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THE MORNING CREOONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1901. MAYKEEPHANDSOFF Rogers' Probable Action on Reapportionment Bill. DEMOCRATS MUCH DISPLEASED They Wasted Vote for Fvtare Cam paign TJse rbA Threaten to Defeat Governor's Desire for Reorgan ization ef Board, ef OeatroL OLYMPIA, March 2. The weBk -which has Just closed has witnessed two Im portant legislative developments, viz.: The passage of the bill to purchase the Thurston County Courthouse for capltol purposes; also the Legislative reappor tionment bill, which Governor Rogers has evidently- determined to let become a law without his signature. The coming week will probably see the commencement of a fight that will be one of the sharpest of the session, and that will probably last almost until the hour of the final adjournment. Reference Is made to the contest over the bill in troduced by Representative Falrchlld amending the fishing laws. Primarily, Mr. yalrchild's bill Is designed to Increase the fishing revenues of the state about 40,000 during the coming two years, but the opponents of the measure have cast that fact to the winds, and are fighting with the desperation of despair to defeat it. The clause that has caused the trouble is one which provides that hereafter, for the purpose of determining whether or not the law relative to the depth of water allowed flshtraps is being com plied with, the measurement shall be from high tide In the month of April in stead of at mean low tide, as heretofore. The bill provides that flshtraps shall be In water not to exceed 0 feet at high tide In April, while the present law Is 65 feet at mean low tide a provision that has been construed by the courts and the Attorney-General of the state to mean low water. The new provision Is being fought by the fish trust of Bellingham Bay, a com bination headed by the Pacific-American Fisheries Company, and the Alaska Pack ers' Association. Its main objection seems to be based on the fact that a change in the law means an unsettling of the whole system, and may result in the dis covery that some of the traps are in deeper water than allowed, by law. It is said by Mr. Falrchlld that his bill does not materially change the depth of water. The main objection to the present sys tem seems to be that It Is practically Impossible to determine, without great ex pense, and even then not satisfactorily, whether or not the law in relation to depth Is being complied with, whereas under the new system an arbitrary test would be established. The bill has the approval of Fish Commissioner Little, who recommended a change In the plan of measurement two years ago, and this year In his annual report. The bill is a special order In the House Tuesday morning, and will probably pass that body by a good majority. The most desperate fight will be made on It In the Senate, where both sides are well repre sented. The fight in reality Is between B. A. Seaborg on one hand and rich East ern capitalists, or the fish combine, on the other. Commissioner Little, howeve. first made his recommendation IS months before this trouble broke out. The most pleasant relations do not exist between Governor Rogers and the Democrats in the House and Senate. The latter are dissatisfied because the Gov ernor has refused to veto the reapportion ment bill which they fought so bitterly. Governor Rogers practicallly takes the position that, as the Republican caucus has agreed to pass the measure over his veto, there Is no necessity of picking a quarrel which cannot result in anything but defeat. The Democratic members, on the other hand, want a veto for the purpose of record. They declare that if the Gov ernor will have a "red-hot" message spread on the Journal of the Legislature, showing up the alleged inconsistencies and inequalities of the reapportionment bill, that it will be valuable material in the next campaign. The Governor has refused to recede from his position, however, and there are threats of revenge. It Is said that the Executive fears retaliatory measures if he vetoes the bill. The Democrats have been champion ing a bill to reorganize the State Board of Control on the lines suggested by the Governor In his annual message. The scheme is one which the Governor great ly desires shall be consummated, and, up until the present time it has seemed prob able that the Republicans would assent to its passage. Now, in return for the Gov ernor's refusal to veto the reapportion ment bill, the Democrats threaten to move the indefinite postponement of the Board of Control bill In the House, and there Is little doubt that if they make such a motfon the bill will go to its final rest ing place. The Governor has until to morrow (Monday) to act on the reappor tionment bill, and it Is possible that a compromise can be patched up In the meantime, though at present the outlook is not promising. The Governor did not