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VOL. I.
IIOULTOW, COLUMBIA COUNTY, QBEGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 1904.
NO. 18.
WEE1VSD01NGS
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the
OT IN1TECST TO 0U2 CEADEfiS
General Review of Important Happen
penlg Presented In a Brief and
Condensed Corm.
Oregon again lead, all other states
Id the tale of public lands.
A Rock laland trala waa derailed
Mar I'rlncoton, Mo., and 45 peraona
Injured.
DlaKulaed horacmen In Crook coun
ty destroyed a band of 1,000 thorough
bred sheep.
Lloyd'a agent at Nlu Cbwang re
porta that Llao Yang la likely to fall
at any time.
The British consul at Shanghai haa
ordered Russia to atop repairing ahlpa
In that port
Japan la aald to b trpatlng Ita
prisoners of war with great consid
eration and allowing them many 11b
rtlea. Mra. May brick waa met on her ar-,
rival In New York by a throng of cur
loua people, but ahe refilled to aay
anything.
General Chafee aaya that ao long
aa he la In command the army head
quarters of the Columbia will remain
at Vancouver.
A portion of the British preaa de
mand a that navy aweep the sea of
Russian crulaera If diplomacy cannot
prevent their stopping ahlpa.
The riar baa ahown his joy over
the birth of an heir by abolishing cor
poral punishment, liberal treatment
of Flulandcr and in dlvera other
Mra. May brick haa arrived In New
York.
The loua by the tornado at SL Paul
will reach f3.C00.000.
Late reporta from Tort Arthur aay
the fort haa all but fallen.
Souvenir Lewis and Clark colna will
be ready early next month.
The Japanese continue to sacrifice
thousanda of Uvea at Tort Arthur.
A 8anta Fo passenger train waa de
railed near Topcka and six persons In-
3ured ::;' ,,.v,...v :l
The Russians estimate that the
lege has already cost the enemy
28.000 men.
A mob of COO burned a negro at Ce
dartown, Oa., for the assault of a 13-year-old
white girl.
A hurricane awept over Watertown,
S. D., killing two poople and Injuring
many others. Great damage was done
to property.
The Russian cruisers Grombol and
IloHsla are fast being repaired at Vladl
voHtotk and will booh be ready to as
sume the offensive again.
John Elland, a wealthy sheepman of
New Mexico, has fallen Into the hands
of brigands In Mexico, where ho went
on buHlnesR. A heavy ransom la de
manded for his release.
The czar has summoned all reserve
ofllceri to the colors.
Japan holds that the nutarlity cf
China at Shanghai is imperfect.
An engagement with Kutppatkin will
Iorbably be forced at l.iao Yang.
The inteiior department is in no hur
ry to create forest reserves in Oregon.
The Japanese have captured all forts
on the l'igeon bay side of Tort Arthur.
Five persons were killed at Manden,
Mo., by tho explosion of a car of dyna
mite. Rioting continues at the Chicago
stock yards. Another man has been
ehot.
Japan in showing utter disregard for
lives is bieaking all precedents at Tort
Arthur.
The loss caused by the tornado in
North St. Louis is much heavier than
at first reported.
Ihe anniversary of "Mad" Anthony
Wayne's victory over the Indiana was
observed at the St. Louis fair by an
imposing parade.
The rains are stopping around Iiao
Yang. Ihe roads aie still in bad con
dition and active operations are not ex
pected until they are in bettter shape.
Forest fires continue to tage in the
reserves of Montana, destroying mnch
valuable timber.
Japanese ships are cruising off Che
f oo in search of the Russian boats Di
ana and Novik.
A felling almost akin to doepair
reigns in the Russian admiralty.
Paraguayan rebels have demanded
the city of Asuncion, allowing it 24
hours to surrender.
- A cloudburst near Globe. Arixona.
caused a loss of several lives and great
damage to property.
A Russian gunboat was sank by com'
ing in contact with a mine near the
Liao Tung peninsula.
The Russians will sink their ships
at Port Arthur rather than let them
fall into the hands of the enemy.
AVOIDS A TIGHT.
Directors to Choose Convention City
tor 1003.
