The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, July 22, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON MIST. VOL. XXI. EVENTS OF THE DAY OATIinKED PROM ALL PARTS OP THE I TWO HEMISPHERES. Lumprehenalvn Ravb of lb. ImBort. - ". Pniaented la l.lkaly to Prwvw InfaarostJag u Oaar Many Reader. Several packing plants lKirt lliclr iiiluit Ik Increasing, Dial Mnoilnh bandit liava IooIcmI hunans within two In I Ira of Tangier. Tin' ruah Ui Hun Ih liakula lamia near Yankton liaa bet-ouia a vorllalila at a in I One nl IIik collier a autl.nrlxHl by th bat I'liiiiiiraa Mill If mull at Mara island, (iermany will demand ll.at Kuaala i'l'lln Ilia rolaura ( Inalla tlrallnnl iT Jan. CuiikImiiI .kirinUliM near Mnkilnn llwn J'Mvi m'niila. r mi'iirrliitf t uaaai'ka anil Kmall tiitla roiitiuua lit Ilia arlmia unkinif .laiil whvra mk la allauiUHl illi iiiiiiuiiltiii turn. AIkhiI twiwtlitrtla of Ilia rural uiail ratrlrr will rt'orlva IIUO inula r )r.ir, Killillinlnlllg July I. Tlir alratnnr llaiaaiig, (mm Nlu Cliaanit tu ClirliKi, la ovarilua and It la fparml .lie liaa itriuk a lillnr. otlier ('lilt-ago unUma will i mil on alrika niiplaa Ilia Irouhla Ith Hi lural i kr If artllml at Ulire. Hut aialliar ronllnnra In Ilia Mill wrat anil ontrai atatra. I likaifu anil ritial.urg liava lotli tial a niimlt n ilrallia. Nr York will U tin fr.iiiml f..r both rlia iliMilial rinial;ii. 1 rhlef battle III the leai The ImI)' of Kent luwnila, the inlaw lniC Aineriran, liaa bern waahel aahora near rivmotilh, Kngland. IliiHian veaavla lniiel a aliaiupr in the lied n-a ai nun ti mail deatlned for Japan (ivrinin id aeliad r (Iren e but weather tliimi(lii)iit the Mid. I e VSV.t baa rauard many ini- tialiuna and a number of ileatha. I'eaie iieotiatiiHia are at a ataudatill in I he inralarkere atrlka. Iheoo eralxra reluan to r employ all atrikera at mini, SI. Caul atrikera reeiated an at teinpt nl oltU era to .lai mmunion men in lle pai kind huueea and a dee for all liifht eliaueil. Inn I'eidii-aria, of rangiai, who waa li.l.l raplive by hrlgnli.la, baa grave (ir. lor furnlgnera nnlraa r'ranrv a'lupta atern inraanrea. Japan deniea the rejwirt ol a grreat reerae it I'ort Arthur In which 30,00 trimpa want batt, aaaerting that mil rlmt waa II red at the fort that day. 1 lie ttiiaalaii tlininaelvea are beconiiiig akeptii al regarding It aa not a worJ baa lieeu heard alma the llr.t rvMtrt. Tim Uuaaian baea In the laal battle ai Tort Arthur aic placed at 6.WKI. Tim Kuaaiana ariaed the Chlrago New illapaUh lt and towixl It into I'm I Arthur. Cholera and dyeenlery are raid to I epidemic among the Japaneae Iroopa al I-. UK Wang I'hnng. Neither aide In the meatpaikera' alriko will allow the other In dictate the teima of arbitration, bullMitb want iei'0. (.ri al 111 italn baa granM the laat rupieal of el l'realdelit Kruger and hi remain will lie alongeide thoee ul w ile In the Trantvaal. The piealdent ol I'anama baa aaaured rotigreaan en eii lUnl over the ruatoin liiiiiiw that he la contldent the I'tiitrtl Hlatea w ill interpret the treaty in a liiwial aplrlt. A K'KWitlc railroad ticket awlndle, tlirotigh which the railroad having illlma In lH-nver Imvn loet tlumaaml of ilnllnra, baa lieen unearthed. Three men have len arreaUnl. They re iharmd with having doctored ticket by Imnging the domination, pliiKglnR pmu heil hole in cancelled tickela and iitherwirn changing them. The iMiiror of Cliln l eerlualy III. Oiimhft Inialueaa baa begna to uffr a a reault of the atrike. The KiiNHlau loamHi in the Uteat eif gngeitieiit t I'ort Arthur r idactnl at 1.H00. The Kunaiun government b ordered IIMI,(l(IO(hreaatplatea for the army In the Kar Kit at. Ilncala'a up of joy la BHel to over llowlng now tlmt the VIdlvotok aiiiailron I out Kli I'he trouble Mween te packing bom employe and opeistora I likely to 1 anil lei I by arbitration. K-Pr(ildeiit Krngor, of the-Tin-viuil. la ,,.nd. Ill relative will k ifent Hrltaln to irtirinlt hi remain to htrinturiod In the TrnnivMiil. lleporl of the big Japnneno reverse r't alill unconllrmed. but re nnitie- iionud al SI. rtailmrg. One man wa killed and evell Uiilllwl.,,1 In riot ai CllllHlfO llutt tO the meat packuu' atrike. MoorUh bandit at Tangier continue thnir depredation and outride power may yet have to take a unnti. Tim .lununiiaa are not likely to'ad vaiwa on Vlnknui until after Ta Tche Kio fulla. VIOLATE RULrj OP WAR. The -F"ee war Offka huu.. A Ball At Vusalatia Tukin. Juiw fi ti i -wismsstrss ,.m- i.