SCIO. LINN COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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By D. C. Humphrey.
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Trains leave West Scio for Portland
and way stations at 10.45 a. in.
Leave
|1.M or Albany at 2.45 p. m.
Advei tiring rat«« made known on application
1 ninawnt advertisements must be paid for
when the order Is given for their insertion.
weaves Portland 8.30 a. m., 8.30 p. m.
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Albany 12.10 p. m., 11.30 p. m.
Entered at the poetoffice at Solo, Oregon, as Arrives Ashland 12.83 a. m., 11.30 a. m.
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Sacramento 7.55 p. m., 8.55 a. in
•ceond class mail matter.
“ San Francisco 7.55 p. m., 8.55 a
< PROFESSIONAL^
ILBUR N. PINTLER, D. M. D.
Edo Oregon
PRILL M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Solo, Oregon
Oregon i
SBASTA BOSTS
Comprehcnsive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
orrionas
Prefident.
Cashier...
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Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Japan is placing large orders for coal
D e« a general banking and exchange in Wales.
business. L ns made at current rates
King Edward is rejorted to be trying
Pullman and Tourist cars on both and drafts issued on principal cities.
to get the czar to yield to Japan.
trains. Chair cars Sacramento to Og-
Roosevelt hag sent a message to the
iep and El Paso, and tourist cars to
senate defending his Panama policy.
Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and
J. M. MOORE
Washington.
The conspiracy count in the indict
Connecting at San Francisco with
ment against Sen,-tor Dietrich has been
everal lines for Honolulu, Japan, China
quashed.
,’hilippines, Central and South Amer-
ca.
Fire in the Iowa state house partially
See Mrs. M. E. Woodnansee, agent at
destroyed that building. The loss is
West Scio station, or address
placed at f500,000.
The supreme court has decided that
W. E, COMAN, G. P. A.,
Porto Ricans are not aliens and can
Portland, Ore All work guaranteed. Estimates furnehed freely enter the United States.
The senate committee, by eight to
three, has decided for confirmation of
appointment of Wood as major gen
eral.
The president has sent to the senate
the nominations of William II. Taft to
lie secretary of war and I.ukeE. Wright
to be civil governor of the Philippines.
Telephone Exohanoe No. 11.
The British masses are
soul with Japan.
Princess Mathilde, one of
the Napoleons, is dead.
The Washington shingle
bine expects large profits
coming year.
1904
CHANOINU MININO LAWS.
BUI Relating to Mineral Veins Within
Boundaries ol Placers.
Washington, Jan. 6.—Representative
Dixon, of Montana, has introduced a
bill to amend the laws relating to min
eral veins or lodes within the boun
daries of placer claims. He proposes
to change section 2320 of the Revised
Statutes so as to read: "The deputy
mineral surveyor making a survey for
any application under this section
shall examine and state in his field
notes whether there is within the boun
daries of such claim a vein or lode such
as is described in section 2320, and if
so, shall designate the location of the
same upon the plat to be filed with
such application.”
He also proposes to change section
2333 by inserting the following:
"When a vein or lode Buch as ia des
cribed in section 2320 is shown by the
field notes and plat filed with the ap
plication to exist within the boundaries
of a placer claim, an application for a
patent which does not include an appli
cation for the vein or lode claim shall
be considered as a conclusive declara
tion that the claimant of the placer
claim has no right of possession of the
vein or lode claim; but where the exis
tence of a vein or lode in a placer claim
is not so shown a patent for the placer
claim shall convey all valuable min
eral and other deposits within the
boundaries thereof.”
MORE UNDER BAN.
heart and
the last of
Chicago Closes All Public Places Save
the Churches.
Chicago, Jan. fl.—After tonight it
mill com will, for some weeks at least, be prac
during the tically impossible to hold a house meet
ing of any kind in Chicago outside the
Building Commissioner
Marine insurance companies have churches.
made great advances on all vessels Williams tonight issued an order clos
Jtutlct of the Psass
Notary Rubilo Through Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, and bound for the Orient.
ing all public halls, dance halls anil
Selo Oregon
the Famous Rocky Mountain Scenery by daylight to all points East.
Horace G. Burt, president of the Un turner-verein halls and all similar
ion Pacific, has resigned. Harriman is places of public assemblage until inspec
almost sure to succeed him.
tion has shown that they are complying
J
Fast trains daily between Ogden and Denver
China regards war as inevitable. with all provisions of the building
8he will remain neutral as long as pos ordinance.
