Morning Oregonian., August 07, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1901.
GOVERNOR MAY MEDIATE!
GAGE IS STUDYING CONDITIONS OP
SAN FRAKCISCO STRIKE!.
Municipal League Is Trying to Ar-
range a Peace Conference Union,
Boxmaken "Walk Oat.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. G. The only de
velopment of Importance in the labor sit
uation today, so far as the extension of
the strike is concerned, was the walk
out of more than 400 union boxmakers.
who had been employed at the various
box factories of the city. The men
claim that they were so often urged to
sign an agreement which meant their res
ignation from the union that they de
cided to brook the attitude of their em
ployers no longer and to Join the forces
of the Idle.
Mayor Phelan declares that as far as
he Is concerned, peace negotiations are at
an end, he having done all that he could
to bring about a conference.
Andrew Furuseth, secretary of the Sail
ors' Union of the Pacific, and one of the
strike managers, says that for the pres
ent at least the strike will not be ex
tended beyond San Francisco and San
Francisco Bay.
Tomorrow morning the sand teamsters,
some 500 In number, will refuse to work,
having been ordered out on a strike.
This will tend to cripple the building in
dustry of the city, as materials can
not then be hauled.
The Building Trades Council claims that
there are only 150 idle union painters
this afternoon and that in a short time
the Master Painters' Association will be
brought to terms.
The Municipal League is hopeful that
a conference may yet be arranged, and
It has been suggested that Governor
Gage be urged to assume the role ot
mediator. He has been In the city for
two days watching the progress of events,
gathering information at first hand, and
has Interviewed the labor leaders. He
came to San Francisco expressly to be
on the ground In the event of an emer
gency arising requiring his presence.
There were the usual daily assaults on
nonunion men. Two came very near end
ing seriously. Samuel Cole, a striking
teamster, was shot in the breast and
badly injured by Henry Davis, a non
union teamster. According to Cole's story
he was arguing with Davis, who drew a
revolver and shot him. J. Watt, a non
union teamster, when going to work was
met by a union man who tried to dis
suade him. On Watt's refusal the union
man etruck him In the neck with a rock.
Watt drew his pistol and shot at his as
sailant While Watt was watching the
man run, two shots were fired at Watt
by some one in the crowd on the other
side of the street. The bullets lodged in
a door Just above Watt's head.
About the only Incident out of the ordi
nary on the water front today was a short
strike on the part of the nonunion men
employed on the Oceanic dock. The men
at work loading the Australia and the
other vessels of the Spreskles line have
been receiving 50 cents an hour since the
tie-up was Inaugurated. This morning
they were informed that the company
would return to the regular rate of 40
cento an hour and they declined to com
mence work until they were assured of
being paid 50 cents. A delegation called
on Captain Howard and stated the de
mands. After a short discussion their
request was granted and the men com
menced work.
The loading of the Australia Is prac
tically completed, and ehe will get away
tomorrow for Tahiti upon the arrival of
the French malls. There were more men
at work on the docks today than at any
time since the strike began. It Is expect
ed that the Umatilla might sail for Vic
toria and other Puget Sound ports tomor
row.. Captain Wallace stated that the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company has
secured 60 additional men.
The office clerks of the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company are still
at work on the Geo. W. Elder, while
the stevedores and longshoremen are com
pleting the loading of the Columbia, which
may possibly get away tomorrow. Steam
ship managers claim that they are solv
ing the labor problem.
WORK3IEN FROM NEW YORK.
Union Iron "Works People Are Seek
ing Mechanics There.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Representatives
of the Union Iron Works of San Francis
co are in the city to engage machinists,
bollermakers and molders for the com
pany's employ. These representatives,
however, apparently wish the nature of
their business kept as secret as possible,
and will say nothing about their move
ments. It was learned from one of the
few men who answered an advertisement,
says the Tribune, that the company's
representatives have a lot of contracts,
one of which the applicant for the place is
obliged to sign. The purport of this cou
tract is that the company agrees to pay
o. second-class mashlnlst 30 cents an
hour for all work done from the date of
his arrival in San Franslsco. It fur
thermore sets forth that none but sober,
industrious men will Tie engaged. What
seemed to be the stumbling block to
those who applied was that the applicant
was asked to deposit a guarantee of $35
to help defray expenses of transportation
from here to San Francisco, this sum to
be refunded to the employe after six
months of faithful service. Several of the
leading laboring men among the Iron
trades In the city thought it highly im
probable that the company could get
men to engage with them, under the con
ditions Imposed.
"Wllili TRY TO DODGE TARIFF.
