..T,HE JfOKNING. .' OHEGOSJAX. MONDAY, , AUGUST - - 26, 1901.
SHOTBYSALOON ROBBERS
MASKED MEJf IX TAC02IA. KILLED
- OXE aiAX ATTD "WOUXDED TWO.
Desperadoes Were Thought to Be
Masqo.era.der and Command
Were Treated as a Joke.
TSACOMA, Aug. 2a.. A sensational saloon
bolfi-up and murder occurred early this
morning while the carnival crowd was on
its -way to the masked ball. '
Two masked men entered the Elk saloon
at 1548 South C street and ordered the
occupants to throw up their hands. Pro
prietor Hermsen-took it to he a Joke of
the revelers and remarked: ' f
'You're coming it pretty coarse."
The answer was "a. shot from one of the
men's revolvers that grazed the forehead
of Edward Pfankachen and slightly
wounded J. Kempin.- Three pairs of hands
shot into the air immediately and the men
meekly did the bidding of the robbers.
They emptied the till and were standing
in front of the bar, when Kempin saw an
opportunity to escape. 2e bolted toward
tho door to call for help. A shot from the
revolver of one of the men passed dan
gerously near his back and buried Itself
in the wooden partition near by.
Ben Johnson, an employe at the smelter,
had juat pushed open the door to enter
the saloon when Kempin, rushed by him.
One of the robbers shot at the newcomer,
and the ball struck him above the left hip.
He dropped to the flo&r In the doorway J
with a cry that he haa been snot, ana aieu
half an hour later. The two highwaymen
dashed out of the place, not -even pausing
to look at the dying man on the floor,
and sped up C street and were lost to
sight
H. J. Hermsen, the proprietor of the sa
loon, in his story of the occurrence, said:
"When I saw two masked men come in
I thought they were simply masqueraders,
and when they said, "Put up your hands,'
I replied: 'That's pretty coarse work,
bays. A shot was instantly fired and
when I saw the blood on Pfankachen who,
with Kempin, was standing at the bar, I
hold up my hands. They took 530 out of
the till, and my watch and chain. The
roan's hand shook violently as he took
the money, and he seemed to be badly
rattled."
"They fired another shot at Kempin as
he ran 'out. Johnson was coming In and
the robber seemed to get rattled again
and shot him.
"I think the men were new to the work,
for they acted In an excited manner and
bqgan shooting without waiting to see if
we would resist. They fired at least
three shots, and perhaps one more, for I
was too excited to count."
of the Fourth Cavalry, ordered here from
Manila. They are expected during the
first week of September.
Oregon Ifotes.
The Klamath County wheat crop "will
not be as large -as it was last year.
Hopgrowers at Woodburn complain or
a scarcity of help to harvest the crop. v
The Sherman County .Horse Fair As
sociation will hold a fair at "Wasco some
time this Fall to encourage the breeding
of good horses of all kinds.
The first crop of alfalfa in Klamath has
been cut and cared for. The second crop,
which will be cut next month, prom
ises to be much larger than the first.
Crook County can boast of two lady
mallcarrlers, and they handle the rib
bons with as much dexterity as any of
the male drivers, says the Prlneville
Journal.
Owing, to the delay in the receipt of the
new text-books, it has been decided by
the Board of Directors of the Ashland
public schools to postpone the opening of
the Fall term one week, or until Septem
ber 9. .
The apple crop of the Rogue River Val
ley promises to be a great income-pro-
ducer during the present year. Not only
is the yield a full one, but the quality is
finer than usual. A number of contracts
have already' been entered Into by grow
ers to sell their crop at 90 and 95 cents
per box, and in one or two Instances as
high as II 15 has been the price named.
These figures do not Include packing, etc.,
which will be done by the buyers.
NEGLIGENCE IS CHARGED
BOXDS3IEX HEARD FROM IN DAVIS
DEFALCATION' ' SUIT.
Stipulation Recently Filed Does Not
Show the Facts In the Case
What the Records Prove. .
SALEM, Aug. 25 Negligence on the part
of the'Pennoyer-McBrfde-Metschan School
Land Board Is strongly imputed In the
stipulation recently filed In the Davis
defalcation suit by Bondsmen Bingham
and McCornack, and Attorney-General
Blackburn. The Attorney-General has al
ready charged negligence in his suit
against the board, but it remained for the
bondsmen to point out more definitely
wherein the board was negligent.
