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Newspaper Page TextCURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Ooings of the World at Large Told in Briet General Return of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Residents of Oceanside, la'.. ar planning ta have a municipal saloon, aa the precinct has voted dry. The stesmer Norma successfully navigated the Columbia river from point near Tenino to Portland. . Japan objects to China putting troops into Manchuria to retake To nanfu from the Mongol rebels. Twenty-two are dead and many missing as the result of high winds and cloudbursts in Western Pennsyl vania. ' Great Britain announces that she will formally demand arbitration of the Panama canal tolls dispute at Th Hague. The Grand Army quartermaster general, who resides in Loa Angeles. will act as best man at the wedding of bis nephew. Emperor William reviewed a Ger man army of 60,000 men, which was led by eight army aeroplanes and two dirigible balloons. Four sisters near Ozark, Arkansas, were married to young planters of the neighborhood at the same time, and the four couples will reside in newly prepared homes in the immediate vi cinity. Several days of terrific heat in Chi cago were followed by a violent elec tric storm and cloudburst, which did damage estimated at $1,000,000 and kept the entire fire force busy answer ing alarms. William Letib, Jr., and George B. Cortelyou, both former private secre taries to Colonel Roosevelt when he was president; William Randolph Hearst and John D. Aerchbold have been aArd to appear before the sen ate commitee investigating campaign contributions. George Gray, a Klamath Indian, has voluntarily begun serving a 60-day sentence for giving liquor to Indians, after having been allowed to remain at home and harvest his crops under suspension of sentence. Two were killed and 40 injured in a head-on collision between passerger trains in England. Nicaraguan rebels fired on Ameri can marines who were repairing a railroad, but no one was hit. TAT LEADS IN CALIFORNIA. Easy Victory E upset td By Pro&rei sites Doe N.t Materialize. San Francisco Roosevelt Progress ives suffered unexpected reverses i many instances in the California pri marie, and in some congressional dis tricts where the Bull Moose forces were absolute confident of victory especially so through the redisricting of the state, they have found them selves defeated. In districts where easy victory for the Roosevelt candi dates had been predicted, notably in the third, the Taft vote is running far ahead of the Roosevelt Progressive count. The Roosevelt forces, however, clsim that the election has given them control of the state machinery, and if this claim is borne out, as incomplete returns Indicate, it assures the selec li n tf Roosevelt-Johnson elect rs s the state convention at Sacramento, September 24. This result has been, however, more or less counted upon by the Tsft leaders on account of the large personal popularity of Governor Johnson, the vice presidential csndi date -on the Roosevelt Progressive ticket. Secondary in interest only to the sharply-drawn contest between the Taft and Roosevelt faction of the Re pubican party was the nomination of 11 representatives, the primary being the first congressional contest since the addition of three new congression I districts by the reapportionment al the last special session of the state legislature, based upon the 1910 cen sus. Scant returns in several districts in which the Progressives had predicted easy victory for their candidates indi cate unexpected reverses for the Roosevelt men, notably in the third which laft leaders declared wss "carved out" by the legislature ex pressly to insure the certainty of the election of Frank R. Devlin, House velt stalwart. MILWUKIE FIRE $50,000. American marines guard the rail road from Corinto, the principal sea port of Nicaragua, to the capital. It is estimated that 120.000 persons were in the funeral procession of Gen eral Booth, the of Salvation Army. The late General Booth of the Sal vation Army, left a personal estate of $2440, most of .which he left to the Army. Mexicin rebels announce that after Sept. 15 r.o quarter will be shown Americans so long as Madero remains in office. The Louisville & Nashville railroad has increased its capital stock from sixty to seventy-two millions. A Federal grand jury in Texas has indicted the representatives of the Standard Oil company for violation of anti-trust laws. An Eng'.iah aviator, while flying with his wife as a passenger, was forced alight in the ocean, but a pars ing yacht rescued them. The government will refuse to ar bitrate the alleged canal issue raised by Great Britain's protests against free tolls for American ships. 