THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, MONDAY, .TDNE 23, 1902.
PURSUING OUTLAWS
Both Sides of Lewis River
Guarded.
EX-CONVICTS WARNED AWAY
"Were Apparently Hovering About Ift
Center to Aid Tracy and Merrill
Rancher Prevented Front
Firing by His "Wife.
VANCOUVER, "Wash., Juno 22. Eight
members of Sheriff Marsh's posse, -which
left here for La Center yesterday noon
to resume the chase for the escaped con
victs, Tracy and Merrill, returned to
this city to day noon. The men reported
that Guard Carson, with the blood
hounds, after some little time struck the
trail of the outlaws late yesterday after
noon near the point -where they -were
seen by a man named Dunlap, two miles
east of Lia Center, yesterday xorenoon.
The trail led through thick underbrush
down the east side of Lewis River, op
posite La Center, In which direction the
dogs followed the scent for a mile or
more and then lost It, since which time
all trace of the outlaws has been lost.
Late last night most of the pursuers
returned to La Center, after posting
guards along both banks of Lewis River,
wherever boats are known to be moored.
There are three suspicious characters
hanging around La Center, said one of
the guards this morning. They were rec
ognized by Guard Carson as ex-convicts,
one being a half-breed Indian. They ap
peared there at different times during the
past week and their suspicious actions
attracted the attention of officers con
ducting the search, who are keeping close
watch on their movements. One of them
yesterday, after spending several hours
on horseback in the brush in the vicinity
where the convicts were last seen, start
ed to leave La Center in a boat alone
last evening, when he was forced to re
turn at the point of a gun by Ferrell,
brother of the murdered penitentiary
guard. Ferrell marched the man to Sher
iff Marsh, who compelled him to go to
his room and remain there during the
night. The men are suspected of trying
to assist Tracy and Merrill to escape.
They are not allowed to go out with the
posse and have been ordered to leave the
country.
Dunlap, who saw the convicts yester
day, says he was close enough to have
killed them, and, indeed, had his gun to
his shounlder for that purpose once when
his wife interfered.
Sheriff Marsh is accompanied by Guard
Carson and dogs, "Walter Lyon, Skipton
and four Vancouver men now guarding
the east side of Lewis River, while Sher
iff Huntington and posse are keeping
-ilgilant watch on the west side. Officers
believe they have all boats and cross
ings so well guarded that it will be Im
possible for the convicts to cross the river
anywhere between La Center and the
Junction of the two branches of Lewis
Elver unobserved.
CRIMES AND REFORMATION.
Sermon Suggested by Recent Out
break at the Penitentiary.
SALEM, June 22. The theme of the
morning sermon of Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr.,
pastor of the Unitarian. Church, today
was. "Thoughts Suggested by the Out
break From the Penitentiary." The
speaker discussed the criminal class and
the agencies by which a reformation of
that class might be accomplished. Any
one cure was insufficient, he said. The so
lution of the problem required a leveling
up all along the line and the exercising
of every Influence bearing on the human
soul. Education alone is not a solution.
A rogue by nature, a man's roguery Is
multiplied by education. The increase of
intelligence has no bearing on the In
crease of crime. In 1850 there was one
man in prison to every 34 of population;
In 1S90 the proportion was one man to
every 644.
"Firstly, education is not a cause for
crime, and secondly, it is not a cure fdr
crime. Back of education there mustbe
the fortifying and edifying influence of the
home and the church. There must be
greater convictions in religious morals,
since happiness and social welfare de
pend on virtue. The competitive system
has been held to be responsible In a meas
ure for criminal class-as. Crimes due to
cupidity, however, can never be avoided
by a mere change of the economic sys
tem. Socialism is a respectable theory to
work upon, but is not in Itself a cure.
"Criminals should be treated as men;
the jail and penitentiary should bo con
sidered a social necessity, not an instru
ment of public vengeance. A prison, if
it is to do justice to society, should be
conducted npon the principle of inde
terminate sentences. In justice to soci
ety, criminals should not be released un
til they deserve freedom.
"The causes of crime are many, but
crime is largely a question of environ
ment and partly hereditary. The.envlron
ment of the Reform School and the Peni
tentiary is not good. The jail, which is
nothing more than a county clubhouse
for the criminal class, is one of the
causes of crime. Jails should be made
more like houses of correction. There
should be removed from the county Jails
the privileges of collusion, social life,
conspiracy and education of and among
the criminal class."
The customary practice in the courts
of granting leniency upon conviction for
the first offense was severely criticised
and pronounced a weakness. Rather than
the first offense, it was probably the
thousandth one, but the first time the
culprit had been caught. The first convic
tion should be punished with a severity
that would have a permanent moral ef
fect. Men are not punished out of justice
to the criminal, but in justice to society.
POLK COUNTY PIONEERS.
Annual Reunion and Picnic Held nt
Dallas The Lint.
