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"Til TOPEKA ON ROCKS.
BACK IN THE OLD BUT.
BIG SALE OF GOATS.
Polk
FORTUNES IN ORCHARDS.
County Sends Eight Hundred
Angoras to Washington.
Independence Last week 700 fine
buck lamhB, (or which a good price was
paid, were shipped from Independence
to Wyoming lor breeding purposes.
This week 800 fine Angora goats were
shipped from here to the state of WaBb
ington, The goats were held here sev
eral days awaiting cars for shipment.
Hundreds of men have looked at the
band and all pronounce it the finest
large collection of goats ever seen in
the West. The purchasers were Car
son & Littlejohn, of Steilacoom, Wash.
The goats were bought up by Booth by
Sc Lewis.
Goat and sheep raisers of Folk coun
ty are learning that it pays better to
raise the pure bred than common ani
male, for the demand for Polk county
Angoras and Lincoln and Cotswold
sheep now exceeds the supply. The
Riddell and Stump sheep and goat
farms, in particular, have national
fame, especially since carrying away
premiums at the St. Louis fair. Fancy
prices are received for much of the live
stock shipped out of Polk lately. As
much as $100 is often obtained for a
single "billy" goat, and as high as $5
a pound has been realized for the mo
hair. What seemed to be extravagant in
vestments iu imported sheep and goats
a few years ago are now bringing their
reward.
The goats just shipped out will be
p it on the big Btock farm of Carson &
Littlejohn, near Steilacoom.
"I hope to see the Angora goat busi
ness built up in Washington like it is
in this state," says Mr. Carson. "We
have only about 30,000 goats in Wash
ington, and we may just as well have a
million."
Coal Mine Bonded.
Med ford The recently discovered
coal mine on Rim Rock of Roxy Anne,
the mountain east of Medford, has been
bonded to the proprietors of the Blue
Ledge copper mine, who will put a
force of men supervised by R. P. Lit
tle, at work running three tunnels into
the mountain to determine the extent
of the measures, R. 8. Towne, of the
Blue Ledge, company, having concluded
the coal was of good enough quality to
nse in the smelter of the Blue Ledge
Mr. Towne has also made arrangements
to drill for oil on tne land bonded by
the coal mine people.
Two Great Holes Torn In Vessel at
Point Arena.
San Francisco, Sept. 11. The Pacific
Coast Steamship company a steamer
City of Topeka dragged her way into
port at noon today, two great holes in
her side and the men at the pumps.
Tne steamship had run on the rocks at
Point Arena in the early morning and
Fruit Grower's Opinion of Hood River
Apple Land.
Hood River The prices now made
public by independent buyers for Hood had come within an ace of going to the
River Newtown and Spitzenberz aonles bottom.
have caused rpple growers to do some
figuring. A well known apple man,
who is an authority on this subject, in
talking about the matter, said:
"At the prices this year for the dif
It was 3 o'clock this morning when
the vessel, fcound to San Francisco
from Eureka crowded with passengers,
waB cautiously feeling her way through
a thick ton near Point Arena. For some
ferent sizes of Spitzenbergs, which were reason yet unexplained, the lighthouse
$3. 12.75. $2 50 and $2.25 per box. whistle was as silent as the grave. A
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growers obtained an average price of strong current was runuuK bUU me
$2.40. Placing the yield of 7-year-old greatest caution was being taKen aboard
Spitzenbera trees, planted 65 trees to the steamer.
the acre, at five boxes to the tree, we Suddenly with a crash the steamer
will cat 865 hnxea to the acre. A 20- impaled herBelf on the rocky reef
acre orchard on this basis will produce which juts out from the land at this
6,500 boxes, which, at the average point, the rocfcs whicn nave sent a
price of $2.40, gives us $15,600 for our many good vessel to the depths. In an
season's work. instant the passengers hurried in their
The prices for Newtowns so far an night attire to the deck, but Captain
nounced are $2 25, $2 and $1.75 per Swanson with quick orders prevneted a
box. This gives us an average of $2 serious panic
per box. But the Newtown is more pro
lific than the Spitzenberg, and produces
seven boxes to the tree instead of five,
giving ub 55 boxes to the acre, or 9,100
boxes for a 20 acre orchard. As can
easily be seen, the earnings on a 20-
acre Newtown orchard this year at
these prices will be $18,200.
