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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1900)
"3TT '",.lB!iili$p,ftr-sjw 'vp is&-firrvmftrwfpp -" ss" HSsyj "f'Tigw&Ffm"wc'Vv'Z?wf4-!M- -tmfv-K trrmspW tPTfiffigH. JWJW- 'P'JT JSPiTf"W"rr yr" wggf y 4 THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 4, 1900. 'TP"ir-K'se--ml!Kfv st, 't'rissirejgsmmtw' WORKING FDRtHWRIVEir LKWISTOX COMMEItCIAI. GLBB HAS ADOPTED A MEMORIAL, Portage at tbe Dalle Should Be Free Velame o Traffic Affected - " 'The Savins. LEWISTON.Feb. 3. The Lewlston Com surci&l Club is still at work on the sub 3ot of aa open river from the interior to Pocttead. The chib has issued the fol lowing memorial to representatives in congress, commercial associations and, mu nicipal bodies: "Replying to inquiries from Congress atui Wilson, of Idaho, and others, as to the position of the people of the. country tributary to the Snake river waterway, concerning the plan of opening the Co lumbia river to navigation, we would call year attention' to the fact that, on Sep tember 6 last, the Lewlston Commercial Ctafe invited your attention to a statement by Captain "W. W. Harts, corps of engi neers. United States army, recommending the constraction of a free portage railway around the dalles rapids in the Columbia riven. "With that communication we also -enclosed a copy of resolutions of this club. Indorsing the memorials of the states of "Washington, Oregon and Idaho, to the congress of the United States, requesting the opening of the Columbia and Snake rivers to navigation. Since that time. Gen eral "Wilson, chief of engineers, United States army, has reported to the congress that such free portage railway is the most feasible means of overcoming the said obstructions to navigation. Since that date, too, a private or close corporation ha begun the construction of a commer cial portage railroad around the dalles; but in the opinion of the people of the Snake and Clearwater river valleys, gov ernment control is essential to a proper commercial benefit of these natural high ways. 'Now, therefore, we again respectfully urge upon jour attention the importance tf government ownership of all improve ments to and for the navigation of the Columbia and Snake rivers, and urge ac tion, fey the congress during Its present eesstoa, te provide for the construction of a temporary free portage railroad around the dalles of the Columbia by the United. States government; it being under stoed that such free portage railroad shall be bunt for the express use of and as a, means toward the construction of a, shin canal, with locks, through the dalles, and that Its free use by the public la but a tesaperary incident to the ultimate con struction of such canal." Appended to the memorial Is a. carefully prepared statement of the freight traffic of the Columbia river basin, which would ha affected by the opening of the rivers to navigation. An estimate is made that the wheat shipped from the Columbia riv er plateaus amounts to not less than 30, 090,090 bushels per annum. This includes the product of the sections known as the Big Bend, Pateuse, Potlatch, Camas Prai rie, Horse Heaven, "Walla "Walla and the Asotin, Garfield and Pendleton districts. Only a portion of the land in these sev eral districts is yet under cultivation, and the yield will probably Increase with Im proved transportation facilities some 50 per cent or more. The cattle shipments & erage about 300,000 head annually; sheep 600,000 head, hogs 100,009. The total amount of incoming merchandise freight is con siderably above fiOO.OQO tons annually. In a. tabular statement the show Ing la made that eta incoming and outgoing freights the resident of the Columbia basin, would save $tMM,W0 every year by having an opes river. WARRANTS GO TO DISCOUNT. --Seat ef Decent Disclosures la Aci Perces County, Idaho. LEWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 3. Since the examination of the books kept by cx audltors of Nez Perces county has dis closed a clerical laxity, the market price of county warrants has. fallen from par to 9ft cents. For years the warrants have met with ready sale, because they bore 7 per cent Interest, and w ere consid ered to be safe investments. Now that the validity of some of them has been called ia question, they are no longer looked, upon as a safe Investment. The situation Is best stated in the w ords of E. "W. Eaves, cashier of the First National bank, of