wait one moment after the bill to purchase the Court house reached him before he signed It. His mind was made up In advance. The scheme was his originally, and. when the new building is completed and turned over to the state It will have "Rogers" stamped all over It, figuratively speaking. Governor Rogers has been determined ever since his election over four years ago that he would not permit a capltol to be erected on the foundation built un der the act of 1S93. He was in the Legis lature In 1S95, and strongly opposed the Scobey bill, which appropriated 5S00.000 to complete the building. As Governor he has vetoed three bills to build on the foundation, and It was after he disap proved the third one two years ago that he suggested the purchase of the Court house, which has finally been accepted. When the members come here two years hence they will not trudge up the hill to the old capltol, around which cluster the memories of almost half a century. That privilege will have been reserved to their predecessors, whose honor It has been to assemble in the historic building In which the fathers nursed this commonwealth from a territory Into the full bloom and vigor of statehood. A new building, un less something unforeseen happens, will have been completed down town. It will be more commodious and elegant, and bet ter adapted to the needs of the state than Is the old one; but in Its gilded furnish ings and trappings will not cling the sacred traditions that hung in the cracks and in tertwined In the cobwebs of the weather beaten and crumbling edifice which the fathers knew and loved. Olympia abounds in historic interest. The old capltol soon to be vacated was built In 1S33. The building in which the first Territorial Legislature -was convened by General Isaac I. Stevens, martyr, patriot and first Governor of the terri tory, is still standing on the water front. Governor Stevens' old homestead is on Main street, half way between the pres ent business section and the old capltol. x Those who are inclined to be sentimental rejoice that in this commercial age the Legislature did not yield to the demand to remove the capltol. but decided Instead to perpetuate It for all time In this old town, whose name Is Inseparably connect ed with the early history of the state. The Gunderson text-book bill Is a .spe cial order for Tuesday afternoon In the j house. The bill alms to wipe out state uniformity In text-books, and to establish In Its place county uniformity, the books to be selected by a county board. The de tails of the bill have been explained In The Oregonian heretofore, and need not be enlarged upon now. Suffice It to say that indications point to the passage of the bill in the house, while the Senate Is an unknown quantity. It Is probable that a Congressional re apportionment bill on the lines suggested in The Oregonian last week will be re ported In both houses during the com ing week, and an effort made to unite the Republican caucus on the measure. It Is extremely doubtful If the measure will succeed. BANDMASTER FATALLY SHOT. "With. Rioaara &. Prinsle's Min strel Assailant & Musician. SPOKANE, Wash., March 3. Arnie Stevens, of Indianapolis, bandmaster of Richards & Prlngle's minstrels was shot and fatally wounded tonight by Henry Graves, of Vicksburg, musician In the same company. Both are colored men. The shooting occurred in the private car of the company. The car had been Blde- tracked at Spokane, awaiting the train for Wardner, Idaho, where the company was r Hi i ra lr mr rFi UAM w-- W(r J Person i 1CHEHAU3 $S X A s 1 V5" ?. NPtERfclL J JLj. ' '.WHITMAN! --p..t. K. J ,-..:. ! vricirl L C W rl , ,wr J AwaaTg" Yp" j UYVLII-Z. I CLARK The division by counties will be as follows: First District Skamania, Clark, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific, Lewis, Chehalls, Thurston, San Juan and Pierce. Second District Ferry, Okanopan. Stevens. Chelan, Kin?. Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom. Third District Doudas, Spokane, Whitman, Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Adams, Franklin, and Klickitat. to have played tomorrow night. Five of the company were playing penny ante. Stevens, who was undea the influence of liquor, was accused of holding out chips when eettlement time came. A,quarrcl began and Stevens attempted to brain Graves with a stool which had been va cated by Graves. The latter, so members of the company say, was trying to get away. Graves seized a revolver in an open locker at the plolnt to which he had retreated, and shot Stevens through the right groin, the ball passing through the abdomen and severing the femoral ar tery Jn the right leg. Stevens Is dyjng at a hospital. Graves Is held in jalL The company is in a badly rattled condition, but expects to get away today. M'KINLEY CAUSED CHANGE. Senate Committee's Rlfjht Abont Face In Army Promotions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. The right