'm Portland Fuburb Hard Hit Califor nia Retort Also Burns Portland Fire believed to have started in the rear of the Milwaukie Appeal print shop at 1 o'clock Wed nesday morning swept ono entire block on Main street between Wash ington and Jefferson streets at Mil waukie, Or., a suburb of Portland, doing damage estimated at $50,000. The fire razed the entire block, in cluding the postoffice. Only the Sell- wood fire appartatus from Portland was able to reach the scene. Water was pumped from the river to quench the flames. Wires from all parts of the town except a tavern and the O. W. P. re pair shops were down, and aid was summoned with difficulty. PORTLAND MARKETS Los Angeles Fire originating from a defective Sue at the Casino Cafe on the pleasure pier at Ocean Park cause! a loss of at least one life and a property damage estimated at $2,250, 000. For a time it threatened to dev astate the twin beach resorts of Ocean Park and Venice, 18 miles from Los Angeles. A high wind caused the names to spread so rapidly that seven men were caught at the end of the Frazer pier. on which the Casino was located, and were forced to jump into the breakers. Six of them were rescued by life guards, who put out in boats. They were pot in time, however, to save the life of E. W. Leach, chef of the Casino cafe. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE OHIO REFUSES SUFFRAGE. FARMERS IN NEED OF AID. President of Agricultural College Makes Tour of Stats. Corvailis That Oregon is ready for tho Installation of statewide system of agricultural education and rural inspiration is the belief of President W. J. Kerr, who has just returned from an extended inspection trip in Eastern Oregon. The people every where seem - to be convinced that the rich agricultural heritage of Oregon cannot be realised until intelligent and scientific methods are applied in all phases of the agricultural indus tries, according to Dr. Kerr. But, more than this, they seem to be con vinced that this can be brought about only by organised effort which should reach into every community in the state. He reports that as a result of his investigation of the work which has been done during the past year at the branch experiment stations and the demonstration farms, and in co-opera tion with these by the farmera of Central and Eastern Oregon, he is convinced more than ever that this great work of organization and ex tension of agricultural education will be done in large measure through the use or demonstration larms, urancn experiment stations and the general extension agencies of the college working in co-operation with the farmera in the various localities or the state. The- two things most needed for successfully carrying forward the ag ricultural extension work", said Dr. Kerr, "are demonstration farms and traveling agricultural advisors." In support of his theory. President Kerr cited tho success of the work now being done at the demonstration farms at Metolius and Redmond, and. particularly, in connection with the branch experiment station and demon stration farm in Harney county, and the work undertaken in connection with the county high school at Klam ath Falls. He feels tht t the value of this line of work has already been demonstrated in these sections. CANBY BRIDGE LOCATED. Rebel Looters Are Activi. Washington, D. C. Confirmation of press reports of the great activity of rebel looting parties in Northern Mex ico continues ti reach the State de partment. Naturally these raiders. constantly kept on the jump by the pursuing government columns, are looking for horses and ranches are suffering loss of their livestock where ever they appear. At or.e point the rebels captured 5000 rounds of ammu nition destine! for government forces. At the Wrde ranch, 15 miles south of Naco, they took 70 horses. Wheat Track prices, new; Club, 79-iSOc; b!uestem, 82(j3c; forty f'jtd, 81c; valley, 80c. Barley Brewing, $28; feed, $25. Corn Whole, $33.50; cracked, $39.50 ton. