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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1906)
THE MORNING OKEGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1906. PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE STATE OF OREGON 12 ME IKE GOOD L CLEAN-UP Managers of Baker District Producers Come in With Profits. PROPERTIES ARE ACTIVE Reports From Quartz Ledges of Blue Mountains Indicate That Season Has Been One of the Best in Many years. BAKER CITT, Or.. Oct 14. (Special.) One by one the mine managers of the Baker district are coming; in from the mines with their cleanups. In the past few days four cleanups from the biggest quartz mines in the neighborhood have been brought in, and more are to follow. Invariably the reports of the mining men are good, for the Summer has been a good season in the Baker field. Judge L. C. Dennis, who with other Ta-. coma capitalists has been operating the Mayflower, in the Cornucopia, a mine without a manager since G. V. Boggs was relieved of its control, has Just come Jn with the cleanup from that camp and has returned to his home in Tacoma. Since August 1 he has been on the ground at the mine, representing the oth er directors in the Stampede Mining Com pany, which is operating the Mayflower, anj will soon return to the property. The conditions at the Mayflower are unique. A new stamp-mill was erected this Summer and placed in ' operation about August 1. At that time the direc tors had a disagreement with Manager Boggs. who left, and since that time they have been operating the mine themselves. Judge Dennis being on the ground as the representative of ihis associates. Emil Melzer was down from the North Pole, in the Sumpter district, with his cleanup this week: Frank Balllie. man ager of the Columbia, was in with the cleanups from that mine, near Sumpter. and A. W. Butler came in from the Mat toon, which just started its new mill a few weeks ago, with the cleanup from the stamps. All were of good size. Water Supply Low. Many of the placer men' from over 'in the John Day country have brought their season's gold to Baker recently. They complain that the year was not so good as in the past because the season was too dry. The placer miners over the di vide all complain of this, but northeast of Baker the Sparta placers are still running, and Manager Tallmadge still continues to take out gold. His season, however, is nearing a close, and has been, it is said, a good one. These Sparta placers are the biggest in Baker's neighborhood, and are owned by the Oregon Mining & Development Com pany. The company Is putting in ditches and flumes this Fall that will cost J50.000. It has some irrigation schemes in which they will be used in addition to mining. With the exception of the Golconda, which recently closed down, the Mountain Home mine burned last week, and the Gold Coin mine, near Durkee. which was also burned recently, every quartz mine in the vicinity of Baker has been doing well this Summer. The Mountain Home mine is the property of H. M. Cake, of Portland, who has announced that he will rebuild his mill In the Spring. The origin of the fire has not yet been learned. Although the loss was a heavy one. Mr. Cake ex pressed great faith in the property by immediately declaring that he will re build. The Gold Coin was burned early in the Summer, and is now being rebuilt. It, too, was a fire of mysterious oVigin. The fire followed troubles in water litigation, in Which the company was worsted, but in the end a settlement seems to have been effected and the mill will again be in operation before long. The Timber Canyon Mine Company, east of the city, contemplates the erection of a stamp-mill, and will probably complete arrangements whereby one will be put up this Fall. Hope to Open Golconda. There is every prospect that the Gol conda, the mine which is said to be con trolled by C. S. Jackson, of Portland, and which was recently closed down for lack of funds to pay the miners, will be soon reopened. Manager McCarthy of the property was called to Portland this week to arrange with Mr. Jackson regarding the continuation of development. The mine Is an old one. and there is in it a large quantity of ore blocked out, but the work since it stood Idle has been allowed to fill with water and has never been pumped out. This can be operated by the use of a water power, owned by the Gol conda, but which it has never developed. The Columbia people are replacing a 1S stamp mill that has worn out by much. use with a new 20-stamp. modern mill that is being put in at present. At the old Flagstaff property the new owners, a syndicate from Boston, are pro ceeding slowly to clear the property from HEADGATE ANNUA s -1 XxTxfejx . $2rc ' 1 i , -".-v. lw-r' " t I ,1- : , i h3 - t??i iX OXX, debris accumulated during its year of idleness and to conservatively prepare for developing the mine. Twenty-five men are employed in tearing out old work and rebuilding the stamp mill, which was ruined during the days of idleness. The Flagstaff was worked out by the old man agement at the 100-foot level, but the new owners expect to go down and oper ate on the 300. 