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I - THE MOHNDsG OKEGCmiA2J, TUESDAY, MAT 1, 19W. TRADE WITH THE ORIENT ASTORIA MAKIXG AN EFFORT GET A SHARE OF IT." TO Rcsolntlon Adopted t a "Special "Meeting f the Council Talk of a , Combination Against "the River. ASTOKIA, Or., April SO. At a. special .meeting the City Council held this evening, a resolution was passed calling the attention of the people "or Portland and Astoria to the urgent necessity for united action in an effort to secure a greater portion of the Oriental commerce lor the Columbia River. Copies or the resolution wj.1 he sent to the Council and commercial organisations of Portland and to Chairrnan Harrlman, of the ttnion,Pa cific, wlt-a request that they J6ln in the "work. The resolution is as follows"-1 "Resolved, That we view with alarm the Inaction of the Union Pacific system In tha matter "OT providing ships of the heaviest draft for a line "between the Ori ent and the mouth of the Columbia, while The lines most interested In Seattle and 6an Francisco are building: such ships -with the: greatest speed to catch that greatest of the world's commerce; "Resolved, That e fear a railroad combination has been formed to divert all the Oriental traffic from nature's high way along the Columbia water levels, to the common injury olLAstorla and Port land, and to the great loss of all the pro ducers ot, this great basin. We believe, too, this combination Is based on Port land's hostility to making Astoria the seaport, and would fall as soon as that hostility ended. "Resolved, That extension of the Union Pacific system to Astoria, by granting to this port the common justice of a com mon point' with Sound ports, would se cure 4o the Columbia River its rightful ehare of that Oriental commerce, and would at the same time, by means of this first-class cheap-charter port, add mill ions of dollars annually to the value of the exports of this basin, to the general benefit of all the dwellers therein. "Resolved, That Portland and Astoria ere mutually Interested in making Astoria ' the seaport of this basin. Astoria can never be the rival of Portland for her local trade, as a little reflection will show. Nature has provided that the Jocal trade at the former shall be west, and of the latter ast, of the Coast Range. It so happens that trade up stream from Port land would have extra freight and pas senger expense over a continuous line to .Astoria, while rival roads to Puget Sound -would always make Seattle and Tacoma common points with Portland. In this way, while the Sound cities, as the centers of Oriental "imports and exports, tvould be Portland's rials In the Inland Em pire, Astoria-could not be such. At the same time exports at this low-charter port would add millions of dollars an smally to the pockets of the Columbian producers, who would trade in Portland. Concentrating the Oriental Imports and exports here would mass the immigra. Hon of the East on this basin, more to Portland's growth and increased values than to Astoria's, and would Insure to Portland (through her other great suburb, Oregon City) a prompt control of the manufacturing trade of the Orient, all to the end of making Portland the chief city of the Pacific Coast at the samf time that Astoria would become, as Nature designed, the chief seaport of Western America. "Resolved, That we submit to the peo ple of Portland these views of the mu tuality of Interest between the two cities In the great harbor at the mouth of the Columbia, and Invite their attention to a eerious consideration of the same, and to the importance of co-operating with As toria in procuring the Union Pacific sys tem, according to Its Interests on natural rounds, to make Astoria commori-point an all exports of the Columbian basin, giving. If desired. toEortland a pro-rata differential, according to distance and ex pense of construction and maintenance. "Resolved, That we confidenty rely on the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, as our own railroad, to do all in its power to aid In securing the needed common point -on these Just lines. "Resolved, That all the press of this basin be and they are hereby Invited to open their columns to a full discussion of this great public problem In the common Interest. "Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be furnished to the Daily Orego alan. the Portland Chamber of Commerce, the Portland Board of Trade, the Common Council of the City of Portland, and to Chairman Harrlman, of the Union Pa cific system." Hoodoo on the Lightship. There appears to bo a hoodoo of some kind on the attempts of Contractor Mc intosh to take the lightship off the sands at McKensie Head. Yesterday the tug "Wallula went around to her and raised the anchor that was attached to the buoy on the puter end of the steel cable and moved it some distance farther Inshore. Last night tne cable was 19 have been attached to the lightship, and1 at high tide this morning the tug "was" to pull the vessel off. In pulling the cable ashoro during the night, the rope tied to it broke and the cable was lost. All the work will xow have 16 he done over again. This Is particularly unfortunate, as the tide to day was unusually high and the sea smooth. Grain Warehouse Site. President Hams, of the Paul Mohr portage road, spent yesterday in Astoria looking for a suitable location for ware houses to handle the grain that his com pany expects to bring down the river. He was taken around the harbor In a small steamer, and also along the Wash ington shore. The property that .appeared to him to be the most desirable was the water frontage