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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1908.
No. 13S.
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AMERICA'S CROPS FOR 1908
WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
Farm Value of All Farm Crops
This Year Is
$7,778,000,000.
GREATEST TOTAL
IN NATION'S HISTORY
Sec. Wilson of U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Makes
Report. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 14.
After twelve years of service as head
of the Department, the Secretary of
Agriculture In his Twelfth Annual
Report to the President, Issued to
day, renders a comprehensive ac
count of his stewardship and pres
ents a review of the progress of agri
culture In the United States during
this period. Concerning the farm
production of 1908, he says that tho
farmer has created wealth by the
billions. Production has been above
the average of recent years with few
exceptions; and, while some prices
have fallen, others have risen.
The farm value of all farm prod
ucts of 1908 reaches the most extra
ordinary total In the Nation's his
tory $7,778,000,000. This Is about
four times the value of the products
of the mine, Including mineral oils
and precious metals. The farmer
contributes 87 per cent of the raw
materials used In those manufactur
ing Industries which depend mostly
or considerably upon agricultural
materials, and these Industries use
42 per cent of all materials used In
all industries.
The gain in value of farm prod
ucts In 1908 over 1907 is ?290,000,
000 and would have been much lar
ger had not the prices of cotton and
hay been low. The value of prod
ucts In 1899, the census year, being
taken at 100, the value for 1903
stands at 125; for 1904, at 131; for
1905, at 134; for 1906, at 143; for
1907, at 159; and for 190S at 1C5.
During tho last ten years the wealth
production on the farms of this coun
try has exceeded the fabulous sum
of $G0, 000, 000, 000.
Corn. Greatest of all crops is In
dian corn, whose production this year
is 2,643,000,000 bushels. The val
ue of this crop Is $1,615,000,000.
This wealth, grown out of the soil in
four months of rain, sunshine, and
some drought, Is enough to cancel
the interest-bearing debt of the Unit
ed States and to pay for the Pana
ma Canal and fifty battleships. This
crop is worth this year nearly as
much as the great crops of cotton,
hay, and wheat combined. Compar
ed with the averages of the preced
ing five years the quantity is 2 per
cent higher and the value 43 per
cent higher.
Cotton. It seems likely that tho
cotton crop is one of the highest
three ever produced, but with a val
ue next to the highest or perhaps
more, although the farm price of
cotton this year Is below the price
of last year by more than one cent.
For the first' time in the history of
this country's agriculture, the value
of the cotton crop, including seed,
has apparently oxceeded the value
of the hay crop which has heretofore
held second place.
Hay. The greatest hay crop In
history, has been gathered this year,
68,000,000 tons, or 12 per cent
above the average of the preceding
five years, Its price is $2 per ton
less than It was a year ago, but still
the farm value of the crop is $621,
000,000, ,or 6 per cent above tho
five-year average.
Wheat. Wheat Is 1 per cent
above the flye-year average in-production
and 23 per cent above in to
tal valup. The 660,000,000 bushels
of this crop are estimated to be
worth $62Q,Q00,0jQO to the farmers,
or 66,000,000 mora than the most
valuable wheat crop heretofore pro
duced. Oats and other cereals. Although
tho oat crop suffered from drought
the value Is $321,000,000 for 789,
000,000 bus,hpJs, or 10 per cent
above the five-year average ylue
(Continued on Page 4.)
ROOSEVELT IS
REM FOR If
Squelches Foraker's Attempt
to Stir Up Brownsville Affair
By Special Message.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Senator
Foraker today introduced an amend
ment to the bill providing for the
re-enlistment of the negro troops
who were discharged without honor
because of their alleged participation
in the affray at Brownsville, and ad
dressed to It to the senate commit
tee concerning tho amendment. Ho
proposes, In his measure, to estab
lish a tribunal consisting of retired
army officers before whom evidence
may be submitted and the defend
ants themselves may appear to an-
swer the charges. The measure is so
I drawn as to practically take It out
of the hands of the nation's execu
tive and give it to the tribunal with
full authority to act.
Senator Foraker said he had let
ters from the discharged soldiers
saying their movements are dogged
by detectives, and Foraker stated
while he approved their 'ferreting
out, he declared there was a right
way to do it.
At the conclusion of Foraker's re
marks, a special message from tho
President on the subject was read.
