Washington County news., March 02, 1905, Image 2

Washington County News
DOINGS iN CONGRESS.
AIMING AT MUKDEN
Wednesday. February 22.
Government ownership of railrouds
was discussed by the senate today in
connection
with tlie purchase of tlie
FOREST G R O V E ........... OREGON
Panama railroad, while the bill for tlie
government of the canal zone was under
consideration.
Consideration of tlie
b ill was not completed when the senate
adjourned.
A number of witnesses were exam­
ined in behalf of Judge Swayne in tlie
impeachment proceedings against him.
After a brief but spirited debate the
house today sent back to conference
the army appropriation bill.
A ll sen­ Must Act Before Snow Melts — May
A Resume o f the Less Important but ate amendments were again disagreed
Attempt to Isolate Vladivostok
to, excepting one appropriating $95,-
Not Less Interesting Events
At Same T im e.
000
for
continuing
tlie
cable
from
o f the Past Week.
Valdez to Seward, Alaska.
Issued Bach W eek
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Japanese Strike D ecisive Blow
at Main Position.
R A C E S W I T H F IR E .
Steamer Oregon will be Beached at
Eureka if Possible.
Crescent City, Cal., March. 1.— The
steamer Oregon, with a burning cargo,
left here today for Eureka, where she
will lie beached. The Oregon was ae-
conipanied from Crescent City by the
steamer Del Norte, Captain Payne, ami
every effort will be made to reach
Eureka.
Tlie Oregon lias a heavy list and is
drawing about 20 feet of water.
This
will make it diitieult to take her over
tlie Humboldt liar. It is thought her
cargo of general merchandise w ill be a
total loss.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
N O S T A T E F A IR T H I S Y E A R .
G R A IN O U T L O O K G O O D .
Attorney General Says State Funds No Damage Done by Cold in Grand
Ronde and Acreage Large.
Cannot be Used for Race Meet.
La Grande— Up to the present pros­
Salem— “ No state fair can be held in
1905,”
declares
Attorney General pects for tlie largest grain crop ever
Crawford, in anwser to an inquiry from raised east of the Blue mountains are
the state fair hoard. Tiie legislature at most flattering in tiie Grand Ronde.
its recent session passed an act author­ Tlie late cold spell did not do the
izing and directing tlie state fair board slightest damage to any of tlie fall sown
to expend the annual appropriation of grain, which is [looking excellent.
$10,000 for improvements in 1905, and Since tlie passing of tlie cold wave tlie
relieving the board from holding an ex­ Grand Ronde lias been having ideal
weather. Farmers in tiie valley are
hibit in that year.
Thursday, February 23.
Fire broke out in the cargo of tlie
A terroiist arsenal has been found in
Tnkio, Fell. 28.— Fallowing tlie cus­
Tiie fair board, however, was anxious overhauling their agricultural imple­
'•wuiw.
Without a dollar being added or sub­ tom of tlie Japanese government, the steamer Oregon when tlie ship was to hold a fair this year and sought to ments with the intention of doing a
A Nevada mob has lynched a high* tracted the river and liarlsir appropria­ officials at tlie war office refuse to dis­ north of Crereent City, on her voyage find authority therefor in section 4138 greater amount of plowing than ever.
tion hill passed tlie house today, after cuss tlie present movements in Man­
way man.
from San F rancisco to Portland. There of tlie code, making it tiie duty of tlie Ground both in tiie Grand Ronde and
tlie session had run well into tlie even­ churia,‘hut there is a general air of
board to hold “ an annual fair or exhi­ Wallowa valleys is in excellent condi­
Japan will aak a new war loan with­ ing. Tlie total amount carried by the confidence among the higher officers, were 50 passengers on board tlie Oregon
bition,” which section has not been re­ tion, owing to tlie abundant rainfall
out foreign aid.
hill is $17,234,657.
It was impeded wiio are absolutely posted on the situa­ besides tlie crew.
during tiie winter months, tlie acreage
pealed.
