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EVENTS OF THE DAY
QATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import.
nt Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
The Lewis and Clark fair is fast gain
ing friends in congress.
Corea has toM Russia she must not
interfere with rioting soldiers.
The Panama; canal treaty is safe, the
Democrats agreeing to vote for it.
Correspondents say the last note of
Japan to Russia is stronger than the
first.
The new Chicago theater ordinance
will close nearly every house in the
city.
The French begun the Panama canal
well and America will not find her task
great.
Maryland's legislature is balloting
for a senator to succeed McComas with
out result.
Senators MacLaurin and Money, of
Mississippi, have been elected to suc
ceed themselves.
Governor Yardman, of MississiDDi.
in a message to the legislature, says
education is the curse of the negro.
Gorman, McLean and Murphy have
formed an alliance to fight Hearst as
Democratic nominee for president.
Louisiana primaries show that the
re-election of Foster for senator and
nomination of Blanchard for governor
to be certain.
Bryan says the Kansas City platform
is sound in every plank.
The czar will not yield to Japan's
demand regarding Manchuria.
Hall Caine, the noted novelist, is
suffering from a general breakdown.
Russia fears America more than
Britain in the present Far Eastern
trouble.
The United Mineworkers of America
are holding their annual convention in
Indianapolis.
A hot fight is on in Ohio between
Hanna and Foraker as to the indorse
ment of Roosevelt.
A new religious sect has sprung up
in Boston. One of its teachings is that
the millennium is to come in 1916.
George Francis Train, author and
traveler, is dead. Heart disease follow
ing an attack of acute nephritis was
the cause. He was almost 75 years
old.
The Chicago city council is framing
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much more stringent than the present
one and they will see that it is en
forced.
Britain has abandoned hopes of peace.
The American euard at Seoul. Corea,
has been increased.
The Illinois medical society will
fight the anti-toxin combine.
A month of debate is ahead on the
Panama affair in the senate.
The Japanese 'minister at London
says war must come now or later.
Pure food experts find America is be
ing grossly deceived by French wine
makers.
Brvan will issue a daily paper in St.
Louis during the national Democratic.
convention.
James L. Blair, a prominent St.
Louis attorney indicted for forgery,
has died from won y.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
America should wake up in the matter
of breeding fine animals.
The house expects to pass an appro
priation bill a week until all supply
measures are out of the way.
Tha inrv In the case of R. II. Ken
nedy, the Hillsboro, Oregon, minister
on trial for burglary, has returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Ex-Governor Asa S. Bushnell, of
Ohio, is dead.
The Panama canal treaty la sure to
be accepted by the senate committee.
Japan's reply to Russia's latest note
has been given. It is a denial of every
material proposition.
France threatens retaliation nnless
the United States removes the export
duty on Manila hemp.
A bill has been introduced in
congress granting pensions to all nnion
veterans 62 years of age, who served 90
days.
The Corean press is urging the peo
ple to slaughter all foreigners. The
American minister says he will protect
his people.
Havre, Mont., was almost entirely
destroyed by the fire a few days ago.
After it was thought to be under control
it ami n hroke forth. Onlv one business
house of any consequence is left. The
loss is placed at $3ol).0U0 with 1145,
000 insurance.
Judge De Haven has ruled that a
Chinese born in this country may be
readmitted on return from abroad.
A gang of Italian robbeis has been
caught at Irrigon, Oregon, with much
loot.
Ex-Governor Bushnell, of Ohio, is
very low and his death may occur at
any time.
Germany has informed Britain that
she is ready to conclude a commerlcal
treaty with Canada.
RUSSIA PUT OUT.
Ratificitlan of Chinese Treaty by Amer
ica Held Undiplomatic.
London, Jan. 21. The Port Arthur
correspondent of the Daily Mail cables
that he has had an interview with Ad
miral Alexieff, the Russian viceroy in
the Far East, who spoke- hopefully of
arranging a modus vivendi with Japan
The viceroy then referred the corre-
spondent to his diplomatic agent, M.
Plancon, who emphasized the impossi
bility of Russia's evacuation of Man
churia, and said:
"Orders were given six months ago
to evacuate Niu Chwang and Man
churia, provided the Chinese would
agree to simple terms, but owing to
the intrigues ef the Japanese minister
ith the Wai Wu Pu (Chinese foreign
board) these orders were counter
manded." M. Plancon declared that the action
of the United States, in making a com
mercial treaty with China, without
Russia's consent, under existing cir
cumstances, was unfriendly and undip
lomatic. Russia, he said, would not
open or allow consuls at Mukden and
An Tung under the present regime.
