Corvallis gazette., November 18, 1904, Page 3, Image 3

OREGON NEWS
SALMON CAUGHT ILLEGALLY.
Clackamas People Call Situation to
Attention of Representative.
Oregon City Complaint of 'flagrant
' violations of the salmon fishing law are
being made by interested Clackamas
county people to Representative-elect
3. G. Huntley, of this city, who, as a
member of the state legislature, will
seek to have corrected existing abuses
and their repitition in the future
These complaints have been made to
Fish Warden Van Dusen, who has de
clined to remedy the situation beacuse
of a lack of funds.
Fishing is by law prohibited within
two miles of any hatchery, but this
law is being notoriously transgressed
There is made a provision in the same
Jaw for the patroling of the Clackamas
river within the restricted districts
about a hatchery, but fishing for ealm
on with nets is being openly carried on
within one-half miie of the government
hatchery near this city, with the result
that the take of salmon at the hatchery
will not exceed one-thiid ' that of last
yeai. At this time last year, 10,180,'
00 egge had been secured for the gov
ornment hatchery, while but 3,000,000
gS have been taken this year. Of
this seasons' s taken Superintendent
"Wallick reports more than 1,000,000
eggs have been taken during the past
ten days.
Much indignation exists among the
people of Oregon City with present
conditions, and local fishermen are
known to be fishiDg in violation of the
law for the reason that nothing has
been done to regulate the practice at
other places.! Oregon City people view
the' situation as one of great importance
to the industry itself, and question
whether or not the government in its
efforts to promote the propagation of
this fish will not be discouraged bv the
lack of interest and the failure of the
state authorities to provide the needed
protection by enforcing the statutes as
they are now framed.
DRILL TOR ARTESIAN WATER.
Bigger Engine and Outfit is Needed
t Near Pendleton. k
Pendleton J. W. Chaney was in
town recently negotiating for the pur
chase of a 2,500 foot well drill. Mr.
Chaney has a 750 foot outfit and a six
horse power gasoline engine, but finds
it too small for efficient work.
He is at present working on a well at
the Furnish ranch, north of here, but
work was suspended on account of
losing a drill and a new well was start
ed. In the old well a depth of over
700 feet was drilled with not a sign of
water, whlie in the new one water was
found at 150 feet and only a few yards
from the location of the old one.
Mr. Chaney will purchase a 20 horse
power engine for his new outfit and
-will be able to bore for artesian water.
He prefers a gasoline engine, as often
wells are bored many miles from a
watering place, and it is much more
convenient to haul gasoline than wood
and water.
Trees Shipped from Milton.
Milton Several carloads of young
trees have been shipped - by the Milton
nurseries to points in the Inland Em
pire for fall planting. The greater
part are billed for Council and Cam
bridge Idaho.
Shingle Plant to Start Up.
Astoria The Howell Shingle com
pany's new plant at Skamokawa will
he ready for operation in about ten
days. It will employ about 40 men
and will turn out 250,000 shingles per
day.
Show Results of Irrigation.
Fendleton Blanks for the reports of
farmers residing on winter and spring
irrigated . farms and the results of such
irrigation are being circulated among
the farmers to be filled out and re
turned to the Pendleton Commercial
association, there to be made into a
general report and forwarded to the
government. This is being done with
the hepe of interesting the government
and to prevent it from abandoning the
Umatilla irrigation project.
' Busy Days at Flour Mill.
Pendleton Pendleton flour mills are
run to their capacity to fill flour orders
for the local demand. Little flour is
being shipped to the Orient, although
W. S. Byers has had several contracts
for the fall product. Small buys ot
wheat are being made constantly, but
none of any consequence. All that
is bought now must be shipped in by
rail, as all grain tributary to Pendleton
was purchased some time ago.
Coming Events.
Oregon State Conventionl of County
Clerks and Recorders, Portland, No
vember 25-26.
Oregon Good Roads association,
Salem, December 13-15. '
Inland Empire Sunday School Insti
tute, Pendleton. January 30.
