Corvallis gazette., September 25, 1903, Image 1

WEEKLY
'S?1&?&. I CMitfllitol. Feb., 1899.
COBVAX.L.IS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON, FMDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1903.
NO. 40.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
.ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Oar
Many Readers.
An Illinois court has recognized a
decree of divorce granted in Russia as
valid.
Senator .Scott, of West, Virginia, con
tinues to impiove, and will be out in
ten days.'
Sural guards have captured Juan
Lobez, the leader of the recent Cuban
insurrection.
Four tourists who were climbing the
Scaffel - mountain, in England, fell
-down a precipice and were killed.
Oliver T. 'Sherwood, the defaulting
-cashier of the Southport, Coun;, Na
tional bank, has been sentenced to ten
years in prison.
Honduras continue to threaten to
invade Nicaragua unless boundary dis
pute over granting of a " concession to
Americans is settled.
The United States v equadron under
the-command of Rear Admiral Evans,
has arrived at Kiao Chou, the German
colony onthe east coast of China.
Since the passage of the Irish land
-act many evicted tenants now residing
in the United States have been making
-anxious inquiries regarding the possi
bility of reacquiring their former hold
ings. "
Annie R. Sharpley, who caused the
postoffice authorities - much trouble
through her swindling operations in
raising the figures on postal money or-
-ders in many cities, has been sentenced
to two years in prison in Pennsylvania.
The fishing tug Silver Spray, which
had an exciting brush August 12 with
the : Canadian patrol boat Petrel, has
Again narrowly escaped capture. 'Ac
cording to the captain, he was out look
ing for lost nets and might have been
in Canadian waters. He immediately
-ordered his engineer to give the tug a
full head of steam, and after a brief
-chase the Silver Spray escaped.
Sir Thomas Lip ton is fast regaining
his health.
John Mitchell is relied upon to avert
-a labor war against Roosevelt for his
-action in the Miller case. - v
A New York philanthropist will take
1 ,000 of the poor of that city 5 to Mon
tana and establish a colony. .
Austen Chamberlain will be made
chancellor of the exchequer in the Brit
ish cabinet and either .Lord Sel borne
-or Lord Milnei colonial secretary. -
Robbers knocked unconsciou an ex
press messenger at Chicago and rifled
two safes. - Very little was secured as
"the money they were after was not in
"the car. ; '
Turkey has appointed the former
vali of Beirut as vali of Brusa, which
is really a promotion. The action haB
-aroused much indignation as it is re
gardedjas a challenge to the powers,
especially America. '
Rear Admiral Evans criticises the
action of the board which sat in the
case of Paymaster Nicholson. While
in China Nicholson became intoxicated
and beat an elderly man. . The board
reduced him five numbers in his grade.
The admiral holds that he Bhould have
been dismissed from the service. -
Affairs at Beirut continue quiet.
The , Ohio state campaign has been
opened.
Construction has commenced on a
sew steel training ship at the Mare
-Island navy yard. .
A collision on thel Ihnois Central in
'the' suburbs of Chicago resulted in the
injury of 12 women. -
W. Smith Wooley, of Pocatello, has
-been appointed assayer at the Boise
United States assay office.
Premier Balfour, of England has
been roundly scored because he placed
-a price upon his fiscal policy pamphlet.
S. H. Piles, of King county, Wash
ington, has announced himself a candi
date for Foster's seat in the United
States senate. .
The executive board of the marble
workers' association has ordered a lock--out
in all mills and shops ol the asso
ciation's members.- The order will
-affect about 3,000 men.
Fez, Morocco, may epxel all foreign
ers. . - v '.' 'I';-; : '
RusBia desires a loan to develop com
mercial enterprises in the Far East.
Great Britain, France and Italy have
notified Turkey tha the massacres most
-cease, ' - ;
Frost did considerable damage to the
corn crop in Northern Illinois, WiBCon-
. AL!. 3 I- . . " .
Bill, ViilU flUU TIO
A report that the king of Servia had
-been assassinated caused much excite
ment in Paris for a time. ;
China will ask redress for the recent
race trouble in Nevada. ;
Joseph Chamberlain has been invited
-to visit Chicago and give an address on
'his views on tariff questions. "
- The resignation of Secretary Chsm
'berlain has agitated all England. The
-cabinet crisis nas not yes pasBtsu. .
