The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, August 29, 1902, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textc ft,S-&)A (i lt. fii "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET UEFT." nOOD HIVER, OREGON, TBIDAYi AUGUST 29, 11)02. VOL. XIV. NO. 15. HOOD RIVER GLACIER published Every Friday by H. V. BLYT1IB ft ClUk. Fubll.hen, 8 F. Blythe. N. Blythe. 1 emu ol ubcrlition 11.40 yer when paid In advance. THK MA 1 1.8. . m. VteiiiiemUya and Saturdays! depart! the tor Olienoweili, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, . 1 u., ui-a avrl lul At A n m. or W Hlle tsalnioii i ( W ah.) leavei daily ai 6:4a Horn White Salmon leaves for Fulda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and Glenwood daily at A. M. tor Hitmen (V anli.) leaves at i:io p. m. i ar rives at 2 p. m. m(:IUilKt. .. . ij.vi L- rirvi ir Kn 1.12. ORUICH OF () PES W Meets tte Hecond and Fourth rridaysul the tuoutd. Visitors ojiuiiuj.m cuined C. U. Dakin, Counsellor. .Mks.'iUkby McGuikb, Secretary. Rl)KR OF WAHHINUTO.N.- Hood (J t'niun No. U2, tj;eeU in Odd Fellows' ball second and iourin Saturdays in each monta, 7 :30 o'clock. C. L. currut, President. Ml. 11. L. DliMBLE, secretary. IAl'KhL KKBtKAH Uiuuin J 7, 1. O. O. F. Meets liraj and third Mon uay in each month. Mrs. VV. O. Ash, N. O. Miss Ota Walker, Secretary C IAN BY POST, No. 10, O. A. R.-MeetsatA. O. V. W. Hall secoud and fourth BaturJays oi each minim at l o'clock p. m. AU U. A. R. inembeis invited to meet Willi us. j. w. hiuBY, Commander. C. J. Hayes, Adjutant 1AKBV W. K. C No. 16 - Meets Orst Satur j day of each month in A. O. U. W. hall at 1 p m. Mhs. B. K. bHomAKKR, President. HRs. U. U BTKAn All AW , occrctmj HOOlFRIVKR I.OIXiK No. 105, A. F. and A M. .Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon.. W m. M. Vatks, W. M. C. I). Thompson, Secretary HOOD ltlVER I'llAFTKlt, NO. 27, K. A. X. Meets third Friday night of each month. K.L. SMITH, H. P. A. N. Rahm, Secretary. HOOH R1VKR ("HAPTfc.lv, No. 2J, U. IS. . Meets second and fourth Tuesday even lux oi each month. Visitors coidiRllf wel comed. Mrs. Mollik 0. COLK, W. M. Mrs. Mas B. Davidson, secretary. 0" LET A" ASSEM BLY No.' lO.Cl'tiited Artisans. Meets lirst and third Wednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social: Arti sans lisll. F. C. Bkomus, M. A. Mrs. K. A. Barnes, Secretary. XVaFJoM A l.OIKiE, No. SU, K. of P. Meets Y in A. O. V. W. hall every Tuesday niirhb C. E. Markmam, ('. C. W. A. FiREBAunii, K. or R. and b. D IVEU8IDE LOUUE, No. tit. A. o. 1;, 11 Meets iirst and third Suturilayn of each month. Fkkd Howe, W, M. K. R. Bradley, Financier. Chester Shi'te, Recorder. 1I)I.EWrILl)K l.OliiE, No. Ill,, 1. O O. F Meets ill Fraternal hall every Thursday night. W. O. Ash, K. 0. j. L. Henderson, secretary. 1 1 001) ItlVKR TENT, No. 19, K . 6. t. ST. Jl meets at A. O. U, W. hall ou the iirst and third Fridays of each month. AI.TKK tiEKHinu, v.iMiiiiiwii.ii. IVK.RS111E LODiiR NO. 411, DHUIKKK OF t HONOR, A. o. V. W. Meets Iirst and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Mrs. E. K. Bradley, C. 01 H. Mtts. It. J. Frederick, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702,"M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and third W ednesdays of each month. F. U Davidson, V. C. E. R. Bradley. Clerk. yr b. PRKSBY, - , iUorney-at-Law and U. S. Commissioner. Ooldendale, Wash. Makes a socially of land office work. Final E roofs In timber and homestead entries made efore him. JjU. J. V. YOG EL. OCULIST. Will make regular monthly visits to Hood River. Residence 3i3 Sixteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. Q II. JENKINS, 1). M. D. DENTIST. socialist on Crown and Bridge Work. 1 Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 91. Office in Langille bid. Hood River, Oregon. JR. K. T.CAKNS. Dentist. Hold crowns and bridge work and all kinds of Up-lo-Data Dentistry. HOOD RIVER ' OREGON L. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Bhaw. Calls promptly answered In town or country, Dav or Night. Telephones: Residence. 