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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1911)
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In ... iH nirnnll., '.vl Iha v.. -win in tlm ri,.. iff? lD19l5. COlnn.f b5 0XP8- -UK nr 41. --- "iui mo VI ao Panama Canal. REBELS TRAP FEDERALS, Mexican Insurgents Win Decisive Via tory In 8onora. Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 28. Nows has roachod Douglas today of florco light ing botwoon Mexican troops and tho robols In tho vicinity of Bahuarlpa following tho capture of that city by tho Insurgents Bovoral days ago. Tho fodorul forcon are said to havo boon decoyed Into a disadvantageous position, whonco tho robols poured a doadly ilro, resulting In tho coinploto defeut of tho government forcos Mayor Chiapa of Moctozuma, who orgnnlzod tho federal forcos to resist tho advunco of tho robolB, 1b roported killed In tho engagement. Following tho battlo, which oc curred uiluway botwoon tho cities ot Hahuarpla and Moctozuma, tho gov ornmont teiograpuou uu urcunt call lo Douglas for u special train to bring more troops south. Tho train was quickly made up und GO soldlors gathored togothor In Agua I'rlota. opposlto DouglaB, woro sent to Nuc- uzari, tho southern tortninus of tho Macharl roallroud. These soldiers arrived thoro this morning and ut onco started on an overland march to Movtozuma In un attempt to save that city from fall ing lulo tho hands of tho rebels. This latest defeat 'of tho federal forces Is suld to leave the rebels In completo command of this section of tho State of Bonora. Following tho bloodless surrender of Bahuarlpa a few dayB ago, Jefe Chlupa, of Moctozuma', organized a force of about 200 volunteers which wan added to later by 53 volunteers from Cumpas, for tho purpose of roBlstlng tho northward .advunco of tho robols. Tho InsurroctoB followed their us ual tactics of getting tho superior position from which they poured volley after volley into tho unpro tected ranks of tho federals. Tho rebels are reported to have taken charge of all public ofllccs In Sahuarlpa and uro extending protec tion to tho ' wives nnd families of formor odlclals who havo lied. DEATH IN BLIZZARD. Three Children Freere; Mother and Daughter Cripple. Pendleton, Ore. Three of tho four children of R. 13. OrosBohcmlg, a for mer roBldent of this county, were frozen to death in a recent Saskatche wan blizzard, whllo tho mother and fourth child woro so badly frozen that each will loso a leg. News was rccolved hero In a lettor from Canada. Tho mother and her four chlldron, two boys and two girls, started In search of some sheep which had strayed from tho flock. When thoy woro two miles from homo tho bliz zard enmo without warning. The boys tried so save tho sheep, Lo carno lost and were dead when found. Tho mother drew her two daughters to her and huddled down In tho snow. Tho youngor of tho glrlB died within a few hours after help reached them, whllo tho older girl and tho mother are yet in a serious condition. Whllo a resident of this county Gossehemlg was twice under arrest, onco for keeping his children out of school nnd onco for making a young girl and young hoy herd sheep In a Bnow fltorm whllo thoy wcro wear ing shoos through which their toes protruded. BLACK HAND GANG SPLITS. After Routing White Hand, It Starts Factional War. Chicago. Tho White Hand socloty. an organization of wealthy and influ ential Itnllnns, formed for tho pur pose of driving tho Black Hand out of tho city, has HboK been routed nnd rival hands of tho criminal or ganization havo ontorod upon a war of oxtormlnntlon ngalnst each other, according to pollco ofllclnla. Fully a dozon of tho unexplained murders on tho North Sido during tho last year now aro attributed by tho pollco to Intornoclno strlfo bo twoon tho Black Handors. Tho po llco havo given out a llBt of five dead nnd Bny thoy havo established a con nection botwoon thoso mon and a Black Hand suspect who Is In tho custody of tho United States authori ties on tho chnrgo of using tho malla to extort money. Philadelphia Plans Tube. PhlIndolnhln.