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Newspaper Page TextREBELS PREVENT SENDING ARMS Americans in Mexico Cut Off by Insurrecto Band. r.lnl Darsilsd. Brldt Borneo), a Blieve! In Ptrll. Ch.v.nn. Wyo.-On datarhmant , ,L Ninth cavalry, und.r order lor lxlcan border. Uft heraatd.ao guJay nliht. Other detachment will ! shortly. Junction City. Kn.-Klnal order, j.-.tm th Thirteenth evalry to aim- . u.ian hontar nri j to thu Mexican by Colonel Charl iutfl.ld. commander of th regiment. 1' JmL nearly 10U0 man, and ' " L.n. .rjn Dlatuon. will leav Jwt KileX 1" fw for El ,,'H, Naco, Aril Mexican rebal have M ill trails and communication ba- here and Cananea, Sonora. Ilrtico where "l,out 600 Americana Mid ' Shortly afterward pasaen r?r train arrived here carrying 600 t and l.io.oito round of ammunl Knt by th. United State, gov rnmcnt from the araenal at rort ham Houston. San Antonio, Tex., to arm tha American resident In Cananea. Tb rebel cut the. railway in an at uapt to prevent lh ahipment of arme from rearhirtt the Americana at Ca ninsa. Th pass-ngcr train fur Ca atn was rapturd by rebel a fw Biles south of tha international Una, k.nirina wa (Lirailed and the pea- unfpm allowed to coaat back Into the United Si alea on a paasenger coach down ths gra.le. Si Lrldgt were turned. Cam had been taken to conceal the ideotity of the shipment Jnf arma, but tfti that the Americana of Cananea had reii'Je'ted Washington authoritloa to aand them anna for eelf-protuctlon. and that the request had ben granted ii believed to have become known among the rebel chicfa operating in tin i vicinity. Not only are American live be lieved to he in dimmer aa a reault of rtceat operations by the rebel, but the minea must cloao for lack of fuel within a few daya, mining engineer lUte. Cananea ia one of the moat exten live copper mining center in the world, and the Cananea Copper com pany ii the richest corporation of Ita kind in Mexico. Th railway destroy ti by rebels runs from a point on the American bonli-r to Cananea, and i a part of the Southt rn Pacific of Mexico ijntem. In Cananea are about 500 American ata and shout 60 American women. About 100 of theae are American cow boy! from aurrounding ranches. Ka rent threata of rebel leader to attack Cananea now are now taken aerlonaly btr. In view of the late develop ment!. PLAGUE STOPS FARM WORK. Kims I Farmer Without Hon Can not Git Fall Plowing Don. Toptba, Kan. Farm work la going undone in Wentern Kansaa for lack of Hnrte killed by th tdairue. Crop rrniiin ungatherel and fall plowing i ki behind. On many farm all Ihs boriri have died. Until eiperta certain a remedy for tha diaeaae. firmer! are unwilling to purchase ior hornr. Th dieae I rapidly spreading tulsard, according to reporte receiv- poftyj. II. Mercer, state liveatoik f "miioner. Mercer aent out a warning that birie all over the state should be ptofT paturea and iven no water lfpt from well. The stream and rodi are aaid by tha expert to pirm with diplncoccl. a variety of Fnc causea mcnlngitia. Nitrate Supply Limited, Nrw York -There will ba no ammu tion for Iiritiah guns In time of war Md Great Ilritain' enemy cut off pr supply of nitrates from Chile, ac- Hmg to a declaration mad by Colo fl Samuel Kwle. of Chrletlana, Nor ly, before the eitfhth International rmicj congress at Columbia Uni- Fr,i'y 'Nitrate of ammonia pro fd from atmnapherica nitrogen ia ff. snd s-cordlng to tha experience 1 oritish navy ha a great bear VOpnn the life nf tha mini tha nur. f "f the product reducing th heat." Convict Honor Booth. sn Q'ientin, Cal. Nearly 1000 men '"pes paid tribute to tha memory "s lata Cener.l William Il.tnth Her of the Sa Ivattnn Arm mt ma. Macrvirca held at San Quentln Pn Abraham Ituef. tha convicted IT delivered tha main mtirm. I uIot?i-;H tLA a i .... i i.. . . I f7Jfc ftlTSII.MIIlini, Pawltat length on hi work for f' poor n,l tk. . i .u. i'rison (nm A K . i . n miii, iiitiiii ir r i m "i armv mm. in a. f - ... hl.ll A I RIILIR music anil ad, Bomb S.tlBy Black Hand. Yorl-"Hlack Hand" agent ."tmpt to blow op a ' ionngs in the city Sunday, tenement in ,i.i.k u. k v.. placed housing mn th.n in """ iwo of the Infernal r i7i.W,'re.'1il,c"vered ln tlm" P d .h.M .m "P'odlnir. while i "nsttered window, and door "'i- Two nf Ik. l I iii.ciuiii ma' p ra the - - , anu iioi.ri no "'or of a h,,iM:- l MJ . f'y dfth street In .ki.i, it k. P Placed. Noons... lni.,,-1 Chin... Troop Revolt. nU nA ...i .... t - .