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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1904)
I STARVE PORT laivs Make fewer Assaults on Port Arthur. rncT np I IFF IS TOO GREAT Sinking of the Russian Fleet Main Object of the Recent Desperate Attacks. Was Tokio, Dec. 12. In disabling the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, preclud- iag the possibility, of its being able to reinforce the second Pacific squadron, the Japanese have accomplished the main object of the desperate assaults arainBt the fortress which they have mnkinff for the past three months Thora ia nnw a strong probability that, while continuing the siege, they will avoid losses of the magnitude already tndincr their efforts, and, instead of assaulting will rely on starving out the garrison until it is finally captureu. nnnciiioiaii aatnniehment is ex- vuunwwv pressed here over the fact that the Rus sians in no way resisted the disabing of the Port Arthur fleet. In certain quarters the opinion is expressed that the Russians opened the seacocks of the submerged vessels to lessen their ex posure to the Japanese fire. The recent cessation of mine clearing was taken as evidence that the fleet did not intend to make a sortie. There was no sign of life on the Rus sian ships during the bombardment, and from this fact it is concluded that the bluejackets took refuge on land or TO RUSH LAND FRAUD CASES. Nation Asks Appeals off Hyde, Ben son and Dimond be Heard. Washington, Dec. 13. Solicitor Gen eral Hoyt, on behalf of the government. today filed a motion askmg the su preme court to advance for hearing the ppeal taken by Frederick A. Hyde and Henry P. Dimond from the decision 01 inAn Mnrrnw. of San Francisco, who directed that they be brought to Wash ington for trial on indictments for con spiracy to defraud the government out nf large tracts of public lands. In his o- - . i petition the solicitor general states wai the appeals were "taken for purposes of delay and to prevent the appellants horn being 'removed to the uiBirici Columbia for trial." A similar motion was also filed in re gard to the appeal of JohD A. Benson, alan alleced to be a member of the San Francisco land ring, who was arrested in New York on a Washington indict ment charging him with bribing offi iln in the general land office. Ttanann i nnt on $10,000 bail and trving to escape trial in Washington The solicitor general expects to be aivpn a hearing todav in support of hia - - . " I .1- motion, and H tne couit aavanceu me naano thr in ererv prospect that the famous San Francisco land ring will be placed on trial in this city during the present winter. DECREASE IN WHEAT ACREAGE. WILL EXHIBIT PEARY'S NEW VESSEu Ship Which Will Sail i Quest of the I North Pole. A vessel Is being built in the old Washington Is To Be Repre- yard r .t sented at 1905 fair PINE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED Efforts WillBe Made to Expend At Least 75,000 on Exhibit off Oregon's Sister State. purposes of trade. She Is to force ner way as far as possible into ine ice covered seas of the far north, carry- Lieutenant-Commander Peary in order that he may make another dash for the pole. In the Peary snip, tne stern, stern-post, aeeis, h-bbisuu am frames are of carefully selected wnne oak. The massive rrames wui ue uuv -orn feet apart from center to center. and they will be enclosed In a cage of steel made of diagonal straps and cov ering the inner fabric of the ship from em to stern. Over tne straps win us . . - flm-lnVi nlnnkinsr a dOUDie course ui r of yellow pine and white oaK, and De- tween these two courses win oe uru hemp or tarred canvas. A guard strake of wnite oa our- 1 t 4-1 r. rounds the vessel at tne ievei ui mo main deck, projecting outward ior a,ir.h a distance that when tne ice presses against her sides and is forced upward by the resistance, tne w will actually rest upon tne guaiu strake. More than tnat, snouiu. sue frozen in, it would be possible to Break Department off Agriculture Also Re ports on Condition of Crops. Washington, Dec. 13. The crop re- t i ?h. Una d, per. h. dep,rtot o. f DBC8 With the Russian second Pacific Agriculture savs . ...... , t Returns to tne cruel 01 tne Dureau 01 . . e . : 1 " . . 11. : tl-; stafiaticB of the department 01 tSSSSS the fa lure of the ture ndicate that the newly seeded area cannot comprehend the lai ure o uw 31.155.000 ?-SLr. dasa of 1.6 per cent from pOBHiuio -6 -rr:TJ ... f' ,U o,ott aown in the .. . . 