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TITF. AfOKNTNG OKEGOtfIA"S, SATTODAX, JUNE 23, 1900. CHANCE FOR OREGON Can Get Arizona Market With out Paying San Francisco. HEAVY DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS Tfce Calioniian Frequently Repre sent Tliclr Wares to Be From Ore gon in Order to Sell Tkem. SALBX, June 22. "W. J. Bhepard, of Zena, has recently returned from Phoe ntx Arizona, -where he has been In the interests of an Oregon nursery company. In speaking today of his observations In that state, he said that Arizona is a very promising market for many Oregon products, particularly nursery stock. The people of Arizona are just becoming thoroughly Interested In the fruit industry, and the farmers are there fore as eaper to buy youns fruit trees as the Oregon farmers -were a few 5 ears ago. The or-inffe-growlng industry is al ready vrell dc . . Joped there, but the grow ing of apples, apricots-, pears, plums and prunes is now In the experimental stage. All agricultural products In Arizona are dependent upon Irrigation, and fruit trees are more readily watered by this means than are grain crops. But nursery stock cannot be successfully produced on land, watered by artificial means, for the roots of the trees are ruined by knotty growth, and therefore the orchardlsts are com pelled to import their young trees. They have tried getting their stock from OlII fornla, but the tres thre ar largely subject to the same conditions as In Ari zona. They are learning, therefore, that they must import their trees from Ore gon or the Eastern States. Only the young trees are injured by irrigation, and if health' trees are set out they will thrive, although watered by means of ditches. Mr. Shepard says that Oregon-grown tores are far superior to Eastern nursery stock, the soil and climate here being fa vorable to a rapid, healthy growth. Trees grown in Oregon will be as large in one year as Eastern trees will be in two years. This gives the Oregon nursery man the advantage in the Arizona mar ket, for his goods look, as well as the Eastern product, with only half the ex pense of raising. Among the other Oregon products that BIr. Shepard found taking the lead in Arizona were potatoes and apples. He says they always command a higher price than the same articles grown elsewhere, and are In greater demand. But he ob served that most of the Oregon potatoes and apples in Arizona are shipped there through San Francisco middlemen. The Ban Francisco merchant are thus ena bled to charge a commission which should remain In Oregon, either in the hands of the producer or the shipper. Ifany complaints are made In Arizona that California merchants ship to Ari zona as Oregon products apples and po tatoes that were not raised here. This not only hurts the reputation of our products, but cuts off that much of the market that is properly ours. Some ap ples and potatoes are shipped direct from Oregon to Arizona, and -while Mr. Shep ard does not profess to be an authority on such matters. he expresses the opinion that that market could and should be supplied without the Intervention of San Francisco dealers. Rennlts of the Rain. The clouds have broken up and the rain seems to bepast. "What the damage has been is difficult to determine. Some say that the benefits will equal the injury mat nas Deen Jone. It Is estimated that the clover hay crop has suffered a loss , of 50 per cent, and th.it c.her Vm-o been very materially injured. Only those cucmes, nowever, that were at the prop er aegree or. maturity were cracked, and those that were yet too green or had passed tho critical period will be benefited rather than injured. Hops, Spring grain and pasture grass have all been improved by the rains. Public School Closing. The annual closing exercises of the Sa lem public schools were held this evening in the Armory at the City Hall. A large crowd was in attendance. The graduat ing class consisted of 40 pupils, 19 boys end 21 girls. The address to the class was delivered by ex-Mayor Claud Gatch. and the presentation of diplomas was by Chairman "V. M. Cherrington, of the School Board. The address by Mr. Gatch was pointed and forceful. He said. In brief, that the cost of conducting tho public schools of the TTnlted States Is equal to one-fourth the entire expense of the Government: that by giving the children of the country on education the Government has con ferred, upon them a great favor; that a man or woman who forgets his or her benefactor and is ungrateful for favors, is recorded among the -meanest of man kind: that It Is the duty of the children to remember what has been done for them, and to manifest due appreciation by becoming good and true citizens of the great Republic He said that to be goo3 c tizens does not mean that they must keep out of politics and take no interest in public affairs, but rather that they must interest thcmselies in all govern mental questions, city, county, state and National. Addressing the parents, pse? ent, he