President Roosevelt enclosed a let
ter from the Secretary of War trans
mitting the report of the investiga
tion made by Herbert J. Browne,
employed by tho department In con
junction with Captain W. G. Bald
win. The investigation of what hap
jpened at Brownsville, August 13,
1906, according to reports, estab
lishes clearly that the colored sol
diers did the shooting. President
Roosevelt states that the Investiga
tion has not gone far enough to de
termine all the facts, but it appears
that all members of the Company
must have been actively concerned
either to the extent of being parti
cipants or encouraging the partici
pants, and that the facts were con
cealed because of the dire threats
made by those who were actually en
gaged in the shooting. President
Roosevelt believes that some allow
ance should be made for the miscon
duct of those who were spectators
who" may now come forward and
truthfully tell what happened, and i
ho recommends their re-instatement
within one year.
OREGON GETS $25,85 1.30.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 14.
The general land office has made pub
lie its account with Oregon for the
year ending June 30, 1908. Gross
proceeds from the sale of public
lands were $540,881.58, from which
amount is deducted tho pro rata
share of expenses chargeable to the
state of $10,849.26, making the net
proceeds $517,086.09 of which
amount the state Is entitled to 5 per
cent or $25,854.30.
OPENS TODS'
Author and Seafarer Charged
With Being An Accomplice
In Annis Murder.
(By .Associated Pre-ss,)
FLUSHING, L, I., Dec, 14. The
trial of Thornton Jenkins Halns, au
thor and seafarer, charged with be
ing an accomplice in tho murder of
William E, An,nls who was shot and
killed at Bayslde Yacht Club last
summer by Captain Peter C. Halns,
commenced this afternoon before
justice Crano in the Supreme Court.
HIS' TRIAL
I" 10 KEEP
Mikado's Government Will
Prohibit Immigration to
America After a Certain
Date, According to New
Treaty.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, D. C, Dec. 14. A spe
cial dispatch to the Record-Herald
from Washington says all Japan emi
gration to the United States will be
stopped by the Japan government.
Baron Kamura, minister of Foreign
Affairs, will make an official an
United' States Supreme Court
Rules Against Interstate
Commerce Commission's
Plea In Stock Investigations.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 14.
In an opinion by Justice Holmes, the
Supreme Court of the United States
today held that E, H. Harrlman and
Otto Kahn, the New York banker.
WOULD 6UIL0
ITS 01 DOCK
Oregon Coal and Navigation
Company Securing Figures
On Cost.
P. Hennessy, superintendent of
the Llbby mine, and lqcal represen
tative of the Oregon Coal and Navig
ation Company, has been Instructed
by that company to ascertain the
expense of constructing a wharf and
warehouse on the company's water
front on North Front street. He is
gathering data on it today.
The reason for the company's acti
vity is the fact that F. S. Dow's
lease for the site of the warehouse
now used by the M. F. Plant and Al
liance expires May 1. In order to
be ready to handle Its business after
that date, the company .Is planning
to provide a homo of Its own.
It is barely possible that the Alli
ance will enter Into an agreement
with the Oregon Coal and Navigation
Company to use Its new dock and
warehouse. Prentiss Gray, one of
the owners of the Alliance, who Is
now here, is Investigating tlie mat
ter. The Oregon Coal and Navigation
Company owns several hundred feet
of water front near the Cold Stor
age plant and probably plans to util
ize it.
Warrinrj Highbinders of 'Frisco
Must Stop or Relatives In
. ' China Will Suffer.
(By Associated Press.')
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec.' 14. The
Chinese consul general here has no
tified tho warring "Highbinders" of
'Frisco that another affray will cause
him to send their names to the vice
roy of Canton who will cause their
relatives in China to be punished for
their misdeeds in America.
Careful estimates show that tho
average business man walks a mlto
in eighteen and one-half minutes,
while tho ordinary loiterer, who ha
no business on his mind, requires
twonty-nlno minutes to walk it.
Tho Ladles of Baptist church will
have a Bale of Xmas goods In church
Parlors, WEDNESDAY!' afternoon,
December 10.
HMUIM- WINS IN HIGH. COURT
CHINESE MUST
BE GOOD NOW
SUBJECTS HOI
nouncement to the Diet that the gov
ernment has decided to prohibit all
emigration to the United States after
a given date. Thus will disappear
the last remaining difference or pos
sible cause of trouble between the
United States and Japan. A dis
patch says the Tokio government was
brought to this decision after a long
series of conferences between Sec
retary Root and Baron Takahlra.