As there are more than 5,000 halls
Sealer In
sible and then side with Japan.
Modern Equipment, Through Pullman and Tourist
in Chicago, this order will probably
A scene shifter in the Iroquois thea affect as many persons as the theater
Fresh Candy, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco,
Sleeping Cars and Superb Dining Car Service.
ter, Chicago, declares that the fire cur closing order. Protests were numer
and soft drinks of all kinds.
tain rauglit on a reflector carelessly left ous, but the building commissioner
£WTry Him.
open.
was inflexible. He said:
“Many of these halls are worse than
The production of gold in the United
States for 1903 was $74,425,340. Of any theater in Chicago, some of them
this amount Oregon produced $1,364,- are put up with no restrictions, such
For rates, folders and other
341, Washington $434,109 and Idaho as govern theaters, and many of them
are firetraps of the worst kind.”
124 Third St., Portland, Or $2,067,183.
fonnnation address
Two years ago a general inspection of
War between Japan and Russia is hallB was made, before the commence
more probable than ever.
ment of Building Commissioner Wil
People from many cities are flocking liam’s administration. Notwithstand
All kinds of watches, clocks and jewelry
ing this, the commissioner declares he
to Chicago in search of Iov«d ones.
promptly repaired.
will take no chances, and every hall
The revenues for Great Britain show must satisfy the rqeuirements. The
scio O regon
a decrease of $13,497,040 for the past sole exemption is in favor of private
nine months.
lodge halls, which do not fall in the
Washington officials believe the scope of the order.
J
R. GILL
probability of war will* Columbia is
growing less.
DIVISION OF ARMY.
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SHELTON
REALESTATE BROKER,
THE SCENIC LINE
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ALLOWED
STOPOVERS
V. C. McBRIDE. Gen. Aient
Pl. V. HRGEY
Scio Oregon
—ALBANY-
LUN CH - COUNTER
McKillop & Churchill, Props.
ALBANY OREGON
The best 20c meal in the
Open all night,
do To The
¡«SCIO ' LIVERY & FEED STABLES, I>
Only First-Class Shop In The City
Shaving........
Hair Cutting.
Shampooing..
Batha.............
Irvine & Myer, Props.
IS cents
Hack connects with all trains at West Scio
and morning train at Munkers.
Our rigs are first-class and our horses good
drivers. Prices reasonable.
£)R M. H. ELL13
EYE AND EAB
McLlwain block
Albany, Oregon
J. J. Barnes & Son,
and Wagonmakers
We buy our stock in large quantities
and keep a full line of carriage and
wagon material. All kinds of work in
our line done on short notice.
Horseshoeing a Specialty
SGI0, 0RE&0W
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C. HUMPHREY
INSURANCE AGENT
Tor ths Liverpool and Lca&ea aaA
Gob* Xaranaoe Company.
osasse— Newman Bros, and
Kimball
riAMoe—Chickering, Kimball,
Weber and others
E. U. WILL
Meile Book«, Sheet Muele, Small Instrumenta and Stringa
Agent tor the popular “New Home’’ Sewing Machine.
fi Sell a Seiiu Machine for $20, Warrantei far Fin Teana
Needle« and Supplies for sll Sewing Machinée.
Pianos, Organs, and Sowing Machines Repaired.
120 First Street
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•
Albany, Oregon
Fargo Squiers, eldest son of United
States Minister Squiers, was accident Departments of Columbia and California
Merged Into Pacific Division.
ally shot and killed at Havana.
San Francisco, Jan. 6,— au order
Twelve employes ot the Iroquois thea
ter, Chicago, have been arrested on a making important changes in the army
charge of accessory to manslaughter.
organization on the Pacific coast has
Fearing he intended to flee, secret lieen received here. The order is is
service officers have rearrested John A. sued by direction of President Roose
Benson, the California timber op- velt, upon the recommendation of the
erator.
general staff, approved by the secretary
Chicago will station firemen at the of war, dividing the territory of the
several theaters, at their expense, and •United States ami its possessions into
any objection will cause the closing of geographical departments anil divis
ions, changing existing boundary lines.
the place.
