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UL I I IHIIH I til III mountains north of llolsc, und In tho der In chief reports that part of the ! I I IB! Llllll Ullflll
nrill HIuIhIIIIIi direction of Idaho City. A posse WALLS OF FIRE IN MONTANA. Russian force In Korea occupied the i III f UU N U 1 1 1 1 II I
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EXPERTS HERE
Newell and Henny in Consul
tation With Whistler, at the
Oregon Headquarters.
DEPARTMENT HAS MICH
DIFFICULTY IN oregon.
Olmbu'IcH Neither Natural Nor En
gineering, Hut Duo to Private In
terests anil Demands to Which the
Reclamation Bureau Cannot Con
form Consistently Ilecluniatlon
Work In Oilier Stales and Territories
is Advancing Rapidly Tlio "Vague
ness" of Oregon's Statutes Is to a
Certain Extent HchhiihIIiIc for De
lay. F. It. Newell, chief of tile reclama
tion service of the United States, ar
rived here this forenoon accompanied
by D. C. Henny, consulting engineer.
This afternoon the two men have been
In consultation with J. T. Whistler of
the local force, and from here they
will leave for l'ortland to attend the
National Irrigation congress,
"The Krcate.it difficulties which the
reclamation department has experi
enced In Oregon," said Mr. Newell,
"have mjt been natural nor engineer
ing obstacles; but, Instead, those caus
ed by conflicting private Interests and
laws that aro too vague." In the
other states and territories of the west
In which reclamation work has been
done, Mr. Newell declares the way has
been much smoother for th i depart
ment than It has been in Oregon, and
he says that If the same work that Ivu
been dono In Oregon "-iad been per
formed In any other stato much
greater result would have been ac
complished. In most places, accord
ing to the chief engineer, the way has
been prepared for the coming of the
department, and It has not been nec
essary for tlio latter to do any educa
tional work. Money has been raised
In advance, and the reclamation de
partment hns been asked what settlers
should do to assist in carrying out the
work.
Arizona and Nevada, In both of
which considerable work has been
dono, have agents at Washington who
are authorized to act in behalf of the
settlers regarding affairs between the
latter and the department, and conse
quently the government has more di
rect communication than it has In this
state.
As to the cry against the "red tape"
methods of the department. Mr. New
ell says thnt there are certain estab
lished ways in which the department
works, and whllo It may sometimes
seem round-about, speed Is gained In
the long run by following the same,
just as it Is better to follow a road
than to cut across country, although
tho latter way may seem nearer.
Regarding tho various projects that
are now under way, Mr. Newell says
that It Is now simply a matter of car
rying out the plana that have been
made, and that few new projects are
being found.
In regard to the Malheur project,
while he says that the recent proposi
tions made by C. K. S. Wood as agent
for "the French company which owns
land In that county, seem very reason
able, yet they are not In accordance
with tho rules of tho reclamation serv
ice, nnd so cannot bo accepted. No
new developments rcgnrding the pro
joct have occurred lately, and It Is not
yet known what tho outcome will be.
While here Mr. Newell will go over
the various phases of the work in this
slate, with Messrs. Henny and Whis
tler. ESCAPE FROM HOISE PEN.
Convict Slipped Away From Guard
and Starts to the Hills.
Boise, Aug. 17. Joseph Lawrence,
a convict from Canyon county, serv
ing two years In the penitentiary for
the crime of burglary, made his es
cape from that Institution at about
10:30 this morning,
Lawrenoo. with four companions,
was engaged at work upon a ditch
I cing dug on the grounds. He was
l. lBsed by one of the guards, the
alarm given and a search Immediately
Instituted. It was found that he ha J
crawled through a drain pipe and
made off through the orchard.
His trail was followed through the
orchard, where his striped pants were
found, and on the banks of the Per
rault Irrigating ditch his striped shirt
was picked up.
All the Indications point to the be-
Chinese Attack Dutch.
