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Newspaper Page TextTHE HEPPNER TIMES Published Every Thursday. HEPPNER OREGON WEESVSDOINGS General Review of Important Happen penigs Presented In a Brief and Condensed Corm. Rusia has accepted the draft of the North sea agreement submitted by Groat Biitain. The Japanese continue to make pains on Port Arthur, severs! more forts hav ing been taken by them. President Roosevelt ami Secertary Hay ar considering the proposed arbi tratiun treaty with Germany. The leaders of the rebellion in San Dnmingo have surrendered ana peace prevails throughout the republic, The relations between Italv and Aus tria are almost at the breaking point. The trouble arose over student riots. Several arrests have been made at New Westminster, B. C, for illegal Toting in the Canadian elections last The United States battleships Oregon and Wisconsin, the cruiser Cincinnati and a torpedo boat have arrived at Manila.. Twelpve Chinese, alleging them selves to be merchants, desirous of vis iting the St. Louis fair, have been de nied admission by the immigration offi cials at San Frauancisco. Great Britain has ordered two of her warships home from Canadian waters. It was necessary to call ont troops to quell rioting students at an Austrian university. One hundred people went down with a steamer sunk in a collision off the coast of Algeria. A French deputy slapped the face of the minister of war in the house and a free fight ensued. A New York ferry boat 'went down In a collision caused by dense fog, but no lives were lost. Britain has warned ship ownrrs against allowing their vessels to follow the Russian fleet with coal. The Orgeon building at the World's fair, which has been Bold, will be used by its purchaser for a summer resi dence. A great relief is felt at St. Peters burg that the Japanese did not succeed in taking Poit Arthur on the mikado's biithday. The bombardment of Port Arthur hat ceased. The Japanese captured a num ber of important positions, but were unable to hold them. The losses on both sides were heavy. The Oregon building at St. Louis has been sold. The Mukden situation remains un changed. Pope Pius has almoct completely re covered his health. In the Canadian elections just held the Liberals won a treat victory The Amerian aribitration treaty with Italy will be ready for signatures in i few days. Great Britian may ask Admiral Dew ey to represent it on the orth sea commission. Pretident Roosevelt narrowly escaped death while out tiding by being thrown from his hoise. The coroner's jury at Hull finds that the Russian ships fired on the trawleis without provocation. America and France will be asked to name a naval oflicer to srve on the North sea commission. Twenty -one British sailors ship wrecked on Massira island, near the entrance to the lied sea, were massa cred by the natives. The sinking of the Japanese battle ship Yashima by Russian mines off Dalny last June has been confirmed by the Tokio government Ruseia fears that atop the Baltic fleet. Biitain may yet The California airship hat made an other successful flight at the St. Louis fair. Great activity prevails In naval cir cles at Gibraltar, but Britain will not explain its meaning. The Russian squadron on the way to the Orient carries, besides its regular complement, a Urge number of lands men. It is claimed that Kuropatkin will retreat when Oyama again attacks, hav ing the smaller number of men and guns. United States Minister Pearson, to Persia, has emphatically reiterated his demand for the Just and proper pun Ishrrent of those responsible for t g murder of Dr. Larabee, the American missionary. Bandit held up the Cody, Wyo bank and killed the cashier. "Buffalo Bill" will take the trail in pursuit of them. The sailing of the Russian squadron from v Igo led the British public to be neve me lime was at nana lor war. The foreign office explained that Russia was only to detain ofllcers having know lodge of the trawler incident. The greatest battle hand near Mukden. of the war is at HINT Or PLOT. Russia Said To Have Intercepted Japanese Message. St. Petersburg, Nov. 8. The Asso ciated Tress has obtaiued official confir mation of the sensational report tl a an intercepted dispatch (torn the Jap anese minister at The Haue would be produced in the court o( inquiry into the recent North sea aft'uir to prove the existence of a plot to destroy the Rus sian Baltic fleet. Theie is said to be good ground for believing the report to be true, and there are many indica tions that the Russian government has been long in possession of strong evi dence of a Japanese plan to interept all of Admiral Rojestvensky's warships. This explains the willingness of Rus sia to submit the rase to international arbitration. She would scarcely have proposed this course unless