DENATURED ALCOHOL.
Id ah o E x p e rim e n t S tatio n Tails About
M a n u fa c tu re and U se.
GRAF r O L D
O lu iitd
TREES.
O rc h a rd s In V a lls y A re to
B e L a id L o w .
Corvallis— A movement
la being
launched here for a gn>at campaign for
the i«novation of <>l«j orchard« in the
W illam ette valley and other paitu of
Oregon. I’ reai«l«iit N ew ell, of the «tale
hoard of horticulture, Mr. I/jwimdale,
M i. Keid, and a large numtrer of the
fru it inepector« of the varioua countiea
are on the «round and are identifier]
with the plan. 'Ihe tirat «tin in the
«ampaign waa fired by M. O. (.ownedale
in an addr«SH krefore the fla ilin g hortl-
oultnriata and other winter ahort course
«Indent« In college chapel.
The ad-
dre«N met with a hearty Indorsement,
and aroused much entiiuakaam.
The
Agricultural college authorities w ill
join in the plan, and in an educational
way and otherwise co <>|>erate to the ut
most eiten t in furthering the move
ment.
It ia «aid that w itiiin three to five
yeart a complete new orchard can be
made out of the old one, and a profit of
$6 to $10 per tree ire realised.
Tills
was the ane«rtlon of Mr. Lownadale in
his addre«a. He nays he ha« accom
plished this rem it witli old trees on hia
farm, and that it can I*» done by any
farmer who can do grafting or have it
done.
The thing to do, say* Mr. I.ownsdale,
ia to out down the old trees. The boat
plan ia to cul them chaw to the ground,
leaving the r.<ota Intact.
This should
be done by the 1st of March. The next
season, from tiie 10th to the 16th of
Msy, such varieties aa sre beet for the
clim ate end for commercial purpose«
should be grafted on tiie three or four
heat sprouts
This is the easiest arid
moat certain plan. Two feet of the old
trunk may 1« left and the graft applied
to It the first year, and a year of time
In reproducing the orchard is gained,
but tiiia requires an expert at grafting
in order to lie successful. By either
plan the tieee w ill tie in good liearing
in from three to five yean, anil a reve
nue of
to $10 each lie realised.
M A K E W ARFARE O N
SCALE.
M a rlo n C ounty F ru itm e n L e a rn in g to
F ig h t D rs a d P a s t.
Salem— The must practical, interest
ing and instructive discussion of Han
Jose scale ever given in Mariou county
wsa heard ¡here last week when Coun
ty Pruit Inspector K. C. Armstrong ad
dressed the meeting of the Marion
<V>unty Horticultural society. About
200 growers of Marion and Polk coun
ties were present, and it was tiie unan
imoua opinion that if sim ilar talks and
demonstrations were given in every
part of the W illam ette valley this win
ter, it would lie but a short tim e until
the great enemy of the frnit industry
would be under oontrol. That a very
large number of growers do not know
scale when they aee it, and therefore
are in a very poor position to fight it,
waa evident. Mr. Armstrong made hia
address so plain and illustrate«! It ao
fully that no one who was present w ill
ever have trouble in distinguishing this
pest.
DALLAS A FTE R A C A N N ER Y.
F ru itm e n
Believe 1 hey W ill
M a r k e t fo r C r o p .
H ave a
Dallas— A com m itt«« appoint*! at ^he
meeting of th « Horticultural aoclety
lest week for the purpoee of aecuring
the «»-operation of the fruit reisers of
this vicinity in the establishing of a
cannery at Dallas, ia hard at work.
W ith the exception of the berry crop,
sufficient fruit is raised prithln a radius
of five m ile« around Dallas to easily
support a cannery, and it is believed
that the eeiabllshment of that industry
in thia city w ill result in the planting
of enough of the amall fruit« to keep
ttie cannery in 0 |>eration during the en
tire season each year.
A company w ill lie fo rm «] end the
farmers, fruitgrowers end business men
w ill lie eolicite«] to take stock in it.
Heretoforre the fruit crops of thia vicin
ity weie shipped to the car me rice In
Halem and Newberg.
M an y C o u n tie s R e p re s en ted .
University of Oregon, Eugene— The
following table, taken from the records
cf the register's office, shows that the
stmlente of the University of Oregon
ooine from every county in the state,
'h ere are now in attendance in the de
partments at Eugene, exclusive of mu
sic, 400 students, which is the largset
bo«ly of student« of col lege rank enrolled
In any institution in Oregon.
That
they are not from the hemes of the rich
is shown by the fact that nearly 70 per
cent of them ere either wholly or par
tially earning their own way.
