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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. APRHi 28, 1900.
POLITICS IN BAKER
Prospect Is Good For the Re
publican Candidates.
THE POPULIST PARTY DISAPPEAIS
Great Chance In Sentiment Doe
the Prosperity of the People
. Registration Is Slow.
to
BAKER CITY. Or.. April 27,-If the Re
publicans do r.ot add Baker County to
their column at the June and November
elections, the fault cannot be laid to the
county central committee. This la an un
usually strong body, with a keen eye to
the value of organization, and It Is headed
by that aggressive worker. William J.
lachner, who was the party nominee for
Prosecuting Attorney in this district two
years ago. Chairman Lachner has the
co-operation of Republicans In every pre
cinct in the County, and Is determined to
win if work will do it. It is safe to say
that the party has never been so strongly
bent on gaining victories. Leading men of
the various precincts who are giving the
chairman their advice and assistance are:
Alder W. Weatherspoon.
Bridgeport J. J. Dooley.
Bonanza L. L. Foster.
Bourne J. H. Clark.
Baker City No. 1-B. F. Alley.
Baker City No. 3 Dr. C XV. Fault.
Baker City No. 4 Ira B. Sturgis.
Depot Walter Moore.
South Baker TV. H. Clay.
Conner Creek Captain J. Myrick.
Cleary George Elliott.
Express W. G. Ayer.
Haines W. A. Owens and.Davis Wilcox
Huntington J. H. Alt ken.
MoEwen E. J. Hallock.
North Powder A. B. Davis.
Pocahontas E. B. Melvln.
Rye Valley-W. W. Weber.
Rock Creek H. K. Fisher.
North Eumptcr Roy Miller.
South Sumpter Charles Miller.
Unity B. Elliott.
Virtue E. B. Borman.
Willows W. Li. Carnes.
Wlngvllle James Ash and Georg
Chandler.
Weatherby M. O'Hara.
Ileslatratlon Is Sloir.
The present effort of the county com
mittee Is directed to bring about a full
registration. Chairman Lachner has is
sued a circular letter to voters urging all
who have not registered to do so at once,
end to vote the straight Republican tUket
on June 4. The letter is of special time
liness, as registration Is very slow in this
county. It Is expected that 5509 votes will
be cast in June. When the County Clerk's
office closed tonight only 1G6 had regis
tered. By precincts the registration to
date is:
Baker No. 1
.174
South Sumpter ... CO
Baker No. 2.
Baker No. 3,
..26
.133
Aortn sumpter .. z
Bourne IK
Alder 23
Baker No. 4..
.Id
South Baker ..
Depot
Virtue
North Powder
. CO
.113
. 15
.. 20
Express
Huntington ..
Conner Creek
Rye Valley ...
names
62
unageport .. .
Rock Creek CO.Parkers
Willows 9 Cleary 18
Wlngvllle 2Unlty 10
Pocahontas. .. .. 411
McEwen 2l Total 1656
The county committeeman of each pre
cinct and the clubs are also pressing regis
tration. The Baker City club has CO
members, and the Sumpter club 175. Both
organizations are doing effective work
for the party.
Republicans Have a Strong; Ticket.
There are but two tickets in the field
this year, but the Prohibitionists may add
the third before the time limit expires.
The Populists, despairing of electing any
one on a straight ticket, went over bodily
to the Democrats at the Sumpter conven
tion, and meekly accepted the offices that
the Democrats were gracious enough to
allot them. The result was a Democratic
Populist fusion. The Middle-of-the-Road
Populists refused to be fused They are
poison on fusion, and will have none of It.
They have made no arrangements to put
up a ticket of their own. and If Tthey vote
for county offices It will be Republican
candidates.
Tho Republican ticket is a strong one.
It is headed by Charles .E. Cochran, for
District Attorney. He was secretary of
the state and first district congressional
conventions two years ago. John T. Eng
lsh, manager of the Golconda mine, one
of the largest and most productive min
ing properties In Oregon, is the nominee
for Representative. Mr. English's elec
tion would give the extensive mining Inter
ests of Eastern Oregon representation ic
the Legislature. He knows the needs of
Baker County, and has the ability to urge
them by speech or pen. The other nom
inees are: Sheriff, A. H. Huntington;
County Clerk, Frank Geddes; Recorder,
Dan C Bobbins; County Treasurer, Rob
ert Palmer; Assessor, Hiram Holcomb;
County Commissioner. H. Flldew; Super
intendent of Schools, W. H. Stalker; Sur
veyor, C. M. Foster; Coroner. Dr T. N.
Snow. Sheriff Huntington and Clerk Ged
des were elected two years ago, when
i the fuslonlsts thought they hada cinch
on the county.
County Is Republican.
Men who have a good knowledge of the
situation assert that the Republicans have
a clear majority In Baker County today,
and that the vote In June will prove It.
