THE 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.
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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.