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•WS GREAT MINING TUNNEL. President E. E Lytle say» the fil ing of these incorporation articles means the building of the extension at once. Construction will be begun LHiraad for C«P'«* o( T«»t «ro«o P'obabd aa soon as the weather in that region I imii . iii MM r;*»»is««>r» itv ol Act«** COLUMBIA SOUTHERN W LL is auitable, and the line will be put EARTHQUAKE WRECKED A CITY Port Townsend. J*n 17—Latest 11—Secretary Washington. Jan through to completion this year unless IN SOUTHERN MEXICO advices from Dawson were rsweiveil BUILD 100 MILES THIS YEAR. OREGON EUGENE the naval < om- some unexp»-*ted obstacle shall be ■» lx>ng ha» written to t-.lav <>n the -teamer Cottage City by «--------------- found. It is said not to be a difficult , mittee ot the House stating that he t lutrles Berryman, who left the Klon country to build in. Three I Mired Lo»t Their Lives and a» Many had received many requests from Additional Capital Stodi tor DM M on dike iwpiul in the latter |«art of De I libraries and other quarter* for « opief Were Injured - Manx Busmus rtouxs end Ltoiiarv Fee Braachei to Athwoed and Great Resource» of Territory. cember. Berryman says there is a 4 Comprehensbe Review of the Importaid of the testimony in the Schley caae Reodeavu m Rum»-The Property Lou For a year or two work has been in Prineville Alto Eatenwon ot Maia U m stampede on from Dawmn to H*-nder- ■lappenirgi of the Paet Week PrexMed Mr Lo*g say* this demand cannot t> progress toward opening the agricul Mill Be Enormous—Shock felt m Met From Shaiuko to Bend in Southern Ore-, tural. timber and mineral resources in a f i»rm Whnh It Moe* met unless Congress decide* to print son creek, near Stewart river, tbe sceae of the region to be penetrated by the tea City . goa— Engineers Mow in the F Mid L.k«iv to Prove of .Marut to Our Man» ( the testimony, and he *uggest«d an of the latest gold strike. Gold was proposed extension of the Columbia BwfiM, edition of 500 copies for the Navy I> known to exist on this creek some Southern. Irrigation companies have City of Mexico. Jan. 2u —One of the Portland. Jan. If.—E E. Lytle, been in the field and have extensive partment and a further edition for time ago. and many claims were lo Henry C ¡nation projects under way. most terrible catastrophes in the his i Senator* and Representatives The May Enright and E. R Devoe have cated. twit later abandoned. But re iven »worn ■ letter has bwn referred to Represents filed articles of incorporation of the Lumbermen from Wisconsin. Minne tory of the Slate of Guerrero 1» «"?• sota, .Me higan and Iowa have acquir ported to have occurred late yester cent w.-rk lias shown that the creek is Columbia Southern Railway Extern chair tire Heatwole. of Minnesota sion Company. The object is to ed large tracts of pine timber along day afternoon, when an extremely vio n, h, an<i it is yielding fl HO to tin- man of the printing committee build an extension of th*- Columbia the Deschutes in Crook County, and Representative Watson, of Indiana Southern Railway from Shaniko to are ready to erect saw mills the min- lent earthquake shock was felt at pan ami claims cannot lie purchased Berryman Chilpanxingo. causing a great loss ot short "f falmlous price». 1 chairman of the committee having Cliaanz I charge of th«1 S« hley bills and resolu life and injuring tr«any persons. De reports that several thousand men are ! tion*. »aid today there is no purp«»»e tails from the stricken district are i the creek. He says the gold belt very meager, but scattering reports extends a distance of 10 miles, and e o ndition <4 the pipe's health in i »n hie part to avoid consideration of that Ilia death may tie experta! the measure* received here indicate that probably owners of claim- refuse to consider He expro*»«'d the 200 people were killed and as many | Presidential view that it is inadvisable pr"i«>sition- to purchase even interests a pro|»e for C«»ngress to go into the qu«-*tion. more injured. It is known that tt*e in any of their holdings. the irth- i but since these measure* were re- State Capitol, the parish • hureh and Preparatory work has lieen com many business houses and residences i ferred to