French. Growers Propose to Ship in
Condensed "Wines.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6. Representa
tives of California agricultural Interests
have learned that French exporters pro
pose to enter Into active competition with
the wlnemakers of this state. It is as
serted that in the Perigord district of
Franco the grape crops have been so
enormous that wine has fallen to less than
1 cent a gallon. The French growers, ac
cording to the Chronicle, do not intend
shipping wine to this country, owing to
the tariff, but they propose to send over
condensed must. This is unfermented
juice of the grape, which can be quickly
converted into fair wine by the addition
of water. The duty on must is only 20
per cent ad valorem, it coming under the
head of "unenumerated articles" in the
tariff schedules. The wine interests of
California will at once take steps to have
the omission of must from the tariff rec
tified by Congress, and It Is likely that
the measure to that effect will be placed
in charge of Representative Kahn on his
return from the Philippines.
KILLED BY HIS WIFE.
Drunken Rancher Shot Through the
Heart in Self Defense.
SAN JACINTO, Cal., Aug. 6. Frank P.
Wellman, a cattle rancher of the San
Jacinto Mountains, was killed by his wife,
Clara A. Wellman, in self-defense, accord
ing tto the verdict of the Coroner's Jury.
While under the Influence of liquor he
threatened to kill the woman and their
babe, when she procured a rifle and shot
him through the heart. He died instantly.
Suicide by Inhaling Gas.
ALAMEDA, Cal., Aug. 6. Dr. Charles
Hampden Field committed suicide today
by Inhaling illuminating gas. He was
formerly a surgeon in the United States
Army at Fort Wayne. He was also a
former surgeon of the Pension Bureau
and at one time surgeon for the Union
Pacific Railroad.
Veterinarian at Berkeley.
BERKELEY. CaL, Aug. 6. Dr. Archi
bald R. Ward has arrived in this city
from Ithaca. N. Y.. under appointment
as veterinarian of the Agricultural Col-U
icjje gi me university ui vauiumiu,
new position recently created by the
Board of Regents. His work will be
closely associated with that of Leroy
Anderson, head ot the dairy school, build
ings for which are now in course of con
struction. Flood of River at Randsbnrg.
RANDSBURG, Cal., Aug. 6. There was
a tremendous rain at this place yester
day, accompanied by terrific thunder and
lightning. Half the houses in town are
fiooded and the streets are badly washed
out. Two and a half Inches of rain fell in
three-quarters of an hour.
BENEFITS OF SUMMER FALLOW
Substitute lor Rotation of Crops in
the Wheat Sections.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Summer fal
lowing 1b a topic which never falls to
arouse Interest in the Department of Ag
riculture. In the report now In prepara
tion on wheatgrowlng and general agri
cultural conditions In the Pacific Coast
States this subject Is treated briefly in the
following language:
Summer fallowing is generally practiced
all over the entire region, largely owing
to the fact that there Is practically no
feasible rotation. On a considerable por
tion of the-area devoted. to wheat In this
section It Is also Impossible to grow a
fertilizing crop to plow Into the ground,
as is the custom In the more humid sec
tions of the country, as there is barely
sufficient moisture for the staple crop.
The soil on the Summer-fallowed land
derives great benefit from the disintegra
tion of Its otherwise insoluble Ingredients
by the action of the air, but the chief
benefit derived Is from the rain of two
seasons falling on the land on which one
crop Is to be produced. The greater por
tion of the wheat land of this district is
capable of absorbing all the rain that
falls, and the maintenance of a loose,
clean surface, as presented by the Sum
mer fallow, prevents evaporation. In ad
dition to this, early sowing gives the land
a long growing season, with the result
that a good crop is nearly always raised
on land which has been treated in this
manner, even though the rainfall during
the growing season is scant.
Summer-fallowed land 19 frequently
sown in May of the season following its
period of idleness; where pasture is need
ed, the cattle are allowed to graze on the
young wheat during the entire Summer
season, and in the Fall the final growth
of wheat is allowed to start Probably
half the wheat land of the entire Pacific
Coast region is Summer-fallowed each
year. This gives one crop on an average
every two years, but If a sufficient
amount of rain falls Immediately after
harvest, it is possible to raise two crops
In three years by reseedlng promptly.
No fertilization of the wheat fields other
than by Summer fallow has been at
tempted, except by Individual farmers or
In an experimental way by the state bu
reaus and experiment stations, the re
sults of which experiments have not as
yet been made public.
WAR ON MOSQUITOES.
Campaign Begun by Nevr
Health Officials.
Y'ork
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Dr. A. H. Doty,
health officer of the port, and his assist
ants have at last commenced the war of
destruction on the mosquitoes of Greater
New York and vicinity. They have at
last taken their paraphernalia, which con
sists largely of kerosene oil, to the pond
near Concord, Statcn Island, and forced
barrels of oil under the surface of the wa
ter. It was expected that while the fluid
is making its way to the surface It will
destroy all the embryonic mosquito life
therein. Dr. Doty said he cannot be pos
itive about the success of the experiment
for a month to come, but believes that It
will work well.
