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TTEESLT bSEaoil ETATESilAN, TXUX) XPXEMBEB IS, 1903.
IHGvNO'HARIil
it
I O'TrilS ARE LOOBXD UPON AS
V313T. BUNETICIAI. TO GEO W-
rwa hop Chop.
- '7 Pear on JPart of Growers la. That
To Much Bain May Serre to Dis
cotaragpiei Pickers and Cause Them
to Leave- the Yards.
All authorities agree that the pres
ent visitation of rain to this section is
bf inestimable value to the growing
L'fj trop and are of the opinion tbat
t will increase the quality materially.
tThe only harm that it wiH do, or is
ossible'for it to 'do idw, is that, by
i rofongation, indefinitely, it may cause
ae piezers to become, iieouraged. and
eave tae yank. There is little or no
iJanger'Bpoa this fore,, however, as
Licking proceeded in tnost of the, yards
5a tie vicinity of Dallas and ladeoend.
nee. yesterday, notwithstanding the in-
jtrmTtet showers, and full kilns were
gathered. - , - ',-
It is 'reported that some little dis-
satif action arose fa the Giblert : Pat
terson yard, near Kola. on Mondav.
which assumed the proportions oT a
jtrike,.but-the differences -were quick
ly anU, satisfactorily . adjusted, and
the Wjaole ,.erew went to. 'work yester-
lay morning.? WB' far as easr be learned
no triable- has occurred' between the
pickers and growers of Any yard in this
section so far. this season and none is
looked - for.. JTo date the reports bei ng
received 'from the fields indicate the
y f eld is Vem fog down well and the bops
are in prims' condition, bat none ven
tures to place a reliable estimate upon
the-probable yield fbr the1 state.' '
Conditions In Kw Tork. ;
Aa to toe conditions in Nfw York
state the Otsego Republican of .Sep
tember" 6 aays: "
" The hop harvest is proceeding as
rapidly as the poor weather has per-1
mltted. The rains and sultry weather
have not assisted jn keeping the hops
In J good condition. The information
we. "get -confirms out belief that the
crop. wlllnot exceed much, one-half of
laat year's yjeid.
Middleb'urg News, August 31:
Hops throughout the Schoharie val
lvy 'are being "picked and the crop is
most' excellent in- quality. The yield
compares favorably with that of ' one
year ago. While a few growers report
aaincreased yield others report quite
a sEbrtage. Mr. II. V. Pindar, the lar
gest grower in the state, picked 3f00
boxes of early bops, which is an in
ereiree f a Unit 10,- per cent, over the
crop 'f , last;-year; . lie is now busily
erjg3ge'V picking the: lata hops, and we
understand, there i -quite a shrinkage
In the yield af compared with one year
ago. 3;Thedeftcienej(.j hero will more
than offset the gain id -his early hops.
Throughout IBs valley, nbps are keep
ing welL Onthe npiaid reports say
that the erop'js bauly Injured by blight.
Alyhopgh ar"y ill, - the season, a few
tci;)haybeen jTfl'Be.'vY Pindar
old ' 30 babja t earfy 'ifm at . 20 Cent s.
John R. Haiiies bus aiso-m(d his early
hops Ct or 9t : "cejira. George B. Hyde
sold ht;'earfyj, -horflS cents and
contracted bis . late-' hop's to the same
Yttrlr f"tldk .ii in nrlpd A-
'Maiisoy"fwn!T'atleV August 31:
The annual hopj harvest in this sec
tion', waa coiiinenced bis week, saost
of the growers starting )n to pick on
Tuesday and .Vfdtfesday. With a few
tf?ion tbe danfage from lice, blight
and mildew 'will 'aot be as serious 'as
Was at first anticipatAd, although some
, yai.fc'are In a bad way fro'ni one or
the 6iaer of aufhtroubles.' ' Tt is gen
erally' admitted that, the yield' will be
abont ane-tnira teas than last fall s big
eropj Buuyers do" not appear to be at
aTl an'xion to contract at present and
eea.tg be holding oft until aa intelli-
caa be"ascer(ained. .While growers' are
looking for Jast 'year's prices, dealers
;wli,fo 20 eua, ,' 4 "
'HichmondriUtf Phoenix, August 30;
Tie growing crop Is now well
ma-
'tared, and lo far "as we' are able to
Warn or judgf, is ia ""ilnrne ' ' eondition.