Portland, Aug. 24. Politics, arrlr
al of delegates, speeches, and adop
tion of resolutions occupied the sec
ond day of the American Mining Con
gress. And a busy day It was, with
the buti and hum of the rival dele
gations filling the cool air of the con
vention hall. Yesterday morning the
convention adopted a atrong resolu
tion urging congress to create a De
partment of Mines and Mining, and
last night another was paased advo
cating the protection of forests.
The question of the selection of the
meeting place for next year's con
gress will not be fought out on the
floor of the convention as has been
anticipated, but will be placed solely
In the hands of the board of direct
ors. A resolution to this effect Intro
duced by Dr. Buckley, of Missouri,
was adopted at last night's session of
the congress and met with enthusias
tic applause from those present
This will prevent El Paso from mak
ing an open fight In the convention
for the honor of entertaining the 1905
congrcas.
As yet the credential committee
haa made no report, and therefore
the membership of the congress will
bo and unknown quantity, officially
apcaklng, until Thursday morning.
This preventa any definite action on
the settlement of any question until
that time, but a great deal Is being
done Indefinitely. The permanent
home agitation Is being kept up by
the Salt Lake men, who are hard at
work trying to get the membership
of the congress Into line for their
city. Tho Denver delegation la rep
resented by two or three men, and
though It has been announced that
there Is a carload of delegates on the
way from Denver, the car has not
been Righted and the cause of Denver
Is Buffering a Utile from the tardiness
of the Colorado men.
TORTS ARC LOST.
RusslansTMcct further Reverse at
Port Arthur. .
Chcfoo, Aug. 25. A Junk which left
Llao Tl Promontory the night of
August 21 has Just arrived here. She
reports that the Japaneso have suc
ceeded In occupying Antszshan aa
well , as ; another fort,j prbfcnbly Etse-
ahan, about a mile southwest of Ant
szshan. They have driven the Rus
sians from the parade ground, which
lies about two miles north of the har
bor; they have destroyed two forts
at Chaochanko, which Is within the
eastern fortifications, and they have
advanced to a point near Chaochanko.
This news confirms information re
ceived here previously, and which the
local Japanese were not Inclined to
believe.
The Junk heard firing until mid
night of August 22. Scarcely a build
ing In Port Arthur remains undam
aged. The town hall, whls was used
as a magnzlne, has been destroyed.
Four large warships unnble to
fight, aro at Port Arthur. Only one
ship, a vessel with two masts and two
funnels, has guns on board.
The fire of the forts not captured
by the Jnpnneso. together with the ef
loot of land mines, Is given as the
reason why the Japanese have not as
yet conquered the Russian strong
hold.
JAPANESE PEANS DEGANGED.
Port Arthur Campaign May Cause In
itiative to Pass to Russians.
Berlin, Aug. 25. In a dispatch
from Llao Yang, under date of Aug
ust 23, the correspondent of the Lokal
Anzelger says:
"The Indications are that the Initia
tive is about to pass to the Russians.
The Japanese plan of campaign, in
cluding the attack upon Liao Yang,
has apparently been deranged by the
unexpectedly stubborn resistance of
Port Arthur.
"General Kurokl's army has been
withdrawn to the south of Taitze
river, and only outposts reported to
be In the Llao River Valley.
"It is rumored that the Mikado has
recalled General Ngi and has ordered
Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata,
chief of the General Staff at Tokio, to
assume command of the besiegers at
Port Arthur."
America Asks for Information.
Washington, Aug. 25. Acting Sec
retary of State Adee has cabled Min
ister Conger, at Pekln, a request that
he report as Boon as possible the
facts concerning the situation at
Shanghai. A similar request has also
been addressed to Consul-General
Goodnow, at Shanghai, and Consul
General Fowler, at Chefdo. Although
no admission on that point is yet ob
tainable, it Is believed that instruc
tions have either been sent or will be
sent to Rear-Admiral Sterling to co
operate with the minister and consuls
in the protection of American inter
ests in treaty ports. ,
Russian Ship Hits Mine.
Tokio, Aug. 25. Admiral Kataoka
reports that as the Russian battleship
Savastopol was emerging from Port
Arthur yesterday ahe struck a mine,
and afterward was seen to be listed
to starboard. She was towed back
into the harbor.