It will be remembered that in the stipu
lation ft was agreed "that in, the trial of
the suit against the bondsmen no evi
dence of facts should be received other
than the stipulation. Among the facts
agreed to were figures showing that Davis
had paid into the state treasury some $29,-
hls books show to a cent how much he
collected and should have turned into the
state treasury- 1The report to the board,
was supposed to show that fact. If the
report showed the amount collected, the
State Treasurer should have known that
$31,000 of the money had not been turned,
over.- If it did not show the amount col
lected, it differed from the books at the
land department, and the discrepancy
must have been apparent.
So -far as The Oregonlan correspondent
has been able to learn by an inspection
of the printed reports, Davis did not ren
der a full statement of all moneys col
lected and disbursed by him. Neither
does the Davis report seem to harmonize
with the report of State Treasurer
Metschan. Those familiar with the meth
ods of state bookkeeping may he able to
verify the stipulation that a full report
was rendered, and It may be found that
the Davis figures correspond with the
Metschan figures, but to the ordinary in
quirer for facts this does not seem probable.
IN THE RICH PALOIISE
OLD WHITMAN HAS A. RECORD,
BREAKING WHEAT CROP. .
May Reach 8,000,000 Bushels Usual
Tendency to' Over-Estlinate a ,
Big; Crop.
NOT A STRIKE-BREAKER.
Al Gelser, of Bnlcer City, Explains
His Northport Contrnct.
BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 22.-There has
been some talk here to the effect that Al
Gelser, who fs in the market for a lot of
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WALLA WALLA STREET RAILROAD.
' WaHlilnsrton Notes.
There Is some talk of the resumption
of work at the coal mines near Castle
Rock.
The Xiewis County Sunday School As
sociation will meet at Chehalls Septem
ber 3 to 5.
The' people of Hlllyard will have a
telephone exchange In operation within
two weeks.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company
Is doing considerable Improvement In Its
roadbed in the vicinity of Cosmopolls.
The report that the Anderson & Middle
ton mill, at Aberdeen, would shut down
turns out to .be untrue. The mill can se
cure plenty of schooners, despite the
strike at San Francisco.
PUN FOR TAMMANY.
As Kindly Pointed Out by an Au
thority That Knows It.
O. R. Bnllon and Associates Wanted
a Franchise.
'WALLA WALLA, Aug. 25. After con
sidering the subject several weeks, the
Judiciary committee of the City Coun
cil reported an ordinance granting O. R.
B&Hou and associates the right to lay
and operate a street railway through cer
tain designated streets for 25 years. In
some manner a clause appeared In the
reported ordinance which did not meet
the approval of Mr. Ballou or a ma
jority of the committee, and the pro
posed ordinance was laid over to an ad
journed meeting, which was held Friday
evening. The consideration of the ordi
nance occupied the attention of the
Council and a goodly number of citizens
nearly four hours, and resulted In the
making of several amendments and the
passing of the -ordinance as amended by
o. vote of six to one.
The ordinance grants the privilege of
operating the road for three years from
Its passage, with "modern Improved
motors, known as noiseless steam
motors": after that date the road must
be operated by "electric power in the
manner known as the 'overhead double
trolley system.'" The Toad Is to be op
erated in connection with the proposed
suburban line. The company is allowed
to lay 'T" rails, provided It will care for
the street for two feet on the outside
of each rail and plank between the rails
at street crossings. An attempt was
made to compel the company to begin
operations on a 20-mInutes schedule. It
Is provided that failure to operate the
road for two weeks shall work a for
feiture of the franchise. The company
Is to pay the city for the franchise ?100
a year for the first five years, ?150 for the
next five years, and $250 a year for the
remainder of the term. If the road Is not
completed within a year from the date
of the ordinance the franchise is to be
forfeited.
"Who is behind Mr. Ballou is a question
which has not been answered by him or
any one connected with him. Some in
sist that he is backed by the Northern
Pacific. Others Insist that the granting
of the franchise was opposed by the O.
R. & N. Co. This much Is certain, the
construction of the proposed suburban
line to Milton will not work to the ad
vantage of the O. R. & N. In fact, it
will Invade its territory, and if It Is op
erated as a heavy freight road, as well
as a suburban passenger road, as op
ponents of .the franchise claim, it will
provevb&rieficial to the W. & C. R., one,
of the feeders of the Northern Pacific.