-noua military enr,Uoa Yunnan uprl The town. " nesi.m.ti..- i. . Public v "nown lo fuilC. Yunnan I. .1- -I bmi. . lMO "i ImtlT f th ,,rn " la hznl'"1 Chin- Tha province nhahli.. mtm i,ooo, - 1. 1 1 1 V .. n IL. city, ke it. n of 100-000- It I BIQ QUN8 SMASH TARQIT8. fort Sleveni Send einch Mom at 6-Mil R.r,.. Shell Fort St.veni The thlrj $1800 mint h ( i -.I. I - . . . Sea- . .... ...Fi.rgei i a maaaof pllntered wreckag. as . ru,t f th. moat aenaatlonal target practice ,.r ne.uacrortHUven. Th. ..t targ.l wa demolished by the Thlrty.fourth company with a ail-inch .hell. Im meoiateiy 70 men under Lieutenant Norton, and ordnance officer, were p.acei at work putting together an other target. Working for eiKhl hour wlth.ut reaaine- thev . pllahed what ordinarily requires full a week a effort. Th. target, mad. of 10x10 tin.hera, with three ateel m.at. enmeahed in netting wa. towed out from the Co. lumbia river to aea by the iteam.r r uruancv. Getting on ita courae 9000 yarda from the battery, the Kornanr. (teamed full aieed ahead with the ocean apray daahing over th target The gunnera aprang to their positions' th huge tUo-pound ahell was rammed home, the breech block slammed ahut, the 36-ton ateel barrel aroae above the cement breastworks, aeemingly poia ing I tut If like the atriking head of a eerpent. A minor correction by the gun pointer, the command to lire, and the projectile, propelled by 175 puunda of high exploaive, wai on ita way toward the target. A it traveled through the air to warda ita destination, a aecond ahrll w. hurled from another rifle. The net ahell atruck. acatterlnir the wood. en framework in all directions; almo.t instantly afterward th second uroiee. tile buried itaelf amongat the tangled wreckage of tha $100 target. The Urgent liriti.h dreadnauuht planned I 700 feet long. Theae tar- get arc CO fret long; therefore auch an enemy would represent a atriking place for shell a 12 times the aii of the target used for representing battle conditions. MOTORCYCLE KILLS TWELVE Haer Oolrg 00 Mile an Hour Cratrte Into Crowd. Newark, N. J. tddie Hash, of Waco. Tex., hoi ler of aeveral world a records for motorcycle racing, plunged over the rail of the courae of the New ark motordrome, into a crowd, caus ing the death of aix persona, including himself, while aix are dying and 13 are bady injured. The only three of the aix dead posi tively Indentiiled up to a late hour wer llasha, Johnny Albright, a Den ver motorcyclist who waa riding third In the race, and Kdward f'ischer, a 17- year-old boy of this city. The other three dead were hoya and young men among the spectators. Two of the probably fatally injured are Kdward Ilolle and Frank J. Amburg, each 17 yeara old. Five thousand spectators were wit nessing the finish of a four-mile free-for-all race when the daring young rider, doing 90 mi lea an hour, took hia fateful plunge. Ha waa pitched head first 60 feet into the air. Hia body waa ahapeleaa when it was picked up, almost at the feet of bis wife, seated in the bleachers. Albright was thrown head first in the other direction into the enclosure of the track, when the champion's wheel csme sliding down the steep bank and atruck him. He was picked up for dead, but he lived in an uncon scious state mora than two hours. Qjn I Learning Golf Aberdeen, Scotland Queen Mary Is learning to play golf at Dalmoral In emulation of her daughter, who has recently been tilavine daily there. Her Maieaty has often expressed amaie merit over the Infatuation for the game by ardent golfers. At the con elusion of her first losson ahe ex- preased the opinion that the game waa "very bracing but tiring." Her daughter, rrincesa Mary, la quoted as saving of the queens playing: 'Mother's driving is strong, but oc casionally wide." Pearl Fisheries Opened. San Meeo. Cal. David Zarate, mivnr of Knsenla. estimates that S0U0 neraons. residents of Lower Cal ifornia, will obtain employment as a result of the reported revocation of the pearl and other fishing concessions along the I,ower California and Gulf cnaatn. Aurelin San loval. in charge of tha Sandoval interest! of I-oe An geles, has controlled tha pearl fishing and other conccsaiona as far south a Magdalena, hia firm having held a monopoly. The privilege now is open to all Mexican citiiens. Mobilization I Indicated. JJougtaa, Aril. Movement of Mex ican rebel below thi point indicate a mobilisation. Rafael and Emilio Campa. two rebel chiefs, hava joined their forces 20 mile south of Agu Prieta. the Mexican town which ad join Douglas. Salaiar' avowed In tention of moving west along the bor ,w and attacking Cananea would in dicate a general mobilisation of all rebel forces, numbering 1000 men, and euperior to federal commands. 