81; Office, 83, Office over Everhart'a Orooery. J F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones : Office, 281 ; residence, 28.1. Si-ROF.ON O. R. AN. CO. JOHN LKLAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER.' NO TARY PliHLIO and REAL, F.STA1K AGENT. For J3 T rs a resident of Oregon and Wash ItiKton. Has had many years exienem'e in Heal Estate matiers, as abstractor, searelier of titles and sgeuU tausfiiclioit (uaranteed or r.o charge. pi! KL'EKICK A ARNOLD C0NTKACT0R3 AND BUILDERS. Kctimktra lurniehetl for all kinds ol work. Krpairinft 8pe:ialtv. All kinds of ehop work Sliop on State Street, Wtwetm First and Swonil. THE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY 1 Is tli place to (rft the latent and best in t onfectioiierieB, v-anuiea. inia, iooact-o, Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... YV. B. COLE, rmpriotorl p C. BKOSiUS, M. D. ' rHYSICUN AND SURGEON. Tlione Central, or 121. Ofl'ice llonra: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3 nd 6 to 7 r. Si. gUTLKR 4 CO BANKERS. Do a (reneral banking business. irnnn river. OREGON. CARE FOR YOUR EYES s I have had 18 veara" xrnnc, my wtk will tive the verv best sati.factioii tn watch reimirlus-. and as an ootician I Euarnte to tvr v,.u- p.Ht tit of Elaiwes k suit your ey.-. V have one of Ih latest impnwr.1 eye utters, ii.t ran tit your eves in the most accurate man lier with the best icnos made, thus strength cninf your eyes and improving rEE. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. e Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. The strike of Havana dock laborers has ended. Another street car strike is threaten ed at Chicago. Ex Governor George Hoadley, of Ohio, Is dead. Official reports show the continuance of good crop weather. , Nome and the outside world will be connected by telegraph by April next. Edward C. Boyce of Denver has been nominated by Colorado Socialists for Governor. Brigham Youifg, president of the apostles of the Mormon church is re ported seriously ill. Secretary Shaw has repdixled the ordur of ex-Secretary Gage for the pur chase of bonds at stated prices. Miss Julia Lamont, daughter of Daniel S. Lamont, ex-secretary of war, died at her father's cottage at Sorrento, Maine., Tuesday. Christiania, Norwav, is Buffering frojn hard times, which may result in a crisis unless industrial conditions improve before long. Peter S. Hoe, the last surviving original member of the original firm of R. Hoe & Co., manufacturers of print ing presses, is dead at Upper Mont- clair, N. J. ; Mr. Hoe was born in New York 81 years ago. M. Combe, the French premier, is to resign. Rossland, B. C, has been visited by a $75,000 fire. Third disttict California Republicans have renominated Coombs for congress. King Edward has gone on a cruise to Scotland. The time of his return ia in definite. Parcels post arrangements have been concluded between this country and England. John C. Bullitt, a prominent Phila delphia attorney, closely identified with public affairs, is dead. Great veins of rich jron ore are re ported to have been discovered at vauso, in the province ol Iromsoe, Norway. Experiments in wireless telephoning have been successfully carried on be tween Sassnitz and Kolberg, Germany, a distance of 105 miles. The funeral of General Frana Sigel waa held in New York Sunday. For three hours the body lay in state, and fully 10,000 people filed past and viewed the lemains. The Ohio leiirslature has convened in special session to enact laws to pro vide for the government of municipal ities and to restore lost jurisdiction to the supreme court, these matters hav ing been rendered chaotic bv the action of that court during the early summer. An edict has been issued in China ordering that the murder of an English missionary named Lewie and an Aus tralian missionary named Bruce, be punished. The government expresses great regret at the occurrences and promises to make reparation. Practically all the coronation visitors have left London. Insurgents are reported to be atill making progressjn Colombia. The American Can company will erect a great plant in Portland. Professor Jenks. the SDecial commis sioner, says" our trade standing in the Orient is excellent. The rumor that Archbishop Ireland will be made a cardinal in the near fu ture has been revived. Five