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' ' ' ' ST. HELENS, OBEGON, TOIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1904. . . NO. 38.
WEEK'S DOINGS
Newsy Items Gathered from All
' Parts of the World.
Of INTCBCST TO OUB BCADCRS
General Review of Important Happen,
pcnlgs Presented In a Brief and
Condensed Corm.
Tim Ruaalan vcsasls t Shanghai
Iiiiv len disarmed.
Tli rush Incident to the opening of
land near taalatnn, Idaho, 1 setting
In early.
A rlotidbuist In Moulin caused ron-lili-rnliU
damage t the Northern IV
villi' railroad.
Know hat fallon near lulutli, Minn.,
ami crops hive bren damaged greatly
by heavy frosts.
A 1-aratnle, Wyo., 1110I1 took a negro,
who attacked a white lrl, from jail
ml hanged til hi.
Koaala deiilee thai alia la disrrlmb
Dating against llrltlali ships In eeeich
iu fin central and of war.
(ieneial Shwsavl hii Informed tli
rar that tlia I'ort Arthur garrison ran
iiol hold out ovrr tli weeks longer at
the must.
Tha rlly of Blnsng, on lh Island of
l.uton, I'. I., Iiaa bwn wiped out by
lite. Una lilindrad Uvea war luat and
6,000 people ara homvlea.
HI. 1'rlerahurg deems a rriaia at band
In tlia Mao valley nnleae Kuropalkln
ran n-trrat, Continued raltia, It it
feared, will greatly Impede tba move,
men! of bravy onlnanca, which may
have lo l abandoned.
Th battleship Nebiaika will b
laiiuchrd at Heeltle Ot'tobor 7.
Tha KiiMlana lost about J.600 man
in the recent battles in tha Uao valley.
Cloudbursts in Southern Calllornla
have washed (Hit much tatlroad tracks.
lirnrata Kurokl and Oku bare com
bined their armiea to cot tba Kuaalan
I Inn rirar Anaaban.
Ti.v Japanese have raptured mora
..iu at I'ort Arthur and ara now with
in tha vrry city at ona point.
(enerat Fnnalon haa notified tha war
department thai ba will ndinquiah tba
command f tba department at tba Co
lumhla on October 1.
Inveatlgatlone of tb nary depart
ment bava shown that our waiablpa
mutt dork oltrnei than owl a year to
bava their bottuuia cleaned,
Kranee lioida that powers Ilka Amer
I. a abonld act together to avatt Incrse
lug danger of Japan becoming lha dom
inant power la Ibo Far Kaat.
The general land office bat withdrawn
HO, mo aciea in tha ImranaO land ilia
trlct, C'ulordo, on recant of tba Laa
Anainaa, N. M., rtetrvoli site and Irri
gation works.
The Huaaluna have repulsed tba
Jnnaiu-ao at several polnta In tne
l.iuo valley.
The Japanese ara preparing far a
great battle at Uao Yang and heavy
inn) are on tha way.
All la quiet at Shanghai and tha
Incident of tha dlaarmamonl of tha
Kuaalan ahlpa la closed.
Georgia militiamen declare the
shwiff waa In collualoo with tba mob
which lynched negroes,
Tha efforta of tha Chicago alder
manlo ommmlttoe to and tha packers
atrlke baa coma to naught.
It I staled thai tha Coresn govern-mi-fit
haa agreed to enag Japaneae
advlaora and borrow money to carry
out much ntwded reforma.
Placards ara being scattered In
Talnanfu Province. China, urging tha
massacre of the "foreign devils.
1 ho native Christiana ara fleeing.
Tha Japanese war office haa con
rtudud thiit Tort Arthur cannot be
tuken by direct assault and haa orlr
ed that no attacks be made wbicn
would entail heavy loaa.
The mining congress may ba post
poned for a year.
Tho Russians really command three
forta of any Importance at I'ort Ar
thur. A big baltla la raging noar u
Yang in which the Japanese ara at
tacking. Tba two laat assaults of tba JPn'
eso on I'ort Arthur ara reported
huvo coat them 13.000 men.
Tho O. It. A N. steamers between
Portland and Ban Francisco are to tie
run Independent of tho railroad.
Throe persons lost tholr lives ami a
number of others were Injured in a
tornndo which swept a New York pic
nic ground. .
The Itusslan Hoot at Port Arthur is
engaged lit clonrlng away tha floating
mines and It Is believed It la prepar
ing to make another dash.
