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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, - rniDAiy October 20, 1000. " n 1 n a r n L 1 y At Roosevelt's Appearance in New York State Than Was Shown Bryan. Great Dercosstralloa la I'llca, Wfcere Use Coyernor Rested Last Nis&t Crysa Meets a Cod Reception la Delaware and He Dodsed tfce SHrtr Question. VJICA, N. Y., Oct.. 24. Governor Roosevelt's third day of campaigning lh New. York ttibraeed several fea tures Dot heretofore marked In lis re- r TrtIou at other places. At nearly every place, at which be stopped en-", route, there were hnge crowd orpeo Tde. In this city tonight, instead of fjioceh-maklng, the day's work ended' with a view of an Immense demon stration. Tlris was entirely agreeable to Governor Roosevelt, wls daring the day had made nine speeches, some of thttn extremely long ones, while traveling . through three counties Chenango, Madison anl Oneida. There w5V a preconcerted attempt' at Rouie to, compel Governor Roose velt to answer questions concerning -the letter to Major Tan Wyck, 4bo prosecution of the lee Trust, the pros-, edition of the alleged canal thieves,; and others relating; to the office of ! Governor. That the last attempt wa preconcerted is assured from the fact: that the tueo In Hie crowds who asked s the questions, were, holding In their' luiu'd primed - sHi, and ihu their failure to -compel the. candidate to answer, nuudier of them slips wire; throws ?mto his carriage. The Oover nr pttvely dec! inert- to make any ; expression of opinion as to the cir culars or their authorship, or to ans-. wcr any of the questions contained In them. I . ! A DELAWARE FROST. Wilmington, Del., Oct. 21. Mr. Bryan .Snade two speeches of some length in thin city tonight, after bar? Ing ma'dt seventeen - other addresses during the day. The andiences off the dAy were as a rule fair-sized, and' the majority of them were thoroug Iy appreciative. At a Xew of the stopping iIa In Delaware there' was ah apparent lack of enthusiasm. At the first meeting in I Ma ware, it proVeil a disappointment. Only a few eople' were congregated at the ral- rortd station at Frankfort, when Bry an's train pulled into the place, and while those who were there listened with, attention to! what lie had to say, there were no cheers. DODGED 16 TO 1. ! ' Salisbury. Md.. . Oct. 21. In his j Mcech at iVestou,, Md.,Mr. Bryan, in resotie to tlte inquiry llow ulioiit 10 to IT' said: . "If joa want to know aliout' lO 1. 1 -will tell yoir.: Sixteen tar one was the paramount issue in IJhJ, but the Republican have done so many mean things since- then, .that we are kept busy 6n new. things, Rut. if a Re publican dispute tlie 10 to 1 doctrine. yon tell him that we lrivc a Repuldi-l can President; a Republican Senate, FLAX GROWN , I IN OREGON ' ' : :;; rr-.. i ; .: . ; . I Importance tt the Crop as an - Agricultural Product. I AM Pit CAPITAL IS l READINESS To Mionfaetor the Fiber as Kst it 4 the Raw Material Cn Be S. Grown id the State. Kditor Statesman: " I have read With regret of the il itrmtIon by fire of the .Northwestern Flax and KHr Manufacturing fomji tiy's plant a-t Kcio. -Aside from flnaii clal 1m!4 "on tlM part of tin' onipaay this given the iromotion of the fkix iu dnstry in this sectlou a wt-lmck fot a season, though I ann . informeil the owners intend rebuilding rtght away. It Js to be regrrttetl that This crop cuu jiot . be pictHrly aud advantageously placed before the farnuT, ami the re ally small amount of mpltal neivswiry cannot be secured, niMter cxrH-rlcneed mauagetmnit. to demonstrate that flax can lie grown to the betterment of the priKlucer, aud the state.: There .Is 'no reason why tu sacking ana twii- yrv is cannot Ih prtnlmsil at lidnH. tus pivventiug recurrence of the pic.