gubernatorial candidates are striving for favor of the Republican state convention of California. , The sultan has issued an, imperial order commanding that the demands made by the United States be conceded. In the naval maneuvers off the Mas sachusetts coast the attacking squadron was "destroyed" by the defending fleet. Charles L. Fay has been arrested at Portland and taken to Wisconsin, charged with obtaining money nnder false pretenses. Chicago messenger boyg are on a strike. A thousand more Boer prisoners have just sailed from St. Helena to South Af rica. ;r. The anthracite coal mine operators declare they will not give in or make any concessions. E. II. Harriman, president of the Southern Pacific road, is to be elected president of the Wells Fargo Express company. Reports from Simla, British India, state that the plague mortality in tha) country ia increasing at the rate of 1,000 weekly. The Staakbnrger Zeitung saya Gen eral Von dossier, Prussian minister of war, has resigned bis post. He was ap pointed in 18tb. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, in speech at Morrisville, Vt., alleged that he was not opposed to tariff .revis ion in moderation. SURPRISES THE BRITISH. Effect of American Combination Reverse of What They Expected. New York, Aug. 28. Increased de mand for British iron from Chicago, New Yora and Philadelphia has sent up prices here, says a London dispatch to the Tribune. A report thtt orders have been received for 80,000 tons nas not been confirmed with authority, for the American demand for American iron and seel has sufficed to stiffen prices and compensate for declining trade from India and Australia, and the stagnant condition of South Africa, When the American steel combina' tion was made there was a general con viction among British ironmasters that there must be a defensive movement against the manufacturers here and in Germany and Belgium. Exports of iron and steel from these countries have been increasing steadily since Decern ber, and the effect; of the American combination is not dreaded as it Vas last year. The British market has not been converted into a dumping ground for American iron and steel, and prices have risen with the increased demand for export to the United States. PRESIDENT BURT ARRESTED. Ten Warrants Charge President of Union Pacific with False Imprisonment. Omaha, Aug. 28. President llorace G. Burt, of the Union Pacific railway, has been placed under arrest on ten warrants, charging him, jointly with W.Arnett, an Indianapolis labor agent, with false imprisonment. President Burt went to police headquarters and gave a bond for $1,000 for his appear ance in court in the morning. lhe warrants were sworn out by men who were members of a party brought here by the road Sunday morning. They came from Indianapolis and were in charge of Arnett, Lewis Lord swore to the ehargeg in one of the warrants. He said the men had been employed by Arnett to work in the Union Pacific shops at Denver. He says that when they reaeed Council Bluffs they were locked in the car and armed guards posted tt the doors to prevent their es cape. They were kept in the car until they reached the shops in this city, where they were given their liberty. Lord awsei ta that many of them are married and left good positions, and were told that no strike existed on the road. KLONDIKE ON THE WANE. , So Says a Prominent Canadian Who Has Made Thorough Investigation. Washington, Aug. 28. - The golden star of , the Klondike is on the wane, according to the official report of George H. Hees, who recently was sent to Dawson by the Canadian Manufac turer's association to make a thorough examination into the business pros pects of the Yukon Territory. The state department has made public a communication from United States Consul Brush at Niagara Falls, dated Aug. 8, giving some of the principal features of the report. Mr. Hees points to the fact that the total yield of the Klondike last year was $21,000,000, while te produc tion of the coming year will not, ac cording to the government estimate, exceed $14,000,000, . a falling off of nearly one-half. Moreover, no new discoveries have been made for over a year, although since 187 thousands of prospectors have been exploring every creek and mountain in the country. At Dawson, Mr. Hees reports, there are ten applicants for every job, yet boat load after boatload of men continue to arrive. CALIFORNIA DEADLOCK. Three Ballots Taken for Governor With No Result. Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 28. Three ballots were taken for governor in the Republican state convention without result. The third ballot stood: Gage, 332; Flint, 279; Pardee, 121)s; Hayes, 67; Edson, 39. OUR RAILWAY METHODS. John Bull Likes Them so Well That He Will Probably Adopt Them. London, Aug. 28. The Board of Trade 1ms commissioned Lieutenant Colonel Horace Yorke, chief inspecting officer of railways for the Board of Trade, to prepare a report on the work ings of American railways, with the view of adopting railway methods sim ilar to those in use in that country in Great Britain. He will sail Sept. 19. Big Increase In Money Orders. New York, Aug 28. A' comparative statement for the fiscal vear ended June 30 last shows that the New York postoflice and its stutions paid out on domertic money orders $28,829,801, an increase of 25 per cent over last year. The office paid to offices throughout the country during the year $23,431,324. Fraternal Congress. Denver. Aug. 28. The National Fra ternal congress, the central organiza tion of the fraternal and insurance or ders of this country and Canada, is in session nere, rreeulent W. A. Warner of Topeka, Kan., presiding. There are over 300 accredited delegates present. Clearing Off Coos Bay Townsite. Ebipore, Or., Aug. 28. The Great Cetral Land company has entered into the.work of clearing off the new town site of Bangor. It is the intention of the company to first clear off the streets and then grade them, and then go at the different blocks, which will be 300 by 400 feet. A Total Wreck. Port Townsend, Aug. 28. According to word received here the bark George Thompson, Captain George Weefey, is a total wreck at Chilve, on the south coatt of Chili. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Past Week-Brief Review of the Growth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common wealth Latest Market Report. . Andrew White, charged with tbekill- ing of ) eter Beauchene at Portland, has been arrested at Vancouver. , Several heavy shipments of sheep are being sent from the vicinity of Baker City f; California, lor the winter. A tract of laud comprising 60,000 acres in Benton and Lincoln counties has been purchased by an Eastern syn dicate. The price paid is not known. The supreme court has decided that the State of Oregon baa no right to the water' it is using at the penitentiary, so that different arrangements will be necessary. x State Senator John L. Rand, of Fa ker City, will make an effort to have"a bill passed at the next session of the Oregon legislature giving Baker county a separate judicial district. A contract has been let at Baker City for 1,000,000 feet of lumber by the Or egon Electric Power company. The lumber is to be used in constructing a flume and power plant on Eagle creek. Charles S. Wilkinson, who was ar rested at Ashland two weeks ago for stealing horses in Minnesota, has been takn back to that state by Deputy Sheriff C. F. Hurst, of Polk county, Minn. THa Tniva r.nmliAr rnmnanv. whinTi has purchased 1,500 acres of pine tim- hei lanH nanr MwifnrH la tnnkinir nrfln- - ..v... ... , o i r arations to put in a large mill and box factory at that place, lhe nrst carload of machinery has already arrived. Negotiations are pending between the Portland City Railway company and the City anil Suburban Railway com pany with a view of the purchase of the latter by the former, and the con solidation of both systems under one head. ' Near Huntington, Malheur county, a ledge of gold-bearing ore has been dis covered that assays a? high as $2,000 per ton. The ledge averages about eight feet in width, and croppings have been traced on both sides of the moun tain on which the find is located. The Willamette Valley Land Co. has shipped a large box of grasses, grains and fruits to be exhibited at the Nebraska state fair. A decision of considerable interest has been received at