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VOL. XV.
llOOD RIVEE, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings, of the Past Week,
Presented la Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Sir Thomas Lipton is quite ill at
Chicago.
Frost in the Nebraska corn belt
lias
done much damage to that crop.
Bulgaria will take no steps for
until the powers reply to her not.
A heavy snow has fallen around
Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming
Russia's policy is said to De to let
Turkey subdue Bulgaria, then the Hill
seize the land.
Premier Balfour, of England, advo
cates retaliatory duties against protec
tioniBt nations.
An explosion in the basement caused
the destruction of a seven story build
ing in New York.
Ez-Senator James K. Kelly, of Ore
gon, la dead, ui recent years tie naa
lived in Washington, D. C. He was
84 years of age.
The loss from the recent storm along
the Floi Ida coast continues to grow as
communication is established with the
outlying districts.
The Japanese premier sajt his coun
try will go slow in the Manchurian
affair as a clash with Russia is to be
avoided if possible.
Admiral Cotton reports all quiet at
Beirut.
England is preparing to send a fleet
to Salonica.
The British cabinet crisis has been
temporal ily staved off.
Macedonian rebels have decided to
adopt a guerrilla warfare.
The physician to the Turkish embas
sy at Vienna thrashed the ambassdor.
The national irrigation congress
opened at Ogden with the largest at
tendnce in its history.
Secretary Bhaw has deposited Mi
000,000 in national banks in the cotton
and grain growing districts.
France has sent a cruiser to Beirut.
Socialists of Rome threaten to hiss
the cxar when be visits that city.
Turks did not spare a single Chris-
tain in their massacres at Monastir.
It is feared a crisis is at hand in the
British cabinet and that the entire
body will resign.
The situation at Beirut is improving.
The new vali is working hard to restore
general confidence.
Russia has asked China to grant it
more time for the evacuation of a fron
tier province in Manchuria.
The Portland ministerial association
announces its intention of closing gam
bling and side entrances to saloons.
It it said the American trip of the
Prince of Wales is ali talc and that he
is not planning to visit the St. Louis
fair.
An excursion train went into a ditch
near Kempton, Wis. Three passengers
were killed and a numDei oi outers
hurt.
The aaent annotated by the Cuban
government to float a loan of $35,000,
000 hopes to be able to secure the
money in the United Btaut.
An explosion of barrel of liquor
stolen by sailors and placed on ' the
cruiser Olympia when discovered, cost
two lives, injured seven and set the
ihip on Are.
Tnrkev shows a disposition to settle
promptly the claims of America.
The ciar has abandoned his visit to
Roumania, fearing that country cannot
guarantee safe trip.
Russia hai made new demands on
China which have stirred op afresh the
ire of the Japanese.
Lord Rosebnrv condemns the British
cabinet as being larely responsible for
the length oi Uie twer war.
Fire in the Southern Pacific's freight
warehouse at San Francisco destroyed
$115,000 worth of property.
Two Oregon students at Harvard uni
versity must answer to the charge of
burglary of the school'! store.
Secretary Hitchcock has dismissed
the townsite inspector of Indian Terri
tory for irregularities in office.
The military at Cripple Creek have
the situation well in hand and the
trouble is likely to be over soon.
The Pacific packing and navigation
company a combine of Alaska and
Puget sound salmon canneries, is ex
pected to go to pieces at an early date.
Too great a capitalisation on overval
ued properties it given as the reason.
The United States gunboat Machias
baa not yet arrived at Beirut.
The 1905 International Christian
Endeapor convention will be held at
Baltimore.
The Arliona surveyor general has
been removed from office for taking II
legal 'eee.
Foarth-clast postmasters may be
ousted for "political reasons" after
serving four years.
John Bartlett has taken the oath of
office at United States minister to Ar
gentina and trill leave for bis post Sep
tember I.
WAR ON TURK.
Knights Templar Recall Old Wrongs and
Consider Aid to Rebels.