If Japan wanted Corea, Russia, M.
Plancon said, would not interfere, pro
vided other powers allowed it, and he
added: "Russia did not ask Japan s
consent to occupy Manchuria; neither
was it necessary for Japan to seek RuS'
sia s permission to establish a protec
torate in Corea.
M. Plancon concluded by saying that
the United States and other nations
were more interested in the situation
than was Russia.
FOR GREAT CREAMERY.
Building Secured In Portland for Largest
Plant In the West.
Portland, Jan. 21. One of the larg
est and most completely equipped
creameries in the world is to be estab
lished in Portland. It is to have a ca
pacity of 20,000 pounds of butter a day,
and special efforts are to be made to
develop the dairy industry of Oregon.
It will lie 20 times as large as any now
in Portland, much larger than any in
Oregon and, in fact, the largest west of
Lincoln, Neb. Cream will be shipped
into the city from a radius of 800 miles
until the dairying industry has been
sufficiently developed to supply the de
mand from this state. Every product
of the creamery will be supplied from
this plant. It is to be established by
the Hatelwood creamery company,
which now has plants operating in Spo
kane, Lincoln, Topeka and Sioux City.
The plant in Sioux City is the largest
in the world.
The Heywood building, on Fourth
and Oak streets, has been leased by the
company and will be fitted for the local
plant. The lease was closed yesterday
and the work of fitting the building for
the reception of the machinery will
commence at once. It is expected that
the plant will be ready for operation by
Marth 1. It will have a capacity of
20,000 pounds of butter a day at first,
but the machinery will be so installed
that it may be increased to 40,000
pounds at any time that the demand
warrants.
AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING.
Last Six Months of 1903 Show a flali
Over Same Period In 1902.
Washington, Jan. 20. The report of
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber
lain to the secretary of commerce and
labor for the six months ending Decem
ber 31, 1903, shows that during the
last six months of the calendar year
there were built in the United States
and officially numbered 571 sail and
steam vessels with an aggregate of 177,
067 gross tons.
During the corresponding six months
in 1902 there were built and numbered
627 vessels with an aggregate of 171,-
599 gross tons. For the calander year
of 1903 there were built and numbered
1175 vessels of an aggregate tonnage of
381,970, against 1262 of 429,327 tons
in 1902 and 1322 vessels of 376,129 tons
in 1901. The number of vessels built
in 1903 was smaller than in either of
the previous years, while the aggregate
tonnage was smaller than in 1902 but
larger than in 1901.
No Lack of Naval Officers Soon.
Washington, Jan. 21. According to
the testimony of Captain Brownson,
superintendent of the naval academy,
before the house committee on naval
affairs, the United States will have
naval officers in 1907 to man all naval
vessels. There will be an increase in
the classes graduating each year. Cap
tain Brownson declared the practice of
hazing in the academy was being elim
inated. He spoke strongly against the
passage of the Lacey bill to restore the
three cadets recently dismissed from
the academy for hazing.
Cuban Congress Is Closed.
Havana, Jan. 21. President Plama
ordered congress to adjourn this after
noon, and the session came to an end
soon after the receipt of the order. The
presidential message said briefly that
as the house had not arrived at an
agreement as to the date of closing the
session, he directed an adjournment un
der the authority of the constitu
tion. No objection was made in either
house to this manner of closing the
session.
Prohibitionists Called to Meet.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 21. The
call for the national Prohibition con
vention, to be held in this city begin
ning June 29, has been issued by Na
tional Chairman Oliver Stewart. The
call names Indianapolis as the conven
tion city. This settles, local prohi
bitionists say, all question as to the
convention city.
REPLIES TO NOTE
SECRETARY HAY SAYS COLOMBIA
HAS NO CASE.
America Did Not Act Unfriendly a Pana
ma Was Not Recognized Until Inde
pendence Was Certain No Other
Policy to Assume-Refercnce of Mat
ter to the Hague Not Considered.
Washington, Jan. - 20. President
Roosevelt has transmitted to the senate
additional correspondence touching the
relations of the United States with Co
lombia and Panama, -UWfing the -peri
od from December 23, 1903, to January
6 last. A statement of grievances on
the part of Colombia was presented to
the state department by General Reyes
on December 23. General Reyes says
the course of the United States had
worked deep injury to Colombia, and
lie cited the tieaty of 1846 as showing
that the independence and sovereignty
of Colombia was to be maintained in
tact by the two governments.
