Newberg graphic., March 30, 1905, Image 2

NEWBERG
S IN K A T D O C K S.
GRAPHIC
Damage to Ocean Linars in Collision
W orse Than Thought.
n. w oo o w
ORBGON
NEWS OFJUE WEEK
o f ths Loss Important
L a m Interesting Events
o f thA P u t Week.
HoAtirtieA in Manchuria Are
pendAd while the Armiee reorganise
Thousands of locked-oat workmen in
8t. Petersburg threaten An ontbreek
Santo Domingo may aak the United
8tatea to act m receiver for that coun­
try.
Castro's attitude continue« menacing.
France and the United State« may
combine to discipline him.
Violent storms throughout Oklahoma
have caused four deaths and numerous
injurieg besides a heavy property loss.
Contracts for rock for the jetty at
the mouth of the Columbia have been
let and deliveries w ill begin next
month. ( '
The two big ocean liners Parisian
and Albano collide^ while entering the
H alifax, N. 8., harbor, and both were
badly injured.
A Pennsylvania oil authority says
nothing hM ever been seen to compare
with the oil territory of Kansas and
Indian Territory.
A man has confessed to pulling the
spikes and rails loose from the Rock
Island track in Iowa to see what would
happen when a train passed.
Work on the Tacoma public building
w ill be delayed another year in the
hope of aecuriag an addition to the
$300,000 already appropriated.
Julea Verne, the noted French novel*
1st, is dead.
Santo Domingo may ask protection of
the United States.
Mrs. Chadwick admits
amounting to $750,000.
of
be
debts
8enor de Aspires, the Mexican
baseador at Washington, is dead.
am*
~ Terrorists have warned the Roteian
grand dukes that they w ill be removed.
Peasant revolts in Russia are becom­
ing widespread and soldiers object to
Miooting.
French bankers have agreed to make
Russia a loan on condition that she
A consular dispute between Norway
and Sweden may dissolve the union be­
tween them.
Venezuela refuses to arbitrate dispute
w ith United States and diplomatic re­
lations may be broken.
The president finds he hM not the
power to reduce the number of canal
commissioners, though he may make
any change in the personnel he may
desire.
Canadian shipbuilders have Mked
the government for a bounty of $6 per
ton for ten years on Canadian built
ships to protect the industry against
British competition.
The Philippines
Japan.
may
be
sold
Halifax, N. 8., March 28.— The two
ocean steamers, the Parisian and the
Albano, whom 1,800 .passengers were
saved from possible death a t asa after
the col lisa ion between the two vessels
off the harbor’ s mouth yesterday by a
thrilling 16-mile race for shallow water,
showed plainly today how serious ¿ m
the accident, tha Parisian resting on
the bottom at her dock and the A l-
bano’ s fore peak being full of water.
The Pariaan, which came up the har­ Price A re Kept Unlform —Blg Profits
bor at 6 o’clock last night with a gap­
fo r Packers, Small Ones fo r
ing hole in bar starboard side from tha
Rstail Marchants.
Albano’s sharp prow, filled gradually
during the night, and at dawn her
engine room had been flooded, her
Area extinguished, her lower deck w h
Chicago, March 26. — The Federal
awash and her keel resting in the mud.
grand jury which is investigating the
A large part of her cargo is damaged
by w fter. but the bulk of the mail, business methods of the packers ac­
consisting of 400 sacks, w m recovered quired a lot of information today from
in good condition.
------ : two of the four
The statements o f the two command­ during the uay.
Thomas G. Ruddy,
ers of the vessels m to the probable
of
Ruddy
Broe.,
an
independent pack­
cause of the collision are conflicting,
and the courts w ill be invoked to place ing firm of Kansas City, and Michael
the responsibility.
Proceedings have R. Murphy, general manrg-r for the
been begun in the Adm iralty court Cudahy Packing company in 8outh
against tha Hamburg-American com­ Omaha, Sioux City and Kansas City,
pany, owners of the Albano, and today contributed the bulk of the informa­
that steamer w m libelled tor $150,000 tion, M r. Ruddy occupying the chair
damages in behalf of J. A A . Allan, all afternoon.
Both of the witnesses, after leaving
owners of the Parisian.
Later it w m
announced that a counter suit would be the grand jury room, expressed the be­
lief that the grand jury w m pmsuing a
brought by the German company.
settled policy in Mking questions which
bore directly on the chargee of viola­
M E X IC O O N G O LD BASIS.
tion of the interstate commerce law and
the Sherman anti-trust law.
