The Estacada Progress
Issued Each Thursday
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NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
W A T E R S R E C ID IN G .
A u g u sta
Damage
M ay A p p ro x im a te
M illio n D o lla rs .
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 28. Flood wa
New O rleans, Sept. 1 —Fire which
ters at Augusta began receding this
broke out in the center of the com
afternoon. They reached the height
mercial district Sunday afternoon
F IG H T P R U N E C O M B IN E .
R O G U E R IV E R M E L O N S .
of 40 feet, probably as high as the
swept over portions of three blocks,
flood of 1888.
destroying
a
large
num
ber
of
w
hole
Rain has ceased in the upper valley
A nnual H a rv e s t O n and Q u a lity U p to A lbany P lant B eing P re p a re d f o r B ig
BRIEF NEWS OF
and there is no danger of further loss.
sale houses, m anufacturing houses
S e a so n 's Run.
S ta n d a rd .
uni stores. O riginating at Brinnvillc G rants Pass The annual crop cf Albany The Northwest F ruit asso The loss approxim ates $750,000 to $1,-
THE PAST WEEK and
C hartres streets, the flames Rogue river w aterm elons has begi n ciation, the new organization of fruit 000,000 and consists of damage to
stocks of goods and private property,
worked their way north as far as ! to move. The first of them are of fine growers, began its fight against the destruction
wagon an 1 railroad
In te re s tin g E vento fr o m O u ts id e the Conti street and west tu Royal, with quality, and uniform size.
Prunepackers’ association when the bridges across of the the Savannah
river and
S ta te P re s e n te d in a M a n n e r tc a loss of between one and two mil-
Shippers load the melons in ears for work was begun a t the big jiackir.g breaks in the canal banks. Then* are
C a tc h the Eye o f th e B usy Reader
in this city prejmratory to ojiera-
ions of dollars before the flames transportation very much like brewers plant
on the canal for power eight
— M a tte -s o f N a tio n a l. H is tó ric a
do in jacking a ear w ith beer bottles. tion during the coming prune jiacking dependent
cotton
mills.
were
finally
subdued,
and C o m m e rc ia l Im p o rta n c e .
melons of this valley are well season. A force of men under M anager While the flo<xi was at its height
j At the time the alarm was turned The
to shipjiing, and can be quick S. A. Laselle is now putting the plant five fires broke out. The McDaniel
in, shortly before 3 o’clock, the New adapted
ly piled into the ears, tier after tier. in shajie for the season’s run.
m aterial establishiner.t,
O
rleans
firemen
were
in
the
midst
of
A few years ago this method was not The Albany plant has a capacity of builders’
There is a wave of cholera at Lodz.
North
Augusta,
A train of
their annual picnic at a suburban used, but the melons were promiscu- about 175 car loads of dried prunes, 40 cars belonging burned.
Russian Poland.
to
the
Southern
rail
lark,
and
the
engines
and
patrols
piled, and the shipper very fre but will not handle nearly as many this way burned in Hamburg. Nixon’s
Castro has left the capital for a responded with a mere handful of ously
fall.
Owing
to
the
fact
th
at
the
quently found considerable loss from
ent and hardware house and
m onth's vacation.
nen. It was fully an hour before the shifting in transj>ortation. This year prune crop is light this year, and that lime, cem quantity
of lumber belonging
Atlantic City. N J . will keep all epartm ent was in position to make tight cars are being used, ami the win many growers are already under con a to huge
the Georgia railway, at the Georgia
m ything like a successful fight dows and cracks are nailed up.
liquor shops closed on Sundays.
tract
to
the
packers’
association
for
the fire, and even then the Experience has proven that many this season’s crop, ti e new assieiation railway yards, were burned. The Au
The Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul ¡gainst
landicap
against it was added to by melons are often plugged and carved does not expect to pack more than 50 gusta Railway & E lectric comjiany
is seeking an entrance into W innipeg n inadequate
run their cars for three days.
supply of water.
loads. Enough growers are in the cannot
Business conditions in the East in The fire was one of the m >t spec while en route by the use of a jack car
No power plants are in operation;
organization
now
to
assure
about
40
all lines indicate a return of prosper icular that has occurred in New Or- knife and long handled spoon, at every car loads.
the telej)hone lines are not doing busi
station where the car m ight stop, and
eans during recent years.
ity.
ness; the railroads are accepting no
during
the
season
many
melons
have
,
warehouses filled with wines
passengers. The w ater service is
Oklahom a banks are releasing their iul Two
P ro te s t D ip p in g o f P onies.
been
spoiled
in
this
way
by
boys
who
liquors
were
among
the
buildings
N ti- n 1 charters in order to get state lestroyed. Barrels of whisky and are lying in w ait and note the arrival Pendleton Chief No Shirt and a few crippled, but intact. The gas company
is impaired, but not shut down.
