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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
PRUNE CROP SHORT
BUT NO INDICATIONS AT PRESENT OF
HIGHER PRICES.
Oregon Crop This Year VIII be About i2S
Carloads Less Than Last Year, but the
Quality Is Very Good-Fruit Crop in
California Is Good, Which VIII Affect
Price in the Northwest.

The prune crop of the Northwest will
not be up to the usual mark this year.
Though the acreage is larger, the yield
will fall considerably below that of last
year. In 1901 shipments to the East
from the Northwestern states amounted
to between 700 and 500 cars. This
year shipments will be between 100
and $50 cars short. On the other
Land, prunes will be larger, the favor
able weather of the spring and summer
having caused material increase in
the size of the fruit. This will be good
for the growers, as it costs no more to
dry prunes weighing 60 to 20 pounds
than it does those weighing 80 or 40
pounds, and the increase in weight
means corresponding increase in the
selling price.
From all this, however, holders of
prunes need not think they are going to
find profit. There seemsto be gene
raj impression about the country that
prices will be as good as last year, but
the indications do not point that way.
Growers must not overlook the present
situation in California. In the Santa
Clara valley, for Eastern shipment,
packers are quoting 2A cents for the
four sizes, which is n cent less than
last year. The prune crop is large
there, but not alone are prunes plenti-
ful-all other fruit is in abundance.
r. l. = oe%< Tf,<a
apple crop there, which is large, is a
strong factor in the price situation.
When dried apples are cheap people
are as apt to buy them as they are to
purchase prunes. The European crop
is short, but Europe draws on this
country for fruit to only limited ex-
tent. Europe being an early buyer,
has placed most of it's orders, and its
wants may be said to be practically
filled.
There is only limited demand for
the Oregon crop for early delivery,
according to Portland dealers, and as
soon as that want is supplied, what
stock remains on hand is apt to drag,
or, to move it, lower prices must be
made.
The prune crop in Eastern Washing
ton and Idaho will be large this year.
Clark county. it is reported. will not
have over half as many as last season.
Paul Mason, California fruit man,
who lately returned from Europe, says
this years prune crop in France was
ruined early in the season by unfavor-
able weather and later by severe hail
storms.
81 questioned great many Of the
orchardists closely about the prices they
had received for their fruit" he said.
"From this source of information I
learned that for 10 years past the
French growers had received an aver
age price of cents per pound for their
fruit. This price seemed so extrava-
CANT that I asked them if they would
be willing to contract their fruit at
that price for the ensuing 10 years.
They replied that they would not. 1
talked prunes all over France, and met
many of the large dealers. found the
conditions described to apply generally
to that country
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
TUNNEL THREE-FIFTHS DONE.
Great Subway of Rapid Transit Company
Under New York.

Great Subway of Rapid Transit Company
Under New York.
New York, Sept. 17.-After an ex-
penditure of $21 900, 900 and the sacri-
fee of "a human lives, the rapid trans
it subway under construction in this
city is, according to the world, exactly
three ffths completed. This state
ment of the state of progress is based
on data compiled in the Office of Chief
Engineer Parson.
The principal means of reckoning
how much has been accomplished and
how much remains to be done is the
amount of money which has been ex-
pended. When the workmen were
last paid off $21 100000 in round
numbers had been disbursed, or three
ifths of the $35 ,OO0,O 900 for which. j.
B. Mcdonald contracted to build the
figures is borne out by detailed reports
on the various sections.
There have been only two notable
disasters to call attention to the danger
of life involved in the great undertake
ing. These cost the number of lives
mentioned. It is estimated that the
task will occupy another year at least.
The men in charge of the work are of
the opinion that they have been fortu-
nate thus far in reducing the peril of
life and limb to the minimum. They
say that after millions of people have
been walking, driving and riding street
cars for two years on the brink of an
excavation extending for miles through
the city and thousands of men have
been employed in hazardous under-
ground work, the wonder is that the
list of victims is not much larger.
It has been necessary to excavate
5000, 900 cubic yards of solid rock,
and for months the contractors have
been using one and one-half tons of
dynamite day for blasting. 1t is
promised that New York will begin to
recover from it's tornup condition with
| in short time. Only a few blocks
here and there remain to be excavated,
and several sections of the tunnel are
nearly completed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
TRAINS COME TOGETHER.
Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into a Fas
Passenger-Three Killed.

Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into Fast
Passenger-Three Killed.
Denver, Sept. 16.- Santa Fe passen-
ger train No. 608, known as the news
paper train, which left Denver this
moraing at $3.50, bound for Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Chicago and st. Louis,
collided with freight train at Struby,
small town several miles south of
Littleton, and three members of the
passenger train crew we're killed and
another perhaps fatally injured. Some
of the passengers were badly shaken up
and bruised, but none were killed or
seriously injured.
The freight when ascending steep
grade at Struby to let the passenger
train pass, parted in the middle and
Is or 18 heavily loaded cars started
back toward the approaching passenger
train, which was drawn by two engines.
The engineers. tried to back out of the
way of the running cars, but did not
succeed. The crash when the two
trains met was heard for miles. Both
passenger engines were thrown into
the ditch and freight cars were piled
up on them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Tenth Annual Convention Meets at Colo
rado Springs In October.

Tenth Annual Convention Meets at Colo
rado Springs In October.
Denver, Sept. 16.-The tenth Nation
al Irrigation Congress will be held al
Colorado Springs, Colo, October to g.
The American Forestry Association will
meet at the same time and place, and
forestry will be given proper attention.
The basis of representation in the
congress will be:
The governor of each state and terri
tory to appoint 20 delegates.
The mayor of each city of less than
% 200 population to appoint two dele
gates.
The mayor of each city..of more than
25 600 population to appoint four dele
gates.
Each board of county commissioners,
two delegates.
Each chamber of commerce, commer-
cial club or real estate exchange, two
delegates.
Each organized irrigation, agricul-
tural and live stock association, two
delegates.
Each society of engineers, two dele
gates.
Each irrigation company and agricul-
tural college, two delegates.
The following are delegates by virtue
of their respective Offices:
The duly accredited representative
of any foreign nation or colony, the
governor of any state or territory, any
member of the United States senate
and house of representatives, member
of any state or territorial commission,
all members in good standing of the
National Irrigation Association.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
OIL dUsHER STILL BURNING.
Beaumont will Endeavor to Smother It
with Steam.


Beaumont, Tex, Sept. 16.- Tonight
one large gusher is still burning, send
ing a volume of flame high in the air.
Efforts made this afternoon to extin-
guish the flames were not successful,
but more boilers have been sent for,
and the plan of smothering it with
steam will again be tried. Many of
the oil companies have lost their pump
ing plants and have wired orders for
new machines. An examination leads
to the belief that none of the wells
have been permanently injured.
There is a new problem to be con-
fronted as soon as the burning gusher is
extinguished, and that is the control of
the we'll. The gate valve has been
melted off, and while it is probable
that this can be replaced it will be a
difficult operation. Estimates of the
damage still vary, but there is gene
raj acceptance of about 100000 as the
figure that will cover the loss. There
has been but one fatality so far.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
MASSAcRED IN THE ORIENT.
Two Englishmen Were Suspected of Pois-
Oning Spring.


Victoria, B. c., Sept. Is. - Details
we're received by the Empress of India
of the massacre of Messrs. Bruce and
Lewis at Changte Human.
For weeks the cholera has been de-
populating the cities along the Yuan
river. In Changte people died daily
by the score, and from reliable reports,
the same can be said of the cities west.
The city is built on hillside, and in
the center thereof is a spring from
which the people obtain much of their
water. This was reported to have
been poisoned by the foreigners, and
hence the high death rate. One after
noon Mr.. Lewis was studying with his
teacher, and Mr.. Bruce was in his room
across te hall, when in an instant the
house and street became crowded with
people. Mr.. Bruce was drawn by his
hair out of the room and into the yard
where, with clubs, stones, knives,
swords and torture he was soon killed.
Mr.. Lewis and his teacher went out at
the back door into the yard and started
to climb upon an old shed, when a
stroke from spear brought the former
to the ground. With the same instru.
ments, his body was soon mangled be-
yond recognition. After this the mob
destroyed all foreign books and other
articles they could not use. The trunks
and boxes were broken open, but not
any of the poison could he found.
When the crowd had almost disap-
peared, the chihfu arrived. On the
same street and few doors away were
stationed soldiers for their protection.
A British warship was sent to the
scene upon receipt of the news.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
HELP TO FIGHT FIRE.
Governors of Wyoming and Colorado Ap-
peal to Government for Assistance.

