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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1900. EWER ER Great Stampedes for the Var ious Rich Creeics. GOOD RESULTS OF BEACH DIGGING Supplies Are RenWbnabljr Plentiful Fuel I HlsU-Prlced and Lumber Is Hard to Get. TACOMA, March 15. E. "W. Beacrnvood, of Tacoma, received a letter from K. J. Becker, at Nome, Alaska, In which ho says: "At present all lines of supplies, ex cept dogs, are sufficiently plentiful. -Lumber is $250 per 1000 feet, and hard to get Mllk and cream low, and rice and ham DO cents per pound. Fuel will be snort. Dog teams have cleaned the river and beach already. One -hundred pounds, o" a single 6ack, of coal, when you can get it, costs X). "For profit, canned meats Is a gooa staple, but not flour or sugar. Never in history has there been such stampeding. Bonanza district has been lit on as by grasshoppers, and now there is a grand rush for Kolcsadapagra. "The big excitement is at Milk Creek, 35 miles above Prince of "Wales. York Is attracting a big lot of attention, and good results are shown. Above Cape Rodney is the latest, called New Eldo rado district, and it is surely good, along with a three-mile free goldbearlng lease of quartz. The trail Is hot with people for this district There will no doubt be a big stampede for Norton Creek, as 514 a pan Is secured. Other creeks yield 10 and 15 cents at the surface. "The beach is being worked with good results, and coarse gold at times shows up. Several $5 and ?15 nuggets, and one worth $37, were found about one and a half miles up, and on top of the ground." PREFER OREGON MINES. British Columbia Miner Wants to Come South. C. Fielding, a successful mining man of Slocan, B. C. is in Portland, with a view to locating in some of the Oregon min ing districts, if he finds conditions favor able. Mr. Fielding is the original dis coverer of the Arlington silver mine, near Slocan. now known as one of the richest properties In British Columbia. He says American enterprise has developed enor mous wealth north of the 49th parallel, within the past 10 years, and that now British capital is willing to take the de veloped properties off the hands of the original owners. Americans prefer to live in their own country, and are likely to sell out by the wholesale and return to the United States, on account of the ploasanter climatic conditions, as there is altogether too much good sleighing around Slocan. "Even now," he said, "while flowers are .blooming and green grass Is waing In Oregon pastures, we of Slocan are chip ping our silver ore on sleds over the snow to the railroad station, six miles away. British . Columbia is a good country to mine in, but not a pleasant one for per manent residence, although the govern ment is very liberal to Americans, and no obstacles are thrown in our way, to pre vent us owning and operating mines. The only tax In mines is a royalty of 1 per cent on the ore exported, which is always cheerfully paid, as life and property are protected, and all ruffianism and rowdy lEm summarily squelched. Sometimes tough characters come over from the States, but they understand that they have to keep the peace, and obey the laws, and so they never attempt any overt acts around Slocan. "A miners tax of to a year is levied In the district, and this zs collected from Americans and British subjects alike. Claims are 1500 feet .square more than double the size permitted in the United States and they can be owned and oper ated by Americans without molestation." Mr. Fielding will visit Southern Oregon first, as he has heard from reliable sources that good ledges are being opened up in Douglas, Jackson and Josephine Cdunties, and only lack capital to convert them into valuable mines. The climate of Southern Oregon, too, has been heard of in the Slocan district, and be predicts an exodus of British Columbia mlneowners into the "Rogue River and Umpqua Valleys, as soon as they have disposed of their properties In the north. Quotations of aiiningr Stocks. SPOKANE, March 1C The closing: bids ior mining- stocks today were: Blacktai! $0 00 IMorrison ... fO 02i Butte & Boston. 3 iN'oblfe Five 7 Crystal 4 1 Princess Maud... 7i Deer Trail Con.. JI Qullp su Gold Ledsre . ltepublic 1 10 Golden Harvest. lU'Vteservatlcn .... gv Ir-ourKent 1 iRoRsland Giant.. 2i Jim Blaine 14 jaulllvan Lone Pine Surp. 10V Tom Thumb .... JC Moraine Glory.. CvsIWaterioo 0 SAX FRANCISCO, March 16. Offlcial closlns quotations for mining: stocks: Alta $0 05Kcntuck Con $0 02 Alpha Con 4LaJ- Wash. Con.. 2 Andes lStMexlcan 33 Belcher 33(Occidental Con ... 