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NEWS OF THE WEEK
TRADÌ WITH ISLAND OF CUBA
FLEE IN TERROR
Imports and Exports for 1905 Far
Exceed Any Previous Year.
Peasants Seek Rafuga in Naples from
Fiery Vesuvius.
Wsshington, April 10. —A report la
sueil by lb« J»partmrnl ot Commerc«
and labor on the Cuban trade xayx
usy
Cutie ranka second In imp».rtence in
the trade relations of the United States
with oilier American countr »-a. The
total trade of the United States with
I the principal countriee of America in
the calendar year ol IVOft wax
Can
ada.
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’
u.l.Otm
ixhi.
Cube,
IltA.OO»».-
K Resuma of the Less Important but
000; lireall, II11.000.00»
Mexico,
Not Lota Interesting Events
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I
of the Past Week.
Th« vslua of merrhandiav imported In
to the United Btatee from Cui« in the
Japan haa opened Manchuria to tor- calendar rear llrOft. according to figures
prepared by th« department of Com-
■ sign trade.
mer. «■ «r I 1 V- ■
»»• 4
-
■ ■
Witte again threatens to resign as
against »-S7.i2n.229l in 1903. »<1.747.-
premier of Russia.
»It
i ■
Dowle savagely denounce« his wi'e in which y ar our imports front Cula
amt vows 1.« will not livs wih her toucher! the lowest punt in the last
again.
half-century. The exjxitts fr.un tie
Many troojw in tbs Philippines •re Unite-! Stat«e to Cui»s sggregsted »44.
I
suffering from malaria caused t»y II»*
»
»
pure water.
IrrM. m which year 4hey were smaller
Another attark on engineers ami otb- than in any preMeding year m the last
er officials of th« Lsng, Franc*, coal half century. In both in.j«»rtx and ri
’ mine* baa t»e«n ma*!e by tti« miners porta the figures of the year 190ft are
j wives.
larger than those ot any earlier year it
N'rarly all countries have joiner) with our trade with Cut«.
Suga* and niotasce. to'.wcco, cigars
'tbs United Ktates in asking for a later
'date as tlie lime of the second Hague amt fruits are the principal articles
forming the imports into the United
j caotervncu.
Stat«* trot» Cuba. The value of sugar
Anthracite coal o|»cratore asy they
Imports in 190ft ass over »72.000,000,
are willing to arbitrate, but have pre
t
sented new terms to the miners as a
I
i
, t»a*ie lot the arbitration.
»1.23U.O2H (o< which all but I’»,1» I
Burlington officials claim no know re presented the value of bananas), and
ledge of a wreck on its road near Lin iron ores, II ,’>37,* HI.
coln. N»t>., while men who were on the
train say there was a wie k and th* y
SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVE
•aw at Iras: two prisons who were
Naples, April V.—Mount Vesuvius is
' a culnaaai cauldron of fire and the town
of Buaeatrveaw, on its southern declivi
REALLOT WtNAHA RESERVE
ty. haa t»««n tranefornied into a gray is
Sheepmen Jubilant Over Confirmation land ot ruin by the ashes from the crat
of Reconaideratlaa.
er uf the volcano. Torrvnts of liquid
Pendleton — Thera ia joy among fire, resembling m the distance serpents
•lieepmen of Umatilla county over the with glittering yellow and black stale«,
news tliat the Wrnaha reserve will be are coursing in all directions, amid
rw.livl.led, f-r It is underato.nl that the rumblings, det-»nations an<l earth trem
allotment la to lie made again. Hev blings. while a jw i i of sulphur-aa emoke
•ral days ago J. E Smith received a that hovers over all makes breathing
letter from Ranger J. M Hmilt. invit difficult.
The streams of lava are reeistleee.
ing the Oregon men to meet at Walla
They snap like plpvetems the trunks ot
Walla April 27 to conanlt regarding the
chestnut tree« hundreds o' years old,
division of the reserve. It «setup and blight with their torrid breath the
poae»l that the meeting would l-e matw- blooms ou the pea* h tree« l«tore the
ly to hear complaints, and that little Irsee themeelvee Lave be »U rra. hod.
