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' " m i" ' " 1 ,i. ,. ., WEEK'S DOINGS Newsy Items Gathered fromAI V Parts of the Worl , Of INTCCCST TO 0U2 CCADCfiS General Review of Important Happen' penffls Presented lit Prkf n4 ' "T Condensed Corrru' Kln George ol Saxony, Is deaad. All official advices are withheld at St, Petersburg and the iiple are pre pared for the worst. ,.tJ The St. Frtrrshurg Vovostl admits editorially thaf the ltosiiana have u- leied a telling defeat. Uuasla will rush' men' to the front military authorities believe 150,000 can be transported by April. Kuropatkin must bear the renponnl bility hr the advance, as It is ofllclal'y denied that be was oideied to advance According to Tangier advices evidence has been discovered that the bandit Balsull intends to attempt to captuie another huropean. xeiepuone operators at rortianu are on strike. Hothg sides are 'confident and in the meantime the public is suf fering many inconcvnlences. has ..been caused all through Rursia by the pieilstnt rum ors that the RuHHiah tnury InV-ads to draw upon RumUn church protwrty' in order to replenish 1st war chest. It bai developed that a pouch of mall for vti United ptates culsejr Cincinnati, which was aboard the steamer Celt hw when she was captortd had been open ed while In the bands of the Russian officials, subsequently reseated and sent on to its destination. Fire at Kansas City destroyed piop- erty valued at 1 100,000. The' Rust tans are offering fabulous prices to ahlps to make Port Arthur with supplies. President Fiancia says the St. Louis fair lost $1,000,000 by being foiced to cloie on Sunday. . .. . ... . . . The Rio Grande U still rising in New Mexico . .The river is i now the highest In 20 years. The Duke of Cannausht, brother of King Edward, narrowly escaped death in an auto accident. ' " It is reported from ' St. Petersburg that five Japanese cruisers have been sighted off Vladivostok. The New York Rapid Transit com- pany'a new subway will be opened to the general public October 27. There is renewed anxiety regarding the condition of King George, of Sax ony, whoee difficulty in breathing and general weaknea are maiked. The battle at Port Arthur Is becom ing fiercer than ever. The ' Japaneae have succeeded in placing a mortar bat tery which has the range of the innei fortress. The Japanese are preparing for an for other assault on Port Arthur. The Portland postal receipts tor the Bcal year Just ceded show an increase of $51,000. Hitchcock declares that the decision in the Benson case will not anect the prosecution of the land ring. . John Bairett, minister to Panama, I in Washington, wheie he will confer with the president' about conditions on the isthmus. . . : , .... ' i . A great battle is raging between Llao Yang and . Mukden. The Japanese have again assumed the offensive and the Russian advance has been checked A terrible storm swept the Honduras coast the latter part of September which lasted for three days. Enorm ous damage was suffered, The banana orop is reported ruined Field Marshal Oyama is said to have ordered a retreat to Llao Yang and had it not been for General Nodsu the Jap anese would have been defeated. Oya ma is likely1 to be lecalled and succeed The steamship ;6anley, from sllocg Kong to South Africa, with 2260 cool ies, grounded In the China sea.' "After the ship was floated,. several holes were found in her hull and it was neceseiuy to land all her passengers with provis ions for 10 days. " Aeaittanco,' will 'be lent tbem. ,f , Germany and Russia are "reported to have made a secret agreement. . : t , St. Peterbsurg is confident that Ku ropatkin will relieve Port Arthur. ' Tokio has advices that three Russian ships at Port Arthur have been loBt. v London war experts believe that the Russian advance is just what tho ' Jap anese want. General Funaton, in his annual re pot t, urges an increase in the pay of enlisted men in the army. Labor Commissioner Iloff, of Oregon. reports that the cost of living has . in creased 15 per cent in the past four years. f - . ' The Baltic fleet' has at last made what is declared by the authorities its actual itart for the Far