The Stayton mail., September 09, 1904, Image 3

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ARMIES ARC ABOUT CQIJAL.
OREGON NEWS OE INTEREST
Russia Has All Confidence Kuropst-
kin Will Be Victorious.
I CM INO STATION A T CUOCNC.
Bureau of Eorcslrv Has Matter tin-
der Consideration.
;
Haletn— The United Hates bureau of
forestry ban under consideration tire es­
tablishment of a tenting station at the
Uuiveralty of Oregon at Kugene, and it
ia learned from a reliable aource tiiat
the ollieiala who irava the matter In
charge are very favorably impremred
witli the need of aucit a atation here.
The work of auch a ataflon would lie
to make careful and accuiate teata of
the atrength, durability, elaaticlty,
etc,, of all klnda of building and con­
struction material, auch aa lumber,
atone, brick, cement. Huch a atation
would require an Initial inveatmeut of
$6,000 for machinery with which to
make the testa.
The cuatom ol the
government haa U>eti to require the
• tale to furnish the (eating iatiorutory,
while the government employee the ex­
pert to taae charge of the work. After
(lie lalMiiutorv haa lieen provided tliert
would lie no further ex|>enae to the
etalc.
The a*lvantnge to the atate in the ea-
tabliahuient of a government (eating
ataliou would ire itt the advertiai tig
Oregon material would gel aa a rcault
of the teata. A report of all teata
would lie puhliahed in government bul-
letina, and an official record would Ire
kept allowing the merita of Oregon
building material.
The nearcat government teat atation
ia at Berkeley, C al., where the bureau
of foreetry maintain! a atation aimilar
to that propoeed for Oregon. In addi­
tion to aelting tiefore the world reliable
information regarding the merita of
conatruction material, tbeae atationa
afford an opportunity to aacertaln
whether mater ¡ala lieing uae<l in con-
alruction work are of the character
called for by contracts or whether they
are auitod to the purpoee for which
naed.
COMPANY MAY BUILD PORTAGE.
Presumed Object of New Portland
Contract Corporation.
Salem— The Portland Contract com­
pany, of Portland, filed articles of in-
cor|Miratiun in the office of the secretary
o f atate laat week with Daniel Kern,
Robert Wakefield and J. N. Teal aa in­
corporators. The amount of the capital
stock la $10,000. While it ia not ao
stated in the article«, it ia tieileved
around the capitol that this ia the cor­
poration whlrh w ill undertake the con-
etruclion of the portage railway be­
tween Tlie Dalles anti Celilo.
The expressed purpose of the com­
pany la to take contracts for and to
construct buildings, railreada, canals,
bridg-s, etc., and to deal In lumber
and logs, ami transact other buaineas
such aa conatruction companies often
engage in. The incorporators named
are authorised to open stock hooka and
receive «ubecriptiona to the capital
•tock.
Building for Medical College.
Salem— There ia a movemnt on foot
to aecure for the Willamette university
an exclusive building for the use of the
medical college of that institution. It
was announced by l»ean W. H . Byrd,
o f the medical college of the university,
that lion. A. Bush had started the sub­
scription lift toward the realization of
the $17,000 required for the building,
with a donation of $2,600, and that a
subscription of $1,000 bad l>een added
thereto by the faculty of the universi­
ty. Dr. Byrd says that a vigorous
campaign w ill now be made.
Eugene’s Carnegie Library.
Kugene— At a recent meeting of the
city council arrangements were made
for the purchase of a lot on W illam ­
ette street, between Tenth and Elev­
enth, for a site for the Carnegie libra­
ry. The price to be paid is $4,000.
A gift of $10,000 from Mr. Carnegie is
to Ire used in erecting a library build­
ing and equipping the aame with heat­
ing and lighting apparatus, fixtures,
etc., and under the terms of the gift
the city is to maintain a free library at
aa annual expense of $1,000.
Electric Road Is Assured.
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I a Grande— W. E. Davidson, presi­
dent of the Eastern Oregon Develop­
ment company, in speaking of the pro­
posed electric railway for Union coun­
ty, says that the road w ill not only
connect all the towns in the county,
hut w ill connect Wallowa county with
Union county, and it is though it will
ultimately Ire extended to I.ewiston,
and thus establish a railroad between
the H ill and Harriman lines.
