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VOL. XIX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, APRIL 2, 1908
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NO. 4G
SOCIETIES.
HOOD RIVKR COM M ERCI AL CLGB Meets
every enrond Monday In acb munlb al I p.
m.. Id Uh elub rounia over Jackami's Mora.
A. A. J a mi, Pre.
V. 8. Da Vinson, Secretary.
OOD RIVER LOIKIK NO. 105, A. K. and A.
M. Meeu ttalurday evening; on or before
earn run moon. u. N. t'LAKkE. w. M.
1. McDomalp, Secretary.
HOODKIVKKCHAWKIt NO. 7. R. A. M
MetU tirat and third r'rlday uliliti of eack
monin. u. r. uru n. r,
K O. BLAitFHAB, Becreuur.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER NO. . O. E. 8.-
MeeUaeoond and four lb Tuesday evening
of each month. Vlaitora cordially welcomed.
I'ahkib Bailey, W. M
Mis Iokl WooDwoitTU, Becretary.
IDLEW1LDELO GK NO. 107, I. O. O. 9.
Meeu In Fravrnal ball, (very Thursday
BlKllt. M. J. MAaiKEB, u
Geo. Thomsom, creury
EDEN ENCAMPMENT. NO. 48. 1. O. O. P.
Regular meeting second and fourth Mondays
oreacn inoutn. ueo. jmobus, v. .
H. C. BmTH.Bcrlb.
KEMP LODGE. No. 181. 1. 0. O. F.-Meets In
Odell Improvement Co.' ball every Hatur-
aay mani. v union ooraiany wwiwiueu.
J RCbohuy. N.O.
RG MAsbikeb, Rec. Secy.
LAI.'REL REBEKAH DEGREE LOIHiE NO.
M, l.O. O. K.-Meets Oral and third Friday"
In each month.
Mhh.E.8. Mates, N. Q.
Ella Mat Davidson. Heoretary.
W.O. W. meeU the 2d and 4tb Batardays
each mouth at I. O. O. K. hall. VlBllors cor
dlally Invited. A. CBTATEN, C. C.
F. W. McKiynoliw. Clerk.
WAUOOMA LODGE NO. 80. K. OK P.
Meets in K. of P. ball every Tuesday night
C. P.Ross, G C.
J. K. Nichols, K.of R. and 8.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, NO. 7,702, M. W. A.
Meets In I. O. O. K. hall every Wednesday
Dili hi. 11. 8. Dano, V. C.
C. U. DAK in, Clerk. .
OOD RIVER CIRCLE NO. 524, WOMEN OF
Woodcraft-Meets at K. of P. ball on the
first and Third Fridays of eacb mouth.
Lou McKeynolbs, U. N,
V. W. McReynolds, Clerk.
RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 68 A. O. U. W.
Meets nrst and third Saturdays "f eacb
month. K. K. Chapman, M. W.
GEO. Hlocom, Financier
Chester Shuts. Recorder.
OLETA ASSEMBLY NO. 103, UNITED ART-Ihsnn.-Meel
the first and third Wednes
days, work; neooad and fourth Wodnexdayi
4rllaans' ball. W. B. McGuiRE, M. A.
E. H. Haktwio, Becretary.
COljRT HOOPTtTVER NO. 42, KOKESTER8
of; Amerlca.-Meets every Thursday evening
at tl o'clock.
Wm. Fleming. 0. R.
F. C. Bhosius, Secretary.
CAN BY POHT, NO. 16.Q. A. R. MEETS AT
A. O. U. W. hall, second aud fourth Satur
days of each month al 1 o'clock p. m. All
O. A. R. members invited to meet with us.
G. K. Castnkk, Commander.
B. F. Blythe, Adjutant.
CAN BY W. R.C..NO. 16-MEET8 SECOND
ud fourth Saturdays of each Month lu A.
O. U. W. hall at l! p. in.
K athkyN Gill, President
Lydia Svmnkb, Secretary
MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. S4ti9, R. N. A.