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15; valley timothy, 12"i 13; alfalfa, $11 r12; clover, $10; oats and vetch, flO'dll; grain hay, $10'ill. Oats Spot, 29vr30 ton. Freh fruits Apples, 75cftr$L75 pr box; peaches, 25i;65c; pljrns, 2c pound; pear., $1 box; grapes, BOC'i $1.25; blackberries, 50cri$l.25 crate. Melons Cantaloupes, 50c Oi, $1.50 per crate; watermelons, $1 1.25 per hundred; casabas. $1. 25ft 1.50 dozen. Onions Walla Walla, 75c sack. Potatoes Jobbing 'prices : Bur- banks, 60 75c hundred. -Vegetables Artichokes, 65ft75c dozen; brans, 2c pound; cabbage, 11;. lie; cauliflower, $1 .1.25 dozen; cel ery, 60fa75e; porn, 15'; 25c; cucum bers, 50c box; eggplant, 5ft 6c pound; head lettuce, 20ft 25c dozen ; peas, ?M 9 pound; peppers, 5ft 6c. Egps Case count, 22ft 23c; can dled, 2"ft26c; extras, 27ft 27Je. . Butter Oregon creamery butter, cubes, 32c pound; prints, box lots. 33c. Pork Fancy, lljftl2c pound. Veal Fancy, 14Jftil5c pound. " Poultry Hens, 12ftl3c pound; broilers, 14ft HJe; ducks, young, 10; geese, &?12: turkeys, live, 18ft20; dressed, 24ft25. Hops 1912 fuggles, 17J pound; clusters, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 14ft 18c pound; valley,. 21ft 22e; mohair, choice, 32c. Cattle Choice steers, $8.75V7; good, $6ft6.65; medium, $5.7.Vi6; choice cows, I5.75ft6.25; good, $5.50 ii5.75j medium, $5ft5.50; choice calves, $7ft8.50; good heavy, $pft 6.60; bulls. $3.50ft5; stags. $4.75ft6. Higs Light, $8.75ft9.25: heavy, $7.50. 8.50. Sheep Yearlings, $3.50ft4.60; wethers, $44.50; ewes, $2.85'43.75; lambs, $4ft5.85. Spokane Rat?s In Effect. Spokane Spokane 'shippers receiv ed advices from representatives of Western railroads in St. Paul that lower freight rate on the commodities which were held up when the com promise tra'ff of June 15 was agreed upon wouH be placed in effect at once. There are about a dozen commodities affected and it is estimated the reduc tion in the rates will be 3 or 4 per cent. The new rates will remain in effect until December 31, when they will be subject to a hearing before the Inter state commerce commission. Mount McKinley is Goal. Seattle An expedition to climb Mount McKinley next spring has been organized by C. E. Rusk, editor of the Prosser, Wash., Independent, reputed to be the most skillful mountain climber in the Pacific Northwest, and Merl Lavoy, who wa3 a member of the unsuccessful Herschel Parker ex peditions of 1310 and 1912. Rusk, who is a member of the Portland Ma zamas, made an unsuccessful expedi tion to the mountain in 1910. Electric Railway Viaduct to Be 000 Feet Long, Canby Engineer R. H. Hollenbeck has definitely located the bridge by which the electric lines of the i'ort- and, Eugene & Eastern railway will cross the Willamette at Rocky Reef, point about two miles northwest of Canby. The bridge is to be construct d of steel and will be 75 feet above low water mark as required by the government regulations concerning river traffic, where draws are not maintained. This height will allow any boat operating on the upper river to pass under the bridge at any water stage. The steel portion of the new electric railway bridge will be about 900 feet in length, the approaches on either side of the river being of wood and each being approximately 1200 feet in length. LINN FAiR IS SUCCESSFUL. "Spend Money on Shows, Not Re form Schools," Says Ben i.ellirg Seio The sixth annual Linn County fair came to a successful end this week, even though the rain prevented some of the races and was also the cause of many people staying away. Both the Linn county school child ren's industrial exhibit and the Linn county general exhibit were good. This was the first school children's fair, and its results were gratifying both in extent and quality. Many children only 9 years old exhibited first-class poultry, vegetables, sewing, cooking, drawing and mechanical articles. Among the noteworthy visitors at the fair was Ben Selling. Mr. Selling says that money had better be spent on the school children's fairs than on reform schools. HOP PICKING STAR1ED. Full Crew of Workers Open Sssson St McMinnville. McMinnville The hop picking sea. son commenced here Tuesday, when full crew of pickers started to work in the John Hackett yard west of this city. Mr. Hackett's hops were barely ripe, but owing to the fact that a large portion were on the ground, due to heavy crop and the late rains, picking was started little early. Within week'picking will be general throughout the county. Two other growers will start picking their hops immediately. The hops are in fine condition and the yield will be