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THE STmn&Y OREGOISEIAN, PORTIAm. iJULYi 29, 1900.
3 BOXES OF HOPS FOR
PBJCE FOR PICKING AGREED UPON
BY SILVERTOX ASSOCIATION.
Grower WIio Shnll Pay More Are to
Forfeit $50 S00 Acre Repre
sented' at Meeting:.
STLVERTON, Or.. Julr 2S. At a well
attended meotiag of the Sttverton Hep
growers Association today, 809 acres were
represented. To oar 331-3 cents per box
for picking "was the unanimous v.ote of all
present. An agreement was signed by
growers, under forfeiture of $59, for pay
ing a price exceeding this.
Price for TlirenTxiuc: Grain.
ALBANY. July 38. At a meeting of Linn
County .hreshers It was decided, to raise
the jrlee of threshing 1 cent, doing
oats for 5 cents and wheat for G cents.
This is made necessary by the short crop.
It being impossible to thresh at the old
prices without a loss, the dally output
being about half that of former years.
There are a great many causes given for
the failure of the Fall wheat, but it was
undoubtedly due to too much rain at the
"wrong time.
"WHEAT LESS TITAN EXPECTED.
'Quality First-Olasa In Umatilla.
County Getting to Warehonnc.
PENDLKTON, Or., July 28. The ton
nage of wheat of the 1S00 crop will be
20 per cent less than had been expected
earlier in the season. It has been
thought since threshing began, and tho
first returns came In from the fields, that
the yield had been overestimated. Now,
It appears to have been demonstrated
that this Is the fact-
The weather and soli conditions have
been such as to cause a reversal of
yields for the light and heavy lands. The
light lands this year are yielding morr
than usual. The heavy lands are yield
ing less than expected, no more than
la average years If, Indeed, as much.
In the vicinity of Athena, Adams and Mil
ton, where are the finest wheat lands
of Umatilla County, the yield is' running
at least 10 bushels per acre less than
was indicated a week before the thresh
ing outfits went Into the fields. North,
west and south from Pendleton, In locali
ties In which ordinarily smaller yields are
fcaJ. the crops are exceeding expectations.
Practically all the wheat will grade No.
1. Lots weighing 96 pounds on tost to
the bushel are common, while It Is not
now a matter of remark when samples
c:me in testing C2.
Vast quantities of wheat are rolling
info Pendleton every day. All of the
teams procurable are engaged In hauling,
iorses having been sold In such numbers
as to make teams In good demand. Ware
houses are rapidly filling, and the mills
ere buying largely for the coming sea
eon. A Pest of the Wheat Field.
Roseburg Review.
L. L. Mathews, of Deer Creek, feels
confident that he has discovered a princi
pal cause of this year's light grain crop.
He does not believe that It is due very
materially to the work of the aphis, which
-was banished by the hot weather, and in
many localities there is material damage
from rust. His crop, however, being
very poor, some of the heads scarcely
I2ed at all, he proceeded to Investigate
and made a discovery that ho thinks Is
very 'mportant. Upon splitting with his
toilfe the lower joint of a wheat stalk,
he found therein a little brown worm
less than a quarter of an inch in length.
The insect had eaten out the inside of the
it, and the effect was apparently to
lse the head to shrivel up and fall to
fi properly. Some stalks had but one
w in in them, and others had one in
f h of the joints. Mr. Mathews is at
a oss to know what kind of a pest this
If; having never seen it before, but he
i r's confident that it has injured this
gear's wheat crop to a greater extont than
anything else that has been detrimental
to it.
One-third of n Crop in Pollc
DALLAS. July 28. Threshing will be
commenced next Monday. Though 1,500,000
bushels is an average crop of wheat for
the county, 500,000 will bo tho limit this
season.
The second falling of prunes is now in
process, the indications being that a
Barge percentage will drop, but in this
TVcinlty a fine crop will be harvested.
RICH INTER-MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
A Nest of Them In Southeastern
Crook County.
PAULINA, Or., July 24. This place is
located In Crook County, between Prlne
ville and Burns. It Is about CO miles
Irom Prlnevllle and 100 miles from Burns.
It is the center of one of the richest
stock and haying sections in the state.
Jt is named for the famous bandit chief
who used to roam this country from Cali
fornia to the Deschutes River. This was
one of his principal points of rendezvous.
