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NEWS OF THE WEEK
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HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Lass Important but
prqfessionàl 7~>
II Hr;ani
J. J. Barnes & Son,
General Blacksmiths
and Wagonmakers
C C if j as l
I’M) aXT 4 s-iV
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
IISOT Oll-'i«
a« 4«ia» «»
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MENTAMI
Horseshoeing a Specialty
SCIO, OREGON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
St.’ere htb'ii ent «tsUfftof
«•f hei. «*• iMfal retenu
• BUM
Wa buy «xrr at- « k In large quanti! »«
ami keep a full lina of carriage ai»)
wag-ti mater .al. All binda ut work In
,.<ir lina done on »hurt Botto*.
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*iiir xF< kl 4 * i am
Till
ATTORNEYS AT I AW
Al »AM
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OBKOON
Oregon
Sci*
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Graduate Eclectic Medical College
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CIRtiiON
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PHYSICIAN ani SUBGEON
Bela, Orersa
Ti'.eshaa* 2x:teac« Ka. IL
j».
Bank
State
Scio
SHELTON
omens
An early fall of Zion City is predict
ed by residents of Djwie's colony a* a
iwsiilt ot the recent court decision.
Shasta Route
for 1'
« a
•■•
•
re««t.
C beir rare vectemenio
sud leuritt care 1« i h qo. xi Lxiuie. Ne«
or i,«,.« and w««i. «ion
< onarr ling al nan grantiwe with ti.«»«»..**i
■ <«u>i.i»l o. i,» ii « . uin ;»j«->. < am«
pampiniM, • «num sud b • >Ul Amrri a
• er I
Helaos scant ni WeeOoto «tati
or atl'lreM
A. l. ORAIG. O. P. A.
Porthnd, Orugtm
Pays Sick, Accident, Death Benefits
DUES $100 PER MONTH
NO MEDICAL EXAMINATION
for panicu a?«
SCIO. OREGON
Revere crop damage is reported from
several punts in Minnesota. North Da
kota and Iowa, resulting from hail,
rain and wind storm*.
The «mthreak of smallpox on ths
rt • - ’• an Î way canal son* appvxra to lx under control.
far Albany ai There has tieen no new «as«« since July
19 and but one death since July 9.
Of Portland, Oregon
T. I- DUGGER
Collector
CUMBER! LUMBER!
Il D. land.m, of the Bilyeu Den Sawmill», I» prepared
to fill onlera for
Common °« Finishing Lumber
(»r l« ra takrn at th« yarde in S< io or al Ihr milk in Bilyeu P»n.
Hit In mbar ib Iba t^Mit uf inouhtam Ör, and prim ar« rraaonabl«.
LANDON! LANDON!
Irvine Jr Myer, Props.
Hack connects u-ith all trains at TTesf Scio
and morning train at Munkers
are first-class and our horses good
drivers Prices reasonable.
¿?ur fi / b
The outbreak ot c holera in various
parts ol tiie Philippine* 1« due to the
unusual numlwr ol tbes tn lhe islamls,
according to doctor» there.
John Mitchell, president of the Unit
ed Mineworker* of America, is tieing
boomed for Bryan's running mat*.
PACIFIC AID ASSOCIATION
GROVER POMEROY
Agent
Bryan say« that be eillanmmnc* the
platform on which he will consent to
1« a presidential candidata August 30.
John 1). R ksteller has arrived in
New York, but no attempt was made Io
serve legal papers on him.
Traf • • ••• *••! Hel
•tati • al LO ta) a
t 1&F »
.15 cento
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Hhampoolng....
M •«
Hath*..... ..........
.26 • 6
Ol tik’OI DA3 II-
PUOPRII H>k
I grand jury will convene in Chicago
tug.iat n I ir the purp<«e of taking tes
timony against the HlamlarJ Oil.
