OREGON rowers and Packers of Hops Get Heavy Yield of rine Quality riclds at La Grande. Large Returns. Independence.— In aome o f the Dialler hop yards, picking la done, at in the larger yards, harvest will ot be over until some time during lis week. A few pickers, homeward ound, have passed through town, but ie bulk of them are yet to start from le hop fields. Growers in this district have uni- irm ly paid 60 cents a box and there 111 have been paid out to pickers in lie neighborhood o f |100,000. Includ- lg the money for other necessary sip, wood, sulphur, burlap, baling, tc., the amount paid out w ill exceed Dls sum. One yard, the Horst Bro’s, rill pay out $80,000 for picking alone, 'he McLaughlin yard w ill pay out a h e sum fo r picking, and a number of rowers w ill pay from $2600 to $6000 9 pickers. N o sales are being made. Ralph Wiliams, o f Dallas, has made some mall purchases at 27 cents. The growers in this district are left a b etter/ circumstances than they ,ave been for many years. During he period o f low prices, many were educed to the vergp o f insolvency, nd It took the profits of last year and he year before to pay off the hard imes indebtedness. This year they tfirted in Independent and the prof- ts for this year’s crop represents aoney that the grower may use as he ileases. No Perm it for Sheep. Enterprise.— Hubbard Flerchinger, county, who ras arraigned in the justice court on he charge of running sheep into this itate without a permit from the stock nspector o f this county, was fined 160. deputy District Atorney S. Z. lenderson prosecuted the case, And Ion. J. A. Burleigh, ex-representative or Union and W allowa counties, 'was !or the defense. The sheepmen o f ksotin county have been running their sheep into this county for several rears, and there are reported to be ilx other sheepmen from that section who have their sheep in the northern part of the county at the present Lime, and who w ill in all probability la v e to answer to the same charge is Flerchinger. The case tried w ill be appealed to the_circuit court. i sheepman o f Asotin IMrc in Cascade Reserve. Albany.— Parties returning from the Breitenbush Hot Springs report de­ structive forest fires burning in the mountains along the North Santiam river. One o f these fires is in the magnificent timber o f the Cascade forest reserve and is doing consider­ able damage. It started about 16 miles northeast of Detroit, and is burning in a northern direction. This fire is in the heart of the Cas­ cade forest reserve, and quite a dis­ tance from the course o f travel or camping places o f pleasure-seekers. It is presumed to have been started by the Indians in an effort to destroy the feed on the reserve and thus keep out the sheep, great herds of which are annually driven over the Indian hunting grounds in the reserve. • ^ Salem Can Use Bar Gravel. L a Grande.— The digging of the new crop o f beets for the sugar factory lo­ cated near this city, has commenced, and w ill be pushed. The season has been a very favorable one for beet growers, and the yield w ill be much greater than in any previous year. A number o f fields, it is estimated, will produce over 12 tons to the acre, and some as high as 16 tons per acre, a ll of excellent quality. Extensive improvements are being made in the factory, and much new machinery is being added. A large tank for storing syrup is being built, as the present one Is Inadequate t6 hold the syrup le ft over from the season’s run. Plowing has begun on the 1200 acre farm lately purchased by the sugar comphny, near Union, a large portion of which will be planted in sugar beets for the next year’s crop. this place to be held by owners. The most is sold outright to wholesale buyers. Fully 76 per cent of the seas­ on’s crop has been disposed of. Only a small per cent has been moved, but the W. ft C. R. company is running trains out nearly every day now and the O. R. ft N. company hauls out many cars dally. Farmers do not de­ sire to hold their grain at the present high prices. The heaviest purchasers are the Preston-Parton Milling Com­ pany, the Pacific States Warehouse Company and the Pacific Coast Ele- ator Company, all o f whom have re­ ceived immense amounts. Hauling will be completed this week, as now but few loads straggled in, coming from Isolated farms. Railroad to Be Extended. Sultfon Hop Contract. fine Weather for Harvesting. Prune Season About Over. Baker City.