CORVALLIS GAZETTE
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CORVALLIS. OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Nevada state health officers report
conditions improving at Tonopah, the
new mining camp.
The senate committee on interstate
commerce has commenced its hearings
on railway legislation.
Commissioner Garfield is holding
night sessions examining into Standard
Oil methods in Kansas.
John A. Benson will have to stand
trial in Washington on land fraud
charges, the United States supreme
court having denied his right to be
tried in California.
Chicago teamsters' sympathizers have
mobbed the negro drivers for Mont
gomery, Ward & Co., and other dis
turbances are daily occurring in con
nection with the strike.
The supreme court of the United
States has decided the cane involving
the removal of George W. Beavers from
Brooklyn to Washington against Bea
vers, holding him subject to removal.
The preliminary legal battle is on at
Portland in connection with the land
fraud cases. Hermann, Mitchell, Wil
liamson and the smaller offenders are
all in attendancel at Judge Bellinger's
court. The best legal talent of the
state is arrayed against Prosecutor
Heney and they will be augmented
later by some of the best lawyers of the
nation.
Chicago will own the city's car lines
within three months
Carnegie will soon distribute $12,
500,000 among 60 colleges in 17 states.
Mintttrn, a small Colorado mining
town, has been practically wiped out
by fire. ,
Bids have just been opened by the
Navy department for the construction
of three cruisers.
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Indiana's anti-cigarette law is in
force and a cigarette cannot be pur
chased in the state.
Further violence on the part of the
strikers has ended rteace conference rn
he Chicago teamsters' strike.
The revivalists who have just left
Portland and gone to Seattle say the
latter city is the purer of the two.
Russia accuses British ships of spy
ing on the movements of the Baltic
fleet and reporting to the Japansee.
Omaha retailers have had the price
of beef raised on them. They are now
paying $15 to $20 more per carcass
than they were two weeks ago.
A nmber of Chicago beef trust wit
nesses have fled to Canada and their
wives have been summoned before the
grand jury to tell what they know.
The Russian army is retreating to
Kirin.
Another earthquake in India has
wrecked two Ipwns.
The Russian fleet has changed its
course and gone eastward to coal.
Bloody disturbances are expected
throughout Russia on, May day.
Paul Jones' (body has been found in
Paris and will be brought home for
burial.
The czar has announced his inten
tion of revising the land laws in order
to quiet the peasants.
The Winnebago Indians, in Nebras
ka, have protested to Washington,
claiming to have been robbed of their
.ands by agents. ,
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company will spend $500,000 on new
lines in Utah, Idaho, Montana and
Wyoming in 1905.
A commission has been appointed to
decide the dispute on' international
rivers. The waterways in question are
the Rio Grande and Colorado on the
south and the Milk river on the north.
Cader Powell has assumed office as
marshal at Nome, Alaska, pending- in
vestigation.
An unknown malady is killing many
people at Tonopah, the new mining
camp cf Nevada. Hundreds aie fleeing
from the dsitrict to escape the disease.
Japan has been called upon to pun
ish Formosans who murdered eight
American sailors. " ,
Four beef trust officials have been
indicted by the Federal grand jury at
Chicago for spiriting a witness away. ;
Both parties in the Chicago strike
refuse to confer and the employers have
adopted a plan by which they hope to
win. ,
President Roosevelt has left Okla
homa for Colorado. He may be in
duced to cme on to Portland and at
tend the fair. .
The two hostile fleets in Asiatic wa
ters have not yet come together, but
they are fast approaching each other
and a battle is expected at any time. '
It is said the interned Rnsm'an shi-o
are preparing for a ash from Shanghai
and China will be unable to prevent it,
as she has no war vessels near.
,. SHONTS IS TO BE CHIEF.
Secretary Tafl Says He Will Work
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' New York, April 18.; Secretary of
War Taft,, who is here to attend the
annual meeting of the directors of the
Panama railroad company, in this city
tomorrow, had this to say tonight on
the affairs of the railroad company:
. "The meeting will result in a com
plete reorganization of , the company.
The government is now in control of
the stock. It is absolutely essential
for the United States to control the
affairs of the company in the work of
constructing the canal. We desire the
affairs of the road conducted in har
mony with the commission which will
have charge of the general construction
work.
"With this end in view, the directors
of the Panama railroad company at
the meeting will elect Theodore P
Shonts, the new chairman of the Pana
ma canal commission, president of the
Panama railroad company. -
"With Mr. Shonts at the head of the
company it is certain that its affairs
will be conducted most satisfactorily.