Here he found water and fine grazing for
his horses, and a hiding place from his
pursuers. A nest of rich A'alloya center
here. They have been taken up and
fenced by homesteaders who are today
Independent. Thoy raise fine cattle,
sheep and well-bred horses' among the
hills, and the valleys natural meadows
yield hay sufficient to supply thorn all.
They buy nothing from the outside
world save the staple groceries and some
clothing. Their market is Tho Dalles,
and once a year they go there and buy
supplies. Some of thorn do not even visit
The Dalles they send by others. They
do not care for the outside world or
what Is going n thoro. They talk about J
horses and cattle and sheep, and making
hay, and have their local gossip and
local humor, and If the stranger does not
like their ways he is welcomo to move
-on across the long stretch of uninhabited
country which surrounds them.
While It is an independent little com
munlty, all to Itself, yet the group of
valleys contribute greatly to the wealth
of Crook County. The principal valley
Is known as the Beaver Creek country,
but there Is also Paulina, Rabbit, Grind
stone, Twelve-Mile and several smaller
valleys. In Rabbit Valley there is about
2000 acres Icnced, in pasturage and all,
2j0 acres of which Is natural meadow and
from which 300 to 600 tons of hay is an
nually cut. In Paulina Valley there Is
about COO acres of tillable land; wheat,
oats and rye are raised In this valley,
while the bulk of the crop is natural
meadow hay. In Grindstone Valle.
named because -of Its shape, there are
threo good ranohes. The land is oil na
tive meadow. John Divine owns 150
acres, C. W. Elklns 200 acres, and F. M.
Smith 300 acres. J3ut Beaver Valley Is
the largest. There are six ranches In
this valley. They aggregate 1030 acres
of natural meadow, and 625 acres of ir
rigated lands.
The natural meadows throughout this
country are yielding an average of 14
tons of hay to the acre this year, and
the irrigated lands produce two to threo
tons of rye or other cultivated hay to
the acre. The natural meadows are
those simply fenced in from the stock,
and the hay is cut from them annually.
Tho crop of VA tons to the acre this
.year is light, on account of it having
seen an unusually dry season. The prod
uct is usually two to three tons to the
sicre. The hay sells readily at ?5 per ton,
and, in fact. Is all consumed at home.
Thousands of horses and cattle are
raised here and shipped from The Dalles,
"Heppner and Huntington. The people
are out of debt, and all have large cash
deposits on hand.
Immigration is gradually coming in,
and new homes being located. Thero is
a general desire for a railroad here.
Throughout' this section of the country
jghe peoolo will welcome Immigrants, and
the march of civilization. There is not a
physician within SO miles, and the visit,
of one years ago, in a case of illness,,
marks an episode in the history oflhe
community. His trip then cost $100' h
the unfortunate patient, besides ex
penses.
ARRESTED FOR THEFT.
Charge Asrainut Younjr Men o Al
banyA Glas Works.
ALBANY, Or., July 27.-Bun" Farrellj
of this city, a young man 21 years of
age. was arrested today upon the request
of tKe Sheriff of Wasco County, and will
b t6ken to The Dalles to answer the
I charge of larceny of a watch from a
man at jiooo. xuva, "uui r...... t,.,
TarrelK recently returned. The warrant
also calls for the arrest of another Al
bany young man. who cannot be found.
Farrell was recently released from the
Linn County Jail after serving a term for
stealing an overcoat in the Hotel at Hal
sey. Glnsfl-Bottle Works.
A company at Albany, Ind., is looking 1
to Oregon for a location lor a giass
bottle works with a capital of 5100,000,
that will employ 125 men, mostly skilled
laborers, with a weekly pay roll of 53000,
for which there Is a big field in the
Northwest. Inquiry has -been made by
the company's attorneys through C G.
Burkhart, of this city, and Albany will
be a candidate for the desirable indus
try. women of Ripe Ajre.
At an old ladles' party, given last even
ing in honor of Mrs. W. S. Miller, S3 yeara
of age, the united age of 12 present was
23, the average being decreased by the
presence of twe or three under CO. Most
of them were pioneers of the '50s.
NO PRICE OX SALMON.
Scarcity of the Fish on Pnset Sound
Axsoclntion Sleeting;.