Dr. Eugene Monaghan, sanitary superin
tendent of the borough of the" Bronx, says
he believes the malaria at Fordham Is
caused by the mosquitoes. The experi
ments of Dr. Doty are being watched and
if they are successful the scattering of
oil on the swamps and low places in Ford
ham will be begun. Dr. Monaghan said
that the malaria-bearing mosquitoes do
a great deal of damage, but he does not
believe that they cause so much sickness
In this climate as they do in the tropics.
In discussing the prevalence of malaria
in Fordham, Health Commissioner Cros
by said the same steps will be taken to
destroy the malaria-bearing mosquitoes
there as in other parts of the city.
Appointments by the President.
.WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The President
today made the following appointments:
War Frank B. Baldwin, Colonel of In
fantry; James Regan, Lieutenant-Colonel
of Infantry; Frank B. Jones, Major of In
fantry; Frank H. Whitman, Captain of
Infantry; Henry D. R. Phelan, assistant
Surgeon of volunteers, rank of Captain;
First Lieutenants of cavalry, James Long
street, Jr., Harry N. Cooth, Theodore
Schultz, James E. Shelley, Duncan Elcat,
Charles H. Boyce, John J. Ryan; Second
Lieutenants of cavalry, Selwyn D. Smith,
William Overton, Gordon N. Kimball,
Walter F. Martin, O. S. Lusk, Philip
Mowry; First Lieutenants of infantry,
Lindsay P. Rucker, Mack Richardson,
Cleveland Wllcoxson, Albert B. Sloan;
Second Lieutenants of infantry, W. H.
Clendennln, William Bonham, Albert J.
Bright, Robert B. McConnell, Harry E.
Comstock, H. Clay Supplee, Charles B.
Morrison, Christian A. Bach, Alexander B.
Coxe; First Lieutenants of artillery, Stan
ley D. Emblck, Ralph S. Granger, Henry
B. Clark, Francis H. Cooke; Second Lieu
tenants of artillery, Roy H. Taylor, Fred
L. Perry, Donald W. Strong, Tilman
Campbell, John N. Dunn, Homer B.
Grant, Garrison Ball, Jean S. Sakes;
Thomas J. Dickson, to be chaplain.
Navy Frank H. Clark. Jr., a Lieuten
ant; Albert C. Dillingham, a Commander.
Italian Parochial Schools.
NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-JVIonsignore Scala
brini. Bishop of Placencia, Italy, who Is
in this country in the interests of the St.
Joachim Italian Mission, In an Interview
explained his programme. He said:
"The main object of my mission here is
to ascertain the conditions prevailing In
the various Italian missions and parishes
throughout the country. It is my desire
to see established a system of parochial
schools in which Italian boys and girls
may be taught their father's tongue, to
gether with the English they are now
taught so well. It has been our experi
ence that the immigrants who come here,
especially the children, are more likely
to obtain a stronger grasp of the rudi
ments of their religion if it be taught
them in their native tongue.
"I shall stay in this city until after the
retreat, which Is to be held for the Ital
ian priests at St Joseph's Seminary,
Dunwoodle", for eight days, beginning Au
gust 19. After that I shall attend the
dedication of the orphan aBylum now
building in Newark, and afterwards I
shall go to Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas
City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Columbus and
New Orleans. In all of these cities I am
to take part in ecclesiastical duties and
shall try to start movements toward the
building of parochial schools of the kind
I have outlined."
Relaying Wireless Messages.
BOSTON, Aug. 6. Wireless telegraphy
by a "relay system Is to be tried in the
vicinity of Boston. The system is the In
vention of Edgar S. Gray, and it was tried
in Vermont a short while ago. The ap
paratus consists, generally speaking, of
two kites. One transmits the message
and the other charges It with more force
and sends it on. The Inventor says he Is
able to send a message 50 miles overland,
and then pass It through the relay appa
ratus, which he can manipulate from the
starting-point. He believes that such sta
tions could be established at intervals of
50 miles-, repeating and forwarding the
messages almost Indefinitely.
UNDER ARID-LANDS ACT
NEARLY S800 ACRES IN HARNEY
TO BE RECLAIMED.
Portland Company Will Dig Four Big
Wells and Put in an. Elaborate
System of Ditches.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 6. The Portland
Company, a corporation, by W. E. Burke,
its president, has taken the first decisive
action in order to secure arid lands under
the act of the last legislature. This com
pany has applied for 8793.47 acres in Har
ney County. The location of this land
will be more clearly understood by ref-
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IN AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
erence to the accompanying map, by
which it will be seen that the tract lies
about elx miles north of Malheur Lake
and about 18 miles southeast of Burns,
in a region known as Harney "Valley.
The act passed by the last Legislature
has for its purpose the acceptance of
1,000,000 acres of Government land prof
fered to the state upon the condition
that It shall be reclaimed. There are vast
areas -of arid land in Eastern Oregon and
If it can be demonstrated by practical ef
forts that a large portion of this can be
reclaimed under such conditions as are
proposed by the Carey act, the results
will be of incalculable Importance to the
eastern part of the state. This first at
tempt at securing land under this act
will therefore be watched with no small
degree of interest.
