The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910, June 09, 1909, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextEVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from AI Parts of the World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Lets Important but Not Lest Inter- esting Happenings from Points Outside the State. Rockefeller says golf beats finance, An immense stock boom is on in Wall street Roosevelt made a speech to Ameri can missionaries in Africa. The first of this seaon's wheat has been sold in Texas at $1.35. Senator Aldrich will kill the income tax amendment at all hazards. A San Diego, Cal., woman, her daughter and two sons will be married at the same time. Leaders of the alleged Mexican Na tional lottery have been arrested in New York and a gigantic fraud broken up. The fire department of Victoria, B. C, is nsing its chemical engines to ex terminate the caterpillar put on the trees of the city. Secretary Ballinger has approved the regulations for opening the surplus lands of the Coeur d'Alene, Spokane and t latbead reservations. Encarnacion Diaz, leader in the con spiracy to invade Mexico ana overthrow President Diaz, who was pardoned by President Taft left the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., t riday. So-Wah-Ta, a fullblooded Oneida Indian, stalked into the license bureau of the police department in Chicago, and made formal application in excel lent English for a state permit to run an automobile. By holding a piece of down-town Chicago property 24 years, William K Lobenstein, of New York city, has made a clear profit of more than $750, 000. This is at the rate of more than $30,000 a year. Bryan is out with his 1912 slogan, "Be Up and Doing." Northwest rivers are rising rapidly and high water is looked for. For the first time in history wheat is being shipped west from New York. It is reported that oil has been found In Arizona, and great excitement pre vails. An auto jumped a bridge in Seattle. killing the driver and injuring his two passengers. Martial law is in force at WcCloud. Cal., and the soldiers have scattered the strikers. The Omaha train robbers have been fully identified and their headquarters shown to be in Spokane. Many inhabitants of Molokai are found to be free of leprosy, but do not wish to leave their friends on the island. J. J. Hill was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury in an embezzle ment case. He accepted the service of tne paper and agreed to appear. A.-Y.-P. exposition opens with at tendance of 89,286 on first day. The prosecution has almost com pleted its case against Patrick Cal houn. The Portland water board will im mediately lay a third pipe line from Hull Kun. Four Methodist ministers at Elgin. III., are praying for the recovery of a Dorse dying of lockjaw. Rockefeller says he is satisfied with a big increase made in the assessed valuation of his country residence. Count Zeppelin says the kaiser was hoaxed about his airship going to Ber lin ; that he never intended to go there. Heavy "rains and a cloudburst near The Dalles did some slight damage, but did an immense amount of good. The agreement between the railroads controlled by E. H. Harriman and those controlled by James J. Hill for joint use of the tracks leading from Portland to Seattle, has been signed, sealed and delivered. A shortage of $137,000 has been dis covered by the bank examiner in the Lew is ton, Idaho, national bank. The stockholders made it good. A man has been arrested in Los Angeles for try ing to pawn a bracelet that belonged to a young woman who was murdered In Providence, R. I., nearly a month ago. Thirty elk broke out of Golden Gate park at San Francisco and roamed the city for several hours. The most severe wind and rain storm In yean have deluged the Black Hills country in South Dakota. General Camacho, leader of 4he Santo Domingo revolutionists, has been cap tured and will likely be shot. Two American mining engineers war arrested as spies in Salvador, Cen tral America, but were soon released. A son of Julius Krutschnitt, director of maintenance of the Harriman rail roads, baa been appointed road master of the Siskiyou district The position Is but a step above a common track Jabober. AIRSHIP RUNS AWAY. Inventor Drives Damaged Craft to Earth and Slides Down Rope. East St Louis, 111., June 7. A cast away in the skie; through the breaking of his guide rope, which formed his only connection witb the earth, and later an areonaut on the ground, with his ship floating sway through space, pursued on the ground by an automo bile, Claude M. Zellers, a one-legged inventor, tonight contributed new pages to the history of aeronautics. In a machine of no tpye known to