OREGON NEWS 0E INTEREST
SILETZ RICH IN TIMBER.
Railroad Survey Party Loud In Praise
m -mmm of Country.
Independence. The surveying party
of the 8. Chapman Lumber Company
that has been In the Coast range
mountains since May 28, has com
pleted Its task, coming out at a point
no one guessed. The survey as com
pleted Intersects the Southern Pacific
scarcely half a mile south of Inde
pendence, near the old racetrack.
The surveying crew, comprising 15
men, Is In charge of Engineer L. M.
Rice.
The timber found In the Sllcts basin
was a revelation to the party, many of
whom are experienced timber men
and surveyors. There Is enough Um
ber In the Slletz country, says Chief
Engineer Rice, to last 50 years after
It Is made accessible by rail. The
route terminating at Independence Is
a very feasible one and, according to
the survey. It Is not over 45 miles Into
the heart of the rich Sllett basin.
Terminating here, timber over the
proposed rout could be handled by
rail or river, and the Southern Pacific
Is Just completing a spur from within
a few rods of where the survey ended
Into the bed of the river. A road over
this survey would also afford a short
cut to Newport.
STIRRING UP DAIRYMEN,
Effort to Induce Valleyrarmers to
Produce Butter Tal.
Albany. An Important meeting of
the dairymen and farmers of Linn
county was held at Shedd last week.
The meeting is the result of the ef
forts of prominent creamery men of
Portland and of State Dairy and Food
Commissioner J. W. Bailey.
Curtis' Grove, one mile from Shedd,
was the scene of the meeting, which
took the nature of a farmers' picnic.
A Portland creamery provided gallons
of Ice cream free, and the attendance
was large for this season of the year.
The great Importance of the meeting
in the eyes oi friends' of diversified
farming In Oregon Is In the fact that
it Is the beginning of an effort on the
part of the large purchasers of dairy
products In Oregon to induce .the
farmers of the Willamette Valley to
devote more time to raising blooded
stock, and particularly dairy stock.
County Is Worth More.
Oregon City. Assessor J. F. Nelson
has completed the assessment of
Clackamas county property for the
1904 roll. The aggregate of property
valuations, represented by the roll, is
approximately $10,250,000, or an In
crease of $300,000 over last year's
roll. It Is not expected that any ma
terial changes will be made In the
assessed valuations by the board of
equalization, which will be convened
on Monday, August 29. This is the
earliest date for years that the assess
ment of property In this county has
been completed.
Raise Timber Land Values.
St. Helens. The assessment roll
for Columbia county will be complet
ed and ready for the board of equal
ization In a few days. It will show an
increase of about one-third In the
assessed valuation of the county. The
valuation of the timber land has been
raised from $2.50 to $3 and $5. This
bears heavily upon the non-resident
land-owners, but It Is not nearly as
high as In Clatsop county, and Is far
below the actual cash value of the
property. The assessment of the
Benson Company amounts to $128,000,
and the cash value is certainly three
times that amount.
Start Work on Tair Grounds.
Baker City The survey of the
ground for the Baker County Fair As
sociation is completed and the work
of constructing the new speed track
begun in earnest. The grounds ad
Join the city on the north, and are
within easy walking distance. The
land Is comparatively level and ad
mirably located for the purpose.
Work on the grandstand and fair
building will be begun at once. The
date has not yet been set for the fair,
but will likely be the first week in Oc
tober. Seven Williams Name Camp. '
Albany. Because seven men whose
first name was William were the first
settlors of the proposed mining camp,
the town was christened Blllvllle. It
Is in the Blue river mining district
near tne line Between Lane and Linn
counties. Billvllle Is now a bus? min
ing camp.
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 78c;' bine
stem, 85c; valley, 83c.
Tacoma Bluestera, 84c; club, 79c.
Albany 75c.
Salem 80c.
Colfax Club, 68c; bluestem, 73c.
Pendleton Club, 68)c; bluestem,
73 c. '
La Grande Club, 62c ; bluestem, 68c.
WIND DAMAGES HOPYARDS.
Poles Blown Over and Vines Torn
by Brisk Breeze.
