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CORVALLIS.
.OREGON
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Happen
penigs Presented in a Brief and
Condensed Eorm.
A generalassault as begun upon Port
Arthur.
King Peter, of Servia, has been
Clowned.
Russia expects the ehipB at Port Ar-
4 1 i 1 L
luur w naiiy 1ur1.11 buuu.
The Japanese are piessing on to
Mukden and a battle is imminent.
tRussia charges Britain with break
ing faith in concluding the treaty with
Thibet.
General Corbin holds that army offi
cers th juld not n a ry u 1-sj they hav
more than their pay and are free from
debt.
Panama sides in with Minister Bar
rett and will demand all questions re-
garding the canal be settled by diplo
macy.
That the new direct primary law of
Oregon is so inconsistent as to be nuga-
tory in its provisions relating to city
elections prior to 1906 is the opinion of
Salem officials who have given the law
consideration. Salem, Portland, As
toria, Baker City, Pendleton. Eugene
and The Dalles aie the towns that come
under the provsions of the new law
but it seems probabe that the law can
not be followed out as it now stands
The czar has decided to form a second
Manchurian army.
Many of Port Arthur's guns are said
to be worn out from incessant firing
Flour on the steamers Arabia and
Calchas, which was confiscated, will be
released.
Russian reconnoisance near Mukden
are causing heavy fighting with many
casualties.
Russia has informed America that
foodstuffs are exempt from the contra
band class.
Belgrde is filled with visitors to wit
ness the coronation of Kinjj Peter, but
little enthusiasm is displayed.
Rsusians attempted to take a fort at
Port Arthur which they had recently
lost, but were repulsed with heavy cas
oalties.
The Sovereign Grand lodge of Odd
fellows is in session at San Francisco,
A warm contest is promised for bov
ereign grand master.
The steamer Northland, bound from
Portland to San Pedro, Cal., with
cargo of lumber, went ashore on the
rocks near Monterey. The vessel will
be saved.
The work of dismantling the Lena is
in charge of an American gunner.
The Russian troops are changing
their clothing for the winter campaign
The fear is expressed by Russia that
China is secretly negotiating with
Japan.
The old Iroquois theater has been re
built and the building inspectoi has
approved its license.
Russia insists that horses and other
beasts of burden remain in the category
of absolute contraband.
United States war ships are practict
ing shooting at night. The Kusao-Jap
anese war has led to this.
Ihe Canadian government offers t
reward of $5,000 for the capture of the
Canadian Pacific train robbers.
The monitor Wyoming has been
ordered to remain on Puget Bound to
enforce neutrality should the Korea
put into that port.
Major General Sumner, commanding
the Southern division, recommends the
abandonment of several military posts
in Texas and Colorado which were re
garded of the utmost importance in the
old days of Indian warfare.
The transport Lena has gone to Mare
Island and will be dismantled at once
Field Marshal Oyama is repotted to
be concetratig his men for a advance on
Mukden.
Japanese are rushing reinforcements
to Port Arthur and have captured an
other fort.
The Union racinc is carrying many
colon it ea to the Northwest and particu
larly Oregon.
General Moore will relieve General
Mac Arthur of the command of the de
. partment of California but not of the
Pacific division.
A sweeping postal fraud order has
been issued against the agents of the
Preferred Mercantile company, which
has a representative in Portland.
A final sortie of the Russian squadron
at Port Arthur may be expected at any
time. The commander of the fleet has
strict instructions that if the fortress
falls not on of the Russian ships must
fall into the Japanese hands.
Creffield, the holy roller, has admit
ted his guilt and has been sent to the
penitentiary for two years.
One of the Canadian Pacific train
robbers is believed to have been cap
tared near Bellingham, Wash.
The Breakers hotel, at Long Beach,
Wash., has been totally destroyed by
fire. Very little of the contents were
saved owing to the rapidity with which
he, flames spread. The loss is placed
at 170,000.
SECOND DAY Or CONVENSION.
