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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1905)
JU R Y DISAGREES. Ten fo r Conviction and T w o for A c quittal in Land Cases. T O BROADEN ENGINEER C O U RSE FARM ERS HOLD TH EIR W HEAT Increased Attendance at Agricultural Are O&sred 70 Cents at Pendleton, C ollege Forces Enlargement. but Expect Highor Price. Corvallis— The proposed expansion <o( the department of mechanical en gineering at the college, determined on .a. the annua^board meeting, is in part made essential by the largely increased attendance of students, which last year nearly touched 700. The present plan was installed when the attendance w less than half that number. W h ile the change is being made, it is planned to broaden and perfect the course of instruction. The matter ìb in the hands of a committee that, with President Gatch, is to perfect plans. One feature in contemplation is the ad dition of a graduate year to the course, so that many students now going abroad ' for further instruction, such as Cornell, Berkeley, Stanford, and so on, can get it at their home college. President «Gatch’ s recommendations on the sub- __ ject embody the establishment of a ' foundry and pattern making course. Action taken for the improvement of the mining department embodies the purchase of addition equipment. The old chemical laboratory now houses the department and there is already fair eqipment for laboratory work, but it is propeseti to perfect the work in this line. Chester Proebstel, who was elected as instructor in the enlarge« i department, is a graduate of the col I f * lege, w ho spent last year in the mining department at the University of Cali fornia. He is a Portland boy. Pendleton— W. 8. Byres, the miller, has purchased a few small lots of wheat in the vicinity of Pendleton for 65 cents, part of the whea't being club and part bluestem. He is offering 70 cents for No. 1 bluestem, with few farmers willing to accept this price, believing that a short time hence w ill bring them an advance over the present prices. The farmers who sold early last year missed the popular prices by nearly 12 cents a bushel, as the price rose from 55 to 77 cents a bushel. For fear of being in the wrong this year, many w ill hold until the market is established at a solid mark. Mr. Byers has alBo purchased a lot of barley from E. L. Smith, paying 85 cents a hundred, with the understand ing that all Mr. Smith wished to turn in would be taken at that price. The amount sold in the transaction is not known. Schools o f Baker County. Baker City— The annual report of County School Superintendent John A Payton, just filed, shows there are 5,- 348 persons between the age of 4 and 20 years in Baker county, 4,046 of whom are enrolled in the different schools. The numbjr of teachers em ployed is 102, with an average salary for males of $62 5 per month; females, $48.47. The receipts for the past year to the county school were $90,757.28 while the expenses amounted to $77, 187.80, leaving a balance of $22,574.32. The estimated value of school houses, Plan Big Vinegar Output. grounds, etc., is $154,805. The aver Eugene — The Ingham & Zimmer age district tax is 8.1 mills. Cider and Vinegar company, a well known manufacturing concern of Eu Hop Yards on the Market. gene, has just tiled supplementary ar Salem— Krebs Bros., reputed the ticles of incorporation with the Lane ■county clerk changing the name to the most extensive hopgrowers on the coast, i Ingham Vinegar Co. The owners of are said to be in the market for the sale the Northwest Conserving Co.’ s big of their hop ranches in this and Folk plant at Tacoma, have purchased an counties, aggregating 1,053 acres, of interest in the local plant and the one which 624 acres are set to hops. It is at Medford, operated by the same com reported that the price set upon the In pany. The contract has just been let dependence yards, consisting of 400 for the erection of new buildings for acres of hops, which w ill come in full the Med lord plant, the capacity of bearing this season, is $150,000, and which is 4,000 barrels per year. The that two offers have been received upon Eugene plant w ill be enlarged to the them, neither of which has as yet been accepted. The price fixed on the Brooks same capacity. yard of 224 acres is not given. Portland, July 21.— “ I f you w ill vote for the acquittal of Williamson, we will vote for the conviction of Biggs and Gesuer.’ ’ This in substance was the astounding proposal made by Jurors O. H. Flook, of Olalla, Douglas county, and G. O. Walker, of W’alker, Lane county, to their fellow jurors in the Williamson- Biggs-Gesner trial. For 46 hours these two jurors stood firmly entrenched against the majority, finally securing the discharge of the jury by Judge De Haven yesterday at 1 p. m. Both Flook and Walker are constituents of Binger Hermann and are said to be his warm personal friends. W. O. Cook, the juror who was sup posed to be for acquittal, was in fact firm for conviction. He was one of the leaders of the jury and his questions in open court, which seemed to indicate doubt in his own mind, were asked by him as spokesman for the jury in order tho secure ammunition to use on their refractory fellow members. In all, 42 ballots were taken, and in the end it was as in the beginning, the jury standing 10 for conviction of all the defendants and two for the acquit tal of the three men who have been on trial for a week or more charged with subornation of perjury. District Attorney Heney immediately asked that a new trial of the case be set for the earliest possible day, and in spite of the protest of Counsel Bennett, for the defense, Judge De' Haven set the retrial of the case for today. Judge Bennett made a plea for more time is, order that the defense might make.'« dditional preparation, but with out j^’ccess. Judge De Haven directed that che drawing of the new jury be commenced this morning, believing that by the time* the 12 men were secured the witnesses could all be on hand. The trials of W. N. Jones, Thaddeus 8. Potter, Daniel Clark and Ira Wade, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States of public lands, had been previously set for this morning and the action of Judge De Haven in fixing the new Williamson trial for 10 o’clock to day, and his remarks touching the in dictment in the Jones case virtually sustained the demurrer filed by the defendants attacking the indictment on which the prosecution is based. He said that the Jones case would prob ably not be tried as he was satisfied that the indictment was insufficient, but that he would render a formal de cision this morning when court con vened. HEAT BETS INTENSE! haust pipe from a gas engine, which butigs away several times each min ute. Undisturbed by the racket, tha female sparrow Is rearing a brood o f fledglings, while her mate faithfully attends to the supplying of food. m Many Deaths and Prostrations in Eastern States. STORM AFFORDS SOME RELIEF Crowded Tenement Districts o f New York Are the W orst— Deaths Reach 75 in One Day. New York, July 20.— W hile the rec ord of deaths and prostrations greatly exceeded that of yesterday, there was a distinct diminution today in the tem perature prevailing throughout the eastern section of the country. A l though the midday heat was every where terrific, it was broken by scatter ing thunderstorms, many of which weie of a violent character, and toward evening the temperature fell rapidly. W ith th;s welcome relief came the an nouncement from the weather bureau tonight that the abatement in the heated term had been general and that moderate temperatures would probably prevail for several days in the Middle Atlantic and New England states. In New York the highest tempera ture recorded was 95, one degree lower than that of yesterday, when the high est record of the season was reached. Philadelphia reported a slightly higher maximum range, and in many other cities the highest point of yesterday was not touched, while everywhere a sharp fall was noticed, beginning early in the afternoon. As usual the maximum official tem peratures everywhere were exceeded by those prevailing in the crowded dis tricts, where the actual temperatures frequently exceeded 100 degrees. The cumulative effect of the contin ued torridity of these districts was painfully evident in the enormous in crease of the number of deaths in New York. While the death roll of yester day was only 26, that of today reached the appalling total of 75, being nearly half of those prostiated. This was al most entirely due to the collapse of women and children and aged persons whose exhausted vitality was unequal to the strain of further suffering. V E R D IC T IS B LO C K E D . A L it t le G ir l's Kee.iy. A N e w O u td o o r G a m e. This game Is a test of skill In hoop rolling. As a rule, the players soou grow to be quite expert In guiding their hoops, and can perform such feat* as "return rolls” and "bouuoiug hoop” with a great deal o f cleverness. Five pegs or sticks are required in this game, per dimensions shown In diagram, and placed according to measurements shown. Standing at a distance of fifteen feet from the pegs, each player must endeavor to roll nls hoop through either o f the two open ings, to left or right o f the tall peg. I f they pass through safely they will strike the string or rope and rebound, falling possibly over oue of the three pegs. The middle peg, more difficult than the rest, counts 20 points, while O l’ T F IT FOB IIO O P BOVN CK. tile two smaller ones score 10 points each. It will be found possible to exercise cleverness In manipulating the hoops, as a Jerk or twist or firm roll will tend to give the reliouml its necessary force. First of all, the hoop must be rolled skillfully enough to make It pass through the two openings. I f a hoop falls upon a peg before it rebounds from the string the player loses his chances o f count for that time and other players follow In quick succes sion. The string used in this game, on the two black pegs, should be of suf ficient strength to give firm resistance to the hoops when they are rolled, and the more strength put lu the roll the more apt the hoops are to circle the winning pigs.