THE MORXIKG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1900.
DECIDE ON COURSE
How the Oregon Delegation
Would Improve Columbia.
CONTINUING CONTRACT DESIRED
Or Tills Method Final Completion of
the Project Is Insured, and "Work
May Be Conducted Without
Unnecessary Delay.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1L The three
members of the Oregon delegation, at an
Informal meeting: today, decided to con
centrate their ecorts to have the improve
ment of the mouth of the Columbia made
a. continuing- contract rather than trust
to the future to secure successive appro
priations to be expended as needed. By
this method, which seems to be the best
tinder the circumstances, the final comple
tion of the project is insured, and work
may be conducted without unnecessary
delay.
The river and harbor committee has not
yet Anally decided on what provision will
be made for this project, but 5600,000, rec
ommended by the engineers, is the out
side limit.
XEW FEATURE IS POLITICS.
Legislators to Learn Wants of Con
stituents in Mass lectins'.
ALBANY. Or., Dec. 11. A new feature
In politics here is the call Issued by Sen
ator Clem for a mass meeting at this city
Friday evening, for the purpose of per
mitting the constituents of legislators to
express their wants in connection with
the coming session of the State Legisla
ture. Already the people are making
their wants known- The Patrons of Hus
bandry demand that there shall be no
sugar-bounty bill, and that the present
game law shall remain. Prominent citi
zens of Sodavllle have Issued a question
to the members of the Legislature from
this county, demanding their position on
the subject of curtailing the powers of
corporations in the state, and others are
hatching.
Independence Firemen's Election.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Dec lL-pThe In
dependence Fire Department met' Monday
evening and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, Sherman
E. Baker; vice-president, S. E. Lemmon;
secretary, J. W. Richardson, Jr.; treas
urer, W. H. Craven; chief engineer, E. S.
Hilllard; first assistant, Charles Bllyeu;
second assistant, G. L. Hawkins; foreman
hose No. 1, S. E. Lemmon; foreman hook
and ladder, W. H. Craven.
TO OPERATE CAXNERY IX ALASKA.
Purpose of Company Formed In As
toria Stock in Great Demand.
ASTORIA, Dec 1L The American Pack
ing & Canning Company has been formed
in this city with an authorized capital
of $75,000, and' a large portion of this has
already been subscribed for. The object
of the company is to operate a salmon
cannery at some point in Alaska, but
exactly where it Is kept secret for the
the present.
Stranded Lightship Moved 40 Feet.
During the recent high tides. Wolf &
Zwlcker made an attempt to get the
lightship off the sands at McKcnzle head
and suceeded In moving her about 40 feet
down the beach. No further attempt
will be made until the high tides that
cccur during the latter portion of the
present month.
Call for Astoria "Warrants.
City Treasurer Carney has Issued a call
for all warrants drawn on the road and
crossing fund and endorsed prior to Oc
tober 5, 1900; also for five warrants en
dorsed on that date.
FCXEUAL OF OREGOX VOLUNTEER.
Charles Kent, Who Died at lla-rrall
oti "Way to Maniln.
JUNCTION CITY. Or.. Dec 1L The
funeral of Charles F. Kent, a member
of Company C, Second Oregon Volunteers,
who died at Honolulu. H. I., on the way
to Manila, took place this afternoon.
Services were held In the Christian
Church, after which separate Company
C, of Eugene, took charge of the remains.
Chaplain Klklns. of Compmy C. conduct
ed the services at the cemetory. A sa
lute was lrcd over the grave. The burial
took place In Odd Fellows' cemetery. lx
ml'es west of here.
Chanes F. Kent enlisted from Eugene
In f-e Second Oregon Volunteers Infantry
In .Tupp, 18, and wis assigned to Com
pany C. He was immediately ordered to
San Francisco. In October of that year
1 sailed for Manila. At Honolulu Mr.
Kent wis taken ill, and had to be left
behind. Several months afterwards he
tacd. His horn a was at Franklin, Or.
XEAIILY 400 S1GXED PLEDGE.
Result of Temperance Meetings Held
nt Corvallln.
CORVALLIS Or,, Dec 1L The temper
ance meetings held In this city ror several
dajs part b Colonel Holt, of Chicago,
concluded last night. Citizens desired a
continuation, but on account of an n
garcment made at Salem before the phe
, rnciil interest at Corvallis unexpect
ed' developed, the speaker was obliged
to Vave for the Capital City this morning,
where a scries of meetings is to begin
to light.
During the progress of the Corvallis
meetings 2MB persons signed the pledge,
and local temperance organizations are
murh Increased In membership. At last
'n.ght's meeting resolutions strongly in
dorsing the work of Colonel Holt were
adopted by a rising vote.
TO OBSERVE JOHV MARSHALL DAY.
Superintendent AeUerman So Rec
ommends to Orejron School.
SALEM, Dec. 1L Superintendent of
Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman today
mailed to each County Superintendent In
the state a circular letter calling atten
tion to the Oregon Bar Association's re
port on the observance of John Marshall
day, and earnestly recommending that
the Superintendents and teachers make
the observance of the day general In all
the schools of the state.
The State Department has also sent to
each County Superintendent a sufficient
number of copies of the Bar Association
resolutions fot distribution to every
teacher in the state.
SALEM'S SIDE OF IT.
Contends That Telephone Company
Has Xo Case Demurrer Filed.
SALEM. Or.. Dec 1L The City of Sa
lem today filed a demurrer to the com
plaint in the suit brought against It by
the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
Company to enjoin the collection of the
B-cent telephone tax. The demurrer is on
the ground that the complaint does not
state facts sufficient to constitute a cause
of suit, and the decision upon this demur
rer will probably determine the result of
the proceedings.