Oroat UrltBln has boon asked by
Uuasla to send warships to local
volunleor crulsors and do Iver orders
prohibiting stopping of ahlps.
The state department cannot col
lect claims of owners of goods on tne
Arabia, nnd has advised thorn to ap
peal from tha .decision of tho prise
court. '
Disguised' horsemen In Crook coun
ty destroyed a band, of 1,000 thorough
bred sheep. '
Lloyd's agent at Nlu fr"
ports Unit I.lao Ysng Is likely to fall
at any time. ; .
Tho British consul at Shanghai has
ordwod Hussltt to stop ropalrlng amps
In that port. .
Mrs. Maybrlck wat met on ber ar
rival in New York by a thron of cur
ious people, but aha refused to say
anything.
TRADE Of THE PHILIPPINES,
Lsroe Increase In Imports and De.
trcasc In Export.
Washington, Aug. 81. Awoidli.g to
suiement given out today at tin. I,u
rau of insular affalis, the I'lillipplna
import trade advance! nearly 12.0(H).
000 In value dtiilng the nine months
end! Mauli last, and a alight falling
on is shown In the esporU as a result
of decrvaaed shipments ln copra and
sugar, although lu mp and tobacco are
expoited In lsrger amounts than for
the corresponding thn-e-fourlbt of the
previous year.
Kicludlng gold and silver and I'nlted
SUIes government pun-baaes. the ciia-
tom boiiae returns, tho total va lOH of
innrchaii.li.e imported foi the nine
months ended March, lUO-t, at '.'(i,.
027,024, and the rximrla at 122.2611..
10, a 7 per cent iuriraiie In Imports
ami -A per rent decrease in export a,
The rlcegiowing sections of the Hi It
lab and French Kaat Indies have en
Joyed moat of the Increase in trade,
tba la Iter terrlloiy sending three
foil i tha of the $ 10.000 000 woithuf rice
leceived,
Kxcepl fir those count riea from
which rice is obtained the statement
saya that for the iirat time since Amer
ican occupation, the United Htatea
leads In the amount of ineicliaiidi.e
sent to Ilia islsnds and that the out
going trade with the principal countries
shows a decline in the valu of ship
ments to the I'nited Htates, more than
1700,000 of the loss being credited to
sugar exports and U00,lHM to hemp.
Alois then one-liall of the iimiorta
roiialaled of food and animala, while
the ex polls were cbielly agricultural
products., hemp exports amounting to
110,000,000 In round niimlers. The
figures on the carrying lrsde show an
iucreaae In volume of business done
under the Ameilcsn Hair, the amount
carrfed Ic the islands Iming II, 635,027,
while 2,237,NU6 of the exHrls lell the
lalamla under the American flag. The
liritiah veatela took f 1K,72,K1V.
The angar trade declined from
47U.O01 lo f l,H27,07l, the entire out
put being sent to Japan, Hong Kong
and China, no ortion being exported
to the I'nited Ktatea. Americans nude
np more than one-balf nf the total ar
rivals, the greater portion being classed
ss professional men.
CABLE TO ALASKA.
The All-American Line to Ear North
Is Worklno.
Beeltle, Wash., Aug. St. Alaika
waa brought into communication with
the rest of lha I'nited Ulster- this after
noon, amid the cheers of hundreds of
Americans, the tooting of steamboat
whistles and the ciash of bands play
ing the "Star Hpangted Jtanner."
The cable between Healths and Val
des was spliced at a point shout ten
milea north of 8attle at A M o clock
In the afternoon, though for several
hours before the final Joining of the
two ends uiesesges had been sent from
Kesttle men, guests on hoard the cable
ship fiiirnslde, to HiUs and rcpoiires
bad Iwen lerelvetl.
The steamship Queen cairiud 300 of
Seattle's pr inim nl sltiu-ns uut to meet
the cable ship and witnesr the splicing
of the cable. 1 he Uurnalde was met
about six miles north of the buoy wl ere
the Health) eud rested. Cable was-bo-ing
laid at the rate of four miles per
horn, and the two ships proceeded to
the buoy, within easy hailing distance.
The splicing of the cable took two
hours and 20 minutes. Finally the
work wss completed and the spliced
part was held alofl over the side of the
Humslde while the bluejackets scam
pered aloft and manned the yard. A
Und on the Queen, which lay about
300 feet away, swung Into the "Hlsr
HiMingled bannei," and the cable struck
the water with a mighty splash. It
sunk Into about 800 feet of water.