-- "... .7. -r- wr I Z , . Tlii "" nag ns been violated: U,i owe a Kuaalen column , wj ,M.rHjH,,.,lt. i.. .. . . 7 "ii a item iiimii la a I.... n... i. i . . wio JMniatiirHiiiov H, ' "" Kr"l danger. twice, II la a nun II.. U.....I HIV 11111 III II.H .!.... I. (dial corps, although their ha.l 1111 (mi ll ri'Mllilv lm llinl(l.....iuI I ... .ii japaneae nav been stabbed. alnalml ,,,,.,11 . I , Hi KiiMluna are declaie.1 "owni. wii una oeca. "I'wu came anil horses I10111 imncoin- , , 7 ,l" v,,,u"' ,'T"""' ""'"' ia-a i'wiir in Kinw ana ) aanl.mly rw OI1 .. -l wuiin.lnl ami tl.at ll. l,.. ,.i7. Z. l-n-mlt (.arllfa alio wria aumirliia ll,a ......... 1. 1 . .. ...... " " airnra lu no umim i-at- hI. Tl ... . . iiinr i iiarurii are inn i l.v fi.,...l 'ku ami It .uIimI ii ,ir rliarym will I niatlv, Krowinu oul 0 ma aiinia of (iautiral Ktin.kl'. rmy. in ciplaiiilnv the nahllratinn ( uiMai rnaiara. the Jacaanrao ircnrral tan aiaiva that lliry dail 1111 ilealra tu .. . . . take ant n ai-tmri, hut in view of Kua. ala'a i haruaa Dial thiry mailn Ihrougli Ilia rremh .ai.ra there waa i-nthlnir eian leu 101 ini-tn t 1I0. HHLD UP BV f MOT. Il.uu. at..-.. . at-... , . . r. u th lindon, July '.'0. A dinaati-h from Alen to the lHaily Mail aaya that caplalu ol tba Itriliah ateamer Waipara reK,iui tliat the liuuian volunteer aleamerht. 1'eteiahurg aignalled him lo atop by flrlna arrom the Ixiwa of l.i. veaoel on July In, while :'0 tnilei off Jehel Zugiir, in the Ited ca. ThertiiNiian eiamina.1 the tairil,lu"""' '""K it Korean of the Walpaia and declaretl they would hold h!a alilp aa a priie. The captain rotettl, and waa taken 011 boeid the HI. I'eteratmrg, where b gave the Itinwlan nllici ra a guarantee ttiat tliere were neither arm nor am munition on Uaird the Waipara deal In. ed for Japan. The veanel waa detained for four hotira ami waa then allowed to proceed. The i-aptain conllrma the report that the reuliiaolar A Oriental company 'a alramer Ma la Ira wa aeia-il in the itetl aea July I 'I by the Ht. I'eterahurg on the ground that be carrlwl arm and ammunition ol wai for the Japanese government. VBI1AK OF A QRHAT DAM. Peaa)lvaala Valley ITocxke aa4 Mack Property Oaetraytal. Hcottdale, I1., July SO. With the roar of Niagara, the new reservoir of the Citiwna' Water compaany burst at midnight and more than SIX) ,000, 000 gallons of water ruahed down the val- lev. sweet) inn bull. lings in it path. It waa dlacoveimt elmul H o ciock that the dam wa In danger ol break- Ing and meaaengera were hastily sent through the valley lo warn the people. The newspapers have tartel a cam lltindreil of live were thus saved, foi Laign to niove lo the people and the a few hours later the whole valley w underwater. I The ilamaue lo the machinery and L n.a-rvoii alone will amount to at leant I 150,000. When the torrent swept 1... ilium t hn va lev. millilings were im Irom theii foundation and carried on the crest of the great wave lin so ...i.v waahtubs. (.rops valmnl at thomianda of dollar were completely 1..1 .nt ? I Praht Pnin a Volcano. Mexico Citv. July I'O. The formal JlieillO Vliy, -"7 tranater of the volcano 1 opiie,.i t.) New Ymk caplmlial will be com- i....i ,i.l. ..-.I. The Iiiler-itcean ,11.,, will take the sulphur from the f-,W, III," " 1 ...lr.no to Vera Crux. It i Iwlieved that sulphur can be landed at rew Vork for I4M tier ton tgoiiil, wiiii-ii 1 ,,,ab the siilnhiir an effective ,...litor of the Italian article. Tl reorganisation i inierprei mean that the tieiman dlreetoie weie 1 I , . ....I I I. not w lllitiK to uprl tno Mantiani 111 lighting tlm other oil interesl. Hsmm4 la By Big Fir. (irovllh'.Cal., July 20.