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COTTAGI GROV1.
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OREGON.
TOO SOON FOR FAIR.
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form for Our
Basy Readers.
A Resume of the Let Important but
Not Lest Interesting; Events
of tha Past Week.
Thaw almost certain to go to t ho
asylum 'whether acquitted or convicted.
An Illinois woman will organize an
army of drunkards' wives to carry local
option.
President Roosevelt is said to he back
of a move to start a boom for Taft for
president.
President Roosevelt has appointed a
commission on the improvement of
waterways.
Attorney General Thompson, of Ne
braska, says the new 2 -cent jxrssenger
rate law is constitutional.
Germany and Austria have combined
to oppose consideration of disarmament
at The Hague peace conference.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota
proposes a conference of government
and state otlieials on railroad laws.
The reclamation service has sus
tained Engineer Ross, of Idaho, saying
the charges are t lie Jesuit of work by
disgruntled coutractorcs.
The flood loss at Pittsburg is expected
to reach at least $10, 100,000, and many
other towns in the path of the high
water aie rejorting hisses proportion
ately as high. At Wheeling, W. Va.,
18 people have lost their lives.
Tillman says third term will le the
issue in 1908."
An Austiran officer predicts an American-Japanese
war and American defeat.
The Interstate Commerce commission
is after the coal roads of Illinois and
Indiana.
London woman suffragists declare
themselves ready to wear ehort hair to
win their cause.
The G. A. R. national encampment
will be held at Saratoga, X. Y., the
week of September 9.
In a clash between American troops
and Cuban rural guards at Satnta
Clara, Cuba, five were eeriously in
jure!. Oklahoma's constitution his been
completed. The initiative and referen
dum and direct primary laws of Oregon
have been copied.
Roosevelt has demanded Harriman's
deposition and his hackers will take
away conttol from him so he will lose
all his railroads.
The railroad presidents have con
cluded thej have no mandate to present
to the president and have decided they
want to obey the law.
So great has been the Japanese im
migration through El Paso, Tex., that
Mexicans have been displaced by the
brown men after assisting them to en
te this country.
Dowie's funeral sermon, written by
himself, cursed his enemies.
Haniman wants railroads excepted
from Sherman anti-trust law.
Finland has just held its first elec
tion under universal suffrage.
The Japanese agreement has been
carried out in San Franciscc and Wash
ington. Schmitz and Ruef, the San Francisco
grafters, have lost every point so far in
the courts.
The total deaths due to the disaster
on the French warship Jena lias now
reached 103.
Speaker Cannon and other members
of the congressional party at Panama
express surprise at the amount of work
that has been done on the canal.
California Governor Will Not Sian
Bill for Appropriation.
Sacramento, Cat., March 13. Gov (
emor lullctt will not sign the Pacific
Coast Exposition bill under any circum
stances. No amount of Influence will
tend to change his resolution in this
Itespevt, which, he says, is unalterable.
It is not Ivoause the governor Is oppos
ed to the exposit ion itself, but localise
he is fully convinced in his own mind
that the project has been (sprung too
early and at a time when the taxpayers
of the state will lo burdened enough to
repair the damages inflicted on the
state institutions and on California
cities by the disaster of last April. In
expressing, his views the governor said;
"I told these people from the first
that I would not sign this bill, that I
would not burden the taxpayers of the
state with a tax tc raise $1,000,000 at
this time. In the first place, this pro
posed fair is six years in the failure, and
it will be plenty of time at the next
session of the legislature for the state
to do her share. Another thing, it is
alwolutely foolish to Uygln operations
now, when labor is scarce and materi
als high.
"It is foolish for a man to have a
house warming lofore he builds his
house, and for the next two years, to
sav the least, the streets of San Fran
cisco will bo filled with bricks and de
bris. The bill provides that the tnvplo
of San Francisco must raise some $J,-
000.000 as well as the state I.ot them
do this and then the state can ad.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
CANNOT COLLECT POLLTAX.
Attorney General Passes on Validity
of Procedure.
Salem Attorney General Crawford
has tiled his opinion in the validity of
the polltax collection with District
Attorney John M. MoXary, uh.h a re
ipiest from the latter. House bill ."i2.',
which passed the last legislature, re-
PKIZfcS FOR ESSAYS.
Sons of American Revolution Want Es
says From Pupils of Oregon.
