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1 1 1 " 11 . I - I Bohemia Nugget w COTTAGE GROVE. X-M OREGON. NEWS Or THE nml&''i&ta.e. a conference with the Utes before the . n In a Condensed Fcra for Car 1 . ..w. i... i . Ku' nt.w..,.w....r Net Les Interesting Event f the Past Week. Peary says he is only returning for provisions and supplies. The Standard Oil comapny Is openly fighting for control of the Illinois Cen tral. Alice Rooeevelt Longwcrth Is making politics an important part of her social duties. Bodies ezhnmed In Mount Calvary cemebry, Portlatd, are found to be petrified. After three days' persistent bunting, Preedient Toxs-elt has finally bagged a wild turkey. It is expected that records of the San Francisco mint will disclose rank grafts in that institutiin. A big German-Americ ai iosuaice company has paid all its San Francisco fire losses and reorganised to continue in business. Tne Dake of Marlborough finds it se eerary to practice rigid economy as a result of his separation from his rich American wife. At a lonely stage station in the Coast mountains a dog was discovered to be gnawing a human band. Search is be ing made for the body. The authorities in New York City have maed out ten thousand orders of arrest, to be ready in cases of emer gency on election day. Congressman Hoar, a son of the late Senator Boar, is dead. T The navy is badly in need of hospi tals on the Pacific coast. High prices of meat la Germany makes the Germans vegetarians. f Steel building constructors fn New Yoikrefuse to deal with the unions. U Fifteen leaders of the recent Russian revolt have been sentenced to Siberia. P Count Boni refuses to bslieve his American wife really intends to divorce him. Norway and Sweden are disputing about the ownership of the island of Spitsbergen. Secretary of War Tait addressed a great audience at Pocatello, Idaho, on law and order. A heavy storm has swept over France, accompanied by heavy snow and a tidal wave at Touion. It is said the czar is practically a prisoner of the grand dukes, who force him to acquiesce to their orders. Up to November 1 the number of sa loon licenses issued in Chicago for the ensuing quarter was 129 lees than six months ago. S By comparing finger prints a soldier in the penitentiary at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., has been discovered to be an escaped murderer from England. Beecnt storms have dislodged large quantities Jof mud from the sides of Mount Vesuvius, causing damage to the railway and farms on the mountain ide, It is said that the prosecution has evidence that Mayor Schmits and Boss Ruef, of San Francisco, made over a million dollars from grafts on building permits. Morocco is torn by anarchists of dif crent bands and beliefs. The Panama Canal commission is having a hard time to find laborers. An independent telephone company has gained a right of way in Chicago. A German steamer collided with a four-masted ship and sunk, 23 of her crew being drowned. A Germsn princess of royal blood has been investigating slums ol Chicago un der an assumed name. Eight person, charged with com plicity in a recent daring robbery in St. Petersburg were executed. Ten anarchist speakers and leaders were arrested in New York charged with inciting to riot and disorderly conduct. It has developed that San Francisco saloons which bought their supplies from one certain firm got their licenses easier than others. A W. C. T. U. speaker says there are 10,000 women and girls in Chicago working for $5 a week or lees, and there are 5,000 saloons. People in Montana and adjacent states are in grave fear that the entire Cheyenne Indian nation, numbering at least 800 fighting men, will go on the war path. Standard Oil company is fined 15,000 by Ohio judge, when law permitted a fine of millions. Wealthy widows of Chicago have been robbed of 1 100,000 or more by a pretended broker. Money transports in Russia are now guarded by strong forces of Cossacks In stead of gendarmes. Demands for a shorter work day and Dew wage scale have been made on all lines of the Penneylvania railroad. BUFFALO BILL TO RESCUE. Runner Sent by Renegade for Help to Drive Out White. Codv, Wye, Nov. B. Colonel Wil liam F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill"), accom panied by Colonel Breck and several nicniher of the party which returned few days ago from a big bear num 'latter start on their overland niarcn to & Notwithstanding the agreement which was reached at the conference .h-tween the soldier and the Vies. there are fear of a general uprising of all northern Indian. "Buffalo Bill," who Is familiar with Indian charact eristics, has been kept closely advised of the developments in the recent troubles, and he believes the matter will not be entirely settled by the arrangement which puts an end to the wanderings and depredations