Meets at 1. O. O. K. Hall OB the second and
fourth Fridays ol eueh month.
Mks. H.Peeleu, 0.
Mkh. F. E. Bhosius, Recorder.
PAYNTER LODGE. No. 2110, M. B. A.
meeu first and third Fridays of eacb month
al K. of P. hall. Geo. S. Millkh, Pres.
AL'U. GUIUNABO, Se .
J. F. WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Telephones: office, Ml; residence, 811,
BUKGKON O. R. 4 N. Co.
H. L. DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
t'alls promptly answn id In town or country,
Day or Night.
Telephones: Ker.iu.iuoe, 611: Otlice, l13.
Olhif In llii- ilronun Building.
E. 0. DUTRO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Ullice over First National Bank. Hood
Kiver, Oregon.
Otlice Phone Main 871 Res. Muln 873
SHAW, M. D.
(Mice in Jackson Block,
iiltl't- pMiiiie, No. 1471. Residence, No.BMS.
IK. .VI. II. SHARP
UK. EUNA B. SUAKF
Osteopathic Physicians
ivrtttluatet- of llif American et-luml of
Osteopath, KwkiiviUe, Mo.
Oritur, Hood Uiver i auk und TruM, Co. llldg
Home PI on. 102 lU-a. htt-B
F
C. BKOSIUS, M. D.
PIIYpSICIAN AND SURGEON
'Phmie Centrul, or 1-1.
tifflce Hour: 10 to 11 A. M.; t to 8
andCto7PM.
Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D.
PHYSICIAN uud SURGEON
Office sud resldeuce, home place .if Joliu
Lelaud Hrndemm, Slate St., head of Third St.
Ph.me 7l.
DR. EDGINGTON
Smilli liuildiiitf
HOOD RIVER - OREGON
DR. . T. CAENES
DENTIST
Offloe over Bartmess Store Telephone 3
H. D. W. PINE0,D.D.S.
DENTIsT
Oflioc over Teli-pliowe
Hr-i N Ktiou;. I ltaok 131
C H. JENKIaS, D.M.D.
WENTIST
Tilfli'nes: Otliiw2H; resideuw 28-U
Oflitf over liutler Bank,
A A.JAYNK
LAWYER
Abstract Furnished. Money Loaned.
E. H. HARTWIG,
LAWYER.
Will Practice In All Courts.
Office In Smith Building, over First Na
tional Bank.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
A. C. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INUI!-
AXCE AGENT
Room 12 ItroshiiH iU.., k
BR C. W. EDMUNDS
SPECIALIST
EYE, EAR, NOHE AND THROAT.
New Brasilia Btiildlix. Telephone llmi 4
White Salmon Valley Bank
The small depositor receives the s;ini' ninHeDiis t rent men
as the larger ones. W- li.m Ixith
COME AND SEE ys,
rAWADur, KUHmith, E.O. Blaucbae
Prea. Vioe-Praa. Oaabler.
V. C. Bbock, Asst. Cashier.
First National BankiHood River Banking
OF UtiOD RIVER, OREUON.
Capital $50,000 Surplus, $15,000.
P. M. Hall-Lewis & Co.
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Deputy County Surveyor for Wasco County.
Deputy Gouuty Surveyor for Klickitat Co.,
Wash. City Engineer, City of Hood River.
Make surveys, plans and estl males for etw.
er, light and power and railway plants, and
furnisb subject to approval, plans, speclflca-
iions ana estimates lor ail classes oi ouuuiugs
public, private and mercantile. Special atten
tion given to economic and siow-hu ruing con
strutlon, Accuracy snd economy guaranteed.
Home and Pacific Telephones. Davidson
Building, Hood River, Oregon.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-aT-LAW, ABSTRACTER. NO
TARY PUBI.ICand REAL
ESTATE AGENT.