DALLAS. Or., June 22. The 13th an
nual reunion and picnic of the Polk Coun
ty pioneers was held here yesterdaj'. It
was the largest ever held in the county
Tinder the auspices Df the Pioneer Asso
ciation, and was in everj way a great
success, 3500 attending. At 10:45 the pro
cession, headed by the Monmouth Cadet
band, followed by the pioneers and In
dian War Veterans, marched to the City
Park, where the morning exercises were
held. After the exercises and a basket
dinner, held at the park, the crowd ad
journed to the college campus and wit
nessed the athletic sports. In the evening
a dance was given by Dallas Camp, W. O.
W., In which a large crowd took part.
Following are the names of pioneers who
were present and the year of their arrival
In Oregon:
1844 Mrs. Elizabeth Collins, T. .V. B.
Embree, Mrs. Mary Hayter, William
Grant, Joshua McDaniel.
1545 Wiley Norton, J. J. Williams.
1846 Mrs. Morgan Richardson, Mrs. A.
M. BIdwell, D. B. Richardson, Mrs. E. M.
Shaw. F. M. Collins, D. M. Guthrie.
1847 W. C. Brown, W. D. Whealdon.
Mrs. Virginia McDaniel, S. T. Burch, J.
Burch, Mrs. Martha A. Brown, George
Brown, J. H. Hawley, Mary C. Reming
ton, Mrs. W. A. Norton, Mrs. Elizabeth
Cass, D. J. Whltaker.
1848 B. F. Whltaker, L. A. Comegys,
Mrs. Catherine Basket, Mrs. M. J. Black.
1850 T. J. Hayter, John Osborne, Hath
away Yocum, Emma J. Yocum.
1851 James Howe, William Llvermore,
J Stouffcr. Mrs. E. J. Hallock.
1852 Ira Kimball, Lelzer Kimball. Mor
rls Jones, Henry Byerly, Mrs. F. A.
Waters. Mrs. M. M. Berry. D. Shepbard,
Vf. E. Clark, Mrs. Josephine Grant, Mrs.
Hester Ellis. Mrs. S. J. Vernon. Robert
Grant, Miss Lou Lewis. Mrs. M. E. Hal
lock, Mrs. Nancy Thompson, S. J. Grant,
Mrs. Annie Embree, Cass RIggs, E. A.
Campbell.
1853-Green Campbell, A. N. Hallock,
Mrs. William Ford, Mrs. W. E. Clark. J.j
M. Campbell, G. W. McBee, Mrs. Sarah
Price, J. E. Dickie, Mrs. K. D. Byerley,
Mrs. Sarah A. Waters, John Waters,
Mrs. Catherine Garwood.
1854 Mrs. M. A. Kimball.
Hon. J. H. Hawley, of Monmouth, was
elected president, and J. W. Lewis, of
Rlckreall, secretary and treasurer, for the
ensuing year.
After the morning exercises, the Indian
War Veterans met and adopted the fol
lowing resolution: '
"Resolved, That we, the Indian 'War
Veterans of Polk County, do hereby ex
tend our thanks to our United States
Senator, John H. Mitchell, and our Rep
resentative, Thomas H. Tongue, for hav
ing secured the passage of the pension
bill for all Indian War Veterans, espe
cially for Oregon and the Oregon Volunteers."
FAItaiERS' INSTITUTE AT AXTELOPQ
Forage Plants, Cattle and the Dairy
Industry Discussed.
ANTELOPE, Or., June 22. The initial
niirnhpr of thi sr!ia of f.irtnorR' Institutes
I to be held in Eastern Oregon under the
auspices of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege was in session here yesterday after
noon and evening. Following the call to
order at 2:30 P. M., H. C. Rooper was se
lected as chairman of the meeting. Dr.
Jamea WIthycombe was then called upon
to discuss "Forage Plants," and spoke in
part as follows:
"The sowing of suitable forage plants
is paramount to all other problems relat
ing to the agricultural interests of this
section. Much of your soil Is phenomenal
ly rich, and when supplied with sufficient
moisture vegetation becomes remarkably
luxuriant. Irrigation, wherever practi
cable, satisfactorily solves the problem of
crop production, but there are large areas
of rich land the contour of which precludes
successful systems of irrigation. Cultural
methods, however, will materially assist
in the transformation of these parched
fields into luxuriant meadows. Thousands
of acres of what la apparently nonproduc
tive land at present can be made to pro
duce remunerative crops of alfalfa by ra
tional systems of cultivation. The method
suggested Is to sow alfalfa In drills from
18 Inches to two feet apart, and cultivate
during the growing season. The purpose
of the cultivation Is to conserve soil mois
ture. It requires approximately 400 pounds
of water to produce one pound of dry mat
ter in a plant. A precipitation of 12 Inches,
provided It 4s all utilized, will supply suf
ficient moisture to produce three tons of
alfalfa hay to the acre. Thus It will be
seen that the annual precipitation in this
section. If properly conserved, is ample
to insure profitable crops on these seem
ingly desert wastes.