NEW WHATCOM, Wash., July 23. The
run or salmon this season has proved
very disappointing so far, and at Its pres
ent rate will not yield half the usual
pack. This caused a fully attended meet
ing today of the Puget Sound Packers'
Association, which was presided over by
Prosldent George T. Myers, of Seattle.
Harwood Morgan acted as secretary. Ow
ing to scarcity of sockeye salmon it
was unanimously decided not to fix a
price on them until later In tho season.
At this time last season the packers
had about half their pack up, whereas
they have caught practically nothing yet.
The outlay of the companies In this vi
cinity in preparing for the season was
heavy. The Pacific American Fisheries
Company alone Is said to have expended
nearly 1000,000. Thousands of Chinamen,
under contract to the various canneries,
are Idle, and a great pay roll of vftilto
labor also goes on.
ORDERS FOR THE NORTHWEST.
Spolcanc Indian School Superintend
ent Postmaster at Croy.
WASHINGTON, July 28. Frank F. Av
ery, formerly Superintendent of the Crow
Creek (S. D.) Indian school, has been
appointed Superintendent of the Fort
Spokane boarding school in Washington,
at $1200 per annum. He succeeds J. C.
Levlngood, who has tendered his resigna
tion. Mrs. Levlngood, lately a matron
at the Spokane school, has also tendered
her resignation. Her successor will be
appointed.
F. C. Doefor has been appointed Post
master at Croy, Gilliam County, Orogon,
vice J. J. Bass, resigned.
The Secretary of War has allotted $150
of the general appropriation for contin
gent expenses at the several Department
headquarters, to the Department of the
Columbia, for the purchase of furniture,
office fixtures, referonce matter, etc.
CHARGED WITH INTENT TO KILL.
Warrant for Arrest of Officers Who
Were After BoTvlin.
PENDLETON. Or., July 2S. Warrants
were Issued today by Justice L. S. Wood,
at Weston, for the arrest of George
Reynolds, of Weston; J. W. Dykes, of
Milton, and G. C. Moore, one. of the Ken
tucky officers, charging assault with in
tent to kill. The complaint was made by
Mrs. J. B. Bowlin, wife the man
whose attempted extradition caused nu
merous exciting incidents this week. Rey
nolds was arrested, and the Constable
started for Weston for Dykes, when Dis
trict Attorney Halley Instructed Justice
Wood to release Reynolds on his own
recognizance and delay the arrest of the
others ponding further investigation.
Bowlin. who hid in the mountains two
days and nights and appeared hero last
night a short time, has again disappeared,
and his whereabouts are now unknown.
Charged With. Bigamy.
CORVALLIS, July 2S. A wasrant is out
for the arrest of R. E. Edwards, of Al
sea. The complaint was sworn out by
Deputy District Attorney Bryson, and it
charges defendant with bigamy and adul
tery. It alleges that he has in the East
now living a wife from whom he has
never been divorced. Edwards was. mar
ried in this city February 1 last to Miss
. S. Stroke, of Alsea.
Oregon Notes.
Denny pheasants are becoming plonti
ful in Rogue River Valley.
Mrs. A. S. Dunlway Is speaking on va
rious topics in Klamath and Lake Coun
ties. The Athena Press says 44 bushels per
acre is the biggest ylold of wheat In Its
neighborhood.
S. A. D. Gurley has sold the Arling
ton Record to J. Ml Johns, who formerly
published It.
Klamath Indians have sold 66 horses
to a Government buyer at prices from
$25 to $40 per head.
A panther that had been, killing goats
was shot last Sunday by William Tem
ploton, of Crown Polnv.
Mayor Funk has caused all the, Cana
dian thistles in Enterprise to be taken up
by the roots and destroyed.
Fire is destroying much valuable tim
ber in the mountains west of Enterprise.
Teh fire started about a week ago.
An exceptionally arge fruit crop is as
sured this seasonln the Rogue River
Valley. One farm will yield 50 to 60
carloads of apples. .
W. W. Wade, of Enterprise, claims the
record for a large hay stack. It is 24
feet wide, 30 feet high, and $40 feet long.
It contains approximately 750 tons.
Charlie Linn, a boy at Salt Creek, In
Polk County, has caught 163 digger squir
rels with a steeltrap since last March.
He gets 1 cent each for their scalps.
