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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1911)
NORTHWEST HAS ONLY GOOD CROP Situation Throughout Country Worst In Years. Cornin.nt's Monthly R.port Dis coursing -l"""d Acresge IVUkel Up to Somi Estent. Northwest wnesi -rti ttoi i-.rp,.- . r- iaj.ii I - noi j y Eee1 I nil or iuiu. I Wa'liingtoii. D. ('.- Preliminary .ntllnlllrs lV I'll' llcparuiient "I K rtfiilti ' .m the wheat crop lit the ! mi i u inter wheat crop of Oregon r jut 1 1. bushel. "" !, IMMI bu, hi'l owr the 'r"l' "r Tm" quality "f pr"l August 1 in re I irt.i to have been Ufi -r rent ami j the yielil per acre Tl.'l bushels. ! vYa-hinglon' winter whet crop n estimated at rj.HllO.IIIM) bushels, i , Mguin-t i:l,H.rH,(Mtll bushel last vrur. Its condition i reported a ! i; m t rent ml the yield per Mere n 27. a bushel. Spring whet figures nre given fur Washington only ml show the j cundition im August 1 to be ttl per I cent. as compared with U :l on July 1. The Washington spring wheat I cmp wai 152 on August 1, 110. U Washington, I). C A tremendous decline in rrop generally throughout the country, traeeable to drought ami interne heat, orrurred last month, a mJiritcd bv official figure ami esti- mitei made in th monthly crop re port of the department of agriculture. The report ia the worat, to gen ral crop condition, that the depart ment has issued for ny one month line 1901. The area most seriously affected ex tendi from New York and Pennsyl tnia westward to the Kooky Moun Uin, embracing all the great corn, wheit and hay producing atatea in the country. Condition in the Pacific Northwest in regarded a excellent, although during July that territory suffered from a brief hut excessively hot per iod. The figure of the reort indi cit a material lump in the prospects of ill cnp. Corn, which at thi sea on it the mint imiortant, declined during the month from a condition of ibout 6 per cent lielow the average a indicated by the July reirt, to nearly 15 per cent below the average. AMERICAN FLAG BURNED. "Ytnk Hilar" In Canadian Town Vanti Splaan on Emblm. lIufTaln. N. Y. -A dispatch from London. (Int., nay : Thomas Midgely, who pride him- flf on the title of "Yankee Hater, publicly burned the Star and Strie in the si recta of the town of Wood t.ick. A few hour before, someone, in i imt of mischief, hail nailed an Arm-roan flan atxive tho door of hi hop. When Midgely aaw the flan he nlli-d liiii iieighlaira around him anil walking to the middle of the atreet. I nlli ted a tire and burned the flag. Then he scattered the ashr alwut the treet. "that the home miRlit tram ple them under their feet." NEW INVASION EXPECTED. Migon Junta Prepare to Continue War in Lower California. San Itietro, "!. Ir. J. Ii I'nelo, Mexican consul in San Pieo, mntirmii the rcort that the Maifon junta in Ixm Anele in prepnrinft for iemnd armed insurrection in Ijwer 'aliforniu. Consul I'rieto aid he had been in touch with the aittiation on the border the past aix or seven day nil that he was in communication with I'ldnnel CeUo VeRa, jefe politico at r.n,eninla. Ixiwer t alifornia. Thirty Mexicans, led by an Italian ho served in the rebel nrmy in l,ow r California., nra said to have left San IMi'ko in groups during the pant hours and two excited KtherinKS "f Mexican in the lower end of the city were dispersed by the police. Brother Probably Kidnapper. Chicago - Insiector Revere, who has keen conducting the search for 6-year-"lil Angelo Mareno, granted I'hilip Mareno, the child' brother, 21 hours in which to produce the miHsing boy on Pin of being locked up. The police Micve now that the kidnaping of little AiiL'elo was the result of a fam ily disagreement and that the elder brother know who ha the boy and where he is hidden. I'hilip i said to have been the only one who knew of h' father' saving of a little over 11,1)110, Strike Strength Ditplsy. Chicago Railroad oflleial declare 'hit the strike which threaten West ,rn railroad is beinir planned a demonstration of strength of the rail "d department of the American Fed ration of I.nlior. The railroad der