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HEWBERG GRAPHIC B. M. W OODW ARD. Publisher , • N E V B E R G ...............t . * OREGON N O HOPE O F TA R IF F R E VISIO N. Hansbrough Says Neftt Session Will Be Devoted to Rat* Question. SEA FIGHT AT HAND W E S T T O DIG C A N A L . Chairman Shonts Says It Will Furnish the Right Man. O H STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST Chicago, A pril 10. — Western inert < Washington, April 11. — Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota, a strong Hostile Fleets are Fast Approach are to have a long leeway allowance in advocate of a readjustment of tlietaiiff, the selection of capable engineers and C A N A L DEED IS C LE A R NO W S P E N D S I5 .0 0 0 ON IT S R O A D S believes that the chance of tariff revis log Fact) Ollier, contractors for the work of the Pauaoia * ion has passed and that nothing w ill he onnal. Not that there ia going to be a N o Further Obstacles to Construc Marlon, County Plans fo r Better High done in the imtnedate future looking to sectional discrimination in selecting the readjustment of the Dingley ratee tion o f Cut by Government. ways with Farm ers' Aid. to meet changing conditions. W hile the subordinatee who serve under tbe Salem— The Celilocanal commission, BOTH SEEN NEAR SINGAPORE Saleqp—"T h e people of Marion coun b i Condensed Form lor Oar Mr. Hansbrough is a strong protection new canal commission, but, as Chair composed of the governor, secretary of ty w ill contribute $10,000, $-16,000 o r ist, he believes „ the existing tariff state and state treasurer, has signed the perhaps as much as $20\000 in labor man T . P. Shonts said today: Readers. v should he readjusted, but he hascome deed conveying to the United States for tbe improremeat of the public roada " W e wish to employ tbe men who to the conclusion that the stpnd-patters Russians Going in Direction o f South the right of way for the construction of this s im m er," said County Judge have practical knowledge of direct con a government canal between The Dalles Scott, as he finished preparing a num o f the Lese 'Important but have Btnvinoed the president that no China Sea. Moat Probable revision is necessary. struction work, whp can do the best and and C elilo. Not Less Interesting Events ber of blank agreements for use in road Scene o f Battle. He thinks the postponement of the- A t the request o f ' the government districts where the property owners are o f the Past Week. moat effective work for the government extra session until October 16 put an in the shortest reasonable time and for officials, the state has several times circulating subscription papers. end to all chance of tariff revision. I t the beat legitimate price— and 1 love made corrections in conveyances in 2 “ The county court has decided to , ia his opinion, and the view is shared Singapore, A p ril 8.— The belief is order to remove defects from tbe chain spend its surplus road funds in those The Japanese are sending large forces | by many other men in Washington, general here that a desperate engage western men. of title, and now the commission feels districts where the people contribute against Vladivostok. " I had intended to make certain ap that a session called to meet October 16 ment for the control of the seas is im confident that the title is perfect and work, and it is very evident that thie Edwin II. Morgan, o f Aurora, N. Y ., for the purpose of passing a railroad minent off here between the Japanese pointments before my departure for the that there is nothing, so far as tbe year w ill see more progress in road East, but for purely business reasons I has been appointed United States min rate bill w ill not find opportunity to defensive fleet, under command of A d right of way is concerned, to prevent building than in any previous year in consider another sueh weighty topic as miral Togo, and the Russian fleet com have decided to hold them off. J leave ister to Corea. the government from proceeding with the history of Marion county. Our plan for New York tomorrow, and from there the tariff. He declares that congress manded by V ice Adm iral Rojestvensky. Admiral Sigsbee, commanding the is to use what money is necessary in go to Washington, to be with -the com the construction of the canal. Carribean squadron, reports all quiet w ill consume the time from Octpber 15 The two fleets are rapidly approaching The canal right of way cost the state •the building of bridg«s, and in the re mission until such time in th4 near fu to December 1 in organising commit each other, and naval experts here be $74,000. pair of,roads in a few places where in Santo Domingo. tees and gettingweady for actual work. lieve that a battle which w ill decide ture as I can leave for Panama. The Portage Railway commission, county work is of immediate necessity, "^ n selecting superintendents, fore Two miners were killed