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HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Bus
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Taft has been made an associate
member of the G. A. R.
Insurance companies of Indiana are
being prosecuted under the anti-trust
laws.
Wisconsin proposes to forbid "con
tributions by candidates to churches
and secret societies.
A severe wind storm at Corry, Pa.,
blew over a circus tent, injuring a
large number of people.
Reno, Nev., is infested with firebugs
who are starting numerous fires in bus
iness and residence buildings.
Roosevelt has already started to
write a series of articles describing
his African adventures to date.
Governor Hadley has vetoed the in
surance law which wa3 passed by the
Missouri legislature after a long fight.
The army transport Dix, which has
been experimenting with Philippine
coal, reports that it has excellent
steaming qualities and has proven very
satisfactory.
The Dry Farming congress, which
meets at Billings, Mont., in October,
will aim to teach the farmer how to
conserve moisture by intelligent culti
vation and thus increase the producing
area in arid and semi-arid regions.
The French strike is on the verge of
collapse, but is pledged aid of the labor
unions.
Three men were killed and 12 badly
injured by an explosion of dynamite
near Key West, Fla.
Farmerrs of Grand valley, Colo.,
have protested against Ballinger's sus
pension of irrigation work.
A bridge on the Wabash railroad
near Kansas City gave way as a train
was crossing and several persons are
missing.
A non-union baker at New York was
set upon by women and after giving
him a severe beating they threw him
into a vat of dough.
Hill and Harriman officials are con
ferring with the Interstate Commerce
commission with a view of forming
rates to conform to the Spokane decis
ion. An extra session of the Washington
legislature will probably be called to
straighten out some of the matters
arising from investigation of state officials.
Crowded Condition of State Street,
Chicago, is Responsible.
Chicago, May 18. Stores in tiers,
with each tier connected by private
elevator with the floors below, is the
innovation to be introduced in the
downtown business section of Chicago,
and it is one that will be watched with
interest. The new plan has been de
vised to meet the urgent demand for
more storeroom on State street.
"If we can't have stores on the first
floor, give us at least show space there
and enough room to run our customers
up to some floor above," has been the
cry of those merchants anxious to lo
cate on State street, but unable to find
room, and the estate of L. Z. Leiter is
the first to meet this urgent demand.
The Leiter estate has had architects
prepare plans for the conversion of the
seven-story building at the southeast
corner of State and Jackson boulevard,
which fronts 40 feet on State and 144
feet on Jackson. Architects plan to
divide the first floor into seven small
stores, and arrangements will be made
for tenants to have private elevators
connecting with as much additional
floor space on the upper floors as they
require.
BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE BURNED.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
Pride of Japanese
Treasures
Buddhists and Its
Destroyed.
Tokio, May 18. Sojaji, the famous
Buddhist temple in Shiba park, Tokio,
has been destroyed by fire at a loss of
$200,000.
Only those who know the pride of
the Japanese in their temples can con
ceive the effect of this irreparable loss
upon the people. The Sojaji temple,
next to the great temple at Nikko,
probably was the most famous and pop
ular show temple in Japan.
Its wonderful red gates, which will
be rembered by thousands of tourists,
were saved from the flames, but inside
the temple compound there remains
only a lonely daibutsu of bronze, sur
rounded by piles of wreckage and em
bowered amid the blackened branches
of overhanging cryptomeria. A few
other gigantic pieces of bronze stand
out lonely amid the mass of ashes, all
that is left of some of the most won
derful art treasures that were to be
found in the Far East.
The fire was set by a beggar who
was living in a hole underneath the
structure. The man was cold and
started a little blaze with a newspaper
and a few sticks for warmth.
ADVERTISE THROUGH A. Y. P.
State Getting Out Booklets for Gen
eral Distribution.
Salem State Printer W. S. Duni-
way is printing 50,000 copies of a 100-
page booklet for the Oregon commis
sion to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position. The booklets will be circu
lated through the commission. In ad
dition to numerous high-grade half
tones there are many articles exploit
ing the resources and advantages of
Oregon.
Among those who treat of the vari
ous lines of industry in Oregon are: M
D. Wisdom, Dr. James Withycombe,
H. M Williamson, N. C. Maris, J. W.
Bailey, Edmund P. Sheldon, H. C. Mc
Allister, Frederick R. Mellis, J. H.
Ackerman. In addition to the above
articles there will be a special write
up of each county in the state.
