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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- = Washington County News A Issued B ach W eek F O R E S T G RO V E. ..........O REG O N C S ii l P IT ai NEWS OF THE WEEK lo a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A R u u m e o f th e L ess Im p o rta n t but N ot L ess In te re stin g E vents o f th e P a st W eek. ol al in Pi re st fe in b< tii F< th b< su so m of Pi N th F. ci ly d( ca tii wi sh sp. of M j we SOI pn sti be me of-. wa of so of me An I inte coll whi Mil Cia« poii 1 had that enti crov line the 1 ond 10 : r secc phrt Hi* ux, P Erri' S Phil 2 Hut H Phill 5< Phill è son, H broo r. and M Gate 44 pher R. have wher Con; Akro Baue He i first ! a me F u rth e r tro u b le is expected a t W ar saw. W . R . Jle a rst has purchased th e Cosiiio]>olitan m agazine. C hina is try in g h e r best to hold th e intern ed R ussian war vessels. R oosevelt w ill striv e for peace in th e F ar F a st a t th e first o p p o rtu n ity . T he B ritish house of com m ons has passed a h ill restrictin g im m ig ratio n . P oland th re a te n s a general strik e as a resu lt of th e last W arsaw m assacre. Two large Chicago firms have signed a wage agreem ent w ith th e T eam sters’ union. E dw ard J . S m ith , th e d efau ltin g San Francisco tax collector, has been cau g h t in St. Louis. Jo h n B arre tt, m inister, to Panam a, says th a t it was a t h is suggestion th a t th e office w ill he ab o lish ed . The gasoline m otor intended for use between P o rtlan d and Forest (¡rove on th e S outhern Pacific railro a d , is to make a to u r of th e U n ited S tates. T he price of all m eat has risen 15 to 35 per cent in G erm any since F eb ru ary , follow ing an advance in th e price of hogs caused by th e d ro u th of 11104. T h e use of horse m eat for food ¡8 in creasing. Ja p a n again com plains th a t France favors R ussia. Ja p a n is seeking B ritish alliance. to stren g th en th e MAY ABANDON PLAN. G o vernm ent Likely to D ro p P alouse Irrig atio n P ro je c t. Spokane, W ash., May 3 .— I t is re ported h ere from w hat is th o u g h t to he a u th e n tic sources th a t th e g overnm ent has decided to abandon th e W ashing ton irrig a tio n project in th e Palouse valley for various reasons. In th e first place, th ere is conflict between th e gov ern m en t leclam ation b u reau ami th e O . R. «V N . over th e rem oval of tl e tracks of th e road from th e bed of th e W ash- tuena coulee to a p o in t h ig h er up on th e n o rth hank of w hat w ould be th e artificial lake, provided th e plan s of th e engineers were to be carried o u t. T he O. R. ti N. b u ilt th e track th ro u g h th e coulee some years ago to afford tran sp o rta tio n facilities to th e farm ers of th e d istric t, and last year re h a b ili tated th e line and p u t it in o peration a fte r an in terv al of th ree or four y ears’ idleness. As long as th is track is m ain tain ed it w ill be im possible for th e governm ent to co n stru ct its pro jected reservoir. A conference lias been Field betw een th e governm ent e n gineers and those of th e ra ilro a d com pany, an d it has been estim ated th a t it w ould cost m ore th a n $400,000 to change th e track from th e bed of th e coulee to a po in t along th e hank. T h is sum , added to th e cost of th e ir r i g ation p roject, as already p lan n ed , would place such a b urden U]>on th e land trib u ta ry to tiie d is tric t as to m ake th e w ork im p racticab le at th is tim e. W h ile th is is th e story c u rre n tly re p orted, th e re is said to be a n o th e r and m ore v ita l co ndition p rev ailin g . I t is said to have been recen tly discovered by th e governm ent engineers th a t th e soil form ing th e bed and w alls of th e coulee is of such a n a tu re th a t it would be p ractically im possible to m ake th e lake hold w ater. The soil is a sandy loam, th ro u g h w hich w ater percolates us th ro u g h a sieve in a g reat m any places, an