THE MORNING OEBGONIAN, THURSDAY, 'AUGUST 29, 1901.
m IMPORTANT CAPTURE
EASTERX OREGON MAKERS OP BAD
MOXEY HAD COMPLETE OUTFIT.
Leader Is . Man "Willi a Record for
the Wort He Confesses
His Guilt.
BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 2S. The outfit
for making counterfeit money which was
seized at Huntington yesterday was one
of the most complete of its kind in exist
ence. The capture was effected by Dep
uty United States Marshal A. A. Roberts
and Special Agent Bell, of Seattle.
E. B. Coon, the head of the party turn
ing out spurious coin, was captured
while in the very act of repairing his tools.
An accomplice, a young man named Bud
Butts, was also taken. The men and out
fit were brought to Baker City late last
night. Coon and Butts are now in jail
awaiting their examination, which will be
held tomorrow. Coon Is a jeweler by
trade, and a fine machinist. His dies,
milling and reeding machine are perfect,
and the $5 gold coins he turned out would
pass anywhere. These were his special
dies. He put about ?2 50 in gold, which
he took from placer ground on the ranch
where he had his shop, into each coin.
They had the true ring, and would pass
the banks. Hie die is dated 1686. lie also
made silver Tiair-Collaxs Irom plas
ter of paris moulds, but these
were so poor he broke the molds.
Coon served two years in the
penitentiary in the '00s for shoving queer
20s in Wasco County. He has made a
confession to the officers, and will doubt
less be bound over for trial in the United
States Court. In this event he will be
taken to Portland tomorrow night. This
is the fourth capture of counterfeiters
made in the past two weeks by Mr. Rob
erts, the next important one being the
landing in Portland, August 22, of Frank
Burke and Harvey Conyers for the pass
ing of counterfeit tl bills of the old State
Bank of New Brunswick, N. J., from the
original plates, which were stolen by
them, the bank being out of existence.
The capture was made yesterday at
noon at the little ranch on which Coon
had his workshop. At first he denied the
charge, but! later he confessed everything
when shown that the officers had found
all the tools with which he had done the
work. The dies for the $5 pieces were
made from aluminum bronze. To make
these, he used genuine $5 pieces as dies,
and two pieces of metal, which he appar
ently subjected to a great pressure. By
a secret process, known only to himself,
he had, after the dies had received the
impress of both sides of the ?5 piece, hard
ened them as hard as the finest steel.
Before applying the temper, he placed
the dies in a lathe, and turned them down
to the exact size of the coin. In ad
dition to the dies. Coon bad a piece of
the finest tempered steel, -with a hole In
it. tbe exact size of a. $3 jiece. By zxueazis
of steel teeth around the edges of this
hole, he made the reeding on the coin near
the edge.
The metal used by Coon In making tfhe
gold coins was half gold and half alloy.
"With a punch Coon would make a piece
of this metal, a shade thicker and a shade
larger than the true coin, and he would
then place this in the steel reeder, then
apply the die to each side, apply the pres
sure, and turn, out' a coin with a perfect
impress, with every characteristic of the
perfect coin. The pressure necessary to
make coins Coon did not have, and he had
to apply the pressure by the nse of a
sledge hammer. By this imperfect means
lie broke one of his dies, and was making
another to replace it when caught. He
had plans drawn up for a hydraulic press,
which was captfured with the rest of his
outfit. He had lathes and other tools of
the best quality, together with melting
pots and every thing else necessary for
his business. The gold he obtained from
a placer mine on his ranch. His silver
coins were also very good, and were cast
in plaster molds.
Coon had run a jewelry and repair shop
for several years in that neighborhood,
and was known to all the farmers in the
region.
The officers say If he had had a good
hydraulic press, he could have turned out
109 coins a day which would have almost
absolutely baffled detection. The secret
service agent and Marshal Roberts say he
is the most daring counterfeiter that has
ever been captured in the "West. His
method of tempering aluminum bronze Is
very valuable. Coon being able to take
the metal when it is as soft as putty,
capable of receiving any Impression, and
then of tempering it so that it will be as
hard as the finest steel.
Coon and Butts did noC have their pre
liminary hearing today, owing to the ab
sence of United States Commissioner
Mfoore, and will probably be given it to
morrow. Coon once served two years in the Ore
gon penitentiary, having been sent up
from Wasco County in the early '80s for
passing a bogus $20 gold piece.
PRUNES ARE RIPENING FAST.
Picking "Will Commence in a Marlon
County District Next "Week.
SALEM, Aug. 2S. Charles L. Dailey, a
prunegrower of the Liberty neighborhood,
says he expects to begin gathering his
prune crop about September 5. This is
earlier than most growers expect the crop
to mature, and if the prunes in all or
chards should be ready at that time,
prunepicklng and hopplcklng will come
together. It has been expected that the
hop crop would be pretty well out of the
way before the prunes were .ready, and
that the same force of workers could be
employed for both crops. Both crops com.
ing together will make it more difficult
to secure sufficient labor in hopyards and
orchards.
The continued warm, dry weather has
probably shortened the growing season
for fruit and hastened the ripening. Un
less there should yet be heavy rains, the
fruit will contain less water than usual
and will dry rapidly in the evaporators.
