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I "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." IIOOD EIVEE, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1903. VOL. XV. i HOOD RIVER GLACIER Issued every Thursday by S. P. BLYTHB SON, Publishers. 8. F. BLYTHE. K. N. BI.YTI1K. Terms ol subscription 11.60 s year when paid In advance. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF KAILS. HOOD RIVER. The ixstonlce is open dally between S ei d 8 p. ui.; Sunday rom 12 to 1 o'clock. Malls lor the East close at lliaue. in. an I 9 o. r (or the West at 7:10 a. m. and 1:4" p. m. Mail leaves The carriers on R. K. I. r utcs No. 1 and No. I leave the postolbce at U r.i dally. For Mt. Hood, daily at 12:.1U u. in.; arrives, 10:i a. m. For c henoweth, Wash., at 7:30 a. m. Tues days, Ttursdays and Hatunlays; arrives same days at 6 p. m. For I nderwood, Wash., at 7:30 a. m. Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays; arrives same days at 6 p. m. For White salmon, Wash., daily at 2:45 p, m.; arrives at 11 a. in. WHITE 8AI.MOV. For Hood River daily at 9 a. m . ; arrive! at :4ftp.m. For Husura, Trout Lake and Guler, Wash., dally at 7:H0a. m.; arrives at 12 m. For Ulenwood, (.ilmer and Fulda, Wash., daily at 7:Hue. in.; arrives at 5 p. m. For Flneliat and Hnowden, Wash., at 11:30 a. m. Tuesdays and Haturdnys; arrives same days, 10:80 a.m. Fur Hin en, Wash., daily at 4: p. m.; ar rives at 8:46 a. m. ROCIKTIK. riOL'RT HOOD RIVER No. 42, FORKHTER8 0F j AMERICA Meets second and Fourth Mon days in each month in K. of F. hall. II. J. Fhedkrick, C. R. B. F. Fonts, Financial Secretary. SAK GROVE COUNCIL No. 142, ORDER OF U PENDO. Meets the Second and Fourth Fridavs ol the month. Visitors cordially wel comed. F. U. Rkosiiis, Counsellor. Miss Nkllik Clark, Secretary. RDKR OF WARIll N GTON.- Hood River Union No. 142. meets in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Saturdays in each month, 7 :8u o'clock. E. L. Rood, President. C. U. Dakih, Secretary. JAUREL REBEKAH DEGREE 1-ODGE, No. J 87,1.0.0. F. Meets tlrst and third Frl ays in each month. Miss Edith Moobi, N. G. L. E. Morse, Secretary. SAN BY POST, No. 16, G. A. R.-MeetsatA. O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All U. A. R. niembers Invited to meet with us. W. H. Firky, Commander, T. 1. CtlNNINO, Adjutant. lANBY W. R. C, No. 16-Meets second and V fourth Saturdays of each month in A. O, U. W. hall at 2 p. in. Mrs. Fannii Bailiy, Pres. Mrs. T. J. I'annincj, Secretary. HOOD RIVER LODGE No. 106, A. F. and A M. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. '. M. Yates, W. M. C. D. Thompson, Secretary. li OOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M - Meeis third Friday iilxnt ol each motitn. G. R. Castnik, 11. P. A. 8. Blowers, Secretary. riOOI) RIVER CHAPTER, No. 25, O. K. B. J I Meets second and fourth Tuesday even ings ol each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Mrs. May Yates, W. M. Mas. Haiy B. Davidson, Secretary. OLETA ASSEMBLY No. 103. United Artisans, Meets first and third W ednesdays, work; second and fourth Wednesdays social: Aril Bans hall. F. C. Ukosu'S, M. A. F. B. Barnes, Secretary. WAI'COMA LODGE, No. 30, K. ol P. Meets In K. of P. ball every Tuesday night. r. L. Davidson, C. C. Dr. C. H. Jenkins, K. of R. & 8. RIVERSIDE LODGE. No. M, A. O. U. W. Meets first and third Saturdays of each month. F. B. Barnes, W. M. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Chester Hhute, Recorder. 1DLEW1LDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meets in Fraternal hnll every Thursday night. Geo. W. Thompson, N. 0. 1. L. Henderson, Secretary. SI OOD RIVER TENT, No. 1, K. O. T. M.. meets at A. O. V. W. hall on the first aud lid Fridays ol each month. Walter Gerkino, Commander. 0. E. Williams, Secretary. RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meets first and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Rati M. Frederick, C. ol H. Miss Annie Smith, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A.. II meets In Odd Fellows' Hall the first and third Wednesdays of each mouth. J. R. Bin, V. C. C. TJ. Dakin, Clerk. vaDKN ENCAMPMENT No. 48, I. O. O. F. - yj Regular meeting second and fourth Mon days ol eacn momn. . i, ado, v. . Y. L. Henderson, Scribe. c, H. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 94. Office In Langtlle bid. Hood River, Oregon. D R. I. T. CARN3, Dentist. Gold crowns and bridge work and all kinds ol Up-to-Dttt Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON H L, DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town or ooantrr, Dar or Night. Telephones: Residence, 81; Office, si Office over Evarhart's Grocery. J. F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Offloe, 281 i residence, 281 BURGEON O. R. N. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNKY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER, tf TARY PUBLIC and RIAL ESTATK AGENT. For 21 vears a resident of Oregon and Wash ington, lias had many years experience In Real Estate mature, as abstractor, searcher of titles and agent, batisfaction guaranteed 01 bo charge. pREDERICK A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimate furnished for all kinds of work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds of shop work. Shop on State Street, between First and Second. A. JAYNE. LAWYER. Abstracts Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. p C BROSIUS, M. D. " PHY6ICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Offic Hour: 10 to 11 A. M.; f to I and 6 to 7 P. M. gUTLER A CO BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD R1VEB. OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening! of the Past Week, Presented la Condensed Form, Most '. Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Reader. An Illinois court has recognized a decree of divorce granted in Russia as valid. Senator.Scott, of West Virginia, con tinues tojimpiove, and will be out in ten days. Rural guards bave captured Juan Lobes, tbe leader of the recent Cuban insurrection. Four tourists who were climbing Scaffel mountain, in England, the fell down a precipice and were killed. Oliver T. 'Sherwood, the defaulting cashier of the Soutbport, Conn., Na tional bank, has been sentenced to ten years in prison. Honduras continues to threaten to Invade Nicaragua unless boundary dis pute over granting of a concession to Americans is settled. The United States squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Evans, has arrived at Kiao Chou, the German colony onthe east coast of China. Since the passage of the Irish land act many evicted tenants now residing in the United States have been making anxious inquiries regarding tbe possi bility of reacquiring their former hold ings. Annie R. Sharpley, who caused the postofflce authorities much trouble through her swindling operations in raising tbe figures on postal money or ders in many cities, has been sentenced to two years in prison in Pennsylvania. The fishing tug Silver Spray, which had an exciting brush August 12 with tbe Canadian patrol boat Petrel, has again narrowly escaped capture. Ac cording to the captain, he was out look ing for lost nets and might have been in Canadian waters. He immediately ordered his engineer to give the tug a full head of steam, and after a brief chase the Silver Spray escaped Sir Thomas Lipton is fast regaining bia health. John Mitchell is relied upon to avert labor war against Roosevelt for his action in the Miller case. A New York philanthropist will take 1,000 of the poor of that city to Mon tana and establish a colony. Austen Chamberlain will be made chancellor of tbe exchequer in the Brit ish cabinet and either Lord Selborne or Lord Milnei colonial secretary. Robbers knocked unconsciou an ex press messenger at Chicago and rifled two safes. Very little was secured as the monev thev were after was not in the car. Turkey has appointed the former vali of Beirut as vali of Brusa, which is really a promotion. The action has aroused much indignation as it is re- gardedjas a challenge to the powers, especially America. Rear Admiral Evans criticises the action of the board which sat in the case of Paymaster Nicholson. While in China Nicholson became intoxicated and beat an elderly man. The board reduced him five numbers in bis grade. Tbe admiral holds that he should bave been dismissed from tbe service. Affairs at Beirut continue quiet. The Ohio state campaign has been opened. Construction has commenced on a new steel training ship at the Mare Island navy yard. A collision on thel llinois Central in the suburbs of Chicago resulted in the injury of IS women. W. Smith Wooley, of Pocatello. has been appointed assayer at the Boise United States assay office. Premier Baifour. of England, has been roundly scored because he placed apriee upon his fiscal policy pamphlet. 