8alaxar Make Apology. Haehit. N. M. Conferences be tween United States army officer sta tioned here and tha Mexican rebel leader Inex Salaiar, took place on the border about B0 miles southwest of hero. Major SedgwicK nice roue j tha boundary to talk with the rebel leader. Salaiar aologiied to the American officers for the incident a few days ago, when Mexicsn rebels of hi command crossed the line and fired on American soldiers on patrol duty. Morgan Would Buy Ruins. Rome Newspapers here say that J. P. Morgan has submitted the Ital ian government a plan for completing the excavations of Pompeii and llor culano.im. It la said that Mr. Morgan la willing to bear the entire cost of uncovering Horculaneum. Airship Falls: Four Killed. Gray. France-An aeroplane got out of hand at an aviation meeting here and swept to the ground, crush Ing cor of pectators, four ot whom wr killed outright. FARM k ami W'"flon, Sp.ially BEST SOILS FOR ONIONS. O. A C. Graduate Tails of c...;i: . , mi.grg 10 D Used On Crop. ur. Although oniona will grow on a large variety of soils, they thriv beat In a rich, mellow eoll with Plenty of moisture. Just what fertil izer and soil treatment to use la ex plained by Jay C. Leedy, of Sher wooo., one or thia year' aeniors at th Oregon Agricultural college, in an ariici on --.njii. and Fertilizer for Union, in the Oregon Countryman, published by the atudent. "Fur commercial onion growing in K"" me oeaver meadows are prac tically the only ones given considers lion saya Mr. Leedy. "These landa are located mostly in Washington, Y.meaamas ana Marlon m-mri.. 1M .... . ineoreucaliy these landa have reault ea irom leavers aamming streams and ouleta to lakes, hence the name; but nature has played a large part in the oil formation, in many cases without me aid or the beavera. 1 hia aoil forma a type known aa cumuiote, composed largely of organic matter and humua. and ana vsia ua. uaur anowa aoout per cent of nitro gen. Large portiona of this plant food element are unavailable for the use of plant life. Thia type of soil Kenerauy coniaina a moderate amount or phosphoric acid, and usually very small amounts of potaah, sometimes aa low as 2 per cent. Chemical analy ma vi me rou ia noi 10 oe relied upon in all casea as an indicator of the soil's power to produce crops, but is merely an index to the amount of the varioua plant foods present in the soil It ha been found by experiments that thee nam soils will not continue to produce profitable yields of oniona without the addition of potassium in the form of animal manure or com mercial fertilizers. - Analysis oi yellow Uanver onions showed a content of .225 per cent ni trogen. .84 per cent phosphoric acid and .217 per cent potash. Taking an average yield to the acre of 300 sacks. each weighing 100 pounds, the analy sis would remove from the soil 67.5 pounds of nitrogen, 25.8 pounds of phoKphoric acid and 65.1 pounds of potash. Thus it can ba seen that the onion crop uses comparatively large amounts of the three essential fertiliz ing elements, and these must be sup plied to the soil if it does not already contain them. "Barnyard manure ia almost indis pensable in the production of onions in any except the beaverdam aoila, and ia more used than any other fertilizer even on these soils. Indeed, there is no fertilizer so well adapted to the production of onions as a liberal amount of clean, well composted barn yard manure. It is important that all stable manure uaed on onion land be well rotted before applied to the aoil in order that the weed aeeds may lose their germinating powers, and that the danger of disease! attacking the onions be lessened. A heavy applica tion of fresh manure may produce an overgrowth of tops at the expense of the bulbs, and is sure to bring in a large amount of weed seed, increaaing the cost of weeding. It i difficult to make the aoil too rich for onions, pro vided the manures are incorporated with the soil. The usual