THE
OREGON
VOL. XXII.
HT. HELENS, OUEGON, FRIDAY MAltCII 24, 1903.
NO. 15.
MIST
NEWS OFJTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A R.sum of th l" Important but
Not Lt IntwMtlng Events
of h. Pit Week.
Htrike nl peasant revolt are being
renewed In Kuasl. "
Japan I raising tliD sunken KumUii
Hi I'urt Arthur .
Tl r president lis" announced lit In
Ivition o t)intK the canal commission,
K nrt( k iit Iim Iwrt txjliitrl com
mander of the r'"l Manehurlaii army.
Kiimlaii bureaucrat are being driven
In make Hee by term dictated for a
i,c Kri ih-Ii loan.
Tim United Htatce government h
called fur arbitration ol Hip Venrticln
depute, wtlli lli" alternative ol force.
Over 3,000 men live lm thrown mil
ill einplulineiil a the nwult of tlihtit
down of l Itavmiwyer ugr refinery
in Brooklyn.
A new Island tiAi risen In tli" n(
Japan, censed by the action ol a vol
cano. Tim mikado' flag li
raised on it t", which lm a clreum
lernitce ol two nd thrue-lourth mile.
Although tli" city ordinance ol New
Ytnk lirlild r tion uf brick mid
slope tiuililltiK In fruety weather, some
75 lint building hve been ItnUln ct
.nice Janusry I, and now that the mor
ui U thawing they ra falling down,
Nf. ol another crushing ilw to the
Ittuwian army i being withheld.
A Chicago Judge y wornae. lm
right to kilt tier husband In clf-
ll-fellSe.
Ilaty lm. sent ft warship to Hit n to
iMningo 1' demand the t.iytnoiit ol
her claim.
An addition i Mug I'" i It to Presi
dent lt.-v.vftl' suintiirr home at Sag
amore lllll, I.. I.
Tim war party In ltuU t rarlcattir
tut K...evelland Hying tu draw Krain-
ami Oprmany Into war.
Tim governor of Vlborg province, 'n
Southern Itussia, ha tmn mortally
wounded by a terrorist.
Two masked men held up inrnenger
ol the Pacific l'.at Oil Company near
Berkeley, UK, and secured II0.IHM1.
The Chicago r-'imill ha taki'ti ay
tli (ram ln.o of Hie Uriit U-'l rail
way,, Tim prowity I lut at
000.0(H).
Oim of llio moat rplBtn ipii-atloii
r.af n.nt iim tlm iininiatration I tlio
riiaiu lanal. It U a.lmiUwl that the
CMiiiniimiliin la a failuro.
The I'liiUwl Htati-a emit of ilaim
1 wr.li tho I'lo-rukor Imlian
11,600,000 fur laml aw-urwl In IS.'IH
hut ner nntirvly i'l fr. Of tlila
amount II, Ul, S" I primipal ami thf
halaiir Inlnrmt.
ChtiiHw complain of outragi ly Jap
amnfl. Therw i a rrat ruah of homrawkura
from all paru of th Kant to tho North-
Wl4t,
I'orrh, a amall town nwar UnViart,
Oklahotna, ha tmtn wrcckcul hy a ry-
r limn.
Th rmorml t-rulanr Waahlnitlon ha
U.ii hiiini IiihI al tlm C'aiiuh'ii, N. J.,
hip yarJ.
HorreUry IUy' Imallh ha hrokon
lown and lm may rwilnn. ll ha p'ne
to Kuropo fur a rint.
Itoot, Tuft ami Khok are thri lron
Ui'piihllian who are alnaily U-inn
nikiili of a tho next cnndulute for
prwliliint.
Krnnrh faith In Humla' ahility to
row with the JapamtM hiu Wu virn
ly hakoii by thn latoat ilvfont to tho
i'tar' arm.
The Miiwoiirl Ic-niiilatiiro oliwtnl Wil
liam Wanmr, Hi-puhlUan, of Kaiiwi
City, I'nitwl Htali MinaUir Ui uixwl
Fraud M. Cwkrull,
Oynnm anmiuncm that he will ntr
llarhln on April 10 ami that Vlnili
viittok wilt aim) lie In wmnniin of thu
Japiimmn on that data.
