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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
InstaIIlng Mining Machinery.

The Crystal Consolidated Mining
company is at the present time ener-
getically placing machinery that has
been contracted for some time They
are now installing a 50-horse power
boiler and engine and sawmill They
have also placed an order with the
Union Iron Works, of San Francisco.
for a stamp mill This will soon be
completed and will be son the ground
early next month. The company is
also building a wagon road from the
new Champion Creek road to the
Mountain Lion claim. a distance of
7500 feet. the cost of this road will be
about $4,000, This company has a
large amount of ore in sight and will
run the mill continuously during the
winter months.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
MODERN PRUNH GRADING.
Great Progress Has Been Made In the
Industry.

@AS0k FEVkECSS AtAS OSGn N1d0c INC
Industry.
The great progress that has been
made in the prune industry in this
state in the last few years is indicated
by the machinery which has been put
in operation at the Willamette Valley
Prune Associations warehouse in
Salem. In one corner of the ware.
house stands an old-fashioned hand
prune grader, of the back-breaking
type. 1t was capable of handling ten
tons or fruit a day if a gang of men
could keep it going steadily. In the
center OF the warehouse is massive
power grader, AZ feet long and ten
Ieet nigh, the most up-to-date machine
for that kind of work. It's capacity is
LOO tons day. In former years the
prunes were loaded on trucks, taken
up to the second floor on an elevator
and emptied into the grader by men
who lifted the sacks of prunes to the
hopper. Now the grader stands on
the third floor. A continuous chain
carrying cups runs from the base
ment to the top of the grader. On
any floor prunes may be dumped into
a hopper and they are carried up to
the grader without further effort.
From the grader the prunes run
through steam process from which
they emerge into another hopper and
from this they drop into boxes all
ready for packing. From start to
finish manual labor is reduced to
minimum and nearly all the work is
done by machinery. During the pas
sage Of the prunes through the grader
and professor they are cleaned of all
dirt, are made uniform in moisture
and are placed in the boxes bright and
clean.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
WHEAT TRADE AT sTANDsTILL.
No Sales On the Pendleton Market and
No Shipments 10 Coast.

No Sales On the Pendleton Market and
No Shipments 10 Coast.
The wheat market of Pendleton and
vicinity is at complete standstill.
No sales have been made for nearly
week and no shipments of moment
are being made to the coast.
This state of affairs was caused by
the sudden decline in prices. Club is
quoted at 81 cents per bushel, while
bluestem is selling at 70 cents. This
is drop of 5 cents per bushel on both
classes of wheat
The mills had boosted the price.
They were just out of wheat, and if
they had not paid high prices they
would have been forced to shut down.
Some of the mills south of here had
tie suspend operations because they
did not care to pay such fancy price
The mills are now well supplied and
are buying but little, only in cases
where there is storage room.
The export buyer seems out of the
market. The farmers will not sell at
the present quotations, and the buyers
will not offer higher money. There
are about 100000 bushels of unsold
wheat in the county.
Never was there such keen activity
among farmers in storing wheat. The
buyers sa ythat about 5000 sacks are
arriving in Pendleton daily, which is
1000 sacks above the average daily
delivery. This rush of wheat to the
warehouses is due to farmers fearing
a wet season, and also to get this
work Off their hands so fall seeding
can be started. By the middle of next
week all the grain of the country will
have been placed under shelter. The
weather is ideal for the finishing of
harvest. Most of the grain which was
standing when the recent rains came
will not be threshed, but will be cut
for feed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Will Be No War,

London, Sept. 22.-The Associated
Press learns that war between Turkey
and Bulgaria is not now regarded as
imminent by the foreign Office or other
diplomatic tenters in London. It is
stated that under no circumstances will
the powers permit Turkey to occupy
Bulgarian territory, hence Turkey has
nothing to gain by hostilities. In the
meantime the powers are daily exchang-
ing communications with the view of
deter mining on some possible means
of restoring order in European
Turkey.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Baltimore Has s2so.ooo Fire.

