CAS THREE TIMES THE CIRCULATE
OF AMY PAPER IN THE COONTT.
ADVERTISING RATE.
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LOAN P. 8HUTT,
tCaltor and Proprietor.
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Una for tret InMTtlon ut I cent per Una there
after. Legal " edTertuwment. win la all eases be
baited to the party ordering then, at legal
gates, and paid for before efldavit U rurnlaaed
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VOL. Vir. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OKEGON, FRIDAY. 8EPTEMJJEIt 24, 1897. NO. 28.
JAitarM ml tht Pnttofle at Cbndon, Oregon, at
ttmnd-rlju mutt nnlltr
TBI OFFICIAL AND LEADINO PAPEI
OF GILLIAM COUNTY.
CONDON GLOBE.
I
CONDITIONS MADE KNOWN.
ROBBERS STRUNG UP.
'official dihkctoht.
Culled Stale..
freeldant William JlrKlnley
Vloe-I'realitant larrt-it A. Ilnhart
bVuraiaryof Stat .......,..,.. John Sherman
fcertretary of Treaanry I.yman .1. (.age
eVeretery of Interior Cornelius N, llllsa
Kenretary of War Unwell A. Alger
bwretary nf Navy .....John U. l ong
I'oatmaKli'Mlaiieral James A. l.ary
A ttoriiey-oenerel ., Jom iih Mek en na
Bevretary of Agriculture Jam. Wlleon
lata of Oregon.
Governor....... ,....,. ..Wm. P. Ird
Hrnretury of bum .... II. K, Klnrald
Treaaurer, ,.,. Mill. MetMinan
AttiiriipM)i niTal...,. C, M. lOii'iimn
Mupt. ul fublle Instruction...., i.. M. Irwin
Hnnatnra ! -m'u. W Ml-Brllle
"lmM'r ) II. W.lorbrU
Congreaamon zlZWmXZw
Printer w. It, Ida
i . C, K. Wot t enon
Supreme Judge. V. A. Moore
U K ll.ll
etenlli Judicial IH.Irlel.
Judge W. I., Jlradaliaw
Prostullng Attorney.......,.,,,., A. A. Jeyne
Member of Hlalv Hoard ,.W. C. Will.
Gilliam Dnnnrr.
Jolut Senator for William, Mtrrman and
Weai-it ifiunllv B. Imfur
Keiirreeniellve J. K. David
J ii in. , , w.J. Manner
lerk II. N. rraw
Hherlff W. L. Wlli-i,
Treasurer..,. . M, H. Mario
CommMoMr. j:"; K M. IflMrr
Assessor ....,..., M. tl. Clarke
Ht'bool Huoerlnlilideiu..,........K. W. ikU
tuAweyor ......,.. Jcilily Hrown
Blia'a' Inapector .lloberl M. JoIiiukiii
O. K. N. :. Tim rd.
Two ftaaafnger train both '' null day.
1ART IKM'MI.
aloliaii( Erwi Icnvrn I'ortlaml ('slly at 2:tt
p. in., and arrivra al Arlington at p. lu.
fnal wall Ivavt-a Horlland at W fc til., and ar
rive, at Arlington at H tm a. in.
wear aot'Kb.
Kait mall, via I-imhIIcKmi. Walla Walla and
Wallula, arrlvin at Arlltiglon at 2:uD a. ui.,
and at I'orlland a. i.
forilaml r.pn-a atrlrna at Arlington at
a, in , and at forllaint at ll:'ifa. m.
r'aira by boat to nan KranrlM o bv Iwn te-diuiNl-nrat
catiln, ..; atrrraax, Ini'lmllng
tiiMila anil bertba. Tlirongh lli avia are aold in
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and rraldetK-e of t. f. Miult.
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Attorney at Law,
Nottiry Public rtd Conveyancor,
tiotodnn, Or.
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All legal work prompt)? and parrfnlly at
tonded to. t olki'lliig and Abalractltig a
apevlalty.
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Attorney and Oonmslor t Lw
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Arllngtnai, Or.
Admitted to prat-tire In the fourta of Oregon
and Watliingtoti and In the I'. . courla.
Take flllnga ami proola on land.
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NOTARY PUBLIC
Condon, Or.
Notarial work and culU-flilom promptly and
earefully auoinlc-.l to,
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TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An fntereatlna; C'olltiotlon of Item. From
. the New and the Old World In
I Condenard and Coinprahenalvo Form
A groat (Wit atrtka i imrnlnorit at
Havre in oonanqoence ot the rufiiHHi by
the employers to grant an innreutte in
wages.