Growers everywhere have made early
preparations for handling their crops, and
probably the entire crop will be saved.
While the trees are, as a rule, heavily
loaded, the prunes are not so large as
last year, and this will also aid rapid
handling.
Growers generally have shown but lit
tle disposition to make contracts. It was
only after the extent of the damage to
the fruit crop in the East had become
known that dealers received inquiries
which made them desire to buy. Prunes,
however, were not up to what the grow
ers expected, in view of the short crops
in the East, and but few contracts have
Been made. Two well-known growers are
reliably reported to have sold their prunes
at 4 cents net for 40-50s, with a half-cent
off for each smaller size. The Willam
ette Valley Prune Association -has re
ceived orders for select prunes of the
30-40 size in 25-pound boxes at 6 cents,
but as there will be but few prunes of
this size and the bulk of the crop will be
sold in bags, this price does not Indicate
what the grower can get for his crop.
Most of the growers will make no deals
at present quotations, until after they
have cured their fruit, and nearly all ex
pect a slightly better price by that time.
At their last meeting the directors of the
prune association prophesied a 3-cent
basis, which would be 4, cents for 40-50s.
But while growers are not anxious to con
tract their fruit in advance of drying,
many prominent growers have expressed
the intention of selling at the best price
they can get as soon as their product is
ready for market. Those who sold early
last year fared the best, -and there will
consequently be less disposition this year
to hold for higher prices than are offered
at the opening.
Weston Wheat Yields.
The Athena Press has the following
wheat reports from that district; Brown
and Hodgens had 315 acres of wheat per
acre.
A field of HO acres on the reservation,
owned by Charles IdcLean, yielded 45
bushels to the acre.
J. H. Hiteman has 160 acres which pro
duced 40 bushels per acre.
E. A. Dudley had S00 acres in wheat,
the average being a little over 40 bush
els per acre.
TV. H. H. Scott's 260 acres of wheat
yielded over 40 bushels per acre.
W. H. Hawes had in 300 acres of wheat
this year. It averages 42& bushels per
acre.
Lowell Rogers, near Adams, has on
his place of 200 acres a G5 bushel yield.
On mountain land 300 acres made 30 bush
els per acre. Sixty acres of barley yield
ed 35 bushels per acre.
Robert Coppock has 300 acres, 160 of
which Is Spring-grown grain that aver
ages on the whole 31 bushels per acre.
D. A, Pinkerton this year had 135 acres
of wheat that made an average of 36 bush
els per acre. From 20 acres of barley he
got 649 sacks, or 75 bushels per acre.
Cass Cannon's SO-acre field netted 50
bushels per acre.
Claude Steen's big field north of Athena
gave 10,000 sacks. The Fall grain on this
place yielded 40 bushels per acre, and
Spring-sown 27 bushels per acre.
A. R. Price had 100 acres of wheat. It
produced 37 bushels per acre. Sixteen
acres of barley averaged 51 bushels.
From an SO-acre field, Will PInkerton-J
cropped hl sacks of wheat, and from
20 acres of barley the returns were 614
sacks. It weighs out 73 bushels per acre.
Frank Mansfield harvested between 35
and 40 bushels to the acre.
GRAJiD ROXDE VALLEY FRUIT.
The Yield Will Be Abont One-Half
That of Laa Year.
LA GRANDE, Aug. 2S. Based on last
year's yield, the Grand Ronde Valley
will have about half a fruit crop. Last
year, there were shipped about 4,500,000
pounds of green fruit, and about hOOO.OOO
pounds of dried. In other words, the crop
of commercial fruit amounts to from 150
to 200 carloads, to say nothing of the
tons that were considered at home. Some
place it is as low as 50 cars for the Grand
Ronde; others as high as 100. More prunes
will be shipped green than heretofore,
because of the ready and certain market,
but all the dryers will be in full opera
tion. The Oldenburg dryer in La Grande
will be rebuilt and the Allen dryer at
Cove, which was destroyed by fire, will be
rebuilt at Union.
Dealers and growers differ widely in the
estimates of the prune crop. Prices paid
for green prunes will average $20 per ton.
The dryers which contracted for them in
advance will pay much less.
Apples are still an uncertain quantity.
The damage of the June frost may yet
reveal itself in defective stems, when the
Fall winds set in, and the crop thus be
materially reduced. Otherwise, it will
amount to half of an average yield..
Prices offered by outsiders are 75 cents
and upwards per box, but few local deal
ers will contract to deliver any consid
erable amount, owing to the uncertainty
that conditions the output of the or-
chards.
Mining: Stock Quotations.
SPOKANE, Ausr. 28. The closing bids for
mining stocks today were as follows:
Bid. Ask,
Bid. Ask.
. 1T4 2
American Boy 8 10
Morrison
Black Tall... 10
10 Princ Maud.. 1$
19i
20
4Shb
2
7
2J
4
ijutte & is... l
lMsQuIlp 20
5 Ram.-Car. ... 47
3 Republic 3i
2 Reservation . . 7
2 Ross. Giant .. 2ft
lSulllvan 11
OMMTom Thumb.. 13&
29 Wonderful ... 2
2941
Crystal ...
