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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-27
MANUEL PAZ URDAZ
NOTARfO

Registrador de la propiedad sustituto,
que fue Ia amos en- Arecibo, ofrece sus ser.
vicios, como Notario, en- Arecibo. Baios de
Ia casa n6mero 1S Gale de la Grus, Sc hace
cargo de presentar para su inscription en-
el Registro de la proPiedad del DistYit0 y
remitir & los respectivos interesadOs, les
documentos que con tai objeto Sc 1e envfan.
ARHOIBo. PUERTO RICO.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
IN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Woolgrowers and livestock Association
Meet In Portland.


Portland, Jan. 12.-The great ma
tional conventions which are in PORT
land for their annual meetings COM
menced work yesterday under most fav-
orable circumstances. The sessions of
the Woolgrowers' association were nota-
BILE in the high tone of the addresses
delivered and the earnestness with
which the voting delegates approached
the great questions to be considered.
The Livestock convention will not get
down to business until this morning,
but the machinery was set in motion
yesterday which assures profitable re-
suits from the meetings which are to
occupy the remaining days of the week.
The visitors continued to pour in all
day long, and, by conservative esti-
mate they.@wilI Number 300 when
President Springer's gavel falls on the
first session of the Livestock conven-
tion today. An official welcome to the
state and city will be extended to the
visiting stockmen this afternoon by his
excellency, Governor George E. Cham
berlain, and Mayor George H. Will
liams. There will be responses on the
part of the visitors and with the an
nual address of President John w.
Springer the great national gathering
will be fairly under way.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
HEAR RAILROADS PLEA.
Timberland Assessment in Land Reduced
to So. so Per Acre.

Timberland Assessment in Land Reduced
to $2.5O Per Acre.
Eugene-The county board has de-
cided to reduce the assessment on the
timber lands of the Southern Pacific
company in this county from So to
$3.50 per acre, after considering the ar
gument of the attorney of that COM
pany. The reduction, however. was
not made until the company should
agree that there would be no contest on
that figure. .....
The lands of the railroad company
were assessed the same as all timber
lands, but the argument was made that
these lands were less valuable than the
lands held by other corporations, for
the reason that the railroad grant con-
sists OF certain sections by numbers, re-
gardless of whether they are valuable
or not, while the lands of other cor
porations and individuals have been Sc
lected and it is reasonable to suppose
valueless claims would not be acquired.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
WANTS TO JOIN PANAMA.
Island of San Andres Tires of Colon.
bian Oppression.

Colon, Jan. 13.-The schooner Her
aid, which arrived here yesterday even
ing from Bocas del Toro, brought a
commissioner from the island of San
Andres who will endeavor to obtain the
annexation of San Andres to the repub-
lie of Panama, owing to the dissatis-
faction of the inhabitants of the island
at the recent oppressive actions on the
part of Colombian authorities. The
commissioner will go to Panama and
confer with the junta. He says 400
Colombian troops are now in garrison
on the islands of San Andres and Provi-
dence, and that more soldiers are ex-
pected momentarily. The dissatisfac-
ton, he adds, is general throughout
the islands. San Andres does much
business with the United States in CO.
coanuts, about 20, 900, 900 of these nuts
being shipped there annually.
Panama is desirous of annexing San
Andres and Providence, but it is be-
lieved that steps in that direction at
the present moment would be mop
perfume.
The United States marines encamped
at Empire and Bas Obispo are kept
busy cleaning up the grounds around
the camps, which are located on a
healthy hill close to the railroad. The
marines have also cleaned the canal
company's houses, all of which now
present clean and smart appearance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
STRIKE AT COAL MINE ENDS.
Union Leader and Utah Mineowner
Make Agreement.