and a num He furthermore believes that the two whether or not Japan is to retain su which is composed of these same offi and the balance of the fund w ill be d i ber seriosuly injured in^a strike riot at or three weeks preceding the holiday premacy on the ocean as well as on men, engineers and the other skilled cers, held a meeting and received the vided among the districts. W e do not labor t< > be employed on the canal, we Hibbing, Minnesota. . . recess w ill be wasted on some pretext , land w ill be fought within a fortnight. will dig up the man that can think, report of the engineer in charge of tfie know yet what rate of distribution w ill The houses of two nonunion miners or other, and that congress w ill not get j The captain of a coasting steamer work ou the portage.road. Tbe report be adopted, but the amount distributed act and do honestly in the best way for down to business before the second which has put into Penang reports hav at Blossburg, Alabama, were blown shows satisfactory progress, though it w ill be enough to encourage the enter wfeek in January. In his opinion it ing passed a fleet of 27 armorclada 70 the beet interests of the United States is stated that a "g a lk in g delegate" ap by dynamite and a child killed. prise of the people in road building by government. W e want the practical w ill be easy enough to drag out the dis miles to the southeast. The fleet was contributed w o tL ." peared on the scene last weelc and in The Chicago teamsters’ strike con cussion of the railroad rate bill through man who has had construction experi flying no colors, and when be altered duced the workmen on tbe piledrivers In the immediate vicinity of Salem tinues without any material change. the entire long session, leaving no time ence. And Western men in railway his course to inspect the warships a de to strike for a nine-hour day at the work to the amount of at least $7,000 Riots are of frequent occurrence. for a consideration of a tariff bill. This stroyer sailed up and' admonished him work have had th is." same pay received for a ten-hour, day. w ill be done, and it w ill probkbly much being the situation, as he see'* it, M t„ The Franklin county, Kentucky, to '’Turn back. The warning was As a consequence the bridgework was exceed this amount. The business grand jury has returned about 400 in Hansbrough has abandoned all hope of promptly heeded. DEAD BY T H O U S A N D S . retarded. men of Salem have .subscribed $2,000, having the tariff revised. dictments against the Standard O il Several Chinese junks that have ar The greater part of the grading and and the county court $800 more, and company for failure fo take out ped rived here bring the news that tbe con Whole Towns Destroyed by Recent bridgework has been completed, and to this-the farmers w ill add $4 200 or dlers’ license. verted fast merchantmen, form erly in one and three-quarters miles -of track more in contributed work. In nearly — P U T N O -T R U S T IN M IN ES Indian Earthquake;— the Yokohama-San Francisco trade, are have been laid. Four cars of steel rails every part of the county agreements The question of the government ac Calcutta, April 10. — Telegraphic have been received and the track-laying are in circulation for the purpose of as cepting railroad rebates on material F o rtif ication -Experta..- Favor Subma patrolling every avenue through which the Russian fleet might pass in their communication with Dharmsala has w ill proceed rabidly. To all appear certaining what donated work can be used in connection with the irrigation rines fo r Coast Defense. The latest accounts ances, the road w ill be completed by secured. The initiative has been taken rush toward Vladivostok, and tbe bulk been restored. reclamation service has been referred Newport, R # I., A pril 11.-—The third of Admiral Togo’ s big fleet is kept in show that the earthquake was even the appointed time, May 15. There by the farmers, and the county^ court is to the attorney general for an opinion. committee of the fortification board, of „poeition where it can be hurled against more disastrous than at first believed. are now at work 29 teams and 136 men. giving whatever help and encourage Dutch warships have reported to which Admiral Charles N. Thomas, U. the Russians as soon as sighted. Of a total poimlation of nearly 5,000 in ment i t can to the movement. their government the commencement of S. N., is chairman, is devoting special Accompanying the main body o f the the town of Kangra, it is believed that Reseeding Done in Wasco. a naval battle between the Japanese attention to the dangers incident to the fleet are two floating furnaces that were onlÿ 500 are lett alive. Many of these The * Dalles— Farmers whose crops Mount Hood Road Rates. and Russian squadrons near the Anam- use of submarine mines, and it is built at Sasebo, and which are designed have fled. Oregon City— The Clackamas