In 1SD6 they were hopelessly In the minor
ity. That year the vote for Representa
tive was: D. W. Tokum, Pop., S82; W. F.
Butcher, Dem., 797; C IV. Nlbiey, Rep.. 787.
The Democratic and Populist vote was
S92 in excess of the Republican. In two
years the Republicans cut this to 245.
The best test of the alignment of parties
two years ago is the vote on Attorney
General. Blackburn got the full Repub
lican vote, and Story all that fusion could
throw to him. There was no middle-of-the-road
candidate, and Bright, the Pro
hibition nominee, cut little figure. Story
received 13S3 votes and Blackburn 1140.
The difference between them. 245, repre
sented the anti-Republican majority In the
county In 189R. The large accessions to
the Republican ranks since then have.
It is believed, wiped out this excess and
put a large sized balance on the other
side of the blackboard. The Republicans
have the votes. The thing Is to get them
into the ballot-box on election day.
Baker City has become a Republican
city. Two years ago it gave the Repub
lican candidate for Attorney-General 499.
the fusion candidate E3 and the Prohibi
tion candidate EO. Though it was the
home of ibe fusion nominee for Governor,
Klngbarelycarrled It against Geer. and he
fell far short of the overwhelming ma
jority his trumpeters said he would have.
Baker City gave King 567, Geer 510. Luce.
Mlddle-of-the-Road. 45. and Clinton a.
Baker City cast 1173 votes In 1E3S. It ought
to cast about 1400 this year.
Calamity Xot an Issue.
Speaking of the Republican outlook.
Chairman Lachner, of the county com
mittee, said today:
"Tho prospects are very flattering for
the election or the whole Republican
ticket, but to accomplish- this, constant.
energetic work will be required from now
until election day. we nave always had
a hard fight in this county, and in order
to win we must have the full Republican
strength. The party has unquestionably
made large gains in this county since 1S9S.
The Populists, with the exception of the
Mlddle-of-the-Roaders. have nearly dis
appeared from our politics. They have
lost their Identity and have drifted back
into the Republican or Democratic parties.
The great change in sentiment, which
has taken place since isns. Is due to the
prosperity of the country. Men In every
line of business are expanding, wages art
high, and work is plenty, and It has been
demonstrated to the satisfaction of our
people that gold Is the only stable stand
ard lor our currency system. It will avail
no one to attempt to tide Into office on
the cry that gold oppresses the people, cr
that 'money is the master and man the
slave. The calamity howl is no longer
campaign material In Baker County."
VAMniLL COEXTV COXVEXTlOJf.
Democrats and Populists Try in b to
Get Together.
M'MINNVIL-LE. Or., April 27. The Re
publicans of this county have opened
headquarters in the Union block. As the
conventions of both parties are held this
week the campaign will be-short, but none
the less spirited. Both parties have been
scattering literature in large quantities,
but the first political speech, other than
those at the congressional conventions,
will be delivered before the Democratic
county conventiontomorrow by J. A. Jef
fery. the fusion candidate for District At
torney. The democratic campaign will this year
be managed by M. B. Hcndtick. He has
seen long service In the party, and Is a
well-known warehouseman. His secre
tary. E. J. Wood, has hitherto afSllate'd
with the Populist party, but, like most
of the younger and more astute Populists,
went over to the Democrats this year.
The chairman of the Republican County
central committee is County Judge R, P.
Bird. Like the Democratic chairman, he
has been connected with the politics of the
county many years. Mr. Bird yesterday
appointed A- V. R. Snyder as secretary
of the Republican county committee. Ha
also has had somo cxperlenco in poli
tics. The ticket put up by the Republicans
at their convention Tuesday Is very satis
factory to all Republicans. None of fh
factions or cliques got the whole ticket,
and every nomination was made unani
mous. All the Republican papers oi me
county speak In glowing terms of the
ticket. The local Democratic organ says,
nothine about It. but the other Populist
'paper of the county admits It Is a strong
ticket, with the exception of two, against
whom It has a personal spite.
What the Democrats and Populists will
do tomorrow Is now the talk. The Demo
crats nr nulte nerslstent In saying that
h TnmiiistR should come to them, and
the Populists are Insisting that they should
Mvn th nominations of Commission
er. Sheriff and Representative, and cal.
the ticket a citizens ticket This It is al
most certain the Democrats will not doy.
Politics In Polk.
tttac An.ni TThft Retmbllcan Cen
tral Committee of Polk County will meet .
May 2 to arrange for the coming cam- i
palgn. The Democratic Central Commit-
.. , . ..nnmn tnr Oi ini mir- !
nose, which will give the Democrats the
loart nnd the ReDUbllcans will no doubt .