A MH-Il wire will run from Poit
lan.l to tlui White hoiiaa anil by lrv
lug button tho priwiilout will ,,l"'"
the Uwi and Clnrk folr ntxt Juno.
r.x-m,iiHtor lluwh'y, of Conmctlout,
i dvad.
The cnr I brnaking down nndor the
contiuuud imrvuii tralu.
Tho Jaimiif.o are luiiiulng tho Hu-
ian lHyoud Tie pan and are liilllvtlng
terrible Ion.
Twenty thnuaaml primmer w'ere cap
tured by the Japaneae when Tie pun
was taken.
The JitpaneKo mlnlnter to the XJnttml
Htotiia (Inn In any dungor of hi govern
ment going to war with till country.
Uovernnr fenlwdy realgnod a gov
ernor of Colorado a agreed and Lieu
tenant Uovernor McDonald lm Rtepped
In.
An entire division of Iiumlun have
neon cut oft from tho nmin army ami
It capture it certain. Tho main body
I alao In grave danger of being cut off
Iroin llurbln. '
OOINQH iN CONQRtSS.
Wedneaday, March IS.
!tMlhl!i'ii h'adur of the aeimtu aiu
all at VI rKllig the antlou ad-
Viaalihi to tuke In regard to the Hniilo
PomliiKo treaty. 'oKiilxliig that the
lmiM'rat conirol mure than one-third
of the villi, and that twu-thiril are
nnpilriHl to ratify the roiivimlloii, the
Hipiihliiau leadnra think that the
treaty uliuulil lm wltlidrawn by the
pnwideiit. On thl auliJiH't the Runule
and the prenldiuit do nut agree, and the
idea prevail that, after one or two
day mure of liU'oiieiieutial iliaruimioii,
the Rpwliil m-Miliin of the wnnte will lie
allowed to adjourn without ilute, and
the treaty Inpie. Hut thla plan I not
popular in the lemiite and a way to
avoid It il Mug KoiiKht,
Thurtday, March 10,
IVlmtor Morgan orriipietl p'actli'ally
the entire time In ipuitioti to the
Hanto Uiiiiliifu treaty in ih executive
eaalon of the aeimle tialny.
A new plan aiignc"!"! I to let the
In, Ui matter go over until the next
regular aewiloii of roiiKtemi, w hen a Joint
rcwdiitloii will be paMfd to authorixe
the prenldeiit to do the very thing, that
are propowd by the treaty.
, Friday. March 17.
In the rieeiillve nemiiiu of the aeiiate
to.y Morgan riiiilliiin-l hi ept'h of
yesterday, lie Hiko until !.' p. ui,,
w hen Kuraker took the Itoor III deleliae,
Adjouriiment i luoknl for tomorrow.
Il I not determined whether the treaty
will l reromtiiltlwl or whether it will
he allowed to litpue without action of
any kind.
tiniinlor Hpooner diwu.ed briillly
the rlatlona Im'Iwivii the I'hilpipitie
and till rtiunlry, and aid he btdievwl
the time would ihiiiih when tho i.lmid.
would have their own government.
Saturday, March 18.
The xvinl aemiiou of the m-nate wa
at 3 'Ml today ailjotime.1 without day.
All the nomination aenl In were con
firmed with the exception of five, the
timet important of which wa that of
Judge Jame Wlckentham to uecced
liiniM'll a Judge of the In.trict court
of Ala.ka. rM-verat unimportant treal
ie were ratified, but beyond three mat
ter no lenmlntive buniiiee wa traam
acte.1. Ml of the riuii wa devotwl
to the Hanto mmingo treaty and at ad
journment no action had leen taken oil
the matter and It w a allowed to re
main on the calendar.
CHECK PUT ON DEFICIENCIES.
Congrstf Provide Against Expendi
ture In Excel! of Appropriation.
Washington, March 20. One of the
wisest acta of the Isle coiigree wa the
insertion of a provision in the general
dellciency bill that became a law on
March 3, that heiealter. dclkiencie
.halt not e created except Um ome
great emergency. Olllcer of the gov
ernment have licen altogether too tree
in making Ointral and purchase with
out regard to the appiopriation on
hand, trusting that the deficiencies
would I supplied.
