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THE MOHNING OKEGONIAK WRIDAT. MATCH 29, 1901. EIGHT CANNERIES TO RUN .LARGE nUN OF PISH EXPECTED OX LOWER COLUMBIA. TCold-StoraKe Men "Will Be More Ac tire Than Usual, and Flaherxnen Count on High Prices. ASTORIA, March 28.As la usual at this time of the year, those Interested in the fishing Industry on the Lower Columbia River are busily engaged in making prep arations for the coming season, which tinder the new law will open April 15, live days later than heretofore. Boats are being overhauled and painted, nets pulled out of their "Winter storage quarters, and at the canneries and cold storage plants the machinery tested td see that it is in perfect runnig order. At the can factory, TVhlch manufactures the cans for nearly very cannery on the river, double crews are working night and day, so that all rrnay be supplied "w'hen fishing begins. What the reason will bring forth Is a inatter ot speculation, but Indications point to a very successful year, espe cially for the giUnetters. That there are an unusally large number ot salmon In the river for this season of the year Is known from the catches made by the fish ermen who have ventured to make drifts during ihe past few days. The great -amount of enow In the mountains in sures a big freshet with Its accompanying muddy water, a condition which augurs "well for the glUnettxrs, though not .in "well for the seiners and trappers. Though the number of canneries In oper ation on the lower rlTer will be at least two less than last year, the demand for salmon promises to be Just as keen. The capacity of two of the combine's plants, the Kinney and Elmore canneries, has been greatly increased, sufficiently. It is said, to make t:p for the plants closed down. Owners of cold-storage plants 1 are preparing to enter the field more ex tensively than in former yearn. The Tres cfitt Packing Company and Lindenberger & Alter, are erecting new freezing plants at Astoria, while Schmidt Bros., and J. M. Both will be in the market for larger quantities of fish than heretofore. As near as can be ascrtanicd, the canneries to be operated on -the lower river are -as follows: Pillar Rock, Meeler's at "Brookfield, "Warren's at Kathlamet. - McGbwan's at Chinook, "Union Fish ermen's, Sanborn's, Booth's, Elmore's and Kinney's, at Astoria, the latter two being the combine plants. The canneries "operated last year, and which will be xflosed this season, are the Cutting can ' "bery in this city and the combine's plant at Eagle Cliff: 'The former has been con solidated with the Sanborn cannery, and the latter Is being placed in readiness for tise should occasion require. The prices to be paid for flsh have not Tieen definitely fixed, but will probably be decided upon at "the meeting of the Colum bia River Fishermen's Protective Union Monday evening. Representatives of that body assert that the Eastern markets war rant fully as high prices as prevailed last year. They arc of the opinion that three-cornered fights between the cold storage men, the combine and the Inde pendent canners -will certainly mean the highest figures possible. Fishermen think S cents per pound will be given for cold storage salmon, those weighing 20 pounds or over, and G cents per pound for smaller flsh. Pleaded Guilty to Illegal Fishlnjc. Water Bailiff WIckman arrested a man named John Deraeyne last evening, near Eagle Cliff, with several freshly caught steelheads In his boat- Wo ! tnir before the Justice of the Peace, and plead ed guilty of fishing during the closed sea son. 'Sentence was suspended upon con dition that he discontinue fishing. McKInley Invited to ANtorla. A special meeting of the Chamber ot Commerce was held this afternoon, and the president instructed to send a tele gram to Washington, inviting President McKInley and party to visit Astoria, and the jetty and fortifications at the mouth of the Columbia River, while on their trip to the Pacific Coast. Cuntom-Housc May Be Improved. Major C. F. Cramer, supervising archi tect of the Treasury Department, with headquarters at Washington, D. C, is in the city today, investigating the matter of making some needed Improvements to the grounds around the Custom-House, It la estimated that the work will cost about mo. XEW GOLD-SAVING DEVICE. Intended tor Fine Particles Found In Sands How It Operates. BAKER CITY. Or,. March 2S. A new de clce for saving the fine gold found In the fands. of this part of the state, and cspo. rialiy along the Snake River. Is coming Into prominence. The device has been patented by J. W. Pollock. It consists of 11 sluice in which is placed a finely per forated "grizzly." Beneath the "grizzly" Is a sluice covered with burlap. At regu lar intervals along the bottom of the let ter sluice corrugated riffles are arranged. These are also perforated. A smalr steel trough leads from "beneath them through the side of the slulce-bdx into the concen trating tank placed alongside. Sand start ed through the main sluice passes over the "grizzly," and the line black material fcnd flake sold works through the per forated places In the "grizzly." The coarser material Is carried on and does hot come in contact with tho burlap be neath,, thus overcoming one of the diffi culties In the use of a burlap, sluice. But the burlap?ls not the dependence for sav ing gold In Mr. Pollock's system. As this, fine material is carried through the sluice It passes over the corrugated riffles along Ihe bottom, and naturally the heavier por tion drops through the openings in the bottom of he sluice. This gives the sand t doublo sifting, and is said to leave only Ihe metallic particles In the