ASTORIA PUBLIC UBRARY ASSOCIATION - r ,k. fVAAAAA A ifi W A A '! B The ASTORIAN has the larpfit LOCAL Jj 2 circulation) the largest GF.NERAL clrcula- . tlon, and the largest TOTAL circulation of J all papers published In Astoria. P TODAY'S UCiTUCO y w w k-n I I I kilt 1 For Washlnirton and Oreioni S -weather) slightly warmer. ( tf wrTFVWWyW'VJW EXCLUSIVE TBL.ETGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLIV, NO. 180. ASTORIA,' OREGON. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3, 1895. PRICE, FIVE CENTS I872 1895 pisl?er Brothers, Sell ASTORIA, Lubricating OILS A Specialty, Ship Chandelery, Hardware, Iron & Steel, Coal, Groceries & Provisions, Flour & Mill Feed, . Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Loggers Supplies, Fairbank's Scales, Doors & Windows, Agricultural Implements Wagons & Vehicles. B. F. ALLEN, Dealer in Wall Paper, Attist Materials, Paints and Painters Supplies( Glass, Mouldings, Japanese Mattings, - Rugs and Bamboo Goods Centractor for Fresco Painting, Paper Hanging, Etc. 765 Commercial Street. Snap fl rodak at any man coming out ol our store and you'll got a portrait ol a man brimming over with pleasant thoughts. Such quality In the liquors we have to offer are enough to PLEASE ANY MAN. Coroe and Trg Them, HUGHES &, CO. IS THERE? Is there a man with heart bo cold, That from bis family would withhold The comforts which they all could find In articles of FURNITURE of th right kind. And we would suggest at this season, nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se of Dining Chairs. We have the larges and finest line ever shown in the city and at prices that cannot fall to pleas tha closest buyers. HEILBORN & SON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Conromly St, font nf Jackson, AtuH General Machinists and h'kr Makers Land and Marine Engines. Boiler work, Steam boat and Cannery Work a Specialty. Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order on Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintendent A. Ij. Fox Vloe President 0. B. Prael Secretary They Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand in the same . relationship to Marshall's Twine as a wooden image does to the human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself into the beUef that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just as well." They w6nt They cannot. C. J. TRENCH RD, Agent Wells, Fargo & Co. and Pacific Express Co. BOP and PHOENIX fHSUBRflCE CO'S. Custom House Broker and Commission Merchant 50a Bond Street. Kopp'a Beer Hall. Choice Wines, Llquora and Cigars. KENTUCKY WHISKEY Only handed over the oar, The largest glass of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half, jt. Free Lunch. Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor. Cor. Conromly and Lafayette St. THOMAS MOKKO, The Blacksmith Those shop is oppos ite Cutting's cannery, is now prepared to do such odd Jobs as making new cannery coolers, repairing old ones, making new fishin boat irons, and re pairing old ones, and all other black smtthlng that requires first-class work nwuarhip. , PACIFIC COmiKISSIOJl COMPANY. Brokers and CommLMlon Merchants. Consignments Solicited of Poultry, Eggs, Butter, Fruit, Floor. Feed. Grain, etc. Return Made) Quictc Goods Bold at Wholaaala. No. 133 Twelfth St Astoria, Or. UP TO I. h. OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 606 aiid 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA OR. 1 A NEW Fishing Tackle, Baskets, Flies, Eods, etc. Baseballs, Bats, Masks, Gloves, Mits, etc. Croquet pets, Hammock?, Lawn Tennis Balls, Bird Cages, Garden Sets, Children's Carriages and Iron Wagons. Come and See Us Griffin & Reed. NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY! Dry Goods," Clothing, Hats and Shoes. ' All direct from the manufacturers. Call and see our shoe stock. New Lines of Ladies', Gents' and Children's Shoes-- Men's Congress Shoes - , f 1.50 Men's Congress Shoes - , 2.00 Men's Polioe Shoes 3.00 Men's Kangaroo Shoes - $3 50 The Heat Values Ever Known, Inspect our olotbing stock. We have full lines of Men's, Youth's and Boy's Suits. Men's Euits ranging from $5.00 up to 815.00. Kvery