500 and 700-foot levels, which are yet unscratched. It will be a month yet before the overhauling is com pleted and then the management expects to' begin taking out ore in a small way, proceeding surely until it reaches the pro ducing stage. Considerable interest is manifested here in two experiments that will soon deter mine much regarding the richness of the Baker gold fields. Those are the black sand experiments feeing conducted at Huntington by a couple of scientists from Chicago University, who claim to have a process for extracting gold from the sand, and have gone quietly to work and pur chased all the sand claims they "could get title to, in hopes of developing a great industry- The other scheme is that of the Portland man. A. J. Stowell. who ex pects to dredge gold from the Burnt Riv er. Mr. Stowell has referred to the Burnt River as the sluice-box of the Blue moun tains, and believes that with a dredge gold can be taken from its sands. He declares that his investigations have led to a positive assurance that there are deposits of gold in the river that will net big returns when worked. Mr. Stowell was all over the river country and ex amined it personally. The fact that the creeks that empty into Burnt River and the gulches that feed the creeks have been found rich in placer gold gives color to his statement and many believe that the experiment will be a money-maker. WILL BUILD TO BEET FIELDS Central Railroad to Extend and Carry Boots to Factory. LA GRANDE. Or.. Oct. 14 (Special.) Officials of the sugar factory and the Central Railroad held a conference in La Grande this week to determine what can be done to relieve the tangle in regard to transporting the beets from Cone. The factory guaranteed the growers a certain price per ton in the fields, with the as surance from the Central Railway Com pany that it would be able to ship the beets by rail. Because of the failure on the part of the Central Railway Company to carry out Its contract, the factory has been compelled to transport the beets by team to the factory at a cost of $2.50 per ton, which amounts to confiscation as far as profit on the sugar output is concerned. The outcome of the con ference was that the railroad will try to push the track four miles further north to the Junction of the old Hunt grade. At this point the Cone beets will be brought to the railroad by team and the situation will thereby be materially relieved. It is said that there are enough rails and better material on hand to finish the four miles of track. WATER RIGHTS SECURED SAXTIAM RIVER WILL BE MADE TO TtKX DYNAMOS.' Generation of 42,000 Horsepower Is Proposed May Mean Electrifi cation of Corvallis & Eastern. ALBANT, Or.. Oct. 14 (Special.) Walter Mackay has filed with the County Recorder two notices of location of water rights in Linn and Marion Counties, ag gregating 42,000 horsepower. He states in his filing that the purpose is to gene rate electric power for use in the Wil lamette Valley for the operation of elec tric railroads and municipal light plants, and that he will build an immense reser voir at Marion Lake, Just across the line in Marion County and ne.ar the sum mit of the Cascade Mountains. A flume or ditch 12 feet wide will be constructed and waters of Marion Fork of the North Santiam will be used and a dam con structed with penstocks, and the water of Marion Lake itself appropriated. This is one of the most beautiful bodies of water in Oregon, an immense pond of pure water one mile wide and three miles long. It is of varying depth, bottom never having been reached in tome places. " For years Marion Lake has been the resort of campers and fishermen. It is on the line of the right of way of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad, and this new appropriation of water rights for the avowed purpose of generating electric power for the operation of electric rail roads has given rise to speculation as to whether Mackay is not representing peo ple interested in the extension of the Corvallis & Eastern, and paving the way for the use of electric power on the road. From the water rights filed on, enough power could be generated to furnish the entire valley with electricity. About a mile below the outlet of the lake, on the Marion Fork of the North Santiam River, there is a fall of 80 or 100 feet, and the filing includes this fall. Taxes Are Well Paid XTp. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. If (Special.) The report of Sheriff Pomeroy, Just filed, shows that the collection of taxes on the 1905 roll was the largest ever made on any roll in the history of the county. While the roll exceeded that of the former year by over $25,000. the amount which went delinquent is about $3000 less. OF COLUMBIA SOUTHERN IRRIGATION" t X 4 ?;l x ... f - V. X ; I f iX J : f: I X ; --Vk 1 I t' - - I ; ( . fXX r i i-'-.i- x-v x. y rxx-iX --;,cXx rXv I ... K i ... I i "if-" -4 fin, .in, rff-ri.i-iarr-iifft . . tiniMD.ii fc. I nmHinriV.imtf fc.