said that the schools, 'expensive, though they are, hava. proven well worth the cost. Execution on n Patent. A. IT. Lacroix who has a Judgment ag-iinst P. J. Schabach for $91$. today be gan supplementary proceedings in the C6r cuK Court against the defendant to sub ject a patent for a bicycle gear to tho Battfaction of the judgment. The plaintiff alleges that defendant has no other prop erty and that the patent is vtry valu nble. Jvdge Burnett njade an orJer for bidding defendant to transfer his prop erty and commanding him to appear on July 10 and answer concerning it. Thlfc is the first time In several years that such a proceeding has been had In the Marion County Circuit Court. XoleM ot tlie Cnpltul City. Stato Treasurer Moore today received a remittance of $7C 2S from Jackson Oouur ty to apply on the scalp bounty fund. .""lis is tho third payment that has been made on that account. Jackson hcus mad a payment before and Union County has a credit in the, s&me fund. "Wallowa. County today paid $3500 on her 1SS9 stato taxes. Major Greenleaf and two members of the engineer corps are In Salem to day laying off the grounds for the Na tional Guard encampment. They will not only mark off tho streets and company boundario". but will set stakes for tho corners of eery tent. Preliminary arrangements for the or ganization of a barbers. fraternal union la this city were effected this evening at a meeting of Salem barbers. "While Governor Geer was away on Ala redding lour, a considerable Quantity of clothing was stolen from the hack porch of his residence, where a laundryman had left It. LAST TEASEL SHIPMENT. Profit ICnocUcd Ottt of the Easiness by a YnnUcc Indention. OREGON CITY, June 22. A. J. Sawtell. the veteran teasel grower of Molalia, after upp'ying Eastern and "Western woolen mills with teasels for a period of 40 ytars, made his last shipment of teasels today. This was the remnant of last year's crop, and Mr. Sawtell now retires, having grown gray In the business. During this period he has handled many thousands of do.lars. for there was a large demand for the Oregon teasel. Of late ears, how ever, the Invention of a metal contrivance for raising the nap In woolen cloths, has taken the place of the natural thistle pro duction to a great extent, limiting the demand of the latter to certain cloth where the patented affair will not do good work. Mr. Sawtell says that the profits in the business are now cut down to a figure where It will not pay to hire help to produce teasels, although it can be made to pay where the grower will do tha groater part of his own work. Mr. Sawrell waa born In England, whero he worked at the teasel business in boy hood. At the age of 18 he came to Cana da, and after remaining there one Winter, settled in Molalia and planted his first crop of teasels In 1839. "While Mr. Sawteil is a welVto-do farmer, he believes that he would have had more money by retir ing several years ago. Two brothers, named Gregory, each have large yards at Molalia and Carue, and are experiment ing with new -varieties with the expecta tion of producing a teasel that will be in special demand. Ko Inquest Keecasary. Coroner Strickland, who went to Canby last night to investigate tb cause of the death of Volhy Mack, did not deem an Inquest necesfeary, as It was evident that it was the result of natural causes. The deceased was standing on a, tab'e clean ing the roof gutter, and It is supposed fell to the ground In a faint. He waa 41 years old, unmarried, and had been in poor .health for many years. He was the aon of L&dru Mack, a pioneer. Clover Hnrf, Grata Tlelped. Tanners m towx today report that the clover fhat was cut and laid out In the late rains Is seriously damaged. Some of the hay has molded on the ground. Timo thy and other varieties of hay that Is still standins looks well and will yle'd im mensely. The opinion prevails that the rains have benefitted Spring-own grain. Oregon City Brevities. The "Woodmen of the "World have arranged- for a celebration of the Fourth of July at Sandy. Gordon E. Hayes le to bo tb orator, and JHsb Jennie Gibbons win read the Declaration of Independence. John Albright was bound over today by Justice Schucbel In tfae sum of $500 to ap pear bafpre the Circuit Court on a charge of seducing .Naaey Thomas, oX Beaver Creek, aged 22. The- couple wre formerly engaged to be married. George A. Harding, Patrick Colbert and Josiah Martin returned last night from liB. Grande, whero they attended the grand encampment of the G. A. B, d-ele-gatet. TOO WET FOB. PICK1CK1XG. Brownsville Affair Was Postponed Grand Jury and Ttegistrations. AIxBAKT, Or., Juno 21-On account of the continued rains the Brownsville pion eer picnic, which generally draws' about the largest gathering or people from all parts of the county of any event of the year, was yesterday afternoon ordered postponed until July 3 and 4. when the speakers will talk as announced, Hon. Richard YTllHams, of Portland, on July 3 and Governor Geer on