The vast bulk of the people "want a
street railway, and are not bothering
their heads about who is to operate it.
They regard the granting of the fran
chise to Sir. Ballou as the rubbing off of
a big patch of moss from Walla "Walla.
Commencing September 1 the W. &
C. R. will run a .-dally passenger train
between Dayton and Pasco via Walla
Walla, leaving Dayton at 4:30 and Walla
Walla at 6:45 P. M., and making close
connections at Pasco with the trains on
the Northern Pacific going East and
West. Passengers for Walla Walla and
Dayton can take a sleeper at Pasco and
not t)e compelled to get up until 7 In
the morning. The connection at Pasco
will be made between 10 and 11 o'clock at
night.
The directors of School District No. 1,
"which covers Walla Walla City and some
of the surrounding country, have decided
to refund outstanding bonds of the dis
trict to the amount of 525,000. They hope
to get the money at 4 per cent. An at
tempt will be made to make a popular
loan after the plan followed at Salem.
Work of construction on the Fruit Fair
buildings has been delayed by the non
arrival of lumber. The contractor pro
cured other lumber, and is rushing the
work. The fair promises to far exceed
all previous ones. An occasional yield
of wheat is reported that must make the
eyes of Eastern farmers bulge out with
amazement and cause them to regard
Walla Walla farmers as the most for
tunate tillers of the soil, or direct de
scendants of Baron Munchausen. Fred
Stine reports that he cut 675 acres of
red chaff wheat on his farm, over the
line in Umatilla County, that gave an
average of 43 bushels per acre. George
Struthers, on Eureka Flat, cut 570 acres
of bluestem that produced 37 bushels
per acre. Bruce Ferrell. at the foothills,
cut SOO acres of bluestem that averaged
55 bushels. State Senator Reser Is re
ported as cutting 1200 acres of bluestem on
Russell Creek that produced over 55 bush
els per acre.
The saloon-keepers are planning to
make both ends meet under the new li
cense law, which requires them to pay
5316 more than the $350 a year for a
license they have been .paying. One plan
Is to increase the price of drinks, except
beer, to 15 cents. Beer may remain at 5
cents and may be raised to 10 cents a
drink. Jt is not expected many of the
saloon-keepers will retire because of the
Increased license.
Fort Walla Walla is helng'put in con-
JUtJon for the coming of the three troops JLtrlbutlona
Brooklyn Eagle.
An editor of a paper In London has
been arraigned by the House of Commons
for "a gross Insult to Parliament." "What
did he say or do? He said "the Irish
members were as bad as Tammany Hall."
The holding of that to be "an Insult"
establishes, a new record, as Cresceus did
on Thursday.
To some Americans the event Is incredi
ble. To others It Is not. There are those
who do not regard Tammanyas a force
or term of opprobrium. There are others
who do. Americans fight out their differ
ence of opinion on that point In political
canvasses and vote It out at the polls.
They do not go to law about It. They do
not summon assailants of Tammany be
fore the Board of Aldermen, which Ald
erman Bridges knows is superior 'to both
houses of Parliament.
Surprise will be general in the United
States at the estimate In England of Tam
many as a word of reproach. Not that
England was to regard it as a term of
commendation; but that England was
expected to regard Tammany as a body of
politicians by some themselves for In
stance esteemed to be all right and by
others their opponents for Instance
held to be all wrong. With that Eng
land would, It was thought, be content.
The unanimous agreement of the House
of Commons that Tammany Is a word of
libel and approbrlum Is, indeed, strange.
Nor Is that all. Those who denounced
the term as one of disgrace were, for all
the word, the members of Parliament
from Ireland! The members of Tam
many from Ireland or of Irish descent
do not think that Tammany Is a word of
reprehensible import. Far from It. Nor
do the members of Parliament from Ire
landt when In America, passing the hat
around for money collection, so regard
Tammany. In fact, Tammany Hall Is
generally the first place In which they
pass the hat around and It never comes
back empty. One cannot account for the
facts cabled today. The Irish ' members
of Parliament confess that they have to
do many things to keep the Tory Cabinet
awake or angry, but their latest device
was such a blow to friendship as may
severely strain love and chill "collec
tions." .
Of course, Tammany would have no
objection to Parliamentary condemna
tion, were It not started and demanded
by denunciatory "Irishmen whom Tam
many has been in the habit of "support
ing" In order to permit them to keep up
their war on the hated Sassenach. Mem
bers of Parliament receive no salary.