--It Is loarnml that among Mayor Itcyhurn'n planB for tho Jmprovomont of Philadelphia Is a four-track subway tho ontlro length of Broad street, a distance of 11 miles, to bo owned 1y tho city, tho oxtonslon of 'tho Markot streot Buh- way -system to Camden, N. J., through tunnels undor tho Dolnwaro rlvor, and an immonBO convention hall In Edgomont park. Tho pro posed improvements aro to bo made undor a $(10,000,000 city loan, of which f28.000.000 will bo spent on tho Broad streot subway, 8haft Is Living Tomb. San Bernardino, Cal. Ooorgo Kra- mor, n mlno owner, wnB rescued by his partners nftor ho had boon Im prisoned for 24 hours In tholr mlno noar Wlngato pnfls, Ho was uncon scious when found and was revived with dlfllculty, His hands nnd flngors woro blooding from his offorts to dig through a mass of grnvol and rock which hnd caved In and blocked tho shaft entrance, Panic 8lezes Hundreds. Chlcnrro. Flro broucht about COO guosts from tholr roomB in tho Ma- ostlo and Great Northorn hotols, which adjoin at Dearborn and Oulnnv Rtrnntfl. Tho flro. which started In tho kitchen of tho grill room on tho seventeenth floor of tho Majestic, wnB extinguished with a loss of about $40,000, mostly from wator, I. - NOTE8 FROM 'EXPERIMENT STATIONS. (Wtuihlngton Kxporlmont Btallon of rull man, Wnh.) Tho boat way to enf. i-m f na lultooa Is to aeo that thoy havo no Placo to brood. All mosquitoes must iivo in uiolr early llfo In wmnr i.a ally in stagnant wator. If it' 1b pos slblo to drain tho country, Beo that thoro aro no stagnant pools. Take caro also that thoro aro no rocop- tacies, utter, barrels, or cans, which couiu contain wntcr during tho Bum mor, and tho moaqulto problem will oo reduced to Insignificant propor tlons. Oftontlmes whom if in imnn alblo to drain, tho mosquitoes can bo cnecked by pouring a thin film of korosono oil over tho water. This spreads very unlformiv nn.i win .,r focato tho moBquIto wrigglers in the iuiiii. turning on or tar or buhach powdor serves in ilrl qultoos from a dwelling. There aro Biuves containing oil of pennyroyal thut answer to keep mosquItoeB away from a person, hut thrH tnHnr mm. odlcB oftentimes aro hardly success- iui. inero is as much individuality among mosquitoes as among people, Tho pennyroyal salvo will k. on nnmn pooplo free and will have no effoct on others. In tho Bamo way, the salvo will keop Bomo mosquitoes away, but not effect others. Tho transplanting of evergreen trees Is a process which requires a great deal of caro and atten tion. First of all tho planter must roallzo that if tho sun dries out tho young roots, or tho larger ones, or hardens tho sap, death Is pretty apt to follow a trial of this kind. Second, ho must bear In mind that tho "ever green" has a comparatively short growing season, commencing In most sections of this country about tho 10th day of April and closing about tho 20th of June, or in many in stances as early as tno 10th of May. During this growing period tho ever green Ib very tender. If tho trans planting can bo dono before, which is usually tho first few weeks In April, very llttlo loss should result If planting cannot bo dono then, It should bo dono Immediately after tno growing season, which Is during tho month of Julv. Tako nlcolv shaped treos from open, exposed por tions or tne woods, removing them with a hall of earth to tho roots which can bo held in nlacn hv a burlap wrapping. By going at It in this way you should suceed. The experiment stations have not yet boon able to find any soy beans which do well In this western coun try. Wo are experimenting with these, using seed from Wisconsin and Minnesota, hoping that wo may find some that would be adapted to our conditions. Canada field peas do very well In deed, however, everywhere except whoro the ground 1b too low and moist. Undor theso conditions the peas grow too much to tops. If Intended for hay, they should bo seeded to half and half with oats and wheat, preferably oats. The ground may host be fall plowed, but If spring . plowing Is necessary, the ground should bo plowed as early as possible, then tho peas seeded to about threo Inches depth and allowed to He about a week until they havo sprouted; then tho oats seeded shal low so that tho oats nnd peas will como on together. If cut when tho oats aro in tho dough and the peas Just beginning to rlpon, they make one of tho best hays that is grown, and it can bo cured and harvested llko any other hay. Vnr coneratlons our ancestors havo boon dumping wash water upon cur rants, gooseberries and other small fruits, fhlnkinc thov were doing the