amounts, however, are 10 or 12 tons to the acre, spiil ied before ploughing in tha fall and then harrowed with the disc be fore planting in the spring. " Where enough manure is not pro duced on the farm, and where it can not be accured profitably from a city near, commercial fertilizers must be resorted to. They can supplant stable manure profitably, especially on the beaverdam toils, already rich in organic mattter. In some instances commercial fertilizers are used exclu sively with good results. One great advantage over stable manure is the fsct of reducing tha weeds to a mini mum, thus lessening the expensive production. A higher initial cost than stable manure tends to offset the disadvantagea in weeding. As it is an intensive crop yielding large amounts of bulbs to the acre, growers sre justified ln manuring heavily. "Additional nitrogen increase the yield. The onion is planted early in the spring, before bacterial action be gins, and these agent In the soil which render the nitrogen available for plant use do not begin to work very actively until the soil is thoroughly warmed and the season well advanced. An application of ni trogen immediately available early in the season is thus beneficial in giving the plants an early and vigorous start. Sodium nitrate, containing about 16 per cent nitrogen, ia the best form, 100 pounds to the acre as a top dress ing after the onions are planted. "Rone meal containing about 22 per cent phosphoric and 4 per cent ni trogen is a good fertilizer for onions. Making Hi Opportunity. A New York banker has made it tha rule of his life never to swear except when he drops his watch, as he some times doe absent-mindedly, and break it Under strong provocation he took out his watch and flung it on tha marble floor of hia office. So, it . - : J nn i seems, wnen you pui our uunu there I a way to solve every problem. Unworthy of th Wise. Revenge is ever the pleasure of a paltry spirit, of mind. Juvenal. weak and abject Separating Honey. To obtain strained honey, aeparat ing the honey from the wax as it comes to us in the frame, place tha frame In a howl In the oven, just warm enough to melt the honey and the wax; then remove the frame and let the honey stand until cold, when the wax may ba skimmed off the top without any trouble. Won Her Disapproval. Little Elsie (after being punished I think nana la dreadful. Wa ha th 'only man you could get, mamma? ORCHARD SuUabk to Pacific Co. Condition, It I not immediately available, and the beneficial effect of one applica tion will extend over a period of lev earl year. It I sometime applied in amount aa high a 600 or 800 pound to the acre. Acid phosphate or super-pnospnate, containing about 16 per cent phosphoric acid, is also good for onion. It Is made by treat ing finely ground phosphate rock with sulfuric acid, and is available for im mediate use. It I usually applied at the rat of about 400 pound to the acre. "Muriate of potaah is the chief source of potash. It .contains about 50 per cent of actual potash' and is available for the use of the plant. It usually come directly from its source in Staisfurt, Germany, in 221-pound sacks. It can ba applied profitably at me rata or 1 sack to the acre. In some case frertilizer are applied to beaverdam soil containing no nitro gen, but usually much better results are obtainable when some nitrogen I applied. "Voorhee, in hi 'Fertilizers,' rec ommends an application of a thousand pounds of fertilizer containing 5 per cent nitrogen, 6 per cent phosphoric acd .and 10 per cent potash for onion. The Indiana experiment station states that, for muck lands in Indiana, 800 to 1000 pounds of fertilizer containing 1 to 11 per cent nitrogen, 6 to 8 per cent phosphoric acid and about 10 per cent potash gave satisfactory results. Both phosphoric acid and potash fer tilizers are readily fixed in the aoil until the plant is ready to use them, and there is scarcely any loss by leaching. Hence they may be applied to the soil some time before planting. With sodium nitrate there is danger of loss from leaching, so it is not sown until the crop is ready fur its imme diate use." FERTILITY IN PRODUCE. Demand of Different Crop on Soil Explained. Corrallis, Or. "It i a matter of considerable interest and importance to know the demands which particular crops are making upon the soil, espe cially when plan are being made as they are in