better than last year. If weather conditions remain favor able the next week will witness seve ral thousand pound of hops dried and baled. Many growers bale their hops as soon as possible after they are prop erly dried and are fit to go into the bale. The hop picking season for this county will cover two weeks. Pickers are plentiful, being recruited from local residents. Threshing of grain and hulling of clover is in full swing, every machine in the county working full time There is plenty of late spring grain yet to be threshed, and an abumlunce of cover in the fields has not yet been touched. POLK COUNTY SETS NEW MARK Hop Crrp This Year Best In Both Quality and Quantity. Dallas Hop pit-king has opened in this county in the yaiJ owned by C. G. Coad and Charles Rilyeu, about a mile to the west of this city, and be fore the week is over, harvesting of the hop crop will be in full swing all over the county. Never before have the hops of the county shown so well as they do at the present time. The quality is far above the average, and the yield is al so large, the damage caused by the heavy rains of a week ago having been nearly wholly repaire I. Barring the possibility of steady rains for the next two weeks, every indication points to the best hop crop in the history of the county. If it rains, picking will be delayed in many of the yards. Much of the crop of the couny has been contracted fur, nearly all of the smaller yards having disposed of their yield during the winter. The contract- price averages 20 cents. An effort is being made this year to hold the pick ers down to picking fairly clean. BIG WATER TIGHT GIVEN. In listiv and Referendum and Liquor Amsndtnents Are Carried. Columbus, Ohio The women of Ohio failed in their effort to gain the ballot, according to early returns. While the earliest figures on which this result is based come almost from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, To ledo and Dayton, It was in those places where the suffragists waged their most determined fights and poli ticians said the result would notbe changes) by the final returns. The women, it is said, will not give up their fight for the ballot, but plan to use the initiative and referendum to gain another vote. The citiea of the state uniformly voted in favor of all amendments but suffrage. The farming communities voted sgainst the amendments as a whole, but there was little likelihood that they could offset the big urban majorities. About half the state vote was casL The initiative and referendum has been adopted, according to the first 950 precincts out of 6197 in the state. It received 6:t,0J3 vote for and 33.0S5 against Tho liquor license had car ried by 55.341 to 20,942. The suffrage vote from 950 pre cincts showed Till, 063 for to 65,139 against. The country districts were expected to change this result, however. The liquor license proposal provide that licenses to traffic in liq'ior shall be granted, subject to law that may be enacted by tho legislature. It doe not affect the present liquor law. ROOSEVtLT THIRD. FARM m- ORCHAm A'onM W Inttrmllunt from Agrkvlturul ColUam mm.1 s-T! I of Ortpm ami Washing. Spiail Suitabk to VoV c T Oats 65 Bushels Jto Acre. Gold Hill Oats on the Pankry ranch in Sams valley yielded 51 bush els to three-quarters of an acre. They were sown on March 29. On a four-acre place in the name neighbor hood, sown April 19, 220 buhstds were threshed, or an average of 55 bushels an acre. Owing to the decreased grain acrenge resulting from the planting of fruit trees two threshing outfits now do all the threshing in Rogue river valley. A few years ago it took half a dozen. Several flouring mills have shut down. $2 5,000 Bords for Trainrobber. TopeVa Wells Lounsberry, the rob-1 her who held up six mail clerks on a t'nipn Pacific train between Kansas City and Topeka the morning of Au eust 22, is in jail here under $25,000 bonds, awaiting action by the federal grand jury at Leavenworth October 14, and his wife and two children, Philip and George, are on their way back to Med ford, Or. Japs Not to Hire Whites, Los Angeles Chief of Police Se bastian has issued an imperative or der that proprietors of Chinese and Japanese cafes and soda water stands must discharge immediately the 50 white girls and women employed by them as waitresses and cashiers. White women and girls are out of place in resorts conducted by Orien tals, the chief said. Federals to Ftrtify