Moat of
them sre registered from the smaller
cities of the state that support good
high schools. The following countiea
sre represented:
Baker, Clackamas,
Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Doug
las, G illiam , Grant, Jackson, Joseph
ine, Klam ath, Lane, Linn, Marion,
Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillam ook,
Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington,
Wliashington, Wheeler, Yam hill.
C o w E a rn s H e r F e e d .
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis— A five-year-old Holstein at the
college dairy made a milk yield of 13,-
744 pouuda for the year ending Decem
ber 31. The protluct carried a butter
fat record of 448.56 pounds, and yield-
e«l 620.07 pounds of butter, that at
prices current during the year brought
9170. Hhe was not pushed in tiie feed
ing, but given the ordinary rations in
cident to any well-kept dairy.
Her
food for tiie year coat $40, leaving a
net profit of $130.
Big M ilto n R anch 8 o ld .
Milton— For the price of $28 562.60
Henry L . Frasier, of Milton, lias sold
his ranch near this place to W illia m
11. Harder, and the deal represents one
of the biggest individual transactions
made in this section of the country for
many months. The F'raxier ranch is
located just southwest of M ilton, ami
contains 246 acres of wheat land. This
sale also included the Franxier resi
dence in Milton.
PORTLAND M A R K ET8.
Butter-rFancry creamery, 32!^@35c
per pound.
Veal— 75 to 125 ponnds, 9c; 125 to
C o rra *p o n d e n c e C o ir a e t A rra n g e d
The December number of the U niver 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 5 0
s ity of Oregon Bulletin, a copy of which « > * o .
Poultry— Average old hens, 14016c
lias just been receive«!, givee a full tie-
« ’ Option ol the eorrespomience courses per pound; m ixet chickens, 14c; spring
that are now being offered bv the uni chickens, 14c; roosters, 8@10c; dress-
versity. The courses are arranged es- e«l chickens, 14c; turkeys, live, 16017c;
l«e« ially for teachers, students preparing dressed, choice, 18020c; geese, live, 9
for college or
university, women's 0 1 0 c ; «looks, 15c; pigeons, $101.50;
«lu bs, teachers’ groups, granges, borne squabs, $203.
F^ggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 3 0 0
makers. The university intemit to add
additional courses in Kconomlca, P o liti 32 V ’ per d msen.
Pork— Block, 76(3160 pounds, 6 ^ @
cal Science, History, English Litera
ture, Mechanical Drawing, C ivil Eng 7 H d packers, 6)*@ 7Jyc.
Wheat— Club, 84c; blnestem, 86c;
ineering, Education and others aa its
resources permit. The correspondence valley, 84c; red, 82c.
Oats— No. 1 white, $27.50@28; gray,
work has met with a hearty reception
in all parts of the state.
More than 927.60 0 28.
Barley— Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
two hundred students enrolled for the
vnrious courses during the past month. $32; rolled, $30.
Corn— Whole, $32; cracked, $33.
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1. 918 per
B eets D o W a ll In K la m a th .
ton;
Fiantern Oregon timothy, $21 ($22;
Klamath Falls— That Klamath basin
is to become one of the leading sugar clover. $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $16
@16; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14.
beet districts of the country is evidenc
F'rnlts— Apples, 75c0$2 per box;
ed by the results of analysis of sugar
beets just received from C. O. Town peaches, 75c@92 per «'rate; pears, $1.26
send, pathologist In charge of sngar @1.75 per box; cranberries, 90.50012
per barrel.
beet Investigations of the Department
Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack;
o f Agriculture at Washington.
The
sample sent whs of three beets grown carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
on a test patch of a quarter acre of land sack; beans, 15c per pound; cabbage,
a mile from Klamath Falls, or which lc per pound; cauliflower, 76c@$l per
was produced 8,386 pounds of beets, or dozen; celery, $3.2603 50 perorate;
onions, 16020c per doxen; parsley,
nearly 17 tons per acre.
20o per dexen; peaa, 10c per pound;
peppera, 8017c per pound; pumpkins,
Laying O u t R eclam atio n W o r k .
per pound; radishes, 20c per
Klamath Falls— The reclamation ser doxen; spinach. 6c per pound; sprouts,
vice has several surveying parties lay 8010c per pound; squash, l @ l ^ c per
ing out next year's work on the K la pound; tomatoes, $2 per box.
math project. One party is now en
Onions— $1.6001.75 per hnndred.
gage«! on tl,e 8econ‘J unit in the Olene
Potatoes— 4O06Oo per hnndred, de
district, while Engineer Hargent has a livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $2.75
force on the extenaion of the Keno 0 3 per hnndred.
canael, paralleling the Klamath river,
Hops— 1907, prime and choice, 5 0
sonth.