aeronautics, invented by William Smith, a cattle-dealer, and described as the largest aeroplane in the world, Zellers flew from East St Louis this afternoon at 5 :30 o'clock. When 100 feet up the guide rope became en tangled in an apple tree and snapped, leaving the aviator a castaway. He sailed 40 miles in a zigzag course and succeeded in making a hazardous land ing atBelleville, 20 miles from where be started. Zellers was unable to stop his ma chinery, but pointed the nose of his craft toward the ground and allowed it to shoot down like a meteor until the end of the broken rope trailed on the ground. Just as Zellers slid down the rope, a distance of 70 feet it broke and the dirigible, its engines going full speed, soared into the sky without a pilot Zellers pursued the bag for a time in an automobile, but could not keep up with it TRAIN GOES THROUGH TRESTLE Plucky Engineer and Firemen Minim ize Disaster. Cottage Grove, Or., June 6. When on the middle of Kern bridge, span ning Row river, on the Oregon & Southeastern, a mixed train crashed through and fell, all but the engine, 40 feet into the stream below at 4 :30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Seven- Tteen passengers were hurt all of them more or less seriously. All the avail able surgeons from Cottage Grove were rushed to the scene of the accident by special train, and the report from the wreck is that while all the passengers are still alive, it is believed several are fatally hurt John Coates, the fireman, went down with the train, fell in the river,, swam out hurried to the nearest telephone and phoned for assistance and all the available doctors. The' work train bad just arrived and having steam up, a relief tram was hurried to the scene, The wrecked train was due here at 5 o'clock, and the engine bad just cleared the bridge when the center span gave way. The activity of Engineer Wil liam Ostrander saved the engine from piling on top of the other cars in the ravine. Ustrander set the brakes and the train parted at the tender, twisting the rods and the engineer was seriously injured by the reversing lever. The tender now rests on top the coach, 12 feet of which is under water. $100,000,000 FOS SUBWAYS. That's What Complete System for Chicago Will Cost. Chicago, June 7. A complete sys tem of subways for Chicago will cost from $100,000,000 to $112,000,000. and be 'able to transport from 509,960 to 529,120 passengers hourly, with seats for all; and with the present surface and elevated lines will supply adequate transportation until 1931 or 1950. ac cording to plans adopted. These are the conclusions of City Engineer Eric- son and bubway Engineer R. C. St John, submitted today to Commissioner of I'ublic Works Han berg, in a supple mental report on subways. The report has four distinct plans for construction, with two variations of each, and with the exception of col lating engineering details practically completes the city's report on tunnels for passenger traffic in down town Chicago. Power Plant Wrecked. Trinidad, Col., June 7. Virtually every branch of industry in this city and neighboring towns is at a stand' still, as a result of the destruction of the new powerhouse of the Southern Colorado Power company. An explo sion in the transformer started a fire which wiped out the plant causing, a loss on building and machinery of more than $300,000. The fire is nothing short of a calamity, as it cuts off the power which operates the local and in- terurban electric lines, lighting plant newspaper plants, foundries, etc. Blast Away Huge Hill. Aberdeen. Wash.. Juna 7. Every thing is in readiness for the firing of me Dig Diast that is expected to blow away a hill a mile long on the Satsop river, near Elma. on the o-rada nf tha Grays Harbor branch of the Union Pa- cinc. lhe dynamite and powder will all be placed in caches that have been made in a tunnel in the hill. All farm ers have been warned, and all roads near the scene are guarded. About 100,000 yards of earth will be loosened. Demand Freeman Resign. Orange. N. J.. 'Juna 7. Reraiiiia ha invited Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. anarchists, to a lunrhenn m. cently given by the exclusive May flower Descendants' Society, Alden Freemen, of this place, has been asked to resign from the Orange chapter. Sons of the American Revolution. Peru Sends Swede Horn. . Lima, Peru, June 7. The Peruvian government has canceled the exequa tur oi tne Swedish consul general, Luis Lemoboke, in whose bouse on Msy 1 Carloa Pierloa and others im plicated in the rising against the eov- ernment took refuge. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST SKELETONS REVEAL GOLD. Trapper Stumbles Onto Remains of Prospectors in Tunnel Portland Two skeletons, supposed to be the remains of pioneer English prospectors, were found last week in an old mine tunnel situated in the Cas cade forest reserve, at a point about 60 miles from Boring and 50 miles from the Sandy river. Near the skel etons were a shovel, pickax, frying pan and two rock drills. The finding of the bones led to the discovery of the existence of a rich vein of gold and silver ore. The bones were located by Peter Stone, a hunter and trapper, who acci dentally stumbled into the old tunnel, the entrance to which was overgrown by brush and small trees. The tunnel has a 45-foot face and a crosscut ex tending back 60 feet Old settlers in the vicinity say that the remains are probably those of tnglisnmen who were prospecting in that vicinity and who were last seen in 1858. 1 hat the remains have been in the tunnel about 50 years was indicat ed by the presence of a tree 18 inches thick directly over the entrance. There was nothing to indicate the manner of the deaths, whether violent or from natural causes. The old mine is close by a deep. narrow valley and a waterfall, and has been given the appropriate name of Lost Mine." Ralph Treau, n es sayist located in Portland, went to the place, and returned with the report mat a vein rich in gold, silver, lead and galena was tapped by the old tun nel. The lode has a 10-foot face and extends three miles. The ground has been taken possession of and wil be worked. OREGON OFFICES GAIN. Following Advance in Postmasters' Salaries Begin July I. Washington The salaries nf nmsi. dential postmasters in Oregon will hp increased according to the receipts of respective offices Julv 1. Amnnc the important advanaces are : Uorvaliis. $2300 to Z2400: Eugene $2600 to $2700; Hillsboro, $1700 to $1800: Ho3d River. 22300 tn SSinn- Medford, the same; Pendleton, $2500 to ZbU0; Koseburg, $2300 to $2400; aaiero, $3ouo to $3100; The Dalles, JZ4UU to S2500. The following Oregon offices were increased $100: Ashland, Bandon, Bend. Brownsville. Dallas. Falla C.itv Forest Grove, Freewater, Gresham, Joseph, Klamath Falls, Lakeview, Mount Angel, Myrtle Point Newberg, North port. Sheridan. Vale. The following offices were raised zuu: Arieta, Enterprise, Lents, Me Minnville, Newport Ontario, Seaside, Wasco. Heppner drops from $1600 to tlKOO? bumpier drops from $1400 to $1300; Huntington drops from $1300to $1200; Arlington .drops from $1200 to $1000; Dray drops from $1200 to $1000. The following Northwest offices also received increases: Vancouver, Wash., $2500 to $2600: Kalama. Wash.. SI 300 to $1400; Tacoma, Wash, $3500 to 360U; Walla Walla, Wash., $2900 to $3000; Boise, Idaho, $2100 to $3200. Surveying Coos Bav Road. Marshfield Surveving the Cona Raw j 0 j , Oregon & Idaho railroad haa hpcnn F. A. Haines, chief enigneer,, left nere witn a corps of about 20 men. He !tt ' . . ... . will Stan somewnere in tha mnnntoinn but the routes to be followed in m Hir ing the surveys will not for the pres ent be made known. Sufficient stock has been subscribed in the nroippt tn warrant sending out the survey and runner subscriptions will be taken. The capital stock of the railroad com pany is $25,000 and it is estimated mai siu.uuu win be needed to make surveys. It is stated by officers of the corporation that if the engineer can find a one per cent grade between Coos nay and Koseburg outside railroad men will take up the project High Prices for Butter Fat. Tillamook Unusuallv hiah nr.. " K.V.U prevailed ior butter fat at the co oper ative cheese factories for April the highest in fact in the history of the county for that month. Maple Leaf paid 40c; Tillamook creamery, 40c; Fairview Dairy association, 38 c; South Prairie. 41c: Clover T.eaf fRi erdale), 42.2c; Three Rivers, 37c; ucean raric, 88.8c; Meda Co-operative, 39c; Elwood (Donaldson's), 42.2c; East Beaver. 40c: Pleaaant v.n 39.8c; Jackson & Sal ing, 37c; Ne larts, 4uc. Many Pioneers Gather. Weston M. O'Hara. secmtarir the Pioneers' association. rnnrtA i Kn enrolled members attended the annual reunion May 28-29, and that 19 new members were registered. The two oldest pioneer women present were Nancy A. Jacobs, of Portland, who was born in 1840, immigrated in 1845, and ia a survivor of the Whitman mas sacre, having crawled under and Mrs. Polly Purcell, of Weston, who was born in 1842, immigrated in 1846 Rain Benefits Lane Crops. Eugene The rain tneana of dollars to the farmers of this sec tion. The light rains of the week have been beneficial and the cool weather has prevented considarahla h. would have resulted with much sun- snine. it is believed that the rain ia general over the eountrv. and enough to do great good. Hood River Calls for Aid. Hood River Berries ripening and no pickers is