The Sunday Oregonian., August 19, 1900, Page 4, Image 4

THE SUSTPAT OKEGONIAItf, P0KTLA2TO,' AUGUST 19, 1900.
RMY WILL HELP
lelief for the Destitute Cape
Nome Argonauts.
:annot all get back home
"be had for GO cents a pound; milk and
cream 25 cents a can; flour retails at
$2 50 a sack, rolled oats at 74 cents a
pound: eggs are quoted at Jll and $12
a case; old potatoes sell for -what can
be got for them 'while new potatoes are
stiff and the market is not overstocked.
The lumber market has also dropped,
quotations running from $60 to $S0, ac
cording to quality; coal is being offered
in some places as low as $25 per ton, the
average price being $30.
it or tlie Stranded Miners Tvill
Bo Fed From the Military Stores
by General Randall.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Based on ro
parte that have recently reached Wash-
War Department officials are be
ing to realize that there will be much
3uh-e to be faced In Alaska this Winter.
first little or no attention was paid
conditions at Capo Koae and else-
aero, but in the face or recent advices
aeral Randall, in command of the mlli-
f orce in JUaska, has been instructed
prepare for the emergency likely to
present Itself to several thousand desti-
itute miners. The means at General Stan-
command are quite limited, and
peven the department is without means to
care of such a body of dependents.
It is r.ot possible to got all of those wh
Bore stranded back to the States before the
beeason closes.
It Ib very likely that Congress will be
EKca to take some action lookinc to tha
ellef of theso stranded neonle. In tha
laartime. General Randall -will beobliced
to extend such help and issue such food
fas ho can. looking to this form of relief,
the provisions of the Army in Alaska
lave been increased to meet the demands
likely to be xnado upon the authorities in J
As a matter of fact, the aenarrmPTir i
somewhat disgusted with these destitute
Srclners. -who. after being given amole
ings of the dancers nt th cTinmn.
ling "Winter, refused to return to tho
1 states.
VASCOUVEB LITERARY "WOaiKX.
Procrammo o Study for the Coming
Tear Xerr Officers.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 18.-The
Ladles' Athenaeum, a literary organiza
tion of this place, has prepared a pro
gramme for the ensuing year, commenc
ing September 25 and ending May 23. The
organization is now in its seventh year.
The membership has grown from half a
dozen enthusiastic workers to 74, which
includes a number of the most progres
sive women of the city. The officers elect
ed for the ensuing year are as follows;
President, airs. W. H. Brewster; vice
president, Mrs. F. N. Marshall; secretary,
Mrs. IMIlton Dvans; assistant secretary,
Miss Lennle Snodgrass.
The programme prepared for the year's
-work takes up the following" subjects:
Women novelists; Gladstone and Dis
raeli; evenings with Tennyson, Buskin,
Read and Collins; evening with Spencer
and Darwin; hidden authors; Walpole,
Smith and Mill; Charles Kingsley and
Owen Meredith; Hazlitt, Hunt and Jer
rold; Stevenson and Kipling; George
Meredith and Thomas Hardy; poets of
today; modern historical writers; writers
of the day.
The society will meet every two weeks,
commencing Tuesday, September 23.
WHERE THE FRAUD LIES
SPECIAL LAND AGENTS DO NOT XJO
THEIR. DUTY.
for
RAILWAY" AT CAPE NOSIB.
StflTO juiie lKnr and Unfit
Sllttluc Company,
The Nome News.
Skirting Nome on the -trst n Tintv..
J Vest like a boundary line is the newly-
pitMuiou .uve muos or railroad which
connects Anvil Creek vrith ti -n
Backward and forward between the great
1 ocean highway and tha trnWon ,
fin the foothills there puffs along each
i . Jwenui iiiue steam engine full
I or business and Importance, as though
fit knows Itself to be the only "pebble"
of its kind "on the beach."
The completion of this five-mile rail
road may certainly be nmsirip r,
marking a distinct stage of development
In this district It will be an Important
factor in the openlnir im nt avi
Dexter Creeks, which with their tribu
taries. Constitute the hnsls n fn ,
known, of Nome's jrold-nrnflnnino- n.v
abilities. The road forms -Dart of th
glgantlo plans of the Wild Rnnn
lng Company, and is primarily intended
w aia an tne working of the claims
owned by the company, thouc-h if -n-ni
I naturally be utilized to som mtmt
j public carrler-nat so much per carry.
The road has been put in working or
uor in the short space of three weeks
uador the supervision of 8ni simn
the well-known Puget Sound logger, and
1b now practlcallv eomniftirt tth
Construction Foreman W. N. Monro., h.
a force of DO men workinc- on th fi
Ishlng touches.' The average cost of
the enterprise has been $12,000 a mile, or
about twice as much as the same con
struction would cost In a locality where
; iua-ieiiius were not so expensive.
The ocean terminus of the line is at a
point on tho beach about a half tnllB
-west of the mouth of Snake River, thence
It runs north and a trifle cast four r
! one-half miles to Discovers rfnlm or. a
vll, with a switch to claim xTn 9. iinw
j 'snaking the total length of track about
i five miles. "Where Snake River 1r htv.ow
.it has been bridged by a COO-foot trestle
with a 54-foot drawbridge. Before the
close of this season a five or six mile
extension may be built across the divide
to Dexter Creek.