convinced she had a strong case. It also develops that Emperor Nich olas during an audience with Hiitish Ambassador llardine declared in the most positive terms that there wore Japanese torpedo boats in the North sea. Apparently, Denmark was im pressed by the same belief. The Rus sian dowager empress, who was then in Copenhagen, naturally did not fail to communicate to her father the com munication received by her from St. Petersburg. This would accont for the extraordinary precautions adopted by the Danish government in detailing warships to escort the Baltic sea fleet through Danish waters. Another remarkable story is current in well informed circles to the effect that two balloons were seen hovering over the Skagerack while the Russian fleet entered the North sea. The e were said to have been manned by Jap anese, with the object of watching the Russians and possibly dropping explo sives. No hint of suspicion is expected in any responsible quarter that the Brit ish; government was in the slightest de gree or in any way responsible for the alleged machinations of the Japanese agents. On the contrary, officials cir cles express the highest praise for the conduct of the British gvernment throughout the North sea incident. It is thoroughly appreciated here that the activity ot the tsritisu Meet was necessitated by public opinion and was in no wise intended to coerce Russia CARS CRASH IN A FOG. Nearly One Hundred People on Los Angeles Cars. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 8. In a ter rific rear end collision on the Long Beach electric road today, in a dense fog, nearly 100 persons were injured or badly shaken up. That many per sons were not killed outright is aston- ishing. A car loaded down with Mexi can workmen, while running at a speed of more than 40 miles an hour crashed into a standing passenger coach, which had stopped to take on a passenger, knocking it 200 feet along the rails, and wrecking both coaches. The terrible impact hurled the pas sengers and laborers into heaps amid flying timbers, iron and glass. Fifteen pel sons were rendered unconscious, but miraculously none is reported fatally hurt, unless it be the motorman who was operating the woik car. When his car burst from the fog and bore down upon the standing passenuer coach, he threw off the power and put on the air at the time shrieking warning to those ahead. Although tl e crash was inevitable, he stuck to his poet and went down amid crushed tim hers. The cause of the accident was the dense fog and the fact that the passen gcr coach was about ten minutes late A car bound to this city from Long Beach was stopped opposite the wreck and many of the injured were placed aboard of it. While standing there, work car which had been following it through the fog bumped into it, and more people were injured, some of those who had received injuiies in the first collision being again injured in the second one. Both cars in the first col lision were smashed to kindling wood and the passenger car, which received the impact of the second accident, was badly shattered, but was run to the city. Tine Bridge Is Completed. Butte, Mont, Nov. 8. The east bound Burlington express which reach ed here yesterday was the first train to pass over the new Northern Pacific steel bridge over the Pend d'Oreille river at Sand Point, Idaho. The great bridge, which hat been nnder construc tion for nearly a year, has been com pleted and turned over by the construc tion department lo the traffic d-pmt-ment. The estimated cost of the new bridge is $1,000,000. In its construc tion 2,300 tons of steel were used. Department Will Need Less Money. Washington, Nov. 8. Acting Secre tary Murray, of the department of com merce and labor, made public today the estimate of appropriations for the department for the fiscal yeai beginning July 1, 1005. The estimates aggiegate $14,339,529, being $594,426 less than the estimates for the fiscal year begin ning July 1, 1904. The estimates for the fiscal year of 1900 exceed the ap propriations for the current fiscal year by 14,218,444. Difficulty Not with the Gun. Washington, Nov. 8. -As a result of an investigation into the defect in the 12-inch shell used on United States war vessels, noted during the recent target practices of the North Atlantic fleet, it has been reported by the board of experts that the difficulty was en tirely with the steel bands on the pro jectile, and not with the gun, as was apprehended. This defect can easily bo remedied. NEW '05 PLANS Government Is to Have Only Pour Buildings. MEANS A SAVING OP $12,000 That for forestry and Irrigation Is eliminated Money Needed for Lighting and Incidentals. Washington, Nov. 7. It has been determined that the government will erect only font buildings at the Lewis and Claik exposition instead of five, as