THE HEFPNER TIMES
PbVihrJ Every Thanday.
HIS Lire ENDS.
HEPPNER OREGON
WEEK'Sj)OINGS
general Review of Important Happen
peniga Prcacatcd In a Brief and
Condense Eerm
Brit-
Sir William Harconrt, a noted
ish politician, is dead.
A third attempt has been made to
wreck the battleship Connecticut.
Tiinidad. Colo., reports that it can
relieve all distress caused by the flood,
The September receipt ot the St
Lonis fair amounted to about $2,500,'
000,
The Russians have temporarily
checked the Japanese advance east of
Mukden.
The czar may block the plan for the
immediate reoiaanization of the Rus
sian army.
Pottmaster General Payne continues
in a dangerous condition. His life
hangs in the b ilan e.
Russians made a raid on junks car-
rvina supplies to Oyauia and deS'
t roved a number of them.
It is reported that General Basilio
Mu o, leader of the Uruguayan revo
lutionists, hag been shot by his former
followers.
Cnuderable loss o! life ana prop
erty was occassioned by fire in the ar
tillerv and ammunition magazines at
Sevastopol, Rutsii.
The Japanese have begun a general
advance on Mukden.
The condition of Postmaster Geneial
Payne is very serious.
Mobile, Alabam, is having the warm
est weather in its history for the time
of year.
The Japanese have adopted, tactics
intended to prevent the return of the
main Russian force to Mukden.
The Russian squadron at Port Ai
thur has made another attempt to es
cape, bnt were driven back. Another
aally is expected.
Kuropatkin nowieal'xee that be can
not go on to Harbin and the problem
of wintering his troops Is a serious one
The hope of the Russians is to defeat
the Japanese at Mukden.
Souvenir Lewis and Clark dollars
have been sent to President Roosevelt
and member of congress who were in
tru mental in securing the appiopna-
tion to the Portland exposition
A mail car from Paris to Havre, con
taining about 100 pouches of American
mail, was broken into and 91 pouches
opened and rifled of such valuables as
they may have contained. There is no
record of their contends or of the valu
ables abstracted.
W. J. Bryan is a grandfather.
Disease ia claiming many Japanese
soldiers.
The battleshiap Connecticut has been
successfully launched.
The Russian cruiser Orel broke a
cylinder on tier trial trip and will be
dlayd six months.
The main Russian army hs retreat
ed from Mukden, leaving only a small
force to guard the rear.
The Japanese army has captured Da
pass. Practically no resistance was
offered by the Ruseians.
A Puget sound tug just in from Alas
ka, reports having sighted a Russian
gunboat at Unimak paes.
A dispatch from Cons'antinople says
that the village of Ramsa, Armenia,
was the scene of a massacre of Armen
ians by Kurds. Details are lacking.
Hops have advanced two and turee
centa throughout the Willamette val
ley and at North Yakima. Independ
ence erowers have receied as high as
30 cents.
Heavy rains have caused serious
damage to railroads in Western Texas,
New Mexico and Northern Mexico.
Several washouts are reported on ihe
Santa Fe in New Mexico and on all
roads trains are delayed.
Unofficial estimates by Japanese offl
cers place the number of their sick and
wounded soldiers at 45,000. ,
A Massachusetts justice fined an at
tache of the British embassy and later
found he had exceeded his authority
He has apologized.
Two more of the Billing, Mont,
jail breakers have been captured.
United States custom officials at
I'oitland believe that neaily 20 per
cent of the Chinese population of that
city are in this country illegally.
The Vancouver, B. C, police think
they have in custody the leadei of the
three men who held up the Canadian
Pacific tiain near Mission recently.
The Philippine islands will not be
able to exhibit at the Lewis and Clark
fair unless aid is given. Too heavy Jan
expense at St. Ipuis is given as the
reason.
A passenger train on the St. Louis &
Iron Mountain railway was derailed
125 miles from St. Louis and injured
85 persons, a number of whom are so
badly nurt it ii believed they will die.
