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8 $he MOKNika QBEGOirrAy, .fUESfiisr, 9tjr3l."T9d&.: EIVE WORM STORIES AKBvJfOT A GOOD DAT FOR "WORMS, EITHER. Stranre Pest That Is Destroying Teg etatlon In the Willamette Vai - leyUse Parjfl. Green. A worm unknown to those who have seen it "has been devastating vegetable gardens at University Park the past week. W. S. Robinson, a gardener, who lives near the station, brought to The Ofegonian office yesterday a jar contain ing U6 of these worms, which he took from one hill of potatoes. They vary in length from one to twa inches, are grayish-brown, and much darker than cut worms. They attack all vegetables, but are particularly destructive on potatoes and beets, first eating the tops clean and then attacking and entirely consuming the underground portion. Clover attracts them and they eat every leaf, ignoring the stem. Their number must be legion, as they destroyed completely a four-acre patch of potatoes belonging to Charles Regler, on the Ramsey place, Columbia Slough, leaving the place as bare as Sixth street. These worms were first noticed about 10 days ago. It seems that they exist in larger numbers in Tegetable gardens ad jacent to clover fields, which leads to the inference that the eggs from which they developed were deposited in clover. In their habits, tbey differ from the cut worm, inasmuch as they work above as well as underground. It would seem that the warm weather of the past week has stimulated their growth and their appetite. Mr. Robinson tried the experiment of spraying, using a solution of carbolic acid, coaltar and kerosene on four rows of beets, with the result that the worms abandoned the tops and went to the roots. They bored Into the beet, ensconced them selves within and ate the fiber until all was consumed. Neither Mr. Robinson, who is a veteran gardener, nor any of his neighbors, heard of or saw this worm before it made its appearance this month. He would like information regarding the pest, and means of destroying it. To this end he will send specimens to the State Agricultural College. Meantime if any reader of The Oregonian can throw light on the subject, he may use the columns of this paper for the purpose. Last evening F. L. Kneeland brought in about a dozen worms similar to those above described, which had eaten the foliage off a patch of potatoes In the back yard of the Portland Make & Repair Company, at 2S6 First street. There were only three hills of potatoes, and the worms brought up were all that could be found, but Mr. Kneeland had not looked underground to see whether there were any more attending to the tubers. From this it is evident that there are worms enough to "go 'round," and that they are impartial and painstaking, serving rich and poor alike, consuming the po tatoes on the farmer's acres, and the three lone hills of the city dweller. The prevalence of these pestiferous worms recalls an anecdote In connection with the British sparrow, which, it is said, was introduced Into this country to de stroy the worms which were damaging shade trees In some Eastern city. They proved t be about as much of a nuisance as the worms, and this subject, coming up for discussion where a young man was calling on his girl, she asked him which fie considered the worst, the worms or the sparrows. Ho replied that he did not know, as he had never been troubled with worms. Specimens Need. Not Be Sent. Farmers and others who discover Insect pests in their "truck patches" and wish to make the fact known through the col umns of The Oregonian are notified that hereafter specimens of the worms neea not be sent in. The Oregonian has dead loads of the pests of all kinds in bottles and jars of nil sizes, and has no use for any more. Hereafter a description of the pest Is all that will be necessary, but if some new variety of bug or worm is discovered a diagram or drawing thereof may accompany the description. There was once a "Diet of Worms" In Europe, but there Is nothing of that kind in this country, and the worms sent in are of "no use to nobody." BAD, BAD CUTWORMS. H. E. Dosch Receive Evidences of Their Guilt. A lot of green apples that looked as though children had bitten into them and then thrown them away ornamented the desk of H. E. Dosch, secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, yesterday. They had been brought In from the Endwlrt orchard, on Columbia Slough, to show Mr. Dosch what those rascally cut worms are capable of doing. One of the caterpillars was brought along as a sam ple, still clinging to the sides of the cavity he had excavated in the apple, though it was evident he was not feeling entirely at ease on becoming the subject of conversation In a city office. Mr. Dosch has pronounced him a common "cabbage looper," and says a simple dose of P2rft 'green will straighten him out beyond possibility of further damage. This cutworm has not yet learned to climb trees, and so patiently waits for the apps to drop on the ground before h$ proceeds to make a meal of them. He can travel over a grapevine with ease, however, as a bunch of disemboweled grapes bears evidence. Even fern he does not refuse, and a large twig of this, from which all the leaves were eaten, accom panied the other evidences of his guilt. "If ho would eat only fern," Mr. Dosch said, "we would like to propagate his species, but he seems to be death on everything else." This cutworm Is about an Inch long, of dark gray color, and In shape is the ex act counterpart of the common cater pillar, who has been a silent partner of cabbage-growers for generations past, t is supposed that he has become imbued with the prevailing idea of expansion, and is now going forth to conquer the entire vegetable kingdom. In this, however, he s likely to overreach himself, and get left, after finding that he should have let well enough alone. Mr. Dosch