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VOL. XXVII.
PENDLETON, UMATILLA CO.. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. 1903.
MINERS AND LABORERS PAID
erning those institutions. An annual
SEPARATE ENVELOPES. appropriation of $10.000 is provided
to compensate the board of control
ontrac1 Miner Fails to for Its services.
The second bill provides that the
Make
Says the Com-
governor, secretary of state and state
pany Ma
Deficit—Not treasurer shall receive annual salaries
Stated What
emed Suf- of $1500. $1000 and $900. respectively,
ficient.
these being their constitutional sal
Philadelphia, Jan. 29.—The case of aries. and that they shall receive no
the individual operators before the fee* whatever in addition thereto.
Should tbe two bills pass, the total
anthracite commission ended this
morning
The Philadelphia A- Read- income of the governor from the
ing. which will be ly far the most im- state would, be about $4800. that of
I«ortant witness, opened. The super the secretary of state the same, and
intendent occupied :he stand during that of the state treasurer about
the forenoon, giving testimony aa to $4100 a year, it is proposed that the
prevalent conditions of mining and new order of things take effect at the
entry to office of the officers to be
their system of pay.
"The miners and laborers." ae said, elected in 1906.
"are paid in separate envelopes. In
eases wher» the contract miner fails NOW IN CONFERENCE
WITH PRESIDENT BURT.
tc make sufficient pay tor the laborer
the company makes up the defleit.”
He contends that the men are satis Critical Situation Now Reached in
fied with the measurement system
the Union Pacific Strike—Engine
man Will Refuee to Handle Unsafe
THIEVES BURNED
Power—Will Ask for Experts to
Take Charge of Repairs.
Vigilance Committee Beat 20 Men to
Omaha. Jan. 29.—After 10 months
Death in Belgordka. Russia.
of tbe most distressing complications,
Moscow, Jan. 29.—The village ot bitter contention and costly and seri
Belgordka. near Kieff. has been ter- ous injury to the traffic ot the Un.on
rorized by a gang of 20 thieves, A Pacific, the boiler makers' strike now
vigilance
committee
forhied
last takes the most alarming turn that
night, surrounded their homes and could have been made.
forced an entrance. They beat the
[hiring the strike of I the union
entire gang to death and burned their boiler makers, the motive i>ower of
bodies on the village green.
the Union Pacific has been kept la re
pair by “•cabs.” machinists' helpers,
apprentices aud incompetent men.
with the result that engines are now
absolutely unsafe to run.
in order to keep traffi«
moving,
every old discarded locomotive along
the line has been resurrected -and
put into service. Tbe shop forces
THE CITY OF ADAMS
have been unable to keep even the
GIVEN NEW CHARTER. choicest passenger engines in servic
tor
• row.
RAST
Jwt
think! fll
gives yoe ell the raws
tor a year,
Fry i|!
NO. IX
WERE NO FIRES ESCAPES
ueaaed $775.000.000, while the aug
NOR WATER AVAILABLE. ne-nted wealth through railroads, ci
ties. mills, factories, is beyond esti
There Were 2600 Inmate*. Mostly mation.
The annual value of all the farm
Feeble Old Women, in the Institu
products in 1900 was $4,379.000.000.
tion—One Wing Wa* Completely
The average value per acre of pro
Destroyed—Bodies Burned Beyond duct* of irrigated land* was $14 81.
Recognition.
At this rate the area to be reclaimed
London, Jsn. 27.—One ot the must will add products worth $740.500.000.
■O«
sensational tires seen here in year», an addition of nearly one-sixth of the
in which It is believed 50 are dead, Ufe sustaining powers of the country.
The number of irrigating ditches
partially destroyed the stat« asylum
ot Colony Hatch. North London, this and canals in operation in the United
morning
It started al 5:30 in the States exceeds 20,000 and their com
Jewish wing which has 600 inmate*. Lined length Is not less than 5*' 000
ELEVEN REPUBLICANS
Tbe building is on an eminence and miles. If joined end to end they
tbe approaches are steep, making it would reach twice around the world. UNEXPECTED TURN IN THE
VOTE FOR TURNER.
New York. Jan 28.—The railway possible. The worker* It. the wreck diffi« ult of access
The fire had a Formed into one they would consti
COUNTY SEAT CONTEST.
officials this morning say they have age are still discovering portions oi I lg headway when the firemen arriv tute a navigable <an*l such a* the
ed
There was pandemonium among Erie. SO feet wide and five feet deep,
knowledge of but 15 «lead as a result bodies.
