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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900. RESERVE EXTENSION Report That It May Take Part of Lews County. ABVAWTATJETO RAM-ROAD COMPANY Would. Tafce KBe4s ef Good Farm Tkewaaili et Dollars e Taxafelo Property. CHEHAJ4E, WMh., Feb. H. Something of a oonsatton was cansod here by the announc mat that the present Halts of the Mount Rainier forest reserve are to be extended w as to Include practically the entire astern part of Lewis County. If the limits are to be farther extended. It will give the railroad company another chance to get rid of a lot of Us out-of-the-way heMlngc and take more valuable limber land In Ueu thereof. The proposed new border of the reserve, as reported, will be only IT miles from Chehane. Hun dreds of good farms will be Included In the forest reserve, and thousands of dol lars' worth of taxable property will be taken from Lewis County, Including the very promising St. Helens mining district and some very valuable coal prospects which are Just now being developed, near Moreton. Hotd fer Stealing a Covr. H. Wilson, who was wanted at Chehalis for selling a cow which did not belong to him. was captured by the officers at Salem, Or this week. Sheriff Deggeller trrived home with Wilson this morning. He had a preliminary examination this afternoon before Justice Westever. and 'was held to the Superior Court. Cheek to Free Taltlon. It Is announced that at the next meet lng of the Chehalis school board the plan of giving free tuition to encourage at tendance will be discontinued. In almost every Instance where pupils come in from outside districts the home district has served notice on this district that they "would claim the attendance, and as the law gives a district the right to charge tuition for outside pupils, it is conceded that the home districts have the right to the money. However, the board will give free tuition to all cases of deserving young men and women who come into Chehalis and earn their living while in attendance, at the town schools. TUB STWHOORBS STRIKE. Statement ef Company That It Has No Antipathy fer the Union. VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. 28. The stevedores' strike is still on, so far as the Pacific Coast Steamship Company is con cerned The stevedores are determined to Mick by their runs, and Superintendent Trowbridge, for the company, announces that there will be no receding from the tl'A-mlratlon of the company to employ St? own foremen to oversee the steve I ts. By the aid of Japanese laborers tho M ranter Queen was enabled to load ne-thlrd of the freight awaiting ship ment here to San Francisco, and left for Seattle after remaining In port IS hours Wilder than usual. In an interview Mr. Trowbridge thus states the position of the company: ' It is not my purpose or desire to break up or demoralise the union In any way. ana to substantiate this statement I will eaj I am perfectly willing that the union do.egates should select our crews for us fr m their list of members, asking only that they give us good men; also that the should give each member of their 1 nlon a chance as his turn comes. If the union wishes it. we shall employ their tie cgates, but in consideration of this we must Insist that we be allowed to employ our own stevedores; also that, if we em " o;s their delegate, he must wort: the earn 3 as any other 'longshoreman cm poyed by us. If they do not want htm tu work, but simply represent them, then ihev should pay Mm. The question of wages does not enter into the misunder M andlng at all." CLIPFtWB PLKAOBD KOT GUILTY. Examination ef Books Shews Short age wf 9ug Sacks ef Grain. COLFAX, Wash., Feb. 22. William Clif ford who tor the past two years has been e ilng as agent of the Shawnee Wore-l-use Company, at Shawnee, and who v as, arrested on Monday at Seattle on a tharge of larceny by en&Maauement, was Taught before Justice A. K. Kirkland fr preliminary examination this morn ing Clifford waived examination and wus heM to answer before the Superior K ourt on March 20, with bonds flxed at $4xio Being unable to give bonds, he re mains In the County Jail. M O. Reed, who has been employed by (the warehouse company to assist in the prosecution, tor the past two days has I). -en making a careful examination of the boohs and accounts of the company. He states that the books show that the ware house company is responsible for grain stored by various persona as follows: Martin Barter, 1570 sacks; Joe Evans, 1"0 sacks; August Seller, IrM sacks, Del IMHon, Ml sacks; A. Bldle, 1 sacks; Ooge Btrelb, 72S sacks; Harry Cornwall, I 9 sacks; Ab Myrtck, 2 sacks; George Thompson. sacks; Owen Nogier, 1077 B.ifks, . Ryan, 4 sacks; all this being wheat Besides, Joe Evans had 172 sacks of barley stored In the warehouse. The wheat remaining in the warehouse J-q 20S7 sacks, and the barley, 87 sacks, his leaves a shortage of 72M. sacks of v heat and 8M sacks of barley. The pros c urlon dates to know Just what has be . me of the whsat; but this Information it declines to gtv to the public. BXPL6IK OF COAL GAS. One Man Behcvoa to Be Head and Two Were Injured. SBATTUfi. Waoh.. Fob. St One man entombed in a pocket of coal gas and two am seriously uraed as the result of an explosion in cne of the Black Diamond mines, at 10 c clock Wednesday morning. The man Ifllevod to be dead Is L A. Davis, one e the oluest employee of the company. rw injured are Maurice Bocda and a riiner named Kline. The explosion was caused by the Ignlt ! ig of the gas that suddenly burst out of c seam between the coal vein and bedrock . the and of a WMoot breast being sunk r-xmt the east gangway in Mine No. ii, I the oonter of the Town-of Black Dia mond. TRIAL OnT TX BORUGK. Mlgfet AeeMam to Steering: Gear Pociones Test One Hay. SEATTLE. Feb. 22. The lately com- rleted toipsuo boat destroyer QoMsbor- ugh, which is at tins port awaiting nnal v ia! by the Naval Board, was unable complete the preliminary trip over the He course today. The vessel had -ossed the harbor to a buoy on the point West Seattle, and was under full head- vay when the vibration of the boat aused a slight acctdent to the steam ' eering gear, necessitating a delay in the nal. No damage was done, and the at- mpt will be renewed tomorrow. At the me of the accident the propellers were -risking about 2W revolutions a minute. KUcatiag apeed of about SI knots. LAKCK BAK3C AXB CAXTBNTS BDRA. rire mpopd to Have Been ef Ia ea44rr Ockb The Loss. COLFAX. WaatL, Feb. 22. The bars of Oorge Henry, on his (arm three mOat vest of full , was uostroysa by Acs, together wtth He ooauMta. last night. The .osE wet rW Insurance. 