the United States land office at Oregdh City in the case of George L. Derrick against Arthur T. Merwin, involving a tract in section 3, township 9 south, range 8 west. The decision knocks out both parties on the ground that the entry conflicts with the Corvallis & Yaquina t Bay wagon road grant. ' The Rev. J. J. Walter, formerly Methodist bishop of Alaska and re cently in the service of the leading Methodist church at Spokane, has been appointed colonization agent of the Great Central railroad, projected between Coos Bay and Salt Lake City. He will at once enter upon bis duties, which are to arrange the settlement of colonies along the projected line. A $25,000 hotel and bathhouses are to be erected at once at Hot Lake. Fire at Fendleton, , which started in William Hickey's paint ehop, did dam age to the amount of $3,000. Officers made a raid on an opium joint at Salem and captured two men and the proprietor. All were fined. Fred Reese, an 18 year old boy, has been arrested at Salem. , He ia charged with stealing some clothing in Uma tilla county. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla. 6061c; blue- stem, 6233c; valley, 6364c. Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton. Flour Best trades. $3.0503.00 pet barrel; graham, $2.953.20. Millstuffs Bran, $1617 per ton; middlings, $21.50; shorts, $18; chop, $17. Oats No.l white, $1.00(31.05; gray, 95c.$1.00. Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $7.50(210; Oregon wild hay, $58 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60 70c per cental : ordinary, 60 76c per cen tal, growers prices; sweets. $2.00 per cental ; new potatoeg, ougeuc for Oregon; $ 1.00 for California. Butter Creamery, 22 3 025c; dairy 16(3184c; store, 12H15c Eggs 19320c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twina, 12H dl3c;YoungAmerica, 13)14)c; fac tory prices, 1(3 1 Vic less. Poultry ChlckeM, mixed, $3.00(3 4.50; hens, $4.00(g5.60 per down, HllKc per poond; springs, llfj llVpiwr rjonnd. $2.6004.00 rr doe- en; ducks, $2.603.00 per doaen; tur keys, live, 1314, dressed, 16016c per pound; geese, ii.uuso.uu per down. Mutton Gross, 2X3c per ponnd; dressed, 6c per pound. Hogs Groea, 63tfc? dressed, 707X( per ponnd. Veal 7c per pound. Beef Groea, eowg, 3(?3r; steers, 3H34)c; dressed, 78c per ponnd. Hops l017c; new crop 17018c Wool Vahey,12M16;Easteni Ore gon, 814Xc: mohaii, 25828c pound. BEEP TO BE CHEAPER. Banner Corn Crop of Country will Lower Prices, Wilson Thinks. Washington, Aug. 27. "If no dam aging frost occurs during the next 30 days," said Secretary Wilson of the ag- ricultural department, "there will be the greatest corn crop harvested tbit country ever saw. With thia crop ma. tared within the next month, and feed' ing to begin, about the first of Septenv ber, I feel confident that within three months you will see some reduction in the price of beef." Secretray Wilson explains that the losa of Australian mutton has increased the demand for American beef, and that the Americans themselves are becoming the greatest beet eaten In the world. He adds: "Despite this increased consumption and foreign demand, I still believe that our large corn crop turned into beef will bring down the price of that article of food." VISIT PORTLAND NEXT FALL. Preparations Now Under Way for Presi dential Trip to the Coast. San Francisco, Aug. 27. United Statea 8enator A. G. Foster, of Wash ington, who is in this city, is authority for the statement that President Roose velt and family will visit the Coast next fall, and will remain in San Fran cisco for at least three days. Senator Foster is here on his way to Honolulu, where he will meet other members of a committee appointed to look into affairs of the crown lands. He expects the arrival of Senator Mitchell today. In speaking of the intended visit of the president to San Francisco and the coact in general, Senator Foster stated that affairs are at present being arranged for the proposed trip. The president will visit, during his tour, all cities by the way of Washington and Montana, aud will return via the Union Pacific. Hunt Bear In North Carolina. Asheville, N. C, Aug. 27. When President Roosevelt visita Asheville in September he will be given a bear hunt in the mountains under the leadership of "Big Tom" Wilson, who is said to be the champion bear hunter of the state. OUR ARMY BEST IN THE WORLD. Lord Wolseiey, of England, Compliments American Boys in Blue. London, Ang. 27. Replying to a correspondent who asks Field Marshal Lord Wolseiey if the report was correct that he bad described "the American army as the best in the world," the Field Marshal writes that he believes the quotation accurately describes that army. ' Trying to Quit the Trust. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 27. A com mittee of lead mine owners has been appointed to investigate the practica bility of erecting independent smelters at Spokane and Denver It is said the estern lead miners have been unable to get fair dealing from the lead trust, and now propose to manufacture their own product and market it. The men in the new deal produce 45 per cent of the lead mined in the United States. The Spokane smelter would use ores from Republic and the Couer d Alenes. Oood Haul for Amateurs. Aberdeen, S. D., Aug, 27. Consid erable excitement has been canned here over the robbery of the First National bank of this city during the night. It ia evident that there were several men in the gang, as the amount taken, $3,- 800, was all in silver coin. The safe containing most of the bank's cash was untouched. From the appearance of the work done by the cracksmen it is conclusive that they were amateurs. Will Name Archbishops. ( Rome, Ang. 27. Cardinal Gotti, the new prefect of the propaganda, has convoked the congregation of the prop aganda for Sept. 1, when among other business to come np will be the ap pointment ol a coadjutor with the right of succession to the Archbishop of San Francisao, and the nomination of an Archbishop of New York. The Mollneaux Case Again. j New York, Aug. 27 General Edward Molineaux, father of young Molineaux, who was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Kate Adams, says he has absolute proof of the innocence of his son The general declines to say what his de tective wk to save bis son lrom the gal lows has brought forth. Successor to Cambon. Paris. Anir. 25. The correspondent of the Associated Press was informed at the foreign office that the successor of Jules Cambon ac French ambassador at Washington has not yet been ap pointed, but that M. Jusserand, the French minister at Copenhagen, has been selected for the place. Pelee In Action Again. Castries, Island of St. Lucia, Ang. 25. Officers of the steamer Dahome, which has just arrived here, report a severe eruption of Mount Pelee at noon Friday. The eruption was followed by total darknena five miles away from the volcano. It waa 20 minutes before it again became light. To KD Abdul Hamid x Vienna, Ang. 35. A newspaper pub lished in Bucharest, Roumania, al lege it haa learned that M. Savaroff, ex-leader of the Macedonian revolu tionary committee, has organized an other committee, the object of which is to effect the assassination of theiultan of Turkey. MAY TAKE UP LAND A POINT FOR SETTLERS UNDER NEW IRRIGATION LAW. Extensive Tracts Not Susceptible of Being ' Watered Will Ultimately Be Restored to the Public Domain List of Lands Withdrawn Thus Far Forest Fires to Be Stamped Out. Washington, Aug. 28. To date the secretary of the interior has withdrawn from entry nnder the new irrigation law 9,308,160 acres of public land, which for the most part it is expected, will be reclaimed under irrigation projects to be undertaken by the gen eral government. The attention of the department haa been called to the fact that withdrawals for irrigation purposes are subject to homestead entry, and supplemental instructions are to be sent to local land offices directing them to allow homestead entries of any lands heretofore or hereafter withrawn, for that purpose. These withdrawals are made solely to prevent soeculation, and are in localities where examina tions are being made with a view of determining reservoir sites offering the best advantages. Eighty-eight town ships have been withdrawn in Arizona, 49 in California, 70 in Colorado, 5 in Utah, 23 in Wyoming, 41 in Montana, and 128 in Nevada. Others will be made from