Prtnient of the American Federation "t Labor wa organized four year It is said to have a memhemhip nearly TOO. null, enmnrisinir shopmen nd telegrapher of 18 of the moat "iportunt road. Frost Hit Canadians. St. Paul According to report re- rHved by the local weather bureau, '''"intiton and Culirarv. Canada, ex P-rieneed breath of frost Thumday laming, the temperature drepping to u,'gree. BEAUTY DOCTOR KILLS PATIENT ' Second D.ith In Sin Francieo Arouiat Indignation. San Francisco Following wiftly on the death of Mi May Gertrude IlK, who committed suicide because her skin had been hoeleas!y ruined by "beauty doctor." the death of Mrs. Mabel Jardine in the beauty par lor of Mr. Olija Coldiier, Oakland, ha caused a storm of excitement on both aide of the bay, and a ri(id in vestigation into the method employed at these plure will be commenced im mediately. Those who were interested in the case of Miss lltf have noted that the same treatment that bin! caused her to lose her beauty was the cause of the death of Mrs. Jardine. In both cases beauty doctors had persuaded their victims that only the removal of the outer cuticle and the subsequent Krowth of a new skin could perfectly restore their appearance. May took the treatment, and so worried over its results that she com mitted suicide. Mrs. Jardine took it, and in the ajr"y caused by the un natural H'eliii( "f the face she died from shock. Mrs. Jardine was the wife of Wil liam Jardine, an employe of the South ern I'acilic company. She went to the parlor of Madame (loldzicr to have the wrinkle of her face removed. Madame (eildzier assured her that her rase would be successful. She must have her kin peeled olT, she said, and then would find her new skin a erfcct in color and texture a an infant'. Also the wrinkle would be entirely removed. Mr. Jardine aub Mitted to the "cure." Scarcely had the "doctor" applied the lotion, which it is claimed has a ttronK proportion of carbolic acid, than the woman, suffering torture from the burning, fell in a faint. Realizing the danger, Madame Gold tier phoned to t)r. W. K. Chamber and then tied, leaving her victim in dying condition on the floor. The wo man wa dead when Dr. Chamber entered the room. COMMONS DEBATE VETO. Atquith Accutad of Blackmailing King In Stormy Sattlon. Iondn I-ord Hugh Cecil' motion that consideration of the veto bill be postponded waa rejected. 348 to 209 in the house of common Wednesday, and a motion to begin consideration of the lord' amendment to the Veto bill wa agreed to. There wa crowded house when the debate, which wa interrupted by violent scene on July 24. wa re umed on motion to reconsider the lords' amendment to the bill. Sir F.dward H. Carson, Unionist lrvoted himself to home rule, and promised the government that the in tention of passing a home rule bill by force would be resisted by force The home rule contest would be net tled by Hal four, and not by Westmin ter. he laid. At one point Carn nearly caused an outbreak by referring 'to Mr. A ninth's communication to Mr. Halfour on the subject of the king' guaran tees as "a blackmailing letter." The ministerialist were on their feet in an instant, howling detiance and demanding that the word be withdrawn. The speaker, however, ruled that although Carnon had sailed near the wind, the word were not unparliamentary. Homo Secretary Churchill followed, strongly deprecating the resort to disorder and riot dvocted by Cecil and Carson, saying: "There are 70.0IK) docker on strike at thi moment in Ixmdon. Some of them are hungry. Should some of them who are guttering break out in riot, you will be the first to ask that soldier be ent to the scene." Womm Mayor Ak Help. Topck a. Kan. Governor Stubb is to take hand in the controversy be tween Mayor Klla Wilson, of Hunni well, Kan., and the Hunniwcll city council. He said he would begin ous ter proceeding against the counctl- men II investigation J""in tion. Mayor Wilson and the four men 1 iru Ktwtn nt nuts since Mr. W ilson s : ... . . . election on a reform ticket last April After a meeting with the council mut failed to bring results, Mayor