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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1904)
NEW '05 PLANS Government Is to Have Only Pour Buildings. MEANS A SAVING OP $12,000 That for Forestry and Irrigation Is Eliminated Money Needed for Lighting and Incidentals. Washington, Nov. 7. It Las been determined that the government will rect only four buildings at the Lewis and Clark exposition instead of five, as originally planned. It was found that the acceptance of the lowest bid, that of J. E. Bennett, of Portland,, would leave only $15,000 for wiring and light ing the government buildings and for incidental expenses, etc. This amount. in the opinion of Supervising Architect Taylor, is not sufficient. Tiie supervieing architect declares it is necessary either to eliminate one building or reduce the size of the main building and alter the plans. Chair man Hills, of the government board, and the members of the executive board in this city, today concluded the best thing to do would oe to abandon the separate building which was to have been erected for fores' y and irrigation, saving $ 12,000. As this building was to have been hidden by the main build ing, its elimination will not alter the general appearance of the group on the peninsula. Ihe board is of the opin ion that with this building eliminated there will still be sufficient space re maining for all purposes. , TO SELECT ALASKA EXHIBIT. -Committee Named by Hitchcock Will Begin Work Immediately. Pt. Louis, Nov 7. The members of the committee selected by the Interior department to select the exhibits from the &iaskan building for the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition in Port land nexi year are expected to arrive a'i the Alaskan building and begin their labors today. The committee is com posed of the following: Assistant Sec retary of the Interior Judge Thomas Ryan, Edward M. Dawson, chief e'erk of the Department of Interior, B. F. Peters, chief clerk of the Navy depart ment, and 8. R. Burcha. In addition to selecting the exhibits, the committee will also determine the amount of space to be allotted to Alas ka. It has been stated that the Citi zens of the vaiioua cities and towns in Alaska are being awakened to tue fact that the United States government is doing everything in its power to aid them in the development of the terri tory and to induce people to go to Alas ka and locate, and they will do every thing in their power to aid the com mittee by forming clubs and exposition societies to make a concentrated effort to display the advantages of Alaska at Poitland in the very beet possible man ner. HELD UP IN HOTEL. San Francisco Man and His Wife Lose $2,500 Worth of Jewelry. San Francisco, Nov. 7. -.-Arnold Gun deliinger, a retired merchant, and his wife were held up in their apartments t the Hotel Dorchester tonight and robbed of jewelry valued at $2,500. According to Mr. Gundelfinger's story, he and his wife were dressing in their room. He heard a knock on the door and, answering it, he discovered a for mer bell boy of the hotel, James Gates, at the door. Gates said he had been sent up to look at the plumbing. Ho was told that Mrs. Gundel finger was dressing and that he could not cr.nie in. lie insisted and was allowed to enter the room. He then drew a re volver ami demanded that Mrs. Gundel ringer sui render her jewels. Mis. Gun deltinger said they were in another room, and at the pistol's point Gates eomoelUd Guudidiingii and his wife to go into the other room. Mrs. Gundel linger then handed over a bag contain ing the jewels. Gates then .made his escape. Experts Do Not Expect Battle. Berlin, Nov. 7. The Lokal Anzei 3?er 's Mukden correspondent claims the most trustworthy authority for the statement that 34,0000 sit k and wonnd d Russian soldiers were sent away af ter the last engagement. Colonel Baed!re, the Tageblatt's correspondent with the Russian army, telegiaphs that the Russian positions on the Shakhe river are daily becoming stronger. The possibility of a Japanese attack, he eays, is constantly diminishing, and man expett3 do not expect a decisive engagement before spring. Massacred by Natives. London, Nov. 7. According to in formation from the island of Perim, at the entrance to the Red sea, an in vestigation of the Massira island made by the sultan of Muscat shows that the captain and a boat's crew of 21 men, which left the British steamer Baron, which tan ashore at the Kuria Muse islands, reached Massira islands and were massacred by the natives. Nine of the murdeiers have been arrested and the rest will eoon be taken. Fined for Bringing In Consumptive. Sn Fraucisco, Nov. 7. Secretary Victor 11. Metcalf, ot the department of commerce and labor, today imposed a fine of $100 upon the Pacific