Lincoln County Leader.
J. F. IIIWAKT, Publisher.
TOLEDO. OREGON
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Railway to be Constructed to
California Coal Fields.
THE GOSFOKD GOISft TO HECES.
Affairs of the Pacific Bank of fan
FrauciHco Reported to be in
a Discouraging Way.
F. II. Lowell, a fruit grower near Los
Angeles, has failel for $120,000, with as
sets of $8,600.
Yuma, A. T.. lias elected a Itepublican
municii.al ticket for the first time in
twenty yearn.
The Good Hope mine in Riverside
county, Cal., ha been Hold for 600,000
to Lantern mining men.
The new schedule of wages at Mare
Inland went into ellect January 1. Tho
fame reductions were made in the navy
yards in the East.
It now turns out that the storv of I lu
burning to death of a Mojavo squaw by
her tribe near Needles, Cal., because she
gave birth to twins, was a hoax.
The British ship Gosford, which was
towed into Cojo a few weeks ago with
her cargo on fire, is going to pieces un
der the buildings of recent storms.
Judge Kane at Salt Lake. Utal
given Airs. Irvine a decree of divorce,
and declared in doing so that the killimr
of Montgomery by Irvine was a coward
ly act.
The Nanaimo (B. C.) miners have ac
cepted a reduction equal to 15$ per
Pf-nf 11, n in.nnonmnnt Ict.tf..,. ,,. 1,.
slight concessions with regard to han
dling drifts.
The Santa Fe New Mexican has been
purchased bv a Democratic syndicate,.
and will become an administration or
gan. It has been the leading Republican
paper of the Territory.
It is stated from Albuquerque, N. M.,
that a few weeks ago John lilenn, an
American shecimau who " unfortunate-
ly " had a bunch of sheep belonging to
a a ju iui hi iuh hock, was snot, ami
from this fact was originated the wild
story sent abroad that a race war was in
progress and that twentv-four men had
been killed in open battle near Laguna
j'cigauo.
1 be Fort Bragg Lumber Company will
build a short railway line from Fort
Bragg on the coast to the coal llelds near
Jtounil Valley, Mendocino county, Cal
Thomas L. Johnson ami General KuhhcI
Alger of Michigan are behind the scheme
I lie coal fields which are to be opened
were sold by James L. Flood ami John
W. Miiekay to the lumber company for
Since Itoguo river in Oregon has re
gained its normal stage of water, a deep
ciiannoi ih ucing cut straight out to sea,
while the north spit lias moved out to
sea fully half a mile. At low tide a low
spit can lie seen reaching out from the
McCormack rock in a semi-circle to the
mouth of the river, half a mile farther
tint than the dinner spit, and where the
mouth of the river formerly was is now
dead water.
The rVottish-Aiiierican Investment
Company has begun suit against the
I'orllaiid Industrial Exposition for $56,
(KIO on u promissory note, and the ap
pointment of a receiver and foreclosure
of a mortgage on the exposition grounds
as t-ectiri'y lor payment of the note are
asked for. The amount sued for was
loaned to the exposition last February,
and was due in seven years, but the com
plin y defaulted its interest, and the
whole sum is now due. Tiio exonitiou
last full was a failure.
Suit was brought at I'ortlaud to re.
cover $22,000 damages on account of t).
V. ila.en, cunliior of thu I'ortlaud Na
tional B nk, having given letters of rec
ommendation to the Ainslie Lumber
Company, whereby it secured credit to
that amount at the Bunk of Nevada.
This sum proved a total loss. It is al
iened ihut at the time the letters wore
written the lumber company owed the
1'ortland bank $O0,0U0and was insolvent,
which fact was known to the defendant.
Hie defendant's demurrer was overruled
by the Judge, who held the Nevada Hank
hit I cause for action.
According to the report of the Hank
Commissioners who are liquidating the
nuairs 01 ine raciuc nans ol .Nin I ran
Cisco the realization of the assets is I i ktv
Ivto prove a long and troublesome all'air
'the estimated amount of assets is slight
ly over $1,1100,000, against total liabilities
due all classes ol creditors of $1,52.U00.
Nearly all the large assets of the bank
arc complicated w ith all manner of en
tanglements, both legal and commercial
uml in many instances are disputed. K(
forts toward realization on notes ami
overdrafts have so far yielded but little,
uitnougii a lormiil demand lor payment
nas ik en made upon all delitors. in re
Hard to the indebtedness of Mr. Cage,
amounting to $100,(HX, and that of the
John Brown t olony, which owes the
bank $200,000, several actions have been
instituted against the respective parties,
but it will require much time and many
suits to unravel the matters. The com
missioners state that chances of aspcedy
dividend appear remote; that there is
only a little more than $H2,(HH) at pres
em in their hands in addition to the $50,
000 held by the She rilf to secure judg
ments, and that their attempts to realize
tiion assets have thus far lncn most un
satisfactory and will necessitate long and
k'tluniB litigation to avail anything.
Charles Clark has been appointed re
ceiver id the Oregon I'aclllc. He quali
fied the oilier day, and a capable and
economical management is assured.
After the resignation of Receiver Dud
ley it was generally Micved that F.J.
Miller, who had Urn named for the m
sit ion by the employes, would lie ap
minted, but some opHsitiiin was made
to his selection. Mr. Clark is a practical
railroad man, and has Uvn with this
company several years in the capacity o
train dispatcher and acting sup rinte'nd
ent in the absence of that otlieial. As
the Misitiou came to him unsolicited and
without objection from any source, the
HHintiiient will no doubt meet with
the approval of all interested in the road
No radical changes are anticipated.