For 23 years a resident of O. egon and Wash
Ington Has bad many years experience In
Real Estate matters, us abstractor, searcher of
titles and atcent. Satisfaction guaranteed r
no charge
International Correspondence chool
SCRANTON, PA.
II. V. REED, Representative
M Sixth St, Portland, Oregon.
Hood River once a month. Full infor
mation mailed upon request.
Eureka Meat Market
MeGUIRE BROS., Props.
Dealers In Fresh and Cured Meats, Lard
Poultry, Fruits and Vegetables,
friee Delivery. Phone Muln 35,
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED VETERINARY SURGEON
Is prepared to do any work In the veterin
ary fine. He can be found by calling at or
pnning to Clarke drug store.
Straiialian & Slaven
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 709
Estimates furnished on request. An
honest job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
Architect
Havlmr had several vearr' experience in
drafting aud building, I would respectfully
solicit a part of the patronage of the people ol
nooa rtiver wno Kinicipaie Duiiuing. term
reasonable, a id satlnfuctlon guaranteed. Of
fice at residence ou livights.
H. SEYMOUR HALL,
Surveyor.
I am qualified and u.yiwred-to do all kind-
of nrst-class land surveying. Accuracy guur.
anteed. Th Jse who wis" first-class work done
address K. F. V. 2., Hod Rlvr. Pliiine Wxl.
l!
in niiLi liLi
ASSOCIATION
OF McMINNVlLLK, ORK.
Announces another reduction in the
cost of insurance.
T. L. DUNS MO UK, THE DALLES
or
C.D.THOMPSON, HOOD KIVER
McEwen & Koskey
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Prompt Miles and quick returns
Wholesale dealers iir all kinds of First
and Produce Consignments solicilid
129 Front Sttrec, Portland, Ore.
FHLOrr f f i t K A ARNOLD.
GO N TRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Kitlmatosfnriilshwl ut, ail kinds ol wort
PhoiH'H' A'""1'!. 'n
WOOD FOR SALE.
I am prepared to furnish mill and slali
wom1, also other kinds of wood.
I have a new un-mline wood saw and am
prepared to do sawinu. Also do general
team work.
FRED HOWE.
DR. JONES, Dentist
Crown and Bridge Work.
Teeth Without Plates.
Treatment of diseased teeth and gums.
Office Brosius Building. Phon 1033.
MME. ABBOTT
Millinery,
HairGoods
Richardpon's Silks and
Embroidery Supplies.
0iite the Paris Fair.
Chaa.O. Pratt, J. H. Oborne, R. W. Pratt,
I President. Vice Pre. Caabler.
and Trust Co.
We transact a geueral banking business and
owo ourown bunklug pmpe y
Interest psid on time snd i deposits
t'afe deposit boxea.
C.F.SUMNER
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Plumbing
Come in and exam
ine our line of
Pumps, Bath Tubs, La
vatories, Sinks, Etc.
Agents For
L
JAS. McBAIN,
Hood River Marble Works
Am prepared to execute
all orders for granite and
marble work, monuments,
tombstones, etc.
Also contract for all kinds
of stone masonry, con
crete, etc.
McReynolds & Co.
DEALERS IN
Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain
and Poultry Supplies
YUCCA TREE PROTECTORS
Petaluma Incubators and
Brooders
STOCK FOOD
Phone 1091
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
The lrio Orchestra
i'omuoi-ed of A. Koh'er, flute and
.'tlicr; dirt. (1. Newman, violin; Miss
I 'race, piano Music furnUhed for all
nrciiiion!. Concert nuiiiliers, enlertain
inents.w edilings, receptions, danceo, etc.
For infnrmntion pplv to CIIAS. O.
NK II MA A', oo(i River, Ore. Phone
Main S67.. Home, tos-L.
RALPH REED
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
BON TON
...Barber Parlors...
The place to jet an easy
shave and first-class hair cut .
Our shop is metropolitan in
' -'ever respect.
