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WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Happen-
penigs Presented in a Brief and
Condensed Eorrru '
PAYNE IS NO MORE.
Heart Disease Causes the Death of
, Postmaster General.
WaehiDgton, Oct .6. Henry- C.
Payne, postmaster general of the
United States,' a member of" the nation
al Republican committee, a stalwart of
bis party, with the history of which,
lCITII IC CttriroV CAUGHT BY FLOOD.
ulm I n n vuk
i Twelve People, Drowned at Wat-
r reus. New Mexico.
Las Vegas, Ni M., Oct. 5 Half the
town of Watrous was destroyed by the
flood and at leaBt 12 persona were
STRENGTH IS f AST TAILING drowned.
Payne Only Kept .Alive by
Use of Stimulants.
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FEATURES POR CHAU I AUQUA.
SAMPLE ORES POR PAIR.
Many persons were rescued from trees
in his home state and nationally, he I Family Has Been Summoned to the I and pousetops. The greatest damage
Russia is finding it vety difficult to
secure ships to carry coal to Vladivo
stok.
The Russians have frustrated several
attempts of the enemy to break
through their lines.
The International Peace congress has
made an earnest appeal to all nations
to take steps to avert more wars.
The Japanese are feeling out the Rus-
sian positions around Mukden and a
general advance is expected next week.'
Jt it said that Secretary Hitchcock's
report on land frauds wag largely in'
tended to cover up his own ehortcom
ings.
Hops have made another advance in
the Willamette vallej, several sales be
ing reported at Independence at 31
cents.
The Chinese government says that if
foreign capital is needed for proposed
railway construction, it will first turn
to America.
Chinese refugees from Southern Man
churia say the Japanese are adminis
tering affairs with a high hand.
There is a great scarcity of provisions
among the native popualtion.
Lieutenant Granville Fortescue,
American attache, who has been with
the besieging forces at Iort Arthur, is
returning home. He is pledged to
secrecy as to the conditions around the
fortress.
Four persons were killed and fifty in
jared in an English railway accident.
Tokio is advised that the army is
making steady progress at Port Arthur.
Fire wiped out an entire village in
Southern Russia. Five hundred fam
ilies are homeless.
The Norwegian bark Sir John Law
rence, from London, struck on rocks off
the coast of Norway and went down
with all on board.
The Santa Fe has large gangs of men
at work in Colorado repairing the work
of the flood. It will take a week to
make the road passable.
Detectives are unable to find any clew
to the persons who have attempted to
destroy the battleship Connecticut
There is little danger that any further
attempt will be made. Marines are
stationed all around the boat and oth
ers on it.
According to dispatches from Okla
hma the South Canadian river is high
er than in 40 years. It is feared that
the loss to cotton and corn crops and
bridges, with other properties along
the river, throughout the territory,
will bi enormous. No loss of life has
been reported.
Sir William Harcourt.'a noted Brit
ish politician, is dead.
A third attempt has been made to
wreck the battleship Connecticut.
inmdad, Colo., reports that it can
relieve all distress caused by the flood.
The September receipts of the St
Louis fair amounted to about $2,500,-
had been identfied for many years, died
at his apartments at the Arlington hotel
at 6:10 last night, aged 60 years.
Death was due to disease of the mitral
valve and dilation of the heart.
Mr. Payne has been in poor health
for at least two years, but his last ill
ness covered only seven days, an attack
of heart trouble last week precipitat
ing the end, at a time when, after
test, he appeared to have recovered a
small measure of the vitality impaired
by years of arduonus labor. Death
came alter nearly six hours of uncon
sciousness. The-last official caller to
inquire as to Mr. Payne's condition was
President Roosevelt, and he had been
cone only about ten minutes when tbe
stricken member of the cabinet ex
pired.
The death of the postmaster general
came as the result really of a succes
sion of sinking spells due to a weak
heart that enfeebled the sick man un
til finally the heart literally gave out
Never in iecent years robust, Mr
Payne was unable to withstand the
shock of the sinking spells, and last
Friday, when be bad two sinking
spells, it was believed he was rapidly
approaching the end. While moderate
doses of heart remedies sufficed at first,
it became necessary by Sunday to give
much more powerful stimulants, and
the doses were given in greater quanti
ties than on any previous day.
SOVEREIGNTY IS RECOGNIZED.
Bedside of United States Post
i master. General.
