Image provided by: Washington County Cooperative Library Service; Hillsboro, OR
About Washington County hatchet. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1897-1??? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1897)
1 M 91 M il W A SH IN G T O N C O U N T Y THE Cannot ny Formed to Put in JRNAl7| sn Electric Line. reduce —On* ba-Uy i ' l “ e acci * and •t of i nde, at , COST l,o < l"l» » c u li ,1, |u Bluer* t arry OF T R IP E i i t e r p r U e — W il l th « O u tH t« of M o u th . Pueblo, PO R TLA N D STALLED ? FOR st. Wi.-k , «iV o a , h* ' U L~ “ Fan Francisco, (V , . cutter Rush arrived f ? . - , rPTen" e -ia.v, b r i n g i n g ? *>■ M ichaels and the y ? ne.W f ,rom 8 *- L’ nalaska from t l? ! came » Commercial Comnuttv' '» v l *lp Alaska T h e Bertha left St her 14. On the l‘1“ ‘l8 Se,,tei" ' H H am ilton i , 3t 1 U“ * steamer C. *. M am ,lton, belonging to the c i . t . on thè Jchee w| waa i ami dio tiveg. iuson all r deatì *ad |iog| a compì io recei| cident s| im Sali attenti 'verwhel . and on at tl were was ] stock, # 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 . " > lough the announcement o f ob- jimade to cover a wide field, the s present attention is directed )0 providing means for the trans- Klondikers and their outfits over it difficult iiortion of their jour- yliich >s from the steamer at over the pass to Lake Linde- Construction is already begun, being well under way at Dyea, rork of p u ttin g up a 5,000-foot tramway at the pass itself being The com pany announces that be ready for business by Feb- 1 , by which tim e it w ill be in to handle, i f necessary, the out- people a month, doing k at a reasonable figure, bercof the oompany make the 20,000 ■iog statement: trip from Dyea to Lake Lin de bts been marie by a man with an jy outfit, am p ly provide«! with ire! We do not propose to lessen Colnml time very much, but we do pro to take over a yery much larger an its than could otherwise be taken connect! same time. W hen finished, our >. K. &\ tramway, which w ill be quite leer 8[ ir to those nserl at some o f the gine N< ices on m ountain sides, w ill ex avy graj tern Sheep Camp to the summit, aco In off a distance of four m iles as mt traveled. Our immediate manad ion, however, w ill be directed to ithe' bq it difficult part o f the ascent, a o hnndl of about 5,000 feet, over which stored] liuil be ready to operate by Feb- p far 1. We shall use the water fall the bl Dyea rive r to convey electric ship ill to our plant. ugh tiie short period that is al- is rnad| our company for preparation build | us time only to overcome the This t difficulty of the trip, yet we have vast a | means to do more as may be the d bv the progress of business, leretofl this route is open it w ill be pos- mnatid lor any number o f people to go O’ Reil here to Dawson with their outfits May 1 than h a lf'th e cost of the trip via Jolnmll ichaeU, w ith ou t an outfit, at the own ] time saving 20 days, lent, I V., usi| from Portland to Dawson via Chil- Pass the distance is only 1,700 r freia ; via St. Michaeis it is 8,700 . It takes five weeks at least to the trip via St. Michaels, and t phrl over 15 days is required by the pass the lakes and rivers are open, Imme I f im|>ortaiit saving of tim e is Inventi fact that one can get over the r of tl toot and land supplies at Dawson moth onditi! months before the first steamer gets Yukon from St. M ichaels,which ■ ine h| ently I anally not before the m iddle of ne is I The St. Miohaels route is open four months of the year, w h ile the ■t will practically be open all Jtar around when our line is oom- We do not advise the trip be- ■ade before February, however. 