charters.
of his conservative followers among service
orandy exploded with thunderous
There have been 10 to 15 drow’nings,
The reception to the American fleet roars, which could he heard for of the car upon its entering the yards. the U m atilla Indians, are vigorously mostly
laborers.
at Melbourne was fully as great as docks, which shook the walls of ad
protesting to the Indian commissioner From negro
M U S T D IP S H E E P
the northwestern section of
•ining buildings and endangered the
that at Sydney.
against the dipping of their ponies for the city the
aters w’ill not recede for
England will not aid, but would be ives of firemen engaged in fighting S e c re ta ry S n v/th e , o f O re g o n C o m the mange by the Federal authorities two or three w clays.
is a night
through the bureau of animal indus of tension. Missing Tonight
pleased to see H olland give Castro a lie It flames.
was not until several hours had
m ission , W ill Seize O ffe n d e rs .
try, in charge of Dr. S. W. McClure, are being reported. men and fam ilies
sound thrashing.
lapsed that the fire was gotten un
Pendleton Despite their etforts to of this city. The ponies are badly The Augusta Chronicle got out its
J. C. Gleason, head counsel for | ler contm l. and even then it contin- evade
the Oregon quarantine law, affected w ith the disease and orders
Thaw during the trial, has sued for lcd to burn well into the night,
edition in abbreviated form
W ashington sheepmen who grazed have been sent out to dip all of them Thursday
$00,000 balance of fees.
j Among the establishm ents burned their
a t 9 p. m. The A ugusta Herald, an
flocks
in
Oregon
this
year
will
be
near
the
old
agency
three
miles
east
of
re:
Central
Glass
Company,
George
The steam er Asia has just arrived
to dip Lefore moving out of the this city. However, No Shirt, Uma- afternoon paper, could not publish
at San Francisco with a cargo of raw L) Sc"tt Lighting and Electrical In- forced
reserves.
Secretary Dan P. Smythe, pine, Amos Pond, Poker Jim and a few Wednesday or Thursday.
trutnent
Company,
Hcidenheim,
I.cvy
silk, valued at $ 2 , 000 , 000 .
of the Oregon Sheep commission, and others are m aking a vigorous protest
c
W
eiss,
shirt
m
anufacturers;
Noon
The Schmitz cases, in which he is
Dietz, wholesale millinery; Kosi S tate Sheep Inspector W. H. Lytle are and have employed B ert Huffman, ed T R IE S G A M E O N R O O S E V E L T .
charged with bribery by allowing Commission
Company, Paul Gelhi & on the alert for movements of W ash itor of the E ast Oregonian, of this
prize flights, will be called soon.
m u is . wholesale liquor dealers; New ington sheep in this state and are pre- city, to take the m atter up w ith the F re n c h S o ld ie r P unished f o r A tte m p t
Eugene Semple, once territorial )rleans Junk Company, Isador Keif j>ared to seize any herd which may be Indian commissioner to have the order
a t B la c k m a il.
’cr & Co. hoots and shoes, and Thus. moving through Oregon territory.
governor of W ashington, is dead.
modified.
1
arris
&
Co.,
w
h
o
le
sa
^
liquor
deal
Bordeaux,
Aug. 28. An extraordi
W
ashington
sheepmen
recently
se
The Springfield grand jury has in
W rite s H is to ry o f C o lu m b ia .
nary story was told a t the court m ar
cured an injunction from County Judge :
dieted 7H so far for taking part in the rs.
Gilliland, of U m atilla county, restrain- Pendleton. — Professor VV. D. Ly tial today, of a member of the m ilitary
race war.
C O N S T IT U T IO N F O R C H IN A .
who is w riting a com plete his ambulance corps, Camille Marquet,
ii g Oregon officials from enforcing the man,
Three thousand people are home
tory of the Columbia river and Co who was charged w ith attem pting to
law, but this injunction does lumbia
less at Fayetteville, N. C., as a result W ill Be G ra n te d N ine Y ears H ence, dijjping
navigation, has secured
President Roosevelt. Ac
not prevent crim inal prosecutions of a dozen river
photographs from Major blackmail
of the floods.
