THE MORNING OREGONIAN. -JSATURDAY, SEHCEMBER 3, .1904.
. TO RECLAIM LANDS
National Fund Now Reaches
Total of $23,000,000.
OREGON CONTRIBUTES MOST
Washington May Have to Yield the
Third Place to Oklahoma North
Dakota Will Continue to Hold
Second' Rank.
CONTRIBUTED TO RECLAMATION
ITJND.
1003. . 1001-2-3.
Arizona. S 48,360 $ 130.133
California S30.221 1.342.691
Colorado 549.812 1.223.807
Idaho C50.331 1.157.770
Kansas 27.836 70.971
Montana 558.071 1,330.448
Nebraska 138.72S 373,922
Nevada 14,138 37,550
New Mexico... 154.2C5 301.502
North Dakota. 1.244.91C 2.472.412
Oklahoma S64.766 1.873.501
Oregron 1.S98.970 2,807.931
South Dakota.. 2 48. COG 55U.263
Utah 8S.872 235.C96
"Washington .. 1.109.299 1.903.3S7
Wyoming 279,703 6C5.471
Totals $8.713,9S8 $16,489,424
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept 1. It Is estimated toy statis
ticians of the General Land Office that on
June 30, 1904, the reclamation fund, con
tributed by the arid states of the West,
liad reached a grand total of $23,000,000.
The exact amount cannot yet be com
puted, for it is not yet known -what
amounts must be deducted from the gross
land receipts for the fiscal year 1904, but
in round numbers the Land Office estl
jnates that the reclamation fund will re
ceive nearly, if not quite $7,000,000 out of
the $8,795,893 that was derived last year
from the sale of public lands.
The reclamation act began with the net
land receipts for the fiscal year 1901. To
those receipts have, been added the net re
turns of the two succeeding years, making
a. total reclamation fund of $16,4S9,424 on
Juno 30, 1903. Making a conservative esti
mate for the addition that must be made
on the basis of last year's collections, it
Is reasonable to assume that the fund at
the present time slightly exceeds $23,000,000.
Oregon the Largest Contributor.
During the last two years Oregon has
been the largest contributor to the recla
mation fund, and today has to its credit
more of that fund than any other state.
North Dakota is the second largest con
tributor and holds its relative position on
the basis of Its receipts for 1904. It Is im
possible at this time to tell whether Wash
ington will hold Its place immediately
after North Dakota, which it attained a
year ago. There has been a marked fall
ing off in gross receipts In Washington,
and as a result it is possible that Wash
ington will have to take fourth place,
giving way to Oklahoma, which a year
ago ranked next to Washington In amount
contributed to the reclamation fund.
WILL NOT SHOULDER BLAISE.
Rural Teacher Dissents From State
Superintendent of Education.
PORTLAND. Or.. Sept. 2. (To the Editor.)
The Oregonlan of May 12 contained a lec
ture delivered by Mr. Ackerman, State Super
intendent of Schools, before the Evening Star
Grange No. 27. Patrons of Husbandry, on tho
subject of "The Public School System and Its
Betterments."
On many points I quite agree with the lec
turer, but there Is one statement In particular
from which I beg permission to differ. After
rtating that the present school system has teen
built from the top down, he says. In part:
"Thus It has happened that our high schools
have been organized and our school courses
formulated by men who from seml-leolation
and devotion to a single purpose have been
ignorant of local conditions and local demands
and needs of high school pupils; by men Inex
perienced in trade. . . It Is not strange
that defects are found in our educational sys
tems and methods, that patrons living In cities
feel disappointed in the result of the schooling
their children receive. It la not strange then
that children in rural districts lack Interest In
agricultural pursuits; that In consequence of
their training the bright, aspiring youths have
been leaving the farm and eeeklng to live by
their wits In the city." Then he asks: "Do
not these circumstances point unmistakably to
the fact that public education in rural districts
has failed In adapting Itself to existing condi
tions, and to meet the demands made upon
it?"
Under the heading, "Wrong Kind of Teach
ers," he says: "Of the 3742 teachers of Ore
gon, the most part were young girls and
women bred In our cities and educated in our
graded schools. These young women carried
with them culture ... and yet they knew
little about the home environments of tho chil
dren they teach. If the farm boys and girls
could not learn the scientific basis upon which
fcuccessful results in agriculture depend, it is
because the teachers In our rural schools do
not know that basis."
Then he gives quite a list of things the pupils
in the rural schools should learn; that they
should learn by experimenting In the feeding
of stock, grafting, etc., to cross and fertilize,
propagate new species and have other exercises
upon which successful results In agriculture
depend.
,1 beg the privilege of offering the same apol
ogy for the failure on the part of the rural
schoolteacher that Mr. Ackerman asks for him
self and the school system in general, "that It
was built from the top down by men who did
not and could not thoroughly understand the
needs." etc
But, I should like to ask, where in the cur
riculum for the rural schools prepared by Mr.
