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r THE MORNING OREGONIAN TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1900. j-pewawr1' ' -rv" HOP OUTLOOK DISCUSSED DIRECTORS OP OREGON HOPCROW ERS' ASSOCIATION BIEfrXV Discuss Price for Picking: Crop Bat Reach 2Vo Decision Other Im portant Hatters Considered. "WOODBURN, Or., July SO. In response to the call of President M. L. Jones, the board of directors of the Oregon Hop growers' Association met In this city at 10 A. 3L today. Those present -were: Dr. J. "W. Hill, of Portland: R. D. Cooper, of Independence; James Wlnstanley, of Sa lem: George B. Hovenden, of Hubbard; H. D. Mount, of Silverton; H. L. Brents' and Francis Teller, of Butteville, and O. L. Barber, of Woodhurn. During the morning session the board of directors and sales committee elected H. Thlelsen, auditor of the association ac counts to date. The executive commit tee -was authorized to furnish growers supplies through the Salem office at ac tual cost prices. In the afternoon, the executive commit tee reported the election of James Win Btanley as association agent, their report being unanimously indorsed by the board of directors. The executive committee was authorized to act as selling agent for the individual growers, and associa tion. Some discussion as to the associa tion acting as financial agent to procure funds for picking, resulted in the con clusion that this matter was within the scope of the duties of the, executive com mittee, so far as funds could be secured and made available for that purpose. The matter of price to be paid for picking was discussed in a general way. Dr. J. TV. Hill thought It a local question, and that the price paid depended largely on local conditions, available help, condition of the crop, etc Ho thought from 30 to S3 cents per box would be paid. Francis Toller and R. D. Cooper reported growers as willing to pay 25 cents in their vicinity. H. p. Mount, of Silverton, stated that the growers In his locality had decided to pay 33 1-3 cents per box, and no more. James Wlnstanley said some growers near Brooks had Informed him they would pay 40 cents, provided it was the usual price. Secretary Henry L. Brents in formed the board that a call for a hop picnic of the Butteville Fire Association, consisting of 800 hopgrowers, to be held at Butteville. August 11, had been made, for the purpose of discussing the growing and caring of hops and also to fix the price of picking. The LUienthal 15-cent propo sition was given some attention, but the conclusion arrived at was that, on ac count of the extensive contracting of the present crop, it would be Impossible to comply with the requirements of their offer. It was stated that buyers In Ore gon are actively engaged in contracting at from 10 to U cents for this" season's output. R. D. Cooper believes he can contract at 12& cents, but advises growers that, in his opinion, 15 cents will be paid by harvest time. The condition of the crop is generally reported to be 20 per cent less than an average yield. The gen eral opinion seemed to be that complete organization for the production of choice hops only, the protection of the hop grower and the hop market, the questions of time and education, limited action be ing of too much importance to the hop Industry of Oregon to be abandoned; and that the association management should be continued, so as to furnish the Individual grower his supplies at the low est possible price and socure for him the latest reliable market Information and the opportunity to sell his product at the highest price locally and abroad. LAJJD OF PROSPERITY. Enstern Oresron -Valleys Harvest Good Crops Railroad Dciired. RILEY, Or.. July 29. Riley postofflce is situated In the Silver Creek "Valley, 33 miles west of Burns, in Harney County. This section, like the rest of Oregon, is prosperous. There ara about '25 ranches in this section, and every tract yielded a good crop of hay. They are divided into native and seeded meadows, and the former is more profitable than the lat ter The native grasces contain the most substance, and the best results natur ally follow. The price placed on hay of all kinds Is ?5 per ton, with few sales. Every rancher is a stookowner, and finds use for hi", crop. The haying season is on in earnest, and the need of harvest hands is com mon. In Sago Hen Valley, a few miles east of here, the women and children were compelled to go to the hay fields on ac count of the scarcity of hands. Cows, horses and mules of the best grade are raised in this vicinity. In Silver Creek Valley there are about 3000 acrs in hay. Five or six hundred acres of tills tract are seeded. In "Warm Springs Valley, a part of this section, there are not less than 30,000 acres of hay, which will average from ! to two tons per acre, making an aggre gate of 45,000 to 50,000 tons for this vicin ity. There Is a general desire for a railroad here. The people claim they could ship their stock at less cost, get thair supplies cheaper, and live more comfortably. They have no fears of competition from the outside world, as they can raise hay cheaper than any people on earth. They only have to cut and stock it It grows" abundantly on the native meadows, and seems to Improve each year, both in quantity and quality. MET DEATH WHILE BATHING. George Garfield Drowned Heroic Act of lO-Year-Old Boy. OREGON CITY, July 30. George R. Gar field aged 13, son of J. C. Garfield, South ern Pacific station agent at Oswegd, was drowned while bathing in the "Willamette River, Saturday afternoon. He was In bathing with several otber boys, when a steamer approached, and the bathers went out Into deep water, expecting to be car ried back by the swells from the boat The distance proved greater than expect ed, and some of the other boys would have met the fate of young Garfield had not Willie Worthlngton, aged 16, a pas