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NEWS ITEMS OF GENERÄL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
L IN N C R O PS ARE A B U N D A N T .
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Grain
pected
and Hay O utput Ex*
Lab o r S carce.
A lbany— Cerea liaa dealt b ountifully
w ith Linn county thia year.
There ia
not a failure to record tiiua far.
Even
the atrawherriea, reported ruined by
the late spring rain», recovered from
the temporary setback and made a fu ll
crop. Linn county farm« are the pic*
lu re of induatry and p r< x |x rity . Every
variety of farm product w ill lx a I moat
a fu ll yield, and aome, p articu larly the
hay eutput, w ill aurpaaa a ll previoua
racorda.
H aying ia now in ita busiest at age,
and the enormous size of the crop w ill
t a i the resources ot the farm ing com*
in a n ity to care lor it before the thresh
ing aeaiwm. Thia year'a hay crop ia
notable for the great amount of vetchea
grown. Thia greatest of a ll stock foods
thrive« in the W illa m ette valley, and
Linn farmers are txgm uing to realise
the fa rt. It baa many of the pro|>ertiaa
that rejuvenate the soil, ami ia itself a
profitable product.
Running a« high
a« five ton« to the acre, it not only
yield« mormon« stacks of hay, hut alao
furnishes excellent paaturage.
There ia a market «hortage on farm
lalwirera in Linn county, and farmer«
are eiperlenclng extreme difficulty in
iiouHlng their crop«.
A ll classes of grain w ill l>e ready for
harvest Boon, and nlmo«t at the name
tim e. Thia complicate« matters ami
create« a greater demand for help than
o rd in ary. T » meet the occasion farm
er« are doubling force« in the haying
and in this way the work in progrerwing
rap id ly, ami soon the greateat output
of Itay Linn county ha« ever produced
w ill lx on the m arket.
A part of tbe work ot thresher« thia
year w ill tie separating weed from the
vetch straw. lairge order« tor vetch
«•»ed tiave been received, a number of
them coming from Portland wholesale
houses.
Many C aims to Adjust.
Salam— When the next legialature
convene« one of the moat im portant du-
tie« which w ill devolve upon the joint
com m ittee on claim« w ill lx the adjuat*
inrrit of a large griat of claim« aggregat
ing a total of over $425,900 in p n n ei-
pal, ujxm which interest w ill t»e de
manded from the alate at the legal rate
of rt jx r cent, and for a ll periods of tim e
ranging from three month« to a year
and a h alf. The rnoet complex ques
tion which the committee ami the leg-
talature must determine ia which of the
claim « for intereet, in equ ity, should
tie allowed and which about! be reject
ed.
R eport o f Land B oard,
la te n t— The m onthly statement of
<’le.it O . G . Brown, of the »tate land
tioard, ghowa that a total of $2 ),4 W M
had h««n clolected in the land depart*
in e rt during the month of June for the
• • I * of school, agricultural and «wamp
1*00». A a tate merit of the condition of
«everal fund« on hand in the land
partm ent follow« :
Common school
.und, principal, |3O6,HO1.77 common
««hoot fund, farm«, $166.318.33; u n i
versity fund, p rincipal. I ’iMS; universi
ty fund, farma, $3,170; agricultural
college fund, p rincipal, $10,026.07;
a g rh u lu tra l college fund, farm«, $5,936.
M oat Tell Police T h e ir Troubles.
Salem— If the gillnet fishermen do
not want th e ir right« to fish in the tide
water« of the Colum bia river to be im
posed upon by owner« and operator« of
flah traps, gear«, etc., they w ill have to
t«ke th e ir troubles to the “ policeman”
and have the matter adjusted by the
courts through the regular procese.
Thia, in »fleet, ia the d«*ciaion arrived
a t by the state board of fish commis
sioners w hile considering the com plaint
of illegal Ashing w ith trap« in the tide
water« of the C olum bia made by Secre
tary I I . M . Axirntsen, of the C olum bia
R iver Fishermen's Protective union.
H ot Winds Cause D am age.
The Dalles— The east wind which
prevailed recently unquestionably did
morn or less damage to grain.
F arm
er« from different parts of the county
report late grain badly injured, hut
they do not consider th a t early spring
or fall grain ia badly damaged. A
week ot cool weather or a good rain
would he most beneficial and would re
store most of the damaged crops.
O regonians W ho D re w Locations.
Pendleton— Among the names of the
prizewinner« in the drawing« for the
Crow In d ian lands in Montana, which
took place July 3, occur those of Hugh
R . McCollem of Pendleton and A rth u r
B levine of Pilot Rock. O ther Oregon
ians who were among the fortunate are
C lyde Brenner of Heppner and W . E .