about face of the Senate committee on military affairs is one of the things that has been amusing Washington during the past week. The committee did not at all like the manner In which Generals Wood, Grant and Bell were promoted over old soldiers of long service, and they showed their resentment by holding up these three nominations with the intention of confirming the other Brigadiers, and giv ing these men an opportunity to be com missioned later, so that they would take rank below those upon whom the com mittee thought were entitled to more con sideration. The committee was almost unanimous in lbs opinion that none of these three men were entitled to any Buch distinction as was given them by the President, and especially Wood and Bell. The son of General Grant, twice President of the United States, it was thought, was perhaps entitled to an appointment at the foot of the list of the several men who had served 20 years or more In the Army, and who could not very long re main as general officers. Wood's ap pointment In the position he had would give him command of the Army as Lieutenant-General for about 14 years, an ad vancement that It was thought carried too much distinction for a man who was but recently a surgeon, with the rank of Captain In the Army. So the commit tee reported all other Brigadier-Generals, leaving out these three. This action was scarcely more than taken before another executive session was held, and the nom inations referred back to the committee. It reversed itself and reported the nomi nations as they were sent in. All this was brought about through a visit of a number of members of the mil itary committee to the White House. They were Informed that the President desired to see them. They went down there armed with all the arguments they had used In the committee of military af fairs, to show that Wood. Grant and Bell ought not to be promoted In the manner they were. They came back, and were most eloquent In their advocacy of the confirmation of the men as the President made out the list. In fact, they showed that It would be disastrous to the Govern ment and to everybody concerned if any change was made in the manner in which the President had made his selections. The committee being thus convinced, re ported the nominations just as the Presi dent sent them in. In fact, there are few men who have been President who have had the shrewd way of getting what they wanted out of Congress to a greater degree than has President McKlnley. There is mighty little that he asks for that he does not get. Every member of the military committee thought that some, old soldiers who had done so much to keep the Army up to a high grade of efficiency should have been considered before these young men. who had never been heard of until the Spanish War, and who accidentally secured their quick promotions. Wood was McKInley's physician. Bell has always been a man who enjoyed soft snaps In the way of de tailed duty, and was always getting up petitions and appeals for something in the way of better service. He made a good record In the campaign in Luzon, and was made a Brigadier-General of volunteers. Other men would have done Just as well, but he happened to have the opportunity! The argument made by the President In regard to Wood was that it would greatly endanger his Influence In Cuba if any thing was done which looked like a set back for him. . . Dyspepsia in Its worst forms will yield tn thn iiva nf H.irfpr's T.lhf1i Vom T)!n a ded by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Dose one oi cacn auer eaur.g. FRUITMEN ARE FEARFUL GOOD "WEATHER NOW WILL BRING TREES OUT TOO EARLY. Prospects Are Brlgrht for Hopsrevr- ers sad Pranejf rowers to Enjoy a Good Season. SALEM, Or., March 3. The present fair weather Is agreeable to nearly all classes of people except the fruit men. It Is feared that the warm weather may bring out the fruit buds and start the sap flowing free ly, so that a later cold snap will do seri ous damage. Owners of sheep and goats are pleased to see the end of the cold rains, for the bad weather caused the death of many kids and perhaps a few lambs. It is said that some farmers have lost half their young kids because of the cold, rainy weather. The difficulty seems to have been to provide shelter for the kids and yet let the goats run at large with lto erty to return to the kids at any time. Some of the farmers constructed covered enclosures with the fence low enough for PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS JOF W4i.AiTi.CiOM Y-OKArtOGAN ' i rf v 'i&T- HELT(H .skoh-omismY Ti H V 0-0 U 6 LAS !i w r y - r SKAHAMIA -r f2 .K LiCKI the goats to pass in and out, but too high for the kids to Jump. Those farmers who let the kids run at large have suffered for It. The present prospect for wool prices Is not encouraging to growers In this vicin ity. This Is not particularly a wool grow ing section, yet there are many small flocks