senger on the boat gone to the rescue and carried the boys ashore. It was sev eral hours before the body of young Gar field was recovered. He was buried yes terday. The south-bound East Side- Railway car leaving Portland at 9:15 last night killed three cows on the track in the Roethe field, four miles below Oregon City. The car-was thrown from the track, and the Gladstone car sent for to bring the pas sengers to their destination. The rush of business still continues at the local land office, and the officers and clerical help are crowded with work. There were seven timber claim final proofs today, and four original homestead en tries. RESERVATION L.OrD'DlSD. Indian Commission Negotiating With Ynlclma Indians. NORTH YAKIMA, July 30. The Yaki ma Indian Commission -Is now at Fort Slmcoe -for the purpose of negotiating treaties with the Yakima Indians in rela tion to lands on the reservation which the Government desires to secure. The negotiations will probably last a couple of months. The members of the commis sion will make a personal inspection of the lands in question, which are more especially the 300,000 acres which have been in controversy for many years, and which were awarded to the Indians with in the last few months. They He to the west of the reservation as it was former ly constituted. The instructions which the Commissioners have from the Inte rior Department are to secure the lands for the Government if possible, and the Department -has fixed a'prlco which may be paid. The dispute between the Indians and the Government arose over the boundary surveys of the preservation. "While it was pending, the Indian olalm could probably have been settled very cheaply. It is hot known what ideas the Indians now have as to the value of the lands, but those who are in a position to ex press an oplnloai say that they cwill -want more money than the Government will bo "willing to pay. The lands are not valuable for agricultural purposes. They lie mostly In the Cascades. They con tain some minerals, and part are heavily timbered. The Commissioners admit that they have no knowledge of the actual value of the lands. Should the negotiations be successful. It will be a year or more until the Gov ernment will come Into possession of them. Congress must act upon the treaty made by the Commissioners and ratify it, before the land can be opened for setOement The commission at present Is composed of Hon. C. G. Hoyt ofBeatrice, Neb.; Hon. B. J. Mclntyre. of Kallspel, Mont, and Hon. J. A. McNeely, of Evansvllle, Ind. As It was originally constituted, B. F. Barge, of this place, "formerly prin cipal of the Ellensburg Normal School, was a member, instead of Mr. Mclntyre. A WESTERN LESSO.V. To Be Tnkcn Specially to Heart In "Willamette Valley. Spokane Spokesman-Review. "From prairie grass to wheat from wheat to clover, from clover to corn such are the short and simple annals of the Iowans," says R. L. Hartt In the Atlan tic Monthly. The Iowa farmer learned in the dear school of experience what the Oregon farmer is learning now, and the Washington farmer will learn In a few years that continuous wheatraising will exhaust the richest soil. So he went to rotating with clover one year in four. That called for cows, and Iowa became a great dairy state; and to fatten the cows the Iowa farmer planted corn, and to clean up the corn that was wasted by the stock, hogs were brought In. As a result Iowa ships less grain now than it shipped 20 years ago. But it ships In creasing numbers of fat cattle and hogs and Increasing quantities of butter and cheese. Missouri, says the Kansas City Star, has already learned this lesosn well. According to the statistics of the Depart ment of Agriculture, last year the coun ties of this state shipped less corn'outslde their own limits, in proportion to the size of the crop, than those of any other state In the Union. Most of the 163,000.000 bush els raised in Missouri last year was fed to native stock. Kansas Is beginning to work along the same lines. Until with in the last two or three years It had beon exporting to other states a large propor tion of its crops. Now it is consuming more and more at home. The increase of Its livestock by LOOO.CKXV head from 1SS5 to 1S99 shows the reason for this. To this experience, along differentiated lines, Washington will como before,,maiiy years. We cannot grow corn, successfully on the highlands of the Palouse, the Big Bend and the Potlatch, but we ca,n grow clover and other forage plants, and sci entific experiment will find a feed grain adapted to our soil and climate. It will be a great day for this section whon It ceases to Import butter, cheese, pork products, beef, poultry and eggs. DROPPING THCni 'PHONES. Four-Fifths of Seattle Houses Dl continue the Service. . The sole topic of conversation In Seattle Is the telephone strike, -says a special dispatch from that city to the Taooma Ledger. The fact that nearly four-fifths of the 'phone subscribers In the city will order their 'phones taken out August 1, and likewise refuse to pay the July bills, on allegations of Inefficient service, or no service at all, has pitched public exolte ment intensely. Practically, It Is said, the move, which Is headed by the most Influential busi ness men In the city, will mean almost the entire abolition of a telephone serv ice In this city. Thus it will be that for an Indefinite period .he city will be with out means of communication, with the ex ception of the messenger service. While, of course, it means a sad state of things for the busy merchant and business man, they are determined, to use the words of one prominent leader, to bring the tele phone company to time. The question that arises Is whether or not the remaining one-fifth of the sub scribers can have any use for the 'phones they will retain, and they will not be compelled to follow the lead of