hi* committee, they would mented on one of the largest and long ure in ruins, and that there is much Mr Seventy-five hun-lr*s| Cuhan mm- i»e act«-*i up«jn oa their merit» |ialgli meilal» will la* ls«u«l by the I Wataon said the committee f«-els that suffering as a result of the awfjl est mining tunnels in the world near navy de|a>rtmer>t. seismic disturbance. One of the edi Juneau, Alaska. The tunnel will be i the memliers of the Maryland delega fices that suffered most was the fed alsiut H.tajO feet long, and will la* tion and other friends of Admiral Tin- < ■ lombian government ha- pur- eral telegraph office, which explains -tarted n tin- lte.i-h -*-uth of Juneau chased a »mall »t<-atni-r ami will «in ! Schley first should reach an agreement the paucity of news that has so far and run into a mountain to tap a large vert it into a gunlsmt a* to what particular measure they reached this city. King Edward »ays the Siutli Afriean want the comxnittoe to consider, as number "f claims in the Silver Bow war is nearly over and an early d«-lar- It would be impossible to go into all Meager details finally began to ar- basin, formerly owned by Charles D. ation of |wace may la- anticipated of the different plans proposed More- | rive here. The telegraph lines and Lane, who sold them t<> the Alaska Ex apparatus at Chilpanzingo were badly- A Pittsburg man, wife and three over, said Mr Watson. it would be ploration Company. The Treadwell damaged. but the employes, all of children wen- nio.t brutally niunierwi diffirult for the committee to take mine claims will be tapjied by an up Robla-ry is «up|«ii'l to have been tla* ’ intelligent action until It has access whom were uninjured, quickly pro- to the testimony taken by the cout I motive. ■ eeded to ere«t an improvised tele raise of about 8W) feet. A large mill hardly would feel of Inquiry, as it graph office on the outskirts of the will be built on the lieach where it can The Pai-itie *-oast aenators and rvpre- lie iqerateil the year round. It is ex- n-ntativea **n Chine*«- exclusion leave warranted in forming conclusions on 1 city. «.n. ludnl their work and w ill n-|»,rt the Individual opinions of memliers The number of deaths was greater fiected that new veins will la* tap|a»i the bill in a few days. unsupported by any knowledge of th, in the parish church than in any single in running the tunnel, as the moun Sir Thomae Lipton is making arrange testimony, except what is gathered I place, as a crowd of worshipers was tain through which it is to be driven ments for tlie building of Shamrock 111 from fragmentary publications on the gathered there for the afternoon serv- is almost solid quartz. The tunnel Geo. H. Phillips, the former “corn subje«! j ice. The solid masonry walls and and mill w ill cost in the neighborhood king," went broke in the Chicago I the roof came toppling down on the of 3-’.”00,000, and active work will lie JACK WADE CONFESSES Isiard of trade. worshipers, and many ot those within coinmenceil March 1. On,* man was kill«l and another s<- Say» fit Fir«d Fatal Shot — INtlartd Shoot I were kill««!. Roblaries and holdups are said to be verely injured by falling n«k in a The War Department has ordered ing Mat Accidental numerous in Dawson. The latest rob- Montana mine tunnel. | trqops in the neighborhood to co-oper Portland. Jan 18.—Jack Wade Discussion has been had in the K oum - confessed yesterday that he fired the 1 ate in the work of rescue. I’ntil this l»-r\ »as the holding-up of the Dimin- regarding the opening of soldiers shot that killed James B Morrow I work is completed, it w ill be impos ion saliani by two masked men, who homes to ex-Conf«lerate veteran». sible accurately to learn the number -ecured $1.4<HI. Two men were arrest The confession was voluntary and ed for the crime. One of tla-tn con of victims. It is believed, however, A Beaumont. Tex.. Imnk president is complete and exonerates Dalton ao fessed, implii-ating the other. tin ier arrest lor forging worth far as firing the shed Is concerned that this is one of the most destruc of not«’» and f'l.lHHi worth of st-» k tive seismic phenomena that has ever While Wade admits his guilt in this BIG ALASKAN SNOWSLIDE ’ occurred in Mexico. The greater part The Chicago night scli'sils. with regard, he says the killing was acci 45,00 »Indent« and 200 teai'hrrs. have dental, and that he had no Intention of the population of Chilpanzingo ate White P» m and Yukon Road Blockaded—An. Iswn forced t*» dose for lack of funds. of shoot ng Morrow or any one eke. now camping out under tents arounu other Rich Strike Reported. ; the town, which is five days’ journe;* i Prin«* Henry, of Prussia, ’after visit Otherwise the stories of the two men Port Townsend. Wash.. Jan. 20.