Ackerman is the place given or these various
branches and sub-branches listed, to say noth
ing of the time required for the work which
he suggests. I fear from eun to sun, pro
vided a little sleep were taken during the
hours of darkness It Is deemed a necessity
at least now and then would hardly suffice
to see a full programme carried out.
In my "grade work" these subjects are not
mentioned, but many others are, and the pupils
must be prepared to pass p. satisfactory examin
ation on these given branches when the proper
time comes, and with the short .terms of from
three to six months usually, the teacher Is
overcrowded and cannot possibly get over the
prescribed ground except by, figuratively speak
ing, "dragging the pupils over the pages."
If the subjects of which he speaks were
placed! in the grade work, and If teachers,
who are "scientifically" being taught to teach,
were taught these things to teach others
why, I'm thinking eromething would be done.
If under those conditions the young girls and
women cannot learn and teach these things,
then let them find a work which they can do.
But I trow you would find many of them pre
paring themselves quickly on the Intricacies of
farming in its various phases.
Now-J do not disagree with. Mr. Ackerman
in the main, but I do think he puts the blame
in the wrong place. I believe in putting a
thing where it belongs and Burely, as one can
tee from Mr. Ackerman's own words, the blame
does not primarily belong on the shoulders of
the rural schoolteacher.
I have many times felt that I was teaching
things of minor importance, subjects and things
that would soon be forgotten or fall into dls
nse because of lack of opportunity, while
things of everyday importance were given no
place nor room in the grade work.
Economy should be taught, cleanliness should
be taught, and honesty should be taught. There
are many other points also, but these three
only are mentioned because if thoroughly
taught they are so far-reaching, each In Its
own line, that if no others could be taken
up, much good would be accomplished never
theless. They open up the financial question,
that of cleanliness of person and surroundings
and purity of mind, and last the all-Important
question of character.
If much of the- time devoted to nature study
could be devoted to these everyday and every
hour and almost every-mlnute questions of
the Uvea of most people there ought to be
some practical result from It. For Instance,
If In a dairying district, the pupils should be
taught how to care for the dairy things, that
the cats and doga should not be given the
buckets and mllkpans. If used, to "clean out;"
that the butter-paddle should not be washed in
the hand-basin, etc They should be taught the
simplest and best ways of doing things in
household economy; that the best way to acrub
wood, be it floor or table. Is with the grain
of the wood and not across it. That the pupils
in farming districts should be taught the prin
ciples underlying the farming business, I quite
agree, and would be glad to see the room, the
place, and the subjects put In the rural school
grade work very soon.
Yes. I heartily agree with nearly everything
Mr. Ackerman said, and think It will be a good
day and a great step forward when children's
education is made much more practical than
much of It is at the present time,
RURAL TEACHER.
AG&DTST DIRECT PRIMARIES.
Flaws Picked in Its Provisions, and a
Hope for Its Repeal..
Astoria Astorian.
County Clerk Clinton stated yesterday
that he woiild open the Fall registration
books on September 20 and close them on
the evening of October 20. Some months
before the Attorney-General of the state
decided that voters who had registered In
the Spring for the June election would
not be required to register again for the
Presidential election, Mr. Clinton talked
over the matter with Judge McBrlde and
reached the same conclusion. Those vot
ers who did not register for the June
election will register this Fall, and 30
days will be ample time in which to regis
ter them.
County officials are somewhat anxious
to observe the operation of the direct pri
mary law. This new measure will unques
tionably prove itself to be a great farce.
It has not worked well in other states,
and there Is little reason to believe that
it will give satisfaction here. "Voters sup
ported it just as they will support any
measure which seems to be of the reform
type. Not one voter In 100 gave any
thought to the bill, and even if it had been
generally studied not one in 100 would
have had any Idea of its exact meaning.
It is altogether too complicated for the
mind of the average man. The next state
and county election. In 1906, will be held
under the new system.
Now that nominations will be made In
the new manner, people are beginning td
Inquire as to the terms of the bill. First,
registration for the primary election is
necessary. Every man who registers for
the primaries must state his political
faith. On primary election day he will
go to the polls to vote for his choice for
the various nominations and will be given
a ticket which will correspond with his
political faith as announced to the County
Clerk. If a man registers as a Republican
and undergoes a change of political faith
before the primary election he will be
required to vote the Republican ticket,
Just the same.
Clatsop County Is noted for the large
number of independent voters within Its
borders. Politicians say there Is little
difference In the number of Democrats
and Republicans that the independents
control election, outnumbering each of
the principal parties. Now, what's going
to happen to the Independents? Let it
be supposed that an independent should
go to the County Clerk's office to register.