the ma jority by having them removed. The tele phones wnicn are retamea win oe oi no service. Practically the whole business section has notified the company to re move their telephones. August L NEW SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Private Parties Provide One for Mc Mlnnvillc. MMINNVILLE. Or., July 30. This city has never had any sewerage, but one Is now being put in by private parties that will drain the business portion of town. It will be about 2500 feet long. The ditch will be from four to eight feetdeep, and there will be sufficient fall to drain the portion through which it runs in good shape. Crushed rock has taken ttie place ot gravel on the thoroughfares of Yamhill, as it is thought to be more serviceable and considerably cheaper. The county owns Its own crusher, and it costs about $1 25 per yard to put the rock on the roads. Colon Eberhard, one of the enumerat ors of the late census, has gone to accept a position at the Asylum for the Insane. George Snyder, another Yamhill boy, was last Week Installed as a guard at' the Penitentiary. Oreffon Notes. In the Olex region, wheat runs 15 to 20 bushels per acre. At Waldron a stockman has just sold XL yearling steers-at $20 per head. The Wendllng sawmill broke Its record last Tuesday, with a cut of 171,100 feet Lebanon reports a street fight between Dn Foley and Captain Coplan, in which the medico got the better of the war rior. Each -was fined $10. Charles White, of Fossil, has Just re turned from marketing a tralnload of sheep In Chicago. Prices were down, and his profits wero small. Mrs. J. Stewart wife of Editor Stewart of the Fossil Journal, was prostrated by heat on the 2Uh. Cases of sunstroke are very infrequent in that country. John Walker, of Fossil, recently sold two carloads of wild bronchos in Iowa for about $30 per head, netting him $12 0 per head. He Is satisfied with this prlee, and will make another shipment soon The editor of the Lake County Rustler has an eye to business, as this item Will attest: "We will start a. team In a few days to Ashland after our other press. Would haul passengers or freight going out For particulars, call at this offloi" Hon. Bernard Daly was the successful bidder at the recent sale of LakovJew waterworks bonds. Competitors were D. M. Farron, of Chicago: Hayes & Soiv of Cleveland: Morris & Whitehead, of Port land, and the Bank of Ashland. .. Dr. Daly's bid was $3350 better than tho next highest Josepn B. Moore, the 15-year-old son of J. M. Moore, met with a fatal accident last week at a flour mill west of Klam ath Falls. While playing around the mill. Joe Jumped Into a large bin 25 feet in depth which was partially filled with bran and Instantly sank from view, about two tons of bran which was banked up around the walls caving in and covering him. He was- soon rescued from tho awful crcdicament but .too late to save him. The bran and dust inhaled choked up his lungs, and ha only lived about 20 minutes. GOOHflSH RUN CONTINUES COLUMBIA' ' RIVER FISHERMEN REAPING G'REAT HAYES& ' ' ' ' X Prices Remain. Good and Cannerr 'men Anxious to Secure Fjsh Two Cold-Storagc.Plants'CIosed. ASTORIA, Or., July 30. Therua of fish still continues exce.Ient nd the gllln4t- ters .and jelners are 'reaping- a grea& harvest The price remains at "S and 7 cents and the cannerymen are eager to get? all the fish they can. Two or the cold-storage dealers have stopped opera tions for the season, because the late run Of fish is not adapfed 'to tfiGIr prs cess of preparing them. Thesev firms are Trescott &. Co. and Vandyslesset" & Co. , The body of the )ate Police Commis sioner, W. F. Schoibe, was shipped to Kansas City this evening for burial. It was accompanied to the train by dele gations from the Elks, Odd Fellows, and Sons o'f Hermann, of whloh organiza tions he was a member. Two of tho marines, who had been In camp at Fort Stevens while the United States cruiser Philadelphia was at sea with, the Oregon Reserves, were ,takn aboard yesterday In Irons. They were uador arrest for smuggling liquor Into camp. The log rait that is being towed to San- Francisco from the Columbia con tains 5,000,000 feet of piling. SPOKANE "WATER POWER. Transfer of Interests Worth More Than $300,000. Spokane Chronicle. A deal has practically been completed by whloh the Washington Water Power Company Is to buy the property of the Amsterdamsch Trustees Kantnor In Spo kane. The figure at which the extensive water power and property interests of the Kantoor company will pass Into the con trol of the Washington Water Power Company is 309,000. The first payment will be made on the option on or about September 1. To provide the money necessary for this big purchase, the capitalization of the Washington Water Power Company will be Increased by $500,000; from 51,500,000 to $2,000,000. The entire additional issue of stock has been underwritten. There were applica tions for more stock than the company Issued. The water power which changes hands when the last payment completeo the purchase amounts tq 10,000 horse power. The Washington Water Power Company already holds 20,000 horse power of the magnificent falls of tho Spokane River. With Its new holdings, It will control very nearly all of the water power In this city. The officials of the two companies between which the negotiations have been carried on refuse to discuss their plans at this time, but the above facts were confirmed through an officer of the Wash ington Water Power Company. THC-BOWLIS CASE. Released Because of Alleged Defect in Warrant of Arrest. Pendleton East Oregonlan. The County Court of this county has been placed in a false light by a state ment that has gained currency in the public prints that J. B. Bowlln, over whose attempted extradition so many exciting things have happened, was released on habeas corpus proceedings on the plea that he- was wanted in Ken tucky