A c c o rd in g to E d ict,
cording to the evidence before the
W ashington sheepmen violating the Lee Moorhmise,
the
photographer
of
T. P. Shonts says if the railroads Pekin. Sept. 1.—An edict was issued Oregon law’, and there promises to be this city, ti) use as illustrations. The court, M arquet w rote to the president
are not left alone there will be fur
something doing in the way of sheep work being prepared by Professor on January 9, demanding on behalf of
oday setting forth in detail the stage- dipping
ther depression.
w’hen the W ashington herds Lyman will be complete in every de “ my society,’’ w ithout other specifica
hat
will
be
reached
each
year
in
the
The British tram p steam er Duncan
are started out of the Blue mountain tail, giving the exact history of the tion, “ $2,000 on account of services
was sunk in O riental w aters by a ty onversion of the form of governm ent reserves across Oregon territory.
developm ent of navigation on the Co rendered during the presidential elec
phoon. Fifty-one of the crew were n China to the foreign system and
lumbia from the earliest tim es to the tion ,’’ and prom ising further “ im
present. It will be published in New mense help.”
drowned.
issuring the people in the name of
M ay B u ild A lbany P lant.
Receiving no reply to this demand,
M ovement of crops all over the he em peror that a constitution will Albany A report, said to be well York within the next few months.
M arquet wrote again on March 9,
country has greatly lessened the num >e granted nine years hence. An founded, is current here th at O’Shea
H o p C ro p S m a lle r.
threatening a scandal “ which will cast
ber of idle freight cars, and there may diet issued last year produced a con Bros., of Portland, are planning to
It is estim ated by dealers dishonor upon the whole family unless
be a shortage.
’titution within a decade.
erect a $20,000 packing plant in Al and Salem
grow’ers in Marion county th at the money is forthcom ing at a fixed
A fast passenger collided with a Recently there has been a formid bany. Barred from the Portland field
this year will yield from 80,- d ate .” In conclusion the w riter said:
work train near Hardin, Okla. Both ble movement in the provinces look by the term s of the sale of the Union Oregon
engines were overturned. I wo train ng to the securing of a constitution M eat company’s plant, they have se 000 to 90,000 bales of hops, as against “ The highest heads are no longer
nd provincial delegations which have lected Albany as & desirable site be 140,000 in 1907. The acreage has safe on their shoulders; look a t Portu-
men were killed.
ome to Pekin to inquire into the cause
reduced from 30,000 last year to g a l.”
its railroad facilities. Accord been
The interstate commerce commis natter
been treated with great ing to of reported
the 22,000 or 23,000 acres that are un The president handed the letters to
plans, they have a site der
sion has outlined a form of annual •espect have
by
the
members
of
the
grand
cultivation in 1908. W hile the the French consul general, w’ho com
of 25 acres in view and will soon com
report to be made by railroads, and ouncil
says the companies must tell the Recent affairs in Persia and Turkey mence work on the plant. The founda quality of the hops is good, the yield is municated w ith the French police.
Picking will be late this M arquet wras brought up for court
am ount of business transacted.
lave been cited by the m embers of tion for this rumor lies in the fact that very uneven.
though the larger growers will m artial, but the court, in consideration
The Im perial Japanese bank, ai lie delegations, who declare that John O’Shea sjient several days in this season,
about Septem ber 7 in' order to of the good character of the youth,
San Francisco, has been closed by the hina should in no way be behind the city last week. But real estate men, begin
finished before the fall rains spoil sentenced him to six days’ imprison
w ith whom he consulted, assert th at he get
bank commissioners. The officer^ >ther countries.
ment, giving him the benefit of the
the crop or delay picking.
made loans to themselves until only
was merely looking for a residence.
first offender’s law.
$400 in cash and a num ber of note-
M A K E PAPER FRO M C ANE.
T
im
b
e
r
Loss
S
m
a
ll.
were left.
Fa ! in 5 P la n t f o r A lbany.
Portland— Exaggerated reports re C A R P E T W O R T H T H O U S A N D S
Ex-Senator W illiam F. Vilas, of N ew In d u s try on P o in t o f A ris in g in Albany. The largest independent garding
forest fires in Crook county,,
m eat packing plant on the Pac fic particularly
W isconsin, is dead.
T rin id a d .
in the Paulina m ountains
coast,
to
cost
a
quarter
of
a
million
Count Tolstoi’s condition is such that London, Sept. 1.—A new industry, dollars, will he built in Albany, and along the Deschutes river, have given F lo o r C o v e rin g o f U . S. M in t F ille d
W ith G o ld D ust.
recovery is not looked for.
hat of paper making, seems to be work will commence within the next rise to the impression th at a large
has been burned and much valua San Francisco, Aug. 28. The car
Two Chicago men have been arrested >n the point of arising in Trinidad 90 days. O 'Shea B ros, form erly area
of the Union M eat company ble tim ber destroyed, according to A. pet floor of the adjusting room a t the
for forcing two small boys to steal for \ local m anufacturer has produced owners
in Portland, are behind the under P. Donohue, who has returned to P ort
Francisco m int is about worn out
them.