ONE MAN AT HEAD.
General
Schefket
Turkish
Central
Affairs.
Figure in
Ashland to Have Big Crop.
Ashland Fruitgrowers and garden
ers in the Ashland district of the
Rogue river valley report prospects
good for a bumper crop of everything
in the fruit, vegetable and berry line
in this district. Trees and vines are
loaded and there will be much thinning
required of peaches and other fruits.
A number of white frosts have appear
ed during the past fortnight, but no
serious damage has been reported as a
result.
Salem Fruit Union Ready.
Salem The Salem Fruit union is
closing contracts with growers and will
be ready to handle fruit when it is
ready for market. A. J. Anderson,
contractor, is pushing the work on the
new buildings of the union. The first
building will be 50x60, two stories.
C. L. Dick, a traveling man in the em
ploy of Mason, Ehrman & Co., has
been engaged as the manager of the
union and will take charge of his work
in a few days.
NORMAL SCHOOLS DOWN.
Regents' Executive Committee Says
Property Cannot Be Leased.
Salem -Though the three state nor
mal schools will be permitted to con
tinue under state supervision during
the summer, the executive committee
of the state board of normal school re
gents has decided that none of the
equipment or buildings may be leased
for the purpose of conducting private
normal schools during the next two
years.
The property of the state at Weston,
Monmouth and Ashland will lie unused
until eventually sold under the hammer.
This action of the executive board is
taken in order that there can be no en
tering wedge for the formulation of a
demand upon the legislature two years
hence for maintenance funds from any
of the vicinities where the schools are
now located, and is in line with the
policy outlined by the board of regents
at its meeting soon after the legislature
adjourned last February, which policy
was reiterated by the board at its last
meeting.
One or two members of the board
were in favor of leasing the schools,
but all members of the executive com
mittee, which includes Governor Ben
son, E. Hofer and Superintendent Ack
erman, were unalterably opposed to it
on the ground that it was the intention
of the last legislature that the normal
schools in their present existence must
be entirely eliminated for the sake of
good government, and no hope must be
given any of the three communities
that their normal school may live.
The normal school matter will prob
ably be definitely settled by the people
at the next general election. If not,
the way will be open for the next
legislature to create new schools and
place them at any point they may see
fit.
Experts estimate that in 10 years
every drop of water available for irri
gation will be utilized. For every acre
irrigated there will be 50 acres of dry
farm land where irrigation possibili
ties are exhausted.
Roosevelt says Tolstoi is a weak
eader.
A saloon is to be opened in Des
Moines where treating will be forbid
den. Secretary MacVeagh says prosperity
only awaits completion of the tariff
bill.
Fire at Long Island, Kan., destroyed
five business buildings, causing a loss
estimated at $100,000.
The Farmers' union, at its national
convention, has agreed on a plan to
build warehouses and market wheat
without the middleman.
Seventeen states and ten foreign
countries will have delegates at the
Dry Farming congress, which meets at
Billings October 26 to 28.
Physicians attending the annual con
vention of the Illinois Homoepathic
Medical association advocated the re
moval of tonsils of everyone subject to
tuberculosis.
The postal strike in France is not
general and failure seems probable.
Office seekers and office holding by
professional politicians is becoming a
vocation in the Philippine islands, ac
cording to the report of Acting Direc
tor Harbord, of the constabulary.
The Pennyslvania railroad is setting
out thousands of trees to provide for
future requirements in timber and ties
Constantinople, May 18. Muhmid
Schefket Pasha, commander of the
Turkish Constitutional forces, both on
land and sea, is the man most fre
quently in the thoughts of those ob
serving or dealing with the confused
politics of the day in Turkey.
He is the one quiet figure upon
whom rests the preservation of order
The civil branches of the government
look to him to impose their liberal rule
upon the empire and to deal promptly
with persons and factions dangerous to
the state.
The skill and celerity with which
General Schefket brought the third
army corps and part of the second
army corps before Constantinople and
occupied the capitol have amazed the
foreign military men here. Besides
those attached to the embassies, seven
officers came from Germany and five
British officers from Egypt to observe
the development of the campaign.
They have not ceased to discuss the de
tails of the Constitutional commander's
arrangements.
"The army is merely an instrument
of civil power," said General Schefket
today. "The army and I, as an officer
in it, derive our authority from the
national assembly. The army is a fin
ger of parliament only, and works un
der the will of the cabinet."