— People's Home Jour- uni. The following la a little schoolgirl's Idea of a Hon: “ Th# lion is the king of all animals. It Is very fierce. Lion lias very big pause. It has a dark brown akin. It has got a peace o f heir od Its tale and all round Its neck. The lion life on men and other things. When the lion Is young It Is called a cube. The lion Is very useful. Its skin Is used for making fur* and other things. Its tees are very useful. Th# Hon is used for showes.” 8 T O R Y OF IN F A N T PRODIGY. What a L i t t l e G ir l V io lin is t D id w it h H e r F lr a t V io lin . Thi* is the story o f a famous child violinist, Miss Vivien Chartres, now playing In London, told by her mother. Mine. Annie Vivanti, In the Pall Mall Magazine. It Is a remarkable revela tion o f a child's mind and as such will, no doubt, attract great attention: “ I have everything I want,” said Vivien, “ except a bulldog and a vio lin.” Thus the child. A violin! How strange that she should ask for a violin, suddenly o f her own accord I Everybody said It clearly denoted great talent and a g ift for music and I determined to buy her one the very next day. I did so; I nought a charming half-size Instru ment of a bright brown color and most excellent In tone, the dealer told me. O f course, we did not get the bulldog. She used the violin first as a money box. Then she occasionally put bread ami milk Into the sound holes; and al together It became quite unpleasant to handle. One (lay, assisted by her little cousin Teddy, she broke It open with a hammer; and there wag great disappointment ns to the result, a* nothing much was found Inside It. I even began to doubt as to the gift ot the calling. But oue dny an Italian gentleman called on my husband with a letter o f Introduction. He had come to London to give a series of coucerts, and he had his Amatt with him. Jack asked him If he would play to us, and called mr from my letter-writing to come nnd listen. He stood In the middle of the room and played, without accompaniment, the “ Zlgeuncrwesen” o f Sarnsnte. W e listened spellbound to the wonderful music with which our room was tilled. The door opened cautiously, and Vivien came In, with her two dolls, Punch and the Policeman, under her arm. She stood still nnd gnzed petrified with astonishment at the player. When he struck the lust chord she dropped her dolls nnd suddenly began to cry. She cried loud nnd long. “ What for you cry?" he asked re. peatedly. “ For many things,” she replied, and would say nothing else. He seemed astonished and pleased. So I told him briefly why I had reason to think the child superlatively gifted In a musical way. He understood at once. “ The child evidently has genius,” said Signor Snntavlcca, looking down wonderlngly at the small blonde head and smudgy, tear-stained face of my young daughter. One Juror in Land Fraud Cases Is Takes the Bugs Home. W h e n T h e y Q u a rre le d , Stubborn fo r Acquittal. Grants Pass— Professor A . B. Cord- Alice and Bertha played in the same Portland, July 20.— Neither 31 hours garden, because they were llttlo sis ley, of the Oregon State Experiment and more of argument, the opinion of ters. station, has returned to Corvallis after those ¡earned in the law, nor his own spending several days visiting the Jos They were always playing In the convictions, have served to convince J. garden, and everybody who passed by ephine county melon fields. The pur NO RELIEF IN SIG H T. pose of Professor Cordley’s visit is to O. Cook, of Eugene, a former clerk for would say, “ Hello, Alice!” and “ Hello, identify the-strange bug that is destroy the Booth Kelly Lumber company, that Bertha!” and the little sister» would Additional Steamers Cannot Be Ob ing the melon vines of the fields about the defendants Williamson, Gesner and run to the fence nnd say: “ Good morn tained fo r Coast Run. Biggs are guilty of having conspired to Grants Pass. A number of vines kilted ing! Good morning!” by the pest and several specimens of Portland, July 21.