Diplomats on Isthmus of Panama
Will Be Accredited to America
Washington. Oct. 6. Chile has
formally recognized the absolute sov
ereignty of the United States over the
Panama canal zone. Other nations
which have been holding back to await
the outcome of the diplomatic test case
will do the eame. The result will be
that practically all the foreign diplo
mats on the isthmus will be accredited
to this country instead of Panama.
Chile some time ago applied for an
eauatum for Greommo Osso, . who was
appointed consul at Panama. The re
quest was withheld, owing to the un
settled condition of affairs. Though
this country exercises full control over
the canal zone, the land belongs to
Panama . Today the secretary of state
disposed of the question by issuing the
exequatur, but instead of being in the
regular form it is a notification to Gen
eral Davie, governor general of the ca
nal zone, that Mr. Ossa is authorized
to represent Chile in all diplomatic
matters involving the canal strip.
This will probably involve further
differences between this government
and the republic of Panama.
CORTELYOU WILL SUCCEED HIM.
.Washington, Oct. .4. Postmaster
General Payne is still alive, but only
as the result of tbe injection of the
most power fa' drugs known te the med
ical profession. Frequent ' sinking
spells marked the day yesterday, and
his condition is decidedy worse this
morning than it was 24 hours ago.
The physicians express not the slightest
hope for his recovery, and during the
night possessed so little confidence that
their distinguished patient could live
through until morning that at mid
night bulletins were issued predicting
dissolution within a few minutes, and
at 2 o'clock this morning they placed
the limit at two hours at the outside,
with the probability that every moment
would be the last.
General Payne, after spending the
forepart of the night in a quiet sleep,
was seized at midnight with a sinking
spell worse than any that had preced
ed it. Powerful restoratives adminis
tered in larger quantities than thereto
fore given produced not the slightest
apparent effect, and the members of
the family were hastily summoned to
the bedside.
Two hours later a message was re
ceived from the bedside that the gener
al was still alive, but all hope had been
abandoned. The physicians refused to
state how long their patient could sur
vive, but stated that while he might
live for two hours, on the other hand,'
the end might come at the next mo
ment. After administering the stimu
lants at midnight, the physicians dis
continued the use of drugs, and there
alter allowed nature to take its course.
Shortly after half past two, the pa
tient showed signs of reviving, and a
few seconds later he completely re
gained consciousness, and exclaimed
'J Hello" to those about him. Dr. Ma-
grader asked him how he was feeling
and received the reply "first rate."
Milk was then given him to drink.
Shortly alter 4 o crock, General
Payne's private secretary issued a bul
letin in effect, that the patient was
resting easily. It was added that Gen
eral Payne's pulse was steadier and hi
respiration more natural than it had
been for days. A consultation will
probably be held this morning. -
was around the junction of Moia and
Sapello creeks. The rock crusher, the
great iron bridge and much track at
Watrous were washed away.
ine uaumas river formed a new
channel here. In the Gallinas canon,
the dams of the Aqua Pura company
broke, bringing a terrific flood on the
city. The Montezuma-Hot Springs
track went ont in many places. Half
a dozen bridges were destroyed and the
Montezuma bath houses were partly
carried away. The. Santa Fe loss here
is $40,000. The Aqua Pura company's
loss is $15,000.
Foi two blocks on Bridge street every
business house was flooded. The big
Ilfield brick store was ruined and the
bridge undermined. Twentj mer
chants estimates their loss at from $2,-
000 to $4,000 each.
Gallinas park is under water and the
trolley line cannot be repaired for t wo
weeks. , The race meet to have been
held here next week has been declared
off. One hundred thousand dollars
will not cover the loss to the town and
the railroad loss is equal to that of re
cent floods in Arizona.
TOWNS WASHED AWAY.
Distinguished Women of the Coun
try Booked for Next Year.
Oregon City One of the main fea
tures of the.Willamette Valley Cbatau-
qua assembly for 1905 will be the part
to be taken by the leading women of
the country and for which the board of
directors is already arranging. It is
the purpose of the Chautaugua manage
ment to devote two entire days of next
e u s session to women and women's
work, and to insure the success of this
feature of the assembly an effort has
been started to secure the services of
tuch distinguished women as Mrs.
charlotte Perkins-Gilman, of New
York, a grand niece of Henry Ward
Beecher and a literary writer of wide
reputation; Miss Anna Shaw, president
cf the National Woman Suffrage asso
ciation, and also Mrs. Catt, president
o the National Federation of Women s
c a ib.
oecretary Cross is in correspondence
with these celebrities and expects to be
able to secure their attendance and ser
vices in making the 1905 Chautauqua a
grand success. In forming the program
ana engaging lecturers for next year
the officers of the Willamette Valley
Chautauqua association will take ad
vantage of the holding of the Lewis and
Clark fair, and will engage only the
best of talent in everv department, that
the exercises may be up to a high
Prompt Action Urged on Blue Riv
er Mines.