d to b u ild a reservoir th a t would hold u n d e r the" im m ense press ure n a tu ra l for such a large body of w ater w ould necessitate th e artificial tre a tm e n t of th e w alls and bottom of th e basin, w hich is a t least 15 m iles in len g th , a t a cost th a t could not be con sidered by th e R eclam ation b ureau for m any years to come. FIG H T IN G ON S T R E E T S . No lo tteries w ill he allow ed to o p er ate in th e canal ¡tone. D eath and B ro k en B ones O u tco m e of C h icag o S trik e . May 1 was th e tw enty-fifth a n n i versary of th e p ro h ib ito ry law in K an Chicago, May 3 .— The d e a th of one sas. man an d th e in ju ry of scores of o th ers A nother Jap an ese loan lias been were th e im m ed iate re su lt of to d ay ’s floated. The tionds were taken eagerly fighting betw een th e strik in g team sters and th e ir sy m p ath izers on th e ‘one side at a prem ium . and th e police and th e nonunion men B ritish papers insist th a t th e guns on on th e o th e r. T here were rio ts in all a large percentage of th e w ar vessels p a rts of th e city Men w ere clubbed are w orthless. and stoned alm ost to d eath w ith in a The p resid en t w ill go to th e bottom square of police h ead q u arters and five of th e Rcandal involving A ssistant m iles aw ay men were sh o t down in th e s tre e ts . At a h u n d red pluces between Secretary of S tate lxiom is. these two extrem es th e re were assau lts F ire d id $100,000 dam age to th e and tights in th e streets. Blood was H ousehold Sewing M achine com pany shed on S tate street, in th e h ea rt ot the p la n t a t P rovidence, R. I. fashionable shopping d is tric t, and fu ri T h e New York police are tak in g a ous riots took place alm ost in th e door census of C hinese in connection w ith ways of th e leading hotels. N onunion th e ir crusade on C hinese vice. men were pelted w ith stones, bricks T he present week iR expected to see and every conceivable so rt of m issiles. nearly 60,000 laborers of different They were dragged from th e ir wagonB, beaten, d u h h e d and stam p ed upon. trad es go on strik e in New Y ork. T he mobs th a t followed th e wagons on P resid en t Roosevelt w ill confer w ith w hich th ey rode were ugly in th e ex c ab in e t officers a t Chicago on th e F ar trem e. E astern war and th e Chicago strik e. BLAM ES A N T I-T R U S T A C T . T h e R ussian fleet is off th e coast of Indo-C hina. Togo’s w hereabouts is absolutely unknow n to any b u t th e R ailroad M an's View o f C o nsolidation Japanese governm ent. —B ryan’s P latfo rm S a fe . Many strik e rs are being k illed in Po W ashington, May 3 .— H ugh L. Bond, of th e B altim ore & O hio ra ilro a d , to land by troops. * A S anta C lara, C alifornia, aeroplane day contin u ed his statem en t before th e sen ate com m ittee on in te rsta te com has made a very aucccsaful (light. m erce. Asked as to w hat caused th e The treasu rer of A thens county, consolidation of railro ad s, M r. Bond Ohio, is $71,000 sh o rt in his accounts. an sw e re d : “ T h e a n ti-tru s t a c t.” T he president has had a slig h t attack He ex plained th a t th e re was no of m alaria and rested in cam p for a m ethod of p rev en tin g w eaken lines day. from c u ttin g rates. T he w eaker lines Paderew ski is suffering from nervous were taken in so as to p rev en t d em o ral p ro stratio n and has cancelled his Bos ization of rates. R obert M ather, ch a irm a n of th e ex ton dates. ecu tiv e co m m ittee of th e Chicago, Rock G overnm ent ra te reg u latio n is de Island A Pacific railro ad com pany, was clared by railro a d men to he in ju rio u s n e x t h eard . D uring his sta te m e n t M r / M ather alluded to th e assertion th a t, if to th e W est. th e governm ent d id not tak e hold of The In te rsta te Com m erce com m ission rate m aking, th e re would lie a dem and has sued 18 railro ad s for d isc rim in a for governm ent ow nership of railro a d s. tion in lieef rates. Race fo r Rich C oal Fields. T he epidem ic of cerehro-spinal m en B u tte, May 3 .