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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1910)
1 ' HALTTRTTB - ENTERPRISE. CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brie Genaral Rtiumt of Important Eventi Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Encouraging weather reports indi cate that crops will be better than had been expected. President Taf t receives visitors three days a week only, reserving the others for recreation and rest. United States has protested against injury to American property In Nicara gua by Madriz soldiers. The famous Best & Belcher mine. one of the famous Comstock group, of Nevada, was destroyed by fire. Trouble between the Catholic church and Spanish government has been tem porarily averted and permanent peace overtures are being made. Officers of a Jap warship in the har bor of Shimidz, Japan, refused . to aid an American steamer in distress, and ' who had asked for assistance. A San Francisco man paid (2,065 for a special car from New York to San Francisco in order that his pet dog might ride with him instead of in the baggage car. Over 40,000 Knights Templar were in the parade of that order in Chicago. One was caught between street cars and killed, and another badly injured by being thrown and dragged by his horse. A 150-pound sturgeon in Niagara river leaped at the headlight of a mo tor boat and landed in the boat, where his struggles disabled the engine, and the launch narrowly escaped going over the falls. Spain fears the Carl ists and Cleri cals are working together. Taft has ordered a vigorous fight to reclaim title to valuable Indian lands. It is said that Taft and Roosovelt are in perfect accord on the question of direct primaries. Over SO society men and women were arrested in a raid on a gambling house at Narragansett Pier. A second venire of 100 men has been exhausted in the Lorimer bribery case without securing a single jurior. Thirteen were killed and many in jured In a head-on collision between a fast passenger and a work train in California. A deer swimming the Columbia river was lassoed from a launch and captur ed, and will be presented to the Port land city park. 1 Stevedores, cleaners and painters of the Hamburg-American steamship line will go on strike. Eight thousand me chanics of the company are already out. John D. Rockefeller was summoned to appear in a police court for speeding his auto. After accepting service of the warrant he sent the constable home in a carriage. A horse fell hind feet first into i large manhole of an underground con duit in Cincinnati, and his struggles short-circuited electric wires to such an extent as to stop down-town traffic. The captain of a lumber schooner in the Everglades swamps in Florida was forced to leave his vessel to escape the swarmB of mosquitoes. His negro crew did not mind them and staid by the boat. Cuba faces a crisis in her political affairs. Chinese and Portuguese forces have captured the pirate city of Colowan, island of Macao. . Mine "tailings" worth $1 to the ton in gold have been used to lay ce ment walks in Jacksonville, Ore. A Missouri convict says he can solve all numerical equations by logarithms, and demands a pardon for bis discov ery. A 5-year-old boy In Chicago was badly Injured by a thoroughbred game rooster. He was unconscious when rescued. Nine persons were injured, two of them perhaps fatally, in a runaway of a picnic wagon near Oswego, Ore. l ho royal lamliy or Italy nas con sented to the marriage of the Duke of Abruzzi to Miss Catherine Elkins, daugher of Senator Elkins. A spontaneous explosion in a corn products manufacturing plant at Gran ite City, 111., wrecked the building and killed two men and badly Injured seven others. The lighthouse keeper at a point above Vancouver, B. C, by making three trips In his lifeboat, saved the passengers and crew of a small excur sion boat which went on the rocks in a fog. APPLES $100,000,000 A YEAR. Western Men Make Big Predictions for Northwest Country, Chicago "While apples are not yet the principal products of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, those who are familiar with the unrivaled cli matic and soil and other conditions believe the time is near when the apple yields of the four states will be worth $100,000,000 a year and the cul ture of the king of fruit will be the chief industry." U. L. Moody, a member of the cham ber of commerce and other organlza tions in Spokane, Wash., said this in an address on "Apple Culture and Irri gation in the Northwest," at the first meeting of the Chicago Irrigation association at the La Salle hotel in Chicago the evening of July 28. Judge Charles F. Fishback was toastmaster. Mr. Moody added, among other things: "Federal and state engineers say in reports to their respective departments there are approximately 200,000,000 H. L. MOODY, The American Federation of Labor has endorsed the platform of Socialism at a meeting held In Chicago. A noted Japanese historian predicts war with America as absolutely cer tain. A pleasure yacht at Santa Cms, Cal., is mining with 20 young people on board. Government agents find evidence of wholesale liquor traflio with Indiana on Aellta reservation, Ex-President Zelays, of Nicaragua, is held to be an active supporter of the revolutionary movement. Senator Gore of Oklahoma, claims , he was offered $26,000 to $50,000, to put certain legislation through con gress. The Japanese expedition to the South Pole, which was to have started tills month, has been postioned for lack of funds. A Montana stage driver is under ar rest for horse stealing and his wife is drlving'ln his place, so at not to de Jay the mails. acres of undeveloped arable lands in the United States west of the 98th meridian, and men versed in agricul ture assert that under proper cultiva tion this area could be made to produce between 4,000,000,000 and 4,600,000, 000 bushels of wheat yearly, or other crops in proportion. The settlement of these lands would mean homes for not less than 20,000,000 population and a source of added food supply, and, as consequence, permanent prosperity. "The four Northwestern states con tain 253,894,760 acres. Less than 5 per cent of this land is occupied by farms and the total population is not more than 3,000,000, in an area of 897,700 square miles. More than 60, 000,000 acres of this land is adapted to irrigation. Planted to apples and properly watered the minimum crop at maturity would be a matter of 20,000, 000,000 bushels, or about 40 per cent of the total crop of the United States in 1909, when less than 23,000,000 bar rels of apples were1 harvested. "I mention these facts merely to show the possibilities of the country as proof that, as gold was the strong magnet which sent the first American across the continent to the California coast in 1849, so today the apple is at tracting thousands upon thousands more people from Eastern, Middle Western and Southern states to the preat orchard belts of the Northwest. "The apple is king throughout the vast Northwestern domain, and it is conceded by pomological experts that no district in America stands higher in fruit production. With increased transportation facilities and the steady influx of settlers, the early attempts in the valleys and uplands have become more pretentious and systematic. Irri gation plants have been established by private individuals and corporations, and the United States government is expending enormous sums in reclaim ing the volcanic wastes which are so wonderfully rich and fertile and so pe culiarly adapted to raising unblem ished fruits. Apples grown in Washington, Ore gon, Idaho and Montana are in demand in the Eastern and Middle Western states and In Europe and Australia, and the markets are being extended year by year. Experts in the East who have studied conditions in the North west frequently refer to these states as 'the world's fruit basket,' adding there has been established in a com paratively short time a domain where the first foot of soil, properly cultivat ed and irrigated, is worth more than all the mines from Alaska to Mexico and all the forests from the United States boundary to the Arctic sea." Italy Is After Charlton, New York Forter Charlton will not escape returning to Italy to answer for the confessed murder of his wife. Mary Scott Custlo Charlton, at Lake Como, without a legal battle. This was made plain by Gustav Dirosa, the Italian vice consul, who told Prosecutor Garvin in Jersey City, where Chart ton is in prison, that his government was "going to get Charlton. "He ahall not escape trial in Italy if we can help it." The vico consul Inquired whether the prosecutor Intended to have alienists examine Charlton. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE MUCH INSURANCE .WRITTEN. I NO SMUT IN ATHENA WHEAT HARVEY W. SCOTT IS DEAD. of Report Shows Pheromenal Growth I Umatilla Grain Yield Averages 35 to of Insurance Buainess. I ,60 Bushels to Acre Salem S. A. Kozer, insurance com- Athena Harvest in this vicinity Is missionler has completed his first com- progressing very rapidly, and with 60 prehensive report of all the insurance combines and 10 stationary outfits at companies doing busineesss in Oregon, work In the county, in two more weeks It is the annual report of the depart ment and covers the period between March 1, 1909, and when the office was created, to December 81, 1909. It shows a phenomenal increase of legiti mate insurance business in Oregon since the enactment of the law in 1909 creating the office of insurance com missioner. The report contains a statement of the total risks written, gross premiums received, premiums 'returned, losses paid and net premiums for taxation of all authorized companies and associa tions, both domestic and foreign, for the year ending December 81. It con tains a statement showing the aggro gate insurance business transacted within the state since 1896 and the amount of taxes and license fees. It also contains a synopsis of the general annual statements of all companies au thorized to transact business in this state. The total fire risks written last year In Oregon, according to this report, equaled $202,897,923, of which $177, 192.856 were written by stocic com Denies and $25,705,067 by mutual com Denies. There were during the period 82 stock fire insurance companies writincr risks in Oregon and 12 mutual companies. POWER DEAL ABOUT CLOSED the greater part of the grain will be In the sack. The yield here this year ranges from 85 to 60 bushels per acre. Some wheat is being hauled already into the various warehouses, and ac cording to B. B. Richards, local agent for the Puget Sound warehouse com pany, the wheat is testing from 60 to 62, and less smut in it than in any previous year. The best of wheat weather has pre' vailed in Umatilla county throughout this season. The combine seems to be the favorite reaper. Almost every farmer either has interest in a com bine or has one of his own. All the wheatgrowers say they find it saves 50 per cent over the header and thresher. WALNUT INDUSTRY. to J, L. Blaisdell Plans Improvements on Myrtle Creek Plant Mvrtle Creek Negotiations for the purchase of the electric light and pow- . . ... i i- nr.i er plant oi me rayrne wec Light & Milling company by J. L, Blaisdell. of Portland, have been al most comDleted. Electricity will be supplied to Myrtle Creek and Riddle. This is the beginning of the covering of the entire Umpqua valley with elec tric transmission lines. Special atten tion will be paid to the farmers if they wish power for pumping water for ir rigation. A 24-hour service will be naugurated. This plant will be a temporary one, and will be replaced by a transformer substation. All the small gasoline, steam and water power plants will be eliminated and replaced by transformer substations, which will be supplied by modern hydro-electric plant which will be located on one of the rivers in the county. The wires will be strung on high steel towers placed from five to 10 to a mile. The transmission will be 100,000 volts at the beginning and 150,000 volts when conditions demand. Steps have already been taken towards se curing a powers! te on one of the rivers. Mr. Blaisdell was at Riddle recently looking over the town. Secretary of McMinnville Club Make Long Journey. McMinnville The walnut Industry of Oregon is to be exploited by a ser ies of lectures illustrated by about 60 stereopticon photo slides, by Colonel J, C. Cooper, secretary of the McMinn ville Commercial club. Mr. Cooper will deliver his first illustrated lecture at Eugene, and later in the week will start East under the direction of the Southern Pacific advertising bureau, his first stop after leaving Oregon being at Cheyenne, Wyoming. He will be routed as far East as Washington, D. C, and will visit and lecture at as many of the government experimental stations as can be reached along the course of his travels, with a view to interesting Eastern people with the rapidly grow ing importance of walnut culture in this section of the state. Best Known Newspaper Man Northwest Has Passed Away. Baltimore Aug. 7.. Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Portland Oregon Ian, died at Johns Hopkins hospital shortly before 6 p. m. of heart .failure, 32 hours after a surgical operation for prostatectomy. He went off the operating table Sat urday morning in strong condition. This morning at 7 o'clock he began sinking and in spite of the best stimu lants known to medical science his heart grew steadily weaker until the end. He was conscious almost to the last and the end was painless. With him were his wife and one of his sons, Leslie Scott, who had accom panied him on his trip to this city for surgical relief. In Portland Mr. Sctot leaves two sons, John 11. and Ambrose it., and one daughter, Miss Judith. Mr. Scott "began failing nearly three monthn ago from an attack of sciatica. Early in June he went to Hot Lake, Eastern Oregon, but the baths there greatly debilitated him. At last con vinced that only surgery could relieve him, he started for Johns Hopkins hos pital, from Portland, one week ago last Thursday morning. The operation was pronounced en tirely successful and the surgeons and physicians were confident of recovery up to this morning, when an unexpect ed weakness of the heart ensued which the physicians were powerless to cope with. Mr. Scott was apparently as strong on arriving here last Monday as when leaving Portland four and one-half days before. The doctors here perceived his heart weakness, but thought he could go safely through the operation and its subsequent effects. At Mr, Scott's request the operation was per formed Saturday instead of Monday. MAYOR. GAYNOR IS ASSASSINATED Mortally Wounded . While Board Steamer. Was About to Sail for Europe Rest and Travel Assassin Arrested on Ship. on for RAPID MARKET FOR POULT RUSH TO RICHES RUINS. Cardinal of Secretary at Umatilla Project, Hermiston bdward u. t inney, sec retary to the secretary of the interior. was at Her mis ton one day this week. He looked over the Umatilla project and conferred with the settlers. The people wish to have the seepage ques tion taken up, also they want the gov ernment to give the city the 40 acres west of Hermiston, which is a butte, to be used for a reservoir site and also a cemetery. Mr. Finney seemed well pleased with the Umatilla project and states that he can see where we will soon have a fine country. Gibbons Sees History Rome Repeating. New York Cardinal Gibbons sat on the spacious veranda of a Long Island country house and, as he watched the automobiles flit down the read before him in one unending stream, moralized on the dangers of self-indulgence that have beset all republics. I think," he said, "we are closely approaching the age of extravagance and inordinate pleasure, offered by Rome just before her fall. The cry of today is for more and more riches. The rich man is greedy for more. It is the same with the well-to-do. It is the same everywhere. Truly, we have many generous among the rich, but I would wish more of them were considerate of the un fortunate. This great desire for riches is making people very selfish. Then there is a desire for inordi nate pleasures." An automobile whirled by in a cloud of dust. The cardinal pointed after it New York, Aug. 9. Mayor William J. Gaynor, of New York, was shot and probably fatally wounded on board the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse as he was sailing for Europe this morn ing. His assailant who, at the time was not identified, was arrested. Later the man . who shot the mayor gave his name as Jules James Gallegher of 440 Third avenue, New York City. The mayor was standing on the up per deck of the liner, well forward, talking with Commissioner Thompson, Corporation Counsel Watson and his secretary Mr. Adamson, when the shot was fired. William J. Gaynor was born in Whitestown, Oneida county, New York, in 1851, and received his educa tion in Whiteston and Boston. At the age of 22 he went to Brooklyn, where he engaged in newspaper work and took up the study of law, working on the Brooklyn and New York papers while studying. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and began practice. He was a noted writer on legal subjects and acquired a national reputation for his work in breaking up rings within the Democratic party and in securing the conviction of John Y. Kane for election frauds. He was elected Judge of the Supreme court and served from 1893 to 1909, when he was elected mayor of New York City. He twice declined the Democratic nomination for governor, also judge cf the Court of Appeals, and also the nomination for mayor of Brooklyn in 1896. He was one of the first to speak of favoritism in freight rates. SWARM TO SEE ROOSEEVLT. and continued : Yamhill Fair, List Out. "You see we have many more chan- McMinnYille Che prize list for the nels of pleasure than were known