8. II. Piles, of King county. Wash ington, bas announced himself a candi date for Foster's seat in the United States senate. The executive board of the marble- workers' association has ordered a lock out in all mills and shops of tbe asso ciation's mernbe-i. The order will affect about 3,000 men. Fet, Morocco, may epxel all foreign' era. Russia desires a loan to develop com mercial enterprises in the Far East. Great Britain, France and Italy have notified Turkey tha the massacres must cease. Frost did considerable damage to the corn crop in Northern Illinois, v iscon sin, Ohio and Iowa. A report that the king of Servia had hasn assassinated caused much excite ment in Paris for a time. China will ask redress for the recent race trouble in Nevada. Joseph Chamberlain has been invited to visit Chi ago and give an address on his views on tariff question. The resignation of Secretary Cbim hm-laln haa agitated all England. The cabinet crisis bas not yet pasted. The irrigation congree select! El p.v Tec. over Boise for the 1904 meeting, o it can come to Portland in 1905. TREATY IS DEAD. Panama Canal Held Up by Colombia Un. til Time Expire. Washington, Sept. 23. When the state department closed yesterday at o'clock it was agreed that tbe Pana i canal treaty was dead, although eight hours .yet remained within which the Colombian congress might take affirmative action upon it. Noth ing, however, had been received during the day, either from Minister Beaupre at Bogota or fiom Mr. Herran, the Co lombian charge here, which gave tne slightest hope of a favorable issue. A report is current here tnat me Co lombian congress, In sscret session, has clothed President Marroquin with full power to negotiate a treaty. If this re port should turn out to be true, Presi dent Marroquin, who is counted a friend of the treaty, could proceed un trammeled by the fear of future reckon ing with his congress. In any event, President Roosevelt most now take the next step. He can olect to proceed under the Spooner act and take up the Nicaraguan route, or he can allow the matter to drift for the present In the hope that a way may yet be found to straighten out the present difficulty in the path of the Panama route. Contrary to his custom during the summer, Acting Secretary f the State Department Odell remained in the city yesterday in order to be on hand to act promptly on any information wnicn might come from Mr. Beaupre rega-d in 2 canal matters at Bogota. Up to 9:30 o'clock, however, nothing had been received. Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge, also waited anxiously for news from his government, nut likewue was disappointed. Colombia, it is -known, is anxious to keep alive tne canai ne gotiations. One interesting feature in connection with the legislative situation in Colom bia is the fact that the terms of one third of the members in the Benate, numbering nine, will expire on the 20th of next July, when the life of the present congress will end. These nine senators, it is said, are averse to the canal treaty. The hope of the advo cates of the treaty will be to elect sen ators 1h their places who are favorable to the convention. TRAIN IS HELD UP. Masked Men Blow Open Safe But Oct Little Boodle. 6t. Joseph, Mo , Sept. 24. Four masked men, at 10 o'clock tonight, held up west bound Burlington & Mis souri River train No. 41, five miles north of this city. The safe in the ex press car was dynamited and the car wrecked. Officials of the road say tne cafe contained but little money. Other reports fay it contained $5,000 to $10, 000 in money. Everything in the safe was taken and the men escaped in the darkness with horses. A posse was'or ganized and ia in pursuit ol the banits. Not a single shot was fired. The train was stopped by means of a red light. The engine and express car were uncoupled from the remainder of the train and backed half a mile lurtti nr on where it was dynamited. The train was in charge of Conductor Har vey, who hurried to the city and gave the alarm. The officers lost no time in organiizng and making a start. It was necessary for the entire train to ha brnusht back to the city and a new train made up which left at 1 o'clock. According to the meager reports re ceived from the scene of the bold up at midnight, the instant tbe train was stopped, two of the robbers climbed in to the engine, and with drawn weaponB compelled the