Chicago, Sept. 17. A JiOth century
crusade against their ancient enemy,
the Turk, is being planned by the
Knights Templar, with the Balkans, in
place cf Palestine, as the field in which
they will protect Christians against the
oppression of the infidels. Prominent
members of the o:der are agitating the
formation of a league that will send
regiments of well drilled fighters to the
aid of Bulgaria, and the crusaders of
the 12th century may have their proto
type in a movement of the Knights
templar against the troops of the
porte.
The plan has received consideration
by the Chicago members of the orga
nization for some time, and tonight
was formally broached at a meeting of
St. Bernard commandery. With 500,
000 members under oath to "be ready
to go and fight the enemies of Chtist
even to the death," it is expected that
an international interest will be stirred
in the movement, and 200,000 Knights
from the United States and Europe
may be massed in Macedonia to fight
the soldiery of Turkey.
Among the 20,000 Knights Templar
in Chicago, the outrage at Beirut and
Adrianople have revived the spirit that
led to the formation of the order eight
centuries ago. At the contention at
Peoria, leading members of the organi
zation discussed seriously the expedi
ency of issuing a call for volunteer reg
iments to be sent to the scene of depre
dations, with the result that tonight
one of the eleven local commandaries
was asked to take action. As yet the
scheme is not perfected, but the general
plan is to muster in regiments of Tem
plars and tend them to enlist under
the Bulgarian government.
HIQHER THAN THE LAW.
Porto Ricans Who Insulted Stars
and
Stripes Sent to Prison.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 17.
Edward Conde and Leondas Gillot, two
socialists, who spoke in a recent meet
ing of the Ameriean Fedetation of Labor,
were put on trial today for Insulting
the American flag and threatening the
life of Governor Hunt.
Their speeches teemed with abuse of
the government. One of the prisoneri
was accused of advising the workmen
upon the return of the governor on
October 1 from the United States to
parade carrying black flags and then
to make demands upen the government.
If these demands were refused, the
speaker added, the alternative of kill
ing Governor Hunt remained. .,
The other orator was said to have de
clared that the American flag was a rag
fit to cover rascals and criminals. The
accused vehemently denied the charges
Thev were tried before Justice Kopel,
convicted of anarchist conduct, and
sentenced to six months in prison.
Justice Kopel said the flag is higher
than the law and anarchists need never
expect any mercy in his court. The
case has established a precedent as a
Porto Rican official warning that at
tacks on the flag and government must
stop. The Americans and loyal Porto
Ricans are jubilant, while the social
ists are angiy at today'a decision. The
convicted men will appeal from the
judgment declaring that Justice Kopel
had no jurisdiction and there is no law
covering the offense. The Interest in
the case is intense.
EXPECTS NO BIO BOOM IN SILVER.
Department Official Denies Philippine
Coinage Is to Be Melted.
Washington, Spet. 17. Colonel Ed
wards, chief of the insular bureau of
the war department, denied the widely
circulated report that the new Philip
pine coinage will soon disappear in the
melting pot, owing to the greater value
of silver as bullion.
"The present rise in silver is, in my
opinion, merely a reaction from a long
period of depression. Looking Dack
over the last six years, the increased
use of silver in the arts has been too
small to warrant anything of the tort,
and the leading continental nations of
Europe that use silver in their coinage
are not enlarging their purchase. So
where is the pretended great use to
come from?"
Cable Ship does North.
Seattle, Sept. 17. The United
States cable ship Burneide sailed for
the north !st night, to continue the
work of laying the cable from the
head of Lynn canal by way of Sitka,
the capital of Alaska, to this city.
She has a stretch of 600 miles of cable
aboard, which was transferred from the
steamship Texan, which brought the
cable around the Horn from New York.
It is expected that the entiie consign
ment of cable on the Burnside will be
laid and the vessels will be back
for the final link by October 15.
Montana drain Beaten Flat.
