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T"ST T ITS T TV Y f-f-T 1 A X f v I'A X T I"- .JOB PRINTING IKTHS VERY LATEST STYLES ATTMH LOWEST POMItLC RATES. xj THIS PAPER t It the best advertising medium In Polk count, tad constantly growing better. n VOL. VIII. '. $2.00 Per Year. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY; OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, IrtOl. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 26 THE WEST SIDE laacao ar Polk Ccunty PublishinsGcnrpany CUM t ORTON. MHStM. Ktlrd at tht Hiiswielea 'In lndi-n-(tane. Orvgutt, at wond-olai malOr, SUBSCRIPTION RATH. PAVAKMI IN ADVANCS, i On Year N.W Hlx Months . . , I.M Thro Months Aridnpw alt enmmunteatluns ir publication to Tv Wot 810, Mid mass ll rmiltlaticM payable lu llw IVlk County Pubh.lilii Com. panjr. , TO ADVERTISERS. Indnondvnc ttieatod at the hd of navt. Ktlon tth must of ih ymri, un tha Wlllam u river, and on Ui main tin of Ihf Orta Oitlturtila lUtlruad; Williams wllla of lull oiHl; U III irliii l) hlwiiUi point l ftir the county, which l oii of h lai-BMt, I iiwwl wmltliy mid tbk'klr poultl lu th f WltlamtUe Valley. 8KCRKT 80CIKT1KS. I A i V. W.-INDKI'KNDf.Nt'K MUfflR Ml, g,imi evrrr n.many uifiii in MiHnip nIU All nejouinlnt hnnnji luvltvd tonllrnd. JAMKH UUUWN, M. W, I K. V. UALTON, Hwml. VALLKY IAIIHIKNO.M. I, O. O. K.. iiimU lu M. onio hull y Tliundw tvvnlni. All (Mil r'vlluw nwdially tuvlird to (- T,U.FHYKU,N.U. F. A. POl'TV, awrtary. I.YOJt UtlNIK. No. IS, A. F ft A. M. HUtlrnl nimiuuiitea liton on or biinil mnua kw't ninuln anmwo wm 'ilinnvr. J. W. Uualvr, W. M. PHYSICIANS DRHTISTEY. LEE & BUTLER, Physicians & Surgeons, U. S. Examining Surgeooa. : ul ltd ! Malatt, lSDrN0ISCt, OBWKMI DR. J. K. LOCKE, 1'hysician and Surgeon, Buna Vlrta, Oragan. DR. J. B. JOHNSON. Resident Dentist All work wurmnwd to lv th Uirt ' of wHUfWetWHi. isnrncfwoME. i OKKUOM ATTUBNEY& A. M. HURLEY, Attorney and Counselor at .Law, Offli !tolndDnMHi St'l Bnnk. Iadwadnc, Or. H.F.ltoohm. aN.IUydra. W.H.Holmw BONHAM, HOLIES I MITOEI, ATTORNEYS AT LAW OFFICE Iff IIM' HLOCK. HflwMm 8lt nd Court, im Ciiinrcliil Ht. MLKM, OK. MLSCELLANTOUS. C. S. McNALLY, 1RCIITECHW0 DHiUGHTSUUM BOOMS a 1 miH-HBEYMAIf BLOC. COMMBBC1A1. BT, BALEM.OR. Mitchell & Bohannon lUnufscturm of SASH AND DOORS Auto acauLL bawiko. DR. JORDAN 4 CO.'S MUSEUM OF INITOMT. 751 Mrkett.,M KrunrluM. AdmlMlonScenM. fl od lrn how to old &lunm. (Tomullntlon nd treai mmt pHilly or by Ivltwoa poramUirrtieo or cnllMl w Knd for book. Irlvti oltl. tin Oery Hi. i.'ouwilutnon iron- llAdnJUd,n. Mm. Wllllum. JUDSON & WILLIAMS, DRESS MAKERS CUTTING AND flTTINfi I IPECIUTT. UMrTtauknulldina. Indipcndcnr. DRESS MAKING! MISS GfiflKGIA KISOK. JWomnoiilli W a'cndne. imm niado l ."dor, "'l",''f1 rrh-n rmulll. and Vrt rorpWhad a. "srATpARKER, Manufacturer M4 dealer In Sash. : Doors, : Mouldings,': l-f- Full ktock ol OIom, all kopt rfnll on hand. Hpedlal raten on oonlract. Factory A. W. trel ucar di pot. "rrYTHOTELi-- 0 St., IndepewkJiioe. JAMES GIBSON, Prop. FiTHt cIum in erary reepeot imneauaa giu u."""- ample room for oommeroial travelera. . i.nn.iit Aiiiiomiiia. n mr( Y A KL). JL1 A WAm. ' - J R. COOPER Of Indeoendence, having a ateam engine, a brick machine and several acres of finest day, is now prepared to keep on hand a fine quality of j Brick, which will be sold at reason iible prices. vw BANKS. lUubllitifd by National Authority, TIIK- FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of IndvpandiKtiMitOrrgiuti . CaalUlStaak, - $60,000.00 Saralaa, " $10,000.00 J. a. coovm, U w, robkrthoh, lnlafnt. vim t-rwiurnu W. H IIAWLKY. (iahlr. DIRECTORS. i, , Cooper, U W, IJooerUon, Iln llvlmlok O, W. Whllakr, W. W. omiim. A fcancral naaklnt buln tranetil, Ruya and avlli axeliani ou all Important polata, Pnolta rtlvd auhet to rhwk or on vr- tlBiaiofdpoIU telltlon Btada, Offlpanonra; I a. m. to p. m. THE INDEPENDENCE National Bank ! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. K. IIIIWt'HBKlta, Prwldwil A II HAM MKUtON, ; VU lldwiL W. P. OOHNAWAY ' . ' CiMhler. A rurat banking aud ohn butlnxa tranuKtdi loan niado, bllla dlxmnlt,rin morvtal ervdlU rantd: dvpoalta nwlvud on urrnt aoraunt tubjwt to rl,K'k, Inturwl paid on Um dpoli, lUKrxrroiW) Joahua Mclanll. II. K. Jannonon, A. J. Uooduian, II. lllrililrii, A. nci-on, T. J, 1. I. A. Allen. (KhIuIiIMiwI by Nulloi nl Aulliorily.) THE Ctiital Kitieul M OF SALCM OREGON. OipUul paid up, $50,000.00. Surlua, $16,000. K.8, WAU.ACK, W.W.MAIITIN. rmldrnt. Vlea PrwIdenU i. H, ALBKIlT, fablr, ! LOANS MADE To r'armcn on wheat and oilier mrn hnlW pnHtu,mm.lned or In nuir,lllierln prl vat cranrrtr or pobllc warahouaM, DrafU drawn dliwlon Nw York.Ctihwao, Ha rranrtaou, Purtland, Umdon, Paru, llu Un, Uou Kon and Caloult. THE POLK COUNTY BAM MONMOUTH, ORKUOII. I"1 'ml. (Ponland) '.'!,( Pruldtnl 'alilr ... I. A. MATRI'SI r. i- cami'iui.i to. rowitu 0Bal Stock, Pale Dp, 130,000 25.006 DIREOTORSi , . nf Ron. r. a POWRU, 1 B. STUMP. I8AAC M MIMPftOM I V tt, bUTI-ER. A. H. OUlOua, A tanmnl hanklnt boilnoM tranuiwl. D .niu nralvad iiibjeci to chwi. or nn ctrtlrlraia ' dnotlt Uiam mvla, bill, dltrauniwl. bought and wld. Intarwn paid an lima iHiHlta r'lnpronf rault and burglar prool (, Ncarad y Yah tlma kick. guyoaaahourit a. m. t4p. m, Good and CHEAP.' Webave tlia largcat and BEST Htock of Ilarikt rvev brought to tills Bwetioo. ill Our Own Manufacture. Our Whip are direct from the ... ..... 1...... Factory aim ure nio out ofJ.'0 Hlylff. Trimming at reaHonable Prices. BeamerA, Craven. TAYLOR'S Cash Grocery & Bakery ON 0 KTREET. train Braad, Ma and I'akM on hand tnry day xoapl Hunday. . rail and fmh Mock of aannad gaodi, ioar. lMll4jjfAlugarlaandla(algan and tobaoeoa, P. V. TAYLOR, Proprltiot. II. It. t'ArraW, P, V, I'm 'MWH. PAffp60iTBros,. DMGGM 1MTCBE8, . CLOCKS AND :r:.: JEWELRY, INDEPENDENCE, 0EEQ0N. W. G. SHARMAN, I , i. ' r jVltlUId 111 1 dHUl 1 C STMCf, OPPWJE f OSTOFEICE. Suits in Any Style Made to Order AT BBASONAlll.K RATW. HENKLE & lIKALKItt IN FUY GROCERIES PEODTJOB ' TAKEN IN EXCHANOIi FOK GOODS. rMTcnrcD II II VWJ A lt OJlTQTPR (0t DKAUUH IN Spaniat, Sruahaa, Parfumar, Seheal Soaka ana Artlala Buaallaa. d Phyalelana' Prvaorlptlang Carefully Campoundad, MAIN STREET, IflDEPEfiEUCE, HAS NOW, And PROSPECTIVE, Many Advantages. FIRST. -A RAILROAD CENTER Independence to Corvallisby S. P. R. K. Independence to Portland by , " Independence to Falls City by Motor Line. Independence to Salem by " " Independence to Astoria by A, & S. C. R. R. Independence to Albany by , " " A - HOP The pnwnt area in Hops, tributary to Independence, will soon ho M)ed. The amount of income will reach in n few years , eiiat one million dolhira. The inliipl ability of pur lands for special fruit-raising, such prunes, pi'iiist and pp)e8j wj employ hundreds of men; bring into lie country pusands of dollars, and make our farming IhiiiIm wni lli friHll t wo to Ihm lumdrtd dollars an acre. Fruit riilsinir win brino; twiiieilei iwd fruit drypps, -Sugar Beet Raising- The rich bottom-lands' Of this section are peculiarly well adapted to1 raiscng sugar beeta, the profit, above cost of produc tion, being estimated at from thirty to forty dollars an acre. One sugar factory will call into use over 3J000 acres of land, in crelnsing its value half a million dollars, Vml employing labor. WALKER, OCKE, OCKE, OCKE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, - CE it TS m B1I1EF MENTION. The Midi llwnse law lina ona Into effiHit In iiw MmltK. A nit bwa Wn eUictud nwtr Colfux, Wiwh,, for a forwllnK fiirm to cunt OOO.IXKI. Itv, Phillip Brook of Boston hiw lKi'ti eluded to kuo h-J tha Uta Ul)ioii raHdock. I'roffNior Elliot of tha