Chicago is wilterins, with no indi
cations lor cooler wvathor, and in the
Ohio valley the hottost Sep toin tier
weather on record prevails,
The Michigan crop report lor Septem
ber, issue! br the se:retary of state,
says the wheat crop will be 25,000,000
bunhels, Die largest for five years.
The celebrated Angus-Craven will
contest has lieen luoid in Ban Fran
cisco. The Fair heirs have won their
case, and a new trial has been denied.
A Washington correspondent of a
Mew York paper uy the United States
is getting ready to deal with Spain vig
orously, and that the department has
already decided upon a plan of action.
A tremendous explosion occurred at
the camp close by the Chinese arsenal
of Kiangnan, near Shanghai. Forty
bodies have been dag out of the debris.
Two fine Krapp gtitts, 1,000 now pat
tern single-Are an.i magazine rifles,
with 130,000 rifle cartridges were de
stroyed.
Probably the1 largest and finest tar
qoise ever found on American soil has
just been recived in Denver from
Southern Mexico, It weighs in the
rough 176 karuts, and It is estimated
by competent exerts that it will weigh
fully 88 karats when cut ami poUnhed.
It bas the best color known, being a
delicate sky blue, just a shade lighter
than a bluebird's wing. This, with a
number of smaller stones running from
Ati si lAlrarata il tilliHn fmm a iimk-Iv
Rduioovered mine, the location of which
!is In Lincoln county, New Mexico.
Absolutely no dtCHu this discovery
cart lie h'ttne-l'Jeril' large stone
estimated toTo Worth 0,000.
A - dispatch from Madras says: A
most serious accident has occurred at
the Champion reef mines. Forty jicr
sons are known to have been killed.
The home of Thomas Hawkins, a
farmer who lives near Green wood.Cal.,
was destroyed by fire and his 5-ycar
old daughter perished in the Humes.
The Fraser river salmon pack is the
largest ever known in the Northwest.
Altogether a, 800,000 find of thcaoi-keye
variety were caught off the mouth of
the river during the seusun.
The Japan Mail, discuHtdng tho silk
trade, says: Prices in Japan are now
steadily rising, orders 6n a large scale
having been received from abroad by
many foreign Onus in Yokohama.
A tornado struck the town of Port
Arthur, Tex., killing six people, and
injuring several more, besides destroy;
ing imioh valuable proHrty. The
town was practically leveled by the
tyclone.
George F. Iteginer, chairninn of the
Democratic county cominitteo, shot and
instantly killed Simon Fransdel, a
young ' butcher, at Monmouth, HI.
Fransdel had been paying attention to
Keginer'a daughter against her father's
wishes. '
The startling news comes from Fort
Lockhard that the combined forces of
the Atridia and Uraksais number 47.
000 men.., They are now all collected
near Khan-Khi valley, and a massacre
is feared at any moment.
John L. 8uliivan, ex-ehamplon pu
gilist, has announced that lie will run
for mayor of Boston, and expected to
poll 8,000 or 13,000 votes. Sullivan
says his principal platform will be to
license gambling places and disorderly
houses.
A later aocount of tho Mexican hor
ror, says: The people killed at Pan
uelas quarry exHsition, nnmbering 34,
were asphyxiated by the dense gusses
generated by the explosion. Among
the number were several horsemen,
who perished with thoir horses, and
the bodies of the men and horses lay
together in a horrible manner.
Key. E. F. B. , Howard has escaped
from the Ohio penitentiary, at Colum
bus. He was a famous United States
prisoner fronv Tennessee. Ho was
trusted in the front oflloo and walked
away. Howard was convicted at Clarks-
ville, Tenn., and sentenced for nine
years and lined $1,200 on 33 counts of
using the United States mails lorlraud
ulent purposes.
Further details of the capture of
Viotoria de his'Lunaa province of San
tiago do Cuba, say that the insurgents,
aftor capturing tho town, killed with
the machete 40 guerillas for having
made a stubborn resistance. It is ex
plained that the Spanish hoisted th
red cross flag over the hospital, and
that the insurgents, mistaking it for a
parliamentary flag, sent an nfllour in
that direction, Xlie Spanisn claim
that the insurgent commander did not
respect the flag over the hospital, and
bombarded the building, killing or
wounding 58 men.
Kngland Propoae. to
Da Homo-
thing; for Silver.