Washington, Sept. Is. - Secretary
Hitchcock today received dispatches
from the governors of Colorado and
Wyoming appealing for government
assistance in fighting terrific forest
fire that is raging on government tim
Der lands along the Colorado W Wyoming
boundary line, near the southeast cor
ner of Carbon county, Wyoming. The
secretary will give all aid possible, and
to that end at once ordered Supervisor
Atherly, of the Crow creek reservation,
to assist in fighting the fire reported
burning at Pearl, just south of the
Medicine Bow forest reserve. They
will employ large number of men to
assist in the work. This is the emily
action the department can take. No
request will be made 70 the war de-
partment for assistance.
A new forest fire that stretches over
large area is reported in official
adyices in the South Platte forest re-
serve, in Wyoming. Forest Supervis-
or Nicholson and large force of men
are working to extinguish it. The
dispatches report that the fire near
Saratoga, Wyo., has been brought
under control.
In response to request for information
on the situation in Washington, the
interior department this afternoon
received telegram from Superintend-
ent Shelter, in charge of tie forest re-
serve tracts in Washington state, saying
that two fires were raging over a large
area inside the Mount Rainier reserve.
The rangers have been fighting these
fires since their inception, and extra
help has been, employed to battle
against the flames. The reports show
that the big fire near Enumclaw is
mostly on private lands, which in re-
cent years have been extensively lum-
bered. the mills being mostly located
at Tacoma and ON the line of the
Northern Pacific.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
VOLCANO AGAIN ACTIVE
Souffriere's New Crater Is Throwing Out
Volumes of Black Smoke.

volumes OF Black Smoke.
Kingstown, st. Vincent, Sept. ,6.-
An official at Chateau Belaire reports
that Souffriere's new crater, which has
been quiet hitherto, is today throwing
out black smoke. The old crater,
which in the correspondent opinion
did all the work since May z. and
which erupted September 8, is still
issuing white steam in dense Clouds,
which can be seen from Kingston over
the northern mountains. The craters
and the Wallibon and Richmond dis
tricts could be seen yesterday.
The volcanic matter which, fell at
Richmond and Wallibon was finer than
that which fell at Chateau Belaire,
although the places are very near each
other.
There has been further subeidence
in Wallibon in four different places,
and the local opinion is that these SUBJ
sidences on the coast line may account
for the sand-like substances elected
September 8.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
MYSTERIES of Railroad Time Cards,

How perplexing they are, those great
big folders, that tell so much about
trains, distances, connections and all
the other information travellers need
to know. And how hard to grasp the
information they convey. None of us
can read them intelligently. and some
can't read them at all. They have
needed fixing, and that fixing" was
applied this month by the Northern
Pacific railroad when it gave the pub
lie little time card that can be tucked
away in gentleman's vest pocket or in
a Iady's purse. Get one and see how
simple and helpful it really is to the
traveller. It's little, but if diamonds
were as large as cabbages nobody would
want them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
Cascade Locks Narrowly ESCAPED.