Irrigationists Elect Officers and
Decide on Next Meeting.
Ontario, Or., Sept. 21 The second
day of the irrigation convention opened
at the opera house yesterday morning
with a huge attendance of delegates.
The night trains brought in a ia ge
contingent from the Wett, also a lare
visiting delegation fiom Buise and .in
termediate towns in Idaho. President
Devers presided.
The first speaker of the day was Hon.
Thomas G. Uailey, of Pendleton, mem
ber of the state commission to draft a
state irrigation law to be .submitted to
the legislature this winter. Mr. Hail
ey explained that the commission had
secured the services of a government ir
rigation attorney, who was an expert
in the matter of iirigation law, and he
had prepared the draft of a bill which
would be taken up by the state com
mission soon, lie explained that the
United States government would have
to be a party to all government aided
irrigation schemes in this state, hence
the necessity of having a bill passed
which wouid meet the requirements of
the government officials.
The chief address of the morning
was delivered by Judge J. H. Richards,
of Boise, Idaho, on "The Home and Ir
rigation." Mr. Richards said that the
noblest type of manhood and woman
hood came from the home beautiful.
Following this line of thought, Mr.
Richards contended that the pursuit of
agriculture and horticulture as a means
of gaining a livlihood under proper
conditions would produce the best class
of citizens, both for the state and na
tion. Dr. Withycombe, of the state agricul
tural college, delivered an interesting
address on the educated farmer.
Speaking of the government irrigation
project for Malheur county, Mr. Withy
combe said that it had come to his
knowledge that some of the prominent
citizens of this valley were sacrificing
their personal interests in order to
further the government irrigation
plans. Following out this suggestion,
the doctor spoke at some length on co
operation as a factor in irrigation.
At the afternoon session the commit
tee on organization reported the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year:
President, . M.Br arm lck, Portland;
first vice president, S. A. Lowell, Pen
dleton; second vice president, F. W.
Me tea If, Arcadia; secretary. A. King
Wilson, Portland; treasurer, A. H.
Devers, Portland.
Hon. J. N. Williamson was the chief
speaker of the afternoon. Mr. Wil
liamson had to deal with a delicate
subject, and the opera house was
crowded to its capacity when he deliv
ered his address on "Disposition to Be
Made of the Range Lands of the Arid
and Semi-A rid Region." Mr. Wil
liamson spoke with deliberation and
positiveness. After dealing with the
matter in all its phases, he said that in
his opinion individual ownership was
the best means of solving the problem,
provided the present limit of owner
ship was removed, taking - into consid
eration location, condition and value xf
land outside of the irrigated area, each
individual to take what is necessary to
support a family. It is a question of
climatic conditions, altitude and water
support; an arbitrary rule will not ap
ply.
Ira Smith read an address prepared
by Senator Mitchell, who was unable to
be present. Addresses were delivered
during the afternoon by Attorney Gen
eral Crawford, President Brannick, A.
King Wilson, . H. Ptrcy, government
law clerk, and D. W. Ross, engineer in
charge of the government reclamation
service in Idaho.
Mr. Ross said that the irrigation pro
jects now under consideration in Idaho
and Oregon if carried out to completion
would Bupport a population of 300,000
people.
Ihe convention voted to meet next
year in Portland.
His Books in a Muddle.
Washington, Sept. 22 . The war de
partment has asked assistance of the
department of justice in trying to se
cure the arrest of Captain Ira Keithley,
Philippine constabulary, who has dis
appeared from the Philippine exhibit
in fct. Louis, leaving a reported short
age of (4,000 in the funds which had
been entrusted to him with which to
purchase supplies for the constabulary.
Keithley had a good recoid up to this
time, having enlisted in the regular
army as a private in May, 1898, in To-
peka, Kan.
More Ships for Baltic Fleet.
Berlin, Sept. 22. The correspondent
of the Lokal Azeier has telegraphed
from Keval to his paper an interview
with Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, in
command of the Russian Baltic fleet,
in which the admiral declares that he
expects three additional ships before
long, and with that augmented squad
ron, ne wii' leave ior ine rar .bast.
