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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN,; PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1902.
8GALP RUN KEEPS UP
Another Appropriation-Will
Be Asked For. c
COST OF COYOTES TO OREGON
Appropriation of $50,000 Used Up in
Fourteen. Month, With $1S,000 In
Claims on Flic Counties May
Call a Halt.
Oregon counties, for the last year,
have beenpaylne out nearly 5000 for
scalps of wild animals, principally coy
otes. The county stands one-third of
this amount, and the state two-thirds.
The appropriation made by the Legls-'1
laturc of 1901 Is already exhausted,
and ?20,000 in claims are on file. The
counties arc relyinc on the nest Legis
lature for reimbursement. Lane Coun
ty, however, does not propose to pay
out any more money on this supposi
tion, and has made an order that no
ecalps will be accepted.
ttMII
SALEM, July 12. The appropriation of
550,000 made by the last Legislature for
the payment of scalp bounties has been
exhausted, and additional claims aggre
gating $13,SC5 have been audited and al
lowed. Claims not yet audited have been
filed with the Secretary of State to the
amount of $4400. This makes a total of
$6$,365 of scalp bounty claims presented fo
the Secretary of State under the law
passed in 190L That act tool? effect March
L 1901, and provided that the several coun
ties should pay the scalp bounties in the
first Instance, and then be reimbursed by
the state to the amount of two-thirds of
the payments made. The claims thus far
filed represent the scalps taken up to
about June 1, 1902, or about 14 months
after the law became effective. The scalp
bounty expense under tfie new law has
therefore been about J4S83 per month, and
in two years will run up to $117,197. The
bounty law of 1899 cost the state about
$120,000, so that the total for four years
will be about $237t197. There Is no ap
parent dlmunltion In the supply of scalps.
Only Amount Paid by State.
The sum last mentioned is only the
amount that will be paid out by the state.
"Under the new law, the counties pay
one-third of the bounties, o that at the
rate claims have been filed in the office
of the Secretary of State, the counties
will pay out under the new law In the
neighborhood of T5S.000, bringing the total
expense up to ?295.197. At $2 each, this
expenditure will Indicate the killing of
147,598 coyotes.
The act of 1901 provided for the payment
of the bounties but did not place any
limit on the expenditure for this purpose.
An appropriation of $30,000 was made for
the purpose, of paying the claims, but no
provision was made that the state should
not be liable for the payment of a greater
amount. Another act was passed making
It the duty of the Secretary of State to
audit and allow all claims presented, but
to issue certificates of allowance instead
of warrants in all cases where the ex
pense was authorized but the appropria
tion had been exhausted. The appropria
tion was exhausted on -May 19, and since
that date the counties claiming reimburse
ment have received certificates showing
that their claims have been allowed for
the sums stated. The difference between
the warrants and the certificates of al
lowance is that tho latter do not draw
Interest.
Another Appropriation Desired.
Friends of the scalp bounty law will
ask the next Legislature to appropriate
6ome $67,000 to pay the deficiency in the
scalp bounty account. Judging by the
readiness of the last Legislature to pay
up the previous deficiency, it may bo ex
pected that the appropriation will be
made. In the present Instance, however,
the circumstances will be very different
from what they were two years ago. Un
der the old law, warrants were issued to
the bounty claimants, and w,ere trans
ferred by them to storekeepers in pay
ment of grocery bills, or sold to warrant
speculators. In the present instance, the
claims againsi. the state will be held by
the counties Vlthln which the coyotes
have been killed. The Legislature may
take the view that the counties that have
made the payments received the benefits.
and that it is fair all around if they are
left to bear the whole of the expense.
Xot Certain ofReimbsruemcnt.
The counties paying bounty claims now
do so -without any certainty of reimburse
ment. According to the news dispatches
today Lane County ha refused to pay
any more bounty claims, evidently pre
ferring not to take chances on legislative
reimbursement. Should the Eastern Ore
gon counties take the same course the
total expense for bounties will be corre
spondingly less at the end of the four
years of the scalp bounty experiment.
ZS'EW OREGON CORPORATIONS.