Oregon Y. M. . C. A. convention,
Salem, November 25-27.
OF INTEREST
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CONSTRUCTING TRAMWAY.
Maxwell Mine will Run five Stamps
All Winter.
: Baker City The management of the
Maxwell mine, on Rock creek, is in
stalling a wafer power plant at its new
mill. The aerial tramway, 3,000 feet
long, is also in course of construction.
Five stamps will be operated all winter.
Superintendent Al Geiser, of the Gem
mine in Sparta district, came in a few
days ago, having in his possession some
of the richest specimens, of ore yet dis
covered in that property. They were
from the strike recently made on the
500 foot level. Mr. Geiser says they
weie picked at random from a car as it
came from the mine. The mill is run
ning night and day on very rich ore.
The Montezuma and Bunker Hill
properties in the Cracker creek district
have been consolidated. Warren Cable
has been appointed manager. A 1,200
foot tunnel will be run during the
winter to tap the vein.
Manager S tulles of the White Swan
mine has returned from San Francico,
but will leave in a few days to attend
the Balliet trial at Des Moines, Iowa,
as a witness. He says that matters
have been adjusted and that work will
be resumed on his return from the
East.
ORIOLE ORE RUNS $64.
Streak of Sulphide Pound in the
Hanging Wall.
Susanville Heaton & Haskell, who
have a bond on the Oriole and are driv
ing a tunnel on the ledge, struck a
streak of sulphide ore on the hanging
wall that assays $64 in gold. The
Oriole is an old location, but :' little
work having oeen done toward develop
ing it. A tunnel was started, and de
tached bunches of good ore were en
countered in a bioken mass of ledge
matter. The workmen now appear to
have entered solid tarnation and the
indications are that they will soon have
a body of ogod ore.
The Gold Bug people have sunk their
shaft 60 below the 100 foot level since
installing their steam plant, and their
ore stays with them, which shows the
shoot is getting longer with depth.
They will drift on the ledge when the
200 foot level ie reached.
The Badger has three shifts sinking
the shaft below the 700 foot level. The
mill is running steadily and the usual
amount of concentrates is being shipped.
The compressor pipe line is being ex
tended across the gulch to the Bull of
the Woods, where the air will be used
to run machine drills.
New Oregon Incorporations.
Salem Articles of incorporation
were filed in the office of the secretary
of state last week as follows:
West Coast Lumber and Timber com
pany, Portland, f 500,000; Allen
Brown, True Dncapher, William W.
Brown, Huntington D. Pier, Jester E.
Watson.
Bend Water, Light & Power com
pany, Bend; $10,000; A. L. Good-
willie, George C Steineman, W. E.
Guerin, Jr.
Wright Mercantile company, Union;
$50,000; Jospeh Wright, M. F. Wright,
John M. Ross.
R. Robinson Cheese company, Tilla
mook; $10,000; John R. Harter, R.
Robinson, C. W. Talmage.
Contracts Let for State fuel.
Salem Awards of contracts for furn
ishing wood for the state institutions
have been made. There werea number
of contracts, some of them for small
quantities of wood. The prices named
in contracts, for first-growth fir, are as
follows: Reform school. $3.50; peni
tentiary ,:$3.20; asylum, $3.25 to $3.40;
asylum farm, $3.50. Offers of wood
for the capitol building, blind school
and mute school were rejected, the
prices named being $3.30 to $3.95
Shipping Potatoes.
Weston Several cars of potatoes are
being shipped from here to outside
markets this week. Growers are le
ceiving $1 a sack for their crop, with a
ready market. The largest field is 40
acres, situated on Wtston mountain.
Requisition for Alleged Horsethlef.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
issued a requisition npon the governor
of South Dakota for the extradition of
George W. Ditty, who is wanted to
answer a charge of stealing a .horse' at
Echo, Umatilla county, last May.
$4,000 for a Draft Stallion.
Pendleton D. A. Collins, agent for
the McLaughlin Bros., importers of
horses, has returned from Walla Walla,
where he has been looking over the
country for a depot for their horses.
