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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1908)
i I 1 1 'J, 14 :f. ft tWDS Bit MINIDOKA P1WJK4JT TO V. OPEN ABOUT JULY 1,000 Acres of 1Ui ftacnwh iLandfu kuulJiera Idalx to lie ' Thrown 0MW tt HUmH TI)U Year-rnnou Kleotrio Power Ptat M in it Imiuilnl Mid lOnctrlo 3e.it Will i vtt lite Projwt. Pf- Boise Capital New says of ths ijr f tn, Minidoka government ' if projoct, in southern Idaho: " b turned Irrto th canal south (Id section jjuct, which In gres of land, un f tha government year. It la con at all tha work ''A tlma, which 'ha contract, f men and ulhllng or (on of tha ille from T who pa no if aav- d land ka pro , general Isctrlcrty, f electric j Intervals tM used to ewer canala and turn It lll ba con- which water 4 tha land, newest feature jrn inaho and I id toward aov Irrigating those jated ao high above a that they have In vorthlrsa except for isrs, and considered Im atr. Joka project la ona of tha luntlnl of Ita kind ever at .a In Ihla state and being built tha aama line a that of tha ,,itla-!lolM project. It will Irrigate wmulwted, 70.000 acrea of lomi bent land In tha atute. About . thla amount la already undar r nnd la Included on that part of j project which Ilea to the north i tha Hnake river. In the center of thia tract are a number of thriving town namely, Ru pert, Mlnldloka, lUyburn, Jackaon and Acequln. itupert la located In tha center of the tract and therefore all ' the other towna Are tributary to It. tr are few towna of any Import ance on the south aldo of the project a:' tha present time, but It la expected M tht aa anon" aa the water la turned on ' v , communities will rapidly aprlng up. ' 'Will (ieMM Unat Nnw. .. Ona .-f the bluest electric nowar plants ar erected In the state la now fe'i- .'-vtt.'the course of cnnHtruellnn 11 miles V ' northeast of Rupert on the Knakc 1 ', It la estimated by the government engineer that 50.000 horse-power ran f.'be generated at thla point of the river mi ini inia win ue sumciem 10 rur- nUh power for light, transportatlou ' L'1a,ni fuel to the varloua towna on the tract aa wen aa to every ranch houae, and a1o auppy power for tha opera tion or in electric pumpa to elevate the waUf?to the land located above the iraoirs $i ",lC.tn ?na a Jtd 'jut aoo vl'iroperton iC.ino f"1" or ine government ma power win Da transmit anon aa tha power plant and plana will be Im '.-.j.twedlately. taken up to build electric ;.rllfnm over, both sides of the river. It . J lo may be poaiilble to tranamlt pow ' A tn nnlntfl nutiiMa nf th trart Over 1200 Vtamav .'inera are. Ji"u larma oi ine regu latlon unit 4f 40 and 10 acrca on the . jiofin iaa yf " a ln" un" wl" J'he yiemf rf thoia farma aet out on .4t.anetjjZi4le. . The ranche on the i JqerthjM'M are all occupied and farm' j?l ad- JSy. .'eaaturnera who recently came igvto tne (cot9ury eager to ODtain mnu ji-wnion la waterea Dy ine government ifrojeot," t .J jf ,'Many 6f Ihe farma are modern tn Hwvery V3l. Ilald ' H'every respect and the nature of the which la of volcanic ash under with fine annd, makes It possible ' I" "through Irrigation, to produce mar ' "velously" large crops. By dry farming 'alone one of the ranchers of the tract raised CO. bushels of wheat to the acre and It Is claimed that this will give om ,lfa of the. amount of wheat .jP:ft . eWbe raised on Irrigated land, "CT'T UP YAKIMA RANCHES. Old Farms Are Being; Sold tn 10 i Aero IVuH Tracts. The ft' 1 of the old established stock raivclKtOf the Naches valley ha boon up into 10 aore tracta and is pit 'he market today, says the YiU K 'Republic The ranch; Is that krt :Qis the-Mortord place. It has r been purchased by C. - S J E -j nd the Yakima Commercial 1n. "Jy , or years thla land haa yielded . .indant crops of hay and other farm i,r idurts ot the more staple variety. Now it s to give homes to many peo ple Instead of being owned by. one ' iliirtjr, - The ranch comprises 10 acres -Trf the best farm property In th Na- r aViam wallAU ' T la attiittAit hv the Yakima . & Valley railway and is In close proximity to the lower Naches school house and ohuroh. Farmers of. tha Naches are Jubi lant at sight of the exit of the old hay and stock ranches. It means that aTSthetr valley will be doubled In pop ulation and that the country will pre- sent a vale of small and well kept homes. . . This Is the