1/1 io of the delays heretofore encoun- in the overland trip is the neces- of building boats at the lake. Ten io usually required for this, 4 it was much longer this year, to the rush, and the price was ibitive to a great number o f travel- Thi« company w ill be able either dih boats, or lumber for them, or •'ll transport to the summit any -down’ boats included in the i* outfits. It has never been pos- keretofore to take a boat over the •wept by piecemeal, which don’ t I kmost important part of the work f* » doing is the construction of a st Dyea. I t w ill have 2 0 0 feet >»nd the approach w ill be 1,700 |te length. A n y steamer w ill be •tedook at this wharf, thereby sav- heavy expense and great loss of '•obotli passengers and steamship of lighterage, as at present, tidt been for w ork already done [J*ns*o people it would have been impossible to have completed ••ork in time for the early travel [ ^ ‘ 110,000,000 in gold is now in the teeth o f people in the lartlctcd fo r L a r f t n j . . Or., Oct. 4.— The grand jury . I Warned a true b ill in the case Ward and W . Q. Howell, r *nd deputy treasurer, reepeo- • of this county. T h e indictment ‘ •them with the larceny o f pnblio f to the amount o f $11,958. N an * D ead la H U R o a m . City, Or., Oct. 4 .— W illiam > aged 48, waa found dead in 1 hi a lodging-house this even* e n g in e e r s . '• v L,f,> " » » I " ! n « » l r « T h a t H a * H *« a S u e r « ..fu lly T r .t .t l. mi munii ii 1 an I, Oct. 4.— A v e ry ingenious a . . valuable contr*?auoe for th e Having of life by pi even tine- railroad accidents through the forgetfulness o f trainm en, la * been invented. T h e m achine has just stood a very severe test on the '•reat Northern railroad, after having M A T C H FO R B U T C H E R W E Y L E R been previously operated successfully corporation, returned to S \ ! ? ' on tl1« Ft- Paul & Duluth road. P ra c nnd reported that sh,. „ ’ Ue ^ tical railroad men have g iven strong t% m p rioan i C o m p e lle d to F l e e t h e C o u n ascen.l the Yukon above the f l ? 6 ® ‘ ° indorsements to the d evice after seeing t r y fo r S a f e t y —O u t b r e a k O c c u r s In a i Fort Yukon H 1 6 flats near its work. F r e n h l ’ la c e - O u t l o o k li a t l. Ih e object o f the d evice is to provide were unload'ed f t X T u k o n “ ‘V ’" * 0 Fan Francisco. O ct 4.— The steamer an accurate and reliable rem inder sig ■ s s s nal and distance indicator fo r locom o San Bias arrived from Central Am eri- ami A l -» f P 7 8 8teau*ers Margaret tives by w hich engineers are prevented »•an jams today w ith the first authentic C it v A Th ° r tran*P°Nation to Dawson from forgetting th eir train orders as to details of the rev»iliitio:> in Guatemala. Y ' t3r- . T h ‘*,,e steamers, being of lighter stopping or m eeting plsces. T h e mech The revolution broke out on September anism is sim ple, but p ositively connect 6, und was participated in by several ed with the forward trucks o f th e engine, departments, viz: Fan Marcos, Quezal- accurately mesauring the distance trav tenango, Huehuetenange, Tatooioopan, Mazakenango, Ouii'he and Falola. unci tiie nr»*<pn,.., . t prc\anea, eled. I Or., Oct. 4.— Am ple fa- '■««i by £r,he transfiortation o f freight '•ne of •ngers over Chilkoot pass w ill first »¡■led by a Portland-Juneau larsball ' jn tune for the rush to the file girli Itjt season. * at 10 incorporating the Dyea-Klon- > rear t frantportation Oompany were ke. Th The objects o f tiie corpora- and d t announced as follows: ìnd, «no ' |u, t a general transportation Bear w a T ^ d S d « . * reTen" « cu» « ” * com pai from the headwaters of L y n n glia rant,.» to prevent “ "d d ltlon al guarantee an “ 1 tronb, i « , the Alaska, too all points in Alaska, all »li S a " ‘ Eton's passengers British North Am erica, and to wem Tan’ were la n d e d ^ t Minook creek, where 'n the ti ’freight and passengers, led with| squire, bmld, locate and oper- where "th * « ' tnk? ,H reP°rte<|. a"d Pestiral fort! are p entY of Pro\ iaiona wayg, bridges, wagon roads, for tlio, w iiole party. i ver. Tl li etc.; to navigtUfe the Yukon d not ¿ j ¡ts tributaries from St M i- t in r iT f^ ear WlM, rHma' n a t 8 t ' M ichaels 'an rnn S < 8rl 81 ° f tl,e H a mboldt, w ith to D a w s o n C ity , and to purchase,, 0 i^rSK)p 8 for the garrison. ¿berate all manner o f vessels ^ T h e d i s a b W steamer Kliza Anderson lower ortland, Seattle, Taeoipij, JM- d waa f< nyea Skaguay and St. Aliobaels.' 