13 Best & Belcher... 4blOphir jji -miuion a,Overman 53 Caledonia Challeng-e Con .. ChoJlar Confidence Con. Cal. A Va. Crown Point ... 1 40!Potasi 25 2Mj?avaee IS 23'Seg. Belcher 4 X 'Sierra Nevada .... 04 1 bOjhihr Hill 6 14iStandarl 2 no Hschequer Guuid & Curry... Hale & JJorcrosts. Justice -tunion Con 26 21!UUh Con 11 aOfYeiiow Jacket .... 19 NEW TORK. March 1C Mining stocks today clcs&d ae follows: Chollar ?0 20 Ontario Grown Point 31 Ophlr Con. Cal. & Va... 1 40 Plymouth .. S2 73 12 1 SO 7 30 50 Deadwooa GO Quicksilver tWid & Curry... 14 " do prof 21 Sierra Nevada .Haie &. orcross. 21 Sierra Nevada jiume?uiKe so ooistandard 2 05 Iron Silver Gi Union Con lt leiican iueiWTT Jacket 5 BOSTON. March 1C Closlne quotations: os:on & iiont-r ;0 tParrott $0 44i Butte & Boston. 62 j SMALLPOX CXDER CONTROL. ."Were a Dozen Canes nt Eaprle Creek, but Mont Have Recovered. OREGON CITY, March 16. Dr. A7. K. Carll, one of the county physicians, re turned late last night from Eagle Creek, where he had gone to Investigate tne smallpox epidemic at the request of Dr. C. B. Smith. "There are only two cases of smallpox in that vicinity," said' Dr. Carll, "and one- of them Is convalescent. They are Mrs. Crookshank and her grand daughter, Miss Terwadow. The other cases, a dozen 1n all, have recovered. Trout From Lalce Micliigran. Tom Brown, superintendent of the Sal mon River steelhead hatchery, and is. R. Grcenman, Deputy Fieh Commissioner, left today for the hatchery site to begin work on the Spring run. Mr. Greenman will remain there only a short time. Su perintendent S. W. Downing, of the Clackamas hatchery, has received IW.uoo trout from Lake Michigan, which he is feeeding. These trout will be transplant ed in Washington and Oregon waters. When full "grown these trout weigh as. much as S5 pounds. GOVERNOR WOXT INTERFERE. Says "Webster Must Hans: Unless Netr Evidence Is Discovered. OLTMPIA, March 16. Attorneys Del Cory Smith and J. L. CrotUe, of Spokane, were given a hearing "before Governor Rogers last Tiight and again this morning In the Webster murder case. The Gov ernor holds to Tils position that if there Is any interference with the execution of the law it must be through the Intcrven. tlon of the Superior Judge of Spokane County, unless the lawyers can produce new evidence, as they claim they can, which evidence would cast doubt upon the proven fact "that "Webster fired the fatal shot. In the event of such evidence being filed the Governor Is willing to commute .the sentence. LXSE COUNTY XEWS. Fruit Drier TJiat Will Ilsrndle 1000 Bushel of Prunes Daily. EUGENE, Or., March 16. Norris Hum phrey intends making some important additions to his fruit-drying establishment on his farm north of Eugene, which he will have comaleted in time to handle his crop of prunes this year. The improve- menta contemplated will give a capacity iiianiuii UL JI UIJtt LlllZk tU.l- UC li.lUVlv fr firn itvn Miinic nf nn.m-c npr hav " Two children of Mr. McDonald, who lives four miles north of Eugene, arc suffering from a very severe attack of diphtheria. One little girl, about 11 years old. Is not expected to recover. The tract of land, 20x34 feet. In rear ot the business block of "W. T. Campbell, on Willamette street, has been sold by the County Court to W. Sanders. Mr. Camp bell, who owns abutting- property, claims certain jurlsdlcUon over this property, and has published notices warning all persons against trespassing thereon. The ques tion now comes as to the validity of the title given by the county. The progrera of the case is looked upon with Interest by those who have acquired similar prop erty, upon which several brick buildings will soon be commenced. It is also regard ed with Interest by the general public, which has been hoping for something to be done to abolish an eyesore from the heart of the city. The 1S93 tax-rolls were turned over to J the Sheriff yesterday morning, and the work of collecting taxes Is now in progress. IOOKED FOR. OLD FRIENDS. Joaquin Miller In Morrow County Sules of Sheep ami "Wool. HEPPNER, Or., March 1C Joaquin Mil ler lectured here last night to a large audience.