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CORVALLIS.
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NEWS OF THE WP
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
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ARE BEATEN BACK
Russian Advance Ends in Dis
astrous Defeat.
In a
Condensed Form for' Our
Busy Readers.
A resume of the Less Important but
. Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Wednesday, January 25. r ' '
Tt house today passed the restrict
of Columbia and military ncademy ap
propriation bills: The proceedings were
almigt entirely dev-3- of interest. The
hous passed tUe kill extending the
presidential Fccession act so as to in
clude ;be secretaries of agriculture and
commiase and labor in the order named.
The army appropriation bill was the
caiwa of a lengthy discussion in the ISWKIII M rrrHINIi lit Mil llll-KN
i m.. , - , 11II1VU VU1IUUHU VI VUUIllUV
Miles to service in charge of the Mas
sachusetts state militia being the main
point of controversy. A number of cre
dentials of newly elected senators were
presented. The hour of meeting to
morrow was postpond until 1 o clock,
to allow many invited senators to at
tend a wedding.
The provincial council as warned the
ezar to grant freedom or lose his crown.
Russians accuse British of inciting
the riots and Great Britain has asked
for an explanation.
A canvass of the Denver vote in the
Colorado contest shows one-third of the
ballots to.be fraudulent.
The thermometer in Manchuria
where the fighting is now in progress
registers 20 degrees below zero.
The residence of Governor Trepoff,
of St. Petersburg, was almost demol
ished by a bomb. The governor was
absent.
It is believed that Kuropatkin re
ceived orders from St. Petersburg to as
sume the offensive or else he would not
have moved against the Japanese at
present. '
Twenty members of the Chicago
Commercial cslub have gone to Cuba,
where they will devote two weeks to
studying the commercial possibilities
of the island.
Edwin Stone, of Albany, manager of
the Corvallis & Eastern raliroad, was
assaulted and the room in which he was
asleep set on hre. The names were
not discovered until, with the injuries
received from the assailant, they proved
fatal. There is no clew to the mur
derer.
The naval appropriation bill provides
over $100,000,000.
The Russian strike has spread in
Poland and Baltic cities.
The Prussian government has ap-
pointed a commission to investigate the
coal strike.
Chile has refused to sell war vessels
to an American firm, presumably for
. one of the nations now at war in the
Far East.
Secretary Taft wants a reduction of
tariff on Philippine products and de
clares the islands will ultimately be
given their independence.
Sympathizers with the Russian strik
ers marched through the streets of
Boston with a red nag, but they were
not not allowed to make speeches.
The president has issued an order,
effective March 1, taking into the com
petitive classified service all customs
service positions in Alaska, except
thoift restricted a navigation season
only,
?Beple fleeing from St. Petersburg
lor safety say the present half-calm is
only a period of preparation for greater
resistance to the government and that
active smuggling of arms and dynamite
is going on across the Austrian frontier.
A plot against the life'of the czar has
been frustrated.
Peabody declares he -will onitnue
the contest for governor to the end.
The new cruiser Maryland exceeded
speed requirements on her trial trip.
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Officials in charge of the canal zone
are employing drastic measures to
stamp out yellow fever.
The cabinet has discussed the advisa
bility of teaching iiu-iitsu in the mili
tary and naval academies.
Labor Commissioner Wright says he
believes both sides were to blame in
the Colorado labor trouble.
Battle Carried On in Blizzard by Jap
anese When Forced to Fight
to Save Position.
Thursday, January 26.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was considered in the house today, but
the debate turned principally upon the
topic of restricting railroads in the
matter of freight rates. The house
adopted a joint resolution appropriat
ing $40,000 to defray the expenses of
the senate in conducting the trial of
Judge Swayne.
The senate passed the army appro
priation bill after modifying the provis
ion concerning the assignment of retired
army officers to active service with mil
itia organizations. This will relieve
General Miles from its application.
The bill transferring the control of
forest reservations from the interior to
the agricultural department was passed.
"Workmen in Russia are returning to
work, the government forcing conces
sions from their - employers in St
Petersburg and Moscow.
President Roosevelt has signed the
bill providing for the construction and
maintenance of roads and schools and
the care if insane persons in Alaska.
Father Gopon, th priest leader of the
strikers, is in the hospital recovering
from wounds. As soon as well he will
be court martialed and if found guilty
will be hanged.
A great battle has begun on the Hun
river, Manchuria.
