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"IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT."
VOL. XIII.
HOOD IMVEll, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST ,'W), 1901.
NO. 15.
HOOD RIVER GLACIER
'n lihshi ,1 Kvitjt KrliUy by
H. V. Itl.YlliK.
Term of milnrrlitluii- I..'iU year when hIi
III MciVHIICI'.
Til K MAI I S.
1 lie mull arrive from Ml. Ilimil at 10 o'clock
. in. W eiiii'ilHVH nuil hmiirilH); (ti'pHrtii Hit
ine tlnVN nt IKHtll.
l-or hi'iioivi'lli, leave lit 8 . m. Tiiemlnya,
TliurwlHV Hint SnitirilHy; arrive at p. m.
For White Hnlnion (V li.) leavimlHlly at 6:i
. in.; arrive hi 7:1 i ii. m.
H 1 1 'in Willi" KhIimoii leave or Fulila, (Itlincr,
Trout I. like ami oleiiwiNnl dally hi A. M.
Kor lliiiKeii (W nli.) leave at .":4. p. in. ; ar
rive Ht 2 p. in.
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II. J. IllHBAKIl, S'lrclaiT.
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of eaih luoiilli hi 2 u'i'I.k k p. in. All (i. A. it.
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1ANHY W. II. I'., No. Ill Meet flrnt Hatnr
j iliiy of each nioiilli In A. II. I'. W. IihII nt 2
p. in. Mkm. B. K. hiioKMAKKK, President.
M. I nm i.a In kb, Seeretarv.
Hooli KIVKK I.OIiiiK, No. ltkl, A. K. niul A.
M. .Mi'i-ik Saturday t'VrititiK on or before
t'lii li full iiiooii. ' A N. Kahm, VV. .M.
A. I'. Hvi kham, Kecretai y.
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Mt'i'U llilril hrnlny iiiitht of each luuiitli.
h. u. It Komi I'm, II. v.
II. F. Daviinos, Secretary.
IIOOH KIVKK ( HAI'TKK, No. . K. S.
J 1 Meet hitoiuI niul foui'th Tuesday even
iiiK" of each nioiilli. V ia: t' rn coiiiinily wel
ruined. Mr. Kva II. lliVMi, V. M
II. K. lUvin-ms, Pecrelary.
OI.KTA ASHK.MHI.Y, No. Ml, I'lilted Artlmm.
Meet MM'oiiil Tuesdav of each month nt
I-iHttTHH I IihII. r. (' JIkohii'h, M. A.
I. Mi1xjnai.Ii, Secretary.
AY
'Al'CO.MA i'ii,K, No. K.of I'. Meet
ill A. O. I . . hull every Tuewiay night.
llOHRANIK SMITH, t. ('.
Frank I.. Iiaviiwos, K. of K. A; H.
)IVKIiSIHK I.OIMiK, No. 118, A. 0. I". V.
t Meet II rut mnl third Saturdays of each
month. N. C. Evanm. M. W.
.1. F. Watt, Financier.
. H. I,. Hott K, Iteconler.
1IU.KWII.HK I.OIMIE, No. 107, I. O O. F.
Meeta In Fraternal hull every Tlnirsilny
liinht. A. (i. tlKK IIKI., N. 0.
J. K. Hanna, Ki-erelary.
HO(II) KIVKK TKST. No. 1, K. (. T. M.,
mecm nt A. O. I', W. hnll on Hie llrxt ami
third Kriiliiyii ol each month.
J. K. Hand, Comiiiaiuler.
-nlVKKSIIiF. I.OIK1H NO. 40, IIKtiKKK. OF
l, 1IONOK. A. o. I'. W. -Meets flint anil
thin) riatiirilnyit Hi 8 1'. M.
MRU. (iKORIIIA Ranh, C. ol II.
Mrs. ( HAH Cl.ARKK, Keeonlrr.
Qt'NHHINK fori KTV Meets naeonit mid
O fourth fatiinlayi ol ech nioiith at 2
o'elm k. .Mish I.kna KNKLI., I'reniili iil.
Mism t'AHRIR Hi'Ti.KK, Seerelary.