of sheep throughout the county. A number of farmers held their clips last season for a higher price, and up to the present time have had small reason to re joice over It. They are hopeful, however, of a revival in prlcos. The hop men have every reason to ex pect a profitable year, and will conse quently take good care of their yards. The readiness with which last year's crop was disposed of at fair prices and the general belief that the supply will be en tirely consumed by the time the next crop is harvested encourage the growers to be lieve that good prices and an active mar ket will prevail this Fall. To what extent the Hopgrowers As sociation will figure In the hop Industry this season, does not now appear. It ha been decided that the Salem office will be kept open with Manager Wlnstanley In charge. The association will act as an agent for the purchase of hopgrowers' supplies, thus enabling the growers to save something on the cost of twine, sul phur, baling cloth, etc. Whether any at tempt at a pool will be made will prob ably depend upon the conditions that promise to prevail when the market opens. The officers of the association will make it their business to keep the growers in formed on the condition of the world's supply, the prospect for prices, etc. With the exception of a few who held their product for a price higher than the market warranted, the growers have noth ing to complain of, and should weather conditions be favorable they have a good prospect for the coming season. It Is true that California growers are still us ing their utmost endeavors to get rid of last year's crop, but there Is reason to believe that the large surplus in that state will not Injure the market here ma terially should the quality be good. Ore gon Italian prunes sold readily last Fall because they were first class In quality, and California fruit was held at too high a price. There Is a present prospect that California growers will be putting new fruit on the market before last year's crop is all out of the warehouses. This condition would in a measure be Injurious to prices there, and If the old goods are forced upon the market may direct at tention to Oregon for first-class fruit. The situation In which the California Cured-Frult Association finds itself Is not encouraging to those who favor an or ganization in Oregon and Washington The association has on hand the bulk of last year's crop and Is still holding It at practically the same prices as were estab lished at the beginning of the marketing season last Fall. To get rid of the fruit without cutting prices Is the problem. To cut prices would be to acknowledge fail ure. At a meeting of the stockholders of the association recently It was decided by a vote of 2184 to 249 that the directors shall be authorized to expend 5200.000 In adver tising cured prunes. This Is no small sum to be expended by the producers In adver tising their product, but It would seem by the vote that the growers realize that they are at the extremity and must adopt heroic methods. Just what Is the plan for pushing the sale of prunes, does not appear. The scheme most In favor Is to put up millions of sample packages of cured prunes, enclosing a recipe for cook ing, so that the best results will be ob tained. These packages would be distrib uted over the entire country with the ex pectation of thus Introducing this fruit into the homes of people of all classes. This plan, If adopted, will result in some good to Oregon as well as California. Another plan Is to Bell the prunes to Jobbers In quantities and allow the job bers a discount to be used In advertis ing. This plan would be in effect a cut In prices and probably will not be approved Oregon growers will watch with Interest the outcome of the expenditure of the 52M.000 advertising fund. Thope Interested in the association move ment will also watch with Interest the outcome of the suits brought last week at San Jose by the California association against two of Its members who sold their fruit outside the association. The mem bers had assigned their fruit to the com. bine by means of the usual contract, and later sold to a third party. The associa tion now brings suit against the members to recover the value of the prunes and against the buyer to recover the fruit Itself. It would seem that In these suits the defense would be that the contract was Illegal because in restraint of trade. A decision upon this point would be profitable to those interested in all sort of combinations of producers for the pur pose of keeping up prices. SUGAR FACTORY TO GROW BEETS. La Grande Institution Unable to Se cure Sufficient Snpply. LA GRANDE, March 3. The managers of the Oregon Sugar Company at this place have been quite active during the past week In their efforts to purchase land upon which beets may be grown this year. The reason for this step Is that It is unable to secure sufficient acre age from private Individuals. The