OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
HOP CROP INJURED.
Drouth and Poor Cultivation Will Put
Yield Below 120,000 Bales.
The long continued drouth and the
poor cultivation in mar y sections are
beginning to tell on the Oregon hop
crop. Last year the state produced
about 112,000 baleB.. It is beginning
to look now as if this figure would not
he exceeded this year, notwithstanding
an increase in acreage of about 10 per
cent. Esti mates made by reliable
dealers of the coming crop range all the
way from 100,000 to 120,000 bales. At
one time in the spring it was thought
about 140,000 bales would be produced,
but two months with practically no
rainfall anywhere in the hop belt has
had a telling effect on the vines. Scan
ty cultivation in many of the yards has
caused even more damage than the dry
spell. Prices were so low last year that
some of the growers lost heart and neg
lected to cultivate their properties.
They will be rewarded this year with
less than half the production of their
neighbors who attended to this import
ant matter. An immense quantity of
hops was sold on contract in the spring
at the bare cost of production, and
these sellers, almost without exception,
failed to cultivate their yards.
It is estimated that up to the present
time about 80,000 bales of the coming
crop are tied up by contracts. Al
though the crop will fall short of early
expectations, it will still furnish em
ployment for all the pickers that can
be secured. It will be what the grow
ers call a "top crop," and will be easy
to pick. . '
Much Hay in Tillamook.
Tillamook Tillamook had another
bumper bay crop this year, and with
fine weather the past month it has been
harvested in good shape. Most every
barn in the county is filled to its full
capacity, and there will be an abund
ance of feed next winter for the dairy
herds, with the probability that it will
not be all used before the next crop is
harvested. The dairy business in Till
amook is increasing every year, and the
dairymen are very prosperous, as they
do not have to buy mill feed for their
cows, but grow enough on their farms,
and this with the green pasture keeps
the cowb in good condition.
To Meet at Hood River.
Pendleton Judge 8. A. Lowell, pres
ident of the Oregon Irrigation associa
tion, has set October 11 and 12 as the
date for the holding of this year's con
t veutiun of the association. Hood
; Eiver is to be the place of meeting.
'. By holding the convention on the above
'' dates the meeting will take place dur
: lng the biennial fruit fair, which is to
, be held at Hood River during October.
1 Arrangements for the . holding of the
convention are now being made by the
people of Hood River, and it is expect
ed that a large delegation will be pres-
eat from Eastern Oregon.
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Dynamite Makes Hay Grow.
Pendleton J. B. McDill. superin
tendent of the county poor farm, has
, harvested the second crop of alfalfa,
' and the yield will amount to about 180
tons. A portion of the land on this
place was underlaid with a limestone
crust about a foot beneath the surface,
which detracted from the strength of
the soil. Breaking up with dynamite
was tried as an experiment upon some
of the land, and has proved successful.
The limestone cruBt beneath the surface
prevents the crops from taking deep
root, or the soil from retaining moist
ure. State Aids Pendleton Fair.
Pendltiton President Leon Cohen, of
the District Fair association, has re
ceived word from Salem that the formal
application for $1,500 appropriation
had been favorably acted upon and the
money was available. The fair is to be
held here in September and $1,500
was appropriated by the legislature for
cash prizes for educational, agricul
tural, horticultural and stock exhibits.
In addition $250 worth of printed matt
ter for advertising purposes will be
turned out by the state printing office.
Coke for Takilma Smelter.
Grants Pass The first load of coke
for the Takilma smelter has left here.
Captain J. M. Mclntire, who has the
contract for hauling , states that he has
been offered more teams than he can
use, as the teamsters would rather
haul coke and matte than lumber.
From now on until the rains put a stop
to hauling the big freight teams will
be kept busy taking coke to the smelter
and returning with matte. It takes five
days to make a round trip.
'
Wants Cement Factory Site.
Oregon City The Oregon City board
of trade is in correspondence with a ce
ment manufacturer of Kansas City,
Mo., who is looking for a location on
the Coast with a view to establishing a
plant. He represents that the plant
wilt employ moro than 250 men, with
a monthly payroll of about '$25,000.
An effort will be made to seen re the
factory for this city.
PLAN TO IRRIGATE.
Extensive System Planned for Grand
Ronde and Indian Valleys.
La Grande Two big irrigation sys
terns, which will cover the entire Grand
Ronde and Indian valleys and a portion
of land in Wallowa county, are being
projected by local companies.
