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SAVED THE FLEET. Brilliant Exploit of a Brainy Wis consin Lumberman. A BIT OF WAR TIME STRATEGY Th Rad Riv.r Wat Dammad, and Ad miral Porter's Qunbeata Shot the Rapids, Though tha Sohems Had Been Ridloulad by Army Engineers. In We spring of 1804 a Wisconsin lumberman by a brilliant exploit saved Hi'- Kod river fleet of the Mississippi awjiififirori from destruction. To thwart the intrljpies of Nniwleon lit., who bad ent a French nrniy Into Mexico, tha federal government desired to train a strong military foothold In Texas. To thla end It waa planned to aend an army and fleet Into Interior Texas by way of the Red river, which waa navigable only In the "print: The army under General Ilnnka, sup ported by Admiral Porter's fleet of gunboats, began (be ascent of the rlv r. Hut matter went badly almoat from the beginning. The lender quar reled among themaelvea, Uie prepara tions made were Inadequate, and. worst ot all, the Red river suddenly began to fall, when by all precedents It ahould have risen. Admiral Porter, fearful that Ida fleet would be caught In the ahallowa. hurriedly descended the stream, and the army, already sav agely handled by the opposing Confed rats force, followed after. At Alexandria, In central Ijoulidana, the retrentliiK federals found them aelvea fnca to face with a (-rials At thla point the Red river la broken by mile of rapid; the atream bad fallen so quickly that the gunboata could no longer navtgnte the channel. The water waa but three feet four Inrhea. hi-rifix I'nrter'a larger gunboat drew at lenaf seven feeL Mere was Indeed a di'"pernte altuntlon the army far from Km xouice of Niipplli. the victor) nil enemy preying In hot pursuit and the f'.'.noo.OU) fleet marooned by falling witter. It seemed to alinoNt very one Hint the only course open was to blow up the veNHels. Rut I.li'iiti'iiiiut Colonrl .loHrpb llnl ' of the fourth WNeoiudn. who was serving til the time a acting engineer of the Nineteenth army corps, came forward with 11 plan for bringing (In IroiH'Inil to Miifilv h mil to nilne the level of Hie writer above the rapid liy VJMtfVctlng n greiit (III III aeroHN the river When II sliltli lent iliplll of water Innl iicciimiiliiliil lie prnpuMHl to break the iliun In Hie (ruler, thus fore lug the NMH with the oiitrimlilug flood Ihroiii-li the xliiillows iiii.I Into the ileei writer below he fori the war I'olonel Itillii had I ii ii liiiiiiiriii.iii mill Irul oil. n -ei-n III!- . In-ine em plow it In Hie Wl -In pineries to "lift" stranded rnftN of logs to wifely The iroJerl IH lit tlit received Willi ridleuie b Colonel Italley'a MUar1oti It wiim ilcclnicil 1 1 1 1 1 - tll- of iii-hlele luetit by the heat engineer In the armv Hut there Vtiot nothing el-e to I., ilotie, iiihI lit lenulli the Wlncon-ln lllllllicl mall HUM illllllollsly granted per mission to put his prolei I to the proof Ills BM Klrp whs III rc.iilsion lie lo-liiii.nts of "pinery bois" troin the Tweuli tllll-il Mini Twenii ii Mi l Ii Wis ou-iii regiments, who understood h it wut. to be done iiihI how to go nliout ll III nil aVOOO uiell w ere cliiplovcd In the enterprise. I Iniuli eis of lii.-n wore set to Mltaj trees, other liin ilieils toll si III the ipi lilies t ' i : 1 1 Uclo oien-tl fur Hie oeenslon. mill two or three hull drcil nMI were engaged In the M Mattel noik of transporting Um ma terials for the iliun t'p to their lie. kit In thcNMlft (-uncut, w Mill swept ov.r the rupliU at the rule or nine mllca an boar, uii.i.T the Mteterlng mUteWni sun, the men folle.l At tin 'I 'f eight days the rli er wim Hiilll. lentil high to permit three of the UgBtM gunboats to push the upper fulls, while tliey hml been helil, iiml come iIomii to a position limiusll Slely illsiie the dam. ready to pass the lower rapids One more day it ml the ill in ivoulil he high enough to per ii.it all t eome iloii u In readiness for the tlmil nlteinpt. On the morning of the ninth day, however, (he steadily In. leasing pres sure of the walei caused two of the alone barges In (he middle of (he dam (o swing nslile. ami through (he opening thus crealisl Hie iicciiiuiilalcd (oii.