Tie Lnjrr is well developed, seeded and
llenredfv the ; wealbef.' conditions have
been excellent 'and, ap to- the' Tery
time of beginning the; ' harvest there
were no -unfavorable eifeumttasces or
igW.4 If the weathee permits, the crop
la orit)ilil II tmaA MnititiAn ant
the- drying property .. -done,- , Richmond
ville will offer an average sized crop of
- it.'!:" v.iu 'j.'l ' -
l vo wajw ut sxoc I or tuar, -oDa Lbe nzpaclant moittmt
cf all plaaaant antidoatiooa of tbo comics; vent, and casta w hr a
aiuuiow of pSooam tr bids cannot bo shaken off. Thonaanda of women
to i mn 4 that t&o o of iSotfcefa Friend durino; pregnancy rob
afiaemsjnt aJl pain and daxijar, and Inaoroa aafety to lifo of mothor
cicMld. TUijtsieatiSo liniment i ftfod-aend to all women tt t&
to, .laif Bt critical trials , Not only doea Mother Friend
esxrr cornea aoraJj uroo uo
lilt )?npf kso ajaionn r in
TZ :
1" r'- -V- i
shipping quality bop in ' abont-; two
weeks. Farmers have ' their : expecta
tions fixed on a fair' Basin and are not
ignorant of nay of toe crop conditions
that prevail anywhere in the hop grow
ing sections of the World., Dealers who
eaa offer) abont the same figures they
did last fall will hustle out the entire
crop in a jiffy. Farmers are sot dis
posed to be unreasonable. '.; '
Cherry J Valley Gazette, August 31:
Hop picking has generally begun,
picking, having started a few days ear
Iff-r than expeeted f through fear of
mold. "It is yet too eariy to judge' bow
the yield j , will turn out, bnt it will
probably; not be far from 20 pr cent
tear than last year in this state. . -CebQharie
Republican, August 31: ?
The picking of the Humphrey ' seed
ling was finished, last week: and fhe
gathering of the clusters and Canadas
is in full swing this week.- In this im
mediate vicinity the quality thus far
is une, ana wun eoniiueu . iavoraoe
weather toe entire crop will be bar
vested la the same condition. In -many
sections ,vernm and mould abound in
the yards, wJueh will result in the loss
of many bopis and a low grade of those
secured. ;
Oneonta Herald, Angust 31:
lacking is progressing' rapidly in thin
section, but only a fw small growers
nave finished as yet. There is. some
mould and lice, and the quality l will
probably not be quite equal to that of
last year. There are, however, , many
eboice yard. For early' Varieties 20 to
2 cents aas been pauL . There .if. -apparently
no fixed price as yet for tie
main crop. 8a n ford South worth of
Portlandville picked 120 boxes this
year from a yard which a year ago
yielded i 1.10 boxes. C. S. .Morris est!
mates his crop at 30 per cent short,' and
W. L. Morris, who last year had 140
bales estimates this year's erop at 100.
Schoharie county reports a crop near
ly as large as las year..-
C'obleskill Index, August 31: V .
The harvesting of the crop is gener
al in Ifus vicinity. Growers wno have
already harvested report the crop as
considerably short of last year and dis
appointingly small The hops are not
op to Expectations either in size or
weiglTt. ' Mould and vermin are appear
fog, tfnd growers are in haste to finish
picking lest even the small crop be
damaged. I
Franklin. Gazette, September 1:
Hop picking began in several of the
Malone yards last Monday. This is
about a week earlier than the date for
last year, but was considered good pol
icy on account of the condition of the
hops and the fear that unfavorable
weather might cause a troublesome in
crease of vermin or mould. Picking' in
the smaller yards "will be general next
week antl not a few growers will be
gin September 1. It is too. early yet'
to make predictions on the total yield
of Franklin eounty yards, but it is
probable "That the aggregate will fall
considerably below last year. Much
depends upon weather conditions dur
ing the next-two weeks.
New York Producers'.' Price-Current,
September 2:
In this state . picking is well 'under
way. - The late rainy, unfavorable
weather caused considerable damage
from mould aad blight ra thV Water-
vITle section, -but advices from Schoha
rie and Otsego counties report very lit-
tle' da mage. -Some early stae seedlings
have been sold at 20 to 21 cents, but
as yet tney have had very little de
mand.' Foreign, advices continue excel
lent both from England and the-conti
nent and priee.i showing a considerable
ilroj). " Nef , Germans are offered ' " de
livered in New York duty paid at 28
to 30 cents. .The local market is quiet,
but pn'ces lower in sympathy with the
general conditions The 4cer tax paid
in July, 1005, was on 512G9 barrels,
as against 5,023,879 barrels in July,
1904, showing an increase in July this
year of 483,400 .barrels..,..
