ft
THE OREGON SCOUT
Is independent in nil thins:, nm
t'al in nothing; devoted to every
cause it b-lieves to be right a
j mriiiil for the people.
THE OREGON SCOUT
Has rs larce ncirculntion nanny
tuo pnpfrs in this section of the
State ci'inbiimd. and is corre
xi oixli tmly valuable as an adver
tising ni-ilium.
Horo Will tho Press tho People's Rights Maintnin.
VOL. VII.
UNION, UXIOX COUNTY, OKEfiON, TliriiSDAV, NOV KM HICK 27, 1S00.
NO. 2,'i.
TheOregon Scout j
An 1'itit'iiittvitt weekly Jounia , lue4 erery TlmrstUv
morning ty
.1 ON I5S & C 1 1 AXC 15 Y,
I'uMiiheto and Proprietors.
A K .tosui, Kdltor
ll ruts, kv. K.iretimn
ltlltcs of Mlli-i'llplloll.
On. . ipy one ear,
m i py a x m. nohs,
Oiu "py three Inontbs,
si 50
t oo
75
I m it il a lit 3 Cnli In Advance.
I ij rhmive milfcriptimif nrr nnl nihl till cud
ot 'fir. fico (! ii ill br cliwiirtl.
It,ites of advertising mailt- kiinun on Application
Xlf Correspondence fimu all p.rts uf ttn- country
solic till
Address n'l cominmilisitluos to the Ohi iios SiolT,
I'nliin, Oregon
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
I'XITIU) STATES
1'liEMIiK.NT - lleiijjinln Harrison of Indiana
SKI UKTAKV OK iSTATK James 11 ltla no of Maine
Skiuktaiiv thk Tiuttumv -William Wliidim
of Minn-so'a
Seckktaiiv orWtn HeiUlel' Proctor of Vermont
SKriiBTlliV or THK Siv llenjiinla K Tuicy of
New York.
Skckktarv or thk Imkiuoii-John . .We of
Mii.nou.ri
l'oiTMMTElMShSKitAL-Jtilin anam-.iker of Penn
sylvania. Attornm CJknkkai.-V. 11. II. Miller of Inillana.
Mkckkcarv ok AcmicuLitJiir.-Je einlah Husk of
Wisconsin.
STATU OP OltKC.ilN'.
(.1 II Mitciiki.L.
Seuators, - - poi.in.
"oni:reinan, lli.Num Hkiivass.
SolTIlor, - - - SVI.VK1TKK IVSMIItll.
.Secretary ot Riate, - Oi.omiK W. Mclllttlih.
State Treasurer. - . W WEBB.
Superlntenileut of Public lustration, K. II. Mchl.ltov.
State l'r.ntvr, - - I'ii.kC lUkKii.
( It. H STUAII l.N.
Supreme Judges,
J W. P. Linn.
I.W. W. Tlltvt'.K
SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTltlOT
... )M. I. CI.IKKOI1II
Circuit Judces, . Jamh A. Kek
Prosecuting Attorney - - O. K llvnt:
COUNTY OF UXIOX.
State Senators,
Representatives,
Slierllf,
Clerk,
Iteconler
Treasurer,
Schcol Supeilnteuilent,
Surveyor,
Asheiwor,
Coroner,
Coinmissioners,
1 .1. V Xoiivai.
1.1. II. 1UI.KV
f.IollS McAl.lTKR
I J. A. WlllollT.
I. X Sasiikiii.
.1. T. IIOI.t.ES.
TUIt.NEK OLIVER.
J. S. DLLIIiTT.
K. I'. Huvi.nuui.
II H. Stiumik.
J. I.. UllHTIs.
.1. O. litMi.li.
JoEI. W'KAVEIl
j Willi m Ahmh.ii.
I Joii.n M'Iunai.ii.
CITY or UXIOX
Major,
KecoruVr,
Marshal.
Street Commissioner.
J W. Kesskdv.
C. Ii. IIUKC.SLKK.
Aura Johnson.
x. r. kii'ki.i.n.
rotlM'ILMEN.
it r wii.iov. J. ii. CoHHiN
.1 S. Elliott a. K. Jones.
.1 M CA-.tKOLI. S. A. I'l'llSEL.
LUDGKS.
I'XIOX I.ODOi:, Xo S'.i, I O, O. K , MKI'.TS KVl'.RY
Kriilay eein, at 7:3. o clock Q
C S MlLLK.lt, Secretary.