Eugene D. H. Weyant, who is
working up an interest throughout the
mining districts of the state in prepar
ing exhibits for the Lewis and Clark
exposition, was in Eugene. He was in
conference with mining men and others
and urging prompt action toward pre
paring an exhibit for the .Blue River
district. .
Mr. Weyant urges that unless some
thing is done immediately the district
cannot be well represented, because . it
will be necessary to get out. Bamples
before winter sets in and closes up the
mines. If left until spring, it will be
too late, hence it is desired that the
exhibits be collected and boxed this
fall. The Commercial club has taken
an interest in the matter and has called
a meeting for next Wednesday evening.
at which time a plan will begin forth
with.
CUT ON GOVERNMENT LAND.
MANY A BRIBE.
000.
The Russians have temporarily
checked the Japanese advance east of
Mukden.
The czar may block the plan for the
immediate reoiganization of the Rus
sian aimy.
Postmaster General Payne continues
in a dangerous condition. His life
hangs in the balance.
itussians made a raid on junks car
rying supplies to Oyama and des
troyed a number of them.
It is reported that General Basilio
Munoz, leader of the Uruguayan revo
lutionists, has been shot by his former
followers.
Considerable loss of life and prop
erty was occassioned bj fire in the ar
tillery and ammunition magazines at
Sebastopol, Russia.
The Japanese have begun a general
advance on Mukden.
Mobile, Alabam, is having the warm
est weather in its history for the time
of year.
The condition of Postmaster Geneial
Payne is very serious.
The Japanese have adopted tactics
intended to prevent tbe return of the
main Russian force to Mukden.
The Russian squadron at Port Ar
thur has made another attempt to es
cape, but were driven back. Another
sally is expteted.
Kuropatkin nowieal'zee that be can
not go on to Harbin- and the problem
of wintering his troops is a serious one.
The hope of the Russians is to defeat
the Japanese at Mukden.
Souvenir Lewis and Clark dollars
have been sent to President Roosevelt
and member of congress who were in
. trumental in securing the appiopna
tion to the Portland exposition.
A mail car from Paris to Havre, con
taining about 100 pouches of American
mail, was broken into and 91 pouches
opened and rifled of such valuables as
they may have contained. There is no
record of their contend or of the valu
ables abstracted.
W. J. Bryan is a grandfather.
He Is Expected to Enter the Office
About December I.
Washington, Oct. b. In succession
to Mr. Payne, George Bruce Cortelyou,
ex-secretary of the department of com
merce and labor, and now chairman of
the Republican national committee.
will become postmaster general.
Mr. Cortelyou's appointment as head
of the postoffice department was de
termined on several months ago by
Piesident Roosevelt, when Mr. Payne
indicated to the president hit desire to
retire from the department on account.
of the precarious state of his health.
Mr. Payne would have resigned the
portfolio long ago had it not been for
the then pending investigation of the
affairs of the department. He felt.
however, and said many times to his
friends, that he could not relinquish
the duties of the office while the inves
tigation was rending, and expressed
his determination to carry this work to
a conclusion.
Toga for Moody.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 6. The Tele
gram tomonow morning will say:
"Governor John L. Bates will, in all
probability, at the next meeting of the
governor s council, announce the ap
pointment of Attorney General Wil
Ham 11. aioodv, of Haverhill, to suc
ceed Senator Hoar. Shortly before his
Heath, Senator Hoar communicated to
Governor Bates his wish that the pres
ent attorney general might succeed him
as senator from Massachusetts, and it
is understood here Mr. Moody will ac
cept."
Believes Confession Not True.
Xopeka, Kan., Oct. 6. Robert Ro-
maine, who confeesed to complicity in
the Independence and Vindicator out
rages in Colorado, was taken to the
Kanass penitentiary fiom here today.
He will seive a sentence for robbery.