Coast steamship company for bringing to this port on September 28, as a passenger on the steamer Umatilla, from Vic toria, B. C, consumptive. DOOM IS AT HAND. Port Arthur Must Pall Within a Very Short Time. Chefoo, Nov. 5. "Port Arthur is doomed." The correspondent of the Associated Press here has received information, the reliability of which is beyondques- tion, that the Japanese now oecupy po sit ions which place the east side of the town at their mercy. Japanese arriving from Dalny today report that the Japanese have captured Rihlung mountain and Sungushu moan tain, which lies between the railroad and Rihluns mountain. They also re port that the Japanese have also cap tured East Keekwan mountain. The last assault has gained for them positions which insure their ability to enter the main forts whenever they are ready. It is calculated by the Japan ese that if the Russians do not surren der, they will be capatle of prolonging their final stand at Liaoti mountain and on the Tiger's Tail for a month longer, with the mere hope of prolong ing the struggle. Long before the Sec ond Pacific squadron arrives the Japan- ess flag will wave over the wrecked cit adel. This will end Viceroy Alexieff's dream of an unconquerable city. The Japanese have not occupied the main forts and highest points of the east hille, but they occupy in overwhelming numbers positions which will enable them to drive the Russians back when ever they desire. RUSSIAN OFFICERS AT PARIS. Witnesses in the North Sea Incident Confer with Diplomats. Paris, Nov. 5 Three officers of the Russian squadron, including Cajtain Clado, who are the principal witnesses in the North sea incident, arrived to day from Vigo and went immediately to the Russian embassy, wheie thev held a long conference. Captain Clado was on board the flag ship with Vice Admiral Rojeatvensky, and was entrueted with the task of drafting the official account. After the conference the officers declined to make any public statement relative to the affair until the report is delivered in St. Petersburg. However, it can be stated that their visit more than ever satisfies the Russian authorities that the presence of two Japanese torpedo boats was a positive fact, eye witnesses maintaining that their identification was unmistakable. There continues to be an understand ing in Russian diplomatic circles that two reports will be sent separately, one from Hull and the other from St. Petersburg, to The Hague for final hearing. IMPOSED ON LABORERS. Swindling Employment Agent Is Ar rested in St. Louis. St. Louis, Nov. 5. George E. Hall. of Kansas City, was today arrested by a deputy United btates marshal on the charge of having obtained a fee of $2 each from 200 laboiera for souring them employment and then sending them to Alaska at their own expense to woik for a construction company that did not exist. The specific charge against him is that he used the mails to defraud. It is alleged that Hall rep resented himself to be an employer of labor for the Alaska Yukon construc tion company, that he secured 200 la borers to go to Valdez, Alaska, and af ter collecting $27 from each, $2 as his fee and $2o as transportation, it is said he sent them t Alaska. Inspeet oi Bennett declares that when the laborers reached their destination they learned that there was no such com pany as the one named, and they made their way back as best tbey could, after much suffering and hardship. Ex-Legislator Convicted of Bribery. St. Louis, Nov. 5. John A. Sheri dan, an ex-member of the house of del egates, who was indicted on a bribery charge, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, is dead at the Jefferson hospital, from tubercu losis. Sheridan was not taken to the penitentiary, as his case was appealed to the supreme court. Another indict ment, however, was pending against him, and his case had been set for trial on November 10. Eleven weeks ago he was taken to the hospital where he died. Bandits Cornered. Cody, Wyo., Nov. 5. The different bands of men hunting the men who kiled the cashier of the First National bank have the robbers practically sur rounded in the foothills of the Owl Creek mountains, 50 miles from here. It is reported that a laige force of their friends are coming to their assistance from the Hole-in-the-Wall country, and a number of men have left heie to re inforce the puisuers. "Buffalo Bill," with Indian scouts and cowboys, has taken the trail, and a lively time may be anticipated. Poison Placed in Pudding. New York, Nov. 5. Two persons who ate a part of a pudding sent to a theatrical boarding house in West Forty-third street are dying in Roose velt hospital, a third is in a critical condition and the police are scouring that part of the city in an effort to lo cate the messenger