CORVALLIS GAZETTE
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a
Condensed Form for
Easy Readers.
Our
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Strikes and peasant revolts are being
renewed in Russia.
Japan is raising the sunken Russian
ships at Port Arthur.
The president has announced his in
tention, to change the canal commission.
Kuropatkin has been appointed com
mander of . the Fiist Manchurian army.
Russian bureaucrats are being driven
to make peace by terms dictated for a
new French loan.
The United States, government has
called fp.r' arbitration of ihe Venezuelan
dispute,. (witb the alternative of forces
Over 3,000 men live been thrown out.
of employment as the' result of the'&hut
down of the Havemeyer: sugar 'refinery
in Brooklyn.8 - ' -
,A "new. island, bas. risen in .the sea oi-
Janan. .caused bv the action of a voir
cano. -"The mikado's .flag has. been
raised on Its top, which has a circum
ference of two and three-fourths miles
'Although, the city ordinances of New
York "forbid the erection of brick-and
stone buildings in frosty weather some
- 75 flat buildings have been finished
since January 1, and now that the mor
tar is thawing' they are falling down
News of another crushing blow to the
Russian army is being withheld.
A Chicago judge says a woman has a
. right to-, kill her husband in self-
defense.
Italy has sent a warship to Santo
Domingo to demand 1 the payment of
her claims.
- An addition is being built to Presi
dent Roosevelt's summer home at Sag
. amore Hill, L. I.
The war party in Russia is caricatur
ing Roosevelt andtrying to draw France
and Germany into war. .
The. governor of Viborg province,
Southern Russia, has been mortally
wounded by a terrorist.
Two masked men held up messengers
of the Pacific Coast Oil company near
Berkeley, Cal., and secured $10,000
The Chicago council has taken away
the franchise of the largest street rail
way,. The property is valued at $36,
000,000. One of the most perplexing questions
confronting the administration is the
Panama canal. It is admitted that the
commission is a failure.
-.. The United States court of claims
has - awarded the Cherokee Indians
$4,500,000 for lands secured in 1838
but never entirely paid for. Of this
amount $1,111,284 is principal and the
balance interest.
Chinese complain of outrages by Jap
anese. "
There is a great rush of homeseekers
from all parts of the East t the North
west.
Porch, a small town near Hobart,
Oklahoma, has been wrecked by' a cy
clone.
The armored cruiser Washington has
been launched at the Camden, N. J.
ship yard.
Secretary Hay's health has broken
down and he may resign. He has gone
to Europe for a rest.
Root, Taft and Knox are three strong
Republicans who "are already- being
epokenh of as the next candidate for
president.
French faith in Russia's ability to
cope with the Japanese has been severe
ly shaken by the latest defeats to ' the
czar's arms. - .
! The Missouri legislature elected Wil
liam Warner, Republican, of. . Kansas
City, United States senator to succeed
Francis M. Cockrell. ,
Oyama announces .t-hat he will enter
Harbin on April 10 and that Vladi
vostok will also be in possession of the
Japanese on that date. . 4,
A special wire will run from Poit-
land to the White house and by press
ing a button tne president wiu, open
the Lewis and Clark fair next June
; lix-seuator Hawley, of Connecticut.
is dead.
The czar is breaking down under the
continued nervous strain.
;The Japanese are pursuing the Rus
sians beyond Tie pass and are inflicting
terrible loss.
Twenty thousand prisoners were cap
tured Dy tne Japanese wnen Tie pass
was taken.
The Japanese minister to the United
States denies any danger of his govern
ment going to war with this country
uovernor reaooay resigned as gov
ernor of Colorado as agreed and Lieu
tenant Governor McDonald has stepped
in. .
An entire division of Russia- have
been cut off - from the main army and
its capture is certain. The main body
is also in grave danger of being cut off
from Harbin.
DOINGS iN CONGRESS.
Wednesday, March 16.
Republican leaders of the' senate are
all at sea, respecting the action ad
visable to take in regard to the-Santo
Domingo treaty.: . Recognizing that the
Democrats control more than- one-third
of the rotes,- and that two-thirds are
required to ratify the convention, the
Republican leaders think that the
treaty should be. withdrawn . by the
president. On this subject the senate
and the president do not agree, and the
idea prevails that, after one. or two
days more of inconsequential discussion,
the special session ol tne senate will oe
allowed to adjourn without date, and
the treaty lapse. But this plan is not
popular in the senate and a way to
avoid it is being sought.