thinks the wholesale slaugh ter of birds is largely responsible for the Chinese-like fecundity lately displayed by this worm. "Our people have been killing off the robins and other small birds Just for fun," he said, "and now we are overrun with bugs, worms, moths and Insects. In the stomach of a single robin as many as 80 cutworms have been found, and yet this useful and beautiful bird has been well-nl?h exterminated by thoughtless hunters. It is time laws were enacted and enforced, to protect the Insect-destroyers, as we are likely to lose qur crops any year through our thought lessness." Cntvrorm nt MllrraulEle. The cutworm is doing much damage in truck gardens and on farms near MU waukle. The pest seems most numerous along the edges of newly mown hay fields. The same pest was nearly as numerous here about 10 or 12 years ago. The worm Is of a gray or greenish color, and here and there one is found which is very dark brown. It ranges in size from as large as an oat up to the size of a lead pencil two inches long. It Is believed that their large numbers is accounted for by the mild Winter, which did not destroy the eggs. They were first noticed about n week ago. Many potato fields have been attacked by them and the vines destroyed, although as yet they have not molested the tubers underground. Tomatoes, small fruits of all kinds, and even the trees themselves have been attacked. In fact, the worms seem to bo willing to -attack and destroy anything that is green. MARCHING UC BATTALIONS. 'Worms in Washinsrton County Feed on Weeds as Well as Clover. CORNELIUS. Or., July IB. (To the Edi tor.) I wish to ask, through the columns of your paper, what kind of worm has, for the first time, appeared in our vicin ity in great numbers. Last year I heard a man speaking about planting cabbage and turnips early in his beaver-dam, and having all vegetables eaten, off by some pest Ho replanted later, and saved them all right. This year I noticed these worms about the last of June on my second crop of clover, having started in one corner of a 12-acre field, and in a week's time spread all over it. The clover was about six inches h.lsh, and they ate it to the ground. After this clover had been eaten, bare, they marched over to an adjacent field of potatoes, where they did considerable damage by eating off all the tops. Now they do not seem to be doing any more damage, but are still lying underneath the potato stalks on the ground, I think to find shade or a cool place. At midday it seems to be their habit to hunt for a cool spot, and often, when we were hauling hay, we would find the ground under the hay cocks covered with them. They marched over to a field adjoining, which was sown to buckwheat, and this they swept clean as far as they went and in. a short time, too. Passing from the potato patch to the buckwheat field, they -crossed a lane, and in the evening one could not walk along it without stepping on them. The ground seemed to be fairly alive yrlth them. While in the lane they would eat dog fennel, this tles, or anything that came before them. They would also take side expeditions into the garden, and feast on peas, cab bage, onions -and green corn. They con sume any foliage with which they come in contact. In appearance these caterpillars, worms, or army worms, as some people call them, have the shape of an, ordinary caterpillar, with a yellow and grenlsh color,' and are about the thickness of a slate pencil. The largest ones are about VA Inches long. The small ones are about the thickness of a knlttlng-nedle, and long in proportion. They are taking this whole vicinity, excepting some flelds or places they skip. So please state what they are, and what to do for them. J. W. VANDERVELDEN. Use Pnris Green. The foregoing letter was referred to the Oregon Agricultural College. F. M. Mc Elfresh, assistant to Professor A. B. Cordley, department of zoology, answers as follows: "Corvallls, Or., July 23. (To the Edi tor.) Professor Cordley Is at present away on his Summer vacation, so I shall, as his assistant, give you what facts I can concerning the insect pest mentioned by Mr. J. W. Vandervelden. The caterpillars referred to are the larvae of one of our cutworm moths, but just which one has not been determined; and in order to do so we must wait until we have reared the moths. The moths may appear with a few weeks, or not until next Spring. We know nothing as yet about its life history. The cut worms are reported as causing injury to garden and field crops all over West ern Oregon, from the Cascades to the coast. This species possesses some of the habits of the Eastern army worm, but it is not the same thing. "The same remedies are used for all cutworms. The most satisfactory is the use of Paris green, which may be used in about the proportion of one pound of Paris green, to 100 gallons of water. The addition of one or two pounds of lime will of course cause the Paris green to stay on the foliage better. Professor John B. Smith, of the New Jersey Agri cultural Experiment Station, recom mends the use of -soapsuds Instead of pure -water for mixing the Paris green, the soapsuds having the same effect as the lime. It "has been suggested that both lime and soapsuds might be so distaste ful to the cutworms that they would not eat enough of the Paris green to be poisoned. Since I have not tested this matter, I cannot make a definite answer, but I do not believe that cither will pre vent to any great extent the eating of poisoned food. "The Paris green mixture should be sprayed or sprinkled over infested fields, and by spraying a strip around the out side of the unlnfested field they may be protected from the outside invasions. Another method of applying the poison is to cut fresh clover, poison It with a very strong mixture of Paris green (one pound to 50 gallons of water), and then distribute the clover about the