The Twelfth
Ballot Resulted
in
Ibe lunatic* who had t>ecn asleep. < xleudlng ftom San Francisco to New
Engineer
Duvis,
of
the
flyer,
who
of last night’s wreck. Fourteen dead
Alic«l, Being Centrally Located. May
was pulled from beneath his engine They tore away from the attendants York, a distance ot over 3,000 miles
Victory for the Walla Walla Can
The figures ot the last censu* show
were removed from the wreck. Tbe and reported dead, i* in the Plainfield and rs< ed up an«l down the corridor*,
Be Chosen—.Both Old Rivals Stand
ihat tbe work* required to Irrigate
didate—King County
Delegation
residence, hospital, dying
other died in a nearby
The injured number shrieking. A number got out of the
on
Outside Edge, of Settlement—
7.263,271 acres cost $64.289.601, an
Although traffic has been resumed, more than 40, many of whom will building and are still at large.
Went to
Piece»—Nothing
Could
average
of
$8.85
per
acre
At
this
tbe wreckage Is still being searched, die.
Ti:«- firemen devoted their entire at
Development» Expected.
Check the Landslide.
The list of the injured is incorn
tention io the main building, leaving rate the expenditure required to re-
I* Grande
Jan
28 -Sine* the
•
lalm
the
area
proposed
would
be
at
plete. Conservative estimates place
tbe wine to be destroyed. The Are
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 29.—The ex
HEAD-ON COLLISION AT TUCSON • an gotten under control by 8
least $450 000.000
'ounty seat issue has assumed a fixed
the
number
between
30
and
40
Six
o'clock
pected landslide occurred today. The
After the government has perform shape in Union '-oonty. many strange
of the dead are unidentified. Au at
It was at first believed that all the
Seattle delegation went all to pieces,
tempt is b-'inj. made tc locate a gang Trams Piled on Each Other—Eight it. mates had !>een taken out or had ed its part there will be no delay by and unexpected developments
There is a rumor that there w as a
Save
Bodie* Found — Both Engineers escaped, but after the fire, several the farmers in carrying on the work.
of Italians who appeared on the s«ene
«leal made whereby a King county
1 een made
*
While
the
initial
expense
is
enormous
shortly after the wreck and robbed
Burned to Death—Oil
Tanks Ex- Indies wer«> discovered, dlsfieured be
man is to be elected two years hence.
Petition» have been signed by
the victims
They even went to the
yond identification. All were women it Is not comparable with the value of
Eleven ot the delegation refused to
pl oded.
Tbe agonised relative* are arriving the crop* which will be grown on the voters, asking that the county seat
house where the injured were taken
vote for Ankeny and voted with the
Tucson .Jan 28.—A head-on colli*-
end attempted to st«»al watches and
All Ixmdcn Is thrilled with the hor land* reclaimed. Tbe total cost of b«- removed frrTn Union to la Grande,
democrats.
ion occurred at 4 o'clock this morn
jewelry.
■ or of the fire. Details only add a<- all the irrigation work* in use in the and a delegation of citizen* is now
The Twelfth Ballot
ing on the Southern Pacific. 17 miles
uny It seems nothing had been pro country is only three-fourths the at Salem urging the removal.
Ankeny
Mi
Later—Thirty Dead.
ea»t of here.
Thi»
overwhelming
strength,
vided for such an emergency There value of the crops produced each
Turner
33
The research up to noon add* only
The trains were piled up on each were no fire «fscape* and no water year on Irrigated lands.
amounting to 85 per cent of the legal
Preston
S
horror The list of dead will reach other and 11 cars were consumed by available
voters of the county, was deemed
No system for protection
Wilson
2
30. An accurate list may never be fire. On account of the oil lank* on tor appliance*. The building wa*
a convincing argument tn favor of
Jones
1
removal
made, for as tbe mins of the wrecked the engine* bursting and Cashing the surrounded by high walls, it was s
Easton train were pulled irom be inflammable stuff through the wreck fl'insy affair of corrugated iron and
Since the annexation of the "Pan-
Levi Ankeny is president of the
neath the flyer, part» of bodies were and exploding powder.
I andle" to Baker county. Union'«
wood built for temporary use, five
Pendieton National Bank, one of- tbe
tound and it is believed that many
(■osltion near the eastern border of
Engineer« Bruce and Wilk!«- were years ago
largest wheat raisers of Washington
the '■ountv
'vjunty has made It practically
were burned
turned to death. Eight bodies have
The inms'es were mostly feeble
and a heavy stockholder in Baker
UnTha*
Sixteen bodies have been ideutifled been found already. Many more were old women Many were *«*n to strug
certain
That she would ultimately loee
EDDY. OF TILLAMOOK WOULO
City and Walla Walla banks. He is
the seat of to vert: ment
Six are tn tbe Plainfield morgue, un < onsumed •» the smoker.
gle to bre«k tbe bar» «nd then fa!!
