Washington County News
iM ucd r a d i W «c k 7
S T U D Y FO R E STR Y.
fcXPRfcSS CHARGfcS HIGH.
W ells-Fargo Accused o f Discrimina­
tion Against Merchants.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
Students at Oregon Agricultural C* I-
lege Gatherirg Tree Seeds,
EPIDEMIC OF O W E
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By tt. A. Lake, Oregon Agricultural College.
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 31.— Inter
FOREST GROVE.
OREGON
The students in forestry at the A gri­
state Commerce Commissioner Frank­
cultural college are nr. king their first
lin K. Lane, today held a hearing of
F U LL OF bU G A R .
A P P L E S H IP M E N T S INCREASE
collection of seeds of native trees and
the complaint of the California Com
shrubs for use in the establishment of
mercial association, compose 1 of 29 Good Report on Klamath Country Railroads Give Out Figures Showing a forest tree nursery and arboretum.
The purpose in view is not only that
mercantile firms in this city, charging
Sugar Beets.
O regon’s Sale of Fruits.
the Wells-Fargo Express company with
Klamath Fall«— Frank Ira W hite of
Portland— M >re than twice as many the work shall be instructive to the
concealing from the public tariff sched­ the Enterprise Land A Investment com­ apples were shipped out of this state student ’ n the study of seeds and seed-
ules that had been filed with the Inter­ pany has just received reports from the during 1907 than in 1906, according to age, silviculture and dendrology, but
state Commerce commission in Wash­
department of agriculture relative to repo ts compiled by the railroads. The that the plant shall be a source of data
ington and with milking unjust and dls
to the whole state upon the growth,
A Kuunni o f the Leas Important but criminatory rates. The actual question samples of sugar beets raised on the Southern Pacific and O. R. & N. lines habit, resistance and general character Feared that Eptdem c M ay Surpa,,
Enterprise
tract.
The
beets
were
taken
have
completed
figures
showing
the
th at o f 1889 90 - street Car
Not La*s Interesting Events
involved, however, was whethei or not
from the same tract as were those sent cars of apples shipped from every point of the trees and shrubs of Oregon, so
• f the Past Week.
the quantity rate cl 8 cents a pound
far
as
is
possible
to
grow
them
upon
Service is Crippled
to Professor Knisely some time ago, on the allied lines, and the total num­
from New York to San Francisco for
the same site and similar conditions.
but were fully matured, while the ber of cars is a surprise.
shipments of 10,000 to 20,000 pounds
Not only are local seeds being col­
others were not. Professor Knisely’s
“ Nearly all these paples were bought
Roosevelt predict« Taft’s nomination applied to hulk or aasembled ship­ test showed from 17.40 to 19.35 per
lected
hut seeds fr m the tiome dis­
f. o. b. at the station nearest the or­
Chicago, Dec. 31.— Deadly grippe,
ments, gathered and forwarded by a
on the tirst ballot.
cent pure sugar, while the department chards,” said General Freight Agent tricts are coming in from friends of which has already fastened itself upon
forwarding agency to one concern or
students
and
the
iDstintion.
This
test is one or two per cent higher, with M iller, of the Harriman lines. “ This
nearly every city east of the Mississippi
A blanket ol «n o n covers the Dako­
association organized fot the purpose of
kindness on the p rt of ttmse resitting river, is spreading westward with ap­
a very high degree of purity.
shows the fruit is in demand, and
ta«, Iowa and Nebraska.
getting the lower rate, the shipment
in
the
mure
distai
t
and
mountainous
These beets produced 8,286 pounds Eastern buyers come here in search of
palling rapidity. Not since the terri­
Lord Carson ha« teen persuaded to ultimately intended for numerous con­
to the quarter-acre tract, or nearly 17 it. The prices this season are better parts of the state is highly appreciated, ble epidemic of 1889-90 have there been
re-enter English politics.
signees who were designated by num­
tons to the acre.
than ever before.
One station on our as it enables tiie c'ass to obtain a much such ravages try the fearful malady an
An eminent French doctor says K ai­ bers of the lalielB to the one consignee.
