Condon globe., May 22, 1908, Image 3

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HEAP
r,
FOR FREE LOCKS
m in (Mil cin
, SOIUWIOIAJI IIAWUCT
WANTS GOVERNMENT TO BUT
tpnmaumtvm from Second
WUI Heeh io Have an AWwyrtWw
Added to Uw I-ver mm! lUrttn
IUU at This Stva-tm TtMMMCb timml
IUU WIU Not be Pa.
Though ther will b n general
rlvr and harbor bill at thl session
of congress, Congreeaman W. a Haw
ley la trying to ft an appropriation
fur the purchase of th Oregon City
lock with fund provided by tb
government and tha atate acting to
galhar, eaye tha. Salem cttateeman.
""erning hi effort lo that dlrao-
tut evening1 Portland Telegram
TO IN ongreaemen Hawley, of tha Flrat
ot haa hopaa of making tha Ora
lly lock, fra for all rlvar bo la
thai end la atrlvlng to have
ElejctrlO I '"i1 appropriation tacked on to
& . fls and harbor bill thla aeaalon
Ba U i'.h look from the preeent
Ore) , ,rttan Railway, Ugto
ur"' company. Tha approprfa
RSO 400,000 at aalda by the atau
luruaM la to be am men ted.
tr7tey Mya. by an amount In-
r t n r,ver and harbor appro
, um uy congress, us naa wnwen
to Hncretary Olltner of the Portland
chamber of commerce, urging that a
roinmltire be appointed by the organ
isation whoae duty will be to collect
facta aiid flgurea relating to the
amount of tonnage now paaalng
through tha lorka for the entire year,
Mr. dinner will beatlr himaelf In the
mater, In order that the neceaaary
flgurea be placed before tha rlvera and
harbor committee aa aoon a possible
The locka at Oregon City were
built by a private corporation, over 10
year ago' Mr. Olltner aaye, "and It
waa tha tinjia-atanillnaT then thai thav
ahould hecame the nronertv of the
. stat after a certain time, on the pay
nent of a atlpulated aum. The locka
have been offered to the atata on
mora than one occaalon, but no legls
tatur haa taken tha atepa neceaaary
for the transfer.
'Public ownerahlp of the locka will
very likely redound to tha advantage
of the producera of tha Willamette
vulley and to the bualneae men of
i ' Portland, who will be enabled to aend
' ' gooda by ateamer at lower rate than
J J now rule.
"The locka at the Caacadna are op
erntvd free by the general govern
msnt, but have not thin far aerved to
reduce frelghta to and from tha In
land empire, but thla la becauee the
, lorka at Celllo have not ben finished.
When the obatructlona on the Upper
'- Columbia are removed and boat can
go from Portland lo Umatilla without
portage, publlo ownerahlp and opera.
tlon of the locka at the Caacadea will
begin to have tha effect of reducing
' freight ratea aa Intended by the orlgi
- f-nn promoter of the lock."
t ' HOW TREES REST.
'' E tmm Tree are IHirnuvnt TuiMUgh
Winter Month.
" "What w call evergreen," aya
gentlemanf ormerly conneoted ' with
1 the park; department of St. Loula, "are
' not really green during the winter, nor
are they really alive, but are dormant
"Every plant muat have It period
of real at aome time In tha year, and
, In our northern latltudea the winter
, ,1a, of courao, the moat appropriate
, .aeaaon. The evergreen generally re
t tain a greater part of their foliage
. during the winter, but a cloaa ex&ml
nation ahowa that It diea to audi an
extent a to be really dead,, and
large part ot It falla off when the
, plant begin their aprlng growth. Tha
. drying branch- and atema become as
. dry a the foliage, and being almoat
entirely devoid of molature, are little
dumnged by the wlnter'a cold.
aome part of the tropica, however,
aa In the hlghlanda of aouthern Mei'
Ico and Central America, tha aummer
1 th resting time nf the treea. Tha
Intense heat of tha aun drlea up the
earth, the tree drop their leave, the
woody portion become as dry a our
evergnen In winter, th tree takes
' it reat until the autumn rain begin,
oourae thla rule doea not apply
Unt rfe number of tropical plant
The i ""w ln mMt -unl8 f swampy
' They have accustomed them'
aoivea to tneir condition, but even
they -till retain the resting habit, and
a at aome time of the year relax
..tneir , growing and becoma a near
, : dormant for a time aa circumstance
wilt permit." St. Loula Olobe-Demo-
, i crat. ,.
