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. THE OREGON 'DAILY .TOUIJKAL PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING FEURTJARY 12, 190 1. 4' INFECTED CATTLE WILL BE OBSOOS WttXi SOT ADKIT CATTLS ' rsoM cAiirowiA because op SliMT " TICK THAT IHTSSTS SOVTXCB BTBEM QUASAN - TXSS COSTXSVED. It ,i extremelv unlikely that cattle from, southern California will be per mitted to enfr Oregon. Owing to the fact that many of them are infected tvith a tick which has proved fatal to cattle n Oregon lanches, it Is unsiife to admit them without strict quaran tine. nnA this involves an expense which the state is not prepared to meet. The pecrelmy of" agriculture has advised Governor Chamberlain that it will be jleoesxary for all cuttle coming Into tne tate frum California to le dipped, and kept under .snprvlsieii for !'0 days. "I do not nee how these requirement can !et complied witii," aatd the governor ihi morning. "If th government was Wllllng to pay the cost of dipping the cattle In iiuaraiitine, it "might be ar ranged, but the Htate has no fund with which to pay the force of men " that would be required for the purpose," . The. following communication haa been addressed by Governor Chamber lain to Governor Pardee of California, In reply to the latter's request for the admission of cattle from Ills stater "Governor George C. Pardee, Satra menW), Cal. Dear Sir I received your telegram Of the 1 Oth -Inst, announcing to me that drouth in southern California threatened many cattle, and asking If this state would admit your clean cat tle, under federal . supervision, and In answer thereto I have this day , wired you as follows: 'We cannot consent to admission of southern California cattle to Oregon, un less they pass muster of strict, state tiuarantine regulations. Our ranges are crowded and many stockmen are feeding cattle now. Fears of Texas fever and other diseases prevent compliance with your request.' I now confirm this tele gram. Before wiring you Iihad a. long con sultation With Dr. William MacLean. state veterinarian, and he advised me that it was. dangerous to admit cattle to Oregon range from Southern Califor nia.1 because cattle from that section, although immune themselves, might In fect, the cattle of this section with Texas fever. -His- opinion has been confirmed by men who have dealt largely In live stock, with whom I have consulted since the receipt of your telegram. , "Last fall, during a trip through the south, I was advised that cattle1 from the states of - Louisiana. Mississippi : and other southern states, , were Infected with a tick that was entirely 'harmless tar them, and yet when these same cattle Were permitted to come Into contact. In northern (rattle yards with cattle from the west and north, these ticks were In strumental . la communicating a fever which proved fatal In nearly every Instance.- "I understand that during the Incum bency of Governor William P. Lord of mis state, an epiaemic crone oui amongst the cattle in southeastern Ore Ron, occasioned by the Importation of cattle from southern California. I have not as yet had' time to verify this state ment, but 1 will do so upon my return to Salem and write you in reference to the matter. "I regret very much the conditions wntcn nave impelled me to wire you as I have .done, but .1 feel an abiding con viction, from the opinions which I have received upon the subject, that there Is great danger to the livestock Interests of this state If cattle, from the extreme : south are permitted to come Into Ore- .. gon. even though the have an apparent ly clean bill of -health. , ; f . ,; "I have the honor to remain, 'Tours very truly. ' - "GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN." : Governor Chamberlain sent the fol lowing dispatch this afternoon to Secre tary Wilson: "Secretary of Agriculture, at Waehlng ; ton, D. C.i ' "K dipping California cattle will pve- vent infection to our herds, why dees your department require that our state shall keep such animals as are admll ted tinder supervision, and prevent their leaving for a period of BO days after arrival? Will your department bear all the expense of dipping, as well as super vision for 84 days after arrival? No appropriation Is available for this ex traordinary expense." ' v ' CXX.BBBATXOS IV SEATTLE. J . - (Journal Special. Sfrrlce.) r Seattle, Wash., Feb. 12. Prominent Republicans of the state of Washing Hon have rounded up In Seattle In an ticipation of the Lincoln banquet to be given tonight under the auspices of the Young Men's Republican club. Elab orate arrangements have been con cluded and the affair promises to be ono of the moat notable of Its kind in the political history of the state. The list of speakers and their toasts Is as fol lows: "The Club," E. B, Herald; "The Necessity of Unity," Elmer E. Todd; "Our Next President," Scott Calhoun; "The Young Man in Polities," John E. Carroll; "Alaska." 