His experience as a practical railroad
man will enable him to operate the
railroad just as the Panama canal com
mission may desire while the work of
the construction is in progress. - The
entire official board of the company
will be comprised of either members on
the commission or men who are inter
ested in the work of constructing the
canal.
"By official board I mean the officers
and directors of the company. ,
"We expect to have this road in
readiness at the time the work of the
canal construction begins and managed
in a manner so as to facilitate this
great work."
RUMORS WITHOUT REAL NEWS
Correspondents Guess at Many Things
Beyond Their Vision.
London, April 18. There is as yet
no news of a great naval battle in the
Far East, or of the whereabouts of the
rival fleets. The Hongkong corres
pondent of the Daily Mail sends a ru-
mor of a small engagement, but there
is no confirmation of this report.
Details regarding the Russian ships
in Kanrah bay, Cochin China, are too
meagre to be instructive. According
to the Daily Mail's Singapore corres
pondent, the North German Lloyd
steamer Prinz Heinrich saw several
battleships and six cruisers in the bay.
but the dispatches to other newspapers
are not so precise. The Daily Tele
graph's Singapore correspondent, like
the Associated Press, merely reports
"eighteen vessels," and adds that the
captain of the Prinz Heinrich states
that possibly more warships were in
side the harbor, but that they were in
visible from the offing.
The presence of the Eussian squad
ron off the Annam coast is raising keen
interest here, in view of the possibu
ity of their infringing Chinese neutral
ity and of the likelihood of Rojestven
sky having had to split his squadron
The Morning- Post's correspondent at
Shanghai telegraphs that China has in
structed the governor of the southern
provinces to maintain strict neutrality
in view of the possibility of Russian
snips sheltering there..
WHEELS BLOCKED IN ITALY.
Railway Strike May Extend- to Other
rorms ot Industry.
Rome. April 18. Every railway line
throughout Italy is tied nn this morn
ing as a result of the strike
employes, wno are dissatisfied with
wages and hours of labor. The strive
is expected to spread to all of the large
industries in the several cities, and be
fore it is ended bloodshed is likely to
result.
The strike started in Nanles and a
few minutes afterward the heads -of
labor unions wired to every subordinate
organization telling them to notify their
members to stop work at midnight.
The order was literally obeyed and not
a wheel is turning this morninc al
though the officials of the roads allege
they will have them in nnerat.inn be
fore the end of the day.
All the station clerks and office em
ployes have been ordered to report to
the station masters to aid in moving
trains.
' Opened by the President.
New York, April 18. With Presi
dent Roosevelt as the chief guest and
leading educators from all sections of
the United States among the speakers, !
the next general sesson of the National
Educational association, which will be
held in Asbury Park, and Ocean-Grove,
N. J., next July, promises to be the
most notable in the association's his
tory. The ineetings will begin Mon
day, July 3, and continue five days. An
elaborate program has been completed.
President Roosevelt will deliver the
principal address of the meeting..
Tunnel Secure from Strikers.
Chicago, April 18. Labor leaders
Will hold a conference tomorrow with
Mayor Edward F. Dunne, who said to
night that he had hopes of an early set
tlement of the teamsters' strike against
Montgomery, Ward & Co. The coal
teamsters today decided to - refuse to
haul coal to the Montgomery Ward
building. It is learned tonight that
the Chiacgo Tunnel company is rushing
work on a connection with Montgoniery
Ward& Co.'s basement. .,
Grand Trunk Station Burned.
Durand, Mich., April 18. Fire to
night destroyed the Grand Trunk union
station here, in which are located the
general offices of the road division west
of Port Huron.- The building was new
and was valued at $125,000.
CRUSHED TO DEATH
Four Boys Killed and Many In
lured by Alarm of Fire.
AFTER FREE THEATER TICKETS
Hundreds Were Waiting at Indianap
olis Masonic Temple When
Panic Started.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 18. Fren
zied by a false alarm of fire, several
hundred eager newsboys, struggling to
obtain their share of free tickets to a
local theater, which were being dis
tributed by a traveling representative
of a patent medicine company, stam
peded in a narrow stairway in the Ma
sonic Temple tonight, crushing the life
out of four boys and seriously injuring
several others. .,. .