The Colorado officials have decided to
drop for the present all notion of porse
cuting Romaine for his alleged part in
the explosions, as they believa his con
fession is iiot true, and matle with the
sole purpose of evading punishment.
Japan Does Not Pear Cruisers.
Tokio, Oct. 6. The navy depart
ment discredits the report that the
Russian cruisers Roesia, Gromoboi and
Bogatyr have been lepaired at Vladi
vostok and are about to descend for
another raid on the Japanese coast.
The navy department further expresses
the belief that the Bogatyr is complete
ly disabled.
Ex-Speaker Kelly Informs on the
Missouri Combine.
St. Louis, Oct. 5. In a written con
fession today Charles F. Kelly, "speaker
of the house of delegates during a per
iod in the life of the boodle combine,
relates the story of that combine. He
declares a prominent politician prom
ised himself and others implicated' that
the next circuit attorney would be "all
right," and promised if they would re
main firm he would secure for them
either continuances until the next cir
cuit attorney took office or pardons
afterwards. He declares the politician
said the new circuit attorney, for which
office the Democrats today made their
nomination, would be "his man."
Kelly declared the politician paid
him $15,000 of $50,000 promised to
keep away from the giand jury, befcre
which he had been sobpoened to appear
after John K. Murrell returned from
Mexico and turned states' evidence in
the city lighting deal. He went to
Europe by way of Canada, taking the
name of James Logan. It was the in
tention of the politician, Kelly said, to
have him remain away until after the
statute of limitations had run out on
the lighting deal. By a miscalcula
tion, Kelly said, he came back too soon,
and was arrested.
Kelly is under conviction for perjury
in connection with "boodle" cases,
and his ttial on the charge of bribery
in connection with the suburban fran
chise deal will be called Monday. He
is now out on bonds.
Rio Grande Cuts New Channel and
Hundreds are Homeless.
Albuqurque, N. M.,Oct. 5. Reports
from the floods in the Rio. Grande vai
ley above and below this city are com
ing in. The towns of Valencia and
Los Lentes were practically washed
away and several hundred families are
homeless. The river swung to the
east, cut a new channel, and poured
torrent thiough the two . towns. No
lhaj were lost.
' The Barelaze suburbs of this city
Buffered the most , in this immediate
vicinity, about 50 houses being des
troyed. x
Ignacio Gutienez, a commissioner
of Sandoval county, telephoned that
the damage at Los Cordales and Ala
meda. above the city, will amount to
several hundred thousand dollars.
There is one passenger train from
Southern California at Gallup and an
other from San Francisco at Winslow,
while the other trains from California
are held here. The local officials can
hot say when the trains will arrive or
depart, and the traffic situation is seri
ous.
Many feet of track is reported gone
at Ortiz, at Cerrillos, Waldo, Thornton
and Bernalillo, and above and below
this city at Rincon, Amarillo, N. M,
and Isleta.
standard for the entertainment of v the'
many visitors from distant points,
since the Chautauqua sessions will be
held during the life of the 1905 expo
sition.
SEPTIC TANK A SUCCESS.
DROP INTO CELLAR.
Honor will Go to Widow.
London, Oct. 5. The St. James Ga
zette says the late William Vernon
Harcouit. who twice refused a peerage,
eventually accepted the honor and
woull have been gazetted Baron Mai
would on the next birthday honor list
ate, the paper adds, has tendered
the event impossible, but it is deemed
probable that a baronetcy following the
proceedure on the death or W. H
O i 1 1 : . .
fjuiiiH, woo was a minister ot war in
Lord Salisbury's cabinets of 18S5 and
1886, will ne vei theless be conferred on
Lady Harcourt"
Day Home from Alaska.
Washington, Oct. 5. Judge Day.
who was sent to Alaska last June to in
vestigate charges brought against
Judges Brown and Wickersham and
various other officials of the iudiciar.
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has returned to Washington to report
to the attorney general and president.
On his report, the president will de
termine whether the judges and various
district attorneys and marshals shall
be reappointed or whether service de
mands new men;
Lives of Pour Snuffed Out.
CarteisviUe, Ga., Oct. 5. By the
falling of earth and ore in the Morgan
mine, the lives of four men were snuffed
out here today. Two others are seri
ously injured and are expected to die.
Many People Injured at Church Cor
ner Stone Laying.
Adams, Mass., Oct. 6. While Right
Rev. Thomas D. Beaven, Roman Cath
olic bishop of Springfield, was laying
the coiner stone of St. Stanislaus' Pol
ish church, a floor collapsed, precipi
tating 150 persons into the basement.
