CORVALLIS GAZETTE
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CORVALLIS OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Put Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting.
The senate has passed the naval
appropriation bill.
Another British cabinet crisis is be
lieved to be at hand.
The Chicago Federation of Labor is
fighting Mayor Harrison.
United Mineworkers will leave the
question of strike with the local un
ions. A second bombardment of Vladi
vostok is reported in which the Japan
ese lost one or two cruisers.
Report onaffairs of Indian Terri
tory smacks of graft on the part of
otncials connected with speculative
concerns.
A Springfield, Ohio, mob took a
negro, who shot a detective, from Jail,
hanged him and then riddled his body
with bullets.
A witness in the Smoot trial says
she was married after the issuance of
the manifesto and is positive Brigham
Young performed the ceremony.
The report on influence being exert
ed by members of congress to gain in
creases in postoflice rentals, clerk
hire, etc., involves members from all
but five Btates, Oregon, Idaho, Ne
vada. New Hampshire and Rhode Is
land. "Field Marshal von Waldersee is
dead.
The house has passed the Indian ap
propriation bill.
Dreyfus has won an appeal for a
revision of his case.
The United States will not grant
the Guam-Japan cable concession.
Odell will 'not accept the chairman
ship of the National Republican com
mittee. Eastern miners refuse to accept a
reduction in wages and a strike is
probable.
' Senator Nelson declares American
interests demand she prevent the dis
memberment of China.
Troops have been sent from Vladi
vostok to meet the Japanese ad
vance from the south.
President Smith, of the Mormon
church, says congress is prying into
his domestic affairs without right.
Britain believes the only diplomatic
danger lies in a continental protest
against the Japanese-Corean treaty.
Japan has again addressed the pow
ers in reply to the Russian conten
tion that she violated rules of war.
An earthquake in New Mexico did
much damage to property.
Russia welcomes what it terms the
change in American sentiment.
Advices from Port Arthur say the
Japanese are again bombarding that
place.
The body of a mastodon in a good
state of , preservation has been found
near Dawson.
Japan has completed the landing of
a great force in Corea, and a forward
movement is expected soon.
President Smith, in the Smoot trial,
says Mormons will defend plural mar
riages if an attack is made.
The Japanese fleet has allowed a
number of colliers to proceed to Vladi
vostok, expecting to seise the fuel and
supplies when it takes that port.
a bin has been introduced to allow
the Northern Pacific to sell lands
along the right of way and quiet title
to tracts in Portland and other West
ern cities.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railways have agreed to offer
homeseekers excursion rates during
March and April. The rate to the
Vest and return will be one fare, plus
$2.00.
The flood situation on the Ohio river
at Toledo is serious.
King Edward is confined to his room
on account of illness.
Senator Hale thinks the navy is ask
ing for too many new ships.
General Kouropatkin will make
Mukden his headquarters.
Chief of engineers recommeends
against the extension of the Grays
Harbor jetty.
A high Russian official says the ab
andonment of Port Arthur would be
disastrous to Russia.
Ex-President Cleveland denies that
he ever had a Negro as his guest at
luncheon, as reported.
Japanes refuges declare they were
treated in a terrible manner by Rus
sians at Port Arthur.
A maniac ran amuck in the war de
partment office, shooting one man and
firing at other clerks.
Fearing the approach of a Japa
nese fleet. Russsians and noncombat
ants at Yinkow are preparing to re
tire. Secretary Shaw has called on the
national banks for $30,000,000 of gov
ernment deposits to be applied on the
price of the Panama canal.
Senator Fulton has introduced a
bill strengthening the present salmon
fishing law so as to further restrict
fishing and extend the closed season.
Japanese staff leaves for Corea, and
troops are expected to advance at
once.
General Charles Dick has been
elected to succeed the late Senator
Hanna.
Premier Balfour effectively used the
war as an argument for a greater Brit
ish navy.
FLEET SHUT OUT.