— With first-class suborn men to commit perjury. Judge But one day a very sad thing hap the bugs were taken by Professor Cord- passengers going in the steerage, a long De Haven, after waiting until after 8 pened. Alice and Bertha hnd a quar ley to the experiment station. o’clock last night, retired to his home, waiting list for every berth, and both rel. leaving word with the marshal that he Alice wanted to play that her house steamers going south crowded to the would not return again unless the jury Budding fo r Medical Department. was under the pink rose bush by the utmost lim it of safety, the Harriman should return a verdict, and then only Salem— Plans have been completed fountain. But Bertha wanted to play for the erection of a $15,000 building offices in the east continue to sell tick providing the action should be taken that her house was under the pink for the medical department of W illam ets for the trip from Portland to San prior to 10:30. rose bush by the fountain. So Alice J. O. Cook, the man from Eugene, is ette university. The building w ill be Franciscuo, and R. P. Schwerin, gen said that she wouldn’t play at nil. And hanging the jury anil cannot be changer! Fair Grounds Are Improved. located on the northwest corner of the Salem — When improvements now college campus and w ill be of brick and eral manager of the San Francisco & from his position, so the rumots that Bertha said neither would she. They Federal building each walked around the garden alone. under way are completed ten dayg three stories high Money for the con Portland Steamship company, says the float around the From the first he haB op It was sad. hence, Oregon w ill have the best state struction of the building has already Columbia and St. Paul w ill continue to whisper. be the only steamers on the run. They thought the sun did not seem posed the wishes of the other 11 men, fair grounds on the Pacific coast. Cal been subscribed. Having bought their tickets for the and all their massed persuasiveness bright, and they thought the flowers M ORM ON WOMEN 8INCERE. ifornia is making improvements which voyage several weeks ago, would-be cannot turn him from his opinion. were not pretty, nnd they did not like may possibly bring the exposition O. A. C. Regents’ Election. passengers naturally expect a chance Mr. Cook has been a fractious juror the little fountain, and they were very B e lie v e In P o lT u n n i? „ n d S u ffe r f o r grounds of that state up tb the same T h e ir R e lig io n . Corvallis— J. K. Weatherford was re standard as those in Oregon, but for elected president, John D. Daly secre to go to California without much delay. from the first, so it is understood, and miserable and did not know what to Are the Mortnou people sincere In the present it is declared that Oregon tary and B. F. Irvine treasurer at the The independent boats are finding has not been easy under the yoke of the do. their religion? Can a Mormon woman So Alice walked back to see what fair grounds w ill be the best. The im annual meeting of the board of regents plenty of passengers, but the majority rules laid down. Even at the begin of those who go present themselves at ning of the trial he was disinclined to Bertha was doing. And what do vou be sincere? There Is no doubt In the provements made here were paid for of the Oregon Agricultural college held world that the body of the Mormon with tLe appropriation which would here. Their terms are for two years the Harriman office to arragne for heed the admonition of the court that suppose that was? berths have already paid their money. he should neither read the comments have been used for the premiums if the each. Why, Bertha was walking back to ptople le sincere. There is no doubt lu the world that the body o f tha Slipping quietly into the city, Man concerning the case as published in the see what Alice was doing. annual state fair hail been held. Mormon women le sincere, declares ager Schwerin yesterday stated posi papers nor discuss the case as he Just then a little bird flew down and P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS . tively that no more steamers would be pleased. It is understood that he did took a bath In the fountain. He Marian Ronsall In “ The Tragedy of Benton Hay Prospect. put on the San Francisco & Portland not care to follow the instructions, and splashed and splashed and splashed. the Mormon Woman,” In the House Corvallis— Reports from the differen Wheat — Club, new, 72@73c per hopgrowers in the vicinity of Corvail.s bushel; bluestem, new, 77(380c; val- run, despite the tremendous tourist contended that he would read what he Alice clapped her hands and laughed. keeper. The Mormon woman has suf traffic which has been expected for pleased and discuss the case when he fered for her religion, and the young are that this season’s crop w ill be at ley, new, 75c. And Bertha did, too. months. He denies the report from wished. least one-third larger than last year. Barley. — Feed, $21.50(322 per ton; Alice and Bertha looked at each women and the young girls will doubt Seattle that the steamer Valencia, of It is the supposition that the jury other and kept right on laughing and less suffer in the religion which baa The long dry spell of last season was rolled, $23(324. I the Pacific