Butte, Sept. 17. A Miner special
from Dillion says: As later repoits are
received in Dillion, it is evident that
the storm of last week was one of the
most disastrous in the history of Beav
erhead county, and all of the oldtimers
assert that it is the severest September
storm that has occurred in this country
since 1865. A conservative esti
mate places the damage done to
the grain fields of this county at $100,
000.
To Prevent Monopolies.
Wellington, N. Z., Sept. 17. Pre-
n.ier Seddon has introduced a very
("rastic bill for the prevention of mo
nopolies In ew Zealand. It proposes
to establish a monopoly court, with
full powers of a supreme court, to in
vestigate all complaints regarding the
enhancing of prices by the formation
of trusts and prescribes heavy penalties
for offenders.
ASKS FOR RELIEF
BULGARIA SAYS POWERS MUST
TERVENE OR SHE WILL.
IN.
Turkish Government Held to Be Systc
matlcally Slaying Christians En.
counter Between Two Countries Were
Never More Probable Turkey Has
""Mobilized Entire Army. ,
Sofia, Sept. 16. The Bulgarian gov
renment, through its foreign represent
tatives, has addressed a note to the
great powers declaring that the porte
is systematically devastating Mace'
donia and maBsacreing the Christian
population. Further, it says Turkey
bat mobilized her whole army, - which
cannot possibly be lor the sole purpose
of suppressing the revolution There
fore the Bulgarian government appeals
to the humane sentiment of Europe to
prevent the continuance of the mass
cres and devastation, and to stop the
mobilization, of the Turkish army.
The memorandum concludes with
the plain atatement that unless the
powers intervene Bulagria will be
forced to take such measures as she
may deem necessary.
While it is possible that a Turko-Bul
garian war may even yet be averted,
the probabilities of such an encounter
were never greater than at the present
moment. The note to the powers, the
most decided step yet taken by the
principality, was dictated sot only by
the alarming reports of wholesale maa-
sacert and devastation daily arriving,
but even more by the indifference of
the powers toward the severity of
Turkey's repressive measures.
(People here consider that the anxi
ety of the powers seems to be manifest
ed chiefly in repeated admonition! to
the porte to suppress the revolution
with all speed and energy possible.
, Telegrams from Constantinople ap
pear in this evening's papers, asserting
that the ambassadors have urged the
sultan's government to tuppress the in
surrection without any considerations
of mercy, and not to hesitate to burn
and destroy the villages, or take any
other steps which might be deemed
necessary.
The Bulgarian ministry, in the face
of the strongest pressure from within
and without, has endea voted to main
tain a strict neutrality, but it appears
very possible that the government may
now depart from this position.
Q ALE COSTS FLORIDA MUCH.
Large Portion of Orange Crop Is
Ruined
Several Ships Lost.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 16. The
wires south of Palm Beach and Tampa
are still down and will not be in opera
tion for a day or two. Further details
of the destruction wrought by the hur
ricane have been received by mail and
passengers on the incoming trains.
The steamer Inchulva, from Galves
ton, laden with lumber and cottonseed
meal, foi Hampton Roads, went ashore
near Boynton. ine snip struct; tne
beach with great force and broke into
three pieces. The captain, mates,
and 14 of the crew were eaved. Nine
were drowned.
The schooner Martha Thomas, lum
ber laden, for Baltimore, was wrecked
nine miles south of Jupiter. The
schooner it split in half. The crew wat
saved.
SMALL RISINQ IN CUBA.
Rural Ouard Battles With the Outlaws,
But Falls to Capture Them.
Santiago, de Cuba, Sept. 16. Re
ports of an armed body at Sevilly,
near Siboney, this morning caused
Governor Yereoto to send a force of
rural guards, who located the party,
which was of unknown strength, and
attempted to arrest the men. A fight
ensued, in which the commander of the
rural guard was injured, but no cut
laws were captured. There was much
excitement in the city tbia afternoon
and wild reports of a revolution were
curient. Nearly all of the rural guards
in the province were assembled here to
receive President Palma, and 200 men
were dispatched this evening to the
scene of the trouble.
