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f I ! f a UALITY IS "FINE XiUtTT is BAFIDLT DEAW- vAiwon. ?M-W. 'Content De I lave Smii nmihtd m or Hafor I . J?" w".w en-ngure . ' I ... . , . . Been rtoisned en or Before rim of Month. Grower Pleased Generally WiUi tin Results. Tbe : hop harvest ia this district ia fa at drawing to a clone and the first of Oetober will doobtleae see the finish. era are Hocking in squads and bunches rnwVked shorU o Pifie eo"t.Th. loss will be m the neighborhood ?o"rJV bTnipWd "and theL"Tb Ho" Co, of San I of 2000 parfiaJl eorered by insur- f in b. Mth., M I rui bow a goooiy force is being se t earel and the will start straight away to pick through the yard. Mr. Kreba I says he has lost nothing by the delay, as nis aops bare become fully matured t , and be. will have an excellent erop as a no ear upon that score. Some growers report the yield light erthwa .estimated earlier while ethers is say they came down heavier than ex - Iecte4i. so, on tbe whole. 'it appears that -a ... . ...1 tha iM ll h iKnnt an nn and ttee alitT will be excellent- in s ra 1." Tlcr irt it aneh a. ata.r af I " T : - . I ""r " U riDeness. hn. th.t tti.nt I of " aP n,J'ket P prospects, I house, the family being in the hop-1 One thing is sore, weather mitrht ) thom harm ha I w wll finish picking this week, and I fields, and helped themselves to what lean be imported !: cording to prevailing conditions be has I tbeB 1 uevote more attention to I food could be found. There is no know-1 duty of 12 cents I !. loop news. ,t lancy Beany every sop i mg, bowever, as to bow tbe ore started, i need have little fear. act, it could 'not have been improved I lowest price , i ney are vying to upon. So far as market is- concerned '.'stampede tbe growers' so as to break there appears to be none and the onlvlthe market early, thus giving them-1 buvins- that is done is of lots whiehlelevs an opportunity to eover their are offered a't nrieea which mneir to some ridiculous. On this account no fixed prices can be stated, but, if gov- ernedbv- reeent offerings, it ran ires betwen 12 and 13 cents. No sales have been reported recently. sj ' An Appeal to Hop urowers. I T.. iti.l rriwl ia n at Kand. I and the bears are using every device! known to tbe fakir's trade to influence I the hop grower to dispose of bis bops, I tbe intervals of bis barvesting opera nt the same, time'advisinz 'him that f tions. is wnetber or not to sell . bis the market will surely go lower, stop-1 ping at nothing to carry out their signs, and who have absolutely nothing I but their own interests in view in ma- Heiously misleading the grower. They are willing to sacrifice every grower's 1 interest on the coast to preserve their I own. ' i I "Tbey even have some of their east - em correspondents, also in London, who are on the same side of the market they are, write letters and wires expressly for them to show the grower. Ia absolute opposition to all reports to the .contrary, I assure you that Ger- many;aad the continent win have lea "p. . . T JT. . J :?a, . lDe X0 "rTl ox me r.Bg..-n crop . 1 LPCiooer i, it win oe away oeiow or, 000-weigbt, I am taking great pains, at a considerable monetary expense, to keep posted from legitimate and un pre- judiced sources both in America and Europe. My London correspondents advise' me that any talk of over 50), - . . , ,, v . I f I K. upiiw.r. fimip it iMit llfttn selves. England has but 47,000 acres of bops nnder cultivation, and the yards are old. Does it stand to reason that she could raise such an enormou. cropf . !: : I ' it "'- " korw.-. .11 v;. i hops at the prices now offered would - . ' . ..I be committing suicide with bis crop. And just so sure as tbe sun rises to morrow morning, just so sure will we see ISe and 20e price, in November. And before November is over we will see seven-eighths of tbe dealers who are 11 now bears, rank roaring bulls, all foreing the market, up, so they can sell their cheap hops and make further short sales at m good figure to the brewers. " Today,' the price being offered is near the cost of production, and when .- any article gets near the cost of pro daction, it's,, absolutely safe for the producer to spVculate on it himself. It would be an entirely different proposi tion, as fsr as the grower was con- eerned, if be could get 2e. Then it would become a matter of speculation with the grower. fWe heat occasionally of a. 10c or lie. sale. - This is easily accomplished. I go to the grower and say: Here, I will give you, say, 14e for your hops, but 1 want' the contract to read 10c or lie, and here is my check for the bal ance.. Faking isn't in it with the game the bears Sre playing, and they quote these, sales to furtheV depress the mar ket, : There "are never any hops sold for September delivery. But there are always lots of them sold for October and November delivery, especially the latter month. ; ''.'Dealers -will undoubtedly hold off perhaps until October 15, so as to give the growers ample time to become dirf- coarafed. V .:.