concentrating tame -me contents of this tank being amalgamated by means of copper plates and quicksilver, the gold is effectively saved. Tho difference between Mr. Pol lock's idea and that at the big Kankakee Bredger, which is using a burlap system, Is that the latter expects to smelt the fconcontrates, while Mr. Pollock thinks Amalgamation practicable. A comparatively short sluice may be used, Jie says, wjjere his system is adopt ed. rfrlffies; and burlap alone are depend ed upon, long sluices have to be- con structed, so thaf the. fine gold missing Ihe impediments for a time will ultimately be detained. Mr. pollock says only a small portion of values are being held by tho burlap In his system, which is as intended, &3 all values are gathered In the concen trating tank. The burlap system of sluicing has be come to be recognized as the only prac ticable method of saving the fine flako rold -of the Snake. It is so fine, averag ing about 1000- colors to tho inch, that II washes almost as easily as the black land found with It. When riffles were irrangcd In sluices for catching the gold, the black sand, would respond to this jravity system as readily as the fine gold, md after a fc.w minutes' run the riffles would be filled and -the fine gold going Sown, the sluice. Many attempts were mada ta -overcome this difficulty. At, last pergtors hi the big dredgers noticed that" the jBumerous men washing the bars along' ihe Snake with the old crude rocker -were aslng burlap In the bottom of the sluices. Investigation proved that the fine flake fcold 'had ragged edges, which caught in Ihe fiber of. the burlap, and was thus held. The black sand particles had more the thapo of cubes, and. .did not stick to the surlap ilka the gold. The dredges Tfrere atted-otltUAvith Jjuzlap-alulces,, ,and, for the firstlimo operated at a profit StlUiti -was-found th4t.niuch of the"flnf -old'isap'ea,'aa the mosreiHc!ent system did not produce such results as assay tests Indicated were possible. This led to further experiments, the most Important of which were made last season by the big Kankakee dredger, owned by Senator William Smith, Captain C. H. Thompson and- others. Sluices were built to concen trate the fine black sand and gold, sep arating It from the vast quantities of White sand. These concentrates were sent to the smelter by the dredger company, thus saving nearly all the gold contained. This method Is to ho followed by the op erators of the Kankakee dredger this season. Mr. Pollock's invention promises a more economical and equally as effect ive a way for separating the particles of gold from the sand. Crosscut to Be Run txt Chloride, Work will soon commence on a 200-foot crosscut at the Chloride, which Is to be used as the main -working tunnel. A great amount of development work has been done on this property, which Is located in the Rock Creek district. As Superin tendent G. B. Rodgers is preparing for the running of a working tunnel, it would seem that the time Is not far distant when a reduction plant will be erected on the Chloride, and it will become one of the producers of this region. Eastern Stockholders Visit Mines. E. A. Smith, vice-president of the Mam moth Mining Company, and one of the directors of thp Bald Mountain, and C. E. Carter, a stockholder in both con cerns, passed through this place yester day, en route to their properties. The gentlemen' hail from Lowell, Mass. Man ager H. S. McCallum met them In Baker City. This is the first visit of the East ern officers or stockholders since Manager McCallum got the mills under way. The five-foot Bryan at the Mammoth has been grinding nearly two months, while the 30 stamps at the Bald Mountain have been dropping about two weeks. The lat ter was closed down for a time by one of the ore-feeders breaking. The piece has been replaced, and the splendid ma chinery is again ready for work. Another temporary delay was caused by some trouble over a reservoir site, which slight ly Interfered with the water rlghts of the company. ThlF has been successfully ad justed, and all the power needed for a much largor plant will soon "be available. ?1100 Gold Xusset. ELLENSBURG. Wash.. March 28. A gold nugget worth J11GQ was today taken out of the Henton McCauley mine In Swauk district. This Js the largest ever found In that camp, the moot valuable one heretofore taken out being valued at about JC00. The nugget has been taken to New York, and -will probably be ex hibited at the Buffalo exposition. Quotations of Mining: Stocks. KPOKANE. March 28. The closing quotations tor mlnlnff stocks today were: Did. Ask, Bid. Arte. Amer. Boy .. 8 JjW Morn. Glory.. 414 4 Blacktail .... 8V4 Butt's & Bos.. 1 Crystal , 4 Conjecture .. 2 Deer Trail ... 24 Dewey 2Z Gold Ledge... 1 I. X. L 15 Iron Mask L. P. Surp... Cft Mtn. Lion ...20 SH (Morrison 4, &?fc miPrln. Maud -- l',s 1 4IQun.p SVt 33 34Hamb. Car ...25' 2ii 2fe,HopubUo 20 20 Z'-hlKwirvatlon ., 3 4 2 IRoss. Giant .. 2 3U, 21 iSulllvan S Sft 3S4roni Thumb...l24 13V, Iht, Waterloo 2 2Vi SAN FRANCISCO. March 28. Official closlns quotations for mlnlnc stocks: Alta Alpha Con .f0 00 Justice ?0 03 Kentuck Con 1 Mexican 38 Occidental Con ... 0 & Andes G 0 . 2i Belcher Best & Belcher. Dphlr 70 Bullion lfOverman 14 Caledonia 7TPotosl 14 Challenge Con 'Savage ....... Sep. Belcher .. jSlerra Nevada 14 1 33 42 Chollar Confidence Con. Cal. i Va... Crown Point .... Exchequer Gould & Curry... 2 30SlIver Hill 13 Standard 4 00 1 Union Con 22 lCIL'tah Con ........ 0 Hale Bt Jiorcross. 14 Yellow Jacket .... 10 Julia IS NEW YORK. March 28. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con fO 23Llttle Chief JO 14 AUce 34,Qntarlo 0 00 Breece 1 SOjOphlr 72 BrunRwlck Con .. 