to forthcoming 'Yamhill County School the Patricians of Augustus Caesar's fair, to be held September 20 to 25, time: yet there is the desire for new as- California Gets Two Fairs. San Diego, Cal. California is ured of two expositions to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal in 1915. Voters of San Diego, at a mu nicipal election Aguust 9, decided to issue $1,000,000 in bonds for improve ment of the city park, already selected as the exposition site, and for the con struction of permanent buildings to constitute the nucleus of the fair. This is regarded as a ratification of the agreement reached by representatives of San Francisco and San Diego in con ference at Washington last May. Dsath Comn With Riches. Salmon City, Idaho Crushed to death by a fall of rock, the body of John Doyle was found by a party of irospectora northwest of this rlty. Doyle was working alone and the fall of rock show that he had just struck a rich lead of gold-copper ore. it is not known how long he had been lying dead among his newly dUcovered rich es, as it was by chance that his body was found. Doyle had been prospect Ing in this district for many years. Ask for Water Right. Redmond The Odin Falls Power company at the last meeting of the council, submitted an ordinance asking for a franchise to furnish the city with water, light and power. The company proposes to generate its power at Odin Falls, on the Deschutes river, and transmit the power and pipe the water to this city. The Crook County Water, Light & Power company of this city, has also asked for a franchise to put in water works, light and power. This company has a project at Cline Falls, four miles from the city, that they are developing. Big Planing Mill Ready. Klamath Falls The Savidge Broth ers Lumber company has its big plan ing mill almost completed. This will be in operation within ten days and will be one of the finest mills in the Northwest. This mill is being fitted with twin boilers and the Myers auto matic cutoff engine of 100 horse power. This machinery is all set and the at tachments are now being made to get it in running order. The planner is one of the latest and best in the city. It will handle lumber for any dimension up to 14 Inches thick and 30 wide. State Treasury Richer. Salem Oregon's state treasury will be made $709.87 richer because Charles Scheller died, leaving no heirs and no will. The state will also own a watch valued at $10, this being all the prop erty left in the estate after the pay ment of expenses. Suit to declare the money and watch escheated to the state was entered in the Circuit court by District Attorney Cameron against R. R. Northrup, administrator. Schel ler died on September 1, 1909. New Industry at Beaverton. Beavcrton The plant of the Beaver ton Clay Manufacturing company has begun operations. The erection of buildings and the placing of machinery has been in 'progress for several months. The manufacture of tile will begin about the middle of the month. A largo force will be employed and the new industry will mean much for Beaverton. has been published by the directors, and comprises liberal cash awards for all classes of agricultural and floral products exhibited by the children, as well as prizes for their mechanical skill, and culinary products and sewing and darning. Sharp competition is al so invited between the school districts for the best decorated booths. pleasures and more pleasure. I believe the gospel of Christ will save the present situation. There was no Christ you remember, to save Rome." CLEARWATER MASS OF FLAME. Blast Away "Troy Hill." Enterprise The "Troy hill," rising from the canyon in which Troy, of this county, is situated, is being blasted out to facilitate travel, the wagon road originally was one of the most difficult of travel in the county. The hill around which the road winds is 1,500 feet high. The road was about three miles in length up this incline, and so narrow in places that teams could not pass. PORTLAND MARKETS. Enterprise Fall Grain Heavy, Enterprise Although the spring wheat in Wallowa county is light, ow ing to the dry season, the fall gram. now being cut in many districts of the county, is good. The Paradise and Flora districts, north of here, it Is es timated that fall wheat will go from 40 to 60 bushels an acre. Forests Burn Nsar Grants Pass Grants Pass Forest fires have raged for several days in the mountains near Grants Pass but without any serious damage to rsonal property, although one or two ranchers would have lost their homes had not neighbors given timely aid. Wheat Blues tern, 96(ff 98c; club, 88(i90c; red Russian, 88c; valley, 92c; fortyfold, 92c; Turkey red, 92(.93c. Barley Feed and brewing, $24.50 per ton. Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $1819 per ton; East ern Oregon, $2022; alfalfa, new, $13 14. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton. Oats No. 1 white, $29((i 30 per ton, Green Fruits Apples, new, SOctffl $1.50 per box; apricots, 30c(j,$l; plums, 75c(rT$l; pears, $2.25; peaches, bDcsi.zo; DiacKDerries, $i.ou per crate; watermelons, 90c(i($1.25 per hundred; cantaloupes, $12.25 per crate. Vegetables Artichokes, 60($75c per dozen; beans, SQibc per pound; cab bage, 2l(ii)2kc; cauliflower, $1.50 per dozen; celery, 90c; corn, 26c; cucum bers, 60c per box; egg plant, 12,SiC per pound; green onions, 15c per dozen; peas, oc per pound; peppers, BOc per box; radishes, 16(C20c per dozen; to ma toes, 65c(n$l per box; carrots, $1($ 1.25 per sack; beets, $1.60; parsnips, $l(u 1.25; turnips, $1. Potatoes New, $1.15(il. 25 per hun dred; sweet potatoes, 6c per pound. Unions Walla Walla, S2.50 per sack; Oregon, $2(r2.25. Butter City creamery, solid pack, 34c per pound; buttor tat, 34c; coun try store, He. Eggs Oregon candled, 26'(f27,'c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 17c per pound; springs, 17c; ducks, 14(ii,16c; geese, lOotllc; turkeys, live, 18f20c; dressed, 22l(c;;26c; squabs, $3 per doz. Pork Fancy, 13c per pound. Veal Fancy, 12Sc per pound. Hops 1909 crop, Kil2c; olds, nom inal; 1910 contracts, 137i l3S,c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 13(al7c per pound; valley, 16(fl8c; mohair, choice, 32(u 33c. Cattle Beef steers, good to choice, $5.25((t6.75; fair to medium, $.25i 4.76; cows and heifers, good to choice, $4.25(1(4.65; fair to medium, $3.50(i4; bulls, $:tt,3.75; stags, $2.604.60; calves, light, $5.75(1(6.75; heavy, $3. 50(.i 6. Hogs Top, $10(410.25; fsir to mo dium, fS.C0ciy.75, Sheep Best wethers, $3.76(11 4.35; fair to good, $301,3.60; best ewes, $3d( 3.60; Units, choice,' $5.60ti6; fair, $4.75(45.25. Of Nine Big Forest Fires, But Four Are Under Control. ' Lewiston, Idaho. Major F. A. Fenn, supervisor of the Clearwater National forest reserve, gave oat a statement to the effect that at least 25,000 acres of valuable timber in the Clearwater reserve has been burned and the fires are not yet under control, He predicts heavy losses to the for ests unless rains prevail within the next few days. At the present time 200 men are fighting the fires, but in sections the fire is advancing at the rate of a mile an hour and little can be accomplished by back-firing. A call for more help has been made and additional fighters will be rushed into the mountains from Kooskia soon as they can be secured, ihe larger fires are on the tributaries of the Clearwater, and some of the best pine and cedar is being burned. One of the big fires is in the vicinity of Lolo Pass where a large area has been burned over. In all there are nine big fires and a large number of smaller one and not more than four of the fires are under control. Dedication of John Brown Battlefield Will Draw Thousands. Topeka, Kan. Visits to Kansas by Presidents Harrison, Roosevelt and Taft have brought together great crowds, but the coming of Colonel Roosevelt on August 81 to dedicate the John Brown battlefield at Ossawatomie will cause to assemble there the great est number of Kansas people ever con gregated within the borders of the state. Fully 50,000 will attend this cele bration, which is to be held on the bat tlefield where John Brown and his men fought for free Kansas. The tract of land, comprising 22 acres, has been purchased by the Women's Relief corps and deeded to the state for a memorial park. Ossawatomie, the early home of John Brown, is about 50 miles south and west of Kansas City, and about 15 miles from the Missouri state line. In the early history of the state the town was a mere trading post, but with the building of the Missouri Pacific rail road through it an era of prosperity came and with this the location of shops for the railroad company. Its population today is round 2,500. What the little town will do with the 50,000 people who will assemble there to greet Colonel Roosevelt on the morning of August 31 is a question not easily answered. Carlists Seek Pope's Aid. Rome The Carlist party in Spain and also adherents of the pretender who have