ViA
1
Inrtlert'l i » • te • * j m
!«•*•• ASbany 12 !• f» w» . li >• p m
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Arrivée
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Arrive* «en rrenrlero ‘
p •> »
• n
Haïr ( uttlng ...
The P« ¡tic Coast Ht«im«hlp ■ impany
1* said 3o be con.id.ring the manning
f it* T'lSel* with Indian«.
EAST AND SOUTH
B ps ! 20 c M p . i I in the Valley
Open All Nii;ht
Hhavlng....... ..
Drwie **y* he will appeal from the
recent dei-nion <>• ths ciurt ousting him
from c nlr-il of Zion City.
A clever French woman swindler has
stolen a fortune in diamonds from a
Madrid jeweler.
McKIllOP A DcVANIY. Prop.
Oo To The
Nibilieto wreck el a train In Belgium.
Ibinking Grand Duke Y'ladimir, of
Rosei*, on it.
T. J Mr’« rn
A natlional conference on wiraleee
..W. A. Ewiao telegraphy will convene at
Berlin
October 3. Pract-cally every power of
atty Importance will l-e repreeente«l.
D
• general banking and eichang»
Fran-e .« preparing io retire the
hue neM 1. • na made at current rates
guillotine.
and drafts issued vn principal cities.
Revolutionist* have cut th* telegraph
wires l*etw«*en Hi. Petersburg and the
proviti e».
Counter
Ai B ANY, OR! GON.
Truck worker* tn Han Francisco have
stri • k lor more pay and shorter hours
H.
Poverty has forced
William
Bel« her, a fugetive from justice an<l
i
(ormer mayor of P*tortoti, N. J., i *°
*urreu-l -r to the authorities.
Just!:« tf ths Tsacs
Ksury Public
Belo Oregcu
I un< h
Less Interesting Event»
of the Pstt Week.
Prr»! lent
Cashier..
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
Albany
Nut
There is much peeculatlon a* to
whether or not union men will stand
by Gomp-r* in hi* campaign against
thoee members of th* lower house of
eongreee who worked against the labor
bill* in the last se««ion.
A general strike ha* lieeu ordered in
Poland.
LOFS BY O'SASTtH
Insurance Compontes Make Returns
in San Francisco.
Altxny, N. Y . Ja'y 51.—Htato Su
per inten lsnt ot Insurance Otto Kelsey
I tonight maile pubbe thè resalto ut bis
I InvMtigatioo ss to ths luraee ot Are In
surance
in tbe Han F ranci sto
diMteler.
All j-iiut stick tire and ir,land manne
inaurane« «orajaiua Iransacting basi
li ree in thè state wsre calle,) on for a
I sauro statement a» to tbsir luaase in
t^alifornia. Tlie eompan«« were asks«l
fot thè gtixs *m >ant ol inaurane« in-
rolved in risks drslroyed or dameged,
tbe dsdactioo for sm unta recovsred by
reinsurence, thè de-luction for eelimat-
ed salvage, ths total dedtKlion an-l thè
oet amuunt ol lese •< shown by thè
record« June 30, |»06.
The New York alate compente«, 47
In uuintwr, show thè groes smount ot
inaurane« lurolveil as 441,119,069. thè
reiosurance t he re« tsred, (10,»34.
|U5. thè reti’, «teli salvage. 5-,l37,l».l,
ai.d li.,- «cinsi atu,mal - I fase 623,138,-
000.
Krturns fruni olher joinl stock fire
and Are matta» Insurance comparile«.
34 in nutntar, show ths grò anxxiot
pii insirance 4*0.423,704 reinsursnce
ito l» recovsred, 522,130,167; estimateli
«alvag». SII 36B,2ó; attuai aiuount ol
lue», 451,98.3,111.
The forvigli coni pani««, 32 in nu .iber,
mede li,»«- returns
Gr<ws insurauce
tnvolved, 4101.4392 633; reinvurance
lo 1« r<- -vered 4 2.2*1,80»; eatimatad
«alvag-, 6153,15,859. «etnei Iosa, 657,*
701,85«.