HOOD KIVKK ('AMI', No. 7,70'.', M. W. A..
lnci'lH ill Oilil Kellows' Hull the llrst mid
tlnril W eiliiKMia of each month.
F. L. Daviihon, V. '.
K. K. BraiiI.KV, Clerk.
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K. E. T. CAKNS,
Dentist.
(lolil crowim ami brUpe work ami all klmls
of
Up to-Data Dentistry.
HOOD KIVEU OREGON
L. DUMBLK,
I'llYSICIAN AND Sl'KGEOX.
S icceni-or to lr. M. F. 8haw.
Call promptly answered in town or eountiy,
imv or niitni.
Tclepliones: Kesiilence, 81 ; Office, 8:1.
Office over Everhart's (Irocery.
JOHN L ELAND HENDERSON
ATTORN KV-AT LAW, A 11STI! ACTOK. N-0-TAIIY
I'll KMC anil KKAL
KSIA'IK AGENT.
For 2S years a resident of Oreiron and Wash
liiKton. 'lias had many years experience in
lienl Estate mutters, as ahstrai'lor, searcher of
titles and nm'iil". Hatisliutiou Kiiarsnteed or
no charge.
J F. WATT, M. I).
KurReon for O. R. it N. Co. Is especially
equipped to treat eatnrrli of nose and Ihroat
and diseases of women.
HliceiHl terms for office Irentinent of chronic
cases.
Telephone, office, 1'i'i, resilience, 4").
pREDERICK & ARNOLD
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Estimates ftirninheil for all kinds of
work. Kt'pairinjt a specialty. All kinds
(if shop work. Shop on State Street,
between First and Second.
B
ON TON BARBER PARLORS.
New ly furnished ill all the latest modern
limber fixtures, making it second to none
lor tlrst-elass service. Porcelain Hnth'IutH.
Hydraulic. Harlier Chairs. A shoe polishing
artist always on hand.
EVANS i DkHOKD, Proprietor!.
JHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY
Is the place to pet the latest and best in
Conftctioneries, Canities, Nuts, Tobacco,
Cigars, etc.
....ICE CREAM PARLORS....
COLE & GRAHAM, Props.
Y C. BKOSi US, M. D.
" PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
'Phone Central, or 151.
Ofliee Hours: 10 to 11 A. M. ; 2 to it
and ti to 7 P. M.
Q II. TEMPLE.
Practical Watchmaker 4 Jeweler.
Mv long experience enables me to do
the best possible Fork, which 0I fully
guarantee, and at low prices.
gUTLER & CCfc,
BANKERS.
Do a general banking business.
HOOD RIYER, . OREGON.
g C. JACKSON,
PAINTER AND PAPER HANGER.
All VYork Promptly and Satisfactory
F'.xecutetL Office at Sherrilt's
Furniture Store.
Q J. HAYES, J. P.
Office with Rone Brothers. Business will Ins
attended to at anv lime. Collections made.
V ill locate on ood government lands, either
tiuiU'r or farming
EVICTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Compreheniivc Review of the Important
- Happenings of the Put Week Presented
in Conderued Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers,
The United Stutes gunboat Macliias
Is at Colon.
A large sugar beet crop is expected
is boiithein Washington.
Michael I!erry, a noted Colorado
burglar has be'ii arrested.
Relations aro still disturbed be
tween France and Turkey.
Two men were killed while trying
to shut off a new Texus oil gustier.
Colombians generally expect the
revolutionary movement to succeed
Shaffer says the move to nettle the
steel strike is without olhcial sane
tioii.
Englishmen are confident that Sir
Thomas Lipton is going to win the
America s cup.
Howard, who deserted the Amer
icans to become a Filipino leader,
has been captured.
laniinai fjihiions was given a
royal welcome on his return to Bal
timore from Europe.
By the explosion of a bomb in New
Jersey three men were seriously in
jured and several women and children
slightly.
A vessel was stolen from a dock in
Maryland H'id the thieves tried to
escape with her. They were over
taken later.
Department of justice upholds the
secretary of t lie navy in withholding
the royalty on the Harvey steel-hard
en nig patent.