Signals of distress were at once made,
Provision has been made for instruc­ by the offering of amendments, hut tion, which is believed to indicate that
The attorney general holds that, al­ in 1905 w ill far exceed that of any pre­
only those presented by the committee General Kuroki lias again scored a com­
tion at West Point of jiu-jitsu.
and these brought tlie eollier Meteor though this section lias not been re­ vious year.
plete success and that oflicial announce­
were adopted.
Not only in cereals, imt also in sugar
pealed, expressly or hy implication,
promptly alongside.
Congress lias agreed on a minister to
The last testimony in the interest of ment may lie expected very soon.
the legislature has suspended the hold­ beet cultivation will tiie acreage be in­
Morocco at a salary of $7,500 a year.
Tlie first tiling considered by Captain ing of tiie fair for one year.
Judge Swayne in the impeachment
Up to midnight Monday no particu­
He also creased.
/ Mayor Williams, of Portland, is now against him was today presented to lars of the fighting had lieen given out, Warner was tiie safety of his passengers, holds that the annual appropriation of
G. W. Buck man, one of tlie prosper­
the
senate.
hut
it
was
stated
that,
so
far
as
was
' e only living member of < ¡rant’s first
and all of the 50 were at once trans­ $10,000, together with the additional ous farmers in this valley, will plant
Tlie hill providing a form of govern­ known, only the right and center of
binet.
ferred to tlie Meteor. Tlie Oregon was $5,000 appropriated by the legislature, 200 acres in beets. He will also put
ment for the Panama canal zone was Marshal Oyaina’s army had been engag­
must tie used for improvements at tlie in 2,000 acres in wheat, and will do all
The Missouri legislature lias passed passed early in the day.
ed and that the conditions on tlie left then turned back in her course and fair grounds during the year 1905, and tiis plowing hy steam this season.
a law prohibiting all forms of book-
are unchanged.
headed for Crescent City, where it was that any sum not so used w ill revert to
making and poolselling.
It is the general opinion among tlie determined to lieaoh her in tlie event of the general fund. In conclusion Attor­
Friday, February 24.
RICHER T H A N F IR S T R E P O R T E D .
Six large buildings and a number of
The time of tlie senate today was best informed experts in the Japanese extreme necessity.
ney General Crawford says there is
smaller ones in Hast Liverpool, Ohio, divided between tlie Swayne impeach­ eapital that the present movement, be­
nothing to prevent tlie laiard from
Nearing Crescent City, the steamer
were destroyed bv fire, entailing a loss ment trial anil the motion of Beveridge fore it ends, w ill result in tlie capture
holding a race meet in 1905, hut none Strike in Bohemia Mine Improves on
Del
Norte was attracted by tlie signals of the state appropriation can be used
of
Mukden.
It
is
known
that
orders
Further Development.
of $500,000.
to apjioiut conferees on tlie joint state­
Tin* for that purpose.
It is the expectation that a have been sent to F'ield Marshal Oyama, of.distress that were still Hying.
Cottage Grove— Tlie strike in tlie
Ice gorges at Hast St. le u ii have hood bill.
telling him that the time is ripe for Del Norte was at once headed toward
Crystal Consolidated mine in Bohemia,
done much damage to property.
The vote on the Swayne matter w ill lie
taking the Russian main position, as,
new $250,000 government dike lias reached Monday. No agreement was
S N O W C O V E R E D W A S C O F I E L D S . made over a month ago, of six feet of
the
Oregon,
and
within
a
few
minutes
readied in the ap|iointnient of state­ if aetion is postponed much longer, the tiie passengers made another transfer,
ore, partly free milling and partly base,
been completely demolished.
spring thaws with their resultant floods
Only Damage to Wheat is Along the has greatly improved since then.
hood conferees.
Tlie
this time to the Del Norte.
