NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Senate Invites Suggestions Re garding the Regulation of Trusts. Washington, Winding up n week of oonaldnratlon of the ailmlniBtratlon' antl tniHi legislative proKrainnii', mom IX'rH of committee of Um he-tine and aenate predletwl that thp iHI m geated In Preaidnnt 'llon' mpflanee would b rnid for congreaa before March 1. IloaiingH before the hotine Judiciary and Interntatn committee, It wan an nminced, would bo prolonged and the annate Inleminti coinimri I (iPtmnlt li(, with HM approval of the president, will receive HUggrHtlonK bjf mull from men of iiffnirH IStSfSStsd Iti the sub ject hi'sti .ill of i iiTnJ lift i in- formal hear ing. DssldSS glilm- the Ir.i'l"' r-otnmlHHlon iiuthorlly lo regSjatS tin- alBS or cor SOfatlooa, Senator Cummins Iiiik pro pOMd ;i iiM'iulriif nt h which uould also etspowsf it to dstermlna whether nny SSTSOS or i in -poratlou I" iloliitlng 111'1 litw with reap art to sslss below urinal -.ti for UM puriioMi' or Infllotlni In jury upon a oonpeUtor, and whether any i nt iioi.itlou i. vlolni iiir, the law itii reaped lo the ssaounl i II i ifd talUatlon aa conparad with th raise ii ha property. Monopoly of Wirei Urged. Clll I'l'lltlH III lllllllllll.lltill III llll' graph, telephone and wlrHe 00S9 tit ii ii if ii i Kin "and hiiiIi other meeni oi transmission of Intelligence an nay hereafter develop." i recommended in a repot (knitted to ihi aeaata l'. Co 'in, !' i Qeucral Bui ii on iinmi'diiiii' novi'i iimh'iii owner Mp ol telephooi How hi recommended! with a ayatssi ot lloetwe for the other si li ol oiiimiiiiiIi iiUun. rain I komi ii mi-ill monopoly even whore tin n a not net ii.i i ownerahlp The reporl recommend! Immediate goooleltlofl by pun mi al appralaed Value iii tii- i-oiiiiiii-ri la I lelephi MtWOffc," I'xicpt tiic i ii rtii-r linen Waiting Treatie Ready for Action. Reepondlni to lreeldenl Wll mi nppt'iil. mil ) nt ill.- white SOWM con rofenoe hii week, the aewtte rommli i.-i mi rotates relsttoas orders! a h voniiiic report on n Inrge ssssbof ol arbitration treat lea between the lull ed Itatss and the leading oouatrtea of tin world Til.- i. aching obaracter of thi icroup ot no. inc. i ahown b) lh lonn it ot in 'i.ii.- powi'D nii which tln' arc in. ni. . ii i ludlni in. Il nl I In grcni poa ' i of I in'i" Houl h Intel t i and ii i lent a from llu Impoi lanci1 ul Ihi treat lea In t he t a BOSSS nl I hem I ' i.u'ii mi ! iii .ii'.-. hi: tie political and III duett la I rel illon ; rti I be i nlted I other i ountt lei I , .-.-. Hlr.. . i Wilnon. m in. i. ii hi the p. hop and III. 'i. Ini-lc nl III. i I I. ill pic nlcd a .III I'n I' m . la) ini Li. naalalance lo tin . u ul i um hi miff i un The proakleui regretfull) told I hem, aa tic it id a delegatloa las) December, thai he cinii, i inn urge anytblnf on con gieaa which bad not received Ike ot kuiiii i lerallon ot the democrat Ii party Paraooa cloea ua the pre Ideal .i be bellevea h i a problem for ti"' atatea to decide, although there in rea aou to believe be aever baa made up, liia miiiii defluitel) mi tiic in . ri I n of iii.. in.'-.i um ii.. dpe mil I., i ti in oumbenl upon him, however, in take a hi. in. I on it lint il I lie i. hum i.tiu part) baa fully coo ildi red II N.itoiMji capital IrevUlee a ii'i.ii oi iu i.ooti i'ihi li pro iiie.i i..i in iii.- record breaklna poel office uppropi i.iiimi lull paMNi'il ii tin 'I'll' IllH. Hi,' .111111. ll llll I III OUlUuu bill culllllH I" ' W) lur i. . in llic .nihil i ilcleii . ii. iu i I'm i. li, ni r. ,ii i i eon firmed ' at u iiiibui ador lo H t. ha ii..-.'. ii : . .- iauulton In iiciii red to be iiue to i be i ael that i a is reported lo bat uki lo proic; i ugaiuai iin I'eorla man, not a IthataudltiH that i but - pro si unwarranted , The I'll imlii i l.i a . I, iin, mi till ,m i linn, lug tin' rouatl uctlou m iiie I', ii i land-Vancouvei bridge aeroaa the Co liiiiitni rlvei baa farted the eiuitu and miH goea lo Ike pr ildei or alg uaiure With aaaurauce thai the i e a ill In .'