-n-n atlvance made by Calcutta nwunfaet urers, of cent ier lag. Huch a tax cotucs dlrtM-tly uihhi the faniM-r, with but a slim idiow of his gettiug from rink. " . " -.; : . "' -' t '.;- I have been reading a little on flax and thix curtttre, ami will gtv i or tioa of ft for what it Is worth and to tu tHrt thise whom it may. j' . In Ireland flax culture is undergoing a "very marked change, all down ;the line. - and Relgian exisrts are lieing eniployevl to suisriulend the pnMi ra tion of grouud. Ity fall plowing.' etc., rtr first making t-loso examination of -qualities of noil, drainage, previous cropping, and cultivation. This proce dure has tHen forced nMn tlie growers and manufacturer, owing to the ? in creasing iniKrti of foreign flax fnI tow, which are of a higher grade, au l show finer, softer. and more. even tin txh. These qualifications were ptlain ed ly care and attention-given by the producers, especially in retting. ,Of course ctimate as well as" aoil cuts quite a figure, but with all Ireland's reputation for flax and flax pit'duds n f : P r a tt rn and. a Jtepublkan house, and they have never attempted to change the lf to 1 ratio, and Mr. McKinley Is now coining silver dollars at the ratio of lift to lf without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. Until the Republican -.party proposes to change -the ratio, I object to! their discussing the ratio. When they propose to change it. we will discuss it with them. I AN ARTFUL DODGER. Wilmington, Dei.,, Oct. 24. In' Iris sjieech Itvre tonight, Bryan toot cog nizauce of a series of uwstlons, pro ponuited to him by John IV Xellds, of tli city These auestions were as First Will he, If elected President, a Commander-in-Chief, iniim'd lately withtlraw the army from tbe-riiilip-piuesV : , . V- . . " ?et-ond How soon does he contem plate lhat a stabh form of Goveru ineut eau le given to the I'hilippiue Islands? iThlrd How soon after a stable form of government Is establiKlied does he proiio-HJi that congress shall declare the independenco of -these Islands? .Fourth How long, after a stable form of government Is established and iOih'is'ndt iice ls declaretl, does be pro poe that tlio American protectorate over the I'hlllppine Islands shall cou tinueV : . . . .. i Fifth Will lie pay the obligations of this over(uuuiit iu silver or gold, if electiHl rresident? j As a reily io the jirtd question ho quotel from his yiieech of aeccptaiice, saying: i "I stated " that, if cbH-ted I'nKldeut,! I would immediately con vene Congress lnfr extraordinary nes slou and would ask Congress to de clare the nation's policy." ; f On the eeond qustion be said: i'Sn one has altemptcHl to fix the nmniier of hours or days or weeks or months uecesarv j To tlK third question he answered tlRit '- In his spjeech of acceptance It was prtoel to giv them indepen dence a soon a tlielr stable tlovem nient li cstnbli'shcd. i Answering Jibe fourth question. be said: "There is bo limit on a. protec torate, and w tieliejve that this Nation can a!ert tlie do,trine, that , when thin Nation lielps a! ItopnbHe to stand en Its feet, the ground whereon it stand is' holy ground.and that ."no king shall ever Set! his foot on it. tn the tiftli question, relative to the paving or VilrtlKrttlan" of this tioveru mrat. In silver or gold if elected lres- Ident he ta1d: -"lielected iTesldent-j l will enforce tne law. THE LAW APrROVED. Frankfort, Ky, Oct. 24. CJoverhor Fkhain tmlay apoveil the non partisan election bill. p:icd at. the extra eesslon of the Itgislature. she-has been "compelled to call a bait on earclesH farm lug. rettlnsc. elc. In Imps t hero were 8hipjHl info the Cub ed. Kingdom 072.."2:i tons of flax and tow. valned at 2.i2.21 pounds or f 14.iis;.nri.t7. priuciimlly from Itel gium "and ftuxsla. Of this inqiort Itti fjiwt re Xi per cent. Tlie average felling prke of Irish flax In 1W was 4r lKMinds 10 Mhillings ier Jolt i aiid tlicre were shippd from the Ftiltcd Kingdom to tlw Cnltel Kfatos during tbat year :5.272 tons of lre!'d and uudre!el tlax and hemp. Wliy ean't! Oregon supply at-least a part of thin Import?