Baltimore Sept. 22.-Fire tonight
destroyed the five story building of the
Kock importing company, wholesale
dealers in toys and fireworks. Warner
& Co. hat store, Rouse, Hampton &
Co.'s wholesale notion store and M.
Rautecker & Co., wholesale clothing
dealers, who occupied part of the build
ing, were also damaged by the fire.
The total loss is estimated at from
5000, 900 to $250,000. The Kock COM
pany places its loss at 5000, 600.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
State Veterinary Board.

The members of the Oregon state
veterinary board, created at the last
session of the Oregon legislature, will
be named by Governor Chameblain in
a few days The board will consist Of
five competent practitioners Of veter-
mary medicine and surgery. Two of
the men to be appointed will serve
for term of two years and three for
a term of four years and after the
first two years the term of Office of
all members will be four years. The
members serve without compensation,
but receive their travelling and other
expenses.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
PALMA ON CUBAN TOUR.
President of Republic Urges on People
Necessity for Civil Comfy.

Necessity for Civil Comfy.
Santiago De Cuba. Sept. 23.-speak
ing today at the village of Ell Caney
close to the scene of the battle between
the Americans and the Spaniards, Pres.
ident Palma urged the Cuban people te
guard the ideals they had obtained by
means OF intervention.
The presidential party were enthusi-
astically received on their arrival at Ell
Caney. rhe Alcalde having remarked
that the gathering Was composed of vet
Grams, President Palma assured them
that he wanted to pay the army as bad
ly as anybody, because the payment
was not only an act of justice, but was
necessary to the reconstruction of the
country. Nobody loved Cuban inde-
pendence more than himself, continued
the president.
The only way to sacrifice the repub-
lie would be to bring about civil war.
He believed there was not one veteran
in q thousand who would not prefer to
maintain the honor of Cuba, even to
the extent of forfeiting his soldiers
pay. The Cubans, having accepted
United States Intervention as means
Of ending their troubles. were under
an obligation to follow those ideals and
prove themselves peaceable people.
Speaking of the appearance of the
band of insurrectionists near Santiago,
President Palma condemned the hid
len instigators of the uprising. The
Alcalde declared that no one within
TWO leagues of Ell Caney had joined the
band.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
State Normal School Open.

The work at the State Normal at
Monmouth. has begun. Many students
are in attendance and the work of get
ting located is being rapidly pushed.
An unusually large number of new
faces are appearing and the addition
al facilities for the accommodation of
students provided in anticipation of
an increase will be fully required. AS
the real work Of the state normal is
better understood, the new students
represent many who have had much
experience in teaching and who come
for special training.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
THROWS THE LAND OPEN.
Effect of Ruling Relating to Timber and
Stone Entries.


The ruling by, the department to
construe strictly the testimony taken
in. timber and stone entries in regard
to speculation will have the effect of
throwing open again a greater part
of the timber land which has been en-
tered upon under the act of June 8,
1878, and for which patents have not
been issued. There would be no pos
sible way to enter the land then ex-
cept by those who have forest reserve
lieu land script to place, and this
would have the effect of throwing the
best lands of the public domain into
the hands of corporations which have
bought up all available scrip to use
for good timber lands. This is the
exact result congress most desired to
avoid. Only a small percentage of
the entries under this act have been
made by adjacent homesteaders, who
enter such lands to reserve to them
selves and successors woodland for
the future.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
MANY Conductors In Game.

Boston. Sept. 13.-The investigation
into the four-check swindie on the
Boston & Northwestern street railway
system, which came to light last week,
has led the police to the belief that
fully half the conductors on this system
have been guilty of trading in bogus
checks at one time or another, during
the past three years. The police ex-
press the belief that the fraud will be
found to extend to other railway sys-
TENS, including some Western cities.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
settling off Range Cattle.

