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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1903)
v. , "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT," HOOD BIVEB, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1903. NO. 20. VOL. XV. .e 011 .ffltiMtf HOOD RIVER GLACIER I slued every Thursday by 8. P. BLVTMB A SON, Publishers. F. BIA'THE. . N. BLYTHE. Terms ol subscrtption-ll.SO year when paid Id edvauoe. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF HAILS. HOOD RIVER. The pcitoffice Is open dally between 8 a m. and 8 p. m.j Sunday rom 12 to 1 o'clock. Malls for the Kut close at 11 :ao a. m. and p.i: (or the Wett at 7 :1U a. m. and 1 :40 p. in. Mall leaves The carrier! on R. F. V. routes No. 1 and No. I leave the nostofflee at 12:) daily. Kor Mt. Hood, dally at 12:30 p. ni.; arrives, 10:90 a. m. . For ( henoweth, Wah., at 7:90 a. m. Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays; arrivea same days at 6 p. in. if,,. rtwWwnnri Wa.h.. at 7:30 a. m. Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays; arrive same For Whiti tklmou, Wash., dally at 2;45 P, m.; arrives at 11 a. in. ' WHITE SALMON. For Hood River dally at a. m.; arrive at 1.J& n n. For Husum, Trout I-eVe and Ouler, Wash., daily at 7 ;3U a. m.; arrives at 12 m. For (ilenwood, Oilmer and Fulda, Wash., dally at 7:80 a.m.; arrives at 5 p.m. ForPlneftai and Bnowden, Wash., at 11.30 a. m. Tuesdays and Saturdays; arrives same days, 10:30 a. m. For Bin en, Wash., daily at 4:45 p. m.; a rives at 8:46 a. m. SOCIETIES. mOl'RT HOOD RIVER No. 42, FORESTERS OF j AMERICA" Meets secona ana rourmmon dayi to each month In K. ol V. hall. H. J. Freiikkick, C. K. 8. F. Foots, Financial Secretary. OAK GROVE COUNCIL No. 142, ORDER OF PEN DO. Meets the Second and Fourth Fridavtoi the month. Visitors cordially wel comed. F. U. Brosiub, Counsellor. Misa Kili.ii Clark, Secretary. ORDER OF WASHINGTON. Hood River Union No. 142. meets in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Saturdays In each month, 7:80o clock. K. L. hood, rresiueut. C. U. Darin, Secretary. T AUREL REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No. JJ 87,1.0.0. F. Meets first and third rn days in each month. -Miss Edith Moor, N. Q. L. E. Mors, Secretary. niNBV POST. No. 16. G. A. R. Meets at A. j O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. ah u. a. members Invited to meet with us. W. H. Perry, Commander, T. J. Cunhino, Adjutant. nANBY W. R. C. No. 15 Meets second and I j fourth Kfttiirriavs of each month in A. O, u. W. hall at 2 p. m. Mrs. Fannie Bm.ir, Pres. IMrs. T. i. Camming, Secretary. iiiinn KivK.H I.nnoK No. 106. A. F. and A 11 II. Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. . M. yates, yv. m. C. D. Thompsom, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M.- XI MeeU third Friday uiRht of esch month. u. it. iAsinsn, a. A. B. Blowers, Secretary. . IJOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 24, O. B. 8.- 11 Meets second ana lourm juesuar eu of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Mrs. May Yates, W. M. Mrs. Mait B. Davidson, Secretary. U Meets first and third Wednesdays, work; A I.I secona ana lourm neaiienuaj. sans hall. F. C. BROsius, M. A. F. B. Barnes, Secretary. htaucOMA LODGE, No. 30, K. of P.-Meets l V r in K. of P. hall every Tuesday night. F. L. Davidsom, C. C. C. E. Himman, K.olR.&S. RIVERSIDE LODGE, No. 68, A. O. U. W. Meets first and third Saturdays of each month. F. B. Barnes, W. M. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Chester Shut, Recorder. 1DI.EWILDK LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Mtels in Fraternal hall every Thursday night. Geo. W. Thompson, N. O. J. U Henderson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 1, K. O. T. M.. meets at A. O. U, W. hall on the Brat and third Fridays of each month. Walter Gerkins, Commander. O. E. Williams, Secretary. IVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W.-Meeta first and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Kate M. Frederick, C. of It. Mine Annie Smith, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A., meets In Odd Fellows' Hall the drat and third Wednesdays of each month. J. K. REM, V. f C. U. Dakin, Clerk. LiDEN ENCAMPMENT No. 48, I. O. O. T. Pi Regular meeting second and fourtn Mon days of each month. W. O. Ash, C. P. J. L. Henderson. Bcrlb. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones; Office, Ml; residence, 04. Office in Langtlle bid. Hood River, Oregon. JR. E. T. CARN8, Dentist. Cold crowns and bridge work and ell kinds ol Up-to-Dtta Dentistry. noon RIVER OREGON L L.DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, accessor to Dr. M. P. Shaw. Calls promptly answered in town or oonntry, Telephones: Residence, 81; OffiocsS. Offloe over Everhart's Grocery. j F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 281 SURGEON O. R. A N. CO. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-AT LAW. ABSTRACTER. NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE AGENT. For 23 vears a resident of Oregon and Wash a . ' u h.d many vears czDerlenoe in heal Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of in., and azenL Satisfaction guaranteed or Do charge. pREDERICK A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Estimates 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. Abstract Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. -r C. BROSiCS, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Centra), or 121. ok linn re: 10 to 11 A. M.; J to J and 6 to 7 P. M. gUTLER 4 CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. I Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happening of too Put Week. Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Intonating to Our Many Reader. T Robert R. West, of Kentucky, baa been appointed auditor of the govern ment printing office. Walter S. CbatSeld, of Far Kocka way. a trusted express company employe, whe embeuled $8,000, baa been captured In Chicago. At a remedy for the overproduction of pigiron, the committee having the matter in band will report lor a zu per cent reduction on the output. Professor J. H. Long bai given expert testimony that the water supply of St. Louis cannot be contaminated by Chi cago sewarage tnrougn tne sannary canal. Advices receved from Kabul, Afghan istan, under date of August 13, says the cholera epidemic ii abating. Sev eral prominent persona were victims of the diaeaae. On atate'i evidence given by a con federate, ex-Deputy United States Marshal Richards, of Des Moines, la., baa been found guilty of engineering a $2,000 robbery. The gunboat Nashville haa sailed for St. Andrews island, of! the coast of Nicaragua, to inveatiagte the ill treat ment of Americana at the banda of the native employers. The ringleaders in the Servian army plot which caused the death of the king and queen have been sentenced to two years in prison, but will probably be pardoned by their ruler. The Presbytery of New York has con structed a portable church for mission work. A severe storm has swept ever the northern coast of Portugal. Sixteen fishermen were drowned. Threatened damage from forest fires in the northwestern section of Maine has been averted by heavy rain. Firebugs are striking terror to the hearts of all Harlem, N. Y. They start biases in the basements of fiats. The American steamer Sierra sailed from Sydney, H.b. W.. tor has Ban Francisco with $250,000 in gold. Ten nersons were injured, two seri. ously, in a trolley car runaway at Chi cago. A green gripman was responsi ble for the accident. The International paper company, at Rumford Falls, Me., refuses to accede in the demands of the union, and 700 men are idle. Ground has been broken at Pueblo, Colo., for an electric line from that city to Beulah Springs and across tne moun tains for a distance of SO miles. The city of Dresden will establish i borne 'or drunkards. Anarchists are said to have formu tated a pain to assassinate the sultan f Turkey. The Chlcaeo university desires grant to expioie in Babylonia and not Babylon as previouBiv announced. Skilled mechanics in the New York building trades to the number of 1,000.