The groM amount ot Insurance In
voli, 1 i . a r -Il J ai.
w a- 1222 ’ I--,
107 ; reinauran, e, 6*5.246,771 ; salvage,
431.814.468. ami actual Iosa, 4132,-
823,067.
TIE UP IS NOW COMPLETE
Krüllschnitt Forbiti» More Freight
Car* in San Francisco.
Hsn Francisco, July 31.—-The embar
go ol the Houthern Pacific on lumlxr,
lime and Fay ha« >>een Increased, and
now includes al) articles from the north.
Not a pound ol freight can be »tapped
into Han Francisco from Port land or
adjacent territory until the freight tie
up st Han Francisco has been loosened.
This is the latest rd ct o! Julius
Kruttsrlimtt, wbu has been threatening
to do this tar some time unlei« the sit-
ustión speed ly cleared.
It has been
decided by tbs local authorities to take
no farther chances but to stop at cnee
all shipments from the north.
For the embargo there is only one
rem-dy--to clear up the «’ingestion in
ths freight yards. Efforts in this di
rection art being made by all the
freight agents, ami ttie missionary
work among the e maigneea ia iiaving a
salutary effect. The unhxding in lhe
yards is going on st a faster rate, but
not fast enough to suit K rnttschnitt.
who has taken the prrcantlon to see
that no more «are are added to the glut
that i« a I realty crowding the tracks.
The tie up Is woikmg to the detri
ment of the city, as many merchant»
throughout th« atate are sending Fleet
fcr their g hm I s n s’ead ol patronising
the a Loleaaler« of San Francisca, I*
lleving that they can secure their stocks
just anquí, k,y un ler present conditions.
ARREST CAUSES MUTINY.
Secretary Wilson ba* announced rig
Battalion of Russian Troops Attempts
id rule* fur mt at inspection.
to Ftsscue Prisoners.
Martial law ha* l*«n proclaimed at
Poltava, July 31.—A grave outbreak
Crousladt, Russia, to prevent mutiny.
occurred yrateidav In the Hev.ky regi
Ibiama leader* have deterred a gene ment owing to the arreat of a private of
ral still«, but hav« split on th« que«- lhe First battalion, who was discovered
tlon.
with some other soldiers in a short
The government has brought suit to whore the rerolutionl.to are in the
After the
recover Utah c«xl lead obtained by habit of bolding meetings.
arre«t the entire First battalion, a com*
fraud.
panted by a large crowd, paraded the
Turkey object* tn receiving Laish- street» in defiance ol the military au
man aa emlxaMdor from the United thorities.
H la les.
The soldiers pri«-ee-led to tbs artil
The Russian province of Kharkov is lery barrack«, where they aeiaed »everal
arming to establish an Independent re gun« and marched with them to the
priser, «her« the political prisoners
public.
are c-infined
At this stage all the re
Great Britain will build three more
mainder of ths Poltava grarieon was
' battleships fr<>m the plan* of
the
caller! out.
! Dr«adn*ught
The loyal troops fired on the muti
Ru*«ell Rage left nearly all Ina neers with machine gun« aa they were
wealth to hi* widow. Rhe will spend engage! in breaking nown the »ate of
a large sum for charity.
•be prison. Heveral men were killed
Th* In s tit« Commsrrs comml-s on or wounded. The outbreak sis not
ha* called on the railroad* to revise aupprersed until 2 o'clock this morning.
their rate* under th« new law.
Patent Office Behind.
Both Dow is and Voliv* have loot
Washing! >n, July 31—Patent attor
their sul* tor poeseMion of Zion, and
the court ordered th* election ot an ney« throughout the country are arrang
ing to sen ! a delegation to ere Pre.1-
overseer by the people.
dent Kimaevelt at Oyster Hay and re
There are a few case* ol smallpox at qnest him to eithei remove Commis
the Colon end o! the canal.
sioner Allen nr cause «rich change in
Germany hopes lo atxorb Holland method« a» will place the latent office
on a satisfactory basis.