2MM. The t-? le supposed to have seen of Incendiary origin. The structure destroyed was the largest farm barn in "Whitman County, and bold, besides stock and feed for a large farm, a threshing machine, several headers, plows, wagons, etc. TRYING TO REORGANIZE. Prospect of Astoria's Street Railway Leaving: Receiver's Hands. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 22. Negetiatlons are now on foot whereby it Is expected that the Astoria Street Railway Company will soon be taken out of the hands of the receiver, and the road placed la good re pair and extended. The terms of the transfer are about agreed upon, and the deal will be closed within the next few days. To 'Exterminate Rats. The Board of Health of Astoria will in the near future take steps toward the ex termination of all the rats In the city as a health precaution. These animals are among the most dangerous agents for the spreading of the plague and other con tagious diseases, and in order to guard against the spreading of Infection as many as possible of them will be killed. No Water at 800 Feet. The well that the War Department Is having bored at Fort Stevens has been sunk to a depth of 800 feet, and no trace of water has been found. This Is the full depth provided In the contract, and work has been suspended, pending in structions from the department at Wash ington. While the department may de cide to continue the experiment further, it is now considered certain that an ade quate supply of water will not be found and some other means will have to be de vised for supplying the Barracks. Vancouver's Biting- Case. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 2L (To the Editor.) I notice in today's issue of your paper an article stating that I had been sued for damages for biting a person, and calling the public attention to, the fact that I had another case In the Su preme Court of a like character, taken from the Justice Court. The true facta are these: In trying to collect a debt from F. Ferrell, I was assaulted by him and choked, when he got his finger In my mouth and I bit him very slightly, the evidence showing that the skin was not even broken on the under side, and, had It not been for a hungry pettifogger, who, Ferrel says, encouraged him to bring the suit, and who took it for a percentage of what he could make out of It, the suit would never have been brought. The latter case is that of V. V. Rand, a man much larger than I am, who, taking advantage of any trouble In the other af fair, tried to extort money from me, and threw me down and choked me nearly to death. I am willing for the public to judge as to who Is to blame from the evidence which will be produced at the trial. I was born and raised in this County, and no one can truthfully say that I ever used foul means on any one, unless they attempted it on m first. I have done business In this County with probably as many people as most any one of my age. I have had some tlouble of late with parties who would rather beat some one than to get in and make an honest living. LOREN SEWARD. Wnshington Notes. At Colfax the harvesting of Ice from the North Palouse Is going forward. The ice is five to six Inches thick. Ballard Is to have a new bank. S. Fos ter Kelley. cashier of the Seattle Na tional, is arranging the details, and ex pects to have them, completed within GO days. The bill requiring examination of bar bers having failed in Washington at last year's session of the legislature, the Ev erett barbers have organized a union to promote the bill before the coming legis lature. Seattle's halibut fishing fleet has been making a splendid record for the past 30 days, says the Post-Intelligencer. The catch is unusually large. The Lynn canal steamers always bring down from the north from 10 to 75 tons each of fresh halibut taken from the Wrangel Narrows banks. REBELLION IN PERSIA. May Give Russia Her Lonjj-Avraited Chance. NEW YORK, Feb. 22. European news papers just received give details of a re cent rebellion In the Persian Province of Kurdistan, the rising being so serious that Russia contemplated sending troops Into Persia. The Kurds of the Ssowoutcb-Boulak dis trict raised the insurgent banner against the government of Teheran, under the leadership of El Kan, Daboukir, Mayhour and Bejsaoas, the chiefs of the four prin cipal Kurdi3h tribes. These chiefs had received from the Shah honorable distinc tions under the form of decorations and high titles. Nevertheless they had pre served their spirit of independence. They are rich and enjoy great popularity, 60 that it was easy for them to group around them 1500 Kurdish landowners. They are the blind Instruments of MIrsza Fetach, the soul of the anti-Persian movement In Kurdistan. The Governors of Ssowoutch-Boulak, up to this time, had recognized the real au thority of this powerful individual. Prince Manoutcher-Mireza, the new Governor, acted as if he did not recognize It. In order to avenge himself, the cunning MIrsza Fetach