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OREGON NEWS
CALIFORNIA A ORBOON COAST.
Prospects for a Line From OraaU
Pasa to Eureka.
Grants Pass ever were the pros-
iK.-ts of a railroad from Grants i'am
southward, through Josephine and the
southern counties of this state, and IH)1
.Norte county, California, connecting
with the line being built north to Ku
reka, aa bright ai at the present time
For aeveral month railroad talk baa
been at a low ebb in Southern Oregon,
especially that pertaining to the pro
poaed Oregon & Pacific, but recently U
ha been revived, and in a way that
gives promise of something definite be
ing done. Thia road would on up a
Urge aud rich mining section.
There has been organized in Pan
Francisco, and incorporated in Cali
fornia, a concern known aa the Cali
fornia k Oregon Coast railroad com
pany. It ia organized with a capital
Ktock of $1,000,000, and several influ
ential men are behind the enterprise,
among them being John Barth, of Mil
waukee ; B. V. Thomas, of New York ;
J. O. B. Gunn, T. W. M. Draper, II.
11. Laidlaw and M. 8. Wilson of Ban
Francisco.
The purpone of the newly organized
company ia to build a line of railroad
from Grunts Tans to hureka, Lai., or
rather to some point on Humboldt bay?
The new company absorbs the old Ore
gon & Pacific, and ia more extensivejn
its scope than the former company, as
it was the original intention to build a
line only from Grants Pass to Crescent
City, while the new road will extend
on south, connecting with the northern
built line to Kureka, giving a new line
from Grant Pass to San Francisco.
Aa has been previously stated, the
survey for the proposed road is com
pleted, and grade stakea have been set
over a large part of the proposed" route.
Kight of way has also been secured for
a greater part of the line. Grounds for
vidings and stations have also been
granted, and the company is ready to
Ix-gin the actual construction of the
road with the arrival of the spring
months.
FIRE AT TILLAMOOK.
Courtb6oM Burned and Buaineaa Portion
ol the City Threatened.
Tillamook A disastrous fire occurred
here last week which entirely destroyed
the courthouse of Tillamook county
and seriously endangered the business
portion of the city.
When the fire was discovered the
building was entirely ablaze and to save
it was impossible, but by the valiant
work of the fire company and citizens
many hooks and papers were saved from
destruction. The entire contents of
t.ie offices of the school superintendent
and the county surveyor were lost, and
most of the papers and .books of the
assessor's offices weie burned, although
the contents of the safe are thought to
be intact.
This year's assessment roll was for
. tunately saved.
Bills Vetoed by Qorernor.
Salem If a special session of the
legislature should be called, other mat
ters than the tax law must receive
some attention. The governor's vetoes
in the last session constitute a sort of
"unfinished business" which must be
taken up by the legislature when it
next convenes. The governor said, af
ter sending out bis letter, that he
did not intend to attempt-, to preclude
action upon these vetoed measures, for
the constitution particularly prescribes
what course sha.ll be pursued1, and the
- governor could, not prevent legislative
l action, even if.he.so desired;
'' ' Altitude an-tlnma County.
La Grande A complete survey of
Union county has Just been, made by T.
II. Berry, United States geological sur
veyor. This survey determined the
geological as well aa the topographical
' formation of Union county. The alti
tude of all the streams and feeders have
been determined, at the source s well
as at the mouth The highest pdnt in
Union county is at the summit of Gran
ite mountain, which is a little over 8,-
000 feet. Monnt Fannie, above Cove, is
7,000 feet, and the lowest point is at
the mouth of the Wallowa river, which
is 2,635 feet.
Carpenters are Not to Bo Hod.