* r no g rut a*»uid result to the Oregon The m -Iton streams >Li u<»l epare the
homes <>t the peasants, amt ah«n these
sheepmen. However, Dau I*. Smythe, have t»een raa»«t they dash Into the
•e. relary of the t maliHa con^y aaao- a* is as though «erking to slake their
elation, hat b««n Informed that the thirst, ami, after filling tliem continue
their course down th« mountainside.
reearva »as to he re»livlde<l.
Everywhere in the vicinity of the
When the Wanaha reaarva was first
volcano pitiful sewn«* ar« witi>e-s»«l —
allotte»!
among
storkmen
revaral
women ar« tearing titeir hair in tl.e r
months ago Oregon men complaiued
griei and old men are crying aloml al
bitterly l»«ca'iM in making the dlvie
th« lose of then hetoved homesteads.
ion the Oregon part ot the rwetve had
Neu
stere . ■
e>! a
liflarent
I*ecn practically given »»ver tn Washing
ton growers, thus cutting off many points on the mountain, but it is Im-
Umatilla county men from their sum p leeil'le to ascertain their numl>»r or
«her« they ars situated.
mer range«
Naples is the mecra of the alarmed
Them is a general belief that a inora
eqnitabla division will tw made thia country people amt they have l«*n
time, a« the Umatilla county men will t! « king into the < i y in great numl-ers
The lava tl a approached the out
l»e on hand to aa»ert their rights.
Perry Gould, president of the Uma skirts of tiie village of I arem and than
tilla county association, I aa called a suddenly cwaserl advancing Eilty acres
meeting <>f that body April 20, al which I of gr uml about the village were over-
time a line ot action will 1« agr»««l (lowed ami the crops rume*!
The rruptmn ha« can«ed a great deal
upon.
of *lam«gi- a« the I »-at g lava alrtama
Oregon's Boundary Dispute.
have nitherrd vegetation, »hila the
Salem—Attorney General Crawford aehea have settled on everything.
sn.l Male I g i >”» i I '• • after vi« tmg
Astoria to lo>k up evidence in the
NEW RECIPROCI 1 Y I REA I Y.
boundary line suit (»ending between
Oregon and Washington before the America Gatling Woriti.l by Present
United Slat.-« Supreme court, are more
Agreetner t With Cuba.
thoroughly Convince. I than ever that
Washington, April 9. —Acting nnder
• • regun is in the right. Mr. I<ewie con
tends that emigre»« must hare lieen instructions from the Mtate department,
guided in fixing the boundary line by 'Edwin Morgan, minister al Havana,
the latest government surveys nf the has Imen in conference with ’lie Cuban
month ot the Columbia river. Hy slip foreign tiffice, with the porp»«e of
ulation, oral evidence will be taken be framing • new reciprocity treaty. The
treaty may Ire ready for enbmiaeion !>«•
fore a notary.
tore the adjournment <4 the the present
I eenate seaeioti.
Notifies Attorney General.
The reason for the preparation of
Salem—Th» Portland General Elec
tric company baa notified the attorney this Hew treaty Is that the < ffirtala tier»
general that it lias Alni answer to the have become coaviaced that America la
alate'« aine-idei complaint in the Cir getting by far the worst of the bargain
cuit court of Multnomah county.
The tinder the prvumt arrangement. While
elate aura to compel an accounting for neatly all of the esporte from Cuba
the past 30 yea's of buaineaa Iransact- . 'come to our ports, only a little more
ed. In Ils answer the company stales than one tliir I ot the imports into
that the lot k« ami canal at Oreg on City Cuba are furnished by tie American
have changed hands twice in that per i farmers and merchants, Europe fur
Imi. They also art lip that the atate'a nishing practically the balance.
Tlie Culiaii government <iid not rare
claim for interest is outlawed.
fir make the concveeione, but it was
contronteil with the fact that otherwise
Land and Lot System To Be Used
there would be no treaty at all at the
Astoria—County Assess.,r Cornelius
capitation of the preaent convention,
lots decided to use the laud and lot sya-
and, without the preferential rates of
trm in preparing the I906 «•«■••rami
the trea'y it would l»e impoMible to
roll in place ol segrega'.ing tire proper
market Co »an sugar and other staple«
ty under the name« ot the various own
tn America al pr »diable raise, thus
ers, aa haa t»een the riiatom heretofore.
threatening rum to Cuba.