near Tongue Point, owned Hiy President Hammond, of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad. It Is under stood that this property has been offered tfor sale or lease under very favorable con ditions. Good Run of Fish. The run of fish during the past few days has been exceptlonallj good for this early In the -season, and the fish appear to be general throughout the river, and not In pockets, as Is the rule with tho early runs. It Is estimated that every cannery has as much canned now as at June 1 last year. It was reported here today that the combine had established jthe price of tails at $1 50 per dozen, or U per case, but the officers of that con cern deny that they have done so. J. W. ;ook, a member of the combine, stated roaay tnat tne cannerymen of the river had agreed to fix the price for talis at $1 5Q per dozen, but he did not know that It had been made public. mortal services will be held on Sunday, at the Presbyterian Church, and Rev. A J. Montgomery will preach the ser mon. Lieutenant J. U. Campbell win bs grand marshal of the parade on Decora tion Day: Gordon E. Hayes will be the orator and Rev. E. S. Bollinger, of the Congregational Church, will deliver the ritual address to "The Unknown Dead." Today notices of relocation of four quartz mining claims were recorded, sit uated near the headwaters of the Molalla River. The locators were: R. R. Patch, W. H. Commons, Daniel Lamb and C M. Hlrtzell. The latter a'o filed a claim to a water right. Albert Pasold also re located the Silver Queen quartz mining claim. In the Bald Mountains district, situated on- the west fork pf the bead waters of the Clacljamas Riyer, eight miles above tne hot springs. This claim was located by Joseph Pasold, a mining expert, in July. 1S2S. he having1 great faith In the ultimate development of that sec tion. Assays of the quartz In this dis trict show promising returns in gold, sil ver, and lead. OREGON' SUPREME COURT. A Ifumher of Orders 3Iade Yesterday o Decisions. SALEM, Or., April SO. In the Supreme Court today the following orders were made: H. J. Fischer et aL, appellants, vs. S. Tomllnson et al., respondents; ordered that respondents have untti May 10, 100, to serve and file their brief herein. State of Oregon, respondent, Vs. A J. Hamlin, appellant; ordered on stipulation that apnellant have until June 1 to servo and file abstract, and until July 1, l0di( to serve and file his brief, and that re spondent's time to serve and file. Its brief be extended to August 1, 1S00. Ella Rathborne, administratrix; respond ent, vs. the Oregon Railway Ti Navigation Company, appellant; ordered that respond ent's time to serve and file her brief here in be extended to June 1, 1900. Tho Alliance Trust Company, appellant, vs. Multnomah County et aL, respondents; ordered that appellant have until May 10, VfiO. to serve and file its brief herein. G. G. "Warner et a!., appellants, vs. Charles Bruneau, et al., respondents; or dered on stipulation that appellants have until June 1, 1900, to serve and file the ab stract herein. S. A GlIchriBt, respondent, vs. Larch Mountain Investment Compapy, appellant; ordered that the motion of respondent for affirmance of the Judgment in th.is cause, on the ground that the appeal has been abandoned, be allowed. State of Oregon, respondent, vs. Andrew Carlson, appellant; motion of appellant by C. J. Schnabel, his attorney, for leave to serve and file a typewritten brief, in stead of printing same, taken under ad visement. Ella Henderson, respondent, vs. M, W. Henderson, appellant argued and sub mitted on notion to modify the decree entered herein. Tho Northwest Door Company, appel lant, vs. S. Tomllnson et al., respondents; ordered that respondents have until May 10, 1900, to serve and file their brief herein. COPPER JfEAR BAKER CITY. Promising: VIn Found A'lae Prom the Town. Miles BAKER CITY, April 30. News of what appears to be a very promising copper find was brought to this city today. It was discovered by J. S. Strock, an old pros pector and mining man, Sunday last on the west elope of Salmon Creek, near the Tom Paino mine, about nine miles west of Baker City. The lode is about 20 feet wide- and ""carries copper, bearing 30 -per cent picked samples. It is In a district that has heretofore been overlooked for that mineral. Should tho values stay at par as depth is attained, the strike will be the greatest ever recorded In Eastern Oregon. Mr. Strock "will at onco com mence to develop the property. cents, but If this price was paid, the bops must have been of exceptionally good quality. The way hopgrowcrs are giving their attention to the matter of limiting the production of hops, to the exclusion of discussion of pooling the 120) crop. Is taken as an indication that they believe the price will be regulated by supply and demand, pool or no pool. The Oregon Hopgrowers Association has not, how ever, given up pooling the 1S00 crop. and definite action to that end will -be taken later In the season. If the movement to j limit the production should succeed, the growers leei assurea inst tne ciuwme can be successful, for there would then be no surplus to be held after the demand had been supplied. -A Missing- Canadian. A letter was received hy Governor Geer today from W. Wolf, of Montreal, Canada, asking for aid In finding the lattcr's son, who was last heard of at Huntington, Or , June 15. 