At tho tide-water tcrmlnim n ooi-Hnir o
oet high and with a 83-foot boom has
been erected. It has a hoisting capacity
of 20 tons and can swing freight directly
Srom lighters into the cars. At thu er.
of tho line, too, are tho touts of the men
xjmpioyea on tne roaa, which, with a rude
epot, ireignt sheds, otc, make up quite
u auiuement.
Within the last two or three days the
little engine with six flat cars in its
wake has been making two trlDs dailv
roa a regular schedule. At r-az n ,
morning it gives forth a portentous
"Whistle and starts for the mines. At
oon it is back again and leaves at 12:5
ior ie second trip of tho day. The re
turn hour Is C o'clock in the afternoon.
Travel is usually quite good and one
of the cars will be covered with canvas
w protect passengers from inclement
"Weather. The carrying of people to and
fro, however, is only incidental to the
"work of transporting machinery and sup-
ius jor mo season s work.
uae lone engine which" bears auch a
heavy burden of losponsiblllty in the
new road is built particularly for rough
courtry. It Is on the same model as the
cjglnes used extensively in tho logging
camps of the East and Puget Sound and
can bo or crated on C5-degree curves and
3B jer cent grades.
Harney County IVotes.
BURNS, Or., Aug. 15. The County
Court has accepted a bid of $S30 for grad
ing one mile and 700 feet through Zelgler
lane, on the Canyon City road.
James -Malum is In from his ranch at
Mule, -where he has just completed thresh
ing his crop of 2500 bushels of barley.
Much of his crop -was volunteer growth,
but In places his fields yielded as high as
100 bushels per acre, the grain being extra
heavy. He speaks highly of the beard
less barley, of which he threshed 1000
bushels.
Horsebuyers buying saddle-horses and
packmules for Army service in the Phil
ippines received another lot of animals
at Burns today. Forty-five mules were
taken, at an average price of $50 each.
Twenty horses brought $35 to $50 per
head. A buyer from Seattle, who wanted
draft-horses, today paid $160 for a pair
weighing 2G00 pounds. Not many draft
animals were offered.
They Appear to Be Restrained try
Hisher Officers From Prosecutlnjg
for Fraudulent Timber Entries.
AIiBANT, Aug. 10. The Oregonlan a
few days ago contained a- communica
tion from Ashland relative to the frauds
practiced in the disposal of the timber
lands. Tho -writer shows that these lands
are fraudulently acquired, and that the
law Is being violated in almost every in
stance where land is bought under the
timber land law of the United States.
Any one who has taken the trouble
to inquire about tho disposal of the pub
lic timber lands within the last three
years must necessarily reach the con
clusion that there is something rotten in
the administration of the land affairs of
the Government. A glance at the timber
notices which have been and are at this
time in the local newspapers throughout
the state will show that a large percent
age of tho applicants are residents of
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington and
states other than Oregon.
It Is a matter of public notoriety that
these applicants on tho same day the
proof Is made upon their lands transfer
by deed the title which they acquire from
the Government to some mill company or
other corporation.
In many Instances the party who makes
the timber entry has not in fact been
those who have permitted these frauds,
but It will not restore the ownership of
the land to the .Government, which ha3
been despoiled of its most valuable pos
session, and the added cost of building
material on account of this crime against
the people is a burden from which there
can be no relief. SPECTATOR.
XEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY;
Oregon's Course of Study Commend-ed-Invitation
to Governor Geer.
SAIiEM. Aug. 18. Professor G. A. Greg
ory, formerly Superintendent of the pub
lic schools of Jackson County, Oregon,
has been spending the present Summer
at the University of Chicago, where he
has been making a special study of
school methods. In pursuing that course
he has had occasion to study courses of
study for graded and ungraded schools.
In writing of his observations he says:
"I have not yet met a state course for
rural and town graded schools that is as
practical as the. one Superintendent Ack
erman prepared for Oregon. I find some
so rigid that, If followed, would become
a hindrance to progress; others so brief
PLANS TO RAISE PRICE
STATE ASSOCIATION OFFERS HOP
GROWERS ELEVEN CENTS.
Will Also Advance Money for Plclc-
ins Still Hlsher Price Expected
From Outside Buyers.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 18. The Oregon Hop
growers' Association has adopted a new
plan for raising the price of hops. Pres
ident M. L. Jones said today that Man
ager Winstanley has orders to contract
for hops of the 1900 crop at 11 cents and
furnish picking-money, the hops to be
subject to Inspection as to quality. While
the association officers do not advlsa
growers to contract their hops, they feel
certain the prices will be better, and
mako this offer in order that those grow
ers who must contract may get 11 cents
-wheat will probably be a Uttle better.
The reapers are still at work in a num
ber of fields of Spring wheat, and it will
be several weeks before the threshing is
completed. In the foothills tho yield is
better, averaging 12 to 15 bushels per
acre. A few farmers who raised whear
of the Red Cros3 variety had a much
better yield, Jacob Kalbflelsch's field
threshing 26 bushels to the acre. Flour
millers say that, notwithstanding tha
wheat 13 shriveled, it is of good weight
and contains more gluten than last year.
Grain Poor, Hops Good.
HTTiXfiBfiRO, Or., Aug. 18. Threshing
is now at its height, and Teports of the
usual poor yield come from all sections
of the country. Hop prospects continue
excellent.