The minimum sum on which an II. P.
can live in Great Britain is 200 a year,
about $1000. Affluent Irishmen In the
United States have been In the habit of
contributing annually to the support of
Irish members. The rule has been for a
man here to say. "Put me down for a
member," or "I'll carry two members,"
one very liberal Irish capitalist here long
"carrying" as many as six. The re
cipients did not know who were their
benefactors. They were paid out of a
fund, the contributors to which in Amer
ica not knowing to whom their money
went. No confidence Is betrayed In say
ing that Tammany was by far the larg
est contributor. To find such a repay
ment made as the House of Commons
procedure of Thursday suggests must be
not a little galling.
Beslde what a rich opportunity it gave
to the ruthless Saxon I Arthur Balfour
summoning an English editor to the bar
and forcing him to apologize for using
the word Tammany against .John Red
mond and other Irishmen presents a spec
tacle rarely seen. John Redmond com
pelling Balfour to do that Is a fact to
jar the foundations of the wigwam in
Manhattan. And the honored leader In
Wantage, less than an hour's ride from
Westminster, and as mute as a mouse!
There seems to be nothing permanent.
Politics appears to spell Ingratitude. The
case Is so awful that we presume expla
nations will never cease-and will never
cease to fail.
A subtle theory is that attributed to
Mr. Redmond to justify his action: "Tam
many." he is reported to have said. "Is
so truly our friend that It will not object
to our making an opportune use of the
odium It undeservedly suffers." But
Tammany could well rejoin: " 'Twas all
very well to dissemble your love, but
why did you kick me downstairs?" And
liniment better than language -suffices for
such a situation. Tammany has a right
to contend that It is getting a poor re
turn for Its liberal Investments in Irish
members. More plausible solutions of
the mystery than the one suggested will
have to be furnished. It Is Tammany's
idea that "the odium it undeservedly
suffers" Is something its real for true
friends should repel, not capitalize, espe
cially when some of those fdends live on
the -wealth which Tammany acquires by
conscientious labor, under the prevail
ing rate of wages law, against much
unmerited obloquy, considerable errone
ous press criticism and wanton Jerome-Moss-Phllbln
suspicion and Interference.
Actually, the explanation ascribed to
Redmond rubs in brine where the Bal
four lashes remorselessly fell. Nothing
could better please Tammany- than pure
ly English denunciation, but that Is not
this case. What the case Is has been
told. What is the explanation which
does not explain has not been withheld.
Tho mystery deepens the more it Is
studied. There should certainly be a
meeting of the general committee or a
deputation should be sent to Wantage
demanding that the lord of the manor
Insist on an unconditional apology or a
meeting of The Hague Conference to
consider the subject Meanwhile there
should be at least a suspension of con
S. B.' CATHCART.
NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF COOS COUNTY PIONEER AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
MARSHFIELD, Or., August 25. S. B. Cathcart. who has Just been elected
president of the Coos County Pioneer aud Historical Society, Is one of the best
known men In Coos County. He has been. In politics for years, having held the
position of County Surveyor for nearly 20 years. He Is a stanch Republican.
He was "United States Mineral Surveyor for District No. 0 for six years. Mr.
Cathcart was born in Orange .County, Indiana, April 22, 1842. He came to
Oregon in the Fall of 1853. He has lived in Coos County since 1809. In 1879.
Mr. Cathcart married Miss -Dora Landrith, an Oregon.-pioneer of 1855.
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000 more than he had collected. The Ore
gonlan discovered and; called attention to
this manifest error, and the stipulation
was, thereupon, corrected to correspond
with the facts, showing that Davis was
$31,000 short. This stipulation of facts, In
Its present state, makes a showing worth
closer attention than has been heretofore
given It in ,a general way. The seventh
paragraph In the statement of facts Is as
follows:
"That prior to the 14th day of January,
1S95, the said Davis made a full state
ment, in the form of a report to the said
Board of Commissioners, of all moneys by
him collected and moneys by him dls-.
bursed, which report, with the report. of
the said Board of Commissioners, was subr
mltted to the Legislative Assembly of
1895."
It Is therefore agreed that while Davis
was $31,000 short in his accounts, he made,
a "full report to the board, showine all
moneys collected and disbursed." Then
the report must have shown the short
ace. It could not have been a "full re.
port showing all moneys collected and disi
bursed," unless it did show a shortage.