The cable line is B00 miles long ami
cost f 1,000 per mile. Colonel Allen
is one of the oldest cable experts in the
United Ktates. He helped to ley the
cable to Vancouver Island 20 years sgo.
The liurnslde will be overhauled
bete and in about six weeks the work
of laying the line to Valdea will ho
taken up.
Confident of Holding Out.
ti v..,,. in. is -Numerous re-
.....mi. which hate reacho l here
through a dispatch carrier and other
arsons are to the effect that despite
the extreme Japaneso measures ' the
past foitnlgbt to peilect a blockade of
I'ort Aitbur by means of sinking all
the Junks near that place, the Russians
outside Port Arthur aie consi.leiuhly
underestimated, as Is also MJf'l
power of the fortress, which Is like y
to hold out for two months and possibly
...n T.ioiarv. even under such an
astau't as I be Japanese aie using.
Close to the New Town.
1 Ai.u SI The Tientsin cor-
respondent of the HUindard. cabling
Hrt tu rosy Bijio""i --j-- - -----
1..1..11. inat arrived lepresent the
Japanese as having leached a point
1 . . . A,., 1. thn imw town
within I,uu yroa - ------
at Port Arthur on tba west lido and as
being within a mile of the east dock
basin on the cast side. Strong rein
forcements. It Is said, are hurrlyng up
from Dalny and Pltswo, leaving re
eerves at both places. i,
Paraguay Revolutionists Active.
Buenos Ayros, Aug. 31. Paraguay
, vniMula ura extremolv ac-
levoiuM""""
tlve. They are catrylng men, horses
and arms and are searching all pas
sengor boats. An Argcutlne warship
vestoioay tbictttenod to Hre on the rov
'. .1 - ....lmn If it Intnrcciited
vessels (lying the flag of the Argtenlne
lepubllc. .
HONE LOCATED
Mining Congress Settles m
portant Question.
DENVER WINS BY A BIG VOTE
Election of Officers Only Remaining
Business-President Richard's
Re-Election Is Certain.
I'ortlund, Aug. 27. It la Denver
that Is proud today proud of her
son a and of their auccess, glad at tha
result of their efforts, thankful for
the support of the loyal friend a and
followers from all quarters, grateful
for the graceful forgiveness of tha
gentlemen from Suit Luke, and happy
in l no possession of the permanent
homo of the American Mining Con
gress.
It was an unexpected throng that
Kalhcred at the Armory yesterday
morning al 10 o'clock to listen to tha
continued debate on the settlement of
tho permanent-home question, after
ho melting scenes of the previous af
ternoon, and uiauy were the conjec
tures us to the course events would
Hike as the tight would progress.
During the evening many confer
ences bud boen held and many argu
ments made by the delegatea lo the
congress, but whatever their result.
one thing alone was apparent the In
tention of tho dcloKatlun from Bait
1-,-iko to fight to the finish the ques
tion of the settlement of tba perma
nent home. From Bait Lake men
there came no talk of postponement,
no hope of compromise. They were In
the hull to win or to be defeated at
the but ditch.
Tho vole on the questtoa waa taken.
both members and delegatea to the
convention being allowed lo caat their
ballots. The process waa long and
tiresome and resulted In a total of
139 volea being coat. 83 of which were
for Ifc'nver and 66 for Salt Lake.
Hofore the vote could be announced
by tho president. Judge Powera gain
ed floor, and In a graceful epeech.
which won for him and his delegation
tho long-continued cheers of lha audi
ence., moved to make the choice of
Denver unanimous. Tbls waa done
with a rush and a cheer.
The action of yesterday practically
cIuho the businesa of the convention.
which Is expected to adjourn slue die
at tho close of the session this morn
ing. Hut one thing of Importance re
main yet to be done, and that la the
selection of the officers of the con
gress. The committee to which waa
dclcKated the task of selecting the
hoard of directors haa made Ita selec
tions, but they have boon guarded un
til the time of announcement -
TURBINE LINER LAUNCHED.
Largest Vessel of Its Type to Be
Equipped for. Atlantic Service.