emigrated or been expelled from Spain are urging the Vatican to take a definite stand upon the suggest ed rising of the Carlists during the present crisis. Appeals have been made to the Vatican to declare whether in case the Carlists organize a move ment to restore the traditional politi cal and religious institutions in their country, they would have the support of the Holy See and the Roman Cath olic clergy. Monster Ship Launched. London The armored cruiser Lion, the largest, fastest and most powerful In tho world, was launched at the dock yards at Devon port. The keel of the giant cruiser was laid November 29 last. Upon its 700 feet of deck the Lion will carry eight guns of 13)-inch caliber. The cruiser will have a dis placement of 26,35 tons and will be driven by turbine enginea of 70,000 horse power, giving her an expected speed of 28 knots. Baby Death Rats Grest. Des Moines, la. One-third of the babiea in Iowa under 1 year old have died this Summer, according to statis tics collected by G. 11. Summer, secre tary of the Iowa State board of health. Cholera infantum, infantile paralysis, poor milk and improper care are given as causes. Exposition Tax Opposed. Mansfield, La. The farmers' union of Louisiana appears to be opposed to the special Panama exposition tax as provided for in recent acts of the leg islature. The Desoto parish division of the farmers' union, in convention here, attended by leaders of the move ment from all over the state, went on record by almost an unanimous vote in opposition to the proposed tax. When the resolution was offered pledging members of the union to vote against the tax, a prolonged discussion ensued. after which the vote was taken. Meteor Falls; Jars City. Council Bluffs, la. Accompanied by a noise as loud as thunder, a large me teor fell in the neighborhood of Coun cu tsiuns shaking the city and causing intense excitement. Searching parties have attempted for some hours to locate the place where the meteor fell, but at a late hour had been able to do so. It is supposed to have fallen in the hills immediately back of the city. Hundreds of people heard the explos ion and felt the shock, but because the sun was shining at the time, very few saw it. Turkey Buys Old Warships. Berlin The ssle to Turkey of the old German battleships Weiasen burg and Kurfuerst Friedrich Wilhelm has been closed, the price being fixed at $4,600,000. Djavid Bey, the Turkish minister of finance, came to Berlin to make terms of payment Trainmen Ask 8-Hour Day. St, Louis The eight-hour day for freight conductors and trainmen and the mileage basis for passenger crews are the most important proposals that will be submitted to the Order of Rail way Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in the next ten days. The crews will seek the equiva lent of the 20 per cent increase in wages. The concessions thst will be requested will be in the form of im proved rules and conditions of work. Paris Has Lynching. Paris Paris 'witnessed a demons tration of lynch law in the heart of tho capital Sunday, August 7. A police man was about to arrest an apache in the Boulevard Sebastopol when the man fired at him with a revolver. The bullet wounded the policeman and killed a man passing on the street A crowd speedily gathered, seized the apache and hanged bim to a lamp post. Woman Hit by Ball Suss. Kansss City Alleging that a base ball batted foul struck her on the cheek and thus caused a permanent disfigure ment, Miss Hazel Wilson hss sued the owners of the local American Also cistion baseball team for $li0,000 dam ages. Miss Wilson says thst if the box in which she wss sitting had been properly screened the accident would not have happened. Quicker Bird Can Bs Brought to Mar ketable SIxe, Greater Profit and Fewer Losses. , i always push my young stock alont as rapidly aa possible until marketed or until brought to maturity, says I. writer In the Baltimore American This it pays to do, even when I must buy feed and at a high price. The quicker a bird can be brought to man ketable size or to the productive stags the greater the profit, to aay nothing of quicker returns and ahortened rlslo Rapid growth Is always cheapest amf quick returns most satisfactory. There are always fewer losses In a flock kept growing vigorously than In one aV lowed to drag, and a shorter period In which chicks are a possible prey to hawks, rats and other enemies. My young stock Is never stinted. After It Is removed from the brooder I continue to feed