Toe ( iivgoti noddy of the Sons of
American Revolution offers pirn- to
the pupils of the public schools of the
Slate of Oregon, lor essays on sul)ei'ts
connected w ilh our war for independ
.).-.. Pi ies of :!( and $-0 will be
pealed soot ions ;04l and .'114'J of I'.ellin- given (or the liist and sivoud be-1 essay
ger t Cotton' code, which aNilit-lu ths respectively, written on any of the fob
i I polltax law of 18o4 Mini amended low nur suhiccts: "Joseph brant and
in 1870 to exempt tiremen from t he the Indians of the Revolution," "Put
uolltat roll. The act of 18S,' and sub- lie School imil Menu of Americanizing
sequent amendatory acts ptoviding for
the state revenues cover the entire
ground of the section enacted in 1S.VI,
providing that Mate revenues shall be T
mills on the dollar of all taxable prop-
erf y and in addition to the $ I polltax.
The attorney general holds that alter
tho Children of Aliens," "Separation
of Church and State in America.
The e-avs are limited to three thous
and words molt, must Ih written in the
St udeiit 's ow n hntidw r 1 1 ing on one sidi
oulv of the pap.-r, and Mtvoinpanied by
a eel t iliiale of the writers teacher,
the repealing act gvs into cffivt on Mat ing that t he w r iter is a pupil in it
Mav 2." the polltax cannot Ih legally
collected; that the ussecMueiit would
not have the validity of a judgment un
til it is entered on the roll. As the
roll would not 1h made up before the
act takes effect, the assessor would have
no further authority t cidhvt the tax
itr make up tlie roll, atiil that there .is reach their destination not
no authority in future for sheriffs to the "Mil of May, 1(107.
collect the tax
designated class, and that the teacher
believes the essay to Ik1 the pupil's own
unaided work. The essay must l-o
s ginil Pv the writer, giving also !os or
her J-i-tit.hi e address. They idi-nild In'
forwarded to Mr. A. M. Smith, teuton
building. Poitland. Oregon, nil I should
later than
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.
Ex-Senator Purton, of Kansas, will
probably sta) in jail an extra month
because of his inability to pay his fine
of $2,500.
Horner Davenport will semi one of
liis Arabian hordes across the continent
to prove the strong enduring powers of
that breed. A cousin of the cartoonist
will ride the animal.
Pajter manufacturers throughout the
country will advance the price of their
products soon.
Roosevelt has told Governor Gillette
that legislation by California will pre
vent Japanese exclusion.
The strike of Portland millmen may
close down some business houses Jthat
have need for many boxes.
Stuyvestant Fish, who was thrown
out of the Illinois Central presidency
by Harriman, has gone to Gould.
Fifteen passengers on a Los Angeles
trolley ear were badly injured by a
Southern Pacific engine striking the
car.
A Chicago grand jury is after the eo
called church and school furniture
trust. The indictments charge the I
trust with controlling 80 per cent of
the business of the country.
Catastrophe in Forbach, Germany,
Mine from Firedamp.
Forback, Germany, March IS. An
explosion of fire damp in the coal mine
at Kleinrossein, near here, last night,
resulted in the death of over 100 miners
anil the injury of 12 others. The dis
aster occurred between 10 and 11 o clock
in a small gallery in which SO miners
were at work.
As the work of rescue progresses it is
seen the disaster was more serious than
the first reports indicated. Up to a
late hour t7 dead men had been brought
to the surface, while 40 men were still
missing. All the missing have been
given up as dead, as they undoubtedly
were buried undtr falling wreckage.
Of the wounded two have died, and
the doctors think that only one of the
remaining 10 win recover, liie ih?-
Wendels brothers, owners of the mine,
liave given $25,000 to relieve the irn-V
mediate necessities of the afflicted fam
ilies.
One hundred and seventeen others
escaped into adjoining galleries. Two
hundred and ten men went into the
mine at 5 o'clock last evening, anil
about midnight the news was spread
to the nearby village that a terrible
disaster had occurred.
Almost the whole population of the
countryside gathered at the mouth of
the shall, among them the famalies of
the men below. Ilain begun to fall
heavilv. and distressing scenes of grief
were witnessed as the bodies were
brought to the surface and laid out un
dr a blaze of electric lights.
Manv of the bodies were so disfigured
that thev were scarcely recognizable
The work of bringing out the injured
men and the bodies of the dead was
very slow, the galleries being choked
with wreckage.