second big tract the Commercial company has platted ln ths Naches valley during the last year, ' The other tract was the- old Fechter A Janeok ranch, . It was not, IPC hops, but Ilk mort of th othtr hop land of Yakima valley, It ha glv an place to fruit railing and farming on a amallar but mora profitable cat. WANT CHKAPEH CAMS. Canaxn'a racking Outniaiqr Uacfca Ito IW JVotn lUUroad Charge A Salem dlapatcb aayi: Th Caraten Packing company of Tacoma ha communicated with th railroad oommlealon to eollclt tha aid of tha commlaalon of thla atat In -curing1 mora favorable rate fr live- lock batween California, and Waah Ington, Within tha Mate of Oregon and Wnihington th railroad will furnlah tlngla-deokad car for livestock with out aitra charge If doubla-decked car ar not available whan th order la received. Tli la advantage la atao grant- ad between California and Oregon. probably bocaua of th Oregon-Call-fomla ayatem of th Southern Pacific, for It la not a general rule In Inter net oommerc. Tha rule doe not exln a between California and Washington. Thla U very much In favor of Oregon pack er, bacauaa much Uveal ock la brought to both Wellington and Oregon from California. An extra charge I Im posed If It la aeceeaary to ubtltute two lngle-dack car for onu double deck ear. Tha Waahlngton packer want the Oregon railroad commlmlon to aealut tha Washington commlaalon In bring ing th matter before th Interstate commerce oommiaalon ao that tha rule of aubetltutlng alngle-decked ear for double-deckera without extra chargs may prevail In all Interatata carrying. NEW ROADS VOH REHEItVATION. Yakima ImUaiM WUI lUve tM Mllr of New Illghwaya, County Engineer Wclntyr haa made a plan ihowlna; a new ayetem of road on Ihe Yakima reservation and when a map haa been drafted It will be aub mltted to the department of the In terior for approval, aay th Yakima Republic. The plan provldea for II mllea of roada along aeotlon line and covering practically all of tha territory of the reservation which la, or eventu ally will be Irrigated. At preaent the road on the reser vation are but SO feet wide and the county authorities ar anxious that the roada be widened out so aa to conform with the other roads of the county which are (A feet In width and which ar laid out on section linns. It Is considered that tha change should be mad prior to the opening of the res ervation, . which I expected next spring. If not, the change la likely to Involve troublesome and expensive condemnation proceeding against white settlers who may purchase hold ings and who would resent having to give up strips of their land for road purpoeea. The plan outlined by the county en gineer, meeta with th approval of Superintendent Jay Lynch, of the res ervation, and he will recommend Its adoption by the department. CONVICTS ESCAPE. Trnsty Takes Advantage of Opportu nity to Ron Away. Richard FrlUch, a ona year and a half man at the penitentiary, made a successful escape yesterday afternoon about (:I0 while having the liberty of a trusty cleaning up the premises ot the superintendent's cottage Just outside the penitentiary fence. When last seen, Frltsch was steady at his work, and Just how he man aged to slip out. of sight of the off! clnls cannot be learned, and owing to the fact that he waa a trusty, no guard was deemed necessary, which advan tag he took advantage of. Several of the prison employes were scouring the circus grounds last evening In search of the fugitive, and Warden Curtla took the second train out of here about 10 o'clock for the purpose of keeping a thorough watch in case the escaped man should be on the trains leaving for points south, but nothing waa found ot him and It Is believed by the prison officials that he Is yet In this cty. FrlUch waa sentenced to one and a half years for obtaining money by false pretense, and he had the half year yet to serve. He was committed from Jackson county. : To Make Rain In Sherman. A telegram from Charles If. Hat field, Crows Landing, California, which was received by W. If. Bar rett the first of the week, brought the newa that Mr. Hatfield will be on the ground by or before May 11 to commence his rain precipitating op eration. Mr. Hatfield did not sue ceed In fulfilling his entire contract In the given length of time this year In California. Hla success, was how ever, great enough that the farmers felt