There will be four divisions in the
Sir Thomas Lipton has signified hie
willingness to donate from $500 to $1,- United States and one in the Philip
to
000 to those in need as the result of pines. The new order of things is as-
take effect January 15. Officers
the Chicago fire.
signed to new posts must report for
To learn the land policy desired by duty*on or before that date, if they are
Oregon was the object of Roosevelt in in the United States.
The division of the Pacific will I k *
sending a commission to Portland to
attend the meeting of the national live composed o’ the department of Califor
nia and the department of Columbia,
stock association.
with headquarters at San Francisco,
On account of the theater holocaust Major-General MacArthur, will lie in
the striking Chicago hack drivers and command of the division of the Pacific
their employers have declared a truce and retain command of the department
for 10 days. Wages and other ques of California, temporarily.
tions are not to be considered during
Brigadier-General Funston will be in
that time.
command of the department of the Co
Jerome Sykes, the well known actor, lumbia.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
RECORD IS COMPLETE.
j
MONEY IN SUQAR BEETS.
Oovernor File« Last ot Acta Passed by Grand Rondo Farmers det *95.000 This
the Legislature.
Year for Their Prodact.
Salem—Governor Chamberlain has
filed the last of the acts passed by the
last legislature, an< the record of that
body at its special session is complete.
Only ten of the bills seem to have effec
tive emergency clausee. A number of
others have emergency clauses which
merely declare that an emergency ex
ists, but under the referendum amend
ment it ia necessary that in order to put
an act into effect at once the legislature
must declare that the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace, health or
safety so requires. Those acts which
contain the emergency clause such as is
required by the referendum amend
ment, are marked with an asterisk.
All others will take effect 90 days from
December 28*
Senate Bills.
S. B. 2, Smith of Umatilla—To
amend charter of Adams.
8. B. 3, Carter—To incorporate town
of Gold Ray.
8. B. 4, Dimmick—To incroporate
Beaver Hill.
8. B. 5, Dimmick—To incorporate
North Bend.
8. B. fl, Dimmick—To amend charter
of Marshfield.
8. B. 7, Miller—To amend charter of
Lebanon.
8 B. 8, Wade—To provide for dep
uty district attorneys in eighth district.
8. B. 9, Smith of Yamhill—To fix
salary of judge of Lincoln county.
8. B. 14, Carter—To amend law pro
hibiting killing of elk.
8. B. 17, Rand—Correcting law re
lating to executions at penitentiary. •
8. B. 18, Pierce—Fixing time to give
notice of tax levies in 1904. •
8. B. 19, Rand, Fixing time of hold
ing circuit court in ninth district.
8. B. 21, Marsters—Appropriating
$2,500 for 8oldiers’ home.
8. B. 22, Carter—Placing limit of 10
per cent on interest on tax sales.
8. B. 23, Brownell—To prevent as
signees from bringing suits to recover
recorders’ fees. •
8. B. 25, Tuttle—To amend charter
of Seaside,
8. B. 26, Mulkey—Granting life di
plomas in certain instances.
8. B. 27, Wehrung, by request—Pro
viding or condemnation of water rights.
House Bills.
H. B. 1, Kay—To repeal the tax law
of 1903. •
H. B. 2, Kay—To re-enact the Old
tax law.
II. B. 8, Carnahan—To correct the
law relating to recorders’ fees. •
II. B. 15, Adams—Amending charter
of Athena.
H. B. 16, Hale—Fixing salary of
judge of Josephine county.
II. B. 20, Edwards—To incorporate
Cottage Grove.
H. B. 21, Whealond—To appropriate
$100,000 for Celilo canal right of way.*
H. B. 23, Shelley—To revive the
$300 tax exemption.
H. B. 25, Whealdon—To amend
charter of Dalles City. •
H. B. 26, Burleigh—To incorporate
Lostine.
H. B. 29, Malarkey—Raising salaries
of circuit judges in Multnomah county
to $4,000.
H. B. 31, Judd, by request—To give
owners of stallions lein on mares.
H. B. 37, Gault—Relating to com
petency of witnesses.
H. B. 40, Galloway — Amending
charter of McMinnville.
II. B. 41, Edwards—To protect Chi
nese pheasants.
H. B. 42, ways and means committee
—To appropriate money for expenses of
special session. *
Have Cash to Invest.
I a Grande—The sugar beet industry
netted the farmers this year $95.000,
according to the management of the La
Grande beet sugar factory.