The correspondent dimly intimates that
the arrival of this squadron need not
be expected before spi ing.
Killing frost at Grand forks. -
Grand Forks, D., Sept. 22. The
first killing frost of the season visited
this locality last night. The tempera
ture was" at the freezing point and ice
was formed on all exposed water. Cut
corn was Killed ana urge quantity or
flax. There is still some green . wheat,
but this will be good for nothing but
fodder. - -
WORK STARTS
Irrigation Convention
at Ontario.
Meets
THIRD SESSION Of ASSOCIATION
About 200 Delegates in Attendance
Malheur County Has an Ex
ceptionally fine fruit Exhibit.
Ontario, Or., Sept. 20. The third
annual irrigation convention met here
yesterday afternoon, President Devers,
of Portland, presiding. Rev. David
Sepp pronounced the invocation, after
which Mayor Lackey extended a most
cordial and hearty welcome to the del
egates. President Devers responded tc
the welcome.
The convention took a recess after
President Devers' address until 8 P. M
The evening session was held in the
Congregatonal church, which was
crowded to its capacity, most all of the
delegates having arrived on the delayed
trains since the afternoon meeting.
After singing "America" Governor
Chamberlain was introduced as the
first speaker of the evening. The gov
ernor congratulated the people of Mal
heur county on the magnificent fruit
exhibit. He said he had visited St,
Louis and viewed the horticultural ex
hibts from all the states, Oregon in
eluded, and he could state, speaking
from personal knowledge on the subject
that the exhibit made by the people of
Malheur for this convention was finer
in every respect than that of any state
or territory at St. Louis. The governor
siid he had wired President Myer, of
the state commission, to come over and
secure and send this exhibit to St
J-ouis at once.
The governor then spoke at some
length in regard to the irrigation pro
jects inaugurated under the Carey act.
Contracts have been signed and lands
segregated to the extent of 120,500
acres and applications are pending for
267,950 acres more, enough to piovide
homes for 80,000 people.
H. B. Gates, of Hillsboro, member
of the state iriigation commission.
spoke of the proposed irrigation laws
the commission is preparing and con.
gratulated the people of Malheur on be'
ing the first in Oregon to secure govern
ment aid for irrigation.
Judge Lowell, of Pendleton, said he
wanted to live to see the day when the
line of demarcation between East and
West Oregon would be wiped away by
the heartbeat of a united people, and
in closing he gave the convention the
sentiment: "Oregon for Oregon."
E. M. Brannik, of Portland, spoke in
the interest of the Lewis and Clark fair
and urged the people to work for and
aid the fair in everv way possible.
The evening was enlivened by several
songs by Rev. Dr. Sepp.
President Devers, at the request of
the local committee, appointed F. W.
Sheffield, Dr. Withycombe and Pro
fessor F. W. Young to act as judges of
the horticultural and agricultural ex
hibits. The exhibits of fruits made by
the fruit growers of Malheur county
has proved to be the most attractive
as well as the most astonishing leature
of the convention. Nothing to equal
it, says Governor Chamberlain, Presi
dent Devers, Judge Lowell and others,
has ever been seen in Oiegon. All
visitors from other portions of the state
join in this opinion. There are about
200 delegates in attendance.
forest fires Spreading.
Anaconda, Mont., Sept. 21 The for
est fires west of the city have pro
gressed so far that there is now danger
that the buildings at Mountain View
park may be destroyed. The advance
of the flames is being watched closely
by a force of men employed by the rail
road company. Should the danger be
great, a general alarm will be sounded
and a bucket brigade organized. There
is plenty of water at the park if it can
be properly directed. Along Warm
Springs canyon fully a dozen prospect
ors' cabins have been burned.
Sailors Cannot Return Home.