7
per pound; olds, 102o per pound.
W ool— Flastern Oregon, average best,
F ulto n Files Mis P e titio n .
13020c per pound, according to shrink
Helem— C. W . Fulton has filed a age; valley, 18020c, according to fine
copy of hia petition for Republican ness; mohair, ohoios, 29030c per
no nination for United 8tatee senator.
pound.
Conditions Aflerting the Pnylnction
of Industrial Alcohol in the Northwest,
is tiie title of a bulletin recently issued
by tiie department of chemistry of
the Idaho state experiment station.
The purpoee of the bulletin is, as the
author states, to bring to the attention
of farmers and others Interested in the
subject, the general principles underly
ing the processes used in the manufac-
ture and denaturing of alcohol. The
opinion la expressed that people in
this part of the country w ill receive but
little benefit from the passage cf tbe
“ Denatured Alcohol A ct” unless they
see to it that this aloonol ia made at
horns from home grown product*. Bev-
eral crops aie mentioned as being the
ones to which people io the Northwest
w ill have to look aa the moat promis
ing in alcohol manufacture, the most
prominent being potatoes and sugar
beets. It ia not probable that individ
ual farm distilleries w ill ever tie put
Into operation. The idea is advanced
of a community still, or a atill owned
and operate«l by a stock company, in
which the chief owners of the stock
shall be the producers of the raw ma
terial. Figures are given illustrating
the relative efficiency of alcohol when
compared to kerosene as a source of
light.
It w ill require some tim e to get peo
ple acquainte<i w ith the uses to which
denatured alcbohoi may be put, but it
ia confidently believed that there is a
great future for this product right here
in the Northwest.
" D R Y IN G O F F ” T H E M IL K E R .
U s e fu l
H in ts O n H an d lin g o f C o w s
B « fo re C alvin g .
In answer to a question how to “ dry
o f!” the m ilkirgeow , Prof. J. H. Frand-
i*on, of Idaho experlmeat station, gave
the follow ing auggestioris:
The trouble with many dairymen ia
that in drying up cows they are afraid
to stop m ilking aa long aa the cow
shows any tendency of giving m ilk.
In many they do uot realise that to con
tinue m ilking through the entire year
ia an exceedingly bad policy.
In ordi
nary cases it ia desirable that the cows
should tie dry from a month to six
weeks. The object lieing to increase
the supply of nourishment for the
growing foetus aa well aj enabling the
cow to improve her physical condition
tiefore the time of calving. When it ie
thought best to hasten “ laying o ff,”
start by not m ilking the cow clean.
This w ill generally decrease the amount
to a point where it is safe to skip every
other m ilking.
In about a week tbe
milk w ill generally be re«luce<] to eoch
proportions aa to justify m ilking only
every other «lay. Generally soon after
this It w ill be «afe to discontinue m ilk
ing altogether.
The "d ry in g o f l " ia moat easily ac
complished when cows are fed on dry
feeds as much as possible.
There are a few persistent milkers
which can be done more harm by a
forced "d ry in g o ff” than to let them
m ilk up to calving, but such cows are
decidedly few in numbers.
P ublications fo r F a rm e rs .
The following publications of interest
to farmers and others have been issued
by the Agricultural department of the
Federal government and w ill be fur
nished free, so long aa they are avail
able, except where otherwise noted,
upon application to the Superintendent
of Document«, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D. C.:
Farmer’ Bullein No. 158.— How to
Build Small Irrigation Ditches. By C.
T. Johnston anti J. D. Stannard, assist
ants in Irrigiation investigations, office
of experiment stations. Pp. 28. figs. 9.
This is a reprint of an article in the
Yearbook of the department of agricul
ture for 1900, entitled “ Practical Ir ri
gation,” giving methods for laying out
and building small irrigating ditches,
using only such implements as are
found on most farms or can easily be
made by the farmer.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 187.— Drain
age of F'arm Lands. By C. G. E lliott,
drainage expert, irrigation investiga
tions, office of experiment stations.
Pp. 40, figs. 19. Flxplains the effe«'ts
and advantages of drainage and de
scribes implements and methods suited
to a variety of conditions in humid and
irrigate«! regions.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 263.— Practi
cal Information for Beginners in Irri
gut ion. By 8. Fortier. Pp. 40, figs.
25. This givee suggestions as to the se
lection of an irrigate«! farm, the ac
quirement of a water right, the prepar
ation of land for irrigation, the con
struction of farm ditches, and the ap
plication of water to crops.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 270.— Modern
Convenience for the Farm Home. By
F'lmlna T . W ilson.