1. C. Conover; "The Orient," C. W. Howard. Bellingham; The Party of Progress," W. B, Strat ton, Olympla; "February 12," A. J. Falknor, Olympla. y PACITIO COAST OSS BT WAX. BARRED ; San- Franclsoo, Feb. 12. Ex-American Consul Fowler says the Pacific coast ' loss in trade the first year of the war will be $20,000,000 in export. It will be borne by San Francisco, Seat tle and Portland in the main. . The ultimate results will be beneficial. SEEN AND J ' UNSEEN Many people think of Scott's Emulsion as merely a flesh builder, but its flesh building is only an outward sign of the new life-building process within the vital parts of the body, f It builds up the blood cells, the nerves and life tissues before the ; added flesh begins to appear. Its unseen work is more important than the seen. 1 r1 liniER SWEPT: - BY ROLLING SEAS XV TEBBXTXC OAXJ3 AX.X. WAT UP COAST FBOM SAX rSANCISCO TKSSXTX0 WXSD OTT THB COAST WXX.XJUXXTTB XXVES XS SISIHO KAPXSLT. - - " - " A big storm Is still raging off the const, but as the lines are. down the weather bureau la unable to state Just how severe It is. Special, warnings were sent out last night to all-, the Impor tant points on the coast, ! At Tacoma a gale was. blowing at the rate of 44 miles an hour this morning. District Forecaster Beats nays that is the heaviest wind that ever blew there to his knowledge. Off the Columbia lie gays it must have been 70 or 80 miles en hour. At present mere is a tun, but it may be only, temporary. The Willamette river la rising very rapidly. Within the pasfr 24 hours It haa rlKen two feet. It Is now six feet above low water mark and pine feet below the danger, line. Swept by heavy seas all the way up the coast, the steamer Whlttler, laden with crude oil, had a very trying ex perience. It was a southerly gale, how ever, and did not greatly 'Interfere with her passage. She reached the mouth of the river at noon yesterday, after a. run of fi7 hours. Ah hour later she crossed the bar and left up the rivet' for Portland, reaching here laBt night. Captain McDonald reports that heavy seas -were rolling all the way up to the Columbia, and frequently washed the decks. While crossing tne bar the gale started up with renewed rury, and he says the velocity of the wind was so great as to flatten out the sheet of water level aw a floor. John Baker Jr., manager of the Union Oil companyr which operates the Whlt tier, was a passenger on the steamer. Mr. Baker la spending the day at Portsmouth, near Swan Island, where the company recently purchased prop erty on which to build an oil tank. The company already has a wharf under construction at that point. The pro posed tank will have a capacity of about 40,000 barrels.- On this trip the Whlttier brought 831.254 gallons of oil. valued at $1,142. On the outward trip she will take 420.000 gallons Oyf fresh water. OPPOSE ASPHALT FSOPXBTT OWHZXI SEMO TBATB AOAXSST THIS STBXZT BEIlTOr IMPROVED WITH TOST CX. ASS PATEMXXTT TEA it ACCI BUTTS IP STREET XS TOO GOOD. As anticipated In The Journal yester day, there was a remonstrance filed to day at the city, hall, protesting against the Improvement of Twenty-third street with asphalt The reasons advanced as to why such an Improvement was not required are considered rather Indefi nite,' Although the communication re fers to the congested condition which would follow the diverting of traffic to and from the fair grounds via that thoroughfare. - "It 1s Just as I thought," exclaimed one official when confronted with . the remonstrance. "The people are fight ing their own Interests In trying to down an asphalt covering for the street, and apparently do not want It, simply be cause it would Interfere with the heavy travel which the street car company expects to ' have after the exposition opens." -The principal idea advanced In favor of the Improvement was the desire to have a food-surfaced thoroughfare lead ing directly to the exposition. This would be on Twenty-third street, and the asphalt was proposed. It is not known whether the remonstrance car ries enough names to defeat the propo sition, but the members of the city council and other officials are chagrined that betterment plans finds such oppo sition. The remonstrance opposes the asphalt because it would result In making the street the main fair driveway, and this, with the heavy street car traffic, It Is feared,- would result In blockades and accidents, . WILL THINK ON QUESTION LATER The-sewer committee met this morn Ing and tried to untangle a problem ex Istlng In the district adjacent to Com mercial, Gantenbeln, Fargo