They
Présidant Diaz Issues Decree Author* did not construe the questions Mked
of them to be framed for the purpoee
ized by Congress.
Mexico City, March 28. — President of gathering general information con­
Dias has issued a decree for the reform cerning the packing industry. — •'•••—
Testimony showing the profits of re­
of the monetary system authorized by
tail
meat dealers and prices of unfailing
congress in December last. The decree
establishes the 2-peso, or silver dollar, uniformity for meats at the “ big five”
at a value of 60 cents gold, and the packers’ branch houses w m given. In
theoretical unit of the Mexican cur­ a detailed statement the cost and sale
rency is defined to be the dollar or peso prices of beef handled by retailers in
KansM City- w m explained by Robert
of 75 centigrams of gold.
H
all, a dealer from that city, and the
An important feature of the decree
is a provision for a reserve exchange high prices blamed on the packers.
fund, which, at first, w ill consist of The gist of the evidence w m that the
$18,000,000 or $16,000,000, and may charge made by packers that retailers
be increased. The original plan did were making 100 per cent profit on beef
not provide for the immediate estab­ is incorrect, an«*, w hile on some cuts
lishment of this .fund, but it is now the profit is almost that amount, it is
deemed wise to start with one simul­ equalized by the fact that an equal per
taneously with the beginning of the centage is sold at a loss or at least no
profit.
new monetary system.
Mr. H a ll’s testimony also showed
The mint w ill be closed A pril 1.6 t o
the free coinage of silver and the new that the packer who pays $4.75 per 100
monetary system w ill go into effect pounds for beef on the hoof sells it at
$8 per 100 pounds to the * re­
May 1. The publication of the decree
gives general satisfaction in business tailer, who a vera g e a triflw less than
and financial circles. I t assures busi­ $10.43 in groaa receipts for the same
meat.
ness men against losses in importing.
There were 30 witnesses in the jury
room annex'at the opening of the ses­
S T A N F O R D C ASE IS D RO PPE D .
sion. Extra precautions were taken to
prevent witnesses from coming in con­
Every Clew Known to San Francisco tact with outsiders.
The doors were
Police is Run to Earth.
locked and Deputy Marabal Middleton
sat inside, while Captain Porter stood
San Francisco, March ¿8.— I t
announced at police headquarters today outside the door.
that every known clew in the Stanford
case had been run to earth, and that
P L A N S FO R M O R E S U B W A Y S
the complexion of the matter had not
changed in the leMt. Barring a con­
fession or something “ turning up,” the New York Opens Bids fo r Structures
Costing »2 3 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
police admit that they w ill never solve
the mystery of bow, January 14, in this
New York, March 25.— Plans for sub­
city, strychnine poison was placed in ways to cost $230,000,000, submitted
the Poland water used by the late Mrs. by the New York City railway Company
Stan ford.
——
and by the Interborough company were
That portion of the mystery connect­ made public today by the board of rapid
ed With her tragic death at Honolulu, transit commissioners.
The plans of
the police say, hM been solved on the the New York City railway company
theory that Mrs. Stanford died by call for an outlay of $165,000,000. Au­
natural causes and that the powdered gust Belmont’ s plans tor additions to
strychnine fqynd in the bicarbonate of the Interborough system provide for the
Boda w m placed there by some druggist expenditure of $65,000,000.
and intended as a tonic.
The Interborongh company’s plans
The police detectives working on the call for a four-track extension of the
case have all turned their attention to present subway from Grand Central
other matters, and while nominally station to 149th street, the Bronx, on
men are detailed on the case, in reality the East side; an extension on the
the department hM entirely dropped it. West side from Times square to the
Battery; two additional tracks to the
C O R T E L Y O U T O SU C C E E D SH AW Second avenue elevated, and extensions
and loops on Manhattna island and in
Will Become Secretary o f Treasury in Brooklyn.
The plans of the New York City rail­
Another Y u r .
way company provide for three com­
Washington, March 28.— Leslie M.
plete new lines paralleling the present
Shaw, secretary of the treMury, hM
subway, with a cross-town line at
signified his intention of retiring from Thirty-fourth street and the Brooklyn
public office on February 1, 1906, at
bridge.
the end of a four-year term. I t is re­
ported in official circles in Washington
Gives All Shipyards a Share.
that PostmMter General George B. Cor
St. Petersburg, March 25.— Charles
telyou w ill succeed him. No a u th or»
R. Flint, of New York, who has been
ed statement has been made on this
here for several weeks urging the
point, but the assumption is generally claims of American shipyards in con
accepted as correct.
nection with the execution of the Rus­
(¡n od J u y Lean ol Methods of
Heel T ro t.