Pp. 48, figs. 27.
This discusses heating, water supply,
and sewage disposal for farm homes,
and the arrangement of houses and
grounds.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 277.— The Use
of Alcohol and Gasoline in Farm F]n-
ginee.
By C. E. Locke and 8. M.
Woodwad. Pp. 40, figs. 12. This gives
the general reautls of experiments in
the use of alcohol in the ordinary in
ternal combustion engines on the Am er
ican market, with some disoussion of
foreign experiments.
DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
M o r d a y , Jan u ary 13.
Washington, Jin . 13.— The r cent
issue of bonds by the secretary of the
treasury for ths purpose of relieving
the financial stiingerxy was the subject
of an animate«! debate in the senate to
day. The diacuaau n was precipitated
by an inquiry by Culberson and was
participated in by Aldrich, Tillm an
and Bailey.
It resulted in an agree
ment to postpone further controversy
until a statement can he received from
Becretsty Cortelyou, which
Aldrich
promised to present on Thursday.
W hile the subject waa under discus
sion, Tillm a n ’s resolution directing the
finance committee to inquire into the
operations of tbe Treasury department
was referred, with hia consent, to that
committee.
Tbe senate passe«] Tillm an’s resolu
tion calling on the Interstate Com
merce commission for information con
cerning purchases by railroad compan
ies of stocks of competing roads.
The unfinished businea« in tbe form
of the bill to codify tbe criminal laws
of tbe United States was placed before
the senate and tbe reading of the bill
was begun.
Washington, Jan. l.T.— Vigorous de
fense of state’s rights in dealing with
violations of civil rights or with special
state elections, where troops have been
called into service, served to enliven
the debate in the bouse of representa
tives today in connection with the con
sideration of the bill tocodify the penal
laws of the United Btates.
A number
of Democrats, mostly from tbe Southern
states, strenuously sought, by amend
ment, to reserve to tbe states them
selves discretion as to the qualifictions
of voters or of persons to serve on juries,
and to lim it tbe powers of F'ederal
judges in certain cases, but every at
tempt failed. Republicans presented a
eolid front, and tbe votes were a ll on
party lines.
tbe measure, together with his reason
for its adoption.
Senator Clay today introdneed a bill
authorizing the secretxry of the treas
ury to issue 9300.000,000 of non-inter
est liearing United States notes in cir
culation, In such form as he may deem
expedient.
Senator Bulkley today Introduced a
bill providlny for emergency currency
issued by hanks in amounts equal to
the par value of bonds to be deposited
with the treasurer of tbe United States.
It provides that United States bonds,
Panama oanal bonds, bonds of any
state , connty or municipality of not
less than 50,000 population, may be
accepted for each purposes.
Senator Lodge today introduced a
joint resolution reducing China's in
demnity bond, Incurred as a result of
the Boxer trouble of 1900, from $245,-
440,778 to $11,655,492, with interest
at 4 per cent, payment of the amount
being remitted as an act of friendship
to China.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, today
introduced a joint resolution providing
that no person shall be eligib le to be
elected president of tbe United States
ior more than two terms in succession.
Senator Piles today secured the pas
sage through the senate of his bill ap
propriating $30,000 for the erection of
a lighthouse at the entrance of B elling
ham Bay.
Washington, Jan. 9.— I»ecided dif-
erences of opinion as to the way of in
jecting elasticity into tbe national cur
rency and of increasing the safety of
bank deposits have arisen among tbe
members cf the committee on banking
and currency, of which Fowler, of New
Jersey is chairman. Some of the R e
publican members as w ell aa Demo
crats, are not in entire sympathy with
tbe plan of Fowler aa embodied in the
bill introduced by him yesterday con
templating the immediate and com
plete retirement of a il national bank
S a tu rd ay, Jan uary It
bond-secured currency and it« replace
Washington, Jan. 11.— A vigorous ment by a guaranteed credit currency
fight was waged in the house of repre based upon general assets of t h » banka.
sentatives today over the bill to codify
and revise the penal laws of the United
W ed nesd ay, Jan u ary 8 .
Btates with particular reference to sec
tion 19, affecting conspiracies against
Washington, Jan. 8.— In the pret
the civil rights of citixens.
Smith, o ence of the entire house, W illiam s, of
Missouri, and Hughes, of New Jersey, Mississippi, and De Armond, of Mis
ofiered amendments having for their souri, whose physical encounter on the
object the exemption of labor unions floor just before the Christmas adjourn
from the operation of the section when ment attracted general attention, today
ever such unions declare strikes or boy engaged in an exchange of amenities
cotts
A motion to strike out the which was generally accepted as a pub
whole section was made by Bartlett. of lie announcement of their respective
Georgia.