Thursday, March 16.
Senator Morgan occupied practically
the entire time in opposition to the
Santo Domineo treaty iu the executive
session of the senate today. ,
A new plan suggested is to let the
whole matter go over until the next
regular session of congress, when a joint
resolution will be passed to authorize
the president to do the very things that
are proposed by the treaty. .
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Friday, March, 17.-...
In the executive session of the senate
today Morgan continued his speech of
yesterday. He spoke until '4:45 p. m.,
Hen D oraker tooK tne floor in aetense
Adjournment is looked for tomorrow
It is not determined whether the treaty
will be recommitted or whether it will
be allowed to lapse' without " action of
any kind. - - --- v.-
Senator TSpoOner ' discussed-:- brieflly
the rlations between the-Philpipines
and this country, and said he .believed
the time would come when the islands
would have their own government.
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Saturday, March 18. :
The special session of the senate was
at 3:30 today adjourned without day.
All the nominations sent in - were con
firmed with the exception of five, the
most important of which was that of
Judge James Wickersham to succeed
himself as judge of the District court
of Alaska. Several unimportant treat
ies were ratified, but beyond these mat
ters no legislative business was' trans
acted. . Most of the session was devoted
to the Santo Domingo treaty and at ad.
ournment no action had been taken on
the matter and it was allowed to re
main on the calendar.
CHECK PUT ON DEFICIENCIES
Congress Provides Against Expendi
tures in Excess of Appropriations.
Washington, March 20. One of the
wisest acts of the late congress was the
insertion of a provision in the general
deficiency bill that became a law on
March 3, that hereafter deficiencies
shall not be created except upon some
great emergency. Officers of the gov
ernment have been altogether too free
in making contrats and purchases with
out regard to the appiopriations on
hand, trusting that the deficiencies
would be supplied.
When a deficiency bill amounts to
the enormous figure of $31,000,000, it
gives the members of congress some
cause for alarm, and - it -seems some
method was necessary to compel officers
not to make these enormous expendi
tures for which no provision of congress
had been made. The creating of defi
ciencies was in a way unlawful, and if
congress desired, it could repudiate
these expenditures. But very seldom
has any just expenditure been refused
in a deficiency bill, although sometimes
criticised.
Small Hope for Kuropatkin, '
London, March ' 17.' The advices
from the Far East are believed here to
indicate that Genebral Kuropatkin and
his forces in Manchuria will be forced
to surrender to tne Japanese witnin a
very short time. The correspondent of
the London Daily Mail at St. Peters
burg, telegraphing late last nightr says
that advices received by the Russian
war office indicate that a very large
force of Japanese nave succeeded in
carrying out Marshal Oyama's envelop
ing movement and is now far to the
northward of the fleeing Russian col
Trains.. ' -. , .'
Peabody is Seated. v .
Denver, March 17. James H. Pea-
body today won his contest for the
office of governor, from which he Re
tired on January 10 after serving a
term of two years, but his victory was
achieved only after he had given his
pledge , to resign 1 and : surrender the
chair to Lieutenant Governor Jesse F
McDonald, j The vote in joint conven
tion of the general assembly by which
Governor Alva Adams was ousted and
Governor James H. Peabody installed
was 55 to 41. Ten Republicans voted
with the Democrats for Adams.
.-o - Calls Peasantry to Arms.
Paris, March 17. Father Gopon, the
leader of the St. Petersburg workmen
in the demonstration of January- 22,
who, according to the Tribune Russ, is
still hiding . in France, has issi el an
other stirring appeal to - the Russian
peasantry, calling on them to follow
the directions of the revolutionary com
bative committee, forgetting all differ
ences of religion and race, and rise as
one man, armed for a general ineuxrec.
tion against czarism. '. r
Bomb for Pobiedonostsetf.
London, March 17! A dispatch from
St. Peterswburg to the News agency re
ports that late last night a bomb ex
ploded on the tramway line close to the
residence of M.'4Pobiedonostseff, pro
curator oi tne uoiy bynod. no one
was injured.
EXPLODING BOILERS
Kill
"atdeast Sixty Persons at
Brockton7 Massachusetts
THEIR BODIES ARE CREMATED
Shoe Factory Swarnvng With People
Ripped Asunder by Bursting
Boiler and Burned.
Brockton, Mass., March 21. At leas.