London, Sept. 20. -At the semi-an
nual meeting of the Bank of England
today the governor saidf ,, i
Yott are probably aware of the
protwsition laid before the government
in the summer by the United States
and France whereby .this country
should increase its use of silver as a
contribution to tho International agree
ment, which, while not affecting our
gold standard, might enable the mints
of Franco and America to resume free
coinage. Among the proposals was one
asking that the Bank of Kngland hold
the silver purmissable under the act of
1844 as against its notes."
The governor then read a letter dated
July 30, addressed to the chancellor oJ
the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach. It was as follows:
- "Referring to our conversation we
beg to say the bank is prepared to
carry out what is laid down as permis
sable in the bank charter, viz.: to bold
one-fifth of its note Issue in silver, pro
vided always that the French mint is
again 0en to the free coinage of Silver;
and that the price at Which silver is
procurbale and salable are satisfactory."
Replying to questions, the governor
said the bank had had no negotiation
with the United States monetary com
missioners, adding: ,
"We have boutrht no silver. All we
have done is to agree under certain cir
outnstances to carry out what is per
missable under the act of 1844."
Aa It Look. In Geroiaujr.
Berlin, Sept. 20. The National Zie
tting, referring to the information in
the Times of September 10, that the
Bank of Eno-land was prepared to hold
in silver one-tlfth of the bullion held
against its notes, says: '
"The unfavorable reception the an
nounoement has met with from the or
gans of British trade leaves no room
tor doubt as to the opinion of British
commercial bodies, and as to the ulti
mate fate of the latest American at
tempt to secure for the silver-mine
'owners, with the Bid of Europe, a rise
in silver as a reward for their support
of the MoKinley tariff, policy and to
keep the silverites in a good humor."
WORK OF A SWINDLER.
faed an Aetorla Maa'i Mama to Obtain
Mane In tho Keat.
Astoria, Or., SepfT20. Several East
ern wholesale houses are out various
amounts throush tho operations of a
very smtoth swindler, purporting to be
A. C. Foard, of the Foard & Stokes Co.,
grocers of this city. He purchases
large bills of goods to be shipped to the
looal firm, and then induces the houses
to cuHh drafts on the company he pur
ports to represenL
Tuesday the Foard Stokes Vo. re
ceived a telegram from a prominent
Boston house, asking if they would
honur A. C. Foard's draft for $300. A
negative reply' was sent. Yesterday
the firm was surprised to receive from
F. Mccreary dc tk., oi New orn, an
invoice, with a railway bill of lading
for (1,400 worth of silks. Shortly
afterwards a sight draft for f 300 ar
rived through one of tho banks. The
draft was signed by A. C. Foard, and
indorsed by McCreary & Co , who had
evidently cashed it. This morning's
mail brought to the local house an in
voice and a bill of lading for $800
worth of silk umbrellas from Weiner
& Co. , ot New York. A draft arrived
soon after, but it was for only $50.
More invoices, bills of lading and
drafts are expected.
The fellow, whoever he may be, is a
fraud. He is no doubt trying to im
personate M. C. Foard, but became
confused on the initials.
Run Down by a Train.
Leadville,' Colo., Sept. 30. Three
suction men were killed and one fatally
hurt in a collision this morning be
tween a Midland engine aud a handcar.
The accident occurred near Basalt, 50
miles west of Leadville. Foreman Ly
ons and four men' had finished some
work five miles east of Basalt, and
started for that place on the handcar.
The east-bound passenger was due
about that time, but, as it had been
late several times, it was decided to
rush through, Tho handcar was going
around a curve at a high rate, of speed
when it encountered the passenger.
Two of the men jumped, while the
other three were caught by the engine
and killed. James Cody is probably
fatally injured. The dead are: Thos.
Lucas, Michael Welch, John Lyons.
UPION PACIFIC SALE. ,
Tho
Government la Not Oppoaed to
Fureeloenre.
Washington, Sept. 20. It is proba
ble that within a few days Attorney
General MoKenna will announce the
course the government will pursue with
reference to the decroe of foreclosure in
the case of the Union Pacific railroad.
It onn be said upon good authority thnt
the ohanoes are very strongly against
the government's appoaling from the
docree.' The cabinet did not pass upon
the question definitely, but, on the con
trary, postponed final determination
upon it; but there was so much said by
the various members in favor of allow
ing the sale to prooeed that it is consid
ered by those familiar with the matter
that there is little doubt ai to what tho
final decision will be.