Helfast. Ireland. Aug. 29. Tho Al
Inn line aeamor Victorian, the largest
turbine vessel yet built, was launch
ed here today. It la expected that she
will bo ready for service before the
end of the year. She Is 640 feet long,
has CO-foot beam and her depth la
40 H feet.
Tho Victorian la to bo fitted In a
moot luxurious manner, and Is to car
ry 1500 pnssongera, but tba chief In
terest In her ilea In her propelling
power. Turbine steamers on the
Clyde and In cross-channel service
hnvo proved very successful, mainly
because they have afforded more com
fort to passengers, but considerable
modifications had to be devised to
meet tho requirements of the Atlantic
service, Including enormous propell
ing power and great stopping and
backing powers.
These difficulties are understood 10
havo been overcome by Charlea A.
Parsons, the enKlneer. who has devel
oped the steam turbine and made It
suitable for the generation of electric
ity and tho propulsion of mercantile
and war vessels. A special arrange
ment has been devised for the Vic
torian's machinery, whereby revere
lug power equal to that of her tor
ward nronelllns; power can be Impart
ed to It, securing the almost Instant
arrest of the steamers forward mo
tion nnd speedy bivrklng In case It is
needed. Her propellers are three In
number, each on a separate length of
shafting. - '
The Victorian will be fitted witn a
wireless telegraph apparatna, and
will carry a complete printing outnt
between decks. Her tonnage Is about
12.000. and she Is expocted to. develop
about 10,000 horaepower.
Russian Wounded Number 3,000.
rh.if.wi Ana. 29. A Junk which left
rwi Arthur AuaiiHt 22 reoorta that
h nnaalRn wounded at that date
numbered SOOO and that the Japanese
occupied the heights near Chao
Chnnko. It Is rurtnor reponea ini
boys are fighting In the Russian
ranks now. Major L- L. 8eaman, U.
9 A., went from here yesterday to
the summit of a mountain on one of
tho Mlno Tftu islands, 20 miles from
Golden Hill, near Port Arthur. With
a powerful telescope Major seaman
(.mild anft a srent deal of the coast of
tho Uao Tung Peninsula.
Ambushed bv flllplnos.
nfmiiin Auir 29. A detail of the
constabulary has been ambttsnea on
tho Inland or Leyie Dy a superior
r..,... i,t hnndits. Contain H. Barrett,
nf the constabulary, waa killed In the
righting. There has been irouuie in
the Province of Misamls,- Island of
Mlndanno, where bandits nave looiea
The native authori
ties were defied and Pablo Mercedo
and his family were kldnappod. Mer-
oodo was accusod or oeing too inenu
ly with the Americans. '
rire at Oil Wells.
Jennings, La., Aug. 29. Fire at the
oil wells near horo today aesiroyea
four Itallnn dwellings, 400 barrels of
oil and burned four pumping rlga.
Wells Nok. 2 and 6 were not Injured
except by the destruction of niachln
ery. Tonight the Are la confined to
wolls Mos. 7 ana s.
GREAT NAVAL DOCK WANTED.
Pugct Sound Yard Is Again rinding
, Many Warm Supporters.
Washington. Aug. 80. A deter
mined effort will be made again this
year to induce the recrelsry of the navy
to recommend an appropilation for the
constructing of a second dry dock at the
ruget sound navy yard of dimensions
greater than any other In this country.
It sreirs to be the concensus of opinion
among officers familiar with the con
ditions at Bremerton that' within a
year or two another dock will be neces-
ry, In Older to permit the yard to
carry on all the repair work its plant
can handle. It is the general belief
that the' new dock abonld be of ma
sonry and of sufficient sire to permit of
the docking of two vessels at one time.
Toere la only one dock In the country
today which can accommodate two ves
sels', and that la tba private dock at
Newport News. Already the navy de
partment has received from Naval Con
structor II. 0. Wright, of Puget sound,
a recommendation that a second large
dock be constructed at that yard, and
similar recommendations bava been
made by other yard officials.
Admiral Endicott, chief of the bur
eau of yards and docks In tbe navy de
partment, strongly recommended this
new dock in bis last annual report, and
says be expects to renew bis recom
mendations tbls year. He believes tbe
Puget aoond yard will be seriously
handicapped, unless its docking facili
ties are increased immediately.
BANKS ARE PREPARED.
They Can Easily licet the Demands
for Cash Incident to Crop Time.