THE PROPOSED RAILROAD TO KLAMATH PALLS.
'Afr. Prrr
Two "Washington Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Washington
Postmasters appointed today are: C E.
BlackweU, at Conconnuily, and John Ax
llng, at Delta.
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"IX'CXCY" BAXJDWIXS VEXTDRE.
Haa a Corrugated-Iron Saloon on
Pront Street, Nome.
Nome News, July 2S.
"I gave a man a dollar yesterday to
get a meal with, and yet he has ) or
6& claims That is the way tho country
is being developed." said "L,ucky" Bald
wln, Tuesday. And then he continued:
'No mining country has ever got ahead
of n.e yet, and I don't believe this will.
I know that the gold Is hero, and time
will demonstrate this to bo a great min
ora! country."
Tiucky" Baldwin, the California min
ing man, hotel owner, ranch owner and
capitalist, has now a modest one-story
corrugatea-lron building which he has
UCtod up as a saloon on Front street,
east. The building Is not large but It Is
Trell built, and the Interior handsomely
finished, with heavy mahogany doors.
"which onoe swung t and fro in the Bald
win annex, San Francisco.
"I am going to aun a first-class place,"
eaid Mr. Baldwin, 'different from th
iktod you see up town," and he surveyed
Sua new place with a critical eye. "I
,haVQ the beet goods to be bought, and
Tea rolng to sell ea "
ilr. Baldwin has built storerooms and
ias even sunk a well, "but I'll use tho
water company's water if its good and
they put la pipes." he said. IJLr. Bnifl.
wla jseems satisfied with his venture at
K3XF rate.
Xlotr Prices Dropped.
Nome News. July 25.
Tho.provislon market is in a bad -way,
hat 5 to say had from the standpoint
jof the seller. Prices in most lines are
demoralised and goods of various kinds
re being sold at about cost. The beach
ftrtfler Is largely responsible for this con
i&tien of affairs, although it is claimed
aChst there is considerable cutting among
he regular traders. One dealer said yes
spOay that groceries are being sold for
Sifeout he cost of bringing them ashore
Crorn vessels. While the retail prices
jtxae- dropped away down the wholesale
OKices have also dropped proportionately
good thsre is general demoralization all
cjeohthI. The prices of canned goods have
"been cut in two; tomatoes, corn and the
like, whlah -wore formerly held at SO
cents a. can. can jxow be had for 25 cents.
xae&ts three cans for 51, sugar 15 cents
. ponad, fce 35 cents, bacon SO certs;
hro scarce ard sea at t3 cents
srjp3ndf$atX?Dr the "best brands can
Oresron Notes.
lone needs more houses also.
yard.
After waiting 15 years. Talent has o
modern depot.
The beet-sugar factory at La Granao
is to start up August ZL
Haying is finished in Wallowa County.
The yield Is unusually good.
Fire has destroj'ed 200 acres of timber 11
miles north of Klamath Falls.
A flock of 140 sheep sold in Benton
County a few days ago at $4 per head.
A Lakeview contractor has burned S03,tl
bricks, to bo used in rebuilding the town.
Lake Creek hogralsers have sold a bunch
of "feeders' at Medford for $4 65 per
100 pounds.
Wallowa County has received large
sums of money this season from the sale
of horses to cavalry agents.
Turtle-catching for tho San Francisco
market is an industry that has reached
Table Rock, Jackson County.
A. Ketchton has sold E. Randolph 100
acres of the Mattoon donation land claim
in Clackamas County; price, $1400.
George Conser has bought from P. F.
Scharff, of Morrow County, 1000 ewes, 1
to 5 years old, at $3, October delivery.
The best wheat yield reported at Elgin
is SI bushels per acre. The quality is
No. 1. It Is from A. Thompson's farm.
J. H. Beckley, a Lane County cattle
grower, has sold S6 8-year-olds and 25
2-year-olds to a Salem man at $35 a
head.
The farms on Alder Slope are said by
the Enterprise Bulletin to bo unexcelled
anywhere for variety and quality of
products.
Tho work on the road between Mar
quam and Gladtldings has been excep
tionally good, and is expected to wear a
long time.
In Clackamas County, C. D. Thompson
has Bold Fred Myers 590 acres of the
Thompson donation land claim; consider
ation. $3500.
Mrs. L. E. Beymer Is dead at Hoppner,
after a four-day illness, leaving a hus
band and two children. She was a
daughter of Hon. J. S. Boothby.
Miss Belle Howe, of Marquam, was last
week thrown from a horse, whicfy stepped
on her face and cut a severe gash, requir
ing several stitches to close It.
The ?500-a-sldo ball game at Medford
caused two pitchers to be Imported Mar
tin, of San Jose, for Grant's Pass, and
Fleming, of Portland, for Medford. The
latter won, 9 to S.
I. A. Allen has sold to John Simon
the Tatom place of 227 acres near the
Byerley bridge for $7750, and G. F. Seeloy,
of Perrydale, has bought at $3000 the 100
acre Stevens farm at Oak Grove. Both
are in Polk County.
Tho Wallace fruit farm near Lincoln
-will furnish 3bout 75 tons of Bartlett
pears to tho Salem cannery. The trees
are now being budded, and in a few years
the Bartletts will be superseded by later
and hardier varieties.