The brunt of the debate was intentions not to perm it their personal
borne l>y Sherley, of Kentucky, a mem differences to interfere with the cour
ber of the committee on revision, but teous discharge of their public dutiee.
he was supported by a number of Re
Tbe incident occurred in connection
publicans.
with an effort by Dalxeli, of the com
Tbe amendments were all lost, as mittee on rolee, to get the house to
was one by De Armond to strike out agree to a role giving right-of-way to
section 20, because it conferred on Fed the b ill au th orin g the codification and
eral courts in punishing felonies and amendment of tbe penal laws of the
misdemeanors committed under section United States and lim iting general de
19 tbe authority given to the courts oi bate to four hours. Several Democratic
the state in which the acts are comnllt- members expressed the opinion that
ted.
the rule WM ft scheme to sidetrack
F rid ay, Jan uary 10.
Washington, Jan. 10.— The house of
representatives today resumed its activ
ity, and for over five hours transacted
business of a public nature. Material
progress was made with the bill to
codify, revise and amend the criminal
laws of the United Btates, which was
taken tip after some routine bills had
been dispose«! of.
The feature of the session wts a brief
adiirees by Burleson, of Texas, who
cre«lited Senator Foraker and other Re
publicans with having charged the
president with the responsibility for
tbe recent financial panic.
The house adjourned at 5:12 p. m.
until tomorrow, after an effort had
been made by the Democrats for con
sideration of the code b ill.
The house of representatives took on
its old-time form when Jones, of Wash
ington, called up the b ill authorising
the Benton Water oompany to construct
a dam across Snake river at Five-m ile
rapids, Wash.
The bill elicited a
sharp dehate and members crowded
into the center aisle anxious to be
heard. The bill wan finally passed.
Washington, Jan. 10.— The senate
committee on territories today passed
favorably upon the nomination of
George Curry to lie g«*vernor of New
Mexioc; Nathan Jaffa to be secretary of
New Mexico, and John H. Page to be
secreary of Arixona.
The committee on Pacific islands and
Porto Rico voted to recommend the con
firmation of Regis H . Post, of New
York, to be governor of Porto Rico;
W illia m F. W illoughby, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to be secretary of
Porto Rico, and Edward Dextecr, of
Illinois, to be commissioner of educa
tion of Porto Rico.
T h u rs d a y , J a n u a ry 8 .
Washington, Jan. 9.— The introduc
tion by Senator Hale, chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, today of
his naval personnel bill proved the oc
casion for a general discussion of naval
affairs and re«'ent occurences in connec
tion with that branch of tbe publio ter-
vice. The Maine senator entered npon
a full explanation of the provisions of
other legislation.
M » 11» howeTer’
refuted this.
The rule was passed by an Over
whelming m ajority, deepite efforts of
DeArmond and seven adherents to se
cure the yeas and nays, aDd the house
at ouce pr«x*eeded to tbe consideration
and reading of the bill. A t the con
clusion of the reading, which consumed
two hours, the bill was laid aside and
the house again took up the resolution
distributing the president’s message to
the several committees, in order to
permit Gaines, of Tennessee, to address
the house in favor of an appropriation
for the Hermitage, the home of Gene
ral Andiew Jackson, near Nashville,
Tenn.
T u esd ay, Jan u ary 7 .
Washington, Jan. 7.— Senator Aid-
rich today introduced his currency b ill,
which has been a subject for some
days. He had the b ill read to the sen
ate and announced that the committee
would be glad to consider with it all
bills that senators might desire to in
troduce. He assured Culberson that
his resolution would receive attention.
A t 1:40 the senate adjourned until
next Thursday to permit more work by
committees.
The preeident today sent in the nom
ination of Christian Scbuebel to be dis
trict attorney for Oregon. H is sole en
dorser was Senator Bourne, the other
three members of the Oregon delegation
supporting George G. Bingham, of
Salem.
There tuay be a tight over
Schuebel's confirmation.
Washington, Jan. 7.— The resolution
referring the president's message to the
several committees furnished the occa
sion in the house of repreeentativee to
day for a number of addreeses, mostly
by members on the I>emocratic side.
These covered a variety of subjects, but
those that attracted special attention
were by Sheppard, of Texas, and W il-
let of New York.
The former not only made a plea for
the restoration of the legen«! “ In God
We Trust” on American ooins, but dis
cussed the cruise of the American bat
tleship fleet and referred to a possible
conflict with Japan.