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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1904)
U N E COUNTY LUDER R u s s ia B e lie v e s T h a t It W ill D ecid e W h e th e r C h in a R em ain s N eutral. H ou se C o m m itte e W ill P re v e n t P a s s a g e o f L an d R eform *. Report Washington, March 22.— Convinced that congressjwill not, at the present Arthur. 8t. Petersburg, March 23.— In gov ernment circles there exists a strong session, amend the public land laws in O O T T A S E G RO VE . .O REGON. belief that the question as to whether a w ay to shut off fraudulent operations, C O M B IN E D L A N D A N D S E A A T T A l l b b t t e m l u m b e r r a t e w a n t e d . China will observe her neutrality will F L A W IN E X E M P T IO N L A W . aB recommended by the public lands depend largely upon the result of the first heavy land fighting. A oig vict D as e l a S e m i-C o lo n L e a v e * M e a n in g of C o tt a g e D rove C itiz e n * In a u g u ra te M ove commission, the interior department E n g a g e m e n t I* S a id t o H ava L a s te d i j ory by the Russian army, it is believed, m e n t A ffe c tin g S o u th e rn . has determined to take advantage of P h ra s e la D o u b t. D a y s — L a n d F o r c e s W e r e V icto rlo e will insure the acquiescence of the Ce Cottage Grove— A meeting of the the present laws, and to construe them Deaerai Review ef Im porta«t Happening« lestial empire, but there are grave ,'ears Salem — One more flaw has been 60 0 R u s s ia n * K illed and C aptu red . | business men of this plate was held at in such way as to minimize fraud. mt Iba Paat W eek la Urlai a a i as to what might happen in the event found in the tax exemption act passed the city hall last week for the purpose Early in the session hope was enter of a signal Jaianese success in the early by the legislature at its special session. Toklo. March 23.— The newspape of discussing and effecting an organiza tained that the timber and stone act stages of the land operations. For the W hile there is no uncertainty as to the tion with the object of trying to obtain would be modified or repealed, and the here publish extra editions which i time being the situation appears to be The second trial of Mrs. Botkin has better lumber freight rate from the lieu land law robbed of its vicious tain a report that Port Arthur satisfactory, and it is certainly much intent of the framer o f the b ill, the opened in Ban Francisco. for Southern Pacific. The rate as it now features, but there now appears to be fallen. better than it was three weeks ago. punctuation leaves opportunity Bristow declares that he did not The Pekin government has reiterated question whether there is any lim it to is is demoralizing the lumber industry no chance of securing remedial legisla They state that a comoined land i in this valley and if a better rate can tion of this character. In fact, it regard Beavers as an honest man. its professions regarding neutrality to the value of household goods that may not be obtained many of the mills will turns out that the Quarles bill repeal sea attack began on Saturday, was coj Paul Lessar, the Russian minister, anti Baron De Rosen, ex-minister of Jap be claimed as exempt. The doubt be forced out of business. ing the timber act and authorizing the tinued throughout the kday and niylj an, declares that the cabinet was has given him fair assuranes in answer A committee was appointed to draft sale of public timber to the highest and on Sunday. to his questions regarding the move arises from the use of the semi-colou dragged into the war. some line of procedure and after much bidder, was only passed through the ment of Chinese troops north of the instead of a comma. The attack was renewed MondJ The house committee has decided to discussion the meeting adjourned to great w all. The natives manifest a Representative Shelley, o f Lane meet again Tuesday night. If the rec senate after a deal had been made with morning and tbe fortress was takeJ recommend that Federal Judge Swayne, friendlier disposition than they did at influential members of the house com county, father of the b ill, was com o f Florida, be ousted. the beginning of the war, but the Rus- municated with in iegard to it, and re ommendations of the committee will be mittee on public lands to smother this There is no confirmation from goverd adopted all Western Oregon will be ment sources of the newspaper repor « The Briti,h boum> ° f com m on, had a [ tian8 k"nuw t£e Orientajl character as no plied that it was his intention that the measure when it reached them. warm debate over the admission of other Europeans do. They know how limitation on the exem ption should ap drawn into the matter in question. The same fate awaits the Mondell A Japanese victory is declared Chinese into the Transvaal, but vote of deep seated is the hatred for foreigners ply to all the items