J DAYTON HERALD VESSELS IN VERY BAO SHAPE Ruse 8ay« They Would Not Be Able to Reach the East. St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.— In an out­ OREGON. DAYTON spoken article, in reply to a recent letter of Admiral Bierileff, which ap­ DEEPEN THE WILLAMETTE. TWO FREE COURSES. pealed to Russians not to qriticise the condition of the navyopenly, the Ruse Lectures on Agriculture and Dairying Commercial Club Want« Mora Open today declare« the time ia past for si­ at Corvallie College. lence, in view of the fact that the "old Albany—The Albany Commercial Corvallis — Immediately following .largo ”col««h” drawn by four horses. CHAPTER IX.» system of concealing facts is responsi­ the winter holidays the Oregon Agri- club at a recent session diesussed the The aspect of the country has chang­ My companion has started forward, and ble for the loss of 150,000,000 roubles’ cultural college will give free of charge question of an open nver“between Al­ ed since I set out from Little Kolga one is peering in the direction of ths equip­ worth of warships and has covered us early morning nearly a month ago. And age with his hand archod over his blluk- with shame and grief.’ It would be two popular short courses of instruc- bany and Portland the year round, in­ I, too, am changed. Like a forest tree ing eye«. A Resume of tha Loss Important but "By «II th« aalnta. It Is very like- absurd to hide the defects that can still tion-«-one in agriculture, the othier in stead of a few months each year, as my frame has hardened and strength­ Not Leos t Interesting Events be repaired in the ships Which remain dairying. Theee courses consist chief- prevails at present, »nd decided to me- ened. and with it my mind has cast out yes. it i» niy uncle’s caUah!” he «X- of the Past Week. at Cronstadt and Libau. We have al­ I ly of lectures by specialists from the moralize congress for an open river. A nervous., tear and become caim and claims. “ strong. Since I got Maruscha's letter "That ia well! then I hav« th« honor ready criminally wasted enough time.” 'faculty and from abroad, combined committee was appointed to take charge At Luga telling me that she .is at home to wish you good-by,“ I «■/. moving The Russ enumerates the defects in , He r.l... it to hi. eye. and .lowly Several lives have been lost in Chi- the ships still in Russian waters, aver­ with work in the laboratories, where of the work and impress upon the Ore­ and safe, I am imbued with-hope and quickly away. read. th. addrea. aloud. “Waldemar not! Stay and help confidence, and have journeyed on. asso­ caog as a result of the severe storm. ring that the "peculiarities of structure students have access to the apparatus gon congressional delegation the neces­ ciating myself with all aorta and condi- me out of thia! What will he think to Nicolaivitch Alikanoff!” He bowa to­ ward. in« a« If a third party were in th« 'Congress will have to buy silver bul­ of several of the vessels destined for I of the college and experiment station. sity of an open river. tlon« of men without meeting with a find me thus? Oh—ah. help me to ooms ! act ot prewnting me to him. “A good lion to make much needed small coins. the Far East make the voyage danger­ The lectures are designed for busy men lie! You are a fellow-student—both fond : name. A good Russian name!” Captain A. B. Grshkm, of Portland, ■ingle misndveuture. ous, and the torpedo boats are in such And now I am actually in the govern­ of walking—fineday—back mo up, j>roth- The president is presenting his ideas and women who desire to advance with one of the managers of the Oregon City “I have not read that letter, It la from on railroad freight rates to congressmen shocking condition that it fa a matter thia progressive age but cannot avail Transportation company, which oper­ ment of Kovno, getting very near- the my betrothed,” 1 aay, choking down my frontier, and my firet difficulty ia «taring *1 bite n>y lip sad pause Irreeolute. indignation. “Will you permit me to of surprise that