Charles B. Burgdorf, a farmer, com
mitted suicide In Klamath County, re
cently, by hanging. He was prosperous,
and is thought to have been temporarily
insane.
Peter Blther, a Linn County farmer,
finds that grain-growing doesn't pay, and
"will stock his farm with cows, letting
others look after the matter of sup
plying the market with wheat."
Salmon have commenced to make their
appearance in the Wallowa River below
town, says the Enterprise Bulletin, and
soon Chief Joseph's gang of Indians will
be here catching and drying them for
Winter use.
A fruit-grower at Central Point clears
his orchard of windfall apples by driving
a bunch of hogs through it. All apples
which have dropped will be eaten by the
hogs, also the worms in the apples
which were the direct cause of the ap
ples dropping. '
The little daughter or O. Pelland, of
Oakland, who was accidentally shot
through the bowels Saturday afternoon,
died on the 24th from Internal hemor
rhage, says the Roseburg Review. The
child had gone to a neighboring berry
patch for berries and while there '-was
mistaken by a young hatrbreed. who was
hunting, and shot for a deer.
CUT RATE PUSHES TRAVEL
GOOD BUSINESS BX THE YUKON
RIVER STEAMERS.
Mlalns; CoBceaalons on tho Stream
Portanders on the BIr Salmon
No Sales of Crown Claims
FORT SELKIRK, Yukon Territory,
July 13. The smaller steamers are com
ing up the river loaded with passengers,
the fare having been cut down during
the week from $100 to $25 from Dawson to
White Horse. This is in opposition to the
Canadian Development Company, whlca
owns and operates most of the large
steamers running on the Upper Yukon.
This company succeeded in securing
nearly all the freight that came in during
the Spring over tho White Pass & xuicon
Railroad at 50 cents per ton, and when
navigation on the river began It had all
it could handle until the freeze-up.
During the early part of the season, the
river was so low that only the smaller
craft were running and they were patron
ized by those who could not wait for
the larger steamers. It Is doubtful
whether they will make their expenses
from now on.
A concession of four square miles,
which includes a copper ledge a mile In
length, on the right bank of tho Yukon
near Five Fingers, has been granted to
some Ottawa people, who are at present
represented by Mr. W. H. Christie, of
London. Mr. Christie Is hero with his
raining expert, Mr. Kllnsmidt. They
secured enough men along the river to go
under contract and take up claims to
cover the four miles, each man receiving
$a per day and his expenses. Nothing has
been done further than to secure the prop
erty legally. The claims were filed and
the transfers made at Fort Selkirk last
Monday. The oro Is described as low
grade, but the people who are Interested
In this deal think it will pay to work.
The next two yeara will undoubtedly seo
Fort Selkirk tho terminus of the White
Pass & Yukon Rnllroad and with it the
solution of the great problem of trans
portation. During the last three years
thero have been some very good quartz
properties located in this part of the
country, but they are not accessible and
cannot bo handled profitably until the
road is put through.
Everything is quiet at, the Big Salmon
diggings. Those who went on the stam
pede to that place a month ago have re
turned, nearly all having taken up claims.
D. Snoor and Manner Brothers, of Port
land, have very good claims there on
Livingston Creek.
Bishop Rowo ,of Alaska, who is well
known In Portland, passed here last week
on his way to Nome.
There was considerable disappointment
manifested by those who attended
the sale of crown lands In Dawson last
week for the purpose of buying fractions
on Bonanza and Hunker Creeks, when it
was announced at the sale that word had
just been received from Ottawa to with
draw all claims on these two creeks and
their tributaries. No reason Is given for
this action on the part of tho Government
at Ottawa and' the local authorities claim
to know nothing further.
SHINGLES AT COST.
"
Market Demoralized and Mills Shut
ting Down.
Tacoma Ledger.
The shingle market Is in a more thor
oughly disorganized condition now than
It has been for two years. Comparatively
speaking, prices for shingles are the low
est ever known In the state. Shingles
have sold cheaper, but wages and cost of
supplies was lighter. Mlllmen are now
selling their product at cost, and even
this Is hard to obtain at times.
Quotations yesterday were on the basis
of $1 15 for stars. This makes clears
$1 35, or 20 cents under the prices the
association was trying to maintain three
months ago. It is 30 cents under the scale
of prices determined upon, but that was
never put into effect.