Mr. Cornelius believes the new system
will rreutt in a great saving to the
HUMPHREY S USGENT PLkA
county.
Linn County Abstract Co. In 3 Condensed Form for Our
B
Readers.
HAPPENINGS Of TWO CONTINENTS
J. J. Barnes & Son,
II hr^ «nt
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
n Blatt
At BA NV ORIUIOW
H MONT«NiK
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General Slacksmiths
and Wagonmakers
Rriet»«
Horseshoeing a Specialty
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Solari l*»btl< an t «..lieimr
»•( h«n«lon« ai- l I stenla
tutu» SU West M mr«»l
W» buy our st»«-k In large qriantitir-s
anil ke« p a full line of ramage and
wag o material. Ail kitela of work tn
our line done on short notice.
SCIO, OREGON
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ATTORNEYS AT I AW
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Graduate Eclectic Medical College
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PHYSICIAN ani SURGEON
ftclo, Cr»gsn
• »!»pboas Sx:bxae» K: XI.
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
*2«tl:a cf ths Tues
Kourr FaUlc
Scia Crsjea
Lunch
Previ lent
t'aahier..
T J Mr’trrr
W. A Ewtau
Counter
Mt kit I Op g DeVANfY, Prop»
Busi 2(k. Mt'ail in the Valley
Open All Night
Al RAN V. OftfGON
<io 1<> The
killed.
About 160 L,vaa and Much Property
<>ffi* ials of the Chicago ¿»Alton and
Lost in South Seas.
D *« a general banking and exchange Chicago, Burlington A Quincy railroa<le
Ran Francisco, April 10.—The «team-
bus ueaa L - ns made at current rates must stem! trial in Kansas for giving
reliateo. The Uniletl Htates Diatrict 'er Marlp ea arrived today from Tahiti,
ami drafts issued on principal cities.
pviurt at Kansas City has refused to bringing additional particulars of the
'storm which «wept the Society and oth-
‘grant them immunity.
! er South hex islands laat February.
Roosevelt and Tillman may Iw-come Acc<>r*jing to the late«! ertiruatea about
' reconciled.
160 live» were lost anJ the proj»erty
amonnte»!
to
»1,600,000.
G wky and other Russian revolution- damage
Among the Mariporra's passengers were
I 1st» will tour America
B Clialee, C. Brown and J. Harris,
Tugmen of Chicago have struck for a
ViA
niemls»r» of the i rew of tlie British ship
raise * I I • per month.
County of R*»gburgli, Captain J. Leslie,
There are many candidate, for Al- which went ashore during the hnrri-
ger’s rest In the ssnate.
cane at Tokarva, in the Paumolre group
À
A) great majority of the bitumlnoua of islands. Out of her crew of 24, ten
coal miners are at work.
• lives were lost.
Other vrvsels lost during the storm
The governor of Tver, Russia, has
were the French schooner Tahlienne.
l»eeri blown up by a l»onih.
. 53 tons, with Ca|,taln Dexter and eight
The Itemocrslic victory in Russia <>( her crew, and tlie french schooner
may lead to the granting of a constitu Touture. 2M tons, with all on lr»«rd
I Die brencii schooner Hituiini, lu tons,
tion.
went asl ore at Momhi. Her crew was
Dowie's European converts refuse to
I a veil. The French schooner .Morurora
believe that their leader has fallen from
<7 Ions, went aaliore st Tikehou, but
Traini tetre
alvi an-1 way grace in Zion City.
the crew was save*!.