VIOLATIONS OF LAV AKE SOUGHT
k I ( M
F m h r li
Busy Rcsdcrt
The Oregon C ity land office w ill
removed.to Portland.
GETS AT THE FACTS
to
The Baltic fleet hM been seen in the
Indian ocean sailing eMtward.
The United States hM refused to aid
foreign claimants against Panama.
Germapy hM angered Turkey by pro­
testing against buying arms in Franc.
The czar hM again turned from the
peace party and w ill continue the war
Twenty-four Chinese smuggled over
the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas,
have been arrested.
The president hopes to stave of! for­
eign intervention in Santo Domingo
until congress meets.
The eruption of Vesuvius is abating,
there being only an occasional puff of
light material and smoke.
The battleship KansM w ill be christ­
Aliens by the Thousand.
ened by breaking a bottle of KansM
New York, March 28 — With a total
crude oil over its prow in the place of a for the lM t week of 26,000 aliens and
bottle of champagne, m is the custom. with the prospects of at leMt 23,00p
Strikes and peasant revolts are being more to come in on the steamships ar­
riving this week, it is probable that all
renewed in Russia.
immigration figures w ill be broken be­
There is a movement in New York to
fore the spring is ended. From all parts
erect at a cost of $2,000,000 a building
of Europe ailens are booked to arrive
for a comprehensive exhibition of
and the resources of the station at Ellis
American and foreign art, and to pro­
island w ill be taxed to the utmost.
vide a home for New York art societies.
A t the next session of congress Mr.
Japan is raising the sunken Russian Sargetat w ill Mk for an appropriation
ships at Port Arthur.
for the establishment of a display of
The president hM announced his in­ the various states’ resources.
tention to change the canal commission.
In Very Strong Position.
Kuropatkin hM been appointed com­
St. Petersburg, March 28. — A dis­
mander of the First Manchurian army. batch received from Sypingai states
Russian bureaucrats are being driven that thè Russian commander hM suc­
to make peace by terms dictated for a ceeded in withdrawing all of his rear
guard to a very strong position, where
new French loan.
they w ill be able to withstand any at­
The dispatch
The United States government hM tack of the Japanese.
called for arbitration of the Venezuelan states that the spirits of the men is of
the beet and that they are becoming
dispute, with the alternative of force.
more and more confident. I t is further
A new island hM risen in the era of stated that General Kuropatkin is. dis­
Japan, caused by the action of a vol­ tinguishing himself.
cano. The mikado’s flag hM been
raised on its top, which 1 ms a circuro-
Hit by a Bomb..
> of two and three-fourths miles.
Warsaw, March 28.— A bomb w m
Over $,000 man hve been thrown ont thrown into the carriage of Baron von
of empio fment m the resulto! the shut­ Nolken, chief of police of Warsaw, at 8
down of the Havemeyer sugar refinery o’clock this evening. I t w m reported
that the Baron w m severely wounded.
in Brooklyn.
sian naval program, has left this city.
In the interests of closer commercial
relations between the United States
and Russia in the future, Mr. Flint
strongly advisee the admiralty, if it
has decided to place orders in the
United States, not to discriminate in
favor of particular concerns, but to
distribute the orders generally.
Trade In Desperate Straits.
Moscow, March 25. — One of the
strongest factors toward peace is the
critical financial sti nation here and in
all of the towns of South Russia. De­
spite the rosy stories sent abroad to the
effect that there existed strong possi­
bility of an internal loan being nego­
tiated, it can be stated upon authority
that the people have no money to loan
and trade is in a desperate state. Two
of the largest firms have failed for
5,000,000 roubles each.
First Female Deputy Sheriff.
Colorado Springs, Colo., March 25.—
Mrs. Elisabeth Cass Goddard, one of
the most prominent women of Colo­
rado, was today appointed a deputy
sheriff of El Paso county by Sheriff
Grimes. She is the only woman occu­
pying this office in the state of Colo­
rado. W hile she hM received the ap­
pointment In order to facilitate her
w o ik in th e protection of mistreated
animals, she hM the fu ll powen of a
deputy sheriff.
TWO GREAT PROJECTS.