and Morris streets. On Morris street there Is al ready a sewer and one also is laid in the alley between Fargo and Monroe streets, but none on Monroe street. Now the residents petition for a sewer In an alley between Monroe and Morris streets and the vexatious question la how t reach an equitable assessment. The only remedy suggested Is to build the sewer on Monroe street and not in the alleyway, assessing the east half of the property owners for only eight feet to minimize their assessment already paid on the sewer in the alley between Monroe and Fargo streets. The council men decided to postpone further think ing until another meeting. WAKEFIELD WILL . EIGHT FOB CONTROL C. Guy Wakefield, of the defunct Order of Fraternal Home Buyers, has brought"! quo warranto proceedings to oust C W. Altman and C. K. Harbaugh. whom he claims are unlawfully holding their po sitions as officers of the company. Wake field has sent out a call for a meeting of the contract holders on Saturday night. In Auditorium hall, on Third street. He will then explain his plans for the future, and attempt to gain con trol of the concern and operate it on a more business like' basis. Attorney Joseph and Mr. Harbaugh are still at Spokane trying to settle the legal difficulties of the branch .office at that place. A BUOY POVBTD. (Animal 8hc11 Rrrrlee.t Victoria, B. C, Feb. 12. A life buoy from the steamer Wulut Walla has been picked up In Victoria harbor having drifted .In. Half its contents la gone leaving : the covering only. The .other half of the buoy .la complete,. The name appears, very distinctly on the buoy. The Walla Walla was lout oh Cap Men docino ih January, 1902, on her way from Srn Francisco, i - TWENTY-THIRD JOURNAL BRINGS HAPPINESS TO TWO A home has been provided for Mrs. Turpln end Mrs. Griffin, the two young women of West Portland who have been chopping and hauling wood for their own support and that of a number of others. Mrs, W. Kerlr. of 482 Mi Davenport street called a I the county health office yes terday afternoon and donated the use of a good house on Portland heights, where the women can live and make a living without hard work. WOODEN BRIDGES GAINING IN FAVOR The street committee will this after noon consider a proposition to construct two wooden bridges across Sullivan's gulch at Union and Grand avenues, both not to exceed $86,000 in cost, and by this concession it is hoped to settle the problem which has followed the coun cil's ordinances calling for steel bridges at those two polnUr-v -.a.: It looks as if the members of the GROWING STOCK BY ELECTRICITY BSKASXABX.S EXPEBIME1TTS HATE BEES MASS BT THE XXFE SIXES TAIi JITATIOH AT TXOB tTKTVES SXTT OP MXCHXOAXf BSOVOHT TO MATTTKXTT. By George B. Longan. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 12. An elec trical system- of stock raising has been developed on a moderate scale at - the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The university haajn connection with It one of the largest agricultural and live stock experiment stations In the United States. These experiments, of growing stock by electricity have been announced by the experiment station as "tried and true." and may be expected to cause a great dear of talk throughout the coun try among stockmen and farmers gen erally. By this system of electricity stock raising, . small animals, such as birds and rabbits, have been forced 'into ma ture slxe and plumpness in two-thirds of the time required by nature. This has been done a number of times and the experiment has never failed. The test has not yet been tried upon calvea and -larger stock, but the professors at the experiment station aay the expert mentJs practical with any kind of stock, and that it will mean 'the reduc tion by many months of the time itakes a cow or sheep to reach, maturity. . How the Electricity' Works. . ! . In- several rooms the electro-thera peutic laboratory at the experiment sta tion cheap wooden pens, cfrcular in form, have been wound to the height of twe feet with electric wires. A moderate current of one-half horsepower circles these electric pens. From this Influence the air inside the pens Is made electro magnetic, becoming a strong magnetic field with 62 lines of force to the square inch. . ' " In these pens, since Thanksgiving day, rabbits have grown to maturity in two thirds of the time that rabbits. near them developed In non-electrical pens. These electrically-matured animals did not be come larger than normal rabbits; they merely arrived at normal slxe more quickly. Furthermore, as In the cast of hothouse flowers, they were found less hardy than their, slower brothers. Bu$ it was noted that the forced rab bits had an unexcelled plumpness and tenderness.. In other waji