Reports received from near Shang
)iai say that the Boxers are openly dis
tributing pamphlets couched in the
ratne language as those circulated be
fore the rising of 1900. October 17 is
fixed as the date for the extermination
of all forelgnes.
I'nltcd States Senator Hoar Passes
from Earth.
Worcester, Masa., Oct. 1. George
Frisbie Hoar, senior United States
senator from Massachusetts, died at
! his home in this city at 1:85 o'clock
yesterday morning. The end followed
a period of unconsciousness that had
lasted since early Tuesday, ana came
so gently that only the attending phy
sicians weie awaie of the exact moment
of hia ending.
The attending physicians despairea
of the senator's l:fe six weeks ago, but
such was the vitality exhibited by their
distinguished patient that even they
were surprised, and the public was at
times led to cherish faith in an ulti
mate recovery.
On Sunday last, however, all hope
was abndoned after a last unsuccessful
attempt to administer medicine ana
nourishment. Brief lucid intervals
were followed bv Ioniser durations of
unconsciousness until Tuesday morning,
when the venerable statesman sank iuto
a state of coma, from which all efforts
to rouse him proved futile, lniring
the last houts there was not a move
ment of the body, and only a scarcely
nerrentible pulse evidenced the final
i i - .
strnesle.
There were present at the pedside
when death came the senator s son
Rock wood Hoar, hie daugther, Mary
Hoar, and P. Warren R. Gilman, who
for weeks has been in almost constant
attendance upon the eentor.
LOSS ISHEAVY
Flood Works Ruin in Colo
rado and New Mexico.
ALL RAILROAD ARC TIED UP
Thirty Blocks In Trinidad are Un
der Two to rour Teet of Water
Loss Will 5c Very Heavy.
PAYNE VERY ILL.
BLOCKADE TIillTENIN(j.
Heart Disease Develops In Marked
form In Postmaster
Washington, Oct. 1. Postmaster
General Heniy C. Payne is seriously
ill at his apartments at the Hotel
Arlinaton here. Marked symptoms
heart trouble have developed, and bis
condition becane so serious during the
day as to cause grave concern.
Mr. Pavne returned recently irom
trip to the West ana appearea mucn
improved, though his htaltn nas oeen
poor for a long time. Ha went to the
White House to attend the meeting oi
the cabinet last Tuesday and that night
was very restless. He was at his desk
at the postoffice department during the
forenoon yesterday, altnougn ieenng
very badly, and did not return to the
department after luncheon, remaining
in Lis room. He became very in lasi
night, and has been confined to his bed
ever since.
Dr. Magrndei, who was his physician
during his severe illness ot some
months ago, has been attending mm,
and Dr. Rixei , the surgeon general of
the navy, also has been all "d. During
the evening President and Mrs. Roose
velt called at the hotel and made in
quiries regarding the postmaster gen-
eral s condition. Dr. Magruder on
leavinir Mr. Pavne's room later tonight
gave out a statement which admitted
the serious nature ot Mr. Payne's con
dition, but said the patient was resting
easier then.
STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct., S. A ten irk
flood struck the city of Trinidad and
the whole valley along the las Animas
river, today, devastating a wide section
and causing a money loes which at
present cannot be estimated, hut which
mav reach several hundred thousands of
dollars.
Everv bridge in the city of Trinidad
is out, the Santa Fe station ia demol
ished, all of the railroads are tied up,
and the telephone aud telegraph services
completely suspended. More than SO
citv blocks iu the residence and busi
ness sections were two to four feet under
water along the rvier
So far as known at noon no lives
were lost, but there were many narrow
escapes.
The flood was caused by the heavy
rain which has been falling for two
davs. At 8 o'clock last night the
storm assumed cloudburst proportions
and at 2 o'clock this morning the Las
Animas river went over its banks.