The overhauling to which the var
ions royal palaces of King Edward is
being subjected, has disclosed vast
treasures that .iave been hidden for
years.
Lord Kitchener reports that a col
umn sent into Cape Colony was at
tacked by the lioers and three otlicers
and (i.l men captured. One man was
killed and four wounded.
Iioers resumed activity in Cape
Colony.
A German steamer and eight sailors
were lost.
A gale wrecked a number of build
ings in Jersey City.
A Tennessee Negro murderer was
burned at the stake.
Turkey will not buy the quays of
the French company.
Steel workers are willing to make
concessions to end strike.
- United States Attorney Evans, of
Minnesota, died suddenly.
Nogales, Ariz., officials are impli
cated in a smuggling plot.
Striking machinists in Chicago
ignore an order against picketing.
One hundred Filipino insurgents
surrendered during the past week.
San Francisco iron workers' strike
was settled in favor of the laborers.
The military force at Manila will
lie increased to pi event a possible
uprising.
A movement is on foot for a geno
ral shut down of all shingle mills in
Washington.
Venezuela will lay its case before
the state department in order to
ward off intervention.
Castle Rock, on the Columbia
river has been scaled by a party of
climbers from Portland.
Sir Thomas Lipton has arrived in
New York.
The navy department lias denied a
request from Schley. 3
A coast survey observatory will be
established at Sitka, Alasak.
Two men were arrested for passing
the bills of a defunct New Jersey bank.
Fifteen persona were drowned by
the capsizipg of a French coasting
vessel.
Murderer Nordstrom of Washing
ton, has given up all hope of escaping
the gallows.
A Colombian gunboat sank imme
diately after leaving Savanilla for
Cartagena.
A change of one point in the course
of the steamer Islander caused her to
strike the iceberg.
The cable between Nome , and St.
Michaels is broken in several places
and cannot be repaired.
An explosion in the tunnel being
bored in Lake Erie for Cleveland's
water works system, cost five lives.
The census bureau gives St. Joseph,
Mo., as the healthiest city in the
United States, and Portland, Oregon,
as the second healthiest.
Winters, who stole the $3."?0,000 in
gold bullion from the Selby Smelting
Co., of Vallejo, Cal., was sentenced
to 15 years' imprisonment.
Birtish public expenses are running
nearly $2,000,000 per week beyond
last year. i
A New York judge decides that in- j
sura nee companies cannot be com-.
pelled to make good damages result
ing from explosions.
Henry B. Dean, of St. Louis,
claims to have found the secret of
perpetual motion. He has been
working on this great problem for 12
years
NORDSTROM WAS HANGED.
Condtmntd Man Completely Callapied ind
Was Strapped to a Bod'd.
Seattle, Aug. 24. Charles W. Nord
strom was hanged yesterday morning
at U:40 o'clock for the murder, on
November 27, 1891, of William Mason.
From early morning the condemned
man had seemed to fully realize his
position, and while ministers and
members of the Salvation Army
prayed with him, he cried continually.
Shortly after 9:!10 Nordstrom was
brought from the room i which ho
had been, just adjoining the execu
tion room. It required the assistance
of four men to keep him on his feet.
When ho was taken into the pres
ence of the scaffold, he broko down
completely. Crying in a childish
voice and praying that his life be
spared him, be collapsed entirely and
fell to the rloor. Efforts to raise
him and keep him on his feet were
fruitless, and at last Sheriff Cudihee
ordered that a board bo brought. To
this Nordstrom was tied. Itequired
four men to hold him while this was
being done. While being tied to the
board, Nordstrom continued to cry in
a loud voice. The six men who
had held him raised his body on the
board, and w ith great effort, succeed
ed in getting him on the gallows and
onto the fatal trap. Here he was
stood upright, four of the men stand
ing on the four sides of the trap and
holding him. Within two seconds
after the condemned man was in
place the trap was sprung and Nord
strom had paid the penalty of his
crime. The trap was sprung at 9:49,
and Nordstrom was pronounced dead
at 10:02.
