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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1903)
1TS A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." IIOOD BIVEB, OREGON, THUKSDAY, OCTOBER 21), 1903. VOL. XV. Na 24. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Iraned every Thursday by S. F. BLYTHE SON, Publleher. 8. F. BLYTHE. E. N. BLYTHE. Term, ol ulwcrlption $1.69 a year when paid In advance. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF HAILS. HOOD RIVER. The pratoffice la open dally between lam. ai d 8 p. m.; Sunday rom 12 to 1 o'clock. Mailt 1 r the East clone at ll:8ua. m. and 9 p. m; lor the Weal at 7:1U a. m. andl:4t)p.m. Mailleavee The carriem on K. F. 1). route No. 1 and No. 2 leave the poHtotrW'e at 12:!) daily. For Mt. Hood, daily at li:M p. m.; arrivea, 10::i a. m. KorChenoweth, Wash., at 7:30 a. m. Tuea daya, Ta ursdaj-iand Haturdeya; arrive! aauie daya at 6 p. m. For Underwood, Wash., at 7:30 a. m. Tuea daya, Thurnriaya and Haturdaya; arrivea tame days at 6 p. m. For White Salmon, Wash., dally at 2:46 p, m.; arrivea at 11 a. m. WHITE SALMON. For noofl River dally at a. m. ; arrivea t 4:46 p. m. For Hustim, Trout Lake and Outer, Waah., dally at 7 :ao a. m. ; arrives at U m. For Glenwood, Gilmer and Fulda, Wash., dally at 7:80 a. m.; arrivea at 6 p. m. ForPinerlat and Snowden, Wash., at 11:30 a. m. Tuesdays and Haturdaya; arrivea tame days, 10:80 a. in. For Bin en, Wash., daily at 4:45 p. m.; ar rives at 8:46 a. m. BOCIKTIE4. flOl'KT HOOD RIVER No. 42, FORESTERS OF I; AM ERIC AMeets second and Fourth Mon days in each month in K, of P. hall. 11. J. Frederick, C, R. 8. F. Fours, Financial Secretary. AK GROVE COUNCIL No. 142, ORDER OF U PEN DO. Meets the Second and Fourth Frldavs oi the month. Visitors cordially wel comed. F. U. Brohius, Counsellor, Mis Nellie Clark, Secretary. RDERF-WASHINGTON. - Hood River Union No. 142, meets in Odd Fellows' hall second and fourth Saturdaya in each month, 7:110 o'clock. E. L. Rood, President. C. U. Dakin, Secretary. IAl'REI. REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No. I 87, 1. 0. O. F.-Meeta first and third Frl ays in each month. Mim Edith Moore, N. O. L. E. Morse, Secretary. nANBY POST, No. 16, O. A. R.-MeetsatA. 1 O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturda; of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All U. A. ft members invited to meet with us. W. II. Perry, Commander, T. J. Cunning, Adjutant. 0, ANBY W. R. C, No. 16 Meets second and fourth Saturdays of each month in A. o, u. W. hall at 2 p. m. Mrs. Fannie Bailey, Prea, II kk. T. J. Canning, Secretary. HOOD RIVER LODGE No. 105, A. F. and A M. Meela Saturday evening on or before each full moon. Wh. M. Yates. W. M. C. D. Thompson, Secretary. OOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M. Meets third Friday meat of eacn monto. G. R. Cabtner. H. P. A. 8. Blowers, Secretary. MOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 26, O. K. 8. 11 Meeta second and fourth Tuesday even liigi of each month. Visitors cordially wel comed. Mrs. Mat Yates, W. M. Mrs. Mart B. Davidson, Secretary. 0LETA ASSEMBLY No. 10S. United Artisans, Meets first and third Wedneedaye, work; second and fourth Wednesday social: Arti sans hall. F. C. Brush's, M. A. F. B. Barnes, Secretary. TIT AUCOMA LODGE, No. 80, K. of P. Meets In K. of P. hall every Tuesday night. ry luesoay nigm. F. L. Davidson, C. C. r. i4. C. E. Hemhan, K. of R. A a RIVERSIDE LODGE, No. 8, A. O. U, W. Meeu first and third Saturdays of each month. F. B. Barnes, W. M. E. R. Bradley, Financier. Chester Shuts, Recorder. IDI.EWII.DK LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meeta iu Fraternal hall every Thursday night. Geo. W. Thompson, N. G. J. L. Henderson, Secretary. HOOD RIVER TENT, No. 19, K. O. T. M., meets at A. O. U. W. hall ou the first and third Frldayaof each month. Walter Gkhkino, Commander. 0. E. Williams, Secretary. RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 40, DEORBB OF HONOR, A. O. U. W. -Meets first and third Saturdays at 8 P. M. Kate M. Frederick, C. of H, Miss Annie Smith, Recorder. HOOD RIVER CAMP, No. 7,703. M. W. A., meets in Odd Fellows' Hall the first and third W ednesdays of each month. 1. R. Rkes, V. C. C. U. Dakin, Clerk. J.iDEN ENCAMPMENT No. 48, I. O. O. F. 