Independence. Quite a little dam
ate has been done to hopyards In this
vicinity by wind. Walker Bros., two
and a half miles north of here, are the
heaviest losers. Fully 25 acres of
tbelr yard Is flat on the ground.
About five acres of the Patton 6
81oper yard and three acres in John
Burton's yard are also down. R. D'.
Cooper will have nearly 2000 hills to
straighten up, and a few trellls-poles
are broken In one of tha HirrhhArr
yards.
A gale from the west sprang up
about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. It
was not severe enough to do any dam
age ordinarily, but only very sub
stantial poles were able to withstand
Its force where the wind bad a clear
sweep.
The owners promptly set to work
repairing the damate hy ah
redrlvlng and propping poles. The
eipense io walker Bros, alone In re
setting poles will be over $1000.
rrult Shipments from the Cove.
La Grande. The Cove, 16 miles
from La Grande, which Is considered
about the best section of Eastern Ore
gon for fruit, thus far this year has
shipped the following: Twenty thous
and boxes of cherries, 5000 crates of
strawberries. 3000 rniM nf ta man.
berries, 1000 crates of blackberries.
uwing to a lack of pickers the loss on
strawberries was about 20 per cent, on
the raspberries about 40 per cent.
Plums are now .moving and the Indica
tions are that of these there will be
about 4000 crates. Ther will ho
about from 25 to 30 cars of prunes and
aoout 4u cars or apples. The pear
crop will be light. The cherry crop
amounted to 100.000 boxes. The annl
crop will reach 100 carloads.
Restored to.Domain.
The Dalles. The Secretary of the
Interior has authorized and Instructed
ths officers of The Dulles land office to
frdstore to the public domain portions
of the following-named townships, em
braced in the temporary withdrawal
for the Blue Mountain Forest Re
serve: Twenve south, 17 east, 13
south, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 east, 14
south. 19 and 20 east, and 15, 20, 22
and 3 east. These lands were with
drawn from entry at the creation of
the reserve June 28, 1902, exclusive of
townships 15 and 22. Twenty-three
thosuand acres of land are released
from the withdrawal by this order,
out of which 14,500 are already filed
upon.
Malheur People in Earnest.
Ontario. The committee of 17 for
completing the organization of tEe
Malheur Waterusers' Association met
In Mayor Lackey's office and appoint
ed committees for drafting by-laws
and for dividing the territory to be ir
rigated into districts. The committee
for securing stock in the association
reported that 50.000 shares have been
subscribed, or 5000 more than was re
quired to organize permanently. Work
on the Malheur project is expected to
be begun this fall unless something
unforeseen occurs. A meeting of
stockholders will be held ia Vale,
September 27.
Exhibit of Grasses and Grains.
Albany. A. F. Miller, of Portland,
Is getting together a display of grains,
grasses, vegetables, leaves, mosses,
etc., for a state exhibit Mr. Miller
was In Albany in connection with his
vork an 1 left a number of orders. It
is a little early yet to collect a large
display, but arrangements are being
r.iade for materials to make up a dis
play to be collected later. Mr. Miller
has been making these collections for
the last 40 years and knows just what
part of the state to visit for the best
collection of every variety of product.
Surveyors In Grand Ronde.
La Grande. The surveyors who are
out locating the route for the new
electric belt railroad in Union county
for the Eastern Oregon Development
Company are now In the center of the
Grand Ronde Valley and will reach
La Grande in a short time. The ex
pense up to this time has reached a
total of $85 per day, and the company
have the greatest confidence in the
best outcome of the undertaking.
New Albany Tannery.
Albany. The Star Tannery Com
pany has been incorporated in Albany.
The incorporators are Henry Lyons,
John Shea, James H. Curran and Har
ry Shea. It ia capitalized at $8000,
the stock being divided into shares of
$100 each. This is the second tan
nery for Albany.
rind Scab on Cattle.
Albany. Drs, Wells, of Albany, and
Hutchinson, of Portland, inspected a
number of cattle at Halsey, Linn coun
ty, prior to their shipment to Nevada.
Considerable scab was found among
the stock. This was ordered eradi
cated before shipment.
rtXSH AGAINST POWDER.
Question Whether Japanese forces
Will Hold Oat.