of property enum bill, modifying the lieu land law, if it have resulted from a sharp encountd F a r -R e a c h in g Irrig a tio n Rule*. in China, and that the only prestige of erated. In other words, that the $300 censure was defeated. passes the bouse and reaches the senate Salem— The proposed irrigation rules ith the Russians at Chyong Syong exemption might be made up from any committee. Henry Norman, a member of the the Russians is their strong arm. The recent naval success of the Jap or all the items mentioned. The ques which were recently Budbmitted to the Under the present law, timber en The Russian leases in killed, wounde British parliament, declares that the state land board for approval are de conhtrol of China is the real issue of anese has not greatly impressed the tion is whether this intention can be igned to apply to all the irrigation tries as well as lieu selections, can be and prisoners are said to be 600. Chinese, but if the Russians should ascertained from the language used. made only of surveyed land. It ap. the Japanese Russian war. projects in the Deschutes country. pears from land office records that the C O L L ID E W IT H T H E R U SSIAN S. sustain a really disastrous defeat on Subdivision 8, of the act of the spec An amendment has lieen attached to land the Chinese might suddenly be ial session of 1903, provides that the The rules were proposed by both the most valuable survey«! timber lands in the Indian appropriation b ill to pay aroused, with the connivance or even following property shall be exempt Deschutes irriagtion and power com the West have now been taken up, but J a p a n e se C r o s s T a tu n g P a s s . For pany and the Three Sisters irrigation the Klamath Indians $537,007, in set the consent of Japan, against Russia, in order to get that which remains un- M ile s F ro m H a lch e n g . from taxation: emopany. The former company has tlement of their claims against the gov and perhaps against all foreigners. surveved, speculators and holders of “ The follow ing property, if owned London, March 23.— The I)a ill! ernment. Russia’ s present plans are based on the by a householder and in actual use, or absorbed the Pilot Butte development scrip have been endeavoring to have Chronicle's Shanghai corresponded company and the Oregon irrigation appreciation of the supreme importance virgin lands surveyed. It is a rule of hears from Niu Chwang that the Jap kept for use, by and for his or her fam The senate committee on Indian company and acquired other interest the department that no township shall anese crossed Tatung pass, 40 ruilej affairs, in reporting the Indian appro of the first land battle, and no fighting ily ; household goods, furniture and giving it control of some 200,000 acres on a large scale w ill take place, if it be surveyed until its survey is asked for from llaicheng, and that collision utensils; tw o cows ten sheep, five swine priation bill, cut off the provision for of arid land. The Three Sisters com possibly can be avoided, until the Rus and the tools, implements, apparatus, by at least three bona fide settlers on with the Russians occurred. increasing the capacity of the Chema- pany has a tract of 27,000 acres. sians feel morally certain that they can team, vehicle, harness or library nec:ete- lands within that township. In a wa school. This reduces the appropria Reports from Seoul and Tokio are I deal the enemy a crushing blow sary to enable any person to carry on number of instances in Oregon, Wash tion for that school $8,000. the e ff« -t that Marquis Ito has arrang O rand Ronde F ru it O u tlo o k . ington and Idaho applications have his trade, occupation or profession by An immense steel plant w ill be erect La Grande— Judd Geer, horticulturist been recnetly made for the survey of to lend 5,000,000 yen ($2,500,000) which su<h person earns his or her liv W IN D L IF T S ROOF. Corea on easy terms. ed at San Diego, California. ing to the amount of three hundred commissioner for the Eastern Oregon heavily tim ber«! townships, the per According to the Standard’s Tien Tsi^ Andrew Carnegie has given another ($300) dollars, the articles to be select' district, states that the fruit prospects sons making the request representing rn a d o W r e c k * F ift y B u ild in g s In correspondent, China is appealing $5,000,000 for educational purposes. sd by such householder; provided, for this district are excellent for all va themselves as bona fide settlers. Up M is s o u ri T o w n . the powers for an extension of a ye however, that when the assessed valua rieties, and that the weather conditions on examination, the department finds America has asked Russia to treat Higginsville, M o., March 23.