"This is pre-eminently a stockgrowlng
section, and If the natural resources are
properly husbanded, it will continue to be
so to the end of time. The regrassing of
your ranges demands thoughtful consid
eration. Through- injudicious pasturing
for a series of years you have practically
destroyed the bunchgrass, which Is one of
the most nutritious grasses known in the
world. Probably no better grass for cattle
and horses can be found for this section.
It -has evidently, required the evolutionary
work of centuries to develop it. An im
provement upon Its physical structure for
withstanding drouth can scarcely be con
ceived. Nature has so constructed Its leaf
that transpiration of moisture is reduced
to the minimum. We would certainly ad
vise the collecting of this seed and grow
ing it under cultural conditions for the
purpose of renewing the pastures. It can
be grown and the crop harvested slmlfarly
to grain. Then by sowing In protected
pastures It will only be the work of a
short time when the pastoral aspect of
this great Inland Empire will be changed
for the better."
Professor E. R. Lake, when asked about
poisonous plants, stated that there were
only three of any Importance In this sec
tion of the country, viz., larkspur, death
camas, and rattle or loco weed, Important
in the order named. He stated that the.re
were to varieties of larkspur, one with
a spreading root, the other having a solid
root or corm, the latter variety only being
Injurious. The death camas Is probably
more commonly known as lobelia.
J. W. Burgess gave some Information re
garding the dairy Industry In this section.
He stated that he knew of no person in
this vicinity other than himself who made
any pretensions of being a dairyman. At
his ranch on Antelope Creek, six miles
distant, are to be found 60 cows, 45 of
which are in milk at the presont time and
producing about 40 pounds of butter dally.
The herd is a rather mixed lot, contain
ing about 20 Jerseys, the remainder being
mostly Shorthorn grades. The best cow
Is giving at present 40 pounds of milk per
day, testing 5.0 per cent of butter fat, The
butter Is disposed of at Antelope and Shan
lko at a uniform price of 25 cents per
pound in the Summer and 30 cents in the
Winter months, the demand being greater
than the supply.
For feed, alfalfa is the principal crop.
It is fed as hay, as green feed, pastured
and made into ensilage, according to the
season of the year. A yield of three tons
of alfalfa hay per acre is secured in two
cuttings without the aid of irrigation. The
Winter feed consists of alfalfa hay, alfal
fa ensilage and bran.
TO ENGAGE IN LUMBERING.
Weyerbaeusers to Have Large Mill
on Gray' Harbor.
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 22. When the
regular Northern Pacific passenger train
pulled In here last evening It brought the
Great Northern special car Skykomlsh.
containing a distinguished party, consist
ing of Fred Weyerhaeuser, Sr president
of the great Weyerhaeuser timber syn
dicate; and Messrs. Fred Weyerhaeuser,
Jr.. McCormick, Mussor, Long, McKnlght
and Irvine, directors of the company. The
object of the visit was to Inspect the
Gray's Harbor Commercial Company's
plant at Cosmopolis, just above here, on
the Chehalls River, and to ascertain the
best site for a new mill. If It should be
found advisable to erect one. The party
spent last night at Cosmopolis, visited
Hoquiam this morning and left later in
the day for Tacoma.
While here the Information was given
out that the syndicate intended to enter
the lumber business on Gray's Harbor at
once, on a large scale. It will jog off its
own holdings, and eitner buy the Gray's
Harbor Commercial Company's plant and
enlarge it to meet the new requirements
or build a new mill, with a complete wood
working plant attached for the manufac
ture of lumber in all its Various forms.
This Is the first visit of the Weyerhaeu
sers in person to the harbor, and Fred
Weyerhaeuser, Sr.. said today that ihe
time had come when they must com
mence business here, and that operations
would be begun at once;
Another Strike in the Red. Boy.
SUMPTER, Or.. June 22. A good strike
of ore in the Golden Monarch vein of the
Red Boy mine has been reported and
confirmed by the management. A shoot
running ns high as $S0 has come In in the
north drift from the 200-foot level of the
new shaft, and, so far as explored, Is
proven to have good proportions. It oc
cupies the entire ledge, which is 12 to 15
feet wide, and has been uncovered 40 feet
north of the crosscut tunnel and found
again on the tunnel level, 300 feet dis
tant. LOW EXCURSION RATES.
Portland to Minneapolis and Return,
$52. Portland to Chicago and
Return, $T2.
On June 28, July 1 and July 3, the Great
Northern Railway will sell round-trip
first-class tickets from Portland to Min
neapolis and return, and Portland to Chi
cago and return at above rates. For
folders containing map, time
card .and
nth.r Information rjll or aMi-Afc,1.,.!,-
J tickat office. 122 Third street. Portland.