'j Regular meeting second and fourth Mon tya of each month. W. O. Ash, C. P. J. L. Henderson, Scribe. 1 II. JENKINS, D. M. D. DENTIST. Specialist on Crown and Bridge Work. Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 94. Office over Bank Bldg. Hood River, Oregon JjR. E. T.CARN8. Dentist. Cold crowns and bridge work and all kind; of Up-to-Data Dentistry. HOOD RIVER OREGON H. 1.. DUMBLE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Successor to Dr. M. F. Shaw. Calls promptly answered In town or conn try, r Day or Night. Telephones: Residence, 611; Office, 613. Office over Reed's Grocery. j F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Telephones: Office, 281 ; residence, 281 SURGEON O. R. Jk N. CO. JOHN L ELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-ATLAW. ABSTRACTER, NO 1ARY PUBLIC and REAL ESTATE, AGENT. For yeara a resident of Oregon and Wash ington. Has had many years eiperlenoa la i .t.i. m. tiers, as abstractor, searcher of titles and agent, benefaction guaranteed or no charge. pREDERICK. A ARNOLD CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. V.timatei furnished lor all kinds ol work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds of shop work. r-hop on State Street, between First and becond. A.JAYNE. LAWYER. Abstracts Furnished. Money Loaned. Hood River, Oregon. p C. BR0S1US, M. D. " PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.5 J to and 6 to 7 P. M. gUTLEl iR k CO., BANKERS. Do a general bankine, basins. lrnon RIVER. OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive) Review ol the import ant Happening of the Peat Week, Presented la Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Headers. Spanish strikers at Bilbao, now num bering 40,000, have resorted to rioting. An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate President Diaz, of Mex ico. A run on three St. Louis savings banks was started by false rumors, but all easily paid deposits. Three steamers have arrived at Seat tle bringing half a million in gold and 1,500 passengers from Nome. The president of the Armenian revo lutionary society in London, has been assassinated by political enemies. Robbers at Lead, 8. D., chloroformed an aged couple for the purpose of rob bery, but were unsuccessful. The old people will die. The president of the American health association declares that the way to secure sanitary reform is to enlist the support of union labor. Mabel II. Bechtel, aged 21 years, was assaulted, then murdered, at Allen- town, Pa., and her body put in an underground alley near her home. The Russo-Japanese convention has been approved by the czar. The first cold spell of the winter has struck New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Turkish ministers have advised the porte u reject portions of the Maceon ian reform plan - of Russia and Aus tria. Rear Admiral Bowles, chief of con struction and repairs, has resigned to become the head of a shipbuilding com pany. Receiver Asa B. Thomson, of the La Grande land office, may be removed as a result of an indictment by the federal grand jury. Congressman Hermann is placed in a bad light in the Oregon land frauds. It is claimed that he could have pre vented many of them. Eleven states will hold elections No vember 2. Massachusetts, Rhode Is land, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa and Mississippi will elect full state tickets and the others minor omciais. Attorney Folk, of St. Louis, has an nounced his candidacy for governor. An attachment has been issued against Dowie for $1,050 on the claim of a lawyer. The king of Spain has abandoned his trip to Rome because the pope will not receive him. The robbers who looted the Burrton, Kan., bank have been captured and the money recovered. The Russo-Austrian reform plan for the Balkans contains several proposals objectionable to the porte. Sir Henrv Mortimer, British ambas- ador at Madrid, has been appointed to Gil the vacant post at Washington. Fallimi rock in the New York sub way caught about a score of workmen. At least 17 are believed w be aeau. Senator Fulton favors dropping the Panama canal route and taking up Nic aragua wltn a view to expeuiwiig wai ters. The converted transport Grant is completed. She will test her pumps on the San Francisco bar ana ineu come to