The organization to be known as the
Grand Ronde Water company, 1b a cor
poration which will promote a $2,000,
000 iirigation project and besides furn
ishing water for irrigation on a large
scale, the company expects to provide
power for lighting where it is wanted.
The water wilt be taken from the Big
Miwam, which forms the boundary be
tween Union and Wallowa counties.
The preliminary surveys for the big
canal were made last year, and at the
present time the engineers are engaged
in making the final surveys and doing
the cross sectioning.
The canal will take the water through
a deep canyon. Its head is in section
85, township 3 south, range 42 east.
After cutting thrpugh the high divide
in township 1 north, range 41 east, it
will be an easy matter to cover the In
dian valley country and swing into the
Grand Ronde. The main canal to the
divide will be 34 miles long. The
lateral distributing canals as planned
will be GO miles in length.
The promoters estimate that it will
take four months' time for the large
force of engineers now at work to com
plete the final survey. Construction
work will be commenced as soon as the
survey is finished.
Teachers Scarce in Lane.
Eugene The regular quarterly exam
ination for teachers' certificates , was
held in this city last week by County
Superintendent W. B. Dillard, assisted
by Professor M. H. Arnold, Professor
D. C. Eaughman and W. G. Martin.
There were 61 applicants for county
certificate and several for Btate papers.
This is a smaller class than the aver
age, and Superintendent Dillard thinks
there will be a scarcity of teachers in
the county this fall. Several outlying
districts were unable to secure teachers
for the spring term, and the outlook
for the fall term seems even worse.'.
Fortune in Five Years. "
Baker City The largest -. land deal;
made in Baker county in a quarter of a'
century was closed a few days ago when
Earl F.Cranston sold 720 acres in.;
Powder valley within ten miles of 'B$k-
er City, to Brown, Phillips & Geddes,
owners of the Baker Packing company,
for $35,000, reserving this year's crop
estimated in value at $5,000. ' Five
years ago this land was bought from
the government at $2 an acre and , was
a sage brush desert.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
. .
Wheat Clab, 6S69c; bluesteim,
7071c; valley, 7172c; red, 6667c..'
, Oats No. 1 white feed, $26; gray,
$25 per ton ; new crop, $22 per ton;
Barley Feed, $23 per ton; brew
ing, $23.50; rolled, $2424.50. ; '
Rye $1.50 per cwt.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $li.
12.50 per ton; clover, $77.50; cheat,'
$6 50; grain, bay, ,$7; alfaljfa, $10.:
,. Fruits Apples, common, 50(&75c
per box; ," fancy, , .$1.252 aprjepfa,
$1.2531 35 ; grapes, $1.75 2 per crate;
peaches, 75c$l; pears, $2; plums,
fancy, 5075c per box; common, 60
75b; blackberries, 56c per pound;
crab apples, 75c per box.
Melons Cantaloupes, $2 8 per
crate; watermelons, llc per pound.
Vegetables .Beans, 57c; cabbage,
1(820 per pound ; celery, 85c$l per
dozen; corn, 1520c per dozen; cu
cumbers, 4060c per box; egg plant,
10c per pound; lettuce, head; " 25c J per
dozen; onions, 1012)ct per, .dozen;
peas, 45c; bell peppers, 1215c;
radishes, 1015c per dozen; rbubarb,
22c per pound; spinach, 23c per
pound; tomatoes, 6090c per box;
parsley, 25c; squash, $1.25 per crate;
turnips, 90c$l per sack; carrots, $1
1.25 per aack; beets, if 1.25 1.50 per
sack.
Onions New, l(91Jc per pound.
Potatoes Old Burbanks, nominal ;
new potatoes, Oregon, 75090c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2022ic
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2122c per
dozen. .
Poultry Average old hens, 1323kc
per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c;
springs, 14c; turkeys, live, 1622c;
turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c;
live, 810c; ducks, ll13c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, nominal, 13c;
olds, nominal, 10c; 1906 contracts, 16
17c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
16 20c per pound, according to shrink
age1, valley, 202zc, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 2830c per
pound.
Veal Dressed, a 8c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound;
cows, 45c; country steers, 56c.
Mutton Dressed fancy, 78c per
pound; ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy,
88&c. , , , . ,, t,,, j ,
Pork Dressed, 78c;per pound.
INSURANCE MONEY HELPS.
Rebuilding Operations In San Fran
cisco Begin With Vigor.