the authorities accepted -personally. their delivery. Torpedo boats intend­ themselves of the full four years’ ates boats on the Upper Willamette,- me in the face. I have noted Its ap­ There 1« nothing for It but to meet the , read It? Surely it can make no differ­ Vice Adimral Lord Charles Beres­ ed to reinforce Vice Admiral Rojest- course of instruction; hence the courses addressed the meeting regarding the proach every tim. I have occaaion to inevitable ,pdth a bold front 1 ence so that you retain it in your pos- take out Maruacha’a little puree to pay ford will assume command of the Brit­ vensky must clearly not be dispatched “ 1 will Btsy, ” I reply. "You may session T’ of lectures will come at the most con» improvements ttnrt are necessary to for a frugal meal, and, calmly, philp- ish Mediterranean squadron May 1. . with the numerous defects which have rely on me." ! “My duty Is to place it In the hands aophicai, f have thought: venient season of the year for combin ­ make the Willamfette navigable by good He wrlugs my hand, and proceeds to Many Russians believe a brihgter been proved to exist in them. “When the time come« I will find a mop his fa?« with a dirty cambric hand­ of the Prefect unopened,” is the response. He empha­ way." "Even if Admiral Rojestvensky is a ing pleasure and recreation with profit-, sized boats all the year. “As there Is nothing treasonable in it, h« day is in store for their country when — kerchief; after ■which ho pulls down his sized the necessity of dredging the up­ the announced reforms are put in prac­ clever leader and his 12,000 comrades able study. It hn« epnie. The landlord of the Inn waistcoat straightens himself, »nd al­ will return it to you.” Hie cold sweat breaks out on tny are heroic sailory, everyone knows that tice. The instruction, which is simple, is per river to remove some of the bars before whose door I ait. ha« just received ready the cloud of duet la receiving ua. brow. “Oh, Maruscha! Maruscha! God we have imposed u[x>n them an almost on hi« dirty palm my laat ten-copelj "Ah, my 'uncle, 1 thought I wae not iu Hia mercy ' grant that thou haat not Great'Britain has assumed control of superhuman task in consequence-ef our adapted to the literary attainments of that are the greatest hindrance to naYF piece. I have avoided town« n much ai the legal and financial administration not being furnished with a true account all; hence no educational test is re­ gation, of building revetments opposite poaalble, but to ■ towu atn I now bound, mistaken! I knew your trotter« at a compromised thyself!” I Inwardly groan. - glance. I hope 1 «ee you well, Vaeill Meanwhile, with a gendarme on each of the Tonga islands, the native chiefs of the gravity of the events which have quired for admission to either of the Albany, Corvallis »nd Independence; having told Maruacha in my la«t letter Grigoriev Itch!" „ ■ide of me, I have crossed tbs squsrs consenting. to write to Kovnn. The landlord haa occurred since the fatal night of Feb­ .courses. The sole occupant of the carriage, a and am entering’ the police offleea. Ws The course in agriculture to keep the river in its channel and just informed me that it Ilea twelve ( T. C. PoweU, of Portland, is to be ruary 8.” will begin January 9 and contiune 10 deepen the same, aixl in general in­ verata from here; I «hall therefore be iu thlu, sharp-featured man of middle age, paaa into a email ante-room and «top at dressed in uniform, peers at tho speaker, ■ door at which the officer who seema al- appointed United States marshal at I days. Some of the subjeets to be dis­ dorsed the recommendations of Major po«Ke«ah>n of my tetter iu a few hours. and thou exclaims: Nome, Alaska, to succeed Frank Rich­ waya to take the Initiative knocka. It WILL TRY SEVEN. I rise and stretching luyself^taka up “Is it possible? My brother's son, is torn open Instantly, and an irate head cussed are: “Horticultrue,” /‘Plant Langfitt, who rceently examined the ards, recenlty removed. a ¿tout iHd«r «tick that».I ,cut at th« Andre) Piotrovitch!" 