. I . .l.'. l'l .'-l.lelil : - " -,'!( tn iti. .en. it.' ih. formal nomination ni I'oloiiel Uoethala in in overnot of I be i. null .-one I'llc ncn.ile VI a Ullli li .-III led I'v the churn.' '' Henatoi of 11 i it.it reporl ol the lutei couimlaaion bad been I'tored ; il i pre -lent i II I ... BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON A white blackbird haK been een at Cottage Qrove, It in declared. The bird renemblen Its fellow in every way except in color. The Kngene commercial club plan to I... $700n ror use in continuing actlvitle of the club for the enHuIng year. Hcpri'scntatlvc l.afferty ha Intro duced Senator t'hambnrlaln'n bill ap proprlatlng J2.SOO.000 for n drydock on the Columbia river. The Flrt National bank of Tllla mook and the Hyjjiboro National bank have applied for membemhip III the nw federal hanking Hystem. The onion crop In the Sherwood din tfial thin year will net the growers more than $75.ono and the return from hop will be i 50.000. An Oregon man Nnt the treanury department 2' entn "conscience mon ey" to rei:i I lie ko eminent for use of a cancelled threcccnl pontiiKe Htamp 4u year ago. DepUt) State I'reiiHiirer llyaii ell mat. m that 11,000,000 in unpaid war rants will be outntiindliiK when the taxes for the year become available In April. I'rcllmliiiiry nrnitmcmenls have i i mini.' for a lam there tunkel eari) In Maicli rrom Mnllord to North Yukl ma. Weiiiiii in Hood River and other orchard center In the uorthwi'Mt, The report on the practicability of creetlag greel power site at The Dallea will be ready tor the aaal sen lea oi the Oraajoa legislature, aoeord. inn in Sinn KiikIih" if LtWkl proj eri engineer win i elected. Repreeenlnilve llawley has Intro dUOed a bill nuthorlzliiK the use or Ike revenuea oi "rater Lake National paii. in defraying tke ooal or tka park mane gem eol and for Improviag roadi ami i in 1 1 a ii Inn ih1' park rmpor.itlon Commissioner WiiImoii has caticelli'd the permits lo do Imsl Hess iu ibis atate ol the Inveetora Building i Trust louipniiN ami the stale iteposii btortgage ootapaajri oi i. ml, mil Oregon win gel Mid less from ihe i ti i iii ii appropriation bin than wai recommended kj leeretarj of the hi tirlor I. nne In his reporl of Dooember 1 Tin appiopi ialloii of $l.i. I for the addition to the assembly ball. Pfce mawn si liuol, was iiifliiil.il In the cut 'i he war department Informa lena tor hamlierlalli that atniv t ralispuri -are limited k law to currylnit persons connected with the rederal or Insular aervloe aad cannot be rooted for Um tianspiu Ml am ol iiKi'lcill ural OOllOgO i iiiei to iiie Panama eipoeltlon I he hill ol Senator Line aiuendiiiL' . RlotlOg law teipiirliiK reOOOH bound i.. i Portland lo stop at Aatoria( wan favorabl) reported b tke oommerce i .ii.iiniii Tke laa prat Idlag for Ike , a le anil an oh lion to oommerce, it i pointed SO Weak thai he could Hot lie lil- 1,1111 i .-in ot hlmeell with the bullet ! i yd I..I Ills sell dcSI rilct lo'i ' laiiiei than stai i c lo death w i I I llll III Nell. . III a ' lllllll I III I la ivooil smile mile tram V'ernonla by'iu a p II ' Unit had been scan Iiiiik I'M him i tie mm ratal i ol the aat doee not bclieie in II. ami be sat" M foarleo Iv bul he bus Jiii-l iilhiwed an OrOgW mail to roalga from the nm Thin wan a apoOMl case bOWOVOT, and II eemed proper t Um tke young man have an oppoi Minn to make a fair In tug lot his ratuili Scii.