Cascade Locks, Or, Sept. lex
cept for the hard work of the men of
the town and gang of Japanese rail-
road hands, the Cascade Locks settle
m6nt would have been swept clean by
fire.
Parties arriving from the Wind
mountain country, seven miles east of
here in Washington. state that fire
there laid waste almost the whole coun-
try. A sawmill belonging to Joseph
Peters, of The Dalles, was burned; also
about 5000 cords'of wood, and most OF
the settlers are homeless. Another fire
near Stevenson burned large amount
of wood, and several farms were also
swept clean. A party arrived yester-
day from the mountains south of here
and report that large. amount of tim.
ber on the forest reserve is burned, and
that there-is big fire on the Bull Run
reserve.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
War Forces for the Isthmus.

Philadelphia, Sept. 17.-In response
to hurry orders from Washington the
auxiliary cruiser Panther in command
of Captain Wilson, left the League
island navy yard tonight for Colon. On
board the Panther is a battalion OF
marines, numbering 320 men, who are
in command of Lieutenant Colonel
Russell. The cruiser took along a
field battery of four Colts rapid fire
guns, two field pieces and ample am
munition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
Strike-Breaker Killed.

Omaha, Sept. 17.-Earl Ca!d we'll,
machinist who recently came here
from Chicago, was killed in the street
here early today. The tragedy is an
outgrowth of the Union Pacific strike.
Caldwell and another strike breaker
who came into the city from the shops
were set upon by six men and terribly
beaten. CALDWELL s companion escaped,
but when help came in response 70
Clsdwells cries, he vas unconscious.
He died soon afterWard.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
british Soldiers Arrive From India.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 1S.-There ar
rived by the Empress of India today a
contingent of 1872 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Horse
artillery. These are under the COM
mand of Captain R. E. Tilney, the only
commissioned officer among them.
Among the party are many time ex-
pired men, who have seen seven and IL
years. service. After a rest here, they
will make the trip across the continent
to Montreal and thence to Liverpool.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
NEWS OF OREGON
HFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
weaIth-I,atest Market Report.

The fall run of salmon at The Dalles
is exceptionally good, the fish being
OF large size.
Captain FL. l.. Kelly, nf Company A,
Third regiment, 0. N. g., at Oregon
City, has resigned.
Petowya, a Umatilla Indian woman,
has just died. She remembered Cap
tain Clark we'll. She was 113 years
old.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the carnival and district fair
to be held at The Dalles September 80
to October 5.
Hoppickers in number of William
ette valley yards have struck for SO
cents per box. The increase was given
in most cases.
A robber knocked the North Fork
Northern Pacific agent insensible and
then went through the Office desks and
cash drawer, but got very little money.
There is no clue to the perpetrator.
The Mt. Angel college opened its
10th year with an attendance that
promises we'll for the coming season.
The new stone building to be used by
the college is rapidly nearing compile
tion.
Two masked men entered the O. R..
& N. depot at North Powder and at the
point of revolver compelled the agent
to open the safe. They secured $500,
after which the agent was bound and
gagged.
All holdings of the Necanicum
Spruce Lumber company, including
the sawmill, box factory and several
thousand acres of timber tributary to
the Necanicum and O'Hanna, have
been sold to Minneapolis capitalists.
The consideration was over 500 900.
The company plans extensive improve
ments.
There is a move on foot to divide
Baker county by cutting off slice of
the eastern pol tion, including the Pan
handle district, which was annexed to
Baker county two years ago. A slice
of Malheur county is to be added SO
as to bring Huntington nearer the
center of the proposed new county,
thus making it the natural location for
the county seat.
The fall fishing season has opened
and indications point to large run
with prices good.
Forest fires are still raging in Clack-
amas county and much valuable timber
is being destroyed.
The postofices at Glentena, Lane
county; Luda, Coos county, and
Tamarack, Umatilla county, will be
discontinued September 80.
The Telocasset ranch, consisting of
1000 acres, situated in Union and
Baker counties, has changed hands.
The purchasing price was $l4, 700.
The experimental station at the Ore
gon Agricultural college is to make a
practical test of hop drying to save a
larger amount of lupulin, which is the
active principle and marketable asset of
the hop.
The Columbia Southern expects to
haul 10000 tons more grain out of
Sherman county this year than last.
This is due to increased acreage and
the 10 per cent reduction in freight
rates on the o. r. &. N.
The Eastern Oregon state normal
school at Weston opened with larger
attendance than ever before in both the
normal and training departments.
New students are constantly coming in
and the schools prospects ale very
bright.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
Coal Prices Soaring High.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-The price of soft
coal in Chicago has risen to So ton,
as compared with 1915 on September
1. Anthracite is practically unob-
tainable, and is quoted by some dealers
as high as $25 ton. The sudden ad-
vance in prices is attributed to demand
caused by the cold weather, whieh,
while not severe in itself, has aroused
householders to realization that their
buildings are empty.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
JUSTICE GRAY DEAD.
Served on United States Supreme Court
Bench Over Twenty Years.