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland— Walla W alla, 79c; blue
stem, F4 :; valley, 83c.
Tacoma— Bluestem, 83c; club, 78c.
Albany— 76c.
Ha lem— 80c.
Coliax— Club, 68c; bluestem, 73c.
Pendleton— Club, 68>$c; bluestem,
72c.
La Grand*— Club, 62c ; bluestem, 63c.
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GIVE UP IDEA
P R E D IC T 8 M A N W IL L FLY.
M a c h i n e « N o w B u i l d i n g by W h i c h
la to b « A c c o m p l i s h e d .
I*
In leas than five years, according to
Ht. Petersburg, Kept. 1.— The great Chicago Aldermen Cannot End John I*. Holland, of Newark, N. J.,
Packers’ Strike.
battle of I.iao Yang, which began early
the Inventor o f the auhmartne boat.
man will spread
Tuesday morning, raged throughout
. ELECTRIC ROAD IN UMATILLA.
his wings and fly
the day with increasing lotenaity, hot THEIR EPEORTS ARE AT AN END
like a bird. With­
Will Be Built If Portage Road Is up to this hour no further official de­
out any more ex­
Construe ted.
tails lasyond two brief telegrams given Two Important Meetings Arc Held
ertion than la re­
by Labor Unions, buf They
Pendleton— In the event of the con­ out in the afternoon, have lieen received
quired by the art
st ruction ol the portage railway between bhy the war office.
o f ordinary walk­
Every confidence
Arc Without Trult.
Celilo and The Dalles, which now seem* is expressed in General Kuropatkin’*
ing he will make
Manured, an electrir railroad may Ire
flights at tbe rate
ability to meet the Japanese assault on
Chicago, Aug. 31. — “ Absolutely
built between Pendleton and Home
o f from fifty to
point on the Columbia liver. Thia ground of h's own choosing, but the nothing,” in Mayor Harrsion's words,
100 miles an hour.
rumor is current on the atreeta, and it city is hungrily awaiting further news summarized the result of the meeting
He will fly from
of the alderoranic committee named to
ia I relieved that something tangible lie« of the progress of the fight.
mediate if possible in the stockyards J o n * r. itoLLAjuu. New York to Chi­
la-hind it.
It ia understood tiiat the
The Japanese forces engaged in this strike, after it had adjourned today. cago In a day. He will make a short
pronn. tera of this scheme are prominent
battle can only lie estimated here, but The committee does not ex|>ect to meet flight to Washington to see his friends
residents of Umatilla county and that
they are believed to number about again.
President Donnelly, of the and will fly back home tn time for
they w ill carry the project to a success­
200,000 men.
butchers,
Matthew Carr, Nicholas Gier supper, and without more trouble or
ful termination, provided the portage
General Kuropatkin is known to and John Fitzpatrick met the aldermen energy than would be expended In the
road ia built, seetna certain.
have aix army corps, besides 147 squad­ in Mayor Harrison’s office.
They re­ same time at walking; probably with­
The promoters will not talk for pub­
rons of cavalry, in which great confi­ ported that the packers refused to out aa much exertion.
lication, refusing to give any informa­
dence ia repoeed, bringing the Russian make any concessions.
He will take a course with or
tion at all concerning the project. “ It
total up to about the same number that
against
tbe wind or at any angle ha
No
evidence
was
offered
as
to
viola­
ia too aoorr to announce our intentions,'’
the Japanese have. How the aimiea tions of health law* in housing employ­ wishes, at any height strove the sur­
said one of the inlereated |>eraona, “ for compare with regard to artillery ia not
lire portage road haa not been built as definitely known, though throughout es at the stockyards, Mr. Donnelly say­ face he may find convenient or desir­
ing he had not yet prepared the data. able. He will treat his wings vigorous­
yet.”
the war the Japanese have shown great The union leaders withdrew and not ly. just aa any bird d«rea, and then,
It ia understood that two objective
preference for thia arm and great skill long afterward the committee ad­ settling In a fixed course, will rl«le the
point« are now under conaideration, tire
in its use.
journed.