Porcelain Baths in Connection
O. H. CRAY, Prop.
Carry it lull line of
Whips, Robes, Blankets
and Wagon Covers,
Heavy Harness
Also Double and Si gle
Driving Harness
All made in tlie r hIi
Ontl and get our price before buying.
Underwood and little
White Salmon
CHOICE FRUIT LANDS
llii-is where froit lante and fmall
crows to perfection and commands the
highest market price.
A Favorable Location.
In KkHiiiHnia County, tin Southern
part of Washington, on the eastern slope
of the Cnscade range, thus lyinjj be
tween the two extreme 'he extvjtive
rainf1! of the mast and drouth of the
eastern part of the state; and directly
opposite Hood River.
There is no Boom.
Our land is selling on its merits nnd
at reasonable prices.
A Specialty of Small Tracts.
We have now completed th anrvev
'ofaliioie tract and can furnish fr.nn
. tes acres np. Come and make your
selections as a delay mean that ' vnii
( will pay more money as prices are
advancing.
I have also Klickitat County grain
and srazinx lands, highly improved
farms at reasonable prices. '
Write or call on
F. W. DeHart
Underwood, Wash.
Put Your Money in Land
Your Investment Will be Safe. Values
of Good Properties are Bound to
Increase. Some of Our Golden Op
portunities Here Below :
416-MEF. 10 acre tracts about six
miles from town, all first clus apple
land, under ditch line, easily cleared,
oo.v ur.... Prim tHIs): S.ilHI rash.
balance on or before five years at 6 per
ceni.
345-HEC. 10 acres seven miles out
on the East Side, all cleared and out in
clover, first class apple land. Only :t,
000. Land on opposite side of lane in 4
year old trees sold for f 1,000 per acre,
423-M UN. 10 acres 2K miles from
town, one acre in bearing trees, one acre
in voune trees, one acre in strawberries,
3 acres gros". acre pasture, 1 j cre
young garden, good land, H room Uouse,
all hard finish ; barn, liuildinga cost
f2,000. Price 6,000.
352-CF. 14 acres Ave miles out iu the
Crapper district, hi mile to school; 1 4
acres bearing orchard, all set to trees '1,
8 and 4 yettrs old; 2 acres strawberries,
home orchard peaches and cherries, new
G room house, stone foundation, stone
cellar, good barn, wood sheus, good well
3' ft. water. Price $8,000; halt cash,
balance on or betore 3 years at 7 percent
inteiest.
434-HAM. 20 acres eight miles from
town, utile from the railway station,
3 acres Spitz and New towns 3 years old,
7 acres cleared and ready (or trees, 10
acres uncleared, water for irrigation, all
first class apple laud, deep soil and well
drained. Good bargain at $4,500.
437-BED- 20 acres 5 miles from town
on the East side; 5 acres six year old
trees; 4 acres two aLd thrtu year old
trees, all good varieties ; 3 acres ready to
set, balance o( land will be cleared and
ready for plowing. On main road, near
school, stores and Ry. station. The
very best land, good building site. Price
tor 15 days will be $H,ouu.
418-IIAII. 25 acres, 700 Spits and
Newtowns 4 and 6 years old ; (6 Winter
Bananas one year old ; 60 Newtowns one
year old ; .(UUoUl trees assorted varieties;
100 Gravensteins and Wealthies 3 years
old ; 2 acres strawberries ; 2 acres hay ;
balance uncleared; 6 room house, barn
aud sheds, woud shed and chicken
house ; 1 team horses, 1 set harness, 2
wagons, 1 cow, farm tools, etc., to go
with place. Price $12,500.
426-EES. 40 acres 7 miles east of
town ; 15 cleared, 80 bear in trees, 1
acre 3 year old trees, 1 acre 2 year old
trees, 1 acre 1 year old trees, 2 story
house 20x23 and barn. Might in the
center of the "East Side Apple Belt."
Price $10,000, one half cash, balance on
or before 5 years at 7 per cent.
