The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-04-24
BREEDING pestilence.ait iar9q5a noi2s.

6d today from all sections hof the
Northwest for California. The re.
fponse from all classes to the appeal
from San Fran cisco has been prompt
and Intelligent. More than $685.
900, in cash will be given by the
Northwest to the suffering Califor-
mans. Besides this are vast quan.
titles of supplies and produce that
will add perhaps $2So,ooo more.
These figures may have to be in
reased, as the giving seems to have
just begun. O e7"ot5ho2 il i!'a &H1
Cattle have been sent from Kla.
math Falls, tons Of cheese 9 from
Coos Bay, -four f;om Spokane, Taol
coma, e Seattle, dt Pendleton, The
Dalles, .Wa1la 'WaHa and 9other
points. Potatoes have tesn' donated
id liberal quantities from? Villa
mette Valley 2andoa Rogue River:
ypints, and elsewhere 9HsiT9bnIi ED
Bread and, prepared food, clot hing
and cooking utensils have been also
by thong htfup PERSONS. Z "
I'm responee to The appeal made
BY Mayor Wise to The eitizens Of
Astoria. cash lsnbecfip ptions amount
ing to OYER s., 900 were 'raised' here
today within d Short time for the aid
Of the San Franz cisco sufferers, and
up to. this afternoon "a Too b cases tof
ca1 ned salmon has been qdonateds
BY the lower eJlumbiai River fcana
nery men, One carload was sshfpl
ped TO San Francisco BY fail this
evening, and nan6tttfri carload swiH
be Shipped to morrow. .@asq bus WE
pa carload Of supplies from Fort
Stevens was also shipped TO- San
Francisco on this evenings train.
o., sent.., a carload of;
food stufs and supplies on the re.
lief train which left here today for
San francisco, and her people ar .
rsady and willing to send more,
besides having subscribed 81, 900 in
cash In individual subscriptions
last eevening Mayor Butler and
President Winter, Of the board of
trade, issued circular calling on
the people to contribute bread and
cooked meats and foolstufs, as we'll
as cash, and the response was some
thing unparalleled in the history
of the city. Housewives worked
all night making bread, boiling
hams and preparing food for the,
stri ken city ...-r,.I =. .... -
Stoves and bedclothes and cases
of canned foods, -four and beans.
and provisions of every sort were.
brought into the. headquarters by
the wagon loads, and loo citizens,
headed by the mayor worked Ike,
bsavers to get the shipment ready
and the car loaded for the relief
train. 4 --.tsE-t so5G easli r.
Spokane's contribution to the
California sufferers is close to 20,-
600 tonight. The relief committee
sent four carloads of provisions over
the O. R. & N. today, and will ship
rs carloads tomorrow. The Ma
sons have raised $1,000, the Eagles
$500. the Bartenders $500 and the
Knights of Columbus 5000. o5-
Clothing, butter, cheese by the
ton, and loaves of bread in like
quantities, were carried by the
steamer Breakwater this morning,
as Coos Bays first contribution to
her suffering neighbors In San
Francisco, $4,000 was raised here
in 40 minutes yesterday. North
Bend has secured large subscrip-
tions, and from every nook and
corner in the county come hearty
response from the call for aid.
Alta mass meeting held in Dali
las FIR the relief of toe sufferers
this morning So 300 was subscribed
on The spot and committee was
| iapl olnted to solicit further sub
Eeclap ptlobs. Wasco county and the
fcity council will vote liberal dona-
ltions. Two carloads ofsfour will
be shipped direct to San Francisco
to-day. GnstI ;qfadf ,srEs .17aao2
1 AT a mass Il meeting of citizens
held tonight approximately $50, 200
was raised for the distressedin Cali
fornia, and a COMMITTEES appointed
to raise more. R. S. Ford, banker,
lagreed to add 10 per cent to the to.
tai amount raised in this place
Great Falls, Montana. tttfaa9 I
I Albany sent its first carload, p
tons, of provisions and bedding, te
San Francisco today, including
| flour, potatoes, bacon and bread
Another car goes tomorrow. People
donate their supplies freely. A ca
I load from McMinnville passee
through today. Pendleton, Silver
ton, Arlington, Monmouth, Hills
boro, Lewiston, Corvallis, Union
Forest Grove, and in fact ever,
nook and corner Of Oregon wer
ready to meet the call, and liberia
7 donations for the sufferers wer