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VOLUME LXI NO. 318
PROPAGATION
EXPERIMENTS
Agricultural Department
to Develop Prairies.
INCREASED INDUSTRY
Forest Reserve-Legislation Forms
an Important Part in the
Development
LUMBER AND TIMBER GOOD
Systematic Effort Wtll Alio B. Mad
to Rlt Livestock In Alaska, Alio
Drainage of Swamp Lend In
Utah.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The At
rlculturnl bureau, after a careful In
vcmliffttton, haa discovered that planta
pan be frown on the westrn prairie.
Thl dleovery may mark an epoch In
the agriculture of the northwest prai
rie region of the United State.
'Among other valuable planta Intro
Mueea are a vlgorou alftilfa from
'Arabia and the Tanirler pea, which
fiaa yielded an high aa nine tone of
rreen feed per acre. With ft view to
Increasing the matting Industry, the
(department' explorer have aecured
living planta of the heat foreign va
riolic of ruiihca, Experiment In
the propagation of many aeeda and
planta Introduced from foreign coun
trlea are being carried on at the riant
Introduction Garden at Chlco, Cat.
Oreat progress hna been made In the
prarllcal application of a national for
est reaerve policy. In area the re
serve were Increased during the year
from HB.M.422 to 108.909.188 acrea. In
revenue the reaervea brought In $767,
119.9. aa agalnat 60,142.2 (for the
preceding year. One flaeal year of
full control under the forest aervlce
hna established two fncta, via., that
the reaervea advance the preaent In
terest of the people of the weat and
they will apeedlly pay the coat of ad
mlnlaterlng them. Through govern
ment control the reaervea of the fu
ture are safeguarded without sacri
ficing those of the present. The re
aervea powerfully promote develop
ment, they work counter to the prose
cution of no Industry nnd retard the
beneficial use of no resource. The re
serves do not withhold land from ag
ricultural use, but greatly Increase the
amount of avnllnble fnrm land. The
promotion of agriculture la one of the
main enda of the forest reserve pol
icy. By guaranteeing future supplies
of timber they are Indispensable to
the future development of mining. The
sentiment of stockmen throughout the
West Is now united In favor of the
forest reserve system because of the
gain to them now that the reserve
ranges are safe from overcrowding
nnd deterioration. The secretary com
mends the good will with which the
associations of westorn stockmen have
cooporated with him. Finally the
reserves have proved beneficial alike
to the lumber Industry and to the
timber consuming public. The avail
able merchantable timber la not locked
up from present use, but It will not
be disposed of under a short sight
ed policy of utilization, which would
leave a gap between the end of the
presont supply and the oncoming of
a second crop. Protection of the re
serves from Are has been a most Im
portant task laid upon the forestry
service. It Is cause for congratula
tion that the loss by Are during the
year was slight, even by comparison
with 1905. This favorable report Is
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due lo Increased efficiency of the pa
trol system, combined with favorable
climatic condition. The Important
fact ha been demonstrated that the
fort service I able to substitute
conservative for destructive use, while
greatly Increasing the ue itself. The
largest total of sales were, In board
feet, 7S.000.000 In South Dakota, 71,
000,000 In Wyoming and 63.000,000 In
Montana. In Rout hDukota, a special
reason exist for pressing the sale of
timber with energy. The ravage of a
barb beetle threaten the annihilation
of the entire tnr, sd ""'y by ex
tensive cutting of Infested tree can
the spread of thl pest be checked and
the damaged timber utilised.
A. systematic effort ha been begun
to determine the feasibility of live
stock raising In Alaska, A small herd
of Galloway cattle haa been Intro
duced. These cattle have subsisted
during the amnier upon the native
grease and a considerable supply of
grain hay has been grown to maintain
them through the winter.
During the past year the depart
ment has carried out extensive drain
age Inveattgatlons In some of the dis
tricts In Utah, Washington, Nebras
ka and California, thl work being
paid for part by state appropriations.
The drainage of swamp land In humid
parts of the United Statea would re
sult In extending tor Improving agri
culture over an area eqa! to the states
of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
During the past year the office of
experiment stations ha aided state of
ficials and others In making survey
and Inspection to determine the feas
ibility of large drainage projects and
the proper plans for the work. These
survey Investigations have been car
rlod on In J lot the 4 s states.
OREGON ELEVEN WIN
Multnomah Goes Down in Defeat
Before University.
