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MONI'W fEltRfARY a 1WS
GENERAL NEWS
Kight-nv. miner killed and 78
MM buried under debris ii the a
lul rvi'ord made by a dust explosion
at the Hondo mines iu Mexico
The tirst monthly Installment
amounting to l.Hfti.Ot1 taels of tli
Chines Indemnity was paid Saturday
to the hankers' commit'. of the poa
M at Shanghai
The republican n .mtinuet to
fla th a nrut means committee
for Its action it making th sweepinp
war tax ra4mHoa ani" tor ilolng nnth
In for Cuba
fjeneral Chuff.. hu cabled to the
ai department a report of the march
of Major Walb ; and hU marines
across Samar It Is tin first full a
' (HIM of the march, nnd tells a tub
of terrlbk suffering ami hardship
It seems almost certain now tliut
ECHO NOTES
Person Mention of the Town Down
the River.
Fv to, Feb. 8 Miss Francela Hun
ion has to opted a hbItioii at Bakw
Q OS tenebe! In hi' pllblli s 'booh
un l left for that city Tbuisday morn
III to IHMHinwlWf hat work Mon-lnv
Part VMiitwiiru; i,n.; tamlly are in
La Grande visiting for a few weks
will, relatives.
At the .Methodist church on WVil-
di '.as rveaing Mih LfnAla l.etinian
oi Salem, gave an t 'ocutlonary enter
taniment reciting the temperance
pl I . ' Win Killed Joe's Huh " Slu-
was well received and gave a very
pleasant entertainment
P C DrowMll returned Thursday
Iron Portland whar R ha.- been tor
several days on business.
Mrs N 1. Ousttn o Portland
president of the !( iiel.al. 1 Odga ol
Oregon vlattod officially the Henrb-i
dies
McTI
bill to I oni
fri-nds of
that if they
th. hoI '!
it.
When tb.
Tlo
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mil.
til- Nl
In charge of
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS
aaatOf Foster is not having things,
all his nan way In dealing out Wash
ington patronage Ir. spite of his
statement that the situation today Is
exactly what it was six months ago
The feature of the new Portland
charter which many of its framers
contend will do mon- to give Portland
good streets than any other is the pro
vision making It the duty of the dry
to keep up repairs unce a pavement
Is down, and pay for them our of the
Kenral fund
Uaaed upon ilo latest available
data. th chief of engineers .ultimate
that it will coat 6.331.672 to con
struct the waterway connecting Lakes
Union and Washington with Puget
Sound on dimensions such as will ac
commodate the largest vessels now
bull; or building which are likely to
eii'e. t,. ,(irt of Seattle.
Not a Hingii wheat chartei was re
ported in the Pacific northwest for the
week endiuir Saturday This is some
hing remarkaWe when there are Idle
shipt available at this season of the
year and serves to show how foreign
iMpovactl were led astray In their
calculation by reports of a 53.0nfi.n0n
crop of wheat in the Pacific north
'
At Salem Eugene Noose a Belgian
who lately arrived from Wisconsin, is
planning to engage in the production
of flax fiber If the Salem Cummer
rial club will provide a temporary site
and power for a acruching mill, he
will put in 100 a .- or more of the
flax this- year If his first crop
proves satisfactory, he will purchase
the permanent site without aaking
an subsidy from Salem business
men
By a temporary injunction granted
Is the L'nited Btatea district court,
the entire city government of the
towi: of MeUford. in Jackson county
was restrained from taking any ac
tion toward the removal from the
streets of that town of the telegraph
and telephone lines of the Sunset
Telegraph and Telephone, company
April U set fox the date of a hearing
in the matter. If the authorities of
Medfon! desire to show why the io-,
junction should not be made perpetual
aim McCoj hn leased the ranch
u te-m of " vwtra to R C
nptoton Mr. Vtnalaton will take
m -sum on March I,
I baj evening, ran 14. there
i- BTnd bal! given in tb Odd
ill have charge of the floor
Tble tim with good nook
P. Stanley if visiting her
Meppner.
A DrladaU, proprietor ot
igton hotel, has returned
sit to aar daughter at Hepp-
lam- and painters have
improved and. they look like new
.) v...-. Hnd A .1 Davis daltvsi
ed several carloads of cattb- V.-,
nesday to A. J. Qrlw.es of the I'nlon
Ml a' i .itnpaiiv.
