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ALL OTHER PORTS
ROSE CITY MAKES GREAT
RECORD IS WHEAT SHIPMENTS
Exported Mora Wheat to February
Than New ud PbJlapni
Combined Irwin Ownhtowl Puot
akmnd Porta Total of MT.'1
Bushels Seat Out More Than One-
Foanh Total Exported ItaB-
.; tire United States. ', !
. Portland exported more wheat dur
ing the month of February than any
other port in the United State. Even
iold reliable New York had to take
a back teat when the Oregon metrop.
... oil sent out I.ITMU bushel and
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Oalveaton
and other prominent wheat shipping
. porta look insignificant when their
records are compared with those 'Of
the Rose City, aaya the Oregon Daily
Journal. '
Comparative figures of exports from
the United States were received this
( morning by the collector of customs
in the monthly report of the depart
ment of commerce and labor and they
indicate Portland's standing . in the
field of exports. The report shows
..' that during February the United
States . exported 8.00S.800 bushels of
, wheat, and of this quantity. Portland
' shipped more than one-fourth. ,
Brats Combined Sound' Shipments.
The combined shipments from Pu
f get sound are about equal to those
from the one city on the Willamette.
It appears, however, that the statis
ticians in the office of the collector
of customs on Puget sound have bol
stered their wheat figures a little
since they show approximately 10.
600 bushels more than statistics fur
nished from other- sources.
- The statistics of the department of
commerce and labor are complied
from reports from the various collec
. tors of customs throughout the land
and when the report credits the com
bined Puget sound ports with having
exported 1.(26,404 bushels wheat dur
ing the month, whereas the Mer-
. chants Exchange of this city main
- tains that the sound ports exported
tut 2,058.312 bushels, It appears as
i ir a serious Diunaer nag own mnue
. by the compilers. The San Francis-
co Commercial News, an old publi
cation, which among- .other things
makes a specialty of keeping tab on
I -wheat shipments from Pacific coast
ports, concurs cioseiy win uie ner
. chants Exchange figures. Half a dos-
p uie aixiercoce in im ugum uu
statisticians here are at a loss to know
how the figure . Jugglers of Puget
-souny are going to account for them.
r Even with the bolstered figures the
Individual sound cities offer no com
parison with Portland in regard to
wheat shipments. . '
Ahead of Eastern Ports.
Portland's wheat exports were 2,
040.197 bushels to Europe, 157.189
bushels to the orient and 82,355 bush
els to the west coast, on which figures
11 agree to the single bushel.
New Tork exported 1.179.818 bush-
els afloat during the same period,
which goes to show that Portland ex
ported more than New Tork and Phil
adelphia combined. Heretofore New
Tork led with Philadelphia a close
second and Portland third, fourth or
fifth.
The report shows further that dttr-
- ing the eight months ending Febru
ary it there has been exported from
the United States 82,914,316 bushels
of wheat and 9,8 8 2,44 barrels -of
flour. During! the corresDondlne? net-
lod a year ago the exports were 6 V
1,14 bushels of wheat and 9.875,
14 barrels of flour. f ,
. t During February of this year New
Tork led in flour shipments with
. 521,108 barrels. Portland exported
. 55,145 barrels and the combined Pu
getsound cities exported 85,58. bar-
' rels. ' .
i COLLECTED 17,000,000 JflCKU
Enormous Bnatnegg Reported by' Spo
kane Street Car Company.
The .Washington Water Power
' company street cars carried dose' to
. 17,000,000 passengers in the city of
' Spokane during the year 1907, says
the Spokane Chronicle. ' This means
, that the street car lines have earned
for the company the sum of $850,000
. .. a nickel at a time, in the year 1907.
seventeen, million passengers on
-the street cars of the . Washington
. Water Power company means .-, that
an average of 46,600 people ; were
given transportation every day of the
... VAAF ' In firiftlnn frt fht- minK.lhiMi.
.sands secured transportation on the
Medical Lake line during ' the 12
months, ' '. ;-v .':'.'
This statement:; Is made from the
i New Tork of flee of Moffat & White,
l ' eastern representatives of the Wash.
ington Water Power company, and
tells with force o the ' activity , and
. prosperity of Spokane. In the New
sTork statement It Is announced the
company is now operating 98 miles
of electrio railway, T miles of which
Is In the city of Spokane.