Many are of the opinion that an ernu
yas committed in asking (or Mr. Had
ley' removal. IVople are beginning to
realize that whatever mistakes he max
have made, if they could lie called mis
takes, weie made under the promises of
certain Eastern capitalists in whom he
had pi acts I confidence, but whom he tin.
since h arned to distrust ; that his etl'orts
on behalf of the road were for what hi
sincerely believed to lie for the heat, and
that they would have proved such had
the promises of New York parties lieen
carried out.
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
j The pension office has decided that in
view 01 me act 01 Longress of December
21, 1893, it no longer nas the right to
withhold the pension of Judge Long of
Michigan, and has directed he be again
placed on the pension rolls.
The Secretaiy of the Treasury has sent
a communication to Congress in which
he estimates that an appropriation of
7,280,063 will be necessary to defray the
expenses of collecting the revenue from
enstoms for the fiscal year ending June
.10, 18H5. At Port Townsend $02,305 will
be necessary to defray the expense of
collection.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
after February 1 will form a once-a-week
mail service between New York and Co
lon instead of thirty-six trips a year. A
four years contract with the government
requires the company to make thirty-six
trips a year during the first two years
and fifty-two a year during the fatter
half of the period.
Representative Maguirehasintroduced
a (sastal telegraph bill providing for an
issue of t2h.im.Q0t) in bonds (. Iw
perilled in the erection ol telegraph lines,
starting at thirty-two of the largest cit
ies in the country. The tolls are fixed
at 10 cents for ten words, and the Postmaster-General
is authorized to arrange
for a rate of 20 cents per 100 words for
news dispatches.
The report on the mining resources of
the country, prepared by Chief Day of
the division of mining statistics of the
geological survey, shows that the high
water mark in mineral production was
reached in 18H2, both in this and every
other country. The total value of all
the mineral products of that vear was
$W-,77H,7tl. This is $20,000,000 greater
than for any previous year.
The monthly issue of a pilot chart of
the Pacific: OceBn, similar in general
character to the chart of the North At
lantic, is in contemplation bv the naval
hydrographic office. At present there
are no means of distributing informa
tion to mariners of the Pacific (Venn.
has j and the demand has been so general not
wnij muuiiK zimericaii mariners, out
among foreigners, that the hydrographic
officers believe there is as much reason
for publishing a Pacific pilot chart as
there is a chart of the Atlantic Ocean.
Congress will therefore be urged to ati-
i.rmnye tup pnooeonon v.'r!i('!l is attend
ed with very Blight expense.
home gossip is being indulged in as to
the probability of further immediate
gold shipments. In view of the fact
that the average loss of gold to the Treas
ury in January for the past twelve years
nas oeen fii,iiiu,uou some Treasury olli
cials do not believe there is any prospect
of such shipment, while others hold the
opinion that with a stillening of rates of
exenangu sucn exports are altogether
probable. Tho belief is general, how
ever, uml, it such shipments are in
onigcd in, wow York banks would not
come to the relief of the Treasury to any
considerable extent and thus prevent a
depletion of the gold reserve.
The United States Supremo Court baa
rendered a decision in the case of Angle
vn. uiu viiieago, m. raui, .Minneapolis
and Omaha railroad against the com
pany. Tho plain tifl', Mrs. Angle, a
widow, sued for money duo her husband
for work he was ready to perform in
building the Superior Air Line. The
court holds that the company secured a
land grant of 3,000,000 acres from tho
Superior Company by misrepresentation
to thu Wisconsin legislature, and sus
tains the charges of fraud. Mrs. Anglu'B
claim a tints to $81K),000. The claims
of the stockholders of tho Superior Air
i.iu are yet, io un II led. lliu lands se
cured by the Omaha Company are valued
at millions of dollars.
The Secretary of State and the British
Ambassador HrO l)tlf HHIllLT HPiri lt.int if tn u
(or an agreement upon tho regulations
io ponce iteiirlng ea. It is important
that these regulations shall lie agreed
upon before the opening of tho sealing
season. The formalities to be gone
through between the two governments
will consume, much time. The Navy
I lepartment is apprehending some em
barrassment in siinnlvimr sutlleient.
sels of the small clusa required to do the
work of patrolling tho territory diwig
nated by tho tribunal at Paris. When
found necessary to police Behring Sea
before, t lie Treasury Department had to
be called mam for revenuu cutters to aid
in thu work temnorarilv. Thev eumwii
well bo spared for permanent use in that
work. No active stens have as vet been
taken toward the preparation of'a patrol
ice i..
EASTERN MELANGE.
Marshall Field's Grand Gift to
the Columbian Museum.
PHOT CHART OF NORTH PACIFIC
Receipt and Expenses of the Laud
Department of the Northerji
Pacific for 1893.
Chicago has
000.
Pittsburg's relief
$60,000.
Chicago is now claiming
of 2,000,000.
deficit of over $3,000,-
fund amounts to
population
Secretary Morton lias ex Dressed aur-
prise at the utter misapprehension on
the part of tho public of Ids vosition in
regard to the agricultural exneriment
stations appropriations and of the mo
tive which indii'i'il him to omit thissum
from the estimates of expense in his de
partment for the ensuimr liscnl vear. I In
said : "As a matter of fact I have taken
the same course in this resta'ct as was
adopted liy my predecessor, licncral
Husk, and (as I understand from lieorgc
William Hill, to whom Secretary Uuk
expressed himself on the subject) on
precisely the same grounds. The read
iiik of the sixth mine o( mv ronort t,tl,,i
President shows clearly what the grounds
lor my action are. The fact is plain to
any one who takes the pains to review
me only otlicial utterance 1 have
pressed on me sun eci. that no riil.ls.
tion of the abolition of a State station
was suggested liy inc."