Long before the time approached "lor
the distribution of the tickets, the
stairs of the Masonic Temple, at the
southwest corner of Washington street
and Capitol avenue, were crowded with
a pushing, yelling crowd of newsboys,
each anxious to be first to receive his
pass. When the distribution began,
the excitement became more intense,
and the efforts of several policemen
who had been detailed to prevent
trouble were unavailing.
it is aiiegea that one of the boys, in
the endeavor to hasten the exit of those
who had received their passes, shouted
"Fire!" Immediately those at the
top faced about and almost with super
human strength began to force their
way to the bottom of the stairs.
Shrieks and physical encounters fol
lowed for a few seconds, when from
some cause those near the top fell head
long on the struggling mass at the bot
tom. Immediately policemen from
the central station, who responded to a
I riot call, began the work of rescue.
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j our oi ine Doys were aeaa wnen ex-
tricated from their position at the bot
tom of the stairs. Others,' believed to
have been fatally crushed, were taken
out as fast as they could be disen
tangled from their trended compan
ions, who fought and clung to each
other in desperation.
CANNOT LIMIT HOURS.
Supreme Court Declares New York
Bakers' Law Unconstitutional.
Washington, April 18. In an opin
ion by Justice Peckham, the Supreme
court of the United States held to be
unconstitutional the New York state
law making ten hours a day's work and
on nours a week's work in bakeries in
that state. Justices Harlan. White
Day and Holmes dissented and Justice
Harlan declared that no more import
ant decision had been rendered in the
last century.
The opinion was handed down in the
case of Lockner vs. the state of New
York, and was based on the sronnd
that the law interferes with the free
exercise of the rights of contract be
tween individuals. The conrt of An
neals of the state upheld the law and
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amrmeu me juugment ot tne trial
court, holding Lockner guilty.
The law involved in the case is flec
tion 110 of the New York state labor
law. prescribing the honrs nf UW in
bakeries in the state. Lockner is a
baker in the city of TJtica and
found guilty of permitting an employe
to work m nis bakery more than 60
hours in a week, and fined $50. The
judgment was affirmed by the New
iork Appellate courts.
Senator Thurston is Retained.
Sioux City. Ia.. April 18. John r
Thurston. ex-United States senator
from Nebraska, has been retained to
press claims for indemnity on account
oi tne massacre ot several Americans
by Yaqui Indians in Sonora, Mex.,
January 19. The claims will
gate $450,000, $100,000 each for the
lour men killed, J. K. McKenzie and
Dr. Robert McCoy, of Chicago; Walter
Stubinger, of Kewanee, 111., and M. H.
Call, of Sioux City, and $25,000 each
for the terrible experience of the two
survivors.
Hoodoo Boat May Be Accepted.
Washington, April 18. The report
of the naval board which conducted the
recent trial of the Goldsborough in
Puget sound has been received at the
Navy department. In substance it
shows that although the, speed is not
altogether satisfactory, due probably to
the natural deterioration of the ma
chinery since its installation, about
five years ago, the vessel is structurally
sound and otherwise in good condition.
The disposition of the naval authorities
is to accept her.
Death Rate is Decreasing.
Chicago, April 18. In closing his 10
years of service as commissioner of
health for the citj of Chicago, Dr.
Arthur R. Reynolds presents in his
annual report significant data showing
the decrease of the death rate in the
city. During the. 10 years from 1885
to 1894, inclusive, the yearly average
of death rate was 20.02 in every 1,000
of population. ; During the succeeding
10 years the rate decreased to 15.1 in
every 1,000 -of population. - -
American Missionary 'Slain-.
Shanghai, April 18. A native Chris-'
tian who has arrived here reports that
a band of Churfchuses have murdered
an American missionary named Ken
nedy at Kuhongnsien, near Hahgchau.
He could give no particulars of the al
leged crime.
TALKED TOO MUCH.
Severe Rebuke Given to Special Land
Agent Leach.
Washington, April 17. Arnold F.
Leach, special agent of the general land
office, who is quoted in dispatches from
Tacoma as declaring he has unearthed
tremendous land frauds in Washington,
beside which the Oregon frauds pale
into insignificance, has been called se
verely to account by Land Commission
er Richards.
According to Leach's interview, he
has Sherlock Holmes done to a frazzle.
He made it appear that he had gath
ered evidence which would send to the
penitentiary many leading citizens and
officials of Washington, who, he alleg
ed, had been defrauding the govern
ment of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars' worth of timber.
In a letter addressed to Leach, Mr.