- The. United States bad in flax In 1KX l.aVs.iRW acrx. which prr dtlceil K tons of fibre, and 1o.2."o.41J bnslwls of swl. In Wn. l,177dt atvs; no fibre, and ll.lfM.fM bushels of whmK From lt to 1M5HI the United States ImjHirted from (Sreat I'.ritin nlono 2iUill.lb5 ikuumIs t$i:i2.n72.2:ifK (MM of tlax and , Jute maniifiK'Tures. Why cannot Oregon ctft these fgnrcs down? " S- . - -, . - -- - " I have beard several complaints made-to the effect fh.tt flax was very hard on land, and was also a dirty or foul : crop. Flax undoubtedly 1 a strong drawer from the will, aud can never. "be calculated on as a repeater such as wheat, oats, or Kirlcy. Flax should not ls grown upon the same c rou iid oftener thau onc-e in tlm-e to four scanon. It sltould connv in ou srtiMuer follow,' or aTter a root or corn -rop: . '.' -v i ;- ;- '" ; "; Flax will Hot foul land when prrrHT precautions re taken to horouglily clean the xccil. ami. until this -can-he done on tl fariiY, growers should pro cure their seed from 4heJortLind I.Jn seed works, who have a complete plant for the purjMise.'It Is to the grow er advantage to purchase Htsnl from thin Ann. pay a few more: cents a bushel, and .have seed v.-hie! is free from all Impurities. A tew cropsi rais ed from this "class of seed will detu onstrater that tlie' - grouiul " is t rt ally cleafier after a crop of flax,- than eats, wheat, or barley. -, - , - I have no hesitation (n-holding out the certainty that capital will -very shortly erect machinery at po"nta in this Mate when tbe prfulm-': will be able to disjMise of the dried, mi re tied tlax at such figures as will give him a net profit in excess of. the other aver age crop, and as this industry tecHites ln'tter tmdertoKl improvements in quality and quantity will follow, aud mnehinery will always keep pate with t'ie prodnctiou. : , - Ongon t-i mate aud water, w lib few c.ct-ptious. are well adapted for the successful growth and finish of flax and.flbcr and the bleaching of yarns, or manufactured goods. California M reaching out Iu this direcilo-i. but n my opinion Oregon will ; always - b- aide to show lietter all round rotums. f The "Critw ford system of M-ulching flax cither perfectly or Impr'rfcctly retteil, will uutloubteiUy take the place of the old style "scratch, mill;" it caa ,oe run bhimi ctwaper, and it Is not iietvssary to have experienced -bv plyjes. This system is at paj';nt tiu- dergoing a thorough, practical tet, at t'ie tra mis or comieient men, .si no fo far has given increased returns of flax filler and tow, to'the 'ton of taw; ma terial, of a finer, more regular, jatd nnr h cli-iinfir I'li.iiTirtpr than tlw Pro duct of the old system, and also com mand a uiuen higher price l.'Q- i Old System. . . ield '. per 112 ' , Lbs. . lbs, SOT lb, raw material. .) - Pcrntcbel flax. ..... !1 " ? 17.27 Fine tow.... . J25 -.4.75 Coarse tow U 11.77 Waste .... ...... ..V.,-.; 412 - .S.21 - . : ; "New System." ; 'l45i lbs. raw material. , Yield ' - isrll2 - . ' - 5 s ." : .' . Ibs. Vlbs. -S-rutched long flax:...-.. 2it - 2.4 Srutchetl slwrt Ra 1" Flue tow". 13 Coarse tow.; . 4rt 3.t8 Waste. i 1 12Ui Si.Zi Or 2!4 IK-r -ent. In excess ; oT old system. T1k average cost of semtch tnff is alfo in fairoro'f the "Crawford- system Stfyi per eent. ' . ; The farmer slioum careiuuy.'-ousiwr the addition of flax to bis fami pro ducts. Inform; himself on the snbject, and, best of alb j procure twnrie fiax aiut trv- the raising of a few acres, lrt for seetl, and part for fiber. - ruosio ruic WHEKE TO VOTE Alt KMIIfKKT TTOBNBt OPIHlOJt ; ;i OX THE MATTEB. A CUlin C Cut UU Billot li Aaj "Cooary lath Stats on Proving ' i CHIaenthlp, 't Front HnHy Statesman, Oct. 2o.) everal questions arising under the registration law bave' worried vdters- of this state and caused a great deal of dbcussion In the new spa pers, but the discussions have left a great deal of doubt and uncertainty still.. Amoifg other questions which- have annoyed Interested parties Is tlie following: ."Can a citizen W'bo is registered inl one county vote