field in small piles. The cutworms will crawl under these piles of clover to spend the day, and will cat enough of the clover to kill them. This will work best in flelds where nearly all of the green stuff has already been devoured. "An entirely different method which may be employed in killing the cutworms is to plow and harrow a small strip of ground around the infested field, and as soon as the cutworms start to migrate across this strip, start a roller over it and keep It going until the migration ceases. A heavy roller will crush every cutworm that gets beneath it. This method is sometimes used against the Eastern army worm. "In addition' to the above-mentioned methods. It may be added that clean cul tivation and extremely late Fall plow ing will help to check the numbers of this pest. In, all probability the Winter months are passed in the pupa stage within the soil, and if these pupae are exposed to the weather by the late plow ing, few if any will survive the Winter. "Very sincerely yours, "F. M? M'ELFRESH." Foster and the Czar. WASHINGTON, July 1L At one time John W. Foster was Ambassador to Rus sia. Before taking up his official duties at St Petersburg he had to be presented to the Czar and the court, and at this presentation an incident occurred of which Mr. Foster seldom makes mention. The presentation took place in the large throneroom, the throne occupying a con spicuous place at one end, directly oppo site two large folding doors. The cere mony proceeded all smoothly. Mr. Fos ter, upon being presented, made the cus tomary complimentary remarks, to which the Czar replied, and, after bowing to right and left Mr. Foster began his re treat, backing towards the doors in the rear, all the while facing the Czar. As he reached the doors, he grasped a knob, the first one to meet his hand, and attempted to turn it, but not an inch did It move. Mr. Foster made repeated attempts to open the door, but without success, and his embarrassment grew, as he was the central figure of the occasion, and found himself standing against the door, appar ently foolishly bowing, but showing mani fest signs of discomfort. He had about determined to abandon the rules of court etiquette and turn about and run, when the Czar realized the situation. He knew the American Ambassador had seized the blind knob Instead of the knob that opened the door, and, with a smile on his face', called out, "Try the other knob, Foster." THROUGH THE ROCKIES. Every European tourist who visits this country and travels over the Rio Grande Western Railway wonders why Ameri cans will go to Europe for scenery, be cause there is nothing on the European continent to compare with the mountain scenery of Colorado. The Rio Grande Western, with Its direct connections, Is the only line which gives the transconti nental passenger a trip through the heart of the Rockies. Going further East, the passenger has the choice of four roads beyond Colorado via either Omaha or Kansas City. Stop-overs are permitted anywhere between Ogden and Denver, affording a day in Salt Lake City, Glen wood Springs, Colorado Springs or Den ver. For rates and illustrative pamphlets, address J D. Mansfield, general agent, 33 Washington street, Portland, Or. BICYCLE TAX- DECISION judge sears holds the law to be unconstitutional. Ho ' Resaras -Is as . a . Special, Mot a General Law, and That It 'is Doable Taxation. Judge Sears yesterday decided that the bicycle tax law is unconstitutional, as it conflicts with subdivision 10, section 23, article 4, of the Constitution, "that the Legislature shall not pass local or special laws for the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county, township pr road purposes." The court also held that the law also probably conflicts with subdivisions ' 7 and 2, but the flrst was the principal point on which the decision was based. His Honor followed the opinion of tho Supreme Court as rendered In tho case of Manning vs. Kllppel. This case in volved the constitutionality of an act to provide for the compensation for the Sheriffs and Clerks of the counties of Linn, Jackson, Benton, Yemhlll, Doug las, Marion. Coos, Curry, Clackamas, Un ion, Umatilla and Polk, and provided for tho collection of certain fees to be paid to the County Treasurers of the several counties mentioned. The Supreme Court held tho fees to bo in jeality special taxes, and that the law was contrary to the provision of the Constitution "that the Legislature shall not pass local or special laws for the assessment and col lection of taxes for state, county, town ship or road purposes." The act was held to be special and not general In its na ture, as It applied to only a few of the counties In the state. J. I. Fenton, In his argument opposing the bicycle tax, showed that this decision was directly applicable because the bicycle-tax law applies to only about one half or less of the counties In tho state, and Judge Sears was convinced that this position was correct. On the other hand District Attorney Chcmberlaln read cases showing that the Supreme Court had In later years re versed the decision In the case of Man ning vs. Kllppel. notably In the case of Bell vs. Frazler, and that of Northern Counties Investment Company vs. Sears. These cases both related to Sheriffs fees, and the only difference between these decisions and that of the Supreme Court In the first-named suit was that in the latter cases the Supreme Court, for va rious reasons which it stated, held that Sheriffs' fees were not special taxes. ' Judge Sears thought the two latter de cisions do not relate to the point at Issue In the present controversy, and said, how ever, that he would allow the Supreme Court to overrule Its own decisions. Judge Sears further held that the bicycle-tax law is probably In conflict with the Constitution for the reason that It la a revenue law and ought to have originated