Among Oregon's large farmers are
Smith Bros., of Gilliam County, who
raised 5000 acres of wheat They have
begun hauling to Blalock. and say tho
grain they are delivering runs 63 pounds
to the bushel. All their grain is ex
pected to go over GO pounds.
Clarence Hughes. 12 years old, was ac
cidentally killed at Ashland, August 14,
by tho discharge of a small revolver in
the hands of Louis Jacks. Tho latter was
examining the weapon in the presence of
several men when it was discharged. He
was released on his own recognisance.
The Lake-iew Rustler has this about
the rebuilding of its town: "Nine brick
buildings are being constructed, and with
the four damaged bricks repaired and
the concrete, Lakeview is suro of 14 fire
proof buildings, besides those covered
with iron plate, We predict that by the
Fall of 1901 Lakeview will almost be re
built."
The rattlesnakes- at the drug store
still crave mice as food, says the Athena
Press. Mr. McBride says that for 13
months the two reptiles refused obsti
nately all overtures made to take nour
ishment, but since; their shiny skins
peeled off some days ago they appeal
to have a ravenous appetlto for mice,
and mice only.
Tho slope In the new coal mine at
Beaver Hill is now down 150 feet, and
work Is being pushed as fast as possible,
says the Marshfield Kcws. Miners are
nearly across the "cave" in the old mine,
and Manager Chandler expects to get coal
from It in November. At present he is
busily engaged on Davis Slough, boring
with a diamond drilL He intends going
down 700 feet.
Under the heading, "A Buck Famine,"
the Antelope Herald says: "This section
of Eastern Oregon, which during tho past
Spring made the largest sale of thorough
bred bucks ever made in tne world, 1750
in one shipment, is now unable to supply
tho local demand, and many sheepmen in
this neighborhood must go to other mar
kets for their bucks, or go without. Out
side buyers, who are constantly on the
lookout for the best, are quick to dis
cover tho superiority of the Eastern Ore
gon sheep and tho local sheepmen must
hereafter bid early.'
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ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 18. Messrs. Thompson and Lyman, representing tho Midland Con-"
etructlon Company; Manager L. W. Van Home and Engineer J. A McCall, of the Oregon
Midland Railway Company, and John H$le, of Portland, of the construction corporation of
Smith & Hale, have returned from their trip over the survey of the Oregon Midland Rail
way. Messrs. Thompson and Lyman let the contract 'to build 0G of the total 84 miles, of the
proposed road, from the Southern Pacific track near Hornbrook as far as Spencer Creek, to
Mr. Hole yesterday, and he left here on this evening's train for Portland to make arrange
ments to begin the work at an early dote.
Messrs. Thompson and Lyman will return to Chicago via Portland in a day or two. They
now contemplate the placing of steamers on the waters of Klamath Lake to operate In con
nection with the Oregon Midland Railway, and when In Portland' will confer with some of
the shipbuilding firms there. A line of steamboats on Klamath Lako would tap a largo ter
ritory of Southeast Oregon not reached by tho proposed railroad to Klamath Falls. The esti
mated cost of the road is $2,150,000.
upon the land that he acquires, and In
nine cases out of ten the applicant after
he has paid for the land and made the
affidavit required could not find it, if he
was required and paid to do so. The wit
nesses who testify to the character of
the land are furnished by the corporation,
and the money with which to pay for tho
same and the fees and expenses are paid
by check of some corporation.
In many cases even tlie check to pay
for the land does not pass through the
hand's of tho applicant, but is handed
by tho agent of the corporation to the
land officer.
All this is in direct violation of the
law. The officers of the local land offices
are not to blame, as they are not re
quired to do more than fill out the blank
forms prescribed by tho law and Bwear
the applicant and witnesses to tho same.
The local officers probably know that
theso timber claims are fraudulent, but
so long as the applicant conforms to the
letter of the law and furnishes the requi
site proof and pays the money required
the local officers are powerless to prevent
this fraudulent disposal of tha public
lands.
And besides, the Government employs
a large force of detectives or special
agents, whose business it is to examine
and report all fraudulent entries and en
deavor to prevent the consummation of
these fraudulent transactions.
Of course, these agents, who draw a
handsome salary from the United States
Treasury, know that these claims are
fraudulent. They know that the claim
ants commit perjury; they know that the
timber lands of the country are being
fraudulently acquired, and they know,
furthermore, that it is their duty to pre
vent it. They know that they draw a
salary for that purpose, but for some
reason known only to themselves, and
those In authority over them, they 'stand
by and see these frauds perpetrated upon
the Government and perjury committed
without making an effort to bring tho
guilty parties to Justice.
One man was arrested in this city sev
eral mouths since for attempting to ob
tain a timber claim by fraud. The arrest
was mado upon tho complaint of a Gov
ernment land detective or special agent,
but when the case came on for hearing
before the United States Commissioner
tho detective failed to appear, and the
man was discharged because there was
no one to prosecute him.
It is generally understood that this de
tective has been discharged or transferred
to some other field of labor. At any rate.
he is not doing business in Oregon any
longer. Those who claim to know allege
that he was removed or transferred for
the reason that ho erroneously understood
and believed that it was a part of his
duty to endeavor to prevent the fraudu
lent acquirement of Government land.