During the last year, says the New
.Tork statement, the company has fur
nished transportation to 17,249,627
people. ' Counting 149,527 "for' the
. Medical Lake line, that would leave
fully 17,000,000 for Spokane. .
' The statement further shows that
the company has developed 28,000
k electric horsepower, 60 per cent of
-which is in the heart of Spokane. It
also has' 277 miles of transportation
lines, by which power Is sold through
out prosperous territory.? ",-J
The New Tork announcement states
1 In part: -' . ,': C '
"Three Millions Washington Water
7 Power company of Spokane, " riscor-
.ported 1888,. three years per cent
gold notes ifi July 1. 101, du
July I, 1811. , Direct obligation sub
ject to 11,003,00 first mortgage fives
($1.(00.000). No further mortgage
can be executed until these notea
have been paid. Followed by 15,091.
900 stock paying seven per cent divi
dends. "Net earnings for th fiscal year
ending December 11. 190T. were over
four times the present Interest
charges. It Is estimated that
for 1908, with this Issue of notes out
standing, the same rate of net earn
ing, to fixe charges will be main
tained. . .
"Physios! property represents cash
outlay of 8,600.000."
. wa.t cjty park.
Over 1000 Walls, Walla Womte sign
Monster Petition.
The Walla Walla Union says of the
petitions for a city park presented to
the council by the women of that
city. '
Perhaps the best evidence that has
yet appeared of the ' harmony and
unity of purpose or the residents of
this city, for a more beautiful Walla
Walla, is the petition of the Woman's
Park club presented at the meeting
of the city council last evening and
signed by . practically one thousand
members of this club, requesting the
council to take Immediate steps for
providing a suitable water system for
City park, while the grounds are In
a state ,of formation, and-before .he
nower. snrubs and trees nave been
planted, or the- driveways and paths
have been made.
This petition is perhaps the largest
ever presented to the city council -on
any- local Improvement and when
presented at the council chamber last
evening attracted unusual attention,
It measures fourteen Inches In
length, and contains the names of al
most without exception, every woman
who owns or Is Interested In any real
estate In the city. The council con
sidered such a petition, coming from
a body of representative ladles, who
have organised for the sole purpose
of working as a unit for a more beau
tiful city, as worthy of Immediate at
tention.
It la understood that the necessary
pipe for Installing the City park sys
tem will be ordered today and the
work rushed to an early completion
FIGHT THE CORPORATIONS.
Wallowa County Will Slww Timber
Companies a Few Tilings About
Taxes.
Sheriff Blakely and deputies began
Friday to receipt for taxes, $1385 be
ing received that day. The total
would have been swelled over 16000
If something like $3700 In gold coin
had been accepted, says the Enter
prise News-Record. This lovely stack
of the yellow metal was offered by A.
P. Sprague of the Crosgett Timber
company and J. H. Mimnaugh of the
Grand Ronde Timber company for
tax receipts In full:
These companies refuse to pay the
special road levies made a few
months ago in districts 14 and 18. In
district 14 a special road tax of 10
mills was voted, and In 18 a tax of
8 mills. These special levies added
about $1000 to the taxes of the Ctos-
sett company and $150 to those of
the Grand Ronde company. On ad
vice of the district attorney and coun
ty court the $3700 was refused on the
grounds it did not' .cover the full
amount of taxes.
The county being out of debt Is In
splendid shape to stick out. fer Its
rights even' against the big corpora
tions. It is said the Palmer Lumber
company, will make a similar proffer,
and then all three companies attack
the special levies In the courts.
nTT.T.THTn AT EVENING MEAL.
Rescue Party Finds Body of Man
Buried Under Avalanche of Snow,
.- The body of John Rector, who was
burled in the avalanche of snow In
Lowell creek canyon last Wednesday
evening,' was. recovered early Monday
morning by the men, who for the
past three days have been pushing a
tunnel through the mountain of snow
to reach the cabin, says ths Seward,
Alaska, Gateway.
At the time the avalanche struck
the cabins Rector was evidently eat
ing his evening. meaL, The heavy
weight of the. mass of snow broke
In the roof of the cabin as though it
had been paper and crushed Rector
to the floor, killing him instantly.
The body ,was burled ' Wednuesday
In the cemetery north of town.