•talksht al 1 -*<f a tu
leav<< tur Alleati) at
Bryan will also tour Russia during
l.U |* W»
The French schooner F’.itneo, 150
his present trip around tlie world. He tons, ie overdue and it is supposed that
Ijraw« l'Gfllatril • X'a m
* * p tu
ie in India at present.
she ia lost with all on boaid off Tike
|>a*«a AlhAtty li llf m
11 * |
Arrtvaa i»hlan<1
o a m
II 1 a m
Ikiwie's enemies are bringing more . hou. Thirty seven cutters of 12 to 16
Affli* Mrfbftirnlo * ■■ p tn
* ■ a n»
charges against him and preparing a I lone were also lost in the storm.
Affile* ** ) ratti
”*
*
a tn
hot reception for the agrd prophet.
EAST ANO SOUTH
SALMON
Albainy
Oregon
cmcxM
t laclnaall. oblo
I»
1 k •
Bank
Stute
l'ulitnan at<*l Tvuri»! rara <»n t»>th traina
< i » f rara barrar
lo
an>l >.l ('•au.
ar>d 1 utirrara t«» < ho ago. M Loula, Sa»
i ■ • • a »• 1 U a »
» •
« unttrciii < at «tati FranrlMB wllb tha»«tafal
»trai!. »Iiiu . • ra t»»e liti > ■* •». Japan. » faina,
I.’» cents Ft»tll|rfti>«a. A entra* atul M»uth Amrflra
NOT SO BAD AS PAINTED
Most Crops in Pendleton Section Are
Turning Out Well.
Pendleton—Investigation of tire con-
dill a of gr wing wheat In various
(»arte ot Umatilla county shows the
damage sustained in the March cold
epell was slight.
Instead of many
thousand scree to reseed, as at first re
ported. not more than 2,000 acre« in
the entire county have t»«n reeaeded.
Many farmers secured seed whist and
vitro), in many instancaa paying fancy
price« fur blueatem, which was scare«,
'inly to find tliat their gram was not In
jured or only slightly. Th« only s««-
lion where there was any lias was the
north western (»art, wiiere the soil ie
light and there was comparatively no
•nowfall. The »care sir du« to the
fact that th« to ( hi of t|;e grain in some
place« wee frosen, but this ie Consider
ed a benefit instead ot an Injury by
many, as they say that it has ca it»«>l
'be grain to stool out more than other-
wise.
The fruit ia also ccming out nicely
and the damage will not he nearly eo
great as was feared. The j-sachee suf
fere.) mnet, but there will be a partial
crop and an tree a later frost orrurs
there will be a full crop ot all other va
rieties of fruit.
TWO CENTS AN ACRE
Estimate foe Coming Year by Secre
tary ot Waterugarg' Association.
Klamath Falla—Secretary Applegate,
■>f the Klamath Watrrn«ers' a»« x-iatn n,
in hie annual mjHirl to the alia khold-
era’ meeting here, April 7, stated that
the receipts of the association to March
31, I'HIO, were »0,729.00, while dis
bursements were ffi.’.M 20. leaving a
deficit of »122 ft4.
Principal expense
was filing and recording deeds, etc.,
»1,40ft 20. salary <>! attorney. »1,500;
•alary of secretary, »1,200, and direct-
■ rs' per diem and ex|iense«. ti.u.l I'l
He rwtlmatee exjieneea for the coining
year at 41.000.
As there are about
ISO IMH) acres aubecrilied to the assorts
ti *n, tlie aaaesement per acre will only
lie about 2 rents. There are about 20,-
000 acres of private land under the
project as yet unsubscribed.
Favors Spelling Reform.
Salem—State Su|»ermteinlrut Acker
man is a firm (reliever in the reformed
• pelting, so much talked about by An
drew Carnegie. He rays that there is
only one war to bring atrmt the refor
mation ejieedily and »ffectiveiy, and
that was for the newspapers of the
country to agree to adopt tlie new ni wle
>f spelling. Should this lie done, Mr
A'-kertnan says that the country at large
sill accept the new form and forget the
old inside of one year.
He «aid that
the National Educational aaeot talion
lied adojiteil the new form.
The street car strike at Winnipeg has
NEW JERSEY FOREST FIRE
ended, the car men getting an advance
ot I cent an hour after asking tor 2.
State Wax About to Purchase Large
May Send E«pert Here
Ei|>ert» who have gone over the ami
Tract for Reservoir.