Articles Filed nt Salem During: the
WeeU Just Ended.
SALEM, Or., July 12. Articles of in
corporation were filed in the office of
Secretary of State Dunbar this week as
follows:
"Western Fishing Company, Astoria,
$5000; Clarence Heyes, E. Z. Ferguson, D.
H. Welch.
United Lumbering, Milling & Manufac
turing Company, Grant's Pass, $80,000; B.
F. Negley, Jonathan A. Botkln, "W: W.
Miller, Jesse E. Beeson, Emlel Reich.
Western Mantel Company, Portland,
$5000; F. Rymal, P. H. Lacey, Louis Reno.
Sherman County Fair Association, Grass
Valley, $3000; W. T. Welgand, J. H. Ri
' nearson. J. C. Williams, I. J. Keffer, C.
W. Moore.
Oregon & California Marble Company,
Ashland. $1,000,000; J. C. Whlpp. G. W.
Vaupel. C. J. Brady, J. J. O'Neill.
Northwest Construction Company, Port
land, $5000; L. Y. Keady, Fred Hesse, Fred
H. Rothchlld.
Eagle Creek Grange, No. 297, Patrons
of Husbandry. Eagle Creek, Clackamas
County, $300; Charles Zeek. master; H. F.
Gibson, overseer; Homer Glover, lecturer.
Globe Lumber Company. Portland, $30,
000; J. J. Bowen. E- E. Merges, W. C
Miles'.
Ravenna Mining Contpany, Portland,
$1,000,000; Charles P. Wright, Perry W.
Smith, J. O. Goltra, A. F. Flegel. D. G.
Woodward.
Rocky Point Lumber Company, Port
land, $5000; H. M. Lambert, S. L. Wood
ward, A. T. Lewis, A. W. Lambert.
Douglas Land & Trust Company, Rose
burg, $20,000; W. C. Bishop, D. M." Stuart,
L. H. Hamilton.
:
WATTERSOX AT BAKER CITY.
Delivers His Fnmons Lecture on
"Abraham Lincoln."
BAKER CITY, July 12. Colonel Henry
Watterson delivered his famous' lecture on
"Abraham Lincoln" here this evening. His
description of some of the scenes during
the war in which Lincoln was the cen
tral figure was very vivid. He de
clared, speaking as a Southerner and a
member of the Confederacy, that Lincoln
was the best friend the South had in the
North during and before the war. He re
lated a number of amusing stories Illus
trative of the character ofVLIncoln. Speak
ing of the conference between Lincoln and
the Southern commissioners at Fortress
Monroe. Mr. Wattcrson revived a disputed
point In history- when he declared that
on the occasion Lincoln was prepared to
concede the South payment for her slaves
If she would lay down her arms. On this
point lie spoke with positive assurance,
but concluded by saying that, as a South
erner, he" was glad that there was no set
tlement at that or any conference of clvll
Jans; that It was a matter that could
never have been settled once and for all
save by the sword.
Mr. Watterson spent the afternoon and
evening greeting a large number of old
friends and acquaintances, matty of them
from Kentucky. He will leave for Port
land In the morning.
ASCEXD "MOUNT HOOD.
Guides Place Ropes In Shape for
Tourists to Come Later.
CLOUD CAP INN. July 1L The first
ascent of Mounf'Hood was made today
by Guides Horace Mechlen and Jack Rob
arts ard five assistants. The purpose
of the ascent was to place In position the
1200 feet of rope, which is of great service
to tourists in climbing to the summit.
Owing to the large amount of snow, the
climbing of the mountain has been de
layed somewhat, but everything is now
In readiness to make the ascent safely.
Those who assisted in placing the rope in
position werer Professor H. K. Benson,
of Kent, Wash.; R&bert P. Perlgo, Boone
vllle, Ind.; Jdhn Horrom. Gilbert Edgin
ton and Ellis Edglnton, Wasco, Or.
Mining Stock: Quotations.
Yesterday's quotations at tho Oregon
Mining Stock' Exchange were as follows:
Bid. Askd.
