THE MOENIXa OREGONIAN, SATUBDAY, AUGUST IS, 1900.
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ALL ARE EAGER TO BUY
COUJraST JLCTXVEIiT FREPARDJG
FOB THE FALL TRADE.
SmoSoi In Price Foil owe fl "by tke
Piscine of Heavy Contract
Iron la Better Sesurada
2CSW TOSK, Aug-. XT-R. Gk, Dun &
Co.'e weekly review of trade tomorrow
Will eay;
After a great -war of advancing
prices, optimism as to business Is gen
erally dangerous. Bat the top was
reached the middle of -March, since which
time reaction has come to every great
Industry, no that consumers are asking
whether In some directions the decline
may have not been reasonably large as
was the advance, and whether buying
on the present basis of prices Is not
fairly sure. There are fresh evidences
at weaknaes In raw materials, notably
the break In structural Iron, but
each one Is availed of to place heavy
contracts. New York. Is welcoming buy
ers from all over the country In larger
numbers than for many years at this sea
son. In drygoods, groceries, In jewelry
and In hardware, and if contracts are not
placed to as large a volume as expected,
it Is because of the conservatism of
those who think they may compel some
further shading of prices. Eeports this
week from other important points of dis
tribution show the same eagerness to
buy when the time seems right. It is
becoming more apparent that the bottom
has been reached in prices of Iron and
steel. The decline was severe and recov
ery must be slow, but gradual advance
and moderately increasing activity are
more healthy than violent changes. In
no single division Is the Improvement
more striking than In any other. Ex
cept steel rails, all forms of Iron from
the ore to the finished product are being
Bought more eagerly and with less effort
to secure further concessions in prices,
but when the Secretary of Agriculture
was reported as predicting "dollar
wh-at" before the end of the year, the
market showed an Inclination to dis
agree, and the September option fell be
low 80 cents for the first time in two
months.
Failures for the week were 1C1 in the
tTnitrd States, against 356 last year, and
Zi In Canada, against at last year.
I) n nlc Clearing:.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17. The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet. shows the
bank clearings at the principal titles for
the week ended August 16, with the per
centage of increase and decrease, as
compared with the corresponding week
last 3earf
Inc. Dec.
New York 5 703,697.000 .... 34.0
Boston 100.863,000 .... 16.0
Chicago 118,195,000 1.9
Philadelphia .. . 71.142.000 .... 21.0
St. Louis 3i.9S5 0 0 9.6
Pittsburg 27.745.0X1 31.6
Baltimore 15.f09,00 .... 9.9
San Francisco ... 21.9-4,AM 4.0 ....
Cincinnati 14.122.00J 2.9
Kansas City 17.E67.0W 28.8
New Orleans .... 6.362.CO0 6.3
Minneapolis .. ... 9.54.1,000 9.8
Detroit 11.126 0"K) 14.2
Cleveland 10.W3.000 .... 2.3
LouisUlle 6,463.000 .... 3.4
Providence 5.650,000 .... 2.6
Mllwiukee .. .... 5,10.000 .5 ....
t. Paul 4119.000 4.6
Buffalo 5.v41.000 17.3
Omaha 6.224.CO0 7.2
Indianapolis .. .. BRO-TO 777 ....
Columbus. O. . 4.969.00-J 17.1
Savannah .... ... 2,S5i.0"0 33.1
Denver 4.173.f0) 27.8 ....
Hartford 3.S54.OO0 25.6 ....
Richmond 3.OJ5 0 0 .... 8.1
Memphis 15"60) 9.0 ....
Washington .. .. 2.071000 9.0 ....
Peoria 1.923,000 5.0
R cheater 1.754.(00 .,
New Haven 1.3R5fO0 .... 18.3
Worrester IfSOOOO .... 10.4
Atlanta 1.357.0 0 14.6
Salt Lake City... 2.123.0C0 3.7s ....
Srrinpfleld. Mass. 3,319 030 4.5
Fort Worth 1.871.00)
Portland. Me. ... 3,n03.CO) 65.2
Portland. Or. .... 3.7&VXX) 13.5 ....
St. Josenh 3.8SaO00 7.7
Los Ange'es 2.267.0''0 2S.6
Norfolk 1.105,001 2.6
Syracufc 9S1.0X) .... 4.6
Des Moines l.iro.fOO .... 1.7
Nashville l.r8.C00 19.0 ....