Some cattlemen of southeastern
Oregon say the range this season is
the shortest in many years. J. G.
Franks, superintendent for J. D. Carr,
one Of the cattle kings of the coast,
says they are reducing the herds on
The Carr ranges as fast as they can
find sale for the cattle. They have
already disposed of many hundreds.
and there are many more to be sold,
that the management
has purchased range lands during the
present year costing about $4,000.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
President Growing Fat.

Washington, Sept. PA private
letter received in Washington from
Oyster Bay says President Roosevelt
on the scales was surprised to see he
tipped the beam at 220 pounds. More
over, it is an indication of still further
increase in his weight. The president
is somewhat concerned at his growth,
as he feels it interferes with his out
door exercises, of which he is so fond.
When he was sworn in as president,
Roosevelt weighed 1876 pounds.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
At state Agricultural College.

Registration has been in progress
at the Agricultural college today. The.
total has reached 250 The total at
the close of the first day last year
was 327. There is vast contingent
of new students, and it is certain now
that the freshman class will be larger
than usual
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Powder Magazine Burglarlzed.

Helena, Mont, Sept. 23.-Oficials
of the A. NJ. Hotter hardware COM
pany today discovered that their pow
der house and magazine, located just
outside of the city limits, had been
broken into and 1,250 pounds of dyna-
mite had been stolen. The value of
the powder amounts to $3.50. Today
word was received from Blossburg that
a quantity of dynamite was found
cached along the tracks of the North
ern Pacific railroad. It is not vet
known whether the powder found at
Blossburg is part of that stolen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Test of the Dredge Grant.

San Francisco, Sept. 23.-The dredge
Grant is in drydock at Mare Island for
the last touches. The date for sailing
north is not fixed, but is soon. A
unique test of the large steel debris bin
on the Grant was made the other day.
While on keel blocks the gates for re-
leasing the material pumped into vss-
sells while dredging were shored up,
water tight, from the bottom of the
dock. Between 200O and 5000 tons OF
water was then pumped into the debris
bin for test to discover leaky places.
No leaks were found.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Valuable Horses Burned.

Seattle. WASH, Sept. 23.-Twenty-
four horses were destroyed in a fire
which consumed Conway Bros. stables
at an early hour this morning. The
loss will exceed $4,000. Among the
animals burned were Harry S., with a
pacing record of 2:15, owned by James
Conway, and two fine stations owned
by John Mccormack, and valued at
$500 each. Only three of the horses
killed were owned by Conway Bros,
the others being boarders.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Paw tor Insult to Premier.

New York, Sept. 23.-Two Italians,
Picolo and Dachino, charged with hav-
ing thrown tomato at Premier Combs,
at Marseilles, have been sentenced.
says Worlds special from Paris, to
six months imprisonment. Although
Mr.. Combs was travelling simply as a
private individual, the court held that
the insult was directed against his
official position.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
Frank People Flee.

Nelson, B. c., Sept. 24.-Passenge1s
arriving tonight over the Crows Nest
report that another immense slide oc-
Cured this morning at Turtle noun
tain, near Frank, Alberta. As far as
known, no lives were lost, but all the
people of Frank have deserted the
town again, being taken on to Blair
more and other towns.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
slaushter Of Pheasants.

There is urgent need for vigorous
enforcement of the game laws of the
state, SO far as they are designed for
the preservation of the Chinese pleas
ant. For the past five weeks these
birds have been killed in countless
Plumbers in the Willamette valley, al
though the season for killing Of this
game does not open until Thursday,
October /.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-09-25
IiIeh speed ON Electric Line.