Russian Ships Cannot Return to
. . Vladivostok. ,
London, March 9. The Japanese
legation here has received no official
information regarding 'the bombard
ment of Vladivostok. It is believed at
the legation, however, that the Jap
anese are now between the Russian
Cruiser squadron and Vladivostok,
and there is reason to believe that the
Russian squadron is In the vicinity of
Possiet Bay.
Russian official dispatches do not
mention this squadron, and this fact
lends color to the belief that the Jap
anese warships have shut it out of
Vladivostok. .It is pointed out at the
Legation that if this is true, the Rus
sian vessels are in a critical position,
since they must run the gauntlet of1
the Japanese squadron off Vladivos
tok or the Japanese squadron off Port
Arthur, before reaching a Russlon
port.
In a dispatch from St. Petersburg
a correspondent of the Standard gives
a rumor that the Czar has received a
telegram to the effect that the Japan
ese fleet bombarded Vladivostok all
day Monday. According to this rum
or only trivial damage was inflicted to
the Russians, but one or two Japan
ese cruisers were sunk.
There is much curiosity here con
cerning the resisting power of Vlad
ivostok, which has been long regard
ed as the Gibraltar of the Far East.
Vladivostok is known to be better
equipped as a naval base, and to have
greater docking and repairing re
sources than Port Arthur, but doubts
are expressed as to the character of
its defenses. Russia has been settled
there for 40 years, and it is conse
quently considered proDable that the
defenses and guns at this place are of
a somewhat obsolete, character.
It is understood that during the
past few years all the available new
guns and war material which it was
possible to send over the single-line
Trans-Siberian railroad have been
used for the strengthening of Port
Arthur and points in Manchuria, leav
ing Vladivostok with old-type guns of
short range. It is reported that Vlad
ivostok is ill-supplied with provisions
and necessaries.
Dispatches from Tokio published
this morning speak of the sacrifices
being made by the Japanese nation.
According to the Daily Chronicle's
correspondent at Tokio, the Mikado
is abandoning all luxuries, the court
following his example, and all are go
ing to live abstemiously until the war
is ended.
HOPE IS ON LAND.
Russia Considers That the War Has
Hardly Begun.
St. Petersburg, March 8. Although
almost four weeks have elapsed since
the Japanese fleet first attacked Port
Arthur, here the war is considered
hardly begun. Heavy land fighting,
upon which the fate of the campaign
depends, is not expected much before
the end of April. By this time Rus
sia will have in the field, exclusive of
the large army of men required to
guard the railroads, four army corps',
each with a, cavalry division and an
artillery brigade. All that has hap
pened so far, or is going to happen un
til these forces are in the field, is con
sidered, according to the Russian
view, to be nothing more than the
prologue to the real drama.
The crippling of the Port Arthur
fleet was unfortunate in that it gave
the enemy the command of the sea 'at
the very outset. It is, however, of
relatively small importance from the
standpoint of the main strategy of the
war, whether Port Arthur stands or
falls. But as long as it holds out,
and the fleet is harbored there, it will
constitute a potential menace which
will restrict and hamper Japan's op
erations, and the Russians are deter
mined to defend Port Arthur as horo
ically as they did Sevastopol. No
large garrisons will be retained there;
10,000 men are as good as 100,000 for
defense, while the more men th.e
more mouths to feed. There are
enough provisions there now to last
for eight months. In addition, there
will be a division of Cossacks with
mountain batteries on the peninsula
to oppose landings and harass the
enemy if it succeeds in investing the
city.
Flood Peril Is Passed.
Harrisburg, Pa., March 9. The Ju
niata and Susquehanna rivers have
been falling all day and Weather Ob
server Demain said tonight that they
will continue to fall for 24 hours. The
gorges above and below Harrisburg
are still intact and there has been no
movement in the" Susquehanna river
since the break of yesterday and in the
gorge at High Spire. The conditions
in the flooded district show an im
provement over yesterday and unless
there is a sudden rise in the river, it is
thought the worst is over.
France Can Take No Offense.