Ike remunerating him to the amount of $1000. The farmers In the neighborhood of Crows Landing are looking forward to a bumper crop the coming season. -Wasco News. Natchea a "Spotless City." s - Yesterday was clean-up day at Natohe City, says the Yakima Re. public. All day long thirty men and eleven men with teams worked on Notches avenue. The street waa freed from rocks and graded thoroughly, The residence district was raked and trash burned. Men, ' women ' and school children contributed their ef forts from early morning until late last evening. Today the city appear ance is greatly Improved and the lit He village which comprises some of the most energetjo and public spirited men and women of the Yakima val ley, resembles the fabled "spotless town."1' Three suspeoted box oar thieves were arrested at La Orande Friday night One of the trio confessed soon after for the sins of the rang. Two of 'them are ' mere boys. They had several 'pairs of shoes In their pos session which they had taken from a OPEN YAKIMA iifiD INDIAN RESERVAHOJI TO RE SETTLED UPON The Portion of Yaklnaa Land to Be Ttarown Opca Comprliasa l,!4A,000 Acre of lDverr CtiarsHif Wapeuo Project ao Ue Eato4wi Portkm to Ue Bouted I'pon Can Be Irrigated. Th Yakima, Republic aay of tha opening of a portion of th Yakima reservation to settlement: Th moat Important part of th work preliminary to th opening of th Yakima reservation Isaa been completed, earlier than waa expected here, by the selection by the depart ment of the Interior of the land to be withdrawn from entry for th Ws pato project The officers of the local United Htate land office have received notice from the department of the lands withdrawn and thla ahowa that the government contemplatea the exten slon of the Wapato project over an additional area aggregating over 0,- 000 acre and Including . all of the moat desirable land from' th north and eastern boundaries of th reser vation as far south aa Fort Blmco and embracing the area which could be Irrigated from the Blmco and Toppenlah streams. Vast Increase m Irrigation. Not only does this decision of the department mean th vast Increase of the Irrigated are, of Taklma valley land but It also Indicate that th date of the opening of the reservation may not be ao far distant as was gener ally auppoeed, and that tha govern ment may be able to throw the reser vatlon open, as originally Intended, late this tell, or, at the latest, early In the aprlng of next year. The principal work which had to be accomplished prior to the opening of the reservation waa the surveying and classification of ths lands and In this department th fixing . of the boundaries of the land to be Irrigated under th Wapato project was the mot Important part. There are 1.115.000 acrea of land to be opened to aettlement and thla area embracea landa of almost every claas homestead, desert and atom and timber landa. A part of the ter ritory has not been completely sur veyed yet but this work Is In progress and should bs finished during the summer. BAND OF SlfKEP DROWNED. Wyoming Owner Loses 800 IToad In Heavy Rain Storm. A correspondent writing from Cas per, Wyo., to the Cheyenne Tribune, says of a serious loss of sheep ln that vicinity: . The only serious loss of sheep ln this vicinity during- the past winter Is reported by Robert Crosswalte, who recently sheared a band near Casper. The sheep were in poor condition and were caught in a heavy rain storm while on their bed ground. The band consisted ot about 1800 head and were bedded In a narrow draw, at the bottom ot a range of hills. The rain water drained Into the draw flooding the ground and the efforts of the herder and campmover to move the sheep out ot the pocket were unavailing. Th animals hud' dllng together In the draw ln which the water waa rapidly rising. A little over half of the band was saved, the remainder, about eight hundred head being drowned. Mr. Crosswalte also reports the only sale of wool - thus far reported In the state. He consigned the clip from the above mentioned band, about 11,000 pounds, to a Chicago house to be sold on commission, the firm advancing 10 cents per pound on the shipment which waa something less than a carload. There have been but few other losses reported In this vicinity, due ln the main to severe frosty nights fol lowing heavy rains upon shorn sheep. The losses have been so distributed among the sheepmen that the Indi vidual loss la Insignificant, the eheep which succumbed being the poorest of the flocks. ENTTRE FAMILY MISSING. Husband, Wife and Ctuldren May .