Troops from European Russia are un
willing to fight and Kuropatkin advises
peace.
Several more cases of yellow fever
have been reported from the Panama
canal zone.
- A number of Moscow employers- are
saving their factories by paying wages
to the strikers.
The Russian strike is extending rap
idly, but without disorder, though new
trouble is feared. V 11 1
It is believed that Judge Swayne will
not be convicted of the charges now
pending against him in the senate;
Governor Trepoff, of St. Petersburg
says he will curb the, agitators, main
tain order and make no concessions
Fire in New York among a lot of
' rookeries caused the fire department
desperate battle and destroyed $100,000
worth of property.
The Russian strike -has spread to
nearly every town of importance in the
empire. . , , . , ,
Friday, January 27.
The Swayne impeachment case was
brought up in the senate today and af
ter several preliminaries had been ar
ranged the time for the real trial was
set for February 13. The rest of the
day was spent in considering the joint
statehood bill. Gallinger addressed
the senate in support of his amend
ment prohibiting the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors to Indians.
The house today passed the agricul
tural appropriationl bill without ma
terial amendment. The usual discus
sion on the free seed distribution was
indulged in. The house committee on
naval affairs today decided that the bill
should provide for two battle ships of
16,000 tons each. Three were asked
for. The bill carries approximately
$100,070,000. -
Saturday, Jan. 28.
Eulogies upon the departure of the
late Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
particularly engrossed the attention of
the senate today. There were 16
speeches by as many senators. After
the conclusion of the memorial serv
ices the senate adjourned out of respect
to the dead senator s memory.
In a Eession of less than' two hours
today the house passed 373 pension
bills and received for the calendar the
naval and diplomatic appropriation
bills. The session was devoted to leg'
illation entirely devoid of discussion.
Monday, January 30.
The senate today agreed to vote on
the joint statehood bill before adjourn
ment on Tuesday, February 7, the
amendments to be considered on that
date under the ten-minute rule. The
larger part of the day was occupied in
general debate on the statehood bill.
Fulton offered amendments to the In
dian appropriation bill referring to the
court of claims of Chinook and Cath-
lamet Indians ; also conveying title to
persons who have purchased grazing
lands from the Umatilla Indians.
After a protracted debate the house
adopted the conference report on the
executive, legislatve and jodicial appro
priation bill. As agreed to the bill
carries $29,132,242. A bill was passed
dividing the state of Washington into
two judicial districts, the Eastern and
Western. The bill extending to the
Philippines-the provisions of the revis
ed statutes concerning the extradition
of fugitives from justice was passed.
To Check Injunction Evil.
Washington, Jan. 27. An import
ant measure, which is the result of
conferences held during the past two
months among President .Roosevelt, At
torney General Moody, Commissioner
of Corporations Garfield and representa
tives of labor organizations and cor
porate interests, has been introduced
in the house of representatives. It
provides that in labor disputes an in
junction shall not be issued until an
opportunity shall have been afforded
the adverse party to the proceedings to
be heard by the court. .
' Ladrones ni the province
are in a state of revolt. '
of Cavite
Tokio, Jan. 31. The troops which
twice captured Port Arthur, once from
the Chinese and then again from the
Russians, have administered a defeat to
General Kuropatkin' s army from which
it cannot possibly recover during the
winter; Field Marshal Oyama has sent
a dispatch to the imperial headquar
ters indicating that the conquerors of
Port Arthur were sent by him to meet
the enemy in the bloody battle just de
cided, owing to their long practice un
der arms and their tried ability to
withstand the hardships of the awful
Manchurian winter. The result of
the struggle so far has proved thewis
dom of his course.
Every dispatch received from the
front tells of winter horrors such as no
other battling army ever had to contend
with. Many inches of snow cover the
country as far as the eye can see. The
ridges are snow-capped. Avalanche
upon avalanche has tumbled into the
trenchs, inflicting untold suffering upon
the soldiers therein.
Field Marshal Oyama's dispatches
have convinced the military authori
ties here that he was by no means anx
ious to engage in the battle, and, in
fact, permitted the Russians to take
several positions in his vicinity to save
the troops from the unspeakable strain
of fighting in the storm. But the Rus-
sian advance was made withh such en
ergy and determination by large bodies
of troops occupying miles of ground
that Oyama finally decided to accept
the challenge.