4Phoenlx 8 Comstook Tunnel. "wiPotosl 12 Con. Cal. & Va. . 2 OOlSavace 10 Deadwood Terra.. MlSIerra f.'erada ... 32 Horn Silver 1 lOiSmall Hopes 05 Iron Silver 583tandard 4 00 Leadvllle Con ... 5 BOSTON, March 28. Closing: quotations: Adventure ? 15 00'Humboldt S 25 00 Blng. M. Co.... 24 37Osceo!a 84 50 Amnl. Copper... 00 75iParrott 52 25 Atlantic 32 00QuIncy 175 00 Boston & Mont, 353 O0 Santa I"e Cop... 8 25 Butte & Boston 08 OOiTamarack 335 ol Cal. & Hecla... 850 OOlUtah Mining ... 33 25 Centennial 27 00' Winona 4 75 Franklin 21 OOlWolverlnes 51 00 CREAMERY COMPLETED. Eugene Plant Will Go Into Opera tion Next Week. EUGENE, Or., March 2S. The new creamery here was completed yesterday. It will begin operation April 1, and has a fair prospect of sufficient business to make it a success from the start. C M. EUspass, the proprietor, expects to manu facture from 400 to 600 pounds of butter per day while the season is at its best. In building the plant, however, Mr. Els pass made provision for a probable in crease In the milk supply, and Is pre pared to make n. ton of butter per day. He will not depend upon farmers bringing milk to the creamery, but will send his own teams through the country and col loct the cream. The farmers will have separators and do their own skimming, keeping the sklpamed milk. The machin ery of the new creamery Is of the most Improved pattern, and Is arranged so that the greatest amount of work can be done with the least number of hands. NEW POWER CORPORATION, "Will Operate In 'Wasco, Sherman and Klickitat Counties. THE DALLES, Or., March 28. Articles of Incorporation of the Interstate Power Company were filed In the office of the County Clerk yesterday. The object of the concern is to construct and operate an. electric light plant at the .mouth of the Deschutes River for the purpose of generating and conducting electria power to points in Wasco, Sherman and Klicki tat Counties: toinstltut0 an electric light system in The Dalles and other points in the territory heretofore mentioned: to build and construct mills and factories of various kinds and furnish electric power for manufacturing and commercial purposes. The Dalles will be the prin cipal office of the company. E. Kurtz, W. H. Moody, H. L. Kuck. L. "E. Crowe, Max A. Vogt, J. P. Mclnerny and E. M. Will lams are the Incorporators. FOR WOODBURKT ELECTION. Ttfo Ticket Which Arc to Be Voted For Monday. WOODBURN, Or.. March 28. The Citi zens License party tonight nominated the following ticket to be voted for April li Mayor, Walter L. Tooze; Councllmen. R. M. Hicks, Oecar A. Nendel and Fred Dose; Recorder. Judge C Frank Whitman; Treasurer, Edward H. Wright; Marshal, Ramon A. Moshberger. The citizens' ticket, representing to a large extent the prohibition element of the town, nominated officers as follows: Mayor. William E. Flnzer; Councllmen, R. M. Hicks. David A. McKee and E. P. Moroom; Recorder, Judge, C. Frank Whit man; Treasurer. Edward H. Wright; Mar shal, Fred Prevoat. Cannot Be Sold for Taxes. CHEHALIS, March 2S. County Attor ney Stewart has decided that the county cannot sell land for delinquent taxes which was filed on by Indians under the law of 1S75, and revised in 1S9-L He holds that the premises are to be held Ip trust for 25 years from the time a patent is iBsucd to the Indian. His opinion further states that tne county should redeem tea delinquency certificate and pay the holder Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. Judge Linn has rendered a decision In the Shueber ditch case. He holds that tho warranto must be paid In the order In which they were issued. The question of Interest was not decided. INSURANCE ON SCHOOLS MIGIIT BE BETTER FOR. DISTRICTS IF STATE CARRIED IT. Small Proportion ef Premlaa Are Returned LlRht General Tax SnfCKCfttcd or Purpose. SALEM, Or.. March 23. There has re cently been some agitation in favor of carrying less lnsuranco on nchool prop erty In the City of Salem, tho contention being that the expense to the taxpayers is too great. There Is some reason to believe that the contention Is well founded, and that the school districts the state over pay more for Insurance than they should. In other words, the Indications are that it would pay tha state to carry Its own Insurance on school property. For the last 10 years, according to the biennial reports of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the school dis tricts of the state have paid out for In surance $121,348 42, or an average of $12,000 per year. No record has been kept of the amount of losses sustained nor of the amount of money received from In surance companies, 50 the only way to Judge of the returns from this expend!, ture Is by the reports In the newspapers of schoolhouse fires. It will occur to every reader that the destruction of a schoolhoune by Are Is a rare occurrence, and It would probably not be rash to say that not more than J21.0C0 of the amount paid out in 10 years has been returned. It is possible that losses to a greater amount than this have been sustained, but mm In a position to learn of such matters estimate the amount at a still smaller ?um. Marlon County's contribution to the expenses for Insur ance in the last 10 years was about 511, 000, and as far as can be learned the losses by fire have not exceeded one tenth of that amount- Multnomah Coun ty paid J3M26 during the decade, and the losses were but a small pirt ot this sum. In the preceding 10 j'cars, the Harrison-street School was burned, with a loss, It Is said, of $15,000. Insurance is. of course, profitable to tho Insurance companies, even though their expenses are enormous. It Is a necessar