Reclamation o f Tra ct in Idaho and
Another In Montana.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
Washington, March 27.— The secre­
tary of the interior today Mt apart $1,
300.000 from the reclamation fund for
RESUME WORK OM UMATILLA
NUMBER ALL NOSES.
the purpogg of beginning operations in
connection with the Payette-Boise irri­ Irrigation Project Has Attention of New Legislative Apportionment to Ba
gation project in Idaho, and $1,000,-
Government Engineers.
Mada In 1007.
000 for the earns purpose in connection
Pendleton— John T . Whistler, en-
Salem— A new legislative apportion­
with the M ilk R iver project in Mon­ gir near of the reclamation bureau for ment, based upon the state census of
regon, aaya work w ill be resumed on 1905, must be mads by the legislature
tana. I t is calculated that 370,000 On
the
Umatilla irrigation project in a of 1907, and for that reason it behooves
acres w ill be reclaimed in Idaho and
short time. The engineers w ill con­ each county to see that a fa ll enumera­
325.000 in Montana, and the nltimato tinue their investigations of the John
tion of inhabitants is made this year.
coat of the two enterprises is fixed at Day river proposition and ascertain if The growth of E m tern Oregon and th e
$11,000,000 and «10,000,000 respect­ the river can be diverted from its chan­ city of Portland in the Ust five years U
nel over the desert lands of Southern supposed to have been more rapid than
ively.
Morrow county.
the growth of the Willamette valley
An international question is involved
The feat would be a difficult one, counties, and if the state census should
in the M ilk river case,[M a portion of and, contrary to the belief of ^the pnb- show much of a difference, Multnomah
that river, from which i t is proposed to lie, who think th* river would leave county and EMtern Oregon may profit
divert water, lies in Canada, and to its channel at the headwaters of W il- by securing larger representation in the
the matter Secretary Hitchcock hM low creek, the canal would necessarily legislature.
From computations made by Labor
been giving personal attention.
After follow the deep canyon of the river for
top
at Commissioner 0 . P. H off Ust summer,
conferring with the president, he hM miles, emerging to the
a point west of lone, Morrow county, that official reached the conclusion that
1 net rue' ed Director Walcott, of the
Geological survey, to take immediate and take an eMterly direction toward some of the older settled valley counties
steps to carry into effect the plans of Um atilla county until the grade neces­ are not increMing very rapidly in popu­
H U report showing that opin­
the reclamation service for storing sitated running north to the Columbia. lation.
This
project
would
probably
cost
from
ion
raised
s storm of criticism from the
floods in 8t. Mary’ s lake, diverting the
water of St. Mary’ s river over into the $2,500,000 to $3,000,000, but Mr. Qonnties that received an unUvorable
head of M ilk river and ultimately W histler states that should it be found showing, but Commissioner Hoff assert­
across the headwaters of M ilk river in­ that 260,000 acres could be reclam ed ed that his computations were made ac­
Should the cording to plans approved by the best
to the MariM and again out of the it would be feMible.
MariM back into M ilk river in Mon­ amount of land bq/much smaller than statUticians, and he anticipates that
tana, thus creating a great artificially this It w ill be deferred until each a the census w ill bear out his figures.
The apportionment into senatorial
regulated system of water supply south time m lands are of a sufficient value
to
warrant
tbe
expenditure
of
such
a
and
representative districts is not al­
of the international boundary.
I t is expected that construction w ill sum, or at least until the reclamation ways made in strict compliance with
be begun this season on the diversion fund reaches such an amount m to war- the constitution, and therefore some
rant the commencement of such a counties get a larger representation
of St. Mary’ s rivet into the headwaters
than their popuUtion entitles them to,
of M ilk river, allowing the water to scheme.
Other investigations in the Um atilla while other counties get less.
Should
flow for a time through Canada back
project proper w ill be continued, m a the legislature of 1907 be actuated by a
into the United States.
site w m found late lM t fall which desire to follow the constitution, there
might prove feM ible.
The character might be some important changes in
PE AC E IS NEAR.
of the toil* in that district is snch that the apportionment o f representatives.
great care is being exercised upon a
Preliminary Pourparlers Being Held in site. Some have proved after testa to
Water W ar On.
be of snch s nature m not to hold
Northern Capital.
Klamath
Falls—The Klamath Canal
water through the hot season and
Paris, March 27.— Inquiry late Ust would lose s great amount by the per­ company ordered the head gate of i t »
night tends to strongly confirm the colation through the sides and bottom canal opened on Link river and the
water went coursing down the canal
statement in Ust evening’ s dispatch of a reservoir.
through the tonne),under Ankeny canal,
that approaches toward peace between
down Eleventh street, in Klamath.
Instructions fo r Taking Census.