Peculiar Accident.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec U. Night
Policeman Ed L. Shaw met with a pe
culiar accident about 2 o'clock this morn
ing sustaining a serious fracture of the
right ankle. Ho was standing in front of
the engine-house, under the Council cham-
ber, where there Is an Incline on the floor
to the sidewalk. He was moving his feet
pretty lively in order to keep warm, when
he accidentally slipped and fell In such a
way that the ankle and foot were twisted
backward.
Bone of Prehistoric Animal Found.
OREGON CITY. Or., Dec IL An em
ploye of the Willamette Paper Mills found
a femur bone, evidently belonging to
some prehistoric animal, that is now on
exhibition in the office of the company.
The bone was discovered In a timbered
gulch about 15 miles from here, on the
west side of the Willamette River, par
tially embedded in the dirt. The bone Is
2 feet 10 Inches In length, and about 32
Inches in circumference where the femur
Is the thickest. The relic is In a good
state of preservation, altnough parts are
worn off by abrasion and probable ex
posure to the air. Search Is being made
for the remainder of the bones of the
supposed extinct animal.
Timhcr-Lnnd Contests.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec 1L The North
ern Pacific Railroad Company Is contest
ing the right to 12 timber claims situated
in Tillamook County, on which final proof
was made nearly a year age Seattle at
torneys are representing the interests of
the Northern Pacific at the hearing, and
examination of witnesses is now in prog
ress at the local Land Office. The plaint
iffs allege fraud on the part of the locat
ors, claiming that the tracts of land In
question were sold to jClaude Thayer, of
Tillamook. The locators paid the entry
fees on making final proof, and received
receipts for the same, but no patents have
been issued.
Rerrardtn&r Transfer of Bank Stock,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1L Judge Beat
ty, of Idaho, has rendered an interesting
decision relative to the sale of bank stock.
H. H. Bateman, the defendant, was vice
president of the Bennett National Bank,
at New Whatcom, Wash. He had sold
his stock to the bank for $2030, Its face
value, but the record was not changed.
Subsequently, the stock was sold by the
bank for $600. Recently, P. W. S trader,
the receiver, sued Bateman, and the court
awarded judgment in favor of the plain
tiff for the face value, less the sum of
JSOO, with Interest.
Albany "Wants Free Rural Mail.
ALBANY, Or., Dec 1L Petitions have
been circulated for three different free
rural deliveries out of Albany, nearly
covering the entire field in all directions
around the city, and there are hopes of
the same being established, but It Is not
known whether they will reach the de
partment In time for the agent now es
tablishing routes in the state to act upon
them before his departure The route out
of Shedd has given such general satisfac
tion that there is a general desire to
have the system extended here.
Two Miners Frozen to Death.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec 1L News Is
brought by the steamer Danube of Winter
tragedies of the northern trails. The last
victim of the stampedes In search of gold
at the Rainbow's Top are Harry Ganb
and another Dawson miner, who left the
Klondike capital but a short time ago to
join the rush to the recently found dig
gings in the Tanana country. The two
miners were frozen to death on the trail
between Circle City and Tanana. The
news comes In a dispatch from Dawson
under date of November 30.
Superior Court at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec H. The Su
perior Court convened this morning, with
a petit jury In attendance. The case of
Matt Brown vs. Cone Bros, was on trial
today. Brown claims a balance of ac
count against the defendants for the rent
of certain ground used by them as a lum
ber yard. The defendants allege an agree
ment under which no rent was-to be paid
for the ground.
Indictments Were Defective.
HILISBORO, Or., Dec H.-Judge Mc
Brlde this morning, heard argument In
the cases of the State vs. Hannah Olson
and Sophia Nordlund. charged with Illegal
voting at a school meeting In Reedvllle
last year. The cases were dismissed be
cause of defective indictments. The case
of the State vs. John Borwick, charged
with the same offense, is now on trial by
jury.
Orejron Xotes.
Elmlra has a football team.
John Day has three smallpox cases.
The Prlnevllle city election comes off
December' 17.
A telephone line from Huntington to
Burns Is projected.
The Sheriff of Grant County colleoted
$9418 40 In November.
The Clerk's Union, of Pendleton, has or
ganized with nearly 100 members.
The Enterprise Council has passed acts
against bawdy houses and vagrancy.
Malheur County has accepted the new
bridge across Succor Creek below Bar
ney Maloy's place.
The jury In the case of Watkins vs.
Yancy, at Prlnevllle, last week, disagreed,
and the matter was ssttled out of court.
It was a suit for recovery of a horse
Captain R. P. Walnwrlght. of the
United tSates Army, purchased 53 horses
for the Government at Huntington last
week. The price paid averaged about
$30 a head.
The Lakeview Rustler says that John
Green, of the West Side, who has been
drilling for artesian water, has succeeded
In getting the water to rise within live
feet of the top of tile ground, at a depth
of 101 feet
Richard Lester, a young man who has
been working In a Coos County logging
oamp. is In jail at Roseburg, charged
with grand larceny. He was arrested at
Olalla. Saturday, ap he was on his way
from Myrtle Point.
D. H. Hartzog and John Weller have
purchased the artesian well drill and
power of Mr. Creed, of Pine Creek, and
will drill for water, says the Lakeview
Rustler. The first attempt will be made
,on one of Mr. Hartzog's farms near
Crane Creek.
The Homeetake mine, located on the
North Fork of John Day River, seven
miles from Lawton. has been bonded to
Eastern capitalists by the owners, Messrs.