time to time as the field partfes progress, one or more being looked for in eastern Oregon, where sev eral feasible sites are known to exint. It is intended ultimately to restore to the public domain all of the withdrawn lands not found susceptible of irriga tion. AFTER FOREST FIRES. Hitchcock Issues Instructions Regarding Crater Lake Blaze. Washington, Aug, 28. The secretary of the interior having been notified that forest fires are burning along the bor ders of Crater .Lake park, has wired in strutious to Forest SuperintendentOrms by to employ such force as is necessary to stamp out the blaze. Owing to the fact that the maximum price of $3 a day and subsistence has generally been de manded by t..oge employed to put out the fires, the fund is fast becoming de pleted, and disastrous results are feared. The department feels this labor is net worth the price, but that the government is being held up be cause it will pay. Rules For Crater Lake Park. Washington, Aug.' 28. The secre tary of the interior is preparing regula tions for the government of Crater Lake national park, which will be promul gated within a week. When these regulations are completed, steps will be taken looking to the appointment of a superintendent and such other officers as may be necessary to administer and care for the park. Until such officials are appointed, Forest Superintendent Ormsby will continue in authority as when the park was a part of the Cas cade reserve. It is not yet determined how many officials will be assigned to the park. RIQHT OF BOARD QUESTIONED. Three New Suits Over Oregon State School Land Filings. Salem, Or., Aug. 28. Litigation over the sale of state school lands con tinue. Three separate mandamus suits have just been instituted against the state land board by parties whose ap plication for the purchase of certain school lands were not favorably acted upon by the board. Circuit Judge Boise issued an alternative writ of mandamus requiring the members of the board to appear in court on Sept. 2 and show cause why the applications of the plaintiffs should not be granted. M. L. Chamberlain, clerk of the board, says the suits pending have been brought to compel it to cancel certifi cates upon which there exists a delin quency in the payments at the close of the second year following their execu tion. He says this is in violation of the established rule of the beard to notify purchasers of delinquencies that may exist in their payments at the close of the second year, and giving an extension of thirty days in which to pay the same wjthout costs being added. The board does not cancel cer tificates and resell any land until three years after the original purchase. The real question that is involved in these suits is the right of the land board to establish its own rules for the administration of its business. One case, involving this question is now be fore the supreme court, and there are a half dozen other cases in the'prelim inary stages of litigation in the Marion county circuit court. Ryan Didn't Say Just That. New York, Aug. 28. Archbishop Ry an, of Philadelphia, officially denies that be, in his recent interview with President Roosevelt, in any way ex pressed himself as being in favor of the expulsion of the friars from the Philip pine islands. He admits saying, how ever, that it might be expedient to sub stitute friars oi other nstionalitiea for those who are now there. Some Operators Weakening. New York, Aug. 28 It is. reported in Wall street that strong pressure hat been brought to bear to settle the coal sti ike, land that some of the operators are weakening. Municipalities League. Grand Rapids, Mich., Ang. 28 The sixth annual convention of the League of American municipalities has opened here. The discussions will continue through the remainder of the week. BIG GAIN V GOLD OREGON'S MINERAL 01TL OWS INCREASE FOR VEAIu'V Baker County Still Holds First Place In Production Alaskan Output was One Million Less Than In looo latfustry In Washington Is Picking Up Placer Qround Still Holds Out. Washington, Aug. 27. The gold pro duction of Oregon in 1901, according to the director of the mint, just made public, was greater than in any pre vious year, being