the Columbia bar for active work. Both Russia and Japan are steadily preparing for war. William F. Lackv. of London, a noted historian, is dead. Ninnramia has appointed a commis sion for the St. Louis 1904 fair. Cautain E. M. Johnson, of the regu lar army, will likely be detailed to in struct the Oregon national guard. rwi has left New York. He and him familv denarted in the night for Boston without making any annonuoo- ment of hit leaving. Land frauds will prompt President Roosevelt to ask congress to give con trol of reserves into the hands of the forestry bureau exclusively. It is said that Sir Henry Durand, British ambassador at Madrid, will be appointed to succeed the late Sir Mich ael Herbert at Washington. A New York street car jumped the tnu-k on a curve and caught fire from th third rail. All of the 60 passeng ers were severely bruised but escaped fatal injuries. RuMO-Japanese negotiations are again at a standstill. The umpire in the Vsnexuelan arbi tration case has decided mat tnat conn try baa no right to collect local taxes twice. Russo-Japanese negotiation! have taken a leas favorable turn. One re port goes so far tt to say war baa been declared. Yellow fever is spreading in Texas bmi. The state and federal autnon ties have taken charge of the situation at San Antonio. Three bandit broke open the bank safe at Burrton, Kan., and secured be tween 11.000 and 12,000 in currency besides several sacks of coin. AdAIN IN FLAMES. Aberdeen's Surviving Building Burn Flrcmea are Helpless. Aberdeen, AVash., Oct. 28, 3 A. M. A fire, which promises to equal in magnitude the recent holocaust which destroyed the major portion of the business part of Aberdeen, is now rag ing, and the fire department is wholly unable to cope with it. At an early hour this mroning fire was discovered in the center f the Commercial block. With indescriba ble rapidity it has spread to the Glasgow block, the postoflice, the Becker block and the Y. M. C. A. building, all of which are now a mass of flames. The fire department is utterly power less to stay the progress of the flames, which the wind is fast driving toward the unburned portion of the town. The Commercial block contained 10 stores, besides several which opened temporary quarters there after the re cent fire. The Glasgow block contained eight stores. (Seven business blocks of Aberdeen were destroyed by a fire that broke out on the morning ol uctooer 10 aim burned nntil 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The blaze started in a rookery called the Mock building, where men cooked their meals over gasoline stoves. Four men lost their lives and a half dozen . . .1 i were more or less seriously lnjurcu. The loss was determined to be about $700,000.) APPEAL TO RED CROSS FOR AID. nacedonlans Ask Clara Barton to Re llcve Their Distress. AVashington, Oct. 29. Macedonia's plea for aid in her distress was placed before Miss Clara Barton, the head of the Red Cross society, today. Con- stantine Stephanov, the special Mace- Ionian delegate, told Miss Barton of the urgency of the situation and begged her to take immediate action to lnnure the forwarding of Red Cross relief to Macedonia. Mitts Barton asked for de tailed information as to the character and scope of the aid needed, and said: "The Red Cross feels that it would be a humane and noble thing for the American people to undertake to re lieve the suffering in Macedonia. Such a thing would be in keeping with American tradition in other exigencies. The situation, in view of the approach of winter, would seem to require a sys tematic, substantial and immediate effort on the part of the people general ly. Diplomatically the problem would be an extremely delicate one, and would require'diHcretion and experience for its successful solution." CHINOOK IS HER NAME. Transformed Grant I Flnlsned and Re- christened. San Francisco, Oct. 29. The last bolt has been driven in the big dredge Grant, or rather Chinook, as she is now called, for the gigantic craft was remarried to the deep seas yesterday and with the ceremony came change of name. Captain Sanford, of the U. S. A. en gineering corps, lias arrived ai vauejo and will superintend tests to be made on San Francisco bar before taking the dredge to the Colubmia river, where lies her special held ot