- He finds here many old friends of pioneer days. He climbed the hill to the Heppner cemetery and laid tributes of wild flowers on the graves of Uncle Jack Morrow and Frank Maddock, with whom ho rode over these hills in the days when Indians were bad, S5 years ago. Miller was here then, and now makes his first return visit. His signature on the hotel register is the talk of the town. It is a fac simile of some of the Klondike trails he had to follow. William Penland has sold to A. M. Bunce. of Wyoming, SOOO head of mixed yearlings at $2 50 a head. Mr. Penland Is sheep king here. He has 23,000 acres of deeded land, and runs 15,000 sheep. This Is only about half the number he usually runs, as ho sold off all his old sheep last fall. George Gray has bought of Jerry Bros man and John Kilkenny 2303 2-year-olds at S3. The first wool of the season was brought into Heppner yesterday by Big Mouth Joe's Indians. They nulled It off tho car. casses of sheep that died on the open range, and, as the mutton must be over- ripe to make the wool null easv. the wool smells bad. Last year these Indians sold In Heppner over $3000 worth of this per fumed wool. "Will Go to Meet Brran. OLTMPIA. March 16. A number of state officials will go to Walla Walla to meet William J. Bryan on his arrival there, and will accompany him on his tour through the state. WaslilHKton Notes. "Walla Walla Is to have a fruit cannsry capitalized at $15,000. Walla Walla millers send to the Orient 1000 to 4000 barrels of flour monthly. In Tacoma 6374 men have registered for the city election that is to take Place April 3. Falrhaven makes about half the salmon cans used on Puget Sound 20,000 out of 50,000 and also fills them with fish. The Young & "Williams salmon cannery .at Blaine has been sold to J. "W. and V. Cook for $75,000, Including dock, steamer Edna, pile-driver, machinery, etc The capacity of the Riverside Shingle Mill In Everett Is belnj? increased from 100,000 to 200.000 shingles daily. The O. K. Shingle Mill is also about to be doubled in capacity. Though William Frcunt confessed in Spokane that he had murdered August Zaspel. Judge Richardson has decided that a jury trial will be necessary to deter mine, under the statute, the degree of the offense. The Falrhaven Herald, which ceased daily publication at the end of the year 1S93, resumed with both morning and even ing issues March 13. In its second is sue It advocates the consolidation of New Whatcom and Falrhaven. Rapid steps have been taken to the fur thering of the project of building an elec tric car line to connect Aberdeen and llo qulam. a distance of four miles. The question has been agitated for several years past, but there seems nothing to prevent Its being carried to a successful issue, now. '- " - - ffflrcjpjggggflj -Ao 35 n,rf J3Q j TELEGRAPH FOR ALASKA A MILITARY NECESSITY, AND WORK SHOULD BE HASTENED. ReeotnxncadatioBs of General Greely, Chief Sigrnal Officer Total Coat Estimated, at $450,550. "WASHINGTON, March 12. CongTesa Vm rorrivod from the Secretary of the ! -" --- - - Treasury an estimate submitted by the j Secretary of war. asKing ior an appro priation of J450.550, to be expended by the Signals Corps in establishing a military telegraph route through Alaska, from Valdes to the Yukon, thence to St. MI- chael and across to Cape Nome, ine rouie is Intended to connect all mo military es tablishments at present In Alaska, and brings Cape Nome, the chief point of In terest at this time. In communication with an open harbor throughout the year. The Secretary of War says that the wire for most of this line can te laid most of the distance on the ground with perfect safety, and, with everything In readiness to begin work at the opening of navigation, can be constructed throughout Its entire length in one season. General A. W. Greely, chief signal ofil- ' cer, who prepared the estimate, and under whom the work would be carried out, sub mits the following statement with his es timate: "The growing commercial Importance of Alaeka and the prospective future of that country, as indicated by the best experts,. show conclusively that a system of com- munlcatlon for this department should be undertaken at once for tne proper control and economical admlnstration of this dis trict. It Is thought that the area can be controlled with a much smaller military force, and. therefore, mucn more economic ally and efficiently, by proper system of communication between Isolated forts. In making estimates, however, for the lines herein requested, difficulty Is experienced, due to the very unusual conditions which exist In th!s region. The local high prices, the almost entire absence of any kind of transportation