Conjecture
v: 1
Deer Trail .. 2&
El Caliph :.. ljfc
lioia ieage.. i
L.. P.-Surp... 5
Mtn. Lion ...28
Morn. Glory . 2
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28. The official clos
ing quotations for mining- stocks today were
as follows:
Belcher ?0 021OccIdental Con. ..$0 01
Best & Belcher.. 08 Ophlr 77
Challenge Con. .. 21 Overman OS
Chollar 04 Savage 00
Confidence 80 Sierra Nevada ... 13
Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 SO Silver Hill 32
Crown Point .... 05 Standard .-. 3 20
Gold & Currie 09 Union Con 00
Hale & Norcrosa. 10 Utah Con 03
.Justice 03 Yellow Jacket .... 10
'Mexican 12
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. The closing quota
tions: Adams Con $0 20lLlttlo Chief ?0 12
Alice 4SOntarIo 0 23
Breece 1 40 Ophlr 70
Brunswick Con . . OS Phoenix OS
Comstock Tun. .. 00 Potosl 03
Con. Cal. & Va.. 1 70 Savage 03
Deadwood Terra. . 65 Sierra Nevada .... 11
Horn Silver .... 1 75 Small Hopes 30
Iron Sliver 00 Standard 3 15
BOSTON, Aug. 28. The closing: quotations:
Adventure .. ..$ 30 50!Parrot 5100
B. Mining Co... 41 00Quliicy 175 00
( iio
Atlantic 37 OOlTaraarack
Cal. & Hcla... 730 00 Utah Mining ...
Franklin 10 OOlWinona
Humboldt 25 00 Wolverines .. ..
348 00
0 50
33 73
04 00
Lnasoed a Scalion.
George Brown and Tom Vidlto arrived
from the Coast Friday, says the Corvallls
Times, where the former had purchased
a bunch of sheep from Ireton & Raymond,
who had charge of the Wann ranch at
the mouth of the Yachats. While com
ing north with the stock on Tuesday
morning of last week they discovered
what they thought was a bear on the
beach, something like half a mile ahead.
They decided to lasso it if possible. They
left their sheep and ran their horses
up to the animal. Instead of a bear It
was a half-grown seallon, which had
been carried well up on . the beach by
a light wave, and was in no hurry, to
return to the ocean. The Hon was mak
ing desperate efforts to escape by this
time, but George made one of his throws
with the lasso and It lightened about
the neck of the enraged and raving
monster. The other end of the lasso was
quickly made secure to. the saddle, and
in a moment the old cattle horse was
dragging a ponderous load to landward.
The Hon fought furiously, frequently
charging the horse as best he could.
While George and old Nig, the horse,
entertained the Hon, Tom went to a near
by miner's cabin and procured a sledge
hammer with which he attacked the
monster. The struggle that followed was
fierce and long, but Tom was the victor.
A man who mines on the beach and
who is accustomed to seeing these ani
mals estimated the weight of this one
at 800 pounds.
O. R. & y. Improvements.
HOOD BIVER, Aug. 28. The contrac
tors doing improvement work on the O.
R. & N. between The Dalles and Hood
River expect to hire 500 men. Between
The Dalles and Rowena there are eight
camps, besides one at Hood River and one
at Bridal Veil. The roughest part of the
road being between The Dalles and Row
ena, the most Important work will be
done in that section. Between The
Dalles and Hood River there are 4S curves
which will be reduced to 15. The total
saving in curvature will be over 000 de
grees, or better than two and a quarter
full circles, making the 'gain in distance
to Rowena one mile. The company is
now contemplating an extension of the
improvements on the track into the City
of The Dalles.
Myrtle Greek Mininjr "Sews.
MYRTLE CREEK, Or., Aug. 28. Fifty
sacks of quartz went from W. H. Crew's
South Myrtle Creek mines today to a
stamp mill at Gold Hill.
W. P. Armltage and associates are
pushing development work on their South
Myrtle Creek claims with most encourag
ing results.
Willis Kramer, who operates extensively
Josephine County mines, left for the
Whisky Creek property this morning, his
partner having written him that he ran
into a five-foot ledge of almost solid gold.
J'evr Store at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER, Aug. 28. Frank Cram',
formerly of the firm of A. M. Williams &
Co., of The Dalles, has purchased the
stock cf Roods formerly owned by Samuel
nir.P.'irtnpr. dpneased. and will nnsratrft In
the dry goods business here as soon as
he can secure his stock of goods
JOHN L. WILSON DENIES IT
HE SAYS HE IS KOT FIGHTING HOP
KINS FOR MARSHAL.
Interview "Will Be. Welcome News to
Senator Foster, Who Has Ac-
cusetL "Wilson of Doing: So.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 28 Both the
Dally Ledger, of this city, and the Se
attle Post-Intelligencer today published
a long dispatch from Spokane containing
an interview with ex-Senator John L.
Wilson, in which he makes specific denial
of the story recently" published- In The
Oregonian to the effect that he (Wilson)
is holding up the appointment of C. B.
Hopkins as United States Marshal to
succeed C. W. Ide. Mr. Wilson says both
Hopkins and Ide are long-time friends of
his, and he has refused to interfere.
Mr. Wilson's interview will be welcome
NEW PRINCIPAL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.OF
GRANT'S PASS.
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PROFESSOR F. E. YOUNG.