C.ltAXDK ItOXDi: I XOAMPMKXT, Xo 11, I O. O
K ineetJ on the Hist anil third Tue-.1H in each
month. 0 H. MII.I.KH. C I'.
J II Thompson, Hcnhe.
JKANDK ItOXDK VAM.KY I.ODRK. Xo 56, A R i
A M., meeis on the tecoml all I fourth Saturdays
etery mo-th. K. W DAVIS, W M
H. II llHOH S, Secretary.
OKAXni: ItOXDK VAI.IiKY CHAl'TKIt, Xo. SO., Ii.
A M . iiietta first a d thinl 'I ii--da each month.
W T Wli OUT, M. I.. II. 1
Tl itNEK Ol.l EK Secretary
ni.ri: mocxtaix u Don xo. 2s k or v
meets ever, Wednesdayev.-nin,;. t,
Tl Its Ell Ol.ll t it. K of It S
rursTox rosT. Xo. is. o a n , mi:i:to iivkky
third Satuiday lu eacu ui.nth -ho Odd l-ellows
lull JoSIU'A HltADl'OUD, I" O.
Ot.om.K. HEINIMiKlt. Adjutant
CllUHUUKS.
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds senlces at 11
A M an I 7 P M "f I'aci Sunday. ... ...
Itev A. THOMPSON, Acting I'astor.
Services are held at the Presbyterian Church ut 11 A,
M and7P . of each Sum-ay ( M()!UIf.
PROFUSION Al, CARDS.
j w sur.i.ToN
J M CAltltOIX.
SHELTON & CARROLL,
w,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Oltice tno doo-s south of Postnltice,
I'lilon, Oregon,
Speoial a'tentlon given to all business entrusted to us.
It F.K!N J A. KAKIN, Notary Public
R. EAKIN & BRO.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Union, Or'Riiii.
Pr. aunt at'ention laid to collections
DR. E. N. NORTH,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
Has the Hurst antithetic for eitract.ng teeth wl'liout
ntiu known to the profession V ill practice In all the
ranch, . of ino.lern deatl.try, Silver and gold v. or k :
specialty Kliu set. of teeth always on hand Hmt-chuui
work and tat sfaittw guarantetnl
)IIU-liiln St.. Untuii. r.
C. H. DAY, H. D.,
Homffiopathic Physician and Surgeon.
All CulU rromptlj- Attemlftl to.
I kite nljolnliu Jo"" "n! ''"f Cu ,oaa'X
uiguU at residence in 8outhv.et Uniou.
I, N. CROMWELL, H. D
PHYSICIAN !AND SURGEON,
Oltre one door south o( Bummers t Ujoe's itere,
Union, Oregon.
'lie Co V C Drug StOl'C
JASPAR G. STEYENS, Proprietor,
-DKAI.KH IN-
PURE DRUGS,
Patent JVIedieines,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils.
I'n'n'i'lpt liui ('nri'fiilly rrcpmc.I.
-ALSO DKALKH IX-
SPORTING GOODS,
I'ONHISTI.NO OK
Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols and
Cartridges.
Imported and Domestic Cigars, Etc.
Montreal Saloon
Ed Remillard, Proprietor.
If you ant a refreshing drink or a good cigar, drop In.
Will, ml and pool tallies for the accommodation of
customers.
Gornaeopia : Saloon.
William Wilson, Proprietor.
The Finest of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars Always in Stock.
First-class billiard table. Drop lu and lie sociable.
For Information About the South
ADDUKSS WITH STAMP
Tbe Official Immigration Department
OF-
FIFTEEN SOUTHERN STATES.
CAItli ltOIIINsOX, Secretary,
Italeiiih, X C
UnionTonsorial Parlors
GEORGE BAIRD, Proprietor.
Shaving, Hair-Cutting and Shampooing in
the Lasest Style of the Art.
Hhop two tltMtra ooiith ot the Centennial hotel. Ciive
mo u cull.
CityMeatMarket
Jlaln Street. IJiilon, Ori-Kiin.
BENSON BROS., Proprietors,
KEEK CONMTANTLV ON UAM
Beef, Pork, Yeal, Mutton, Sausage, Hams,
Lard, Etc.
The v "Blue v Light "
SALOON.
Wm, James, Proprietor, Union, Or.
Fine'.' Wines,'.' Liquors '.' and
Cigars 7 in 7 Stock,
Drop Id and lie sociable l'lne billiard table.