Amsterdam, Aug. 17. A dls
t patch says Chinese attacked
the Dutch post at Rambong and
killed 14 of the garrison.
lief that he O i hlH escape Into the
mountains north of liolse, and In the
direction of Idaho City. A posse was
sent out from the penitentiary, and
the sheriff notified, who sent a party
of deputies to" Join in the chase.
I)KI END t'AIT. TAGGART.
Motion to tu'iint Mrs. Tnggm-t a Di
vorce on Ills Testimony.
Wooster, O., Aug. 17. The depo
sition of C. J. llurgnier, muster of the
relief ship when Taggart was quar
termaster of tile Khip, declared that
Taggart was sober and devoted to his
wife and children. II. II. Mulcourt,
formerly Inspector of police under
Taggart at Manila, made a similar de
position.
Attorneys for Mrs. Taggart pro
pose to ask the court to grant her a
divorce upon the strength of Taggart's
admissions on the stand.
Mrs. Taggart will probably go on
the stand tomorrow, when the attor
neys will begin the presentation of
her case. Taggart was recalled to
day to testify to certain letters not
Introduced yesterday.
nU.ING II' SAINTON SINK.
Entire Volume of Colorado Itlver Is
Miming Into It.
San Bernardino, Cal.. Aug. 17. The
entire flow of the Colorado river Is
passing Into Salton Sink, and the
water there Is rising an inch every 24
hours. Below Imperial the big canal
Intake Is practically dry. There Is
grave danger thnt Salton Sea will be
permanent, and that Important cli
matic changes In the southern desert
country will result. The Great Delta
at the mouth of the Colorado, which
has been growing rapidly, has appar
ently dommed the stream.
The Southern Pacific will have to
construct it complete new track at
least 25 miles long around the sea.
from Martemere to Volcano Springs.
Charged With Insanity.
Ijist evening J. A. McOlvera was
brought down from Weston by Mar
shul Lavender of that place on the
suspicion that he was mentally un
balanced. McOlvera Is a new arrival
at Weston, and Is said to have acted
strangely and to have gone about with
Insufficient clothing on I'p to S o'clock
this afternoon he had not yet been
examined here nnd U Is not yet known
what disposition will be made of the
unfortunate.
TOTAL REGISTRATION
SHAKEN IP IN ONE BOX.
Tho. First Five Names Drawn Are of
Resident of Vtali to a Man The
First Drawn Has Been Offered $100
Per Year Till Ho Proves Vs nnd
Then $5(M0 for His Rights Five
Thousand Seven Hundred and
Seventy-Two Nihiicm Will lie Drawn
Provo, I'tuh, Aug. 17. Thousands
are here to witness the drawing of
the Uintah lands this morning. The
drawing took place on an elevated
platform, supervised by a committee
appointed by the secretary of the in
terior. Envelopes containing the registra
tions of Provo, Vernal, Price and
Grand Junction were placed In a box
from which 6773 names will be
drawn.
The first five names In the order
drawn are Ray Daniels, of Provo;
Noah M. Baldock, of Vernal, Utnh;
Cary L. Ball, of Salt Lake; John H.
Partridge, of Goshen; Frank C.
Moyle, of Salt Lake. Daniels was No.
21. It is reported he has been of
fered $100 per year for five years and
$5000 for his selection when he has
proved up.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From tlio Greatest Wheal
Market ill the United States.
Chicago, Aug. 17. September wheat
closed today at 82 3-4; corn at 63 1-4.
and oats at 26 1-8.
WANTS TO HE CARED FOR.
Man Either Drunk or Doped Realizes
Ho Is Non Compos Mentis.
About 3; 30 this afternoon a man
who was apparently either drunk or
laboring under the Influence of some
drug, dropped Into the county clerk's
office, nnd said he was unable to
take care of himself. He was a man
of about 40 years of age and seemed
to be a Swede farm hand. He was
acting queerly and not like an aver
age drunk man, so he was turned
over to the county Judge to be fur
ther examined.