BmllhuonUn Unlvnralty at Wiuililnjftoit boa reaigiifd bin Nwition. Tim Houthwn Cnlifomla cltrn fair at CblcnKo bat cloafil. . H wn a itirceiM llnum liilly and othxrwiw. ' CKIchjiu flinjmU-h i Walter D, Mwell of C'ullforiila wan nnmlniiU'd for cblf of tun bortloiiltiinil bttrwtu by Director Unuurul Ditvl A rwrt by 0, B, Oark, tha xwt who bn Wn MiimliiliiK tha oil rluldii at Enrttka, Oil., tuiyi tlmt tha fluid U wry xUntiiva wiiil valunbla. A atranirauWaw h attneknd bormi In the vU'lnltjr of WrclmnlcaburK, O., which barb th akill of vi'terliiary mr gtMlw. It Mwinbli DjiUootla. Iiwjiwtiir Bynii of Now York iny ha hiMi eBlit "Jack the Blpiwr," the man whocouimlttiMl th horribla mur dor lu that city recently. The prlaouar in an AraMim mimed John Frank. Tha New York Cmitral rnllroad baa docidwl on civil aorvica reform ainonjt It ainpluytHi, Tb man connected witb the opfratiiiK and motor deiMtrtmruU vill noon lie fxainliiwl. Fii-rce fimt Ann are rojKirtml fwm enntom New Jerwy. Tha country waa ilhiipiwd for mllin. Tltu bnnon timber nloii will annmut to IU0,00U, 8,viral ton narrowly wrujifd dmtruction. Tho lillllHrd iiiattrb at Chlcao for the llutflatop chiimiiioimhip, the 500 ntnkm, th Rt rmnpra and th eiiiblem. b-twi-Mi Enifi'im Cartar and NmihiIpoii Ivm, riKtilii-d In victory for Ivca .100 to m, rrnuk Sluviu Iohk IiwI out Jim Duly 111 a Ki't-tct nt New York. Aft.-r llio timtch Sluviu Mid he did not rlMui the rlmtnikmhli, Imt hu would tight any inun lu the world for any amount of money. American wheat and grain denier may lie iuterestwl lo learn that cereal may be iniimrtiil Into Venekiicla free of duty. Thin lufoi'iuntion bioniclallypub liaheil in New York lit the renucat of the coiimiI general o( VeiickiiHla. The CbiiM-HU (joveinuieut objected to receive Hemitur lllair an mlnUtcr from tbo United Smtm. Ulnlr ia now in WaahlliKton, and it ia Hid ou good authority that he" will be nppoiutcd UiluiHter to Japan to auccfed Hwift, The queen of the Nawniinn IhI.imiIs, In a reciit Interview, anid tlmt if the new trade treaty in rejected by the United Btattw iri'veriiinent, California would be ai'riuuKly airwted, and that some other country would get tho Uuwniiao trade. Arliiitou 1). Dimiea, aim of a well known citiwn of Portland, went home home intoxicated and went to ideep on a aofa. He could not bo arouwd and died, hi friend any of heart failure, but phyaiciaiu aay ha died from tome drug. Tboiuaa Maddern of Tongunoxie, Kan., baa just returned from Port Natal, South Africa, and a trip to the Interior of the Dark Continent. He anyi that Stanley t-XAKKei'ftted many thing!), and that the iniwwionuriea do more harm than good. Benjamin P. Hutchinxon, better known a "Old Hutch," the Chicago wheat Njieculiitor, left that city uiiex- iiectedly and la now auppoeed to be in 'lorida. He left without aettliug any of hie biiHiue uffaira. Ue ia auii) to be demented, The )urget npiuiu aelznre ever made J;: the United Btatea wait tuado Ht Stui JfrancbasQ n few days ag. IJver bulf a ton of the drug vi taken on, board the tcamer China, Tha vuhm ia aatimated t 3.i,oou, Tim opium wa packed and billed pnwkery, A Pol Rio, Tu mieclul telU of a Mexican Jack the Ripper," whovUited the hoiiae of a Muxioun woman miml Bniu'hex, killed her and cut her body in piece. After tho butchery ha wrote upon the wall with her blood, "Fwdi beef for sale," The butcher has not been captured. Ottlveaton dispatch i The tide of wheat shipments to the senlMiard baa turned ami ia flowing to OalvoKton. A train ot eighteen loaded cms of wheat arrived hero from Bntuner county, Kim., evei-j-car being gayly decorated. It was side tracked convenient to the tracks, and the citizens of Oalveston visited the train and held a general celebration over the event of tha find, full train load of wheat taken to this port. More trains will follow, , The doctors in