The Corvallis gazette., February 27, 1896, Image 1

VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1896.
NO. 50.
TRANSPORTATION.
East and South
-VIA-
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific R'y Co
EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY.
18:50 PM Leave Portland Arrive 8:10
2:10pm I Ieave Albany Arrive) 4:50
10:46 . M I Arrive S. Francisco Leave I 6:00
A M
A
P M
Above trains atop at East Portland, Oregon
UHy, vvooaourn, ttaiem, t urner, otarion, jener
son. Albanv. Albanv Janctiou, Taue-ut.SoeMs,
Halsey, Hdrrisburg. J miction City, Irving, Ka
feae, Cresweli, Ursine, and all station from
AoseDDrg to Asniana, inclusive.
ROSEBURG MAIL DAILY.
8:30 A M Leave
12:45 p m I Leave
6:20 p M Arrive
fortlaud Air ve 4.-wrn
Albany Arrive l:liPM
Rosuburg Leave I 6:00 A M
Pullman B lffet sleepers and secoud-class
sleeping cars attacnea to an tnrougn trains.
SALEM PASSENGER DAILY.
4:00 pm Leave Portland Arrive 1) :15 am
6:16 p m Arrive Balem Leave 8:00 a m
WIST SI OK DIVISION.
Between Portland and Corvallis Mall train
daily (except Sunday).
7 'to a M Leave Portland Arrive 16:20 p M
12:15 p M Arrive Corvallis Leave 1 1:85 P M
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
of the Oregon Central & Eastern Ry.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday).
4:45 p M I Leave Portland - Arrive ' 8 25 a M
7:25 PM Arrive McMlnnvllle leave 5:M a
Throueh tickets to all noints in the Eastern
states, Canada and Bnrope can be obtained at
lowest rate from A. K.Miller, agent, Corvallis.
R. KOEHLER, Manager.
E. P. ROGERS, A. G. F. & P. A., Portland, Or.
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E. McNEIL, Receiver.
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San praneisco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "Farallon "
A 1 and flrst-class in everv resDect. Sails from
Yaquina for San Francisco about every eight
oays. f asaenger acc immoaauons uiisurpMweu.
Shortest route between the Willamette valley
and California.
.Vara From Albany or sToints West to
San Francisco: -
Cabin ;...12 Steerage .... 8
Cabin Round trip, good for 60 days . 18
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CHA8. CLARK, Sup't, Corvallis, Oregon.
BENTON COUNTY
ABSTRACT : COMPANY
Complete Set of Abstracts
of Benton County.
Conveyancing and Perfecting
Titles a Specialty.
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Uouniry rroperxy.
V. E..WATTERS, Prop;
Office at Courthonse, Corvallis, Or.
DR. WILSON
Office over First National bank.
Residence, two blocks west of courthouse.
Office hours. 8 to 10 a. m ., 1 to 3 r. H.
Sundays and evenings by appointment.
DR. L. G. ALTMAN
H0M0E0PATHIST
Diseases of women and children and general
practice.
Office over Allen & Woodward's drug store.
Office hoars 8 to 12 A. M.. and 2 to 5 and 7 to 8
P. M. . . . .
At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after
hours and on Sundays.
G. R. FARRA, M. D.
Office In Farra & Allen's brick, on the corner
of Second and Adams.
Residence on Third street in front of court
house.
Office hours 8 to 9 A. v.. and 1 to 2 and 7 to
p. m. AU ca.ls atteudeJ promptly.
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST
Office upstairs over First National Bank.
Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed
Corvallis, Oregon
f. m. JOHNSON
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
Corvallis, Oregon
Does a general practice in all the courts.
Also agent for all the flrst-class insurance com
panies. NOTARY PUBLIC.
JUSTICE PEACE.
E. E. WILSON
ATTORNEY - AT
LAW
Office In Zelroff building;, opposite postoffice.
Joseph H. Wilson.
Thomas E. Wilson
WILSON & WILSON
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Will practice in all the state and federal courts
Abstracting, collections. Notary oublic. Con
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CORVALLIS . OREGON
MET IN CONVENTION.