HUNGRY BUZZARD .
REVEALS DEAD MAN.
Rnkod Potato Charm I Moan of
r Identlfloatlon.
Guided to th spot by th hovering
ot a bunard, the remain of Peter
i -Gannon, familiarly known . a
. . "Doo Dandy," who disappeared from
,- Stnyton several week ago, were found
, v Imbedded deep in th mtra of a ditch
.r in Stayton, late yeaterday, by K. Wed.
dlo, a cltlxen of that community, aya
. a special .to the Telegram. Coroner
Clough waa notified, but alnoe lden
tlfloatlon of the body waa considered
. conclusive, no rnqueat waa held, and
ii It will be burled today. The body waa
, fTT o badly deoompoaed that Identlfloa-
tlon would have been Impossible were
. i It not for an Old watch found In one
: " , of the pockets and the finding ot an
'. old baked potato ln the pocket of an
Inner pair of trouaera, which he al
' waya oarrled as a charm against
. ' rheumatism.' ;' i
"Doo Dandy" wa an eccentric man,
. .. about 73 year old, and on of hi
ldlosyncracle of recent year waa to
' wear all the clothe in his -possession
" , at one time, Ha waa originally edu
. . cated for the priesthood, but took
oourae ln a veterinary college In Gloa
gow, Scotland, from Which ha gradu
i
ated and am to America, . Ha erv
ad during the civil war aa a veterinary
surgeon under Qeneral Nelson,
line, and afterward came to Oregon
nd aottled In Htayton, where ha nsa
resided aver alnoe. He drifted Into
tha liquor habit, which la euppoend
to have been the rue of hla death.
He had a family once, but hla wife
died and be la auppoead to have a on
living, but 1ila whareabouta are tin-
nown.
TRAILS FOR RESERVES.
Work WIU Do IlnNunrd aa Boon aa
Fund Are Available.
O. S, Oroen, of th. forest reeerve
aervloe, who haa been making hla
headquarter above Summer-villa, waa
La arande yeaterday on nia way
to gDokanc on official business. Mr.
Green had charge tha principal part
of taat aeaaon making traita mrougn
ih mmni in h Hlua mountain. I
aay. tha La Grand Bur .
Ttie work waa not entirety eompiei I
ed on account of thhortM of fonda
to 4tniinua uia aame. -ine new v l
propriatlon for thla purpoea will be I
available on the flrat of July and
h.M out after that date be a renew
al o-the work. Mr. 0-n y. that
before lona all portlona ot the foroat
raaerv will ba connected by trail.
Tn VMMdooa Carta Tree. I
In order to Introduce eacta tree In
to the norlhweet. and eepeclally Into
Walla Walla. George MacMartln of I
thla city, haa aecured the promlaa of
A. L. cauval. now in California, io i
bring aeveral of theee treea home I
with him on hi return, aay th Wal-1
la Wall Bulletin. Th acacia tre I
a native of California, and I on
ine moat popuuir uww- m I
owlne- to th fact that It I green the
year round. 1
A. L. Cauvel of thla city I at pre
ent tn Ban Franmlaco as a delegate!
rrom ins ioosj """" " ,
eater to th grand lodge, which I In
aeaalon there. Mr. Cauvel will return
In about 10 day to Walla Walla.
Mr. MacMartln, who formerly lived
In California, la wall acquainted with
SI h
I:!.::: M. w.
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. ... . ... I.IU iniH UH Will Hlfl, Itiw wj aw .-
WJB nf (UlUela INV MWW W iww a
this country without any trouble, and
r""," .TZ-JJu
th principal .had tr-s. h. think, th.
beauty of the city would b much lm
proved.