-Kire at the Delia View mine, near Iji Port, today deelroyed the mill, engine room ami oll.er buildings close 10 m the hill tunnel. A huge pile of timlier lay close lo the mouth of the Intinel and this caught on fire, ronr men were working in the tunnel when the lire broke out ami !cr are entertained for their safety, a the tunnel . strong ly timbered and it I thought these tln,bt.r. will catch lire from fire now blaaliig. Bound to Prevent Pasaag. London, July 20.Tbe Htandard . Toklo correspondent, billing nnder dale of July 17. ey the Jlji an editorial, expresses the hope that real Hrltain will that Turkey UmU Biil no assistance by allowing It amer. of the volunteer Meet to pass be nardarudlc. The Jijl Bhi.ni d chires that Ureal UrlUin I bmd. un der tl' term of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, to prevent ul. assistance Ixiiiill given. " Bandit Rm Tangier, July 20. The mountain tribe . apparently aatisfle.1 that they have 1 oth UK to fear from th novern ,n, are looting the entire countryside onts .1 of Tanger. Troy appro1"' w bin a few ...H of thl. place yc torday and cried away hundred, of head o( alieep d Mltta JAPANESE ENGAGEMENT OCCURS IN THE Dl- KHCTION OF VINKOW. Victors Loss Vary I tw Men-One Thoui. and or Mikado's Troop put Out of of Acllon-Cassatka l.la la Ambush oa Remote Part of Coaat art Shatter Advance Column. Yang, July 18. General Karri- sonoff serioualv I'llM'Lf Mil ttiaa lainua. ..iluM.lfA I.. .II l ... . July 1 1. 111. IW,L .1 I . M.....H,C7 1,11 .iu,..., vmt tijliiriin, ami tint 1,000 out of iitlon. Tlie JamiiHa atlvniiitiMl a.lv.nie t0 Ylnkow aloiiK I he i(t, but tlitty wire lilnlnl by tl, marshy " " " ouiilry, wliiil, alau Increaaea tlit-l u,"l, ul",, 'n (iryl.,K ,,IT thalr U, il 0,",,l Juring tlii retrrat 1 it., f. 1 ... . ""iwiaiia nan eiifliMl a move- IIICIII III tllla ii n-l on ami a vn.t..n. .. 1 ... ,.. . ' - , " avirr wan two vtina 11 In m Mli In lha liiuli Kraca. rali liimr th- JmI'"""' rwunli-at part of the r :"' "1'Httt.rlriar tliHir advance col num. 1 lie artillery llro of the liua " llinilnl anil the Janai.eM- iinania ui make flTei tive rei.lv 11 ... . . m . . r f ' w,,r" l retreat. Tl Kilapmn Inarea wero aix killed and arven whiiikIb.1. Japanrae Ha la HolaUd. New York, July The Jauaneae nave lioiaieit their national flair on ItlMM lalnlul in 'li.titt, I I... I.... u ... .. . T . " i". """'. ' a neraiil Uiai'atch I10111 rieoiil. nnn The t'orean fortification thereon are "'"l lnnitte,l to tiv the t'orean enainn. tul tlii ia dwarfed by the larger em- P""1 J. Native agiution K"IIU K"UII"K ol conceaaion covering the itream and vacant land riglila (ontinuea unaliatnl, alhotiKh tht Jl'i " nilniter ia (till preaaing the Corian loraiH o. . 1 lack the Huance the executive ability reuiaite to a proper development ol theae resource. Hatvage oiieration continue on the ""nken l(naiaii cruiser Yariag. It ir uupeo 10 nave ner on an even aeei line nun III. lhe work of miaing the unk- en meri'haiitman hiingari la rapidly proceeding. PI:DICT RUIN FOR PANAMA. Mtrthaata Strongly Otifrct te Americas Caatoaj Mouaa. 1'aiiaina. July 1H. The decree of (iovernol l'ia eeUhliahing a custom bullae in the canal lone ha fieated ex cited comment here. The princtl meihnt of Panama and Colon asretii bled in the Commerial club to discus the altuilion, and, unanimously decid ed that the establishment of a custom house in such form mean the ruin ol the commerce of Panama and Colon nJ conatHiuently of the republic. The canal commissioner and oliioert 0( the government have diacuaed th situation, which I lie lie veil by all to iM extremely aeriou tin Has me deciet be revoked and the Interest ol Panama considered government of the Unitwl 8taUa the in list e ol the measuie, wincn is me - ause of excitement in all circles. Yeaterdav morning