The general had an hour's talk with
Hilni Pasha, the grand vizier, at the
conclusion of which he said: "The
grand vizier and I are in perfect ac
cord. We have obstructions to over
come in our progress toward free and
stable institutions. I hope we will
rise above them."
Coos Bay Road Organizes.
Marshfield The Coos Bay, Oregon
& Idaho Railroad company, the new
organization for the purpose of pro
moting a railroad from Coos Bay to
Boise, has elected officers. A joint
committee from the Marshfield and
North Bend chambers of commerce is
working out a general plan of action,
and when this is announced an effort
will be made to get the stock subscrip
tions needed to carry on the prelimin
ary survey work.
Shed Ordered at Curtin.
Salem An order to go into effect at
once has been made by the railroad
commission requiring the Southern Pa
cific company to erect a shed at Curtin
for receiving and otherwise handling
freight at that point in less than car
load lots; but held that the demand
that the railroad company stop all its
passenger trains at Curtin was unreas
onable and that part of the complaint
was dismissed.
HOMES NOW RUINS.
Much Suffering and Death in Wake of
Kansas Tornado.
Kansas City, May 17. A recapitu
anon oi ine storm, general over
Northwestern Missouri and Eastern
and Central Kansas, and extending into
Oklahoma, and which in placeB reached
the proportion of a tornado, shows
three known dead and 55 injured, at
least half a dozen of the latter serious
ly hurt.
The principal damage was done at
Hollis, a town of 150 inhabitants, near
Concordia, Kansas, and at Mount
Washington, Mo., a suburb eight miles
east of Kansas City. In both of these
places practically every house was
either damaged or demolished, and
dozens of persons injured.
Mount Washington, Mo., 22, three
perhaps fatally.
Near Great Bend, Kansas, 20, mostly
members of a crew on a Santa Fe work
train, which was blown from the track
Four of these are in a serious condition.
Hollis, Kansas, three.
Rosedale View, Kansas, a suburb of
Kansas City, two. In the vicinity of
lloismgton, Kansas, four.
Pond Creek, Oklahoma, four.
The storm followded a terrific down
pour of rain. The wind came up sud
denly, swooped down with but little
warning, and striking the small terri
tory described, wiped it out almost
completely. Frame houses were crusn
ed, the sides apparently being forced
inward, while others were toppled over
and carried from their foundations
in some cases sides or buildings were
carriea away, leaving tne root and a
few small articles to mark the site.
THE A.-Y.-P. FAIR.
Two Companies After Water,
Salem Representatives of the Al
miral company and the Thatcher in
terests are presenting their arguments
before the state water board of con
trol, each endeavoring to procure from
the board the right to divert sufficient
water from the Powder river to re
claim a large tract in the lower Pow
der valley. The indications are that
the Almiral people will procure the
franchise.
President Taft has agreed to attend
the opening of the Gunnison, Colo.,
tunnel.
The Missouri senate has killed the
measure which gave the state railroad
commission power to hx passenger
rates.
The Farmers' union is in national
convention at Springfield, Mo., and
plans are being made to keep the price
of wheat up.
London art dealers are in trouble for
selling spurious wares on unsuspecting
customers.
Railroads have submitted to the In
terstate Commerce commission new
rates which will greatly injure Pacific
coast cities if allowed to stand.
A Denver woman died rather than
have her hair cut. Her tresses had at
tained a length of 90 inches and physi
cians declared they consumed the vital
ity which should have sustained life.
Fair Must Make Room.
Seattle, May 18. Unless the officers
of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
provide Bpace where the exhibit may
be shown to advantage, the display
sent by the bureau of American repub
lics will be shipped back to Washing
ton. Arrangements were made to
place the exhibit in the mines build
ing. Later this space was given to
other persons and room was reserved
in the gallery of the Oriental building.
William J. Klob, special agent for the
bureau, declares that the space and the
location are not in keeping.
Welcomed by Japs.
Tokio, May 18. Rear Admiral Giles
B. Harber, commanding the Asaitic
squadron of the Pacific fleet, with his
staff and the captains of the ships com
posing the squadron, were granted an
audience with the emperor and empress
yesterday. The officers were presented
by American Ambassador O'Brien and
Admiral Harber was engaged in con
versation with the emperor for several
minutes. Admiral Harber made an
unusually favorable impression.