at tendance on Rev. Dr, Both well of Brooklyn,' who inhaled a pork, are 'overwhelmed with letters of adylce how to remove the cork. One suggests electricity i acting through a vire inserted through the pork, heated py enrrent to make a b'dii Uiei n ptlinr that a v1re haying n proukod end lie iiiNHi'tud ti extract the cork, Another suggests InrgQ doses of tiu'tar cinetio to proclnce copious vomiting. Many cranks call at the hospital to oHor BTSgrneatloiii or appliances, The physicians think Bothwell cannot recover, The controversy between Judge Car pentef of the United States district court at Boston and Gen, Ben Butler, culmi nating in the recent forcible ejection ol the latter from the Federal court, has lieen revived by the state legislature of ilaHsaidmsetts. A resolution has been introduced in the house calling for the Interference of the state's attorney gen pral, pn the ground that the sovereignty, of fhe state lias been, violated,, (qasnmch, ,liar a, cjtizen, qf, fhe Vnitfii mntw Jhivietfa Jplinsun, lftttdy aputeneod, for iPi jnry in ft peusipn P,l8fii I"8 hee1 6Bn" .(incefVaiid iinpi'iBonpd by firdpr of af4: eral Jndge while hei' lotfui cnunsel hail been forcibly nrevwitad from represent' lug lier, The resolution loanses inueli excitement and will lead to a legislative ngnt. (liiunl Voiir Sieeli, Elmer Young, nn Owego man, felt funny the other morning, and he said to Mrs. Whitq, who was going to the gro cery, V Trot' Along after yonr coal oil. sissy." jSlvi bat him arrested, vn the pourt ueutiea tliaf I'slssy" was slanuer antj gave ier ft veruiPt for fO. Oetrpit free Pfess, llr CluiiiKril Katate. Mistress (to former "ervant)Whw9 are you living now, Bridget? , Bridget (lianghtily) Shore, mum, Oi don't live imy w.iere. Ol'm married. Kate FieM'!i Waslilnifton. ' Bismarck has been returned to tbs reiclmtug. The public debt was reduced f 1 ,000,000 during the month of April. Bishop Mclntyre, the venerable bishop of Prince Edward bland, 1 dead. - Johnstown, Pa., appear to be fated. A I'iO, (KM) fire la the latest news item from there. The manager of the Hansard Union, London, la bankrupt, with liabilities of H.750,000. The porta of Turkey baa denied the passage of Russian vessels through tha uosphorous. ' Billy Myers, tha Btreeter Cyclone, t matched to fight Andy Bowen at New Orleans ou May u fur fiOUO. Dick Moore, tha Bt Paul middle weight, bested Frank (Hover of Chicago In three rounds at Kt, Paul, Tha Illinois legislature, after a long and hitter tight, baa appropriated i,ouo,uou for the world'a fair. A dispatch from Zante, capital of tha Ionian Islands, says that Greek Christ ians are pcrsecnting Hebrews and pil laging their property. Marion Manilla, who secured a divorce from her husband a few days ago, waa marriiNi at Londou to Jack Mason. Cotisul-Oenerul New gave the bride away, More than half the wheat fields visited in Rnssell county, Kan., are In a dam aged condition, but it ia aald the diffi culty la witb bud farming rather than with the bugs. Suits huve bwn begun at Chicago against ex-l ounty Treasurers Davis and Belpp to rex-over the sums received by them as intercut on county fuuds while they occupied office. St. Louis disputch: A petition asking for the appointment of a receiver for the Kt. Louis and Ban Francisco Ball way company was hied in the United States court by Hitchcock & Finkelberg, representing eastern stuckholdera. Chicago dispatch: Edward W. Grant, the wextern agent of the carriage house of Muuvilli! ft Co., New Haven, Conn., was arrested aud charged with having stolen from '.hk) to 13,000 from his employers during the past two years. It is estimated that there are over 8000 fnmill.n who live in shanty boats along the Ohio river, flouting from town to towu with the enrrent, tying np where they will, and working for no one. , The only thing they reflect Is a