— A M iner special from ing itis in New York has abated w ith B ridger, M ont., says th e re is a race on th e coming of warm w eather. lietween railro ad surv ey o rs.to get into Twelve lenders of*the Chiciijto strik e th e Bear Creek coal fields. P h ila d e l have been arrested . R iots an d other p h ia c a p ita lists arc b eh in d one set of distu rb an ces c o n tin u e. One d e a th has engineers, w hile th e B urlington is said been reported. to lie sending a party of 40 men into M inister Bowen, of P an am a, who has th e Bear Creek cou n try from itsT o lu ca- T he ro u te of th e B u r been called home in regard to th e Uodv b ran ch . charges against Loomis, w ill be given lington party is said to em brace Cooke th e choice of proving his assertions and C ity ami th e S u n lig h t m in in g d istric ts, receiving prom otion or failin g and be recognized as tw o of th e best m ining ing discharged from governm ent service. sections in th e sta te w ith o u t a railroad o u tle t for th e ir ores. G reat B ritain w U b u ild th e w orld’s greatest b attlesh ip . W areh o u se F ire a t Bay City. San Francisco, May 3 .— F ire broke L in iev itch condem ns K u ro p a tk in ’s o u t in th e p ro p erty of th e Arizona re tre a t from M ukden. W arehouse com pany at S ix th and K ing The R ussian fleet is seeking to elude streets late yesterday, and th e b u ild in g Togo and reach V ladivostok. and its co n ten ts were to ta lly destroyed. R ussia is now p lan n in g a canal to The loss w ill am ount to at ¡east $150,- 000. The stock destroyed was of a connect th e B altic and Black seas. varied ch ara c te r and th e g reatest diffi M inister Bowen has been ordered c u lty was experienced in e x tin g u ish in g hom e to ex p lain th e Loomis charges. th e fire in a section th a t con tain ed oil, The New York police have forbidden su lp h e r and o th e r com bustibles. The •la m m in g parti«« to v isit C hinatow n in toes is divided am ong several firm s. autom obile«. R aising S u n k en S h ip s. T he R ussian governm ent h as lost Tokio, May 3 .— The work of salving control of th e C aucasus and law leesnees th e sunken sh ip s at Port A rth u r and is suprem e. C hem ulpo is progressing satisfacto rily P oland peasants have served notice te th e Jap an ese. IV ta ill are w ith h e ld , on th # a u th o ritie s th a t th e y in ten d to b u t it is believed to he certain th a t th e seise th e land and d iv id e it among Jap an ese navy w ill secure several b a t tlesh ip s and cru isers. them selvee. CONDITIONS WORSE Chicago Strike Breakers Carry Rifles and lise Them. POLICE ARE UNABLE TO PREVENT R ioting in S tr e e t G ro w s M ore Vicious and Many P a rtic ip a n ts a re Badly Injured. C hicago, May 2 .— C onditions in the tea m ste rs' strik e were worse today th a n a t any preceding tim e. T he strik ers were in a m ore ugly m ood, th e rio tin g was m ore open an d vicious ar.d th e at tacks on n o n union men were m ore fre q u e n t and d arin g th a n a t any tim e since th e com m encem ent of th e tro u b le. T h e chief cause for th e increased bel ligerency on th e p a rt of th e strik ers an d th e ir friends is th e fact tiia t th e E m p lo y ers’ T eam ing association today b ro u g h t 1,500 men into th e city to take th e ir places and 500 m ore are said to be now on th e way and w ill arriv e w ith in 12 ho u rs. These m en w ill re ceive th e full pay of union m en and it has been guaranteed to them th a t th e ir positions w ill be p e rm a n e n t. Among th em are 200 farm er boys from th e su r ro u n d in g states who have volunteered th e ir services and sou g h t positions as d riv e rs. Tom orrow W inchester rifles w ill be carried on all wagons of the E m ployers’ T eam ing association in open view . A nu m b er of nonunion men have been a r rested on th e charge of carry in g con cealed weapons and today th e atto rn ey s for th e E m p lo y ers’ Team ing