Tom Johnson and Joseph Robison, for
the sum of 525.00) on a year's time. Fur
ther conditions of the bond are that the
persons holding It are to .take imme
diate possession and prosecute work ef
development with a large force ot men
divided Into three eight-hour shifts,
says the Lawton Standard.
MoLoughlln's Cabin, No. 4, Native Sons
of Oregon, elected the following officers
Monday: Past president. R. C. Ganong;
president. Levy Stlpp; first vice-president,
E. G. Caufield; second vice-president,
C. W. Pope; third vice-president,
Tom P. Randall; treasurer, Charles Al
bright; recording secretary, G. Lee Har
ding; financial secretary, Carl G. Church;
marshal, Ed L. Shaw; historian. K. H.
Gabbert; trustees. Charles H. Caufield,
W. H. Howell, R. L. Holman.
The Wallowa Marshal ran In a man for
peddling without a license, who defied
the city authorities and would not even
listen to the reading of the complaint
byv the Recorder. He was incarcerated
in the City Prison for contempt of court
where he languished for two or three
days or until some people around town
put up $5 for a Jury trial. The trial
came off last week. The Jury thought
upon the evidence offered that the man
was entitled to a discharge and so ren
dered its verdict. The man Is a 'foreign
er, presumably an Italian. He threat
ened to sue the city for damages.
Or. Sanford's Liver Invijjorator.
The best Uver Medidae. A Vegetable Cure Jor
Liver Ilia. XMUoucaesa. iBdtcesUon. Conatipatten
m
Neclect ot the balr brings b&ldnets. Ure
Parker's Hair B&team and save yeur hair.
Greve's Ointment suites & healthy ikla, OOc
OFFICERS WERE VERY LAX
PRISOXER QUIETLY AROSE AXD
LEFT COURTROQ3I AT SPOKAXE.
Absence Xot Xoileed Until Judge
Went to Pass Sentence Was
Soon, Recaptured.
SPOKANE, Dec 1L While Judge Mar
shall was holding a preliminary hearing
of Edward Hanson, charged with counter
felting, this afternoon, the prisoner quiet
ly arose and sneaked out of the room.
Owing to the small courtroom being
crowded, the escape was not noticed un
tlll the Judge turned to announce that
the prisoner would 1m held to a higher
court. Officers started in pursuit of Han
son, who was trekking for the river, A
few shots from revolvers, and he gave
himself up.
The escape was the boldest ever known
In the city. Hanson is one of a trio re
cently arrested with bogus money In their
possession. Search of their cabin result
ed in finding of molds and other tools.
ROBBED BY THUGS.
Experience of Portland Man at The
Dalles.
THE DALLES, Or., Dec 11. While re
turning from the Umatilla House to his
room in the Chapman building, about
midnight last night, Fred Stewart, a
young traveling man representing the
Merchants' Supply Company, of Portland,
was held up by two thugs and robbed of
515.
The hold-up took place immediately in
front of the Commercial Club, on the cor
ner of First and Washington streets, one
man holding a pistol to Mr. Stewart's
head while the other searched his pockets.
Both men were unmasked, and Mr.
Stewart was able to give some details of
their dress and general description, from
which the police have strong hopes of lo
cating them.
SEATTLE MYSTERY SOLVED.
Body of Man Who Mysteriously Dis
appeared Found in Bay.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 1L The my
tery surrounding the strange disappear
ance of John Harder, who was last s'een
Tuesday night, November 19, was solved
today by the finding of his body In the
bay, near the Ocean Dock. Every ap
pearance points to Harder having been
murdered. On his head were several
wounds, which were probably made by
a blunt Instrument from behind. The
trousers pockets were turned Inside out,
showing that he had been robbed. What
lends further color to the murder theory
Is the fact that Harder was seen early
In the morning, after leaving his work,
at a beer hall on Second avenue, in com
pany with a strange man who said he
came from Montana.
THREE MEX MUST AXSWER.
Injuries Received by Sailor in Sa
loon Figrht Prove Fatal.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec 1L Louis
Larsen, the sailor who was terribly cut
In a saloon row December 4, died today.
Three tramps connected with the trouble,
and who were held awaiting the result of
Larsen's Injuries, were taken before the
man when dying, and he positively iden
tified one of them as his assailant.
An Inquest will be held tomorrow, and
it is likely all three of the men will be
held for trial. Larsen was aged 26, un
married, and has a mother In Norway.
He will be buried Sunday by the Sailors'
Union.
Murderer Discharged From Asylum.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 12. Isadore
Schopps, who has been In the Medical
Lake asylum at Spokane for the past two
years, was today adjudged free by As
sistant Attorney-General Vance, of this
state Schopps murdered a man named
Gustave Hager, in this city, December
23, 1KS, but the Jury found him not guilty
by re .son of Insanity. He has now re
gained his reason. The crime was most
brutal and cold-blooded. Schopps and
the man he killed were roommates to
gether. They had a drunken quarrel, and
the next day Schopps procured a revolver
and blew the top of his companion's head
off. The Superior Court Judge who com
mitted him ordered him to be kept pend
ing further orders from the court, but the
opinion of the Attorney-General seems
to put this at naught. It Is likely that
some appeal against the decision will be
made
Passed Raised Bills.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec U. Two Jap
anese. Hanay Sato and Mantoka Ham
agucH, were arrested this morning,
charged with Uttering raised bills. A
number of raised bills have been In circu
lation here, In each case the utterer, a
Japanese, claiming that he was the Inno
cent recipient of the raised notes from a
fellow-countryman.
Stolen Goods Recovered.