air without any more effort than doe*
one being Umatilla ami the other Wal-
Reports from the front credit the
Two important meetings were held the swallow that skims and dips. He
Itiia. Tire latter point will probably
Japanese with having about 200 guns by labor unions tonight to discuss the w ill use no airship or other device to
l>e choaen, aa a road between that junc­
and many mountain batteries, and it is
tion and this city would open up un­ known tiiat they recently shipped 24 packing house strike, hut no action was attain bu«ryancy, but w i'l simply
taken at either gathering.
mount to the height sought by the
limited traffic out of fendelton. Wheat
heavy guns to Yinkow. Four of these , The first meeting was held by the aame m«?ans aa do creatures endowed
raisers are auxioua that tire road Ire guns already have lieen mentioned in
packing house teamsters, who went out' by nature with feathers.
built, aa the saving in grain freight these dispatches as lieing in action.
on a sympathetic strike.
The session
Flying machines, or more properly
rate« w ill Ire enormous.
General Kurokatkin, in addition to was turbulent, but tbe sentiment was
Improved aeroplanes, are now being
his field batteries, has a number of very strongly against returning to work.
fARMER.S ARE PANIC PROOI".
constructed after designs by Mr. Hol­
heavy guns emplaced at important po­ Cornelius Hhea, leader of the national
land, and the practicability of flight
sitions at Liao Yang, where the Rus­
Umatilla County Assured of a Pros­ sians have been strongly fortifying for organization of teamsters, was present. by them will be demonstrated aa soon
He asked the men to take a vote on tbe
perous Year.
some time. The Japanese profess to queetion of whether they would return as Mr. Holland la sufficiently protect­
ed by patents. The machine will con­
Pendleton— The financial depression have captured two field batteries dur­ to work, but they refused to take such
sist of four wing*. Those with which
ing
te
past
two
days.
Russian
official
and thebuainaa stagnation which usual­
a vote. Heveral speakers who advocated
the first trials soon will be conducted
ly precedes a presidential election has accounts admit the loss of only six the vote were shouted down.
will bs In two sizes, one pair 7 and ths
guns.
not and will not affect Umatilla county
After the adjournment of the team­
other 10 feet long. This will give a
or any other community in the N orth -' It is state<] a Japanese battery was sters’ meeting, the representatives of
spread o f from 15 to 20 feet from dp
raptured
south
of
Anslianshan
during
west thia tall. The immense crop« and
the allied trades employed in tbe stock­
to dp. They will be applied directly
the general prosperity have stimulated the preliminary fighting and that sev­ yards, held a meeting.
Nothing was
tradea in all linea so much that there eral Japanese guns have been destroyed settled at this gathering and tbe meet­ to the person In auch a manner that
appropriate muscles will manipulate
ia no likeihood of such a period. A l­ since then.
ing w ill be resumed in the morning.
L
ittle
of
the
strategic
situation
has
though the de|ro#ita in the banka are
The executive board of the Meatcut- them without more exertion than la
Official news from 1 tera’ anion and members of tbe Allied necessary for ordinary walking.
no larger than ia uaual for this time of developed eo far.
Thirty-four years ago Mr. Holland
the year, money is more plentiful. the front says there was desperate fight- 1 Trades council conferred today, bnt the
Toward the middle of (September, when ing in the southern center, while from peace proposition propoeed was eo com­ constructed his first flying machine.
farmers begin to get their money or information from other sources it ap­ plicated that their efforts came to It did not suit him and he turned his
attention to submarine boats, which
their crop«, the depoaita w ill increase pears the Japanese are endeavoring to naught.
he developed to success. At first the
and outstanding paper will be paid off. turn the Russian right from the neigh­
plans for his submarine boats were
As it ia, few have recaived the money ' borhood of the junction of the Taitse
MAY BOTTLE KUROPATKIN.
scoffed at by scientists and experts,
for the wheat sold, and only a few are ' and Hakhe rivers. The fighting on the
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western
flank
ap;>eara
to
have
ap­
I but to-day almost every navy In the
drawing more than enough to pay off .
tiieir help. loiter they will draw their proached within three miles of Liao German Experts Believe Japanese world Is bnildlng or preparing to build
Will Encircle Liao Yang.
such vessels.
money and the general prosperity of the Yang.
year w ill be (e!t more generally.
“ I expect,” he says, “that people w ill
Berlin, Ang. 31.— German military
' r
l
men are discussing tbe situation of langh at my flying machine just the
WILL TRY TO SPREAD STRIKE.