PROFESSIONAL OAKDS.
T. McNAUGHTON, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON,
KIkIii, llri'coii,
All II. promptly attended to day or nig
WILLIAM KOENIG,
Architect and Builder,
Cove, Oregon.
DrtfU. plan, and dwlfnt (or duelling, and bridge
fur all Led on application.
tiii: im ii ic o.ir.
The Idaho l.c-islattirc will moot at
Hoii-o City on Dcci-mber 8,
Uook cotl :unl Spanish lniu-km-l aro
Ix''iiiniiis: to run on the coast near Sun
Die-no-
Tho Unitetl States jrovornntont build
1 1 j- at Carson is linishod, and will bo
ready by January 1.
JoM'ph Muniford, n busino nuin of
San DiOpTo, if a nephew of the late .Mrs.
Rooth, wife of Cienoral Booth of the Sal
vation arniv.
Tho Riverside l'hionix says tho inllux
of population to Southern California h
now almost its jireat as thiriii: the lioont
time of three years avo.
President C. P. Huntington of the
Southern Paeilie denies that he has late
ly purehastd extensive eoal fields in
Washington, as reported in the Oregon
dispatches.
A dreil went on record at Los Antieles
last week eonvevinj: 1,001) aeros of the
Rancho San Pedro to the Rodondo Reach
Company. The consideration named
was $.'5,000,000.
United States Attorney Varian at Salt
Lake bus tiled suits for the forfeiture of
the Temple block under the escheat law,
claiming that it is used for immoral and
illegal purposes.
The lalwrs of the Umatilla reservation
appraisement commissioners are now
nearlv finished, and next spring will
probably see this fine lody of land
thrown open to settlement.
The buildings at the mouth of the On
tario Eastern drain tunnel at Park City,
U. T., wore burned tho other day. The
loss is' .ttlO.OOO. Work on the tunnel will
be delayed a couple of months.
A jurv in Colu?a, Cal., awarded the
Glenn estate fcW.OOO damages against tbe
Central irrigation district for right of
wav for their canal. Refore the trial,
which lasted one week, the price de
manded was $30,000.
The Judges of the Supreme Court of
Idaho have qualified and drawn lots for
Ioiil' and short terms, lion Isaac N.
Sullivan drew tbe two-vearterm, thereby
becoming Chief Justice. Judge Huston
will serve four years and Judge Morgan
for six years.
The controversy between tbe Comstock
Tunnel Company and the mining com
panies on the Comstock has been ad
justed, bv which the rate of royalties
has been reduced to 4 per cent, of tbe
bullion yield. This will enable the com
panies to work lower-grade ores.
Diphtheria is rapidly increasing at San
Francisco, and the Roard of Health is
greatlv alarmed lest there be a general
epidemic which will kill many children.
There have been thirteen deaths since
Mondav, and there are scores of cases in
those nans of the city adjacent to sewers
and dumping grounds. There were
ninety-live cases and twenty deaths in
tbe month just ended.
A bulletin based on reports received
from over 700 farmers in every section
of Oregon, and from dafa prepared at
the State Weather Rureau at Portland,
savs the average of tbe whole State is:
W'heat, 2(1 bushels per acre ; oats, 42 ;
barley, Illi; rye, 28; bay, 2 tons per acre,
excent alfalfa, which averages -1 tons.
Almost every seci ion oitne mate repous
tho quality of grain above the average.
Tbe Rritish iron bark Hmbleton has
tbe record of making the longest ocean
trip to this Coast ever known that is,
provided that she is afloat still, for seri-
iil Hi., i.. . . i . .
ou (loui)ts ot nor saimy uiu item iv
some underwriters. Hie hmblfton is
now out from Aidrossan -185 days, and
1ms not been snoken for months. She
sailed over sixteen months ago with a
valuable cargo on board for Puget sound
and San Francisco.
W. H. Shelby of Nevada City, Cal., who
came to Oregon to get some Mongalian
pheasants, bus returned home. He se
cured about twenty pair, paying upon an
average .$." each. He paid ono young
man $150 for ten pair, which ho had
captured when chicks and raised by
hand. The number which Mr. Shelby
secured will soon populate the fields of
Central California, if they prosper as
well there as in Oregon.