one of them a pen''!' e bargain. We XL in Hosiery, Underwear, Hats, Caps, Trunks, ValiHes, 1 laukets and Com forters, White Sbirts, Collars, Cuffs, Suspenders, Etc. OREGON TRADING CO., 600 Commercial Street. THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, 2 blocks from High School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIRST ADDITION. On the new Pipe Line Boulevard Just the place for a cheap borne. A Block IN ALDERBROOK. STREET CAR LINE will be extended this summer to within 5 minutes walk of this property Will sell at decided bargain. ACREAGE. In 5 or 10 aore tracts inside the city limit?, also adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HIIvlv. 471BondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. FOAflD & STOpS GO. DEALERS IM Picnic Canned Goods, Tents, Camp Stoves, Camp Cooking Utensils, Baskets, . And the latest Ill-Wool Sleeping Bags At all prices. Just the thing for camp ers, prospectors, etc. Sure to keep warm at nights. Better than blankets. MUSIC HALIl. KEATI5Q ft CO will open their Mu.le Ball at ss A -tor afreet, Saturday the lWa. They will " it it keep numberless (ooi liqaorf and cigar besides baring; good moaie all the dme. DATE! It. costs less to be up to date than being a back num ber if you buy your suits of me, as you get the latest styles, the best fits, the best mode, the best trimmings, the best satisfaction and the best values. I am constantly receiving new lines in Men's and Boy's Clothing, Fur nishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, Etc., tha are made for service as we'l as for appearances. STOCK North Paeifie Br emery JOHN KOPP, Prop Bohemian Lager Beer And XX PORTER. Leave order with J. L. Carlson at the Surmyslde Saloon or Louis Boentge at the Cosmopolitan Saloon. All orders will be promptly attended to. - EVERY REQUISITE FOR : first Class Funerals : AT POHU'S Undertaking Parlors, THIRD STREET. Rites Raasosasia. Embalming Sped.Hr BSTOHM PUBMC MBjpfltYl READI5G BOOM FREE TO ALL. Open every dy from 3 o'clock to 6 :30 and 6 .30 to 930 p. m. Subscription rates $3 per annum. Soartawest cor. Elereath sad Dsas SUl WILL PROVE AN All Durrani's Lawyers Say, by In troducing His Double. THE OREGON SHORT LINE CASE Montana Court Will Order Foreclos ureBig; Raft Arrives in . Sau Francisco. Ban Francisco, August 2. It Is said that the counsel for Theodore Durrant, charg ed with the Emanuel Church murders, will attempt to prove an alibi for Dur rant by the 'testimony of members of his family and his friends, hut It bus not been determined as yet whether to put the de fendant on the stand or not. Attorneys Duprey and Dickinson will be guided in the defense greatly by the showing made toy the prosecution. If 'the people present a strong case of cir cumstantial evidence, and the witnesses for the state remain Arm under the fire of cross examination, a strenuous effort will be made to create doubt in the minds of the Jurymen toy throwing an unknown party irtto -the case, who will resemble Durrant to such an extent as to permit a mistake in Identification. That such a course la toeing considered Is evident by 'the story to5d by a clerk toefore he was tripped up toy his iwlfe and mother. It la thought that the best the defease i-:xpeets Is a diaagreement of the Jury. DUN'S WEEKLY. New York, August 2. R. G. Dun & Co.'s vteekly review ot trade says. There lg a perceptible halt which may deceive if at tributed to wrong causes. Trade, two monithg late in the spring, pushed for ward Into July a large share of business belonging to April and May. Seeing the rush of orders out of time, many imag ined It 'would continue and hurried to give other orders. The Jam of two months' business into one lifted prices. then other orders came to anticipate a further rise. But tha midsummer halt was Inevitable, and it is yet somewhat uncertain how much Improvement will appear fetter it. The crop of corn promises to toe ihe largest ever grown, and Ij almost out of harm s way. The crop of wheat aDnoars from lifter accounts perhaps 2,000.000 bushels more than was expected a month ago. The failures for the week have to;n 2til in the 'United States airalnst 2IW last