Ho evidently mistook his duty, when he
thought ho ought to do something to pre
vent the fraudulent acquirement of tho
public lands in order to earn hi3 salary,
but he was mistaken and his fate Is a
'warning to his successor in office and his
associates in the Government special
agent business. They probably will not
fall into the same error.
Under the timber law and tho forest
reserve scrip locations practically all of
the timber lands of Oregon have passed
into the hands of speculators within the
last three years. Not only those lands
which are surveyed, but all of the unsur
veyed timber lands, have been acquired.
This has occurred not so much on ac
count of defects in the -law as because
the law has been openly and flagrantly
violated. In a short time, no doubt, tho
timber trust will advance the price of
lumber, and will continue to advance the
price. Then the people will realize the
stupendous frauds which have been per
petrated In permitting the entire timber
lands of the state to pass into the control
and ownership of the corporations; but it
will be too late. In fact It is too late
AAVJ W KJ JVJ . UUiVUJ
or indefinite that the average teacher
will have difficulty in using them. The
Oregon course seems to De the golden
mean, and I expect to see the Oregon
schools prosper under it"
Governor Geer has been invited to at
tend the celebration of the 50th anniver
sary of the admission or California into
the Union. The celebration will be held
at San Francisco September 8, 9, 10 and
11. Tho invitation is extended to Gover
nor Geer by the Natlva Sons of the
Golden Wes.
Chief of Police Gibson has begun a raid
on the dogs that are so unfortunate as
to be held in so Bmall esteem that their
owners will not pay the dog tax. Tho
tax became delinquent August 1, and the
Chief has employed two boys to catch
all the dogs upon which the tax has
not been paid.
The Loewenberg, Going Company today
paid into the State Treasury $S69 60 for
convlot labor employed in the peniten
tiary stove foundry during the month of
July.
A deed was recorded today by which
the heirs of the late George Weller con
veyed to their mother all the real prop
erty and mortgages which they inherited
from their father. The estimated value
of the property is $7500.
Bertha E. Lewis today began a suit
for divorce from Alexander Lewis, on tho
ground of cruel and- inhuman treatment.
The parties reside in Lane County.
Vancouver Democratic Election.
VACNCOUVER, Waah., Aug. 18. At the
Democratic primaries tonight the follow
ing delegates to the county convention,
Wednesday, August 22, were elected:
East Vancouver-Jp. Hough, C. P. Bush,
Joseph Bone, W. S. Wood.
West "Vancouver Phil Caples, A. Hem
inger, Alfred Torntdn, J. A. Munday, V.
J. Fike, J. A. Padden, 'Hans Hansen.
North "Vancouver S. W. Brown. B. F.
Shaw, J. J. Healy, J. W. Wentworth, V.
V. Rand, M. L. Hidden.
East Vancouver cast 16 votes, West
Vancouver 38. North Vancouver 34 -a total
of 8S. The Republicans cast 245 votes in
the city at the recent primary election.
Transfers in the Army.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Hospital
Steward Wilfrid H. Schuyler, of Fort
Sherman, Idaho, has been transferred to
Fort Wright, Wash., where he will relieve
Hospital Steward Revello M. Walker, or
dered to San Francisco.
Privates George W. Nevins, Jesse T.
Scow, John W. Simmons and Luther V.
Davison, of Vancouver Barracks, have
been ordered to Fort McDowell, Cal for
Instruction in the Hospital Corps School.
Pforthvrert Pensions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Pensions hava
been granted as follows:
Wahslngton Original, James M. Lewel
len, Burlington, $6; Increase, Carl Klaus,
Snoqualmle, $S; Pharaoh M. Wallace,
Walla Walla. $S; reissue, special July 30,
Xeander H. Prather, Spokane Falls, $3.
Idaho Additional, John 2Teal, New
Plymouth, $12; reissue, Edward Cox, Par
ker, JS.
Independence Notes.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Aug. 18. The
body of the late Mrs. -O. Nelson, who died
here yesterday morning, will be shipped
this afternoon to San Francisco and cre
mated. Harry Christian, Henry Waller and
Grant Morrison returned from Cape Nome
yesterday.
Roarers and Favrcett Contest.
TACOMA, Aug. 18. In the Pierce Coun
ty Democratic Convention today, anti
Rogers delegates to the state convention
were selected by a Very close vote. The
delegates chosen favor Fawcett for Governor.
In the Sliver Renublican convention tha
There may be a day of reckoning for Rogers forces won out.
Instead of 10, which latter price i3 tha
one prevailing at present.
This new move on the part of the as
sociation means that the managers have
negotiated with capitalists for picking
money, and propose to control prices by
themselves offering the growers what
they think the hops are worth. While
the managers do not say so in that many
words, it is evident that they expect the
hopbuyers to go them one better by rais
ing the price above 11 cents.
Mr. Jones say that the bankers seem
willing to loan money to reputable grow
ers who put up good hops. He says New
York growers are holding for 15 to 20
cents, and have made some sales of early
varieties at 18 cents.
H. J. Otlenhalmer, representing Llllen
thal Bros., has offered to renew his prop
osition to guarantee the iopgrowers. 15
cents per pound if they will reduce the
production 25 per cent in Oregon, no ref
erence being made to California or Wash
ington. Manager Winstanley says that
with the present outlook for hops it would
be Impossible to curtail the output.