duty, inese tests will be made today and if the Chinook is pronounced satisfactory she will immediately proceed to the Co lumbia river. That she will work without a hitch is the opinion of Captain Sanford, who looked her over caretuny and ex pressed the belief that she is admir ably fitted to perform the task laid out for her. The Chinook has been already a bet ter invesvment than the government figured on, for estimates show that a large part of the sum appropriated for the work of reconstructing her will be returned to the navy department. Railroad Won't Cut Wages. New York, Oct. 29. Emphatic de nial is made here by representatives of apvpral imnortant Western railroads to widely circulated rumors that a con certed effort was to be made by West em roads to reduce wages. The opin ion was generally expressed that no such plan was under consideration, and in some quarters that sucn a move would not lie feasible. Reduction in expenses are being made by the AVest ern roads in common with those in other parts of the country, but by re duction in shop expenses. Blockade ExUts at Port. Cape Hayticn, Hayti, Oct. 29. The Domincian cruiser Indcpendencia ap peared ofl Puerto Plata, the port on the north coast of Santo Pomingo which point is in the hands of the rev olutionists, today and prevented tne Cuban mail steamer Maria Herrea from entering that port. The Inde pendencia then left Puerto Plata, going towards the American mail steamer Cherokee, coming from Monte Christi to prevent her from touching. $150,000 Fire la New York. New York, Oct. 29. Twenty bouses, including stores and private residences, were destroyed tonight in a hre that rwept over two city blocks in Kings Rri.l at the miner end of Manhattan island. The Kingsbridge hotel, for merly a famous road house, was des- troved. Total property damage, $ 150,000. BIG APPROPRIATION CHIEF OF ENGINEERS GIVES OUT ESTIMATES FOR NORTHWEST. Recommends That Congress Appropriate $1,750,500 for Improving Rivers and Harbor of Oregon, Washington and Idaho Bulk of Meney to Oe for Im provement! en Columbia River.; AA'ashiutgon, Oct. 28. General Gil lespie, chief of engineers, in his annual report, made public today, recom mended the appropriation at the' com ing session of congress of $1,750,000 for the improvement of rivers and, har bors in Oregon, Washington -and Idaho. The bulk of the money asked for is needed to carry on work at the mouth of the Columbia, to provide a 25-foot channel in the Willamete and Colum bia from Portland to the sea, and for beginning the construction of the ship canal around the obstructions in the Columbia between The Dalles and Celilo. For the former projects $500,000 each is recommended, and for The Dalles canal, $300,000. These amounts, added to the available balance, will provide ample funds for continuing work throughout the coming fiscal year, and the fact that all three of these works are now known as "continuing contracts" will probably mean that ap propriations therefor will be made in the sundry civil bill and will not de pend upon the passage of a river and harbor bill at the coming session. General Gillespie estimates that it will cost $2,673,509 to ' complete the improvement of the lower Willamette and Columbia rivers,- in addition to $168,240, available from prior appro priations, while to complete the south jetty at the mouth of the Columbia will require $776,181, in excess of the $1,- 250,000 still available and unexpended. No estimate of the cost of the new ca nal at The Dalleshas yet been made. Among the other appropriations recom mended are: Nine thousand dollars for carrying out the revised project for improving the AVillamette between Portland and Oregon City, as suggested by the spec ial board of engineers; iiu,uuu lor deepening the channel between Van couverj and the mouth of 'theColum- bia; $80,000 for completing the ap proaches and grounds around the canal and locks at the Cascades; $10,000 for continuing clearing of the channel of the Snake river between Riparia and Imnaha "river; $10,000 for dredging the Tillamook bay; $2,000 for Coos river; $60,000 for producing a greater depth over the bar at the entrance of Coos Bay; $30,000 for toquilie river, and $500 for Clatskaanie river. For strictly Washington improve ments, thefollowing amounts are asked : Lewis river, $7,000; Willapa river, $5,000; entrance to Gray's Harbor, $25,000; tributaries of Puget Pound, $30,000; Olympia harbor, $25,000; Tacoma harbor, $5,000; Everett har bor, $10,000; New Whatcom harbor, $35,000; Pen d'Oreille and Okanogan rivers, $7,500. CRUSH JAPS QUICK. Russian Paper' Advice to Its Govern mentIll Feeling to America. London, Oct. 28. Special dispatches from St. Petersburg report a growing ill-feeling in Russia against both Eng' land and the United States, in conse quence oi the Buppoeed gympattiy oi these countries for Japan. This feel ing finds expression in the Novoe Vre- mya, which, in commenting on the de cision of the Alaska boundary tribunal, says it hopes that Canada will now sever the ties connecting it with ureat Britain. The Vrikina maintains a bellicose at titude, expressing the opinion that neither Great Britain nor the United States will interfere and Russia was better prepared for war. This paper urges that Japan had better be crushed without delay. New Rules for Shipping of Dead. Baltimore, Oct. 28. Represents tives of railroad companies and the na tional association of undertakers after a conference with the members of the state boards of health of North America on the transportation of dead bodies, decided after July 1, 1904, to prohibit shipmeut of bodies of persons dying of smallpox or bubonic plague. Bodies of net-sons dving of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, tvphoid lever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, glanders, anthrax or leprosy will be shipped only under the most complete disinfection conditions, Dry Dock Is Needed. Washington, Oct. 28. In his annual report to Secretary Moody, thief Con structor Bowles, of the navv, indorses all recommendations for new work a the Pueet Sound navy-yard, which were suggested by the chief constructor of the yard in his report. Among other things he recommended the con struction of a new drydock, a marine railway for hauling out small craft, floating derrick, dock crane and an ad ditional wharf and sea wall. Ooes to President. Washington, Oct. 26. Today'i meeting of the cabinet was brief, Only Secretaries Hay and Cortelyou Postmaster General Payne and Attorney Honor! Knox were present. Post- 1 master General Payne announced that ' the report of Mr. Bristow on the poet- - 1 office investigation would be placed in the hands of the president today. It had not been decided when the report will be given to the public. BLOW OPEN BANK. Qang of Robbers Make Successful Raid on the Sheridan Bank. Sheridan, Or., Oct. 27. AV'ith nitro glycerine and borrowed tools, three safe-crackers forced the vault of the private bank of Scroggin & AVortmaii, here early Monday morning, took $5,- 000 iii gold and silver and escaped without leaving a clew, notwithstand ing that J. Z. Eakin, the mayor of Sheridan, took three rifle shots at them from close range. So siaiilar were their methods to those of the bandit gang who attempt ed to rob the Newberg bank on October that no doubt exists in the minds of Sheriff Sitton, of Yamhill county, and his deputies that the robber bands are identical. The robbers entered the bank by pry ing open the front door. A brick vault with walls three feet thick were cut through with tools borrowed from the railroad tool: house at , Ballston, four miles away. The small safe inside the large vault was then drilled, nitro glycerine was poured in and an explo sion occurred, which wrecked the safe, the vault and the interior of the bank. and the plate glass windows in front. Pieces of the safe were thrown through the steel door of the vault and into the street. The sound of the explosion alarmed Mayor Eakin and pother citizens, With bullets singing over their heads, the robbers climbed into a buggy with the valuable contents of the bank as freight, and drove to the southward. Within half an hour all Sheridan knew that the only bank in town had been robbed. The identity of the safe robbers is as much a mystery as their present loca tion, and it was the belief of Sheriff Sitton that the gang who terrorized Newberg returned immediately to Tort land. If this holds true in the Sheri dan robbery, the move to the south ward was merely a blind. BAN ON DISEASED STOCK. Owner nust Dip Cattle, If Required, to Enter