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" v T 0' HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON INDIANS ON Tltll MOVII, Roving Portion Iteulna to l.eavs Reser vation for tit Summer. 1'cnilloton Tlio roving iwrtlon of the Iridium on tlio reservation or tliomt who wintered on tlio Columbia, I nl ready stirring obiond, and making In oiiio case lor mu ioniums, i no nunc inuring season of (Im mnnll bauds of no mads lieglns early In April. There aro many Indians scattered over tlio country who do not cultivate tint advantages of tlio msorvatlon, Tlio moro Industrious and lew proud of these red men mnko money off wool at till season. Willi packhorao or two. tlmy wander around tlio tlio sheep districts, and wlilto tlin liuck gets tlio HvltiK by hunting and fishing, tlio aquaw pulls ot picks up wool wherever alio ran And It. Illti of fleeces pullrd off wool wagons, when the latter start running, or even wool from sheep which hnvo died on tlio rnngn all go to tuako up tho sackfulle, which am after ward packed to town for auto. Indian will carry londs llko thin 100 or 160 inllca for eight coiitii n Kmid. Tho inlratloii of thu rewrvalloii In dian doo not tnko place until May, when hundred of them go In tho inoun tains for tho summer to Beiid tho sons on hunting and fishing. An summer lrogrcr-e, he pushes farther and farth er Into thn hills, not to cotnn hack to tho reservation until tho early snows of autumn drlvo him hack. LOUUUR MIASMS NIICANICUM. Clatsop County Court Oranta Carefully uuarseu rrmiege. Aatorla Tho county court haa grant d tho petition of C. 0. Clarke, tho fteaaldo logger, to lease tho portion of thn Nrcanlctim river that runa through rcctlon 28, townahlp fl north, range 10 wrst. Tho leant) la for a period of five years and Klvea tho lessee the right to Improve the river channel, to erect and conatruct audi dami, hooma, and make audi other Improvement aa may le nrcofaary fcr the purpose of making tho stream a p'bllc highway for llontlnK log, tluiher ami IuiiiIrt. Ho la also given thn right to collect toll for the rafting, floating and boom itiit of loga, timber or lumber at the irato of 30 cent a jkt thouaand fret. unuer ma lerm oi mo lease win icswe II a 10 secure ino necessary rigui-ui-wny from ownnra ot property along tho con run of tho atrcam, and ho kIvca a noml In tho mini of f 2,000 to hold the county of Clatsop harmless of any and all damages occasioned to any poiaon or to proproty by tho uao of the atrcam Sfor flouting Ion. Tho county reserves the rlitht to annul the lease without notice, ahould any of Ita provlalona bo violated. flrand Honda Drive Starta. Iji Grande The logs on thn flrand Hondo river at Perry have liegun to move. The monater drlvo haa. atartcd from tho headwaters of the atrram to ward tho mills at l'crry. Tho Grand Hondo Lumber company will drive about 10,000,000 foot of logs this spring. It will liecomo necessary to build railroads to tho vast boll of plno lyltiK on thn head of tho Grand Itonde rlvor and Meadow creek, as It will bo too costly and tedious to haul tho logs to the rlvor and depend on the annual irivo to aupniy tuo mum. Iloipltal tor Chtmawa School. Salem Congrcssan Dinger Hormann lins Im-cii honored by having his namo Iwstowod upon tho now hospital build ling which Is to bo erected at Chemawn Indian school this year. An Inspector of tho department of Indian affairs has been hero and a sito for tho now build linn was solcclod. Tho atructuro, which rill ho of brick, and will coat 116,000, (will 1m loetaed on tho cast sldo of tho Southern I'uclflo track, nnd north of tlio now nchool building. It will bo known as Hormann hospital. Factory May Resume Work. Pendleton Stops two being tnkon to got tho it Igby-Clovo combined harvester tuanufiictory nnd foundry on a solid basis again. W. T Rlgby, tho prlnol pal owner, was hard hit by tho O. 11, Wiulo fnlluro. T. J. Gleslor, n Port laud man. Is hero with tho Intention of organizing n stock company to nporato tho concern. Tlio harvester manu factured Is tho Invention ot Mr. Itlgby. Warrants to Hear Sx Per Cent, Iji Grantlo Tho county court of Union county has cancelled 127,000 of county warrants, nnd tho list included nil warranto that woro bearing 8 per cant Interest. Horcnftor tho intorcst chnrgo on county wnrants will bo but 0 per cent. Much ot tho time ot tho Icourt wasde.votcd to road nnd school district matters, and at this session tho list ot judges