concealed his sentiments, but he Incited the new Governor to in flict corporal punishment on one of the Kurdish Beys. This punishment was re sented by the whole proud and bellicose nobility of Kurdistan, and was the sig nal for the revolt, only a single tribe, with its chief, Nomad-Aga, remaining faithful to Persia. Manoutcher-Mlnsza sent the commandant of the troops, General Mushir-Lachker, to Aserbeldchau to open negotiations with the rebels. But all propositions failed, and to satisfy the Insurgents, who demand ed the recall of Prince Manoutoher, the latter was dismissed from his office as Governor. The Kurdlstans then entered Seowoutch-Boulak and asked by tele graph that General Mushir-Lachker should take the place of Manoutcher. In stead of comDlvinjr with their reouest. the Shah sent them the severe and energet-c Semid Khan, who had already been gov ernor of the province. This appointment set fire to the already troubled situation and then came the signal for an armed struggle. Thanks to their acquaintances, the rebels entered the City of Tabriz, the residence of the Governor, and there were daily lights with the Government troops. Final ly Semid Khan loft his post and was re placed by a functionary, Musul Mesna leck, who was in complicity with the In surgents. Tranquillity has prevailed from that moment, at least apparently, for the Kurds continue to demand a kind of autonomy, with the right of choosing their Governor, whose appointment would merely have to be approved by the Shah. Riots- in Syria. BHYROOT, Syria. Feb. 22. A mob of Mussulmans has wounded the son of the British Vice-Consul Abehv at Sydon and has surrounded the consulate. Troops have been dispatched and the Consul-Gen-eral has gone to the scene of the dis turbance. 0 a Chief Washakie Dend. CHICAGO. Feb. 22. A special to the Tribune from Cneyenne, Wyo., aays: Washakie, chief of the Shoshone Indians, died In his tepee on the Wind River res ervation, in Central Wyoming, last even ing after a lingering illness of several months. He was 9S years old. For B3 years be was at the head of his trrbe. He was ever the friend of the white man and rendered valuable aid to the oarly setttere of the West. He was a deyout Christian and by his example and teach ings he brought ahe Shoshanes up to a kbjh standard of inteUlgonce. PROFIT IN SUGAR BEETS EFFORTS TO INCREASE INDUSTRY IN PALOUSE COUNTRY. Factory Will Supply Seed at Cost and Give Competent Instruction nnd Aid to Growers. COLFAX, Wash., Feb. 21 Several farmers In the vicinity of Colfax are fig urine on the cultivation and sale of sucar ht titvvi Tow nm.rh TrpJi-ht rate can be obtained. Sugar-beet culture has I been followed experimentally in this Vi cinity for several years, the average sugar value of samples from this section being 15.25 per cent, and the average yield be tween 14 and 15 tons an acre. During last season the sugar factory at Waveriy was handicapped by lack of beets, having but 3300 tons, while the ca- YOUNGEST COMMISSIONED OFFICER fn i i ii i TuirtSfriMinT 'm win LIEUTENANT GEORGE A. HART3IAN, JR. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 21. George A. Hartman, Jr., the youngest commissioned officer In the Second Oregon Regiment, was born April 21, 1875, In Western Oregon. He was fitadu-l ated from the Pendleton public eehool In 1S93, attended the Weston Normal School the fol-' lowing year, was employed by the Pendleton "Wol Scouring & Packing1 Company for about one year, when he accepted the position of collector and exchange teller in th First National Bank, of Pendleton, which position ho held when the call for volunteers was made. He was a private In Company C, Third Battalion, O. N. (3., November 22, 1805; First Lieutenant, Com pany C, Third Battalion, O. N. G., October 1, 1807, which position he held when he offered his services to his country, lh April, 1S0S, being at that time but 23 sears of age. His com pany not having the required quota of men, was Joined to that of Company D, of La Grande, which waa known In the Second Oregon Regiment aa Company D. H was appointed First Lieutenant, May 10. 1S0S, and served with honor In that capacity in the Philippine campaign until mustered out, in 1899, when he returned to his old position with the First National Bank, which position he now holds. paclty of the factory during 100 days' cam paign is more than 10 times that amount. President D. C. Corbln, of the sugar com pany, is anxious to interest other farm ers, and in answer to J. W. Janney, a Colfax farnier, has written as follows: "Answering your letter of the 3d Inst., I will say, f. o. b. cars, at Colfax, for this season's crop of beets, 54 per ton for beets showing 12 per cent sugar, and 25 cents for each additional per cent. The general average of all beets delivered at my factory last season was 14.6 sugar, at wWch per cent you would receivo 54 65 per ton. "We usually figure about 20 pounds of seed to the acre, and this will cost you from 52 75 to $3 am acre. I will furnish the seed and await payment for the same until you deliver your beets in the fall. This Is usually done by the factory, Inas much as It Is In a better position to get good seed than you would be, and my aim is to get only cost for the seed I furnish. "About the best yield that arty field gave last season was 10 tona, or between 9 and 10 tons, but hardly any of the ground was fit to plant beets on, and, as you know, the season was unfavorable. The land should be first plowed about eight Inches deep, and then subsoiled about seven inches below that. Then, If the crop is properly managed afterward, there Is no reason why you should not be suc cessful. Of course, they require careful cultivation, and tliey must be kept clear of weeds. If you take hold of this busi ness In the right way, I am very positive you will