For' forty years, Dr. Fowler 'a Extract
of " Wild Strawberry has- been caring
summer complaint, dysentary, diarrhoea,
. - 1.
oiuouy iiu x. pain in wi nioiuar 11, nnti 11
has; never, yet,, failed- to -lo. everything
claimeil for it.
at M Yo BawAhrrr Eoajfc
; O0ES TO PItlLlPPIKES. '
CIIEMAWA, Sept. 12.-John MeMul-
len, who has beam a, teacher at the in
dian school here for the. past year, has
received an appointment in ' the Phil
ippine Islands as teacher,, and .has left
for Manilla. . " .v - :'
la m rdal. wnlck a3
IndeacribabX fonr. for
. " . . .r
parOa f chfld-birtk, hot iu
coming avant, proTa
" - ,
Bearstae " '
IT IS PERFECT
WEATHER COULD NOT BATE BEEN
BETTESOH G BOWING CSOP
v OP HOPS.
Pickers Take Courage Over Cbange for
the Better and Becerd Breaking Qnal
ity Is Aasured- Estimates on -Total.
, Yield la Baiaed Considerably.
- Had it been ordered, , ; the present
weather could not have, been more ideal
so far as the bop crop is epncerneL
W'tih two days of warm and retreshing
rains, which served, to wash the dnst
from the hoDs and-vines, followed by
the bright warm sunshine will sot only
give strength to the, maturing nopa anu
add brilliancy and color but it will serve
to bolster up the confidence of ' the
pickers and prevent them from leaving
the fields, which action was threatened.
AH authorities agree that the quality
of the Oregon crop will equal, if not
exceed tbat of the year, 1896, whieh
has heretofore been recognized aa the
standard of quality and there are bright
prospects ia store for the grower, even
though there should be a surplus t on
the market, if such thing were possi
ble, fhe growers, : generally,: are dis
playing wisdom in Insisting upon clean
picking and will take great' care in the
curing of their product, thus insuring
a first class article for export trade.
7 The yield . ia some yards is coming
down heavier than was expected, while
in others it is reported light and the
prediction of the total , yield for .'the
sta,te continue to vary from " 85,000 to
105,000 bales, the estimate having been
raised, even' by the most conservative,
about 5,000 bales.'; U:,;';- ! .
Hop-CondiUons in waanington.
.Seattle, Sept. 14. Orders for 250 ad
ditional . hop '-pickers I were received
Wednesday by Secretary Grout, of the
publie employment bureau. The men
are wanted at the Dig yards pi vv. j.
Shinn and .W. H. Overlock, near Kent.
Mr. bninn visited the city personally
in an endeavor to 'get the pickersJ It
is the intention to ship them to both
yards as quickly as possible.
More men are also required on the
Emerson-O 'Brien farm, and other yards
near O'Brien; also 'at Kent. Mr. Grout
says it is his desire to get the required
pickers aa quickly aa possible. Picking
is now well under way, and the growers
desire to get their crops off the poles
as quickly as possible. Indian pickers
are not ; blacklisted, say tha yard own-
era, reports to the contrary notwith
standing. So far the reports indicate that the
hops in the south valley are in excellent
shape. The crop is very free from liee,
and while maybe there are a very few
yards in which the yield will be slightly
lighter than last year, this will be more
than counteracted in the improved qual
ity. A large numoer or growers nave
tneir kilns already at work.""
The picking season this year will last
for three weeks. The prices paid are
the same aa last year, $1 a box. There
are quite a number of" Indian pickers
at work, but not. quite so many as in
previous .years. 4 .-.
l The prospects of the hop crop In
oar country this year show that we will
have just a good average crop," said
Mr. W, J. Shinn, of Kent, who is one
of the' extensive' hop growers of that
locality. ' There was some fear at
first,"-continued. Mr. Shinn, " that
there would be a good deal of trouble
from rust, but it is now seen that there
will be very little, if any, and in addi
tion the crop is entirely free from lice
this year, which it hasn't been before
in some time."
The bop picking around Kent com
menced this week, and will continue for
about three weeks longer. ' There are
now about 1500 pickers working in that
locality, and there is room 'for a num
ber more, according to Mr. Shinn. "Most
of the pickers are people that come out
from the eities with their families,
pitch a tent, and live there during the
picking season, and tbns spend a pleas
ant and profitable vacation.
When asked about the price to be ex
pected this fall Mr. Shinn said: "As
near as we ean tell from the present
outlook, the prices will be somewhat
lower than the high prices of the last
three years, but we expeet to get It
Cents a pound, rfaicn has been the aver
age for the last-ten years."