1« thrust out, surmounted by a military The government of Holland announc­ Federal Grand Jury Files New Indict- Breeding,” "Bacteriology,” "Chemical river on behalf of the government and beginning Af my journey, au<$ start at a “Yes, my uncle, I am he! Ha, ha! cap. steady pace up the street. 8oon the last Elements, ” "How Plants Work, ” es that the same neutrality will be ob­ whose recommendations are now em- 1 You have expected Hie for some days; S ments in Land Case. “What now?” exclaims this individual. wooden liut is pasted; the innumerable served in her colonies as at home in re­ thus, not now!” “No use coming to me! I have nothing Portland, Dee. 29.—The Federal "Budding of Plants Based Upon Plant bodied in the river and harbor apyro- patches of reclaimed land, and again the but "1 not have looked for this arrival every gard to the Far Eastern war.. grand jury made its second public ap- Culture,” “How to .Conserve the Fer­ priationliill pending before congress. trackless waste« of bog and moor «tretch day for a week! And now what la thia? to do with it. After busineas hours— -<* to right and left, over which the I meet thee here, on foot and in thia going home to dinner. Should hsve.been _ A British tramp steamer is ashore on ;>earan£e yesterday afteronon, at which tility of the Soil,” “Drainage,” “Soil It was further recommended that the away 1 gone an hour ago.” the Atlantic coast on Fire island bar. time it i^buMied indictments against Moisture,” “Rose Cluture,” “Veterin- War department be encouraged to pur­ aparrow hawks quiver eternally. plight?" The gendarme drawa him aaide and “ Hallo, brother! Be merciful! ” Owing to the storm the vessel will be a Salmon B. Ormsby, of Salem; William ary Surgery,” "Rotation of Crops,” "Ah, yea, that ia just IL • plight! whiapera to him. chase the locks at Oregon City, thus a voice from the ground. I claims ab- Walking on a duaty road improvea not total wreck. ^The entire crew was H. Davis, of Albany; Clark E. Loomis, I strain my ears to catch ths purport lost. -4*^ [of'Eugene; Henry A. Young, George "Roadmaking,”', '‘fertilization and removing that olwtr^etion to upper ruptly stop, and- looking down perceive one'a’ appearance. Ha! ha! I feel quite of the gendarme's remarks, but. only that my stick, which I have been sway ­ diareputablo. But it ia oqly on tho sur­ hear: “The Governor, “St. Petereburg,” How to Make the Ohl Farm Pay.” river traffic. These locks add 50 cents । Sorenson,«of Portland; John Doe and ing from side Su side, has^arrowly es­ Free press, freedom of conscience and The bourse’ in dairying will com­ per ton to freight rates between all caped striking the head of a young man face, my unclq, You seo, I am passion­ and tho name Andrei Piotrovitch.” Only compulsory elementary educatioh have Richard Roe. The charge is that the ately fond of walking iu the country, and indicted men'entered into a conspiracy mence Januray 21, and cbntinue eight loWer and upper river points. who réclines on the side of the ditch. the day is so fine I could not reslot. three worda, yet they are enough to in­ been promised in Russia. on December 29, 1901, having as their He blinks up at nig with a foolish maud­ endenceand Col-Valli*," “Hallo, stop! Wait for a fellow, little in slghtr Vasili Grigorievitch.” ho would look me through. I endure bls mean, of false and forged affidavits an^T butter makin two d eh “ The lying scoundrel!" I think, yet I other« injured in a wreck on the South­ and to draft resolutions favoring the brother!” cries the man, as he scram­ dare not contradict him, and atand allent- looks with the indifference of despair. proofa_pf homestead entry and settle- , . . , - ern railroad near Lduiaville, Ky. When the gendarme has finished whis­ * ment, some in the names of real and I nia^ln9' an^ two Jny8 W|H be spent in immediate improvement of the river, bles out of the ditch. ' ly enduring tho eevere ocrutiny of the pering, the official pronounces the fiat The request affects