of the Utes under Appah and Black Whisker. At the instigation of the Utes. run ners have been going to all the tribes of the Sioux, Northern Cheyenne and Crows, with a view of inducing them to Join in driving the whites out of the land, and Colonel Cody believes that steps should be taken at once to counteract efforts of these messengers to stir up revolt. On his arrival at Sheridan, Colonel Cody will confer with the military authorities as to the exact methods of procedure. GREAT FAMINE IN CHINA. Ten Million on Verge of Starvatlo Crops an Utter Failure. Shanghai, Nov. B. Advices received here Indicate that famine conditions of the most desperate nature prevail In the Northern part of the great Province of Klang-Su, with but one ex ception the most fertile and valuable of many provinces of the empire. Ten millions of the total population of 21. 000.000 In the province are reduced to stern want. Crops are an utter failure and scenes of suffering that rival anything In the empire's history are reported from every point in the region. Food riots, which have been marked with much bloodshed, are reported dally, and so far the officials have taken no steps to relieve Istress. In fact, to prevent the rioting spreading to the cities all of the local governors have been ordered to keep the people In their homes at all hazards, and fur ther rioting has resulted from this step. All of the local diplomatic represen tatives have received advices from foreigners in the famlne.stricken re gion urging them to use all their In fluence to have the imperial govern ment take steps to aid sunerers. a Presbyterian missionary who has just returned from the region declares that thousands of persons have already starved to death, and that unless Im mediate aid is forthcoming the death list will be appalling. CINCH ON YELLOWSTONE. Major Pitcher Recommend That Com petition Be Established. Washington. Nov .5. According to the annual report of Major John Pitcher, Acting Superintendent of the Vpilowstone National Park, the mo nopoly enjoyed by the Yellowstone Lake Boat Company for the transpor tation of tourists from Upper Geyser Basin to the Thumb is becoming a ser ious problem. Major Pitcher has rec ommended that competition be estab lished In some way, or that the stage lines be permitted to operate their own boats, In order to give their pat rons the choice of boat or land trans portation to the Thumb. The Yellowstone Lake Boat com pany charges $3 a head for the trip, which is 18 miles' distance, us iran chlse expires July 21 next. Major Pit cher emphasizes his recommendation of last year that the garrison at Fort Yellowstone be Increased to a four troop or squadron post. STEEL INDUSTRY EXPANDS. Washington, Nov. 5. A bulletin is sued by the Department of Commerce and Labor says that exports of Iron and steel manufacture show an In crease of about 25 per cent In the nine months ended with September, and Imports of a similar character show also an Increase of practically 25 per cent In the same period as compared with the same months of the preceding year. The growth In operations of iron and steel, the bulletin says, was larger In the nine months ended with Sep tember, 1906, than In any correspond ing nerlod of our export trade. The gain in these months over the cor responding period of the preceding year was over $24,000,000. Blank Hand Throw Bomb. New York, Nov. 5. Unsuccessful in their attempts to blackmail Francisco Messina, a prosperous tailor of Brook lyn, members of the so-called Black Hand Society, so the police say, hurl ed a dynamite bomb against the front door of the tenement-bouse In which he lives and conducts his business. Damage of $8,000 to the building and1 surrounding property was caused. Score of persons felt the shock of the explosion, but no one was Injured. Messina has received letters demand ing $400 to $1,000. Detectives arrest ed two men on suspicion. Mine Diamond In Kentucky. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 5. With a view of mining diamonds In Elliott and Carter counties, Samuel Pearson, ot- Scranton, Pa., and W. J. Rice, of San Juan, P. R., have organized the Kentucky Transvaal Diamond Mining Company, with a capital of $100,000. Pearson, who spent years as an en gineer In the diamond fields of South Africa, nava that the Indications for 'diamonds are better In Kentucky than In South Africa. Pirate 8elze Launches. TTnnekoner. Nov. 5. Reports have been received that Chinese pirates . have seized a British launch and two ; 2S w,thnC$ie0800n0 Tharta ' running fight. No casualties are re- ported. . ... ... 