transaction for Individual property-owners, for a man who has all his wealth In consumable property can not afford to take the chance of a loss. No small district can afford to go with out Insurance, for a loss by fire would Involve It In debt. But the state, as a whole, can well afford to be Its own in surer on buildings so widely scattered as are the schoolhouses. Compared with the whole wealth of the state, the losses of any one year would bo inconsiderable, and the amount saved In Insurance pre miums would many times exceed the lobses. It Is probable that each county might be able to carry the Insurance on its school buildings, though the losses would be felt less If the system were made a state affair. It has been suggested that Instead of the present method of Insuring school property, a small general state tax levy be made for the purpose of reimburs ing school districts for the loss of their property by fire, the money to remain in the general fund until needed. In or der to guard against abuses, the system could be carried on much the same as Is done by Insurance companies, the state paying a district only a portion of Us actual loss, for example, 80 per cent. There would be no Incentive then to burn a school building, and when a loss should be sustained the amount received from the state would make the burden for the district light. It will probably occur to thosa who have observed the trend of officialism that the establishment of this system would open the way for tho employment of a school Insurance adjuster, at a bur densome salary. This, of course, is a matter to be considered. In view of the J readiness of Legislatures to multiply of fices. And yet the saving of something In the neighborhood of $100,000 In 10 years Is not a small matter. Unless school house fires should suddenly become fre quent occurrences, there Is no reason why losses should not be adjusted with out any expense whatever. The State Board of Education has re cently taken the view that the state can afford to carry more of Its Insurance than It has been doing, and the amount of Insurance on the state eelemosynary Institutions has been somewhat reduced. Tho danger of fire In these Institution? is very slight, and It is thought that the state can better afford to carry a portion of tho risk than to pay the amount charged by insurance companies. Heretofore School Clerks have not been required to report the amount of money received by them from insurance com panies on account of losses by fire, but In the new form for annual reports Sup erintendent Ackerman has included this item, so that In the future It will be known exactly what returns the state gets for the large amount paid out in Insurance premiums. Acknowledged by Secretary Loner Secretary of State Dunbar today re ceived a letter from Secretary Long, of the War Department, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the resolution of th$ Oregon Legislature expressing the desire of the people of this stato that tho services of Captain C. E. Clark, of the battloshlp Oregon, be more matorU ally recognized by the United States. The letter states that after the adoption of this resolution the President nomi nated Captain Clark for advancement In his grade six numbers for eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle, and the United States Senate confirmed the nomi nation. The letter closea with the as surance that the War Department holds in high esteem the services rendered to their country by Captain Clark and his officers and men. Athletic Exhibition. The two athletic clubs of Willamette University will give an exhibition at tho varsity gymnasium, Saturday afternoon. The women's club will give an exhibition of fancy club-swjnglng, and the men will perform some of their newly learned feats In tumbling, and both clubs will engage In games of basket-ball, 'Willamette University Vacation. The Spring vacation at Willamette Uni versity will begin tomorrow night, and last one week. Received at the Penitentiary. G. F. Vanco was received at the Peni tentiary from Yamhill County today, and will serve one year on a conviction of larceny from a dwelling. Payment on State Taxes. Benton County today paid $2500 on its 1S99 state taxes. Supreme Court Case Set for TriaL The case of Cass Wygant vs. D. H. McLaughlan, Chief of Police, which was recently set for trial In the Supreme Court on April 3, was today set for trial on April 2, to accommodate the parties. Tbla is a habeas corpus case. New Officers of Elkx. 8ALEM. March 28. The Salem Lodge of Elks tonight elected the following of ficers: Exaltod ruler. Frank W. Durbln; leading knight. H. H. Ollnger; loyal knight, George L. Rose; lecturing knight. Edward Judd; secretary, Edward N. Edes; treasurer, E. C. Patton; tyler, Alex. Connoyer; trustee, W. H. Byrdj representative, W. D, McNary; alternate, F. T. Wrlghtman. GOOD FRUIT CROP PREDICTED. Red Hill Trees Show Up Well Last Year's Prunes Beings Shipped. SALEM, Or., March 28. Bruce Cunning ham, a well-known orchardlst of the Red Hills country, says prospects are favor able for a good fruit crop. The fruit buds have a good appearance, and the trees will be In full bloom In a week or 10 days. The only Injury that might now befall the prune trees would be continued cold rains during the blossoming season. Mr. Cunningham 6ays that If the trees remain In bloom three days without rain, no dam. nge could be done thereafter, for the fruit would eet In that time. The few remaining carloads of last year's crop of prunes arc rapidly being shipped away, and Oregon warehouses will be empty long before this year's crop matures. GAINING, NOT LOSING, MILK. Logun