FIRE DANGER IS PAST
WIXE GONE DOWN j TLA3IES NOT
SPREADING.
Los a en at Cnxnp ,and Mills in the
Green River Valley Several
Narrow Escapes Reported.
-TACOMA, June 22. Few reports have
been received today from the scene of the
forest fires now raging In the Cascade
Mountains. A special from Hot Springs
says all danger in that Vicinity is now
at .an end and the guests at the hotel are
viewing the grand sight across the canyon
without the slightest apprehension. The
mammoth trees ablaze anon falling with
A resounding crash and breaking other
giants of the forest to the ground. Is a
pyrotechnic exhibition that outrivals any
Fourth of July celebration. The wind has
gone down and the fire is not spreading.
Reports from Lester, which was threat
ened, last night, state that no danger is
anorehended now.
tvi t t ,,v- rinmnani.ta oomn of!
Eagle Gorge was destroyed Friday night, 1
DEATH OF JACOB
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OREGON PIONEER OF 18-15, AND- ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN
MEN IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
OREGON CITY, June 22. Jacob Swain RIsley died last Saturday
morning at his home near this city. He was one of the most prominent
men In Clackamas County, and was universally respected and llkedr He
was born November 30. 1833. In 1845 he crossed the palns with his parents
and settled in Yamhill County, near the present site of St. Joe. Two years
later the family moved to Clackamas County and took up a homestead at
RIsley's Station, where they have since lived. Mr. RIsley's deoth came
suddenly. Last Winter he suffered-a severe attack of la jgrlppe, from
which he never entirely recovered. Last night he was seized with a vio
lent coughing spell, which resulted In the bursting of a blood vessel In
his lung. Mr. RIsley Is survived by a widow and three children, two
sons and one daughter, John and Charles Risley. of RIsley's Station,
and Mrs. Harvey E. Starkweather, of Mllwaukle. He was a member of
Oswego Lodge. No. S3, and of Falls Encampment, No. 4, Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows. The funeral will be held today.
.
entailing a loss of fully ?5000, while per
sonal effects belonging to the workmen
were burned which were worth fully
?1000 more. What few things were saved
from this camp were piled high on the
depot platform, where a tent has been
erected In which some of the men sleep.
Several of the workmen had narrow es
capes from this fire, being compelled to
wade the river to avoid the advancing
wall of flame.
The Kanasket Shingle Company's mill
was saved, but the outbuildings and most
of the logging outfit were consumed. The
loss will be about J2000.
At Carrlngton the fire fighters have
thus far been ab'.e to save the sawmill,
though fire still encompasses It. But a
considerable part of the logging outfit has
been destroyed, the loss reaching 51000.
Several smaller wood companies In
Green River Valley have also been dam
aged to a'grcatcr or less extent. Not one
has escaped loss.
THOUSANDS AT TURNER.
Attended Various Services and Heard
Dr.. Scovllle's Sermon.
TURNER, Or., June 22. Thousands arc
In attendance at the Turner camp meet
ing today, from.evc,ry part of the state,
and from Washington and Idaho. Near
ly 1000 were In the Sunday school at 10 A.
M., with Rev. Flora- G. Esson acting as
superintendent. The Inspiring music of
the great chorus under Professor Wlrtz
prepared the large audience for the ser
mon at 11 by Dr. C. R. Scoville, who
took for his theme: "The Alpha and
Omega of the Christ's Earth Life." He
took for his text Matthew Iv:l-1L He said
in part:
'Those notable things had just hap
pened and the Master is led away Into the
wilderness. He had been baptized in the
Jordan, being burled as the child of Mary
and arising as the Savior of the world.
A voice had just been heard, God himself
speaking to the earth, and the spirit in
dove form appears again as It appeared
once w hen the earth was emerging from
the mighty deluge in the days of Noah.
So again the dove appears, for the earth
is once more arising from the deluge of
sin not of 40 days, but of 40 centuries."
Dr. Scoville spoke at length of the great
joy and grief, of the sunshine and ' the
shadows In the lives of us all, just as it
is here in the life of Christ. Proceeding,
he said:
"The olace was a wilderness, a striking
emblem of the conditions of the world
he came to save. We must all In leaving
Egyptian bondage of sin pass through
the wilderness of temptation to our prom
ised land. Adam and Eve. tempted In
paradise, fell and were driven Jnto the
wildernesc. Christ, though tempted,
trained the -victory and opened the gates
of paradise again to a lost world. 'My
will, not thine, be done turned paradise
Into a desert Thy will, not mine, be
done, turned that desert into a paradise
and opened the gates of heaven."
Tho speaker drew many lessons from
the temptations, and said:
"The last temptation was a bold, un
masked, undisguised, overpowering appeal
to the highest motives, noblest feelings
and master passions of human nature.
'All the kingdoms and all their 'glory, the
price of self-surrender. It was Satan's
masterpiece, but the captor was led cap
tive, for Jesus was the death of death.