RAISE PRICE OF SCHOOL LAND
able condition, and the inevitable re identified.
in favor of opening the Columbia Senatorial Vote
Since the presentation of the p*C
Several
bodies
are re-
The first new* of the collision was t«a«k in the flames. Thera are 26ht>
Unchanged—Farrar
sult of this condition, is now seen. I«rted scattered through the hamlets the appearance at Tut son of a tour
River to commerce, and in this p«y
lions to the legislature. It has been
inmate* in the entire institution. At Obyect of
Criticised
by
Geer
Men
—
Umatilla
Bill is to Protect the State ascertained by tbe committees at
Today the Brotherhood of Locomo in the vicinity. Several unidentified ist car without an engine.
ticuiar will be as serviceable to Ore
which
Delegation Working on a Bill Defin tive Engineers, represented by th«* bodies are at the Westfield station bl vke loose tram the wrecked train, noon 5« bodies of old women had beer
gon as to his own state.
Against Loss by Statute of Limita 'auntie*, that the city of La Grande
recovered
The list will probably f*
chairman of their general grievance Of these latter, tour are so battered being on a do*a grade, and ran to the
He favors the rapid extension ot
ing Boundary of Union County.
tione—Price of Lieu Land to be is it as far from the renter of popt-’.a
increased.
the government irrigation plans, un-
tion as Union, and about as near the
Salem. Or.. Jan. 29.—There was no board, for the Union Pacific system. and burned that identification is im city
instead of $1.25 as at Prewent
der the reclamation laws of congress, change in the vote tor senator today Charios A. Vrooman. are bolding a
«estern boundary of Union county a»
THREE STOCKMEN KILLED.
Salem. Jan 28 — {[representative B Union 1» th* eestern boundary It 1»
He is interested in the development Mayor George H. Williams, who hap conference with President Burt, of
FULTON
FAVORS
A
CAUCUS.
LESSLER
DENIES
FOUP
SERIOUSLY
INJURED. I. Eddy, of Tillamook and Yamhill. l-ut 18 miler from La Grande to K>
from every pened to be present, was given a the Union Pacific, regarding the un
ot the Inland Empire.
La* introduced three bills in the mela with one settlement at H’lgarc
INFLUENCING DOBLINS
as Le has complimentary vote by the Multno safe condition of the locomotives of
conceivable standpoint,
Astorla Man Confidant of Hi* Else-
Dens* Fog Cause* Train Wreck at louse one referring to tbe statute
the system.
*
made his fortune, in this se »kn. hao mah delegation.
In that entire distance.
Lafox, IIL, Eariy This Morrnnj— I naltatior.* running against the s*ate.
tion to Succeed Mr. Simon.
Sa«d He Advised Him tc Tell the
Tbe engineers have awaited pa
iived to see the unsettled region grow
It is thought by the rotnmfttee ot
The Geer men criticised
Farrar
Both Stock Trams.
and the «then, in regard to state rountiee that the removal of th«
Salem. Jan 28—"1 am in favor of
into its present prosperous condition savagely because of his desertion yes tiently for a settlement ot the strike.
Whole Truth—Quigg Will Also Be
Chicago.
Jan.
18.
—
A
dense
fog
land* which are ot considerable im- county seat to La Grande wfl! only
For lv months they have imperiled a caucus, although I have not been
and is a pioneer who knows no other terday.
Vindicated by the Committee.
caused a rear-end collision of two lortance to th' state, as they may •f- aggravate the matter, as the bulk at
their live*, unnecessarily, on account urging the matter, because my elee-
home.
Washington. Jan. 27—Represent* I stock trains on th« Chicago A North feet tbe people nf Oregon ”more or
Today’s Vote for Senator.
of the refusal of the company to set non does not depend upon holding a
’opalation tn Union county lie« turth
Eastern Oregon will be benebteu
early this lews
33 tle with the strikers on a just basis, caucus,” *ald Senator Fulton today. live Lessier was tbe first witness be western. entering Lafox
of that city. In fact, she stands ot
by his work almost as much as Wash Fulton .. .
morning.
Fourteen
stockmen
were
tn
lore
the
naval
affairs
invest.gallon
87 and now they are at a point where "I have always been In favor of a cau
ington and his election is or more Wood .. ..
The first bill referred ro 's that to the very outer »dge of the heavily
were
He den:ec the caboose, three ot whom
16 conditions must be improved or the cus. excepting, upon two occasions, «ommittee this morning
than ordinary interest to the citizen* Geer .. ..
t revent the statute of ¡imitations run populated districts of Grande Ron<W
.. 10 engineers will be compelled to refuse when a certain gentleman was a can that he bad ever maue any attempt U killed. Four were seriously and all r ing against the state. As the law rsRey and would be ar itnoractleahl
William* ..
of tnis section.
Scattering
.. 11 to handle the unsafe motive power. didate who. in my judgment, had been mfluent« Doblin*. He »aid all that :be others slightly injured
now stands tbe state can lose lied as Ur.ion so far st the ccnvenien«^ a
Absent .. .
.. 3
The company recognizes tbe criti responsible for the hold-up of 1897. be ever advised mm to do »as to tell
t»r private persons maintalnint p«»- tbe people is cooceraed.
OCCUPIES THE ATTENTION
Vessel
Aiho-e
the
who!«
truth.'