— ing the l'nit««i Stat«*», will go to Eng tally fairly well Wade his signed a from the national capital. E. E. LYTLE. —The steamer Dirigo arrived from land to attend tha coronation of King written statement in which he admits Earthquake shocks were feh in Columbia Southern railroad, which is about President Lytle. Skagway today, bringing 50 passeng Edward. he was the man who fired the shot, and to extend its line 100 miles further south into < entral Oregon, was bom many other cities and towns. In the ers. some of whom were from the with the He learned the railroad business __ Pennsylvania in 1861. In City of Mexico the earthquake oc Mrs Nation tn«l to enter another says In thia confession that he thinks Klondike. They report that consider joint in Tiqa-ka with th«* intention of it would tie wrong to keep it back any Pennsylvania railroad and came to Oregon in 188'.«. He »ar agent for the curred at 5:17 o'clock yesterday after ORA N Co at Touchet. Hood River and The Dalles until 1897. when smashing the furniture, but was pre longer He asked for nothing and was he took a leading part in organixation of the Columbia Southern rail noon. and was of such violence as able excitement prevails at Dawson over the striking of second bedrock vent«! by th«* owners. promised nothing when he made bis road company, and he has been at the head of that corporation ever to shake the most substantial build on the Eldorado, on the bench claim since. Seventy miles of road are now under operation, and it is the most confession. doing it aimply as a mat ings The Pan-American Congress It is claimed that Russia, before the joining No. 27. The depth of the sec profitable line in Oregon, considering the mileage. death of Li llung Chang, woifwl a «m- ter of Justice to Dalton i was in session at the time, and many ond bedrock is 30 feet beneath the «•«sion "f territory at Nan Hui. south This Is the confession, transcribed of th«* delegates were greatly alarmed. ;te there shall Is? transportation for first, and when the gravel was reached east <d Shan Hai, near the Yangtae by Mr Veaxle Italton s attorney, who Bend, a distance of about 100 milt ■ Three Eastern com The first movement here was one of with branches to Ashwood and Prim- the product capes. took the confession, read to Wade vllle. The amount of the capiti.l panies own 44.000 acres covered with trepidation, and was very sharp. It near the bedrock it ran from il to Owing to the large numl*t*r of mis and then signed by him. after the at stock authorised is 11.000.000 yellow pine all accessible from the was followed by an earthly oscillatory »5 to the pan. The White Pass a.- Yukon Railroad take» recently, tbe Clearing House torneys had heard him tell his story The extension will consist of. firs' proposed extension. Mining develop movement north-northeast to south A»»*» iatioti, of New York, ha» made a ment in the vicinity of Ashwood, a a line from the present terminus -if is blockaded and passengers have to "I have known all along that there southwest. The duration was 55 sec rule fining each bank |1 for each ‘‘niis- was no chance for me. and I have the Columbia Southern at Shaniko in n- w town on Trout Creek, has reach be transferred across a big snowslide onds. The damage in this city was a general southerly direction cross ed a stage that demands transporta s'nt" diock which covers the track. On the night wanted to see Dalton punished too Ing Trout Creek and Crooked River. tion facilities. slight. of January 9, there was a slide a mile A slight earthquake was felt at Sara because he gave us both away But to a point on the Deschutes River. The State of Guerrero has always Portland Will B< B«n«fited. toga a few days