1 tha a(. thp area sown in tne tail 01 no even at e 01 Th condition of fectivegarris :n. hflS winter wheat on December 1 was 82.9, JNOW tnai me .run mi""' - 1009 qq 8 in been disabled, it is deemed impossible as compared with 86.6 m 1903, 99.8 in oeen aisaoieu, it b r & 1Q aVerage of 92.1. ior ine rtuBHiauo m uicimo - - , ... . lority of the .econd Pacfic souadron to The acreage as co-par d th last year Togo's fleet, unless at present unioie seen, the Black sea fleet should pass the Dardanelles. DEAL IS CLOSED. i a 98.4 per cent. The -newly seeded area of winter rye is provisionally esti matd at 96.7 per cent of the area sown in the fall of 1903. The condition of winter rve on December 1 was 90.6, as i-nmnnrrd with 92.7 on December 1, 1903, 98.1 at the corresponding date in 1902. and 96.2 the mean of December averages of the last ten years The percentage of acreage sown to winter rye this fall as comapred with that sown last year is 86.7, the average edition December 1. 1904, was u.o normonnnHirif averages for 1903 and 1902 were 92.7 and 98 1, respectively and the mean of the December average of the last ten years 96.2. Th final estimates of the total acre- nvv - - . - v,;i.;t rV.i-h nee nroduction ana mrui vmura u. ot notable ever principal crops for 1904 will be issued Twl OQ. of A r'lrk P. M. Jll lCLClli UOl A"- v w WAR CRAPT TO GO ON LINER. Stamp Mill to Operate During Lewis and Clark fair. Portland, Dec. 12. Negotiations were practically completed with a big Colorado mining company yesterday for the installation at the Lewis and Clark exposition of a stamp mill, con centration plant and other mining ma chinery, showing the treatment accord d raw ore in converting it into bull- Thia will form a valuable audi tion to the mining promises t,o be the m made. The company in question is the Colo rado Fuel & Iron company, one of the larsrest of its kind in eixstence. The proposition wae made to the exposition d fi ts for Russia Shipped management in the form of an offer to ,urPcu" install the machine.y providing Ore- irwn new ... Id furnish suffi-1 Nw York. Dec. 13. Nine torpedo cient ore to keep the machinery busy boats, built at PertbAmboy, N. J., for -during the exposition hourB. After the Russian government, have been ,,aa nf firocron nroducers the ex- Lorn nlted. and left the yards today. 4 i;auvioo x l " 1 ' - i position managen-ent was able to aseure They were loaded on a barge and towed ii. Pomnanv that no difficulty will be to New York. They will be shipped as oTnerienced in supplying all of the ore merchandise on a liner. ...in u iw.uirp.d- Th tenth boat will cross the ocean tuaii VT i w I . 11 it ;a Twwsihle that an annex to the llnder its own power. Two six-cy Under viidin will he reauired for 9anl ine engines have been installed the new working exhibit, as the space Each is expected to develop a 300- in the main building is now well taken hotsepower, and drive the little boat at and no great allotments can be made to a speed of 20 knots. The crew of eight one enterprine since the interests of in- men i6 already aboard the boat, which lividuals and districts which wish to .mrtirinnte must be protected. (.ieneral interest ia being dieplayed in the Lewis and Clark mining exhibit. Miners and mining men all over the country are preparing their choicest nrH for shipment here, and judging from the number of offers of minerals now on tile at exposition headquarters there will he more ores on hand than can possibly be shelved. This will ne cessitate the selection of choice speci mens, although it will not cause any exhibit to be ruled out, as all exhibit ors will be given a chance. Portland, Dec. 9. The Washington ofofo nommiaaion tor tne lwi uu Clark exposition will ask the Washing ton legislature for an appropriation oi stem to stern. $75,000 to carry out WaBhirgton s par ticipation in the Portland world a fair Thia was decided upon by the com mission last evening after a day spent in inauiiing into the scope of the expo sition and inspecting the exposition cronnds. Th commission agreed that not a dollar less than $75,000 will be suffi cient to make a suitable Washington exhibit, and immediately upon their rotnrn to their state the commissioneis will commence their campaign for the appropriation, which they anticipate nn CTTPat, difficulty in securing f . . ' . . i-.j The commission, lour strong, reaciieu Diiond vpatpTriav morning lor ine XVAV.Muv. purpose of making an official investiga tion. A meeting was held at exposi tion headquarters during the forenoon, at which H. E. Keed and V. u. rree man. reoiesenting the exposition, ex plained existing conditions. upon learning that the exhaustive drains nnon exhibit space have left no great surplus for late comers, the commis sion at once decided that a separate Vmiidincr will be reouired in which to houee the Washington, ex hibits. ..... ! A-V.a ina. lw the nse of hV' i , x- 1 i,J h lrTB 1 IU EilU KJi. uic av.