When deficiency bill amounts to
the enornioli figure of 1 31 ,000,000, it
gheethe meinlwr of congress ome
cause for alsrm, and il seems ouie
method was necessary to compel olliccrs
not to mke these enormou expendi
ture lor which no provision of congress
had been made. The creating of defi
ciencies w In a way unlaw ful. and if
congress desired, it could repudiate
these expenditure. Hut very seldom
ha any Just expenditure ta-en refused
In a dellciency bill, although aometinu
criticised.
Small Hope for Kuropatkin.
Indon. March 17. The advices
from the Far Kast are Isdieved here to
Indicate that tienebral Kuropatkin and
hi force in Manchuria will lie forced
to surrender to the Japanese w ithin a
verv short time. The correspondent of
the" Loudon lbilly Mall at Ht. Peters
burg, telegraphing late last night, says
that advice received by the Hnxeian
war olllce indicate that a vory large
force of Japanese have succeeded in
carrying out Marshal Oyiima' envelop
ing movement and is now far to the
northward of the lleeing Hussiua col
umn. Peabody I Seated.
IVnver, March 17. Jamea II. Pea-
body
y today won ins comesi ior n
e of governor, from which he re-
ofllcii
tired
on January iu aner neiYia
. . ... ......... I... l.t vllttrv uuh
term
III Ol VWO year-, ..." j
IcvihI only alter he bad given his
acl
pIlH
ge to resign mm '
r to Lieutenant (iovemor Jesse K.
chill
M
dlonald. Tho vote In joint conven-
lion
of the general assembly n wnicn
il,,. A.iuni. u'io, oustiMl and
(I
overnor
(lov
ernor Jiiutc II. Peuliody instnllc.
TIIOI tivn .. .
was
BR to 41. Ten Kepuniicans voieu
with
the Pemocrat for Adam.
r.all. Peasantry to Arm.
t...i. xi.ndi 17. Father (lotion, the
leader of the Ht. Petersburg workmen
In tho denionstriUlun of January 22,
who, according to the Tribune Hus, 1
still hiding In France, ha last el an
other stirring appeal to tho Kuesiun
peasantry, calling on them to follow
the directions of the revolutionary 'com
bative committee, forgetting nil differ
once of religion and tace, and Hbo as
one man, armed fur a general insurrec
tion against cxarlsni
Bomb for Pobledonoteff.
London, March 17. A dlHpatch from
Bt. Peterswburg to tho New agency re
port that into hist night a isimb ex
nloded on tho tramway line closo to the
. nil I f euA
rOHlllenoeOf M. fOIHOUOnoaieeo, 1""-
' curator of the Holy Synod. No one
I wa injured.
Kill at Least Sixty Persons at
Brockton, Massachusetts.
THEIR BODIES ARE CREMATED
Sho Factory 8warmsng With Peop!a
Ripped Alunder by Bunting
Boiler and Burned.
Ilrucklun, Mil., March 21. At lea;
HO peraoii were killed curly todny by
the exploMloii of a l.iiler in a large
.hoe mamifitcturing CHtiihli.hment In
the Campbell diHtrict condiictcl by the
It, It. drover company, The cxplueion
imiuedintey followed by a llunh of
Hume wlih h coiimuned the fm-toiy, a
long, four-atory .Iructure, a if it were
a holme of card, and incinerated an
unknoMii iiumher ol men and women
who were' umiblu to extriMte them
nelve from the imow of tangled wreck
age (iinni'd by the terrific upheaval in
the Imilcr room. More than 60 of the
employe in the building were maimed,
burned or hruLcd by the time they
reached "ule ground.
The fire extended from the factory to
even other building in the vicinity
and dmtioyed them. One of themj
building wa a threc-lory wooden
blink, the other lieing cottage of
.itinll value and a blackmnith hop.
The wooden dwelling neur the engine
Mom were practically demolished by
the Hying boiler, but none of their im
cupatit were eerioiiHly Injured. The
totul llnancial hm 1 eatimatcd at
f.T.O.OiMI, :'im,()(IO of which full on
the It. It. drover company.
It may never be known Ju.t how
many pernon jicriiihed in tho wreckage.
No on know exactly bow many ir-
anil were in the factory. The number
ha been i-tiiuul-l at 400, but Treas
urer ( baric O. Nel-ou eaid tonight he
doubted whether tbeto Wem no many at
wo k. Tvio hundred and lUty nirvivor
have been accounted fur, ami at in ul
night the irnmiim of 60 bodie had
Imimi n-coverfl from the ruin, the
earth ln'ing continued all night.