modern method of farm ing, to meet the demand by appropri ate fertilization, says Prof. C. E. Rradley( of the Oregon Agricultural college chemistry department, in a new bulletin on "The Soil of Oregon' (No. 112 ) "The loss of mineral food and nitro gen by leaching and the loss of nitro gen by direct oxidation are, of course, additional demands which come to the cultivated soil," ha contiues. He then gives a table of fertility of wheat, vetch hay, alfalfa hay, timo thy, potatoes, apples, fat cattle, milk, butter, and fresh kale, showing the composition and market value. "The value of the plant food in one acre or wheat equals fll.to, says Prof. Bradley. "In like manner, $24.25 worth of plant foods go into SO0 buahels of apples. The large mount of nitrogen and consequent high market value of plant foods in alfalfa and vetch is offset by tha stor age of atmospheric nitrogen in the soil by these plants, so that the real nitrogen draft does not come on the soil. The mineral fords which these leguminous crops carry, however, are large and represent real losses when they are sold, as hsy from the farm. The values for kale are extreme and represent the real demands on an acre of soil by an average kale crop, which by experience, is known to be 'hard on the land. lot small-amount ot fertility entering into dairy product and iive stock explain the well known fact that these industries do not de plete the soil." GETTING RID OF ANTS. How To Exterminate Peit on Lawn and In House. Corvallis, Or. The best methods of ridding lawns and house of ants, which frequently become troublesome pests, are described by the crop pest workers of the Oregon Agricultural college, thus: "Whenever the ants' nest can be located the best means of destruction is to make a hole in the center of it with a crowbar or similar instrument, pour into it one or two ounce of bi sulphide of carbon, tamp the aoil back into the hole and throw a heavy blanket over the nest to hold in the fumes of the bisulphide. "To destroy ant in the house a mixture of three grains of tartar emetic and four ounce of syrup should be smeared over bits of china or chips and placed in tha ants' runway. It is especially good a a remedy because it will not kill tha ants immediately. They carry the mixture to theif nest and feed the larvae upon it, and thus kill out the entire colony." Charcoal in tha lea Box. A piece of charcoal in the ice box will take away tha disagreeable "ice box" smell. If your ice box stands on the porch, where the ants are apt to get into it, place small piece of bacon or ham on the lowest shelf. It will attract the ants, and yon can easily remove them every day by re moving the piece of bacon. And There You"Are. Self-made men brag of their rise, and their daughter boast of their descent Lippineott'. Floating Bath Condemned. Floating baths near great cities are now condemned by sanitary authori ties. Tha vast quantities of sewage that are discharged into tha waters that usually border such cities are thought to be productive of disease to bathers, and certainly render their ablutions of doubtful value as a cleansing agency. Old Conundrum With New Answr. Why doe a chicken cross the road? Because an auto Is coming. Judge's Library. PRESERVED THE OLD STYLE How Ona Young Bride Brought At mosphar of tha Paat Into Her Nw Home. A young bride who went to house keeping In ber husband' old horn waa very much disappointed to And that hi mother, with tb very best Intention In tha world bed bought a lot of modern furniture and put away aom really antique plecea, becauae aha thought they were too out of data to pleaae her boy'a city wife. The wife, however, ln a quiet way found out that the new furniture had been purchaaed with the underatand Ing that th bill ba settled within all month. She talked tba matter over with ber husband and hi mother and then with the proprietor of th (tore, and, ln tha end, all tba "modern fur niture wa taken bark and tba am amount traded out for several beauti ful rug and the curtalna for all th room on the first floor of tba old house. Then tha bride went to work and fixed up all the "old fashioned" furni ture which had been atored ln tha at tic. A dining table waa found and four chalre to rr.atch. These she bad scraped and sandpapered, thn a filler applied, and, lastly, a good quality var nish. This, when thoroughly dry was again rubbed