the taste of the meats of the two Kinds did not vary. It Is easy to see what an effect such a system would have on the cat tle, sheep and hng market. If a calf would become a 1-year-old In a year and a half, and If it would be more plump and more tender, It might be a fine thing, although, as In the case of hot house flowers, the care might make up for the gain In time. Better Shipping- PaollitiM. The markets of the central west are protesting - about the delay occasioned shippers In getting their livestock Into the stockyards of the various markets. The railroads delay stock sometimes so that It is held within a mile of the yards on trackfor 10 to IS hours. This, often means a heavy loss to the shipper. The railroads are hard to collect damages from. The Kansas City stock exchange has decided to Inaugurate a system of keeping tab on the railroads. Those that delay cars coming In for other freight and to mpve passenger trains will suffer, as all the stock going east will be billed to those roads giving good service, wherever the stock Is going to eastern markets or to other competitive points. The railroads that are delay ing must build better 'terminals or lose business.. . X.ow Cattle Prices. Price on the fat stock market are as low as they have been In two months. The best kinds' are selling at It cents better than two, weeks ago, but trade Is still slow. The stocker and feeder trade was un even during the first part of the wees: as there were few outside buyers In the market and speculators were not en couraged with the outlook. On Wednes day . and Thursday, however, with warmer weather, country buyers began to flock in, and over 7,000 cattle were shipped back to the country In the two days.' ; The Jobs In the first two days was recovered and good offerings have ruled about steady In the last two days. Extreme common offerings were hard to sell at prices over $3. Stock cows, heif ers and 'calves were In limited supply, and price changes were Immaterial. The combined receipts of cattle at the five markets teat week were close ' to 126,000, agalnat 165,825 the preceding week and 142.800 In the corresponding week last year. Chicago received less than 50,000, against 6ft,50Q the week be fore and 65,700 a year ago. Local re ceipts overran 30,000, as against 41,075 the week before and 37,025 In the same week a year ago. Receipts of sheep here last week ag gregated 1,WS, against 19,826 the pre ceding week and 14,150 a year ago. Chi cago had 74.000. against tl.fiOO the weeK before' and 71,000 a year ago. Receipts at the five western markets aggregated 144.109. against 181.700- 'the preceding week and 140,250 a year ago. In spite of small receipts the market has de clined 15 to SO cents, reaching the low point of the year and a little lower than a year ago. The decline. Is due to a break in dressed mutton prices abroad. Lambs and yearlings are 25 to 34 cents. lower, while ewes and wethers are no more than 16 cents lower. Fed native' and western wethers bring" 34 to 34.25; yearling wethers, $4.60, to. 34.(6; ewes. $3.65 to $4; lambs, $6 to $6.60; yearling lambs, $4.50 to .15. , ' Preferred Stock Canned Goods Allen; It Lewis' Best Brand, 1 UI saw by The Journal that what waa wanted was not money, but a home," said Mrs. Kerin. "They may take this hous'e'and.I Will do what I can In the way of providing thera work." , - . For om time the two women haye been the sole support of their mother and younger sister, the paralyzed hus band of Mrs. Turpin, her two children and the Infant child of Mrs. Griffin. - , council were preparing for a change of front, on their famous "no ! wooden bridge": ultimatum to the property-owners. President Zimmerman still Insists on steel bridges, but Albee. Bentley and others of his colleagues appear ready. to take another attitude. , It Is expected that a number of the large property-owners will be present at .the session to .expatiate upon the superi ority and cheapness of wooden bridges.. ILL ANALYZE THE SITUATION COTTBTCXX. VOL COVSZSEB LETTXBS coHCEBBrnro hew . xarstrAAHCB svmvEY An sioxoi xr pbom- XSES ABB HOW SEPXHXTB SHOTOH TO VEST ITS WISHES. In reply to the special council com mittee's desire for more explicit infor mation regarding lower insurance rates, Surveyor 3. C. Stone yesterday submit ted a second letter to Chairman Albee in which he made 'the statement pub lished in The Journal yesterday that the resurvey would begin immediately as soon as the improvements were com pleted and the full-paid fire system es tablished. The cemmunlcatlon follows: 'Replying to your favor of the 9th lnrt, in which you request additional Information In the matter of reduced ratings to follow proposed Improve ments In the fire department, my for mer letter on this subject clearly stat ed the average percentage reductions tha would apply In the several districts of the city, and . from these the total amount of sayings In premiums can ap proximately be determined. No closer estimate can be given unless each rate Is reflgured individually, and for the mere purpose of arriving at the same end this method Is Impractical on ac count of the tremendous amount of work it would necessitate. "The revised ratings on which the city sawmills have Just been published and the reductions as given In my for mer letter would apply therefrom. 