ASTORIA, Dee. 1L Some time ago two
automatic steam registers were stolen
from the warehouse of the Astoria Iron
Works. A few days ago they were found
by the police In Portland and were re
turned this morning. The registers had
been missing several months, and are
valued at $100 each.
GRAIX CAX BE RAISED IX ALASKA.
"Will Mature Almost Anywhere Re
port of Government Official.
SEATTLE, Dec 11. Professor C. a
Georgeson, epeciel agent of the United
States Agricultural Department, in
charge of the experimental station In
Alaska at Sitka, has arrived here from
the north for the purpose of making his
annual report to the Government. He has
proved that Alaska will ultimately be as
promising a field for agriculture and
stockralsing as it Is now for mining. He
was sent to the north in. May, 1S9S, and
hi first work was to ascertain what
could bo produced there in the way of
vegetables. He succeeded In raising
choice barley and oats. In speaking of
his experiments In Alaska, Professor
Georgeson said today
"There la not the slightest doubt that
grain can be matured almost anywhere
In Alaska. I have this year obtained
samples of perfectly ripe barley, oats.
wTieat and rye from several points in the
interior as far north as Eagle. These
grains -were grown and matured there
this year. With one exception, they were
volunteer products from seed accidentally
soattered and grown wild. If grains will
grow and mature without culture It
stands to reason that they will grow and
Improve with culture.
"I also grew flax at Sitka the first
year. It attained a height of more than
three feet, matured seed and produced
a fiber of excellent quality. There Is no
doubt that flax can be made a successful
crop In the coast region of Alaska.
"My Instructions the first year were
!to examl"e the coast region and reserve
lands for experiment ntatlons at suitable
places. With this end in view we start
ed a station at Kcnal. on the K?nal Pen
insula, In Cook Inlet- We made a reser
vation of 320 acres thce, some of which
has since been cleared and has matured
grain successfully."
TO WATER BIG TRACT OF LAXD.
Canal to Cost $30,000 to Be Con
structed In. Moxee Valley.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec 1L Bids
for the construction of the Selah and
Moxee canal, a new irrigation enterprise
In the Moxee Vallny, were opened at Se
attle Saturday, and word was received
here Monday that the contract bad been
awarded to E. C Burlingame, a well
known contractor of this place. Mr. Bur-
J llngame will perform construction work
for the company to the amount of nearly
$50,000. He has already begun work, and
parties will be stationed at various places
along the line of the canal and kept busy
all Winter. About 200 men and 100 teams
will be employed, and the ditch Is to be
ready for use after 100 working days.
Should the weather be favorable so that
work could be carried on every day, Mr.
Burllngame's task would be completed
about the middle of March. The com
pany's contracts for water service date
from May 1, so that Mr. Burlingame has
been allowed about six weeks for possible
bad weather.
Mr. Burlingame, speaking of the con
tract, said: "I have 26 miles ot ditch to
construct It will be 12 feet wide on the
bottom. 4 feet deep, and the sides will
have 1 to .1 slope. There will be
three miles of flume to nulld. There will
be some rock work, but most of the canal
will be easy digging, and we will get
over It in a hurry. I shall hire men for
the job wherever I can get them, and will
use as many as possible. I expect to pay
$1 75 and $2 for men, and $3 75 for men
and teams. The flumlng ,will be let In
sections to local carpenters. About 1,000,
000 feet of lumber will be required for
the flumes. I do not anticipate that there
will T)e the slightest difficulty about fin
ishing the work within the time speci
fied." It Is said that, should this enterprise
prove as successful as those who have
promoted it believe It win, the comple
tion of the Burlingame ditch will prob
ably follow. This ditch takes water from
the Natchez, and would open up over 10,
000 acres of excellent land near town. It
Is Intimated that the Eastern men back
of the Selah and Moxee may be willing
to come to the assistance of Mr. Bur
lingame by the time he finishes bis work
for them. He says, however, that he ha3
nothing definite to say about his ditch
now. He believes he Is going to be able
to complete it, but he doesn't know when.
WILL XOT PLAY' MULTXOMAH.
Oregon Eleven Declares Christmas
Game Off Faculty Objects.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec lL The University
of Oregon football team will not play a
return game with Multnomah Christmas
day, as requested by the clubmen. The
faculty athletic committee has declined to
allow the 'varsity men to participate, and
the game is off.
There is a feeling of general dissatisfac
tion throughout the student body, for the
football men are quite anxious for a
game, and declare that they could even
matters up with Multnomah.
Baker and Sampler Elevens to Meet.
BAKER CITY, Or., Dec 1L A game of
football between Sumpter and Baker City
Is now being arranged. The dafe has not
been fixed, but will likely be about
Christmas, or perhaps the Saturday pre
ceding. Negotiations for the game have
been under way for some time. Sumpter
business men donated liberally for the
preparation of a football Held there, and
to provide other necessary articles for a
home team to enter the arena fully
equipped. But until recently the Sumpter
boys have not been able to arrange for a
match except with Baker City.
The Sumoter team has had little prac
tice. Coach Stlckney, who Is well known
for his work with the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic Club team, will probably get
them in shape when tne match Is defi
nitely settled. The Baker City eleven has
played some this Fall. The High School
team has played a few games, and a
team picked up from the town generally
played Heppner. There will be no diffi
culty In securing a team with some ex
perience Xev Interest In Sports at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 1L Consid
erable Interest In sports Is being aroused
by the Vancouver Amateur Athletic Club,
which has outlined an attractive pro
gramme of Indoor sports for the coming
season, to take place at the club's gym
nasium. Tomorrow evening the first of a
series of basket-ball games between the
Vancouver club team and the Y. "M. C. A.
of Portland will be played. Arrangements
are also being made for a series of games
between the home team and the Multno
mah Club team, the first game of which
will probably take place here December
19.