..! n invitation to Dsrtlcmate in a
Joint campaign, which the Republicans say
they will accept They think the Republl.
cans are fairly well loaded for campaign
purposes thia year. On the Legislative
ticket It will be Mulkey va Gregg. Haw
kins vs. Craven, and Wells vs. Simpson.
Ten-Cent Politics.
8T. HELENS, Or., April 27. None of
the Republican nominees for county of
fices have filed their acceptance as yet
Only one week remains In which to file.
Much trouble and confusion has been
caused by the 10-cent revenue stamp
which must bo placed upon each certifi
cate. The people generally are not aware
that It takes 10 cents war tax to cnuue
them to a place on the ticket
Lake Republicans at 'Work.
LAKEVIEW, Or.. April 27. Politics are
waxing warm here, and a great effort
will bo made to carry the county by Con
gressman Tongue's friends, over Daly. Dr.
Daly has gone to Portland. He will visit
several points In the district while away.
Still In tbe Race.
WOODBURN, Or.. April 27. The report
that Lieutenant W. E. Flnzer, nominee
for County Clerk on the Citizens ticket, in
Marlon County, has withdrawn. Is unau
thorized. POISOXED BY CAXXEP CORX.
rmrra for Case Nome From South
Bend.
SOUTH BEND, Wash.. April 27. Mrs.
W. D. Taylor and daughters, Maud and
Annie, were seriously poisoned yesterday
ly eating come canned corn. Mrs. Taylor
Is still seriously hi.
The steamer Signal, of San Francisco,
lias heen chartered bv R, B. Dyer, man
ager of the Northwestern Lumber Com
nnnv't mill here, and by his brother.
Joseph Dyer, to carry a cargo of general
merchandise and lumbsr from here to Cape
Nome. Joseph Dyer has spent several
years In Alaska. A few passengers will
be taken from South Bend and vicinity.
The Signal will leave here about May 10.
Substantial Chinese Sympathy.
VICTORIA. B. C, April 27. The Chinese
merchants of Victoria tonight wired ex
pressions of sympathy to the citizens ol
fire-swept Ottawa and Hull, 'With J500 in
token of their sincerity.
Oregon Xotes.
A new schoolhouse will be built In Lost
Valley, Gilliam County.
A brick sewer 307 feet long has oeen
constructed at Weston to drain a small
swamp on upper Water street
The citizens of Tigardville have organ
ized a bicycle club, which will be known
as the East Butte Bicycle Club.
The Lane County Teachers' Association
will hold an Institute in Eugene Saturday.
May 5. 1S00. beginning at 10 o'clock" A, M.
Ranchers In the vicinity of Condon ex
pect to connect with the telephone system
at that place by Insulating one wire of
their barbed-wire fences.
Curtis E. Bowers has instituted a suit
against the Star LumDer Company for
320.000 damages, in the loss of an arm
while braking on their road near Rainier.
George Cutlack met with a severe acci
dent at Comstock last Thursday in which
part of three fingers and the thumb were
cut off one hand by a circular saw, which
he was running.
George Ross, of Catching Slough, who
was nominated by the Populist convention
at Cbqullle for the office of County Clerk
of Coos County, has written the chairman
of the central committee declining the
nomination.
The first ripe strawberries for the sea
son of 1900, at Hood River, were picked
Sunday. April 22. in Hood River and
White Salmon. This is three days earlier
than ever before known. In the very
early spring of 1SS5, ripe wild strawberries
were picked In Hood River April 25.
There is on exhibition at The Dalles a
specimen of Jack-knife art the work, of
Fred Hlllgen, a young farmer of Tygh
Ridge. It is a wooden representation of
the battle-ship Maine as the centerpiece,
surrounded with flags and bunting and
mounted on top with the American eagle.
It is carved out of superannuated cigar
boxes, has a background of scarlet velvet
and Is Inclosed In a neat frame. It was all
done with a common Jack-knife.
George, C. Sears Is reported to be ar
ranging to put a force of men at work
with a steam drill to prospect for coal on
his place west of Newberg. It has been
known for several years that there is
some coal on his place and of a quality
sufficient for many purposes, but tn
quantity has never yet been determined.
A former owner of the farm had consid
erable tunneling done a few years ago,
but stopped without going far enough to
accomplish the object desired.
"66 HOURS TO ST. PAUL AND
MINNEAPOLIS"
Via the Great Xorthera Railway.
Train leaves Portland daily at too P. M.
Connects at Bt -Paul Union Depot for
Chicago, St Louis and all points east
and south. For tickets, rates, etc., call
at City Ticket Offlce, 123 Third street
COMBINE ON THE SOUND
M'GOVERJT EFFECTS OIIG.VXIZA
TIOX OF SALMON PACKERS.