'The schedule under which these mills are now rated was adopted for the entire coast In October, and is being applied to all mills within the Jurisdiction of the board. , . . . . , "In regard to the time of commence ment of resurveys, I beg to state such, work will be started upon the comple tion of the projected improvements. , Several members of tne council ex pressed the opinion that the promises made In this letter were satisfactory, "I guess they will have to be satis fied," remarked' Councilman A. X. Bent ley. The correspondence which has passed between Mr. Stone and the council's com mittee will be considered at next Wed nesday's session. . IS OPEN TO THESE superintendent Robinson haa an nounced the results of the uniform eighth grade examinations In the coun try schools and diplomas have been awarded the graduates with approprl ate exercises. The class is not very large this year and the majority of the teachers throughout the county have arranged their classes so that the final tests for their eighth grade pupils can be held In June. The graduates are en titled to enter any high school in . the state without further examination. A list of those receiving diplomas Is aa follows: District No. 4, Gresham Ella Taylor. District No. 6, Mt. TaborJoseph Relsch, Lou E. Flood, Anna Iverson, Etta Coblne, Archie Craft, Olivia Led yard,' Mable King. Maude Flood, Lester King, Charles Ford, Helen Francis, Mil dred Fltspatrlck. District No. 20, Troutdale-gflarry Coleman, carle Burch, William t'eiton, Elsie Gray, Milton Fox. Dletrict No. 29, Woodstock Carl Oll- dersleeve. Gertrude Hefty, Margaret Bel' linger, Glenn H. Taylor, .Ollve Wilson, Lanee Heed, Henry Hefty. ' District No. 61. Alta Park Maxwell Page.' ..' CHXCAOO SOCIETY SXHHEB. (Journal gpeclal Bervic.) New York, Feb. 12. One of the most prominent ' features of the observance of Lincoln's birthday In the metropolis will be the banquet at Delmonlco's to night under the auspices of the Chicago Society of New York. Among those who have accepted invitations to be present are the following compatriots 6f Lincoln, or those who have given his llfework their study; Senator Shelby M. Oullom of Illinois, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Mel vine W. Fuller. Gen. A. W. Greeley and Miss Ida M. Tarbell. tlHCOLH BAY AT CHXCAOO. (Journal Special Aervlet.) . . Chicago, Ills., Feb. 12. Lincoln's birthday was observed In Chicago as a general holiday. Banks, the board of trade, the stock exchange and other public Institutions were closed and ap propriate exercises were held in the public schools. sThe celebration closes this evening with a public meeting and banquet under the auspices' of the Mar quette club. Secretary Leslie M. Shaw will be one of the speakers and others to be heard are Congressmen Robert G, Cousins of Iowa and Henry 8. Boutelle of Illinois. , - " ' You . are glad you have found them out- Schilling's Bestand your grocer is glad. 111011 SCHOOL SCALP DANCE On . LOVE FEAST? TOAST TO BOOSBTBX.T AT TO HXOHT'S . BAHQtTBT , OP THE YOUHGr MEH'B B.BPVBUOAX OX.XTB ' BTASTS AOTIYH HOSTILITIES ST .MITCHELL AHD SXMOH PACTXOHS. "The Lincoln memorial banquet, which Is to be held this evening under the auspices of the Young Men's Republican club and where both factions of the party were scheduled to bury the hatchet and forget for the time their bitter strife,: is preceded m by demonstrations much more suggestive of a scalp dance than of a love feast ' ' Simon Repub licans are preparing to turn oujt en masse for the occasion, f but Mitchell men angrily declare that they will boy cott the banquet. . Judge Carey, the leader of the latter faction, does not In tend to be . present, and many of the rank and file who. had purchased tickets will etay away. . Strange to tell,' the whotft trouble h&s arisen over a toast that la to be given In honor of Theodore Boosey!.' whose re election both factions profess to desire above' all things else. - And thereby hangs a tale of a bit ef strategy on the part' of he Simon' .1 Republicans, which has roused the Mitchell following to a white htsafrof fury. ' . ' , Then Young Men's Republican club, though nominally embracing both, fac tions of the party and bound by its con stitution to ignore their differences, is controlled by the Mitchell wing. The president of the club. C E: Lockwood, Is reputed to be a Mitchell man, and so are a majority of the executive board. When Lockwood appointed a committee of three 'to make arrangements for the banquet and to assljrn the toasts, he se lected two Mitchell men and one Simon man. II. C Smith Is an open adherent of the Mitchell faction, to which he owes his position as circuit court clerk, and J. P. Kavanaugh Is Indebted to the same element for his place as assistant city attorney, and they were both placed on the committee.