Owens of Portland.
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Union County Grain Safe.
La G rande— July 6 was the hottest
day of the «eanon.
On th a t day the
therm om eter registered 101, on July 0,
09 and the night of July 6, HR, which
wan the hottent night bo far of the Bum
m er. July 7 the therm om eter stood at
K9. Ho far not the slightest damage
has been done the crops.
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V A L L E Y F A R M E R S C O M B IN E .
Will
Obtain T h e ir Grain Bags Inde
pendent ot Buyers.
R IO T S A T V L A D IV O S T O K .
[JE E R S A H A Y E S
HOSFOR;» A RAGSDALE
ATTORNEYS & NOTARY PUBLIC
PHYSICIANS à SURGEONS
B attery of A rtillery C aptured and C o s
sacks Driven O ff.
Tok io, July 6. — Additional details
received here of rioting in Vladivostok
Q R . JAM ES
indicate that so far the loyal troopa
have l>een unable to gain control of the
DENTIST
situation, f ighting is going on on a ll
.Mod ru ippliancee.
Ail Work Guaranteed.
sides, both in the city and the out»
skirt«. Especially severe fighting ha«
Moro, Oregon
taken place in the neighborhood of the
outlying harbor defense«, where the
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V . L IT T L E F IE L D
rioter« succeeded in capturing a battery
ot a rtille ry . The gunners made hut
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
a scant show of reaistance, it lx .n g
Room
5,
G inn brick, te-r-ond floor over
plain that they were in sympathy w ith
W . W . M . Co. Bank.
the rioters.
Moro, Oregon
A detachment of Coetacks attempted
to recapture the battery, but the rebels
fired heavy volleys ot grspeshot and
W . STA R K
«hrapnel into the attacking column and
forced it to retreat, w ith heavy loss.
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
At last accounts, the rebels were s till
in command.
Waaoo, Oregon
W ild mobe have burned the govern
ment stores in the heart of the c ity ,
and have secured possession of supplies
valued at a large sum.
One mob
stormed the city prison in an attem pt
to rescue a number of persons who had
been arreeted, after looting the m il i
tary supply station of a quanity of dy
nam ite. Revere fighting, which lasted
several hours, followMl, but the prison
guard was fin ally successful in driving
aw«v the attacking forces.
Inform ation has been received here
th a t all the Russian troops on the
Manchurian border are in a state of
m u tin y, and it is all th e ir offiiers can
do to keep them in reasonable subjec
tio n .
Revolutionary propaganda is
making headway among the Russian
soldiers in Siberia, and it would not be
surprising if news of a general revolt
there were soon to lx received.
Haltifn— There is a lively war on be
tween W illa m ette valley farmer« and
the valley m iller« and warehousemen,
growing out of tha question of furnish
ing nack« tor grain. It ban always been
the practice for warehousemen and
m illers to furni«h sacks to farmer« and
take the value ot the racks out of the
purchase price of the grain when sold.
Recently m illers and warehousemen
in other valley counties decided to dis
continue this practice and to require
farmer« to buy the sack« outrig ht.
M arion and Polk county grainbuyer«
have practically agreed to the same
plan, though no formal action has been
taken.
“ Thi« ia a blessing to valley farm
ers,” declared W . A. Taylor, a prom in
ent grain farm er. “ The warehousemen
have got none the «tart of us, for a l
ready we have begun arranging Jto buy
sacks independent of them .
We have
placed ourselve« in th e ir power too
long.
Now the farmer« w ill build
granaries on th e ir own farma, buy only
Hacks enough to haul grain from the
Held to the granary, let the grain lie
loose in hin t, and thu« lx compelled to
buy only one-tenth aa many sack« as
they do.
“ I have learned by experience that I
can sometimes get R cents more a bush-
ei for my wheat by having posa«-s«ion
of the grain when J get ready to sell.
Farmers can make enough in a «ingle
HesRon by increaned prices of wheat to
pay for their granaries.
“ Let the warehousemen combine.
BAY C IT Y S A L O O N S O P E N .
We are doing something in th a t line
ouraelve« and we «hall buy our sacks
w ithout paying trib u te to the ware Police Will S trictly Enforce the Law
Aga inst Drunkenness.
housemen."
Han Francisco, July 6 .— For the first
Big Log Drive in P rog ress.
tim e since A p ril 18 the saloons were
A lbany— The Spalding lag gin g com perm itted to reopen yesterday.
pany is now dam ping into the W illa m
Licenses had been granted to about
ette river above A llx n y its annual 600 d rinking place« and a ll did a lush
drive of logs lo t the m ill« at Oregon ing business.
