurred the loss of life.
Late at night the fire began moving
southward toward the city. At 12
o'clock, midnight, 5000 people of this
city were up In battle with the flames.
The advance line of the fire was fully
two miles In length and moved lu a
semicircular form.
Two thousand men turned their ef
forts to checking the grass borders of
the reservation at the city limits.
Water from every source, carried In
every conceivable way, was distributed
along the line and carled .all around
the city limits. This served the pur
pose of checking the advance lines of
the fire, but was of little avail in
hindering the continued rolling of the
firebrands into the streets of the city.
In more than a hundred places flames
aross from dwellings, barns and out
bouses, but wherever a blaze grew
men were present to quench it with
water. As a result of the cool Judg
ment of the lighters, the city's loss
was only $10,000.
Stories are coming in tonight of
how families laid out on the barren
prairie through the freezing night
after the storm had passed with only
the thin clothes on their backs as re
minders of once prosperous homes.
Hundreds of people are destitute and
are sufferinging intensely in the cold
with the excruciating pains caused by
their burns. Clothes, medicine and
physicians are being sent cut from all
the cities and towns of the district ta
relieve the suffering.
TO RENEW FIRE.
Japanese Ships Believed to Be Re
plenishing Supplies.
St. Petersburg, March 5. The au
thorities are badiy puzzled at the ap
parent disappearance of the Japanese
squadron which has been investing
Port Arthur, and are Inclined to be
lieve that the ships are being coaled
and their ammunition supply replen
ished. In order to renew the bombard
ment at an early date.
The report which is being persis
tently circulated by the "official" news
agency that the Japanese have retirel
discouraged at their lack of success In
damaging the fortress, and the severe
injury to some of their ships, is laugh
ed at by the best-posted of the naval
experts here. They point out that the
ships of the Japanese squadron have
used a great deal of ammunition In
their several bombardments of the
fortress, and declare it was to be ex
pected they would have to withdraw to
their base in order to load supplies
and coal.
CEMENT BIDS EXCESSIVE.
Government Will Erect Own Plant at
Arizona Irrigation Works.
Washington, March 5. The Interior
department today rejected all the bids
submitted several days ago for the
supply of some 150,000 to 250,000 bar
rels of Portland cement to the gov
ernment for the Salt River irrigation
project in Arizona. The action is the
result of the excessive prices submit
ted by the cement manufacturers, the
department stating that first-class
Portland cement can be manufactured
at the dam-site on Salt River from
good materials at hand there for less
than $3 a barrel, including the entire
cost of the plant, fuel, operation, etc.
ine department will now consider
the question of erecting a plant for
the Government manufacture of the
cement, the purchase of the supply in
open market, or readvertisement of
bids.
Steamers Intended for Russia.
Taconia, Wash., March 5. While no
confirmation of the fact is obtainable
at this time, the belief is gaining
ground that the steamers sold by the
.orthern Pacific Steamship Company
to the Northwestern Siberian Com
pany are intended for tue Russian
government, and will never be put on
the Alaska run, except to pass Alas
ka on tnetr way toKamschatka. The
fact that John Rosene, manager of the
purchasing company, recently return
ed from St. Petersburg, and the fur
ther fact luat e is owner of valuable
concessions from the Rusian govern
ment, lends odor to tue report.
To Prevent Crossing of Yalu.
Seoul, March 5. The Rusian forces
al Anjti are compelling the Coreans
to supply them with rice, fodder and
fuel. The Russians are fortifying An
lung heavily, with the apparent Inten
tion of preventing the Japanese from
crossing the Yalu. The commander of
a British gunboat, bringing down res
idents of that nationality from Song
Chong, reports the death of Prince Yl
Chai Sun, a nephew of the former king
and a man who has filled ail the high
posts In the kingdom.
Siberian Reserves Anxious to Go.
St. Petersburg, March 5. -Mall ad
vices from Siberia say the army re
serves from the rural districts seem
to be more anxious to go to the front
than the townsmen. Many of the lat
ter are presenting physicans' certifi
cates of Illness.