Secretary Hay answered this note
under date of January 5. He says the
government has carefully considered the
grave complaints made and assures
General Reyes of our most friendly
sentiments for the government and peo
ple of Colombia. The question sub
mitted, he says, can be considered only
in the light of accomplished factB, of
which one is that the republic of Pana
ma has become a member of the family
of nations.
Under date of January 6, General
Reyes submits another note to Secre
tary Hay, in which he says he has
transmitted Secretary Hay's answer to
his government by cable. The secre
tary's note is construed, he says, as an
intimation that the Colombian forces
will be attacked by the United States
on entering the territory of Panama to
subdue the rebellion, and for that reas
on it would hold the government of the
United States for all damages to it by
the loss of that national territory. A
repitition is made of the position of
the Colombian government under the
treaty of 1846, and it is requested that
the first note of General Reyes be made
public.
Replying to this on January 9, Sec
retary Hay says that he finds almost
all the propositions brought forward
in the second note have been considered
and fully answered in his note of the
5th of January.
Under date of January 11, General
Reyes addressed Secretary Hay, stat
ing that he finds hi3 argur-;.nts had not
been refuted by the othervvise forceful
papers which he had received. He
then discusses at some length his prop
osition to refer the matter to The
Hague and concludes with a regret on
the failure of his mission to the United
States.
Secretary Hay answers this note un
der date of January 13 with the fetate
ment that there is no leason to recon
sider the attitude of the United States
heretofore set forth.
ROUQH RIDERS ARB WANTED.
English Olflcers In Sahara May Be Called
From America.
London, Jan. 20. The development
of Jacques Lebandy's "Empire of
Sahara," is about to take a turn which
will be of some interest to the United
States. M. Lebaudy has decided to
draw the officers and noncommissioned
oflicfcis for two battalions of Imperial
Life guards from Great Britain and the
United States, and in pursuance of this
idea, he will submit to President Roose
velt an invitation to name any officers
of his former Rough Riders whom he
can possibly recommend for commis
sions. Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas A.
Edison's representative in England for
many years, who as governor general of
Sahara, is organizing a military estab
lishment for M.' Lebaudy, said today to
the Associated Press:
"The Imperial Life guards will con
sist of two battalions. The first will
be officered exclusively by Americans,
preferably former Rough Riders, and
the second by retired officers and non
commissioned officers of the English
army. The troopers will be composed
of Arabs and native Saharans, who are
among the finest riders in the world."
Armament of Fortifications.
Washington, Jan. 20. A supple
mental estimate for an appropriation of
12,445,000 for "armament of fortifica
tions" was transmitted to the house.
With this appropriation it is proposed
to procure 13 automatic machine guns
for nse in seacoast forts, 160 "one
pounder automatic pompom guns; also
200 guns of a caliber large enough to
fire effective shapnel ;" 700 "high ve
locity six-pounder guns," 95,000 rounds
of ammunition for the pompom guns,
2.000 rounds for the field guns and 60,
000 rounds for the sir-pounders.
Take Up Expositions.
Washington, Jan. 20. Chairman
Tawney, of the house committee or. tn
dustrial arts and expositions, had a
conference with the president today re
garding the Alaska exhibit at the St.
lernis exposition. Governor urady it
the fair commissioner for Alaska, but
has been unable yet to do much in the
preparation of the exhibit because of
bis executive duties. It is likely that
a deputy commissioner may be appoint
ed to assist him in the work.
Reorganizing Naval Militia.
Washington, Jan. 20. Bills creating
a naval reserve and reorganizing the
naval militia were introduced today by
Representative Foss, chairman of the
house committee on naval affairs.
Both bills have the indorsement of the
naval board and the naval militia asso-
nation of the I nitcd Mates.
REFORM FOR RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
Czar Takes a Step That Is Bound About
Wth Restrictions.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 20. Minister of
the Interior Plehve has completed the
draft of the peasant code, or scheme,
for the peasant reforms ordered in the
czar's recent manifesto, and it will
probably be sent to the local commit
tees throughout the empire within a
few days.
Members of the nobility in each
province and district will be allowed to
elect representatives on these commit
tees, but the Zemstvos (elective provin
cial assemblies, composed of landed
proprietors and representatives of the
artisan and peasants) will be appointed
oy tne governors.