who left the package at the door. It is believed that the sender of the package planned the death of the entire household, with an idea of revenge for some unknown cause. Coal Prices Go Up. Pittsburg, Nov. 5. Prices of . all grades of coal have, been advanced 35 cents a ton as a result of the increased demand for coal and the Btrike of en gineers in Illinois. SLAVS BEATEN Japanese Have Driven Wedge in Center. FIGHTING AT ARTHUR PIERCE Japs Take Desperate Chances Their Total Casualties, as Result of Late Attacks, are 1,100. Chicago, Nov. 9. A special to Chicago Daily News from Dalny, the No- vtmber, 6, via Kobe, says: "After three days of continuous bombardment of Port Arthur, which caused great destruction to the Shoju san and Nirynsan forts in the west center of the Russian line of defense, and also to Kakwan fort, the right wing of the Japanese army assaulted Sojusan yesterday afternoon. Having carried these approaches to that height, the assailants intrenched themselves in the glaces of the forts. In the evening the left wing delivered an assault on Kekwan, fighting its way to the lower parapet. There the Japanese held their ground stubbornly in the face of a Russian counter attack. "Having been reinfoiced during the night, the Russians charged down upon the Japanese, and desperate hand-to-hand conflicts ensued. The Japanese beat back the enemy and destroyed two coveied positions in the front moat. A Japanese substitute lieutenant with 30 volunteers then succeeded in making his way to the rear of the fort. There he engaged in a personal conflict with a Russian officer and killed him. Hav ing destroyed two more defenses in the rear of the moat, the substitute lieu tenant withdrew his force with a loss of two men. "Later in the night the advanced position of the Japanese was taken and retaken twice. The besiegers succeed-. ed in holding the approaches, and con structing trenches, connecting them with the army'D front parallel. At dawn numbers of dead were visible on the slopes. Fort 'P,' north of the new and old batteries in the left center of the line of the defense, was captured, as a result of the severe fighting of the night. "These operations have successfully driven a wedge into the Russian center. Severe explosions and extensive fires have occurred in the fortress within the last few days. The total casualties of the late attacks by the Japanese were 1,100. Over 500 were killed up to October 29. The spirit of the men is magnificent. The firing of all the guns is wonderfully effective." OFFICERS ARE CALLED OUT. Russia Will Meet Deficiency Result ing from Recent Battles. St. Tetersburrg, Nov. 9 The neces sity for officers for service.at the front has resulted in the mobilization of all reserve officers in St. Petersburg. Vil- na, Warsaw, Kieff, Odessa, Moscow, Kazan and the Caucasus. The lo?s of officers at Liao Yang and below Muk den was about 1.300. The mobiliza tion, while intended to supply the de ficiency, is also necessitated by the si and scale on which the war in the Far East is to be prosecuted. The news from the front indicates that General Kuropatkin is devoting his attention chiefly to keeping the Japanese busy along the line of their fortifications below the Shakhe river. The Russians apparently are enjoy ing some superiority in the matter of artillery. OUTLAWS GET AWAY. Wyoming Officers Find no Trace of Cody Bank Robbers. Casper, Wyo., Nov. 9. Sheriff Webb and party returned to Casperthis after noon from the northwest, where they went in pursuit of the bandits who at tempted to hold up the First National bank of Cody and killed Cashier Mid- dangh. Not a trace of the outlaws was discovered, and it is the opin'on of the officers that they have enectually escap ed. Nothing was seen of either the Fenton, Stough or the Johnson county posses, fenern Webb may lake the trail again in a few days. Must Loot No More. Denver, Nov. 9. Judge Marshall, of the United States court, has made per manent the temporary injunction re cently issued restraining members of the Cripple Creek Mmeowners' asso ciation and Citizens' alliance members and others from interfering with the owners and empolyeB and property of the Interstate Mercantile company, of Montana, at Cripple Creek. The store of the company was looted August 21 last, and its employes deported. The decision gives the company the full protection of the court. Dewey to Have Preference. Washington, Nov. 9. Unofficial, though from an official source, officers of the navy on dnty at Washington have learned that the American navy will oe invited to send a representative as a memoer ot tne Angio-Kussian in quiry commission, which will investi gate the Dogger Bank affair. It can be stated that Admiral Dewey will, of course, be given the refusal