Eaet. From othr sources, however, it is said the fleet is unsea worthy and another post ponement is expected. A daring jail break has been frus trated at the Multnomah county jail. Five prisoners proposed to kill the jailer, but (he plot was revealed by a man condemned to be hung, , who is awaiting a decision of the supreme court. .. .. REGARD D eft AT AS COMPLETE. London Papers Agree That Kuro patkln Mas Shot Ills Dolt. F London, Oct', i? The London pa pers nave to r ly mainly on oiijcial re ports for new front the Far East, but the dispatches thus far received regard a complete Japanese victory assured nd editoralize from this point of view gays the Daily Telegraph: , ' General Kuropatkin has shot bis holt. It seemed to be speeding well oward the mark, yet mjsed It badly fit ha suffered not merely a repulse but adh-aatroui "Wfeat, wliil Jpu's incomparable soldiers nnder Incoropat ibbj geacrah bate added another glori cus page to the chronicle of war and proved that Oyama is stiJl Koropai kin's master in every branch f the ait of war." The Da ly Graphic describes General Kuropatkiu's move as a "gambler V throw," and considers the frank blunt ness of his report to the euipeior st em to apeak the language of a man who has done his best with the bungling advice of some superior agency. f The standard finds Gewial Kuropat kin's dippatch full of tragic meaning, while the Daily'News argues the Rus sian dash southward was prompted by a desperate desire to relieve Pott Artb fir rather than" Vim yAlexleff's malign Influence, theend of which,' in case of the faU'of the tortiets, cannot befartikant;v x ' ' v Spencer WllklnM)lnt the Morning Post, rtiftcursixif itrategia posribilitief thinks the issue will turn npon which eiv'e shall first liecome exhausted by the protraited operations." , : "Tlegrms,. he s, "do no yet reveal the final decision, but they cer tainly do not point to the scale turn ing in Russia's favor. It remains to be seen whether either armv kept larse reserves ready to throw in when it be comes apparent that the forces engaged mve become exhausted." ' COST Or fCEDINO THE ARMY. Commissary General Reports the expenses Reduced to Minimum. Washington, Oct. 15. The annual report of Brigadier General J. F. West on, commissary general of the army, says the total coet of feeding the at my during the past fiscal year was $8,821, 750. During the year the losses were $418,660 in the Philippines; $7,467 on the transports and $120,853 in the United States, Alaska; Porto Ttlco and elsewhere. General Weston says it is difficult and often impossible to prevent losses of perishable stores. General Weston urgently recommends the passage of a bill by congress to give authority to all officers entrusted with the disburse ment of subsistence funds to hold1 re stricted amounts of such funds in their personal possession. : He says the ex igencies of the public service require an open disregard of the restriction of the existing laws in cities where the treaa urer or an assistant tieasurer is located. He urges 'legislation authorizing the sa e at public auction of accumulated subsistence stores In good condition." General Weston says the problem of feeding the army in the Philippines was a difficult one, but "it has been successfully solved, and subsistence affairs in the archipelago are now run with system and economy". , The subsistence department, it is stated, was able to make a contract for fresh beef for the fiscal year. 1905, by which an annual saving of over $140, 000 was effected. The running expense 11, ! . a grauuauy nave oecn reaucta to a min imum, the report save, and a saving of more than $40,000 made in wages of civilian employes alone. Wreckage Trom Troopship. San Francicso, Oct. 15; The schoon er Gotama, which arrived here early this morning from Kurlie island, re ports that on AugtiBt 4, when 40 miles south southwest of Cape Curat, she ighted a roaa of floating wreckage. She made out parts oi a mast; Captain Macomber later succeeded in getting closer to the wreckage, and established that it was from the Japanese troop ship Kinshiu Maru, which was sunk by the Russians laRt April, when 200 per ished . Entangled in the wreckage were number of headless trunks. ' rassnig ui ncuru Kousraoours. New Or'.eans, Oct, 16. -The passing of the negro as a roustabout, marking an epoch in steamboat ing on the Missis sippi, was witnessed by a large crowd of people, who today saw 60 white men. sent here from western and Northern citieB, go to work at the steamboat landings in place o" tho colored men. For years the steamboat men have suf fered from the strikes of negro rousters, who sometimes have demanded as high as $150 a month. Great Dockworkers' Strike Ends. Marseilles, Oct 15 .The coal heav ers vrhc have been on strike for nearly two months have agreed to resume work on the employers' conditions. This brings the great dockworkers' strike to an end. ARMY IN TRAP Kuropatkin Is Cut Off With Tour Divisions. ATTEMPT AT BCSCUC TATAL I . - - Japanese force Will Be Reinforced With Idea of Dealing a Crush--- i ' Ing Clow to the Enemy: Llao Yang, Oct. 17. Thia citr ia In a jturmoil of excitement over the it-port- Droogni in oy wounded soldiers from me rig ni wing i rat japanett army mar uenerai Koroki baa cauabt Genr .1 V . ,. I f - . . . ativuropaiEin in a irap, having cut him of! with four Russian divisoins which he attempted to rave, and now has the RuMian commander isolated and enveloped east of , BeosiLu. 4 The genarai engagement continued all day ..... - yceieraay. ttDMian lossea so far are estimated at 15,000. The JaDaneee cava ai o sunered heavily, but no fig urea are available. aha bearers of the news of the latest Japanese vhtory aUte that Field Marshal Marquis Oyama has ordered vast rnaasee of reinforcements to the as slitance of jGeneial Kurcki to ,enabl him to execute the couoe as Dlanned. General Kuroki is pushing tha Bus 'ian divisions eastward in order tomaki their isolation comph te and toprecludi the poeiibility of Russian reinforce ments reaching them. , .-. , , . . The Japanee are fortifying their po sitions to the north. Another of Gen etal Kuroki's columns ; today captured the Sbaotakan hills to the-south of BenUlaputze alter a series of fierce en- gflgenieiits, in which 1,200 Japanese and neary 1,600 Russians fell. An en tire battery was captured. 1 and now the hills, which mav be railed the key to the Kuaaian left advance, are la. the hands of the Japanese A crushing defeat has been adminis tered to the Russian right by General Oka at Yenli., The entire Russian lines, extending from the Hun river , ti the railroad, were driven back 20 mile with terrible losses on both sides and hut for the awful punishment suffered by the Japanese, General Kuropai kin's right would have been completely crushed. As it is, the flank is utterly disorganized and the Russian command ers are endeavoring to rally their forcee northeast of Changtan. On both aides in the battle raging near Mukden there have been nub losses in killed and wounded as maik the content one of the bloodiest bat tles in histoiy. Already the louses at Liao i ang t.ave been approximated. and the indications art that they wilt be exceeded. The Russian advance has been converted into a stubbornly fought retreat. The result, according to the Russians, ia atill to be deter mined. , On both - sidea the soldiers have shown the utmost teuacity and bravery. and whole regiments have gone dowi btfors the fire of the enemy. In offic- ai circles of fet Petersburg there ia a disposition to argue that even should Genarel Kuropatkin he oblidged to re- ire upon Mukden, hia position will be quite as favorable as it was when the order to advance was given October 61 and that, o the other hand, the Jap anese powers of further resistance will have been materially weakened. ' ROOSEVELT PREPARING TO ACT. He Will Soon Address Notes to Pow ers Regarding Peace Conference. Washington, Oct. 17. The president is prepares to redeem his promise to the delegates to the Interparliamentary Peace conference to secure another meeting of plenltentiaries of the powers signatory to the Hague conven tion, ,ith a view to revising and adding to that instrument. o The state department will address separate notes to every government rep resented in the last confeienne, inviting