Union Leader and Utah Mine0Wner
Make Agreement.
Salt Lake, Jan. 13. The labor
troubles in the coal fields of Carbon
county have been practically settled as
a result of a conference between G. W..
Kramer, vice president of the Utah
fuel company, and Attorney s. A.
King, representing the strikers. By
the terms of an agreement satisfactory
to both sides, the company agrees to
lease for a period of six months all of
the 225 houses erected by the miners
on the company's property, paying
therefor the lump sum of $75, 200, the
amount to be paid for each individual
lease to be determined by three app-ais-
ers who have already been appointed.
If at the expiration of the agreement,
the houses have not been removed they
become the property of the company.
While the agreement does not affect
the claims of either side in the way of
adjustment of grievances, it destroys
any apparent reason for the strikers to
remain in the district and avoids the
possibility of serious trouble arising
from the eviction OF miners from their
homes
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
CANADA ASKED TO JOIN.
Hay Moves for International Salmon
Hatchery ON Fraser.

Washington, Jan. 12.--Secretary of
State Hay has determined to ask the
Canadian government to join in con-
ference looking to the establishment of
international fish hatcheries on the
Fraser river, in British Columbia, for
the propagation of salmon. The con-
ference, if agreed upon, probably will
be participated in by the United States
fish commissioner, the fish commission
er for the state of Washington, and Off
cials in charge of the department of
fisheries and marine for the Dominion
of Canada.
The plan suggested has been urged
for more than a year by Senator Foster,
of Washington, who has called the at
tention of the state department to the
fact that, unless some heroic course is
taken, the salmon supply will be ex-
hausted. Millions of dollars are in
vested in salmon canning establish
ments in the United States and Canada,
which are supplied almost entirely by
the spawn from the Fraser river. The
methods employed by both the United
States and Canadian canning companies
have been the subjects of disputes be-
tween the two governments.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
CAN'T STIR AMERICA.
General Reyes Realizes His Mission Is
Failure and VIII Soon Leave.

TaHure ana Will soon Leave.
Washington, Jan. 12.-Convinced of
the determination of the United States
not to retrace a step on the isthmus,
and of the consequent failure of his mis-
sion, General Rafael Reyes, Colombian
special envoy, is ready to leave Wash
ington. Indeed, he informed the AS
sociaed Press at noon today that he
would leave for Baltimore at O'Clock
to consult specialist, and that his re-
turn was uncertain. He did not take
that train, however, and at late hour
tonight was at his hotel.
General Reyes said tonight he was
yet hoping for an answer to his last re-
quest that the correspondence be sent
to the senate, and he coud not say
definitely when he would leave Wash-
ington. He added that when the time
came for going he would officially take
leave of the president and other officials
with whom he had come in contact.
In long cablegram which General
Reyes dispatched to General Marroquin
he has reviewed the negotiations at
Washington and informed the Bogota
government that after doing everything
in his power to save something from
the wreck he has failed. General
Reyes expects, in view of the high feel
ing prevailing in Colombia, that it will
be very difficult to restrain his people
longer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
FAIR IS INDORSED
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EXPOSTTIONS
cOMMENDS UNDERTAKING.
Sends MitcheH's 1905 Fair Bill 10 the
Senate and Asks Favorable C0nsid.
eration-Appropria of $2.125, 900
Is Given Full Sanction-Few Changes
Were Made In the Measure.