Northwestern Chee Rem alters Adopted
Resolutions and Adjourned.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 24. At the
fourth annual convention of the North
west oheesemakers, which has just
closed, the following resolutions were
adopted:
"Whereas, There have been manu
factured in the United States in recent
years many millions of pounds of an
imitation and fraudulent product
known as filled cheese; and,
"Whereas, The product has gone
upon the markets of the United States
and foreign countries as ' honest prod
uct, and has been sold under false pre
tenses and under false names, there
fore, be it
"Resolved, By the Cheesemakers'
Association, covering an area of coun
try embraoing .not less than 1,500
cheese factories producing annually
not less than 70,000,000 pounds of
cheese that we most earnestly urge
upon our representatives and senators
in congress that they give their influ
ence and their votes in favor of a na
tional act now pending whioh provides
for an internal revenue tax upon filled
cheese, and for the payment of lioenses
by manufacturers, wholesale dealers
and retailers of the article.
"Resolved, That we approve of the
measures introduced by Edward Sauer
hering, of Wisconsin, which provides
for the registration by the treasury de
partment of state trademarks, a bill
designed to secure to each state the
reputation which belongs to its own
products."
Not Leniently Inclined.
Salem, Feb. 24. Several petitions
for pardons have recently been present'
ed to Governor Lord, involving the
crimes of embezzlement, robbery, for
eery, etc In regard to one from a
valley county, the governor said:
"I am inclined not to leniently view
offenses which, like forgery, require
care and deliberation for their com
mission, and am bound to suppose all
mitigating ciroumstanoes in the case
were presented to the jury and consid
ered by the court when sentence was
pronounced.
The governor received notification
today that the Tennessee exposition
will be held next year. - A desire is
expressed that the next legislature will
make - an appropriation for - a state
building for Oregon.
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Events of the Day in a Con
densed Form.
OF INTEBEST TO ALL HEADERS
Items of Importance from Domestic
and Foreign Sources Cream
of the Dispatches.
Thomas Howes Hinckley, an artist
of wide fame, died in Boston.
Chicago clothing-cutters and trim
mers have ordeded a strike, and 20,000
are thrown out of work.
Members of the Irish parliamentary
party have elected Dillon as the new
chairman to succeed Justin McCarthy.
The secretary of the interior has ap
proved a list of eighty aores of land se
lected in Oregon City land distiot, Or
egon, by the Oregon & California rail
road, under its grant.
John L. Waller, oonfined in a French
prison, has been granted a pardon by
President Faure, due to the representa
tions made by the United States gov
ernment in the prisoner's behalf
The Elioott Square building strike
in Buffalo, N. Y., is ended, and a
thousand or more workmen have re
turned to work. The differences be
tween the superintendent and the men
have been amicably settled.
A factory for the making of reme
dies similar in nature to the proprie
tary medicines now on the market is
to be started by Chicago retail drug
gists. A majority of the city pharma
cists are interested, and they hope, to
drive the patent medicine makers
from the field.
Alaska travel from the Sound is
growing to such an extent that the Pa
oicfi Coast Steamship Company has de
cided to put another steamer, the Mex
ico, on the route, in addition to the
Topeka and Al-Ki, which are now
crowded every tirp with freight and
passengers for the North.
A leading Spanish newspaper is
quoted as saying: "It is not for the
United States government to give
Spain lessons in humanity. Those
who live in glass houses should not
throw stones. Let the United States
government put down lynchings be
fore it reads us our duty to the Cuban
insurgents."
Hope is about abandoned for the
barkentine Discovery, owned by Pope
& Talbot, of San Francisoo. The ves
sel is now out twenty-eight days from
Port Gamble, loaded with . lumber.
She was commaanded by Captain
Christen sen. There were twelve-men
in her, and there is scarcely any chance
of them turning up alive.
At a masked ball in Lisbon fire
broke out and a panic followed. Men,
women and children jumped from the
windows, seriously injuring them
selves. Friends of the revelers rushed
into the burning building to aid in the
work of rescue, and many of them
were caught by the flames. Thus far
forty-four bodies have been taken out.
Baron Blano, of Rome, Italy, min
ister of foreign affairs, authorizes the
announcement that President Cleve
land, having decided to accept the po
sition of arbitrator to settle the ques
tion in dispute between Italy and Bra
zil, a protocol has been signed, refer
ring to his arbitration all claims that
are not amicably settled by the two
countries within two months.
