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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1905)
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Tellof fever is on tho wnno In the Eatlu ooivertlllM may cloao to Minonri will shut out tho Now York Bf packers will plead not guilty IU manlcipal ownorahlp party in . . . i ..i.i .in itl.fA.lM .filial A tinIfk'a i... t.. nr.niai . I - 11 1 icrniiToranu ruujhuu u ikuiiivijihi 191 A III n,...!.... In.Utl lOf EVTCrUIUCMV Will J'UIWIinou liioil u i i ji . i . i - r . l. . I ll . . OS Ul JBllllUUD. erome announces that n special Jury will bo called In Now York ami men uu uranurs. Fit Crowe says ho hnd plannod to lUnJrthn n MeitVn1nnr ntnl linlil onraniomoi tL'.uuu.uuu. " i Ib Home Tolephono company. VVH( wwaaa(vaaj wV 4iir,n.kUM.4 II t.ll.. i fuvMiug VVUOVI UWIIUil A mtAiy The president and Ronrcaontntlvu me rite bill to bo presontcd to con lie president says ho will not an- wui ugrar j . itipirarra na nnntitniiAi.t j """vi y Buvwuroui linn tx-Congreesman Jerry Simpson is " 1 u . wants to torrnw lutwocn new york clearing house de v HBIUU, , llJ0 UBUJ Tbetew recnlRtlon. ni.t.. rviICu inouuy ijmna "euoath hopes (or frost to kill the TOiuiwug wiiicii urn Hnrrurl JUIOW fever. 1 A Pity of four Amorlenn mlnlnu - "w.qi rugcon, Tk. . . . f'Wt Of tho nronnun,? tttfnn lav ...v iiyui iiiiiii. nn n m ioinwi v"' Will nnvnr l. A.rn8 war If. in t. ""wn cattlemen and sottlers. de lack Deposits Near Mouth of Co lumbia Give Results. Portland, Oct. 8. Dr. David T. Day. chief of the division of mining and lneral resource) of the United States Geological survey, Announces that his experiment with black tands at the ,ewls ana UlarK exposition nave been eminently successful. Dr. Day says the black Hand louml in the vicinity of tho mouth of the Columbia rlvor is of Rufll clont valuo to warrant its being concen trated, as it contains valuable minerals that will avorage not loss than $7 per ton. Tho experiments carried on in the concentrating pavilion at tho expo sition proved that a ton of tho black sands taken from the Columbia river' will Avorago f 5 in magnotlto, or iron, and 2 in other minerals, ile saya tho exact valuo of the gold and platinum ias not been determined as yet, but that tho iron alone makes it valuablo enough to pay tho cost of transporta tion and then leave a splonuld prollt. Dr. Day lias been experimenting with these black Bands for somo timo. le says the extent of tho sand beds is practically unlimited, and that in seme 1iwch tlioy nave neon found to bo 70 feet in depth. Samples have been taken from tho surface sands and from tho bottom of tho beds, and tho rich mineral alwAys shows up whon tho eand is concentrated. ' Ho says tho dcopor tho sand is obtained tho richer t is in minerals. DRIVEN BY CLUBS. w miiu ITU WW e on Uia . . ' ingfl U'aii, I i. " v uul mi" iia m t . Gomel rm.A. i ""Of dteUm i,".r.u. x land i 'Mui lv ih fin 'm eav i,tt ' iratt in . - .. J,rn will m x United SUtes by many uuimn nn tlm of Preai Weyler' j Th dead make a new NchoW. , - ill rn ,.i ""Ull its tt u a n to- vuv. navo.j , " nuri mnVtu.i .. :0Ikey.i,e appear ordered out to negro. L. Tn 1 ii in ova at.l 1 numUU Again, flf flia TTnU VIII." does npt fear SANDS ARE RICH IN ORE. Martinique Workmen for Canal Com pelled to Land at Colon. Colon. Oct. 3. Six hundred and fifty laborers from Martinique, brought ere Friday on tho French steamer Ver sailles, under contract to work on tho canal, refused to disembark or to sub mit to vaccination, which is imperative under tho American sanitary regula tions. Thoy clamored to bo taken back to Martiniuqe, asserting that thoy had been misinformed as to tho conditions here before they embarked, and that later they learned these conditions were intolerable and deadly. Yesterday morning, however, 500 of thorn wero with difficulty persuaded to land, and these wero sent to points along tho lino of tho canal. Ono hun dred and fifty remained on board and declined to Icava tho ship under any consideration. Thcso were forcibly ejected from tho vessel this afternoon by Panama and Canal zone policemen, but not until nearly every ono of them had been clubbed and sevoral were blooding from ugly