This report the School Land Board re
ceived and transmitted to the Legislature
without calling the Legislature's attention
to the shortage therein shown. Davis,dld
not report direct to the Legislature, (but
reported to the board. This report wa.s
transmitted to the Legislature with a let
ter signed by Governor Pennoyer, Secre
tary of State McBride and State Treas
urer Metschan, and the report thereby be-'
came the report of the board. By trans
mitting the report over their signatures,
the members of the board gave the Leg
islature to understand that they vouched
for the accuracy of the report. In fact,
the printed document Is entitled the "Bi
ennial Report of the Board of Land Com
missioners," so that the board made it
self the author of the report, Davis having
performed merely the clerical, work. The
Legislature was given to understand that
the board knew what was In the report.
But here rises another question, Was
tne report, as agreea in me supumuou,
a full statement of all moneys received
and disbursed? If It was such a stater
ment, the board was negligent In not dis
covering the shortage therein .shown. If
It was not such a statement, then the Attorney-General
and the bondsmen have
agreed to something that is not jtrue. This
question is of great importance because
the state's case against the bondsmen
may hang upon it. If the report was a
full statement, then Davis gave the board
and the Legislature notice of his short
age in January. 1S95. If It was not a
full statement, the state has agreed to
something that binds It against Its own
Interest. Attorney-General Blackburn has
charged in his complaint that the state
was prevented from discovering the defal
cation In 1S95 through fraud and deception.
But If Davis made a report showing the
money received and disbursed. It Is diffi
cult to understand hojw the state was
prevented from discovering the shortage.
If the report was false, the stipulation
should how that fact In order that the
court may have all the facts before It.
It has been repeatedly stated, Is gen
erally believed, andmay now be conceded
to be a fact, that Davis charged himself
with every cent he ''ever collected for the
state. The fault lay In his failing to
turn the money over to the State Treas
urer. The fact that he charged himself
with all the money he collected gives
ground for the assertion that the School
Land Board, or at' least the State Treas
urer, could scarcely have failed to de
tect a shortage. The report" which Davis
made to the board contained a statement
of all moneys collected. The State Treas
urer's books showed how much money
was paid into the treasury. If a glance at
the two totals would not disclose a dis
crepancy amounting to nearly $31,000, it is
difficult to Understand what purpose the
state has In employing bookkeepers for
the treasury and land departments. Even
though a member of the School Land
Board were not looking for a shortage,
his Interest in the business entrusted to
him must 'indeed be small if he failed to
note at the end of the year the condi
tion of the funds under his charge. If
Davis had collected money without mak-
ilner an entry thereof In his books, the
JVrong could, not he easily discovered but
men to work on' some, big contract,' which
he. has In the vicinity of Northport,
Wash., is working to get men up there
to relieve the strike situation in that
part of the country. When seen today
about it, Mr. Gelser said:
"There is nothing In the talk that is
being made about the contracts I have
'taken at Northport. Like any other
contracts, they are merely a matter of
Business speculation with me. I thought
I saw an opportunity to make some
money, and still think so, and will carry
out my agreements'. I have taken an In
dividual contract to do so much In the
matter of construction at Northport, to
deliver so many tons of lime per day at
the smelter, which I will quarry my
self, and to extract and, deliver so many
tons or ore from the Le'RoI mine, which
I will extract with my own men, and I
will start next week, with Superintend
ent Williams, for the scene of work. I
kpow no man, black or white, and any
competent man who wants work can get
It. If he Is not competent he will not be
retained. Men who have worked for me
know that they get their pay and fair
treatment. Over 200 men have already
signed to go with me from here to work
at Northport, "and I have no doubt I can
get all the men' I need;, as I have" no deal
ing with the companies any further than
to do the work I have agreed to do, and
they will have nothing to do with me but
pay.j.for the work as done according to
contract. Myself, Superintendent Williams
and our shift bosses will do the work,
boih at Northport and at the mines."
An Invitation From Lipton.
E. B. Gaze, of this city, has received an
Invitation from Sir Thomas Lipton to join
him on his yacht in New York harbor and
witness the great races for the America's
cup. Mr. Gaze is an old-time friend of
Sir Thomas, whom he knew In the old
country. They have not met very often
of late years, and this will afford them
an opportunity to renew the acquaint
ance of boyhood. Mr. Gaze will be one
of the honored guests 6"n board Sir
Thomas' private yacht during the races.