The trees to b brought from Call.
torn la by Mr. Cauvel will be small.
and will probably b atarted bar. In
larg. tuba After they have reached
a (tag when tney can be set qui in
in ftnan. the will be taken tn the
Muonla csmaterv. The climate
needed for the aucceaaful growth ofl
the aoacla tree la ona that la even, and -
den change oftn being disastrous
it. it i tnougnt tn cumat or tnw iUr,d-by producer ot th Sumpter
section of th country will be vryaItrict. lm to hav new ownership,
suitable.
Boy Destroy Cement Walk.
A gang of boys thought to be achool
hood lu ma. from the Central building,
last night destroyed a block of newly
laid cement aldewalk on Spruce street.
ay th Yakima Republic The entire
blook of walk, wa marked with foot
print and other defacement Ob
scene language had been written In
the wet cement necessitating the re
floating of the entire block by the con
tractors. Felton A Wlmer. An effort
to apprehend the wanton property
deStroyer Is being made. Suspects
wilt Je dealt wKh In accordance with
the law regulating the defacement of
property If the proper evidence can
be 'aecured against them.
Killed by a Worn Train.
XI w. wlntara tha hrlflra watchman.
who 'waa Injured at Weatherby and
i -.. , ..u Onturrtav and
h...nit.i nian laat .van-
fl a .v. ,4..., .iv.rt aavs
1110 a I VIII IIJ IHJUl a-s-s- a., ww.-.-.f w
the Bakor City Herald. From reports
hta own foolishness caused hi death
for he attemnted to run In front of
tha- work train from Weatherby to
Huntington, and a th train : wa
rounding a curve th engine struck
htm- and ha waa fatally Injured. ; The
body will be hold at Welch' under -
taking, parlor until they receive or -
dera from the O. R. N. company,
under whom he waa employed. ,
Sookane Stops Sunday Music,
Chief Rice has issued an order to
the police to stop all music In saloons
and lunch counter on Sunday, says
the Spokane Chronicle. The order
Is the result of a number of com-
plaints which have been made to the
poilce. Several have graphaphone
and other mechanical musical devlcea
whlch are said to be disturbing to
,.. .....m.nHin. niiiiriinors
. a if -.a. ama,.a out nut all thla
r.olse at least one day In the week.
. Gets Big Verdict,
An employ, named Oldland, of Co-
outlle. who sued the Oregon Coal A I
Navl ration Co. for damage for In-
Juris, whloh have mad him a cripple
tor lit, while working tor them In
(he Llbby coal mines, wo granted
lS186.es. , Thl case ha. been tried
three time, waa taken up to the au
preme court, but was remanded for
trial again.
. Rancher Bound Over.
' Andrew Hume, a bachelor rancher
living near Bolster, Waah wa arret
ed on a charge of assault and Battery
with s threat ta kill J. B. Thorp,
veteran stag man, near Sheaaw.
Hum. was considerably beaten up.
pleaded guilty and wa. bound over to
the superior court under a 11000 peace
bond.
Five Yean ln Prison,
George Hayden, fomrerly of Bpo
kane. ha. entered a plea of guilty ln
the district oourt at Missoula, Mont,
on the charge ot attempting fo kill
hla wife. . He wa. aentenoed to five
years Jn th state prison. ,
John Hit., a pioneer ot Mosoow,
Idaho, dropped dead on th. , .street
there Tuesday. He was 81 year old.
GROW WEEDS TO ,
: PREVEHT DUST
O. R. N. EXPECT. TO SAVE
' MONEY AND COMFORT.
May Sow Orw n t I
Uround o Trls) hactMm Will Not I
Raise DtrtE-p(w-8 of $40,004 Will
Be Baved ' H notion Men Win Be In.
atriioted to OuKJvt Instead of Do
troy. ' i
Walla Walla. Waah. May 14. To
wv. o,000 In wage and at the aame
Umt oontrol to aome extent the, duat
-.-,-- . ,..uni. i ik' nian
0( General Superintendent Buckley of
.w. n n a M thta v.- nronoaaa I
,1Iow Weeui 10 Krow .0nf; th,
i.- .k. i nnaihia IhUmj
f k-Din-r the track clear of veeda
b cutting them with ahovela, the aec-
iA. ,...,, ,n .un ham
pTh.m trtmmed do-e
, " ' . ,h., 4h.v m . ,oma m
BOnUct Wln the wbeela ot car and!