1SS3. The son was Alleyn Wolf, aged is years at the time of his disap pearance. The father visited Huntington in search of his son In September, 1SS3, and has since corresponded with J. J. Cavana, at that place, who has been assisting In the search. Two reports were gathered by Mr. Cavana one that the young man was drowned In Powder River, the other that he Is new residing In South Dakota. Tho father fears foul play may account for his son's disappearance. The letters are made public In" the hope that they may lead to some Information re garding the young mans' fate. Iilttle Political Talk. There Is very little political discussion In Marlon County, at present; so little. In fact, that a prominent Democratic war- horse said today that he never before saw politics so quiet just before an election. Only one candidate for a county office on the opposition ticket has filed his cer tificate of nomination John W. King, Democratic nominee for County Recorder. That there will be other opposition can didates on the ticket Is assured, however. It is understood that F. W.-Durbln, Dem ocratic candidate for Sheriff, told the cen tral committee last Saturday that he will make the run, even if he is the' only man on his ticket. Marlon County Taxes. Sheriff Durbln today made his 6econd payment of 1S89 taxes to the County Treasurer, the amount being $18,129 CS. This Is the amount of taxes collected dur ing the month pf April. The total col lected in March was 19739 IS, making a total of J27.8S8 El of 1S99 taxes turned Into the treasury thus far. The most impor tant items of this month's collections are: State county and state school tax, 515. 401 67; Salem School District, 1942 3S; City of Salem, $762 81; poll, $201. Salem ?ioten. Governor Geer has received an Invita tion to be present as the guest of the State of Maryland at the dedication. May 30, 1900, of the monument erected by that state on the battle-field of Antietam to the soldiers of the Union and Confederate Armies who were engaged In the battle of Antietam. A. J. Hamlin was today received at the penitentiary from Jackson County, on a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment. Hamlin was copyjetfed. Qf nn assault with a dangerous weapon. He Is a brother of Mrs. Carlisle, recently an Inmate of the penitentiary, but now a patient at the asylum. Hamlin's case Is In the Supreme Court on appeal. BIG COLLIER FLOATED WILLAMETTE XOT SERIOrSLY DAM AGED BY SUNDAY'S FIRE. Xer tke Subsequent ScHttllng Spo- Icane Man Killed by a Derrick: -Car at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash., April 30. Tho big steam collier Willamette was floated this afternoon at 3 0'cloc.V. Apparently she did not, sustain serious damage by the "fire of Sunday, and her subsequent scuttling for the purpose of extinguishing the fiame3. Pumps were a,t work early this morning, and it is estimated that moris than lOOO.COO gallons 'of water were pumped out before the vessel floated. There is still more or tess water In her hold, but ft will be piunped out tomorrow. Joseph Sullivan, of Spokane, who had just entered the employ ot the Northern Pacific, was accidentally run over and killed by a derrick car today, near Au burn. . ago, where her husband Is now located. Her condition was not considered serious when she lef t" Skagway. the attending physician giving an opinion that it was unnecessary for her husband to accom pany her here. Fnneral of Mrs. Hatch. FOREST GROVE, Or., April CO. The fu. rneral of Mrs. Anna C. Hatch, who waa found dead under 'very peculiar circum stances, at her home here Friday morning, occurred at McCoy, this afternoon. Rev. M-. D. Dunning held services at her resi dence Sunday. MAXCE Ji INDIAN HORSES. to Richard Rntt Parkinson. SEATTLE. Wash., April 30. Richard Rutt Parkinson, the Nestor of Nevada journalism, tho personal friend of Horace Greeley. Mark Twain. United States Sen ator Stewart, all of California's great millionaires and Judge C. C Goodwinn. formerly the editorial writer of the Vir ginia Enterprise, ai.d now editor of tho Salt Lake Tribune, died today of pneu monia, after a brief illness, aged S2 years. x Samuel "Nixson. - ALBANY," Or.', April at SamueL'NIxson. a pioneer resident of Linn County," "died at Harrisburg yesterday of paralysis of the heart, caused by a fall from a laddsr two weeks ago He was a native of Eng land, and 76 years ot age. Small Strike at the Paper Mill. OREGON CITY, April SO. Eleven boys employed as cutters in the Wlllametto Pulp & Paper Mills, walked into the company's office today, and asked for an Increase of wages from 75 cents to fl per day. The matter was finally compromised by a promise to give the boys steady work. Only about three of the number were working on full time, the others getting In on an average of 15 to 20 days each month. State Authorities Net Permitted Kill Infected Horses. PENDLETON. Or., April 23. Deputy State Veterinarian Thomas Thompson, whose jurisdiction is Umatilla County, wa3 shown th" letter st-t by Governor Geer to -the Oregon Congressional delegation on the subject of mange among range horses, and stated that the Governor's action In the premises was very timely, and would probably be the means of solving the preplexlng problem which has puz zled the horsemen of this section of the country. Governor Geer, at the instance of Mr. Thompson, who recently met him. In Port land" addressed a letter to the Senators and Representatives from this State in Washington, saying that the mange dis ease was present on the Umatilla Indian reservation In this county; that it was spreading; that it was causing the in fection of the horses owned by white peo ple, and that It had been impossible for the state- authorities to do anything toward eradicating It The difficulty under which the state officials have labored Is that the Indian agent denies the author.ty of