Russia and Japan have already begun
Falls and out onto the flats bordering
Salem— Secretary of State Dunbar L ik e Ewauna.
Immediately Sheriff
at a private conference in a Northern
hM issued the blanks and instructions
European capital.
In view of the to connty assessors governing the tak­ Obenchain served the manager of tha
company with an order from tbe court
statement from St. Petersburg that ing of the state census of 1905.
Sup­ directing him to shat off the water, be­
pourparlers were going on in Paris, the plies w ill be sent to each aasessor in a cause the property owners on Eleventh
Associated Press last night called at day or two. Tbe legislature, at its last street brought suit against the company
session, having failed to pass any act
the Russian embassy and at the Jap­ amending the old census law, Secretary for damages, m the secretary of War
had notified the company that taking
anese legation.
Ambassador Nelidoff of State Dnnbar hM adhered cloeely to
water out of Link river would be il­
stated specifically that he knew noth- the law, out of date though it is. Two legal. The company w ill now undoubt­
ing about such negotiations being in blanks are provided, one for the enu­ edly have the attention of the United
progress here, and Minister Montono, meration of inhabitants and the other States district attorney.
while declining to discuss the general for the enumeration of industrial pro­
qneetion of peace, authorised the state­ ducts. For the convenience of assessors
Oregon Hops are Dirty.
ment that no pourparlers were occurr­ the m ilitary roll w m included in the
The in­
Silvertou— Fred Arthur hM just re­ o
ing in Paris. A t the foreign office it enumeration of inhabitants.
was also stated that officials there were structions given are very complete and turned from s four mouths’ visit in
if studied and carefully followed the England, and among other things he
not aware of step« toward peace.
The foregoing stsjemente by Count census should give a very accurate col­ brought back a sample of choice hops
upon comparison with which the best
Nelidoff and Dr. Montono, while .indi­ lection of statistics.
cating that negotiations are not pro­
hope of Oregon are found to be
ceeding here, do not alter the main
clear and bright in appearance.
Mr.
T o Exhibit Sumpter Ores.
statement that peace preliminaries are
Sumpter— The building which w ill Arthur says that although many of
atually progressing elsewhere.
The contain thepermanent ore exhibit of Oregon’s hops found a market in Eng­
real explanation is probably to be the Sumpter mining district, is com­ land this year the buyers there com­
found in the Paris dispatch of last plete in its interior decorations and plain that the hope are too dirty and
evening that a preliminary conference now ready tor the reception of a dis­ that instead of getting better they are
H e fear»
had already been held at a northern play specimen. Tbe object of the ex­ picked less clean each year.
capital. There are strong indications hibit is the concentration at one piont that the reputation of Oregon ho,'s w ill
that this capital is Stockholm, and that of the many different kinds of minerals suffer unlees there is an improvement
the negotiations w ill be conducted at that are produced in this district. in the picinkg.
Stockholm, if the preliminaries prove This w ill permit of inspection of ores
successful. Copenhagen also is men­ without the necessity of visiting the
Klamath* Must Pay Taxes.
tioned, bat it is understood that the many different sections where they sue
Salem— Attorney General Crawford
point w m raised against pMt or future found. Many visitors from tbe EMt, hM rendered an opinion in which h »
conferences there that there is a large visiting the Portland exposition, are holds that the Indians of the Klamath
and influential Britsh element at that expected to stop over and inspect this reservation, who have just received
capital, whose sympathies might be section, and the mineral display w ill their allotments from the government,
hostile to Russia.
be one of the most important objects to are subject to government under th »
attract their attention.
laws of this state, and are entitled to
enjoy the same privileges m other citi­
Swamped with Flour Orders.
zens. This means that the lands held
Minneapolis, March 27.— Japan flour
T o Import Black Percherons.
orders continue to pour in npon Minne­
Pendleton— A . C. Ruby A Co. this by these Indians are subject to taxation
A l­
apolis millers at a rate that hM exceed­ week sold to John Crow, the wheat the same m those of white men.
ed all expectations.
The past week grower, a black Percberon stallion, though the act making this allotment
brought in calls for consignments rang­ making the eighteenth sale since estab­ passed congress in 1899, it hM just
ing from 6,000 to 20,000 satks.
One lishing a distr bating depot in the been approved by the president.
of the big companies states that it is 30 place. Mr. Ruby is preparing to go to
Plan fo r Larger Iron Works.
days behind on Japan orders, with Europe to purchase another lot, and
Ashland— The Ashland Iron Works
every m ill running to its maximum ca­ w ill leave the latter part of May.
