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THE -MORNING -OREGOKIAN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1905. BUMPER CROPON 616 BEND LANDS Great Acreage of New Terri tory Is Turning Out.lts . First Product. Y1E13TAB0VE THE AVERAGE Climatic Conditions Have This Year Been Very Favorable to the Washington Counties of Lincoln and Douglas. WILSON CREEK. Wash., Autj. 21. (Staff Correspondence.) The "Big: Bend country." of "which Lincoln and Douglas Counties include nearly all of the best wheat land. Is this year turn Ing off a bumper crop. There have been a few seasons in the past -when the yield per acre has averaged higher, but this year there Js such a large In crease in acreajre that even with a normal yield the output would exceed all previous records. And the output is bettor than normal. The Big Bend has never turned off rsuch -enormous yields .per acre as have been secured In the Walla Walla and Palouse country, but 40-bushei yields are not unknown this year; there are vast tracts that are runing from 30. to 55 bushels per acre, and yields of "15 to 20 bushels per acre are less common than those of the larger amounts. It is not alone these heavy yields that are bringing tho totals forXIncoln and Douglas Counties up to such big figures, but the bulk of the Increase in actual wheat marketed will be due to .the large Increase In acreage. Through out the entire "Bond" region, west and north of Wilbur and Odessa, there are hundreds of quarter sections which are this year producing their lirst crop. while hundreds of others are producing their first "good" crop. Much of this new land lies wot of the Central Wash Ington.and is tributary to Euphrates, Winchester, Qulncy and other Great Northern stations: But in the older dls trlcts there is also a heavy Increase in now acreage. One Vast "Wheat Field. I drove from Hartllne to Wilson Cruek this morning, keeping close to the boundary line of Lincoln and Doug las Counties, and throughout the trip of more than 20 miles, less than a dozen ' pieties of unbroken land were sighted. I had "cross-sectioned" the Bend by j team from Edwall to' Davenport the day i before, but aS'the eastern part of Lin com County has been in the buslenss longer. I was less jsurprised at the big acreage and the big yield. , As we drove for liours today through this seemingly unending succession of wheat fleld. fully "half of which have already been harvested; and have re turned from 20 to 33 bushels per acre, I recalled the remark made by a Dev enport farmer a few years ago when I asked him about the posiblllties of in crease'd acreage farther west. THere's a lot of darn fool Russian' agoing in there now," said he, "but they will never raise a crop worth harvest Jng." But the Russians, as well as a good many Americans and people of other nationalities arc this year sweeping along on a high wave of 'prosperity Most of them who did not pre-empt or $iomestea,o their lanis bought them rirom tne railroad company at from cents to -?1.26 per acre, and their crops ,thlt year will average up well with iinose grown on tt and $100 per acre land, in the Walla Walla country. Big Acreage .and Good Weather. It will,, of course, be shardly afe "to rely on an immediate repetition of this crop, for had climatic conditions been similar to those which put ( crimp in tne Oregon crop, there would have been a different story to tell. The I -crops in the "Bend," especially in the ' Vefitern pgrt, were allfn early and ma- tyred in time-to escape the hot weather. ; ; Not, only is the yield good, and the oreage large but the quality is un usually good. Spokane dealers who have received samples from all parts of the Big Bend express the opinion that S5 per cent of the crop will grade No. 1. The unsatisfactory red Russian has galneAno jtoothold in .either Lincoln or gougiaif County and "'tho . greater part gM.he crop is choice bluestem. although -Jttiere Is some Walla Walla and red fife. P There has been a pretty free selling novoment at .some of the principal appoints. At .Creston more has been sold .already than was received at.that