MAY LOSE WATER.
North
Powder Company Has Prior
Right Over Farmers.
Baker City That the ranchers in
some portions of the North Powder
country are to suffer the loss of water
at this important time of the year is
evident if the order goes into effect
that was made by the North Powder
M. & M. company, which owns and
operates the flouring mill at that sta
tion.
The company has prior water rights,
but in the past has had a surplus of
water. It was decided to divide the
water with ranchers who would put
land in cultivation, the division to
continue until any time it was found
necessary to have the whole supply for
milling purposes. Crops have been
planted and the desert soil responded
admirably to the tiller’s efforts.
¡¡Now, however, the water supply is
short, and the milling company was
forced to order all wat< r belonging to
their water right to be turned into the
canal that feeds the mill supply.
The hardship that will be worked on
those who have pent their time and
work in c iltivating lands that were
watered by the mill’s surplus will
probably be hard. According to the
opinion of many, however, there was
nothing else for the mill to do in order
to protect its business.
THE STATE FAIR.
Thousands of Dollars Being Spent to
Make It Success.
Salem For the state fair in 1907
the Southern Pacific railroad handled
215 carloads of stock and exhibits.
This year, while the fair is yet more
than six weeks away, 219 cars have
been ordered for hauling exhibits and
stock. Many favorable conditions are
working together harmoniously for a
great fair at Salem next month.
Several thousand dollars have been
expended in enlarging the permanent
exhibit building. The grand stand has
been enlarged so that it will accommo-
date one-third more people, Men have
been at work on the grounds for some
weeks preparing them for the fair.
The shrubbery and grass is being cared
for and skeletons for decoration pur
poses are being erected. All prepara
tions are .- farting early.
A feature that will greatly assist to
make the state fair this year of more
worth and value will be the co-opera
tion of the Portland Country dull,
which is offering attractive purses for
the livestock exhibitions ami races.
Pendleton
During the pnst 12
months tin-sum of $125,000 has be rmi
paid to the 1,000 Indians of the Unia
tilla r< ervation.
This amount has
been paid in sums varying from $10
per capita per month to $500 each.
Every man, woman and child has re
ceived in tile neighborhood of $125
each. Al) of this vast sum has been
spent directly in the channels of trade
in Pendleton and is one of the chief
sources of business for the merchants
of the city. But little dissatisfaction
is found among the Indians, and the
reservation is now in better condition
than for years.
Jacksonville Post
Kootenai Falls Prey to Flames and
Sand Point is Threatened.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON
University of Oregon, Eugene Ac-
cording to reports received here, the
state salmon hatchery up the McKen
zie river will not be abandoned, but
extended, and arrangements will be
made this fall so that trout as well as
salmon can be hatched. The citizens
of Eugene will provide the money for
the importation of trout eggs from the
East. It was rumored some time ago
that the hatchery would be abandoned,
but it is evident from a letter of the
state fish commissioner that great im
provements will be made in the estab
lishment.
Spokane, Aug. 12. A Sand Point,
Idaho, special to the Spokesman Re
view says:
With the wind blowing a gale and
the adjacent town of Kootenai wiped
out, it seems that no power can save
Sand Point. At 0 o’clock last evening
a small forest fire north of Kootenai
was blown into the town and the town
of 300 inhabitants was burned to the
ground.
The Humbird Lumber company has a
$200,000 mill at Kootenai, which burn
ed to the ground, and which was only
partly insured. At present the fire is
within 2,000 feet of the Panhandle
smelter, which seems doomed.
The homeless people of the little
hamlet of Kootenai have been brought
here, and are being cared for by citi
zens. AM of them lost their belong
ings.
Over 500 volunteers are fighting the
approach of the flames. Sand Point
has a population of about 10,000. An
appeal has just been sent to the Spo
kane fire department for aid.
It was impossible at midnight to
learn the extent of the damage by fire
at Sand Point.
The telegraph wires
are down and connection is lost with
the regular telephone line, but the
operator of the Independent Telehpone
office at Sand Point, states that Sand
Point is in no immeditae danger, The
town of Kootenai was burned, but the
big mill of the Humbird company was
saved.
Reports are conflicting regarding the
smelter at Ponderay, near Sand Point,
one report declaring that it was burned
while the other states that the forest
fire was near but the smelter was still
safe.
Display Douglas Fruits.
THOUSANDS PERISH.
BUILD BIG SMELTER.
Eastern
Capitalists Will Do This
County Builds Bridges.
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Salem The County Commissioners’
court at their last meeting heard the
petition of Mining Engineer Gadsden,
representing Eastern capitalists, for
th" appropriation of $2,000 for the
! u l ling of five bridges across the San-
Cc.m river, to make the Gold Creek
copper mini s accessible. In return for
this investment, Mr. Gadsden guaran-
t < < the e rection of a smelter with a
capacity of 100 tons per day.
It is expected that the- opening up of
the se mines arid the building of the
smelter will result in the location of a
refinery in this city. The Gold Creek
mines are located on the head waters
of th" Santiam in the extreme Eastern
part of Marion county.
A number of leading citizens appear
ed before the court and t rgued in favor
of the $2,000 appropriation.
