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THE HEPPHER TIMES PabBhed Evw-jr Thmday. HEPPNER OREGON WEEK'SDOINGS General Rcvkw of Important Happen penigs Presented in a Brief and Condensed torm. The cruiser Milwaukee has been launched at San Frat Cisco. Kuropatkin ninet enntinue his re treat and await reinforcements. An interparliamentary congress will ask the powers to stop the war in the Far East. The Japanese army is expected to push on as soon a 'ey are refreshed. Both armies are id i ig. German iron dealers, it is reported, have been requested to furnish prices on 1.S00 tons of cast iron for American delivery. Many bids have been put in for the Oregon building at St. Louis. It will be sold to the highest bidder and turned over at the close of the fair. Disease is a new horror feared at Mukden. The continued heavy rain? and the hardships endured during the 10 days' fighting are sure to increase the sickness. The navy department has appointed a board to inspect the merchant marine and ascertain the cost of changing each ship into a man of war and the length of time requi: e I should their cervices be needed in case of war. Britain and Thibet have formally concluded a treaty. A Russian force of 12,000 near Muk den is ?n a perilous position. The new Russian minister of the in terior will be liberal in his policy. The spoils of war falling to the Jap aneee at Liao Yang were of little value. few of the Alaska salmon canneries will have as great an output as last year. lire raged an entire day in Progersso, Mexico, before it could be checked. The loes is estimated at $ 1,000,000. Russian papers claim that Viceroy Alexieff is directly responsible for the disaster at Liao Yang and want him put out. The losses of both Bides at the Liao Yang battle are estimated at 50,000, of which the Russians lost 20,000 and the Japaneee 30,000. The deported Colorado miner who confessed to having a part in the Inde pendence outrage says the others lm picated with him are all officers and members of the United Mineworkera. The Japanese are on two sides of Kuropatkin. A land mine at Port Arthur killed 700 Japanese. The (treat dock strike at Marseilles, Fiance, is being gradually broken np. Rockefeller interests are said to be behind a new railroad to the Pacific coast. J. J. Hill is reported to have sold his two new mammoth steamers to Russia. The Russian drydock at Dalny has been repaired and is leing used by the Japanese. Ihe Russian war office expects a great battle at Mukden, if the Japanese continue to advance. A deported Colorado miner in Kan sas has given the names of the strikers who planned the Independence outrage. The giand encampment of Knights Templars, in session at San Francisco, selected Saratoga, N. Y., as the place for the next conclave, in July, 1907. The defenders of Poit Arthur fortress are becoming greatly disheartened and are not offering as stubborn a resis tance. The Japanese aie capturing many junks. Knropatkin's column is 15 miles long. Viceroy Alexieff has moved hie head quarters from Vladivostok to Harb.n. General MacArtbur recommends that a cavalry post be established in the Willamette valley. The government asks for a deed for the right of way of the canal and port age road at The Dalles. The salmon pack of the Columbia river for the spring and summer is largei than that of last year. Three hundred more men have been asked for to repair the warships at Vladivostok. The work will take three months. Snippet! have been notified that, effective October 1, a war duty of 10 cent! a sack will he taxed on flour en tering Japanese ports. Owing to the discovery of consider able delects in Some of the vessels which recently underwent their trial trips, the Russian I'ait ic squadron will not be able to leave fur the Far Kant before November. Republicans carried Vermont in the state election by a (lightly increased plrality over the election of 1000. A tented city has been erected at T)uner for the treatment of consump tive!. Fourteen regiment! have gone from Japan to replace losses sustained round Prot Arthur. A Cinese merchant has been urged to accept the office of myor of a Mexican town, but be refused. BIG STRIKE CNDS. Chicago Butcher Have AcknowU edged Their Defeat. Chicago, Sept. V. The strike of the butcher workmen, which has demoral ised the meat packing industry thioughont the country lor the last two months, was officially declared off tonight by President Michael J. Don nelly, of the Amalgamated Meat Cut ters and Butchers Workmen of Amer. ica. Mr. Donnelly this morning tele graphed the members of the national executive committee asking their con sent to an announcement of the end of the struggle, and tonight, having re ceived favorable answers from all, he declared the strike of the members of hi organisation would end at mid night. The strike of the members of the affiliated unions at