Those shingle mills that have been able
to do so have closed, and will not resume
until the market conditions are more fa
vorable. They cannot make a profit at
$1 15, and will not run for experience.
Those mills which are still running either
have a large supply of shingle bolts in
the creeks, which they cannot afford to
lose, or are prevented from closing by
financial difficulties.
Tho number of mills that havo closed is
unknown. The association is suffering
from the demoralization of the market
and reports to the officers cannot be se
cured. The Eastern shipments, though,
indicate that most of the larger mills and
heaviest shippers have either shut down
or withdrawn their product from the mar
ket. Bhlnglemen claim $1 15 is as low as the
market can go before shingles will be sold
at an actual loss. The margin of profit
Is already so small when that figure is
reached that any accident In the mill or
unusual delay would knock out the profit.
Wages havo not been affected by the
conditions of tho market, but another
slump will probably be followed by some
attempt to cut salaries. Mlllmen do not
believe this move can result successfully,
for they state the men are in a position
where they can enforce a demand for full
wages. The other alternative of closing
down would have to be accepted.
The demoralized condition of the shin
gle market, in marked contrast to all
other lines, Is attributed by mlllmen al
most entirely to building troubles in tho
East. The market for this state's prod
uct lies almost entirely with Eastern
houses, and the state's product Is sent
there for storage and sale as the demand
provides.
Tho shipments for the first six months
of this year show a remarkable increase
over those of last-year. This, on top. of
the building troubles, has so thoroughly
overstocked the Eastern market that
thero Is little demand for the present cut
of the mills. Competition and over-anxl-oty
has had some effect on the market.
Many of the dealers have cut prices with
out justification, and there has been some
disposition to sell for practically any
price that could be obtained. Eastern
dealers naturally took advantage of this
situation.
Six years ago shingles -went as low as
90 cents, but danger of further troubles
pf that kfnd was believed to have been
avoided when the Washington Red Cedar
Shingle Manufacturers' Association was
organized. During the past two years
prices have been maintained steadily, but
the association has found Itself unable to
do anything under the present circum
stances. The association Is now without a head.
President McNeeley has resigned, and no
action has yet been taken looking toward
the election of his successor. It is ex
pected a meeting will be held within a
short time to elect a successor.
3few Washington Incorporations.
OL.YMPIA, Wash., July 23. Tho follow
ing articles of incorporation have been
filed with the Secretary of State in the
past week:
Susie Creek Lumber & Manufacturing
Company, of Covington, capital J20.0M;
Northern Wharf Company. Tacoma, 52000;
Washington Grain & Milling Company,
Spokane, certificate of Increase of capital
stock. $50,000; Western Mutual Copper
Mining Company, Spokane $2,500,000;
Last Chance Copper Mining Company,
Keller, 573,000; Security Savings Society,
Bpokano. 5500.000; Sunset Lumber Com
pany, Tacoma, 550,000; Northwestern In
vestment Company, Port Orchard, 550,000;
Lake Washington Logging & Fuel Com
pany, Seattle. 550.000; Heine Piano Com
pany, Seattle, 5100,000.
To Get Better Itoad to Blue River.
EUGENE, July 28. A movement has
been started looking to tho per
manent Improvement of tho Mc-
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Iron Beds for the regular price of wood beds.
Wooden Bed3 for the cost of the lumber and
varnish.
Chairs and Rockers as cheap as benches.
Dressers and Sideboards for what you would
pay for boxes.
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Kenzle River road from "Walter
vlllo to Bluo River, -which has been under
discussion for some time past. A fund
of $5000 is to be raised by subscription, to
bo applied on tho road this Fall. It 1b
estimated that this amount will bo suffi
cient to put the road in first-class order
for the heavy traffic which is demanded
of the road. The fund will be raised by
subsgrlptlon from the business men of
Eusrene, tho miners in tho Blue River
country, and probably some appropriation
from the County Court. Tho improvement
of this road is considered one of the most
important public enterprises now demand
ing attention, and thero Is little doubt
that the efforts now belnff made will suc
ceed, and that the road will be put In
condition so that It will bo open for
heavy hauling during the entire Winter.
Iast Winter o, great deal of difficulty was
experienced in getting through with
heavy freight teams.
Xevr Oreson Incorporations.
