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FIRST NATIONAL BANK "JESSO1
Deslxnntecl Depositary mill Financial Agent of the United btntes.
Pnatdsnt, H. W. Cotbettj CMhler, E. 0. Wlthinglonj militant cashier, 3. W. Ncwkir'ki aacond
1 assistant cashier, W. C. AlvorJ. '
Letter! of credit issued, available In Kuropo and the Eastern states. Bight exchange and
telegr&phla transfers sold on Mow York, liostoti, Chicago, Omaha, St. Paul, Ban Krancltco and
the principal points lit the Northwest. Sight mid tlmo bllli drawn In sums to suit on Loudon,
Puis, Borltu, Franlctortron-the-Maln, Hong Kong. J
Collections' made on layorablo terms at all accessible points.
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LADD TILTON, BANKERS
Kstabllahed In 1889.
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
'interest allowed on tlmo deposits!
Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of credit issued
lWallablo in Europe and the Eastern states. ' ,
Sight exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington,
Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Omaha, San FranciBro and various points' in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfort and Hong Kong.
BAIMK OF
COMMERCE,
moiae, wamo.
OFI',IvPU8J. " F; 9Pn.FN presidents M. ALKXAKDKIt, VIco President ; It. N. COP.
FIN, Onshler; J. M.IIAINK8, Assistant Cwliler.
DIItKOlOltS: Itobt, Noble, Tho. Davis. II. F. Olden, J. M. llalnca, J. E. Vatii, J. II.
Morrow, T. Itegan, M. Alexander. K. It. Collin.
Awtwrmmtln.Flimm, OmrmmrMtlonm mmi IndMmvmlm eofr
in mrnmr M.immrmi imi
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LACK &
SCHMITZ,
Brokers.
GOLD
baker orrr, oreoom.
TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE EASTERN OREGON GOLD FIELDS.
EXAMINATIONS AND REPORTS A SPECIALTY.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.,
F?IRST NATIONAL BANK
Walln Walla, Washington. (First National Hank In tho Slate)
Transacts a General Banking Business.
' ' ., CAPITAL IlOf.OOO. BUlll'LUH 1100,(00.
LKV1 ANKKNV. President. ' A. II. ItKYNOLDS. VIco l'rcsldant. A. It. IIUKFOItl), Cashier
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Pendleton. Oregon.
Capital, $70,000.00. Surplus and Undivided Profit, $60,000.00.
RESERVE AGENTS First National Banic. Chicago. 111.;' First National
SaaV, Portland, Oregon; Chemical National Bank, New York, N. Y-
OFFICERS AND DIREOTOR8 L.vl Ankeny, President; W. F. Matlock,
YJc President: C. B. Wade. Cashier 1 11. O. Uaerenta Assistant Caaklei: J. ft.
4 JpUUi, W. 8. Byers, W. F. Matleckj-
THE PENDLETON SAVINGS BANK
PENDLETON, OREGON.
Organized March I, 1880. Capital, 8360,000. Surplus,' $56,000.
Interest allowed on time deposits. Exchange bought and Bold on all prlsv
lpal points. 8pecial attention glvon to collections.
W. J. Furnish, President; J. N. Teal, Vico-Prcsldent; T. J. Morris, Cashier,
f (OUR OPTICA
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OUR OPTICAL DEPARTMENT HIS
Five Reasons for it
1. No clpirgo for testing.
2. Thorough examinations with modern scientific instruments.
8,. Courteous treatment, Wo don't hurry patients, i
4. Our Glasses improvo tho looks. .'
hSCVerv Rouhoi ablo nrices.
JAEOER
IRernombcr the Place.
Willamette Iron and Steel Works.
Founders'Machinists and Boiler Makers,
, PORTLAND, OREGON.
DltlOflERB AND BUILDKR8 OF... v
Marine and Stationary Engines and Boilers,
Saw Mill, Logging and Mining Machinery,
Roll Grinding and Corrugating Machinery,
Power Transmission Machinery.
W r constantly developing Modern
ur Up tO-date plant enaDiet us so
CORRfSFONDKNCC SOLIOITID. -
NEW LIFE JO
Long Ll( to New Ones.
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haw little It would cost you to III. up
that old fence, Wetter seud lor some
Anchor Clamps and Uprights, and'
pair M our blnehers, and toake your old
wire lance' look like a Dew one.)
' ANCHOR 'KENCK looks so nice and
Is so strout; that farms ra sometimes
think that it must to hif b prlcod. It
isn't, though.
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Af eatt Want4 in
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MINES AND INVESTMENTS
H. F. JHMm. r VWwW:
PROVEN TO BE 1 BIG SUCCESS
BROS., Jewelers and Opticians.
