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
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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
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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.
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