Paris, March 9. It is not expected
that Japan's intention to build the Se-oul-Wiju
railroad will cause any seri
ous clash with the owners of the early
French concessions. The original con
cesion was granted to a French com
pany in 1896. A considerable portion
of the line has already been laid under
French auspices and it Is understood
that Foreign Minister Delcasse has
sought to protect French interests
along the road, as he protected the
rights of the Panama Canal Company
Railroad May Sell Lands.
Washington. March 9. The senate
today passed Senator Foster's bill
authorizing the Northern Pacific Rail
road Company to sell surplus lands
within its right of way when it has
no use for the same, and confirming
sales of such lands heretofore made
by this company.
CHANGE IS URGED
COMMISSION ASKS REPEAL OF TIM
' BET AND STONE ACT.
Forests Should Be Sold at Values Fixed
by Appraisers Chang Homestead
v Law Richards, Pincbott and Newell
Advocate Restriction of Commuta
tion Clause.
Washington, March - 9. The com
mission appointed by the President on
October 22, 1903, consisting of W. A.
Richards; commissioner of the gener
al land office; Gifford Pinchot, chief
forester of the department of agri
culture, and F." H. Newell, chief en
gineer of the reclamation service, to
make suggestions regarding revision
of Che laws relating to public lands,
has made to the president a partial
report which was sent to congress to
day. It recommends the repeal of the
timber and stone act, and the substi
tution of suitable provisions for sell
ing, after appraisal, the timber on
public lands that is needed in large or
small quantities for industrial pur
poses. The committee also recommends
the repeal of the law permitting as
signment of entries unaer the desert
land law, and urges the importance of
a more careful administration of law
especially as to those provisions re
lating to obtaining an adequate per
manent water supply.
It advocates the restricting of the
commutation clause of the homestead
entry where such entries are located
within forest reserves or where the
land is chiefly valuable for timber. It
suggests the outlines for a law permit
ting homestead entries upon agricul
tural lands within forest reserves and
the survey and description of such ag
ricultural lands by metes and bounds
rather than by the regular system,
thus permitting the agricultural lands
to be selected along the valleys and
to embrace the good tillable land with
out taking in extensive tracts of side
hill.
The recommendation also is made
that when lands are restored to entry
after temporary segregation ample
time should be allowed homesteaders
to exercise their rights, giving them
the preference over persons who may
wish to select the land by the use of
scrip or other form of entry.
DAMAGED BY SHELL FIRE.
Japanese Make Impression on Batter
ies at Port Arthur.
Niu Chwang, March 9. New arriv
als from Port Arthur confirm the ru
mors in circulation here last week that
the westerly batteries have been bad
ly damaged by the Japanese shell
fire. Desultory bombardments contin
ue, but there has been an absence of
concerted action on the part of the
Japanesse warships for a couple of
days. All of the civilian popuation has
been expelled from the town.
A heavily-laden train was derailed
near the town Saturday, but it is not
known how much damage was done.
The wreck was caused by an obstruc
tion being placed on the track by Jap
anese agents.
There has been no recent damage to
the Russian squadron at the hands of
Japanese, the cruiser Askold has been
floated, and Expert Gilchrist now de
clares that he can save the battleship
Retvizan. The attempt to repair the
drydock so that it would accommodate
the battleship Czarevitch has been
abandoned, and she will remain in a
disabled condition until the close of
the war, or until she can be sent to
Vladivostok, where the drydock is
large enough to accommodate her.
Niu Chwang is now occupied by a
small detachment of Cossack cavalry.
AGAIN ALARM IN BALKANS.
Sultan Rejects Memorandum Present
ed by the Reform Powers.
Vienna, March 9. The optimistic
feeling regarding the situation in the
Balkans has "again given way to pes
simism. The Sultan was reported to
have emphatically refused to ratify
the Natchovitch agreement, and his at
titude occasions much anxiety in the
Bulgarian government.
Telegrams received here today" de
clare further that the Sultan has re
jected the .memorandum presented by
the reform powers as well as the de
mands for the gendarmie commission.
This commission is making slow pro
gress in its work. The two civil agents
are reported to have broken down un
der the strain.
Fare to St. Louis Fair.