the steamship chy 0f P.kin, of the J'acitlc Mail steamahii) comtmny, arnvett irom r-an KrauciiH'o. which port she left on Jnni Nu. tin arriving at t orinto, the City nf Pik n got clearance paiier lor An con( the Ameiican port in the canal ume. anil the cantnin of the port ol 1 snma rrlliseti ui lei-eivc uiv ovc.Miwf cla m inr that under the treaty wm the United States all porta In Panama l.,.lli..H,m nf II, l'.na. are um.e. 1. -- man authorities. The captain ol tin nori a so mane a 'nmni vu " . . .. of the Pacific Mail steamship company, wlilrli lie consiuero RKHiimv low ...i.m- . I . .... i .. ... .l.A . ..hi. ol lhe lepublic, and sent a copy of it t the president and to the ageuts 01 me company. Ovation to Skrydloff. Vladlvnatok, July 18. ice Admi ral rikrydloff teceived a great ovation at a fete today under the auspice of the Thiitieth rille legiment. The hort were removed from hi carriage, which was then hauled by otlicer and men of the regiment. Alter the hnn Ituit the admiral telegraphedto (!en eial Knropatkiu that the assembly had drunk to the health of the orlicera and men ol the Mancbnrian army, adding: "The toast wa received with tremend ous applause, a tribute lo your strategic and tactical ability. " Brgln to Fear Russian Defeat. Ht. Petersburg, July 18. Discourage; ment is beginning to manifest itaell eveu among the most perristent advo cates of war, who realixe that Russia is extraordinarily backward, politically, a well a economically and socially, and that there i only the remotest chance that he will be able to draw herself togethei in time to defeat the Japanese. It i reported that M. Wltte, minister of nuance, tteu recently that ltuasia was already beaten. Settlers Fly From Forest Fire. Vancouver. B. C, July 18. Owing to the long diy period, forest fires along the British Columbia coaat have given unusual trouble thl year. A bush Are Is now raging at Wulffsohn bay a large area having been burned ovei. Settlor at Koberta creek have lrely escaped with their Uvea, all their property having been destroyed, according to report brought down by tteamer today. CHECK ST. HELENS, OREGON, TOIDJLY, SAVED LIAO General Zaisalltch' Defeat at tb Yalu Waa In Nam Only. Ht. Petersburg, July !. ExperU who recently were inclined to crlticli General Kuropatkln'i management of affairs In the Kar Kast declare, a. the situation develops, that hi strategies have proved, so far, beyond reproach 11.. t . .. ... . a nan siiix-essiiiiiy tinea over a press ing danger how preaaing only thoee In close touch with lhe Kar East realize. Ill apparent mistakes, like the pro longed resistance ottered by Lieutenant Meneral Kasaali'ch on the Yalu. turn out to be acta of the highest military jiiogment. (ieneral Kuropatkin then had so few ALTON B. PARKER Democratic Candidate for President and such poor troop at Liao Yang that the Japanese would have bad an easy task to cniali the main foiceof the Ruasian had they been permitted to ros the lam without Revere punish ment, and the thousand loxt by Zas- uillL h liri I I Zaaaalitih, until disgraced, occupied an mportant ataff position. General liar on htakelherg a march, which also waa criticised, is now ad mitted to hae been necersary. The ru- limentl of war are that the army hould lie in constant touch with the enemy, otherwise it wrulil be iniioa- iible to know the strength of it op ponent or to lie informed of their movements. General Blakelberg'a match wa a HENRY G. DAVIS Democratic Nominee for Vice President reconnaissance on a grand scale, and not only enabled (ieneral Kuropatkin to ascei tain the enemy's strength and Imposition, but mateiially disturbed te Japanese plana relative to the siege )f Port Arthur, gradually drawing the bulk of the Japanese army to follow he retreating column, and thus dis racting attention from the vulnerable pot between l.la Yang and Mukden. Meanwhile the men at K iropatktn t eadquarter aie improving. Kilty thousand of the best troops from Eu ropean