1 r ; : : I, r “ n at unaiaska «n*»» 'ad on ndow. forgetful Krarh i T h e steamer Portland was at Dutch harbor when the Kush left Unaiaska. Coal being scarce she was unable to continue her voyage to St. M ichaels, but the passengers were sent north on the Alaska Commercial Com pany’s steamer Bertha. The Portland w'ill probably return to Seattle without pro ceeding to St. Michaels. The steamer frames and machinery she carried w ill be landed at Dutch harbor, and a new cargo o f planking to replace that lost on the schooner Hueneme w ill be sent north, so that the steamer for the Y u kon can be built at Dutch harbor dur- in g the winter. T h e Rush reports that 12 B ritish schooners took 9,889 seals, and three Am erican schooners obtained 875 skins. ProTi.lon. at Dawson. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 4. — W illiam O g ilvie, Dominion government survey or in the Yukon country, arrived in V ictoria this morning. H e says there are provisiona enough at Dawson for 4,000 people for the winter. When he le ft Dawson, July 15, there were 8,000 there, but if, as it is reported, many have le ft since then, the situation w ill not be so bad as feared. H e says there is no use in trying to take in food w ith dog tr: ins. Mr. O gilvie w ill probably sail for Skaguay tomorrow morning on the steamer Quadra. Inspector Wood, of the Northwest mounted police, who is in command o f the force that w ill accompany M ajor Walsh, Dominion administrator of the Yukon, arrived here today. H e states that M ajor Walsh and Hon. C lifford Sifton, minister of the interior, w ill ar rive here tomorrow, and w ill leave im - . mediately for the Yukon on the Quadra. , Besides several more members of the mounted police, a number o f halfbreed guides and dog drivers also arrived. Inspector Wood states that be has o r ders to go along the trail as far as pos- ; sible, and then come back and report as quickly as he can. The party w ill travel by dog trains. Dictator Barrios Carrying Matters With High Hand. The revolt was opened with an attack The dial is place»! in fro n t o f the en gineer, showing correctly the distance upon the outposts of Qnctnltenango and traveled. A b ove the sm aller o f two other distrii'ts, which proved em inently dials are plated 15 triggers or dogs, successful. The revolutionists, how pivote»! at equal distances around tho ever, withdrew to gather reinforce ments from the surrounding country, center. When the e n g im e r receives his o r ders, he sets one or m ore o f these tr ig gers to a point one m ile short o f the distance to be traveled before reaching the stopping place. T h e m ilea ge in d i cator, on reaching such point, releases the trigger, which starts a signal w h istle blowing. This continues to blow fo r one-quarter o f a m ile, prom p tly w arn ing the engineer o f the near approach to a stopping place. I f the en gin eer is inattentive and fails to stop when this last m ile has been run over, the m a chine sets the air brake and stops the train for him . A train s im ila rly equipped com ing in the opposite d irec tion would be stoppe.d in the same manner. T h e device can be m ade to run forward or backward. F o r foggy or stormy weather, or fo r darkness, the device is ooi sidered especially valuable for ordinary road use, although its life saving feature was the point at first ■ought for by M r. W allace. A fte r a trial on the St. Paul & Du luth, and trials on the Fergus F a lls division of the G reat N orthern, the new invention was given an unusual test on the recent trip of P resident H ill to the coast and hack. F o r this trip, the new scheme, w ith one engine, N o. 663, w ith Engineer John W ilb an e fo r the en tire trip, was tried, and the new life-savin g device was on the engine. F o r lj820 m iles to Seattle on the G reat N orthern, 170 to Portland on the N orhtern P acific, 