It waa first proposed that the State of
Oregon should undertake at its own ex
pense to reclaim arid lands and depend
for reimbursement upon selling the land
to settlers or speculators. It was readily
apparent that to carry ou.t this project
would Involve the state in an expenditure
of large sums of money, creating a debt
which could not be paid off in many
years. This plan was then abandoned and
the present act passed, under the terms
of which the reclamation of arid land is
left entirely to private enterprise, the
state eimply making the selection from
the general Government and conveying
the land to the applicant when he has
complied with the Federal requirements.
The applicant must reclaim the land
before he secures title to It. Under this
act numerous persons and companies con
template reclaiming arid land, but the
Portland Company is the first to make a
beginning by getting Its application be
fore the state and the United States
Land offices.
The land for which application has
been made is particularly described as
follows: All of sections 3, 7. 8, 9, 10,
15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, the N. E. quarter
S. E. quarter, S. half of S. W. quarter.
N. E. quarter of the S. W. quarter, S. E.
quarter of the N. W. quarter, and lot
3, of section 4, the S. W. quarter, W. half
of S. E. quarter, S. E. quarter of S. E.
quarter of section 5, and S. E. quarter
and S. W. quarter of section 6, all in
township 24 S., Range 33 East, of Wil
lamette meridian.
From the application on file the fol
lowing description of the land is taken:
"The land Is situated In Harney Valley,
at en elevation of 4400 feet. The tract
lies practically level, with a slight fall
towards the South. The soil is sandy
loam, the only growth being what Is
known as black sage brush, and occas
ionally a little grease wood. Harney Val
ley is surrounded by hills out of which
flow -very few living streams. In the
Springtime, however, there Is a large
amount of water which empties out of
the canyons surrounding the valley and
finds its way into Malheur Lake. Some
of this water Is used for Irrigating pur
poses, but will not thoroughly Irrigate
. the land until reservoir systems are
adopted for holding the water back until
the proper season.
"At present the'rlghts for the use of this
Spring flow ot water are claimed by var
ious individuals, and to determine the
rightful owner would necessitate a great
deal of litigation and a considerable
length of time. . . There is an abundant
underground supply of water at a depth
of 7 to 15 feet. This condition exists
throughout the valley."
The company proposes to dig 4 wells,
each not less than 50 by 100 feet and
deep enough to secure the necessary
water supply. These wells will be located
on the higher ground. The water will be
pumped by steam power and distributed
to the land In ditches 8 feet wide and 2
feet deep. The estimated cost of the pro
posed system of irrigation Is $87,934 70, or
0 per acre. The annual cost of main
tenance is estimated at $1 50 per acre.
The company reclaiming land under the
provisions of this act does not secure
absolute title to the land, but ha6 a lien
upon the. land and may charge for the
use of the water from Its system. The
amount of the Hen and the rate to be
charged for the water are to be fixed by
the board. The company Is entitled to
the possession and use of the land until
the lien has been discharged. Any person
desiring to purchase any quarter section
of reclaimed land may purchase the same
from the State after first satisfying the
llen of the person who reclaimed the
land. The satisfaction of the lien is the
only price specified for such land.
As this law for the reclamation . of
arid land Is new in the United States,
the State Land Board can find no pre
cedent to guide Its proccedure, and it is
to be expected that there will be some
delay in securing land under this act.
UNPAID COUNTY TAXES.
Amounts Still Owed, on Account of
State and Scalp Taxes.
SALEM, Aug. 6. All the counties in
the state, except Tillamook, Union and
Yamhill, have paid their state taxes for
1900 In full. Tillamook Is the only county
that has made no payment on either state
or bounty tax. All the others have either
paid in full or have made partial pay
ments. Washington County has paid
nothing on her bounty tax. A number of
counties owe balances on their bounty
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taxes. The following list shows the
amount of unpaid state and. bounty taxes
for the year 1900 at the present date:
State Bounty
County. Tax. Tax.
Clackamas $1.030 28
Jackson 2,144 60
Klamath 834 24
Lane 1.405 06
Multnomah. 9,873 54
Tillamook $7,4SS 22 1,313 72
Union 8,706 24 817 23
Wallowa 60171
Washington 2.870 94
Yamhill 5,503 60 2.30G 67
Total $21,698 06 $23,196 45
Report on Fishing Licenses.
In the office of the State Treasurer Mas
ter Fish Warden H. D. Van Dusen yes
terday filed his report of the collection of
fishing licenses for the months of June
and July, accompanied with a remittance
of $907 30. The report covers the follow
ing items:
172 individual fishermen's licenses t.$172 00
91 gill-net licenses 227 50
23 set-net licenses 23 00
5 pound-net, trap or weir license .... 75 00
Seine licenses (all sizes) 259 feO
15 fish dealers' licenses (first-class).. 150 00
Total $907 20
Supreme Court Vacation.