New Gas Company for Seattle.
SEATTLE, DSc. 1L The Times tonight
will say: Seattle is, In the near future,
to have a new gas company, according to
plans which are very well materialized.
The opening of the mines of the North
western Improvement Company, near
Carbonado, Is likely to be followed by the
establishment of a plant in connection
for the production of fuel gas and by
products. The mines of this company
will have an annual output within two
years' time as great as that of the Ross,
lyn mines, east of the mountains.
Woman Held for Grand Larceny.
SEATTLE, Dec 1L Irene Earl, of Spo
kane, was arrested here tonight by De
tective Phillips, on a charge of grand lar
ceny, upon information furnished by the
Chief of Police of Spokane. It Is said
that she bought diamonds for which she
neglected to pay. She says they were
bought on the 'nstallmcnt plan, and -the
last payment Is not yet due
Wahslno-fon Xotes.
The next meeting of the Walla Walla
County Teachers' Association will be held
January 11.
John Bradley was sentenced at North
Taklma Monday to 10 days of hard labor
for vagrancy.
Mrs. John J. Morrison, 2J4 miles south
of Walla Walla, Is sick with smallpox,
and Is under strict quarantine
A son of J. E. Moomon, three miles
Tiorth of Colvllle, cut off three fingers of
his sister's left hand with an ax last
week. The children were playing.
The eighth annual declamation contest
of the Washington Agricultural College
came off at Pullman Saturday. Joseph
W. Tungate, junior, won first prize, and
Olga Todd, also Junior, second prize
The Mayor of Aberdeen will recom
mend to the Council that an expert book
keeper investigate the records of the city.
Other recommendations will Include a
public library, sewerage system, good
streets and a City Halt
A herd of 1500 sheep recently shipped
to North Yakima from Montana for a
company of Mongolians have been sold at
?3 per head. It Is reported that the sheep
will be shipped to Alaska and sold for
mutton. They are said to be the finest
band of mutton sheep ever seen In this
county. ,
H. M. Gilbert, a farmer of the Yakima
Indian reservation, Is shipping his large
bean crop. The prices received range
about 34 cents per pound. He has har
vested and threshed 1000 sacks of 100
pounds each. His beans are the brown
Mexican, white California and red navy
varieties. They yield, unacr ordinary fair
conditions, from 40 to 60 bushels per acre,
thus giving an Income of $S5 to $125 an
acre Gilbert has 1000 acres of the Lillie
property' leased at Toppcnlsh, and in
cludes the Reserve hotel In bis holdings.
The land is leased from the Indians at
about $1 an acre per annum.
Colvllle is awakening to the fact that
the disease which has been for" a year
past designated by the local physicians
as Manila Itch Is In fact smallpox. In the
past two months two deaths have re
sulted from this malady, and one victim
has lost his sight. Tt is said that the
state, quarantine law Is inoperative ex
cept in seaboard and border towns, where
invasion of infectious diseases from for
eign countries is possible The coming
Lecislature will be asked to enact a law
covering the case and provide severe pen
alties for violation. There have been over
50 cases of smallpox in Colvllle within the
past six months. The attacks have been
light, but this is due to the general prac
tice of vaccination ud the warmth of
the season. As the cold weather ap
proaches the disease becomes more severe
AGRICULTURE IN STATE
STATE BOARD SUBMITS REPORT OF
WORK FOR PAST YEAR.
I
Patrons of Diversified Farming: Have
Enjoyed Greatest Prosperity
Xctv Officers.
SALEM, Or., Dec H. The State Board
of Agriculture, consisting of George L.
Rees, of Albany; J. H. Settlemelr, of
Woodburn; W. H. Wehrung, of Hlllsboro;
Jasper Wilklns, of Coburg, and George
Chandler, of Baker City, met at the Capi
tol today in annual session.
The following officers were re-elected to
servo during the ensuing year: President
W. H. Wehrung: vice-president. J. H.
Settlemelr: secretary, M. D. Wisdom;
treasurer, A. Bush. Standing committees
were appointed as follows:
Finance-Jasper Wilklns, J. H. Settle
melr, George L. Rees.
Publication and programme W. H.
Wehrung, ex officio; George L. Rees,
oeorge unanaier, M. D. Wisdom, J. H.
Settlemelr.
Speed programme W. H. Wehrung. ex
officio; George L. Rees, George Chandler,
M. D. Wisdom'.
Premium list W. H. Wehrung. ex of
ficio; J. H. Settlemelr, George Chandler,
M. D. Wisdom.
Transportation W. H. Wehrung, ex of
ficio; Jasper Wilklns, J. H. Settlemelr,
M. D. Wisdom.
Secretary M. D. Wisdom submitted the
following annual report, prepared as the
annual report to the Governor, and upon
motion it was adonted:
"As required by law. we submit to you
this, the annual report of the proceedings
of our board, for the year ending Decem
ber 1, 1S0O. While we have no statistics
of the agricultural or industrial products
of this state, It'affords us much pleasure
to be able to report to you general pros
perity among the agricultural classes.
Especially. is this true of those who have
practiced diversified farming.
"The livestock industry, which is the
right hand of agriculture. Is in a most
flourishing condition In this state. There
has been more and better stock brought
to this state the past year than in any
one year of its history, which will be the
means of building up our breeds and add
ing vast wealth to our state In the near
future The dairy Industry lias made
wonderful advancement the past year,
and promises, under the favorable natu
ral conditions that exist, to be one of
the foremost Industries of the state. We
will not attempt to go into the details re
garding this Industry, as you no doubt
wi'.I receive a full and complete report
from our State Food and Dairy Commis
sioner, who is better qualified to furnish
you with this knowledge.