At 3:30 it was impossible to get
within a block of the river bed at any
point, and Commercial street was flood
ed for three blocks in the heart of the
business district. Meantime the elee
trie light and gas plants had been flood
ed, and the city was in complete dark
nees.
Hundreds ot citizens thronged (lie
streets on the edge of the submerged
district carrying lanterns and doing
their best to provide those diiven from
their homes with shelter.
Warning of the flood was given when
the river left its banks by revolver shots
and the ringing of the fire alarm, fol
lowed by the blowing of all the loco
motive and Bhop whistles in town
Citizens upon rafts made of sections of
sidewalks paddled through the streets
rescuing families who were in danger
The new Bacca hotel, a two story
structure iust reaching completion at
a cost of 120,000 on the river bank
was destroyed. The water then ate its
way throueh 60 feet of the ground to
the Santa Fe depot, which was carried
away.
The city is divided by the Las
Animas river, which is spanned by six
wagon bridges. All of the bridgei
were washed out and many residents
were unable to reach their homes or to
communicate with their families, the
telephone system being wrecked.
TO SETTLE WATER SUIT.
Absence of News from Port Arthur
Alarms the Slavs.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2U. The entire
absence ot news from Port Arthur, it
is feared, indiiatoe a closer blockade
there. Hitherto, dispatches from
General Stoessel have Wen coming
through seml-weealy. The admiralty
has not received any details of the re
ported sea fight off Aniva, at the south
eastern extremity ot Sahaliu. The
Vladivostok tqtiadion, It is understood,
is still in the harbor. The cannoned
lug at Aniva was probably a Japanese
attack on blockade runners.
A telegram received here from Bat'
oum repotting that reserves aie being
transported along the Caucasian coast
brings the first Intimation that troops
am heimi mobilized there. There are
only two army corps in the Caucasus,
and one of them has apparently beeu
ordered to the Fai Fast.
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky was n-
ceived in audience yesterday by the
emiH'ror. The prince will assume
barge of the ministry of the interior
today.
The latest developments In the situ
ation at the front is the definite estab
lishment of the fact that Field Marshal
Ovama has now begun to move up his
lelt. General Kuropatkin s report
shows that the Japanese have reached
Davan, on the west bank of the I.iao
liver. A considerable concentration of
Japanese is observed at Sianehan, on
the Hun river, 35 miles southwest oi
Mukden, and Japanese tavalry is mass
ing in the vicinity ot the Pu river.
The latter is a tributary ot the Hun
river, which crosses the line of railway
midway between Tie pass and Mukdeu.
and may furnish a natural line ot ad
vance from the west.
Ovama's armies now apparently cov
er a front of 60 miles for enveloping
movements. His wings are extended
to the northeast aud west of Mukden.
Thus far the Kussians have found little
strength of pressure from the Japanese
center. Ojama seems to be moving
with treat delilieiation, probably gath
erina strength for a rapid advance of
loth wmss when an attempt is made
to close the net.
Although the imaginary line connect
ing the extreme Japanese advance and
west of Mukden still passes ten miles
below that city, it is evident that the
fate of Mukden cannot long be delayed.
If General Kuropatkin intends to try
to hold the citv fltrbt iiiir on his flanks
will begin almost immediately.
'"HI
OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST
ALEXIEfP TO COME HOME.
His
Chicago School Children Wrongly
Believe Negress Is to Teach.
Chicago, Sept. 30. Fifty boy pickets
stationed about the McAllister public
school here prevented pupils from en
tering today None of the pickets was
more than 15 years old.
Outside the picket cordon, a crowd
of 700 boys and girls hooted and yelled
at the teachers looking from windows.
Everv infant striker wore a badge to
show that be or she belonged to a
union." Some of the badges were
merely scraps of paper with the word
union scrawled across it. Others
wore union buttons which their fathers
had worn. Many of the strikers car
ried clubs. They threatened violence
against any child daring to enter the
school yard.
The picketing was the result of a
"strike" which was caused by a mis
taken belief of the children that an as
sis'ant kindergarten teacher was colored.