Hop growing in and around Kent, ac
cording to Mr. Shinn, is. getting less
extensive each year, as most of the
farmers are devoting their lands and
time to dairying.
Granger, Sept. 14. The hop yard of
Arthnr Gurley, two miles north of town,
was destroyed , by some unknown per
son cutting off 34(H) vines Monday night.
The crop, valued at 2o00, will be a to
tal loss. n ' " . f .
Tnl.ln Rnt. 14. iron nirkini? has
begun in the vicinity of Toledo. The
quality of the crop is good and the
yield will - be large, but not aa heavy
as thought' ia few weeks ago. There is
a scarcity of pickers and the price for
picking has ben raised to si.Zd per vox,
-
w
Olequa, Sept. .14. rThe hop growers
of Olequa are rejoicing ia the prospects
of a heavy yield and a fair price.' The
greatest difficulty at present is to se
cure pickers to take care ox the- crop.
The Patterson yards have advertised
for 1OO0 pickers; others want from fifty
to 250, but all are snort. C ' '
Crop Outlook in New York.
, As to. the .conditions in New- York,
the Otsego Farmer of - September 8,
says:- , .t
The indications are that the hop mar
ket will open at about 20 cents. We
leant of aerevai sales at that figure,
and one offer of 20 cents was made
and . not , accepted, i The majority of
growers will . finish : . harvesting . this
week. From present indication th
yield will le. from one third to one
ouarter on from last mr ! thlm n.
ty. .Several growers report, not oTer.
" -
half a crop, but the majoritv so far as
we have been able to learn,; say that
their yards are front one quarter Jto one
third less than last year's cropT The"
heavy storm of . Sunday and . Monday
damaged the crop somewhat, but not
aa much as feared at fixst.-r . .
' - . s : " ' - , . 1
' i 1 . ' '-'t' - .' . j
Central New York Hops. - "'''
. The .weather, for the past few davs
has been unfavorable for harvesting the
crop and hope themselves have not ira.
proved during the severe storms - that
have visited .thia section.-It ia gener-
ally agreed that the sooner the crop ia
picked the better. Mould, has held. off
remarkably weU but ualeaa,th weataer
improves damage will result in many
With th,rroCTss of the bar-
j t the doeV not -show that pre
vious estimates ox. aopni w
of last year were fan oat. of the way.
While there are oeeaional yard that
are coming down with av.f alb erop, there
are. manv therT-yardSi.that, -are very
poor, Interviews with' many of the
growers' show that te -number of boxes
picked this year compared, with last are
as a general things -aom 30 to 40 per
cent Jess: Afew ales f earlies have
been -made' at to 22 cents. J. H.
Montgomery, . Kooert Brogan, Patrick
Brogan, Chaa. Bieharda aad Peck Bar
ber have sold at these, priee.- Wat er
vilb Hop . Beporter. .. - l
It is not thought that the picking will
continue for more than. two-weeks. , We
hear of sales of some 20O bales -of early
bops at Middlebarg at 20 cent,' but no
sales have been male here. Hops in
Cobleskill are in splendid, condition! The
hop itself is firm and has a fine. -color
and there 'is -not a great Jrrowtb,, of
vines and leaves, which aasures , fast
and easy v picking. Cobleskill Times,
AugSi: . ; : '
.-. The harvesting of the crop is-general
in this vicinity.' Growers who have
already harvested report the crop? as
considerably short of last year and dis
appointingly small.- The. hops are,; not
up- to expectations either incize or ,
weieht. Mould and vermin are appear-;
-ing, and' growers are, in baste to' finish
picking lest -even the small crop rr oe .
damaged. J. H. -Taylor- baa purchaaed j
fifty bales of Humphreys- of, H." V. Pin
dar of aiiddlebucg. : Price not v given.
Hop picking is now in full swing. The
way in which they are-coming down is
a disappointment to growers. They, re
aized before picking that it was St. top
erop but did not think it would come
down, sq light as it is. - Those-who. have
been picking a few days find that they
are getting about half , as manys aa last
year. (Jobbleskill index,. Aug. dl.
, Hop picking, began in 'several of the
Malone yards last Monday,' 8. w Skin
ner,' Col. Jones and J. P. Hardy, who
are among , the largest-growers begin
ning-on that day. '.This' is-about a- week
earlier than the date for last year, but
was considered 'good' policy en account
of the condition of the hops and the
fear that unfavorable . weather-might
eause a ' troublesome increase of- ver
min or mould.: Pieking in the' smaller
yards will be general next week and
not a few growers will begin September
1. It is , too early to 'make predictions
on the total yield of-Franklin county
yards, but it is. pTobable that the ag
gregate will fall eonsiderabry below last
year. - Much depends upon weather con
ditons during the -next two weeks.