290 Morrison St., bet. Fourth and Fifth
Machinery for special .purposes, whW
uuhu asiGursiicii; snu economically.
OLD FENCES!
Clamfis and Uprights.-
THk OtD F.ci.
Tup ASchor Fincx.
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AND LAWN FENCE.
Portland Anchor Fence Co.
Nfcetel St., PORTLAND, Oresoa.
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EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprthemlve Review of the Important
Happening of the Past Week, Presented
In Condensed Form. Which li Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers
Tho Pntlatna cnnnl treaty niny bo
signed within a week.
Fecrotnry liny linn induced tho pow
ers to vncnto Tien Tsin.
Tho East is BufTorinK from extreme
heat. One day'H rcconl at Philadel
phia mid Now York shows six deaths
at each place.
Tracy continues toglvo tho offircrs in
pursuit ot him thn slip. Evory tlmo.
tho po8so gets him about surrounded,
ho shows up in a new location.
Members of tho posFO .tnd tho pcoplo
In general in tho section whero Tracy
has Inien tho past week, express tho
opinion that tho outlaw 1b IiiEano.
The spocial board of engineers to in
vestigate tho Harts project at Tho
Dalles will probably nor-1 meet until
September, which is much later tuan
at first proposed.
According to reports from various
ructions of tho rountty surrounding
Seattle. Morrill, tho ''"senped convict
has bcon seen in several placeH at tho
same tlmo, besides being at present
with Tracy.
Chicago teamsters rofuso to help
striking freight handlers.
Ambassador Chonto has boon sug
gested as a candidate for president in
1004.
A man answering the description of
Morrill Iirh been arrested at South
Bond, Vash.
Twenty thousand teachers are in at
tendance at tho national educational
convention in Minnnapolis.
Tho expenses of tho Oregon militia
while huntiritt Tracy and Morrill
amounted to $700, which will bo paid
out of tho niilitnry'fund.
All organized labor. and tho public In
generaljwlll ba.calledjUpon.to contrib
ute to Rnational'Uofenso 'fund to aid
Uiu striking coal miners in the East.
A family of four traveling nvorland
through Oklahoma wero murdered by
unknown persons, tho bodios' stripped
of all clothing and terribly mutilated.
Tracy, nftor an absence of two days,
again howed up in South Seattle Ho
was sutroutidod by ofllccrHbut succeed
ed fn throwing poeso off the track. Ho
sprinkled pepper along his trail so tho
dogs cpuld not follow it.
A train wreck in Stmin reunited in
tho death (if six porsonH and the fatal
Injury pf 27.
Tracy, tho oHcapcd Oregon convict,
has complotolv disappoarod, leaving no
trail whntovor.
A now Btriko has been made in 'the
Thunder mountain mining district,
Idaho, which' liatf proven to bo tho
richest yet mndo. ,
No trace has been found of Morrill,
ono ot tho escaped Oregon convicts, hnd
ofllcorfj are at a loss as fo whether or
not Tracy killed him.
Agulnaldo will como to tho United
Statoa and start on a tour, delivering a
series of loctures and making a plea lor
the indepondonco of his countrymen.
A largo body of Moros of Mindanao
island plnnnod an. amlescado for
Aniorican soldiers, but tho luttor were
warned in time and dispensed tho
robelH.
Venezuelan government troops, uudor
President Captro's brother, wero de
feated by tho reTwls with lieayy loss.
Many of tho soldiers deserted to tho
ranks of the insurgents.
President Castro has gone to tho
front with tho yonczuo)a'n.troops.
President AHtcholl is confldent that
the coal miners will win their strike.
Half a million wero fed on, tho occa
sion of King Edward's dinner to the
poor of London.'.
It' has been apparently confirmed
that Audroo did not perish, but was
murdered by Eskimos. .
Elevon men wero hint, thrco of them
fatally, by the overturning of a wagon
at Florence, Colorado. .
Wind and rain destroyed thousands
ot dollars woith of property iu tho
western part of Now York.
'China has appealed to tho United
States to uso its good offices to tauso
tho allied powers who still rota in their
soldiers in Tien Tsin to evacuate that
place. .
Tracy After several running' fights
with the officers In the vicinity of Seat
tle, in which three men wero killed and
one seriously wounded, has, eluded his
pursuers and is now Heading to war a
Whatcom.
An Italian striker at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., was Bitot by a policeman. This is
the first loss of life since tho great
anthracite strike began.
DIG 8TRIKE ENDED.
Compromlie Has Been Reachtd In the
Chi-
cao Prelghthandlers Dispute.