- 000 will form a gigantic com Dine At New Haven. Conn., a test will be merle to ascertain the minimum amount el food requited for the maintenance of health A tWHn trolley car company baa succeeded in running its cars 117 miles per hour and hopes to attain a speed of 125 miles. A N York ladee ordered a father ta whin his W-vear-old aaugnier in ronrt. She had confessed to stealing small articles. The Oretton branch of the Masonic Knights Templar met in Albany this year and a lively time had by all. The following officers were elected : George H. Hill, of Portland, grand commanu. er: L. N. Roney, of Eugene, deputy grand commander; D. C. Alger, of Al bant, grand generalissimo; George H Rnrnatt. of Ha eui. grand captain ku' eral: F. J. Miller, of Albany, grand senior warden: t. A. fame, oinugene rrand iunior warden: B. U. White- boom, of Portland, grana treasurer James F. Robinson, of Eugene, grand recorder. The centennial ef the founding Chicago was celebrated by the burning of much red fire and other tire worse The Warner livestock company bas hen awarded land in dispute with sauatters. by Secretary Hitchcock The land Is in Eastern uregon aiong the .edge of Warner lake and has been In controversy lor aoout zu years. Turkey ha appointed a commission to Inaugurate reforms in Macedonia. Receiver Scobey of the Olympia land office is cnarged with being absent without leave. At Sanger. Cel., a clevet thief sub stituted a brick for $1,600 in coin. T. Manuel Hermann, biothei of the Oregon congTeseman baa resigned from offie la tha pension service. Great pressure) ia being brought to bear to hire Lord MUner reconsider his refusal tc eater the British caoinet. Premier Balfour holds that the best aaitttlosi ol tha Balkan problem Is for tha powari to support a Russo-Auatrian 0RBATTIUMPIIFOAEKK. RULUS y f I Tell of the Stamping Out of I Wilson Foot and Houtb Disease. Washington, Oct. 1. Secretary Wil son said today that the receipt through th ta.te dnnartment. of an official no tice that Great Britain had removed Its Ha and sheen from the New England ports was the conclusion f tin irrnat work in which the depart ment had been engaged since September 1 for the eradication of foot and mouth disease from the New England -elates. Ihe secretary regards this as the most important and valnable piece of work the department has done for American agriculture. "No country." he said, "beiore naa succeeded in stamping out such an ex- tensive outbreak o tnis ujeonw. inspectors auu tuoir dojdiu.o ohliired to work in the open country w th the thermometer lar Deiow sero. Some of the men had their extremities frnn and were disabled. It is dim- Atllf DDAfi tat. this Hm. to understand how' the pita were dug in the frozen rrniinrl fnr hnrvini? the carcasses, and how the disinfectants were applied with everything of a liquid nature frose in short time alter it was exposed to iha .tmnoT.horn. Bnt the work was so thorough that not in a single case wham th diainfection was conducted thA dnartmnta representatives did the disease reoc-nr when fresh cat- tie were introduced.' YUKON ROAD CRIBS HALT. impossible to Qet All Freight Through Now In Sight. Vinnr.nvr. B. C. Oct. 1. So con- vinrl r official of the White PasB Yukon route that they cannot land in Dawson all the freight which is now at White Horse and on the way there from Vancouver and Puget sound ports that they today notified connecting iina.nl rhn BArinnnnARs of the situation, TBlfio-rnnhic advises to the represents- tives of connecting lines were today rir. out end thev were in effect that no more perishable freight billed beyond White Horse would be receives. Notification was also made that per-1 ishableor any other kind ol lreignt which had not been billed- to JJawson I prior to September 1 would be held in and Frenchmen, the latter perhaps the tntt M Natobovitch is going o Con the warehouse at White Horse only at hardest of all to hindle. All have Btantinople in the capacity of Bulearlan the risk of the shipper. Uonnectmg ines were notified that as regards ship ments now on the way to the coast from the East and destined for the Yukon, shippers had better be notified aa to the conditions existing and informed that their goods would be probably held up .. . I 1 . U U I HM. I this winter at White Horse. SAD PLWHT OF INDIANS. Strong Drink Is Causing the impover ishment of the Puyallups. Washington. Oct. 1. The first re Hanrv V. Mfltnn on the Puyal ....... I Tacoma. Wash., seems to indicate a I deplorable condition. The granting to the Indians of full power to sen tneir , . L - I V- .n.lrn.l mAal Avil. The Indians, it is said, will sell " Klrlhrioht fnr tha nr ct of a few drinks, and even the boys and the girls nks, and even the boys and the g ris alleged to be acquiring the drink lit Drunkenness, according to Lis- s reports, prevails to a shocking de- are habit. ton gree. Liston nrees congress to taxe away