for political reasons. Such a prop osition at no time entered into the case, was not at any time mentioned In the trial, and was entirely foreign to the affair. The records show that Judge Harbnan turned Bowlin loose on tho showing that the executive warrant Is sued by Governor Geer was defective, in that it did not state that an indict ment had been found by a grand jury of Kentucky. The executive warrant said that a complaint had been filed, but said nothing about an indictment Upon this defective warrant Bowlln was released. When a second warrart was procured, trial and acquittal hav ing been once had upon the defective one, the court again ordered the release on the ground that Bowlln had once had trial upon the charge made, and could not legally be tried a second time on the same charge. EXAMINING SNA1CE RIVER. Party of Engineers at Work Be tween Lewlston and Riparia. Lewlston Tribune, July 29. Captain F. F. Glllam and assistant, C. W. Wanzer, arrived In the city yesterday from Portland with a force of 12 men for the purpose of making a survey and examination of Snake River between Lewlston and Riparia. This examination will'be made in pursuance of an act of tho last Congress, and the data secured will be used for guidance in determin ing appropriations for future improve ments. The examination will be thorough and complete In every detail as an Initial and definite step in the open river plans of the Government A similar examina tion has been made of the Snake River between Riparia and the Columbia and a party is now working at The Dalles. Captain Gillam's party Is eaulnoed with four boats and will begin work im mediately at a point a short distance above the Lewlston-Clarkston bridge. Soundings will be made every 500 feet along tho river's course, and It Is esti mated that the work will not be com pleted in a less time than three months. FRUIT YIELD WILL BE LARGE. Will Balance LIffht Crop of Cereals in Donglas County. ROSEBURG, Or.. July 30 Crawford peaohee are coming into market and the crop will be unusually large, and the quality very fine. Pears and apples will also bo an excellent crop. Exports of dried prunes from the county will not fall short of 2.500,000 pounds next Fall, notwithstanding the fact that the Italian variety Is a failure In some orchards. At Myrtle Creek, Edwin Weaver's or chard will yield not less than 500.000 pounds of dried prunes. Fruit and stock interests In the county will in a measure make up for the light crop of cereals, and pebple look forward to fairly pros perous times next Fall. Threshing has begun Jn Douglas Coun ty, and the yield Is proving light Oats are somo better than wheat which is badly shriveled and mostly unfit for the market GRAIN TIELD DISCOURAGING. Monroe Wheat Fields Return Only 8 to 10 Bashels Per Acre. MONROE, July 30. The yield of grain, so far as threshed, is very discouraging. Several fields of "wheat have only yielded from 8 to 10 bushels per acre, where the general output Is from 20 to 25 bushels. Beside the ?mallness of tho crop, the grain is of very poor quality, the grains being shriveled and poorly colored. A dozen crews will begin work tomorrow, and a general average will be more defi nitely known by tho end of this. week. Spring grain is much superior in appear ance to Autumn and "Winter crops, and promises much more to the acre 'than those. Early apples, plums and peaches are on the market, the peaches, however, be ing scarce, and readily selling at Jl per bushel. Italian prunes are extra large, and beginning- to color, while the Petite prunes are extra small, due to the im mense numbers which bang on the trees. The latter Variety will be a heavy ylelder all through this section. S3IALLPOX BROUGHT TO DAWSON. Came From Down the River Other Alaska News. VICTORIA, B. C., July 30-The steam er Danube; which reached here fast night from Skagway, has a report from Dawson showing that the srdallpox 'epidemic now prevalent there was brought from up the river. up to July 17 only f6ur caSes had developed. Some of the Danube's passengers from Dawson, who came up the river'Oh the steamer Lightning, report passing- life hull of tho cap-Ised steamer Florence S. The victims of the disaster were Mrs. S ewart and her daughter, and Purser Malthy. A large quantity of dust was also on board. A body, supposed to be that of Graves, tho partner, of O'Brien, who was accused of the murders of Clayton, Rolfe and Ol sen. has been, found in the Yukon near Selkirk There are bullet wounds In the head and body. Skagway papers have a tabulated ac count of the shipments of gold up the Yukon via Skagway since July 14. The total Is close to $S,d0d,000. REASON' STEAMER TURNED TURTLE Heavy Shipment of Machinery on Deck of Florence S. Shifted. SKAGWAY, Alaska, July 8. According to late reports, the steamer Florence S., which was wrecked in Thirty-Mile River July 20, turned turtle because of a heavy shipment of machinery on her main deck shifting. The steamer is said to have been running fast when she left White Horse a short time before, with 'the pur pose of keeping ahead of another steamer that was to try to make a record trip to Dawson. The other steamer followed four hours later and picked up the survivors of the wreck, numbering, 30, who had made shore. Nothing has been seen of the bodies of the three persons drowned, namely, Mrs. Styart and daughter, of Vic toria, and Jcck McCabe, of Portland, the steward of the boat Passengers arrived from Dawson say the Florence 8. is a total wreck. COOS BAY VESSEL LAUNCHED. Sold While on Ways Worlc to. Com mence on Another Ship. MARSHFIELD, Or., July 30. The three masted schooner built at the Marshncltf shipyard was successfully launched this afternoon, and christened "Forest Home." She was constructed by Ship builder Heuckendorff, for A. C. Hooper & Co., of San FranclscQ. A few days ago a representative of the