398-EEW. 160 acres 2 miles from
Dee railway station ; 1,000,0(10 feet xood
timber, 80 acres or more good apple
land. Only $15.00 per acre. This is
the best bargain on the market.
421-JHH. 160 acres 5 miles from
Mooier, 30 acres in orchard. 8 acres in
bearing, all good varlotics; 145 acres of
this is first class apple land, home orch
ard of peaches. . Dears, cherries and
plums; small house and bum, water
available for irrigation. The orchard
alone is worth the price asked, $11,000.
lerms to suit the purchaser.
J. li. Heilbronner
&Co.
The Reliable Dealers
Bearing Orchard For Hale
272 acres six miles from Medford.
Ore. There are fifteen acres of prunes
in mil Hearing, twelve acres ot iNewion
Pippins, grafted three years, will bear
this year; tiiteen acres of Spitzenbergx
five years old, and three acres ,in pears,
mostly Cornice. Buildings consitt of
two houses, one new, large old barn,
smoke house, new prune dryer nnd
equipment, etc. Garden is irrigited
irom creek which runs through the
place. About fifteen acres now iu irrain
hii.I alfalfa. About eighty acres addi
tional can be cleared aud will make
umkI fruit land. Timber on balance
Timber consists of oak, laurel, fir and
pine. Telephone and rural mail
delivery. Good road winter of summer.
f( ice, $'.'0,000. Half cash. Address
W. T. York & Co ,
Medford, Ore.
" (Hind Fiuit l. 'iiil l'r Sale.
From ten to i itclity acres of Willow'
Flat land. If von cannot buy eighty
aeies, you can buy ten acres. Get a
1-tni t in Hood River and your fortune is
asrured. Buildings and improvements
on puit ot the Im m. a uiiinty road
hi rough i no coiner, on a Jirect route to
HimhI KiverorMt. 1 1 d . also a ditch
aetiit-B one corner, price per acre $75
and up. Don't wait. H who hesitates
ih loft. I he'e' a tide in the affairs ol
uieu which taken nt the flood leads on
to i'.nune: omitted, all the voyage of
If boiiliil III !-ImiIIow niiiI In
miseries; we inui-t lake the current
when it serves or lose mi.- ventuie.
Don t miss l hi chance.
Percy T. Shelley,
Hood Kiver, Ore.
For Sale r Excliiuir".
I have an evht-rooin Invgalow and
100x100 on Portland I bights.
A six-room limine and 50x1 15 lot. cor
ner E 10 and 8lmvr.
100x100 in Park add to Albina.
Anvora'lt'i trmle fur Ibod Itivei
Vallty pn.ieity. Will take a gooil
living or work team in part pay.
Address, J. A Irinn Epping,
H K. D. No I.
Special .Notice. '
II v ib secured th eir-ni y for the
fmiT'ii Edison phonographs and re-
rtro-:. I wish to hiiiii unce that I nun
J n t received tbe complete line of
n chine and tbe entire catalog of
lerords, hi lug all the r.- ords uni h
this en i. puny up to .January 1, 1908.
in n large stock or rn.o recorils.
In nil O'er threw thon-mut t p,.(t
'mm. One of tbe iargest stooks In
the f'ate. Call snd see and bear them
Smile's Piano Huose.
Silas II. Boule, Prop.
TREE FALLS ON
KLAMATH SCHOOL
OCCUPANTS ESCAPE UNINJURED
Hopmen'i In Ion a Failure Pendletoa
White Womaa Elopes with
a Japanese.
Klamath Falls in Swan Lake
Valley, about nine miles from this
city, a gale last week threw an Im
mense pine tree across the school
house, and, strange to Bay, although
the school was in session, the teacher
and all the children escaped.
Bore For Oil in Klamath.
Klamath Falls The Klamath OU
Company has completed the purchase
of the first rig and It Is expected
that work wUl begin on sinking the
first prospect well early In April.