me disagreeably; Governor. according to the recommendations of Russians have been ordered to re- some in tlie names of fictitious persons, ry laboratories. In the after- “Lock him upL Cas« will be beard to- * ’ move the hospital shipa placed in front the government waa induced to issue noon of the days, except those devoted Major Langfitt, and to sepurp a visit, to I want to get ot), and prefer my own "Hein!” ho nasals at length, and with morrow. Too late to-night. Present company- to that of W drunken — ^witat? of their war ahipa at Port Arthur. patents tot be lands. I to cheese making, lecture« will occupy the upper river from Senator J. H. not a Moiijik, nor a vo?ageur, nor a draws his eyes. “Where are thy effects, your report to the Prefect to-morrow. Mitchell and Congressman Binger Her ­ Andrei Piotrovitch? ” Meanwhile, lock him up.” It la churged that in furtherance of » „ ..__ ■ ™ peasant farmer. What theu? A Russian editor has been arrested “Sent in., advance, my uncle; they will b0“™- There w,1‘ 1x0,0 mann during their stay in Portland. Hie orders are executed and at 8 He ia dressed in a light summer suit tor publishing a story of brutal conduct the conspiracy William H. Davis swore tW° I o’clock that night the iron-atuddod door of no provincial cut, though soiled and arrive before ua.” to an affidavit before 8. B. Ormsby in iee8 tbe breakage deposit of $3. of an officer toward a convict convoy. “Hem!” ejaculatee the Governor, roceivee mo Into ita dread ehadow. spotted with grease. Hia hands show Tin Pan Changes Hands. which he said that he had resided upon I ------------- again. Aud to tho man servant who (To bo con«Inuod.i - ’ E. E. Calvin is to become general the claim taken by him aa by law re-1 Grants Pass—An, important mining whit* through the dirt on them, and on has School for Defective Youth. descended from the boxt "Yeremel, 1 manager ot the Southern Pacific rail- the little finger of the left is a coxtly quired, and it is also alleged that the Pendleton—State Senator C. j'Smith sale has just been consummated here ring, a thick gold snake with a diamond open. FIGHTING BY ANCIENT SHIPS. road in succession to C. H. Markham. conspiracy was a part of the one entered and two others of the hold over legisla- in the exchange of the Tin Pan mine, in its head. The carriage door is held wide. ,_____ .. Many Republican congressmen want into by 8. A. D. Puter, Horace G. Me-1tive committee visited the Washington of Galla creek. - ft was soM by Willis “May I pray you to aaccnd, monsieur!” How tha Fiaste of the Romane Gained He ha. struggled to hl» leg. and «finds the passage of the merchant marine I Kinley, D. M . Tarpley and Emma L. I school for defective youth at Vancouver Kremar and H. C. Reed to"A. A. Tau- before me, a repulsive looking object, The Governor 1s addreeting me, though I „ ' Victorio«. bill poatponed until next seM*ion, when Watson. Lieutenant Commander Roy C. I and will recommend that one lie estab- lieneck and asmx-iates, ot Allegheny, with his sloping shoulders, his thin,, be io looking past me. “I thank your Excellency, but I am Smith, U. 8. N„ naval attache to the — they would favor it. • Hiahed in this sttae. Other matters de- Pa. The consideration is $10,000cash. blotched, face, from which protruded a , |cided upon by the committee was that The Tin Pan is one of the most promis­ sharp, mean nose, looking as if the point reslly walking from choice,-therefore beg Unlted Btateg embaoy to France u - IN FOG AND ICE. A general snow storm throughout to decline your courteous offer.” .. .. . . , . e ■ the health board should have more au- ing of the Galls creek district proper­ had'been dipped in red ink. "Ah—indeed .re you fond of walking, t^.