ago. and a half wide and 100 feet long, I have thought It over and conclude«, at or near Bend postoffice in Crook Portland trade field will be greatly been the focus of seismic disturbances. Two men were kill«! by a«*ei*lental it la right for me to tell the truth I County; second, a branch up Trout extended by the construction of the Reports received here state that the covering the track to a depth of eight Creek, via the Oregon King mine to asphyxiation m New York proposed extension A considerable shock was very severe at Chilapa No feet. It extends clear across the sum fired the shot, but I did It accidentally a point at or near Ashwood postoffi. A bill has lieen rv|»*rt«l to th«* house I did not want to kill Morrow nor third a branch up the valley of Crook part of Lake and Klamath Counties casualties are so far reported from mit and as far along I^ike Bennett as which now have their commercial re- Pennington. Just as the Dirigo sailed, to make more sure of the gold standard anybody, and would not have done it ed River to Prineville i i>na » th San Francisco will finl there. rotary snow plows were sent out. and Intentionally, even to save myself I it easier to reach Portland after the Fire in an Indian Territory coal mine The earthquake was also intense at Enguwcr« Now n fidd hope thia will save Dalton 1 am do- road to Bend shall have been com Iguala, in the State of Guerrero, de it was expected the track would be was the cause of 14 men toeing their Ing this because It Is right, and not The Incorporators are officers of the pleted. A wider extent of country cleared in a few days. lives. because 1 am afraid to die I can't Columbia Southern Company. Mr. l.y will be drained this way. and its rap stroying the parish church and many Circle City, once a leading mining see anything in It for me Prin«* Henry, of Prussia, will leave tie being president Miss Enright id development will amount to open buildings in the city and neighborhood All la true JACK WADE that country on February 13 for a visit secretary and Mr. Devoe auditor of Ing a new empire at our door. Fur The property loss is immense through ■ amp in the North, is now deserted ex cept by store-keepers, the population The whole pro ther extensions of this railroad are out the State of Guerrero the old corporation to th«* Vnitcil States. TEN WERE KILLED practically one line contemplated, one prong to go to perty will be praet having stampeded to Good Pasture Chicago lioard of trade lias sent a pe The route has Lakeview and another to Burns. from Biggs to Rend Creek, in the Tanana country, where AN INTERCEPTED LETTER tition t** «nigre»» a»king for the rvo|w*n- F »pl0,100 in • Coal Min« leavti Non« to been reconnoitered, but the definite Those may come next year. Then in rich gravel has been discovered. The tng of th«' Schley case. been made. This terior Oregon will be fairly supplied location has not yet Ttll th* T«l« work is now In progress engi with transportation lines that will Junta Advised Lukhan to Surrender but Not pay on Good Pasture Creek runs Rad f. rest tire» are burning in C<>l«e South McAlister. I T. Jan 1« neers having been in the field for tend to bind Oregon together rather from 10 to 20 cents to the pan. Pay Swear Allegiance. radu near Buffalo Park an<i in the than tear it in parts. some days. nvainlains eaith of Cheyenne lU'Hin- Ten miners lost their live* In the ex Manila. Jan. 18—General Chaffee dirt has also been struck on several plosion yesterday evening In mine No tain will leave Manila for the Island of tributaries of the creek, and about 9 of the Mllby A Dow Mining Com No Hop« ot Saving Auttrian Min«', Population of Canada Samar next Saturday. He will thor 20«) claims have been located. Elal>>rate preparations are being pany at I»ow. I T Br*'iix Austria Jan 17 —Tie w it, r Ottawa. Ont . Jan 17.—The popula* oughly investigate the situation there, made tor the fitting «-lebration of the DANISH ISLAND PLANTERS. The ten men who lost their Ilves in the Jupiter mine, which was sud ti"ii of Canada was officially announced leo liver jubilee of I ’ ojie pontifical as it is desired to stamp out the Samar were the only peraons tn the pit. and XIII. denly fl*»»i«i January 14 when th* by the census department today. It insurrection during the dry season. none were left to tell the story All Say Sugar T'«d« hill Be Ruined if the Sale A petition with 24,000 signers hai A captured communication from th.’ «Hwape of 43 men. including th* n:aiia- i* -hown by the census of 1901 to he Is Not Consummated •Iwvn present«*! to the king protesting the bodl«»a were rocoverod. and as ger of the mine and two »n|>erint«'ii’l- ■> i'.",t>«>«i. an increase of 536.425 for Filipino insurgent junta at Hong Kong, none was burned, the roncluaion is ag*in-t tlie »ale ,d th,* Ihuilah V . St Thomas. D. W. I., Jan. 11.— The representation in the addressed to General Lukban. the in that d«*ath was due to afterdamp Th*' ents. was cut off. *lo«'» not *ub- le. an*l the decade Indio*. The following cablegram signed by a surgent leader on Samar island, ad ■ •use of common« will lie r«iu«»l from oipkiaion did not injure the shaft, ho|* of saving th«* men ha» iwen large number of the residents of the Eni|*«-ror William, of ««erniany, will 213 to 210 members. The Yukon will vised General Lukban to surrender if al>an<ion«l The di»a*ter was due t< ’ which is a new one. and the fire that have hia yacht, bring built in this he wished to do so. but does not ad Danish West Indies, was sent from the «»wintrv. christen*! "Ali«w," in honor followed was put out before it dlu the overflowing of th«- River Bila near I»- grant«! one member. British t’olum- vocate this action If General Lul- Danish Island of St. Croix to tke Min much damage The sound of the ex the mine <>f Mi» Roosevelt Ppneaiitionn to prevent the '■ .id iiti nal member, the North ban surrenders, the letter goes on to ster of Finance and the Rigsdag at ploaion waa heard plainly above floating of the mine were taken t>»> west Territory two. and Manitoba Tl>«' Cherokee Choctaw and Chicka say. he need not.deliver a single Fili- Copenhagen January 3: saw nation« in the lu-lian Territory,1 ground, and reacuers were at work late. One engimvr was wav«i. Sub tbrro. making an increase of seven. pino soldier or officer to the Ameri- Confirming the memonal to his have |'rtiti',i>«l rongrea* for territorial promptly. The expkmlon occurred at sequently nine men «•iir.ig«’ii»lv went Ontario will lose six member, » an 1 t! • cans, nor must General majesty. King Christian. June, 1900. Lukban or a depth of J40 feet The condition of inb, the mine a w»s*n*i time, and tiev, r g,oerunieiit in»tea*l ,4 tri tail rule. maritime provinces four, makini a total any other officer be forced to accept the undersigned planters, representing Ttiirty- ii,' *.f the v i> tiu - hi-, of lt> n embers, which, with a gain civil appointment. They may »mi 38.000 acres out of a total of 50.000 A family of orvexi |»-ri»h««l in a Buf the mine Indicated that the men rvturn«l might have made their escape The werv niarri«! falo fire • »,'v,'n in the I>*’mini<>n. will make a grate if allowed to do so, but no Fili a* res and merchants and other rep There are 900 uax*** of amallp*'* in 1 iwwtles were found within a compare net low of three pino must be obliged to take the oath resentatives of the Danish West In- tively small raid us Moot of the rie- lanxho of allegiance to the Vnited States, Les assert that if the American mar ! tlm» were men of familiea Washington. Jan. IS Rad f ’ »« m Ire A'*«l<». the iea»lrr- Croker baa rrtimi Vnder these terms the Hong Kong ket is not secured by the sale of the for the reextinage of the i U m tmrel«'«. Cal . Jan. 17—The Wrfl Dtvckbf Wcttern M imi •hip *4 Tammany junta has no objection to Lukban'* -lands, tbe sugar industry here will age of Hawaii. Introdu«'«*d suffer severely and will have to cease I »•»•* A Wirwhing bba-k was alm**»t surrendering. ¡> ver Del., Jan 20 The Weatern Mitchell may ms-urr nxalifiration* of •entative Hill, of Connectic in the near future, the prices for sugar Mtnin« iWvelopment Company the Hiilippinr tariff «tally i*—tr> y«»i by tire t«»iay, together Senor Gomel president of ths town PhilMtlrlphia with a capital of I day favorably acted upon bv now ruling being below the coat of tn extra aosoiim <4 ti ” »;i ’ i ’ ll«ry establishment oí of Pasig, province of Manila, has bwn producing that article." 