Truckee Lumber Company arrived and purchased the vessel while yet upon the stocks. Work will commence at once upon an other vessel of about the same dimensions for Hooper & Co. FISHER3IEN RETURN TO WORK. Strike an Fnwer River Ended' -Mi litla Still in Charge. VANCOUVER, B. C, July 30. Every fisherman on the FrasOr River has turned his back on the strike and started to work, with the exception of the 700 men of the White Fishermen's Union, at Ste veston. The White Fisherman's Union at Westminster, and the Indjans, have joined the Japanese. Between 5000 ahd G000 men are now working at the mouih of the river The militia Is still in charge of affairs at Steveston. Price for Plcklno Hops. INDEPENDENCE, Or., July SO. The prevailing question and absorbing topic among prospective hopplckers Just now is the price that is going to be paid for picking. Hops are coming on. fine and fast and it is thoughts that the season for picking will be earlier this year than ever before. Many of the growers are already arranging for and engaging fam ilies to pick their hops, but the price for picking has not yet been fully decided upon. A large number of people are ex pected this year from down the Valley points, and preparations are being made for their reception and care. Hopsrowers Picnic. BUTTEVILLE, July 30. A hopgrowers picnic will be held at Butteville, Or., August 11, 1000, under the auspices of the Hopgrowers' Fire Relief Association of this place. The "hop" In Its various stages, peculiarities and environments will be discussed. The price to be paid for picking the next crop will be deter mined upon. The Hopgrowers Fire Relief Associa tion will this year number SW hopgrowers, or two-thirds of the growers of the en tire state. Washington Notes. A brass band has been organized at Rltzvllle. Burglaries continue at Spokane with unbroken regularity. William Romlne aged 26, is dead at Prescott from typhoid fever. James Webber, who came to Whatcom In 1ST2, died on the 24th at Texada Island. New Whatcom's smallpox patient John Richardson, has recovered, but Is badly marked. J. A. Turner is in Jail at Rltzvllle to answer the charge of assaulting "Blacky" Allard with a knife. Tho Dayton Chronicle says that L. S. Strohm will go to Manila- to assist Fred L. Dorr on the Dally Manila Freedom., The low water In the Watches River is causing much inconvenience to the farm era -who use its water for irrigation pur poses. Mrs. A. A. Brodick, of Everett suf fered tho loss of diamonds woith $S50 last Saturday. Thleve3 are supposed to have entered the house through an open win dow. North Yakima hop men report every thing favorable for a g,ood crop. Sales are being made at the ruling price, 10 cents a' pound. No Insects are troubling the vines. The Tacomo. Cemetery Association is having unpleasantness over a change -In superintendent of the burial grounds. John Wedemeyer was deposed and George Hill -appointed. Marshal Barker, of Falrhavcn, captured seven Weary Willies In a boxcar on the water front Friday night They won't work for farmers to help save crops, but were put to work at cleaning streets. "When Spokane men- enter a field 2000 miles east of this city and capture a big railroad construction contract It looks as If the people of the West wern't so green after all," remarks tho Spokane Chron icle. Emery W. B, Taylor has been appoint ed administrator of the estate of his father, George Taylor, of North YaKl ma who was accidentally killed by fall ing over a ledge In the Tietan basin last Spring. The property Is valued at $20,000. John H. Hubbard, of North Yakima, left his estate, valued at $20,000. to his wife during her life, and designated her as- administratrix without bonds. At her death, it goes to Mrs. Emma B. Smith and Mrs. Florence M. Lince In equal parts. Walter Peterson, of New Whatcom, who stole a suit of clothes and then bor rowed money on the strength of the statement that he was Banker E. W. Purdy's brother, pleaded guilty In the Superior Court on the 2$th to his offenses and was sentenced to 15 months in the Penitentiary. Speaking of Tacoma's street-car dis aster on July i, the Dally Ledger sayj: "The work of relief Is incomplete. Of the $(422 20 contributed, only $719 70 re main, and Mayor Campbell estimates that at least $4000 will be required! to meet the bare exigencies of the situation. While accusing no one of Indifference or uncharlty, he plainly Intimates that sources whence financial help was" antic ipated have failed to yleld.M C0NViIb m FREEDOM ONE IS GEORGE 21 0 REV, SENTENCED X3ROX ronuirANDrr Hfc- X&llledOKS Barry ami WaftCcu- deianedJ to Death' 'feat" I?noyer Saved Him Fram'tfce Gallows. SALEM; July 3). Governor Geer has" re ceived a petition for the pardon Of George Morey, who was reoelVed at the Peniten tiary January 14, 1&3, on a 11 fo sentence ,for the Wiling ot Gus Barry, at Port land. JJorey was first sentenced to oe hanged, but, on the recommendation, of the Supreme Court Governor "Pennoycr commuted the sentence to life Imprison mnent It appears that Barry was in the habit of becoming intoxicated, and that Morey went to the Barry residence to- Btay to protect Mrs. Barry; and her sis ter. One night Morey came id after Barry did and, not 'knowing- that Barry was in, went to the room where Barry and his wife were sleeping. An alter cation ensued, arid the shootmjr of Barry resulted. Morey claimed that he thought Barry was armed with a "knife. The reti ord made by Morey while at Abe Peniten tiary has been excellent it is also urged In favor of his pardon that" his aged mother, Mrs. W. H. D. Joyce, of Port land, is in declining health and grieves over her son's incarceration. This rea son was urged two years ago wnen -a similar petition "was presented. From the standpoint of the prominence of the- persona who have signed' the pe tition, the showing made In Moreys be half Is the strongest