county bas islands, east of the Malay penin learned that emphasis w ill be placed on to repair all damage that may result to Of the police only a deputy inspector were damaged hy the severe weather of February have about finished reeeeding, court has fixed the charges that shall sula. the advantage of substituting submar the fleet in its cruising operations. On and four sergeants are alive. Many and the new-sown grain is . coming up be made over the Mount Hood toll people are still imprisoned in the ruins. ine boats for mines for harbor defense. these ships are mounted huge floating Japanese ¿misers have been seen nicely. I t it estimated that about ten road. In arranging the schedule o f Dharmsala, Kangra, Palanpur, Dha- Discussing this subject, a member of cranes, with which disabled guns can headed for Singapore per cent of the fall-sown grain in tbe charges, provision is made for automo rthe committee said today: be lifted and which are expected to wan and all of the neighboring villages county froze out, and had to be reseed biles, for which a charge of $2 each The Japanese have complete plans of were completely wrecked. Scarcely a "M ines cannot be relied on in times prove of great service, should the Jap the Vladivostok fortifications. Not much ed. This has been a heavy expense on w ill be marie. In addition to automo of war. Trials given submarines in anese suffer at the hands of the Rus building remains standing. damage was done at Haripur, Deragopi- those whose grain was frozen, and as biles the schedule includes the follow Commissioner Garfield has started Narragansett bay-resulted unsuccess sians. spring sowing never yields as good ing items: Four wheeled vehicle, pur, Nadaum or Hamirpui. fully, due chiefly to the strong currents It is the general opinion that the his investigation into the doings of the crops as fall sowing, unless the season drawn by one span or yoke, $2,' with 40 Suyanpnr, having a population of which sweep trhough the harbor and battle w ill take place in the China sea, Standard O il in Kansas. entrances to the bay and make these and there is a diversity of opinion as to about 6,000 souls, iB reported to be in is unsuually favorable, the wheat crop cents for each additional yoke; vehicle this year w ill be somewhat shorter drawn hy* one horse, $1.25; saddle A L ittle Rock, Ark., lodge of defense extremely dangerous. This is the outcome. W hile it is admitted ruins. Knights of Pythias accidentally killed one of tbfe^ important subjects that the that the Japanese fleet has the advant The shocks still continue. There is than that of 1904, although, so far, the horse, 75 cents; pack horse, 40 cents; a man who was being initiiated. According weather has been most favorable, and horse or mtile, loose, 15 cen ts;’cattle, fortificatidn board ha* already taken up age of seasoned men and experienced no (raws from Kulu valley. crops are making an excellent growth. losse, 10 cents per head; sheep, goats The third trial of Nan Patterson for and w ill thoroughly examine during commanders, it is also sure that the to native rumors, a - great amount oP The season is at least a month earlier and hogs, 2 cents. damage has been done. An official dis the inspection o f fortifications and the Russian admiral w ill enjoy the advant the murder of Caesar Young has been than last year, which w ill enable the age in weight of metal, and that he has patch from Dharmsala says the place is postponed a week in order -to get new land and floating defenses. gardeners and orchardists to market- a scene of desolation. Owing to the . "T h e established fact that a number improved the marksmanship of bis "Lumbering P icking Up. witnesss. their crops early, and thereby get the of the Russian warships were blown up gunners ip the long voyage across is scarcity of labor, great difficulty is ex Sumpter— The lumbering business in Russian school boys placed a quan advantages of high prices that always by their own submarine mines, and the also sure. The battle iB sure to ^e one perienced in excavating the ruins, but this section is picking up. The Ow- tity of explosive behind a picture of present practice in England of dis of the most desperately contested in the the Goorkhas are doing excellent work. prevail early in the season. gon Lumber company has started its the cxar, blowing it into fragments and carding submarine mine defenses to a history of naval warfare and the ele logging camps up along the line of the injuring four pupils. Assessment Soon to Begin. great exterit in harbor* where there are ment of luck may play a large part In Whitney and Tipton branch of tbe C A V A L R Y IS RAIDING. Pend lei on — The deputies appointed The Russian fleet can’ t get into Bai- wide .channels to defend and where the its outcome. . A .'