SCORE WAS EIGHT TO FOUR
Brilliant Playing en Both 8idi, While
the Playing of the University of
Oregon Tesm Was Exception
ally Brilliant.
PORTLAND, Nov. 29. For .the first
time in ten years, or since the first
annual Thanksgiving football game
was played between the teams, the
Multnomah Athletic club went down
to defeat before the University of
Oregon eleven today on the Mutnomnh
field by a score of eight to four. The
game waB a superb exhibition of foot
ball and was attended by a record
breaking crowd, the bulk of whom
wore the colors of the university. The
local team saved itself from being
shut out early In the first half on a
drop kick by James, full-back, from
Oregon's 25 yard line. This was fol
lowed by brilliant work by Half-back
Lonegan, whose playing beside being
the feature of the game from Mult
nomah's view-point, undoubtedly saved
the tea mfrom a worse defeat.
Oregon's scoring was In the second
half. Point were won on place kicks
by Moullen, left tackle, who sent the,
ball between the goal posts twice out
of four opportunities offered, t after
long end runs by Moores, who played
left end. The genera playing of the
university was magnificent. The ef
fectual work of Moores and Moullen
was rendered possible because of the
fine team and the work of the entire
eleven.
CONTRACT AWARDED.
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 29. A con
tract has been entered Into by the Ca
nadian Pacific Railroad with the Van
couver Island Development company
to clear 150,000 acres of land In the
Equlmalt and Nanalmo Railway grant
on Vancouver Island recently acquired
by that railroad. The work will cost
In the neighborhood of 115,000,000.
VwOIlIA, OREGON, FRIDAY NOVEMBER HO. 1906
RAILROAD
COLLISION
Seven Persons killed In
Railroad Accident.
CARS CAUGHT ON FIRE
Samuel Spencer, President of the
Southern Railroad Co. Was
Amon & the Killed.
PASSENGERS WERE SLEEPING
Wreck Ooeurred on the Crest of a
8teep Grade, With Train Going
Only About Thirty Miles an
Hour.
LYNCHBBURG, Va., Nov. 29. Sam-
! uel Spencer, prealdent of the South
ern Railway company, recognised as
one of the foremost men In the south
ern states, and six other persons were
killed early today In a rear end col
llaton between two fast passenger
trains, ten miles south of Lynchburg,
and a mile north of Lawyers depot.
Phillip Schuyler, a retired capitalist,
of New York, was among the killed,
together with other gueats on Mr.
Spencer's car, only Mr. Spencer's pri
vate secretary, E. A. Merrill, and one
of the three porters surviving the ac
cident. The dead are as follows:
PRESIDENT SAMUEL SPENCER,
New York.
CHARLES D. FISHER, Baltimore.
PHILIP SCHUYLER, New York.
FRANCIS T. REDWOOD, Baltimore.
Private Dispatcher to President
Spsncer, two negro porters.
Two white men and eight negroes
were Injured.
The collision was between the Jack
sonville express and the Washington
and Southwestern Vestibule limited,
both south bound. President Spencer
and party, so far aa known, were
sleeping when the collision occurred
and the probabilities are that all of
them, except Dispatcher Davis, were
killed Instnntlyl It Is certain that
life was extinct before the flames
touched them. President Spencer's
body was burned almost beyond rec
ognition, aa was that of Charles D.
Fisher. Schuyler's body was recov
ered before It was burned very much.
President Spencer's car was at
tached to the rear of the Jacksonville
train which was standing still when
struck. President Spencer's charred
remains were found under the big en
gine of the rear train. So great was
the force of the Impact, that the for
ward train was sent at least one hun
dred and fifty feet ahead. Until the
debrl8 haa burned Itself out and the
engine cooled off, the bodtes could not
be recovered. The combination car
of the rear train crashed Into the ex
press car ahead of It. Forty feet of
It was splintered, leaving the rest of
the car strewn with tons of baggage
and colored passengers .who were
Jammed back by the express car. How
the negro pnssengers In the "Jim
Crow" part of the train escaped death
Is beyond explanation. The wreck oc
curred at the crest of a steep grade
when the Atlanta train was not run
ning more than thirty miles an hour,
This was a fortunate circumstance, as
a mile further on the train customarily
travels down grade over sixty miles
an hour.