be pleased with the results, and will continue In It. "The planting Is done with seeders, and the seed is drilled in. In thinning out;, spaces are cut out with hoes, leaving the beets in bunches, and they are thinned out to one plant, the most vigorous one being left, so that they will stand from seven to ten inches apart, according to the richness of the ground they are plant ed In. I shall have agriculturists visit all parties with whom I have contracts, for the purpose of giving them careful in formation about handling the crop; and I also Intend to subscribe for a newspaper devoted to this Industry, and furnish it free, for a term of one year, to all parties with whom I have contracts. "As to alkali, I do not believe you have enough dn your soil to do any harm. A subsoil plow, I think, costs 512 or 515, but if there should happen to be several par ties in your neighborhood who contract for beets, I may furnish a plow, or plows, for the purpose." WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Day Was Celebrated With a Grand Ball in Salem. SALEM, Or., Fob. 23. Business houses, except banks, have been open all day, and the streets have been as full of people as usual. This evening, In the armory, in the City Hall, the members of Company K, gave a military ball In commemora tion of the achievements of George Wash ington. The veterans of the Philippine war were guests of honor. Invitations had been issued to 400 persons, and fully that number were present It was dis tinctly a military affair, and as such was a complete success. The hall was elabo rately decorated with evergreens and bunt ing, the whole front of the hall being covered with two large National flags. In the center of the front of the room was suspended a full-length life-size oil painting of George Washington. This picture Is one of the three exact copies .of the painting by Stewart, and cost its owner 51600. It is owned by A. Bush, the Salem banker, and was loaned to the militia company for this occasion. Exercises in Public Schools. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 22. Wash ington's birthday was observed here. The banks were closed and public business suspended. The day was observed by the public schools of the city by holding pubUc exercises of appropriate character. Company G, Washington National Guard, met for drill at the armory this afternoon and went on a practice march later. Tree-Plnntinsr at Forest Grove. " FOREST GROVB, Or., Feb. 22. Wash ington's birthday was appropriately 6b- served here. The public school and some of the business houses closed. There were exercises In the college chapel, and planting of trees on the college campus by the University classes. Quietly Celebrated in Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 22. Washington's birthday was very quietly celebrated here today, without any general public demon stration. All public Institutions and busi ness houses were closed, and every flag staff had a flag flying at its peak. The Day In Hlllsboro. HILLSBORO, Or., Feb. 22. xoe anni versary of the birth of Washington was . ";o in me pudiic scnQQis of this city, and. business was Poetically suspended. KORTHWEST DEAD. James M. Spores, an Oregon Pioneer of 1847. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 22. James M. Spores, a pioneer of Lane County, died at his home in the Mohawk Valley this IN SECOND OREGON REGIMENT morning, aged 64 years. The cause of his death was heart failure. He was born in Winnebago County, III., in 1835, and came to Oregon in 18-17, settling in Lane County and resided here continually since, be ing known as one of the prominent farm ers of the county. He was married in 1S53 to Mary G. Thomas, and to them have been born 10 children, of whom pine are living Amanda, John H., George W Mary F.. Ciene, James F Charles G Daniel and Leila. The remains will be buried in the Coburg Cemetery tomorrow afternoon, under the auspices of the A. O. U. W.,.of which deceased was a member. "Was a Native Son. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 22. W. H. Pugh, a native of the Northwest, died at Oakville this morning at the age of 53 years. He was born in Washington, then Oregon, in 1547. FUNERAL OF PRIVATE TAYLOR. Was Made n Day of Mournins In Jacksonville. JACKSONVILLE, Or., Feb. 22. The re mains of H. B. Taylor, of Company L, Second Oregon Volunteers, who was killed at the battle of Malabon, March 25, 1899, arrived In Medford' Sunday, and were taken In charge and escorted to Jack sonville by members of the Medfordi G. A. R. Post. The burial took place yester day, under the direction of Company B, Third Regiment, Oregon National Guard, and G. A. R. Post of Medfford. Services were held at the M. E. Church, Revs. W. B. Moore and S. H. Jones officiating. The funeral cortege included! Company B, with the band; members of the G. A. F-, firemen in uniform, teachers and pupils of public schools, a long procession of citizens. A salute of 24 guns was fired over the grave, and "taps" sounded. Young Taylor was born in Jacksonville, December 13, 1876. During the funeral ceremonies business houses were closed and flags were at half-mast. SALOONKEEPER BADLY BEATEN. His Assailant Is Unknown-Smallpox ' " Scare Is Ended. GRANT'S PASS, Or., Feb. 22. A. Llmpke,,a saloon-keeper of .this city, while on "his why home this morning, was at tacked by an unknown party, who beat him over the head with a club. Inflicting several, dangerous wounds. The person who attacked Llmpke is unknown, but it- is Intimated that this is the result of a saloon ' row which happened a few days ago. Rally of Jackson Populists. MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 22. The Populist rally hold In Medford today was enthusias tic and well attended, considering the con dition of the roads. The free dinner at Wolfs