"The Omega Was the scene in Geth
semane. Satan had dogged and harassed
every step of the Christ from his bap
tism in Jordan, and. coming to his last
evening on earth, denied, betrayed, re
jected, bruised and despised, with the sin
of tho world upon him, the man of sor
rows was about to be overcome. The
Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all,
and the crucial moment of his inestimable
sorrows and suffering, he cried to the
Father to let the cup pass, meaning not
that he was afraid to die: for he was no
coward but rather meaning, let me not
die here, and the cup passed. An angel
appeared, strengthening him. In the, mo
ment of victors' ho cried from the cross:
'I have finished the work thou gavest me
to do. A world was redeemed, and all
heaven broke forth with psalms and hal
lelujahs." At 3 P. M. Evangelist B. B. Burton
preached a strong sermon on "The Divin
ity of Christ." This was followed by the
communion service. Dr. Scovhle preached
again at 8 P, M. The Oregon Christian
Missionary Convention will open tomor
row with a Bible Institute at 9 A. M.,
and the business session will begin at 10
A. M., with Rev. Morton L. Rose In tho
chair.
TO HAVE LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET
Farmers of Washington County Or
ganize at Gaston.
GASTON Or., June 22. The leading
farmers living, around Gaston met here
yesterday and organized the Gaston Live
stock & Produce Market, an association
composed of the producers of this section.
The object of the association is to ar
rant for and successfully conduct live
stock and produce market days, to oc-
nnr Hthpr nnnunllv. semi-annually or
semi-annuauy
quarterly, as may be decided on later by
SWAIN RISLEY.
a board, consisting of the president, vice
president, secretary and board of direc
tors, numbering seven 'members. The
first market day v,l be held at Gaston
the second Wednesday In next October,
j and over 35 members are pledged to bring
something in the way of livestock or
produce for sale, barter or exchange on
that day.
The meeting yesterday was called by
W. K. Newell, E. W. Paget. S. Shotwoll.
E. H. Jeter. H. F. Ball and P. 3. GlUIs.
whb posted signed notices at conspicu
ous places and circulated pledges through
out the community for signature of all
who were willing to become members of
the association. The progressive man
ner In which these farmers, recognizing
a common need, and having the Interest
of their locality at heart, went about the
business of perfecting ths organization,
which It is expected will not only be the
means of enabling the producers to sell
to good advantage, hut also bring them
together to buy and exchange, shows an
exceedingly enterprising spirit on the part
of the citizens In this section. The officers
of the association are: S. Shotwell, presi
dent: W. K. Newell, vice-president; E. H.
Jeter, secretary. The seven members of
tho board of directors are: T. Car
mlchael. T. W. Sane, E. W. Paget, G. E.
MIzner, S. Dreunner, H. Shallacombe and
P. Patton.
H. E. Lounsberry, traveling freight
agent of the Southern Pacific, was pres
ent at the meeting for the purpose of ex
pressing the interest which the railroad
company manifests In every enterprise
calculated to improve and develop the re
sources of Western Oregon.
GROUP OF MINES FOR $45,000.
Sold to Denver Capitalists, Who Will
Proceed to Develop.
WEISER, Ida,, June 22. A mining deal,
one of the most important that has taken
place in this locality for some time, was
consummated In the Black Lake district
last week. The Daisy group of gold
bearing properties belonging to Messrs.
McMullen, Shelton & Decker, of this
county, have been taken over by E.
Winchester, of Dcner, for Colorado
capitalists. The purchase price Is 545.000.
A large sum of money has been deposited
in this city to carry on development
work, which will be prosecuted on a large
scale this summer. Mr. Winchester is a
practical miner and will develop the mines
In a manner satisfactory to tho purchaser.
The Daisy group adjoins the Salzer Ford
properties, on which a large cyanide plant
Is now In course of construction and on
which a large amount, of development
work has been done.
MINE. PAID' FOR.
Lnt $20,000 on the California
Fourth BllHd Ledge.
SUMPTER. Or., June 21. Dr. S. M.
Moultbn. treasurer of the Turnagain Arm
Company, has made the last payment of
$20,000 on the California mine. This prop
erty was acquired by the company In Au
gust of last year, since when It has been
paid for and rork kept going nearly all
the time, with full shifts, in six or seven
tunnels.
A report received from Superintendent
Walker yesterday is to the effect that
the fourth blind ledge has been cut in the
long crosscut on the property, which Is
now nearing the California lead. The
last blind lead is four feet across, and
is heavily charged with galena, as other
rich Cable Cove ores are. The last strlfc'e
carries high Values, and Insures the ear
lier erection of a big concentrating plant
that the company has been discussing for
some time.
Aftc long illness, nothing equals the
building-up effects of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
WILL POOL HOPS AGAIN
SATISFACTORY EXPERIENCE
THE OREGON ASSOCIATION.