A large portion of General Nogi's
army, both his regulars and his re
serves, were placed in the vanguard
Among them were thousands of veterans
of the Chino-Japanese war, who, hav
ing done service in Manchuria in the
winter, were able to make progress and
use their arms where less seasoned
troops would have been paralzyed
The victory gained over the Russian
right army is considered here even a
greater fea"t than was the capture of
Port Arthur, for, while the battle
raged, there were no trenches to seek
protection in and ,every shot of the
enemy was made more deadly by the
indescribable cold. For this reason"
the news from the front that Field Mar
shal Oyama is now following up his
advantage with relentless energy has
been received With amazement.
BURTON TO GO UP.
Will Probably Be Head of New Ap
propriations Committee.
Washington, Jan. 81. Never before
in all the time he has been chairman
of the committee on rivers and harbors
has Representative Burton held out so
strongly against unworthy projects for
waterway improvements as he has dune
this session. Burton has. from the
first, fought projects which had no
merit, but he has heretofore been com
pelled to consent to the incorporation
in river and harbor bills of many items
which he did not personally approve.
This year, however, he has been
firmer, and has carried his point. He
has succeeded in keeping out of the
river and harbor bill every item that
was of a '-'log rolling" nature. He con
sented to no appropriations except for
projects that have been indorsed by the
war department.
There appears to be method in Mr.
Burton's course. When the next con
gress organizes, Speaker Cannon will
have to select a chairman for the com
mittee on appropriations. This chair
man ought to be a man of discrimina
tion, a man of force and a man of high
est integrity. He must be the "watch
dog of the treasury." He must be a
man who can dominate his committee
and hold out against all appropriations
which are not necessary. He must be
able to withstand the personal appeals
of members.
There is not a single member of that
committee today competent to become
its chairman. And from the speaker's
viewpoint, there is not a member in
the house better equipped for that
place than Mr. Burton. Perhaps the
chairman of the river and harbor com
mittee had the future in view when he
took the radical course he did in dic
tating the terms of the present river
and harbor bill.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ALASKA HAS A POOR SHOW.
CITY OF BLOOD.
Battle Rages in Warsaw Streets with
No Respect to Age or Sex. .
Warsaw, Jan. 31. Another day and
half a night of horrors have passed.
As this dispatch is sent, the city is
ruled by savage mobs and more savage
soldiers. Both are intent upon killing.
No official statements are obtainable at
this hour, but when the cost in human
lives comes to be counted there will be
found dead by the hundreds men,
women and children.
Everybody young and old, men,
women and children was attacked by
the Boldiers and ruthlessly shot down.
One soldier aimed a sabre blow at a
woman. In self defense she drew a re
volver and fired a shot, which went
wild. A second later a volley was di-
rected at her, and she fell dead, riddled
by a score of bullets. This is but one
of a hundred instances.
For the moat part the soldiers who
rode and tramped through the streets
during the late afternoon of Monday
were drunk, They seemed to take a
particular delight in attacking harmless
persons,' They killed tor tne mere
sake of killing.
Senators Pay Little Attention to In
terests of Big Territory.
" Washington, Jan. 31. The deter
mination of the senate to dispose of
the bwayne impeachment case means,
according to senate leaders, that most
of the time between now and March
4 will be taken up in court duty, to
the exclusion of legislative matters,
save only the necessary supply bills.
All legislation which encounters objec
tion will have to go over.
This means not only the defeat of the
ship subsidy, interstate commerce and
statehood bills, but the defeat of ail
legislation relating to Alaska. It had
been hoped that several Alaskan meas
ures might be passed before adjourn
ment, but that hope has been dispelled
Plans had already been laid for bring
ing forward the Alaska delegate bill,
passed by the house last session. But
Alaska will get no delegate by the grace
of the 58th congress. Neither will
Alaska get much else, save what is pro
vided in the regular appropriation bills.
Alaska is weak in tne senate tor two
reasons: All Alaskan legislation en
counters-opposition from a few men,
but what is more significant, few sen
ators have any real interest in the great
district, and not more than half a dozen
men make any effort whatever to push
through legislation which Alaska seeks
There is more opposition to the dele
gate bill than to any other Alaska bill
now pending, and this opposition will
be able to put a quietus on the Cush-
man bill, in the present session.
Amounts
Will Now Build.
Sacramento, Jan. 27. The Lewis
and Clark appropriation bill, which
passed the senate on Monday by a
unanimous vote, today passed tne
assembly. It will be signed by the gov
ernor as soon as it can be engrossed.