July 4. Several Albany men have been sub peuaed to appear before the grand jury as witnesses to testify in the matter of several registrations made up the San tiam, whloh are said o have been illegal, and which caused more discussion during the last few days of tho campaign than other matters. Recently on passing along the road in Santiam precinct a farmer discovered a man -whipping another man In a terrific manner. Upon his approaching, a revol ver was drawn and he was ordered to pass on, which ho did. The victim made no complaint, and only the Identity of the aggressor has been learocd. It transpires to have been a case of blackmail, one that has excited a good deal of interest through the county. Olyxnpla Brevities. OLTMPIA, June. 22. The residence of Robert, Graham, County Auditor, was en tirely destroyed by fire at 12 last night, and the, contents badly damaged by fire and water. There was a small insurance on both house and furniture. Tho Supremo Court has affirmed judg ment of the lower Court of Pierce County In the case of State of "Washington, re spondent, vs. Edgar Hyde, appellant. The Indictment in this case charges the de fendant with the crime of stealing H 25 from the person of one George Hyde, the robbery being the outgrowth of a Fourth of July spree in 1$?9. The family of Judge "W. H. "White, re cently appointed to the Supreme bench, today removed to Olympla, where they will spend the Bummer. CampmeetiiiRr at Canby. CANBY, Or., June 22. A Pentecostal cfimpmeeiing will be held here June 2S to July 9, on the old Methodist camp grounds. The meetings will be under the leader ship of Dr. Gue, who will be assisted by Dr. Cool, of Spokane, & very success ful evangelist. Oregon Xotes. Junction City has voted, a 3-mlIl tax for school purposea The 13, Grande creamery is receiving tho cream product cf 400 cows. The. Newberg creamery has beep sold to thft patrona, and will be run on the co operative plan. The Royal Ann cherry crop In Douglas County, a large one. was practically ruined by the late rains. Harrisburg and Junction have comblnod and will give a Fourth of July celebration at the latter place. The, Marshfleld town board is -taking steps to put in an electric-light plant to be owned by tho public The Pendleton woolen mills havo begun the shipment xf blankete to Eastern houses for the Fall trade. Professor J. S. DJller, of the United Stales Geological Survey, is In the Sixes country, above Myrtle Point. Tho Count Judge of "Washington Coun ty has been authorized to employ an ex pert to examine, the records and files. There was a rainstorm like unto a cloud burst on Galea Creek Saturday that reached down within two miles of Forest Grove. The hay crop around Fedee, in Polk County, Is unusually heavy, and many farmers are compelled to provide extra storage room. The necessary acreage must bo pledged next week, in order to secure the location of a sugar-beet factory at Newbrg. Good progress is being made. The extension of tho Jetty has a good effect on tho Coos Bay bar, and deep water at all stages" of the tide has been reported for soma rim past. R. H. Ro&a is preparing to start up his saw mill near Bandon, after an idleness of about threo years. About 60 mn will be employed In the mill and logging camp in connection. Owners of harvest machines. In TJma tilta. County, will meet at Milton Monday to fix a uniform ratt for handling the season's crop. A scale of wages Is also to be agreed npon. A new lmon cannery Is to be erected at Florence in time for the Fall run of salmon. Cnnncrymen are already bidding for tho season's catch, and In some In stances 15 cents per fisfli is being offered, which is 5 cents In advance of last year's prices. The amount of Columbia River traffic between Portland and Astoria was new: known to bo so great as It is this season. Wednesday morning Arthur Keene. of Stayton, shot himself accidentally with a gopher gun. some 75 Xo. 4. shot striking him about the chest and fleshy part of tho right arm. Astoria officials have received notifica tion from the Treasury Department at "Washington, to thu effect that a contract has been made with SL Mary's Hospital, at Astoria, which Is to furnish quarters, subsistence, nursing and medicine at $1 I per day to seamen entitled to relief from the Treasury Department, A SLOW WOOL MARKET 2,000,000 poexns srouKn at hepf- 5ER AD 3IORE COMES G. Ose Small Sale at 13 Cents Trouble "With, a United States Matt Itonte to Interior. HEPPNER, Or.. June 21. The Heppner wool market still refuses to open up, al though more -than 2.000,000 pounds of the best wool ever produced In Eastern Ore Son Is m the warehouses here ready to i bought. Three prominent buyers have been here lor weeks, but the only recent sale Is of a Httle dab of 12,000 pounds at 13 cents. Most growers here are Ann, holders at 15 cents, and almost all of them are so citua-ted that they can afford to hold indefinitely. The quantity of wool In wareltonaes here Is increasing every day, and most of that arriving