originally planned. It was found that the acceptance of the lowest bid, that of J. F,. Bennett, of Portland, would leave only $ 15,000 for wiring and light ing the government buildings and foi incidental expenses, etc. This amount. in the opinion of Supervising Architect Taylor, is not sufficient. The supervising architect doclaies it is necessary either to eliminate one building or reduce the size of the main building and alter the plans. Chair man Hills, of the government board, and the members of the executive board in this city, today concluded the best thing to do would tie to abandon the separate building which was to have been erected for foresly and irrigation, saving $12,000. As this building was to have been hidden bv the main build ing, its elimination will not alter the general appearance of the group on the peninsula. The board is of the opin ion that with this building eliminated there will still be sufficient space re maiuing for all purposes. TO SELECT ALASKA EXHIBIT. Committee Named by Hitchcock Will Begin Work Immediately. St. Louis, Nov 7. The members of the committee selected bv the Interior department to select the exhibits from the laskan building for the l.evus and Clark Centent.ial exposition in Port land next year are expected to arrive at the Alaskan building and liegiu their labors today. The committee . is coui posed of the following: Assistant Sec letary of the Interior Judge Thomas Ryan, Edward M. Dawson, chief" c'eik of the Department of Interior, B. K. Peters, chief clerk of the Navy depart nient, and S. R. Kurcfia. In addition to selecting the exhibits. the committee will also determine the amount of space to be allotted to Alas ka. It has been stated that the oti zens of the vaiious cities and towns in Alaska are being awakened to toe fact that the United States government is doing everything in its power to aid them in the development of the terri tory and to induce people to so to Alarf ka and locate, and they will do every thing in their power to aid the com mittee by forming clubs and exposition societies to make a concentrated effort to display the advantages of Alaska at Poitland in the very best possible man ner. HELD UP IN HOTEL. San Francisco Man and His Wife Lose $2,500 Worth of Jewelry. San Francisco, Nov. 7.- Arnold Gun delfinger, a retired merchant, and his wife were held up in their apartments at the Hotel Dorchester tonight and robljed of jewelry valued at $2,500. According to Mr. Gundelfinger's story, he and hi wife were dressing in their room. He heard a knock on the door and, answering it, he discovered a for mer bell boy of the hotel, James Gates, at the door. Gates said he had been sent up to look at the plumbing. Ho was told that Mrs. Gnndelilnger was dressing and that lie could not come in. He insisted -and was allowed to enter the room. He then drew a re volver and demanded that M rs. Gundel finger surrender her jewels. Mis. Gun deltinger said they were in another room, and at the pistol's point Gates compelled Gundelfinger and his wife to go into the other room. Mis. Gundel finger then handed over a hag contain ing the jewels. Gates then made his escape. Experts Do Not Expect Battle. Berlin, Nov. 7. The Lokal Anzei ger 's Mukden correspondent claims the most trustworthy authority for the statement that 34,0000 sic k and wound ed Russian soldiers were sent away af' ter the last engagement. Colonel Baedl'e, the Tagehlatt's correspondent with the Russian army, telegiaphs that the Russian positions on the Shakhe river are daily becoming stronger. The possibility of a Japanese attack, he says, is constantly diminishing, and many experts do not expect a decisive engagement before spring. Massacred by Natives. London, Nov. 7. According to in formation from the island of 1'orirn, at the entrance to the Red sea, an in vestigation of the Massira island made by the sultan of Muscat shows that the captain and a boars crew of 21 men which left the British steamer Baron which lan ashore at the Kuria Muse Islands., reached Massira islands and were massacred by the natives. Nine of the mnrdeiers have been arrested and the rest will soon be taken. rined for Bringing In Consumptive. San Francisco, Nov. 7. Secretary Victor II. Mctcalf, ol the depattment of commerce and labor, today Imposed a fine of $100 upon the Pacific Const steamship company for bringing to this port on September 28, as a passenger on the steamer Umatilla, from Vic toria, B. C, a consumptive. DOOM IS AT HAND. Port Arthur Must fall Within m Very Short Time. Chefoo, Nov. 6. "Port Aitbur is doomed." The correspondent of the Associated Press here has received lufol ination, the reliability of which is beyond ques tion, that the Japanese now occupy po sit ions which place the east si-lo of the town at their mercy. Japanese arriving from