60 persons were killed early today by
the explosion of a boiler in a large
shoe - manufacturing establishment in
the Campbell district conducted by the
R. B. Grover company. The explosion
was immediatey followed by a flash of
flame which consumed the factory, a
long, four-story structure, as if it were
a house of .cards, and incinerated an
unknown number of men and women
who were , unable to extricate them
selves from the mass of tangled wreck
age formed 'by the terrific upheaval in
the boiler room. - More than 5Q of the
employes in the building were maimed
burned or bruised by tne time they
reached safe ground. ' " ...
The fire extended from the factory to
seven other, buildings in tne vicinity
and destroyed them., . .. One of these
buildings was a three-story wooden
block,, the others". .Being, .cottages' of
small 1 value ' and a "blacksmith shop'.
The wooden' "dwellirigg- near the 'engine
room'were practically demolished by
the flying boiler, but "none- of their oc
cupants' were seriously - injured. The
total financial loss" is estimated at
$250,000, $200,000-of; which falls
the R. B. Grover company." ' ' -
It may never be known ' just how
many persons perished' in' the wreckage
jno one knows exactly now many per
sons were in the factory. The number
has been estimated at 400, but Treas
urer Charles O. Nelson said tonight he
doubted whether there" were so many at
work. Two hundred and fifty survivors
have been accounted for, and at mid
night the remains of 50 bodies had
been recovered from the ruins, the
search being continued all night.
SAY AMOUNT IS EXORBITANT
America and Britain Hold Out Against
Paying Samoan Claim.
London, March 21. The Associated
irresa understands tnat there are no
prospects of an early settlement of Ger
many's Samoan" claims. A tentative
offer of $40,000 has been declined.
Germany's claim of $120,000, when
divided betweed the United States and
Great Britain, is conceded to be not
worth haggling over, but the two gov
ernments stand together on principle
on the refusal to settle.
The claim for $120,000 includes
moral damage, and the American and
British experts to -whom the accounts
were submitted report that the claim
represents ten times the actual losses
Germany has been informed that the
two governments are anxious to settle
and would be willing to pay any rea
sonable sum,' as other claims are await
ing the result of thiB settlement.
BIG GUNS MAY TALK.
French Warships Ordered to Proceed
At Once to Venezuela.
Washington' March 21. The French
Cable company complications have
reached a crisis, and Minister Bowen
has informed the State department that
the French minister at- Caracas, by in
titructions of his government, has noti
fied the Vennezuelan government that
there must be no further . proceedings
on its part toward the cancellation
the company's franchise or interference
with its property.
Further, Mr. Bowen reports that two
French warships the cruisers--Dupleix
and Jurien de la Graviere, have been
ordered post haste to Venezuela to act
in accord with the instructions of the
French minister. The ' warships
now in the Caribbean sea. , : A
Fighting Hawaiian Forest Fires.
Honolulu, March 21. Five hundred
or more persons, mostly plantation la
borers, were today fighting ' the forest
fires at Wahiawa,.. . The fiie is now be
lieved to be under control. About 2,
000 acres were burned, being mostly
land recently acquired by the United
States for a military reservation.
trail 30 feet wide was burned around
it. The forest is being patrolled to
night. The fires in Olaa and Kona are
also 'believed to be under control
Rain helped to extingish the , fires
the Olaa district.
Extra Session in October.
Des Moines, March 21. Senator Al
lison is authortiy for the statement that
President Roosevelt will call congress
in extra session October 1, two months
in advance of the regular, session, for
the purpose of considering the railroad
rate investigation. - Senator Allison
also expressed his own views ' relative
to the rate question. He stands for
empowering the commission to adjust
rates, declaring that there are many
abuses which are subject to correction
v Witte Asked Peace Discussion.
Paris,. March 21 . In the course of
an interview in the Matin today, Vis
count Hayashi stated that M. Witte,
when in Berlin last.Juiy, sent an
emissary to London asking the Japanese
minister there to meet him to discuss
peace. Minister Hayashi consented,
but received no' further communica
tion.
CONFERENCE ON IRRIGATION.