"Our scant knowledge of the fruit In
dustry will not permit us to ray anything
further than that crops and prices have
been very satisfactory to the grower. The
State Board of Horticulture, whose re
port you will receive, will give you a full
and complete showing of this industry.
"The hop crop was very satisfactory
tkis year, and will return about J2,000.000f
which goes mostly to the farmers In the
Willamette Valley.
"The wheat crop was not so good, and
with a depressed market will return but
little over and above the cost of produc
tion. Oats, barley, hay and potatoes have
yielded well, and farmers find a ready
market at profitable prices.
"We have had many letters of Inquiry
the past year from homeseekers, asking
about our resources and the chances of
acquiring homes here. We believe that
this board could be made a very useful
bureau of information to aid and encour
age immigration to this state, if funds
were provided to collect and distribute re
liable Information. "While the law makes
this a part of our duty, there Is no ro
vIsIoil, made to defray., the espense. ' We
therefore would respectfully urge that you.
recommend that a sufficient sum be ap
propriated annually for collecting, com
piling and distributing reliable Informa
tion calculated to educate and benefit the
Industrial classes, develop the resources
and advance the material Interests of the
state and encourage Immigration.
"It affords us much pleasure and grati
fication to be able to report to you the
unusual success of the recent state fair.
Notwithstanding the fact of a rainy week,
we gave the greatest fair In the history
of the society. Our receipts aggregated
$18,460 65, as against $13,739 G5 In 1S99. Our
disbursements were $1S,041 97, as against
$14,5C5 63 In 1S$9. Our profits were $40S 68.
as against a loss of $S25 99 In 1899. We
paid out In premiums $7S6 SO more than
the annual appropriation of $5000.
"The service we gave to the large num
ber of exhibitors who ravored us was so
satisfactory to them, and the prestige of
our successful fair is so great, that our
task for 1901 should be light, and our ca
pacity for usefulness enlarged. We were
able to accomplish this result, however,
through the able assistance given us by
the citizens throughout the slate, and
especially the liberal aid and assistance
given us by the citizens of Salem. The
press should not go uhnnoticed In Its very
generous aid In advertising the fair, and
to the newspapers we credit the greater
part of our success. We hope this friend
ly press found In the success of the fair
satisfaction compensating them for their
able work. We have no means of re
warding them for their public service ex
cept to remember them'as patriotic work
ers, such as they are.
"In conclusion, we wish to say that the
buildings on the fair grounds are In a
bad state of repair, and are at the best
inadequate to accommodate the large
number of exhibits that are now being
displayed at our annual fairs. We boast
of the finest fair grounds on the Pacific
Coast, and our fair this year was the
best and largest this side of the Rocky
Mountains. The cost of erecting suitable
buildings for an Industrial hall, creamery
and machinery hall would be light com
pared to the value they would be In mak
ing larger and better exhibits each year!
We respectfully ask your excellency to
recommend to the Legislature at its next
session an appropriation for the construc
tion of suitable bullHIngs and such other
repairs as is In keeping with the demands
of our exhibitors 'of the present day. The
State of Oregon !? an ejjrlcultural state,
and whatever encouragement Is given this
industry will be for the benefit of the
state at large. The State Board of Agri
culture has done great service In devel
oping the resources of our state. In im
proving the varieties of her plants arid
fruits and breeds of her livestock, and
promoting their more general distribution. J
ine state lair is a greae euucauonai in
stitution, where our farmers, manufac
turers and breeders see all that Is best
In their various; fields, learn the latest
methods, the most approved types of ex
cellence, and are thus Qualified to produce
' or breed up to the highest standard.
"The money appropriated In aid of suc
cessful fairs goes to reward the farmers
for their enterprise, skill and intelligence,
and Imparts practical education at a
small cost.
"The following Is our financial state
ment for the fiscal year ending December
1, 1900;
Receipts.
Gate receipts $ 5,106 05
Race entries, harness 3.C00 00
Race entries, running 742 30
Division entry fees 1,028 00
Ground rent and licenses 1,312 90
Season tickets 133 40
Receipts In office 262 65
Special stock premiums 350 00
Donation. Salem. Cham of Com
merce stake -. 320 0)
Collection from National Trot
ting Association S3 20
Notes and interest collected for
race entries ,.... 123 40
Donation from old society 75 00
Premium fund warrant of 1S99 4 JO
Stall rent 115 65
L. L. Judson, refund of money
overpaid 5 60
Collections for National Trotting
Association. Dr. P. Reeves 38 75
Collections for National Trotting
Association, Ellis McLean 35 75
State appropriation for premiums 5,000 00
Collected race entry fees of 1S99... 90 00
Total .$ 1S.450 65
Expenditures.
Attendance and mileage ,...$ 677 So
Salary of secretary, nine months 225 00
Entry clerks and office nelp 117 00
Superintendent of pavilion and
attendants 125 00
Superintendent of poultry depart
ment and assistants 2S 20
Gatekeeper and ticket-venders... 79 00
Chief marshal and assistants,... 99 10
Judges of races 110 00
Judges of divisions 4S 00
Expense of farm ,.. 496 S7
Improvements S74 63
Insurance 33 63
Advertising and bill posting...... 76S 10
Attractions and music 671 50
Premiums 5.7S6 SO
Purses for harness and running
races , , 7,012 50
Sundry expense SS 59
Fees paid to Natioml Trotting
Association, membership 50 00
Fees, collections for National
Trotting Association 77 50
Expenses of office I.. 250 SO
Electric light for grounds 45 00
Refund of cash on Salem sub
scriptions 20 00
Expenses on racecourse 117 00
Total , , .? 18,041 97
Assets.