Had the matter been left unsettled
and although neither governments
desired war, both, nevertheless,
might have been forced into It had
tho anti-Japanese riots occurred in
San Francisco or elsewhere on the
Pacific coast.
I should not be required to answer the
questions, concerning the dealings
, in stock between the Union Pacific
and the other roads to which they
refused to make responses when
subpoened at the investigation In
New York.
Construing the decision 'of the
court In a dissenting 'opinion, Jus
tice Day expressed the opinion that
the construction given to the Inter
state Commerce law takes from it
all the power of Investigation.
Precipitation On Coos Bay Not
As Heavy As Usual During
Past Month.
The rainfall for the1 past two
months on Coos Bay Is below the
average, according to the summary
of the weather for October and No
vember which has just been issued by
Mrs. E. Mingus, government weather
observer here. Mrs. Mingus' report
Is as follows:
United States Department of Agri
culture, weather bureau, station
Marshfleld; county of Coos, state of
Oregon. Summary meteorological
report for the month of November
1908.
Temperature.
Mean maximum 60.3.
Mean minimum 43.4.
Mean 51.8.
Maximum 72, date 3d.
Minimum 29, date 27th.
Greatsst dally range 30.
Precipitation.
Total 6.42 lnphes.
Greatest In 24 hours 1.40 of an
inch, date 23d.
Total precipitation from September
1st, 1908 13.51 Inches.
Normal precipitation from Septem
ber 1st to N6vember 30th, for tho
past six years 15.41 inches.
Deficiency for 1908 1.90 of an
Inch,
Number of days with .01 Inch or
more precipitation, 13; cloudy, 17;
part cloudy, 1; clear, 12.
Dates of t
Lunar halo 8th, 12th and 14th.
Thunder 22d and 23d.
Hall 23d.
Prevailing wind direction South
west. ATES 10
Pat. Carroll and Eugene Lugen'
Burned to .Death, Near
Fresno.
(By Associated Press.
FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 14. Pat. Car
roll and Eugene Lugen, timber cut
ters, woro burned to death in their
cabin in tho mountains, fifty miles
from hero early this morning. They
had a roaring flro In tho stove In tho
cabin and burned whilo they were
asleep.
t i
Choice oat hay at HAINES.
RAIIALL IS
B
PEN
DUTCH CR0I8ER
D
ALLIANCE III
FROM PORTLAii
Steamship Makes First Trip
With Capt. Parsons In
Command.
The Alliance arrived In early this
morning from Portland In command
of Captain Parsons, he having taken
charge of the vessel at Portland last
Saturday. Captain Olson, the retir
ing master, and Mrs. Olson came
down on the Alliance. They will vis
It here until the Nann Smith comes
In when Captain Olson will assume
charge of her. Mrs. Olson will prob
ably make tho first trip with him
on tho Nann Smith.
The Alliance's incoming passenger
list follows:
Capt. B. W. Olson, Mrs. B. W. Ol
son, A. B. Daly, G. Warner, L. A.
Kleckner, H. A. Kleckner, G. GettJe
ben, C. W. Smith, M. Linqulst, Ud.
Anderson, Mrs. C. Canterbury, Miss
Canterbury, Gladys Canterbury, J.
D. Schmaker, J. L. Barnaman, L.
A. Hemsath, Mrs. Jas. Brown, C. W.
Vlers, Mrs. Viers, Joe. Ritter, F.W.
Payne, Mildred Wood, Wm. Hahn,
Chas. J. Gratton, W. F. Gordon, Jas.'
J. Kleth, N. Nelson, Jlmmie Bowman,
Mrs. Bowman, F. T. Sherwood, Al.
Gill, R. Clark, S. Wasson and twelve
steerage.
M. P. Plant In.
Tho M. F. Plant arrived this morn
ing from San Francisco and will sail
for that point tomorrow afternoon.
While tho wind was favorable com
ing up, the sea was quito choppy,
Among her incoming passonv;3rs
woro the following:
A. C. Hall, Mrs. W. S. McFarlaud,
Mrs. Kammerer, E. Duncan, A. Dun
can, F. J. Haston, Mrs. Haston, Floyd
Haston, Lu Haston, G. Falconer,
Mrs. Falconer, Thos. Zeldon, LI
Hung Chang, R. E. Thompson.