In another eouuty at the coming election? , ; ; "" It was suggested yesterday that At torney (ieneral ' Blackburn lie request ed to give his opinion upon tlie proiiosi. tlonand the newsiaper men who make tlie dally rounds of the capltol were delegated to attend to It. tieiiernl Uluckburn could not give an official opinion upon such a question broug'it tip In that -way, btlt he cobrteonsly eonsented to jive his views therequ as a lawyer. ,s : ' ' lie had .no hesitancy in answering the question in tlie affirmative. ' lie said there was nothing in the law to prevent a i citizen -from enjoying the prerogative of the constitution, which says that "All qualified electors shall Vote In tlie election preelnet in the county where they may reside fori county ofneers, and iu any county-in the state for state officers, or In anv county of; a congressional !dls1rlct",:li) which such electors? may.resido fdri members of! congress. , (Art. 2, Seej 17)..- He holds that presidential electors': are ..state officers, consequently the foregoing; section covers the ground In their case.; AH that Is tooccssary.i then, Is to establish the fact that the person offering to vote is a qualified elector, and the fact that' he may1 lie registered In some other' county ean not affect ids right to Vote except as hereafter ahoWn. He may establish lib qualitiriitiou in two ways, accord ing to 0neral ltlacktium. lie may have .ifegbtratioti Rlank "A" filkil out and sworn ;to by himself and six freeholders, or be may present a cer tified copy of his registration ? from the clerk of 1 1 he county where be Is registered, either of which Is ""compe tent evidence. . ' .. . r -"j The law makes the Registration books public records and the general statutes i provide that such, records may be I proven by copis thereof "certified by the legal keeper thereof,'; This last-named manner of establish ing 4 lie qualification of the voter Is now advanced for the first time, from General .' Blackburn, but it..-is both t-easonablc and sensilde. h A man oilslit I e away from home! In a dis tant part of tlie state, where, be was IHtle known And where it would 1m ditficult to obtain tlie signatures and affidavits of six freeholders, while It would be an easy matter to provide himself i with a certified copy of his registration from bis county clerk. . In any; event, there is no doubt whatever about the , right of a qual ified , elector to vote .at Whatever poiut be happens to lie in tlie state on the tit h of Novemlier, provided he can furnish either form of evidence mentioned above' ; A LAfiD BOARD ORDER ATTORKKTS FEES IN CASES OF FOKTE CX.OS17BB OF THOBTGAGES BeffalaUd by ih feMrd-Amoasli to Bs Biva la Cams la Court i ,: ATS Fix. -." From lally Statesman. Oct: 2T.) TIM'S State. Ii nd '.Board has forurn- la t i-d a rule regarding the paying of fes to the attorneys of thejloard. In case of, foreclosure. The former ar rangement was ivery indefinite " and unsatisfactory, and It was considered neeessury to have a definite schedule, and for that reason 4 he following riilo was madi and will lie 1 communicat ed to the -several attorneys' of the Eoanl by circular ltter lefore Jan uary I, luol, when the new rule takes eTec: i , , ,:.'-:.": "Owing to the want of a proper un derstanding or the rules concerning the attorney'fees allowed by the State Lnd-Board, iu the foteclosure' suits brought by thenj. theboardUhonght It e?sary to change the order here tofore prevailing, to some extent, and theref ore 5 authorize the following to be entered up as a standing rule gov erning the payment of attorneys fees. In said suit, the tame to take effect from and after . January 1, 1WJ1: "In all foreclosure oks,' wben Judg ment exceeds f ltWO, the attorney shall be entitled to fVt, ant -when tlie juds- mnt- Is tess than S1()00l shall be en titled to f25, payable when judgment baa been obtatued. A"hentbe prop erty foreclosed is sold, if sold within one year from date of Judgment sale, and