- The irrigation congress selected El
Paso, Tex., over Boise for the 1904
rmeeting, so it can come to Portland in
1905.
TREATY 15 DEAD.
Panama Canal Held Up by Colombia
til Time Expires.
Un
Washington. Sept. 23. When the
state department closed yesterday at
4. o'clock it was agreed that the Pana
ma canal treaty was dead, although
eight hours yet remained within
which the Colombian congress might
take affirmative action upon it. Noth
iog, however, had been received during
the day, either from Minister . Be aupre
at Bogota or fiom Mr. Herran, the Co
lombian charge here, which gave the
slightest hope of a favorable issue.
A report is current here that the Co
lombian congress, in secret session, has
clothed President Marroquin with full
power to negotiate a treaty. If this re
port should turn out to De true, Presi
dent -Marroquin, who is counted a
friend of the treaty, could proceed on
trammeled by the fear of future reckon
ing with his congrees.
In any . event, President Roosevelt
must now take the next step. He can
elect to proceed under the Spooner : act
and take up the Nicaraguan route, or
he can allow the matter to drift for the
present in the hope that a way may yet
be found to straighten out the present
difficulty in the path of the Panama
route. '
Contrary to his custom during' the
summer, Acting Secretary of the State
Department Odell remained in the city
yesterday in order tc be on hand to act
promptly on ' any information which
might come from Mr. Beaupre regard
ing canal matters at Bogota. Up to
9:30 o'clock, however, nothing had been
received. Dr. Herran, the Colombian
charge, also waited anxiously tor news
from his government, but likewise was
disappointed. Colombia, it is known,
is anxiouB to keep alive the canal ne
gotiations. r' '
One interesting feature in connection
with the legislative situation in Colom
bia is the fact that the terms of one-
third of the members in the senate,
numbering nine, will expire on the
20th of next July, when the life of the
present congress will end. These nine
senators, it is Eaid, are averse to the
canal treaty. .The hope of the advo
cates of the treaty will be to elect sen
ators in their places who are favorable
to the convention.
TRAIN IS HELD UP.
Masked Men Blow Open Safe But Get
- Little Boodle. ;
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. "24. Four
masked men, at -10 o'clock tonight,
held up west bound Burlington & Mis
souri River train No. 41, five miles
north of this city. rjThe safe in the ex
press car was dynamited ,-and ' the"car
wrecked. Officials of the road say tne
safe contained but little money. Other
reports ray it contained $5,000 to $10.
000 in money. Everything in the safe
was taken and the men escaped in the
darkness with horses. A posse was'or
ganized and is in pursuit of the banits.
Not a single shot was fired.
The train was stopped by means of a
red light. The engine and express car
were uncoupled from the remainder of
the train and backed half a mile furth
er on where it : was dynamited. ,-The
train was in charge of Conductor Har
vey, who hurried to the cily and gave
the alarm. The officers lost no time
in organ iizng and making a start. It
was - necessary for the. entire train to
be brought back to the city and a new
train made up which left at 1 o'clock.
According to the meager reports re
ceived from the scene of the hold up at
midnight, the instant the train was
stopped, tvq of the robbers climbed in
to the engine, and with drawn weapons
compelled the engineer a. id fireman to
obey orders. One of the men un
coupled the engine and express car
from the remainder of the train. The
party then climbad into the cab and
the engine and car were run up the
track. The explosion . followed. . As
soon as the safe was dynamited, the
men dashed to the wrecked car. It is
asserted that they did not get a cent as
a result. The train was loaded' with
passengers for the West and the - hold
up created a panic. r : '
As soon as the conductor saw the
robbers, he rah back down the ' track
and secured a hand car on V which he
came to St. Joseph and notified the
officers. v - -
Turkey Moving to Avert War.
London, Sept. 24. Turkey is show
ing signs of yielding to the Bulgarian
demands, and it ,is evident from ' the
daily meetings of the council of minis
ters at Yildiz Kiosk that some sort . of
negotiations are in progress with the
object of avoiding war. - According to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from , Con
stantinople, these councils concern two
possibilities either to make an: ar
rangement satisfactory to the Macedon
ians or obtain from the great- powers
promises of neutrality if it is found im
possible to avoid a war. ;'
,C"-r- President drawing Fat. .