'- World Exposition for Italy. ,
Baron EdWondo 'Mayor ien. Plan
ches, Italian ambassador at Washing
ton, furnishes, through the depart
ment of state, the. following note In
relation to an international exposition
to be. held at Rome and Turin three
y.-ars hence In commemoration' of the
60th Anniversary ot the proclamation
of the kingdom -of Italy:
Rome and Turin, with the co-oper
ation of ail the Italian provinces, are
making preparations for a 'solemn
celebration of the 60th anniversary of
the proclamation . of the kingdom of
Italy. .,.,.' - ' ...
As a part thereof, the two, cities
have announced an International ex
position which will be held in 1911
under the auspices of his majesty the
king, at Rome in Its artistic and his.
torlo archaeological part, and at Tu
rln In the part which Includes the
products bf Industry and labor In their
various manifestations.
The government of Italy Invites the
participation of the United- States In
the International competition of In
dustry and labor at Turin and of art
and. history at Rome.. ;,.
His excellency the minister of for
eign affairs lastly suggests that' it
would undoubtedly be expedient,; In
order to facilitate the participation, if
It be decided to take part, that steps
be taken here to appoint a commis
sioner general who might, at the pro
per time, communicate directly; with
the - exposition's a. committees on. or
ganization. i
I1ATI01 APPLE
SHI RS 01
COMMITTEE ENLARGES
SCOPE, COMING EXHmmON
Instead of Merely Northwestern Ex
hlbit lbs Gntlra World WU1 ' fit
Asked to Cfisupcte tor Tboacsuuk
or Dollars in Prise WW Fores
Big Corporation With 1100,000
Capital Stock First Apple Boow of
Kind Ever Attempted,
Instead ot being merely a local or
even a nortnwestern anair, me nig
apple show in this city next Decem
ber will be an exhibit of national Im
portance, with apples from; every
part ot the United States entered Id
competition for the highest! prises
ever given In such a contest, -i It will
bring her fruitgrowers from all over
the country, and may be attended by
some ot the greatest apple uu fruit
experts of foreign countries, says the
Spokesman-Review. . ,
Such Is the plan that will be ree-
ommended to the general apple show
commltteo next Wednesday. A spe
cial committee appointed to -formu
late plans tor the incorporation of ths
apple show and its extension- to in
clude more territory, met yesterday
and concluded that far more benefit
would be derived by a national show
than by one to cover only the inland
empire or the state. It wilt be the
first apple show ever held giving
growers from every part of the union
a chance to compete, and will draw
a great amount of attention to the
apple raising Industry ot this locality
and of the state.
To Form Big Corporation.
To carry out the plan, a corporation
to be known as the National Apple
Show will be formed, with a capital
Isatlon of $100,000, and governed by
a board of trustees to Include seven
or nine men. The personnel of this
board has not been definitely decided
upon, but It Is anticipated that on
of the trustees will be Louis W. Hill.
president of the Great Northern rail
road, who has already been requested
by wire to accept a position on the
board. Well known local men and a
number of men outside of the city,
who are Interested in fruit raising.
will be asked to serve. None of the
names of prospective trustees, aside
from Mr. Hill, has yet been made
public by the committee.
Prizes to be offered, the list of
which will be prepared by a com
mittee headed by A. Von Holderbeke.
will be a feature of the show, and a
wonderful display of fruit is expected
as a result of the valuable premium
given. Cash prices and cups will b
given as chief prises, with ribbons.
medals and decorations in the differ
ent classes. It Is believed that $8000
or $10,000 will be awarded In prem
iums. Although plans as regards de
tails of the exhibition are still inde
finite, It Is planned to have as the
chief prize one for the best apples In
America.
Hope to Secure European Experts.
Fruit experts from the great cities
of Europe who have charge of pur
chasing immense quantities of. Am
erican apples, may be secured to act
as Judges, and It these can not act
the best apple Judges In this country
win be brought here
"We intend to develop as a feature
of the show the Importance of the
apple as a national article of food,"
said David Brown of the general com
mittee yesterday. "The extent' to
which this fruit is a part of the Am
erican dally diet will be a revelation
to many. It will open the eyes of the
country to the importance of Spokane
as a center of the apple growing and
shipping Industry. This city Is the
proper home for a national exposi
tion oijne apple Industry."
On the committee, which will re
port next week on incorporation and
enlargement, are David Brown, . Phil
lip T. Becher, Floyd L. Daggett, L.