After a detail of six policemen had
been sent to the school to preserve or
der, the "strike" was "settled." A
committee appointed by the youthful
strikers learned that the rumor of a
colored teacher having been employed
in the school was false. About 80 per
cent of the strikers went back to their
classes. Truant officers began a search
for the absentees.
Effort Is Being Made to Annex Part
of Kansas to Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 3. An effort at
a solution of the Kansas-Colorado
water suit is in pr igress, and if the
efforts of those most interested in the
case are suceeslul a strip of the western
portion, of Kansas, about 150 miles
wide, will be annexed to the state of
Colorado, and the litigation now be
fore the supreme court at Washington
wi.l be thrown out.
Politicians in both Kansas and Colo
rado are working for the passage ol a
bill through the legislatures of both
states whereby the western portion of
Kansas can be taken into Colorado.
This, it is thought by those who have
uiven the irrigation question much
study,will solve the difficulty, and both
states will be benefitted to a great ex
tent. L. P. Worten, of Syracuse,
Kas., and C. C. Kennison, of Garden
City, Kas., a candidate for representa
tive from that county are in Tueblo in
the interest of the plan.
"It would settle the water question
in Western Kansas forever and the suit
now in the courts would be dropped as
there would no longer be any reason
for continuing it" said Mr. Wordrn to
day. Both Mr. Worden and Mr. Kennison
appeared before the government com
mission when it was in session here,
and are thoroughly familial with the
situation. They say they , are supported
bv practically every resident of West
ern Kansas.
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ASYLUM NEEDS AN ADDITION.
Steady Increase of liuane Is Crowd
ing Building's Capacity.
Salem The steady liureaae in the
number ot patients at the state Insane
asyum will make necessary the con
tiuclion ot a new cottage next year,
with room tor 100 patients. Suth a
cottage, to be constructed at the asy
lum farm, will cont about $25,000 and
the legislatuie will be akaed to appro
priate money for that purpose. The
growing population will also necessi
tate the construction ol a new dining
room at a cost of 13,000, the new ad
dition to be 40x40 feet and two stories
high.
The last legislatuie appropriated
money for the expense ol replacing
a number of wornout lavatories ami
that work has been attended to.
Other old lavatoilcs and sewer connec
tions have become faulty with age and
must be replaied. To put these In
ood condition will require an appro
priation of $15,000.
The asylum building nas noi oeen
painted for many years and Weause of
that fact It is rapidly showing the
effects of time and storm. Superin
tendent Calbieath will recommend In
his hi. mial report that the main
building be repainted throughout.
This will cost about 112,000. All the
permanent Improvements needed at
that inftltutiton will coet hi the neigh
borhood of 155,000.
At the reform school, mute school
and blind school only minor repairs
and improvements will be necessary
and not very heavy appropriations will
be needed for them. At the state pris
on many Improvements have leen
made In the past year without definite
apropriation and not much in the way
of large improvements will lie needed
at that institution next year, the las:
legislature passed an act providing that
the proceeds of convict latmr shall con
tltute a Iwttermeiit fund, which may
be expended for repairs ami improve
uients under the direction of the gover
nor. By virtue of this act money has
I teen expanded from time to time and
the prison property has been put In
good condition.
CATTLE WILL STARVE.
anil
ELECTORIAL TICKETS TILED.
Position Will Be That of An
Advisor to the Emperor.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 29. AUbougti
an official announcement to the effect
is not expected immediately, since
will require some little time to get Hut
sia't second army in the fluid, the des
ignation of Grand I Hike Nicholas
Sicholaevitch, the inspector general, of
cavalry, as commander in chief is re
garded as practically settled. The sit
nation at the front, with two, and per
haps ultimately three, big armies, is
considered to demand, above all else,
that the supreme commander be of
such personal authority as to be be
yond jealonsiei and the possibility of
intrigue On t le part of subordinates,
and such a man the emperor now rea
lizes can only be supplied by a member
of the imperial family. Grand Duke
Nicholas is regarded as extremely well
fitted for this great responsibility.