the stockyards, who quit work in sympathy with the butch ers, will be oilicially called off touior row morning at a meeting of the con ference board of the allied trades This was decided npon at a meeting of the central body of the allied trades held tonight. The general body was at first in fav or of continuing the strike, but Mr. Donnelly, who was present, announced that the men were defeated, and iu or der to save his union from beiug totally disrupted, he would order his men to return to work in the morning, no mat ter what course might be taken by oth er unions. As the other unions had no griev ance, but had gone on strike to aid the butchers, there was nothing left fur them but to follow the lead of Mr. Donnelly, and they, too, decided tocall off the strike as far as they were con cerned. When the packers were notified to night that it had been decided to end the strike, they announced they would give places as far as possible to the skilled men, but it was stated at the same time that many of these men would be nnable to secure their old places, as in many cases the work was being performed in a satisfactory man ner by men who bad been secured since the commencement of the strike. NOT A SINGLE GUN LOST. Kuropalkin Reports on His Success ful Retreat to Mukden. St. Petersburg, rVpt. 10. General Kuropatkin reporte that he did not lose a gun during the retreat. He also states that General Kuroki's army is about 27 miles eastward of the railroad and that General Oku's armv is 20 miles west of the railroad. The gen eral staff expects a big battle will Ix fought. From the general's report, it teems evident that lie is tentatively prepar ing to meet the Japaneee again should Field Marshal Oyama continue to press northward. Nothing more important than rearguard actions marked the march to Mukden. The region south of that city is now clear of Russians. It is evident that Kuropatkin is taking precautions to prevent the Japanese from creeping around his flanks, as he reports that the Japanese cavalry scout ing wide on his flanks. lbs best information of the war office indicates that General Kuroptakin lost about 17,000 men during the ten days' battle at Liao Yang. A brief Mukden dispatch received from one of the Associated Press Rus sian correspondents, dated Sept. 7, is really the latest word from the front. It was probably all the censor would allow to be sent, and offers no solution of the question whether General Kuio- patkin is continuing his march north ward: But it seen.! to indicate that such a course is contingent upon the ability of Field Marshal Oyama to try to repeat at Mukden the enveloping movement which failed at Liao Y'ang. The only thing certain seems to be that for the moment everything iho.ii let. II the armies continue to race noithward to Tiding Pass, 40 miles north of Muk den, in the opinion of the best military critics, it will become oi supreme im portance to Genera. Kuropatkin it ti e door of his retreat is closed there. In the event of defeat, he would be foried westward into Mongolia. Noted Veteran Is Dead. Batlimore, Sept. 10. Major fieton, of New York, a veteran of the United States army in the Civil and Spanish American wars, a noted Indian fighter with General Crook, a brother of Archbishop Beton, of Rome, and a grandson of Mother Elizabeth Ann Bailey Seton, founder of the Sisters of Charity in the United States, is dead hire, aged 66 years. About a year ago he contracted pneumonia while sta tioned in Arizona, and coining east, fell a victim to tuberculosis. His last service was in the Philippines. Drowned While Swimming. Independence, Or., Sept. 10 Frank P.honer, a Bohemian of Scio, while swimming In the nvr at the Churchill place, five miles south of Independence, was drown d la'e yesterday afternoon. The lcnd man got in a swift c urrent. Another Bohemian was nearly diowred hut was saved by a pole thrown out by another man. Khoiicr was picking hops for II. Hill. He was a man of family, about 50 years old, and had a good reputation. Water Is Getting Scarce. South Bend, Wash., Sept. 0. The long sjiell of dry weather has brought almost a water famine in the city. Residents on high ground have )ccn without water fiom city mains for weeks and the milln v. HI have to short en their running hours if rain doei not soon come, ARMY JS SAFE Kuropatkin in Suddenly Fac ing About Saved the Day. PLIGHT OP HIS MEN HORRIBLE Japanese Abandon Idea of Heading Ofr Slavs and Both Sides are Taking a Needed Rest. St. Petersburg, Sept. 12. It seems to be established dofiuitely that Field Marshal Oyama 'a tired troops on Wed nesday abandoned the attempt to head off General Kuropatkin, whose army arrived safely at Mukden, after fright ful experiences, floundering through mud and mire over the Manchurian roads. Descriptions of the scenes along the line of letreut are almost incredible. They tell how