The committees will be allowed free
dom to discuss the project and propose
any changes therein, except on three
points, which the emperor has reserved
from discussion. Namely: That the
peasant class must remain entirely sep
arate, legally, from the other classes ;
that the commune is to remain un
touched by legislation, and that the
peasant lands are to remain inalien
able.
These points stamp the forthcoming
legislation as conservative in the main.
but the present chaos is so great and so
much room is left for the arbitrary
conduct of the police and the local rep
resentatives of the ministry of the in
terior, as well as of the peasant courts
and administrative machinery and
their commune town meetings that the
liberals declare any codification would
be in the line of progress.
Ihe ministerial project proposes to
retain the system of corporal punish
ment, but the emperor did not include
this among the matters not subject to
change. The emperor regards the
preservation of the peasant class, the
retention of the economic commune and
the inalienability of peasant lands as
necessary for the protection of the peas
ants from exploitation.
MANCHURIA THE ISSUE.
Japanese Demand Cannot Be Granted
by Russia.
St. .Petersburg, Jan. 20. The Asso
ciated Press correspondent on high
authority, is able to give the" following
as the present status of negotiations be
tween Russia and Japan :
Russia recognizes Japan s predomi
nance in Corea and Japan recognizes
Russia's special position in Manchuria.
There are two main questions still
at issue, the Russian demand for a
neutral zone upon the Corean side of
the Yalu river, which Japan met with
a proposal for a similar neutral strip
on the Manchurian side. Japan also
asks for certain guarantees covering
Manchuria, which Russia has thus far
declined to grant. It is pointed out,
however, that the assurance given a few
days ago by Russia regarding open
ports in Manchuria and respect for
treaty rights is a concession on this
point.
That the two countries are not so far
apart may be fairly inferred from the
following statement made by Mr. Kur
ino, the Japanese minister to the Asso
ciated Press correspondent:
"War now would only be disastrous
to both countries. Owing to the geo
graphical situation, an armed conflict
wou'd result in a great drain on the
men and treasury of both Japan and
Russia, without being decisive. Be
sides, I believe it would not be worth
while to go to war on the questions
still in dispute."
NOT A JUNKETINQ TRIP.
Senatorial Subcommittee Had Light Ex
pense In Honolulu Inspection.
Washington, Jan. 20. Accounts ren
dered to the senate by Senator Mitchell
show that the subcommittee which vis
ited Hawaii in the summer of 1902 ex
pended only f 3,039 in gathering and
formulating data and information for
the benefit of the senate.
This would scarcely justify the as
sertion that the trip df the subcommit
tee on territories was a "junket," for,
considering the distance leveled and
the amount of information collected, it
is, without a doubt, one of the cheap
est investigations ever conducted by a
subcommittee from congress.
But of the total amount $540 was
paid out as steamship fare for the mem
bers of the party from San Francisco to
Honolulu and return, and $1,026 was
disposed of in settling the hotel account
at Honolulu.
Mother of Captain Hobson.
Boulder, Colo., Jan. 20. The moth
er of Captain Richmond P. Hobson
died at the home of Shirley Davis to
day after a long illness. Her son was
with her when she died and will leave
with the remains tomorrow for Greens
boro, Ala., where they will be interred.
Sarah Croon Pearson was born at Rich
mond Hill, N. C, February 24, 1843,
and for the past 20 years Bhe had been
a sufferer from dyspepsia. She came
to Boulder last summer and has since
remained here on account of the benefit
to her health.
To Look After Emigrant.
Rome, Jan. 20. The United States
continues to be the chief objective
point of Italian emmigration, the num
ber of emigrants going there in 1903
reaching a total of nearly 250,000.
The government has entrusted Adolfe
Rossi with mission to the United
States for the purpose of studying with
the United States industrial commis
sion the best means of directing Ital
ians to agricultural states and prevent
ing their concentration in large towns.
Turks Massing Troop.
Salonica, European Turkey, Jan. 20.
An important concentration of Turk
ish troops has begun at Kumanova, on
the road leading to the Bulgarian
frontier.
Ill - . ,
i HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREQON
I WANT FIRST TIP. I OWNERSHIP IN DOUB1.
Landgrabbers Heretofore Have Had Ad
vantage of Leak.
Salem "Give the state the first tip'
was one request the state land board
made of the department of the interior
through Gilford Pinchot and F. H.
Newell, when they consulted at Port
land a few days ago.