Severe measures have been adopted
w
ill
Vie
upon
him
and
it
w
ill
be
im­
A resolution was introduced in the
Columbia River.
drift lias been extended some 25 feet
Soon after this the burning steamer
to put down tlie revolt in Poland. In house directing the attorney general to possible to do any fighting until the
Tlie Dalles— From reports farmers and the ledge now shows seven feet of
and tiie Del Norte shot out of Crescent
Warsaw the strikers are growing worse, proceed against tlie armor plate trust. roads dry up.
make,
Wasco county has withstood tiie solid ore. The ore is high grade. Tests
City
harbor,
Captain
Warner
believing
and a coal famine is threatened.
There is, of course,a possibility that
A number of pension bills from tlie
lie could make Eureka in time to beach recent cold better than almost any oth­ were made on tiie ore at tlie time of
the
present
movement
may
have
for
its
senate
were
considered,
altogether
125
Tlie government is now investigating
During tlie strike and assayed $54 per ton, car­
his vessel. Smoke was coming out of er section of Eastern Oregon.
Four hours was given object, as well as the capture of Muk­
land frauds in Minnesota. One man being passed.
tlie Oregon in clouds, however, and it tiie cold weather snow covered all grain rying copper, lead and zinc.
den,
tiie
isolation
of
Vladivostok.
In
lias secured 10,000 acres by liaviHg to tlie sundry civil appropriation bill.
One of tlie miuerB just arrived from
view of tlie recent reports that tlie port was deemed very doubtful by those fields, with tiie exception of those in there reports that tlie ore is now much
others make application for him.
the extreme north part of tiie county,
who
saw
her
that
she
would
ever
reach
was being blockaded hy sea by a Japan­
Saturday, February 25.
Captain hence very little, if any, damage, was 1 tetter than it was given when tiie test
The senate w ill not increase tlie Co­
ese squadron of torpedo boats and pro­ tlie more southerly port.
Tlie
house
today
divided
its
time
be­
Warner and liis crew were fighting tiie done fall grain in the principal wheat was made. Tlie company is getting
lumbia river appropriates.
tected
cruisers,
there
can
Vie
little
tween legislation and patriotic exer­
section of tiie county. Along tlie Co­ everything ready to start its stampmill
flames in heroic fashion.
Joseph W. J. la*e liaH been named cises. An hour and a half was spent doubt that, if Kuroki crushes the Rus­
lumbia river tlie snow had melted be­ as soon as the weather will permit,
for consul general at Panama.
in passing minor hills.
Tlie same sian left, such troops as can Vie spared
fore tiie freeze came, and in that section probably April 1. The object of m ill­
w ill be assigned to a special campaign
IN D E A T H G R IP S .
grain lias been more or less injured, ing this ore is to reduce it to concen­
Tlie Panama canal commissioners period was devoted to the sundry ap­ against tlie Siberian stronghold.
and reseeding w ill be necessary.
On trates, which w ill probably he 4 to 1,
have violated tlie law in Inlying sup­ propriation bill, without reaching a
Battle Rages Along Entire Front of Tygli ridge and about Dulur, tlie most and separate tiie copper, lead and zinc
plies without advertisements public for conclusion. Legislation then gave way
F O R P H ILIP P IN E F R E E T R A D E
Tlie concen­
to speeches by several members honor­
extensive grain growing section, tlie on their concentrators.
T w o Great Armies.
bids.
trates will then be shipped to smelters
ing the memory of Houston ami Aus­
damage
is
nominal,
and
only
isolated
St. Petersburg, Marcli 1.— Last even­
George S. Houtwcll, of Massachusetts, tin; when tiie marble statues of each, House Committee Reports in Favor of
instances w ill reseeding tie required. where that class of mineral is treated.
formerly secretary of the treasury, is given by the state of Texas, were ac­
ing’s news from Manchuria is of tiie Where tlie snow lias gone off since tiie
Curtis' T a riff Bill.
dead.
most important nature, the Associated freeze grain is of good color and thrifty,
cepted.
Another Independent Line.
Washington, Feb. 28. — Chairman
Some sharp criticisms of the presi­ Paine, of tlie house ways and means Press dispatches from Mukden, which and bids fair to make an excellent crop.