-iit sw tried The three lighter ves eels (hat were In position to make the l igc. together with a fourth that bad ni.-.inw hue . ome up. promptly tool. advantage of Hie break aiid. passing Hie remaining rapl.l.s on the Ho. si tide. safely reached the deeper waters be low. Somewhat encouraged hy the escape of at least four of the teasels, the men bravely aet ni.oui repairing the dam age Hint had lus'ii done. Within thrve dni a the hreak had ls-en closed and In addition two wing (Iiiiiih constructed ou the upper falls. The remaining gunboat, somewhat lifted by the hack V ater of the wing .lama, were now hauled over the upper falls, aud ou Iii.i 12. amid the tumultuous cheers of 8U.0O0 soldiers lined up along the adore, made the perilous passage over the lower fall to the deep wa(er below. On June 11. lsiu, congress iidop(ed resolution of thauka to Lieutenant Colonel Italic)' A few tiioutha later the othVera of Admiral Porter's fleet presented him with a Is-.iui Iful aword snd lolug cup. and before the io.ii whs in ei tie had been promotisl hi eider of the war department to (he riinl. of brevet brigadier general -1 n.ierl. k Mtik CAUGHT FISH WITH EAR. Califernia Angler Evolve Unique Mathod of Landing Trout. San lieriianilno Cal.-Tber tre divers waya of catcliliiK a trout Most flahermen gu about It with hook, sums catch them with nets and others with dynamite, but there has been found a man who does the stunt with an ear and gets away with IL Thla may sound fishy, but It 1 the gospel truth according to the tory brought In from l)oep creek. Jay Ketlers of Vletorvllle alternated (lining for trout In Deep creek by Utk ItiK awlnm In (he cold water, and (Mat la the way thnt he demonatrnted that (he human ear can aotnetlmes catch more than mere sound A few dnya after he left Deep creek he waa trou bled with acute pain In hi ear Dr. Murphy exnmlned the auditory cavity and after prodding around found a tiny mountain trout The fish wa dead The pain In Fctler'a ear wa almost i no a i. n relieved. He I at a loan to know whether the flah en (red hi oar or It became the lodgluit place for some apawn aud nerved an u hatchery. Dairying In Malheur County, a Great Success Provides a First' Class Market For All Alfalfa and Corn Raised here. Nyssa Factory Has Large Output For Year of 1914. WASH HENRY IRVING'S FACE. Aetrseae Win Bobbiaa' Praise by Cleaning Statue, london Two youiiK repertory ac trcaacN yenrtiliiR for excitement after long week of resting determined the other night to waah the face of Hlr Henry Irving' atatne, which stnnda behind the Nntlonal gallery. Armed with soft s.sip and a bucket of water and accompanied by a photographer they atarted operadona on Sir Henry at 2 o'clock In the morning Juat a Kir Henry's tnct waa begin nlng to take a nice (aillah the experdsl policeman Mlrolled up. Tha statue ecruhtier tried to look unconcerned and the photographer primed Id flaah lamp. "What are yon dolngT" Inquired the policeman. "Wanhlng Hlr nenry's fare." came the di Hunt reply almultaneoualy from the workers "('apltnl, capital: Juat what It want I '" Was the lllielpei led reply. The object of thin article ia not to exploit an Individual enterprise but to Klve some of the possibilities of a Kreat Industry In our county, ny glv ln a brief history of our enterprise we hope to bring out In a concrete way the possibilities of the dairy busi ness In Malheur county. A Home Builder FALSE RUMORS STIRRED GERMANS Papers Printed Jokes So Citi zens Would Be Watchful. The I labile - Sensation il atnrle In (eimau lieu-papers ilurhiK the first d(- of the war. audi n the report or a I'nn.li pin l. bin's trying to Infct ll uell In A I-jii ivlth Uphold binllll weie .s Hied ii.v the Herman, .una hi llclal With a Hull ol Mliliuu people to ivntebfuliiess St. il lis like Hint of the Infe. led Well Were vildely publlMhed Lakes all (. I Iheeoiintiy (i ei e beini; poi-olieil It it-. Mian