Before going to the court house the
man hung around In the vicinity of
the Oregon Lumber yard, and when
questioned by Manager Robinson, he
said something about having been
robbed, and that he was trying to
find the place where he had been
held up. Who the man Is has not yet
been learned.
W. E. Dauchy, who has been en
gineer In charge of the Culebra di
vision of the Panama canal, has re
signed and returned to New Tork.
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Helena. Aug. 17. Advices to
the effect that the forest fires are Increasing the greatest damage
being In Jhe vicinity of Clinton, where a large number of men are
under the direction of the federal officers, fighting flumes. The
burning forests cover an area of seven miles, presenting a solid wall
of fire before the flghterB. It Is Impossible to estlmute the damage
at this time, though it will reach a large figure.
SQUABBLE OVER
Tariff Reformers With Free
Trade Tendencies Respon
sible for Much Argument.
RADICAL ELEMENT IS
RARELY RESTRAINED.
Indorses the Protective Tariff Policy,
Rut Improves Every OpMirtunlty to
ki.-....,. t .lii.,ll,n.l,.i r:,,i'.
nor ('iiniiiilnfcs, of Iowa, Takes a
Fall Out of the System, Declaring
That tho Schedule Now in Force Is
rnjiist In Many Particulars He
Then Pays I'liconiplhncntury At
tention to SeiTCtary Shnw as a Tar
iff Tinker.
'ttl,.Uu.t A ,, .p 17 Tl. ..nM....,.lt.. I
convention received the resolutions of
the committee after a debate of two
hours. The radical element was re
strained with difficulty;
The committing recommended the
convention to recognize the principles
of protection as the established policy
of this country, but advocutes recip
rocal concessions by means of maxi
mum nnd minimum tariffs, that the
question of schedules is to be consid
ered In such concessions preferably
by a. commission to be created by con
gress, and urges congress to take ac
tion at the earliest possible moment.
It also recommends to be called the
Reciprocal Tariff league
A permanent committee will be ap
pointed to keep the movement alive.
tiovernnr Cummlngs was the prin
cipal speaker. He said:
"At least two dozen articles are now
scheduled in tho tariff too high." He
declared that by the present prohibi
tive tarll the home manufacturer
lifts the prices into the regions of rob
bery. He said the excuses and evasions of
congress should not be accepted. "We
must change the minds of the present
congress or change its membership."
Speaking of the treaty McKinley
negotiated with France, which has
never been discussed by the senate,
Cummlngs said: "Shaw committed a
grave offense against propriety when
he said that treaty gives France
everything and tho United States
nothing. Shaw never read the tar
iff." TWO WERE KILLED.
Virginian Excursion Train Goes Into
the Ditch.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. An excur
sion train on the Atlantic Coast line
was derailed and went Into a water
rilled ditch at Boone station. "Many
are reported killed and Injured. All
the physicians avalluble have been
rushed to the scene.
The wreck occurred at Bruce sta
tion. Five hundred excursionists
were on the train, which ran into a
drawbridge which was either open
or broke under the weight of the train
and engine. One car was entirely
submerged In 25 feet of water. At
3 o'clock two dead and 30 injured
had been taken from the wreck.
lioiinhigton Went Asliore.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. The
cruiser Chicago, wrth the Benning
ton, arrived from San Diego this
morning went nshore on Angel island.
Tugs went to their relief and they
were soon floated.
Pat Khie's grove Is no longer hls'n.
After having been the owner of the
famous place for 14 years, during
which time It has been a popular re
sort in the summer time, Mr. Ktne
signed a deed this afternoon whereby
the title to the land was transferred
to Rarney Dougherty. The considera
tion named In the deed Is $5000.
