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BIO SALE OF GOATS.
Polk
County Smdt Eight Hundnd
Angortt to Washington.
IntleptmWoca Last ftk 700 flo
buck Iambi, lor which good prlct wai
paid, wtrt ibtpptd from ladtptndtnot
to Wyoming (or brtedtng parpoan.
Tbli week BOO lint Angot goatt wtrt
tblpptd from hen to tlitttaUol Wash
ington, Tb goat! wtrt btld btrt ht
oral davt awaiting cart lor tbipmtnt.
llnndrtdi ol man btvt looked at tht
bend sod ll pronounce tt tin flnut
larga collaotloo ol goatt trsr Mo to
tbt Wail. Tht pnrebaatrt tin Car
ton A Llttlajohn, ol Hlelleooom, Wuh.
Tbt goatt wtrt bought op by Bootnbv
4 Ltwll.
Uoat tad ibeep rtlttrt ol Polk coun
ty rt learning that it part better to
raise tbt part brtd than common anl
malt, lor tbt demand lor Polk count
Angorat tad Lincoln and Cottwold
thatp now tietedt tht tnpply. Tbt
Jttddull and Btump abttp and goat
(arms, In particular, havt national
faint, especially since tarrying away
premiums at tbt St. Lonlt lair. Fancy
prlcti art received lor mncnol tbt live-
ttock iblnped out ol Folk lately. At
much at I00 it otlcn obtained (or
ingtt "billy" goat, and at high at 5
pound bat been rtalitti lor tbt bo
balr.
What teemed to bt extravagant In
vestments In Imported tbeep and goatt
Itw ytart ago art now bringing tbtlr
reward.
Tbt goatt last iblpped oat will bt
put on tbt big Mock larm ol Carton A
LIHltJobn, naar 8tallacooni.
"I bona to tat tbt Angora goat bail
nctt ballt np In Wtihlniton llkt It it
in tbli ttata," aayt Mr. Carton. "Wt
havt only aboat 80,000 goatt In Waih
tngton, and wt may juil at wtll hart a
million." '
Coat Mint Bondtd.
Med lord Tbt recently discovered
coal mint on Rim Rock ol Roiy Anna,
tbt mountain aatt ol Medlord, bat been
bonded to tht proprietor! ol tbt Bint
Ledge copper mint, who will put a
forct ol men tuperviied by R. P. Lit
tit, at work running three tonnelt into
tbt mountain to determine tht extent
ol tbt meaaurtt, R. H. Towno, ol tht
Blut Ledge eimpany, having concluded
tht coal wat ol good enough quality to
net In tbt tmtlttr ol tht Blot Ledire
Sir. Townt bat alto made arrangement
to drill lor oil on tnt land boudod by
tbt coal mint people.
Unlverilty Initrtietor Ritlgnt.
University ol Oregon, Engene Pro-
ftor Jamet Ilydt, who baa been bead
ol tht department n( mine! and mining
baa reelgned and will bt at tht bead ol
large mining concern In Mexico.
Froletaor Hyde baa been with tbt nni
verilty lor three ytara, and wat obliged
to letlgii on account o( troublt with tale
yet. Dr. II. B. Leonard nat been
elected at an assistant inttrnctor in
matbematlci. He it UnWtrtlty ol
Chicago graduate, and comet to Oregon
from tbt Unitertity ol Colorado.
Danaturtitd Alcohol Plant.
Portland By January 81 thert will
te located within ten mllea ol Portland
plant manulacturing denaturlied al
cohol, tbt aitablltbrnant ol which will
mean an expenditure ol $100,000. Tbt
plant it to bt ttarted at toon at Uud
lor tbt purpote It tecured. Tbit atate
ment wat authorlied by J. B Laber,
ttcretary ol tbt board ol trade, who
tayt tbt board hat been working on tht
proposition lor tomt time, but cannot
disclose tbt identity ol tht promoter!
'until tht prelim inariei art arranged.
FORTUNES IN ORCHARDS.
Fruit Qrower'i Opinion of Hood Rlvar
Applt Land.