Wilson telegraphed the governor asking thnt the councllmen to ousteii. Sentence Woman to Cnain Gang. loin, Kn. loin city oll'ieials, with the exception or Municipal juugc Smeltzer, are up in arm because a woman ha been sentenced to don a pnir of bloomer and join the street ,r,.n,f from the ritv iail. Judge Smelt- r.er sentenced Mrs. Klla Reese to the street gang and ordered mni me cuy fWUeiul nrovide her with bloomers. Street Commissioner iiiynn reiuses to knirn aa JL'flMlsin in the chain gang and . , . a will resist the court' order. Ancient Secrets Found. Berkeley. Cal. The department 'of -...i,tt.w.l,.v of the University of i ali- m devote a portion of the .r,,;n,r t..rm to exm-riments in restor ing obi bronze and copper relics that have been burled lor rentunes. ...nt Hinverv bv Pnifeasor A. L. Kroeber ha resulted in the thorough cleansing of several heavily corroded H'ar head and other relic. Orphan Set Home Afire. Four Inmate of the tridieh F.vanirelical Lutheran Orphan Home set tire to their 'dormitory, -,,..r there were 100 other children, ko.i. the dailv privilege of a visit to Lincoln park had been denied to three of them. Firemen extinguished .i... i,u, fter 1200 damage had been I 11117 ""'' ----- done. CONGRESSIONAL i PROCEEDINGS Washington, Aug. 11. Represent-' alive Humphrey, of Washington, to day gave notice of intention to attack Chairman Graham, of the committee on investigation of the Interior de partment, for hi failure to probe the Controller bay affair thoroughly, and in a few days he will make a speech in the house attacking Graham for abandoning thi investigation before he had aummoiiiMl any inortant wit nesses. Humphrey has the promise of other Western upsrt. Washington, Aug. 11. Friends of the liritiHh and French arbitration treaties in the senate have reached the conclusion that it will be necessary to amend the conventions in order to get favorable action Usin them. Thi conclusion is the result of discussions by the senate committee on foreign relations. After two prolonged sittings, the committee adjourned late today to meet again Saturday. Both meeting were devoted to the consideration of the document on their merits, the first in company with Secretary Knox, and the second by the member alone. No effort wa made to have the treatie reported, and it became ex tremely doubtful to some of the friends of the administration whether luch an elfort would be wise at pres ent. Washington, Aug. 10. Investlga- linn nt Kjj W i I v ineident" in the department of agriculture, revolving! around the charge that Dr. Harvey W, Wiley, aa chief chemUt, employed an expert scientist at an illegal rate of payment, reached an acute stage in the Moss committee of inquiry in the house of representatives today. Evidence showed that Solicitor Me- Cabe had removed the word, "ben- zoaic acid," and substituted the word "caffeine" before circulating a judg ment rendered against a food manu facturer in a Missouri court, this be ing only an incident to the session. As a result of interview credited to President Taft in a newspaper arti cle that the committee ia conducting an "ex parte" investigation of the Wiley case. Chairman Moss announced today that all witnesses whom the de partment of agriculture or the presi dent msy desire to put on the stand will be heard. The power of the committee to in quire into the Wiley case a it now i rest before the president wa que- ' tioned by Representative Sloan, of Nebraska, who, however, withdrew I hi objection and said he wa willing to have the committee go as far as it lik.nl. MeCabe admitted that William H. Harris, a coffee expert, is employed in the bureau of chemistry under term exactly similar to those in the case of I Dr. Rushy, which McCabe refused to sanction, and which brought alwut the charges aifainst Wiley. McCabe in sisted there wa a difference in that Harris was the only coffee expert the department could employ. Washington, Aug. 10. There was much activity today in the interest of an agreement between the two house of congress on the schedules of the wool bill, resulting in an under