Served On United states supreme court
Bench Over Twenty Years.
Lynn, Mass, Sept. TO- Justice
Horace Gray, who retired from the
United States supreme court bench re-
Gently, died at his summer home in
Nahant yesterday morning of paralysis.
He had been in poor health for some
time.
, Judge Gray was born in Boston
March "a, 1928, and was graduated
from Harvard college in the clasc of
1873, and from the law school in 1849.
He was admitted to the bar in 1851.
He was a reporter Of the supreme judi
cial court OF Massachusetts from 1854
to 1851. He was appointed associate
Justice of that court in 1864, and chief
iustice in 1873. President Arthur
commissioned him az associate justice
of the supreme court of the United
States, December 10, 1881.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
500 PEOPLE in A HEAP.
Temporary Steps Leading to Synagogue
Gave Way, but Few Were Injured.

Temporary Steps Leading to Synagogue
Gave Way, but Few Were Injured.
St. Paul, Sept. II. - While 1, 100
people were struggling to get into the
new. Sons of Zion synagogue to witness
the dedicatory exercises, the temporary
steps leading to the entrance gave way
and 500 people fell in heap. The
police platoon. which led the proces-
sion to the church broke ranks and
rushed into the crowd, preventing
frantic men, women and children
from crushing one another in the
scramble to get out When quiet had
been restored, it was found that few
we're bruised and cut, but no one had
been fatally injured.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
Passengers Drowned in Flood.

Madras, British India, sept. 16.-
An English mail train yesterday, %
miles from this city, dashed over a
bridge that had been undermined by
foods. Fifty passengers, including
eight Europeans and four soldiers,
were drowned.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
10Th WEEK OF COAL STRIKE.
And Still No Sign of Weakening of Either
of the Contestants.

of the Contestants.
Shenango, Pa, Sept. 17.-Monday
began the 10th week of the coal strike.
The date on which Senator Platt pre-
dicted that the strike would end has
passed and the hope that was instilled
into the people in this locality because
of that prediction has been succeeded
by feeling that the end is still far
off.
The reiteration by the coal presidents
during the week that no concessions
would be made and the resolutions
passed by nearly all the local unions of
the United Mineworkers pledging
themselves to the strike until conces-
sions are granted show that neither
side is weakening.
General Goblin, in charge of the
state troops encamped in this county,
denies that he is preparing to remove
the troops at an early date.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
High Price for Beef.

Kansas City, Sept. 19.-seventeen
head of native steers, averaging 1885
pounds, sold here today at 1878, which
is the highest price for beef ever re-
ceiyed on this market.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
Bad Fire in Montana.

Kalispell, Mont, Sept. 17.-Forest
fires are raging ON the north fork of the
Flathead river, on the Flathead reser-
vation. Ranchers have been fighting
flames for two days and they are now
beyond their control. They have sent
for help, and men will Immediately go
to the scene. The fire started in
windfall, and spread rapidly over one
of the best belts of timber in this Sec
tion, the exact location being near the
large beds of coal. It is gradually 60
ing east and south, and threatens de-
struction to the timber in the vicinity
of Mcdonald lake, unless soon checked.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-09-19
National Finances of England.

London, Sept. 18.-A return of the
national finances today sho g that the
gross liabilities March 81, were
S., ,2S2, ,216, $50, an increase of $685.
597 $40, due to the South African war.