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r i ONE DOLLAR WHEAT Society ol Equity Will Fix Mini mum at Omaha Convention. ALSO PREVENT GLUT IN MARKET Firmer' Trutt Hat Orcantxed Syt tern to Control Price and Dis tribution Bunker Help. Omaha, Nob, April 18. In the live Rrcat wheat producing ttates o( tho country the minimum prlco of this co real this year will bo $1 a bushel. This, at least, Is tho plan of tho Ameri can Society of Equity, the grain grow ers' department of which will hold Its Annual contention in Omaha Juno 5, 0 and 7. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas will send largo delegations to tho con vention. Oklahoma, Iowa and otlur statM ato'also to be represented. The purposes of this society and the rcope outs memDorsiiip were expiaineu at length today by J. A. Kvcrltt. of In dianapolis, Its president, who raid. . "Tho American Society of Equity Is a business organization of farmers, with local societies in 2,700 of the 3,000 aerlcultural counties of the United States. lis purpose is to carry on its organization work through local pocletic, organized Into state unions. Its business side is being strongly de veloped along the lino of departments, covering various farm products, such departments alteady organized being those of fruit and produce and of to bacco. The grain growers' department Is the third. "The convention at Omaha in Juno will launch this department on a solid basis. A central bureau will gather and distcminate information concern ing supply and demand; fix a mini mum prlco below which the farmers agree not. to sell, and handle and divert . the gialn from tho eource of supply to the points of demand, as needed, not causing a glut of the market at any point at any time. . "Tho state union of North Dakota, at its annual meeting, was invited by the State Bankers' association to ap- polut a committee to confer with a llko bankers' committee to arrange lor car rying alone tho poor farmers who might otherwise bo forced to sell below tho minimum price." REGULATE 2-CENT FARES Nebraska Commission Rules on Ter- mlnal and Pass Matters Lincoln. Neb.. April 18 The Ne braska railway commission issued its first order today Ik ring on 2-cent fares and streetcar posses. It is a notice to steam railroad companies to post pla cards in every station calling attention to the fact that the 2-cent passenger fare does not apply to tickets purchased to a destination beyond the state bor der. In addition to this order the com mission lias addressed a letter to the Lincoln Traction company, tho Citizens' Hallway company, of Lincoln; the Omaha, Lincoln A Beatrico Interuiban and the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Hallway corporation, notifying them that they are subject to the terms of the now anti-pass law and will be ex pected to obey it. GO FROM COPY TO CROPS. Newspaper Men to Take Up Farms In Colorado. - Denver, Colo., April 18. A colony of newspaper men Is to jbe established in tho Little Snake river valley, in Itoutt county, Colorado, where the state of Colorado will throw open for settlement tills summer, under the Carey act, 60,000 acres of land. This land Is under the Little Snake river canal system. The plan is to make tills colony an upto-date farming com munity, where each man will own his own farm and Improvements, the only connection in which tho community idea will prevail, if at all, being in re gard to labor. Shocks Still Continue. Clly of Moxico, April 18. Owing to the great difficulty in establishing communication with the cities situated in the region of the earthquake details are coming to this city slowly. From the latent reports It is learned that chocks occurred as late as noon today, In the list of known dead, which now totals 60, and of the injured, which ap proximates 300, are many names of .Mexicans prominent In the omcial ana social life of the region. So far the name of no American has appeared in the meager Hat. Cubans Want No Regular Army. Havana, April 18. Opinion hero Is opposed to the phu of the American jfcnerol staff to establish a Cuba regu lar army of 12,000 men to replace the rural guard. It Is said that it will Le difficult to recruit that number of men. DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES. Six Inches Ruins Fruit Prospect, Out Benefits Wheat. Omaha, April 10. Five Inches of snow fell dating tho night, nnd the storm continued during tho forenoon. The