Hood RWtr Tbt price! now made
public by Independent buyer! (or Hood
RWtr Newtown and Bpltaenberg applet
havt rauted rpplt growan to do tomt
figuring. A wtll known applt man,
who It an authority on thlt tubjtct, In
talking about tbt matter, aald;
"At tht price! tbli year lor tht dif
ferent iliet ol Bpitienbtrtt, wbicb wtrt
til, 12.76, II SO and 12.25 per box,
grower! obtained an average prlctof
13.40. Placing tbt yield of 7-year-old
Bpltaenberg treet, planted 65 tract to
tbt acre, at fire boxet to tbt tree, wt
will gtt 865 boxet to tbt acre. A 20-
acre orchard on thia batlt will product
0,600 boxet, which, at tht avaragt
price ol 12.40, glvtt at 116,600 lor oar
teaton't work.
"Tht prleet lor Newtowni to lar an
nonnctd art 12 25, 12 and 11.75 per
box. Thlt glvtt ui an average ol 12
per box. But tht Newtown It mort pro-
line than tbt Hpltaenbtrg, and produce!
ttvtn boxet to tbt tret initaad ol Svt,
giving ui 65 boxet to tbt acre, or 9,100
boxet lor a 20 acre orchard. At can
eaatly bt teen, tbt earning! on a 20'
acre Newtown orchard tbit year at
thiwa prlcat will bt 116,200.
"Wbilt tbett flgaret art large, tbey
art bated on tht yield ol Comparatively
?oung treea which bava not yot reached
their lull bearing maturity. A lull
bearing orchard can bt talely depended
on, I tbink, to product 600 boxtt ol
applet to tht acre, at 1 know ol teveral
In tbt valley that now do It. Figuring
on a bail! with trtet In lull maturity,
and with a large proportion ol tbt crop
competing tht larger tlzev, at it doet
tbit year, it ii not very difficult to de
termine tht profit! ol tbt applt bail
net! In tht luturt."
Two Orttt Holtt Torn In Vttttl at
Point Arena.
Ban Francltco, Srpt. 11. Tht Pacific
Coatt Steamiblp company'! tttamtr
City of Topeka dragged btr wty Into
port at noon today, two great bolet In
ber tidt and tbt men at tht pnmpt.
Tnt iteamiblp bad run on tbt rockt a.
Point Arana la tbt early morning and
bad come wltbin an act ol going to tht
bottom.
It wat 8 o'clock tbli morning wban
tbt vttttl. toond to Ban Francltco
from Eureka crowded with paatengart,
wat eautlouily letting btr way through
a thick log near Point Arena. For tomt
raaton yet unexplained, tbt ligbtbontt
wblttlt wat at illent at tbt gravt, A
ttrong current wat running and tba
grtatatt caution wat being taken aboard
tht tttamtr.
Suddenly with a train tbt tttamtr
impaled btrtelf on tbt rocky ree(
which iuti oat from tbt land at tbit
point, tbt rockt which havt tent a
many good vtattl to tbt deptbt. In an
lnitant tbt pattengeri bnrried in their
night attire to tht deck, bat Captain
Bwanton with quick orden provnettd a
ttriout panic.
Tbt vtatel pauitd a moment tn tbt
rockt, and tban, caught by a great wave,
roit higher in tbt air and tettled high
er np on tbt rxkt. Tbt tituation
looked d pa perate, and life prettrvtri
were leitod and tht lileboatt twang
into petition.
Another treat wave caught tbt thip
and tbrtw her clear ol the reel. Tht
captain manned tht pnmpt, reaaaared
tbt pttetngtrt and brought tba vetstl
talely Into tbt barber. - 8ba thowt two
gaping wonndt and will bt out ol com
million lor a contidtrabia period.
Bttt Harveitera Nttdtd.
La Grande Preparation! art going
forward to ttart tht fall run at tht tug'
tr factory about September 20. Grow
art are anxloui (or a good rain at tba
preatnt drouth will render tbt digging
tlow and nntatiifactory. To gtt mm
dent htlp at tht pretent time it I
gravt problem and lively hustling in
that lint Is being dont. Tbt yield it
to heavy that a much larger force than
uiual will bt required to handla tht
croa. It It predicted that unlet!
more help can bt procured tban tbt
pretent outlook Juitifiet, many torn of
beett will remain in tba ground (or tbt
want ol harveitera.
Will Fight for Damage!.