Lewi&ton, who said: "Before there was any suspicion cast to the validity of county warrants, they wse taken at par by the banks. If the bank needed money, it could always hy pothecate the warrants and bridge over an active demand for funds. "When money became easy again, the bank could redeem. the warrants, which were alwajs worth their face value. An Irregularity in the Issue of county warrants impairs the value of all of them." Nez Perces county is in a quagmire of doubt and uncertainty. There does not seem to be any question hut a. Shang hai rooster could wade in ink and then keep books as well as some of the records have been kept in the oast. There seems to be no evidence thus far that any ex ofSeial ef Nez Perces county has deliber ately made false entries. It Is conceded that the danger ef bad bookkeeping, forcefully shown by an expert examination of the county books, will be beneficial. It Will serve as a warning that public records must be skillfully kept, even if it does tie otter geed than to promote accuracy. The state has Med a suit in the district court fee Ada county against S. O. Tan nahUI, ex-auditor and recorder of Near Peeoes oeunjty, and his bondsmen, to re cover the sum of $735 dae the state. The claim fe for stenographer's fees on suits filed ht the Nez Perces county court dur ing Mr, Taaaahill's incumbency. The account accumulated during the four years of his administration. It seems that in some cases the statutory fee was not col lected by the clerk, but the state holds him responsible for the entire amount, as he had no authority to trust out any amount due it. This is said to be the be ginning of a great number of cases that will be instituted if counties and county officers do not square up delinquencies. TAAKAHILXr'S EXAMIXATJOX. tAreajaeats ia the Case to De Heard Next Tuesday. USVMSTON, Idaho, Feb. 3.Ex-County Aueitor TansahW, charged with forgery, was given a preliminary examination to day ia probate court in a criminal action alleging the duplication by forgery of a warrant for $37 5. The prosecution Intro duced the alleged forged warrant today. and the argutoient was set for Tuesday, without the defense offering testimony, Bx-Auditor H. K. Barnett, the prede cessor of T,anahlll, is a defendant in a civ aettes. instituted by the county. Tan aaMU. who is a democrat, claims ho is the victim of a political persecution by the local repuboeaa politicians. FOR DURAMVS PAHDOX. Application to the Governor in Fa--vor ef the Portland Orjsran Man. SALBSf. Or., Feb. 3. A numerously elg4. pettttea for the pardon of Ezra Duraad, the fermer Portland organ dealer, who te wder & 12-year sentence for for gery, -was presented to Governor Gecr to day Among the signers of the petition were: J C. McGrew, George F. Lent R. A. FuBJae, Roscoe R, Morrill, Daniel W Wetner. W. A. Hathaway. C. H. Thompson, A. W. StowcH. R. O. Wood- f ward and A. E. Woodward, each of whom accompanied Me signature with tha words, "one of the iejwed"; Alex Sweek, "at torae) for several creditors"; "William Wadhamc and Circuit Judge A, F. Sears. The ertae for wMch Durand Is bow serv ing seateaee wss committed In Portland in UK. To ,void arrest he fled the state, 3ng-flrsfr to Hexice- and thence- to- Mleh. Igan, where he was captUrL At the time, of his arrest ha declared that he was endeavoring to earn enough money to pay hi debts in Portland- In the latter part of March he was tried and convicted before the late Judge Stephens, and on the 1st of April following he was sen tenced to 12 years in the penitentiary. Durand has passed his 67th year. His health has. been undermined, by worry, and the petitioners think he should be. pardoned. Ha joemmltted forgery, they, say. not tp enrldfa, himself, but to pay his- debts,. and they-believe the sentence lm- J Ijuscu. w excessive. THAT FIVE-MILL TAX. Clatsop Coanty Commissioners Have Difficulty in Dccldlns It. ASTORIA, Feb. 3 The county court, which has been in session: during the past few days for the purpose of deciding on the petition for a special levy of 5 mills annually for a- period of four years, ta. construct three main roads leading from the city to the different parts of the coun ty .adjourned this evening until Tuesday without taking action in the matter. THa petition has over 2000 signers, but many of the names are being thrown out of per sons who did not vote at the last county election. It now appears doubtful if the petition, will carry. A movement