MacLean and" W. D. Vincent : L.' F.
wiiiiams, chairman of the general
committee, has supervision of the
work. '
.:. dirty stores must go. j
Washington Club Women Take ;Up
Cudgel for Cleanliness. s
Washington club women are start
Ing a movement to cleanse meat shppg
and grocery stores, says the Spokane
Chronicle. , . f .
Mn many of the cities of 'thestate
are markets where " the fresh' meats
are hung in such a position that dog"
ana cats can smell and taste the food.
The conditions are so shocking in
some of the shops- that if the propri-
etors were In states other than Wash
ington they would be prosecuted, It
Is reported. r
Some grocery stores are so poorly
kept that pickle barrels, vegetables
and other stuff stand around where
animals can reach them. ,; , '
, The National Federation ot Wom
en's clubs requested that the state' or
ganization bend Its efforts toward Ob
taining pure food.' Mrs, O. O. Ellis
of Tacoma, is chairman of the tfuro
food committee of the' state organiza
tion and this matter has been turned
over to her, ; -,
Mrs. Ellis has -written to the mem
bers of her committee, who reside In
the different cities of the state, rela
tive to this movement. .A committee
meeting will be held in the near fu
ture, It is stated, and plans will be' laid
for the crusade against dirty stores.
Several years ago the club women
of Portland undertook to get the man
agers of grocery stores and meat shops
to conduct cleaner places and their
work produced gratifying results.' The
careless -merchants at once began to
clean up their places and saw to it
that dog's, and cats were (not rutjblng
their .noses, over the: food. ' . , J ,
As a result the Portland women se
cured an inspector, Mrs, Sarah J, Ev
ans, who now goes around ths city
and sms that dealers run clean
places.
It was explained' that It was not
their purpose to antagonise any on
and they hop to get th merchants
to co-operat with th women in pro
curing pur food.
BEGIN TRACK LA TING.
, - , gMBssassasssBi '- t
Work on CM. and St. P. Starts In
; , . Eaatorn Washington. .. . ,
Work of putting down th steel cm
th Chicago, Milwaukee Bt Fast la
astern Washington, will be started In
full fore next Monday, aaya th
8poksman-Rvtw, when two gang.
with construction trains and two
track-laying machines will begin lay
ing track vast and west from Und,
Wash., where th Milwaukee crosses
the Northern Pacific
A large fore of mn wilt b em
ployed distributing th tie and lay
ing track westward from Llnd to
Roxboro, Warden and Othello, and
eastward to Ralston, Revere and La-
vista, It was announced at th local
offices of th Milwaukee yesterday
tha( within a " days track laying
would begin east and west ot Tekoa.
. The ' track laying will proceed on
th plan of making every point on
connecting lines over which material
can be shipped the headquartors for
such construction work. At Tekoa
the material will be roelvd by way
ot th O. R, N., and at Und over
th Northern Pacific
Track laying cast of ElUnsburg, It
Is announced here, will be pushed
with all possible haste. Three shirts
a day are now being worked and th
number of men is being increased as
rapidly as competent men apply for
work, according to local Milwaukee
construction men. Th object of th
rush on that part ot the line la to
provide for hauling th material for
th big bridge across th Columbia
river at Beverly.
The Beverly bridge will be $000
feet long. Of th 1$ concrat pier
on, which th steel superstructure will
rest, 11 are now completed and th
remaining four ar being built Four
of the big pier hav their founda
tion 10 feet below the level ot . th
river. The central span is $75 teet
between' th piers and the lower part
ot the superstructure Is high enough
to allow boats to pass, obviating th
necessity ot having a drawbridge.
The Chicago, Milwaukee It St. Paul
Is laying 90-pound steel on 9x8 ties, a
construction which la as heavy as that
of any main tin In the country.
BUNDED THE CASHIER,
Bold Thief Vsbs Ammonia With Tell
ing Effort, and Gets Away With
Big Sum.
la one of the boldest and ' most
cleverely. executed robberies ever
pulled off In this city, a lone holdup,
using ammonia as his weapon, last
night blinded Miss Emma OUen,
cashier at the Star theater, and Miss
Etta Sullivan, a friend of the former,
with the drug, and entering through
an opening he had out in the wall ot
the box office, seized a bag contain
ing the day's receipts, and mad his
escape, says a Tacoma dispatch-
Miss Olsen was about to leave with
her friend and had placed the bag of
money -on a chair in th bos office,
Unconscious that a . robber had pre
viously cut a hole three feet long and
18 Inches wide In th wainscoting at
the back of the office, and was tim
ing her movements, the young wo
man was about to pick up the bag
when the robber squirted th am
monia Into her face and' repeated th
dose when Miss Sullivan answered
Miss Olsen's cry.