Mr. Dougherty, the new owner, Is
a well known and wealthy man of the
nutter Creek country, and already
has some property here, It is his
Intention to make his home upon the
Klne place and he will move his fam
ily there shortly. He has children
whom he will send to school in Pen
dleton. As to what Mr. Klne will do, now
that he has sold his place, that gen
tleman has not yet decided. However,
RECIPROCITY
bakney
DOUGHERTY
lay from western Montana are to
as
iPEACE TREATY
Secretary of Russian Com
missioners Thinks Monday
or Tuesday Will End It.
DISITTES ARE OVER
SAGHALIEN AND CASH.
Wltte Recovered From His Slight 111
ncHS "A Prominent Banker" Said
to Confirm tho Report That Russia
Will Succeed In Placing a Loan In
A merlin St. Petersburg Circles
Are Now Optimistic Regarding the
Prospects for Peace Envoys Can
not Reach a Conclusion on Article
and Adjourn Till 3 O'clock.
Discussed With Feeling.
Portsmouth, Aug. 17. While
the envoys maintained appear
ance of cordiality at the confer
ence this morning, it Is known
that Komura and Witte dis
cussed Indemnity earnestly, and
on the part of Wltte with much
feeling. Witte declared he fa
vored peace, but could not
agree to it on terms humiliating
to bis government.
Portsmouth, Aug. 17. The envoys
this morning went to the navy yard
along a muddy road, but In bright
sunshine. The conference began at
9:."i0. Wltte has recovered from his
slight illness of yesterday.
Koroscovltz, the Russian secretary,
said. "There are splendid prospects
of bringing the deliberations to a
close by Monday or Tuesday. There
are still great questions for consider
ation two of which indemnity and
Snghallen. might take longer than
the others."
Could Not Agree on No. 9.
Koreskvit telephoned at 1:15 the
following from the conference rooms:
"The morning session discussed ar
ticle 9 and failed to reach a decision,
but decided to take note of diverg
ences of views and proceed with the
discussion of the Inter articles. Will
resume at 3 o'clock."
Discussing 10, 11 and 12.
Portsmouth, Aug. 17. It Is believ
ed that article 9, concerning Indemni
ty, has a ray of hope, is seen In the
fact thnt tho envoys continue their
negotiations. The fact it will be dis
cussed again, gives the Impression It
is not yet abandoned. It has been said
that final disagreement would be
reached when tho discussion of In
demnity commenced. On the other
hand, high authority says failure to
reach an agreement on article 9
sounds the death knell of the nego
tiations. Articles 10 and 11 were discussed
this afternoon. They concern the
limitation of Russia's naval strength
In the Pacific, and 13, to opening the
Siberian fisheries to the Japanese.
General Llncvltcli Reports.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 17. General
Llnevitch telegraphing under date
of August 16, says that the firing of
the torpedo boats of Vice Admiral
Kataoka's squadron near Point Laz
arevo, in the Tartary straits, ceased
on the morning of August 13, when
E PLACE
he thinks that he will remain here
or In this section. He has been here
for 20 or 30 years and Is recognized
ns the second oldest saloonman In
Pendleton, the highest honor In that
regard being held by the present
mayor, W. F. Matlock.
The Klne place consists of 130 acres
and the trees of the grove are of
natural growth and have grown up
since the flood of '82. At that time,
according to Mr. Klne, there was not
a tree upon the place, and the seeds
of the trees In the grove were washed
there by the river.
or in this section. He has been heer
grove will not be cut down, and will
still be used for picnic purposes as
far as he now knows. He has ai yet
made no plans for the Improvement
of the place.
GOD
BUYS
ssels withdrew. The comman- I
der In chief reports that part of the i
Russian force In Korea occupied the j
village or ivopuiigsnu aner a iigni.
He also reports u number of small j
skirmishes have occurred In Korea j
In which tile Russians were success-
ful In some Instances, capturing arms
and ammunition.
Russian l.onn In America.
Loudon, Aug. 17. Dispatches from
St. Petersburg say that a prominent
banker confirms the report of a Rus
sian loan made in America. It Is
stated that supplementary telegrams
were sent Wltte yesterday. The feel
ing In regard to peace is more opti
mistic here.