suggestions to the time and place of meeting, and without doubt, in the spirit of caution that is always exhibit ed by diplomats, many of these govern ments will seek to secure an ironclad agreement as to the scope of the con ference. Many limitations are ex pected to be proposed in this way, and it 1b realized that much difficulty will be experienced in eecuiing har mony. - 5 ' 't ' 1 . ... . : Boy Killed to "Work Spell," . Kingston, Island of St. Vincent, Oct. 17. Police investigation into tha mat ter of the murder of a little white boy whoee heait and dismembered hands were found in the house of a' negro sorcerer in the Island of St. Lucia, has resulted in the arrest of a seemingly intelligent negro and and the disclosure of barbarous superstition that survives to a startling extent in the West In dies. The child, it appears, was the victim of the desire of the man now in custody, to "work a spell" upon' the judge of the supreme court t, , I Road tast Nearlng Completion.. , Salt Lake City, Oct. 17, A atretch ci 80 miles is all that intervenes now between the completion ' of the San Pedro, Los Angela & Salt Lake road, which Is to "join 8alt f-ake City and fos Angeles, Cal. Tracklaving from Callente. Nev., has now reached .the Vegas branch in Southern Nevada, whioh la hnt 47 miles from the Cali fornia line The woik from Daggett, Cal. is also be;ng actively pushed. Part of the 80-mile stretch is graded.' Company Declares Dividend. .. ' Chicago, Oct 17. The usual quarter? ly dividend of $2 per share from net earnings was declared today by the Pull man company. The annual statement for the fiacal year ending July 81. snows the net surplus for the year of $3,741,625. . ... , LOSS IS ifiOO.OOO. jTF"f if -s Tire Destroys Three f Business , Blocks. In Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 13 Fire to night destroyed three of the finest bus ineea blocks in- this city, entailing a loss of at - least $800,000. For a time the flames threatened to spread to ad joining buildings, and but for the splendid woik of the fire brigade a much larger money damage would have been incurred The Are started (n the new Pullman block,. which was totally dtstroyed. The Asbdown Hardware company, on Bannatine street, one of the lasgest es tablishments of its kind in Canada, was next attacked by the fiamee. - Many explosions were caused by powder and caitiidges carried in the stock of the hardware company, but no one was in jored. The Bialto blot k and the Great Northern telegraph office were also de etroyed ."There f fa "no estimate of the amount of insurance. '' The Woodbine hotel block and DufTerine block were also badly dam aged. Tha chief sufferers in those blocks were the Slater Shoe company the Gundy Music company, Calder's pbotorgaph supplies, and Raver's sta tionery stock and Connelly,"" dm g. ite electric light and power service was cut off rawing to the fire,... andall newspaper ' offites " are In darkness: Ibe free Press office, in the rear of the BuH man block,1 escaped njury) " JAPANESE GUNBOAT LOST. Hcl Yen Strikes a Mine, and Nearly ' "200 Persons are Drowned. ! Tokio, OcU13, Tha Japanese gun boat Hei Yen struck a mine off Pigeon bay on the night of September 18 and oundered It is officially stated that 197 men were .lost. .Those rescued managed to reach Cbiao Pai island, from which they were recned. Per mission was today granted by the au- rhorities to puhlieb the details -of the disaster. The Hei Ven, which was engaged in uard doty off Pigeon bay, was Baieeed by the fleet, and a search for the vessel as immediately begun. The petty officers and sailors found on Chiao Pai eland reportel that at dusk on Sep tember 18 a storm came up. accompan ied by high seas. The Hei Yen endeav- oied to return to her base,, .when she suddenly struck a floating mine, which exploded under her starboard ' aide amidships. . The vessel began to - sink. and an attempt was made to lower the boats. J The boats were swamped and the, ciew jumped Into the eea, .wLere, owing to the heavy combers, they were quicxly drowned. fV"! f ' Tba Japanese fleet carefully searched the patrolled locality, but failed to find any other survivors. "An