Dalny today report that the Japanese have- captured Rihluug mountain and Sungushu inouu tain, which lies Itetwecu the railroad and Rihlung mountain. They also re poitthat the Japanese have also cap tured Fast Keekwau mountain. The last assault has gained for them positions which insure their ability to enter the main forts whenever they are ready. It is calculated by the Japan ese that if the Russians do not suiien del, they will be capaileof prolonging their final stand at I.iaoti mountain and on the Tiger's Tail for a month longer, with the mote hope of prolong ing the stiuygle. Long before the Set- ond l'acitic squadron ariives the Japan ese tlag will wave over the wiecked cit adel. This will end Viceroy Atexleff's dream of an unconquerable city. The Japanese have not occupied the ma In forts and highest points of the east hills, but they occupy in overwhelming numbers positions which will enable them to drive the Russians back when ever they desire. RUSSIAN OfTICERS AT PARIS. Witnesses In the North Sea Incident Confer with Diplomats. Paris, Nov. 5 Three oflieere of the Russian squadron, including Cat tain Clado, who are the principal witnesses in the North sea incident, arrived to- day from Vigo and went imiiudiatcly to the Kuhhibii embassy, w hole they held a long conference. Captain Clado was on hoard the ting ship with Vice Admiral Rojctttvensky, and was entrusted with the task ol drafting the official account. After the conference the officers declined to make any public statement relative to the affair until the report is delivered in St. Petersburg. However, it can I Hated that their visit more than ever satisfies the Russian authorities that the presence of two Japs nee torpedo hosts was a positive fact, eye witnesses maintaining that their identification was unmistakable. There continues to be an understand ing in Russian diplomatic circles that two reports will be sent separately, one from Hull ami the other from St. Petersburg, to The Hague for final hearing. IMPOSED ON LABORERS. Swindling Employment Agent Is Ar rested In St. Louts. St. Louis, Nov. 6. George K. Hall of Kansas City, was today arrested hy a deputy United States marshal on the charge of having obtained a fee of f 2 each trom zuil mooters lor scturmg them employment and then sending them to Alaska at their own expense to work for a ronitruction company that lid not exist. The specific charge against him is that he used the mails to defiaud. It is alleged that Hall rei resented himself to lie an employer of labor for the Alaska ukon construe- tion company, that he secured 200 la borers to go to Valdex, Alaska, and af' ter collecting $27 from each, $2 as his fee and $25 as transportation, it is said he sent them to Alaska. Inspect ot Bennett declares that w hen the laborers reached their destination they learned that there was no such com pany as the one named, ami they made their way back as best they could, after much suffering and hardship. Ex-Legislator Convicted of Bribery St. Louis, Nov. 6. John A. Sheri dan, an ex-member of the house of del egates, who was indicted on a bribery charge, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary foi five years, ia dead at the Jefferson hospital, from tubercu losis. Sheridan was not taken to the penitentiary, as his case was appealed to the supreme court. Another indict ment, however, was pending against him, and his case had been set for trial on November 10.- Kleven weeks ago he was taken to the hospital where he died. Bandits Cornered. Cody, Wyo., Nov. 6. The different bands of men hunting the men who kileil the cashier of the First National bank have the robbers practically sur rounded in the foothills of the Owl Creek mountains, CO miles from here. It is reported that a huge force of their friends are coming to their assistance from the Hole-in-the-Wall country, and a number ol men have l"lt Iieie to re inforce the piitsuets. "Buffalo Bill," with Indian scouts and cowboys, has taken the trail, and a lively time may be anticipated. Poison Placed In Pudding. iNew lorn, JNov. o. Two persons who ate a part of a puoding sent to a theatrical boarding house in West Forty-third street are dying In Roose velt hospital, a third is in a critical condition and the police are scouring that part of the city in an effort to lo cate the messenger who left the package at tho door. It is believed tiiat the sender of the package planned the death of the entire household, with an Idea of revenge for some unknown cause. Coal Prices (io Up. Pittsburg, Nov. 6. Prices of all grades of coal have been advanced 35 cents a ton as a result of the increased demand for coal and the strike of en gloeen in Illinois. OREGON NEWS MIDS lir li t rtMIINHARY Superintendent James Makes , Re commendations In Report, Snlom. Tho present contract for the