As representatives of the president
j Messrs. Pinchot and Newell asked the
I members of the state land board to
meet them and express their opinion
rogarding local land matters in Oregon
Among other things the members of
the board explained the manner in
which speculators have gobbled up
state lands in Oregon in advance of the
creation of reserves. The state wants
a chance to keep these lands.
In almost every instance in which
the department of the interior has
withdrawn land from entry for the pur
pose of making a forest reserve, it has
been found that some private capital
ists had in some way secured informa
tion as to what would be done, and then
bought up the state hind at $1.25 per
acre. As soon as a reserve had been
created the land became worth $4 to
f 3 an acre as base for the selection of
lieu land.
The members of the board explained
to the representatives of the Federal
government that if a forest reserve is
to be created, the state would lik to
be informed as soon as any one else, so
that the state land could also be with
drawn, and the state profit by whatever
rise there might be in the value of the
land. The Btate does not ask to be in
formed in advance of every one else as
to what the department intends to do,
but. the board wants to receive the first
information that is given out, at the
same time that others receive it.
The conference between the state land
board and Messrs. Pinchot and Newell
was a very pleasant one and resulted in
a better understanding between the rep
resentatives of the state land and fed
eral land departments. The men from
Washington learned more regarding
the needs and wishes of the state, and
the Oregon authorities gained informa
tion concerning the plans and purposes
of the government.
There were mutual assurances of co
operation in land matters with a view
to the accomplishment of the best re
sults. .
Beet Land Near Echo.
Echo Three representatives of the
Amalgamated sugar company were here
last week and inspected the land ad
jacent to this place to see if it was
suitable for the culture of. sugar beets.
They were more than satisfied with the
prospects, and before leaving town ar
ranged for a mass meeting of farmers
to be held here at 2 P. M., Saturday
January 23. They will endeavor to
get the farmers each to put in a small
crop, and where satisfactory terms can
be arranged the company will lease
land to plant to beets.
Gives Name of Stat Officer.
Salem Secretary of State Dunbar
has recently compiled and had pub
lished a small pamphlet entitled:
Official Directory, State of Oregon."
It contains the names of all state
officers, members of state boards, com
missioners, officers of state institutions,
and schools, and also a list of all
county officers. Many requests are re
ceived for information such as is given
in this pamphlet and by means of it
the secretary of state can promptly
answer all such requests.
Couger Killing Cattle.
Eugene Farmers in the vicinity of
I vane are annoyed more than usual
this winter by cougars, and a number
of instances have been reported where
stock has been killed by them. The
animals are very sly and can rarely be
seen, but frequently they are heard in
the evening very near the settlements.
Last week Dr. Petrie went out from
Cottage Grove with his hounds and
succeeded in killing one very fine
specimen. There have been several
chases without results.
Noticeable Increase In Fee.
Corvallis A considerable increase in
revenue will result from the new law
affecting the fees in the county re
corder's office. The office in Benton
carries a salary of $1,000, and last
year the fees aggregated $1,014. A
mortgage filed the other day cost $3.50
that under the old law would have cost
but $1.70. For another the fee was
$3.25, Instead of $1.60. It is esti
mated that the increase of fees will
make the office pay a net profit of $500
to $1,000 per year.
Excellent Outlook for Wheat
Pendleton Not in years have the
farmers been as jubilant over existing
conditions for the coming wheat crop.
There are indications that the crop of
1904 will be one of the largest ever pro
duced in this section of the Blue moun
tain country. There has hardly been a
day of weather all this winter that was
injurious to the growth of .grain. The
most springlike weather prevails, and
with the occasional rains fall sown
wheat haa been growing steadily.
Work State Printer' Office.
Salem State Printer Whitney has
just completed the task of setting op
and running off 1,500 copies of the gen
eral laws, as enacted by the special
session of the legislature. - The book is
composed of only 60 pages. He is
now ready to go to work on the special
Uws, which will make about 200 pages.
The journals of the two branches of the
session will not be ready for tha printer
for about two months.
I
John Day Property Claimed Both u
Mineral and Timber Land.
John Day F. C. Knapp, a wealthy
lumberman of the firm of Kmrpp A
Brewer, is in town making an attempt
to settle the question of ownership of
everal claims in the Black Butte group
of mines. He has held a conference
with the manager of the mine, Ed C.
Allen, of Portland, but no settlement
has so far been reached.