| Washington, Jan. 3.-"An event sc
striking and so romantic in its charact
er, involving SO much of heroism ano
sacrifice on the part of those engaged
in it, and resulting in benefits SO great
and enduring to our country, is, in the
judgment of your committee, well
worthy of commemoration by this gov.
eminent
With these words, and after fully re-
viewing the purposes and plans of the
Lewis and Clark centennial exposition,
the senate committee on industrial ex-
positions today unanimously COM
mended Senator Mitchell's bill to the
favorable consideration of the senate.
The committee makes no material
amendments in the bill as it was origi-
nally introduced, and makes no cut
whatever in the appropriation, the
amount called for remaining at So, 1875,
600. -......
The bill was altered in only one es-
sential feature. Section 9, which car
ries lump appropriation of 81 800 900,
as direct government aid, is amended
to provide that this money shall be ex-
uuOCT QlIcCG1Ou VI buC udL1Oudl
commission and not under direction of
the Lewis and Clark corporation. The
committee found that in every instance
where the government had aided expo
sitions, the government funds were ex-
pended by the government commission,
which was under control of the presi-
dent. The exposition corporation is
not subject to this control. Therefore
the change.
Section 20 was amended to provide
that expenses incurred by consular,
military and naval officers in the ORR
ent, in the collection of exhibits for the
exposition, should be betrayed from the
$1,500,000 appropriation.
The only other change in the bill,
aside from alteration in phraseology,
occurs in section 4, which provides for
the appointment of board of arbitra-
tion to whom all matters of difference
arising between the national commits
sion and the exposition company shall
be referred. Instead of allowing the
exposition corporation and the state
commission two members each on this
commission, membership is restricted
tto-one member each, making the total
four instead of six. The right of the
commission to designate fifth member
in case of deadlock is also provided.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Makes q Good Showing.

Pendleton-The annual report of As
sistant Postmaster French shows that
Pendleton has one of the few self sus-
tanning offices in the state. The total
revenue of the year was 81, 1887 .43,
while the total epxense was $5,S67.77.
The total receipts for 1902 were $13,-
539.O7. The net increase of the Office
for 1908 over the previous year was
$148. This the officials consider is a
good gain, since Pendleton has free
delivery. For a while when the free
delivery was established the receints
from box rent fell of, but the demand
at the present time for boxes seems to
have outgrown the Office, and so more
have been asked for. This will make a
total of 600.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Renewing DUTY on Coal.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Congressman
Jones, of Washington, has been assured
by leading representatives of the house
that the emergency bill approved by
the president on January Is last, re-
moving for one year the duty on coal,
will not be continued in effect after
next Friday. On that date the former
duty will be restored, and it is the in
tention of the house leaders to grant no
further concessions on coal, or any
other commodities, until the time comes
when they deem general revision of
the tariff necessary.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
PLANT EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION.
Regents of the Agricultural College
Much Taken With the Idea.

Corvallis-At a recent board meet
ing, the plan for the agricultural college
to plant and maintain growing ex-
hibit on the exposition grounds at the
Lewis and Clark fair was discussed and
referred to the executive committee for
direction. The committee is: Wealth
erford, chairman; Apperson, Daily,
Ready, and Leedy.
The sentiment of the board was un-
iversally favorable to the plan, and the
expression general that the occasion
offered the college opportunity to do
all the people of the state great and en-
during benefit. The growth of forage
grasses and plants, the cultivation of
vegetables of all kinds, the production
of small fruits and many other features
were mentioned as among the possibili-
ties for converting the tract into COM
pact and valuable display of Oregon
productions and resources.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
IN JOINT SESSION.
National Conventions of Sheep and Cat
tlemen Meet In Harmony.

Portland, Jan. 13.-The delegates t,
the National Woolgrowers' and Nation
al Livestock conventions met in join
session yesterday morning and the tw,
| big organizations were heartily wei
coined to Oregon and Portland by rep
resentative men of the state and city
The Livestock association formall.
opened it's annual meeting and th'
Woolgrowers, after a lengthy business
session in the afternoon, adjourned sin,
| die. More than thousand delegate
| to the two conventions from every sec
| tlon of the United States thronged th'
| Baker theater from pit to gallery. The
house rang with repeated bursts OF ap
plause in response to addresses upoI
questions of vital interest to the TIVE
organizations. Sheepmen and cattle
raisers met upon common ground, with
common interests at heart, and dis
cussed ways and means of securing
mutual benefits.
The morning session was devoted t6
a program of entertainment, including
music and addresses of welcome and
responses. In the afternoon the wool.
growers met alone and completed the
business of their meeting. Common
interests of the woolgrowers and manu-
facturer were discussed. The condition
of the mutton sheep market was thor
oughly presented by representatives OF
the markets. Resolutions were adopted
favoring legislation that the sheepmen
deem to be beneficial to their industry,
and officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: Senator E. E. War
rem, of Wyoming, president; Jesse NJ.
Smith, Utah, first vice president
George Truesdale, Maryland, second
vice president; Mortimer Levering, In
diana, secretary, the treasurer to be Sc
lected by the executive committee.
The convention decided to meet in
conjunction with the livestock men
next year at such place as the latter
convention should decide upon. San
Jose, California, appears to be in the
lead for the next convention Of the two
organization, though Denver has a
strong backing. An effort is being
made to have the convention decide
upon permanent meeting place,
where all succeeding meetings may be
held. 1t is generally conceded that
should this motion prevail, Denver
will be selected as permanent head
quarters.
The Livestock convention will begin
its work proper this morning, and
three days will be devoted to earnest
consideration of many questions of vital
importance.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Big Hogs of the Grand Ronde.