Port an I — After consulting with KI-
Nhavtng..................................
itur'a books ot Indiana have found a
Egg Harbor City. N. J., April 10.— wood Mr a. I. chief of the drainage and
Hair Cutting............. Jfi •*
T'«e shortage
►♦r Mra M F Woo4n«ua»o, »feci at W<»t shortage of » <90.)>'' •».
A forest and swamp tire was started irrigation investigations of the depart
*«
BhampiMilng . ........ .25
covers every year back to 19H3.
hci<» fitaiioti. or ad*1r«*s
i here rarly thia morning and in the ment of agriculture, Senator John M
••
Hath«
Senator Alger, of Michigan, is not a course of a few hours mummed threaten Gearin has advieed the board of trade
Mf. £« OOMAM. O. P. A.
ing dimarisi'-ns. The fire’s origin is that the department will pr.duihly die
(illlklll I >\N II
I’UOI’RII I OR
Portland. Oroffon. candidate for re election.
unknown
It started a sliort distanre patch a man to the Willamette valley
Dowie premiers to |>erform a miracle
frwro
the
botue
of Congreseman John J this season to study agtirnllursl condi
when lie leai lns Zion City.
< larriott and did coneiiferahle damage tions. If the appropriation provided
Returning merchants aay Chine«» are liigli winds fanner! the tlamee into a for in the agricultural bill it large
> now buying Americaan goods.
i roaring furnace and drove it in a west- enough lie will tiegin his work about
Vesuvius is in violent eruption •nd ■rly directum toward the towns of July 1.
i thousands uf juviple are tleelng in tei • Weymouth and Weal Egg Harbor. The
Of Portland, Oregon
} village of Carmentow n was completely
Initiators Printing Bdl.
| ror.
I encircled and eevetal buildings destroy-
Salem—There lias been much specu
More n.iting baa taken pls « at Win- jod.
lation aa to ttia probable expense en
I the
uij»eg. Manitoba, on account
A path over a mile wide and over tailed upon the state by the initiative
' street car strike.
DUES $1 00 ‘ PER MONTH
four miles long was covered by the inrasurre which have been prop<*ed for
NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION
The soft coal mine operators of the I flame«. Ttrouaanda of SH-rea of valuable the people's adoption at the June elec
>t r j artlrulsr» »«<e
East have offered to arbitraste their I timber which the state of Ji,w Jersey tion tips year, hente the following fig
GROVER POMEROY
T I- DUGGER
i was about to purchase as a foreat re urea, obtained from the secretary of
differences with the minera.
Agent
SC IO. OREGON
Colle« tor
I serve were deetmyed, making a tract of state, will be of interest •bow ing the
amount thus expended
All the inde|»enderit coal operate** of 25,000 acre« almost worthleaa.
II.-
017 . 'printing. I <,472, binding. II.
the Pittaburg district have signed the
acale. Thia will maure work for alarut
nlO. t* tel, »6,099.
Bold Diamond fhievet.
20 <»00 men.
New Orleane, la , April 10.—That
The United Stelee Circuit court of he «as robtied <>f diamomla valued st Postpone Booth-Kelley Indemnity Bill
Salem—Governor Chamberlain haa
ap|»eala of New York says the patent »5.000 at Ibe muule ol a revolver tn a
for day I ight loadint film cart* dgea for í store in a crowdvd Street ia th» etory wired Senators E niton and tirarin i to
i luid to the pólice by I M*»e», a ¡«weler have the senate postpone action on the
i photographic cameras is void.
Il D. latxlon, of 'he Bilyeu ¡bn >aw milla, i* prepared
M*»ee aaid that «hile al work in bis K-a>lh Kelly Lumber company's indem
to fill orders fur
A steamer has arrived at I'hiladal- store, wilh hundreds of people pusning, oily hill, authorising the company to
1 pina troni Bombay, India, with what late last nighl, two mrn entere»! and •elect lands in lieu of its boldli g« in
is believed to toe bubonic plague among aske.1 to luok al sume dlamomi rings the Klamath In lian reservation, , until
Ì the crew.
and brrxw tice. Afler aeveral trays had a copy of the bill ia received and I th«
One hundred printer* have loeen dis <>ern pul out, Musa saya <»ne o! the mam matter investigated hy state Ian I an-
charged from the government printing sbovsd a revolver ín lita I se« and the thoritiee.
office aa the first step toward economy other took tl>e jewela an»l e caped into
Curry Healthiest County.