Washington, Sept. 24. A private
letter received - in Washington from
Oyster Bay says President Rocsevelt
on the scales was surprised to eee he
tipped the beam at 220 pounds. More
over, it is an indication of still further
increase in his weight. The president
his somewnas concernea at nis growin,
as he feels it interferes with his out
door exercises, of which he is so fond.
When he was sworn in as president,
Roosevelt weighed 185 pound?. ';-
W" Frank People Flee. ,
Nelson, B. C, Sept. 24. Passengeis
arriving tonight over the Crow's NeBt
report that another immense slide oc
curred this morning at Turtle .moun
tain, near Frank, Alberta. As far aa
known, no lives were lost, but a'l the
people of rFrank have deserted the
town again, being taken on - to Blair
more and other towns. ' '-' ;1 '.-
PUMPS FOR GRANT
WORK CAN NOW PROCEED ON DREDGE
WITHOUT DELAY.
Few Weeks Should See the Chang Com
pletedOperations on the Month of
the Columbia WUI No Doubt Begin
Early Next Month Engineers Show
That Haste Has Been Made.
Washington, Sept. 23 A telegram
was received by the chief of engineers
today stating that the pumping ma
chinery for the converted dredge Grant
has been received at the navy yard,
and will at once be placed in position
on the ship. From this it is inferred
that recent predictions will be fulfilled
and the Grant will be ready for opera
tions on the Columbia river' early in
October. .
Today's mails brought to the depart
ment notification of the criticism that
has been paBBed npon . the . engineers
for taking so long in equipping the
Grant. To show that instead of delay
the Grant has really been converted in
a comparatively short time, the acting
chief of engineers called attention to
the progress of work on a number of
sea dredges now being built for use on
the principal harbors of the coast.
He said arrangements were made for
converting the transport Grant into a
dredge about February 1 and on Sep
tember 1 the work was 88 per cent
completed. - . - . ".'
Two sea dredges to have pumps the
size of those supplied the Grant for use
in New York harbor, which - were, au
thorized December 13, are not yet 10
per rent completed. There has been
no actual work on a dredge for Lake
Michigan authorized March 18, while
the Southwest Pass dredge, begun Feb
ruary 26, is only 15 per cent complete
ed, and a dredge for the Mississippi
river, contracted for September 1, 1901,
is but 73 - per cent completed. A
dredge for Charleston, S. C, will be
ready for action next month, but it was
authorized December 22, . 1900, nearly
three years ago. In the case of these
dredges the work is all new. - r
WEALTH OF ALASKA.
Coal and Oil in Abundance, and Agrl
' cultural Riches Also.
Portland, Sept. , 23. After spending
the summer in Alaska surveying and
locating coal and oil lands and a couple
ef nomestead8 0Q Kacben.k iay, a rail
road eight miles long across the head of
this bay, and locations for fish salter-
ies on Halibut Cove, John A. McQuinn
has returned to Portland for - the win
ter. He r is favorably impressed with
that region, in which, layers of sand
stone and coal alternate to a consider
able depth, below which it ib supposed
oil will be found. The beach is lit
tered with coal, which has fallen from
veins between the layers of sandstone
on the bluff shores. It is considered
quite certain that oil will be found by
boring to some depth-, and machinery
for this will be on the ground next
spring. - . ' ' ,
The company of New York capitalists
in whose employ Mr. McQuinn has
been proposes to locate colonies of
Finns and Swedes on the lands it has
had surveyed, and to establish fish nalt
eries on a large scale. -- Fish of many
kinds are abundant in the waters there.
Mr. McQuinn says that when he left
Alaska the last of August the peninsula
between Kachenack and Cook's Inlet,
some 50 miles longhand about as wide,
was covered with wild red-top grass
nine feet in height. The summer is
short, but it is warmer than any other
place in Alaska, and vegetation grows
rapidly, radishes, lettuce, etc., being
ready for use in four weeks from the
time the seed is town. '" The company
is going about the development of this
region cautiously and is bound to make
a success of the scheme,' Mr. McQuinn
thinks. - When the colonies of Finns
and Swedes are located and the fisher
ies and ; mines fairly opened, a vast
amount ef wealth will be developed.