Berlin, Sept. 23.--A burst of speed.
at the rate of ia miles an hour, wa
reached Saturday on the Zossen electric
line, but over what distance is not dis
closed. The length is 18 miles.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09

weighing several hundred pounds, and
drove to the southern boundary of the
city, where they attempted to blow
the safe open with powder, but before
they succeeded in opening it posse
put in an appearance and frightened
the holdups away. The safe con-
tanned trifle more than $1,000 in cash.
The posse are still in pursuit of the
desperadoes.
The switchmen's strike on the Butte.
Anaconda & Pacific railway has been
called off, the men admitting them
selves in the wrong.
w. w. Fordham has arrived in Boze-
man with an automobile known as the
''Waterless Gasoline Car" Mr.. Ford
ham came from Elmira, Mich, and has
covered a distance of 1880 miles. He
is on his way to Spokane, where he
intends to locate and establish himself
in business. He has made an average
Of about 60 miles per day and has had
no accidents.
Baptists will next meet at Kalispell
That city easily wins in race, with Dill
Ion for the honor of entertaining as
ISOLATION next year.
Word has reached Butte announcing
the death of Mrs. Barbara Louis at Chi
cago. Mrs. Louis was the widow of
the late Samuel Louis, who died in
Butte about fifteen years ago.
Because of the continued low prices
which are being offered on the Chicago
market for western range cattle many
Montana cattlemen will be apt to hold
back their beeves until the markets
take a turn upwards.
Mike Langhor, Bozeman's florist
made the largest consignment of flow
ers to Butte one day last week which
has ever been made from that place
Weight of shipment was $50 pounds
and consisted of 25,500 sweet peas and
1000 asters.
Professor V. X. Chestnut of the Agri
cultural college was elected professor
of chemistry and geology to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation Of
DR.. F. w. Traphagen.
Thirty-five men took possession Of
west bound Great Northern passen
ger train at Kalispell recently. They
refused to pay fare and demanded to
be given transportation over the road
At Marion station, west of Kalispell
they were put off the train and loaded
into box car of a freight train going
east. The door was locked, and it was
planned to arrest them when the train
pulled into this city. Upon its arrival
it was found that the door had beer
broken open and all had escaped.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09
CORNING COOKER EHPLODES
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES AT PEORIA
ILL.,, KILLED.
Many Were Manned and that Part
of DistiIlery Completely Wrecked
Fire Didn't FolIow-company Loss
Estimated at $4,000 Search for
Bodies sIow-severaI Employees
Missing.

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. Am awful catas-
trophe occurred at the Corning distil-
lery at the extreme south end of the
city at 10 a. M, when one Of the main
cookers exploded with a deep report,
killing several employees, manning
many more, and completely wrecking
that portion of the distillery. Fire
alarms were Immediately sent in for
the entire department, and police and
ambulances were hurriedly summoned.
Fortunately the wreckage did not take
fire and the firemen Immediately as
sisted the distlilery employees who had
escaped the late of their less fortunate
fellow workmen.
The cooker is a steel continuance
about eighty feet in length by twenty
feet in diameter, used in cooking the
mashes. 1t is presumed that vacuum
was formed and when the steam was
turned on to cook today's mash the
explosion followed. The cooker was
hurled through the north wall of the
first story structure, distance of $50
feet. The entire north wall of the dis
tillery was blown down and the south
and east walls were also badly dam
aged. The wreckage was distributed
all over the neighborhood.
The distillery management estimates
their financial loss at fully $4,000,
and it will be some weeks before the
plant can be repaired sufficiently to re.
sumo operations. Thousands of peo-
pie quickly gathered at the scene to
assist in the work of rescue.
James McManus, an employee Of the
plant, was killed instantly. James
O'Keefe was still alive when removed.
He was badly burned all over the body
by the scalding steam and died in q
few moments after his removal to the
Cottage hospital. Henry Newell, the
assistant engineer of the cookery room
was then taken out. He was instantly
killed. George Schaffer, a boy 1e
years of age, was alive when taken
out, but died on the way to the hos,
| pital. He was scalded all over the
| body.
An unknown has been taken to the
hospital in an unconscious condition
and there seems to be no hope for his
recovery.
Owing to the network the search Of
the bodies is attended with the utmost
difficulty. Several employees are still
missing, and it is feared they will BIZ
taken out dead.
Corning's distillery was compare
lively new house, having been erected
two years ago, and has capacity O.
5000 bushels per day. 1t was equipped
Ior the manufacture Of the finished
product as well as high wines and al
cohol.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09
MONTANA ITEMS.