and clerks ot election was I completed, UO0I) WI1ATHHR FOR SIIIJHP. Ilaatern Oregon Wool Will lis of letter, Cleaner Quality. I a Grnndo Tho sheepmen of Eastern Oregon any that tho Into spring, which Is 110 days behind time, will Imvo a splendid effect upon nil of tho flocks of Kahtern Oregon, nnd tho great supply ot water now pouring down tho hills on every sldo will luatiro good pnstursgo wny Into thu summer, nnd yearlings this summer will Ihj stiouger and fatter ami bring bettor prices than over before. Ijwiihlng Is now at Its height, and tho Incrcnmi In thn Hocks promises to ho very largo. Wool this year will be of much finer iinllty and cleaner than Inst year because thn sheep will not hnvo to run In dust so long lieforo shearing time, which In this part of Kantern Oregon will le about May 26, and tho sheepmen throughout tho coun try seem very Jubilant. Wool from last ycnr'scropln Kastern Orrgon linn twin sold In Philadelphia within tho past week for 17 cents, and this Is a good Indication that prices this yesr will go high. STOCK L05SIIS RltUUCIiU. Warmer Weather Averted the Dangers Threatening the Herds. Pendleton Htock reports from south ern Umatilla and flraut counties show conditions much improved a lino the heavy snow storm of two weeks ago, and stock lomea, which threatened for a short time to materially thin out tho herds, havn been to a great drgree nverlcd. In valleys, where It was pos slble, range stock wss gotten out to where grass could m found, while enough feed was on hand for domestic rattle. In valleys where stock could not bo gotten out to letter locations, cattle ami sheep went on short rations for somd time, hut eseaped after nominal loss, as warmer weather came. Nights woro not severe after the storm, a con dition which also greatly helped. Sev eral thotmnud head of sheep and rattlo tcrlhcd, but tho Iom waa probably not over one or two percent above nominal. Stock llscaped Strtf Season. Athena Foothill stockmen east nnd southeast of hero have not sustained nearly aa severe stock Iimms a waa feared three weeks ago, wbon a sudden heavy snowfall with Nivero weather when feed was about run out, caused apprehension that hundreds of good cattlu would Imi lost. Know Is now out of tho lower hills sufficiently to allow grating, and no moio will probably dlo. As It was, It Is said S00 or 300 head, principally old cattle or those- in poorer condition, will cover tho loss in the mountain section. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 76c; hlurstem, BSc: valley, 80"8lc, export values. Ilarloy Feed, 13.60 per ton rolled, I24.6O0VJ6. Flour Valley, f3.003-t.06 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, t4 26; clears, f3.R6Ct4.10; hard wheat pat ents, f-t.-tO0-t.7O; graham, f3.60M; wholo wheat, f ICU.'-'S; ryo flour, f -t.60. Oats No. 1 white, f 1.17SC41.20; gray, f 1. 12(11.16 percental. Mlllstuffit llran, f 10(320 por ton; middlings, f 25.60(327 : shorts, f20 21t chop, flH; llnmicd.dslryfood.flO. Hay Timothy, 16i10 per ton; clover, f 10311; grain, fllttlS; client, flKivlS. Vcgcalhlca Turnips, 80c per sack; carrots, fiOoj boots, fl; cnbbnge, 1?4 2o: Icttuco, head, 26-IOc per dozen; pnrsley,26e; cnullllower, f 1 .76 ; celery, GOGllOo jxjr dozen; iwpiash, 2a er pound; cucumbers, 1 1.7602 er dozen; asparagus, So J pens, 0c per pound; rhubarb, 7Q0o per pound; beans, lOn; onions, Yollow Dnnvors, f 232,40 per satk. Honoy f 303.60 por rnso. Potatoes Fancy, fl.203I.36 por cental; common. 76cfl; now pota toes, 3iiHa per pound; sweets, 6c (or pound. Fruits Stinwborrles, f3.76 or crato; apples, fancy Baldwins nnd Bplt f.cnliorgs, fl.6032.60 Kir box; cholco fldvl,60; cooking, 76oafl, Kggs Oregon much, 17318c. llutter Sweet crcnui butter, !10o jht pound; funoy crenmery, 26o; cholco crenmory, 22Vv32-lo; duiry nnd titoro, iiomlnnl, Uuttor Fnt Swcot cream, 28o; sour cream, 20 o. Poultry Chickens, mlxod, l!K31.1!tfo por pound; sprlngH, nuinll, 20o; hens, iaKUo; turkeys, live, 10317c: dressed, lHWJOoj ducks, f830 por doz en; geeeo, live, 80 por pound. Cheeno Full cream, twins, 1213o; Young America, 14316c. Hops 1003 crop, 23326a per pound. Wool Vnlloy, 10317o; KnstornOro gnn, 12314a; mohair, 30331c por pound fur cholco. Ilcot Dressed, 6370 per pound. Mutton Dressed, 037Ko per pound; spring lambs, 80. Veal Dressed, 8X37KO per pound. Fork 'Drcssod, 7K8c per pound. RUSSIA IN NIJIII) OP MONI1Y. Issue of $200,000,000 II fo Per Cent Honda Will