The DeWendels are one of the richest
mining families of Alsace-Lorraine.
Plan to Finance Normal.
Salem The maintenance of the Mon
mouth State Normal school has revert
ed to the shoulder" of the hoard of re
gents. Under the provision made by
them at a meeting here, a regular state
ment of the contingent expenses, as
well as the payrolls, will Ik- riled with
the secretary of state, as heretofore, anil
several banks have agreed to advance
the money on them, requiring an as
signment of the payrolls over tit them.
The mumlters of the board will individ
uallv stand responsible for thepavment
of the hypothecated securities.
In awarding these prizes the commit'
tec will do governed hy Considerations
of: Originality, tiivuracy of statement,
manner of treatment, orthography, syn
tax am punctuation, these prize are
offered to t-ncoiiragv love of our country
and the study of its history.
Additional information mav be ob
tained by writ ing to General Thomas
M. Anderson, cure of The r.ueknghaiii,
Port land, Oregon.
was practicallv the onlv course thev
could follow, as thece are no funds
Crop Outlook Good,
Milton Farmers in this sivtioii of
I'matiUa county are ery optimsitie
over tint rirostiect of h hmnrw-r u lit-ul
'"" 1 I no I I, .11-1..,' ,.. II. i.
coming season.
Tint fall was an ideal one in regard to
niiiif.klt th.-i.i iMiitw iit.-fitf i.f ,,i.,iut.
ll'il I Q hid Ikt- I fiA .111.1 ..(,.1 l...l'a,l,. ,.
.. . .. . .U.-,v . . .,v ..- ""--ill' I nihl III -111. Li .ir.i
POINT AGAINST HERMANN.
Answered Letters, but Copies of An
iwnri Not Found.
Washington, March bV Evidence
deeiiledlv damaging to Ringer Her
mann was hit rod need by the govern
ment to-lay In the trial of the c hind
commissioner ror destitu tion oi .i) let
terpress copybooks, itlhgcd to have
coiitaini-il ollicial correspondence.
Charles I.. I ubols, chief of sin vey di-
vision; 1 1, i . Micriuati, formerly llei
tiianu h tlnaiieuil clerk, and .lohn N.
Wile, another clerk in the hind ollice,
all i-li'iil I Hi -1 M-i i rul lelti is tnkeli from
the tiles of the land olhcc, all ts'ltain-
ing to government hii-inc-8 ami all in-
dotscd mi (lie hark, alisweled l-V
coliiiniss loner.
They all agreed that this einoie-
meiit slkiuilie-1 that llcimunu himself
belated the icplies Mini that his an
nuel- Well- press eoplril III what Were
know n as the coiiimis-ioiiei 's "poison-
ill" letter bonks. It was also brought
out by the government that caieful
seaieh through the letter luniks now ir.
the land ollice (aileil t disclose copies
.if t he answ el s to these particular let-
ters, thereby strongly Int im.it Ing t but
the li tters ii i u-1 hase l-ccn copie-l in
I hit iMhiks ded roved bv 1 lerinann ns
ll.r.'e-l ill the in-lii't meiit , and that
tin- hooks, thelefoie, colitailu-d ollicial
correspondence.
No stronger e idi-nce in support .fj
indict incl.t liar- heretofore Nell gilcll
-luring the protrneted trial. In (act,
most of t lie i-v ideiiee subini it te-l up to
this time has been designed to show a
motive for the de.-l rin't Ion of the lmoks
and had no dii'eit Ix-ariiu: upon the
actual charge contained in the indict
ment. Today's evi-lence is verv strong
in support of the indictment, mid while
it is citeumstant till, it leaves little
I'.nlit in the minds of those who have
followisl t hi1 case th.it I lerinaun 's sii-
called "pi iwitc" letter iKHiks in fact
'ontaiiud much cnrre-pondi-nee relat-
mg to the business of I . i nil.ee.
FLOOD IS RECEDING
Damnoc ill Pllfstwni Isllmalcil
Ten to Twenty Millions.
AT LOST TWENTr LIVtS LOST
Whole Hutlnesa Centnr of the Smoky
City is fctuhmriRfld When Ice
Gor,s Go (Jut.
CliamU-rlain couhl not take any steps
towards securing assistance, even if he
were so disposed.
Children's Suicide Pact.