the sum . realized equals or ex ceeds the judgment rendered, then In that case, the attorney shall be en tUd. to the full amount of the fee allowed by the conrt, Iu which Judg ment is. taken, less tne sum previously paid blm by the board. "If any foreclosed property Is. sold through tlie efforts, of the attorney taking judgment, wkhm two years from date of sale, for the full amount of judgment, then in that-event, the .it.i nitnrnpv wHl lie allowed an od- ditlonal sum t otittal tbe amount of his fee allowel by the court. If not sold before the expiration oi two years from date of judgment, no fee will be allowed. , , - " , : ACSICt'lTUU COllfCE flJIAWfS. ' BelKirt of Board of Itegents to ilor. ' T. T. Geer. tFrom Daily Statesman, Oct. 23.) , (lov. T. T. (Jeer yesterday received the quarterly statement of the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis. The statement shows the total expenditures as fol lows: ' - - . .. i - m " Salaries for qcarter.... O.OO.Oo Other expenses. , . ....... 7,72U.ltt Total...! .. .. .. S17.40S.21 ' Tue total annual exrienditure for salaries is $40373. The salaries ' for the three months of the last quarter were: " ' ' ' ', Jnlv. . .. . .. .. . . "3.220.45 August .......... i 3.237 AO Septeuiber. ....... ...... 3,301S0 - . : $ 0,700.03 iThe treasurer's account was also Hied.-.-The treasurer reports that the balance of the JIUKJO, state appropri ation or beating plant, viz- 45S.9S. was drawn in September,, and trans ferred to tb,e special fund ou account of water tower. - The report shows the expenditures from the various funds, and the bal ances on hand as follows: Station .. 2.W7.07 $ 4.332.0:1 College.. .. ... (1.813.00 18.18(5.01 State Interest... 42i).U3 113. Improvements. . t 130.1 . 4C ClRMiiical break.. ' . 30d.7S Local station.;. . 1.8S7.34 5Ty.27 Special..-'....... 1.15U33' Heating plant... 438.0S Total.. V.. ;$1 7,957.10 $24,032.55 In case of the Special fund a de ficiency exists of $230.01. ncanvfi ovir am estate. Oeorge E. .XiewIs ,Is the Acting Ad ministrator of the U. Lb Skin - . nor Estate la Folk County. . s , From Ihi ity Statesman. Oct. 25.) (J. O. Bingham, f A . O. Condit and Webster Holmes were three Salem at rneys', wbo bad business liefyre the F Ik .county probate court, yesterday TJ case in which they apiieared, was tl it of the will of the late 11. U 8' Inner, of West Sal era. When the tvUl was originally admitted to pro Jii te. tJeorge K. Lewis , was appointed a 'inlnlstrator. ' Iater, upon petition o' ' some of the heirs, the will was or d .ed set aside, the letters of adudn 1 ration revoked, and letters" ordered t.i issue, appointing T. W. Wann as n '.ailulstrator. Messrs. ' Bingham and f'otidlr, on behalf of the heirs repre ? , iting by Mr.. Lewis the first named fc'niuistrator, aiipealed the case to tf circuit court, where the aetion of tL" probate court, in setting aside the w ' 1 1, wa s reversed. From this de-t-Nion of Judge Boise an appeal was fiten to the Supreme Court and F -tre it is now pending. - Meanwhile Mr. 'W'sintt Is pretending t act as administrator, and the aj-li.-4rance before - the. Folk -eounty ci :rt yesterday was for the purpose of securing an order prohibiting his father acting as-administrator nntil tl case is diermiuedlntlie Supreme t 'rt, Messrs. Binghanr and Condit e: tearing for the original admiuis-tf.-tor, and Mr Holmes representing YJnnn. The court onlered that Mr. I ,?ris shouhl act as administrator of il- estate, and thnt Mr. Wann should ;;se to so act. The estate is valued b" aliont $10.0110, and the fight over 1. ! said to have 4wen a bitter one; PXOW IN T1IK MOUNTAINS. 