year, and 28 In Canada, againtt 44 lait year. ANOTHER DEMAND MADE. The French Government Will Be Called to Time. Washington, August 2. Falling to re ceive any assurance of progress from Am bassador Eustls 4ro the Waller ease. Act ing Secretary of State Adee Jius again cabled him to press the request for the record of Waller's trial at Aladasascar. and has instructed him at some length as to the positloa which he should take In presenting It. It is understood .that Eustls has been hi. euructed to say to the French authorities that nothing lesa than an Inspection ot the complete papers in pie case will be sufflcMit to satisfy the United States whether Justice has Ibeen done, and that a final refusal to furnish the complete tPinscript w.ll be accepted toy this gov ernm'.nt as a denial of Justice. THE J31Q 'RAIFT ARIRIVES. Made a Quick and 8afs Trip to San Fran' Cisco. 3. eclal to 'the Astorlan. tian Francisco, August 2. The big log raft built at Stella arrived at San. Fran cisco safely at 1 o'clock this morning In tow of the eteamer Mlneola. The cap tain of the steamer reports that .the trip was made throughout without accident of any Rind. The huge chains holding the raft together easily withstood whatqver sea tnere was, though, the weather throughout was pleasant and the ocean compuratlwly smooth. It has not yet been decidsd where the raft will be brok en up, and it Is probable that It will re main in Its present shape for some weeks. The Mlneola returns to Puget Sound next Monday. CONVICTED OF MUKDER. Carrollton, Mo., . August, 2. "We, the Jury, lind the defendants, William P. and Goorge Taylor, guilty of murder in the first degree." Such was the wrdlct rendered this af ternoon In the Meeks murder trial. It took but one ballot to decide that the Taylor brothers were guilty of the hein ous crime charged, und the penalty for the butchery of Meeks, his wife and two children on Jenkins' Hill, Mai 10 last, should be set at the limit. When the clerk read the verdict the crowd began to applaud vigorously. The Judge and sheriff rapped for order, but still the crowd applauded like a mob a t a Roman circus. The Judsre, rising in the bench, shouted: "Shierlff, arrest any mart that applauds." BRAlwJTRKOT'B KEUORT. New York, August 2.-d3radetreet's to morrow will say. The week presents a larger volume of trade In mamy lines and at many points than In the previous weens ana one year ago. The rush of or ders for steel and Iron leads1 in Interest, displaying remarkable strength. Western manufacturers have been obliged to pur chase eastern bniets to meet their orders. Another conspicuous feature of the week Is the evldeno of returning confidence on the part of Western and Northwestern interior merchanis now that the orn and spring wheat crops promise well. Trade on the Pacific Coast Is of moder ate volume, fair for the season, Tacoma and Seattle reporting an- expansion of de mand and Portland and San, Francisco no material change. WILL BB FORECLOSED. Montana Supreme Court will Render a Deere In a Celebrated Case. Helena, Mont, Awrutft 1 In the rlrriilf court of the United btate for the district of Montana, the application of the de fendant to amend the transfer in the case of the American Loan and Trust Co. vs. the Oregon Short Line and Utah1 North ern, was denied and as the court was to to tuke a recess until Wednesday next, further proceedings were deferred until that day, when, a decree of foreclosure will be entered In accordance with the prayer of the complainant, as ordered by Judge Bellinger in the district of Oregon. - This leaves the Idaho, Utah and Wyom ing courts to pass upon the proceedings. LENZ' MURDERER ARRESTED. iPttsburg, August 2. iFrank G. Lens, the missing bicyclist, Is legally dead, 'and his will, In which he leaves all of his property to his mother, has been filed for probate. Satisfactory evidence of his death has been furnished to Register Con nors. The will is dated May 8, 1893, tha day before he started to Washington, to secure his papers on his trip around the world. The men who murdered him are known as Rlzzo and his brother, two sons of Khalto, and two sons of Abduralan, six men In all. At the