I’eisantsare joining in tlie strike
Chemawa— Boles have lieen set and
movement in Poland and are burning dent’s policy to wads Santo Domingo and committee, today filed a report favor­ were transmitted at noon of Tuesday,
wires strung for the Chemawa farmers’
in enlarging tlie navy was indulged in ing tlie passage of tlie Curtis hill pro­
sabs ins.
telephone line. A stock company has
New Grants Pass Iron Foundry.
indicating
that
a
general
battle
was
lie-
today by senators on both sides during viding for tiie free entry of products
Grants Pass — Two carloads of ma­ been formed and incorporated and the
The Kus-dan officers who broke their
ginning
along
tiie
whole
of
tiie
100
tlie debate on tlie naval appropriation from tiie Philippine islands, except
parole have been ordered back to Sail b i l .
miles of front occupied by tlie two chinery have arrived here for the new members of the association have done
sugar and tobacco, on which 25 per armies. General Kuropatkin appears Grants Pass Iron and Steel works, tiie the construction work among them­
Francisco.
A vote on the Swayne impeachment cent of tiie Dingley tariff is to be col­
to have taken a leaf out of Field Mar­ enterprise that inis become a necessity selves. An agreement has been entered
Tlie final settlement of tlie Klamath case will lie taken Mondav.
lected. Tlie report declares that tiie shal Oyania’ s book and replied to Gen­ by tiie rapid growtli of tlie mines and into witli tlie Bacific States telephone
irrigation scheme lias been jaistponed
only logical result of our possession of eral Kuroki’s attack on the Russian the demand for mining machinery and company on terms that w ill assure the
fu lfil April.
Monday. February 27.
tlie islands is free trade.
left by a counter attack on the Japanese eastings. Local people are backing the subscribers of the system very reasona-
Charles Swayne, district judge of tlie
It lias been definitely settled, it says, left, in which General Kuulalirs’ initial enterprise, and it w ill he tiie largest lie rates. They now have about 30
| Tlie Russian government lias adopted
strong measures to keep tlie railways Northern district of F'lorida, was today that we w ill retain tlie islands until success is better for the Russians than foundry and machine shop in tlie state phones on the system, which taps one
acquitted by the senate of all 12 ar­ their population is fitted for self-gov­ tlie success of General Grippenherg, south of Portland. The huge planing of tlie best suburban districts of tlie
iu operation.
ticles of impeachment against him.
ernment,
and lie repeats Secretary tlie Russian vanguard being establish­ machine, turning lathes and drill press, capital city, and will mean an increase
Tlie Russian Third Pacific squadron
President Roosevelt’s policy of build­ Taft’s suggestion that this w ill Vie at ed in the outskirts of Sandiapu.
At capable of handling the largest eastings of business for several Salem firms.
has passed Cherixmrg, France, on its ing up a great navy came in for more
least one generation. Until the treaty tlie same time General Kuropatkin de­ or shaftings, are among the consign­
way to the Far Hast.
criticism today in the senate when tlie stipulation between tiie United States livered a blow against the Japanese ment and are being unloaded.
A five-
New Telephone Line March 5.
Gorky, the priest strike leader, lias naval appropriation bill was under con­ ami Spain shall expire in 1909, all center, seizing a railroad bridge across ton ami three-ton cupola w ill handle
Pendleton— Tlie change from the old
been released ami re-arrested, to be ex­ sideration. The bill was passed, carry­ tariff advantages given hy tlie islands the Shaklie river.
These re|M>rts, the easting for tlie foundry.
style telephone system to the central
ing appropriations of $100,300,000.
to tiie United States must Vie given to therefore, give a more hopeful aspect to
iled from St. Petersburg,
energy system will be completed by the
The liouBe agreed to tlie conference Spain, and for that reason reciprocal tiie situation, as the Russian army,
5th of March, when the cut over w ill
Contracts to Sell Wool.
Eleven persons were killed and more report on tlie army appropriation bill.
free trade is not feasilde.