TO MEET WAR EXPENSES.
Columbia Gives Notice That It Will Make
Forced Loans.
Colon, Aug. 2(5. An official decree,
dated Bogota, July 18, and addressed
to the governors of the departments,
was published today. It says:
"A new aspect of war, which seems
to kindle anew with the help of for
eigners who threaten the frontier,
places the government under the ne
cessity of assuming a different atti
tude from that maintained hitherto,
and forces it to proceedings which it
has previously tried to avoid.
"It has been resolved: First, to
suspend the payment of a 11 accounts
for war material pending, and to
limit the expenses to the payment
of the armed force and the adminis
tration; secondly, to proceed to ex
propiiatc all the necessary elements
for the feeding, equipment and mo-1
bilizing of the army; thirdly, to levy!
forced and voluntary loans, accord
ing to circumstances, and toimposa'
war contributions in order to meet
the expenses of each department j
without depending upon the national'
capital.
"The governors are hereby amply
authorized to proceed in these mattera
according to the requirements of the
case, and each governor must assuma
the responsibility in order to save the
situation within his territory.'" -
TO PREVENT SMUGGLING.
Chinese Bound for Other Countries Will Not
Be Allowed to Land.
Washington, Aug. 21. The de
termination of the treasury depart
ment to take advantage of the author
ity given by the Chinese exclusion act
to regulate the tiansit through the
United States of Chinese emigrants
bound for other countries was today
officially brought to the attention of
the Chinese legation. The occasion
presented itself when nn attache of
the legation called upon Assistant
Secretary Taylor to lay before him a
message received from the Chinese
consul at San Francisco, conveying
the information that Chinese destined
for Mexico had been refused the privi
lege of landing at that port.
Mr. Taylor told the attache that
the department had become con
vinced that most of the Chinese who
had gone into Mexico in the past twe
or three years bad smuggled them
selves back across the border into tht
United States. He therefore an
nounced that hereafter the depart
ment would refuse landing permission
to Chinese bound for Mexico unless
it could be absolutely satisfied of theii
good faith. s
Fast Train Wrecked.
Jacksonville, 111., Aug. 22. The
fast Kansas City passdiger train on
the Alton road was wrecked at mid
night at Prentice, a siding eight miles
north of here, by running into a
freight.
New Ventzulcan Revolution.
New York, Aug. 26. The Willem-
stad, Curacao, correspondent of the
Herald says: There is excellent au
thority for the statement that a new
enezuelan revolution, lead by Lib-
erals, is being arranged. The leader
of this revolution is now in New York.
The political situation in Venezuela
is more than serious. No one is al
lowed to leave the country without
special permission. At the Limon
river, where an American company
employs 300 men, one morning only
15 were found on the premises.
The Gift of Chile.
Xew York, Aug. 24. The Chilean
ttaining ship General Bageduino,
with a number of cadet! recently
graduated from the naval academy at
Valparaiso, is expected to arrive in
New York within a few days. The
cadets will visit Annapolis. They
are bringing with them a bronze tab
let, the gift of Chile, to be placed on
the Washington monument.
NEWS OF THE STATE
iTEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portanceA Brief Review of the Growth
nd Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
The Florence salmon cannery will
start up next week.
Prunes aro beginning to move in
earnest at 1 he Dalles.
The Jacksonville public schools
will open September 2.
A race meeting will probably be
held in Pendleton this fall.
The Klamath county wheat crop
will not be as largo as it was last year
Hopgrowers at Wood burn complain
of a scarcity of help to harvest the
crop.
The wheat crop of Jackson county
is turning out much better than ex
pec ted.
The Sherman county Horse Fair
Association will hold a fair at Wasco
some time this fall to encourage the
breeding of good horses of all kinds.
The first crop of alfalfa in Klaniat!i
has been cut and cared Ifir. The sec
ond crop, which will be cut next
month, promises to lo much larger
than the first.
The following schools in Polk coun
ty are without teachers, and in each
case a good one is wanted : Concord,
Lincoln, Bridgeport, and the primary
department at rails City.
The apple crop of the Rogue River
tsil ley promises to lie a great income-
producer during the present year.