Washington. Sept. 21. Admiral
Goodrich, commanding the Pacific sta
tion, has telegraphed the navy depait
ment that he has forwarded by mail a
full report of the agreement he entered
into with Captain Berlinsky, of the
Russian vessel Lena, for the parole of
the officers and crew of that ship. This
provides for their freedom of the city
of San Francisco, but they may not go
beyond the boundaries of the city dur
ing the present war.
Train Is Ditched.
Junction City, Kan, Sept. 21. The
Pullman section of the eastbound At
lanta express on the Union Pacific was
wrecked six miles east of here shortly
after 1 o'clock this afternoon by the
rails spreading. The train was travel
ing about 4U miles an hour, ihree
Pullman cars left the track and the one
at the rear roiled over a 15-foot em
bankment, turning over three tiroes.
There were 32 persons in this car. Six
of them were seriously injured, and the
rest received slight but painful injuries.
Reserves Japan, Is Calling Out.
London, Sept. 21. The Morning
Post asserts that the report that Japan
is calling out reserves refers to the men
not yet summoned to the depots, and
whose period of Bervice in the reserves
hae not expired The paper explains
that a Japanese soldier is not exempt
from service until he passes his 41st
birthday. ' - .
MERCY IS fORGOTTEN.
frightful Scenes Enacted About Port
Arthur forts. :r . -
Chefoo, Sept. 21. According to
Lieutenant Prince Radzivil, of the
Russian army, who reached here last
night from Port Arthur, bearing dis
patches from General Stoessel, the
commander-in-chief of the Russian
stronghold, to General Kuropatkin,
the temper of the belligerents at Port
Arthur has reached an absolutely mer
ciless stage. Prince Radzivil served
with the British in the Boer War, and
he says that until he became aware of
the stats of affairs at Port Arthur he
had no idea that war could be so hor
rible. -
It was set forth in these dispatches
some weeks ago that Berious suspic
ions were entertained by both bellig
erents that the other was misusing
the Red Cross. Th suspicions have
been Increased by th commission of
various acts by the soldiers of both
armies until now even flags of truce
or surrender are not respected by
either side.
Prince Kadzivil declares that the
men of both armies are absolutely
venemous in their antagonism. Lieut
enant-General Stoessel has addressed
his garrison, saying that the present
mood of the Japanese indicates clear
ly the necessity of resisting them to
the last drop of Russian blood, be
cause if the Japanese soldiers entered
the fortress it undoubtedly would be
impossible for their officers to con
trol them and prevent a massacre,
For this reason Lieutenant-General
Stoessel is making no objection to civ
mans leaving Port Arthur.
When the 300 women who are en
gaged in Port Arthur in hospital work
were advised to leave, they replied
they would rather face the possibility
of massacre than desert their posts.
In consequence of the fact that
flags of truce are ignored, numbers of
the Japanese dead which have been
lying on the slopes of the hills of the
northeast defenses for weeks past are
still unburied, and the stench in Port
Arthur from decomposing bodies when
the wind is in the right direction is
almost unbearable.
The Russian soldiers, who are in
some cases posted within 500 paces
from neaps of decaying dead, hare
constantly to wear their handker
chiefs soaked in camphor, as other
wise they would be unable to remain
at their posts.
AIRSHIPS ARD PEW.
No Successful flight Has Yet Been
Made at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Sept. 21. As the closed
season for airship flights in the grand
prize matches at the World s Fair ap
proaches the,-question of extending
the time and otherwise modifying the
rules governing the contest is being
considered by the aeronautic commit
tee.
The time limit set by the rules, be
fore which the contestants for the
grand prize were to have began their
trial flights, is September 30. As this
is only 11 days away and none of the
contestants as yet has made a suc
cessful flight and no definite dates
have been set for future trial flights.
the question of extending the time for
the contests rather than have them go
by default Is receiving the serious con
sideration of the exposition authori
ties. At present there are only three
aeronauts in the city who have enter
ed the match for the grand prize.