-Ti mR tmymt larrvrrnrl i nTi mil iJrii 1 rill n T W. F. Metcalf, President. P Big Exposition Is Planned for City of Vancouver in 1910. CELEBRATE PACIFIC TRADE Rise of Commerce of Western Ocean Occasion for Biggest Exhibition Project Ever Held on Canadian Soil. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 14. (Special.) A movement of great importance to Canadian and British commerce has been inaugurated towards holding an OccitJ-ental-Oriental Exhibition in this city in 1910. The Hundred Thousand Club of this city has taken the project in hand and has begun a campaign in behalf of the undertaking. The idea has been enthusiastically re ceived and has taken such shape that suggestions for making it not only a na tional but an inter-empire event have al ready been advanced in the local news papers. The leaders of the movement urge that not only the Dominion and Pro vincial Governments but also the British and Japanese Governments could properly be appealed to for funds to carry the ex hibition through successfully. Lord Grey's speech, at the Canadian Club luncheon, given here last month, has been freely quoted in support of Van couver's claim that an Occidental-Oriental Exhibition representing and encour aging the commerce between Asia and Australasia on the one hand and Canada and the Motherland on the other, could most fittingly be held at the Pacific Gate way of the Dominion, the point where the Canadian highway between Europe and Asia meets the ocean highway. There is every indication that Vancouver will make a strong effort to assert what the city believes to be its legitimate claims and to carry out for the benefit of Cana dian and British trade the biggest ex hibition project ever undertaken in the Dominion of Canada, an exhibition that will be unique as representing the new order of things in the rise of the Pa cific Ocean to great commercial import ance. The friends of the project state that the exhibition can be financed for about $1,500,000 and that it can be done this cheaply because of the easily available timber. It is already proposed that when the fund is raiser) and the exhibition pro ject incorporated by the representatives of the bodies or governments subscrib ing to the fund, that the exhibition com pany shall build and operate its own sawmill to produce the material for the construction of the huge buildings that will be required. NOW HARVESTING APPLE CROP. Klona Farmers Report Unusual Yield of Prime Fruit. KIONA. Wash., Oct 14. (Special.) Lo cal apple-growers are now harvesting their crops. The orchard of J. H. Ken nedy, just below town, has yielded a magnificent crop. He expects to ship about 1200 boxes of Winter apples. His Spitzenbergs are especially fine, being al most entirely free from worms. Mr. Ken nedy says that spraying alone will not prevent wormy fruit, but eternal vig ilance in picking off and destroying all infected apples missed by the spray has resulted in a clean bill of health for his trees. His apples are mostly Spitzenbergs and Ben Davis. This orchard is one of the sights of Kiona. just now, and there STSTEM. CANADA NEW OFFICERS OF OREGON IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION Walter H. Moore, Vice-President. are several other orchards near here that are equally fine. The salmon season is now on, plenty of fish being found in the Yakima River two or three miles below Kiona. George Phay and E. H. Hinman yesterday even ing caught eight of the gamy big fish, and manj- of our citizens are recount ing stories of their prowess in that line. The salmon, although light in color, are finely flavored. Rev. E. H. Rubicam, who recently 're moved from Kiona to the Sound, has sold his farm, four miles east of town, to the Misses Brown, of Tacoma. H. E. Niquette is now in charge of the farm and will improve it for the owners. Lee Moore and family arrived here yes terday from Gem, Idaho, and will make their home on the 15-acre tract of land which Mr. Moore purchased last ' Spring from Jacob Geizentanner. He will at once begin the construction of a new resi dence. Horse Heaven wheat is coming into the warehouses here at a rapid rate, the grades down the hill being kept hot by the six-horse and eight-horse outfits loaded with grain. C. H. Spencer, who owns one of the big ranches on the hill, estimates that at least 150.000 sacks of wheat will be marketed here this year. Many of the farmers have not yet sold their wheat. Hops are beginning to arrive here for shipment from the yards a few miles down the river. The hop-picking season ended last Saturday. SEEK HEW RESERVOIR SITES MORE WATER NEEDED FOR RE CLAMATION PROJECT. Friction Between Settlers of Colum bia Southern Segregation and Irrigating Company. LAIDLAW, Or.. Oct. 14. (Special ) En gineer A. L. Aldridge and crew, who have been working under the