dVmand of the British vice-consul the six men have been ar rested and will toe tried for murder. KILLED BY A STORM. Flagstaff, Arli., August 2. yesterday morni.ir at the Grand Canyon of the Col orido, Blatchley and Lewis Porter and Arthur S- Renton, visitors from Stanford, Colorado, left the hotel to visit Blssei Point On their return a thunder storm overtook them and they sought shelter undtr an overhanging rock, A thunder bolt struck the rock and Blatchley Por ter was Instantly killed. Lewis Porter and Arthur iRentoni were thrown under the rock and rendered unconscious. The d ad man was a student on a vacation. COLD SHIPMENT. Washington, August 2. The withdraw al today of J2,35O,00O In gold from the subtreasury In New York Is not regarded toy the treasury ofllcials as a cause of un easiness. Since February last the bond syndicate has fully demonstrated its abil ity to protect the gold reserve from any serious encroachments, and it la not doub'tied that today's withdrawals co'Ud haxe been prevented if such a course had been deemed at all necessary. So fi.r as It Is known here, there are no Indications of further withdrawals. BLRPWANT3 ON A TEAR. Portland, August 2. Three elephants belonging to- the Wallace shows, broke looso today while beins taken from the train and ran away Into the woods near this city. Great excitement prevailed when it was learned that the elephants were runnlnig away, and the peoplo on the streets ga.ve them a wide berth. Fin ally one of the keepers stopped the ani mals, but was unable to bring 'them back until assistance arrlwd. SHUT OFF THE WATER. Ro-burg, August 2. The Roseburg Wa ter Company today began taking out all of the street hydrants and have turned off the water ifrom the city hall, In con sequence of a disagreement between the company and the city council as to the value of the water supply. The old con tract expired a few days ago and a new one cannot be agreed upon. Th city by tomorrow night will be totally without water la case of fire. BALL GAMES. Pittsburg, August 2. Cleveland, 10; Pittsburg, 5. Washington, August 2. Washington, 13; Baltimore, 4. New York, August 2.-JBrooklyn, 11; New York, 6. I Louisville, August 2. Lou'.si'llle, 9; Cin cinnati, 8. Boston, August 2. First game Boston 10; Philadelphia, 8. Second game Phila delphia, 7; Boston 6. GETS A DIVORCE. New York, Augu&t 2. Judge Gllderslkve today approved the referee finding In the Cortoett divorce case. This gives Mrs. Corbett an absolute decree with the right to assumo her maiden, name, Ollle Lake. She Is to receive $5,200 a year alimony, payable send-annually. She may marry again, tout Corbett is forbidden to do so during the life of his wife. DEFENDER AGAIN LOSER. Newport, August 2. The race for the Geolet cup today was apparently the De fender's until within five minutes of the finish, when a sudden gust of wind broke her gaff In the middle, allowing the Vigi lant to cross the line winner by about s'.x minutes over the Jubilee, und fully 26 minutes ahead of the old Volunteer. BIG FIRE IN EVERETT. , Everett, Wn., August 2.-E. D. Smith's sawmill at ILowell was destroyed by fire yesterday, together with 1,250,000 feet of lumber. The total loss Is about 160,000; Uisurance, $10,000. A WONDERFUL CLOCK. One of tlhe most exitiraordinary mechan lreJl wonders of tlh rwurkV is a clock built by a Russian Pce named GoMfadon. He wtt at work upon ft 2,000 days. The cJock rermeaerKte a railway station, with all Itisj appoirttmiem'i's aad detallB carefully carried out. On the central tower I a dial whtoh show i;he time at New York, London, Waroawt and Peking. Every Quarter otf an hour tlhe altatlon begin to bustle, telegraph operator click their tnatehines, (the sftatlomlmiaBtcr artd his us aiT.rvli mrur.tta.r Tvntrtflra JblTSe abOUt Wbth lugWae, and a mlnliture raln clashes out of a tunnel on one wa ox me p.ai form. All the roiKine of a- rtllway sta tion Ts gone tlhrougfh, after w!ilch the train disappears Into another tunnel, to reappear at (the next quarter cf an tiour. A NOTABLE DINNER SERVICE. Mr. Perry Belmont is the fortunate pos sessor of a aruperb and unique silver dinner service inherited from tola grandV f