Cheese Factory Gets Gilt Kdare Priee for Product OREGON CITY, March 2S. An unfound ed rumor has been In circulation that the Logan cheese factory was unable to supply Its regular customers with cheese owing to the withdrawal of some of the farmers from the company, It has also been said that a disagreement existed regarding the conduct of the cheese fac tory. Fred Gerber, salesman for the fac tory, and O. D, Robb'ns, secretary and treasurer of the company, were in town today. Mr. Gerber Bald: "It Is not true that we have been crip pled In the production of cheese by the withdrawal of some of our members. The milk product Is Increasing, and we are still making the prize cheeso of the world. We tool: the prize at the Oregon state fair last year, and we are going to take It again this year. An Oregon City mer chant who had been buying from us ran out of cheese and did not notify us that he. wanted any more. He began buying Utah cheese, which be sold at 15 cents a pound, while ho formerly sold ours for 16 cents. But he will continue selling our cheese at 1 cent a pound more than he can get for cheese made In cither Califor nia or Utah. We brought In 750 pounds of cheese today, which does not look as though the output was diminishing to any great extent. We are prospering Im mensely, and we want our Influence to extend to all parts of Oregon as proof that the state can produce as good cheese as Is made anywhere In the world." Will Bore tor Artesian Water. OLARKSTON, Wash., March 2S. The Vlncland Company Is preparing to begin boring for artesian water. It will go at least S0O0 feet If flowing water Is not reached at a less depth. The machine which will bo used Is designed for a depth of 10,000 feet The company is expecting a heavy derrick, and has sunk a shaft to a depth of 20 feet until solid rock was reached. It Is expected that the drill will be dropped for the first tlmo within the next 10 days. The work once started, the company intends to continue day and night until artesian water Is obtained. Brownsville Anti-Saloon Ticket. BROWNcTVILLE. Or., March . Fol lowing is tho anti-saloon ticket for the city election April 1: Mayor, W. C Cooley; recorder. F. H. CaJder; treasurer. J. H. Glass; Marshal. H. F. Halller; Council! man. First Ward. J. H. Pearl; Second Ward, I. N. Warmantle; Third Ward, J. M. Ralston. The election promises to be the most Interesting In the history of the place. Halibut Fleet Breaks Record. TACOMA, Wash., March 2S. The halibut fleet, which has Just put In at Lower Puget Sound ports, has broken the record of eight years for early catches. Eleven boats brought In 200,000 pounda of halibut, most of which will be sent East at once. lorran Buys Orcjron Farm. FOREST GROVE. Or., March 28. Tho Jena P. Hansen farm, two miles west of here, was sold today to E. W. Lamb, of Iowa, for JSOOO. NORTHWEST DEAD. Washington L. Coon, Oregon Pioneer ALBANY, Or., March 2S. Washington L. Coon died at his home near Peoria last evening, aged 76 years. He was a pioneer of iSSO. He was born In Jefferson Coun ty, Kentucky, afterward residing in Illi nois, Missouri and Indiana, where he taught school for many years before com ing to Oregon with an ox train. He took up a claim near Peoria, and taught the first school in that part of the county. From 1S54 to 1S7 he resided in the East ern States, making two tours of the coun try. At the age of 55 he married Mrs. Bane, at Washington, Pa, With his bride he returned to Oregon, and had since redded at Peoria. Louis E. Du Park, of Astoria. ASTORIA, Or.. March 23. Louis E. Du Park, of this city, died at the residence of Alex Normand. near Olney, this morn ing from apoplexy. He left here Satur day for Cruiser's Gulch, In the Nehalero Valley, where he Intended to locato a miner's claim, but upon reaching Olney was taken 111 and could not proceed fur ther. Tho deceased was a native of France, 62 years of age, and came here from Weston, Or., in ISSi. He was un married, and It Is not known that he had any relatives living. D. B. Pickens, of Snlesa. SALEM, Or,, March 23. D. B. Pickens died at his home In this city last night, aged 3 years. Deceased was born In Tennessee, and came to Oregon In 1S62. He left a widow and seven children, all grown. The children are: John and Jo seph Plokens, of Balem; Thomas Pickens, of Montana; Lewis Pickens, of Republic, Wash; Charles Pickens, of Castle Rock, Wash.; Mrs. Nancy Haley, of McMlnn vllle, and Mrs. Sadie Lewla, of Castle Rock, Wash. Mrs. Georre 8. Howard, of Medford. MEDFORD, Or., March 28. Mrs, Emma Howard, wife of George S. Howard, aged 3S years, died this morning. Deceased leaves a husband and three small chil dren. Interment will be In the Jackson ville cemetery. Oregen Notes. Albany College will becin its second term examinations April 2. Teachers of Douglas County will hold an Institute at Roseburg. April 3, 4. 