SALEM. Or., July 2S. Tho following
articles of Incorporation were filed In the
office of the Secretary of State during
the week:
TJmpqua Mining & Milling Company,
Surapter; 5150,000; J. C. Aiken, Willis
Kramer, H. W. Miller.
"Union Mutual Aid Socletj. Portland;
530; E. C. Mears, Samuel B. Schwab,
RAlston Cox, T. E. Wilson.
Merchants' Supply Company, Portland;
50000; Charles W. La Fore. Thomas C
Bloomer, Asa Clark Burdlck.
The Quartzburg Mining & Milling Com
pany. Quartzburg, Grant County; 51.000,
000; Ishom Lawrence, S. H. Hayes, John
H. Lawrence, John M. Burke, Nicholas
Bangs, Henry G. Staples.
Pacific Coast Installment Library Com
pany, Portland; 55000; M. E. Jones, Ed K.
Watts, C. A Ball, W. E. Thompson.
George Hlbbert.
Sweden Mining Company, Portland;
550,000,000; F. A. Read, Alfred E. Sutton,
M. S. Du Bulsson.
Thn Mollv Gibson Gold Mining Com
pany. Portland: 5125.000; T. K. Mnlr, P.
McAvoy, L. A. McNar.
Newberg Land Company, Newberg;
55000; J. M. Wright, Hlnchman Cooper,
Sumpter Valley Railway Company, sup
plemental articles. Baker City; 515.C00.000;
C. W. Nlbley, F. M. Bhurtleff, H. M. En
les, Thomas D. Dec
Oregon Land Company, La Grande;
550,000; C. W. Nlbley, George Stoddard,
M. L. Cansay.
Frisco Gold Mining Company, Portland;
5100,000; M. Tuth, Carl Anderson, Al
Woelfer.
Columbia Frult-Cannlng Company, Port
land; 54000; F. S, Pickett, J. C. Poucher,
R, W. Thompson.
Rogue River Packing & Navigation
Company, Portland; 525.000; S. S. Lamont,
E. B. Burns, Charles Adams.
West Point Recommendation.
THE DALLES, Or., July 28. The form
al rocommendatlon of a cadet and his
alternate to the United States Military
Academy at West Point for the Second
Congressional district of Oregon was
forwarded today by Representative
Moody to Hon. H. C. Corbln. Adjutant
General, at Washington, Alvln B. Bar
ber, of Portland, receiving the first nomi
nation, and Henry McConnell. also of
Portland, the alternatcshlp. The selec
tion of cadets by competitive examina
tion places young men wlthoutipolltlcal
influence on an equality with those who
have; This is evidenced by the nomina
tion of McConnell. the son of a mechanic
in the Southern Pacific carshops, whoso
only Indorsement was his own applica
tion.
Suorinjje of Josrgers,
OLYMPIA, Wash,, July 28. Tho Black
Hills, logging camps, which havo been
shut down since July J, will begin opera
tions August 1. But the proprietors of
the camp complain of a great shortage of
choppers. When the camps closed down
at the boglnning of tho presenf month.
FUR
NITUR
208-210 FIRST STREET
DO YOU
That we are offering the greatest opportunity to supply your
wants in furniture ever given to the people of Portland? Every
article in our immense retail department must be sold, to ena
ble us to carry on our wholesale and manufacturing business
exclusively. It has always been a conceded fact that our fur
niture is the best to be found in" the Northwest. Everything
now at factory prices.
THINK OF
THOUSANDS OF OTHER THINGS WHICH ARE MARVELS OF CHEAPNESS
Prices freely quoted whether you buy or not. Don't fail to
see us if you need anything in the furniture line. While the
sale will last until every article is sold it always pays best to call
early. Compare our prices with Chicago prices, and judge
for yourself of the genuineness of our CLOSING-OUT SALE.
FURNTURE
- 210 FIRST STREET,
many of the loggers went to work in
the harvest fields and tho Gray's Har
bor camps, Where thero Is also a short
age. At one camp which usually em
ploys 150 men, a force of 50 is all the
camp will be opened with. It is re
ported the same shortage of labor exists
in the Mason County camp3.
Committed Suicide.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 23. Herman
Bloomlngdale, who for a number of years
was cashier for the firm of Simon Lelser
& Co., wholesale grocers, here, and whoso
relations all reside In San Francisco,
whence ho returned a few weeks ago,
committed suicide In a bathroom at the
Drlnrd Hotel this morning. He had been
suffering intense pain from heart troublo
for some time, and was unfitted for work
on that account.