St. Louis, March 18. It was devel
oped today through testimony at the
coroner's inquest into the suicide last
night of Liebling Slocurn, aged 10, that
she had entered into a suicide pact with
Gertrude Harper, also 10 years old
Gertrude testified that she hail told her
mother that she was going to take her
life, and was prevented. J. P.Slinger,
the drug clerk who sold the carbolic
acid to the Slocum girl, was arrested
todav. He assert) she bore a note pur
porting to be from her mother asking
for 5 cents worth of carbolic acid.
Finds 2,500 People Destitute.
Columbus, O., March 18. Adjutant
General Critchtield returned tonight
from Gloceeter, 0., where he went at
the request of Governor Harris to inves
tigate the flood situation. The adju
tant general reported that be found
about 2,500 flood sufferers in Glocester
and other mining towns in the vicinity
in urgent need of rt lief. He purchased
supplies to the amount of $1,000 at
Gloeester and turned them over to the
local relief committee for distribution.
Many of the miners lost everything, the
flood coming ujion them ho quickly.
Burton Will Tell Secrets.
Abilene. Kan., March 18. Ex-fien-ator
Joseph It. I'urton, who is expected
to return to his home here this week
from Ironton, Mo., has engaged the
local theater for March 23, where he
will deliver a public address. Senator
I5urton has for some time threatened to
expire those whom lie charged with
being responsible for his conviction,
ami it is said that his remarks on next
Saturday will prove sensational in the
extreme.
No Encampment This Year.
Salem Governor ChamlH-rlain has
been officially notified by the War de
partment of the abandonment of the
regular army annual encampments, on
account of so many of the men lioing in
Cula, and the large number that will
her required to go to the Jamestown
exposition. The department, how
ever, calls attention to the fact that
during one week to ten days in July,
camps of instruction for const artillery
will be held, and the memltors of the
(hregon National Guard are invited to
participate. Assistant Secretary of
War Oliver asks that preparations be
made, together with a list of men who
intend to attend, and forwarded to the
department.
the sell ing in
f winter weather. The snowfall in
the mountain districts this year has
Iteen unusually heavy, thus conserving
the water supply for the suiinimer
months. With the supply already pro
duced by the thawing out on the low
lands or light soil districts, it leaves
little question as to the adequate sup
ply of moisture.
MAY PROMOTE IMMIGRATION.
Board of Sheep Inspectors.
Salem Governor Chamlterlain has
named the new state beard of sheep
commissioners. The new officials are:
First district William H. Steusloff,
Salem, term of two years ; district em
braces Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook,
Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas,
Yamhill, Polk, Marion, Linn, lien ton,
Lincoln, Lane, Coos, Iouglas, Currv,
Josephine and Jackson counties.
Second district Thomas Boylan, An
telope, term one year; district compris
es Wasco, Crook, Lake and Klamath
counties.
Third district Dan P. Smvthe, Pen
dleton, term three years; district com
prises Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Grant,
Wallowa, Baker, Harney and Malheur
counties.
Grain Bags at Nine Cents.
Pendleton An order for the purchase
of 500,000 sacks was made by the exec
utive committee of (he Graingrowers
association in this city. The name of
Crop Outlook In Harney.
Hums The w inter in I larncy county
is over and the snow in the valley has
gone off w ith a warm rain. There is
plenty of snow in the mountains to
keep the high water over the swamp
land and make good crops of huv
Stockmen have turned their herds out
on the range, which is ln-tter than has
ever been known for t-iib time in I he
year. Farmers are preparing their
ground for spring crops and everything
points to a successful year to the farm
ers of Harney county.
Empire Mill May Reopen.
Marshlield What is taken ns a sure
indication that F.lijah Smith intends to
again ojH-rate his large lumlx-r mill in
Fmpire is the fact that lot has had the
Arago hotel reopened. This hotel has
lx-en idle since the closing down of the
lumber mill some years ago. It is the
only hostelry in Flijah Smith's little
city and is owned by the Southern Ore
gon i.arni companv. Workmen have
Im iti busy for several days rejmiring the
machinery in the mill.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Government Will Not Interfere With
Movement of Southern States.
Washington, March I-r. Informa
tion received today renders it clear
that the immigration authorities, as
one result of the several conferences re
cently lielil, in which tint president.