000 to acquire mines and mining rights I ______ committee ___ ‘ on coinage wi •ialu re has Iws-n call« Subsequent signatures secured secu« to in Wyoming and Utah and to develop measure* liar n A Lewis ami a «*ffee ami Th«-re i* shout I arrested on the charge of appropriat Tbe Cheyenne Italian in the same was Incorporated here to silver circulating in lit«» The li.-« i« **gjimat«i at : 31’»" • ing municipal taxes to his personal this message raised the ratio of rep day resentation to nine-tenth of the total a ««•Il in*«ir«L M 'titan* hate tvri. quiet« It in »liver dollar*. use. acreage under cultivation Mer« M«n N«ed«d *a th« Navy F«d«r«l Building at F van, ton A p on Schley in khool Book» Phi adtlphia Return» to Panama * Ixwils Jan 16 Rear Admiral Washington Jan Δ Th, S- ■ J* own . Jan 17 — Ruh Bali ¡timore. Jan 18—The Balti Colon. Colombia. Jan. 15.—The Unit was Crowninshield Chief of tbe Bureau «-omnxlttee on public buildings at tislaturv h«iay nnani- more County Taxpayers' Convention States cruiser Philadelphia re <>f Navigation who was before the grounds ha» authorised a favorat rvwdutb'ii dwlarmg report on the bill for >!•»»• for has placed a ban on any text book turned to Panama yesterday from A ley to Iw* the rightful in i of ma House naval committee today, point Government building at Evan.st” • >( Santi.ig. . and "en- whi< h d«w>* not give Rear Admiral Tabias. whither she conveyed tbe ita has ed out the urgent necessity for an In XV , a horse crease of men and offleers In ordei ling gratitude of his S. hley cr- dit for the naval vi tory at commissioners who purposed to ar- \ resolution was unani range an exchange of prisoners Gev«'wwwst Owiw'vh Tl • r> ~>luti”n lml ’r«,'« the Santiago properly to man the new ships He mirai in the mously pa««ed calling upon the Balti îr.WT.^LÎ?lo™,’,*n «P^rnment' 8 Washington Jan advocated an increase of the enlisted Harris today lntnv>1u< qniry an*l o»n*irm n« the more Co'i-ty «Mention m th* legis »h»1*'1'*'™ ’ A“ *xrhanXr of fifty, forre of at least liMM and discussed vhl< mg for the Governai,' r rrr - rt • f the member« masti- lature to have a law enacted whi h on tnP,r’i°nT flnally up with the committee piana to increas, the telegraph lines rt ’■shier i- 4. • » (>‘r will prohibit the ’»» of *>icb text on. to Uke p..ce on the island of t 7- books in tbe public s, bool» of th« the numtier of esdeta at the academy States v ‘“Æ’ of Pknktna ten miles county. south of Panama are to be paid ( Hwago Ini«' th tan < Bang«, hand* CeftB'óf’vd tM Pw Eugene Weekly Guard SCHLEY CASE IN CONGRESS EVENTS OF THE HAÏ New York. Jan 15-Geo W Hin ntro man editor of the Chicago Inter aahs (Kean who Is in this etty aaoounced ton <kt that he and several New Tort New York and U gentlemen whom he declined to nai ar. erevtiag larg* I had today acquired full control * ahwig tbe North P» that pap*r Many Cuban shew dewier» are now Faw Bl«»* fitawad orMgrtng their gnwtw from Hsterhill Mas- manufacture'* One large fac Man heater N H Jan 1« Fin tors recently received an order to tor. <ht d««atroyed the Kennard b'o. x whkh waa appended th.» foot note 'be finest b«T«lwe«a •trwct'irr la Nra ”We do not understand well the Eng England north of Boat.*n and aertou« Itwb and we supplicate to yxm to dlo Iv fam aged adontala* property eu- , g .«...• J •eabble as nay rrrx»r observe " <N>ug- an MrCU Hu< e a I MU r to kriin i rvwu » may O 0 O WMahlngt on Jan 1S 1 aponar to a call isav A<1 ker chairman, tl tn the Isthmian Canal C tolay to consider the ropewi the Panama Canal C »mp Ml’ » of the propertv to th* States for S4»‘»k»Mt"- All membert were pr» »-• r M I the secretary general of spaa... and M Houefre We-e < pon I. explain certain detail* It ■« i rayo»I ed that the rommisak 'n win e rnm piefe«! Its work and be readv to report to the President by next Satnrdav > •"! FtXl WMMI Twmtv |w-ecentagv that in the °f tbe fire* ss*a of gnw Ilhaen Izase» [>-vdo«k Washington Jan 15— The big bat tleship Illinois has ;u*t rom* frotn the floating drydock at the New Orleao» naval station. having successfullv demonstrated th, possibiltti*, of th*I «nt^r* It i, expected thM the II» T* * - 7*-°”** o* th’ American war- m«^?