engineer a id fireman to obey orders. One of tbe men un coupled tbe engine and express car from the remainder of the train. The party then climbsd into the cab and the engine and car were run up the track. The explosion followed. As soon as tbe safe was dynamited, the men dashed to the wrecked car. It Is asserted that they did not get a cent as result. The train was loaded with nassengers for the West and the hold un created a panic. A soon as tbe conductor raw tne robbers, he ran back down tne track and secured a hand car on which he name to St. Joseph and notified the officers. Turkey Moving to Avert War. London, Sept. 24. Turkey is show ing signs of yielding to the Bulgarian demands, and it is evident from the daily meetings of the council of minis ters at Yildii Kiosk that some sort of neirntiations are in progress with the object of avoiding war. According to a dispatch to the Daily Mail Horn con stantinople, these councils concern two possibilities-either to make an ar rangement satisfactory to the Macedon ians or obtain from tne great powers promises of neutrality if it is found im possible to avoid a war. President Growing Fat. Washington, Sept. 24. A private letter received in Washington from Oyster Bay say President Rocsevelt on tbe scales was surprieed to see he tipped the beam at 220 pounds. More over, it is an indication oi etui innner increase in his weight. The president i somewhat concerned at bis growth as he feels it interferes with his out door exercises, of which he is so fond When he was sworn in as president Roosevelt weighed 185 pound. Frank People Flee. Nelson, B. C, Sept. 24. Passengei arriving tonigLt over the Crow's Nest report that another immense slue oc curred this morning at Turtle moun tain n ar Frank. Alhrrt. Ae far aa known, no live were lost, but a'l the' Mnl of Frank have deserted the! town again, being Uken on to Blair- more and other towns. PUMPS FOR GRANT WORK CAN NOW PROCEED ON DREDGE WITHOUT DELAY. Few Week Should See the Change Com pletedOperations on the Mouth of the Columbia Will No Doubt Begin Early Next Month Engineer Show That Haste Has Been Made. Washington, Sept. 23 A telegram was received by the chief of engineers today stating that the pumping ma chinery for the converted dredge Grant has been received at tke navy yard, and will at once be placed In position on the ship. From this it is inferred that recent predictions will be fulfilled and the Grant will be ready for opera tions on the Columbia river early in October. Today's mails brought to the depart ment notification of tbe criticism that has been passed upon tbe engineers for taking so long in equipping the Grant. To show that instead of delay the Grant has really been converted in a comparatively shoit time, the acting chief of engineers called attention to tho. progress of work on a number of sea dredges now being built for use on the principal harbors of the coast. He said arrangements were made for converting tbe transport Grant into a dredge about February 1 and on Sep tember 1 the work was 88 per cent completed. Two sea dredges to have pumps tbe size of those supplied tbe Grant for use in New York harbor, which were au thorized December 13, are not yet 10 per cent completed. : There has been no actual work on a dredge lor Lake Michigan authorized Maroh 18, while the Bouthwest Pass dredge, begun Feb ruary S6, is only 15 per cent complet ed, and a dredge for the Mississippi river, contracted for September 1, 1901, but 73 per cent completed. A dredge for Charleston, S. C, will be rea-ly for action next month, but it was uthorized December 22, 1900, nearly three years ago. In tbe rase of these dredges the work is all new. WEALTH OF ALASKA. Coal and Oil la Abundance, and Agrl- cultural Riches Also. Portland, Sept. 23. After spending the summer in Alaska - surveying and locating coal and oil lands and a couple of homesteads on Eacbenak Bay, a rail road eight miles long across the head of this bay, and locations for fidh Salter- ies on Halibut Cove, John A. McQuinn has returned to Portland for the win ter. He is favorably impressed with that region, in which layers of sand stone and coal alternate to a consider able depth, below which it is supposed oil will be found. The beach is lit tered with coal, which has fallen from veins between the layers of sandstone on tbe bluff shores. It is considered quite certain that oil will be found by boring