Korean Cabinet Controls.
Seoul, May 18. Obeying a sudden
summons from Prince I to, Japanese
resident general in Korea, who is now
in Japan, Viscount Sone, vice presi
dent general, departed yesterday for
Tokio, and for the first time in two
years the affairs of the Korean govern
ment are being administered by the
cabinet without the supervision of Jap
anese officials.
Wallowa Wool Clip Sold.
La Grande E. M. Rumbler, repre
senting the isoiton-tsodmer company,
of this city, has just closed a deal for
the purchase of practically the entire
wool clip of Wallowa county. The to
tal amount of the purchase is between
ibu.uuu ana ia,uuu neeces. The av
erage price paid was 20 cents. The
estimated amountof money represented
in the purchase is $350,000.
Irrigation Pamphlet Issued.
Salem An exhaustive pamphlet on
irrigation in Oregon has just been pub
lished by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, the material for
which was furnished by State Engineer
Lewis and his assistant, Perce A. Cup
per. The history of the various recla
mation projects now under way in this
state is taken up and altogether the re:
port is very valuable.
Grain is Growing Fast.
Dufur The past few warm days
have put new life into the growing
crops in this vicinity. The cold, back
ward spring retarded the crops very
materially, but they are now growing
very nicely. Wheat, in some places
here, is 12 and 14 inches high, and
growing fast. Prospects for a bumper
wheat crop were never better here than
at this time.
Malheur Project Work Starts.
Ontario Offices have been opened
here by the United States reclamation
service, and engineering parties are
now in the field making surveys for the
Malheur government irrigation project.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has
requested that surveys and estimates
be completed by July, when he will
visit the project and make final deci
sion as to wnetner tne work shall con
tinue. C. H. Paul, formerly of the
Lower Yellowstone project in Wyom
mg, nas Deen appointed supervising
engineer.
Oregon Coal Land Will Be Sold.
Ashland Illinois capitalists have
purchased the Ashland Coal company's
holdings, east of Ashland three miles,
with the machinery on the property,
and have also leased nearly a thousand
acres of land adjoining the 80 acres
controlled by the coal company, and
will develop the coal prospects found
upon the property. They have made a
careful examination and had tests of
the coal made by experts in the gov
ernment service.
Some Brief Notes of Intesest on the
Exposition Which Opens June I
The Oregon building was the first of
the state buildings to be finished. Cal
ifornia made a good second.
Mt. Rainier, the ..highest mountain
in the United States, towers 15,000
feet above the grounds of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition.
Five million dollars worth of gold
dust, just as it came from Alaskan
placers, will be part of the Alaska ex
hibit.
Live specimens of all game and game
birds found from Point Barrow to Tia
Juana, will be seen in the immense
game paddock.
The provines of Alberta and Saskatch
ewan, Canada, will make splendid ex
hibits of their mineral and agricultur
al resources.
The University of Idaho cadet 'band
of 40 pieces will play at the fair this
summer. The Idaho legislature passed
an appropriation allowing the battalion
to go into encampment at the exposi
tion immediately after the end of the
university year.
The Michigan building will
only state structure financed
ine money to defray the expense
building and entertainment wa3 raised
by subscription in Seattle.
Guards on the grounds of the expos i
tion will wear pearl gray uniforms an
it is planned to make the force the
best dressed police body ever seen in
this country.
FIVE DEAD AND
FIFTY-FIVE HURT
Tornado Spreads Ruin In States of
Middle West.
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma Feel
Force of Series of Storms That
Unroof Houses and Maim Many
Persors -Train Blown Into Ditch
Property Damaee Great.
be th
locally
Linn County Indifferent.
AiDany retitions are being circu
lated in Linn county asking for the
formation of Nesmith county. Accord
ing to the circulators, they are being
quite generally signed by the voters.
Prominent business men and politicians
of this city when questioned expressed
themselves as having no interest in the
matter.
TRAIN HELD UP.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
$1.30
.17: red
cracked,
State Sues Railroad.
Albany To force the Corvallis &
Eastern Railroad company to pay $10,
000 as a penalty for failure to obey an
order of the state railroad commission,
the Btate of Oregon has instituted suit
in the state Circuit court for Linn
county. The commission's order, which
the railway is alleged to have violated,
was to erect a suitable depot at Lyons,
Linn county.