*.Pr**"' “ th* cere- TEMS OF c INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Comrmraal and Finamul Happtnings of Im portaac«—A Rntl Review of the Growth end Improvement» of the Many ladustno Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth -LiUil Market Report The total iwlebtednesa of Al isbnny 311,731.17. A syndicate has commenced boring for oil near Vale. Interest in Josephine county 'mine* continues unabated. _ Concord mine, one of the riche.t The in Eastern Oregon, has lieen sold for 3300,000. T|ie expenses for 1901 of Clackaina- county, not including roads, were near- ly 37O.UOO. Articles of incorporation have been til«i f**r the erection and operation of a new sawmill at Astoria. Baker City chamber of commerce has adopted resolutions favoring the O|>en- ing of the Upper Columbia. At the end of the last quarter there were 10 more convicts in the state pen itentiary than at the beginning. Buyers are offering to contract the 1902 hop crop at 11 cento. This is -lightly higher than the first offers for the 1901 crop. The farmers of Eastern Oregon are fearful that the present fair weather will make a wheat shortage next year Miners also would like to see snow. The voters of Albany school district have ord*-r«l the erection of another school building in that city to accom modate the increased numls-r of chil dren. Philomath is to have an opera house Total tax levy for Josephine county has been fixcsl at 32 mills. Hop growers around Salem refuse to sell their crops for less than 12 cent- I*er pound. A local «»iinpany has been organiz«l I for the purpose of boring for oil Monmouth. near The 1901 assessment roll of the state shows an increase in property valua tions of 34,000,000. Pendleton’s city council has dis missed the chief of ¡»dice and city re corder for corruption. Active operations will lie «»*mnien«*l at Baker City in the near future of the beautifying of the city parks. The new Catholic church at Hills boro. w ith a seating capacity of 1.000. has lieen formally dedicated. The Vncle Sam Mining and Milling Company, of Blue river, is making ex tensive repairs to its pr»»|»erty. Cala(«x>ia school district is consider ing mean* for raising money with which to erect a new school building. The public schisils and churches of Coquille City have been cbwed on ac count fo the numtier of cases of small pox in the city. The Badger Mining Company, of Susanville, exp«-ts to install a reduc tion plant on its property in the near future. The plant will involve an out lay of 3100.000. Portland Markets. Wheat—Walla Walla. 59@60c; blue stem, 61c; valley, 59tx@60c. Barley—Feed. »17© 17.50; brewing !17.50@18 per ton. Oats—No. 1 white. »101.10; gray. 95c0|l. Flour—Best grades. 12.7003.30 per barrel; graham. 12.50. Millstuff»—Bran. |17 per ton; mid dlings. |20; shorts. 118; chops. $1 «. Hay—Timothy. »11012; clover. |7 @7.50; Oregon wild hay, |5@6 per ton. Mutton I^arnbs. 3tg@344c, gross, dressed. 6tjc per pound; sheep, weth ers. 3>*@3>4c. gross; dressed. 60«>.^c per pound; ewes. 3<4@3>4c, gross dressed. 606l^c per pound. Hogs—Gross, 5Hc; dressed 606Uc per pound. 'enl—809c per pound. Beef—Gros», cows. 34c; steers, 3404c; dressed. 3@7c per pound. Butter — Creamery, 25©27c per pound; dairy. 18020c store. 1240 15c. Eggs—200224c for cold ___ ______ storage 22025c for Eastern; 28©30c for fresh Oregon. Poultry—Chickens mixed 12.500" hens, 13.50 0 4 . 84 @9c per pound springs. ;*’flOc per pound »2 5003 nc- 2°Vo«AUrtrk’- *7® f°r y0Une: ^es- per dolen: turkevs 11 v 110124c; dressed. 13014c per pound. Cheese—Full cream, twins. 1J@ 13Sc. loung .Kmprica. 14@ 15c. Potatoes—Best Burbanks. 85c0Jl 1 ’ Per cental: ordinary. 70080c. Hops—8010c per pound »«He; Eastern Or pound 8 4C' mohair' 21@214c per Senator Clark bought 66 painting in 5 lenna for 1320.000 a.I?^ -Chl7:n Of Jac<”»‘ Mon-In death iw »sn«^ 1year* WPr* burned > Th* hJnJhetr hnmp « Buffalo N V -re rescu^dan<1 * «»al Yort'ka^T ,Nation*> Rank of N few deni o? ‘ SPmi aDnu*' di di' ' of io per cent on it» increa- ^apital stock of I10 0<M<00<1 T< TanVh’J7a! ?! «’ 310 .100 which t: btcome bHn/rMI<'tM ,hat h* wo’: 1 s^onre r’“’f c»®p in r ipongF to his prayers. w/.^thi F. K’I,ar Med 86 rears the T»«lva Btnak « lMtaAam« F^. Yokohama. 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