GRANT'S PASS, Or., Aug. 28. The public schools of Grant's Pass will open
September 13 with a corps of 13 teachers, one more than last year. Professor
P. E. Young, recently from Pawnee Academy, Pawnee City, Mo., will fill- the
position of principal. He has held similar positions In the high schools at Mid
land, Hart and Flint City, Mich. His record Is of the best, and it was princi
pally the climate of Oregon that Induced him to come to the. Pacific Coast. The
board of directors had added a third year to the high school course, and the
greater number of last year's graduates will attend this year. Professor Young
will be assisted by Miss M. Astella Goodin, assistant principal; Miss Nora B.
Sydow, Miss Minnie L. Tuffs, Miss Mae Sutton, Miss Eva Akin, Miss Pool, Miss
Mary Day, Mfes Ethel Hackett, Miss Dora Colvlg, Miss Calla Hestin, Miss Lil
lian Hogan and Mls3 Florence Akin.
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news to Senator Foster. The latter has
repeatedly stated that he was having to
fight Mr. Wilson in order to get Hopkins
appointed. 'Moreover, Senator Foster Is
reported by an Intimate friend as saying
just prior to his recent departure for the
East that he was going back and ascer
tain from President VIcKinley whether
he or Mr. Wilson is Senator.
A member of the delegation to the Phil
adelphia convention recently visited the
East, and while there had a long talk with
Perry S. Heath. Mr. Heath told that
gentleman at that' time, so it Is alleged,
that Wilson was making a heroic fight
for ide, and Mr. Hanna was helping him
out.
One of Mr. Wilson's statements con
tains a slight element of truth. He says
Ide was originally a candidate for the
Collecttorship of Customs, desiring to ba
transferred to that ofilce from the Mar
shalshlp, and that he was promised the
appointment. Mr. Wilson does not say
who promised it to him, but Ide's friends
have frequently asserted that' Senator
Foster made the promise. Senator Fos
ter has never paid any attention to this
story, but his friends have denied it with
great vehemence. There is no doubt1 that
Ide was for a short time a candidate for
Collector.
The Foster people are unanimous In
their charge that Wilson's Influence with
the Administration Is holding up the Hop
kins appointment, and up to tbday Wil
son has never denied the charge. It Is
believed, however, that he sees a chartce,
or thinks he does, to woo Hopkins back
to his first love, and for that reason- ho
is now attempting to disclaim responsi
bility for keeping Hopkins out of the of
fice to which he aspires.
STATE SCHOOL OPENS TODAY.
Large Attendance Expected at the
Institution for Defective Youth.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 2S. About
90 deaf-mute and blind children arrived to.
day from different parts of the slate for
the opening of the Fall term, tomorrow,
of the Washington School for Defective
Yputh. This is a good showing for the
first arrivals and Indicates a full attend
ance from the beginning of the term.
-Professor James Watson, superintendent
of the Institution, says that from infor
mation at hand, the attendance this year
at both the school for deaf mutes and
blind and feeble-minded will considerably
exceed that of last year.
Say They Have Been Swindled.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 28. A
number of farmers say they have been
swindled out of various amounts by the
Hendricks-Brlggs Company, doing busi
ness In Seattle, as commission mer
chants. The heaviest loser Is a Mr. Bry
ant, of Selah, who sold about $600 worth
of potatoes to a man representing himself
to be Vheir agent. Bryant and another
victim, M. H. Hood, have -placed their
claims in the hands cf an attorney, who
says there seems to have been fraud In
the transaction, and that a criminal prose
cution'will be commenced.-
Soldiers' Literary Clnb.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Aug. 28. Company H's Literary Club is
now in full swing, and It Is- pleasant to
note what avidity for reading is among
its members. Now, Instead of lolling
around, men are seen in the reading-room
until bedtime perusing newspapers, mag
azines and books of travel, adventure,
etc. So much for the men and First
Sergeant J. Miller, who Is In charge.
Portland Man Badly Hurt.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 28. Earl
Smith, whose home is near Portland, fell
60 feet from a logging railroad bridge
today In a canyon and Is believed to be
fatally hurt. He was brought to the hos
pital here.
Will Sne for Damages.
SEATTLE, Aug. 23. Judge C. C. Austin
and F. M. Jeffery, lawyers, have In hand
nearly two-score of cases against the Ca
nadian Pacific Navigation Company, in
connection with the wreck of the steam
er Islander, which are to be instituted for
damages, for loss of life, loss of prop
erty and Injury to health. The matter is
being put into shape for proper presenta
tion In the United States Court, which Is
presumed to haye jurisdiction. Cases oily
of those who were citizens or natives of
the United States were taken.
IDAHO CROP BULLETIN.
The Yield of "Dry-Farm" Grain Will
Be Light.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 28. Throughout the
northern and western portions of the state
the weather for the week ending last
night was warm, with only a few light
showers at scattered points. In the south-'
western valleys the temperature reached
100 degrees on the 23d. Over the eastern
counties the weather was cooler and bene-,
ficlal rains occurred early in the week.
Some heavy winds are reported from Bing
ham County, but no damage resulted.
Fruit and melons Warm weather has
caused fruit to ripen rapidly, though in
somo northern localities Its growth has
been retarded by drouth. Early apples
are ripe in northern and eastern districts.