that has yet been made before Governor Geer. A petition has been presented to Gov ernor Geer asking for tho pardon of John Lavery, who was received at the Penitentiary In April, 1SG0, on a two-year sentence for assaulting Lou C De Con drls with a dangerous weapon. The crime was committed in Harney County. The petition is signed by 450 persons, among them 10 Jurors and the person assaulted. Lavery's mother is S3 years old, and Is expected to die soon. G A. Gregory has resigned as a mem. ber'of the Board of Regents of the Ash land Normal School. His resignation is due to his removal from the state. The term to which Gregory's successor will be appointed expires In 1005. A number of threshing machines started up in this vicinity today. All reports are that the yield Is not as large as the standing grain would Indicate. One 30 acre field of Summer fallow yielded 300 bushels. Dr. W. E. Copeland, pastor of the Uni tarian Society Church here, delivered his farewell sermon yesterday to a largo audience. Dr. Copeland leaves here to become lecturer for the Co-Operative Brotherhood Colony, located at Burjey, Wash., 13 miles from Taooma. This col ony Is run upon socialistic principles, and has ICO resident members and 1000 non resident members. ACCOUNT OF GUIDE'S JOURNEY. Started From Senttle for Nome Last Winter Trip In Brief. EATTBE. July 20. L. L. Bales, a, well known Alaska guide, who started from this city last Winter for Nome via Kut mal and the overland trail, writes from St Michael, saying: "I arrived at IUIaml Bay too late for sleigh travel, and too early for boat riavl gatldh. So I took a kyak and crossed tho Alaska Peninsula, striking the "Behring Sea Coast aj Kozlung. Thence I went to the mouth of the Kuskokwlm and up that river 250 miles from the portage. Over the portage arid down the Yukon to the sea. and thence by water to St Michael. J made the trip of 1500 miles alone, and with nothing In the way of firearms. I visited the graves of three of the victims of the wreoked schooner Jessie. The men. Instead of being murdered by the natives, were found dead by them and their bod ies buried. The report as to the hostility of the natives is entirely false." NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. Electric Light Plant and Sawmill - for Douglas Coanty. ROSEBURG, Or., July 30. A big en terprise Is being inaugurated at Winches ter, five miles north of Roseburg. There is a splendid water power at that place and It Is now proposed to utilize It In various ways. A water and light sys tem for Roseburg will be one of the en-' terprises taken In hand by the company, Just Incorporated, with a capital of $150, 000. and a arge .sawmill will ,Ls erected. The company has secured several thousands of acre3 of valuable timber alone the North Umpqua River. Port land and Eastern capitalists arc back of the scheme, and they have contracted to purchase the Dumbleton tract of .900 acrei. Including the dam and water powev "ALASKA RAILROAD C03IPLETED. Through Train From Skagway to White Horse. SEATTLE, Wash., July 50. Tomorrow the Lake Bennett 'section of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad will be completed, and from then on through trains will be run from Skagway to Whlto Horse. The completion of the road will result In the deserting of Bennett City, so long the rest point for thousands of Klondlkers. It will become merely a by-station on the railroad. Already people are flocking to the now terminus of the line, and many ot the big warehouses which were d'dlng a rushing business a short time ago at Ben nett have been torn down and transferred to White Horse. HAY FOR MANILA. Cottage Grove 3Ien Secure Contract for COO Tons. -' FOREST GROVE, Or., July 30. Senator E. W. Haines and M. H. Shipley, of this place, have Just contracted for 500 tons of hay for Manila, to be delivered here by the 20th of August A dwelling and contents, valued at $1100, were completely destroyed by fire at Bux ton today. Mrs. Dora Corbln, ot East Portland, owned the building, and David O. Donnell was the occupant The cause of the fire was a. defective flue. WHY HAVEN'T "WE A SMELTERT Pertinent Question Asked by Prom inent Idnh6 Miner. An interested visitor at the Oregon Min ing Stock Exchange yesterday was -James Hutchinson, the father of Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson, of Idaho. Mr. Hutchinson is general manager of the Trade Dollar Consolidated Mining Com pany, of Sliver City, Idaho, and is on his way home from a trip through Southern California. After congratulating Portland for hay ing such a wideawake Institution &s the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange, and In turn congratulating the exchange because it la In Portland, he asked: "Why haven't you a smelter? We ship all ot oar ore to Omaha, every car of which should come to Portland. Omaha fs re ceiving daily trainloads of ore from alt directions. Yet she is no nearer great mining sections than Portland, nor has she any advantage whatever over Port land as a smelting point' The Trade Dollar Company produces over $700,000 a year. The company Is put ting In a dam this year on Snake River, that when completed, will cost something over $300,000, and will furnish electric power for their own mines and to spare. The. company presented to their general manager an elegant residence in Boise a few months uso, showing their apprecfa- tlon cf Mr. Hutchinson's ability and at tention to their great interests. In. al most any line Of less interesting business than that of mining, Mr. Hutchinson's age would warrant his settling in this now and modern home, but Mr. Hutchin son stays at his post and "will remain in Silver City, where he can be close to the company's" interests. Among the people comprising the Trade Dollar Company are men Interested extensively in mining In Colorado, Nova Scotia, California, Alaska, Idaho, arid, last but not least In Oregon. These men have large Inter ests In Oregon, and If the trulh were known, there is more than one reason why they are incllrkd to encourage the . enthusiasm now springing' up, and if Port land only knew, she could clasp hands with millions of dollars not? reaching out to her. . Mining Stock Quotations. Following- are the transactions at the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange yestsraoy: Bid. Asked. Adams Mountain $000 05 $000 03U Bunaio ;. . i- ... Coppropolla ....... S 5& Fouts Drcdginp Co 100 00. 