The department of agriculture in a lines that never shipped an apple be­ greater variety than otherwise would at the present time, according to special
The charges of discrimination are
ser William has consumption.
letter to Mr. White says Klamath fore this year sent away 40 cars to the Ire possible with the time and means at dispatches gathered from many souicep.
based upon the refusal of the express
county’
s sugar beets are of the most ex­ East a short time ago. Tnis indicates the command uf either students or in­ Mild, open Wiathei, highly um-easona.
English are protesting against slav­ company to transport a shipment of
cellent quality and that prospectB are how the apple industry is going ahead. stitution.
ble, is held responsible by health au-
ery in the Portuguese colouies.
16,000 pounds consisting of 443 pack­
Owing to the fact that the course is thorities.
bright for the industry in this county. I predict it w ill only be a few years be­
hut
one
year
old,
only
the
general
and
Kansas City theaters have given up ages, from New York to the California
fore apple growing will be one of the
Pittsburg is the chief complainant,
Commercial association in Han Fran-
preliminary phases of the subject have Bo many people there are ill tiiat the
the fight against Sunday closing.
biggest activities of Oregon people.”
cisc i last August, at the bulk or quan
Signs o f Oil at Bonanza
been considered by the students in the
streetcar service is ctippled and office
Nearly $1,000,000 more graft by the tity rate of $8 per hundred pounds, the
work. The O. A. C. Forest club, an buildings are pr.eticaily empty. Be-
Bonanza— The possibilities of devel­
Can’t Use Wood.
Schmitz gang has been discovered.
company ch. rgi ig the regular package oping oil wells in this immediate vicin­
Burns— The forest rangers of the organizati >n of those interested in the sides Pittsburg, New York, Baltimore,
North Carolina has again refused to rate. It is also alleged that the ex­ ity are now more encouraging than at Blue mountain forest reserve have fined forests of the state, is now discussing
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Cleveland,
pay the bonds issued during the recon­ press company charged a higher rate any previous time. In boring a well | several Harney citizens for cutting tim- forest fire laws, their enforcement, etii-
than that published and filed with the for a new livery stable in this town a l her in the reserve without permits from ciency and mpro ement. Each stu­ Boston, Milwaukee and other Eastern
struction days.
Interstate Commerce commission, the »trata of black oil sandstone was struck I the forest guards. The largest fine im- dent is as-ign U a ph se of tl e to ic in and Western rities were reported to be
There is a monster shipment of war
latter being wilfully concealed and hid­ anil specialists have pronounced it an | posed was on B. A . Dickenson, who hand and n due time r ports his find­ wrestling w ith the disease, u number ol
material on the San Francisco docks
den from the public. This complaint unmistakeable sign of the existence of ; operates a sawmill about eight miles ings to the club. Proinine t timber, deaths in each city occurring daily
billed for Manila.
“ La grippe, ns the French call it,”
avers that it is a distinct violation of oil. Several other places in Klamath from Harney.
He was caught taking mill and lumbermen upon it vi ation su'd l)r. Herman Bpulding, of the Chi-
The San Francisco health board has the interstate commerce act.
county, especially in that portion sur­ ! timber from government land ana fined discuss various topics before the club,
appealer! to the people to continue the
In answer, the express company rounding Bonanza, show signs of oil. $300 for about 17 trees. The sawmill as transp station, timbpi preser a ion, iago Health depaitnrent, “ travels with
It travels
eitermination of rats.
denies all the allegations made, and The prospects are good and the deveb p- j men have been making this a practice forest conservation re- irestat on im­ the speed of a prairie tire
along 'he lines of transportation, a- it
Da
charges
that
the
association
resorted
to
ment
of
the
same
may
result
in
the
dis­
proved
methods
of
lumbering.
U.
S.
j
for
years
before
the
reserve
was
creat­
Roosevelt has allowed troops to re­
is carried by tiavel-vrs fhom one city to
WO*
main in Goldfield on the promise of subterfuge in order to extort unjust die covery of one of thé richest oil regions ed, and thought it no harm to continue forest service work and similar topi.-e. an iiher. It is decidedly contagious
mo|
crimination
in
its
own
favor,
and
based
on
this
coast.