is on foot in this city to hold a pro-Boer meeting in the near fu ture. A committee of sympathizers with the South African republics has charge of the movement, and expects to hold the meeting next week. The Columbia Electrical & Repair Com pare of this city, has received a contract to wire all the new buildings lately erect ed, for the government at Fort Stevens. It Is the intention to light the entire bar racks with electricity from power fur nished by the present power plant. PROFIT IN SCALP BOUNTIES. Many Claims From Harney County Others Active Also. SALEM, Or., Feb. 3. Four certificates for 450 scalp bounties, aggregating 5900, were presented to Secretary of State Dun bar this afternoon. All the certificates came from Burns, Harney county, and were held by H. M. Horton, three on as signed claims nd one in his own name, The total amount claimed by Mr. Horton exceeds the sum that Marlon and Multno mah counties together would ordinarily pay in a whole year. So far this year, State Treasurer Mooro has Issued warrants for 258 scalp bounty certificates, making the expenditures of the state for bounty nearly $3100. Several counties have made Immense bounty re turns, but the one In which the greatest expense lies Is Harney. That county has; returned fle or six claims, each of wnlch. exceeded $100. HEAD WAS CUT OFF. Man Killed by O. R. & N. Train. Neat Hilg-ara Station. LA GRANDE, Or-. Feb. 3.-nJohn Hack erty, an Englishman, was killed above Hilgaxd at 6;30 this morning by the No. 1 train. His head was severed from hla body, and the trunk was horribly man gled. He was identified by a letter writ ten by his brother, S. Hackerty, from. Nel son, B. C, to John HacKerty, IeadvUlet Colo. Hackerty was In La Grande last evening, and was evidently beating; his way to Pendleton. Want Executions at Penitentiary. DALLAS, Feb. 3. The sentiment of th'3 community is in favor of hanging at the penitentiary, all convicted murderers- ta be sent there for execution. Every crack and crevice about the stockade where Magers was hanged yesterday was at a; premium, and was held exclusively by bpys of a class likely to be influenced by scenes of this kind. i For a Prnpesrowen' Union. CORVALLIS, Or., Feb. 3 A call has been issued from the convention of fruitgrowers- for a meeting of prunegrowers In Portland March 7 and 8, for the purpose of forming a union. Orcffon Notes. Many prospectors are in the Grant coun ty hills. Lane county's populist central committee will meet at Eugene the 10th lnst Henry Vinson, of Langell valley, recent ly made a sale of $3000 worth of mules. Baker City's common council has decided to use steel pipe for its new water sys tem. Property-owners in Lane county will pay $150 less per $1000 this year than last in taxes. Mrs. C. W. Stokes died of consumption at the home of her mother, Mrs. Slater, in Moro, last week. Editor Irvine, of the Corvallls Times, Is In San Francisco. His eyes will be treated by specialists. The Gervais public school building is de scribed 5y the Star as "palntless, cheer less and largely wlndowless." Mrs. Jonathan Vincent died at her home at Zlon, in Lane county, January 3L Tho lady had long been an invalid. The" Polk county goat show, to be held at Dallas February 24, promises to afford a large and Interesting display. The body of a mine cook, whose name was King, was found near Gelser on the 1st He is thought to have been drunk and to have died from exposure. A large panther, measuring 7 feet 10 inches, was killed last week near Elkhorn by Albert Gould. The panther was In a tree, and Gould shot him with a revolver. A sheep fancier at Alrlle recently closed a contract to sell all this season's buck lambs at $S. a head, and Immediately one of his prize ewes presented him with four lambs, all "bucks. A mining convention, to be held In Baker City next June, has been proposed, and the O. R. & N. Co., through its in dustrial agent R. C. Judson, has prom ised to give. It aid. A Grant county man named McBean has seen the frame of his barfi "razed" three times once by fire, twice by high winds. It has been raised again, and he hopes to get it completed this time. A citizen of WUbur claims to have de veloped a new variety of prune, larger than the Silver, but said to resemble the Italian in flavor, though sweeter It is said that 11 of them (selected) weigh a pound. John S. Bays, the contractor on the Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific, has about 150 men at