wounds. All yesterday and last night tlio vor saillee was guarded by Panama police- mon. Early this morning the trench consul at Cqlon, M. Uonhenry, ap pealed to the men to listen to reason. explaining that thoy had left Martin ique under contract with tho ianai zone emigration agent, guaranteeing tho payment of their passage here, and that while working on tho canal they would have, in addition to. their wages, the guarantoo of frco quarters and free medical attendance. ARMY STORES BURN. LAND FRAUD CASES lenuy Working Hard to Secure More Convictions. LAWYERS WANT CASE DISMISSED Should Indictment Be Found Faulty Defendants Will Go Free on Statute of Limitations. Portland, Oct. 8. Willard N. .Tones. Thaddous 8. Potter and Iia Wado will fncotho Federal court this mornlnc? charged with a conspiracy to defraud tho government, provided Judtro Hunt overrules tho demurrer to tho indict- mant, which was argued yesterday by 8. IJ. Huston and M. L. Pipes for tho dofonsoand District Attorney Heney for tho government. Several moves havo been mado bv tho defense to prevent tho case coming to trial, but so far thoy have been un successful, though their efforts havo undered tho consideration. Tho first ndictment against the defendants was admitted to bo dofectivo by tho district attorney and was dismissed, while the present indictment was returned iust as tho statuto of limitations was about to run. A plea in abatement was filed by tho attorneys as tho second step, but this was overruled by tho court, upon which tho demurrer was presented. Yesterday morning it was submitted upon a statement of contention by the different attorneys interested in the caso. The court listened to tho argument on both sides and then took the matter of its decision under advisement until this morning, when it will make "known its opinion. If Judge Hunt Bliould de cide for tho defense, the defendants would bo enabled to escape prosecution entirely, as tho statute of limitation has by this time run and no new in dictment could be drawn or voted to replaco tho present ono. STEALING IS EASY. Tomoorarv Bui dines Contained Mil- 4 r lions of Dollars' worth of Goods. Tokio. Oct. 3. A fiio which broke nut in nn ftrmv storehouse at lllro- nl.tmn nt 1 o'clock and continued for over three hours, destroyed 20 tempo rary buildings, together with their con timtd. ronalHtinc nrincinally of nrovis Ions and clothing. I ho cause 01 tno ira In linlncr investigated. ' - o f A larco portion ol tho clothing nau been removed from a new storehouse lutfaro tlm flrn. Tlio extent of the dam ago la bolioved to bo comparatively nlk'ht. Tlinrn was no loss Ol lite. A later telegram from Hiroshima said that tho fire was still burning at n'r1rvtr thin nftnrnnnn. In addition to the 20 buildings, several others filled with fodder were destroyod. Although tlm hiilliHncrn wflro constructed Ol UChl material, thoy contained an enormous amount of stored coods. and tho struc t n ro luaintr nf inflammable nature, tue flames wero difficult to extinguish, de spite the desperate efforts of tho troopB. Tlia flrfl was discovered at 1 o'clock, and spread with great rapidity. It was probably of incendiary origin. Tho loss is variously estimated at irom 000,000 to t5,000,0UO. Ferry To 9e Abandoned. Tnnnma. Wash. Oct.. 3. It is an nounced hero that upon tho completion nf that nart of.tho north bank lino bo- twnmt VnnrniiVflr and 1'Ottluntl. 1110 Nnrtlmrn Paclflo will practically ttban tlm forrv between Knlama and ftnhln. and the line from Goblo into Pnrtlnnd. It is undorBtoou mat ar ranttemonts havo boon mado with tho Antnria A (Jnlumbla Rivor road whore hv thia road will caro for tho business dinner tlm 40 mUofl of Northern Pacific liotwann finliln nnd Portland in the future. ' Blown Up by Mine, ntiofnn. Ont. n. Tho eoastinc steam nf ITntaniin. nlvlncr liotweOU Slianuhtti and Tientsin, struck and was totally iWrnvrwl Itv u. mine 00 miles BOlltli O the Shantung promontory Saturday morning, Fifteen persons on board tho vessel wore drowned, included among them being Engineers Mauchan and ATiitr- Tlm fnrolcn nassohirara and a portion of the crew of tho IlBlcsho wore reeoued by two passing steamers. aa enty-one were taken to Shanghai. Big