the State Veternarlan and his deputies to go upon the reservation and kill the Infected animals. The position taken by the agent Is supported by the Federal officials at Washington, and thus arises the conflict between the state and Federal Govern ment, pending the settlement of which, large numbers of mangy animals roam the range, and no man's, horse Is safe from catching the disease. Mr. Thompson has been the deputy at this point for several years, and two years ago caused more than 1000 compara tively worthless range horsey to be killed. "In all the territory of this county, out ride of the reservation," says Mr. Thomp son, "the dlssase was almost completely eliminated, The killing of so many In fected horses left but comparatively few who were diseased, and these were, in many instances, horses of sufficient value to warrant curative methods. The re fusal of the Federal authorities to allow the state to go upon the reservation has left the disease there practically uncheck ed. In lieu of the action of the state of ficials, absolutely nothing has been done, by the Indian agent; nor the Federal I Government, ,. Mrs. J. B. McPaernon. FOREST GROVE, Or., April SO. Mrs. J. B. Mcpherson, of Buxto'ri, Or., died today, aged 50 years. She left a husband and two daughters. The Interment will be in Buxton cemetery tomorrow. ing was used as a Courthouse in 1SCT, and tho Magnifier murderers were tried and convicted there. At the time ot the ftra it was used as a saloon. The bulld.ng was Insured for 51500. and the stock of liquor for $3000. A restaurant in one end was Insured fer $500- Snakea Drive Cat Rattlers. The multitudes of harmless snakes with which the banks of Klamath River are favored have, actuated by the warmth ot Springtime, begun making their ap pearance from the crevices of the rocka and crags where they have wintered amidst the luxury of ease and quietude, says the Klamath Falls Republican. Ac cording to appearances, they have pulled through the Winter in better condition than usual. Coming from breakfast this morning we met a bevy of snakes on their way from Bald Knob to hold a sunrise prayer meeting, and noticed that they moved with healthy agility and had tha luster ot joy and contentment In their eyes. With due deference to such a worthy gathering, we jarred to one side as they passed, and afterward, with ten der solicitude, shook the lining of our trousers to make sure that none of the younger members of the company had I got off the track and lost These snakes have none ox tne venom oeioryng to rattlesnakes, and may not be so cun ning and brainy as the latter, but are terrific and fatal enemies to any poison ous species. That Is the reason there Isn't a rattlesnake In Klamath County. SEARCH FOR A WILD MAX. Crazy Prospector at Largo South of Leiviston. LEWISTON, Idaho, April 30. Deputies from the Sheriffs office are searching for an insane man in the Waha country. M mlks south of tho city. He appeared at a etage station on CreJg Mountain last Tuesday In a" demented condition and gavo his name as Shlpler. He Is thought 'to be a prospector. He left next morning, leaving his coat behind, and was seen Wednesday near tho tage road. Thurs day ho caught a gentle range horse and spent the day ridms the animal bareback along tho mountain side, waving his arm3 and piercing the air with frantic yells. People In the neighborhood heard Ms yells the entire night. Ho was last seen Fri day morning half naked and still riding tho horse, as he entered Red Bird Can yon. It Is known ho has not had a bite to eat since Tuesday. The Sheriffs office here was notified Saturday night, and the following morning- two deputies were sent out. Up to this evening no trace of the man has been found. Red Bird Canyon ia one of Ihe breaks of the wild, rough Snako River country, and It Is not thought the man will bo found anvc Quotatlons of, Mlplnc Stocks. Sro-" April SO The closing bids for mlnlnr stocks today wcre- Blacktail $0 lOWPrlncess Maud..$0 03 Crystal Deer Trail Con.. Ercnlne Star ... Gold Ledge .... Golden Harvest. Jim Blaine Lone Pine Surp. Morning Glory.. Ctf 8 Si' 14V aUlPalo Alto Quilp 23'- Rambler Cariboo 20 '.i Republic 0(1 ' Reservation .... 9 Rossland Giant. 2 Sulllvar. II, Tom Thumb .... ltU SAX -FRANCISCO. April .SO Official closing quotation of ralninc stockf: Alta $0 OJIJustlco $0 02 Alpha Con SlMexlcan 2S Andes bjOecIdental Con ... S Belcher 12iOphlr 5S Best & Belcher... 201 Overman 19 Bullion SlPotosl 24 Caledonia 1 35Sa.a.ge 6 Challenge Con ... 15jeg. Belcher 2 Chollar 22Slerra Nevadi ... 3D Confidence SOiSllver Hill ........ 15 Con. Cal, & Va... 1 65 Standard 3 00 Crown Point 12tUnion Con 21 Gould & Curry... 23it;tah Con ........ 3 Hale S. Norcrpss.. SllTeUow Jacket .... 22 NEW TORK. April SO. Minlne stocks today closed as folloxrs: Chollar $0 201 Ontario $S 25 Crown Point lOjOphlr M Con. Cal. & Va... 1 43iPiymouth , VI Dcadwood eolQuicksllrer , 1 50 Gould &. Curry... 10; do pref 7 50 Rale S. Xorcross.. 20i Sierra Nevada' ... 