It is generally agreed anion.. It...,,,.
craric senators mat the llnancial ones
lion will remain untouched in I'murr,-,
till the tarill bill is disposed of. V , oor
hecs said (hat no effort whatever would
no made to press Ins silver bill until the
tarill is out of the wav. When
liowovor. ho thouitht' it wouM
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solution ol the problem. Itlatid also an
nouncc that he will not try to get his
ireo coinage up in the House till the tar-
iii mil is passed. Carlisle's bond issue
proposition will probably give wav to the
tarill', as the latter is considered a matter
oi primary importance, and Its division
iy hi niiiuern in sucn a condition as
io make issuance of bonds unnecessary
furthermore, it Is known that the silvet
if n approve of ImhuIs and am iimimr..l
to vote (or their issue against auv man
who does not favor free silver, llenee
here need lie no cause for surprise if the
akinit up of tho bond imnnu.it inn mux
he delayed so long as to render it impol
itic to take it up at all.
it has been decide I to increase the
whisky tax Id cent a irallon. from ml
cents to f I, to U levied against uhiskv
in as well as out of bond. I'pou a rep
resentation that this increase would u.n k
undue hardship to (he owners of wliisk
in I Hind it was decided to extend the
Uuiitcd iveriod from three to eight years.
The tax on playing cards, at one time
llxed at 0 eenls a pack, was reduced S
cents and the contemplated tax on per
fumes and cosmetics discarded. No in
crease was mae in the tax on cigars, bin
the increase on cigarettes of 1 per LOOP
was allowed to stand. The coimnitlct
estimates that the tax on income fnm
corMirations and individals (corporation!
U-ing treated as individuals! will raim
:;0.000,0(IO revenue m.tHHl.OOO from
corporal ions and l8,0O0,0nO (mm Indi
viduals. The increase in the whisky tax
it is estimated, will give an addi'liona
revenue ol no.lHm.iKM. The tax on in
iicritanccs, which wns to be introdu-i
in ea e the proposition (orthe individual
income tax failed, it not deemed necessary.
Philadelphia is to try water-gas mak
ing on us own account.
The Indians are costing the govern
ment 7,000,000 ier year.
Reports from the winter-wheat sections
show a much smaller average than last
year.
Another wonderfully rich streak of
gold quartz has been struck at Cripple
Creek, Col.
The health department of New York
iiroposes to make war against the use of
bituminous coal.
Speaker Crisp says that the Wilson
bill will riass the House of Representa
tives by'January 31.
The Colorado Farmers' Alliance wants
Congress to issue legal-tender notes to
the amount of 200,000,000.
Bishop Coxe at Buffalo lias again de
nounced the position of the Catholic
Church on the public-school question in
uiH country.
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Kansas anil -Missouri each reports a
smaller acreage sown to winter wheat
this season than in W.V,
The financial and commercial depres
sion existing in Canada at the present
t.ilnft is twim. titnr unburn! v folf lHn
any depression since 18117.
There is considerable force in the as
sertion of Governor Fishback of Arkan
sas that the Indian Territory is being
rapidly converted into a school of crime.
A shooting scrape at a ball at Cedar,
eight miles from Columbia, Tex., re
sulted in the deatli of three, the fatal
wounding of four and slight injury to
several.
A recent decision of the Indiana Su
preme Court admitted women to nrne-
tice before the Indiana bar. Miss Stella
Colby was the (irst to take advantage of
mai uecision.
A pioject is on foot in Mississippi and
elsewhere in the South to purchase Jef
ferson Davis' house at Beauvoir for a
homo for indigent ex-Confederate sol
diers and widows of soldiers.
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it is a iriKMi siiii oi Mexico's credit in
the markets of the world ithat Finance
Minister Limantour has completed ne
gotiations witii a Berlin house for a loan
ol iflo.ouo.OOO upon favorable terms.
The Iron Age thinks that the extreme
ly easy money market and low cost of
material will induce very considerable
extension of electric railways in various
parts ol the country during this year.
Many people living in Rochester. N,
Y., who would and could work, are de
barred from so doing because of insuffi
cient clothing. Children, too, are unable
to go to school because they liavo no
snoes.
The State Department is dissatisfied
with the rcorts of Minister Thompson
ai iuo. n is iiiotimit lie is enjoying him
self in tho neighborhood and is'not keep
ing himself well posted as to the comh
tion at Hio. His reports aio directlv the
opposite of Captain Picking, and favor
mo insurgents.
The Sioux City, O'Ncil and Western
Kailway Company in its answer to the
foreclosure suit of the Manhattan Trust
Company, trustee for the funds, declares
that its total capitalization was placed at
nearly l(l,(IOO,000 on 130 miles of road, or
iiiree times us cost. Tins being contrary
io i mi cousiiiuiioii ami law sol .venr.iska,
the directors ask that all the stock and
lionds bo declared void and the road
turned over to the assignee of thu Union
loan and Trust Comnanv for the benelit
of the company's creditors, who ad
vanced the money to build the road.
The hydrographic office of the Navy
Department lias started the new vear
with the issue of the llrst number of a
pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean
lor January, 18IM. Its purpose is to il
lustrate the character of the monthly
publication which has been planned by
tho hydrographic office (or the lienelit o"(
the maritime people of the I'acillc Coast.
The estimates of the Secretary of the
Navy for the next llscal year contain an
item of $10,000 for the publication of the
ciian, ami ll l engross should grant this
sum, it is proposed to issue the lirst ilav
ot each mouth an edition showing graph
ically such information of timely inter
est and warning to mariners as can tie
collected from reports of incoming navigators.