The money appropriated by this bill,
with the appropriation of two years ago,
$90,000 in all, will be immediately
available, under the direction of Gov
ernor Pardee, who is authorized to act
in his own discretion.
Illinois Will Exhibit.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 27. With the
sanction and official approval of gov
ernor Deneen, a bilLwill be introduced
in both branches of the general assem
bly next Monday providing tor an, ap
propriation of $35,000 for an Illinois
building at the Lewis and Clark cen
tennial exposition which will open next
June at Portland, Oregon. Along with
the bill will be presented a special mes
sage from Govenor Deneen.
All Agree with Hay.
Berlin, Jan. 31. The Russian gov
ernment's reply to China's declaration
that she has not infringed neutrality,
nor permitted Japan to do so, is a reas-
sertion that she has done so. The Rus
sian note is such, that it is inferred
that Russia is not likely to carry the
discussion much further. It is learned
here that Russia found that all the
powers, particularly Germany, held
views identical with those of the
united states on limiting tne zone
of war and the keeping China out . of
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Run Down by Cavalry.
.'London, Jan. 31. The foreign office
has received a telegram from Consul
Gneral Murray, at Warsaw, reporting
that himself and V ice Consul Mucu-
kain were charged by Russianl cavalry
men engaged in clearing the streets of
Warsaw. It appears that Mr. Murray
is partially deaf, and when he endeav
ored to make known his personality, it
was without avail. Ambassador Hard
inge has been ordered to make urgent
protest at St. Petersburg.
Burning the Factories.
London, Jan. 27. A dispatch from
St. Petersburg late tonight to a news
agency here reports that Pahl's factory
and a large cotton mill have been set on
fire and are burning fiercly.
Beef 'Trust a Monopoly.
Washington, Jan. 31. The supreme
court of the United States today decid
ed the, United States vs. Swift & Co,
knownas the beef trust case, charging
conspiracy among the packers to fix
prices on fresh meaj3 and like products
The opinion was handed down by
Justice Holmes and affirmed the de
cision of the court below, which
against the packers.
FOR BREMERTON NAVY YARD
in Naval
Bill.
Appro-
Provided
pnation
Washington, Jan. 31.- The naval ap
propriation bill as reported to the house
carries $233,500 for the Puget sound
navy yard. Following are the items
Extension of' construction plant,
$20,000 ; sewer system, $500 ; gradning,
$20,000; fire protection system, $10,
000; electric light plant, $10,000; tel
ephone system, $1,500; railroad and
equipment, $6,000 ; boat shop for con
struction and repair, $20,000; water
system, $3,000; heating system, $3,
000 ; locomotive and crane track about
dry dock, $30,000; dredging, $10,000;
quay wall, $25,000; roads and walks,
$5,000; joiner shop for construction
and repair, $5,000; machinery for yards
and docks, $2,000: additional piers,
$50,000.
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
Salem, Jan. 24. Of the 24 bills
passed by the hosue today only one en
countered opposition that for the cre
ation of a state library commission.
The secretary of this commission is to
receive $1,200 a year and traveling ex
penses. The bill creating the Eighth
(Baker county) and Tenth (Union and
Wallowa) judicial districts were amonz
those passed.
The senate held only a very short
session today, adjourning at 11 :15 until
tomorrow at 10. Besides disposing of
all the senate business on hand, the
senate received a few house bills and
referred from that branch to the vari
ous committees. The senators spent
the afternoon on committee work.
Half a dozen bills have been intro
duced at this session for the creation of
a mining bureau, but it is doubtful
whether any of them will become laws.
The creation of a Lewis and Clark
county is a new proposal before the
legislature. The new county is to be
the northern half of Grant, except a
narrow strip along the eastern side,
and make Long Creek the county seat.
The intention is to eventually take, in
a strip of taker also.
Salem, Jan. 25. A score of bills
dealing with the salaries of state and
county officers have been introduced in
the house, and more are to follow.
The most important of all is the bill
for flat salaries for state officers.
Speaker Mills was absent today and
Bailey, of Multnomah, was' elected
speaker for the day.
Thirteen bills were passed by the
house, of which eight related to charter
amendments or incorporation acts.
Twenty-eight new measures were pro
posed.
In the senate eighteen bills were
passed, a large majority, relating to
municipalities. One appropriates
$45,000 for Indian war veterans.
Eight new bills where introduced.