AVilmlngton. Del. 1.051.000 .... 9.8
Fall River 534,000 .... 11.2
ficranton 8S2.000 .... 23.5
Grand Rapids ... 1.201.CO0
Augusta, Ga. . 5S0.O00 .... 15.0
Lowell 504,0"0
Dayton, O. 93.CO0 5.6
Seattle 2.F52.0W .... 16.3
Tacoma 1.1C9.000 18.8
Spokane 9S4 000 .... 24.7
Sioux City 99i.000 33.3 ....
New Bedford .... 412.000 .... 1.1
KnoxU.le . 4f5,00 8.5 ....
Toroka S43.COO 23.4
Birmingham .. .. 623.000 15.5 ....
Wichita 3G7.003 .... 22.0
Blnshamton .. .. 357.0CO 23.5
Lexington. Kv... 425.000 39.8
Jacksonville. Fla. 194,000 .... 37.0
Kalamazoo 441.000 1.6 ....
Akron 4H.O00 12.0 ....
Cha'tanooga .. .. 09.CO3 41.0
Rock.ord. Ill 270.C00 7.5 ....
Canton. O. 233.C0) .... 13.7
Scrlrgfield, O. ... 235.000 5.3
Fargo. N D 220.00) .... 8.3
SIcux Falls. S. D. 333,0)0 .... 12.5
Hastngs. Nob. .. 159.000 29.2 ....
Frcm nt, Neb. .. 122 000 .... 8.2
Davenport SSI.(G
Toledo 2.256 000
Galveston 4.21SO00 10.7 ....
Houston 5 351.000 13.2 ....
He'.ena 42,000 .... 6.9
EvansvIHe S94.000 7.8
YoungFtown .... .. 2o7.rO) 13.7 ....
Sprlngflrii llUs 4S3.O00 20.2 ....
Macon S ..Ssr '.", 6-1
Little Rock .... 394.0)0 52.1 ....
Totals. TJ. S....51,262,S02 000 .... 16 6
Out?Me N. Y.. .. 562.104.000 .... 2.2
Dominion of Canada
Montreal S 13.R3.(VX) .... 2.1
Toronto . 8.991.0 0 9.5
Winnipeg l.?45.O0i .... 22.S
Halifax 3.rsVTO 24.3 ....
Hamilton 6.f0) .... 4.1
St. JoVn, N. B... 34.000 26.9
Victoria C46.O0 .... 10.5
Vancouver 973,eO0 10.3
Totals 5 2S,r7C,000 1.9 ....
FAIiL TRADE DISTRIBUTION.
Favorable Features of the Bnslneaa
Sttnntion nt the West.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say;
Among the favorable features reported
this week are advices of further expan
sion in Fall trade distribution at leading
Western centers, with relatively best
buying proceeding from those sections of
the Southwest which have profited by
good crops, a rather better distribution '
by dry goods' jobbers at the East, a firm
er tone and perceptible growth in con- I
fldence accompanied by heavy buying in
some classes of steel and iron and a
disposition to believe that an average '
wheat crop and much more than aver
age corn and oats crops are assured. ,
Steady Increases in -current gross rail- i
way earnings over a year ago and
exceptionally favorable net earn
ings reported for the first half i
of the year are additionally encourag- 1
ing features. The list of unfavorable
elements in the trade situation Is at
best a negative one. the approach of a
Presidential campaign, though less ef
fective than usual in this respect, the
backward demand for Spring woolens
and the slow demand for the raw mater
ial, the restriction in production of
makes of cotton goods, the dullness in
building materials, notably lumber and
the backward inquiry for boots and shoes
at the Bast being among these. Specu
lation in nearly all lines, and especially
in food products, is at a low ebb, and
what price changes are noted are mainly
because of this, though weather and crop
conditions have played some part In
wheat, corn and cotton respectively. The
money market as a whole is still easy,
the only increase in demand being noted
at the West, where trade is expanding,
but where moving crops are still in the
future. The prices of staples are per
perhaps slightly lregular, but changes
are small and the larger number of sta
ples are unchanged. .
"Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate 3J13.S41 bushels,
against 3,S18,760 last week 4,040.009 In the
corresponding week of 1899; 3,9SSS4S in
J-3S38; $,3803 In 1B37, and 2,991,633 In 1836.