other, Commodore Perry. It was pre sented it tlhe cotmrtodore by tflie chamber o ctfmmenee and Mie Merchants' ex change of New York in recognition of his ear-vices to America in. TMsrdtlaUng the treaty (with-Japan. The service includes verytihlngi necawany r a (dinner of many course game, Wh and salad sots, anil also several chafing' d!he. The small silver, forks, spoons, lifters, ladles, etc.. Is bewildering in number arod variety. It require six large cedar chests to hold the service, and ade from Its intrinsic value, wtoiph. ts very great, ths beauty ef the design- and Dire awwclatror eow nweted wltti It place rt above rrie-a. 1 moresrf s Uaeaxime. . NOT 'A BIT FRrO-HTENED. (MoOlane 11 ae-ma to rue that Mis Aftercash Is sailing very near the rock In her flirtation with young Munn. rMuCrane (rejected) You can Jut bet she Is, and) she'll get em, too. NG TO AN Good Buns the Feature of the Past Week. LOWER RIVER WELL AHEAD Preparations Are Being; Made at All the Outside Points for Fall ' " "Fishing; Operations. Astoria, Or., Friday, 10 p. m., Aug. 2, I80C. In one week more the salmon sea son of the Columbia river will save closet) and all speculations as to the prob able size of the puck will toe set at rest. At the present writing it seems to us, with the record1 of the past ten days as a guide, as If the estimated shortage of 100,000 cases can now be considered too large, and In all probability It, will not exceed 50,000 cases. If the run dur. lng the next week continues as good as It has 'been since our last report the figures will stand a still greater reduction. The lower river to date Is certainly ahead of. Its record last year, notwithstanding the" stagnation that existed for three weeks in J une-July. Last Monday the canner ies received magnificent deliveries of fish, and the run of that day reminded us of old tines. All the appliances alike shared In the hauls, ard by midnight fully 9,000 cases had been packed on the lower river. Tuesday's work was In la. mentable contrast. It was one of the poorest days of the season and the cry of "no 'fish" was heard everywhere. On Wednesday matters picked up consider ably and from that time up to date 'the returns have been extremely good. Most of the canneries are working late In the might in order to effect a dally clean-up, and altogether it looks at pres ent as if the run will contlnua good for some days. We note that several! can Tiers have all along predicted "no fish In August." Things do not stem to be turn ing .-rut that way. It seems more probable that the season will end In the midst ot as much bustle and hard work as there is now. Without a doubt tha fine runs of the last two weeks have saved the Lower Columbia from what looked like a certain shortage. Next week, with the assistance ot our correspondents, we will be able to give a very close estimate of the total pack. The British ship Sierra Parlma. Is .now loading 80,000 cases of salmun'irt" Astoria's wharves for ship ment to the United Kingdom, and will re ceive dispatch probably towards the mid dle of the present month. This cargo, with that of the (Rathdown, makes nearly 00,000 casts bound to foreign port We quote today as follows: Sprlnig catch straight Chtnooks $1.35 to Jl.tlHi for tails and ?1.60 to 1.67'j for flats. Two-pound regular tails with key, 12.10. ' Muebaoks market bare. Chinook ovals market -bare. Tin plate both here and In San Fran cisco exhibits a considerable shortage and stocks on this river are very low. The ship Bokoto, which .reached San Fran cisco Monday with 30,000 cases of tin plate aboard, 'wlB to Some extent relUve the coiuiitloa of affairs. Cannerymen here urs going about' t'hetr preparations for fall fishing In a very perfunctory man ner, which Is the strongest proof that this Bid j of the business is gradually be ginning to be looked on by packers with disfavor. Fishing wltt start at Gray's hartoor, Shoalwater bay and the Sulslaw river on the 10th Inst., and at most of the other outside points operations will be ibeerun ten days later. The outlook Is not very brilliant and In all prob ability the fatl pack will be lighter than It has been for many years. In reality most