Powder Magazine Burglarized.
Helena, Mont.,: Sept. 23 Officials
of the" A, M. .Holter hardware com
pany today discovered that their pow
der house and magazine, located 'just
outside of the city limits, had been
broken into and 1,250 pounds of dyna
mite had been stolen. The value of
the powder amounts to $350. Today
word was received from Blossburg that
a quantity oi dynamite was found
cached along the tracks of the North
ern! Pacific railroad. It is - not yet
known whether - the powder r found at
Blossburg is part of that stolen. .
Many Conductors In Game. - -
Boston, Sept. VZ. The investigation
into the four-check swindle on - the
Boston " & Northwestern street railway
system, which came to light last week,
has led the police to the belief that
fully half the conductors on this system
have been guilty of . trading in bogus
checks at one time or . another, during
the past three years. The police ex
press tbeloelief that the fraud will be
found to extend to other railway systems,-
including some Western cities.
,"',1 .-, Pay for Insult to Premier.
" New York, Sept. 23. Two Italians,
Picolo arid Dachino, charged with hav
ing thrown a tomato at Premier Combs,
at : Marseilles, I have been " sentenced,
says a World's special from Paris,' to
six months' imprisonment. Although
Mr. Combs was traveling simply as a
private individual, the court held that
the insult was directed against his
official position.
PALMA ON CUBAN TOUR.
President of Republic Urges" on People
Necessity for Civil Comity.
Santiago De Cuba, Sept. 23. Speak
ing today at the village of El Caney,
close to the scene of the battle between
the Americans and the Spaniards, Pres
ident Palma urged the Cuban people to
guard the ideals they had obtained by
means of intervention.
The presidential party were enthusi
astically received on their arrival at Ei
Caney. The Alcalde having remarked
that the gathering was composed of vet
erans, President Palma assured them
that he wanted to pay the army as bad
ly as anybody; because the payment
was not only an act of justice, but was
necessary to the reconstruction of the
country. - Nobody loved Cuban inde
pendence more than himself, continued
the president. ; - ..
The only way to sacrifice the repub
lic would he to bring about a civil war.
He believed there was not one veteran
in a thousand who would not prefer to
maintain the honor of Cuba, even to
the extent of forfeiting his soldier's
pay. The Cubans, hating accepted
United States intervention as a means
of ending their troubles, were . under
an obligation to follow thoFe ideals and
prove themselves a peaceable people.
Speaking of the appearance of the
band of insurrectionists near Santiago,
President Palma condemned . the hid
den instigators of the uprising. : The
Alcalde declared that no one within
wo leagues of El Caney had joined the
band. ' .
ODD FELLOWS MEET.
Sovereign Grand Lodge Opens at Balti
more With Large Attendance.
Baltimore, bept. 2d. The : opening
exercises of the annual convention of
the sovereign grand lodge of Oddfellows
began here at 9 o'clock this morning,
in Ford s opera house.
The condition of the order . at the
close of 1902 is shown by returns as
follows : Subordinate lodge member
ship, "December 31, 1902, 1,069,906;
encampment membership, 145,190;
Rebekah membership, brothers 151,
195, Bisters 259,850; Patriarchs Mili
tant membership, 17,754,.
The total membership of the order,
which includes ; the subordinate lodge
membership and the sisters only of the
Rebekah lodge membership, is. 1,329,
956. The encampment membership
and the brothers of the Rebekah lodges
are not included in this total, as they
are subordinate lodge members..
- Revenue, ' relief and invested funds
are indicated as fallows: Revenues or
receipts in. 1902 ; " Suhordjnate lodges,
$ 1 0,214,000 ; encampments, $712,522 ;
Rebekah lodges, $626,743; total reve
nue, $11,553,905, an increase of $771.
343 over the preceding year.
" Relief expended in 1902; v Relief by
lodges, $3,559,794; relief by. encamp
ments, $265,617; relief by Rebekah
lodges, $67,808; total relief, $3,893,-
220.; . V;--.
? Total relief, as shown - by records
since 1830 to 1902, inclusive, $96,468,-
425. . ... -
AMERICA URGED TO ACT.