The Supreme Court will adjourn Au
gust 16, in order to permit the Justices
to take a short vacation. Court will prob
ably remain adjourned three or four
weeks. Justices Bean and Moore will
spend their vacations in the East, while
Justice Wolverton will visit Oregon Sum
mer resorts. Finley Perrlne, bailiff ot
the Supreme Court, will also go East
during the recess.
Opposed Appointment of Guardian.
Mark S. Skiff has appealed to the Cir
cuit Court from the order made by County
Judge Scott, declaring William Joseph a
spendthrift and appointing Joseph Albert
his guardian.
Judge Scott ruled that Skiff Is not a
party having an interest sufficient to en
title him to be heard on the question or
guardianship. Albert alleged that Will
lam Joseph is a spendthrift and has
failed to look after his property. He
sought to have a guardian appointed to
look after some property sold or about to
be sold for taxes. Skiff clalirie dto be
the owner of the property under a tax
purchase, and sought to oppose the
guardianship proceedings.
Thrown From "Wagon and Killed.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 6. Word was
received here tonight that C. O. Bishop a
farmer on the Nez Perce prairie, 25 mlies
east of Lewlston, had been killed Monday
on the long grade leading to Clearwater
near the big eddy. He was hauling a
load of hay when the horses became
frightened and ran away. The wagon
was overturned and Bishop thrown on
rocks far down the hillside, suffering
Internal injuries which caused his death.
He was found an hour after the accident,
alive but unconscious. He died half an
hour later.
Big Forest Fire Near Baker City.
BAKER CITY, Aug. 6. A special to the
Democrat, of this city, says that a for
rest fire broke out in the mountains back
of the North Pole mine, near Bourne,
this afternoon, which Is now burning
fiercely. It threatens the mine prop
erty and a large body of fine timber.
It is supposed to be the result of care
lessness on the part of campers. If It Is
not got under control before it crosses to
the summit, the result will be serious.
Lucky Boy CIcan-Up.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 6. The cfean-up of
the Lucky Boy mine was brought down
yesterday by F. C. Sharkey, who took the
treasure to Portland. The amount was a
little more than $13,000, and represented
the product of the 15-stamp mill for 26
days. This is the largest month's run yet
made, but they now have 15 stamps run
ning, whereas they have heretofore had
only 10.
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locks, by using PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM.
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WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
PAST WEEK WAS THE WARMEST
OF THE SEASON.
Temperature of Western Oregon
Ranged From 7G to 100 Degrees
General Rains Needed.
Unltod States Department of Agriculture.
Climate and Crop Bulletin of the Weather
Bureau, Oregon Section, for the week ending
Monday, August 5.
EDWARD A. BEALS.
Section Director, Portland, Or.
General Summary.
The past week in Oregon has been the
warmest of the season, and It averaged
nearly 6 degrees warmer than the pre
vious one. The maximum temperatures
during the week In Western Oregon
ranged between 76 and 100 deg., and the
minimum temperatures between 50 and 68
deg. In Eastern Oregon the maximum
temperatures ranged between SO and
102 deg., and the minimum tempera
tures between 52 and 70 deg. Nu
merous small showers occurred in
Southern Oregon during the first days
of the week, but they were not general
or heavy enough to be of much benefit,
and no rain of consequence has fallen
elsewhere since the latter part of June.
General rains are now badly needed for
corn, hops, potatoes, gardens and pas
tures. The second crop of alfalfa Is being
cut in Southern Oregon, and the yields
are about the average. The second crop
of clover in the Willamette Valley is not
as promising as usual, on account of dry
weather.
The grain harvest is well advanced, but
thre&hlng In the western sections has
not yet become general, although well
begun east of the Cascade Mountains. The
following threshing yields have been re
ported: Washington County, wheat, 22
bushels; oats, 25 bushels. Yamhill Coun
ty, wheat, 24 bushels; oats, 30; Linn Coun
ty, wheat. 12 to 30 bushels; Winter oats,
20 bushels, and one acre of barley
threshed 75 bushels. Douglas County,
wheat, 6 to 30 bushels: oats, 40. Jackson
County, wheat, 12 bushels; oats, 15; barley,
20. Josephine County, wheat, 14 bushels;
oats, 25; barley, 30. Wasco County, wheat,
30 to 40 bushels. Sherman County, volun
teer wheat, 12 to 20 bushels; Fall wheat,
15 to 25; Umatilla County, wheat, 35 to
40 bushels, and some fields have threshed
55 bushels; Spring barley, 40 bushels, and
Fall barley, from 40 to 70; oats, about
50; Spring wheat, from 18 to 20. The wheat
crop In Umatilla County is turning out
much better than expected and the grad
ing will be good.
Some lice are reported In the hopyards,
but they arc not causing any damage ot
consequence, and the weather Is unfavor
able for the spread of this pest, and the
hop outlook continues favorable. Corn Is
making good progress, and early potatoes
are maturing rapidly. The potato crop,
although needing rain, Is doing fairly
well, and there are no complaints of
blight. Pasturage Is getting poor, and
there is a slight shrinkage In the milk,
supply reported from Curry and Coos
Counties.