- j l-resioent reasiee Du ,0 ndpr the strake, l i 1 4-l-t.n.iB AnnlltlAnQ I 1 1 I lllli: liuv'-v - !rani.?aa Z S Naturally, so important a part of the .CfUVKAKJg, are such that there will undoubtedly be a tremendous attendance at ihe fair. In consideration of this fact he felt tnat Washington's interests demanded a full renTesentation of the state's resources. An adeonate exhibit cannot be made without, a fine state building in which to house it. This idea was afterward omhdiad in a TesolutlOU Which WSS unanimously adopted by the pi on. After deciding that a separate exhibit building was a necessity, the commis sion adjourned to the expositon grounds for the purpose of securing a suitable site. In company with Mr. Freeman they visited every portion of the expo sition, beinoffered their choice of any of the unclaimed building Eites. A hrond strip of land a short distance south and east of the Agricultural pal ace, fronting on Lewis and Clark boule vard, was finally decided upon. Th Pnnltrr House. Thore i more or less objection to the scratching shed on the part of poul try raisers and it is admitted that in sections where the fowls can have con siderable time out of doors during the winter, this shed may not be nec Msaarv. But' when the birds are raised in localities where there is consider able snow on the ground during the winter the scratching shed is certain- - ti I " - " j HOUSE FOB SMALL FLOCK. TO SAIL IN QUEST OF THE POLE. PROGRAM IN THE SENATE. fift feet long. Helow oecK it is nuv possible to stand erect, for there is only a fire foot bpace. Should the passage h Btormv. the crew will be almost as piffpi-tiiallv bottled up as it in a sub marine. The only entrance to the compartments below deck is through, a conning tower, from which the bo at is navigated. Each boat will carry one torpedo tube. One of the live watertight com partments into which the hull is di vided will contain the spare torpedoes. The todav to the effect that plans for establishing a school of social -iom. A board of instructors has been paToTfhesVoO 000 "appro: appointed, consisting of Morris Hil- din and John Sparge. The school term . i e . I. woaIt in Tan. is to extena irom iuc mc-u ... - 1, 000,000 Tor Improvements. Denver, Dec. 12. The News today iavs: Plans to spend $1,000,000 in im provements at Pueblo have been an nounced from the office of the Colorado Fuel A Iron company in Denver money is priation under the recent reorganiza tion scheme for extension of proper- The big tin plate mill and the meichant mill, both of which are in complete, will be finished at once and the latest machinery for the manufac ture of all sorts of merchant steel is to be installed. To Rush Fraud Case. Washington, Dec. 12. The attoiney general will make a motion in the su preme court next Monday to advance the case of Hyde and Dimond, under indictment in the district of California for land frauds in California. They strrrina Committee Decides Legis lation is to Come First. Washington, Dec. 9. The steering n,mittee of the senate today framed the program of the senate until the hiidav recess. Ifour matters win ue given attention during this period. Thev are the Philippine bill, on which J - -. . . T the senate today agreed to voie Leceui- hAr ifi: statehood legislation, the nom ination of William Crum to be collector of fiharleston. S. C, and JM. IUV v w r th nneston of tilling vacancies on ecu .t .ommittfips. JNo enort was mau to outline a program for the session nor to hasten action on urgent bills which failed in the last session of con oiess. Matteis advocated bv the nresi dnt in his message to congress have been discussed at informal meetings of senators, and the understanding reach ed that some of them should be kept i 1 J 4-11 1 rt 1 ri tVio DOQ. in the oat'Kgrouiiu uuui m.c m .uv u. sion. Notably this is tiue in the spe cial legislation granting tne lmersiaui commerce commission supervision oyer railroad rates. It is said several bills will be sent over from the house before long, and as is usual in short sessions of congress, nothing of a disputed charac ter will be allowed to stand in the way. It is believed by senate leaders that