GLASS IS C O N V IC TE D . 1 Washington County lews OPTIM SM PREDOM INATES. Merchants Throughout Country Find Good Times Prevail. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST IRRIOATIONIST » Jury Finds Him Guilty of Bribing San ■ Francisco Supervisor. San Francisco, Aug. 31.— After de-1 liberating about 15 minutes, tiie jury New Ycik, Sept. 3.— Remarkable for I in the case of Louis Glass, vice pre i- FOREST GROVE. . . OREGON their optimism are the replies from ilent of the Pacific States Telephone A S tE S HARD WINTER AHEAD. BIG C R O P IN LANE. | more than 3,000 retail merchants, job- Telegraph company, last night returned ‘ hers and hankers regarding thebusinees a verdict finding him guilty of bribing Hood River Wocdsman Reads Warn­ supervisors. Only one formal ballot outlook of the country, which are print- Fruits o f All Kinds Promise Well— ing ot Nature Hop Outlook Bright. was taken, the jurors being unanimous led today in the Dry Goods Economist. Hood River — Jim Tompkins, the on an informal ballet. Eugene — Report- ’ om over the They show that there is no evidence cf Mount Hood woodsman, whose predic­ Assistant District Attorney Heney county give a rr-jcl. ter account of business depression, that on the whole tion last fall of a hard w inter was veri­ made the closing argument and spoke the retailers are purchasing as heavily the grain crop th.. t’ .e estimate given fied is out again with a pronuncia- for an hour and a half, during " hich ; Indications Point to Much Good 8t. On the whole, the tion to the effect that the coming time lie took occasion to severely con- as they did iast year, and that all are some time ago. ing Accomplished at the Big winter will discount that of last year, (j emn j|ie ni0caufe prices are so high that to raisers, who will get a bumper crop hollerin’ it out loud. W e’re goin’ to order was given the jury was deliberat­ The large number of delegates and and a good price for it. erable for Mr. Kuasell Sage. they look for a lower level and are pur­ Grapes will be better this year than git a dandy. I tell yer. I ain’t been a ing and within 15 minutes Foreman the enthus asm displayed indirate that President Roosevelt will aim his chasing for the immediate demand only. for many Beasons. Tht re are not many watchin’ fer these signs in tlrer Oregon Flood announced the verdict of guilty. much is to be accomplished during the next blow at the lumber trust. Five questions were asked by the vineyards here, but those who have woods fer 25 years fer nothin’ , and tire Mr. Delmaa was not present, hut Mr. congress. Tho gathering is not only Two men weie killed at Denver in Economist of its subscribers in making carelully looked after this fruit have bears coinin’ in close to town is a sure McPike, his associate, moved for a stay national, but international in character as there were seated on the platform of an auto race during iatbor day celebra­ the canvass of the business conditions. found it a most satisfactory crop to sign. Another one ¡ b the bark on tire of judgment. raise. Peaches are a good crop; the trees. Whenever it gits as thick as it Next Wednesday morning was fixed tiie gaily decorated convention hall rep. tion. They are: Get plenty of wood, as the time for passing sentence. same is true of pears, hut the apple is now, look out. resentutives of foreign countries, inclad- China lias ordered Japanese troops to friends,” concluded the woodsman, “ What are the crop conditions of crop is a little light. Assistant District Attorney John ing Germany, China and Mexico. withdraw from the Northerly part of The question of help to do the har­ “ and git it quick, fer you’ ll have use O’Gara spoke for half an hour and President Roosevelt had his personal your section? Corea. concluded the opening argument for the representative, Gifford Pinchot, chief “ flow are the farmers fixed finan­ vesting may lessen the profit of the fer it mighty sudden.” farmer of I.ane county, but nothing else Republican leaders prefer not to tin­ people in the Glass bribery trial in government forester; Vice President cially? threatens his return this year. The Danger in Using Stamping Machines the morning. He was followed by T. Fairbanks was a guest of honor; there ker with the tariff until alter the 1908 “ Is labor well employed or otherwise whole county is experiencing a prosper­ election. Alirany— By a most peculiar injury O. Coogan for the defense, who spoke were four governors of statee, senators, in your city and vicinity? ity it has never before known, and the to his hand, growing from continued for two hours. congressmen and other distinguished Striking telegraph operators in Chi­ “ Do you observe any condition which merchant who is watching the condi use of a stamping machine, County From the time Executive The burden of Mr. Cocgan’s argu­ visitors. cago have a plan which they think is would cause you seriously to apprehend lions is looking toward tiie largest and Recorder Grant Frohman has been ment was, as in the former trial, tiie Officer Beard called the great