Of the 47,000,000 acres of land granted
to the Northern Pacific railroad by the
act of Congress July 2, 1804, only 6,3(13,
123 acres had been patented to tlie com
pany at the close of the last llscal year,
the records of the iiciieral land office
also show that 8,P4.r),400 acres of indeiu
nitv lands located in Wisconsin. Minne
sola, Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washing
ion ami uregon have been restored to
the public domain. Itv a division of the
toiniiiissiuner in ISStI 32,400 acres of the
grant located in asiuntiton have also
been restored. Over 20,000,000 acres
more of irovcrument land have been cer
tified to the company, and it has sold for
ea.-li since the grant was tlrst niatledown
io the present time 8,:i8oos.s acres. The
total cash receipts from all sales have
Amounted to $32,7 10,074, and there re
mains outstanding on account of tune
sales 5,O70,tiM, principal and interest.
the receipts ot the land department of
the Northern I'acillc I ompanv for the
past year were l,tks.224.tl(l and its ex-
IH-nses $577, 43 82.
The indications are that the stock
holders o( the Columbian Kxpositiou
I'ouipany will soon receive 10 er cent
tivideud on their stock. Accordion to
i lie report ol Auditor Harrington there
was iKvemlier I l0,0tH000 in capital
tock. ( this amount 3.000.000 was
ulwerilH'd bv the city ol Chicago and
the other IMXV.lKXl by individuals. In
the iHvemher reports then' was an esti
mate that the net assets of the exposi
tion company would lie about f L7tl! SoS.
Allow nig lor the closing up of the expo
-moil niiuirs, ii would appear mai not
nore than 10 cents on the dollar will. I
returned to the stockholders. One oi
lie considerations wli;ch deterred tin
Kinanco Committee from making a rcc-
mtucitdation was the (act that, if a div
idend of any amount were paid now, it
would interfere with the donations of
tock (o the Columbian Museum. In
ivoid tnce with the conditions of Mar-
hall Field's gift of 11.000.000 to the mil-
mi in there should tx donated to the
rustce o( that institution 12.000.000 ol
exHition stock and A0O.00O cash sub
scriptions. The condition is not fullllled.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
A (amine prevails in Central Aaia.
Paris is to have a World's Cook Con
gress. The Argentine navy now comprises
fifty-four jirst-class vessels.
It is confidently predicted that a Congo
boom is about to commence.
A German company is said to be after
uie Nicaragua canal Iranchise.
The drouth in the Argentine Republic
is causing serious damage to crops.
The annual cost of the British army is
17,000,000; of the navy 14,000,000.
Tin-plate workers of Meath, Wales,
have had their wages cut 10 per cent.
It is reported that Italy is negotiating
iwii oi rwv,ouu,uou nre in Uermany.
The Shah of Persia will visit Berlin,
St. Petersburg, Paris and Vienna next
spring.
The Kaiser has ordered that alumin
ium cooking utensils be used in the Ger
man army.
The Barcelona police have hit upon
another factory containing forty pear
shaped bombs.
Two thousand new books will lie put
on the market by London publishers
alone tliis year.
Kngland, it is said, will spend more
than 100,000,000 on her navy within
the next five years.
Greece will nrobablv be forced bv l.h
creditor iiowers to reduce her army and
imvy anu pay ner aeols.
Morocco ouijht to nav Snain 1 2.000.-
000 indemnity for the Melilla troubles.
says a Madrid newspaper.
The Prussian government has demon
strated that petroleum is a reliable scale
preventer in steam boilers.
It is announced that a charter for a
university for Wales has been signed by
the Queen, and consequently has become
law.
A committee of the London Stock Ex
change is at present elaborating a plan
to abolish or at least cripple the bucket
shop business.
France intends to abandon her demand
for the extradition of Dr. Herz, because
it is alleged she is averse to reviving the
Panama scandal.
building industry show that the total
output for 1805 was 208,000 tons, against
330,000 last year.
Japanese feeling against foreigners
continues to increase. The chaplain of
the British legation was recentlv as
aulted in Tokio's streets.
Seven persons have been arrested at
Odessa, Russia, charged with having
formed a combine for the purpose of rob
bing the famine-stricken peasantry.
A Buenos Ayres paper savs that the
agricnltiiial products of Argentine have
ireoioti in me last ten years. The value
oMhis year's crop amounted to $87,000,-
t The Royal Commission reports that in
Scotland, as elsewhere, the supply of ag
ricultural laborers is much less than
twenty years ago. They have gone to
town.
Tho electric railway has penetrated
even the fastnesses of the Tyrolese
Mountains, a road twenty seven miles
long being projected between Riva and
Pin.olo.
1'aris is to have a mahogany roadway.
A part of Rue La Fayette is being paved
with that wood. It is only an experi
ment, but it Bounds like a very expen
sive one.
The Cairo correspondent of the Lon
don News says that the native Egyptian
press is renewing its violent attacks on
tho British and inciting the people to
rebellion.
I-ord Salisbury's recent speech in the
Upper House durimr the lihntn nn in.
dian liiiances is regarded as a definite
pronouncement in favor of international
nimetalism.
The Vienna publicans have stni-tnd
Ixm-ottriigiiiiiNt Pilsenor beer on Minn
of a rise in the price, and thev r niri
uinim uuoiigiioiii, misiria-iiiuitrarv lor
vu-ipjii-i uiu, ii.
A portion of an "Adventurer's share
in the New Kiver Conmativ bus bee
sold, making the price of one share more
man 411,000. This is the highest tig-
uiv- cut leaciieil.
MIDWINTER FAJK.
PORTLAND MARKET.