Old Chief Moses bns returned to Spo
kane from a visit to Washington. He
has been interviewed by the Review,
and mournfully declares that he should
have applied for a pension for his son as
well as himself when ho was F.ast. lie
incidentally added that his son had been
dead two years. Moses has evidently
lH!on studying very clofcely tho habits of
his palo-fiice brothers.
In tho suit brought by the Catholic
llishop of Nesqually to obtain title to
4.'!0 acres of land occupied as a military
reservation bv the United States govern
ment at Vancouver tbe Court holds that
the claim of the United States govern
ment to the land as a reservation is prior
in time, and for that reason, if no other,
superior in equity to that of tho plaint
iff. An appeal wiw taken to the Unitetl
States Supremo Court.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Washington Social Marriage
Rureau, with its headouarters at Ta
coina. The object of the 'iicorjioration
shall bo to aid and assist In all and every
honorable manner those persons- desir
ing to marrv in securing a desirable hus
band or wife, and to aid, assist anil en
courage acquaintance and nocial inter
course and correspondence lehveen par
ties who have tho object of inutrimony
in view, for which a reasonable compen
sation will bo charged. The capital
stock of the corporation shall bo $10,000,
divided into 100 shares of $100 each.
The business is to bo conducted by a
board of trustees, namely: O. Hamil
ton, W. It. Miller and P. O. Heilly.
i:.tvi i.itv rrr.ii.
A tin-plate plant is to be established
at Scranton, Pa.
Oil has K'on struck near Jeddo, Jeffer
son county, O.
Secretary Rusk says the pleuro-pneu-
monitt is fast disappearing iroin me
Unitetl States.
A Toronto paper llgntes out that the
drunkards of that city lost $li)l,(i8i in
wages last year.
The North Dakota banking law has
been declared unconstitutional by the
State Supreme Court.
Louisiana has a law which requires
railroad" to have cars sufficient to sep
arate whites anil b'aeks.
It is proposed to levy a uniform tax of
4 percent, on the gross earnings of the
Washington city street railways.
Chicago needs $15,000,000 to make the
World's Fair a success, and looks to the
country for aid in raising that sum.
The Mavor of Nashville has resigned,
because his salary of $2,400 was not
enough to meet the calls of charity.
The Salvation army in New York has
decided to erect a large building in that
citv as a memorial of the late Mrs.
Booth.
A system of naming sub-streets in
Washington, i accordance with General
Washington's original plan, has been
adopted.
Tbe general fund of tbe county of
Hamilton, O., is exhausted, and there is
no money to pay jurors, witnesses and
court officials.
There is a bill before tbe Vonnont
House giving to women who pay taxes
the right to vote at town, village and fire
district elections.
Governor Humphrey of Kansas has
removed the Police Commissioners of
Topeka for appointing a resubmissionist
as Chief of Police.
Atlanta, Ga., is belieyed to be the only
city in the United States which has a
house constructed wholly of paper from
foundation to timet.
The final delivery of certificates of al
lotment of tho Oneida lands in Wiscon
sin has been made to tho general satis
faction of tbe Indians.
Secretary Windom has appointed an
Auxiliary Roard of Appraisers, the reg
ular force being unable to cope with the
present rush of business.
There is talk of a Confederate soldiers'
home being erected ut Louisiana. Nine
acres of land and a large subscription of
money bnve been donated.
A flaw has been discovered in one of
the castings of ttie cruiser Maine that
will cause a delay of several months and
thousands of dollars of expense.
Smuggling is increasing enormously
along the Ixnver St. Lawrence. The loss
to the Canadian government during the
past year is estimated at $500,000.
Dallas, Tex., has an artesian well that
yields 1,01)0,000 gallonsof drinking water
every day. With the present population
thf-re is' no danger of a water famine
there.
The screw worms continue their rav
ages in the interior of Louisiana, and
several cases are reported where they
have attacked human beings, causing
death in some instances.
Probably no State in tbe Union can
show such a rapid growth as South Da
kota during the past ten years. The
census shows a population of 1527,8 18, an
increase of 220,550, or ';5;i.ii.r per cent.
Tho effect of a verdict in the Circuit
Court at Newport, Ky., is that Mayor
Re'nl of Dayton, who has occupied that
position for two years, was not qualified
e .i . i... l. :..
ior ine omce uy citi.eiisiuji.
It is announced at Washington that
tho President has decided not to make
public the appointment of a successor
to tho late Justice Miller until in Decem
ber at the convening of Congress.