Juarez Juarez, Mexico The federal gov ernment, it is announced, will fortify Jusret with extensive earthworks and light and heavy artillery. Dallas Damage Slight. Dallas An investigation covering practically all sections of the county has shown that the damage done to hops so far has not been as great as was feared. The worst damage in any part of the county seems to have been in the Fall City district. It is reported that in this section nearly all the trellis hopyards are seriously dam aged, the hops being down. The pole yards have not Buffered as much. Tho potatoes of this county are far above the average this year. They arc larger and better. Graphite Vein Found. Coquille E. C. Barker, of Marah field, has struck in 18 inch vein of graphite on his ranch, six miles north of Coquille, and Is sending a quantity of the material to the Oregon Agri cultural college to be tested. The vein is only 16 feet from the surface and where struck is near the hanks of the north fork of the Coquille river, where the power necessary for mining operations is easily accessible. Gilliam Crops Are Big. Condon Harvest is nearly over in Gilliam county, with a good average yield all over. In some cases the crop was enormous. James Coutuac, of Ferry Canyon, has the banner crop. He threshed 3480 sacks of 40 fold wheat off 140 acres. The wheat is worth at present prices, $5000, about double the price Mr. Coutusa paid for this land a few years ago. State Englreer Approves Permit for 36,000 Acts. Salem W. W. Cavinrss has secured from the state engineer an approval of a permit to irrigate 35,000 a:re of land from the Cottonwood creek tribu tary of the Malheur river. This i the first unit of a considerably larger pro ject, involving the coiiftniction of one reservoir for the storage of 60,000 acre-feet of water and another for the storage of 1200 acre-feet. This is the third irrigation project of considerable magnitude initiated in the vicinity of Vale during the pres ent year. The othe r projects are the Malheur Water , Users association project, which contemplate tho irri gation of 32.000 arres of land north west of Vale, with the waters of the Malheur river stored in the Warm Springs reservoir, and the Vale, Ore gon, Irrigation rominny s project of 24,000 acre to be irrigated from th waters of Bully rrte-k stored in the" Lumber-ton re-rvoir. The.-e activities are probably due to the construction of the railroa I from Vale up the Malheur canyon toward Burns. Benton County Has 20 Fairs. Corvailis Thirty school districts participated in the Benton County In dustrial Fair here. The extent, var iety an I excellence of the product shown far t-xc'clel the expectation of the fair manngers. The young exhib itors were intensely interested, and hf avy showers of rain failed to damp en their enthusiasm. They carefully compared the r rize-winntr.g exhibit with others in the same class, getting pointers for their endeavors of next season. The great success of this fair mukes it certain that the school expo sition will be made an annual affair. Regular Republicans Maintain Lead In Vtrmont Election M mfpelier. Vt. The Ronsevilt Pro gressive ticket ran a poor third in the state elections in Vermont, with the Taft Republicans winning bv a vote of almost double that of the Piogressive candidate and tho Democrats far out numbering the Bull Moose party' vote. In fact the Roosevelt ticket obtained less than one-quarter of the total vote of the state, according to almost complete returns. The Republican plurality, while large, will lack some votes of being s majority, and as a result the election for governor is certain to be thrown in'o the legislature. Returns for governor from of 216 cities and towns gave: er. Republican, 2S.602; Howe, crat, 18,250; Metzger, Progressive, 14 220; Smith, Prohibition. 1426; Suiter, Socialist, loort. The same places in 1910 gave: Men J. Republican. 81.816; Watson, Democrat, 15,03; Towle, Prohibi tionist, 1052; Ordway. SecUlit, K'0. Indications from these figures at midnight are roughly that the prevent vote will total: Republicans, 26,236; Democrats. 19. Kin; Roosevelt Pro gressives, 16,429. 