fall was general over Eastern Ne braska, nnd Is the heaviest knewn in Apt!) for many years. Tho extent of damago is not known. Opinion ns to the storm's effect upon fruit and curly vegetables varies. In sumo counties along tho touthern and central Mia cherries, pouches, plums, nnd bctrlee are said by somo authorities to have been ruined almost entirely, while other growets report that fruit was not far enough ndvaned to become eotlously endangcted. In grain circle it Is believed tho snow will kill all the green bugs that have been threatening thu winter wheal ciop and spreading over tho cential portion of the state. A Norfolk dispatch ravs Northern Nebraska, Southern Soulli Dakota, Northeastern Wyoming ami tho Black lillls oio covered with n blanket of snow six indies deep upon tho level, which is still falling. At Northwestern rallioad headquarters hero It was said tho stotm was practically over tho en tire system west of tho Mlssouil river. DEATH LIST GROWING. Mexican Earthquake Proves to Have Been Most Disastrous. City of Mexico, April IP. Today the Associated Press was In direct commu nication with a number of towns In the district a fleeted by Sunday's earth quake. From the telegrams received It la certain that tho death list will ex ceed 100. Thore are a number of small towns yet to bo heard from, but up to dato tho averago number of fatalities at these places has ranged from 0 to 12 and the numbei of injured from 30 to 40. In Chi la pa 33 persons were injured and 770 buildings destroyed. Nobody was killed, as reported yesterday. Aftor the lltst great shock tho air was filled for many miles with a thick, sickening, sulphurous odor. This caused great distress to tho survivors. There arc many speculations at to the cause ol tho peculiar lieak of nature and some consider it a proof that tho earthquake had its origin in tomo sub terranean explosion. FIRST ANNIVERSARY. San Francisco Remembers Earthquake Year Age. San Francisco, April 10. Whilo there was no general cessation of the work of rehabilitation, the first anni versary of the earthquake and tho fire which left tills city a mass of ruins was observed yesterday by appropriate re ligious services and commemoiatlve ex ercises by tho Building Trades Council and other organizations. Tho crowning event of the day was the banquet of tho Merchants' associa tion at tho Hotel Fainnount, at which tho maleiial and civic regeneration of the city was amply discussed nnd faith expressed in a new and greater San Franciico. Tho principal business streets weie decorated with bunting and incandescent lights. Flags were flying eveiywhero and the domo of the city hall, still in a partly wieckod con dition, was illuminated as on gala occa sions "before the fire." WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS Frisco Policy Holders Bring 1,800 Suits for Payment. San Francisco, April 10. More than 100 suits airalnst insurance companies for the payment of policies held during the great fire a year ago were filed to day at the county clerk's office, bring ing the total well over 1,800. At 6 o'clock, when the office closed, thero was a long line of attorneys, clerks and messengers waiting, and It took three clerks nearly an hour to dispose of the overflow. Today was practically the last day for the filing of such suits, although in some cases the year allowed will not expire until tomorrow. During the pst two days the county clerk's ofllco has taken in nearly $3,000 in fees on these cases alone. After Men With Guns. New York, April 10. Whilo squads of detectives are scouring tho foreign quarters, working under the direct or ders of Police Commissioner Bingham, arresting all the armed men they find, the judicial oinceis are showing evidence of their intention to co-operate with tho police In breaking up the practice of carrying deadly weapons. District At torney Jerome has pro pared 60 cases against men charged with carrying con cealed weapons, and will present them to the grand jury tomorrow, in all, 216 men havo been locked up. Volcano Erupts In Andes. Valparaiso, Chile, April 11). News has reached horc that tho Itunihuo vol cano, In the provinco of Yaldlvla, Is In violent oruption, Tho eruptions aro accompanied bv awful subterranean rumblings, earthquakes Intense dark nerss, electrical displays, ashes and boiling water. Tim flowing lava lias set fire to the surrounding forests, and the inhabitants are fleeing