- l Sumpter Valley railway, and all are by Assessor Strain to take tbe assess running full blast. gon and may seise a Dutch islgnd. tides are strong, and placing there sub Service’ s saw Russian Bands Roam Around Enemy’ s ments and the state census w ill com IN S T A L L IN G B L O C K SIG N ALS . The Dutch East Indies squadron has marine boats, - has added to the senti mill, locatedon Deer creek, six miles Flanks and Rear. mence their work immediately. The gone north to preserve, neutrality. ment in favor of replacing mines with belpw Sumpter, has started sawing on work w ill be continued, but the values 2,600,000 feet of logs. This m ill is ex boats." Northern Pacific Making Extensive Im Harbin, A pril 10. — Detachments of T h e . teamsters strike in Chicago is Russian cavalry are actively reconnoi- of the property w ill not be placed by pected tq run five months on present provements fo r Safety o f Traffic. the cause of many riots. Streets are JA PA N E SE E Q U A L L Y C O N F ID E N T tering the Japanese flanks and even the Mr. Strain until late in the season, orders. The Sumpter Lumber com barricaded and serious conflicts have St. Paul, A pril 8.— President Howad rear. One detachment o f them has when he learns what stand the assess pany is operating its planing mills, bu^ occurred between police and strikers. E lliott has authorised important im Believe Russian Fleet Has Secret Base even penetrated to Erdakilzie, where ors of counties having railroads w ill has not yet made arrangements for cut provements tending to increase public Mr. Strain is The controller o f the treasury has it was brought to a stop by Japanese take regarding values. a in Pacific Ocean. ting its logs at the m ill south of town. safety which w ill placo the Northern issued a decision in which he condemns entrenchments. Before retiring, how in favor of placing the values of all Tokio, A pril 11.— Vice Admiral Ro- Pacific system second on the list of the Interior department for accepting ever, it is said they succeeded in cut property at their true worth. Umatilla Sheep Conditions in Baker. railroad rebktes on irrigation material, jestvensky’ s second Pacicfi squadron American railways in '-the 'installation ting the railroad and burning the depot county would thus show a property Baker City— Miles Lee, representing statement of nearly $30,000,000. in violation of the very law the govern has not been reported since it passed of the block system for the current and stores. ' Singapore. Its whereabouts and the year. Koshland Bros., has bought 100,000 ment is trying to enforce. The detachment brought back news plans of Rojestvensky are subjects of The new improvements w ill afford praunds of wool at 18 cents. This O regon Fruit Crop ia Assured. that a fortnight ago a mixed Japanese Senator Platt is much improved in the keenest speculation. continuous signal protection over all Weston— The snow on the foothills cleans up the advance purchases of division of 10,000 men with artillery health. I t is quite generally assumed that the principal districts of heavy traffic clip sto h® made. I t is expected that- left the Japanese rear and disappeared has been a boon to the fruit and straw — The battleship Minnesota has been Rojestvensky does not desire an imme from the eastern terminus at St. Paul into Mongolia and was followed a few berries on tbe Weston and Basket shearing w ill commence in this county diate battle and that he w ill attempt through to the Pacific coast. Con about May 20. ,L ee is paying 60 cents successfully launched. days ago by another detachment of 5,- mountains, near here having kept the to reach Vladivostok, where there are struction has already commenced and a fleece cash to bind his contract. Hundreds of persons were killed by docks and shops, or seize a base. The w ill be rushed forward to completion. 000 men. These troops are expected to blooms from maturing and being caught Lambing in Baker county is just begin by the nightly frosts. With the con the collapse of a reservoir at Madrid, latter course is deemed unsatisfactory, The districts over which new block appear in the region o f Bodum, which, tinuance of the cool weather until tbe ning, and it is estimated there w ill unfortunately, is connected with the Spain. on account of poor facilities and the signal protection willr be afforded will about 105 pier cent increase. 