standing that I.a Follette and Under wood, constituting the suD-committee, would make an early effort to reach an adjustment. The close of the day found the two legislator Sim apart .. . i 1 .... , V. i n on essential uetaus, uui nnun u" before. When thev were in conference on Tuesday Senator La Follette gave Mr. Underwood to understand mat ne could not possibly get his follower to agree to a rate of les man per . f ir.) cent on raw wool, wnne ir. tnuw wood told him that it would be nece sary to come to 2S per cent, if not to 25, to insure the acceptance of the conference report by the house. The senator undertook to mane a canvass, hut wun nine nojie vi re cess. He had been assured of the autiMirt of only eight of the insurgents Republicans oi tne senate iui o- i- 1 . . . . i . i .. ...... cent. He could anora to lose mnj i"" vote and his investigation was noi reassuring. Mr. Underwood was more continent than bis fellow conferee, leading to the conclusion that he might go faither than he yet had manifested a willing ness to do. Hi optimism was due to u elminre in the condition in the house. The Democrat of the house have been thorouehlv canvassed in the last two davs to determine whether they would . m . I In support an increase in me ... the Underwood bill, in order to effect a compromise with the insurgent Democratic strength of the senate. It was asserted today by prominent Democrats that Mr. Underwood had found an unexpected strength in favor of meeting the La Follete forces on the best possible compromise basis, pre firably on raw wool. Victory Scored By Labor. 1 Washington, D. C Organized la bor won a signal victory when ton- rmller Tracewell of the treasury, con- strued the last naval appropriation act to mean that "every" employe in a shipyard where government vessels are building must be given an eight hour day. Heretofore it had been held by the attorney general that for mer appropriation act applied the eight-hour restriction only to work act ually performed on the vessel itself. Channel to Be Deepened. Washington, P. C. The Army River and Harbor board r.Bve recom mended to the secretary of war that a government dredge be utilized in deepening- the channel at Hoquiam, Wash., a ha been urged by Senator Jone and Representative Warburton. WANTED HIS FEE IN ADVANCE hylclan .Had Good Ron for In aiding on Money Bafore Treat ing Patient for Inaomnla. "Doctor." aald the caller, "I'm a vic tim of Inaomnla. Can you cure me?" "I can," replied the physician. "Hut before I take the case I want to ask you one question Are you In busi ness for yourself or do you work for other?" "I'm employed In a grocer' shop," answered the patient. "Then you'll have to pay In ad vance." said the doctor. "I'm not doubting your honesty, but ft r I get through with you the chancea are you will sleep so soundly you'll lose your Job. Then you can't pay ine." The Military Rule. A southern fanner was trying to sell a mule to a negro who two years before had been kicked on the bead by the animal. "Of course." aald the farmer, "thl mule kicks, but " "1 don" wan' him." objected the col ored man emphatically. "Just because he kick?" asked the farmer, with an air of contempt. "Humph!" grunted the negro. "Dat mule don't kick, lie shoot. " Popu lar Magazine. Not to Be Encouraged. An Oklahoma editor waa much In terested In a scientific note he en countered In an eastern paper, to the effect that If the earth were flattened the sea would be two miles deep all aver the world. The editor reprinted thl note with tne following comment: "If any man la caught flattening tn earth, ihoot hlra on the spot. There a whole lot of u In thl aUt who -an t wlm." 8ucce Magazine. A Poor "Worm." Yease It Is said that silkworm fed on different leave produce (Ilk of varied color; tbu vine leavea pro luce bright red, and lettuce an em erald green. Crlmonbeak Well, when thl par ticular worm produce a allk dre for hi wife, be doesn't feel like eating anything for a month." Yonkers Statesman. Cheated. Manager Wbat'a the leading lady In aucb a tantrum about? rress Agent She only got nine bouquets