frorr the Indians the right to sell prop' erty, the proceeds ol wnicn are now WIDE OHM W OUreusao siwiuuuv iiiuiu- lants of tne most vile sort. Some maon. .Iinnlrl h HflV sed. Mr. L StOn ..,BM.t. o nrev.nl the utter imoover- ishmnet and destruction of the Puyal "rSv-"I I . a A a lups through strong drink. CATTLE MAY CROSS PARK Craler Lake Rout to Range. However, Will be Closed Thl Year, Washington. Oct. 1. The supeiin tendent of the Crater lake park at Kla math Falls, was today advised to per mit Al Melhase. of Fort Klamath, to drive 2.000 sheen over the public park to the tort Klamath winter leeaing ground not later than October 14. In the same letter, the superintendent was aualn advised to warn cattlemen in l,.t w.iinn that annh rmrmitil will not be issued during the season of 1904. ti.. ;nt.nr iAMrkmnt ia emnhatic in ,UB L DV-.vu " " I stating that ether means will have to ka AikvtaaA in fntnrA for driving cattle tend from the several ranges than across this section of the reserved pub- lie domain. Navy Issue Ultimatum to Shipyard. Washington, Oct. 1. The navy de partment has sbnmitted to the Crescent shipbuilding company, of Eluabetb- nnrt. n. j.. tne conaiuons uu wmtu the orders cancelling tbe contracts for the cruiser Chattanooga and the torpedo boats O'Brien ana mcnoison win ue revoked, inese cooaiuou. . - confidential cnaracier, Dui ii.yu.v- almost immediately and its n-Nll III LI HUH V. - progr!!' without interruption. The represent tivea of the company hava asked leu days to consider Jthe conditions. Treaty In His Hands. New York. Oct. 1. A dispatch ra- iwimid from Colon by a newspaper in this city says advices received hers frn-.n Bogota are to the effect that the Colombian congress has passed a law authorising the president to conclude a tnal treaty with the United 6tatea on a certain basis without th approval 01 mnirrees. Representatives in this country of tbe Colcmbian government bave received no information on th subject tbua tar, D.nnrt Fin of Tla Ore. I... rw 1 a inft.fsw.t ' ledge ot tin ore is reported to have " j; j V ... "TkdTstrlcrTf CaW ilWM. 1eiAllA "' - .(..- -.f . .1 a n 1 mamm ah r may prove tbe treatest known any DISCHARGED S00 WORKMEN RESORT TO SERIOUS R10TINQ. Men Were Promised Wages But Were Not Paid Everything Moveable In Office of Mining Company Is Des troyed and the Street Cars Charged Upon and Tied Up. are Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 80.-- The Canadian Soo baa been the scene 0f serious rioting hy tne discharged em pjoyea 0j tne Consolidated Lake Super- ,or 0omnanv all dav and -tonight the situation i yerv grave, irouoie came wnen tne cuiupenj puv the men off the premises when they tie- manded their promi'ed pay. ihe lanor Inro broke away from all restraint tue large force of special police could exert, and smashed every window in the mag- niflcent building of the company in the Canadian Soo, charged puon the street cars ana aemimwu iui m hiuuuwh and motormen join them, ana were only prevented from doing further dam age by a ciever ruse of one of the com oanv'a officials, who turned in a nre alarm to divert attention. ;mZiJ In the assault upon the office build ing by the mob early this afternoon, troops, the frensied rioters secured pos- session of the ground floor of the build- ingj destroying everything movable that came in their path. A crowa oi the office staff, with drawn revolvers, prevented their gaining access to tne upper floors cf the building. Thearrlval ol troops on the ground armed with ball cartrides about 2 0 clock this afternoon servea to restore some semblance of order. The rioters then contented themselves with throw ma stones at the building ana nurnng invectives at the soldiers, who estab- lishedla "dead line" sna preventea any approacn towaia ra. ouuuiug oy i . i ii i :i J! tw any of the rioters, The greatest numoer oi me men are ignorant Italians, J-inns, ogn been drinking heavily. DYNAMITERS WANT MONEY. s 50,000 From Northern Pacific , immunity From Outrage. ' I Helena, Mont., Sept. 80.