Strong Pressure Is Being Brought : to
- - Bear on State Department... ,
Washington, Sept. 23 .Communica
tions have reached the state department
urging the government; to Bay or do
something that will put a stop to the
atrocities in Turkey. It is stated that
this pressure does not emanate from
the missionaries. Officials at the state
department are reticent about the prob
ability of the United States giving ex
pression to the feeling with, which the
alleged atrocities in Turkey are viewed
by the people of the United States, but
they said that reports from Turkey
show that the deeds daily : perpetrated
in sections of that country are of such
a character as to shock. civiiiaztion and
necessarily are of deep concern to the
United States. v
: The state department today received
a cablegram from Minister Leishman
at Constantinople, but nothing was
given out regarding it except that it
contained no alarming news and was
partly concerned with routine business.
.- Withdrawal of the American squad
ron at Beirut, it is said, : has not yet
been determined upon, and no indi
cation has been received from Oyster
Bay as to the president's intentions in
the matter. . . , " '-J-. .-Y -,
Test of the Dredge Grant.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. The dredge
Grant is in .drydock at Mare Island for
the last touches. , The date for sailing
north ;. 1b not fixed, but is soon. A
unique test of the large steel debris bin
on the Grant was made the other day.
While on keel blocks the gates for re
leasing the material pumped into ves
sels while dredging were shored up,
water . tight, from the bottom of the
dock. Between 200 J and 3000 tons of
water was then pumped into the debris
bin for a test to discover leaky places.
No leaks were found.
Vr" Valuable Horses Burned.
SeattleT WaBh., Sept. 23. Twenty
four horses were destroyed - in ' a ' fire
which consumed Conway Bros.' stables
at an early; hcur this morning. The
loss will exceed $10,000. Among the
animals burned were Harry S., with a
pacing record of 2:15, owned by James
Conway, and two fine stallions owned
by John McCormack, and valued at
$1500 each. Only three of the , horses
killed were owned by onway Bros.,
the others being boarders. - " - -
' High Speed on Electric Line.
" Berlin, Sept. 23. A burst of Bpeed.
at - the rate of 114 miles an hour,- wa
reached Saturday on the Zossen electric
line, but over what distance is not dis
cloeed. ; The length is 18 miles. -
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
MODERN PRUNE GRAD1NQ.
Great
Progress Has Been Made In the
Industry.
Tne great progress ..that, has been
made In the . prune industry in this
state in the last few years is indicated
by the machinery which has been put
in operation at the Willamette Valley
Prune Association's warehouse in
Salem. In one corner of the ware-
nouse stands an old-fashioned hand
prune grader, -of the back-breaking
upe. it was capaoie of Handling ten
tons or rruit a day if a gang of men
coma Keep it going steadily. In the
center, of the warehouse is a massive
power grader. 42 feet lone and ten
feet high, the most up-to-date machine
for that kind of work. - Its capacity is
100 tons a day. .In former-years the
prunes were loaded on trucks, taken
up to the second floor on an elevator
ana emptied into the grader by inen
who lifted the sacks of nrunes tr the
hopper. Now- the grader stands on
tne tnird floor. A continuous chain
carrying cups runs from the base
ment to the top of the grader. On
any floor prunes may be dumped into
a. hopper and they are carried un to
tne graaer witnout further effort
T7 a, t .. .
nuiu me graaer me Drunes --run
through a steam process from which
they emerge into another hopper and
from this they dron Into ho-rea nil
reaay ror packing. From start to
nmsn manual labor is reduced to a
minimum and nearly all the work la
done by machinery. Durlnsr the
sage of the prunes through the grader
and processor they are. cleaned of all
Girt, are made uniform in "moisture
and are placed in the boses bright and
ciean.
WHEAT TRADE AT STANDSTILL.
No Sales On the Pendleton Market
and
No Shipments lo Coast.
The wheat market of Pendleton and
vicinity: is at a complete standstill
ino saxes have heen made for nearly
a week and no shipments of moment
are being made to the coast.
This state of affairs was caused Ev
the -sudden decline in prices. Club is
quoted at 67 cents per bushel, while
bluestem is selling at 70 cents. This
is a drop of 5 cents per bushel on both
classes of wheat.