The work ol
when Queen Wilhelmina dice.
the patent nffice, attorney« declare,
The government ha* bought the An ba« I men runuing tel,tad dree the ap
keny canal for irrigation work.
pointment of Mr Alien, Ave years ago
Revolutionist* are landing large sup There are now 23,000 application« tar
pllee ol arm* and ammunition on the patent* oaa Ini upon, tiraldee nuxier
one, copyright», trad« ma*ka, etc.
coast ol Finland.
Premier Htolypin declare* that th*
Pardo In Favor of Peace.
policy of the new Russian cabinet will
Lina. Peru. July 31.—The meaeage
be one of reform,
of President Pardo to congre«« calle at-
China propose* a radical reform in ten (fan tn the pr>-frare of the repnhlir
her leagl «-ode. Trial by jury and em and to the policy of the nation, whirh
ployment ot counsel Is to be the first he ear a it inspired be a deeire to settle
international difference« on a tx.it of
step in western'sing her court*.
friendship and equity. The president
Police ere looking for the teller of declare« farther that a dircMtion of
the Hl. Lmtie Union Ttast company, the** principle«, which Pern an t a ma
who 1» short 56,000 in hi* account* Jority of the Hoith American a a'ee up
He wa* considered an exemplary citl- hold, will take place at the Pan Ameri
can congre«« at Rio de Janeiro.
The coo Ilea employed in the Chinese
lanndrtee of Fan Franclwm »truck tar a
Viborg Manifesto Seized.
raise in wage*.
They -mamled 111
Kharkov, July 31.—The antboritiee
per week, a rale« of 11, The matter hare reia«d coplea of the Viborg maul-
«ar com prom lead by giving the men a feetn isened by the outlaw'd parliament
raise of 60 cent».
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bi
the weight
of 400
pound* which hare
Her era I member« of the Russian par. tieen snrreptit- naly shipped into Khar-
I lament have been at rented
VERDICT IS GUILTY.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
FOR tQUlTABLt TAX
LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Stats Commission Proposes Revision Housshoki Goods Not Entitled to Ea.
of Present Law.
•«option. Says Supreme Court.
halem—With a view to securing a
Hvlein — By holding, in a dec son just
more equitable a*>*«*ment of property rendered, that the householder'* tai
u thi« ala *. IL* < >rrg n Tax rommlv exemption is nnevnatitotional, the tbe
sicm ha* rvcnremendwl a rvvition of the gun Hupreme court ha* loclsred void a
law govarning tba «quallxation of *•■ ststut* that has been tn lore* tn tbi*
seas men to by the county board.
in state almoet ci-nllnu msly sin«w I»69.
tbi« connection, the rommiseion give« II usel older*' eiemptiona Lav* been
Ito flat diaapproval to the plan often allowed every year n ept I *04, when
agitated of having the aaeeaament rolls the exemption law had tieen repe*rl««i
pobltobed In th* newspapers in the It was re enacted by the special aeweion
■o l, l> it wri t lu’ij effect too 1st*
liwallty in which lb* property asses*' I
to tie applicable to tne asieesment ol
to |< cated,
The proposed revision ot the la* to- 1904.
laling to equalisation ot the •*•*«*
I
ment Is largely baaed up in inconsisten exempted from taxation in tbi* »1st«
cies in the present law. but aleo op-ui a from yetr t . year, and legislator*
laxity in th« law by which wealthy county officers *rd th* people generally
property owners have Iwen able to co have rri ogaiiied th« exemption as valid
erce county ourle into allowing an in- Now the Supreme court baa daclared all
equitable sesewmeut to stand.
The th*«» eiemptiona invalid.
commission proposes a law which seem«
Thia decision will m*ks it ne*eee«ry
to have "teeth in it,” and which will tar county aseeta.irs in many countia«
tie effective if county officers are dis- to make a rea*ae«»men< of pr. party in
posed to do their duty.