Washington, Ang. 80. For the pur
pose of ascertaining the ability of tbe
national banks to meet tbe demand
upon tbem Incident to tbe annnal
movement of crops, the controller of
tbe currency, August 4, sent to tbe na
tional bank examiners, with tbe excep
tion ol those whose districts are com
prised within tbe New England states
and tbe city of New York, a circular
letter of Inquiry aa to whether the de
mand in their resective sections
would be greater or less than last year.
and whether it would come earlier or
later than last year, and whether the
banks ara better prepared to meet the
demand on them from their own funds,
and if there would be any increaie or
decrease in the amounts the banks wilk-l
have to borrow.
The result of this inquiry may be
sumniatised as follows:
Tbe demands of tbe banks will be
about tbe same aa last year and at
about tbe same time. ' The banka are
generally as well, but in most cases,
better prepared than they have been
in the paat year or two to meet the de
mands made upon them. Banka in
Arixona, Idaho, Kansas, Montana,
New Mexico. Oiegon, Utah, Wyoming
and Washington are in a better con
dition. CREAT IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Nevada Is to Be Scene of Work for
Engineers Next Spring.
Beno, Nov., Aug. 80. Next sprint
a full corps of engineers and surveyors
in charge of L. H. Taylor, of tbe geo
logical survey, will begin a thorough
survey of tbe Humboldt river valley
from Elko to Winnemucca, for the pur
pose of prepai ing data for the irriga
tion of that immense teiritory, com
prising in all over 1,000,000 acrea of
tha finest farm land in the state.
There is little doubt this will be the
next irrigation undertaken, and that
the actual construction work will btgin
Inimediattely after the completion of
tbe great Trnckee-Carson project,
which ia now under way. The great
ness of the project exceed all that nave,
heretc fore been considered. At present
there are about 800.000 acres of land
ondei cultivation in tbe various valleys
of the Humooldt. To thia will be add
ed fully 700,000 more, makng tbe ex
tent of tbe territory leclaimed luuy
twice that which will be brought nnder
cultivation by the Truckee-Carson pro
ject, which ia now the greatest tnat
has ever been taken up by tne t nueo
States government. The work will
coat millions of dollars.
Second Army for Russia.
ItArlln. Auir. 30. A dispatch to the
Tageblatt from St. Petersburg says tbe
Russian government is determine! 10
amble a second crest armv in Man
churia consisting of three or four corps
under the command ot uenerai aron
Kaulbara or General Boulkhomliuon.
Ita headmiarteii will lie at Mukden.
The object of thia step ia to meet the
situation that will arise should fort
Arthur fall, thus releasing the besieg
ln. armv for oneratinns northward.
The Tageblatt coi respondent names tbe
various commands.
a
Militia May Again Be Sent.
TWtnvnr. Aue. 30. Governor Pea
body today sent a letter to Sheriff Bell,
of Teller county, in regard to the mob
which last Saturday deported 15 men
and destroyed the store of the Inter
state Mercantile company. Vhe gov
ernor saya he is informed tnat a similar
mob contemplates a still further out
nn and offers to send the militia
again to assist the sheriff in maintain
ing order, this is tne nist recognition
by the governor of tbe outbreak.
Surrender or Downfall Certaln.v
Rnanoa Avrea. Auir. 30. There ia a
total paralysis of action on the. part of
h cmvanment at Asuncion, the caoital
of Paraguay, the authorities simply
taking feeble measures of defense and
awaiting; developments. Little doubt
1. U nnw that If a naelfle anlnnllnn is
not reached ln a few days the first de
termined move by the revolutionists
will result in tbe surrender or downfall
of the government.
OREGON NEWS
TESTING STATION AT EUGENE.
Bureau of forestry Has Matter Un
der Consideration.
Salem The United States burean of
forestry bas nnder consideration the es
tablishment of a testing station at the
University of Oregon at Eugene, and it
is learned from a reliable source that
the officials who have the matter in
charge are very favorably impressed
with tbe need of such a station here.
The work of such a station would be
to make careful and accniata testa of
the strength, durability, elasticity,
etc., of all kinds of building and con
struction material, such as lumber,
stone, brick, cement. Such a station
would require an initial investment of
15,000 for machinery with which to
make the tefts. , Tbe cub torn of the
government haa been to require the
state to furnish tbe testing laboratory,
while tbe government employes tbe ex
pert to Use charge of tbe work. After
tbe laboiatory has been provided there
would be no fnither expense to tbe
state.
The advantage to the state in the es
tablishment of a government testing
station would be- in the advertising
Oregon material wonld get as a result
of tbe tests. A report of all tests
wonld be published in government bul
letins, and an official record would be
kept abowing tbe merits of Oregon
building material.
