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PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY ' 6 1 90S.
WILL PACK MEAT
AT THE RANGES
Klamath Company Organizes
to Slaughter Cattle
at Merrill.
CAPITAL STOCK, $500,000
Klamath and Lake County Beef,
Mutton and Pork Will Be
Packed Under Most Fa
vorable Conditions.
MERRILL, Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.) The
organization of the Klamath Packing &
Commercial Company, incorporated. Is
about complete and the following officers
for the ensuing year are announced:
President, E. E. Fitch; vice-president, J.
A. Thompson: secretary, R. G. O'Brien;
treasurer, C. A. Bunting; directors, Frank
Graybael, R. O. O'Brien, E. E. Fitch, J.
A. Thompson. C. A. Bunting. The capital
Block Is $600,000.
The company has purchased of N. S.
Merrill ten acres of land at the foot of
Front street bordering on Lost River.
The object of the concern will be to pack
and ship all kinds of meat. During the
past season over 25.0ne head of cattle and
heap hare been driven through this city
to Montague and thence shipped to Sac
ramento and Oakland, where they are
slaughtered for market.
There are many conditions which make
this long drive and shipment unsatisfac
tory. Among these are the loss of flesh
on the 100-mile drive, the damaging of
mnat caused by the goad stick of the
cartender, the fevered condition resulting
from the close confinement, the cramped
position im the crowded cars, and the
general unfitness for market of the four
footers upon arrival at their destination.
The slaughter of these animals In this
county will Insure perfectly healthful
and palatable meat, will eliminate the
shrinkage, and will double the profits of
the stock raiser as he will receive not
only his first profit as producer, but as a
stockholder In the company will receive
a second profit as wholesaler.
Because of the lateness in the season,
comparatively little work -can be done
this year, but the company will be put
upon a working basis and several hun
dred head of hogs will be converted Into
ham. bacon and lard- Early next Spring
conveniences for the preparation of all
by-products will be Installed.
Before the organization of the company,
a careful investigation demonstrated the
fact that the climatic conditions here are
particularly adapted to the packing of
meat. Bacon, which had been prepared
for several months, (was entirely free
from ths blue mold so commonly found
in other sections, while all of the original
sweetness and flavor was unimpaired..
Tha nAmnnnv hv lt MrtiMea nf Incor
poration, Is permitted to engage in trans
portation and other commercial lines. It
will be the business of the company to
seo that the plant is connected with the
railroad as soon as it enters the county.
This will be done either by electric line
or branch railroad, with junction prob
ably at Midland. Local stockmen and
capitalists are subscribing liberally to the
stock.
TO DEVELOP OREGON BORAX
Company Will Utilize Alkaline De
posits of Lake County.
BURNS. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) The
Oregon Borax Company, of which Joseph
Gaston,, of Portland, is president, has
commenced the work of developing the
soda and borax deposits at Alkali Lake,
on the edge of Lake County near the
Harney County line at Gray's Butte. A
large amount of lumber has been ordered
for permanent buildings and Superin
tendent Zell Young, with a party of car
penters, is on the ground to carry on
the work. In addition to these prepara
tions, the sheet iron for boiling and set
tling tanks has been ordered in Califor
nia and will be shipped up to' the lake
by the narrow-gauge railroad from Reno
to Alturas. where the tanks will be con
structed on the grounds.
This company has already done a large
amount of exploration work to ascertain
the alkaline deposits of Central Oregon.
For three months, Mr. Leon T. Bowser,
a chemist, with a party of men, has been
engaged in sinking shafts and also mak
ing borings, working out the problem
whether these alkaline deposits could be
handled profitably as a commercial prop
osition. The experience of this company will be
watched with great interest; for If suc
cessful there is plenty more ground in
Harney County that can be worked at
a profit. There are several others who
have filed claims on large tracts of alka
line lands in this county and during 1908
the Intention is to begin active develop
ment of the possibilities.