gathering ■ure to win the tight for them. best trade from the farmer in the his­ confined to his home for more than a utter lack of direct evidence connecting to order and introduced Governor any decline from present prosperity? One and a third fare is announced week and will not be able to use his Glass with tiie commission of the Chamberlain, of Oregon, president of “ Have you bought as freely as last tory of the county. over the railroads to the next session hand for some time. He was indexing crime churged, namely, the bribing of tiie National Irrigation congress, words year at this time?” of the Trans-Mississippi congress which W HAT ONE RAILROAD EARNS. instruments and using a stamp, the Supervisor Lonergan. of welcome und praise for tiie great In classifying the replies, the stntee meets at Muskogee, 1. T., November 114. handle of which he struck with the work of saving the forests, storing the and territories were placed in five Tiie Courier-Journal building in great divisions, fn all of these on the Salem, Falls City & Western Makes palm of his right hand, for several days Hoods, reclaiming tiie deserts and mak­ SM ASH ED IN RUINS. two weeks ago. Though tiie work caused Louisville, Ky., has been destroyed by whole the prospects for good crops are ing homes on the land, marked the pro­ Report to State Commission. no puin, the palm of the hand suddenly fire. bright and, where the crops are lighter Salem— The Salem, Fulls City A grew very sore and his entire hand Fifteen Passengers Killed In 1 rolley ceedings. The addresses of tiie speak­ ers and the message of President Rooee- Several railroads in the West are said than heretofore, the higher prices more Western railroad, owning a railroad Car Wreck in Illinois. swelled up. Il lias already been neces­ velt were received with heaity approv­ to he violating the Elkins law by giving than compensate, fn all sections there from Falls City to Dallas and operating sary to lance the hand three times. appears to be a scarcity of available Mattoon, 111., Sept. 2.— Fifteen per­ al. Governor G illett’s addrerao\ ■««; rebates. trains on the Southern Pacific lines Local physicians have characterized the sons were killed and about 50 injured come was a glowing tribute to the re­ abor, while unusually high prices are fiotn Dallas to Newbcrg, ¡ b the first Roosevelt has given up the idea of being paid. injury as catarrh of the hand. in a head-on collision between an inter- sources of California, and( he turned railroad to tile an annual report, as re­ joint statehood between Arizona and “ A ll’s well,” is the summary which urban express train consisting of a over tiie entire state to tiie visitors. quired by law. Its report shows a paid New Mexico. the Economist makes of the situation Reduction is Appreciated. Mr. Chamberlain, in commenting00 motor ear train and a traction car on capital stock of $100,000 and a funded Eugene— The recent action of the the Mattoon A Charleston electric line the first session, remarked that the A Kansas City striking telegraph op­ in the entire country. debt of $17,000. The road and equij- erator has been fined $500 for assault­ ment cost $306,808.80, or an average Southern Pacific in lowering the ship­ this morning. The crash occurred on present congress shows more interest ia ing a man he mistook for a strikebreak­ NEW ELECTRIC POWER. of $23,600 per mile. The gross earn- ping rates on fruit in and out oi Eu­ a sharp curve one mile west of Charles­ tiie work in hand than any other con­ er. gress he ever attended, and added that ingB for tiie year were $74,844.75, and gene is generally appreciated here. The ton. Confusion of orders received over the during tiie week questions oi intense expenses $47,612.14, change not only benefits the canning A rumor has been circulated that Italian Inventor Promises to Revolu­ tiie operating leaving net earnings from operation and packing company, but indirectly telephone is said to have been the cause importance w ill be discussed. Roosevelt has purchased the New York tionize the World. Tiie Irrigation Palace has a seating Tribune, hut the story lacks continua­ $26,872.61. From this is deducted the man engaged in raising any kind of of the accident. The cars approached New York, Kept. 3.— Confident that $7,633.53, paid as interest and taxes, fruit. Heretofore the cannery has lim­ each other at a high rate of speed and accommodations for about 3,500 peo­ tion. he ¡ b the discoverer of an electrical de­ leaving a net income of $10,230.08. ited its output to certain varieties of the Impact was so terrific that the ple, and in addition to delegatee a large Tacoma commercial bodies are busy fruit that would also be in demand on number of spectators are provided for. with an nddeavor to have the Atlantic vise that is to revolutionize the world No dividend was paid, but a deficit of the market. Since tiie change of rates motor cat was telescoped by tiie trac­ over $3,000 from previous year’ s opera­ tion car. There was no warning and The interior of the building presents * fleet of