Kussia have leached I.iao Yang uliin a mouth, and if the Kuaeian commander in chief should now choose to accept a battle be will lie able to in dict a heavy blow. All Russia ia look- ng forward with confidence to the is sue of the fight. Russian Ships Cruising In Red Soa. Island of Perim, Straits of Bab-el- Mandnb, July 19. The American mis- lonary vessel, Morning btar, from Boston, arrived here today, and reports hat yesterday she passed, between Jabel Teir and Jabel Zugur, islands in the Bed sea, a Kiifwian volunteer fleet earner, living the naval Hag, bound north. The Morning Star sighted at lusk, off Jabel-Kngur, another cruiser, with three funnels and two masts, and .it midnight she sighted a torpedo boat. Both these vessel were supposed to be cruising. Fuss V V ..1 Have to Explain. Berlin, July 19. The leport of the seixuie of the malls of the North (ier-rnan-I.loyd steamer Prim lloinrich by the Husslan volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk, In the Bed sea, reached here too late tor most of the paper lo com ment on it. TheTageblatt says: "A speedy explanation of this Russian ac tion against the emperor's postal flag la imperatively necessary. Step must bo taken that a disavowal i made and aucb act avoided in the future." la Walt for Raaalaa Ships. Odessa, Russia, July 19. The Rua sian steamer Tronvor, which has ar rived here from the fersian gulf, say the English are persistently spreading rumoii to the effect that six armed Japanese merchantmen are lying in wait for Russian ahipa in the Red sea nd Persian gulf. Z Rj ; I jL I -J ".U,.-""",'l."."- J JULY 22, 1904. i i - HAPPENINGS LINN FARMBRS HIT HARD. Lata Spring and Long Dry Spall Have Cost Muck. Albany Rain, which wa general ovar the Willamette valley last week, came too late to be of great benefit to farmer. Had the showers come two weeka earlier, thousands of dollars would have been saved for the farmer of Linn county, Aa it is, the crop are far below the average for Linn county farmer, in many instance are a total failure. The only benefit the farming community will t'a-ive from the rains will be in tbe way of gardens. and tbe very late sown spring oats, of which there 1 a small acreage. for two month not a drop of rain fell on the grain field of the county. This is drouth almost unprecedented here. Its evil effect was aggravated by tbe late spring rains. Farmers gen erally were depending upon putting in a greater acreage than usual in spring sown grain, and the unusually bad weather of the late winter seemed to assure some good working days in the early spring. Instead of this, the rain held on until almost too late to plant the spring grain at all, and when good weather did come, it developed into a drouth. The result is that spring grain is heading a few inches from the ground. and much of it will not be bound at II. That which ia threshed will yield poorly. The heads are small and very poorly filled. Nor is the fall sown grain of its usual standard of excel- eoce. That part of the fall grain that waa sowed on low ground will be fair. in some instance making three-fourths of a crop rarely promising a full crop. The hay crop has not averaged more than half what it waa in years gone by. The haying season is about over, in hard circumstance this fall. Al ready many of them are bnying feed for their stock, and but few will have enough to last the winter through. Tbe price of feed is rising in the coun ty, and the mills are selling it every day to the farmer who were never compelled to buy feed at any season More. There are some who will have to buy wheat for their own family con sumption before tbe yeai ends. Coming Event a. FpiritualiaU' campmeeting, New Era, July 2-2S. Willamette Valley Chautauqua as sembly, Gladstone Park, July 12-24. Southern Oregon Chautauqua as sembly, Ashland, July 13-22. North Pacific regatta, Portland, July 22-23. Grand lodge, I. O. R. M., Seaside, July 23-24. Oregon Development association con vent