Richards says he has examined his offi
cial reports to the department and finds
nothing in them which substantiates
his interview; Leach has omitted to
notify the department of his sensation
al discoveries. If he has such evidence
as he claims, Mr Richards wants to see
it. Furthermore, Leach is notified
that special agents are sent out to
gather information for the general land
office, not foi . the newspapers -r that
their reports are regarded as confiden
tial at all times, and if any part of
them is to be made public that infor
mation will be given to the press in
Washington, not by officers in the field.
Leach is a subordinate special agent
m Washington. He is not working
under the direction of Secretary Hitch
cock, but of Mr. Richards, nor is he in
charge of land investigations in Wash
ington state. , It is not believed any
further steps will be taken in Leach's
case unless it be to again reprimand
him when his reply is received.
ROMANOFFS IN THEIR COFFINS.
Cartoon in Prominent Russian Paper
Sends Price to Premium.
St. Petersburg, April 17. Quite a
sensation was caused this morning by
the appearance in the Neva, the most
widely circulated illustrated weekly in
Russia, of a half-tone picture represent
ing the imperial family, including the
empress, holding the heir to the throne,
the background of the picture showing,
in shadowy outlines, the emperor,
Grand Duke Sergius. Grand Duke
Alexis, the dowager empress, the heir
to the throne and practically all the
members of the Romanoff family lying
dead in their coffins. The work is done
so skillfully that the shadows in the
drapery behind the imperial family are
discernible with great difficulty. The
publishers disclaim any previous know
ledge of the shadowy figures. The cul
prits, who were students employed on
tne paper, have not yet baen located
Copies of this edition of the Neva are
selling at a big premium.
. The Slova has received its first warn
ing for the publication of articles en
titled "The Bureaucracy," and "The
War and Reform," in which the paper
severely arraigned the bureaucracy, the
general staff and the war office for in
competency.
SAVED FOR CELILO CANAL.
Sand and Gravel Pit at The Dalles
Withdrawn from- Entry.
Washington, April 17. At the re
quest of Major Langfitt, the secretary
or the interior today withdrew from en
try lots 1, 2 and 3, in section 2, town
Bhip 21, range 13, adjoining the Seuf
fert property at The Dalles. This
tract contains a large sand and gravel
pit,- and being all vacant government
land, it was deemed advisable to secure
it for the use of contractors on The
Dalles-Celilo canal before it fell into
the hands of speculators. Major Lang
fitt said it was not known .definitely
how much sand and gravel was on
these lots, but evidently enough to help
along witn tne canal work.
The fact that the government owns
this lnd will tend to materially re
duce the cost of the canal. It is likely
the contractors will be allowed to use
this sand and gravel without cost.
Convicts Who Broke Jail.
Sacramento, Cal., April 17. Pale
and emaciated from the effects of the
severe, wnilnds received in their K.a.V
for liberty, and from ' confinement in
the dungeons at Folsom, convicts J. W
Finley and Charles Carson appeared
before Judge Hart's court today and
were arraigned' on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon with malice and
aforethought. Both men are life-termers,
and if convicted on this charge
they will grace the gallows. These are
the convicts who were concerned in the
last break at Folsom prison.
New Destroyers for Japan.
Washington, April 17. Information
has reached Washington through Eur
ope that the Japanese navy has within
the last four days commissioned 10 new
torpedo boat destroyers built in Japan
ese shipyards. It 1 is believed that
within six weeks 25 additional destroy
ers, building under rush orders, will be
put in commission. Three hundred
and eighty-one mines planted by the
Japanese in front of Port Arthur have
been taken up and placed elsewhere.
Cherries Ten Dollars a Pound.
Sacramento, Cal.,. April 17. The
first box of ripe cherries shipped out of
the state by the Earl Fruit company on
April 7 was sold in Philadelphia today
for $100, being $10 a pound. Manager
George B. Katzenstein says this is the
highest price ver : realized f rom . the
sale of the first box. of California cher
ries, which is the result of the fierce
rivalry among Philadelphia dealers.
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STRIKE IN 1 HE MONUMENTAL,
New Discovery Made in a Well Known
Old Mine.
Granite A strike has iust been made
in the old Monumental mine, near
here, that bids fair to cause no little ex
citement and prove of great value to
the mining interests of Eastern Ore
gon. It was made in a winze being
sunk from the lower level of the mine.