work grading, doing rock work and clearing right of way. Work will spon commence on the bridge across the McKcnzle. Tho Dayton Journal says, that J. B. Mel lott of that town, has a wooden clock over 100 years old. It runs- and keeps ac curate time. It belonged to- Mr. Mellott's grandfather, who came from France with La Fayette during the Revolutionary war, and bought the clock after the close of the war. Farmers who have been In Pendleton since the Tecent cold nights tell the Re publican that so far the wheat has not been damaged to any great extent Some of the volunteer wheat that had begun to Joint has probably been killed, but all of the fall sowing appears to be as. thrifty and green as It was two weeks ago. Residents of Camas valley, Douglas county, are reported by a correspondent or too JttoseDurg .rtamaeaier to be in deep regret over the departure of one of their citizens, "who has always taken a very prominent part ia educational matters, having spent much time In improving the school grounds with a new fence." Robert Dillingham, who left La Grande before Christmas to go to Eureka Springs, Ark., to see a dying father, was after ward reported to have taken smallpox him self and died in a peethouse. New it Is thought he was murdered by his negro nurse, and the matter te undergoing m- I veetlraUon. He had a, gold watch and 1 considerable money. BErTERUAYSFOR-HORSES yUiIi SOON BE BEST WyESTOCK FOR, THE FARMER. Opinion of "Veteran Horaelireeder and Dealer Good Ranee Animals TVHtf'Brlner SlOO 'Each. ONTARIO, Or., Feb. 2. James Lackey, general manager of the great horse breeding: company of Omaha known as the "N. G." brand, Is authority for the statement that the horse Is destined with in a few years- to be the best property in the stock line In the- United States. Mr. Lackey has had headquarters here at On tario for several years, during which time the surrounding ranges have been lined -with his horses, and his prophecy Is drawn from his experience. He has seen the friend of man sell for $50 per head on the- range, and he, has seen him go in-- great-bands at $5 per head, to say nothing of the lower gradesr that could not be sold at any price. He has seen the sheep man and tha cattle-owner go about the country with Winchesters scattering; the skeletons of horses, here and there throughout large districts. He. has seen them left to starve in deep snows In the mountains. He has seen, them degraded so thoroughly throughout the East that railroad companies required the prepay ment of. freight charges before tiiey would receive them for shipment. HO has seen them taken up as strays in the towns and villages where they would not bring $1 per head when sold under the hammer. "These things," says Mr. Lackey, "are now matters of the- pasti The comlngr season will find the horse market steath ily on the Increase, and he who has a good animal for sale will get the best price of many years, and each succeeding year will bring it higher, until within a few years a good 1200 to 1500-pound range horse will bring $100 In tho leading pens here in the "West This wiir be the natural outcome of former treatment of the horse. The market has been beaten down so low in the horse-using districts of the country that he would not bring enoughta pay" trar sportatlon. "People are beginning to come to their senses in a great many ways on the bl-cycle-horse-moblle subject. Tho affection for the horse may be clouded for while by the new paint on a bicycler or auto mobile, but this thing will not last always. It is not the white man's burden that Is carried by these machines and vehicles, but it 13 the ease of the human family that they are asked to shoulder, while the old stand-by, the horse, has always been asked to do the tilling of the ground, the rushing over hill and plain for the doctor, or carrying Its riders away from danger- or- on the hot trail of pursuit He draws the load of supplies up the mount taln-slde to open the way for railroads and mines. He carries his owner through tha sagebrush in the- desert, where It af- terwards blossoms like the rose. The horse Is going to be worth something In the coming years. Tou will not again for a quarter of a century be able to get him for the prices of last year. "In the year of 1899 many large herds of horses were trailed from the Oregon and Idaho ranges to the Eastern mar kets, but all such trailing Is fraught with many mishaps and evils The country la being fast