now is long-distance wool, some of it being hauled on wagons 140 miles to Heppner. Heppner "Will Celebrate. In two hours a celebration eommlttee raised among the buadness men of Hepp ner $iet 25 with which to celebrate the Fourth of July. Committees are now ar ranging details, and the people of Mor- row and adjoining counties are all invited to bccom Heppner's guests. Two bands will furnish martial music, and there will be a big barbeque and platform dancing, day and. evening, and everything Is to be free to alL The oration is to be by one of the best speakers in the North west, and there will be a firemen's tour nament and athletic sports; and the. train ing ship Adams has been invited to come up "Willow Creek and lay to along the city water front. 21a 11 Hangr Up. Several tftnes this week Postmaster Vaughn has had to hire special messen gers and rigs, to carry tte moll to Monu ment, 54 miles from Heppner, on the Heppner-Canyon City mail route. This is a dally service of 104 miles eaoh way, and ib sub-contract is taken a 83200. Tho line has not been payfcig it bina, and owes hundreds of dollars to Heppner business men. Burns Bro$. at tached the horses and coaches on a big stable bill, and tied up the lln. 60 that the postmaster was compelled to hire special messengers to keep the mall run ning. The contractor's bondsmen, Messrs. Kelsay, Bolton and Haight came up from The Dalles yesterday and gave & re-deJlv-ery bond and had dhe stages released from attachment, and they again started with the mail today. It Is expected that the bonasmea will arrange in somo way to adjust the claims that have aotumulatod against the stage company. This same mail route ran behind when Its contract yielded JGOOQ. "Vhcn John Hailey ran mailecoaches through tho Heppner hills even' man who furnished supplies got Ms pay. But under the per nicious system ci sub-letting mail con tracts, there has been troubl here with every stage line, and it looks aa though th& trouble would continue until the Gov ernment shall compel the contractor to charge enough for his work to pay run nlng expenses. In Xeed of Reformation. Edward Tiedman, 13 years old, was yes terday sentenced to the Stato ReformJ School. He has a mother in Bakor City, and Is a very tough boy. He rode from Baker City to Canyon City by telling hard luck stories to stage drivers, and extended his journey here In the same way. Sev eral kind people here offered to give him a home, but he spurned their offers. He broke into a freight car at the depot and stolo canned corn and cigars, and stole articles rom Hjnd's warehouse. He Is an artistic tobacco chewer and cigarette roller, and his sudden squelching may have a dampening effect on seme boys here who would aspire to follow in his steps. Indian Method "Wax Ilarsli. The recent killing of the Indiin, "Old Billy," on Rock Creek, was caused "by a general row In the camp and a division on the question as to whether a sick squaw named "Crying Water" should be klHed off, as she had become an incumbrance and would no longer hew water, draw wood and tan buckskins. Billy wa6 for letting nature take its course with the squaw, and one of his opponent! brained him. Succotash, an Indian who would take sides with neither party, was 'tied to a tree and tortured, burning matches 'being held under his nose until he came off the fence, and then his voice was for war. Meantime the equaw escapd to the ranch of George Perry, where she waa protected. Heppner Xotes. The Heppner fire department end base ball team, go to Arlington tomorrow to take part In the fireman's tournament and baseball contest. J. W. Ambrose, the John Day rheepman who was jammed between the train and some trucks at Biggs station last Satur day, Is here, considerably crushed and suffering severely. Assessor J. F. Willis Is confined to bis home here and in a serious condition from lung trouble. Professor W. W. SIbray has resigned as principal of the school here to accept a census position at Washington. Juge S. A. Lowell and Dlstr t Attor ney Bean are here, making a final clean up of tho Circuit Court docket. Taxpay ers of Morrow County feel gratetul to the Judge for the was in wh&h lie has kept down court expenses. Yesterday was the only warm, day here this week, and it terminated in a strong "breze which brought rain today. Crops here are progressing finely,. MILL FOB, DOCTOR MI?.'E. Something: of an Experiment for the Blrtc River District. BLUB RIVER, Or., June 2L The-machinery for Dr. Candlanl's mill arrived at the head of the road at the Lucky Boy mine yesterday, and Is being packed over the trail to the Doctor mine art fast as possible, and the little water wheel will soon be m place to furnish the necessary power. As this mill is something new, tho results will be watched with interest. It Is much easier to work than the old fashioned stamp mill, and, if It be suc cessful, it will be a T?oon to prospectors in this camp. Dr. Candlanl has built a cement floor and enclosed it In a circu lar tube-like sides, some six feet across. In which a cross-piece or axle carrying two heavy cast-iron wheels about 'four feet In diameter will revolve similar to a Bryan mill. It is exactly upon the prin ciple of tho old-fashioned 'Mexican arras tra, which had no superior for saving gold, especially If it Is inclined fo be rusty. The constant grinding motion pol ishes and cleans the gold right in the mercury. In order to facilitate matters and run through more ore than the arras tra, this new mill is provided with punched screens, so that It empties itself in a short time. Oregon Ulnlngr Stock Exchange. ., Bid. Asked. Sold. Alamo 5 515 HBO S Adams Mountain .... 