iiutoin. . biles . arn inu a tie.il .pi m Illy of tjolil were IrjrllUJ lU m-s Her tliany to I rani e 'I he whole .oiiniii w i, iwarnlnj w lib aidas I'hese sloiles. enelalll belleled. led to lb si tlm; of main I -lit mt koii.s. Ini'ludllll one (o-iinan mini eap tain The i hlef of poll, e In Stultuai't Issihsl the follow teg ollblal Htalemeiil to his men. BcVtWtefl the elt(st of these neiiMitionai Marten "'the populaie la ls--llinlllH to be eome eiay 'l'h ctreet are full of old Women of both Heirs who conduct tliciiikclic In an unworthy manner Ii. iv one sees In Ills neighbor a I'leiiih or Itiisslan spy and considers It Ilia dull to beat him. together with the iHilUeuian who trie to profe. t him. or, at least, to cause a tr en dona i-rowd (o eo 1 1 is-( and hand (he supposisl apy over to like police I'loiiiU are mistaken for ill latum. Htars for alrshlis. bh-yrle pumps for bombs Telephone nnd teleKiaph lna In the middle of the city are belleieil to have Is-.n cut. bridges blown up. splea shot and the water supply pateoHM It I Impossible (o predl. t w hat form these extraiagam-eit will itHaume when the atluadoii ln-eoiuea really more earnest Aa n matter of fact, not a atngle aua pi. -Ions i hum has thus far occurred In Stuttgart. 'The police ahould continue cool. Re men and not old women iKi not let i ourselves be duied, but keep your yes ..pen. as It Is your duty to do." The dairy business is recounted everywhere as a home btilldltiK In dustry. Its history Is a record of prosperity wherever it has been con sistently followed up. It Is of Inestim able value to any community fortunate enoiiL'h to be surrounded hy favorable conditions, but of icrcater value still to the individual who .-m-ai .-- in this thriving and lticrntlvc enterprise The advantage to a community of a factory of any kind engaged in the manufacture of dairy products can scarcely be over estimated. They are so evident they need not be pointed out. We believe however, a statement of the results secured hy our factory the past year would be of Interest to anyone engaged In the dairy business. Securing Milk Our method of securing the milk Is to buy It at the farm. We provide means of transportation for the milk to tho factory and deliver the whey back to the patron free of charge. All tho dairyman has to do Is to place the mill, in some convenient place for our haulers to get it Our factory Is run on a co-operadve basis securing for the producer all these la In the way of price fur his product. Good Prices I'aid Ijist winter when the larger cream eries were paving .'I- rent per pound for butter fat delivered at their sta tlona wo paid the same price for It at tin- farm. This summer when they pah1 20 and 2 1 cent delivered we paid 1!7 cent and took It at the farm The producer not only received a premium of six to seven Mate per pound for Ills butter tat, hut he wtis also relieved of that hard tnHk of scparatlnc hi milk if ud hiiiiling bis cream to mar ket. e l e able to (1(1 till llCI'UIIMC the IiiihIii-hs lias In the pro lucers on 11 hands, being run to furnish n market for their produce and not a prollt for the maiiiilaeturer The advantages ot any yiell managed enterprise of this kind ran easily he seen by the stalls lies thev um furnish. 'In our own vhlnlty the la-tor.- has meant much to the farmer- llcfon tho advent of (lain stock tin alfalfa I bin which we proline In such abiin I am. wa- selling at flan to .. Si DM ton and not lindlng a read market at that With the ilaln Imlu- in more ilhefsllled methods o! arndn ' more stock of various kin Is on the farms ami a better market rot our furm products. Alfalfa LI (tr n-i ords show that ei-r Ion of hill led to cows lurtllshlll milk III our factor) '"' wtoter brought lll.M In butler lat. Some herds did not pay this much hut some ol our In- t herds pal. I a hi h as 1 l per ton lor all III. lui . Hies lOhsllhlOil in butter tat alone to hii nothin ot the b prod ucts It must also he reinemhcr.il tin industry here Is yet in its Infancy and these figures can and will he Increased