-:- : - "This, holding off by the dealers will only make': a, swifter market when jit once opens up. , ' ! Before November is over- we will see 100,000 to 125,000 bales, shipped, off this coast,' and prices considerably higher than is now talked. ; V The bears will know "that if they - can cause a farther depression in prices, . it must be done during the next three weeks., before the time comes that they will be forced $o buy to fill their Octo ber and November deliveries. . Aoy reports of over 30,000 to 35,000 bales for New. York state is incorrect and ausieading, and, m my - opinion, New, York will not have '30,000 bales this: year. 1 . r' -. ' v ' ' " f "1 in placing both my honor, judg ment and advice at stake with, the prowers t the Pacific coast ia trying . to keep them "posted on the true situa tion, an$ I fsrthermbte promise 'each " nd veryoae" of-yow "that -what-1 -teH ' tou I believe to be absolutely .correct. "' ; "Today I received. a cable from one U most conservative' English eorre- ' ponjlents, advising that bout 250 J ready Varvested, and thaMt was moat i,,htful if 200,000-weight more could what wa. left wa prin- fl?fTU op : market U ofio of surpri, ...-"i'?-" !, ilive that there U a rs m' j : v. - ti Twmber. fl great .hortaga U now being r- ported from the yards in many sections of Oregon, whleh wiH'more than offset tbe new acreage. I will xnnnn 1 bow. men we win De liberal, mil ai bow. -Then we will be liberal, and al-l ww, ear, zu,uw Dales, im porta (which there wilt no be), and then we win be "Growers all over the coast are much stronger than they were three weeks ago. Tbe few 1904s left are gradually being absorbed, and by December 1 there will be none left. -I '! furthermore suggest to the zrow ers of the coast that they under no eircamstanees allow any samples to be "Tell tbe dealer to wait until your 1 1 Tneieof CaL. bare turned bulls. VE. J. Smith." Portland, Or. o.nK ta ion 'Wheatland, Sept. 15. We have been so busy harvesting our bop erop thai we hardly nave time to keep posted on grower on theii coast has been as busy we tBt Perhaps, they will be 1,uenl - ' ' - I ' .. - aa KaMIA RAVal iflcrJ is a Daiue royai on principally I tUe bears to ee wno can predict I forward sales and load up with all the j hops they can carry at ,e heap prieea.1 The Oregonian, the beet journal fori I hop news in Oregon, and one of the I I best on tbe coast, outlines the aims and tactics of those who are trying to press tbe bop market, in its issue oil HentemW 7 it savs: . The question foremost in the mind of I the Oregon hop grower at this time, in I erop as soon as it is ready. for market de-IWill he: tale advantage of the pn ing price offered or bold off for a month or two and then accept a higher , or a I lower figure I I All depends in the farmer's view on I tbe future course of the market. While I be eannot. of course, forecast October I Bnd Novemher nriMa he can nlainlv I the Jrift of things from the steps taken by the short-sold bears to eon- trol tne opening of the market. All the efforts made by these dealers are directed toward eausing a stampede of rowe,ri. w:tb auch a panic ones un- der way, the bears will have the mar iar-1 ket where they want it Where Would Prices Be? if every hop grower of every hop grower of . Oregon, Washington and California were to oft, lour nroABf mail matter In uf not h 1 n O 1 f a tr that mnmt nn had entered iu I inn nfln halaa nf th. . bisihoo. as soon aa thev are inlthat earlv sales are always th best ; v. ' i, v. I . . 190.000 bales would I be Jumped simultaneously on tbe mar ket, and where would priees beT The bears, make no seeret of. their efforts to induce early selling, as tbe circulars they have mailed to tbe growers 'how. Are Orowers Deceived7 I Are the Oregon grower, being fooled about the crop conditions! That d-1 nentla on whr thv trt their isforma. I Kion. There may be "some farmer, in trie state wuose omv source oi inior-ioi . ' f - . i l J 1.