OF
Crop This Tear Is Estimated at 85,-
OOO Bales, 'and Price Expected
Is Above 15 Cents.
SALEM, Or.. June 20. "A pcol of Oregon-grown
hops will be made again this
year," said W. H. Egan. president of the
Oregon Hopgrowers Association, today.
"The question of export shipment ha3 not
yet presented Itself, but the growers, rec
ognizing In a combination of their crops
an effective means of disposing pf tnelr
products in competition in the world's
markets, will repeat tha experiment that
proved successful last year.
"The Hopgrowers Association will be
maintained again this year, and its efforts
to promote the growers' best interests will
be redoubled. Gratifying evidence of the
fact that the association Is considered a
factor in the hon market has already
been presented this season. A reliable
fjrm has offered to contract from the
membership of the association the tyear's
crop of standard quality on a basis of 15
cents per pound, but the offer has been
rejected by the officers, who are confident
that conditions will warrant a better
figure before the crop shall have been
marketed. The association will this year
control a larger acreage- than it did a
year ago. and will be In a better position
to aid the grower in disposing of th's
crop."
Mr. Egan says that In view of the fa
vorable conditions that exist and the in
coming prospects for a good price for this
year's crop, it Is a serious mistake for
.growers to contract their entire crop, or
even a portion, at prices ranging irom iu
to 13 cents per pound. The best contract
figure for 1902 hops that has thus far been
recorded in Marion County is 13a cents,
and this, Mr. Egan predicts, will be a low
er figure than the crop wW command in
open market. Mr. Egan thinks that the
success of last year's operations has done
much to dispel any doubts as to the abil
ity of the organization ' to get a better
price for hops.
Yield About S5,000 Bales.
James Wlnstanley, secretary of the
association, who has Just returned from
an Inspection of the hop yards of the
county, also speaks encouragingly of the
outlook. Mr. Wlnstanley's itinerary cov
ered 0 miles. Speaking of his observa
tions, he said:
"While there will this year be an In
creased acreage of hops, I do cot look for
a yield In excers of the 1901 crop. I think
85,000 bales is a conservative estimate for
this year's crop, although it Is yet too
earlj to make any reliable estimate. The
yield cannot be abnormally large, for in
many yards I note a poor stand of vines
and more than an average number or
missing hills. The vines at this time are
wed advanced and most of them are In a
healthy state. The usual number of arms
have appeared on the plants, but If they
do not prove more fruitful than did many
last year, the yield will not be up to the
average. But at the present time there
is every Indication of an average crop..
All indications of lice that resulted from
the unseasonable rains .of the early part
of June have been dispelled by the warm
weather of the past ten days."
Mr. Wlnstanley Is pleased with the pros
pects for good prices for th!s year's
hops, which he says will surely be re
alized. He says the American crop Is
practically all cleaned up, while In Lon
don, England, there remains only an In
ferior quality of hops of last season, s
crop. With these conditions, he figures
that there will be a brisk demand at un
usually good prices for Oregon's choice
quality of hops beginning with the open
ing of the market. Mr. Wlnstanley pre
dicts that choice hops will next Fall bring
IS to 25 cents per pound. He recognizes,
In the contracting business, a practice
that is not only unprofitable to the grow
er, but harmful to the market. There Is
an unusually large amount of 1902 hops
contracted In Marlon County.
HOOD RIVER STRAWBERRIES.
Season's Output About S5 Cars, at
$125,000 ScU
HOOD RIVER, June 22. The bulk of
the Hood River strawberry crop has been
shipped, and the total number of crate3
for the season will be something over
55.CC0, equal to about 85 carloads of fruit,
and netting the growers 5125,000. A major
ity of the heavy shippers are through
picking, but berries will continue to come
In from the upland patches for two weeks
or more. Theses mountain berries are of
excellent quality and command a good
price at the close of the season.
Most of the berries this year have been
sent east of .ie Rocky Mountains In re
frigerator cars, and the three cars sent
out last night brings the total car lot
shipments up to 61. About one-third of
the crop was shipped by express.
This was the banner season for the
Hood River strawberry-growers, the to
tal number of crates marketed being 15,-
000 or 20.000 over the number shipped last
year. The season was perhaps 10 days
late, but this Kept the Hood River berries
out of competition with the Missouri and
California crops and enabled the growers
to realize a better price. Last year the
Hood River Fruitgrowers' Union netted
Its patrons $2 13 per crate, and the union
expects to do almost as well this year.
There was a good j-Ield this year, and
with favorablue weather for ripening, a
full crop was produced.
The berries were generally of an ex
cellent quality, but the local shipping
agencies had some trouble this season to
keep Inferior fruit from going on the
market. Some of the new growers, not
yet converted to Hood River's ethical
code of marketing only first-class, thor
oughly packed fruit, attempted to ship
Inferior berries, but the Davidson Fruit
Company and the Fruitgrowers' Union
enforced a strict vigilance, and by a sys
tem of Inspection endeavored to send out
nothing other than a first-class product.