35 Homestake 50 OOlStandard 3 75 Iron Silver (iSj Union Con 1 Mexican 2CTellow Jacket .... IN BOSTON, April 30 Closlns quotations: Militia Election. OREGON -CITY. -April SO -r- Separate Company F. O. N G.. held, an election of Lieutenants after the regular Monday night drill this evening. Second Lieuten ant Leighton Kelly was elected First Lieutenant, and Private Fred Humphrey was made. Second Lieutenant, to fill the vacancy. Chicken Sarsery. Peter Bengen. an old gentleman who resides south of Philomath, was in Cor vallis Wednesday, says the Corvallls Ga zette. He relates a peculiar experience which his wife had with two o her chick ens. Last Winter one of the fowls- be came quite sick, and tho thrifty Ger man frau did not propose to let It die without an lnvestlgalon as to the cause of Its llln-ss. Acting under this Impulse, she placed the sick chicken upon the operating-table and with a sharp knife mado an incision In the breast and re moved the craw. In this organ was found ahout four Inches of hemp rope. This was taken out, tho craw and outer skin were sewed up, and the chicken Is well and hearty today. A. few weeks ago another chicken fell ill. The same Investigation disclosed the same ailment four Inches of rope. The same remedy was applied, and the same result fonowed. THE JOYS OF UY1M8 aredependentongoodhealth. Withoutitwa are a melancholy lot. No life or ambition, wc plod alone day after day in the hopeless rut of despondency. This is unnecessary, as all may enjoy the greatest boon manbir.d.ia heir toperfect health. Buffy's Pure Mali Whiskey will bring a rosy glow to the pallid cheek; give new energy to the faltering limbs; strengthen andinvigoxate the weary body and throbbing brain ; reanimate the vital organs, ana create a new supply of rich. red blood. ''It always helps, never injures." 7.000 doctors prescribe I and endorse it. Over! 2.0C0 prominent hospitals 1 use it exdnsivelv as n." tonic and stimulant. Clergymen use It in thejr families and recommend Ittotheirn-iends. All drcejijts and eroccn. JiAoifeottle. Bescreycuret Oi-ciamne; subs&tatcs lad umuUoas are laiuriocs. Wxba (or tree book. DUFFY HALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N.Y. P. STQ A Y? xtAJLTK M Drowning: at Vanconver. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 30. Exzior Trombley, aged 21 years, the son of Eugene Trombley, of this city, was drowned in the Columbia River today. Trombley was employed at the Lucia lumber mills, near which he was engaged in driving a log raft when he accidentally fell between the loss. Tilfe boay was in the water 50 minutes before being recovered. the agent sent East, and he has just re turned with the first contingent, a number of woodsmen from Maine, who will go into the employ of the Mason County Company in the Black Hills. The remainder of ths Imported loggers will arrive soon. The fund being raised to construct a permanent home for the Spokane Indus trial Exposition now aggregates $50,720. The general committee, and the subcom mittees of business men will continue their work this week, and expect to swell the total to $65,000. Most of the stock subscriptions are being made on the flve year plan. One-fifth of the amount is to be paid annually. To secure the immedi ate use of the entire amount necessary to purchase the site and erect the building the Exposition Company proposes to issue bonds. Adventure $0 Oii Atlantic 23Vi Allouez M. Co... l4 Amal. Copper .. OOil Boston . Mont 3 00 Cal & Hecla... T S3 Centennial 10 Franklin 15 Osceola $0 CS Parrott 4i& Qulncy 3G Santa Fe Copper 5?i Humboldt 50 Utah Mining- .... 0 tVinons 4 Wolverines 40 Ia WILL HAVE A TELEPHONE. Melnlln. "Will Get n Service When the Poles Are Subscribed. OREGOX CITY. April SO. C. T. How ard, the flouring mill proprietor at Mu lino and Levi Robblns. a merchant of Molalla, are the leading promoters of a move to get a telephone service extended to. the latter place. The telephone people hae agreed to put the service into effect, provided the residents along the proposed line will furnish the poles and deliver them on the ground. The poles will cost UiO apiece delivered, and it is estimated that it will take 1000 for. the proposed branch line. Mi Howard was in town today, and had 5500 of the amount sub scribed? - He and Mr. RobbIns"-will make up the balance required aftercthe sub scriptions are all In. which s an assur ance that the line aill be built-at" an early date. Subscribers -to the "telephone serv ice will be eniWedto a rebate on the sub scription for Doles. Meade Post, G. A. R., is already making active preparations for the. observance of Decoration Day. and the preceding Sun day memorial services. The anion xne- THOMAS KAVS ;WILL. Estimated Value" of the Eatntc Thirty ThonBand Dollars. SALEM, Or.. April SO.-The wjll of the late Thomas Kay was probated today, and Mrs. Fannie- Bishop and T. B. Kay were confirmed as executors. The will Is dated April 9. 1300. dt gives to each of his five J children the promissory notes- -given by them to Mr. Kay in payment for stock In the woolen mills company. The notes represent about $3400 each. The balance of the property is left to the widow during her life, ana to the children in equal shares after her death The estimated value of the property Is JS0,0Q94 To Tg.cfrala.tc Hop Supply. A meeting of hopgrowers was held at Brooks last Saturday evening to consider the subject ot regulating the supply of hops to correspond with the demands. M. L. Jones was elected chairman, and W. H. Egan secretary. Alter an infor mal discussion, the following resolution was passed: m , "Resolved, That we, the hdpsTowers ot Brooks and vicinity, are in full sympathy with the movement begun by George C. Brewer, of California, to regulate the hop supply to the required demand. "Resolved, That wc regard iht con tracting of bops as detrimental to the present movement of regulating tho sup ply according to the demand, and unprofit able to the grower." W..H. Egan, F. J. Bolter and Leonard Krebs vrere elected a committee to meet with delegates or committees selected by the growers of the several local hop dis tricts of the state and the Board of Di rectors of the Oregon Hopgrowers Asso ciation, for tljf purpose of formulating articles