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f MO-RNTNft OKEGONIAN, TYBDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1900. r OUL PLAY EVIDENT Ctptain Beeson Did Drown in Willapa. Not THROAT CUT AND HBAD HURT XXI Fishermen om Kl-rer ICIsfrt of His Disappearance "Will Be Arrested XsiQHeat-lH. Progress. SOUTH BEND "Wash., Sept. 4. The body of- "W. A. Beeson, captain of the launch Lenore, who was missed last Thursday, was found near the mouth of "Willapa River last evening with a con tusion on his head and what appears to save been a deep cut on his neck. James Gates, an Astoria fisherman, and his boat puller, L. Olsen who brought in the launch to South Bend and claimed sal vage, were arrested on suspicion, but were later released, as the body could not be found. Now every fisherman "known to be on the river Wednesday night will be arrested. Gates and Olsen will be re arrested. At the autopsy held this afternoon. It developed that there was not sufficient water on the lungs to warrant the theory that Captain Beeson had drowned. It was also plain that the gash, in his neck was made with a sharp Instrument. The In quest will be continued tomorrow. Bis Home 1st Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 4. Captain Beeson bad resided In Astoria for a number of years, and he left a widow and two young children. During the fishing season Just past on the Columbia, Captain Beeson was running the launch Lenore as a ten der to MoGkman's Chinook cannery. Hs was a very careful man, but did injure some nets, 'and incurred the enmity of several fishermen. The latter part of the season he would not go out on the river in the launch at night, as several shots had been fired at him, and there was an evident intent to take his life. The body will be brought here for burlaL CAffT STA1CD BRYANZ8K. Prominent Silver Demoar&ta ef Yafc lms for McKialer. NORTH "TAKTMA, Wash-, Sept. 4. H. P. Marble, the Fusldn nominee for County Surveyor, states that as soon as the ex ecutive committee of the Fusion cam paign committee Is named he will lay be fore it bis announcement that he will not accept the nomination tendered by the convention. Mr. Marble's reason for this action is very simple. 'I cannot consistently run for an of fice on any ticket when I expect to vote another," is the way he puts it. Mr. Marble has always been a Demo crat, he says, though he has been count ed as a Populist. He Is one of the strongest men intellectually that the Fu slonlsts have had in this county, and is "highly respected by all who know him. Four years ago he voted for Bryan. He was the Fusion nominee that year for County Surveyor, was elected, and served his term out with credit to himself. "I shall vote for McKinley this year," said Mr. Marble today, "because I am an expansionist, and Indorse the course of the Administration with respect to our foreign possessions. I cannot vote for Bryan because it seemB to me that under his leadership the party has nothing to do but criticise and find fault. I am not wholly in accord with the Republican party. I simply cannot stay with my party on the issues of this campaign. I was for silver four years ago, and am not less so now, but at the same time I do not think the Democratic party In tends to do anything for silver, and I .have come to the conclusion anyway that r a settled financial policy, even with the ' gold standard, is better for the country than continued agitation of the money Question." John Louden, for many years one of the pillars of the Yakima County Dem ocracy, states that he is dissatisfied with the party's course, and that he will vote for McKinley this FalL He voted for Bryan in 1896. crrr offices transferred. Payment Made on VeaooaTer Street Improvement Forfeit Is Dae. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Sept. 4. At the regular meeting of the City Council last evening the offioes of the City Clerk and Treasurer and the Council Chamber were transferred from the Crawford & Mar shall building to the Cbovtrt & Eustham block; the transfer to take place Octo ber 1. Among the claims ordered paid was one for $1235 78 to C. E. "Watson, contractor for the Main-street pavement. This amount completes the 85 per cent of the full contract price for the work, al lowed under the contract to be paid be fore the completion of the contract. The time allowed under the contract expired several days age and Contractor "Weston is obliged to forfeit tothe city $5 for each day between the expiration of the contract time and the completion of the work, which will be deducted from the 15 per cent of the contract price reserved. Mr. "Weston expected to finish "the street this week. This morning a heavily loaded loggings train collided with a train of empty log ging trucks on the Portland, Vancouver & Yakima Railroad, near the log roll way at this place. David liars, a brakeman, was slightly injured by being thrown from the loaded train. The wreck caused no serious damage, several empty cars being thrown from the trestle on which the collision occurred and the apron of the loaded engine being wrecked. The trestle was also slightly damaged. IKDIAK CHILDREN KILLED. Caugrht by Icebergs 1b Glacier Bay, Alaska. SKAGWAY, Aug. 2G, via Seattle, Sept. 4, The news of the fate that befell three Indian children a few days ago at the mouth of Glacier