- ,1 I auuon u lornc circulars aprcau uiuau- east oy ine Deansn ueaiers, out n i I presumed that nearly every hop man I n Oregon is a reader of the Oregonian. I That the hop news "published in this I DR. DARRIN RemaillS Till NOYCmbCr 121 vs.. UAttttiw s wuba is ruaxiu ur i HE IS COMPELLED TO PROLONG I ma vtrtt i ut. uarrin, tae ramoua pnysician, nss I . .. . .... i' endeavored to leave October 1. but' on I account of having so large a number oil patients, and really a demand upon their part for him to remain longer, he haa decided to postpone his departure until November 12. This eertainly is sufficient reeommenJation of bis excep tional ; ability and unparalleled .success. Dr. Darrin is extremely busy and those who desire to see. him should do so with out delay, as many need a second treat ment. He is not only an eminent phy sician, but, i. conscientious in his work and takes a, deep interest in every ease he treats. , While, the doctor publishes testimonials, these are comparatively only a j few voluntarily given. The arge majority of his most remarkable cures are not heard of , as he invariably respects the wishes of patients to avoiJ publicity. We. gi v.e a .number below and could fill a page if space would per mlt. ; ; 1 . - ? .-, All who have applied to Dr. Darri heretofore, and not taking, treatment, and those commencing treatment before November 12 will be .treated for hair price, at $10 a. month' for the time re quired for a cure. All chronic and private diseases .a specialty. r , umce hours ldTi. m. to 8 p. m. daily, Sundays 2 to 4. Tbo'poor treated free except edleines, 10 to 11 Jaily. Bead the following, cures:, ; . Wm. Kntb. 117- Washington . street- Eugene, Or almost total, deataess and ringing aoisea in bead; . enrel. Mrs. O. M. StrnL Harnsburg, Or eezema' of tbe ,f aee And ears, diseharg BK. ''araf aad . deafness; cured by Dr. Parria in ba moatb, J. A. Liadsev. news asrent on the 8. K B, residence MC-Tabor. OrezOn. eeasaaption, bronchitis ' and catarrh; cured and gained, fifteen pounds fifteen 7 ago.. i .r M. u. Jennings, 493 Willamette street, t Tr t w.mi wife 'a mother,-Mrs. -V. lBWmJJ, of Irving, Or was cured ra. years ago my Dr. Damn la Port land of dyspeDsia ana Mmni.i.t Mr. Jennings cured of the same troubles aau ms do rextrred to at his .tore. - . . .... ... . ..... .... . XJT k C TAT ATT APT Y aa llll iiL LXJjo TiTTTrM-nryym tmT?vrm ntrp - - i nv trmrrt iwn rmuro atroyed bp PJ Supposed to Be LH eendlarr ramllT ' at Hon Yard Hdrtibor'a Hons Catena. Tir. 7 -W ' - - . V V -' . ' IOTEPENDENCEOr, Sept 22. (Pial to The Statesman. Through land aQ of the household effects belong- anee. ai jast -reports ine ore nao spreaa xo ine nome or a xamijy mbwu Allen, and it apnea rs" as though it ia also doomed to Jiwtruction. There is no absolute knowledge of the origin ox the conflagration, but evi - I donee indicated, during its early I paper is reliable , requires no proof. I uregowan eorresponaenis m me I A I . f yiavna amw - tr wara sail Trial i growers in meir wigaooraoou o - I sponsioie men. me eorresponaenis i me ureguu wuaioer - uuieuy wviwugioi auioruia against anunyuiuua I under the direction of : District Fore- I " friends " and advisers .of the bop east Official Beals, are also reliable. No I grower. The man .who sends out a cir- lone can question the accuracy of thelcular letter without signing his name I statements in the California weather bureau's bulletin,; which kave been re-1 printed. Extracts by the score irom New York telegrams and letters from I widelyJknown dealers and growers of de-lthat state have ' been published, and every one oi mem nave oeen suosian- I tiated bv such New York pavers as the Waterville Times, . Cobbleskill Index, Schoharie Democrat and Cooperstown Farmer. s Extracts from the Kentish I Observer, published in the heart of the Enzlish hop growing district, have I also been printed to show the exact eon-1 ditions existing in that country. So 1 mueh for the accuracy of the Orego-J nian's erop report " ' What Dealers Like. I The object of the bears in bringing j about an earl v selling movement is ap-1 narent to alL Hardlv a dealer can bel. found who will not confess to having sold tbe market short. Many have eon- traeted to deliver 1905 hops to brewers at 13 cents; some perhaps under this figure. In order to eover their orders thev must depress the market, and the easiest way to -do : this is to create a I selling panic among the growers. As"I1pw lt tne number of boxes pie ked has been stated, a stampede can havelin year comparer wit n last are as a but one effect on the price position. I general thing, from 30 to 40 per cent The Oregonian refutes the argument I c " - .u t),,f in ti. I maioritv of ease, the beit priees are I realized in the mid winter month. lt I I ssys: The bears in the bop market -are try-1 ing to impress apon the growers, in I their effort, to induce them to sell their erop. early, that when the mar- ket onc.Nf airly opens nothing can stop it. downward course. This eertainly has not : been the history of thehop market in the naat. A careful studr I of prices that be ruled in the height ine nop season lor mi m I : 11 . that TturtM jci9 - win tumium ;iynv. sen at me mgam prices ju iuc winter months. ' In faet, the course of the market in that time bas been steadily