Order for Ralls. Itrnntrcia'l Dot. !t Tt la ofllclftllv AH nnnnail tliat. tlm Orand Trunk Pacific has given An order for 14,000.000 worth of steel rails to the Dominion Iron (c Steel company, of Sidney, U. C. The contract calls for the delivery of the rails within five years Typhoon In Philippines Much Worse Than First Reported. Manila. Oct. 2. News of tho mag nitude of last week's typhoon continues slowly to filter from the interior, but specific details are as yet hard to ob tain, owing to tho fact that telegraphic service has boon paralyzed and it will bo many days before the wires aro re stored to their former stato of useful ness. It is certain, however, that tho earlier reports of tho loss of life havo been underestimated, and when tho facts aro known tho Jal list of dead will run well into tho thousands. But it is not the dead that aro the chief sufferers, inasmuch as tho de struction of thousands upon thousands of nativo huts has been followed by a period of what approaches actual star vation of the survivors, and it will re quiro prompt action on tho part of tbd authorities to relieve those in distress. The damacro to crops cannot be esti mated, but will run well into the hun dreds of thousands of dollars. ThiB is a most sorious blow, inasmuch aa the ast season has been tho first when the agricultural workers have been in a po sition to do their utmost with their and, and thoy had buit great hopes on the outcome. New York Bank Clerk Takes Money to Prove it. Nwe York, Oct. 3. By tho confes cion of Henry A. .Leonard, a young clerk in tho employ of Halle & Stieg litz, brokers at 30 Broad street, the mystery of tho robbery on Wednesday last of $350,000 worth of securities from tho National City bank was clear ed up today. Leonard who lives with his parents at 500 East 136th street, was arrested yesterday and kept in clcso confinement while tho detectives continued their search for the missing securities, every dollar of which was recovered today. Tho prisoner, who Is only 24 years old and who has previously borne the reputation of an industrious and thoroughly reliable clerk, made tho as founding statement in his confeision, that ho had planned and carried out his scheme of forgery not from a crim inal motito, but solely to show by what a simple device the elaborate safe guards of Now York banks could bo set at naught. That thiB statement is in a measure correct is shown by tho facta in tho caso. TRAIN HELD UP. Great Northern Express Car Dyna' mited and Safe Looted. Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 3. The Great Knrtlmrn overland train, leaving Seat tic at 8:20 Inst night, was hold up and tho baggugo and express car uynaimteu half a mile east of milo post ten, about fivn miles from Ballard, at 8:45. It was II o'clock before tho train pulled into iidmonus anu tno moai meager ru nnrtn worn sent to the local office. . . . Tiirnn men aro Known to nuvo uono tha work. Two boys, who got on tho 11 1 nil huptTHtro here, as soon as the hold iid besan entered tho paesengor coaches nil hmran hnldlnc un tlio passengers. They wore captured. Thoy say two of A t . l.t 1 1 tho mon woro on tuo ounu uukbk u'lmn tliov cot on and the third got on at Ballard. All wero dressed with raincoats and slouch hate. Attltatine for a Republic. Tnnilnn. Out. 3. Tho Chrlstianla xnrmxnnndont of tho London Post says the agitation against mo lorraa ox iue Karlstad agreomont continues to grow. Oil ph dnclare tho terms havo piaceu tlm onviimment in a humiliating posi ...w n-. ------ .. - t nn.-imt tho delegates euruiiK- irum roiectlng thorn or taking tho cons niionnftH. Tho ob oct ol luoso wiio are behind tho agitation is to woukuu govornniont in order to prepare way for a demand which is boing yancod for tho establishment of a public. Blame for Wreck Fixed. Now York, Oct. 3. Responsibility for tho accident on tlio Now York -hie- ,..., i-allrMifl rnnnntlv. in which 12 persons lost their lives, wab fixed today by a coroncrB jury upon mu mo... rwnnlluH A. JackBon. tho toworman who sot tho wrong switch, nnd Kolloy, drovo his train HIU lu"i " . . , ill around tho curve with a speed which nn,.on1 nnn pur to lumil tllO track Into V. I II H V V. -- the street, wero