Pendleton There is a scarcity of car
penters in Pendleton. This is the sea
son for repairing old buildings, but
1 workmen cannot be secured. " 'A nnm
, her of people are desirous of .nst met
ing hordes, but'owirlg to the srarvfty ol
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menamlaU'rlafs- itlsnot'likesnvOSppcr pound; spring, 10U,y.
new buildings ill -be 'started until , hens, lie; turkeys, lija, 15lfie per
' 'spring! There are from' To to' 26 build- pmind; dressed, 118; ducks. $j7
iii-8--ffhder way, and .rnfrrteTtf',lare
bus on4 all of bi'i J' 'J reatisuittcd
that vlhrtf"rcfil:r' 300' carpentew at
work .! rf bill fiffngs in cifh.-rynt
v':. Pays IMq7 for Land, '
"j: Pendleton -C deed haa Won filed
' with the county recorder whereby
' Michael McCracker sold 2,000 acre of
Manoel Pedro for $15,607. Tbo prop
erty Is Ideated apteral miles southwest
t Pendleton. r '. . " .
OF INTEREST
SNOW IN BLUB MOUNTAINS.
Promise of Plasty of WaUr for
Nsxt
Year-Big Price for Haystack.
Baker City More than three feet of
snow has fallen in the mountains ,,in
this vicinity during the past few days.
8uch a heavy fall of snow this early in
the season is unusual, and while it has
its inconveniences, on the whole the
people regard it as a favorable con
dition, because it argues well for an
abundant supply of water for mining
and irrigation purjioses next season.
It will be hard on stock, especially
sheep.on the ranges, but, as stockmen
generally are prepared for a bad winter
season, very little actual loss is antici
pated. Sheepmen were obliged, on
account of the high price of hay, to sell
a goodly portion of their sheep, and
they are prepared to feed those they
have on hand until spring.
It is an ill wind that does not benefit
some one, and in this instance the hay
ranchman ia the man who is gathering
in the harvest. Hay is hay, and will
be unjil grass comes again.
One rancher in this vicinity recently
sold the hay in one big stark for $18,
000 cash. It was a big stack or rick,
and there is several thousand tons of
hay in the stark.
WHISTLER LEAVES HARNEY.
Reading of Water Oauges la Streams
Will Be Kept lp All Wlater.
Burns John T. Whistler, engineer
in charge of the work being conducted
in Oregon by the reclamation service of
the Vuited States geological survev,
haa left for Pendleton. This will be
his final visit to Harney county for the
present year, as he will leave the state
for Watdiington. D. C, in December,
to take up the work of making f, de
tailed exposition of the present year's
fieldwork in Oregon.
Mr. Whistler has had three parties
of engineers in the field in this state
all summer, one of these parties having
been engaged since June in surveying
the proposed reservoir site in Hilvie'e
valley, and also in working out the de
tails oi an irrigation system to carry
water therefrom to the subjacent lands
in Harney valley.
The approach of bad weather has
drawn the work for this year to a con
clusion, with the exception that the
reading ol water gauges in the streams
will be kept up without interruption.
End Fruit Tree Shipping.
Milton The season for shipping
small fruit trees has closed. It is esti
mated that 12,500 trees have been
shipped out to all parts of the west,
middle and eastern states during the
past two weeks. About 10 cars have
, been shipped in the past 10 days. As
the season was short this year, many of
the smaller .trees had to be expressed,
as it would delay matters too long to
send them by freight. Samuel Miller
has one of the largest nurseries in East
ern Oregon, and there are several fruit
men who have small nurseries..
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 71c;
blue-
stem, 5c; valley, 5(8 76c.
Barley Feed,$ 20 per ton ; brewing,
$22; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.76(23.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.90'e)4.10;
clears, $3.55(33.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.204.50; graham, $3.75;
whole wheat, $4 ; rye wheat, $4.75 k 5.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07i; gray,
$1.05 per cental.
MillMtuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chop, $18;
linseed, dairy lood, $13.
nay nmomy, in per ton; clover,
$13; grain, $11; chest, $11,
egetables Turnips, 65c per -sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 0r; parsnips, 50
(975c; cabbage, 1(31 l4c; celery, 35 4
60c; pumpkins. ll4cper pound.