Mr. Barber, of Woodburn, has contract
ed S0O0 pounds of hops to Valentine
Loewl at 10 cents.
This has been the busiest Saturday
Salem has seen for about two months.
Hop and fruitgrowers were in town mak
ing preparations for the gathering and
curing of their crops, and many farm
ers were in attending to business that
had been neglected during the haying and
harvesting season. Hop and fruitgrowers
are beginning to employ pickers. A num
ber of prunegrowers said today that they
will start their dryers about the middle
of next week, which will be about two
weeks earlier than usual. A few will
start tho first' of next week, and all will
be running by a week from Monday.
Hopplcklng will probably not begin un
til September 1, though the hops will be
as mature as they are often piked, sev
eral days before that time. The growers
have learned that It is not best to pick
hops too green, and only an indication of
rain will make them begin too soon thl3
year. The prospects for a perfect crop
continue good, and the growers are very
anxious that no rain shall fall before the
hops are picked.
EIGHT CARS OF FRUIT SHIPPED.
Record tor Tne Dalles for One Weelc
Melon Crop Short.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. IS. The past
"week has been a record-breaker in tho
frult-shlpplng industry at The Dalles.
During that time six carloads of Fellen
berg and Hungarian prunes and Bartlett
pears have been shipped. Three cars
were the purchase of Page & Son, of
Portland, the remaining three being
packed and shipped by local dealers.
With the exception of th.e fruit from tho
Balfour ranch, at Lyle, Wash., all tho
shipments nave come from orchards in
tho suburbs of The Dalles, W. H. Tay
lor, A. S. Bennett, Anderson Bros., T.
Marsh, M. Hill and R. H. Weber count
ing as the heaviest shippers. A small
portion of this fruit was billed to points
In Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and
Kansas, but the most of the carload lots
were sent to the New York market. Tho
height of the season has been reached,
although these shipments by no means
exhaust the crop in this vicinity, as tho
yield qf fruit is a phenomenal one this
year throughout Wasco County. It Is es
timated that fully ag many more carloads
could have been secured this week from
near-by orchards if a thorough canvass
of the ranches had been made.
The melon crop Is far below the aver,
age this year, and is in strong contrast
to the shipments of two years ago, when
about 200 crates of canteloupes and musk
melonB were expressed to Portland dally,
aside from the carload shipments of
watermelons. At present 20 to 30 crates
comprise the daily shipments, although
the demand for The Dalles melons has
been cut into by the competition from
Payette, Idaho, where the Rocky Ford
melon is raised to great perfection, and
is shipped in Immense quantities. The
tomato crop will average about one-third
of its usual yield, as a long and losing
fight with cutworms, together with a few
hot days in July, destroyed the market
gardeners plants.
YAKIMA FUSIONISTS.
Democrat Have a Stormy Time
Union County Ticket.
NORTH .YAKIMA, Aug. 18. Delegates
to tne uusion btate Convention wero
chosen here today, as follows:
Democrats E. M. Reed. J. D. Medlll,
T. M. Vance, H. J. Snlvely, W. N.
Granger, A. G. McNeil, H. H. Allen. H.
Garrett, J". McPheo, H. Taylor, R. Stro
back. Popullsts-L. L. Thorp, T. D. Quinn, A.
E. Howard. I. Mondore, M. Stanton, S.
E. Speer, W. B. Mathews, H. D. Jory,
F. H. Colby, Thomas Lund, B. J. Cole.
Silver Republicans Vestal Snyder, H.
D. Winchester, George Tuesly, A. S. Dam.
The Democratic convention wa3 the
most acrimonious political meeting ever
held in the county. Bitter wrords wera
hurled back and forth between the dele
gates for several hours, and four years
accumulation of the party dirty linen
was washed for the benefit of a large
crowd of spectators. The first fight arose
over the proposal to admit the Silver Re
publicans, who had IS representatives at
their convention, into the union conven
tion, for the nomination of county offi
cers, with 35 votes. Thl3 was the price
of fusion, and it was finally paid. A big
ger row followed over Snlvely's motion to
send J. D. Medlll and E. M. Reed, news
paper men, to the state convention as
delegates-at-large. Snively won out, as
he did on every proposition. The three
delegations are instructed" for Rogers.
Each is instructed to act as a unit.
The following county ticket was .nomi
nated by the union convention at a lata
hour tonight:
Representative, A. J. Splawn; Attor
ney, B. B. Preble; Sheriff, A. J. Shaw;
Assessor, L B. Taylor: Clerk, A. F. Snell
lng; Treasurer, E. W. R. Taylor; Sur
veyor, H. F. Marble; Coroner, C. T. Du
lln; Superintendent, Mls3 Carrie Young;
Auditor. D. L. Druse.
IDAHO'S ASSESSMENT.
Equalisation of Railroad Valuations
Cash, in the State.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 18. The State
Board of Equalization has fixed the as
sessment per mile on the Great Northern
at $S260, which is the same as last year.
The Northern Pacific main line Ib $20 per
milo more. The Palouse & Lewiston
branch of the Northern Pacific Is $5130,
a decrease of $100; the Fort Sherman
branch, $6000, a decrease of $250; Coeur
d'Alene branch $S250, an Increase of $2000;
the Burke branch the same as last year,
$0250. The Clearwater line is assessed at
$4000, and the O. R. & N. $6000, a decrease
of $250. The Kootenai Valley Is put at
$6000, last year It being only $2000. The
Pacific & Idaho Northern is raised from
$2000 to $3000. The Oregon Short Line gets
a general reduction, the east and west
main line being assessed $8150, a decreaso
of $100.
