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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
ASSESSMENT TO BS COLLECTED,
JffJamath Wtr-Uers' Association Will
Assert Its Corporate Power.
Klamath Falls. Directors of the
Klamath Water-Users' Association at
recent meeting instructed their at
torney to proceed to enforce the colleo
tion of the assessment from the delin
quent members, after giving reasonable
notice that such action would be taken
if payments were not made at once.
About 120 of the-520 member are de
linquent, averaging about (7 for each
teck&okler thus derelict, and the asso
ciation will bow assert its corporate
powers.
Books of the association closed since
January 1 have been reopened for sub
scriptions, but landowners will here
after be obliged to par an enrollment
fee or penalty of 50 cents an acre in
order to become stockholders.
Land Office Collections.
Salem. Secretary Brown, of the state
lanM board, has turned over to the state
treasury cash received in his office for
the month of April as follows: Com.
' mon school fund principal, payments on
certificates and cash sales, $23,467.61;
common school fund principal, payments
on sales of lands acquired by deed or
. foreclosure, $907; common scnool fund
interest, payments on certificates,
$3,633.S"; common school fund interest,
rents and payments on sales of lant
acquired by deej or foreclosure, SlS4.55j
agricultural college fund principal, pay
ments on certificates and cash sales,
$1,379.23; agricultural college fund in
terest, pavmenta on certificates, $291.76;
total, $30,164.04.
Fire Risk Increase at Eugene.
Eugene. Several months ago a repre
sentative of the board of fire underwrit
ers of the Pacific visited Eugene and
announced that nearly all the business
houses of the eity were improperly
wired, and were not cp to the standard
set by the code. Effort wu made by
owners of buildings to have defective
wiring made right, while others disre
garded the notice. Now comes the in
formation to fire insurance agents of
this city that insurance rates have been
advanced on account of defective wir
ing. The average increase is 50 cents
per $100. The announcement has creat
ed a stir among property holders, and
steps will be taken to secure better
wiring.
Examinations for Forest Service.
Eoseburg. Examinations will be held
at Eoseburg, Ore., May 14, for the posi
tion of forest ranger. Aspirants for
positions who have not filed applica
tions for examination with the United
States commission at Washington should
file at once with S. C. Bartrum, forest
supervisor at Eoseburg, from whom ap
plication blanks may be secured. The
positions are under civil service. Ex
amination will be alonir practical lines
relating to forest patrol. Men between I
?i una 40. of anting hoitilv vendition, ar-
eligible. Civil service examinations forler Ju,y 2 ei8n dy before the eo li
the position of forest supervisor will belvenin of the Chautauqua. No steps
held in Portland, Astoria, Baker Cityinave be tk by the people of Ore-
and Eugene, May 18.
Salmon in Grand Sonde.
La Grande. Superintendent Allen, of
the Wallowa salmon hatchery, was in
La Grande recently, and stated that the
hatchery released a few days ago
3,000,000 fry and about the same amount
' will be ready to be released within a
short time. Operations at the Wallowa
hatchery so far are considered satisfac
tory. Salmon have commenced jumping
in the Grand Bonrle river at Oro Dell, a
mile above La Grande. The salmon,
which in the early history of the valley
came up tbe river in abundance, have
for tbe past number of years almost
entirely disappeared. It is now hoped
that the hatchery will be tbe means of
restocking the river.
Improve Orchard Tract.
La Grande. The Red Apple Orchard
Company, which owns a large tract
about three miles north of town in the
foothills, is planning extensive improve
ments. About seventy-five acres will
be cleared and the ground put in con
dition for the planting of apples. There
is already a large area of growing trees,
including fifteen acres of 12-year-old ap
ple trees and forty-five acres of 2-year-old
trees. There are five or six springs
located on this tract, and it is the in
tention of the company to enlarge some
of them, forming a lake, which will be
stocked with fish.
Scouring Mills Sesame.
' Pendleton. After being shut down
since last October the Pendleton scour
ing mills will resume operations May 14.
The mills are now being given a thor
ough overhauling- and will be placed in
first-class condition by that time. W.
M. McDonald, of Boston, has arrived to
take charge as superintendent.
Plant Big Orchard.
La Grande. W. Lyman and L. Old
enburg have finished planting an apple
orchard of ninety-five acres near Im
Ller. There are 4,500 trees of three
varieties, including 2,500 Borne Beau
ties, 1,000 Ganos and 1,000 York Im
perials. The balasce of the tract, about
sixty acres, was planted in potatoes.
Expect Heavy Fruit Crop.
La Grande. Grande Bonde growers
report the fruit prospects flattering for
this season. It is expected that the crop
will be twice as large as any previous
year, and that there will be at least 500
carloads shipped from this valley. The
apple and cherry yielde will bo very
large. ,
8IIEEFMEN FROTEST.