of agreement regarding a limita tion of production, subject to the accept ance of the, individual growers. The above-named committee was Instructed to request the Salem office of the Oregon Hopgrowers' Association to correspond with the hopgrowers of the state and to make In such correspondence such sug gestions that may seem expedient in order to secure the co-operation of ail hopgrow ers In this movement There is very little doing in Salem hop circles, and sales reported are for only small quantities and of an inferior grade. The Hopgrowers' Association today made a sale of 115 bales of second-class hops, neither "the price received nor the name, of the purchaser being given. It is re ported that a Salem dealer bought a quan tity of hops recently in Washington at IS Oregon Xot.es A maw saw-and shingle-jnlll will .soon fbe at work -two and -one-half miles south west of Myrtle. Point- The Corvallls Union-Gazette has dropped the first half of Its name and will here after ue issued semi-weekly, on Tuesday and Friday. Thomas Rookard, an aged and well known resident of Coos County, died at his home at Enchanted Pralrte Wednes day, April 25, 1900. The owners of the Porter mill at Coos Bay have commenced an Injunction suit against P. D. Phelan. The complaint asks for 510,000 damages. Andrew J. Andrews, a resident of Coos County, near Myrtle Point, since 18io, died April 25, at the age ot i years, ai his home on Sugar Loaf. The Corvallls saw mill last week ship ped three carloads of hard wood lumber to California. Two cars went to" Sac ramento, and the third to West Berkeley. The Laguna, the wrecked steam schoon-m-. has been dismantled, and will be al lowed to remain on the Garibaldi beach as an attraction for Summer visitors to the coast The steamer W. H. Kruger sailed from Hobsonvllle for San Pedro last week. She carried 400,000 feet of lumber, and a good passenger list, among whom were, the Jackson family. The" new river steamer built by White, Moomaw & Snyder, above Coqullle City, has been launched. Sbe Is 77 feet in leg:n, with a 16-foot beam and 52-Inch propeller, and will have a speed of 14 knots an hour. The annual teachers institute of Crook County will be held In Prlneville on May 14-1C, apd an excellent programme will be prepared for that occasion. Superinten dent Ackerman will be present and assist In the management of the Institute Claude Thayer has arranged to have the sailing schooner Lillle and Mattle taken off the beach at Tillamook If possible. John. Embum. is superintending the w ork. She If still In good condition and can be made a serviceable boat if they can get her righted and into deep water again. Friday afternoon the following notice was posted on the door of W- J. Carty'4 bank at Lebanon: "Unless I can get money immediately this bank will not open." Mr. Carty has been doing busi ness on a very small scale In Lebanon for several years. The deposits in the bank were small, about $3000, the liabilities about 59000. The first carload of canned salmon ship ped from Astoria this season was con signed Saturday by the Booth Packng Company to its Chicago house. The con signment consists of the first of the Spring catch. Usually, William Hume has been the first to place Columbia River fish on the Eastern market, but he made no spe cial attempt to maintain the record this season WHUam Horklns. a contractor at the Free Coinage property at Sumpter. and engaged in driving a tunnel on one of, their claims, disappeared last week, taking with him 5700. the payroll of his employes, and leaving a large number of cred.tors ta mourn his acquaintance. Jt Is said that the owners of the Free Coinage will re imburse the miners for the amount due them for labor. A sawmill of 40,000 feet capacity dally is soon to be in running order on Deer Creek, one half mile above Britten sta tion. This new company has been formed by Robert Service. Charlie Tibbs and Thomas Tibbs. The Tlbbs Bros, have timber that will make lOOMKO feet of lum ber on Deer Creek. The mill Is furnished with a large dynamo which will furnish lights for the mill and lumber yard. The machinery is all in transit, and Is to be la running order within 40 days BAKER COTJXTV ARID LAJfDS. Study to Be Made of Grain Rest Adapted to Them. BAKER CTTT, April 30. Tho Chamber of Commerce al a'meeilng tonight passed a resolution that a study bo mado of the different kinds of grim and rye that would, be best adapted tto the arid lands of 'Baker County. It is "the Intention to co-oporate with the ncperiment farm of tho O. R. & N". and also to take advant age of a mass of Information which Di rector "Imhaus has collected by a corre spondence of several months with the School of Agriculture in Turds, Tunisia, where some very Interesting experiments Ion arid lands baye been made, mainly rith Italian ry,. The agricultural com mittee, to whom the matter was referred, will enter upon the work at once. The permanent organization of the Colorado-Montana Club was effected In this city tonight, and a full list of officers elected. The objects of the club are to se cure tho conceruated co-operation of all former residents of Montara and Colorado and for the social and financial benefit of tho members and the advancement of the business interests of Eastern Oregon. TEKDERED HIS RESIGXATIOX. Clerk McConrt, in Attorney-General's Office, "Will Step Ont. SALEM, Or., April 30. It is announced that John McCourt "has tendered hi3 resig nation as clerk in the office of Attorney General Blackburn, his resignation to take effect June L Judge Blackburn will appoint Miss Jennie Booth, of this city, to fill the vacancy. Miss