The location will be near Lost River,
in the vicinity of Bonanza, where the
company controls the oil rights cov
ering a large area.
Hoprurn's Union a Failure.
Salem For the first time since
the movement started six months ago
JoBeph Baumgartner, secretary of the
Oregon Hopmen'a Association, has
admitted that the proposed Pacific
Coast Hopgrower's Union is a
failure. The meeting of all the di
rectors scheduled for March 30 at
Portland has been abandoned.
Woodburn Horseshow a Success
Wodburn Five thousand people
attended the horse fair given In this
city last Saturday by the Woodburn
Horse Breeders' Association. It was
the most successful of the several
horse fairs held In Woodburn, the
number ot entries being considerably
larger than at any previous exhibit
of this nature here.
Tramps Coining From the South.
Eugene Freight trains passing
through Eugene, bound north, carry
scores of men who have left Cali
fornia to seek employment in Ore
gon and Washington. One train car
ried about 50 men, who were singing
and yelling as the train pulled Into
the station, the train crew being
helpless to do anything with them, it
they so desired.
Will Resume Railroad Work at Once
Huntington Word has been re
ceived that work will again be re
sumed on the Northwestern railroad.
Preparations are being made to be
gin work on Ox Bow tunnel, the larg
est tunnel on the works, being a
quarter of a mile In length. A force
of 100 men will be put to work at
once, and others added as fast as
they can be handled.
Finds Japanese Affinity.
Pendleton After living with her
husband for nearly 18 years, Mary
L. Henderson has eloped with Henry
O. Aklmotoa, a Japanese, and is now
living with the little brown man in
Portland. The Hendersons were
residents of Umatilla, but the elope
ment took place from Pendleton last
week, according to the complaint for
divorce filed in the Circuit Court by
Charles F. Henderson, the husband.
Youth Caught In a Speeding Belt.
Portland Caught In a large belt
and whirled with great velocity
around a pulley, with his head and
limbs striking against nearby ma
chinery, was the awful experience of
Thomas J. McFarland last Friday.
who was employed by the Multnomah
Lumber & Box Company. He lives
to tell the tale of his experience, but
Is suffering from a broken right arm
and left leg, and it Is feared that he
cannot recover.
Water From Umatilla Reservoir.
Pendleton Water flower for the
first time about the land under the
Government's Umatilla project on
Saturday. While water has been
Dourlne into the big reservoir for
some time none of it was applied di
rectly to the land until Saturday.
The Newport Construction Company
was the first recipient. Its 200 acres
are now seeded to grain, preparatory
being seeded to alfalfa a montn
later.
Unique School In Lane County.
Eurene In school district No. 5
one of the oldest in Lane county,
there are only five children of school
age, and all are of one family. The
chairman of the board Is father of
the five children and the clerk of the
board Is the mother. The mother is
also the teacher. The teacher has
Just closed a successful four months'
term In which there has been a per
fect report made, showing none of
the pupils absent or tardy during the
entire session. It is understood that
the conduct of the pupils were first
class. OREGON STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
George Rockey will reopen hit big
logging camp at Rainier shortly.
North Bend is hereafter to have a
direct mall service from Roseburg.
The organization of the creamery
company at Independence has been
completed. The capita! stock Is
placed at $10,000.
Nineteen indictments have been
found against four HUlsboro. Ore.,
saloons, all for selling liquor to
minora.
Andrew Thatcher, a Washington
county pioneer of 18ST. died in his
cabin near Thatcher on Saturday of
organic heart trouble.
The public school building at Ores
ham Is to be Increased in size by the
addition of four more classrooms and
an assembly hall.
The city election of Eugene will be
held on April (, and will be devoid
of Interest excepting In the First
Ward, where there la opposition.
Buslntss done at the Salem post
office for the year ending March 31
entitles the office to rank In the tint
class, with several thousand to spare.