Board of Trade nt Dallas.
DALLAS, Or., Aug. 25. Last night the
citizens and business people of Dallas
hold a. meeting at the City Hall for the
purpose of organizing a Board of Trade.
Mayor M. M. Ellis was chosen chairman,
and J. C. Haj'ter secretary of the tempo
rary organization. A committee on per
manent organization was appointed, con
sisting of Messrs. Luther, Hayter and
Chapman; prominent business men of
Dallas. Other minor committees were ap
pointed. Much Interest was apparent. The
meeting adjourned to meet for permanent
organization Tuesday evening.
Marking: Salmon.
ASTORIA, Aug. 25. Superintendent Han
sen, of the Chinook hatchery, has, during
the past week, marked about 2500 young
chlnook salmon by cutting a U-shaped
piece out of the upper portion of the tall.
The fish were turned loose Immediately
after the marking. He Is also taking the
salmon from four traps in Baker's Bay
and hauling them in crates up to the
hatchery. Mr. Hansen says he will get
about 700 large salmon, and with the av
erage percentage of females believes he
will be able to secure fully 2,000,000 eggs.
Dishonorable Discharge.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. Private
Luther E. Trowbridge, Company D,
Twenty-eighth Infantry, now at Vancou
ver Barracks, having enlisted under false
pretenses, will be dishonorably discharged
from the service.
Hospital Steward John L. Henderson
has been relieved from duty at Fort St.
Michael, Alaska, and ordered to Vancou
ver Barracks.
Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. A postofflce
has been established at Nulato, Alaska,
with Julius Jette as postmaster.
The postofflce at Ruthburg, Washing
ton County, Idaho, is to be discontinued
August 31.
E. Sperrenson has been appointed past
master at Ovid, Idaho, vice M. Rosen
baum, removed.
COLFAX, Wash., Aug. 25. (Staff y cor
respondence.) That vast area of rich
land, with vague and flexible -boundaries,
which is known as the Palouse country,
will do more than usual this season in
swelling the proportions of Washington's
wheat crop. Whitman County Is not all
of the Palouse country, but it produces
the big end of the crop, and for years
held without dispute the title of the "ban
ner wheat county of the state." This
claim to first.place was disputed last year
by a new aspirant for glory In the wheat
growing line, Lincoln County claiming a
larger out-turn of 'wheat than could be
shown by Whitman. This year Whitman
promises to turn off the larjre9t crop !
that has ever been harvested ia the j
county, although a few conservative op- ;
erators question whether it will reach that
of 1S97, There are so many wild esti
mates floating around regarding Lincoln,
that It Is very difficult to get an accurate
line on the cropj
Whitman, however, has the wheat In
sight, and will come to the front with a
yield of approximately 8,000,000 bushels,
or about 50 per cent greater yield than
that of 1900. Three factors have contrib
uted to this Increase. There was an un
usually large acreage In Summer fallow,
which Is now turning off a crop. There
was also some new acreage whlohvls this
year producing its first crop. The third
and greatest factor In the Increase, how
ever, is In the splendid yield of both
Winter and Spring wheat. Climatic cdn
ditions In a large portion of the Palouse
country were undoubtedly well nigh per
fect to produce such a crop as Is. now be
ing harvested. Last year the lower part
of the heads on a stalk were fairly well
filled out, but the head "pinched out" at
the top and left a half-filled mesh. Thl3
year the head has filled perfectly from top
to bottom, and the berries therein are all
plump and well rounded, so they are
weighing in some cases as high as C3 and
64 pounds to the bushel. This extrava
gant yield, coming after so many farmers
had been expecting a repetition of last
year's. crop, has caused some very exhil
arating estimates to float out of this
country.
Crop Has Been Over-Estimated.
There is no difficulty in finding men who
will assert with an air of utmost confi
dence that "old Whitman will turn off
twelve mllllon.slr; at least twelve million."
As for lO.OOO.OOb-bushel estimates, they are
plentiful. And yet there are good, con
servative men who have traversed the
.width and breadth of the county and are
In the closest possible touch with the
business, who will be very well satisfied
with 8,000,000 bushels, and-even a fraction
less. As these same men estimated last
year's crop at between 5,000,000 and 6,000,
000 bushehjf while others had their figures
around 8000,000 bushels, their estimates
on the present crop are certainly entitled
to great consideration. In a poor year,
when bad crops are the rule, and all of
the farmers are In the same boat, they
seek and find company for their misery by
reportlng crops, if anything, smaller than
they actually are.