ion, Portland, August 2. American Mining congress, Portland, August 22.27. State Medical society, Portland, August 30. Annual reunion of Southern Oregon pioneers, Jacksonville, September 1. State fair, Salem, September 12-19. Fair, Portland, September 19-24. Directory of Oregon Officials. Salem Secretary of State Dunbar has issued an official directory contain ing the names, addresses and official position of the state and county offi cers. The directory is in the lorm 01 a small pamphlet. Copies have been sent to all omecrs and others desiring copies can secure them by applying to the sec retary of state. In this publication the political affiliation of each county offi cer is shown by a letter following the name. Many of the states publish an official "blue book" containing several hundred pages and giving complete in formation concerning the careers of public officers. The pamphlet issued by Oregon contain but 18 page and contain the information most frequent ly desired by person transacting busi ness with public officers. Laborers Needed at Oregon City. Oregon City Labor of all kinds waa never more plentiful nor were wage ever better than they are in this city this season. It seems impossible to find available men to perform the many improvements that are being made. The Willamette Pulp & Paper mills has been advertising for addition al men to assist in the building of their new mills where 200 laborers are al ready employed. The management of the local woolen mills is finding it next to impossible to engage a sufficient force of operatives. Cinnabar May . Bo Found. Grants Pass W. C. Slade, who has a placer mine on Johnson gulch, a trib utary of Sucker creek, near California Bar, baa located a four-foot ledge of gold bearing quart, partially on bis placer claims. Mr. Slade is a firm be liever in the excellence of his section a a mineral district and believes that valuable deposits of cinnabar will in time be uncovered. Ml . Slade says he has found a,malagmated gold in running drifts, 40 feet below the surface. Big Loss By the Frost. Hillsboro Reports from all parts of the county show that tbe frost last week blighted vegetables on all beaver dam lands, and it ia estimated that the loss by the freeie will reach (50, 000. One vegetable gr wjr on the Tual atin lowlands places his loss at 1 1,000. Rich Strike la Bohemia. Cottage Grove Two rich strikes aie reported just made in the Go'den Rule and the Great Eastern. These strikes are in the Bohemia district. The ore ii oxidised, and very rich in free gold. HERE IN OREGON MUNI PASS OVI R CASCADES. John Mlnto Bcllevts Stock Can Drivea Over Mountains. Albany John Mlnto, of Salem, one of the pioneers in the Santiam moun tain district of Oregon, will in a few days bead a party from the end of the Corvallis A Eastern railroad, on the north fork of the Santiam river. quest of a shorter route to connect th railroad with the Deschutes country in eastern uregon. Mr. Mrnto has long entertained lhe idea that there Is a pass through the Cascade mountains at this point where 11 w mid tie possible to construct a trail for driving stock overland from the Eastern Oregon ranges to the eastern end of the Corvallis & Eastern line, He has interested Manage.' Edwin Stone, of the Corvallis A. Eastern, in the work, and an effort to lay out the route of the proposed route will be made in a few dayj. The old Mi nto trail, which extends from the end of the old railroad grade to the Eastern Oregon country, has been used for years by those who know the short cuts that connect the western and eastern parts of the state. But Mr. Minto is satisfied that there ia a shorter cut yet, and that it could be made of great service to the stoctrais- ers of Eastern Oregon in shipping their stock to market. Developlnr Lime Deposit. Roseburg Messrs. Greenley and Strand, of Portland, have 10 or 12 men at work building a tramway and fur nace for the manufacture of lime ot the farm of Hon. Plinn Cooper, seven miles