The beet crop this year was greatly
in excess over the yield of 1902. The
yield last year was 9,000 tons of beets,
while this year it was nearly 12,000.
As announced earlier in the season,
there were some portions of the crop
which proved to be a complete failure.
The failure, it is said by the professors
at the experimental station at Union,
was due to the lack of cultivation on
the part of some of the farmers. It is
said the farmers fully realize how beets
should be cultivated, but some of
them were careless about their work.
The acreage planted during the past
summer was much larger than the pre
vious year. There are more farmers
entering the industry now than ever be
fore in the history of the plant, and the
indications are that the acreage for
1904 will be nearly double that of this
year. The soil here is highly produc
tive for beet raising, and excellent re
sults are obtained where proper culti
vation is conducted.
The labor in harvesting the beets ia
not expensive, as pulling is generally
done by Indians and Japs. Sometimes
white labor is employed, but this ysar
it was scarce.
The management of the factory rea
lizes a large profit from the sugar man
ufactured. The management says one
ton of beets will produce 240 pounds of
sugar. Thus the 12,000 tons produced
288,000 sacks of 100 pounds each.
This sugar was sold, at 5 cents per
pound, making a gross output of$144,*
000.
LAWBREAKERS OET THE BIRDS.
Lane Sportsmen Do Not Believe Law
Will Be Effective.
Eugene—The new law enacted by
the special session of the legislature,
prohibiting the killing of Denny pheas
ants for the next two years, is the sub
ject of much comment in this vicinity,
especially among sportsmen. The law
does not appear to meet with favor.
The argument is advanced that it
has not been the shooting of these birds
lawfully that has been the means of re
ducing their numbers, and that if th*
old law had been rigidly enforced there
wpuld have been ,no occasion for farther
restrictions. ,
Coming Events.
Northwest fruitgrowers’ association,
Portland, January 11-13.
National livestock convention, Port
land, January 12-15.
National woolgrowers’ association,
Portland, January 12-15.
Poultry show, Albany, January
12-15.
Angora goat show, Dallas, January
14-15.
Whitman-Oregon debate, Eugene,
January 15.
Oregon Christian Endeavor conven-
tion, Pendleton,¿February, 19-22.
Vote to Form District.
Freewater—The election for the es
tablishment of the Little Walla Walla
irriagtion district according to state
law carried by a good vote. An at
tempt was made some time ago to form
a district, but it was voted down by
heavy property owners living near
town. This time the district was se
lected so they would be left out. The
formation of this district will stop ths
endless litigation over the supply of
wster.
A
PORTLAND MARKET!
Pendleton—Never in the history of
Eastern Oregon have the people been
Wheat—Walla Walla, 71c; blue
as wealthy as they are at the present stem, 76c; valley, 77c.
time. The heavy crops, with the high
Barley—Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
prices, the large herds of cattle and the $20.50;.rolled, $21.
increased flocks of sheep is the cause.
Flour—Valley, $3.75*3.85 per bar
The farmers and the business men alike rel; hard wheat straights, $3.904)4.10;
enjoy this reign of prosperity. More clesrs, $3.55013.75; hard wheat pat
mortgages have been paid off this fall ents, $4.20® 4.50; graham, $3.75;
than ever before in the history of the whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.S0R
country. A majority of the farmers, 4.75.
is dead.
All Is Quiet st Panama.
after paying themselves out of debt
Oats—No. 1 white, $1.07M®1.10;
W. J. Bryan's European trip failed to
Colon, Jan. d.—An Indian courier have deposits in the bsnks and are grsy, $1.05 per cental.
change his free silver views.
who came in last night with a message looking for investments.
Millstuffs—Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $23; shorts, $19; chop, $18;
Roosevelt and the cabinet have con for Oovernor Melendea, reports that the
Indian
Chief
Inanaquina
has
rcturnuA
Lambermea Enter Protest.
linseed, dairy food, $19.
sidered the protest of Colombia and
to Carti. The courier says that the
Eugene—Two of the most important
Hay—Timothy, $16 per ton; clover,
will answer it soon.
chief is silent concerning hie confer complaints to be made liefore the coun $12; grain, $12; cheat, $12.