Alaska Ml &. M 11
Bronze Monarch 1S&
Caribou 8
Crystal Consolidated 13& 20
Chicago 8
Cascade Calumet 4
Gold Hill & Bohemia 10
Huronlan -... 3
Lost Horse 25 .
Oregon-Colorado M. M. & D 50
Sumpter Consolidated A
Sweden Copper (Gtd.) CO
Winnipeg (Ltd.) 10
Vesuvius 25
Judson Rock 5
SAN FRANCISCO. July 12. The official
closing quotations for mining stocks today
"were as follows:
Alta $0 OolMoxIcan $0 G7
Andes 5OccJdental Con.. 15
Belcher SJOphlr 1 30
Best & Belcher. 21Overman 26
Bullion 2PotosI 20
Caledonia 9SSavage 0
Challenge Con... 20JSeg. Belcher 4
Confidence 5SSIerra Nevada... 23
Con. Cal. & Va. 1 loiSIlver Hill 53
Crown Point 3jUnIon Con 18
Gould & Curry.. 5Utah Con 6
Hale & Norcross 38 l'ellow Jacket ... 14
Justice 12j
NEW YORK, July12. Mining stock to
day closed as follows:
Adams Con $0 20j
Alice -15
Brebce 50;
Little Chief $011
Ontario 7 87
Ophlr 115
Brunswick Con.
Phoenix
6
Com. Tunnel .... 5
Con. CaL & Va. 1 25
Deadwood T .... 1 00
Horn Silver .... 1 25
Potosl
15
2
20
40
305
Savage
Sierra Nevada ..
Small Hopes ...
Standard
Iron Silver 82
Leadville Con ... 3;
BOSTON. July 12. Closing quotations:
Adventure $23 25'Osceola $59 75
Allouez 2 25Parrot 27 00
Amalgamated.. 63 00 Qulncy 130 50
Baltic 35 25JSanta Fe Cop.. 1 75
Bingham 31 OOJTamarack 175 00
Cal. & Hecla...5S5 00
ITrimountaln .... 95 00
Centennial 17 251
Copper Range.. 52 50
Trinity 11 50
United States.... 19.60
Dominion Coal. 134 75
Utah 19
Franklin 10 50i Victoria 5 75
isle Koyaie 12 ooiwinona 4 00
Mohawk 40 oOlWolverlne 55 00
Old Dominion.. 19 001
Northwest Pensions.
WASHINGTON, July 8. Pensions have
been granted as follows.
Oregon Original, John W. Rlner, Mount
Tabor. $6; John H. Johnson, Wasco, $6;
Robert Smith, Corvallls, $10; original wid
ows, etc, Mary A. Baldwin, Fossil, $8;
special accd. June 20, Lodema Sweet,
Gresham, $S; Increase, restoration, reissue,
etc., Jared Karstettor, Silverton. $10; John
P. 'Coulter, Portland, $10; J. H. Mathews,
The Dalles, $10.
Washington Increase, restoration, reis
sue, etc.. Charles Zwlckor, Burley, $12;
George Price, Soldiers' Home, Ortlng, $14;
Frank S. Berry. Seattle, $10; Thomas J.
Sturrnxn. Spokane, $12; George W. Clark,
Wilbur. $10; Charles H. Campbell, Oakes
dale. $12; original widows, etc, special
accd. June 21, Missouri Reans, West Se
attle, $&; original. Charles W. June, Ta
coma. $10; Amos O. Benjamin, Seattle, $S.
Idaho Original, Ellis Betts, Gooding. $6;
increase, restoration, reissue, etc., Mar
tin B. Richardson, Boise, $12.
Xorthvrest Postal Orders.
WASHINGTON, July 12. On July 15 two
Oregon postoffices will be discontinued
Irma, Curry County, and Waldron, Wheel
er County. Mail for the former will be
sent to Harbor, and for the latter to
Richmond.
The postoffice at Westportj Chehalls
County. Wash., has been moved a short
distance to the southeast, and Frederick
S. Rogers appointed postmaster.
On July 15 the postoffices at Jackson,
Cowlitz County, and Yacolt, Clark Coun
ty, Wash., w 111 be Discontinued.