5. The O. R. & N. will supply Rs yards at Pendleton with a new switch engine. The Albany Council has authorized a warrant for $2250 Interest on the city's Indebtedness. A deed has been recorded at Corvallls, conveying from A. J. Johnson to J. H. Albert 25 acres of land at Kings Valley for $10,00). The jury in the case of the man found dead Sunday seven miles east of The Dalles, decided that he had been killed by parties unknown. John and Louis Gerber have purchased of the state 610 acres of land on Sprague Rlyer, known as the O. C. Applegate sec tion, for about $6000. The Court of Baker County has an nounced that it will receive bids up to April 20, for the transcribing of records affecting real estato in the Panhandle of Union County. Lyman Brown has got out almost enough rock for the Court House, at the quarry recently opened on his ranch, says the Fossil Journal. It is a very hand some gray stone, capable of taking on a high polish. Fred CUtt and W. E. Moore went to Miller Island Saturday and got somo teeth from the skull of the famous old racehorse Rye Straw, that was burled there eight years ago. says the Klamath Express. They were wanted by a horse man of Salem, who will have them mounted for watoh charms. Those who like to see Immense schools of fish, most of them weighing from two to six pounds each, ought to be here, says the Klamath Republican. Five min utes' walk from Main Btrtet brings one to the shores of Klamath Rapids, whore every little nook, bay and tributary creek are so crowded with mullets that their backs stick out of the water. Or dinary fishing with hooks, spears or even nets Is too slow to think of. With a pitchfork or with naked hands a back load may be thrown out In five minutes. THREE PLUMS SHAKEN OFF WASHINGTON HOARD OF CONTROL NAMED BY GOVERNOR. TrrO Democrats and One Republican Latter Gets Long? Term; One of Former, Chairmanship. OLYMPIA, Waeh., March 2S. As fore casted by The Oregonlan, Governor Rogers today appointed Charles S. Itecd, of Seattle; Henry Drum, of Spokane, and Ernest Lister, of Tacoma, memberq of tho newly created State Board of Control. Mr. Reed, the Republican member, was given the six-year term: Mr. Drum, the four-yeor term, and Mr. Lister, the two-year term. The short term member will be chairman of the board. After April 1 the board will be stationed In this city. Arbor Day Proclamation. Governor Rogers issued a proclamation today making Friday, April 5, Arbor Day. and recommending to the people that on that day they engage in planting trees, shrubs and vinos. PORTLAND Y. M . C. A. WON.' Bnskct-Dall Players Bested Vancou ver In Deciding Game. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 28. The Portland Y. M. C, A. team defeated the Vancouver Athletic Club players In a hotly contested game of basket-ball here last evening by a tveoro of 9 to 7. This makes the Portland team the winner of the series of games between tho two or ganizations, each having two games to Its credit previous to last night's contest. The score when time was called on the first half stood 4 to 2 in Portland's favor. During the first 10 minutes' play of the second half, the Portland team made three points, and the Vancouver players four points, making tho score a tie. Thus it stood until a few seconds before the end of the game, when the visitors scored a basket, adding two points, which gave them the game and the series. The line up of the teams was as follows. Y. M. C. A. Center, H. Wilson; for wards, R. Stakes. A. Wilson; guards, P. Freeman, G. M. Stedman. V. A. A. C Center, J. Cane; forwards, F. Norton, W. DuBols; guards, D. Mc Master, E. DuBoia. This game ends the basket-lall season for the Vancouver Club, with the excep tion of the match to come oft at the Mult nomah Club. In Portland, Saturday even ing, at which timo the second game will bo played between the ladles' team of the homo club and the ladles' team of the Multnomah Club. For Reception of Returning Soldiers. Extensive preparations are being made at Vancouver Barracks for the recep tion of the Thirty-fifth Infantry, now en route from the Philippine Islands, The regiment Ig expected to reach San Fran cisco about April 20, and. will probably arrive here for muster out five days later. The commodious company barracks, the bath-house and the mess sheds and tent floors used during the organization of the regiment are being overhauled and put in condition. A large number of tents have been ordered from San Francisco, for the accommodation of those for whom room cannot be found in the barracks. Bicycle Tax Soon Due. The city bicycle tax will be due April 1. Every person riding a bicycle within the limits of the city Is required to pay $1. One thousand bicycle tags have been re ceived. The number sold last year was upward of 00. The money derived from the bicycle tax is used in building and re pairing bicycle paths in the city and coun ty. During the two years the ordinance has been In force, the greater part of the material used in the paths constructed has been purchased out of this fund. The principal paths laid out and built up to this time are the Vancouver-Fellda path, extending about six miles northwest; the Vancouver-Fourth Plain path, tho Salmon Creek path, and the Vancouver-Mill Plain path, each of about the same extent as the first named. AH of these paths are well graded and graveled, and provided With substantial bridges. It is probablo they will be extended the coming season, and a new path built along the Columbia River road leading to Fishers and La Camas. This last would be one of the easiest to construct, and on account of the scenery along the route, could easily be made the moat popular of any path n the county. TURNS UP IN NAXAIMO, Man Whose Disappearance Two Years Ago Created a Sensation. VANCOUVER, B. C, March JS.