of this mis sion, and hit acceptance will be most agreeable to the officials. A Boat Ready for Taft. Washington, Nov. 9. The cruiser Columbia, having completed its equip ment at New ork, has sailed for Pen- sacola, Fla., to await the arrival of Secretary Taft and party, who aie to make the trip from there to Colon to carry the president's message of peace and good will to President Amador and the people of Panama. TO SAVE CALIFORNIA ELK. Preserve Being Arranged Near San Francisco by a Cattle Kins. The California elk is to be saved from extinction. Henry Miller, the cattle king, is to save the elk. He Is at work upon a magnificent country home within easy reach of San Francisco. It is called Mount Madonna, because it tops a little mountain of that name; but Elkwood might be a more appro priate designation, for it Is about this surpassing country seat that Henry Miller is arranging a preserve, im mune from gun and dog and the civ- lized things which harry forest dwell-4 ers, where the California elk may live on in peace to the perpetuation and even increase of his kind. The cattle king will be able to carry out his praiseworthy scheme because already he owns about all the Califor nia elk which lift their antlers to-day. There may be 150 specimens of these magnificent elk in California. Henry Miller owns 125. His title to them is of the best He never bought them with money, but he went into their wild haunts and saved them from the destruction which was wiping their species out of existence. The elk which he now owns compose what is probably the only herd of American elk wihch It will be possible to save. In the terribly rough Jack son's Hole country of Wyoming, in Ari zona and in a few places further east, the last of the elk are now in hiding. Their final refuge becomes often their death trap. In Wyoming many elk die every winter because the deep snows of their retreat leave them foodless so long that they starve. When they fol low the grass line down Into the low lands they fall before the guns of hunt ers eager for the last of the royal sport of elk stalking. Tardy game laws have come too late to permit the rejuvenating of their kind in the United States. The elk must soon follow the moose, whose fate was that of the buffalo. Henry Miller would have elk in California when elk are to be found nowhere else in the country. Miller's elk are on one of his many cattle ranches, the Buena Vista ranch, In the mountains of Kern County, thirty-four miles east of Bakersfleld. When the first cattle were driven there the elk were plentiful. Herds of elk grazed and browsed with herds of steer. With the settlement of the country the elk thinned before the settlers' guns. When but a few were left Henry Miller saw that complete extermination was close at hand and he Interfered. He chose the best-wooded portion of his land, containing hundreds of acres of timber and thicket In places almost impene trable, and built about the great arena an eight-foot fence. The fence was left open at places, and the natural In stincts of the elk taught him in time that it was only within this ideal re treat always guarded from hunters and Intruders, that he was safe. The elk of the whole vicinity took up their home there and their number has in creased within the last ten years. San Francisco Chronicle. THIS CLOCK A VETERAN. Timepiece Made Two Years After Co lumbus Discovered America. A remarkable clock, over 400 years old, and which still keeps good time and ticks away the seconds and min utes, Is owned by H. Halbich, 49 West Neptune street, Lynn. . Made two years after Columbus dis covered America, the clock is said to have been constantly In service and after the lapse of four centuries shows but little wear and its wooden works revolve and perform their functions aa well as the modern clock made to day. Plainly the dates of manufacture and when repairs were made are In scribed and there is no doubt about the authenticity of Its history. The clock, made entirely of wood, with the exception of the weights, stands three feet high and is 18 inches wide and presents a strange appear ance with its dial showing old Roman figures, with the quarter and half hours also displayed. Two figures, each a foot high, stand guard on either side of the dial. One represents a skeleton, and at each quarter hour this figure strikes a bell. The skeleton is supposed to typify the passing of man and the going on of time even after only the bones re main. The other figure Is that of an old man, and in a measure resembles the familiar representation 6f FatherTime. As each hour, half, and quarter Is marked by the clock the figure blows a liorn. It Is an Ingenious arrange ment. A reed Is fixed In the end of the horn, and the dropping of a small piece of wood