In the interior, and the Im practicability of transporting and erectins noles over a larce nortion of thla line. ! mIrA If irA;-l rt 11CA In fl 1orA measure especially adapted Insulated wire, In some secUona laid directly upon the ground. "This largely increases the expense ol the first cost of material, and makes the most careful estimate hat can be made largely tentative In character, and the one herewith submitted is deemed to be as low as the work can be constructed. It con templates the usual course, the work be Jng done by the troops, under the direction of a Signal Corps detachment, and the necessary transportation being furnished by the Quartermaster's Department. "The line Is divided into sections, with estimates for each section, and It should be understood that the cutting down of these estimates means the abandoning of a particular section. It is believed that. notwithstanding the comparatively large amount of money estimated for them, i these lines are a necessity, and should be undertaken In the next open season of the country, as recommended by the depart ment commander, whose headquarters, now at St. Michael, are entirely isolated from Washington seven months each year. "It should be clearly understood that the greater part of this telegraphic system Is an absolute military necessity, as without It the department commander cannot reach any of the posts during the critical winter period of the year. "It is announced that the Dominion ot Canada has appropriated $350,000 to con nect its stations in the Klondike telegraph ically with Quesnelle, but this affords no facilities to the Commanding-General. De partment of Alaska. The Chief S'gnal Officer, therefore, recommends that the In closed estimate be submitted Immediately with favorable indorsement, through iha proper channels, to the chairman of the military committee. House of Representa tives, with a view to Incorporating thH estiniate In the Army bill for the coming fiscal year. "The necessity for the appropriation be ing available is owing to the fact that operations must be commenced in April oi this year. In order to utilize the short sum mer season for the work. "The detailed estimates are as follows: Valrlez to Fort Egbert, 3S5 miles, at $150 per mile $ 57,753 Fort Egbert to Fort Yukon, 2S5 mlle. at $150 per mile 42,750 Fort Yukon to Fort Gibbons, 353 miles, at $150 per mllo 54,454 Fort Gibbons to Fort SL Michael, COS miles 50 miles submarine cable, at $900 per mijo 43,001 555 miles of land cable, at $200 per mile Ul.OOJ Fort St. Michael to Cape Nome, 144 miles of submarine cable, at $000 Ter mile 129.WK1 Total $4405 "The cost of equipping stations ($10,000) Is not included in their detailed estimate. "The above system connects by tho most direct line all the important military post In the department." Solilicrs BotUe in OlTmpIn, OLYMTIA, March 16. Adjutant-General Fox arrived today from San Francisco with the nine bodies of soldiers who lost their lives in the Philippines, and whose remains have not been claimed by rela tives or friends. The bodies are now in a local undertaker's establishment under military guard. WORK TO STOP FOR A TIME. Funds Exhausted for Itevetnient Op posite Corvalils. CORVAIiLIS, Or.. March 16. It is ex pected that the Government work along the bank of the Willamette, opposite Cor valils, will be suspended tomorrow after. noon for a time. The nroiect has not been -- .- m- entirely completed, but the available funds have been exhausted. The operations have been In progress for the past three months, aunng wn;cn time law ieet ot new revet ment has been built. In the work there has been used 73 carloads of stone, brought from the Cascade Mountains. 25,000 cords of brush fascines, and 400 piles. Most of the time 50 men have been employed, in addition to the crew of the snagboat Mathloma. The revetment has an aver- Proposed Telegraph Line. Stations ago width of 40 feet, and has raised the minimum level of the affected bank about seven feet. The work has been directed by Captain Galbralth, of the snagboat to be the best of the kind seen along the liver. The purpose of the revetment 's to .prevent the Willamette River .from, leaving its present channel by cutting through contiguous country. In which event steam- boat navigation would be badly hindered. 