San Francisco, Aug. 14. The re
building of San Francisco has begun in
earnest. There is little talk, there 1b
little boasting, but there is a vast
amount of work. It may be observed
on every hand. It has suddenly grown
to large proportions, ; due to increase!
payments by the insurance companies.
These payments now total $50,000,000
enough to wan ant a ,decided step in
advance in reconstruction. But still
the $50,000,000 represents only 20
cents on the dollar of the amount due
the policy holders of the city. The
thirty days' grace allowed by law, after
the three months allotted for the filing
of proofs of loss, have elapsed and the
insurance corporations must now pay
or flatly refuse.
The $50,000,000 has not been paid
with the same cheerfulness with which
the premiums were collected, in fact,
it is not an exaggeration to say that a
very large part of the amount has been
"wrung" from the companies. It is
still a question as to the sum which
the policy holders will collect in the
end. It is organization that has cai
ried them to the point already attained,
and it will be organization that will
carry them further. There is very lit
tle single banded fighting against the
companies. Most of the individual
suits filed are test cases to determine
the validity of certain doubtful clauses
and to decide how far the "earthquake
clause" will prevail. The policy hold'
ers have been merged into a gigantic
organization, whicii has employed a
corps of lawyers and will either foice
the companies to do the "square thing"
dr else announce their pcrSdity to the
world.
DOES NOT COVET TASK.
Nicholas Declines Post of Command
er of Russian Army.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 14. Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicbolaievitch, the
Associated Press is informed by a mem
ber of his entourage, has declined to
accept the post of commander in chief
of all the troops, of the empire, "where
martial law exists," which was ten
dered to him Augugt 4.
Whether this was decided before or
after the attempt on the. life of the
grand duke at Krasnoye-Selo on August
10 is not known, but the ostensible
reason is trat Grand Duke Nicholas be
lieves that euih a post should ' not be
given to a grand duke," but merely a
military man. '' He-advocates the ap
pointment of General Linieviteh, form
erly commadnet in chief of the-. ,Man
churian. army, but the emperor has not
finally decided the matter. , . .. .' .
The activity of the Terrorists in the
provinces included, beside the usual
harvest of assassinations in Warsaw,
an attempt on the life of General Ka
ratelieff, chief of the- gendarmerie - 6f
Samara province, and' the. wounding. of
Captain of Police Ivanoff.'of. Libau, by
a youth whaAred .thrice at him on. the
street.. - . ....'. V...
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' WILL TALK IRRIGATION.
Expert .Engineers Meet In Conference
,. "aj Boise September, 3.
.Washington, Aug, 14. The fourth
annual conference, p( the engineers of
the United States Reclamation service
will be held at Boise', Idaho, Septem
ber 3 tov 8, the fourteenth irrigation
congress also being In-session- at i Boise
at that time. . s. , r. ,. ,
. This conference is in continuation of
-the general policy of Adding annually
a meeting of the principal engineers of
the Reclamation service for the purpose
of discussing matters or administration
and economics of Workv The bringing
together of these engineers and prom-'
inent citizens of the West makes possi
ble an interchange of views and a dis
cussion of data ; leading to . results of
very great vaiue in the furtherance of
the purposes of . the reclamation act.
Each of the engineers, experts and
specialist in the various lines will sub
mit a brief paper embracing some point
of general interest, such as detailed
methods of. cost, keeping, of designing,
construction, maintenance, or opera
tion. Owing to tne advanced condition
of many of the irrigation, projects now
under construction it is expected that
this conference will be of more than
usual interest and importance.
Seven Mutineers Condemned.
Helsingfors, Finland; Aug. 14. The
trial by court martial of the Sveaborg
mutineers commenced Saturday, and
Lieutenants Kochanovskyand Emilian
off , aged respectively 20 and 21 years,
and five soldiers were at the first sit
ting found guilty and condemned to
death. - All were shot and buried in a
common grave without ceremony.
Kocnanovsky's father is a colonel of
the guards at St. Petersburg. Emil
ianoff's mother appealed by the tele
graph to the emperor for a reprieve,
but unsuccessfully.
Are Granted Heariners. -
Washington. A nor 14 . In order that.
the food manufacturers of the country
mav have nnnnrt.nnlt.v in make untroaa.
-, x-j "j ( no
tions concerning regulations for the en-
torcement oi tne new 'pure iooa law,
hAarinon will ha hold at the denarfcmnnt.
of Agriculture from September 17 to 28.
MHHH.