I.ater the advano d students wi l take
the practice. Last fall was the first
Governor Sparks to call a special ses­
lofl
and t' ere is no effective way of check­
its refusal to grant a quantity rate
time a forest guard has been stationed up work looking to the rolutioi of some ing its spread. If other cities become
sion of the legislature.
h«*a*
upon the shiment in question on the
of
the
very
practical
problems
new
be­
M
ore
Traveling
Libraries.
here
to
give
permits
for
catting
timber
dar
badly affected, Chiago Is sure to be hit,
New York is overrun by hundreds of ground that, while consigned to one
Salem— The Oregon Library com- ! for wood and other purposes. There fore the woo*! users of the country.
inif
because of the thousands of travelers
onemployed.
consignee, it was intended for more mission held its regular session last haa always been plenty of timber out­
The great problem of what to do
bea
who arrive daily in Chicago fr >m every
than
a
score
of
firms.
rem
with
the
waste,
including
the
standing
The Twenty-fourth Japanese diet has
week at the cominissione’ s rooms in side the reserve for wood and timber
point of the compass.”
orp
Just convened.
lately, timber that is inj red by ineect and
the state house. W. B. Ayer and Miss for building purposes until
From New Y>>rk word comes that the
lf,
Isom, members of the commission, when it was all secured by outside peo- fungus foes, will be one of the first to grippe tias begun a devastating crusade
E X P A T R IA T E S IN CH IN A.
President Roosevelt is hunting tur­
sym
be investigated as soon as the equip
were
in
attendance,
besides
the
gover-
pie,
to
be
transferred
in
time
to
large
in that city and that amongjits victims
keys at Pine Knot, Y'a.
- - to buy
-
- - companies,
t!-\
ment of the department w ill permit.
nor. It was decided
25 more . , 1 1
timber
nini
have been opera singers and many
Judge Wi fley W art» C o r g r e tt to Make
State
Treasurer
Steel,
of
Oregon,
has
The
statement
is
made
upon
good
traveling libraries, making 90 in all,
I'rei
actors and actresses.
There were 63
Laws for Them.
Salem Hopgrowers Sign
fle d his new bond in the sum of $635,-
authority that fifteen per cent of the
that wilt be placed in circulation as a
yoai
deaths in the metropolis last week.
000.
Salem— Thirty-seven out of the 42 mature timber on the western slot e of
Han Francisco, Cal., Dec. 3.— Judge result of the commission's first year’s
lu i
Besides this there were many deaths
L. R. W ilfiey, of the United Htatee work. It was decided to establish an hopgrowers who attended the meeting the central region of the Cascade is
Yiai
Cleveland,
Ohio,
manufacturers
plan
from pneumonia, influenced by the
e t tl
wholly
lost
through
fungous
diseases,,
of
growers
here
last
week
signed
the
court
at
Shanghai,
against
whom
exchange
station
for
Eastern
Oregon
at
a resumption of work for fully 10,000
grippe bacillus
cui
by-laws, prepared for a Pacific Coast and that another fifteen per cent is
charges of improper conduct of his Baker Uity.
former employes during January.
Physician« in Boston say there are at
tlllll!
graded
as
cull.
Beetles,
borers
and
Hopgrowers’
union.
These
growers
rep­
court have been preferred at Washing­
I ni Ili
least 60,000 cases now in that city.
Railroads throughout the country ton, arived in San Francisco this morn
resent about 800 acres ol hops. A minor foes do considerable further
all |i
Fruitgrowers Plan Meeting.
Cincinnati has 2,000 cases and physi­
have shown the effects of the financial ing on the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria
local organization was formed with J. damage, and it is safe to say that the
testo
cians say that new cases are developing
Eugene— The Commercial club pro­
panic
by
a
curtailment
of
orders
for
jH . Fletcher as chairman and James sum total of these losses must amount
from the Orient, and after a stay of two
Evi
by the score every hour.
motion department has decided to join
rolling stock.
vorll
| Winstanley as secretary. Attorney A to millions of dollars. It Is reasonable
days in this city w ill proceed to the na
with the Lîn e County Horticultural
durui
to
suppose.
1
i
the
lace
of
recent
results
|
L.
Shinn,
of
Sacramento,
explained
the
tional
capital.