SAY AMOUNT IS EXORBITANT
America and Britain Hold Out Against
Paying Samoan Claim.
Ixindoit, March 21. The Associated
Ir.-M iiiiilcrataitda that there are no
irisiwcl of an early settli ment of (!er
nmnv'i Hamoan claims. A tentative
tier of ItO.OOO tias Imi-ii mviimii
(ieriiiauv claim ol tiiu.uoo, oeu
divided liclwccd the t'nit.-d Stati-s ami
tireat Uritain, i conceihtl to le not
worth hsifk'ling over, but the two gov
eminent stand blether on principle
on the rcfu-al to settle.
Tl. .luim for 1120.000 iucludc
moral dumiige, and the American am
Itritish expert to whom the accounts
..rn .uliiiiitte.1 reiHirt that the claim
reurcseiit ten times the actual losses
I ..,M1IMI1V bns lieen infornml that the
two governments are anxious to settle,
and would lie willing t" pay any rca
soimble sum, ns other claims are awuil
ing the result of this settlement.
B'O GUNS MAY TALK.
French Warhlpi Ordered to Proceed
At Once to Venezuela.
WashiiiL't March 21. The Kremh
c,.ldi. eoiuoinv comt'lications bue
reaeheil a crisis, and Minister Howcn
has informed the ftate department that
the French minister at Larue, by in
slri.ctions of his government, lias not
lleil the Venner-uelan government tin
there must lie uo further proceedings
on it part toward the cancellation of
the company' franchise or interference
with its iiroiHTty.
Further, Mr. Bowen revirt that two
French warshilis. the cruisers Dupleix
and Jurien do la draviere, have ta'en
ordered post haste to Vencxuelft to act
in accord with the instructions oi uie
i.v..n.-li miiiiator. The warships are
now in the Caribbean seo
Fishtinc Hawaiian Forest Fires.
Honolulu. March 21. Five hundred
or more nerson. mostly plantation !'
iHirers, were today fighting the forest
,t WiihUua. The tlie is now be-
li,.v,wl ro tat nndor control. About
000 acre were burned, being mostly
i,.,i , i.ilv Hcotiired bv tho Cnitcd
kio.i.,. tor n'mililarv reservation.
i r,.il :irt t..l w ide w'a burnwl around
il. The forest is being patrolled to
night. The lire in Ohm and Kona are
also believed to ho under control
i).,s, b.ilmul to extingish the tire in
the Olaa district
Extra Session in October.
ti. Molne. March 21. Senator Al
lison is nuthoitiy for thestatement that
President KiMisevelt will call congress
l.. ,.tra sees on October I, two nioiiiu
In advance of tho regular session, for
the purpose of considering the railroad
limit ion. Senator Allison
also expressed hi own view relative
to the rule question. He stand tor
empowering the commission to adjust
rales, declaring inai vueio biu hh.i.j
nbuses which tire subject to correction
Wilt Asked Peace Discussion.
pru March 21. In the course of
an interview in the Matin today, Vis
.mnt llavnshi stated that M. Witte
u-lien ill 'llerlin lust July, sent
n,iMrv to Ijmdun asking t he Japanese
minister there to meet him to discuss
peace. Minister Itayashl consenioa
but. re'celvoil no further couimnnica
tion.
CONFERENCE ON IRRIGATION.
Expert from Wtern Government
Stations Meat in California. I
Nun Kranclw.'o, March 21 .At a irnalt
but very aignilicant cuiitereuce of half a
dozen Irrigation exjierl connected with
the experiment itatioua of the United
Ktate Agricultural department on the
'ucillc coait, held yeeterday and today
at the I'nivenit) of California, Import
ant plan were made for the future of
rrigutlon and drainage Investigation In
II the weatern state. The meeting
wa attended by J'rolcwtor hi wood
Mead, chief of the irrigation bureau of
the Depurtment of Agriculture; Protes
tor Humuel Fortler, of Montana; Pro
fessor . II. True, of Nevada; Professor
L, Waller, of Washington j Profee-
or J. II. Withycombe, of Oregon; and
Professors E. W, llilgnrd, B. II. Lough
ridge, and K. J. Wickson, of the ngri-
cult ural experiment stations at Berkley.