The house papsed a concurrent reso
lution asking an investigation of the
methods by which the Northern Pacific
railway secured 400,000 acres of Ore
gon timber lands.
The house will pass a bill to grant
each county a prosecuting attorney and
do away with district attorneys.
Representative Sterner, of Lake, has
a bill intended to end range wars. It
forces the county in which the damage
is committed to pay' one-half of the
value of the stock injured or destroyed
The senate went on record today
against making tramrobbery punish
able by death. A bill fixing imprison
ment at not less than 10 nor more than
40 years was favorably reported.
were passed by-
Waved the Red Flag. .
Kansas City, Jan. 31. Two hundred
men and women members of socialistic
societies rose to their feet and cheered
a red flag at a mass meeting held here
tonight. The meeting was called for
the purpose of raising a fund for the
aid of - the working classes of Russia.
The czar and aristocratic class of Rus
sia were condemned in the strongest
terms at command. One speaker com
pared the czar to ex-Governor Peabody,
of Colorado. Resolutions were passed
expressing smypathy with the op
pressed and denouncing the. czar. .
Bombs in Barracks.
Vienna, Jan. 31. A telegram from
Czentschow, Poland, reports that a
bomb was thrown, in the cavalry bar
racks there today and that many sol
diers were wounded. The act is sup
posed to have been in revenge for bru
tality in dispersing a workman's meet
ing. Other dynamite outrages are re
ported to have occurred in the neigh
borhood of Lodz. A gendarme is re
ported to have been killed and a num
ber wounded. Ky.-1, , , ;f
Salem, Jan. 26. That the legisla
ture will not adjourn short -of a 40 days
session was indicated today when the
house voted down the resolution for
final adjournment February 10.
A large number of bills were favor
ably reported to the house by the vari
ous committees to which they had been
assigned. Twelve new bills were intro
duced. Three house bills were passed,
as follows: To extend time lor Cottage
Grove to give notice of tax levy; to
authorize Clatsop county to erect a
court house ; for deficiency and legis
lative appropriations. The senate con-
cured in the adoption of the house con
current resolution to investigate North
ern Pacific land transactions. Fifteen
senate bills were passed by the senate
among them being: Increasing the
penalty for train robbery to imprison
ment for 10 to 40 years; to create juve
nile courts and provide for control of
neglected children; to apppropriate
$25,000 for the operation of the port
age road at Ceulo; to appropriate $45,
000 for the Indian war veterans.
Eleven new bills were introduced in
the senaie. ,
At the close of today's session 179
bills had been introduced in the senate
and 281 in the house. Kay's flat salary
bill passed the house today with only
two opposing votes. The yearly sal
aries proposed by this measure are
Governor $5,000 ; secretary of state $4,
500; state treasurer $4,500 ; supreme
judge $4,500 ; attorney general $3,600
Salem, Jan. 27. Nineteen bills were
passed by the senate today. Twelve
new bills were introduced. ''The house
passed 21 of its measures.
A bill has made its appearance in the
senate intended to regulate the frater
nal insurance orders in the state.
The Coe measure raising the age of
consent has been unfavorably reported
by the committee and a substitute re
ported favorably. It is thought the
new bill will pass.
The bill providing for agricultural
institutes and carriyng a $2,500 appro
priation passed the house with votes to-spare.
Salem, Jan. 30. Sixteen new bills
were introduced in the senate today.
One prohibits the sale of cigarettes to-
minors and makes the use of them Kir
person under 16 years a iuvenile de
linquency which may be dealt with
under the juvenile law. Another is to
approppriate $50,000 annually for nor
mal scnoois.
Nine bills were passed bv the senate.
One of these is the bill raising the sal
ary of the assistant warden of the peni
tentiary irom ?9UU to $1,200 a year.
Another raises the salary of the. clerk
of the state land board from $1,800 to
$2,400 a year.
In the house the bill creatine a state
tax commission looking to a revision of
the tax code was passed. The bill cre
ating Cascade county was passed.
Hood River is given as the countv
seat. If the new countv is cret.l it.
will be in the judicial "district with
Multnomah and joint legislative dis
trict with Wasco. Strong opposition
will develop in the senate, where the
Wasco people have centered thiV
forces.
Nine other measures
the house.