in terror, OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST SAYS ESTIMATE IS TOO HIGH U'Ren Complins Cost of Submitting Legislation to People. Oregon City William S. I'Mten. the father of tho Initiative and referendum, take Issue with tho statements that havo U'ou published regarding tho cost of voting uudci that law, Mi. P'ltcn hns carefully compiled thu coat of Inlti ntlug and refcrilng legislative multures tc tho people under tho act of 100 which iciienled the not of 1003. Ho admits that thu postage expense In Mending printed matter nil over the state to 100,000 voters will be $3,000, but ho says tliat the cost of printing would be $3,030 (or 1-0 pages of meas ures, figuring on 100,000 copies, which is one-third more than lmvo ever been printed. Ho s.iys the binding will cost 13,000 and tho paper $1,603 Tho cxperienco of Mr. U'lton stands him in good stead in figuring on this matter. Ho bases the cost of address ing nnd filling 100.000 envelopes at $1 per thousand, totaling fl00. The en velopes can bo supplied and printtd tot $ 5 per thousand, or $01)0, and he lc lloves that the cost of securing tho names and postolHeo nddtcs'os of 100, M0 votois will not exceed $1,500. Tho publication of proclamations Is not required by tho new law of 1007, and the item of $5,000 for that pur pose must bo eliminated from tho cost. Mr. I" Hen believe that his es tlmato Is conservative. Marlon Fruit Prospects. Salem Fruitgrowers of this section of tho Willarnetto valley are looking forward to splendid crops In all varie ties of fruits, especially In quality, and in consequenco of tho destruction being wrought to the crops In parts of tho Hast by tho recent severe frosts nnd oilier detrimental conditions of weath er, thero is also a fine prospect for good prices for Oregon fruits, both green ami evaporated. Although the spurs on tho pruno trees are not so thickly set as last yenr, growers are pleased bo caused what Is lacking in quantity will be more than mado up In quality and tho price basis will bo Increased in pro portion, Adopt Interstate Regulations. Salem WIUi tho eiceptlcn that the period of posting notice) is fixed at ten days Instead of 30, tho Itailroad com mission has adopts! the rules of tho iniersimo loinmcrvu cuiminrsion uuu - lly, regulating tho sorvlng of notice upon tho commission and posting of same In waiting rcoins of railway sta- lions wuen is proporeti ic mane a change. In tho regular schedule of rates, mileugo, commutation, party, excursion and round-trip rales. Notice of the adoption of this rule has boon forward ed to all railroad companies in tho state. The Dalles Fruit Possibilities. Tl. rv.ll. Tl.l. ,!,... tu ...L.I.... .. to the fact that tho soil and cllmatleM,kn.own.00!"A1,,.on,lr,M, ho ?r.P conditions are perfectly fitted for tho production of first class (rults, and es pecially for tflo railing of cherries and peaches. Men every day aro turning their attention to the frultralslng In dustry, runny investing in tracts of land varying In slzo from flvn to 40 acres, upon which tiiey have planted orclinrds, with the prospect of splendid results. Nowhere can finer cherries nnd peaches be raised, and this season bids fair to be an exceptional ono for a fruit crop. Medford Road Buys Option. Medford Itlght of way agents of the of Unite Falls A Western railway are purchasing options on land through which tho contemplated survey will pass. The incorporators of tho Butte Falls & Western hove largo tlmlnr hold ings In tho vicinity of Butlo Falls, and contracts for the delivery of $1,800,000 worth of sawed timber to the California Box company, which must bo partially filled within the current J ear. More Interest In Farming. Prairie City The upper part of tho John Duy valley, in which Prairie City is situated, it fast coming to the front as an agricultural district. It is usual ly considered and spoken of as a stock country, but of lato years grain and frull raising have given it tho char acter of a farming section. Citizens iiave come to undorstund this, and are systematically taking up tho various farming features. To Bridge McKenzle River. Eugene The county court has decid ed to build a good bildge acroe.4 tho McKenzIo river at Hendricks Ferry. For years the cost of maintaining the ferry at this point has hoen considera ble of an expenso to the county, and tho high water has often put the ferry temporarily out of commission, Buy Timber