allows the air to cir culate and pass over the reed, making a peculiar sound. In addition, there Is a bell on the top of the clock, and the hours are rung on this, a hammer striking reg ularly. The bell has a deep, pleas ant sound. Who built the clock Is unknown, but for over 200 years it was in the castle Wallensteln, Bohemia, and In 1S69 was repaired by Rltta Frelherr von Frederlch. For a number of years it was in the castle Klelnskal, Bohe mia, and when the latter place was being renovated the father of the pres ent owner secured possession and pre sented It to his son. The clock is blackened by age, but the wood Is hard as flint Boston Globe. When a woman Is going away on a visit she never finishes packing her trunk until after the expressman calls for it ..... The application of a porous plaster Is a great drawback to lovemaklng. Two-Row Corn Cutter. A subscriber of Iowa Homestead sends that journal a sketch of a con venient two-row corn cutter. He says: T think it pulls easier than a sled cutter. I used this home-made corn cutter one season and it works to per fection. I use a 4x4 for an axle, and bolt a 2x4 to this axle two and one half to three feet apart and let it run out twelve inches on the rear side. Board this over for a platform. For runners at the front end-1 took run ners from an old Keystone planter and fastened them from the bottom so as to have them run about six or seven inches from the rows of corn. For knives, I took two blades off an old stalk cutter. The platform may be either nailed or bolted down. The wheels are old planter wheels. On the table I have a buck fastened to the platform so one can sit or lean upon it when "tired. Below this I had a pall large enough to hold a ball of binder twine. As soon as 1 have an armful of corn it is compressed with the de vice shown and tied ready for putting in the shock." Knowledge Increases Crops. During the past twenty-five years the increase in the yield of grain crops in Denmark per acre has been over 11 per cent for arley, 17 per cent for oats, 25 per cent for wheat Potatoes have Increased 59 per cent in yield per acre. Danish authorities credit the in crease largely to government instruc tions and teaching In the best meth ods of agriculture. The Hungarian government also is coming to the front in Its encouragement of agriculture. The state institutions include a great academy for the higher branches of agriculture, four farm colleges, twenty-one village farm schools, and win ter schools for farmers, a great agri cultural museum and eighty model farms. Twenty-five state orchards have been established, and during the past three years 378,000 grafted stocks and over two million seedlings have been distributed. Hungarian agriculture has grown at a surprising rate, the export of poultry and eggs having increased 80 per cent in five years, and dairy products having gained at an even larger rate. Make the Cows Comfortable. Most farmers think they know how to care for their cows without the ad vice of anyone, and the majority of them do give them food and shelter, but there are many more little com forts which cost but a trifle, but which go far toward increasing the value of the milk production. Sunshine, what little there is in winter, Is as welcome to animals as to the human family, and the man who will contrive to give his cows all the sunshine possible will have better-natured cows and , more milk. Then see to It that all cracks and crevices through which drafts of air can come are closed. It is not meant that ventilation be dispensed with by any means, but simply that drafts are shut out Make the beds heavy with straw and keep the stalls clean; then with-a well-ventilated and sunny stable and something to chew on between regular meals, the cow will be happy and comfortable, and will surely repay you by a fuller milk pail. EngHih Farmers Quit Grain Raising:. The area devoted to the wheat crop in Great Britain has decreased about thirteen per cent as compared with last year. The barley crop also shows a decrease In acreage. A part of the land withdrawn from wheat and bar ley has been devoted to the oat crop, but the total acreage of all three crops is the lowest recorded since the official returns were first issued thirty-six years ago, and is 111 acres less than last year's total. Some of the land withdrawn from the grain crops has been devoted to specialties, such as fruits, flowers and vegetables, while other areas have been turned into parks, pasturage and mowing. Feeding Condiments. If there Is any value in feeding red pepper to fowls it Is mainly in fur nishing a seasoning to the food which might otherwise be flat, and in thls way stimulating the appetite. Chopped onions will have the same effect and are certainly better for the