-i.irv lane ha- allolleil $LM. ti.ii.'iuii io caui on work under the reclamation law tins year, ami ot ihis total. Oregon receive H.3I0.1S6 Thin i.ii' aiioiuieiit oshauata all OMueya now available fir fciiM'i'iniieiii Irrigation M .a i including the full io.ooo letii by congrea teveral feai ago but Ik l.'loloi. ihhoii, n, ,1 I'm I laud II i mp proh ..ia ii do. - i. ,n amount to an emer i;eiic and li i- um io acute a In moel ntiie ' roughoul the conn II x Si.lill Itlll l. lioWl'l el leli.l. 1. .1 more difficult bj the okwlng Ike rock pile .. aaaguate plan ha been audi i i agoac) to handle the altualloa There are accordlug i in good iii, a, there w ho liav a mi w m k laatructlon to laatltute criminal proaeculloua agalual iiii the oommla an nun linn- doing buelueoa in tins late without complying with Ihe laa enacted b the ' - legislature i latlug tiieie bualneaa have been eni out h the tate railroad rommiaalon to la dlatriel attorneys in the stale hi the couatlee ol Multnomah Marlon, i mat Ilia, Joaephiue, t'lataop, V Linn Maker. Jackson ami lane Only uwocwtloa or firm ut tke ttati , omplled i'h tke ute .aw te.-tnic aa a, i.ii ioii baa been organised In the I .wis ami Cktrh dli lop count i ami' her id) for urganliailon ai gcappooae ' ,1 tile WO. k Ol aluati i .' i iirganiilag ike dalr) . ell under a ii ictor ii . ill nt lol I I. .u THE GRANGE Canductcd by J. W. DARROW. ' h.th.m. N Y.. K'litor itf Out .rr Tnrk Stat ftrqng GRANGE HISTORY. A Glance Backward Recalls For gotten Events. Th Order of Patron of Husbandry, a Fraternal Organitatien, Shown by It Contribution For the Relief of Suffering Farmer In the Early Day of the Order An Educational Ven ture In North Carolina. In April. 1S74. the Mlllppl river overflowed It banka, carrying disaster ami viifTerlng to a large number of farmer, in Lottlataaa ami Alabaraa many Of whom were I'atrmis of Hits bandry, The execuUva committee of tke iiatimiiii graofi leoi 11X100 of tin grange famfe to relieve tke stricken farmen and later oapeadod aboai Ik,-'-"I in purchaalng flour ami boron, will, li were dletrlboted to the offer in.- I'att s through the maeten of the -late grange Nearly every grange -int.. contributed t" their neeit-. aome uh lug as ii i ti h as 13,000 iid.si to thi-i calamity to the faro ant lame the graaahopner plague, ntnl again the national grange 'cut about i i.ihmi to the maatera or atate grange in liftra, Miiiiieiita. Dakota. Kansas ami Mita-'.a t. relieve the aranta of Patrona, Later inKM) wai aenl to Ar kanaa Patron and ISjOOO to the Knn--iis atate grange to enable it to pay its 'lues to the national grange During the following year other contributlona Mere ti i.ii li-. Iii' It lirollglll lliese III ternal glfta up to ii.nmi for the rear f.illow Itm in IH7H tin- ttate grange ol smith Carolina r Ivod from the national grunge ireaaary the aum of si, mm to aid auaTerer from a anlonged drought, mi a anerial loan made to the St i.ia-i.a Mate grnnga amounting to :i.", lino was made it donation on accotiitl of the eoiiiiiiiieii dlotreaa la that atate. The i null llxillmis of ihe Ohio state grange along alaml this period amount' eil lo nearly 16X000 I hoc wcic the 1 1 . i - when Ihe nil- ii.mai grange treeeurj araa idetkorlc, anil It afU so been use of the laphl In i teae In 111" number of grange. In laaaary, i7i 2.110 nee grangea were iirganl.i'il ; Iu I'elii'mir.v . UBDi III Maieh. J.oJI; in Ull. I.IS7. anil li Ill . t lime on the ileellue WO notable on .Ian I. s7.-,. there WON -l'il'7 grange In the I'nlted Itatea The grange baa alwaya given it t.ei effort t" the advawemenl ad mallon. i! Iiil .-if -I - A tmlalilc illus ration la-cur In the hlatorj ol the tr mi- in the ' t hern atatea, where tke rnngH M ' ii "lie time atrangei In ii . ii.ei id a in nuy other pari of the , ..111,11'. 't"l III III. HOIltlllTII -I Ite- . i were very luadenuate Tke slate : mi .e of Norili I irollllH miiuieiiili'il lli.n Ike --uli.'i'ilinate rrauge Intereel tkemaelvi in eatab- i-iiIiil i.n -ul achool, ami ir fouml larac in aiii. ii area adviaed thai irluiarj lal el ell III II s liuol- lie e-t ll emu Hon with couuty an.1 ui inlluale grawgea Tke natkmul grange iruceellug of ivv-' atate that grange -, iioois Merc patnlillaheil by utxnll n. ne grangea la aoaae pints of loulal ana. North Carolina ami Alabama ami p..