Chicago, March 9. A committee of
the Transcontinental Passenger As
sociation today decided to recommend
to the general meeting of the asso
ciation the adoption of "circuit rates"
for the St. Louis Exposition from Pa
cific Coast points. Under this ar
rangement, the rate from the Coast to
St. Louis through Chicago will be $75,
$67.50 direct to St. Louis and $72.50
direct to Chicago through St. Louis.
The question of stopovers being al
lowed here was not settled. The com
mittee also decided to recommend the
adoption of homeseekers' rates.
Japanese Take Island.
Tokio, March 9. Japanese squad
ron took possession of Hai-Yang-Tao,
one of the Elliot group of islands, on
February 29. They found only stores
of coal and signaling flags there, th'e
Russians having evacuated the island
on February 23. The Russians con
tinue to pusn southward along the
coast from Possiet Bay toward Song
chmg, the correspondent continues.
and the Vladivostok squadron appar
ently is covering their communica
tion with Vladivostok.
Another Flood is Feared.
Pittsburg, March 9. From present
indications the Monongahela and Al
leghany rivers will again be at a flood
stage tomorrow morning. Business
men and residents in the low sections
are preparing for a 20-foot stage.
SHELL THE CITY.
Japanese Fleet of Seven Vessels Bom
. bard Vladivostok.
'(Vladivostok, March 8. A fleet: of
five Japanese battleships and : two
cruisers appeared off this place at
1:25 o'clock this afternoon and bom
barded the town and shore batteries
for 65 minutes. ; . ,
The fleet approached from the di
rection, of Askold Island, at the east
entrance to Ussuri Bay, and about
32 miles southeast of Vladivostok.
Entering - Ussuri Bay, the enemy
formed a line of battle, but did not
approach to a closer range than a
mile and one-third. They directed
their fire against the shore batteries
and the town, but no damage resulted,
as most of their 200 lyddite shells
failed to burst.
The Russian batteries, commanded
by Generals Vernotez and Artamonoff,
did not reply, awaiting a closer ap
proach of the enemy.
.The Japanese fire ceased at 2:30 p.
m., and the enemy retired in the di
rection of Askold Island. Simultan
eously two torpedo-boat destroyers
appeared near Askold Island and two
more near Cape Maidel. The Japan
ese ships were covered with ice.
The attack " resulted in no loss to
the Russians, but cost the Japanese
200,000 rubles ($100,000) in ammuni
tion. Most of the projectiles were six
and 12-inch shells. '
The population of Vladivostok was
warned this morning of the presence
on the horizon of a hostile fleet and
the prospect of an attack during the
day, but it remained tranquil.
TO OPEN BIG TRACT.
Congress Is Asked to Allow Settlers
on Yakima Lands.
Washington, March 8. Representa
tive Jones today introduced a bill
opening to settlement about 1,000.000
acres of unallotted lands of the Yak
ima Indian reservation. Having the
assurance of the support of the inter
ior department he hopes to secure the
passage of this bill at the present ses
sion. The bill authorizes the secretary of
the interior to classify and appraise
the unallotted lands of the reserva
tion. Irrigable and grazing lands are
there to be thrown open under the
homestead law, while timber lands
will be sold under sealed bids after
due advertisement. Mineral lands
will be disposed ot under the mineral
laws and arid land under the desert
act. -
In addition to complying with the
requirement of the land laws, settlers
will be required to pay the appraised
value of the- lands they acquire. The
bill recognizes the claim of the Yak
ima Indians to the disputed tract of
300,000 acres lying west of theiT pres
ent reservation and east of the sum
mit of the mountains. The secretary
is authorized to make allotments to
those Indians on the reservation who
have not yet -received lands, and is
also authorized to set apart tracts of
grazing and timber lands for the ben
efit of the tribe.
FIRE. LOSS GROWS.
Oklahoma Now Puts Cost of Prairie
Blaze at $500,000.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 7.
Three persons perished in the prair
ie fire and the financial loss by the
fire and gale is estimated at $500,000.