official announcement of the disaster, issued today, says: "It is highly regrettable that no re port in any form baa been recevied of tha fate of the -other survivors. The -ad evert was made worse on account of the weather, which must have added greatly to the already awful result caused by the txplo ion of the mine." CAUGHT WITH HIS MOLDS. Secret Service lien Swoop Down on Counterfeiter at Work. , Seattle, Oct. 13. United States Sec ret Service Agent Bell, of this city, to day descended npon a counterfeiter's cabin In the woods nine miles west of Tacoma and captured H. N. 8tone vir tually . in the act of manufacturing spurious United. States half dollars, quarters and dimea. Mr. Bell was as sisted in the raid by a deputy United States marshal, two Tacoma detectives and a special secret service agent who has been working on the case for two weeks. One of the most elaborate outfits ever captured in the Northwest was seized together with the molds, which Fere discovered in a stove, where they, had been placed to dry only a few minutes before. Stone confessed his guilt when confronted with the evidence, but main tained that he was only "experiment ing" and bad not actually put any oi the counterfeit money into circulation. .' Tho cabin in . which Stone conducted hia operations is located in a dense swamp, entirely removed from - human habitation. .It is cohcedtd that, it would hardly have been discovered had not the secret service officers secured ' a clew in Seattle, where a considerable part of the layout was purchased. ' Admirals of the Baltic fleet. ' St. Petersburg, Oct,. 13. The Official Messenger has announced the appoint ment of Vice Admiral Beiobrazoff , com mander of the first squadron of the Pa cific fleet, to he senior admiral of the Baltic fleet, and of Rear . Admiral Haupenaval commander s,t the ; Port of Vladivostok, to be junior admiral of the Baltic fleet. Rear, Admiral Greve will eui-ceed Rear Admiral! Hanpt as commander at the Port of Vladivostok. Admiral Jessen will assume command of the first Pacific squadron. ' V . Predicted China Wooid Profit, London, Oct. 13 The Times today publishes the summary of a letter al ieged to have been written by. Li Hung Chang shortly before hia death, pre d'eting that -little harm would come from allowing the Russians to hold Manchuria, because it would lead, to war between Russia and Japan, and then China, Jby espousing the winning side, would be able to, recover . Man churia. Russians Hold Railways. Mukden, Oct. 13. The' battle com mented this morning along the line of the railroad with a terrific artillery fire on both sides. The railway' line al most to Yentai is in possession of the Russians. , . OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST PEED PROM EASTERN OREGON. Willamette Valley farmers forced , to Buy This. faff. ba lem To rel leva a - very bar feed market valley dealers aie importing Eastern Oreg- n barley, bran and chop, to De aoia to the val.ey farmers. Ow Ing to the great scarcity of oats, that article is selling at $30 a ton and higher, with very little to4 be bad in the . local marketl f ' theaters .are . ins porting to Salem alone about eight cars or leea a week. With this movement so soon after harvest, it is expected that much heavier shipments will be made when winter weather sets In As a means of fuitter relieving the sit uation the Southern Pacific has been appealed 10 for a gpecial reduction in freight rates on feed shipped.. ioJor valley livestock. The principal feed imported ia rolled barley, which cornea here from Port land, but is grown in Eastern Oreaon. This feed costs the farmer $27 a ton, and as a ton of it ia worth more for stock generally than a ton of oats, the barley ia being purchased by farmers who must buy feed of some kind. Dealers say - that barky at $27 ia $5 a ton cheaper than oats at $30, hence the , Eastern Oieg n feed can be brought in to the advantage of valley hraiiri. Owters of driving horses muat have oats for 'which they ray $30 a ton, and dairymen are buying chop at $20, bran at $22.50 and shorts at $23. -.