James Kinahan was found guilty at
Glendive of murder in the second de-
gree, the jury recommending that he
be given life Imprisonment. Kinahan
was charged with the murder of Thorn
as MCGOWAN, which occurred with that
of another man, name unknown, In
a box car, east Of Glendive, last
August. The killing was the result OF
an alleged attempt of hoboes to rob
party Of harvest hands beating their
way east.
Four masked men entered the Mini
saloon at Butte in the early morning
and stole the safe, containing $1,000
When the robbers entered the saloon
the leader held a gun on the bartender
who was the only occupant OF the
place. while the others bound anc
gagged him. They had a buggy cut
side, and into this they loaded the safe
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.

change has been made in the
Northern Pacific freight division, and
hereafter freight trains will run from
Moscow to Sites instead of from
Pullman to Lewiston.
The Northern Pacific announces that
the lake steamers on Occur d'Alene
have been taken off service.
The teachers institute at Lewiston
last week was most successful.
At Grangeville, Richard Crea was
found guilty of manslaughter. Sen
tence has not yet been pronounced.
For over day last week every wire
out of Grangeville was down and no
messages could be sent in either direc-
ton. The cutting was done stimuli
taneously with the escape Of William
Rookie, alleged horsethief, from Gus
tody.
When the Shoshone county commits
sioners convene October IL they will
be presented with another petition for
the construction of wagon road to
the st. Joe river.
The city of Lewiston may get can
merry soon.
From all indications the prospects
at the University of Idaho in foot,
ball this year are favorable.
d. H. Andrews died at his home in
Boise recently. He was prominent for
IA years, and was the last candidate
of the populist party for governor. Mr..
Andrews was born in Iowa in 1841.
He lived in Colorado before coming
here.
Workmen now have four strands OF
the cable of the Summit tramway halt
way up the mill to the upper terminal
at Summit. Two of these cables, an
inch and a half in diameter, are al
ready attached to the towers perma
nently. The present expectation is that
the tramway will be running by, DC
tober 20.
Mary, the 8-year-old daughter of w
w johnson of Leland, was run over
by loaded grain wagon recent. Hel
collar bone was broken and body
badly bruised. The little girl was rid
ing with her father on the wagon
which was loaded with over three tons
of wheat. Losing her balance, she
fell between the wheels. Une hint
wheel passed over her right leg ant
then across her breast, breaking tht
collar bone near the left shoulder.
Most of the threshing rigs arount
Genesee have finished work. The big
gest yield recently reported is tina
of r. S. Woodley, who threshed 5;
bushels to the acre Of spring sow
wheat of little club variety.
Andrew johnson, better known a
China" Johnson of Hope, attempte'
suicide recently by shooting himsel
through the ear. He is not expects
to live. Arrangements were made t
take him to Spokane.
i Attendance at the Indian industria
school at Lapwai is constantly increas
ing, and is larger now than at any pre-
. yious session of the school SO earl
in the fall.
i Spalding was the only portion of tn
Snake river and Clearwater regions s
far heard from that did not experienc
heavy frost last week.
, Mrs. Mary Wickersham, Shoshon
. county superintendent of schools. ha
/ completed her annual report, datin
from September 1. 1902, to Septembe
} 4, 1908. The average daily attendant
for the year was 1741, percentage {
rs. The number Of teachers employe
. Twas II.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09

The new Springfield rife is probably
the most effective military arm in the
world. A distance of so feet it pene-
trates IS inch pine boards placed one
inch apart 1t has muzzle velocity
of 1900 feet a second, and carries a
ball five miles, although one mile is
the greatest distance that any rife
can be effective, even with telescope
sights.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-09

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas coun-
ty, IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner Of the firm of F. ]. Cheney
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh
that can not be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.
A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
nails Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY Il CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.