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. THE pOBypTG OKEGOMIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1900. AtR.-AT HOOD RIVER HtHtTXCUIiTtTBAL EXHIBITION "WILL ' OPEN TODAY. Fine Display of Prodncts of the Tal- ley Assured AxtM.mcsa.cat Fex- turc Promised. HOOD RIVER, Oct. 4. Everything is In readiness lor the great horticultural lair, which will open here tomorrow and 'continue five days. Exhibits poured in irom earfy morning until late at night, and a very creditable showing is Insured. A large pavilion has been erected in the heart of town. There is no mistaking the fact that its accommodations are go ing to be taxed to their utmost. This has been a great fruit year In this sec tion, and those interested in the Industry are anxious to display their products. Aside .from the fair, there Trill be many amusements. The entertainment will be of the class peculiar to the old-fashioned country fair and the modern street fair combined. The management haB been, un "rdmltting in its efforts to provide a round of gaiety, as well as secure a. collection of fruits, such as only the Hood River " -"Valley can. supply. Weather conditions promise to be favorable. The town, is well filled with people tonight. The main crowd will arrive tomorrow. From pres ent indications, the attendance will be, much greater than was counted on. The fair will open under very auspicious cir cumstances. PRUXBDRYIKG FRAOTICAIifcT OVER. . "Wuixaete Valley Crop "Well Cured Sew Interest In Industry. SAL'EM, Oct. 4. The prunedrying sea eon in this section of the Willamette Val ley Is practically over- for this year. In the) Jowland orchards the driers shut down about the middle of last week. The .Rosedale prunes are still giving employ ment to the driers of that neighborhood, but the last of the crop will be cured by the end of this week. Rosedale is about 10 days behind the lower country. The season has lasted 90 days, though the driers at Liberty were operated from 35 to 38 days, the last few days "being put in on Rosedale fruit. With what Is generally called half a crop of fruit, every drier out in the Rose dale district has been running at its full capacity. What would have happened if there had been a full crop to handle is readily, seen. A. few more driers would have been built, but a large part of the crop would have been left to rot under the trees. As it is, the fruit has been well cared for, and the Willamette Valley this year ships to Eastern markets the best-looking and best-flavored Italian prunes that .have ever gone out of the state. The Rosedale orchards are young, and the yield Increases each year. Though there was a full crop out there two years ago, the yield was not much different from this season. With a full crop next year, the drying capacity will be doubled In order to save the fruit. The output of Marlon County this season is estimated by different dealers all the way from 75 to 100 carloads, as against 150 carloads two years ago. Within a week or so the output can be Quite accurately deter mined. S. P. Kimball, one of the best-known jjrunegrowers of Polk County, reports that the drying season has closed at "Dal las. He estimates that the total ship ments from Dallas will be at least 400,000 pounds, though, he says, it is too early to make reliable calculations. Mr. Kimball's drier, which was one of the largest in the state, was destroyed by fire -two years ago. He has built a new one, a'14-tunnel Allen drier, with a capacity of 1000 bush els. The dally output is about 600 bush els, Tdr. Kimball is also secretary of the Cured "Fruit Association of the Pacific Northwest. He and" several other mem bers of the association have held their prunes, while nearly all the other grow ers have been selling. .The prunes are not In a pool, in pursuance of a -written agreement, but are being held together by common consent, and with ,an under standing that all "will be sold together. An offer of 5& cents net has been made -for the lot of 12 to 14 carloads, but this has been refused, and1 the owners of the fruit will hold for E& cents. This little pool includes the greater portion of the unsold fruit In this section, and deal ers say that practically all the other Ital ian prunes in the state have passed out of the hands of the growers. The present good crop of Italian prunes and the equally good prices have revived interest in the prune industry, and ft Is probable that many acres of trees of that variety will be set out this Fall. Growers seem to have become discour aged over the Petltes, and will put their main dependence' upon the Italians, oth- erwise known as Fellenbergs. It is a matter of great regret that the Italian prunes this season could not all be packed In 50 and 25-pound boxes bear ing an Oregon brand. Never before has Oregon seen such large, clean, bright, well-flavored prunes, and an equally good quality may not be seen again for .several years. Had the fruit been shipped under one brand. It would have established a splendid reputation for Oregon fruit, and thus aided in opening a market with a steady demand for that brand of goods. If the Northwest Association had organ ized to establish a uniform brand, the results would have well repaid the trou ble, even if every individual sold his own prunes at his own price. GROWERS PARTING WITH HOPS. Sales Continue at 14 to 14 Cents Per Pound Better Prices Expected. SALEM, Oct. 4. 