Ho
It
Now Extends Over
Entire South.
the
ANOTHER DEATH IN MOBILE
Health Ofllelnle ot tho Cities Cautions
Hnaplclou. Death In Boaton Canada
, t'onaldorable Eicltemrnt.
: MoWle,flepi 20. This lids been &
black day in Mobile. One new case
was announced at the noon meting of
the board of health, and two new sus
picious cases wre reported. Antone
Hagarn, the first yellow-fever case, died
this afternoon.
The city begins to show the effects of
the movimr away of all who can meet
the expense of moving, and now those
not financially able are making heroic
exertions to get the means with which
to travel. '
Eight Caeea In Ed (tarda.
Jackson, Jliss,, Sept. 20. Hon,
Redfleld, mayor : of ' Edwards,
J. L
tele-
graphed the Associated Press at
10 A.
M. as follows:
"There are eight cases of yellow
fever in town and three in the country.
No deaths; all patients are doing well.
Yellow Fever Id Kaneae City.
Kansas City, Sept. 20. What is pos
sibly a case of yellow fever has devel
oped here in the city hospital.
St. I onia Officiate A re Cantlona.
St. Louis, Sept 20. Thehealth de
partment has already taken what pre
cautions it can against the invasion of
the city by yellow fever. Measures are
being taken to prevent visitors from re
maining in the city who have come in
contact with the disease. The co
operation of the Southern railroads has
been secured and the officials are aid
ing as best thej- can the department in
its endeavor to keep St. Louis free from
the pestilence.
Outlook for New Orleane.
. New Orleans, Sept. 20. A brighter
outlook for New Orleans is evident to
night, so. far as the .fever situation is
ooncerned. The reports to the board
were of a most encouraging nature." In
stead of ;leaes requiring investigation,,
there were only 10 to be looked into to
day, and of these, only three were pro
nounced suspicious, and one declared
yellow fever.
President Oliphant, of the board of
health, and President Brittain, of the
council, said tonight, that the chances
of crushing out tb.9 disease had in
finitely improved.
A fatal case pf genuine fever devel
oped in the very heart of Biloxi today.
There have been altogether 33 cases of
yellow fever in Biloxi, with only only
Due death, that of today.
At Ouean Springs, no new cases have
been reported.
Buaplclona Death In Boaton.
Boston, Sept. 20. The Globe etys:
There has been a good deal of anxie y
during the past few days in this city
because of the death of Frauklin Story
Conant, a student of a hospital, lost
Monday. He was recently in Jamaica
and was suspected of having contracted
yellow fuver. Other accounts say that
the death was caused by malarial fever.
VICTIMS OF WEYLER'S HATRED.
Tha Frlenda of Mlaa Claneroa Thrown
Into Prlaon.
New York, -Sept. 20. A special to
the Herald from Havana says: The
Spun ish authorities do not hesitate to
show their resentment of the interest
displayed by the wives of Americans in
the case of Evangelina Cossio Cisneros.
They have not only abruptly shut off
the Cuban maid from all communica
tion with her friends, but they have
thrown into the prison for lewd women
in Santa Clara five women who dared
to prepare a most courteous appeal to
General Weyler for the .release of
Evangelina.
These women are Senora Rosa Plana,
Fenoritus Carmen and Nioolusa Guiter
rez, Senora Micala Ruia and Senorita
Avila. All these ladies belong to the
best families in Santa Clara. Senora
Plana is 67 years of age, and is the
widow of the former mayor of that city.
Senorita Carmen Guiterre is the prin
cipal of the best and oldest private col
lege for young women in the island.
She is also principal of a municipal col
lege. Her sister Nieolasa teaches with
Jut. Senora Ruis and Senorita Avila
are cousins of theGuiterrez family.
, A Fatal Colllalon.
St. Louis, Sept. 20. The Wabash
passenger train leaving for the West
last night collided with a freight train
at Keyesville this morning. William
Gaines, a postal clerk, and W. B.
Smith, fireman on the freight, were
kilted. Two tramps were severely in
jured. The frcignt train was ordered
to take the switch but was late and
the passenger train ran past the switch
before the freight arrived.
Salt Lake, Sept. 20. A Butte spe
cial says Mrs. James Baptist shot and
fatally wounded her husband, a tele
graph operator, today, at the poolrooms
where he was employed. Baptist re
cently left his wife and then brought
uit for divorce. The woman waa ar
vested.
Fire IMerepntable Charsetere Pnt On
of Harin'a War by a Mob.