' ■ r MWrtiM fur IMHy hir.it lathe
The inconsistency in the preeent law practice of many asarsaors not to Hit
lie« in th* fact that the county bixrd property that la esempa. In some and
ot rqualisstion is required to meet on perhap« most of the « mntiea th* a«*«**-
the leal Monday in Anguat, while the or* hat the exempt yropsrly and make
aaaeasor is given until the first Monday the de-lo. tiotm afterward.
In Hsptember to file hie roll, or until
lhe first Monday in October if the
Clacka aa Farmwra Are Happ»,
county court makes an order to that
Oregon Cfly — Th.re 1« an abundant
effect, At the same time there is no yield of all hay and grain crop, in
authority of la* lor an extension of the ClackatuM county thia year that sur
time of meeting ot the county board ol paaa the average In quality,
Early
•qualiaatloa.
fruits and vegetables ytsljerl h-avily.
Asaessora usually lake lhe full \irne
Bald and orchard
to prepare their rolls, and very fre with maturing crops, give the pr «facer
quently aak for «nd are granted lhe every aMuraaee of Im reared prosperity
extension ol time. Commenting upon «Ith the harvest. In celebration cf the
this condition ot th« la««, the commis large and satistai i.-ry crops, a number
sion rays that "the board of e-pia na of harvest festivals have been held and
tion is thus require I tn nu et perhaps others are liemg arranged. It La« l-«rt>
six weeks before th« aaeoam.-nt roll 1« year« since 1'1«. km «« county farmsrs
completed, and as ita functions lap-e were as proeperou* and contented.
when It hae tieen in sem-m a week, it
must have passed out of legs! existance
Ruse Railroad Assessments
at a -late Infor« the assessor is requlmi
Salem—That railroad pr p-rly In
to have the assessment roll ready to Oregon war a««--««ed at only SlO.MIS,-
equalise.
915 41, ahsn it bad amnimerc al value
"Under the present system we Lave of nearly 170.000,000, 1« one of the im
practically tw-> boards of ■ia u«' i n
portant and intereatiug leal lire, of the
says the «ommissioii, "..nr mining’ repirt of the ') eg -n Tas <o:nml«el-.in,
after the other, and Iiaving full power which will lie presented lor the consid
to undo the work of it* predecessor eration of the unit legislature.
Thee«
The county txxrd of rqualisstion > n- flgnres relate to valuation» in 1904.
liniiee In session one week, and if it which «»• the Iat*-st year tor which
doe* not complete its work within the the i ommi’sion could secure reliable
week, the county court, at it* next reg Information.
ular session, completes the examina
tion and correction of the roll.
Yields 90 Bushels an Aera.
The new la* is to do away with thia,
Weston—A remarkably heavy yield
making provision for the board mwtir g of barley ha« ju't twen harvested on
after the roll is complete«!.
lhe farm of O. C Turner, two miles
Thia proposaxl law c< stain* several north >f this place. The yield from 14
provi'ion* that seem to tie an improve a-re. was 629 »acks, or 1,2*17 bnshsl»,
ment upon the existing law.
In the an average of 90
inivhels to the acre
first place, a taxpayer will not go before Turner Bro», ware eipe--ting • good
the county taxrd ot equalisation unie** yield, but did not look tar more than
be has a ie«l grievance, (nr the court 70 bushels to the acre, which is ab«
ha* power to raise hi* as e-sment, and yield.
hi* forms! petition will serve to csll
the attention ot hi* neighbors and the
Hilf Milllon lo Clackamas Roll.
public gr nerally to the repreontalii ns
Ore,.in City—B» ’he decialon ut thè
he is making governing the value of h a Supreme court on thè tax exemption
property, r'lacing the matter of equal I l.w, As«easor Nelson reperì, ibat ih>re
nation entirely in the liamls « I one wilt he addi’! lo thè Clackama. «munty
txxrd instead of two will central.««- the aMeeamonl rolla aborri 13 >0 OoO addi-
r.-.p n.H.dtv and g.ve time am! _0££ «-
,al
wh ,.(| hrI.” v~|„y
(unity lor careful and »eil advised will be made. Revision will delay the
work.
task of compl'ling th« rolls which were
i«:slve-l from the state authoriile« tan
Fire Precaution« at At,turn.
weeks later than lhe usual time.