Leaving the natural barrier of Italy
behind, when the traveler crosses the
Austrian frontier, he Is all day long
111 the midst of beautiful soenerv. The
Sij'Klnn Alps show cllfts from which
torrents rush, gentle mountain pastures
and dells, with health and vigor It
every breath of the sweet Alnlne air.
There are tunnels and lofty viaducts
ana romantic castles, and as the ap
proach to. Vienna Is made through the
plain of the Danube River, Its history
Is . suggested by Its surroundings. It
was first a Celtic village, then a Ror
man fort, wherein Marcus Aurellus
died.-. Vienna Was desolated subse
quently by the Huns, becoming later a
flef of Charlemagne. In the twelfth
century the Duke of Austria acquired
It It was greatly enriched by the cm-adesl-and
in the twelfth century it
became a fortified town. Twenty-five
years later the Hapsburgs took It; In
the sixteenth and seventeenth centu
ries the Turks besieged it In 1809
It became a French possession, and In
lSW It fell into Austria's power. To
day It Is the imperial city of Austria
Hungary, the most turbulent realm
that any modern European sovereign
rules.
At its center Is the old city of nar
row streets and lofty houses. Around
It along and outside the RIngstrasse,
thut circular boulevard which was built
on the line of the old fortifications, Is
new Vienna, of handsome buildings, fine
parks and broad Rtreets. The people
are gay and light-hearted. To an
American, used to three meals a day,
the Viennese seems to be eating all the
tlme. For his first breakfast he has
only coffee and rolls, but he follows
this up at 10 o'clock by eggs ; at noon
comes his chief meal, both rich and
substantial ; at 4 o'clock he has coffee,
at S.hls early supper, and then this
second supper we have spoken of at 10
o'clock, to top off his day, and send him
to bed at peace with all the world.
v"'J'he Viennese aristocracy are the
proudest In Europe, the Viennese poor
a' tie among the most humble. It is a
efty of grent contrasts. In Juxtaposi
tion to the busy, unpretentious commis
sionaire, the public's Indispensable ser
vant, stands the elegantly liveried porter-
who paces In front of the telegraph
ofhee wearing a cocked hat and a coat
covered with gold lace and carrying a
Ug staff with a big silver ball at its
end, renilnlng .one of the pompous, po
ttiynien In Parma.
,'J'his city has a predominant status In
the realm of music. Her name Is as
sociated with the names of great com
posers,' and with great musical festi
vals. Important periods of, Mozart's
career, and Beethoven's also, were
nassed In the capital of Austria-Hungary.
Schubert was born here. It was
at a concert in Vienna that the boy
Elzt, Hungarian by birth, played so
well that at the conclusion of his per
formancei BWthoven' came upon" the
strge and kissed the child, in token
dl,hlaj&!lfltloh..of hts.genfas, trib
ute which Liszt the man treasured in
jnemojyjvhen J)je older, composer was
dead, and he himself had become a resi
dent of Paris.
; Dfi, flrahm and- Jofaann Strauss, too,
lived here. The population of the city
Is nearly the same as that of Chicago,
anfl officers -'find soldiers' comprise one
sbCth of the people.
' The soldiers are not, 1 however, the
only people In Vienna. There are at
RARE ORCHID AGAIN FOUND.
Plant Lonjt Souwlit Hedincovered on
J. Reernt Thibet Expedition.
j An orchid which for fifty years has
baffled all the attempts of collectors to
'find Its native haunts has been redls
,covered. This orchid is the cyprlpe
;dium Falrieanum, which is one of a
random collection made In Assam In
3857, sent to London in the same year
and bought by a Mr. Falrle of Liver
pool, in whose possession It bloom
ed, and was duly hailed and de
scribed In orchid literature as one
of. the most beautiful orchids hitherto
known. Several, other plants of the
same orchid came, with It, and the spe
cies was at once named Falrieanum,
after Mr. Falrle.
From the day of its discovery, In
spite of scores of expeditions and peril
ous Journeys' by collectors, not a single
plant was found until some member of
the Thibet expedition, a few months
ago, discovered a whole bunch of the
plants. He sent them along to Calcutta,
whence two were dispatched to Kew,
and others are gradually coming
through to England.