, in that department.
The mechanical the crowded Street.
Wedderburn—Curry county ia one of
department will lie completely reorgan-
the healthiest in Oregon. Thia county
Nurses Go On Strike.
( lard.
boasts only one physician, showing that
New
Orleans,
April
10
—
A
numi»'
Many lives were boat by the collapse
it Is a desirable place to live, even if
of
nnreee
in
the
Ja<
kann
sanitarium
of a hotel in Germany.
Have gone on strike Iwcauee a négro it is uff the map of homee«»ekere. No
Speaker Cannon admits the present patient was admitted to one of the epitlemu- of any kind ever vielte thia
tariff laws should be rvviMnl.
wards
The niirsee quit in a braly. de place, and the physician ia not often
The ka.aer abandoned his trip to the claring that St ey did not intend to wail newleil.
Mediterranean for fear of aaaaaeination. on neymee. The patient is a railroad
Discovers Black Diamond.
The New York chamber of com emp'oye on one ol the rnade with
Il
W'alderbnrn-Wtil. p.nn.ng.n the
merce urge« congrega to para the Phil which the hospital haa a contract
The negro nurse faile»l to re;«>rt for
ippine tariff bill.
'duty and th« whit« women were nr Eliott dlarovsrwd a black diamomi.
Prince von Buelow, rham-vll r <4 dered to attend the man.
The itone i« a« larga as a kernel ol
Germany, fell in a faint while add fees •
corn, and haa all charai teriatice of thè
ing the rvu hetag.
diamomi. It ah imo at night and le an
Cruiser Ready for Trial Spin.
Rorkland, Me., April 10.— The nee elee Unni giace cotte*.
The senate plane to do awav with the
I'll office ot en per I nt endent of Indian af cruiser Washington, which haa j'let
Money for School Fund.
faira in Alaska and turn the work oyer t>een completed lor the United Htatee
government, arrived there today and
Satan—Itere! pts of the Slate I At nd
to the governor.
anchored onteide the breakwater in board from sale of public school lande,
The Republic Oil company, a dum readme«» for her epeml triale. whirl defet rod payments and interest on loans
my of the Ntandard, has withdrawn will take place off thia port during th* • m »enteil to 127,«I3A nA for March.
from Nebraska, I >wa and Indiana. Its week. The Washington's contract call» Thia sum has been paid to the state
boaineee will be continued by the toy a minimum apeed ot 22 knots per 'reosnrer tn lie added to the permanent
Standard.
scbixi! fund.
boor.
PACIFIC AID ASSOCIATION
Pays Sick, Accident, Death Benefits
LUMBER! LUMBER!
Common « Finishing Lumber
LANDON!
LANDON!
yi
Governor Would Sign Protest
Salem—Governor Chamberlain rays
that he does not think the United
htatea quartermaster's office should I*
moved from Portland to Seattle, be-
e*u«e Portland was the more central
point. The governor eapreeara willing
lies» to join in a proiret to the secretary
ol war againat the prop-ieed change.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat — Club, owe; blueatem, Ottifi
*9c; red, 00c; valley, OMc.
Oats — No. 1 white taed, »27,ftO.
gray, 127 per ton
liarley —Eee.|, t i 50 4 24 |wr ton ;
brewing, »24)424 50; rolled, •24 500
25 50,
timothy.
Hay _ Ea •tern Oregon
cli »ice, 11 7'4 1' j*er < n. common, »13
I
(7.6O4H, cheat, f'»47;, grain hay.
• 7«H, alfalfa. 112.
Apple*—»202 7ft j»er bog.