Hall was followed by speaking at the opera-house, where the audience was held for two and one-half hours by local talent The former agreement between the two factions In the County was unan imously ratified, and there will he a straight County ticket The bolt in the national committee meeting at Lincoln, Neb., was Indorsed. Populists in the County feel hopeful. Colnmbin Connty Fuslonists. ST. HELENS, Or., Feb. 22. The People's Party County Central Committee, in ses sion at Rainier, decided to hold their County Convention at St. Helens, on April 7 for the election of delegates to the State Convention. Tho proposition to hold a union convention for the nomination of a County ticket of all parties opposed to the Republicans was discussed, and" as the Democratic convention meets at the same time and place, a union of the Dem ocrats and Populists may be possible. Transfer of Army Surgeons. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Feb. 22. Assistant Surgeon James Rea gles reqeived orders today relieving him from further duty at this post, and di recting him to relieve Assistant Surgeon "George A. Skinner, now at Fort Stevens, Oregon. Dr. Skinner has been ordered to report for duty at San Francisco, with a view to, being sent to Manila, LET WIND PULL ROOTS I EASY DEVICE OF THE STATE PEN ITENTIARY FARMER. Instead of Taking All Winter Clear Six Acres He Cleared 1C Acres -in Six Weeks. to SALEM, Feb. 22. Fanner John H. Por ter, of the Oregon penitentiary, has put the wind to the novel use of pulling out the tap roots of big fir trees. On the State lands near the insane asylum there was six weeks ago a 16-acre tract, that was covered with a dense growth of flr timber, the trees ranging In size from one to f Our feet In diameter at the base. Far mer Porter was given a gang of 12 men and a team and set to work to clear a part of the land. Under his instruction ho was expected to clear six acres during the winter. At the expiration of six weeks ho has cleared the whole 16 acres and a neater job was never done. In accom plishing this amount of work Mr. Porter had the assistance of the strong south winds, which, though 111 winds to many people, blew him much good. The gang of men were put to work on the north side of the flr grove. They cut a log and dragged it close to the north side of the bases 'of the flr trees, and then cut the surface roots of the trees that were to be felled. These prepara tions were made during the first day and then the men went home and slept while the wind did the rest. During the night a strong south wind blew the trees down and they In falling across the log3 pulled up their tap roots. The next day the men sawed up the fallen trees, burned tho brush and laid their logs for another lot of trees. They proceeded In this way until the whole grove had disappeared. They worked always on the north side and were careful to cut the surface roots of only as many trees as they could clear away without delay. Every man who has grubbed out stumps knows that cutting the tap root Is the main difficulty. By this procedure fol lowed by Mr. Porter, the trees pulled their own roots and in some cases left holes two feet n diameter at the top and 12 feet deep. The roots thus pulled up were pot piled up and burned as is usually the case, but were cut to suitable size, and are being' used for fuel at the penitentiary. Marlon County Tnx Funds. Under directions of the Marlon County Court Ed. N. Edes has computed the amount of taxes that will be raised for the various public purposes In this Counts In 1900. The summary prepared by him shows the following: Sheep tax 5 1,973 09 Special sheep tax 213 02 Poll tax 3,194 ( County and state tax 172,704 47 City of Salem 17,677 47 City of Woodburn 28124 Salem school district 15,895 19 Tho total amount of taxes to be raised in the County Is $217,124 30. Half the Voters Hr.ve Registered. Up to the present time about 3000 voters have registered in Marlon County. Ac cording to the estimates this is about hall of the number of persons entitled to regis ter. River Rose Rapidly. The heavy rains of the last few nlghtfl have caused a phenomenal rise In the wat er of the Willamette River. In the last 24 hours the water has risen 5 feet and now stands at 13 feet above low water. River men report that traffic on the Wil lamette is very good1 better tflan at thla season last year. Hops are moving very slowly, as they have been all this season. Capital City Notes. Burglars last night epitered the residence of Judge T. L. Davidson, south of Salem. They secured some small change and a pocketknlfe, and left without waking any one. Superintendent of Public Instruction Ackerman will tomorrow night deliver an address at Amjty and on Saturday evenlng- wlll lecture before the Teachersf Institute at Corvallls. Representatives of Willamette Univer sity today went to Forest Grove, where they will tomorrow night debate the Boer question, with a team from Pacific Univer sity. The burial of the remains of the late King L. Hlbbard took place today at W1I lard cemetery. Funeral services were heh in this city yesterday. Brief services were also held today at the grave. ORE YIELDS 300 TO TRE TO.V. Grant's Pass Hears Blastincr From Grave Creek, 20 Miles Away. GRANTS PASS, Feb. 2L-George St. John, of the Rising Star mine, on Will iams Creek, hauled five tons of ore to the Bailey mill, which netted him 4fl ounces of gold and 1 tons of concen trates. This property is proving very valuable under its present management. Reports from Grave Creek 'show all the mines working full time, with large crews of men. J. C. Lewis Is working two mines with 24 men. R. Van Brunt has 17 men at the Steam Beer mine, and P. B. O'Neil & Co. have a crew of six men. Almost every evening the explo sion of large charges of giant powder can be heard