Experts from" Western ' Government
-jL-lStations Meet in California. ;v -San
FrancisooMarbh 21 . -At a small
but yery significant conference of half a
dozen irrigation experts connected with
the experiment stations of the United
States Agricultural department on the
Pacific coast, held yesterday and today
at the University of California, import
ant plans were made for the future of
irrigation and drainage investigation in
all the western states. The meeting
was attended by Professor Elwood
Mead, chief of he . irrigation bureau of
the Department of Agriculture ; Profes
sor Samuel Fortier, of Montana; Pro
fessor G. H. True, of Nevada; Professor
0. L. Waller, of Washington; Profes
sor J. H. Withycombe, of Oregon; and
Professors E. W. Hilgard, R. H. Lough-
ridge, and E. J-Wickson, of the agri
cultural experiment stations at Berkley.
The chief task of the conference was
the preparation of plans' for- experi
ments to determine the quality of water
which will give the best results in irri
gation under dfferent conditions. This
an undertaking almost limitless in
extent. ,' In addition to this," a cam
paign of education is being arranged." '
Professor Elwood Mead, who has just
arrived in California to. commence bis
series of annual lectures at the State
university,' is ' very hopeful over the'
future of irrigation 'on the coast. , '
Professor . Withycombe- reported on
the work and its possibilities in Oregon.
He .will, return north and continue the
measurements of streams. " '''"
Today's conference is considered as
opening new possibilities in irrigation
on the Pacific coast, . .' , :r-i'
S LAUGHTER BY BULGARIANS.
Greek Village Attacked and All. Male
Inhabitants .Slain.. .- ; --
Constantinople, March 21. Advices
received . from Salonica state-, that the
Bulgarian- bands are again causing
trouble, and that reports of outrages
are coming in rapidly. The result of
thiB " is that the relations between
Greece and Bulgaria are again stretched
near to the breaking point, the former
government alleges that the Bulgarian
government is not making any effort
to keep these bands under control but
permits them to ravage at will on con
dition that they confine- their assaults
to Greeks and Turks.
At a monastery near Vodena a band
of armed Bulgarians attacked a party
of Greek priests and the latter must
have been killed had not a party of
Greeks come to their resue and at
tacked the Bulgarians. The latter were
beaten back, leaving 15 dead behind.
Angered at their losses the Bulgar
ians attacked tne villages of Mossi
merion and ruthlessly massacred all of
the male inhabitants and carried off
the women and children. They then
terrorized the entire district of Vodena
and so far have managed to escape the
troops that were sent to punish them.
CASTRO SEIZED COAL MINES.
Protest Entered by Italian Government
for Operating Company.
New York, March 21. The Herald
this morning prints the following dis
patch from Port of Spain, Trinidad: -,
News has reached Port of Spain that
the governor of Barcelona, Venezuela,
has received from President Castro or
ders, to take possession at once of the
coal mines of Gnantanaricual, situated
ar Barcelona, and leased, in 1898 for
33 years by the Venezuelan government
to an Italian company.
The same day the Venezuelan troops
took possession of ' the mines by armed
force, as in the similar case of the New
York and Bermudese company, this,
notwithstanding the protest of the Ital
ian government.' The action has been
taken without a judgmnt of the court
of Caracas. -
The Italian legation has been notified
and Baron Aliotti, Italian charge
d'affaires, is represented as having
entered a protest . " '
.Spartan Runs on a Rock.
Block Island, R. I., March 21. The
steamer Spartan, of the Boston and
Philadelphia steamship company, ran
aground on the southeastern end of
Block island during a fog early today
while on her . way from Providence to
Ph lalelphia. . A 15-foot hole was
stove in the ship's bow and soon the
vessel sank so her decks were awash
Tonight th vessel is rapidly -breaking
up. The crew of 23 remained aboard
the ship during the day; but were taken
off tonight. Wreckers have been sent
to lighter the cargo. . ,
. Mistake Over Damage Claim.
j St. Petersburg, March 21. The Rus
sian press is bitterly attacking the
claim for damages for the sinking of
the Brtish steamer Knight Commander,
on the theory that the demand is for
exemplary damages put forward by the
Brtish government in violation of inter
national law and entirely apart from
the owner's claim, whereas the fact is
that it is simply the owner's claim, the
misapprehension having, been created
by erroneous report in English papers.
' Meat Too High for the Poor.
Mexico City, March 21 . Meat deal
ers are exercised over the rise in the
price of meat, which has been advanced
from 25 to 50 per cent in: the last
month, and charge that there is a meat
trust at work.. The situation is: seri
ous, as meat is . almost. beyond the
means of the lower classes." , : ,
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I OREGONrSTATElITERlS OF IiNTEREST" I
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RESUME WORK ON UMATILLA
Irrigation Project Has Attention
Government Engineers.