The chief task of the conference wa
the preparation of plan for cxiieri-
Ineiits to determine the quality of water
which will give the best result In irri
gation under (liferent condition. Thi
i an undertaking, almost limitles in
extent. In addition to this, a cam
paign of education I lieing arranged.
Professor Llwrxxl Mead, who boa just
arrived in California to commence his
scries of annual lecture at the (Mate
university, la very hopeful over the
future of Irrigation on the coast.
Pn;fesaor . Withycombe reiiorted on
the work and it possibilities in Oregon.
lie will return north and continue the
measurement of stream.
Today' conference i considered a
oH.'iiing new poasibilitie in irrigation
on the Pacific coast,.
SLAUGHTER BY BULGARIANS.
Greek Village Attacked and All Mai
Inhabitants Slain.
Constantinople, March 21. Advices
received from Salonica state that the
Bulgarian band are again causing
trouble, and that report of outrage
are coining in rapidly. The result of
thi ! that the relations between
ireece and Bulgaria are again stretched
near to the breaking point, the former
government alleges that the Bulgarian
government i not making any effort
to keep these hands under control but
permit them to ravage at will on con-
lit ion that thev confine their assault
to dreek ai d Turk.
At a monastery near Vodena a band
of armed Bulgarian attacked a party
of dreek priest and the latter must
have been killed had not a party of
dreeka come to their resue and at
tacked the Bulgarians. The latter were
beaten Wok, leaving 16 dead behind.
Angered at their losses the I! u I gar
an attacked the villages oi Aloesi-
merion and ruthlessly massacred all of
the male inhabitant and carried off
the women and children. They then
terrorised the entire diatrict of Vodena
and so fur have managed to escape the
troops that were cent to punish them
CASTRO SEIZED COAL MINES.
Protest Entered by Italian Government
4or Operating Company.
New York. March 21. The Herald
this morning prints the following dis
patch from Port of Spain, Trinidad:
News Iiiuj reached Port of Spain that
the governor of Barcelona, Veneiuela,
hiu received from President Castro or
ders to take possession at once of the
coal mine of Guantanaricual, situated
near Barcelona, and leased in 1898 for
83 years by the Venezuelan government
to an Italian company.
The same day the Venezuelan troops
took possession of the mines by armed
force, as in the similar case ot the -ew
York and Hermudese company, this,
notwithstanding the protest of the Ital
ian government. The action has been
taken without a judgmnt of the court
of Caracas.
The Italian legation has been notified
and Hsron Aliotti, Italian charge
d'affaires, is represented as having
entered a protest.
Spartan Runs on a Rick.
Block Island, It. I., March 21. The
steamer Spartan, ot the Hoston sua
Philadelphia steamship company, ran
aground on the southeastern end of
Block island during a fog early today
while on her way from Providence to
Ph lalelphia. A 15-foot nole was
stove in the ship's bow and soon the
vessel sank so her decks were awash
Tonight the vessel is rapidly breaking
up. The crew of 23 remained aboard
the ship during the day, but were taken
off tonight. Wreckers have been sent
to lighter the cargo.
Mistake Over Damage Claim.
St. Petersburg, March 21. The Rus
slan press is bitterly attacking the
claim for damages for the sinking of
the Brtish steamer Knight Commander,
on the theory that the demand is for
exemplary diimnges put forward by the
Hrtish government in violation of inter
national law and entirely apart from
the owner's claim, whereas tho foct is
that It is simply the owner's claim, the
misapprehension having' been created
by erroneous report in English papers.
Meat Too High for the Poor.
Mexico City, March 21. Meat deal
ers are exercised over the rise in the
price of meat, which has been advanced
from 25 to 60 per cent in the lust
month, and chargo that there is a meat
trust ot work. The situation is seri
ous, as meat Is almost beyond the
means of the lower classes.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREStI
RESUME WORK ON UMATILLA
Irrigation Project Has Attention of
Government Engineers.
Pendleton John T. Whistler, en
gineer of tho reclamation bureau for
Oregon, say work will be resumed on
the Umatilla irrigation project in a
hort time. The engineers will con
inue their ii v stigations of the John
Day river proposition and ascertain if
the river can le diverted from its chan
nel over the desert land of Southern
Morrow coun'y.