liaHleshipa visit that city while industrially and economically, Rallle tion was j>aid and the remainder car­ the cannery wants all kinds of fruit. lew passengers had time to escape by festive appearance witli streamer! cl | in tiie Pacific. Bova, an electrical engineer, has come ried as a surplus. varied hues. Over the spt-akeis’ plat­ jumping. Will Rebuild Shipyards. France will demand of Morocco ex­ from Carincia, Italy, for tho purpose of The passengers, nearly all of whom form are the wetds: “ Science bids the I penses for the present military and na­ demonstrating before America’s best Randon— The Price shipyards, which were on the way to the fair at Charles­ desert drink.” First Brick Kiln in Coos Bay. val action. Site will lie supported by experts what hie invention w ill do. On the walls in a conspicuous man­ Marshfield— J. W . Utter, formerly of were destroyed several weeks ago by ton, were crushed or maimed where Germany and Great Britain. fire, are in the course of reconstruction, they sat in the cars. Some who es­ ner the Washington delegation called ft consists of a email lattcry and Idaho, lias just completed the first and will be w ithin the city limits in attention to the desite oi Walla Walla A number of telegraph operators have transforming apparatus, which, he brick plant of any size on Coos bay. It stead of two miles up the river as for­ caped and who were able to speak say the scene at the wreck was gruesome. to liave tiie next congress held there. is hxateil on Isthmus inlet, one of the returned to their places in St. Lc.uis The congress opened with the “ Ini- | packing houses. They will receive the says, w ill run the largest dynamos tributary rivers, and a kiln of 75,000 merly. Tiie new location is adjoining Tiie dead and dying were jammed to­ old scale pending an adjustment of the without the use of steam or other en­ brick has )>een completed for the mar­ the Ccdy mills, which are nearly com­ gether in a mass, some shrieking with gation Ode,” which was rendered by ■trike. ergy. He says it may lie applied to ket. This is tiie first really successful pleted and which w ill have a daily out­ pain and. children crying for their tiie 200 members of the Ogden Taber­ put of 100 000 feet of lumber, thereby nacle chcir, an organization comprising A Chicago labor leader is accused of locomotives, steamships, lighting and attempt at brick making in the vicinity making ship timber available at little mothers, who were thought to be among the dead. 120 men and 80 women. of Coos hay and that the material can grafting. heating plants or anything where elec­ Mayor M. R. Beard of Sacramento lie produced here at a reasonable cost cost. Central Americans welcome Roose­ trical energy is employed. He calls promises to revolutionize tiie building then delivered the address ol welcome FRENCH IN CO RNER. velt and Diaz as peacemakers. his Invention the “ auto vibro electrics as brick shipped here sell at a practi Record Price for Pears on helm If of the city and was followed callv prohibitive price. Medford— All records in the sale of Moors Suddenly Surround Troops by by Governor James N. Gillette,who The government may ask for a receiv­ sorgente. ” In a statement he says: hart left pears has been broken by the welcomed the delegates to the sM- ership for the iiarriman roads. “ In building a fire one first must Feint o f Retreat. Both officials expressed the pleasured sale in Montreal, Can., of a car from Cars Still Scarce. A railroad is projected from tiie have a match. I have discovered the Casa Blanca, Sept. 2.— During tho the people in having tiie visitors with the Bvrrd orchard in the Medford dis- Eugene— The scarcity of cars on the northern jiart of Nebraska to the gulf. match of electricity, and with it start tr ct, of cur No. 1628 for tiie gross sum fighting between the French forces and them and spoke of tho importance 01 p the tire that continues to burn, fn Southern Pacific company’s lines for Senator Warren, of Wyoming, Bays of $2,550, or $5.05 per box. This nets the Moors yesterday near the French tiie work of the congrese. Govern* other words, with a substance that may lumber shipments stUI continues in this camp, the Moors at first retreated and Chamberlain followed in behalf of tM the West wants to renominate Roose­ be obtained anywhere for a few eents I vicinity, and some of the mills are eloe- the growers $3.77 at Medford. All the velt. it was believed that the engagement congress. originate the force that sets tiie dynatm ing down for an indefinite period. The returns to date are highly satisfactory. was over, when suddenly the enemy A ll railroads in tiie Northwest are in motion and continues it in action. big mill of tiie Booth-Kelly company at reappeared in great force in two direc­ PO R TLA N D M ARKETS granting a nine-hour day in machine 1 am not relying upon theory, but have Wendi ng close«! down last week and N E X T DOSE IS FOR CHINT. tions. The Spahi and irregular Alger­ ■hops. made many tests in Italy through Geo. H. Kelly, general manager of the ian cavalry found themselves almost Wheat — (New crop) — Club, 82c; hieh I increased the ordinary force company, says the mill at Saginaw will Japan Ind gnant at Hostile Action« of A greater rush of homeseokers to the he closed on October 1. The mills at bluestem, 83c; Valley, 80e; red, 79c. surrounded but formed a square and Northwest ia predicted for September manifold without tiie aid of steam or Flowery Empire. any other power except what I obtained Sptingtield and Coburg are now running Oats— (New crop) — No. 1 white, slowly fell tack until reinforced. In than ever liefore. tiie meantime the French ships show­ Tokio, Sept. 3.