La Grande-J. W. Spencer now holds
the honor of having raised the largest
hog in the county. Dexter Eaton has
always held the championship, the
largest being 760 pounds. His neigh
bors, John McAllister and J. w. Spenc-
er entered into the hog raising business
also and the two latter gentlemen
brought two monster hogs in from their
ranches near Island City few days ago
and had them weighed. McAllisters'
weighed IT'S pounds and Spencers' $40,
which breaks all former records in the
weight of Grand Ronde valley hogs.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
LOST IN STRAITS.
flfty-Four Lives Sacrificed to Storm Be.
tween Seattle and Victoria,

Seattle, Jan. 12.-The Seattle-yie-
torla steamer Clallam was lost early
this morning midway between Smith
island and Dungeness spit, at least 54
persons losing their lives in the disas-
ter. Every person who put off in the
lifeboats. lowered when it was apparent
the steamer could not live out the ter
rifle gale that was blowing, drowned.
Only those who stayed by the ves-
sci, fighting against the sea for possess
sion OF the craft, were saved. These
persons were compelled to fight desper-
ately for their lives, rushing forward
when the vessel turned on her beam
ends, clinging frantically to the rails
and finally slipping into the water onto
life raft that had been lowered,
subsequently they were picked up by
the tugs Sea Lion and Holyoke.
1t was not the fault of the command
ing officers nor the men in charge of
the life boats that the passengers who
took to the boats were lost. When
the life boats were lowered land was
within sight, yet the impotent Clallam
was unable even to make headwav
against the gale. Prudence dictated
that the passengers and such of the
crew needed to navigate the boats be
given the opportunity of saving their
lives by the life boats. That they
failed to reach shore was due entirely
to the fact that human strength was
but feeble protest against the fury of
the elements.
Had all the passengers and crew re-
mained on board, it is undoubtedly
true that most of them would have been
lost when the boat turned over and gave
up the struggle. Others stronger and
better able to care for themselves
drowned with the relief tugs standing
by waiting to take them aboard.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Stockmen Feel Better.

Pendleton-The cattlemen and sheep
men of the Blue mountain district are
rejoicing this winter because of the ex-
traordinary open season. Up to the
present spring like weather has pre-
vailed, and only in few sections has
the temperature been but little below
the freezing point. So far, the sheep
to be held over the winter have not re-
quired feeding, remaining on the past
ures, the grass of which is holding out
remarkably well. Considerable rain
has fallen during the fall, and SO far
grass has been growing.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
To Lease Hatchery.

neutrality-suspicious. are pending be-
tween the state board of fish commits
sioners and the United States fish COM
missioner with a view to lease of the
new state salmon hatchery at Ontario
to the government. If the lease can be
effected as desired, the expense of oper-
ating the hatchery will be borne by the
federal government, the result to the
fishing industry will be the same and
the state will save some $4,000 year,
which can be devoted to the develop
ment of the fishing industry elsewhere
in the state.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
IDLH rlONEY AT WORK.
School Fund Surplus Is Being Put Out
at Interest.