Crop Damage la Montana.
lutte, Sept. 16. Reports today from
outlying farming districts give conflict
ing details as to the damage done by
the recent tnow storm. Beaverhead
county appears to have suffered the
most, as hardly a third of the grain
crop had been harvested when the
storm broke, and for 10 houra the
snow fell incessantly. The tnow was
wet, clinging to the grsin and crushing
it to the ground. Estimates of damage
are placed as high as $75,000 in that
county. Many fruit trees were
stripped of their branchea.
Crown tor EltcL
London, Sept. 16. The Viepna cor
respondent of the Daily Mail declares
that the Hungarian politic! crisis bai
become to acuta that the abdication of
Emperor Francit Joseph, as king of
Hungary, is freely discussed in that
country, and, although no party leader
is openly willing to discuss the probt
bility, there is a strong feeling in favor
of Hungary'a right to choose ber own
king, the candidate favored being the
German Emperor's son, Eitel.
Ouard Kaiser Against Anarchists.
Vienna, Sept. 16. As a result of the
Italian government informing the au
thoritiee here that tnree Ita ian anar
chisU have gone to Hungary, extra
precautions were taken to safeguard
Emperor William, who it to arrive to
morrow at Karapancisa,-where be will
go staghunting with the Archduke
Frederick.
NAMES NEW TERMS.
Russia Adds to Conditions of Evacuation
of naocburla.
Pekin, Sept. 16. Russia has pre
sented to the Chinese government a new
scheme for evacuation, originally fixed
for October 8, and proposed certain new
conditions in addition to most of the
conditiona concluded in the last
icheme.
Russia now propose! to evacuate Niu
Chwang and Moukden province October
b, Kirin province four months later.
and the third province a year later.
Among the new conditiona Russia stip
ulates that she Bball maintain military
posts on the road from TBitsihar, cap
ital of Heilungkiang, to Blagovosk
chensk and on the Sungari river. The
reason Russia gives for maintaining
these posts is that they are necessary
to protect the commerce of the railroad.
There is a vat;uely worded clause
prohibiting heavy duties on goods
transported by the railway which the
diiomata construe at exempting Rus
sian goods transported on the railway
from the surtax which the Japanese
and American treaties substitute for
the likin d-ities.
The scheme also contains a prevision
that Chinese troops shall protect the
branches of the Russo-Chmese bank
when necessary.
Prince China, president of the for
eign board, has informed the ministers
that he considers the Rus. ian condit
ions to be very reasonable.
CONVICTS MAKE COIN.
Added Scandal In Pennsylvania Peniten
tiaryInvestigation Oolng On.
Philadelphia, Sept. 16. following
closely upon the exposure of gross ir
regularities in the cigar department of
the Eastern State Penitentiary came
the announcement tonight that illegal
coinage of minor silver pieces has been
carried on by convicts in the big insti
tution. No details of the counterfeit
ing scheme can be learned from any of
the officials connected with the prison,
or Irom the government officers that
have been assigned to the case. The
fact that such a daring scheme has been
carried out in the penitentiary was
made public by George Vaux, Jr., one
the prison inspectors, who sum
moned newspaper men to hit home and
voluntarily made the disclosure. He
gave out a brief statement, which is as
follows:
'Dr. W. D. Robinson and Mr. Vaux,
Jr., who are at present the visiting in
spectors on duty at the Eastern State
Penitentiary, made the statement that
it has come to their official knowledge
that within a short time an attempt has
been made by certain ccnvittt now con
fined in the penitentiary to manufac
ture counterfeit silver coins. But a
few pieces were made, and a number of
these have come into the possession of
the inspectors, together witn the met
als and die mica Is used, the attempt
thus being nipped in the bud. Tne
evidence in the case is not yet com
plete, but all that has been secured hat
been submitted to the United States
authorities."
STIRS UP DYNAMITE.
Switch Engine at Bay City. Mich..