— The directors of the Baker County Fair and Speed Associ­ ation have placed the date for hold­ ing the fair from October 11 to 16. There will be $2000 hung up In purs­ es, besides the $1500 state money to be distributed In premiums on agri­ cultural exhibits. A Contract has been let for building the pavilion and grandstand. Sells 4,000 Ewes. Baker City.— Lee Bros., prominent sheep men o f this place, have sold 4000 head o f choice yearling" ewes to a W yom ing buyer at $2.26 per heed. The Bheep are at present on the range near Cornucopia, but w ill be delivered in this city for shipment Enterprise.— Old settlers o f this county say that this section of the country Is experiencing the longest dry spell in its history, there having been no rainfall fo r over a month. Luckily, the crops were all vfrell ma­ Wheat Market. tured before the dry weather began, consequently it has also been one of Portland— W klls W »lla, 80@81)%c; the best years for harvesting ever bluestem, 86c; valley, 86c. known. ______ " Tacoma— Blueotem, 87c; dub, 81c. Albany— 78c. Apples Plentiful. Salem— 80c. Milton.— Apples are plentiful and of Colfax— Club,71c; bluesteu), 76c. all varieties. The outlook for prices is Pendleton— Club, 70c; blueotem, not flattering. Shippers expect to commence shipping as soon as the 78c. La Grande— Club, 66c; blueotem, 70c prune season Is over. -V * 70 HOURS PORTLAND T O CHICAGO No Cnange of Cart. D aran T lk l ZtHiOULii Partland, Or. Aaaiva fi 34 p.m. No. 1, returning: — Loaroa Yaqulna.......................... 7.1» A M Uaraa Corvallis.......................... 11 so A M Arrlvaa Albany..................... U :U F M PORTLAND m THE DILLES ILL WH U l l l l l t • .-00 a.m. At'antlo Balt Lake, Denver, Ft.Worth, Omaha, Expresa Kansas City, Ht • :15 p.m. Louis,Uhloago and via Huntington. Kaat. at. Pani fast Mall • :lfiv f t ~ Spokane Train No. S for Detroit, Breitenbush and other mountain resorts leaves Albany at 1 F. M-, reaching Detroit about 6 p. m. For further Information apply to • Si'S or writ# your COLUMBIA RIVER U O IT H E R N BAIL WIT CO. For Wahkiocaa, Daly, Centorvilla, Goldendale and all K lickitat Valley pointa. Steamer leaves Portland dally (except Sunday) 7 a. m., connecting with C. R . ft N. traina at Lyle 6:16 p. m. for Gol­ dendale. Train arrives Goldendale, 7 :35 p. m. Steamer arrives The Dallee 6 :80 p. m. BO Y E A R S ’ E X P E R IE N C E .Hit Connecting at Lyle, Wash., with THOfl. COCKRELL, Agent, Albany. 7:14 a. aa Ocean and Rhrer Schedule. in Francisco—Ivary Are days at For Astoria, way polnta and North Bei Daily (except Sunday) at S n m.; Saturday at 10 p. m. Dally servioe (water permitting) on Willamette and Yamhill Rlvara For fuller Information Train No. S connects with the 8. F. trains at Corvallis and Albany, giving direct service to Newport and adjacent Beaches. H. H. CRON1SE, Agent. Corvallis. Walla Walla, Lewis­ ton, Spokane, Wal­ lace, Pullm an, Minneapolis, 8t. Paul, Duluth. Mil­ waukee, Chicago and Bast. «‘ B A IL E Y Q A TZ E R T” “ REGULATOR” ' “ D A L L E S C IT Y ” “ M E TLA K O ” Trains 1 arrive In Albany in timo _ ___ __ to connect with tha 8. F. south bound train, as well as giving two or three hours I d Albany belora departure of 8. P. north bound train. EDWIN STONE, Manager. Cottage Grove,— G. B. Hengen, of aaaraat ticket agent, or New