Tract. Kugone The Armstrong timber tiact has jutt been conveyed to tho Monrco Mill company. The land consists of 1,443 acres In tho Lako croek district nnd tho price paid, according to tho deed, was $27,600 or about $10 an acre. Tho land is in township 17, ranges 7 and 8. INSPECTION MAY BE CHEAP. Slate Sheep Commission Inclined to Make Burden Light ns Possible. Salem One1 of the most serious proli lems tho Oregon HheopeointuliMluti will have to solve is tho soucdulo of rates to Im) charged by county Inspectors for tho Inspection of llks fur svnh or other contagious infectious disease. It Is prolniblo tho solution determined on will be-to turn tho duty of InspcU'Uui out to tho government Inspectois, es peolnlly rust of tho Cascades, and con fine tho duties of the deputy state In spectors to supervise tho dipping, with tholrconiemmtlon fixed on thu basis of $0 per day and expense. In utdor to make the excurons light as possible upon thosheepmeii thecoiu mission first decided tijwn a minimum charge of 26 cents and a maximum of 1 cent per head jkt Hook, wheio Ihe number did not oxceul 1,000 head. Then It wus thought n nmxamum charge of $1 per flock would bo sulll dent. Inasmuch ns there was not much work connected with tho IiihvIIou, which consists principally of taking a binlseye view of the flock nnd looking for outward symptoms of scab and ticks, nnd requites only a few' minutes' work. Mutt Put Up Time Tablet. One of tho rules of the state rullroud commission is that bulletins giving tho hours of tho arrival and deitartuio of all trains, bo oiled In every station. Practically nil stations have for years licoii supplied with these bulletin luarda but lecause of tho carelessness or Indlf- feienco of agents, time cards have not Iieen posted for the Information of the public. Newly painted bulletin boards Jure being sent tc station agents for the O. It. A N. and Ihe Southern Pacific. accompanied by a letter frpm the olfice of General Manager J. I'. O'Hrlon, In which the attention of agents is called to tho posting of bulletins. Train Service Bad. Members of the state railroad com mission lmvo addressed a letter to Wil liam McMurray general pnxsengcr agent for tho O. It. A N., Informing him that tho local train service be tween lllggs and l'eiidloton is Inade quate. In the absence of n ncccsrnry local service between these points, tho commission argues that the heavy tranfcontlncntal tniins hate Iieen 1 0,BlMi t0 iij ,nu rosu, lmit (iuentiy govcrnl pornIuj after this tinlllc with thesu tiaius me fre hours late reaching Grain Crop Will Be Large. Elgin There Is every prwpcot of a bumper grain ciop in Union county this season, a largo snowfall togethor with unusiiAlly largo rainfall thu tint few weeks, Insures sullloient moisture for n largo ciop. Thousands of wires were sown to fall grain last fall and unless will In all probabilities be a record breaker. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 76c; bluestein, 77c; vulloy, 7-'cj red, 74c. Oats No. 1 white, $20.60; gray, $28 20. Bye $J.461.60 per cwt. lkirley Feed, $22.60 erton; brow Ing. $26; rolled, $23.60024.60. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $20 per ton Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $1C10 per ton; hastern Oregon timothy, $17 ($18; clover, $0; cheat, $0; grain hay, y(2)iu Apples Common, 76c(jft$1.26 per box; cholco, $1.6002. . Vegetables Turnips, $1Q1.25 per sack; carrots, $1.26; boots, $1.26 1.60; horseradish, 7 He per pound; cauliflower, 76 $1.26 per dozen; let tuce, head, 3646c per dozen; onions, 10(5)12X0 per dozen; ladlshos 20c per dozen; asparagus 16o peround; rhu barb 46o per pound. Unions Oregon $.l.nr)4 jr owt. Potstoea Oregon Burbnnks fancy $1.4031.06; extra fancy, $1.7602; No. 1 cholco, $1.26(31.40, Butter tnncy creamery, 26 27 He per pound. Butter Fut First grade cream 2(lc per pound; tecond grado cream 2c less jx-r pound. Poultry Averago old hens, 1610o per pound; mixed chickens, 1616)o; spring fryers und broilers, 22)26o; old roosters, 10012c; dressed chick ens, 1017c; turkeys, live, 13316c; tnrkoys, dressed, cholco. 18k320o: goeso live, 8c; ducks, 10 18c. F'ggs 10o per dozen. Vcn I Dressed, 608c per pound, Beef Dressed bulls, 33fc per pound; cowh, 60c; country steers. 