Onions Yellow Danvers, 75c$l
per sack. , , '
Honey $31 3.25 per case. . . .
Potatoes Oregon, choice and- fancy
60(75c per sack; common,' 50c per
sack;. sweet potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes,
2c.
Fruits Apples, 75c $2 box; pears,
$11.60 per box; cranberries, $0(3
10.60 per barrel.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27330r
per pound; dairy, 20tg22Sc; store, 15
15V. '
Cheese Full cream, ' twins, 15
15Wc; Young America. !! c; Til
lamook, 14gl4)sc; K.ntyra" caeemi
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Poultry Chit-kens, ruixed, 10(f
per dozen ; geese, 78c feer pou4.
F.ggs Oregon ranch, 3032p;
Eastern, 25j27Sc. ', ..., r
Beef Dressed, 6S" pcr.jiound.:
Vesl Dressed, small, 8JSilc; large,
6fVe per pound. - jav
Mutton- Dreased, 45c; lambs,
dressed, 6c. ..:,
Tork Dressed, 6 S ( 7c.
. Hops 1003 crop, 12022c per pound,
according fi qnalitv.
Wool Val ley, 1 7 1 r ; Eastern Ore
jon, Uloc; mohair,. 3&e37V.r
WOltOS OF JESUS.
Uaknewa Sayings Bartcd SlnceJ 200 A.
D. Discovered la Egypt.
London, Nov. 17. Many hitherto
unknown sayings of Jesus Christ have
been discovered in Egypt by arrheoln
gista, who have dug up papyri buried
since tha second century, 100 milei
south of Cairo. Ir. Bernard P. (iron
fel, who has been engaged in Egyptian
excavations since 1894, at the general
meeting of the Egypt exploration fund
here yesterday gave the following de
tails:
Accompanied by Dr. Hunt, Dr
Grenfel found a rich Ptolemaic necrop
olis at 1 Hibeh. The bulk of the
documents from the one mound con
listed of a collection of sayings of
Jesus. They are all introduced with
the words, "Jesus saith," and for the
most part are new. The ends of the
lines, unfortunately, are often obliter-
atsd. Apparently all the sayings were
addressed to St. Thomas. One oi the
most remarkable is:.
i-et not Dim that seeketh cease
from his search until he finds, and
when he finds he shall wonder; won
dering he shall reach the kingdom,
e., the Kingdom of Heaven, and when
ho reaches the kingdom he shall have
rest."
Ir. Granfel remarked that enormous
interest would be also aroused by the
discoveries on account of the variations
they disclosed from accepted texts,
One variation of the mystical saying re
corded in St. Luke, "The Kingdom of
God is within you," was of great value
as the eayiiig in the papyrus appeared
in quite different surroundings from
those attributed to it by the evangelist
and extended far into another region
MINERS QET HIQHER PAY.
Northern Colorado Operators' Offer Al
exin Sure to Ead Strike.
Louisville, Col., Nov. 17. Repreeen
tatives of the miners of the northern
coal district and the operators reached
a satisfactory conclusion at an early
hour this morning, after being in con
lerence lor nine hours, and in conse
quence the mines will without doubt
resume operations at once. The matter
ill have to be referred to the various
unions of the district for a referendum
vote tonight, and the vote will be
counted tomorrow. It ia believed the
agreement will be ratified with prac
tical unanimity.
President Struby, of the Northern
coal and coke company, acted as chair
man of the meeting and made the fid
lowing proposition :
"To settle the existing strike in the
northern lignite field, the operators in
that field offer to resume work on an
eight-hour basis, with the understand
ing that if the miners lose the present
strike against the southern Colorado
field, or if said operators shall not ar
cept an eight-hour day, the miners will
go back to the hours prevailing before
the strike."
He also announced the wage scale
which the Northern coal and coke com
pany was willing to pay, and which
was an increase of about 10 per cent.
It is stated the change will nereesi
tate an increase in the price of lignite
coal.