From July 1 to date this season, wheat
exports are 21,001,290 bushels, against
38,1(35,059 last season, and 2253,076
in 3&S-99. Corn exports for the week
aggregate ,017,089 bushels, against 2.S90.
04 last week; 5,531,405 in this week a
year ago. 3,196.021 in 169S, 3,929.035 bushels
in 1S97, and 2;7C9,601 Jn 1836. From July
1 to date this season, corn exports are
2,SSU14 bushels, against 32,526,669 last
season, and 20.226,365 In 189S-99.
In Financial aiarkets.
NEW YORK Aug. 17. Bradstreet's fi
nancial review will say tomorrow:
There has been considerably more activ
ity in the speculative markets this week.
It did not, however, seem due to any
revival of public Interest or participa
tion. So far as the latter is concerned,
it Is confined largely to Investment buy
ing of trunk line shares and other divi
dend payers. This absorption of securi
ties has now been in progress so long
and on such a scale that there Is In some
cases a positive scarcity of stock. This
greatly limits the ability of bearish op
erators to depress the market, and cor
respondingly facilitates any manipulation
for higher prices.
The stock market failed to sell off on
the gold exports, as money was not af
fected to any extent, and it is recognized
that the inflow of specie on the Pacific
Coast from local mines, Alaska placers
and shipments from Australia, will, in
all probability, soon restore whatever
sum of gold the Treasury or the New
York Associated Banks lose through the
present arrangements to supply Euro
pean specie requirements. The large
gold movement to London has relieved
that market.
The London stock market, like our own.
was favorably Influenced by the succes
ful advance of the allies toward Pekin.
and the further evidence that the Chinese
were likely to surrender the Ministers and
open negotiations for a settlement with
the powers. In London, also, there
seemed to be a scarcity of "home rails"
and other favorite investment stocks, and,
with its financial and political features
relieved, that market had a general ad
vance, in which Chinese bonds and other
recently depressed issues were prominent.
Americans shared in this rise, but were
not prominent, and when London bought
stocks here it did not do so on any ex
tensive scale. The Influences from abroad
were, however, favorable in the main,
and helped Wall street to maintain a gen
erally bullish tone.
CONCESSIONS GRANTED.
Classification Committee Mnlres
Chances In Ratings.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17, After repeated
protests made by merchants and ship
pers In all parts of the country against
changes and advances In the classification
of freight moving Into territory south ot
the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Riv
ers, the Southern classification commit
tee has granted a number of concessions
involving changes in the ratings as orig
inally contained in the schedules promul
gated on June 1. The new ratings have
Just become effective and are the only
response so far made to the shippers'
protests.
The most important change, perhaps,.
is in respect to the rule In Southern
classifications Nos. 26 and 27, that pro
hiblted the acceptance by Southern lines
of shipments packed in so-called fibre
packing cases. The Southern roads orig
inally refused absolutely to accept such
cases for shipment, but have now followed
the example of the Trunk Line roads
and agreed to accept them, but impose an
additional rate, the same as do the
trunk lines. On behalf of Its members
the Merchants' Association of New York
strongly protested against the stand at
first taken by the Southern roads in this
matter.
In addition to this concession, beans,
n. o. s., dried, in barrels or sacks, are
reduced from second to fourth-class In
less than carload lots. A reduction of
one class has also been made in less
than carload and in carload lots of ale,
beer and porter. This makes carload
rates on beer lower than ever before In
Southern territory, and restores the less
than carload to the original rating. The
rates on coffee, ammonia, saleratus and
axle grease have been reduced, but rates
on edible nuts are advanced.
Rates on Government Bastness.
CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Transcontinental
freight rates have gone to smash over
Government business. It was learned here
today that the roads have discovered that
indiscriminate ratecuttlng has been done
In order to get contracts for carrying
Government supplies to San Francisco,
where they are put aboard transports
bound for China or the Philippines. The
greatest ratecuttlng has been made in at
temps to get the shipments from Chicago.
It was asserted today that secret rate
cutting has greatly diminished if not
completely obliterated profits.
In railroad circles the danger of the
freight war thus started becoming general
among transcontinental roads Is regarded
as imminent.
Some Chinese Terms.
London Daily News.
The telegrams from China describing
the progress of events frequently refer to
Chinese names and expressions, the mean
ings of which have probably puzzled
some of our readers. They will therefore
And the following brief glossary of some
of the more frequently used Chinese
words of assistance in following the
drama which is being enacted in the Far
East:
Chifu. a Prefect.