Reserves. Washington, Oct. 28. The interior department today issued tiie following instructions to officers in charge of for est reserves : "Hereafter the owners of all stock to be grazed in the forest reserves will be required to submit the stock to the in Iectors of the bureau of animal indus try in the department of agriculture for inspection when called upon to do so and, when foundnecessary, to have the stock dipped or otherwsie treated before it will be allowed to enter. Upon receipt of notice by you in writing from any such inspector that any owner has refused to allow his stock to be inspected, or has failed to have it dipped or treated after the same has been ordered by the inspector, you ill at once notify such stock will not be allowed for the grazing privilege, that his stock will not be allowed in the reserve, whether a permit has been issued to him or not until he had com plied with the order. If the stock has already entered the reserve you will re quire its immediate removal." OFFICIALS SAID TO BE CRUEL. American Missionaries In Congo Free State Among Complainant. AA'ashington, Oct. 28. Although not directly involved, the state department is watching with interest the quarrel lietween the British foreign office and the administration of the Congo Free State, which has led the former to de mand a reconstruction and reformation of the administration of the Free State. The king of Belgium is the titular holder of the suzerainty of this state and he has supplied the state depart ment with a detailed answer to the charges made against the Congo admin istration by the British government. These charges are in substance that the Congo officials have been guilty of mal administration, of gross cruelty to the natives and of bad treatment of the missionaries. For New Extradition Treaty. Paris, Oct. 28. Carrying out in- structions received from AVashington, Ambassador Porter has begun negotia- tions for an additional clause in the extradition treaty between the United States and France to cover bribery The formalities will take some weeks but the informal conferences indicate the willingness of the French officials to make the desired extension. It doubtful, however, whether they will be willing to make the clause include bribery committed before the clause goes into effect. Oreat Prop Yield. New York, Oct. 28. Three lives were lost by the cave-in of the roof and walls of the subway tunnel at 195th street last night and four persons were badly injured. All of the dead and injured were workmen and most oi inem itai ians. The accident was the most disas trous that has occurred on the con struction of the subway. At the place where the cave-in occurred, a gang 20 men were at work, which is about 110 feet below the surface. Speed of Battleship Maine. Washington, Oct. 27. The navy de- partment is in receipt of a telegram from Captain LeuU, commanding the battleship Maine, announcing the ar - rival of that vessel at Newport News, the run from Culebra island to Curri- cut light having been made with an av - erage speed of 15.9 knots. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON RUSH TO MOUNT RASTUS. Phonollte Find I Attracting a Oreat Many Prospector. Baker City George B. Small has re turned from the new Mount Rastus mining district. He say that there are fully 300 people in the camp at present, and hundreds more are on the road going in. Men of exerience from Cripple Creek, Colo., told Mr. Small that the phonolite found in the new camp resembled in every particular the phonolite found m Cripple Creek. Mr Small says that if the values are there it is bound to be a rich camp, as the ledges are all right. A townsite has been selected and surveyors are busy laying it out into city lots. Purchas ers of town lots are numerous. Claims in good localities sell readily to the latecomers who have monev. The country where the phonolite is found extends from 18 to" 20 mile?. Prospectors are busy hunting ledges. Within 30 davs at the present rate of ncrease there will lie from 3,000 to 5,- 000 men in the new district. Men to do assessment work are in great de mand. Most all the men who go in are eager to find und locate claims for themselves and have no time or incli nation to work for any one else. SELL THB LAND IN A LUMP. Most of Klamath Marsh