The present though driven out of Da pass, appears
Pendleton— K il Kenney, who resides he made. Under present circumstances
than 50 others injured, some probably Tlie sundry civil appropriation bill
bill, says tlie report, goes as far as is to have succeeded in stopping, at least southwest of here, lias contracted his the old telephones may Vie used with
fatally, by tlie collapse of a floor in a was passed, carrying $45,272,280.
practicable under these consditions. for the moment, tlie further advance of wool for this year to Zaek Brown, tlie the new tioard, which has been placed
New York colored church.
the Japanese eastward and beaten off hide dealer of this city, receiving 13 in position, but the new instruments
Tuesday, February 28.
Starvation
threatens
F'airhanks,
FOUR SEN ATOR S EXPELLED.
the attack on tlie center.
cents a pound for the clip.
Tiie wool will not work with the old board. The
The senate spent almost tlie entire
Alaska.
Tlie effect of yesterday’ s develop­ comes from the Sandy district, and, al­ new instruments are a great improveent
lay discussing amendments to tlie L i­
Secretary Taft w ill speak at the I<ewis
Result of Bribery Investigation in the ments on General Kuropatkin’s report­ though tlie price seems small for this over tlie old ones in appearance, tieing
lian appropriation h ill. It was agreed
ed intention to withdraw from tiie year’ s crop, it is an advance of 3 cents much smaller. The battery box is dis­
and Clark fair.
California Legislature.
that no funds should lie used for
Shaklie is problematical.
Retirement over last year and is a good figure. pensed with and the electricity generat­
Oil men of several states have united church schools.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 28.— Crowded
An amendment was
in the face of an enemy, which is ex­ Mr. Kenney is one of the few of tlie ed at the central ottice.
to figiit tlie Standard Oil company.
adopted appropriating
$500,000 to galleries and lobbies this afternoon tremely hazardous under any circum­
county who have contracted, as tlie
Northwest senators have asked an in­ carry into effect an agreement entered watched a dramatic scene when Senat­ stances, are doubly dangerous when greater number of the sheepmen desire
Purchases Large Sheep Ranch.
ors Bunkers, French, Wright and Em­
into
with
tlie
Klamath
Indians.
crease in river and liarlsir appropria­
tlie armies are grappling in a general to hold, believing that the price will ad­
Bendleton — Joseph Dougherty has
mons
w
ere
expelled
from
the
state
sen­
Tlie
house
today
considered
the
gen­
tions.
engagement; but, if General Kuroki vance even more than it has.
sold his interest in the firm of Dough­
eral dcticicnv appropriation hill, Imt ate of California bv a vote which con­ succeeds in rolling up tlie Russian left
erty Brothers to his brother Patrick,
Automobiles are to race from the At- readied no conclusion.
Hunkers' much further, tlie perilous exi>erinient
The
hill tained no dissenting voice.
Cougars Destroying Stock.
and has purchased Cass Matlock’ s farm
alntie eoast to Portland for tlie ia-wis amending tlie homestead laws ns to un­ case was first to lie considered. Thirty-
may become necessary.
Tlie counter
Cottage Grove — Cougars are quite over the Morrow county line, together
and Clark fair.
appropriated and unreserved lands in four brother senators supported tlie re­ strokes on tlie right and center may
numerous in tlie hills west of this with his sheep. The farm consists of
A big ice gorge lias 'carried out a South Dakota and Colorado so as to port of the investigating committee that possibly be intended to cover tiie with­
place. A few farmers have reported a several thousand acres, and the price
lie
Vie
put
out.
No
one
voted
for
him.
allow
selection
of
040
acres
instead
of
Union Pacific railroad bridge on lamp
drawal of trains and stores. If, how­ combined loss of $140 in tlie last few paid was $15,000, including 2,200
100 acres was also discussed. A num­ He was not present.
river, at Columbus, Nebraska.
ever, General Kuropatkin is deter­ months and numerous goats and sheep slice,'. Patrick Dougherty w ill con­
Tlie report of tiie committee recom­
ber of minor hills were passed.
mined to stand and fight out the battle have been disappearing for tlie past tinue the raising of sheep on the
St. Louis financiers are interesting
mending expulsion of all four was
on tlie line-up lie lias held during tlie month.
capital for flic construction of an elec-
Several cougars have lieen ranch formerly held in joint partner­
adopted
by
35
votes
to
0,
the
four
ac­
Warships Bombard Rebels.
w inter and if he should lie aide to ad­ killed this winter, and if there was a ship.
tric road from St. Ixmis to Kaausas
cused sentaors and Senator Wiileh not
Constantinople,
F'eii.