as our held are bred up for greater milk production. The Alfalfa Chertdor Cheese Com I in v began operation in February, I'M'.. The first day's supply of milk was 113 pounds. At that time few rows were In our community but the fact that the industry guaranteed a permanent market for dairy products encouraged people to Invest In dairy herds until by May of 1914 the factory was getting ?r00 pounds of milk per day. Today we have about five hun dred cows in our territory and in another year this number will be greatly Increased as it will In each succeeding year. 200.000 Pounds of Cheese The output of our factory for 1914 will appropriate 200,000 pounds qf i boose which represents $30,000.00 foreign money brought Into our terri tory. Malheur County la a Dairy Country It Is a dairy country because every condition la favorable to the Industry Our climate la ideal. Wc have no severe winters A had storm In almost as rare as a snow In Juno. We have no sudden severe changes In temperature to which a good dairy cow Is very setisntlve Our summers arc Ideal, while It get hot, rattle are not tortured hi the beat because It la al ways cool In the shade and thla can be easily provided. 15 Tons Per Acre Our soil and climate will produce more dairy food per acre than any 1 1 mil In our country so far as we can find out It Is the home of alfalfa which produce from five to seven ton (tor acre. We have demonstrated it to bo a country where corn can bo ; r.i iin ed ahuhdlltll Ij 1'or i tlStltjCt purposes a yield of lfi to 20 tons per acre can he caatL produced at a cost that Is normal Indeed. These two feeds are the best known for dairy purpose and Malheur count;, can beat the world In their prodution. Nor are we enilrely dependent upon these lllue .!.. s does remarkably well here wher.- i have an abundance of water II .ir around and some ri-markaldi rt alts have been secured As many a - os have been pastur ed from MtII till Octoiii r on a single acre ii hi no grass with no other teea. u . ...- our locality will produce Hi dulry feed per acre than any other paction of the jrrciit north" est lima!.- and Market Malheur not only has the climate ami feed hut a market as well The demand for diilr. pro lints nre rim stantlv on the Increase There seems to be no possibility ol ever mer slock ing the market in our (MMsrJ tire always behind with our orders If our output were treble we would still be unable to suppl- tin- .h man I lor our prodtn t in dairyman lOOaVttel within our terrltor iranteed a profttebla ami permanent market for Ills product The opportunity lor Ml tering the dairy business in the best dalr. country in the world is yours If you tin- interested ill the business we will be glad to render you am assist ance possible ami .lie you any Infor mation (hat we can We can put you in touch with a live proposition in the lust country you ever saw TURKISH SOLDIERS REACH SUEZ CANAL BLIND BOY A STENOGRAPHER. Bart Cutting Wma Diatinction o, Ra producing Speech In Shorthand. Indlaniisills. Ind. - Hen ''lilting, nine tsen years old. who lias ln-cn totally blind for years, bus won distinction for himself by lepiisiii.-tiig in ahorthand a bhs.s ti uiade by liovernor Itslston. Cutttef Issauie blind aa a result of typhoid fever aud other maladies He lug otherwise In gissl health, he wish ed to earn a living and till uisui short baud writing sa an occupation lie uaea a mechanical device luatead of taking Hie usual no(es Hy thla method words are siwlled out In print. I lilting believes be Is the first blind it'i-Nou In the world to do this kind of work for a livelihood. 8even Brothara In tha War. L'l ii is.nl. Ind ihivtd Kcssler, a mer chant lu Liwo.nl for twenty years, has a vital Interest lu the Kuropeau war Kessler Is a native of Austria and ha seven biotlnrs. nil of whom arc under anna, three lu Hie liermnn emperor's forces and four lu the armies of Aus tria 11 111.4m y London Keul era Constantinople coi 1 1 spoiidi-ni 111 a dispatch sent by m.iv of Hi-rliu gins I be following offi cial Turkish .