- Have Drowned, That E. B. Porter and his entire family, consisting ot Mrs. Porter, year-old' son and a babe of - two months, have been drowned tn the Wllamette or Columbia rivers Is fear ed by a brother of the missing man. Embarking In a steam launch. Porter accompanied by hla wife and children left Portland for the lower Colum bia river about six weeks ago to look at a small sawmill plant he contem plated buying. Not a member of the family has been seen by any of their relatives since, although on leaving Porter did not expect to be absent long. No tid ings of any sort have been received from them. Every Inquiry ot the brother has given no olew as to their fate or whereabouts. A small boat answering the de scription of ths B. B. Porter, the name of the craft in which they took passage, waa reported this morning as bottom-up near. Astoria. An ef fort la being made to identify the derelict and If she proves to be the one ln which the family set out from Portland, there will be little hope re maining of their ever showing , up again alive. In hla launch Porter was a fa miliar figure around the harbor. Dur ing the freshets In the Willamette, hs made It a business of picking up hard wood logs which came floating down stream. These were usually maple and oak. - Wishing to branch out ln his bust' ness operations, and hearing of a small mill down the river which had been reported to him that he could Use to advantage, he decided to take l..l.l.,Ml.l It he concluded to take them with him. During their sbsencs there have been several bad blow on th rtvef, bat (lis craft was staunch and could probably rids out th waves on most inland waters. It she was wrecked and went down. It I probable that ah was In a collision with some larg steamer at night and no one but the occupants of ths little boat knew any. thing about the accident SMOOT DECLARES TIMBER IS tVEXNQ WASTBtH Utah Senator Defends Policy of For estry Departmeac . The speech In opposition to ths forestry service waa made by Sena tor Heyfeurn of Idaho in ths senate while the agricultural bill was under consideration. Warner of Mlscsourl, continued his speech on ths Brownsville affair, but it was not concluded. Heyburn suggested an amendment excepting Idaho from the states in which the secarstary of agriculture may give permits for th exporta tion of timber from ths forest rr serves. He ridiculed the chart of ths forestry division, which 'was swung on the well of the senate chamber. marked with statements as to ths number of years ths forests of various parts of ths country would last Ths forestry division hs says, wsa launch ing Into a realm of prophecy In a way that would require greater wis dom than that posse as sd by ths sages of old, when It waa declared that a certain section would be short of It forest In It. It or t years, they for got that hs aay, lumber grows, an h declared tha the Umber supply Is ss great today as svsr In the world's history. There is, he says, no danger ot a timber famine. - Senaor Smoot took exception to the statement that ths world's timber wss as great as ever. Heyburn re torted that tha senator from Utah might consult the map on the senate wall aa a guide, he possessing ths spirit of prophecy" which b (Hey burn) did not possess. Smoot said he could prove, not by prophecy, but by figures, that the timber of this country is being rapidly destroyed and thct there Is not anything like the amount of timber In this country that there was II or 10 years ago. . TRAMPS KILL BRAKIK. Hurled to Death from Flying; N. P. Train. . While attempting to eject five tramps from a blind baggage car oi Northern Pacific train No. II early this morning, John Pryor, brakeman, was thrown from the car by the ho bos between Connell and Hatton and, striking on hla head, was killed In stantly. The hobos boarded the blind baggage at Hatton and Pryor climb ed over from the front end ot the smoker to eject tbem. Pryor was missed when the train reached Connell and the hobos were arrested and sent to Pasco, where they are now In Jail. They ten varying stories of the affair, but declare that Pryor fell by accident. ' This however. la contradicted by other testimony. The