OVER 10,000 ACRES IN WHEAT.
General Kuropatkin with the keenest aame, and I expect the theorists and
interest. They have information that scientists to tell me a man can’t go up
W. J. Furnish Has Land Rented to Union Will Attempt to Call Out Ev­ tbe defenses of Liao Yang are of extra- ; In the air without a balloon to lift him,
ery Affiliated Trade.
ordinary strength. The fortifying of because he is so much heavier than
20 Tenants.
tbe town was entrusted to General Mel- air. When the skepdea see a man fly­
Chicago,
Sept.
1.—
A
strong
effort
is
Pendleton— W. J. furnish, probably
ishtko, who enjoys here the reputation ing around the skyscrapers and hop­
the largest land owner of Umatilla to be made by the leaders of the unions
of being a master of military engineer­ ping to ths ground as lightly as a spar­
connly, haa over 10,000 acrea of wheat npw on strike at the stockyards to
ing. Daring the past two months he row, maybe they’ll believe he can do
land rented on ahares thia season. spread the scope of the strike so that it
has fortified all the strategic positions I t too. I don’t care what they think.
The land ia aituated north and north­ w ill include every trade which is affil­
around Liao Yang in a manner well I waited before. I can wait now.”
west of Pendleton, in the wheat belt iated in even a remote degree with the
nigh impregnable.
that extends from Pendleton to the Co- j packing indi a ry.
The first step in
The German critics
think Liao JAPANESE RED CROSS OFFICIALS
lumhia river. Thia acreage is appor­ this direction was taken tonight, when
Yang's defenses about equalize the dif­
tioned out to some 29 renters, from the stockhandlers now employed at the
CARING rOR THE WOUNDED.
ference in numbers between the Rus­
whom Mr. Furnish ia to receive one yards vote«) to go on strike at 10 o’clock
sians— estimated at 180.000— and the
fourth of the crop on the better land in the morning. There are 'about 1 ,-
Japanese, numbering 240,000.
and on third from the light yielding 000 of these men, and their duties are
The danger of General Kuropatkin’s
lands. Ho vast are hie holdings that it to look after and feed the cattle in the
situation is reognized as being botttled
is with difficulty that he can figure up pens between the time of their arrival
up like Field Marshal Bazaine, who
the number of acres in wheat thia sea­ and the the time of killing.
Their surrendered Metz to the German forces
son. Mr. Furnish does not attempt to ! action tonight, therefore, w ill make it
in 1870. It ia doubted by the experts
fa i in any himself, and he said, “ Id on ’t | incumbent upon the packers to provide
if General Kuropatkin w ill be able to
even own a plow, hut let other people other men to take their places.
prevent the complete encircling of Liao !
do the farm ing."
President Donnelly, of the Butchers’ Yang, which would mean probably the
unioD, declared tonight he would also eventual loss of his army.
be able to call out all the switchmen
Salem Mtll Uses Oil for fuel.
Salem — The Salem Woolen mills employed on the railroads which do
ASSAULT ON ARTPUR RESUMED.
have commenced the use of fuel oil in business at the stockyards, and possib­
the place of wood, believing it to be a ly to extend the striae to other depart­
Report That Japanese Have Receiv­
chca|>er material for generating steam. ments of the railroads. A mass meet­
ed Reinforcements Confirmed.
The atate authorities have been consid­ ing of the strikers is to be he'd tomor­
row
afternoon
at
Watita
hall,
near
the
Chefoo,
Aug. 31.— Severe fighting
ering for some time the question of us­
ing oil for fuel at the state institutions, stockyards, an addresses are to be made was resumed at Port Arthur on August
27, according to Chinese who left there ,
and the experience of the woolen mill by a number of labor leaders.
One of
company w ill be watched with interest i After a conference with members of on the evening of that day.
The substitution of oil for fuel in the the executive committee of the strikers’ the Chinese was arrested and compelled
The Red Cross service, which has
large manufacturing establishments j national organization, President Don­ to carry the dead from the Dattlefie«d of become so Indispensable a department
and in the state institutions w ill great­ nelly refused to divulge w hat had taken Pa Li Chuang, which the Japanese at­ o f every modern array, has been car­
ly relieve the scarcity of wood, of the place. He admitted that means of se­ tempted to raptnre on Augnst 26. rier to the highest point of efficiency
curing money for the strikers had been Thirty carts were use«! to carry the
last three or four years.
discussed, but he refused to say what dead, numbering 400, from the trenches with the Japanese. In fa c t develop­
ment of the hospital corps and tho
else had been talxed of at the confer­ and outskirts to the city.