In the House of Representa tives instead of the Senate. He further decided that It Is double taxation, because being personal property, it is presumed to have been taxed al ready with other personal property of an Individual, and there was no provision in the law that the bicycle shall not be subject to other taxation. The court also held that the tax was not equal and uniform. It was not an ad valorem tax. a bicycle worth 55 being taxed as much as one worth 5100. Tax Will Probably Be Collected. In relation to the matter Sheriff Fra zler said that he had no Interest in the matter, and would bo guided by the action of the County Commissioners. Whatever course they decided upon and Instructed him to pursue, he would follow. He had desired a test to be made of the law, since there was so much complaint about It. and was ready to conform to what ever the decision of the authorities might be. He Is only an executive efil cer, and would attempt to collect the tax or refrain from collecting it, ac cording to Instructions. Testerday after the decision was ren dered quite a number of persons favor ably disposed to bicycle path? called at the Sheriff's office and paid their tax. The case will be appealed to the Su preme Court for a flriti. decision, and In the meantime It Is given out that the collection of the tax will probably be continued. This decision does not re strain tho collection, but will doubtless have the effect of doing away with com pulsory measures. STOPS CITY PATHS FOR PRESENT. Bat the Bicycle Council "Will Go Ahead With. Preparatory Worlc Tho members of the Multnomah County Bicycle Taxpayers Council met last night and unanimously resolved to stand by their constituents, and advance by every means in their power the interests ot bicycle-riders In this county. The de cision of Judge Scars declaring the law of 1S99 unconstitutional, was discussed, and the action of the Sheriff in appealing the case heartily commended. The Coun ty Commissioners having stated that no mora money will be spent, pending the appeal in the Ellis case, no paths will be constructed In the city for the present. Had the law been given a more extended trial, bicycle ways would have been a reality In Portland within a month, as ordinances had passed the City Council permitting their construction on streets where their usefulness could have been fairly tested. The bicycle council will continue tho preparation of an ordinance to embody a comprebenslvesystera of paths, afford ing access from all parts of the city to the paved streets. Committees have al ready partly outlined the desirable routes, and the work of preparation will be car ried on -without regard to the present In terruption. The bicycle has become . a permanent Institution, and Its users are going to continue to ask until they get what they think they are entitled to. AMBITION TO SAIL THE AIR The Success Promised Is Time in Comintr. a Lonr Brooklyn Eagle. Persons who read the accounts of the air ship of Zeppelin, the German Inventor, which" sailed for a considerable distance along the shores of Lake Constance, need not be too certain that the era of aerial navigation will open with the new cen tury. The experiment seems, from the cables, to have been successful, but more than 30 years ago a trip of three times this length was made starting here In New Tork and landing at Greenport. L. I. The originator of hat flying machine was Dr. Solomon Andrews, -who had In vented several things of moment. He used the cigar model, which has now be come the accepted form for ships to fly through either air or water. His car was supported by two parallel balloons and he was confident that It would obey a rudder. He started from Broome street in Manhattan, and he aimed inland, like a prudent man. There were three persons in his car, and he sailed as far as Goshen, in Orange County. There the craft was taken by -adverse current and carried to Greenport, where a descent was made by the aid of a dragging anchor, to the considerable consternation of the farmers who were asked to help moor the strange bird. Dr. Andrews claimed that for a considerable distance his ship obeyed his directions, and that its flight straight out for the heart of the Atlantic Ocean was due to the machinery getting out of or der. He undoubtedly believed when he came down that we were Just upon the verge of aerial navigation. Nevertheless a third of a century has passed and we are no nearer a rivalry of the birds of the air than we were when Dr. Andrews and his assistants made their venturesome sail. For that reason it will be well not to expect too much of the Zeppelin air ship. The conditions are In some respects more favorable now than ever before. One great recent advantage Is tho cheapening of aluminum, of which light but strong metal air ships will undoubtedly be built If there ever are such Vehicles. That Countvon Zeppelin could use aluminum for tho framo of his octagon car accounts for his being able to float' a machine 406 feet long and 29 feet in diameter and car rying five people. Ho, has improved upon the Andrews model in that he. had not two balloons, but 17 different ones, arranged like the water-tight compartments of a steamship. He had propeller blades and steering gear front and rear, driven by two benzine motors' of 12- horse-power s miles his ship obeyejd his steering gear. jow. xjt. Andrews was connaent tnat nis ship sailed to Gpsben in obedience to his will, and that if his machinery had not broken down he never would have been blown out to Greenport. Nevertheless Dr. Andrews was never able to perfect his apparatus, and a disappointment as to practical results as great as this visited upon the American Inyentor Is in all prob ability in store for bis German successor. Flying through the air and harnessing tho tides are two dreams which humanity Is never content to abandon1, but