In their helpless condition, the wo
men were unable to prevent the rob
bery.- With , a bound, the - robber
came through the opening n the wall
and made his escape the 'same way.
He had entered through a door at the
rear of the theater, walked under the
theater floor to the front of th
building and waited for the psycholo
gical moment -to make the strike. He
secured about $400;
CAPTURED DEVILFISH.
Octopus Weighing 117 Pounds Taken
In Puget Sound Waters,
One of the largest octopuses ever
captured in the neighborhood of Ta
coma,. was caught ' Wednesday by
George Maglaeus, a fisherman. The
"sea devil" weighs 117 pounds, has
eight 'arms with myriads -of tentacles
ready for business, and Is the ugliest
rooking monster ever seen here, says
a Tacoma report.' ' '.
- Maglaeus caught It In the Narrows.
He saw the monster as It was skim
ming slowly albng the bottom of the
sound looking for prey.
At first he thought It was the stump
of a tree propelled by; some current
moving along the bottom; but, watch
ing it a moment, discovered what it
was. , For half an hour thereafter he
slowly followed It, and was finally
rewarded by having It take his bait.
He then rowed ashore with the mon
ster trailing 'peaceably behind. There
he got help to drag it out and killed
It with a club..
Orders 14 Carloads Potatoes.
Grocery man J. D. McKennon Is fill
ing an order of 14 carloads of pota
toes for the Missouri market. He has
shipped three cars already and others
will follow- as rapidly as they can be
loaded, - There Is quit a quantity of
good potatoes In the valley that will
have to find an outside market and
it begins, to look a little brighter for
the growers. La Grande Observer.
' Hit by Spent' Bullet, , .
While' watching the raging .waters,
of Grand Ronde a few day ago Prof.
H. J. Hockenberry was th recipient
of a spent ball fired from a 22-callber
rlflo,- which struck him on the ear.
While, it pained' him for" a moment,
he. was Indeed fortunate that be wag
not seriously ;wlnJured.-T-La Grand
Observer, .',"-"" ' -
FERTILE WEST
SAVED GOUflTRY
MOVEMENT OF CROPS
RIGHTED UKE1JNG SHIP
llllUoaM of Wealth In Cmtia Spun
Round Ctrvlo of Trado and Put on
Her Fnc-Trt'tut3ioM Furcns
Jerkin u Uncta Cams WondnrftU
Prosperity Had to Ba Overcoat.
Uk a hug, whirling gyroscope th
gnat fertile west, has brought th
staggering country nterly upright
again. Its billions of nw wealth
from th crops of 1097 hav span
round th otrcl ot trad and their
circuits hav righted th rsellng ship
of finance, as th gyroscope, In Its
recent marvelous developmsnt. Is
found to right a storm-tossed ocean
liner, say a Chicago paper.
Tremendous force wr dragging
down Uncle Sam's wonderful proaper
lty, were Jerking furiously at th na
tion' equilibrium. But th huge
gyroscope kept revolving, even In
creasing its speed. Th farmer wr
paid cash for their wheat, their corn,
their oats and their livestock; th
cotton planters wer paid cash for
their cotton. . Th farmer and the
cotton planters paid their merchants:
th merchants d their wholesalers;
and the wholesalers' check went to
the manufacturer. Th crop had
been "moved." and this notwithstand
ing the fact that only part of the
grain had actually left the farm, thai
the actual shipment of cotton was
only a fraction of the total produo
tlon.
All th crop was not needed slmul
taneously. In fact. It th whole of II
had been distributed at once It would
have overwhelmed railroad, elevat
or and shipping. Think of It: It was
valued at $I.12S.90(,000. tor there
wer $84,087,000 bushels of wheat.
1.691.310.000 bushels of corn, 764,443.
000 bushels of oats produced In th
United States alone, and nowadays
the world's values ar fixed by the
world's supply. " More than 88.200,-
000,000 has been added to th nntur
al wealth as the result of the season's
crop.