in Town at least 20 miles away. Messcar & Chilcoot are putting up a five-stamp mill on one of the Provolt mines, on Williams Creek. They will crush ore for five neighboring mines. John Shaska has purchased a half-interest in eight copper claims from T. A, Stevenson. They will Immediately pro ceed to develop the property. NEED FOR A SMELTER. Two New Mines Begin Shipping; Rich Ore in Diadem. SUMPTER, Or., Feb. 2L Already the necessity Qf a smelter of largo capacity and financial backing is apparent. Tho Diadem mine Is preparing to ship ore, and the owners find it to their advantage to ship to Omaha, Neb. The first shipment will consist of four carloads, sacked, or about 50 tons. The work of sacking is .progressing dally. The outlook for the property Is constantly improving. Tho ore values have grown better aa depth has been gained. Assays were made re cently from 160 sacks, under just such rules as 'will apply in the smelter at Omaha, which showed the remarkable values of 5303 78 In gold and silver, and 544 in copper. James K. Pardee, vice president of the Diadem Company, says these values are , practically permanent It will be a great thing for the company, and for Eastern Oregon as well, if this proves true. Great values at great depth Is considered the rule In this section, and capital will not hesitate" to go down. Sink ing and hoisting machinery will soon be in place at the Diadem. THE OLD GALICB DISTRICT. Many Evidences of a Healthy Revival of Mininc Interest There. GALICE, Or., Feb. 20. Probably no min eral district In Oregon or on the entire Coast has a brighter future than South ern Oregon, and in particular Gallce dis trict, on Rogue River, about 22 miles from Grant's Pass, the County seat of Josephine County. This is one of the old est camps of Southern Oregon, the min ing heretofore being devoted principally to placers. A number of well-defined ledges run through the district In a north erly and southerly direction, and, being base, but little attention was paid to them, as no facilities for extracting gold, etc., were nearer than San Francisco and Tacoma. The main or mother lode is known as the Big Yank, and averages about 209 feet in width, carrying gold, silver and copper, the latter predominat ing. Years ago some devetppment work was done on the ledge, but it was finally abandoned as it was thought that there was no process for treating the ore. About a year ago. Spokane parties pro cured a number of claims and later or- gaalzed and Incorporated a strong com pany, known as the Big Yank Mining & Milling Company, with headquarters In Portland. Not until last fall was work ef developing begun In earnest, after thor ough and satisfactory tests had been made of the ore. A ditch about two miles in length takes water out of Bailey Creek, a stream that will supply sufficient water the year round for use on the mining ground. The ditch is elevated hundreds of feet above the spot where a plant will be built, and the power that can be derived from It will be great There is also an abund ance of timber on the claims, sufficient for all purposes. Xast month the com pany procured 500 acres of land, prin cipally placer, lying Immediately below the ledge. W. H. Moore, one of the Moro, Or., bankers, and a stockholder and pres ldent of this company, was here this week looking over the field, and so highly was he pleased over the result pt the showing already made and what was In store that he thought it advisable Imme diately to lay out a townslte. It will not be long before another prosperous mining Town will be added to the rapidly grow ing list throughout Oregon, North of this group, on the same ledge, are three claims owned by Messrs. Allen, Goss and Clifton, of Colorado and the East Development work is being done In running a tunnel about 1500 feet along the ledge, at a great depth, and good ore has already been encountered. Othet sulphuret ledges In this belt will receive attention on the Big Yank proving good. There are numerous other promising properties in this district, among them the Lost Flat quartz mine, free-milling, lately bonded to C. L. Johnson, of Colo rado, which has produced wonderfully in the past; the Bolt quartz mine, free-milling, under bond, and carrying good val ues COO feet below the surface, has yielded In all about $50,000 to date; the Golden Wedge, free-milling, which Is fabulously rich; the Alford-Snelllng. runs high as 54 45 in sulphurets; also many placer mines producing well. The climate of Southern Oregon Is all that could be de sired, making mining more pleasant and profitable than in other sections. The country is new in quartz mining, and will come to the front Atf akenlnsr of Haines. HAINES. Or.. Feb, 22. The Town of Haines Is on the main line of the O. R. & N. railway, 10 miles northwest of Baker City. The citizens of this little Town do not claim it is the metropolis of Eastern Oregon, nor the commercial center of anything; but every day people are locat ing mining claims around Haines, and are confident good ore will be taken out right at her doors. About two miles east of Haines, very promising ore has been brought to light It Is said that every hill has Its ledge of goldbearlng qvartz, end Is covered with good-looking float So far, only low-grade ore has been found, but sinking has not been done to demonstrate what is under the sur face. Surface specimens were shown on the street today, and were pronounced by menwho have followed mining for years, and have been all over Baker county, to be fully as promising as the cropplngs from the present producing mines. The citizens of Haines, like those of some other places, have been mineral blind, and paid no attention to what Is almost within her borders. They have waited for outsiders to come along and point out what nature has dope for them. Haines