Russian .Tews Protest.
Berlin, Aug. 17. Through the co
religionists society Russian Jews hav1
manifested great disapproval of the
intervention of Krass, Sellgman and
other American Jews with Wltte, and
an Intimation has been sent to New
York to this effect.
Rappi'oui'hment Suggested.
Toklo, Aug. 17. An apparently In
spired article Is published dwelling
upon the Importance of the Philip
pines as a naval base and expressing
the hope that America and Japan
may co-operate for development, but
disclaiming that the Japanese intend
to acquire.
Jap Merchants Hack Down.
Yokohama. Aug. 17. The Japanese j
merchants here have rescinded their j
action as to boycott of American .
goods.
Vancouver, and numerous theories
Grout lire at Klshlneff. have been advanced as to the mean-
Vienna, Aug. 17. It is reported a ln ot 11 " Yesterday papers incor
great fire rages at Klshlneff as a re-! Prating the Wallula-Paclfic railroad
suit of nn explosion of explosives col- i company were filed with the county
lected by revolutionists. i t lerk of Cll,rk county, Washington.
' the capital stock being placed at $1,-
STAGE HELD IT.
I
Lone Illuliwnviuiin Robbed the Box I
and Passengers.
San Francisco. Cal.. Aug. 17. The For 2o miles on the north bank of
stage running between Half Moon . the Columbia is the old grade of the
Ray and San Mateo was held up by a Puu) Mohr raiway. one of the mush
lone masked highwayman, who got room themes of the last decade, and
the Wells-Fargo box nnd made the on thls grade and along the- right of .
passengers pass the hat. A teamster I wav aoqUired by Mohr and associates
approaching with a loaded wagon j a feasible railway route from Wal
was driven from his team and chased j luia to Vancouver can be located,
down the road. A second team ap- j surveyors have been encamped along
reared and frightened the robber, the enllre iegth of the river between
who escaped. Vancouver and Umatilla for the paat
MT1
DROWN
REACHES $2,OH:l,70:l WITH
OUT THE RAILROADS.
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Absiirdllk-s Shown in Lima Valuation:
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-Ada County Lauds Assessed
Nearly Twice tho Valuation of Anylsition to make public details of the
Other County Total Assessment
Over $6,000,000 Greater Than Last
Year Decrease in the Number of
Sheep ami Cuttle Three Sugar
Factories Assessed S610.3I8.
effected, a crew of surveyors will bs
Boise, Aug. 17. The reports from sent tne fle,(1- and the work W,H
the different counties havo all beenlbe rtl!,patehed with all possible celer-
recelved and the footings of the valu-'
atioii8 as returned to the board show
an aggregate assessment for the state,
exclusive of railroad, telegraph and
telephone lines, of $62,083,703.67, the
corresponding reports for last year
having been only $56,053,621.59. The
net Increase, therefore, since 1904 has
been $6,030,083.08.
The value of the land of the state
has been placed ridiculously low. In
Ada county, for Illustration, the aver
ago assessed valuation Is but $13.11
per acre, and this Is nearly double the
valuation in any other county. Can
yon comes second, the value there be
ing but $6.97, according to the as
sessor, while in Kootenai the price
fixed is but $2.10 per acre.
The reports uf the assessors of the
different counties of the state to the
state board of equalization show a net
Increase In the assessed valuation of
the property of the state of over $6,
000,000. Five counties report land valuations
between $3 nnd $4, these being Ban
nock, Bear Lake. Blaine. Boise and
Lincoln. The same number Custer,
Fremont, Idaho, Nez Perce and Sho
shone show tha patented land of the
county to be worth only from $4 to
$5, all the other counties ranging be
tween $5 and $6.97 per acre.
Only three counties report any as
sessment upon the net profit of mines
an Intimation which the mining
men of the state would not be ready
to agreo to. These three counties are
Lemhi, which reports $15,500. Owy
hee with $236,081.77, and Shoshone,
with $2,957,811.60. The total amounts
to $3,209,403.37.