Much of this work of Inspection was
made necessary by the poor work of the
pickers. It was at times Impossible for
many of the growers to secure enough
pickers, and without clean picking each
day the patches are bound to deteriorate.
Careful work on the part of the pickers
was thus necessary, but good pickers
were hard to get. and many of the farm
ers lost heavily on this account. Some
of the growers have their berries picked
and packed In the patches, and pay 2
cents a box for the work, while others
pay 1 cents a box for picking only, and
have the fruit sorted and packed In a
packing-house. The latter method Is the
more expensive, but Is considered by
many to be the more satisfactory. The
picking thl3 year was done chiefly by
white labor, but the work is not the
easiest, and the growers experience much
difficulty In getting pickers to stay the
season out. About the time they learn
the business the pickers think they have
had enough and quit, and another lot of
pickers must be hunted up.
The total area in strawberries in Hood
River Valley is estimated to be about
550 acres. More land is being prepared
this Summer, and by next season the
strawberry acreage will probably reach 600
or 700 acres. The patches are generally
small, running five to seven acres in size.
The Butte farm of 30 acres' is the largest
berry ranch in the valley, and this year
produced 3500 crates of berries. The D. E.
Miller 12-acre tract turned off 2000 crates.
The smaller patches bring In the larger
returns per acre and produce the best
berries. This Is because the work of cul
tivation is -usually more thorough, and
the supervision of picking and packing Is
more easily done.
The principal markets for Hood River
strawberries are the Montana towns, the
Dakotas, Minnesota and Manitoba, while
many berries are also sold in Omaha.
Denver, Salt Lake and Seattle. Some
few are sold in Portland, and this year
shipments were made to Da.wson. City. A
crate "was also placed on board an ocean
steamer bound for Hong Kong, but their
condition on arrival has not yet been
learned.
FULL CROP OF PEACHES.
Spraylnjr Killed San Jose Scale and
Keeps Trees Clean.
SALEM, Juno 22. A. M. La Follett,
of Mission Bottom, says there will be a
fine yield of peaches In the Willamette
Valley this year. Peach trees suffered no
damage from the cold Spring rains, and
the trees are as full of fruit as could be
desired for the production of the best
quality of peaches. A full crop Is In
sured. Mr. La Follett has about 500 peach trees
on his farm north of Salem, among the
varieties being the Waterloo, Alexander
and Amsden. which beffin to ripen about
July 15. Among the later varieties grown'
are the Charlotte and Crawford. Mr. La j
Follett says his orchard Is not Infected ;
by any pest. Last year the San Jos
scale appeared -In a part of his orchard,
but vigorous spraying entirely killed It.
Mr. La FoHctt very aystematlcally
sprayed his orchard this year previous to
blossom, time.
The pqach crop Is a profitable product
In this section, which has become noted
for peaches of the best quality. Last
year Mr.. La Follett harvested from VA
acres S00 boxes, for which he found a
ready market In Portland, receiving for
the crop 50 cents per box on board boat
at Wheatland. Peaches are not exten
sively grown In thl3 section, but there is
always a good market for the fruit
Growers readily dispose of their crops In
the Salem, and Portland markers.
Mr. La Follett says that while Mission
Bottom, will produce a fine crop of
peaches, cherries In that section of the
country will not equal half an average
crop, and the prune crop, particularly of
the Italian variety. Is almost a complete
failure.
Electric PoTvcr Project.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 22. Seymour H.
Bell, formerly manager of the electric
light and gas company of this city, but
now manager and part owner of the Sump
ter Light & Power Company, has gone
East to interest capital In his proposed
Sumpter-Bourne electric road. This Is to
be a mining railroad, built expresily for
Quick and cheap transportation for ore
from the mines In the neighborhood of
Bourne. The plan 13 to use the waters of
Olive Lake for generating- electric power.
Experts say that it will be an easy mat
ter to put In a power plant there that will
develop several thousand hor-sepower for
comparatively little money. E. J. God
frey, of the Red Boy mine, is Interested
with Mr. Bell in the scheme to develop the
Olive Lake water power.
Interntlonnl Mining: Congress.
BUTTE, Mont., June 22. Secretary
Mahon, of the International Mining Con
gress, today received a communication
from Secretary of State John Hay to the
effect that the federal government would
Invite foreign governments to send dele
gates to the International Mining Con
gress, which convenes In Butte, Septem
ber 1, for a five day3 se?sIon. Secretary
Hay requested Mr. Mahon to forward at
once 500 circulars of the forthcoming
meeting for distribution among the for
eign powers.
Secretary Mahon received word that
all the trunk lines of the United States
will join with the Western Passenger
Traffic Association In offering a rate of
one farn plus $2 for the round trip to the
congress.