- 'But In seme mysteri ous way W. M. Davis, the third member of the committee and an ardent worker, in the other faction, accomplished a coup which has filled the Mitchell men with rage and has brought upon the majority of the committee a storm of denuncia tion from their own camp. Davis succeeded in having the Roose velt toast assigned to D. Soils Cohen, one of Senator 8imon's closest friends and staunchest supporters. Mitchell Republicans have made their campaign largely upon the assertion that they and they alone are the loyal supporters of President Roosevelt, and that upon their success at the primaries depends his endorsement by the "Oregon delegation to the national convention.- When they learned, . therefore, that the toast. Theodore Roosevelt," was to be re sponded to by one of the leaders of the Simon faction, there was a storm of angry protest. Lockwood and the com mittee which waa responsible for the arrangements, were fiercely denounced. Many of the Mitchell men declared they would not attend, for they saw In the banquet possibilities of peril to the ar gument upon which they have most re lied to win the primary fight. The Simon men, , of course, ar a Jubi lant, and they propose to attend the banquet in force and demonstrate by their enthusiasm their loyalty to the president ' , t , i. The banquet Is to be held at 145 First street, at J o'clock this evening. r SHE MUST MARRY AN EASTERN MAN Baker City. Fob. 11. It will be re membered that on December 4, last, William McKlnnell. a well known busi ness man of Eagle valley, was found dead in his room In a Baker City lodging house. He had come to town on busi ness and besides running a stone was executor for an estate. The evidence at the coroner's Jury showed that he had committed suicide and that the estate matters were not In very good shape. He belonged to7 one or two secret orders and the remains were shipped to Eagle valley for burial. Today his will was filed in the Baker county probate court and A. W. Compton of Eagle valley was appointed special referee In the matter. The will Is a very peculiar one and designates Miss Dora Williams as legatee, after the payment of the testator's debts, pro vided that she does not marry any one a native ea Paclfio coast state, but leaves her at liberty to marry In the east, par ticularly In the state of Ohio. If Miss Williams should mafry contrary to the provisions of the will the property is to go to Miss Maggie McKlnnell at Scandla, Kan." . ' . . . Mining circles in Baker City were startled tonight by the announcement of the discovery In paying quantities of that rare metal, platinum, In gold ore In the Mount Raatus district, the newest camp, whioh has been so much heralded of late. E. D. Gallaher, representing a Seattle syndicate, returned here from camp tonight. Mr. Gallaher lias been quietly exploiting ' some new mineral territory for more than SO days past and has made these valuable discoveries Just mentioned which are situated about seven miles from Mount Raatus. When Interviewed by a reporter Mr.- Gallaher displayed some handsome samples of ore which run from H to 12 ounces in plati num and from $5 to $350 in gold. ' It Is a new character of ore to any thing known. In eastern Oregon. He says that the leads ire well defined and In plaee. . The belt seems at one age to have been In rock form but has under gone a change and now both the cosmtry formation and the ore are soft and easy to work. On account of this great change In the formation, to the casual observer tt does not look like a mineral territory and has been passed over by prospectors for .years and rattle men have ridden over it for SB years, little suspecting that there1 would be-discovered beneath their feet the greatest min ing eamp on the Pacific coast. A revolution In mining methods will probably take place In the Baker City camps this season. Norman Blanchard, representing the Improved Mineral Smelting company of Portland, who Is In Baker City, has made . arrangements through which he expects to put In a number of their new plants this sea son. - In fact,- several furnaces