On
Imard
the
Man-
A t a meeting of the Pacific Coast
society in sharing the expense of the
urli
\ Commercial Travelers’ association in churia with Judge W ilfiey was F. M. proposed masB meeting of ruitgrowers plan and purposes of the proposed or­ in agricultural practices in our own
O N SECOND S T A G E .
^ tic«—
country, to sav nothing of the modern
fan Francisco it was voted to stop Brooks, a lawyer, who has filed an ac- and citizens, to be held here Saturday, ganization to the meeting.
“ ■ min-
forestry piac ices of E irope, that the
tion for $50,900 damages at Hono­
gambling among members.
liuto
Battlesh p F le e t l e a v es
January 4. Prominent speakers will
Railroad Bjys Laidlaw.
rrimaaa for
major part of this loss could be turned
lulu, charging the head of the court in
trlbt
A passenger train collided head-on the Far East, together with his clerk, address the meetings and the people
Rio J »neiro.
Laidlaw—
The
rumor
has
been
rife
in
to
gain
through
the
intelligent
investi­
In n
with a freight near Lenox, Mich. Five L. K. llickel, with constpiracy in stop­ throughout the county w ill be asked to this community for some time that the gation of the troubles and the applica­
givpr.
Port of Spain. Dec. 31 — The Am eri­
tra nmen met death.
A ll passengers ping the practice of Brooks in Shanghai. send in questions which they would Iziidlaiv townsite had been sold to the tion of modern measures f >r combatting can battleship fleet weighed anchor at
thè e’
like the experts to answer. The com­ Mount Hood Railroad company, but these foes of the forest.
escaped with hut slight injuries.
1 i .1
4 o’clock Sunday afternoon and steamed
Judge W ilfiey denied that he was go­
mittee in charge has selected Dr. D. A. until now these rumors could not he
of in
Other great problems are those relat­ for Rio Janeiro. Accompanying the
In a raid on Chinese gambling houses ing to Washington to meet the chargee
Paine to act as chairman ot the mass verified. The verification comes from
for ì
ing to taxation, re-forestatlon, utiliz­ fleet were the supply ships Culgoa and
Portland police secured $10,166.90 In preferred against him.
co »rtj
meeting.
the fact that the abstracts of title are ing mill waste, improved methods of Glacier. Early in the morning the
“ I am going to Washington,” he
ooin and currency anil $4,445.09 of ex­
mal«
now being prepared at Prineville pre- harvesting the crope, disposing of the signal went up from Rear Admiral
change on Hongkong hanks. According said, “ to aid in drawing an act that
ll.ter
Hood River Apple Crop.
parator to a formal transfer of the prop­ debris and weed tiees, timber technol­ Evans flagship Connecticut to prepare
to law this money may 'go into the will extend to Americans in China a
to nr
Hood River— Complete returns from erty to the purchasing company.
ogy and the preservation of lumber.
I—sul•
for dearture at 8 a. nr., but owing to a
more complete body of laws than they
■fate treasury.
to |>I
now have. The laws now in force com­ Hood R iver’ s 1907 apple crop show
These problems together with many delay in Hie coaling of the battleship
T
o
Indict
Nevada
Sheepmen
Raleigh,
N.
C.,
has
voted
prohibi­
know
Maine from the collier Fortune, it was
prise little more than is embodied in that the growers will receive in round
Pendleton— Through the efforts of more it is the purpose of the College to
tion.
pesa
necessary to change the time of sailing.
the common law and are so Indefinite nunrbtrs $200,000 for their product
help
solve
through
the
department
of
Dr. W. H. Lytle, state sheep inspector,
l)r..
Dewey has just celebrated his 7Cth as to be absolutely useless. It w ill be notwithstanding the money trouble, car
Long before the hour set a myriad of
forestry, as well as train men to take
orlglr
shortage and reduced crop. This is ap­ indictments w ill be returned against P.
small craft, chiefly launches and steam
suggested
to
congress
that
the
Califor­
birthday.
by oli
Anderson, a millionaire sheepman of hold of the practical work and prob­
proximately
what
the
Hood
River
crop
yachts, moved up and down along the
tnuch
Officers and crews of the big lleut are nia code of laws be made to extend to brought last year when it was in the Nevada, for bringing flocks over the lems of our forests and thus insure the
ines of anehored battleships, the mer­
China, wherein auch laws are applica­
fugai
best possible use of the tree crop.
enjoying life at Trinidad.
state
line
into
Oregon
without
first
neighborhood of 20,000 boxes more,
ry parties aboard shouting farewells to
emuli
ble.
giving
notice
to
the
state
sheep
inspec­
Heney says special privilege la the
the departing visitors.