BEETS DO WELL- IX KLAMATH
Government Tests Show High Per
Cent of Sugar.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) That Klamath basin is to become
one of the leading sugar beet districts
of the country Is evidenced by the results
of analysis of sugar beets Just received
from C. O. Townsend, pathologist in
charge of sugar beet investigations of
the Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. The sample sent was of three
beets grown on a test patch of a quarter
acre or land a milo from Klamath Falls,
on which was produced S3S5 pounds of
beets, or nearly 17 tons per acre, and the
analysis gave the following result:
Average weight of beets, pounds "...3
Sugar in juice, per cent 21.90
Coefficient of purity P2.0
The result Is deemed most satisfactory
and there will be a number of tests made
this year by farmers of the valley who
have become Interested as a result of
the high returns on the small lots grown.
Colorado men interested In sugar factor
ies in that state hare been making In
vestigations and securing data relative
to the Klamath country and It is prob
able that development nf sugar Indus
tries will be hastened by the splendid
showing In productive powers of the soil
and climate of the region.
Buy Herd of Pat Cattle.
GARFIELD, Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.)
Colonel William Duling and William
Bishop have just purchased 900 head of
fat cattle and will bring them to Gar
field for shipment to Portland and Seat
tle the latter part of this week. These
buyers are scouring the country and are
picking up all the fat stock that is offered
for sale by the farmers throughout this
nart of Eastern Washington. '
EUGENE HAS
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EUGENE, Or.. Jan. S. (Special.) The accompanying picture, taken
for The Oregonian, shows the homo of theEugene Commercial Club, the
street railway and the paved Willamette street, looking south, with
Spencers Butte In the distance. The Commercial Club, which , has one
of the finest homes In the Pacific Northwest, has a membership of 200.
The people of Eugene have subscribed a fund of $12,000 to be spent for
advertising the city and Lane County, under the management of the
Commercial Club. The Eugene & Eastern-Kailway has built within the
last year and has in operation in the city lines extending from the
Southern Pacific depot to Falrmou'nt and from the University of Oregon
BEAT ALL FORMER RECORDS
VANCOUVER HOLIDAY BUSINESS
BEST EVER.
Past Year Has Smiled on Nearby
Washington City, Which Grows
Very ' Rapidly.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) Despite the panics and rumors of
panics that have been afloat during the
past few months, the business done in
Vancouver during the recent holidays
was greater than in any other like sea
son in the history of the city. The mer
chants of this city, without exception,
are emphatic in stating that business
was much better than during the cor
responding period of 1908. ''
Although the 'temporory money short
age reduced the price of produce some
what, the producers of the county are
in no way dissatisfied .with 'their year's
income, and their holiday expenditures
were not in the least curtailed, as the
increased receipts of the retail mer
chants testify. . '
The year 1907 has been one of unex
celled prosperity to Vancouver and
Clarke County. Vancouver's population
has Increased over 1000 during the year.
Railroad building has gone on-apace In
the county and a system; of street rail
ways Is in process of buildini?. The
growth of the city during the past two
years, and more especially, the present
year, has been nothing less than phe
nomenal. During that time Vancouver
has outgrown the village state and' is
now a fulr-fledged city In every sense
of the word. To replace the old mud
and plank streets of the city, contracts
are let and work is under way on the
construction of 30 blocks of bitullthto
pavement. This improvement will cost
tho city over $100,000, but the Increase
in property value and the bettered ap-
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gene Commercial Club.
pearance of the city win more than
offset the cost.
Among the modern an "costly buildings
that have been erected during the year
the new St. Elmo Hotel and the under
taking establishment of the ' Vancouver
Undertaking Company are the most re
markable. The St. Elmo Hotel was
erected by Gustav Freiwald, of Portland,
at a cost of $55,000. It is a magnificent
structure and would do credit to any
PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL, CLUB, WITH MEMBERSHIP OF 12,000
COMMERCIAL CLL'B BUILDING AND
city in the land. It contains 80 rooms,
with - all. the modern conveniences, in
cluding hot and cold water, gas and elec
tric lights and has the first and only
electric passenger elevator in Vancouver,
The building was leased to John A. Pad
den, of Vancouver, who furnished the
building with a view to comfort at - a
cost of $20,000. The . hostelery now en
tertains from 50 to 100 persons daily, and
employs 22 people.
The Vancouver Undertaking Company,
consisting of Messrs. Wilkins, Hamilton
and Kirch, has just completed a splendid
undertaking establishment. The building
and equipment cost upwards of $15,000.