450 to Spokane on the O. R. & N . , and through Montana and back to St. Paul, the new d evice measured a ll distances w ith accuracy, and by oth er tests com pletely demonstrated its a b ility to do all claim ed for it P resident H ill has approved it w ith considerable enthusi asm, as have other officials on his road. During the past few months, this new device has been used successfully on over 10,000 m iles o f road. A feature of the test is that it has been made w ith the inventor’ s working model. A d m ir a l lie a r d s le e R e p o r ts . W ashington, Oct. 4. — A d m ira l Bearilslee, w h o has been in com maml o f the Pacific station three years, re turned to W ashington today and called upon Secretary L o n g and Secretary Sherman. W ith the latter he w ent to the W h ite House ami called upon P re s i dent M cK in ley. T h e adm iral, in a short tim e, w ill make a form al report — to Secretary Long, g iv in g his v ie w s i A TTA C K E D BY S T R IK E R S . and opinions on the H aw aiian situa tion, and such inform ation as he has R o n g lily gained during his long stay at the is | E d w a r d s v i ll e , 111., M in e rs T reated . lands. T h e adm inistration is anxious 8t. Louis, Mo., Oct. 4.— E arly to to have a general review from such an day the miners in the employ o f the in tellig e n t and experienced source us Madison Coal Company at Edwards- Adm iral Beardslee. Speaking o f the reported opposition ville, 111., w h ile going to work were attacked by strikers, including 30 or to annexation, the adm iral said today more women sympathizers. T h e strik- that it amounts to little . T iie substai • | ers threw stones and red pepper and tial business interests on th e islands, beat their opponents w ith clubs. w ith few exceptions, favor annexation. “ Scotty” M cAllison had his skull F o ld H e r H u s b a n d . crushed, and numerous others were cut and bruised. i St. Louis, Oct. 4.— According to the The miners fought as best they could with their tin dinner pails, and were finally allowed to go to work. A fter the attack the strikers and women formed in line and marched through the streets of Edwardsville shouting and singing. No arrests were made. The strikers, more than 800, with the women, far outnumbered the work ers, who were guarded by a force of deputy sheriffs on the way to the mine. T W MoCune, a deputy sheriff, in the escorting posse, was disarmed and dragged to one side, where a crowd of irate strikers beat him until he was al- moat unconscious. Though heavily armed the sheriff’s officers took their drubbing without making any attempt to use their arms. They were outnum bered ten to one, but they fought with Post-Dispatch, John A . Truitt, a con ductor on the Northern Central electric street-car line, was sold by his w ife for |4,000 to a woman who declares that ■be loves the man more than his wife does. The deal ’ was the sequel to the following remarkable statement made to Mrs. Truitt by a Mrs. Stevens, who lives in this city with her father: "M rs. Truitt: I love your husband, and 1 want him. I have traveled the world over, and be is the first man I ever loved. I w ill give you $4,000 cash for him if you w ill give him up.” | Truitt, who is the father o f four children, seems to agree to the deal. It is stated that last Tuesday Mrs. Truitt, knowing that her husband loved j another, attempted to take her life by ■wallowing a big dose of morphine. their fists. Had a shot been fired the consequen ces would have been fearful, as the strikers were frenzied^_______ Aid Tram th* Caaadlsn Pacific. Montreal, Oct. 4.