steamboat driving full at them in a dark night. Greenville, O., dispatch: While the fire department was working at a small Are the natural gas which had collected in the Are cistern was ignited from an engine and exploded. A heavy engine was raised several feet in the air, and fell back in a yawning chasm. Terrible excitement -prevailed for some time. The police of Lyons, France, had more than they could attend to on May Day. Large crowds of working men and women made several attempts to celebrate, which the authorities would not iermlt. Two regiments of cavalry were used in sulsluing the riot. Riota were also quelled at Paris, Rome and other cities. - Peru, Ind., dispatch: The remains of Lieutenant-Commander Walter M. Con stant, who died died at Yokohama, Japan, in Octo1sr last, while in control of the North Paciflo squadron of the United Stales navy, were interred here, his home. Tim remains, on their ar rival, were met by a guard of prominent citizens, nnmlic ring about fifty. Frank Work, the well-known stock operator at New York, has retired from Vall street. He entered the street in ttkWi. He became famous in 1804, when, as on? of Cvmmodma Yandeibilfa chief fieuteunnts. ha aided that great old rail riad oierator in his effort to get posses sion of every railroad comp my then under the control of Uonld and Flsk. New York dispatch: WhenCuUlaP. Huntington, the railway magnate, re turn ti this city he maybe arrested and punished for coutempt of court in disobeying a snbjKwia issued by the Untied State district court in the latter part of .March, This is the second time Mr. Huntington has shown his contempt for the judiciary of the state and United States in the past twelve months. Chicago dispatch: The rules to govern the erection of the state buildings at the world's Columbian exhibition and to regulate the admission of exhibits in those buildings have been revised. The buildings may lie used only for club houses and to display the natural re sources of each state. No manufac tured goods of Biiy description will lie, allowed In the buildings, and all articles, entered for awards must be installed iu the proper departments, for which buildings will lie put up by the exposi tion company. , Vnshingtou dispatch: Soma curiosity is felt to know how the rejection oi Mr. Blair will affect the post at Peking, f'olomd Deuby, ha minister appointed by Ovelaml, is still on duty, and of course, will remain as minister until his successor presents himself aud qualifies. Colonel De:iby la an ludianian, and though differing from him politically, is a personal friend of the president. That fact probably explains why he has been permitted to remain in China so long after the return of the Republican party to power. , Washington dispatch: Under the pro visions of the McKinley tariff act begin ning May 1 all special taxes imposed upon dealers of leaf tobacco, dealers it manuractiired tobacco, manfactureni of tobacco and cigars, and peddlers are repealed, Tha law, however, requires that these various classes, of dealers hall register, hiilr. wvmea, piaoea of imslness, ytc , wb, the local collector of ntwnat revenue, with the exception ol dealer in manufactured, tobacco. The number of dealer p tha latter- flasa, according to 1,e report o,f tha eowuda, potior of internal vYC!iua W Wo, was 0O8.O8H, who paid a tax of 9,40 each, it is said at the department that th abolition of this special tax of 9.40 will cause a loss to the government oi 1,000,000 annually. Tli Way the farmer Tor It. , We are indebted to the clergy for some oild blunders. A country clergy- man on a certain occasion chose for his. text a passage trom tlie. Scriptures, winch, had been variously interpreted, and on pimcluding his Bermqn, be '"fhosa are lie ponclusions mivc reflChed after tha most diligent study, but 1 must in form yon that the