The winze is now down 100 feet and for
some . time Manager Allen has had a
crew drifting from ' the bottom. The
new discovery shows a vein 20 feet
wide. On the hanging-wall side of the
ledge is two feet of solid quartz, heav
ily charged wit.- nntim il -nV. sil
ver, characteristic of the deposits of
silver ore iormeriy found in this old
mine, while on the onnnsite nHn of the
vein is a strong seam of gold ore carry-
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uiree ounces ei gold per ton. , The
silver ore runs not less than 500 ounces
per ton. Between these two rich
shoots the entire vein is of a good mill
ing grade. This disnnverv was aAn
at a depth of about 600 feet below the
apex oi tne Monumental ledge.
For the oast four years the rannti
has been owned by the Portland Min
ing & .Reduction company, of which C.
J . Allen, of Portland, is manager.
Logging Engine for Curtiss Road
Albany An immense logging engine
for use on the new logging road of - the
Curtis Lumber company, in the Cas
cade mountains near Mill City, has ar
rived in Albany, and will be put in
operation on the road this spring. The
engine comes from the Lima Locomo
tive works, in Ohio, and is the first of
its size and kind to be put into use in
the lumber business in Oregon. It is
of a type calculated to do very heavy.
rather than speedy, work, and marks
the beginning of a new epoch in the
lumbering industry in Linn county.
Will Have Special Car.
Independence The Independence
Improvement league is making arrange
ments for a special car to take its mem
bers to Portland to attend the State
league convention April 26. The Lew
is and Clark club will be asked to dec
orate the car, and the "Blue Ribbon"
county will be well represented by en
thusiastic members of the league. The
league is taking up the matter of beau
tifying the town, and a large commit
tee of both ladies and gentlemen will
be appointed to look after this work.
Rogue River Fruit Unharmed.
Medford The recent light frosts in
the Rogue river valley have done com
paratively no narm ; m fact, have been
a benefit bv thinning out the frnit
somewhat on overloaded trees, and the
best apple and pear crop ever raised in
tne vaiiey is now practically assured.
With the exception of some annle or
chards which were allowed to overbear
last year, and in consequence which
could not set fruit buds for the present
season, the fruit bloom was never bet
ter locally than now.
Heading Off the Standard Oil.
Astoria The city attorney has been
instructed bv the nuhli nrnnertv rnm-
mittee to prepare an ordinance - far in.
troduction at the next meeting of the
council iorDidding the storage of crude
oil Or Other explosives in farcer nnnnti-
ties than 100 gallons at any one place
inside the-city limits. The reason for
presenting thin ordinance ia the - o re
nounced intention of the Standard Oil
company to erect a large storage tank
on its property near the foot of Sixth
street,
New Opera House for Silverton.
Silverton Work has hem on the
foundation of the new opera, honse.
The building will occupy a half block,
and will be 216x140 feet and two
8tories high. The onera house will
be on the lower floor, and will be 60x90
feet. On the second floor will be a
dance hall 60 feet square and two lodge
rooms. Besides the opera house there
will be three stores on the lower floor.
The building will be ready for use by
July 1.
Fish Cannot Get Over Dam.
Pdndleton Comnlaintia are wii-nino
from residents on the Walla Walla
river that trout are unable to get over
the Northwestern Gas & Electric com
pany's dam across the river and that
above the dam thee is very little fish
ing, xne oam is seven feet high and
is not fitted with fish ladders THnao
who have visited that locality say that
fish are constantly seen leaping in their
endeavor to scale the obstruction.
Gives Roseburg a Chance.
Eugene The local di rectors have de
cided that the Second Southern Oregon
District fair shall not be held in Eu
gene this year and Roseburg has been
given the privilege of giving it there.
It was thought that the interest taken
in, the Lewis and Clark exposition by
Eugene people would detract from the
success of a district fair, flo the matter
of holding it here this year was given
up. .
Orange Boxes for California.
Marshfield General Manager Vala
gin, of the Coos Bay Furniture factory
at North Bend, announces that he has
made a contract with Southern Cali
fornia shippers to manufacture 3,000,
000 orange boxes, and that his factory
will be kept running night and day for
a year. He is installing this week bis
own sawmill, which will cut 50,000
eet of spruce lumber daily.
DEBTORS MUST GIVE UP HALF.
After May 18 One-Half Their .Waes
May Be Taken by Creditors. '
Salem Oregon merchants will have
a good remedy against many of their
bad debtors after May 18, when the
act of the last legislature regarding the
exemption of wages from execution will
go into effect. This act amends the
law by making one-half the earnings of
the debtor subject to execution proceed
ings if the debt be for family expenses.