The nearest government test station
is at Berkeley, Cat., where tbe bureau
of forestry maintains a station similar
to that proposed for Oregon. In addi
tion to setting before the world reliable
information regarding the merits of
construction material, these stations
afford an opportunity to ascertain
whether materials being used in con
struction work are of the character
called for by contiacts or whether they
are suited to the purpose for which
used.
COMPANY MAY BUILD PORTAGE.
Presumed Object of New Portland
Contract Corporation.
Salem The Portland Contract com
pany, of Portland, filed articles of in
corporation in the office of the secretary
of state last week with Daniel Kern,
Robert Wakefield and J. N. Teal as in
corporators. The amount of the capital
stock is 110,000. While it is not so
stated in the articles, it ia beileved
around the rapitol that this ia the cor
poration which will undertake tbe con
strue! ion of the pottage railway be
tween Tbe Dalles and Cetilo. ,
Tbe expressed purpose of the com
pany is to take contracts for and to
construct buildings, railroads, canals,
bridges, etc., and to deal in lumbei
and logs, and transact other business
such as construction companies often
engage in. The incorporators named
are authorised to open stock books and
receive subscriptions to the capital
stock.
Building for Medical College.
Salem Tbere is a movemnt on foot
to secure for the Willamette university
an exclusne building for tbe use of the
medical college of that institution. It
was announced by Dean W. H. Byid,
of tbe ntedical college of thennivers.ty,
that Hon. A. Bush badBtarted the sub
scription lift toward tbe realisation of
the 117,000 required for the building,
with a donation of (2,500, and that a
subscription of $1,003 had been added
thereto by the faculty of tbe universi
ty. Dr. Byrd says that a vigorous
campaign will now be made. .
Eugene's Carnegie Library.
Eugene At a recent meeting of the
city council arrangements were made
for the purchase of a lot on Willam
ette street, between Tenth and Elev
enth, for a site for the Carnegie libra-
ly. The price to be paid is 14,000.
A gift of 110,000 from Mr. Cainegie is
to ba UFed in erecting a library build
ing and equipping the same with heat
ing and lighting appaiatns, fixtures,
etc., and under the teims of the gift
the city is to maintain a free library at
an annual expense of $1,000.
Harvester Catches Eire.
Pendleton A combined haiveatei
on the ranch of John Richardson, in
South Cold Springs, burned up last
week as the result of a hot box on the
running gear. The harvest crew quick
ly released the horses and then at
tempted to extinguish the flames. The
machine and straw were so dry, Iiot-
ever, that tbe combine was totally de
stroyed in ten minutes. A small
amount ot grain was damaged. The
loss is nearly $1,500
Electric Road Is Assured.
La Grande W. E. Davidson, piesi-
dent ot the Eastern Oiegon Develop
ment company, in speaking of the pro
pped electric lallway for Union coun
ty, rays that the road will not only
connect all the towns in the county.
but will connect Wallowa county with
Union county, and it is though it will
ultimately be extended to Lewiston,
and thns establish a railroad between
the Hill and Hairiman lines.
Wheat Market.
Portland Walla Walla, 77c; blue
stem, 82o; valley, 83c.
Tacoma Blueatem, 84c; club, 78c.
Albany 75c.
Salem 80c.
Colfax Club, 68c; blueatem, 70c.
Pendleton Club, 68c; blueatem,
72c.
La Grande Club, 2c; bluestem, 68c.
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ELECTRIC ROAD IN UMATILLA.
Will Be Built If Portage Road Is
Constructed.
Pendleton In tbe event of the con
struction of tbe portage railway between
Celilo and Tbe Dalles, which now seems
assured, an electric railroad may be
built between Pendleton and some
point on the Columbia river. This
rumor is current on the streets, and it
is believed that something tangible lies
behind it. It is understood that the
promt t era of this scheme are prominent
residents of Umatilla county and that
they will carry tbe project to a success
ful termination, provided the portage
road is built, seems certain.
The promoters will not talk for pub
lication, refusing to give any informa
tion at all concerning tbe project. "It
is too soon to announce our intentions,"
said one of tbe interested persons, "for
i he portage road bas not been built as
yet."
It is understood that two objective
points aie now under consideration, tbe
one being Umatilla and the other Wal
lula. The latter point will probably
be chosen, as a road between that junc
tion and this city would open up un
limited traffic out of Pendelton. Wheat
raisers are anxions that the road be
bnilt, as the saving in grain freight
rates will be enormoua.