Utah Editors In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. The Utah
Press Association arrived here from the
North this morning and was met by a
delegation from the San Francisco Press
Club, which organization of newspaper
men entertained the party from Salt Lake
with a trip In observation cars to the
ocean beach and Cliff House. The Utah
editors attended a Mormon meeting to
night. Tomorrow they will be gh'en a
tugboat party on the bay by Claus
Spreckels, after which they will Inspect
the branch mint.
Fire at Ballard Co it ?C5,000.
SEATTLE, June 22. Fire caught In the
engine-room of the Kellogg Mill Company
at Ballard, early this morning, and be
fore Is could be brought under control
destroyed the entire plant of 530.000 worth
of property of the Stlmson Mill Company
adjoining It. At one time the entire town
was endangered, as the flames got far
beyond control of the town volunteer fire
department. Several pieces of apparatus
went out from this cits, however, and
after twelve hours work got the flames
under control. The total loss amounts to
approximately J65.CO0.
Lad Dranlc Strychnine and Died.
BOISE, Idaho, June 22. News has
reached Boise of the death of a 3-year-old
son of Oscar Brunzell at Reynolds,
from taking strychnine. Some visitors to
the house had left a bottle containing a
solution of poison standing on a dresser.
The little lad drank some of It and died
shortly afterwards.
$5000 for Pendleton Academy.
PENDLETON. June 22. Professor F.
L. Forbes has been notified that the
Presbyterian Board of Aid to Colleges and
Academies had appropriated J5000 for the
Pendleton Academy.
Tito Years for Larcey.
SALEM, Ore., June 22. Archie A. West
was received at the penitentiary today
from Wasco County to serve two years
for larceny.
Will Celebrate July 4.
GRAVEL FORD, June 22. This enter
prising farming country will celebrate
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Pimples, rashes, eczema,
boils, headache, nervousness,
debility these are some of
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Medical authorities agree
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Bad blood follows constipation, and
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Ayer's Pills arc liver pills. They pro
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Kccslu J.CAYERC0.,Lnrcll,51ass.
the Fourth of July In grand stylo. Coun
ty School Superintendent W. H. Eurch
will deliver the oration. He Is one of the
best speakers In Coos County. K. M.
Hansen will be present and Frank Har
nlsh and J. M. Bright marshals of the
day.
BACK FROM MARTINIQUE.
Echoes From the Eruption That
Wrought Such. Devastation.
NEW YORK, June 22. George Kcnnan.
traveler and author, who has been i.t
Martinique on literary work, and Profe
sor Angelo Hellprln, who went there ft
the Philadelphia Geographical Scclet. .
arrived here on the steamer Fontabell ,
of the Quebec Steamship Company. Nic
ola E. Parravlclno. the Italian Consul at
Barbadoes, who lost a little daughter at
St. Pierre; Henry C. De Mcduit, w ho is in
charge of the French West Indies depar -ment
of a mercantile house, and wheve
brother and sister were killed in the erup
tion, also arrived from fc't. Lucia. Thiy
brought three survivors of the ltoralmj
all Italians. They were on the brldi
when the eruption occurred and say mil
all they saw was a sudden burst of tlam.
As soon ns they found that tha ship was
on fire they started to bujld a rafc, but
gave that up and Jumped overboard. Af
ter that they say they remembered noth
ing until they regained consciousness on
the French cruiser Suchet.
Mr. Kennan and Professor Hellprln,
both of whom on June 1 ascended to
Mount Pelee's crater, would not talk for
publication.
Mr. De Medult, who went down for the
French Chamber of Commerce with funds
for the sufferers, said that business on
the Island was demoralized. Italian Con
sul Parravlclno said he came to New
York on business and would go to Phila
delphia. "My little daughter," he said, "was In a
convent near St. Pierre at the time of the
eruption and I found her body after a
iong search."
Louis H. Ayme, United States Consul at
Guadaloupe. who represented this coun
try at Fort de France during the period
following the destruction of St. Pierre, ar
rived today from San Juan. He was ac
companied by Captain Stirling, com
mandint of the naval station at San
Juan. Consul Ayme praised the attitude
of the inhabitants ot Guadaloupe toward
the sufferers. Their donation of 511,000,
he said, was out of proportion to their
means, and they were helping many of
the refugees from the ill-fated Island. He
will go to Washington to make his re
port. Earthquake but No Damage.
ROME. June 22. A violent shock of
earthquake is reported from Cassano al
Jonio, In the Department of Calabra. No
damage was done.
THE "IMPERIAL LIMITED"
This Is the crack train run by the Cana
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The time-card Is arranged to pass the
greatest scenic features during daylight.
Call at 142 Third street for full particu
lars. Lacemaklng is declining as an Industry in
Belgium.
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chary of giving preference to any par
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out plainly for Newbro's Herplclde, the
new treatment that absolutely kills the
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Champaign, III., say: "One customer o
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his head when he began to use Herplclde.
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far the best preparation of Its kind on the
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