Capital Stock f500,000 B. A. Sea
Dors I President and Xanaxes
J. O. Uanthorn, Secretary.
SEATTLE, April 27. The Puget Sound
Packing Company, with a capital stock
of 00.000. was organized here today by
T. B. McGovern, of New York. The offi
cers, are: B. A. Seaborg, president and
general manager; James D. Hoge, Jr.,
vice-president; J. O. Hanthorn, secretary
and treasurer. These, with T. B. McGov
ern and .Frank Oleson, are named aa
trustees.
The new company absorbs the Aberdeen
Packing Company, of Falrhaven. and the
National Packing Company, of Port An
geles, two of the largest canneries In this
section, and 20 of the best ashing traps
and grounds on Puget Sound.
Negotiations are now pending for other
fish traps, and with these the pack of the
company will be from 150.000 to. 200,000
cases per season. In the transfer the new
company secures all the brands and la
bels of the two companies absorbed. Fair
haven will be the base of operation, and
the capacity of the plant at that point
will be made 6000 cases per day.
For the present, the Port Angeles plant
will be held In reserve.
t. n.
McGovern is the man wno engi-
ncered the Columbia River Packere Afi-
cni-lailnn Inst vear He Is largely lacaij-
fled with this organization yet. and. no
doubt, will have the two affiliate.
PREDICTS A RISE IX HOPS.
Thinks This a Good Time to Em
bark In the Business.
SALEM. Or.. April 27. Frank uavey.
. ,. c,-, unnni nf Tmmlcra
j Jn Ws OBini0n, there are
great opportunities for money-making in
the hop industry In tho Willamette Val
ley, and that any man will prosper finan
cially who goes Into that occupation now
and prosecutes his work wltfi Intelligence
and care. To do thia a man must under
stand hon culture and select his land
carefully and intelligently. He must chooso
his hops with a Mew to adaptability to
the climate and soil, and must take good
cjitb of his vard from the beginning.
Mr. Davey bases his opinion upon the
fact that a largo number of hopgrowers
are giving up the Industry, and that a
large proportion of the acreage of hop
yards la being plowed up. He believes
that the present nop situation ss suojeci
to the general rule, that it to a good time
to go Into an Industry when everybody
els Is-going out and a good time to go
out of an Industry when everybody else
Is going in.
A few years ago the acreage of hops
was comparatively small and the supply
was limited. Prices were consequently an
high as to now seem almost fabulous. See
ing the enormous profits that were being
made in hopgrowing, many farmers went
Into tho business, with the result that
there has been an overproduction the de
mand for the article being limited. Prices
have gone down until it Is -figured that
the brewer pays more for the bungs that
he puts In his barrels and kegs than ho
does for hisJiops.
With the decline In, the price of hops
there was a tendency to go out of the
business, and many yards were plowed up
last year. Other young yards were com
ing on. however, and the acreage was not
much reduced. More yards have been
plowed up this year, and no new' ones have
been set out There Is no promise of
higher prices next season, and more yards
will be plowed up. By that time there
will be a shortage In the supply, and
prices will begin to advance, continuing
that movement until the profits to the
producer will again be enormous.
Tho hop-producing sections of the United
States are confined to New York, Califor
nia, Oregon and Washington. In all these
etates growers have become discouraged
on account of low prices, and tire move
ment toward a decrease in the acreage Is
so general that the difference will be
very noticeable next season, and still
moro so In two years from now. Thia
decrease, Mr. Davey thinks, cannot have
any other than a good effect upon the
market and he figures that the man who
puts out a yard now In a good locality
will bo Just in time to enjoy the prosperity I
um-L i: in ciiii lor me uup jkuusio.
Wns Xot Ills Sinter.
Last Monday, Mrs. Mary Berry died at
the Asylum, and at the request of W. J.
Thomas, of Portland, who was supposed
to be a brother of the deceased, the body
was sent to him for burial. Thomas re
fused to receive tho body, on the ground
that tho woman -was mt his sister. It
now appears that tbe Mrs. Berry, who Is
a sister of Thomas was committed to the
Asylum under the name of Martin, and
the Asylum officials have known her by
that name only. Thero being also a pa
tient named Beery, and Thomas claim
ing her as his sister, tbe mistake was un
avoidable. It Is quite common for Insane
persons to be committed under assumed
names, given by relatives In order to avoW
publicity, but in this instance Thomas did
not know that an assumed name had been
used.
XattTe Sons and Daughters.
Dan Waldo's cabin. No. 3, Native Sons
of Oregon, and Elizabeth Thurston
-Odell's cabin of Native Daughters will
give an entertainment Saturday evening 'n
the armory at the City Hall. The general
public is Invited. Addresses will be de
livered by Goyemor T. T. Geer. Mrs, R.
A. Miller, grand president of the Native
Daughters, and Sol Blumauer.' grand pres
ident of tho Native Sons. Tho Chemaws
band will be prerent and discourse its best
music. Mrs. Halite Parrlsh-Hingcs. Frank
W. Durbln and Charles Cutter will each
render vdcal solos. Miss Musa Geer will
recite.