Vegetable« — tvparague, H0l2^e
per pound, cabbage, 2lgo per pound;
raulit! >wer, »2 25 pet crate; celery, 76
igoOc per doaen, head l«<tucw, 26c jier
dosen; onions, 4<»c peril aeu; radishes,
20025c per d> sen; rhubarb, »101 25
tier tag; gpinach, II per les . parsley,
26c; turn pe. »101 2ft per sack; car
rote, 1'50. h - |ier «a. k; bvete, Hftc4|l
per sack.
On one — No. I, 700Mk- per eack.
No. 2, n'Mninal,
Polvtoea—Eancy grade! Burbanks,
ttftc per hnndrel; ordinary, 50056c;
new California, 5c (>»r pound
Butter—Ean y creamery, SO0225»c
j*er pound.
Eggs—Orrgcn ranch, 115011! Sc l*f
doaen.
Poultry—A verage old hens. 1S0I Ttgr
per pound; mix«I chickens, I2»g013c;
broilers, 25030c; young roosters, 12kg
013e; old roosters. 10'^*411 !»e: dreea
rhl,krn._ j tgj^; turkey., live. 1«
-............ •>-«'- H-ue. 204
21c; geeae, live, 110.tgc; geese, drees
ed. 10011c; duck«, 17019c.
Hope—< »rvgun, 1906, 7010c; old.,
507e.
Wiw i—Eastern Oregon average best,
16020c; valley. 24026c per pound,
mohair, choice, 2ft029c.
Veal—n»easrrf 3 07 l^c per pound.
Beef—Dressed bulls, 3» per pound;
cows, 405c; country steers, 41*05!^.
Mutton—Dressed, fern y, 9(49%<■ per
pound; ordinary, 40ftc; lambe, with
pelt <>n, 1001 Ie.
Pork—Dressed, 603 tgt per p >und.
He Predicts D savter if Ship Subsidy
Hilt Should Fail.
Washington, April if — Re|»rraente-
live Humphrey, ot Wldiington, today
Informed the president that, unlvse tlie
■tiip •utwiify bill la peaMnl, Japan will
eoen control the entire Oriental com
merce ot the Pacific < a»l
He hoped
: ao to alarm the president that he will
' actively take uj< the cause of the suh-
• idv advocate« end < nipel the •|»eaker
ar d house irmlers to 1st tins bill pass.
Mr. Humphrey «aid the Japan«»«
alr«a*!y have an >q>ti»>n on six shi|* of
the Pai ifir Mail, find can buy them, It
the subsidy hill Is defeated. He also
•aid the Japan«-«e are trying to get the
I Hill shlpe on Puget Soiind
He went
on to aay that there is a British-French-
tierman ahlpping trust that now fixe«
rate« lietwreu Pacific i ‘«st ports amt
Liverpool, having recently double«! the
rat« **n wheat. Unless the snl*ei‘ly law
ie enacted, Mr. Humphrey «aye Pacific
cnaat exporters shipping »*• I verp ol
will remain al the mercy of tins trust.
Desperate E «press Robbers Foiled.
I ■ • M
. • k|
1
e
attempt L. r dr the Write 1 ergo
fliers
in tbie city of over » ’.im.otW wee
thwarted by the prompt action of the
trilire last night.
E spreta M.«'»igrr
Painter was assaulted by masked men
while in charge of the i<- npanv's safe,
but the ro'.tiers were driven iff. This
afternoon four men entered the office
and after they left a ma«k was discov
ered on the rt or. bearing a second at
tempt at robbery, a detail ol polire
guarded the exprès« company's aste all
right.
Tidal Wave in Aroras.
Lmdon. April 9. — Lloyds at mid
night receive.! a dispatch from Ikrlin
which atatee that the German govern
ment haa received a rumor that the
Aa .me lelande have been devastated by
a tidal wave, and that several thousand
people have perished.
There la no
confirmation of the report at preaent.
The report is amplified aa received In
Berlin, declaring that some of the out
lying islands ot the A so res group have
been submerged.
Will Reappoint Judge Moore.
Washington, April 9. — It was an
nounced at the White bouse today that
Jndge Alfred B. Moo** would 1« reap
pointed United Htatea ndge at Soma,
Alaska.