the men lay dowu in the mud and slept in a drenching rain. It is evident that the last dctei mined effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro patkin to bay. was made on Tuesday, but the Russian commander in chief faced about and with two corps of ar tillery heat off the Japanese while the remainder of the troops continued to march to Mukden. After that, the Japanese could only hang on to the flanks and try to shell the retreating columns from the hills. The outposts aie still in contact, but they are not even exchanging shots. A late dispatch sent tonight from Mukden describes the horrible plight of the tentless and shelterless soldleis. The detaialed statement of the Rusisan losses, which it is promised will be is sued today, is awaited with intense in terest. This general expectat ion is that the losses will approxin ate 20,000, as against 30,000 for the Japanese. The work of burying the dead was left to the Japanese, who were forced to attempt the task as a matter of self preservation, but it was an almost im possible endertaking. The awful rains have handicapped the woik of crema tion, on which the Japanese relied, and only shallow trench burials were possi ble in many cases. Not only I" such burial one of great difficulty, but it is almost valueless fiom a sanitary point of view, the storms undoing it soon after it is accomplished. WILL REORGANIZE ARMY. Russia Will Divide It and Make Ku ropatkin Chief Commander. St. Petersburg, Sept. 12. Betides the formation ol two fresh army corps as the first answer to the Japanese suc cess at Liao Y'ang. the Russian army at the front will be reorganized, probably in the form of two armies, in com mand of General Linevitch and Gen eral Baron Kaulbar, respectively, with General Kumpatkin as commander in chief. General Kaulbar will go out with the two army corps now organiz ing in the go eminent! of Kazan, Odessa, Vllna and Kieff. General Linevitch has been ordered by tele graph from Vladivostok to Mukden. 1 his decision is due in part doubt less to the growing unwieldiness of the big force under General Kuropatkin's command, and which will be largely increased by constant reinforcement!. (ieneral Kuropatkin heretofore" has handled every detail of the vast organi zation. The work is too much for one man, and he is now almost broken down under the strain. It is known that the emperor is personally one of Knropatkin's strong supporters, and it is thought the general w ilt in all prob ability retain chief command of the two armies. Kuropatkin, however, has been seriously criticized by some of the emperor's clos.i military advisers, and it is possible lie may eventually be superseded. It is understood the emperor's inscction of the Baltic fleet at Cronstadt today is the last he will make, and that the fleet, when it h aves Libau, will proceed to the rar East. fortress Is Disheartened. Tokio, Sept. 12. Unofficial news re ceived here from point! near Port Ar thur snggest! that the garrison at the fortress is much disheartened. The ships of the harbor have ceased seri ously to oppose the approach of Japan ese reconnoitoring vessels, which have thni been enabled to ascertain that the battleship Sveastopol is in a crippled condition, while otheri are more or less damaged. The number of soldier! who surrender is increasing daily. Several junks laden with provisions and ammunition have been captured. Preparing for Another Assault. Chefoo, Sept, 12. Apparently well informed Japanese who leached Che foo from Port Dalny today report that the Japanese army before Port Arthi r is preparing to make another assault upon the fortress. Japanese agents here are sending to Port Diilny 70,000 Itunriysnt ks ami endeavoring to secure fill, ODD more. It is reported that these sacks are to be filled with sand and used to fill up portiotisof the moat pro tecting the Russian right flank. Japanese Raise Vessels. Chefoo, Sept. 12. The Russian dry dock at Port Dalny has been repaired, ami a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer is now undergoing repans there. The Japanese raised the vessel which had been sunk at the entrance of th dry dock by the Russian! when they evacu ated Port Dalny. IIARRASS MIS REAR. Japanese art Close Upon the Heels of Kuropatkin. London, Sept. 8. The deatth of im mediate press and official dispatches from the recent actual nest of the rar F.a-tein struggle continues. It is ad mitted by the KunsIuu war olllce that no telegrams whatever were received from General Kuropatkin healing Tuesday's date, the last message to the emperor from the general being dated September 5, and briefly telling that the army was advancing noith ward; that it had extricated itself from a dangerous position; that there was constant cannonading of thereat guard, and that the losses on that day weie about 100. The situation, in the light of the latest information, nay