I ,,hi. I
t, i. timaiad that tha company I
mnMA. tin ooa each vear In catting I
WMd. Mi jncldenully. keeping the
worke)- M that wlnda catch tha
. , n(, ourl, hot weather enough I
. ., .ion the raDldlymov
tralna to almoat atrangle th pa-1
whr weed have been
b1Iowb d t0 grow duat haa never troubl. I
o-le4i ,no tnu fact ha cauaed Mr. Back. I
y to try tha empertment or allowing i
... In the Ue. I
,i.iiv the aoll at the enda of the I
I . . . i . . W .
., i. nn. rtsurinr on I
I aowlng a abort, thick grass on th line I
. en-m . mass nf roots to nrevent the I
dust from raising. It la aald that
some heavy, abort grass can be grown
for thla purpose with aplendld reeulta,
and even where the track ha to be
- Tworked a great deal the , w x,
take root again and cover the aurtace
I Ik.s Am m,i nA. Mlfe fhi alio
tlon of paaalng train.
Roadbed treatment with oil give I
-Pi-did Mttafac.o after th. oil set-
!" . .7. "Vn Jhl n
wiwil . r I
ha a tendency to tln clothing aa If
touched with fresh grease, ana eon
alderable complaint alwaya follows the
use or nil on inia acouni.
IS COLUMBIA MINE 80LDT
I Famou Property of Btunpter District
May Be Rcluvcnated.
1 -. a , a.,.,.. t.. hal
toly,, Columbia mine, one of the old
laivs th Baker City Herald.
While ther la nothing definite glv-
len out It I understood that New York
1 partlea hav had mining engineers and
I exoert on the property at different
I times within the past few months
I making report on condition of the!
I mine, grade of th ore, and possible
I Improvement.
Cbarle Lelbenateln, according to
th rumor, I th man who I making
the deal and If thta be true there la
some reason to believe that there may
be a foundation tor the rumor, a Mr.
I Lelbenateln haa In th paat om very
handsome transaction in laano nun-
ling country.
Should the Columbia change hand
It will probably add a new impetu to
mining ln eastern Oregon. Not that
the great mine ha not been a wonder
ful' payer ln the past, for It haa,' but
a deal on a large property always ex-
cites more or lea Interest from tnin
I Ing people snu cauaoa niveau.-.""" ui-
to surrounding mine ana country inai
I probably otherwise would not be
.
GOVERNMENT NEEDS CASH,
Certificate Being tJaed to Pay Bill
on mano n-sas-nauon x-rojeoa.
. Like other reclamation projects at
I the present time, the Minidoka pro-
1 jeot is suffering from a shortage ot
I funds and Project Engineer Camp la
I driven to hi wits end to devise way.
and mean, for carrying on the necea-
sarr work with th limited amout ot
oaan at hta disposal, say a Rupert.
i I(lQho, paper. South aid certificate
I are u,ed t0 meet eTery ttem of n.
penditure that can be paid in that
way, even lumber being 'purchased
with thta aorlp. Beginning with the
ioth of thl month, all men on the
survey crew on the outh side will
be paid In oertiflcatea and their sal-
I. -I.. ... ,a
anv lnaa - th. .
Thl. scrip la atill marketable at
I Close to par, none ot It having gone
lower than 90 cents. - It the general
land office ever find, out that It s
iqhuu-u io iwK-r ute scrip lor ail
meat due th government It
required to take th. orio for all nav-
I command a better figure.
Many bid have been received for
the grading on the third lift oh the
south side and th contract, will be
- 1 awarded today.
RATE IS EXTORTIONATE.