The establishment is replete with modern
appliances and conveniences. It contains
over 9000 feet of floor space. The feature
of the building Is the chapel, with a seat
ing capacity of 100, and Is finished and
furnished in spotless white in every de
tail. The Pittock-Leadbetter Lumber Com
pany, the largest lumber manufacturing
establishment in Southwestern Washing
ton, has resumed operations after a tem
porary shut-down, which was necessi
tated by the condition of the market.
With the resumption of operations by
this mill, and the starting of numerous
smaller mills and logging camps through
out the country, the number of unem
ployed men In Clarke County is very
small. The men who are laid off In the
logging camps have small trouble finding
employment on the farms.'
There is still a good demand for cord
wood, and woodcutters are still wanted
by men who are in the cordwood busi
ness throughout the couhty.
Slowly and steadily Vancouver is push
ing to the front. Nothing but a dire
ful calamity can stop the slogan of the
Commercial Club "10,000 population by
1910" from being realized.
MAKES PROGRESS IN 17
Montesano in Better Condition Than
Ever In History.
MONTESANO, Wash., . Jan, 5. (Spe
cial.) The year Just closed has been a
good one for Montesano. While there
has been no boom, there has been a
steady growth and at the end of the
year Montesano was far ahead of -where
she was at the end of 1906. In the
neighborhood of 50 new residences have
been built, all .substantial houses, and
some of them very fine. : With the price
of lumber as high as it has been most
of the year, this speaks very highly for
Montesano as a city of homes. And
while the people have been building
homes, the city has not neglected the
streets or sidewalks; over $3000 being
spent on the streets alone, thus placing
all the principal streets in excellent con
dition.
One new shingle mill, that of the Sun
set Shingle Company has been built dur
ing the year and is now ready for opera
tion as soon as the market opens up. This
mill has a capacity of 200.000 shingles per
day. :The Incorporators are all Monte
sano men. The Montesano Lumber
Manufacturing Company made extensive
Improvements to its plant; enlarging the
dock room so that three vessels can load
at the same time; building a large con
crete dry kiln and a large drying shed in
which to place their finished product The
Montesano Planing Mill Company was in
corporated, 'by Montesano men, ' and Is
now running steadily.
The Montesano Fruit Growers' Associa
tion has been organized and incorporated
and 'arrangements axe now being made to
build a large cannery with which to han
dle next years crop of small fruit and
vegetables. The Mohay Logging Com
pany has also been Incorporated. Several
new business blocks have been built while
others are now under course of construc
tion. The two banks are in excellent
condition and have stood the financial
flurry in a very creditable manner, the
people generally standing behind them,
by keeping their money on deposit and
not drawing it out and -hoarding it. The
Christmas trade was theargest that the
merchants of Montesano have ever ex
perienced. Altogether the year 1907 has
been a notable one for this city and vi-
cuuty.
STREETCAR LINE OV NEWLY - PAVED
campus to the utmost southerly limits of the city, over which the com
pany gives a good service. This line will be extended in the city during
the Summer and wti connect with Springfield before Fall.
Eugene has spent during the past six months nearly $35,000 for
pavement on Willamette street, making a total of eight and one-half
blocks. So satisfactory has this investment been to the property-owners
that contracts have already been closed to pave eleven more blocks at a
cost of approximately $50,000, and petitions are before the Crty Council "
from the residents on. Eleventh street, which connects the business sec
tion of Eugene with the University of Oregon, asking permission, to
pave, the street from Willamette to the campus, which is nearly a mile.
BETTER RESULTS IN FRUIT
NOTICEABLE AWAKENING
CLACKAMAS GROWERS.
OF
Proper Care of Orchards Has Dem
onstrated Great Possibilities
in Horticulture.
OREGON - CITY, Or., Jan. (Spe
cial.) Bright prospects for the growth
of better UJfrult In Clackamas County
are indicated at the opening of 1908.
Eastern capital has been slowly com
ing in during the past few years, and
the realization of the vast natural re
sources of the county has awakened
the growers to the fact that while the
field exists, the results have not been
attained, because of the apathy of many
of - the farmers, whose orchards have
been allowed to grow without proper
care and cultivation. This is especial
ly true of the districts around Clacka
mas, Damascus, Canby, Garfield. Maple
Lane and a portion of the Molalla sec
tion, where excellent fruitlands abound.