employment of Oregon convicts In the penitentiary stove- foundry expires lu July, 1005, soot; after the adjourn ment of the next leglalutuie, and the question la presented, What shall then ho done with tho convicts? This ques tion la suggested In tho biennial re port of Prison Superintendent C. W. James, his only recommendation on tho subject being that some plan be lopted by which all the couvlcta will ho given constant employment. This Is desired both lis a lueuHiiro of econ omy for tho statu and a means of dis cipline among tho prisoners, Tho principal recommendations made by Superintendent Jumos lire that provisions bo made by which youthful prisoners limy bo separated from tho olden men and those sen tenced for trivial offenses separated from hardened criminals; that an ap propriation he made which will permit the enlargement ot the library to 2000 volumes; that more land be purchased so that more of the articles of food may bo produced by convict labor; that tho foundry buildings h repaired and Improved, If tho present plan of onvlct labor is to bo continued; thai tho water-power flumo bo strengthen ed bo that It will not bo In danker of bursting from decay; that a new barn be constructed; that a new system of plumbing ho Installed In (ho prison lis; that provision should be made for tho employment of guards for pris oners condemned to liu hanged, and that nn appropilutlon bo iniulo for tho purchaso of a surgical tablo mid sur gical tools for ttio prison hospltul. More Teat hers Arc Wanted. Pendleton. Twenty-nlx teachers of the Pendleton city schools have filed their contracts with County Superin tendent Prank K. Wells. Only one more Is left yet to file. AltlioiiKh the law requires that teachers must file their contracts upon commencing their duties. Tho Pendleton teachers have Just complied with tho law. Mr. Wells reports that there are yet a number of I' mat 1 1 hi county districts to be sup plied with teachers. The districts are small and pay from $40 to $i0 a month, and are not much sought for. When teachers are plentiful there Is no trouble to supply even tho most remote district, but. now, when every teacher Is employed, the low wages and undesirable locations hold no in ducements to them. Big fir from Clatsop. Astoria. One of Clatsop county's exhibits at tho Icwls and Clark Fair will bo a fir log that Is perfect ns well as Immense. It Is standing on tne property owned by S. E. Harris, on Young's river abovo tho falls, that Is now being logged by tho Ilremnor Logging Company. The tree stands perfectly plumb and without a blem ish. Ten feet from tho ground It measures 13V4 feet In dlnmeter and 200 feet above, where tho first limb Is, It is 8 feet in diameter. The cost of the exhibition of tho log will be bourne by the different Interests that will furnish the necessary tools and appliances to take It from the forest and place it In tide water. Tho equal of this tree Is rarely seen and Its like has never been exhibited anywhere. Big Sale of Timber Land. Eugene. It Is reported here on good authority that an immense transaction In timber land has boon closed, involv ing a transfer of 24,000 acres of fine timber on the Coast Fork, south of here. The land waa owned by sever al persons who pooled their holdings the Booths, 8. If. Friendly, A. (!. Woodcock and several others being the holders and they have arranged a sale to the new stockholders who re cently acquired stock in the Booth- Kelly Company. The price paid Is said to be $15 per acre, which Is con sidered very reasonable for such flni timber. Belt Line Road Is Assured. La Grande. Tho surveys for the electric belt railroad In Union county by the Eastern Oregon Development Company, backed by eastern capital ists, has been completed and tho rond is now assured. Tho people of thrf Cove have donated a alto for tho erec tion of a depot bnd all other commun ities in the county nro doing their share to hasten tho completion of the roud, which It is expected will be ear ly next fall. All towns in tho county will bo connected. Dates of Albany Poultry Show. Albany. Tho executive committee of tho Central Willamette- Poultry As sociation has set January 18 to 21, in clusive, as the dnte for holding their next annual poultry show. The show will be held in Albany, as have the former ones of tho association, and will be the third under the present association, Addition to Philomath College. Philomath. At an expense of $7000, extensive Improvements will be made to the Philomath College building. Five recitation roomB, a well-equipped luboratory, a commercial room, li brary, museum and enlarged chapel are the contemplated changes. i I , OP INTEREST Oil I LET TOR lUMttt K. loo Bay Roads Combining to Buildi New Line. Marshfleld. Tho object of the vlalt hero of Paul Mohr, tho Boston rail road ' promoter. Is now definitely known. Mr. Mohr Is undertaking to finance tho building of a railway con nection from (loos Hay (o the Soul hem Pacific t KoHchurg. This means either a new lino or tho on tension of the present rond from Myrtle Point. Thren routoa ar being examined. and two surveying parties nro In tho Held. One of these Is trying to find it pass along the stage, rond tip the mid dle fork of tho Coqulllt. Tim route up tho north fork of tho Coos river bv Loon lake and through IClktnn pais has also been explored. It Is believed the most feasible route Is from Myr tle Point to Camas valley throtiKh n low pass cast of tho Mountain Houso to Looklim (ilass valley, down tho I-ooklng Glass creek to Happy valley and eight miles up the Uuipijua to Rosehurg. This route gives a grade newhero lo exceed 2 per cent. It makes nil elongated letter "8", and the distance, must bo over tiO mile from Myrtle Point. This move was Inaugurated by Elijah Smith, and he has been work ing on It since ho arrived here from HoHton two inonthsu go, but In carry ing out the project there will bo to operation of Interests, The Hprecktd Coos Hay, Hosclutrg & Eastern Hall way to Myrtle Point, the Kinney belt lino railroad around Coos Hay and tho new Hue to Roseburg will all work Itl harmony. This Is one result of tho conference of ra I Iron J men. Malinger Samuels, of the SprcrkolH steamship lines, who was at the meet ing, returned on III" last steamer to San Francisco. Il.-hlnd all this there Is believed to be still n deeper signi ficance. Mr. Smith Is president of tho Southern Oregon Company, which owns !7.ino nerea of Coos county tim ber. It Is desired to got the lumber back over the belt line and over a railroad to tho eastern maiket. To this purpose nothing Is neeompllNhed by stopping at Koseburg. Lumber nt Itoacburg Is worth even less than It Is on Cooa bay. To ct the heneilt do sired, the road to Hoschurg must lead to the building of a transcontinental line to tho East. Mill Creek Power to be Used. La Grande. A company has been formed by a few men who are largely Interested In Union county, among whom nro Walter M. Pierce, T. II. Crawford, Surveyor Berry and others, with T. H, Crnwford as President, who ex t soon to establish a water pow er plant two mill's above the Cove. Tho water will bo taken from Mill creek and a force of men Is now at work on a ditch. Already a tpinrter of a mllo of It has been excavated. There will bo a power-plpn of 3700 with K.'IO feet full. This power will bo used for electric lights at the Hot Lake. Cove and possibly l.a (iratido and other points, aa well as for other pur poses. It will be In working order by early spring, Woodburn Real Estate Moves. Wood burn. Woodburn real estate) Is selling at advanced prices, and tho city has gained 25 per cent lu popula tion during the last 12 months. Moro new buildings have been erected dur ing tho last year than ever before dur ing a like period of time. Numerous; sales of real estate have been mailo within the past few days. Tho fol lowing sales of importance worn mndo recently: A. Ilarhan, residence. $1500; Walter L. Toozo, IVi lots on Main street, $2fir0; O. D. Henderson, one-half lot on Main street, $iif0. Tho city Is TilHrig up with Eastern Invest ors, and prices are booming. Not a house Is vacunt in the city. Exhibit from Umatilla County. Pendleton. Dr. A. I.e Roy, superin tendent of tho Oregon Information Bureau, met the Commercial Club for the purpose of interesting the citizens, of Umatilla county In mnklng an elab orate exhibit of products ot the coun ty for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Mr. Lo Roy said he would permit thl county to use tho exhibit collected by the Information Bureau at the opening of the fair and until the time tc gather a fresh exhibit of tho various products of this county next year. Smeller for Clackamas Mine. Oregon City. The flnnnclnl Mining Company, which controls 11 claims on the hendwnters of tho Chickarnn river, 80 miles from Oregon City, has contracted for a CO ton smelter nt a rout of $10,000, to ho at work within a J ear. Eight of these claims nro em brnced in the Silver King, Esther mid Mother Lode groups, mid have largo deposits of copper. Tlio Oklahoma lins three clnlnm of free-milling ore nnd tho company will put In u stump mill next summer. Congested with freight Cars. Umatilla. Tho yard a at this point are congested with freight enrs from both the Oregon and Washington di visions. Crews are working doublo shifts to handle the immense wheat shipments. Considerable Aslntlo freight la being shipped on through trains to the east via this point. Pas senger traffic has also reached tho top notch. Wheat Market. Portland Walla Wills, 8rt2o; bluestem, 8485c; valley, H(l(87o Tacoma Bluestem, 80ci club, 85ic. Colfax Club,73o; bluestem, 75c.