According to. advices reoeived at
Port Townsend from Alaska by the
steamer City of Topeka, the Bank of
Juneau has failed, owing depositors
about $16,000. There are no assets.
J. N. Harrison, the bank's cashier and
manager, just before the steamer sail
ed, was arrested for larceny by embez
zlement of 400. The cashier and his
brother operated the bank aa a joint
copartnership.
Robert Lauhglin, of Augusta, Ky.,
who reported his house burned by
murderers, who attacked him with
knives, and whose wife and niece were
burned in the building, has confessed
that he was the murderer. The gen
eral theory is that he first assaulted
his niece, and then killed her and his
wife to hide his crime. He denies
this, however, and says he oould not
tell what put it in his mind to brain
them with a poker while they were
asleep.
An explosion of dynamite occurrred
at Viendendorp, South Africa, and
the poor quarter of the town has been
blown to pieces. Hundreds of houses
are in ruin, and the havoc wrought is
fearful. The windows of every house
in Johannesburg were broken by the
explosion. The dynamite that caused
the catastrophe filled eight trucks and
made a hole thirty feet deep. Forty
dead, nealry all of them horribly mu
tilated, were taken from the ruins, and
the search is not yet completed. Two
hundred of the most severely injured
were admitted to the hospital, where
several died.
Chalres Christy, of Waverly, Kan.,
a young lawyer, has just arrived from
Cuba, where he was a prisoner. He,
with about 400 others, were captured
in one battle near Havana. All but he
and fifteen other Americans were lined
up and shot. The American consul
saved them. Christy is a member of
one of the pioneer families of Coffey
county. He is an enthusiastic Cuban
patriot, .and claims they have every
thing on the island exopet Havana,
and that that will soon fall. He also
says that since the new Spanish gen
eral has taken oomamnd no prisoners
are taken. - ' : - -
A deal is said to have been made be
tween the Southern Paoiflo and the
Seaboard Air line, whereby all.the traf -
fio which can possibly be diverted to
the former's Sunset route will be de
liverd by . the latter at New Orleans.
This deal is considered to be a direct
blow at the Southern Pacific's direct
connections at Ogden. Its object is
said to be to divert as much traffic as
possible from the Central Paoiflo road,
the Southern Pacifio having entered
upon a deliberate and systematic policy
of impoverishing that part of its sys
tem, with the view of frightening the
United States to settle its claims
against that road on the easiest terms.
Irving Fleming committed suicide,
by cutting his throat with a razor, at
Woodburn, Or. -
Bill Nye, the famous humorist, died
at his home in Asheviille, N. C, from a
paralytic stroke.
Daniel Galenoia, residing near Spo
kane, killed himself by shooting him
self through the heart. '
The entire family Of Jacob Jaoodi
was asphyxiated in his farmhouse,
near Niles Center, 1IL, by gas from a
coal stove.
The president has signed the bill ex-,
tending the operation of mineral land
laws to the north half of the Colville
Indian reservation.
A large amount of spurious coin in
the shape of 50-cent and $1 pieces has
been found to be in circulation at
Wenatchee, Wash. ,
At a meeting of Irish-Americans
held in New York, resolutions were
adopted demanding the release of all
political prisoners confined in English
jails.
E. R. Campbell, ex-clerk of the
United States district court, was shot
and killed by his son, Robert Camp
bell, in Nashville, Tenn. .; Young
Campbell has been regarded as men
tally unsound.
Seven people were asphyxiated, one
fatally hurt by jumping from a win
dow, and five others more or less injured
by fire in the residence of James R.
Arminger, a prominent jeweler of Bal
timore, Md.
At Seney, Mich., four men were
killed and seven seriously injured by
a steam log-hauler at a lumber camp.
The engine became uncontrollable and
ran down the road at full speed, catch
ing the men before escape was possible..
Another big gun has reached the
Presidio in San Francisco. It was
hauled to the top of the ridge back of
Fort Point. This is the second 30-ton
rifle to be added to the Fort Point bat
tery and completes the trio ordered for
this coast several years ago.