fac tory Is not a qaying institution with much less than 3000 acres to draw from. Only 2000 acres have thus far been pledged, and the company proposes to make up the de ficiency if contracts cannot be made with the farmers. Manager Stoddard said yes terday that his company did not care to realize a profit from this end of the busi ness, but that if it was forced to grow beets it would do so, and at a profit. The intention of moving the factory to some other location, which when an nounced last Fall, caused a flutter of ex citement here, has been abandoned. The land Is here for any amount of beets de sired, If they can be grown at a profit. The right kind of labor has not been available for the beet fields. Cheap la- WASHINGTON. T j L LINCOLN ; ; Mason, Kitsap, Island, Clallam, Jefferson, Walla Walla. Kittitas, Lincoln, Yakima bor, not necessarily skilled, Is required, and in a section where there are so many other industries to attract the laborer, wages which eat rapidly into the profits must be paid. Japanese and Chinese have been tried, but without much suc cess. The best results have been ac complished with the Lapwaf and Umatilla Indians. The only feasible solution of the labor question is that the work must be done by families. This .means that the crop shall be grown in small fields of five acres or less, and not to the exclu sion of other farm products. The immi gration of the Mormons to Union County Is tending to bring "about this result. TAIIDY FOR TniS SESSION. Request for Scappose Bar Appropri ation Three Months Too Late. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. The residents If Columbia County, Oregon, have. In the last few weeks, awakened to the fact that they would like to have some provision made in the river and harbor bill for the Improvement of Scappoose Bay. They assert that there Is- a bar at the entrance to the bay which is detri mental to its commerce, and that it should be removed. While their cause may be worthy, the only fault to be found is that these industrious citizens have awakened just about three months too late. Their request did not reach Washington until the river and harbor bill had passed the House and was about to be reported by the senate committee. At that time they had no recommenda tion from the chief of Engineeers, and the delegation had nothing to work on. Appropriations can not be had In the river and harbor bill for tho mere asking. There must first be a survey and estimate of the cost, which must pass through the War Department, and, to be successful, must, as a rule, secure the endorsement of the Chief of Engineers, although this is not always necessary. The thing for the people of Columbia County to do Is to frame a request for a survey of estimate, and, when this Is made, they will then be In line to ask for an appropriation. But until this is had they can not hope to secure any appro priation whatever. Failure to secure such an appropriation Is not to be at tributed to any shortcoming on the part of the Oregon delegation, but to the lateness of the hour when the people asserted themselves. UMATILLA AS A DAIRYING SECTION. At Least 10,000,000 Pounds of Milk Will Re Prodnced This Season. PENDLETON. March 3. "Between 5,000.000 and 7,500,000 pounds of milk will be produced In the Camas Prairie dairy district during the coming seven or eight months," said F. W. McReynolds, a creameryman of that seotlon. "There will be COO milch cows there to supply J the creameries. The creameries will be- I gin Summer operations between March 15 and April 1. Express rates have been cut exactly in two, so that butter is worth Just one cent a pound more than it was before the express company granted the special rate. Prices for butter have been better than ever before during the past Winter, and creamerymen have been sell ing In a market .which has at times ruled seven cents a pound more than that quoted In San Francisco and other large cities." A creamer recently established at Mil ton Is using 5000 pounds of milk a day. the product of 120 cows. This will be more than doubled during the coming Summer. Camas Prairie with GOO cows, Milton 240, and many other localities hav ing large numbers of private dairies, makes It sure that Umatilla County will produce during the seven or eight months to come, at least 10,000.000 pounds of milk for butter manufacture. Oregon Mine Notes. John Webber struck a rich three-foot vein of gold-bearing quartz on the old Clock place on Gold Hill last Wednes day. It is learned by the Sumpter Miner that the new 20-stamp mill of the Bald Moun tain Company has been completed and can be set in operation at any time for continuous work. Active work Is going on In the mine and the grade of ore Is grow ing better. $100,000 Warehouse Burned. WASHINGTON, March 4. The ware house of the Nox Express Company, a four-story structure, was destroyed by fire early this (Monday) morning. Loss, 5100,000. The Condon city election has been changed by the new charter from March 5 to April U. : ( GENERAL APPROPRIATION WASHINGTON MEASURE OAIIIUES ABOUT ? 