closed In with barbed wire fences throughout "Western Nebraska and Colorado and Into "Wyoming, and these wire fences are death to the wild horse. "When one animal gets a taste of it It Is next to Impossible to prevent a stam pede of the entire band, and when this occurs the damage is tremendous It Is only to save rail transportation that trail ing is done, and it Is only when the? very best otluck is had that one can afford to trail. "Some men are arranging to experiment .With . the rnuje It does not take any longer to raise a' mule to be three- years old than to raise a horse U be that old, and heretofore tha mule has brought the better price This move will be of benefit to the horse-ral3er."" FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Committee to Meet February 15 In Portland Marlon Republicans. SALEM, Feb. 3. Chairman R. J. Hen dricks, of the republican congressional committee, first district has issued a -call for a meeting of the committee, to be held in room 21& Oregonian building. Portland, February 15 at 10 A. M., to de termine the tune and. place for holding the congressional convention. As chairman of the republican county central committee, Mr. Hendricks has call ed a meeting of that body- for Saturday February 24, at 1 P. M. The meeting-will be held in the Hotel Willamette) and the object will be to fix dates for the pri maries and the county convention. Unionists of Washington. County. HDLLSBORO, Or., Feb. 3. In response to a call by the union executive committeo, eery precinct in the- county, save ones was represented in a meeting held In this city this afternoon for the purpose oi opening the 1900 campaign. The meeting was compo-ecl of silver republicans, popu lists and democrats. It was unanimously decided to work for union of all the silver and reform parties, to organize union clubs In each precinct, and to hold a mass county convention to nominate a county and legislative ticket While no date was set, the sentiment seemed to be for an early convention and a thorough canvass. Hlllaboro Republican Clnu.. HIIiLSBORO. Qiu. Feb. 3. The HIlls boro Republican Club this evening elected, officers as follows: President B. B. Tongue; vice-presidents; W. V. Wiley, J: A. Thornburg and John R. "Wl'Hs; secretary and treasurer, E. It McCormick. HORTICOETDRAIj SOCIETY ELECTION First Anxraal Report Will Soon Be Published. CORVALLIS, Feb. 3 The State Horti cultural Society, holding Its annual meet ing in connection -with the fruitgrowers' t convention:, yesterday- elected the follow ing officers: President, Dr. G. R. Cardwell; vice presidents, William Galloway and H.M, Williamson; secretary and treasurer. B R. Lake; third member finance commit tee, Albert Brownell. The outlook for the active membership is brighter than for several years past. In a short time the society will Issue Its first annual report, under tho auspices ot state legislation. To- all paid-up mem.' bers of the society this report will be promptly forwarded upon publication; to others, postage and cost for wrapping will be required Requests for copies should be sent to tha secretary. E. R. Lake. Cor allis. The officers of the society will select the- place and set the date for the mid summer meeting, when the. invitations; from the arJous societies shall have been received and considered. The midsummer meeting of the society is its important edu cational session, and heretofore has been largely sought by the various fruit sec tions of the state. PROPOSED LAKE COVNTT ItOJUJi Viewers Hare Gone Over the Route Penctratei Good Country. LAKEVIEW, Or., Jab. 31-:Lakeview,& town recorder, Charles Umbach, has re turned from tho extreme north end of Lake county, where he assisted in viewing the Catlow valley road recently ordered viewed by the county court. The road begins, at W. R. Bond's place, in Warner valley, and runs a little easterly of north, through the rim-rocks and across deserts, 23 miles to the boundary line, between Lake and Harney counties; The toad terminates near Rock creek sink, in the desert This stream, which. Cows swiftly for long distance; disappears-suddenly In the, sands oi the desert. .But arounu tnis "sink" lives as prosperous a lot of small ranchers as exist anywhere in Oregon. The tends about the "sink" for miles are fertile, and the natural pasture-keeps their stock rolling fat, winter and summer, The viewers report having seen hun dreds of antelope, and frequently as many as -SO in a