*Utí‘Or ” extre“e|y Interesting Colorado and Wyoming, following sud­ “You might h.ve put out my ey. there, ties, and is well develojied. The ore of Great Storm Rages from Rocky Moun- I ‘ hori ‘ y than hitherto,' so as to be able denly an extended period of mild my friand,” he observe., .hutting up the an Accomplished pedestrian, and doubt- I arHcle I® tbe North American Review _ less a true votary of Nature. I congrat- I entitled "An Untechnical View of War- a»u„.:» I10 enforce regulations made, instead of the -Tin Pan is remarkable by reason of left and cocking the other at me. weather, is likely to cause considerable the large percentage of lead and silver tains to Atlantic. [recommending that they be carried out. damage to stock on the open ranges. “1 might, indeed." I respond, “for nip ul.te you on your good taeto, elrl” Then fare.” In warfarF, at all times, by carried, which with the gold brings the Chicago, Dw. 29.—One of the sever-1Typhoid fever was made a quarantine til you spoke I saw you not Again I to his nephew: "Yet I understood thee to | land or aea, the eternal principles are A grand jury aay* New . York liquor I >at Storms of recent years has raged disease instead of l«ing reported, aa values up to $25 and $30 a ton?" say that thy friend had complained of the aame. The supreme necessity is beg your pardon.’ ' man sand large suma to influence legis- throughout the territory lying between hitherto. timbe suberior to tha enemv at the “I accept your apology, brother," he fatigue, Andrei; Piotrovitch T’ < . “ lation at Albany. _h- • Said I «>. Vasili Grigorievitch? Sure- , . 8UP*"or «nemy at the Discuss Fish Laws. Bays condescendingly, and planting his the Rocky- mountains and the Great Astoria — A call has been issued in­ fest very far apart. “And now may ly not! You must have taken me up po,nt of conteat- wither in numbera. An Austro-Hungarian admiral has lakes since early this morning, and has Malheur Irrigation Preliminaries. wrong. I said that I waa fatigued. weaP°n8 or position, and the purpoae I ask your destination? Kovno, eh?” been chosen as the fifth member ot the caused much trouble to street car com- Valc*-H. Rowland Lee, government viting the legislative members from all could scarcely say so of my friend—hem I tlje adence of war la to effect thia "Yea, I go to Kovno.” <. paniea, railroads and telegraph com­ soil expert, who has Iteen in Vale for c »unties on both sides of the Columbia North sea inquiry commission. “Ah, that ia luck; I go there also, so —Ivan — hem — Ivan Feodoreivitch.” auperíority. Commander Smith fol- panies. The latter were the greatest the past month interviewing the farm­ river, the cannerymen, cold storage we can proceed together. Whet think Here his uncle's gaze being removed I lows out these elementary principles A representative of a large French sufferers from the blizzard, which people, seiners, trappers, gillnetters, steel company is looking for available swept through the West and Northwest ers with land under the pro|>osed gov­ wheelmen and fisheries officials of the you to see a gentleman like me going on from him, the ’ perverted jackanapee |n their application to land and naval 'i?*- "I?D warfare- ^rm.hlng Illuminating Blue- site sfor the establishment of factories during the last 24 hours,. md Which ernment reservoir and examining lands, states of Oregon and Washington ¡to foot the distance of twelve versts? I F^XtrTh ”*L‘ ■«.«.« have been cheated, robbed, my friend, of r eodoreivitch, he repeat« with emoha* I has moved lb Ontario, where he will l e in the United State«. the T»riation in tactice and was preceded by a heavy fog and driz­ located for a month or more,' wl attend a meeting to l>e held in this city ■II the money I had in my purse—five sis and another wing, “can walk hia fifty tratlona he Governor Odell and ex-Governor zling rain, which made the wires almost will meet the farmers of that section for the purpose of discussing proposed hundred roubles, that Is. what I had vente a day aa smily ae you can take ,n atrate«y neceeaitated by the dlffer- a pinch of enuff, my uncle!" *nt condltlona of different age«. In de- Black are both said to be candidates for I unworkable. and examine soils of Nyssa, Owyhee, changes in the fishing laws of the two when I left St. Petersburg. Well, let It It.ia