to some depth, and machinery for this will be on the ground next spring. The company of New York capitalists in whose employ Mr. McQuinn bas been proposes to locate colonies of Finns and Swedes on the lands it has had surveyed, and to establish fish salt' eries on a large scale. Fish of many kinds are abundant in the waters there. Mr. McQuinn says that when he left Alaska the last of August the peninsula between Kacbenack and Cook's Inlet, some 60 miles long and about as wide, was covered with wild red-top grass nine feet in height. The summer is short, but it is warmer than any other place in Alaska, and vegetation grows rapidly, Mdishes, lettuce, etc., being ready for use in four weeks from the time the seed is town. The company is going about the development of this region cautiously and is bound to make a success of the scheme, Mr. McQuinn thinks. When the colonies of Finns and Swedes are located and the fisher ies and mines fairly opened, a vast amount of wealth will be developed. Powder Magazine Burglarized. Helena, Mont., Sept. 23. Officials of the A. M. Holter hardware com pany today discovered that their pow der house and magazine, located just out Bide of the city limits, bad been broken into and 1,250 pounds of dyna mite had been stolen. The value of the powder amounts to $350. Today word wis received from Blossburg that quantity of dynamite was found cached along the tracks of the North ern Pacific railroad. It is not vet known whether the powder found at Blossburg is part of that stolen. Many Conductor In Oame. Boston, Sept. JS. The investigation into the four-check swindle on the Boston & Northwestern street railway system, which came to light list week, his led the police to the belief that fully half the conductor on this system have been guilty of trading in bogus checks at one time or another, during the past three years. The police ex press tbe belief that tbe fraud will be found to extend to other railway sys tems, including some Western cities. Pay tor Insult to Premier. New York, Sept. 23. Two Italian. Picoio and Dachino, charged with hav ing thrown a tomato at Premier Combs, at Marseille, bave been sentenced, lay i a World's special from Paris, to six months imprisonment. Although Mr. Combs waa traveling simply a nrivate individual, the court held that the Insult was directed against his ! official position. PALMA ON CUBAN TOUR. President of Republic Urge on People Necessity for Civil Comity. Santiago De Cuba, Sept. 23. Speak ing today at the village of El Caney, close to the scene of the battle between the Americans and the Spaniards, Pres ident Palma urged the Cuban people to gaard the ideais they had obtained by means of intervention. The presidential party were enthusi astically received on their arrival at El Caney. The Alcalde having remarked that the gathering was composed of vet erans, President Palma assured them that he wanted to pay the army as bad ly as anybody, because tbe payment was not only an act of Justice, but was necessary to the reconstruction of the country. Nobody lovod Cuban inde pendence more than himself, continued the president. The only way to sacrifice the repub lic would be to bring about a civil war. He believed there was not one veteran in a thousand who would not prefer to maintain the honor of Cuba, even to the extent of forfeiting his soldier's pay. The Cubans, having accepted United States intervention as a means of ending their troubles, were nnder an obligation to follow thote ideals and prove themselves a peaceable people. Speaking of the appearance of the band of insurrectionists near Santiago, President Palma condemned the hid den instigators of the uprising. The Alcalde declared that no one within two leagues of El Caney bad joined the band. ODD FELLOWS MEET. Sovereign Grand Lodge Opens at Balti more With Large Attendance. Baltimore, Sept. 23. The opening exercises of the annual convention of the sovereign grand lodge of Oddfellows began here at 9 o'clock this morning, in Ford's opera house. The condition of the order at the close of 1902 is shown by returns as follows: Subordinate lodge member ship, December 31, 1902, 1,069,906; encampment membership, 145,190, Rebekah membership, brothers 151, 195, sisters 269,850; Patriarchs Mili tant membership, 17,764. The total niembersbip of the order, which includes the subordinate lodge membership and the sisters only of the Rebekab lodge membership, is 1,329, 956. The encampment membership and the brothers of tbe Rebekah lodges are not included In this total, aa they are subordinate lodge members. Revenue, relief and invested funds are indicated as fallows: Revenues or receipts in 1902: Subordinate lodges, $10,214,000; encampments, $712,622; Rebekah lodges, $826,743; total reve nue, $11,653,906, an increase of $771. 