Will Then be Reclaimed. Salem State Treasurre Moore is of the opinion that the proper plan for the'state to pursue in disposing of its lands on Klamath marsh, should the state finally acquire them, is to sell the entire tract iu a lump to the high est bidder. He believes this is ad vi sa le for the reason that if the tract is cut up and sold to various persons it ill he impossible to unite the several interests in any enterprise looking to the reclamation of the land. In order to make the land of value to its own ers, it must be drained, and the same work that drams part of it will drain practically all of it. If it be sold in small tracts, a part of the purchasers can sit hack and do nothing, leaving the more enterprising to bear the ex pense of draining the marsh, while all on Id share in the benefits. Lnder such circumstances, it is doubtful hether any one would undertake the reclammation work and also whether there would be purchasers for any but the best of the swamp land. Nibley Buys Timber Holdings. Pendleton A deed has been filed with the county recorder whereby J. Casey and wife sold a half interest in their timber holdings, located on the Blue mountains in the vicinity of Mcachem, to C. AV. Nibley for $5,000. It comprises tract of about 1,000 acres. This is one of the largest timber deali that has been recorded for some time. Mr. Nibley is given nearly 10 years in which to remove the timber. He is also given the right to establish saw- ills and other necessary machinery and transportation lines on the proper ty, to be used in carrying away the pro- ucts. Two Thousand Head of Hogs. Enterprise Kiddle brothers of Is land City are receiving 2,000 head of hogs at different points in AVallowa county. About 400 of the number are fat hogs, while the balance are feed ers, winch mey win orive to isianu City and intermediate points to fatten. The price paid was four cents for feed ers and four and one half eente for fat hogs. The price of wheat and all other grains is so high in this county this fall that the farmers are selling off their stock of hogs rather than feed them ami take chances. He Buys Two Large Tract, Pendleton At an aggregate cost of $8,700, Nels P. Johnson of AVeston has purchased two pieces of property repre senting nearly 600 acres. The first purchase was made from Henry rink erton. The property consisted of 79 acres, ami was bought for $2,000. The land is situated near AVeston. The sec ond piece of property is located near Milton and consists of about 500 acres and was bought for $6, 00, from Charles AV. Nye. How He Raise Big Crops. Oregon City George Randall, a farmer residing near New Era, reports a yield of 150 bushels of potatoes per acre from a ten-acre field. The pota toes are of the Burbank variety and above the average size. Mr. Randall t i ... : .v:. acounts for his success in growing this vegetable from the fact that he does not seed the same ground to tins crop for two or more sucmsive seasons. He raises a crop of potatoes only about every four years from the same field. To Exploit Clackama Mine. Oregon City In the organization to day of the Ogle Mountain Mining com pany, the initial steps have been taken for the development of the Ogle creek mining section in Clackamas county. AVith a capital stock of $1,000,000, the corporation has been lannched by the following named incorportaors: P. A. and John ti. rairciougn, oi viregon City; J. A'. Harlefs, of Molalla, and F. D. Keppey, of Portland. Making Sugar at La Orandc. La Grande The sugar beet factory j in this city has already received 10,000 ' t wis of beets, and has worked up about . 7,000 ton of these, which will make 1,500 sacks of sugar. There will be about 1,000 more tons of beets and the ' factory will run until about November 10. REACHINQ FOR OREOON CITY. City and Suburban Leases Roadbed From Southern Pacific. Oregon City Residents of Clackamas say that negotiations have been con cluded by which the Ctv & Suburban railway company, of Portland, has leased from the Southern Pacific com pany the railroad bed of that corpora tion between AVillsburg and Clacka mas. There has for many months been rumors of such a deal, and the an nouncement of its consummation causes much speculation locally. The feasi bility of such an arrangement is recog nized since