association called upon C hief of Police O ’Neil and asked h im if th e ir men liad not th e rig h t to carry weapflhs provided th ey were held in open view and were not concealed. Chief O’Neil replied th a t th e re was no law against it an d a r rangem ents were prom ptly m ade by th e em ployers to place W inchester rifles on every one of th e wagons. CLEARING T H E WAY. G ov ern m en t Buys T w o P riv ate Irrig a tion C anals on K lam ath. ■■■:—i— TW ELV E M IN ER S BURIED . OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTERESE Big E xplosion W reck s S h a ft o f an O k lahom a C oal C om pany. W ilb u rto n , O kla., May 2 .— T h irteen m iners were entom bed and probably killed by an explosion early today in th e M issouri, K ansas A Texas Coal com pany's m ine No. ID four m iles w est of here. T here is little prospect of th e ir bodies being recovered for several days. T he men went into th e sh aft a t m id n ig h t. Forem an W illiam Ray, of th e sh ift th a t left th e m ine a t th a t hour, states th a t th e m ine was in good condi tion and a gas explosion was hard ly probable. H is sh ift left a sh o t h ang ing w hich th e new sh ift m ay have fired. I t is suggested, from th e force of th e explosion, w hich could be heard for m iles aro u n d , an d w hich tore heavy tim b ers aside and piled tons of d ir t into ttie sh aft, th a t a had shot had set off som e d y n am ite w hich h ad been stored conveniently for use in p u sh in g th e w ork. T he sh aft is 360 feet deep, and it was 300 feet to th e place w here th e men were w orking. Tiie men were supplied w ith a ir from th e sh aft, and by m eans of com pressed a ir tu b e s. I t is th e general opinion th a t th e a jr pipe was b u rs t by th e ex plosion, h u t a ir has been steadily pum ped in all day, w ith th e rem ote hope th a t Borne of th e entom bed men may have escaped th e force of th e ex plosion an d th e after-dam p. M EETIN G AT V EN IC E. Italian and A u stro -H u n g arian M inis te r s A gree on A ttitude. R om e, May 2.— W hile it is officially stated th a t th e purpose of C ount G olu- chow ski in going to V enice was m ainly to re tu rn th e v isit w hich Foreign M in ister T itto n i m ade a t A bbazia in 1904, th ere is high a u th o rity for th e sta te m ent th a t th e tw o foreign m in isters were moved by th e desire to stren g th en th e tr ip le allian ce by cem enting th e frie n d sh ip of A u stria-H u n g aria and Ita ly and th a t th ey agreed on a com mon a ttitu d e for safeguarding th e re ciprocal in terests of th e two countries in th e A d riatic, M editerranean and B alkan states. T he C retan question was disesnsed and it was agreed th a t it is necessary for th e present to m oderate th e im pa tience of th e C retans, w ho are desirous of union w ith G reece. T he m in isters reached an accord on M acedonia, d e ciding to acq u it th e proposal of G reat B ritain for E uropean control of Mace donian finances, w hile ap p licatio n ot reform s w ill rem ain e n tru sted to A us tr ia an d R ussia, supported by an in te r nal gendarm erie u n d er com m and of an Ita lia n general. T he control of M acedonian finances w ill be exercised by a body composed of th e presi n t A ustcrian an d R ussian civil agents in M acedonia, w ith th e ad d itio n of special delegates from o th e r pow ers. B oth A u stria and Ita ly w ill endeavor to avoid com plications in ] Morocco, both being allied w ith G erm any and frien d ly to F'rance and G reat B rita in . W ashington, May 2 —T he secretary of th e In te rio r has approved, provision ally , th e purchase of th e A dams d itch and th e Ankeny canal, in th e vicinity of K lam ath F alls, both of w hich are to be used in connection w ith th e K la m ath irrig a tio n project in Oregon. The governm ent had previously secured options on these irrig atio n system s, and th e action of th e secretary provides for th e ir p u rchase as soon as the final plan s of th e engineers for th e construc tion of th e large project have been ac cepted. The governm ent w ill pay $100,000 for th e A dam s canal and $50,- 000 for th e A nkeny. T he secretary has also approved, sub ject to fu tu re d e te rm in atio n , to con stru c t th e p roject, th e purchase of 15.