Bay leading to the great Mulr Glacier is brought by T. J. Munley. A party of six Indians in a canoe, two bucks, a squaw and the three children, was caught between two giant icebergs while on the way across the water. The glaciers, each as large above water as a huge steamship, ground the canoe to splinters. The older Indians escaped on one of the berg, but two of the little) ones dropped between the berrs to a chilly grave in the waters. The other child, a girl perhaps S years old, jrot upon a berg by herself and was subjected to the awful fate of having to remain there while It drifted off among count less other bergs and carried her to what is considered certain death. The older Indians were rescued by a passing boat. The berg whlcb carried off the little castaway is supposed to have in time turned, as the bergs often do, and to then have thrown the child Into the freez ing waters. DATES FOR. HEARING COMPLAIWTS. Counties to Appear Before Washing ton Equalisation Board. OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 4. The State Board of Equalization convened today and set dates for hearing complaints of Coun ty Auditors as follows: Saturday, September S Thurston, Ma son, Pierce and Lewis Counties. Wednesday, September 12 King, Snoho mish, Skagit, Chehalls, Cowlitz and Kit sap Counties. Thursday, September 18 Kittitas, Yaki ma, Spokane, Adams, Walla Walla, Whitman, Franklin and Lincoln Counties. Friday, September 14 Douglas, Jeffer son. Clallam, Clarke. Chelan. Island, San Juan, Whatcom, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Skamania, Okonogan. Stevens, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, Klickitat and Ferry Counties. Saturday, September 15, Is set for the day of general hearing, also all repre sentatives of railroads will be given op portunity of appearing before the board. BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Gsa in Hands of His Brother Did the Mischief. TROY, Idaho, Sept. 4. Late yesterday evening Orle Day was shot and killed by his brother, Ed Day. The shooting was accidental. The gun, a 44-WInches-ter, was lying on the ground, the ham mer resting at half-cock. Ed Day picked it up. While in the act of raising it the hammer slipped and the gun was dis charged, the ball striking Orie in the left side, passing through his bowels and lodging in the right side. A physician was Immediately called, but the boy died in half an hour. . The boy was 17 years old, and Ed is three years younger. The family are recent arrivals here. Ordered on Duty In Ckiaa. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Sept. 4. Acting Assistant Surgeon H. R. Parter has been ordered to the 'Presidio, from there to be assigned to service in China. Dn Parter was with Captain Glenn on the Cook Inlet expedition in 1599. Later on he was with, Lieutenant J. S. Herron, Eighth Cavalry, when his party was supposed to have been lost between Cook Inlet and Fort Gibbons. Pngrct Sound Sainton Pack. TACOMA, 'Sept. 4.-The Puget Sound salmon pack will fall COOiOOO short of last year. The catch was only 25 per cent of 1899, but cold storage men have taken a larger share than usual. Canners esti mate its season's pack at 225,000 cases, as against 900,000 last year. "Washington Industries. During the month of August, 280 build ing permits were Issued In Seattle. The improvements amounted to $292,338. The presence of Northern Pacific sur veyors in HoQulam revives the talk of the extension of that company's road from 'Hoqulam to Qulnault The fruit evaporator being constructed at Walla Walla by Allen & Cable will be ready for operation within a few days. The capacity of the plant will be 24 tons of dried fruit per day. The Palouse County apple crop now as sures an abundant harvest It Is esti mated that Whitman County fruit will return to the growers nearly $200,000. A steady market for the crop Is found In the Middle West. C. W. Taylor, of Walla Walla, has" been appointed superintendent of the Washington & Columbia River Railway, with headquarters at Hunt Junction, and Al Kelllng has been promoted to .the of fice of agent In Walla Walla. Shipments from the Yakima Valley have become so heavy tha a special train of 40 cars was made up at North Yakima and an engine ordered from Ellensburg to take it out Independent of the regular freights Monday. The train was loaded with hay, melons, fruit and potatoes for the Western and Northern markets. Among the shippers Is Judge J. L. Er win, who will leave In a few days for Dawson, to which city he will ship sev eral carloads of potatoes and Yakima products. Those who contemplated ship ping to Nome have changed their minds and are seeking other markets. Washington Notes. Ellensburg was literally overrun with hoboes last week, who followed In the wake of a circus. " Two daylight burglaries occurred at Seattle Monday. The thieves secured K8. They wanted nothing but money. There arrWed at Fort Walla Walla Sun day 100 horses which were purchased in Southern Idaho and will later on be shipped to the Philippines. Seattle peoplo who belong to some of the various Greek-letter college frater nities, contemplate organizing an inter fraternlty alumni association. The Seattle recruiting office Is doing a land office business these times. There is hardly an hour In the day but there are applicants at the office for