First Scalp Bounty Money.
State Treasurer Moore today received
the first payment on account of the state
scalp bounty fund. Union County made
the payment, the amount being 3374 53.
Union County also made a payment -of
39000 on its 1S99 state taxes. Washington
County paid 310,000 today on its taxes for
the same year.
Capital City Xotes.
Superintendent of Public Instruction J.
H. Ackerman will go to Dufur tomorrow
morning, where ho will deliver nn address
tomorrow evening.
John W. Coffey, a carpenter residing at
McMinnville. was received at the Asylum
today. Ho Is 47 years old.
RECKLESS SCORCHER.
Clackamas Court Adjourns After II
leiral Fishermen.
OREGON CITY. Or., April 27. This
morning Max Ramby, a deputy in the
Internal Revenue Collector's office at
Portlajid. had a narrow escape from sen.
ous injury by the wheel of a bicycle
scorcher. He was on his way from his
home on Upper Seventh street to catch a
Portland car, when a bicycle scorcher
came down the steep Incline on the side
walk at full speed, striking Mr. Ramsby
a glancing lick on the left hip and taking
off a suspender button. -There Is an ordi
nance against riding bicycles on this side
walk, but it is not enforced.
Deputies McCown and Greenman are do
ing some lively chasing after the fisher
men, who are illegally plying their voca
tion In the Clackamas River. Last ntgnt
a brand-new glllnet was seized in the
river, but its owner Is not known.
Circuit Court was adjourned this morn
ing until June 6. A few unimportant .cases
have been on trial the past two days.
This morning the jury brought in a ver
dict for .the plaintiff in the suit of Noblitl
& Co. vs. Dr. Cazil for 3750. This amount
was less than sued for. the plaintiffs al
leging that 3SS9 25 wag due them for Ur-
ery hire. The defendant; however, had a
claim for medical services that would
more than offset the bill of plaintiffs, but
the court previously ruled that Dr. Carit'i
claim must be collected from Charles
Noblltt. individually, not Noblltt & Co.
AMJERSOX" IS FOUXD GUILTY.
Jury In McDonald Case Falls
to
Asrree Cheaalls Xevrs.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 27. Last night
the Jury in tho Superior Court brought
in a verdict of guilty against Anderson,
the cook, who was charged with holding
up a barkeeper in Centralis. Sentence has
not yet been passed.
This morning, McDonald, the bogus can.
vaster for newspapers, was tried before a
Jury on a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. The Jury failed to agree.
The case will come up for trial again
tmorrow.
Smith & Co., who have 'been 'operating
a single-block shingle mill eight miles east
of Chehalls, have their machinery loaded
on the cars and are moving to Summit,
In Chehalls County, where they recently
secured a tract of Umber.
The machinery for West Bros.' new saw
mill at Chehalls has arrived and is being
set up.
FREPARIXQ FOR THE FOURTH.
Sheep-KIUInsr Dogi Cause Trouble
,- - -at Forest Grove.
FOREST GROVE. Or.. April 27. The
citizens here commenced today making
arrangements to celebrate the Fourth ot
July at this place. Forest Grove has the
finest grounds In Washington County lor
a celebration.
,.
A suit was to have been begun here to
day against Deputy Postmaster C .
Stokes by George Naylor, but was settled
by the former paying 312 damages. Some
time ago Naylor had four sheep killed, as
he claimed, by Stokes' dog, which he val
ued at 36 a head. Stokes strenuously de
nied that his dog did the killing, but both
agreed to settle the case by arbitration.
Robert Lancefleld and Isaac Baldwin were
chosen as arbitrators, and had to call to
their assistance Dr. W. P. Via, whose de
cision was that the loser of the sheen De
paid 312.
JAPS GOIXG TO XOME.
Hope to Find Gold on Abandoned
Grounds.
VICTORIA. B. C April 27. Many Jap
anese are leaving from Vancouver and
Victoria for the Klondike, hoping to se
cure work for wages and wash abandoned
ground. Seventy-five went on thS"Danube
yesterday.
Hatchery for Frazer River.
American salmon canners operating at
Anacortes and other nearby places have
offered the Dominion Government to es
tablish and maintain a first-class hatch
ery on Fraser River.
For Queen's Birthday.
Practically the whole British North Pa'-
ciflc . squadron will participate in this
year's Queen's birthday celebration. The
flagship Royal Arthur will return from
the south between tbe 12th and 17th lnst
CALLED IT A DRAW.
Denny and Levere Fight 15 Rounds
at Tacoma.
TACOMA. April 27. The 15-round fight
between Martin Denny, of Australia, and
Charles Levere, of Montana, went the lim
it with both men on their feet and going
fast at the end of the last round. Referee
Crane declared It a draw.
