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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1900)
Kloorwator Country Goes to tho Northorn Paolllo. K. n. & N. PRESIDENT TO RETIRE Ecir lortli"rii Iillln I to lln 1fiel- nun Ilnwit tlm C'nliimlila mul the Union I'nttlUe to 1'ngul Hound, Pt. Tnul, Minn., Jan. 22. A special Jin Now York says: i'l'llll dispute llUtWt'Ca tilO N'OI tlltTII RSioillo and tho O. It. & N. Co., ovut ho rlitht of tho respoctlvo roads io ox- Siul tliolr lino In tho Clearwater terrl- Brv In lilulio, Iiiih boon settled, and thu Northoiu Faclllo In muster of tho sltuu- Ion, Tho O. It. N. Co. him with Brawn Ita claim to tho Olcunvatoi Country, which I loft in undisputed Ecseosslon ol tho isortnorn rneiuc, ami ho next movo will lo tho retirement ol h. Mohlor from tho presidency ol tho U. It. it Co. mul IiIn transfer to tho FTrosldoney of tho Kaunas City, Pitt. Iburg & (lulf. ; Formal aniiotiiicuincnt mi tlio twe roads will bo duforrod until February IS, when thu olllclal time of tho six houtliN' trueo between thnm will ox- plro, but tho papers in tho mattor aro Inrautleully ready (or signature, tho wght i" ended, and thuro will bo no there trouble. Tho toriuluittloti of tho Clearwater Idllllculty mark tho end of ono of tlit hpost bitter railroad war ovur waited ji till country, r.vcry phase ol rail- read polities, diplomacy and forco wai brought Into play by tho lino Inter rag tod. Tho Union I'ntillo took up tho RJucstlon in dispute. In order to fucll- litato aii amicable settlement tho orth aril I'nclflo oITorod tho unci of it Port- ... ..... .. A.... ..... .... ..... ixniid iiicoma iiiio hi hid union i iiuiuc ii exchange for nlrnilur track prlvllcgo Rjn tho Columbia, and tho Union l'uclllc was o (To red tho alternative of accepting llho proposition or having tho Northoru iPaclllo parallul tho lino o tlio O. It. IN. Co. from Uiwiston to Portland. jTlio Union l'aolllo Iuih hud tho olTor Ruder consideration several uionthn. Rud It ban llually decided to accept It, find to refrain from extending tho O. It. & N. Hnoa in tho Clearwater din- rict. SPOKE FOR THE DOER. ftinator Hale Ileiinmieed Orrat H rl t- aln'a War. Washington, Jan. 22. A speech, oniatlonal in it Interest and interna iomtl in its scope, wan delivered in .tho senate tolay by Halo, of Malno. el'lio occasion of tho utterance was tho linplo question whether it resolution ntroducod by Alton, of Nebraska, call- uk for information hn to tlio rocognl- ion by this country of tlio diplomatic prescntativo of tho TraiiKvaiu rupub- lie should bo dl roc tod to tho president or secretary of statu. Halo mado tho question tlio subject of an impassioned hpocch in which ho declared that nine tenths of tho Amurican inxiplo Hympa- SHthlzo with tlio Boers in tholr gallant Rfistrugglo for liberty against ono of tho jjSgrcutoit jioworrt in tlio world. Ho do IBclarcd that tho war whlcli Omat Brit ain in wiiKiuK in mo mum mint umi ui huniuu liberty that haa been stiuck in tho century. Ho declared "that tho American pooplo aro not in Hyinpathy with Grout IlrlUin in tho Soutli Afri can war to Htamp out tho liberty of tho pooplo," and when Mr. Italfour, in tlio Iiouho of commont, mado tmch a Htato inout, "ho should bo mot with hoiiio dlflclalmer from t 111 h hI(1o of tho Atlan tic." Ho doclurod that tho KnitlUh Spcoplo tliemselvoH were not in favor of thlH war, which "had hoon brought on by iv Bharp cablnot minister eiiK'ined with k1(1 "iwculatorn." Halo apoko with tiuiiNiml forco, docIlvouoH and caruostnoAf, ovou for him, and IiIh pjih alouato oloqunnco claimed the cloiotit attention of every auditor. Tho roDotutiou, which previous to Halo's speech had cauKed a Nliarp col loquy botwoou Alien and Spoonor, of WlHcoiiflln, was piiflHfd llually an aiuondod. Morgan of Alaliama ad drosbod tho eeuato briolly on tho llnau clal bill. Inncirriit linn llmiBrd. Bt. Paul, Jan. 