oaper from the fiber of cane megass taking. I 11 conversation with one of land from a visit to the upper Des- San
after the old covering has been
Dr. Leroy S. Chadw’ick, husband of nul bamboo, and, according to Pro A lbany’s business men Mr. O'Shea chutesg region, where he watched the and
up it will be handled w ith far
the notorious swindler, has filed a pe ’essor Carmody, who presented said: “We will build a large independ progress of the flames for several days, taken
more care than the new’ one. It will
-ome specimens of the paper to the ent m eat packing plant in Albany, and or until the fire was under control.
tition in bankruptcy.
be many tim es more valuable, because
board of agriculture, the fu it will cost at least $250,000. I have
it is literally lined w ith gold. The
A San Franiscco man has been ar Trinidad
ure of the new industry is assured looked over the situation here th o r L in e T I r:>ugn M a d d o c k C anyo n. old
carpet will be burned and from the
rested in Paris, charged w ith victim s the demand for fiber is great, and oughly. and am convinced that this
izing jewelers to the extent of $50,000. • rinidad. accord ng to the professor’s city is the ideal point for establishing Condon Surveying on the new elec ashes the Treasury departm ent officials
tric line which is to invade interior expect to realize about $5,000.
ought to produce about our plant.”
__
Japan is preparing for a grand re alculation
Oregon, running south from this city, In the adjusting room files are used
0,000 tons of fiber from the cane-
ception to the American fleet. It is ground
E a rly S ta rt is P re d ic te d .
is going on at full blast. O. Denny, of to trim surplus gold from the coins
expected to reach Yokohama October Paper annually.
made from bamboo fiber i- Prm eville Work on a railroad in San Francisco, w’ith a gang of survey after being stam ped. It frequently
17.
aid to retain its w hiteness and to es the D ‘.«chutes river valley will corn- ors, reports th at the third survey out happens that the overwe ght filings
When the American battleship fleet ape attack on tlie part of insects men e this fall, according to W. F. of the city, through the Maddock can thus taken off fall to the floor and be
Carmody produced a cop-. N( Ison, of Poitland, J. P. Porter, of yon, will be the route of the new rail come imbedded in the carpet. The
le ft Sydney, 80 stragglers had failed !>rofess"r
>f a paper-mak rs’ journal, printed on Vancouver,
to join their ships and will follow uper
sh., and John D. Porter, road. R. A. Hollenbeck, a Spokane very best carpets are purchased for
made in 1ST«), from fiber of i-p >kane, W:
W ash., who passed through engineer, w ith a num ber of men, ar this room, so th at the closely-woven
later.
bamboo, which showed no signs o of
this c ty by auto, bound f >r Medf rd rived last week to survey in the inter m aterial will hold securely the scat
A Supreme court justice has severe . cllowitig. and was otherwise in a by
tered particles of gold.
way of Tend and Klam ath Falls, ior.
ly reprimanded and discharged a grand >erfect state.
It is nothing unusual for the govern
Or., their object being to g et a gene
jury because it would not indict saloon
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ral idea of the inter'or Oregon country
ment to get $5,000 w’orth of gold dust
Settlers Ready for Rush.
men for keeping open on Sunday a t A t
and lrcal condit'ons in regard to the W heat Club, 88c b ushel; forty-fold, out of the ashes resulting from the
lantic City, N. J.
W innipeg, M n . Sept. 1 —Tn the bu
Idir g of a road up the valley to form 90c; Turkey red, 90c; fife, 88c; blue- burning of one of these carpets.
of All) rta and Snskatche a line
The Am ateur A thletic union of the irovinccs
the Columbia, Klam ath stem, 92c; valley, 88c.
lln rc will be a great rush for Falls a between
United S tab's has severed relations .an
id San Francisco.
Rarley Feed, $24.50 ton; rolled,
E ats H is E n tire F am ily.
today. All the 1) »ukhob >r lan
with the B ritish association because of *n nd which
$27f(/28; brewing, $26.
these foreigners refused t
St.
Petersburg,
Aug. 28.- Details
the unsportsm anlike conduct of the t h rill homestead
H a rv e s t is A h o u t O v e r.
thousand
Oats - No. 1 white, $27(r/27.50 ton; are given in a Yakutsk newspaper of a
Britons in the* recent Olympic games. f acres in extent, diit’cs.
wi’l be throw)
Pendleton- H arvest is now over and gray, $26^/26.50.
case of cannibalism among
Ten million bushels of the new wheat >en to settlem ent h sides which th several hundred idle men throng the Hay Timothy, W illam ette valley, revolting
tribes of Lam uts living on the
crop of the Pacific Northwest have ew pre emption law passed at tli streets of U m atilla county towns. $14 ton; W illam ette valley, ordinary, the
River Kokordi, in extrem e N orthw est
ist session of par’iament goes int Many of these will go to Grand Ronde $11; F ast-rn Oregon, $16.50; mixed, ern
been sold.