Profit on fair of 1950 $408 68
Unpaid race entrance fees
for 1S00 525 00
Unpaid race entrance fees
for 1S99 527 50,.
Due on farm account...... 61 65
Bills receivable, turned
over by old society 366 70$ 1.SS9 53
Liabilities.
Amount of shortage, fair
of 1S99, as per report of
former secretary $S25 99 823 99
Excess of assets over liabilities.; 1,063 54
GOLD DREDGER CLOSED DOWX.
Operated In Burnt River Will Re
sume Work in Springs
EXPRESS, Dec H. The Pomeroy Com
pany's dredge, which has been operated
since early In the Spring In dredging for
gold In Burnt River, at Weatherby, nine
miles east of this place, closed down a
few days ago. The main propelling wheel
gave way, and as the work Is not carried
on during the Winter, operations will not
be resumed until Spring. The dredge,
which was constructed at a cost of $00.
C00, has been working In Burnt River for
over two years.
The river run" through a wide valley,
and the machine has been operated on
ground that was formerly the richest hay
producing section of the country. A
splendid quality of fine and coarse gold
has been taken out at every washing,
many nuggets reaching as high as $10 in
value.
GE3I 3IIXE BOXDED.
Colorado Capitalists Get Control of
Eastern Oresron Property.
BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 11. The Gem
mine, In the Sparta district, has been
bonded to Denver, Colo., capitalists. This
property Is one of the best-known in that
part of the Eastern Oregon region. For
years It was a prominent producer. F.
J. Perkins has had charge of It for about
a year past. Under his management a
new hoist was constructed and general
development work prosecuted. The ad
vent of Colorado capital in the field here
Is cordially welcomed.
Ocean Wave Is ShoYrlngr Up Well.
VALE, Or., Dec. U. From private let
ters received by M. G. Hope, of this place,
it is learned that the Ocean Wave mine is
making a splendid showing. I. N. Clark,
a mining expert, has the development
work of the mine In charge, and In a
letter that was received from him to
day he says that several fine nuggets
have been taken out lately. In a former
letter he stated that the gold Is not con
fined to the rich vein that Is being fol
lowed, but that small particles of It may
be seen In the dirt over the entire face
arid walls of the tunnel. . It is his opin
ion that'll would pay to mill the whole
hill on which he is working. This mine
Is an extension of the Golden Eagle,
which Is owned by Portland capitalists.
Quotations ot Minlner Stocks.
SPOKANE. Dec. 1L The closing quotations
for mlnlnz stocks today were:
Bid. Asit.
Bid. Ask.
Ramb. Car.... 24 M 26
Republic 57 04
Reservation .. 3ft 5
Ross. Giant .. 2 24
Sullivan 13 144
Blacktall
.... or
3os., 1
44
8 Otf
Butte Si. Bos
Crystal
8ft;
24
D, T. Con 21
Evenlhff Star, iy
Gold Ledge
Golden Harv.
I. X. L...1...1S
Iron Mask ...23
Jim Blaine... 4
L. P. Sutd.... C?i
5S
lft
10-lt
29
S
iora inumD...iUft iz
Waterloo
Winnipeg .
Conjecture
Amer. Bor
is
4U
10
3Vi
3ft
4ft
2i
f
Trade Dollar.
ua
Mtn. Lion. ....20ft 24ft
og
Hercules
Morn, uiory.. e
Mprrtson 2
Noble Five
Prln. Maud... 14
Quilp 20
Juno 3
Miller Creek.. 2(4
3
4
1W
wonaerrui ... iyt .
Gold Standard S4 10
23ft
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 11. Official closing
quotations of mining stocks:
Alta $0 051
Kentuck Con $0 01
Mexican 31
Aloha Con
4
Andw
Belcher
Best & Belcher...
Bullion
Caledonia
Challenge Cos ...
Chollar
Confidence
Con. Cal. & Va...
Crown Point ....
Oould & Curry.,.
Hale fc Norcross.
Justice
7
Occidental Con
15
281
lOphlr
overman
Potosi
Savage
Beg. Beleher ....
Sierra Nevada ..
Silver Hill
2
35
20
14
20
40
3 03
23
5
'21
57
1 35
11
Standard
Union Con
Utah Con
Yellow Jacket ...
CO
l'J
2
NEW TORK. Dec 11
closed as follows:
-Mlnins stocks today
Brunswick ...... 40 11!
Chollar 12
Crown Point .... 9
Con. Cal. & Va... 1 30
Didwood 51
Gould & Curry... 50
Hale & Norcro33. IS
Home-fake 60 00
Ontario SO 00
Ophlr 62
Plymouth 8
Quicksilver 1 25
do pref 7 00
Sierra Nevada ... 23
Standard 2 f5
Union Con 20
Iron Sliver
Mexican ........
OiTellow Jacket .... 20
131
BOSTON, Dec 11. Closing quotations:
Adventure $ 0 COjHumboldt 5 25 00
tVHouez M. Co. 2 23Osceola .t 72 50
Amal. Copper.. 02 25Parrott -47 25
Atlantic ....... 20 OOJQuIncy ,172 00
Bo3ton & MonL 337 OOUSanta Fe Cop . 6 CO
Butte &: Boston SO OOlTamarack 275 00
Cal. & Hecla... 810 00utah Mining .... 34 00
Centennial 16 62)WInona 3 25
Franklin 15 OOlWolverlnes 45 50
"WOULD GIVE ESTATE TO CHURCH.