Fruitgrowers Get Ready.
The Dalles At a special meeting of
the board of directors of The Dalles
Fruitgrowers' association Secretary
Merrill was instructed to secure a
building for temporary headquarters.
The association is entering into con
tracts with members and others for
handling this year's fruit crop. '
Fruits Apples. 65ctf$2.50 per box;
Btrawbernes, Oregon, 12ac per pound
Potatoes $2 per hundred.
Vegetables Turnips. $1.25 per sack;
carrots, $:.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound; as
paragus, Oregon, 75c per dozen; let
tuce, head, 20(3;50c per dozen; onions,
12215c per dozen; radishes, 1520c
per dozen; rhubarb, 2Q;3.ic per
pound.
Wheat Bluestem milling,
1.35; club, $1.20; valley, $1
Russian, $1.17(9:1.20.
Corn Whole, $35 per ton
$36 per ton.
Barley Feed, $34 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$ 1 4(51 8 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $18
(320; clover, $11(712; alfalfa, $13(3
14; grain hay, $13(314; cheat, $14(3
14.50; vetch, $14(3:14.50.
Butter City creamery, extras, 26c;
fancy outside creamery, 22)(3 240;
store, 18c. Butter fat prices average
1 4c per pound under regular butter
prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 243 23c.
Poultry Hens, 142(315c; broilers,
28(330c; fryers, 22(r25c; roosters,
10c; ducks, 14(315c; geese. 10(311c;
turKeys, zuc; squaos, $;j.oU(3 3 per
dozen.
Veal Extras, 9jjcper pound; ordi
nary, 82(fr9c; heavy, 7(38c.
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Hops 1909 contract. 9c; 1908 crop,
8(38c; 1907 crop, 3(3Mc; 1906 crop,
lc.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16 (3 21c;
valley, fine, 22c; medium, 21c;
coarse, 202c; mohair, choice, 24(3 25c.
Cattle Steers, top, $5.50 (3 5.75;
fair to good, $5(35.25; common totnr
dium, $4.50(3 4.75; cows, top, $4.25(3)
4.50; fair to good, $3.75(34.25; com
mon to medium, $2.50(3 3.50; calves,
top, $5(35.50; heavy, $3.50(34; bulls
and stags, $3(33.50; common, $2(3
2.75.
Hogs Best, $7.50(37.75; fair to
good, $7.25(37.50; stockers, $6(36.50;
China fats, $6.75(37.
Sheep Top wethers, $4(34.50; fair
to good, $3.50(3;4; ewes, c less on
all grades, yearlings, best, $4.50; fair
to good, $44.25; spring lambs, $5.
Robbers Hake Good Haul on Great
Northert Road.
Spokane, Wash., May 17. Great
Northern passenger train No. 3 was
held up by two masked robbers between
Mead and Colbert shortly before, mid
night baturday night. The mallear
and the engine were detached and taken
by the robbers three miles east of Hill
yard, Pwhere the mails were rifled
The engine was then reversed and sent
back down the track, where it crashed
into the standing train.
When the collision occurred a number
of the passengers, it is reported, were
injured. A hurry call was sent to Hill-
yard for doctors, who were rushed to
me scene in a special train carrying
the omcers.
The train was left standing several
miles from a telegraph station, where
one of the trainmen was sent to notify
the bpokane office of the hold-up.
According to the report at Hillyard,
the robbers have obtained booty amount
ing to more than $20,000 from the
mailcar.
More Time is Given.
Washington, May 17. As a result
of several conferences, the Interstate
Commerce commission today announced
a postponement from June 1 to July 1
of the time for taking effect of its de
cision in the Spokane rate cases. The
commission recently had postponed un
til June 1 the time when the new rates
ordered by it should go into effect, but
as a result of conferences within the
last few days with the representatives
of the Hill and Harriman lines it was
decided today further to postpone the
operation of the order until July 1.
Earthquake in Montana.
Glendive, Mont, May 17. At 9:16
o'clock Saturday evening Glendive felt
a very perceptiule seismic disturbance
A number of men gathered in the Ala-
sonic temple rushed from the building,
bel ieving it was about to fall. In many
places dishes rattled in the pantries.
The first shock lasted probably two or
three seconds, with unusually rapid vi
brations. The shock was felt at For
syth and Dickinson, N. D., where it is
reported to have been very severe.
"
Bank Guarantee in Texas.