Northivcst Pensions.
WASHINGTON. July 24. Pensions
have been granted as follows:
Oregon: Original Henry R. Wilson,
Portland, 53; Jacob Sanders, Vlstlllas, 53.
Washington: Original Joseph W.
Maryott, Seattle. 512.; Original widows',
special act. July 12 Agnes Relchenbacb,
Spokane, 53.
"Waahlnsrton Notes.
Toledo has voted bonds for a 52000 addi
tion to Its schoolhouse.
Walla Walla's outlook for a fruit fair
is good. Its soliciting committee got 51000
from business men in three hours, and
promises of much more.
At Davenport, a contract has been let
to Thomas Goodlad for construction of a
new schoolhouse. It is to be ready by
October 1. Price, 511,535.
James A. Turner, charged with assault
with Intent to murder George Allard, Is
in jail at Rltzville. In default of 5500 bonds
to answer In the Superior Court.
Falrhaven's enumerators went to tho
same notary, and the total number of
persons enumerated by them, as they
stated under oath. Is given as 4226.
The Chehalls Examiner says hop lice
are beginning to mako their appearance In
tho yards In that vicinity, and growers
aro preparing to spray. Dealers have of
fered 10 cents for this year's crop.
In Tacoma, engineers are at work on
Thirtieth and DeLln streets, near tho
fatal curve where the street-car accident
Contagious Blood Poison is the most
MrvT.W.IcMotu
gorotrj. Alt, writes:
r,Screral years ago I
was Ihoculuted with
poison by a diseased
nuree, who infected
my baby, and for six
long year I tnflered
untold mlaery. Mr
body was cotcrcd with
sores and ulcers Sev
eral physicians treated
me, out all to no par
pose. Thetnercnryand
potash tfcey rave at
seemed to add fuel to
the a-rtful flame which
was devouring xae.
Friend advised rae-to
lryS-S.S. Ibegan tak
ing it and improved
from the start, and a
complete and perfect
cure was the realt."
REALIZE
Fine Chiffoniers, for what old trunks would cost
you.
Exquisite Vernls Martin and Pure Gold-Leaf
Cabinets and Parlor Pieces cheaper than
birch or oak.
Elaborate Brass and Onyx Cabinets at fifty
cents on the dollar, and
bet Taylor and Salmon
j occurred on the Fourth of July, to seo
If a safer approach cannot be made to the
bridge.
A Chinese vegetable peddler at Spokane
cut oft his queue to convince skeptical
persons that ho was not a Boxer, but a
Christian.
John Bennett, a logger, was fatally In
jured in North River Valley recently, by
being hit in the back of the head with a
grab-Iron, which was pulled out of a log
and struck with great force. He died the
day after the accident.
The 16 army worms placed In a tin box
by T. J. Miller the first of the week have
now dwindled to two, the others hav
ing been enaten by their mates. The boys
in the state building are anxiously watch
ing what will happen when ono of the
remaining two eats the other.
The creamery at Chehalls turned out
10,000 pounds of butter and 500 pounds
of cheese during June. The Bee-Nugget
estimates that with the Toledo, Browning,
Centralla and smaller creameries in op
eration Lewis County's dairy product will
reach 575,000 to 5S0.0C0 per year.
John Meier, who lives east of town,
killed a bear last Saturday which had
come into his field and picked up a 75
pound porker and carried it into a swale
somo distance away, says the Wlnlock
Pilot. Mr. Meier followed the' bear and
ended her hog-steallng career. The vpig
was so badly crippled that it had to be
killed.
Harry Rogers, a young man living near
Larchmont, met with a frightful acoldent
Thursday morning by being thrown
against a tree from his bicycle, while go
ing at a speed of about 20 miles an hour
on tho pralrlo, near South Tacoma. His
skull Is fractured, and while everything
possible is being done to save his life, his
condition is critical.
The Sunset Telephone Company's failure
to reach a settlement of the strike of Its
employes, wltu consequent poor service
to patrons, has led many business houses
at Seattle to order their phones removed
and to employ bicycle messengers. Reso
lutions adopted Indicate that the business
men aro not pleased with the company's
course, but sido with tho glrl3 who are
out.