He gives his name, and. In reply to the
Clerk's question as to his political faith,
answers "independent." He is neither
Democrat nor Republican, but votes for
"the man. He is registered as an In
dependent. On primary election day he
goes to the polls, but there is no inde
pendent ticket for him to vote. There
fore, he cannot vote.
But the independent is perhaps not so
badly off as the Democrat in -this county.
Let it be supposed that the Democrats
nominate a citizens' ticket in 1906. When
Democrats go to the Clerk's office to
register they tell the Clerk they are
Democrats. On primary day there is no
Democratic ticket: instead there Is a
citizens' ticket. The Democrats do not
vote.
These facts go to demonstrate what a
gigantic frost the direct primary law
really Is.
The man who goes to the Clerk's office
to register states his 1 politics and the
Clerk must accept his statement for it.
If Senator Fulton were to state that he
is a Democrat, the Clerk would have to
register him as a Democrat. The voter's
declaration "goes." Now, suppose that
tho Republicans should become aware
of the fact that some politically weak
man aspired for the Democratic nomina
tion for an important office. Republicans
could register as Democrats and thereby
bring about the nomination of the can
didate. The Democrats could do like
wise. Tet tho law was framed for the
purpose of preventing one party from
interfering with the primaries of the
other!
The new law necessitates two elections.
First, an election is held for the purpose
of choosing nominees. This will entail
as much expense to candidates as the
regular election which follows. The po
litical faith of every honest voter will
be known to the world, although the se
crecy of the ballot has In the dim and
distant past been regarded as one of the
sacred rights of the American citizen.
The outlook politically is not pleasing
and there is every reason to believe that
the law will be repealed after a trial.
WATER-WAGON RECIPES.
Erroneous Belief That There Are No
Temperance Mixed Drinks.
New York Sun. '
The expert and dexterous "mixers" of
intoxicating and exhilarating strong
drinks are not to have the whole field to
themselves. No such thing as mixed
temperance drinks? A fallacy of the
bibulous.
There is "grape-juice punch," made up
by boiling together a pound of sugar and
half a Pint of water until it "spins a
thread." Then, following directions, take
from the fire, and when cool add the
juice of six lemons and a quart of grape
juice. Serve with plain water, apolllnaris
or soda water.
There is the popular English temperance
drink, lemon squash, made a glassful at
a time. Allow to each glass the Juice of
a large lemon, crushed loaf sugar and a
bottle of club soda. Mix the lemon Juice
and sugar and put in the soda, stirring
with a long spoon.
There is "grape juice sherbet." One
pint of unfermented grape juice, the juice
of a lemon and a tables poonful of gela
tine, dissolved in boiling water, and the
white of an egg. Mix, then freeze.
There is the far-famed "Saratoga cool
er," dear to the heart of every veritable
Prohibitionist, made more's the pity in
a large bar glass as follows: One teaspoon
of powdered white sugar. Juice of half a
lemon, one bottle domestic ginger ale and
two lumps of Rockland Lake or Maine
Ice, thoroughly mixed.
There is "grape-juice nectar," made of
the juice of two lemons and an oraneo
one pint of grape juice, a cup of sugar
and a pint of water; to be served from a
punchbowl, with sliced lemons and or
anges added.
Anyone who, with the existence of these
stimulating temperance beverages brought
clearly to his notice, persists in declaring
that there is no such thing as a temper
ance "mixed drink" should be made to
drink highballs without ice.
St. Xouls and Return. $67.20.
Chicago and Return. 72.50.
September 5, 6, 7; October 3, 4, 5. Stop
overs allowed going and returning Great
Northern Railway. City ticket office, 122
xnira street, x-oruana. jeor iurtner par
ticulars, cau on or aaaress a., uickson
U. Jf. & T.
SCIENTIFIC BUTCHERY AT PICNIC
Beef Dressing Contest for Prize of $500
Is Accompanied by Sacred Music
New Orleans Picayune.
SCIENTIFIC BUTCHERY was the pe
culiar pleasure " furnished by the
Paradise Social Club to' its friends
yesterday afternoon at the first picnic
given by that organization. Two huge
bulls were slaughtered, skinned, disem
boweled and quartered in a "grand beef
dressing contest" for a purse of $500 as the
piece de resistance of the holiday fun.
The slaughtering took place simultane
ously on a high scaffold before a crowd
of about 1500 persons, of whom more than
half were women, girls and children. The
dancing going on in the pavilion was in
terrupted, as all the dancers flocked to
see the butchery, and the band played
"Nearer, My God. to Thee" while the
throats of the bulls were being cut.
A number of girls turned sick, and one
or two fainted. A large portion of tho
crowd was forced to leave the park, and
some of those who remained stood with
their backs turned to the exhibition. Most
of those who remained, however, crowded
as close to the platform as they could
get, and a small group of them received
a sprinkling of blood over their white
dresses, which they did not seem to mind.