343 over the preceding rear. Reliof expended in 1902: Relief by lodges, $3,659,794; relief by encamp ments. 1265.617: relief by Rebekah lodges, $67,808; total relief, $3,893, 220. Total relief, as shown by records since 1830 to 1902, inclusive, f 96,468, 425. AMERICA URGED TO ACT. Stronir Pressure la Being Brought to Bear on State Department. Washington. Sept. 23 Commnnica tions have reached the state department urging the government to say or do something that will put a stop to the atrocities in Turkey. It is stated that this creature does not emanate from the missionaries. Officials at the state department are reticent about the prob ability of the United States giving ex pression to the feeling with which the alleged atrocities in Turkey are viewed by the people of the United States, but they said that reports from Turkey show that the deeds dailv perpetrated in sections of that country are of such a character as to shock civiiiaztion and necessarily are of deen concern to the I United States. The state department today received a cablegram from Minister Leisbman 'at Constantinople, but nothing was given out regarding it except that it contained no alarming news and was partly concerned with routine business. Withdrawal of the American squad ron at Beirut, it is said, bas not yet been determined upon, and no indi cation has been received from Oyster Bay as to the president's intentions in the matter. Teit el the Dredge Qrant. San Francisco, Sept. 23. The dredge Grant is in drydock at Mare Island for the last touches. Tbe date for sailing north is not fixed, but is soon. A unique test of the large steel debris bin on the Grant was made tbe ottier aay. While on keel blocks the gates for re leasing the material pumped into ves sels while dredging were shored up, water tight, from tbe bottom of the dock. Between 200J and 3009 tons of water was then pumped into the debris bin for a test to discover leaky places. No leaks were found. Valuable Horse Burned. Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 23. Twenty. four horses were destroyed in a fi'e which consumed Conway Bro. stables at an early hcur this morning. Tbe lose will exceed $10,000. Among the animals burned were Harry 8., with a pacing record of 2:15, owned bj James Conway, and two Hoe stallion ownea bv John McCormack, and valued at $1500 each. Only three of the horses killed were owned by Conway Bros the others being boarder. High Speed ea Electric Line. Berlin, Sept. 23 A buret of speed at the rate of 114 miles an hour, wa reached Saturday on tbe Zoesen electric line, but over what distance is not dis closed. The length i 18 mile. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON MODERN PRUNE GRADING. drcat Progreas Ha Been Made In the Industry. The great progress that has been made In the prune industry in this state In the last few years is Indicated by the machinery which has been put in operation at the Willamette Valley Prune Association's warehouse in Salem. In one corner of the ware house stands an old-fashioned hand prune grader, of the - back-breaking type. It was capable of handling ten tons of fruit a day If a gang of men could keep It going steadily. In the center of the warehouse is a massive power grader, 42 feet long and ten feet high, the most up-to-date machine for that kind of work. Its capacity is 100 tons a day. In former years the prunes were loaded on trucks, taken up to the second floor on an elevator and emptied into the grader by men who lifted the sacks of prunes to the hopper. Now the grader stands on the third floor. A continuous chain carrying cups runs from the base ment to the top of the grader. On any floor prunes may be dumped into a hopper and they are carried up to the grader without further effort. rom the grader the prunes run through a steam process from which hey emerge Into another hopper and from this they drop into boxea all ready for packing. From start to finish manual labor is reduced to a minimum and nearly all the work is done by machinery. During the