is close to the great Rock Creek and Balsley-Elkhorn districts, which He a fev miles to the west. Smallpox Scare Subsided. The smallpox scare has about sub sided, but the country people are slow to come to town. The family of W, D. John son, the smallpox patient who died, has developed no new case, and none have appeared In town. Much adverse criti cism of the action of the Mayor n hiring three tramps to bury the dead man had no foundation. The men wore old clothes, which were burned; the men were thor oughtly disinfected, and bought new clothes with the money they received. Every precaution against contagion waa taken. It is estimated that over 1000 per sons have been vaccinated here. To Have a Steam Laundry. Grant's Pass is to have a steam, laun dry, articles of incorporation having been filed by B. I. Plummer, J. A. Tate and Charles Crow. They will begin operations as soon as a location can be secured. Banket-Ball Challenge. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 22. The basket-ball team of the Vancouver Ama teur Athletic Club has received) a chal lenge to play p series of games against the Oregon University team. The chal lenge will be accepted, andi the first game will probably be played here March JL Oregon Notes. The membership of the Baker City Chamber of Commerce has been Increased by 28 new members. A large amount Of logging is being done on the Sluslaw. There are six log ging camps in operation. The young men of Jefferson have or ganized a brass band of 16 pieces, and are all provided with uniforms. A spacious and completely equipped warehouse and frultpacking establishment Is to be constructed In Salem this year. The school authorities of Port Angeles have closed the public schools on account of the prevalence of diphtheria in the Town. At a recent meeting of the Baker City Chamber of Commerce, 5600 was appro priated for furniture to fit up the new clubrooms. An alleged French count, made a strong play at a Tacoma gambling resort Tues day night, until he was 5510 loser. Then he left town. It Is announced as probable that a call will be made within two week3 for all warrarnts outstanding against Clatsop County bearing dates prior to February 1, 1893. Two steel bridges will be constructed along the route of the Springfield & Mo hawk railroad branch, one across the McKenzie, the other spanning the Mo hawk near Matt Spores' farm. County Clerk Wherity, of Clatsop coun ty, received notification that the survey of Township 6 south, range 7 east, has been accepted and the land will be open for entry after April L It will be some weeks yet before the actual work of putting In Walla Walla's new sewer system will begin, and the Union advises laborers' not to go there until the work Is ready for them. County Treasurer Buchanan last week remitted 52500 to the State Treasurer, on account of State taxes for Benton Coun ty. This was the first payment of State tax received by the Treasurer for the current year. A Seattle jury Wednesday awarded Mrs. Mary Reynolds a verdict fer 56600 in her breach of promise suit against R. Ballard Bullock. The defendant made no appearance in court, but some of his let ters did, so loaded with endearing terms that even the jury laughed. Four boys, ranging in age from 16 to 17 years, are working out a five days' sen tence for vagrancy, in Eugene. They claimed to hall from San Francisco, but letters discovered while searching them proved beyond a doubt that Albany was their home. They are cleaning cross walks. The outlook for the wooteeourlng prop osition is rather discouraging at present, but it Is to be hoped the committee will not become discouraged, says The Dalles Times-Mountaineer. It is the one thing that will start business booming In The Dalles. When It has been so nearly se cured It would be folly to allow it to drop. By a recent decision in Whatcom Coun ty, the City of New Whatcom will be the gainer by about 530,000. The State revenue laws of 1899 required certain penal ties on delinquent collections to go into the County treasury. The Attorney-General held that the law applied to collec tions of taxes delinquent before the pas sage of this law. The City of New What com contended that it uould net be retro active, and took the matter Into court and won. DISEASE OF FRUIT TREES RESULT OF FR0FB6K G0RB&BYS ORIGINAL IjnrBTrSAT3NS. Hott Troubles Feoaltar to This Cli mate Occur am& Preventives or Remedies far Them. CORVALLIS, Oc Feb. M.-Apoe ra ker, dead spot and btaek seat are the lo cal names applied to aa unknown disease whose wide and growing prevalence In Oregon has been a source of Increasing alarm to orcbardtsts m recent years. Tht disease was not described la the books, and there was no remedy known to orch-ardists- to prevent a further spread. On account of Its Importance, Professor A. B. Cordley, of the experiment Station, has made a six months' study of the dis ease, In which he succeeded In discover ing its character, as well as a remedy. The results of Professor Coctfiey's In vestigations are embodied in a bulletin just issued by the station. Concerning the nature of the disease, together with the remedies for it. the bulletin says: "Apple tree anthracnese attacks prin cipally the smaller branches those un der two or three inches In diameter al though it also occurs upon the larger ones and on the trunks of voung trees. It appears first in fall, soon after the autumn rains begin, as small, irregular, sometimes slightly depressed, brown areas of the bark. During the fall and winter months K spreads but slowly, but with the advent of warmer weather In spring, growth takes place rapidly, until, under favorable conditions, the disease may Invade an area several Inches in diameter. Such areas under observation at Corvallls the past season ceased to en large late hi May. and