At 9 o'clock the picnic began with a
grand procession of the club through the
city streets. There were some ten car
riages filled with members of the Para
dise Social Club who are nearly all from
the slaughter-houses, dressed elaborate
ly with high silk hats. The two bulls
to be killed were dragged along in the
middle of the procession in highly-decorated
wagons, with garlands and rib
bons wreathed around their horns. Tho
cleavers wherewith they were to be slain
were exhibited prominently, swathed in
red, white and blue. The two contestants,
August Hoffmann and Herman Schmalz,
rode in the first carriage, and were the
recipients of much applause.
So hot was the sun during the long
procession that one of the hulls nearly
died from sunstroke, and a halt was made
at the Dryalles Market to revive them, so
that they could be killed.
Arrived at the park, an outdoor ban
quet was served its numerous guests by
the club. Dancing continued most of the
'day.
The slaughtering contest was scheduled
for 4 o'clock. In the broad open field in
the rear of the pavilion a large scaffold
was erected, with four tackles depend
ing from crossbeams. The wagons con
taining the bulls were driven here, and
the animals backed off upon the plat
form. . It took the united efforts of some
ten men to get them in place and braced
down with nose to the floor, as they
seemed conscious of their fate and strug
gled against their captorsA
On the platform stood Schmalz and
Hoffmann, the competitors; Dr. E. A.
"White and Dr. J. C. Sanders, of the Board
of Health: threo helpers for each contest
ant, the two timekeepers and Mr. Apfel,
the referee. The crowd banked up close
to the platform, small boys forming tho
inner ring, with -the men massed close
around them and the women and girls
forming a bright and expectant border.
A wagon to receive the entrails and skin
was backed up to the platform. Barrels
to contain the blood were placed beneath.
"When the bulls were in place and
everythin- ready, the band was instructed
to play "Nearer, My God, to Thee, and
each man struck his small, keen knife
Into the neck of his bull immediately be
hind the frontal, severing the spinal
cord. The animals dropped Instantly
with a thud that shook the platform, the
blood spouting in torrents over the plat
form, tumbling through the cracks into
the barrels below.
Schmalz bull was killed clean, but Hoff
man's kicked. and quivered for some min
utes after receiving the fatal blow. The
throats were cut, and the helpers jumped
upon the carcasses to drive out the blood
through the opening in tne neck, stamp
ing and treading all over the prostrate
forms. The post-mortem struggling or
Hoffman's bull came within an ace of
knocking a couple of his helpers into a
pooi of blood.
At this point the voices of one or two
of the small children were raised in loud,
terrified wails. They were carried off,
and a continual exodus of weak-stom
ached spectators began at the same time.
When the carcasses were drained of
blood, the master of ceremonies gave the
word and the contestants stood ready,
each crouching with his sharp knife to
the throat of the bull. At the word of
command they began slashing and carv
ing the skin off the skull. This was rap-
A TRIBUTE TO "XL.'
Strenuous Nights Under Star-Span
gled Banner Is This Patriotic?
Fossil Journal.
"We note with pleasure that our good
friend Albert Tozler has again been given
charge of the camping grounds at the
Sta'te Fair. Al will move heaven and
e.irth to furnish accommodations for vis
itors to the fair, and when everything else
Is full will give up his own tent to others
if needs be.
"We shall never forget the night Tozler
shared his. tent with us on the fair ground
some years ago. It had been a rainy
week, and the ground was nice and
spongy, making a soft resting place even
with but one quilt separating ine weary
sleeper from the sodden grass. And well
It was so, for, in tne rusn tnat always
nnrraM his Kurroundlnes. Al had forgot
ten to ship his feather bed and blankets
up from Portland, and his store or. Dea
ding material would hardly have sufficed
for a sleeplng-room in the Waldorf-Asto
ria. Besides the quilt aDove menuonen,
the bed and bedding consisted of an old
ami tnttpred American flag that had,
way back in the dim and misty past.
proudly floated o'er tne lair; dui, in
tVio raso. ns It should be in all cases, the
Nation's flag was not too old or tattered
to be treasured and fought lor.
About 11 P. M. we turned in, and for
a couple of hours Al and the writer en
gaged in a friendly but spirited contest
for the star-spangled banner. Some
times ho had the bigger half, and some
times we had, and during the long tug-of-war
never a word was spoken by
either, each pretending to be sound
asleep.
How long this silent duel might have
continued it is impossible to tell, as a
truce was tacitly declared at 1 in the
morning, when Cheney, of Oregon City,
itrVm Vinrl innlcpfl In vain for a bed ud
nnn rotnrnpd to the fair crounds. soucht
the genial Tozier's tent and begged to
be admitted as a cuzen.unaer tne Amer
1oti flnr. His sunnllcatlon was not de
nied, and he speedily turned in beneath
its folds, and for the rest of the nlgnt
the trio silently fought and almost died
for that dear old flag. Talk about threo
cheers for the red, white and blue, any
one of threo chilled and dilapidated prints
would have given threo dollars for tho
colors on that dank, dreary, never-to-be-forgotten
night by the volatile Willamette.