Oregon Men Not Satisfied With Allot
ment of Wenasa Reserve,
rendleton.Shcepmen, of Umatilla
county have mado vigorous protest
against the action of forest reserve ofti
cials at Walla Walla in standing by the
atlotment recently made of the range in
Nenana, reserve. A remonstrance from
Umatilla county has been filed with
D. B. Shelter, forest reserve superin
tendent at Walla Walla.
Facts and figures sre given In tun-
port of the contention of Oregon stock
men, inese in su balance are as fol
lows: Of the total land in the reserve,
00,000 acres, wore than halt lies in
Oregon. Only 33,357 Oregon sheep wcrsl
atiuuuea to mo reserve, wnerm ij,wu
w asiuogton t&eep were allowed. To add
insult to injury, 63.169 of the Washing
ton sheep were allotted to range in this
state. No Oregon sheep were allotted
range in Washington". In scaling the
number to be allowed in the reserve the
Oregon men were cut down 50 per cent,
while the Washington men were allowed
practically all they assed.
It ia held by the Oregon stockmen
that forest reserve rules were violated
by the manner in which the reserve wst
allotted. The rules specifically provide
that in allotment of range in reserve,
stockmen of the state in which the re
serve is located shall be given prefer
ence.
Accompanying the general remon
strance were affidavits from twenty
sheepmen of this county, setting forth
claims to land in the reserve allotted
to Washington men.
JOHN DAT PROSPERS.
Feople Flocking to That Section from
All Farts of Northwest.
Baker City. Many people front ever
the Northwest sre flocking through Bak
er City on their way into the John Day
country to take up timber claims. A
lew days ago n party of -Idaho people
went to Sumpter en route to the timber
bolt, and another party went from this
place.
tor the past tbree months1 timber
seekers have come from Western Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, and mneh
valuable timber land has been located.
Last week two parties, one of eight
and one of five people, went out. These
were Idaho people, wbo were evidently
satisfied with their locations, as the
last party which passed through here
was composed of friends of the former
company. All are from Genesee, Idaho.
July Fourth at Chautauqua.
Oregon City At a meeting here of
the board of directors of the Willamette
Valley Chautauqua Association it was
decided to hold suitable exercises at
Gladstone Park, July 4 next, in cele
bration of Independence Day. The
grounds will be thrown open to eamiv
gon City towards celebrating this annl
versary, and all will probably unite in
the celebration that is planned by the
cuauiauqua Assembly.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Clob, 7172c; bluestem,
?273c; rtd, 6970c; valley, 70c.
Oats No. 1 white feed, $27.50(328;
gray, $27 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.50(824 per ton;
brewing, f2424.50'; rolled, $24.50(3
25.50.
Hay Valley Umothy,$1213; clover,
$7.6008; cheat, $67; grain bay, $7
8; alfalfa, $12.
Fruits Apples, $23.00 per box;
strawberries, $1.25 1.65 per crate;
Oregon, 20c per pound.
Vegetables Asparagus, 75c$1.26
per box; cabbage, $2.853.00 per
hundred; cauliflower, $2.25 per crate;
celery, $5.00 per crate; head lettuce,
25c per dozen; onions, 1015c per
dozen; radisher, 20c per dozen;
rhubarb, 3(34c per pound; spinach,
90 per box; parsley, 25c; turnips, $1
1.25 per sack; carrots, 65 (3 75c per
sack; beets, 85c$l per sack.
Onions No. 1, 3c per pound.
Potatoes Fancy graded burbanka,
60 70c per hnndred; ordinary, 50
60c; new California, 4c per pound.
Batter Fancy creamery, 17320c
per pound.
Es;gs Oregon ranch, 1818Jc per
dozen. .
Poultry Average old hens, 1416c
per pound; mixed chickens, 13)(14c;
broilers, 2022c; young roosters,
1213c; old roosters, ll12c;
dressed chickenB, 1616c; turkeys,
live, 17 18c; turkeys, dressed, choice,
2023c; geese, live, 10(311c; geese,
dressed, lOQllc; ducks, 1718c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, 1212c.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1621c; valley, 2426c per pound;
mohair, choice, 28(330c.
Veal Dressed, 8J7c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c pir pound;
cows, 4i5c, country steers, 66c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 88$c per
pound; ordinary, 66c; lambs, with
pelt on, 910c.
Fork Dressed, 7(28Jc per pound.
PARLIAMENT MEETS.
Elect or Russian People Assemble In
Open Session.
8t. Fetersbnrg, May 11. Without a
single hitch ami with only a minor in
cident to mar the memorable day, the
Russian parliament was Inaugurated
yesterday. The emperor's message in
reality was lees throne pecb. than a
greeting, and required onlv three min
ute (or its delivery. Emperor Nicho
las read slowly. Tbe admirable and
even cordial tone of the soverelgu In re
newing bis pledge and asking the co
operation of parliament for the regen
eration of the country was only nega
tively satisfactory.