There
»a*
do
la.k
cal situation in which this turn of af and who was a candidate before the
The latest developnient is that tbs
-«-Mien for ten year». That this is
OF UNITED STATES CONGRESS
Uverpool.
Jan.
27
—
Th*
vessai
Doblin
Salem. Ore.. Jan. 26.—t Special-Cor fairs places it. and an eariy settle caucus, and then 1 said: 'I will uot go whatever m th« testimony.
¡.able to happen at any tim- is ill js - »ew Mormon town of AlieeL a smal
ashore
u«-ar
Holyhead
is
the
Gemer
never told him be bad origiMliy lied,
Burton, of .Kansas, Enter* the Third respondence.)—After a recess begin ment is expected, as the company into a caucus unless it was understood and gave film no reason to bebeve 1 cat Ro'hilde Buss, instead of er (rated by the fact that tbe state ra- ftation or the Elrir. branch, nin»
ning last Friday noon, the legislature will not force the engineers to strike, that be was not to be supported.' 1
< rntly lost an entire section of school n iles north of la Grande is to bt
Day of His Attack—Shows Abuses again convened Monday and settled which will be the case if expert men was in the caucus, and willingly that lui testimony would be other American 1'ner. as at firs-. r«:-or ted land in Eastern Oregon by this selected u the perwatert locatio«
All
were
saved.
The
vessel
1«
a
total
and Extravagance* of Indian Policy down to good, hard work. Rapid prog are not immedistely put in charge of went Into the caucus which noinlnaced than ccrroboralive ot bls first story
means At the present time' it is a* for the county seat.
on which the investigation was de • reek.
Senator Simon
It stands in the heart of th* coua
Washington. Jan. 29.—In congress ress was ma«L- on the larg«- accumula the repairs
easy to obtain possession against tbe
state as against any private person, ty from the point of settlement, an«
■ this morning no reference was made tion of bills.
"The statement ha* been published
He did see tbe speakei. but did sc
The Umatilla county delegation is
in addition, the state is unable to also geograr'hieafly. and - would rave
to the chaplain’s prayer, wherein he
that I wa* a party to 'he violation of
simply to avoid notoriety. He alsc
recover on any bond of a public of- 'he interests of th« tax-peyers fully
said that to the late McKinley repub now at work on a bill deflining the
the Dolph caucus in 1896. But tn* is
Beer on which the statute of limita for all time to come, as the scttlemew
licans -and democrats alike were his boundary between the counties ot
not true. Tbe fact I* tnat after Mr. did send the secretary to gel Doblin
Lefore tbe coiumittee without attract
rn all side-; would log!rally be eoual
Union and Umatilla.
lions may have run.
favorite flower.
Dolph was nominated ,n caucus 1
mg al ten tion. Not. however, with any
The .members from Umatilla coun
came out In an Interview .taking all
An.- person may settle on public thus allowing the little town to re
The Indian appropriation bills con
<cea that ue uad any new testimony
my friends to stand by the caucus’ ac
school lands in Oregon, and If their main tn a central location
tinued to occupy their consideration. ty are having more than their share
tc offer
The Mormons have purcha«ed son»»
of
city
charter
trouble?
at
this
ses
E’JARKABLE PROGRESS
tion.
and
1
went
home
sod
did
not
presence is not discovered after 10
Burton, ot Kansas, this afternoon en
HITCHCOCK
MAY
PASS
ORE
It is understood that th« committee
return until the last day of tbe ses
years they will be entitled to perma of the best farms In the locality have
tered on the third day of his attack. sion and the c ontentions of the dif
PROMISED
BY
IRRIGATION.
GON IN IRRIGATION PLANS.
has its verdict ready. It will be to
sion. I think tbe republicans should
nent possession As has been stated, a new chuich building, sritb a large
He says his chief purpose is to show ferent interests involved in the char
the effect that the offer was made by Fifty
Million Acres in the west May tbe new bill provides that the statute membership a store warehouse and
the abuses and extravagances that ters of Pendleton. Freewater and Projects to be Undertaken Will Soon get together In caucus and settle th«
that no cred
ether important institutions The lo
senatorship. I do not state this in Doblin to Laasler and
mark the Indian policy. One item Echo are tbe cause of many head
Be Reel*.med—Greater Area Than shall not run against the state
ence can be placed on Doblin'a testi
aches
aud
many
sleepless
hours
for
be
Selected.
But
Unless
Oregon
my
own
interest,
but
simply
in
the
The
reason
advance
for
this by Mr. cation for a city 1» excellent the sta-
knocked out by Burton was $10,v-.
■S
Con tai red in Atlantic States
those faithful and hard working serv
Hurries Her Recommendation*. She interest of party harmony. So tar as mony, and that no connection ot
Eddy is that the state is continually ti««n occupying a commanding kroH
for a warehouse at St. Louis.