It is said that wholesale liquor dealers
in Philadelphia, who by law cannot sell
less than a quart of liquor, aro selling a
pint of beer with plenty of foam in a
quart glass, thereby evading tho law.
The Nicaragua canal is progressing
westward. The cost of the work thus
far done has been about $:t,500,000. In
five or six years steamers will be passing
through the canal, unless all signs fail.
The County Medical Society of Phila
delphia has taken a stand against hyp
notism, and has appointed a committee
of physicians to draft a law that will ro
strict 'hypnotism to its legitimate chan
nels. An important lawsuit has lx-on insti
tuted at Nebraska City, contributors su
ing for a $20,000 Ixmus given toward the
erection of a packing house, which sub
sequently closed down contrary to the
stipulations.
The .Manhattan Club of New York has
at last taken possession of the old A. T.
Slewart mansion, which is to be its fu
ture home. Nearly all the furniture ami
oarjKiting owned 'by Mr. Stewart was
iwugiit ny tno chid.
Th Leavenworth Times reprinted a
list of Catholic Fair rallies, and the post
master threw tho whole edition out, on
tho ground that it was a violation of the
lottery law. Tho times then filed a suit
against Postmaster Ritchie for $10,000
damages, making the claim that no law
can forbid an American newspaper
printing news.
Two Japanese students of the Michi
gan university have created quite a sen
sation by eloping with two American
L'irls. The Japs aro Kulsutaro 1'uku-
shima and Keitaro Tokano, both of no
bio families and craduatej of tho law
department last year. Ono of the girls
waH Miss Fuller of Vpsilanti, who is
finite vount'. of uood family umiI band
some. Tho other woman is considerably
oltler and well known in certain circled.
There la no traco of the fugitives.
I'OltKlljN M'.VI..
Tho C.arowitz is to make a trip around
the world.
i Piismarck is
to start a brewery at
' Friedrichruhe.
!
i 'fhe death is announced at Berlin of
General von Woyhorn.
The latest decree of HngJish etiquette
is that bentds must go.
There is to be an Anglo-Turkish Con
vention respecting Africa.
Belgium proposes a renewal of the
Latin Union for live years.
Reside beint; insane, the Grand Duke
Nicholas is completely pur.ilizod.
Russia has a high tariff. Twenty per
cent, in gold has ticca atlded to the
duties.
Cuban bandits are terrorizing the isl
and. Planters are captured and held for
ransom.
Frenchmen living outside of France
number, according to a recent census,
408,000.
The peasants are Hoeing from the vi
cinity of Mount Ltna in dread of an
eruption.
The vintage which is now in progress
throughout France will prove a fairly
prolific one.
The lhnperor of Germany has decided
to demolish the wall around the inner
citv of Posen.
The British government has appro
priated t:!,".00 to deepen the harbor of
Ballina, Ireland.
The French Credit Mohilicr has ac
quired the works of the Society ties Me-
taux for 18,000,000 francs.
There is now scarcely a mountain in
Switzerland which has not a railroad
running up to its t-utiunit.
Balfour believes ho can settle the
Irish land question, anil cannot be in
duced to withdraw the Irish purchase
bill.
Lieutenant Schmidt, who was tried in
Russia on a charge of betraying the plans
of Cronstadt to a foreign power, has been
hanged.
KmprosH Frederick has purchased the
former residence of Martin Luther for a
charitable institution in memory of her
husband.
The French people aro contributing
liberally toward the proposed monument
of Garibaldi. This shows a better feel
ing toward Italy.
A Polish member of the Austrian
Keiohsiath is organizing an expedition
to inquire into the condition of the Pol
ish colonists in Brazil.
The French Minister of Agriculture
rejx)rtH tho beet-root crop fairly good
and the complaints of the sugar manu
facturers exaggerated.
Emperor William will have the sar
cophagus of ISmperor William I and the
ICntpress Augusta made in Italy from
models by Professor Eneke.
An encounter has occurred between
Turkish troops and armed Armenians
near Erzongan in Armenia. Seven sol
diers were killed and fifteen wounded.
The French Budget Committee hns re
jected tho government proposal to ad
vance a loan of (10,000,000 francs to tho
Tonqiiin protectorate for public works
and railways.
Efforts are being made in influential
circles to induce the tiueen or Prince of
Wales to be present at tho Welsh Na
tional Eisteddfodd to bo held at Swan
sea next year.
The financial report of the exhibition
recently held in Edinburgh shows a
deficit of $150,000. This more than
absorbs the guarantee fund, which
amounts to $120,000.