direction of State Engineer Lewis, and the settlers on the Columbia Southern Irrigating Company segregation, have just returned from the head waters of Tumalo creek where they have been making surveys for the pur pose of discovering if there are feasible reservoir sites. The Tumalo is the source of water supply for the Columbia South ern segregation and owing to an apparent shortage of water for the successful reclamation of the project, there has been considerable friction between the settlers and state land board on the one side and the Irrigating Company on the other. The matter reached a crisis some time ago when the settlers called a mass meeting at Laidlaw and after mature deliberation decided to employ engineers, who would work under the direction of the state engineer, to make a complete re-survey of the entire project with a view to determine if there is a sufficient water supply for the segregation. These engineers began their labors early this month and on their return to Laidlaw tonight we learn that they have discovered and surveyed four reservoir sites, each being on a separate branch of the Tumalo. The estimating engineer will be here in a few days and will make estimates of the capacity and cost of con struction of these reservoirs and it is now believed that these will prove feasible sites and that sufficient water may be stored to furnish an ample supply for the segregation. Another thing that is contemplated Is the making of a new head gate and intake some several miles down the Tumalo from the present intake of the Columbia Southern Company. This will serve two very important purposes: first, it will enable the water to be carried on a grade from the creek to the lands to be irrigated and avoid the abrupt drops in the canal as it now exists.' This will serve to conserve a large amount of water that 1b now lost by seepage and evaporation. It will also permit Winter Irrigation, which is impossible with the intake at its present location, owing to the high altitude. The head waters of the Tumalo are in the vicinity of Broken Top mountain at a very high altitude and amidst some of the most magnificent scenery of the Pacific Coast, including glaciers, water falls, deep gorges and great mountains covered with perpetual snow, and if the water of this snow may be conserved by storage reservoirs, then the water sup ply for this segregation, which contains some of the choicest lands in the state, will be solved and with the advent of the Corvallis and Eastern railroad, which crosses the Deschutes River at Laidlaw. the desert will be made to blossom like the rose and the fine climate, rich soil, and attractive scenery will bring thous ands of settlers to this fair land. Logging Dam on the Abiqua. WOODBURX, Or., Oct 14. (Special.) The logging outlook on the Abiqua now looks brighter since the completion of the dam built by P. B. Bronky for Has kell & Christie. All previous attempts of this nature have failed, but this proves a lig success. The dam was constructed under a $1500 contract, all materials furnished, and is in a narrow gorge. It is 34 feet high. 10S feet wide at the bot tom. 200 feet in width at the top. and covers 20 acres of the valley above. The dam has two gates, each 16 feet square, which can be raised within one minute. When the water is at the right stage the flood can be turned on two or three times a day. A test of the dam has proved it a great success and means much for this section of the country. Millions of feet of the finest kind of timber will be sup plied sawmills on the Abiqua and Pud ding Rivers, and a large sawmill will also be built by Haskell & Christie. Women from their sedentary habits, are often subject to headache and constipa tion. These are quickly removed by Carter's Little Liver Pills. A. King Wilson, Secretary. CRY FOR TEACHERS Baker County Schools Are Far Short of Full Quota. SALARIES ARE INCREASED Many Volunteers From Other Parts of State Come in to Help Out Unusual Shortage in Pedagogues. BAKER CITT, Or.. Oct. 14 (Special.) Teachers are frightfully scarce in Baker County. The county superintendent is of fering high wages and good positions to the pedagogues of the countyi but can not get enough school ma'ams to fill the positions. As a result the teachers have had an increase in wages from J35, the average last year, to $50, which is this year's average. Teachers getting $60 and over are com mon rather than teachers with salaries of $40 or less. Many of the pedagogues get $75 per month or better. There are more than a dozen country schools that are paying this salary ta their teachers, and there is still a cry for competent teachers at high wages. Many schools have been filled by teach ers from outsid6 Baker County. There are many yet to fill, and the county su perintendent is receiving many requests for teachers. He Is advising all girls to prepare for situations in the schools, as the opportunities offered are good. According to the recently-elected county