Thousands of
In addition to this matter, I am and is accounted for by the fact that tor.
Jfr»*-»-«
Publications for Farmers
loot of political corruption.
residents clirnlied ttie surrounding hills
journeying East that congress may be the apples brought a much larger aver-
The follow ing publications ol interest to view the great ships as they moved
age price.
The entire crop is now
Wheat Moving Again.
Reports o f New York lianks show a asked for an appropriation for a proper placed at 110,000 boxes.
to farmers and others have been issued outward on their journey of 3,000 miles
Pendleton—
Now
that
wheat
has
gone
Federal
building
at
Shanghai,
where
recovery from the money crisis.
up to 70 cents in the local wheat mark­ by the Agricultural department of the and more, while boatloads of excursion­
the American consulate and courts may
Aooused members of the first Russian be under one roof.”
Fall Pack Poor.
et sortie of the growers are selling. For Federal government and will be fur­ ists went to the small islands in the
douma deny they advised rebellion.
Astoria— During the fall fishitig sea­ a time the price was down to 66 cents, nished free, so long as they are avail­ gulf and others to the floating dock to
able, except where otherwise noted, catch the last glimpse of the ships.
son there were six cold storage plants and very little was being sold.
Jail W recking Glass' Health.
Indiana Republicans have formally
upon application to the Superintendent
The fleet presented a magnificent ap-
and
11
canneries
in
operation
on
the
Indorsed Fairbanks as their candidate
San Francisco, Dec. 31.— Affidavits
of Documents, Government Printing pearanee as it steamed out in four C"l-
P
O
R
T
L
A
N
D
M
A
R
K
E
TS
.
various
streams
along
the
Oregon
coast.
for president.
have been served on District Attorney
umns with the supply ship» trailing, a
The season there as at nearly all other
Butter— Fancy creamery, 35(5)37 4 c Office, Washington, D. C.:
It is said a dark horse has been se­ I.angdon by T. C. Coogin, Louis Glass' points was a comparatively poor one. per pound.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 116.— Irriga­ distance of 400 yards separating one diJ
attorney,
in
his
attempt
to
get
his
lected to fill Bristol’s place as United
By E. J. vision from another.
W ith the Con­
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, 8 4 @9c tion in Fruit Growing
client out of jail. The district attor The total pack of pickled fish put up
States attorney for Oregon.
ney w ill file counter affidavits. Dr. by the cold storage plants wsa about 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 Wickscn, M. A., pn>f*s»or of agricul­ necticut in the lead the battleships
tural practice. University of California, headed for the B oors and steamed ma­
Burning snowsheds near Truckee, Roland K. Hartley and Dr. J. M. W il 880 tierces, w hile the total output of pounds, 5(5)6 4 0 .
Poultry— Average old hens, 12c per and horticulturist of the California ex­ jestically through the grand Booa and
Oal., has greatly delayed Southern Pa­ liamson state in their affidavits that canned salmon packed by the tanneries
Pp. 48, figs. 8. A thence along the northern coast of Trin­
cific trains lietweeu Portland and San they visited Louis Glass at the county was about 104,500 cases, “ as they pound; mixed chickens, 1 1 4 c, spring periment station.
chickens, l l @ 12c; roosters, 8c; dressed statement of the relations of irrigation idad. An average of from 10 to 11
Francisco.
jail and that he showed 'marked gene­ run.”
chickens, 14c; turkeys, live,
15c to fruit production, and of iirigation knots an hour will carry the fleet to the
Latest developments in the row be­ ral physieal deterioration and general
dressed, choice, 18@20c; geese, live methods as they have been demonstrat­ end of the second lap of the 14,000-
Colonizer at Klamath.
derangement.”