-It has de- ' ' 1 r I veloped that Ihe resent attempts to dy- namite bridges abd track on the line cf the Northern Pacific between Livings- . a M!ni. ,r t f,fhr.n of . -I-. . ..11..0 Nimn.ni tn r'v . I pay Uk,UVV IV IIUUIUUill ..vu. v nnfrAtTAB August the company r: - - r JJ'r jA k. nA QUI WTOU WUJHWIiW .VUt. w " " " ...fT ",. I a,!.. amsI ahA w at ltOll THfl WSB 1 1. m""ui "uu "t " road bridge at Livingston was partially r 7 "d SyAnSiSn- eman VndeT a pass'nii P'ofed near Bozeman under a passing train Other letters followed, and the dyna miters proposed that the company pay 150.000 and if it acceeded to the de. maud it was to carry a white flag on .11 a 1 J D..i.,h. engine hauling train, and September " w l run . ..gm migii W Missouia, ana at a poin. ou me -u was to atop on signal, and an agent of the comDanv was to pay over the money. The company, hoping to eaten tne men, put out the white flags and on the night agreed upon ran the light engine Behind it followed another engine pun inn two cars, une was nueu wim n Sll - J l.U armed sheriffs and deputies and the other contained norses ana oiuuu hounds. The run was made from Butte to Missoula, but there was no signal, and it was thought the men had been scared off. Soon after, the letters began to ar rive again, the dynamiters making th same demand and telling the rauroaa I , n 11 it agreea 10 tne terms to pus mo nag Ion the engines. This the railroad I company has not done and in the past two weeks there have been four at tempts to carnage me una oy me uee of dynamite Firebug at 1904 Fair. St. Louis, Sept. 30. It i believed that an attempt was made late last night to burn the agricultural building at the world's fair, one of the largest exhibit structures now in the course cf erection there. About 10 o'clock one nf Jefferson guards'observed a man lctln .Ugpiciously about tbe building. He mpted to arrest tne man, who .gcaped, although several snots were fired at him. Guards thoroughly In- spected the building and near one of the walls found straw and kindling material with oil. "Jack the Ripper" at Work. 'New York. Sept. 30. With the" dis covery" 01 tne oouj u. uuj yor old on '.the bulkheads at Catherine street and cast river touay, me ponce are confronted with evidence of a crime that recalls the deeds of "Jack the Ripper." Marks on tha boy's body shows that be had been cruelly mal - traeted. and both the polios and core- ... am aAtiaSed tbst be was murdered. j Tner- Bre evidence that a woman was! nrted with the crime, tnoiersi suu I am. y ?, Oft . DnlV aU. lien iua. rv tww wj plague ana coo.- w T.n a eeanort 60 miles east of Tien A 1 annus iiiw vmmw - 1 - ; . , . ,, .., - towns ot sooner tare not yet effected. Forestry Official Find Reserve Are Now Wanted. Washington, Sept. 30. "Contrary to what appears to be a popular belief, there is a steadily growing sentiment among tne people of Oregon in favor of forest reserves," said H. D. Langille, the Oregon man who is now forest in spector in the bureau of forsstry, and who haa just returned from a summer spent in examining lands that have been withdrawn in that state. I spent a large part of the summer conferring with people living in the vi cinity of various withdrawals," he continued, "and I find they generally indorse the reserve policy, and want more reserves established in Oregon. I talked to farmers, to lumbermen, to stockmen, and, in fact, to all classes, and the overwhelminhg sentiment fav orable to the reserve policy was very gratifying." Mr. Langille spent several weeks in the Kogue river country and the re mainder of the season in the vicinity of the other withdrawals in Oregon, save that in the Blue mountains, which he visited a year ago. In Southwestern Oregon he found the people divided, half favoring a reserve, ball opposing. In Eastern Oregon, the sentiment was strongly in favor ol new reserves at all localities where withdrawals have been made. He believes the examinations made this year by the various representatives ff the bureau of forestry who have been Oregon will furnish sufficient , data lu gmuo lue swrowrj ui iua luirriui iu marking the boundaries of the proposed now reserves, WAR CLOUDS LIFT. Bulgaria Takes New Hope In Macedonia Porte Lessens Apprehensions. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 30. The situ ation here is much brighter today, and the war clouds appear to have lifted. The porte's assurance that the 82 oat talions recently ordered to proceed from Monastir to Adrianople will not be moved has lessened the apprehensions of tne Balaarian government. Further th fact Mtisfaction is derived from diplomatic agent. He conducted the nogotians with the porte last June, and after their failure returned to Sofia. Tha committee anoointed for the Pur pose at the time of yesterday's demon- stration of 15,000 Macedonians in this ""J ,. .T . . an A mmirmA Kim If tha anvAinmnnr in. . . , . , n 1 tii Cf , 1 ten(led t0 do anytlsins to help the Mac- edonians. M. Petroff replied the min- istry was acting in what it conceived to be the best interests of Bulgaria, and would continue the same policy. The anALaaM,i, n fhA fimmlHA. tnM T.n A - ... . , . .... premier 1110 xopj j nvuiu uu. uv muui.r ory to the people, and the committee thereupon withdrew. The Dnevnik, commenting on the situation, say a: 'Although the Bulgarians remain quiet, it is not a true indication of the national feelings, but it is owing to the approaching elections." The paper adds it will "not be long before everybody will try to force to f k u n MAD RUSH TO DEATH. South Carolina Train Strikes Curve at Very High Speed, ' Charlotte, S. C, Sept. SO. While running at a high rate of speed, a south-bound fast mail train on the Southern Railway jumped from a tres- tie 75 feet high, north of Nanvilie, W Va., this afternoon and was almost de molished. Of the crew ot l men, in cluding mail carriers, nine were killed and seven injured. The trestle where the accident oc- cnrre(j is 600 feet long and is on a sharp curve. Engineer Brodie, who waa a new man on that division, came to the curve at high speed. The locomotive bad only gone about 50 feet when it sprang from the track, carrying with it four mail cars and an express car. The trestle, a wroden structure, also gave way for a space 01 50 feet. At the foot of the trestle is a shallow stream with a rocky bottom. Striking this, the locomotive and cars were reduced to a mass of twisted Iron and steel and pieces of splintered wood. All the dead men were mutilated. No one on any of the cais nad'made an -ffn,. a lamp, and the bodies of all those killed were found in the wiecx age of the different ears to which tney bad been enraged. A crowd soon gath red. Some women among them I fainted at sight of the crushed bodies. All the express matter in the express car waa destroyed. Threatened Strike ot Coal Miner. .ltooM. p. Sept. SO.-Presldent ...,w A;ia.w i niatrirt No. 2. Unitea Mineworkers, Is authority for tha statement that a strike of tbe 15,- 000 men employed by the Pennsyl vania Coal & Coke company, tbe new. ly formed soft coal combination in tbe central Pennsylvania Held, is threat ened. He ha given tbe officials until October S to agree to carry out the pro visions of tha Altoona scale. Thomas Watklns, wha was a member of the Antbiacite Arbitration Commission, i y ice-president of tne company, l Caaal Board Has N Hope. I k York. SadL 30. A Colombian senator who appears to have reliable information says, according to alien id dispatch from Bogota, that the corn. mission appointed to draft a new prop osition for a Panama canal will report it to be useless. Tha senate will ex amine the legality of the canal com tract of Maneinl Caldron before taking any new action on tbe canal propo sition. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON VALUES ARE HIGHER. Taxable Property of State Is Worth About $175,000,000. From what can be learned in unoffi cial advices from different counties of the Btate, it seems probable that the total value of the taxable property of the state as shown by the assessment recently completed will be in the neighborhood of $175,000,000. This will be in round numbers $25,000,000 greater than last year. From K'inoet every county comes the report that valuations are being ad vanced and that new property is being added to the assessment rolls, so that the total increase for the entire state will be large. The highest assessment ever made in Oregon was that of 1893, when the total valuation was over $168,000,000. The valuation had grown to that sum by steady advances from $84,000,000 in 1887. From 1893 onward the counties began to vie with each other in reduc ing assessments in order to escape a portion of the burden of state taxes, j The state taxes weie apportioned among the counties in proportion to the as sessed valuation and as each county controlled its own assessment it, could gain something by reduction. In 1900 this process of reduction had brought the total assessed valuation down to 1117,000,000. In order to put a stop