Further reports of property loss by
both lire and wind indicate . that the
first estimate was too low. The dam
age by wind extends over seven coun
ties in . the Southwest. The total
losses from fire and storm can as yet
only be estimated, but it is the gener
al opinion thathey-will reach $500,
000. '
Scores of personsv are suffering
from burns and broken limbs. The
area from which reports of damage by
wind come cover a hundred miles
square and means of communication
over the district are meager. This
difficulty is increased by the fact that
poles are burned and wires blown
down.
The little town of Francis was des
troyed by fire, but no particulars are
given. '
Three residences at Snyder were de
molished, and seven persons were in
jured, none, it is believed, fatally.
At Mount Park, several houses were
demolished, and half a dozen persons
were injured, none, seriously. A strip
six miles wide and. nine miles long
burned 20 miles south of Hobart. The
loss in the. Kiowa country will exceed
$150,000.
Czar Will Replace Vessels Lost.
Paris, March 8. The Figaro this
morning published a St. Petersburg
dispatch saying that a member of the
committee on the increase of the.
navy has declared that $7,500,000 has
thus far been subscribed to this end.
Count Orloff Davidoff has telegraphed
from Rome that he has placed $1,500,
000 at the disposition of tne commit
tee. -
The Czar, the correspondent contin
ues, has decided to rebuild the Rus
sian cruiser Variag and the torpedo
gunboat Korietz, which were destroy
ed at Chemulpo, out of his private
purse.
Lighthouse Tender Needed.
Washington, March JL The Secre
tary of commerce and labor today re
commended to congress that an ap
propriation of $150,000 be immediate
ly made for the construction of a new
lighthouse tender for the Thirteenth
Lighthouse district. He states that
the Manzanita, now assigned to that
district, is suitable only for Alaskan
service, and should be permanently
stationed in Northern waters. A
staunch sea-going vessel is needed off
the Washington and Oregon coasts.
Russia Wants American Apparatus.
New York. March 8. A rush order
has been placed with an American
firm for apparatus used in coaling
warships at sea. It is expected that
the 45 Russian vessels in home
waters will be in position by June to
proceed, if necessary, to Far Eastern
stations, taking with them the Amer
ican invention which will enable the
war vessels to proceed without run
ning afoul of the regulations at neu
tral ports regarding coaL
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
KNOW TIMBER BUSINESS.
Many Men Coming From Middle
Western States.
There Is indication of a large immi
gration to Oregon this spring from the
Middle Western. States, of a nature
that will be very important in the
development of the timber resources
of the sate.. C. H. Stewart of Albany,
one of a number of people interested
in timber claims, the applications for
which were suspended because en
tered in the wrong district, has been
corresponding with the holders of sus
pended claims, with a view to con
certed action in the matter of getting
their applications reinstated.
A number of people in the Middle
Western States are included in the
list of holders of suspended applica
tions. These people have been com
municated with by Mr. Stewart, and
a great many of them have written
letters to the effect that they will be
here this spring to assist in looking
the matter up.
During the course of the corres
pondence letters have come from lum
bermen in Wisconsin, Michigan, Min
nesota, and the two Dakotas to the
effect that they will remove to Ore
gon to reside and invest their means
in timber and the necessary .mills to
put it on the market. "This will be
done both because of the great op
portunities offered in Oregon, and be
cause of the rigorous weather that
has prevailed in their home states
during the present winter.
They are all substantial men who
have had experience in the lumber
business, and have been on the ground
in Oregon, and are conversant with
the conditions here. They will come
here seeking a new field for opera
tions, where there are abundant ..re
sources and a climate in which life
can be enjoyed and work continued
the year round.
LEGISLATURE WILL DECIDE.
Unpaid Indian War Claim Will Be
Presented to That Body.
Salem, Secretary of State Dun
bar has prepared a circular letter
which he is sending out to all Indian
War veterans who have unpaid claims
against the State. He informs them
that since the appropriation has been
exhausted he has no further authority
to audit claims tw issue warrants, but
he will preserve the claims and pre
sent them to the next Legislature.