1 - 1 -1 1 llJ-ii OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST NEW LINES IN CLACKAMAS. nvestment In Electric ways. Oregon City Consequent upon an Increase In population from 23.000 In increase in . the Spring of 1905. as shown by the assessor's censua, to 3.000, which considered a reliable esumate or tw I ...... , county, population at the P;"" lime, tjiacaanjB mum rjin ivi Ing a new era In its growth and dml opnient. Several agencies are contributing to thia material development of the county and Its resources, roremoai among which Is the building of elec tric railway systems. Idle capital rec ognizes as a desirable Investment the building of transportation lines Into Clackamas county, where the various resources are still undeveloped and merely awaiting the encouragement that will follow direct communication with a market. The Interests back of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, which has already done a great deal In building up this county, are recog nized In the proposed building or an electric line from Canemah to Salem, and this enterprise Is assured, rights-of-way having been secured and sur veys made over the entire route. The same Interests, It has lately developed, caused the mysterious survey to be made between this city and Molalla and Wllholt Springs some three months ago. This wlU be a branch line operated by the same company and will penetrate one of the richest sections of the valley. Assurance Is given that this line will be built The survey Is now being made for another proposed electric line between this city and Molalla, with the cele brated Wllholt Springs as the ultimate terminus. This Is being done by the nrornn CItv and Molalla Railway Com pany, a corporation In which Oregon City business men own a controlling Interest. Its route Is via Beaver rich timber and agri cultural section, and the promoters of the enterprise promise io oeKin structlon work within a few weeks. rwrr.n rirv la becoming metropoll tan A free mall delivery service for the city has been ordered esiaousneu December 1. An Improved telephone system Is being Installed by the PMc. States Company, while the Home Tele phone Company will begin Installing Its system soon, having completed the construction of Us line to the Clacka mas Tlver. Just north of this city. The great increase In sales of realty Is added evidence of the growth of the county. Large farms are being subdivided and disposed of In smaller tracts, with the result that a larger acreage Is being placed under cultiva tion. RAILROAD PETITION DENIED. No Reduction ot Assessment of Prop erty In Linn County. ALBANY Before the Equalization Board of Linn County adjourned its sessions the Oregon & California Rail road Company appeared bv its agent, George Scriber, and requested a re duction in the taxation value of the property from $19,000 per mile on the main line in the county and $11, 000 per mile on the branch lines, to $10,400 and $5400, respectively. A reduction in the assessment on its timber land from $7 to $3 an acre was also asked. The company has 66,054 acres of the finest timber land in Linn County. After hearing the claims of the company, the board de cided to let the assessment stand as fixed bv the Assessor. The total as sessment of the railroad company is $1,732,148, of which $1,269,700 is on its roadbed and rolling stock and $402,243 on timber land. GIVEN BETTER FACILITIES. Cood River Now Ships Apples In Re frigerator Cars. HOOD RIVER Refrigerator cars were taken out over the Mt. Hood Railroad and for the first time apples are to be shipped direct over the new railroad. At several point along the road where there are large orchards the railroad company has built sid ings so that growers can load aimosi direct from their orchards. This is nrnvincf A ereat heir to fruit growers on the east side of the valley as the apple crop is so large that they are experiencing considerable trouble in getting their fruit hauled to the rail road. Chinook Becoming Scarce. HOOD RIVER Employes of the Government fish station on the Clack amas River, who have been taking salmon eggs at the mouth of the White Salmon River, have completed their work for this season and report that the number of eggs secured this year is the smallest since the work of en deavoring to preserve the salmon in the Columbia River was taken up. Altogether but 5,000,000 eggs were Aiiogeiner uuu taken tnis year as agatuai. last year, me wom cuuuuwnu.uu September 19 and was stopped about the middle of October. Wallowa County's Big Fair. ENTERPRISE That Wallowa County is coming to the front in agri cultural, fruit and stock was Bhown by the exhibitis at the County Fair at Lostine, which in every way was a revelation. The attendance was good and the exhibits excellent ,varied and represented every part of the county, Fine catte 0f Beveral breeds were on lP Z P0' in t"e ai- FOR LONGER TERMS. Superintendent Ackerman Favore Change In Preeent Law. Salem That the apportionment of public school fundi should bo made upon the barfs of the number of teach- er empoywli anj not upon the