A bountiful year like the present puts
a different phase on the matter. With
yields of 40 bushels to the acre quite
plentiful, 50 bushels in a few Instances,
and nearly everything going above 30
bushels, a poor crop has a tendency to,
make a grower ashamed of ,the results.
He Is Inclined to view the returns as a
reflection on his- skill or Industry as a
farmer, and to 'the best of his ability
he guards the figures, or when asked
about them, places them higher than
warranted bj- the threshing returns. A
case of this kind near Garfield In the
"40-bushcl country,' Illustrates the man
ner In which, apparently welL-founded es
timates may have their value weakened.
A man who had threshed a 160-acre crop,
reported 22 bushels to the acre, that being
his measurement, and the amount for
which he collected his thrashing fee. The
owner of the wheat, when questioned,
said that he did not know exactly what
rls crop would run, but on being pressed
said he thought It would run from 30 to
35 bushels to the acre, and possibly-more.
Until the wheat Is actually "sold, and
weighed Into a warehouse where a record
Is kept, there Is no method 'by which
such discrepancies as this 'can be de
tected( and due allowance must be made
for th'em.
Big Crop of Ontii.
In Whitman County, as in Walla Walla
and Umatilla County, considerable de
pendence Is placed on the distribution of
bags as an index of the wheat crop.
Even this method of computing the
wheat crop will be more at .fault than
usual this season. Beyond all question
more grain bags will be used in Whit
man County than ever before, but It Is
equally certain that more of them will
be used for oats and barley than in any
previous year. Not only Is there a large
acreage of oats, but the yield Is phe
nomenal, some growers reporting as high
as 85 and 90 bushels to the acre. E. H.
Newton, living two miles southeast of
this place, threshed 10,500 bushels of oats
from 150 acres, of land, and 5800 bushels
of wheat from 100 acres of land and a
careless sack estimate might Include this
oat crop with that of wheat. The Spring
grain In the county did not all escape
the late frosts, and some of It was
caught at a critical time, just as It came
out of the boot, with the result that It
will be cut with a mower Insead of a
header. On the high lands, damage of
of this nature was light, but In some
of the coulees It caused trouble. This
comment Is not made disparagingly for
the purpose of discrediting as fine a crop
of wheat as was ever turned out here
or anywhere else. It Is simply a state
ment of conditions which are such as to
preclude the possibility of the crop
reaching the high estimates which some
people are sending out regarding It.
There is nothing to be gained by over
estimating a big crop, and something
may be lost. Shipowners may be inclined
to demand higher rates when they think
an unusually large amount of tonnage
will be required, and even wheatbuyers
will not pay any more for wheat when
there is 50,000,000 bushels In sight than
they would when there was but 30.
Farm em Will Sell.
With a yield so much In excess of their
early expectations. Whitman County
farmers are naturally feeling In pretty
good spirits, and there seems to be quite
an Inclination to-sell, although present
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a larger proportfpvn, of the crop of this
coimty than that of any other county In
the state. Portland's prestige In this
respect will no't bnly be maintained dur
ing the coming season, but will be slightly
increased. Not only are the largest
yields on the O. R. & N. Co.'s lines
through the .county, but nearly all of the
new acreage in the county this year Is
down In the vicinity of La Crosse, Hay
and Meeker. Aaron Kuhn's new bucket
tramway will also shoot 250.000 to 300,000
bushels of wheat out of Whitman County
on to the Snake River boats for trans
portation to Portland. The wheat which
will go out over this- tramway Is from
a section which has previously had no
outlet except by the Northern Pacific's
Genesee branch, or a long wagon haul to
Pullman, where both roads had a chance
at the business. The O. R. & N. Co.'s
Washtucna branch Is also well supplied
with wheat, and will pull a considerable
amount of business from tho main line
of the Northern Pacific In the vicinity
of Connell. E. W. W.
OAIIiY METEOROLOGICAL KEPORT.
PORTLA?JD, Aug-. 25. Maximum tentpKfc
ture, 77; minimum temperature, 53; river read
inp at 11 A. M., 4.7: change in 24 hours, none;
total precipitation, 5 P. M. to 3P. M.. non
total precipitation since September 1, 1HjO.