south of this city. They have bonded 100 acres of land containing net) limestone deposits and expect to will be used. A railway spur track, about three miles long, will probably be put in from the main line of tbe S. P. R. R., at Green's station. Flax Crop Will Bo Fair. - Salem Harvesting of the flax crop began this week and, though the sea son ha been unfavorable, Eugene Bouse says that the crop will be faiily good. The flax stalks are from 20 to 34 inches long. In fields where the stalks are 30 inches or more in length, the flax is being pulled. In other fields it will be cnt with a mower. Mr. Bosse has 100 acres of flax of his own and has contracts with a number of farmers who are raising flax. Ore Specimens From Douglas. Roseburg lion. A. Le Roy, of the Oregon Information bureau, of Port land, waa here last week and procured a quantity of fine mineral exhibits from this county, which will be placed in the bureau beadquaiters in Portland oefore the opening of thestisions of the American Mining congress to be held in Portland in August. PORTLAND MARKETS. W beat Walla Walla, 6c; blue- stem, 7Sc; valley, 18c. Barley Feed, $22 per ton; rolled, $23(324. Oats No. 1 white, $1.22,4; gray, $1.17) per cental. Flour Valley, $3.904.10 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $44.25; clears, $3.85(34.10; hard wheat pat ents, $4.40(34.70; graham, $3.50(3 4; whole wheat, $44.25; rye flour, $4.50. MillsttifTe Bran, $19 per ton; mid dlings, $23.50; shorts, $21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $15(316 per ton; clover, $8(39; grain, $1112; cheat, $11(312. Butter Fancy creamery, 17620c; store, 13(3 13 He per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 20c. Cheese Full cream, twins, new stock, 1212&c; old stock, 78c; Young America, 13(3 14c. Poultry Fancy hens, 13c per pound; old hens, 12,S13c; mixed chickens, 12(3 12vc; old roosters, 10c; young roos ters, 12(3 13c; springs, i to 2-pound, 18(319o; 1 to lVpound, l26c; dressed chickens, 13(3 14c; turkeys, live, 14(3 Hie; do dressed, 15(3 16c; do choice, 18(320c; geese, live. 67c;do dressed, 89c; ducks, old, $630.50 per dux; do young, as to size, $2.50(34. Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.50; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1.25; cabbage, l(3UHc; lettuce, head, 2'(340c per dos; parsley, 25c; tomatoes, $1 7592; cauliflower, $1.75 2; celery, 75(390c; asparagus, 60c; peas, 4 (3 60 per pound; beans, gieen, 4 35c; wax, 4(3 5c; squash, $1.25 pei crate; green corn, OOcperdoa; onions, new, led, $1.30 perewt; yellow, $l.5. Honey f 3(33.60 per case. Potatoes Fancy, old, $1.2501.40 per cental ; new Early Rose, 2c per pound ; Garnet Chile, 2 Vc. Fruits Cherries, 4 (3 5c per pound; gooseberries, 6c; raspberries, $1.25 per crate; apples, new, $1(31.50 per box; apricots, $1(31.35; plums, 80t$l; peaches, Yellow Crawford, 85390c; others, 60(3 75c; cantaloupes, $2,509 2.75 per crate; watermelons, 2c per pound; prunes, $1.25 per box; grapes, $1; Bartlett pears, $1.75(32. Beef Dressed, 5(36 Sic per pound. Mutton Dressed, 435c per pound; lambs, 6c. Veal Dressed, 100 to 125, 6(3 7o per pound; 125 to 200, 55c 200 and up, 3H4c. Poik Dressed, 100 to 150, 77sc; 150 and up, 6 7c. Hops 1903 crop, 21024c per pound. Wool Valley, 19 20c per pound Eastern Oregon, 10(3 17c mohair, 30c per pound for choice. CITY FRIENDS OF OOOD ROADS. WW the Farmers Accept Their Aid or Treat Tbcsa aa Meddlers. Among those interested in road im provement, the farmers of coures stand first. The character and condition of the roads are of vital interest to them every day of the year. The farmers, until recently, have been compelled to struggle with the road problem without much help or encouragement from any other class. Now, however, some strong elements of the citr population rallying to their support. Among these may be named the manufacturers of road building machinery; the nak- era and users of bicycles and automo biles; and the moneyed men of the