upward until New Year 's.t Soon after the turn or. tbe year the market would go off on tbe other tack, and priees would gradually decline until they struck the lowest level in hop- picking time. The buyer who "f I that history will not repeat itself this I year is not likely to have much of a I following. . , atwi ruwi. . The boo market price, quoted in this I narier tor ten vears snow mat iu tw- i n notation in miu-winter bas been i I fa, ' , about 5 cents higher than at the time I pieking began.. The, greater advance I nas oeen on w rai i . I .It . .a. a n. .1 T1- If an crop ukhici f -- j - i Then for foor months the market I . . . , a. i i .:- i would creeD upwaro. m s ""f 1 prices in the Uregon maraei, aunug m rwriml have been aa follows: On Sepr I tember. 1, at tbe commencement w I picking; N1U 1 eents; jn .f&f' when harvest was practically over, 14.4 eents; on Oetober 1, 1 eents on No- vember 1, 16J5; on December 1, 16.1 cents: on Januarv 1. 10 cents: on reo-i ruarv 1. lft.G cents: on Aiarcn x, cents, his same priee movement is found in year, when price, climbed a. hizb as 31 eents, as well as wnen 7 eents was the-top mark. In the meantime the market is dun and almost stagnant, but growers are not worrying on that account. 1 Thi. H proved by the difficulty which dealers find in filling the few order, that are coming In. ''. ; Private advices received yesterday from the outside contained no new de velopments. Two dispatches from, New York contained estimate, on the crop of that state, one at 30,000 . and the other at 35,000 bales. A cablegram said the English crop is rotting with mold, 1 and it is doubtful if over two thirds of it will be harvested. v Sam Conditions Hera. . , . The " same conditions are at work I here. Dealer, are trying to convince I themselves that- price, mu.t , be- low. They pin their faith mostly on their own wishes and interests, and on re-j port, line t nose or Herman JUaber oil Tacoma, whose estimates are from 50,-1 ened at the approaching ear attempted 000 to 70,000. bales in excess of any I to cross the track, receiving a crush possibility of f uiriUment. I iag blow, throwing her, to the aide of isumate oi wnxpnx. I The V. . A. erop will run from 200, LSh aV. a A T AiVA flL m.' 00O to 225,000 bale not more. Our net exports will be from 40,000 to 60 000 bale., leaving about 180,000 balea for domestic consumption, , At- eording to the Ut 8. 'A. Internal revenue report, the. hop ecmiramption ia theU. A- 7r was about 224,000 balea. . J." dny tb y uea tity or hop. was used, j There' ia no TBMl,kiBP tM--ekVM !?y .at tB7Jbardly use less thaa -So of a pound of hops to the bar- rel of beer. It aeema to me that the consumption demand for 1904 has been seemingly decreased for the reason I that all brewers have been bnymg ana r? tbe ,toc Wi?? alam a " I WSS - r - " J -1 - - r 9 - - - It 1 generally .admitted that the old stock is shorter now than, for yearn. One thing is sure, what was,,brewea last year can never be nsed again. The brewers cannot "squeeze the potf as oar grandmothers used, to do when tea was high. -r- England '-. Yield. - Y.wrr hale of 1&O.S hjonm that is fooad will be needed, even if England has the I lartre crop predicted. Estimates for fi . . m .nA m. .. 4Wf AAA I isagiand; nrn fwmVw w.TT . . V... .... . . . . n.. v CWX. . AS aiaict vuc uui hb . crop in the last twenty, years was only wt ur. un a 570 flOO MfL Ol ?. OTMe;t,MtreairX If, the 1905 erop I exreetw that it will be phenomenal. 't think it will. The condition, tb muen as they are here fine ones- if thor ielrl bo better . than ber J the trop wiji Bot be moro than an aver will be the first of October before can reallr sar what the Enelish erop ha8 eome down: at. So we need Botf any of ua.be .eared by the almost i daily reports we bear.f4bf tremendous erop in England. For my part J mv Dart I do not . take mueh J tek in them, and it ,4eemn to me that I we can all afford to eb slowJv with our until October and November, I when there will be a idemand for. quite 1905 coast erop. no foreign i fcops without paying tbe per poQn4,i -So we on that score. I can see no reason whypriees should I not rule from 20 to 25 cents, unless the i growers will sell for less, in which. case I a. a. I. aV la A aV A Kt wv lucuiKi.a w """ 1 . ja. ii. iur ss. jj. i wisn to warn nop growers I crenerallv has some ulterior, motive to serve., . It is a good rule to go contrary I to any such advice, I - J New York State. I The hop crop of New York sUte is coming aown very snorx, ana poor in I quality. The weather has been eold I and wet. The last (Septembers) wa I terVilIe Times has the following 4 'The weather for the past few days I has been uniavorable If or harvesting the crop, and bops themselves have not im proved during the severe storms that have visited this section: It is general ly agreed-that the sooner-the erop is picked the better. 