217 out Fletch- Demo- EMPLOYES GET BONUSES. Ke,Kll," of S70.0CO Distributed by Carpet Mills Company. Yonkers, N. Y. Bonuses aggrega ting $70,000 were distributed to 3100 employes in the mills of the Alexan der Smith & Sons Csrnet company Wednesday. Men and women who have been in the employ of the com pany 10 years or more received checks for amounts equal to 10 per cent of their wages for the six month ending June 30. Those of between five and ten years' standing received 6 per cent (tonuses. This was the fourth time within a few years that tho firm has thus re membered its olJer employes. Last March $ j5,OoQ was paid to 500 live and ten year employes and in August, 191 1. $10,000 was distributed among the 10-vear employes. A few years ago. Mrs. F.va Smith Cochran, mother of Alexander mith Cochran and Gilford A. Cochran, the heaviest stockholder. I uistritmt CLOVER IN WESTERN OREGON Agronomist Tells Hew Best Railed, When Out and Hjw to Dry. Oreiron Agricultural College, Cor vailis The counties p Western Ore gon which are producing the bulk of the clover seed crop, according to Ag ronomist George R. Hyslop, of the Oregon Agricultural college, are Washington, Yamhill, Marion. Polk, Linn, Clackamaa'and Benton. Coun ties having the best drained soils art preferable for railing clover seed, he ays. "The clover Is usually seeded In fall sown grain early In the spring, preferably in February or In the first wsek of March," Prof. Hyslop says. "About 11 to 16 pounds of the seed sre used to the acre. The year fol lowing therrup Is ready for the seed production, and generally the first growth of this second season Is Hipped between the middle and last of May. The clippings are allowed to fall on the ir nm ml. or. in some rases, utilised for green fodder. Sometimes th clover fields ars pastured with he or other livestock up to about the first of May. but in this rase rare must be taken to avoid puddling the soil by planting. "The object In dipping or pastur ing is two-fold: First, that the second crop make a more uniform growth ami produce more hlossoma at a time when better fertilization of the flo era is secured, pro luring a larger re turn; second, that the clipping le sen insect injury to the ed and im proves the quality of the product. "Clover seed should be rut when the heads have turned brown, by the use of a mowing machine with a bunching attachment or a self rake reajwr The bunches of clover seed should dry in the field and be threshed promptly after drying to avoid lens loss and se cure the bert quality of the seed." nice, Chsutauoua. .l... . conventlona, mmtiZ S .a I urirts. During the y..r lh,rf lecturers from th. -..nw,,, some institute era, and from wsre sent to each ork SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE. Taa Supported Cullsge Shauld Tail People Ve here Money I. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- vulli Since the Oregon Agricultural college i a state institution, support rd by public tax, the manner in which the funds appropriated are spent, what I offered in return to tho young men and women of the state in the way of educational advantages and practical training, ami whnt the insti tutlon ran do fur those unnble to come to the college. ll i ronti lerrd a part of the pnqter work of lao institu tion to reKirt through the public pre the result of scientific investigation in such unteehniral form that they may be of Interest and asaiatance to the general reader, For this reason a press bulletin de partment was established recently. and through it the daily and weekly newspaper of the itat are kept con stantly advicd of new course offered, new expert added to the cor of In structors and investigators, discover ies male which will aid the farmer. gardener, irmtman, and slock raiser, and new publication which may be had for the arking. Besides the new t..ri to the daily and weekly pres of the slate, there are prepared at freq'lent Liter val.i articles for the agriniliural and other technical publications having any considerable circulation in the state. Altogether there have been sent out since September 1, 1911. I. 237 article which have Included I I, OH tyiwwritten sheets and 40,135 in mimeograph form. Many of these hsvo been illustrate-! by photograph of the c !!