cities who have money invested in the country. These people are entering into the work for the road improve ment with even more enthusiasm and xeal than the farmers. Just now tha farmers who want bet ter roads are brought face to face with a most important question: Will he accept the assistance of these city al lies? Will he welcome tbe aid of tbe machinery man, the capitalist, the bi cyclist and the automobilist? Or will he treat them aa schemers who are try ing to meddle with his affaire? The answer to these questions ought to depend on what theae city friend of good road are proposing to do. If I hey propose to have the country roada im proved in order lo increase their busi ness and enhance their nleaannt. wholly at the expense of tbe farmer, then he should spurn the profferd al liance. If on the contrary they are proposing, through state and national taxation to lift a large part of the bur- taxpayers of the cities, he ought to bid them welcome, and extend to them the glad hand. This is a live question for the farmer o consider and answer. Already th opponents of the state and national aid are at work trying to sow seeds of sus picion in the minds of the farmers, and they will do their best to prevent any co-operation between the country and the city friends of good roads. As a matter of fact state and national aid offer the only hope of general road mprovement, and such aid can never be secured if tbe city people array themselves against it. Unless the farmers are wholly blind to their own interests, they will welcome aid from every source, and will make eveiy ef fort to secure tbe powerful aid of the state and federal g ivernments. MAY TRAP ARMY. Japanese Seem Likely to Shut la Kara patkln'a Pomes. Chicago, July 16. The Daily News has the following from the seat of war by a staff correspondent: Niu Chwang, July 16. Kuropatkin seems in danger of being shut up in Ta Teh Kiao. The Russians are be- ildered by the Japanese movements, hich are swift and unexpected. The Russian general had elaborately planned to fight a great battle at Ta Tcbe Kiao today, bat to his surprise the affair did not come off. The Japanese made a feint against Taipingshan, and tbe Muscovite leader finally discovered that the enemy, instead of giving bat tle, had marched across his front, tak ing up a position on some hills to the east of Ta Tcbe Kiao.. To the north of Ta Tcbe Kiao In the direction of Hai cheng and liao Yang, the Japanese forces are moving in three bodies, while a large fresh reinforcement is. advancing toward Ta Tche Kiao- from below Kaiping. Tbe Russians remain in their positions dazed and puxxled to know what all this means. The faet that the Japanese have made no at- ' tempt to occupy this city seem to mys tify them still more. Only few Rus sian troops are here now. Panamanians Tnk Alarm. Colon, July 16. A wharf is in course of construction at Cristobal at which lumbei and other supplies for the canal will be landed. . The build ing of this wbaif has given rise to mis givings on the part of Panama citixena that it will be stepping stone to the establishment of a United States port at Colon. The order to the effect that vessels sailing from La Boca, the mouth of the canal on the Pacific side, must recieve - their clearance papers from the United States authorities, is criticised a a violation of the treaty. British Fleet Located. Cbeefoo, July 16. The British fleet, whose movements last week ware tinged with mystery, has been located cruising in Yang Tung bay, 20 miles from Wei Hai Wei. There is author ity for the statement that the fleet ia watching the developments at Port Arthur. Chinese refugees from Port Arthur who arrived here today report that the Japanese have recaptured two positions from which they were driven namely, Forts Fourteen and Seven. American Cruiser at Cswfoo, London, July 16. The correspondent of the Standard at Cheefoo says that the United States cruiser Raleigh has irived there. - . ' - .;."