Levere had youth and strength on hi?
side, while Denny had the experience and
ring generalship, which pulled him out of
many a tight place. Denny was gradually
getting weaker and slower, and Levere
could have finished him had the fight gone
10 rounds more.
ST.
HELENS SHAKEX.
Distinct Earthquake 'Shocks Felt
There This Morning.
ST. HELENS, Or., April 27. Two verj
marked and distinct . earthquake shock!
were felt here at 2:30 this morning. Doors
and windows rattled as if in a severe wind
storm, yet there was hardly a breath ot
air stirring at the time. The shocks wer
about half a minute apart
SHIXGLES TAKE A DROP.
Failure to Close Dotth Mills Causes
Prices to Slump.
SEATTLE, April 27. With the abandon
ment of the effort to close down the
shingle mills and maintain the association
list, prices were given the first cut today,
when offerings were made at 12 cents be
low list on all grades. There was little de
mand. For the next 10 days other deeper
cuts are anticipated.
Odd Felloirs to Celebrate.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., ,April 27. The
I. O. O. F. Lodge of this city will hold
Its Hst anniversary services of the order
In the Auditorium Sunday, April 29, begin
ning at 11:15 A. M. The services will be
conducted by Rev. Mottersnead. and the
subject will be "Friendship." The motor
will make an extra trip to Monmouth,
and a large crowd is expected to be In
attendance.
"Washington Notes.
General T. R. Tannatt. of Farmlngton,
has been honored by selection as the first
president of the newly organized Eastern
Washington & Northern Idaho Fruitgrow
ers' Association.
The oldest member of the Nooksack In
dians, Tenas Umova Kuta Kuta, other
wls known as Dave Brown, died at Deal
ing Saturday morning last He was sup
posed to be a centenarian.
E. M. Arquett took out a crew of men
Monday from Castle Rock to the Toutle
to get out a few thousand telegraph poles
for the Postal Telegraph Company. He
expects to 'be gone about two months.
The big sawmill at Whatcom on May
1 will begin running at night In order to
fill the lumber orders now on hand. This
will give employment to over 50 additional
men. Its capacity will be doubled as soca
as the machinery can be placed. Pianlng
mlllt, lath factory and dry kilns are yet to
be added, and when all complete It will
be the best equipped large mill on the
coast
There is -a movement on foot to hold
the militia state encampment at Tacoma
In July. Governor Rogers favors the
project The state provides for the ex
penses while In camp only, and railway
-fare and other expenses incurred will
have td be borne by the men If the event
of the state encampment Idea Is carried
out There are no funds available from
the state treasury for encampment pur
poses this year, but efforts are belnir mad
by the Tacoma contingent to provide for
tne entertainment of the visiting com
panies. For some time past It has been thought
that the Immense mill of the Weyerhouse
Syndicate would be placed on Smith's Isl
and, near the mouth of the Snohomish
River. The fact, however, that tbo Ev
erett Improvement Company has leased
-this 'entire Island for a terra of five years
to R. P. Chrlstlehsen, of Marysvitle. to
be used for farming purposes, effectually
does away with any idea of the mill beinc
located thereon. It Is now said that the
weyerhauser people have secured, or are
taking steps to secure, a site on the bay
front at Everett
The Commissary's offlce at Vancouver
this week has been busv onpntntr Wrt
for supplies for the Department of Alaska.
oontracia tor the articles bid for Is esti
mated to amount to about 3200.000. About
500 different articles are bid for, and In
many cases samples have to be furnished,
so that about 3700.000 worth of samples
ane- piled up m the storeroom. There are
about US bidders for the different articles,
representing Bon Francisco. Seattle. Ta
coma and Portland. besides various
smaller place. No contracts will be,
awarded till next week.
WONDERFUL HOT SPRINGS
FARMERS SCALD HOGS IX THEM,
WITTER OR SUMMER.
Laundry and Woolmshtnal Plants
to Be Established There, and
Katare to Furatsfc Hot Water.
LAKEVIEW, Or.. April 23.-G. Grimes,
the owner of the hot springs two miles
south of Lakeview, has decided to put
w u. lauoory piant mere, anc convert the
millions of gallons of hot water that are
going to waste to laundry purposes. There
Is only a small amount of It now being
used for bathing purposes. The water
bolls out of these springs and runs to
waste In a volume two feet wide and six
Inches deep, and at a distance of 100 yards,
in ordinary weather, is at the boiling
point During Winter or Summer ranchers
scald their hogs in the stream near the
spring, and do It as quickly as iris done
In the vats prepared for that purpose by
the butchers.
Within a radius of three miles of Lake
view there are three of these springs,
and all are very large. It Is claimed that
a movo Is on foot to convert the hot
water from some of these springs to
uso in a woolwashlng plant The wool Is
shipped from here In Its natural state,
and the expense of washing is said to be
enormous, but the washlns would cost but
a nominal sum here, with such natural
facilities.