Movement of Boats.
Tho Eureka arrived In this fore
noon from Eureka. Captain Noren
reports that tho Eureka bar was
very rough, a number of vessels be
ing bar bound there. The Eureki
Is especially adapted for bar work
and can cross almost any bar at any
time.
The Breakwater was unable to
get out Saturday night or Sunday
owing to the southwpst gale and
storm that prevailed. Captain Ma
gonn expected to get out this aft
ernoon. The Bandon has completed loading
at the C. A. Smith mill and will sail
soon.
Commander of Atlantic Battle
ship Fleet Makes Official
Visit In Ceylon.
(By Associated Press.)
COLOMBO, Ceylon, December 14,
Rear Admiral Sperry landed from
tho battleship Connecticut this morn
ing to pay his official visit to Sir
Henry McCallum, governor of Coy-
Ion. The admiral was given an en
thusiastic recoptlon by tho natives
and the Europeans, i
AGENT RAKER QUITS.
PORTLAND, Oro Deo. 11, Wil
liam A, Baker has tendered his
resignation ns ngout of tho Portland
& Coos Bay Steamship Company,
operating tho Breakwater, and also
as general overseer of tho Oak-strqot
dock, to take effect January 1. Mr.
Bakor has a number of offers to tako
a similar position with navigation
lines operating out of Septtlo,, but, as
yet ho Is undecided about leaving
SPERRY PATS
HIS RESPECTS
SEIZES COAST
OF VENEZU
Action Likely to Bring Souffo
American Trouble to
A Focus.
VESSEL WAS VERY
POORLY EQUIPPED
President Castro Is En Route
to Berlin and Appears tn Be
A Sick Man.
VENEZUELAN PREPARES-
FOR ITS REFENSK
(By Associated Press.)
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec
14. The news of tho capture
of tho Venezuelan coast guard
ship Alexis by the Butch cruF-
zer Gelderland, became- known
in Caracas Sunday morning.
A big crowd on the Plaza andf
boulevnrds demonstrated fti
support of the government. A
decree Issued by Acting- Frcs-
Ident Gomez, places tho repul-
lie In a state of defense..
(By Associated Press.)
WILLEMSTADT, Dec. 14. Tho
seizure of the Venezuelan coasX
guard ship Alexis by the Dutch crui
ser Gelderland, revealed tho fact tfiaS:
tho Alexis carried only six rlffes to
poor condition and a small quantify
of ammunition. Tho captain or UJus
Alexis declared the Alexis was a mer
chant steamer, but a passenger oat
botird said she was a guard ami a.
search of tho captain brought fortfcB
her pennant.
VENEZUELA IS ANGRY.
Foreign Minister Says Holland WOO
Ro Held Responsible.
(By Associated Press.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dee. 14. -
Foreign Minister Paul In a note-to as
member of tho diplomatic corps,, pro
testing against tho action or t&sr
Dutch warships on tho Venezuelan!
coast, says, "Venezuela protcsfas
with energy against these- aicsrco-
slons upon the territorial terms- off
tho republic and she hold's- Holhind
responsible for tho conuenjiBncea..'
oastro sick again;
President of Venezuela Is Eu Roafsw
to Rejliu,
(By Associated Press.)
COLOGNE, Dec. 14. Fresfdxvl:
Castro arrived hero last evening niw2
today proceeded to Berlin. He ar
pears to bo a sick man.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Dec. 12. President Cas
tro arrived tonight but It Is not Ikj
llovcd In official circles that ho Js
cpming to Germany on a poIItlcaS
mission.
Bill to Admit Arizona and New?
Mexico Separately Introtfuo
, , ecj In Congress ,
'Bv ARKnciatPd PrewO
WASHINGTON,. D. Q,t Dee; 14;
Soparata statehood fon Arizona .m3
Now Mexico Is provided in tficr hilta
which wore Introduced by- tftmotcnr
Foraker today. This, fs In cowplt
anoo with President Roosevelt's
message urlug that the btatos Ik
admitted to tho Uulqn. R Is ballovufil
that the bill will pans thla htsssfcim
Portland. For the past ton yonrs ties
has been idantlflod with tlie leadiag
companies of this city.
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