Secretary Root is conducting negoti ence with the Colombian officials, hut ty tsiard of equalisation, which has
Vegetables—Turnips, 65c per sack;
ations with General Reyes during the the courier supposes that the Colom been I in
ill nrnniuii
Ullin week,
nvunj was
wc*n iiioiiv:
f W , beets,
MxJxjvrtj 90c;
<zw , parsnips,
|'aicuipU| ow
session this
made by VctriVlBf
carrots, 75c;
85e
bians attempted to win the good will
illness of Secretary Hay.
and the Booth-Kelly ®$1; cabbage, l@15£cper pound; red
. r D. Hyland
“/■
of the chief ns to learning what he a
President Roosevelt has ordered an United States naval officers were doing lumlier company. They ask for a re- cabbage, lMc; parsley, per dosen,
— . —
.—.i— of
-'25c: tomatoes, $l®1.50 per crate;
valuation
inquiry into the conditions at Kishinef, along the coast. The general situation Auction in the assessed
where Hebrews fear a second massacre. on this Bide of the isthmus is tran their large timber holdings. Assessor cauliflower, 75c®$1 per dosen; celery,
Burton has assessed timber lands at an 75c; pumpkins, lc per pound; onions,
Senator Fulton lias shown the land quil.
average valuation of $3 per acre, which Yellow Danvers, 80c®$1 per sack;
commission that the present national
is considerably higher than they have Fannon, $1, growers’ prices.
policy is working to the injury of Ore
Jewelry Frozen In Ice.
Honey—$3®3.50 per case.
been assessed before.
gon.
Chicago, Jan. fl.—Proliahly $25,000
Potatoes—Oregon, choice and fancy,
One report says Russia is slowly mov worth of articles lost in the fire are «till
Interest on Tsx Sales.
65®75c per sack; common, 50®60c;
ing troops toward Pekin ; another that unidentified. Dozens of pieces of jew
Salem—The new law placing a limit sweet potatoes, sacks, 2c; boxes, 2)ic.
she is more willing to make concessions elry are frozen in the ice in the ill-fated of 10 per cent upon the rate of interest
Fruita—Apples, 75c®$2 per box;
theater, and officers were busy all day to be bid at delinquent tax sales will pears, $l@1.50.
to China.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 27
30c
The senate committee has outlined a digging out watches, rings, hairpins not go into effect until March 23, and
probable action if Senator Smoot chal and furs. Money to help bury the un will, therefore, not affect sales that are per pound; dairy, 20®22Xc; store, 15
lenges the authenticity of ths charges identified dead and relatves who may now being advertised under the tax roll ®15Hc.
be suffering from the fire has com of 1902. In some counties the tax
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 9® 10«
against him.
menced to pour in. Only four bodies sales are delayed, and may not be com per pound ;«prin», 10c; hens, 10c; tur
Postmaster Bancroft will not be re among those taken from the fire remain pleted until the new law goes into keys, live, 17®l8c; dressed, 20c;
moved from the Portland postoffice.
unidentified.
effect. In nearly all counties, however, ducks, $6® 7 per dozen; geese, live, fie
the delinquent lists are short, and sales par pound.
Whatcom and Fairhaven have nnited
Porto Ricans for Panama.
Eggs—Oregon ranch, 30c; Eastern,
will be conducted in January.
and will be known as Bellingham in
27®27Xc.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 6.—Gov
the future.
Shedd Postofflce Robbed.
Hope—Choice, 24®25c per pound;
ernor Hunt has received advices from
Albany—A report has reached Al- prime, 21®22)^c; medium, 19®20c;
rSanto Domingo has now two revolu Washington countermanding the order bany that the postoffire at Rhedd ata-
common, 15® 17c.
tionary govsrnments and foreigners fear to dismount the remaining mounted
Wool—Valley, 17®18c; Eastern Ore
Porto Rican troop«. From this fact, . Mon, , in the southern partof I.inn coun-
they will suffer.
coupled with the constant determine-1 ty, was broken into and robbed one gon, 12®15c; mohair, 32®35c.
inferred that night last week. The report to
fa to the
Reef—Dressed, 5®7c per pound.
The Japanese commissioner to the tion of the troops, it is Inferred
Veal—Dresaed, «mail, 8<8X«; large,
St. Ixrais fair says Japan will make no the Porto Rican regiment will soon be ' effect that the robber broke ia the rear
• ordered to proceed to Panama.
' door to the building.
»«Helper pound.
concessions to Russia.
f