rum- ber of children In the district. Is on or me moil miwnwi rominruu. Ackerman, which was made public to day. This very radical change m the plan of distribution is suggested as a means of enabling the sparsely set tled district to employ as efflcieut a teacher and have as many months of school during the year as the larger and more favored district. This priv ilege, Superintendent Ackerman says, is one to which the smaller district is entitled. California has such a law. Among other recommendations made in the rcHrt are: That the minimum length of the school year be increased from three to live months; that the levy for school purposes bo increased from $6 to $vS per capita; that the inheritance taxes bo turned into the irreduciblo school fund, and that a part or tho whole of the cor poration tax be turned into the com mon school fund to bo expended each year for school purfwses. In connec tion with the recommendation regard ing the length of the school year, Superintendent Ackerman says thero are too many districts satisfied to maintain school only the minimum number of months required by law. "Ihere is no reason why a child in a small, isolated district is not en titled to as many months of school as is the child in a more favorably situated district," said he. "Mere location should not he the test of the number of months' schooling to which a child is entitled." The suggestion that the rate of levy be increased is founded upon the need of more funds in order that longer terms of school may be maintained. Big Timber Deal Is On. GOLD HILL Hie four thousand acre timber tract, situated at the head of Foot's Creek, is now being cruised in the interests of Idaho and Ashland., Or., capitalists. The sale of this property would mean much to Gold Hill and vicinity, as it would in volve a large expenditure of money in building of a logging road to con nect with the S. 1. Railroad at the mouth of Foot's Creek. PORTLAND MARKETS. WHEAT Club, 64c; bluestem, 6Cc; Valley, 67c; red, 61c. OATS No. 1 white, $24.60025.60; Eray. $23.50024. BARLEY Feed. $21.60 per ton; brewing, $22; rolled. $23. RYE $1.3501.40 per cwt. CORN Whole, $25.60; cracked 126.50 Der ton. MILLSTUFFS Bran, city. $14.60; countrv. 115.50 ner ton; middlings 124: shorts, city. $16; country. $17 ner ton: choD. U. 8. Mills, $15.60; Hn seed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, $18 nfr ton HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $100 11 per ton: Eastern Oregon timothy, $14016; clover. $6.6007; cheat. $70 7.50: grain hay. 17; airaira, sn.ou; vetch hay. $707.60. DOMESTIC FRUITS Apples, com mon to choice, 25075c per box; choico to fancy. 75c2$1.60; grapes, $101.60 per crate; peaches, 76c0$l; pears 75c$1.25; cranberries, $909.50 pet barrel; quinces, $101.25 per box; per slmmons. 11.2501.60 per box FRESH VEGETABLES Cabbage, Vill2 pound; cauliflower, $1.26 per dozen; celery, 76085c per dozen; egg plant, $1.60 per crate; lettuce, head, 20c per dozen, onions, 1012V4c per aozen: bell peppers, 6c; pumpains, xyt cents per pound; spinach, 406c per pound; tomatoes, sotj&uc per dox; Darsley. 10015c; squash, Vac per nound: hot-house lettuce, 25c per dos. ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c 0$1 per sack; carrots, 9Oc0$l per sack: beets. $1.25 01. 60 per sack; gar lie, 7"410c per pound; horseradish. 9010c per pound; sweet potatoes, zv 2'Ac per pound. ONIONS Oregon, 9Oc0$l per hun dred. POTATOES Buvlnc prices: Ore gon Burbanks, fancy, 9Oc0$l.O5; com' mon. 7Sc09Oc BUTTER City creameries: Extra creamery. 3O032Ac per pound. State creameries: Fancy creamery, 250 21M.C: store butter. 1617c. EGGS Oregon ranch, 32V4035C dozen; best Eastern, 26 0 27c; ordin ary Eastern. 24025c. CHEESE Oregon full cream twins, UUc; Young America, 1515c. POULTRY Average old hens. 12V4 013c; mixed chickens, 12012V4c; Spring, 1213c; old roosters, 90 10c; dressed chickens, 13014c; tur keys, live, 17017V4c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21022jc; geese, live, per pound, 809c; ducks, 14015c; pig eons, $101.60; squabs, $203. VEAL Dressed, 75 to 125 pounds, VA 8c; 125 to 150 pounds. 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 6c; 200 pounds and up, 6VJ06C. BEEF Dressed bulls, 202'4c per pound; cows, 405c; country steers, 605ttc. MUTTON Dressed, fancy, 7c per pound; ordinary, 506c; lambs, fancy, 8c. PORK Dressed, 100 to 130 pounds, 8c; 150 to 200 pounds, 707jc; 200 pounds and up, 6061iC HOPS 1906. choice, 15017c; prime, 13017c; medium, 120120 per pound; olds, nominal. WOOL Eastern Oregon average, I best, 18018c per pouad, according toldeclded to Introduce a bill with the shrinkage; Valley, 20 0 21c, according object of ameliorating the conditions to fineness. lof women and children who are com- MOHAIR Choice, 26028c Ipelled to work for a living. CAPTURE SOLDIERS' SUPPLIES. Utts Loot Wagon, Whll Troop Qo on Short Ration, Sheridan. Wyo., Nov. 2 A band of 100 IHo Indians, It I reported, cap tured a wagon loaded with nour ami , supplies bound frum Arvada to the Tenth and Sixth Cavalry. The driver was held at a rifle's nniislo whllo tho -i t at. ml Marrlt'lt It away allowing tho driver to proceed with the empty wagon. Sheridan. Wyo.. Nov. J.