The postoffice at Belma, Yakima Coun
ty, Wash., has been re-established, with
Oneslme Bergeron as postmaster.
The 'postofllce at Collins. Skamania
County,wVaah., has -been moved one mile
to the northeast, without change of post
master. Church Adopts Neir Discipline.
NEWBERG. July 12. The Oregon year
ly meeting of the Friends' Church yes
terday unanimously adopted the uniform,
discipline, and disposed of a question
which has been before it three years.
The afternoon was dvoted to missions.
Mrs. Anna Moon, Just returned from the
Friends' Alaska Mission, was present and
gave an instructive talk. The sum. of $200
was raised toward carrying on the work.
BlncU Bass Cnusrht at The Dnlles.
THE DALLES. July 12. (To the Ed
itorsRegarding black bass In the Co
lumbia, will say that as fine a specimen
as I have ever seen was caught here to
night. It weighed 17 ounces and was In
the pink of condition. The fish was on
exhibition here and .was pronounced to bo
the real article by myself and others, who
have caught many bass in Illinois and
Michigan waters. W. N. CRAWFORD.
Refuse to Contract Hops.
EUGENE, Or., July 12. A number of
hopbuyers are in this vicinity trying to
contract the present crop. Several offers
to contract at 18 cents per pound were
made. This is .the top price offered for
several years. -The offer has not been
accepted in any Instance, the growers all
refusing to contract.
Eugene Secures Xew Factory.
EUGENE, Or., July 12. Messrs.
Charles E. Brown and Charles F.. Smith
have leased property on Ninth street
for the establishment of a box and bas
ket factory. '
The work of examining the books of
the various county officers Is now In
progress.' A. C. Jennings and M. S. Wal-
11s are the experts.
Conference Discusses Missions.
SILVERTON, July 12. The ministerial
conference of the Pacific district of the
Norwegian -Evangelical Lutheran Church
considered today the topic, "Home Mis
sions." The subject was introduced by
tho seamen's missionary, L. Carlsen, of
San Francisco.
Building: Road to Mine.
EUGENE, Or., July 12. Charles Hard
ing Park, owner of the Treasure mine, in
tho Blue River district, now has his en
tire force of men working on a road to
the claim, so that the machinery for the
20-stamp mill may be hauled to the mine.
HOP KINGS OF PUYALLUP
THEIR UPS AND DOWNS IN GOOD
YEARS AND BAD.
Henry Welnhard, of Portland, First
Encouraged Ezra Meeker to
Build Up the Business. '
PUYALLUP, Wash., July 17. (Special
Correspondence.) Here the - richest soil
1n the world was In the habit of producing
the most phenomenal crop of hops In the
world, but since the arrival of the hopllce
U years ago, there have been no phe
nomenal hop crops here', and much of
the soil formerly devoted to the vine that
raised fruit for yeast cakes and beer. Is
now used, with rich "returns. In raising
berries. The hoplouse will turn up his
nose at a berry bush and leave it to go
and feast on a fence rail.
Puyallup berries are noted for their
fine flavor and large size, and by means
of small refrigerators Invented by the
railroad agent here, they are now shipped
clear to Chicago. Last season 34,000 crates
of 24 pounds each were shipped from here,
and this season the total Is going to run
to 50,000 crates. Most of them go to
Eastern Washington and Montana, and
last year they brought tho grower $1 25
a crate all around.
Beginning in early July the berry ship
ping season lasts through October, the
Evergreen blackberry, which now has an
increased acreage, winding up the cam
paign when first frosts fire up the vine
maples.
Hop History.
Ezra Meeker, who for -years was the
recognized hop king of the Pacific North
west, Is enjoying good health here In
the home he founded years ago. As a
pioneer plainsman he came here over the
Natchez Pass, 4S years ago, and his 73
years retard not the energy for which he
has always been noted.
The real father ofthe hop Industry on
the Pacific Coast was Ezra Meeker's fath
er, who raised near here, in 1S67, one bale
of hops, dried them over the kitchen stove
and sold them a Olympla for S3 cents a
pound.