1 BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY. Varied Resources MaUe and Keep Dallas Prosperous. DALLAS, March 16. Much interest is now being taken In the question of estab lishing a dairy here. It is argued that Dallas is an Ideal location for such an en terprise. . Dallas does not feel the depression oc casioned by the low price of hops and wheat so keenly as many other towns, owing to her varied resources. She has, aside from wheat and hops, cattle, sheep and wool, goats and mohair, hogs, wood, staves, lumber, woolen goods, and great est of all poultry. Scarcity of "Wood. The woolen mill here has been greatly inconvenienced for want of fuel for some time past. " The wood combine held for higher prices than was considered prof itable to the mill and the mill people did not buy freely in the Fall, hoping to see the price come down, which It failed to do. The stock in town became so reduced that no wood was to be had. Then green wood was cut and hauled over muddy roads. But the present fine weather has contributed largely to tho relief of the situation, and the mill Is again running on full time. SaTfingr Resumed. Tho Thurston Sawmill Company has commenced sawing again,-after having been closed four weeks for the construc tion of another dam. NORTHWEST DEAD. Mattherr G. Brovrn, an Aged Oregon Pioneer of 185S. DALLAS, March 16. Last -night Mat thew Cw Brown, pioneer of Oregon, died at his home In Dallas, at the age of 84 yeare. He was born In Ohio and came to Oregon In April, 1S5S. Mr. Brown had been married twice, and leaves a wife in Dallas and one daughter, Mrs. Maria Mil ler, of Portland " The funeral will take place tomorrow from the family residence, and burial will be la the Odd Fellows' cemetery, near town. The deceased was a brother of Hon. W. O. Brown, a pioneer of 1844, now' living in Dallas. Peter Mnurcr, of Marion County. SALEM, March 16. Peter Maufer, aged 53. died while plowing on his farm near Mchama today. The deceased had been a Tesldent of the Santlam country for the past 20 years, and was well known In this county, especially among members of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which order he was a prominent member. He leaves a wife and one daughter. Burial of Judfie Lawrence. BAKER CITY, Or., March 16. All that was mortal of the late Judge Andrew Jack son Lawrence was laid to rest In the cem etery here today. Tho Baker City Bat Association had charge of the services, which were conducted by the rector of the Episcopal Church. Two Deaths in Vnncouvor. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 16. Mrs. Joseph Tarlton, of this city, who died quite suddenly yesterday from heart dis ease, was burled today. Mrs. A. F. Mills died at her home in this city today from consumption. Mrs. Rice, Roscliurg Pioneer. ROSEBURG, Or., March 16 Mrs. Mary S. Rice, an early pioneer of this state, died at her home at Rico Hill last night, aged Si years. Deceased was the mother of I. F. Rice, of this city. Why don't you try Carter's Little Liver Pills? They are a positive cure for sick headache and all the ills produced by dis ordered liver. FUSION A HOT QUESTION MARION POPULIST COMMITTEE RE FERS IT TO ENROLLED MEMBERS. Variety of Opinion as to Advisability of Joining: Democrats Tallc of Independent Action. SALEM. March 16. The Marlon County People's Party Central Committee met this forenoon In the City Hall, Chairman Geo, TV. Weeks presided. The forenoon was taken Up with talking. The afternoon resulted in some business, the most im portant of which was the passage of a resolution to reconsider the action of the last meeting wherein the committee de- lnr1 nrotnsf- frHrn Th rA?nlit!rn also ' Included a reccnslderatlon of the endorse ment of the Omaha platform and the H.DOC 427 56 1 endorsement of Barker and Donnelly as National People's Party candidates. These questions being brought again be fore tho committee the following1 reso lution disposed of them so far as tha com mittee is concerned: "Resolved, first. That the question of fusion and all other questions which now divide our party leaders 'be referred to tha enrolled members of the party for final settlement. "Resolved, second. That no fusion pro posed by party leaders, committees or conventions bo- binding on the party until ratified by a majority vote of the enrolled members Interested." Although the resolution purported to take the matter out of the hands of the committee, a long discussion of the ques tion of fusion was indulged in. One pro nounced Mlddle-of-the-Roader expressed himself In no uncertain terms, and con cluded by saying that the policy of trad ing