To a large number of
C ity , and for ita own lumber m ills at persons the resumption of busin»r«e at
Newberg. Thia years' drive w ill con the «aloons appeared to lx quite a nov
sist of 12,000,000 fe<*t of logs, and w ill e lty, and many were on hand when the
tie one of tbe largest on record.
I l ia barroom doors swung open. Nearly a ll
now in tbe v icin ity o f H arrisburg, in the resorts were crowded, but up to
Linn county, and w ill tie several days noon no serious trouble had been re
getting down to A ltw n y.
ported .
E xtra policemen were detailed for
Benson Files Bond.
doty in a ll the blocks containing sa
Salem— Secretary of State-elect Frank loons.
I t i« planned to place a ll men
W . Benson baa filed bis official oath arrested for intoxication at work clean
and txind in the sum of $10,000 w ith ing away debrie from sidewalks.
Governor C h a m tx rla in , who has ap
“ A ll persona who show the e ffe c ts of
proved the same.
intoxication are to be quickly gathered
in .” said C hief of Police Dinan today.
W . C . B ristol is Reappointed.
“ Patrolmen have been inetracted to
Oyster Bay, L . I . —-President Roose m aintain order. Up to noon today but
velt ha« reappointed W illia m C . Bris few arreata have been reported from
tol U nited State« attorney for the dis the sub stations, and but one or two
tric t of Oregon.
have Ixen booked for drunkenne«e at
the main station. I do not expect that
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
we shad have much trouble in hand
ling the s itu a tio n .”
W heat— C lu b , 71c; b'.ueetein, 73c;
red, 69c; valley, 71c.
B A T T L IN G W IT H C H O L E R A
Oats— No. 1 w hite feed, $32; gray,
$31 per ton.
Bariev— Feed, $23.76 per ton; brew M anila Bureau o f Health is Holding
ing. $24; rolled, $ 2 6 0 2 6 .
Disease in Check.
Rye— $1 60 per hundred.
M an ila, July 6 .— The cholera situa
H ay — Valley tim othy, No. 1, $ 1 1 0
tion has im proved.
The report at 6
12.60 per ton; clover. $8 6 0 0 9; chest.
o'clock last night showed 19 new cases
$0 6 0 0 7; grain hay, 7 0 8 ; alfalfa, $11'.
since m idnight of July 4 and 10 deaths.
F ru its— Apples, $ 1 .6 0 0 1 .7 5 per box;
The report for July 4 shows 2R case« ,
cherries, 6 0 He per pound; currants, 9
and 19 deaths. Two Americans, R obert)
0 1 0 c ; peaches, R 6 c 0 $ l per crate;
Ix im txrtz a n d -------H a rt, are dead, but
plum«, $ 1 .1 0 0 1 .3 6 ; straw lxrries, 60R c
to date only five Americans have ixen
per pound; goosetxrries, 6 0 7 c per
seized w ith tbe disorder. Thus far
pound; Logan Ix rrie s , $ 1 .3 5 0 1 .5 0 per
cholera has not appeared in the A m er
crate; raepfxrries,
$ 1 .7 6 0 1 R5
per
ican section of the city. The A m eri
cr«te; blackberries, 10c per pound.
cans who have been stricken live in
Vegetables— Bean«, 6 0 7 c per pound;
the native sections of M an ila .
cabbage, l ’ 4 c per pound; corn, 2 6 0 3 6 c
The bureau of health has refused to
per dosen; cucumber«, 7 6 c 0 $ l per box ; perm it the sale of foodstuffs that may
lettuce, bead, 25c per dozen; onion«,
have been liable to infection.
The
1 0 0 1 2 per dozen; peaa, 4 0 5 c per efforts of the doctors engaged in com
pound; radifthe«, 10016c per dosen;
batting the disease show results in the
rhubarb, 3c per pound; spinach, 2 0 3 c
decrea«e in the n tim lx r of new cases re
per pound; tomatoss, $ 1 .2 5 0 2 .2 6 per ported. W h ile the disease started in
I m ix ; parsley, 26c per box; squash, $1
stronger than the great epidemic of
0 1 .2 6 per crate; turnips, 9 O c 0 $ l per
l« 02 , the authorities believe they have
«ack; carrot«, $1*01.25 per sack; beets, the situation now under control.
$ 1 .2 5 0 1 .5 0 per ruck.
For the week ending Ju ly 4 there
Onions — New red. l ' 4 0 1 ) « c per
were 116 cases and 99 deaths. For the
pound; new vellow, l ’ 4 0 2 c p e r pound.