The Five Main Bindings Are
Practically Finished.
A DARING FEAT ACCOMPLISHED.
Quite a Number of the Concessional
Features in Readiness One
of the Sensations.
A significant sien of the hard times in
seen in the tact that the Scot and Yr.
authorities havo after much discussion
voted to allow the London police to carry
'mule ii, i mis winter OlllV.
the British government has decided
to expend a larwe sum on strengthening
m.icnses at, l oriiaiiii. nan a milium
sterling will las required, and the work
are expected to occupy ten years.
.Mr. lloliusworth has irivnn tn Itir.
miiigham Bonie rentable houses, simnlv
n nu i-iiuun incut, iur a cuv. ine low II
Council accepted, with the hone tlml
this "will Imj the lirst of a long line ot
such gifts."
In Holland women and persons of
either sex under the age of 111 are now
lorludden to begin work earlier than
a. m. or to continue work after 7 v. m
nor can their work exceed eleven hours
a day in all.
A British obi fogy laments that what
nuouuin i uniiiK you, sir," long ago
iosi, me i aim Decanie " i nank you
sir." Then the " sir " was dropped.'atu
soon " Thank vou " became " Thanks."
and then " 1 hanks, awfully," and finally
ins oisappeaivii.
The (lenniin War Minint.,r v.... ia1.
has given a semi-sanction lo'dueling in
a speecn in rariiament. I inter the pres
ent circumstances of soviet v. he said
ueliug cannot be abolished In suite n
the law. I he siieech raised a storm of
protests in the I Met.
in miuiis oiiue aim lMnovan. who
were in the Matatvle country, have gone
io i.ouuon. lliev nave given a detail,
account oi ine ngnting. t. apMin hite
lenies tlie story of immense s amr iter ol
the Matalvles, and savs not more than
1,000 or 2.000 warriors were killed in the
whole campaign.
Missionary Uolvrt Ashe, who rchime.1
uueiy io i.onuon Irom I ganda, asserts
that a dangerous Arab ferment tlm-at.
ens to disturb the whole country. The
Aran are well armed and prepared with
ammunition, h mvS, and unlimited
material is being smuggled through
Mombasa aft. r having been nnenlv a, I.
I . i-- .
iii in in loroiigu Herman territory. Im
mediate definite action is necessary, Mr.
isiir says, in oroer io avert another Sou
Ian experience.
We have observed for iitanv Venn that
the blackberry is rarely ever abundant
in any ol our large markets. This i .
rop that rarely (ails where it has proper
mention, and will return a nnuii
noon the land and labor which it r.
piirvs.
When planting trees for tlm .l..rn.
incut of the home grounds let us counsel
vou to give preference to the native for-
si growtm, i i,t ,,!,. monev for
aney foreign growths that r ,. 'i,.u
v hand-tune nor well stiit.nl to il, ....
e. Nearlv all of nil p nalifn t ...
1 used to advantage for this purpose.
Weekly Circular Letter-No. 8.
With the single exception of the Ad
ministration building, which needs a
full week's work before it will be com
pleted, the five main buildings of the
California Midwinter International Ex
position are practically finished. Still,
it has been found impossible to open the
Exposition in all its departments on Jan.
I. Yt'hen the projectors of this indus
trial enterprise took advantage of the
glorious midwinter weather in Califor
nia they did not expect that the wintry
ainds on the shore of Lake Michigan,
nd the mountains of snow between that
point and this, would array themselves
In opposition to their plans. This, how
ever, has proven to be the case, and
hundreds of carloads of exhibits which
were to come from the Columbian Ex
position to stand on dress parade in
CJolden Gate park have been seriously
delayed by the weather. There has been
great difficulty experienced in getting
cars to load goods on at Chicago as fast
as they were ready, and when they had
once been started westward, a series of
obstacles had' to be overcome until, even
though the building in San Francisco
are practically ready for their reception,
the bulk of the exhibits which are to be
made by foreign nations have not yet
arrived.
It has been found necessary, therefore.
to postpone the formal ceremonies of
opeiiiiig luo EApoaiuoii for a few days,
or until everything is in place. On the
first day of January, however, an infor
mal opening occurs. The flags of all
nations will fly from the flag poles on
the Exposition buildings and in the
grounds, there will be music and gen
eral gala day effects, but the "day of
days," the day when San Francisco shall
be a perfect sea of bunting, when her
people shall turn out en masse, when an
extra legal holiday shall be declared and
when all California shall join in the
great ceremony of the opening of this
great midwinter festival that day will
come a little later on.
Quite a nniulier of the concessional
features of the Exposition are all in
readiness and will lie in full blast on
Jan. 1. The great Firth wheel begins
its revolutions with tho New Year; the
lions and tigers in the wild animal arena
will roar to New Year audiences; the
Santa Barbara sea liens will roll and
roar in the great tanks that have been
provided for them; tho forty-niner
mining camp will receive calls in true
frontier fashion; beer and pleasure will
flow at the Heidelberg cast'e; the Ha
waiian eyciorania will be open to the
public; the curious oues can do down
Into the Colorado gold mine; and even
the great electric tower will be almost
completed. But this word "almost"
will be changed into "quite "in its appli
cation to everything projected in con
nection with the Exposition before the
grand opening day comes on, and when
that day comes there will be spread out
before the visiting multitude the most
complete and most picturescrae exposi
tion that the western sun has ever
shone upon.
Speaking of (he great Firth wheel sug
gests mention of a very interesting in
teresting incident which took place in
connection with its construction the
other day. During a temporary lull in
the work of putting up the spiderlike
spokes of this wheel, a man wasoliserved
to dumber up in the moss of timbers
surrounding the base of the superstruct
ure, tie was at first supposed to be
.-i iMiiaii, linn uu special attention was
paid mm. l'resetitly, however, he clam
bered out on one of the lower spokes.