it is known that the South ern Pacific company has taken the pre liminary steps to construct another roadbed by which its west side trains may reach Portland from the east side. the Willamatte river to be crossed at Oswego. From that point the route of the road will be northerly connecting with the main line at Wiilsburg. An other line will extend from the Oswego crossing point up the river joining the main line just In-low this city. In this way the railroad company proposes to avoid the existing heavy grades be tween this city and Wiilsburg, and at the same time shorten the route by four miles. The old line is to be used for local trains while the heavy traffic will be transferred to the new line. OREAT HATCHERY AT ONTARIO. Enough Salmon Can Be Propogated There to Keep Up Supply. Salem Tlw newstate salmon hatch ery at Ontario is the largest of its kind in the United States and perhaps in the world, says state treasurer C. S. Moore. The State Treasurer and Sec retary of State Dunbar have just re turned from an official visit to Ontario, where they inspected the new hatch ery. I hey report everything in satis factory condition and feel confident of a good season '8 work. A large numlier of fish have been taken and a good sup ply of eggs seems certain. "The new hatchery has a capacity of 40,000,000 young fry a year," says Mr. Moore, "which is greater than the ca pacity of all the other hatcheries in the state combined. We believe that the problem of keeping up the supply of salmon has been solved and that this will be clearly demonstrated in four or five years when the product of this hatchery begins to come back to the Colmubia river. Cannerymen say that only about 1,000,000 salmon a year are taken in the Columbia. If only one in every 20 of the fish we turn out at Ontario should come back, we would have enough to keep up the supply." Lump I of Iron. Oregon City It now seems an as sured fact that the huge lump of iron found on a farm near this city recently is a meteor. An assay has been made, and it is found to lie nearly pure iron, with a trace of nickel. It is excessive ly tough, and broke several hack-saw blades in efforts to cut off small pieces. The meteor is estimated to weigh about 25 tons. The object had nearly buried itself in the ground and has ap parently been there for years. hen struck with a metallic substance it rings like a bell. Fruit In Grand Ronde Valley. La Grande Fruit picking and pack ing in the Grand Ronde valley is at its height. The Cove, which is about the best fruit producing section of the val ley, is shiping apples, prunes and pears in large quantities. The prune harvest is exceptionally large. Seven carloads have been shipped from the Cove al ready this season. The second grade of prunes is sent to the dryer at Union, which is disposing of the large quantity of the crop. Hay Destroyed by Fire. Prineville Fire destroyed about 200 tons of hay belonging to M. R. Biggs at this place, on the Wehdell creek and Ochoco creek. The origin of the fire is unknown PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 74c; blue item, 78; valley, 76g77e. Barley Feed, $20 per tor.; brewing, $21; rolled, $21. Flour Valley, $3.75(33.85 per bar rel; hard wheat straights, $3.76(14.10; hard wheat patents, $4.2034.60; gra ham, $3.35(93.75; whole wheat, $$. It 4; rye wheat, $4.60. Oat No. 1 white, $1.10; gray, $1 91.06 per cental. . Millstuffs Bran, $20 per tofl; oid- iv . r, . . v . oa. -.1 . . . dlings, $24; short, $20; shop, $11; . linseed dairy food, $19 Hay Timothy, $16 per toi; elover, $13; grain, $10; cheat, $10. Butter Fancy creamery, 15J71'c per pound; dairy, 16X20e; itore, 15(3 16c. Cheese Full cream, twinl, 14e; Young America, 15916c; factory price, 181 He less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10fll0 per pound ; spring, 10c ; hens, 1 1 9 11 t ; broilers, $1.76 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 15(1 16c per pound; dressed, I6(918c; ducks, $6 7 per dozen; isf $71)10. Eggs Oregon ranch, 27)c; Eastern, fresh, 26c. Pota toe Oregon, 65875c fr lack; weet potatoes, 2(23e. Hops 1903 crop, 193X2c perpooad, aecordini to quality. Wool 'ally,1718c; Btri;Of. gon, II 15c; mohair, S5$3TXc. Beef Dressed, 637e per pound. Veal ? mall, 78c; Urje, IXC der pound. dressed, le. Perk Dressed, 7XCc.