Enlarge Salem Hatchery.
Roseburg The contract for the hor
ticultural exhibit building to be erect
ed on the depot grounds, was awarded
to Contractor F. F. Patterson. Con
struction work will begin in a few
days. The building is to be mainly of
plate glass, making an excellent dis
play pavilion.
Booster Zurcher has
already started on a collecting tour
for native exhibits of fruits and vege
tables, so that the tourist may see
what is raised in Douglas county.
Realizes Good Prices on Horses.
Drewsey I. M. Davis, one of the
principal business men of this place,
is home after an absence of several
weeks in Pendleton and other railroad
points. Mr. Davis took a number of
horses over the mountains. He says
they stood the trip remarkably well,
lie realized from $100 to $150 for sin
gle drivers.
Bible University Begins
Indians Are Contented.
FIRES IN IDAHO.
Next Month.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
Eugene Bible university, the leading
ministerial school of the Christian
church west of the Rocky mountains,
will open September 22. About 100
students are expected to enroll. The
faculty.consists of seven instructors,
headed by President E. C. Sanderson.
Record by Land Board.
Salem Loans amounting to $ 10,500
were made by the land board at its
monthly meeting held last week. This
is the largest sum that has been loaned
out by the land board in a great many
years. The loans were uniform at 6
per cent.
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South China Scene of Desolation Fol
lowing Typhoon.
Hongkong, Aug. 12.- In a report is
sued today from the headquarters of
the government relief station it is
stated that advices from Southern
China give details of appalling condi
tions among the victims of the recent
typhoon, which laid waste an immense
territory along the coast and killed
thousands of natives.
The report says that more than 1,-
500,000 refugees are at the point of
death from exposure and starvation,
and that many thousands have suc
cumbed since the disaster.
The tales of hardship and destitution
are pitiful in the extreme. Scores of
refugees in all quarters are without
shelter of any kind, forced to spend
days and nights huddled together like
stormbound sheep. In some districts
there is oidy sufficient food to supply
one meal a day. More terrible are the
conditions in other localities, where
there is absolutely no food, and the
people are dying by the hundreds, The
dead are piled in heaps, no burial be-
ing possible.
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’CITY DRUG STORE
Complete Stock of Drugs, Toilet Articles, Perfumery,
Stationery, Blank Books, School Supplies, Fancy and
Scenic Post cards. Magazines, Cigars. Special attention
given tn Prescriptions.
J. W. ROBINSON, M. D., Proprietor
City Meat
CLOSED SUNDAYS
EDWARD BINNS
DRAYAGE
Express. Freight, General Delivery. Teaming
to all Parts of the Country.
Nothing too
Heavy or too Light.
Agent for Cölestin
Mineral Water.
JACKSONVILLE,
C-REGON
A FULL UNE OF
Paints, Oils, Calcamine,
Brushes, Sash and Doors
Patton’s Sun Proof
Paints.
FRED J. FICK
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
GUS NEWBURY
Attorney-at-Law
Will Practice in All Courts of the State
Office on California street, one
block south of the court house
TRAIL LUMBER CO
JACKSONVILLE, ORE.
Rough and Dressed
Lumber of ail Kinds
A. E. Reames
C. L. Reames
JACKSONVILLE
FURNITURE CO.
Louse Furnishers and
Undertakers
1;. A. LANGI.I ;Y, Mgr
•JACKSOlNVIUUEt. ORE.
REAMES & REAMES
LAWYERS
Practice in All State and Federal Courts
Kahler Block,
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JACKSONVILLE
SILAS J. DAY
Office one block south of Courthouse
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
Wheat Club. 89c per bushel; forty-
fold, 93c; red Russian, 87c; bluestem,
93c; valley, 89c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; roll
ed, $25m2(>; brewing, $20.
Oats No. 1 white, $20.50 per ton;
gray, $20.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$11 per ton; Willamette valley, ordi
nary, $11; Eastern Oregon. $10.50;
mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11;
alfalfa m al. $20.
Fruits Cherries, 3(</10c per pound;
peaches, 05cm $1 per box; prunes,
$ 1.25 per crate ; Bartlett pears. $1.50
m 1.75 per box; plums. 40m 50c per
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Eugene Company to Irrigate.
Eugeni' The Bingham Land com box; grapes, $1.25m 1.50 per crate;
Allege Yankee Roads Allied.
pany of this city intends to irrigate apricots. $1; blackberries, $1.10m 1.15.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 12. Rejiorts >
Potatoes
90cm $1 per hundred;
300 acres of farming land which it
received here today that railroad lines
owns in the McKenzie valley about —0 sweet potatoes, 5c |ier pound.
Melons Cantaloupes, $2.50m 3 per in the United States, particularly the
miles east of Eugene.
The company
crate;
watermelons, $1.50 per 100 New York Central line, are furnishing
has tiled notice of appropriation with
loose:
crated.
'|Cper pound addition strikebreakers to the Canadian Pacific
the county ch rk of 200 miners’ inches
and supplying equipment which the >
of the waters of Forest creek for irri al: casabas, $2.50 per dozen.