BRANDS MANY AS BOODLERS.
Missouri Orand Jury Sends la Poor ls
dlctawBta Against Prosecutor.
Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 17. The
Cole county grand jury, which has
been investigating legislative boodle.
has made its final report, returning 10(1
indictments, bnt it Is not made known
as to the number that are for boodling
It is stated, however, that four indict
ments are returned against Prosecuting
Attorney 11. Mone, on tlie- allega.
tions that lie accepted a railroad pass.
accepted a Dritss lor dismissing prose
cutions and accepted illegal fees.
Attorney Stone has given out a stated
ment declaring that the charges are
false, and are the work of parties who
have been hounding him. The indict
ments resulted from an investigation
started by charges made by lie v. C.
Brooks, a local minister, who attacked
the prosecuting attorney in a sermon
from the pulpit.
Attorney Stone was present in the
court when the indictments were re
turned, and gave bond for his appear
ance at the next term of court.
Cone era About CaaaL
Washington, Nov. 17. President
Roosevelt embraced the opportunity
afforded by .the call on him of a large
represeatation of both - the - senate and
house of, representatives Ul discuss with
members; both jjttli'e majority and Uie
minority, .the",' sirnfttion which has
arfsen out of .Uie establixtiment of the
republic of Panama. . Thr nature -f
VlJ)tiiPm ' taken by Con
gress ou the l'ifhama cana question
kaa not. bJ-eU. deteini1ilWdifinnh.lv
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rait it is ifiown that it is eonstantly
the subject of conference 9 " '
-raooaanoi or witnesses. .
ft. Petersburg, Nuv. 17.About 3,-
000 witnesses and SO lawyer will ap
pear at tha trial, w hich will nts-n
Thnrsday next, of the persons arraigned
on the charge of participation in Uie
massacre of Jews at Kishlnef in April
last. All the navoraw marshals and
nnblea of Bessarabia will sit ia judg
ment on the prisoners. . .
WAR ON PANAMA
Colombian Troops are Marching
to Retake It
A LARGE ARMY IS ON THE WAY
Mlaiatar of Para la Informed All Parties
Arc Ready to Offer Their Lives end
Properties to the Country.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Nov. 16.
General Plaza, president of Ecuador,
haa cabled tb President Marroquin, of
Colombia, sympathising' with hint In
the recent events on the isthmus of
Panama. President Marroquin tis re
plied thanking General Plaza and add
ing that Generals Reyes, Ospina, Cab
allerosand Holguin are marching oa
Panama with a large army to subdue
the isthmians.
Will Suppress the Traitors.
Lima, Peru, Nov. 16. The Colom
bian minister to, Peru has published
here cablegrams receive1 from his gov
ernment, dated at Bogota, November
10, 11 and 12, respectively. The cable
giams say the Colombian government
has taken measures to suppress "the
isthmian traitors," and add that all
parties and all classes have offered to
the government their lives and proper
ti.Hi in defense of the national terri
tory. Bocas Del Torre Scartd.
Colon, Nov. 18. Cutters from the
American warships hero were dis
patched . this morning to stop the Ger
man steamer Markomannia, which was
seen two miles off , towing a launch
toward the harbor. It was thought the
Markomannia was coming from a Co
lomDian port, but it apars that she
had been chartered at Bocas del Torro
to bring the Alcalde of that port to
Colon. There was a big scare at Bocas
del Terro on the receipt of the news via
Port Lima, Costa Iiica, that the Colom
bian government was sending S.000
troops to take the port, which had re
cently declared its allegiance to the
new republic, and the Alcalde left on
the Markomannia for Colon for the
purpose of obtaining arms and ammu
nition with which to equip 600 volun
teers to resist the expected Colombia
att;k. The Alcalde, however, haa re
turned to Bocas del Torro to allay the
fears of the populace, and to give as
surance that the landing of Colombian
troops there will not be permitted.
llie united Htates cruiser Atlaata
sailed tonight, and it is understood
she will go to Bocas del Terro.