RltavUle Fa-mora Comnelled to Pay
13.10 pn- Ton on Wheat tn rrsians.
A .pedal from Rltsvllle, Wash.,
say, of the grain rate from there to
Taeoma:
That the, Northern Pacific railroad
net $3,10 per ton on wheat shipped
from Rltsvllle to Taeoma, and that
the Great. Northern nets an equal
amount on wheat shipped from Odessa
to Taeoma, wa one of the surprising
bit of evidence brought out at the
session of the state railroad coramts
sion which opened ln Rltsvllle this
morning,
The, figure were given during the
testimony of O. O. Calderhead, gecre-
tary of tne commission, ana a man
well versed In railroad matter. The
hearing la on a complaint tiled and
represented by W. R. Cunningham, sr.,
t . -
acting, It I ld,.for th fartoare of
ttria dUtrk t. In wblclt he allege that
th ' fralght rate on wheat to tide
water are , exceealv from eateni
Washington. -
J. A. Alexander, assistant attorney
genarai,. and W. H. Ludden, of Bpo
kane, represent Mr. Cunningham. The
Oreat Northern I represented by L.
C. Oilman, of Seattle, and th North
cm Paclflo by Judge R, 0. Oroaaciip,
of Taootn,
The flrat witness examined was
Haarr Blakler. assistant traffic, man-
aser for tha Northern Pacific at Ta-
coma, who aatd that no on could tall
what a reasonabl rat waa anleaa
they knew tha cost of construct km,
th value of rolling stock and, In fact,
the value of all th property with the
coat of operation, none ot which, he
aid. b knew,
M. J. OosUHo, assistant trafOe
manager ot th Oreat Northern, tike
Mr. Blakley, amid that In order to
know th reasonableness of a r4 he
ro.u acquainted wlth th-s facts.
which n, ""'-"'
teettmony cloeed th forenoon
WHEAT IX FINE CONDITION.
.T
ton Haw 40 Art IB Wbee.
According to th figure compiled
by the crop reporting board of tn du-
reau of tatlUo of th department of
agriculture, the condition ot Waahlng-
ton. and Oregon' winter wheat
leada the entire United State. In both
aute tha condition of the crop on
May 1 la given aa t, wwert m me
caaa of Waahlngton I two point
above the condition at a eorreapond-
Ing date last year, and I five point
above the condition of the 10-year
n-nii- wr me .
above the 10-year average for the
United Sutea. The condlUon of thla
year' crop la point above, thla
year' average for th entire country.
ID report snow tnai mere was um.
4 per cent of th total acreage aban
doned and that 44M00 acre will be
harvested. In California, It per cent
of the total acreage ha been aban-
doned and only 0J7.000 acre will be
harv-st.
vinv --vr?Tn77a srvUTVa
mrv M1MM1MiJ w-.vw,
O. R. Ji. Win Boon Receive 10 Big
Loco-noUv-s for Spokane Wvkaon.
' "rorma"" L "",c""
IOI IM U. A. SB i. IVWf lu- uvw
1 jQ.wne,! engine which are now here
i tha fro Hnnttnrton. will
no, Mt . h(r, but are to be used
on the Waahlncton system of the O.
R. ft N., running north from Pendle
ton, aay the La Grande Observer.
There are six engine either In the
I cty or near here, and four of them
Iwer designated for eervice out of La
Grande. 'Two were for the O. at t
railroad: and will go on through to
Portland.
-n& tiuuimAtlvM will haM
her for the time being without being
set up, but a aoon aa needed In Wash
Ington will be taken away. ' '
The- decision to remove th. engine
from La Grande service wa reached
I yesterday and wired to local ornciaia
thla morning.
Umatilla Supplies Seattle
Two or three fact which cam to
the attention of th. market reporter
of the Republic today will essentially
Interest the farmers of this valley,
aay the Yakima Republic A letter
I recetvea .om Seattle, from a ,mer-
chant there, aald that at th time of
writing, Monday, there were on wheel
In the railroad yard at Seattle, 40
car of Idaho potatoes and they ' were
pretty fair stock at that. t
About the same time an Issue of
the Pendleton Oregonlan declared
that shipments of potatoes are being
made faom the Athena and Echo sec
tions of the Umatilla portion of! Ore
gon, the total purchase there being
something like If cars. '
The potato market, therefore, I not
as safe aa it seemed a week ago. J.