One of the nomads, driv
This gives the priv iegc t t-o work in the beet fields, many to the $18; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11; alfalfa en Siberia.
The French ambassador to Spain has f I Yct settlers
desperate by hunger, devoured the
t • en cr for a secon saw mills of the coast and others to the meal, $20.
been calle*d home to discuss the Moroc homestead. Barrie
bodies
of
his
brother,
w ife and four
des and chute larg • cities to spend the w inter. Lo Fruits Peaches, 60fr/90c per box;
can situation.
children. A party of hunters came
vc been erected around the land of cal
merchants report a much heavier pears, 75c0i$1.50 per box ; plums, 75c upon the deserted encampment and
The president will go to Jordanville, ices to prevent a rush.
cash trade this fall than ever before per box; grapes, 80cfr/$1.25 per crate. found the remains of the bodies. The
N. Y., to take* part in the dedication
during the prevalence of the saloon. A Potatoes — $\(n'1.10 per hundred; brother’s body was not found, and it is
of a public library.
P iutes in Ugly M o o d .
class of harvest hands came sweet potatoes, 3 ^ (if 4c per pound.
not know’n w hether he was eaten or
A. O. Brown & Co., a big brokerage Reno. New. Sept. 1.—A special d to flferent
Melons Cantaloupes, $ 1.50<?/ 2 per wandered away and perished.
the county this sesaon.
firm of New York, has failed for more from Bishop. C al. says: The war
crate; w at'rm elons, $1.50 per 100
like Piutes of Inyo County, Califor
than a million dollars.
loose; cr ited. T jcper p mnd addition
F e tte r Rules f o r S h ip p e rs .
who have been always m ore or
W o u ld C u rb M id d le m e n .
Six Chinese have been caught at El nii.
Portland A fter a conference be al; casaba«. $2.25fu2.50 per dozen.
h -tile to the whites because o
S alt Lake, Aug. 28.— Resolutions
Paso, Tex., who had been smuggled less
Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 p°r sack ; approving
»ccupancy
of
their
territory,
are
now
tween
the
members
of
the
railroal
the plan for national stor
across the line from Mexico.
so vigorously objecting t<» the scizun commission, agents of the express carrots, 1.75; parsnips, $1.75; beets,
of the W estern wool crop were
The government has about fixed the *f their water rights by I.os Angeles companies and representatives of the $1.50; beans, 5c per pound; cabbage, age
adopted unanimously today by the ex
responsibility for the big robbery of hat settlers fear trouble. United Portland commission merchants, i t was I V per pound; corn, 25(i/30c per ecutive
com m ittee of the National
the subtreasury a t San Frncisco re tates A ttorney Lawler, an Ind an agreed by the express companies to dozen; cucumbers, 30(0 40c per box; W oolgrowers’
association. The presi
com m issioner from Carson, and use more discretion in handling ship egg plant, $1.75 j>er crate; lettuce,
cently.
United States Senator br ink P. Flint ments of perishable products. The bead, 15c per dozen; parsley, 15c per dent of the association w’as authorized
Returns from the Demorcatic pri have
com m ittee to select a city
been called to the scene, and
peas, 6c per pound; peppers, to name the a central
m aries indicate th at Governor Ansel several pow wows have been held representatives of the express compan dozen;
storage m arket will
ies will cause a t an early date their in 8(it 10c per pound; radishes, 12Wc per where
will again be the nomine for governor with the angered aborigines.
be established and to form a corpora
dozen;
spinach,
2c
per
pound;
squash,
structions
to
agents
to
be
reissued
and
of South Carolina.
tion to carry out the elim ination
40c per dozen; tomatoes, 60(a 90c per or
brought sharply to their attention.
A ccused o f P a rk H o ld u p .
curbing of the middlemen and giv
The Illinois Steel comvany, whose
c
ra
te
;
celery,
50
0 1 90c per dozen; a rti
ing the W estern w’oolgrowers control
plant is at South Chicago, has ju st put Helena, Mont., Sept t.— A special
chokes,
75c
per
dozen.
B ig F r u it S h ip m e n ts .
tile Independent from Livingston
500 men to work and expects to employ to
B utter Extras, 31 h*c per pound; of the sale of their product.
says that advices received at tin Freew ater The Freewater-M ilton fancy,
another 500 next week.
27 E c; choice, 25c; store, 18c.
fruit
district
will
ship
out
600
car
office there state that sol
A bd El A ziz in F lig h t.