The feat would be a dimcult one,
and, contrary to the belief of .the pub
lic, who think the river would leave
it channel at the headwater of Wil
low creek, the canal would necessarily
follow the deep canyon of the river for
uiilee, emerging to the top at
a point wet of lone, Morrow county,
and take an easier'y direction toward
Umatilla county until the grade neces
sitated running north to the Columbia.
Thi project would probably cost from
12,500,000 to 13,000,000, but Mr.
Whistler states that should it be found
that 250,000 acres could tie reclamed
it would be feasible. Should the
amount of land lie much smaller than
this it will be deferred until each a
time as land are of a sufficient value
to warrant the expenditure of such a
sum, or at least until the reclamation
fund reaches such an amount as to war
rant the. commencement of such a
scheme.
Other investigations Iu the Umatilla
project proper will be continued, as a
lie wa found late last fall which
might prove feasible. The character
of the soils in that district is such that
great care is being exercised upon a
site. Borne have proved after tests to
be of such a nature as not to hold
water through the hot season and
would lose a great amount by the per
colation through the sides and bottom
of a reservoir.
Instructions for Taking Census.
Balem Secretary of State Dunbar
has issued the blanks and instructions
to county assessors governing the tak
ing of the state census of 1905. Sop-
plies will be sent to each assessor in
day or two. The legislature, at its last
session, having failed to pass any act
amending the old census law, Secretary
of State Dunbar has adhered closely to
the law, out of dale though it is. Two
blanks are provided, one for the enu
meration of inhabitant and the other
for the enumeration of industrial pro
ducts. For the convenience of assessors
the military roll wa included in the
enumeration of inhabitant. The in
st ructions given are very complete and
if studied and carefully followed the
census should give a very accurate col
lection of statistics.
To Exhibit Sumpter Ores.
Sumpter The building which will
contain the permanent ore exhibit of
the Sumpter mining district, is com
plete in its Interior decorations and
now ready for the reception of a dis
play jpjcimen. The object of the ex
hibit is the concentration at one piont
of the many different kinds of minerals
that are produced in this district
This will permit of inspection ol ore
without the necessity of visiting the
many different sections where they are
found. Many visitors from the feast
visiting the Portland exposition, are
expected to stop over and inspect this
section, and the mineral display will
be one of the most important objects to
attract their attention.
Umaiilla County Booklet.
Pendleton The Commercial associa
tion is preparing matter for a booklet
containing information ot Umatilla
county, to be distributer! among the in
coming homeseekers to induce them to
locate in the county. A number of tbe
newspaper men and business men have
been asked to contribute articles for the
book, and it will be printed as soon as
possible. Fifty thousand copies will
tie printed for distribution among the
visitors who pass through to the Lewis
and Clark fair this summer.
To Import Black Percherons.
Pendleton A. C. Ruby A Co. this
week sold to John Crow, the wheat
grower, a black Percheron stallion,
making the eighteenth sale since eetab
liihing a distributing depot in the
place. Mr. Ruby is preparing to go to
Europe to purchase another lot, and
will leave the latter part of May. He
will first visit England to pui-chase a
few Shires and then to France to pur
chase the black Percherons, which are
more popular than other breeds. The
animals will be shipped and will reach
here about the first of July.
Low Prices for Cattle.
Pendleton Stock growers of the
county are disappointed at the poor
cattle market and a tew are selling re
gardless of the fact that only the lowest
figure of the season can be obtained. A
short time ago the market promised to
reach 4 cents for steers and dH cents
for cows, and in one or two instances
those figures were paid, but after those
sales the prices immediately fell until
only 9 cents is paid for the choicest
animals.
Wildwood Mill to Start.
Cottage Grove The Wildwood Lum
ber company, whicb owns a large saw
mill near the end of the Oregon &
Southeastern track, above Wildwood,
has decided to put the mill into active
operation. There are plenty of logs
close to the mill. I. L. Smith, a well
known samwiH man, has - been put in
charge.
NUMBER ALL NOSES.
New Legislative Apportionment to Be
Made in 1907.
Salem A new legislative apportion
ment, based upon the state census of
1105, must tie made by the legislature
of 1907, and for that reason it behoove
each county to see that a full enumera
tion of inhabitants i made thi year.