Booth is a daughter of the late J. C. Booth, of Salem, and as a stenographer and typewritlst by Vocation. The position qf clerk in the office of the Attorney-General was, created by the last legislature, an appropriation of JGOO per annum having been made for that pur pose. Since the position was created It has beep filled by Mr. McCourt, who Is a Salem attorney, and who was a member of the last Legislature from this county. It is understood that Mr. McCourt will open a law office at Pendleton. Crook Connty Irrigation. The long-talked-of scheme of bringing water from tho Derehutes River out os what is known as tho "desert" east if the Deschutes and south of Crooked River has taken definite shape and will soon be realized, saj the Prlneville Jour nal. This will be done by the Oregon Irrigation Company, of whlph C. C. Hutch inson is president, T. Edward Pope treas urer and D. D. Warner (secretary. The plan embraces the constructing of three main canals leading from enrcereni pouiia on the Deschutes east and northeast as far as Crooked River with a system of lat eral ditches from these, covering the en tire desert from the Bear Creek hills north and bringing" more than 100.000 acres of good, tillable land under cultivation. Permanent surveys are now being made and as soon as these are completed ac tual construction of the first canal will begin. The flume where It leaves tho river will be 35 feet wide and 10 feet deep and will carry enough water to float the steam dredger, wWch will be used for excavating the main canal, except where it Intersecto rock ledges. It racks noth ing but water to make It the richest por tion of Eastern Oregon, and the hemes of thousands of happy, prosperous settlers. The soil Is of volcanic or basaltic origin, rich in the elements necessary to vegeta ble growth and susceptible of long-con tin ued cultivation without fertilization. All .rt: ctt erain and trasses, all vegetables usually gnwn In this locality and all the hardier frolts and berries will grow to perfection. It Js also believed that flax and sugar bets will thrive, but this yet remains to be eeen. Taking it altogether, this enterprise will be of more real benefit to Crook County than anything- ever done or pro posed before. It will double its popula tion lnsde of three year, bring railroads within Its borders and stimulate to healthy growth every other Inouetry. Dallas Xotes. DALLAS. April 00. H. B. Cosper, has been appointed census enumerator for tha district embraced In the three voting pre clnts ot Dallas. Mr. Cosper Is a resi dent of Dallas, and was the enumerator In 1S90. Forty squatters have already gone In on the Siletz reservation, to be there when it is thrown ope. The prevailing opinion now is that the Italian prune crop will be a failure. ., Sil vers ana .rentes wm oe auuuuuuu .Vya and cherries are in gJod condition, but pears are baaly Injured, and the crop must be short The grade stakes are now being set from Dallas to Salem on the Salem & Pacific Railroad. Engineer Porter and party Is in charge. Hot Wind in Wasco. THE DALLES, Or., April 30. This sec tion ot Wasco County was visited yester day by a very serious hot wind, which kept up for the greater part of the day. The crops at present are In the best pos sible condition; but a few hot winds, which are very Infrequent in this part of the state, would burn up the crops and be a great detriment in other ways. Fire at Enjene. EUGEJ7E, April 30. The Eugene Lum ber Company's sawmill burned today, to gether with tho lumbar in the yard. The loss Is about 5CO.0CO; Insurance 51000. The wagon bridge across the river caught fire, but was not seriously damaged. An Oregon Postmaster. WASHTNGTOSr, April SO. O. K. Kro nenberg was appointed Postmaster at Parkersburg, Or., vice Ottllie Parker, dead. "WashiBtoa Xoten. The Barber fruit and berry cannery, at Walla Walla, will start up this week. The entire faculty of the State Normal School at Ellensburg have been re-elected for the coming year. The dairymen of Whitman County have organized an association. They will pro vide cold-storage facilities and establish a cheese factory. The Washington Brick & Lime Company is the first to supply its patrons with Spokane brick this season. They burned 30,000 in the first lot, and will burn 350,001 brick In the next kiln. The first kiln of brick Is selling for JS per thousand for building brick, a fall last week of $2, and $7 50 for chlmnoy brick. It is expected that the price will be about 57 50 for build ing brjck in th Summer, as it was last year. The Mason County and Simpson Log ging Companies recently sent an agent to the East to obtain the services of experi enced woodsmen to operate the camps of the two companies in Thurston and Mason counties. F. C. WlHey, of Shelton, was Idaho Notes. Tho Boise Butcher Company has com pleted a cold-storage plant at Boise, cost ing 510,000. The bridge over the Potlatch, on the Columbia branch of the Northern Pacific, to replace the one washed out last Feb ruary, has been completed. No new developments have come to light in the case of the child found buried in the Moscow cemetery. The identity of the persons who perpetrated the crime is as much a mystery as ever. The flour mill building and plant of tha Fletcher Milling Company, at Fletcher, was destroyed by fire Wednesday night last. The plant was valued at 510,000. while the Insurance on the establishment was only 51500. The new bridge across the south fork of Clearwater, at Stltes, is now passable for teams. It is understood that the Clearwater Grain Company will erect a large warehouse at that point for the ac commodation of farmers who haul grain there for shipment over the railroad Immigration Commissioner Bassett has just completed a pamphlet on the State of Idaho, from which the following statistics are taken: "Number of acres patented land. 2,468,645; number of horses, 40,352; cattle, 145,831; sheep, 1,032,713; the total number of bushels of grain raised in the state last year was 10.SfiO.423; there are 30, S65 acres of orchard In the state, and 25,000 carloads of fruit and produce were shipped last year. There are oer 400 Irrigating canals in the state, with carrying capacity of 800,000 inches, and length, of 20CO miles. The total production of gold last year was 52.500,000; of silver, $6,103,02S; lead, 54.K0.410; copper, 560,000. The number of school children Is 50,172; teachers. 