enlist ment. Abner J. Spates, aged 60 years, an old colored resident of Port Townsend, died suddenly Friday night of rheumatism of the heart while engaged in a social game of cards. Charles Preston was held up -by iwo masked men at Walla Walla Monday evening, but was spared from handing over any valuables by the approach or a pedestrian. Now that the Falrhaven canneries have closed down, the Ch'inese population of the city Is fast decreasing. The migra tion this week is expected to reach 2500. The majority of the Celestials are headed for Portland. A detachment of 60 men of Troop E, Sixth Cavalry, under the command ot First Lieutenant Nissen, left Walla Walla Monday for Fort Wright, Spokane, to relieve the Twenty-fourth Infantry, ordered to the Philippines. What may prove to be a murder oc curred at Colfax Monday night when a, farm laborer named Stump was drugged, beaten on the head with a heavy board, robbed of $110 and left for dead by a man with whom he had associated for several days. The injured man is hovering be tween life and death, with the chances In favor of the latter. An attachment has been levied for (140,000' on some of the most valuable timber lands in Skagit County, the prop erty of the defendant in the suit of W. F. Hays vs. the Richardson Land, & Tim ber Company, in the Superior Court of Skagit County, on the ground that the defendant owes the plaintiff this sum as a part of the purchase price of tne lands. Captain Michael A. Healy, the well known northern skipper, sailed to San Francisco in the big steamship Lawton last week. Captain Healy, who was In command of the United States revenue cutter MeCulloch, has been for several weeks under treatment in the hospital for the Insane at Stellacoom. but has so far regained his faculties that the authorities agreed to permit his removal. Fire consumed between 700 and 800 acres of wheat In the Dry Creek section of Walla Walla County, Monday. Farmers in the Immediate vicinity turned out to fight the fire, but the stubble was so rank and dry that it was impossible to check the progress of the flames. The blaze is supposed to have been started by a spark from an engine which had passed along the roadside a short time before the fire. William Stare, chief carpenter in the quartermaster's department of the United States Government, arrived in Tacoma Saturday evening from Washington, en route to Taku to superintend the con struction of the storehouses and oar racks that the Government contemplates erecting at that place. Mr. Stare has been In the service of Uncle Sam for two years, and built most ot the Government buildings In Porto Rico. Eugene P. McCarthy, a late arrival from Nome, tried to commit suicide at Seattle Sunday by throwing himself in front of the noon Tacoma train. Officers observed his action, and pulled' him off the track before the wheels reached him. He was taken to police headquar ters and locked up. Before the day was over he became violently Insane. Finan cial misfortune Is said to be the cause of his bad condition. Colonel William L. Luhn, of the Thirty first Infuitry, formerly Adjutant of the First Washington Volunteers, Is now com manding officer of the garrison and dis trict of Llnguyan, Philippine Islands, where he has been stationed since Jan uary 21. He writes Spokane friends that there has not been a hostile shot fired in his district within the last six months. The districts of Northern and Southern Luzon are not yet entirely pacified, but the trouble there Is made mostly by guer rilla bands, who are disturbers of the peace under any circumstances. PRUNES OF GOOD SIZE BY NO MEANS SO SMALL AS WAS EX PECTED. - Marion County Growers . a Little Pawled Over Prices The Pro posed Oregon Hop "Pool. SALEM, Or., Sept 4. The first -drops of this year's Petite prune crop have been cleared away, and the driers 'have got well started on the, fruit that hung to the trees until matured. The reports now received are more encouraging, and it is said that the crop will not average as small in sizes as was expected. The Petltes now being dried are of fair, size, but not as largo as the prunes of two years agd. A few growers began drying Italians qr Fellenbergs yesterday. The results are surprising. Several growers report that their crops will come near averaging SO to 40 to the pound. An average of 40 to 50 to the pound would ordinarily be considered an excellent crop. Dr. Rey nolds, James Winstanley and Charles, L. Dalley are among those who report that they will have a considerable proportion of Italians that will go 20 to 30 to the pound, a size that is seldom even men tioned, and for which no prices are quot ed., So far as sizes are concerned, this year's crop of Italians has never been equaled. Growers are puzzled over the prices set by the California association; but no more so than are Borne of the buyers. The "price of 7 cents for 40s to 60s Is. for Petltes. Some say that the same grade of Fellenbergs should sell for nearly the same price. The lowest estimate heard is that 40s to 60s Fellenbergs should bring 5 cents. As the crop will go one size larger than that, the Fellenberg prunes should bring at least 6 cents, and, computed on an average estimate, G& or 7 cents. There are several, however, wha think the Cali fornia prices are too high for the large sizes, and that sales cannot be made "at the figures given. Several sales have been made In this vicinity at 4 to 5 cents per pound for 30s. to 40s. A number of contracts were made at about these figures, and the growers are now Inclined to regret having made contracts. That Fifteen-Cent Hop Deal. It was reported In Salem this morning that the Oregon Hopgrowers Association has closed a deal for 3000 bales, of hops at 15 cents per pound. This announce ment attracted wide attention, for It Is generally known that the association has few, If any, of the 1900 hops to'sell. If the association should bind Itself to deliver 3000 bales of this year's hops, It would place itself In the position of a shprtbu' er one who has sold goods yet to be bought As the association has always denounced the practice of contracting hops, and especially ot short buying, there was considerable adverse comment on the action the association was reported to have taken. When asked In regard to the matter. Manager Winstanley said today that the association, has not obligated Itself to de liver hops at 15' cents. He said the situa tion In regard to the 3000-bale pool Is tha same as reported last Saturday that an offer of-15 cents has been made, and that he will endeavor to form a pool. Mr. Winstanley says that while he Is working on the formation of the pool, and has al ready secured the hops of two growers, he Is not enthusiastic over the matter, for he believes the hops will sell' at-15 cents, pool or no pool. 'If the pool should be completed, the hops will be sold, to Llllenthal Bros, at 15 cents, as announced last Saturday. One grower, In speaking of the report circulated this morning, said that the wrong Impression should be corrected, for growers will lose confidence in the association If they are led to believe that It has ysold hops that are not ready for delivery. By agreeing to deliver hops at a certain figure, the association would be placed In a position which would make It necessary to keep the price down to that figure or the association could not get hops to fill Its contract. The association has always been a bull In the market, but If it should sell hops It does not control, It would Immediately become a bear If the price should go higher. This grower says that there Is every Indication that the price will go above 15 cents, and that the present New York, quotation warrants the payment of 17 cents In Oregon today. He says the report that the association has closed a deal for 3000 bales at 15 cents will lead growers to believe that small lots should be sold at a lower price, a belief which Is not warranted by condi tions. No hop contracts were filed at the Courthouse today. This is taken as an Indication that most of the contracting has been done for. this season. While there are no records of sales at 15 cents, tnat amount Is usually spoken of as the market price. DIVERSIFIED FARMING PAYS. Fruit, Hay, Hops and Cattle Malco Clackamas Groirers Happy. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept 4. Four staple productions In Clackamas County this season exist In plentiful quantities, despite the shortage In the wheat yield, and they are In -demand at good prices, showing the advantage of diversified farming. These are fruit, hay, hops and cattle, and It Is believed that the produc ers will profit by past experience and un load before there Is a possibility of prices falling. Considerable hay of good qual ity has been sold, delivered on board the carts, for $11 per ton, while W. W- Irwin, of Barlow, sold 100 tons of mixed hay, not considered first class, for $8 per ton. Prunes are already quoted at a good fig ure, and good prices can be secured f6r the immense crop of Winter apples, if properly graded and packed. Buyers are now scouring the county for cattle, but the farmers do not seem at all anxious to sell, although ruling prices are considered good, and many of the producers have a surplus on hand. Harvey Gibson, of Eagle Creek, purchased 37 calves this week for an Eastern Oregon 'dealer, pay ing $8 to $13 per head. Buyers are offer ing for yearlings average prices of 518; 2-year-olds, $25; 3-year-olds, $32 50, and $30 to $50 for cows CURING HOPS AND PRUNES. All Working: Overtime Offers of 15 Cents Refused for Hops. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 4. All interest this week is centered in the hops and prunes, and thousands of men, women and chil dren find profitable employment in the work of gathering these two crops and preparing them for the market Every prune drier in the county is working night and day, and the days are not long ..enough at that .The quality of the fruit is -as nearly perfect as has etfer been 'seen in the market, and the methods .employed In curing are the latest and .best known. The experimental stage in :the prune industry of this county has passed, and the prune farmers have re duced their work to a science as a re sult "of their experience in. former years. This school of experience has taught them the best methods of preparing and curing their fruit, which they have adopt ed and now have in practice. The output of dried prunes from this county will be much larger than ever before, but there Is no way of accurately stating the amount" In pounds, for the reason that no record has ever been kept. Some of the largest orchards have In one or two former years