-. campus, equipment, lab oratories, and demonstrations to show Salmon Catch Nets S2I70. Astoria The fishermen who huve been 'trolling for salmon outsido the mouth of the river are meeting with good success, some getting as high as f)0 fish a day. Some day, however, the catches are light, owing to a heavy swell. A near as can be learned the high boat among the gillnetters dur ing me pasi psning season was Nels Ericson, who fishes for the Sanborn Cutting Packing company. His catch is said to have been 31,000 pounds, or lft tons, which at $140 a ton makes a total of $2170 for the summer's work Pick Huckleberries Near Figin. Elgin Many residents of Elgin sre spending their vacations in the moun tains picking huckleberries. The yield this year i claimed to he the heaviest in many years and berries are selling in Elgin for 60 cents a gal lon. Elgin Farmers Market Grain. Elgin Much grain is being hauled into Elgin by the farmer, but few have contracted to sell at the present price of 63 cents. The grain Is yield ing about 35 to 60 bushels to the acre. Cattle Brlns; Fancy Price. Champocg Thorns Carsten, presi dent of the Carsten Packing company, of Seattle, has juat shipped 120 head of fine beef cattle from Iiron lacres to their establishment. The cattle were purchased from the Smith Brothers, of this place, for $12,000. These are said to ho the finest lot of cattle ever shipped out of Oregon. They were all three-year-olds, and averaged $100 per head. i $100,000 to the 20 year il ..I .. . . ,. . men nn I women. The Smith plant ia !(,f the text. me largest carpel manufactory in the world. V4rcouvr Has Ton War, Vancouver, B. C. Following re port of a battle in China, representa tives of the two factions in Van-on ver begun a riot in Market Liine. All day the Orientals hovered about the bulle tin board', growing more excited to ward evening and finally so mo 300 Chinamen mingled in battle, using clubs and stone with disastr-w effect. Heads were broken right and left I .L 1 m . .. . nrei eno winuows or irunaiown were smashed indiscriminately. Although many were struck uncnnsciou-i, thry were spirueu away ly friend. Stlmson Reach Coast. San Francisco Secretary of War niimson is in hnn rranciaco on a tour of the Western military post. He U . . . . . t r r. , . . i" "-" ! urn 1 unama-racmc Inter- nauonsi exposition company and of United Mates army officers. He was met by Troop A, of the Presidio, at upland, which was lined uD at tho railway station at military atter.li.,n The secretary of war refused to dis cuss his plans in detail, but .. tensive improvements were contem plated in Western posts. He will formally inspect the Presidio. Battle Won by Chin... enicago "Governor t'lmo FK lisun, or Manchuria, has teleirranhnH to the government," says a dispatch from Pekin, China, to the f.'hirairn Daily News, "that General f'h.- ("ho Lin attacked a la Mongolians near Tonanfu. .Ief.i; U . . . M . '"" iier a 1 - Dour The Mongolian lost 700 taken and engagement. 1000 killed and prisoners. The Chin.... captured five gun and much ammuni lion. 8torm Dead Number 40. Pittsburg The task of r!.r!- awsy wreckage caused bv thn .form Hundny night and Mond gresses well at hundred of points throughout Western and Northern fcnn.ylvarun, West Virginia and a portion of Ohio. Tho list of f.italities now reaches 40. The loss la placed at $2,000,000. The principal sufferer in ,"rmcn' an" 'silroads. Salin vine, ., was almost wiped out the flood. ne- by COLLEGE Hf ACHtS MNY. Government Report of Icitllutrt Demonstrations. Oregi.n Aricultiir;il College, Cor vailis In the; annual report of farm er institute sent by the director of extension at thn Orefon Agricultural collegn to the U. S. Department of Agrteuuure at Washington, it is shown that, up to July 1 0f this year, there were held Inrtiluti ln every county but one, inrluling CS one day institute.. 3 lasting two day, and 1 lasting .till longer, a total of 72 in stitutes holding 1 !5 lenii.ns attended by 10,633 people. An institute train giving lntnic tion in general farming and consisting of four cars made a run of 9.12 mile, stopping at 12 stations at which the attendance at lecture given by 9 ex pert wa 4,325, A "round-up" In stitute held at the Moro branch exper iment station was attended by 2'0 farmers, and 33 other special institu te ha! an attenlnnce of 13,150. These included special lectures at pic- 6 stauT wersj sent to each Ih.tlp.u ao compensation f... "a Theydsvoted altogetC these lectures at the Uaek! N tea. to which IS d.y, S, lecturers spoke to V'".) high schools, h,r.Viik was done by ten therwVe reached 2 8io' J? grammar school. h" ' visited on 259 dav. it .! drewed. ' Four of the en.,i. I men have conducted fuu ... . operations, at which tkl ...' ', M-tofth. geJ at the rro..i iiation or Individual, who the topic on which li. -'i0 eollege expert to l..ct,- Inefficient 'un,l hiv, a!.