Next year he raised 30 bales and con
signed them to Everdlng & Beebe, in
Portland, and they were sold to Henry
Welnhard at 23 cents, and he paid double
that for the 1870 crop.
"Henry Welnhard," said Ezra Meeker
today, "was the man who gave me con
fidence to go ahead and build up the hop
business. I always found him a very fair
mart and a perfect gentleman in all his
dealings.
"When the Puyallup crop grew to such
size as to swamp the home market," said
Mr. Meeker, "I reached out for New York,
and In 1S83 took the first lot of 500 bales
to London. My second shipment there
was 1509 bales, and the third 11,003. The
trip took 29 days, and I never shipped to
London at a loss until after the hopllce
came in 1891. After that, all was loss."
Hlfrh and Low Prices.
In 18S2 some Puyallup people sold their
hops for $1 10 a pound, but the average
that year was 70 cents. In those times
tho yield was 2000 pounds to the acre.
After the hopllce came in 1891 the yield
fell away one-half, and the price to 3
cents, while the lowest cost of produc
tion was 7 cents. A few years of such
prices broke up many hopraisers.
For 22 years there was no pest to trou
ble the hopvlne, and Washington's pro
duction ran up to CO.OOO bales, and the
Meeker yards comprised over 5C0 acres.
From 1SS2 to 1S93 Ezra Meeker shipped
$3,000,000 worth of hops to London.
The coming of the hopllce In 1891 was a
mysterious occurrence, which still remains
so. Mr. Meeker says that there wasno
accounting for It, and that they suddenly
and simultaneously appeared where they
had never been known before. They have
come every year since, and are again due
here any day now. Already tho horse
sprayers are squirting the do-good onto
the vines to make It bad for the Insects.
They deserve bad treatment for the dam
age they have done. They caused the
Snoqualmle yard of 305 acres to be sold
at $25,000 after the Dutards, of San Fran
cisco, had invested $250,000 in it.
Changed to 'Chickens.
Ezra Meeker is now a chicken king,
and on his home place has 700 of the
things that made the egg business famous.
Some of these fowls have cost him $50 a
dozen, and he leans to white Plymouth
Rocks and white Leghbrns. The latter
lay at five months. . Mr. Meeker once
wrote a widely copied article, entitled,
"xne Uld Hen the Best." He retracts that
now, and says that he has home-made in
cubators and brooders that beat any hen.
Although he lost 75 per cent of his chicks
last Winter, he Is now hatching 90 per
cent and raising 75. He marketed 300
capons last year at 25 cents a pound, and
has a standing order for all he can raise,
and will turn off three acres of broilers
next year at 20 to 25 cents a pound. Five
hundred laying hens to the acre Is Mr.
Meeker's limit, and his incubators waste
no time in cackling.
In his new business the lice still pursue
him, but ho has a hospital for ailing
chickens, and dips them in a wash boiler
of quassia and whale-oil soap and to
bacco, and to be acting souser on these
occasions takes the poetry out of the
business, and the snow-white hens are
not so white as at the Portland chicken
show. Chief surgeon at a hen hospital is
a peculiar position.
After the hop business had gone to the
wall Mr. Meeker, old in years but young
in energy, made four trips to the Klon
dike, taking 10 tons of dried vegetables
over tho Chllkoot Pass In the middle of
Winter. He has great faith In Alaska's
future, and looks for hundreds of new
Treadwells, and thinks that Alaska trade
will yet Increase greatly the business of
Northwestern cities.
"I think," said Mr. Meeker, "that the
child is born who will see.a million peoplo
living in Seattle"
A Xctt Hop Kinsr.
Hops at Puyallup are again on the up
grade, and the man most extensively en
gaged in their handling Is Herman Kla
ber, a young man of excellent business
attainments, who has stuck to the busi
ness all through Its ups and downs and
now controls 307 acres. He Is head of the
Puyallup Hop Syndicate, which has Invest
ed. $10,000 In rebuilding Its kilns this year.
Mr. Klaber says that he will Increase his
acreage some this year, and that the
yield will be about 30.000 bales for the
state. He figures the cost of production
now at S& cents, where the grower does
his own work, and names the present
contracting price at 15 to 16 cents. Almost
half the crop has now been contracted.