Secretary Straus, Attorney General
Itoiiapnrto, Commissioner of Immigra
tion Sargent and prominent men of the
South have uirt ieituitcil, will interpret
thitfxiting un in ivTiit ion law as it wan
interpreted in tin- Smth Carolina cu-e.
Th" attoiiiev general has held that the
immigrants lauded at ( 'harle-toii, S. C, ,
la-t November, are legally in the coun
try. I hey Wi re induced to come to
America by authorized agents of South
Carolina and the passage money for
si ine, at hast, of them was paid by
t he state, and others bv contributions
if the citizens, ."several other Southern
states hn ve di cideil to seek ilnlnigra
l..l 1:
lion ill-Hi,' un- same lines as were roi-
twed by South Carolina nn-l it is un
h-ri-tood they will riot be int rferei
w ith.
CHANGES CANAL BOARD.
Wheat Club, 71(fJ71V; bluestem. 73
(5;74c; valley, 70c; red, i,70c.
Oats No. 1 white, $L'!; gray, $28.r().
Parley Feed, m(.i,T2.r0 per ton;
brewing, 23; rolled, ' f2:i.r,()0t24 Ml
Kye f 1.45ff1.50 per cwt.
Com Whole, f:.'4.fi0; cracked,
t'22.r0 per ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, 14frr
the firm of importers or manufacturers J5 ;r t j,,,, ; .;,
and the price paid has , ,ot been Kivf-n ., :; cheat, f.i; grain
out, but it is thought that the sacks , n ,l)f.tf 14
... . ........... liutter Fancy creamery. '.V'Kf.iTn'
not be more than l cents apiece deliv-' ,,(lim,i "
ered in this city. The contracts for I p,,.,,.. l- .,i ooi ..
120.000 of these sacks have been signed i ,.,, ,0 (.f '. (H
by Morrow county growers, who asked . . ,X)nn,i
Poultry Average old hens, ISu
per jsiund; mixed chicken, 14c;
spring, fryers and broilers, iiofn 22J-c;
old roosters, 0(li.'c; dressed chickens,
1617c; turkeys, live, ISfl-'ii:; tur-
j keys, dresM'd, choice, 1 8 '4 20c ; geese,
for and were given permission to come
in with the Umatilla county farmers.
Howe Succeeds Williams.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
appointed ex-State Senator W. A.
Howe, of Carlton, a member of the lint flncUn ifiriKi
state board of agriculture to succeed j Lggs Oregon ranch, 17a'lKe per
Jasper Williams, of Alltany, deceased, (dozen.
rid President W. H. Howning, of 1 Apples Common, 75oi;l .25 per
Shaw, to suit-eed himself. He also re- box; choice, $1 .r0(7i,2.f0.
appointed Drs. A. C. Smith, of Port- Vegetables Turnips, $1(5)1.25 per
land, Alfred C. Kinney, of Astoria, and, sack; carrot, $la1.25 per sack; beets.
C. J. Smith, of Pendleton, on the ' ll.25fol.60 per fack : horseradith. 7fa
board of medical examiners. Their . 8c ier pound: cauliflower. $2.50 per
terms had expired.
Six D e in Virginia Mines.
Norton, Va., Match 18. An explo
sion occurred in the mines at Green
ough this morning after several miners
One of the Japanese warships coming had entered. The mine is eeven miles
to Jamestow n will have great attractions east of Nrton. As far as can be
for naval men. It has a speed better learned, ten miners have escaped
than any of ours and was finished in ! slightly injuied, two dead have been
less than two years after the keel was! taken from the mines and four are
laid, which is better time than is made known to be in the mine and are sup
In American yards. The vessel was posed to be dead. The cause of the ex
built by the Japanese. - plosion is unknown.
Horse Fair at Woodburn.
doxen ; celery, $3.25043.60 per crate;
sprouts, He; radishes, 30c per doen;
asparagus, 10f(i412,'e per pound; rhu-
Woodburn A livestock fair will be barb, $2.25(2.60 per box
, I 1 i ITT IV f I. OO C. l -
helil at Woodburn on March 23. Six
classes of stallions will be on exhibition
Percheron, Shire, P.elgian, Clyde,
Standatrd and Coach. There will also
be teams, roadsters, brood mares and
colts. Many blooded horses will be in
the parade at 2 p. rn. The prizes will
be awarded at 10 at. in. Among the
prizes is a $25 silver cup, donated by
the Bank of Woodburn for the lest
horse of all.
