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THE MORNING OREGONIAN TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1900.
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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&
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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.
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