'Hop sales continue at 14 to 14 cents, and less. One of the largest and most substantial growers of this Vicinity said today that he knows of no offer of 15 cents. He says that he has Tellable Information regarding the price at which -contracts were made between brewers and dealers, and is of the opin ion that the dealers can afford to pay the growers better than 15 cents. He will back his judgment by holding for more than 15 scents. The greater number of growers would probably sell at 15 cents rather than hold longer. Gerrrals Hop Crop IargelySold. GERVAIS, Oct. 4. Unsold hops In this eection will not exceed 450 of 500 bales. It Is estimated that this district produces about 2500 bales -annually. The bulk of the crop has been under contract at 9 to 12 cents per pound. Sales of non-contracted hops .have ranged from IS to 14 cents per pound. Hop Crop Held lor 14 Cents a Pound. HHiLStBORO, Or., Oct. 4. Jacob Whit more, of Laurel, yesterday sold Ills hop crop to A. J. Luce for 14 cents. Whlt xnore's crop was small, but of very choice quality. Dallas Hops Command Bijr Price. SAL'EM, Or., Oct. 4. Hopdealers re turning from Dallas tonight report the 6ale of the Dr. Farley lot of 100 bales to John Carmlchael, at 14& cents. Kerr Buncligrrass Has Started. HEPPNER, Oct. 4. Rain has fallen here during the past two days, and tbP new'bunchgrass has started on the ojep ranges. t OPENED THE CAMPAIGN. Hon. Georjrc H. "Williams Spoke for Astoria Republicans. ASTORIA, Oct. 4. The Presidential cam paign was opened .here by, the Republicans this evening with a mass meeting ad dressed by Hon. George H. Williams, of Portland. Mr.-- Williams spoke Tor over two hours, and was listened to atten tively. He treated principally of the gen eral prosperity of the country under the present Administration, the" PhlUoDiriesV and their value to the trade Interests or. ine jpaclflc Coast, and referred In a telling manner to the attitude of Mr. Bryan, to ward the provisions of the treaty with Spain before and since its ratification. A large audience was present and Inter rupted the speaker with frequent ap plause. Oregon Industries. The Long Creek flour and feed mill' has resumed operations. Cattle which will make a shipment of 15 carloads Were started from Burns Sat urday for California markets. Ii. Kohlhagen, the Roseburg butcher, haa purchased from Relton Bros. & Slse more at Fort Klamath, 200 head of stock at 6 cents. - " Pelton & Nell have purchased 250 calves from Hitter & Sloan, of Kerbyvllle, Jo sephine County. They will winter 200, 1 and 2-year-old cattle on the .Dead Indian' prairie at Fort Klamath. t . , Wheat has arrived at Blalocks in such large quantities that the railroad is vn able to 'transport it. Farmers havo been L. B. COX'S CHANGE OF HEART. A Conspicuous Opponent of Free Silver In 1896, Why Does' He Follow Bryan? - Among the conspicuous followers of Colonel Bryan's anti-expansion policy in .Oregon this year is Hon. I B. Cox, the "well-known Portland lawyer. Four years ago he was equally conspicuous as an opponent of Bryan. He drew away from the Democratic party when the Chicago platform was promulgated and Bryan nominated, to stand upon it, and, with C. E. S. Wood, the late Judge L. L. McAr thur and many other leading Democrats, organized what was known as the Gold Democratic party of Oregon. He was one of the Palmer and Buckner candidates for Presidential Elector, and led his ticket. A. specially strong canvass was made in his behalf, in the hope that he would receive a sufficient percentage of the total vote of Oregon to give the Gold, Democrats standing as a political party within the meaning of the Australian ballot law. Mr. Cox's attitude towards Bryanlsm at that time is best illustrated by a shorty address hernade " in presenting the report of the committee on resolutions to the State convention of Gold Democrats, in Portland, August 22, 1896. Among other things, he Bald: "Mr. President: I suppose -that every -one who has come here to participate in this movement has given to the condition that con fronts us his earnest and