Sheep are equalized at $3 73, cattle at $22,
and horses $7. The total cash in the
state, according to the returns of tho
County Assessors-, is $15T,0CO, or about 73
cents per capita.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Mrs. Louise Fuller, a. Pioneer of Ben
ton County.
CORVAJJLilS, Or., Aug. IS. Mrs. Louise
Fuller, a pioneer of this county, died to
day, aged 77 years. The funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon.
New Oregon Incorporations.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 18. The following
new companies filed articles of incorpora
tion in the office of the Secretary of State
this week:
The Perseverance Gold Mining & Mill
ing Company, Baker City, $3,000,000; Jame3
E. Haggerty, William E. Sharps, David R.
Patterson.
Astoria & Melbourne Mining & Milling
Company, Sumpter, $125,000; John Jdrgen
Ben, James Ross, Andrew Johnson, John
Smith.
Northwest Syndicate, Portland, $500);
Richard B. Knapp, George W. McDowell,
William J. Stoneham. This company will
deal in mining properties, timber lands,
etc.
Mount Reuben Wagon Road Company,
Roseburg, $25,000; E. 6. Sheridan, J. C.
Sheridan, Eva Jacobs. This company
will construct a toll road from Gold Bug
Siding, 4 miles north of Glendale, on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, to the Gold
Bug mine, on Mount Reuben, a distance
of 14 miles.
Goodman Bros. Shoe Company, Port
land', $50,000; M. Goodman, Joseph Good
man, G. R. Goodman.
Pacific (Fraternal Relief Society, Port
land, no capital; W. E. MoMartln, J. E.
Simmons, Joslah Kemp. Tho object of
this society Is to provide accident benefits
for Its members.
Columbia Engineering Works, Portland,
$5000; J. C. Flanders, S. B. LInthfcum, A.
E. Gebhardt. Object, to operate iron
works and machine shops.
Burns Flour Milling Company, Burns,
Harney County, $9000; N. Brown, J. Sturte
vant, L. M. Brown, Ben Brown.
Portland Labor Press Publishing Asso
ciation, Portland, $50; E. Edwards, John
A. Goldralner, J. A. Bushman, John Beigl,
B. Hesselberg, G. M. Orton. This com
pany proposes to publish a paper in Port
land In the Interests of organized labor.
The Portland Seed Company filed sup
plementary articles Increasing the capital
stock from $10,000 to $25,000.
of 77. He left two sons. His wifedled.
years ago.
Many Japanese are expected to engaga
In hopplcklng In yards on Puget Sound.
Slbly Fetterley, ot Reardan, was thrown
from a horse Wednesday and seriously
Injured.
A man from Kalamazoo, Mich., is in the
Yakima Valley looking for 14.W0 acres at
land for a colony of 100 families.
Forty-nine business houses of Spokane
have been summoned to show cause why
their assessments should not be raised.
Divine healera have been holding a
series of tent meeting at Forest. The
ceremony of baptism was administered
to a number of candidates.
George Eckler, of Dayton. Is at a hos
pital at Walla Walla, where ne went for
the purpose of having an operation per
formed for cancer of the lip.
Dr. Cox, a morphlno fiend, was found
dead in a shack in Seattle Thursday
afternoon. Cox wa3 a graduate physician
and an old resident of Seattle.
A man at Soda Springs, in Yakima Coun
ty, has caught a 22-lncn mountain trout,
which weighed three pounds. He caught
another Just half an inch shorter.
On Maldron Island, Robert Alsop was
mistaken for a deer and seriously shot
by John Matz. They wero hunting, but
neither knew of the other-s proximity.
Seattle is annoyed by numerous burg
laries. Four of them wero committed In
the daytime, August 16. They secured 5S0
from tha housa of a Mrs. Bliss, of Green
Lake.
Tho state school fund was enriched on
the 16th by the payment or 513.462 delin
quent interest on Snohomisn County
bonds Part of this amount nas been
delinquent since 1S94.
Tho Great Northern tunnel at Everett
is nearing completion. Tho company ex
pects to stop running trains around tha
"point" by October 1, at watch time the
Cascade tunnel is to be finished.
Mrs. Morgan Wheeler and Miss T. E
Cade, of New Whatcom, were seriously
hurt tha 16th by their horse's backing
their buggy over an embankment and
dropping them upon rocks 20 feet below.
Tha plans of tho Civic Federation of
Tacoma have been rejected by the Board
of School Directors; so Janitors will get
along without trained nurses to watch
them and sea that their work is properly
dona
At Zlllah, a species of large blackbird
is doing much damage to apples. It Is not
the crow blackbird seen in the swamps,
but belongs to the cuckoo ramlly. and
flies from woods to orchards for its dep
redations. Mrs. Anna Peterman ha3 begun suit
against the Northern Pacific Railway
Company at Spokane for $20,000 damages
for the death of her son. She charges
tha defendant company with negligence
in neither maintaining its track properly
nor providing sufficient brakes.