evident to me that alnce he la; «criblng the methode of fighting 1m- The intense cold and terriffic gale White settlement and Dead Ox fiat. states. Those calllhg the meeting be­ go!' Help me «long, brother, and I will United States senator from New York that followed close upon the fog coated Thomas H. Means, head engineer of the lieve a defirrite plan can be agretd p«y you for it. when we get to Kovno. comfortably Installed in hi« uncle's car- posed upon the fleets of ancient Rome for Senator Platt’a place. the wires with ice, and later in the day division of soils of the U. 8. G. ß., is upon and, the passage of a joint bill My uncle 1« Governor of the Province. riage and the embarrassment of the meet- | by the nature ot the construction of George C. Brownell, president of the I am going ou a visit to him. Ho is In« *• tided over, Andrei Piotrovitch tha galleys and the character of the threw poles to the ground, crippling in Malheur county, and last Oregon senate, will be called be­ will rema n will be an easy matter. rich.” would not b« sorry to part from ms * I «.» «. .. . the companies ba,lly. Railroad trains for several months. “Indeed! A manly accompli.hment." P°W*r by whlch they Were P«**11* fore the federal grand jury to explain He «wagger« «long, stretching his were Imdly delayed all through the For Grand Ronde Exhibit«. certain papers he affixed hia name to ahort legs to their utmost capabilities in observes tho Governor, making mo a etiff be aay8, west, some of them being 24 hours late. * I a Grand«—The contract for an ex­ order to keep step with me; yet I attempt bnw. Preeently ho aaka me: “Are you “Tb* b®“1*' ®r «alleJa. carried fight- as notary publie, in connection with Corner on Wallowa Wool. Htreet-car traffic in all the cities of the hibit hall in I a Grande has }»een let by not to adapt my walk to hia, and pre- making any stay In Kovno, Ivan Feo- ln« men 88 88 oarsmen. These the land fraud inveetigation; / Enterprise—R. C. Mays, who is buy­ M. L. Causey to Peter Bosquet for aerve a gluwi alienee in my vexation, doreivltch?” West and Northwest was practically at were armed with mlaaile weapons of It is reported in Paris that the Jap­ a standstill at so m a t im e during the ing wool in thia county for the S. Kosh- $500. The.buitding will be 40 feet in whilst I curb my longing to shake him I wince at the name tho youug fool has various sorts, as well as the usual land company, has closed contracts for length by 10 feet wide and the ceiling oil my arm. anese government has expressed a wish day. fathered me with, and to which I am iW0rd and ahleld. In the bowa of the to be represented at the session of the In its extent the storm was the mbit over 500,000 pounds more wool. This will be 14 feet high. This hall will Ire "What la your business ?” he asks pres­ m'T*: V,Ur a “1'*1’ boat, were often found war engine., lency, I am merely passing through. I . .. . ... x A "7 — internatoinal commission inquiring in­ widespread of any during the last 15 makes about three-fourths of the total used only for the exhibition of Grand ently. “ Ah. -woll, if we .re not to h.ve the •’,ch “ the ball,8ta. ®r catapult. Th. "I nm 'a student;” I reply shortly. to tfae North se^tragedy, and is said to years. Counting the fog as a com- wool clip of this county, including 1,- Ronde fruits, grains, grasses and differ­ pleasure of yonr company, Ivan Feo- | boat waa al*° Pro’^ed with a beak or "Wbst faculty?" claim equal rights with the Russian, ponent part of the storm, it stretched 000,000 pounds which he has already ent produce grown herea The Com­ doreivltch, I have tho honor to wl.h r®“1- 'JNcM, aa to mace. The indivldn- “Medicine.” before the commission, especially as from the Rocky mountains to New purchased. The total wool clip is'esti- mercial club and citizens in different you good-day," and the Governor ratoee ual unite or boata had to be aufficlently “Studied in Moscow?” the Russians still maintain that Japan- York, and from Winnipeg to New Or- mated at 2,000,000 