in whloh the next generation Is as likely to be doomed to failure as Its fathers have been. NEED BIG MACHINES. Small Dredgers DojNot Fey on Home Beach. All the gold-saving appliances that were taken to Nome have not proven failures, according to I. B. Hammond, who has written to a friend in. Portland from that point. Mr. Hammond' left this city for ' HON. JOHN W. - t UMTED STATES SENATOR FR03I VIRGINIA SPENDS A DAY IN PORT LAND. Hon. John W. Daniel, United States Senator from Virginia, and author of "Daniel oa Negotiable Instrument," a law work which Is found In all well-stocked attorney's libraries, spent yesterday In Portland, In company with his son. He arrived from California In the mornlntr. and left over the O. R. & N. for Omaha lat evenlntr. He Is making a pleasure trip of the Coast, and will Journey to the shrine of Bryan at Lincoln on his way home. Senator Daniel spent the early afternoon seeing the sights of the city, drivlnr to Portland Heights and Vancouver, At 4 o'clock C E. S. Wood, L. B. Cox, R. D. Inman, Alexander Sweek, W. I. Brewster and a. number of other well-known Democrats called on him at the hotel and spent half an hour In discussing the political situation. Senator Daniel served as Adjutant-General under General Early. He is obliged to use crutches as a result of being struck by Tankee bullets three times, the flrst at the battle of Bull Bun, and the others during the Maryland campaign. He la making a tour ot the Pa cific States by way of recreation, coming out to Oregon via Denver and San Francisco. Senator Daniel Is a firm believer in Bryan and free silver, and says he has been a free silver man all along. He Is also opposed to the absorption of the Philippines, on the ground that we cannot take them Into the Union, and so havo no business with them! He does not believe In abrupt measures, however, but la rather Inclined to treat nith them gradually before lettlnr them go, "We should pursue a wise policy toward them," he said yesterday, and not try to treat them as colonial dependencies. "1 cheerfully admit that I am at a loss to know how we should proceed In this Chinese imbroglio, because we are almost entirely Ignorant of the surroundings. I do not know much about the Chinese, and I don't believe anybody else does, therefore I must decline giv ing an opinion as to tho beat method of procedure. We should thoroughly Investigate, and then decide." Senator Daniel was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Kansas City, but did not care to hazardan opinion yesterday as to the result of the present campaign, be yond saying: "I hope Mr. Bryan will be elected." Senator Daniel Is a lawyer by profession, and halls from Lynchburg, where he has practiced since the Civil War. He says Virginia Is doing all It can as a. state to relieve the wants of Its Indigent Confederate veterans, but he docs not believe pensioning men Is good for them, as It Interferes with their rustling capacity and makes dependents ot men who would otherwise struggle for -themselves. Senator Daniel bears rather marked resemblance to the boy orator ot the Platte, but bis face Is stronger and more distinguished in appearance. the Cape In May, and was among the first to arrive on tho so-called golden sands. He says a great many small ma chines have proven failures because of their limited capacity, as they are ex pensive to operato there, and are only capable of treating a few cubic yards a day. Machines which run through 40 yards or upward can be made to pay something, and he thinks he can build a dredger that will be. just the" thing. "There are 12 miles 6f beach," he writes, "whose sands will run from 51 to $2 W) a yard, and an appliance capa able of treating a large number of yards can be made to pay, although the season 's short." 'f f Ho took a dredging' plant from Port land with him, which, cost, laid down on the beach, about $20.db0, and this he is now engaged In putting together, though he does not declare, positively that it will succeed, but speaks hopefully in re gard to it. He says the beach is strewn with thousands of dojlars't worth of ma chinery, which can now be bought for less than the cost of freighting it there. He thinks it would be, a gdod speculation for some roan of means to buy a lot of gasoline engines there '"and ship them back to Portland, where they could be sold at a profit. He wjj.1 fetay at Nome until the dredger has been started, when he will return home.; . The Injury ,'to Idnho. Albany Herald. The Fuslonlsts of Idaho, cannot undo what Governor Steuncnberg did for law, order and good government, but they have given that state a black eye with liberty-loving people all over the coun try. This in another' evidence that fu sion for office is a Very 'dangerous ele ment in governmental affairs. It brings the very worst out bf politics. It has no love of law or order or anything that will reform evils In ttfe state and Nation, but is corrupting In' its tendency and practices. The time la no far distant when fusion for office,, arid that is the only kind of fusion there Is, will be more despised by the American people than the most corrupt trujs,. Fusion Is the worst kind of trust, And. no trust in the country has done as much Injury. t Captain Richard Williams Estate. Sarah H. Williams,, administratrix of i the estate of Captain Richard Williams,' deceased, was authorized by Judge Cake yesterday to accept, 525.000 for a note against E. T. and Catherine C. Williams l for 440,000. The note wds appraised at $10,000. In a petition' the administratrix i states that the estate, besides thl3 note, , consists of property 'in Couch Addition! valued at 523,000: lot 2. block 3, Portland. , 515,000, and seven acres, of land, appraised at $25,000. Claims hav been, filed against the estate by Ladd &. Tllton for 0,477 and 59255, and Ladd & Til ton consent to the taklmj of $25,000 