Pirrort.- tlmr. rL fellow miuiaced to steal
forty winks or so. the upper half of his
body would awake' with a start to find
his nether limbs asleep and his colors
gone.
TVhfln thn ilnv hrnlrp wfi nuieMv nrosa
and Al reverently raised the stars and
stripes and hung them over the ridge
pole of his tent, where each day they
proudly waved and served as a patriotic
partition Detween nis airy cnamoer ana
sumptuous dining-room.
'TH-nt Tnom nr-n Til c nfr-Vit,f nTTnr1tnft pnn
firmwl mtr rmlnJnn fnrmwl vpnm Viof nro
that there's nothing small about Albert
Tozler.
idly peeled off, and with a few chops of
the cleaver the skull was severed. Hoff
mann was the first to' strip the skull, and
he held the dead white, ghastly thing,
with dead ej"es starting from bony sock
ets, aloft In triumph, while the crowd
applauded loudly.
Then the work began fast and furious.
"With quick strokes the forelegs were
skinned, and the first joint sliced off and
thrown Into the wagon; the hind legs
were likewise treated. A long, dexter
ous slice of the knife slit the throat and
another continued the slice down the
body. Then both men dashed, at the skin,
hacking with quick strokes to get the skin
freed from the body.
Hoffmann began to forge ahead. He
was liberally splashed with blood, his
arms red to the elbows, but worked
quietly and coolly. Schmalz was nervous
and showed it. Tho betting, which began
at 2 to 1 against Schmalz, grew still fur
ther unfavorable. Meanwhile tho band
played "Dixie" and the "Star-Spangled
Banner," mingled with a few hymn tunes
of the "Rest in Jesus" stripe. By this
time those who had weak stomachs were
pretty thoroughly cleaned out. A com
pany of S$. Joseph's Cadets, who had
come out by specIaL invitation to per
form a medal drill, all went out in a
body, being gentlemanly little fellows.
Those who remained, however, crowded
close to the platform. The platform had
to be continually cleared of tho hordes
of small boys, who clambered up to view
the killing close, and got full of blood.
Numbers of them also crept under the
platform to investigate the tubs of blood.
A number of girls who had bets on the
winner crowded as close to the platform
as they could get, and many of those on
the outside watched the process eagerly,
cheering every fresh stroke and waving
handkerchiefs to encourage the valiant
slaughterers.
"When the skin had been loosed from
the breast and abdomen, large Iron, hooks
were caught in the hind legs of the beasts
and they were hoisted up with only the
bleeding necks resting on the floor. A
quick circular cut of tho knife loosened
all the entrails. "With a shout of tri
umph, tho helpers seized them and
dragged them across to the, refuse wagon.
Hoffmann was by this time clearly ahead.
Schmalz' bull was bunglingly hoisted so
that he had not room to work. He spent
much time, also, in sharpening his knife,
which delay Hoffmann. obviated by having
a sharp knife at the outset.
"When the entrails were out, a saw was
seized and a long cut started down the
spine, which the cleaver continued. An
other hoist was made, swinging the car
casses clear off the floor. As the two
-halves were cleanly divided by the clea
ver, they swung out over the crowd, and
one of them sprinkled a considerable
quantity of blood over the white dresses
of a group of girls standing near. The
girls, however, hardly seemed to notice
it, so deeply were they wrapped up" in the
spectacle.
Hoffmann completed his job In 2 min
utes, while Schmalz took 27 minutes.
Hoffmann spent the four and a half min
utes while waiting for his opponent to
finish by carving elaborate wreaths and
flowers and curly scrolls all over his car
cass. "Wherever an incision was made
in the pink cellular tissue the dark red
flesh blossomed out over It, producing
quite a pretty color effect.
"When the count for points was made,
Hoffmann had SO points and Schmalz 67.
Hoffman was therefore declared victor.
After the jubilations consequent upon
the announcement had ceased, a proces
sion was formed, with the grand marshal,
at the head, followed by the band and all
the gaily-decorated committees. They es
corted Hoffmann, splashed with the hue
of slaughter, from the platform to the
dining table, where he was highly feasted.
The band played "See, the Conquering
Hero Comes," as they marched.
The committee of arrangements con
sisted of G. Boos, chairman; P. Ketten
ring, ex-officlo; F. Gonzales, August Hoff
mann, X. Hoffmann, P. Gauthereaux, J.
M. Paysse, A. Frey, A. Molnet and Ben
Abadie, secretary.