A dozen persons were injured, several
seriously. Bishop Beaven and several
of the priests assisting him were slight
ly hurt.
Some 7,000 persona attended the
ceremony and about 200 were seated or
standing on the floor which covered the
newly made basement. Just as the
bishop was about to lay the stone a sec
tion of the flooring, about 40 feet
square, collapsed, dropping 12 feet, and
carrying with it the bishop, the clergy
and about 140 others.
In the confusion that followed many
were trampled upon and half suffocat
ed. Bishop Beven was caught in the
crush but was able to save himself from
serious injury. He was bruised . about
the body and had his hands scratched.
Breastplates Will Not Be Made.
Rome, Oct. 5. Some time ago the
Russian government ordeied 100,000
bullet proof breastplates of the tpye in
vented by Signor Benedetti. The lat
ter recently started for St. Petersburg
to supervise the manuufacture of the
breastplates, but was stopped at Mun
ich by the Italian firm to which he had
sold the rights to manufacture, and
Trustees Inspect One Recently In
stalled at Mute School.
Salem The new septic tank recent-
constructed at the State Mute Bchool
is giving complete satisfaction. The
board of trustees of that institution
visited the school and were highlv
pleased with the improvement in the
sewerage system, which makes the con
ditions there more healthful,
It seems to me that the septic tank
will come into general use in cities,
said Governor Chamberlain, after his
return from the Mute school. "By
this process all solid matters are con
sumed and the outflow from the septic
tank is clear and odorless liquid. I
believe these tanks should be used even
where there is good sewer connections,
for by this means the sewer system can
be made to carrv a larger amount of
refuse and the stream into which it is
turned will not be so heavily polluted.
in su Durban districts where there are
no sewer connections the spetic tank
will do much to improve Banitary con
ditions. 1 believe the people should
investigate the subject and learn the
value of the septic tank."
Coming Events.
Portland Presbytery, Fairview, Octo
ber 10.
Baker County Fair, Baker City, Octo
ber 11-15.
iuamath uounty Agricultural asso
ciation, Klamath Falls. October 12-14.
Federation of Women's clubs, Baker
City, October 12-14.
Fruit Fair, Hood River, October
13-15.
Oregon Press association, Hood
River, October 14-15.
Baptist Young People's convention
McMinnville, October 14.
Oregon W. C. T. 0., state conven
tion, Portland, October 18-27.
Inland Empire Teachers' association,
Pendleton, October 19-21.
Power Prom the McKenzie:
Eugene Notice has been filed with
the county clerk by the Willamette
Valley Electric Railroad company of
its intention to appropriate from the
McKenzie river 15,000 cubic inches of
water, by miners' n.easure, under six
inch pressure, to be used in
Many Cords of Wood Held Up in the
Vicinity of Meacham.
La Grande It is reported that there
is tied up by government inspectors
around Meacham, 25 miles west of this
city, 2,000 cords of wood believed to
have been cut from land not yet out of
government ownership. A large num
ber of men have filed on land in the
mountains. Of each 160 acres 120 is
gtazing land and 40 acres timber land'.
The pre-emptors can get the grazing
land on time, and yet use it for grazing
purposes, lo acquire title enough, to
give them the right to cut wood on the
remaining 40 acres they must pay dow n
in tuu for the land. This it is alleged
many have not done.
The marketing of the 2,000 cords de
pends upon the outcome of the investi
gation. It is believed it will be releas
ed upon the settlement of each individ
ual for the 40 acres of timber land by
paying the cash for it, as was the orig
inal intention.
LEDGE SIXTY PEET WIDE.
New
Camp Will Be Opened In
Bohemia District.
the
Eugene According to the report of
W. 8 Crabb, a prospector who has just
come down from the mountains in the
vicinity of the Upper Willamette, an
other rich mining camp is about to be
opened up in this county.
Mr. Crabb reports the discovery of a
very rich ledge of quartz, which he says.
is ou feet .wide, samples of the ore from
which he brought out for assay. From
his description of the location, it is 20
miles above Hazel Dell postoffice, and
must tbeief ore be about that distance
to the east and north of ' the Bohemia
mining district.
Pruits for the St. Louis Pair.
La Grande VV. K. Newell, of Dilley.