FARMERS ARE PANIC PROOf.
Umatilla County Assured of a Pros
perous Year.
Pendleton The financial depression
and thebnsinss stagnation which usual
ly precedes a presidential election bas
not and will not affect Umatilla county
or any other community in tbe North
west tbis tali. The immense crops and
the general prosperity have stimulated
trades in al) lines so much that there
is no likeihood of such a period. Al
though the deposits in the banks are
no larger than is usual for this time if
the year, money is more plentiful.
Toward the middle of September, when
farmers begin to get their miney or
their crops, tbe deposits will increase
and outstanding papei will be paid off.
As it is, few have received the money
for the wheat sold, and only a few are
drawing more than enough to pay off
their help. Later they will draw their
mbney and the general prosperity of the
yeai will be fe'.i more generally.
OVER 10,000 ACRES IN WHEAT.
W. J. rurnlsh Has Land Rented to
29 Tenants.
Pendleton W. J. Furnish, probably
the laigest land owner of Umatilla
county, has over 10,000 acres of wheat
land jented on shares this season
Tbe land is situated north and north
west of Pendleton, in the wheat belt
that extends from Pendleton to tbe Co
lumbia river. This acreage is appor
tioned out to some 29 renters, from
whom Mr. Furnish is to receive one
fourth of the crop on the better land
and on tbird from the light yielding
lands. So vast are his holdings that it
is with difficulty that he can figure up
tbe number of acres in wheat this sea
son. Mr. Furninh does not attempt to
faim any hunself, and-he said, I don t
even own a plow, but let other people
do the farming."
Salem Mill Uses Oil for Tuel.
Salem The Salem Woolen mills
have commenced the use of fuel oil in
the place of wood, believing it to be a
cheaper material for generating steam.
The state authorities have been consid
eiing for some time tbe question of us
ing oil for fuel at the state institutions,
and the experience of the woolen mill
company will be watched with interest
The substitution of oil for fuel in the
large manufacturing establishments
and in tbe state institutions will great
ly relieve the scarcity of wood, of the
last three or four years.
Twice as Much Wheat Now.
Echo It is estimated that 300,000
bushels of wheat will be hauled to Echo
and stored in the warehouses this fall.
Heretofore only abont half this amount
has been hauled to this point. It is
not probable that the Henrietta flour
ing mills will be operated this year, as
I hey have not been for the past two
years. A company from Spokane hae
been trying to arrange fo the leasing of
tbem. but nothing definite has been
given out.
Rich Specimen from Blue River.
Eugene Development work has been
very active in tbe Blue river district of
late and some excellent ore bodies are
being uncovered. A number of speci
mens of very rich ore fiom the Cuba
and Oriental mines have just been
brought down. The specimens were
obtained from near the surface and
bristle with gold which can be seen
with the naked eye.
Indians and Japs for Beetfields.
La Grande A large number of Uma
tilla Indians and Japanese imported
from near Portland will arrive in tne
kUv hin week to work in the vast beet
fields this fall, pulling and hauling
thi m I r tne sugar laciory in i-
n,..lA There will be over 20.0)0
tons ground this fall, more than any
previous season.
Brush Tire Burns Good Timber.
Bumpier A brush fire a few days
ago communicated with a large lot of
aawlogs belonging to the Oregon Lum
ber company and before "the flames
were checked 500,000 feet of good saw
timber were destroyed. The fire oc
curred at the logging camp near Whit
ney.
CATTLERAISERS TAKE ELARM.
Roosevelt May Be Asked to End
Packers' Strike.
Chicago, Aug. 27. General N. W.
Sheaz, a cattluralaer of Waterman, 8.
D., announced today that the cattle-
raisers of his section were about to
appeal to President Roosevelt to save
them from bankruptcy by Intervening
to bring the strike to a close. Sheas
brought G00 head of cattle to tha
stockyards here, rather than face tha
loss of feeding them longer. He de
clares that they sold at a loss of $1
a head. Others, he said, are feeding
large herds at heavy loss rather than
face perhaps greater losses by ship
ping. According to General Sheas
the catUeralsers of the Dakotas ara
id a desperate condition.
J. Ogden Armour reappeared at tha
stockyards today, having suddenly re
turned from hie vacation ln the East.