Haletn— l.eet friend« and relative« nt
the 1,420 patient» routined in the ti
PORTLAND MARKETS.
sane aaylurn may bo un Inly concernei
aa to their welfare on account of the
Wheat — (‘fab. 71c. blueetem, 73c;
recent tiro at that institulion. an . ttl lai red, 69c; valley, 71« new alub, 7Or ;
of th. aaylurn says that none of the pa. new blueetom, 72c, valley, 71c.
Venta eere in danger, and would not
Oat*— No. 1 while lee-l |30; <riy,
lie even In caae of a tire eerioUO enough 42 * p r ton.
to destroy a eonaiderable portion o’ the
Barley—Fee-1. 133 5i> per ton. brew
building.
The facilitine tar getting ing *.’3 50 |*er ton rolled, |34<B24 60.
petient« out of the Imi Id ng ar. eich
Rye—-fl 60 per cwt.
that a diaaatroua fire need not caute the
Iley —Valley timo-by. No. I, Sli.4
loan of a aingl« tile
In thia partii alar 12 .’u) per ton clover, fa 50A9. cheat,
the building cuuld scarcely tie iui| r ived. in 6(i 47. grain hay. |7(BS alfalfa,
111.
Umatilla Canal Contract Let.
I Fruita—Apple», I! 60.43 36 per l<o« .
Wmhnigton—Ine »ec retar y of the aprie- to, |l 2MBI 35; cherries, 6910c
currant» 9-JIIOe; prech
interior lia» a a arded the contract to the tier pound
plums, 51.25
Puget Hound Bridge A Dredging com e«. 7’ -all 10 per l»-i
pany, of Heattie, tar the construction ol Logan berries, 5l.35Al.4O per crate;
the storage feed canal of the t'matilla raapbsiriea 51.4091.50, blackberries,
irrigation pn-je-t
The work of lhe He per ponml ; g-v-aeberriee, He.
contract involves the construction of 25
Ve*eta’ilc*—Beans, 6<47c per pound,
miles of canal from the I mitili» river, cabbage. l**9Bc; corn. 15920c per
neat Echo, to Cold Springs mervolr, down, encumbers 40(46Oe per d «en.
ami cenalst« of 700.000 cubic yards of eggplant, IO<<l6c per pound
lettuce,
earth excavation, 6,(XX) cubic yard* of he* I, 26c per d- sen . onions, long
rock escavatine, 2,3*'O cubic yards of 12'tv. psaa. 4«*6c per pound, radish
concreto ami 2 600 cubie yard* of rip- es, |(M16c per dr-sen; rhubarb, 2A
2%e per ponml. spinach. 2SI3c, tom*-
rap. Th* Lid was 5161,5*3
toe», II X'lB3 per bo»; parsley, 25c.
s-piash, |l a 1-25 per crate
turnip«,
Fire in the Cascades
Albany—A timber firs in the Cases !e Vth 'HIl par «»ekj I arrots, Hal .26 par
mountains near Detroit is spreading, sack i-eets, |l 25ai-60 per sack.
Onton* — New red. l>«aiSe P*’
rapidly, threatening heavy dam«»».
The firs atartvd near th. Hantiam river pound . new yellow, I F.aJc per pound
Potatoes — Old Pur*xnks, nominal;
and spread itrvo heavy timber.
Two
hundred acre* of the flneat forest in the new potato-., 76c|*|l 25.
duttor—Fancy creamery, 20<422l»r
Cascades la now horning, an-l ths wind
io driving ths flames into the heart ol per pound.