serious consideration. Not in the memory of the present generation, if I except the action taken at the Demo cratic National Convention in 1860, has there been a crisis which in volves such momentous issues, which calls for Buch earnest, consci entious, honest consideration on the part of the members of -the Democratic, party. On the 7th day of July, there met at Chicago an assemblage representing the Democratio party of-the United States, in form and name. We, who dissent from the action taken by that convention, are designated as bolters from that organization and our party, in assuming to call into question the action there taken. The ground on which we challenge criticism we are prepared to defend. "The Democratic party is one of the people. It was born' in the time of Jefferson. It has had arrayed against it the Federalist party, the Whigs, and now the Republicans, each, and all representing classes and the interests of special privileges. The Democratic party, In its might, has overthrown them all. Today we find ourselves con fronted by the action of the Chicago convention. We find all over the country that the result of that action has beoome a subject of agitation, and we, true representatives of the Democracy, are seek ing a platform on which we can conscientiously stand. "We cannot nave tae free and unlimited coinage of silver at 18 to 1 without 'throvringr our country Into the utmost confu sion." Mr. Cox gave other reasons why he' could not accept Bryan,- also .reasons why he could not support Mr. MjoKlnley. Hut ' the main point of difference between the two wings of ttie Democracy and between Mr. Cpx? and MTt Bryan was the financial issue. It is that which separated them and called Into' existence the Gold Democratio partyr with wjilch Mr. Cox afflirated:BuVthIsyear Mr. Cox. vls over on the Bryan side, though the Kansas' City platform declares:. We reaffirm and.lndorso the principles 'of the NationalDemo cratio platform adopted at Cklcaero in. 1800, and we reiterate tke demand, of that platform for an American financial system made by the American people for themselves, which shall re store and maintain a bimetallic price level, and as part of such system, the Immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. The Democratic party is this year in the control of those who be trayed it to base money in 1896, and. its Presidential candidate is the same breeder of class hatred, the same -assailant of orderly govern ment. Bryan was pledged to-free silver in 1896, and he is pledged to it today. If Mr. Cox believed in 1896 that "we cannot have the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 without throwing our coun try into the utmost confusion," why is he this year following a leader whose election would bring on that confusion? Why is he support ing a policy whose operation would reduce the bank credit of the business man, contract trade and manufactures, and make the la borer's wages payable to. bastard dollars? -Was he right in 1896 and wrong now, or right now and wrong in 1896? i99eoedce ee notified that no more will be received un til the wheat on hand has been moved away. W. H. Davis, the Waplnitla cattleman, hauled a Toad of wheat to The Dalls this week and then stated he will hereafter feed his grain to hogs, for he thinks lie can realize more than CO cents a bushel by this method. E. B. Miner has a rich property in 300 acres of land on Kane's Creek. Last week a steam drilling machine sunk 12 or 13 shafts on . the property. Pay dirt was struck within 12 feet of the surface in a rich channel 200 feet wide, and some nug gets were found. This old channel is about four miles long and from 60 to BOO feet wide, and, it is thought, will turn out to be one of the richest properties in Southern Oregon. The apple crop of-Rogue River valley has been, seriously damaged, presumably by the extremely warm weather In July and the north wind which has been blow ing continuously" for some time, says the Jacksonville Times. It is estimated that from 35 to 50 per cent of it will be af fected. Apples are falling in Immense quantities from premature ripeness, and owners of large orchards have found it advisable to commence picking their fruit already, although two weeks earlier than usual. The Xfaurance Creamery Association or ganized early last Spring for the purpose of making cheese, has discontinued its manufacture and will hereafter take the butter fat of the milk brought to the dairy to the Salem creamery. Making of cheese was not abandoned because satis factory results were not reached by he members of the association, but for the reason that the prevailing high prices for butter have made it more profitable to use the cream for that purpose than for cheese. From