M. Perry of North Yakima, who waa
In Seattle last week, aald he found a
very small proportion of Yakima po
tatoes there but that the sound mar
ket were weH aupplied with Idaho,
Oregon and . western Washington
spuds, 1
There are numerous Indlcatlona ot
a considerable consumption ther. but
a sufficiency offering at thla time to
leave no doubt of the ability of the
aupply to see the demand through un
til the new potatoes put In an appear
ance.
Woman' Face Turned Black.
Suddenly attacked by a peculiar
aliment In the city Jail yesterday af-
rnoon, -suae v.aisu .".
I tence for vagrancy and drunkenness,
gradually became black from . her
!?eadaown' "Pd "hawas "astoned to
St. Vincent' hospital, where ah lies
tn a critical condition, says the Port-
land Telegram. Heart weakness due
l '"uor aacnoea as un cause ot
her malady, and it Is thought she will
not recover,
Heroic Indian Get. Medal.
Jacob Chlppa, the Indian who
struggled ln the sea trying to save his
daughter and her child, wa present
ed with a medal for bravery by th.
Royal Human, society of London
Wednesday evening. It was an Inter-
",na event whlon toon place in uie
A. O. IT. W. hall at Vlotoria, B. C.
Captain Dallam of the human society
pinned the medal on' the - brave In
dian', breast ' '
Married Fifty Years.
Mr. and Mr. Henry'H. Leonard, ot
The Dalle, celebrated th. tOth anni
versary of their ' wedding Saturday
night. 1 It wa a unique affair in that
It waa'roade the occasion of a reunion
ot the old aoldler. of J. W. Nesmlth
Post, No. 12, G. A. R., and of J. W.
Nesmlth W. R, C. No. IT. Mr. Leon.
.rd wa a volunteer In the Flrat Ore-
gon. cavalry during the civil war.
The man who pay for the "Merry
Widow" . hat can not appreciate the
I jokes about them.
ifiQQL BUYERS
: 1E0EPI1T
. . -1 . .
NO ALARM OVER - (
omaha's ORownra trade.
Idaho Buyer Bay All Effort to Wrens
Bootun's Prwala-e aa a Wool Market
From Her WIU Prove Innfftweua
Other' dtlea Have Tried Tbla la
Tata.
The following defiant interview
from an Idaho wool buyer concerning
the wool situation thl spring, now
the confidence which the buyer eem
to tiave In their low price combina
tion, which threatens disaster tb the
aheep Interests of th ' west. The
Boise Capital New says:
J. M. Johnson, th well known local
wool buyer, when seen thl morning.
gave out aome Interesting Information
on the wool situation. He stated tnat
Baton wool merchant are not worry
ing over the prospect of Omaha be
coming th center of the trad In th
United State for th wool clip ot
Idaho, Utah, Montana, Oregon' and
other was tern states.
Th project of erecting large ware
houses In Omaha capable of holding a
good percentage of the American clip
until eastern wool merchant or man.
ufacturera get ready to buy it . at a
price virtually dictated by the grow
er I not looked upon seriously,
Mr. Johnson stated that th Idea Is
by no means a new one. It having been
previously advocated In the west and
th east, and all attempts of the. kind
have turned out failures. The most
successful combination wa maa
year ago In Boston, when several
large flockmaater In Utan organized
an association,' rented a large ware
house at Boston and sent on their own
representative to handle that nd of
the business.'
, The association lasted but two year.
This, and th alrallar plan to now
auction sales of th clip periodically
In New York. Philadelphia or Boston,
died a natural death after arousing
considerable enthusiasm among the
-rower.