there will be no substantial opposition to the statehood Din in us prereui form admitting Oklahoma and Indian torritorv as one state and Arizona and - ml vessel's protection is securely fastened to the hull and in addition n is ; strengthened by an angle bar of steel i on its under side. I The interior of the ship will be al most completely filled with heavy tim bers. Starting at the center of the decks, these braces will extend diag onally downwards and outwards, the commisd lower ends resting against the frames and helping them to withstand tne pressure of the ice. With a hull thus filled with timbers, provision must be made for living quarters above decks and here there will be two houses, so constructed that they may be removed and set up on shore. For the rest, the vessel will be rigged as a three-masted schooner with an exceptionally large spread of canvas and will also be pro vided with steam power, bhe win oe of about 1,500 tons and will be ready for service early next summer. u the explorer's plan to go m the vessel to the northern shore of Grant land, .. . 11.. V.4i.a o place in which they may scratch with nnt helnir exposed to wind and wet. An ideal house is one that is four f in the rear, eight feet high in fr. tih hnnao ten feet wide and J. J. Ulll, TV mw fifteen feet deep and a shed attached of the same area. If built new one roof will cover both house and shed. The window may be piacea in me front of the house with the door, or the door may open into the scratching shed, as preferred, in coia wraiu the fowls in the scratching shed are protected from wind and storm by a curtain made of heavy muslin which is let down over the opening. All feeding is done in the scratching shed, the house being reserved for roosting and laying. The cut shows the sim plicity and utility of the house described. ... - bother the meat if Kept m a ligm smokehouse. A large baking powder can with holes in the top is a good thing with which to apply the borax. I have never had any complaint from customers, and the hams do not show that the borax naa Deen useu. and it is not injurious. All the farm ers in this section of the country use this remedy, and there is very little loss from skippers. Alexander Black j in Southern Planter. To Care for the Horse. Speed horses are always trained down before they center races. Foot ball players train and diet for months. in order that they may be in prime or condition; that their muscles may be hard and their endurance extended. but how many farm horses there are that are not even given a thought about conditioning before entering the heavy harvest and fall work, saya Farm Review. Where horses are wont ed more or less continuously there should be no trouble whatever in bringing them into good condition and keeping them there, but with tnos that are turned to grass the problem is not so easy. Grass is good ror horses, but when turned on, and this accompanied by feeding at random, with a little work now and then, will not get or keep a horse in condition. If on grass the horse, if he works more or less, should be given his grain feed regularly. In any case paina should be taken to have the horse hardened and In condition by the time hard work begins. If such is the case both man and beast will enjoy the harvest more than if the horse is poor and. soft. "Water for the Dairy. A simple method of keeping a water pipe clean, where water is piped from a spring to a house, dairy or other farm buildings is shown in the cut. A T is placed at a, instead of an elbow, as commonly done. When nec essary to clean the pipe, a suction pump is attached as shown and a plug is screwed into the elbow at b. After How to Feed Corn to Hosts. While the majority of farmers who i have a range ior tneir nogs urniug the summer cut off the corn supply al most entirely, it is questionable, if this Is the best plan. On the other hand, it will not do to feed corn en tirely. In feeding corn to pigs the best results come when it is given to them once a day if they have grass to run on during the day, or if they have skim milk or middlings once a day. Gluten meal may take the place of the middlings if desired; it will do quite as much good and is cneapei. Thpre is no auestion about the value winter there and make his dash for the 0f com at the fattening period, but mistakes are sometimes maae nere iu feeding the hog too long; that is, after it has reached about the top notch for market. Corn fed beyond that penoa pole during the following summer, A MUNICIPAL CLOCK