07o, Mutton Dressed, fancy, 100100 per pound; ordinary, 80o; spring lambs, with poll, 1213c. Pork Drcsiod, 00o per pound. Hopfl 710o per pound, according to quality. Wool Eastern Oregon uvorage best, 1318o iter pound, according to shrink age; valley, 2022a according to fine ness ; mohair, cholco, 2020Wc. WILL FIGHT HENEY. Big Corporations Have Banded To gether In San Francisco, Han Francisco, April 17. A conspir acy which puts Into tho shade tlio (V 000,000 affair that recently aroused the Inmates of the White House, has evolv ed from tho graft pinecedlng In Sail Francisco, and, llko tho conspiracy In Washington, It hits Its headquarters In Washington. Moreover, one of tho lenders of the $5,000,000 conspiracy Is ono of tho chief aitors In tills Intent plot. In short, tho big coronations, which have sighted the specie I of Indictment, hae bunded together against the com liiDli foe. Combined they represent one nf the most powerful roiees tlmt America has known, and they ate pie tmrcd In oxtHUid a largushauutf tho mi limited capital tiny control. The United Knl road, nn $80,000,000 cor Hiralloii( thu l'aclllo States Telephone v Iclcgmph eomKiiiy, the Homo tele phone couiMiiy, and lastly the South ern Pucillo enmiony, have mined bauds to light down tho graft prosecution. Tho head nnd front of the plot are reputed to lie Patrick (allioun and I,. II. Ilsirlman. It Is no secret tlmt above nil other It I the desire of Mr. Honey to direct Hie lire of the pnwecu Hon against Calhoun ami the men wlm occupy the seats of the nihility In the councils of the Southern l'licitle. liar rlmati's rcptosculativo on the l'aclllo, W. F. I ten In, is out of tho chief ol Jccta of Mr. lleney's llivi-ritlgut Ion. Mr. Ilerrln lias always refused to come. Into tho open and even now, with ptiblle attention centered iiinhi him, he re mains In the Imckgrnund, MEXICAN SHOCKS CONTINUE Destruction Grows as Reports Come From Outlying Districts. City of Moxico, April 17. Heavy curlhquako shocks continued on the west const until 4 o'clock this morning. Jto nows of tho earthquake shows that tho dowiatatlon wrought was greater than at first supposed. Beside the de struction of Chilxiticlngo and Chllnps, It is now said that Tlxlla also was lev eled. Messengers reaching Chtlpnnoln go say the towns of Aystln and Oiuete pre liavo been wiped out. Tho nonulatlou of Avutla Is small. and It Is thought the !os,of lifo there will lie Insignificant. Omctoiiro Is a town of about 4,000 Inhabitants and tho lost of life prnhablv It largo. Tlapa, near tho Under line of the statu of Onxaca, Is also rcf urlcd to he wiped out. A report from Clillnein go says thu whnlo of tho went coast from Acnpuloo south of Sulina Cruz hns been Isidly damaged. Thudamsgod placis aro remote, ami news from the stricken dlstrlrt conse quently is Incomplete. Only one wire Is working to Chllstneliigo. Standard Dodges Taxes. Chicago, April 17. Taxing authori ties of fjika county, Indiana, have in stigated an action against the Standard Oil company of Whiting as a result of Investigations In charge of County As sessor William !-,. lllnck and his assist ant, Towns Assessor Bert Haulier, of Hammond. They havo discovered, Ihry say, that tho company for four yen is has scqiitstcrod millions of dollars' worth of aluablo property from tax I duplicates. It Is estimated by the olllclals that tho Standard Oil roinrsiny should lo ikying taxes on $40,000,000 worth of property when It Is aHecd on tho tax duplicated for only 1 3,000, 000 worth. Will Test the 10-Hour Law, Butto, Mont., April 17. A llelonn special to tho Miner states that Attor ney General Albert J. Galen In su opinion rendered today states that ho holds tho recont onactmont by tho leu Islaturo of the statuto limiting tho notirs oi employment or railway em ployes to 10 hours to bo valid. Wll Ham Walluco, Jr., counsel for tho Northern I'aolflc, has sorved notice upon tho board of railway commission. era that tho company will Ignore tho new statuto. Mr. Galen has advised tho commissioners to nl onco begin a test case against the lallways, Accused of Taking Bribe, Chicago, April 17. Perry I.. Hed rick, chief sunllary Inspector of the ally Health department, was arrested today on charges of soliciting and no ccptlng a bribe, It Is alleged tho $200 paid to him by Georgt A, Bcckway, an inventor, was louna in ins nooket when ho was arrested, Hodrlak was ro leaned on $10,000 lionds, According to the charges mado against ilwlilck, ho agrood with Heckway that on jioyinont of tho monoy ho would recommend Beckway's Invention to the Health de partment. Wisconsin