he summed up as follows: The Russians are pushing on to Muk den, greatly impeded by heavy rains and flood, conducting an orderly re treat, and followed step by step by the Japanese. IVtails of the lighting and of the exact position of the opposing armies aie lacking. The report that Ktiropatkln'a rear guard has been annihilated, and that the Russian torces are in danger of be ing surrounded, is denied by the Bus- sian general staff. The Russian war office is entirely coutldeut that the re treat is slowly, but surelv, being effect ed. From Tokio comes the official report that the bulk of the Russian forces Is still at Yentai. The Japanese field marshal, in an extended report of the fighting up to September 4, says the Russians burned all the railroad bridges over the Talta river, and pre dicts that, while the Japanese list of casualties is not yet completed, the losses will prove l.eavv. Viceroy Alexieff is on his way from Harbin to Mukden. The heads ol Kuropatkin'! long commissary trains have passed through Mukden, and are continuing northward. The attack on Port Arthur contln ties, and Chinese arriving at Chefoo say the Russian garrison expects a gen eral land and sea attack today. RUSSIA INCLINED TO YIELD. Modification of Rules Regarding Contraband Expected Soon. London, Sept. 8. The preliminary representation! made by Count llcnrk endoiff, the Russian ambassador to the foreign office, indicates that Russia is on the point of making subs'autial con cessiciis to the United States ami Great Briia'ii regarding the question of con trahand of war, as a result of the sub mission by Foreign Minister Ijimsdorf of the report of the general commis sion to F.mperor Nicholas today, to gether with the information trans mitted by Ambassador IVckendorff showing fie views of the British gov ernment. The Russian foreign minister is ex pected to present to the lliillsh govern ment, through Sir Charles Haringe, the British ambassador to Russia, to morrow, the formal rejdy of the Rus sian government. It is uuderstoist in official circles here that Russia, while not acknowledging herself at fault for the capture made by her ships in the past, will more specifically deacrile the conditions under which certain goods, such as foodstuffs, and cotton, become in her view contraband. WIND DP CAMPAIGN. Evacuation of Mukden Also Means Losses Greater Than Intimated. St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. It is impos sible at this hour to obtain any state ment from the authorities regarding the reported preparations fur Ihe aband onment of Mukden. The advices from Mukden give the firrt intimation that such a course Is contemplated. If it turns out to be true, it menus the abandonment of the whole of Southern Manchuria and the winding up of the present campaign. In fact, should Mukden Is evacuated, theie would le no point for wintering the army of 2"0,00U, wit h its man) wounded, short of Haibin. On the othei hand, the evacuation of Mukden would give Field Maishal Oyama commodious winter quarter and the practical control of two lines of railway. The Kinchou-Sinmintin line, tapping rich Chines territory, stops little short of Mukden, with which it is connected by a good wagon road. Desire for Peace Growing, fit. Petersburg, Sept. 8. Peace is be ing eagerly discussed by thousands of Russians in this city and in Moscow, notwithstanding what is deemed the military splendor of Kuropatkin1! re treat. The Novoe Vreyma, aotinding public opinion suggests a basis of agree ment whereby Japan would receive Sakhalin Kamsebatka, the Kuriles, the Simidore islands, the Liao Tung cn in sula and supremacy In Korea. The gov ernment ii not likely immediately to favor the idea of peace, but may yield later. Take Awful Plunge. Moberly, Mo., Sept. 8. The south bound Wabash passenger train which left Dei Moines for St. Louis at 0:10 a. rn., was wrecked today near Pendleton, Mo., killing eight passengers and in juring 50 others. Immediately upon receipt of the news of the wreck, a re lief train was sent out ami the dead and more seriously Injured were brought back here. The train was well filled, it Mug estimated that there were about 500 persons on board. Great force Soon to Reach Pront. St. Petersburg, Sept. 8. It is stated that by the end of October, the Fourth, Eighth and Thirteenth army corps, totaling 11)2,000 men, will reach- the front, and that before the end of Sep, temlar 1,100 guns will hive been die patched to General Kuropalkin OREGON NEWS TLAX CROP SHORT. Seed Yield In Willamette Valley Will Not Go Over 10 Bushels. Sulc-ro. All of the flax of tho crop of 1904 has been harvested and the threshing thereof has Just been fin ished. Aa was the caao with all other agricultural crops this year In the Willamette Valley, for the first time In a decade, the yield wm unusu ally light, that Is ao fur aa sod la con cerned, and