X.
INCENDIARY BLAZE AT MINE.
Stamp Mill and Hoist at Sheep Rock
Property Go Up In Smoke.
BAKER CITY. July 12. News of the
burning of the office, hoist and stamp mill
of the Sheep Rock mine, four miles from
Sanger, in the "Panhandle" district, Wed
nesday evening of this week, has Just
reached this city. The mine has not been
in operation for some time. It was in
charge of a watchman known as Kanaka
San. Soon after dark Wednesday night
he discovered the office building on fire.
While attempting to put tho fire out he
was astonished to find that the hoist and
other buildings at the mouth of the mine
were in flames. It was Impossible for
him to put out either Are, so he devoted
his attention to saving his personal ef
fects from the boarding-house.
The Are soon communicated Ho the 10
stamp mill and that was consumed with
the other property. The blacksmith shop
and boarding-house were all that were
saved.
The mine was recently sold to Matt Ba
roach. of Denver, who bought it from
Tom Wright. It was once the property of
the Keady estate, of Portland, but be
came Involved In litigation, and was sold
at Sheriff's sale to Wright. The mine was
considered a good property, and the new
owner was preparing to open It up. There
is no doubt but that the 8x6 was the work
of an incendiary, as both fires broke out
at the same time and at a time when
there was no one about to assist in
quenching tne flames.
Ibex Mine Likely to Be Sold.
The owner of the Ibex mine, Arthur Hill,
of Saginaw, Mich., Is expected here In a
few days, to close a dealMfor the sale of
the property to F. W. Bradley, of Idaho.
Mr. Bradley is the general manager of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines. In Idaho.
Mr. Hill bought the Ibex several years
ago for $65,000. Two years ago lie bonded
it to Colonel S. W. Ray, for $300,000, who
paid $10,000 down, but was unable to float
the company he organized, and the prop
erty reverted to Mr. Hill.
SURVEYING FOR POWER, PLANT. 1
Baker City Slan Proposes to Harness
Falls Thirty Miles ATrny.
BAKER CITY, July 12. A surveying
party has been sent out to Eagle Creek by
A. B. Frame, of Portland, who secured
an electric light franchise from the City
Council some time ago. The purpose is
to begin the work of aurvejlng for the
construction of the flumes and buildings
of the proposed power plant. There is
plenty of water power to be obtained at
several points along Eagle Creek.
The point selected by Mr. Frame is
about 20 miles from here. It Is near falls,
where a good head of water can be had
without the. necessity of constructing a
large dam and reservoirs. From there the
electric current will be brought in over
the hills by means of copper wires strung
on poles, under a very high voltage, to a
subpower station In this city.
DUTY FOR DEPUTY FISH WARDEN.
Neir Appointee Will Do Special Duty
on the Columbia.
ASTORIA. July 12. H. A. Webster, the
newly appointed Deputy Fish Warden,
has arrived here, and will. make Astoria
his headquarters, as he has been assigned
to special duty on the Columbia, and will
patrol 'it in search of those fishing with
out a license. Previous to his appoint
ment it had been intended that he should
be superintendent of the Tillamook hatch
ery, but now C. L. Roadarmer. of Clack
amas, an experienced hatchery man, has
been appointed to that .position.
Telescope for Chile Expedition.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 12. The reflecting
telescdjie mlrrora for use with the D. O.
Mills expedition from the Lick Observa
tory to Chile, recently completed by the
Brashear Company, of Allegheny. Pa.,
have reached Mount Hamilton In perfect
condition. The glass was cast in Parlo
and sent to Allegheny to be polished. The
telescope mounting to hold the mirrors
has been set up In the rear of the ob
servatory. After tho adjustment and
tests of the assembled apparatus have been
completed, all will be packed for ship
ment about August 2 to the vicinity of
Valparaiso; Chile. A modern steel dome
to cover the telescope has been construct
ed In Cleveland, O., and will soon reach
San Francisco for shipment.