Eggs—Oregon ranch, 21(431
P*'
ths mountains, where, if not stopped
soon, immense damage will result dosen.
Poultry—Average o!*l hens, I3<4l4r
Everything Is estreroely dry and the
per pound ; mised chicken«, I3ai3%r;
tlamoe are vpreedmg rapidly.
spyings, 16 A 17; rooeterv, 9 A 10c;
Wheat Yield About Normal
dressed cl i kms. I4ai6c; turkeys,
Pendlel-m—The harvest in all part« live, |6<4l7c, turkeys, dre-aed. choice.
of t'matiH* county has cr-mmencvd. 20a22i»e; geaae, live, s<4'<-. dmk«.
The threshing up to Ibi» time has l*en liaise.
Hope-Oregon, 1903, 11 «Bl2c; olds,
loo limited to make a vary close esti
mate <>f ’he yield, Lut from what ha« 9c. 160*1 contracts, l2AI5c per pound
Wool—Kaa’ern Oreg >n average he.t,
twen thrashed on the reservation, ami
around Athena It I« thought the yield l*t<420c per pound, according to shrink-
in tboae districts will be about normal age; valley, 20(422, according to fine-
and had It not b«en for th* het wind« nene; mohair, choice, 2Hl4IOc per
the yield would have been at least 25 pound.
Veel—Dreese«! 6i^a*c per pound.
per cent above the average.
Beef—Dree«e<i’.mils. Sc per pound,
Flour Mill* Cloaed Down.
cr.w*. Itia^Sc; country steer». 6«46c
Milt toe — 11 reeve* I fancy, 7a3c pet
tx Grande—The flourint mill* of La
Grand*. Island City and Vnion hvve pound . ordinary, 6aAc . lambs, fancy,
[clnaed down, having utilised all th* old »•« H«-
| Pork—Dreese*!, 7<6k»c per pound.
supply of wbaat.
Jury Passes on Case of Two
Land Fraud Operators.
Mora
Portland. July 27.—At 12 17 o'clock
this morning th« jury in th« Federal
court returned a verdict ol guilty
against Maitin G. II.-ge and Charlee
Nickel), both of Medford. They were
reran mended to th* clemency ot the
court.
Th* two mea were charged, alostg
w-th Henry W. Miller am! Frank K.
Kincart, also of Medford, ot with th*
crime o| having conspired to defraud
lhe United H’.also out of portion* ot
already plesufed guilty, and their testi
mony wa* used to convict the other
two defendant* Th* indictment sgsinst
the I..nr men lai l*«-ti reiuru«-! Janu
ary 1, 1905.
Miller and h near I had previously
pleaded guilty.
Th* masimuiu poii.abment under the
ex tb-u . I the revised statute* applying
In their ca«e i* two «ears' Impriom-
rnent and a flu* of 510.9'30. or both floe
and imprisonment, while the minimum
1« fl) da«*' Impri'onmeat and a fine ot
5100, at the discretion of the court.
Al 9 30 this morning th* ease of the
United mate* ve. Hamilton II. Han-
dru k* will b>> called tu tl>* Federal
court, It involve« an indictment re
turned February 6, 1906, charging the
lelemlanl with a vii.laiiou ol section
393, revlwxl stato-.se, in suborning
George W llawk to commit perjury in
c ■■ ng lr-o n 1.1
. ' -.- 11,» I rderal
grand jury in connection with said
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S..y,ar Tr st Ort, i*| ly Ha.Jed Bifore
New York Court.
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• rn trunk railr >*d line« auapected nf
having granted renato* to the Aruerl<-an
Huger Refining coupany wa* m*<l*
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eral auditor of that«-, mpaiiy, wa* taken
tielore Judge Hough, In the Cnited
Ktatee Clrrull lourt. aa * recalcitrant
witneaa l>«f«,re >he grand jury.