8heep> base by only poor roads. K irm is in propter time for the trees to bloom the add 613.5 miles to that already in use The Japanese government has ordered danger of political complications. are in good condition, the winter has fruit and berry crop is assured. Wheat the same plight, and the loss of the Many believe that the Russian naval and are as follows: been mild, and there is now plenty Of 500,000 gunstocks from a Cedar Rapids, narrow gauge rolling stock abandoned in the Weston district generally is in commander has a second rendezvous in Minneapolis to Staples, M inn.; Liv green grass for the flocks. Iowa, manufacturer. good condition, and w ill probably yield at Mukden is especially felt. the Pacific ocean, and that he w ill ingston, Mont., to Logan, Mont.; Gar well if the weather continues good. The 8t. Petersburg war office claims Chinese report that the Japanese are speedily quit the China sea and -go- rison to Dixon, M ont.; Spokane, Blue River Exhibit Ready. that the Balstc fleet has eluded Togo’ s eastward ot the Philippines. t I f V la d i Wash., to Pasco, Wash.; Pasco to El energetically transporting siege guns Halsey Ships Lots o f Eggs. — w Eugene — The exhibit of ores from ships and w ill reach Vladivostok in Toward K irin . ~ vostok is his objective, the Pacific is lensburg, W ash.; and Seattle to Ta Halsey— During March the three the Blue river mines for the Oregon safety. A heavy snow fell again Friday, but considered to be more favorable for the coma. mercantile houses of Halsey exported display at the Lewis and Clark ex it is melting and swelling the rivers. Exeriments at Illin ois insane asy accomplishment of his purpose, al The block system being installed is As an indication of. the poplarity of 10,590 dozen of eggs. These eggs were position, w ill be shipped from the lums show that women are more capa though it largely depends on Rojest the “ telegraph block," a system found tbe old veteran, General Linievitch, he all secured from farmers of the country mines to Eugene at once, and trans ble of handling the patients than men vensky himself. satisfactory on all lines now using it immediately to Portland. is receiving hundreds of telegrams of adjacent to this city. The farmers re ported attendants. The Japanese newspapers and public over long stretches. ceived an average of 17 cents p>er dozen With what has already been shipped congratulation on his appointment as express relief and pleasure over tbe ap for the eggs, making a total of $1,800 from there, the exhibit of the Blue The Federal grand jury at Portland commander in chief. proach of the Russian squadron, and Buy Out Colville Indians. distributed among the farmers of this river mines w ill amount to a carload. has finished its work and has been dis Washington, A pril 8. — Represents vicinity in exchange for eggs in one D. H . Weyant, who is the official ore missed. Seven more indictments were confidence that Togo w ill win. Extradition Treaty with Panama. tive Jones today requested the secretary month. This is a record which cannot collector for the state mining exhibit, returned. State Senator Booth and his Panama, A p ril 10.— Ratifications of be equaled by any farming district of has been here to see to the ship Put T o g o Between T w o Fires. of the interior to send an inspector to brother are among those implicated in 1 St. Petersburg, A pril 11.— There is Washington to negotiate an agreement the extradition treaty between the the same size in the state. ping of Blue river exhibit. the latest disclosures of land frauds. reason to believe that V ice Admiral with the C olville Indians under which United States a n f Panama signed here The government is after the Klamath Rojestvensky’s entrance into the China hey w ill consent-to the opening of the May 25, 1904, were exchanged today. Clear Track fo r Grand Jury. Lorane Fair May Be Revived. Irrigation company, in Southern Ore sea has been followed by orders tor the unallotted lands of the south half of This treaty was one of the first conven Salem— Judge Burnett has dismissed .Cottage Grove— The farmers in the gon, for diverting water from the K la cruisers which have been ready for their reservation. He urged that such tions between the two countries and all trial jurors until May 22, the evi 8iuslaw co up try, near Lorane, are con math river without permission of con some time at Vladivostok to pnt to s an agreement be made in ffm e for sub was prepared in some haste to meet dent purpose being to give the . grand sidering the advisability of reviving gress. Their appearance ontside tbe road a ted mission to congress next winter. It is conditions on the isthmus growing out jury time to complete tys work of in the fall fair, which they were accus Eight men were k ille ^ at Allisonia, of Vladivostok w ill constitute a poten probable that Inspector McLaughlin of the influx there from the United vestigating the land fraud cases. The tomed to hold until 1903. W ith in Virginia, by the premature explosion of tial threat against Adm iral Togo’ s rear w ill be sent to negotiate with the Col- States of a number of adventurers at grand jury has thus far given most of creased population this fair would un which w ill comj>el the retention in or vilies this summer. The north half tracted by the prospects of active opera its tim e to the investigation of numer doubtedly be a success now, if managed a charge of powder. tions on the canal. This convention is ous local cases and to the men who are dispatch of a number of fighting ships may also be purchased. properly. The Lorane district is a Three hundred American marines in the latest form, and covers crimes of supposed to have provided the rifles good farming settlement, 10 miles west to Japanese waters. Thus Adm iral have been sent to Santo Domingo. a serious character. Togo seems to be actually placed be Plot Against the Republic. which Tracey and M errill nsed in of here, and the farmers find ready- V Two prominent Mexican scientists tween two Area. Paris, April 8.