The growth of Eastern Oregon and the
city of Portland in the last five years is
supposed to have been more rapid than
the growth of the Willamette valley
counties, and if the state census should
how much of a difference, Multnomah
county and iRtern Oregon may profit
by securing larger representation in the
legislature.
From computation made by Labor
Commissioner 0. P. Hoff last summer,
that official reached the conclusion that
some of the older settled valley counties
are not increasing very rapidly in popu
La tion. His report showing that opin
ion raised a storm of criticism from the
counties that received an nnfavorable
showing, but Commissioner Huff assert
ed that his computations were made ac
cording to plans approved by the beet
statisticians, and he anticipates that
the census will bear oat bis figures.
The apportionment into senatorial
and representative districts is not al
ways made in strict compliance with
the constitution, and therefore some
counties get a larger representation
than their population entitles them to,
while other counties get less, bbould
the legislature of 1907 be actuated by a
desire to follow the constitution, thre
might be some important changes in
Uie apportionment of representatives.
Water War On.
Klamath Falls The Klamath Canal
company ordered the head gate of its
canal opened on Link river and the
water went coursing down the canal
through the tunnel, under Ankeny canal.
dowfi Eleventh street, in Klamath
Falls and out onto the flats bordering
L ke Ewauna. Immediately Sheriff
Obenchain served the manager of the
company with an order from the court
directing bim to shut on the water, be
cause the property owners on Eleventh
street brought suit against the company
for damages, as the secretary of War
had notified the company that taking
water out of Link river would be if
legal. The company will now undoubt
edly have Ih i attention of the Lnited
States district attorney.
Oregon Hops are Dirty.
Silverton Fred Arthur has just re
turned from a four months visit in
England, and among other things he
brought back a sample of choice hope
upon comparison with which the beet
hope of Oregon are found to be lees
clear and bright in appearance. Mr
Arthur says that although many of
Oregon's bops found a market in Eng
land this year the buyers there com
plain that the hops are too dirty and
that instead of getting better they are
picked less clean each year. He fears
that the reputation of Oregon hos will
suffer unless there is an improvement
in the picinkg.
Klamaths Must Pay Taxes.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has rendered an opinion in which be
holds that the Indians of the Klamath
reservation, who have just received
their allotments from the government,
are subject to government under the
laws ot this state, and are entitled to
enjoy the same privileges as other citi
xens. This means that the lands held
by these Indians are subject to taxation
the same as those of white men. Al
though the act making this allotment
passed congress in 1S99, it has just
been approved by the president.
Plan for Larger Iron Works.
Ashland The Ashland Iron Works
company, whose plant was partially de
stroved by fire a few months ago, has
let the v-ontract for new buildings and
machinery on a new site and on a great
ly enlarged scale. The company has
been reorganized with a nominal capital
of 120,000, but the plant when com
pleted will represent an investment of
nearly 175,000, it is sain. the new
buildings are to be completed and the
new plant installed by May l.
Prune Trees About to Bloom.
Corvallin By the latter part of this
week the Italian prunes in the big 155
acre orchard north of Corvallis will be
in full bloom. The event is nearly a
month ahead of time, the usual date
being about the middle of April. Five
years ago the same orchard begun blos
soming March 11, and that season
yielded a heavy crop. Peach, almond
and apricot trees in the vicinity have
nearly finished blooming.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 86 87c
bluest em, 94c; valley, 87c, per bushel
Oats No. 1 white, ll.37.S01.42
gray, 1 1. 60 percental.
Hay Timothv, 14(a)16 per ton
clover, $1112 ; grain, $11(812; cheat,
$11(312.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen
Butter Fancy creamery, 27,
32c.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, 8595c
common, 6580c.
Apples Fancy, $1.752.50 per box
choice, l1.2a.
Hops Choice 1904, 23424c per
pound.
Wool Valley, 1920c; Eastern Ore- j
mohair,
gon, italic per pouna;
choice, 26 26c per pound.
DIVIDE THE MONEY.
Two Great Irrigation Works are Pro
posed for Idaho. '
Washington, March" 20. Reclama
tion Service Engineers Ross and Powell,
of Idahotfcalled upon Senaator Dubois
today In reference to the proposition
now being considered by the secretary of
the interior to divert about 1 1,000,000
from the Minidoka irrigation project
and use it in inaugurating what is
known as the Boise-Payette project.