- lal. 1111 m The Turkish I loops have reached the Suez Canal In lighting near L'l KantarH the llritish sullci.d heavy losses and look to (light Ll Kaiilara is a port 011 the right bank of the canal about Si MtsM south of I'ori Said The Amsterdam correspondent of licutcr's Telegram company says: "A he.n) buttle lastiug nine hours occurred on November IS along the I Shul el Arab river (tins ruer empties into the lVrsian gulf uud forms part I of the boundary h.-tween the 1'ersian ' ami Turkish dominions) between Dril ls h and Turkish I roups. The Hntlbh losses were heavy Captured Urilish soldiers declare that the wounded in cluded the lli'.iish comtiiaiider. "One shot from the Turkish gunboat MarmarU hit a llritish gunboat aud caused an eiplosion. Details arc not yet available ' TEACHERS EXAMINATION AT VALE THIS MONTH The following is the program for the teacher's examination which) will be held in the Court House in Vale on Dec ember lti-17-ltv ami li, 114. Wednesday Arithmetic, Civil Gov ernment, Geography, Grammar. Thursday: History, Orthography. Heading, Physical Geography, ComjKis ition. Friday: Theory and Practice, Writ ing;, bWbMI Law, Psychology. Saturday: American Literature, Physiology, Algebra, Very truly, FAY CLARK, County School Superintendent Elevator Head Is Bound over. Orangci die Allen McKlnnon, man ager 01 tin- .ill on wood elevator, was arraigned before Justice H. W. Car ets on a charge of embeizlemeut. He appeared without a lawyer, waived examination and was bound over to the district court uud bull waa tiled at SM'c Home Visitors' W7 Excursions EAST Via Union Pacific System Very low round trip fares from Ore gon Short Line points to Denver, Kan sas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Chi cago, St. Paul and many other points. Tickets on Sale: October 24, Nov. 21, 23, December 19 and 22. Limit three months from date of sale See any Oregon Short Line agent for rates and further particulars. J Mjr"AjaIrCrtCrC SAVING TIME ky TELEPHONE rsts Means Not Only Time But Money. Do you ever consider I .iv long it takes to travel the distance from your house to tin- I Ud tor and Merchant and what time you save by telephoning? If your time is worth anything, you cannot afford to be without a Telephone. Malheur Home Telephone Co. B icr.W ' '5. Holland & Holland : u I v ll Suursitiri In titr uunjfrr Horse Shoeing and Plow Work Our Specialties All Work (.uaranteeti M...i. t.iti Prices Ontario Oregon tk.-aaj wss -. .m . RIGHT ON THE MINUTE No time wasted in wait ing for rigs from the Ontario Livery. Our service is promptness itself, and our horses and carriages are equal in appearance to the best private outfits. Vehic les clean, comfortable and easy going, and horses of the kind that get there. The Ontario Liveru, G-H- Grimshaw, cf , 1,l,l,1(ltrtoll Ontario, ..... Qrtgon - i-.. . War Aiding Buainasa. Washington Secretary Redfteld told the luuiwe iiiiroprlattons commit tee tli.il the commercial expansion of the I'lilted Stat, w.ts evidsucttd by the fuel Hun the total exports (or No vcinlur blioued an lucraase of $63,000, 000 over November last year, and un doubledl) mouKI li.ive .shown $140,000, OOn uu rente if eotton ami COMH r had been exports Fart of the kMMMfl lu export he attributed to the war. Shoshone County Rtceivss $6694. Wallace -- The Shoshoue county school and road funds have been en riched by loom as its proportiou ol the federal forest reserve receipts for the fiscal year in the state of Idaho, amount in to $5y.2:'7 Twenty three count lea of the state contain forest reserves and participate in the re serve appoiHoiinieut Only one coun ts of tlie It received a larger appor tionment than Shoshoue county, that uciiik Homier county, which received 118.809. 0 4 rUMKAaWKILIUKAlld IIUINMII t MdAIIVIIK Wm. McBratney oaoatttttttttlttttttttttlaaa O tt o a u n o t 0 0 0 0 Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night Bay and Niqht Tnones Licensed in Idaho & Oregon ONTARIO, OREGON 0000000000000, 0000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ii