.lack Meude is visiting llarrv Ron-
rs on Hufti-i creek. He bus just re
Ignad his position m anctaaar on
the- Hunt UjM and will take it earn
for a while
AFFAIRS OF WOODCRAFT
IN BOTH DIVISIONS
, Woodmen Preparing for Their Bxj
Log-Rolling Witn Thoroughness.
Preparations for the big log rolling
Ul be held here during April by the
Wuoomen of the World and the Wo
men of Woodcraft proceed In business-
lik manner The committee In charge
has negiectec no detail that will con
tribute to its success. The mark set
for the new nn n Iters 1144-will be
u h il sa ib. magetneni and
the evei n.m. (in desired i4uu.
uei to lie exceeded.
Tiie Women of Woodcraft now
claim 'ih.iiisi members the growth dur
ing the past iew mouths being phe
nomenal, as indicated In a recent
Muienieni isxiied by Grand Ouardiui.
C. C. Van Orsdall. with some otln-i
liaures that enforce the assertion that
lit (ini.-r is i mint. something larg
er than was expected in so short a
time by those who organized it:
Total insurance in force when tin
m mbershlp was 2G.485 $34.n"i.oo0.
this belug considerably larger now
that the total of members Is 11,000.'
Total death claims paid 1272.000.
Total monument and funeral ex
penses 117,000.
Cash surplus, benefit fund $41,522
44. lavaolad lot equalisation or reserve
fuaaV 4i. :-). 63.
ither items make tb. total cash in
the hands of the order mount up to
f 100,000.
Violet Circle. No. 1, of Leadville.
Col has the largest membership. 758
At the end of November, the num
ber of circle in the various state ,
was:
Colorado lo7: Oicgon. 100; Wash
ington ID; California, 72; Montana
30; Idaho, 17. Utah. 7; Wyoming, 1;
Nevada 3. Total. 427.
New circles instituted In December.
Colorado. 3, Montana. 3. Washington,
3; Wyoming. 3. Idaho. 2; Oregon. 1-
Toi!. is
REVIVE THE PORT
SECTION OF WILcAMETTE
WANTS BETTER SHIPPING.
A Philomath Man Says Yaquma Bav
Should Be Opened Again to Naviga
tion. Philomath Or., Jati 27 .To the Ed
i Itor In the Oregonian of Its issue of
Jauuary . is au editorial headed
Hostility to Portland." seemingly an
,:'. ' ;:..-. ' ,r'1'"n
appeared a few da, pi writ
ten by .1 K Latkrop, from his pla
U Jo:;- Jiiip'"- IP. v.! !. J.l,;oU
Ian says the wnter draws inter. -..m-conclusion
on the conditions 0t the
Willamette valley iron, all iMtoni
Oregon view point. The alleged irloif'
ance of tit. Yaquliia Pay dlxtrlct In
the unmet of transportation is por
trayed. The Oraguuiaii says In this
part of Oregon one hears ilo agajw
..iguments against Portland it iajn
p. opl. livine In the upper vullcvs up
- ) to rafard the business and com
; la int"r. sis of the metropolis us
ntagotalatli to tiie rotootiHloT of the
tati which we of Lincoln Benton
and Lynn counties emphatically deny.
fOI instead of anger, wi are very sor
ry that conditions art as they are.
W know that it was the Southern
I'm. P. railroad caused the diversion
; nd abaadoojuoBJ 01 the trade from
the above counties and Vaipilim lln
VV all remember with regri t that he
lore the inn-chase of the Cortallls
Baa tarn bj a. h. Ilaiiiawanl tic i ad
controlled almost tin entile tradl of
the nbovi counties and dr. v n large
antbual from i.uic ami DooBlai on the
south and Polk and Marion on the
north. Large uuantitles ol wheat uud
other products were shipped ovei It
and a large trade trom th bO ol
merchandise of wholesale goods were
brOUgat Into the velley towns, and
even Portland merchants bottgfel
goods ai wholesale In Ban Pranclscn
all on account of cheaper freight
Take tin wheat trade of Mm uhow
unities Then farmers could receive,
..nd did receive nearly H' cents SBT
it ghel on ihe Corvallis A- Eustcrn gad
Bl along a: Albany and ( orvaltil .'.ml
io - points over wbut tBO conic af
li Portlaad, haclodiai Ufhtoragi ami
i .image to Astoria, ami as high as
p. no.- tofll oi products passed i"ir
"ltd (iieu lo Vuipiiua Ba) it: DM
in trom the WiUanBsatU vaUoj I
- une ol thus, prosperous years
Where is the trade now? Echo says
. am I'd . ;and s.iys wic '. " ill..:
m tbeni lo huve a city to
ma uii on tin- sea coast to assist
PortiaOd hi bei burdens of carrying
her trade and transportation so we
could have qui etotoi nl trading uud
hlppteg with atthor, on in. -am.
