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MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1903.
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PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
FOR HIGHEST PRICES.
Charles Cunningham, a Foremost
Umatilla County Sheepman, Gives
Reasons Why the Next Clip Will Be
High Priced.
Charles CunuliiRhnm believes the
prospects are good for the best price
for wool next year's clip that has
been gotten for the Umatilla county
product for 10 years.
He gives sovernl reasons for the
opinion. First, the advancing prices
for wool all over the world In Bos
ton. Now York and all the great for
eign market centers for the product.
The foreign price, which of course
nffects the domestic price sooner or
later, is being greatly influenced by
the wholesale destruction of sheep by
flood and drouth in South Africa and
In Australia. Second,- the depletion
of the surplus stocks held in this
country by their being made up Into
goods; people are and have been buy
ing more woolen goods than they
have for years before result, an in
creased demand upon the mills and
the surplus stocks.
In nearly all parts or the world the
present winter has been very cold.
resulting ip increased demand for
woolen ptocds. The weather in this
legion and the present condition of
the sheep both indicate a good quail'
tjr of wool. Finally, he believes wool
will brins from 15 to 16 cents per
pound here next season.
A Wool Country.
Mr. Cunningham does not believe
! that .mutton will ever be raised here
Jo any greater extent than It now Is.
i because this Is par excellence a wool
conntrjv wool sneep win always, in
His opinion, be the more profitable.
Mutton sheep tramp out twice ns
much grass which they do not use.
their clip Is 16 per cent cheaper .and
33 per cent lighter, and eo -'he be
Hoves mutton will never bo raised
here extensively. The demand now is
all for fine wool, which corresponds
with the present stocking of the
range, which is nearly exclusively
Merino.
He state? that there has been, in
his opluton. little deviation in the
number of sheep in the county for the
past 10 years that the number has
been a steady average of a quarter of
a million for that length of time.
Further, he does not believe the num
ber will ever materially increase, or.
the natural supporting; power of the
country for sheep has about reached
Ms limit. He states further, more-
j ever, In substantiation of this opin
ion, that it will not be possible to
winter next year on the present range
In this county the natural increase of
the coming season.
Very Healthy Range.
Mr. Cunningham state's that foot
rot is cured by bringing sheep diseas
ed with It upon this range, and that
he has also known sore mouth to be
cured, by no other agency than the
turning of sheep loose upon this
range. The only disease that sheep
over have here without the trouble oC
importing It, is scab, and that in such
a mild form It is always easily cured,
and there is probably not a ease of it
In the county now. among the quarter
ot a million sheep. -
Merino the Best.
He does not believe there will ever
be a better sheep for this county than
the Merino. It Is the very best breed
by all odds anil all that is needed is
to keep up the quality. The crossing
with the Htraln known as the Ram
houlette a French Merino has re
sulted in a very perceptible Increase
in the size of the- sheep in this coun
ty without In any degree Impairing
the quality ofthe wool, In fact, the
quality of the wool since me. lnirouui
tlon of the Ilamboulette strain is In;
every respect equal to the highest
grade of the original strain. !
Mr. Cunningham now owns 10 nam
boulctte raras Imported from' France
which cost him $200 each, rind from
which he expects 1300 progeny thU
spring. He also now hns 3500 thor-1
ouuhbred rams, while the total cnu
morntlon of his flocks counts up 20
000 sheep. He believes there wIP
'eventually be enough mills .here toi
work up all the home product' of wool ,
Our wnter power Is practically tin 1
limited, and all the other conditions ,
are unrivaled.
Finest Woolen Goods.
Ho insists that the Pendleton Wool-i
on Mills nctually turn out as fine pure;
wool goods as are produced uny-i
where in the world. Moreover, It is!
not generally known here that this Is:
the opinion of Eastern dealers in and I
importers of woolen goods. j
Mr. Cunnlnghnm states that the I
room for profitable expansion of the
milling business is not half under-,
stood by our people, but that It Is '
sure to come, and Pendleton will
eventually he a great manufacturing
center ons of the greatest In the,
world for woolens. Mr. Cunning-
ham ended his talk on the wool ques
tion by saying. "As long as there is'
a tariff law the raising of wool will ,
be the best paying business In th'
county."
Mr. Cunningham says this rountry!
Is not. adapted to the raising of Ango
ra goata. They are browsers, pure'
and simple, and will not do well nny '
length of time whore thev cannot get'
their living off small trees and shrubs.
Thoy will do well here in the moun-1
tnins in the summer, but it is neces
sary to feed them in the winter, and'
the feed that is given them In the
winter would better be fed to sheep.
IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
High Waters and Much Rain Cause
Numerous Slides and Washouts.
Alilmitl. Or.. .Inn. M. Southern
Oregon Is In the grip of the heaviest
tain itnrm ai.d consequent Hood of
waters that has been experienced
here In more limn 10 yenrs. Traffic
or the Southon. Pacific railroad Is
temporarily paralyzed through the
hogue Illver valley and the Siskiyou
Mountains by slides and washouts.
Two miles of track near. Central
Point are rendered unsafe by the rag
ing waters, and slides and washputs.
which trackmen are winking hurd to
dear out. occurred Saturday at wall
Creek, near Summit In the Slskiyous.
where tiie railroad company has re
cently completed extensive and very
expensive revetments.
Near the state line at Cole there
are several washouts. Northward In
Josephine iount the floods In the
tributaries of Rogue River are caus
ing much trouble.
Wanted Three rooms for light
housekeeping in good locality. Ad
t'ress G. W. I)., care E. O.
Beef Trust Conspiracy Case.
Jefferson City. Mo.. Jan. 2G-The
report of Special Commissioner I. H.
Kinley ,of Kansas City, appointed to
take testimony in the suit of Attorney
General Crew, for ouster of the beef
packlng companies from doing bus!
rcss In Missouri, for violation of the
anti-trust laws, was called for argu
nient in the stiite supreme court to
day. "The light of Attorney General
Crow against the trusts lias been pur
nieil Incessantly since he assumed of
fice and the result of his efforts
inralnst the so-called packers' com
bine Is awaited with keen Interest
The report of Special Commissioner
Kinley is extremely favorable to the
attorney-general's side of tiro case.
The report finds that the Armours.
Swifts, Nelson Morris and other big
companies are guilty of combining to
fix and maintain prices for tho sale nl
dressed beef in St. Joseph. St. I.ouls
and Knnsas City in violation of the
of the state.
Bluegrass Editors Meet.
Louisville, Ky., Jnu. 27. Tho Ken
tucky Press Association held Its mid
winter meeting In Louisville today
with an nttontlanco of prominent edi
tors from every lection of tho state
Thomas G Wntklns, president of the
rssoelntloti, presided and nruong the
topics discussed wore tho advertising
law passed by tho last legislature,
the advantage of uniformity in adver
tising rates .patent medicine adver
tisements, chances of tho daily in
small cities .the host way to make
money out or Job work, tho future of
the metropolitan weekly, methods of
building tin n country newspaper, and
the management of the press and
composing tooms. Tho session closes
this evonlng with a banquot nt the
Vlllard hotel, at which addresses will
be delivoreri by several speakers ot
prominence.
Lumber Dealers' Convention.
KanBnB City,. Mo Jan. 27. About
tfGO lumbermen and others interested
in the trade nro attending tho nnnual
convention of the Missouri, Kansas
anil Oklahoma Retail Lumbermen's
Association, which began Its sessions
today at tho Coates house. E. S. Ml
l er. ot Bethany. Mo., 1b president ot
the associollon, and Harry A. Oor-
, such at this city la the secretary, The
(issociation wants an nraendment to
the interstate commerce law 'giving
tho conimlpflon power to enforce Its
ruliiiirx nnd resolutions to this end
Iv.ill he adopted by tho nsfenclatinn.
j Numerous other mnttors affecting the
! lumber trade are down for discussion.
The convention will be in session two
I days.
New English Church Primate,
i London, Jar. li". The members of
ktho Ancient Ordct of Canterbury met
ttduy anil formally elected Bishop Da
vidson. a U i . () h
of Cuntarbury. In succession to the
lale Dr. Temple. Tho election was a
purely formal procedure, following
king's nomination as a matter of
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IT CROWNS THE FEAST
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If you want to finish your
meal with more pleasure and
zest than you began it, ask
your grocer to send you a
can of Peaches or Pears or
Cherries or other fruit under
the same brand as this cut
Don't Accept
Any Imitation or
Substitute for
MONOPOLE
Your Grocer
Knows Where to
Get Monopole
Fruits for You, if
He Doesn't
Yet Carry Them.
Most Grocers Do.
If your -grocer has ever
made a personal comparison of
the merits of all the so-called
high-grade brands, he will tell
you that the sweetest, best
flavored and most delicious
of all are called
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CANNED FRUITS
Under the same brand we pack a full line of Spices, Coffee, Baking Powder, Salmon, Oysters, Olives, etc., and guarantee them all to be
the finest goods obtainable. The prices asked for them are no higher than for inferior brands.
Wadhams & Kerr Bros. Poro?on
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