"Probably another fifty years will
elapse ere more . Fairteanums are
found," said a British specialist, "for
no private collecting expedition is likely
to venture Into such a country. My
own belief .Is that unless another mili
tary expedition traverses the same
ground there will never again be a
chance of getting plants,"
The plant flowering at Kew has five
tractive women In the streets, whowalkj
proudly, and whose eyes flash a. fire
that speaks eloquently of a haughty
spirit behind them. There are Jews
from the ghetto, Bohemians from the
Czech quarter, and proud Hungarians,
who talk their 'native tongue voclfer-l
ously, contemptuous of the German'
speech which the emperor would Ira-'
poe upon them. Here Is a Slav ped-j
dler who has bound his feet with strips
of cloth in lieu of shoes. There are
vegetable hucksters, resembling those
whom we saw in the South, carrying
their produce in baskets which they
balance upon their beads. A sausage
seller who has set up shop on a corner,
is selling frankfurts to customers, who
eat them on the spot ' j
It takes three hours and half by ex
press train to reach Llnz from Vienna,
and three hours more to reach Salz
burg. The train passes through gentle;
woodland scenery and then dashes lntoi
a region of chateaus and ruined castles.
It lines the imposing monastery at;
Melk, leaves the valley of the Danube
temporarily, and passes the city ..of
Enns, individualized by Its detached
tower, which was built with the ransom
which was paid by England for Rich
ard the Lion Hearted to Duke Leopold
VI.. who kept the English monarch a
prisoner at Durrenstein for fifteen
months. Salzburg Is noted as being the;
birthplace of the great composer, Mo
zart. The journey to Munich takes a
little over three hours by fast train.
Munich Is the birthplace of beer, and
Is called the songbird of Germany. One'
Bavarian king after another has lavish
ed his wealth upon the city, which to
day Is an art center of Importance.
Aside from the magnificent art gal
leries, the central point of visitation
here is the famous Hofbrauhaus, In the
Pratzl, where the Kaiser Wllhelm al
ways comes when he visits Munich, and
stands In line with common men wait
ing his turn for a mug of beer.
The American girl in Munich is one
of the Joys of the place. She comes
here to study music and art, and learn
German. When she first arrives she is
attracted by the gorgeous uniforms ahd
clanking swords of the military offi
cers. - . ;
-if
But when she meets one of these1
same Apollos on a narrow sidewalk1
and with one strong sweep of his arm
he shoves her into the street so as pot1
to get his shiny boots dirty, her pride:
goes down like mercury In December!,
: It Is to the credit of Miss Columbia!
that she never finds her' proper' plaWi
as a mere woman when she Is in a Ger
man community. She never becomes
reconciled to seeing members of ;her'
sex as human pack horses, especially
if beside a peasant woman who ear-'
ries an enormous load upon her back;
there walks a husky husband, her legal
master, who saunters along smoking,
unincumbered.'i An American matron
has ' no use for the German ' husband
who lets his wife tote the baby wW lei
beeswings his cand carelessly, atarlrig
at every pretty woman that he meets.
. When Lewte I." wished to build the!
Slegesthor, or gate of victory,' in token
of the valor of the Bavarian troops, he
took the arch to Constantine at ..Rome
for his model, adapting It to Munich's
individual need by crowning it with an
enormous figure of Bavaria that stands
In a quadriga drawn by bronze lions.
Th3. reliefs upon its sides show Victo
rias of Bavaria.
growths and two flowers. The second
plant Is developing five blooms. The,
flower has a slender, hairy scape about
ten inches In height, a prominent and
charming dorsal sepal, one and three
quarters inches In length by one and
one-quarter Inches in breadth, with a
white ground beautifully veined with
violet purple and with brownish green
veins near the center and whitish hairs
round the margins. The petals droop
and have an upward curve at the tips ;
they are one and one-half Inches in
length, with a white ground streaked
with purple and yellow. The upper,
margin of the petals is much undulated'
and covered with prominent purple!
hairs. The pouch Is rather small,!
greenish-brown in color, veined with
brownish red and covered with short
hairs.
Something; Fierce.
"It seems to me my wife is always
buying medicines."
"Well, mine doesn't go in much for
that sort of thing, but she did buy me
a cure for the tobacco habit to-day.";
"Rather nervy of her to do that,
wasn't it?" . ..'. .,
"Oh, she meant well. It was Just a
box of cigars she bought." Phlladel-i
phla Ledger. ' . ,i. ',.
Plenty of Room Then. .
Author Sorry, old man, I can't dead
head you to-night Every seat is sold,
out. . - i,- '1 '
Friend Oh! Thafs all right I'll
wait till after the first act Lt Hire.