Coast compahy, w ill come will be discharged today if it is not made tragedies o f the lives o f their the cause of only about one-half a crop Oats— No 1 white, feed, * (8 per jjpj.g temporarily. Mr. Schwerin says able to reach a verdict by evening. In laughing. mothers. By this I do not mean that on the yards situated nnf the high ton; gray, $29. “ You may have your house hy the that every steamer on the Pacific coast the event of final disagreement, it is every Mormon woman Is a plural w ife lands. This year an abundance of rain Hay — Timothy, $13@15 per ton; is busily making money elsewhere now. the announced intention of District A t pink rose bush, Bertha,” said Alice. or that every Mormon wryuan suffers I ¡has assured a good yield in both bot clover. $8. ‘Oh, no! Yon have yours there.” The tourists who come through Port torney Heney to call the second trial neglect and privation. But that th* tom and hill land. Recent hot weather Fruits — Apples, new, 90c@$1.75 said Bertha. land, must wait their turn, therefore. as soon as he has finished with the great mass of Mormon women suffer, has practically exterminated vermin, per box; apricots, 90c@$l per crate; ’ I tell you what,” Alice said. “ We Tonight the steamer St. Paul w ill Jones case, now set for hearing on F'ri- I believe and know— suffer In the de And the outlook is excellent. peaches, 50@90c per crate; plums, 25c will have our house there together.” sail for San Francisco loader! as usual. day. @90c per crate; Loganberries, $1.26 The dreadful quarrel was over at graded place they are assigned In their per crate; blackberries, 4@5c pound; HealtViy People at Sumpter. Inst, nnd the two little sisters were religion; euffer In their slavery to their Assayers Receive Stolen Ore. Czar's Sincerity Is Doubted. husbands and their church; suffer Sumpter— From investigations made cherries, 7@12J$c per pound; currants, happy again.— St. Nicholas. Cripple Creek, Colo., July 21.— Six physically In the rearing o f large fam Tokir, July 20. — It is believed that here during the past month it is learn 8c per pound; prunes, 85c@ $l; rasp assayers of this district have been ar Emperor Nicholas recently sent an en ilies. which is their principal means ed that Sumpter is without doubt the berries, $1.25 per crate. H o w T rifle s Count Up. Vegetables— Beans, l@ 4 c per pound; rested and placed under heavy bonds, couraging message to General Linie- most healthful town in the state. At Some Interesting statistics have of exaltation In the life to come. The majority o f the women o f tha present there is not a case of sickness cabbage, l@ lJ ic per pound; cauli upon a Charge of receiving high-grade vitch, promising him men, provisions been complied showing how trifling in the town that can be considered flower, 75@90c per dozen; celery, $1 ore, knowing it to have been stolen. and other necessities for attaining a articles count up In a year on the latter day saints, as members of th* It is also reported that the Santa Fe system. In the 400 stations church usually speak o f themselves, j dangerous. Nor has there lieen a death per dozen; corn, 15@25c per dozen; From a set of books examined in one victory. from disease during the last six months. cucumbers, 25<350c per dozen; lettuce, assaying office it is inown that about Russian emj eror recently ordered the between Chicago and the Pacific coast are plain. Industrious people of the Accidents at the mines have furnished head, 10c per dozen; parsley, 25c per I $•3,000 profit was made by the assayers mobilization of four army corps. This are slot machines containing gum. Into hard working class. It Is these plain, Other books fact, taken in connection with the re several funerals at the city cemetery dozen; peas, 2 ® 5c per pound; toma in the last six months. these machines last year were dropped sincere people, mostly, who live In th* lead the officers to believe that upward ported limitation of M. "Witte’s power •during that time, but none of these can toes, 90c(3$ 1 per crate; turnips, $1.25 1.150.000 pennies for gum, the sum small towns and villages. There Is, plenipotentiary, is being $11,500. The pins used hy offi however, a dues belonging chiefly to be considered as belonging to the town. @1.40 per sack; carrots, $1.25@1.50 of $1,000,000 worth of ore has been as chief peace stolen in the district every year and deemed to tie a sign that Russia is not per sack; beets, $1@1.25 per sack. cials and employes of the Santa Fe the families o f those o f Influence and Potatoes— Oregon, new, 75c(3$l per disposed of to assay offices, who knew sincere in her expressed desire for the syatem last year weighed 3,000 pounds. power In tne Mormon church, women Many Th resh er» Are Running, they were receiving stolen ore. conclusion of peace. sack. To keep the depots and offlcea clean of education and culture, who h ave The Dalles— The past few days have Butter— Fancy creamery, 20@22 t^c 26.000 brooms were used. The lead traveled and studied, and are well been the longest continuous hot spell per pound. Stockholders Fight fo r Dividend. M ortjn Uses the Ax. pencils used. If placed end to end, read and accomplished. Many, possi recorded in Wasco county for several Cleveland, July 21.