2.000,000. Committee Made a Wholesale Cut Normal Schools Get but CO Per Cent of Amounts Asked for. OLjYMPIA, Wash.. March 3. The gen eral appropriation bill will be reported in the Senate tomorrow by the committee on appropriations. It la estimated that the amount apportioned at the session will foot up almost 52.500.000, and that the gen eral appropriation bill Itself will amount to 52,000,000. The latter measure does not include road appropriations, nor de ficiencies already made up. The committee on appropriations has cut down greatly on the estimates made by the different state institutions of what they will need for their maintenance dur ing the coming two years. This 1b par ticularly true of the educational institu tions, the normal schools being held down almost CO Der cent of what they asked. The committee has not yet agreed upon the appropriation for the State Univer sity, that Institution being the main bone of contention. The principal items In the bill thus far agreed upon are as follows: Governor's office 5 32.S00 Lieutenant-Governor's office 2,000 Western "Washington Hospital for Insane 264,200 Eastern Washington Hospital for Insane 1S5.300 State Penitentiary 133.750 State Reform School 52.700 Soldiers' Home 45.200 School for Defective Youth 65.500 Board of Audit and Control 10,000 Secretary of State's office 22.500 State Treasurer's office S.975 Commissioner Public Lands 6S,310 Superintendent of Public Instruction 13.S0O Attorney-General's office 14,300 Expenses Supreme Court 56,000 Expenses Superior Judges 72.CC0 State Auditor's office 119.400 State Board of Horticulture 5,750 For grain Inspection (to be paid by grain inspection fees) 23,000 For office of Grain Inspector 5.600 Commissioner of Labor 5,225 State Board of Health 1,600 State Dairy and Food Commis sioner 8,600 Factory, Mill and Railroad In spector 3,990 Coal Mine Inspector 4,715 For office of Fish Commissioner.... 9.990 For scientific experimental station.. 10.000 For maintenance and improvements of state salmon hatcheries 96,450 Maintenance of National Guard.... 75.067 State library 13,000 Agricultural College and School of Science lOi.000 New Whatcom Normal School 90.250 Ellcnsburg Normal School 34.100 Cheney Normal School 42,500 State University allowance not agreed upon, amount asked 315,000 Of this sum 55300 comes out of the har bor area fund. This appropriation comes out of fish hatcherj fund. This Includes 540.000 for new buildings. FULL-WEIGHT BUTTER THE RULE. Snlem Creameries Are Working Un der Xew Stnte Lavr. SALEM, Or.. March 3. In accordance with the requirements of the new dairy law, Salem creamerymen have begun put ting up their butter in rolls of full weight. A pound roll now contains 16 jounces and a two-pound roll 32 ounces: Heretofore competition has led creamery men to make their rolls short In weight. While It was popularly supposed the rolls contained one or two pounds of butter, as tho case might be, the dealers and manu facturers took refuge behind the fact that they sold by the "roll" and saved an ounce or two on a pound of butter. In doing this they violated no law. The new law requires full weight and also that every roll be wrapped In a paper bearing the legend, "Oregon Creamery Butter, Guaranteed Full Weight." As violation of the law Is made a criminal offense, and a successful prosecution would be disas trous to a man's business, consumers may now feel certain what they are getting for their money when they buy creamery butter. Drevrsey and the Smnll-Pox. DREWSEY, Or.. Feb. 27. (To the Ed itor). Having noticed In several papers over the state misrepresentations regard ing small-pox In: thl3 town, I write you the facts as they are. We have had perhaps 45 or 50 cases In the town. In cluding those now sick. Many of these cases were very light. No deaths have occurred In the town during the Winter from any cause. E. A. HEATH Town Recorder. Washington Notes. Four vessels are under construction at Aberdeen for the Pacific Coast lumber trade. The Great Northern has paid its tax on rolling stock, movable and other per sonal property In Snohomish County. The tax amounted to 54413 IS. About 3 A. M. Friday the safe In the postofilce at Arlington was blown open and all the money taken. The loss to the Government will be about 5200. Under the rule granting free mall de livery to cities whose postal receipts ag gregate 510.000 or more annually, Aberdeen seems assured of that facility. For the year ending March 31 next Its receipts will be considerably In excess of the required amount. A. Lawrence, 76 years old, had his right leg amputated between the hip and thigh at Colfax last week. The patient stood the operation well and wanted to smoke a pipe two hours later. Owing to his ad vanced age and general weakness there Is little hope for