the summit of Green Mountain, along the Umpqua divide to he east for ahout 20 miles, is as fine a body of timber as is to be found ,in Southern Oregon. The trees of this forest are sugar pine, red fir, red cedar and yellow pine, which are from three to nine feet in trunk di ameter and from 200 to 250 feet in height It is estimated that they would yield from 2,000.000 to 5,000,000 feet to the quar ter section. A good outlet from this sec tion could be made by building a- road to the salt works, about eight miles, where there is a road to Woodville. The Juniper Flat Irrigating & Milling Company has filed articles of incorpora tion at "The Dalles. Tho company is or ganized to bring water for irrigation and domestic purposes from White River to Juniper Flat. The incorporators are: H. Chastian, L. Woodside, Perry SnOdgrass, Dan Woodruff, George Woodruff. The capital stock is $20,000, in shares of $50 each. The company expects to have the ditch work on the flat finished this Fall. The chief expense will be in the construc tion of a flume to conyey the water from White, River to the fiat. Next Spring the -"ompany will put in a mill to provide lumber for tho flume. WAtLA WALLA'S BEST DAY ATTENDANCE! AT FAIR. YESTERDAY NEARLY 10,000. Indians From Umatilla Agency Gave Exhibition About Four Hundred Awards Were Made. WALLA WALLA, Oct. 4. This has been by far the best day of the fair. Twenty five braves" from 'the Umatilla agency arrived this -morning. and this afternoon and evening, in a realistic manner, showed howi in the days when the red man sought1 the scalp of Hhe pale face, the warrior worked himself Into a frenzy for the Jf ray. " The attendance for the day was nearly 10,000. : The, awards "were made today, about 4f0 69(caeeees in number, prizes. including first and second STRIKE IN HELENA NO. 2. Ore Assays $40 Gold and 0 Per Cent Copper. A rich strike was made in the Helena NO. 2 mine, in Bohemia district, a few days ago. Charles Bruneau, superintend ent of the Helena properties, writes to P. J. Jennings, president of the Helena Min ing Company, that. seven feet of ore, as saying 40 in gold and 9 per oent copper to the ton, has been struck in the lower level. The lower tunnel is in 140 feet and the upper 100 feet. The new boarding-house at Helena No. 2 will .be com pleted October 15. Timbers are being cut and preparations made to work all Win ter. Development between now and Spring is expected to show how good a property Helena No. 2 is. Though a vast body of ore has b'een blocked out in Helena No. 1,. the com pany is driving westward on the upper tunnelt and opening up new ground. In the past 10 days 29 feet have been Brained in the tunnel, making its total length -335 feet. The extension Is through a con tinuous ore body. The men cut through one chute that assayed as high as $440 gold to the ton, and are working in seven reet or ore m the face of the tunnel that averages $20 to the ton. In the lower level the men are in ore that assays $91 gold and 8 per cent copper. This tunnel is in 3S0 ,feet and gives a depth of -300 feet. No stoplng has yet been done in any of the levels of No. 1, all the ore worked, at the mill being obtained from ,the drifts. ,. "The additional five stamps for the Hele na mill have been Installed and will soon be dropping. "A rock-crusher having a capacity of 150 tons in 24 hours has been set lip. The 'Helena people have laid in a large quantity of wood and suffi cient supplies to last all Winter. Here tofore, it has been the custom of mills In Bohemia to shut down in the late Winter or early Spring, because of short age of fuel, but tho Helena Company has Inaugurated a new system that aims at continuous work all the year. . MINING STOCK BUSINESS. Portland Mining Stock Exchange. The followlnc transactions were made yes terday at the Portland Mlnlngr Stock Ex changes: Helena 11,000 shares sold at33&i luslcfc 22,000 at. lift Helena No, 2 488215 T . tt " 10,000 at 7 Z.ost Horse , 5,000 at 34 500 at 3 May Queen . ? l'.SOO at l2 Portland G. M. & M... 2,000 at 3 n 10,000 at 35. QUOTATIONS. ,a Helen 4 $Q 33 Mustek 1114 Helena No. 2 7 May Queen ....... .......!. 2H 3- 3 1 4 s 2 4y 10 0 0 4 Asked. bweden t ...... 1-sabella .001 burapter G.,B. Co -.......... .Sumpter Con .'.......; ,..... Uoodnough .-. .Buffalo ...1.. Oregon-Colorado Gold Hill High Line Ditch.. 1 Ulchardson Adams Mountain I Tammany i......,V. .Coppyopolls ....,...,, , 14 Local Stocks Bid. First wationai sank ....200 .ii.. U. S National Bank GO 110 Merchants National Bonk CO 110 Portland 0s no Funding. 5s W......105, Alblna Cs no Bridge bonds no ..... City Hall 5s 105 Water bonds no ..... Ferry bonds no Improvements , T...110 ..... East Portland 6s ...-. no ...... Qambrlnus Brewing Co ,;.. . 