— Fifty have been very favorable for fruit. that in three out of four cases the men in the payment o f the indemnity grow kindly Japanese noncombatanta in 8i- buildings are partly wrecked, one man tion of the personal property above enumerated shall amount to less than Budding has been kept back to an ex asking for surveys are not residing on ing out of the Boxer troubles. is mortally injured and several others breia. The correspondent at Tien Tsin three hundred ($300) dollars, then tent on account of the cool weather, lands for which surveys are asked, but hurt, the town is in darkness, and the Germany will support Russia in pro only such amount as the total of such and the trees are considered beyond the have merely erect«! crude huts, which the Daily Mai! reports that Kataoa, streets strewn with debris as the result Japanese merchant and Russian spj testing against the concentration of propertty herein enumreated shall be danger line as far as frost or freezing iB they point to as “ improvements of a tornado and hailstorm, which concerned. Mr. Geer looks forward to The huts are not only uninhabitable has been assassinaat«l by being burie Chinese troops. struck this place late this afternoon. exempt from taxation.” The supreme court of this state has one of the most productive seasons in but are unoccupied, consequently re alive, but that the Japanese authoritie| Republicans of the Tenth congress The hail on the streets was a foot deep lisavow any knowledge of the assassin ional district, Georgia, have nominated within five minutes after the storm several times decided that punctuation the fruit line that this valley lias ever quests lor surveys are denied. ation. marks are not controlling in construing known. a negro for contres«. came, and somfi of the hailstones were an act for the purpose of ascertaining R A M M E D IN FOQ. F L E E T S TO JOIN. C. H. Markham, formerly of Port very large. Dozens of trees in the its meaning. In the port of Portland F a v o ra b le R e p o rt on R u ral R oute. town were blown down and several land, is to be made manager of the case, decided last July, the supreme Oregon City— E. C. Clement, special horses were killed in the street. Southern Pacific railroad. court changed the location of punrtua- inspector for the government for rural R u ssia P lan s ■ Rude A w a k e n in g lor Hole T o rn In a B r itis h T ro o p sh ip In tb The storm came without warning. E n glish C h an n e l. th e J a p a n ese. tion marks in order to arrive at the Captain Piper, of New York, on in- The wind and hail came first and were free delivery mail routes, has inspected But in and favorably reported on a third route Southampton, March 23.— The Amerl St. Petersbuig, March 2 2 .— The vestiagtion, declares Chicago police to followed by a terrific downpour of rain meaning of the legislature. that case the court found that the to be operated from the Oregon City whereabouts of the Vladivostok squad ican line steamship New York, Cap be a disgrace to the city which flooded nearly everv cellar in the meaning was otherwise clear. It is not postoffice. The route was inspected ton is a profound official secret, but tain Young, from New York March 15 town. The storm came from the west. Rear Admiral Walker tells the bouee certain that the language of the exemp after a largely signed petition having there are thoee here who believe the for Plymouth, via Cherbourg . anF It kept within a narrow path, at least committee that actual work on the tion act sh ow s' that the punctuation been forwarded to the government au Japanese may wake up some morning Southampton, met wtih two mishap Panama canal w ill be begun about the tornado portion, only about two was erroneous. thorities asking that the route be estab to find that thee two divisions of Rus today, grounding off Cape La Hague V blocks of the business portion of the June. France, in the early morning, and lat Y" lished. The new route w ill dispense sia’ s Pacific squadron have perfected town being damaged. Chairman Tawney, of the house com NO D E M A N D FOR P R U N E S . with Beaver Creek, Scheubel, Cams juncture. It is betraying no confidence er coming in collision in the Engliai *>■ Two other towns in this section were mittee on expositions, still contends to state that both the admiralty and channel with the Peninsula & Orients and Needy postotfices. in the path of the storm, and both have that the government appropriation for Vice Admiral Makaroff, before he left for steamship Assaye, under contract populations of from 600 to fiOO. Ac E a s te r n M a r k e t H as B e e n S u p p lied a t the 1905 fair must be expended by the Far East, regarded the fact that the British government and n s«l a s : R e s ig n s F rom F a ir B o a rd . V e r y L o w F ig u r e . cording to meagre reports that are re agents. Salem— G. A. Westgate, of Albany, the divisions were separated as most troopship, bound for Bombay with ceived here tonight several houses in Salem— “ The prune situation in the Sully, the great cotton king, has been both places have been wrecked, but the East didn’ t look good to m e,” said has tendered