not to exceed ten bushels of flax waa realized per acre this year. Mr. Dosso, however, considers this a pretty good yield, taking all things Into consideration, and he Is In nowise disappointed as a result. The avorago yield of flax seed per aero, In Oregon, ao fur ns the exper leneo of Mr, Bouse goes, la about 20 bushels. Mr. Hosso, however, says that he places no dependence whatever upon the seed yield of IiIm Fall crop, as tint most Important Item In tlio business la tho culture of the lliix seed for the ilbro. Ho can get nil of the seed he wants, and. If the quality of tho fibre or tho quantity would be materially Increaaed by harvesting tho flax be fore tho seed waa ripe, he would not takes tho seed question underconsldor- ation. aa the fibrous portion of the Oregon flax plant Is the most valuable part of It, and tout la what he Is look Ing for. Taking all else Into conald eratlon ho la well pleusisl with the outcome of this year's crop and Is satisfied that he has obtained an ex cedent grade of fibre-producing tlax this year, although the Quantity Is not all that he desired. WATER STOPS COAL MINING. John Day Anthracite Believed to be of Great Richness. Prairie City. Tho development of tho John Day coalfields, near Mount Vernon, are disclosing a large deposit of anthracite coal. A United States analysis states that It haa no equal except In the Pennsylvania hard coal. Tho work done ao fur has been mado under the management of Rob ert I lines, of Canyon City, and con. slats of three Incline shads of a depth of 74. 62 and 65 feet, of which all struck the ronl heda, and with It a largo flow of water, which stopped the work thereon for lack of pumps. A tt foot crosscut tunnel has been run. where they also had to stop work on account of water, when they en countered the coal deposit. One tunnel crosacuttlug the coal beds to ascertain the width of the coal deposit, ts In fl feet, and has five veins of coal with a lfi-lnch mitld sandalonn wall between each vein, and theie may ho many more of such veins. This tunnel Is only 10 feet below the surface. James Smith haa drilled 144 feet down on the coal deposit, the capiicl ty of tho machine all Is coal. It Is now the purpose of the coal prosper tors to get a drilling outfit of a 1000 foot capacity to prove tho depth of the coal deposit. Pendleton's New Sc hoolhouscs Pendleton. -Tho Pendleton School Board has awarded the contract for the construction of thn-o school build lng to H. K. Cook, a contractor of this city. For the construction of two eight room buildings, Mr. Cook agrees to do tho work for $31.70!). Spokane preaaod brick will bo used and If ton pressed brick Is agreed upon the cost la to bo $1000 lower. For the four-room building, Cook's figures are $11,033. provided Spokane pressed brick la used. With Weston brick the building will bo constructed for $10, 033. Work on the building will begin at. once, hut It Is not believed the schoolhoiiHes will bo completed and reinly for occupancy before the first of tho year. Willamette falls flMiway. Oregon City. Contractor K. P Rnnda has completed tho construe tlon of the state fish ludor at tho Wll liinu-tto Falls In this city. By means of thn improvement tho Full run of salmon will he enabled to roach the tipper Willamette River and estab lish spawning grounds in inn Mniaila. Hantluni and McKenxlo and other stream tributary to the Willamette, Tho flshway consists of a succession of 12 pools that havo been blasted out of aolld rock, the basins being lo cated at Intervals of about three foot and extending to the crest of the falls, Records Taken to LaGrande. La Grande, The county leat of Union County Ii safely anchored in La Orando at last. Tho county seat executive committee hired several tea ma and started out for Union, a dl tanee of 12 miles, to bring the county records, safes, etc., to this city, and succeeded In bringing most of thorn over in one day. It was necessary to mako another trip to bring tho fix ture. Displays for State fair, Foroat (i-rovo. Tho women of the Wnf.hlngton County Lewis and Chirk Club aro preparing un excellent dis play of fruits, grains, vegetables und photographs of local Industries for ex hibition nt tlio coming State Fair. Till exhibition will form tho nucleus of Washington County'! exhibit at tho Lewis and Clark Fair. Northwest Wheal Markets. Portland Walla Walla, 77c; blueitotn, 82c; valley, 83c. Tanorna IllueBleni, 82c; club, 77c. Albany 78c. Salem 80c. Colfax Club, fiHc; blucstem, 7,'io. Pendleton Club, flllc; blue-stem. 72o. La Grande Club, 65c ; bluestero, 70c. OP INTEREST NO TEED TOR CATTLE. Grave Problem fairs Stockmen lit Willamette Valley. Salem. "There will bo hundreds of Wlllamutto Valley farmers with cat tle this Winter and with not enough feeil for Ilium, says J. K. Hours, of McCoy. "It would aeoin absurd to say that livestock In the Wlllamelto Valley will