--ll.y in some other southern Mate The griiiu:e fair now no ileer veil ly pupuliir In some males, U no new Idea As eailv as I STVJ ii local gtatiue in Mis laolppl held a grunge fair, and In S7.'i a stale griini:c fair was held In Alabama tirange fair- were early cry popular In New Knu'laml. as ihey e en now are A grange crop report inc aiatogj wit- orfjaakaad in is;i. an ihoil'eil by the national gTOOga but a, the urnnue illil not respomi very a . nii'li it wan not continued after ls7. although the reporis were MtM to in o i considerable value tumping grouud of Ihe inler in IsTI ami ts7". were the -tales ,t In diana anil Iowa Theie Ihe meat lint ics or ihe grange in its arioua a ti I tics wcic fOUght; l.il'wai legislation. griiuge -lures, grange Imalneaa agon i les and , o opeialiv a s, hemes and ill i li - ea, h ami all bad their times ,,r grcalesl suci ess, ami then came illlc failure Theae sine- had about the same uuuiber of grangea, the iii;h wg tei n, ai k h.n iii in en i.a bed in i.ii'u i.v is.;;,. :iii ghoul :'.im graugoe Ul either state There were lta),ou) meni ben of the Order in Iowa at thai time Missouri was al-o In the t.'Bjtl grange a--, though with smiiew hat fewer uictiilicis As cull as ls.r'' I'ttn had ci'iie luio ihe bualueaa ol grange co Hpciiiiioii on a urge s, aic According to the publlabed imp edlng ol tke Iowa state grange of that M'.n a third of the grain elevatora In the ttate ii,- ei i her owned or eoutrolled b) tke grauge li la atd thai aumiinm im-ii els m gialll ii i nl Immense nUUllMMU Of a eattie had been ,,ai m 'iu grange ageuta, and Iu tke pui , h.i-cs of fill Hi lUlpleiUeUt It Is said thai Iiie laiincis of Ihe slate were - n ,.,i v:,; ,,i,i ml( i a- reported lo tke state grange thai yeai thai the agent of the I'liim bad i a bualueea ol , mi cite, ted ii aat log of r per if III en family suppi','- aid 'Jh pel I Ural llllplellle: -I. toll, ' NEWS NOTES OF IDAHO The Flrt National bank of Payette hiiH applied for memberflhip in the federal reserve ytem. The following nomlnatlona for poet niiisieia have been made by the pre Ident. Gregory Jones, Blackfoot, Ida ho; Honora M. Murray, Priest River, Idaho. The government ha deslgnatpd Mo-cow a a depository for postal sav ing from the offices at Spirit Lake, Ruthdrum, Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls. J. C. Hague, a rancher from near Trestle creek, was shot in the abdo men and probably fatally wounded by Ooodberg Piatt, a former merchant of Siindpolnt. The iipteine court of Idaho now has the case involving charges against Mayor Arthur Hodges or Holse, that he knowingly permitted objectionable house to run In violation of the com mission form of government The Mlackt. et Kvettlng Courier at Boise has been placed In the bunds or a receii it and the sheriff has hoard ed up the office and locked the doors. The tnaiiiigiug editor blame- the Iron ble on .indite Itevena for trying to dic tate ihe political policy ol the paper. The l.ewlnton Commercial club has been liilormed that Sen nor Chamber lain will Introduce a bill in congress taking lor an appropriation of $1111,111111 for suney or the Columbia and Snake rltfOI arltk Ike Intention of canalizing tkom lor use by steamboats. The National company at Mullan has encountered 1 new ore bod) ok Um L'l"' level In the raise. The ore I a black copper sulphide In the Itevett formatloa, similar to the rich ore en countered in the upper workings of the Snowstorm mine. "The No Cerce county fair.'' given b local tai. ui under Ike direction or Miss llei k. a ho also w rote the musical comedy, was staged at lawlstoli he DON 1 large and appreciative audience. Tke proceeds will ui, 1,1 'ii,. lihrary of Ihe pllhllc schools. Raj Christiansen. Um champion beavywelgki ,,1 idako, it akuadpotnl defeated Sill. a , .Miller or Sallilpoint . and Ives Boylngtoa Of Hope, gelling two rails From each In one hour Hi' ait I lo throw both twice in an hour ami a hall Kev o. p. Christian ha been ap pointed b) Governor Haines a member or the Idaho stale sanitary hoard, that has iu hand the proponed home for the feeble minded near Nampii He -on 1 ceils Kilgur Wilson, whose term expired some line ago, and In appoint ml to serve sl yearn. B) an order recently Issued, ihe