125 Suburban ..... .... 115 Portland Sav. "Bank, per cent.... 5 " 11 Oregron "Mining Stock Exchange: Following ore the transactions at the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange yesterday: . , ' Bid. Asked. Adams Mountain 0 04 . $0 05 Buffalo J T 2V4 Copperopolls SJL 5 Gold Hill & Bohemia 5,r 5 Goldstone Consolidated ..... 1 2 Helena ,...; t 32U . Helena No. 2 ; 714 Isabella 1? Lost Horse 3 3s Mustek iog 11 May Queen 2 2 Oregon-Colorado 5 jj4. Oregon Ex. & Dev. Co ,. . 5x4 Riverside- ' su 7 Umpqua ' 4 6 ' SALES. , Adams Mountain ,1,000 shares sold at 5 Gold Hill & Bohemia M .1,000 at 6H 1,000 at 5H ' .1,000 at 6$ ' 2.000 at 5 SPOKANE, Oct. 4. The''clos!ne bids for mining stocks today were: Blacktall .......$0 12&Noble Five .i.'...?0 02 xjune ec nasion sit.iTineess Maud.. 2 Crystal tamoier cariboo 24Vi Deer Trail Con Evening Star .. Gold, Ledge .... I. X. L '.... Lone Pino Sur.. Morn. Glory .... Ueservatloa .... 6 bulllyon 14 laTqm Thumb...:. 10 10fc Waterloo ."...... 1 71jConJecture ..,.. 2?C ' 7 U. S. Marble.... 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4. The Official clos lng quotations for mining slocks today were: AUa .... ?0 02(Justlce ....' SO 06'. Alpha Con 4 Kentuck Con 3 Anaes S'Wexlcan 85 fcelcher . ....'.... 20jiphlr ...-. SO 'Best &' Belcher... 34 uverman 10 uuiiion Sipptosl 22 Caledonia 44 liayago 23 Seg. Belcher ..... 2 Challenge Con ... 22 Chbllar '22 Confidence ...... 75 j Con. Cal. & Va... 1 20, Crown Point .... 12 Gould &- Curry... 41 Sierra Nevada ... 84 Sliver JHlll 30 Standard 3 U0 Union Con 25 uian uon 4 Hale & Norcross, . 25rellow Jacket 22 NEW YORK, closed as follows Oct. 4. Mining- stocks today Chollar $0 18lQntario , $6 00 Crown Bolnt .... 10 Dphlr . 72 Con. Cal. & Va... 1 10 Plymouth 12 Deadwood 46 Quicksilver ...... 1 5 Gould & Curry... 351 do pret 6 50 Hale & Norcross.. 24Slerra Nevada ... 30 Homestake 55 OOJBtandard' 4 00 Iron Silver 'CSIUnion Con 20 Mexican 32 Yellow Jacket".. 20 BOSTON, Oct. 4. Closing quotations: Adventuro & 4 50Humboldt 3 29 00 AHouez'M. Co. 1 37iOsoeola ......... 65 00 Amal. Copper OTOOParrott 42 50 Atlantic 22 50 Qulncy 140 00 Santa- Fe Cop... 5 50 Tamarack ...... 229 00 Boston & Mont. 319 50 Butte & Boston 60 00 Cal. & Hecla... 755 001 Utah Mining- ... 81 00 Winona 2 73 Wolverines .... 40 00 Centennial 15 25 Franklin 14 00 Receipts of Klondike Gold. WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-The receipts of Klondike gold at the Ban Francisco mint and Seattle assay office from." July 1. to September SO aggregated 516,047,565, and ot Cape1 Nome $2,311,80L 'The total of all deposits at both offices during the three months was $33",234,810. .Oregon Notes. 1 'The'Roseburg city treasury has on hand $2,0iM9. , At' Albany College' 116 students have reg "lstered. " "' I McMlnnville College has organized a glee club: ' . " There 'is an unusual demand for me chanics at Astiland.' During September the fees accruing to the Wasco County Clerk's office amounted to 5316 25. Two, carloads of Waildwa cattle were shipped to Portland from La Grande Wednesday. f , Work .has begun on- the new bridge across .the South Santlam at the mouth of McDowell Creek. ,r ' A Bryan club has been formed at Leb anon with C. B. Montague president, and L. O. Wallace secretary. , The Southern Oregon District Christian Endeavor Convention will meet at Med ford, October 19, 20 and 2L The total expenses of the Roseburg fair amounted to 51222 61. The deficiency was 518 23, which was made good by 51 sub scriptions. Spauldlng's logging camp, which has been In operation all Summer up the North' Santlam, i3 being moved to the Luckiamute. Enroilmont in the -Ashland public schools has reached 686 pupils, and the average dally attendance for the first month wa3 533. The Baker City Council has authorized construction, of a six-foot bridge across Powder River, on the north side of 'Wasfi ington street. . , Sheriff Kelly, of. Wasco County, turned over to the County Treasurer Monday 516, 053'43,'the amount of taxes collected dur ing September. , ' A number of f n Went to the mouth of the Sins- r week to shoot seals which were ..ng salmon en tering the river. A new steam samiil Is being built on J. H. Cox's place, at Isabel. The lumber will be fiumed down from the mill to the railroad, 'a mile and a quarter. "Vandals tore up the. sidewalk before William Vance's property at Albany Sun day night. A reward of' 20 has bqen offered for the Identity of the offenders. "Charles Butler bought 140 hea,d of beef cattle at'Shanlko last week, paying 53,10 per 100. pounds for cpws and 53 65 for steers. The price averaged over S42per head. , The Dalles Water .Commission has or- flrnd 800 fpt nt 2-1nrh nlnA tn hn lalrt across Mill .Creek as far as the