Not only is the yield a full one, but
the quality is finer than usual.
From several sources comes the re
port that liartlett pears will bo scarce
this fall. In many orchards tliO trees
did not bear at all, while in others
the trees seem to be drying ,up.
Owing to the delay in tho receipt of
the new text books, it has been decid
ed by the board of directors of the
Ashland public schools to postpone
the opening of the fall term one week,
or until September 9. n
It is expected that the Southern
Oregon district will ship 275 car loads
of apples during the present crop
year, and the fruit will all be first
class. The unusual demand for
Oregon apples is created by the par
tial failure of the crop in the middle
states and by the long season of
drought in Missouri.
There is every prospect of a fair
yield of hops in Polk county.
The Ager-Klamath Falls stage was
held up and robbed of the treasure
box.
The postodice at Ruby. Douglas
county, will be discontinued on Aug
ust 31.
The log raft is still stuck at , the
entrance to the Westport slough, near
Astoria.
F'ugene has not had such a building
boom in years as is at present being
experienced.
The Tolk county grain crop this
year will be the largest harvested in
several years.
The committees in charge of the
Baker City street carnival, to be held
September 3-7, report excellent suc
cess. Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, nomina
5()2'c per bushel; bluestem, 50
57c; valley, 5556.
Flour best grades, $2.653.50 per
barrel; graham, $2.(i0.
Oats Old, $1.10 1.15 percental.
Barley Feed, $15(315.50; brewing,
$15.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $27 per ton; mid
tilings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $10.
Hay Timothy, $1113; clover,
$7i).50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 22 25c ;
dairy, 1820c; store, 11(3 12c per
pound.
Eggs 17(3 17 ijC per dozen, g
Cheese Full cream, twiiiR, 11
ll.'a'c; Young America, 12c per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
3.75; hens, $4.50(35.50; dressed. 10(3
11c per pound; springs, $2.50(33.50
per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old; $3.00
(33.50 for young; geese, $56 per
dozen ; turkeys, live, 810c; dressed,
10(3) 12 per pound.
Mutton Lambs, 3Jc, gross;
dressed, 67c per pound; sheep,
$3.25, gross; dressed, 66)ac per lb.
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(36;
light, $4.75(35; dressed, 77c per
pound.
Veal Small. 89c; large, 7
(3 7 s per pound.
Beef Gross top steers, $3.50(34.00;
cows and heifers, $3.25(33.50; dressed
beef 6,l2fa7?'4C per pound.
Hops 1214c per pound.
Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern
Oregon, 812cj mohair, 2021c per
pound.
Potatoes $1(3 $1.10 per sack.
There are 649 1-3 millions of men
and 633 2-3 millions of women in this
world, giving the men a majority of
15 1-3 millions.
For the first time during his pon
tificate of 23 years Pope Leo recently
entertained eight guests at luncheon
in the Vatican.
George W. Ranck. one of the best
known literary men of Kentucky,
was struck and killed by a Louisville
& Nashivlle train at Lexington.
BORDER SMUGGLING PLOT.
Gigantic Frauds Unearthed in Arizona Many
Customs Officers Arrested,
Washington, Aug. 27. Probably
the most important arrests ever made
in connection witti tho smuggling of
Chinese across the Mexican border
into the United States were made
yesterday in Arizona, when William
A. Hoey, collector of customs at
Nogales; B. F. Jossey, nn immigrant
inspector, and two Chinese were taken
into custody by special agents of the
treasury and secret service operatives.
Other arrests are expected to follow
within a day or two. It is said that
with two or three exceptions, the
wtiole customs "and immigration
administrations at Ivogales are in
volved.
Some time ago an official of the
treasury department, having Nogales
as his headquarters, wrote to the ue'
partment that he had reason to lie-
licve that tho official force at that
point was corrupt, and that Chinese,
in largo numbers, were being smug
gled across the border for a considera
tion. A secret service operative was
sent there at once, and plans laid to
secure evidence against the persons
under suspicion.