Vegetables Turnips, $ 1.50 per sack ; Canadian road is unable to repair in its >
gation and power purposes. The ditch
crippled machine shops, have greatly
to convey the water to the land will be earrots, $1.75; beets, $1.50; beans, 5c agitated the strikers. The officials of
per
pound
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cabbage.
2(<l2*
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c
per
four feet wide at the bottom and three
pound: corn, 25m30c per dozen; cu- the union declared today that if this -
feet deep.
Climbers, $1 per box; eggplant, 10c report is found to be true, sympathetic
per pound; lettuce, head. 15c ' |HT strikes will be declared on all roads
furnishing men and equipment to the
dozen; parsley, 15c per dozen; peas,
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tic per pound; peppers, 8m Ide per Canadian Pacific.
pound; radishes, 12'..c per dozen;
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Up Goes Price of Apples.
spinach, 2c per pound; tomatoes, 50c
St.
Louis,
Aug.
12.
The
fifth
an
di $1 per crate; celery, 90cm $1 per
nual convention of the American Ap ■
dozen; artichokes, 75c per dozen.
Butter Extras, 27'. c per pound; plegrowers' association opened here >
tdoay with more than 100 apple grow
fancy, 25c; choice, 20c; store, 18c.
Eggs Oregon extras. 25c |>er doz ers from Central and Western states
en ; firsts, 23m 24c; seconds, 21m 22c; attending. Of imoprtanee to the pub
lic is the prediction of officers and del
thirds. 15m 20c; Eastern, 23m 24c.
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Poultry Mixed chickens, llmll'.c egates to the convention that apples
this year will sell from $2.50 to $3 a
per
pound;
fancy
hens.
12m
12'.
c;
Reporter of Supreme Court.
roosters. 8m9c; spring, lie; ducks, barrel on the trees and that before the ■
Salem Frank A. Turner, a Salem old, 8m9c; spring, 10m lie; geese, seas< n ends they will be selling at 51 1
attorney, ha been appointed Supreme old, 8c; goslings. 10m 11c; turkeys, with $10 a barrel for choice ones.
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court reporter to succeed Judge R. G. old. 18m19e; young. 20c.
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Morrow, who resigned. Judge Mor
Tornado in North Dakota.
Veal Extra. 8m8',.c
pound;
row had been reporter for the Oregon ordinary. TmT'.e; heavy, 5c.
Mandan, N. D., Aug. 12. A torna ■
Supreme court 111 year and had issued
Pork Fancy, 7c per pound; ordi do struck Mandan last evening and
more reports than all his eight prede nary, fie; large, 5c.
caused damage to the extent of $50,- i
cessors combined.
000. One boy was picked up by the ■
Mutton Fancy, 8m 9e per pound.
Hops 1907, prime and choice. 4*...m wind and carried three blocks. The
5c per pound; olds, 2m2'...c; contracts, r<xif of the Inter-Ocean hotel was
9m 10.
loosened and crashed into the dining
Wool — Eastern Oregon, average room. The Dollar hotel was unroofed.
best. 10m 10'„c per pound, according Houses were tipped over and many
to shrinkage; valley, 15(<il5*vc; me- windows shattered, but no fatalities
hair, choice, 18m 18'ye.
occurred.
Jacksonville
Charles F. Dunford
MEXICANS USE TORTURE.
Tear Out Americans’ Nails to Secure
Names of Confederates.
Pittsburg, Aug. 12. Police officials
here have received news of the tortur
ing of William Moffatt and Edward
Maloney, who were arrested recently
in Mexico City on a charge of robbing
a bank messenger. Moffatt and Ma
loney, the police here say, were well
knowt to them before leaving for
Mexico.
Two companions escaped the officers
when the Pittsburgers were arrested
and the Mexican police demanded their
names. Refusing to betray their com
panions, the men allege that they were
strapped by the wrists to the bars of
their cells, while the officials with for
ceps tore the nails from their hands.
Unable to bear the agony, the men
gave the names of their companions.
“I suppose,” said Captain of Detec
tives Edwin T. McGough today, ‘‘if it
were not for the record of the men,
their torture would mean international
complications.”
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JACKSONVILLE,
H. K. HANNA, JR.
Stamp Pictures
And Cabinet Portraits
LAWYER
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OREGON
At his residence near the Court House
Satisfaction guaranteed. Stamps. 3 posi
tions, 1 dozen 50 cents. Cabinets accord
ing to mounts selected.
Legal papers of all kinds made out. Special
attention given to papers in settlement of estates.
Abstract of Land Titles
Most complete set of abstract books in the
county. Abstract made promptly and accurately1
Made by
M. HEGE
Filings made on homesteads and timber claims.
Correct plats weekly showing all vacant lands.
Notary Public and Conveyencer
Office: One block south of depot.
JACKSONVILLE,
OREGON
Real Estate and Insurance
DR. T. T. SHAW
Fine list of county and town property for sale
and rent.
DENTIST
Warrants bought and sold. Collections made.
Taxes paid. Rents collected. Prompt reply to all
letters. Charges reasonable.
Office in Ryan Budding, California St.,
Upstairs
JACKSONVILLE,
Money Loaned
References
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