superintendent, J. F. Smith, there are 65 schools In Baker County with a total of 5325 pupils in the schools. The school ap propriation has just been made and amounts for the first half-year to $4 per pupil, or 25 cents less than the apportion ment of last year. There will be enough, however, to keep the schools in good condition- until next March, when the next appropriation is made. I BUILD NEW WATER STSTEM Wallowa to Have Supply in Excess of Present Needs. WALLOWA, Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.) Work on the water system of this city is progressing rapidly and the mains will be completed during the next two weeks. The system starts from the waters of Bear Creek, two miles distant, and at 200 feet elevation above the city. Through all the principal streets the mains will be eight-inch, steel-banded, wood-stave pipe, while all side mains will be six inch pipe. Although Wallowa has a population at present of but little over 500, the water system is sufficient to sup ply a city of 4000 inhabitants. An abund ant supply of pure cold water is assured at all times and in sufficient quantities to meet all requirements for power and irrigation purposes. The fall of 200 feet gives a pressure of over 10O pounds to the square inch. The total cost when completed will be $10,029. which will be met by an Issuance of 6 per cent bonds. Mayor C. T. McDanlel in a recent in terview, said: "We axe naturally proud of our water system.. No other city in the state the size of Wallowa can boast of so fine a system. It may seem that the system is a little too extensive for our present needa but the rapid growth which our city has enjoyed during the past 12 months fully warrants the venture and we feel assured that it is a question of a very short time until the city will grow to fit the water system." f f f s WHERE HOOD RIVER'S n t v -: ' t - T -fib - ' ' , , r 1 1 ? - FOR BETTER ROADS Several Bills to Come Before Washington Legislature. MORE M0NEY-T0 BE SPENT Counties Hope Jo Be Able to Own and Operate Stone Quarries and Employment of Convict Labor May Be Made Easier. SEATTLE, Oct. 14. (Special.) In tie interest of the good roads movement of the state a series of bills will be intro duced in the next session of the Legis lature extending the authority of County Commissioners and providing for the ex penditure of the state road levy. Under the terms of the McCoy bill, passed at the last session, there Is an nually levied by the state a one-fourth mill tax for public road building. This fund, the King County Association will ask, shall be apportioned as the counties have been taxed. A wide-tire bill is the first to be asked. There have been repeated attempts to pass a measure of this kind, but it has been beaten largely by the influence of the farmer vote. It is claimed that the narrow wagon tires of most communities cut up the county roads and make them almost impassable at times. By specify ing the load mat can be carried by wag ons freighted with different classes of loads it is hoped by the good roads asso ciations to work a big change in the care of public highways. It is questioned whether the County Commissioners now have the authority to purchase and operate stone quarries. A new bill will specifically extend this authority and give them the privilege of employing either convict or free labor. In the western counties of the state this bill is of especial importance. There are a number of available quarries that aeuld be bought by the counties for ma 5dam work, but the local governments are slow to take this step. In King County, for instance, there is but a single stone quarry furnishing materials for macadam work, and that is owned by a contracting firm that has controlled the improvement of highways for years. Un der the terms of the proposed act the county may either operate the quarries for their own work or may sell surplus rock to contractors for highway improve ments. ' There is a question as to the authoAv ot county Comnssioners to expend a part of the public road fund on the im provement of streets leading into the country. Seattle and Tacoma pay SO per cent of the general road fund, which in King County the next year will amount to $340,000. There is to be Introduced a bill authorizing the commissioners to ex pend on main thoroughfares at least one third of the cost of their permanent im provement. Coupled with municipal ap propriations for the work, this will enable many cities to build permanent highways leading into the country. Another act to be suggested to the Legislature will -call for a distribution of the state road levy to counties in the proportion that they contribute in the tax levy. A limit will be fixed upon the time they have to claim their proportion. For instance. King County, paying ap proximately $40,000 out of a $132,000 state levy, would have the first claim to that much money, provided the county agreed to spend a like sum upon the improve ment of county roads. The good roads