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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1903)
CANAL AT CELILO MAJOR LANGFTTT SUBMITS REPORT ON PROJECT. Little Iscrcase la Cost 0-er Harts Plan -OuBtt WHJ .Hot ExMUntrr Appro prlatloa Dam at fiarw Is Rtjtctc d Special Board WW Mwl In New York to Pass Jadgtncnt. Portland. Oct. 1 Major LanvsHt has sea a report em the proposed canal awl locks below Celim to the special board of engineers, which fet evolving a pktn to modify the Harts project. Tbe report eooUhM rvcwnisncndttttosvi and estimate, derived front tit surveys wb!eh the koal engineers made hut The new canal project, in all proba MHty, will cost bnt Httb more than Captain Hart's pfaa. Tbe eHinssied outlay, aeeerdias to the Harts plan, as submitted in 1900, m les than $ 4,- ooo.eoo. Cupula Harts undertook to minimize the it by mesas of a dam at the nar rows, where tbe Columbia at tar water U 150 feet wMc and ISO feet deep. Kvidestly, he did not know the fall dpth or did not appreciate the difficul ties of building the dam. for the special heard baa refected it a impractical. The idea of the special heard is that a eootlaaoa canal, mm 46, 000 feet , lone, oh the Oregon chore, below Cetilo Fall, m the beat mean of surocnant-1 lag the harrier. It ha been generally J expected that the wt of the modinc-l I project wobW greatly exceed the cert of the Harts phut; coet-equcntly. that the j iHtSealty of getting su&eient money . . o mkb-ctiwt. me pi'iwmiiiir .!. .I. . -u.!.! .111 uiZJlTVi: Zlili t .riWonjtYakCbnag, in Chinatown, two mnch beyond the m J ' weeks ago. the reilt, it is claimed of VLSTL1 ?" ' tlZ ' tke highWnders' plot, wa, followed to. Ine'rS'r "" "'j night by a general raid oa the secUo JIaorUngBttwonWoldi-mManv.?.Bder,th." ditt of I3,ifrat fthedeUilTof his report ye-tenfay . I S?'fr,0"er Bi.,,to"-, wi He said the report wonhl ' M w .t.i..i by the special board at Kew York next 3Ienday. Wliat the bnard woald do with the contents, he did not know, ami whether it woald alter the estimates or reject the findings be coakl not presume to say. The meeting of the board will beheld at the office of Major W. L. Marshall. About a year ago the members of the board Tisited tbegroand of the prepfel improvement. 1 Km. lt1f ttiA lanili .( I.A t f. to be excavated in basaltic rock ami the - in 9l.l- ul r-,l0l Tl. 1 I will hare seren feet of water over tke' nsltor sK ami will 1 M feet wide at the bottom. Major ImgfiU has mwle the Knreys . - .1. -. . .r .r it .t. t r-lrr iLtnrui. ft- tl--. -.,. i mr- Teyn the board will base its reeommen dattomi to the chief of eni-ineors. SPEAKS FOR ABMaMANS. Atks KuuUn tUnbasty to Hare Order to Seize Property Revoked. Washington, Oct. 10. Ittsbop Snra t$mn, of Worcester, Mas., heml of the Armonmn cbnrrh in America, arrival hero toiay for Hm? jHtriMfwofcooHiltiuK with thti antlsnrithiii of tlte Hhmh em bsjr eonettmim; a tition to tlte rsar aIftptl at a convention recently held by Armenians at Provhlenee, 1C. I. Tlte jojlition ark the nrvocation if an onler rently promnlyatotl lf the Ru ulaa anthoritios dirtim; tlte Mdzure of rporty owned by the Armenian rhnreh in tlte Itoswian iroviee 4 (Vtweastn, where tlte Holy See of tlte Armenian church is located. This property m rreentel to lxt of lirnnt valne, ami as it is tite rtfeHilt A tontribntlonM made by Armenians who duyll in all parts of the world, it is (Mntundcl tltat tlte Armenians who re side in the United Statos Itave riJitn Ih the matter as American eitisens. They felt, Iwiwover, that the lt nictlifxl of yir(fiiunt is through the KiiKsian emliassy, and will ue tltat elmnnol if feasable. Troops Nearly All at Fort Blley. Junetifrti City, Kan., Oct. 10. All tlio troos which will take part in the mamMtvere at Port Itiley Iwve arrived, with the (ixception of eight eonipanico of the Twenty-first infantry now on thoir way from Port Hnelling, Minn. Urlgadier-General Thomas Ilarry ar rivbl tonight and Major-General Hates, who will command tho maneuvers is exfiected tomorrow evening. More rain has fallen today and the grounds of the reservation am in had condition. The mud is km-c dcop in the roads. Irrigation Work to do Ahead. Washington, Oct. 10. The wretary of the interior today authorised the hit ting of contracts for tlm coriHtrutition of thp works necoswiry to the building of the big dam in connection with the