Soon lie Made. London, April 20. Itoportsnrongalu In circulation hero of Itussln's need to raise money. When tho wnr broke out tho gold held abroad by tho Hunk of Ituciln amounted to f 87,600,000. Of this amount f 60,000,000 has been ex pended nnd thoroforo, according to these reports, it would soon Im neces sary to have recourse to tho gold held In tho treasury. According to a tele gram from Ilrussoln printed this morn ing tho outcomo of tho ways nnd means conference nt Kt. Petersburg will be tho issue ot f 200,000,000 In 6 iwr cent treasury bonds in Paris, Ilrussels and Amsterdam. , Vice Admiral Togo's report Is ac' copied hero as fully explaining the inys'i very 01 wio ticairucumi ui mo iiniiivsnip Petropavlovsk and tho newrpajHirs pay warm tribulo to thu daring und skill displayed by tho Japanese, contrasting these with the apparent lack ot fore-j sigui nnu vigiienco on 1110 pan 01 me Husslans. Wnr correspondents arriv ing at Ping Ynng reort tlint tho roaua aro In terrible condition, but that tho Japanese troops In marching display splendid endurance. Tho Dally .Mall's Ping Yang corres pondent says that tho food supplies aro Itelng pushed forth on a glganllo scale. All tho preparations provo that the Japanese aro in readiness to sustain a prolonged campaign. Tho corres pondent descrllx's the Irresistible cour ago shown by tho Japanese In tho Tight ing at Chlugju, charging recklessly up hill In tho face of superior numbrcs. Tho Dally Chronicle's correspondent at Hhau Hal Kwan gives a rcort that a Japanese fleet of 2(1 vessels has len seen escorting 100 transports north of Port Arthur. WILL CAUSD DCUATO. Pension III Will Come Up Before- the Senate This Week. Washlnaton. April 20. There will bo an effort to keen appropriation bills to the front all tho tlmo during tho present week In the senate, and to this end Ilia sundry civil bill will bo taken up first. When it is disposed of the ension appropriation inn win no pre sented, and It Is hojKHl that tho bill will In turn lo immediately followed by tlio general ueucioncy nut. 1110 senate lenders aro apprehenslvo of the effect of tho consideration of various bills on the calendar, and aio exercis ing their ingenuity to keep them In tho background. There aio some features of the sun dry civil bill which will cause discus sion, and It is believed it will occupy Ivn alnva. Tim iwMmlnll 1)111 liminllv goes through without debate, but It Is prouanio tlicro will boquuo a uuic dis cussion on tho (tending bill. It opportunity is offered, Senator ItanalimtiDli will endeavor to obtain consideration ot the Indian agreement bills. Senator Fairbanks also stands ready toselzo the (list chanco that offers to press Ills Dill (or a now executive building in Washington. DUO. OATS UP WMARP PILINO. Resembles Water Flea and Works at Bdgc- of Water. Hoquiam, Wash., April 20. Com missioner K. Davis recently went to Wcstport and mndo an examination of tho Westport wharf. Ho finds the en tiro piling o( tho wharf practically des troyed by a small bug resembling a water flen, Tho piling was put In but tlvo years ago and now Is ruined and will lio replaced for safety. Mr. Davis found tho bug hard at work. Ho cuts oil tho piles nt low wuter mntk. so that 18-Inch piling Is found to bo within a fow Inches ot bo tug entirely cut off. Cedar, which usually Is proof against Insects, has no terror for tho bug, and ho cuts this faster than flr. It well driven piling Is to last but five years, It moans somo method must Im found to savo them or nn endless ex pense is certain. Tho insect la known to scientists as thu llniluolno, and Is said to lo very destructive to wood of this kind, An effort will bo mailo to find a remedy for tho pest. Outlook for Alaaka Poor. Washington, April 20. Tho delegn tint, of inlluontinl Alnsknnn which lina been In Washington all wlnfor working in bohnlf of legislation la still hopeful that something will bo done, but Its hopes nro growing lees strong ench day. Tho delegation said today that tho leg Islution sought wits ot tho utmost Im portance nud necessity to Alnakn, nnd if nothing is douo nt thia session it will probably bo two years before tho terri tory will lo nblo to got anything Into law owing to tho fact tlint tho next ses sion ot congress will bo short. Japanese Ship Reported Sunk. St. Petersburg, April 20. A dla patch from Port Arthur Bays soveml oyo witnesses nseort tlint n Japanese cruiser was lost outsldo Port Arthur during the last bombardment by striking one ot Its wn floating mines. RUSSIAN VICTORY SURPRISE JAPS WHILE TRYINO TO LAND IZ,00 MEN. J" llnemy Waa Lying In Walt and Indicted Heavy Lois In Men and Ouna Ad miral Togo Again Uombards Port Arthur Without Damage to Port, Al though Several ar Killed. f London.ftprll 18. Tho fit. Peters burg correspondent of tho HU 11 (lard sends r rumor to the effect that Vice Admiral Togo's fleet escorted a Japan- jdi lanitlnis nl trnnna li tlio treaturard 1 t.. v-1.. !..