- As a rule, grain farmers have - feed enoogh for ; their own needs, but have none to sell.. Fruitgrowers, bopgrow- ers, a few stockmen and some grain farmers are the heavy buyeis of feed. They have been accustomed to buy from their neighbors who raise grain, but tbit year the grain farmers have little, if any, feed to tell. A great many farmers who have a few -head - stock will be compelled to buy more or less feed, but they will not fonstitute the heavy buyers. Eastern Capital Scared by frauds. Medoid B. IL. Harris, who baa re turned from a trip East in the inter ests of the proposed railroad to the Big nutte country, states that he can gm no definite information as to the ores ent condition of affairs until the engi neers esumaif s ana surveys are com pjete. j.ue estimates, ne reports, are to be rushed to completion at once. He says that there is a marked relut fc.n -e on the part of 1 Eastern investors to go any further into Oregon timber on account if the many "lan I frauds" of which the Oregon newspapers have laid such stress. I . V J w 1 v Pushing Development Work Med ford The company headed by Colonel T. Wain-Morgan Draper, of San Francicso, which purchased the Monumental mine from I. -L. Hamil ton, H W. Jackson and C. B Baker, oi Medford, in the Shelly creek; district, several months ago, made the last pay ment of $25,000 on the property sever al days ago and are pushing the .devel opment of . the . mine rapidly . ' lhe now have 45 men at work blocking out ore, erecting buildings and doing other work for the installing of a 200 ton smelter at the mine. J A, ) f Little 42rce Timber Burned. Oregon . City Supervisor .JLdolph Aschoff, -of the Cascade forest reserve, has removed his headquarters from Hood itiver to his home near Marmot. Clackamas county.: and haa established telephone c nn ctions via Sandy. ! Mr. Aschoff reports that while there havf been a great number of forest fins dur ing the summer, tew proved at all seri ous.while but little green timber was destroyed. As a rule the fires were confined to tracts of dead timber. ' ' 1 Sugar Output Large. e" La Grande The sugar factory is run ning day and night with a full comple ment of men. It will run longer and make many more tons of sugar this year than in any pievious year. 1 The season for beet, growing has been an ideal one'.. ' The yield per acre eceedt any previous yea-, and next year will ee A ve-y laie iucieara in the. acreage throughout the entire" county. t ' Woolen Mills Busy. Pendleton The Pendleton woolen mills are manufacturing a new line of goods this... season workingmen's blouses and smoking jackets. The lat ter are manufactured from Indian robes of unique- patterns. Although the mill has been manufacturing these garments Bince September 1, only three are on hand, the demand being so great. Moie garment workers will be employed later. , fJ , . . .. Lighting Plant for College. McMinnville College, McMinnville A new vapor gas plant for lighting the main college building and for use in the laboratories has just been installed and is now in ' use. The plant cost about $400, which was subscribed by the people of McMinnville. The sys tem will probably be extended to the gymnasium to light that building tor the evening' classes in physical culture Big Tract of Timber Sold. . . " Astoria The sale of another large tract of timber land in Clatsop 'county has been closed recently, but the price paid is not obtainable.' Deeds filed for record show that Horace Irvine, of Minnesota, has sold to the Nehalem Timber company 5,288 acres in the southwest portion of the county. The consideration named in the deeds ia $2. J .AAa4aa.aaaAt A U JAaaaaaaAffa DISCRETION WITH DIRECTORS. State School Superintendent Kecom ... mends Change In Law, , Salem In hia annual report, now in tha hand of tha state printer, Sa perintecdent of Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman, recommends to tha leg- " ialature a change in the language of the echoed law so as to place upon . r ' tions 8,330 th construction which Judge Hamilton gave it in hia decision. Subdivision II of that section provides lt"t tb Rectors of a school district rnay7' transit rgpupiiti em mm dim. trict to another upon the parenta fling petition, etcJ and, Superintendent Acker manjjaa always believed that tha word ''may" in thia aection left tha matter discretionary with the school board. 