point dat j'ear : and at Wilbur 200,000 bush lp have changed "hands! When Lincoln JfJounty had her last previous big crop", ri&buut sevon years, ago.: Wilbur handled 0yer 1.000,000 bushols of. wheat jTThe growth of nearby station's has prcventcd her from since equalling Ih'at lftcord, but indications are now quite a.hrab.le -for. the amount ,to be equaled it noL.iexceeaed this .year. The'achleve ment will be all the more noteworthy becausa there are a number of other ,big whcat points that have drawn on Vilbur territory slcne her former rec ord was made. Lincoln May Lead Whitman. In my Colfax letter I stated that there was a .good .prospect lor Whitman County this year to be crowded into second place asa wheat producer. Since coming over here my belief that it wjlj bo'a close race between the two counties has been strengthened. A large amount of threshing has klready" been finished and considerable wheat .has ,been-hauled to the warehouses. These Teturns, together with The rec ord of sack sales at the different sta tions, point to the marketing of be tween 4,500,030 and 5.000.000 bushels on 'the Central Washington alone, Wilbur leading with 1,000,000 bushels, while" "Davenport and Itoardon are expected to repeive 600,000. bushels each. The . .Great Northern runs so close 'flown- to the Adams County line for a good portion of the distance through . jjlncoln .County jtnatit-secures -much less Lincoln County wneat tnan is marketed -at the Central Washington stations. At the' same time fine yields are being eecured throughout the southorn part of the county, and Odes sa. Harrington, Edwall and some of the other principal points will receive near ly twice as much wheat as they re ceived last year. Yield May Reach Eight Millions. ' In tne aggregate the Lincoln Counts- yield promises to reach 7.500,000 bush els and some optimistic operators are placing, it as high as 8.000,000 bushels. There are, of course, the usual wild predictions of a crop of ll.030.eeo to 12iO0D,000 bushels, but these are not regarded seriously by men in the grain trade or by the farmers themselves. Taking the 11,000,000 bushels esti mate of one of those boomers, a Dav enport correspondent ngures mat 4.900,000 sacks will be required to han dle the crop of the county. As this is about twice the number ' of saoks that Tiavc been sold Jn the county, ana a large amount of the wheat is already in the sacks, the inaccuracy of such an sotimate is obvious. Portland Is Represented. Until the railroads decide to take ad vantage of the down-mil graao io market all of the big crop of this rich region will be lifted over the moun tains to Puget Sound. There is as yet no opportunity for Portland to do any business direct with the Big Bend, but Portland buyers are not out of the field. The Wilcox trade-mark Is no ticeable on many a warehouse and on numerous flour mills strung along the Great Northern, Central Washington and Northern Pacific, and the buyers for Kerr. Glfford & Co., Balfour, Guth rie & Co. and Northwestern Warehouse Company are almost as much In evi dence in the Big Bend as they are at the "competitive points," where both Portland and Puget Sound meet on even terms. Last year the Big Bend produced an insufficient amount of wheat to keep the Puget Sound mills grinding. Taco- ma and Seattle buyers were in such sore straits for wheat that they not only invaded Portland territory in Washington, but actually bought wheat in Portland and shipped it to Puget Sound, .thus preventing Portland from receiving the proper credit due. There will be plenty of wheat for both ports this year and for this reason Portland will profit somewhat by a big crop in territory not directly tributary to her -docks and wharvos; There is yet a considerable amount or new iana in this region and when it 4s all under plow and producing as good crops as are being narvcsieo. tnis year mo volume of traffic will become so great that the "Bisr Bend Short Line" from Wilbur to a Snake River point will be come a necessity that cannot longer be ignored. E. W. W. CHINESE LOSE MONEY SALMON RUN ON PUGET SOUND BELOW ESTIMATES. Contractors Cannot Come Out Even . Despite the Guarantee Given by the Packers. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 2L (Special.) Chinese labor contractors havo lost money this year in the Puget Sound can nernes. They counted upon a larger run of fish than was caucht and not even their guarantee will make many of them whole. Labor contractors pay tholr Chinese employes by the season. Hare butchtrs get $400 and tho wage scale averages about ?350 for the season, which will be three months long this Summer. Board and lodging Is also provided. The Chinese merchants who handle the labor as side line have had these mon on their hands for the entire season with less than a month's actual work for them to perform. Much overtime, paid for lire spective of the size of the wage rate for regular work, at 15 cents per hour. crowded into this month of actual labor. As an Instance of the way they have lost money, one of the biggest labor con tractors said today one of the canneries to which he supplies men guaranteed pack of 59.000 cases. The Chinese con tractor figured on 70,000 and engaged men In that proportion. The actual pack was 40,000. This means about half what was figured on by the Chinaman was actually packed, and half of his labor wasted. -But the cannery will havo to pay up to 50.OW cases, despite the fact that the pack fell 10.000 short- Chinese furnishing crews for the Alaska canneries will make money, for the pack there has come up to their ex pectatlons. But on Puget Sound local Chinamen claim the season has cost them big money. Local Chinese labor contrac tors get most of their men in Portland These men will be back home within month. The Chinese labor contractors speak derisively of the Japanese who were employed at the canneries, alleging they were only fitted for scrubbing the floors and cleaning up the tables. GUNCDTTDN FOR O'REILLY JTXFERNAL MACHINE" SENT NEW YORK POLICE CAPTAIN. - Contained in Seemingly .Harmless Cigar-Box and jMalled, as Were Schlff's and Guggenhelm'6. NEvV YORK. Aug. 21- Guncotton enough to kill a man. arranged in an in fernal machine and disguised as a gift cjgar-box, was received today by Precinct Police Captain Miles O'Reilly. This is the third deadly explosive instrument of sim ilar construction sent through 2ew York malls in the last fotir days, the last two having been received last Friday by Jacob Sschiff. the banker, and M. Guggen heim's Sons. Captain, O'Reilly received a cigar-box which In weight and every -other detail misled Tilm into taking It fof ;a genuine preronL Unusually heavy and tepaclous nails fastening down the cover, however, caused suspicion. When the box had been carefully opened at the ends, matches were found glued to the Inner surface in such a manner that they would be Ignited on emery-paper by the friction necessary to raise the lid. The police found that the flare of one of the half-dozen matches would have caused the death of Captain O'Reilly. THE MASON TRIPLETS. Did you notice the pictures of the Ma son triplets in the Mellln'a Food Exhibit in the Agricultural Bldp.. at the Lewis and Clark Exposition? Those three boys were raised on Meliln's Food and are now 15 yeara old sturdy, rugged boys, and so much rjike that few can tell them apart. Meliln's Food makes healthy children, and'rugjred. strop? bor and men. ILL NUKE' NOTES Chinese "Envoy Comes to Study Coolie Exclusion. SAYS BOYCOTT IS GENERAL Will Compare Immigration From Europe With That From China and Study American Ex ports to Empire. VICTORIA. B. C Aug. 21. Dr, T. T. Tong. representing the Imperial Chinese Board of Treaty Revision, arrived by the steamer Shawmut on his way to wasn- Ington, D. C. to interview the President regarding Chinese immigration into the United States. He will study the classes and character of European immigration Into the United States, with a view to learning whether China is discriminated gainst by an Inferior class of the people being permitted to enter America from the Atlantic Coast, which, he states, he understands to be the fact. Incidentally. Dr. Tong says he will Islt the larger cities