Eugene Tbt pttltion In tnt matter
ol opening the Lucky Boy road, in the
Blue mountain mining district, to pub
lic travel hai been granted by the lane
county Coinmlmlontri' court. Tbt
claim ol tbt Lucky Boy Mining com
pany (or $1000 damage! wai turned
down, and the attorney! lor tht com
pany atatt that they will fight lor the
amount in tbt court!. They were wil
ling to compromise the matter, and it
ii laid tbey would havt accepted $5,
000. Sella Big Ranch.
Eugene E. J. Crow, wbo baa been
In tht itockraiiing buiinen in the
Spencer butte ccuntry, tlx mi lei touth
of Eugene, lor the paat 25 yean, mak
ing a mcceii ot it aud acquiring 1,100
acrei ol land, has told hli larm to O.
B. Bennett aad W. L. Fields, ol Uolo
' rado Bpringi. for $18,000. Mr. Crow
will reside in Eugene and retire from
actlvt business life.
Studtntt Art Hop Picking.
Chomawn The 450 of the Indian
boyt aad girls at tht school here art
all out picking the hqpi In the nearby
yards. Tht boyi go into camp while
tht girls art in tht care ol tht teach
ers, and come back to tbt ichool each
evening. Tbt tohool management could
havt placed out 1,500 mort girls aud
boyt In tht hop fields ot tht ntlghbor-ibood.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 6283c; blneitem
65066c; valley, 65968c; rtd,088lo,
Oats No. 1 white, $22.50(123.50
gray, $81.60022.60 per ton.
Barley Feed, $20(921 per ton
brewing, $21.60922; rolled, $22.
Rye $1.35 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $27; cracked, $23 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, Mo. 1, $109
11 per ton; Eaitern Oregon timothy,
$12914; clover, $797 60; cheat. $79
7.50; grain bay, $7; alfalfa, $10
vetch bay, $797.50.
Fruits Applet, common, 25950c
per box; lancy, 7ocil.Zo; grapes,
60cll.25 per crate; peachel, 75c 9
$1.10; peari, 60c $1; plums, fancy,
60 9 75c per box; common, 259 75c
blackberries, 5 6c per pound; crab
applet, $191.25 per box.
Meloni Cantaloupea, 25c9$l Pr
crate; watermelon, lo per pound; ca
aabai, $2.50 per doien.
Vegetable! Beans, 697c-, cabbage,
IX 9 2c per pound; celery, 80c per
doaen; corn, lkc per dosen; enema
ben, 18c per doien; egg plant, lOo per
pound; luttnoe, bean, 25c per dozen
onions, 1012ko per dozen; peas,
5c; bell peppers, 12U15c; radishes
10915o per doien; spinach, 293c per
pound; tomatoes, 25o0c per box
parsley, 25c; squash, $191.25 per
orate; turnips, 90c9$l per sack; car
rots, $191.25 per sack; beets, $1,259
1.60 per lack.
Onions New, llo per pound
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 70980c
sweet potatoes, 2o per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25927
per pound.
Kggs Oregon ranch, 2626o per
doaen.
Poultry Average old bent, 139
l4o per pound; mixed chickens, 139
13Wc; spring, 1415c; old roosters
9910c; dressed chickens, 14915c; tur
keys, live, 16921c; turkeys, dressed
choice, 219220; geese, live, 8910c
ducks, 1315o.
Veal Dressed, bU8o per pound
Beet Dressed bulls, So per pound
cows, 4W95Ko; country steers, 698c
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 798a per
pound; ordinary, 596c; lambs, fancy,
808Wo.
Pork Dressed, 78o per pound
Hops 11)08 contracts, 179200 per
pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
16919c per pound, according to shrink'
age; valley, 2022o, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 289300 pound,
TOPEKA ON ROCKS.
ALBERT DAMS
Livery and
FeedStablo
Our Livery Stock la Flrtt-Cltst.
I't attention to boarding Stock.
Your Patronage it Bolicited.
Condon
ANFLOOS KNOWS NO SULTAN.
Berber Chitf Olvtt Short Reply to
Britiih Comui't Protest.
London, Sept. 11. Thi Timet' Tan
gier corretpondtnt tayt there it coniid-
trablt anxitty at tht lortign legation!
and in official circlet regarding tbt
tventt at Mogador. Irom which then
hat been no ntwt tioct tht dispatch ol
September 4, asking for aiiiitanee,
were received.
"Tbt troopt wtro only persuaded to
embark Irom here," tbt correspondent
declare!, "by promise m an opportun
ity lor deserting on their arrival at Mo
gador.