pro posal Irrigation reservoir near Phoenix, Ariz. Theho works consist of a cument plant, an electrical power house, a steam power plant, a haw mill and u telephone. BAMHT A MBRU UOV. Cbartei llohs Admits FUrttog O. R. A . Train .Near Portlaod. Seattle. Oft. 1-1 Captain Serins, wiper intend out 4 tbe IinkettoM at Portlam!. ami Sheet Storey, of Port' Hod. patent throorh toe city tonight with Charles' Hoeou, a Tooth 17 yean of age, who ww arretted at the Espta! ity colony, in Skngtt county, on a cattrsw of beinc: one of the men impli cated in the attempted hold-op of the Oregon Railroad k NaviaUon over land train. XI mile eat of Portland, on the night of Septehmer 39. Ho-hn admita that he Is the man who darted the train, and says there were four in the Job, including Oay Iiarshmaa, the robber wonaded by Mcst-targr Kerner at the time of the attempt. James James, another member of the gang, la believed tobe in this vi cinity, and the Finkertoo are on his track. Allen Miser, also a member of the gang, who accompanied lloehn to Skagit eoaaty after the attempted rob bery, and wbow home is at Whatcom, this ttate.wbere his parent are respect ed, is also (cahl to be is western Wash ington. Morgan, the aged member of tbe , has not been located, Hersh man has made a eonfeesioa to Captain Nevias, giving all the names of the pan?, which is corroborated by Hoeha, excepting that be eliminates Morgan, who is his uncle. Hoehn has lired at Equality colony for 10 years. His parents are dead, and his only criminal record heretofore known is that be was charged with petty larceny. He was working tn a shingle mill when arrested by Captain erin. For a week a Ptakertea man worked with him. RAID ON BOSTON CHINESE. Tfcrto Haadrrd Without Certificates Taken to Police Station. , Oct. 14. Tbe mardcr of veeiw.io biuuk vw pnxiBce reninaw- of registration were taken to the deten tion.room at the Federal building. The only accident that occurred daring the raid was the orertnrning of a loaded barge containing 50 Chinamen and seTeral pol icemen . Two pol icemen and n number of the Chinamen were badly bruised. revry retort was visiteu. ine ap pearance of the officers was followed by a rush into the streets, but the flee ing Chinamen found every means of !f.xIt cU'e'1' They were gathered np by ""C "TOie. "" P1 "a!nn W"" M0'" 'n "f' tST1 to tlw ..-.-...-.- w-,, . nm p. ru u- - n. bo - vac vttwjw into service. The barge liat Imnlly ! ,Joi $) it overtnme.1. ami the oeen Mints, ronssstisMr of SO Chinamen and IS policeman and two lirvers, wore thrown into the street in a confuted mass. GOLD ON OWL CREEK. Montana Ledge Said to Be 1200 Feet Wide and Very Rteb. ThtUe, Mont., Oct. 1 1. A sfxxial to the Miser from Hamilton says: This city is wihl with excitement over a great gold discover' made on Owl creek, a few miles from here. A regu lar stampede is on. If half of what is said be true, it hi the biggest strike in Montana in many years. 3Ir. Cross, representing a Now York synidcate, made the discovery on August 23 last. He returned to Ham ilton ami wired to tlte New York peo ple what he had found. His syndirate sent an export at once. TJhrty-oight claims ere located for the New York concern. They say the ledge is fully 1200 feet wide and -that there is ore enough in sight to keep a 60-stanip mill running tor 1U years wituout doing any under ground mining. Assays run from $107 to 11,000 in gold to the ton. The expert claims all of the ore will run at least $26 to the ton. From one phenomenally rich streak of the ore, 18 pounds gave from $300 to $600 in gold. Will Try It On the Clerks. Washington, Ojt. 14. The food tests conducted under the direction of Professor Wiley, of the Jiureau of Chemistry, of the Agricultural depart ment, will be resumed tomorrow when 12 young government clerks who have pledged themselves to partake of a pioson diet for nine months in the in terest of science will go to hreakfsat in the laboratory dinlngroom. Salicylic acid probably will le the first preserva tive used in the experiments. The re port of the work accomplished with borax has been almost completed. Village Sinks hi around. Budapest, Oct. 14 Nine thousand aires of moorland in the neighborhood of Etsed is on fire. The peat is burn ing to some depth anil intense heat has loosened the ground causing a general subsidence of tlio village of Iioervelv. Several houses have collapsed and four I permns have been killed. Troops are ryinc to extinguish tho ore. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON RICH BOHEMIA LVDQfL 5bowa Tbouasds of Tons of Quartz Carrytag J 7. l'nyuno I r fsaU-s has been re ceived at the 4ncw of the North Pair view Minir company, in this city, f a very rich strike that has been mode in the llolle Fairvtew claim, in the Bohemia dfetrirt, showing probably the largest depoMt of free-milling or ever struck. In this section. Tassels and shafts already made, bhek out ever 100,000 tons of ox id I ml dcempoed quirU, carrying an aver age of $7 per ton in frre gohl. The ledge is a great true flre, ami is from IS to -10 feet wide where it has been opened. In the different crura tB&Bsts the ore ttw continuous crop ping for 2.300 feet over on the west s!o of Painriew mountain, ami from the present indications there are over 1.000,000 tons of the Mme quality as that already bl?kd out, ami the vein ts 40 feet wide at the west end of tlte claim, where a tunnel on the vein will up the ore bly at a vertical depth of 1,300 feet. This ere can be mined and milled for $1.50 per ton, which leatc a hand some profit for the owners. TO TEACH FARMIM0. A New Study far Common School Course U Proposed. Salem The teaching of tlte elements of argkulture in the common school of Oregon b advocated by Sumrinten dent of IuWk Imtruction J. II. Acker man. The purpwe of tlte introduction of this study would not be to teach the children the technical side of scien tific farming, but rs titer to give tltem an undet standing of such elementary facts and principle as every rsoi nho resides in an agricultural country should know. Superintendent Acker maH believes that at some future time such a study should be placed in the common school course, ami that before the teaching of this branch is rom mewed, time should ta given for the teachers to prepare for the work they will be required to do. He would have erery applicant for a teacher's certill cute take an examination in the sub Ject of elements of agriculture. Scedlnr Sessoa at Psadktoo. Fcndlcton This is the busy scamm for the. fanners of this portion of the Iliac mountains district. Not for years has wheat Um planted so early as it is this yrar. Some of the grain is already above the ground and so rap idly are the farmers rushing the Murk all seedim; will bu completed by tlte end of this month. Tlte rains of a few days ago at tlte ground in excellent condition. Tlte aereajce planted this yuar is about the sumo as bw year. Some of the wheat this yoar, Im-sevur, was sprint wWR, Mit then will be hms of that for the UK) I crop. Cascara Hunters DUsppolnted. Conrallb Corvallisiles who went tn Alea ami Paehatit region in soarrh of enscara homestemls are return lit home. They did not generally meet with the sueee they anticipated. Car tree locators whom tltey were to pay sou for each Quarter located falletl to phtrn them on lands tltat promiw-ti to justtiy tlte rsquired outlay. None tf tho-e wlio returntd Itave as yet nleil honte- stead jjr. Something iver six sec tions of law! have, However, m-m nieii on nmler the homestead arrangement within the immediate past. Governor Hcstows Some Honors. Salem Governor Chamlwrhtin Itas apfMiinted the following residents of Oregon as .ielesaUs to the Mississippi Hiver Improvement association conven tion: Dr. K M. Hanby, J. Wtley Iuld, W. L. Hruwster. John Van nte, WillUrn Koid, Phil Hum, Port laml: W. M. Kaiser, Salem; Mohj Fwjchs, I. II Ilowen, llaker City; C. K. Oliver, Portland; Kuguno Schow, I Grande; Owen Caraher, Portland. Tho convention will bv held at New Orleans Oetobor 27. Few Hop Sales In Polk County. Indeiwmlenco There are large quan tities of hops stored in tlte warehouses here ami but few have Iwen wild. A part of some of the crops were con tracted last year and have been deliv ered. Some few growers havo sold ami have sold well. Those selling have re ceived from 21 cents to 25K cents per jHiuuil. The latter price seems to bo the highest that has been paid In tho county yet. Many are holding, expect ing to get even better figures than 25 J cents. Building Material Scarce. La Grande La Grande is In a bad way for lumber and other building ma terial. The construction of a sewer through the main business, portion of the city is at a standstill for the want of lumber. Dwelling and