starve this wiutor bo- cause of tho scarcity of feed, but 1 shall not bo surprised If many cattle, die this Winter of starvation. Tho fanners have more cattle than they want, there la no markot for them and the hay and grain crops were ao short there Is not feed enough." This statement, made by Mr. Rears. was repeated to a well known whole aalo butcher, and hla comment was; 'Mr. Sears has stated tho situation Just about us It Is. Tho outlook Is very bad for tho farmer with ticcf cattle, and with food as acurco as It la now, stock will bo In pretty wair condition this Winter. Tim farmer can't sell hla cattle, mid there won't bo feed eltoui'.h for them utiles It Im shipped In. The price of feed la high and the price of cattlo low, It won't pay to ship tho cattlti out of tho Val ley to Winter them. If farmer buy feed to Winter their cuttlo they must do so at a loss. 1 wouldn't like to say that cattle will starve lu the Wllltim- ello Valley, but well, Mr. Heat ta not far from right.' . This unfortunate situation arise from two causes, an oversupply of heef cattlo and an' unprecedented shortage of feed. Hay ta now selling at $11 to $12 a ton, or about 30 per cent higher than usuul. The out crop waa but a small part of what 1 usually harvested In tho Valley, and many farmer aro now buying for their horse. Pasturage ha been very jHsrr all Summer, and unless. there are early ruins there will not be much grass this Fall before cold weather stops lta growth. WILL EXTEND LINE. Salem Business Men Aid in Bulldlna Road from Dallas. Salem. The plan for the construc tion of a railroad between Salem and Dallas took effective form when I'reel dent L. Gcrllnger, of tho Ihilles, Fall City & Salem Railway Company, sub mitted to tho ( renter Salem Commer cial Club a proposition under which he offers to build tho road. His offer Is to extend tho present Fulls Clty Dullas road to Salem. Tho present line Is ten miles long. The 15 inllo ex tension to Htilem will cost $120,000, and Mr. Cni linger will build, equip and operate the mail If the cltlxen of Salem will t ike $100,000 bonds of the road. The bond are to bo a tlrrt lien, not only upon the now rond but the present road and theeulpmeut. Tho bonds will malum In ten years, and bear Interest at tj per cent. Tlio committee of business men having the matter In charge are satU II ed that tho security would ho good and tho club showed Its approval of the proposition by directing tho com mittee to proceed at once to hoc tiro subscript Ion to the bond Issuo. This road, If ronatriu ted, will not only give convenient transportation between Dallas and Knlem, but will provldo means of hauling log and lumber from tho timber country around Fulls City to tho Willamette, river. It U announced that tho Fulls City road will liniiii-dlutely bo extended a few miles west to tap a larger belt of timber, an dthero Is a very general opinion that tho rond will he extended westward across the Const Itungo to tho Slletz. threshing Machine Burned. Albany. Tho threshing machine of, Luwienco and Samuel Hiirdman waa destroyed by fire whllo operating on tho Raymond Hurkhiirt place a few miles from Lebanon recently. The mnrhlna was In operation w hen suddenly flume burst from the Inter ior of the machine In every direction. Tho separator was enveloped In tho flumes, rind It wa Impossible to do more than prevent the fire from spreading to the grain and straw. Tho engine was hooked to tho Bopn rntor and tho burning machine was dragged Into the brush, beyoud tho reach of tho grain. Names of Sheepklllers Known. Lakevlew. It I said tho IMHtrlct Attorney hero haa tho names of five of tho sheepklllers who participated In tho crimes at Benjamin Lake, early In the aeason, and that ho haa conclu alve evidence against thorn. No charges havo been filed against them, but It Is thought there will be. In tho near future. The sheenmen at Ijiiia county have Just hold a meeting and perfected arrangements for an organ ization for future protection. Wil liam Harney was elected president and 8. I). Chandler Bocrttary, Take Horses to Alberta. Pendleton. M, W. Hrlgga and James Nelson of this placo, left this week for Alberta, taking n carload or brood trinrcs mid farm Implement, to reside between Fort McCloud and K II nary. Horse iiro cxcoodlriKly high there, brltiulrig; fiom $100 to $ir.0 a head, and they expect to go to raising horses In connection with furmlnir. Mr. Drlgg waa for soven yeura In tho government sorvloe n engineer and carpenter at tho Umatilla Indian agoncy. Harvest Season Near an End. Pendleton. Harvest will bo com peted In tho next 10 days In thl vi cinity, with tho exception of tho hill land on tho reservation. Quite a number of Bteam threshers and a fow combines hnvo pullod In for tho Bea son. A largo portion of tho grain la hauled In, and the hauling also will be complete In at least two weoka. i I .M Y i j