Chihtal, a Governor-General, usually in
trusted with the affairs of two provinces.
Chun Chi, the Grand Council of State.
Chung T'ang, a Grand Secretary of
State, six in all.
Comprador, the chief Chinese employe
In a foreign Arm. He acts as Intermedi
ary between the foreigner and the native.
Fan-Kwei, the Chinese name for for
eigners, literally "foreign devil."
Fu, a prefecture.
Futal. Governor of a province.
Ho, a river.
Hsiang. a village.
Hslen, a district.
Hu, a lake.
Kiang. a river.
Kiao. a sect.
Kotow, an act of prostration demanded
In former times of foreign envoys.
Li. a Chinese mile, equal to a third of
an English mile.
Shan, a mountain.
Sheng. a province.
Tael. one and a third ounces of silver
In weight. The general standard of value
throughout the empire.
Tao. a group of departments.
Taotal. an intendant of such a group of
departments.
Tsung 11 Yamun, the Chinese Foreign
Office, founded in 1S61 after the treaty of
Tien-Tsln.
Yamun an official residence.
Ye Ho Chuan, the secret society gener
ally known as the "Boxers," literally
Righteousness, Harmony and Fists.
Onr Cosmopolitan Industries.
Indianapolis News.
Our country's industries are about as
cosmopolitan as Its population. Malno
is producing French sardines, Pennsyl
vania Russian caviar, California is rais
ing Smyrna figs, New York makes all
kinds of foreign cheese, and Florida is
growing Cuban tobacco.
Population of Kansas.
TOPEICA, Kan.. Aug. 17. The popula
tion of Kansas, according to the returns
of township assessors, tabulated by F.
D. Coburn. Secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture, is 1,444,708, a net gain
from the preceding year of 19.5S9, or L27
per cent.
WONDERFUL HAY SECTION
HAUrrEYtVAIjIiEY VIKLD OlfH OF
MOST ABTODAXT IS COUKTRY.
Peculiar Methods of Ralsnsr sad
Harvesting: Crop Successful Xiao
of Experiments Other Features.
BURNS. Or., Aug. 15. Standing oa the
veranda of the second story of the Har
ney County Courthouse and looking to
the east and to the south, on a clear day,
one may receive thousands of dark
bulky objects, lying in uniform regu
larity. Harney Valley, a fertile section
JULIAN O. BXBD,
Of the Burns Times-Herald.
Julian C. Byrd, editor and manager of the
Times-Herald, was born in the State of Mis
souri in 1874. and came with his parents to
Oregon In 18S3. settling- in Harney Valley. He
attended the public schools of Harney County,
and afterwards took a course in the Normal
School at Drain, Or. He began work in the
Times-Herald office as "devil" in 18S9, and
took charge of the paper in 1897.
Mr. Byrd is a veritable Western rustler, and
Is always on the lookout for tho interest of his
paper. He publishes the only Democratic paper
in the county, and is the only man In the
county that wears a Bryan and Stevenson
badge. He never misses a county or state con
vention, and is State Committeeman, and also
Secretary of the County Central Committee,
Mr. Byrd and Miss Eva Swain, of Lawen.
Harney County, were married in 1893.
as level as a floor, 40 miles long and 10
to 35 miles wide, Is literally dotted with
these slanting, oblong objects. They are
stacks of hay, and while they number
thousands, every one contains from SO to
100 tons of hay.
Harney Valley Is a natural hay mead
ow, and, according to area, Is the great
est natural hay producer In the world.
The valley Is 40 by 00 miles in area, con
taining about 3,500,000 aires. Twenty per
cent of this, or about S00.000 acres, already
produces hay In a total amount of about
3C0.000 tons annually. The .market value
of this hay is f3 to 54 per ton, making a
yearly asset for this country of L223,
000. Such a statement to one who has
not visited this country, and learned of
methods of hay-raising here, would seem
to be overdrawn, but when one views
the broad areas of haystacks, the hun
dreds of mowing machines in operation,
and the army of men engaged in the
harvest of the crop at this season of the
year, he will not doubt the statement.
Xeiv "Way of Raisins; Hay.