Grand Duke Nicholas will not rely
upon a single adviser, but on a stuff
comprising the ablest strategists of the
genera' staff, who in reality will con
stiuie a board ot direction ot military
operations.
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Viceroy Alexiefl is regarded as al
most cei tain to return here. The re
port that he may become chancellor of
the empire, however, is exploded. He
more likely to retain his title and
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come to ei. reiersnurg, nominally in
the capacity of adviser to the emperor,
and will thus efface himself as a factor
of the military situation in the far
East.
Republicans, Democrats, Prohibit
lonlsts and Socialists Take Step.
Salem The presidential elector ial
tickets of four politclal parties have
lene filed in the office of Secretary of
State Dunbar. The parties represtnt
ed are Republican, lvmorretic, l'rohi
bition and Socialist, and it is under
stood that the Populists w ill also file
petitions nominating an elcctorlal tick
et. John II. Simth, one of the imiiiiii
ees on the Democtatic tiiket, resigned
and his place was filled by the appoint
nient of W . K. Hamilton by the state
central committee. The electorial
tickets filed are as follows:
Republican i. B. Dimick, James
A. Fee, J. N. Hart, A. C. Hough.
Democratic Thomas II. Crawford,
John A. Jeffrey, W. if. Dllard, W. ft.
Hamilton.
Prohibition Leslie Butler, I. II.
Amos, W. P. F.lmore, T. n. McDaniel.
Socialist S. II Holt, William Beard,
W. Bargee, J. C. Herrington.
farmers Did Not Rotate Crops,
arc Short of Teed.
Selo'ii "The unfortunate situation
in which Willamette valley faunera
Hud themselves this year because of a
shortage of feed for their stock is a
cause foi regret, epeclally since It U
entirely unnecessary. When J. K.
Seats said In an interview a lew day
ago that cattle will starve In the valley
this winder (or want of feed he told the
plain truth It Is a truth we dislike
to acknowledge, but It should teach U
a lesson."
This Is an asertlon made by Director
James WlthycoVlio, of the Oregon ex
perimental station, at Corvallis, while
he was attend lug the state fair.
"I don't mean that any large proptii.
tlon of valley livestock wi.l starve, or
that they will die Watimi of the eu-
tire absence ot feed. What 1 mean,
and what Mi. Scaia evidently meant,
was that teed Is so scarce that many
farmers will put their stock on very
short rations, with the result that
they will become emaciated and will
die from disease or exposure. Call it
what you will, it is starvation.
"Now I refer to this only he use I
want to ssy and prove that it Is a con
dition that is as unnecemry as It Is un
fortunate. This has len a very dry
season, such as Willamette valley
farmers had no reason to expect, bill '
this does not excuse their being unpre
pared for it. Our experience at the
agricultural college farm shows that it
crops weie rotated as they should lie.
the yield of hay would not have been
light, and spring-sown grain won 1.1
have produced well, uotwithstading the
lack of lain."
Ashland foundry Burned.
Ashlsnd The Ashland Iron works.
foundry and machine shops have burn
ed involving a loss which may reach
1 10 000. By hard work the detached
pattern shop building was saved, but
the molding, machine shop and (jflSce
buildings, in ah lib were much valua
ble machinery, were badly gutted.
The tire started htdweeu th foundry
and the machine shop looms, from a
cause unknown. The company carried;
insurance amounting to $0,500. The
plant was kept busy with orders, and
emplo)ed a good sized force.
Slate Telr Has Batantc. .
Salem While not all the year'e
business of the state bboard of agricul
ture has teen com hide I, Secretary
Wylle A. MM res limls from his record
that I be state fair this year .came out
2,r00 to the gomt. The tout wetpte
were f lit), 000 of which $10,000 limn
from the state appropriation for sgrl
cultural premiums. The lair hoard
paid premiums to the amount of $10,
500, the additional $MI0 Mug taken
from iu i sci ligneous receipts.