Chicago, July 11. Tho strike of tho
Iroighthamllera is virtually ended.
Meetings of tho strikers will bo held
tomorrow to ratify tho action taken
tonight by President Cur. an of tho
order. v
Py the terms Of tho settlement the
strikers accent tho schedule of wanes
offered them by tho ru II roads July 1.
This schedulo waB emphatically refused
by tho strlkorH at tho 'timo it wuh
made. It offored an average Increase
of 20 per cent for all classes of labor
connected with tho Frolghthnndlor&'
union. Tho demands of tho men would
havo made an average increase of about
30 per cont.
"Tho railroads at tho tinlo of offering
tho increase, July 1, said that, uudor no
'circumstances would thoy recognize tho
union of tho frelghlhnndlors to tho ox
tent of allowing tho officers of tho or
ganization to mako terms tor the men
with tho officers of tho railways by
which they wero employed. TIiIh was
ono of tho chief reasons for tho strike,
the ii.cn insisting that tho union should
bo nilly recognized. Tho rallroada
havo won A eompleto victory on this
point. Tho attitude of tho roads
towards the Preighthandlers' union is
the name as that marntnincd toward all
local organizations of railroad men,
Tho freighthandlers demanded some
thing that no othur organization of rail
road employes in Chicago had ankeil,
and tho managers announced that uu
dor no clrcumstnnceri would thoy agree
to this.
President Curran,of tho Frolghtbuud
lor8' union, Haiti nftor tho mcotlng
with tho special mainigoiH tonight that
ho practically had been compelled by
his own men tq, accept the tonus of tho
'roads. " Tho action of tho ' teamsters
was n factor in settling the striko.
They toqk issue with the freighthand
lers, and intimated that no assistance
could bo ox pec tod from thorn, inasmuch
as the freighthandlerH had struck
against tho advice of the Chicago Fed
eration of Labor.
; Tho agreement reached by President
Curran with tho managers tonight miiBt
jbe ratified , by the mentomorrow, but
thoro Isonly n vory small probability
that this wllr not bo dono.
ShlppoiB nud- tho largo Ilrms about
town founcLthlnga In bettor shapo to
day, and wero ablo to tocuro freight
and ship goods on tho various rail
roads aa was. usual bofoio tho striKu
began.
RATE OF INDIAN AR PENSION.
Oenellciarlcs Are to Receive $8 Per Month
From June 27.
Washington, July 12. Under tho
Indian war veteran pension law, re
cently enacted, ponsione will bo grant
ed at (tho rate of f H per month, and
will be payable from Juno 27 last,
during tho lives of tho bonoUciarlos.
This rate of pension applies not only
to votora", but to such widows as
have not remarried, but in evory in
stnnco is limited to citizens of tho
United States.' Theso provisions aro
containod in tho lllackhawk' poiision
act of July 27, 1802, wljich by tho ro
cont law is made applicable to tho sur
vivors of tho Indian wars in Oregon,
Washington and other sections. t
Under tho old net and therefore un
der tho now ono, evory claimant will bo
required to establish his right to n pen
sion, nid any person falsely .or cor
ruptly making oath to any evidence re
quired by the department, will bo guil
ty of 'perjury. Tho secretary is direct
"'I to drop from tho pension rolls tho
name of any port-on whenever it rihall
1)o proven his name was put upon tho
rolls through false und fraudulent rup
rocontat ions, and euch porsons will bo
foroer barred from receiving a pension.
The recent law iH hold not to apply to
apy person who is receiving, u pension
of f8 per "month or more, nor to any
person ruceiviug a pension of Iosh than
J8 a per month, except for tho differ
ence between, tho pension now received
and 8.
Owing to tho 'great piess of business
at the government printing office, tho
blank iorms for application under tho
Indian war act will probably not lw re
ceived before next week. When avail
able, largo quantities aro to bo tent to
tho several members ot the Oregon del
egation and to all veterans who mako
pergonal application to tho commis
sioner of pensions.
No Tidings of the Portland orjranic.
Port Townseud, July 12, Tho Cono
roaugh arrived hero at 7 this morning,
and proceeded to Seutlo. She left St.
Michaels Jane 20, and Nome Juno 27.
The steamers Meteor end Melvillo Dol
lar wero at St. Michaels, Thosteamor
Lyra arrived at Nome June 27. Up to
the' tlmo of tho Conomaugh's departure,
no tidings had come from the Portland
or Jeanio, and tho general impression
in Nome is that. the vessles are lost.
The Thetis la still put on her second
search.
news of the state
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
PARTS OF OREGON.
ALL
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portanceA Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
'Hop buyers around Salem aro offering
18 cents for tho 1002 crop.