early in June the first evidence of spore formation was noted. At that time the diseased areas were dark brown in color, markedly de pressed, and In most instances limited by ragged, irregular fissures, which sepa rated the dead from the surrounding liv ing tissues. These dead spots vary in size from those not more than one-half inch in diameter to extensive areas two or three inches wide by six or eight Inches long. Occasionally a single area completely girdles a branch, thus kilting at once its distal portion; but more com monly only a dead spot occurs, from which in the course of a few months the bark sloughs off, leaving an ugly wound, which requires several years to heal. When these wounds are at all numerous the branches are exceedingly rough and disfigured, aad are, moreover, greatly weakened. "The disease is caused by the fungus gloesporlum raaltcortteis. It may be of interest to the orchardlsts to know upon what evidence we base the assertion. It is not necessary to give at this time all the details of the work which have led us to the conclusion. In brief, however, spores were Induced to grow m artificial cultures. As they germinated they were examined under the microscope, their po sition trxefully marked, and when they had developed to such an extent that they could be seen by the unaided eye. they were separated from all other growths and transferred to tube cultures. This process was repeated many times and in different ways to eliminate all sources of error. When convinced that no other liv ing organism was present in the tube cultures, a number of sections of apple limb were inoculated with this 'pure cul ture' of the fungus. In about a week after these inoculations were made, slightly discolored areas were observed about several of the points of infection, and in three weeks these areas bad devel oped all the characteristics of the dis ease as seen in nature; being brown, dis tinctly depressed and separated from the surrounding living portions by the irreg ular, ragged fissures. Having- thus suc ceeded m producing the disease by Inocu-ktMng- with the fungus, 'we are justified in asserting that tho fungus fa the cause of th disease. "Having shown that the' disease is caused by a certain fungus, the question of most interest is, can it be controlled? If so, how? My absence from the State, while studying the fungus ItseK, neces sarily prevented me from conducting any experiments in controlling it, but from what I now know of the disease I believe that I may safely assert that it ean be controlled. We have seen that the spores are developed and probably distributed during the late summer and fall months. and that they undoubtedly germinate aft er the fall rains begin. It is also known that bordeaux mixture and other copper compounds prevent the germination of the spores of most fungi. We, therefore, in fer that if the trees be thoroughly sprayed with bordeaux mixture or with ammoniaeal solution of copper carbonate once seen after the fall rains begin and again as soon after the leaves fall as pos sible, the germination of the spores will be largely prevented and the spread of the disease thereby be checked. It is not expected that such a process will exter minate the disease, but it is believed that it will so reduce its ravages that it can no longer be considered a menace to the apple-growing industry. For the latter of the two applications mentioned above bordeaux mixture, winter strength, should be used. For the former bor deaux, summer strength may also be used, but if fruit is on the trees It would be better to use the ammoniaeal solu tion of copper carbonate. Whichever spray is used should be thoroughly ap plied, and aSphCi aooivas possible aft er the fall rains begin. The fungus can not be destroyed by sprays after it has once entered the tissues of Ks host "In addition to the sprayings recom mended, we should advise owners of young orchards, or orchards but little diseased, to carefully cut out and paint over with strong bordeaux all anthrac nosed spots that may be observed. Aa stated in a preceding paragraph, it is possible that the mycelium of the fungus in the dead area of bark, airer resting through the summer, may be srlmuhUea to renewed activity by the fall rains, and thus Itself be an additional means of propagating the disease. Should this be the case, which we are at present In clined to doubt, spraying will not be en. tlrely efficient in preventing the spread of the disease. For the present at least, or until the above supposition can be proved or disproved, it will be advisable to supplement the sprayings by uefeig the knife wherever practicable. OW, badly diseased orchards ean best be renovated by pruning severely and spraytogr thor oughly." WINTER MAIL TO NOMK. Route to Be Established Overland From Cook Inlet Coast. SEATTLE, Wash,. Feb. 28. The Gov ernment has decided to eetabnefe. a win ter overland United States moil route from the Cook Inlet Coast to Jee. To thli end it is dispatching a expeetttien, led bj Edwin Bngle&tad and Ftotomca Inepeoto Wikex, whose eemmiooioa hi to travel over the so-called Katmal trssl and as certain its practicability for mail-earrying purposes. Linn Connty Prohibitionists. ALBANY, Or, Feb. 24. The Prohibi tion County Club met to Albany today and elected the following officers: W. F. Elmore, of Brownsville, president; J. A. LoBgbottom, of Albany, vice-president; C. H. Walker, of Albany, secretary; Mrs. James Marks, of Albany, treasurer. A ticket will be nominated in a few weeks for the June election. State Chairman L H. Amos, of Portland. Is In attendance. Too Much Like the Tagal Ideal. Detroit Free Press. Postmaster-Genera! Smith wttl please see that no papers con mining amounts of the eperaness of popular government in Kentucky are permitted! to reach me Phaijinea.