St. Paul has asked 300 Sioux Indians sheriff’s
loads of fruit this season, including Eggs Oregon extras, 26(n 27c; firsts, Tangier, Aug. 28. Mulai Hafid has
dier-
in
the
Yellowstone
National
to visit the city during the state fair park had captured a suspicious look berries and fruits of all kinds. This 24(</25c; seconds, 22(o23c; thirds, been proclaimed sultan of Morocco at
and take part in a reproduction of the mg character in the Eire Hole basin will be 100 more cars than last year. 15(o20c; Eastern, 24(o25c per dozen. El Araish, as w’ell as at *Rabat and
massacre of 1852, when 800 white»« whom they had arrested on suspicion At present the plum, summer apple Poultry Mixed chickens, 13friT3.V Salee. Abd El Aziz, the sultan who
were killed.
of being connected with the holdup and pear crop is on and an average of per pound; fancy hens, 1 4 (iil4 .V ; suffered defeat at the hands of Mulai
m the park The man had consider about four cars per day is being sent roosters, 10c; spring, 16c; ducks, old, Hafid last week, at a point not far
Mulai Hafid has formally assumed able money on his person, but his out.
fru it area was increased 12c; spring, 13(ol5c; geese, old, 8c; from Morocco City, is making his way
the throne of Morocco.
name or any other facts could not be about The
200 acres in this vicinity this young, 10c; turkeys, old, 17$nl8c; out
to the coast. He is expected at
learned.
young, 20c.
A serious fire in Omaha destroyed
season.
(’asa Blanca soon. He is accompanied
Veal
Extra,
8c
per
pound;
ordi
several m anufacturing plants.
Jap s Q u it P la n ta tio n s.
only by some of his advisers. All of
A lfa lfa Hay B rin g s $ 6 5 0 a T o n
7fir#'7 V* c ; heavy, 5c.
Count von Gootzen may succeed the Rio Janeiro, Sept. 1.---The Japanese Prineville Hay is selling in Crook nary,
the tribesmen who W’ere in his service
Pork
Fancy,
7c
per
pound;
ordi
late Baron von Sternberg as am bassa im m igrants who were sent to the county at $6.50 a ton for fresh alfalfa. nary. 6c; large, 5c.
have been returned to their homes.
state of Sao Paulo by the Imperial 600 tons at this price being disposed of Mutton Fancy, 8 (if 9c.
dor to W ashington.
Im m igration Company of Tokio are
S e ttle C ana dian S trik e .
Thomas Starp, of Crooked river, to Hops 1907, prime and choice, 4 L
A Baltim ore wroman has confessed leaving that section in large numbers by
the Baldwin Sheep and Land company, (a 5c per pound; olds, 1-1V ; con W innipeg, Aug. 28. A rumor com
th at her son murdered her husband be They have been at work on the cof- of
ing from an authoritative source says
Hay creek. W ith hay about gath tracts, 7( 08 c.
fee plantations, but apparenlv were
cause he was cruel to her.
not satisfied with the cmjdoytnent. ered except for the second crop, most Wool Eastern Oregon average best. the Canadian Pacific railway officials
The United S tates and Mexico are Many of them have arrived at Rio farm ers have commenced threshing IO m I O V per jxHind. according to are getting tired of the strike and ne-
about ready to make a naval demon Janeiro for the purpose of securing their wheat, rye and other grain, all of shrinkage; valley, 15<Vf 15 1«c ; mohair, gotiations will be begun tomorrow
stration against Honduras.
em ploym ent as domestic servants. which are an average yield.
w’ith a view to ending it.
choice, 18<i/18V .
ESTACADA
OREGON
I
DEATH LIST IS
NOW THIRTY
P R O B E S A M E R IC A N
B o lg i an
MINES.
E x p e rt C o m e s as
G o v e rn m e n t.
G uest
of
New York, Aug. 26. Victor W.
W atteyne, chief of the Belgian depart
m ent of .nines, was a passenger on the
Ddmogc Irim Southern N o o k Was Red S tar liner Kroonland, which ar
rived in jiort today. Chief W atteyne
Greatly Underestimated.
comes as the guest of the United
States governm ent and will be consult
ed by the bureau of geodetic survey in
T o ta l L o ss in A ugusta A lone is N ow
its coming investigation of the mining
E stim a te d at $ I,5 0 0 ,0 0 C
O th e r
conditions in this country. Congress
S e ctio n s Have S u ffe re d Heavily has appropriatted $150,000 for this
A ls o C a ll fo r A id Is Issued by purpose. Captain Desbrough, of Eng
land, and A. Meismer, of Germany,
S tric k e n C it / .
both expert mining engineers, will
come later to join Chief W atteyne.
In the United S tates there are 3,200
, A tlanta, Ga., Aug. 29.—Loss of 30 deaths
due to accidents every year in
lives, most of the victims colored, a the mines,
or three to every thousand
call for assistance, damage estimated m ining employes.