The methods of raising hay here are
(different from that of any other section,
and the machinery for harvesting the
yield has been invented and improved by
local farmers from time to time until
tho methods of cutting and stacking tho
crop are almost exclusive to this sec
tion. Sllvies River rises In the Blue Mountains
on the north, and flows through Harney
Valley Into Harney Lake. The valley Is
formed by the bed of the lake, and there
Is scarcely any fall In the river through
out the entire valley. About the first
of April, the snow In the mountains be
gins to melt, and the water pours down
through the gulches and canyons into
the sluggish river, and floods the entire
valley. The whole valley is a network of
natural sloughs, and while all of the
ground Is covered with several Inches of
water, these sloughs, several feet in
depth, are also overflowed. The water
stands from April 1 to the middle of
June, when the snow Is all melted and
the natural drainage through the lake
carries the water off from the meadows,
and the grass shoots out of the ground
under the warm sunshine like mush
rooms. By a system of levees and ditches
the ranchers have Improved upon the
natural system until they have the mat
ter down to perfection. The system in
this valley Is different from most oth
ers, from the fact that while others Ir
rigate from a fountain head above, they
simply "flood" here from the surplusage
of water at hand.
Made Stndy of Industry.
William D. Hanley, who has a hay
ranch four miles southeast of Burns, and
the largest individual single ranch In
the valley, has made the matter a study
for years, and has put theories into prac
tice until he has accomplished more In
raising and Improving hay than any oth
er hay-raiser In the county. The results
reached by him In Improving natural
meadows sound like romance to the nov
ice, yet .they are here to show for them
selves. 'Mr. Hanley has about 3000 acres
in his meadow at the head of the valley.
His ranch Is divided into sections, and
when the hired man starts out to work
he is directed by numbers of sections.
They mow on "21" today, rake on "37"
tomorrow, "bunch" on "19" next day,
and stack on "5-2" the following daj.
Mr. Hanley puts up from 3000 to 5000
tons of hay annually. The main kinds
of hay raised are red top, blue joint,
wild millet, wild clover and, In fact, all
of the leading wild grasses. These grass
es are interspersed with wild mint and
other flavors. By diligent study and ob
servation Mr. Hanley has succeeded In
learning to control a meadow by the
means of water. He can regulate the
supply so as to drive out sage brush and
replace It with a fine grade of hay. In
the same manner he can change the
character of hay. He can grow red top
where blue joint formerly flourished, and
vice versa, and can change the other
varieties. In like manner, where a few
years ago cattails and flags grew, by reg
ulating the water, he has driven them
out and now grows the finest grades of
wild grasses. All of this has been ac
complished without sowing seed or
touching the soil with anything except
water. By means, of water alone, the
entire nature of the growth is changed
and controlled at the will of the careful
rancher.
The hay raised here Is of a very flne
quality. Cattle fatten quickly on it. If
the Winter happens to be mild, and a few
thousand tons are left over, the quality
is improved by age. In fact, old hay
often brings a better price than new.
Original Harvest Menns.
The manner of cutting and saving the
hay Is the most interesting. More hay is
put up here In a single day, and by a
smaller crew of men than In any other
country. Pitchforks are no longer used,
except In stacking, and hay Is no longer
hauled on wagons. A series of "bucks"
rakes the crop from the ground at all
points In the field. It is conveyed to the
top of the highest stack by means of
horses.
In the large meadows, about the first
of July six to ten mowing machines are
started, and are kept running until the
season closes, about the first of October.
Three or four rakers follow up as the
hay cure3 on the ground, and these are
succeeded by "bunchers." Each of the
mowers cuts a "swath." of Ave feet and
the rakes are about 10 feet in width.
The "bunchers" are 12 to 14 feet In
width and are drawn by two horses
hitched near either end of the "buncher,"
at such a distance apart as to straddle
the long rows of hay raked up by the
rakers.
As some of the meadows are Ave or
ten miles across, the ranchers manage so
as not to lose any time in going to and
from work. They begin near the ranch
house, and cut and rake "out," and in,
returning home at noon and night they
cut and rake as they come, and in re
turning to work do the same. Hundreds
of acres are thus cut and raked in go
ing to and returning from work.
The stacking methods are peculiar to
this valley, and are said to be the best
in the world. Six men and a boy under
the method stack from 40.to 60 tons of
hay In a day. Two of these maa. are
stackers, two buckers and one at each
end of the stack assist in running the
crude machinery used, while a small boy
on horseback dashes out and unlocks the
apparatus when It Is at the right place
on the stack with a load of hay, by
means of a long rope.