Causes a Terrific Explosion,
Bay City, Mich., Sept. 16. Clarence
D. Hopper and Roy Boutcher, switch
men of the Michigan Central railway,
were instantly killed by an explosion
of dynamite in a car in the yards at
West Bay City today. Robert Roblin,
enigneer; William Noble, fireman,
and John Cracile, conductor, were in
jured, the latter to severely that he
may die. All of the trainmen were
residents of this city.
The explosion occurred at a twitch
engine was making op a train. The
engine backed down upon several cart,
the first containing 1,000 pounds of
dynamite, a consignment of Lee-Met-
ford rifles and a quantity of reduced
charged shells for indoor practice, and
It is said that the force with which it
struck the explosive-laden car exploded
the dynamite. Hopper's body wat
badly mangled.
A big hole was torn in the ground by
the explosion, a score of freight cart
demolished and nearly 300 houses iu
the vicinity suffered broken windows.
Ihe shock was felt three miles from
the scene.
Large Canadian Deal.
Montreal, Sept. 16. Among the con
ditions upon which the Dominion Iron
dt Steel company bat agreed to surren
der the lease of the Dominion Coal
company is an agreement that the coal
company shall pay to the steel com
pany $2,635,000 and assume the cur
rent liabilities for wages, supplies, etc.,
of the coal department of the eteel com-
pany't business, receiving the current
cash assett of the business. These
should net about $1,500,000. The
coal company therefore paya about $1,'
135,000 for the surrender of the lease.
Irish Party Will be Powerful.
LondonS, ept. 16. John Redmond,
M. P., speaking at Angheym, Wicklow
county, Ireland, raid the Irish party
would find an entirely new situation
when parliament next met. The
English parties would be broken up,
and the Irish party would wield a
power such as it never before po
ssessed. He counseled a rontinnanoe
of the policy which had resulted in i
curing the Irish land bill, which be
valued above all.
Afraid to Work la Taanel.
Pittsborg, Sept. 16. All but one of
tbe missing men supposed to have been
buried nnder the debris of the cave-in
at the Green Tree tunnel of the Wanaeb
railroad have been accounted for. Most
of the An trian laborers have refused
to return to work, fearing another fall,
and their places have been filled by
colored men.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
levy in January t
Attorney Qeneral Asked to Render
Opinion on New Tax Law.
Whether a lew of state and rnnntv
taxes can be made in January 1903
Is a question that hag been presented
before Attorney-General Crawford for
his opinion. The attorney-general is
out of the city and will not take the
inauer up until bis return.
The Question arises mil nf tl, . t
that the new law changing the time of
levying taxes jroes Into effect January
itfOT, uiie uie icvy or taxes under
in present system Will not be made
until later In that
county courts hold their regular ses
sions. Under the present system the
assessment la mnHo in nn - n.
levy made the following January and
uitr ug collected in April.
The last lnelslatn rA In FADIuinaa
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quite a general rlpmnnri rhumraj
time of payment from spring to the
Plenums ran ana provided that the
assessment should be made prior to
July 1. the lew tin mario in atnmi,.
and the taies be collected before De-
cemner 31. Since the old law pro
vided that thn lew ahnnlrl ho 1.
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January and the new law fixing the
unie ln aeptemuer will go Into effect
January 1, it Is clear that when the
county courts meet next January they
will find the law changed.
LIVESTOCK SHOW OOOD.
Breeders Bring Better Herds to State
Fair Than Evev Before.
A better lot nf HoIfv n
er brought together in the Northwest
than those that are now to be seen
in the livestock department nf fho Dm.
gon state fair. For many years the
most progressive and enterprising
breeders and dairymen have been
strlvine for Rnmethl nir horror Than
what they already had, and each
achievement has but spurred them on
to anotner enort.
The farmer generally was not appre
lative of the
ers until in the last few years when
dairying became a Ttrnmlafnir nnnunn.
tlon, and farmers found that thev
must raise less wheat and more stock
In order to maintain the productive
dualities of their lanrl. Now Avar.
one places a proper estimate on the
aiue or tne livestock breeders' serv
ices to the country as a whole, and
gerat Interest centers in the relative
merits of the different cattle, individ
uals and herds shown at the fair.