The weather has been favorable for
fruit, which is .making good advancement.
Tamo blackberries are plentiful, and
plums, peaches and early apples are in
the market.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
Highland, Clackamas County, Marie
Harrington The past week was very dry
and warm. Grain Is ripening fast, and
early wheat will be harvested next week;
the wheat crop is good and oats promise
an abundant yield. The grain aphis has
again appeared and Is on tho grain; the
hoplouse is here, and spraying will com
mence Immediately. The vegetable crop
Is good. Potatoes will yield an Immense
crop. Tho fruit crop is very poor; ap
ples and prunes will be only half a crop.
Carlton, Yamhill County, D. W. Laugh
Hn -Cutting Fall wheat in progress; a
great many aro done, and the yielfls,
promise well; no threshing as yet, but
most of tho threshers start next week.
Spring oats are ripening too fast to fill
well, the weather being too hot. The af
ternoon temperatures are between SO and
90 deg., with wind from the north.
Centerville, Washington County, A. Re
verman The hot sunshine and strong
winds have been very trsing to Spring
crops. Oats are ripening, or rather dry
ing up, too fast. Threshing of Fall grain
began Wednesday. One field of 80 acres
of wheat that looked like 30 bushels, gave
20 bushels per acre, and a field of Fall
oats 32 bushels.
Gervals, Marlon County, W. B. Brown
Fall grain is about all cut, and threshing
will begin the coming week; the outlook
is promising for a good yield. The sec
ond crop of clover never looked better.
The fruit crop Is very good. Weather
dry and hot; temperature about S6 deg.
Alsea, Benton County, C. P. Fullerton
The week has been warm and dry, but
not hot enough to push grain too fast.
Wheat and oats look well, with promise
of good yields. It Is getting very dry.
Haying about done. Some oats cut, but
no threshing done yet.
COAST DISTRICT.
McKinley, Coos County, W. H. Bunch"
Weather continues hot. Grain is thought
to be ripening too rapidly for best re
sults, seemingly drying out In spots. Corn
and potatoes will be short crops If rain
is much longer delayed. Early pears
and apples ripening.
Olney, Clatsop County, J. E. Johnson
The weather is good. Haying is nearly
done in this vicinity; all report a good
hay crop; better than last year. Oats
are green yet; all will be cut for oat hay.
Potatoes are looking well. No blight re
ported by anyone; indications so far are
good; some cutworms have been seen, but
they appear to be doing no damage.
COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY.
Adams, Umatilla County, C. S. Fergu
sonWeather good for harvesting; nights
cool, days warm and dry. Wheat and
barley are good grades. Corn, fruit and
gardens are needing rain. The yields of
wheat thus far have been 35 to 45 bushels
per acre; Spring barley, the same as
wheat; fall barley, 40 to 65 bushels pef
acre.
Boyd, Wasco County, B. Havely
Weather very warm. Heading progres
sing nicely. Some threshing being done.
Fall wheat yielding 30 to 40 bushels per
acre, good quality. Spring wheat filling
well.
BIglow, Sherman County, A. V. Under
woodWarm weather continues. Spring
wheat ripening; volunteer wheat yields
12 to 20 bushels per acre; Fall-sown wheat,
15 to 25. No Spring grain threshed yet.
Wheat will grade No. 1 and No. 2. Range
stock doing well. Apricots ripening on
high land.
SOUTHERN OREGON.
Beagle, Jackson County, M. A. Houston
Hay all housed; the second and third
crops of alfalfa light, but of good qual
ity. Threshing commenced; yields so far:
Wheat, 12 bushels; oats, 15; barley, 20.
This will be below the average, as only
the crops on light, dry soil havo been
threshed. Weather hot and dry.
Kerby, Josephine County, E. F. Melss
ner Grain harvest Is nearly finished.
Spring-sown grain Is light, owing to ex
cessi'e dry weather. Threshing will com
mence next week. Crops aro in splen
did condition whero there Is water to ir
rigate. Rain is needed badly.
PLATEAU REGION.
Baker City, Baker County, W. C. Mc
Gulness Grass on foothills drying; pas
turage upon that portion of ranges very
poor. Hay being mown and stacked.
Very little, If any, threshing being done.
Wheat and barley crop will be short. Ir
rigated hay and pasture are as good as
in any Beason.
Narrows, Harney County, C. A. Hanils
The weather has been very warm and the
range has dried up very fast. Haying in
full progress; average crop. There was a
light shower Wednesday night.
Washington Notes.
The Everett oil discoveries are said to
have originated by a decayed stump deep
ly burled in' the ground.
Andrew Evans, 19 years of age, was se
riously injured while working with a
thresher on the grounds of the Walla
Walla penitentiary. He accidentally
caught his foot In the cylinder, crushing
and mangling it so badly that amputation I
was found necessary.