Mi . Collins has just completed a sale
whereby a Wasco, Oregon, company has
purchased a 2,160 pound 3-year old
French draft Btallion for $4,000. '
Northwest Wheat Markets.
Portland Walla Walla, 8082c;
bluestem, 85c; valley, 87J$c.
Tacoma Bluestem, 90c; club,
86c. :
Colfax Club, 73c; bluestem, 75c.
TO COMMAND 300,000 MEN.
General Gripenberg Selected to Oper
ate with Knropatkin.
. Gen. G$vmberP&UmJ&i$-,
fleeted by the Czarv to. command, the
Second Manchurian.Ariny which-c la
now being ' organized to f co-Operate
with Gen. 'Kuropatkln against the
Japanese, baa the reputation of being
a skilled soldier and a daring leader
of men. He Is 67 years old, little .of
figure and extremely active. . He la a
Finn by birth, springing from, a noble
house In that duchy, and after1 rising
to the rank of a lieutenant general in
the Russian service was 1 appointed
governor of the department of Vlborg
hi his native land. In this position he
was destined to be one of the first to
suffer for his country when the pres
ent Czar determined to merge the na
tionality of the Finns Into that of
Holy Russia, even to the suppression
of their language for all official pur
poses, whether of debate In their leg
islative assemblies or of pleading in
their courts of law. j Gen Gripenberg
GENERAL, GBIPKNBEBO.
having, In his capaclay of governor,
refused to carry out an arbitrary or
der' given by the governor general of
Finland on his own initiative, which
was directly contrary to the Finnish
constitution as guaranteed by succes
sive emperors of Russia, was summar
ily dismissed from his post and sent
Intoexile; and consequently had lately
been traveling about Italy and Switz
erland with his family pending the
permission of the Czar to return to
his own home and end his day in
peace. Now in the critical days of the
empire he has been called to an Im
portant command, which might well
tax the strength of a much younger
soldier. He has been welcomed by
Kuropatkln in a leter of congratula
tion. The two soldiers saw service to
gether and therefore understand each
other's military methods. Part of the
army which Gen. Gripenberg will
command is now In the east. When
his whole forces are assembled he will
have under him 300,000 ,-. men. Gen.
Kuropatkin will have an equal force
and when these great bodies become
actively engaged against the Japanese
Manchurian soil will be copiously
deluged In blood.
Throw Rice at Brides.
The rice storm still rattles gayly
about the shoulders of the newly mar
ried. In spite of the fact that Rigor
ous efforts have been made to sup
press it. Statisticians have counted up
the thousands of bushels yearly wast
ed In the ceremony, and have urged
that all this nutritious grain should
be put Into the mouths of the poor
rather than down the backs of the
opulent Physicians speak of the eyes
that have been injured or made per
manently blind by the flying particles.
Half the people present secretly re
sent the stinging hail, and the depart
ing couple are compelled to amuse the
public at large for the next few days
by shedding rice with every move
ment. ,
One must be young and excited to
thoroughly enjoy the rice scrimmage,
yet it goes on year after year, a rowdy
but a permanent adjunct to Lohen
grin. Boston tried to substitute in
offensive white flakes made of gela
tine, but the public was not to be
moved from its rice orgle. Then rose
leaves were tried, but they, too, had
only a temporary acceptance.
And now the simple flinging of a
handful is being changed for an elab
orate mechanical distribution. At a
recent Eastern wedding breakfast a
bomb was arranged under the flower
in the center of the table, and at the
perssing of an electric button this
blew up, scattering rice in every di
rection. The next device will probably
be a rice shower, arranged on the prin
ciple of stage rain, and falling alike
on the brjdal couple and everybody
else. -
A Hard Proposition.
"There," said the author, as he wrote
"Finis" upon the last page of his man
uscript, "I think that's something
which will be hailed with gladness by
the automobilist, anyway." .
"What have you written about,
dear?" his wife asked.
"You can judge from the title,
which is, 'How to Be Happy Though
Going Less Than Thirty Miles an
Hour." Chicago . Record-Herald.