They
say
they
found
tween naval factions brings out the
mile journey in about 12 davs, and It
Klamath Falls— George L. Me Don- 16c; ducks, 14c; pigeons, $1@1.50 ed by Pacific coast experience.
fact that it is over ranking of officers. him in a uervous condition which will
wa» announced by Admiral Evans be­
squabs, $2(5)3.
Farmers
Bulletin
No.
138.—
Irriga­
augh,
colonization
agent
of
the
Union
permanently
injure
his
health.
Two constructions of the revised stat­
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 32 v
tion in Field and Garden. By F,. J. fore his departure that he expects to
Pacific railway, who is expected to ar­
utes is possible anil each faction claims
Wickson, M A. Pp. 40, figs. 18'. This reach Rio Janeiro on Friday evening
rive in Klamath Falls next week, is 35c per dozen.
Raises Rent o f Hot Springs.
it is right.
Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds. 6@ bulletin discusses the subject from the January 10.
Chicago, Dec. 31,— A dispatch to the now at MacDoel, the new Dunkard
Five men were killed while working
6 4 c; packers, 6@6 4c.
standpoint of the individual farmer,
Tribune from Hot Springs, Ark., says: town on the California Northeastern
In a Paris subway.
Wheat— Club, 83c; bluestem, 85c and contains instructions on the deter­
Na’ ivvs Facing a Fami'-’e.
Announcement was made yesterday railway in Bntte valley. He comes to
valley, 83c; red, 81c.
mination of ditch levels, the measure­
Hillsdale, Mich., Dec.31 — Secretary
St. Joseph, Mo., has started a crusade that the United States would double Klamath Falls to become familiar with
Oats— No. 1 white, $28; gray, $23.
ment of small streams, sources of water H S Myers, of the general conference
against loan sharks.
the price for its healing hot waters colonizing possibilities here. He will
Barley— Feed, $27 per ton; brewing supply and their use, the distribution of Free Bapti»ts, raid today; "A c ­
be accompanied by a Dunkard elder, D.
after
the
first
of
the
year,
and
that
all
The New York Republican clnb has
$31; rolled, $30.
of irrigation water, methods of apply­ cording to advices just received by me
bathhouse leases also would Ire doubled C. Campbell, of Colfax, Wash.
declared for Hughes for president.
Corn— Whole, $32; cracked, $33
ing water, the choice of an irrigation from our missions in Bengal and Oris­
A protest will be sent at once to Wash­
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $16 per method, and the time for the applica sa, India, four months of rain is the
A ll eigne of yellow fever has been ington. The hot water now is dis­
Sawmill in Christmas Sock.
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $22@23 tion of water,
n9ua! allowance in Lucknow, India, in
driven from the Panain canal zone.
pensed by the government at $30 per
Marshfield— The new office building
clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $15
Bnlletin No. 147— Report on Drain­ a year, but during the year 1907 it has
annum
for
each
tub
supplied.
The
of
the
big
planing
plant
of
the
C.
A.
Puget sound steamb'Wt men w ill cut
@ 16; alfalfa, $15; vetch. $14.
Iter ■
age Investigations in 1903. By C. G. rained only four days. The reeult i*
bathhouse owners state they are unable Smith Lumber A Manufacturing com
the pay of their engineers January 1
Fruits— Apples, 75c@$2 per box Elliott, drainage expert, irrigation in­ famine everywhere. Thousands of the
to meet the raise.
pany was opened and dedicated Christ
' Lawaon aaya only the re-election of
deaches, 75c@$l per crate; pear», $1 25 vestigations, office of experiment sta­ population are suffering and before re­
mas Eve.
Festivities were held and
Moueevelt can avert a national disaster
@1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.50@12 tions. Pp. 62, pis 5, figs. 12. Price lief comes next August hundreds of
many citizens attended.
The office
Headquarters Are Secured
per barrel.
A severe sleet storm baa demoralized
10 cents. This is a report of the work thousands must die unless relief comes
Denver, Dec. 31.— The headquarters building is now completed and in use.
Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack;
from Christian lands.”
telegraphic communication around Chi
of the Democratic National convention The m ill proper w ill be finished and carrots, 65c per sack; lieets $1 per sack; done by Mr. Elliott daring the year
«ago.
190.3. It Includts discussions of plans
will be at the Brown Palace hotel, ready for operation in February.