While the water has great medicinal
qualities, and various diseases have been
permanently cured by bathing In the
streams, yet It bleaches well when used
for laundry purposes, and will not Injure
the texture of the goods, either woolen
or cotton.
Two of the largest springs are going
to waste, only the one owned by Mr.
Grimes having heretofore been utilised
at all. He has a couple of small swimming
vats Inclosed In board shacks ,and people
go out and pay 25 cents occasionally for
a swim.
If a railroad reaches this country, there
Is no telling what the outcome from the
use of these springs will be. The waters
have never been analyzed by a chemist
but cures have been effected that rival
the cures of the Hot Springs of Arkansas,
and this has been done by bathing In the
spring water, purely In Its crude state,
without any medical advice or any regu
larity. Completing Waterworks.
The town waterworks, now under con
struction, are expected to be completed by
July L There is a great deal of sickness
in the town, and this is charged to the
present water system. This Is hurrying
the work on the new system.
Preparing for July Races.
Preparations are being made for the
July races, whlcn cover lour or nve aajs.
Including the Fourth.
JACK FROST'S CAPERS.
Kills One Man's. Fralt, Xelghbor'a
Untouched.
EUGENE, April ST. In spite of the dam
aging frosts and cold rains, frultmen claim
there will be a fair crop in Lane County.
Until a week ago the prospects were as
good as ever known, but the past week
has been cold, and a great deal of damage
has been done. In many of the best orch
ards It is reported there is not enough
fruit left to make half a crop, while re
ports from other orchards Indicate that
as much fruit Is left uninjured as the
trees can well bear. The frost was very
damaging In spots about the country, and
Its operation Is difficult to understand.
The strangest exhibition is that in a num
ber of instances orchards can be seen
where the young fruit has been badly
damaged, and right adjoining, or within
a very short distance, are other orchards
wherein the- dasksm Is comparatively In
appreciable. Two Orchards side by side,
with the same kind of trees, can be found,
one of them badly injured, and the other
not hurt at all. The reason for this is not
yet explained, .
The annual convention of the Inter
collegiate Young Women's Christian Asso
ciation met this evening and held its open
ing session In the Methodist Church. There
was a good representation of delegates
from associations representing the various
colleges in the state, as well as a good
attendance of spectators. Sessions will be
held tomorrow morning and afternoon In
Vlllard Hall, and on Sunday a number
of the speakers present will occupy vari
ous local pulpits, morning and evening.
The Eugene Water Company has made
a contract with Messrs. MIdgley & Cham
bers for water power to operate the pumps
of the system, which have heretofore been
operated by steam power. A large water
wheel will be placed under the cash and
ioc. and
Trade f
supplied by
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door factory; from -which Tower will be
transmitted across the mlllrace to the
, pumping station by means of a steel cable.
J A new pump, with a capacity of 700.000
' gallons per day, has also been ordered by
tne company.
Several lots of hops have been sold In
Eugene the past week "bringing 4 or 5 cents
a pound.
FOR THE MIXERS COXVEXTIOX.
Baker City and Sumpter Will Raise
SIOOO.
BAKER. CITT. Or., April 27.-At a meet
ing of the Chamber ot Commerce tonight
two committees of three, one for Baker
City and one for Sumpter.. were appointed
to raise 31000 to defray the expense of
me proposed miners convention.
General Charles S. Warren, president of
the Sumpter Townslte Company, stated
to the chamber that the people of Sumpter
would meet Baker City half way. and
would rase 3300. It was the sense of the
meeting that the convention should be
held about the 1st of September. A motion
was passed that the convention should be
held after the Milwaukee National con
vention. June 13, the exact date to be lert
to a conference between the Baker City
Chember of Commerce and "the O. R. & N.
officials.
ARE AFTER THE ALPHA.
Will Xot Permit Her to Land at
Xome.
VANCOUVER, B. C, April 27. On the
steamer Cottage City, which sailed for
the north, touching this port today, were
the United Statra vniA nnte tmm
Portland sent un to lock after tho r.in9. I
dlan steamer Alpha, which sailed from
Vancouver. The Alpha cleared for St
Michael, her owners announcing that pas
sengers and freight would be transferred
at St. Michael for Nome In other boats, j
Believing that the Alpha will attempt to
land at Nome, the revenue agents who i
sailed northward are said to carry instruc- '
uons to one of the United States revenue
cutters now at Sitka to follow the Alpha,
and under no circumstances to permit a
landing of passengers or freight at Nome
Bicycle Paths for Yamhill.
M'MINNVILLE. Or.. ADril 27. Work on
the bicycle paths of this county has been 1
commenced In some places, and will be I
everywhere as soon as teams are avail-!
able. In many places last year, it was '
only possible to get the route cleared and
smoothed so as to make riding possible.