Malone Gazette, Sept. l.'-
ALL ARE INyjTED
I2rvYTATlO!CE0CTEiri?EI t .THE
. . EEPBESENTATIVE -.BEPTJBIJ-CAN
OP MABION."
- " ' 1 i- ' -
Love Feast and Generif'Citdference to
Be Held at Portland, October ,12, to
Promote Oood Feeling snAAncssas -oX
Party of Peace and Presptfrlty.
The following" 'the text- of a cir
cular letter sent' out o- the - Republi
cans of Marion vounty byHal D. Pat-
ton, of the Kepsrblicaw state eentrai
committee for MArion' eounty :
To Marion county Republicans: Edi
tor Statesman I-feween. requested
by the chairman of , the Republican
state eentrai committee., Jtc invite all
Republicans who. can d ,ao to attend
a love feast and general' conference of
the represenTStiVe Bepubli'cans of this
state tov. be held ,.in ,1 prtland, October
12. -I905; y-As .it. is impossible for me
to send individual invitations, and in
order that no Republican may feel that
he has not been. anvited?, 1 .Wish to ex
lend' through your, paper general in
vitation to all .Republicans: of .Marion
-county to attend. '. . ,
The 'general purpose, ox the conier-
ence is so promote goout xeeiiog a
take anv steps deemed advisable to
pmote success in the grand party of
peace and prosperity, as state com
mitteeman and a the request of Chair
man Baker I shall take, the liberty , to
send out to all the addresses I can get
circulars advising them of this confer
ence and urging. the attendance of all
committeemen ana parry, worxers in
the various preevnets.. Very truly,
' ' , y Hal D. Patton,
Comitteeman for Marion county.
BETTJBKS ABE TTNBEIXA.BLE. '
gUp-ghod Manner In Which State Cen
" sua Has Taken Will Oire Un
satisfactory Besmt' ;
The slip-shod manner in which the
census was taken over thetire state
this year is evidenced'bjf the' returns
which have been received fn the office
of the secretary of state from Klamath
county. The countys population, ac
cording to the state census, 'is 3836,
while that of the federal 'census, of
1900, gives a total of 3970, showing a
decrease of 134 souls, which 'seems im
possible when the heavy immigration
into that county, as well as the other
portions of the state is taken into con
sideration. Another evidence that the
state census is erroneous is' the fact that
only seven Indians' are reported to ex
ist on the Klarrfafh reservation,' when
the led era 1 census of 1900' gives a total
of'1136. ' v .
Of the toUl population ven 2220
are males and 1616 females,' aad the
total number Mif voters hi the eounty is
reported at 133T, wfeieh ia quite-near tae
'figures given by 'the enumerators under
the federal census. Owing to the lack
of system in the:. taking of the census
id Klamath county, as is the ease in
many another- eounty. of the state, it
is impossible for the secretary of state
I i. . a -m il : . . ...
" "rKKT-K"' " popuiawon oi u uii
f erent . towns f rem the" total.
JOINT CANDIDATE FOB MAYOB.
SAM FRAXCISCO, Sept."' 12. John
S. Partridge, n deputy in the office of
City Attorney Leagia to-be the Re
publican Leagues candidate f or mayor
at the coming Municipal election. Ilia
selection was ratified tonigh". at a eau
cas of the league delegates.. It is ex
pected Partridge"nf ill be endorsed by
;the Democrats.- ' . i - . I j
It
MORTHVEST
Orer SeTen Bnndred.
The Ashland-schools have as enroll
ment of J725, -offc which eighty-five are
in, the high school.: - iJ
risk at Yaanlna. ;
"'Parties on the Yaqnina excursion
yesterday reoprt a big run of fish yes
terday morning. Forty or fify boats
were out and the fish were jumping
fast. One man pulled in seventeen in
a short time and others made about as
big catches, nearly all silversides. some
as big as thirty, pounds r A net, which
hatbeen place.1 in the bay was washed
outside the bar! and when recovered
was filled with all kinds of fish. Demo
crat. : " ' l.: ;,;vf ' - -,
Mining In Baker County.
It is not generally known, but it can
be positively stated that mining
throughout Baker county has this year
been on a very -substantial basis and
that while little fuss has been made
about it those in a position to judge
say that more men have been employed
in the hills this season than for many
summers past. Jt is expected that sev
eral of the larger mines which have
been out of commission on account of
litigation will resumeiWork even during
the' winter. Democrat. - s
la ' ; Court at Seattle.