-Oregon, 75(M0(.; per hun-
Roosevelt Receives Resignations and
Appoints New Members.
Washington, March 15. The presi
dent today received the resignations in-
meiniiers 01 1 ne 1 -uiinian i anal com
mission or JCear Admiral Frulicott .
brigadier Ocm-riil ('. P. Haines and l.
M. Harrod, to take effect tomorrow.
I'd fill the vacancies he announced the
aplHiint meiit of John F. SUncns us
chairman of the commission to succeed
T. I'. Shouts, and as commissioners
Lieutenant Colonel (ioethuls, Majors
tiaillard and Siehert, Civil Knginneer
Ibis-eau, Ir. (iorgasj and Jackson
Smith.
Kx-Senalor Pilaekhuru will have b
await the retirement from the commis
sion of Mr. Stevens about April 1.
b'njoins New Copper Deal,
(irand Kapids, Mich., March 15.--Jildge
Kliappell, of tint I'nited States
Circuit court, t is lay admitted that yes
terday he issued a restraining order for
bidding stockholders of the Calumets
llecla M ining eoinMiiiy from holding n
meeting to vole proxies in the Osceola
company, and hearing 011 un injunction
was set for March 25. Judge Knappen
refused absolutely to discuss t he matter
The action before Judge Knaiirien was
instituted by Mr. Iloynton, attorney for
ttio jsigelow interests 111 the Osceola
mine.
IH Iflmrif, Pa., March Hb With (hi.
rapid receding of the writers hi the Mo
liongalieia, , lleglililiv anil I llilo liW'iM,
l oin III i-.iiH are lesilliillig lloMlnil I ro.
Hirtolis. The appioacheii ti Ih,,
bridges are imw clear of w.itrr nn-l
Street car Sen ice 111 (he Hooded ilihtlii't
lias been reNilllleil .
At Ho'clmk la-l night the liver had
fallen nliinit eight feet . At that hour
the stage wii- "'. feet and dropping m
inches an hour.
Ten s.Hare miles were illlind.ite-l .
The loss is siiliiiunrtzeil in. f-illown:
l.o-S ill output of rim I mills, $.'!,.
tHHI.tMHI.
I.oss ill output of other lli-hlr trice,
$L', (100,01 Ml.
lisses ill wages of emptiiyi-4, $ ,n:i7,
III. I'aliiagtt to in-lnst mil pluiils, $'.',
Mm, 000.
Total, $'.,. 'l:l7,ooo.
arioiis other estimates lie being,
made, tanging fiom $ I o.imii 1 11011 p,
IL'O.OOO.MHI.
KeHirts from numerous Weti ru
Pennsylvania town are to the elln-L
that the (I-hkI l subsiding.
The water ill tins city rcachr-d .'!
feet at Oil. III. yesterday, the hlglic-l
s'nge i-M-r rifolilcl. More than 10",
0110 jicroiis were temHirdiily thrown
out of employ meiit ; eery t rurisportri-ti-iii
coinpiiiiy in the city hum mien up! -e-l;
skifls carrie-l hundrisls of M-opli !..
their places o bllHilii-HS, and the utibz
ntioii of wagon mid horses un 11 nvev
lllices, which did vithmhle service, w aw
din'ont inued, owing to I he st Pinions
protests hv the Illinium- s-'lilv.
Twenty fatalities lmve a-euir-l in
Allegheny county, directly due to hi'li
water.
In a tire that tlireatene-l the entire
Mount Washington section r f the city
25 business structures uu-l ilwi lliugH
were ili-Mtroyeil or ilamage-l tihiy, caus
ing a t est iinati-l at $200, lam. Many
of the dwellings were ter.ements or
apart un lit hi uses, and there wete many
narrow escapes.
The Structures Were mostly of fniine
const 1 net joti and, because of a bteuU in
the water iiiuiii, tl illy available lin -
pleiiehitig materials Were ehi-iiiiciils
irimi extinguishers and Ion-kit -.
Two attempts Mi re made to stop I ho
llamis by dynamiting buildings 011
either side, but each tune the wreck
age called t lire. It finally limned Itself
out.
COLLUSION. SAYS GREENE,
Substance of Idaho Irrigation Frand
Charges by Inspector.