This year It Is proposed to plough these
places, and work them into good paths. I
On the Carlton. North Yamhill, road it
is proposed to experiment with gravel 1
taken from the Yamhill River. The 1
County Court has appointed the follow-1
Ing persons as Bicycle Path Superinten
dents for the places named: E. S.
Schneider, North Yamhill and Carlton: T.
B. Duncan, Newberg: A. P. Johnson. West
Chehalls: Wallace Goodrich, Dayton: J.
T. Stimpson, Amity: Frank Hayes, Mc
Minnville. Apolntment of Superintendents
for Sheridan and Hopewell have been de
ferred, as the bicyclists In those preclnclts
have failed to recommend anyone.
School Improvements at Dallas.
DALLAS, April 27. The directors of
Dallas school district have been petitioned
to submit to the legal voters of the dis
trict the question of contracting a bonded
Indebtedness ot $5000 for the purpose of
building a new four-room schoolhouse.
The committee appointed to solicit sub
scriptions on the proposition of the La
fayette University, which is that Dallas
raise 33000 to build a dormitory, report
that they think the amount can be raised,
and have Inaugurated a systematic can
vass. Asked to Fledge Acreage.
NEWBERG, Or.. April 27. Blank con
tracts furnished by the Willamette Beet
Sugar Company have been received and
the canvass among the farmers for secur
ing acreage will begin at once. Solicitors
have been appointed, viz.: A. Clark, D.
Turner, W. Cooper, William Manning and
R. B. Linnville. As a basis for beginning
the canvass 1000 acres have already been1
subeciibed at public meetings.
Japanese Kept Out of Honolulu.
TACOMA. April 27. The Northern Pa
cific steamship Olympla arrived from Yo
kohama today with a cargo of freight and
212 Japanese and 42. Chinamen, the latter
being landed at Port Townsend. On many
of the pass-ports of the Japanese was the
stamp of the sanitary Inspector at Hono
lulu, showing they Intended to go there,
but were shut out
Ccntralln Defeats Chehalls.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. April 27. The
High School Baseball Club and the Che
halls High School Club played here this
afternoon, the score standing 20 to 13 In
favor of Centralia. The game was wit
nessed by a large number.
For the ffighClass Trade.
If you look over any cigar dealer's stock
and see La Preferencia in a prominent place
you may be certain that that dealer has a
fine class of trade.
The best judges of cigars keep coming
for La Preferencia cigars.
mKmBn Mm
QaaXaBfEi$jr
upward. At high-class
S. SICHEL CO., Distributers for Portland,
S. BACHMAN & CO., General Agents, Saa Francisco,
THE HAVAKA-AMERICAN CO., Harks.
Minutes in Havana."
The very
best proprie
tary articles in
our market to
day are the for
mulas of expert
professional
men.
Sozodont
was originated
by Dr. R. Van
Buskirk, a
chemist whose
standing in the
community
H SOZODONT
HiM Hau.Rvcksi.
where he lived was always the
highest. " NEVVr SIZB
of the Liquid, without the Powder, 25c.
Large Liquid and Powder together, 75b
At the stores or by mail for the price.
Sozodont
Sr P. O. Ear nr. NCitvT
P. O. Eox sir, N. Y. City.
' New York
HALL & RUCKEL London
TO HAVE
THICK,
LUXURIANT
HAIR
is tho most longed-for do-!
sire of every woman. !
bhoknowswhatapowcr- j
rut aia to Dcauty it is, j
and endeavors to make
her own na soft 8lo-y 1
and thick ns possible. !
Camnarativelr tow of
them are awaro as yet
mat r cwnro a jueraiaao,
a recent acientiflo dis
coverr. will enable then
to possess hair as thick;
ana luxuriant as anyone
could desh-o.
It works on a new the
ory of destroying tho
scrm mar, iccos upon tna
hair root and. thus mak
ing dandruff and falUns
nair impossitue. it tnen
proceeds to produce a
growth of thick, glossy
usir oat soon occomes
the pride of it3 owner.
Ono trial will convince
you 01 its virtues.
ran sle t all niisT-
CLASS DRUG STORC3.
steel m
Strong, Durable, Easy to Write With,
nam to lso vp.
130 1 'jriettes For sale by all ttJttenerj.
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won.cMdj, x. j. jo jona m.. re. y.
A Sk'm cf Beasty I, i Jcy Forever.
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CREAM, OR MAGICAL. BKAUTIF1ER.
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Math P.shrt. Rath. a4 Sfcm dis
Uics. ad trrery blemish en beauiy.
jTxad defies detection-
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b; sure It U properly
made. Accept a
coucteriu: of annUar
name. D.1A-Sy-re
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At yon ladies mil mm
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all tbe Stta prepara
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