Nowadays the telegraph and the
telephone have enabled the farmer to
keep In touch With th price made
on the great exchangee by the world's
supply and demand, and he sells a
suits his convenience and pocketbook
best, for In those exchanges he has
th whole world's bids of buyers and
sellers to rely upon. The offerings
of a dosen producing nation on the
Liverpool and Chicago Boards of
Trade meet the tense buying of the
world In a ceaseless contest ot
strength. Thus a market Is establish
ed that swallows every carload or
tralnload of grain that the producers
of a country or state have to offer.
It Isn't all for Immediate delivery, and
cause no 'plethora nor depression of
prices, JfRI
Always there is cash for th man
with a granary full of wheat or a crib
full of corn, and he can deliver
suits him best, for the market aro
adjusted for a year-round demand
He I not bound by a hard-and-fast
necessity of tossing hi crop Into th
avalanche ot the world's grain pro
duction If he needs cash for pressing
obligations. He probably will not
want to assume the risk of holding
his grain at once because the roads
are bad, or bis horses ar not "up'
for work.
JUSTICES IN THE NORTH.
Alaskan paper Tells What May Hap
pen to Robbers,
The Seward, Alaska, Gateway, say
of the crime ot robbing caches In th
north: (
Th lesson taught the five muhers
who were guilty ot plundering th
Alaska Central : Railway company's
warehouse, should be taken a a hint,
at least, to others who ar going 0vr
thetrall.
Robbing of caches and th unne
cessary taking of goods that belong
to another Is becoming all too com
mon: The result I likely to be.athat
In place remote from town where
legal recourse can not be had to legal
methods to obtain redress, punish
ment will be summarily, administer
ed by the injured party.
The people of Alaska, who have
known hardships Incident to the fron
tier, are ever ready to give help when
It Is need, and that too, without the
red tape of the eaatorn charitable as
sociation wnicn would let a man
starve to death while trying to dis
cover all the antecedents, habit and
tendencies of the man in distress.
Help is given to the man in need
here and no. insulting questions ask
ed. There is no occasion, therefor,
for dishonesty, or for one to tak
what belongs to another with Intent
to defraud. ',
If a man makes good In this tva.
try and is upright in his aealKngg
with others, and has not allow tne
milk ou human; kindness to a'n'r or
utterly dry up,; he will atw' fld
those who ar willing to hl; tn Umei
of need.
PERRY MILLS BalSUME.
Spring Rnn of Big; i;'pmnt Grlma
- I Ron, WW 71 Started.
jTh Grande Rnde Lumber com
pany' mill resp-,mea operations yes
terday In aceo.dance wtth the sched
ule announce-',! tn tnlg paper coupi,
of ., weeks go, gay th La . Grande
Star. Th, miu to not yet runnlni t0
full capity, but will soon ba up to
the old.' output and with an outfit of
machinery that has been thoronchlv
overhauled and repaired during- the
past few months. Hlonlsts, socialists, women and children
.The Grande Ronde v company ha assisted in' raising a beautiful flag
sustained some damak on amount of Hpl at Newberg Saturday. Th pole
th high water. Th dam at Parry
was partlll wrsckod snd a swtlon
ot about 10 ft of th uppr portion
wai wpt wy. Unless thra J a ,
... ki.ii.e ris In th river. whnB
la not considered llkelr. th " V" i
no further damag at Wis point y. y
Th heavlwit loss sustained by th
company Is that of th washing eut
of th losslng railway bridge which
crosses th Grand Itond Just this
sld ot Hllgard. This would not b
such a serlou mttr, lthr, if It wrt
not for th fact that bolh th logging
engineer ar on this tl of th rivr.
whtlo th car ar on in other aid
and th work ot hauling material for
a new brldgs will bs an obtxla td
overcom as thr ar no cam valU
abl for this purpose.
All th man who hav Mn at
work In th camp which bar been
supplying th log for th ear In th
Rock oreek section hav been brought
out and they will fur th next fw
day at lat b occupied with th
work of bringing th log banked
along th river at Hllgard down to th
mill at Prry,
OREGON EPIDEMIC.
Th Press la Informed that a new
ailment h broken out In this elty.