Speaking of the
at $1,5 ¡0,000 III Augusta alone. $1.000,-
000 in other parts o f# Georgia, and tremendous death rate, Chief W atteyne
$1,500 000 in Soujji Carolina, sum m ar said yesterday;
“ In Belgium, where the mines are
izes the flood situation in the South
The tem perature is falling and -threat the oldest in Europe and the most dan
ens suffering to people w ithout slid gerous and deepest in the world, the
ter.
death rate is only one man in a thous
Reports of damage from points in 1 and a very good record, considering
South and N orth Carolina are com ng the extrem ely hazardous nature of the
in slowly. Bridges have been washed work. I expect to be very much in
away in South Carolina along the terested in my commission to study
Southern Railway, «and until midnight American m ethods.”
last night it was impossible to secure
communication with any point out of Chief W atteyne left promptly for
Atlanta In Augusta, the princ pal Pittsburg. He will go from there to
suf ering i> along deep gullies kown Hanna, Wyo., to study a sealed mine
is Bridvvells Bottoms and Perrys in which, during ten years over 300
Bottom. H ere the houses were cov miners have lost their lives. Chief
ered t<> the eaves. The w ater also W atteyne will suggest some scheme by
damaged business blocks in the city, which it can be worked with safety.
and the total damage in this city will
be a million and a half dollars It is
B IS B E E A G A IN F L O O D E D .
not expected that the loss of life will
be increased. Most of the killed by
high water were caught in their homes T h ir d C lo u d b u rs t W ith in M o n th Does
on the outskirts of the city.
M u ch D am age.
There are many rum ors of others
killed, but these have not been veri
Bisbee. Ariz., Aug. 26.—Bisbee for
tied. In South Carolina the loss of the third time in three weeks was yes
life will reach probably 20. In North terday visited by a cloudburst. The
Carolina possibly half a dozen whiter, damage is estim ated at $25,000. The
and as many negroes have been killed bursting of a subway at the head of
The flood water at Augusta is re Main street caused the damage. When
ceding rap ally, and it is apparent that the
subway burst a wall of w ater six
the loss has been underestim ated.
feet deep swept down the strt et, carry
ing ahead of it horses, wagons, buggies
L A R G E M O B B IL L .
and the automobile of G. J. Cunning
ham, cashiei of the bank of Bisbee.
S p rin g fie ld V ic tim s B egin T h e ir S uits A t the lower end of the street the au
A g a in s t C ity .
tomobile was rescued.
Springfield. 111., Aug. 29.—The wife A number of house foundations were
of Scott Burton, the first negro weakened. The Grand hotel was con
lynched in the recent riots here, has demned this evening and the guests
made no attem pt to settle with the moved out. L ast night the town was
city for the death of her husband w ithout fire protection, owing to w ater
heretofore, but today filed suit for mains being washed away. The gas
the $5,000 which the law allows to
off and all big sewerage niains are
the heirs of persons who are killed by was
in many places. So far as is
mobs. It is announced also that a broken
there is no loss of life.
sinii ar suit will he filed by th e’heirs known
is located in a canyon, so
of W illiam Donnegan, another negro th at Bisbee
cloudbursts in the mountains above
who was lynched.
The heirs of four other ncgroe> make the place peculiarly susceptible
killed during the rioting cannot ob to floods.
tain the money because they were
killed by stray bullets or in open bat
J A P A N IS B U S Y .
tie and were not slain by the mob
Property owners continue to file
suits for damages aganist the city, and Im m ense W a r D e b t and L a b o r P ro b
the sum of the claims already made
lem s W o rry S ta te s m e n .
is over $50,000.
New
York,
Aug. 26.—Japan, sorely
It is expected that these cases will
be given preference in the courts and pressed in financial m atters, w ith labor
will receive quick action. T he gen troubles and increased cost of living
oral sentim ent among the citizens i> changing the entire economic system ,
that the survivors of the families of will not go to w ar w ith any nation for
the mob victims should be paid at 10 years at least, according to General
once and that the city should pay for Adolj)hus W. Greeley, U. S. A., re
the dam age done by the rioter- tired who, w ith Mrs. Greeley and their
two daughters, arrived on the President
AN O TH ER C LO U D B U R ST.
G rant of the Hamburg-American line
today from Hamburg.
F ifte e n P eople D ro w n e d by S to rm ir.
“ There have been within a year not
N ew M e x ic o .
less than 140 strikes in Jajrnn, so I
Trinidad, Colo.. Aug. 29.—A floof was told by a prom inent official,” said
in the Cimmaron river, following a Mr. Greeley, “ and I do not believe the
cloudburst, washed away a num ber of world in general knows that they ended
dwellings at Folsom, N. M., last night successfully for the strikers. This
.nil 15 persons are reported to havi makes for entirely different economic
been drowned. Twelve bodies have conditions in th at country. Japan has
been recovered. Two miles of track enough, w ith financial problems and
and 12 bridges on the Colorado & the question of higher wages, to be
Southern Railroad were washed out met, to keep her w isest heads busy on
1 rains will be laid out 4S hours.
