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
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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.'!