train ran back along the line from Connell and Pryor's body was picked up. The doctor who examined the body said, that death must have been Instantaneous. Pryor has rela tives and many friends ln Pasco. For Municipal Owners! Up, Municipal ownership of the electric. light and water plants was the prin cipal topic of discussion at the meet ing of the city council Tuesday night although many other Important sub jects were considered by the city fathers ln a lengthy session which continued until midnight when ad journment waa taken subject to the call of the mayor, says the Kennewtck Reporter. Three counollmen and two private cltlsens, J as. Crowell, J. A Rose, W. A. Hswes, O. L. Hanson and George F. Richardson were appointed as committee to secure estimates on the cost ot the present light and water plants the figures to be presented, to the council at Its next meeting. This action was taken ln response to a pe tition of the cltlsens declaring that municipal ownership of these public utilities was a necessity and calling upon the council to thoroughly Inves tigate the possibilities with a view to submitting the proposition to the voters. WUI Confirm CUM of S00. Bishop O'Dea, who is expected tn North Yakima Saturday afternoon, will on Sunday, either In the. after noon or evening confirm a class which will have In excess of 200 members, says ths Yakima Republic, Those who took the first commun ion this year, last and the year be fore and those people who have re moved to North ' Yakima after com, munlon'but before confirmation, will compose the class. The hour ot the service has not been determined and probably will not be until after the arrival of Bish op O'Dea, who Is expeoted to reach this city Saturday afternoon., Clergy, men of the church and members In Seattle a week ago commemorated Bishop O'Dea's Jubilee. Sunday at high noon mass will commence the forty hours' devotion here which will conclude Tuesday evening. 'It is altogether probable that other clergymen ot the denoml nation will be in North Yakima at the time. Winter Barley Headlne;. ' Winter barley Is now heading in the Lewlston flat section east of the city adn will be ready for the har vest by the latter part of June, says the Lewlston Tribune. This is the report made yesterday by farmers from this section who are transacting business ln the city. The general 'crop conditions are re ported to be very favorable lor big yields and an earlier harvest of all grains is predicted because of the open winter' and early" growing -weather. The acreage of all. grains In Nes Perce county has been mate rially Increased with 'the exception binW"lttadjCTit-Jt- TO MICE UES RAILROADS MAY MAKE GENERAL INCREASE. SSSSSBSSSBSBSBt ' .- , ' j Eastcrsi Railroad Pratdetu Will Combine to Pat Widespread Bat Advance) Into Effect De4wmlie4 Resistance Front Cotssnerctel ' Bodies. An organised atMsjpt by eastern railroad managers to effect a whole sale advance of freight rates has aroused widespread alarm and pro test says the Oregon Dally Journal. Whlls no open action has been taken In the Pacific northwest In opposition to ths movement Oregon commercial bodies and shippers havs not been inaotive, and a determined resistance to the raise Is being organised. The eastern railroad presidents re cently cam Into the open and have declared that they will carry the pro posed Increase into effect and that ths Interstate commerce commission will be powerless to prevent it The movement has reached a stage where sn outburst of popular indignation is spreading over the country. Commer cial Interests ar forming combina tions to exert the united Influence of th country's business men against the advance of rates. A telegram received In Portland from Chicago advises local lumber manufacturing Interests thst ths lum ber shippers of the middle west and northwest are up in arms, and that united action will be taken. The rail road presidents bavs been asked to withdraw the advanoed. rates until Oc tober. A large meeting of shippers representing the entire western coun try, will be held at Chicago May II. It Is admitted that the Interstate commerce commission and state rail- v-ay commissions bavs no powers that can bs used effectively under present laws to prevent the railroads from carrying the proposed Increase into effect It wss to prevent Just such action by the railroad