-vV special from Nanaimo says: Harry Adamson Lund, whose strange disappearance from the steamship Eddy, in New York, two years ago, created such a sensation In America, has turned up in Nanaimo, where he has been work ing In the mines for some time. He la not In the least deranged and can give a yery good account of himself from the time of his disappearance. Friends at Nanaimo Induced him to communicate with his relatives In England, and thus the story became known. Lund was on a tramp steamer when he dropped out of sight. He took another name and went immediately to an old friend of his at Nanaimo. He has no desire to return to his home or the sea. Military Orders. VANCOUVER. BARRACKS, March 3, Captain James M. Arrasmlth. Eighteenth Infantry, with 30 of the enlisted men be longing to the company of convalescents, will jrarrison Boise Barracks, and be re sponsible for all public property and stores at the post. qaptain Lucius E. Polk, Forty-third Infantry, United States Volunteers, with 30 men. will take command of Fort Walla Walla, and Captain Charles P. George, Sixteenth Infantry, with 35 men, will gar rison Fort Wright, and receipt to the of ficer there for all public property trans ferred to him. Colonel W. E. Dougherty has been de tailed as special Inspector, and will leave for Camp Osborne, at once, to Inspect Quartermaster's property reported to be unserviceable. Frank Shephard. Hospital Corps, and Sergeant James Washington, Company L, Twenty-fourth Infantry, left for Washing ton, D. C, as an escort to Webster Alt man, of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, who has become insane. Important Washington Decision. OLYMPIA, March 2S. The Supreme Court, Justice Dunbar, today ordered the release of two boys who were com mitted to the Reform School on tho charge that they had, with other lads, broken Into & house In their neighborhood and the house In which they lived was not In good condition. It seems the boys mother is dead. The decision Is one of Import ance, as a number ot inmates of the Re form School have been oommltted on sim ilar grounds. Canton Band for Tacoma Carnival. TACOMA, March 28. The Elks' Car nival Committee has engaged the Canton Grand Army Band of 20 pieces to appear here during the 10 days carnival In Aug ust. The band Is President McKlnley's favorite organization, and has appeared at every political convention where he has been nominated. It occupied a promi nent position in the inauguration cere monies In Washington this month. Deputy Assessors. Assessor J. C. Pendleton, of Jackson, has appointed the following deputies: C. C. Taylor, Phoenix. Talent and Roxy precincts; S. F. Morlne, the region north of Rogue River; Royal Brown. Eagle Point and the Butte Creek country: J. M. Whipple, the mlnlrig districts. Mr. Pendleton will assess property values In the cities and towns personally. Success to the Exposition. Walla Walla Union. It is pretty far ahead yet to 1905, but It is never too early to begin a discussion of a proposed exposition like the one talked of for Portland in commemoration of the famous Lewis and Clark expedi tion. It Is proposed to make this a Na tional affair, and the scheme bids fair to crow to a final realization. The whole Pacific Northwest should take an Interest In this proposition. It Is not for Port land alone, but for all this boundless coun try. Everj state In this section already has pledged Its. support to the enterprise, and If the proper degree of business or ganization is displayed. Portland will have an exposition which should throw all pre vious efforts far in the shade. It Is now almost a century since Cap tains Lewis and Clark made their mem orable trip into the then wild and unex plored Louisiana Purchase. Ono ot the greatest achievements of history was the manner In which this small body ot men traveled from St. Louis to the Pacific and return. They passed through this fertile country, made reports of their observa tions and gave to the world the first In formation of the vast possibilities of the country between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Today as we speed over the country in luxurious palace cars with every comfort of home, wo marvel at the daring of this little band which made the entire trip and lost but one life. Sergeant Charles Floyd, who died August 20, 1S03. at the present site of Sioux City, la. A handsome granite mon ument, 100 feet in height, has just been erected to the memory of this man, the State of Iowa having given $300 and a similar amount having been appropriated by Congress. The Pacific Northwest has just as deep an Interest In the achievements of these brave pioneers, and It Is well to honor their names. The Portland exposition should be made a success, if for no oth er reason than to commemorate the Lewis and Clark expedition. Washington Notes. A new Irrigation canal Is being surveyed on the Yakima Indian Reservation. The ditch will be three miles in length and three feet wide. The Puget Sound National Bank has in stituted suit in Chelan County against the Warrior General Mining Company on notes aggregating over $30,000. It has also asked for a receiver for the prop erty, which is valued at $200,000. A man was found dead 25 yards from the railroad on Providence Hill, six miles south of Llnd, last Tuesday. He was shot under the chin, and the ball went out of the top of his head. The man was about 40 years old, weighed 135 pounds, had black hair and a mustache. The indications aro that the Yakima Valley will have a very large crop of all kinds of fruit this year. The apricots are not Injured, and unless a late frost comes there will be the first crop for years of this fruit. The orchards are being thoroughly sprayed and cleaned up for a successful harvest. A large area of tho Yakima Indian Res ervation at Toppenlsh Is being planted in onions. H. M. Gilbert will have com pleted planting 60 acres within a few days, and F. Groshen has about 110 acres which will be planted In this crop. The seed are chiefly of the Red Wethersfleld and Yellow Danvers varieties. The Skagit Oil Company, which has had a corps of experts prospecting four miles east of Sedro-Woolley, has met with suf ficient success to warrant the bringing In of a large amount of machinery. The plant comprises a seven-ton drilling ma chine, with engines and boilers