right thing. In some Instances tho treatment has resulted ravoramy, especially In cases where tno surplus wntnr could drain away and carry oft tho surplus oil deposits, grease, and othor matorlal which would bo of a detrimental nature to tho plants. Wo do not consider It advlsablo to water young plants, especially cut tings nnd seedlings, wjlth wator of thin kind. It should not coino In contact with tho stems, but would do llttlo harm, and possibly some goon kept a short distance irom uio roots. Timm lq nn ono breed of cattle Mint will clvo lnrco Quantities of milk of good quality and also bo good beof cattlo. bo-cauoci "iuiu purpose" breeds, among which might Im mnntlnnml Brown SwlSS. DOVOIl and Red Polled, hnyo boon bred with this purpose In vlow, but at tno prosont time tho dual purposo Idea la nrnnHrnllv OXIlloded. If OU0 wishes dairy cows, ho should select any ono of tho loading dnlry breeds; l.nf la Tnronv. finnrnfiOV. HolstOln and Ayrshire, whichever is liked host, and which scorns best ntieu to mu conditions. If beof Is wished, select Mm hnnf hmod dcslrod. that is, Shornhorn, Horoford, Angus, otc. Tho nropor churning tomnoratures for croam vary undor dlfforont con- .lillnno Thn nnlv Rflfft riUO IS tO churn nt such tomporaturo that tho . . ... ... j. . 41,lr.r In butter will como in irum hiihj forty-flvo minutes. Whoro tho churn ing Is dono in loss nmo, uuuunui io loBt in the buttermilk. A longor tlmo, howovor, is unnecessary, and simply n waste of time and enorgy. Tho tomporaturo rangos from G2 de grees In summer to C4 degrees In wlntor. (By Ira V. Wliltnoy. former Instructor In Dalrylnn. W. S. C, Pullman, Wash.) Tho following factors aro of groat Importance In developing a dairy hord: Selection, or brooding from only tho host producers; foedlng, that Is, supplying tho right kind of feed In sufficient quantities for tho needs of tho cow; caro and handling, in cluding1 milking regularly and thor- ougniy, providing comfortablo nnd sanitary quarters for stabling, nnd treating tho, cowb with greatest con sideratlon .at nil times. Important as these factors havo boon In tho past, thoy will continue to bo fully as important in tho future development of tho dairy cow. Tho first thing to bo connldnrnd In selecting a dairy cow is her ability uj prouueo buttorfat. Twenty years ago tho average cow produced ono hundred and twonty-flvo pounds of uuuunat per year, while at tho pres ent time it is safe to say that tho average of tho cows of tho United States Is close to ono hundred and Boventy-flvo pounds. Tho Babcock test has been responsible to a great oxtent for this increase in production, Inasmuch as it 1ms producer, whereupon sho has been buiu io me uutcner. Every dairyman should havo a pair of scales and a Babcock test, and keep accurate reo ords of tho milk and buttorfat pro duction of each and every cow of his herd. This is tho onlv irnlfln that can always be depended upon in tho ueiecuon oi prontablo dairy cows. Typo is another nolnt to hn sldered. All dairymen recognize a definite typo as Indicative of dairy performance. Tho Judge in tho show ring baBeS his iudcmnnt nritlrnlv iinnn type. While it Is true that practically au economic producers conform to what is known as tho d.ilrv tvnn all Cows that conform to tho dairy typo aro not economic producers, and, consequently, seleclng by typo alono Is uncertain business. Tho health of the nnlmnl must hp considered. Cows that are diseased In any way should nnvor ho knnt. for milk production. Tho prevalence of contagious diseases, such a3 tuber culosis and contagious abortion makes extreme caution necessary in the se lection or dairv cows. It. Is tn tho Interests of everyone that these dis eases should bo stamped out as rap idly as possible. Tho breeding of tho dalrv cow Is also important She need not be a pure bred in order to be an economic producer, in ract many high grade cows are Just as economic producers as are the majority of purebreds. As a rule, however, the purer the breed ing tno more iiKeiy is tne onspnng to resemble Its narents. and If thftrn are economic producers In a cow's ancestry, the more likely Is1 sho to be an economic producer, providing she is bred along the right lines. In order to succeed with the dairy cows they must be treated as indl Tlduals. not as hprds. Afnv dalrv. men make this mistake, and wonder