Rich Specimen Prom Blue River.
A police­
mc«ns for caring for the sick and In­
ence.
man told the Chinese that the efficient
Eugene— Development work has been
jured have been made Important fea­
soldiers in the garrison at Port Arthur
very active in the Bln* river district of
tures In the military training of Japan.
numbered over 10,000.
late and some excellent ore bodies are
Russian Arm y Confident.
being uncovered. A number of speci­
A m e ric a n D isplay In the O rient.
Berlin, Hept. 1.— A dispatch from
mens of very rich ore from the Cuba Liao Yang to the Lokal Anzeigei, timed
In the Orient, where strength, social
Arabia Arrives at Shanghai.
and Oriental mines have just been 9:26 a. m. today, says:
“ What ap­
Hhanghai, Aug. 31.— The German status. In fa c t everything that counts
brought down. The specimens were pears to be the deciding battle began at steamer Arabia, belonging to the Ham In favor o f a man or a country,- is es­
obtained from near the surface and 4 a. m. The Japanese began the at­ bur-gAmerican line, has arrived here timated by exterior show. It Is certain­
bristle with gold which can be seen tack east of Liao Yang along the Taitze from Vladivostok. This is the vessel ly shortsighted o f our government not
with the naked eye.
river, but were repulse*!.
The firing that was captured by the Russian Vlad­ to provide adequate display for Its rep­
is now specially heavy south and south­ ivostok squadron in July. A prize crew resentatives. A few American soldiers
Indians andJJaps for Bcctflclds.
west of Liao Yang. One can no longer was put aboard ber and she was taken suitably mounted and equipped as s
la Grande— A large number of Uma­
distinguish
individual
detonations. to V)a«livostok.
A ll the white men special legation escort would go far
tilla Indians And Japanese imported
The Wyberg regiment, of which Em­ among her crew were well treated by to Impress American prestige upon the
from near Portland w ill arrive in the peror W illiam I I is honorary chief, is
city this week to work in the vast beet deploying upon the battlefield. The the Russians. Hhe was tried before a minds of these Orientals This msy
prize court which condemned 20,000 be avowedly opposed to Jeffersonian
fields this fall, pulling and hauling Russian army is full of confidence.”
barrels of floor and 71 railroad car simplicity and our democratic Ideas,
them for the sugar factory in I,a
bodies.
The remainder of tbe cargo but it Is an established fact which oth­
Grande. There w ill be over 20,000
May Search for British Ships.
and the vessel were released.
er countries quickly recognize and act
tons ground this fall, more than any
Madrid, Hept. 1.— The Russian aux­
upon, thus securing favors for fbelr
previous season.
Boer Treasure round.
iliary cruiser Don has left Vogo with­
representatives that are hesitatingly
Brush Tire Burns Good Timber.
Johannesburg, Aug. 31.— Mr. Kmep, granted to people leas we<u provided
out waiting for her bill of health.
8umpter— A brush fire a few days Her commander was in receipt of a tel­ a cousin of General Kemp, the Boer for.— Century.
beyond
ago communicated with a large lot of egram from the Russian government commander, has discovered
sawlogs belonging to the Oregon Lum­ which presumably ordered him tc re­ Spelonken, in the Northern Transvaal,
Bull frotes aa Sentries.
ber company and liefore the flames sume the search for British collieries the treasure remove«! from Pretoria be­
A Pennsylvania flahe.'man has dis­
were checked 600,000 feet of good saw destined for Japan. It is stated here fore the entry of Field Marshal Rob­ covered that bullfrogs act as sentries
timber were destroyed. The fire oc­ that ten other Russian cruisers are en­ ert*. The value of the treasure is $ 1 ,- to fish, and that It la uselesa to try to
curred at tire logging camp near Whit- gaged in this work on the coasat of 260,000, of which tbe government w ill catch bass when a deep voiced b e llo w
receive half.
nay.
Spain, Portugal, France and Africa.
log frog la watching.
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