The mills had boosted . the price.
They were just out of wheat,, and if
they had not paid high prices they
would have been forced to shut down.
Some of the mills south of here had
to suspend operations tbecause .they
did not careTo pay such a fancy price.
The mills are now well supplied and
are buying but little, only . in cases
where there is storage room.
The export ; buyer seems out of the
market. The farmers will not sell at
the present quotations, and the buyers
will not offer higher money. There
are about 900,000 bushels of 'unsold
wheat in the county.
Never was there such keen activity
among farmers in storing wheat. The
huyers sa ythat . about 3000 sacks are
arriving in Pendleton daily, which is
1 000 sacks above the average daily
delivery. - This rush, of wheat to the
warehouses is due to farmers fearing
a "wet season, - and also to - get this
work oft their hands so fall seeding
can be started. By the middle of next
week all the grain of the . country will
have been -placed-under shelter. The
weather is ideal for the finishing of
harvest. Most of the grain which was
standing when the recent rains came
will not-be threshed, but will be cut
for feed. . -.
Installing Mining Machinery.
The Crystal Consolidated" Mining
company is at the present time ener
getically placing machinery, that has
been contracted for some time. - They
are now installing a 50-horse power
boiler and engine and sawmill.- They
have also, placed an order with the
Union Iron Works, of San Francisco,
for a stamp mill. - This will soon be
completed and will beon the ground
early next month. The company is
also building a wagon road from the
new Champion . Creek .-road to the
Mountain Liion claim, a distance of
7500 feet, the cost of this road will be
about $4000., This company has a
large amount -of ore in sight and will
run the mill continuously during the
winter months. " .' "
. State Veterinary Board..
The members of the Oregon state
veterinary board, created at the last
session of the Oregon legislature, will
be; named by Governor Chameblain in
a few days. The board will consist of
five competent . practitioners of veter
inary., medicine and surgery.' Two of
the- men to be appointed will serve
for a term of two years and three for
a term of four, years and after thel
first two years the term of office of
all members will be four years. The
members serve without compensation,
but receive their, traveling and other
expenses. :
- Selline Off Range Cattle.
Some cattlemen of southeastern
Oregon say tbe -range this season is
the shortest in V many years. J. C.
Franks, superintendent for J. D. Carr,
one of the cattle kings of, the oast.
says they are reducing the herds on
Ine Carr ranges as fast as they can
find sale for . the cattle. They" have
already . disposed of many hundreds,
and there are many more to .be sold,
notwithstanding that the management
has purchased ran sre. lands duriner AMe
present year costing about $50,000'.
15;. Slaughter of Pheasants. J-;
" There is , urgent need . for vigorous
enforcement of the game laws of the
state, so far as they are designed for
the preservation of the Chinese pheas
ant. For the past five weeks these
birds have been killed - in countless
numbers in the Willamette valley, al
though the season for killing of this
game does not open until Thursday,
October 1. i . ( '.
A Bid SHEEP CENTER.
Thousands are Loaded at Pendleton for
Ail Parts of the West.o.
-Pendleton' Is one of the greatest
sheep shipping centers of the Pacific
slope, railroad men say. - About 100.'
000 sheep have been shipped from and
through that point this season. A
great many more will be shipped be
fore the winter season comes on, as
the fall movement has- just become es
tablished. - "' ...
The O. R. & N. reports that 300 cars
had been shipped from and through
that point, while it was ascertained
that the W, & C. R. had handled 200
cars. The cars, as a rule, are loaded
with about 240 sheep each. . -' .,
These, shipments are much heavier
now than they were last year at this
time. ... The shipments of the entire
country will greatly exceed the ship
ments of last season, for the reason
that there are more sheep in the
country, and feed is exceptionally
scarce and sheep raisers are forced
to-sell. The season is now- fairly
opened and heavy shipments will con
tinue for the next month or so
Most of the sheep have been ship
ped to Portland on the coast and Seat
tle and other Sound points. Some
have been shipped as far east as St.
Paul. Heavy shipments have been
made to California . points. No . rea
son is assigned for this extraordinary
activity, beyond the fact that a scarc
ity of mutton prevails in the Utah
section. Many sheep of Montana,
this . year, have been killed by severe
storms, and there is not the usual sup
ply there. . - V .