105 00 Gold Hill & Bohemia 5H 6 Told H1U High Line DKch 11 20 Grizzly 2H 3H Helena aK 31 i Helena No. 2 3 6, Lost Hors 2 3 May Queen 24 2 Mountain VIck- .... IS 1 Oregon-Colo. M. M. Sc. D... AV, - &H Riverside ........ 2H 10 Rockefeller 3H 5 Bumpter Free Gold 1 z SALES CocperopoUs ..1000 shares at S Halena ...., ,10000 at Si 4500at3H Helena No. 2 0000 at S-H ', 4000 at 6T, Lost Horso 2000 at 2 v , 1000 at 2 y v BOO at 3 May Queen i.. TOCO at 24 Mountain View lWOOat l 5000 at li SPOKANE, July 30. The closing1 bids tor mining stocks today were: Blacktnll $0 11 frlncess Maud..$0 01 Butte & Boston. ETentnsr Star .. Gold Lodge .... Golden Harvest I. X. L Insurgent Lone Pine Surs. Morn. Glory.... 1 Quilp 15 7 L r4 Rambler Cariboo Reuervatlon .... Rosxland Giant.. Sullivan Tom Thumb .... SC Keverne .... Mam. S C am S'n 13 10 2& 14 SAK FRANCISCO. July 30 The offlcla'f clos ing quotation! for mining stocks today were: Alta ... JOOSIKentuck Con $0 01 Alpha Con Mexican 14 Andes Belcher Best & Belcher... Bullion 1 Occidental Con ... 8 Ophlr . C3 Overman ...,t. 8 Potosl ............. 13 Savage 11 Seg. Belcher 2 Sierra Nevada ... 25 Sliver Hill Jtt Caledonia 73 Challenge Con ... 14 Chollar 14 Confidence C3 Con. CaL & Va.. Crown Point ... Gould & Curry--Hale & Norcross, Justice .......... 1 45!Staodard 4 10 131 Union Con 1& 10 Utah Con 8 SOiTellow Jacket .... 23 8 BOSTON1, July 30 Closing, quotations! Adventure $0 02 Osceola. $0 C5 Alloucz M. Co.. lMParrott ." 40 Amal. Copper.. 88 iQulncy 1 32 Atlantic. 24. IBahta Fe Copper 4 laauc. z ictanta i?e copper 44 iston & M.V.. 2 05 (Tamarack 1 04 itte & Boston. 62 ,'Ctah Mining ... 274 1. & Hecla... 7MO i Winona ' 2 oos ion Butte Cal. FranMIn 13 jWolicrines 3S'A numDoim ..... a Asked. NEW YORK, July 30. Mlnln? stocks today closed as follows: Chollar $0 lOlOntario $5 50 Crown Point .... 10 ODhlr fl" Con. Cal. & Va... 1 35 Plymouth 10 Deadwood ,40,QuIcksller 1 5 6 50 20 4 X) IS 15 Gould & Curry... 15i do prer Hale & Norcross.. 15 Sierra Nevada Iron Silver 50 Union Con .... Mexican 12relIow Jacket Applied for. Listing. The "latest application for listing on the Oregon Mining Stock .Exchange is that of tho Umpqua Mining & Milling Company, Principal office, Sumpter, Or; branch, of flcew at Roseburg, Or.; capital -stock, 1,000,000 shares; par value, 16 cents, .each. It owns t,he Gahd Prize, Gojd HI1L. Aniqr Ican and Chance lode claims, and' the American mill site, about five mileswest ot Bumpter. The officers of .the company are: President Willis Kraemer, Myrtle Creek; vice-president H. W. Millor, Roseburg; secretary, W. F. Burllnson. Sumpter,; treasurer. A, P. Goss, Bank of Sumpter, Sumpter; superintendent, J. M. Drenon, Roseburg; J. C. Aiken, Rose burg, Or., In charge or branch at Rose burg. Three Ciphers Too Many. In the publication of the Sweden Mining Company's' Incorporation articles last Sunday, the capital stock was put ' at $50,000,000. There were three ciphers- too many. The capital stock is $50,000. NORTHWEST DEAD. Sterling F. Harding. M'JVHNNVILLE, Or.r July SO.-Sterling F. Harding died in this city yesterday, aged 76 years and & months. Deceased came to this city in 1S75, where he has since resided. He was tho father ot F. S. Harding, proprietor qf the Telephone Register; E. K. Harding, a teacher, ot Gaston, and Mrs. B, F. Chlblne, of Wash ington. His remains were buried at 2 P. M. today by the pdd Fellows. He was also a Mason. Harry Grotlgut, Pioneer of Coos Bay. MARSHFIELD, Or., July 20. Harry Gratlgut, an old pioneer, 74 years of age, died at his home In tht3. city hist even ing after a short Illness. Mr. Grotlgut came to Coos Bay 23 years ago, and until within the last few years has been Identi fied with Dean & Co., and the Simpson Lumber Company, In the capacity of en gineer on their tugs. Deceased leaves a wife and three grown children. B. F. Blood, of Carlton. FOREST GROVE.' Or., July SO. B. F. Blood, a blacksmith, of Carlton, aged about 55 years, died of cardiac dropsy to day. Deceased came from Ohio to Oregon about 25 years ago, and had lived near Eugene, Forest Grove and Carlton. He was a member ot the J, B. Matthews Post, No. 6, G A. R. of this place. He left a wife and a son. Intercat in Republican Convention. CBNTRALIA, Wash., July 30. Great In terest is being manifested here In the approaching Republican convention, to be held in Wlnlock on August 4. Primar ies were held throughout the county In neatly all the prechicts today. The prin cipal and only fight seems" to be centered on the nomination of State Senator, who, if elected, will vote fdr Senator Turner's successor two years from now. r Nevr Northwest Postmasters. WASHINGTON, July 20. The following Postmasters were appointed today: Oregon L. R. Meserve, Delena, vice E. M. Warderiy, resigned. " Washington Carl Black, Lapash, and Carra Lavon Jennings, Port Crescent Klondike and Dawson Advices. SEATTLE, July 30, Sixty klondlkers and Da,wson advices to July 20 came in on the City of Topeka, whlch'arrlved to day from Skagway and Juneau. The To-peka's- treasure exceeded $090,000. She had a number 6f rtel Klondike operators aboard. Salt for Divorce. HILLSBORO, Or., July 30. Joseph R. Bowles today, commenced sulVfor divorce In the Circuit Court against Edith V Bowles, on the "ground ot cruel treat ment The parties were married in Port land, October 23, 1335. 