The first annual 'Clackamas County
Fair at Gladstone Park last October
was a great educator, and the fruit
exhibited there demonstrated the pos
sibilities. Pears are a comparatively
difficult erop to handle, but the acre
age in apples has Increased, and the
new orchards are being carefully set
out and are watched closely by men
who are profiting by paet errors and
who are making a close study of the
conditions around them. - ,
Three years ago spraying was rare,
but the organization of the Clackamas
County Horticultural Society, the-coun-ty
Institutes that have been held every
Fall for several years, the first straw
berry fair last Summer, and the County
Fair have all contributed their quota
toward teaching the growers that a
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high standard in fruit is necessary be-
iore nnanciai success will come.
i-u treses nave yet strucK the or.
chards, and this w.eek A. C. Newell, of
Damascus, Drought to the city an apple
tree that had been planted last Spring,
still shooting forth its green leaves.
Mr. Mewell also displayed some fine
specimens or walnuts that had been
grown at Damascus, where they had
had no cultivation at all. The possi
bilities' in walnut culture in" this city
are many, for little care Is necessary
for the successful growing of some
varieties.
Several weeks ago the County Hor
ticultural Society placed on foot i
movement for the erection of a fruit
canning establishment at or near Ore
gon City. Mr. Brittian, who purchased
the property of State Treasurer. Steel
at Meldrum Station, is prepared to
finance the scheme, providing a suitable
site is given at or near Oregon City.
Thousands of pounds of fruit go to
waste here every, year because there
Is no cannery, and there is some pros
pect that one will be constructed in
time to handle the crop next Fall.
AVH1 Build Big Granaries.
LIND, Wash., Jan. 5. (Special.)
Samuel Thomas, who farms nearly 5000
acres of land in Adams County, will erect
storage granaries on his big ranch at
an early date. This will be done to
down the sack graft, and to do away
with sacks. . Mr. Thomas will arrange to
ship his grain In bulk and says he can
get within 2 cents of what it will bring
In sacks.... .... . ;.
Astoria's Postal Receipts.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) The
receipts at the Astoria Postofflce
during .: the month of December
from the sale of stamps, - postal
cards and envelopes and the rental
for boxes were $2537.55. -- During the cor
responding month of 1906 the receipts
from the same source were $1967.78.
showing an increase for the past month
of $619.77 or about 33 1-3 . per cent.
Fine shoes at factory cost at Rosen
thal's bouse cleaning sale. :
NOW BEING ERECTED IN
tiEW ST. ELMO HOTEL.
MAKES
GOOD
ROADS
Clatsop County Opens Up Iso
lated Districts.
MUCH WORK DURING YEAR
Many New Projects Mapped Out for
1 90S That Will Make Travel
Easy Between Astoria and
Farming Sections.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.)-One
of the most important matters in connec
tion with the development of any farming
community Is the construction of good
roads that can be used for heavy traffic
at all seasons of the year and leading to
the district's market center. Realizing this
and ' that Clatsop County is capaole or
being transformed Into a most valuable
farming and dairying section, the mem
bers 'of the County Court have during the
past few years given special attention to
the improvement of the public highways,
leading from Astoria to all parts of the
county. While it has been only a -comparatively
few years since the building of
roads in a permanent manner and on
scientific principles has been undertaken,
much good has been accomplished. .
Clatsop County has at the present time
about 60 miles of public thoroughfares,
many of them constructed of macadam or
gravel and on easy grades and It has
.built a number of large drawbridges
across the Lewis and Clark, Toung's and
Walluskl Rivers, as well as numerous
smaller structures over various other
streams, so that now several farming
sections, which until recently were en
tirely isolated through having no means
of reaching the markets, are tapped by
substantially built public highways.