candidates and votes with the Demo crats or any other party is the grossest kind of corruption. A Fuslonist, on the other hand, made an eloquent plea for union of any kind, so that it be against unfaithfulness In office. He named a prominent Democrat who had, this morn ing, assured him that if the Populists would stand such a movement, there were Democrats and Republicans enough who. would unite with them In a citizens' mc e ment to "down the- courthouse ring." In spite of having left the fusion 'ques tion to the Populist party at large, a reso lution was Introduced and passed declar ing that It was the opinion of the Popu lists present that fusion had oven dis astrous to the reform movement, and that it is, in principle, unwise. The committee decided upon March 31 for the holding of the precinct primaries, and April 6 for the county convention. Unclnimed Rodios of Oregon Soldiers. Governor Geer this evening received from Depot Quartermaster Long the fol lowing list of bodies of Second Oregon Volunteers now at San Francisco: Michael F. Crowley, Company D. Bert Hart, Company A. Robert Hoffman, Company M. William McElwaln, Company N. Henry Payne, Company M. Lieutenant Strawderman, Company L. George Elckhamer, Company G. James Kelly, Company G. ' Ralph A. Odell, Company A. Charles Rubart, Company L. The Governor will Immediately send an order for the transportation- of the bodies to Oregon. To Receive Bryan. At a meeting held this evening to make arrangements for the rece'ption of "W. J. Bryan, on the occasion of his address In this city March 28. George Downing, D. C. Sherman and Gecrge W. Weeks were, ap pointed a committee to meet Mr. Bryan at Albany and escort him to Salem; Messrs. N. J. Judah, A. Dennis and John Bayne were appointed a committee on ar rangements, and Messrs. J. P. Frizzell, Oswald West, Jefferson Myers, W. T. RIgdon and Daniel -J. Fry were appointed a committee on finance. Want Gay Pardoned. Governor Geer today received a peti tion for the pardon of George Gay, who was received at the penitentiary April 13, 1SS9. on a two-year sentence for stealing some old clothing and a shotgun from a dwelling house near Corvalils. The pe tition states that Gay committed the crime while under the influence of liquor; that no attempt was made to conceal the property, and that Gay was Imprisoned four months while awaiting trial. Gay served his country creditably in the United States Navy and has conducted himself well While confined in the peni tentiary. The petition is signed by Sena tor John D. Daly, B. F. Irvine, editor of the Times; Virgil Watters, County CJerk; E. Woodward. County Judge; Peter Rick nrd, Sheriff; B. W. Johnson, Postmaster; E. P. Greffoy; committing magistrate, and several .others. Whitman County Politics. COLFAX, Wash., March 16. The Col fax Republican Club met last night and perfected permanent organization by the election of Dr. George Chapman, as president; Dr. John Bensjn, vice-president; E. H. Kirkland, secretary, and I. B. .Harris treasurer. On motion It was dc- "PV'yT'yVV'JVVTTTT'TT'J,VTTTYVTTTV'TTlvii'P'P'''i,'',t,'tv'i1',l''Tf EVI Letters to Female Weakness 13 Years " Dkar Mt.3. Pinkham : For fifteen years I suffered with every form of female "weakness and had almost given up hope of ever being- well again when a friend insisted that I try Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine.. 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Colfax pays $100 for an hour of Bryan, the money being used for paying the expense ot a special train, and was raised by sub scriptlon. Orcson Notes. Hood River has 37 telephones. A fisher, 34 feet in length, was killed on Deer Island last Sunday. Fifty mall boxes are to be put up on Hood River's free'mall delivery routeT The large dam Is belps rebuilt in Milton Creek, to get out logs before the ruins, ) cease. ' ' ' I. M. Simpson, of Airlle, has rented' hfcs hopyards to Salem parties for $4G0 a year. An Albany team ran away and thoroughly scrambled nine c.ses ot eggsfln the wagon. A man at Turner- reports Skat his goats have yielded an average OCJT4& pounds of- mohair. "iS A breeder of shorthorns in Umatilla County has just sold five cows and calves for $500. Eastern men have located 23 timber claims at the head of the Calapoola dar ing the last 30 days. The Oregon Hopgrowers' Association has1 made another sale of 54 bales, Lut tho price is withheld. An infant, weighing lees than 1 pounds) was recently born in Umatilla County to