THROWS THE LAND OPEN.
Effect of Ruling Relating to Timber and
Stone Entries.
The ruling by the - department to
construe strictly the testimony taken
in, timber and stone entries in regard
to speculation will have the effect of
throwing open again a greater part
of the timber land which has been en
tered upon under the act of June 3
1878. and for which patents have not
been issued. There would be no pos
sible way to enter the land then . ex
cept by those who have forest reserve
lieu land script to place, and this
would have the effect of throwing the
best lands of the public domain into
the hands of corporations which have
bought up all available scrip to use
for good timber lands. This is the
exact result congress most desired to
avoid Only a small percentage of
the entries under this act have been
made , by adjacent, homesteaders, who
enter suchlandsto reserve-to-them-
selves and successors - woodland for
the future. ; ; i
Pokegma a Village of Tents.
Southeastern . Oregon can bojtst of
a city -built entirely of . tents. .Edkeg-
ma is the name of this unique village.
which is located among the towering
pines near the summit of a mountain
range. It is the terminus of the Klam
ath River railroad, a branch of - the
Southern Pacific. The branch is con
structed for a distance of 25 miles
and was laid for the purpose of tap
ping the timber belt of this section.
People have rushed in to secure land
and mahy timber locations have -al
ready- been made. In fact all the best
of the land has been taken.
" : State Normal School Open. .
The work at the State Normal at
Monmouth-has begun. Many students
are in attendance, and the work of get
ting located is being rapidly pushed.
An unusually large number of new
faces are appearing and the addition
al facilities for the accommodation of
students provided in anticipation of
an increase will be fully required. As
the real work of the state -normal is
better understood, the. new students
represent many who have had much
experience in teaching and who come
for special training. - -
At State Agricultural College.
Registration has been in progress
at the Agricultural college today. The
total has reached 250. The total at
the' close of the first day last- year
was 327. There is a vast contingent
of new Ptudents, and it is certain now
that the freshman class will be larger
than usual, "
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla -Walla,
stem, 78c: valley, 78c. .
Z4c;
blue-
Flour Valley, $3.6R3.85 per bar
rel; bard wheat straights, $3.754.10;
hard wheat, patents, $4.204.50;
graham, $3.33.75; whole wheat,
$3.5-54.00: rye wheat, $4.50. "
- Barley Feed, $19.0020.00per ton;
brewing, $21 ; rolled, $2121.50.? . '
Oats ISO. l white, fl.10; gray,
$1.051.10 per cental. ,
Millstuffe Bran, $21 per ton; mid
dlings $25; shorte, 21; chop, $18;
linseed dairy food, $19. ' "
Hay Timothy, $14.00 per ton;
clover, nominal ; grain, $10; cheat,
nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery," 2527Kc
per pound; dairy, 1820c; store, 15
16c. :
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12
12c per. pound; spring,"1414c;
hens, ' 12 13c; y broilers. $2.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1012c per
pound ;dressed,1415c; ducks, $44.50
per dozen ; geese, $56.50. -
- Eggs Oregon ranch, 24c.
Potatoes Oregon, 6575n per sack;
sweet potatoes, 2c per pound.
Wheat Sacks In lots of 100, 5Kc
j Beef Gross i Bteera, $3.754.25;
dressed, 67c per pound. .
t: Veal 8c per pound. 'ZZz
'' Mutton Gross, $3; "dressed, 5
5 Mc; lambs, gross, $3.50; dressed, Ac.
- Hogs GrosB, $5.505.75 ; : dressed,
8c. - - - . -r-Hopa
1902 crop, 21c per pound. ,
Wool Valley, 170! 18c; Eastern
Oregon, 12Q 15c; mohair, 350370.
WITHOUT A PENNY.
Thousands ef Miners c.-.. .. .
. - mane
Suffer by Closing of Plant.
C Sault Bte. Marie, Mich., Sept. 22
The shutdown of the Consolidated Lake
Superior company, because of differ
ences among the stockholders, which
throws 3,500 men out of employment
has caused a panic in the Canadian.
ooo, wnicn is m a worse condition th.n
ever before in its history. Manv r.
pxe are preparing to leave the city at
. '
once, while merchants are curtailing
aiiu ana preparing in everv
way to get through the winta, ; u
beet possible manner, with the Wt
expense.