- u . ) possible to rKnd to all !k waT t, A "7 fc2E I lv work was the p,,uitry d ear operated over the South,,, 52? line, in the W,l.,n,u, X'f.., April to May 4. making SO Zl reaching 21,:i2 pcopl,. TkYV w . ... BtairSB ...- was SIS arran active interest of and tlrU Boms tid ,d ..0i kJ KILLINQ GOPHERS AND MOlt, Ur profitable Householder-! give you my word, three seventy-five Is all have in the house. fturglar-Well, soy! When ye figure me time on' me i.u.l. d'ye expect me to make any profit at that ratoT- Life, The Only'Ona. To every 'man the most ,.,. ;r,.i woman in the world is ih.t most sadly misses when she I gone snd most gladly welcome when she return. Galveston New. Dlssslngs of Good Temper. No trait of character I r. unble than the possession of a good temper. Home can never be mado happy without It. It I. 1,1- n.... "pringlng up in our pathway, reviving and cheering us. Problem ot Eradirslinj Bodsst, , Simple Say P,M flpw Oregon Agricultural Collep fjs, valli-"The problem of ,riL gopher, moles and similar lod,, not a simple one." ny a. L . eiperi ac We Oregon Anita!' al college. "From our upim believe it i nvceuary to arsctie combination of treatment, rttbtrtfcv ny single one. "In most case one will good success during the early put; me ngm sun l he p,,imn Fumigates! with carbon bi.ulM, r,, very good uccr in newly burrow of the pocket g tilsw. Tb method is Us-d extensively utatft the Middle Wctt on s rumir-wr scale and over large fleldi. ftw. the application fail it I usuall; to the very extended underground bu rn w which occur in field lose refai ed. The carbon blu!ftii I 0x4 the rate of three to ix ounce Uni pocket Saturating dry hurt sum and working thi d-iwn into tlx to ri, w is a very rod method of tppn tion. The material may be bdvJ slowly into the hole direct. A!le treating the hole, cover it tborwrtit to hold in the fume. Alwijri bssis mind that carbon bisulfide li m ftamable a gasol ine. I)o not open it near a hot stove, nor imok tit making the application. "When the number of pr.-u n cnmldorably lessened thry strata br come wary of such method, sixitbi possibly the trap will be iboot tit only way that you can ratrh Un. After tho trap erase to be rfrttifll mall boy with a rift will n.1j keep them down pretty well. t pest usually appear ! yiKltidS certain hours of the dsy snd (ilk) hot very readily. There are two mrth'!of tm-p"- Ing the poisoned bait ne crni'litis simply using piece of ermt or pjtis or even rsisin. Make n incite each piece and slip in a crystal d strychnia sulphate. The tones hould not be left uncovered i II case 01 the pocket gopnrr; simpo; scrspo away the surface mil to tip the tunnel; the bait may ties droiued into the hole nd toil n placed. "Incase of mules, ku polnltd stick may bo pushed rownsv to tho uplifted earth amund th !um and the bait dropped in. Then simply Htamn on the burrow to cut out U light from below. "The other n.ethod tr prrpswt lh tiait with nniaon is a follows: Dissolve an nunc o f strvchnii phate In a pint of boiling wtr; H a ulnt of thle-k vrun an ! atir tho otfhlv. Scent this with a few drrt of oil of anise. This mixture ii dent to poison a half bushel of wkt or corn. Simply siur it over trrain anil stir vfirnrouslv Thi P' of course, should not be arattrred exposed places where birds snd f try would get It "In the cae of traps. I do not that anv particular make i to bs ommendiMi. All or mem nv thinir which make them. In tMJ of their manufacturers, a Ii ttiea lupcc ior to other types." Ona Thlrg Certain. Mr. Ncedmore "If you refu" my life will be filled 'with bitterne and gall." The Widow f1"111"""" don't know about the bitternf"". ' you're there with the gall, all McNally Monarch. In Boyhood Dy Thera are no rhrrrie now " that compare in flavor with th"" used to pick and est whils Junes wss at the other ndot farm. HarrUhurg Telegraph. tend,-,, of achw.1. i Industr lion culminating m ubiblu il f rs all over the ,t.U For Today. Those who li v nn ii,. , ... . .... iiiiiuiivHins have 11 longer day than those who live In the valleys. Homlm-. .11 mm? V1,'r'Khlan our d ! to rise a little higher. Wsll Ot ths Pe.timill. "Yes, I consider my lif It. . "O. Henry, how sad! Why jhouldg say that7" "I PI al1 J.rf making money enough to huy ' clothes, and tho food dlsagree-i w mc, and my clothes don't fit. N What He rVsnt. . ..I.. nomin""" - Suitor "I hope my rf the curator.hip 0 the museum tifpiitles will Induce you to ,n"J Vw -1CS"- daughter to my car. Blaetter.