The Russian government lias decided
to commence work on the trans-Siberian
railway without delay, using at first the
resources of the treasury and afterward
raising an internal loan 'for the rurpose.
The Corinth canal, which will sever
Pclotioncsiis from the mainland of
Greece, antl will permit tho largest
ships to pass directly from tho Gulf of
Athens to the dull ot (Jorinth, will Do
opened in Ib'.M.
The Italian government newspapers
are making unfavorable remarks about
the interview of tho Pope and tho Em
press of Austria, the imperial lady hav
ing been received with marked favor
bv the Pontiff, who also extended to htr
his blessing.
American jiork seized in Germany, it
iH'ing unlawfully Imported by tho way
of Holland, was soaked in kerosene to
make it unsalable, notwithstanding
thousands of poor in that country aro in
need of meat and cannot get it, owing
to high prices.
Spain is enacting strong protection
laws. The heavy duty which it is pro
posed to place on imported coal, and
tho reported duti'.s on iron and copper
ores, it is asserted, will prove disastrous
to the trade of the country if the meas
ure becomes a law.
The repressive measures adopted by
Russia against the Jews aro hearing
fruit in the gradual collapse of the flour
mill industry throughout tho country,
the capital in which was all found by
the Jews.
A clause in the new French tariff
gives the President and Cabinet full
Kwttr to retaliate to as great extent as
they choose upon articles exported to
France by any country which discrimi
nates against French products or in any
way erects barriers against the French
trade.
Russian agriculturists are counting
upon oxix'cted European reprisals for
the new tariff to find a larger opening in
European markets for their corn ami
cattle, Numerous deputations have
asked the government to apply to the
Western Powers to facilitate tho i in jo ro
tation of Russian cattle and meat.
PORTLAND MARKET.
! Wheat Offerings aro moderate, loth
' of Valley antl Walla Walla, but prices
iisKuii are aoovo Olivers' views, and trad
ing drags. Shippers are well provided
against present and near future, require
ments, and are iot anxious to ojieratc.
The English unmet holds steady, with
cargoes in light request. Wheat" stocks
in Liverpool have been reduced soino
20,000 quarters and (lour 20,000 barrels
during the past.
Flock The market is steady and de
mand fair. Quote: Standard, $3.90(3
4.00; Walla Walla, $:?.00(S:i.hO per barrel.
Oats Tho market is firm. Quote:
White, 520154c; gray,50($52c per bushel.
. ....... Tl.!.
I iiiiuiuria int; iiiurKoi is nriit.
Qtioto: Bran, $19.50020 ; Shorts, $22.50
(t23; Ground Barley, $32.50; Chop Feed,
$25 per ton.
Hay Tho market is steady. Quote:
I $1G1S per ton.
) Vkoktaiilks Tho market is firm.
iQuoto: Cabbage, $1.001.25 percental;
I Caulillower, $1.00 per dozen; Onions,
' 25ijC per pound: Carrots. 1 per sack:
j Beets, $1.50 per sack; Turnips, $1 per
sack ; tomatoes, 50c per 1kx ; Potatoes,
$1(31.10 per cental; Sweet Potatoes, 2
2c per pound.
FauiTs Tahiti Oranges, $4 per box;
Sicily Lemons, $89 per caso; Pears,
1 'e per pound ; Apples, (0S5e per box ;
Grapes,$l1.25porlx)x;Pineapples,$3.50
($4.00 pur dozen; Bananas, $4 per bunch;
double, $0; Quinces, $1.25 per box.
Chkksk Tho market is firm. Quote:
Oregon, 13(S14e; California, OigiOe;
Young America, 14 15e per pound.
Nuts Tho market is steady. Quote:
California Walnuts, 1415cc; other va
rieties, 13c; Peanuts, 12c; Almonds, '
17c; Filberts, 1415e;now Brazils, 20c
per pound; Cocoiinuts, $1 per dozen.
BuTTEit Choice is scarce, while tho
market is well supplied with common
unities. Prices aro steady. Quote:
Oregon fancy creamery, 42 'ijc; fancy dairy
7jO ; good to fair, iJT'fcoSSSOe; common,
22j2Sc; choice California, 37jc per
pound.
Loos The market is firm. Quote:
Oregon, 30o; Eastern, 25c. per dozen.