Senator Dubois endorses the views of
the reclamation service engineers ar.d
will call upon Secretaiy Hitchcock and
urge him to approve the proposition to
have both projects carried to comple
tion. From investigations and preliminary
surveys it has oeen found that part of
the Minidoka project south of Snake
river is not feasible at this time and
cannot be built nntil that part of the
project north of Snake river shall be
completed and put into operation. It
is proposed to take the funds which
would be required to build south of the
river and use them to build the Boise
Payette project, which is estimated to
cost about 11,000,000. If this is not
done, it is believed the funds intended
for the south project will be turned
back into the general reclamation fund,
and Idaho will lose the benefit of
them, at least for the present.
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS TEN.
Men Left on Guard at Night Perish
in West Virginia.
Charleston, W. Vs., March 20. An
explosion occurred at the mine of the
New River Smokeless Coal and Coke
company at Rush Run at 10 o'clock last
night, in which ten men were killed.
The exploeion was in tlie Rush mine
-rod extended to the lied Ash mine,
nearly two miles away, and great flames
burst out of the mouths of both mines.
About seven men stayed in each mine
at night to take care of them and all
were killed.
The interior of the mines is .in such '
condition at this time that it is impos
sible for anyone to enter to investigate.
The Rush Kan and Red Ash mine
are the property of the same company
and the latter is the mine in which 44
lives were lost three years ago. It is
impossible at thiB time to ascertain tbe
cause of the exploeion.
CASTRO PREPARES TO FIGHT
Seeks Settlement with Other Nations
but is Hostile to France.
Paris, March 20. Official advices
are to the effect that President Castro,
of Venezuela, is seeking to, settle his
complications with Germany and Great
Britain, probably with a view to leav
ing him a free band in dealing with
the complications with the United
States and France. The latter awaits
tbe decision of the court at Caracas,
however.
France has not subscribed to the po
sition of some other European govern
ments in entrusting to the United
States the enforcement of rights against
South American countries. On the
contrary, this government expects to
enforce its own rights, although what
ever action is finally determined upon
will undoubtedly be communicated to
Washington with the view of securing
American co-operation.
Change in Asiatic Naval Command.
Washington, March 20. Rear Ad
miral Stirling, commanding the Asiatic
fleet, has cabled the Navy department
that he has left Cavite on the flagship
Wicsonsin, accompanied by the battle
ship Oregon, the gunboats Nanshan
and General Alva and the torpedo boat
destroyers Bainbridge, Barry, Decatur,
Chauncey and Dale, for Hong Kong,
where the admiral will haul down his
flag on March 23 and transfer the com
mand of the station to Kear Admiral
William Folger, now commanding the
cruiser squadron of that fleet.
Receiver for Standard Oil.
Independencee, Kansas, March 20.
It was learned tonight that an applica
tion would be made this week to the
district court for a receiver for all the
property of the Prairie Oil and Gas
company (Standard) in Kansas. Tbe
suit will be brought by independent oil
producers. The court will be asked to
enjoin the company from removing its
pipes connecting with wells owned by
the petitioners. The receivership case
will be based on the refusal of the com
pany to accept oil for transportation
under the new common carrier law.
Works of Art Destroyed.
New York, March 20. Many valua
ble paintings and pieces of statuary and
articles used in instruction were de
stroyed by a fire which damaged tbe
building occupied by the National Aca
demy of design. One fireman was
buried under debris from a falling wall,
but was rescued -and removed to a hos
pital. He will recover. While an ex
act estimate of the damage could not be
made todav, it is said it will be at
least $50,d00.
Vesuvius Throw Hot Stones.
Naples, March 20. Mount Vesuvis,
is again in eruption and is throwing
out burning lava, red hot stones and a
high column ot Bmoke, with detona
tions which are heard at long distances.
Tbe eruption is attributed to an earth
quake which was felt for 80 miles.
Guard for Railroad Bridges.
Warsaw, March 20. Tbe director
of the Vistula railroad have asked for
troops to guard the bridges between
Siedlce and Malkin, because of the re-
' ceipt of letters threatening their de
struction.