Several Chinamen were furnished
with money and sent on to buy their
way through the official cordon. This
was accomplished without difficulty,
the price demanded being from $50
to $200. The secret scrvico men also
arranged with one or two employes,
whose honesty had been tested, to
go into the collector's office at a cer
tain time and demand a share of the
money being received from the China
men, and to be admitted into the
combination so that they might get
their share of the proceeds of future
deals. This was reluctantly agreed
to, and considerable sums of money
were banded over in the presence
and full hearing of a secret service
man who had previously secreted
himself in a near by office closet.
The officials soon found that China
men who presented a certificate
marked with the letter "a" were
allowed to proceed without question,
while those having certificates that
did not bear this cabalistic mark were
turned back without ceremony.
Later it was developed that the letter
"a" on a certificate indicated that
the amount demanded had been paid.
Several Chinamen were sent through
with the requisite "a" mark on their
certificates made by one of the secret
service men. The utmost care and
secrecy was maintained from the first
to secure positive proof against each
man under suspicion.
The number of Chinamen who have
bought their way into the United
States through the alleged connivance
of the Nogales officials is believed to
have been large.
FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Four Fatalities and Great Loss of Property
Reported.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Reports
received in this city tonight state
that the heavy rains which have
fallen during the past week through
out the state have resulted in the
most disastrous floods experienced in
many years.
At Mauch Chunk the storm was
attended by four fatalities. The
Mauch Chunk creek is 15 feet above
its normal mark, and the towns in
Carbon county along its course have
suffered much damage. Bridges,
culverts and arches are destroyed,
and the loss to the borough and to
the property holders will be many
thousands of dollars. Business is at
a standstill.
At Wilkesbarre a landslide oc
curred along the Lehigh Valley Rail
road. A washout on the Sunbury
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad
delayed traffic several hours. At
Shamokin, Tamaqua, Pittston and
several other mining towns, many
colleries have been flooded and work
has been suspended.
At lamaqua the rain fell in tor
rents from 3 o'clock this morning
until 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
lines of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, between Tamaqua and
Mauch Chunk and the Pittsville
branch of the Philadelphia & Reading
road are tied up, owing to washouts.
The Schuylkill river and Panther
and Wabash creeks at this point are
overflowing their banks, and many
bridges have been washed away. All
the collieries in the Pantherjereek val
ley are flooded. Crops in the Cata-
wassa valley are practically ruined.
Trade With the Philippines. .
Washington, Aug.27. A continued
increase in both the export and im
port trade of the Philippines is shown
in a comparative statement compiled
at the war department, giving the
commerce of the islands for the seven
months ending- January 31, 1901,
and 1900. The total value of mer
chandise imported during the sejjn
months ended January 61, 1901, was
$17,999,167, as against $12,674,705
for the same period in 1900, and the
merchandise exported was $12,617,-
359, as against $8, 305, 530 for the 1900
period. J'his shows an increase of
42 per cent in the value of imports
and 52 per cent in export values.
Cold Ore From Chile.
Omaha, Aug. 27. Notice has been
received at the .local office othe
American Smelting and Refining
Company of a shipment of gold ore
from Chile. It is the first shipment
of South American ore to this smelt
ing company's plant, and is in the
nature of an experiment. The ore
is said to be very rich, and if its
treatment proves successful, the
shipment will be followed by others
on a la.ge scale.
SUGAR BEET YIELD
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON IS
EXPECTING BIG CROP.
Said to be More Profitable Than Wheat Rais
ingNew Enterprise is Growing Rapidly
h well Adapted to the Soil and Cli
mate, and Avoids the Waste Incident to
Summer Fallowing.
Waverly, - Wash., Aug. 28. Sugar
beets in this district will have, from
present indications, a crop nearly
threo times as large as that of last
year. The harvest will probably
yield about 16,000 tons of beets and
about 2,400 tons of sugar. Last year's
production amounted to about 6,000
tons. The land this year devoted to
sugar beets aggregates about 1,800
acres, 600 acres more than it did
last season.., The crop per acre will
be about 9 or 10 tons.
