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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
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