1 Mould bas held off remarkably well, but unless the weather improves, damage wiTl Treshtt ill many yards. "With the progress of the harvest the yield does not show that previous estimates of about 60 per cent of last year were far out of the way. While there are occasional yards that are eom- "g down with a full erop, .there are ?any other yard. that ar.,yeryjpoor. " wim iua.uy vi me gruwrn aAMM mw L A peial telegram of the -7th eon- nrms tbe above , Waterville N. Y,' Sept. .-The hop erop of New York state this year -will not be over 70 per cent" of last vear. "d.51 the who' wHl probably. notx- - ,"L " , , t 7 T .."ff4, he "O-burt the I1y.. "oum is seen in many, oitne Z."C .Z . . . I ... I, Kv" Vv i..Kj..- unaffeeted bops ' are -being . . - . . " ' "r1" l""" . M pt ol- t. i . . . ni in nave oeen oi earnes as 20 and 21 cents. Dealers and growers are both holding off on the late crop. Washington,-. Sept. 16.- '"The pros pects of the hop- crop in our country this year show that we will have just a good average crop," said W. J. Shinn of Kent, who is one of the extensive Prowers of that bvalitv. ' 'TTipta wna some fear at first," continued Mr. gj,inn, . "that there would be a gowl deal of trouble f rero rust, bnt it ia now een that there will be very little, if any, and in additiotf tbe erop is entirely re- tj.. whleh It hn t K.rl hfn m aom tim wi,.. ..i, .Knn tk. w - awa,-v aarawaw U V BJ'S m V"3 W kOJ VJ JS. rected this fall. Mr. Shinn asld A near M we ema tett tTom -tne, .)reWDt ouiiook, tne priees will . be1 'somewhat lower vnan ipe mgn price, oi the last three years, but we expect td 6tst 14 . t . 1 . i centa a nonnii. Which haa ln h .v.. " ' ' " v me9 fOT. h ia.t ten vrinr " - - HAS STOOD THE TEST 25 TEAKS Tb old, . original :OROVE'S Tasteless CLlll Tonie. .Yon Vit what ... f" Ti. forB. L , T-, When doctors fail, trv iiurdock Blood Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, eonstioation invigorates tbe whole system. Bean the Tht IM Ym Ban liwiri BotT ttgaatare TOUNO HETTER KILLED. Jersey Belonging -to 8. B. Catterlln Struck by Car on the Asylum Avenue Uno. A young Jersey heifer bvloneinir to S. B. Catterlin of thii ritv : ran into by a atreetcar yesterUv out on Asylum avenue and was instantly killed while attempting to cross the track in front of ih swiftly moving ear. The accident occurred-no sudden J ly that Motormaa Hatch eoald not stop Ibis car in time, to avert it, . The cow was feeeaing between the track and the fence close by. and beine fright the track all but dead. PEOPLE IN A PANIO. MONTELEONE, Italy, Sept. 20Fur tber slight shocks, of earthquake aad violent storms today extending over tbe whole of Calabria,- added to the distress of the stricken population. Lightning caused fire at Olivia, which destroyed the remaining property beloufiing to the ofKfherqtklKgp1n occurred at Caataazaro , andT Beggio, where several buildinga were struck by lightning. - . - . J ' - V Legal Blank at Statesman Job Office. 9 (OVER TWO DOZEN LIST OP, CANDIDATES IN STATES MAN'S SUBSCRIPTION CON . ; , TEST IS GROWING. But Many Names Will Be Added Soon, as tha People of the Two Counties Are Waking Up to the Value of the Gifts That Are Being' Offered, . There are now twenty-five candidates In the list of contestants for tbe girt that are to be presented by The States man on November is. But tbe con test has only fairly started, nod tbe list will grow exceedingly yet. Work of construction is to begin at once on the bouse that is to be built bv the Vozet Lumber & Fuel Company to be given away to the young lady or married couple receiving tbe bignest number of votes. This will be a thou sand dollar residence, modern ia every respect, and it will be on a lot with forty feet frontage and about 200 feet deep. Tbe lot is in H;gb senooi auui tion, near the Asylum avenue store. It is near , the car line and in every way well situated for a residence. It will be a 1,500 property When finished, and the contestants will be invited to wateh tbe progress of the building. Some have wondered bow 1 he States- man eouia anora to give sway sucn valuable presents. : The guarantee of the Brayton Syndicate, having eharge of the contest, makes Tbe Statesman safe, and James Malcolm, the man- airer of this contest for that syndicate, is confident that the guarantee-will be more than quadrupled. Any way, the presents are all bought or jrontraeted for, and the eleven per sons receiving the highest number of votes will get them, no matter whether the totals are great or small. This could make no difference. The offer and tbe work done constitute a contract which must be lived up to. And this will be done cheerfully. The Statesman only hopes that the most deserving and tbe hardest workers will get the gifts. Following is the way the candidates lined up at 4 o'clock Thursday after noon: First District. Miss DelphiuV Cornoyer . ... ...979 Miss Olive Howe ..317 ..278 .. .259 . "a a 233 ..200 ..250 ..150 Miss Olive Mticbell Miss Minnie Williard ...... Miss Carolyn Holman Miss Barbara Riesen Miss Lula Cary Miss Ollie Kelley Second District Miss Bessie Smith Miss Chloe Bashor ......... . , Third District. Miss Fay Taylor ......... Miss Begine Mangold Miss Alfa Shields . .... Miss Leo Isaacson ........ Miss Mabel Kennedy ..... Miss -Ruth Martin Fourth District. Miss Pansie Laeey ...... .. iijss .Pearl Murphy ....... Miss. Hazel Brinkman Miss Lulu Potter Miss Chloe Crandall Fifth District. Miss Martha Werner . Miss Hazel Price Miss Stella Crawford ..... W. II. Squires and wife..... .206 .109 , . . . . 565 .....200 200 ....105 100 100 on a aWa ....150 ....100 ....100 50 ....500 ....W ; . . .2 ... .100 CROP BULLETIN U. S. WEATHEB BUREAU REPORTS CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. Hop Crop Being Harvested Pall Plow- ing and Seding Being. Done in Small . Way Corn Is Good Crop and Ripen ing Fast General News. PORTLAND, Sept. 19. (Special.) Section Director Edward A. Beals of the erop and weather bureau at 1'ort- j land issued the following bulletin to-! day: " . -.' V' ' ' . General Summary. The long dry spell was broken on the 12th by good rains which fell gen erally in tbe western aad northern por tions of tbe state. These rain. Were aupplemented by shower, in scattered places on the 13th, 16th and 17tb. Some fall plowing and seeding has been done, but the soil is not soft enough for this work to become general. . Light frosts occured in exposed, places on several days, but tlicy did no harm. : flop picking is nearly completed and the crop is turning out better than ex pected. The rains did not injure the hops, but they were detrimental to prunes, the pieking and drying of whieh are well advanced. Reports indicate that the prune crop will be larger than Jast year, but much less than a full erop. Late apples are ripening and in dicate from fair to good yeilds. , Cora is nrarly ripe' and it is a good crop.' Potatoes are generally free from blight and the prospects for a good yield of potatoes is much better than it Aras before the rains set in. Coast District, Doraville, Columbia eounty, Jos. Haekeaberg Good rains have effectively broken the drought; nights very cool; root crops, pasture ai-d orchard tree mueh benefited, more rain needed for plowing; prunes and Bartlett pears har vested, eropfrom fair to good; Grav enstein apple, abundant, but small aad of good flavor; winter apples somewhat scrubby. Warrenton, ' Clatsop eounty, R. A. Dawson We have had a week, of mixed weather; warm day. aad foggy, dewy nights; Monday the 11th a thunder storm came from the southwest and lasted well into the night, sending down rain enough to start plowing on the uplands; tbe amount of dew we have had has started a good growth of fod der for the cattle, causing a alight in crease" in the milk supply; gardena im proved by tbe rains'; field corn . is in tassel; early apple, in market; cattle are looking better since the rains the cut worms have gradually disappeared; apples have .stopped- falling; plum and prune "trees.are nearly; bare of their yellow leaven. , ' Minerva, Lane eounty, L. C. Acker- ley a light :ram JLues-iay,. but not enouirh" to do much -goo; "every bod disappointed, as we need rain very bad Iv. . ; :'. -. . - ' Corbie. Curry eounty, W. T. White A alight rain during early part of week accompanied by thunder; weather very warm, almost sultry; more rain nceue to start early grass. Willamatto Valley. Dilley, Washington county,, F. II Maury Rain during early part of week did a great deal of good and very uUle damage; plowing has ' begun in many places, still the ground is quite dry; bop picking will be done in a few days, the yield is better than wa. ex pected; grass has started; some seeding is oeing uouet Newberg. Yamhill county,' J. ' W, Moore Good rain during early part of week, enough to start plowing; prune gathering and bop picking drawing to a close; prunes light yield; hops better than expected; earlv potatoes small, late ones looking well; apples dropping fast and of poor quality. North Yamhill. Yamhill county, J. T Patterson Good rains during the week; hop pieking about two-thirds done quality good, quantity better than last year; rain did no damage to hops; prunes cracking badly; picking will be . . . . i general ine coming wee. Silverton. Marion county, A. F. Ho bart Weather ronicwhat cooler; heavy thunderstorm early part of week; hops will be about all picked by the last of this