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I -. f ■• I . L .< r the
t'*’. I i i-«
-, ..«* a d ■!,-< u-
manta demanded ot him.
Mr F\,ater
•aid that he had not ref ira i t-. produce
the data. He Mid that he had not the
physical poeaeeaion of all lhe hooka
an I ; .«l •• • - in , i,— i ; n ■ i ■ t «a gen
ere! and i' -r >.! ! ■ -■ . r i rei o I . A l- > r -
lion of them, he aant, were in the sale
ot the con pany'» president.
Judge Hough gave Mr Fetter until
tomorrow morning at 10 «/clock to com
ply with the grand jury'* ¡ustroetioM.
t'nleee the |«|M-ra are forthcoming lhe
judge informed Mr Foster that ha
would c naider an application to punish
him, twiih aa a recali Itrant witness and
(or contempt of court.
BLAME DAMAGE TO QUAKE.
Si. H g ln«u anco Companies Hapud-
iate San Francisco Lost«».
Han Francisco, July 27 —The sever-
e«t hl iw dealt the policy-holders of
Han F rancie-o han come In the form o!
an announcement from «ii of the larg
est under writing eon ern «. which prac
tically declare that they will pay no
l<>««e« Incurred by the April fir«
The
earthquake <-l*u«e n tne p-dlide« 1« pul
forward ami the statement made that
all the dai age done by lhe flames Is
attributable to the shock.
In thia combination of we'chers are
two American rómpame» and lour Brit-
i«b compartir«.
The OOMWTM ar.
Commercial t'ni-m Insurance It*!., of
F.ogland, Commercial I'nion Eire In-
•nrnnee company, ot New York
Paia-
tine F re Insurance r*>r»paev, ltd., of
England. Alliance A.aiiranre ■ ompany,
l td , ol F gland; Alliance A'snrance
company, ltd., of England; Norwi.h
t'nlon F re Assurance «ocletv, of I ng-
land; In-’emnlty Fire Insurance cum-
pany, ot N.w York.
Ttivir rum’i n*d liabilities In the
’•nrne.l area will rea di • I A (HiO (XX). Ot
thia amount they pie'»» tlirm-elvrs to
pay “t -r actual Ii»« .nffete.1 in every
ease In wbih I* gal liability Is not
doubtful.'*
As the e -mpanles claim
that they rannot b. held for loasen
caused •••tire« «ly or indirectly by the
earthquake,” this pretty
phraving,
when tran'laied Into plalu Knglich,
means ai-s ilute repudiation.
Japan** Great Liberality
Washington, July 27 — Through the
•tats department the Hol Croee baa
«ent a dispatch to the Japanese govern
ment ««king that no ta’tbor contribu
tion« lie piade by the J.ptneee tv the
San Francisco relief fun I
Tbl« action
wa« taken by th« Red Ct-x« official«,
IreeauMi they Ielieve all the fond« n«-
ceeoary L r the relief of California
earthquake »offerer« can he raised In
th’* country among person* better able
to give than many of the Japanese who
contributed to lhe Han Francisco fund.
A total of |I45 OOO SM .»nt by Japan
Finding Causa of Cancer.
Ixrndon, July 27.—A« lhe result ot
rsperlmen's wnh mire, the suporla-
Undent of the Imperial ran-er research
fund laho-atnry an o-inred
today
that the pr «peel of discovering tie
mystery of the origin nf raneer was
more hopeful than ever. The superin
tendent said that the '«[»erlniento mint
be carried farther before II can be
ascertained whether they will haven
liearlt g on the treatment :t th« disease
in mankind.
Says Companies Wilt Deal Fairly.
Oakland. Cal., July 27 — Repreeent-
atlve Mullins, nf the Palatine, Com
mercial Union and Alliance Insnrnncw
eomj anise, of Lindon, thia afternoon
dated the announcement of hi» com
panies' plan» now being prepared will
show an Intention to deal abeolntaly
fairly with every policyholder
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