Pendleton John T. Whistler,
gineer of the reclamation bureau
of
en
for Oregon, says work will be resumed
on
the Umatilla irrigation project in a
short time. The engineers will con
tinue their investigations of the John
Day river proposition and ascertain if
the river can be diverted from its chan
nel over the desert lands of Southern
Morrow county.
The feat would be a difficult
and, contrary to the belief of the
one,
pub-
lie, who think the river would
its channel at the headwaters of
leave
' Wil-
low creek, the canal would necessarily
follow the deep canyon of the river for
miles, emerging to the top at
a point west of lone, Morrow county,
and take an easterly direction toward
Umatilla county until the grade- neces
sitated running north to the Columbia.
This project would probably cost from
$2,500,000 to $3,000,000, but . Mr.
Whistler states that should it be found
that 250,000 acres-could be reclamed
it would-.be -feasible. - Should ..the
'amount of land be much -smaller, than
tnis it wince deterred until sucn a
time as lands are of a sufficient' value
to' warrant "the expenditure of -such-a
sUmypr at least until the, reclamation
f ui d reaches such an amount as to war
rant, the commencement, of such a
scheme. '
Other investigations in the Umatilla
project pifoperrwill be continued,'- as
site was " found late last ; fall '- which
might proye feasible. . The character,
of the soils in that district is such that
great care is being exercised ' upon
site. Some have proved after tests to
be of such a nature as not to hold
water through the hot season and
would lose a great amount by the per
colation through the sides and bottom
of a reservoir.
Instructions for Taking Census.
Salem Secretary of State Dunbar
has issued the blanks and instructions
to county assessors governing the tak
ing of the state census of 1905. Sup
plies will be sent to each assessor in
day or two. The legislature, at its last
session, having failed to pass any act
amending the old census law, Secretary
of State Dunbar has adhered closely to
the law, out of date though it is. .Two
blanks are provided, one for the enu
meration of inhabitants and the other
for the enumeration of industrial pro
ducts. For the convenience of assessors
the military roll was included in the
enumeration of inhabitants. The
in
structions given are very complete
if studied and carefully followed
and
the
census should give a very accurate
col
lection of statistics. .
To Exhibit Sumpter Ores.
Sumpter The building which will
contain the permanent ore exhibit of
the Sumpter mining district, is com
plete in - its interior decorations and
now ready for the reception of a dis
play p?cimen. The object of the ex
hibit is the concentration at one piont
of the many different kinds of minerals
that are produced in this district.
This will permit of inspection of ores
without the, necessity of visiting the
many different sections where they are
found. Many visitors from the East,
visiting the Portland exposition, are
expected to stop over and inspect this
section, and the mineral display will
be one of the most important objects to
attract their attention.
To Import Black Percherons.
Pendleton A. C. Ruby- & Co. this
week sold to John Crow, the wheat
grower, a "black Percheron stallion,
making the eighteenth sale since estab
lishing a distributing depot in the
place. Mr. Ruby is preparing to go to
Europe to purchase another lot, and
will leave the latter part of. May. He
will first visit England to purchase a
few Shires and then to France to pur
chase the black Percherons, which are
more popular than other breeds. The
animals will be shipped and will reach
here about the first of July.
- Umaiilla County Booklet.
Pendleton The Commercial associa
tion is preparing matter for a booklet
containing information of Umatilla
county, to be distributed among the in
coming homeseekers to induce them to
locate in the county. A number of the
newspaper men and business men haVe
been asked to contribute articles for the
book, and it will be printed as soon as
possible. Fifty thousand copies will
be printed for distribution among the
visitors who pass through to the Lewis
and Clark fair. this summer. .
Low Prices for Cattle.
Pendleton Stock growers of the
county are disappointed at the poor
cattle market and a few are selling re
gardless of the fact that only the lowest
figure' of the season can be obtained. A
short time ago the market promised to
reach 4 cents for steers and Z cents
for cows, and in one or two instances
those figures were paid, but after those
sales the prices immediately fell until
only 3 cents is paid for the choicest
animals. ' '
Wildwood Mill to Start. ,
Cottage Grove The Wildwood Lum
ber company, which owns a large saw
mill near the end of the Oregon &
Southeastern track, above Wildwood,
has decided to put the mill into "active
operation. --There are plenty, of logs
close to the mill. I. L. Smith, a well
known samwill man, has been put in
charge. - . .' ' . , " "' " 7
NUMBER ALL NOSES.