why their herds do not pay. They mako the cood cow heln sunnort the poor one, and consequently get no prout rrom eitner one. COMPENSATION BILL BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. Measure Introduced by Representa tive Abbott Provides Automa tic Indemnity to Injured Workmen. A bill introduced in the Oregon leg islature by Representative Abbott at one step provides workmen instant hospital service and prompt compensa tion for his injury and eliminates the contingent fee lawyer through the me dium of a state industrial accident commission. It provides for the establishment and maintenance of an industrial acci dent fund, to which the state contrib utes a fourth, the employee a fourth, and the employer a half this is the plan of 6f industrial insurance in for eign countries and has proven success ful. In case of injury to an employe he would receive from the accident fund as follows : For the loss of either arm above the elbow, $1,600. For the loss o either arm at or be low the elbow, $1,250. For the loss of either hand at wrist, $750. For the loss of cither thumb and forefinger, $400. For the loss of either thumb or fore finger, $300. For the loss of any other finger, $200. For the loss of either leg at hip, $1, 600. For the loss of either leg between kneo and hip, $1,000. For the loss of either leg between knee and ankle, $900. For the loss of either foot at or be low ankle, $750. For tho loss of any toe, $150. For the loss of an ear, $250. For tho loss of an eye, $750. For tho loss of both eyes, $3,000. For injuries not above specified, re sulting in total and permanent incapa city for manual labor, $3,000. Women Divers In Japan. Among tho many different methods employed in Japan for pearl fishing nono la moro Interesting than that employed by tho women divers who obtain tho pearl oysters. Pearl fish ing is conducted mainly by men div ers In Australia and India and othor countries, but In tho region about Ago Bay, In tho province of Shlma, as well as In other parts of tho coun try, women are employed In diving. Tho Mlklmoto pearl farms Ho at a depth of from flvo to thirty fathoms, with an average of ten fathoms. Tho women dive to tho bottom without any special npparatus, and retain tholr breath whllo they remain under the water. They stay under the sur face from ono to threo minutes. When they aro chilled they roturn to tho shore, nnd warm themselves at flros built in huts especially for tho pur poso, and then return and resume their work. BRIEF REPORT OF. THE DAILY WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Washington, Feb. 3. Senator Root of New York today came out flatly against Senator Lorinier of Illinois. In a speech on the floor of tho senate Root declared for tho expulsion of the Illinois Benator, saying that to any reasonable man there could be no doubt that Lorimer had been elected and at present holds his seat as a result of bribery. A bitter attack on former President Roosevelt and on the steel trust was made in tho house yesterday by Con gressman Staloy of Kentucky, during the debate on the agricultural appro priation bill. Staley argued that the trust restrains trade. "I insist that the lawless, defiant and pernicious monopoly be investi gated immediately and the guilty, 'no matter how powerful or how high, be brought to justice," he shouted. Referring to the trust's obtaining Roosevelt's presidential sanction for its absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron company on the pretense of pre venting a panic, he said: "Never since the Prince of Darkness appeared to the Nazarene. was there such a vista of evil and far reaching dominion unveiled to the vision of God or man. The savior said. 