both charged with criminal negligence Fire Destroys Army Stores. nv,u nnt. a. It is officially ro ported that tho damage cauBod by the ia in tun nrmv Hiuruuuunu "u n.v..untni tn 1.840.107 Von equivalent to about 1924,633, including lliiinDg. nrovisionB and clothes which were destroyed. tho tho tul ro STORM WAS FURIOUS. WRIGHT WILL RESIGN. Taft Reports Unfavorably on His Gov ernment of Philippines. San Francisco, Oct. 2. Tho opinion has been expressed by prominent mem bers of the Taft party while in Ban Francisco the other day that General James F. Smith, who is on tho Supreme bench of tho Philippines, will likely be soon the governor ol the Philippine slands. The good reason for their belief is that Luke E. Wright, of Mem phis, Tenn., tho present governor, will bo asked by President Roosevelt to re sign on the recommendation of Secre tary of War Taft. Governor Wright is oxpocted to ar rive here in November on his journey to Memphis and Washington. It is given out that he is making the trip for a change of climate and scene and to bo present in Washington at the opening of, bids for the construction of the projected system of railways through the islands. The true reason for his visit, however, is Eaid by the senators and representatives of tho Taft party to bo hie retirement from the governorship of the islands. Post for Wire Fences. There in probably a greater mileage of wire fence in Texas than any other three States, and Texas people ought, therefore, to be tho beat Judges of how to mako them permanent About strain poste" a Texas stockman in Farm and Ranch Bays: Numerous plans havo been given tor making secure corner posts for wire fences. I havo tried many plans, and have found every plan to make a corner post bear the strain of n long fence to btra failure. The strain con tinues without intermission, and final ly the corner post gives way. With abort fences the difficulty is not so great I have built some hundreds of miles of wire fencing. My plan now Is to use what I call a strain post instead of putting the strain on AN IMMENSE THRONG. to Eighty-flve Thousand Admissions Fair on Portland Day. Portland, Oct. 2. Portland day, with its 85,133 attendance, brought with it the city's hour of greatest tri nmpb. It was tho crowning day in the success of the Lewis and Clark exposi tion. Portland has cause to feel proud of September 30. On no other occasion in the past his tory of Portland has there been Buch a patriotic outpouring of humanity. The city was depopulated: the exposition was thronged. Tho populace appeared to move aa one man to the exposition grounds to make the day such a day as never before was seen at the exposition. And at that the weather was not what one would call pleasant, there being lowered temperature with intermittent showers. Had tho weather been more propitious, for the past three days, it is confidently believed tue iuu.uuu mark would have been reached. Tho attendance proved a surprise to oven the most sanguine. It is true that the sum of 100,000 admissions was set as tho tido mark. But not even the most sanguine expected the actual re tuniB to bo above 05,000 or 70,000. Hence tho outcome ib a surprise. John A. Dowie Paralyzed. Chicago. Oct. 2. John Alexander Dowio, founder of tho Christian Cath olic church in Zion, and of Zion City, 111., has announced that he was strick en with paralysis on one Bide before his recent departure for Mexico. He passed through Dallas, Tex., today, on his way to that country. Dowie haa chosen his successor, but keepa his identity secret. Dowie attributes his illness to tho "sin of overwork" and has bidden his llock farewell, not ex pecting to recover. Dowie was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847. The Way Britain Does It. Constantinople, Oct. 2. The arrival at Hodeida Yemen, province of Turk ish Arabia, of tho British cruiser Fox promises to lead to a speedy settlement of the British, claims in connection with tho piratic attacks of Arabs on British dhows in the Red sea. Tho commander of the Fox has been in structed to aeo that the local authori ties arrest and punish the culprits, de- Btrov tho pirate dhows and pay com ponBation to tho owners of tho Brltlah dhows. Snow