property of Jacob Wettle. The expenditure will be 5100. L. D. Forrest has been appointed admin istrator by the Lake County Court of the estate of James Sheldon, deceased, with bonds fixed at 550,800. The estate is valued at about 525,000. Many Eugene sportsmen say Chinese pheasants are scarce and wild. They think the birds have been hunted nearly all Summer, and empty shells found on the hunting grounds confirm their state ment. The monument which Is to be raised by Concomly Tribe, Improved Order pf Red Men, over the grave of the late Sheriff Williams, of Clatsop County, was taken from Astoria to Greenwood Cemetery this, week. v Last Saturday 200 tons of hay stacked on the old Haines farm, near the foWn of Haines, belonging to Lester Toney," were destroyed by fire. It is supposed the fire was caused by sparks from a passing lo comotive. A. C. Hough, administrator tOf the es tate of Enoch Moon, deceased', has "won 52500 in a suit against the Grant's Pass Water, Light & Power Company. Moon was killed October 2, 1899, while repairing electric' wires. V. H. Behne, superintendent of the Hel ena mine, In Bohemia, was arrested on a warrant procured from' the Roseburg Justice Court, charging h'lm with threat ening to kill. The suitNvas Instituted by Herbert Leigh, of the Noonday mine. xBehne was put under $50d bonds to keep the peace, and Xelgh was fined 510 for carrying a concealed weapon. ' - County. Superintendent pllhert, of Was"-' j Portland G. M. & IT..'..;, Oregon Ex. & Dev. Co.... THE f Suits and Overcoats $1 ' THE "BREWER" HAT Derby er Fedora SAVES YOU A DOLLAR Al! the New Fall Colors OUR "SPECIAL" FOR $1.90 Is Equal to the Best 52.60 Portland co, has made the October apportionment of school funds to the several districts, pnfe county funds distributed amounted to $1763 0$, 'and 'those from the state were $6976-43. There" are 4408 persons of school age in .the" county, and the -per capita 'apportionment was $L 96. The staff of the Albany College Student has been elected as follows: Editor, George T. Pratt, '02; assistant editor, C. A. Mulkey, '01; T. M. C A. reporter, tieorge u. Byers '03; X. W. C A. re porter, Gladys Newall, '02; local editor, James Thompson, '03; exchange, Bessie Merrill, '02; alumni," Edgar Stewart, '97. t Surveyors and 'tracklayers have begun work on the extensive improvements at the Ashland railroad- yards. Five new tracks will be laid for accommodation of the Increasing business of the company. An addition will also be made to the freight depot It will take.elx or eight weeks to coraplote 'the Improvements. J. W. Wiley, a stockman, of Jackson County, has lost over 200 head of hogs during the past two weeks by a disease ot the lungs. State Veterinary Surgeon William McLean made an examination of some of the dead animals. Their lungs were found to be enlarged, discolored and pongested. It Is believed that the con tagion wa3 Introduced into the band of porkers by .animals brought from Jose phine County. t A. C Rose, a young man of Oakland, Cal., who was hunting at Pelican Bay last week, had rather a harrowing experience. He started out alone from Four-Mile .Lake to scale Mount Pitt, lost his bearings and wandered around the timber line of the mountain for two day3 without food. On the third day he ran across some men who were splitting shakes, who relieved hi? hunger and put him on the right track, for his camp. M. Z. Donnell has one of the best col lections of Indian pipes to be found any where, say3 The Dalles Times-Mountaineer. On his recent trip to Yakima he secured 28 new specimens to add to his collection, and now has 75 all told. In the entire collection there are scarcely two pipes alike, and many of them are ot very great value. He Intends plaolng his display of Indian relics on exhlhition at the street fair. Idaho Notes. Threshing In the Big Bend country is uuuui umsnea. The Treasurer of Lewiston has a bal ance on hand of 53674 67. The Moscow Grain Company is refusing grain every day, notwithstanding a largo uumtion to me warenouse was built this ,Beason. E. H. Dewey has-filed with the State Land Board a petition for a franchise for the improvement of the Payetto River. Frank Eberley has a 'large force of men gathering grapes in his vineyard at Juli etta. He expects to ship 3000 gallons of wine. 1 Mary Roden, a native of Ireland, was admittedt to citizenship at Wallace Tues day. She is the second woman natural ized in this court. Duthle & Corrin have erected at Troy a fruit and produce warehouse 38xS0 feet, 'which has a capacity of 30 carloads, and will be frost proof. Sixteen boxes of Idaho fruit for the Paris Exposition were shipped from New York September 26. The fruit will be judged October 10. The first carload of Idaho fruit shipped abroad so'd at Glasgow for good prices. The silver prunes brought 91 78 per crate, and the Italian ?1 50. There Is talk of an electric light plant for Caldwell. Inquiries have been made concerning franchise and the earning power of such an enterprise. The flouring "mill ,at Troy Is now run ning at Its full capacity, which is 70 bar rels per day. The demand, both for Hour and feedstuff, exceeds the supply. Tho tunnel on the Leslie group is in about 500 feet. 