of the United States to study the Industrial exports to China. presumably Intending to endeavor to have large exporters to China use their Influ ence in favor of less severe Immigration restrictions upon Chinese. He said the boycott was a serious move ment, general throughout China, instead of, as some think, being confined to coast cities. COXGER XOT GOING TO CHINA Denies Mission to China Boycott on the Wane. PEKIN, Aug. 21. The announcement that Edwin H. Conger, former Ameri can .Minister to unina, woum return here in connection with the boycott of American products, has occasioned the greatest surprise. Reports received from all the American Consuls Indicate that the boycott is waning, except In Shangnal, whore the situation is un changed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Edwin H. Conger. American Ambassador to Mex ico, stated on leaving for his home in Iowa last nignt that the report that he will go to China to investigate the boycott is an error. KANEK0 BRINGS WORD. (Continued From First Page.) place such an article In a treaty, she is willing to make declaration that she has no intention of attempting to threaton the naval position of Japan or any other power in the Far East. RUSSIA WILL XIELD NO 3IORE Meyer and Lamsdorff Confer, hut Hopes of Peace Are Small. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 22. (Special.) Great Interest-la felt here in the situa tion at "Portsmouth, and there is a gen eral feeling that Japan must yield or that the negotiations must end and tho war continue. The efforts of the President of the United States to bring about peace are greatly appreciated, but the general opinion of the Russian o..ciais Is that he cannot bring about the Impossible, and that, unless he can succeed in proving to the Japanese that their demands for territory and a large indemnity are pre posterous in the extreme, his hopes of ending the war will prove fruitless. Ambassador Meyer has had several conferences with the Czar, and with the Foreign Minister, Count Lamsdorff, and he Is fully Informed of their feelings on the subject. He is doing everything pos sible to secure Russia's consent to cer tain compromise measures, but it is un derstood that he has been courteously but emphatically Informed that Russia has already made great concessions to Japan, because of her regard for Presi dent Roosevelt and the American people. and that she cannot do more, Mr. Meyor was received In audience by Count Lamsdorff yesterday evening and was closeted with him for more than an hour and a half. He then went to the American embassy and sent a lengthy message to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Late last night he re eelved an answer of several hundred words and immediately there was great activity at the American Embassy. What was the message can only be conjectured, but there is reason to be lieve that It ummed up the result of the conference which President Roose velt and Baron Kaneko. the agent of the Japanese government, are reportea to have had on Monday. It Is understood that Mr. Meyer has arranged another conference with Count Lamsdorff for this morning at an early hour and it is likely that he will then communicate to Russia tne contents of his latest message from his chief. 5n the outcome of this conference undouhtedlv depends whether the war Is to be continued. The Russian people as a whole are pessimistic and feel that. In order to retain her position among: the nations of the world. Russia cannot give in any further. Then, too, there is a feeling of confidence that the Russian army in Manchuria Is In a position to give bat tle to tho Japanese with hope of suc cess. For months troops have been hur ried to General Llnlcvitch and now his army is moro numerous than the Jap anese and he occupies ti very strong po sition, which he is confident that he can retain. hTe army officers hope that the war will go on, ana tney teoi surt that Ruslan arms wtill ultimately tri umph. DID NOT URGE ARBITRATION WItto Denies Rumor of Presidents Proposition for Agreement. PORTSMOUTH. N. H.f Aug. 21. Mr. Witte took occasion