- 000 acres of land belonging to th e J . D. C a rr L and A Livestock com pany, a t F E T E S FO R R U SSIA N ARMY. C lear Lake, C alifo rnia. The purchase price is $187,500, and includes th e r i p arian rig h ts of th e com pany in th e E a ste r is C e le b ra te d With R eligious S e rv ic e s on th e Field. C lear lake reservoir site and along th e T u le lake, besides canals now co n stru ct G unshu Pass, May 2. — T he R ussian ed on th e lands of th e com pany. arm y h ere celebrated its second Luster in th e field w ith th e tra d itio n a l re S C E N E O F CARNAGE. ligious services and observances. Spe cial E a ste r fetes were prepared for the W arsaw T ro o p s S h o o t Down N early soldiers, giving them a resp ite from O ne H undred P e rso n s. th e ir usual d u ties w heiever possible. In fo rm atio n obtained from prisoners W arsaw , May 2 .— N early 100 persons w ere k illed or w ounded in distu rb an ces an d cap tu red m ails show s th a t th e d is in v arious q u a rte rs of W arsaw y ester position of th e Jpanese arm y is as fol d ay . T h e troops, ap p aren tly , were u n low s: G eneral Nodzu, th e region be c o n tro llab le and violated all orders to tw een T ie Pass and K aiy u an ; G eneral act w ith m oderation. T hey fired into O ku, from T ie Pass w estw ard of th e th e crowd of d em onstrators, and w ork railw ay ; G eneral K u ro k i, from Tie men in desperation resorted to th e use Pass eastw ard of th e ra ilw a y ; G eneral of tireaim s and bombs. Many ch ild ren Nogi, from Fakonm n to C b a n g tu fu ; and women are am ong th e dead and G eneral K aw am ura, n o rth w est of M uk dying. d en. T he w eakest forces of th e Jap an ese W hat approaches a reign of te rro r exists to d ay ; th e city presents a most are in th e region about M ukden, w hile gloomy asjHH't, and th e tem per of th e th e p rin c ip a l concen tratio n is in th e T he flanks are e n tire com m unity augurs ill. The region of T ie Pass. presence of num erous patrols of Cossack guarded by m ixed bands of Japanese cavalry and in fa n try is th e only r e and C hinese b an d its. m inder of lu rk in g danger. T e x a s R ivers a re Sw ollen. T o M ark th e B oundary Line. H ouston, T ex., May 2.— E very riv er V ictoria, B. C ., May 2.—The C ana in th e sta te is sw ollen alm ost hank full d ia n b o u n d ary survey party, w hich is in th e lower reaches, w ith m ore w ater to d e lin e a te th e lioundary as stated in com ing dow n. G rave fears a re ex th e A laskan b o undary aw ard, w ill pressed th a t w ith in th e n ext 48 hours leave for th e n o rth on T hursday, la n d th e Brazos, th e C olorado, th e G u ad e ing a t th e iiead of navigation on P o rt loupe and th e T rin ity rivers w ill go out land canal and w orking thence n o rth of th e ir banks w ith d isastro u s resu lts east and n o rth , follow ing the lin e, A if th e re be any m ore ra in . T he sm aller series of m onum ents w ill lie b u ilt. On riv ers and creeks trib u ta ry to th e rivers m o u n tain peaks m onum ents 30 inches nam ed are also out over th e low er b o t high w ill he b u ilt of alum inum bronze tom s now, an d as th e w ater can n o t be d rille d into th e solid rock. At riv er discharged, th ere is already a consider crossings and in valleys larger m o n u ab le loss to th e farm ers. m ents w ill he b u ilt. T ak e W ater fro m C an ad a. Army o f Im m igrants. O ttaw a, May 2.