organizations do not propose to limit the expenditure of this money to intercounty roads, believing that the permanent build ing of thoroughfares of any kind will be of general state benefit The employment of convict labor on public roads will likely be made easier, end there may be a bill suggested for the employment of county prisoners upon thoroughfares wltihn the Jurisdiction of the court. HOPS ARE ON THE CP GRADE Market at Salem Suddenly Becomes Active at Advanced Prices. SALEM, Or., Oct. 14. (Special.) The hop market at Salem has assumed a very active condition in the last day or two, .and now every dealer In the city has orders for hops at a slight advance over figures named a week ago. Krebs Bros, yesterday received an order for 1000 bales at 151 cents a pound. All other dealers are offering that price. Krebs bought the Claufield crop of 175 bales at Dallas yesterday. Joseph Harris and Catlin & Linn were also buyers on the West Side at 12 cents, while Lach mund & Plncus paid 17 cents for a choice lot bought from a dealer at Dallas. Grow ers in the vicinity of Salem are not sell ing at present, and most of the deals are made around Dallas and in the Luckia mute country. One feature of the renewed activity in the market is that much of the buying is for export. This will tend to further strengthen the American market It is also noted that whereas the contract buy ing six weeks ago was all in the hands of two or three firms, now all the deal ers are in the market and are hunting FAMOUS AP FLES WERE EXHIBITED AT s s . , &r$UH nmi UiUi y imssssssiissi m; k m mi LECTURE No. 24 . $3.50-$4.00 Shoe feels so easy across the Ball of tho Foot. No matter in what Position the Foot may be, or how much it may be bent, it is always comfor table. This comes from perfect "Lasting" for which the "ATLAN TIC" Shoe is justly famous. The Upper is pulled smooth, the Lin ing is stretched tight, and the Last is right That's all there is to it. If you want to eliminate all the Dlstbat Feet are Heir to start to-day-witb-a Pair of "ATLANTIC Shoes and you'll "come, again." If there is no "ATLANTIC Agent, have your own Dealer order frocr na juar-wnat yon want. m m t a m m m m m jt a rj . iiiwrmnii'iiBK fciiJiiiliiiiiiiiliMi iirtin;n:5: llU.iiilllii hops. It is generally felt that the desira to buy will push the price up a cent or two at least during the coming week. APPLES AT THE FRUIT FAIR. Exhibit by A. I. Mason Captures Sweepstakes. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.) The exhibit of apples grown by A. L Mason, which took the sweepstakes and several other 'prizes at the Hood River fruit fair consisted of three boxes taken from 9-year-old trees, planted 6S trees to the acre. The trees averaged five and a half boxes, and altogether he took 1141 boxes from his orchard. In the en tire yield there was only 64 wormy ap ples during the season and the trees were sprayed six times with arsenate of lead. In the whole yield there were only 54 boxes that went smaller than four tiers to the box. Fill la the Mixing' Link. M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Oct 14 (To the. Editor.) I find this in The Oregonian: One Valley town apparently has no complaint to make of rallroafl service. McMlnnville baa four passenger tra-tns a day each way, whlcb is very good for old Yamhill. Yes, we have a complaint to make two of them. The train service is good as far as it goes, but it does not go farther ia any 'direction than a man can walk in a day, and the passengers are told ta chare cars or take to the woods. Tha missing link between Corvallis and Junc tion has been held up for a quarter of a century, and this over one of the easiest places to build a road on the Coast- The Sheridan end has been guarding tha Grand Ronde gap for a like period. This latter Is by far the lowest and most ac cessible pass In all the Coast range to reach the Tillamook country. C. Institute Arouses Interest. MYRTLE POINT, Or., Oct 14. (Spe cial.) The Farmers' Institute and Fair which has Just closed, proved a great success. The display of agricultural pro ducts convinced all visitors of the agri cultural possibilities of the region about Myrtle Point. Dr. Withycombe of the Oregon Agricul tural College gave an illustrated lecture on the treatment of the dairy cow. As this Is a dairying region, this lecturo was well attended and the farmers got many beneficial ideas from the doctor's remarks. Dr. Withycombe has left for Marshfieid, where he will be present at the Farmers' Institute in that city. Funeral of "Doc" Reed. The funeral of "Doc" Reed, a well known local character, will be held from Finley's ' undertaking parlors tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The body is in charge of friends, as he has no relatives in this section of the country. Of late Reed had- been staying at the home of R. D. Cannon, city editor of the Evening Telegram. According to Mr. Reed'a wishes, the body will be cremated. LAST WEE KS FRUIT FAIR. k j