of the value of $1, 834,821. The preceding year it was valued at $1,727,892. This sobstan tial increase occurred notwithstanding the fact that many of the best devel oped and usually producing mines were closed down a great portion or all the year, for various reasons. The silver product of Oregon was $211,8:6 in 1901, as against $170,721 the year befora. Baker county still holds first rank among the mineial producers of the state, and bids fair to increase its lead very materially from the fact that the ores appear to be increasine in value as they attain greater depth. Fifty years has not exhausted the placers of Oregon, and there is ground enough that will pay to work for fifty years more, while the quarts ledges are practically untouched. "A great fu ture awaits this grand state in point of mineral wealth," is the concluding paragraph of the report regarding Ore gon. In Washington. Mininz in Washington ia covering from the derjiessino efWt nf the temporary diversion of capital to Aiasxa. mere nas been a slight in crease in the outmit. and t.h in, l, may be considered as improving, and uie ciose oi ine present year is expected to show a betterment Mvivtviu-juv and production. During the past year the Seattle as say office has received the fnllnn. quantities of gold and silver from neigh- ooring neitis: AlHftk ... rn Idaho r fi7 ""Ron 4.,,M Vianhlncton (Wu British nnlllmhU ' Yukon Territory.! .""'7.3""!!!Z.V.' ll.w'.HS Alaska Falling Off. The Kold OUtDUt of Alaska in 10(11 was $1,000,000 less than thn w.. . ceding, due largely to the decrease in the output from the Nome field. Nnt only was the Nome season exceptionally snort, Dut apprehensive uncertainty was universally felt on account nt th immense amount of litigation that followed the advent of the judiciary in the summer of 1900. Many rich claims were not worked at all, and others but slightly. Rulings of Judge Wicker sham, who arrived in September, to the effect that original holders of min ing ground would be permitted to work their claims, and that " would receive no consideration, restored confidence and gave back to the rightful owners possession of many eood Dron- erties. But relief came ton lain tr, have any appreciable effect nnnn the output for the season. In this connection it is interesting to state that during 1901 United States mines, assay offices, reflneri efl ann smelters received $17,752,403 in Klon dike gold, besides much silver. MILES QOES TO PHILIPPINES. The General Refuses, However, to State What He" Will Do There. New York, Aug. 27. General Nelson A. Miles will sail for the Philippines within a few weeks, says a Herald dispatch from Boston. He is reticent as to the object of his trip and refused to discuss the matter further than to say that he was not going as a tourist, nor for his health. By Permission of the President. Boston, Aug. 27. With reference to the statement that General Mil ia going to the Philippines, Secretary Cortelyou said: "General Mil i going to the Philippines with the per mission oi ine president, to insjiect army conditions." BOTHA SUCCEEDS KRUGER. Designated as the Future Leader of the Boers-Kruger to Resign. London, Aug. 27. Cabling from Brussels the correspondent of the daily Telegraph says he hears that as a result of the conference between ex President Kruger and the Boer gener als, Mr. Kruger is to resign the lead ership of the Boers. General Botha, the correspondent adds, was unani mously chosen the future leader of the Boers. First Pears of the Season at Salem. Salem, Or., Aug. 27 The first load of Bartlett pears of the season has been received at the Salem cannery for shipment - to Portland for Canning purposes. The yield in this vicinity is estimated at from one-half to two thirds of a crop. The cannery is pay ing $20 a ton for the best quality of pears. The yield in this section will not be great enough to justify operating I me raiem tannery, ae me Irnit will be snipped tofortiaiid to be canned. Bank-Wrecker Dix Sentenced. Whatcom. Aug. 27 Judge Ktere? has overruled a motion to grant a new trial for H. St. John Dix, and sen tenced him to 10 years in the peniten tiary, the limit nnder the laws of this tat for bank-wrecking.