. The United States court of appeals
for the' ninthdistrict of Washington
will ' convene this morning at 10:03
o'clock, with Hon. W. B. Horrow of
Portland presiding, and Associate
Judges E. M. Ross of Los Angeles and
William B. Gilbert of San Francisco.
Clerk of the Court Meredith Sawyer
stated that the docket was much lightei
than usual, only four cases coming uj
for the consideration of the court.
After the court adjourns here it wib
go to Portland, and convene on Septem
ber l8. From Portland the judges wil.
go to their respective homes until the
interaession. Post-Intelligencer.
It Died a Burning.
The congregation of the First Meth
odist church, the largest in Tacoma
at last Sunday morning's service,
joined in the ceremony of burning a
mortgage which for fourteen years past
has been a eloud on the church. Mrs'.
Eveline' B. Devore, the widow, of Rev.
John F. Devore, one of the fathers ot
Methodism in the northwest, and who
took a leading part in establishing, the
first church in the early pioneer days,
lighted the mortgage, which was on a
neat bier , on the' rostrum and surround
ed by flowers, the congregation singing
while it was burning, "Praise God
From Whom All Blessings Flow." Jl
G. Hudson, - treasurer of the church,
made a financial statement explaining
the manner in which the church had
paid off debts to the amount -of 25,00,
and did not now owe a dollar.
Church on Wheels.
The chapel car Emmanuel, in charge
of Rev. E. R. Hermiston, is side-tracked
at tbe S. P. depot. There have been
some vejy interesting, services in the
care', which is thoroughly equipped foi
gospel services. This car is owned and
operated by the Baptist Publication So
ciety, and is one of the sveu ear
owned by that . society. -Some, twelve
thousand converts have been made and
... . i i
aix Hundred eumiay scnoois anu
churches organized and almostVone mil
lion pieces of literature and Bibles giv
en away-Roscburg Plaindealer. ;
Electric Lights Soon.
The work of constructing the line
connecting the Condor Power & Light
Company with the Ashland system was
commenced - immediately after the aae
tion taken by Judge. Hanna in dissolv
ing the Injunction. There are two
crews at work 'and the work will be
completed in about ten days. The pole
line will extend from the power house
down Granite street to High street,
along High to Manzanita, down Man
zanita to Main and along Main to the
city limits, where the connection is
made. The lights and power, have been
miserable during the past few days,
and the appearanceI"of a reliable sys
tem in the, cjty ia vmost welcome.
Tribune.' '.; ' ;
A Fruit Dryer Destroyed.
This morning ' about 2 o'clock the
Iiensill 6 Stinson fruit evaporator,
about four miles .north of Eugene on
the river road, .was destroyed by fire.
It is not known how the fire orifiinat
ed, but it probably caught from the
fnrnaee. At the time the night man
discovered the blaze it was beyond
control. There' were fire extinguishers
and several water barrels about' the
building, but the fire spread so rapidly
that .their use could have done n
gOOd.v '.,-: , .-
. The' value of the buildings and con
tents was $5000. There was $2000 in
suranee, leaving a net loss of . $3000.
There were twelve tons of green, fruit
in the dryer and one ton was ia the
building ready to put in. Besides this
eighty bushels of wheat, 175 cards, of
wood,' $300 worth .. of household It goods
; :: To Cif.:a;.CoM
Tcid Laxative Brcmtfc'Otjiniiio Tenets.
Seven VZZoa boxes sold ia past 13
and a carload "of box sbooks were con
sumed. -'- 'r -- '
Y D. Uensill, one bf ihe owners of
the plant, states that they will re
build, and that they will continue dry
ing at a neighbor 's planr, fulfilling all
eontracts. ' ,
This dryer was one of the largest ia
the upper valley and was a complete
plant in every particular. Guard. -
' c Xoiniber bnslneas Prospering.
Just as soon as enough men can be se
eured for theextra shift the Booth
Kelly Company's big sawmill at
Springfield will . begfn operatjg-l at
night, thus doubling its present out
pnt.' This information was -given the
Guard this afternoon by B. A. Booth,
manager of the company.
Mr. Bootb stated that men are scarce
at "present, but Lo thought that enoiigh
could be secured to begin Ibe night
shift next week. Harvest is bow over
and many men who worked with t the
threshers will be willing to work in
the mill, it is thought.
,Tbis announcement is good news to
the people of the community. The put
ting on of the "bigbt shift at Springfield
is said to be the beginning of the re
sumption of the prosperous conditions
whieh existed in the lumber and log
ging business in this county before the
shortage of cars on the Southern Pa
cific railroad greatly hurt the Booth
Kelly people and caused a shutdown of
several of their ulants.