far the uot - CREAMERIES IN: COOS MORTGAGE-LIFTER FOlljrHOSE.EN GAGED IK INDUSTRY Promising; Rival of Hemkolit Cma ty, Calif ornia Ontpat Wilt Bo In creased 25 Per Cent Tkii Season. "Coos County has held the state record as the heaviest producer of butter and cheese for several years past, and if the expectations of those engaged in the in dustry meet with no reverses, within five years, the output will equal that of Hum boldt County, California, which enjoys a National reputation," remarked J. W. Bennett, a prominent citizen of Coos Bay, who spent the past week In the city. "Five creameries In Coos County last year produced 373.000 pounds of butter and about 150,000 pounds of cheese, represent ing a valuation of 5UW.00O. These figures will easily be Increased 25 per cent this season. Two new creameries have been established on the Coqullle River. "I attribute the Interest which is being taken in the founding of creameries in the Interior of the state to the phenome nal success of the Industry In the Coast counties, particularly Coos and Tillamook. The Industry is a certain -mortgage-lifter for the farmer who follows it as a busi ness, neglecting no detail. "Coos and Tillamook Counties are to Oregon what Humboldt County Is to Cal ifornia tho most favored by natural ad- DANIEL HERB. vantages for the production of milk. Humboldt County was flrst discovered as being adapted to the business and I am reliably informed that an acre of land there, suitable for dairying purposes, commands 5200, while In especially favored localities the prices range from 5300 to 5300. "Within the past year or so, many in telligent Humbbldt dairymen have dis posed of their properties at these high figures, and come to Coos County, where land Values have-not materially advanced. These newcomers contend that the qual ity of the land Is the same in both coun ties, and that the climate along the Ore gon coast Is more suitable than In Cali fornia on account of Its not being so ex ceedingly dry during the Summer months and Fall. "Tho rich river bottoms along the Co qullle River and the tributaries of Coos Bay are peculiarly suited for dairying, and the lands along the foothills, which were once thought worthless, are found to be exceedingly valuable for furnishing green pasture at the season when the higher bottoms are exhausted for want of rain. "Large bodies of these valuable lands, particularly along the Coqullle Rfver and In the Ten Mile country, are still covered with brush, which, as the profit of dairy ing attracts immigration, will soon be cov ered with red clover, for which they seem to bo most adapted. "The dairymen of Coos County are pro gressive and are stocking their farms with herds of the finest breed. Many own separators, and utilize the fresh sklm mllk to good advantage In the raising of calves and swine. They are among the most prosperous citizens of the county, while before the Introduction of the creameries many were simply eking out a livelihood. No industry, in my opinion, will Increase the wealth of Oregon so rapidly as that- of the creamery." CREAMERY FOR ELKTOIT. Farmers of Western Donglns County Take Up the Matter. At the Invitation of the leading citizens of Elkton, Dr. James Wlthycombe, of the State Agricultural College, and Traveling Freight Agent H. E. Lounsbury. of the Southern Pacific Company, drove "out from Drain last Saturday, to address a creamery meeting. The Interest manifest ed In the project was such that every man In the village was present, besides the many farmers who came especially to attend. The advantages of a creamery whloh would concentrate the products of the farm Into a condensed and portable form for shipping were set before tho people with the result that a committee of six was appointed to take the matter in hand and ascertain the number of cows in the neighborhood within a radius of five miles. This committee, composed of A. J. Huddleaton, chairman; Charles L. Beddey," secretary; Rev.'AT J-Mulkey, F. F.- Wells. "W. EC Stark and a H. Maupln, was also made' a nucleus to arrange for an organization of the farmers to hold regular meetings for the purpose of se curing united effort In advancing the In terests and. welfare of the community. Elkton is a quiet village, which nestles among mountains and wooded hills at the Junction of Elk Creek and the Ump qua River; thence by a winding course a valley opens out to the sea, a distance of 20 miles. Year after year these farm ers, whose homes are 18 miles from rail road communication, with a mountainous road Intervening, have hauled their wheat 20 miles to tide water. Everybody knows that this la unprofitable at the present price of grain, and. like the Willamette Valley farmer, who has every transporta tion facility and yet is turning more at tention to dairying, the people of this remote section, with many head of stock roaming over tho hills, have gradually come to a realization of the benefit that a successful creamery would be to them. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. Condition of Elevated Roadways Other Matters. Tho condition of a number of elevated roadways on the East Side is a problem that Is hard to solve. On East Water street the surface between East Morri son south to Hawthorne avenue Is wear ing rapidly. Along this street there are large business interests, Including Iron works, laundry, sawmill, warehouses and shipyards, where many men are employed. Already planks are giving way under the trucks and lumber wagons. Repairs of some sort are very necessary on East Water, as the street cannot be closed up against all these important Industries. Property-owners say they will not repair, as they have been repeatedly taxed for improvements and repairs, and so the matter stands on that street. On Bel mont, between East Water street and Union avenue, there Is the same condi tion. On the surface of this