24.—
Extremely
minister
a
vigorous
cheek
to
General
City.
bounty for tiie killing this part of Lane
alarming reports are current here con­ voting. Expulsion balltots then fol­ Kuroki, he lias scored a good position
T o Enlarge Mill at Weston.
would furnish its share of the lieasts.
What is believed to have lieen Paul cerning tlie situation at liatomn and lowed separately.
for his second move in the great game. Where a cougar turns his attention
W eston— J . J . Morton, of Weiser,
Jones' body lias lieen found by tlie Poti. D is alleged tlint some vessels
to goats, lie often “ gets away” with Idaho, has purchased the Houring m ill
A nti-Tru st Law Sustained.
searchers in tlieold St. Ixiuis cemetery, of the Black sea squadron (Russian)
atioiit two a day.
Are Between T w o T e r ro rs .
of Frank Blair, Sr.,
Mr. Morton is
Washington, Feb. 28.— Tlie supreme
in Paris.
,
have Imudiarded Poti.
An English
going to enlarge and remodel the m ill,
Vienna, March 1.— Tlie authorities
merchant who has just arrived here court of tiie United States has decided
which, w hen completed, will have a ca­
The secretary of state lias received says lie was obliged to flee from Ba- the case of tlie National Cotton Oil of the Austrian province of Bukowina,
Peach Crop Injured by Cold.
He w ill
for presentation to President Roosevelt toum, where his life was - menaced by company vs. tlie state of Texas, involv­ close to tiie Russian frontier, have
Milton— S. S. Shields, commission pacity of 50 barrels a day.
a large photorgaph of the empress dow­ strikers and his ottice destroyed. This ing tlie Texas anti-trust law. The state ordered ail the Russian refugees and merchant here, says that on his inves­ hate it in shape to commence on the
ager, of Chin.
merchant says tlie authorities of Ba- court found tlie company guilty under deserters, totalling about 3.0(H) per­ tigation and inquiry from others the new crop. The power w ill he steam,
sons. to leave within six weeks. Tiie peach crop for tlie coming year lias lieen w ith water when Pine creek affords a
The Japanese have captured a Rus­ touni are powerless. The strikers are that law and held that it had forfeited
reason for this action is that tlie Rus­ seriously injured by the recent severe I sufficient supply.
sian posit ion of importance after an all Georgians, and are estimated to its right to do V o-iness in the state.
sians are underbidding the Austrians cold snap.
He estimates that there
Tlie
case
was
appealed
to
tlie
supreme
numlier
40,000.
awful battle. Tlie losses of both sides
Grand Ronde Farm Sold.
court on constitutional grounds. That in the lalior market at a time when w ill lie half a crop or better. The va­
w ill reach into tlie thousands, Imt it is
La (irande— John S. Killan has pur­
court, however, in its opinion today, many Austrians are out of work. It is rieties most injured are tiie Elherta,
Rumors of Great Events.
believed tlie Japanese lost tlie most
the
claim
was
un­ also alleged that most of the Russians Solway and tlie late Crawford.
Other chased a 240-acre farm west of Sum­
men.
St. Petersburg, Fell. 24. — A second held that
tenable and sustained the verdict of are suffering from trachoma. Tiie ma­ varieties seem to have fared better. merville from J. F. Westover, paying
day
lias
passed
without
dispatches
hav­
It is tielieved that Judge Swayne w ill
jority of the Russians came to Buko­ Other kinds of fruits seem to have es­ $12,000, or $>2.20 per acre. It is con­
ing been given out from General Kurn- tiie court below.
lie acquitted.
wina during tiie last six months.
sidered one of the first-class farms in
caped.
patkin, which is interpreted to support
the Grand Ronde.