Washington, March 10, Secretary
(iarlicld is working on u report n-nt l
his prcilecessjiir by S(Mi-inl Agent A. K.
(irei-ne, detniling allegisl frauds whlcU
he Is-lieves hn hits uncovered in connec
tion with tint construction of (he I'.oisc
Pavette irrigation project in Idaho.
Mr. (ircenit, so it is reported, alleges
there has Is-en collusion between inn
tractors on the Jccr I'lat reservoir dam
and Keclamat ion lingineer l. W . Puss,
it being rumored that Mr. (ireeno
charges that the contractors, in return
for favors shown by Mr. Koss, made
him 11 present of 1 2,MK) nerci- of hind.
Olliclals of tl ie reclamation service ab
solutely discredit the resirt, and lumt
the ulmost conlideiiee in Mr, Kums. It
is their belief that invest it-at ion will
show Mr. (ireene to Im lu ern r.
Commission Approves Rate.
Salem The Oregon Railroad com
mission has given its approval to the
existing rate of $1.25 per thousand on
Onions
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Iitirlxmks, fancy,
$l,.lo; No. 1 choice, $l(jl,25; com
inon, 7oc($l.
Veal IlresHed. 5'.fii,!ie nor riound.
peef DrcHH.d bulls, ..'l per 1 aceomplislierl under the appropiiatioiiH
pound; cows, 5 (75 lie; country maue oy 1110 iasn-ongress
steers, Gfrtje
Will Enforce 8-hour Law.
Washingbin, March 15. Secretary
Taft has given orders to the engineer
o dicers of the War depart moid lo en
force to thu letter the eight-hour law as
applied to public works under their
direction. .This order, which was is
sued with the permission of the presi
dent, will he fiir-rcacliiiig and, it is pre
dieted, will gieatly reduce the amount
. 1 : 1 1 1 1. . .
01 river noil luunor woik Iliac call Pe
Mutton Dressed, fancy, lOftlO'oC;
ordinary, 8f i)o per pound.
Pork Dressed, (ifujiks per pound.
Hops (J(fr)12o per pound, according;
to quality
Sell to Insurance Company,
Milan, March 15. In the town of
Ilorsano, near this city, 2,000 persons
Three Drown In Ohio Town,
anesville, Ohio, March 1 l!.Threi
Hungarians were drowned here as tint
result of the Hood this morning. A
t-Coio or foreigners went living in a
house that was surrounded by the Mus
kingum river, which overflowed during
the night. When they started to wudo
to land three were caught in the current
and swept out Into the river. Flood
conditions through Muskingum county
are unprecedented and growing worn
hourly. The Muskingum ami Licking
rivers are out of lsmnds in this city and
doing much damage.
Fdwards to Be Deposed.
Pendleton, Or., March HI. That
Major O. C. Kd wards, agent of tho
Umatilla Indian roscrvalon, will lose
his ollicial head iih a result of the in
vest igal ion conducted by Insjieetor
Charles L. Davis, Ih believed in I'en.
dlctou by everyone ut all familiar with
the course affairs have taken. Peforo
having for Yakima today, Inspector
lhivis announced that an order abolish
ing t he ofliec. of guardian for nil Imlmik
heirs had been issued.
Another Naval Disaster.
Prest, March 10. There was another
accident to a French warship off thin
were louay made Homeless hy a firu 1 nnrt ttuiuv. linrim, ,.-.,...1. n....
1 I I 1 , 1 , , ,, II. ' ,"in-ili, I II MCI III,
which (Ictroyed the greater riart of the 10 coast iliifeimn .1,1,, i..i...i.
Wwl Kastern Oregon a verago best, vin-...,.. The people were Indifferent, struck and seriously d..m.....i 11...
Kiver railroad.
13()18c per pound, according to shrink- to the spread of tho
age; vi
ness;
j pound ,
lumU'r in carload lots from Astoria to age; valley, 20f7f)2.'$e, according to fine- their property was insured, mid tho an- j were
rjeasnie on tne Astoria x coiumuia ness: rnoiiair, ciioice, Z7(.JOo per tiioi ities were oiiiigmi to loice peatantH side and she was towed into port in a.
to work to chuck the tire.
. , j IJI7
llaiiiori, Ikm'huho . uhUt linn Itv n tunuwli. rjiui
. . 1 ''ew, wiuniuu II 111 Iff
at once applied to tho vessel'a
sinking condition.