'Ibtts to Leave Saa- Francisco. SEATTLE, duly 30,-A special to the Post-Intelligencer tonight from Victoria states that the United States battle-ship Iowa Is preparing to leave San Francisco, and will probably get away tomorrow morning. Boring-Cor Artesian Well. KENT, Or., July 23,-The Columbia Southern Railroad Company-made a test of the! arteslan well hqlng bored hero under" Its' direction, and decided to con tinue drilling. The well Is now driven 240 feet In a soapstone formation. Epidemic ot Distemper. MONROE, Or., July SO. A general epi demic of distemper among horses prevails in this locality. The disease exists in a virulent form, several fine animals having succumbed to Its attack. One farmer who owns nine horses, each of which Is a, large and valuable draught-horse, says he can not operate his binder for lack of teams due to the prevalence of the malady. Waihington Mill Burned. NEW WHATCOM, Wash., July SO. Fire yesterday completely destroyed Greene & Coffin's shingle mill and dry houses at Demlng. Loss, $4000; Insurance, $2500. $10,000 Seattle Blase. SEATTLE, Wash., July 30. The Pacific Door & Stave Company's plant was com pletely destroyed by firo early today. Loss, $10,000; no Insurance. Canadian Ofllclal at Vancouver. SEATTLE, Wash., July 30. Lord MInto, Governor-General of Canada, arrived at Vancouver. B. C, today, says a special to the Times. Idaho Note. The First Presbyterian Church of Par ma has been Incorporated. Grasshoppers are doing great damage to orchards east o Lewlston. ' Moscow's new school building will be located on the northeast corner of the Russell school grounds. It will be a four-room building and cost not to ex ceed $4000. K. J. Perky, of Mountain Home, has been appointed chairman of the Demo cratic State Central Committee by Cap tain Hunt, nominee for Governor, who was empowered to make the selection. The record of the land office of Lew lston bhows that In contests Involving over 5000 acres or land, wherein the State of Idaho Is plaintiff and the set tlers are defendants, the latter have been successful In all but 640 acres, which are still In litigation. Judge Steele, of Latah, has rendered a decision. In reviewing the action of the State Medical Board in rejecting applica tions for license, to the effect that physicians In the state who qualified as practitioners Under the law of 1S77 are entitled to a license from the State Board of Medical Examiners upon appli cation. Governor Scofleld, of Wisconsin, and men associated with him. known as the Scofleld syndicate, have closed a deal for the purchase of 10 COO acres of pine land In Idaho. With the exception of less than 2G00 acres, It Is all In one tract along the Clearwater River. The purchase will scale 200,000,000 feet. The price paid Is not known A college student named McClelland, working with an engineering party of the Idaho Northtern Railroad, on the Payette River. 25 miles from Horseshoe Bend, was carried down a caving bank some 0 feet and struck on a survey or's ax which he carried in such a way that It Inflicted a wound In his back the full length of the blade. His companion carrIM him two and one-half miles to camp. He was blecdirg badly, but every thing possible was done to stanch the flow. When the doctor reached the sceno he dressed and sewed the wound. He thinks McClelland will recover, but it will be some time before he can be moved. It would be necessary to carry him some eight miles to get him out. and that could not be undertaken while he is In his present condition. Jewten Trial Nenrng It Clone. ST. LOUIS. July 30. A special to the Post-Dispatch from New London, Mo., says; This Is the fourth week of the trial ot Alexander Jester for the murder of Gil bert W. Gates In 1S71. Attorney Allison, for the defense, today made his plea. He Insisted that the state had not even proven that Gilbert Gates was dead, much less that Alexander Jester had killed, him. Prosecuting Attarnev T. T. Rodes. ot Monroe County, where the crime Is alleged to have been committed, spoke this after noon for the state. The closing argument? will be made to morrow by P H. Cullen. Jester's chief counsel, and Attorney W O. Forest of the -prosecution. A verdict will probably be reached before Thursday. MAKES YOU STRONG KNOCKS OUT PAIN Every movement of the body, every effort of the mind is a draw upon nerve power. Mtntal tension or wr and tear o f life with out corresponding recu peration will break down the strength. That tiring, lowering back pain shows weakness of the central muscles. This affects the action of the kidneys. Put on one of my ELECTRIC BELTS and it will save you a life-time of suffering. You quickly feel the exhilaration, and the work goes on until the cure is complete. CORNER FOURTH AND MORRISON PORTLAND, OREGON 3ont fFooi 94ifh a Fon It's a nseless exertion. There's moro concentrated coolness and refreshing comfort in one glas of Rooibeertl tbnn n fnmllt" of f&na -vM'KS can rurnisn. writo for list of pre- ia.noa offered freo fot label. Cfcar( K. nlrw Co. JUlrt rn, Pa. REYNOLD'S Few persons need be confined by Goutor Rheumatism, Hon the first approach of the paroxysm they have recourse to this rem edy then, a slncle dose Is often sufficient s. jroutiKJBA Jtco.. ao-ao n. William st.Jf.T. THE GOLD HILL & BOHEMIA MINING CO. owns four flrst-iclass quarts mining proper ties; three of them, embracing nice claims, boinr In the Gold Hill inlnlns district, Jack son County. Oregon, and ono of them, em bracing seven claims, being- In ihe verv heart Of tho-Bohemia n. nine camp. Capital stock, $100.000 00, 40 per cent of stocfe In treasury: all promoters' stock pooled Listed, with the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange. In vestigate. Davidson. "Ward & Co (members of the Oregon Minlne Stock. Exchange), 40? Chamber ot Commerce. Phone Clay 833. l cswkraiiTM' ffilMHIjf Speoific