A resident ol Mogador, who arrived
bera by tteamtr, tayt that tht Berber
Chief Anfioot bat captured tbt town,
bai forced all tht Jtwt Into tbt Jewish
qnarttr and it putting bis own people
into tbt vacant bouses. Ont British
subject protected a Jewish merchant,
wbo had refused to abandon bit house
and had been forcibly evicted. When
tbt consul protested and asked Anflool
it ht had tbt saltan's authority, An
Soot replied that ht acknowledged no
ultan. Tbit passenger reports that
tbe entira garrison ol Mogador went to
Annoos, but that apparently no Uvea
bad been lost."
BOARDED BY MEXICANS.
Matter of American Flthing; Smack
Compelled to Show Cargo.
Wtihington, Sept. 11. Tht State
department hat received a dispatch
Irom the manager ol tht Gull Fisheries
company requesting that action bt tak
tn lor the protection ol tht American
vessels fishing in tbe Gulf ol Mexico
"Upon tht arrival yesterday at Galves
ton of tht Hatteras, a fishing smack be
longing to the Gull Fisheries company,
from American waten, her commander
stated that be wat held np by a Mexi
can gunboat August 25, while teveral
miles off the triangular reef in the
middle of the Gall ol Campeche, tht
armed Mexican marines boarded his
vessel and required him to ahow his
papers, and to display a part ot bis
cargo of fish, which be said be bad
caught in the open sea.
It was said at tbt State department
tonight that the case would be referred
to tba solicitor for an Investigation and
report.
Gomez It for Republic.
Manila, Sept. 11. Dominador Go-
mts, at a political rally yeatarday, de
clared that England, France and Ger
many would recognise a Jtilipino re
public. Gomes made tbe above declar
ation in response to a request tor an ac
counting of money collected. It is
further said that the money has been
used in sending cablegrams to Europe
to create a sentiment in favor of a Fili
pino republic and that favorable replies
bad been received. Gomei, late Thurs
day, wai released from jail on bail
Be wai arrested for slander.
Jewish Refugees Coming.
London. Sent. 11. Two thousand
Jewish women and children, Russian
refugees, passed through London Sun
day. They art on the way to flew
York, their eznnnnna beinir nairl hv
the Russian Reliel association, at near
ly all are penniless. Their grown malt
relative! were nearly all murdered in
tht recent Jewish masaaort in Russia.
BPBINQ STREET
Oregon
The Hotel Grande
R. F. MUNROE, Proprietor.
First-CUss in Every Respect
Open AH Kigfit
Sample Roomt for Commercial kftaw
Firit-Clatt Bar in Connection.
ARLINGTON, OREGOX
LOST VALLEY LAND AND LUMBER COMPANY
(1NCOBPOKATED)
If anatacturen of and Deafen la
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Ttltphont Pol, Poata, Wood, E2te.
Ship Up, wr V tlTM
flooring, Id elaw...
Hoiitt Lumber. pr M $n.tO
ITIoorlag, lu ehuM... H.WI
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Five per wot off for aitot cms. Ten per eent off for cut to any one perm bill
ofttMorover. feme ptueend mine dlnount to all md uo discount unleee en tlx
bill la paid. Condon yard ! ot a, b. barker's wareboiu.
f. M. PLITER, Manager
Lost Valley, Oregon
Condon Meat Company
JOHN HARRISON, Proprietor
Fresh and Cured Meats, Beef,
Pork, Mutton and Veal
A SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED
Corner Spring and Orcroa StrC CONDON. OREGON
The Belvedere Saloon
Distributers for the Famous Mt Hood Beer
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
WHOLELALE AND RETAIL
M. H. ABBEY'& AVERY
Main and Spring Sts, Condon, Or.
SUMMIT SALOON
FLETCHER BROS., Proprietors.
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
I will givt yon good goods and a square deal, but I am not hart for mj
health. NO DEADHEADS SOLICITED.
MAIN STREET, CONDON
Stewart Campbell
Jamea Campbell
THISTLE BAR
CAMPBtlL BROS Proprietor t
Fine Stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
NEW FIRM NDY STOCK NEW BUILDING
North Main Street, Condon, Oregon.
J. C. HARDMAN
J. E. RAMSAY
CONDON LIVERY BARN
V HARDMAN & RAMSAY, Proprietors
Special Attention to Teamsters' Trade. First-class Livery
Service. Hay and Grain for Sale
CONDON
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First Claia Workmen, Banltarr Conditions, Courteous Treatment, Rot and Cold
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