From Maine to Florida—Govern changing officers, and It Is impracti »hlch furnishes a «plendld view ot
my own candidacy is concerned, I Quigg with the Improper offer ba.
Diedrich offered a resolution that ants of the people.
Must Remain Dry.
been shown The verdict la consider
Every IndL
have no doubt of being elected.”
ment Invites CoOperation of the cable for them to keep track of the the surrounding valley
the committee on relations of Cuba
Charter for Adams
Washington. Jan. 28.—As soon as
cd a vindication ot both Lessier and
ration I* that this site will b* select
school
lands
and
s*e
that
settlers
are
be discharged. He said it would ap
People,
These questions are receiving the congress adjourn. 'ad senator* and
Quigg.
ed for tbe county seat, snd petitions
pear that these measures of reciproc most careful consideration and will representative* ar' well away from
»
Washington, Jan 28 — The accept not occupying them.
SPECIAL BREEDERS’ RATES.
Another bill that will be introduced are out asking for legislative corn-
ity were in a condition of statu be decided in the way. which in the Washington. Sec. - cry Hitchcock will
ance by «-ongTess of the principle of
s: de ration
"Quay” in the senate. There was judgment ot the senators and repre take steps looklrg to the apportioning On February 10 the Roads to the TOO MUCH RED TAPE
f'di-ral aid in the construction of irri- by the representative will be to
amend
tbe
state
land
law
so
as
to
give
AND HUMBUGGERY NOW
immense laughter and Quay was very sentatives from Umatilla county- will among the Western states the Irriga
-. work* in the Western states,
STEAMER SANK.
Northwest Will Mak* Reduction* on
angry. When the omnibus bill came best serve the interests of all con tion work first to be undertaken ún-
¡-as given a gr<-st Impetus to every in an owner upland on tidal waters a
Stock
Rate*.'
All
Soldiers
Who
Serv
Thinks That
up Quay asked that the vote be taken cerned. The new charter prepared at der the general laws passed last ses-
dustry in that section of the coun priority to right to purchase from Craftee. of Glasgow, Goes Down Off
Portland, Jan 28.—The special live
February 16. Beveridge objected.
ed Ninety Days in the Civil War try
Weeton for that city, arrived at the sion. ' Until that time no public an-
The jeople ol the Eastern the state the tide land in front of his
Ramsey
Island Seventeen
Men
ropeny So far as the state is now
In the house Smith, of New Mexico, desk of Senator Pierce yesterday and rouncement as to choice will be stock rate for breeding purpose*,
and Were Honorably Discharged. stat.-s are just beginning to realise
oocerned
person*
nd
interested
In
Missing,
made his annual speech for the abol will probably be brought before the made, as the secretary has deter which wa* announced some time ago
the opportunities offered in the terri
Should Receive a Pension.
ishment of the Carlisle Indian school. senate this week. A new charter for mined that political Interference will to go into effect January 1*. but which
St David's Wales Jan 27—Tbe
tory to be opened up. As the proposi 'he upland property can purchase a
Washington,
Jan
27.
Senator
Na
The postoffice bill was then taken up. the city of Adams introduced in the not be tolerated with regard to this • aa later held up Indefinitely, will be
tion develops a tide of Immigration arrow ribbon of lan 1 and shut off British steamer Craffee from Gias
bouse by Blakley and in the senate great work, but that only such pro in force before February 10. Some than B. Scott, of West Virginia, today will inevitably set in and this region the upland owner completely from the row to Buenos Ayres, sank off Ram
Under the rule of the sey Island this afternoon. Six of the
by
Smith—Umatilla—passed
both jects as are. on their face, most at fear was entertained that the project made an eloquent address before the • ill become one of the most populous water front
GREAT MORAL WRITER
senate urging the adoption of hi* res
■tate land boar«', the upland owner •rew were saved. 17 at« missing
FALLS FROM PEDESTAL. houses; also bills incorporating Ione tractive and promising, shall be con bad been abandoned and that this olution for the appointment of a com rj>d prosperous in the country. With
bilk
rate reduction, which would be of im
and Lexington, Morrow county, in sidered and followed odt.
Isrge ai<*s* ot racial msble land and has been accorded tbi »right,
mission to examine the present pen plenty of available water, Oregon ee- Representative Eddy’s bill propones
mense
benefit
to
all
the
Pacifi
North
charge
of
Phelps
and
Pierce
in
the
ROCK FOR COUNTY ROADS.
Left the Path of Virtue—Is Editor of
Tbe chance for Oregon securing
report desirable pe<daily will be benefited by the meas to fix it so this right must be given
west states, would never become a *ion laws and
house and senate respectively.
one of tbe first works Is fast ebbing reality. That this fear was ground changes. Also to advise the desira
the Philistine, a Magazine Publish
Th» same bill amends section 3032 A Lewon That Other Counties Might
S. B. No. 95, introduced by Smith, away. Since the irrigation convention
ure.
ed on the Co-operative Plan.
ot Bellinger and Cotton's Code so that
of Umatilla, is a measure for the pro held about seven weeks ago. the geo less is proven by the announcement bility of pensioning all soldiers who
Learn At a Profit.