Storm in Nevada. Tonopah, Nov. Oct. 2. A heavy snow Btorm, which swept over South orn Nevada yesterday and last night and which did not cease until this morning, did great damage in Tonopah Goldfleld, Bllvor Bow and Columbia In tho Gold mountain district eouth of hero and at all exposed places on tho donnrt tlio Btorm attained the propor tions of a blizzard and it is feared somo prospectora may havo perished during tho storm. Boycott Still Active. Washington, Oct. 2. United States Consul General Lay, at Canton, China has sent a telegram to the State dopart ment regarding the Chinese boycott against American goods. He says the situation Ib bad, and that tho feeling against foreigners continues. Ho ex presses tho opinion that the boycott ought to die a natural death, but eaya it seems to ue lingering. STRAIN P031 POSTS FOB WIRE FENCES urn .u the corner post I put down a gooa corner post: and at least twenty feet from this put down another good post large and deep into the ground At the ground, I run wires to the top of the strain post, and stretch these wires tight This puts most of the strain on tho strain post and all the strain placed on tho corner post comes nt Its bottom. Again? tho strain post Is not put into the ground straight but leans to the corner. The effect of this Is that the strain tends to force It deeper into the ground, in stend of drawing It out It will be found easier to nut In a good corner post nnd two strain posts than to put In one corner post In the way orten directed. I show tho plan in sketch sent herewith. It will be best first to stretch the wires around the strain post making them secure to It and then to complete the fence by building a short fence at the corner. Of course, such care Is not needed for short Hne3 of fencing. Making the Pin Grow. Give the young pigs a good start. will be to your Interest to do so. young pig that has once been stunted will never wholly outgrow It no mat ter- how good the subsequent care may be. Any animal being grown for meat should have feed enough to make a good gain every day from birth to slaughter. If there Is ever a time in that animal's life when no gain la being made In weight all feed con sumed during that time Is practically lost, for the profit all comes from the feed that makes the gain above the amount required to maintain the ani mal's needs. In other words, n cer tain nmount of feed necessary to keep tho animal alive and the profit must all come from the little extra feed that makes the gain in flesh. A young animal will gain more on a given quan tity of feed than an older, animal on the same feed. I think we might safe ly say the younger the animal the greater the gain for the feed consumed. That Is why it pays better to reea young stock. Swine Advocate. Take each egg separately, plnco it against ono end of tho "tester" nnd plnco tho other end of tho "tester" close to your eye, nnd look through toward the light or, better still allow tho rays of tho sun to fall directly on tho egg. Bo careful not to let tho lingers interce'pt tho light. Tho fertllo eggs which havo begun to incubato will show a dark spot, with veins ra diating from It This dark spot be comes larger and darker ns tho devel opment of tho chick progresses. Tho appearance of the Infertile Is perfectly clear (samo as fresh eggs) until they havo been set about two weeks, after which tlmo they begin to decny. Increasing the Corn Crop. P. G. Holden, Professor of Agricul ture nt the Illinois Agricultural Col lege at Champlain, is a man whoso name and memory should be much re spected, not only by farmers, but by ail who are consumers of American grown corn. When a college student ho was teaching school in Michigan. He asked his students to each bring him an ear of corn from tho crib at home. They did so, and ho showed them the different grades, from very good to very poor. Then he asked each one to plant three seeds from tho best ear in a box, and water It Tho result was an excellent crop of large, well-filled ears. Tho parents becamo interested, and soon began to plant only tho best corn for seed, much to the advantage of their crop. After he went to Illinois, he began to talk the benefits of selected corn for seed