— The directors of Eggs— Oregon ranch, 2 1 @22c doz. New York, July 20. — Chairman would make a line over 326 mllea long. bly most, o f these women, are slncera years. The hot spell is not doing any the American Shipbuilding company Poultry — Average old hens, 13@ Paul Morton, of the Equitable Life damage to grain, as everywhere it is 14c; mixed chickens, 12012)£c; old today declared a dividend of 4 per cent ' Assurance society, today summarily F ifty barrels of Ink and 400,000 pena in their religion. Ardent champions o f polygamy ar* too far ad van ce«l to be injured by heat. roosters, 9@10c; young roosters, 11 @ on the common stcck, payable quarter l removed comptroller T. D. Jordan and were used. From what Is known as However, it is hastening harvesting, as 12c: turkeys, live, 18@ I9; geese, live, >.v ont of the net earnings of the last appointed in his stead W illiam A. Day, the “ scrap heap" the company realized to be found In both classes. It Is true, epring grain is now ripe and must be 6(37c; ducks, old, 13c; ducks, young, flscml year, which ended June 30 last. ! assistant attorney general of the Gnited last year $1.250,000. This included al also, that there are some women lu both clases who do not believe In harvested along with fall grain. Most 10@14c per pound. The first dividend will fall due Septem- States. Mr. Morton gave out a state most everything from a shingle nail to polygamy. In so far as they do not, a worn-out locomotive. Over $5.<sm o f the threshers are now running, ami Hope— Choice 1904, 17@19c per i her 1. At a meeting tome time since a ment in which he said: “ The reason they are not good or consistent Mor was realized from the sale of waate good yields are reported. majority of the stockholders voted to for Mr. Jordan's removal was his re pound. mons, and It Is not likely they would W oo!— Eastern Oregon average beet, ! pass the dividend. This was opposed fusal to furnish me information regard paper alone. "feel free” to discuss their attitud* Smelter Has Big Run Ahead. 19@21c; lower grades down to 15c, ac by the minority stockholders, who ing important transactions of the soci H a v e S tr o n g N e r v e * . with the bishop o f their ward, for In brought suit to force a dividend. ety which I am investigating.’ ’ Sumpter— Concentrates are being re- cording to shrinkage; valley, 25@27c The nerre o f the sparrow Is well stance. «•eje-Hl here daily for the smelter from per pound; mohair, choice, 31c per known, and their nesta are often found Will Take Spaniards Home. Military Plot Discovered. the big producers of the Cracker creek pound. In places which are much more ex Not L ik e Reality. Beef — Dressed bulls, 1 @2c per Madrid, July 21.— The Spanish gov London, July 20.— The Mosow cor posed than spots other birds would se district. The ore bins at the smelter “ Do you think that artists should ernment, it is announced. is arranging pound; cows, 3t%<34^c. are rapidly filling up and a large sup respondent of the Times says that one lect T h * record In that respect seems have Imagination f Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 6c per for the repatriation of the Spaniards of the topics of conversation during ply w ill be received this season from "Those who make th# pictures o f to be held by a pair o f sparrows who who were imprisoned in the Philippine* the proceedings of the Zemstvo con other sections near by, thus insuring pound; ordinary, 4c. hav* built a nest In the side o f a good looking girls In bathing costume* Veal— Dressed, 3 4 @7>kc per pound. by the Americans during the war of gress was the alleged discovery of a steady operation of the plant for an in- warehouse In Philadelphia. Less than are obliged to have Imagination.”— Pork— Dieased 6<§7>$c per pound. military plot against Emperor Nicholas, ^ d e fin ite period. 1898, and who are still in the island*. six Inch** above tho «test Is the ex Washington Star. Miners Less Hostile. Sumpter— Quite a nurc^cr of Bheep- men have driven their flocks into the Sumpter district this season, and all state that grass conditions were never better than at present. A more peace ful understanding seeems to exist be tween miners and stockmen, as lees threats are heard against the latter than in former seasons. This is ac counted for from the fact that the ranges are in better condition and that there is plenty of feed to go round without sheepmen encroaching on the domain of the miners. No reports are received that the sheep are being rang ed on the government reserve in this vicinity. s (