-Further details of the raiding of a government supply trln bound for the camps of the Tenth and Sixth Cavalry from Arvada characterises It as a very clever piece of work, evidently plan nod by some of the older heads of the i!.- Aomniln to Driver James Forgen. no Indians were In sight until hunch of aboui iuu muuiiiuu red- skin suddenly dashed out of a defllei,,, WM itU(neJ today In the Walla BT&ta.tsjrsi!s:iw-u .... p... .'- of a few sharp yell In the nature of state prison by Oovernor Chamberlain commands, and. while several Indian 0f Oregon, 83 members of the Oregon kept Forgen under tholr rifles, the bal-! legislature, C. W. Jame. superintend ance looted his wagon train of 8,000 L,nt of tne Oregon penitentiary, and pounds of flour, the sack of h'cti 'othrr. Whllo the lawmaker have not were strapped to the cayuse or I c , thrlr opnonB on th6 lub- Utes. who th.n disappeared Into lJwt f,, ,t ja vl(lnt that mnnj ot .w , iw. mi.tin of the'thwu do not favor tho change. " rt ! -" ih -' 0"" and operation looking to a chase of .Chamberlain and Superintendent thn Utes are practically at a stand- James. They argue that tho stova- stlll until supplies can do nau. mor supply trains will be sent out from Arvada at once. Troops from Keogn with supplies are now at Ashland, on tho way to the camp of tho Tenth near Moorhead. , The Utes have completely outwitted the military, and are now reported back in Wyoming, on i.nuo i river, retracing the route by wnicn they entered Montana. They evident-1 Iv know of the arrival of troops at i Ashland, and have 'either given up the attempt to reach the Cheyenne or mra waiting for that band to meet ,.V. tinrt nf lh POllll' iry The Ute. on Creek have not moved, according to a telephone message received yesterday afternoon. DEBT DECREA8ED $2,074,829. Treasury Has Comfortabl Cash Bal ance of $373,300,810, Washington. Nov. 2 Tho monthly statement of the public, debt shows that at the close of business October 31, 1906. the total debt, less caHh In (h treasury, amounted to $952,171.- 364 which Is a decrease for the month of $2.074.S29. Tho debt Is recapitu lated as follows: Interest-bearing debt I9za.ii.zu. Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity. $1,123,205. Debt bearing no Interest, ijuim ',- 719. Total, $1.325,47Z.174. The cash In tho treasury Is classi fied as follows: Gold reserve, $160.00u.uuo; irusi r,.n,ia 11 103.R97.869 to offset certifi cates and treasury notes general fund, $174,029,968; In National bank deposi tories, $145,976,346; In treasury of Philippine Islands, $1,730,063: total, $1,581,633,247. against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amount ing to $1,208,332,437. which leavca a cash balance of $373,300,810. DALNY OPEN TO THE WORLD. Free Port In Manchuria Can Buy Many American Products. Wnahlnirtnn. Nov. 2. Dalny was opened to the trade of the world on Septembor 1 witnoui any cercmonj whatever, according to a report made to the State Department by John Kd ward Jones, the American consul. Mr. Jones says that many Japanese cargoes have arrived. At present no business houses are available, but Mr, Jnnpii save a number of Japanese Arms have obtained permission to re pair buildings which were damaged In the late war and merchant of other nations can obtain the same rigm Haste Is necessary, however, the Con sul says. As the Manchurlans regard whea as their staple crop. Mr. Jone says It Is likely that the Sungarl Valley will be entirely devoued to wneai ne vear. and In consequence, there will be a demand for farming machinery. Cotton roods are also In demand Some American cotton fabrics already havA been received, but Japan is word ing hard for the trade. The Chlne.se want dyed cloths ready to make up. and are especially fond or light ana dark blue colors. Food Is scarce and high-priced and it is almost Impossible to get labor. Radical Laws for- France Paris. Nov. 2. The Cabinet has de cided to Include In Its Parliamentary program the purchase of the Western Railway, and a bill providing for the abolition of the death penalty. War Minister Plnuart's plan for the reform of courtmartlal amounts to their en tire BUDDresslon. substituting therefor civil procedure in the case of offenses punishable by common- law, while dis ciplinary courts will deal wun inirac tlonn nf rilHclnllne. Minister of Public Works uarmous nrnWf fnr tho revision Of me contemplates the taking over by the state of all mines. Monument on White Plain. Whlt Plains. N. Y.. Nov. 2. Amid the waving of