— If th e rn m o r is tru e New Y ork, May 2. — On 22 ste a m th a t th e U nited States governm ent has sh ip s due to arriv e a t th is port th is au th o rized th e con stru ctio n of certain week from G reat B ritain and th e C on w orks on M ilk riv er, w hich runs from tin e n t is th e highest num lier of im m i M ontana into th e N orthw est and then g ran ts ever scheduled to en ter d u rin g hack in to U nited States te rrito ry , th e such a period of tim e. The horde effect of w hich con stru ctio n w ill be to reaches n early 25,000. At E llis island d iv e rt th e w ater from C anadian te r r i arrangem ents have been made for th e ir to ry , a strong p ro test w ill be m ade by pro m p t h an d lin g , because th e d e te n th e D om inion, w hich favored sending tion of any p a rt w ould at once tax the th is m a tte r to th e In te rn a tio n a l W ate r facilities of th e em igration statio n far way com m ission. beyond its lim its. Rio G ran d e B reak* O ut. U nknow n G ives U niversity # 6 0 0 .0 0 0 . E l Paso, T ex ., May 2.—T he R io New York, May 2. — An anonym ous G rande riv e r broke over ite banks to donor has given $600,000 to C olum bia day, 30 m iles above El Paso, an d over u n iv e rsity for erecting and equipping flowed 2,000 acres of alfalfa an d o th er a college h all for undergradnatee to he rich lands, ru in in g crops and carry in g nam ed in honor of A lexander H am il aw ay m any sm all honsee. T he tow n of B erino is en tire ly abandoned. to n , of th e clase of 1777. — . - i* 1 T------ I I r- YAMHILL C R O P S DOING W ELL. ALBANY BIDS FO R MILL. P ro s p e c ts a re th a t C e re a l Yield Will Be th e B est in Y ears. M cM innville— Y am h ill county has not had a b etter prom ise of a good yield in cereals for years th a n it has th e pres e n t season. Crops generally are th r if ty, and of th e finest color. Owing to th e w eather and crop conditions last spring, th e farm ers seeded a larger acreage th a n u su al last fall. T he fall sowing was m ostly w heat, an d th is is advancing ra p id ly . O ats also look w ell, and th ere is no sign of b lig h t. T he spring sow ing is p ractically fin ished and th e e a rlie r sp rin g g rain is up and grow ing w ell. Farm ers generally have m ade a larger sow ing of sp rin g oats th a n u su al. T h ere is a grow ing tendency in th is county to m ake th e spring crop consist chiefly of oatB. H op conditions, w hile good, cannot he called excellent. T he grow th has been extrem ely uneven, some vines having grown ra p id !), and are already trellised , w hile o th ers have not a d vanced far. O therw ise, th e crop looks well and has not been harme^l by frost. In a few yards th e leaves have been slig h tly n ippped, hut p ractically no h arm done to th e hops. As far as can be ascertained, every yard in th e coun ty is being c u ltiv a te d , and a fair crop is an tic ip a te d . Ilo p m en are n o t d is couraged by th e uneven grow th, and a re h aving th e yards th o ro u g h ly hoed and th e m ore advanced hops tw ined. A pples and o th e r fru it, except prunes and cherries, w ill yield ab u n d a n tly . T he ch erry crop w ill be very lig h t in a ll parts of th e county, ow ing to the late frosts. T he p ru n e crop w ill also be less th a n n o rm al. T he prospects were exceptionally good u n til visited by tiie recent frost. N ear D ayton and sections along th e W illam ette riv er th e re w ill not be over a th ird of th e usual yield, w hile on th e p ra irie about half a crop is expected. In th e m ore protected sections th e re m ay be three- fo u rth s of a crop, b u t in no p a rts w ill it be up to th e norm al o u tp u t. C itizens A gree to P ut Up M oney to Aid in Rebuilding. A lbany— A m eeting of A lb an y ’s c iti zens was held last week to consider tiie question of tak in g some step to secure th e reb u ild in g of th e woolen m ill of the B annockburn Woolen M ills com pany in A lbany. T his is m ill th a t was bu rn ed about a m onth ago, entailiim » a loss of $75,000. A mong those w ho addressed th e m eeting w ere: J . K. W eatherford, Fred Dawson, P . 