nusinoss block building is at a standstill for tho want of material. There are a number of buildings under construction, imt they cannot proceed because, of the shortage SMI1LTI1R I'OK UMO.N. Cheat Plant to lit Installed Shortly In llatttrn Oregon, I'nhm Tm rtmsummathui l ( the moet gitrantic mining prnjtUott ever promotetl in Union cmnty, If tt in the entire state, was niitiouitrcd here a few days ago. lleorge II. 1 Km its, the mining promoter, w1m has ltn mak Ing the town of North Powder hi head. quarters tlte past two jesrs white at work uon this big dm!, stated tltat his project has tlio backing of New York capitalists, ami that the matter has reached thn point of certainty of consummation. The eom'iauy liss Just xrfected Its incorporation, ami the articles will Is tiled with tlte county clerk here ami with the secretary id statu. The nanto of theeor'Mirntion Is the Kasteru Oregon Mining, Milling, Trsii-portMtloii.Hrtielt-ing A (leneratltig company Tho ctipi tal st.vk is plac-1 at $6,000,000. The first oihVer of tlte CororutliHi will be. II. O. (lorltam, president and treasurer; W. II. (iorltam. vice-president and George II. Down, secretary and gen eral mansgvr. The cominny pmiMfMs to en-ct a 360 ton smelter near the (own of North Powder, In Union county, ultotit 16 miles south of Union, for treating all the various grades of gold and eopr ores found in the southern part of Union county ami northern wirt of IUtker cimnty, ami in order to bring such ores to tlte reduction works it is proM-4il to IhiIIiI a number of short electric lims V the mines, covering a distartce of over 60 miles. These lines are to be built not only for carriyng ores, lnit MsseiiK,ra ami freight as well. Manager Downs ih cllneil to give twirllctilnrs us to tlm routes of the lines, IhiI says the en tiro project is a certainty. Must Supply the Water, Ontario Home weeks ago a suit was instituted against the Ontario IjwhI A Irrigation company for dam ages caused by insufficiency of water during the season, when tho water hud Itcon ald for. A decision has Ihii handed In by the Jurors of the circuit conrt allowing Dr. O. A. Pogue $ 1,800 damages. This ditch over which tho suit orot-e, is controlled by David Wil son, and goes by tho naiuo of tho Wil son ditch. The winning of tho suit gives ground for damages each year un til the ditch is improved. Sale of Rorue River Fruit. Medford Tho lluguo Hlver I'rult growers' aArntloii shipsil two cur hsttls of Winter Nellls (stars this weok owe to CliH-lnnuti ami the otlter to New Orleans, U. They nlso shlpjM-d iMie carload of apples to New York. K. J. Dellart jnst recwive.1 returns from a rarhswl id very line lluerre ilu AmJom jhm, which wersi shipped to ChlnHro. Tlw mrs were sold f. o. It. Medford for $1.60 -mr Ih.x, ami Mr. De Mart wns highly complimented m his methisbi of imekittg ami tlm quality of run. Johns Will Lecture on Atlntng. linker City Hon. C. A. Johns, of tills city, Ium revolved an Invitation, which he lias accepted, to deliver an address on the subject of mlum and mining t F.ugeiio IWemlHir 111. Mr. Johns is ajroMiIy collecting dutu for his ntldrees, which will certainly bu most novel ami Intoresting. Mr. Johns Is u forceful mid Intereetlng soakor. PORTLAND MARKCTS. WhMt Walla Walla, 71c; liluo- stem, ic; vulloy, 7o(g77e. Jlarley Feed, $S0 mr ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $21. Flour Valley, $3.73.85 Hr lwr rel; hard wlusit stmights, $.'1.76I.I0; Itanl wheat jutiiits, $4.20(24.60; gnu ham, $3.363.76; whole wheat, $3.65 84; rye wheat, $4.60. Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, $1 81.05 percental. Millstuffs llrait, $20 w ton; mid tilings, $24; shorts, $20; chop, $18; Unseed dairy food, $11). Hay Timothy, $10 mr ton; olovor. $13; grain, $10; cheat, $10. Itutter Fancy creuuiury, 26Q27K' per jKiuml; dairy, 10K20c; storo, 16 10c. Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c; Young America, 16inc; factory prices, lOIKe Ks. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10(3 lOc IcriM)Uiid;spriiig,10c; huus, 1 1 U K u ; broilers, $1.76 jer dozen; turkeys, llvo, 16lffciwr iMitiml: dresmil. lOQlfic: ducks, $fl7 jK-rdoaun; geese, $7010. Eggs Oregon ranch, 27tfcjKnstcrn, fresh, 2flc. Potatoes Oregon, 06 76c per sack; wcet potatoes, 224c Hom 1003 crop, 10622c pur pound, according to quality. Wool Valley, 1718c; Fastcrn Ore gon,' 1215c; mohair, 3537Ho. Ih-ef Dntswil, fl7o per pound. Veal Small, 78c; largo, 50Oo dor pound. Mutton Dressed, 55jcj lambs, drcsseil, Oc, Pork Dressed, 7K8c. STILL, I1VADII PUSSIh Utsh liscspes Oo On Tbslr Way ln. molested. Fall Ukt, Oct. 1.1. Vt H o'eloek . night Jatnos Lynch ami Nick HaworUi, the two men undsr death seutnrtres for murder, who succeeded In effectimf their cn-npi) Irimi (he stale prison here, worn still nt largo. l'ovis with MmoiU Itoumis Itavtt s-wirwl the hills north ami east of this dty without flmllitg any definite trace of the two men, ami tonight the prospit of their (rapture I not so bright. J tot It of the rsoaiM-d convicts are well armed, ami, as they are thoroughly dcstcrate, It is believed neither will tie taken alive. Ihtyton, tho convict killed by nnQ of the guards, was burled today In the prison burial ground. When his cloth Ing wss searched, a slungshot weighing about a pound and a half was found. A similar weapon was found In AU Majors' cell. Guards Wllsken and Jacobs, who were wounded during the fight, are how In the hifspltal, Jacobs was badly In Jurvd about the Head, having four wwlp wounds and a cut on the chin. Wilek. en, who was shot while lighting Majors on tho prison wall, has a bullet wound in tho right leg urar the hip, which may im-esaltato amputation of the limb. The wounded convicts are all doing well, and will recover. nie prison olllclsls are unebln to ex plain how the revolvers were smuggled Into tint prison, Iml say the weapon were undoubtedly taken in by some of tho many callers at tho iKinitentlarv during the last week. Governor Wells has offered a reward of $600 each tn? the recapture o U worth and Lynch, and the prison au thorities have offered an additional $100, making a total of $000 for either man. WOT TOO LATH VUT. War Dstween Rsuls and Jspan Can b Vtry Raslly Prsvsatsd. Ilerlln, 0't. 13 ltUMlft ami Jajtau act as though either would fight if the other should hold immovably to the position taken at the Inst exchange of communications. This Is the actual situation as understood olMclally from rcjxtrts received from the German em Isissy at St. Petersburg and tho German legation at Toklo. Yet this mutual at. tltude ot hoatlle preparations by both countries Is still regarded here as not excluding on honorable arrangement. Neither govvrnment has gone so fur that It must fight or lxt humiliated, hut wither cabinet by n single ship can jnit tlte other In tltat position. This dsll- cate balaiHn may, of course, be violent ly iHsturlnnl any day, though mi Mill matum has yet Ikhui thrown an cither side. It Is lftdloved hnreolllcially that war, should It occur, wmild Ih. between llu. sla and Jiimii ahum, mid tltat nottlier Knglaiid nor France would bo Involved. All) TO ALASKAN PROJHCT. President Presents Scheme of Cable Company to Department. Washington, Oct. i;j. Preslden IhstNivolt tislay had a talk with John K. lliilliilue, chalrmaii of tlm flnaurr cominltleo of the Alaska Central rail way, concerning soino dstalls of tltat enterprise nltout which Mr, lUltaine desires tho asslstiinco of tho war and Interior departments. The prosldont oxtflinlwl to him soinn assistance in tho matter of presenting his project to tho duiNirtment. Mr. lUllalue desires to Interest the war department In the laying of a cable from Jiiiicaii to Himurd, nlmut 800 miles. Thounriknrtimint has near ly comphitiil a cable line IhIumii Seat tle and Juneau mid probably will ex tend tho lino still further. Mr. Ikil lalno mid his cisidjutors desire that It should lo extended to Howard. Ansrchlst Puflllv. Heard From. Now Yt.rk, Oct. 13. William Mso queen, tlm niiurehlst who was con vlctedof rioting in Patorson, N. J., K'litenciil to llvo years in prison and escaped Justice by Jumping his lull, has been heard from In Imdon, where ho has taken to writing letters to vari bus nowspajKirs. Ho assorts tlmt he was liuluctMl to ilco by tho "commlttco of defense," on tlio ground that his bondsman was a capitalist. William Grossman, who fled atthosanio time from PMormm to escnH Imprlsonincnt, is will to lw in Chicago. Wright Named for Umpire. Scranton, Pn., Oct. 13. JiidgoGray, of tho nntlirnoito strike cominlsslon bus apjiolntod Curroll D. Wright uiiii plro in connooltoii with tho short woik. in "y on rvaturuay in the Bohuylklll region. He has acted in a siinilur ca paclty over five prerlom questions.'!