SERVICE. School to Teach Socialism. isrw York. Dec. 13 Inspiied by the national vote of 600,000 for Debs at the New Mexico aa one state. last election, the New lorx secum oi the Socialist party issued a Biaiemeni it has laid Ten-Inch Gun Explodes. Newport. Dec. 9. Lieutenant Colo nel J. H. Willard, of the United States oTKrinPPrinff corns, and Lieutenant Colo nel Frank W. Kawlston, oi tne uuneu States artillery, were injured today by the premature explosion of a ten-inch !SLL Isl is simply wasted. Ratproof Corncrib. a correspondent asks how a corn m J.. V A sk moir ho constructed bo as 10 w uu. w proof against rats. We give reply to 41 j PUMP AND ATTACHMENT. cleaning, the pump Is removed and the plug screwed into the T at a. Farm and Home. A BATPKOOF CORNCRIB. this by the cut of a crib in thrs column. The crib may be built cneapiy, auu ui any size desired. The cut tuny ex plains the construction. It is set eitner on wooden posts or DricK luuuuauuui., put J5 inches in the ground as snown in th cut and 2 to 2V2 feet from the ground to the crib sills, xwo-tniras ground to the Ui U1C U!OH"iVV eiii ro e-alvanized iron hoods, project- o . out and downward arouna m 4 inches in widtn. over tms nooa THE MUNICIPAL CLOCK. Berlin has instituted a series of mu nicipal clocks, seventeen in number. which give the omciai time m eve jn part of the town. This is only another f oundation posts oTomnip of the socialism on municipal -Roto pan never pass lines which is practiced throughout whiCh they would have to do to reach the Fatherland. H J TIFCIV 111 w M I I , . tt- -it-i.i,-1 1 .t Timm nvn. uary to the last week in May, and there gun a, Ja KeJoort the will be one lesson eacn wees, or " . ' ' M hnv. The lessons in all. ua,;c n hoth officers eVcMtU l- OUU nuropatkin Reports Encounters. l-a eK- : . oeneral elllwl,JU l. ' K y the gun irom ii8carnagBauui""j St. Petersburg, Dec. 13 Kmooatkin reports some unimportant encounters during the night of Decem vir R Rnssian sharpshooters recon- mA-tarinff aon th of Bentsiapu. attacked wrecked it. Where the Bad Kge Go. A. poultry farm, whether ducks, geese, chickens or turkeys be the spe cialty, accumulates a large and malo dorous surplus of eggs that refuse to develop into fowl. The average person would suppose that if there is any- triino- on earth that is utterly worth less it is a rotten egg. Millions of stale eggs are used every year in pre paring leather dressing for gloves and bookbinding an industry that is largely carried on in the foreign tene ment houses of New York and other lorm cities. They are aiso usea m To Reclaim Great Tract Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 9 The Inter- O v a. 1 a -v ri s-i j-vT a Japanese post, oayoneeu - :: ' 'ant. 'at Washington has filed prisoners, w iwj" . . .. . . .Tananese and TOOK II - r . - ... whom only four were wounaeu. - i . , . i r T.n.niiu annealed from the order of the Federal same a.gu, - North Platte river in thia -ourt in California denying them writs JLSi Thev BUteC. aggregating 545,595 acres. tobe ox naoeaa corpue, huu mo & nU Mu-w1 Wen? ai & ii The application with the engineer of Wyom- at- ing for water ngnts ioi ianus tyiug eral is anxious to have the appeal ae cided in order to go on with the trial in Washington. Denies She Offered to Buy Ships. London, IfC. l--. ine urel(!u . h Jnan gun fire avs there is no foundation ior tne vnuuuu . !rV thlt Great Britain has offered ia regarded at the admiraltj bg Turkey money to buy can hold out until May Have Sunk Own Ships. Rt. Petersburg. Dec. 13. The state ment that the Russian warships at Port Arthur were sunk by the Russians as a reclaimed under the national irrigation t and called the Pathfinder pioect. The state engineer estimates that about tnn noo acres will make profitable - - farming lands which will oe reclaimed under five canal systems Chilean warships in cessions which would permit Great Britain to erect a Becond Gibraltar on the coast of Yemen, which would give Great Britain control of the lowei en Killed in Mine. Tacoma. Dec. 9. Meager details of an exoiosion m a twi mii.D " 1 - I .. -ii. Ti . n 4 . n intarnrAt. i : nnitnivwsiDie. u u.ro, itu irieuuuD Pr ssfal he- return for con- ed aa a ku u ; .7 " ht tArTTOBH fit II nClltl UU.I UU V i . . j T.:aA anarl. roTPivMl here the arrival oi tne eeconu r. - TV" , m5dn5nht and it is rr a (hat r no ar- i ihkcu uui a l ujiuuj-, sa rtaortwTll kme "6 ron. rieon, about' 50 m'les from Tacoma, have been Ten bodies bad Deen posi- th crib. Such a crib is aDsoiuteiy no.nint