to this rivalry in reducing assessments the legislature of 1901 passed an act providing that state taxe 1 shall be apportioned among the counties at a fixed ratio. The ben eficial results of this change were seen the first year, for the total assessment that year was $141,000,000, and in 1902 it bad grown to over $148,000,000. If it shall reach $175,000,000 this year, as now Beems probable, the valuation will then be the highest in the history of the state. ' . Nearly all of the advance indicated this year could have been made upon timber lands without placing an nnjuat valuation upon that class of proprety. In nearly all the counties where there is a considerable area of timber, land subject to assessment, increased valua tions have been made this year. In cities, where both business and resi dence property has found ready rental at satisfactory rates, the valuations have been put up. Reports received from various sources indicate that the valuation of larm property baa not been radicaly in creased, but only in accordance with improvements made. BOUQHT BY EASTERN MEN. Cornucopia Qroup pf Mines In Eastern Oregon Sold for $600,000. A telegram received at Baker City by Lack & Schmits from Trenton, N J., announcing the incorporation of the Cornucopia mines of Oregon company, with a capital stock of $5,000,000. This announcement closes one of the largest mine deals ever consummated in Oregon. It involves the purchase of the famous Cornucopia mine in the extreme northeastern portion of Baker county, which is included in the Union Companion group, the Red Jacket, the Last Chance and 15 other patented claims, together with the mills, trill sites and extensive water rights. This property belonged to the J. E. Searles bankrupt estate. The price paid for the' mining property was $600,000 cash. These mines have been worked since 1885 with varying success, owing the leng distance from railroad transportation, all ore and supplies having to be hauled a distance of 55 miles over a difficult mountain road. A portion of the ore is very rich, while there is a great quantity of low grade ore, which it win not pay to transport bv team. It is understood that one 01 tne nrst moves of the new company will be the construction of a railroad from Baker City to the mine. A tnnnel over one mile ions has been surveyed lor tne purpose of opening up all of the claims, Bernard McDonald haa been appointed general manager and has taken posses sion for the new owners. Will Cut Much Timber, Mayor F. T. Kane and E. J. H bert. of Forest Grove, have puicbased 50,000,000 feet of yellow fir Umber north of Forest Orove and will at once put in a camp of 35 men getting out logs to fill the 75,00,000 which they have contracted to deliver each year to W. II. Lyda, who will at once move his mill to tbe Bellinger bridge on Dairy creek, three miles north of town, where there is a good pond with a storage ca pacity of 3,000,000 feet. The first de livery of logs will be made early in De cember. Cattle Will Have No Feed. Tbe most disastrous fire that haa ever occurred in the hayftelde of Lake coun ty ragel in tbe lower Chewaucan marsh, 30 miles norm of Latevtew. At least 7,000 tons of bay In the stack and in buncbes in tbe field bas been destroyed. Tbe loss is not only the hay, but the pasture for fall feeding will be completely ruined. Tba hay is valuab'e at $5 to $8 per ton. making tbe loss close to $75,000. The settlers fought bard to put aut the fire. Working ea Milk Condenser. Word bas been received at Hillsboro that work on tbe condenser machinery is progressing rapidly in the East, and will be ready for shipment in a tew weeks. Tb engine bonse is now In closed and work will commence on the main building next week. It ia ex pected that Ue company will be ready to receive milk by tha first of tha year or soon thereafter. COMMISSION THE JUDGE. Spending of Lewis and Clark Fund la Its Hand. Attorney General Crawford has ren dered an opinion at the request of Sec retary of State Dunbar in which ha holds that the state commission for tha expenditure of the $500,000 appropriat ed for the Lewis and Clark fair, must, to a great extent, if not entirely, be the judge of what expendituers are author ized to no made oy them. This question was presented by the incurring of an expense of $2.50 for printing a resolution presented to tha Irans-Miesissippi