The well of the Colvllle Oil Company Is
now down 550 feet. The drill Is now In
a limestone formation, which makes bor
ing easy. Were it not for the great
amount of water with which the drillers
have to contend., the well would be sunk
at a much more rapid rate. No startling
Indications of oil have been discovered,
but otherwise ' everything is satisfactory.
Idaho Notes.
A gang of burglars committed several
small robberies In Wallace last Saturday.
The Rocky Mountain Bell telephone peo
ple have completed tho line through to
Decorah, the new town In the Seven
Devils district. The distance from Boise
Is about 200 miles.
About 100 Chippewa Indians are camped
on the meadows below the Ross Fork
agency. They are from the vicinity of
Butte, are not under the care of any
agency, and have been eating, drinking
and making merry for several days.
Two sheepherders made a lucky find In
a draw off Qulgley Gulch, about two
miles east of Halley, Saturday afternoon.
One of them picked up a stone to throw at
the sheep, and found it too heavy to
throw. Breaking it up, he discovered that
the rock contained galena; picking up
others, he found that they also held ore.
The two bought some tools and went to
work In the ground, and in two days
havo taken out 1500 pounds of ore that as
says, by two different tests, $84 per ton.
The first flax marketed from the reser
vation this reason was raised in the vicin
ity of Peck, and came from a 100-acre field
that yielded 22 bushels an acre. The flax
brought the owner $1 53 per bushel, or
$3366 for the entire crop. The cash re
turn per acre was therefore $33 66, and
the cost of production about $9 an acre,
leaving him a net profit of $25 C6 an acre.
The market value of land in the Peck
section is about $20 an acre, and in the
Instance above cited the owner secured
from a single crop the value of his farm.
NORTHERN CROPS ARE GOOD
President Hill Says They Promise
Better Than Last Year.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. James J. Hill,
president of the Great Northern Railway,
who has returned from the Northwest,
said today that the wheat, barley, flax,
hay and most of the crops along the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
roads are looking extremely well, and
promise to be much ahead of last year.
"To show the growth of our general
traffic," said Mr. Hill, "I need only to call
attention to what we have accomplished
In spite of a partial crop failure last
year along the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific. The loss was 40,000,000 bush
els of grain. In transportation and pur
chasing power, this meant a loss of
$5,000,000 to the Great Northern Railway,
all of which loss was made up within
$430,000 with increase in our traffic and
retrenchment of expenses."
"How will the Burlington do with so
great a falling off in the corn crop?" Mr.
Hill was asked.
"That Is a question that nobody can
answer definitely at this time," returned
Mr. Hill, "but I expect the Burlington
will give a good account of Itself as good
as the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific have following the partial failure
of the Spring wheat crop of last year; may
be better."
Right of Way Litigation.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 6. An ac
tion has been commenced In the Superior
Court by Annie T. Parkhurst and hus
band, A. L. Parkhurst, against the Wash
ington & Oregon Railroad Company, en
joining It from building Its road across
the plaintiffs' land unless It shall comply
with the conditions imposed upon the Port
land & Puget Sound Railroad Company
by tho plaintiffs at the time the transfer
of the right of way was made. The chief
condition referred to is that the company
agreed to provide undergrade crossings on
the road when built on the plaintiffs' land,
for the convenience and benefit of plaint
iffs. It appears that the Parkhurst land Is
considerably below grade where the com
pany's rignt of way crosses it. It was
the announced Intention of the Portland
& Puget Sound Company at the time the
right of way was acquired to build a tres
tle across the land In question. The Wash
ington & Oregon Company, however, de
sires to cross the land on a filled grade.
Condemnation proceedings for right of
way for a logging-road branch of the
Portland, Vancouver & Yakima Railroad
have been begun by Huston & Aldrlch
against Theodore Buckman and wife. The
branch road Is being built by the plaintiff
from a body of timber owned by It to the
main line of the Portland, Vancouver &
Yakima road. In order to reach which It
will be necesasry to cross the defendants'
land.
Landslide on the Southern.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 6. All trains
on the Southern Pacific Railroad are re
ported tied up by a bad landslide at
Avenet, New, 290 miles west of Ogden
where It is said the tracks are covered
with hundreds of tons of earth and rock
for a distance of fully 500 feet. A large
force ot men is at work clearing away the
slide, but it will probably be 20 hours be
fore the damage Is repaired sufficiently
to allow trains to move.
Philadelphia & Rending Dividend.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6. The direct
ors of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail
road Company today declared the regular
semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on
the preferred stock of tho company.
CONCERNING PENSIONS.
Mr. Cnukln Questions Figures ot
Boston Transcript.
PORTLAND, Aug. 3. (To the Editor.)