The superintendent
catching sight of him, asked what he
wanted up there. The adventiirtr
maue uo response, but continued his as
cent, working Jus wav insidn tho
periphery with catlike airilitv. The
superintendent ordered him down. The
only answer he got was an invita
tion to come and fetch him. He kept
ou climbing, and where the periphery
has not been placed he had to slide down
the big spokes until he reached therlinn.
nel irons. Crossing on these to the next
spoke, lie worked out to the periphery,
uu m oceeuett as ueiore.
Jjy this time quite a crowd had
gathered, watching the progress of this
aarmg tellow, K'O feet from the ornnn.l
He was repeatedly warned to 1 onlr nnf
tor nimseir, but showed himself abund
antly able to do so. Finally he reached
the the highest point, and, standing at
full length, gave an exulting yell, which
was answered by a group of friends
near the volcano building. Of course
he came down the other way, and thus
maue ine nrst revolution of the great
Firth wheel. Chi reaching the ground
he disclosed his identity, and was recog
nized as a sailor and rigger. lie said he
ou maue ine trip to settle a bet that he
would make the first trip around this
great rotary construction.
One of the sensations of the FVnn.4.
tion will lie the famous diver, Kohana
Maka, whose record as a lomr-distane
wiuiiuer, ueep uiver and shark hunter
surpasses that of all aquatic wonders of
the great Pacific. It is Kohana Maka
who has kept alive the old shark-hunting
custom of the early kings of Hawaii.
In former davs it was th i-ni,..n i'
royal sportsmen to go to sea in their war
canoes or catamaran, taking along a
Lu-ira howl of ,-l,.,iw.l : .. .
L , , -ri-. riinuill, mis
bowl was placid over the water, and
fragments ot hashed Kanaka were thrust
through a hole in the bottom of the
bowl, thus attracting schools of man
ating sharks. Whn thu .i...u. -
came thick around the boats a aattni
king would dive in ainonir thorn t-.c.
in hand. and. comimr un mi.Ur .I.-
school, would stab oue as h.' arose. This
ts one of the things that Kohana Maka
icwiii mese davs, I here will be no
harks in the littln Lik within .v,
Hawaiian enclosure at the Midwinter
Exposition, but there will 1m mmi.
room for diving and for Kohana and
other great swimmers to exercise. Four
women and three men. all experts, form
the little company of swimmers, headed
by Kohana Maka. Thev will not mdv
lustrato the wonderful aquatic feats
r which the ishuiilers nm ...... i....
hey announce tln-niselv.w r....i'. ...
meet all comers in any form of aquatic
Wheat Vailev, 92c; Walla Walia.
813S2$c per cental.
HOPS, WOOL aSS HIDES.
Hops '93s, choice, 15 16c per pound ;
medium, 1012c; poor, 5a7c.
Wool Valley, 10llc per pound;
Cmpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6
10c, according to quality and shrinkage.
Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green,
salted, 60 pounds and over, 3sc; nnder
60 pounds, 2(g 3c; sheep pelts, shearlings,
10(rl5c; medium, 2035c; long wool,
30(1 60c; tallow, good to choice, 333.4,c
per pound.
LTV AMD DBESSIO MEAT.
Bkkf Top steers, 2c per pound; fair
to good steers, 2c; No. 1 cows, 2c;
fair cowe, ljc; dressed beef, 13.50(25.00
per 100 pounds.
Mutton Best sheep, $2.00; choice
mutton, $1.75(82.00; lambs, $2.002.25.
Hoas Choice heavy, H.65g5.O0 me
dium, 4.004.50; light and feeders,
$4.00(g4.o0; dressed, $6.50.
Veal $3.00(35.00.
provisions.
Eastern Smoked Meats and Labd
Hams, medium, 12(13c per pound;
hams, large, 114122C; bams, picnic,
11 (a 12c; breakfast bacon, 13(3 15c;
short clear sides, ll13c; dry salt sides,
10,'3llc; dried beef hams, 12(al3c;
lard, compound, in tins, 910,4c per
pound; pure, in tins, ll413.c; pigs'
feet, 80s, $6.50; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00.
CORDAGE.
Manilla rope, 14 in. cir.andup, 10c;
manilla rope, 12-thread, diam., 11c;
inanilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, and 5-16
diam., llc; manilla bail rope, in coils
or on reels, 10c; manilla lath yarn,
tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well
boring, etc., 13c; manilla transuiission-of-power
rope, 14c; manilla paper twine,
11c; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal
rope, ll4 in. cir. and upward, 7c; Bisal
rope, 12-thread, diam.. 7)c; sisal
rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 5-16 diam.,
8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine
twine, tarred, 7c j sisal paper twine, 8c.
FLOCK, PEED, ETC.
Floob Portland, $2.75; Salem, $2.75;
Cascadia, $2.75; Uayton, $2.75; Walla
Walla, $3.00; Snowflake, $2.80 ; Corval
lis, $2.65; 1'endleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats White, 3334c per bushel ;
gray, 3132c; rolled, in bags, $6.25
6.60; barrels, $6.757.00; in cases, $3.76.
Millstufks Bran, $13 16; shorts,
$1516; ground barley, $16 18; chop
feed, $15 per ton ; w hole feed barley, 60
70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per
ton; chicken wheat, 65c$1.15 per
cental.
Hay Good, $10 12 per ton.
dairy produce.