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In the valleys of the southwestern portion-
of the stater apples, pears and mel
ons" are being marketed in quantities.
Cantaloupes are abundant, and are of ex
cellent quality. Young fruit trees have
made good growth throughout the season.
Hay and grain Harvest of the second
crop of alfalfa progressed rapidly in east
ern districts, while In the southwestern
sections the third crop is being harvested.
The secohd cutting of timothy and clover
Is 'hearing completion. Except in a few
localities, the hay crop Is good, the later
cuttings having been better than the first.
In Oneida and Bingham Counties some
alfalfa was injured slightly by the rain.
Grain harvest Is nearly complete In most
sections, and threshing Is progressing rap
idly. Irrigated grain is yielding well. In
localities of Fremont County, "dry-farm"
grain Is reported as being well filled, but
elsewhere the crop Is very light. Corn
has made a good growth and promises
well.
Vegetables Garden vegetables of all
kinds are abundant. In a few eastern
localities the potato crop is light, but
generally It 19 satisfactory.
Stock Recent rains in the mountains
and throughout the eastern portion of the
state have greatly benefited range grass
and have Increased the water supply of
springs and streams, and, as a result,
stock Is doing well.
JIOPPICKING BEGINS.
Josephine Comity Yards Were Never
More Free From Lice.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Aug. 28. Hopplck
lng began today under favorable circum
stances. For about a week the roads
have been full of pickers In all sorts of
conveyances, and they are now quartered
In the various yards. There is a scarclty
of pickers. Hopgrowers say the yards
were never more free from lice, and they
expect to harvest the entire crop. All
the yards will be in full swing in a
week.
At Harrisbura;.
HARRISBURG, Or., Aug. 28. Hopplck
lng Is under way in the yards about Har
rlsburg. The outlook, so far as picking
has advanced, is not as favorable to large
yields as was anticipated before picking
began. It is found that the hopburrs are
not as heavy as they appeared to be,
while the mldfollage Is barren to a great
extent. The crop so far as picked, how
ever, possesses the genuine flavor and
full amount of lupulln.
At Woodbnrn.
WOODBURN, Or., Aug. 28. Hopplcklng
commenced in this district yesterday, and
by next Monday will be general. No dif
ficulty is experienced as yet in securing
strillclent help. The ruling price for pick
ing is 40 cents per box. Growers general
ly predict that the crop will fall short of
early estimates, and be much les3 than
last season. No lice or mold have as yet
appeared, and with favorable weather the
crop will be No. 1 in quality.
Teachers for La Grande Schools.
LA GRANDE, Aug. 28. Teachers for the
La Grande public schools were elected last
night by the school board. Professor- H.
G. Hockenberry will be superintendent
and Mrs. E. A. Ivanhoe principal of the
High School. The other Instructors will
be: Main building, eighth grade, E. F.
Dunlap; fourth grade, Syra Kuhn; sixth
grade, Lettie R. Snlvely; fifth grade, Re
becca Balderree; fourth grade, M. Snider;
third grade, Mary Tart; third and fourth
grades, Maud DeLong; second grade,
Bessie Worstell. First Ward building,
principal and teacher of the third grade,
Mrs. C. S. Gloddard; fourth grade, Alice
Peck. Second Ward building, principal
and teacher of the first grade, Mrs. Nel
lie G. Neill; second grade, Mra Bertha
M. Caslleman.
Blnclc Sand Rich iu Gold.
VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 2S.-Jonc-s and
Scott, miners, who arrived by the Prin
cess Louise, from Cape Cormorell, on tfhe
extremity of Vancouver Island, have
found black sand-bearing- gold there, and
took out ?U00 in two weeks.
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COURTS MUST SEfTLE IT
VALIDITY OF TEXT-BOOK CON
TRACT IS QUESTIONED.
Several WaHhingJon School Boards
Have Authorized. New Books and
Bronght on a Legal Battle.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 28. As hereto
fore forecasted, the courts will be called
Sipon to decide the validity of the con
tracts made by the State Board of Edu
cation In May, 1900, with various publish
ing houses throughout the United States to
furnish this state with school text-books
for a period of five years therefrom. The
Olympia School Board recently adopted
supplemental text-books for use in the
public schools, alleging as Its defense that
the contracts awarded were Invalid, as the
exchange and retail prices of text-booKs
now in use are in excess of the statu
torv limitations. Similar action, it Is said.
has been taken In other counties on the
same grounds.
D. H. Hendricksen and T. N. Henry to
day instituted an action in the Superior
Court of Thurston County to restrain the
Olympia School Board from changing the
text-books, and to compel it, by a judicial
order, to retain in use the old booKs, which
have been universally toosht y pupils
throughout the state, these books having
been in use for a little over one year.
County Superintendent Henry, who is
bringing this action Individually, said to
day: "It is a test case. It is largely to de
termine my duty In the premises. The
law provides that in case School Boards
refuse to use the books adopted, it shall
be my duty to withhold from that district
25 per cent of Its apportionment of state
funds. On the other hand, the board In
this instance alleges that the contracts
are invalid because the r.etall and ex
change prices of the books contracted for
are in excess of the legal limits. If the
contracts are Invalid, I don't care to de
prive the district of any part of Its ap
portionment. If once withheld, and the
contracts were afterward declared Invalid,
I know of no way In which the district
could be reimbursed, as the 25 per cent
witheld would have been returned to the
State Treasurer and Included in subse
quent apportionments. In a district of the
size of the one In question It would mean
about $2000 yearly for each year the board
refuses to use the books adopted by the
state board."