The
actual
»ork
of
surveying,
lo-
today that tbe rate will be in opera served 90 days in the civil war and < atlng and constructing reservoir* from the time the act tak««s effect
Buffalo, Jan. 29.—Mrs. Elbert Hub tection of cattle owners and is pat
logical survey has beard nothing as
Out
on
the Philomath rood, a
tion at most by February 10 and in were honorably discharged, who have and other irrigation works will be until July 1. 1905. none of the school
bard this morning was granted a di terned after the Texas law on the
to local projects from the special
lands now belonging to the state In quarter of a mile south of the high
all probability before that time. In reached the age of 62 and made ap done by the geological survey.
vorce from Elbert Hubbard, the edi same subject It is entitled "An Act
In
and
committee. and is somewhat at a loss stead of embracing only Oregon plication fo.' the same in 12 months
the 16th and 32d sections ot each way. and between the Hayes
persons driving cattle
tor of the Philistine, on the ground to compel
order to obtain a better understand
to understand the apparent lack of
Thomas Cooper farm? is a hug*
Hr
said
the
pension
laws
now
used
township
shall
be
sold
In
the
mean
Washington and Idaho, as first con
of illicit relations with Miss Alice through other counties than that
ing of the present extent of Irrigation,
It is
the Oregon people. Already the sur
tent says tbe Corvallis Tim«'»
Moody, a school, teacher, She was where the brand is recorded to put
templated, the privilege will be ex were filled with red tape and humbug- the lo< atipn of the areas irrigated, time. th* state land board win be
vey has submitted to Secretary Hitch
gcry.
directed to list and appraise the land* 75 feet square, and in th* distance it
awarded $100 per month alimony, "hair brand” on said cattle to be
tended to Montana also.
and to gain other information useful
cock the records with regard to a
and report to the next legislature. looks like it might be a camp meeting
Provision Is made, through special
Hubbard is a great writer of moral known as "road brand ” The bill has
in this work, tbe Fiftyseventh eon-
number of projects that are recom
It is however, neither,
The money received from the land* or a circus
essays.
been favorably report«-<1 by the com
agrwment entered into by ali roads
DIRECT FROM CHINATOWN.
grew sutborixed by the director of
but Is spread there as a protection
mended more or less strongly, but
now
being
disposed
of
goes
Into
the
mittee on agriculture.
operated in this section, for the trans
the census to bring down to date the
from tbe weather, while workmen
none In Oregon.
Proves irrigation statistics obtained in 1900 irreducible school fund, which at the
portetion of livestock, pure bred and Investigation at Mazatlan
KLONDIKE SYNDICATE.
Per Capita School Tax.
The survey official* here have been for use in grading upward the herds
rresent time, amounts to $730.000 It underneath it got out rock for use
That
Plague
Was
Imported
From
by that office. letters of inquiry and
Senate Bill No. 4. introduced by waiting for the irrigation comm'trec. of the Northwest at greatly reduced
is atgued that there is no reason why in next summer's road work in the
American Consul at Dawson and
sch««dules are now being sent out to
San Francisco.
The rock is later to be re
Senator Pierce and which provides which was chosen to advise the gov- rates
■hese lends should be sacrificed at vicinity
inter-
This
is
to
facilitate
Senator Quay Get Big Concession that the tax levied for school pur
Washington. Jan. 28.—The state secure the necessary information.
enment department a* to the most change at animals for breeding ! pur-
less than their true value and pile up duced to a sire for road purposes
F rom Canada.
poses shall amount to at least >8 per favored localities in Oregon. In or pose*.
All interested in irrigation should this fund. It means, therefor«, a tem by the county rock crusher, which is
department this morning received ad
now at the form of Thomas Cooper,
Philadelphia. Jan. 29.—Henry Say capita for each and all of the school der that the wishes of the people
vices from Mazatlan to the effect answer as fully and as promptly a» porary withdrawal to take stock
Tbe rock operations are under di-
lor, the American consul at Dawson children in the county instead of the might be carried out as nearly as pos
that a searching Investigation made possible any Inquiries they may re
The third bill which is fathered by
who
City, has formed a syndicate, includ present five-mill levy, will be up for sible. If this report Is not soon made DARROW ACCUSES THE
by the authorities there leave
no ceive so that the merits of tbe various Mr. Eddy is to fix the minimum price tection of I^eroy McReynolds
ing Senator Quay, for operating a by- consideration this week and will prob the survey will not have time, before
COAL PRESIDENTS. doubt that rat* among vegetables sections ot the country may become of the lieu lands of the state at $5 has a contract with the county court
draulic concession obtained from the ably become a law.
shipped dliect from Chinatown tn known. Irrigator* who do not re per acre, instead of $125. th* price for supplying Benton county ’ with
the secretary announces his choice,
200 to 1006 tons of stone for road pur-
Another important measure intro to Inspect and report upon the sites Demanded That They Be Called Be- San Francisco, conveyed the bubonic ceive blank* within a reasonable at the present time.