public utilities commission penults the l.ew ..ston ( Iarkslon company lo lib- a Sllpple III. Il Bl heilllle reducing the former rates on lighting and heating 1 lor heiai ffeotlve February I. waiving the staiutory notice pro 1 liled lor In m h 1 Idako s repre entatlvee la tke so iiomii leglalature win obeorve Ipple day with the test 1,1 ihe atatO throtinh the oourteey of thooe in ckarga or Um ceii in anon Thuradaj boa ol the 1 rule has boon forwarded ' vYaeklaa ton for each ol Ike lenatora sad repre entatlvee aad their frleoda The Indian appiopriiiliou bill as re ported to the lioiise carries 1SO,000 HUM lor Idaho than wan recommended in ihe annual estimate 'Ihe appro prtatlon for the Kort Hall Irrigation project was cut from MMM to -'. 1 The Fori l.upwai requent for natiltarliim and unpleiueiit fuinls wen deeded, also dm Hveetoah gppropria Ho a lot Ho I'm 1 Hall Indian. Notwltkataadiag that the provision ol Ihe hanking laws of Idaho itppur eiuly burn banks operuting under a charter iroin ihe mate limn entering iin- rederal reserve ayataea, tks pro lilhilioti m not a real one This in Ihe opinion ol C I itohin-mi, oaaklei of the Idaho Tiu.-t A: nuvings bank 01 Boiss Welsei has taken the laugo to Its iio.-om iu osrnesl ooioty, almoal ea masse, turned out to take laaaooi in the Hew il. ilices trom Miss llalllel Harris, an innti uctor who came from lor thai purpose The Wash Hilton club, the largest social ornaiil latloa sat as official mdoree ment and almost ever) member now tangoes. Kepreseiii.ii.'.- Smith ol Idaho ha. requested the Interstate commeroi oommlsskm lo tiikc up the qusstlos oi dlau rlmlaallag trelgkl rates on uipol iti fullers earth, pumice stone gad aoapetoae ast quaatltlea ol which are being oUsed b) tke United Miser -oci. nam 1.1 Boise, it ia Mart IMted that the rate on these mineral n'lil." per hOOd fed pounds trom southern California to Chicago, wklla th, tin. from Hoise ami latermediati poluta la (3 cents to L'hlcat IgarOUSl) pratSStlSg against i1 ailment into law ot the proposed Dill thai has jui been introduced n tin-- withdrawing trom euir radiiin. I mint 1 si lands, the Idaho M li -iniaiion has tmward.il ti ' ' i' ah a las li I1 -a-.-. I ."I I iAimtm ma t HBLafaTalaB BraB"aTaaaBBaTaV aaaaawlgaaaaaaV -- I feX 0F ONTARIO. ORE VA r A In a II Confining our business strictly to LEGITIMATE banking, and with ample resources for the needs of our customers, we invite the banking business of ranchers, fruitgrowers, stockmen ana individuals, Resources Over Half Million Dollars OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS A. L. COCKRUM. President; H. B COCKRUM, Caahier T. TURNBULL, Vice President C. W.PLATT Ass't. Cashier C. E. KENYON J. I). BItXINGSLY L B. COCKRUM New Spring Goods We don't wait till the season is over to cut our prices in half and quarters. Look in our' win dow at the new prices and goods made to your measure, and sat isfaction assured all thro. Cope & The Only Tailors No Particular Woman Ought to be without an astistic and servicablc Toilet Set. Besides be ing useful it adds Dainti ness to the Dressing Table and it you wish to present her with a Set. the Kind she will be proud to own, look over our stock. Ui- have an mil, -, variety ol pattern of Nterlina and plated nil wr tela. If ou bIibbIi il.'iir.- a II iitoii hit k. a Broth a Cumb or a Mirror, well giadl break up a Set to aatiafy you. Plsoss invest ijfate th (.noils behind thiaad. W. W. LETSON Your ONTARIO, ISjEI J. 6. WALKER. Proprietor. SAVING TIME saaaaBaaaaS(i' s2jnjw$ Means Not Only Time But Money. Do you 0Vr COtltidor ho lona it takes to travel the distance from your houM to tho Doctor tnd Morehant ami what time 1 by tolophoning? If your timt to worth anything, you cannot afford to ba witho it i Telephone.,. Malheur Home Telephone Co. nJ l?,..tl- Good Country Dunnuck Ontario, Ore. Jeweler oke;on ONTARIO LIVERY Best Equipped Livery in the city. Headquarters for Stockmen. Horses Bought and Sold. Ay TELEPHONE jfy. apBfcJ-laaaS-awWe t t