Pleasure of Tacoma "Woman Mother
rd Guardian Object.
CINCINNATI, O.. Bee 11. A remark
able contest over the $5000 estate of Miss
Mary Strauch, of Tacoma, "Wash., be
gan in the Probate Court here today. JIIs3
Strauch, who is 21 years old, Is a daugh
ter of the late Adolph Strauch, a famous
landscape gardener. She Is a member
of a religious sect known as the "Church
of the X.ivlng God," and was accompanied
here fay an elder. She fieciaresshe will
turn all her estate over to her church.
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Doctor "Walker. X33 First St.. Corner Alder, Portland, Or.
Don't Tell
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Dadiv, don t tell anyDoay. l ney
I 'will toink it so strange you
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Her guardian, Leopold Burckhard, ob
jects, as does her mother. Judge Ferris
reserved his decision.
Hypnotic Influences Charged.
TACOMA. Wash., Dec 11. Miss Mary
Strauch left Tacoma In company with SO
others for the Shlloh Home, In Maine, In
June last, under the charge of Evan
gelist Sanrord. The girl's mother stren
uously opposed the .girl's going, and there
was a sensatlonaL scene at the depot in
the mother's effort to keep her daughter
back. It Is charged the girl was spirited
aboard the train. Mrs. Strauch-McCall,
the girl's mother, claims her daughter
was hypnotized by members of the Shlloh
party. N. H. Harriman and other allege
Miss Strauch went of her own free will,
earning out a choice she had held for
three years.
Xevr Washington Corporations'.
OLYMFIA. Wash., Dec 11. The follow
ing articles of Incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary of State within
the past week:.
Doubtful Mining Company, Seattle, $100.
000; The Advance Shingle Company, Sno
homish, $2400; The Union Lodge Company,
Pomeroy, $6000 Boston & Port Angeles
Realty & Security Company, Port An
geles, $300,000; Darrlngton Townsiteg &
Land Company. Seattle, $25,000: Halma
Gold Mining Company, ot Seattle. $1,000,
000; Seattle Drop Forge & Machine Com
pany, Seattle, $5000; Washington Mutual
Investment Association, Seattle, $12,000;
Snohomish & Skagit River Navigation
Company, Everett, $5000; Cuban Mining &
Milling Company, Spokane. $30,000; White
Eagle Mining Company, New Whatcom,
$1,000,000; Increaseyof the capital stock of
the Waconda Gold Mining Company. Se
attle. $3,000000; Coeur d'Alene Mining
Company, Spokane, $200,000; Washington
Oregon Railway Company, Olympla, $50.
000; Wheeler-Smith Woolen Company, Se
attle, $CO0O; Inland Printing Company,
Spokane. $20,COO; Increase of the capital
stock of the Loon Lake Lumber Com
pany, Spokane, $17,000; Pacific Coast Man
tle & Lighting Company, Seattle, $100.
000; Buffalo Star Gold Mining Company,
Spokane, $100,000.
Trustee for Bankrupt Estate.
CORVALLIS, Or.. Dec 1L A creditors'
meeting In the John M. Osburn bank
ruptcy was concluded shortly before noon
today. The aggregate of the claims at
the meetlnir, from which were excluded
those secured by mortgage on realty, was
$14,929 24. The creditors elected J. O.
Wilson trustee, and his bond was fixed
at $10,000.
Contempt Proceedings Dismissed.
COLUMBUS. O., Dec. 11. The Supreme
Court today, by an equally divided vote,
refused to hear the charges of contempt
of court preferred by Frank S. Monnett,
late Attorney-General of Qhlo, t. that
court against the- Standard Oil Convpany
and Its officers, Including John D. Rocke
feller. The Information In contempt is by
this decision dismissed. The court de
cided as follows: For dismissal, Chief
Justice Shauck and Justices Burkett and
Davis; dissenting, Judges ilinshall, Spear
and Williams.
When D. K. Watson was Attorney-General
he Instituted a proceeding to oust
the Standard Oil trust because it had
exceeded Its corporate laws and was op
erating in a manner contrary to public
policy. March 20, 1S92, the Supreme Court
ousted the company. November 8, 1S97,
Mr. Monnett filed the Information In con
tempt, claiming that the Standard was
following a line of policy that would In
effect result In winding up Its affairs
This Information is today dismissed.
Confesses Theft but Won't Give Upj
BOSTON, Dec 1L The case of Morris;
Aaronberg, the youth who has confessed
that he stole $SS37 from Mrs. Margaret
Beck, which has puzzled the police from
the first, still staggers the officials, ..al
though the boy has declared his guilt.
It Is the first case In police records here
where a man or boy has confessed to
having stolen mohey and has stood
ready to take all the punishment which
could be given for the offense without
making restitution and trying to escape
the full penalty. The police have figured
It Out that If Aaronberg goes to prison
for the maximum term of Ave years with
out returning the stolen money he will
come out financially as if he had been at
work all the time on a salary of about
$1SC0 a yeart All evidence Is taken as
indicating that Aaronberg has' the money
safely concealed and Intends to go to
prison without revealing Its hiding place.
lied Cross Meeting:.
WASHINGTON. Dec 11. At the annual
meeting of the National American Red
Cross, the resignation ot Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst from the Board of Control, on
account of pressure of other duties, was
accepted, and Mrs. Harrington, president
of the California Red Cross, was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy. Mrs. J. EUen
Foster reported that the Red Cross on
the Atlantic Coast and In the Philippines
had expended $150,000 in supplementing the
efforts of the Government in caring for
the soldiers.
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