'A lot of the treasury stock has just been sold to Missoula par. ties, giving the company ample funds to run on for a Jong time to come. A large yield of flax 'has been produced DIFFERENC In cost of thoroughly good, fashionable and serviceable clothes and practically worthless garments, is not large enough to war rant you taking the risks attached to buying ordinary ready made clothes. OUR HIGH-CLASS MEN'S SUITS and OVERCOATS Are tailored by the same class of tailors as are employed by high-priced make-to-measure tailors. Not a yard of fabric is used in these garments that has not been thoroughly tested for its textile strength and color fastness. We are showing some choice new things in The new fancy Scotch effects in checks and mixtures. Plain and fancy stripe worsteds, mel tons and vicunas in both single and double breasted sack suits. In overcoats everything is here that fashion has decreed for this season's wearing. Plain Covert or Oxford Top Coats, The New Box Coat, The Raglan, The Surtout, or the "Cravenette" Rain Coat. Elegant garments, correctly tailored. Come in and see the differ ence between these high class ready-to-wear and the ordinary. ! WKSMfmS1 C y njierWEsffegf fs .tmamtfi HAT Hat In RELIABLE CLOTHIER S. E. Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. this year about ICamlah. The price, has been $1 25 per bushel, which gives the grower a good profit. There are thou sands of acres of flax and it is averaging about 20 bushels to the acre. -William Van Ik;zer, of Payette, had a narrow escape-from blood-poisoning. Flies were bothering a sort, on his hand and he crushed one on it. Instantly he felt a sharp pain. The arm swelled to the shoulder, and caused him considerable suffering. The recent filings on nearly 50,000 acres of timber land at the local land office by the Northern Pacific Railway are to be acquired by a private manufacturing syn dicate that has already begun to lay out the property and get it into condition for production. A ditch project is being discussed at Payette for conveying water to Dead Ox Flat The ditch wculd begin four miles above Payatto, and would run to a point near Duncan's Ferry, where the Snake River would be crossed on a bridge. Tho ditch would then be continued to the flat It would entail an outlay of $150,000. For eign capital is said to be back of tho scheme Seventy-three instruments were filed for record with the County Auditor of Sho shone last week, with an aggregate valu ation of $12,306 32. The deeds numbered 24, six of which were for the, considera tion of $1 each. Six mortgages were tiled and one released. The locations Included one tunnel site, three water rights, four placer claims and 24 quartz lodes. Three marriage licenses were issued. Arrangements for the Idaho Inter Mountain Fair, which will open next Monday, are proceeding In a highly satis factory manner. Mechanics are buy at the grounds putting the buildings In shape and erecting additions. Owing to the big demand for space it has been found necessary to build additions to some of the buildings, and to the exhibi tion stables. This work will all bo com pleted before the opening day. A large ledge of white marble or litho graph stone has just been located on the Clearwater River, near Stewart, Idaho. The find was made by Z. P. Watklns, of Anatone, Wash., and L. Hlnkson, of Asotin. They report that tho ledge Is a fine one. and is fully eight feet wide. The claim is about eight miles from tho Northern Pacific, and half a mile from the river. The stone is pure white, of even grade and good texture, and polishes well. TH1 CASE OF KANSAS. Popnllat Shows Up Error of Bryan's , Sorrow. New York Tribune. Notwithstanding the soberer vision and riper judgment which some overimaginat ive worshipers profess to discover in "the now Bryan." the fusion candidate for President aeems to have about as much difficulty in fitting his theories and proph ecies to practice this year as he did in 1896. The misrepresentations of his sec ond campaign hav been, if anything, more persistent and more Ingenious than those of his first Yet his greater skill In eva sion and sophistry has not saved him from quite as many humiliating head-on col lisions with fact We have noted from time to time tho failure of certain of Colonel Bryan's