Would Tr to Reach Arctic.
Christiana, Norway, Oct. .1. The
Duke of Orleans has asked permission
of the government to have the Arctic
steamer Frarn, in which Dr. Nansen
made his voyage to the Arctic regions,
for the purpose of an arctic expedition
in 1905. It is understood that the ad
miralty v. ill require that the Captain
Otto Sverdrup, the former commander
of the Fram, shall command the vessel,
if the go.ernment agrees to the propo
sition of the duke. The plan of the
expedition has been submitted lor the
approval of the authorities.
Russia Orders Warships.
Paris, Oct. 1. A dispatch from
Toulon Btates that the Russian govern
ment has just ordered from the Com
paunie des Forg el Chantiers de la
Mediterraneo 11 torpedo boat doetroy
era of the latest pattern, the construc
tion of which is to be bogun at once.
Four will be built in the dockyards at
Havre, four in the Norman d'xkyaida
and three at I.aseyne. They will take
15 months to build. Russia has also
ordered four cruisers of the Bayan type.
Wills City $250,000.
Boston, Oct. 1. Public bequests ag
gregating over $1,000,000, the largest
being a gift ot $250,600 to the :ity of
New lied ford, are contained in the will
ot the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of Bos
ton, which was filed for probate this
afternoon.
Inventor Dies a Charity Patient
New York, Oct. 3. Once wealthy
and with a host of friends among prom
inent and wta'tby men in the coun
try, Charles Y. Yeaton, the inventor,
is dead at the home of incuiables,
charity patient. Paralysis, from
which lie had suffered two years, caused
his death. Yeaton invented a number
of rriai bines, among which was a type
setting machine, the find, ever offered
for sal j. lie enjoyed an intimate ac
qimintarie with President Andrew
Johnson, who offered him a diplo
matic pout at St. Petersburg.
Aldermen Indicted for Crafting.
Buffalo. Oct. 3. As the result of
District Attorney Coatsworth's invest!
sgtion of charges of alleged "grafting'
on the part of city officials, three pres
ent aldermen and four foimer aldermen
have been indicted. They are: John
Thomas Harp. Henry Moest and Orrin
V. Pierce, Aldermen, and Edward C
Beiser, Louis O. Reeded, Henry G
Schneider and John G. Bosch, former
aldermen. All the Indicted men were
arraigned today and pleaded not guilty
British Steamer Stopped.
Cliefoo Oct. 3. The British steamer
Yik Sang, trading in China saes, ar
rived today and reports she was stopped
by a Japanese torpedo boat destroye
outside of the harbor of Cliefoo. After
her papers had been examined, the
Yik Sang was allowed to proceed.
Attempt to Ruin Warships.
New York, Sept. 20. With the in
tention of ruining the hull of the battle
ship Connecticut, whick will be
launched today, an obstruction was
placed on the ways. When it was
placed there, or by whom Is not
known, as it was not discovered until
divers were sent down to make an in
vestigation. Tins Investigation was
made as a matter of precaution and the
naval officers then learned that an oh
st rue! ion had been placed on trie ways
that would have destroyed the work of
months.
Carshops are Closed.
Chicago, Sept. 2!). The Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific railroad company
today practically closed down Its car
arid locomotive shops here. The en
forced idleness came unexpectedly
The union boiler makers employed in
the shops had made demands for high
er wages a few days before the shut'
down came. General Superintendent
of Motive Power Reed, however, denied
that the shutdown was in any way at
tributable to these demands.
Torpedoboat Lost.
London. Sept. 29. The British tor
nedo boat destroyer Chamois has liee
lost off the island of Cephalonia, in
the Mediterranean. All on board were
laved. While going at full speed on
trial yesterday, a screw blado came off
pierced the button of the destroyer and
he aank.
Coming Events.
Wallowa Fair association, Enterprise,
Octoliel 3-8.