A sawmill with a capacity of 100,000
feet per day is to bo built at Astoria
at onco.
Hop growers in Lane county antici
pate mora trouble this year than usual
with lice.
The proBiioctR are good for a heavy
crop of both fall and spring wheat in
Linn county, s
Tho recent rains havo brightened tho
prospects for tho grain and hay crops
around Prlnovillo.
Cold storage men nt Astoria aro now
paying 8 cents nor pound for largo fish,
nn advance of 1 cent.
Sovorol cars of Wlllaniotto valley
1002 prunes havo boon contracted for
at G)b tents in 25-pound boxes.
A.J. IVanstor 'has hoon appointed
deputy flrih warden nt Astoria, to suc
ceed Henry lhiltman, resigned.
An organization lias been formed in
Grunts Pass to stop tho taking up of
mineral land .under tho timber land
act.
Juno DO there wore 1,2(10 patients in
tho state' insano asylum, thu largost
number in tho history of tho institu
tion. t
Tho Indian war votoranH of Southern
Oregon hold a mcotlng nt Medford to
consider ways and means for prosecu
tion ot their pension claims. ,
Tho Scott & .Van Arsdalo Lumber
company, ono of tho largest concerns In
Southern Orocon, lias beep sold to
Eastern capitalists. Tito property in
cludes all timber holdings, and mills
with a capacity of 400,000 foot per day.
The purchase price was 13,000,000.
Ono 'ot tho largest Irrigation schemes
in this Btate has bcon, inaugurated by
soma ot tho business men o( linker City.
Tho plan is to mako uso of tho waters
of somo of tho Mnallor streams to irri
gate a body of 0,000 acres of land north
of tho Lower Powdor river, between
Clover nml (Jooso creeks.
A record npplo crop is assured in tho
Hood rlvor country. ,
ThoAshhind Iron Works is thonamo
of n now company Just organized, at
Ashland with f20,000 capital.
Timber values iu tho Nolmloui coun
try ura advancing rapidly. ClainiB tiro
now soiling for three times us much as
ono year ago.
Tho Intorocean Mining Company, nt
Paker City, has filed articles' of incor
poration with tho secretary of state.
Capital, fl.000,000.
Whon tho supremo court convened
last Monday, Judge F. S. Mooro sat
upon tho chief justlvots bench, Judgo
liean becoming the junior judgo.
Arrangomonts aro bolng perfected for
tho holding of tho fourth biennial fruit
fair at Hood Rlvor. Tho dato of tho
fair will probably bo t-ot for tho second
week In October.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, OSJfjQOOc;
bluestom, U708o; valloy, 0007c.
Rarley Food, 22; brewing,
$23 per ton.
Flour Post grades, 3.053,00 por
barrel; graham, $2.03(33.20.
Mlllstuffs Ilrnn, 1510 per ton;
middlings, $21.50; shorts, $18;
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $1.201.25jgray,
$1.10l.lfi.
Hay Timothy, $12 16; clover,
$7. C0 10; Oregon wild hay, $60 por
ton.
Potatoes Best Jhirbanks, 00c per
rental; ordinary, 40c per cental,
growers prices; sweets, $2.262.60
per cental ; now potatoes, 1 hie
Uutterr-CrearrtVy, 2022Jtfc; dairy
1018o; store, lGK)c
Eggs 2022jfo for Oregon,
Cheese Full cream, twiiiB, 12$
($13c;YoungAinerica, 13XHc; fac
tory prices, 1& liic less,
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $!f.60
1.60 j hens, $4.005.00 per dozen,
1 1 1 1 M - per pound; springs, 11
liyic por pound, $2.604,60 por do.
en; ducks, yj.ovqsu.w per tlozeu; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1610o per
pound; geese, $4.00(6,00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 23c per pound:
dressed, 6o per pound.
Hogs Gross, 04o; dressed, 77$c
per pound.
Veal 7 8c por pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 33r; steers,
3sXc; dressed, 78o per pound.
Hops 14l(i cents per pound.
Wool Val!ey,12K16 Eastern Ore
gon, SQHHc; mohair, 26920c pound.
NEW YORK FLOODS.
Great Damage Done to Farms and Railroad
Property.
Rochester. N. Y.f July 10. Nowe from
tho Hood devastated districts is con ln.j
In slowly. Reports from Modlfta fehow
that tho cloudburst that struck that
place- did groat damage. Today thoro
aro evidences of n great flood, and
wreckage is piled up along waterways,
which havo been dried up for a nlonth.