INCREASE IN COST OP LIVINQ.
Bureau of
Labor flakes
Interesting
Comparisons.
Washington, Nov. 16. The
bureau
of labor has issued a buILuli
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cost of living of work nifTi
showing that of 2,507 faiMfiSf
states, from which data4auoit,
uie average income: hiWiry.jiBbility of Uie .aiwkak prissl
$827.19; average exrhufy.lorlll
purposes, $768.64; at ,-odi-ture
per family for food, &1A.imyr-
age size of families, 3.SlBero? ' The
last figure is above UM-arcrTq, of . ori
vate families in the whole teuntry, aa
snown ny the census of 1800. The food
expense is more than 42, per cent oi
the expenditure for all parbosem -
An extended investigation ooverina
the years 1NU0-Imj2 shows that theeost
of food reached its highest in 1.805," tha
average then being 10.9 per qeirt above
the average for the decade 1R90-1S99
and an increase of 16.1 per cent cent
pared w ith 18tt, the year ol lowest
prices. It is announced as A conserva
tive conclusion that Uie increase in tha
cost of living, as a whole, in 1008,
when compared with the year of lowest
prices, was not over 16.1 per cent, the
figure given aa the increased cost of
food, as shown by this investigation.
This assumes, of course, always the
purchase of the same articles and tha
same quantities in years of low prices,
low wages and more or less irrrenlar
employment, aa in years of higher
prices, higher wages and steady employ
ment. ' i
' Takoa America to Task.
London, Nov. 18. The weekly re
views coot i una to comment on tha si tie-
ation on Uie isthmus of Panama. t The
general tone of comments, is more -or
less' frinjffcrent, with the exception of
those of the Speaker. "If the United
States," it says, "in a spirit of Imperi
alism , con fiaca tes. jp roilice of Colom
bia, digs the canal and defends.it for,
itwrt from hyTKcrasies,-.that is' what
tlier'jjiovment rm-sns -t nen for the first
time in its existence the republic will
nUir r - the ' jealousies, alliances and
whole interna ionaljijjji ties of Europe.1'
Tram RobMrd -Oct Largo Sam.
Pretoria, Nov. 16. Two men today
boarded a railway train, as it was as
cending -a steep grade between Peters
burg and Nylstroom, overpowered t'to
iiard, lorV-d the treasure car and made
their escape. T he robbers, It is re
ported, sernred $50,000, which was
moslgnod to the Standard . bosk, at
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STRIKE I" RIOT.
Chicago Carman Aiiata Nooanloa Crews
and Drlvs Them From Streets.
Chicago, Nov. 14.--Constant scenes
of disorder, over a district approxi
mately 60 square miles in extent, re
sulted today from the inauguration of a
strike by Uie employes of one of the
two principal surface street railway
companies in Chicago. All along Uie
lines, wherever cars were started,
strike sympathisers made desperate on
slaughts on the crews,' beginniug at
dawn ot day, and continuing aa luug as
the cars remained on Uie tracks.
The tie-up was made complete. A
number of cars were wrecked, and that '
no person was killed is no fault of Uie
rioters. One man's back was broken,
and the first shot of -the strike was
fired at Wentworth avenua and West
Sixty-ninth street, where a mob of aev
eral hundred persona tried to hold ap
a train.
Derogatory remark regarding the
union by an armed nonunion employe
of the company caused a riot at Thirty
sixth and State streets tonight. The
man was chased Into an engine boose
near by, and before Uie police eoold
reach the spot a mob of 2,000 persons
surrounded the place, bowling for the
life of the refuges. A squad of police- '
men, after a great deal of difficulty,
finally quelled the disturbance and re
moved the man to a place of safety.
Many person, chiefly nonunion street
car men, were injured by flying splin
tered glass. Two women were among
Ihoee hurt.