The purpose of the expedition Is to ob
serve spectroscoplcally the brighter stars
In the southern hemisphere, which cannot
be observed from Mount Hamilton, the
observations In both hemispheres to be
used by Director Campbell and Assistant
Astronomer 'Wright In determining the
motion of the solar system through
space. The expedition plans to remain
in Chile about three years.
Hold-Up at La Grande.
LA GRANDE, July 12. John F. Shaw
was held up and robbed of a watch,
money and a check for $110 Thursday
night He had Just arrived on the evening
train from Montana, whence he had been
called home to his little daughter, who
was seriously scalded. No clew has been
found to the two masked men who drew
a gun on him at a dark corner and hit
him a severe blow after robbing him, but
the check was found, on the street this
morning. His loss Is $2C and a valuable
watch.
St. Helens Sawmill Leased.
' ST. HELENS. July 12. Messrs. G. P.
Murray and Herman Smith have leased
the Muckle sawmill and are doing some
preliminary work preparatory to making
some changes Jn the mill and Increasing
Its capacity. Negotiations are now pend
ing with the Northern Pacific Railway
Company in the matter of laying rails
from Houlton to St. Helens, the residents
of the latter place having raised sufficient
funds to do the grading and furnishing
the ties for the proposed spur.
Baseball Tournament.
ST. HELENS. July 12. A baseball tour
nament will be held hero about August
20, and every team In Columbia County
has been Invited to participate In the
contest. The sliver cup trophy won last
year by the Clatskanle team will be ono
of the prizes offered. A purse will also
be presented to the winning team.
Body of Fisherman Found on Beach
ASTORIA, July 12. The body of the
late W. S. Hargus, the old fisherman who
was drowned in the Columbia opposite this
city on July 3, was found on the beach
at Chinook this morning. As the man
had no relatives or means his body will
be burled by the Coroner of Pacific
County, Wash.
Another Block for Snlem.
SALEM, Or., July 12. A. Schrelber to
day made a contract with Welch & Mou
rers, of this city, for the erection of a
two-story brick block on his property on
the north side of State street, between
Liberty and1 High. The contract price
was not made public, but Is understood
to be In the neighborhood of $7700.
OreKon Cadet Resigns.
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. July 12. Midship
man Huntington Johnston, of Portland,
Or., a member of the class of 1900, who
reported here some time ago for his final
examination, has resigned because of bad
eyesight, and his resignation has been ac
cepted, to take effect October 10, 1902.
Seventeen-Ccnt , Hop Contrnct.
SALEM, Or., July 32. A contract exe
cuted July 10 was filed here today whereby
Joe Goe, of Hubbard, sold to Hugh F.
Fox, of New York, 15,000 pounds of hops
at 17 cents. This Is the highest record
price, though IS cents has been offered
for several days.
Twenty Cents for Hops.
CHEHALIS, Wash., July 12. PIncus. of
Tacoma, today secured the remainder of
the Dobson hop crop, the Tromm and
Hazzard crops at 20 cents. The deal cov
ers 400 bales. '
COMMUTATION TICKETS TO THE
COAST. "
The O. R. & N. Co. has made a $15 rate
for individual five-ride, round-trip com
mutation tickets, Portland to North
Beach and Clatsop Beach points. These
tickets will be good any time from date
of sale up to October 15, 1902. and will be
honored in cither direction between Port
land and Astoria on the boats of the Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation Company, the
White Collar Line, the Vancouver Trans
portation Company and on trains of the
A. & C. R. R. Tickets now on sale at O.
R. &. N. offlce. Third and Washington.
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There's Plenty
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we always have plenty of new things for you
in UMBRELLAS and PARASOLS, and very in
teresting prices.
JOHNALLESINA
TWO STORES:
2S6 Washington St. 303 Morrison St.,
Near Woodtrd. Clarke & Co. Near Meier 4c Frank Co.
SAMUEL ROSENBLATT &
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FARMERS PLEDGE SUPPORT TO
IIILLSBORO ELECTRIC ROAD.
Commcrclnl Organizations of That
City Will Assist In Getting
Rights ot Way.
HILLSBORO, July 12. A large and en
thusiastic meeting was held In the Court
house this .evening to listen to the propo
sition ot Graydon & Son. promoters ot
the Hlllsboro-Portland electric Une. Dr.