down until the final fin ish waa dull, and the effect was splen did. It suggested age, but good con dition. Tha young wife also removed the screens from the old fireplace and they laid down new hearth-stones of cream brick. And the most delighted Inmate of the home was the mother, who saw In it all a vision of bygone days. LONG IMBEDDED IN AMBER Dragon Fly, Preserved for Canturles, I a Most Remarkable Natural Curiosity. Files ln amber are not uncommon, but a dragon fly. almost perfect, la unique. The piece of amber with Ita large Insect lmperlshably Imprisoned waa presented a few week ago to an English statesman by a rich Russian merchant The piece Is remarkable for It size and the purity of Its transparent yel low, but more especially for this In sect It contain. Thl particular dragon fly flitted about over the marshes of what geologists call the tertiary period, teoa or hundreds of thousands of years ago, and waa en gulfed by the resin that flowed from a pine tree. This resin. In the course of ages, turned to the stone that we now call amber. Several thousand species of fossil Insects have been found in amber but this Is one of the finest ever seen. Life's Healings. Of all the amazing forces of nature her thunder and cataracts, oceans ln wild storm and volcanoes ln floods of molten rock, and those hidden monster-powers of electricity, gravitation and chemlc affinities the most won derful of all Is her healing power, her ability to get over anything, her In finite resources of ' recovery. Haven't you often wondered why the whole world did not die of the cholera? And those other plaguea no one aeems able to stay, the typho, the smallpox, the bubonic plague, be sides the awful pests of history, the red death and the bla:k death; why have any of them ceased at allT One reason of thia ia that the four huge rooms in nature'e house are full of health supply. Tbe?e rooms are sunshine, water, air and earth. For Nature' other name 1 The Healer. She 1 tha original and only cure-all. And all this is quite as true In the realm of mind and soul aa It la In tha realm of body. Woman'a World. Horse Up a Tree. Visitors to Ferry Bar were much surprised yesterday morning to see a horse up among the branches of a (re. The animal had got ln it un comfortable position by falling ten feet from a bank that overtopped the tree. The tree probably saved the horse's life. Blocks and fall were fastened to a tree stump on top of the hill and leather belts Were wrapped about the horse. When the work of hitching the belts waa completed It was found that the animal could not be rescued until several of the limbs of the tree were cut off. This took considerable time, during which the horse rested and watched the work ot the score or more of men who were trying to re lease htm. With the removal of the last limb the horse was slowly drawn to the top of the bank from which he had fallen. A close examination re vealed that outside of a few scratches b was unhurt. Baltimore American. Th Dog In Politic. An Italian paper ha been collecting Instance where dogs were used to Influence politics or express tha politi cal feeling of their owners. We are told that ln 1894, when bilingual teach ing waa Imposed on Istrla, doga were painted black ln sign of mourning; in 1S97 a candidate for the town coun- clllorshlp of Milan decorated hi Newfoundland with a scroll Inscribed, Vote for th Socialist." The fol lowing year thia waa "Imitated" ln London, where number of dogs wore mantle on which waa written "Vote for Chamberlain," or "Vote for tha Socialist." It Is also said that In 1902. on tha rewpflon of the new that tha Boer war wa ended, the streets were enlivened by the apparition of Jogs wearing the Union Jack and oth ers drunk on whisky. How the na ture of tha tipple wa determined by th Italian observer la not atated. Special Juries for Rhodesia. Aa the result of the Investigations of the Select Committee, ln Salisbury, Rhodesia, a new Juries Ordinance has been fromed, providing for the trial of certain criminal cases. Involv ing Europeans and natives, before a Judge and special jury numbering five, ot whom not less than four (hall concur In the verdict The Jury will be selected from a special list desig nated by the administrator and ap proved by th legislative council. NEW NORTHWEST LINE BUILDING Direct Route Los Angeles to Spokane Is Project. Distanc Only