Excepting a few dozen passengers,
who had to flee from the cars, the 300,
000 patrons of the company were forced
to all other sorts of methods to get
down town and back.
RANT AT AMERICA.
Colom blaaa
are Wild Over
tbo Loss
of Paaama.
Colon, Nov. 14. The Royal Mail
steamer Orinoco arrived thia morning,
bringing news of General Torres and
the Colombian troops bo took from
here after the proclamation of the re
public of Panama. The soldiers be
haved well on the voyage.
On the arrival of General Torres and
his troops at Cartagena the news of Uie
events on the isthmus quickly spread
and acused excitement. General Torres
and his officers were threatened with
arrest as traitors, but the threat was
not put into effect. The populace,
greatly excited, soon crowded tha
streets crying, "Down with the Ameri
cans.
United States Consul Ingersoll, fear
ing violence, remained shut up in Uie
consulate.
The Barranquilla authorities had in
tended sending 300 Colombian troops
by the Orinoco to Cartagena, but
learned that the vessel had debarked
General Torres and his men, and de
cided to keep the men at BarranquHla. j
The excitement -t ' Barritnquilla. in-j
creased- with the spreading.! fire? 'nVVn
of the secession of the jKthnum. whicV'
was supplemented by exagg$rajil..ac-s
omnia of : the alleged 'pari xlaxrd.bM
4aa4v s ivcu u mi wrnmit i r; Jii
-KVurta- 'Aral BntsrtisVs rOOst frt that AaMf w
Vrfflie'ricana in ColomWif, and'rfjfe
runtr. W eat l.iteK.
tare being vented agajnst-forosaeaw ''
generally. The oAdritics at.SayanaJi ,.j
have mounted -two; obsolete gifns "cover
ing the whaff, . ,,ltu ."
PRICE Puieo OrtilA Lj,a2 ,f"
an aippven wa novo neivsa vsauoy,,, p M V'.smv,
' "asningtyrr,- n.---Advice?ij, sW
reach Uie wr department fi-Wif llta- , ' lit im sw
nll.tndictethat.beJorJiiWfM- 'V "' TH-.mi
tbo -United ' Ptatea on Deormber 12,
Governor "Taft will bare ewceedtdau.
o tting.one of .Uie Most xbtious prqb- fc,k,)Ji -
lerus (unnecwM wiucxne acquisition oi iswms)
the Philippines', namely. h- adjust-"4"'''
ment of the claims of .the-.friasoviW' U.VT
their extensivs propertv boldiiuawin sussrtt' ttC-
the. island, s Tbo price to bo paid.ntj.H
proximatea $7,000,000.- - '
in progresa at Manilla, fte4yaan jfimt
nor Tt and Mgr. Guido- tha psjml
delegate, over since the governor's ror
. . .V 1 1- . 'Ti ' An
vuf ii to uv isiaiiu irum Aome. . 1 ne
malq'oHstacle to a settlement Appears
to his been ait issue between the
papaiidelegater and tha religiotia orders
aa to the proportion of the purchase
money to be paid by the Insular gov
ernment that was to be tnrned over to '
Rome. This, it ia nnderatood. has ' ''
been agreed npon. . . - . -v
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- . -Warship Fired oa Her. ,
New York, Nov. 14. The Clyde -
line steamer Cherokee arrived today
from Panto Pomfhgo with "late "Afreet
... ..w. -wau- IT
ports an excising sUpermpeeWitlua ''
Dominican mao-of-war.' by. whuUi the..
steamer was stopped severdl times, on. .
one occasion snots being flred aerose , ,'
her bow and another the ship dlnifihg
the warship nndet. ddver of darkneaa.
Maeoris was evacuated by the military
forces November 3 and all the ports
except San Domingo City were In the
hands of the Insurgents. ' -
America Waal a Port Opooed. ,
. Ixindon, Nov. 14. The Daily Mail's
lokio correspondent says the United
lutes minister at Peoal, Corea, baa
presented a onto urrttie that three,
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