'J2. A upooiul to tho Dispatch from Itodwood Falls, Minn,, Bnys: A roiiort has just ronchod here from relative of tlio docoaHod that old man Slovor recently diod in California, and that ho mado a confession to tin offoct that ho killod Moaos Lufklus, in Cales township, this county, somo 12 years ago, inttoad of William Hose, who was afterward hanod for tho crimo. Oonooiklmi tu Aiiirrlcnim, Victoria, 1). 0., Jim. 22. Tho pro vincial govorumout has doolnrod Ita in tention of amending its alien exclusion law so as hereafter to permit A inert- cans to hold clainiH purclmned from Canadian locators. Such n conroHsion (julto satisfloa tho Amoricana in Atllu. Will Alii Ooni I'nul. l'ortland, Or., Jan. 22. A number of Uoor sympathizors in Portland havq unttod to form n sooiotr for tho mimosa of raising inpnoy to assist Oom Paul aua his followers. Arrangements aro uow makiuK to soauro u hull and ipoukors for a inootlug. HOPES OP TRANSVAALERS, Onttlnir Vn in Wnr aiiil Hum Criitil l Mlml It, Now Yorlf, Jan, 22. An Men of tho hlitli hopes entertained in tuo Trame vaul ropubllo of tho outcomo of tho war with Great Jirltnln Is given in a letter wrllton by y Houthakkor, nn slstant NtatlonimiHter at Johannenburg, to his sUUir In Ilnwiklyn. Tho letter was sent In November by way of J.o roii7Xj Manjues. Tlio letter says in part! "Wo aro gottlrnr usol to It a bit now. I BInco October 15 no more letters reached us from beyond tho Tratuvaal. A solitary cabin dispatch manages to coma through occasionally, but then it i In it week old. At 11 rU I still mnin-1 talnod oorresiKindenco with Capo Town, 1 but that is no muro jKissiblo uow. Tho Hoars aro scoring an enormous succohh, and they have already conquered tho biggest part of Natal. They aro push ing already Into Capo Colony, wluro they are joined by the burghers. Kim borley is llkowiso completely Nurrouud oil, us well us Mafoklug, while in tho northern part of tho Transvaal tho lloers uro already beyond our bound-1 arlos. On every side tho llritlsli uro ; netting it good thrashing. "Tho internal arrangement hero nro ' oxcullent. All tho Kn'Hnh have loft tho country. Order is beautifully maintained. Tho l!oem still remaining may bo seen dally leuving for their various communis. "Johannesburg now i fearfully i rjiilet. All thu initio population has been drafted Into it special constabu-1 lary. No ono is allowed out after 0 P. M. With tho exception of 10 mines, which aro being workoil by the ' government, all thu mines on tho rand i uro shut down. "Up to tho present 1,500 Kngllsh nro prisonorM, among whom uro CO olll cers, and 0,000 nro slain. Our lossdooi not amount to 200, Including tho dead ' and wouuded. It Hounds like a mint I clo. It still look doubtful who will coino out ultimate conqueror, but its , things look uow tho bughers stand it good chance. No fighting has occurred iu their own country. Tlio supply of food is plentiful. Tlio Knglish sol diers uro not Worth much and surren der easily. Already two of their gen erals uio dead. Capo Colony will re volt. "No doubt It will snrprlBO you to seo mo having changod thus, but that could not lie otherwise, after having witnessed overthing. It is now clear that Chamberlain's solo aim Inn bcon for threo years to make war against tlio Transvaul and obtain pos-ioaslou of its territory." VimjuI Niillim to Mukn a T.nat Htnml. Chicago, Jun. 20. A special to the Record from HI Paso, Tex., says: "Tho Yaqul Indians of Ponorn, the only race iu all Mexico that wus able to survive tho Spanish invasion and pruirvo its individuality, aro making their last stand against tho Mexican , government. Thus far it seoms tho Mexican soldlors havo boon found iu adequuto to copu with tho Yaquis. A proclamation has been issued by tho rulor of tho Yaqul nation, ad dressed to "Tho American Pooplo," and in part is as follows: "Tlio Yuqul nation has begun its strugglo fur Independence. It will no longer tolomto tho Mexican army in Sonorn. Tho nation hns established it provisional government, tho olHces of which aro at Habispo. In tho uvent of tho success