his recover'. William Huntley, of Endlcott. Friday made the biggest sale of a single crop of wheat In Whitman County for several months. He sold 37,000 bushels, which was stored In warehouses at Endlcott, Diamond, Lees Siding and Wlllada. Of the amount sold 20,000 bushels was blue stem, for which Mr. Huntley received 43 cents per bushel, and for the bluestem stored In his own warehouse at Endlcott he received 45 cents. For the club wheat, of which ther'e was 17,000 bushels, Mr. Huntley received 41 cents per bushel. Twenty thousand bushels of wheat was sold to the Pacific Coast Elevator Com pany. Farmers are selling to avoid pay ing taxe on the wheat. The Aberdeen Council has decided to purchase a hose cart and 1500 feet of hose. Considerable wheat was sold at Oakes dale last week at prices ranging front 40 to 41 cents. Local transactions were heavy, and It Is estimated that not more than 10 to 15 per cent of the supply of that section Is left unsold. The Pacific Coast Elevator Company bought about 4000 bushels, and the Western Warehouse about 6000 bushels. E. J. Doneen, Inde pendent buyer, has bought and shipped about 4000 bushels. The Tacoma Grain Company has purchased at Rosalia, Mc Coy's and Oakesdale a total of about 9000 bushels. The Interior Warehouse Com pany has bought at Thornton, Belmont and Oakesdale a total of 12,000 bushels. The Farmers' Warehouse Company has purchased about 3000 bushels since the last report. It Is estimated that there Is not to exceed 150,000 bushels left in tha warehouses. The commissioners of drainage district No. 1, extending from Kent to Black Rlver held a meeting last week, at which Important steps were taken toward con struction of the drainage ditch. This ditch will drain the entire valley between Kent and Black River. The report of Civil Engineer O. F. Wegener that the survey, maps, profiles, calculations of cost and all other preliminary work for the main ditch from Orlllia to Black River had been completed, was received and approved. The report gives the length of the main ditch at 18.000 feet, which re quires 45,000 cubic yards of excavation and about as much clearing of the sloughs through which the ditch takes its course. The commissioners decided not to let the work out to the different landowners, but to advertise It In due time to be let out to some party who has the facilities to do the work by dredges and with- steam power. Oregon Notes. The new hospital building at The Dalles is receiving its final touches. The Brownsville Times says that Jack rabblts are becoming numerous in that section. Chemawa defeated Willamette Univer sity at basket-ball, Saturday, by a score of 12 to 7. The Hardman baseball team will play a match game with the Monument nine March 15. The City Council of Antelope has or dered the new charter and the ordinances printed In pamphlet form. The scouring mills at The Dalles were running last week, and washed a consid erable quantity of wool. They will be kept at work as long as wool can be had. The Baby quartz mine, on Jump-Off Joe, has been bonded to Harry Rice, D. Myers and J. R. Smith. The bond runs for a year and calls for 51500. Considerable gold has been taken from the mine by means of an arastra. Several good coal prospects have been discovered near Antelope, says the Re publican. Two experts are now out pros pecting for coal oil cropplngs in that vi cinity, and a drill will be started this Spring boring for oil. Oregon Indnstrlei. The Ashland woolen mill site has been sold to the Ashland Manufacturing Com pany. There Is talk of locating a saw mill on the Big Lucklamute, just above the Turner bridge. S. M. Stlers has a contract for banking 1,000,000 feet of logs for the Eugene Lum ber Company. The Thurston Lumber Company shipped three carloads of lumber from Dallas Tuesday morning. Quotations. Longman's. The first thought is apt to be that quo tation Is a mark of senility or enslave mentthe senility not of a man, but a literature, the enslavement of one litera ture to another. As the graybeard lives In the past, feeds on the doings of his j-outh, so we think should an exhausted literature depend on its past achieve ments; and as the eyes of a maiden look unto the heart of her mistress, so should an Imiltative culture confess Its inferiority. But English literature was neither effete nor slavish in Milton's day, and a page or two of the "Paradise Lost," echo haunted of many tongues, suffices to correct the notion. The truth Is that quotation, material or formal, as appeal to authority or as orna ment. Is almost universal, and that not only in literature. We see it in its sim plest form in common speech, where, setting aside for a moment the argumen tative use. It Is due to the desire not to say the thing you have to say In the plain way: it Is so dull to call a spade a spade; and It is so easy for the common place man to forget that he is common place by cultivating a little eccentricity in speech; Pistol and Nym were great men and eternal types; we are puny men and mere Individuals; but the impulse which dictated their words is alive In us; that same Impulse makes the cultivated wrap his meaning In irony, and If It makes the man in the street say "What, ho!" as he meets you, and "So long" as he leaves you, what Is he doing but quoting from the melodrama and the Navy? Next year he will quote from something else on the same occasions. Granted American Register. WASHINGTON, March 3. Senator Fos ter tonight secured passage of the bill granting American register to the steamer Balclutha, which bill passed the House last night. 