New Legislative Apportionment to
Be
Made in 1907.
Salem A new legislative apportion
ment, based upon the state census of
1905, must be made by the legislature
of 1907, and for that reason it behooves
each county to see that a full enumera
tion of inhabitants is made this year.
The growth of Eastern Oregon and the
supposed to have been more rapid than
the growth of the , Willamette valley
counties, and if the state census should
show much of a difference, Multnomah
county and Eastern Oregon may profit
by securing larger representation in the
legislature. , ' ,
From computations made bv Labor
Commissioner O. P. Hoff last summer.
that official reached the conclusion that '
some c f the older settled valley counties
are not increasing very rapidly in popu-
latiou. His report showing that opin- ,
ion raised a storm of criticism from the '
counties that received an unfavorable'
showing, but Commissioner Hoff assert
ed that his computations were made ac-
cording to plans approved by the best .
statisticians, and he anticipates that "
the census will bear out his figures. "' '
and representative districts is .not .' aW.,
ways made in . strict compliance., .with. .
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counties' get a. larger representation
than their population entitles them -to,' -
while other counties get less. Should !
the legislatureof 1907 he actuated by a ' :
desire to follow the constitution, there
might be some important changes in
'the apportionment of representatives. "
. ' Water War On.'
" Klamath Falls The Klamath Canal
company ordered the headgate of its:
canal opened on - Link river and the -water
went coursing down . the canal
through the tunnel, under Ankeny canal,
down Eleventh street, in Klamatlk
Falls and out onto the flats bordering
L'ke Ewauna. Immediately Sheriff
LObenchain served the manager of the
company with an order from the court .
directing him to shut off the water, be
cause the property owners on Eleventh
Street brought suit against the company
for damages, as the secretary of War
had notified the company that taking
water out of Link river would be il
legal. The company will now undoubt
edly have the attention of the United.
States district attorney.
" Oregon Hops are Dirty.
Silverton Fred Arthur has just re
turned from a four months' visit in
England, and among other things he
brought back a sample of choice hops -
UpUU i;UUip.l 1BUU WiLU W 1 1 11311 Ut fl l
hops of Oregon are found to be less
clear and bright in appearance. Mr.
Arthur says that although many of"
Oregon's hops found a market in Eng
land this year theTiuyers there com
plain that the hops are too dirty and
that instead of getting better they are
picked less clean each year. He fears
that the reputation of Oregon hos. will
suffer unless there is an improvement
in the picinkg.
Klamaths Must Pay Taxes.
Salem Attorney General Crawford-
ina rinf1ftrl fin nnininn in orViili
holds that the Indians of the Klamath ,
reservation, who have just received,
their allotments from the government,
are subject to government under the
laws of this state, and are entitled to.
eniov the same nrfvilpp-pR nn other oiti
. . i
zens. -This means that the" lands held'
by these Indians are subject to taxation
the same as those of white men. Al
though the act making this allotment;
passed congress in 1899, it has just
' Plan for Larger Iron Works.
Ashland The Ashland Iron Works
company, whose plant was partially de
stroyed by fire a few months- ago, has
let the contract for new buildings and
machinery on a new site and on a great
ly enlarged scale. The company hasp
been reorganized with a nominal capital
of $20,000, but the plant when com
pleted will represent an investment of
nearly $75,000, it is said. The new
buildings are to be completed and the
new plant installed by May 1 .
Prune Trees About to Bloom.
: CorvalliH By the latter part of tbis
week the Italian prunes in the big 155
acre orchard north of Corvallis will be
in full bloom. The event is nearlv a
month ahead of time, the usual date
being about the middle of April. Five
years ago the same orchard began blos
soming March 11, and that season
yielded a heavy crop. Peach, almond
and apricot trees in the vicinity have
nearly finished blooming.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 86 87c;
bluestem, 94c; valley, 87c, per bushel.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.371.42;
gray j $1.50 per cental.
.Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton;
clover. $1112; grain, $1112; cheat,
$1112.
Rges Oregon ranch, 18c per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27)4
32Kc.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, 8595c;
common, 6580c. - ; - .
Apples Fancy, $1.762.50 per box;
choice, $11.25..
Hops Choice 1904, 23)24c per
pound. --" ;"; '- '- - --
Woo? Valley, 1920c; Eastern Ore
gon," 1217c r per. pound; mohair,
choice, 2526c.per pound-j v . ; 'ij