In drilling a well at the residence
of George Breeding in Eugene the
drillers encountered artesian water
The flow has not diminished since it
began.
The Senate committee on com
merce, has reported favorably Sena
tor Fulton'a resolution director the
Secretary of War to survey and sub
mit an estimate for the improvement
of Hood River.
Investigation has disclosed the
fact that there are 60 preclnclta in
Lane county, and, therefore, the
nominating petition of H. Robertson,
candidate for Railroad Commission
er, is valid.
The Chamber of Commerce of As
toria has sent a communication to
the City Council asking that fire
limits be established and the con
struction of no mow frame buildings
be permitted In the business section
of the city.
Ole Hamilton, who Is accused of
having murdered Julius Wallande at
Silver Lake, Is now under suspicion
of having put an end to George Mes
sner, with whom Hamilton Is known
to have left Sliver Lake last sum
mer. Hamilton to still at large.
Vivian French, son of the late
Joslah W. French, and cashier of the
Wasco Warehouse Milling Company
of The Dalles, was seriously Injured
Saturday by falling from the rapid
ly moving eastbound local train, sus
taining what Is feared are fatal In
juries. ,
One of the largest industries in
Baker City that, was affected by the
recent panle, Is soon to begin opera
tions again and will give employment
to several hundred men. The South
Baker Lumber Mills will resume op
erations as soon as enough logs can
be secured to Insure a steady run.
Settlers are arriving at Hermtston,
the headquarter of the Umatilla ir
rigation project, so rapidly that all
kinds of buildings are now used as
temporary dwellings. The Eastern
Oregon Independent Telephone Com
pany is rushing work on the new
telephone exchange In that town.
It Is understood the Oregon Rail
road Commission will sustain the
complaint of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce against the O. R. & N.
Company and will issue an order this
week requiring a material reduction
In class rates over the main and
branch lines of that road throughout
the state.
Anout 20 citizens of Pendleton
have made a tender to the Northern
Pacific for the purchase of railroad
lands under the government project
at HermUton. The same point is in
volved as in the Southern Oregon
land for which $2.50 an acre Is
tendered. The Hermlston land is
worth $100 at the present time.
Rainier will soon be supplied with
an abundance of water for all pur
poses, the laying ot the pipes for the
new water system having been al
most completed to the city limits.
The crews are working in town at
present digging the trenches for the
piping, which is being laid almost as
fast as the trenches are completed.
Water for fire fire purposes will be
In abundance within two weeks.
C. T. Oliver of Klamath Falls,
who has just returned from the ter
minus of the California Northeastern
railroad, reports that the construc
tion forces have been greatly In
creased lately, and that the men are
distributed along the route all the
way from the present' terminus at
Bray to four miles thts side ot Dor
rls. The steel gang Is putting down
rails at the rate of 3,000 feet a day,
and all work being done Is ot the
most substantial character.
Through the Joint efforts of the
Klamath Water Users' Association
and the Klamath Chamber of Com
merce, and the personal requests of
citizens of that sntlon, a soil survey
of the Klamath Basin will be made
by a corps of soil experts of the
United States Department ot Agricul
ture. It Is also expected that an
economic botanist will be attached to
the survey, who will give particular
attention to the plants Indigenous
to that locality.
bllverton Fire originated in Ora
ham A Welty's meat market Friday
morning and entirely consumed the
building and contents. A strong
wind was blowing and It looked for
a time as If tbe entire north part of
Water street would be ruined. The
Heather building, occupied by Wil
liam Farnlng'a saloon, J. D. Drake's
photograph gallery, M. W. Bark
nurst's confectionery store and a part
ot the William Haack saloon eulld
inc were consumed. '
KILLS MESSENGER
AND RIFLES SAFE
A D. BAILEY KILLED BY ROBBER
Tragedy Occurs on Santa Fe Express
In Kansas .No Trace of
Outlaw Found.
Newton, Kas., March 30. A. D.