4'? A question having arisen, the matter was leferred to the attorney general, who held that the parents have a right . to have the child transferred and that may'J means "must,'? Superintend- ,, ent Ackerman accepted tha attorney general's ruling but recomended that ' the legislature insert after the; word may" the words "at itr diseretioa." so that there could be no doubt as 4 to the construction to be placed upon these ' words. The decision rendered by Judge Hamilton" gives the words the constric tion desired by Superintendent Acker- . man. ' , Appointed by the Governor. Salem Tom Richardson, of Port land; A. B. Wood, of Cottage Grove, and, J W. Bailey, .of Portland, have b en appointed by Governor Chamber lain as delegatea totheTraas-Miasissip-pi Commenial congress, which will meet In St. Louis October 25 to 29 in clusive. Mr. Richardson is manager of the Commercial club, of Portland, and Mr. Bailey ia state food and dairy com missioner. Mr. Wood and "Mr. Rich ardson'and Mr. A. N. Solia, of Ontario, have been appointed deleatea to tha National Irrigation convention to be held at El Paso, Tex., November 15 to 18, inclusive. ISO Sacks per Acre. ' Echo Peter Sheiidan, who resides at the month of Butter creek, 16 miles west of here, is harvesting 15 acres of potatoes. , Mr. Sheridani says the field is yielding 150 sacks to the acre. He has already disposed of several "lion-"' dred sacks and will piobably keep the remainder until spring. A resident of the vicinity says that last season ha raised 243 sacks to the acre without T irrigation.- Mr.- Sheridan's field waa net irrigated, hut ia situated on the bottoo. of the valley through which Butter creek flows. Heaviest freight Traffic Known. v . La Grande Freight . traffic waa never known to be so heavy in Eastern Oregon as at the present time, and it Is mostly ue to the increase in tha shipment of wheat to the East and the resumption of "the large lumber " milla also adds to the- volume.: There are many etxra trains run out on tha La Grande division daily, and there is but a few hours' rest for the trainmen at the terminal stations when they., are , ailed out lor another trip. .: , .1-. -us' ,tHrs :it i . . few Sales of Wheat Made. Pendleton Although the wheat market hovers aiound the 72 cent mark for club, no recent sales of consqeuenca ave , been, reported. Some grain ia Hill being hauled into town mostly barley and wheat for the feed and chop milla. The mills are constantly receiv ing wheat, but the most of the crop ia order shelter." Some of the warehouses ' along the railroad are so full that wheat is piled on the platforms." '., ....... . ' ?s-i :.(:. few. Indians in Pendleton. . Pendleton Seldom in Pendleton are few, Indians seen on , the streets. Searly all of the residents of the reser vation are in the Grand Rohde valley harvesting the beet crop, in the Yakima valley picking hops, or, in the moun tains hunting or fishing.' Until severe weather comes the hunters and fisher men will remain in their mountain oanipe. '':',;iJ ' -is..: - Taking of Chinook Eggs finished. Astoria A letter received at the fish warden's office states that the taking of spiing chinook eggs at the Umpqua hat- hery has been completed and 2, 500,000 eggs secured. The superinten dent expects to secure a large number of silverside eggs later In the season. Advices received from the various points along the coast indicate that the run of fish thus far is very light. " ' Timber Sells at $2.3 an Acre, , . : Astoria A deed has been filed for. record whereby the heiia of the , late., Francis Hood, of Saginaw, Mich, sell to William M. Bray, of Portland, 1, 760.3 acres of timber land located short distances south of Westport and Knap pa, in the eastern portion of this coun ty.; The consideration named is $44, 000, or $25 per acre. . i ' . ' - ' . ' i Northwest Wheat Markets. Portland Walla . Walla, 8182c; bluestem, 85c valley, 85c. . Tacoma Bluestem, 86c; club, 82c. ' "' Colfax Club, 70c; bluestem, 75, i i 1 i i it , i i. 4L .. i: jai-.j