York, business manager of the Oregon ft Southeastern Railroad Com­ A . L. CRAIG, pany, has been here several days, General Psaaanger Agant looking over the affairs o f the two The Oregon Railroad A Navigation Co. Fort* companies. H e announced that con­ and, Oregon. struction win commence on the ex­ tension of the railroad 'soon. The road is now 16 miles long, and a force w ill be kept at work until the line is completed to the reserve line, a dis­ tance o f four miles. A part o f the road is to be completed this winter. Relative to the Oregon Securities Company, he said it would probably be 60 days before the large mill plant would be put in operation. They have 220 feet of cross-cut in hard rock to run yet before they strike the Cham­ pion lead. The water is very low, and they are only to run one shift a day. Milton.— The prune season w ill soon be over at this place. The Mil- ton Fruitgrowers’ union w ill finish packing and shipping this weefef-and the W alla W a ll* Produce Company w ill finish In about a week. The Mil- ton Fruitgrowers’ Union and the Shields’ Fruit ‘Company have shipped 20 cars and the W alla W alla Produce Company has shipped the same amount, but expects to ship more be­ fore the season dosep. The price to the growers has been 75 cents per hundred, and all seem well pleased over their returns. The payroll has been quite large, as the shippers have employed men, women and children nearly all the summer. They pay 8 cents per crate for packing, and some workers pack as high as 80 crates in a day. Ko. t , tor Taquinai— faaree Albany............................. U:4I P M Laavaa Corvallis........... ............... 1:41PM Arrlvaa Yaqulna.......................... 6:40 F M Through Pullman standard and tourist sleeping cara dally to Omaha. Chicago, Spo­ No. S, far D etroit: — Laarea Albany............................. 1 : « F M kane; tourist »leaping oars dally to Kansas Arrivée Detroit............................ S:00 F M City; through Pullman tourist »lee pin» cars (personally conducted) weekly to Chicago, Kansu City; reclining chair oars (seats Ires) No. 4, from Detroit:— to tho East dally. Learee Detroit............................. S:S0 A M Arrivée A lbany............................ 11:16 F M Chicago gait Lak*. Denver, Ft. Worth,Omaha, Portland Special Kansas oily, at. Athena Growers Sell Whcgt. Louis,Chicago aoJ • :l» a. m. via East. Athena.— L ittle wheat is stored at \ Huntington. Salem.— Judge Galloway has ren­ dered a decision in the Minto gravel bar case in which he perpetually en­ joined the defendants from interfer­ ing with the employes o f the City of Salem while they are taking gravel from the northeast corner of Minto Island, for use on the streets o f Sal­ em. The decision is of great Import­ Surveying P ow er Sites. ance to the City o f Salem as the Min­ Eugene.— W. J. W ilsey, manager the toe alleged that the city had only a W illam ette Valley Electric railroad revokable license which had been re­ compapy, announces that surveyors scinded. are now in the field surveying sites T o Purchase 20-Stamp Mill. for power plants. Four sites have Medford.— nr. J. F. Reddy, o f Spok-’ been selected, any one o f which ane, who recently bonded the Opp would prove satisfactory. As soon as quarts mine, located near Jackson­ ville, has left for San Francisco to the surveys on the sites are complet­ purchase a 20-stamp mill and other ed a big corps of surveyors w ill be machinery. J. W. Opp left Thursday put on the various routes o f the pro­ morning to Join Dr. Reddy. A large force of men has begun work clear­ posed system, in order to have every­ ing ground for the erection o f the thing in readiness for construction buildings. W ork will be pushed and work early In the spring. it is expected everything w ill be in running order within 60 days. Baker County Pair Dates. Salem.