Salem-The semi-annual report OF
State Treasurer G. s. Moore shows q
heavy decrease in the surplus of money
lying idle in the common school fund.
A year ago, the balance in that fund
was 1924, 772.25. On January l, 1904,
the balance was but $562,177.5 .53.
Since January /, about 100000 has
been sent out on loans and $50 900 will
be paid out in few days on the Port
land School District bonds.
Applications have been approved for
loans to the amount of over $50. 1000
more, so that it appears that the state
has now but $4OO, 900 which it can
offer to those who wish to borrow upon
gilt-edged real estate security at 6 per
cent interest. If the present demand
for loans from the school fund contin-
ues, the balance will be out at interest
within a year. The loaning of this
fund, and consequent decrease in the
amount of the idle surplus, means an
increase in the revenues for school pur-
poses. The interest on this fund is ap-
portioned among the counties annually
according to school population.
The report also shows balance of
$S5, ,640.50 in the general fund, from
which the ordinary expenses of the
state are paid. State Treasurer Moore
says that large portion of this amount
will be used in paying the claims for
the last quarter of 1908. During the
next three months, however, nearly
$40 200, 200 will be received from in
surance companies under the law re-
quiring them to pay per cent tax
on their net receipts, and this sum will
be sufficient to pay the ordinary ex-
penses of the state until state taxes be-
gin to come in, about April l.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Battleships Make Guam.

Washington, Jan. ia cablegram
today from Rear admiral Evans, COM
manding the Asiatic fleet, announced
the arrival of the battleships Ken
lucky, Oregon and Wisconsin at Guam
from Honolulu on their way to Subig
bay. 1t Is expected that the cruiser
squadron, consisting of the New Or
leans, Albany, Cincinnati and Raleigh,
will arrive at Guam today or tomorrow
The cruisers left Honolulu in company
with the battleships, but, unlike the
latter, stopped en- route at the Midway
islands.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Feeding Cattle in the Valley.

Enterprise-Owing to the lack of sale
for cattle in the fall many steers are be-
ing fattened in this valley for the
spring market. They are mostly g.
year-olds and will bring good price
when delivered in April. There has
been an egg famine in this city for the
past month. Eggs have been so cents
per dozen since before Thanksgiving
and at Christmas time they jumped to
so cents for a few days, then dropped
to the present price of 35 cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
APPLIES FOR AppoRTloNmHNT.
Pilot Butte Company Wants to Begin on
10000 Acres.


Salem-A. M. Drake, president of
the Pilot Butte Development company.
has applied to the state land board for
an apportionment of the lien upon
some 10000 acres of the land for the
reclamation of which his company has
a contract. The company has con-
tract for the reclamation of SO, 900 acres
and the contract price is $40 per acre.
The reclamation company holds a
lien upon the land for the cost of con-
struction. The lien upon each acre is
not uniform, however, but is to be ap-
portioned upon each 40-acre tract ac-
cording to the relative value of the
land. Thus one 4O-acre tract may bear
lien of SIS an acre, while another,
not SO valuable, will bear lien of but
IS. An intending settler is required to
pay to the company the amount of the
lien, whereupon he receives deed from
the state.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
To Concentrate Troops.

Port Arthur, Jan. 14.-It is reported
here that owing to threatening news
received from Corea, the commanding
officer of the Seventh Russian brigade
has gone to the Yula river to select
temporary quarters and effect concen-
tration of troops. Owing to the appre-
tensions of daring dash on the part
of the Japanese at Port Arthur, the au-
thorities here have taken extraordinary
precautions in and about the town and
along the whole of the Manchurian
railroad. The whole Russian fleet is
now in fighting trim.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-15
Ex.Secr6 tary Foster Dead.

Springfield, O., Jan. 2.-Ex-Gover-
nor Charles Foster, who was secretary
of the treasury under President Harri-
son, died at the residence of General
Keifer here today from the effects of
cerebral hemorrhages. He was 73
years old and is survived by his wife
and daughter. He was attacked last
night while sitting in the library of
General Keier's home talking and never
regained consciousness. No arrange
ments for the funeral have been made.