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Lots of people com lnc from the country deposit their i money with him No other special- j. Henri Kessler, M. D., Manager. 1st on the Coast cau give such refer- ' ' - ence as thii old doctor, GOOD DOCTORS. Many doctors In country towns send natients to Dr TOlpr hwanw they know he is prepared to treat a,i WndS of private and chronic diseases! PRIVATE Diseasls- T,13 ,docior; Guarantees to cure any case of Syphillls, muniL. oonorrnca. Gleet, Strictures cured, no difference now long stand ing, spermatorrhea, Loss of Manhood, or Night Emissions, cured perma nently. 'Ihe habit of belf -Abuse effectually cured m a short time. YMIifi MFN Y,ur errors ant follies t)f youth can be remedied, and this lUUHU iulij old doctor will give you wholesome advice and cure you- make you perfectly strong and nealthy. You will be amazed at his success in curing dyernmiorrhea. Seminal Losses, Nightly Emissions, and other ef fects. KIDNEY AND URINARY COMPI.AIXTS. 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House Provision Restored for Im provement of "Willnmette and Yamhill Above Portland. WASHINGTON, March 3. The Oregon and Washington items in the river and harbor bill will probably remain as agreed to In conference this afternoon. For tho most part, the Senate provisions prevailed except In the cases of the Willamette and Yamhill Rivers above Portland, where the House provision of 570.000 was restored, of which 52500 Is for -the Independence revetment, and 512,000 for that at Corvallis Is restored. The mouth of the Columbia retains $300,000. with 51.000.000 additional for continuation of the contract. Senator Turner was able to hold the full appropriation for Tacoma and at Gray's and New Whatcom harbors, but the in sistence of Chairman Burton, of the House committee, killed the Seattle "ditch" pro vision. All other Oregon and Washington Items remained unchanged, and were as reported by the Senate committee. Pettlgrew threatens to kill the bill if the Irrigation amendments are not incor porated In the conference report, but it Is doubtful If he will hold out to the end. Pressure for the bill Is tremendous. Senator McBride today presented to the Senate tho credentials of Senator-elect John H. Mitchell, which were placed in the Senate files. The Orchllla and Agave. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. Foremost among the products of -Lower California is the orchllla, a lichen' grow ing on the stems and branches of low bushes along the coast. This orchllla looks like the gray moss found on trees in every country; it is a few inches Ions and resembles a gray beard. There are several kinds growing on the bushes, but only one species is valuable and worth gathering, and at the time of f the harvest we find camps of Mexicans here and there along the coast. When one place Is exhausted the camp moves to another lo cality. In five years or sot the orchllla has gro-wn again enough to 'be ready for another harvest. The only danger that the orchllla will be finally exhausted Is in the unscientific way of gathering: Along with the valuable variety grow one or two which are worthless for the pro duction of dye. These varieties are al lowed to remain untouched, and as a con sequence they will multiply more rapidly, and finally will drivo out the valuable kind. Another source of Income may be found In the agave, which grows in many localities. Its base is now used for the production of mescal, but the fibers of the leaves are said to be strong, and may be used for the manufacture of ropes, etc. No effort has -been made to utilize it for such purpose. Another source of revenue may be derived from the inex haustible banks of clams found along the coast. These clams were the chief food supply for the ancient Indians, who have thrown up the shells Into veritable mounds, 20 or more feet high and miles and miles in length. Several carloads of young cattle, 1 and 2-year-olds, purchased: from PeKon & Neil, were shipped by the Ashland Meat Com pany Monday to San Francisco. CASTOR I A Pot Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature or W&&M jr jA( Maryland Blub Pare Rye Ulfcisirey n old hec&mzh it is old BELT & CO., Baltimore, Md. FLECKENSTEIN MAYER CO.,Sote&hlrfoitors m Portland, Oregon Old, Read' This