Versailles, Ind., Sept. 17. This has,
been the moot exciting day In the his
tory of this city. The bodies of five
men who had been lynched last night
were found hanging to the same tree
near the jail this morning. This
caused a sensation in the city, and it
rapidly spread throughout the county,
and no occasion ever attracted such
crowds to the city.- For years South
ern Indiana has been afflicted with law
lens gangs. The railroads and Express
cornnanies broke up the deiiredations of
.l.AA'M... ll.AllnA. tttl.l 1 I - 1
iitit Fiifv 1 1 h vi' urrrHi iiihiii Lira tiiLi" !
terly thev have preyed upon tlie citl
zens. - The citizens have taken the law
into their own bands in this locality
lefore, but never to such an extent as
today.
The Reno brothers were lynched to
gether at Seymour, Ind., 20 years ago;
the Archer gang, three in number,
were strung up together at Showles, j
Ind., 13 years ago. ,There have been
numerous lynchings, one at a time, but
the " jtb lot" of five today breaks the
record.
That an unusual state of feeling ex
isted is shown by the ferocity of the
mob, which first killed three of the
men in the jail, and then, dragging out
; the living and dead together, hanged
them to the ame tree.
It is notable, too, that no outrage
that usually rouses a mob's vengeance
no murder was charged against the
victims, but their death was decreed'
because of long and exasperating suf
fering from robberies, 'some of which
were accompanied by torture to vic
tims. The excitement of the day was
not lessened by the suppressed hints
that more objects of the people's wrath
would be made to suffer in the same
way. : - . j
The five victims are: Lyle Levi,
aged 67; William Jenkins, aged 28,
unmarried; Henry Schuller, aged 24,
married; Bert Anderson, aged 30, and
Cliff Gordon, aged 21.
They were all residents of Osgood,
three miles away. Two men were left
in jail Charles Kelly, aged 14, for
burglary, and Arthur McMillen, for
carrying concealed weapons. ' The lat
ter was let out tonight on bond. Mc
Millen says three of the prisoners were
killed in the jail, and one of the others
was almost killed there. Tonight the
town Is picketed, it being feared the
friends of the lynched men will burn
tiie town out of revenge. j
Versailles is a town of 800 people,
and has no telegraphic communication.
For four or five years the farmers of the
county have been the victims of a law
less gang, who have plied their vocation
to the terror of the people. The farm
ets would come into town with a bunch
of cattle or a load of farming products,
and next morning would be found
along the roadside suffering from
wounds and minus the proceeds of their
sale. Old German farmers have been
visited and both men and women have
been subjected to all the tortures that
a hardened mind could conceive.
It was 1 o'clock this morning when
the mob seemed to come from all quar
ters and dismounted on the side of the
I ),jn
near Versailles. About 400 men
marched into the town. The jail was
in charge of William Kenan, Sheriff
Bushing's brother-in-law. Shortly be
fore 2 o'clock there was a knock at the
door and when Kenan and the others
opened it they were confronted with
pistols by three masked men and asked
to turn over the keys. This they did,
Then the mob filed into the naiL
Levi, Jenkins and Schuller showed
fiutit. Levi was shot through the
breast, while the skulls of the two lat
ter were crushed with stools. Ropes
were in readiness. A noose was adjust
ed around the neck of each man, their
feet and hands were pinioned and then
the march began. With several men at
the end of each rope the five prisoners
were dragged a distance of 200 feet to
the elm tree, where their bodies were
suspended. '
It is said Levi, Jenkins and Schuller
were dead before they reached the place.
Death resulted from hanging in the
cases of Gordon and Anderson. None
of the lynchers are known. They all
came from a distance.
ENCOUNTER WITH MARSHALS.
Fight With
t'nlon Men
District.
in the Jellito
Cincinnati, Sept 17. A special
from Oswego, on the Knoxville & Ohio
railroad in the Jellito coal mining dis
trict, gives an account of an encounter
last night between eight United States
marshals and the striking miners.
Yesterday nonunion miners were put
to work and trouble came lust night.
A mob came marching towards the
company's store. When they were or
dered by the marshals to halt, the
miners answered with oaths. They
were then ordered by the marshals to
leave the property, which they refused
to do. The marshals took refuge in a
blacksmith shop and fired upon the
mob. The miners retreated but re
turned the fire with their Winchesters.
None of the marshals are hurt, but as
to the miners, the facts are not known.
The marshals fear serious trouble and
have asked for assistance.