Prior to 1903 all the earnings of a debt
or for 30 days next preceding the serv
ice of an attachment, execution or garn
ishment were exempt if the earnings
were needed for the support of a fam
ily. Under that law men with consid
erable monthly incomes would escape
the payment of their debts. - The legis
lature of 1903 amended the law by lim-
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inug tue amount oi earnings exempt to
$75, but leaving the law otherwise the
same. As there are comparatively few
men working for wages who receive
over $75 a month, this law still enabled
men to avoid debts which thev shonld
be compelled to pay, and the legisla
ture of 1905 amended the section still
further by adding this clause: "Ex
cept when the debt is-incurred for fam
ily expenses furnished within six
months of the date of the service of
such attachment, execution or garnish
ment, 50 per cent of such earnings
shall be subject to such attachment,
execution or garnishment."
As construed by the courts, the term
"family expenses" includes such item
as provisions, fuel, rent, furniture,
wearing apparel, pianos, organs, jew
elry, medical attendance, etc.
Oregon Days at the Fair.
Portland Oregon days, as set apart
by the Lewis and Clark fair manage
ment ate as follows : June 5, Monday
Salem, Dallas; June 6, -Tuesday
Baker City, Sumpter; June 7, Wednes
day Pendleton, Heppner; June 8,
Thursday The Dalles, Prineville,
Moro; June 9, Friday Oregon City,
McMinnville; June 10, Saturday
Astoria, Hillsboro; June 12, Monday
Albany, Corvallis; June 13, Tuesday
LaGrande, Union ; June 14, Wednesday-;
Ashland, Medford, Jacksonville ;
June 15, Thursday Grants Pass ; June
16, Friday Roseburg; June 17, Sat
urday Eugene, Cottage Grove.
Specialty of Fine Chickens.
Milton W. C. Hopson, manager of
the Milton Fruitgrowers' union, is rais
ing chickens on a large scale on his
farm four miles up on the Walla
Walla river. He has four large incu
bators and four brooders. Mr. Hopson
is making a specialty of raising fine
chickens, keeping several varieties of
pure bred fowls. At present he is
hatching Rhode Island Reds and is
marketing the tiny chickens at $3 per
dozen, with a ready market for all he
hatches. A number of other residents
of the vicinity of both Milton and
Freewater are purchasing incubators
and engaging in the poultry business.
Arranging Clackamas' School Display
Oregon City Having been assured by
a member of the executive committee
of the Clackamas county Lewis and
Clark exhibit that the necessary funds
for installing the educational exhibit
will . be forthcoming, the members of
the educational committee in this
county met at the courthouse to ar
range and classify this department of
the Clackamas county display. This
feature of the exhibit will comprise all
kinds of papers and drawings, together
with some manuel work, and will be
to the credit of the schools.
Cancel Deeds if Fraudulent.
Salem In reply to questions sub
mitted by Governor Chamberlain, At
torney General Crawford has rendered
an opinion holding in substance th:it
the state land board has authority lo
cancel all deeds and certificates to
school lands wherein fraud -appears on
record, but that it is not within the
power of the board to take arbitrary ac
tion in the matter. In - other words,
fraud must be alleged and proven be
fore the board has authority to cancel
certificates of sales.
Wasco Land Brings $45.
The Dalles One of the best land
sales ever made in Wasco county has
just been closed. It was the sale of
725 acres of wheat land adjacent to the
town of Dufur, which -brought the
owner, A. J. Dufur, $33,625, or $45
an acre. The purchasers were John
ston Bros-., the well known merchants
and land owners of Dufur. It ' is all
fine wheat land, and last year 46 bush
els of wheat to the acre were harvested,
off the entire tract.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 8687c per bushel?
bluestem, 9294c; valley, 88c.
Oats No. 1 white, $2829 per ton j
gray, $2728.
Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton?
clover, $1112; grain, $1112.; cheat,
$1112. -
Eggs Oregon ranch, 18)c per dozer.
Butter Fancy creamery, 1820c.
Potatoes Oregon fancy, $l1.15p
common, 8090c. l -
Apples Fancy. $1.752.50 per box
choice, $11.25.
Hops Choice 1904, 23J25c per-
nonnd
i - .
Wool Valley, 2022c per'prjund
Eastern Oregon, .15 18c; mohair...
choice, 3132c per pound.