M eager advices received here today the situation at home for years to
say that the entire city was swept b} com e.”
the floods caused by the cloudburst
U n w ritte n L a w is G oo d La w ..
Many houses were swept completely
away and nearly every house in the Eastland, Tex., Aug. 26.—The grand
town was damaged to some extent.
jury today recommended th at the “ un
The advices say searching partie- w ritten law ” be put on the statute
have been formed, and that it is ex books of the state in order th at young
peeled many more bodies will be women
can have greater protection.
found before night.
The recommendation grew out of seri
Folsom is in the northeastern par’ ous
crimes against young girls and
of New Mexico, near Raton, on tin. women
lately. The whole com
Santa Fc Railroad. Its elevation i- munity here
has been aroused. In its re
about 7,009 feet, and it is constantly
in danger of floods, which sweep port the grand jury recommends th at
down from the surrounding mountain- mothers give their daughters more pro
whenever there is a cloudburst or tection from the world and asks the
heavy rain in the hills.
state legislature to put the “ unw ritten
law ” on the statute books.
See G erm an M a n e u ve rs.
Berlin, Aug. 29.—General Da Fon
Seek, the Brazilian m inister of war,
and General Mendez Morales, of the
Brazilian arm y, will arrive tomorrow
a t a Berlin hotel as the guests of Em-
peror W illiam . The p ary th asco m ?
out from Brazil to w itness the fall
maneuvers. The invitation extended
to them and its acceptance are regard
ed as political acts rather than a pure
m ilitary proceeding, w ith the object
of draw ing the two governm ents into
more agreeable relations.
L yn ch L a w in D enve r P ris o n .
Denver, Colo., Aug. 29.— Bruised
and battered in a cell of the city pris
on, John Bradley, alias John Brennan,
is being held today suspected of being
the m urderer of Policeman W illiam P.
Stephens. When Bradley, or Brennan,
was brought into the jail last night
the policemen on duty learned his
identity and charged upon him. Pe-
tectivesl who had the man in custody
tried to drive the enraged officers
away, but were unsuccesful until Chief
of Police A rm strong appeared and
quelled the disturbance.
C a lifo rn ia O il M e rg e r P lanned.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 29.—Plans
are being made today for a $30,000,000
m erger of Southern California oil in
terests, according to the statem ent to
day of an official of one of the compan
ies concerned. The m erger was first
proposed at a meeting of the represent
ative of the principal operators of the
W hittier district. Combinaton is be
lieved to be the best means of regulat
ing certain business of the companies
and the m erger will be effected.
T a k e S h ip ’ s S ilv e r.
Sydney, Aug. 26.- Rear Admiral
Sperry, commander of the American
fleet, and the other adm irals, returned
to the ships today. Arrangem ents are
now being completed for the departure.
A fter the recent reception on beard the
battleship Connecticut, it. was found
th at a large number of the spoons and
forks inscribed with the name of the
flagship were missing. They were
probably taken as mementos, but the
officers, accumtomed to such things,
charitably suggested th at they were
eaten w ith the ices and cakes.
F ir s t T ra in In to C a lo r.
San Francisco, Aug. 26.— The line of
the California N ortheastern railrorad
was opened from this city to Calor, on
the line between Oregon and Califor
nia, today. The first car to stop at
Calor was that of W. F. Herrin, chief
attorney for the Southern Pacific road.
E. H. H arrim an, since he w ent over
the road on his way to Klam ath lake,
gave order« to get the line built through
to Klamath river as soon as possible,
and work has gone on night and day.
Japanese S ees M aneuvers.
Juncction City, Kan., Aug. 26.—
Major T. Tanaka, of the Japanese em
bassy in W ashington, arrived a t the
maneuver camp last night. He was
m et at the railroad station by one of
General K err’s personal staff, and es
corted to headquarters, where he was
introduced to General K err and other
officers of the staff Major Tanaka
will remain an observer at the camp
for several days.
T o ro n lo H as S I 5 0 .0 0 0 F ire
S age W a a V o r t h S 6 4 .I5 3 .8 0 0 .
New York, Aug. 29.—Russell Sage’s
estate is valued at $64,153,800. This
fact became known today through the
signing of the order for the tranfer tax
payable to the state.
Toronto. O nt., Aug. 2 6 .~ H a lf of
the Union stockyards in W est Toronto
was wiped out by fire tonight. Loss,
$150,000. Seven houses on Keel street
were also destroyed. The origin of
the fire is not known.