commentators dis agree with mo." He was somewhat as tonished the .next day to receive a big bag of potatoes with the following note: "Reverend and dear sir: You told me this mornin' as how common taturs didn't agree with you. I hope as how choice kidneys does." Providence Journal COAST NEWS. Professor Cotite, ex-president ol university of California, la dead. ' Secretary Bask says that 25,000,000 acres of desert land in California can bt made arable by irrigation. ' The nostofflca at Banyan, Lewi conn ty, Wash., ha been discontinued. Mail addressed thereto will be forwarded to Chebalia. Charles Strauss, a teamster, wat in stantly killed at Virginia, Nev. Be was hauling a load of ore when tb wagon upset and ha was crushed. The will of tha lata ex-Governor Wat erman ba been filed for probata at Han Diego. The estate l valued at 00,008 and i all bequeathe to relative Tha Capital Jockey club in meeting at Sacramento roundly denounced the Blood Horse association of San Francisco for continuing their meeting after the aate nxea to close. , The California State Agricultural so ciety ha a quantity of rami root in store which may ba had for the asking, It i not yet too late for planting if the aoii la good and moist. ' Tha cltisen of Monterey are going to present the cruiser Monterey with a silver service a a token of appreciation of the honor conferred upon that city in the selection of the name, j In tha Olsen murder trial at 'Merced ,tha defense Is making strenuous effort to prove an alibi A number of wit nesses have testified that they saw Olsen at La Grange the night Ivett was mur dered. - John A. Carter, 63 year old, and hi aged wife have just arrived at Ban Luis Obispo, Cal. They wera too poor to pay their far and cam overland In a prairie schooner. They made the trip in about 160 days. , Sarah Bernhardt sailed from 8an Fran cisco for Australia on the steamer Mon owal. She Intends to enjoy th trip as she took eighty-one cases of win and liquors. A large crowd assembled on the wharf to see her off, . Superintendent Porter of the census bureau, accompanied by A. L. Whitney and J. F. Plummer, capitalists, left Washington Monday for California. After visiting California they will go to Seattle, where they have in view certain investments. Secretary Foster has fixed tha maxi mum amount of seals which the Com mercial company will be allowed to take during the coming season at 80,000. W. 1L William ha been appointed inspec tor in the customs service for duty at the seal Islands the coming season. The Pacific Navigation company's withdrawal from the Pnget Bound Steamboat association and the possible withdrawal of the Northern Pacific were considered at a recent meeting of the as sociation. A committee waa appointed to settle these matters. The fate of th association ia involved. Some of the competing boat will probably be taken off. , ' Tha Secretary of tha interior baa cer tified to the treasury department for the payment of the second installment of 16,000 as California' ar under the act of oongress ol Aug. 80, 18M, for a more complete endowment oi the agri cultural an mechanical oollege of that state, Tha second payment, under th same act, will ba due and made payable sometime prior to Aug. 80, 182. The banquet tendered President Har rison at Ban Francisco waa an interest ing affair. The feature of tha decora tions of tha banquet hall wre simplicity and elegance. Music waa discoursed during the dinner at tha end of which speeches were made by Gen. Barnes, master of ceremonies, tha president, Postmaster General Wamunaker, Secre tary Rusk and Congressman Cannon. Solicitor General Taft has filed a brief in the United State supreme court in the ex parte matter of Jefferson Wilson involving the validity of number of laws passed by the fifteenth territorial legislature of Arixona. The legislature