The ooinpany which controls
tn
amber product of Prussia pays $160,
000 annually to the ttate for the privi
lega. - s,
A Resume of Events in
Northwest.
the
EVIDENCE OF STEADY GROWTH
Mewa Gathered In All the Town, of
Oor Neighboring States Improve
BientKoted In All Induatrlea Oregon.
Six hundred cases of big salmon were
......
cannery, at Nelmlem
. .
aet week,
Mr. Stadleman, of The Dalles, has
received news of 8,000 boxes of prunes
shipped to New York. The prunes
were sold at from 40 to 60 cents.
Helix, in Umatilla county, is hav
ing a bit of a boom. A good many,
sales of town lots have been made re
cently at double last year's prices.
Much wheat is being' piled np in the
warehouses in The Dalles, where it is
waiting the arrival of some man who
wants to pay 80 cents a bushel for it.
The closed fish season ended last week
and numerous wheels were set in mo
tion near The Dalles. Nearlv all of
them made good catches, and the fish
ermen anticipate an extra good ri n
this fall.
Scio has a well-developed case tl
scarlet fever in the family of Frfd
Smith. The attack is a light one, and
is not regarded as at all serious. All
due precaution is being taken to pre
vent the spread of the disease in town.
Professor P. A. Snyiler recently made .
a requisition on the United Stites fish
commission for 2,000 brook trout, and
has received a letter from Commis: ion
er Brice stating that arrangements had
been made to have the fish delivered at
Hood River within 40 days.
The O. R. &. N. is in the market
for 75,000 railroad ties to be used be
tween Pendleton and Huntington, and
next year they will contract for 450,
000. As the age of the tie is six years,
the tie business will be constant source
of employment as long an the timber
lasts in the Blue mountains.
The fish commissioners last week
cast a seine in Lake Wallowa, in Wal
Jowa county, and made a haul of over
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which are a species of salmon. It waa
a bonanza for several Indians who hap
pened to be thereat the time, aud a lew
palefaces reaped a little bene St-also.
There are a good many Indians in
Joseph, Wallowa county, just now.
Indian after. Indian can be seen on the
street with a melon under his arm, go
ing to his klootchmao and pappooses.
These redskins come from the Nei
Perces 'reservation to hunt and fish in
Wallowa country. Phillip, chief of the
Nez Perces, is with them.
The Elmore, Sanborn & Co. 's can
nery at Garibaldi, in Tillamook coun
ty, is in operation again, and fishing is
going on on the bay. The number oi
fishboats allowed to operate for the sea
son is limited to 20, and the price paid
is 25 cents for chinooks and 13 V cents
for silversidea, the extremely low price
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of canned salmon Deing alleged as tne
cause of the reduction.
Heretofore the Southern Pacific Com
pany's tracks, in Douglas county, has
been assessed at $3,500 a mile north of
Roseburg, and $3,000 a mile south ol
that city, but this year Assessor Britt
raised the valuation to $5,000. The
land of the company was formerly as
sessed at 85 cents to $1.25 an acre, an
average of about 72 cents. This yeax
Assessor Britt has lumped the land at
75 cents an acre. The company offi
cials asked to have their roadbed as
sessed the same as last year, and theit
land uniformly reduced to 35 cents an
acre.
Waahlngton.
The Adams county bank has already
paid out $15,000 for wheat shipments.
The county superintendent of schools
in Whitman county has divided- that
county into six subinstitute districts.
The hydro-smelting process of smelt
ing ore was tried at the new plant in
Lakeview, Pierce county, last Tuesday,
and proved to be quite a success.
The Prettyroau schoolhouse, two
miles north of Oakesdale, burned last
week. Nothing was insured, except
the building and on that there wag
only $150.
A petition is being circulated in Seat
tle, asking that the civil-service sys
tem be abolished. The petition must
j be signed
bv 20 per cent of those who
voted at the last municipal election be
fore it can be considered. This means
1675 names must be secured.
a lit; dbnto i ta o ts, aw -v iv( i uu iei jl v. a u
township 24 north, range 11 west, for
charitable educational, penal and re
form schools. The plat selection was
filed September 8, and the plat of the
township was filed July 6. All set
tlers who have not made their filings
before the end of 00 days from July 6
will lose their land. This will work a
hardship for that country, as this is
perhaps the best vacant township left
in the state, and only a small portion
of it hus been settled UDon. No far.
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ther filings will be allowed after Oc
tober 4. ' So that settlers already there
must make their filings by that tim
in order to hold their claims.