fowls than too much pepper. The red pepper, in moderate quantities, is good for the moulting hens, acting as a stimulant and strengthening their rather depleted- vitality, but the pepper should not be made a regular part of the ration. It is not. only; unnecessary when the CORN CUTTER. ration consists of good grains In vari ety, but Is actually harmful if much of It Is fed. Shocking- Corn. One of the great objections farmers have to harvesting corn fodder is that the grain Is seriously damaged by the operation. In fact they say oftentimes it will not germinate, and is always more or less chaffy, light in weight, and otherwise not equaPto corn per- umieu io remain ill we ueiu, or uuui after several frosts. A casual exam ination of the way the shocks are made on many farms would convince one that complaints made about get ting an Inferior grain might be expect ed, for the shock will not turn water, will not let water that happens to get in to the shock out quickly, and Is, in lj.ct so much on the ground that it Is practically wet all the time. It is not a difficult task so to handle both fod der and corn as to have a fine forage from the fodder and still secure the grain that is in every way equal to standing grain. The corn crop is often cut too green. Frequently the stalk becomes brown, the blades turning yellow and the ear still soft and full of sap. In such In stances the cutting should be slow, putting up quarter and half shocks over, the entire area, giving the inside center of the shock an opportunity to dry, then later finish the shock. Where the corn binder la used the harvesting should be such as to save the fodder with as little damage to the corn as possible. This requires Judgment. Then In shocking set four bundles in the four corners made by the horse, tie them tightly near the top, remove horse and place a bundle on each of the four sides la the center. This leaves a corner between the four bun dles so located that It may be made to contain two bundles each. When the center bundles are placed around the first four eight bundles are up and the shock is one-half finished. Fill ing between with two bundles makes the shoek, which contains sixteen bun dles. The shock is small, well bal anced, and when drawn well together near the top it is tied twice. The bun dles in such a shock may be set well apart at the bottom, permitting good ventilation. The binder cuts such a low stub that the ear in the shock is high from the ground. In cutting by hand the careless shocker usually cuts high stubs, then he throws the fodder together. The high cutting causes the ear on the stalk to be near the ground or more probably on the ground, caus ing serious damage to the grain. Corn fodder should be cut as low as possi ble, that the grain may stand a good distance from the ground while in the shock. W. B. Anderson, in Indianap olis News. Device for Holding Hogs. FOR HOLDING HOOS. The Illustration is self-explaining, and one can readily see how it is con structed and used. Farm Notes. Note the changes which you intend ed to make for next winter. Have all live stock ready for market before you market It The appearance of things about the house is the first that attracts atten tion, good or bad. Prepare to winter the young stock well. Don't be afraid. People will need beef next year the same as this. See that all necessary repairs are made, not only upon the home build ings, but upon the outbuildings also. Winter Is coming. If those March and April pigs had clover and peas to run through the summer they are now just about ready for a corn diet. A cheery, comfortable family room and plenty of good things to read robs winter of about all of Its terrors, ce ments family ties and lays a founda tion for pleasant memories In after life. The Department of Agriculture an nounces its intention to go Into the stock-raising business, using an appro priation of $25,000 made by the last Congress. Special attention Is to be given to horses, of cavalry and car riage types, for which purpose the ex periment farm at Fort Collins, Col., Is to be used. Poultry Pickings. One breed is enough for the farmer. Keep the fowls clean and their houses clean. Roup is produced by a bad cold being neglected. If eggs for hatching are desired, use 2-year-old hens. Granulated is tUe form in which to supply bone te poultry. To make poultry business a success it must have attention. All perches should be on the same level, none higher than the others. It Is very essential that the poultry house should be well ventilated. Whole wheat Is an excellent food for the hens, but should not be used exclusively. Bone meal contains lime and also animal matter which is of value. The use of food Is to sustain life and maintain warmth and good condi tion of body.