PomritY The market is linn. Chick
ens remain about tho same. Turkeys
and Geese aro liigher. Geese aro
scarce Quote: Old Chickens, $4.60;
voting, s(2.50cM.OO; old Ducks, OCT0.50;
large young, $77.50; Geese, $!)(o'10pcr
dozen; Turkeys, 13(t14c per pound.
Hops The market is weak. Qttoto:
33c-per pound.
HiDKs Quoto: Dry Hides, selected
prime, 8(? S)e, c less for cults; green,
selected, over 55 pounds. 4o; under bb
pounds, 3c; Sheep' Pelts, short wool, 30
,(i50e; medium, (iO(ti8Uij; long, 00c ($
1 1.25; shearlings, 10(a2Jc; Tallow, good
to choice, HoiMJjjC.
Wooii Quote: Eastern Oregon, 10(j
le'c; Vatlev, l()(Tt2i)o per pound.
Nails Base quotatoiH: Iron. $3.20;
Steel, $3.3il; Wire, $3.00 per kog.
Shot Quote: $1.83 per Back.
The, MeroliamlUu Murket,
Tho market is linn, business briBfc
but no change in prices.
Suoahs The market is firm. Quoto:
Golden C,5)ijc; extra C, 5?.c; dry gran
ulated, 0'i-c; cube crushed and pow
dered, Ofe per pound.
DitiKii Fituns Tho market is linn.
Quote: Italian Prunes, pj'Hc; Pe
i it and German Prunes, 10c per pound;
Raisins, ir2.75 per Iwx: Pluininor-dried
Pears, Hot 12.'gu; sun-dried and factory
PluiiH. Jlf12o: evai) irated Poaches.
21c; Sinvrn.x Figs, 14(3 10c; California
Figs, l)c per pound.
Reins Tho market is firm. Quoto:
Small Whites, 3'ilc; Pink, 3?.(c;
Rayos, 4 L'e; Butter, 3W.c; Limns, 5Ju
per pound.
0.nni:i Goods Markotis firm. Quote:
falile fruits. $2.25, 2'; Peachm, 2.50;.
Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.05;
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, 22.50;
Blackberries, if 2; Raspberries, t2.55;
Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $1.85. Piu
unit : Assorted, $3.75 per dozen; Peaches,
1.421,..; Plums. $1.25; Blaokborrios,$l.5
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.20
50. according to quality; Tomatoes,
tl.t.Kf3.50; sugar Peas, $1.4031.t$0;
String Roans, $1 ponlo.on. Fish: Salmon,
$i.25(.(!l.50; sardines, 80cC$1.50; lob
sters, $-V3; oysters, $22.75 per dozen.
Condensed milk: Eagle brand, $8.25;
Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75; Champion,
$0 per case.
Pick m:s Quoto: $1.15c 3s; $1.25 5s.
S.ur Quote: Liverpool, $17, $18, $10;
stock, $11(12 per ton m carload lots.
Com. Ohi Qtioto : $2.30 per caso.
CitANiii'.ititius Quoto: Wisconsin,
tU.fillj Capo Cod, $12 per barrel.
Coikhi: Quote: Costn Rica, 22Jc;
Rio, 25;c; Arbucklu's, roasted, 204e
pur pound.
Rioe Quote: 5c per pound.
Tho Mont MiirkeU
The meat market Is linn. Quoto:
Reef Live, 2kj(!$3c; dressed, Oc.
Mutton Live, 3'4c; dressed, Oc.
llogd Live, 4!ij5c; dressed, 5c.
Veal 6t(8c per pound.
Lambs $2.50 each.
SMOKED MEATS AND LAUD.
The market is firm. Quotations: East
ern HaiiiB, 1314c; Breakfast Ba
con, lltSllo; Sides, 010c; Lard,
lOc per pound.
Tho customs officers will soon Ikj ap
pointed, with headquarters at Siuimh
City, to guard the border and perform
duty on the trains crossing the British
boundary into this country. At tho
present time quite a. trade is carried on
in smuggling iutohh tho border. Tho
numerous roads crossing the line afford
ample opportunity for free traderH to ply
their avocation. Tho exposed Iwrder re
quires the service of several officers.
Farm produce and merchandise are run
across tho lino duty free. Tho British
border is guarded more carefully than
the American.
Canadian customs officials at Windsor
have been ordored to collect duty on all
implements of American siwrtsmen
coining into Canada for a day's shooting.
I Ieretoforu the custom has lieen to re
quire a small deposit, which was rum
funded.