Under a law which was passed by the
Legislature a few years ago, the various
road districts are allowed to levy a spe
cial tax of not to exceed 10 mills for road
improvement purposes. In that manner
about $25,000 was raised by the several
districts in Clatsop in 1WJ7. All this
has been expended on building highways,
as well as about $30,000 that was appro
priated by the County Court from the
general fund, making a total of $35,000
tha'. has been spent during the past 12
months in bettering the public roads. Of
course all the money for the building and
repairing of bridges is, in accordance with
the law, paid out of the county's general
fund, but the court has gone even further
than this hi its efforts to assist in the
good work and while no special levy was
made by It for road improvements, it has
followed the plan of assisting any district
wheM the people have shown a desire
of securing better highways by raising
money among themselves for the pur
pose.
While considerable work in this line
has been done in various parts of the
county during the past year, the prin
cipal improvements which have been com
pleted or for which contracts have been
let are as follows: Grading and rocking
about seven miles, on the Xebalem road
between the Olney Schoolhouse and the
16-mile post, at a cost of $1850 per mile;
forming the connection between the
Young's River and Tucker Creek roads
at an expense of about $3000; the con
struction of a 20-foot macadam road from
the waterworks powerhouse- to Williams
port, costing $3600; the building of a half
mile on the Elk Creek road for whiclv the
contract price was $1500 and the comple
tion of the road from the Lewis and
Clark drawbridge to Warrenton at an
expense of $3000. Considerable work has
also been performed on the Necanicum
River road and on the highway between
Jewell and Vesper.
Plans are now being made by the court
to undertake even a greater amount of
road work during the coming Summer.
Among the principal Improvements con
templated are: The extension of the
Nehalem road from the 16-mile post as
far as the junction with the Elsie road, a
distance of approximately eight miles,
thus removing the worst spots of the
highway as far as Jewell: the completion
of the road between Jewell and the coun
ty line near Vesper;-the building of a
road from Tongue point toward Svensen,
probably to a connection with the county
bridge across the John Day River; the
completion of the remaining three miles
on the Elk Creek road, provided those in
terested in that section assist by raising
funds by subscription as they have prom
ised to do; the completion of the Necani
cum road as far as Hamlet, thus making
a good highway for a distance of 20 miles
from Seaside.
In addition to these improvements,' the
court will probably lay out and start
work on building roads to the Tillamook
County line by-what are known as the
shore and inland -routes. The work for
these contracts will be letthis year on
the Nehalem road and will complete Clat
sop County's portion of the proposed au
tomobile highway from Portland to As
toria.
Big Increase In Business.
. WESTON. Or., Jan. 5. An index- of the
thriving -trade conditions that have
prevailed at Weston during the past year
VANCOUVER," WASH.
is given by the report of C. C. Walters,
agent of the O." R. & N. Company,, at
this station. General freight business in
1907 was double that of 1906-and largely In
excess of the 190W. transactions. - Ship
ments of merchandise to Weston for 1907
show an Increase of 20 per cent over 190R,
and were more than double those of 1905.
Local merchants report a gratifying In
crease In their volume of business Over
preceding years.
MICH BUILDING IN BAKER
New Buildings Now Assured Make
Total of $430,000.
BAKER CITT. Or.. Jan. 5. (Special.)
New buildings now assured for this city
and to be erected In the Spring will cost
more than $425,000. The reduced price
of lumber, labor and other building ma
terial will result In many new homes
being built this Spring and Summer.
Plans for the following buildings have
been made and their construction Is as
sured: , .
New Courthouse, estimated cost, $100.
000; new Federal and Postofflce building,
$150,000: new hospital, $1(10,000: new Car
negie Library. $20,000; new Citizens' Bank;
building, $30,000; new O. R. & X. depot,
$15,000; new addition to the Adler build
ing. $10,000: new residence. Dr. Huff, $5000.
Total, $430,000. - -
Tiis Is not a bad start for the new
year and business men and merchants
are all preparing for a good Spring busi
ness. Any evidence of a nnanciai nurry
that has ever been apparent Is now a
matter of history only.
It may be interesting to many people
who are not familiar with the splendid
growth of Baker City to know that there
is now Invested in fraternal lodge homes
almost $200,000. The Masons, the EJlks,
the Oddfellows, the Knights of Pythias,
the Eagles and the Woodmen of the
World all have splendid homes and the
lodges are all in a prosperous condi
tion. ' ' .