The beets are doing well, but are in
need of rain. A light rainfall would
lie very welcome to farmers, for un
less in excess, it would not interfere
with grain harvest, would lay the
heavy dust in the roads and would
clarify and cool the atmosphere, lie
sides aiding beets and other kinds of
vegetation. ' Farmers in this district
are accustomed to rely on an August
rainfall, especially those who culti
vate beets, but no rain has fallen
this month, except perhaps a local
shower here and there. A largo acre
age is given to cabbages, onions and
fruits, which would be benefited by
moisture.
This year's progress in the sugar
beet industry shows that tho enter
prise is well adapted to this piut of
the state, and that it was wisely con
ceived. The present is the third sea
son of work with sugar beets. In
the first year little was accomplished,
for the industry was such an innova
tion that it did not catch at once. In
the succeeding year a good gain was
made and the practicability of the
work demonstrated. What has been
achieved so far this year may lie
taken as a true criterion for the fu
ture of the industry when the enter
prise shall be fully established.
Farmers have discovered that there
is much to learn in the culture of
sugar beets. It has been necessary
to modify tho methods pursued in
Europe and California to Eastern
Oregon conditions of soil and climate.
Tho practice of growing beets on high
ridges shows itself not to be a good
one, because of scarcity of moisture.
The fact that no artificial fertilizing
is done, or compaiatively little, has
made it necessary to alter approved
methods of planting. Elsewhere
beets yield the highest percentage of
sugar when set eight or 10 ineliM
apart. When further than this the
beets overgrow and lose tho propor
tion of saccharine matter that is in
the smaller size. But in this district,
experiment has demonstrated that
best results are attained when the
plants arc from 18 to 24 inches apart.
They may thrive more vigorously!
when still further apart, but this is
yet to be proved. When the increased
space is between the plants it is much
easier to cultivate them and weeds,
which are the bane of successful beet
growing, are more readily eradicated.
Besides, the moisture of the soil is
more economically husbanded.
FACING STARVATION.
Terrible Situation in Zapata County, Texas
Range Water Has Failed.
San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 27. Re
ports from Zapata county confirm the
reports that the poorer class there
are facing starvation. They must
have immediate help in the way of
food or the results will be terrible.
Range water has failed, and cattle are
too weak to travel and are rapidly
dying. Tho country is literally
burned up by drought. Ihere is not
a green thing to be seen except cactus
plants. Zapata county is 50 miles
from the nearest railroad, and what
ever in the way of food is sent to the
farmers in the famine stricken place
must be hauled from Laredo, a tw6
days' trip at best.
Mayor Hicks, of this city, has
started a relief fund, and has already
sent a small sum of money to Laredo
to be used in buying food for the suf-
erers. Keliet woric will bo continued
here. Nothing has been heard from
the War department in answer to a
request for rations.sent by Congress
man Kleburg.
Found Gold In Town.
Baker City, Or., Aug. 28. Reports
have been received here of a great
strike in Whitney that has set that
town agog. While excavating for the
new city scales this morning the men
struck a rich ledge of free gold ore
that will run $500 to the ton. The
find aroused g'eat excitement in the
town, and people who own town lots
are prospecting for ore. What will
be done with the property on which
the gold was found is not known,
but it is reported that the owners
proposed to do developmeiitwork.
Tpn Struck by a Tornado.
Centra'lia, III., Aug. 28. A torna
do and cloudburst did thousands of
dollars' worth of damage in Centralia
last night. The Negro Baptist
church was wrecked and peach or
chards destroyed. In the city the
telephone and electric light systems
were seriously damaged, and the
streets were blocked by hundreds of
falling trees. Many residences were
damaged by falling trees. The rain
fall was 14 inches.
BOLD ACT OF AN AMERICAN.
Captured a Deserter Who Was a Fillppino
Leader.
Manila, Aug. 28. Pitcher's first
dispatch from Mindoro tells how Lieu
tenant Hazzard, of the Third artil
lery, commanding a troop of Maca
bebo scouts, captured the American
deserter, Howard, who, as leader of
the Filipinos, had been annoying the
Americans for many months. Fer
guson, Ollo of Lieutenant Hazzard's
civilian scouts, disguised as an in
surgent, with eight Mucabebes, pene
trated into tho camp of Colonel
Atienza, commanding 240 rillemen
and 200 bolomen, at night, located
Howard, bound and gagged him and
carried him away without disturbing
tho camp. '
Insurgent Forces Captured.