companies that the Fulton amendment was offered In the present congress. This amendment to the. interstate commerce law wa originated by the lumber manufacturers snd their at torneys. They proposed that no rail' road should be allowed to Increase an established rate until i after the In crease had first been submitted, to the Interstate commerce commission and tne snippers given a heariag tn op position to the advance. Had thia amendment become a law the railroads could not carry the threatened general Increase Into effect until It had been threshed oat before the commission snd approved by that 1ody, and then given a final hearing In the courts, where appeal could have been made by the railroads. NEW APPLICATION BLANKS. Land Office Receives Supply of New Papers for Entrymen. The land office department through Frank C. Bramwell, register of the lo cal land office, haa made public an announcement which will mean much to the office Itself, the newspapers of the state and the people who have to do with public lands In general, says the La Grande Observer. The department of the Interior haa made a radical change ln the form on which applications for ., homesteads. desert lands and timber and stone en tries are made. Heretofore and since 1878, the form has had a few minor changes, all tending to shorten the wording of the application which Is always printed In a newspaper near est the land filed on. After the 11th Inst, the form will be much shorter, and all classes of appllcationa must be made on the same style of blanks. Each class of land was customarily applied for on a distinct and separate form. Begin nlng with ths 15th, . however, one form will be used In all classes. . Considerable change has been made In the manner of publishing affida vita aa well. - - DRAPER SELLS BLOODHOUNDS. Spokane Man Hunter Retires) the Bnslness. T. H. McDermott, a private detec tive-who was formerly connected with the1 Inland Empire company, has pur chased Sam and Brady, Harry Dra per bloodhounds, for a considera tion of (4X5. The deal was completed Monday, says the Suokane Chronicle. Mr. McDermott has already made arrangements with a number of sher iffs In outside counties so they will be able to secure the dogs ln ths shortest space, of time and .similar arrange ments have been made with several of the , railroad companies. "It is my Intention to keep the dogs ready to go out at a moment' notice," stated Mr. McDermott "I have every confidence tn their abil ity to trail a man, as their work In the past has proved their ability, am also considering the purchase of a Russian bloodhound which, will be trained especially in trailing a man on a sidewalk, a difficult thing to do." STRIKE. IN SALEM MILLS. Tom Kay Closes Down . Woolen MIEs tv-',' for Spinners' Strike. t The Oregon Dally Journal says of the woolen mill strike at Salem: Senator Tom Kay's woolen mills in this city, employing 110 hands, are shut down completely tonight because of the strike of pine spinners. The strike, which is ot an Independent na ture, there being no union here, la be cause of the reduction In wages made the first of the year, ranging from per cent to lt4 per cent ,- The strike was a complete surprise, though - two of the men had already met th fore ef five that were to bavs begun at I o'clock this morning and together they marched Into Ear's of fice and demanded a return to tha old seals nndsr which sm ef the nine re ceived ft a day instead ef $1.75 as at present, and ths other three made II per month instead of M as they do ow. - Kay haa sent his foreman to Ore gon City to secure spinners, but Is on able to get assistance from that city. New River Boas Ready. C A. Londy of Kennewtck was in ths Express offlos one day last week snd in speaking of ths fast passenger boat that Is new being built at Seat tie for the up-river trade. Says the Pasco Express, Mr. Lundy gave out that the boat would be a 1(9 horse power gasoline. It feet wide and I feet long, and that TI passengers and aaggage could be comfortably accom modate!, besides the mall and the ex press which It contemplates carrying. Ths boat which wilt be known as "The- Kennewtck." Is - guaraat d to make 1 miles an hoar ay stream. making tt the fastest, by far- of any boat on the ran, and where two days are now consumed by the freighters this little eraft will make it in a day. The Kennewtck