1050; districts, 1CC0. The average temperature is 52 in Spring, 73 In Summer, 53 in Au tumn, and 34 in Winter. There are no severe storms, no high winds, no cyclones and no blizzards in the state. It is a land of sunshine, fruit and nowers; the state averaging 260 clear days per year. HANDSOME MOVING TURES. PIC- See handsome moving pictures now on exhibition, tree, at Union Pacific ticket office, 135 Third street. BroRh Fires in Xevr Jersey. HAMMONTON, N. J., April 30. Forest fires at Pleasant Mills, on Friday, do stroyed the Junior Order of American Me chanics' Hal!. Including the lodge furni ture and paraphernalia. At Batsto, ona mile beyond, seven dwelling houses were burned. This fire was started at Atsion. 10 miles ' away, by an old woman, who was burning brush on a small cranberry bog. It has i traveled over thousaccs of acres of timber land, and the lowest estimate of the dam age done is $150,030. It Is not yet out A MISSING MIER. Fallnre of an Albany Man to Arrive Home From His Claim. ALBANY. Or., April SO. Considerable anxiety has been felt here over the failure of John S. Olsen to arrive here from his claim seven or eight miles beyond Sweet Home. Olson, who was subject to heart disease, left the claim last Tuesday, and was met a short distance this side of his cabin on his way out, with only a small piece of dried beef and some bread for a lunch. He never reached Sweet Home, and no trace has yet been aecured of bis whereabouts. Since Tuesday snow fell in the vicinity where he was last seen. Olson, who has made his home most o the time in Albany, took up a claim sev eral months ago, and has been on it sev eral times. He is reputed to have been worth about 540.000. and there, is .several hundred dollars in the bank here to his credit A reward of 5150 has been offered "for his body, dead or alive. Colin aged NORTHWEST DEAD. Mr. Colin Campbell. BAKER CITY. April 30. Mrs. Campbell died in this city today. about 50 years. The deceased was the niece of the first wife of ex-President Harrieon. Her husband, Colin Campbell, was a well-known mining man. and was killed on the Snake River about 10 years agor his assailant now serving a life sen tence in the Penitentiary for the crime. Mrs. Campbell was born In Indianapolis, Ind., and was married In that state. Soon after the couple moved to Montana, where they resided several years. They came tq Oregon about 15 years ago. and Mr. Campbell at once became interested in mines In the Chicken Creek district, and afterwards moved on 'the Snake River, where he met his death. Four of the family survive the deceased, all of whom were adopted. Mrs. Benjamin Beach. OREGON CTTY. Or., April 30. Mrs. Ben jamin Beach, aged 24, died of consumption this morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ward. She arrived from Skagway, Alaska, a couple of weeks Creamery for Sheridan. SHERIDAN, Or., April 30. A meeting was held here Saturday for the purpose of discussing the creamery question. H. E. Loundsbury. of the Southern Pacific, and Dr. Wlthycombe, of the State Agri cultural College, addressed tho raeetng. A large number of the representative farmers of this district were present ar.d listened very attentively to the interest ing data presented by Dr. Wlthycombe's address. Questions were asked, and all present were impressed with the desir ability of starting a creamery at this point, as they all admit that no money can be made or mortgages lifted w.th wheat at present prices, and especially as fruit and hop raising have not given the relief expected mainly, however, on ac count of lack of co-operation In market ing the product. 4i A PENT A 99 THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER, BOTTLED AT THE SPRINGS, BUDA PEST, HUNGARY, Under the Scientific Supervision of PROF, von FODOR, Director of the Hygienic Institute, Royal University, Buda Pesfch. Indications of Coal In Umatilla. PENDLETON, Or., April 29. George A. Wells, a surface expert sent here by the O. K. & N. Co., returned today from Birch Creek, where he Inspected a coal prospect controlled by Pendleton parties. State Senator T. C. Taylor, ex-Representative W. T. Rigby and others here hav control of 2000 acres of land 20 miles south of Pendleton, on Birch Creek., These lands, It has been commonly believed,' contain valuable coal deposits. The men who own the land have now In Port land a drilling outfit, which it is pro posed to ship here and set to work, in order more thoroughly to prospect the ground and to ascertain whether or not coal Is there In paying quantities and of such value as to warrant the exploita tion of the claims. Weakness, offerings Palene Appointed Censns-Talcer. MONROE, Or., April 30 Clinton Reese, who has been appointed census enumera tor for this district, has recelved-his com mission. 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