Botte a Oregon fancy creamery, 30
32jtc; fancy dairy, 2527ac; lair to
good, 2022,lc; common, 1017c per
pound.
Cheese Oregon, 1013c; Califor
nia, c; Young America, 1215c;
Swiss, imported, 3032c; domestic, 16
18c per pound.
Eoos Oregon, 22) -c per dozen ; East
ern, 22.'i272c 1
Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at
$2.6O3.50 per dozen ; dressed, 8
(aOc ner
poiiuu; iiucKs, f, i.ou(a4.oo per dozen;
geese, $7.008.00; turkeys, live, 12,'c
per pound; dressed, 1314c.
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Vegetables Cabbage, la per pound;
potatoes, Oregon, 6076c per sack ; on
ions, $1.25 per sack ; sweet potatoes, 2!c
per pound ; Oregon celery, 3550c ; arti
chokes, 8fc per dozen ; California lettuce,
2"t30c per dozen.
fauiTs fcieily lemons, $5.005.50 pet
box; California new crop, $4.004.50
per box; bananas, $1.503.00 per bunch;
Honolulu, $1.502.50; California navels.
$3.753.60 per box; seedlings, $2.00
2.76; Mexican, $3.50 3.75; Japanese,
i.D(z.iju; grapes, i.uo1.2& per box
apples(buying price), ereen. 60ati5c ne
lu. . nn,rr.... 1 : .... r
wa , icu, uuiwim , cinnoei Ties, fy.uu per
uiirrei ; persimmons, fi.ou per.DOX.
CANNED OOOns.
Canned Goods Table fruits.
1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart-
ieiii pears, ft.voz.0O; plums, $1.S74
1.60; strawberries. 2.26(32.45: rberries.
o nc..t ia. t i . . . '
fi.-oiaj.iu; oiacKoerries, l.862.00
laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25
.ou; apncois, ft.BO. ne fruits,
assorted, $1.20: peaches. $1.25: nl
$1.0O1.20; blackberries, $1.25 1.40 per
uucii. x j irmis, gallons, assorted
$3.163.60; peaches, $3.504.00; apri
cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.753.00;
blackberries, $4.25 4.50; tomatoes,$1.10.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.40; 2s,
$2.10; chipped, $2.36; lunch tongue, Is,
$.150; 2s, $6.75; deviled ham, $1.60
a. ft per uuzen.
Eisa Sardines, s, 75c$2.25; )"s,
$2.15 4.50; lobsters, $2.30 3.50: sal
mon, tin 1-lb tells, $1.261.50; Hate.
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.25 2.50 ; -barrel, $6.50.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Coffee Costa Kica, 23 c; Rio, 221,
23c; Salvador, 23S,c; Mocha, 26fe
28l! Arhn.-LU'o rv,i.....i.:. .1 1 1?
I W v...., Up wiuuiUM Mlill AjIUI),
iw-puuuu cases, zo.juc per pound.
, uhied fRuiTS 1803 pack, Petite
prunes, owac- silver. 10(212.;: Italian
810c: German. tttr?AM r,lii,.a tftioi
evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated
nun, luigioc-, peacnes, lo12K.c;
pears, 7 11c per pound.
Salt Liverpool. 200s. 115.50: 10fl
$18.00; 60s, $16.50; stock, $8.50 9.50.
Syrip Eastern, in barrels, 40 65c;
in half barrels. 42 57c: in eases. SRia
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 20 40c per gallon ; $1.75 per
Kin-
extra
gran
uvsxa. uj ircr ik in mi I ? nar nnim,i
iscount on all grades for prompt cash ;
martin ioa IKJiiti,. . r 1
iwyjiiw per puunu.
Hkans Sma 1 white. No. 1. 2.V- V
2i 2lc: lanre white. 2iit
2J4c; pink, 2S.c; bayou, 2'4c; batter!
3c; Lima, 3L4c per pound.
r.U K .No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4.50
in; no Japan in market.
1'icki.ks Harrels, No. 1, 28."0c per
gallon ; No. 2, 2028e; kegs, 5s, 85c per
keg; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar
ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen.
Kaisixs London lavprs lmtm it T.1
l..uv: liaiVeS. I.'.UllS'' ''ft: nilarbn
$2.25 2.75; eighths. $2.503.00. iW
.nuscaieis. noxes. ai.ni): funir fo..,i
l..5; bags, 3 crown, 4ij.5e per pound;
'''sr' feeoiess Miltanas,
ti.,o(a.'.iiu; oags, OijiS:
pound.
CUES Whole Allanii-o t,.TiV
pound; cassia. Kid 18c: cinnamon. 22.. i
cloves, l,S ,i:!(V; black pepper, 20iii
nutmeg, 75 a 80c.
FAE5I AND GARDEN.
Practice Saving Money by the
Proper Care of Tools.
0YSTEE SHELLS GOOD FOR HEXS.
Get the Soil in Thoroughly Good
Tilth Before Sowing of the
Seed Other Xotes.
per
lluw Kic tiHt l ird to Shave.
It is U-licvnl that there even nu a
time when every orthodox Kuvptian run
Uie Mia vim; (iniI over his face! m-aln ami
eyehrows at leant once in every forty-eight
ours. i niiKe the Unmans of a later
age the Egyptian did not confine the
rivileue of slmvinit to free citixens. but
ohligv.1 their slaves to ttiave both face and
head. St. Ixiuis Kepublic
A Meade Boy.
"Well, Johnny, (io yon manaire to hold
your place In your classes at school"
1 etb, thir. I re been foot ot 'em all all
thith year." Harper's Baiar.