drove. FRUITGROWERS' CONVENTION. Indorses Quarantine Bill Noir Bcforc- Congreis Papers Presented. CORVALLIS. Or., Feb. 3. The women of the faculty of the agricultural college, gave a delightful reception at the close of the- fruitgrowers' meeting, last night. Refreshments- were, served, and it was made the occasion of much enjoyment. Among- the last acts of the convention was the hejfrty indorsement of. the pro-, posed national law for quarantining against the. importation of infected plants, trees, fruits, etc., that Is now before, con gress. Important subjects presented- at tho meeting aside from those hitherto reported were the address, on "Foreign Fruit Mar kets," Henry E Dosch; "How to Predict jOccurrences, of Fost and Present Injury to Orchards Therefrom," by Dr. A. Sharp-, les; "Evaporation," by W K, Allen; "Fruit Products and Their Make-Up," by Professor G. TV. Shaw: "Interest of the Fruitgrower in Pjare-Faod. Laws, by H. M. "Williamson; "Education for Horticul turists," by Hon J. E. Baker; "Market ing Fruit," by J. T. Bnimfleld; "Co-op Iteration in. Marketing of Fruit," by Albert Ojrownell; "Apple Canker," by Processor A. B. cordley; "M'stakes in Pruning1 by L. T. Reynolds; "The Finished PxpducJ." by C. A. Tonneson. Ne.iv Oregon Incorporations. SALEM, O., Feb, 2. Articles of incor poration have been filed In the office of the secretary of sjtate as follows: Woodard; Wagon Road Company, Elgin by Henry Rlnehart, S. S. Rlnehart and Charles A, Mjeps; capital stock, $5000. Granite Gold Mining & Milling Com pany, Baker City; by John R. Burns. John Llegweln.. "WillUim 0Donnell, Joseph, naanauaas ana unanes a: iiyaet capital stock, $100,000. Real Estate Investors Association, Port land; by Charles E. Ladd, J. Frank. "W-atA son and H. L. Ptttock; capital stock, $25, 000. Silver State Minlngr&i Milling; Company Surapter; by Edward, J. Dwyer, Taylor Althouse and Homer H. Frits; capital stock, $50,000, Sumpter Commercial Company, Sumpterj by H. H Fritz, E, J. Dwyer and Frederia Ritchie; capjtal stock, $5000. Sumpter & Eastern Oregon Transporta tion Company. Sumoter: by Thomas Mc- Ewen, Minnie MoEwen. F. "W, Vogler and C. G. Graham; capital stock, $10,000. Ophlr Gold Mining Company, The Dalles; by G. T. Parr Fjank Menefee, H. H. RldfleH. D. S. Dufur, A. A. Jayne and J. A. Gelsendorffer; capital stock, $25,000. Oregon Exploration Development Company, Ltd , Portland by J. H. Mar shall, S. J. Barber- and Ernest BarWn; capital stock, $100,000; object, mining and milling;. The Johnspn-OUphant Company, Port land; by D. D. OUphant. Alex Thomson and; M. G. Munly; capital stock, $10,000; object to engage In the merchandise and shipping business. La- Grande Masonic Building Associa tion, La. Grande; by J. M. Church, F. S. Stanley and J: M. Berry; capital stock, $12,000; object, to- purchase ground upon which to erect a Masonic temple. Granite Publishing. Company, Granite, Grant county; by F. G, Hull, BS B, "Wilcox and N. A. Davis, of Umatilla county; capital stock, $3000. Terrace Heights Real Estate Company; Portland; by Edward Cooklnghaml Charles F. Beebe and J. Frank Watson; capital stock, $10,000; , QttOt'ationa, of Mining: Stocks. SPQKANEFeh. 3 The clgslng bids for raln lnp stocks today werei Blacktail , $0 09 IMornlnff Glory...$0 03 Butte & Barton . 3. jMorrlaia Crystal 3 iprhrasa Maud.SO OOW Cbespa-BltfeJy.. Ier Trail No X Evening Star .. Gold Ledge GoiO&a Harvest. IrsurgEirt ...... Jim Blnlne ...... Iae Jlne Surp. Quups 20 12 "7 6 11L KamBier CariDoo 49 Republic 80. Reservation ..... 93a. suiuvan ........ sft Irom Thumb 16. If 840 A1IO 1 14. (Mpuatala Lion,, 82 SAtf FRANCISCO, Feb. SThe MBelal clos ing quotations for- mInmg56toclc8 today were: .AUa S0 021Mexfcan 80 31 Anoem..... . OtQcoMjuual Con ... li- Belcber ziivpnir1 70 Beat & Belphor... 2JiOuenan .......... S Bunion 4Potcel 27 Caledonia ........ &0Sav&e 13' CballeroXon .... 19iSQ0ru$on 2 ChoUar 23,SeK. Belcher 2 Con. Cal.-&-Vav.. 1 4oiStec?ard 2 m fTmil Carrv 2&77tnh Con 4 flUaUce iryello Jacket..... li u&uy wtiftu. vtui. NSV7 YORK. Feb, a-dtlnlne stocks, today closed, aa follo?n; ChoH&r $O20lOtttarIo .....$8425- jCrown Point ....... 10 Opjilr 67 Plymouth 8 Con. Cal & Ta... 1 40 Deadvood eolQulclcaUver 1 70 uouia & uurryj.. su Halo &. Noccrosa.. 23 Hoir.stake .....55 00 do pref .......... 7 50 Sierra, Nevada. ... 28 Standard 2 60 Iron. Silver ...... C8 union con 'JA Mexican 30jy&Jlow3acket ier BOSTOJIj Feb. 5f Cloelns quotation, Boston & ilQnt-..S3LTlEarrotv Buuo-&i Boston. 