of the Yaqul pooplo over tlio Mexicans, no foreigners except na tive liom Americans will bo allowed in RUiiuni lur nuvunti yuura. inu iiruiwriy and persons of Americans in Souora will bo protected by tho Yiuiuis in overy wuy." Nalisme for Ilitwallan 1'lrctrlo llonili. San Fntnolsco, Jan. 22. L. P. Mat thews, of Olovolaud, O., roprosouting an ICastern syndicato which proposes to construct oloctrlo railroads in Ha waii, is on his way homo. Ho says that 5,000,000 may bo expended, and added: "In tho near futnro moro than a million dollars' worth of ties and lum bor will bo shipped from Pugot pound points to Hawaii for tho projooted roads. Plans already porfoctod call for tho construction of somo 1110 miles of oloctrlo lines. Most of tho roods will bo In and around Honolulu and olsowhoro on Oaliu island. Ferryboats will bo run botwoou tho termini of these roads aud tho various islands." American Hcilillor Attomptml tu Kill Otti i . , rru. . ... ' Chicago, Jan. 23. A special to tho' Ilocord from Victoria, II. C, says: J. , P. Molora, who arrived from Munllit, . tolls of an attempt ou tho llfo of Gen-, oral Otis. In conversation iu roferunco ! to tho situation there ho said that Gen-1 oral utis once uppenrou on tno nnng lino, when a shot from tho rillo of ono of tho soldiers whizzed uncomfortably close to his head. As to who 11 rod tho shot no olow was discovered. llrevr Wore llurglnrs Hold. Vancouvor, 11. O,, Jan. 23. John and Thomas llrow, supposod to havo boon lost iu a storm off tho' northern coast, aro said by tho polico to havo ! loft bohind, In a shuck formorly occn plod by John Brow, a quantity of odds and cuds, which tho polico olalm to have idontiflod us having been stolon from various Vancouvor storosuud ros-1 idoncos which had boon ontorod by burglars. Thoro is n collectiouof tools . sufllcioutly largo and varied for a well equlppod carpenter shop. FIOMCUJTUEE. Til tVnmn llurrau Ilfialron of I'rxpnr lug Ittiturna of I.mt Ynar'a Hlull.tlr.. Owing to the unusual Intelligence of florist u a alas, and tho fact that tho statistics of their buslues which tho census ofllco requires, relate nlmost en tirely to tho year 1801), it plan ha boon formed for taking an early census of llorioulturo by mall, on npeclal ttched ulo, and to tabulate and publish thu returns thereof early, while other brancliOH of tho great work of enumera tion aro lu progress. There uro approximately 10,500 llor lti! in tho United States. The names and addresses of u majority of them havo lieen secured aud olasHfled by tho division of agriculture in thu ccusus olllco, and caoh known proprietor will soon receive a copy of tho special nchcdulo devoted to this interest. It will bo accompanied by a list (ho far as ascertained) of all tho florists iu Ills section, to bo by him corrected, added to and returned to the department for usu in making tho record complete and reliable This special schedule is not elab orate or complicated. It may bo filled out easily and quickly by any florist wlio keeps a reasonably accurate run' of his business. It asks for tho ( 1800) ucrengo devoted to floriculture and of cucii crop or variety of plants and flow ers', Uio total area in Kquuru feet un der gluHi Mid tho urea of each crop or variety of flower or plant ralsud there under; tho number of persons em ployed and tho total wages paid to them; tlui Amount expended fur cata logues, postage, and fertilizers re spectively, and tlio gross receipts from the salf in ouch subdivision of tho business. No private individuals will bo per mitted to havo uoceui to tho schedules after they havo been filled out and re turned, nor will tho names of pcrmus or firms giving information be pub lished hi tho census report. Figures only will bo used and published, and the entire process ami record of gath ering information will bo confidential. As Uio law requires tho rogular en umerators to obtain certain informa tion as to tonuro, value, etc., during their visit in June, tho noxt