11. G oodw in, E . W. Langdon, F . J . M iller and M ayor W . H . D avis. A ll favored purchase of stock by A lbany citizens, an d several volunteered to tak e blocks ranging in value from $250 to $1,000. A com m ittee was appointed to take cliarge of th e w ork, ascertain how m uch money A loany people w ill p u t up to assist in reb u ild in g th e m ill, w hat k in d Kof a proposition th e B annocxhurn com pany w ill e n te rta in , if any, and report. I t seem s th a t A lbany w ill be able to subscribe enough stock in th e B annock b u rn com pany to re b a ild th e m ill if th a t com pany w ill p u t in th e m a ch in ery , and p u t th e m ill in w orking order. F e rrie s on th e R eservation. Adam s— Jo h n Pierce, a quarter-b reed allottee, w ho resides tw o m iles south of here, has d em o n stratd th a t th e U n il- tilla reservation land is capable of ra is ing m ore th a n w heat, a lth o u g h it is not irrig ated . L ast y ear he set o u t less th a n one h a lf an acre of Hood R iver straw berries, an d alth o u g h th e plantH w ere less th a n a year old, th ey bore berries from J u n e u n til N ovem ber, th e h eaviest crop being in J u n e an d Oc to b er. T his year he has set o u t m ore p lan ts, h aving now alm ost one acre. All are in bloom an d M r. P ierce ex pects to have rip e berries in tw o weeks if th e w eather is favorable. R ogue River C ra ft. G ran ts Pass — T he first b oat, o th e r th a n a canoe or skiff, to n avigate th e U pper Rogue w ill be one now co m plet ed and ready for lau n ch in g h ere. T he c raft is a lig h t d ra ft, stau n ch affair, an d was b u ilt by J o h n C. L ucas, a local m erch an t, for pleasu re purposes. I t is 30-foot len g th , w ith six-foot beam , and w ill be propelled by a pow erful gaso line engine. Its b u ild er is confident it w ill successfully m ake th e rap id s of th e Rogue, both below and above G ran ts Pass. T he pow er dam s w ill be m ounted by skidw ays. O ne F a re to Albany. A lbany— E fforts of th e A lbany C om m ercial oluh to secure special rates from P o rtlan d to A lbany d u rin g th e Lewis an d C lark exposition have proved successful. A com m ittee was a p p o in t ed some tim e ago to confer w ith th e officials of th e Southern Pacific railroad in O regon, am i as a resu lt of th e work of th is com m ittee th e traffic men have g ran ted a rate of one fare for th e round tr ip for all who hold tra n sp o rta tio n from E astern points, tic k e ts good to re m ain in L inn county for 15 days. L o st Mail P ouch P ound. W codburn — T he registered m ail pouch lost a t th is p o in t, th e d isa p p e a r ance of w hich has co n stitu ted a great m ystery, has been found by little boys as th ey were a fte r a b all u n d er th e S outhern Pacific freig h t sta tio n .’ The th ie f had unlocked th e le tte r sack, ex tracted th e registered pouch an d re tu rn ed th e sack. H e got th e contents of several packnges, $240 th a t had te e n placed th ere as a rem ittan ce from th is office to W ashington. H ood River to G et th e Mill. E ugene — T he present ow ners of th e woolen m ill h ere, M essrs. W rig h t and W ilb u r, of U nion, have no in te n tio n of p u ttin g th e m ill into op eratio n , as was reported at th e tim e th e y m ade th e p u r chase last w in te r from th e receiver. In stead , it is now learned, th e m ill w ill be moved to Hood R iver, w here th e citizens a re . to tak e stock in th e concern to th e am o u n t of $20,000. Valley W ool P ool Sold. Italia*— T he Polk C ounty W oolgrow- e rs’ association sold its pool of 100,000 pounds in D allas for 25 v* cents a pound. H . L. F enton, of D allas, was th e bnyer. May 13 both th e m o h air and wool associations w ill m eet in D allas to elect officers an d tran sact o th e r general husineee of th e associa tio n s. L and S ale N ear U nion. U nion— T he D w ight ranch of 160 acre#, well im proved, 4 V$ m ilee from U nion, on C a th erin e creek, was sold last week to F aulk B rothers, of D aven p o rt, W ash ., for $6,000. A cre pro p er ty in th is section is show ing a liv elier tendency, an d num eroue sales a re re ported. B oom S p irit a t A shland. A shland— As a re su lt of concerted