roadway there are hundreds of patches. On Hawthorne-avenue roadway, between the Mad ison bridge approach and East Third street, where the decking was renewed a short' time ago, the plank has worn thin, and patching has been commenced. A heavy traffic passes over this roadway to reach Madison bridge, and It Is conceded that it should be kept open. With the exception of the new roadway on East Morrison street, where there is now a vast concentration of travel, the main traveled roadways west from Union ave nue to the river are rapidly wearing out. The roadway on East Yamhill street is new, but is not generally used, owing to the condition of the street between Union and Grand avenues. The committee from the Board of Public Works has inspected these roadways and knows their condi tion, and hence East SIders have high hopes that they will devise a plan by which they can be repaired and kept repaired. Midsummer Meetings. The meetings of Sumner Post. No. a, G. A. R., continue to be of much Interest and profit to the members. Questions of cur rent Interest are taken up and discussed at all the gatherings of the post. At the last meeting the Chinese question was taken up and discussed, most all the members taking part and having a Bay. It seemed to be the general opinion that the outcome in China would be a relig ious war, and that Totten's -view was cor rect that tho United States would get Into It, In spite of Its efforts to keep out. Comrade Miller, who is a disciple of Tot ten, spoke along this line, and quoted largely from his works. On the whole, the attitude of the Government taken so far was viewed with favor, that of main taining China Intact and . resisting dis memberment. The discussion lasted a long time, and good humor prevailed all through, but the members of the post have no Idea that they have settled the matter, or that the Government will be much Influenced by what they had to say on the subject. Want Fountain Removed. There is again talk of moving the big cast-Iron fountain which stands on the intersection of Russell and Goldsmith streets to the five corners, which Is the Intersection of Williams avenue and Cherry street. There Is a small piece of ground' In the center of this intersection which was deeded the city by the street car company, where It Is said the foun tain may be placed and where it will be ornamental as well as very useful to the public Five streets converge at this Intersection, and the travel here Is very heavy., Tho fountain has been out of service for several years, and In Us pres ent location serves no purpose whatever. It Is a large cast-iron fountain, and cost about 5500 in the flrst place, beside the cost of placing It on Its concrete found ation. The moving of this fine fountain has been agitated before, but nothing ha3 yet come of it. "Wheeled to Sandy. Quite a number wheeled, to Sandy by way of Pleasant Home, Sunday, and with the exception of that portion be yond Pleasant" Home, the trip was a pleasant one. The cycle path along the Section Line road and to Pleasant Home Is In good condition, and tho wheeling all right. Beyond Is the plank road, full of splinters. Those who went out there Sunday say that some effort should be made to cut down the thistles that line the path and plank road on both sides. There are enough thistles to stock the whole country. It would take one man about a day to cut down the weeds and freo the paths and the road from the nuisance. School Contracts I,ct. The Directors of Mount Tabor school district. No. 5, have just let the con tract for the completion of the two unfin ished roora3 In the Glencoe building. The price is 5S05 75, and includes the plaster ing, blackboards, etc. When other por tions were finished these two rooms were left In the rough. Only one room will be provided with a blackboard. Be side the cost of completion thre will bo the furniture of one room, which will cost about 5125. The Directors also let a contract for 50 cords of wpod at 52 So a cord. R. W. Gilbert will furnjsh the wood. Ready for the Contest. Manager Brush, of the Pacific Coast elevator dock, says that ho Is Teady for the contest between George Lewis and J. C. Jameson In trucking wheat He says that he will give them full swing, and the proceeds may go either to the Baby Home or the carnival or any other worthy object. East Side Kotes. Dr. Arthur H. Johnson and his bride arrived from the East last week, and are stopping at the Brown. The bride was Miss Erma M. Brainerd, of Dan ville, Wis. The Coroner's Jury In the case of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Craft, who was drowned in the Willamette, Sunday, brought In a verdict of accident al drowning. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his parents In Upper Alblna, J. W. Grasle, a fruitgrower living near Milwaukle, states that he will go East this Fall and arrange to dispose of Ore gon prunes. He will start after the prune crop has matured, and will take several cars with him. As he Is a prac tical fruit man. he will likely succeed in his enterprise. Special meetings In a tent on East Sixth and East Taylor streets will be oommenced this evening. The services will be under the United Evangelical Churches of Portland. A large tent was set up yesterday for these meetings. Rev. Mr. IJndsey, of the Second Church, will conduct the services this evening. Dr. Poling, of La Fayette, Is expected to morrow. J BRIDGE TENDERS LET OUT COTOHTY COMMISSIONERS REMOTS EIGHT MEN. Tier Will Be ReUevcd by Kenr Me .Auspat 1 No Reason Glvea for Cnanse. u a'fct3 Eight gatemen on Portland's foul bridges spanning the Willamette wow let out yesterday by order of the Counts' Commissioners, the edict to take effect! on August 1. The unlucky ones are: Joe Weber and Z. T. Clark, of the Madison-street bridge. R. A. Foster and August W. Schier, of the Morrison-street bridge. J. Frank White and