to the governor his resig unfortunate for Russia's chances of sue troops on board. There was great excitement on botl nation as a member of the state fair Cess at sea. Realizing that offensiv exact extent of the damage is not forced to suspend. Bruce Cunningham upon his return board. No reason was given for the naval operations are impossible under vessels. The boats of the Assaye wen Japan promises America to protect known. A grocery store in the business part from a recent trip to Iowa. Mr. Cunn resignation. The resignation oi West- present conditions, it is believed no lowered and the troops were mustered| fully all foreiners at Fusan. of this place was wrecked by the storm. ingham is a well-known prune grower gate makes the fourth change in the opportunity will be neglected to repair but the bulkhead of the troopship this initial misfortune, even should saved her and the vessel was able The senate has confirmed the nomin John Dolphen, a clerk, was mortally of the Liberty neighborhood. After personnel of the board in the last few involve considerable risk. enter Southampton, ami the New Yorl| months, and but one experienc«! mem ation of Wood to be major general. injured. waiting all winter for an opportunity ber remains. Cons«iuently the report that seven was docked at 6:30 (or temporary re More than 50 houses were unroofed. Bombardments of Port Arthur have to sell his crop at what he considered a Russian warships were sighted the oth pairs. Nobody was injured. not changed the general aspect of the er day rff the Gensan creates much fair price, he took a carload o f fruit ICON T O S H E D SH O T S. C a ttle S o ld fo r N om e. town. R U S S IA E X P E C T E D A S MUCH. speculation here as to whether they back to Iowa to sell it there himself Echo— R. N. Stanfield has sold to Russian troops have been ordered to S a c re d R elic S e n t to R u s s ia n T orp ed o “ The prune market doesn’ t look good Mr. Cox, agent for the Pacific (old stor could be the vessels of the cruiser divi arraet Coreans instead of fighting them B o a t D e s tr o y e r . and I don ’ t see any reason to believ age company, of Tacoma, four carloads sion under Captain Reitzenstein. Tbe A b an d o n m e n t o l A nju b y H er Outpost: number of ships sighted apparently W a * P lan n e d . as belligérants. St. Petersburg, March 23.— Vice that it w ill improve any this season,' of his heaviest beef steers. These cat does not tally with that of the Vladi St. Petersburg, March 23.— General Chief Pinchot nrggee the house com Admiral Makaroff has reported the m i he continued in answer to inquiries tle will remain here until April 15 and vostok division, which properly consist Zhilinsy’ s official confirmation of th« mittee to provide foi a forestry exhibit raculous escape of four sailors from the “ The fact is that the trade is already ate destined for Nome. ed of four fast cruisers and the trans reports that the Russian outposts aban-. at the 1905 fair. torpedo l>oat destroyer Stereguschtchi, supplied. Everywhere I went I found port Lena. that dealers have all the prunes they doned Anju on the approach of the Jap which foundered during the naval bat P O R T L A N D M A R K E T S . Hearst has asked the house to ap It is learned, however, that the out anese in force, causes no suiprise here,] want and most of it was bought tle off Port Arthur March 9. The men point a committee to investiagte the break of hostilities found two ships I found a jobber as such action is in perfect accord with escaped by swimm ing when the lioat pretty low prices. workings of the trusts. Wfieat— Walla Walla, 75c; bluestem, the volunteer cruiser fleet at Vladivo the Russian plan of campaign. The he sank and succeeded in keeping afloat supplied with Oregon prunes that stok, and there is reason to believe that Russian skirmishing and advanced o u t-B 80c; valley, 81c. Booker Washington dec.ares encour bought from an Oregon firm at 4.4 until picked up. agement of negroes to be taxpayers is Barley— Feed, $21022 per ton; brew these have since been fitted out with posts, thrown forward solelyjfor th e ^ The metropolitan archbishop of St. cents in 25 pound boxes. These prunes guns taken from mountain batteries the salvation fo the race. purpose of harassing and worrying the! Petersbrg has sent an icon to the tor he will sell to the retail dealer at 5 4 ing, $22.50; rolled, $24025. It is therefore possible that the ships Flour— Valley, $3.9003.95 per bar sighted were those of Captain Reitzen Japanese outposts, fell back as the The house will require the postmaster pedo boat Doshitelny, which in the to 6 rents and the retailers w ill sell them to consumers at 8 4 cents, or main bedy of the enemy moved forward rel; bard wheat straights, $ 4 0 4.2 0 ; stein, whose object, if he ventured general to make known regulations be conflict of March 9 managed to elude clears, $ 3 .8 5 0 4 ; hard wheat patents, far down the coast, could hardly be until the strong positions at tbe Yalu fore he can make appropriations for the Japanese fire This icon, it is be three pounds for a quarter. “ How did the jobber get them $ 4 .4 0 0 4 .6 0 ; graham, $3.50 0 3 .9 0 ; rve anything except to slip into Port Arth liver are reached. The 50 miles of lieved, will safeguard the boat from handling “ unusual business.’ ’ cheap? That beats m e; but he had flour, $4 .50 0 4.90. country between Anju and the Yalu are further harm. nr. If this is true, it is calculated that them, and others bought at the same The Russian fleet has returned to Prince Abend ik I-azareff, a descend O a t s — No 1 white, $ 1 .1 5 0 1 .2 0 :gray, the squadron must have alraedy run the very difficult for the movement of a figure. I learned that early in the sea Port Arthur, being unaole to loeate the ant of the Armenian kings, is giving a large force. There may be some liv e -, $ 1 .1001.15 per cental. ganntlet of the Corea strait and be very enemy ly skirmishing as the Japanese ad series of fetes for the benefit of the Red son— as long as last July, jobbers were Millstuffs— Bran, $18019 per ton; close to Port Arthur. selling Oregon ami California prunes vance progresses, but the Russians are I Britain and France have settled long Cross society at h is historic mansion Dealers bonght early and when they m iddlings, $24.500 26; shorts, $190 resolv«l to avoid a decisive engagement standing dispute over Newfoundland Society leaders are figuering in the hatl all they wanted they stopped buy 20; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19. Must Stay Hand of Turkey. until certain of victory. ilanses at the fetes. Hay— Tim othy. $15016 per ton; fisheries. ing. That is the condition that exists Paris March 22.— It is the expectation clover, $ 1 0 0 1 1 ; grain, $ 1 1 01 2 ; cheat, — the market has been supplied and no in official quaters that F’ ranee and the la M ilita r y P r e c a u tio n . O ne T h o u sa n d S o ld ie r* a D ay . Japan is landing a third force in $ 11012 . more are wanted. It looks to me other signatories of the Berlin treaty Corea, which w ill join the army at Paris, March 23.— The Russian order Harbin, March 23.— Only S3 m ili Vegetable«— Turnips, 80c per sack; though we w ill have a considerable Ping Yang. tary trains have reached here since war carrots, 80c: beets, $1; parsnips, $1; will unite in emphatic representaitons stopping entry into Niu Chw ang w ith quantity of carry over stock to sell in was declared and not less than half of out a permit is understood in official cabbage, 1 4 0 2 c ; lettuce, head, 250 to Turkey against the carnvng out com petition with 1904 prunes.” Bristow exonerates congressmen from th «sultan’ s plans for the suppression these brought ammunition and provi quarters here to be a m ilitary precau 40c per doz; parsley, 25c; tomatoes, wrongdoing in securing increases in sions. Of the 20,000 troops landed $ 1 .5001.75 per crate; cauliflower, 75c and probable extermination of a con tion due to the uncertainty as to which postal clerk hire. S h e e p L o s in g T h e ir F le e c e . here during the last four days, 4,000 0 $ 1 per doz; celery, 6 5 0 8 0 c: squash, siderable portion of the Armenians. of five places the Japanese w ill choose Echo— Sheep shearing is now in full 2c per lb ; cucumbers, $1.750 2.25 per The government is in possession of will choose for their first extensive Japan tells correspondents they can have been sent to Port Arthur, Niu much information showing the nature land operations. The five points are soon go to the front, indicating that a Chwang and Mukden, while 2,000 have swing in the E cho country, and almost doz; asparagus, 1 2 4 c ; peas, 9c per lb; been sent to Vladivostok. Of the rest, every ablebodied man in the neighbor beans, 10c; onions. Yellow Danvers, of the troubles and Turkey’s intention the Yalu river, Niu Chwang, Port Ar land battle is near. in dealing with them. This informa thur, Vladivostok and Pigeon bay. the greater part are on sick leave, hav hood is making arrangements to join $ 2 0 2 .5 0 per sack. leader Williams, of the Democrats ing arrived in a wretched condition. some crew and go to clipping wool. tion shows that some reports of the The Russians being unable to determine H oney— $303.50 per case. in the house, declares that the post- It is stated by the commanding officer The price as established here for shear Potatoes— Fancy, 9O c0$l per cental; atrocities have gone too far. where Japan w ill make her main at office department is corrupt from top to that hereafter the men w ill arrive at ing is 8 cents where the crew board com mon, 6 0 0 80c; new potatoes, 3 4 c tack are making preparations and tak bottom. themselves and 7 cents with board. per lb ; sweets. 