-Mr. Booth states that. , the railroad
company has how promised to furnifli
plenty of cars for the transportation
of -the. lumber, and prospects for the
immediate employment of hundreds of
additional men in. the mills and logging
eamps seem very bright. bugehe
Guard. I
Highland Mill Now Finished. 1
iXeil J. Sorensen, manager of 1 the
Highland gold mines, arrived in from
camp yesterday and stated to a report
er that the new mill had just been
completed and will be ready for busi
ness as soon as the' electric power
plant can be installed. As large a
foree of men as it is possible to work
is putting in the plant, a portion of.
the machinery already being on the
ground. Mr. Sorensen is putting in
his own electric power plant, and
soon as the mill starts up he will
shipping high grade concentrates
market. Baker City Democrat. .
as
be
to
Contented Citizens Wanted.
It is entirely proper for people com
ing to this city to locate to look
around and not leap in the dark. W
think we have about the host valley in
the world, and some splendid farms, but
the eastern man who comes here docs
well nevertheless, if ,he doesn't buy the
first farm shown him on tbi day he
reaches here. What is wanted is con
tented new .citizens, not. those, who
may become dissatisfied because some
one has gotten the best of them. In
vesting several thousand dollars in
farm, is an important ma'er, and, de
serves .careful consideration. Albany
Democrat.
Full Mit Bind.
' Xot-long ago a German farmer who
lives alout five miles from this city,
bought, a cow, which the seller told
'si m was a full-blooded Jersey. Last
week this cow strayed from the owner's
pasture and , was lost. The next day
the following sign wis naied to a tree
near the farmer's home: ' Lost, from
the bast uro avay. Vun chersey kow,
fnl with blood. Revart shall e bnid.
Fritz." Tillamook Herald.
Secured Possession of Children.
A chapter was added to a romantic
escapade in Rose's hop yard on Satur
day. A man and woman with two chil
dren were among the hop pickers. A
soeond man appeared, got iHissession of
the children, and boarding a. northbound
Southern .Pacific train, hied away.' It
transpires that he is husband of the
woman and father of the children.
Their home is in Colorado, One day the
mother with the two children, left on
the pretense of visiting a friend. She
never returned. Instead, joined oy the
man with whom she was found, they
came west. The husband has.beenvseekr
ing them nince and never success
ful until Saturday. Independence
West Side.
A Fifteen-Doll r Bird.
Frank Caldwell of Linn county, paid
$15 the other dny for killing a Mongol
ian pheasant out of season.
Plenty of Strawberries. -
Strawberries on the 12th of Septem
ber are indeed a treat. Yesterday a
box of delicious berries were brought
into the'Pease store from the Maloney
place on upper Mill creek. The I a lies
Chronicle. "
Striplings Elope. .
. -The attractions of hop picking could
not hold Miss Myrtle Cox, a 17-year-old
girl, and Claud Cox, a cousin. Together
they took French leave Sunday,, and B.
F.'Cox, the girl's father, is taking steps
to have tne couple brought back. They
left in a livery rig Sunday for Salem.
The rig was returned yesterday and
that is the last trace of the elopers.
independence enterprise.
The Seattle Way.- r
A 60-foot front piece of property, in
Seattle was sold recently for $10,O0O.
Five years ago it changed ownership
for $4000. It is improved with a amail
house that rents for $t0 a month.
It's Off. '
The arrangement of J. C. Lee and
others to buy the Sterling mines at
Itornbrook, Cal- has been declared ou
It was found that a good title to the
property could not be obtained, besides
somewhat of a graft by a California
man was. unearthed. The mines, though,
are a good proposition. Democrat.
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Tt3 nature,
NEWSB
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Wnose Watermelons?
A meeting was held at the Presbyter
Lin church last night for the pur:u
of organizing a men 's league to aiit
in pushing the work of th -hur-h, se
curing better attendance, etc. S. ,.
Steele was chairman. "The (' 'l f,r
Men" was selected ai the league's mot
to. E. K. Montague, II. Ia. H.-pnim
and Rev. Griswold were apMtintfd a
committee on constitution and by-laws.
Watermelons followed, and the league
adjourned to next Tiielay evening.
Albany Democrat. i . .
For Coffee and Tea Drinkers.
Every man, woman and rhiid in the
United States consumes annually twelve
pounds of roasted coffee, is what statis
tics say, and the. manager t a c.iflr-e
house in SKkic estimates that, ;t,iMwi,
ttitii pounds of coffee and 3".",hm) jiiihU
of tea are used in the territory e.overol
ly iptkane jobln-r each yer. lie s:iys
that .the pop!e of the Inland Empire
pay on an 'average $74.1,7gO a year for
coffee and $1H7,.(1 a year fur ten.