Chehalls owes over 5S0.0C0, and has an
Interest charge of $5000 a year. Her in
come is about 510.000 a year, and after in
terest Is paid, the remainder Is little more
than sufficient for running expenses. In
degrading and destructive of all diseases, as
The first sore or ulcer is followed by little red pimples on the body, moutlj. and throat oecome sore, ma
glands enlarge and inflame, copper colored splotches appear, and hair and eyebrows fall out. These are
some of the milder symptoms ; they increase in severity, finally attacking the vital organs ; the body is
tortured with rheumatic pains and covered with offensive eating sores.
It is a peculiar poison, and so highly contagious that an innocent person handling the same articles
used by one infected with this loathsome disease, may be inoculated with the virus. It can be transmitted
from parent to child, appearing as the same disease or in a modified form like Eczema or Scrofula.
Many an. old sore or stabbom skin trouble appearing in middle life, is due and traceable to blood
poison contracted in early life. You may have taken potash and mercury faithfully for two or three years
and thought you -were cured, but you were not, for these poisonous minerals never cure this disease ; they
drive it from the outside, but it is doing its work on the inside, and will show up again sooner or later.
You may not recognize it as the same old taint, but it is. S. S. S. has cured thousands of cases of
Contagious Blood Poison, and it will cure you. It is the only purely vegetable blood purifier known,
and the only antidote 'for this poison. S. S. S. cleanses the blood thoroughly of every particle of the
poison there is never any return-of the disease.
CURE YOlJRSIir 0 il.
closet stndv of blood ooison and actual experience in treat
ing it You can cure yourself perfectly and permanently
at home, and your secret is your own. Should you need
any information or medical advice at any time, write to
our physicians. They have made a life study of blood
diseases, and will give your letter prompt and careful
attention. Consult them as often as you please ; we make
no charge whatever for this service. AH correspondence is
conducted in the strictest confidence.
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Sts.
these circumstances, citizens are discuss
ing tho advisability of putting an occu
pation tax on various lines of business.
In the hope of reducing the town's In
debtedness. Miss Sallle Snow, formerly of Tennes
see, dropped dead In the dooryard of
Thomas Snow, near Wlnlock, on the 23d.
Her ago was 62, and she had resided In
Washington for ten years.
Health Officer Frank, of North Yakima,
states that there are 16 cases of consump
tion In that city, and he cannot under
stand why physicians on the Sound rec
ommend their Incurable patients to come
to Yakima, unless It Is to avoid any fur
ther responsibility. Yakima Is not a san
itarium for Incurables, and the sooner It
Is understood, the doctor says, the better
for all concerned.
The owners of the logging camps In tho
vicinity of Gray's Harbor aro experiencing
considerable trouble In getting enough
hands to run their camps. Many of tho
camps have to run with short crews.
Never in tho history of these camps has
there been so many men employed. Tho
amount of money" paid out by the propri
etors of these camps Is enormous. The
wages paid average from 52 50 to 54 per
day.
Tho Hoqulam Washlngtonlan says
"there aro 50 1S96 Bryan men In Hoqulam
who will vote for McKlnloy this year."
A Bryan club was organized In Seattle
the night of the 26th with 3C0 members,
and officers as follows: President, John
S. Jurey; secretary, Frank W. Cotterill;
treasurer, S. C. Calderhead; sergeant-at-arms,
T. J Church. Tho constitution
dwells on "Imperialism," but has no ref
erence to freo silver at 16 to 1, or any
other ratio.
Tho affairs of the Sunset Lumber Com
pany, at Mcintosh, are In the hands of
a receiver John P. Hovey. of Tacoma.
Tho mill Is known as the old Perry mill,
and Is near Tenlno. It employed 75 men.
The liabilities are over 510.000, while the
assets will not exceed $10,000. consisting
chiefly of the mill plant at Mcintosh, and
lumber, logging engines, etc. The plant
Is mortgaged for 530.000, and the accounts
are hypothecated tp secure a loan of $6000.
Thero Is 51000 due on labor claims, and tho
Hens are likely to bo foreclosed. The re
ceiver gave a $5000 bond. He Is instructed
to operato tha mill and to procure money
on receiver's certificates to pay off all la
bor claims.
it vitiates and corrupts the entire system.
Send for our Home Treatment book,
which gives a history of the disease in all
stages, and is the result of many years of
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