Coming Events.
M. A. A. C. carnival. Portland. Sen-
tember 14-26.
Mulnomah fair association races. Ir-
t Ington track, September 21-26.
Teachers institutes Orecon Citv.
September 15-17; Klamath Falls, Sep
tember 28-30; Lakeview, October 1-3;
Hillsboro, October 28-30.
Harney county fair. Burns. Seotem-
ber 14-20.
Stock exhibit at race meet, Portland,
September 21-26.
Fair, Toledo, September 22-24.
Second Eastern Oregon district fair,
The Dalles. September 22-26.
Carnival, The Dalles, September 29-
October 3. '
Race meet, Sumpter, October 1-5.
Klamath county fair. Klamath Falls,
October 6-9.
Carnival Peadleon, October 6-10.
State Baptist association. Oregon
City, October 19-23.
Crook county Jockey club meet,
Prineville, October 27-29.
Scotch reunion, Fosil, October 27.
Bybee Parts With a Big Tract.
The William Bybee tract of land.
comprising nearly 4500 acres, changed
hands last week. The Jackson county
improvement company purchased 1743
acres of the land, which is that part
know nas the "Bybee desert." The
price paid for this was $3 per acre.
The remainder of the tract, which In
cludes the Antelope ranch of 1560
acres and the Rogue river ranch of
1100 acres, wag sold to his son, Frnak
Bybee, together with about 70 head of
froats. 20 head of cattle and 20 horses.
The deal took place In Ashland and
was the closing up of a deal which bas
been pending for several months.
Fine Salmon In River.
The fall fishing season has now
progressed sufficiently to establish the
fact that there Is an excellent run of
steelheads and sllversldes in the riv
er of fine quality. Fall salmon have
not yet put In an appearance, but there
are some tules. The price paid is 3
cents per pound for steelheads and 1
cent per pound for silversides. Sea-
borg s cannery at Beagle Cliff Is pack
ing sllversldes and is receiving all
that can be handled.
Anxious lor Free Locks.
The Independence Improvement
league has been asked by outside val
ley towns to help In securing free locks
at Oregon City. The people there are
very enthusiastic In their support of
this matter. It Is stated that a con
siderable reduction in freight rates
would be the result if this could be
secured as there Is a toll charged on
every boat that passes through the
locks at Oregon City.
Shortage of Men for Harvest.
Thpre is anv Quantity of arain yet
unthreshed and In the flelda around
Independence. And there is an exten-
pive shortage of men to nanaie uie
threshing outfits. A numDer or me
ihroahpra hav h-rn comoelled to
close down. Some will not be able to
get a threshing crew Into their grain
inside of two weeks.
Looking for a Creamery Site.
' Curtis Seeley of Walport, Lincoln
rmmir nna nf the firm of Diven A
Seeley, creamery men. hs been in Jose
phine county lately looking up a loca
tion for a creamery, and has been In
terlvewing the farmers around Grants
Pasa. and of the Applegate valley In
regard to the feasibility of the enter
prise.
FOL'R CROPS OF ALFALFA.
Demonstration of Success of That Crop
on Heavy Clay Soils.
One of the entirely new and valuable
exhibits made by the Oregon agri
cultural experiment station at the
state fair, is a collection of specimens
of alfalfa, showing the successive
crops taken from a field In a single
season. The station has been expert.
menting with alfalfa for several years
for the purpose of demonstrating what
can be done on heavy-clay soils with
out Irrigation. The college people do
not conduct their experiments under
unusually favorable conditions, but
sow their seeds on just such soil at the
average Willamette valley farmer la
using.
The alfalfa exhibited was taken
from the field at four successive cut
tings ln one year. The first crop was
cut on May 22, and yielded In green
forage 11.22 tons per acre. The sec
ond crop was-cut on June 22 and yield
ed in green forage 2.70 tons per acre.