Charles D. Fisher, one of the killed,
was sixty years of age, and Francis
D. Redwood, 43. Both were married
each being survived by a widow and
several children. The Fisher family
have been among the most represen
tative families In Maryland for many
years. The father of Mr. Fisher was
an Influential banker of Baltimore in
early days, Mr. Fisher himself was
numbered among the city's most suc
cessful citizens.
The collision was between the Jack
sonville express, to which was at
tached President Spencer's private
car. The train had stopped at the
top of a heavy grade to repair a slight
breakdown and the other train dashed
Into It before the flagman could get
back to give the warning. The heavy
engine of the colliding train plowed
Into Spencer's car, which Immediately
caught fire. Wreckage was piled up
around the engine and every portion
of the woodwork of the engine was
bum and the engine Itself was torn
and twlBted into a useless mass of
debris,
A dispatch from Washington states
that a special train bearing the bodies
of President Spencer and five others
arrived here at 10:40 tonight All of
the Injured were left In the hospital
at Lynchburg.
Dispatcher Davis was alive when
taken from the wreck. He was crushed
about the lower part of the body and
was conscious to the end. He stated
to his rescuers that he knew he was
dying. "Place your finger In my
mouth," he said; "It feels so cool and
good." In response to his pleadings
a fellow passenger remained with him
for ten minutes, until he saw that
nothing more could be done. The pas
sengers taken from the combination
car of the forward train were literally
covered with heavy baggage. Two were
badly hurt and all sustained cuts and
bruises.
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BONDS UNLOADED
Fifteen Million Dollars in Railroad
Bonds Shipped.
ARE BEING SHIPPED TO PARIS
Required One Hundred and Forty
Boxes and Twelve Trucks to Con
vey Them to the French Line
Pier.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Fifty million
dollars In bonds was unloaded at the
French Line pier yesterday and at
once put aboard the LaProvence of
the French line for shipment to Par
ia The bonds filled 140 mud-splashed
boxes and furnished loads for 12
trucks. The shipment consisted of
Pennsylvania Railroad bonds covering
a loan to the railroad taken by Paris
Investors. A special express train
bearing the bonds left that city at
o'clock and arrived in Jersey City at
10 minutes to eleven. Thirteen special
service men acted as guard. In all
there were 400,000 bonds of 600 francs
demonlation and 20,000 of 2,500 francs
denomination. The Issue required for
executlogal 260,000 signatures and the
affixing of 1,260,000 seals, ten special
ly appointed assistant secretaries hav
ing continually signed their names
each day for two months. If the to
tal number of sheets of this issue were
laid lengthwise in one continuous line
they would reach 296 H miles. The
total weight of the bonds was 14H
tons.
BLACK FOUND GUILTY.
Charged With Holding up a Train at
Logan.
LAS VEGAS, N. M., Nov. 29.-Jlm
Black, John Black and John Murphy,
who have been on trial here for several
days, charged with holding up a train
at Logan, N. M in July, 1904, were
found guilty yesterday, but clemency
was recommended. The robbery was
committed by three men and the two
Black boys and Murphy were cap
tured In Oklahoma and returned here
for trial. Train' robbery Is a capital
offense in New Mexico.
WHOLESALE
DENUNCIATION
Teachers Denounce Pre
sident as TryanicaL 1
THRIFTY AND UPRIGHT
Negro Soldiers Discharged Claim
ed to be impersonation of All
Pure and Holy.
PREACHERS TIRADE OF ABUSE
Favor Every Black Man In the 8outh
Packing up His Duds and 8kadoo
ing for 8ome Doubtful
8Ute,
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. At the Un
Ion Thanksgiving service In which the
members of four negro churches of
this city participated today, President
Roosevelt was denounced for dismiss
ing three companies of negro soldiers
from the army. At the conclusion of
the service, everyone present made a
contribution to a fund for the relief of
the dismissed soldiers. The sermon
today was preached by the Rev. W. H.
Brooks, pastor of St Mark's African
Methodist Episcopal church. .,
During his remarks. Brooks said
that the south has pretended she de
spises the shiftless, ignorant negro.
The real south appeared In its true
colors when she took the pains to
run down, humiliate and outrage the
most Intelligent, thrifty and upright
people of any one community, which
had scarcely been done when President
Roosevelt "covered htmself with eter
nal shame and disgrace by his unjust
unkind, undemocratic, un-American
and cxarocratlc, cold, cruel, drastic and
Infamous orders against as brave, as
heroic, as self-sacrificing set of men
na pver wore the blue or bore old
glory on the field of strife." .