still the story at Hood River. Growers are anxiously meeting each train and boat in the hope of get ting help for the rush of berry picking whit h is near at hand. Showers have been succeeded by warmer weather, arid it is said by strawberry men that the fruit will come on with a rush. Dispatches are being sent to towns in the eastern part of the state asking that notices be posted informing residents of the need of help, and towns in the Wil lamette valley are also being notified. Many claim that berries will have to go unpicked if help does not arrive. Grain Makes Good Stand. Union The wheat fields have not been so promising for many years. Fall wheat is well advanced and prom ises an excellent crop. The stand is good and the grain thrifty. There is an increase of at least 30 per cent over the acreage of last year in this portion of the Grand Ronde valley. Rain has been falling for the past 24 hours and still continues. With the exception of peaches and early cherries, the fruit yield will be good. Gardens are doing nicely in spite of the cold dry spring. Industry Will Revive. Gold Beach Representatives of Guggenheim, who has large fishing in terests in Alaska, are here looking over the cannery property of the late R. D. Hume, and there is little doubt that he will take over the plant together with the large holdings of timber and farm ing lands. Two companies are on the ground to take and ship salmon "mild cured" and the fishermen expect to make good money when those compan ies get ready to handle the salmon, The run of salmon has hardly begun. Elgin Now Sure of Crop. Elgin Three inches of rain hava fallen the last week and crops are looking hne. They will make full yields without more rain and the farmer's smile is growing. T. W. Weather- spoon nas nnisned draining his lake. People for miles around aided him in caring for the immense amount of carp ana catnsn, eacn taking a liberal por tion. Mr. Wenthfiraniin will katf. the lake prepared, and will stock it witn rainbow trout Athletic Instructor Resigns. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vains-Koy E. Heaten, well known throughout the Northwest as an ath lete of ability, has resigned his position as instructor in physical education at this college to enter into business in this city. Mr. Heaten has purchased tne business of M. M. Long, dealer in athletic and sporting goods. Dentists to Pay License. Salem Hereafter all practitioners of dentistry in Oregon must pay an examination fee of $25, and an annual license fee of $1.50. The money shall uo paiu 10 me secretary of the state board of dental examiners, who shall keen a record nf hia crpAimta r;. r IIU gllQ bond for the faithful performance of nia auues. Hermiston Picks Berries. HermiBton Strawberries are now at their best and large pickings are be ing made. Hermiston- will nhan Strawberry day June 1. The first new potatoes are now being dug. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheats Track prices : Rlueatem milling, $13.01.35; club, $1.20 i.zzx; vauey, $1.17. Corn Whole. $35 per ton : cracked. jo per ion. Barley Feed. $25 per ton. Oats No. 1 white. $40.50(341 iter ion. Hay Timothv. Willamette v.-llJv $1418 per ton; Eastern Oregon, i 21; clover,- $1112; alfalfa, $13 14; cheat $1414.50; vetch, $14 14.60. Fresh Fruits Apo:es. Slrff2.E0 nor box. Strawberries. Oregon. tWfti crate; cherries, $11.25 per box; gooseberries, txgoc per pound; logan brriees, $1 and 1.25 per crate; cur rants, 12c per pound. Potatoes $1.75-01.90 per hundred- new iBiuornia. 4Kcftf5 twr lh sweet potatoes. 4Vtc per nound Vegetables Turnips.K 1.25 ner aab carrots, n.zo; parsnips, $1.50; beets, i.jo; norseraaisn, siuc perpound; artichokes, 5060c dor.; asparagus, IK (S 12c per pound: beans. cabbage, 2c per lb.; cauliflower, $3 per crate; cucumbers, 50c$12.5 per doz.; lettuce, hothouse, $11.60 per box ; lettuce.head, 25c per doz. ; onions. 12 Wc6?15c per doz. : parslev. SRe oo. ; peas, 7c per lb. ; radishes, 15c per doz.; rhubarb, 33Xc per lb.; spinach. 6c Per lb. : sauaah. 7Krff ti r r . r- per box; tomatoes, Mexican, $22.50 per crate. Butter City creamery. ' extra. 26c; fancy outside creamerv. 2Krt?i 26Xc per lb.; store, 18c (Butter fat prices average IX cents per pound under regular butter prices.) tKKS Uregon ranch. 2324e ner doz. Poultry Hens. ISc: srjrinn. 99Ura 25c; roosters, 10c; ducks, 1415c; geese, 10llc; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $2.603 per do. Pork Fancy, 10c per lb. Veal Extras, 8g8Xc per lb.; ordi nary. 7c; heavy, 6c Hops 1909 contracts, 12c per lb.; 1908 crop, 910c; 1907 crop, 45c: 1906 crop, lK2c Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722?4'c per lb.; valley, fine, 2525'c; med ium, 23c; coarse, 21c; mohair, choice. 