actions of leading citizen s of A shland w orking th ro u g h th e board of trad e, a fund of ap p ro x im ately $2,000 has been pledged for th e prom otion and p u b li city of th e resources and a ttra c tio n s of th is city and vicin ity w hile th e big exposition is on a t P o rtla n d . F ifteen hun d red dollars of th is sum was su b scribed a t a big mass m eeting of c iti zens held u n d er th e auspice of th e board of tra d e , a t w hich th e re was a very large atten d an ce and m uch en th u siasm for th e objects in view . A portion of th e sum subscribed w ill l>e expended upon a perm an en t d isplay a t th e Southern Pacific depot in th is c ity . H atchery on W allowa River. A storia — Ferguson A H ouston, of th is city, have com pleted th e plans for tiie proposed new salm on h atch e ry to be erected by th e S tate F ish eries de p a rtm e n t on th e W allow a riv e r. T he plans are for a fram e stru c tu re 230 feet long an d 55.4 feet w ide. I t w ill con tain 336 troughs, each of w hich w ill be 16 feet in length and hold six egg bas kets. T he capacity of th e p la n t w ill be 15,000,000 eggs each season. The ap p ro p riatio n for b u ild in g th e h atch ery w ill be av ailab le M ay 18, an d bide on th e co n stru ctio n w ill be called for soon a fter th a t. E xcellent C ro p P ro s p e c ts . P en d leto n — T he reservation south and east a t here p resen ts th e m ost th rifty appearance and th e prospects are for th e finest w heat crop in th e h is tory of th e county. South of A dams th e w heat is nearly knee high and of a dark green color, w hich indicates th e best of grow ing conditions, In a few instances in th e sam e locality th e fields are infested w ith ta r w eed, th e pest of th e reserv atio n . T he g reat n u m b er of th ese weeds is p a rtly accounted for hv th e fact th a t only com bined harvesters have been used for years. 1905 H op C o n tra c ts Filed Salem — T h ree 1905 hop co n tracts, aggregating 50,000 pounds, or 280 bales have been filed tor record in th e d e p a rtm e n t of th e county recorder. They a re : J . E . F o rrest, of Salem , to T . R osenw ald A Co., of New Y ork, 10,000 pounds a t 18 cen ts; J . E . K irk land and o th ers, of Independence, to T. R osenw ald Co., New Y ork, 30,000 pounds, a t 17 cents, and George II. Irw in , of Brooks, to V alentine Ixiew i’s Sons Co., of New Y ork, 10,600 pounds, a t 17 cents. Will N ot C o n tra c t. T he Italles — T he wool s itu a t’on in th is p a rt of E astern Oregon varies from p ractically all th e o th e r w oolgrow ing sections of th e state from th e fact th a t th e grow ers have th u s far declined to co n tract th e ir clips in advance of th e scheduled sales days, J u n e (i and 23 and J u ly 6. These sales w ill be held as usual a t S haniko, th e m ark et place for th e wools grown in Wasco, Crook, W heeler, and G ra n t counties, w here th e choicest clips are produced. E ducational E xhibit. P endleton— T he educational e x h ib it for th e I^ewis and C lark fair is a ll in th e hands of th e county school su p e rin ten d en t, and is being assem bled and prepared for th e cab in e ts. O ne of th e fine features of th e e x h ib it is a n u m b er of draw ings. T he papers to be bound after reaching P o rtlan d are classified into piles according to th e w ork. Su p erin ten d en t W elles has th re e a ss ist a n ts a t th e w ork. PO R T L A N D Q U O T A T IO N S . W h eat — C lub, 84® 86c per b u s h e l; b lnestem , 89<a91c; v alley, 86e. O ats — No. 1, w h ite, $28 per to n ; gray, $27. Eggs—Oregon ran ch , 17@ 17)*e p er dozen. B a tte r— Fancy cream ery, 17)* 9 19c per pound. Potatoes—Oregon fancy, $ 1 ® 1.05; com m on, 80® 85c. A pples— Fancy, $ 1.75@ 2.S0 per b o x ; choice, $1(21.25. Hope — Choice, 1904, 23V*®25c p er po u n d . Wool— V alley, 23** ® 25 (*e; E a ste rn Oregon, beet, 17)*® 19c; m o h air, choice, 31® 32)^c p er ponnd. H ay — T im othy, $14® 16 per to n ; clover, $11® 12; g ra in , $11*12; cheat, $11® 12.