'Get thee behind me, satan,' but the hero of San Juan Baid, 'I'll get in front of you, Omnipresent devil. I'll stand between you and this collossal and law-defying act qf plunder.' I'll paralyze the arm of clamor while you sandbag your com petitors and loot a dominion in the south as rich and vast as an empire." Aeroplane manufacturers are eager ly awaiting advertisements soliciting bids to the war department for 12 ma chines for the signal corps, which Brigadier General James Allen, chief Bignal officer, advocated yesterday be fore the senate committee. It is planned to establish aerodromes in southern California, at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., and at College Park, Md. Washington, Feb. 2. With the adoption of the rivers and harbors bill this year, carrying more than $2,000,- 000 for Oregon, and a total of $26,- 000,000, it is believed an era of better system and annual appropriations will have begun. For the first time in the history of the government, the vice-present of the United States today exercised his constitutional prerogative of casting a vote to break ties in connection with three successive rollcalls in the senate. By the first he saved from impend ing defeat the ship subsidy bill and by the third he forced an adjournment of the senate in a vote haviner di rect bearing on the resolution looking to the election of senators by direct vote. The vote on the subsidy bill, both in committee of the whole and in the sen ate proper, stood 39 ayes and 39 noes, and on adjournment 37 ayes and 37 noes. Un all three occasions the vice president voted in the affirmative. An amendment was offered by Sen ator Stone of Missouri, to admit for eign-built ships under American regis' try, if operated between America and a foreign land or between America and American possessions. Senator New land of Nevada proposed the creation of a government commission to build 30 ships. Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, today served notice on the senate that he would not permit a vote upon the bill which passed the house at the last ses sion, authorizing the Western states to relinquish to the government Bchool sections 16 and 36 embraced in the forest reserves and to take in exchange compact bodies of forest reserve lands of like area and value. Wasington, Feb. 1. President Taf t's nomination of Archibald, Hunt, Garland and Mack to be judges of the commerce court were confirmed by the senate yesterday afternoon. President this afternoon cancelled all engagements for his proposed southern trip in March with the ex ception of a single day at Atlanta. No reason was assigned, but the action is believed to indicate the probability of an extra session of congress. "Decide the Lorimer case, popular election of senators, the tariff com mission bill and the Sulloway bill, pro posing a leveling of veterans' pens ions, or prepare for an extra session of congress." This is the way Senator Brown, of Nebraska, today laid down the law to his fellows in tho senate. "It must be understood now," Brown declared, "that if any of these questions is put over to another ses sion, some of the appropriation bills will go over also. This is not a threat. It is an ultimatum. I am stating a simple fact, and it is well, with four working weeks ahead, that you should understand it. If congress adjourns without action on these meas ures it will adjourn without nctidn on some appropriation bills. This will muke an extra session necessary." Brown's assertion that Lorimer had full knowledge of the bribery was a step in advance of any that had been taken on the subject of tho election of the Illinois senator, and if accepted would result in Lorimer's expulsion. Brown undertook to show that the re Senate Rejects Nomination. Washington, Feb. 1. President Taft's attempt to reappoint F. E. Har per to be collector of the Puget sound customs district failed, tho senate ju diciary committee rejecting hiB nom- nation on Senator Piles' protest. In terest in this protest was general, as it was thought it would be effectual. The effect of Bourne's protest against Malcolm's reappointment seems also to show that the committee will respect the protests of senators. lations Lorimer and State Representa tive Leo O'Neill Browne had been such as to render it certain that Lorimer had been positvely advised as to Brownd's operations in Lormer's be half. Washington, Jan. 31 The senate today rejected the nomination of Fred erick C. Harper as collector of customs for the state of Washington. This was done on the adverse report of the commerce committee which was based on the statement to that committee by Senator Piles that Harper was "per sonally objectionable." The committee asked Piles for no explanation and none was given, nor was there any discussion of the nomin ation when it was adversely reported in executive sesaion of the senate this afternoon. Piles submitted the re port, moved that Harper be ejected, and the senate