8L Petersburg, Aug. 24. The latest
reports from Port Arthur Indicate that
the garrison there is holding out with
wonderful tenacity In the face of per
sistent desperate assaults. The only
question la how long any body of
troops can withstand such awful pun
ishment, and whether the garrison in
the fortress can outlast Japanese am
munition and men.
The report that SO regiments have
been drawn from General Okn to
strengthen the attackers Is believed to
Indicate that the Japanese southern
army Is in desperate straits and seems
to show that the Japanese have not
enough men to prosecute simultan
eous campaigns of great magnitude in
the north and south.
The report that the Novik haa
been sunk has not yet been published
here. . If It is true, it will be greatly
felt, for the gallant cruiser, which haa
been frequently mentioned In dis
patches, has endeared herself to the
whole nation by her tireless activity
at Port Arthur, and It has been great
ly honed that she would reach Vlad
ivostok In safety.
The attitude of the Japanese govern
ment In regard to China has caused
Increasing uneasiness here. Whlla it
Is believed that the dictatorial attitude
assumed by Japan was adopted large
ly for its moral influence on the Chin
ese, it is also taken to indicate that
Japan Intends to make hemelf th
dominant spirit In the Celestial em
pire.
PORTE VERY SILENT.
Embarrassed by Reminder of Verbal
Plckge to America.
Constantinople, Aug. 24. A note
from American Minister Lelshman,
dated August 16, was handed to the
Turkish authorities within 12 hours
after the receipt by the Minister of
the Turkish note Monday. In this
note Mr. Lelshman holds the govern
ment to Its solemn undertaking, com
ing direct from the Sultan, respecting
equal treatment with other nations
for; the United States concerning the
question of educational Institutions.
This allusion to the imperial pledge
apparently embarrassed the Porte,
which had previously announced that
it would Ignore the former verbal as
surances which Minister Lelshman de
clared he had received.
It is considered lmnrohnhle thnt tho
Porte will reply to the Minister's note
and therefore the question is looked
upon as shelved pending the execution
of the process of recognition, when it
Is considered not Improbable fresh dlf-
ncuities win arise.
Notwithstanding the assertion by
Izzet Pasha, the secretary of the. Pal.
ace, that $250,000 has been deposited
as Compensation due to an Arnerfonn
citizens at Smyrna for land illegally
lanen, no sucn deposit has yet been
made.
FLEET APPROACHES SHANGHAI.
Consul Goodnow Cads Consular Body
Together for Action.
Shanghai, Aug. 24. The steamer
Halting, which arrived here today, re
ports having sighted a Japanese
squadron last night off Gutzlaff Island,
about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai.
The squadTon showed no lights.
The United States monitor Monad-
nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers
have been ordered to be ready to pro
tect the neutrality of Shanghai.
American Consul Goodnow called
the meeting of the consular body for
10 o'clock tomorrow .morning. It is
believed that the foreign consuls will
arrange meanB to strengthen the
hands of the Taotai in dealing with
the matter of the Russian warshlna
here.
Later renorts declare the .TAnnneae
squadron to be 20 miles from Woo
sung. Woosune is the outside harbor
of Shanghai.
Rrin Stops Hid Operations.
At the Headauarters of General
Kurokl, in Southern ManchuTia, Aug.
20. via Fusan and Seoul. aAuit. 24 Tt
has rained steadily for four days and
Doin or me lower roads are covered
with ten feet of water and are abso
lutely impassable. A number of
Chinese and horses of the commis
sary department have been drowned
crossing the Lang river at the ford.
Russian spies have been located hid
ing in the cornfields near the outposts
ana large scouting parties are search
ing for them. The relative Dosltlona
of the two armies remain unchanged.
St. Petersburg Advised.
London. Aue. 23. A dtannrch tn
news agency from St Petersburg Bays
news nas reacnea tne admiralty there
to the effect that the missing Russian
cruiser Novik has arrived at Kors
akevBk, a port of the island of Sak
halin, and that the Russian cruiser
Diana, concerning whose fate there has
been considerable anxiety, haa been
seen off Hong Kong.
MINERS MEET
Seventh Annual Convention at
Portlsnl .
wu. select pemanent home
Tight Is Between Denver and Salt
Lake, With the Tormer Blry
In the Lead.