They are: T. C. Benbow, of Montana;
Captain Baldwin, of San Francisco.
and Francis Conteur, a French aeron
aut, who arrived in St. Louis Satur
day. Of the three, Benbow is the only
one who has made a trial flight. At
the time he essayed officially his air
ship was not free of the ground, being
held captive by a rope from the
ground, and he, of course, did not
Quaiiry.
Captain Baldwin is the only one of
the three who is known positively to
have qualified for an entry in the con
test for the grand prize.
Trophies of Japanese Victory.
Tokio, Sept. 21. Marquis Oyama.
Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese
forces in the field, reports that the
armies under Generals Kuroki and
Nodzu made no prisoners in the fight
ing before Liao Yang. General Kuro
ki captured 40 horses, 800 rifles. 300
rounds of artillery and 600,000 rounds
of rifle ammunition, telegraph appar
atus and various miscellaneous im
plements. General Nodzu captured
490 rifles, 1000 rounds of artillery and
37,800 rounds of rifle ammunition,
three heliographs, telephones, tools,
and large quantities of foodstuffs and
timber. General Oku captured enough
timber to construct railroad depots.
Ice Shut Out Relief force.
Tromsoe, Norway, Sept 21. U. S.
Champ, secretary to William Zeigler,
and who is in charge of the relief ex
pedition sent to search for the Arctic
exploration steamer America, arrived
here this afternoon at 1 o'clock on
board the steamer Frithjof. The
Frithjof reached latitude 79:10 north.
Mr. Champ in a statement given out
here says: "I regret to report my
failure to reach Franz Josef Land.
The ice conditions were insurmount
able and the approaching winter and
the heavy frost compelled us to aban
don further effort to get north."
Cut Off Opened to Traffic.
Salt Lake, Sept. 21. Without cere
monies of any kind the great Ogden-
Lucen cut-off of the Harriman system,
running across the north end of Great
Salt Lake, was today opened for pas
senger traffic. It has been in use for
some time for part of the ' overland
freight traffic, but: today it was made
an actual part of the overland system
and henceforth all trains will be run
over the tracks of the cut-off which
stretches for miles in an absolutely
straight line over piling and fillings
through the water of Salt Lake.
. .Asuncion Is Cut Off. . --
Buenos Ayres, Sept. 21. According
to dispatches received here, the rev
olutionists of Paraguay are concen
trating their land forces at towns par
allel with the railway, and have cut
off supplies and communication with
Asuncion. ' I
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OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST
WEALTH fOR
POLK.
Growers and Packers of Hops
- Large Returns.
Get
Independence. In some of the
smaller hop yards, picking is done,
but in the larger yards, harvest will
not be over until some time during
this week. A few pickers, homeward
bound, have passed through town, but
the bulk of them are yet to start from
the hop fields.
Growers in this district have uni
formly paid 50 cents a box and there
will have been paid out to pickers in
the neighborhood of $100,000. Includ
ing the money for other necessary
help, wood, sulphur, burlap, baling,
etc., the amount paid out will exceed
this sum. One yard, the Horst Bro's
will pay out $ 30,000 for picking alone
The McLaughlin yard will pay out a
like sum for picking, and a number of
growers will pay from $2500 to $5000
to pickers.
No sales are being made. Ralph
Williams, of Dallas, has made some
small purchases at 27 cents.
The growers in this district are left
in better circumstances than they
have been for many years. During
the period of low prices, many were
reduced to the verge of insolvency,
and it took the profits of last year and
the year before to pay off the hard
times indebtedness. This year they
started in independent and the prof
its for this year's crop represents
money that the grower may use as he
pleases.
No Permit for Sheep,
Enterprise. Hubbard Flerchlnger,
a sheepman of Asotin county, who
was arraigned in the justice court on
the charge of running sheep into this
state without a permit from the stock"
inspector of this county, was fined
$60. Deputy District Atorney S. Z
Henderson prosecuted the case, and
Hon. J. A. Burleigh, ex-representative
for Union and Wallowa counties, was
for the defense. The sheepmen of
Asotin county have been running their
sheep into this county for several
years, and there are reported to be
six other sheepmen from that section
who have their sheep in the northern
part of the -county at the present
time, and who will in all probability
have to answer to the same charge
as Flerchinger. The case tried will
be appealed to the circuit court,
fire in Cascade Reserve.