produced more than they will this year, but the great number of young orchards Just coming into profitable bearing will greatly increase the aggregate output of. the county, it a fair price shall be realized for the fruit, this Industry will be the means of bringing, to the county a very comfort able revenue, making amends, to some extent for the shortage of the wheat crop in the general footlng;for the year. The hop crop Is undoubtedly the best that'' has been produced for a number of years. Weather conditions have been fa vorable for the production of a strictly first-class hop, andpow the conditions for picking could not be improved upon. Growers have exercised the utmost care in producing the hops, and are now pick ing and curing them Jwlth all possible care. A number of buyers have been trying to contract with the growers vat good figures, but have not succeeded. It is known that offers, of 13 cents per pound on contracts have been refused, one or two lots only being secured at that figure. Now the " buyers. In their eargerness to secure ihe crop, are making proposals to buy the hops outright before they are picked. Two prominent grow ers have received offers of 14 and 15 oents per-pound, the buyer" to deposit the money ,ln the bank for payment as soon as .the' hops were .delivered, the only condition of the sale being that the grower exercise every precaution ana cure the hops In flrst-blass manner. In other words, the hops to be" Inspected and accepted unless they should be materi ally damaged In curing; These offers were both refused. Picking will begin in some of the yards Thursday, while In others It will not be gin until Monday. Thousands of people are" going to the yards' and making camp,- where they will remain until the picking is finished. .Prosperity In Linn County. ALBANY, Or., Sept 4. Two hop con tracts were filed with the -County Re corder today, at 11 'and 11 cents.- All previous contracts have been below 16 cents. Picking in this- county Is in prog ress, with report of a good yield and good quality. The acreage is less than last year. , An indication of a general improvement in this county regardless of a poor wheat crop Is shown In the report of a farmer in the city today, who counted,! between Aioany and HarrjsDurg, a dis tance of less than 25 miles, 13 new barns, six new residences and 10 new windmills, all built this year on the farms of the county. k'f Claris: County Prunegrrowers. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 4. Prune buyers are making an active canvass of the Clark County orchardlsts. The ruling price now offered for the season's crop of Fellenberg prunes. Is W. cents for 40s to 60s, and 4 and 4 cents for larger sizes. A number of contracts "have al ready been secured at these prices, but as a rule frultmen are slow to contract their crop In advance, the general ex pectation being that the '"price will ad vance. A number of orchardlsts in this vicinity began picking . ;thelr Fellenberg prunes this week, "the crop of French prunes having been 'pretty well har vested. Report of Whitman County Whent. COLFAX, Wash., Sept. fc Reports from the harvest fields throughout the county show that at least three-fourths of the grain of the county has been threshed, and that three weeks more of good weather will see all the grain of tho county saved. As the harvest progresses It Is made evident that the scare of short crop In the Palouse so prevalent several weeks ago was without foundation. From all 'quarters the report Js of average grain yields of 25 bushels to the acre and better which Is somewhat better than an average crop. Fine Prunes and Hops. MONROE, Or., Sept 4. Prune picking has begun in the several orchards here. The yield Is fair, and the fruit Is extra large.' The larger part of the output this season goes to the drier at Junction City. Bartlett pears are. plentiful, and sell at four bushels for $1., Hopplckers are now', encamped at the Doldge, Herron and Wilhelm & Sons' yards, and active operations began this morning. The price paid Is 40 cents per seven-bushel box , .Hops are in excellent condition. . Hopplclclng at, Aurora. AURORA, Or., Sept 4. About all the hopgrowers have now started in picking hops. There Is as yet a scarcity of pick ers, only a few yards being fully sup plied. The price all are now paying Is 40 cents per box. The weather is all that could be desired for hoppicklng warm and somewhat windy, Np lice or mold Is yet visible. Everything Is In favor of the grower this year. Ferrer Indinns in Puyallup Hopynrds TACOMA, Sept. 4. Hoppicklng began In several of the yards' in the Puyallup dis trict, a-large number of. Japanese hav ing left for the fields yesterday. Seventy-five cents per 18-bushel box Is being paid for picking. So far fewer Indians have reached the hopflelds tnan ever be fore," but growers seem to be confident of obtaining all the help they need to gather their crop. ASTORIA GETS LIGHT AT LAST. Ordinance Passed, Contract Signed and Service Commenced. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 4. The Council this evening passed an ordinance authorizing the signing of a two years contract with the Westshore Mills Company for 50 arc street lights, at the rate of $7 each per month. The ordinance was Immediately approved by the Mayor and the contract signed. The service was commenced to night. Clackamas County Court News. OREGON CITY, Seph 4. n the Circuit Court today Jessie Porter filed a suit for a divorce from W. B. Porter, on the ground of cruelty, and W. J. from Cassle M. Shaw, on the ground of desertion. The plaintiffs in both suits are residents of Clackamas County. A decree was en tered today in the divorce suit of Bertha vs. Peter Gordon, from Multnomah Coun ty. The plaintiff was awarded the cus tody of the minor children, and permis sion was given to assume her maiden name. Bertha Kahn. In the Probate Court, C. M. Idleman, executor of the estate of Matilda Holt, deceased, was granted an order on peti tion to-extend the filing of the inventory of the property until September 15, and Gilbert L. Hedges, 'Bruce C. Curry and James P. Lovett we're appointed apprais ers. . Monroe' Notes. MONROE, Sept. 4. The, stage line be tween this, place and 'Corvallls, which will begin operations 'October 1, will be the first line to serve ihe new postomce at Bruce, Or. This office Is located six miles north of Monroe nd 12 miles south of Corvallls. New buildings for a resl dtnee, office and.' general merchandise store are In course of'c6nstructlon. Several young people from this place are making preparation to attend the Oregon Agricultural v College this Winter. At least a dozen' will b'e In attendance from Monroe. " Forest Grove Notes. FOREST GROVE Or. Sept. 4. Sena tor E. W. Haines arid M. H. Shipley are still busily engaged with 'their day and night shift of 40menr completing their Government contracts of baling hay for Manila. Some days 200 tons of hay are delivered to their plant at the railroad track here. Mr. J. B. Eddy's lease of the Forest Grove Times having expired, the paper yesterday was leased for a short while to Mr. Ross Pratt with the view of pur chasing the plant ' Bearer Creek Grange Hall Burned. OREGON CITY,, Or., Sept 4. The Bea ver Creek Grange Hall burned down at an early hour this morning, entailing a loss of about $1000, although the structure Is said to have been Insured for $600. The building was completed only a few months ago. The cause of the iire Is not known. TEACHERS ARE PLEASED GATHERING IN BAKER. CITY FOR THE ANNUAL CONVENTION. Lecturers . "Wbo Will Appear Before , the" Association at Its Two Days' Session This Week, BAKER CITY, Or., Sept. 4. Baker City is alive with teachers from various parts of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, who have come to attend the Eastern division of the Oregon State Teachers Association, which will convene tomorrow and continue in session until Friday evening. Much surprise has been expressed by the visit ing teachers at the marvelous Improve ment the city has made whole blocks having been erected during the last year. Several have spoken of the advisability of locating the association here, where educational sentiment and business growth are running so high. Some have already expressed surprise that there is no institution giving college instruction within 125 miles of Baker City and it Is suggested that not far tn the future a college or university will necessarily bo located at this place. Not the least in teresting of the attractions to the teach ers are tho rich displays of ore taken from mines near thl3 city. Among the prominent educators who are to lecture before the association are Pres ident P. L. Campbell, of the Oregon State Normal School, at Monmouth; President Frank Strong, of the Oregon State Uni versity; Superintendent Frank Rlgler, of Portland; State Superintendent J. H. Ackerman, .Salem; Professor J. B. Horner, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls; S. B. L. Penrose, president of Whitman Col lege, Walla Walla; ex-President D. V. S. Reld and -President J. A. Beattie, of the State Normal School at Weston; Superin tendent J. Mf Greenwood, of Kansas City the last of whom comes at the-highest salary ever paid a lecturer by an Oregon teachers' association. AFTER-STEAMBOAT COMPANIES. Salem to Take Legal Steps to Collect License Fee. SALEM, Sept 4. At a meeting held this evening the Salem City Council or dered Recorder Judah to employ legal counsel and proceed Immediately by due process of law to collect the $50 license fee from steamboat companies landing in this city. This action was taken aster Recorder Judah read correspondence which had passed, between himself and the steamboat company officials. Tho O. R & N. replied that It would pay the fee If It Is a temporary tax, but that Its river business will not warrant paying the tax annually, and It will ques tlon- the constitutionality of the law If an attempt lsmade to enforce It In the courts. The Oregon- City Transportation Company replied that It would pay If the O. R. & N. would. Recorder Judah stat ed that the' first legal proceeding would be to arrest a steamboat captain and fine him for violating the ordinance. Only the Oregon City Transportation Com pany Is' running a boat to Salem at pres ent. ' Mute School Employes. The Board of Trustees of the Mute School has eleoted the following teach ers for the ensuing yoar: Miss Nan nle C. Orr, Miss Susie Boyd, George W. Halse, Miss MIna Murton. Other em ployes chosen are: Printer, Charles E. Comp; engineer, John Van Osdol; assistant engineer and boys' supervisor, Orrln Tiffany; super visor of girls, Mrs. Mary E. Smith; super visor