congress requesting an appropriation from the national congress in aid of the Lewis and Clark fair. The secretary of state was in doubt whether the commission could use the fair appropriation in trying to get other appropriations, and referred the matter to the attorney general, with the result above stated. Judge Crawford says, among other things, that neither the title nor tha body of the Lewis and Clark fair act attempts particularly to define the pow ers and duties of the commission, but in every instance confers a general pow er to carry out the purposes for which it was created. W. C. T. U. CONVENTION. Called lor October 20-23 at Salem Rates for Delegates. The state convention of tbe woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet n Salem, October 20 to 23, inclusive. fine progiam will ocenpy the time from the evening of the 20th, Tuesday, until tbe close. Miss Lillian E. Phelps, of Canada, a woman of fine rep utation, is to be the principal speaker. A gold medal contest will take place one evening. All persons wearing the C. T. U. or Demorest gold medal will be peimitted to enter this contest. Send the name, with age and title ol selection to be used at this contest to tha state president, Mrs. Helen D. Hartford, Newberg, Or., at once, so that the contestant can be notified of date of contest and the rules governing. Rates will be granted those who at tend. Delegates will bs entertained. Visitors can secure reduction in board by writing to the secretary ot Salem union, Mrs. ClarkBon Reynolds. ' Addition to College Fsrm. The purchase of 20 acres of land to be added to the Oregon argicultural college farm is understood to have been practically consummated. The transfer has not been made, but the de tails bave been agre-d to by the build ing committee of the board and tha owner of the property. The land ad orns the present holdings, of the col lege, lying partly south of the college campus and east of tbe farm. The price paid 1 $6,000, or $300 per acre, which is regarded as very low, consid ering the location. Bored Through Rock for Water. A well 170 feet deep, 162 feet of which penetrates solid rock, and con taining an inexhaustible supply of water of the depth of 25 feet, exists at Stafford, Clackamas county. Lee Bros., of Canby have just finished boring the well on Sharp Bros. farm. An attempt to pomp the well dry proved futile. This is the tenth attempt tbe Sharp Bros, have made to reach water on their farm that would supply necessary water for farming purposes. Plenty of Water at Agricultural. A complete and copious water supply for the many buildings on the argicul tural college grounds is now secure. Four wells of two-inch pipe, sunk re spectively at 89, 116, 121 and 125 feet afford a stream four inches in diameter that cannot be exhausted by constant pumping. Tbe capacity is 2,000 gal lons per hour, ample for use in the buildings. A supply for tbe grounds la a need of the future. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 73c; blue stem, 77c; valley, 77c. Flour Valley, $3.76(83.85 per bar rel; bard wheat straights, $3.75(14.10; bard wheat, patents, $4.20(34.60; graham, $3.S5i3.75; whole wheat, $3.56(34.00: rye wheat, $4.60. Barley Feed, $19.0020.00per toa; brewing, $21; rolled, $21(821.50. Oats No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, $1.00(31.05 per cental. Millatuffa Bran, $20 per ton; mid dlings, $14; shorts, $20; chop, $11; linseed dairy food, $19. Hay Timothy, $15.00 per tan; clover, nominal; grain, $10; cheat, a aninal. Butter Fancy creamery, 253J7Xe per pound; dairy, 18320c; store. It 18o. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11(3 HXe per pound; spring, 12)(913c; hens, 11(1 12c; broilers, $1.76 par doten; turkeys, live, 14016c per pound ;dressed,16 18c; ducks, $66.Pfl per dozen ; geess, $6(37.00. Eggs Oregon raach, 14c. Potatoes Oregon, 65475c par sack; sweet potatoes, te per poand. Beet Gross steers, $3. 75(34. IS; dressed, 6(3 7c par poand. Veal 8c per pound. Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, IsJ tie; lambs, gross, $3.50; dresses), (a. Hogs-Gross, $6.60(35.76; d reeved, le. Tallow Prima, per pound, 4fl; He. and grease, IXdJe, Hop 1903 crop, Hf25e per pertad. 1902 crop 10(? Jlc. Wool Valley, 17018c; Eastern Oregon, 1215c; mohair, S50I7X nnnn RIVER. . OREGON. agreement. where are not grVea.