Bailey, an express messenger of the
Wells-Fargo Company, was killed by
an unknown person on Santa Fe train
No. 115, between Florence and New
ton, yesterday. The murder was
brutal, with robbery as the object.
Both safes, the local and the through
safes, were ransacked and at least
$1,000 in money and some Jewelry
taken. The amount the robbers se
cured is not known.
The dead body ot Messenger Bailey
was found when the train reached
Newton. It was stretched on the
floor of the car, the head beaten to
a pulp and lying in a pool of blood.
The back of the skull was crushed
and the end of the car where it was
lying was spatteded with blood. The
blood spatters reached to the cell
ing. There was no evidence of any
struggle, the Indications pointing to
the commission of the murder while
the messenger was asleep, before he
could offer resistance. Bailey was
seen alive at Strong City. At Pea
body some one opened the car door
Just enough to throw out a package
of waybills and then closed It quick
ly. The custom ot tbe messenger has
been to go to sleep after leaving
Florence and It Is possible that he
did this. After being struck while
sleeping, and rendered unconscious,
his body rolled to the floor, and the
robber, after beating him on the
head, covered It with the dead man's
coat. One blow was struck at the
man's face with some sharp instru
ment, apparently a hatchet, which
broke the Jaw bone. From the dead
man's pockets the keys were removed
and the safes ransacked. Then the
keys were put back into Bailey's
overcoat, the coat folded and put In
his grip, where It was found later.
Innocent Purchasers Ask Protection.
Washington It has developed
that the Michigan members of the
House, led by Mr. Fordney, are de
termined to force a fight on the Ful
ton land grant resolution unless they
can secure an amendment which
will grant absolute protection to pur
chasers from the railroad. But in
view of the unanimous report of the
committee and the fact that the
resolution is approved by the Presi
dent and the Department of Justice,
this fight will probably not prevent
Its passage.
Gillette Pays Penalty for Crime
Auburn, N. Y., March 30 Chester
E. Gillette today paid the full pen
alty for the brutal murder of Grace
Brown. He went to his death In the
electric chair at Auburn prison with
out a sign of weakness and with the
same lack of emotion which has char
acterized him from the day he was
arrested charged with the crime.
Mads Clear.
"Why do you think of retlrlngr
The aged senator sighed.
The truth Is," ho replied, "that I
used to drive the elephant myself, and
now when I try to carry water to the
beast they suspect the water la doped."
Philadelphia Ledger.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Portland, Ore., March 31.
Wheat Club, 83 84c; Valley,
84c; bluestem, 85c; red Russian,
82c.
Oats Producers' prices: White,
$28; gray, $26 27.
Rye $1.40 per cwt.
Hay Wholesale selling prices:
Valley timothy, $1617; Eastern
Oregon, $18.50 20; clover, $14
15; wheat, $1416; alfalfa, $13
14.
Butter Country creamery, 25
30c; city creamery, 30c; store, 14
15c; butter fat, 28 c.
Eggs Ranch, candled, 15 16c.
Honey Dark, ll12c lb; amber,
It 13c lb; fancy white, 14 15c.
Hops 1907 crop, 4 5c lb.
Wool Valley,' 16 18c lb; East
ern Oregon, 12 16c, as to shrink
age. SEATTLE MARKETS.
Seattle, Wash., March 31.
Wheat Bluestem, 87 88c;
club, 85 86c.
Oats Puget Sound, $25 26 per
ton.
Barley, $25.50 per ton.
Oats Eastern Washington, $26
28 per ton.
Hay Eastern Washington timo
thy. $14 16 per ton; Puget Sound
hay, $1012 per ton; wheat hay,
$10 13 per ton; alfalfa, $10 11
per ton.
Butter Washington creamery,
32c per lb; Eastern storage, 26c
per lb; renovated, 23c per lb; ranch,
20 22c per lb; fresh California,
28c per lb.
Eggs Selected local, 18 19c
per doz.; selected ranch, 16 17c per
dot.