51 $0 48& Race to Flit? on Timber Lands LAKEVIEW, Qn, Jan. 3L Twa Umber I- land parties have arrived here, after a" neckrand-neck. race from Klamath Falls, and. filed, on seven tracts of timber land about 10 miles west from Klamath Falls, and near Buck; lake. One of the parties was from. California, and. got 12 hours ths start of the other, which, was an Oregon, party, but the latter won with flying, colors. The Oregon party consisted o H. H. "Van "Valkenberg and wife; R. H. McHmoll and Mrs, K. Taylor, all of Klam ath. Falls. The California party consisted of J". Hay worth and Mike Gillls, of Pecard, Cal;, and: Andrew1 McKee, of Ruby, Cal. The California party had seen the Ore gon party surveying; the lands, and. started 4 out co oeau tnem on, out me- uregon people got wind of their purpose 12 hours later, and, although composed half of vfomen, by traveling day and night and making & dash this? morning passed them and were first to arrive at the land office T-hey report other parties on the road. The excitement over timber lands now re-sembles- that.of a gold stampede. 'Insurance Companies Pay. SALEM, Or., Feb. 3. Insurance compa nies today begais to pay the 2- per cent tax upon their net .business for 18S?. The names-of-the companies, receipts and. tax jare as follows: t fret recelDts. Tax. 'Metropolitan PJate: Glass insurance uo...t - zta i o 11 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspecting- So Insurance Co. 1,829 35 36 58 ConnecticutFUre Insurance Co... 9.06T9L 181 2 Travelers' Insurance- Go. accident and. life 6:320 53 10a 41. Mej ;ZeaEaact Fica Insur- r 'ance, Co.... t v. 0.251 S& 40 50 Agricultural Sxiclety Meet r. SALEM, Or., Efeb. 3. At tho annual 'meeting, off the Second: Southern Orego nian Agricultural Society, held, at Roso buijg; J C Ai8B ot Roseburg, and. P. B. Beckley, of Ashland, ware recommended for, appointment as members'' of the so ciety. N. C. London was re-elected, as director. Bankrupt Store Sold. VANCOUVER. Wash. Feb. 3. The gro cery stock and; fixtures of A. J. Boehmer, bankrupt, were sold today by the recelyer, James Pi Stapletqn. The stock, waa -old, to Glenn N. Ranck, the fixtures to A. L. Johnson, and the accounts to C. Bowles. Another Salt for Divorce. HILLSBORO. Or.. Feb, 3. LiUie Meyer. c!f Cornelius wh was. lafc weefc denied J j-A Jk yr JZaiJilBPli ft Quantity dealers in Portland receive or sell as many wheels L l tll'l III liaillj a ity of our wheels. Other dealers who stop selling chase and ride Ramblers. Prices SriELBY IDEAL& o.,$29 $25 $30 VeseHforcash.ornlnstoHmens; take any old whccUIn trade, SgM scqood-hand bicycles, of aihmakesiatsanyjQld'prlc. to suit the customer' We carry the largest stock of suodoes and'paj o anydeajer.on tho coast Largest repair shop and enamel plant in Portland. Qtd wheels reaoQeo, at cost to us. Fred T. Merrill, Cycle Cos; (PIONEERS) 105-111 Sixth St. PORTLAND, OR. SPOKANE SETTLE TAMi a divorce, has filed another suit against Lewis Meyer. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant did not furnish her with the necessaries of. life, and she purposes to prove this by the defendant's admis sion at the former trial. Transfer of a Sam 11. CHE.HALIS, Wash., Feb. 3. The- Cop nine sawmill, at Tenlno; was sold yester day to the Douglass Lumber Company , of'Chehalls, the members of the company consisting of L, H Miller and Mrs. H. J. Millar. The firm recently purchased , the timber on the Hogdgen donation claim j ar mile from Tenino, and. the- mill will be "Immediately moyeA to the new site and put I in operation. It has a capacity Qf aoout 18,000 feet per day, The sale of 40.000 acres of land in east ern BewJs county, belonging to the Tower estate, seems to be assured. The pur chasers are to be the Everett Timber, & Investment Company, and the 15th. of; Feb ruary is the day set for closing the sale. Most of it is timber, land. Diversified Earjnlng Advocated. LEW1STON, Feb. 3. The Farmers' Institute- at Charleston closed Its session to day, which proved to be one of the most successful ever held in the inland country, Diversified farming was- strongly advo cated at ihe session today by a number-o? prominent speakers. Enslneer'B Jfarrovr Escape. TACDMA, Wash., Feb. 3 Cal Watson engineer ot the Olympia iron works, waa caugbt in a revolving; shaft this morn ing. Though carried around the shaft several hundred times, he was not killed. His. arm was broken and his, body badly bruised. The escape from instant death is regarded as little short of miraculous, Mall Contract Sold. FOREST GROVE, Or., Feb.. 3.