pounds. With Ifi- parts of the valley sutacribed lor the hi. cap with another etiff bow, to which | large to earry a number of fighting “St. Petersburg.” , see war vessels were seen among the cent wool and the prospeet of a substan­ building. I respond. mMli but were limited in else by “ What, St. Petersburfg! I, too, am a Hull trawlers. tial rise in cattle, good times are pro­ St. Petersburg student!” Au ^voir, Ivan Feodoreivitch!" ex- the method of conatructlon and the Will Make Lot* of Money. phesied for the people of this county I at nnce regret having spoken the Nine miners were smothered in a Ex-Sheriff to Poorhouse. Th.' min' JF1"' “«tcrial, wood for the greater part. a. Portland, Dee. 29.—»-It was decided next year. ins man servant shuts the carriage I .. . coal mine at Garfield, Pa. Hillsboro—Ex-8heriff W. D. Brad­ truth. He stops short at si door, .wing, himoelf to the box and In wel* “ by the “c®*88111*8 °f ®ar P~- yesterday that the offer from the gov­ “ Let me look At .you, brother! ” Then ford, .who a week ago was stricken with Many Japanese soldiers commit sui- Activity at Sumpter. shaking his hesd—"No, may I be hung a few moment. I at.nd alone in the road. Pulal°n. The motion waa compara- ernment to install two coin machines paralysis, has been removed to the cide when defeat seems at hand. I etep out after thia, and tho verst etone» lively rapid at top apeed, for by long in the government building at the fair Sumpter — Indications point to un­ nhunty poor farm, where he is to be if eter I uw you before!” Chinese have reported to Kuropatkin will be-accepted, though the. cost of usual activity in the Sumpter mining He still stares and hia jaw drops until crop up quickly on« after another. I I training th« oarsmen were enabled to that the Japanese have lost 203-Meter operation will fall on the management district e sent from Washington to take charge. daily, with the intention of completing him financially. His condition is not •alnts!” he eiclaitns. “I know now. I the general po«toffice of a reepect.ble beF looking citizen. I of the boat; for the fighting men did All the workings of a large mint will their assessment work before it is too • retrial of the Dreyfus case. improved, and fears are entertained for went to see some fellows hung one«, and 1 am directed to the usual square, ■not differ materially from foot soldiers - lie shown in-this exhibit, and the meth­ late. The faith awakened in the dis­ one of them, the ringleader, had the look The Japanese are reported to have ods of making coins displayed. It is trict by operations of the smelter is his recovery. of you! I’erhapa you remember the flanked on all sides by government build- | on shore, protected by helmet and captured another fort at Port Arfffur, expected to l>e one ot the chief attrac­ having its effect, aand properties that case? Everybody talked ¡of it at the Ings, over whoee eutrancea hovers the shield. The boat had an excess of lon- Two Gold Brick«. time. They called the fellow 1 apeak of aprend eagle. In the center of which gltudlnal strength, but was Trask with heavy . om to the Russians. tions of the government buliding. have attracted little attention are now Cottage Gfbve—F. J. Hard returned Vladimir Alexandrovitch Lnbanoff.” rides an equeatrian statue, probably of traneveraely. L. being put in shape. A gang of bell boys, organised to I thrill to hear my nam« thus men­ ing<'th?*po.rtoffice.1 Tn Ending"toe from Hohemia een appointai by Governor and finally not at all, having enough to The sultan of Morocco haa issued an trouble. Inland Empire Sunday School".insti­ Chamberlain to attend the convention do with puffing and blowing, “A letter for Waldemar Nleolalvlteh *nd * cb®PP,n« oB tb* blades of tbe orddr expelling all foreign missions, I pretend tute, Pendleton, Ore., January 30. of the National Livestock association, not to observe, and etalk on. Allkanoffr; . opposing oare. Once In contact pro- ' At length delegates and employe* at present at­ Porter I« To Retire. Oregon State Horticultural society, to l>e held at Denver,! Colo., January the gaspa out: “Yes. there Is one.” The rierk hands rided neither boat sunk, a hand to- tached to his court it Fea. He is New York, Dec. 29.