over the footlJgbts tonight. Manager Great Scott! Ain't that enough? Press Agent Nope h paid ten. for Endlei Suspicion. "Why can't that manager and prima donna com to a friendly demanding?" "lt'a Impossible. If business the un ta good she Is sure to feel that the man ager Is getting her work too cheap. And If buslnesa Is bad he Is certala that ahe Isn't earning her salary." The Only Thing. Guest (after a particularly bad lunch) There is one thing on your table which Is unsurpassed In the fin est hotels In Ixmdon. Seaside Hotel Proprietor Very kind of you to say so. air. May I ask what you refer to? Guest The salt! London Opinion. WALL STREET. Mandy Why. Cyrus, yer walked yerself ter death must rev In New York, yer looks so tired. Cyrus Thet's what I did. I tryln' ter find thet street wot full of bulls an' bear. From the Farmer, "Our whole neighborhood has been stirred up," said the regular reader. The editor of the country weekly seized his pen. "Tell me all about It," he said. "What we want Is new. What stirred It up?" ' '"Plowing," ald the farmer. Drift wood. Hobble Impossible. jack i thought you told me hobble skirt were worn In thl town? That Isn't one. Fred Oh, that I the dressmaker. She can't wear one, because she ha to chase after the others to collect her bill Exchange. Knew Him. Church And what sort f a man 1 your neighbor? Gotham Oh, be' the kind of man who would cheerfully get up and give hi aeat to a lady In a dentlat'a chair. Yonker Statesman, WcdeotjSi 'ZL : - 'i,ii ' "vT- y, -J h( It'-r .. .'..'Wi---S rA 1 CAMfASt tff fWiQft E VERY year the great resorts of Europe are visited by thousand of tourists who apparently have no knowledge of the great na tional parka which have been created by congreas for the benefit of the people and In which there are natural featurea and vUws that can not be surpaased. If the traveler aeek Alpine glacier be ha only to go to the Glacier Na tional Park, where there are more glacier In tb nme area than In Switzerland; If he desire to travel In comfort over finely built roada that rival tboe of France. Switzerland and Germany, th Yellowstone Park ex tend lu Invitation to him. If be 1 attracted to Europe by the myitery of th Black Forest, be can find more majestic and Impressive forest on tb slope of the Sierra. Ne vada, in tb Yoaemlte, Sequoia and General Grant pork. If hi thought turn to th clear blue lakea of Swtt terland, be can And their counterpart In the Glacier and Crater lake national park. Should be be anxious to rlik hi life in scaling snow-clad peak, be ba only to repair to Mount Ranter In Washington, who iteep alope and Ice-covered top will furnish sport ex citing enough for th most daring of mountalneera. If he I Interested In tb ruin of prehistoric people, tne Casa Grande ruin In Arizona and tb Meaa Verde National Park In Colora do will show blm bow the aboriginal Inhabitants of America lived hundreds of year before Ita discovery by Euro peans. Yellowstone Is Beit Known. The Yellowstone National Park In northwestern Wyoming is the oldest and the best known of all the park and reservation. It was created by an act of congress In 1872, and ever lnce that time the government ha been constructing roads and cutting trails, until now the park is In a high state of development and all parts of It are accessible to the traveler. In the park may be seen natural phenomena the like of which Is found nowhere else In the world. Here are guysers that throw jet of (team and hot water into the air, great terrace formed from depoalt of mineral mat ter in the water thrown up by the geyser, and the great fall of Yel lowstone river which traverses a beau tiful multi-colored canyon that Is sec ond only to the Grand Canyon of tb Colorado. In tbia park may be een the deer, the bear, th antelope and the bison on their native range, because bunt Ing Is prohibited and the band of deer and antelope roam through the valley and over tb dope a they did year before they were practically exterminated In th greater part of the west. The Glacier National Park In north ern Montana on the Canadian border I the newest of the parks controlled by the federal government This park has an area of about 915.000 acres and bos a maximum length of sixty miles. Yosemlte In Class by Itself. When one speaks of California the Yosemlte Park naturally comes to mind. As long ago as 1SG1 an act of congress granted the Yosemlte val ley and the Mariposa big tree grove to the State of California for public use and recreation. tue legislature of California by the act approved March 3, 1905, re-ceded the Jurisdic tion and ownership of this tract to the United States, and only since June 1 11. 