— The unconcilia^T a day shift, and will probably continue ♦23.50; gray, $23. from my small battery. I am using ered shells among the hills, scattering attitude of the Chinese government to­ Elevator companies In Minnesota the electricity which exists in all of in operation despite tiie ear shortage. Barley— (New crop)— Feed, $22.50@ owned by farmers are to lie merged for nature’s elements and which has hith­ 23 per ton; brewing, $24@24.50; roll­ the enemy. The engagement lasted ward Japan is gradually increasing.an three hours. mutual protection. it is now verging on the anti-J»Pa® *' They Seek the Noble Elk. ed, $24.50@25. erto been wasted.” The line of battle extended over two There is indignation here at the so®*® Albany— To kill an elk is the pro­ Corn— Whole, $28 per ton; cracked, The government will need 125,000 miles, and it is estimated that about change of front t y China. Tiie i'»®* nounced ambition of most of the hunt­ »29. tons of eoal to carry the battleahip fleet Mooney it Reinstated. 12,000 Moors were engaged. The loss tion at Pekin is attracting the M'*''' into Pacific waters. ers who are now leaving for the moun­ Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $17® San Francisco, Sept. 3.— One of the tains in this part of the state. After a 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy of the latter is not known, but it is be­ tion of public thinkers, ft is I*» Prince Wilhelm, heir to tiie Swedish first acts of the Taylor board of police closed season of several years, it will he »19(5)20; clover, $11; cheat, $ li- lieved to have been heavy, as the for the sake of tranquility in th* throne, Is thoroughly enjoying his visit commissioners was to reinstate Captain French officers counted the bodies sf 20 East the present conditions should n lawful to kill elk after the 15th of this grain hay, $11@12; alfalfa, $12@13. to the United States. of Police Mooney. Captain Mooney Moors in one roadway. The French be maintained. . month, for a period of one month. Butter— Fancy creamery, 32^@ 35c was dismissed by the Schmitz Ixerd for The kaiser is anxious to have his loss was 15 killed or wounded. In some narters it Is thought per pound. Each hunter is limited by law to one only daughter wed Prince Leopold, son criticising tiie method of ex-Chief Di- Ik, tmt the memtiers of' the hunting The cruisers Gioire and Guardon to­ is absolutely necessary to >roPr , Poultry— Average old hens, 13c per tian and the then lnwtrd of commission­ of Prinoo Henry, of Kattcnherg. day bombarded the beach beyond Casa China with the unreasonableness iwrties now equipping for the moun­ pound; mixed chickens, 12c; spring Portland commercial bodies and the ers. Mr. Mooney addressed Ills com tains will he satisfied with this legal chickens. 13c; old toosters, 899c; Blance, where the force of Moorish eav- here present attitude, and send for t purpose a foremost statesman to repr Oregon representative« in congress are pany on the necessity for greater alert­ limit, thousli they are very desirous of dressed ctiickens, 16@17c; turkeys’ airy gathered, but soon dispersed it. working to liave the battlwhip fleet ness in the suppression of vice. He killing that one. sent Japan at Pekin. live, 16@16c; geese, live, 8910c’ warn oil the men that the friendship of visit Portland. Governor O ffered Bribe. ducks, 10c. chief of police and police commission­ Attempt to W reck Bridge- Chicago, Sept. 2.— A dispatch to the Appeal to State Committion. Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 26@27e The new sultan of Morocco is mak­ ers would not save those that lie found Tribune from Indianapolis says: W in­ Darby, Penn., Sept. 3.— A bold * ing many changes in his foreign minis- ierelict in any matter of duty. Salem— The Jacobson A DeHaven per dozen. Veal— Dressed, 6 t,9 8 > *e per pound. field T. Durbin, governor of Indaina tempt was made by some nnkno tei*. A large nnml « * : valley, 2l>@22c. accord teg’ Vaftei- Landis some weeks since, have been entes has reached here. Armed nan- “ overlooked thev W Ä " Uniteli States is ridiculous. Kiang, province of Kiangsi. pat id. A check for $83 was mailed to have appeared on the frontier and re­ application to Mr volution is sai-i to be imminent. his home in Cleveland. i»u«d tack W m » NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form ior Our Busy Readers. Fiiïeeiiîh Annual Session Cm- venes In Sacramento, LARÜE NUMBER OF DELEGATO I