In proceeding to the packing center
he drove through a throng ot strikers
and pickets, who resentfully fell back
before an attack by tha police. When
Mr. Armour and a companion arrived
at the Exchange avenue entrance to
tbe yards, at Halstead avenue, in a
light buggy, over 100 strikers had ar
rived there on their way to a meet
ing. The police were in the act ot
dispersing the gathering when Mr.
Armour arrived and drove through
tbe crowd. There waa no demonstra
tion, although he waa recognized. - -'
In connection with the unexpected
return of Mr. Armour, reports of an
other effort to bring about peace ne
gotiations independent of the Conu
cil'a effort were circulated. -Strike
leaders called a meeting and unusual
activity waa manifested.
NEVADA WASHOUTS SERIOUS. .
Traffic Cannot Be Resumed on Ton-
opart Road for a Week- -
Reno, Nev, Aug. 27. Cloudbursts
and washouts in Tonopah and along
linea of the Tonopah and Carson aV
Colorado raidroada are the moat dis
astrous in the history of these dis
tricts. On the Tonopah road, all of
the track rebuilt after the last wash
outs baa been awept away, and it will
bo a week at least before any traffic
can be resumed. At Walker Lake,
near Hawthorne, the track ia under
three feet of water for nearly four
miles, and the lake haa risen above
ita level from six to nine feet. Great
chasms have been washed in the des
ert, and traffic Is ln a state of chaos.
Tonopah and Goldflelds, which are
on the verge of starvation, are being
temporarily relieved by the rushing
in of supplies via Crow Springs, Sli
ver Peak and Candelarla by wagon
trains, but this is only temporary, as
over 5000 people must be fed ln tha
different camps and extraordinary
measures adopted lor their relief.
Food supplies at the camps are prac
tically exhausted. Flour, bacon and
all staples have run out, only canned
goods remaining. Heroic measures
are being adopted, and with the re
sumption of stage lines, relief ia
hoped for. While the situation is crit
ical and much suffering must be en
dured, it Is hoped that the next few
days will bring about better condi
tions. No lives have been lost. , v
riLIPINOS LIKE NEW COINS.
Currency System Is Rapidly Coming
Into Pavor.
Washington, Aug. 27. When the
new currency system waa proposed
for the Philippines there were pre
dictions in some quarters that the
conservative islanders could not be
readily induced to surrender the Mex
ican dollars and the Spanish cola
with which they had been familiar
for so many years in favor of the new
Philippine peso proposed by the com-,
mission. But reports received here
show that the change had been made
smoothly and more expeditiously than
was thought possible. Colonel Ed
wards, chief of the Insular Bureau,
has just received the following letter
from Henry C. Ido, Secretary of Fi
nance and Justice of the Philippines,
dated Manilla, July 22, bearing on thia
subject:
"You will be Interested ln knowing
our currency scheme has made pro
gress since I last wrote you. A!l the
business houses have by common con
sent put their business on the basis
of the new currency. In ail the prov
inces It Is round ln free circulation
and the people now object strenuous
ly to taking any other currency. The
old currency bas been very largely
brought into the insular treasury for
re-coinage."
Panic at Asuncion Great.
Buenos Ayres, Aug. 27. The panic
at Asuncion Is Indescribable. For
eigners in all parts of Paraguay are
leaving under protection of the Diplo
matic Corps. Preparations for hos
tilities and negotiations looking to
the settlement of the questions at is
sue between the revolutionists and
the government are proceeding sim
ultaneously. The rumors that a land
engagement -has been fought between
the revolutionists and government
troops, resulting In the defeat of the
latter and the capture of 400 men,
have not yet been confirmed.
Big Cotton Firm Palls.-
New Orleans, Aug. 27. The cotton
market received one of the greatest
surprises in its history today, when
the well-known firm ot H. F. Page as
Co. posted an announcement to tha
effect that It was unable to meet fur
ther calls for margins. October and
December, within a minute's time af
ter the announcement went up 31 and
32 points. Page & Co. have been ona
of the heaviest operators on the short
side of the market for some time.
, Are to Disarm.
r London, Aug. 27. The correspond-'
ent of the Times at Shanghai, in s
dispatch dated August 24, says that
orders from Emperor Nicholas have
been conveyed to . Captain . Reltsen
stein, commanding him forthwith to
disarm the cruiser Askold and tha
torpedo-boat destroyer GroxovoL and
that "the flags on both .vessels were
lowered at 7 o'clock tonight"
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