Albany .--Parties returning from the
Breitenbush Hot Springs report' de
structive forest fires burning in the
mountains along, the North Santiam
river. One of these fires Is in the
magnificent timber of the Cascade
forest reserve and is doing consider
able damage. It started about 16
miles northeast of Detroit, and is
burningtin a northern direction
This fire is in the heart of the Cas
cade forest reserve, arid quite a dis
tance irom tne course or travel or
camping places of pleasure-seekers
It Is presumed to have been started
by the Indians in an effort to destroy
the feed on the reserve and thus keep
out the sheep, great herds of which
are annually driven over the Indian
hunting grounds in the reserve.
Salem Cat Use Bar Gravel.
Salem. Judge Galloway has ren
dered a decision in the Minto gravel
bar case in which, he perpetually en
joined the defendants from interfer
ing with the employes of the City of
Salem while they are taking gravel
from the northeast corner of Minto
Island, for use on the streets of Sal
em. The decision Is of great Import
ance to the City of Salem as the Min-
tos alleged that the city had only a
revokable license which had been re
scinded.
Trail Creek Road Rebuilt.
La Grande. The Trail Creek-Im-
naha road, which runs through some
parts of Wallowa county ( to the Imna-
ha mining district, was almost totally
destroyed by one of the cloud-bursts
which were frequent in Eastern Ore
gon early in July, in which some peo
ple in that section nearly lost their
lives. It has been under repair since
that time, and is now almost complet
ed. It has cost Wallowa county
$717.60 for labor and supplies.
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To Purchase 20-Mamp Mill.
Medford. Dr. J. F. Reddy, of Spok
ane, who recently bonded the Opp
quartz mine, located near Jackson
ville, has left for San Francisco to
purchase a 20-stamp mill and other
machinery. J. W. Opp left Thursday
morning to join Dr. Reddy. A large
force of men has begun work clear
ing ground for the erection of the
buildings. Work will be pushed and
it is expected everything will be in
running order within 60 days.
Suit on Hop Contract.
Salem. T. A. Liveslay & Co.. have
brought suit in the Circuit Court to
enjoin John Johnson, of Woodburn,
from disposing of a certain crop Of
hops of 20,000 pounds, for which plain
tiff has a contract. This contract
was made over a year ago, and covered
the crop mentioned for five years at
14 cents a pound. A suit arose out of
that contract last year, and resulted
in favor of the plaintiff, but is still
pending in the courts.
fine Weather for Harvesting.
Enterprise. Old settlers of this
county say that this section of the
country is experiencing the longest
dry spell in its history, there having
been no rainfall for over a month.
Luckily, the crops were all well ma
tured before, the dry weather began,
consequently it has also been one of
the best years for harvesting ever
known. :
Apples Plentiful.
Milton. Apples are plentiful and of
all varieties. The outlook for prices is
not flattering. Shippers expect to
commence shipping as soon as the
prune season is over.
BEET HARVEST IS ON.
Heavy Yield of fine Quality
in
fields at La Grande.
La Grande. The digging of the new
crop of beets for the sugar factory lo
cated near this city, has commenced,
and will be pushed. The season has
been a very favorable one for beet
growers, and the yield will be much,
greater than in any previous year. A
number of fields, it is estimated, will
produce over 12 tons to the acre, and
some as high as 15 tons per acre, all
of excellent quality.
Extensive improvements are being
made in the factory, and much new
machinery is being added. A large
tank for storing syrup is being built,
as the present one is inadequate to
hold the syrup left over from the
season's run.
Plowing has begun on the 1200 acre
farm lately purchased by the sugar
company, near Union, a large portion
of which will be planted In sugar beets
for the next year's crop.