F. W. Goodwin ot the Burnslde-street bridge. P. Tomllnson and J. R. Truman, of th! Steel bridge. Their successors will be: Madison-street Andrew Bradford and Austin Maloney. Burnslde-street James Noonan and Etf Walsh. Morrison-street J. El Frye and W. C North. Steel bridge James Shannessy ana James Blanchet. The discharged men were thunderstruclc by the news, which was made known to them yesterday by the foremen of the respective bridges. No charges had been preferred, as tho men have all beet) known as sober, careful and attentive.) They had all been employed for a Ions period, and the County Commissioners simply made the changes because thstf board desires to give other men a chance. The salary of the gatekeepers is 555 ft month, except at the Morrison-street bridge, where JGO Is paid. The removals caused considerable ner vousness among the rest of the bridge officials, as they rather fear a clean sweep In the course of time. It takes several weeks to break In new hands and the changes would therefore have ta be gradual. .DAILY CITY STATISTICS. . Real Estate Transfers. ' John A. Houck to F. F. Boody, 6Cx 22 feet, South Front and Ban croft avenue, July 21 5 20ft Sheriff for J. W. Kern et al., to Walter F. Burxell, trustee, lots 5, 6, block D, Kern's Addition, July 21 l,00o Sheriff for J. W. Kern et al., to same, block 3. Waverly, July 21.. 1,001 Sheriff for J. W. Kern et al, to same, lots 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, block 10, Waverly, July 21 1 Sheriff for J. W. Kern et al, to same, 10 acres, Clinton Kelly dona tion land claim, July 21 5,000 Sheriff for J. W. Kern, to same, block I. Kern's Addition, July 21.. 4,000' Clementine F. Lewis to Harriet L. Gruber. lot 12, block 298. Couch Addition. July 23 l,C0O Mary T. Wright and husband to William F. Keady. lots 27, 28, 29, 30, block 22, Fremont Place, July 20 1,!Q Fritz Henschen to Charles Salzman. 4 acre, beginning at southeast cor ner of northeast 4 of section 36. township 1 north, range 4 east. July 9 SO Elizabeth Ryan to George L. Rees, lot 2. block 77, West Irvington, July 21 K M. E. Smlthson to Joseph T. Peters, lots 1, 2, block 9, subdivision Proeb stel's Addition; also lot SOxlOO, Klrby and Morris streets, Abend's Addition. July 20 1,500 John B. Harrington and wife to W. H. Markell. west of lots 1. 2, block 302. Burnell's Addition, July 21 10 F. A. Ford et ux. to Frank S. Ham mond, lot 13, block 3, Willamette. July 17 250 Bnlldins Permit. Harrfette Grulen, two-story dwelling. Overton street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second, 52000. Birth. July 22, girl to the wife of John do Werff, 626 Seventh street. Deaths. July 21, William Konrad, age 59 years, 165 Tenth street, cerebral hemorrhage. July 20, James Wright, age 60 years, Astoria, Or., valvular disease of heart July 22, G. G. Palmer, age S months 4 days, Flavel, Or., gastro-enteretls. Contagious Diseases. Mrs. Charles Clemens, 191 Sixth street, scarlet fever. Rex. M. Worthlngton, age 4 years, 100" Russell street, diphtheria Lena Fisher, St. Vincent's Hospital, typhoid pneumonia. Miss Hlncks, 1S7 North Fifteenth str-et, typhoid fever. Marring; License. Ludlng Stoneburg, ager 23, Maria Woa lund, aged 30. Children Rnst In Snxnmcr. "That children do rust out during ths long Summer vacation Is unquestionably a fact," writes Edward B. Rawson, In th July Ladles' Home Journal. "That sev eral weeks of the already too short school year must be spent in rubbing off tho rust before the advance can be resumed, all teachers know. But that Is not the worst of It- When the rust Is removed the former luster is not restored. The child's brain Is not In a receptive condi tion; It has been allowed to rust. Chil dren prefer regular employment, provid ed it be Interesting. However glad they at s when the ltht day of school comes th?y are ;ulte as glad to resume their work in the Fall, even If Its Interest Is not groat. A boy or more frequently A girl will sometimes overwork, not be cause he Is pushed, but because he is permitted. Very seldom will either a boy or a girl choose to do nothing. One may choose to do things other than those we require, and so be called Idle or lazy; but to be doing something is the natural con dition, and the condition that Is pre ferred. So strong is the instinct to be active in both mind and body that when left to themselves our children will find something to do in spite of us, and too frequently It is something that might better not be done." Habitual constipation cured and the bowels strengthened by the regular use of Carter's Little Liver Pills In small doses. Don't forget this. DOCTORS FOOD TALK. Selection of Food One of the Most Important Acts In Life. Old Dr. Hanaford, of Reading, Mass., says In the Messenger: "Our health and physical and 'mental happiness are so largely under our personal control that the proper selection of food should be, and Is, one of the most important acts 1a life. "On this subject, I may say that I know of no food equal In digestibility, arTd more powerful In point of nutri ment, than tho modern Grape-Nuts, four heaping teaspoons of which Is sufficient for the cereal part of a meal, and ex perience demonstrates that the user Is perfectly nourished from one meal to another. 'T am convinced that the extensive and general use of high-class foods of this character would Increase the term of human life, add to the sum total of hap piness, and very considerably Improve society In general. I am free to mention the food, for I personally know of Its value." Grape-Nuts food can be used by babes In arms, or adults. It Is ready cooked, can be served Instantly, either cold with cream, or with hot water or hot milk poured over. All sorts of puddings and fancy dishes can be made with Grape Nuts'. The food is concentrated and very economical, for four heaping teaspoons are sufficient for the cereal part of a meal.