"Whether or not the eneepmen oi
the west will combine this year and
hold their wool until it reaches the
price, demanded remain, to be seen.
said Mr. Johnson. "If the wool l eon.
centra ted at one place in the wear in
sheepmen will only relieve the eastern
b uvers from carrying tb wool unm
th market I favorable, a they have
done In th. past.
"Th manufacturer are only reeay
to purchase wool at times when, It Is
needed and It must be held until that
time, usually by the eastern buyer.
tha aheeDmen consolidate ana ereci
warehouse at Omaha to .tore all of
thl. year, clip they will only relieve
the buyer of the east from carrying
it themselves."
Prom information gained from Mr,
Johnson, It was learned that ha had
visited a number ot the aheep camp
in Idaho. Including those about caia
well and Mountain Home. He stated
thla morning that h wa very favor-
sblv ImDressed although little couia
be said at thl time about tn quality
of the wool, as the larger ehare re
mains to be clipped. He think that
th oualttv will be about the aame
aa that produced last year.
WOOD OR BRICK?
t
Lewlaton la Still Pusskd Over Pavtug
tjneatlon.
The Lewlaton .Tribune says of the
contention ever the relative values ot
wood and brick as paving materials:
The merit of wood block pavement
was presented to the city council last
night In a statement maae oy Mr.
Whiting, representing Thorsen, Fish
er AThornsen Co., agents for ave
narlum ' carbollneum treatment' for
wood, when he offered on behalf of
hi firm tb Install a pavement here
and guarantee to keep the same
flrat class condition tor th. period of
It yearn
He stated that estimating on a ba
st of 80,000 yards ot pavement to he
installed here,, the saving to pro pe ray
owner by the use of wood inatead of
brick would be $20,000 to $50,000, He
said that further 80 to 8S per cent of
the cost of Installing th wood block
would be a local outlay, thus keeping
the money at home.
He aald that th cost of a complet
ed wood block street here would be
$3.10 to $5,15 per square yard and
and that thl. would represent a sav
ing ot about 10 cent, a yard ; over
trick. .
'' A to the guarantee of the malnten
ance of the street, Mr. Whiting aald
that a aufficlent bond would be given
under term, -approved by the city at-
torney. -! ' ? -n'-.t
He aald he had been informed the
wood here would coat about SIS
thousand but that he was Inclined to
believe the cost would reach SI to
$18 for the elaas ot wood he would
desire to use. ... , .
VOTERS SIGN BALLOTS,
Funny Inckhmt tn Connection With
Primary in Gooa.
One ot the many funny incidents
which happen at an election occurred
at the Deer Park precinct last Friday,
and caused considerable amusement
around the county clerk's office, on
Tuesday of thla week,- says tha Co-
qullle Sentinel.- Instead Of the Judge
ot the election sending the ballot
boxes the clerk received a short let
ter and sample ballot from, that pre.
clnct. The letter wa as follows:
-Deer Park, Ore., April 17, 1008.
County Clerk, Coqullle, Ore.
I enclose herewith the vote of Deer
Park today. Too much rain; voter.
stayed In the hills. '
What ahall we do with the ballot
boxesT . i , , ?
The Tote wa four republican tick-
t and on democratic ticket.'' aoh
ticket was marked a th voter had
voted; the three republican -ticket
were signed at th bottom by th
voter and the democrat ticket waa
eigne by- .the, lonely democrat.
ROAD ACROSS WASHINGTON.
State Highway Win Ran
to West Border. ;
Th coast Magastn of Seattle say
of th. atau highway being built across
Washington:
. A wagon road I now mnder eon.
-traction across th stats of Wash
ington from east td west, and a large
number of surveyors are now at work
In th Cascade mountain laying out
th line along which It win pass.
When completed It will be one of
the best mountain roads In the aorta
west, It will be a direct route from
Ellensburg to Puget found, and will
bring eastern Washington In direct
toweb with Seattle and Taeoma, It t
planned for the road to haw a maxi
mum, grad ot only four per cent.
Th road westerly from the Beaton
bridge take the northeast bank of
the river; It than skirts Kachero lake
and then over the anmmlt of the Cas
cade through th Snoqualml pea to
Seattle. Thla will be a most beautiful.
scenic route, and when completed will
afford automobUlst one of the grand
est trip found upon the American
continent.