He
pacity. Other companies report like w ill first visit England to purchase a company, whose plant w m partially de­
conditions. These orders are all made few Shires and then to France to pur­ stroyed by fire a.few months ago, hM
clearable from the seaboard within two chase the black Percherons, which are let the contract for new buildings and
months’ time, showing that the flour is more popular than other breeds.
The machinery on a new site and on a great­
The company has
wanted immediately.
animals w ill be shipped fn d w ill reach ly enlarged scale.
been reorganized with a nominal capital
here about the first of July.
Washington Building Falls.
of $20,000, but the plant when com­
pleted w ill represent an investment of
St. Louis, March 27.— W hile work­
Umaiilla County Booklet.
The new
men were razing the tall building
Pendleton— The Commercial associa­ nearly $75,000, it is said.
erected by the state of Washington at tion is prepMing matter for a booklet buildings are to be completed and the
the W orld’s fair, the building suddenly containing information of Umatilla new plant installed by May T.
collapsed and three men were injure«!. county, to be distribute«! among the in­
The work of demolition had been in coming homeseekers to induce them to
Prune Trees About to Bloom.
progress Bince the first of the month. locate in the county. A number of the
Corvallis— By the latter part of th i»
A ll but three of the gigantic 110-foot newspaper men an«l business men have week the Italian prunes in the big 155-
timber props that peculiarly character­ been Mked to contribute articles for the acre orchard north of Corvallis w ill be
ised the construction of the building book, and it w ill be printed m soon m in full bloom. The event is nearly a
had been taken down. W hile workmen possible. Fifty thousand copies w ill month ahead of time, the usual date
were taking down another the building be printed tor distribution among the being about the midille of A pril. Five
fell.
visitors who pass through to the Lewis years ago the same orchard began blos­
soming March 11, and that season
and Clark fair this summer.
Collecting Alaska Exhibit.
yielded a heavy crop. Peach, almond
WMhington, March 27.— The Interior
and apricot trees in the vicinity have
Low
Prices
fo
r
Cattle.
department recently
sent Godfrey
nearly finished blooming.
Pendleton— Stock growers of the
Chealander on a tour of Northern A1 m -
county
are
disappointed
at
the
poor
ka to collect exhibits for the Lewis and
PO R T LA N D M A R K E TS.
Clark exposition, in addition to those cattle market and a few are selling re­
shown at St. Lonis. H e-will cover the gardless of the fact that only the lowest
territory from Fairbanks to Cape Nome, figure of the season can be obtained. A
Wheat — Walla Walla,
86 © 87c;
collecting specimens on the way and short time ago the market promised to blueetem, 94c; valley, 87c. per bushel.
advertising the exposition as he goes. reach 4 cents for steers and 8 k cents
Oats— No. 1 white, $1.87k©1.42;
J. H. Ridgeway, government taxiderm­ for cows, and in one or two instances gray, $1.60 per cental.
ist, ie now at Sitka preparing the AUs- those figures were paid, but after those
Hay— Timothy, $144116 per ton;
■ales the prices immediately fell until c l < £ r , * l < » l t ; grain, $11012; cheat,
ka far exhibit tor Portland.
only 8)4 cents is paid for the choicest
animals.
—
Lena Remain* Until. W ar Ends.
Fggs— Oregon ranch, 18c per ffosen.
San Francisco, March 27.— First As­
Butter — Fancy creamery, 27 k A
Wildwood Mill to Start.
sistant Secretary of State F. B. Loomis,
3 2 k c.
when Mked today whether he had re­
Cottage Grove— The Wildwood Lum­
Potatoes — Oregon fancy, 86096c:
solved on any action with regard to the ber company, which owns a large saw­ oomiDon, 66080c.
Russian cruiser Lena, which is now m ill near the end of the Oregon A
Apple#— Fancy, $1.7502.50 per box;
held at Mare Island, said: “ I paid a Southeastern track, above Wildwood, choice, $101.25. .
visit to the Lena yesterday, bat she hM decided to pat the m ill into active
Hops— Choice 1904, 28kQ24c per
w ill not be released until the war is operation. There are plenty of logs pound.
ended, tor that would be a breach of close to the m ill. I. L . Smith, a well
Wool— Valley, 19©2flc; Eastern Oro-
the neutrality laws. She w ill have to known samwill man, hM been pat in I®®, 12017c per pound;
mohair
charge.
choice, 26026c per pound.
stay at Mare Ialand.”