"While these figures are large, they
are based on the yield of comparatively
young trees which have not yet reached
their full bearing maturity. A full
bearing orchard can be safely depended
on, T think, to produce 500 boxes of
apples to the acre, as I know of several
in the valley that now do it. Figuring
on a basis with trees in full maturity,
and with a large proportion of the crop
composing the larger sizes, as it does
this year, it is not very difficult to de
termine tha profits of the apple busi
ness in the future."
The vessel paused a moment in the
rocks, and then, caught by a great wave,
rose higher in the air and settled high
er up on the racks. The situation
looked desperate, and life preservers
were seized and the lifeboats swung
into position.
Another great wave caught the ship
and threw her clear of the reef. The
captain manned the pumps, reassured
the passengers and brought the vessel
safely into the harbor. She shows two
gaping wounds and will be out of com
mission for a considerable period.
ANFLOOS KNOWS NO SULTAN.
Beet Harvesters Needed.
La Grande -Preparations are going
forward to start the fall run at the sug
Berber Chief Gives Short Reply to
British Consul's Protest.
London, Sept. 11. The Times' Tan
gier correspondent says there is consid
erable anxiety at the foreign legations
and in official circles regarding the
events at Mogador, from which there
CHAMPION STAR FINDER.
Woman of Harvard l'nlverlty Hal
Thin Dtxtlnotion.
To be accredited as the discoverer of
more stars than any other living as
tronomer must be gratifying. Especial
ly should this be the case when the
lucky discoverer is a woman. Such
distinction belongs to Mrs. .W'llllamina
Paton Fleming of the Harvard observ
atory. The results of her investiga
tions have interested the entire astro
nomical world.
In addition to her achievements In
this line she Is distinctive In being the
only woman occupying an official posi
tion at Harvard University.
Eight hitherto unobserved stars In
the novae have been discovered by her.
Of fifth-type stars she has found eighty-
four, as compared with fifteen located
with almost countless Images of stars,
and which make a complete record of
the heavens since 1886. Every night
when the weather permits the Harvard
observatory scans the heavens, both In
the northern and southern hemispheres.
University Instructor Resigns.
University of Oregon, Eugene Pro
fessor James Hyde, who has been head
of the department of mines and mining,
has resigned and will be at the head of
a large mining concern in Mexico.
Professor Hyde has been with the uni
versity for three yearB, and was obliged
to resign on account of trouble with his
eyes. Dr. II. B. Leonard has been
elected as an assistant instructor in
mathematics. He is a University of
Chicago graduate, and comes to Oregon
from the Unitersity of Colorado.
Denaturized Alcohol Plant,
Portland By January 31 there will
be located within ten miles of Portland
a plant manufacturing denaturized al
cohol, the establishment of which will
mean an expenditure of $100,000. The
plant is to be started as soon as land
lor the purpose is secured. This state
ment was authorized by J. B Laber,
secretary of the board of trade, who
says the board has been working on the
proposition for some time, but cannot
disclose the identity of the promoters
until the preliminaries are arranged.
ar factory about September 20.
ers are anxious for a good rain as the
present drouth will render the digging
Blow and unsatisfactory. To get suffi
cient help at the present time is a
grave problem and lively hustling in
that line is being done. The yield is
so heavy that a much larger force than
usual will be required to handle the
crop. It is predicted that unless
more help can be procured than the
present outlook justifies, many tons of
beets will remain in the ground for the
want of harvesters.
Grow- has been no news since the dispatch of by her compeers in science. Incldental-
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Will Fight for Damages.
Eugene The petition in the matter
of opening the Lucky Boy road, in the
Blue mountain mining district, to pub
lic travel has been granted by the lane
county Commissioners' court. The
claim of the Lucky Boy Mining com
pany for $1000 damages was turned
down, and the attorneys for the com
pany state that they will fight for the
amount in the courts. They were wil
ling to compromise the matter, and it
is said they would have accepted $5,
000.
Sells Big Ranch.
Eugene E. J. Crow, who has been
in the etockraising business in the
Spencer butte country, six miles south
of Eugene, for the past 25 years, mak
ing a Buccess of it and acquiring 1,100
acres of land, has sold his farm to O.
B. Bennett and W. L. Fields, of Cob'
rado Springs, for $18,000. Mr. Crow
will reside in Eugene and retire from
active business life.
Students Are Hop Picking.
Chemawa The 450 of the Indian
boys and girls at the school here are
all out picking the hops in the nearby
yards. The boya go into camp while
the girls are in the care of the teach
ers, and come back to the school each
evening. The school management could
have placed out 1,500 more girls and
boys in the hop fields of the neighborhood.