IOO Mil Mora Than From San Francisco Offset By Batter Gradaa. Los Angeles A new railroad, bind ing the great Northwest and South land, making possible tha settlement and development of hundred of thous and of acre heretofore far removed from avenue of traffic, i to link Los Angeles and Spokane. It will reduce the distance between them several hundred mile and bring thi city nearly as cleae to Spokane aa ia San Francisco. Tha survey hava been completed, and the new trans-state line will be finished within three yeara, or by the time the Panama traffic ia well devel oped. Advice received from town which will be on the new line are that the plan have so far progressed that the actual work of construction is under way at two points, and before long the dirt will be flying at several oth er. Tha new railroad i a part of the Harriman system, and in working out the right of way, several hundred mile of existing line are to be used, plus approximately 60 mile of con struction flung across rugged moun tains and about ISO mile of narrow gauge reconstructed to meet tha new requirements. The distance from Los Angeles to Spokane over the shortest existing line is 1550 miles. By way of the new road it will be reduced to about 1175 miles. It is now 1075 miles from San Francisco to Spokane, and this slight difference in favor of San Fran cisco will be more than offset by the elimination or material reduction of many heavy grades. UNPRECEDENTED RAINS RUN FRUIT AND HOPS San Francisco For the first time in 25 years, this early in September, rain fell Friday and Saturday. Up to noon nearly half an inch waa the record established for the two day. From the great interior valley of the state come wails from orchard ists, vineyardists and hopgrowers that the greater part of their crops have been ruined. A report.from Fresno say that from one-half to two-thirds of the entire table and shipping grape crops have been ruined by the rains. Hundreds of carloads of drying fruit spread on racks in orchards could not be stacked and covered in time to pre vent loss, the rain came so suddenly in the middle of the night. In the great Sonoma valley thou sand of hoppickers hava suffered three days and night of severe hard ship, a they have never been a accus tomed to go to the fields provided with tents or other other protection , from rain. The storm found these thousand sleeping unprotected in the , fields. A dispatch from Santa Rosa report more than 1200 acres of hops, together with supporting poles, were collapsed and on the ground as a re sult of the storm. It is feared that when full report from the entire state are received the amount of damage will reach an enormous figure. Oil Lands Held For Navy. Washington, D. C. Thirty-seven thousand acres of oil lands in the Elk hills, California, adjacent to tho Mid way and McKitrick oil fields, have been withdrawn from entry by the president and will be held for develop ment and use by the United States navy. It ia the intention of the Navy department to sink wells on this area and use the oil on naval vessels equip ped with oil burners. In the opinion of many officers, the time is coming when oil will be universally used on all warships. Mabel Kelso Loses Job. San Francisco Miss Mabel Kelso, who has occupied the unique position of being the only woman wireless telegraph operator in service aboard a Pacific liner, is out of a job. For the past two months she has sat at the key on the steamer Mariposa, which plies between Seattle and Alaskan points. The company for which she worked released ber recently with the explanation that the Federal depart ment of commerce and labor objected to the employmet of women as wire less operator at sea. Explorer Will Return. Pasadena, Cal. Ernest DeKoven Leffingwell, a young American ex plorer who ha been absent on an Arc tic exploration expedition for three and a half year, will return this fall. according to a letter received by his parents from Flaxman island, on the northern coast of Alaska. Leffing well' most . important work during the last three years haj been in map ping the north ciast of Alaska and making geographical explorations In the hitherto unexplored mountain range of Northeastern Alaska. Aviator Up 19,240 Ft. Houlgata, France Roland G. Gar ros, tha aviator, eenpsea me oia world's record for altitude by about 2461 feet Ascending in a mono plane, Garros