pas sage of the prunes through the grader and processor they are cleaned of all dirt, are made uniform in moisture and are placed in the boxes bright and clean. WHEAT TRADE AT STANDSTILL. No Sales On the Pendleton Market and No Shipments to Coast. The wheat market of Pendleton and vicinity Is at a complete standstill. No sales have been made for nearly a week and no shipments of moment are being made to the coast. This state of affairs was caused by the sudden decline in prices. Club Is quoted at 67 cents per bushel, while bluestem Is selling at 70 cents. This Is a drop of 5 cents per bushel on both classes of wheat. The mills had boosted the price They were just out of wheat, and If they had not paid high prices they would have been forced to shut down. Some of the mills south of here had to suspend operation! because they did not care to pay such a fancy price The mills are now well supplied and are buying but little, only In cases where there is storage room The export buyer seems out of the market. The farmers will not sell at the present quotations, and the buyers will not offer higher money, are about 900,000 bushels of wheat in the county. There unsold Never was there such keen activity among farmers in storing wheat. The buyers sa ythat about 3000 sacks are arriving in Pendleton daily, which Is 1000 sacks above the average daily delivery. This rush of wheat to the warehouses is due to farmers fearing a wet season, and also to get this work off their hands so fall seeding can be started. By the middle of next week all the grain of the country will have been placed under shelter. The weather Is Ideal for the finishing of harvest. MoBt of the grain which was standing when the recent rains came will not be threshed, but win oe cut for feed. Installing Mining Machinery. The Crystal Consolidated Mining company is at tne present lime ener getically placing machinery that nas been contracted for some time. They are now installing a 60-horse power boiler and engine and sawmill. They have also placed an order with the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco for a stamo mill. This will soon be pompleted and will be on the ground enrlv next month. The company Is also building a wagon road from the new Champion Creek road to the Mountain Won claim, a distance of 7H00 feet, the cost of this road will be ..bout 14000. This company nas lane amount of ore In sight and will run the mill continuously during the winter months. SUt Veterinary Board. The member of the Oregon state veterinary board, created at the lasl session of the Oregon legislature, win be named by Governor Chameblain In few days. The board will consist or flv romnetent nractltloners of veter inary medicine and surgery. Two of the men to be appointed will serve for a term of two year and three for a term or rour years anu aner tun first two years the term of office of term of four years and after the n member will be four years. The members serve without compensation, but receive their traveling and other expense. Selling Off Range Cattle. Some cattlemen of southeastern Oregon say the range this season is the shortest In many years, j. Franks, superintendent for J. D. Carr. one or tne cauie ins;e m ine i-wam, says they are reducing the herda on the Carr range as fast as they can And sale for the cattle. They nave already disposed of many nunarens. and there are many more to ne eoiu. notwithstanding that the management has purchased range land during the . , l a. A AAA present year costing euoui Staaghter el Pheasant. There 1 urgent need for vigorous enforcement of the game law of the state, so far a they are designed for the preservation of the Chinese pheas snt For the past five week these birds have been killed In countless number In the Willamette valley, al though the aeaion for killing of thi game does not open until Thursday. October 1. A BIQ SHEEP CENTER. Tbousanda are Loaded at Pendleton for All Parts of the West. Pendleton is one of the greatest sheep shipping centers of the Pacific slope, railroad men say. About 109, 000 sheep have been shipped from and through that point this season. A great many more will be Bhipped be lnre the winter season comes ou, as the fall movement haa just become es tablished. The O. R. ft N. reports that 300 car had been shipped from and through that point, while it was ascertained that the W. ft C. R. had handled 200 cars. The cars, as a