. 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....
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Suits and Overcoats $1
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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.
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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
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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