The three sugar factories In Fre
mont and Bingham counties, one in
the former and two In the latter, are
assessed for $610,348.
Both common sheep and common
cattlo show a decrease In number
from last year. The sheep now aggre
gate 1.496.894, as against 1,561,446
Inst year a loss of 65.65$ head. The
loss In cattle was smaller, being only
3522. The comparative figures are
213,642 for 1904 and $10,020 for 1906.
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What is Supposed to Be
Northern Pacific Capital is
Backing the Project.
WU.l.tl.A PACIFIC INCOR
PORATED FOR. $1,000,000.
New I toad Said by Incorixirutors to
lie Entirely Independent Hut North
em Pacific Engineers Have Done
Much Surveying Feasible Route
tan lie Secured on Old Grade on
North Hunk of the Columbia
Plenty of Backing Said to Have
Been Secured for the Road.
i What is presumably Northern Pa
! cific Influence and capital has at last
j placed the railroad project north of
j the Columbia river beyond the "hot
alr" stage.
For the past year surveys have been
in progress along the north bank of
the Columbia, between Pasco and
ii(in,000, the shares to be valued at
J o n each.
The Incorporators are L. Gerllnger.
: of Portland, and G. M. Lyons and
James P. Stapleton. of Vancouver.
five months, and It is now tnougm.
that something tangible will be done,
The Portland Telegram of yesterday
says of the projected road:
Articles of Incorporation of a rail
road to be built from Waliula to the
mouth of the Columbia river, oppo-
i site Astoria, working down the stream
on the north hank, have Just been
j filed at Olympln. Wash., by the Wal--
lula-Pacific Railroad company. The
j incorporators are L. Gerllnger. of
I Portland, and G. M. Lyons and James
P. Stapleton, of Vancouver, Wash.
A capitalization of tl. 000. 000 is de-
dared in the papers, with stock at
M0 per 8nare-
When seen this morning Mr. Ger-
,, th.t h. la nn .
proposed enterprise, other than those
facts contained in the Incorporation
articles. The officers of the corpo
ration will not be elected until to
morrow, when a meeting for this pur
pose will he held at Vancouver.
As soon as organization has been
"'
"Plenty of Racking."
"In regard to the backing," ex
plained Mr. Gerllnger. "there is ample
capital behind the enterprise, and It
conies from the east. Further than
this I am not at liberty to state. I
was notified by a man In New York
to organize 'he company, and the
shares would he disposed of. The
field of the road Is fertile, nnd is one
in need of transportation facilities."
In answer to questions. Mr. Gerlln
ger declared that the Wallula-Paclfle
Is not affiliated with any Harrlman.
Great Northern or Northern Paciflo
interests, nor has the question of op
erating with the Columbia River ft
Northern been considered.
"This Is strictly an Independent en
terprise", concluded Mr. Gerllnger,
"and cannot be considered an agent
of nny railroad combination."
MANY DISCUSSIONS.
Varied Program at the Trans-Mississippi
Congress.
Portland, Aug. 17. Today's pro
gram of the Trans-Mlsslsslppl con
gress is being carried out John W.
Nevll of St. Louis, presiding.
Addresses: "Columbia River," MaJ.
W. C. Langfltt. U. S. A.: "Oriental
Trade." N. B. Wilcox of Portland,
nnd John Barrett, minister to Colom
F. B. Thurber of New York: "Mer
bla; "Future Markets In tho Orient,"
chant Marine." George W. Dickie of
San Francisco: "Improvement of
Rivers." P. J. Van Lobensels ot San
Francisco: "The West, the Best, B.
C. Wright of San Francisco.
Deputy District Attorney John Mo
Court visited Echo this afternoon on
professional business.
Thirty-Eight New Canes.
New Orleans, Aug. 17. At 3 e
o'clock 38 new cases and three
deaths were reported. e