4 5 i(Xgi i Buffalo : i . Gold Hill & Bohemia i SW '.'.'.'.I'.'.'." Griszly . J 5 Itl0o 5 Golden Slipper S1- Helena 2G;i 27 200WJ26T4 Helena Xo." "".".7.7 44 4 lSOCOftV Lost Horse 2H Sl COOOjr Si Oregon-Colorado .... 5 5-fc SOOOJp 5 Todaj's call will be at 2 P. M. instead; of 3. Atlln Country Described. The Atlln Board of Trade hair recently issued a folder, which Is full of Inter esting Information to those who think of hunting gold In that district The town of Atlln, which is the frnan- cial-and commercial center Af.the district now has hotels, large mercantile com panies, Xhres sawmills, with the-thrice i lumber ranging, frosa.eq te- 03 sper 30W Jfcet. A weekly newspaper is printed there. The town hasa ilre company and two churches, one thie. Church of Er fend, the other a Presbyterian Church. In addition to. these things Atlln has a school, telegraph office, a mining and investment company and a bi-weekly mall service with Skagway, Bennett and the Yukon country. Royalty, was paid on $125,000 worth of gold In Atlln during last year. All of this came from placer mines. These folders can pc had at the Port-i land Chamber cf Commerce. Quotations e!t Mining Stocks. SPOKANE. Jubb 2?. The clostas bids for mlnlas stocks today were: Blackt&ll $0 l.VOfountaln Lion. ..$0- 73 Butte & Boston. ? Morning Glory... W Der Trail Con.. Evenlne star ... Gold Led 3 a .... Golden Harvest. I. X. I. Insurgent Jim Blaine Ixmc. Pica Surp. a Princesi Maud... Rambler Caribco Reservation . ... 3-t 2014 lOiJ 1H Rowland. Giant.. iJrom Thumb luiman 11 'i 14J4I rrall fc Tend. SAN FRANCISCO. June 22. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today were: Alta $0 02UutIa ,.-01 Alpha. Con -UJustlca ............. 6 Andes CIMexlcaa 20 Belcher lOjOecldental Con .,. 11 Hist & Bdcher... 2COphlr ,t... 73 Bullion -(Ore-man 16 Caledonia 1 10)Potosl 13 Challenre Con ... lJiSa-vaca 10 Cbollar 16iEeg. Belcher 3 Confidence, SSlplerra Kevada .... 2S Con Cal. & Va... 1 tSlPIIver Hill ....... S5 Crown Point 6 standard 3 50 Exchequer ltOnlon Con 20 Gould & CO?n... 13Utah Con -. 15 Hale & Norcross.. 20 yellow Jacket .... 11 NBTT YORK. June 22. Mining stocks locay closM'as follows: ChrtHar $0 lSOntarlo. $0 75 Crown Point GiOphlr ; & Con. Col. &Va... 1 4C Plymouth ..5..... 10 DcAdwood 0Quicksllver 1 50 Gould & Curry... 10 do pret ......... 7 00. Hale & Morcross.. 23,SIe-ra. Nevada .... 25 Homeitake 50 00! Standard 3 W Iron Silrer ...4.. &7UnIon Con ........ 10 Mexican 17jTeHow Jacket .... d BOSTON, June 22. Closing quotations: Adrentora (0 02 tOsceofa $0 53 Allouez AT. Co... 1 jParrott .......... 3$ft Amdt Cop ... 5 iQalncy 1 35. Atlantic 32fc 'Santa F Copper !& Besto-i & Mont. 2 S3 (Tamarack 1 75 Butte. & Boston. c3 lUtah Wlnlnff .. 23 C&l. &. Hurt a.... T 24 Winona ,. 2"o Ceotoanlal 16 , Wolverines ..... S3J Frenklla 121 Mining: Notes. A four-foot ledge of JS0 gold ore has been discovered In a tunnel of the Mastiff four miles north of Granite. J. H. Timon will resume work at his coal mine at Biverton, on the Coqullle Btver, in the near future. Tha -work of sinking the shaft at the new coal mine on Coos Bay, near Coos City, will begin next week. It is stated on gaod authority that tho Lucky Boy Company will add 10. stamps to its mill on Blue River, making a total of 20, in a short time. The mine Is show ing up better orery day. J. C. Aiken, of Boseburg, received a telegram from Saumptor Thursday stating that a ledgo In tho Umpqua group of minest in which be holds an interest, had been struck which assayed 5250 a ton. CLARK COUATY TAX-ROLL. Closed Jane SO and Left a Small De linquent List- VANCOUVER, "Wash., Juno 22. The tax-roll for 1S93 was closed by County Treasurer Parcel June 20. Under the law unpaid taxes should have been declared delinquent June L but tho force In the Treasurer's office was kept busy until the 20th, making up tho records of taxes re ceived up to the 1st, and, in order to ac commodate those who were prevented from pajing previous to that date, on account of the rush, the rolls were kept open from day to day until the 20th. The Treas urer estimates that the proportion of taxes on the delinquent list this year will be much less than for a number of years past. County Auditor Cook Is advertising for bids Xor the construction of a 52-foot truss ljridgo across Cedar Creek at Lynoh's mill, in the