-D. Mc Millan of Hayward, Or., sold today to Conrad Rienecke, ot that place,, pis. mail carrylngr cqntract from. Forest Grove via Thatcher to Hayward. The- contract will terminate two yeajj&hence, Washington ft o teg. - In. the yeag 1S9& 23 divorces were grant WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL WELL Try a dose, of HOiX-HTER'S STOMACH BITTERS First, you'll feel better.- Then you'Jl look better. Your appetite will come back. Your stomach will be strengthened. This famous remedy PURIFIES THE BLOOB stimulates the kidneys and liver, qukts the ncives, and for mdigesuon and constipation is unequalled. Xtfe a remedy every man and womajn should keep m the-house An, occasional dose will keep: the bpwels regu lar. Scrf4 by aU dreggista uuna on getting tne- genuine, Hostettc Stomach B We sold 7081 Bicycles In 1899. We have received almost 4000 new Bicycles already (9 monster carr loads) this year, and we will sell more than we did last year No one dealer in America, nor any two Thousands of riders in Oregon, Montana, who have given the & Ji Clincher Tires a severe test on the rough roads the Pacific Northwest aSJest the strength. and qual That is where we shine The best wheel on earth only andthe'99modeI only $35. Vateabfla&R BvLw. iattBHH Hra. Ib iHaJafa. iaaaafaZJi fit ' It "M 23.LB. MODEL ed In Walla Walla oounty, none being J denied. The United States pays J65.36 a year for rent in Spokane. Tacoma's, receipts in January were $34 387; its expenditures, $38574, and the cash balance on February 1 was 5205,237. About 50 Coeur d'Alene Indiaas. were entertained at a, feast at Tekoa tha day j after the close of the- recent farmers' te- j stltute. I Of Walla Walla, county's total tax of $102,892 87. for. 1898 all but $4955 3Q has been collected,. The ta?. for 1899 will be due to morrow. Cathlamet taxpayers haye declared ta favor of spending its- road money, about $1000, in Planking a new county road that enters the. town. Captain R. Page Walnwright left Walla. Walla Tuesday night for Vancouver with a band of 67 horses purchased by blm ler tho government. Mrs. Maggie J. Ziegler got a verdict for $2000 in a suit against Spokane, for dam ages sustained by reason of falling on a defective sidewalk. The United States secret service depart ment has undertaken to ferret out a gasg of counterfeiters who- are making life f burden for the, owners of slot machines. I tnrougnout Eeaiije- -ne iowb is Becom ing flooded, with spurious 5-cent pieces. which go into, circulation through the me dium of nicsel-ln-the-slot machines. The entire season's output of gralnbags from the Walla? Walla penitentiary has already been applied for, and many appll cations have been refused because of lack of capacity to supply them. The price has not yet been fixed. It ia estimated that 10,000,000 sacks will be needed for the j can be manufactured at the state prison. The Spokane & British Columbia TeJ phone & Telegraph Company has. obtained a mandamus to compel the Spokaaa. Ry council to grant a franchise for this com pany In tho streets ot the city. Its, am plication for a franchise was rejeotgdt last June The company claims that Me ght to equal protection under the eoet4tu tion entitles k to the same privileges in building; up business as is granted-1 tbe rival company. The writ ia KetwaaMe February 12. artlele. itfers ?: l iianmy nc ualitv & WE A-y: AGREE ON'Tf&QE PQlMT3k .. . . TfRl3 NEED NO EXAGGERATION as we do. Washington, Idaho and Rambler and ideal, and bicycles invariably pur illHHlliHIRHliliHHilllillllillHHIHli 3 m I DAYS'4 SALE H s Misses' Storm Rubbers 5 Spring hcql, H to 2, t S X 3 Child?s Siornv Rubbers 3 Sprmg heel, 6 to Y), at 3 17 cents H Child' SiLow-Gut Rubbers 3 Size 7 to 9K. at 3 14 cents r -.CGoddard&Co. i Oregonian Bldg. jjjg iiHII!lfflllll!ilJll!lHM!fiJtHii 309 Washington St. 10 Cents 2ed Best SottrSMrtt BgHefc Witiato. 70 Cents Saek Kaed Wlteafr Mom .guaranteed. 5 Cejits, Fsb4 meuaHs, Figs. 5 Cents Beua 34fadi.BjjiB0Q. 1 Cents, M-Ee-adf Sakv OnafeuB Ftetts. 1& (Tents ld-'oHMb Saek. Xlactea. 39Cenjt5j l-Pouad Saek ?ra Buckwheat Floor. 15, Cents Pound Fsesk Iteeefe Om4& Mea Coffee, 29 Cents Poa4 Bee& Moa Jawa Coffee. WholeeaW Wsnnem VA Front Street de, smm?s specifci FOR WHOQPSNG COUOH A certain reKe? at4 cure. 5& carts at M 4eHMfat. Woorfr Clark & Co., ii-wsa Jf H B laar 33 i FELLOWS