census of floriculture, if tho florists thomsolves iliall bo prompt and conscientious in Oiling out aud returning the special ichodules soon to be sent to them, will bo tho most porfoct In history. They will bo put to no oxponse, tin tho necessary stationery, with envoi Bpes properly franked, will bo pro vided for tholr use. Dawton lu Hkagwny on n Wlirrl. Tlio second man from Dawhon to Dennett over tno ico with a wheel has arrived in Hkagway, and is elated over tho prospects of tho blko for uso ou tho trull, Hays the Alaskan. Ho suys the automobile is being talked of in Daw son for uso on th6 interior roads, ono advantage over horses it is hopoA it may havo in tho land boing tho elimi nation of feed bills. It. P. McLcn turn is tho man who brings tho uows. Mr. McLennan rode a great part of tho distanco on tho wheel, and pre dicts the blko will bo a big factor in winter travel on tho Yukon. He rec omeuds it to any ono wishing to muko a quick trip without freight or much baggago. lie was 14 days making tho trip, but predicts that after tho lakes aro all frozen and tho roads aro packed well and tho roughucss worn oft the trip be tween Duwson and Ilcnnett should bo mado without any great effort in from 11 vo to six days. "Tho first 100 miles out from Daw son," says Mr. McLennan, "was good travoling. Then on either sido of Sol kirk for 20 miles tho road was very ronglu This sido or that tho road was voiy good, savo for 10 miles of the Do minion cut-off. Tho Canadian Dovol opinont Company is cutting down with axes and mattocks tho 10 miles of rough road along tho river this sido of Selkirk, aud Dumbolton is cutting down tho other side, thus making tho strotoh on both sides suitablo for dou ble teams. Sledding is good from Car ibou through to Dawson, and tho road in all placos, except Uioso mentioned us rough, is as a rule packod hard uud smooth us a pavement. All freight on scows blockaded near Thistle and Btowart is being moved to Dawson by sled, alRO somo from Fivo Fingers. Tho Klondike will bo a groater producor noxt season than ever, an much dear work done in jrrimary development last soason will count noxt. Stoam thitwers will holp, and Sulphur, Gold Itun aud Dominion promlso to rank among tho star crcoks." Pnoino Count Clint. Lako county, Oregon, pays .$4.25 a wook each for tlio keep of its paupors. Tho Lako oounty court last week put Its O. K. on 721 bounty scalps ono cougar, 47 wildcats and 079 coyotes. In 1808 Whatcom postofllco receipts wore $10,856.43, and in 1890, 12, 732.10. Tho quarterly roport of Plorco county shows receipts of $31)0,000, of which $100,000 goos to Tacoma as its sharo of the taxes. Thoro is talk of putting in two now salmon cunnorios at lllaino. Ono of tho plants, if built, will bo oprrated by Orcpon "" GRAND ftONDE AWAKE. Will Foml tlm Itlnh Mining Conutrjr Tributary. Tlio oflect of tho mining dovolopmcnt of Kastern Oregon is beginning to bo felt in tho agricultural districts, says a writer in tho Oregonian. An agrarian population is slow to tako up now lines of Industry. Itemaining for yours in ono place and settling into fixed habit of action, varied only with tho seasons, farmer aud interior merchant do not roadlly adapt themselves to changing conditions. Involution in agricultural systems often aro delayed until imposed by immigrants who in fuso fresh blood and foreign ideas into tho community. Thoughtful experi ment and modcrato speculation bring ubout development. The Grand Hondo valley, tho richest and most oxtensivo valley of Kastern Oregon, is waking up to wonderfal op portunities. It finds itself tho agricul tural center of a mineral zono which is attracting and giving support to thou sands of people. Tlio Cornucopia and Suako river mines, CO miles east, and tho liakor City, Humpter' and Granito mines, within the samo distance south and southeast, aro tributary to the fields, meadows, gardens and orchards of tho Grand Hondo. And now that Uio mining camps aro making frequent and