— It is announced that the Canadian Pacific Company in tends without delay to extend the ra il g « T « r« S to r m * to C u b a . road into Rossland, B. C., and that New York. Oct. 4. A dispatch to capitalists closely identified with the the Herald from Havana says: , ° P « r“ : railway company have partly completed tions in the four western provinces of arrangements for the erection o f a large Cuba have been absolutely smelter on the Columbia river, whieli during the last few days on account of will treat the Rossland ores practically a severe storm that swept over this end at cost, and that the shipping mines w ill be connected with the smelter by of the island. In the 8ubur^ o f ^ . . „ a nearly 20 peraons have Deen an aerial tramway. The Canadian drowned by'the flood*, andm Pacific also propofes adopting sim ilar diatricta many live, and much property method« in the Slocan country. baa been lost_______________ C a r lla t* R e a d y t o S t r ik e . London, Oct. 4.— The Daily M ail, in . re., a _A Times corre- its special from Madrid, says: The S «*“ 1?’ who returned last evening symptoms o f Carlist agitation are every ^ Z vbdnity from the vicim*/ « of the Mount Baker ;4 nn day becoming more manifest and at r*l « w * * . «■ * 2 ÏÏS bMn tracting the attention ot the Spanish g o v e rn m e n t. Carlist emissaries ar« in J<’" “ J ," “ , b e ll.-« *1» cUim the province of Navarre and Caetleton, where the party has it« strongest top »< *»< porter«. There is the beet re aeon for believing that the signal for • rising w ill soon be given. The revolt w ill probably occur in Navarre or Castle- — S TS — ton. and three days after the first shot was fired, the government sent the fo llo w ing into the field: General L. G. Leon, with 1,500 men; General S. Toledo, with 42 pieces o f artillery and 2,000 men. One battery "m p tly deserted to the enemy after leaving the city. On September 9, J. Castillo, aid to Morales, arrived on the scene with an immense force of pialcontents from neighboring provinces, and, after a sharp engagement, ttook the oity of Quezaltenango. Meanwhile, Barrios was carrying matters with a high hand among tiie rebels within the citadel. Needing money, he applied to Don Juan Apricio, a well-known capitalist, through the medium of General Roque Morales, who is note»l for his cruelty. Knowing that the loan would mean his financial ruin, A pricio hesitated, and was promptly taken to the castle and strung op by the tnnmbs. Upon re fusal to accede to the demands made upon him, Apricio was lashed nntil he fainte»] from the torture, and, still be ing obdurate when he recovered his senses, Morales cursed him and shot him dead. His many friends, however, had their revenge shortly afterward, for when the city of Qaczaltenango was taken, Roque Morales was shot without the courtesy of a trial Grave accusa tions of cruelty to women, the wives and slaves of men who had joined the revolutionists, are made against the dic tator Barrios. The San Bias brought a party of 14 Americans from the scene o f the revolu tion, all of whom agree that it w ill be a long tim e before peace is again re stored. Four of the party left Quezalt- nango after tiie town had been sur rounded by government troope and or ders hail been issued that no one should he allowed to leave. They state that Americans aro thrown into ja il on the slightest provocation, on the ground that they are plotting against Barrios, and say that nine Americans were in prison at Quezaltenango. The mer chants of Guatemala C ity are expecting a siege at any, time, and have made preparations to close their places of business at a moment’ s notice. AN E N G L IS H C O N C E S S IO N . M a y H a s t e n t h e C o m p le t io n o f t h e N ic a r a g u a C a n a l. Washington, Got. 4. — The report that a bill has been passed by the con gress of Nicaragua granting a 30 year franchise to the Atlas Steamship Com pany, of London, for the exclusive steam navigation of the Rio San Juan del Norte, with authority to deepen the channel at various points and also to construct a railroad from the Silicon lagoon to the river, cannot be officially confirmed here. I f the Nicaragua congress has granted a concession to the Atlas company, that action may arouse quite a diplomatic disenssion between representatives of the Greater Republic 01 Central A m eri ca and the United States. The solution of the complications into which