northern part of tho count. Bids will bo opened July 6. The official plat of survey of township 4 north, range 5 east, located In the eastern part of this county, has been received from the General Land Office, and will be officially filed July 24. After that date applications of qualified settlers who made settlements" upon lands therein will be received for entry. The "Vancouver baseball team has ar ranged to meet the Astoria team at As toria next S-unday. Kotes of Sheridan. SHBRDDAJN, Or., Juno 22. It has been raining here continuously for 20 hours past, which greatly benefits Spring grain. The machinery for the cheese factory has arrived, and the factory will be In operation within 10 days, with 300 cows to supply milk. WaftHIngrton Xotes. Hoga are becoming scarce In the Pa louse country. A village improvement society has been organized at Ellensburg. The Methodist Church will erect a ?15, 00J building in Spokane this season. Threo hundred and sixty new contracts for telephones have been placed In. Taco ma within the last three months. An $S000 fire occurred at Medical Lake Wednesday; origin unknown. It was the biggest blaze in the hiaory of the town. "Wednesday was the hottest day of the season In Walla Walla. The thermom eter registered 5S degrees In the shade. The Northern Pacific Railroad will build a large addition to its freight depot in Spokane, about doubling the present ca pacity. Spoknno's Citizens Committee claims to havo secured 10,500 names In three days, "which were missed by the regular census enumerators. The Dungencjsa Fish Company, on Puget Sound. Is working 16 to IS hours a day putting In its fish traps. They will be completed soon. Tho wheat harvest will commence in Walla Walla County next week. The sea son. Is a month earSier than last year, and two weeks earlier than usual. In honor of the nominee for Vice-President, tho Republicans of Walla Walla will organize a Roosevelt Grub, and pur chase rough rider hats and suits. Tacoma's committee on salaries will report in favor of granting 10 days va cations to members of the police and fire departments who havo served a year or more in fno departments. Word has been reoerved from. SL Paul that the Great Northern will not put on Its second daily fast train between Spo kane and the Coast until Fall, when the trip will be made through tho tunnel. The salmon-packing season on Puget Sound is open. Already the packers ore buying flHh from the traps and from the glli-netters and' seine men. The scckeye salmon, the finest of the Sound run. are expecf,ed about July 8, Packers ana trap men ore hoping for a big run this Season, and havo made their preparations accord ingly. The Oregon Mining .Stock Exchange Auditorium. Cbaxa'bcr of Commerca Oldg., P. O. box 670. Portland, Or. Telephone Main S10, J. E. Haseltine. Frea.; David Goodsell Treaa.; F J. Hardj Sec Directors L. G. Clarke. J. B. Haseltine. Da vid Goodfcll, P. J. Jennings, I. G. Davidson, I. V. Drake. E. A. Clern. Oregon Mines . . . Davison, Ward & Co. Invite Oie attention of raining icvestons to this promlKi&s field They Seal In MnES. BTOCK5. LEArJES AXD BON'DS. Onlr property of rnetlt. after careful Investi gation, will be. handled. Members Oregon Min ing Exchange. Correspondence solicited. 40S CHAMEER OP COMMERCiS. 5H0FAT-M1NE MANAGER 3CA1FESTATTQX OF TERRORISM IX THE COETJR D'ALEES. Assailants "Were in Ajabasa oa the Mountain Side Sheriff and Sol diers "Are la. Tarsalti " "WALLACE, Idaho, June 22. Two men 'in ambush fired four shots at Joseph Mac Danald. manager of tho Frisco mine, this morning. MacDonald was crossing from the mill to tho office at tho time, and the, bullets fell at his feet. He saw thp men on the mountain side running, but could not recognize them. The sheriff and SO soldlersare now hunting for the men. TRICKS IK SALMOX PRICES. Qaotatiea Without" -Statlafc Qaallty, Wa for Poorer Grade. ASTORIA, June 22. It is learned that two s6ts of quotations have been sent out for Columbia River oibM .nimin and thatlhe prices at which tho pack is hold aro several nolnto filch.,. ..... u- .publlely announced. On the morning of Tuesday. June 13, the Astorian. the official organ of the Columbia River Packers' As sociation, stated that. th.e association had held a meoting and had fixed the price of Its canned product. The prices given were as fol.'dws;: Falls, $1 65 per dozen; fiats. $1 SO; halve. $1 05. These figures were, telegraphed over tho country as the official ones established by tha combine, but from Independent canners it is learned that they were both, correct and Incorrect, "When quotations are given on Columhl.i "Rfc-Ar Vnnn -.,. are trennraJlv unrlrctnAH , im, -- ., Trlghest grade of the Spring catch. The prices mat tne combme gave were not for this crada of fish, hut tny nn nfw-rw n,i.i ity that might come from any place along wie wegon ucast. This was tho second time that the same method has been used this season, and tho first time; lfc was par tially successful, as one canneryman, at