24 hours ending at 8 o’clock on the
Potatoes— Fancy graded Burbank«,
morning of July 5 there were 12 cases
old, 4 0 0 5 0 c per sack (110 pounds); o r
and five deaths in tbe provinces.
d inary, nom inal; new, Oregon, 76c 0
$1.26.
Ticket in Kansas.
B u tter— Fancy creamery, 17t«02O c
Topeka, K a n ., July 6 .— A fter an ex
per pound.
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 2 2 0 2 2 4'c per tended wrangle of speeckmaking, in
which more or l«es b itte r feeling was
dozen.
P o u ltry — Average old hens, 1 2 ^ 0 displayed, the Populist state party d el
13c per pound; mixed chickens, 11 % 0 egatee yesterday voted to place a party
12c; fryer«, 1 6 0 1 6 ^ c ; broilers, 1 5 0 ticket in tbe field. The vote stood 94
1 6l$ c; roosters, 9 0 1 0 c ; dressed chick to 68. After naming a portion of the
ens, 1 4 0 1 5 c ; turkeys, liv e , 1 4 0 1 6 c ; Congressional committee, the Populist
turkey«, dressed, choice, 1 7 0 2 2 ^ c ; State convention proceeded to the nom
geese, live, R 0 R ^ c ; ducks, 1 2 ^ 0 1 3c. ination of a state ticket. Horace K eef
Hops— Oregon, 1905, 10011c; olds, er, ol Leavenworth, was named for gov
ernor by acclam ation. J. A . W rig h t,
6c per pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon average best, of Sm ith county, was named for lieu
1 R 0 2 3 ’ 2 c : valley, coarse, 2 2^ < ® 23 % c ; tenant governor.
fine, 24c; m ohair, choice, 2R03Oc per
pound.
May Tie Up Black Sea Ports.
Veal— Dressed, 5 ^ ,0 7 0 per pound.
8t. Petersburg, July 6.— According
Beef— Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; to inform ation received here, the em-
cows, 4 % 0 5 'y C ; country steers, 6 0 6 c . pl \ves of the Siberia, Southwestern and
M utto n — Dressed, fancy, 7 0 3 c per Caucassian railroads are ready to join
pound, o rdinary, 6 0 6 c ; lambs, fancy, in a general strike, and the longshore
8 0 8 fc c .
men of the Black sea ports are prepared
Pork— Dressed, 708J^ c per pound
to take part in the movement«.
W ill Practice in A ll Court«
in the State
Moro, Oregon
Wasco, Oregon
JJ.
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J. BRIGHT
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
W in p ractice In any ( o n rt In th« State. A ll
bnaiB«-«« le ft w ith me w ill receive prom pt and
■ arc fu l a tte n tio n Office over K ranee a Harness
Shop.
Wasco, Oregon
Q R . W . H U C K IN
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office in Wasco Now« Building.
Wasco, Oregon
■ AS. F. M O O R E
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office over 8. T . Co., « t Moore Bros.
Old Bank.
Moro, Oregon
C k Wasco milling Company!
mannfacturt and Sell
the famous W a s c o F lo u r that ):
all housewives prefer; also bran,
shorts, and feed-stuff.
THE WASCO LIVERY & FEEDSTABLE
Is Replete W ith
GOOD RIGS AND TEA M S
T e a m . left in m y a r e will receive every attention
pouible. Also heavy teaming done
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
W A SCO
OREGON
PHALAM ONT
Livery, Feed & Sale Stable.
S p e c ia l a tte n tio n g iv e n to C o m m e rc ia l M e n a n d th e
T r a v e l i n g P u b l i c . » T c I c p h o n c fro m T h e D a lle s,
o r a n y S h e r m a n C o u n ty P o in t a t o u r e x p e n s e .« * * »
'P h o n e M a in 15
W HEAT
EXCHANGE
J A M E S V E N A B L E , P ro p rie to r.
Fine Wines, Liquors &. Cigars
T h e F in e s t Im p o rte d and D o m e s tic
Liquors and C ig a rs
Wasco Lumber Company
DEALERS IN
Lumber, Wood, Coal, Blacksmiths’
Coal, Fence Posts.
Sash, Doors, Glass, Mouldings, Rustic, Ceiling,
Flooring, Lath, Shingles, Pickets, Lime, Cement,
Adamant, Plaster, Plaster Paris, Decorative Novel
ties, Room Moulding, Yard Fencing, Wire.
All Kinds Builders' Material Always Kept in
Stock.
Special attention given for Mill Work and
Car Load Orders.
ESTIMATES FREE.
WASCO, OREGON