The principal losers In case these con
tracts are declared invalid by the courts
will be the Westland Publishing Company,
of Olympia; D. C. Heath & Co., of Bos
ton, and Rand, McNally & Co., of Chi
cago. It has been an open secret for some
time that the book companies interested
were trying to form a combination to fight
the validity of the Gunderson bill recently
passed at the special session of the Leg-
isla.ture over Governor Rogers" veto; also
to fight all school (districts taking a simi
lar action to that of the Olympia School
Board, to compel the County Superintend
ent in charge of such districts to with
hold the 25 per cent penalty of its In
come, as provided by law. While this ac
tion is brought by the citizens to compel
the retention of the books adopted by the
board, It will of necessity devolve on the
book companies interested to prove the
validity of their contracts, over which It
Is said they have been exercised for some
time. The matter means a lively legal
battle.
LABOR DAY WILL BE OBSERVED.
Men Who Will Deliver Addresses nt
Baker City.
BAKER CITY, Aug. 28. The labor or
ganizations of Baker City will observe
Labor day in a fitting manner. The
speakers selected are Colonel Emmett,
(jauanan, is atner uesmarai, or tne uatn
ollc Church, and Rev. J. R. N. Bell, of
the Presbyterian Church.
Streets to Be Sprinkled.
At a special meeting of the City Coun
cil last evening, a contract was let for
sprinkling all of the principal streets
from now until the close 6f the carnival.
The sprinkling will bo done by means of
a fire hose attached to the fire plugs.
County Teacher' Institute.
Arrangements have been completed for
the holding of a county teachers Insti
tute in Baker City, In the Presbyterian
Church, September 4, 5 and 6. Several
prominent educators from other parts of
the state have been secured, who will de
liver addresses on educational subjects.
As the state school law makes it obli
gatory for all teachers to attend, unless
unavoidably detained, a large number of
teachers are expected.
VARMER IS MISSING.
His Friends Fear He Waa Drovrned
While Crossing n River.
NEWBERG. Or., Aug. 2S. Canby Hes
ton, a farmer residing near Dundee, has
been missing since Sunday, and his friends
fear ho was drowned while trying to cross
the Willamette River. He left his home
last Sunday afternoon, with the intention
of crossing the Willamette River Vo see a
farmer on business. He called at the
home of a neighbor, who lives, near the
river, and inquired about a boat, but on
being Informed that the boat was not!
safe, he went on toward the river, saying
he must cross over, If he had to sw.'m.
This Is the last time he was seen, so far
as his friends can ascertain, and the sup
position is that, In al'tempting to swim
the river, he was drowned. The river
Is being dragged, and the woods searched,
but no trace of the missing man has been
found. Mr. Heston Is a" highly respected
citizen. He has eight children, who, If
he Is dead, will be without a parent, their
mother having died abouta year ago.
PARTY REACHES ASTORIA.
"Were Given a Royal "Welcome In
formal Reception Held.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 28. The steamer
Harvest Queen, with Miss Ivy Barker,
Queen of the Regatta, and her suite, Ad
miral Edwards and his staff, and numer
ous Invited guests on board, arrived down
from Portland at 6:20 this evening. -As
the steamer approached the city a salute
of 25 guns for the Queen and 19 for the
Admiral was fired by a- detachment of
troops from Fort Stevens, while the
shrieking of a hundred steam whistles
a;d the cheers of thousands of spectators
who lined the city front gave a hearty
welcome to the royal party. After hold
ing a short Informal reception on board,
the Queen was escorted ashore, and to
morrow morning will enter upon her
three days' reign.
Oregon Xotes.
The Joseph Milling Company Is build
ing a new flume.
The Whitney dog and pony show was
sold out by the Sheriff at The Dalles, a
few days ago.
During the Harvest Home Carnival in
Albany, September 4 and 5, the toll-briage
across the Willamette at that city will
be free.
Pendleton public schools will probably
open September 9. The teachers are gath
ering in Pendleton again after vacation
trips. The Pendleton Academy also opens
the year's w'ork on September 9.
The, ferry at Peoria was sunk last
Wednesday. John, and Arthur Buchanan
were on It with two loads of wheat when
It sank. One wagon got off all right,
but the other had to be unloaded.
J. S. Herrln has sold his wool clip for
the season of 1901 to San Francisco buy
ers, says an Ashland paper. ' He has sold
10,000 pounds at 13 cents per pound. This
clip is" the product of 1000 sheep.
A barn on the reservation farm of W.
T. Klgby, seven miles southeast of Pen
dleton, was burned Friday night, with Its
contents, 40 tons of hay. The loss is
about $500. Mr. Rlgby succeeded In Sav
ing several horses. There was no insur
ance. Two full-blooded Ramboulllet bucks ar
rived at Lebanon a few days ago from
Antelope, one for T$i. F. Moist and Frank
West, and the other for a farmer living
on Sand Ridge. Each sheep cost about
$100.