Central Is Guilty, WMInneapoIIs, April 17. A Jury In tho United Mates District court last night found tho Wisconsin Control rail rowj and two of Its olllclals guilty of rebutlng. Burton Johnson, goncral froluht asent. and fl. T. iiiiv i.u ...l(.l....l . ' . . . ""VI " uuia, were oonvicieu on all the 17 couhts named In Uie Indictment, FIRE IN PHILIPPINES No Ho, Second Town In Islands, Sudors Heavy Loss, TYPHOON IN CAROLINE ISLANDS One-Fourth Ihe Population of One of the Itlandt Dead and Rett Aro Starving, Manila, April 0. I-ntott reports (nun Hollo say the lire hns Iieen checked, The native quarter of tho ttlty ttus destroyed. The property Iom In estimated at $100,000 gold. The IhikI liens soot Ion of the oily was untouched, It being sated by tho inllltaiy ami eon, slnbiilary, b'een hundred Ikwsc wero dentioycl and 800 or 1,000 natives iiuule homo less. Adequate relief iihmsiiii hae Uen laken. The JhhiiIos have Ihtii housed In schools sih! otlmi ImlMlngs I'ho province mid the clly will prtt'd for the. refugees and no h)skfll sillier lug Is feared. There was im Iom nf llfn by the earthquake. The shtoks, while th most severe oxHrlcecd In 16 )esis, were not violent enough In twine ihh1 dmtrnotlcii. Dlsimtehrs from (lolnli In several provinces rrjxirl Mtere shook (Hit little (tannine. Tho total daiusge caused by tint earthquakes in the entire arehliwlsgu will not exceed $10,000. Typhoon Sweeps Carolina Itlandt, Berlin, April XI Comsital Dlreelor Dernhtirg Informed the Imdgel eoinmlt- treof the relohstag tsly that n eable uiensagu had lxu rtvolvnl from Ihe governor ol Ihe Islaml ol lap, an iiouiieliig that a diiatlrmta lynlicxm swept over the Caroline Islands ihi tl.ol Friday, Mareh 20, and that 9l cf the H00 iiatlM of tho Ulullhl gnnip were ilrowrietl, llutl tho ooennnut Ireiw were dettroriil, and that famine threat ens tho surviving nallvrs. Tho stunner l'lanrt, nf the (lelinnn navy, which has Iieen engaged in geo detic work, and the steamer Manl, ol the JalulleouiiMtiiy, prx-eeileil to I'liil- (hi Islands, taking food and help. It wna ptoe, to bring as many nf the suflerlng natives ns xl!lo to the I'e lew ami Ijolroiiit Islamls. Lett Than 100 Llvet Lott. Mexico City, April 2(1. Oominunlc. thins have now Ivitti 'imncd with nil the liMiKiitanl miIiiis In Ih section nwml h fleeted by the eaithqitske. The latest rejtfirls Indicate that the Im of llfn will mil resell 100, Iwt many person have leu Injured ami the propeily hum is wry great. Vlex 1'iealdeiit Corral, In a eouiinu nlenlhm puhltihetl hero tmlay, divlsrex that tho whole of tho slate of (lueirero has been devastated. ThmiMtuds of dollars are lielng sub scribed to the fund Mug raised In this clly for tho relief of the earthquake sufferers. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEeN. Bryce Speculates on Result If Revolu tion Had Fallsd. Philadelphia, April 20. James Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain, In aunddrivsnt tho banquet of the Trsns-Atlantlo soolety of America hero tonight, dwlarrd that, If America had remaliiPd as n colonial ward of Kng. land, l'lMldout Hoosavolt unnhl not have lsen confronkxl with such world Important nrohlcms at lie Is now nailed to solve. Had tho countries not Iteen separat wl, Mr. Bryce said, tho development of tho United Htales would havo Iieen moro gradual, Downs of the opinion tlwt slavery would not havo endured so long and would have gone, porhaps, without bloodshed. Thero would have Iieen fewer railroads, less Internal strife and consequently fower big economic problems to solve. Build Terminals at Oakland. Han Francisco. Anrll 20 Tim vVn.t. ern I'aolllo railroad has decided to coin mence lininedlatoly tho construction of Its trans-bsv terminal nlnn tin. nmih retaining wall nf lln, n.Li....i .i This work will Involvo thu filling In of ; '" ,,uuu ,C01 m H""11 bolween 4,000 and 6,000 feot In length. Tho coiistritotlon of tho molo, together wltli tho erection of a modern depot building an... .'!' "I'prooolioa at Its western end, will tiiko about 17 or 18 months, nnd will Involvo a financial outlay of some thing llko $2,600,000. Goorgla Peachos Killed. Atlanta. (In.. Anrll on oni i.. jomologlst Huilth today rwolved roio'rlH from the various vm, ,..r.ui.,,. .n.. IrlulS Of tho State, n Hllmmn.u ..I ..I.I..I. t "V " "WIIMIIHSI V IT II I VI t iiuws nun, ai icasi 70 per cent of tho crop has been killed hv tlm i..,i.,1i ..ni.i I weather, rjvsarst