The Harney Valley buck is a crude,
rough, awkward-looking affair. The
front is about 16 feet wide and Is com
posed of a series of teeth made of sharp
ened scantlings 2x3 Inches In size, and 10
to 12 feet long. At each side of an axle,
upon which these work, are two low
wheels; and above, the axle and behind
the teeth is a set of railings that pre
vent the hay from falling off behind.
Behind this axle is a long rudder-looking
affair with a small bock wheel and a
large lever attached, not unlike the
tiller of a boat. Attached to this rudder
are two horses driven by a man who
sits above the wheel astride the lever
that controls the wheel. He also man
ages another lever that raises and lowers
the teeth of the buck In front of the
horses. A scantling connecting the tiller
with the back end of the buck is used
as a sort of tongue or pushing lever, and
in drawing the tiller the horses push, the
huge buck In front of them. The man on
A. W. GOWAN,
Of the Burns News.
A W. Gowan, one of the editors of the Har
ney County News, was born in the State of
Kansas on August 23, 1873. He came to Ore
gon in 16S2, and located at the town of Burns
in 1000. He has been connected with news
papers, more or less, since ho was 14 years of
age, having entered an office as "devil" at
that ase. He became associated with F. E.
"Wllmarth in the publication of the Harney
County News on June 1 of this year. The
News is a fearless Republican paper.
Mr. Gowan attended the common schools of
this state until 18 years of age, and then
spent one year in the University of Oregon at
Eugene, and afterwards took a -course in the
Portland Business College. He was clerk in
the land offlco at Burns for 15 months, and is
the uresent Treasurer of the town of Burns.
Mr. Gowan and Miss Emma Pnrrish, of Can
yon City, Or., were married in April, 1890.
Editor Gowan is one of the most popular and
trustworthy citizens of Harney County.
the buck drives Into the field and
takes up bunch after bunch of the hay
until he has several tons on this awk-ward-loflklng
concern, and then, by
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means of the lever, raises tho teeth in
front "and drives back to the stack. Here
a pole In front of the stack is placed In
a trench with a rope netting on each
side. Tha buck Is driven directly over
this pole and then the horses are backed
off, and by means of the lever, the whole
load of hay is left on the netting at
tached to the pole. A cable extending
the whole length of the stack Is then
attached to this netting, when It Is closed
around the load of hay, almost Instan
taneously, and horses at the other end.
of the stack draw the load to any point
on the stack desired. At a given signal
tho trap 13 thrown by means of a rope,
and the netting falls from around tho
load of hay and the boy on horseback
dashes out and drags the pole and net
ting In place for the other buck, which
by this time Is on hand with another
load. The stacks are usually 80 feet long
and.20 to SO feet wide, and are 20 or more
CHARLES JfEWTOS COCHRANE,
Of the Burns Items.
Charles Newton Cochrane, editor and man
ager of the Harney Valley Items, was born
near Springvllle. Mo., In 1873, and came to
Oregon in 1S90. He first settled at Hunting
ton, and afterwards moved to Drewsey, in
Harney County, in 1S93. He came to Burns
In 1897. Mr. Cochrane attended the public
schools of Kansas. He also attended school at
Colorado Springs, Colo., and took a course at
the Oregon State Normal School at Monmouth.
Mr. Cochrane has taught school three years, in
this county, .and followed various vocations.
Ho has worked in' printing offices, was clerk in
an employment office, and, in fact, like most
yoUng men cast upon their own resources, has
been able to turn his hand to any kind of
work. He learned the newspaper work In the
Daily and "Weekly Eclipse office, at Parsons,
Kan., and became identified with the Items
five years ago. Two years later he became
that paper's editor and manager. He filled tho
office of Mayor of the town of Harney for two
terms. The Harney Valley Items is the oldest
paper in the county, and Is Republican in pol
itics. Mr. Cochrane and Miss Isabello Clen
denen wero married at Harney in ISO".
feet In height at the most elevated point.
A portable frame is moved from stack to
stack by the stackers, placed at the end
of the stack in a slanting position and
up this incline hay is driven.
The Invention is a homo one, improved
to date by Mr. Kanley. No patent has
ever been applied for. The big ranchers
here make enough money, and are too
well contented to bother about protecting
what they call minor things with patents.
"This method has been taken up by all
the ranchers in the valley, or they have
similar ones just as good, and the hay
ing industry is a wonder to all who visit
this section.