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Athena Growers Sell Wheat.
Athena. Little wheat is stored at
this place to be held by owners. The
most is sold outright to wholesale
buyers. Fully 75 per cent of the seas
on's crop has been disposed of. Only
a small per cent has been moved, but
the W. & C. R. company is running
trains out nearly every day now and
the O. R. & N. company hauls out
many cars daily. Farmers do not de
sire to hold their grain at the present
high prices. The heaviest purchasers
are the Preston-Parton Milling Com
pany, the Pacific States Warehouse
Company and the Pacific Coast Ele
ator Company, all of whom have re
ceived immense amounts. Hauling
will be completed this week, as now
but few loads straggled in, coming
from isolated farms.
Railroad to Be Extended.
Cottage Grove. G. B. Hengen, of
New York, business manager of the
Oregon & Southeastern Railroad Com
pany, has been here several days,
looking over the affairs of the two
companies. He announced that con
struction will commence on the ex
tension of the railroad soon. The
road is now 16 miles long, and a force
will be kept at work until the line is.
completed to the reserve line, a dis
tance of four miles. A part of the
road is to be completed this winter.
Relative to the Oregon Securities
Company, he said it would probably
be 60 days before the large mill plant
would be put in operation. They have
220 feet of cross-cut in hard rock to
run yet before they strike the Cham
pion lead. The water is very low, and
they are only to run one shift a day.
Prune Season About Over.
Milton. The prune season will
soon be over at this place. The Mil
ton Fruitgrowers' union will finish
packing and shipping this week, and
the Walla Walla Produce Company
will finish in about a week. The Mil
ton Fruitgrowers' Union and the
Shields' Fruit Company have shipped
20 caTS and the Walla Walla Produce
Company has shipped the same
amount, but expects to ship more be
fore the season closes. The price to
the growers has been 75 cents per
hundred, and all seem well pleased
over their returns. The payroll has
been quite large, as the shippers have
employed men, women and children
nearly all the summer. They pay 3
cents per crate for packing, and some
workers pack as high as 80 crates in
a day.
Surveying Power Sites.
Eugene. W. J. Wilsey, manager the
Willamette Valley Electric railroad
company, announces that surveyors
are now in the field surveying sites
for power plants. Four sites have
been selected, any one of which
would prove satisfactory. As soon as
the surveys on the sites are complet
ed a big corps of surveyors will be
put on the various routes of the pro
posed system, in order to have every
thing in readiness for construction
work early in the spring.
One Half of Crop Disposed Of.
Pendleton. Only about one-half of
Umatilla county's 5,000,000 bushel
wheat crop has been disposed of to
date. Of late the market has been
well up, but growers are loth to sell.
Only one-fourth of the crop disposed
of has been shipped out. Dealers are
anxiously awaiting the time when all
that has been purchased can be
.moved. Hauling continues as rapidly
as the dusty roads permit, and a large
part of the crop is in the warehouses.
Baker County fair Dates.
Baker City. The directors of the
Baker County Fair and Speed Associ
ation have placed the date for hold
ing the fair from October 11 to 16.
There will be $2000 hung up in purs
es, besides the $1500 state money to
be distributed in premiums on agri
cultural exhibits. A contract has been
let for building the pavilion and
grandstand.
Sells 4,000 Ewes.
Baker City, Lee Bros., prominent
sheep men of this place, have sold
4000 head pf choice yearling ewes to
a Wyoming buyer at $2.25 per head.
The sheep are at present on the
range near Cornucopia, but will be
delivered in this city for shipment.
Wheat Market.
Portland Walla Walla,
78c;
blnestem, 83c: valley, 85c.
Taccma Blnestem, 82sc;club, 80c.
Albany 78c. '
Salem 80c.
Colfax Club, 71c; blnestem, 76c.
Pendleton Club, 70c; blueetenv,
73c.
La Grande Club, 65c; blnestem, 70c,