The action of the police dnrtmanf
in swearing in a large number of den-
uties, including all the conductor- n
motormen of the etreet raiwlay lines
has served to stir up the anTiet of ,i
people. -
A special train left last night up the
Algoma Central railrcad to bring in
the 1,600 men emploved in the '
and mines. They are expected in at
once, and not a man of them will have
penny with which to hntr a .
lodging. The company will nmr th
men in checks, which will be good for
nothing until monev has been
and deposited.
A guard has been nlaced
office of the paymaster of the vmnor.
and -the people are making desperate
efforts to arrange means for feeding
and housing the men until they can be
taken out of town.
The company has fitted nn the
barns in such a manner that the men
may be housed there after a fashion,
while the company and the town are
a o 4WVI tlitllHi
BIO MINT IN BOGUS CHECKS.
Streetcar Conductor Made $10,000 on
Transfers.
Boston, Sept.. 32. An extensive
fraud perpetrated upon the Boston &
Northern street railway company, by
the printing of bogus transfer checks,
was exposed today. The checks were
sold to conductors of the road at nomi
nal price, and turned in to the company
at their full value.
Five persons, including two printers,
who printed the counterfeit checks, one
conductor, who is charged with selling
the bogus checks, and two other per- .
Bona alleged tc be the principals in the
plot to defraud, were arrested last
night. ;
In addition, a large number of fraud
ulent checks and the plates were found
by the- officers. The police have -the
names of more than 20 other conductors
who have been turning in the bogus
checks at the company's office for sev
eral months.
It is said fully 800 checks per week
have been - turned in the office of the
company, and it is believed that the
loss sustained by the company will
equal, if not exceed, $100,000.
TRUST HAS MORB TROUBLE.
Reorganization of Pacific Packing Com
pany Is Opposed.
New York, Sept. 22. Plans for the
reorganization of the Pacific packing
and navigation company, which have
been in abeyance for eight months, are
to be still further delayed, if threat
ened litigation against the reorganiza
tion project is instituted. The partial
failure of the packing season just ended
has revived, the proposed opposition.
which was held in check awaiting the
result of the season's operations.
The protective committee, which
includes in its membership J. C. Have
meyer, Alfred C. Bares, Theodore W.
Morris, Stowe Phelps and James Tal- '
cott, acting for hclders of the deben
ture bonds and preferred and common
stock of the company, is not in har
mony with the reorganization com
mittee, and will continue to oppose
it. The plans of the reorganization
committee, it is understood, include
the formation of a new company with a
capital stock not to exceed $10,000,000,
as compared with the present issues of
$6,150,000 common stock, $7,100,000 t
per cent preferred stock and a funded
debt of $1,500,000 debenture bonds.
Will Be No War.
London, Sept. 22. The Associated
Press learns that war between Turkey
and Bulagria is not now regarded as
imminent by tbe foreign office or other
diplomatic centers in London. It is
stated that under no circumstances will
the powers permit Turkey to occupy
Bulgarian territory, hence Turkey has
nothing to gain by hostilities. In the
meantime the powers are daily exchang
ing communiations with the view of
detei mining on some possible means
of restoring order in European
Turkey. , . -
Baltimore Has $250,000 Fire. -.Baltimore
Sept. 22. Fire tonight
destroyed the five story building of the
Kock importing company, wholesale
dealers in toys and fireworks. Warner
&"Co.s hat Btore, Rouse, Hampton & ' "
Co. a wholesale notion store and M.
Rautecker & -Co., wholesale clothing -dealers,
who occupied part of the build
ing, were also damaged by, the "fire.
The - total loss is estimated at from '
$200,000 to $250,000. The Kock com
pany places its loss at $200,000.
i -v. Mellen May Resign.- ; O-'- s
New York, Sept. 22. At a meeting
of the board of directors of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford railroad '
company held here today, Charles Mel-'
ten, president of the Northern Pacific,
was elected a director to fill the vacan- '
cy caused by the death of Carl 8.
French. -. ' -y !: "-'V-