2426c per lb. HIGH WATER COMING. Snake River Near Record Point Kootenai Rising. Lewiston, Idaho, June 4. Lewiston is experiencing the highest water since 15 years ago today, when practically one-half of the business district and much of the residence section was submerged. The Snake river at that time registered about 18 feet, and the reading this evening is 17.8 feet, witb every indication of a further rise to morrow. The city is in no danger of flood damage at this time, because of the high railroad dykes which afford ample protection on both river fronts. The Clearwater river has been rising rspidly for the past several days and reports tonight from Kamiah, 50 miles above Lewiston, stated all of the false work and one of the cement piers for the new wagon bridge being con structed there have been carried away. Old-timers who have experienced several of the most severe floods be lieve the highest water has been reached unless warm rains prevail within the next two days. The snow has disappeared from tie Blue moun tains from the Lewiston view, and in most years this has been regarded as indicative of an early subsiding of the waters. Up to this time no severe damage his been reported from any section. British Columbia Suffers. Vancouver, B. C, June 4. Heavy rains, followed by warm weather, have ccused all the rivers and streams in the Kootenay tableland of British Col umbia to rise in flood, and, according to advices received from interior points today, the waters are still rising. Along the line of the Canadian Pacific railway between Nelson and Slocan City there have been a number of washouts, with the result that rail communication is interrupted. Passengers are being bandied by boats between Nelson and Roseberry, but ireigbt traffic is at a standstill. The Columbia river is reported to be rising more rapidly than any of the outer streams in the interior. Vancouver, Wash., June 4. The Columbia river has risen eight inches in tne last zi hours and four inches in the last 12 hours. It is now 15 feet 2 inches above low water. At this point the river is two and one-fourth miles wide. The highest point reached by the river last year was 20 feet and 2 incnes above low water. FEVER SHIP ENDS VOYAGE. Three Die En Route and Captain Buries All, Including Wife. Victoria, B. C Completing a voy age of 48 davs from Santa RohaHa daa. tined to be memorable on account of a desperate fight with fever, waged al most from port to port, the ship Springbank reached Royal Roads today, reporting three deaths en voyage those of Mrs. Royal, the captain's wife; Stewart Lund, and Able Seaman Jrhnson all of whom were buried at sea, the grief-stricken captain reading wo Duriai service ior eacn. The vovage un was made vo d;m cult as two-thirds of the crew of 28 men were at ne time inennanifntod k fever, while the others were too weak w perform their duties, save with difficulty. TWO are Still fever.afriVlr.n The Springbank arrived off the straits iwo weeks ago, and has ever since been enaeavormg to work her way in. JAMES J. HILL SUBPOENAED. Deputy Sheriff Takes Him Unawares Service Accepted. Spokane, June 4. James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern board of directors, while , I 6 ""vusu bpokane on his way East tonight, was oBtveu who Buopoena at the Northern Pacific depot summnninir him tn a " w nime before Spokane county grand jury in me case oi m. j. uoraon, ex-counsel of the Great Northern. seven indictments for embezzlement have been hrnnohf o rrosecuting Attorney Pugh has long "7" vu get rresiuent iouis w. Hill to appear before the m-and the Gordon case, and failing in that he uowraiqeu to seize mis oportunitv to get James J. Hill. Sailors Escspe by Force. San Francisco. Juna 9 pn.. ...-i of the British ship Mussel Crag, lv- s .u un ujr, umue ineir escape from that vessel earlv todav hv r.;nd; j j cum gagging the watchman and rowing to shore in a small boat One of the men has been denied admina - w. uw w wjio country, because he is a sufferer from uncnoma, a contagious disease of the eyes, and Cantain Pmner ; i;ki . heavy fine for allowing him to land. The boat was found upside down and there is a possibilitv that thn . J wu UltJb with an accident after leaving the ship. Militia in Control. . McCloud, Cal.. June 4 Th is in complete control of Mpi,, night The strikers the slightest resistance to the soldiers and the light nlant ia In n....: der a strong guard. Patrols are scat- tereu inroupn tna atrcuta J n al buildings of the McClmid r . ' v.. uuui" ber company are occupied by squads of onerm Howard and his depu ties are out in tha hill. cu,.i.: the ringleaders of the strike movement Seismographs Register Big Quake. Manila. June 4. R PC inn