of small boys. Miss Mary Lance, cook, Mrs. Verllnda' Standlsh; laundress, Miss Lavlna Witzell; teamster, H. S. Lewis. Judges' Stand" Chanced. The State Fair Board has arranged to Jrave the Judges' stand at the Fair "Grounds -race track removed to the out side of the track. Heretofore the Judges' stand has been on the inside of the track and directly opposite the grandstand. In this location it has shut off the view to a portion of the track and has been un satisfactory because situated so far from the grandstand that tho spectators could -not see what might be going on. .By the new arrangement the Judges will oc cupy a position on an open platform di rectly in front of the grandstand, where those interested can see or hear all that takes place. No one except the Judges will be admitted to the stand, so there can be no charge that outsiders have made secret suggestions to judges. The scales for weighing Jockeys will be placed under the Judges' stand, where all who wish to do so may see the weighing done. In addition to giving greater sat isfaction to spectators this change will remove tho excuse for so many men crossing the racetrack. The time-keepers' stand will remain on the Inside of the track, as they must be on that side In order to display on the bulletin boards the number and time of winners. A complete programme will be published, giving such information as will enable any person to. understand from the bulle tin board the result of each heat. Insane Asylum Report. The report of Superintendent Calbreath, of the Oregon -Insane Asylum, for the month of August shows the following statistics: Number of patients July 31 1171 Received during August 14 Total number under treatment 1185 Number discharged 15 Number died 9 Number eloped 1 Number of patients August 31 1160 Number of officers and employes.. 153 Total pay-roll $5,583 93 Total value of supplies consumed. 6,159 -13 Total expenses for August $11,743 36 Average monthly expense, per capita, $10 07; daily, $0.33. The general report shows that the health of the patients has been good, with the exception of two cases of diph theria. The W. H. Savage grove near the asy lum has been leased for a term of four years for picnic grounds. The considera tion of the lease Is that the state shall keep the grounds in order, furnish plat form, seats, tables and water 'Mr. Sav age to have the use of the grounds for picnic purposes when not in use by the state. Dryer and Thresher Burned. Tho Inman prune dryer at Liberty, south of Salem, burned to the ground at an early hour this morning. The plant had been used during the day In prepare lng prunes for drying, and it is supposed the fire caught from the furnace over which water is heated for scalding prunes. About 50 cords of wood and 20O bushels of prunes were also lost The Insurance will nearly cover the loss. During the noon hour yesterday a threshing machine belonging to Isaao Stevens, of Howell Prairie, caught fire and was destroyed. A quantity of grain piled near by was saved. The thresher was new and valued at about $900. It is not known how the fire caught Capital City Brevities. County Assessor J. W. Hobart said to day that his valuations of timber land will be about the same this year as last His deputies made the field assessments and no rule was made changing the val uations. It Is probable that the County Board of Equalization will raise the val uations, as has been done in some other counties. County Judge. Scott expresses the opinion that the assessments should be raised to correspond with the raise In actual value. It was discovered last night that the residence of Jacob Wenger, near the asy lum, was burglarized last week, during the absence of the family. The thieves secured a quantity of household goods. M. H. Henline today began a divorce suit against his wife, M. I. Henline, to whom he was married In Marion County ln 1S75. The plaintiff alleges that the de fendant secured from him a deed to his land and then deserted him. Hanah Shuholm,- aged 32, was received at the asylum today from Baker City. She is unmarried and has been engaged as a domestic - "WANT BETTER' PROTECTION. Improved Laws for Salason Price of Fish Promises High. ASTORIA, Sept 4. At a meeting of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union last evening trustees to serve dur ing the coming year were elected as fol lows: A. L. Mattson, Paul Strangland. Martin Johnson, Fred Wright. Frank Elg, C. P. Peterson and Frank Welch. The question of having the laws amend ed so as to protect the fishing industry was discussed, as was also the matter of compelling the officers strictly to en force the fishing laws. The union has in past years expended large sums of money In efforts to protect the fisheries and it was decided to ask the business people of the city to help this time. A committee, consisting of Thomas Nelson, Frank Welch, Paul Strangland and H. M. Lornt sen, they to name the fifth member, was appointed to visit the cannerymen and business men and solicit financial aid. The Idea Is to Issue printed matter relative to these fisheries and send it to each of the Senators and Representatives and for the committee to go to the state capitals and confer with the members of the Legis latures and endeavor to have them pass needed amendments to the laws. The price of Fall fish has