Canadian government, covering the
I-esea. He is to receive 40 cents i per
time should notify the census office
tributaries of all Gold Creek in the duced by Senator Pierce is Senate of proposed work* In Oregon, and the
fora th* 8trike Commission—Gray plague to Mazatlan.
yard, deli vet ed on the dump at the
Bill No. 72. which is designed to pro state will have to take secon-l place
at Washington and they will be sup
Klondike.
MUST TEAR DOWN FENCES.
Take* th« Matter Und«r Consider
qnarry
The county is also to
vide a more efficient method of as and possibly wait for s year or more,
plied.
CZAR IN A SCANDAL.
sessment and to change the time tor until sufficient funds have accumu
ation.
it is Interesting to note in this con United State* District Attorney Or John W. lugle who owns the ledge,
BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCE.
the collection of taxes from spring lated In the treasury to cover the
three cents per load tor the stone al
Philadelphia,
Jan.
28.—Attorney Ballet Giri Claims Betrayal by I th» nection how much tt will mean to the
der* the Fence* Removed From
The spot from
ter it ta crushed
country at large to have the arid land
Commercial
Association
Requests tc any time before December 31st of cost of the favored Oregon scheme.
Darrow created a sensation this
Ruler of the Russian Empire.
Government Land.
the year in which said taxes are lev
where the rock is taken is only about
of the West reclaimed.
In the meantime, nothing has been morning by demanding that the pres
Full Attendance Saturday Night
Vienna. Jan. 27.—Tbe Die Zelt ha*
ied. This bill is now In the hands of
John Day. Jan. 28—A number of a quarter of a mile from the Philo
According to the census of 1900 the
There will be a meeting of the Pen the committee on assessment and tax done with regard to the Deschutes ident* of tbe coal carrying road* be confirmed tbe
message about a trial Improved farm area of the Unit resident* of Grant County have re math road and the grade is down hill,
w'thdrawal
under
ib
•
Carer
act.
u|>on
called,
as
he
wished
to
show
that
dleton Commercial Association Satur ation. of which Senator Pierce is a
scandal in which the czar was the ed States was 414.8OO,i«OO acres, it is ceived notice from John Hall. United eo that after rock is finally crushed,
day evening at 8 o’ctock, at which member. The report of the committee which a report was submitted some they had been guilty ot restricting principal figure,
While walking In ccnservstlvely estimate«! that the ra- Slates district attorney for Oregon, tbe delivery will be easy and inexpen
some very important business will be
*-* will no doubt be favorable and the weeks ago. Unfortunately, the geo tbe output of coal. There was a a garden recently a ballet girl whom claimable area is not less than 50,- ordering fences to be immediately sive. In getting the rock out of tbe
logical
survey
knows
more
about
this
spirited
debate
between
Darrow
and
tiansaeted. A full attendance of bill is reasonably sure of becoming
evaded 060.000 acres Its reclamation, there torn down where government land I* ledge olasting will be necessary
locality than any other, but, with pri Gray which ended by the latter say the exar formerly favored,
members ia urgently requested.
a law.
vate enterprise holding right of way, ing he would take tbe matter under the guards, rushed to the cmi ' s side fore. will add nearly one-eighth to the enclosed This order, coming at this Four men are at present employed
✓
and pleaded reparation for des«r'lon actual crop producing area of the season of the year, is the occasion of on the work, but when blasting begins
end there being no disposition to up consideration.
SOAP FACTORY BURNED.
The exar ordered the expulsion of country and will excell by a liberal some alarm on the part of the stock th* force will be doubled.
Salem. Ol., Jan. 28.—Senator Kuy root vested rights In this vicinity,
the girl, who resisted. Her loud out mat gin the tillable land of all the men who at present have their bands
kendall, of Lane, Introduced in the some other site must be chosen. If
Engineer Killed in New York—Loss
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
cries attracted tbe attention nt tli* states, excepting New York, on the In their pastures, it is not yet known
A New Industry for Oregon.
senate yesterday morning' two meas Oregon is not on the first list of works
*50,000.
czarina, who witnessed the conclu Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, if the order will be made general, or
Washington county produce* the
ures which together are calculated to to be constructed, the most It can OX-
average only to apply to those against whom hist evaporated cream in the state of
New York, Jan. 29.—The Stanley keep the salaries of govornor. secre pect next summer will be detailed ex- Research Hoepital to Be Built by sion of the scene and then retir-tl io
Allowing 40 acres the
It is be Oregon. This ntw milk condensing
Soap Factory was partially destroy tary of state and state treasurer nuiiration of severa* projects which
University of Chicago at a Cost of her apartments
site of irrigated farms, this area will complaint has been made
ed by fire this morning. The engin strictly within the provisions of the are reported upon by the local com-
make 1.25 ) 000 farms., or a little leas lieved to apply only to those who lilsmt. which has lately been estab-
$7,000,000.