1 X a reporter imt several . Salemites - terday, old timers, who remarked If t the-"feel" of -the atmosphere In- . atel that tliere was snow In tlie ii contains,, 'ami it wa thidr. opinion tl .it while we may wee many pleasant a turn days, there . will be no. more si m livery- weather this year. This was etufinnei! by news rtvived in the city last evening that snow' fell in the Cascade mountains aliont Detroit on Monday night, and the tops of the blRh rhlgea up tliere are now covered with snow. The white coTerlngwfll likely remain on the higher places during the whole winter. OVfSIt TUB LEGISLATURE. The Pally Statesman announces a rate of $150 for "trial -suliscript ions ly mall, to cover the "month of Noveuiljer, leceinler. January or February, for throngh tlie sssion of the legislature. This will no; doubt 1rlng many new uanies of nersous in-various unrt nt tlfe state who will want to keep tract ot tne capnoi ami legislative news. These trial subscriptions are fof cash In advance.-. - "? '. ; LEG BltOKBN. R. A; Lovegrove". Uk foreman of the Wallace farm, had the "misfortune to have his lour h Tuesday by a wagon turning over." tie was unnging ,m;a ioaa ot apples, from the orchard, on a steep hillside when s the wasron overtnmfl mim.. ing bis-leg under the rack and break ing ine uones between the ankle ami tbe knee. Ir. W. II. Byrd was cali"I and et the iniumt tnerntui . t-i... pa t tent i reported as resting easy nint jttrmnx aiong as well as could be expected. - . fiOOO r.OAHS-We are glad to bear that the froml mnria ..- l reached Lebanon, even though it 4s wo imm loria. it I certainly Ilizll time that town w inrin. 1. a new leaf. - But come to thJnk',of It there-is no gootl reason why the same thing slwuld not be done all over Uncle Sam's farm, j We. .Americans LtKist of being the first of the nations In : nearly aU - mob?ru Improvements, and still in tlie matter of good, roads there Isn't a worse la ggartl than the United States; "We bear a great deal now-a-das's alKiut the beauties of ex 1 ans ion.-. If some of .the fellows who have expansion on the brain bave.lt long enough and bard enough to ex pand their ideas suifleieiitly to eom Iehend a way whereby 4his country will secure good roads roads v that will compare with those Of our great neighbors, England. France. Germany, and even Switzerland and old, de crepit Spain-I i shall cease to look upon the word expansion1 ; as upon those other famBiar expressions, pro tection amt.free trade mere catchwords-of spellbinders and windjam ming iKjIiticians. used for tlie puriio5 ot pulling the wool over the eyes of the voter who lets omebody else do bis thinking for Iiiui.-Lebanon Express-Advocate.- ' ; , . ; '; ; f A SUCCESSFUL CAMFAIGNEIl. A' splendid Heecb was delivered by Hoh.r Tilmon Fortl, of Salem, at tiie court liou In this city on the eve ning of the )tb. and be was greeted by a crowded bouse." His speech was a vote-getter, ami was applauded througliout. It was among the lnst campaign efforts we liave had tlie pleasure of bearing for GO years, Tliere was no mistake ? made, when Mr. Ford was stn-pred for the cam paign. " NunilKTs were turned from darkmss to tle Light of Truth, and the lieimblican ticket in this county will iceive an over-whelming major ity lit fact, if Mr. Ford coold liave visited irnd" sK)ken in one or two more precincts McKinley and Roosevelt would. , practically, ; have retvlved every vote in the county. Til Ford Is a brick. The Toledo Post.- MANY , HOI'S SOLD. A report from Ilillsboro fcays: "Nearly all the hopgroWers of Washington county have sold their 10U0 crop, realizing handsome figures. , Tlie latest sales reported are: J. A. Imbrie, yield of 4 acres; James II. He well. 30' acres; William Bagley, 25 ates; ZIna, Wood, 20 acres, and Sairsbauer Brothers, about 15 acres. J. Carmlchael, of Sa lem, was .the purchaser, paying- 13 cents a opund. These hops will lie de livewtl In a few days, which will leave a very small iiortlon of the Washing ton county crop in the hands of the growers, other grpwers in liiis coun ty bave'sold at prices ranging from 0 to 15 cents." NO ELK BEING KILLEI.