not yet been announced but it will be at least 4 cents and may reach 6 cents per pound. One seiner has received and refused an offer of 34 cents for all the fish that he catches regardless of the species, size or quality. This would Indicate a high price for the better quality of fish. A natural spawning ground of the shad that came Into the Columbia has been discovered at the headwaters of the Lewis and Clark River by O. Paulson. He says that there are millions of young shad there that were spawned during May and June. A deed was filed for record today where by the Grimes Grove Land Company ded icates to the public the right to use the tideland In front of Its property at Sea side as a highway, but reserves to- the In habitants of Grimes' Grove tho Joint and exclusive right to take for "their Indi vidual domestic use clams and crabs from the land dedicated to the pupbllc for a highway." MAY BREED EASTERN OYSTERS. Gratifying: Progress Made With Ex periments at Ynquina Bay. NEWPORT, Or., Sept 4.-State Biologist Washburn, who Is here examining results of- the Summer's work In Eastern oyster culture, reports finding oyster spate In the artificial pond used for the culture of Eastern orters, and expresses him self as hopeful for final results. An ef fort will be made to have the United States Fish Commissioner send lobsters to be pHcod on rocky portions of the Oregon coast. NORTHWEST DEAD. Mrs. Marietta Painter, of Canemab. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept 4. Mrs. Marietta Painter died at Canemah last night, aged 61, after a residence In-Clackamas County of 30 years. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. The deceased was a native of Missouri, and came to Oregon In 1870, and has since re sided at Canemah. Her husband died a number of years ago. She left five chil drenFred, Flavlus and Joseph Painter, L. H. Feaster and Mrs. Timothy Flnne gan. D. L. Watson, Jr., ot Marshfleld. D. L. Watson, Jr.", son of ex-County Judge Watson, died at Marshfleld, August 29, aged 26 years, a victim of consump tion. Deceased began the practice of law In this state at the age of 21 years, but his connection with the profession continued only three years. Two years were spent In California in quest ot health to no advantage. Columbia County Teachers' Institute. CLATSKANIE, Or., Sept 4. The enroll ment was considerably larger than ever before for the first day of the-Columbfa County Teachers' Institute. Tne Instruct ors are C. W. 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Maaunai White Bird, $8. State Crop Brevities. Threshing 13 near an end la Coos County. Black & Co.'s fruit evaporator at.Myr tle Point commenced operation last week with the harvest of the prune crop. Threshing has commenced in the upper Dart of the John Day Valley. The Caa- 1 yon City Eagle is Informed that consid erable of the grain was injurea Dy xne rust Stearns Bros, and J. W- Stearns, at Oakland, have begun picking hops. They oav 35 cents a box and have plenty of f hands. The crop Is probably the best they have ever had. The first carload of flax sent out of Lane County In many years was shipped to the Portland Linseed Oil Company by E. C. Smith Monday and several cars are to follow. The growers are welt pleased with results, and have retained enough seed for another crop next year There is a large crop of prunes about Oakland and upon the Calapoola and a scarcity of driers, says the Roseburg Review. E. C. Stuart's, at Chenoweth Park, Edward Zachary's on the Cala poola, J. A. Hanson's at Wilbur, and SV D. Evans' at Umpqua Ferry are the principal ones, and they are not equal to the demands made upon them. Oregon Notes. The Eugene Board of Trade has been revived. A Bryan and Stevenson club has been organized at Roseburg. Great success attended the second agri cultural district fair which closed at Marshfleld Saturday. A now steam schooner was launched from the North Bend shipyard last Satur day. The vessel will be placed in the coast trade. The Ashing boat of James Costello and William Vandecar was capsized on the Coaullle River bar last week. The oc cupants were rescued by the life-saving crew. The barbed wire telephone line, con necting Condon with several of the ranches in the neighborhood has been completed and pronounced a great suc cess. Cattlemen on the south fork of John Day have sold 800 dry cows and three-year-old steers to the Pacific Meat Com pany, of Tacoma. The steers brought 3 cents per pound. The stock is to bo delivered at Pendleton this month. Waterspouts have been quite numer ous In the vicinity of Rock Creek. In Grant County, lately, but did little dam age, other than washing out quite a num ber of flumes from ditches used for Irri gating purposes by the farmers here. The Southern Pacific gravel trains that have been at work at the Myrtle Creek pit have been taken off. One will hauL rock from the Crow Creek Canyon for a few days, while the steam shovel Is being moved to Harrlsburg. The track has been graveled "from Roseburg as far north as Whltemore Gap. C. TV. Vail is the turkey king of Doug las County. Ho has some 700 fouls now, and many more contracted for. Recently he leased the 4500-acre ranch of Fendal Southerlin. near Oakland, and will graze turkeys upon it. probably to the number of 2C00. 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