A London special says the Natal
Times claims to have the best author
ity for the statement that the South
African republic will, on the fifteenth
anniversary of the Boer victory over
the British under General Colley at
Majuba bill, proclaim its independence.
The great tailors' strike, which has
been in force several weeks in many
cities in Germany, has been ended by 1
the employers granting a 12 Per cent
increase of wages. The seamstresses' j
strike, a movement allied to the tail
ors' strike, is also on the eve of a set
tlement. - , I
Arthur C. Newsan, the former Brit
ish magistrate at Cedros, Trinidad,
who was arrested in Brooklyn, July 7,
last, charged with having embezzled
about 100,000 belonging to the Brit
ish government, has been acquitted
after two trials, and has been set at
liberty.
The monitor Monadnock has been
formally placed in commission at
Mare-island navy yard, San Francisco.
The Monadnock was commenced twelve
years ago, and has dragged along at
intervals. Navy officers say she is
now a most powerful battleship and
able to hold her own against anything
that floats. ....
State Senator Guy, of New York,
has prepared a bill which will be pre
sented to the legislature very soon
whioh authorizes the city to purchase
and remove the Edgar Allen . Poe cot
tage. The bill provides for an appro
priation of $50,000, which sum. it is
estimated, will cover all expenses.
James Fitzgerald was hanged at St.
Louis for the murder of his sweetheart.
Annie Nessens, on the night of Novem
ber 24, 1893. The rope broke and the
victim lay struggling on the ground
beneath the gallows. The doctors
found Fitzgerald still conscious. Stim
ulants were given and he revived. A
new rope was sent for and an hour
later the sick and trembling, but very
nervy victim, was again taken to the
scaffold. This .time there was no
hitch.
Under the new postal appropriation
bill the secret inspection of letter car
riers by special agents will be stopped.
The bill provides instead, that there
shall be thirty additional postoffice in
spectors, who shall be assigned to the
free delivery service exclusively.
While these men will be nominally
under the authority of the fourth as
sistant postmaster-general, they will
be subject to the orders of the . first as
sistant and the superintendent of the
free delivery service. They will de
vote their time exclusively to -the in
spection of the free-delivery service,
and will pursue the same methods pur
sued by the special agents. '
The secretaries of the American Bap
tist Missionary Union,, the American
Baptist Publication Society and the
American Baptist Educational Society,
acting under the advice and authority
of their respective boards, at a meeting
held in Philadelphia, unanimously
voted that it is impracticable to hold
the anniversaries in May in Portland,
Or. , according to the previous arrange'
ment and announcement. The recent
destruction by fire of the Baptist Pub'
lioation Society building . in Philadel
phia is given as one reason. An invi
tation to hold the anniversary at As
bury Park, commencing May 20, has
been accepted. ,
THE NEW RECEIVERS
Appointment ot Bigelow and
McHenry Approved. .
JOINT BOND FIXED AT $100,000
A Decision . Finally Rendered in the
Northern Pacific Receivership '
Case in New York Courts.
New York, Feb. 24. The motion
for argument in the matter of the ap
pointment of receivers for the North
ern Pacifio railway made in behalf of
the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company,
was called today before Judge Laoombe,
in the United States circuit court.
Argument on the motion was made by
Francis T. A. Junkin and Herbert S.
Turner, general counsel for the Farm
ers' Loan & Trust Company. Silas
W. Pettit and Henry Stanton were in
court to look after the interests of the
officers of the Northern Pacifio rail
way, and the reorganization commit
tee. Silas W. Pettit, speaking for the
Northern Paoific railway officials, said
they were not opposed to the appoint
ment of Bigelow and McHenry, but
they asked for their confirmation to
gether with R. M. Galloway and
Andrew F. Burleigh. E. Nathan, rep
resenting the second mortgage bond
holders, asked for the appointment of
but two receivers and Mr. Howard, of
Root & Clarke, spoke for the third
mortgage bondholders.