Courtiers and spectators other than
members ot the national parliament led
the cheering, bat the members were
ominously silent. What rankled most
was tbe failure of the emperor to men
tioa amnesty, and later, when the
members assembled in the Tanride pal-
see, away from the spell ot the throne
room, many of them were with diffi
culty restrained from precipitating
matters br offering resolutions on the
subject. The Constitutional Democra
tic leaders, however, who dominated
everything, were anxious not to weaken
the reply which the lower bouse will
prepare to the speech from the throne,
in which issues with the crown will be
joined, and succeeded in staving off
premature action.
By the irony ot fate, Ivan Fetrunke-
vitch, whose first mention of the word
constitution IS yeara ago was dismissed
by Emperor Nicholas II as "a foolish
dream," today stood In the front rank
of the members of the representative
chamber, while Emperor Nicholas put
bis official seal upon the Russian par
liament. GIVES MANY BRIBES
Inner Workings of Standard Oil Made
Public by Former Employe.
Chicago, May 11. Corruption ot
railroad employee and agents of Inde
pendent oij companies, dishonest meth
ods ot procuring land leases, the giving
ot short measure, the. selling of three
different kinds of oil out of the same
tank and misrepresentations as to the
quality of oil sold, were charged againt
the Standardl Oil company at today's
hearing before the Interstate Commerce
commission. Incidentally, ' it was
charged that the Frisco road gives a
rate of 2 cents a hundred pounds to the
8tandard Oil company when it charges
competitors of that corporation 10 times
as much for the same haul.
The inqnlry was held under an order
ot congress and this session held here
today was along the same lines as that
held some time ago in Kama Citv,
Tbe principal witnesses today were K.
M. Wilboit, of Bpringfleld, Mo., form
erly for ten years agent of the Standard
Oil company at Topeka. bnt now an in
dependent operator; II. C. Detan, of
Fremont, O.; E. P. Ripley, president
ot the Atchison, Topeka and Banta Fe
road, and M. Maxon, a former agent of
the Standard Oil in Illinois.
PUT OVER HEAD OF HART.
China Appbints New Officials to Man
age Customs Service.
Pekin, May 11. An imperial edict
which may radically affect the status of
Sir P.obert Hart, director general of the
Chinese customs and tbe customs estab
lishment, was published today, as fol
lows: "Tieh Liang, president of the board
of revenue, is hereby appointed super
intendent of customs affairs. Tong
8hao, junior vice president of the For
eign board, is appointed associate min
ister of Customs affairs. All Chinese
and foreigners employed in the various
customs are placed under their control."
Both these offices are new creations
in the customs service. Hitherto the
customs have been nominally under the
direction of the Foreign board, but
practically Sir Robert Hart has exer
cised absolute control.
The diplomats here are unwilling to
comment on the edict until its inten
tions and full force are apparent. If it
means a step toward active Chinese
management of the customs, tbe foreign
governmenst are expected to resist it.
London Companies' Instructions.
London, May 11. At a meeting to
day of managers of insurance companies
here involved in the Ban Francisco dis
aster, it was voted to telegraph the fol
lowing instructions to tbe companels'
representatives at Han Francisco: "We
desire a committee to act with Ameri
can companies in adjusting losses in
strict conformity with each company's
separate policy conditions, acting on
legal and expert advice, referring home
disputed cases which involve import
ant principles and doubtful to legal
ability."
Will Make Jefferson Statue.
Washington, May 11. Secretary
Root announced today that Augustus
St. Gaudens had been secured as scalp
tor for the proposed Thomas Jefferson
monument to be erected in Washington.
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Short Order House
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rbh. Oysters and Shed rtsh.
Your Patronage Is Solkked.
JOHN HARRISON, Proprietor
LOST VALLEY LAUD MID LUMBER COMPANY
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FRED WILSON
THE
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Everything New and A GtNTUMtN'S Quality f CI
Strictly First Claw. RESORT . gars, Wines, Liquors.
New Stone Building, West
The Belvedere Saloon
Distributer, for the Famous Mt Hood Beer
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars '
WHOLELALE AND RETAIL
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Main and Spring Sti., Condon, Or.
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riETCHER BROS., Proprietors. j
I Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
I will give you good goods and a square deal, but I am not hero for my i
health. NO DEADHEADS SOLICITED.
I MAIN STREET, CONDON I
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THISTLE BAR
CAMPBELL BROS., Proprietor
Fine Stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
NEW fIRM NEW STOCK NEW BUILDING
North, Main Street, Condon, Oregon.
MT. HOOD SALOON
LADICES & PALMER, Managers.
Finest Brand of Old Wines, Liquors and Imported and
Domestic Cigars carried in Stock. A share of your patron
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MAIN STREET
' First door north from Condon Bam
CITY SHAVING PARLORS
DAVE McBAIN, Manager.
Flrit Claw Workmen, 8nitary Condition, Courteous Treatment not and fVM
Bathi. Belvedere Building, Main and Spring- Btreeti, CONDON7oKkuON.
The Hotel Grande
R. F. MUNROE, Proprietor.
First-Class ia Every Respect
Open AH Night
Pampie Kixima for Commercial Mon.
Firat-CluM Bar iu Connection.
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BANK
Side Main St., Condon, Ortion
James Campbell