Another. Mail Boute.
Walter Whitlow, carrier, and )s. nr
G. Vhitlow, sulmt itute, of (lie n.v
route, No. 6, nut 'of Albany, file.l their
bonds on the 15th and will take -hurg
of the new route. The route ln-ms
in the eastern suburls of the city and
runs around Knox liutte. Abany Dem
ocrat. . " i -
Will Succeed.
The interest being taken by the peo
ple of Baker City and the county gen
erally 'in the forthcoming fair, and
sjteed meet-, reflects credit on all, and
insures success. In Eagle and Pine
valleys, in Numpter, Bourne, Rut-k
Creek, Greenhorn and Haines, the. peo
ple are talking fair and arranging to
be here next week. " When the -citizens,
of a community stand together
tike this on any proposition it anuot
fail. Democrat. '
Wasco County's Wheat.
About sixty per cent of the average
crop will be the yield of wheat in Was
co county this year. While, last year
many acres averaged from forty to
forty-five liiheln, and one producer
told us of a good fifty-two IhixIii-Is,
now it is runniug from twelve t
twenty bushels, a few averaging be
tween thirty and thirty-five. Lack of
moisture is mostly responsible for the
defiieit. Home of the spring-sown grain
getting no moisture until the latter part
of June. The price also is falling short
this year. At this date in l'.'ill, 7."
cents a bi:shel was being paid; today it
is 153 cen fs. line reason for the tie
crease in price is the fact that les H
being exjtorted. Tin Dalles Chronicle.
Confiscates Fruit.
County Fruit Inspector It itz is still
eon fi scat ing fruit infected with the S.in
Jose scale or other infection. Mr. X7.
takes the fruit from the merchant in
whose possession it is found, issues a
receipt therefor, anil the merchant gets
his nioiiev back from the jx-rson who
sold 'it to him. It thus becomes neces
sary' 'fo merchants to know the names
of sells .in-order to avoid loss. Inspec
tor Rita savs he has been ordered to con
fiscate all fruit jdiipped in from Cali
fornia having scale and that oranges
and lemons will be wized according to
law when 'they are not free from dis
ease. Ail trim commented must .c
burned in accordance with the. law so
that no one may benefit from the cor
fisoation. Walla Walla (Wash.) I.'ec
To Reduce the Grade.
The Yreka Journal savs, t hat. a party
of railrom, engineers is n(.W - the lield
on Siskiyou mountains hnd vicinity,
running lines to ascertain the shortest
and ls'st route for cutting through the
summit to obtain a reduction of the
present grade of 1". and ISO feet to the
mile. This steel grade makes dillicuit
work in.hauling tip and is dangerous in
coming down.
No More Forest Fires.
Austin. Root, forest fire warden in
the Mohawk country for the Hooth
Kelly. Company, the Weychaiiscr 's and
the WeatwortliH, to.lay statetl that the
heavy" showers Monday night -and Tues
dav "morning eompletelv extinguished
the manv small fires in the woods in hi
territory. It rained much harder (here
than it has in Kugene and vicinity.
Monday night there was a thunder
storm and the rain was very heavy.
Keport from the upper MeKenr.ie. nlsi
state that heavy rains fell there and
that the fires were extinguished,--Kn-gene
Guard.
Botten Sidewalks.',
In various sections of the city in
fact irr every section there nre so
many dilapidated sidewalks with brok
en board and protruding nails that it
is a wonder the city has not had maii.vw
damage suits against it ere this. Now i
that winter is approaching and snow :
and ice will le added to the combina
tion, it would seem as though it was
time ti.r the property owners to get a
few boards, a pound of nails and a ham
mer and fix things in safe condition
at least until the new cement walks
can W.labl. Some day Baker will
the city beautiful dreamed of by
be
its
lovers and home builders. Democrat,
Miners to Blue Blver.
Miners from other sections of ihe
country are beginning to go intothe
Blue river mining district in search
of wealth, showing that the fame of
the district has spread abroad and is
attracting the attention of the eopl
from a distance. Last evening several
mining men arrived in this city on
their way to the, district, and.theyj.ro
pose going in and prosiecting. in case
they cannot find remunerative employ
ment in the mines now in operation
on the Blue river snd tho.Calaiooia.
It is expected that the movement of
prospectors and mining men to the
district - will gradually increaso until
the hills in that section will be filled
with prospectors. Albany Herald.
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