will be blown in early in the spring In different camps contiguous to Baker City, The peculiarity of this furnace Is - that It uses raw coal or wood as fuel and con sumes all of Its own gases so that no poisonous gases can - be detected In the neighborhood of the smelter and flower gardens can bloom under the very noses of the furnaces. ' This furnaoe was thoroughly tented by the Ladd Metal company at the Oswego plant near Portland and found to be en tirely satisfactory. . The process has been patented In the United States, Can ada and Mexloo, - and work has been started In Belgium., Mr. Blanchard ex pects 'to Install the first plant In east ern Oregon on the Tempest mine In the Greenhorn district, and several other mines have agreed to establish a 'plant It that Is found to be a success. ARE YOUR KIDNEYS DISEASED? If any of your family has been troubled with Kidney or ,: - Bladder disease, make a test and satisfy yoiur;.- :'.r-.- " .self as to the condition of your kidneys. Doctors prescribe and use "Safe Cure" in all cases of Kidney and Blad der disease. John Moran made well after years of suffering- ; ,r. . . by Warner's Safe Cure, ' . "I make no apology to the medical profession nor to the medical societies to which I have the honor to belong, in coming out and openly commending Warner's Safe Cure. I am Justified in stating that there is no known remedy that can equal it In curing kidney and bladder troubles. . Fully fifteen years ago I tested Its value first, and In a case of Bright' Disease, when it seemed to me mat the patient must die. ' I had tried the usual forms of treatment on the case, and in time they wore themselves out and the diaeaso gained rapidly. I came tfl use Warner's. Safe Cufe an a last resort and with ;he most gratifying results. Under careful treatment and nursing atx bot tles absolutely cured my patient. "I have no need to tell you that 1 have employed your medicines ever since in my practice and with the most gratifying results, The herbs used in your prescription are known to the med ical profession and the medicine Is well regarded and generally used by doctors when kidney or bladder .affections are shown to be present." B. 8. GARST, M. D., . Clifton, a C Ex-President Ashland University. Ash land, Ohio, and Member IT. 8. Medical Association, October t, 1903. IF IN DOUBT TEST YOUR URINE. Put some morning urine in a glass or bottle, -let It stand twenty-four hours; If a reddish-brown sediment forms, or If the urine is cloudy or milky, or if par- . tides or germs float about in It, you can be certain that your kidneys have been diseased for a long time, and you should get a bottle of Safe Cure at once. SAFB CURB Is purely vegetable and contains no harmful drugs; It aoes not constipate; it Is a moat valuable ' - and effective tonic; it Is a stimulant to digestion andHMrakens the torpid liver, putting the patient into the very best receptive ; state for the work of the restorer of the-kldneya. It repairs the tissues, soothes In flammation and irritation, stimulates the enfeebled organs and at the same time heals them. It builds up the , body, gives it strength and restores en-J r.,S ergy and -vigor. Sold byTr.C I : i all druggists, or direct, 61 CENTS AND 11.00 A BOTTLE..' - I ' WARNER'S SAFEf PILLS move the LARGE INCREASE 1 IN HOP ACREAGE rm szoi men tsat bvx.ex sxmxiro xjlts tsajui catsb ' TAKMXSS TO XTJT XV STXW YABXM aits xmJtan ou oars cab STPPXiT TO WOXUU). From present Indications there will be a large increase, in the acreage of bops during the coming year. The high prices that have ruled during the, past few seasons have caused quite a number of Willamette valley farmers to look with envy on their more fortunate broth ers who had their lands in hops. A few years ago there was a very large acreage In hops In the valley, but sev-. era! years of very low prices caused a large per cent of the farmers to plow up their hops and put In other products. "There will be about 1,000 more acres of hops put in this season in the state," says Julius Wolf of Sllverton. "The high prices that have ranged in the hop market of late "have Induced a number of farmers to put in new yards, and also to Increase , their old ones. - There - Is money in hops at 12 cents a pound, and the sales made during the past season will average at least 20 cents, some of them a little below that figure and oth ers at an advance. ." ' "There were last season about 17,000 Seres In this state devoted to hoprais Ing,' but this season will show an in crease of about 2,000 acres, making the total this' season about 11,000 acres, There will be about 1,000 more acres put In this season, and next year the grand total will amount to 22,000 acres. At this rate of increase the Willamette vsl ley will soon be In a position to supply the entire world with hops, . ." Xooks for One If tuxdred Thousand Bales. . 