Dallas, Tex., May 17. A general
movement among state banks to take
advantage of the new state guarantee
law, Bigned last week, has begun.
During the two days since the law was
signed 25 banks have accepted the pro
visions of the deposit guarantee see-
1 tions.
Kansas City, May 15. A series of"
tornadoes in Kansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma late yesterday killed at least
five persons, injured 55, laid waste one
town, wrecked a train and did great
damage to property.
Twenty-five persons were injured by
a storm that swept over Mount Wash
ington and Fairmont park, suburbs of
Kansas City. At least two of these
are thought to be fatally injured.
The town of Hollis, Kan., near Con
cordia, was swept away. Here three
were killed and 10 injured.
Near Great Bend a tornado killed
two and injured 20.
All wires are down in that vicinity.
and it is feared the death list may be
greater.
William Ackerly, a Santa Fe engi
neer, and b rank Nicholson, a conduc
tor, were killed while with abridge
gang between Great Bend and Kinsley.
The tornado wrecked the work train
of which Ackerly was engineer, and
blew it into a ditch. Several members
of the crew were blown 100 feet. The
piledriver toppled over, crushing Ack
erly to death in his cal, where he re
mained with his hand upon the throttle.
At Hoisington, Kan., a tornado in
jured a number and greatly damaged
farm property. It was not so severe,
however, as that passing over other
portions of the state.
At Pdhd creek, Okla., a severe wind
storm slightly injured four persons and
unroofed several houses.
A blinding rain and hailstorm accom
panied the wind in all states. Many
washouts demoralized railroad traffic.
The Missouri Pacific main line was
washed out near Walcott, between
Leavenworth and Kansas City. The
Burlington and Santa Fe were forced
to annul some of their trains Elec
trical disturbances crippled telegraph
and telephone wires, and on this ac
count only meager reports from the
storm-swept area could be obtained.
A heavy wind, accompanied by rain
and hail, prevailed throughout Kansas.
City. Much minor damage was done,
and traffic of all kinds seriously inter
fered with.
OPEN INDIAN LANDS.
Over 2,000,000 Acres for Settle
ment in Reservations.
Missoula, Mont., May 15. Under a
Washington date line, the Missoulian
this morning prints the following:
At a conference held today by offi
cials of the general land office, the fol
lowing tentative scheme was decided
upon for the registration and opening
of the Flathead reservation, in Mon
tana, Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, and the
Colville in Washington. The Flathead
reservation contains about 1,200,000
acres, the Coeur d'Alene about 400,000
and the Colville about 400,000. All
three reservations will be ready for
opening this summer, and all three of
them will be opened at the same time.
Registration points will only be estab
lished at towns where there is a United
States land office, and all registration
points will be for all three of the reser
vations. The registration points will
be Missoula, Kalispell, Coeur d'Alene-
and Spokane.
The registration period will probably
begin July 10 and end on August 15,
thus giving five weeks' opportunity for
all persons to go to one of the places
above designated to register. At the
close of registration, August 15. the-
drawing for numbers
for all three of the
Coeur d'Alene City.
an unimportant item
plan and will ocupy
days.
will take plcae-
reservations at
The drawing is
in the general
only one or two
Teachers Let Out.
San Jose, Cal., May 15. The whole
sale dismissal of professors and teach
ers at the University of the Pacific,
the big Methodist college here, prelim-
nary to a complete reorganization of
the faculty, has brought about dissatis
faction among the students which
threatens serious consequences. Four
heads have already fallen, and still it
is said the ax is not weary. At least
two more members of the faculty are
to be retired in the near future. The
discharged professors have been con
nected with the institution for years.
Ecuador Has Temblors.
Guayaquil, Ecuador. Mav 15. Ecua
dor has been experiencing earthquakes
uunng me last lortnight. Telegrams
from Jipija, in the province of Manabi,
announce that shocks have been experi
enced there since the first of the month,
becoming more severe in the last few
days. A dispatch from Quito says
quakes were experienced there yester
day and that the local seismograph re
corded on Wednesday strong shocks
somewhere in the West Indies.
Record Price for Wool.
Miles City, Mont. Mav 15. A sale
of a large wool clip has been effected
here for the highest price yet heard of
this season, namely. 24 cents. The
wool was the property of H. B. Wiley,
cashier of the First National bank of
this city, and went to a Boston houBe.