5c per lb. A m e rica M ay D ecide. the rate of a thousand a day. ing precautions at all five points. The latter arrangement prevails here Fruits— Apples, fancy, Baldwins and District Attorney Jerome, of New Panama, Marh 22 —The monetary this year. As this is a forward spring 8pitzenbergs, $1.500 2.25 per box; York, is determined to send Canfield question is arousing much discussion F ilipin o * A re Oood P o litic ia n * . No B a t t le on th e Y a lu . to prison, and asks that the law be ■ Washington, March 23.— Secretary in the Umatilla valley, sheep shearing choice. $ 1 0 1 .5 0 ; cooking, 75c. here. The partisans of the gold stan St .'Petersburg, 'M arch 23.— Beyond Eggs— Oregon ranch, 1 6 4 c . amended so he can make Reginald Taft has received a mail report from will have to be rushed to get it out of dard apparently have a majority in the movement’o f troops to the Far East, the way before haying begins, which is Butter— Sweet cream butter, 30c per the nationalist assembly, bnt the most Vanderbilt testify. Governor W righ. concerning the recent which is progressing satisfactorily, and fast approaching. lb ; fancy creamery, 2 5 0 2 7 4 c ; chqice conservative element favors a system gubernatorial elections. Elections A Russian torpedo boat entering the creamery, 2 3 0 24c; dairy and store, I under which two silver dollars shall be in accordance Rrith Russian plans, the were held in 32 provinces. Governor advices indicate little change in the Port Arthur harbor struck an unplaced N ot M a ch I lle g a l F is h in g . nominal. equal to one gold dollar. It is believed’ mine and was blown up. Onlv four of Wright said that the elections had Butter Fat— Sweet cream, 2 8 4 c ; that tbe opinion of the United States situation. No official telegrams an Astoria— So far a* ran be ascertained passed off quietlv. and that great inter nouncing collisions with the enemy the crew was saved. This was one of may d « id e the matter, as the adoption He there is very little if any illegal fishing sour cream, 26 4 c . The the largest torpedo boats in the Rus est was manifested in the results. Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 1 2 4 0 of the gold standard would double the had been received np to noon. being done on the Columbia at the added that the Filipinos showed them government had no information to sub sian navy. selves adepts in political methods, and present time, and the closed season is 13c per pound: springs, small, 1 6 0 17c; expense of constructing the canal. stantiate the reported rapture of 1,800 The Russian Vladivostok fleet is on in some respects better than the people being observed more closely than for hens, 1 3 0 14 c: turkeys, live, 15016c; Japanese north of the Yaln river, _and 8c; several years. Deputy Fish Commis dressed, 1 8 0 20 c; geese, live. L o n g -D is ta n ce W ire le ss-T e le g ra p h . the way hack to Russia to effect a of the United States. is disc reted. sioner Burton, of Washington, with ducks, $ 8 0 9 per do*. .unction with the Baltic squadron. Washington. March 22.— The signal Cheese— Full cream, twins, 12013c; corps of the army is now communicat Deputy F. B. I.ippincott. of the Puget R a n ge F tr* B u n * B u ild in g s . M id sh ip m en F ro m W a s h in g to n . Russians do not propose to evacuate Young America, 14015c. ing daily by wireless telegraphy be Hemingford, Neb. March 23.— Disas sound district, are patrolling the river, Port Arthur. Washington, March 23.— The follow Beef— Dressed, 5 0 7 4 c per pound. tween Fort* Schuyler and Wright, a dis trous prairie fire* have swept the but the Oregon officers are not out, Mutton— Dressed, 6 0 7 c ; lambs, 8c. tance of 97 miles. This is tbe longest ing midshipmen have been appointed Senator Tillman, of Booth Carolina, range country. One strip burned is six although they are watching the shore to the Annapolis naval academy, from Veal— Dress«1, 7 0 8 c. is much improved. distance covered by wirveless teleg Washington: by 12 miles, another more than 20 to see that no fish are deilvered. Guy H . Calhoun, of Pork— Dressed, 7 0 7 4 c . raphy. The speed of transmission Seattle, by Representative Humphrey; miles long, and is still burning. The house has again had the Bristow Hops — Choice, 25c per pound varies from 10 to 30 words a minute. S o w in g B e e t S e e d a t B e ho. Ranch sheds, barns, groves on timber Ralph Hover, of Hoquiam, by Repre postal teport upgfor discussion E cho— A large lot of sugar beet seel prime, 24c. Similar apparatus will be installed at claims and property along th* railroad W ool — Valley, 1 7 0 18 c; Eastern Nome and St. Michaels, Alaska, as sentative Jones; and James H. McCool, has been received here and planters are has been destroyed. Several narrow Japan believes the Russian fleet has of Walla W alla, by Representative busily engaged in preparing the ground. Oregon, 1 2 0 15 c; mohair, 32035c. soon as the weather conditions permit. Cushman. escapee are reported from the ranches. left Port Arthur for Vladivostok. _________ j w . 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