Pettus Without Oppcsition.
1 shed and which i» now producing a
eer was burned to death. The loss is constitution and yet provide them mfttee, if such report is ever made.
than one-fourth the number’ in the lave been notified
Chicago, Jan. 27.—An afternoon pa
Some time since complaint was superior article of sterilixed evaporat
*56,000.
with sufficiently liberal compensation
United
States
In
1900.
The
occupants
Montgonery.
Ala.,
Jan.
27.
—
Unite«.
per says Rockefeller will give *7,000.-
made against W W Brown, a large ed cream, is a Washington county in
for their services.
MINERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
000 for founding a research hospital States Senator E. W. Pettus was of these farms will add directly to
the population 6.250,000. and indirect horse owner of Fife. Crook county, dustry of which we feel justly prond.
The
first
of
these
measures
pro
PROVISIONS SCARCE.
to find a cure for consumption. The unanimously re-elected today by the
ly. tn the accompanying mercantile who had 40 mihs of fence enclosing In an interview with the president.
rides for abolishment of the boards Powder Explosion in the Bellevue
buildings will be erected by tbe uni legislature ot Alabama.
professfonal, manufacturing and in cne pastuio. He removed his fences Dr J. P. Tameisle. and the manaxer,
Bacon Advances to 42 Cents, Whole- of trustees of the state reform school,
Mi nos at Seranton, Pa.
versity of Chicago, complying to a
the
blind
school
and
the
deaf
mute
dustria)
clases at
least 3.125,000 irom government land, and it is said F. Schrein burg, we ascertained that
Senator
Spooner
Re-Elected.
sal«, in Dawson City.
Scranton. Pa.. Jan 27.—Eight min previously planned extension of the
school, and the creation of a state
Madison, Wl*.. Jan. 26.—United more, a total increase In the popula ledged a complaint against a numlicr thp Oregon Condensed Milk Company
time
Ruse
Medical
College
at
the
Jan.
29.
—
Provisions
Dawson City.
board of control composed of the ere were seriously Injured and sev
States Senator John C. Spooner, was tion of .the United States of 9.375.000, cf bls neighbors, Whether the order wfil do much for Hillsboro, and Wash
Ba- governor, secretary of state and state eral other* slightly hurt by a powder when the two universities were com le-electcd today by the two houses or nearly 12H per cent.
are commencing to run short.
that was sent to a number ot stock ington county especially as such an
blned.
con has advanced to 42 cents, whole treasurer, which shall govern
and explosion In the Bellevue mines this
The total value of all the farms In n.en of thlr county will be enforced industry will surely promote the rais
of the Wisconsin legislature, meeting
sale. The supply of all staples is control the state insane asylum, the morning. The mines are owned by
• mains to be seen, To be compelled ing of many dairy covJs. aud the
1900, Including all improvements ex
in joint session.
only 10 per cent as large as last year. penitentiary, the reform school, the the Lackawanna railroad.
Bank Dynamited.
c*pt buildings, was $13,115.000.000. At to tear fences down at this season ot dairy industry especially for which
blind school, the deaf mute school and
Waterloo, Neb., Jan. 27.—The bank
$42 50 per acre, the average value of the year would be detrimental to this Willamette valley is so admira
Bank Blown.
Glenn Acquitted.
the soldiers' home, and this board of
Oregon club women will spend here wan dynamited early this morn
Steelville, III., Jan 27.—The bank irrigated land, the 50.000.000 acres to y early every sto< k owner, and ft Is bly adapted.- -Hillsboro Independent,
Manila. Jan 29.—Glenn was acquit control shall exercise all the func rhursday and Friday In
Salem, ing. The robbers took *3500 and es at this place was blown up this morn he reclaii .ed will add to the value of likely that all will take chauce* on th«, i
ted of unlawfully killing prisoners, tions and fulfill all the duties of the •tudytng the manner In which state caped. A posse Is now In pursuit Ing and $300 taken. The robbers farm land *1,260,000.000. If buildings United Stat«'» marshal not dolug any
Scotland shipped 11.279.422 tons of
coki last year, constituting a record.
before the court-martial today.
various boards and officers now gov nstltutions are conducted.
with bloodhounds.
are included, the value . Will be in- thing until spring.
escaped.
ANKENY IS ELECTED
The Inland Empire Will Be
Well Represented by the
New Senator.
Smooth Sailing of the Union
County Metropolis Met by
a Sudden Squall.
Over Thirty Dead Bodies Have Been Recovered at Westfield,
Where the Eastern Train Was Run Down.
WILLIAMS GETS TEN
HEW ÍIEÖ LAND mW
NEW WESTERN ERA