The construction of the Eagle Valley
Railroad, which is now well under- way,
and other public Improvements for the
Spring of 1908. assOres a 'large payroll
and ' there will be no occasion for any
man to be idle.
MAKE WARE M SCALE
MARION FRUITMEN LEARN
FIGHT PEST.
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Inspector Talks to Orchardisls Urg
ing Unremitting Vigilance
Agains Fruit Enemies.
SALEM, Or. Jan. 6. (Special.) The
most practical, interesting and instruc
tive discussion of San Jose scale ever
given in Marion County was heard here
last week when County Fruit Inspector
B. C. Armstrong addressed the meeting
of the Marion County Horticultural So
ciety. About 200 growers of Marion and
Polk counties were 'present and it was
the unanimous opinion that if similar
talks and demonstrations were given In
every part of the Willamette Valley this
Winter, it would be but a short time
until the great enemy of the fruit in
dustry would be under controV That a
very large number of growers do :.not
know scale when they see it, and, there
fore, are In a. vprv nnnr nnsitinn to fishtl ,
it, was eviaeni. Mr. Armstrong maae ui
address so plain and illustrated it so
fully that no one who was present will
ever have trouble in distinguishing this
pest.
Mr. Armstrong brought with him to the
meeting twigs and branches of trees that
are infested with scale, and also cuttings
from trees that are free from the disease.
Growers could see at a glance the exact
appearance of the pest. No amount of
description and no number of pictures
would have given as complete an un
derstanding of the nature and appear
ance of the scale as was given in this
simple illustration. "Mr. Armstrong also
had with him a piece of limb taken from
a mountain ash tree three years ago
when it was infected with scale. He had
another piece taken from the same tree
a few days ago after it had been sprayed
three years. The first cutting was com
pletely covered with scale. The second
was free from the pest. This demon
stration left no doubt as to the effective
ness of spraying with proper materials.
Mr. Armstrong created a strong Im
pression upon the minds of .his audience
showing two branches he had recently
cut . from a cherry tree. Though the
leaves should have fallen from the tree
many weeks ago and the branch should
now be clean and free from foliage,, all
the : leaves were still hanging on and
were dark brown and dead. It was ex
plained that the scale caused this con
dition and that it may be taken as an
invariable rule that trees which do not
shed their leaves at the proper time are
diseased and orobablv affected with San
Jose scale. At the same time, trees may
have some scale and shed their leaves at
the proper season. The fact" that they
shed their leaves should not be taken as
evidence that they are free from the
pest. Failure to shed the leaves should
be taken as evidence that they need
prompt and thorough treatment.
That a very large proportion of the
growers have been using spray solutions
that are too weak to be of any benefit,
was asserted by Mr. Armstrong and also
by Fruit Inspector Goodrich, of Yamhill
County. Mr. Goodrich, told of a trip of
Inspectlon during which he saw growers
spraying their orchards with material
which would do no more good than an
ordinary Winter's rain. The growers
were not only wasting tne money they
spent for the material but the labor of
spraying the trees. Mr. Armstrong was
of the opinion that nearly all growers
use material slightly weaker than It
should be, this being particularly true
where growers procure ready prepared
spray mixture and weaken it too much
with water In order to save cost.
In his address yesterday Mr. Arm
strong also gave a practical demonstra
tion of the maimer in which a hydro
meter, otherwise known as an areometer,
is used in determining the strength of
spray mixtures. In his future addresses
before fruitgrowers lie will present the
same subject, and will advise growers to
procure these Instruments and learn their
use. There are a number of different
makes. The Instruments cost from 15
cents to $1.
DROPS DEAD BY THE STOVE
Daughter of C. B. Keg ley Stricken
at Her Work.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. .3. ( Spe
cial.) Henrietta Kegley. aged 20
years, second daughter of C. B. Kegloy,
master of the ..Washington State
Grange and one of the best-known
farmers hi this section, dropped dead
of heart failure while getting break
fast at her father's home In Pullman,
Wash., this- morning.
She was standing near the kitchen
Btove. assisting her mother, when she
fell to the floor in a sitting position.
Her mother rushed to her aid. calling
to Mr. Kegley. who assisted in laying
her on the bed. but she never spoke.
Death, had come almost Instantane
ously, '