to the farmers, and soon not only wero most of them converted to his ideas, but the farmers of Iowa and Missouri wero looking for better seed. Later on he became director of a" farm near Bloomlngton, where they usually planted twenty thousand acres of corn, with an average yield up to that time of forty to fifty bushels per acre. The first year he Increased the yield by ten thousand bushels above the best previous season. On some acres he brought the products np to seventy bushels per acre. This year he had a special train from which to talk about corn to tho farmers of Iowa, and If wo have this year the largest crop of corn ever grown in the United States, Professor Holden is entitled to the credit of having add ed millions of those bushels to tho crop by his advocacy of the doctrine of using only the best seed. Home-Mado Corn Cutter. This Idea of a corn cutter comes from Australia where the machine is used In harvesting sugar cano and sorghum, nswell as corn. The imple ment has been tried by a number of farmers In this country and pro nounced a success. It Is made by bolting the blade of a strong heavy scythe to a sledge or sled, .as shown In the Illustration. A rod of wrought iron about one Inch In diameter is Wagon for Frnlt Barrela. Professor Waugh, of Massachu setts, says In n report: In handling tho fruit in the orchard, between the trees and the storage-room, or later between the storage and tho shipping WAGON FOB HANDLING FRUIT. station, some suitable wagon ought to bo provided. A stone boat Is some times used nnd Is not the worst thing that could bo found, especially for Bhort hauls and small loads. It is better, however, to Imvo ono of Tho low-down wagons mado especially for handling fruit In tho illustration ono la shown as It was actually mado up at home. Somo sills wero hung by strap IronB from tho front nnd r?nr axles of a common wagon frame, and on theoa some boards wero laid, mak ing a floor for carrying tho barrels. nnndling barrols of apples In nnd out of tho common high wagon Is hard and expensive labor, and it is npt to damage the fruit. A Good EsK-Teater. Tako this paper, says a writer In American Poultry Journal, and roll It up so as to leavo tho open space a trlflo less in diameter than tho longth of an egg. Tie a string around tho center, bo tho papor cannot unroll, nnd your egg tester is ready for uso, and equal to any that can be bought TI01TE-1IADE COBN CUTTER. bent to former follower, as shown. One of these machines Is expected to cut about 2 acres per day. After cutting, tho crop la less easily handled than when cut by hand, but tho total saving In labor is considerable. Wire Chicken-Catcher. A chicken-catcher is needed on many farms which can be made from No. 8 wire. Five feet of wire will bo long enough. Bend a loop at one end for n handle, with a shepherd's crook at tho other end, bending tho crook small enough, of course, to hook around the leg of a chicken while it Is eating. If tho hook is made the least bit flaring, but closed up about n half inch. It will hold the chicken securely by the foot This Is the best way to catch n chicken when wanted on short notice. Many farmers train a dog to catch chickens, but this causes a com motion among the fowls and is ono way to mako them wild. Uneasy, frightened fowls are not thrifty, like quiet, contented birds. Pulverizing the 8oll. Considering tho pulverizing of tho clods that turn up in the most henvy land after plowing, prevention Is tho best method. If tho Held Is well drained and not plowed whon wet, thero may be no clods. It will, how ever, tako two or three seasons to thor oughly fine the soil that has been In jured by previous mismanagement Fall or winter plowing, turning tho land In ridges and leaving It ns rough as possible, so as to exposo tho motst surface to tho frost, will do tho work, but unless thero aro undcrdrnlns to carry off tho water tho plowing may do as much harm as good. The Dairy Darn, Tho dairy barn, ns built In tho near future, may not havo bo much loft room, but Instead a numbor of struc tures In tho form of silos, but not air tight or so solid, Into theso several months' or tho entire winter's supply of rougho'ge may b cut Inlaad Farmer. i