Brooks said the negroes would not
act resentfully, but are bold enough
to denounce the act as an outrage
and enough to demand Justice and fair
play. Brooks continued at length In
the same vein and concluded:
"If a Republican congress refuses
to correct the wrongs thus inflicted,
every black man In the south ought
to pack up his belongings and move
to the doubtful states and vote the
whole thing out of existence. It is
by ballot and not by vengence we
shall win."
While the sermon apparently met
with the approval of the congregation,
It was generally denounced by the
white population, Irrespective of po
litical affiliations, as entirely uncalled
for and savoring of a domineering
spirit characteristic of the negroes.
PLANTS CONSOLIDATED.
Etectrio Light and Power Planta to be
Consolidated in Oregon.
BAKER CITY, Nov. 29. It was an
nounced here tonight that all of the
Isaac W. Anderson electric light and
power plants will be consolidated un
der one management with A. L. Welch
as president and manager. The plants
Include those at Eugene, Springfield,
Albany, Cottage Grove, Corvallls, Sea
side, Baker City and Pendleton, Ore.,
and Walla Walla, Wash.
ATTACK ON TURKEYS.
Eight Thousand Chicago Newsboys
Celebrate Thanksgiving.
CHICAGO, Nov. " 29. An army of
8,000 Chicago newsboys attacked 500
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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turkeys, chickens and other gooa
thing last night at the 25th annual
Thanksgiving dinner, given by a down
town clothing company. ... The bill of
fare in bulk was a follows: Two hun
dred and fifty turkeys, 250 chickens,
1,500 loaves of bread, 1,500 dozen
cakes, 150 bunches of bananas, two
barrels of cranberries, 25 ten-gallon
cans of mashed potatoes, 1,500 pies,
25 boxes of oranges, 25 barrels of ap
ples, 25 boxes of celery, figs, dates,
raisins and nut unscheduled, beside
ten barrels of lemonade.
It took fifty men to serve the dinner
and tsreatr-Uva ; women to xass tie
dishes. - ':- '"
. RELIEVED FROM DUTY.
BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 29. Receiver
Wilson of the Aetna Banking & Trust
company has received word from the
comptroller of the currency at Wash
ington that bis request to be relieved
from duty here had been granted and
that Theodore O. Risley of Mount Car
mel, I1L, had been appointed as hi
successor.
LOGS REPORTED 8CARCE.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 29. Logs
are extremely scarce In the local mar
ket Cord wood and mill wood are also
very difficult to obtain. Local dealers
are away behind In their orders.
NEITHER TEAM 8CORED.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 29. With
the ball within one yard of the home
team's goal line, the annual game be
tween Pennsylvania and Cornell foot
ball teams came to an end without
either side being able to score.
TWO MORE WRECKS
Runaway Engine on Canadian
Pacific Kills Two Men.
FOUR ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Switch Engine Ran Into the St Paul
Train Smashing the Passenger En
gine, While Engineer and Fire
man Jumped.
. WTNNTPEG, Nov. 29. A runaway
engine In the Canadian Northern,
yards today caused two wrecks, kill
ing two men and seriously injuring
four others. It was only by chance
that a more frightful catastrophe was
avoided. The Northern Paclflo train
from St. Paul was steaming into the
yards. The engineer was horrified to
see the switch engine bearing down
the line toward him at full speed. Both
engines were reversed, so that the
collision was comparatively slight. The
passenger engine was badly' smashed
and the train derailed, but only two
were hurt. The most singular and
peculiar part of the accident was to
follow. When the switch engine was
reversed the engineer and fireman
Jumped to save themselves, and In the
collision the engine bounded back,
the throttle was wide open and it tore
madly back towad the station and
proceeded on Its mad career down the
track on which stood the "Flyer,"
ready for its southern trip. The
switchman saw the danger of Its
crashing into the passenger train and
he pulled the lever sending it down
another track, forgetting that there
on stood many freight cars. Seven
men were engaged In loading the cars.
Two of them who were inside were
instantly killed. Four others were
so badly hurt that their recovery Is
doubtful.
LOST THEIR WAY.
, NEW ROCKFOBfD, N. D., Nov. 29.
Vlncent Spllner, his wife and two chil
dren lost their way while driving home
from a neighbor's house. Spllner and
one child were frozen to death. Mrs.
Spllner 1b in a critical condition.