Or., and George H. Lamberson. of
Portland, have been in the valley dur
ing the past week, gathering Grand
Ronde fruits fo the St. Louis -fair.
Judd Geer, of the Cove, horticultural
commissioner for Eastern Oregon, and
A. C Gail, a prominent . fruitgrower at
Union, assisted them in gathering a
choice assortment, and they expressed
themslelves as highly pleased with the
excellent fruit grown here. Apples are
being picked and packed for the fall
makets. "Over 100 cars will be sent
out from the valley this season. Prune
packing and picking is still going on.
The fruit growers of Grande Ronde will
organize and hold meetings pertaining
to the growth and sale of fruits and
other things concerning their common
good.
ing power to operate all kinds of elec
trical machinery. The point where
the water is to be taken from the river
is given as on the north bank neai the
line between sections 35 and 36. town
ship16, range 2 east, and describes the
line of the canal 14,000 feet long.
Step Toward New Can Factory-
Astoria A deed has leen fiied for
record whereby the American Can com
pany sells to the Pacific Sheet Metal
works the frontage of lots 1 and 2, block
3. The property is the site of the old
can factory and the consideration nam
ed is $1, although the price paid is
Sheep Poise ned on the Trail.
Lakeview Three hundred mutton
generat- sheep en route to the railroad for ship
ping are said to have been poisoned
along the main tiaveled road between
here and Bend. The alleged poisoning
happened near a spring, and analysis of
the stomachs of some of the sheep is
said to have disclosed saltpeter and
strychnine. The name of the owner
could not be learned, nor the motive of
the reported deed. The scene is in one
of the remotest portions of Central
Oregon, and only slight details reached
Laktview
nnrierntnnri tn ha 9fl flflO This is the
which objected to Signor Benedetti's in- rD Bton tnarA ua aBtaMiahmont
tervention in the matter, and he re- the new factory, which the Pacific
turned to Italy. The firm had also ci rfai nrtsn-iii sor Koi-dUw
undertaken to supply the Japanese
government with 200,000 breastplates.
Train of Sick and Wounded.
General Oku's Headquarters in the
Field, Oct. 5. The first southbound
train on the railway left this afternoon
cairying 490 Japanese wounded, 100
sick and 33 wounded Russian prisoners
on the way to Japan. The wounded
are practically the last of theJapanese
wounded at the battle of Liao Yang.
Tbe hospitals are now devoted to those
Buffering from beri beri and other dis
eases.
Gunboat Bit by a Mine.
Tokio, Oct. 5. It is rumored that a
Japanese gunboat hit a mine and sunk
south of the Liao Tung peninsula. A
portion of her crew reached an island
and were rescued. The navy department
does not deny the report, but says that
the department lacks confirmatory in
formation.
the opening of the fishing season.
Sugar-Making at La Grande.
La-Grande The La Grande Amalga
mated Sugar factory is running day and
night, and will have a run of over 90
days on the sugar beets raised in the
Grand Ronde, which amount to 25,000
tons. The beets from Umatilia county
will keep the factory running consider
ably later this season than usual.
Beets are being plowed and pulled in
the valley, and ton ate being hauled
to the factory every day.
Development of Copper Mine.
Medford Two tunnels are being
driven in the Blue Ledge copper mine,
located about 30 miles west of Medford,
near the California line, and owned by
a New York company. These tunnels
are driven to deteimine the extent and
value cf the property. The force of 13
men will be increased soon. So - far,
the quality of the ore is all that could
be detired.
Investigate Sherman Land Claims.
The Dalles Francis W. Clements
and James I. Parker, attorneys of
Washington, D. C, representing the
secretary of the interior, are here to
confer with Special Agent Neuhausen
and the local land officials upon the
investigation of the claims of the Sher
man county settlers. After their con
ference in this city they-will leave for
San Francisco, there to meet the offi
cers of the Eastern Oregon Land com
pany. Many Agrics Enrolled.
Corvallis The enrollment at tbe
Oregon Agricultural college has passed
the 500 mark, and is now 103 greater
than in the same daVlast year. The
count is confined to students in the
actual college courses, and is not inclu
sive of music pupils and other side is
sues. The number is more than dou
ble that in the academic and college
course Of any other educational institu
tion in Oregon.
Wheat Market.
Portland Walla Willa, 8182c;
bluestem, 86c; valley, 85c. . -t .,
Tacoma Bluestem, 87c; club, 83c.
Colfax Club,70 j bluestem, 76c.