—The Herald Portland, January 10-11. • 10 to 13, 1905. I “Wh«t Is all th. hurry? We are not It to me and my Anger, clore with ■ band battle wonld ensue, and the beat ' afraid his brother will be made sultan. wjll say tomorrow: It lias been defi­ National American Wo*M Suffrage Walking for • wager. Why abould We thrill of joy on the predoue miralve. AU crew would win. But the result would It la probable that a part of the new I nitely decided that General Horace association, Portland, June 22-28. blow ovreelve. thia w.y?” is well! is well! my heart «Ing«. I .pring ugually be brought about by ramming, ’ Sinking Main Shaft. Russiaiidean will be placed in New Porter, of New York, shall retire as “I am not in the least blown." I reply, .tree” X a^Tl Lewis and Clark Centennial exposi­ a •urpr,~ «t*®* ®r Sumpter — Columbia company is now "and excuse me If I decline to rest with York. ' v wnen « dsiio is put oft niy shonl- I _ apibaseador to France ahd he will have tion, Portland, June 1 October 15. sinking the main shaft, which is down you. I must get on to Kovno with .11 Tier .nd I ree before me th. poHre offl- maB*n5*rin« T”*« »a®«®« •«* de- Robert 8. McCormick, American am J his resignation in the hands ot Presi­ W“f*t below the 700-foot leveL Oro haste. I h.ve busine.a thery.” cer., one of whom addresee. me eourte- riT*d fro,n * 81mPle conelderatlon of Now Ptant for Imperial. baasador to Russia, who baa been on a dent Roosevelt la-fore his inauguration. He let. go my .rm .nd stare, at me, oualy: for the mill is being stoped from the - th« elements as they were at th« This announcement was received by the two months’ vacation in the United Sumpter—As soon as General Man­ upper works, and enough is in sight to whll.t hl. now «eemi to grow «harper' “You are a «tranger in town, I believe, Republican state leaders. General Por ­ ■ nd the red rim« round hia eye. to airT' Staten, han returned to his poet. ager Sibley, of the Imperial group, re­ insure an indefinite run. ’ I ————_ ■— ter’s successor to Paris will be George “Yee, Fam a stranger to Kovno; I am ' > * Vae«»ey. The preuent w»r in the Far East has Von L. Meyer, the present ambassador turns from the East, more extensive 'What?. Havs I heard aright?”, he paeai.g through tho town,” I reply, look- operations will be carried on. The in­ "Mamie need to laugh ao heartily THE MARKETS. proved itnereeting relative to the value to Italy. “ a—“yog ^ould leave a brother thus, ing the man eteadily la tho face. Fer- | and ao frequently that it Was a pieaw stallation of a larger hoisting plant is of the balloon in time of war. thio awkward predicament?” one of the first improvements to be ** “7 ?rl“* pul“* | «re to bo witt her. What has sobered Wheat — Portland — Jail» Walla, Hurry Work on Black S«a Float made. , . Ab erak in the Pacific coaat sugar 85c f bluestem, 88089c; valley, 87e. eeed. But look you, take my advice, Sevastopol, Dec. 29.— The dockyard pool is looked for. Six large firms of Tacoma—Blnrotom, 88c; elub, 85c. "Lost a front tooth."—Detroit Freo Veit here nntil some vehicle comes up ths papers of traveler«. Ths polies In laborers have been released from their New Sawmill at Lacomb. San Francisco have withdrawn. . Eg gs Oregon ranch, 32c. , and bargaia life. ------- for --- a - “ 7— You have only spection department is just/ across the Press. obligation as members of the reserves Laoomb—The new sawmill at Lacomb Butter— Fancy creamery, 25027 %c. nephew of the kqusre If you will have tha goodness to', The postmaster general haa removed io onier that they may continue the io almost completed. It will be one of Hope—Choice, 29030c; prime, 270 Governor. Thrw-fourtha of all im pills sold accompany us.” two rural mail earrien charged with work on the vessels of th« Black sea the largest and beet equipped in Linn 28