went up 16,240 feet. At this height the rarified atmosphere caused his engine to stop and the av iator ha1 to volplane to tha ground. The previous record of 13,779 feet was made at Vienna. June 29, by the Austrian aviator Czakay. In this flight he carried a passenger. Canad an Immigration Heavy. Ottawa, Ont During tha four months from April 1 to August 1, 209,612 immigranta arrived in Canada. Of thi number 143,742 arrived at ocean porta and 65,900 from tha Unit ed States. These figure show an in crease of 15 per cent as compared with those of the corresponding'monthi of tha last fiscal year. flv fCfcthev it a him y - fAy bosintfc, child i 5 pre sorter - 1 mut hurry L-oJf -TodcvylLl- BLOWING A CARD FROM PIPE Nothing Would 8em to B Mor Sim plePeculiar Principle of Aero dynamic Involved. At f rt thought, nothing would leeih, almpVr than blowlDg a card off from a pipe, If the card 1 laid horizontally on the bowl cf It and one blows through the pipe stem; but when ona tries It, he 1 amazed to find that ha cannot do it. says the Popular Mechan ics. In order to make the experi ment satisfactorily, a pin should ba put through the card into the bowl of the pipe, so that it cannot slide side wise. Under these conditions, the card cannot be blown from tha pipe except ocaslonally by a very sudden puff. The uncanny fact that the card can not be blown from the pipe depends upon some of the peculiar principles of aerodynamics. Ono would feel cer tain that, when ha blows, the card would fly Immediately Into the air. It will bo noticed, though, that the col umn of air which ascends I only as large aa tha bowl of the pipe, while Card Cannot Be Dislodged. the aurface of the card which 1 ex pected to be lifted 1 many time greater. A aoon aa the card rlae a little, the downward pressure holds It to such an extent that tha air Bowe out sidewjse ln every direction along its surface. When It geta to tba Blow Ever So Long and Hard, tha edge ot tha card, it draw aoma ot the air from the upper aide with It Thl causes a current ot air from above to descend upon the card and to bold it down. PATIENCE OF A LITTLE BOY Affecting Little Story I Told by Lady Somerset of London Youth' Remarkable Courage. Lady Henry Somerset, whose labor In behalf of the children of the Lon don slums are constant and earnest saya the Touth'a Companion, telle this affecting story of the way ln which her Interest ln these little ones was aroused: I was moved In that direction by. tha rare patience and Imagination ol one Httle boy. His example convinced me that patience was one of tha qualities 1 needed most, and in seek ing It I grew Into that work. I was In a hospital on visiting day, while the doctors were changing a plaster cast which held the crippled boy's limb. The operation was ex ceedingly painful. I was told. To my surprise, tha little sufferer neither stirred nor winced, but made a curi ous buzzing sound with his mouth. After the doctors left I said to him: "How could you possibly stand it?" "That' nothing?' he answered. "Why. I Just made believe that a bee wao stingln' me. Bees don't hurt very much, you know. And I kept buzzln' because I wa afraid I'd for get about it being a bee It I didn't" Odd Riddle. When may a man call hi wife "hon ey?" When she ha a large comb In her head. Who waa tha first to swear In This world? Eve. How o? Whan Adam asked her It h might take a klsa, she said, I don't care A dam If you do. How can It be proved that a horse has six legs? He has fora legs In front and two behind. Why Is a gun like a jury? Because It goe oft when discharged. What I that If you use It well v. Ill look at everybody; but if you scratch Its back it will look at nobody? A looking glass. Why had Eva no fear of th measles? Because she'd Adam (had em). English Churchyard Tree. In England there are yew tree to ba found ln practically all church yards. Frequently, in the works of English poet, one come aero ref erence to these tree, especially when tha writer wishes to express anything sorrowful. Yew trees did not coma to ' grow In English cemeteries by chanca. It wa ln the time of King Edward I. that they were first planted. Knowing that tha yew trea 1 yery fine shade tree, strong and sturdy, and not given to spreading too great ly, tha king ordered thl trea to b planted in all churchyard, for th purpose of protecting tha church from violent wlndatorma.