- tri.M. 10 nnn .nAM Jad been landed tho Itussian troops, Milch were lying concealed, suddenly ittacked them, driving them back to the ships, with heavy losses in men anu guns, Russian Fortifications Completed. fit. Petersburug, April 18. A dis patch from I.Iao Yang nays that tho Htisslan fortifications on the Yalti river Have been completed. Tho center of the line of fortified positions Is Au tung. The right flank rests on Ta Tung Kau and the left flank on Kiu Len Cheng, on tho west bank of the Yalu. x AQAIN IIOMISARD PORT ARTHUR. Japanese PI re Many Projectiles, but Causa No Damage. St. Petersburg, April 18. A tele gram from Admiral Alexleff from Port Arthur to the emperor says that from 0:16 o'clock this morning to midday tho Japanese (loot, in two divisions, bombarded tho fortress and the town alternately from tho I.Iao Tshan prom ontory, firing 186 projectiles. The Russian squadron, including tho battleship PobIeda,t replied from the anchorage by a plunging fire. Tho batteries also participated. The losses on land were seven Chi nese killed and five soldiers and three Chinese wounded. The Kantian warships sustained no damage and there was no loss of life on them. This attack Is taken hero to show Admiral Togo has not given up his purpose ot damaging the rest of the Kunslsn ships, now that there la llttlo possibility ot them again going to sea. Unquestionably ho Is aware ot the effect of his previous bombardment, and tho fact that ho haa repeated It in dicates to the oflliers hero that ho be I loves there is a good chanco for a pro jectile, hitting a tnigct. In order to drop, sholl.into thn harbor or city, a high angle flio Is necessary. This Is tho rcaon tho Japancso squadron took up a )oeltlon at I.Iao Tishan. Other bombardments were from tho same point, which, at tho tlmo. did not eocm to bow'thln tho range of the Rus sian batteries. MAY OIVO UP POSTAL INQUIRY. Senate Now Looks With Little Favor Up on an Investigation. Washington, April 18. Prcs dent Roosevelt had an important confeicnco today with Senators Aldrich, Spooner and Penrose, the last named being the chairman of the committee of post offices nud postroads. Tho conference related to tho proposed investigation by a senate) committee ot tho affairs of thu postofTico department. All parties to it were reticent as to tho dotails of the in torview, but enough is known about it to indicate that an Inquiry Into the postal affairs io not so llkley to bo au thorized aa It waa a day ot two ago. The subject Is being considered confi dentially by tho icnate leaders, and a definite decision, one way or tho other, may bo reached soon. Objections to n congressional Investigation havo been suggested which may Imluco tlio senate to abandon tho proposition altogether. A searchlnK Investigation Into the affairs ot the Washington and Now York iKwtofficea la now being con ducted. These inquiries were Insti tuted by tho president himself, and they aro being mado vory thorough. In addition to these inquiries, Messrs. Coiitad and llonnpnrto, under general instructions from tho president, aio still pursuing their investigation into postolllco department matters. Commander ot Ctarovltch Perished. Pnrla, April 18. A dispatch to the Temps from St. Petersburg soya: "Jho causes ot tho catastrophe nt rort Alihur aro United to two hypotheses, n submerged Russian tnino oi nn explo sion on board tho Petropavlovsk. All tho vlct'ma nro badly burned nnd the cntnBtropho was complete within ono minute and n lmu. Tho tleot remain ing nt Pott Arthur la reducod to a strictly dofonBlvo bnsla. Tho com mandor of tho Cznreovltch porlflhed on the Potropnvlovsk before ho had as sumed command. Urges Nation Pay for Work of Mob. "Washington, Arrll 18. President Roosovolt today eont ta congioss n mea- I sage recommednlng nn appropriation of $25,000 to compensate Willlnm It. RadelifTe, a British subject, for loss ot property by nob in Colorado in 