and sev eral extra strings of tools. D. B. Shellar, superintendent of the Rainier Forest Reserve, has been visiting North Yakima and making investigations regarding the grazing problem. He as sures the people that only the minimum number of sheep will be permitted on the reservo the coming season, and those will be carefully restricted to given areas, where it is thought but little damage may be done the watershed of the Yakima Valley Irrigation supply. The dates set for entering and leaving the range are fixed as July 1 and November 1. Leases will be made with the shepherds on April 22. DOLEFUL PROPHECY. Correspondent Sees a Panic Sweep ing Down Upon Ua. PORTLAND, March 2S. (To tho Edi tor.) I had supposed that old humbug, "Overproduction," was as dead as an Egyptian mummy, until I read in your issue of March 25, an article clipped from the Wall Street Journal, entitled. "A Re markable Exhibit." I quote "There Is sure to be overproduction, and that Is always what brings commercial reaction." I believe It was the Oregonlan, or the late Senator Dolph, who said that overpro duction was but another name for want of proper distribution. There Is no such thing as overproduction of the necessaries and comforts of civilized life, if properly distributed to those who need them, and who would be glad to exchange their labor, or the product of their labor, for them But If the facilities of exchange are Inadequate, or there are obstructions that bar exchange It may be made to ap pear to the unthinking that trAre Is over production. Thus some years ago the farmers in Nebraska wero burning corn for fuel, because they could not sell their corn and buy coal. So there was said to be an overproduction of corn. At the same time the coal miners In Ohio were thrown out of employment, because they could not sell their coal, and there was said to be an overproduction of coal. Their families were almost starving for the corn the Nebraska farmer was burning, because he could not get the coal these Ohio miners could not min because It could not be sold. There wa3 an over production ot bread In Nebraska, and that was the reason tho Ohio miner's family was starving for bread. There was an overproductlonn of fuel In Ohio, and that was the reason the farmer in Nebraska had to burn bread to keep hla family from freezing. This is the current logic of the whole overproduction theory, so industriously propagated by knaves to fool the gulls. Let us reduce It to absurdity. Km that hnv neross the street, with M ft s-l-MErt jj nt tho Paris Exposition 1900 B H jj-jSy was awarded to tho makers o! Wm 1l I Gordon Mat, V:',igi Gordon, quality means some- HiO '''xit- R jHlnU, ask your dealer about it. I i He Says So Don't doubt your doctor. If you haven't perfect con fidence in him, get another. If you have just the one you like, ask him this straight, plain question : What do you think of Ayer's Sarsaparilla?" If he says it's good for tired people, good for puri fying and enriching the bloody good for weak nerves, and good for building up the general health, then remem ber his advice. Perhaps one of these days you will want to profit by it. 31.00 a bottle All drcnlst. J r AYETC CO., Lowell, Macs. ragged coat, out at tho elbows, trousers out at the knees? Why Is he sp Illy clad? Why, his father is a weaver, and his mother a tailor; they have worked so hard, and made so many clothes that the boy has to go nearly naked! See that other barefoot boy beside him? His father is a shoemaker, and has made so many shoes that his children ail have to go barefoot! That long, lean working man coming here says he has not had a loaf of bread, a pound of meat, or but ter In his house for a week. He and his family have lived on "spuds" and greens straight, just because of the "commer cial reaction' or hard times, brought on because the farmers have produced too much wheat, pork, beef, and butter, and the miller has ground too much flour, and the baker has baked too much bread! If the fool farmers keep on Increasing their crops of corn, wheat, pork, beef and butter, we will surely have another "commercial reaction," a real live finan cial panic. Increasing bank failures, fac tories will close, and our people will surely starve! May the good Lord send floods, or drouths to destroy the crops, the rot to kill the sheep, the cholera to destroy the hogs, and the rinderpest to declminate our cattle, so that we may have no com mercial reaction," continued good times, abundant prosperity that all may be well fed, clothed and hnppy! And this Is Wall Street, gold standard, national bank, political economy! And why Is Is resurrected now? Because these tricksters well know that the present fi nancial system, sooner or later, perhaps soon, will bring on another panic, or rather intensify the present one. They want some seeming plausable cause to attribute it to. other than the real one; hence they begin to resurrect old "Over production." Every Invention of labor-saving imple ments and machinery, immeasurably in creases the people's power to produce. Production, therefore, will continue rap Idly to Increase. If overproduction brings bad times, then hard times must Inevi tably intensify. If production fails, or slackens, we know that will bring hard times. We are then in the unhappy pre dicament that Lprenzo Dow said the doc trine of predestination placed all man kind: "You can. and you can't, you will and you won't, you will be damned If you do, and you'll bo damned If you don't." Great heads these gold standard, na tional bank editors have! I. admit there is a vast "overproduction" of these. JOHN P. 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