A few minutes after 6 o'clock Judge
Laoombe gave his decision approving
the appointment of Bigelow and Mo
Henry. The judge said:
"In view of the order herteofore
made by Mr. Justice Brown, while as
signed to the district, I am prepared
to sign an order in similar form to that
made in the court of so-called jurisdic
tion, consolidating the two suits, ac
cepting the resignations of the old re
ceivers and appointing the new ones,
but with a clause providing that there
shall be kept within the jurisdiction a
sum of money not less than $100,000
to provide for the claims of any rcedit
ors here, and further providing for the
service of papers on such receivers in
any cause begun here. Inasmuch as
the hew receivers are non-residents,
and this court therefore has no means
of enforcing their compliance with the
above terms by personal service, they
should give a joint bond in the sum of
$100,000."
THE REVIEW OF TRADE.
More Favorable Influences Are Re
ported Than for Weeks. .
New York. Bradstreet's weekly
trade review says: While no radical
improvement has appeared in the gen
eral trade situation, more favorable in
fluences are reported than for some
weeks. The drop in the temperature
has affected the movement of dry goods,
hats and groceries. The record for de
clining quotations which began last
week is continued for some varieties of
cottons and the tendency of quotations
of wool is to decline, and prices of
wheat, flour, corn, oats, pork, lard
and petroleum are lower. The con
spicuous advances are in coffee and
sugar.
Exports of wheat, flour included as
wheat, from both coasts of the United
States, this week, amount to 3,149,000
bushels, against 2,718,000 bushels last
week, and 1,808,000 bushels in the
same week a year ago.
Scarcely less favoraable than the im
provement in the bank clearings is the
sudden drop in the total number of
business failures throughout the coun
try, that of the week being 276,
against 28 last week; 327 in the cor
responding week a year ago, and. 235
in the week 'two years ago. There
are few failures also reported from the
Dominion, 58 against 70 a week ago,
38 in the corresponding week a year
ago, and 53 in the week two years ago.
CORBETT'S TURN NEXT.
Fltasimmona Whipped Maker and Is
Now the Champion..
Largtry, Tex., Feb. 24. Peter
Ms.lier was knocked out by Bpb Fitz-
simmons today in the first round, after
one minute and 35 seconds of actual
fighting. Fitzsimmons - played the
same old game he has so often played
before led on his opponent un
had him where he wanted him and
then landed a lightning right-handed
swing on the jaw and it was over. It
was the identical blow that knocked
out Jim Hall in New Orleans.
For the . first part of the round Maher
had the best of it. He led often and
forced the fighting. In his eagerness
to get at Fitzsimmons, he committed a
palpable foul during a clinch, and was
warned by Referee Siler that its repe
tition would cost him the fight Maher
fought well, but he was no match fer
his red-headed opponent, who proved
himself today one of the craftiest men
who ever stepped into the ring.
Fitzsimmons is now, by Corbett s ac
tion in presenting the-championship
to Maher, the champion of the world,
and after the fight was over he de
clared, through Julian, his willingness
to defend the championship against
any and all oomers.
To Measure Densities.
Chicago, Feb. 24. Whether or not
cathode rays will be of service in de
tecting flaws in steel, Charles E. Scrib
ner, of the Western Electric Company,
said today that they will be of great
value in measuring densities. . Mr.
Scribner is conducting experiments all
along this line. . .- .
The latest information from the
moon is that 182,858 craters have been
(counted on its surface, all dead.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Condensed Record of the Doings of the
Nation's Lawmakers Senate.
Washington, Feb. 20. The session
of the senate today furnished a succes
sion of breezy incidents. Little actual
work was accomplished, but brief de
bates on a number of subjects develop'
ed frequent sharp personal exchanges
between the senators. Hill had a
lively tilt with Tillman of South Caro
lina during the debate on Peffer's reso
lution for a senate investigation of the
recent bond issue. Allen joined issues
with Gear of Iowa and Woloott over
the course of the Paoific railway com
mission in conducting their inquiry.
Chandler and Cockrell had an ani
mated but good-natured colloquy, and
Haw ley and Allen had-- a difference
somewhat less good-natured. Two ap
propriation bills, the military academy
and the pension bill, were passed dur
ing the day. Efforts were made to
amend the military academy bill by in
creasing the number of cadets by two
from each state, 90 in all, but, after a
debate of three hours, the plan was de
feated. The pension appropriation
bill,, carrying $142,000,000, was
passed after ten minutes' debate.