efforts to twist conditions and records to suit the varying necessities of his logic. We call attention to one more breakdown, not because it is more flagrant or surprising than tho others, but because the discrepancy between fact and statement is established by the un willing testimony of one of Colonel Bry an's stanchest political friends. In his speech at Topeka, on August 23, to tho Populist notification committee, Colonel Bryan declared: "Tho prosperity argument which tho Republicans bring forward to answer all complaints against the Administration will not deceive the farmer. . . . He knows that the much-vaunted prosper ity, of which he has never had his share. is on the wane In spite of the unusual and unnatural stimulation which it has jy i "S 9 miiia re 1 ( 1 y titiiiygffSSM received during the last three years. . He knows also that discoveries of gold. famines abroad, and war on three con tinents have not been able to raise tho price of farm products as rapidly as tho trusts and combinations have raised the price of the things the farmer buys." lesterday the Bank Commissioner of Kansas. John W. Brelden-thal, Issued a statement snowing the condition of tha state banks on September 1. According to Mr. Breldenthal's figures, the deposits in those banks a year ago were $25,906,357. On June 4 of this year, they were $29,272, 592. Today they are $31,645,670. On Juno 4 the reserve funds stood at $7,792,119. To day they stand at $10,96S,CCO. the largest percentage of reserve to deposits in tha history of the state. Nor has Mr. Breld enthal any misconception of the causes of this extraordinary prosperity. He says frankly: "The great Increaao of bank deposits and the general Improvement In the con dltlon of Kansas banks Is tho natural result of four years of good crops. Tho big wheat crop of 1897 enabled many of our farmers to pay oft their en'lre In debtedness. The proceeds of crops of 1S23 and 1S99 were Invested largely In Im provements, In the purchase of machin ery, household furniture and In stock. The proceeds of this year's Immenso wheat crop will largely go into the banks. . . . I confidently expoct the deposits In banks under my control to reach $3C OOO.OOO before tho close 'of the year. To illustrate what this large surplus means, I call attention to the fact that our banka could stand a withdrawal of deposits dou ble the amount withdrawn during tho panic of 1S93 without calling in a slng'o loan, and still have a reserve 20 per cent in excess of the legal requirements." Mr. Breldenthal Is himself a Populist, the recognized head of tho Populist party In Kansas and the candidate thl3 year of the fusion forces for Governor. In his official capacity, however he cannot es cape putting on record facts which de molish utterly Colonel Bryan's airy as sumption that in the "vaunted prosrpe"- t ity" of the last four years, the Kansas I farmer "has never had his share." Mr. of '"belns on the wane" prosperity In Kansas is notably on the increase, and that its true measure can only be taken now that the farmers have satisfied out standing ebllgatlons. invested in new stock and equipment, and are beginning to de posit their surplus savings In the local banks. What becomes. In view of this showing, of Colonel Bryan's pitiable dec laration that the Kansas farmer could never have profited by "Republican pro" peHty" because the trusts had raised tho price of the things he had to buy as fast as his own products had risen In value? If the cost of production and tho cost of living had advanced as rapidly as the price of wheat and corn, how would the Kansas farmer have been able to lay by those savings, which have not only put him out of debt but carried his bmk balance into hitherto unheard-of flg- f urwt? Colonfil Rrvan has rtpsewmded t3 many exhibitions of demagogy in th3 campaign, but in none has he been caught more redthanded than, in his pettifogging effort to explain away a prosperity among the Western farmers to which even hla most ardent sympathizers are unwilling-' ly forced to testify. Japan Ifot Honest With Her People Gunton's Magazine. The root of evil in Japanese civilization i3 in the growing Incompatibility of tha upper and lower classes; the powers ac tually becoming dominated by Christian principle, but at the same time holding out to their fellow-countrymen tho heathenish moral code of their ancestors and not giving them a light which they themselves possess. This is not hones. A civilization cannot be built on the sands any more than can a house. Assignment Schedule NEW YORK, Oct 4. A schedule m thd assignment of Hatch & Foote, bankers and brokers, who assigned September 18, shows: Liabilities $1,910,123 Nominal assets ........... 1.897,060 Actual assets ...... 1,557,713