t -rms. hut not so. V aft la have
just ope pun to git in and out ot the
V.'IIUmuiett, val'.li v. uud if we can
nOl have any other outlet thui:
through Portland and fh. sea we su
in out i oitkresbiucn and neuutois to
.am: t-speciai tc the tuiuitn oi no-
Coitinibm Taa 1 1 regno I a ii gajn Port
laud bai tin Raid iti too aiioloiaU
hiMilrrt and Uut the loatbani Pa
clBc railroad has a Monopoly Of th
carrying trade for all Now
ntWBOl Of w-heat and other grain
ci er. pound of buttat, vvorjp fool oi
lumber, cver nsli that caugiit in
ins fa'ntrlaa May foi u (oralgs ntarfcat
Bi to lenv. faotllna May a:id go over
i.i orvalliH t Kusiein and down th.
Houtheui Pacini to Portland theme
dOWl the Columbia river to Asiuria.
with ir.-iKht to pa :.. iglit. rug
and pilotag - from Portland to Astoria
Wi are sorry that such is the con
dittos, but these are the stern fac's
Hut we ate so glad that Portland Is
willing to bulp us people up bere out
oi tiie dilemma. The Oregonian says
that here at Portland Is entertained
a strong BODS thai Poriiund will effect
arrangements for the construction of
th projected railroad irom Astoria to
Yaquina Uuy which It says we think
will place this region In a posr or.
they have lost, it u rorj oooaldarau
In the Oregonian to propose a wav tc
relieve US Ot tie upper Wlllammette
valle). Tilt proponed road Is no bet
in than the condition that now exists.
Now. If Portland really wishes to as
sist this part ot th. WIUaaaBMtU val
lay to new and bailor railroad facili
ties it will certainly assist Ui where
oi laiab win it.- th. iroatoal benefit
to us to another port or t, U t Igi
Ympiina Hay port b. rev. .-d and ai;
Hist US iu building a broad guage rail
road from .Junction Clt) to Corvallis.
thence to or near Dallas thence to
(irand Roude then down the rKer to
Its mouth, thence across th. NoatOOa
up Heaver creek, and by TllbMBOob
City, thence to Astoria Then we re.
quest Portland and the Southern Pa
crflc to assist the Corvallis A Easten
to the exteution of that road from
where it has stopped at Mills City on
through the Cascade mountains
through Eastern Oregon on the mos;
feasible route at a point on Snake
river, at or near Boise City Idaho to
divert the trade of Southeast." n Ore
gon from California and Nevada io
this route, so that Portland can p)
ceive the trade from that regiog
D. O. Ql'ICK.
Philomath, Or
GAMBLING IS CL08Q
But our radical style of cut price making
in our celebrated
Closing Out Sat
continues to worry competition and please
thousands of contented customers.
Plenty Pants if you ntmd thtnn. Coatn
and Vwti if you nted them How will
that puit you"
A ft w diyi HOW anil we will take an
nual invoice, We are therefore anxious
0 close out a lot of oddi filtf enls at
AOliAoi prices.
We have a
$.S..r( shoe for
hied the celebrated
ladies
to our em
Bhtic st. oe ind as this nhoe hp
such a favorite in the big towDf
speak for it a heart j welcome here.
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)ou will U' comfortable and warm during the cold
est winter night
FOR
pair of ail pound blankets of Pendleton inanu
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poand pair of other brands.
BECAUSE
Nothing but pure FLEKt E wool Li HMf) in P
dletoo MUfi and they spin their yarn finer and
weave their blanket) closer than other mills -
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Manufacturers of
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