of the cannerymen ackuowledge that late Ashing hai never paid them as It should. The low price of goods end the heavy expense of preparation, transporta tion oOmen, and machinery to outside points, etc., cut down profits to the very narrowest margin. Our Victoria correspondent says) "Cannery operations are now in full blust in the North, and the partes reported to date are as follows: Naas River cannery, 6,500 cases; Mill Bay 2,700; Inverness, 6,000; North Pacific, 7,000; July 23, Balmoral, 7,000; B. A. P. Com I'any, 8,500; Cunningham, 5,600; July 21, Carlisle,' 6,500; Claxtonv 6,500; Standard, 6,000; Lowe's Inlet, 6,000; July 26, Namu, 2,000; Wannock, 10,000; (River's Inlet, can r.'3ry, 28,000; Good iHope, 16,000, and Alert Bay, 8,500; a total of 106,700. Fishing on the Fraser River is proceeding as usual tout no large runs have been experienced during the past few days. I do not think the pack on the Fraser will come to much more than a quarter of a million case. There Is every indication that cannerymen here will obtain good, firm prices consid erably In advance of last year's quota, tlons toefore they get through the season. Already offer from Eastern Canadian centers show on upward tendency." Th! Canadian Grocer says of affairs In To. ronto: "Demand on spot for canned salm on is very active. While stocks of sock, eye are running very low there are plen ty of cohoes to toe had. Offering are firm at from $4.00 to 14.75 per case on the coast for good, red fish, but there is iM much deposition on the part of whole salers to buy at these figures. Not that they have not faith in the market, but the truth 4s, they are not disposed to speculate. We hear of some futures be ing offered by wholesalers. Rumor gives some ratleh Vow figure, In view of the present condition of the market, .for fu tures, but the only authentic quotation we hive been able to g-t on sockeye fish is il.." STATE NEWS. Interesting Items Culled from Oregon' . i Lsad.ne; Newspaper. Albany's Importance as a business cen ter Is emphasized in the following lettT to., the Salem Journal from a leading buslnes man of Jefferson : "Most of Jef fenxm' freight comes either to Salem or Highest of all in Leavening Power Albany, of course small quantities that we must have quick we get toy rail here tout we all avoid it as much as possible. The railroad has a freight rate from Porltnd to Jefferson from twonty-flve to , thirty-live cents per hundred, to which we have to add drayage here. We can ship our goods toy rail to Albany and haul from thera nine mUt back and lay all' kinds of freight or goods down In our store for 20 cents per hundred. A good portion ot that is paid out here for haul ing and Is spent amongst us again.- When we ship to Salem toy boat we got our. freight laid down for 17 cents per hun dred for all kinds. - The railroad has dif-; ferent rates on different goods. Salt, the most common freight, they Charge 25 cents per hundred or $5 per ton and the rtst runs up from 26 to 38 cents per hundred from Portland tot Jefferson, while they have a rate on the same rail road of 12Vi cents per hundred on every thing to Albany, nine milts further," Of course this Is not pleasant for Jefferson; but as o. matter of fact larger towns and parWcularCy railroad and. river cen ters, must always have great advantages In shipping matters. Within a few fe:l of the rear of the new laundry building at the state asylum "cottage" farm at Salem a large reservoir has recently been constructed for the purpose of holding water conveyed to it through & four inch terra, cotta pipe a quarter of a mile In length connecting with the retaining tank situated near a large spring which pours forth from the hillside south of the main 'building. This retaining tank is 20x30 feet and two feet deep. The water is pumped from the reservoir to tanks at the top of the laun dry to be conveyed through pipe to all parts of the cottage and other structures for drinking purposes and fire protec tion. The now system was put Into use Tuesday for the flrat time and everything" worked with out the Slightest delay. The spring furnishes 50,000 gallons of water . every twenty-four hours. Major