The third crop was cut on July 28, and
yielded 2.80 tons per acre. The fourth
crop was cut on September 3 and
yielded 1.47 tons per acre.
CHALLENGE HOP YIELD.
Lane County Yard Turns Out Nearly
3,000 Pounds Per Acre.
The best record for honyards that
lias been reported this season, or in
fact for several years, comes from the
yard of George A. Dorris, near
Snringfleld, which is regarded as one
of the best yards in the county. Mr.
Horns has 10 or 12 acres, and from the
first five acres picked and baled he
had 14.000 pounds of hops, or a yield
of 2800 pounds per acre. The yard
foreman says that instead of this re
port coming from the choice parts of
the yard that the whole yard will not
fall below that average, and single
acres could be picked that would yield
3000 pounds.
B'g Chunks of Oold.
There wag a display of gold nuggets
at the Medford bank a few days ago
which were taken out of the celebrat
ed Sterling mine, owned by H. E. An-
keny, about 15 miles south of Medford.
The value of the nuggets is between
3500 and $4000. They were all good
oized pieces and were all picked up
by hand during the clean up process.
The larseset nugget weighed nearly
$140. This represents but a very small
rai t of the season's clean up of this
mine. The bulk of gold from this
mine is made into bricks, which weigh
nearly $3000 each, of which several
have been sent to the mint.
Fortunes From Cascara.
Nearly $60,000 in cash Is the
amount realized from cascara bark
purchased and shipped from Benton
county this season. Careful compila
tion and conservative estimates place
the exact flguresat $59,400. The pro
duct la represented In 27 11-ton cars
of bark, either Bhipped or to be ship
ped this season. The aggregate
weight of the bark was 594,000 pounds.
Though much of it went at 14 cents
snd better, so much left the peelers'
hands at 4, 5 and 6 cents earlier in the
lieved to have fallen at about 10
season that the average price is be
cente. High Orade Ooatt and Sheep.
William Riddle of Monmouth, has
taken his pens of pure-blooded Ango
ra goats and Cotswold sheep to Salem
for the state fair. He has been award
ed in the past a number of premiums
and his stock are in fine condition to
enter thia year. Mr. John Stump also
has some pens of blooded Cotswold
sheep at the fair grounds, and they are
handsome types of the breed. Both
these breeders have had much experi
ence and raise the best of stock.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat-Walla Walla, 78979c; blue-
item, 10$Jc; valley, 80c.
Flour Valley, $3.63.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.60(14.00;
hard wheat, ''patents, $4.1085.60;
grabam, $3.31(13.75; whole wheat,
tS.S(4.00; rye wheat, $4.50.
Barley Feed, $19.0020.00 per ton;
brewing, $21; rolled, $21921.60.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray,
$1.06(11.10 per cental.
Millstuffs Bran, $21 per ton; mid
dlings, $25; shorts, $21; chop, $11;
linseed dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $14.00 per ton;
clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat,
nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 25d27Ke
per pound; dairy, 18020s; store, II
916c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14r;
Yoong America, 15c; factory prices,
ldlHelees.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 129
UH'e per pound; spring, 14(3I4Xej
hen!, 12(llc; broilers, $2.00 per
dosen; turkeys, live, 10ai2c per
pound -.dressed, 1415e; ducki, $494.50
per dosen; geese, $696.60.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 25c.
Potatoes Oregon, 75S85 per tack;
west potatoes, IiC per pound.
Wheat Backs In lots of 100, 5K&
Beef- Groat steers, $3.7564.2;
dretted, 6a 7c per pound.
Veal SMe per pound.
Mnttea Grose, $3; dressed, ft
5Xc; lambs, gross, $3.60; dressed, la.
Hogt-Gross, $5.50(55.76; dreeeed,
$e.
Hope-1 902 crop, lie perpoaad.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 4Qf;
So. I and grease, tKA3o.
Wool Valley, 17l$e; Eastern
Oregon, U15c; mohair, S6t37)tj(,