heavy domands upon this land ol plenty, residents begin to havo an ap preciation of their holdings. So many of them havo had their cupidity uronsod by touching tho gold and silver which is flowing in from the mining camps that organization is under way to get moro of the precious stuff. It is agreed that Grando Rondo should place herself in position to truffle directly with all tho producing mining centers. Tho Hilgard, Graulto & Southwestern Railroad Company is an effort in that direction. Tho project of a railroad np the Grand Hondo canyon and over the summit of tho liluo mountains and down a fork of tho John Day river to Granite is not a result of mining en terprise only. It is a necessity for timber and sawmill operators. But the farmers of tho Grand Hondo valley look upon it with great favor because it will put them in quick and close communication with the best market which a farmer may hope for a min ing cutnp. Oregon' Gol.l Output. Tho quostion of having Oregon's gold output correcUy reported by tho mint officials was brought up by a letter from Representative Tonguo by tho Portland Chamber of Commerce. Tho lotterread: "Tho director of tho mint still undervalues the output of Ore gon's gold mines. Can you give me any definite information?" It was brought out in the discussion which followed that complete figures of Ore gon's gold yield are difficult to obtain. Mr. I!atcbelder explained that tho mines nro privato enterprises, the same as mercantile houses, and that mino owners aro naturally averse to tolling the public how much business thoy do. An effort will be mado by the Cham ber of Commerce to supply Representa tive Tonguo with trustworthy data. Frocrea at Coppar Itutte. W. It. Gilkison, ono of tho original nwners of tho uow mines at Copper llutto, cast of Union, in Union county, speaks very enthusiastically of the work that is being done on tho new property. Ho says tho pay-roll at Cop per llutto now aggregates $1,000 per month. A shaft 55 feet deep has been sunk and drifts are now being run from this. Sixteen or 17 men aro omployod there, a double shift working in three places. Some of tho oro now being ex tracted is very fine, and is satisfactory to owners. Great things aro predicted for this camp. raclflo Mnlt's Hip Iloat. Tho Paciflo Mall Company's steamer Aluoa, which recently arrived at San Francisco from China, is the largest vossel that evor entered that port and carriod the largost cargo that ever en tered at San Francisco, although sho was partly discharged at Honolulu. She was loadod with 11,854 ton", of which 0,014 tons went to San Fran cisco. She had to uso three docks to unload. , Finn Wn Reilucotl. Tho barkontiuo J. M. Griffiths, which reached Port Towusond from Neuchang, China, somu time ago with out consular bills of health, was lined $5,000 by tho Port Townsend customs officials. Tho vorisol appoalod to the treasury department and notification has boon received to tho effect that tho flue has boon roduced to moroly a nom inal Bum $10. A now method of domostio rofrigora tion was shown at tho recent interna tional oxport exposition hold in Phila delphia. Instead of delivering blocks of ico to put into tho homo rofrigora tors, a shoot iron tank filled with frozen distillod water is deliverod and this tank is slipped into Uio rofrigora tor. Tho wator in the tank is com pletely frozen when dolivorod, of course, and as it molts much moro slowly tho consumer's oxpouso is not eo great. And then, too, the ico wator mado by tho molting ico is held in the tank and assists in keeping things cool. Refreshments aro not sorvod at par tioa bocauso guests aro hungry, but bo causo peoplo drop tholr rosorvo when eating begins and becomo sociable. SPECULATION WAS SLACK. Payment Through Clfinrlng-llouse TfHS Than a Yar Ago. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly reviow of trade says: Whether tho now year will surpass or keep pace with tho old is tho ques tion which gives apodal interest to evory week's returns. Comparing now with business by far the largest and most prosperous evor known a year ago, moro than 40 per cent larger than in January, 1898, which, in its turn, bad shown heavier business than in any preceding year, it cannot bo ex peolcd that such a gain will bo repeat ed. Hut the decrease of 0.G per cent in payments through tho clearing-houses is wholly duo to great speculative ac tivity at Now York last year, with sales of 12,031,832 shares against 0,518,020 to the same dato this year, for payments outsldo this city havo been 4.3 per cent greater than a year auo, and creator than in tho samo part V IIMJ UMICI tllVU.ll. This week ono contractof 10,'000ton for a Western road, and two for bridges requiring 11,000 tons, aro tho only big transactions reported in iron products. Perhaps tho 'most important Indus rial event is the marketing of wbolcn goods at prices averaging 18.4 per cent higher than lust year, many makes be ing promptly sold up and withdrawn, whilo others sell so well as to givo great encouragement. Business in cotton goods begins to increase, though in staples it is still moderate. The market for breadstuff's is not ac tive nor havo changes In prices of ele vator wheat been of any consequence, but the activo May option shows a sharp decline. Atlantic exports con tinue far below former years; in threo weeks, 0,003,325 bushels against 13, 224,082 last year. Failures for the week .have been 243 in Uie United States, against 248 last year, ami 40 in Canada, against 33 last year. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market!. Onions, new, $1.501.75 per sack. Lettuce, hothouse, $1.25 Potatoes, new, $1020. Beets, per sack, 75 85c. Turnips, per sack, COc. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, 75o $1.00 per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.251.50 per box. Pears, $1.001.25 per box. Prunes, COo per box. Butter Creamery, 32o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 34o per pound. Eggs 2021o. Cheese Native. 16c. Poultry 13 14c; dressed. 14lr. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.Dt); choico Eastern Washington timothy, $18.0010.00 Com Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $23. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.26; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millatuffs Bran, per ton, $14.00; shorts, per ton, $10.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.50 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Crjolco dressed beel steers, 7H8c; cows, prime, 7c; pork, 7c;. trimmed, 8ac; veal, 8(Sl0c. Hams Large, 18c; small, 13K; breakfast bacon, 12jc; dry salt sides. 8c. . Portland Market. Wheat Walla "Walla. 6051o; Valley, 50c; Blues teni, 63o per bushel. Flour Best graded, $2.00; graham, $2.25; Buporrlno, $3.15 per barrel. Oats Choico white, 35 30c; choioa gray, 34o per bushel. Barley Food barloy, $15 10.00; brewing, $18.0018.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $10 per ton. Hay Timothy, $9.50 11; clover, $78; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; seconds, 43i45c; dairy, 3037c; storo, 22276c. Eggs 1717sO pordozon. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12o; Young America, 14c; now cheeso lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs, $3.G03.50; geese, $7.0008.50 forold; $4.500.50; ducks, $0.0009.00 per dozen; turkoys, live, 1517o per pound. Potatoes 6580o per Back; sweets, 22io per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, OOo; por sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bago, I Ho per pound; parsnips, $I; onions, $1.161.50; carrots, $1. Hops 7 10o; 1808 crop, G0o. "Wool Valloy, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3o; dressod mutton, 0K9 7o per pound; lambs, 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressod, $5.5000.00 por 100 pounds. Boot Gross, top steers, $3. 60 4.00) cows, $3 3.50; dressod boef, 0 iHo por pound. Veal Large, 07Koi small, 8 8o per pound. ill