was convened for aixty days and the laws which are questioned were passed after the sixty days expired, it is held that the laws passed after the expiration of sixty days were unconstitutional and void. Many of the most important Uw of Arizona are involved in the question at issue. , , I San Francisco is about to, kw a rich piuin in the Worth Coast trade, that of Coos bay. Heretofore that city has en joyed almost a monopoly of Coos bay's business, both in and out. and now Port land is reaching ont for it with every prospect of success. The merchants of Portland have started to raise a subsidy of lOOQ to insure Williams Bros, put ting on a weekly steamer between Port land and Coos bay. Ten thousand dol lar has already been subscribed and the remainder is expected to be in in a few A Port Townsend dispatch ays: The Alaskan explorers, Wells and party, ar rived here safe aud sound. The expedi tion was sent out a year ago by Arkell and Harrison of Frank Leslie's Illustra ted Newspaper. Wells and his three as sociates had a thrilling experience last summer in the far interior of Alaska, barely escaping with their li7ea. One .man, W, A. de Haas waa left subse quently at a trading pmat, suffering from the ejfecta o the Journey. Those who returued ara B Hiward Wells, the chief; A- ft Svhani, a scientist, and ?rai Price, , jack Smith, alias Lindsay, was caught by miners at Oilman, Washy with a 'bottle of kerosene oil in hi possession, acting in a suspicious maunar near the hotel at that place, The miners believed that he had been felted by the coal com nadv to create a prejudioa against them and furnish a pretext for having guards there. They therefore seiaed him, tied a rope around his neck and swung him twice to the limb of a tree, smitn con fessed finally that a man named Brun- dage had sent him from Seattle to set fire to a building owned by Brundage. 'Smith was taken to Seattle and locked up. The Onrrnan Kmperuif a4 BpMchawk.lBs'. The following anecdote is related of the German cmperw during his journey in tha iceboat to Stettin. During the dinner- on the naff, aerr naker, coun cilor of commerce, rose, and was about to thank the emperor in the name of the merchants of Stettin for tlw interest whioh he had showu ty his journey in the trade and communications of Stet tin. The emperor noticed the intention and forestalled him by saying:- "Dear councilor, let us leave this for today, otherwise I shall have to reply, and we are just now so jolly. Your health!" Of course the speech remained unspoken. Tiondon Tit-Bits, ITEMS FOR OUR FARMERS. Cblahana, Fralt, WclaMnf Cattle, Mulohlni Bcrri, Swfsr Bseta. Mr. I). O. Quick, of Buver, says that ba baa yearling prune and peach trees in full bloom and that such a thing never occurred before to hia knowledge. He ascribe it to the axteroely open winter. Hinoke Banner cigars. J Wm. Fuqua, of Parker, Wishes to know the names of tha different vari eties of hop grown in the Willamette valley and which are the moat suitable for the locality In which be live. Be ing au amateur at the business he will ba pleased if the fanners In the Wlllani ette bottom or any other place will favor us by answering. For sale, m bead of sbeep. Inquire at this office. 5t A subscriber writes: In the farmers' department last week it was stated that it costs 63 cents to raise a busbel of wheat It has been repeatedly figured at by farmers and your Informant, and 30 14-100 cents Is the estimate made, and it waa put down to 27 cents by a man near Monmouth. If wheat cost the enormous figure stated in last week's Issue, farmers who rent their land would have to go out ol buaineas as they have been known to sell their crops for 61 cents per bushel. Smoke the beat on earth, the Banner cigar, for sale by Patterson Bros. A report from the sugar refining of Wateonvlile. California, states that