respected his wishes. Five of President Taft's appoint ments of United States circuit judges were confirmed by the senate today. They included William H. Hunt, of Montana, against whom a fight was made by Montana land owners; Robert W. Archbald, of Pennsylvania; Julian W. Mack, of Illinois, and John Em mett Carland, of South Dakota, who were named as additional judges to serve on the new Commerce court. The other confirmation was that of Representative Walter I. Smith, to succeed Judge Willis Vandevanter, who was promoted to the Supreme court. Frank H. Rudkin was also con firmed as United States judge to East ern district of Washington. President Taft today nominated Clyde B. Walker, of Idaho, as register of the Juneau land office, Walker having been special agent of the land office at Portland. The secretary of the treasury au thorized the purchase of a public building Bite at Vancouver, Wash., on the east side of Park street, be tween 12th and 13th, for $12,500 The property is owned by the corpora, tion of the Catholic Bishop of Nis qually. Washington, Jan. 30. Victory is in the air and California's poll of the house gives- record proof. The margin is small, however, and contingencies remain that would seem to make it the better part of wisdom to withhold the shouting until after the roll call tomorrow. Representative Broussard, of Louis iana, and M. H. DeYoung met at the hearing before the senate committee this morning. "We are absolutely confident that we will have a majority in the nouse, said the New Orleans man. "We already have it," was the Call fornlan's answer. "Your looks belie your feelings, then," added Mr. De Young. "I am not feeling very good today," admitted the 'representative. The Southerners freely declare that the fight Is close. The Westerners accede to this. Tonight both sides say they may be no more than 20 votes to the good. he house of representatives passed the tariff committion bill at 10:30 tonight by a vote of 186 to 93, a large number of Democrats, Including Champ Clark, voting for it The first test vote was taken at 7:40 P. M when a motion to strlko out the enacting clase was rejected by 116 to 96. The final vote was de layed by Democratic efforts to amend in.e Din, out an amendments were voted down. Doubt as to whether President Taft would veto a general pension bill complicated the situation in the sen ate committee on pensions when this proposed legislation was considered. Washington, Jan. 28. To carry into effect the terms of the reciprocity agreement, concluded by representa tives of Canada and the United States last Thursdaythe first move was made today when McCall of Massachusetts, a member of the ways and means com mittee of the house, presented the ad ministration bill on the subject. The bill was referred to tho committeee on ways and means, which will take it up next week. The introduction of the bill by the Massachusetts member instead of by Payne of New York, chairman of the ways and means committee, occasioned some comment. It is interpreted to indicate that McCall will take a lead ing part in engineering its progress on the floor of the house. A resolution was introduced todav by Mr. Wilson of Pennsylvania, callinc on the secretary of state, if not incom patible with the public interests, to furnish the house of representatives with complete information as soon as possible regarding the number of citi zens of Mexico, or other persons, who have been arrested and detained by the united btates government during the last year on demand vof the Mexican government for their extradition. The resolution calls for many details, in cluding final disposition of all such cases. Senator Flint gave positive assur ance today that, if San Francisco wins in the house, no serious difficulty will be encountered in the senate over the adoption of the exposition resolution in the senate. American Contributions $40,000. Washington, Feb. 3. With $18,000 cabled by the state department today to tho United States consul general at Shanghai, the total contributions of the Christian Herald fund for Chinese farriine reliof reached $30,000. The American Red Cross society today sent $10,000 and issued an urgent appeal for more funds. Reports to the state department by consular and diplomatic officers describe the sufferings of tho people as almost inconceivable.