Edward A. Weed, an old Astor-rlan,- general agent, and Victor bicycle hustler, was in MdMlnnville last week. The Telephone 'Register eays: "He was manager of the advertising car sent out by the board of Immigration! entitled 'Ore gon on wheels.' He traveled some 12,000 miles with it, visiting forty states, and the exhibit was viewed toy a quarter of a million people. He la arranging for a similar car to be sent out this fall, and,. In conjunotlon with hlo bicycle business, Is seeking to interest the different local ities In the matter, and meeting with substantial encouragement. By the way, the major Is an Old time newspaper man, and during his ittnery has visited a good many print shops." The Ashland woolen mills, owned by E. K. Anderson und leased by Wm. D. Humbert will start up working on a : large order of blankets on August 1., Mr. Humbert Is an experienced man and full ' of push and . energy, says the Valley Record,1 and has W.OOO worth-of new additional machinery nearly In readiness. Two new buildings for a wool washer and a hot air dryer have beej) built, and a new loom and set of cards have been put In. ' The power will come through one of the largest of the Tutthlll , water motors yet turned out. The mill will start up employing forty hands, which will cir culate considerable money about Ashland again. '- "Salem has begun rustling for the O. C. and E. extension to that city," ays the. Baker city Democrat, . "Year ago Salem might have had the Oregonlnn , road for $12,000, we have been Informed, but couldn't make the riffle. Salem is a different city now,, and no' doubt can raise live times that amount. The more' branches of the O. C. and E. built the better for the road. The greatest move for the road, though, will be the tapping of lEastem Oregon, and Jt ts the one that should be made first, speaking candidly,". Mr. If. T. Blakeney is the ferryman at WuTlula, Wash., and he was formerly a Dalles boy, says the Times Mountaineer. Every one who Is acquainted with him has the utmost confidence In his integrity, and the following Is going the rounds of the press credited to him: . "Grasshoppers do cross rivers, according to the state ment of Ferryman Blakeney St Wallula, Mho saw a rope of them In the Columbia recently extending from one bank to tha other. The current at that point runs about five miles an hour." At Fossil, Alexander Beard 1 buying S bunch of calttle, to be delivered about . August 25 at 33 for 3 and $25 for 4-year-. V okl steers, prime beef. The Fossil Jour nal says a man -having stock cattle to sell could not get -more than $10 for cows and $12 for caws with calves. Portland buyers have contracted for beef cattle in Crook county for. $3.35 a hundred for teers, an advance over last year of 10 cents, while cows remain the same as last year, $1.75. ' . ..... The confirmation ot the Oregon Paclflo sale reminds us again, says the States-, man, that Oregon should earn the million acres of descTt land offered by the gov ernment for reclaiming it by Irrigation. There Is an empire of this sort ot land in southeastern Oregon, that will be trib utary to Salem with the completion of the Oregon Central over the Cascades, vlth a line to the Capital City. It will pay the state to avail Itself of this oppor tunity. i Article of incorporation were filed in the secretary of state's office S&turduy by the Oregon Bonanza Mining company; location, Grant's Pass; capital stock, $60, l00 in share sof $50 each; Edward C. Wade, Robert A. Brown, John H. King, Samuel D. Baldwin, Incorporator. Also by tha Hydraulic Mining company; head quarters, Portland; J, V. Cook, G. ' E. Howland, H. N. Scott, incorporators; capll stock, $',000 In share of $100 each. Astoria, Corvalll and Albany are re J.ilclng over their railroad prospects, says' the Statesman. Salem congratulates and rejoices with them. The Capital City will be on the main line of this new system of Oregon roads and furnish. It with a goodly shire of Us profitable busi ness, Llrjn county is In line with a statement showing a saving of moret han $2,ou0 under the salary system as compared with the last year under the fee system. - Latest U. S. Gov't Report