42.70 Inches; normal precipitation, since Sep
tember 1. 1900. 46.0.7 inches; deficiency. 3.03
Inches; total sunshine August 24. 7:14; pol
ble sunshine Aueuat 24, 13:42.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
STATIONS.
BOTH SIDES FIRM.
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All Attempts to Arbitrate the
Frnncliico Strike Failed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. The opening
of the sixth week of the strike tomorrow
will find very little change In the situa
tion, both sides remaining firm and all
attempts at arbitration having failed. The
executive committee of the City Front
Federation held a short session today, at
which it was practically agreed to have a
general parade of worklngmen on Labor
day.
On the water front considerable work
was done today. The steamer Santa
Rosa got away on time for Southern
ports. The Pomona also sailed, and the
n,.c- onri tho Oltv nf Pnohla arrived. All
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Light showers have occurred In Southwestern
Oregon, and the weather Is cloudy and threat
ening along the Oregon and Washington coasts.
No rain has fallen east of the Cascade Moun
tains, and it is slightly cooler In that section.
The conditions In the North Pacific State3
are quite unsettled, and It Is expected that
the Ions-deferred ralna. wUl occur within tha
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WEATHER FORECASTS.
T,.Cmnn!n siHrf with a load of wheat, ' Forecasts mane at oruanu at a t-. -u. ior
being the first grain vessel to leave here . 2S hours ending midnight. August 2:
since July 4 ' Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy, with
No serious disturbances occurred today, probably showers; cooler; southwest to north
though several cases of attacks o , on Jon-rUy cloudy, wkh showers
union men were reported to the police. north and central Ions; cooler R6rth .
Joseph Bennett, a teamster, was attacked a near coaat. . to north
by four men early this morning. His r wegt wmdg
right leg was broke and he was severely -western Washlngton-Partly cloudy, with
beaten about the head and face. A Jap- snowera n!ar coast; cooler; southwest to sorth
anese waiter on the steamer Gaelic was west Wnas.
stopped this morning and beaten. Law- Eastern Oregon Probably fair; cooler; south
rence Thomas, a waiter, was beaten and westerly winds.
kicked. Two men who have been working . Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
on the Pacific Mall dock as stevedores Partly cloudy, with probably showera south
were taken from a car and badly beaten, portion; cooler; south to west wma
E. Nuntlez, a sailor on the steamer Peru,
was taken to the receiving hospital,
where several lacerated wounds on the
head and face were treated.
Southern Idaho Fair west, showers or thun
der storms east portion; cooler: south to west
winds.
EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official.
FORESTRY EXPERTS AT RAKER.
prices are not exactly In accordance with
their views as to values. If 'the farmers
hold back the number of bushels which
they would like to have had guaranteed
them a month before harvest, and sell
the amount they receU'ed over and above
expectations, there will be enough wheat
moving to keep exporters busy for
awhile. All of the farmers, of course,
will not sell. There Is still a few strag
gling lots of wheat which were ready
for market when the Letter boom was on,
and when a man carries wheat past a
market like that, It is difficult to learn
what figure he Is holding for. The ware
housemen from Puget Sound, as well as
from Portland, are supplying plenty of
facilities for taking care of the big crop,
and with the large number of new houses
going up in all directions there will be
shelter for it all. Pullman, where the
Northern Pacific crosses the track of the
O. R. & N. Co.'s Moscow branch, has six
large warehouses In the town limits, and
20 more within a radius of 10 miles.
Other stations here in the heart of the
Palouse are equally well-equipped, so
that there will be a greater storage ca
pacity in the country1 than ver before.
Portland Will Gain.
The crop of Whitman County is of spe
cial Interest to Portland for the reason
that the Oregon port has always handled
Mensrfl. PInchot and A'eTvell Were
Entertained There Yesterday.
BAKER OrTY, Or., Aug. 26. Represen
tative Malcolm A. Moody and Messrs.
PInchot and Newell, of the Forestry De
partment, arrived at Baker City thl3
morning, and were welcomed by a com
mittee of citizens and representatives
from the Chamber of Commerce. They
wore driven to various points of Interest
in the surrounding country, examining
carefully the local Irrigation systems.
Messrs. PInchot and Newell left lasi? even
ing for" Denver. While here Representa
tive Moody was besieged with applicants
for the postofflce. He stated this even
ing that- the postofflce appointment had
not been settled yet, and would not be
for some time.
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