-lame Wa.rdeu Oniinby some rims? ago re ceived notification from a man at Sea side, of the slaughter of . elk- on Elk Creek. , In violation of the law.. He accordingly .'instructed E.' W. Hough ton, bis deputy at Sklpanon to make an investigation. Mr. Houghton now writes that he investigated the alleg ed violation of, the game laws,, and finds. that tliere is no truth in tlie re liort. .He also adds that SeasUb? has its share of notorious .liars and that Mr. Oulmby's informant ' was proli ablv ! bent on stirrins up a ueishor- booil row when be made lle ,1-cport- Telegram. - SELLING HOPS. Hopgrowcrs are selling heavily on the present market, which ranges from - 12 to 15 ivn-fs, with an .occasional ale. at a j better figure for a choice article. There is a difference of opinion among the deal ers. ns to whether the . growers aw acting wisely vn rushing their . hops into the market as freely as they are doing at present. A". prominent- tea tnre of the market Is the fact that the present buying is almost, if. not quite. altogether for the,-, English market. American consumers are not laying In any supplies at the irt-eent figures. Jacksonville Times. THE SllEKP BUSINESS. Ceo. W Davis has leased for, a term of years Of Xi acres of land known as the Ewald ' farm, located just south of the Cat holle ' cMiietry. The propert.v will be used for a pasture for sheeji, iu wh'clt business Mr. Davis promises to engage. 3Ir. Davis must have im plicit confidence in the te-c lection of McKinley; or-be would uot cnib.-irk iu this busimss to which Bryan's election would mean disaster. STATE . TAXES. State Treasurer Clias. S. 3Ioore is in. rweipt of a re mittance from tfws treasurer of Tilla mook county, hi5 payment of delin quent taxi's. On account of the taxes for 107, 107-13 was paid, in full for that year,, while a partial iniyuieiit of $13i7.77. was made ou account of the 1S08 tsx. " ' -: . WROTE IT HIMSELF. he,' Dalles. IX-t. 24. An, exainln i tian was' bad Iwforo United' States Commissioner . J. M. Iluntingtrm wherefn - one G. W. VauKliaii was charged with sending obscene mater through the mails. Some time 'ago Vaughan appeared 'liefore a . inishil Inspctor and complaiued that be had received letters "at Wasco, and AllMiiy and Salem that were obscene letters. After .Investigating the case, i and com pa ring tlie letters 'with the hatiil writlng of tlie defendant, his own ar rest followed, and be was liomid over In. the ' sum of $200 to appear ln-fore the United States grand jury at Port land. . He Is chargetl with writing the letters himself, for what reason it li uot explained. : f ' PIANS OF. YACIITMEN.f v New York. Oct. 124. It 1s atrondv arranged that Shamrock 11 will have some important trial spins In the So lent with Shamrock I. It was In the Solent tha t last vear's chatton the American enp, when racing with ine iTinee ot wales' Ilrlttannla, dis play il her sneedv nun lit lea . tnr first tlme. Ma'tehes. iietween tlie two !iiamrK-Ks will.- it. is mimxwI i FOUR THOUSAND MILES. Pitt.bunr. Pa -t. 24 ti.I Pennsylvania Iiailroad Is mduously in the construction of the longest fence in the world. The work has lieen in progress' for over two years, until now nearly 4000 miles of wire fence are In use. . A the wire 1 galvanised and the nosts of locust. Mie cost baa been , enormous. - "Curious, isn't iff" 1 Whatr . "A . tran's band wriMnf ' i-t npt'vp tn bad tbat Ids name -ant- le read when signied to a check.' Ibiladelphia North American. - - ! - - THE NOME COUNTBY PBOr. A. J. COtXXFB BEfCBMS TBOM UtS BXPLOBATIOKS. Was lfraber of ths CalUd States 0eo- ; ;,ttufiWfiih. tFrom Dally. Statesmau. Oct. 25.) Prof. Arthur J. Cllhr, formerly of , Willamette University, rettinml yesterday morning from Nome, where bo lias been since last May engaged in the work of .tlie' United States Geo logical Survey. His rarty made a trip tap Fish and Neukluk rivers, through the . Bewly, discovered Koug rock gold fields., v : From there they went to Tort Clarence, thnw to Noimy and home on tlie Pafhliudcr, tlKi coast survey vessel. Tbcy found the distribution of gold lMirlng rocks more extensive - -tlum was at first supposed. It Is probable, however