In tho neighboring country buildings
wero destroyed by lightning nnd rail
road tracks washed out. Iho Uoneoce
river, which nt tills tlmo of tho year is
a inert) raceway, is today n raging tor
rent., Great quantities of driftwood
and trees aro coming down.
From up-iiver points como roports
that tho lowlands aro under water.
Cloudbursts lme interfered with
traffic on tho Western Now York divi
sion of the Pennsylvania system. Tha
Erio tracks between Attica and Uatavia
aro washed out. From Churchville
como reports that Illack creek is the
highest known iu any spring frothot.
It Is out of its channel and caused great
damago to growing crips along its
banks. Ponnynn mys that many
thousands ot dollars of damago has been
dono to residences along tho course of
tho creek following through Ham
mondsport. Mount Morris rctiorts tho Oenoseo at
that point fully two feet higher than tho
highest previous record at any timo of
tho -year. Early yestorday it broko
through its banks oadt of thu vlllace
and has ruined thousand of dollars
worth of cropH bolow here. Many (I no
farms havo been entirely ruined. "
Largo fleldB of growing crops havo been
washod nway, and all Nunda lmu suf
fered greatly. Portagovillo, J'iko,
Lamont, Roseberg, Fillmoro and many
other towns are under water. The
farms all about Portngovillo aro laid
wasto, and no field crops can bo saved.
Tho tracks of, tho Pennsylvania aro
wasliod awny, nhd a now road will havo
to be laid at many places bofcro tralne
can bo moved. Plko reports tho Iobs of
a largo iron bridge, tho-postofficobulld-jng
nud ojyera house, a moat market,
cheese factory, drug store, two dwelling
bouses and tho villagu Warehouse.
Stafford roports heavy damage.
NINTH WEEK OF STRIKE.
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No Change In the Situation In the Anthracite
Coal Fields.
Wllkcsbarro, Pa., July 10. With
President Mitchell iu Now York, and
all thu other miners' leaders at Nanti
coko attending the annual convention
of District Ko. 1, Btriko headquarters
was an extremely quiet place today.
Tho ninth week of thu suspension of
anthiacito coal mining-shows no change
ih tho situation, there not being tho
slightest Indication that either party is
ready to quit. Tho visit of tho miners'
chief to' New York continues to nioti'o
interest. No word. of IiIh movements
iu thu metropolis havo boon received
here, and there is much seculatlon us
to wliat caused him to go there. Tho
eutiro coal belt continues quiet, very
fow men congregating In tho vicinity of
tho colllorles. The largo forco ot coal
and iron policemen, estimated at 3,000,
is kept constantly on duty for any
rjniorgoncy. Several arrests wero made
iu this valloy of persons for intimidat
ing alleged "unfair" workmen but tho
arrests wore made so quietly as to cause
no disturbance of any kind.
Tho district convention nt Nantlcoko
today disponed .of much business ot a
routine nature. About 400 delegates,
representing 75,000 mliieworkers, aro
attending tho convention, which em
braces all tho teiritory from Forost
City, 22 miles north of Scrantou, .to
Slilcksliinny, 10 miles south of hero.
SALE OF FORT HALL LAND8
Pocatcllo llss Been Choien as a better Point
Than HIickfooL
Washington, July 10. Tho puhllo
auction of l-'nrt Hall lauds within tho
five-mile limit of I'ocatollo will bo ton
ducted at tho city of Pocatcllo, Instead
of at tho Itlackfoot land office, as had
originally been intended. Commis
sioner Richard", who will conduct tho
salo, consulted with the lllarkfoot laud
officers, who gave I'ocatollo an tho most
advantageous olut for holding tho salo,
believing that hotter prices can bo ob
tained there than at lllackfoot, and
that purchases will bo more readily
untile. '1 hose lauds will bo sold in 40
acre tracts by townships, beginning
with township 3, It. 31 K., and pro
ceeding by sections in numcrkul order
throughout tho township. Tho same
system will bit followed in townships (I
and 7, same range, 'J ho corresponding
townships iu range 35 will then bu dls
M)sod of in like order. Tho most desir
able lands aro situated iu the first two
townships Sales will bu from a largo
display map, rash payments being de
manded for each tract as it is taken.
Ucuncamlno Met Mrs, Lawton.
Louisville, Ky,, July 10. -General
Ihiciicamiuo, ex-secretary of state in
Aguinaldo's cabinet, arrived in thu city
today and presented an expression of
sympathy from tho Fedoral party Iu
the Philippines to thu widow of General
Iwton, who resides in a suburb of
Lohisyillo. General lluuncnmino loft,
tauisvillo tonight, going direct to San
Francisco, wheuto ho will embark for
thu Philippines.
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