All the ranchers put up hay; the
crop is not generally for sale, as the ma
jority of the owners are large stock
raisers, and feed the hay to their herds
in Winter.
Sportsman's Paradise.
There are many other Interesting feat
ures in Harney Valley. It Is the home
of nearly all of the water fowls of the
country ducks, geese, brants, swan,
and many others make this a principal
stopping point in their migrations, while
a great number raise their young here.
The rivers and sloughs are inhabited by
many varieties during the whole year
and in the Fall, Winter and Spring this
is a regular hunter's paradise.
With such a level country, and so much
stagnant water, one would imagine that
malaria would exist, but this is not the
case. The high altitude, nearly 5000 feet.
is the most
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leavening agents.
Greater in leavening strength, a spoonful
raises more dough, or goes further.
Working uniformly and perfectly, it makes
the bread and cake always light and beautiful,
and there is never a waste of good flour, sugar,
butter and eggs.
Finer food ; saving of money ; saving of the
health of th.e family; the last is the . greatest:
economy of all.
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the cool nights and warm sunshine, make
It an exceptionally healthy country, abso
lutely free from malaria.
The scenery Is grand. Green, beauti
ful valleys He close at hand and rugged
mountains stand out in every direction.
Beautiful mirages of mountains, lakes
and streams greet the eye at sunrise,
and all go together in making this one
of the best and most Interesting sections
of Oregon.
CHEESE FACTORY A SUCCESS.
Clackamas County Enterprise Can
not Supply the Demand.
OREGON CITY, Aug. 17. The Logan
cheese factory has received the returns
ot sales for the May cheese, and the re
sults are entirely satisfactory to the
stockholders. The establishment was
started up In May, the factory running
22 days In that month, the sales amount
ing to about 4000 pounds. The greater
portion of the product was sold to fancy
grocers of Portland, who paid the fat
tory 32 cents per pound, a higher price
than Is received by other similar estab
lishments. Jacob Huber, the agent for
the factory, says that the factory Is
proving a Godsend to the farmers of that
section on account of the short wheat
crop. The milk from a good average
cow will bring about $5 per month at
the factory. At this rate 10 cows would
bring in a monthly Income of J50. and
the food supply could all be raised on the j
farm. At present, not enough cheese Is
produced to supply the demand from
first-class grocery establishments.
Thirty original homestead entries were
flled In tho local land office today on the
tracts in the Siletz reservation, on which
.tho attempted 'filing of the State School
Land Agentwas rejected about a month
ago. The register and receiver of the
local land office decided that only home
stead entries could be made on lands
In the boundaries of the reservation, not
alloted to the Indians, and when the
State Land Agent attempted to file on
32.2S0 acres in the limits of the Sllets
reservation as indemnity school lands,
the same was rejected. The State Agent
had 30 days to file an appeal to tha Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
but as the appeal was never perfected
the lands are now subject to homestead
entry. The rush of homestead locations
on these lands will likely continue for
another day.
. David Caufleld and Caleb Cross re
turned last night t from a prospecting
and -hunting .trip in the mountains, pass
ing around -the headwaters of the Clack
amas, Molalla and Santlam Rivers. They
found Ben Kimbley, of Damasers, and
another man whlp-sawlng lumber near
Trout Lake, on the headwaters of the
Molalla, to bo used In making sluice
boxes to work some placer ground that
had been prospected. Mr. Kimbley ex
pressed the opinion that gold existed
there In paying quantities.
Wagon-loads of peaches are coming
Into market from the orchards along the
Clackamas River, and the local demand
is being well supplied. The peaches are
, large and of unusually good quality. One
grower tms aiternoon was trying to sen
out his load to private individuals at the
rate of 45 cents per box.
Governor T. T. Geer, Secretary of State
F. I. Dunbar and Fish Commissioner F.
C. Reed arrived from Salem this morning
and left for the Upper Clackamas hatch
ery. A team was secured to haul them
to Garfield, where saddle-horses will be
taken to make the trip through on the
trail. The board expects to return hero
next Monday.
A NEHALEM RAILROAD.
One Is Pushing: Southivestvrard
From Gohle Station.
ST. HELENS. Or., Aug. 17. The Goble.