Many eastern Washington resident
who own auto and there are many
of them will no doubt take ad van-
tag of thl rout to make a ran ever
to Seattle and .Taeoma ln the summer
month.
Thla highway. It I estimated, will
cost over 1100.000, and It wilt be
worth every cent of It in more way
than on, .
FLEET BRINGS MONEY.
Farn-twa Profit by the Viatt of the
It I estimated that the farmers of
the Paclflo northwest hav profited
to the extent of f 1.S00.OOO through
the visit ot the battleship fleet to thl
coast, aay th Coast Magazine. Score
ot foreign ateamahlp were sent to
this coast with fuel for th fleet of
Admiral Evans, and found It lm pos
sible to get anything but a wheat
charter for th return trip. Aa a re
sult of the sudden Increase In the
charter market, rate tumbled harder
than exporter, hav known la years.
Six month ago ateamahlp charter
were being mad on the baste of SI
to 40 ahilling for a trip to Europe. A.
few day ago charters were mad on
basis of IS shillings t pence for
steamships and SO shillings for sail
ing vessels.
This slump In charter rate saved
the farmers of eastern Washington
S1.S00.000. Grain exporter point out
that they have been paying to the
grain raiser the total amount ot the
saving in shipping charges and cite
the fact that the difference between
Chicago and Beattle grain price waa
never so small. ,
Box Factory tor La Grande.
The construction of a new depart
ment to the George Palmer Lumber -company
mill, which will mean an
Increase to the company's payroll to
the extent of about SO boys and men.
Is now under way and In a very few
weeks will be completed. It Is a mod
ern box factory, saya the La Grande
Observer. ' . .
Cement foundation for , a , main
building that measure about 109 feet
square,. to be one story tn height and
aon constructed as to house all neces
sary machinery for ,a box factory, I
now being laid. A crew ot men will
have that phase of the work finished f
ln a few days and then wlH go up ta
building itself.
The machinery for a box factory I
not of the cumbersome sort, but rath
er of a delicate nature, and conse
quently. Is easily installed.' The con
struction of the building and the In
stallation ot th machinery will be
pushed with all posJble haste.
Snake River CTbsrriea. '
Th first of the Snake river cherry
crop will reach the city thl evn ma
tron, the orchard ot Harry McJCensl
at Hunf Landing, aay the Lewlaton
Evening Teller. The picking et th
crop commenced thla morning., and
other grower, will begin marketing
their crop within the next tew day.
The fruit crop on Snake river this
season will be the largest tn the his
tory of the river growers, was the
statement made. today by B. Frank
Smith, who 1 a visitor tn the city from
Truax. . . '
Mr. Smith reports all varieties of
fruit to be tn excellent condition, and
forecasts a proaperou. year for the
river growers. ,.
The cherry crop will- amount to SO
carloads and all varieties will aggre
gate 850 cars.,
- : s . Elgin Stock Show. :
Th business men are working hard
today to make a suocea of the initial
stock show and market day tn thl. lo
cality Saturday, aay the Elgin Re
corder. Considerable property 1 Hat
ed tor the public sales which follow
tha pared., and some good price will
be realised In the sale of stock.
The parade of blooded horses and
stock Btart at S o'clock and will paaa
over the principal street of the city.
Following the parade come the mar
ket day sales. There 1 much interest
manifested and Elgin business men
are going to prosper by their venture.
Stock from several section of the
valley remote from Elgin, will be in
the parade and ln line for th. prtse
wtnning ribbons.
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One' ot the largest sturgeons cap
tured thla season In upper Snake river
waters waa hooked by Lloyd MoAn
ulky near the ferry landing above
town, says a Glenn' Ferry Item. Th
fish weighed close tb 600 pound and
measured eight and one-hatf feet, in
length. A party ot sightseers viewed
thl monster today at It new hom
ln an irrigating canal on the MoAnul
ty rack. u, -' .