Washington, Feb. 21. The .Cuban
question came before the senate today
for definite and final action, and it is
expected that votes will be taken at an
early day on the several pending propo
sitions requesting Spain to recognize
the belligerency of Cuba, and request
ing a recognition of Cuabn independ
ence. The first thing of importance in
the senate today was the reading of a
resolution from the secretary of the
treasury as to coin and other money in
circulation, which was ordered printed
for the use of the senate. The senate
then spent some time in discussing the
question of official procedure Squire
reported favorably a bill requiring that
marine engineers be American citizens.
Minor bills blocked the way for some
time, but Call finally had the Cuban
resolutions called up, and the remain
der of the day was spent in discussing
them.
Washington, Feb. 25. The senate
committee on public lands decided to
favorably report the house bill extend
ing the time within which suits may
be brought by the government to annul
unauthorized grants of publio lands.
The decision of the committee was pre
ceded by a hearing of representatives
of the various localities interested in
the proposed legislation. There was a
proposition before the committee to in
clude Mexican land grants in the ex
tension, but White appeared in opposi
tion to this, contending that the Mex
ican grant question should be settled
as soon as possible, in the k interest of
all concerned, and the amendment was
not made.
House.
Washington, Feb. 20. The house
today passed the agricultural appro
priation bill. It carries $3,158,192.
The section of the revised statutes for
the purchase and distribution of "rare
and uncommon" seeds, whioh Secretary
Morton declined to execute in the cur
rent appropriation law, was repeated,
the appropriation for seeds was in
creased from $130,000 to $150,000 and
its execution was made, mandatory j
upon the secretary. Cousins intoduced j
his amendment to reduce Mr. Morton's
salary from $8,000 to $25 until he ex
pended the appropriation in the cur
rent law, but the amendment was
ruled out on a point of order. Several
amendments to the meat inspection aGt
of 1891, recommended by Secretary
Morton, whioh would have given him
additional power to enforce regulations
and have strengthened the law by the
imposition of penalties for violations,
were stricken out Bills were passed
to dispose of the Fort Klamath hay
reservation, and to grant the Colum
bia & Red Mountain railroad a right
of way through the Colville reserva
tion. A resolution was adopted direct
ing the committee on ways and means
to investigate the effect the difference
in exchange between gold and silver
standard countries has upon the manu
facturing industries of the United
States. The agricultural bill was then
taken up, and consumed the rest of
the day. -
Washington, Feb. 21. The house
today devoted itself strictly to business.
The army appropriation bill, carrying
$23,275,902, was passed; the oonfer
enGe. report oa- Jthe urgent deficiency
bill was adopted, and the bill to ex-
tid for five years the time in whiob
government can bring suits to an-
1 patents to publio lands under rail
road and wagon-road grants was
passed. . An amendment was adopted
limiting the application of the act to
"railroad and wagon-road grants."
The following proviso was also added
to the bill: "That no suit shall be
brought, nor shall recovery be had for
lands wnicn were patentee in lieu oi
other lands covered by grants which
were lost or relinquished by the grantee
in consequence of the failure of the
government to withdraw the same
from sale or entry." The substitute
for the bill offered by MoRae, to repeal
outright the limitations of the act of
1891, was defeated.
Washington, Feb. 25. The senate
amendments to the. military aoademy
appropriation bill were concurred in by
the house today. The senate mil to
amend section 5,294 of the revised
statutes, relative to the power of the
secretary of the treasury to remit or
mitigate fines, penalties or forfeitures,,
was passed; also the senate bill relat
ing to final proof on timber culture en
tries. Representative Colson intro
duced a resolution to investigate the
action of Secretary Carlisle in refusing
to accept the bid of William Graves
for $4,500,000 at 115.3391.
When - Governor - Richards, of
Wyoming, leaves .., the oapitol, his
daughter, aged 19, who is his private
secretary, becomes governor in evrey
thing but the nam. :
ORCHARD AND FARM
Budget ot General News for
Progressive Farmers.
KAFFIR CORN HAS QUALITIES
Which Make It a Desirable Plant for
Many Localities Milking Cows
Diseases in Winter.