1001, AMURICA CAN HARDLY ACT NOW. Precedent Against Intervention for Wire less Telegraph Company. Washington, April 10. Ono of tho principal wireless telegraph companies hns filed nt tho state department an cncrgotlc protest against tho decree of Admiral Alexleff that newspaper cor respondents In tho Far East during the war shall bo treated aa spies. Tho stflto department has taken tho protest under consideration, but following the almost unbroken practice It probably will decline to take any action on a hypothetical caoo. If an American cit izen Is arrested by the Russian officials the state department Immediately will lay down a lino of policy to meet this novel departure In International law. It is realized that nowspaper corres pondents using wireless telegraphy in the neighborhood of naval operations might unwittingly give Information ot great valuo to the enemy, whose ves sels, being also equipped with wireless tolcorahy, might readily take up mes sages sent to a shore station. The state department is loath to es tablish a precedent by protest that inlsllt hereafter embarrass our narn naval commadners. The matter is said by a distinguished military officer hero to emphasize the pressing ned for an international agreement fixing the exact status of newspaper correspond ents In case ot war. WILL ASK NATION TO MAKOJMASTD. Oregon Delegation Desires 'OS Fair Board Bo Named at Once Wash in ton, April 10. Copies of the Lewis and Clark exposition bill, as it waa signed by the president, were de livered from tho printing office today and distributed among the various gov ernment departments. The Orrgon senators, early tills week, expect to see cabinet officials and urge- the early ap pointment of the govemmont board which is to havo supervision of the gov ernment exhibit. Until this board ia appointed and makes an estimate of the amount of space that will be needed for the government exhibits and for exhib Itajrom Alaska, the Philippines, Ha waii and the Orient, the supervising architect will bo unable to proceed w)th ho preparation of plana for buildings. For this reason, it Is desired thai the board shall be named without delay. The senators also expect to see tho president and lay before him the list of countriea which It ia desired shall bo in vltcd by this government, throuab tho state department, to participate In tho exposition. When this la accomp lished, there is nothing left for the Oregon delegation to do in furtherance ot tho exposition so far aa the govern ment is concerned. DON'T KILL LAWS. China's Action on T caty WIU Have No Blfect en Them. Washington, April 10. Attorvney General Knox has handed to the presi dent his opinion regarding fho validity of tho Chinese exclusion law. While the opinion haa not been mado public, it ia known the attorney general holds in effect that tho denunciation ot tho treaty by China does not operate to nul lify the existing laws, and that the ex clusion can bo enforced as rigidly bore after aa under tho treaty. In its effect tho exclusion law la more drastic than tho treaty. While the treaty ia In force; tho points of differ ence between tho law and treaty aro de cided in cacordance with tho terms ot tho latter. It la tho hope of tho Chi- neso government that a now treaty will be negotiated which will provo more favorablo to Chi neso Immigrants that la tho present treaty. Indeed, such a treaty la now being considered. Canal Papcra All Drawn Up. Pails, April 10. All tho papers nec essary for the transfer of tho Panama canal to tho United States are now com pleted. Tlioy include inventories and schedules ot tho property belonging to tho company in Pnnnmn, hero nnd else where. Theao havo been careful iy gone over nnd checked by W. A. Day and Charles W. Rupsell, the assistant attor ney generals who camo from Washing ton to assist in tho transfor of tlio piop- orty nnd the officers of tho company, Tho moat important paper ia tho con tract for the Bales. Japan Will Have Submarine Boats. London, April 10. While it Ib au thoritatively stated that thu Japanese have no submarine navy nt tho present tlmo, nnd therefore it ia impossible that the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk could have been sunk by a boat ot thia class, it ia understtood that tho Japan ese arsenals and navy yards are working overt imo on two or more submarine boats, which will bo ready before the RuBslan Baltic squadron reaches the Far East.