Inn. .1 Q.i, o clock and continuing until k .no O'clock thia mnrninc '. - - . ""'r, uj BciBinograpns at the observatory here registered an intense misroseismic disturbance. It is estimated that the earthquake was 2000 to 3000 kilnm.r.r. w iiiauui, ine record corresponds closely to that ob tained in February, 1903, during the earthquake in Java and Sumatra. GREAT STRIKE ENDS Philadelphia Street Car Men Gala Important Points. CONCESSIONS FROM BOTH SIDES Employes Get 22 Cents an Hour, Ten Hour Day, and Buy Uniforms in Open Marker. Philadelphia, June 5. "The strike has been settled. The men will re ceive 22 cents an hour beginning to morrow morning, and 10 hours will constitute a day's work." This statement tonight from C. O. Pratt, chairman of the executive com mittee of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes, followed by the deportation of the 450 non union workmen, marked the end of the strike ot employes of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. The trouble began last Saturday. The settlement was brought about primarily by State Senator James P. McNichol, republican leader of this city, at conferences yesterday with the traction officials and labor representa tives. These conferences were fol lowed by others today. After being in session nearly all day the men agreed to accept 22 cents an hour. The old "swing system" has been abolished, 10 hours will consti tute a day's work, all empfoyes will be permitted to purchase their uniforms in the open market, all future difficul ties are to be adjusted between the company and a grievance committee chosen by the employes. After a conference in City hall which lasted until early today, Mayor Rey burn made public a letter addressed to John B. Parsons, president of the tran sit company, in which he offered the terms for a settlement of the strike. He suggested among other things the following: "All. former employes will be re stored to their former positions. "Your employes to form a represen tative body which shall from time to time be accorded full opportunity to take up with the proper officers of the company any and all questions affect ing the rights of employes. "The rate of wages beginning July 1., 1909, to be 22 cents an hour. "These conditions to continue for one, two or three years, as may be agreed upon." President Parsons made an immed iate reply accepting the suggestions. Some dissatisfaction is expressed by the strikers, who do not regard the rate of wages named as a concession. How ever, the agreement gives them shorter hours and concedes them the right to purchase their uniforms from whom they please. PORK PRICE GOES SOARING. Almost Highest Price Since Civil War Is Recorded in Chicago. Chicago, June 5. Pork for Septem ber delivery sold today at $20.07. With the exception of a brief period in 1906, when cash pork sold for one day at $20 per barrel, this figure has not been 'seen in this market since the Cudahv corner in 1893. when it nnld at. $23. It sold during the Armour cor ner in 1887, at $24; and the highest price on record in this market was dur ing the civil war, when it sold at $43 per barrel. With the axcentinn nf tha mnninn. lated markets of 1893 and 1887, there- xore, tne price reached today was prac tically the hicrhPRi ainra tha civil, war. No manipulation of the provision mar kets is now charged, but the high prices are due to the disappointing re ceipts of 'hogs during the month of May, and thus far during the present month. Record Made at Lewiston. . Lewiston. Idaho. Juna K. Tha Rnalca river recorded a rise of nearly a foot today, the mark at 5 oVWW thia aven- ing being 18.9 feet The Clearwater cme up aooui one and one-half leet Both streams are falling tonicht hnt wind is prevailing and a further rise ia expected tomorrow. Last night the guage stood at 17.8 feet the highest known for 15 veara. Tnnicht. that mark is passed. The railroad dykes are hold ing and the city isjjthought not to be in danger from flood, for tha nroflont at 1, . r- -ast Columbia Still Rises. The Dallea. fir .Tim R TV. Pil. Umbia river rose mnra than man foot at this point during the past 30 hours and continues gradually to rise. The beach is flooded up to the Umatilla House and the Chinese truck gardens re unoer water. The Open River and Regulator lines wharf boats have been moved on account of the high water and the ferryboat now lands at the fopt of Washington street two blocks from its regular landing. Taft Not to Visit West. Grand Junction, Col , June 5. Pres ident .Taft will not attend the exer cises incident to the opening of the Gunnison irrigation turnel early in August and probably will not make his contemplated trip to the West thia Summer, according tn a lmm r- ceived today.