the three governments are drifting may be a treaty between the United States and the Greater Republic for tbe completion of the Nicaragua canal by this government. It is stated by peraons fam iliar with Nicaragua canal affairs that either tbe United States or the Nicaragua Canal Company w ill institute an inquiry con cerning the grant to the Atlas oompany. These two waterways (the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua) are said to form two of the links of what w ill u lti mately be the Nicaragua canal. The state department recently re ceived a report from Consul O ’ Hara, of Nicaragua, givin g brief details of the concessions granted to tbe British com pany, and stating that it embraced vari ous exclusive privileges in tbe Silicon lagoon, tbe San Juan river and Lake Nicaragna. Since then additional in formation has become available aa to tbe plans of tbe A tlas company. C a b a n * T r e a tin g fa r P e a c e . London, O c t 4.— A special from Madrid says a rumor prevails there to the effect that important communica tions have been received by tbe Spanish government from the leaden of the Cu ban insurgents, suggesting the basis of a possible settlement of the Cuban diffi culties. L * * * a * t l f * M a ile r I a y l e f i . f i . Vancouver. B. C ., Oct. 4.— A fatal accident happened un tbe Canadian Pa cific railroad today near W hite's creak bridge, about 19 m iles west of North Bend. T b e boiler o f engine 864,which waa banliug an eaatbonad freigh t train, exploded, and Brakeman George Klaon, who waa riding oa the engine, was thrown over a bank, sustaining injuries from which be shortly afterward «Oc cam bed. The engineer and fireman were sligh tly scalded. i* Down W e Lave had soqaething o f a slump in wheat since we wrote yon last, due to several causes, chief among which being the yellow fever scare, a deci»ie»l slackening of speculation, and increased receipts from both w inter and spring wheat sect ions. News, however, could not in any manner be oonstrued as bearish, and had not the bulls taken fright so easily and dumped their hold ings on a narrow market, we should have seen an advance instead ot a <’e- oline. Foreigners have been good buyers again on the decline, and oould o u r people get rid o f tbe Idea tnat wheat is high, and inaugurate a buying movement, we should see a sharp and rapid adavnee. Exports have b»H*n large, amounting to 5,698,000 bushels for the week. The w orld’s shipments amounted to 9,600,008 bushels, w h ile our visible supply increased 9,403,000 bushels. Tbe English visible also in creased 126,000 for the week. Our vis ible supply is now 19,000,000 bushels, against nearly 60,000,000 a year ago, while ourexpurta are nearly 9,0000,000 bnshela a month. Take these facts into consideration,and note also that France w ill have to import at least 80,000,000 bushels, Russia’ s exportable surplus on the present crop is estimated at only 60,000,000 bushels, or leas than half of last year. We have had a rather featureless market in corn, and values havs ruled rather dull and lifeless within a narrow range of price. Receipts o f corn are large, with a good demand. Exports continue to be heavy, the clearances for the past week aggregating 5,623,000 bushels, the low price proving to be quite attractive to foreign importers. The visible increaseed 1,860,000 bush els for the week. Provisions have not esoaped the gen eral dullness that has prevailed and tbe market ia very quiet, but haa a firm undertone that needs only a fair buying movement to develop into a ball mar ket. Receipts o f hogs are somewhat larger than tvtimated and o f good qual ity. There is a good demand from abroad for cured meats and lard, and this w ill probably increase heavily aa soon aa oold weather seta in. P o r t la n d M a rk e t« . W heat— W alla W alla, 76c; V a l ley and Blues tern. 77® 78c per busbeL Flour— Best grades, $4.60; graham, $3.70; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. Oata— Choioe white, 82® 84c; oboice gray, 80@S2c per bushel. Barley— Feed barley, $19® 20; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstuffs— Bran, $14 per ton; middlings, $91; shorts, $15.60. H ay— Tim othy, $19® 19.60; elover, $10® 11; California wheat, $10 do oat, $11; Oregon w ild hay, $ 9® 10 per ton. Eggs— 16® 17.