In a recent issue of Farm News its ed
itor calls special attention to the prac
tice of eaving money by proper care of
tools. He says that as the work of cul
tivating the present crop is finished a
proper disposition of our farming imple
ments should at once be made in order
to avoid much worry and more expense
at the opening of another season. He
would not be a wise man who on laving
aside his summer clothing would throw
them into the garret or gutter; neither
iloeB the prudent farmer leave his farm
ing implements, in which so many hard
earmjd dollars are invested, exposed to
the heat of the 6un to shrink and fall
apart, nor in rain to be utterly ruined
by the rust. When costly plows, hoes,
mowers and cultivators cease to be used
an application of some good oil, alter the
dirt has been carefully cleaned away and
they have been placed in some dry shelter
or lumber-house, will wear twice as long
as neglected tools of a superior quality
It is but little trouble to put away a tool
when you are done with it, and some
nook, friendly and inviting, can always
be found to afford shelter to disused im
plements. Scattered around on turn
rows in the fields to be broken by wagons
and eaten by rust and worms and about
the barnyard to frighten and erinnlo
stock and be fouled bv nonltrv. imii,- im
plements, which at all times ehould be
bright, clean and inviting, hw-nmo 0
eyesore to the careful farmer, and the
deterioration in value and availnhilitv
become a ffripxtnno rlvofl i-tTnT, .1-ri .
plethoric purse. Wood and iron wrought
into their multitndpa of 11 QO fill optinlno
demand food in the shape of oil and
shelter to protect from moisture as much
so as the bone and brawn that constitute
the human body. Whatever proteets
your "stock in trade" becomes a per
manent improvement, and cannot be
neglected without loss and aggravation.
Then try sheltering your implements,
and notice how much longer they last
and how much time is gained when the
time comes to bring them from their
hiding place and go forth to the fields
again. Nothincr ocennies n littlo t;.na
and gives such big returns for the investment.
oyster shells for laying hens.
During the oast few TMi-niHinaMuMku
discussion has occurred among poultry
men in regard to the question whether
oyster shells were of any use to the hen
as a source of material for the eggshell.
It is generally known that the ordinary
grains fed to poultry are very deficient
in lime, and some have sought to supply
this deficiency, under the supposition
that oyster shells were insoluble, by re
lying solely upon some plant foods rich
in lime, such as the cIovr. fnol,o
oyster shells have been extensively fed
iim ivihi guou results, out it has been
thought by many that they were of value
solely as grit. No satisfactorv mi an? or
seems to have been made to the question,
and in order to obtain some definite in
formation several ex ner i inputs h m hn
made during the past two years at the
New York agricultural experiment sta
tion. Six one-year-old hens were used
in these experiments, the results of
which are summed np as follows: The
feeding of oyster shells during the lay
ing season, w here they can be cheaply
obtained, is recommended. One pound
will contain lime enough for the shell of
about seven dozen eggs. Fine gravel
containing limestone will probably as
well supply the deficiency of lime exist
ing in most foods, but the use of some
sharper grit with it may be of advantage.
Long or sharp splinters of glass or drv
bone should be avoided. The size of
particles of grit had for hens better be
larger than that- of a kernel of wheat,
and should be smaller than that of a
kernel of corn. An unlimited supply of
pounded glass has been attended with
no bad results when the food and other
grit available to the fowls contained an
abundance of lime ; but, when the food
was deficient in lime and no other grit
was obtainable, hens ate an injuriously
large amount of glass.
agricultural notes.
If you have the right kind of cows and
the cows have the right kind of owner,
not less than 300 pounds of butter a vear
ehould be the average yield.
The next year's crop on many a farm
will be improved if the owner of the
farm will do some reading and i,
while sitting about the stove these long
i vemngs.
Whether olantimr seeds n, im
plants or trees, take naina ik-.,-. ....
t he soil about them. Jlan v seeds fai I t
germinate and many roots to take a fresh
start liecause this simple precaution is
not observed.
If you are obliged to feed tin ti.t.
winter, feed a little oilmcal as well. If
you have never used
surprised to see how well stock will come
through on straw and oilmeal as their
principal feed.
There is no one one rat ion in lipo,it;.,..
tion of a crop that is of so much impor
tance as that of irettim; the unil ;n
oughly good tilth before sowing of the
feed. Neglect in this cannot be com
pensated for by anv other work.
Po you know any way by which the
orn land can be more thoroughly. eail
and cheaply fertilized than h. i::.
under a good growth of rye? ll so, wi
would like to have your experience, as
we have never found a better method.
nave you ever noticed what acute vi-
non bints and fowls havo? ti,
. . . . . - hi i van
lind minute scrans of food ,1it;..';.,).
ng them from what anneara
actly similar pieces of earth or gratel.
. . 1BU eee ODJect8 sidewise as
well as in front.
There is as much need for the study ol
economy in the household as upon the
farm. It has always been a matter for
wonder with us that farmers will buv
their table supplies in such small quan
tities, when a good percentage could le
saved by buying in larger lots. In pur
chasing almost all staples two or three
liiiniiics rouiu join together and
pxais at almost wholesale prices.
get
banker In Vacant Haum.
So long as the bouse is uuoccupied, there
no danger; but when new occupant,
ake posscMiou f it, they will do well to
lake the precaution to have It thoroughly
mreU for nine days previous, have the cel
lar cleaned, he drainpipes examined, the
i losetaand tt lea cleaned and disinfecto.!.
iiiU a general overhauling effected. M.
or leas refuse is always left by the last oc
cupanuof a boue, and a these undergo
putrefaction, while the windows and doora
tightly closed, the whole hm.-u. i.
cornea infected. This explaiu. why fevers
't aerm niseun no often arise i
ue ucvupaiion ot a new bouae.