Eastern Oregon District fair, The
Dalles, October 3-8.
Portland Presbytery, Fairview,
October 10.
Baker County fair, Baker City,
October 11-15.
Klamath County Agricultural asso
ciation, Klamath Falls, Octohef 12-14.
Oregon W. C. T. U. State conven
tion, Portland, October 1H-27.
Inland Empire Teachers association,
Pendleton, October 10-21.
Teachers are Scarce.
Pendleton The Pendleton public
scho'ds have opened with a large en-
rollrnent in all the grades. Almost all
the rooms are crowded and Superin
tendent E. B. Conklin is looking for suit
able houses to lelieve the congestion.
Three new school houses will be ready
for occupancy before the first of the
year. At the present time scarcely
one-half of the county schools have
been supplied with teachers. County
Superintendent of School Frank K.
Welles Is being besiiged daily by di
rectors asking for tern hers.
Surveying for Trolley Line.
Eugene Threo cicws of surveyors
are making t tie preliminary surveys for
the Willamette Valley Electric Rail
way company, firm crew started from
Corvallis and will work toward En
gene. One is working in the direction
of the Sinslaw and the third is work
ing eastward up the McKcnzle river.
It is stated by the malinger of the com
pany that this preliminary work will
be followed by permanent surveys and
then the work of const tuition,
Loss Is Remarkably Small.
Salem "About two sections of good
tiiuUii weie destroyed by forest Area
this semm iu the Santinm country,"
says Manager John A. Shaw, of the
Curtis Lumber company, of Mill City.
"There were thousands of acres ot
slashing burned over, hut fortunately
the amount ot good timber destroyed
was small in comparison with the
quantity of danger of destruction. Th
Curtis I.tiinlicr company lost about
040 acres of timber by fire,"
Work on MiKcnilc Road.
Eugene Reports from the superin
tendent of the work on the McKenzie
road show rapid progress and Indicnto
much good to come from the $i,00(
expenditure, hall ol which was appro
priated by the county and halt raised
by subset iption. Already 15 miles of
the worst part ol the road have been
put in first-class shape, and the ciew
will work about a month longer.
Coquille Sawmill Sold.
Rlverton A company has purchased
the CHiillle saw mill and also Peart'a
coal mine adjoining Coquille City.
The company will make extensive im
provements at once, it is said, in hoth
the mill and the mine. It is under
stood that the mill will start up at
once for the purpose ot cutting tim
bers for the new Im.iker which will lie
at once const meted (or the mine.
Coiilbiinkcr for Ulerton.
Riverton The new coal hunker for
the Riverton Mining it Development
company is Hearing completion under
the supelMsion of the Mel.eod liroa.,
who have the building contract. This
bunker has a capacity of about M)0
tons, having an upper mid a lower com
paitlrient for shipping mid local trads,
reapocthely.
Enrollment at Agricultural College
Corvallis The registration of stir
dents at the Oregon Agricultural col
lege breaks all former records. The
enrollment to date is 40(1, against 320
last year. The increase is RO, The
freshman class is lurgey Increased, the
number registered being 107, or, in
cluding subfrcshimtrr, 201).
Wheat Market.
Portland Walla Willa, 8182c;
blnestem, Kflp; valley, 85c.
Tacoma liliieslem, 87c; club, He.
Colfax Club,71c; bluestem, 70c.
Shelves for Mate Library.
Salem State Librarian J. B.
nam has procured four new oak
cares, with shelves on both shies,
Imr a rapacity of 1,000 books to
case. The rases cost $125 each.
addition to the libraiy equipment
Pu'.
hook
Tliis
was
made necessary by the accumulation of
hooks which have been piled up on the
floor, tables and shelves.
Teachers Scarce In Linn County.
Albany Schoolteachers area scare in
Linn county and the probabilities are
that some schools in the rural districts
may have to remain closed during the
year. Wages ranging from $30 to $55
are offered, hut competent teachers are
not to be found at the price.