— Much mystery sur effecting their escape from the state help from the people of this town in Colton Will W ork fo r Morales. declare that the tapeworm w ill kill rounds the arrest of an ex-captain of prison in 1902. anything they undertake. Washington, A pril 10.— Colonel G. New Mexican Steamer Linea. consumption germs. the army on the charge of conspiracy Exhibit Independence Fruit. Mexico City, A pril 11.— Considerable against the public security, and the R. Colton, who is to be supervising PO RTLAND M ARKETS. The fight against the Standard Oil J . collector of the Domiojcan revenues, seizure in the same connection of a progress has tieen made toward the in Independence— At a meeting of the company has tieen carried into North was at the War department today pre Lewis and Clark club the ladies decided large number of cartridges and uni auguration of a steamship line between Wheat— Club, 87c per bushel; blue- Dakota by the independent dealers. Mexcian gulf porta and Canada and it forms. The ]>artiea concerned leek to vious to his departure to Santo Do to place an order with a Portland firm stem, 96c, valley, 88c. Reports from the interior of India is probable that steamers of the n e ^ explain that it was intended to use the mingo. He received final instructions for 150 dozen of one-half pint jars. Oats— No. 1 white, $28@29 per ton; show that hundreds of soldiers were line w ill begin their trips next month. arms in a mission to the Ivory coast, from Secretary Taft regarding his duty. They w ill fill the jars with various gray, $27(9 28 per ton. killed by the recent earthquake. The question has arisen as to whether but the activity of the secret police He was especially instructed that in kinds of fruit, which w ill bear the Hay— Timothy, $14(916 per ton; all he was doing or should do in Santo ___________ _______________ leads to reports of plots against the se steamers shall call at Cuban ports, as cjoyer, $ 11 ( 912 ; grain, $11@12; cheat, label of the Independence le w is and , Paris is in a ferment Tover the sup Domingo he was not the agent of the 'Clark club' They w ill be given" away $11 @ 12 . posed plot against the French republic. first intended and afterward changed. curity of tBe government. __. ■ ' w— y . United States, but the agent of Presi to Eastern visitors to Oregon this sum EggF— Oregon ranch, 17 )f <916« per More prominent men have been arrest The government objects to making stops Should A gree on Life-Saving. .* dent Morales. dozen. mer. at Cuban ports, bat it ia hoped to ed. cure its consent to this. 'Washington, A pril 8 .— The British Batter— Fancy creamery, 22){@ 24c. A ll Chicago teamsters are out and Health Good on Canal Zone. Polk Pioneers to Meet June 10. ambassador, Sir Mortimer Durand, Potatoes — Oregon fancy, $1; com the strike threatens to spread to othar Designs fo r Mexico's New Chins. called upon Acting Secretary of-fltate * Washington, A pril 10.— The report Dallas— The executive cotftmittee of mon, 75(990. branches. Trouble between the Gar- Msxico City, A pril 11. — President Loomis today to urge a reciprocal ar of Colonel Gorfcas, chief sanitary officer the Polk County Pioneer association Apples— Fancy, $1.75(92.50 per box; mentmakers’ union and Montgomery, Dims hss issued a decree regulating the rangement between America and Great in the Panama canal zone, ' for the met in Dallas and set June 10 for ‘the choice, $1(91.25. Ward A Co. was the start of the strike. designs for the new coins of ihe re Britain respecting the equipment of month of February, as to the health annual reunion of the pioneers of Polk Hope — Choice 1904, 23){(926c per Oregon has secured perfect title for public. Provision is made for the new ocean going steam vessels with life sav conditions existing among the canal county, the meeting to be in Dallas. pound. The Dalls-Celilo canal and the work gold coins o f $10 and $6 each, and for ing devices. The proposition was re employes, shows only 1.95 per cent of J. D. Smith, of Dallas, was elected sec Wool— Valley, 20 ( 922 c per pound; w ill soon be taken up by the govern new silver dollars differing but slightly ferred to the department of Commerce sickness, which ia regarded as highly retary to fill the vacancy caused by the Eastern Oregon, 16(918c per pound; ment. * from the present ooins. and Labor. deathe of J. W . Lewie. « mohair, choice,, 31 (932c per pound. commendable. • NEWS OF THE WEEK 4