*ic per dosen. Butter— Fancy creamery, 4 6 ® 4 7 )(o ; fair to good, 35®40c; dairy, 25®35c per roll. Cheeae— Oregon, 1 1 K °: Young America, 12>£c; California, 9 ® 10c per pound. Poultry— Chickens, mixed, $2.00® 2.50 per dozen; broilers, $.160®3; geese, $5.60; duoka, $3 @ 4 per dozen; turkeys, live, 8 ® 9c per pound. , Potatoes.— Oregon Burbanks. 40® 15c per sack; new potatoes, 60o per jack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. Onions— California, new, red. $1.25; yellow , 80o per cental. Hops— 13® 15c per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 6 ® 7c. W ool— V alley, 14® 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10® 19c; mohair, 20c per pound. Mutton— Gross, beat sheep, wethers and ewea, dressed mutton, 6c: spring lamba, 5)$ per ponnd. Hoga— Gross, choice heavy, $4.50; light and feeders, $3@4; dressed, $6® 5.50 per 100 pounds. Beef— Gross, top steers, $9.75® 8; cows $2.26; dressed beef, 4 ® 5 )^ c per ponnd. V eal— Large, 4 % @ 5c; small, 5>^@6c per ponnd. B e a ttl* M a r k e ts. Butter— Fancy native creamery, brick, 24@2kc; ranch, 14® 18c. Cheese— N ative Washington, 10® 11c; California, 9%o. Egg » — Freeh ranch, 32a Poultry— Chickens, live, per pound, hens, lOo; spring chickens, $2.60 @ 8; ducks, $8.fi0®8.76. Wheat— Feed wheat, $S8®99 per ton. Oata— Choice, per ton, $99. Corn— W hole, $28; cracked, per ton, $38; feed meal, $33 per ton. Barley— Rolled or ground, per ton, $39; whole, $23. Fresh Meats— Choice dreesed beef, •teere, 6c; oowa, 6 )fc ; mutton sheep, 6 ® 6 ){o ; pork, 7c; veel, sm all, 8. Fresh Fiah— Halibut, 6c; salmon, 8)<c; salmon trout, 7®10o; flounders and sole, 8 ® 4 ; lin g cud, 4 ® 6 ; rook ood, 60; smelt, 3 X ® 4 a I n f r u O M * M a r k e t« . W ool— Choice foothill, 8 ® 13c; Sen Joaquin, 8 months’ 6® 7e; do yaar’a staple, 7® 9c; mountain, 10® 19c; Ore gon, 13014c per pound. Hope— 11014c per pound. M illstuffs — M iddlings, $19 .6 0 «3 0 ; California bran, $14018 per ton. Onions— N ew red, 7 0 ® SOe; do new silverskin, 8 6 c 0 $ l per oental. Potatoes— New, in boxes, 86®80o. Butter— Fancy oreamery, 37 0 8 8 c; do seconds, 36088c; fancy dairy, 88034c; good to choice, 9 0 0 33c per ponnd. Eggs— 8tore, 20®88c; ranch, 3 3 0 34c; Eastern, 18036; dook, SOe per doaen. Citroa fruit — Oranges, Valencias, $1.690S;M exican liases, $4.6O06;Cali- $ 1 0 3 per bo*. H ey— Wheat, $19 0 1 6 ; wheat end oat, $11014; oat, $10019; river barley, $ 7 0 8 ; beet barley, •lover, $$01Oi Considered by the Na * Irrigation Congi ¡A G A T H E R IN G O F E N T H U S IA S T S D o lo g s to i F r o m T h lr t« « » S t a ir s t m f l a n e « —A d d r e s s of C h a lr a R . M o s e s —I t s S i x t h M e e t in g . Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 80.— Aside the disappointment over a si smaller attendance from until than was expected, the condii the Opening of the sixth nati< gation congress were most ai Delegates from 13 states w this morning. Irrigation topics discussed with animation by known authorities. E. R. Moses, chairman of al executive committee, said in “ The people of the United must know of their country in oi judge in telligen tly of the want* needs o f any part o f it, and they have love of country so hearts that they forget sel birthplace and state in tbeir great de sire to build np America, the ‘ land o f tbe free and the home of the brave.’ When this ia done there w ill be no longer a flaunting o f the bloody shirt at every opportunity, and in every spread-eagle speech no constant repeti tion o f a 'solid Sooth,’ a ‘grasping East,’ a ‘ frigid N orth ,’ and a 'w ild an® woolly W est.’ T h e tim e haa come when this nation must ever be alert in making due and ample preparation for the comfort and happiness of her peo ple. " T h e people liv in g in this seotion are happy,while many o f tbe 8,000,000 or more idle and homeless people im tbe orowded cities o f the East are look ing for the tim e when these W estern lands are made available for settlement. Philanthropists and humanitarians seat the great opportunity for solving one o f the moat vita l and serious questions of! tbe times— the settling of the worthy unemployed and homeless upon these lands— w hile politicians and statesmen realise the fact, if they do not carry i t into practioe, that the safety and per petuity o f this government lies in hav ing homes for its worthy homeless oiti- sens. “ The tim e has oome to the minds o f a ll who fu lly know tbe conditions o f tbe East and the West, that this coun try can no longer remain half aettledi any more than it could have remained half free and h alf slava Individual and co-operative efforts have gone an far as they can go. Uncle Sam o w n » this unsettled land, and it has now oome to the parting o f the ways; eith er the government must open these lands for settlement, or tarn them over in f e » sim ple to the states and territories in whioh they lie that they may opeiv them for settlement. “ The settlement o f the West means only that the products o f the soil go East for the produots of the factory. Settlement o f the surplus population* in the West relieves tbe East o f a finan cial burden, which gives only tempor ary relief. T b e opening o f tbe Weak w ill not only give homes to the present homeless, but to future thousands, in stead of forcing them abroad, like Eng land, France and Germany do th eir homeless people for want o f territory. “ I f any b ill is passed for the reclam ation o f arid lands it must first b » drafted by this body o f the people o t the W est The last irrigation congrea* passed upon a b ill— a very good one fo r a starter— known as tbe public land1 commission bill. It was introduced in the house of representatives near t h » close o f the session and awaits resur rection. It has some firm supporter* in both booses, and with proper e ffo rt« on the part o f this congress oould be come a law. “ More acres are under cultivation b y means o f irrigation than ever before, and perhaps more miles o f irrigating ditches have been built in the last few years than in a ll previous yearsi Through these annual congresses an im petus has been given another line o f in dustry that has worked n igh t and day to perfect pumps and machines tojdrsw water from the bowels o f tbe earth a t such a minimum coat aa to make i t profitable to irrigate in this way. T b e ingenious mind has been set to w ork t * conserve the storm waters that run I r torrents to the sea. Even the East an® South have been awakened to tbe fa c t that they can ditch, drain and em ploy the water at proper times and ra eeiv» their results. "Irrigation iata are satisfied that eon- grass w ill have to adopt the plan off preventing the overflow o f large stream » by tbe storage o f the water* near tb e heads o f such streams In snob a man ner as to feed tbe streams at timeo t i t low water end other times to be used in irrigation, navigation and manufac turing industries; and in thia way t h » damage to life and property now cm need by overflows w ill be prevented ami' large tracts o f arid lands can . bo re claimed by theee waters and opened f o r settlement. The nation would soon And it a paying inveatment i f onngrsao would apply the appropriations annual ly made to prevent flood*, tem porary makeshifts, to th : storage o t the w a ter*, as w ell as for the us* o f agricul ture ood horticulture. "F o llo w in g In tho wako o f irrip U io o and olooley allied to it is colonisation. The people o f tho W est do not w a a * these lands m od* tillab le can teem with life and an the beat brain and brawn o f th eold tho youog, tho rich and the poor, deoire homes in this sunoot land A m e ric a ." T h * ju b ilo* visit of «io n has led to th* i o f Woleo I