J. P. Tamlesle presided. The promoters
asked that a committee be appointed to
assist them In getting a right of way to
the Multnomah County line without cost
to the company. This committee will he
appointed next week. Mayor F. A. Bailey
assured the promoters that the city would
aid the project In all possible ways, and
F. M. Heldel, the secretary of the Board
of Trade, pledged the, support tof that
body. Many Influential farmers were pres
ent, and offered rights of way through
valuable farms.
BIG LUMBER TRUST.
Forty Mills in Oregon and Washing
ton Will Be In It.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12. The Ex
aminer says that the E. K. Wood Lumber
Company, In addition to buying up J3.C00,
000 worth of wood belonging to the Simp
son Lumber Company, has bought all the
spruce obtainable In the Western market.
The company has also entered Into ar
rangements with the Northern Box Fac
tory Association, comprising 40 mills on
Puget Sound and elsewhere in. the States
of Washington and Oregon, whereby these
mills agree not to ship any lumber to
this market unless consigned through the
San Francisco box factories representing
the trust.
Antorla School Teachers Electod.
ASTORIA, July 12. At a special meet
ing of the Astoria School Board this even
ing, the resignations of Professors J. C.
McCue and G. A. Warfleld were accepted.
Mrs. M. E. Lemon was appointed princi
pal of the Adair School, and J. W. Mc
Cormac principal of the Olney School.
Misses Alice Gray and Amy Holmes, of
Astoria, and Miss Gertrude Hulse, of Eu
gene, were elected as teachers.
Boy Rnn Over by Electric Car.
EVERETT. Wash., July 12. A J2-year-old
boy was Instantly killed this evening
by being run over by an electric car. He
was standing near the track upon which
tho car was approaching, when a 16-year-old
wheelman ran Into him, knocking him
under the car. Up to a late hour the body
had not been Identified. The wheelman
disappeared.
Attorney Snlllvnn Released.
DENVER, July 12. A. B. Sullivan, an
attorney of this city, who had been held
a prisoner at the point of a revolver by
Michael O'Kcefe. a locomotive fireman,
in the letter's room since 1:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, was rescued by Ser
geant Lee, of the police force, this morn
ing. Lee engaged O'Keefe In conversa
tion, and at an opportune moment Sulli
van grabbed O'Keefe around the 'waist
and held him untl the officer cams into
the room. In the struggle O'Keefe fired
his revolver twice without effect. O'Keefe
claimed that Sullivan was Indebted to him
In the sum of 517,000. He Invited Sullivan
to his room and held him until this morn
ing, threatening to kill him unless he paid
back the money. Several Ineffectual at
tempts had been made to rescue Sullivan
during the night. O'Keefe, who Is an old
time Union Pacific fireman, Is in jail.
During 1201 72,000,000 pounds of butter
came to Europe over the Trans-Siberian
Railway.
MAN'S MISSION ON
EARTH.
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"Know Thvself." a book for men onlr; reg
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The Key to Health and Haplneua."
Editor'? Not ft T.OT..40 yrars the Peabody
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The Peabody Medical Institute has many
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GREAT CLEARANCE SALE OF
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Not the kind of garments usually offered
in a Clearance Sale, but the choicest prod
ucts of STEIN-BLOCH CO. and HART,
SCHAFFNER & MARX, an offer that means
a great deal in a house of this, magnitude
which carries only the best makes-
MEN'S SUITS
That sold for $14, $15, $16.50 (h c C(
and $17.50. Sate Price 4 I U.OU
MEN'S SUITS
That sold for $20.00
Sale Price
Men's Flannel Outing and
at-
Washington & Oregon
Electric Railway
Light & Power Co.
Now under construction.
A. population of 40,000 distributed over tho
wealthiest fanning country of the world is trib
utary to this road. First Issue of 1000 shares,
par value $100 each, now selllnr at tOO per
share.
An Investment, Xot a Speculation.
Jjow capitalization; 1,500,000; 15,000 shares,
at 1100 each.
Shares fully paid and nonassessable.
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