The land in question is just outside
of the forest reserve lines, 15 miles
north of John Day, and has been held
partly as quartz and partly as placer
mining ground, for a number of years.
The upper workings of the main lead
were worked out a few years ago, but
the ground was patented. The outside
claims were represented in yearly as
sessment work by the group system of
development, and as some of them
were heavily timbered, thbv were
scripped by the Knapp & Brewer com
pany under the direction of Cruiser
Johnson.
Notwithstanding the fact that many
thousands of quartz and placer gold
have been taken from these claims, Mr.
Allen says that an affidavit of their
nonmineral character was made when
scrip was placed on the land.
A number of wealthy Pendleton cap
italist are stockholders in the mining
company, and it is understood that
United States District Attorney Hall is
investigating the matter. Work on
the projierty will be actively resumed
should the company's title be confirmed.
Want a Parcels Poat Law.
Oregon City The quarterly meeting
of the Clackamas county Pomona
grange was held at Oswego last week.
There was an attendance of 150 mem
bers, and there were 20 initiations.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
were installed, the ceremony being con
ducted by Mrs. Niblin, of Evening Star
grange, of Multnomah county. Resolu
tions addressed to the state's represen
tatives in congress were adopted asking
for the passage of the parcels post law
and also for the creation of postal
notes.
Poultry Show a Oreat Success.
Albany The annual poultry show
of the Central Willamette Valley Poul
try association was the most successful
in the history of the valley poultry
growers. More people attended and
more birds were exhibited than hereto
fore. Many large offers were made for
prize winning birds, and some were
sold at good figures. These will form
a nucleus for new yards, which will in
turn increase the percentage of blooded
chickens raised in the country.
Big Flour Order.
La Grande A shipment of 10 cars of
flour has just been made from the flour
mills of La Grande and Island City to
Tacoma, from whence they will be sent
to Japan. This is only a small portion
of the order received and before the
order is completed fully 103 cars will
be Bhipped.
Penitentiary Fills Up Fast.
Salem The report of Superintendent
C. W. James, of the Oregon peniten
tiary, for the quarter ending December
31, shows an increase in the number of
prisoners from 289 to 311. There were
received during the quarter, 63; dis
charged, 39; transferred to the asy
lum, 2.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 73 74c; blue
stem, 7980c; valley, 7880c.
Barley Feed, $20 pef ton; brewing,
$2020.50; rolled, $21.
Flour Valley, $3.753.85 per bar
rel; hard wheat straights, $3.904.10;
clears, $3.55(33.75; hard wheat pat
ents, $4.204.60; graham, $3.75;
whole wheat, $4; rye flour, $4.60
4.75.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07(31.10;
gray, $1.051.07i per cental.
Millstufts Bran, $17.50(318 per ton;
middlings, $26; shorts, $19(819.50;
chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, $19.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; clover,
$13; grain, $13; cheat, $13.
Vegetables Turnips, 65c per sack;
carrots, 75c; beets, 90c; parsnips, 85c
$1; cabbage, 1(31 Jc; red cabbage,
lJic; parsley, per dozen, 25c; toma
toes, $1.60(82 per crate; cauliflower.
I 75c$l per dozen; beans, 12c; celery,
toe per aozen; pumpkins, ic per
pound.
Potatoes Fancy, 7580c per sack;
common, 6060c; sweets, 2c in
sacks; 2Mc in crates.
Onions Yellow Danvers, $f1.10
per sack; Fannos, $1.101.15.
Honey $3(33.60 per case.
Fruits Apples, fancy Baldwins and
Spitzenbergs, $1.50 per box; cooking,
75c$l; pears, $l(gl.50 per box;
grapes, $1.50. .
Butter Fancy creamery, 27Ji"30c;
dairy, 20(322 He; store, 12 J 14c per
pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14315c;
Young America, 15 J 16c.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11(3111 e
pir pound; springs, small, 13(3 14c;
hens, 11(312; turkeys, live, 17818c;
dressed, 20c; ducks, $7(37.50 per doz
en; geese, live, 8c per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 26(327c per
dozen; Eastern, 2223c.
Hops Choice, 26927c per pound;
prime, 25; medium, 22c.
Wool Valley, 17(18cj EasternOre
gon, 12(315c; mohair, 32d35c.
Peef Dressed, 6(370 per pound.
Mutton Dressed, 6(3 7c; lambs, 7tfe.
Veal Dressed, 789c.
Pork Dressed, 656Jfc.