Fatal Row Over 6 Cants.
beans. 7@9c per pinnd; cabbage, lc for drainage near Fresno, Cal., in the
The head of the Methodist Book con which has registered a request from
per pound; cauliflowers, 75e(8$l per Yakima and Ahtamim valleys, Wash­
San Francisco, Dec. 31. — Arthur
eern call* labor unions tire worst of ty Chairman Tom Taggart, of the commit­
Select by Conventions.
dozen; celery, $3.25@3.50 per crate; ington, in the Grey Bull valley, W y­ Baseman, a conductor of the United
rants.
tee, through Secretary Mills, of the
Salem— In answer to an inquiry from onions, 15@20c per dozen; parsley, 20e
Railroads, was shot and killed today at
.T h e Bank of Oalistog«. Oalistoga Convention league of Denver, to re­ Chairman G. A. W edgate, of the Re per dozen; peas, 11c p-r pound; pep­ oming, in the Missouri valley and in the intersection of Twelfth and Folsom
|k|., haa closed.
Officers of the insti serve 50 additional rooms, lies ides those publican state central committee. A t­ pers, 8@17o per pound; pumpkins, lq* Hancock country, Iowa, and of drainage streets by Bonaventura Arcieri. a pas­
as a preventive of hillside eroeion in
teady reserved. As soon as these torney General Crawford has rendered
tntlon say it w ill reopen.
senger. Previously Arcieri had ten­
14 <" per pound; radishes, 20e per doz­ Georgia.
reservations are made the other hotels an opinion in which he say» that dele­
dered a transfer which Sassman had
en;
spinach
6o
per
pound:
sprouts,
8-
> Heney is in Washington arranging
of the city w ill heign to make réserva gates to the national conventions and
refuted to honor. He hen paid a cash
per pound; squash. 1@ 1 4 »' per pound;
with Attorney General Bonaparte for lions.
A p p l* « i n r f ,
candidates for presidential elector must to n I toe*, f 1.80 tier box.
fare and began to argue the matter.
tha Oregon land fraud trials, which w ill
be chosen at conventions and not under
Wash and wipe firm tart apples and Sassman slapped Arcieri in the face
ns— $ 1 75(5 -
r hundred.
begin at Portland January 13.
Qarnats In New York Bedrock
the direct primary.
Potatoes— 50@65c per hundred, de­ rut, without peeling. Into plei-es. Put and the latter drew a revolver and
A detachment of 900 Chinese soldiers
New York, Dec. 31.— That New York
livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.75 over the fire with as little water as shot Sassman.
la Manchuria murdered their officers City rests on s \ast ina-s of garnets is
Shut Down on Kano Canal.
possible to prevent their scorching, and
per cwt.
and pillaged the aeighboring villages. the discovery of Ralph E. Morgan, an
E a rth q u a k e B re a k s C o m p a n y
Klamath Falls— The reclamation ser­
Hope— 1907, prime and choice, 5@ »¡miner gently until reduced to a aoft
Gsvalry has been sent after them.
Englii-b mineralogist, now
visiting vice has closed down on the Keno can» 7 4 c per pound; olds. l @ 2c per pound. mas».
Rub through a colander, re­
Hamburg. Dec. 31. — The Trans-
Wool— Eastern Oregon average best, turn to the fire, add a lump of butter, Atlantic Fire Insurance company has
Philadelphia Is facing a street car here. In a mass of rock throw n up on account of the wet weather, keeping
from a subway excavation, he discov­ only the derrick gang a n d th een gi 13@20c per pound, according to shrink­ sugar to taste sod a dash of cinnamon. voted to liquidate on account of the
•trike.
ered a large garnet
On the dumping neerlng corps. The shutdown was made age; valley. 18@20c. according to fine­ At soon at tba sugar la dissolved stir fact that more than half ot it» capital
T h » first woman Jury In Colorado ground at Hheepehsd bay ha found a nseessary on acetount
of tba wet ness. ; mohair, choice, 2»@30c per In the Juice of a lemon and take from was l«et by the San Francisco fire and
number of excellent garnets.
weathar.
]p a decided against a woman.
pound.
earthquake.
the fire.
Spreads Through the East Like
Prairie Fire.
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