Wheat Club, 6263c; bluestem,
6566c; valley, 6568c; red,6061c.
Oats No. 1 white, .$22.5023.50;
gray, $21.50(922.50 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2021 per ton;
brewing, $21.5022; rolled, $22.
Rye $1.35 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $27; cracked, $28 per
ton
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$1214; clover, $77.50; cheat, $7
7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10;
vetch hay, $77.50.
Fruits Apple!, common, 2550c
per box; fancy, 7ocll.H5; grapes
50c $ 1.25 per crate; peaches, 75c
$1.10; pears, 50c$l; plums, fancy,
5075c per box; common, 2575c;
blackberries, 56c per pound; crab
apples, $11.25 per box.
Melons Cantaloupes, 25c$l per
crate; watermelons, lc per pound; ca
sabas, $2.50 per dozen.
Vegetables Beans, 57c, cabbage,
l?i2oper pound; celery, 90o per
dozen ; corn, 1 Mc per dozen ; cucum
bers, 15c per dozen; egg plant, 10c per
pound; lettuce, head, 25c per dozen;
onions, 1012c per dozen; peas, 4
5c; bell peppers, 1215c; radishes,
1015c per dozen; spinach, zwdc per
pound; tomatoes, 2550c per box;
parsley, 25c; squash, $11.25 per
orate; turnips, 90c$l per Back; car
rots, $1 1 .25 per sack; beets, $1.25
1.50 per sack.
Onions New, 1H10 per pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 7080c;
sweet potatoes, 2 Jc per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2527c
per pound
Eggs Oregon ranch, 2626c per
dozen
Poultry Average old hens, 130
14c per pound; mixed chickena, 13
13Mc; spring, 1415c; old roosters,
910c; dressed chickens, 14 15c; tur
keys, live, 1621c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 2122cj geese, live, 810c;
ducks, 1315c.
Veal Dressed, 58c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound
cows, 435c; country steers, 56c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78o per
pound; ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy,
88c.
Pork Dressed, 7$c per pound
Hops 1906 contracts, 172Uc per
pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1519c per pound, according to shrink'
September 4, asking for aBBistance,
were received.
"The troops were only persuaded to
embark from here, the correspondent
declares, "by promises of an opportun
ity for deserting on their arrival at Mo
eador.
A resident of Mogador, who arrived
here by steamer, says that the Berber
Chief Anfloos has captured the town,
has forced all the Jews into the Jewish
quarter and is putting his own people
into the vacant houses. One British
subject protected a Jewish merchant,
who had refused to abandon his house
and had been forcibly evicted. When
the consul protested and asked Anfloos
if he had the sultan b authority, An
floos replied that he acknowledged no
sultan. This passenger reports that
the entire garrison of Mogador went to
Anfloos, but that apparently no lives
bad been lost."
iy she has found 200 new variables. In
recognition of her work Mrs. Fleming
has Just been elected a member of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Lon
don. She Is the first American woman
and the third of her sex to receive such
an honor.
"More star discoveries are accredited
to Mrs. Fleming than to any other per
son In the history of science," Is the
remarkable assertion recently made
concerning the work of this woman.
Ami the assertion appears to be true.
For that reason she attracted the at
tention of the savants of the Royal As
tronomical Society of London,
Members of that body as a rule are
cold blooded. They do not admit any
BOARDED BY MEXICANS.
Master of American Fishing Smack
Compelled to Show Cargo
Woshington, Sept. 11. The State
department has received a dispatch
from the manager of the Gulf Fisheries
company requesting that action be tat
en for the protection of the American
vessels fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Upon the arrival yesterday at Galves-
ton of the Hatteras, a fishing smack be'
longing to the Gulf Fisheries company,
from American waters, her commander
stated that he was held up by a Mexi
can gunboat August 25, while several
miles off the triangular reef in the
middle of the Gulf of Campeche, thit
armed Mexican marines boarded his
vessel and required him to show his
papers, and to display a part of bis
cargo of fish, which he said he had
caught in the open sea
It was said at the State department
UBS. FLEMING AT HEB WOBK.
one to equality with themselves unless
the right to comradeship bus been clear
ly established.
Mrs. Fleming has passed the fortieth
milestone of life's Journey, but, unlike
manv persona who devote themselves to
tonight that the case would be referred scientific ends, Is affable and charming
to the solicitor for an investigation and 0f personality.
report.
Gomez is for Republic.