The St. Joseph's Cadets held a drill
immediately afterward- They were com
manded by Joseph HIdel, captain, with
Eddie Burns, first lieutenant; "Walter
Fisher, first sergeant; "Walter Russell,
second sergeant; George "Walsh, third ser
geant; Frank , Lambert, drummer; Milton
Cook, flagbearer, and Robert Osborne,
marker. Thirty-one cadets were in line.
Their drilling was remarkably good, and
they presented a fine and soldierly ap
pearance. NOTED PRENCK&IAIT ARRIVES.
Commissioner Picard, Who Comes as
Representative, at New York.
NEW YORK, Sept 2. Alfred Picard,
Commissioner-General from France to the
St. Louis Exposition, and as such the
special representative of President Lou
bet, several friends and other delegates
to the Inter-Parliamentary "Union for the
Promotion of International Arbitration to
be held in St. Louis, and the band of the
Republican Guard of Paris, which is like
wise bound for St. Louis, arrived today
by the French line steamer La Savole.
M. Picard was the principal organizer
of the Universal Exnosltlon In Paris in
1900; 'and is chairman of the State Coun
cil of the French government. He was
met at the pier by a delegation of offi
cials of the Exposition. He will rest here
for several days. Early next week he
hopes to go to Oyster Bay to pay his re
spects to President Roosevelt, after which
he will go to St. Louis.
The French delegates to the Arbitration
Congress are Messrs. Strauss, Gottedon.
De Bostquenard, Tullliar, Leroux and 12
members of the French Chamber of Depu
ties, among them George Cochery, ex
Minister of Finance, and Baron de Grand
maison. JAPANESE COLONY FOR SOUTH
An Investigation of the Poslbilities of
Southern Agriculture.
Southern Manufacturers' Record.
The Japanese are taking In the possi
bilities of rice culture In Louisiana and
Texas. A number of them attached to
the commissions for representing their
country at the World's Fair have recently
been down to Louisiana, and their im
pressions are of practical interest from
the fact that they have begun negotia
tions for the purchase of lands and the
locating of Japanese colonists. They were
pleased with the lands, with the oppor
tunities they found, and with the chances
for development" along lines familiar to
them.
The first efforts of the colonists will
be In the direction of raising rice for
seed. The Japanese are intensive farm
ers, and will be .satisfied with the product
of a few acres per man, but that product
will be of the very highest value.
During the trip of the visitors it was
revealed that great possibilities were rec
ognized In the way of paper making. The
coarsest paper of Japan is made out of
rice straw. It appears, as Is also the
finest, and the great quantity of rice
straw that Is burned up and thrown into
the rivers and bayous of the South filled
the Japanese visitors with enthusiasm as
they realized what a good turn they could
do In utilizing this waste product.
Riding along the railroad they also saw
the great opportunities that exist for the
utilization of the willow trees of the far
Southern country, for the Japanese use
tho bark for fiber, the shoots foe baskets,
etc.,' and the wood for pulp, and they rec
ognized an almost illimitable field for tho
exercise of their skill In working up the
various part3 of the willow.
The land they contemplate purchasing
Is of 10,000 acres, and the first Installment
of farmers will be 50 families. They will
be farmers of vegetables as well as of
rice. They will be citizens and send their
children to school and pay taxes and ob
tain a citizenship and play their part in
the community as other settlers.
ENGINEER'S LAST RUN."
His Story of How He Lived His Life
All Over In a Flash.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Drowning is not the only exper
ience that causes a man to read his
own biography in the flash of a sec
ond," said F. C. Roberts, a locomotive
engineer.
"I was running on the passenger
trains between Atlanta and Macon sev
eral years ago, and I was to meet the
north-bound train at a certain sta
tion on the road. Well, It was all my
fault. I hadn't slept any for five
nights, and the only rest I had was In
my cab. The last stop that we made
before this experience of which I
speak, the fireman had to wake me up
when the signal to go ahead was re
ceived. - I had gonq' to sleep in my cab.
"As we approached the next station
the conductor may have signaled me,
as he claimed he did, but we dashed
through the town at about 40 miles an
hour before I heard the down brakes
signal. The minute I heard it I saw
tho headlight of the north-bound train
less than 300 yards away, coming
tround a curve. I threw on the air
brakes and reversed, but It all looked
too late. The fireman jumped,, but I
was paralyzed. The two great engines,'
one bearing a special train, rushed to
gether like angry bulls, and I was
frozen there, and while those trains
rushed together I saw every Incident
of my life just as plainly as the day it
happened. That's all I knov about It.
"They took me to the hospital, and
nine days later I woke up after a spell
of brain fever. The trains stopped so
close together that the pjlots were
sprung out of place, but otherwise
there was no damage. They had to get
a new engineer before my train pulled
out, though, and that was the last
time I ever pulled a throttle."
CITY STATISTICS.
Marriage Licenses.
David S. "Williams, 34; Vesta E. Townsend.
23.