1!)06. has the management of the ' Yosemlte National Park been under the control of the federal government The entire park has an ar of about 36 by 40 miles. The Yosemlte valley, which is the moat frequently visited place la about 7 mile long and 4 mile wide. In the center of tt I valley la a level, parklike mead ow, through which run the Merced liver, while on either side the moun tain rise steep and precipitous to a height of 4,000 feet above the floor of te valley. Numerous stream drop from the enge of the cliff to the valley below. The first of these a the tourist en ter the valley I the Bridal Veil Fal'.a. A itream fully thirty feet wide fall distance of 600 feet, then rushes over a sloping tile of debris, and then drop perpendicularly 300 feet more. The g-eat witerfall In thla park, however. I th Yosemlte Falls. This m true AAMf- 1 itream thirty Ave feet wide, and In the spring and early aummer when the mow 1 melting upon the high Sierra It roar can be beard all ovel the valley, and the ibock of th d cent rattle tb window a mil away. Tbia fall 1 conceded by all critic to b on of the most wonderful and beautiful cascade In the world. Ita flnt fall 1 about 1.600 feet iheer drop, then come a series of cascade partly bidden In which tb fall ia ovr 600 feet, and finally a vertical drop of 400 feet. From tb cliff surrounding tb val ley tb scene la one of rmarkabl Inspiration and beauty. At the foot o ftb traveler Ilea the valley floor the green tree and meadow and the winding river giving the effect of a rich velvet carpet over which a Una of llvr ha been drawn; here and there one get gllmpe of th foam ing whit water hurling themselves to the valksy below; on both side of tbe valley rise tb great walls of rock, sculptured by the elements Into varloua fantastic abapea and figures. Tr Twenty Centurlee Old. In tbe Yoeemlte tb Sequoia and tbe General Grant National park are found tbe grove of big tre tb ilka of which sr seen nowhere else In the world. The tree grow to a height of 340 feet aad have a circumference of over 100 feet at tb baa, tbe bark ometlme exceeding 40 Inches la thlckne. The ring In th trunk of these tree chow that many of them are over 2.000 year old. Cathedrals and castlea have been built and fallen Into Falla of th Ycllowiton. decay, empires have come and gone. but these grizzly giants of the western slopes still raise their hoary heads and spread tbelr grateful shade as they did In the days of the Caesar. Tbe largest glacial system In the world radiating from any single peak Is situated on Mount Ranier In west ern Washington. The Mount Ranier National Park Includes tbe mass of this great mountain and all tbe ap proaches to It. The Crater Lake National Park In Oregon has within Its borders a lake that Is unique among the natural wonder of th world. Thl lake. Into which no tream flow and which ba no visible outlet, lie In what Is left to tbe caldera of a great mountain that rose to an elevation of over 14, 000 feet above the sea. It Is almost forty years lnc con gress laid the beginning of tbe great national park system by passing the act creating the Yellowstone National Park, approved March 1. 1872. Other parks have been created alnce, until at present the area embraced In these pleasure grounds of the people amount to over 4.000.000 acre. The policy of establishing national parks baa resulted in preserving from prlvat exploltatlop and gain great area which are characterized by mag nificent scenery and which are used a vacation roorU by thousands of popl. ""'' 1 1 i nm ft