It la called Oregonltla, the person af
flicted being nnn other than our ro
tund friend, Charles T. llunkl. This
disease take th form of an halueW
nation that Oregon knock th sock
oft South Dakota as a plact of abode.
and Is accompanied by an unquonch-
abl desire to talk of young onion,.
new potatoes, asparagus nd straw- Qss f
berries right now when her we hav
our fully matured crop of Icicles and I
snowball. '
Dr. McHluy ha diagnosed this case,
and any that while it is a pronounced
type h believes that there will b a .
radical abatement of the ailment and t
possibly a complete cur "when th
summer dnya are come again," and ' ;
Charley comes forth arrayed in his ,t
white duck suit nd hi sllff-brlm-
med straw hat Ills many friends,
we hop; await patiently (or th an
ticipated chang. Hturgis . D V '
Pre.
FRANK DAVKY IS AI.Ii RIGHT..
A political news writer tn th Or
son lan recently named th editor of
the New as one of (hose republican
who are opposed to statement No. 1.
This la a mistake. Till writer stood
through the entire li-glwlatlve session
of 1908 for the principle Involved In
thut statement th tule ot the peo
ple in voting for United Htulrs sena
tor. In 1900 he became a, candidal
for the legislature sgaln and pledged
himself before the primaries and on
the stump to the support of that state
ment, was elected and stood by It Ha
still stands fur It, having full faith In
th right of the people to rule and
full reliance In the wln.toin. Intelli
gence and patriotism of republicans
to secure a majority ot the polls for
the republican candidal fr United
mates senator. Frank Davry In Har.
ney County News. , .
BIG BEND HAPPENINGS.
Major Young tor the entlra base
ment out of his Sunday trousers on tt
biirb-wlre fence while trying to run
down one of Mrs. Hopkins'' hen for
hi Sunday dinner. Th major went
home in a barrel, An Indian came
Into the office Inst Friday and offered
us seven ponies and a pair nf mocca- -sins
for' our lady compositor. We
hnden't the nerve to cheat even an
Indian, consequently we spurned th
offer. Last Saturday night Skinny
McAllister broke Into th Baptist
church and cut a slot tn the church
organ bellows, putting It out of serv
ice, but Hank Evans saved the day by
accompanying the choir with an accor.' -dlon.
The collection, however, was
damaged considerably as almost,
everybody left the church after th
first hymn was sung. Big Bend Cor.
Rlverton Republican.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
A man by th nam of Thrysk
arrested the other day In San Fran
cIsco upon the charge of being; drssV
and disorderly.' That was alt lrtg- nt
and In accord with the eternal Bits eu
of things. However, a day or so a' ,.',
ward they pulled a fellow by Uh ' namc
of Cash In Sacramento on that .
of having no visible means ot
charge
support
a hobo, in sort. So after i . (hr.T""J
Is nothing In a name.-Buge; n "QuarQ.
Exploring Unknvm kand. '
Consul Wilbur T. Qrsy n r orU
from Tslngtau, tht Novomber
a Russian expttoo. . hea()ed th,
tiaveler CoMi Kos , left Mo,oow
for Centre' Asia. M. Teh,r0ff, a
geologist bf th , M? jacow u,verity.
accompanied tb 7 xpodltlon, and Col
onei Koeloff ig f40Companled by ,our
P T 5' th-' Moscow grenadiers,
. b , JLn'l Klakhta by five
trans-Bar kttl Cjossacks. Th aqulp
jwwjf the expedition ooncluded at
,fsk and Fciakhta, where camels
r horses wr bought At th end
y. December.- the expedition was to
cave jviumria tor Urga and tn UODI
desert. At the Tellow river th expe
dition prop oss to establish a. central
point and m station for meteorological
observations. The places to be, visit
ed are ellther entirely or almost un
known to! European travelers. '
Everybody talks well when h talk
In th wsjy he like, th way h can't
help ,the way he never think of. th
rest Is efjfort and pretense, Th man
who says ('trousers" because h Ilk
to say it, and th man who , says
"pants" b ecaus he likes to say It ar
both good fellow with whom a frank
soul coull fraternize, but th man
who says "trousers" when h wants
to say "iants" Is a craven and a
truckler, equally hateful to honest cul
ture and j wholesome Ignorance. At
lantlo Monthly.
I ' Republicans, democrats, prohlbl-
I 'V1 Hghe pole and la 97 feet Tilgh.
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