that iiyne of the mines are as rich us tne '-Klondike. The out put of the gold fields of thi Nome resions for tbe iist year was almut $2.50o,ooo. A report of these ex plora t ions will probably Ik puWishetl . next spring. The government had one geological andone toj nigra pli leal party in tlie vicinity, of Nome, and a combimil gieologlca'l an toiMigniphical i party in the ivgiou just cast of Galovin Bay, which was extetubil alsiut 150 mlKs east of Nome and west of Cap) Prince of Wales. ; There was but little sickness auioiig the wbite iopulatiori of this -region, but among the Eskimos there rng-d a pestltcu'eo 'which seemed to be measles and pneumonia,, and '.'-which killed about fifty per cent of ihetn. llie measles ' seems' to have" been brought thcr,e from SUmtUi. The 'rev enue cutter Bear, which Visiied Ivliigs Island ri'ikirts having found' fifty dead bodies of tlie na tives, unburied. a fid watched over only by the dogs. The remaining Inhabitants bad' all fled.1' Bouttls Eigastan f " 1bt Riad loa Haw Hlwars Bourl COMPLIilENTAltY TO GOV. GKKE What a Boise, Idafao, Paper Has to Say of Orefron's Chief Executive .and His Work. The Sunday Sif tings, ? a paper pub lislH'd in Boise, Idaho, by a former Democrat 'who is now au euthuslasiii suplMirter of. -McKinley and Roose velt, publish a-very coniplinientary notice of Governor Geer's rexvnt ad dress in tliat city, in a recent issue of his paper, IO.OOO extra -oples of. which were scattered througlioiit ldan'0. The article follows: "Republicanism was ,out ' 1n. full -force last Thursday night at Sonua's oiK'ra house to listen : to an address by Governor 'T. T. Geer of Oregon, on the issues of the campaign. The speaker is one of 'the worthiest that has come to Boise during the. present enmpaigu'and his. address was free from iimd-slitiging and. was fajr and honest to the Democrats : througliout.. Governor Geer took issue witli Bry atilsm and when he had finished Ids address, the supporter of Bryan felt as if they had been run through a threshing machine and had not yet gotten over,, it., , . , " "The reference of Mr. Geer to Bry an as a man. like unto the I'iatte riv.f'r, as a nian who was a mile wide at the .mouth, very, very . king ate! but 0 inches deep." provoked tin laughter and applause of the crowd, but When he added that the PJalle was unlike Bryan in that 'it, occa sionally dried , up, he brought tlie house down witii hini. , His spee,-U liroughout was a complete oxMsiirt' Of the Democratic cry of iinis'rialistu, irnd gave many clear and cogent rea sons why the voter should vote fur McKinley ami Roosevelt at the coin ing election." , . At Bed Time . ' " I. take a. pleasant. herb drink, th fitxi , njorning'I feci. bright and my com plexion it better. . My doctor say it acts gently on the stomach, liver -,, and kidntysr and .is, a pleasant laxt ..tive. It it made . form ' herbs and ,jis prepared as easily e tea. It is called Lane's. Medicine.. All drug-K-ists, sell it at 25c nd 50c. Lane's. -Family Medicines nfbves the bowcN each day. Jf you cannot get it, -send for a free sample. Address, Orator F. Woodward. Le Roy, N. Y. 5- Marker Reports. The local market quotationi yester day rere as follewt: Wheat 50 cents at the Salem Flour ing Mills Ca's office, flats 31 cents (baying.) " Hay Cheat, buying, $7 to $7-50: clover, $5 td'$0, timothy, $0 to $10. !;Flour 73 arid 80 cents per sack; $180 to $3 per.bbl. , , . : Mill feed Bran, $10 to $20, shorts $l7-iO. .-';': '., . ..,..'.... "-, ' Butter 20 cents (buying.) Eggs 25 cents. '."".' '"..''.' ' . IVultrv Cbb-kens Gc ner lb. market dull. . . . . V i I'ork Fat. 4 to 4, gross; 0 net. Btnf Steers. 3'.: cows. ' 3c: eooil heifer, 3c. - ' . Mutton Sheep. - 3c On' foot: shear ed 2V to 3C '. Veafr-G and 7c dressed. ' - ' - -"-'? Potatos 25c, buying. Wool 14 to 15: cents .market weak. MohaiN-25 cents. ,f " 1 WHIP5, R0BCS Calikrrnia Oak7tanned leather used. j . "Harness Oil. jetc, F. E. SHAFER 23 State Street. 6aJm, Oregon A