Mr. and Mrs. E. Hodgen. A dos recently killed 10 sheep. Includ ing a line buck, belonging to James Wm stanley, of Salem, In one night. Three of the newly elected city officers of La Grande are avowed Republicans, and two others are Gold Democrats. E. W. Daggett ha3 resigned as school superintendent of Gilliam County, and R. W. McCalle has been appointed as his successor. In a runaway at Athena, N. Pinkerton was caught in his vehicle as It upset, and badly kicked about the head before he was rescued. A Salem hoDgrower has just sold 241 bales 15,000 pounds at a price not stated, but reDorted to be less than he was cf fereJ last Fall. A Seattle man has bought a number of horses, near Wecton, at prices ranging from $30 to $125. One splendid team of 1600-pound animals brought $200. In Jackson County, Republican pri maries are to be held March 24; the con vention one week later. Proxies may be used only by citizens of the same precinct. A Hood River man, who bought a vel-low-legged chicken for a minister's din ner, mourns its loss at the hands or teeth of a marauding cat. The minister joins in the lamentations. The Democratic County Central Com mittee of Yamhill County has fixed Sat urday, March 31, as the date for pri maries, and April 7 as the date for county convention, to elect delegates to the state convention. Charles Bartholomew, of Yamhill Coun ty, suffered the fracture of his skull last Wednesday, and died that night. The young man cut a tree, which lodged against another, which he afco chopped down, but he failed to get out of the way when the tree fell, and one of them struck him on the head, crushing the skull from the forehead to the back of the head. Democratic primaries of Wasco County JasL rtPSF' Sauce BEWARE OF IMITATIONS "Is adapted for every variety of dish from Turtle to Beef, from Salmon to Steaks, to all of which it gives a famous relish." JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, Agents, N. Y. MOrmOn Blshons Pills ft . rt TUnr i.-..,. r B...i.7 of s4lT-a-sc. petpney, tost Power, Miiht-l05ses, accrmntorrhoea Insomnia, Pans in Eacfc, Cvjl Desires, ajmlnnrEmloJilona, Lame SacU-f Narvous lie- or oansMpntlorr, Stops Qulcknoto ot Dis VOU3,TUYltChlngCf Eyelids. Haects are Immediate. uaaakr rinuuauw.Tk'ijiiLiiBa.-i lli iiiiirrT i?n nr CJ2SJM. Stimulates the bram ad cerre centers, soe a bay. 6 fSr f 3 50 br-cuui. ftVriVfij Awn itocBr eyrefuxuled. iA eoxe,. OreuUrs free. Address, BlahCP aemodVcon SaTftanCtoCO; CaS ercry luacuoo. went get oc-iicaasM, tcr oaje or Ajonca A'carroacj-. sista mJr m 4J JL Hr JL ti j firs. Pinkham from Women. 1825 Charles St., La Crosse, Wis. women prove conclusively that VEGETABLE MPMm rriirir:n:hrfmhrnT-iV-n-Yiivn-viv1i: are to be held March 31, and the conven tion at The Dalles April 10. The call con tains this clause in black type: . MAH vot ers. Irrespective of former party affiliations- who are now opposed to the MqKin ley administration, and those who favor efficient, economic, and impartial admin istration of county affairs, are invited to join in "said primaries and in the conven tion following." While Mrs. Baird and daughter and a lady friend, of East Hood River. wre drivlns over a bridge which spans ir deep ditch near Odell's. the abutment a eve end. which had been undermined by t .e Tecent rains, suddenly collapsed, and team." passengers and vehicle were piled up In great confusion. The Hood Kiver Glacier says that all three nersons suf 'fered severe bruises, while the team in 'its struggles 'succeeded In demolishing tha hack, besides breaking the harness in sev eral places. " " , Another "C?e ot Blttlvthein: VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 16" A new case of diphtheria" was discovered by Health Officer Burt today a small "child Of Mr. and -Mrs. J. Trombley who liva on Kauffman avenue. It is a wonderful .soap that takes hold quick and does noharm. No harm.! It leaves the skin soft like a baby's; no alkali in it, nothing but soap. The harm is done by alkali. Still more harm is done by not washing. So, bad soap is better than none. What is bad soap? Im perfectly made; the fat and alkali, not well- bal anced or'notcomSined. What is good soap? Pears'. AH sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sons of people use 1:. Every Estarbroolt Pen is Warranted. 160 Varieties. Fsr sale by alt statiorrs. THE E5IERBR00K STEEL PEN CO., I Works. Camdw, K.J. 26 John St., N. Y. 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