Manila, Sent. 11. Dominador Go
mez, at a political rally yesterday, de
clared that England, France and Ger
many would recognize a fuipino re
public. Gomez made the above declar
ation in response to a request for an ac
counting of money collected. It is
further Baid that the money has been
used in Bending cablegrams to Europe,
to create a sentiment in favor of a Fili
pino lepublic and that favorable replies
had been received. Gomez, late Thurs
daywas released from jail on bail.
He waa arrested for Blander.
In her pronunciation of words
slight burr reminds the hearer that she
Is a Scot in fact, she Is a native or
Dundee, in the land of oatcakes. She
was educated there and tuught school
there for five years.
Her father, Robert Stevens, was
man whose inclination leaned to sclen
tlflc research and he was the first In
that section to take an Interest In the
then new daguerreotype process of pho-
tography. The daughter, however, was
not content to remain amid the rigid
environments of the old world. More
than twenty years ago she came to
America and soon obtalnod a position
at Harvard observatory as computer.
For some time her work there was of
NEW RUSSIAN LEADER.
RevolutlonlHt Turning to Uregrorr
Maxlme, Now in Thl Country.
One of the most prominent of the
Russian revolutionists Is Gregory Max
lme, who Is now In this country, with
a price of 15,000
roubles on his head.
Maxlme was one of
the leading citizens
of Riga, where he
owned a newspa
per, now suppress
ed by the govern
ment. The revolu
tionary movement
struck that place la
1905 and the Baltic
Gregory MAXiME. republic was pro
claimed, with Maxlme as Its first pres
ident In December It was suppressed .
by the government and every effort waa
made to apprehend Maxlme. He es
caped, however, making his way from
one revolutionary body to another, un
til he reached Manchuria. He pushed
on to the Pacific coast and from Vladi
vostok sailed for a Chinese port.
Thence he passed over to Japan, from
which country he came to the United
States.
The untimely end of the little repub
lic has anything but dampened the
young Russian's ardor. The example
he set he believes to have been of in
calculable value to the whole empire.
and he declares that the seed sown ou
the Baltic will spread all the way to
Siberia.
Unlike Count Wltte, Maxlme scoffs at
the Douma. "A helpless and useless
parliament," he terms It, and when he
stated that "soon It will be smarting
under rebuffs" his words truly had the
ring of prophecy.
Although an exile In America, Max
lme works night and day for his people
at home. The newspaper he owned at
Riga has been suppressed, and while
the autocracy reigns he dare not cross
the Russian boundaries, yet he fre
quently expresses the belief that It will
not be long before he can return to
his home unmolested.
Wltte cast aside, Gnpon dead and
Gorky practically an Impossibility now.
It Is to Gregory Maxlme that the Rus
sians of this country are fast turning
as the logical leader of their cause.
Sen Inland Cotton In Ceylon.
A firm In Colombo offered to give flea
island cotton free to anyone who would
plant It in Ceylon, and they report that
seed sufficient to plant 3,000 acres has
been applied for. Tnree thousand acres
means 3,000 bales of sea Island cotton,
of 300 pounds net each. The firm had
to buy the seed abroad, as obstacles
were placed in the way of Its purchase
In Ceylon by the hign price demanded
as soon as It became known what It was
wanted for. The price In Ceylon has
been , as high as GO cents per pound,
against 10 cents asked In England.
Philadelphia Record.
Jewish Refugees Comine
London, Sept. 11. Two thousand the simplest character, but, as the value
Jewish women and children, Russian of her services was recognized, she was
refugees, passed through London Sun- quickly advanced from one post to an-
day. They are on the way to New other. In 1897 sne was appointed cura
York, their expenses being paid by tor of the astronomical records of the
the Russian Relief association, as near- university and since then her work has
ly all are pennilesa. Their grown male been directed to a study of the heavens,
age; valley, 2022c, according to fine-1 relatives W6re nearly all murdered in At present she has in charge more
neaa; mohair, choice, 28 30c pound, the recent Jewish massacre in Russia, than 150,000 glass plates, each covered
What the Vllllan Said.
"Yeh," said the first gallery god, de
scribing the melodrama, "the hero done
the villain up all right, but the villain,
wouldn't admit it"
"Chee!" exclaimed the other.
"No," the first continued. "De last
words he said was, 'I am undone.'"
Philadelphia Ledger.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who said he could whip his
enemy on a sheep skin?
If a groery store clerk Intends to rob
you at all, be wll rob you when he sella
you cantaloupes.