week; rain did not damage them; prune-drying in progress, yield not up to last, year; grass is beginning to grow. - Pedee, Polk county, C. W. Pagett Weather mostly clear and cool; light rain earlv part of week; hop picking well adanced, some small yards fin ished: erop clean, well matured anil of excellent quality; some yards show an increase tn yield over that of last year while others' show some loss; the ag- rreate vield in this Vieinitv Will be slightly below that of former years. Brownsville. , L.inn eounty, 1'eter Hume Showers during the early part of the week freshened things up very much, laid the dust; eonimuea goo i weather since has enabled hop pickers to finish in some yards, two or three days more will complete the picking: yield fair, quality good; grass starting and some seeding being done. t Southern Oregon. Drvden, Josephine county, H. S. Mis- tin Weather cool and cloudy with heavy rain Tuesday, but pot enough for plowing; water in streams very low: feed mostly dried up; stock not gain ing; fruit mostly ripe, but .of poor qual ity. ' . : . Climax, Jackson county, L. F. Tay lorLight showers during earlv part of week, with rather heavy southwest winds, clearing up on Wednesday; light frost Tuesday and , Wednesday nights but did no damage; corn ripe enough to cut for fodder; not enough moist ur. for fall plowing. Williams, Josephine county, Jl. 11 Sparlin Weather dry and warm;, a light thunder shower during early part of week, but did not stop threshing or hop picking; threshing all done; go" yield and good quality of grain bop picking nearly done; Mtatoen reany l" hg; light erop. Columbia Hive" "cJf The Dalles, Ws county, A. Urqu hrt WVatlmw' cool: there was a flm rain durimc the early part of the week. which -was of great benefit to this ee- tiofl of the country; it started gra sed insures i fall pasture. . Weston, tJmatilla county, Maud W. Baker Baling hay on mountains anu carting wheat and barley to the wae honse continues .potato crop win if fair; excellent if we have rain soon; stock in good condition; late appl? ripening and promising a good, but not an average crop; Bartlett pears turnii out good, other varieties blighted. Fiatean segion. i Ontario. MaUieur county, 8. L. Spa tin Very dry week, cool nights and warm days; no frost yet; water plenty in we'll), and ditches; pastures drying up where not Irrigated; bay-most all bar vested, except some late . third cr p: all late fruit ripening; peaches sc.nrce; corn fair crop, BIGGEST PEACH AT FAIR. Oregon Breaks Records by Producing Peach That Weighs Twenty Six Ounces. PORTLAND. Sept: 21. A peach sixteen inches in circumference, as big as a croquet ball, bigger than the big gest apple you ever saw, as large as a good-sized cantaloupe such is the peach which grew in an Oregon orchard and which, exhibited at the Lewis and Clark exposition, bas attracted more in terest than almost any other exhibit. i The peach is of the variety known as Twenty-Ounce Cling, and it was raised in Jackson county, in southern Oregon, near the town of Ashland, by Max Pracht, a fruit grower of more than local fame. Pracht won firat prize at the Chicago world's fair in 19.1, by a peach he exhibited there which weighed twenty-three ounces. This was then tbe largest peach ever grown, and the variety, one developed by Mr. Pracht, was named y him "Twenty Ounce Cling." Beside, the twenty-six ounce, specimen, Mr. Pracht sent to the Portland fair a crate containing ten peaches, each of which weighs more than 'a pound. When it is considered that the number of peaches ordinarily required to fill such a crate varies from fifty-six to eighty, one appreciates the size of Mr. Pracht'. achievement. In Oregon, peaches grow ia large orchards, which yield good revenue, but they grow also in back yards-in every town in the state. Some of the finest specimens of the many exhibited at tbe Lewis and Chirk fair were sent in by a woman residing in Portland, who said that - they were from a tree which sprouted, from a seed planted by her twelve, years ago. mwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm99mmmammmmmm ' POWERFUL PUMP, ARRIVES. . , TOKIO, Sept. 20. A powerful pump arrive? at Base bo from Port Arthur to be used in floating' the battleship Mi kasa.' , .. MANY CHANGES MADE. Nei Officials Announced in Saveral Departments of the Great . Northern. SPOKANE, Sept. 2L Harry iM.'. Ad am, assistant general traffic manager of the Great Northern rmllrond mV Seat tle, while ia Spokane today, anaonnced several changes. . . . II. Ai. Jackson, commercial agent of tbe road and general freight and pas sender acent of the Sookane Falla A 'NortlreTn, becomes assistant general ANOTHER SUIT SALEM FLOURING MILLS CO. AGAIN MADE DEPENDANT ON ACCOUNT OP FIRE. S. S. Brownell Institutes Proceedings - to Recover for Wheat Alleged to Have Been Delivered to. Mill Com pany In 1897. 