this morning to deny that the President bad proposed that the existing differences be sub mitted to arbitration. Tho statement made in the Associated Press dispatches last night was not Intended to convey the idea that arbitration was tho solution The President primarily wants the two countries to continue to try to adjust their differences themselves, and by con cessions reach an agreement, but accord ing to the information of the Associated Press, he suggests the principle of ar bitration as a possible Anal mode for ar- ranging any points remaining In dispute. The Presidents role Is a delicate one. It will in no way appear In the meetings of the plenipotentiaries at this Juncture. Tomorrow when tho plenipotentiaries meet it will not be In any way the sub ject bt discussion, but will, romain In the background, each side probably fully ap. prised of what the President has done to bear Its fruit Jater. perhaps eventually in the form of a proposition from the Rus- elan side In case Emperor Nicholas looks with favor upon It. Sentiment here, how ever, remains pessimistic LOUISVILLE BANK CLOSES Western National's Funds Depleted by Loans and "Withdrawals. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2L The doors of the Western National Bank of Louisville, Ky., were closed this morning by order of the Controller of the Currency. A statement Issued by the Acting Controller of the Currency says: "An examination of the bank by Bank Examiner Garrett showed that its capital was badly impaired. Steady withdraw als have been made for several days, and as there were not sufficient funds on hand or immediately available to meet the de mand likely to be made by the depositors and other creditors, the Acting Controller directed the bank to be closed in order to protect the Interests of all depositors alike, and prevent those having knowledge of the conditions securing preference over those without this knowledge. Thomas M. Thornton has been appointed receiver." The Western National Bank Is compar atively a new institution, having been chartered In 1KM to succeed the Western Bank of Louisville. W. B. Smith was president and T. L. Jefferson, cashier of the bank. Expected to Bo Closed. LOUISVILLE. Aug. 2L The failure of Western National Bank of this city, or dered closed by the Federal authorities today, had been anticipated. On May 2). the bank showed a reserve of only 14 per cent, and Its business has fallen off stead ily since then. President T. L. Jefferson, of the bank. In a statement, says the failure is due simply to ovei loans and shrinkage of deposits. s RUTHLESS SLAUGHTER OF JAP ANESE IN KAMCHATKA. Shipwrecked on Wild Coast, Four teen Are Murdered, and Rescu ing Ship Is Driven Off. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 21. News was received by the steamer Shawmut today of the return to Hakodate of the Japanese sealing schooner Tora Maru, with four dead and four wounded, and with news of the murder of 14 other sealers of the schooner Matsumoto Maru by Russians off the Kamchatkan coast. Tho Tora Maru was hunting seals off the Kurlles when she picked up a boat of the Matsumoto Maru. containing four men. They reported that, while hunting off the Copper Islands, their schooner had foundered during a storm, nine of their crew drowning with the vessel, and that the remaining IS in three boats managed to reach the Kamchatkan coast, about 50 miles northeast of Capo Lopatka. The four men picked up by the Tora Maru had left the survivors on the beach to seek a coast settlement where provisions could be obtained. The Tora Maru returned to succor the shipwrecked sealers, but, when the landing place was reached, the Rus sians opened fire" on the Tora Maru boats. It was learned that the 14 ship wrecked sealers had been killed and the Tora Maru's sealers were driven back to their vessel with four dead and four wounded. The Tora Maru then returned to Hakodate with their deftd and wounded.. . - c FUNERAL OF YOUNG WALSH Parents Say He Never Before Had Automobile Accident. NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug. 2L Simple fu neral