John H. Mitchell, GO. San Francisco; Alice
M. AValte. 40.
"William B. Robson, -25; Blanche Hedderly, 21.
John A. Godfrey, 32; Nettle Connett, 23.
Lial Glass, 21, Clackamas County; Maud
Straight, 19.
Benjamin F. Alexander. 31. King County,
Washington; Ruby Churchill, 27.
C. H. Manning, 60, Sheridan County, Wyo.;
Margaret M. Hatch, 68.
George Boyles, 21; Edna M. Tempest, 17.
Charles EL Brown, 23; Alice A. Russell, 21.
Deaths.
August 30, George Schmidt, aged 40 years, at
346J4 Front street. Interment Lone Fir.
August 28, Harry Nielsen, aged 20 years, at
43 Russell street. Interment Lone Fir.
August 29, Isaiah Tufford, aged S4 years,
near Sandy, Or. Body shipped to Mason, Neb.
August 30, George Schmidt, aged 40 years,
at 346& Front street. Interment Lone Fir.
Augusts, Albert T. Clark, aged 7 years, at
638 Alblna avenue. Interment Lone Fir.
August 30, Emma A. Hacker, aged 55 years,
at West and Tabor avenues. Interment Lone
Fir.
August 30, William G. Rogers, aged S4 years,
Woodstock. Interment Multnomah.
Births..
August 10. to the wife of'Jotllb Femmel. 534
Grant avenue, a boy.
August 11, to the wife of Hans Tonnesen,
600 Rodney avenue, a girl.
August 12, to Helen Jackobson, 3S6 Weidler
street, a girl.
August 16. to the wife of Henry J. Denge!,
507 Front street, a boy.
August 17, to the wife of Samuel Bocke, 409
Sixth street, a boy.
August 23, to the wife of Alfred J. Serene,
293 Eugene street, a boy. ,
August 27, to the wife of John D. Davis, 425
Ross street, a girl.
August 10, to the wife of Joseph K. Thomp
son, northeast corner Second and Clay, a girl.
August 16, to the wife of Otto K. Stoelker,
Good Samaritan Hospital, a girl.
August 17. to the wife of E. J. Peck, Fulton
Park, a boy.
August 26, to the wife of George C. Marks,
794 First street, a girl.
August 25, to the wife of S. A. Harmon,
304 Front street, a boy.
August 26, to the wife of John Berreth, 668
East Twenty-first street, a boy.
August 24, to the wife of George' Weygandt,
70S East Twenty-first street, a boy.
August 25, to the wife of Felix Simon,
Woodstock, a girl.
August 19, to the wife of Michael Coleman,
51 North Ninth street, a boy.
Building Permits.
Mrs. Sarah A. Francis, Lincoln street, be
tween Seventh and the hill, two-story dwelling,
$3200.
J. B. Roth, East Main, ' between Thirty-seventh
and Thirty-eighth, two-story dwelling.
$1365.
Mrs. C. W. Cottell, northwest corner Kelley
and Lane, two-story dwelling, $3000.
John H: Mltchei:, Mill street, between First
and Second, repairs, $200.
F. Ressltan, East Twenty-sixth, between Oak
and Stark, repairs, $500.
M. J. Hoffman, East Tenth, between Sher
man and Caruthers, one-story cottage, $1000.
Real Estate Transfers.
Josephine A. Kern and husband to
George Tuthlll. lot 8. block 20. Ir
vlng'a Harbor View $1,000
Henrietta W. Glos and husband to D.
S. Walton, north 10 feet lot 17; lot
16; south 15 feet lot 15. block 4.
Point View 180
Point View Real Estate Co. to , J.
Trachsel. lots 19. 20, 21. 22. north 10
feet lot IS. block 5, Point View 265
Nelson Hursey and wife to Frank An
derson, lot 7, block 25, Mount Tabor
Villa 150
Robert Kelland to Gertrude M. Black,
20.34 acres In Sec. 23. T. 1 N.. R. 2 E. 1,333
Albert A. Hlrsh to Henry Rosenfeld,
Interest lots 7. 8. block 257. city S 1
William E. Bratnard and wife to N.
Snow, S. & lot 41, Brainard'a Ceme
tery 12
Julia Regner and husband to A. T.
Cleveland, .568 acre In Sec. 10, T.
1 S., R. 3 E 50
David Goodsell and wife to Charles An
derson, lots 11, 12. block 5. East
Portland 500
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All In the Apprentice Class.
When a simple change of diet brings
back health and happiness the story Is
briefly told. A lady of Springfield, 111.,
says: "After being afflicted for years
with nervousness and heart trouble, I re
ceived a shock four years ago that left
me In such a condition that my life was
despaired of. I could get no relief from
doctors nor from the numberless heart
and nerve medicines I tried, because I
didn't know that the coffee was dally
pulling me back more than the doctors
could put me ahead.