rule, are loaded with about 240 sheep each. These shipments are much heavier now than they were last year at this me. The shipments of the entire country will greatly exceed the ship ments of last season, for the reason that there are more sheep in the country, and feed is exceptionally scarce and sheep raisers are forced sell. The season is now fairly opened and heavy shipments will con tinue for the next month or so. Most of the sheep have been ship ped to Portland on the coast and Seat tle and other Sound points, some have been shipped as far east as St. Paul. Heavy shipments have been made to California points. No rea son is assigned for this extraordinary activity, beyond the fact that a scarc ity of mutton prevails in the Utah section. Many sheep of Montana, this year, have been killed by severe storms, and there is not tne usual sup ply there. THROWS THE LAND OPEN. Effect of Ruling Relating to Timber and Stone Entrle. The ruling by the department to construe strictly the testimony taken in timber and stone entries in regard to speculation will have the effect of throwing open again a greater part of the timber land which has been en tered upon under the act of June 3, 1878, and for which patents have not been issued. There would be no pos sible way to enter the land then ex cept by those who have forest reserve lieu land script to place, ana tms would have the effect of throwing the best lands of the public ddamln into the hands of corporations which have bought up all available scrip to use for good timber lands. This is the exact result congress most desired to avoid. Only a small percentage of the entries under this act bave been made by adjacent homesteaders, who enter such lands to reserve to them- pelves and successors woodland for the future. Pokegma a Village of Tent. Southeastern Oregon can bqast of a city built entirely of tents. Pofceg ma Is the name of this unique village, which is located among the towering pines near the summit of a mountain range. It is the terminus of the Klam ath River railroad, a branch of the Southern Pacific. The branch Is con structed for a distance of 25 miles and was laid for the purpose of tap ping the timber belt of this section. People have rushed in to Becure lann and many timber locations nave al ready been made. In fact all the best of the land has been taken. State Normal School Open. The work at the State Normal at Monmouth has begun. Many studentR are In attendance and the work of get ting located is being rapidly pusnea. An unusua v large number oi new faces are appearing and the addition al facilities for the accommodation of students provided in anticipation of an increase will be fully required. As the real work of the state normal is better understood, the new stuaenis represent many who have had much experience in teaching and who come for special training. At State Agricultural College. Registration has been In progress at the Agricultural college today. The total haa reached 250. me total at the close of the first day last year was 327. There 1b a vast contingent of new Ptudents, and it Is certain now that the freshman class will be larger than usual. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 74c; blue- stem, 78c; valley, 78c. Flour Valley, $3.66(13.85 per bar rel; bard wheat straigbU, $3.76(84.10; hard wheat, patents, $4.1004. 60; graham, $3.383.75; whole wheat, $3.65(14.00; rye wheat, $4.60. Barley Feed, $19.00020.00 per ton; brewing, $21; rolled, $21311.60. Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, " $1.061.10 aer centw Millttuff Bran, $21 per ton; mid dlings, $25; shorts, $21; chop, 111; linseed dairy food, $18. Hay Timothy, $14.00 per ton; clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, nominal. Butter Fancy creamery, 25ai7Xe per pound; dairy, 18020c; store, 16 Sloe. Poultry Chicken, mixed, 129 12Xe per pound; spring, Hgic; hens, 1213c; broilers, $2.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 18312c per pound ;reesed,14315c; ducks, $4(34.60 per dozen; geeee, $56.80. Eggs Oregon ranch, 24c. Potato Oregon, 6o76e per Mck; sweet potatoes, 3e per pound. Wheat Sacks In lota of 100, Beef Groe steer, $3.76(14.25; dreeeed, 6$7c per pound. Veal 8Xe per pound. Mutton Grose, $3; dressed, 6 5Xe; lamb, gross, $3.60; dreeeed. Be. Hot Grose, $5.6035.TS; dreeeed, 8c Hope 1901 crop, Sle per pound. Wool Valley, 17018c; Eastern Oregon, 12416c; mohair, 35(JS7H.