rats. It is constructed t innh-inmber. open for air to reach the corn, but with flaring sides for protection against rain. St, Louis Re public. Turpentine for Corn. I have used kerosene on seed corn. I have also used turpentine for many years on all of my seed corn. We usually use a pan or dipper to fill our planter boxes and in each dipper we use turpentine freely, stirring the corn with the hand until all the corn Is wet -with turpentine. We like turpen tine best, as it evaporates about as large cines. iuej ai u iu i fast as the planter boxes are nnea. it manufacturing disinfectants and in the I worms or grubs from eating I still in the mine. T,rann ration of shoe blacking, and even the shells are made into fertilizers. The eggs that have not yet lost their virtue also have other uses besides the more common ones for culinary pur poses. It is estimated that fully 55,- 000,000 dozen are used oy wine cian- flers, dye manufacturers and in tne preparation of photographers dry plates. Brooklyn tiagie. Ireland's tt8. Sir Richard Sankel estimates that Ireland's bogs contain the equivalent of 5,000,000,000 tons of coal, and he advocates creating power for varied industries by converting the fuel into electricity on the spot. If a girl has her eyes on a man. and a Hallowe'en charm says that he is to be her Very Own, he couldn't es cape if Mercury loaned him his wings. corn on soddy land. You can aiso u freely on your seed beans as soon as you see indication of weevils, either in spring, fall or winter. It will ki 1 all of them. Don't be afraid to use plenty of turpentine-try a few kernels of .rvnnd seed corn by saturating and planting same-testing vitality after treatment so as to self H. H. Keeley, Indiana, in r arm en' Voice. To Prevent Skippers in Ham. t voral inauiries in the South- Diontor to keeping skippers out , , iVkT Hixteen years I have Ui. iiauio. mm ioo to 150 hams per year, and have not had a skipper on any of them. When you take tne meai the salt to hang it, clean off the loose salt and apply pulverized borax to the cut parts freely. Skippers will not Cleaning of Milk Cans. In most farm homes it is not con venient to use steam for cleaning milk cans, but where it can be obtained it ia by far the most effective cleansing agent In Germany an experiment was made to determine the relative value of the ordinary methods of cleaning milk cans as compared with live . U1 nrnflh. steam. One can was tnorouguij wa ed and scrubbed out with hot water. Another can was rinsed and wasneo and then subjected to live steam ror thirty minutes. After both cans were thoroughly cooled, milk was put into them and the results watched, in tins first can the milk soured in twenty three hours. In the other it soured in twenty-eight and a half hours. That not all. An examination oi tne contents of the two cans showed that the first can contained twenty-six times as many bacteria as the otner. The experiment referred to was made in the summer time. A similar experi ment made in winter showed that tne sterilized can kept milk sweet nine hours longer than the other can. It was further ascertained that if pas teurized milk was put in these cans it kept sweet twice as long in the steamed can as in the other. Prairie Farmer. Poultry Pickings. A good scratcher means a good lay er. Pullets do not fatten as readily aa hens. The more active the breed the leal liability to fatten. The poultry house should not open to the north or east. Build the poultry house so that it can readily be cleaned. The perches should be not more than two feet from the ground. Success does not depend so much on breed as on care ana attention. Youn" fowls need crushed bone in some form to develop good blood, bone and feathers. Rusty iron kept in tneir drmmng water is said to be an excellent remedy for looseness of feathers in fowls. One way of preventing hens from eating their eggs is to make nests in small, low, dark holes, to be entered from the sides. A flat perch is best because of being more comfortable to the feet and best support to the breast when the fowl is sitting down. The poultry may be a source of considerable income or an intolerable nuisance, according to the way they are managed and the treatment they receive. If you wish to keep eggs for any length of time store in a cool, dry place and turn them half over every other day. Unfertilized eggs keep best- By packing in dry sail anu sit ing in a dark. dry. cool place they can be kept for some time for cooking purposes. trance to the Bed sea Liao li forts.