regularly . and as generously as before. Feed for a con siderable time consists largely of; coarsely ground grains or fresh, sweet milk For this I like corn and wheat principally at first. Later I add other grains, often omitting the wheat or feeding it whole by Itself. Rye, al though chicks will not eat It whole,. Is excellent cracked with other grains. Barley, also peas In small quantities. Is good. As chicks become larger whole grains are gradually substituted for cracked. Rye. if fed whole, h cooked. In this shape chicks are greedy for It, and It furnishes excel lent food. All summer I like to feed a little soft food now and then, either ground feed, shorts or bran, wet with milk or warm water. Grit I keep oon Itantly before my flock, also pure-Water. GREAT VALUE OF DAIRY SIRE Important That Calf Should Have Good Parentage on Both Sides Pure Breed Are Costly. (By R. B. Roe.) Raising the heifer, calves of good., high-producing cows, Is a great funda mental requisite for the best and easiest Improvement of a dairy herd. But those calves will take their qualities from both parents, and it is equally Important that each calf should have good parentage on the male side. But an Inspection of many dairy herds will show that compara tively little attention Is paid to t he quality of the sire. I have too often seen herd a In which the heifer calves were raised for future cows, but in which the bulls used were miserable little scrubs, and weaklings, obtained by simply saving a grade calf from the herd. And of many other sires, fairly good as Individuals, nothing Is known of the actual milk production of their female ancestors. There are as I view it two princi ple reasons for this. One Is that un der the custom of selling the calves for veal It does not make much dif ference about their breeding. But as this custom must be changed by suc cessful dairymen and the best heifer calves raised for cows. It becomes nec essary to provide good sires. But another great reason Is that the pure-bred sire costs mofe money. Underlying both these is the funda mental reason that many dairymen do not yet realise the wonderful Im provement that can be wrought by a good head of the herd. Good Fly Remedy. The following Is recommended as a good home-made fly remedy: Resin. 1V4 pounds; laundry soap, two cakes; fish oil, half pint; enough water to make three gallons. Dissolve the resin In a solution of soap and water by heating, add the fish oil and the rest of the water. Apply with a brush. If to be used as a spray, add a half pint of kerosene. This mixture will cost seven to eight cents per gallon and may be used on cows or calves. One-hrlf pint of this mixture Is con sidered enough for one application for a cow; a calf, of course, would re quire considerably less. Two or three applications a week will be sufficient until the outer ends of the hair be come coated with resin. After that, retouch those parts where resin has rubbed off. 8pray Your Trees. Bprsy your trees, fruit or no fruit. It will take grit, grace and greenbacks to spray a fruit tree without the fruit In sight It's the next crop or crops that should Interest you now. Be hopeful, be faithful, be timely, If you wish to be a successful orchardlst The apple crop will be a abort one In 1910 and not so evenly distributed as In 1909. Look for optimistic, re ports from the fellows who have axes to grind. Bull Thistles. Bull thistles, common In pastures. cannot always be killed by mowing. Mowing tends to prevent maturity of seed. Cutting off the thistles Just below the surface of the ground, two or three times a year, will effectually eradicate them. Feather Eating. Lice sometimes cause feather eat ing. The hen In attempting to ease herself of the annoyance caused by the Irritating presence of the lice, picks at the base of the feathers, occasionally pulls one out, and finding It succulent, continues till she becomes a confirmed feather cater. What 8hs Wanted. My wife," sighed the weak- mouthed, give-up-all hope-looking man. was not satisfied with having the minister omit the 'obey clause when we were married." "What more did she wantr queried the Individual with the In-curve nose. "She wanted the clause Inserted In my response, murmured the other peeker, In a tone that proved' his wife bad not been disappointed. Natural Deduction, Jack Miss DePlayne evidently baa fins ssnss of humor. Tom Why do you think sot Jsck I caught her In the act of railing at herself In a mirror Uda morning. ,