In Th'o Oregonian for July 30 appoared a
short article creded to the Boston Tran
script, entitled "Spanish War Pensions,"
which, after mention of claims for pen
sions for the war with Spain, filed up to
date, proceeds to mention Civil War pen
sions as follows: "May 1, 1S65, three
weeks after Lee's surrender, tho total
strength of the Union Army was 1,000,516
officers and men. June 30, 1901, there were
on the pension rolls -the names of 907.S34
pensioners. In other words, the army of
pensioners today Is within 3000 of the
strength of the army of soldiers we had
in 1S65." It is quite evident that the au
thor of tho above extract Intended to con
vey the Impression to tho mind of civil-'
ians that 1,000,516 was the whole number
of Union soldiers pensionable in event of
disability on account of the Civil War,
and that all but 3000 of them constitute
the 997,854 now on the pension rolls.
The figures given above are correct, and
It Is often said that "figures cannot lie";
but when used In a manner and for the
purpose of deceiving, or tell but half or
less than half of the truth for the same
purpose, they sometimes come so near to
lying that It is quite difficult to detect
tho difference, and a fair-minded, truth
loving public may feel interest In a pre
sentation of the whole truth.
First, as to strength of the Union Army.
The records in the War Department give
the total number of enlistments in the
army during the Civil War as 2,778,304,
and after very careful corrections and de
ductions for re-enlistments, gives the
total number of persons In the service as
2,300,000. Add to this the number in ser
vice In tho Navy during tho same peribd,
132,554, and we have a total of 2,432,554
persons in the Military and Naval ser
vice on account of the Civil War, and
pensionable under the several pension acts
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Next, as to the constituents of this pen
sion roll of 997,834, and I will name them
In somewhat the chronological order of
the service from which tho right to pen
sion arose, beginning with the War of
1S12, there being a few surviving widows
of soldiers of that war, and a larger num
from each succeeding war until our own
time:
Early wars Surviving widows of the
War 1812; survivors and surviving widows
of the Black Hawk, Creek, Cherokee and
Seminole Indian wars; survivors and supr
vlvlng widows of tho .Mexican War; rerTU
lar Army and Navy", other than engaged
In Civil War.
Civil War Army nurses and employed
in general hospitals; widows and minor-
children, children ot defective mind, and
other dependent relatives of deceased sol
diers and sailors; surviving soldiers and;
sailors of the Civil war.
I have no data by me by which to givo
the number of pensioners in each of the
above classes, but they constitute no In
considerable portion of the whole num
ber, especially the class Including widows,
minor children, children of defectivo
minds, and dependent fathers and mothers
of deceased soldiers and sailors of the
Civil War. Deduct all others oxceptf sur
viving Union soldiers and sailors from tho
997,834 now on the rolls and It will be
seen that but a half truth was told on this
phase of the subject, and It Is quite proa
ablo that the number of veterans of the
Civil War now on the pension rolls wiTl
not exceed 30 per cent of the 2,432,554
borno on the rolls of the Army and Navy
during the Civil War.
It Is tho consensus of opinion of survlv-
ing veterans that, eliminating all pensions
granted by special acts of the congress,
cases of fraudulent pensions would bo
very hard to llnd, and that the Adminis
tration of the Pension Bureau is as frco
from fraud against the Government a3
any other department of the public ser
vice. I have no argument to make on tno
Justice of the pension laws, nor criticism
of tho Administration of the Pension Bu
reau, but I do wish to protect in the namo
of my comrades, whom I esteem and love,
against such a perversion of ,facts and
figures as would not only belittle them,
but also the great cause to which they
gave the best that any man can glvo to
his country. Give us fair play.
G. E. CAUKIN.
Iiiuv's Contempt Case.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Tomorrow, before
Judge FItzslmmons, will be heard the caso
of Dr. Richard S. Law, who Is now held
upon a charge of contempt of court. Ac
cording to the Herald he failed to answer
In supplementary proceedings growing out
of the litigation of the Golden Scepter
Gold Mine, of Colorado. The charges wcro
preferred by Mrs. Elizabeth Walling, wlfo
of the Rev. W. A. Walling, until recently
pastor of the Delaware-Avenue Baptist
Church, of Wilmington, Del. Dr. Law,
who is 73 years of age, was a friend oC
the late Henry George, and acted as a
pall-bearer at the funeral of the distin
guished slngle-taxer. He claims that ho
acted In good faith in his mining trans
actions. To Donllc-Dcelc Brooklyn Bridge.
NEW YORK, Aug. C As a result of tho
recent breaks, plans for Increasing tho
strength and practically doubling the car
rying capacity of the Brooklyn brIJge
have been prepared by William Hllden
brand, superintendent of the John A.
Roebllng Sons Company. His Idea Is to
erect another structure above the one now
in use, and similar to It. The work of
construction, he says, could be carried on
without Interruption to trafflc. and would
cost about $3,500,000. Edwin Duryea, the
engineering expert, appointed by District
Attorney Phllbln to Investigate the cause
of the recent breaks, has not yet made
his report.
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