'The hop yield during-1903, according to the railway companies, was about 87, 000 bains, hut 1 look for a yield of over 100,000 bales during the year 1904. "It Is hard to tell Just what prices will rule during the coming season, but quite a number of contracts havo lately been made at 20 cents a pound. The opening of the seanon a -year, ago hops sold for 2S cents, but very large selling caused the market to go down to about IS or 18 cents. It afterward "recovered, and the present ruling price is around the 28 and 2D cents mark. There, are only about 1,000 bales of last season's crop in the hands of the growers unsold, sod the transactions of late have not been very - large. ' There is some selling among t he dealer speculators, but even these do not amount to much.. The highest price of the season 29 Cents was paid by one dealer for a lot owned by another. 'The highest price that hops sold for In this state was In 1880, when the quo tations reached tl a pound. The next highest figure was, I think, In 1883, when they reaches 86 and 40 cents. The prices paid for hops this season were the high est since that period." " XA KIOTO VOTE. 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It cured me within 11 weeks and I have not had a particle of trouble since. I am strong. and well and in perfect health today.'r JOHN MO RAN. 671 Washington St.,' Boston, Mass. - Treasurer Woodmen of the World. i REFUSE SUBSTI TUTES. There Is none "Just as good as" WAR NER'S SAFE CURE. It -has cured all forma of kidney disease during the , last thirty years. It is prescribed by all doctors and used In the leading t hospitals as the only ab-.-solute curs for all forms of disease of the kidneys, liver,- blood and bladder. Write in confidence to , our- doctors for -free ad vice and counsel, about your own health or the health of your family. Medical booklet free. . Ad- drena. - ". , I - . V v Warner Safe Curs Co., Rochester, N. Y. bowels gently and aid a speedy cure. RATES ADVANCED TUVM SATS SOOSTXS FSOIC $3 TO $4 AHD $4.80 ASX WSSAT SATS MAT X-OLX.OW SUITSO OOHTSA BASXt . OASSXZD OK TSB X.OCAX XJHXBS, Official announcement iff made of th fapt that freight rates on flour to the Orient from all points on the coast have been fixed at 14,-exctpt Shanghai. To that point It will be M.W. ' The new rate goes Into effect -next month. The present tariff 1s IS. ' - At the local office of the Portland-Asiatic company It is stated to be quite probable that the rate on wheat will be fixed at the same figures, although as yet no action has been' taken concerning that matter. . The Clavering will be the next Orien tal liner to load at Portland. JBhe re cently arrived at a Mexican port and Is now en -route to San Francisco. She Is expected to reach here by. the 20th of th6 month. , v ' , Including the China Commercial com pany's fleet, which are; under charter to the Portland-Asiatic Company, there will now be seven regular liners leav ing here for Japan and China. The com pany Is now working upon tne new schedule, fixing the sailing dates for each,- which will soon be completed. ' It Is the Intention to have a steamer sail from this port every two weeks. Representatives of the company State ' that - the proclamation ' of President Roosevelt relative to what American vessels shall carry back and forth be lt ween the two countries which are at War win not affect their Use In the least. No reference Is made In the proc-.i tarnation to commerce. If there were any rules laid down by the government; for the -regulation of the, American merchant marine It is stated that they , would ha'rdly apply to the Portland-1 Asiatic steamers.1- They are of British ' register and fly the British flag. ' i AURORA. POSTOFFICE ?' ENTERED BY THIEVES . .. t ".'... r -.- 1 1 ii , r (Joamal Special SerTlet.) Aurora, Or., Feb. , 12. The postofflee at this place was entered by burgjars again last -night and a safe belonging to H. J. Miller and Postmaster Snyder was blown open. Mr. Miller had a num ber of valuable papers In an Iron box In the safe andT this box the. robbers took, thinking perhaps it contained money; Mr. Snyder's papers were left untouched and little If anything n the postofflee and store Is missing. Entrance was effected by breaking Into a woodshed In the rear and forcing open the back door. There. Is no clue to the 'Bobbers, but there 'Seems to t be a gang of thugs operating along the Southern Pacific linv and making periodical visits. .;, No ono would vr bo bother with ctrt1pfttioa it vryono knew how nut- ters regulates the stomach and bo wets, ORIENTAL FREIGHT )- 1 ii '-'-. ' t- . 1 ; V ...... . v . .. VIA