Portland, Aug. 23. Under the fold
of
ue flags of the world, the seventh
annual convention of the American
Mining Congress was called to order
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Armory. The day waa anent In KoH,
nlng the work which will for five days
np me ume and attention of the
delegates, who have COma from all rt
the mining states of the country to
make an effort to better the conditions
of the industry, and to bring it before
the people on the plane where It
should stand.
Preliminary work, addreeaa nf
come and resnonsea ocrniat nat
day and last night, and today the real
work will commence. The powers
that are behind the management of
the COnETeSfl. the wish A a anJ w-.
of the delegations are beginning to be
iuwib manliest oy conferences and
caucuses, and tha hooea at hm. an
the desires of ambitious men are now
Being Beiuea.
The one treat mmnilnn that i
before the convention of miners as-
semDiea is mat of selecting a perma
nent headquarters for the congress, of
choosing some one city In whh n
be erected a home for the organiza
tion, and where can be maintained
permanently the offlrea nf
gTess, the exhibits to be collected and
the records of the proceedings.
Denver and Salt Lake are both out
after the permanent home, and are
bending every effort to secure it, both
by offering bonuses and rnnreaainna
and by velvet-tongued arguments.
Which will secure the prize is now un-
anown. tnougn it looks as though It
might be Denvwr. for that cltr h
many warm supporters and friends.
ine question or the permanent es
tablishment is a serious one. aa the
members well know, for it means the
presentation to the city securing the
headquarters of every annual meeting
after the one held next year. It la
the opinion of a great many of the del
egates mat me only business-like plan
of proceeding, will be to give Jthe an
nual convention to the city securing
me permanent nome. The records,
the exhibits, the secretary and his as
sistants, the bulldinsr and hoArinna.
ters of the organization will be in the
piace Known as the home of the con
gress. It will be. therefore on riven
lent and more practical to hold the an
nual meetings at that place than to
send them to new chip anh VIA.
cessltating the establishment of tem
porary quarters and transfer of re
cords. AMERICA KEEPS OUT.
She Will Take No Part in the Shang
hai Trouble.
Washington. Aue. 24. Tha rTnit
States Government does not intend tn
insist upon the neutrality of China,
it aoes not intend to Insist that the
Russian warships now in the harbor
at Shanghai shall be disarmed or ha
forced from their present haven. It
does not Intend In any Way to prevent
the Japanese from capturing the Rus
sian warsnips.
It does not at this time nronnsA nnv
tecting American interests In Shang-
nai or any otner Chinese ports, if, by
so doing, it is found necessary tn In.
terfere with the freedom of the war
ships of any other nation.
This Is the decision that wm rnih.
ed this afternoon by the Department
of State after a conference between
the State and Navy Department offi
cials with President Roosevelt at Oys
ter Bay over the long-distance tele
phone. Instructions in accordant
with this decision were sent to Rear
Admiral Sterling, in chaTge of the
Asiatic squadron now at Shanghai. 1
An imoression exists, h pra that
Consul-General Goodnow may have
unintentionally paved the way to com
mitting this government to a main
tenance of the neutrality nf Phina
when he ealled the meeting today of
me roreign representatives to take
such action as was deemed necessary.
But before that meetine had a a n Am
bled, a cablegram had been Bent him
carefully to abstain from any action
that could be deemed to be interfer
ence.
Railroad Shops to Work Less.
Altoona. Pa.. Auar. 24. Tha Penn
sylvania Railroad Company today
made the most sweeping reduction in
the time of the men employed that has
taken place since the panic of 1893.
The employes of the machine shops
tonay were notmed tnat, commencing
with tomorrow moraine they wnnM
be divided into shifts, one shift to
work Monday and Wednesday and
the other , Tuesday and Thursday,
eight hours to constitute a day's work.
The remainder of the week the shops
win do ciosea entirely. It Is not
known how long the order will con
tinue in effect
Port Arthur to Be His Tomb.
London. Aug. 24. No further
news has reached London. According
to the Moscow correspondent of the
Morning jfost, Lieutenant-General
Stoessel. concluded, a telegram to an
Intimate friend there with the words:
"Farewell forever, Port Arthur , wiU
be my tomb."