Louis Gerber Informs the Klamath Ex
press that there will be a meeting called
some time next month at Bonanza of all
the stockmen of Klamath County for
the purpose of organizing a Stockmen's
Association.
The R. C. Edwards log drive, which is
to be delivered at Harrlsburg. Is about
one-half in the Willamette River, says
a Unity correspondent. The rest will be
in the river by the last of the- week, xne
entire drive has 6000 logs In It.
Mrs. J. H. McCorkle met with a serious
accident Saturday evening In attempting to
alight from the train at Woodburn. She
was placed on the Woodburn & Natron
train and taken to Stiver ton where she
was met by the company's physician.
Ten of the freight cars from the dyna
e"Vacmc. "" ttr v
mite wreck at tunnel No. 7, on the soutn
shODs. near Portland, for repairs, lne
boxes of these cars are shattered and
torn into splinters, and there Is scarcely
a sound board In any of them.
Contracts for supplies at Klamath
agency have been awarded as follows:
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as a white child. She avrs that It Is
her own. baby. There are those who say '
this statement Is not true. It has none
of the features of a Chinese child, the
almond eye being entirely absent. Some
think It may be a halfbreed. The mother
keeps Its head shaved and its body clothed
just like all the Chinese children.
In the thunderstorm, several days ago
a dead tree on the ground of the North
Pole mine was struck by lightning and
set afire. The fire smoldered until Sun-
day. when It broke out in a big blaze
and set the near-by timber burning. Man-
ager Melzer and men stopped the spread
of the fire. Only rain will emlrclyex-
tinguished the flames, says the Baker
Democrat.
A small-sized smash-up occurred In the
Ashland yards, at S:lo o'clock, Saturday
morning. While a long freight train was
passing from the main track to a siding,
the switch engine, which was backing
down on the main track, collided with or,
lni railroad parlance, "cornered" three
cars of the moving train. The engine
cab was demolished, and the tender was
Jammed and derailed. The cars were
somewhat splintered up.
A sensation was created at Colestin
by a gigantic rattlesnake that made Its
appearance crawling along the road near
the hotel, says an Ashland paper. G. H.
Hedberg happened along at the time ot
the scare, and observing that the ser
pent was a good specimen, determined
to take It alive. After considerable work
he succeeded In so doing and took the
snake to town In a wire-covered box.
The serpent Is handsomely marked and
colored, with 13 rattles, measures over five
feet In length, and Is about ten Inches
around tie bodv.
The grain firm of Simpson & Beam, of
Albanv, has bought 55.CC0 bushels of oats
that had been pooled by the farmers of
Marlon County. Bids were submitted
and the Albany house was awarded the
grain at the following prices: Winter
oats, 29&c per bushel, or ?16 55 per ton;
Spring oats 2S?Jc, or $16 05 per ton. There
are about 25.0C0 bushels of oats In that
district not In the pool, and the same fir:
offers to take this at the same price
that In the pool. This Is the second year
these gralngrowers have combined their
Interests In this line.
The Southern Oregon Oil Company
seems to have been haying more than
Its share of annoying delays In the work
of sinking the well on the Alffard place,
north of Ashland, says a local aper.
Delay was met In getting the necessary
casing from San Francisco to protect
the drill In going through quicksand. Just
as the casing was in place last week,
and' operations were resumed In drilling,
the rope attached to the stem broke, and
the drill and ."0-foot stem were left 150
feet underground. A telegram was Im
mediately sent to San Francisco for a
slip-socket, or grip-rod. with which to
pull out the stem and drill.
One morning a few days ago, when the
northbound overland arrived at Albany,
a well-dressed woman, wearing a man's
outfit 3tepped from a day coach and start
ed down town, sayd the Herald. She
walked down Lyon street to Fifth, then I
east on Fifth street. The conductor
notified the by-standers at the train that
the supposed man was a woman, and that
she boarded the train at Cottage Grove.
Several passengers who were In the
same car said that she had her hair neatly
tucked under her hat. She was dressed
in dark, well-fitting clothes, wore a light
soft felt hat and a man's mackintosh.
A traveling man followed her down the
street until she reached the Lebanon
switch on Fifth street. She turned and
asked him If he was following her. The
drummer said that he was, when the
mysterious female replied, "Sir, If you
don't want to get the whole top of your
head shot off, you would better take the
back track." Without further ceremony
he "back tracked." From this point she
disappeared and she has not been lo
cated since. People who noticed her at
the depot and on the train say that she
was about 5 feet S Inches in height and
of slender build.
A football team at Aberdeen has organized.
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"It Is a crime to experiment with the health of the people." says Dr. J.
Henri Kessler, manager of the Old St. Louis Dispensary at Portland. "If
I did not know positively and abso lutely that my new home treatment
will cure all diseases of men. even when all other methods of treatment
fall, I would consider I was committing a crime to make such a statement
to the public. Nothing Is so precious to a man as his health nothing so
horrible as an Insane Asylum of the grave. Little Ills, If not promptly
cured, often result In obstinate chronic diseases. I know that my new dis
covery is the most marvelous treatment ever known, and I Intend to give
Its benefit to the world. I Intend that every man, woman and child who
comes for treatment shall have It. I proppso to tell the sick, absolutely
free ot charge, if they may be restored to perfect health. I would rather
be a benefactor to the sick man than to have the wealth of Croseus."