Nehalem & Pacific Railroad, on which
work Is now in progress, will run from
Goble Station over the divide to the
Nehalem River. Tho distance, according
"to the preliminary survey, is about 22
miles. Less than a 4 per cent grade
will reach the summit from this side, and
it is said that the grade will be no
heavier on the other side of the divide,
although the distance is much less to
the Nehalem than to the Columbia. The
proposed road will cross, the Northern
Pacific track a short distance above
Ruben. A long trestle will be constructed
from the Northern Pacific track to the
bay, where the logs will be dumped into
economical of all
Some baking; powder makers claim their pewdera
are cheaper. They can he cheaper only if made
from cheaper materials. "Cheaper" means inferior
materials always. To cheapen the cost of an
article of food at the expense of its healthfulness,
as is done in alum baking powders, is a crima,
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tho river. It will require three mBes of
track; to reach the. timber. Xlarga part
of the three miles has already been grad
ed and Is now ready for the ties and iron.
The expenditure of not less than. $30,008
will be required for the first thrwitnlJea.
The promoters ot this echeme are JR. C
Bell, Thomas Day and Edward Camp
bell, all well-known tlmbermea.
Lolce County's Asoeasinvib
LAKBVTEW, Aug. 14, County Assessor
Felix Duncan has just completed tho
assessment roll of Lake County for tha
year 1M. An increaaa of 5&L0CO for TOO
is shown by tho summary. Following la
the summary:
No. .Vahra.
Acres tillable land .3 i S13.0
Acres non-tillable Iand....23S,52 351.733
Improvements on deeded
or patented lands........ ..... 12X822
Town and city lots 433 1S.5M
Improvements town and
city lots ..... SS.525
On lands not deeded or
patented 13,373
Oregon & Cat. Land Co...l23,469 113.319
All other property.., 4,525
Stallions and jacks 31 1,510
Stationer engines 8,109
Merchandise and stock in
trade 85231
Farming implements,
wagons, etc . 3U71
Money 9.839
Notes and accounts 49,366
Shares of stock 617 26,937
Household furniture. Jew-
elry. watches, etc ....- S
Horses and mules 5.805 49.623
Cattle 23.851 334434
Sheep .H3.4C8 224.808
Swine .-... 750 1.600
Gross value of all property 31,630.337
Exemptions 83,471
Total value taxable property... $1,546,318
It will be seen that Lake County has
only 4L443 acres of tillable land against
133,529 acres non-tillable land. A large
portion ot tho non-tillable land Is "des
ert" and. will be reclaimed when a rail
road penetrates it.
From a. Girl Editor's Paper.
Junction City Bulletin.
To make a successful partnership of
married life, the wife must be one of the
flrm.
No man was ever as good as he de
mands tho young man shall be who asks
for tho hand of his daughter.
This world Is but a fleeting show, but
it Is natural for every one to want to
see as much of the performance as pos
sible. In this day of enlightenment there are
still some people who would not object
to burning witches it they were allowed
to select the witches.
We don't see why McKInley should bo
blamed for Neeley's peculations- ln-Cuba.
Peter denied Christ, and nobody thinks
of blaming Christ for it.
The people are pretty well satisfied
with tho conduct ot the affairs of the
Nation. Industrial pursuits, not politics,
is what interests them.
There is no spot on earth better en
dowed by Nature for dairying, cattle,
hog, sheep and goat-raising than right
here In tho Willamette Valley.
Some men never tire ot telling their
wives what they love to eat, but thoy
think the fact that they told them 10 or
20 years ago that they loved them 13
sufficient.
Short Crops, But Far From a Failure
ALBANY, Aug. 17. Reports tending to
show a complete failure of the wheat
crop In this valley are misleading and
Incorrect. While the yield is short, a
largo quantity of wheat is being brought
to this city for storage. 5000 or-6000 bushels
a day. The grain is of splendid qual
ity, hard and of fine milling composi
tion, weighing $1 and 62 pounds per bush
el, though the kernels are small.
LOW RATE.
Via. Union Pacific Railroad to G. A.
R. Encampment, Chicago, 111.,
Aner. 27 to Sept. 1, 100O.
For the above occasion, tho Union Pa
cific Railroad will make a special rato
of $71 50 to Chicago and return. Tickets
on sale August 21 and 22. For further
details concerning this cheap rate, call
at City Ticket Office. 135 Third street.
corner of Alder, Portland, Or.
GEORGE LANG.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent.
J. H. LOTHROP.
General Agent.
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