— T. A. LIveslay ft Co., have brought suit in Lhe Circuit Court to enjoin John Johnson, of Woodbum, from disposing o f a certain crop o f hops of 20,000 pounds, for which plain­ tiff has a contract . This contract was made over a year ago, and covered the crop mentioned for five years at 14 cents a pound. A suit arose out of that contract last year, and resulted in favor of the plaintiff, but is still pending in the courts. S hort line U nion P acific la P atents TRADE M A R K » D e s ig n s C o p y r ig h t s A c . Anyons sending a sketch and description may S nlcklv ascertain our opinion free whether an iventlon la probably patentable. Communlca- Uonastrictly confidential. Handbook on Patents tent free. Oldest agency for aecurtngpatenUk' Put «nta taken through Munn A Co. yeoelve special notie*, without charge, In the Steamer leaves The Dallee daily vex­ cept Sunday) 7 :00 a. m. G. R. ft N. trains leaving Goldendale 6:16 a. m., connects with this steamer for Portland, arriving Portland 6 p . m . Excellent meals served on all steam­ ers. Fine accommodations for teams and wagons. Scientific American. A h a n d so m e ly Illu stra te d w e e k ly . L a rg e s t otr- cu la tlo n o f a n y scien tific Journal. T e rm s, $S a y e a r : fo u r m on ths, »L S o ld b y a ll n ew sd ea lsrs. M Branch UNN Office. & C m> o F f*t.. * Washington. ’liew D. Yo rk G For detailed information of rates, berth reservations, connections, etc., wr te to 8. McDonald, agent, Portland. General Office, Portland, Or. $50,000.00 GASH GIVEN AWAY to Users of MON ■ ■ ■ ■ In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums „ ------------- / « » O * JTo.. n how ‘Thvt/ TO SECOND HAnoSM L BANK' onto. ‘ CO. * T*c*stmn Like a Check like This? III. Mewm WR M TS lm »r la A B W ir iB II # 4 A A A A A ll flU | U U U a U U Cash to Z io n C offee users In our Great W orld’ s Fair Contest— 2139 people get checks, 2139 more will get them in the Presidential Vote Contest W het will bo the total popular vote cast for President (votes for all can­ didates combined) at the election November 8,1904? F iv e Lion - Heeds c u t I r o n Lion Coffee Package* an d a a - cent «tem p e n title you (In add ition to th e reg u la r free prem ium «) to f $5,000.00 In 1900 election, 13,959,653 people voted for President. For'nearest correct esti- mates received in Woolson Spice Com- pany’s office, Toledo, O., on or before November 5, 1904, we will give first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize to tije next nearest, etc., etc., as follows: I I ' 1 First Frise !•••••• will be awarded to the on# who Is nearest correct on both onr World’ s Fair and Presi­ dential Vote Contests. _ 2 6 IO 20 60 260 1800 Second Prise Prices 16 00 .00 « M i l F r iz »»— 2 0 0 .0 0 P r iz e »— 1 0 0 .0 0 “ P rîte s — 6 0 .0 0 “ F riz# »— 2 0 OO P rlzM — 1 0 .0 0 F rizes— 0 .0 0 We »1*0 offer 65.000.00 Special Cash Prise» to Grocer»’ Clerk». (Particular» la each case of Lion Coffee.) 2139 P E im . . . . . . . . » . . . »2,61 ................. .................1,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . j ,000.00 ................ 1.000.00 • e • # e e .................1,000.00 ........................ 2 .6 0 0 .0 0 ....................... 9 ,0 0 0 .0 0 TO TAL, 1 2 0 ,000 .0 0 How Would Your Name Look on One of These Checks ? E verybody use» coffee. I f yon w ill use L I O N C O F F E E long enough to g et acquainted with it. von w ill be suited jmd convinced there i f no other such ra is e fo r the money. Then you w ill take no other—ana thet’e w hy we advertise. A nd w e are using our advertising money so that both o f ne—yon as w ell ae w e - 1 w ill g e t s benefit. Hence fo r your L i t % Memdm WE GIVE DOTH FREE PREMIUMS AND CA8H PRIZES Complete Detailed Particular» In Every Package ot LION COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE CO.f (CONTEST D E PT.) V«* - 9 t- 1 TOLEDO» OHIO. \