John I). Ixmg says the Monroe doc­ tlie rumors tlint great events are in
Passes Taken by Japanese.
Bandits Ready to Harass Russians
trine is carried t«si fur.
Mukden, Fell. 28.— Tlie Russians re­
progress in Manchuria. The war office,
Nin Uhwang, March 1 — Advices re­
PO RTLAND M A R K ETS.
Grants Pass— Almond trees are in
The blockade of Vladivostok is now however, steadfastly maintains that port tlint tlie Japanese are in posses­ ceived here say that over two Russian
there is no important news and tlint sion of Tilling, and also the pass iie-
bloom in Grants Pass, the warm weath­
complete, but food is not scarce.
" heat \\ alia \\ alia, 85c; hluestem
there have lieen no developments since tween Tilling and Katouiing. Tlie pos­ army corps are engaged in building er of the past month having brought
King Edward favors Irish liberty as tlie last dispatches made public, in session of Tilling threatens Fusliaink, elaborate defensive works opposite the them out several weeks earlier than 92c; valley, 87c j**r bushel.
Oats— No. 1 white. $1.3501.40; gray
which the
commander-in-chief re­ Tiepling and Hiegesway. Taling is re­ extreme Japanese left and that large usual. Peach trees are also ready to
a step to Anglo-American alliance.
garded as of tlie same consequence to forces of cavalry are protecting the Rus­ hurst into bloom, and w ill be in full $1.4001.45 percental.
ported all quiet.
The caitr has yielded to the railroad
Hay Timothy, $14018 per ton
tiie Japanese
in their operations sian Hanks. It is reported here that a blossom within the next ten davs. The
atrikers and traffic w ill be resumed.
Conference on Land Frauds.
against Mukden as was Motienling in railroad bridge between Tie pass and bloom is very heavy on the' almond « over. $11012: grain, $11012; cheat
$12013.
In ease tlie aiyuam has lieen destroyed. It is also trees, and if not nipped by late frosts,
Washington, Feti. 24. — District At­ relation to Liao Vang.
Norway threatens to dissolve her
rejHirted that large 1 indies of well armed
F.ggs— Oregon ranch, 18>„017c pe
Japanese
push
on
to
the
southeast,
torney
Heney
took
lunch
with
the
the crop of almonds from Southern Ore­ dozen.
union with Sweden and establish a re­
Chinese bandits are prepared to harass
president today by invitation.
Secre­ their operations w ill Vie in the hills.
gon w ill he good this season.
public.
the retreating Russians.
Butter-Fancy creamery,27t, 0 3 2 He
tary Hitchcock and Attorney General
Anti-Salt Trust Measure Killed.
Potatoes — Oregon fanev, 75090c
Will Open Seed House.
The greatest Iwttle of the war has Moody were present. Tlie object was
common. 00085c.
A Costly Shooting Scrape.
Topeks, Feb. 28.— A house concur­
liegun in Manchuria, the Japanese out­ to have a conference on the Oregon
Pendleton— S. H. Forshaw. the flor­
Apples— »-tier Baldwins,$1.2501.50
land fraud matters.
The president rent resolution calling for an investiga­
London, March 1.— The Renter Tele- ist. has lease.! the Despain building on
flanking the Russiana.
later sent for W. J. Burns, who had tion of the salt trust was defeated hy a grtm company states that the com­ Alta street, formerly occupied by D. Spitzenhergs. $1.7502.
Hope-1904, 240 20c per pound,
The hill dividing Oregon into two worked up the evidence in these cases, vote of 57 to lit. It was necessary for pensation for the North sea affair lias Kemler with a grocery store, and will
ool \ alley, 19020c per ponnd
judicial districts has lieen killed and a thanked him and warmly congiatu- the resolution to receive a two-thirds been fixed at between 475,000 and open a seed mom, handling also cut
Kastern Oregon, 12017c; mohair, 250
vote, or 03 votes.
£ 100 , 000 .
lated him on his successful work.
similar Washington hill passed.
flowers and nursery stock.
¿0c per pound for choice.
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