services over the body of Vinson F. Walsh, who was killed In an automobile accident here last Saturday, were held today at the Summer home of Thomas F. Walsh, the father of the dead boy Tho following statement addressed to the Associated Press was Issued tonight In the depth of our affliction. In justice to the memory of our darling boy. we want to ray that, although he has run an automo bile since he was 14 years old. he never be fore had an accident and never before In jured a Uvlnr being. To our friends In Newport and tho worM over, who have showered their expressions of nympathy upon us. we are grateful beyond the exprcMton of words. The universal sympathy will help us bear our awful burden, to live on-Tor each other and grops our way to the bitter end. nevertheless carrying In our hearts sorrow that time cannot efface. (Signed.) MR. AND MRS. THOMAS WALSH. ' The attending physicians were able this afternoon, with the aid of X-ray, to lo cate Mies Walsh's Injuries. They found a fracture of the right femur. The thigh was placed in a plaster cast tonight. Strict Quarantine In Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Aug. 2L The Arkansas State Board of Health tonight instituted a strict quarantine against the entire State of Louisiana. The board aaoptea a resolution providing that no person can enter the state from the State of Louisiana unless provided with a spe cial permit from the Arkansas State Board of Health. It wan announced that I these permits would only be Issued when ! the members of the board are satisfied that the applicant has not been In an in footed district within a reasonable length of time. The quarantine becomes effec tive as soon as orders can be Issued to the guards on the state line. Reception to Fairbanks. MANCHESTER, Vt,. Aug-. 21. Citi zens tonight tendered an informal re ception to- Vice-President and Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks and Representa tive and Mrs. David J. Foster, who have "been stopping: at a hotel here for sev eral days. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks will leave for Ogdensburgr, X. Y., tomorrow morning. Troops to Prevent Mob Violence. FRANKFORT. Ky.. Aug. 21. Gov ernor Beckham today wired' Adjutnnt Geiioral Haleyr at Camp Yeiser. Padu- can. to dispatch stao troops to Russell- vllle to protect W. R. Fletcher and Guy Linn from mob violence. Tho men arc charged with criminal assault upon a young German girl. V) Aged Solon Sent to Prison. BOSTON. Aug. 2L J. S. Standlsh. said to nave formerly been a member of thfo Pennsylvania Legislature, was sentenced today to serve not more than six, nor ies than three years. In the state prison for uttering forged checks hero in l'JOl. Standlsh Is 2 years old. Mrs. Taggarfs Petition Stands. WOOSTER. O.. Aug. 21. When the Tas:- gart divorce case opened today, Mr. Ster- ling, attorney for tne piainurr, made an addroRs In which he claimed that Mrs. Taggart was- a non-resident of Ohio and had no right in court here except In an swer to her husband's petition and that she cannot under the laws of Ohio be granted a divorce on her cross-petition. Judge "Eason refused to.dlsmlss the cros?-petltion; lU MM IN COURT risoner in New Orleans Has Yellow Fever. AIL AND COURT FUMIGATED Panic Results From Discovery De tention Camp at Slidell Closed. Three Cases In Missouri. Closer Quarantine. YEIXOW FEVER "REPORT. NEW ORLEANS. Auff. 21. Report to 6 P. M.: New cases 01 Total to date 1148 Deaths .. 9 Tetal deaths 05 New foci 16 Tetal foci ." 