Among the newer forage plants
whioh have been introduced into the
United States, Kaffir corn appears to
be one of the most promising. It has
been grown here several years, prin- -cipally
in the central portion of - the
country, and has rapidly been gaining
in popularity. The extremely unfav
oarble climatic "conditions of last sea
son put all forage plants to one of the
severest tests they have aver reoeived.
They showed beyond question, that
Kaffir corn has qualities which make
it a most desirable -plant for manv lo
calities, as it was successfully grown
under circumstances in which most
other forage crops failed.
Kaffir corn is one of the nonsaccha-
xine varieties of sorghum. It can be
grown in great variety of soils and un
der widely differing conditions of cli-
mate, but it is especially, valuable
where the growth of vegetation is
liable to be checked by a deficiency of
moisture. Naturally, its yield of
stalks and seeds is not as large on thin
soils as it is on those that are .well
supplied with plant food, but, if other
conditions are favorable, it makes a
considerable crop on poor land. When
rains are infrequent it continues to
grow after many other plants have
come to a standstill, and after a pro
longed period of drouth it promptly
responds to the first fall of rain.
The stalks grow from four to seven
feet in height, and are well supplied
with leaves. When grown only for ...
forage the seed is sometimes sown
broadcast, and the orop is fed green or
is cut and cured like hay. It is much
better,, however, to plant in drills and
cultivate like broom corn or Indian
corn. From four to five pounds of seed
will plant an acre of lsnd. It does
not germinate as quickly as some seeds,
and at first its 1 growth is rather slow,
but it soon makes up for all lost time.
The time of planting will vary with
the loaclity, but the seed oan safely be
put in as soon as the ground is .warm
in the spring, though very late plant
ing even in July, has given good
crops at the South.
Milking Quality.
The cow has a certain degree of
adaptability and may be compelled to
change the habits of her system and
adapt herself to her feed. There is no
doubt but that by feeding a ration that
is. rich in heat and fat forming ele-.
ments and low in flesh forming ele
ments you will develop a beef ten
dency, and vice versa. We should be
careful to feed a proper milk ration to '
dairy cows to keep up a profitable flow '
of milk all the time, but what is
equally important that the milk ten
dency or habit be constantly encouraged
and stimulated with a view to its
greater permanent development If
this line of feeding is judiciously kept
up from generation to generation, says ;
dairyman, beginning with our or
dinary cow, the milk type and ten
dency will become permanently estab
lished and become hereditary, and those
cows that are our best milkers will be
developed into still better yielders by
this course.
Diseases In Winter.
More disease is brought into flocks by
purchasing fowls than fiom other
causes, as but few are able to properly
inform themselves of the condition of
the purchased stork. Roup may be
present in a neighbor's flock and not
make its presence manifest, and where
it has once appeared, even with but
few sick ones among the number there
is sure to arrive a time when it will ';
spread. The ground becomes oontami
ated, the germ of the disease are com
municated to all, a gradual develop
ment is resulting, and when the birds
are brought and given a change of .
quarters the roup may appear. It will
then spread to the new nock, and the
farmer will have the work of battling
to save a lot of sick fowls instead of
enjoying the profits from a healthy
flock. To avoid disease, raise your
own fowls and never buy one from
elsewhere if it can be avoided. It is
the only sure way to add vigor and
stamina to the flock. It is of course, .'
necessary to add new blood, but it
must be done by the use of care and in
endeavoirng to secure only healthy
birds.
Agricultural Ticks.
If yon have coal ashes, sift them,
and spread the sittings over the floor .
of the sheep stables. It is next best to
plaster.
Do not get too many fowls on the
farm and overdoe the matter, for if
you do you will be sure to be money
out of pocket.
An important thing in the line of
prevention of disease is the removal of
all fowls from the flock as soon as they
show any signs of disease.
, Iti s a very singular faot, but never
theless true, that a very large propor
tion of our farmers never let their corn
go on a rising market, but are always
free sellers on a falling market
A wise choice of methods of prepar
ing and feeding the food has much to
do in determining profit or loss. The
oheapest production of flesh by horse,
cow or sheep, or of milk, is where all
or the larger part of the food is secured
by the animal gracing in a good pas-
tmre. Sjmple methods of preparation
r best as a rule. - . -