Th Jayne local option bill will be
amended by eliminating the emergency
clause and the reduction of the number
of voters required on a petition for a
prohibition election from 40 to 30 per
cent of the electors of a precinct.
comparatively few salary bills have
been introduced in the senate thus far,
but it is known that others will be in
troduced later. As a rule these bills
being local, they pass without question
upon the recommendation of the dele
gation from the counties affected.
Talk New Railroad.
Tillamook Another railroad propo
sition has been made to the citizens by
Mr. isimmons, who says he is backed
by Portland capital, to give Tillamook
county railroad connections. He made
a proposition to build a standard guage
railroad from either Forest Grove or
North Yamhill, and have it constructed
within one year, provided the citizens
could get a 100-foot right of way, give
$35,000 subsidy and a suitable site for
a depot in this city. Itis the inten
tion to extend the line, provided it is
built to this city, to Netarts bay.
Six Towns Represented.
Marshfield At a meeting of the
Coos bay chamber of commerce it was
decided to turn over the management of
the Coos county exhibit at the Lewis
and Clark fair to a central organization
composed of seven members, one to be
named by each of the boards of trade of
Coquille, Bandon, Myrtle Point, Marsh
field, Empire and North Bend and a.
chairman from the members of the
county court. The plans for the pa
vilion, 50x60 feet, will be turned over
to this organization.
No Fisn for Five Months.
Oregon City At a conference of
Clackamas county fishermen in this
city, a resolution addressed to the legis
lature was adopted asking that the state
fishing laws be so amended as to pro
vide for a closed season of five months
in the year, June 1 to November 1 .
This arrangement will do away with
the closed season extending from March
1 to April 15, and is in harmony with
the position that has been taken by
the Multnomah and Clackamas county
delegations at Salem.
Arrests by the Hundred.
London, Jan. 31. A dispatch to the
Daily Graphic" from Sevastopol says:
'.'In consequence of the gravity of' the
situation here, ' the , government . has
invested the naval and military com
manders with full powers to repress
disorders. Over 900 arrests have been
made." ';
Will Abandon Contests.
'- Ajax Few of the score-odd contests
instituted against Gilliam county set
tlers in the vicinity at the instance of
William Twilley, of Devil's butte, will
probably be carried to trial, most of
the contestors having realized that sen
timent in this community and in the,
county generally is against them. In
the past six weeks 22 homesteads in the
Ajax section have . been , contested.
Three or four were heard at The Dalles
and the rest were set for hearing before
the Gilliam county clerk at Condon.
Feeling isbitter against Twilley.
Not Much Snow in the Hills.
Pendleton The melting snows and
falling rains of the past few days has
filled the streams of the county. Water
is now o plentiful enough to run all
mills that have heretofore suffered by
the dryness of the fall. Irrigationists
are fearing that1 ihere will not be a
artfTinipnt. ' nnontitw wf unnw : in t.ViA
mountains to insure a flow of water
through the summer. Usually there
is from five to six feet at Kamela, but
' now there is but a few inches.;
Church Colony for Oregon.
Spokane The People's United
church, at the head of which is Bishop
David N. Mclnturff, is to be disrupted
in Spokane and a colony formed in Ore
gon or the Big Bend. Bishop Mcln
turff has made arrangements to pur
chase 5,000 acres of land in one of the
places named, and every member of
the church will move to the new colony
after turning over all his worldly pos
sessions to the church. . The church
has now $50,000 or $60,000.
Little Wheat is Left Over.
Pendleton E. W. McComis, agent
for the Puget Sound Warehouse com
pany in this city, says that there is
only between 150,000 and 200,000 bush
els of wheat left in the county out of
the 5,000,000 grown in Umatilla county
last year. Nearly every farmer keeps
a supply of seed on hand, even for fall
sowing, in case 01 tne gram ireezing
out. This seed is included in the
amount left in the county unsold.
. Union County's Hog.
La Grande The big Union county
hog which is being fattened by Kiddle
Bros, at Island City for the-Lewis and
Clark fair, which weighed 900 pounds
a few months ago when- purchased from
Sam Brooks, now weighs 1,000 pounds, .
nnd continues to grow fatter." .It is in
tended to make it weigh more than the
prize' St. Louis fair hog. . ; . N .
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 83c; blue
stem, 88c; valley, 87c.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.S22.35,
gray, $1.351.40 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton;
clover, $1112; grain, $1112; cheat,
$1213.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, 85 90c;
common, 6075c. ;'''
Apples Baldwins, $1.25; Spitzen
bergs, $1.752 per box.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 27 28c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2530c.