This is in accordance with a general
law prescribing, the duties of the Sec
retary of State. The claims now in
the hands of the Secretary of State
amount to $35,227,061
It is understood that Adjutant
General Gantenbein has received
claims amounting to $15,000 more.
Whether the remaining claims will be
paid rests entirely with the Legislat
ure. Articles of Incorporation Filed.
Salem. Articles of incorporation
were filed in the office of the Secre
tary of State last week as follows:
Farmers' Irrigating Company, Hood
River, $75,060.
Warrenton Grocery &, Butcher Com
pany, Warrenton, $5000.
Stanfield Irrigation Company, Echo,
$5000. Object to construct an irriga
tion system in Umatilla and Morrow
counties, taking water from Umatilla
river and Butter creek.
Abbett Tinning & Roofing Company,
Portland, $1000.
Shipping Supply Company, Port
land, $1000.
Lutke Manufacturing Company, of
fice furniture manufacturing, Port
land, $50,000.
Prasil & Co., Inc., Portland, liquors,
cigars, $2000.
Campbell Transportation Company,
Portland, $50,000.
La Grande Mercantile Company, La
Grande, $20,000.
Maccabees' Building Association,
Rosebur, $16,000.
Oklahomans at Independence.
Independence, Five families of Ok
lahomans arrived here from Californ
ia this week. They have found two
residences in which they have moved
until better accommodations can be
secured. They are pleased with the
country, and ' state that they will lo
cate here. They state that they are
in communication with some 50 fami
lies in Oklahoma who are contemplat
ing coming West and will settle in
this state if they are satisfied, as the
cold winters in the East are driving
many west.
K. of P. at Pendleton.
The District Convention of the
Knights of Pythias was held last week
at Music Hall and was attended by
300 delegates and visiting Knights.
This district. No. 10, is composed of
the following: Damon, No. 4, Pendle
ton; Pythian, No. 29, Athena; Steph
ens, No. 49, Wesfon; Pleiades,' No.
74, Helix; Hercules, No. 71, Milton;
Tomax, No. 93, Adams.
Independence, Krebbs Bros., who
purchased the Henderson-Murphy
farm, have placed a large crew of men
on the place and state they will place
al of the available land into hops. It
is thought that something over 500
acres will be so planted. They will
build a number of hophouses and
other buildings, and will, use probably
nearly 1,000,000 feet of lumber in
their improvements. ,
Record of Second Oregon. Volunteers.
Salem, The State Printer has com
pleted and delivered to Adjutant-
General Finzer the 1440 additional
copies of the official record of the
Second Oregon Volunteers. The Ad
jutant-General will supply one copy of
the book to each member of the Sec
ond Oregon, free of charge.
Gain of 100 Pupils.
Pehtdleton, Secretary Hailey of
the Pendleton school district will file
his census with the county superin
tendent in a few days. It shows a
gain of 100 pupils over last year, there
being this year 1616.
POWER FROM MORGAN LAKE..
La Grande May Soon Have Suburban
Electric Lines.
La Grande. Morgan Lake, situated
about two miles above La Grande, has
been thoroughly tested as to the
amount of power and water that can
be obtained from it. The power will,
be used for different important things
for the benefit of La Grande and the
community. More power will be used!
for the electric light plant and to run
a motor line to Hot Lake and other
points in the county.
The engineer reported to the officials
of the electric light company that
their plan was entirely feasible and
practicable. The plans call for a frac
tion over two miles of pipe and the
power obtained through the pipe wilt
be equal to 500 horsepower. The res
ervoir when filled will contain water
sufficient to furnish this amount of"
power for a period of one year, with
out receiving any additional supply.
In other words, when the lake is filled
it will contain enough water to sup
ply water for 500-horsepower. The
lake is situated 1100 feet above the
power station, which, according to the
plans of the engineer, will be located
near the site of the Old Town flouring:
mill.
LAWS TO BE VOTED UPON.
Printed Pamphlets of Direct Primary
and Local Option Measures.