32 Cases under treatment 323 NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 21. Though there was an Increase today In the number of both yellow fever cases and of fatalities,- hopefulness continued to j pervade the Federal headquarters touching the local situation. The Mon day list Is always larger. That is at tributed to the fact that the work of Inspection la not as thorough on Sun day and only the reports which come from physicians are to. be depended upon. In today's list of fatalities two deaths occurred in the Marine Hospital. They were sailors. Another death was in the French Asylum on St. Anne street. These are the only two public Institu tions outside the hospitals in which cases of fever have had to be handled. Prisoners, court attaches and hang ers-on at the Second Criminal Court were thrown into something of a panic today when a genuine case of yellow fever was discovered at the dock. The man was found ill among a number of prisoners. A screened ambulance Im mediately carried him to the Emergen cy Hospital. A flying squad was sent for and the dock and courtroom thor oughly disinfected. The patient was an Italian, who was arrested on Sat urday night and remained In prison until today. The Jail will, therefore. also be fumigated. So much dissatisfaction resulted from the operation of the camp at Sli dell that Dr. White today ordered It to be closed. The camp at Harahan has been built by the Government. It Is the first of Its kind ever completely erected and maintained by the Marine Hospital Service, tho buildings being especially adapted for the purpose. CENTRAL STATES SHAKEN EARTHQUAKE SENDS TREMORS THROUGH VALLEY. People of Several States Awakened From Sleep by Three Dis tinct Shocks. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Aug. 21. at. Louis and vicinity was visited by an earthquake tonight shortly after 11 o'clock. Three distinct shocks were felt by thousands of persons in SL Louis and St, Louis County as far east as Belleville. 111., as far south as Paducah. Ky., and as far north as Springfield. 111. While the tremors lasted scarcely a minute, they wore distinct enough to awaken sleeping residents of the city, to cause dogs to bark in alarm and to start sleeping children to wake and cry out in alarm. The shocks, from a comparison' of the time they were folt In the districts vis Ited seemed to travel from east to wesL There was but an infinitesimal period be tweon the shocks, but a second Inter vening between the -first and second spasms, and about three seconds between the second and third or flnai snocx. The tremblln? of the earth was accom tianled by a dull rumbling noise, wmch sounded like the passing of a distant freight train. KENTUCKY TOWNS ARE SCARED Two Stocks Send People Ruslring From Homes in Panic. OWENSBORO. Ky.. Aug. 21. Owens boro and Henderson. Ky., and Evansville. Tnrt. were visited by an earthquake at 11 ft'rirwk tonleht. Two distinct shocks Tcirf felt. Citizens of Owensboro were crp-itlv frlchtened. Many rushed from their homes. No damage was done. Memphis Is Twice Shaken. -VftrM-PHTS. Tcnn. Auk. 2L Two dis tinct earthquake shocks were felt here tnnieht at 11:10. The disturbance was moro annreclably felt In the eastern sub- tirh than in the city. The shocks were of brief duration. Springfield Feels It Too. KPRTXGFIELD. 111.. Aug. 21. An earth quake shook every house Jn Springfield at 11 o clock tonlgnt. Municipal Gas Plant Blown Up. LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 21. The municipal gas plant at Syracuse, Neb., was- partially demolished today by an explosion which also wrecked a part of. the waterworks planL J. C. Reld. a fireman, was prob ably fatally Injured. AT THE HOTELS. Tho Portland-W. C Oates Jr., Montsom- cry: J. B. uaion. "" T Vr nThC He'rmUton:' B. W. Clark. Jr.. De troit: W. H. Flk and wife. M. Jones, Chl caso: P. J Boss. San Francisco; T. B. Lyon, wlf.' and daughter. Boise; E. M. Douglas. AVricht. Idaho Falls; A. A. Cooper, A. A. CoVr. Jr.. Dubuque: G. TV. Mure. Chlcaso; P. II. Livingstone and wife. San Francisco: V C Kuehgrasser and wife. New York; C. T 'Vorielr and wife. M. Lowe. Omaha; V. A. Weod New York; L. C. Perry. Prlnevllle; c ii French and wife, Douglas; W. Stark. n'niM F Knapp and wife, F. J. Edwards and wife. San Francisco; A. H. -Williams. San Francisco; F- E. Fisher Louisville: B. S Grosscun. TScoxna; G. A. Richardson and wife. Green Bay; O. C. Haslett. San Francisco- H C Noble and wife. New Britain; M L. Cook and wife. T. Munkindato. San Francisco: E. B. Doud. lire. II. C Dennis. MH. Scher. Nw York: C. M. Clark. Chl ea co F Zak. Mrs. A. F. Korbel. Miss M. Kernel Ml E. Korbel. E. A. Kelthler. San Franclko; L. H. Bailey and wife. Mrs. H. E. 