least, disposed of two carloads of fish at the figures announced, but this time it railed to work. "WTiea the later quotations were an nounced, one of the Independent carmers, who narrowly escaped being fooled by the earlier ones, wired his agents in the East to ascertain what wera the actual figures offered by the combine. Ha found that the quotations for Columbia River Spring catch wer: Tails. St 7ft? flnt-t. $1 s- Vinhuo Jl 07& and that tho other quotations were current ior a poorer grade of fish. The other canners were Immediately notified and none of them lost any money on ac count of the published figures. Many Adipose Fins Mlsslngr. Following the recent storm the Tun of fish has shown considerable increase, but it is not large by any means. The num ber of flsfii with the adipose fin missing is greater than ever before, as ehown by tho Increased number caught. At the Eu reka cannerv aldnA thr nr id nt ia sears taken from tho fish, with the adipose tin missing, and there can be no doubt that they are some of the marked fish turned out from tho CUxckamas hatchery. Sentenced for Stealing Fish. Charles Saker, who was arrested sev eral, weeks ago for stealing four salmon from tho Cutting Packing Company's cannery, was arraigned in the Circuit Court this morning on a charge of lar-' ceny in a warehouse. He pleaded guilty to tho charge, and was sentenced to one year In the penitentiary. He was taken to Salem thla evening by Sheriff Lin vllle. Astoria Notes. Hon. George E. Chamberlain has ac cepted an Invitation to deliver the Fourth of July oration at the celebration in As toria. The Sorenson Lumber Company put over 150.000 feet of logs In the Necanicum dur ing the last freshet. Fireman Hansel, of the car shops of the Astoria &. Columbia River Railroad at "Warenton, suffered the "fracture of a leg last evening by the end of a car that he waa raisins falling on him. SAD3 TO BAIL FROM OREGON. . Bat There's Xo snclx Postoffice In the State Ganry Tale. CEDAR RAPHES, la., June IS. (Special to the Omaha Bee.) Quite a sensation has been caused at the little town of Ackley by the Teturn of a man. to the place who khad been mourned as dead for 20 years. Char1 j Lenz was a young German far mer who lived a few miles south of Ack ley. He had been married but a few months when ho went to Ackley one day with a wagon load of hogs. The wife at home waited for his return, but he ' 1 x- n sr THE. - ,-t -oii 3 v . , Ci came rjot. "ot a trace could be found of Lenr, wagon, horses or hogs. He had as completely disappeared as though the earth had opened up and swallowed hlm. After many days the search was aban doned, and it was the generally accepted supposition that he had been waylaid, robbed of his money and killed by a ganq of robbers that Infested the woods In that vicinity at; ihat time. A short time after the disappearance of Lenz a child was born to his wife, a boy. who Is now a young roan of nearly 20 years. As the years went by the wife thinking her husband dead, married John "VVelkert and now lives with, him near Abbott. A few days ago a man past middle age arrived in Ackley and going to the Cen tral hotel registered himself "Charles Lens. Wlnthrop, .Oregon." He proved to be the long-missing farmer, the man who was supposed to be dead.. He would give no explanation of his disappearance. It has developed that he has prospered in his faraway 'Western homo being the owner of a largo and valuable farm. His mis sion to his old home Is to try and per suade Ills son to return, with him. THROWS FROM HQRSE TO DEATH. Fatal Accident to a "Wliecler County Rancher, J. Y. Bronm FOSSIL, June 22. Wednesday evening John V. Brown wate thrown from a horse about four mile east of Fossil, and died within an hour. He had lived here a great many years. He left a family of six or seven young children. He had sold his ranch for $1500, and was to leave for the harvest fields of Eastern Washington neit morning v Lh his family. He was returning home from the ranch of a 'neighbor, with whom he had traded horses, and was riding tho new horse, a 3- ear-old colt, bareback, when the acci dent occurred. His skull was badly frac tured, but he was conscious, and sent his boy to Fossil for a doctor, w"ho arrived af ter Brown was dead. NORTHTTESr DEAD. Ka-ther Joot, the Old Priest at the Coear d'Aleuc Mission. DESMET, Idaho, June 23. Father Joseph Joset. of Desroet Mission, for SO years Identified with missionary work of the Jasulfcs among Coeur d'AIene and other Northwestern Indians, died at the mis eion here, June 13. He was 90 years old and the last of the band oC missionaries of whom Father Deamet was the leader. He came from Europe In 1840. The remains- will be interred beneath the church. Father Joset was it his post during' the Indian wars Of the Northwest. ALPHA MAY 1ET BE SEIZED. Investigation of Her Landing: in the Xor th. on Foot. "WASHINGTON, June 22. Assistant Secretary Spalding, in speaking today of the report that the British steamer Al pha had landed freight and