1898 and 1899. Another Suit was yesterday com- 1 : . . . . Nnesrvu in uepanmeni o. i oi 1ii state eh-euit court fwr Marion county a. the result" of the fire which, on the morning of September 22, 1&99, de stroyed the Salem Flouring Mills Com pany's mill and elevator in this citv. S. S. Brownell appears in the suit u plaintiff and the Salem Flouring MilN Company is made defendant, tua ac tion being brought to recover for wh.-at allegrd to have been delivered by var ious parties to the defendant corpora tion during the-year a of 1897, lH9s nud 1899. The complaint is compose-! of four further and separate ai-tionx, r resenting as many claims, all of whi li have been assigned to the plaintiff. Th. total amount of wheat represent.! In the suit is 1U87 bushels, upon whirl, the plaintiff places a valuation of $ila. TTie claims represented in the com plaint are as follosw: 8. S. Brownell, K3! liuslifU; Georcr Johnson, 194 bushels; J. II. Albert. !'. bushels: G. . Johnson. XH lUH)ifl. The action is similar to the one brought against the Salem Flouring Mills Company bv . O. Savng in June, 1903, the points involved leitij practically the same. The Savage cane was tried before Circuit Judge George H. Burnett without a jurv. In t:iru- ance of a stipulation of the parties interested and the consent of the court in July, 1903, and resulted in a de cree being rendered in favor of th.- plaintiff, who repsented eight, elaiinn beside, his own. The defendant corpo ration appealed the case to the tnipreir))' court, lK-fore which boly it in Ft ill pending. ' 1 . The ' ii-nneinal onestion involved i fhe ownership of the -wheats at tin- time of th fire. In the Savage -:iH.', Judge Burnett's deejaiou relative, tn this question, in brief, was as foL laws: , i"In caies where grain is delivered' by an owner to another and it ai-ix-arK . either by. express agreement of t u par tics or from the coure of dt-alini "' tw;een them: ' 1. That the partv to -"hoia it i delivered has the righ to Jinj.ose ot it at his pleasure, s11 2. That Keiuemeni m ,iiis-oi- iiration Im tav, 'at hi election, return a likev"a-v a' quaintity of "other gra" or Py in money .for the griiiii delivered to him, the transaction con stitutes a sale of the gram and th ti tle passes to the perun to whom it was delivered." In the suit commenced yesterday an In the Savage case W. M. Kaiwr and W. T. Slater apar as attorneys for the plaintiff and Tilmon Ford as coun sel for ..defendant: freight and asenger agent at Biitle, sueeeediilg Arcliibuld (Iruv, nppoinUil general freight and pussenger agent of the Wiliinar . Sioux Fulls railroad, at Hioux City. Iowa; K. S. Blnir, general agent at Han Francisco, comes to Sjm kane as general agent. ' Frederick Kodgers of Sioux City b-. to Walla Walla, Wash., as district p;i senger and freight agent. James Young,' general agent- at Milwaukee, succeeds Blair at San Francisco. W. C. Wilkes of the Oregon Railroad k Navigation Company, at Moscow, Idaho,! becomes traveling freight agent of the Great Northern at SHkane. COULDN'T GET TOGETHER. All Anti-Tammany Organizations Meet ' Except Citizens' Union to Confer. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. The fusi-.n conference committee with representa tives present from all the uriti Tammany political organizations with the excep tion of the Citizens' Union, met again tonight, but adjourned until M"n,'u.v next without reaching an agreement on candidates. The fusionist today sent a' letter to the Citizens'-Union, invit ing it ' again to join in the anti-Tammany movement. The reply received from the. union was that owing t The late hour the Invitation was received and because such action could not le taken without fnrtber authorization, it would 'Ix? iiujossibe for the Citizens' Union delegates to join in the confer ence tonight. It is believed the Citi zens' Union will again be a part of the fusion forces. Justice William 0. Gaynor of Brook lyn positively and finally refused to al low the use of his name as a candidate for mavor. ' ASSESSOR IS THROUGH. CORVALLIS, Or., Vept. 20. Ahch or Davis has just completed hii assess ment roll for Benton county for isni.". He finds the total valuation of all prop erty in thi. county to be $!,970,Kin. Benton county alone of all counties in the state is entirely out of debt, and pays cash for-all warrants as fast a drawn. SCIIULTZMAVES General N Blacksmithing Horseshoeing a Specialty. rricea Reasonable. Satisfaction Guar anteed. Tha Brick Shoo 371 Chemeketa Street Between Front and Commercial Sis. HOP BASKETS ! Place jrour order early and oe- cure the beat basket at lowest , ( prlco. ' Patnted April W 190" Walter Morley, 60 Court St., flulom.Oro