Manila, Aug. 28. Captain Harold
L. Jackson, of the First infantry re
cently surprised General Lukban at
Painpubiken in the mountains of the
island of Samar. Three of the gen
eral's guards were killed, and Lukhan
was woijnded, but escaped. His
family was captured. A captain
and a lieutenant were also made pris
oners. Ovatiiin for Governor Taft.
Manila, Aug. 28. Civil Governor
Taft received at A parri, province of
Cagayan, the greatest ovation of his
trip. He announced that Aparri
would bo a port of entry, and rci'eivo
a large appropriation for the improve
ment of the harbor and Cagayan river.
BOERS IN CAPE COLONY.
Town of Oudwhern Threated Delarney's
Counter Proclamation.
London, Aug. 28. South African
dispatches show that tho Boers con
tinue active in Cape Colony. Sharp
skirmishing has occurred near Union
dale, a day's rido from the sea, while
Commandant's Schepp's commando
is threatening the important town of
Oudschern, 30 miles from the Indian
ocean.
In Brussels it is asserted that Com
mandant General Botha has ordered
the Boer commanders in the future
to retain all captured Britsh as host
ages in case Lord Kitchener carries
out the threats of his latest procla
mation. u
The war office bus received the fol
lowing dispatch from Lord Kitchener
dated at Pretroia today ; :
"Delarey lias issued a counter proc
lamation, warning all Boers against
my latest proclamation, declaring that
they will continues struggling. "
ON THE SAFE SIDE.
Military Forces at Manila Will Be Increased
to Guard Against Uprising.
Manila, Aug. 28. Word was re
ceived that tho insurgent colonel,
Loreel, with 17 officers and 13 men,
surrendered yesterday to Captain
Brown, of the Fourth Infantry, at
Talisa. The surrender of jiumerous
other small contingents during tho
week brings the total up to more
than 100.
In the city of Manila there are now
less than 1,000 effective soldiers, and
it has been decided to increase this
number by four companies of in
fantry. The official reason for tho
increase is that tho guard duty is
too heavy for tho present force. As a
matter of fact, however, there is a
feeling that, although there U no
apparent prospect of trouble, never
theless, in the event of an uprising in
the future, such as is always possible
among the Malays, it would be better
to have a sufficient body of troops
available.
Another Touch of Summer.
Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 28. Kansas
was given another touch of summer
today after three weeks of very mod
erate weather, accompanied by cool
nights and occasional rains. The
temperature in some places was re
corded at 106, and at Topeka the
mercury hovered around the 105
mark. The riso in the temperature
was not predicted, and came wholly
unexpected. Wichita recorded 104;
Salina 105; Atchison 102. At Leav
enworth tii ere were several prostra
tions. 0
, The Danish Antilles.
Copenhagen, Aug. 27. A promi
nent politician in the counsels of the
ministry today told a representative
of the Associated Press that a sale
of the Danish West Indies, it was
confidently expected, would be con
summated before the close of the pres
ent year.
Chaun's Illness I Pretext for Delay.
Rome, Aug. 28. The illness of
Prince Chun, brother of the emperor
of Chfiia, who with a Chinese mis
sion has arrived at Baste, Switzer
land, on bis way to Berlin to apolo
gize for the assassination of Baron
von Ketteler, the German minister at
Pekin, is, according to a dispatch
received here today from Basle, a pre
text for delay, Prince Chun having
received orders from Pekin not to
proceed, as fresh complications have
arisen with reference to the protocol.
Decline in Indian Famine Relief List.
London, Aug. 28. The Indian
office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Curzon, viceroy of
India: "The rains are irregularly
distributed. They are particularly
deficient in the rice districts, while
excessive rains have caused damage to
crops in the northern and central
provinces. Prices are generally fall
ing. There is a slight decline in the
number of persons on the famine re
lief list.the total now being 507,000."