passengers at Capo Nome on May 25, m violation of the law, and had since escaped capture by the United States steamer Albatross, said that Tie had telegraphed for a report ot the doings of the Alpha, and it it de veloped that she had landed a cargo and passengers at Nome, as reported, she would bo seized, at once upon her re appearance In American waters. The Turner Ca.np-Mectlnp. TURNER, June 22. The annual con vention of the Christian church, of Ore gon, has begun its sessions at the Turner camp-grounds. There were IS camps this first, forenoon. Fifteen ministers were In attendance. J. V. Updike will be the chief speaker of the convention. He is here from Nep tune, O. He will speak twice every' day throughout the convention. G. A. Webb, singing evangelist, is directing the song service. A .large attendance is expected. The ground committee has arranged solid hitching racks across tfie entire 10 acres. The Ministerial Association .occupies tho first . two days. Ashland, Roseburg, Pleasant Hill, Eugene, Junctiont Albany, Corvallls, Monmouth. McMlnnvllIe, For est Grove, Tillamook, Portland,. Salem, Monitor. Dufur. Medford. Scott's Mills, and the state of. Washington and Ohio are represented In the "beginning of the camp-meeting. The Fonrtk for .Corvallin. CORVALLIS, Or., June 23. The general committee Is fast completing arrangements for the celebration to be herd In Cor vallls July 3 and 4. July S Is to be given up to a baseball tournament and speed contests on the Kfger race track, near town. The speed contest for horses will include a free-for-all puce or trot, a 2-year-old pace or trot, a race for buggy horses, a quarter-mile dash for saddle liorses, and a half-mile free for all. For these contests purses aggregating over .5 a 30 Minutes in Haina rr'v-s,s,; -r.rnm ,,,,,, ,-nirY-' "Every thing with a crooked neck is not a camel" nor are. all ten cent cigars worth ten cents. " Preferencia cigars are cheaper, than any cigar . r equally good and better than any equally cheap. ; ' roc. and upward. At high-class dealers, - - Trade ( S. SICHEL & CO.. Distributers for Portland, supplied by 5. BACHMAN &. CO., General Agents, San Francisco. HAVANA - AMERICAN CO., Makers. ? m iw -t -r i - The h. Pinkham For disorders of thm femfaSnm organs have gained their great renown and enormous sale bm omusm of the gmrtnammmt good ihey have done and are doing for the women of this oouatrvm Sf all ailing or suffer Ing women could ho made te understand how a& soissiely true are the statements about lydia Em Pankhamps Vegetable. -Gompound, their stiff or ings would endm Mrsm Pinkham counsels women free of chargem Her address Is Lynn, Massa The advice sh& gives Is practical and honest You can write freely to her she is a wo mana JS00 are offered. The track events will also Include an exhibition trot by R. C. itiger famous 2-year-old, whloh Is known, to pos sess going powers of a remorkab'e.charac ter. The Fourth will open with the usual ailute at sunrise, and the exercises will Include music by three cornet bands, and by a company of Scotch bag-pipers In cos tume, besides boat races, and many other contests of speed and strength. There are to be two hose races, for which the prizes are $35 and J15, respectively. Miner I'atally Injured. BAKER CITY. Or., June 22. A work man In the Bonanza mine today received Injuries from which he cannot recover. "While taking a drink from the well used by the employes a large rock fell from above and struck him. on the back. The man's name could not be learned, but his injuries are fatal. Fossil t Celebrate. FOSSIL. Or., June 22. osall Is to have the grandest Fourth of July celebration in its history. Judge W. R. Ellis Is to be the orator. Idaho Xotes. A contract has been let for L400.000 pounds of cement for the dam ttat la to be built across the Snake River by the Trade Dollar Company. Lewiston has let a contract for the pav ing of its streets. The cost will "be 511, 56S 50. Tho work must be, commenced in SO days, and 50 days Is allowed for com pletion. ' ro first reports as to the damage dona by the hail storm at Tray last Friday were not exaggerated. Its esil effects seem, to grow larger instead of diminish ing. Quite a number of fanners living near town say that their crops. were totally ruined. The official opening of the headgates of the New York Canal, In the Boise River canyon, occurred Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony was attended by about 200 people from Boise. The canal is expected to woTk no end of benefit to the agricult ural interests of the Boise section. Judge Beatty has decided the case pf tha Postal Telegraph Cable Company of Idaho is. the Oregon Short Line Railroad Com pany In favor of the Postal. The latter company sued for a right of way for Its telegraph line along the Short Line right of way between the Utah and Montana, lines. The Judge granted the nght ot way and assessed the damages that will bo I sustained by the Short Line at 5S00. "It costs no more to smoke the best."