flags and cheer from nnn nflonle. the monument commem orating the battle of White Plains on it. ninth anniversary was dedicated. The Village Park Association erected the monument on the spot that marks the breast works of General Washing ton. The stone is of granite, and the tablet of bronze. On the top of the stone Is the old mortar cannon dug up near the spot. Over 2,000 children and several Grand Army posts assisted. Female and Child Labor In 8paln. Madrid. Nov. 2. The uaninet nas LEGISLATORS MEET Oregon Solons Seeking Informa tion on Public Matters. PENDLETON ENTERTAINS TUEJl Visit Washington's Jut Mill and Ore gon State Normal 8chool at Wsston. Pendleton, Or., Oct. $0. Whether Oregon should supplant Its stove fouu- dry In the Salem prison with a Jute foundry bring to the state a rovenue twice a big as a Jute mill would do, that a Jute mill would launch the stale In a business which Is In large meas ure speculative and risky and liable to heavy losse becauso the raw pro duct from India I manipulated by a trust; that the finished bag would b sold to consumers near the factory thereby discriminating against others uot favored by proximity to tho plant; that Oregon's participation In the bus iness would not regulate prices, be cause It could make only 13 per cent of tho bag. used, and the Washington plant doubled In size could make only 6 per cent of the bag used In thai state; and that the change to a Jut mill would entail upon the state an z pendlture of perhaps $125,000. The Oregoulana iamlnod the Jut mill with keen Interest. It was not running, becauso the day wa one of Its alternate Idle ones, tho Idloues coming from short Jute supply. But several of the 70 looms were put la motion for eihlbltlon. The visitors, headed by Oovernor Chamberlain, were conducted through the plant by Governor Mead and M. F. Klncald. the new superintendent. The chief argumeut for tho Jute mill is that manufacture of grain sack, un like that of stove, doe not eompet with free labor and that It glvw farai era sack cheaper than the marktt price. Aft r viewing the Walla Walla plant, the visitor wnt to Weston to view the Normal School at that Vlace ami thence come to Pendleton, where they attended a dinner and smoker tonight, given by the Commercial Association. At the Weston Normal School thw party was greeted by Robert C. French, president of that Institution, and was led to the assembly hall of the school where some 2it student, were gathered. President French, to show that the Institution wa not a local high school for Weston. skd the pupils residing In Weston to arise, then those whose homes were beyond the tewn. The latter number visibly eiCedd the former. President French ald afterwri that of the 138 pupil in th normal department, only 22 are resident or Weston. In addition are 102 young pupils In the training department, all from Weston, their studies ranging from kindergarten to eighth grad To, age of normal pupils range from 16 to 87, most of them being 17, 18 and 1. Governor Chamberlain spoke com mendlngly of the school, saying it. would always have a place In hla. heart. Representative Datey, of Ma rlon, encouraged the frlens of th school by declaring that It Is on or the Indispensable educational Institu tion of Oregon. Representative Taw ter, of Jackson, spoka tka earn enti ment and Jocularly said that Governor . Chamberlain's remarks had put him on. record and that they would ba remem bered when he should pas upon tho appropriation bill of the Republican legislature. Other speaker wra Senator Smith, of Umatilla, and J. II. Raley, of Pendleton. The town of Weston toQtesn after noon holiday to receive the vUltor. At the tatlon, a mile dUtant from the school, numerous conveyances wero waiting their arrival, to convey them up town. The keen Interest of wesion in its normal school was evidenced by the appreciation Its citizens showed or the visit of the Governor and the Leg islators. At tonight's dinner Oovernor Cham berlain urged co-operation of Oregon and Washington for improvement r the Columbia river and the protection of salmon. Governor Mead responded that In Improvement of that river Washington "ought to co-operate with your state." But he pointed out that Seattle controlled a great part of th legislative power of Washington, that It was not so well Informed of th need of the Columbia river as It might be. Steal Comrades' Cash. Havana, Oct. 31. Captain Wltherup Narzo, of the American cruiser Brook lyn, has requested the police to arrest two deserters Charles Fornald, yeo man, of Atlantic City, N. J., and David A. Harman. yoeman. of Hazelton, Pa. These men left the Brooklyn In charge of a mail pouch In which there wero registered letters containing $1,800" for transmission to the United States. The crew of the Brooklyn had Just been paid off, and tho men wore send ing money home.