'E x i;rran luimivi. w. . s. AanuRs and wife. Honolulu: Mrs. A. ru Raller. iinaca; - ". M" je- Xew York; W. C Cates and wife. Mont gomery: E. R. Slock and wife, H. A. Walsh. J M Chesman. San Francisco; Mr. M. Idle man Miss Idleman. Cheyenne; Ml Car mlchael Mlm Van Antwerp, Mrs. T. II. "Wat erman. W. V. Waterman. Chicago: H. Prwi ton and wife. MIsa T. Preston. F. Preston. Seattle. Tho Perkins Mrs- A. L. Loom!. Mead vllle. Mo.; Miss Emma Loom Iff. Lawrence; C Pfelffer, Albany: F. E. Dora. Los An seles; R. Black. Eugene; Mrs. F. E. Marten. Butte: N. Whltten and wife; Fawcette and family. lKtt; G. Shelby. Welser; H. Rlaras. Spokane; Mrs. J. H. Wellington. Clatakanie; A. Johnston and -wife. Welser; A. B. Moss and wife, J. M. Bennett. Payette; Mm. T. L. HicKey. rocateuo; k. weis, AiDany: J. u. Small. Bingham Springs; Mrs. E. D. Zanders, Spokane; 1. O. Rosbock. Dixon; J. O. Schnelderholm. Calumet: J.'IV. Kelly. Evan- ston. III.: 0. A Taylor. W. W. Apple ton and wife. Kelso: W. Madison. Minneapolis; m. Robinson. F.. Dana and family. Seattle. R. -Jiicnard. E. U. Scott. Tacoma; d. u. hcmy and wife. Chippewa Falls; P. Mueller. M. Tenln, Su Louis: F. T. Land on and wife. Blanch Landon. Ellwell; T. Arthur. Seattle; W. A. Mussar. Independences J. X. Atterburg. Vancouver. Wash.; Clara RoWnson. Cornelius; W. R. Wardent. Xreka: C. L. Wheeler. ew York; G. B. Bonehlll. Grass Valley: A. Ben nett. Irrlgen; Mr. T. C Palmer. Miss Palmr. Palmer. Or.; M. P. Kelly. Tacoma; Mrs. W. B. Hall and sister. Spokane; J. A. Stonecker and wife. Sclo. O.; W. A. Polklnghorn and family. Santa Monica; C. F. Miller and fam ily. Klkton: V. S. Sobel. Nashville; J. Ken gel and niece, Detroit; E. L. mlth. Hood River; X. B. Avery. Corvallls. The Imperial Miss Sadie Steen. La Jaa lta; H. G. Van Dusen. Astoria; J. P. Wilbur and wife. Union; G. L. Kin?. Ontario; K. Lockey. Tacoma; E. S. Crawford, Saira; S. Llpman, San Francisco; J. Sweeney. J. J. Mundy. El Paso; A. M. Magnton. KJomatn Falls; S. L. Hasktns. 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Woodland; A. G. Pell; A. Cambst, Astoria; A. D. Shure. G. Clanfletd. Balls ton; L. C Burton. Cathlamet: G. Davidson. Soulier Home. California; B. C. Davidson; S. Mertln: Mra. J. R. Mendenhall. F. Mendenhall. Shrl dan: C. F. Meagher. S. G. McGee, Beaverton: A. W. Sturgls. Medford; W. B. Brldgeman and wife, Sunnyslde; Mrs. G. C Rodell. WayzataT W. Crawford. J. B. Hill. Troutdale: F. Ledatone and wife. Washougal; Mrs. Cooley. eon and daughter. Washougal: C. H. Baab and wife; C R. Davis and wife, Clackamas; C H. Senn and wife: W. W. Beebe and wife. Owen: Mrs. Benner, R. Benner; Mr. and Mrs. Ashcraft. Falrvlew; Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and family. Falrvlew; W. Brw., Marshland; w. S. Lawyer and nephew. Woodland; C. H. Ogden. Cleone; H. Grimes. Prlnevllle; C. W. Perkins. North Yamhill: C. B. Bernlson. C. Howard, city; W. E. Cady and son. Tacoma: Kelly brothers. Miss Wilkinson. MIxs Kelly. Houlton: H. Bushman and wife: C. E. Wlks- trom and wife. Houlton: F. H. Wlkstrom and wife. Kalama: A. R. Thomas. Falrbank; S. W. Whltters. Red Bluff. The Esmond F. L. Freebrlng. A. L. Brown. Kalama: Mrs. F. Smith. J. Smith. Wst Union; E. Hayes. Gravel Pit: J. N. Turner. C. Pearson. Westfall; E. S. Deanlt and wife. Eugene; G. Linden and MLss Linden. Garden Home: J. m. urant ana wire, begwin; k. Wherry. Astoria; J. Hancock. San Francisco; S. Knltson. M. Holt. Dallas; A. B. Crelgn. Spokane: Mm. S. Johnston. J. Laplne. Lyle; K. L. Brennan. Gaston:, t. Bourne. Seattle; F. Carroll. J. Hayen. Ostrander; M. Lane. Vancouver; L. J. Carter, W. Holmes. P. Campbell. San Francisco; W. H. Williamson and wife. Stella: J. L. Jaeger. S. Fuller. Grand Rapids; C. O'DonnclI, San Francisco; H. M. Roberts. M. T. Cook. North Yamhill; Mrs-. J. H. Colllnc. Wardner: G. C. Tlchenor. Clatskanle; J. Kraus and wife. B. van Mand. J. Bergman and wire, orange city: "W. Clark. Catlln: W. S. Baroum and wife. L. Barnum. Medferi: H. Jenkins and wife. J A. Jenkins an. wlf. Ostranrir; A. A. Case. D V. Pearce. Delia Pearee. 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