"Finally, at the request of a friend, I
left off coffee and began the use of Post
um, and against my convictions I grad
ually improved in health until for the past
six or eight months I have been entlrely
frce from nervousness and those terrible
sinking, weakening spells of heart trou
ble." "My troubles all come from the use of
coffee, which I had drunk from childhood,
and yet they disappeared when I quit cof
fee and took up the use of Postum." Name
given by the Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Many people man-el at the effects of
leaving off coffee and drinking Postum,
but there is nothing marvelous about It
only common sense.
-Coffee is a destroyer Postum is a re
builder. That's the reason.
Look in each package for the famous
little book. "The Road to Wellville.-
Katherine Tremblay to Adolph N. Ter
rlll, 50x100 feet, beginning" at a point
150 feet N. of NW. corner of Dixon
and Larrabee streets
J. W. Roots et al. to the Douglas Cem
etery Association, 3 acres In Sec 30,
T. 1 N.. R. 3 B. A.
Flora Jennings and husband to Leona
Moore, lots 1, 2, block 5, Tremont Park
George W. Brown to Oregon Home Mis
sionary Society, lots 14, 15, block 7,
-Laurel wood
J. E. Scott and wife . to Julia Holman,
lot 6. block 1, Albion Add .
oH.- bobbins to Enos Swan, lots 13 to
inclusive, blcfck 7. Peninsular Add..
Joseph Simon et al. to Charles C. Mon
ser. lot 12. block 53. Vernon
George W. Brown to G. J. Brewer, lot
t ' 4- Arleta Park No. 2
i. Christensen and wife to Elliott T.
reaton, 5 acres In NW. U Sec. 4. T.
i S.,. R. 4 B
R?P w; Hoyt et al. to Clarence D.
McCoy, lot 4. block 10, Arleta Park No.
S oDviCr,e A- Heitkemper YoV
8. block 9. First Electric Add. to, Al-
1450
100
1000
1
1000
125
1
350
100
1
100
1
1
1
VwoWk t0 "Marie Bence? YoV V.
"en I'lace Add
i ?s . ay to c,a"a J. Kay. lot 6.
-noimes- suodlv. of lot 5.
Glenwood Park; lots 22. 23. block 6.
Portsmouth Vilin w-tn- '
LiCn eyox to Nelly Fox et al.. lots 9.
10. block 8, Irvlngton Add
Esther P. Lincoln to Victor Land Co..
lot 14. block 14. Paradise Spring Tr.
B. J. Sanford and wife to Eva R. Lit-
e ci ai.. nortn aa 1-3 feet. lot 4.
block 1. East Tabor Vllln
Anton Teller and wife to same, north
i- leei lot o, diock l. East Tabor
Villa .
Benjamin F. Speak and wife to Victor
Park Add
JJohanna Paulsen and husband to Peter
xm.- worsiey. lot a, part lot 1. block
"M," Portsmouth Villa Extended...
Oak Park Land Company to Chester
A. Whltemore, east 35 feet lot 9
block 2S4, Couch's Add
Herman Wittenberg et al. to Francis
Stopper, lots C, 7. 8, block 2. Irvlng
ton Heights Add.
Maria Raab to Annie M. Bantz et al., "
8.39 acres In Sec. 6, T. 1 S.. R. 1 E..
Maria Raab to Joseph Raab, lot 17, S.
Vi lot 18. block 22. Willamette
Gavin E. Caukln and wife to Alta Ho
hanshelt, lots 8. 10. block 4, High
land Park
J. E. Scott and wife to B. F. Speak,
lots 2. 17. block 1 riots 6. 7. 10. block
12; lot3 8. 0, block 5. City View Park
Add
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1
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$200,000 Fire at Memphis.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Sept. 2. Fire in the
six-story building occupied by the whole
sale grocery firm of the Oliver-FInnle
Company this morning caused a loss of
$200,000.
Jobberwok A friend of mine patented a
device that enables a girl to practice on two
pianos at the same time. Fuzzywuz Did he
make anything out of it? Jobberwok He
made a move out of town on the strength
of it. His neighbors threatened to mob him.
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You who suffer with piles know what a
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Piles have two distinct causes: First, con
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You simply take a teaspoonful of this pos
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Dr. Perrin's Pile Specific is sold under an
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Out of over 10,000 cases there are only three on record
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Dr. Perrin's Pile Specific can be procured of any re
liable druggist under an iron-clad agreement to refund
your money should you take two $1.00 bottles of the
remedy without receiving posidve benefit.
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Blue Mountain Sanatorium
For the Cure of
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Don't go South. Tho best authorities
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The Blue Mountain Sanatorium Is pro
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Many have pimples.
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in tne moutn, ulcers,
falling hair, bone pains,
catarrh. and don't
know it is BLOOD
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CURB. 2.00 per bottle: lasts one month. Sold
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