four and a half dollars per ton was paid for sugar beets and farmers found that while the yield of wheat on an acre returned only 125, and sugar beets 1100, consequently they preferred to plant sugar beeta, where they had suitable hind. Sugar beet need can be bad of E. C. Pentland, of the board of trade at Independence and arrange ments can be made for selling the sugar beets at Independence at three dollars per ton. One acre properly cultivated should yield twenty tons. Call on E. C. Pentland, aud get par ticulars. We notice a great many of our farm era are believers in mulching rasp berry and blackberry vines. We sug gest to all our readers the value of mul ching. This mulching which, while straw is generally used, may be small branches of trees, weeds, grass from the lawn, etc., should not be put on until the dry season commences or if you are renewing your mulch which should be done each year, wait until about June first before doing so. Iu this connection we would cadi the at tention of our readers to the statement made by Mr. J. Alexander, living near here, that off the small patch which he cultivated he sold over 300 gallons of berries last year. Patterson Bros, keep the Royal Ban ner cigars; they are the beat cigar made. t Farmers are very frequently called upon to sell cattle witout weighing and the following rules will prove of value.. ' in order to test their accuracy let a calculation be made and then verify it by weighing. Measure around the shoulders just behind the forequarters, to get the girth in inches, then measure from the square of the buttock to the shoulder blade. Multiply the two to gether and you have the number of square Inches, which divide by 144 and you have the superficial feet Cattle are graded according to their gtrtb- Mul tiply the superficial feet aa obtained by the foregoing rule, as follows: For cat tle of a girth of S to 7 feet, multiply by 20 the number ofpounda to the square foot Cattle, 7 to 9 feet, by SI pounds. cattle and calves, 3 to 6 feet, 16 pounds. For pigs, sheep, and all calves less than 3 feet allow 11 pounds to- the square- foot. To illustrate we give an example. What Is the computed weight of beef in a steer, whose girth is 6 feet 4 inches? Solution 76 inches girth, multiplied by 63 Inches length equals- S3 1-4 square feet, which multiply by 2a equals-7043-4 pounds, weight of steer. If th animal is In poor condition deduct 1-5. from above, and if very fat, add 1-5. Mr. J. M. Staats, who raised and ! the present owner of Jay M., a thor ough-bred horse, a son of the celebrated Altamont, will be in Independence- Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each. week. , Mr. Lafe Laughary living ou the Luckiamute, has quite an extensive, hennery', and be keeps everything about the hen houses as neat as a pin. Poultry to be successful on a large scale must be kept in colonies of about 50 birds each, for many more than that number in one house are apt to become diseased. Small flocks can be given better atten tion than larger ones and the first ap proach of disorder can be readily seen and promptly checked. Hia yard is divided ao that while only one hen house ia used, several colonies can roam separately. Being close to market he finds it pays to raise chickens for eggs alone, as eggs known to be fresh are always in good demand. Such birds aa the white and brown leghorns, and birds bred from them, either pure or cross breed, or graded, aa a basis, are egg producers, while a game cock is valuable to breed to common hens pro ducing as a rule, vigorous active pullets which are invariably good layers. AN hens over three years of age are only fit for marketing, as they produce few eggs after that. Crossing purs bred cocks with common hens is excellent, but "fancy poultry" ia not profitable to any but those who make It a special business. - v