Salem. Secretary of State Dunbar
has received from the State Printer
the first copies of the pamphlets con
taining the full text of the direct pri
mary law and the local option law,
which will be Voted upon by the people -on
June 6.
Ninety thousand copies of each pam
phlet will be printed. The printer has
already turned out 30,000 copies of the
local option law, and 60,000 copies of"
the direct primary law. The former
fins 20 pages and the latter 52 pages.
In a few days the Secretary of State
will distribute these pamphlets to the
several counties in sufficient quanti
ties so that each voter may have one. .
free of charge.
Coming Events.
State Convention, Knights of the
Maccabees, Portland, March 22.
County Recorders and Auditors,..
Portland, March 25.
Republican primaries, April 2.
Republican County Conventions,.
April 7.
Republican Convention, First Con
gressional District, Salem, April 13..
Republican Convention, second T
Congressioned District, Portland
April 13.
Republican State Convention, Port
land, April 14.
Democratic Convention, Multnomah.
County, Portland, April 14.
Oregon Cattlemen's Association,.
Portland, April 16.
Democratic State Convention, Port
land, April 19.
Dog Show, Portland, April 20-22.
University of Oregon-Pacific Uni
versity debate, Forest Grove, April 22..
-Annual reunion, Department of Ore
gon, G. A. R., Hood River, June 15-17.
Wheat Prospect is Flattering.
Pendleton, "I do not think I
have ever seen the wheat outlook so
good at this time of the year as it is
now between Pendleton and Athena,"
said Representative W. M. Blakely re
cently. Mr. Blakely, who is ex
sheriff of Umatilla cqunty, owns a fine
tract of wheat land at Eastland. "The '
grain is very strongly rooted, and in
this respect has a splendid start. The
acreage on the reservation and around
Adams, Athena and Helix is about all'
in, though the good conditions may in
duce a few farmers to sow more."
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 77c; blue
stem, 81c; Valley, 82c.
Barley Feed, $2122 per ton:
brewing, $22; rolled, $2425.
Flour Valley, $3.903.95 per bar
rel; hard wheat straight, $44.20;
clears, $3.854; hard wheat patents,.
$44.20; clears, $3.854; hard wheat
patents, $4.404.60; graham, $3.50 -3.90;
whole wheat,' $3.654.05; Tye
flour, $4.5l4.75.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.17 1.20;
gray, $i:i01.15 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $1819 per ton;
middlings, $24.5026; short, $1920;
chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $15 17 per ton;
clover, $1112; grain, $1213; cheat...
$1213.
Vegetables Turnips. 80c per sack;
carrots, 80c; beets, $1; parsnips, $1;
cabbage, 134 2c; red cabbage, 2c; -lettuce,
head, 25 40c per dozen; hot
house, $2 per box; parsley, per dozen.
25c; tomatoes, $1.501.75 per crate;
cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen; celery,
6580c per dozen; squash, lc per
pound; cucumbers, $1.75 2.25 per
dozen; onions, yellow Danvers, $2
2.25 per sack, growers' price.
Honey $33.50 per case.
Potatoes Fancy. 90c$l. per cent
al; common, 60c 80c, growers"'
price; sweets, 2c in sacks; 2e
crated.
Fruits Apples, fancy, Baldwins and
Spitzenbergs, $1.502.25 per box;
choice, $11.50; cooking, 75c.
Butter Sweet cream butter, 30c
per pound; fancy creamery, 27 Vz
30c; choice creamery, 25c; dairy and:-,
store, nominal.
Butter Fat Sweet cream, 28c;
sour cream, 26c.
) Poultry Chickens, mixed, 12VZ
13c per pound; springs, small l-
16c; hens, 1313c; turkeys,' " live,"
1516c per pound; dressed, 1820c;
ducks, $89 per dozen; geese, live,..
8c per. pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13 14c;
Young America, 15c. -'
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1718c.
Beef Dressed, 57c per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 67Msc; lambs, 8c-
- Veal Dressed, 69c.
Pork Dressed, 7c.
Hops Choice, 2526c per pound;
prime, 2425c.
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Ore
gon, 1215c; mohair, 3235c.