Tha owner of the "splto" fence across
the bicycle path near Lake Union i3 said
by his wife to bo "ready to do the rierht
thing if tha bike people of Seattle will
do tho same." This seemed to mean
compliance with his terms. A number ot
cyclists have torn down the fence.
L. W. Follis, a farmer living on Dry
Creek, southwest of Garfield, claims the
prize for the best quality of wheat grown
in Whitman County this season. If not
in the history of tho county. The berry
Is not extra large, but Is as hard as
grain ever gets and can scarcely be bit
ten in two with the teeth. It is Sonora
wheat, and weighs 65 pounds to the
bushel. The yield per aero is not stated.
Tha State Board of Land Commission
ers has approved the recent sale of 76
chains of shore land on tho White Sal
mon River, in Klickitat County,, to T.
Weyers for $5 a chain; timber on school
land3 in section 16, township S north,
range 3 west, Cowlitz County, to J. B.
Welst, of Stella, for $405; several lots of
tide lands of tha second class in. Pacific
County to T. J. Hathaway, of Bucoda,
for $563; and in Mason County, W H.
Maxwell, of Shelton, has purchased second-class
tide lands amounting to 5664.
INSURES LOVE AND A.HAPPY HOME
. FOR ALL
How any man may quickly cure himself after
years of suffering from sexual weakness, lost
vitality, night losses, varicocele, etc.. and en
large small weak organs to full slsa and vigor.
Astoria Brevities.
ASTORIA, Aug. 18. Captain Marden.
who came up from San Francisco to take
command of the barkentine Addenda, is
ill. Captain Perry arrived on the steam
er Columbia today to assume command
of the vessel.
Constructing Quartermaster Downs an
nounced today that the bids for erecting
the hospital at the Fort Stevens barracks
would be opened at 2 P. M. on Septem
ber 6.
George Brown has resigned his position
as traveling auditor of the Astoria &
Columbia River and the Corvaills & East
ern Railroads on account of ill health.
He has been succeeded by Harry Trene-wlth.
HopgrroTrers Jfot Contracting.
INDEPENDENCE:, Or., Aug. 18. Pros
pective hopbuyers are circulating over the
county looking for contracts. Just now
they are offering 10 cents for this season's
hop3. Present reports from the East in
dicate that hops will be worth much
more than is now offered, and few grow
ers oro contracting.
Crops Far Front Failure. i
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 18. A trip
to the Mblalla country today revealed tha
fact that the fruit crop will be Immense.
The apple, pear, plum and some varieties
of prune trees are fairly loaded with fruit,
and in most Instances the product is free
from worms or insects. The average yield
Lawyer Suing- for His Fees.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Aug. 18. Inter
esting litigation Is promised in an attach
ment of household furniture made here
yesterday. The defendant is E. P. Cad
well, a lawyer reputed to be worth soma
$70,000. Tne plaintiff Is H. T. Bagley, of
HUlsboro, the attorney who represented
Mr. Cadwell In a case now taken to tha
Supreme Court, and he Is suing for his
fees. The offering of the furniture for
sale forfeited its exemption, and a HIlls
boro Constable now holds the property,
worlh probably five tlme3 the amount It
secures.
L. W. KNAPP. M. XX.
Simply send your name and address to Dr. L.
W. Knapp. 2G01 Hull BJdar.. Detroit. Mich.,
and he will gladly send the free receipt with
full directions so that any man may easily euro
himself at home. This la certainly a moet gen
erous offer, and the following extracts talcon
from his dally mall show what men think of
his generosity:
"Dear Sir: Please accept my sincere thanks
for yours of recent date. I have given your
treatment a thorough test, and the benefit hoj
been extraordinary. It ha3 completely braced
mo up. I am Just as vigorous as when a boy,
and you cannot realize how happy I am."
"Dear Sir: Tour method worked beautifully.
Results are exactly what I needed. Strength
and vigor have completely returned and en
largement Is entirely satisfactory."
"Dear Sir: Toure was received, and I had nc
trouble In making use of the receipt as directed,
and can truthfully say It is a boon to weak
men. I am greatly improved In size, strength
and vigor."
All correspondence Is strictly confidential
mailed in plain sealed envelope. The receipt U
free for the asking, and he wants every maa
to have It.
of wheat already threshed Is about eight
bushels to tho -acre, although Spring J. jdled recently at Huntsville, at the agej
Washington Xotes.
Baseball is raging in many towns.
J. S. Tower, of Garfield, Is dead, at
the age of 70.
Spring Valley, In Walla Walla County,
has a heavy pear crop.
The Port Discovery mill has been robbed
of $200 worth of belting.
Odd Fellows have laid the corner-stone
of their new building at Toledo.
Bobwhite quails are plentiful alqng Mill
Creek, nbt far from Walla "Walla.
William Y. Fain, a native of Tennessee,
PAUL CROMWELL
The Colored Specialist
Has opened up his office at 347 Front, and
will sell his medicine 33 usual. Medlclnea
for all kinds of chronic diseases.
W8LG0X TfllSY PILLS
For 20 years the only safe and rella Ms
Female JUepulatorfor all troubles.
HelleTestr thin 3 days. .At druggists,
or by nail. Price, 82. Send 4c foe
"Woswn'sSafe Guard." WllcoxMed
leal Co., S3X. liUiSt., roua., fa.