will travel from Seattle to Kennewtck by its own pow er, making the ocean trip alone from Seattle to Astoria, and from there to Celllo falls, where it will be taken over the portage and from Celllo make ths boms ran to Kennewiek mission by the first of Jan. . Many Itoeneseeker at Boise. Reports from trainmen and offi cials at th depot are to the effect that more emigrants are arriving in the city this spring than ever be fore and all seem to be seeking loca tions to engage in business to get lands under some of the irrigation projects now under construction. says the Boise Capital Newa It Is evident from the number ef strangers seen on the streets and from the reports of real estate deal ers that the fame of Idaho climate, soil and opportunities ar becoming known to the world and are attract ing attention to the Gem state and particularly to the Boise valley, the greatest prune belt ln th world. Many of the strangers Interviewed are greatly surprised at ths wonder ful productiveness of the coll. the delightful climate and th advantages here for investment Idaho Sunday School. The report of the secretary of the Southern Idaho Sunday School asso ciation ahows 81 Sunday schools in southern Idaho, with 1,28 officers and teachers, 11,918 scholars and an average attendance of 10,8 8. says the Boise Capital Newa Canyon county leads with fifty-one schools and 478 teachers and officers and S.0 scholars with an average attendance of 8, tit. Ada coanty comes next with thirty- nine schools, 480 teacher and offi cers, 4.057 scholars, with an average attendance ot 1,771, beating Canyon county In everything but the number of schools. - Custer coanty has but two Sunday schools with twenty-two teachers and officers and a membership of 100 and an average attendance of 80. Bear Lake county has tha same num ber of schools with fifteen teachers and officers, and an average atten dance of 48. Consider Mining Bureau. The governing board of the Com mercial club will meet at noon today when .step will ba- taken relative to the matter of organising a mining bu reau, says the Lewlston Tribune. It . had been arranged for the matter to receive consideration at the last meet ing of the board, but no quorum was present at that time. The board has Invited mining men to be present to express their views. . It Is probable that at the meeting today the subject will be referred to a committee, hay ing authority to establish ths bureau as an adjunct of tha club's publicity work; . , , At the meeting today the governing board will also consider the matter of making a donation of $100 to the Lew lston band to assist In the purchase of new uniforms. The matter of making a regular monthly donation to the band will also be acted upon. Nathan Wolffs Estate. Nathan Wolff left an estate valued at 811,000, which will be Inherited by his widow,- Mrs. Esther L. Wolff, and their four children, ranging- In age from 8 to 11 years, says the Oregon Dally Journal. - Acting on a petition filed in behalf of the widow by Dolph. Mallory, Simon As Oeartn, County Judge Webster this morning appointed Mrs. Wolff executrix of the estate. She Is required to give a bond of 818,- 000. The estate consists solely of the stock f Jewelry and other goods kept ln the pawnbroker shop at 1CI First street where Wolff met his tragic death. The widow Is I years of age and the children are Aline, 11 years old; George, aged 8; Ruth, aged 1. and Jeannette, aged S. - Joeeph ' Dlnkel splel, Jacques F.- Relnhart and Her man Marks have been appointed to appraise the estate. . Salem K3eaned)' Up." ;. Salem's first annual clean up day was' even a greater success than the promoters had hoped, says the Salem Statesman. ' Streets, alleys, ' back yards and front yards, vacant lots and every place that harbored a collec tion of the cans or rubbish, received attention. The city presents a better appearance this morning ln conse quence. ':'"- ';..(; ; Many of the merchants put as many men at work as they Could secure, in cleaning np- about their premises. - "The schools and colleges were dis missed and ths young folks aid excel, lent service. ' ' The city was divided into four dis tricts and the work was done syste matically. ' ' Next year it is planned to organize the forces earlier and make the move ment general. " - . ' North Powder Is In fear of an epl- tfrnlcof r.OTB and dlnntheHa, (-