The above are remarkable word9, but those who know Dr. Kessler, and
have tried his treatment, can vouch for their absolute truthfulness.
He restores the wasted power of sexual manhood.
He also cures to stay cured VARICOCELE. STRICTURE. SYPHILTTC
BLOOD POISON, NERVO-SEXUAL DEBILITY and all associate diseases
and weaknesses of man. To these maladies alone he nas earnestly devoted
25 of the best years of his life. He makes no charge for private consulta
tion, and gives each patient a legal contract In writing to hold for hl3 prom-'
Ise. Is it not worth your while to Investigate a cure that has made life
anew to multitudes of men? If you cannot call at his office, write him your
symptoms fully His home treatment by correspondence is always success
ful. Address, always enclosing 10 2-cent stamps:
J. HENRI KESSLER,
ST. LOUIS DISPENSARY
COR. SECOND AMD YAMHILL STS. PORTLAND, OREGON
REGATTA OPENS TODAY
ASTORIA EVENT IS ALMOST SURE
TO HAVE GOOD WEATHER.
Every Train and Boat Brins Many
- Visitors Portland YachtH Arrive
for the Races.
ASTORIA, Aug. 28. The third day of
thA f.irnlvnl week was ncrfect and now
it Is about certain that the weather will
do icieai aunng tne inrce ways
t gatta, with the river perfectly sulefc in
the mornings, and a stiff northwjwt ' wind
coming up In the afternoon. Crow da are
flocking into the city on every train . and
boat, and almost the entire population
I the lower Columbia Rivor country will
De in Astoria aunng tne next tm mw
J. lie SUCl'l iiUC tlUOVlUlnCU iui.icim
crowds today, one of the features being a
- 1 snjaz-s-ssr .hsr &
principal streets and then attending the
fair In a body.
This morning the fleet of Portland
yachts arrived and anchored near the
O. R. & N. wharf. The day was spent by
the crews In getting their boats in rnclne;
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trim. A number of California oarsmen
, , arrived today, and are In excellent
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Harbor yachts arrived, and all are la
good trim with little difference between
j them.
The regatta proper will be formal:
I ushered In tomorrow morning at sunrise.
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non brought from there for the purpo-.
fl.0 there wJ1 bc the gram, r?slUt t
, wh,ch T.m bo compftnifs f
. ,dIers from tne forts at tn., mth rf
I tn rf gal,org an(1 marlnes from tlH
flteamghir Mohican, the
h u Admiral Edwards
, ff Governor Goer and party, ex
1 ofllclals fratemal order?, civic societies
and tn flrc department. The parade wlil
J be (u3n,ksed at the grand stand, whero
t tnc quecn v;m t,e presented with a gold
ke . Jn t0en 0C the freedom of the elty.
Governor Geer will welcome her to the
state, and Prime Minister Fulton will
present her to the subjects. Following
this, the programme for the day. as al
ready outlined, will be commenced.
In the evening there will be the corona
tion ball, in honor of the queen.
Eody of Man Loit on the Islander.
VICTORIA. B. C. Aug. 2S. The tug
Pilot returned this afternoon from Juneau
with news of the finding of the body of
William J. Bracelen, a Hunker Creek
miner, a victim of the Islander disaster.
llr. Bracelen was formerly a rsWen of
Huraboltlt, Metj.
Received at the A.ylnm.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 28. Maria Smith, of
Butte, Mont., was received at the asylum
today on a commitment from Umatilla
County. She Is 15 years old, and says she
has lived at Walla WalU.
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arc among'thebest known
cf$the many dangerous
wild plants and shrubs.
To touch or handle them
quickly produces swelling
and inflammation with in
tense itching and burning
of the skin. The eruption
soon disappears, the suf
ferer hopes forever: but
almost a3 soon as the little blisters and
pustules appeared the poison had reached
the blood, and will break out at regular
intervals and each time in a more aggra
vated form. This poison will loiter in the
system for years, and every atom of it
must be forced out of the blood before you
can expect a perfect, permanent cure.
Nalope's An$ll0!
FOR
Nacre's Poisons,
is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison
Ivy, and all noxious plants. It is com
posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now
is the time to get the poison out of your
system, as delay makes your condition
worse. Don't experiment longer with
salves,washcs and soaps they never cure.
Mr. S. M. Marshall, bookkeeper of the Atlanta
(Ga.) Gas tight Co., was poisoned with Foisoti
Oak. He took Sulphur, Arsenic and various
other drugs, and applied externally nmneroua
lotion"! and salves with no benefit. At times the
swelling and inflammation waa so severe he wai
almost blind. lfor eight vearn the poison would
brealc out every season. His condition was ranch
improved after tuking one bottle of S. S. S.,and
a few bottles cleared his blood of the poisou, and
all evidences of the disease disappeared.
People are often poisoned without
knowing when or how. Explain your case
fully to our physicians, and they will
cheerfully give such information and. ad
vice as you require, without charge, and
we will send at the same time an interest
ing book on Blood and Skin Diseases.
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