Serving the Baby'a Meals.
When the baby begins to eat food
of a more substantial nature, than
milk, do not let him outgrow the regu
lar habits of eating observed when
milk, only was erven at stated Inter-'
vals. Regularity la just as essential
In early childhood as in Infancy.
' We are la favor of a law' providing
that books may be sold only by cata
logue and newspaper advertisement. ....
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ALBAZIN, THE RUSSIAN OUTPOST, SUMMONED BY THE MANCHU GENERAL TO SURRENDER, 1685.
During the last quarter of the seventeenth century, Russia had pushed her outposts as far as the northern
tributaries of the Amur River, and had planted the flourishing town of Albazin, which commanded nearly three
thousand acres of cultivated land. In 1684 the Czar presented the town with a coat-of-anns a spread eagle, hold
ing a bow and arrow In Its claws symbolical of mastery over the Chinese. Next year Albazin was assailed
by a strong Manchu force, numbering nearly twenty thousand, armed with bows and sabres, fifteen cannon, and
many matchlocks. The Chinese general sent In a demand for surrender, written in Manchu, Polish and Rus
sian, and as this was disregarded, a bombardment speedily reduced the town. The governor was forced to come
to terms, and surrendered, but received permission to march out with baggage and arms, the Chinese merely
following to see that Russia made good her promise of retreat.
THADDY'8 SO NO,
Once on a day they slipped
(I had so much to carry) r. ..;
Visions of shades within the glades
Wihere dwell the elf and fairy '
My ways nan down Into the town ,
Where all men strive for money t
And I forgot the briery spot -
Where .wild be rocks the honey. ,
Then on a day In leafy May
Came to my house a laddyi : -"
And as he grew I found be knew . - .
W Hat had escaped nis daddy.
He takes me by the solemn, shy, : .
Sweet silent woodland places (
We hear the beat of elfin foot -
We almost see their facesl
Hot but it's fins so to resign
The dull town's toil and worry!
And through his eyes grow young and
wise , '
Where no one's In a hurry.
Frank Putnam In the National Maga-
CHLOE AND THE STILE.
S we came down the field of
waving com on Lavender Hill
Chloe was talking quite heroic
ally of life. Her hair had been blown
a little into admired disorder by the
bluff wind on the heatn, ner cneexs
were flushed with health and beauty,
and she was mistress and queen of
herself and her domain. For me, my
eyes went from her .bright and signifi
cant face across the gray-green oats
in which we walked breast high, and
back again In serene contentment.
What did it matter that she was pre
pared to give battle to the monster
Man? Let him perish.
The hills were ablaze with light, the
fields with charlock; we moved in the
sun's eye, but Chloe looked as cool as
primrose in her muslin, despite the
heat of her opinions.
I can't really understand a sensi
ble man like you taking up a position
like that," said she.
I had taken no position, except the
one by her side, but I defended myself
weakly.
Well, you see. we inherit these pre
possessions and prejudices from our
savage ancestors, I suppose."
"That's Just it," said Chloe eagerly.
'You admit it, then? Savage! Of
course, they were savages. lou ve
given away your case."
I never really had any case, but I
didn't say so. "I Buppose I have," I
said ruefully.
"You know it," said Miss Bohun
flrmlv. "It Is quite absurd to pretend
that women are one whit inferior to
man, except, of course," she added
quickly, "in regard to - physical
strength." ;
"And even then there were the Ama
zons," I suggested.
She cast a glance at me. "Yes, there
were the Amazons," she said, "which
shows " . ' " " - -
"And the women do all the hard
work among the aboriginals," I went
on.
She gave me another glance. "And
that again shows " she began
with less confidence.
Do you know," I said, stopping in
midfleld to . observe her critically, "I
believe that if you only practiced a lit
tle you would be more than a match
for a man." '. : - "
. She looked, away across the corn.
"Do do you think so?" she said, hesi
tatingly; and 'added, after a pause, ."I
I don't think I'm so I'm not what
you'd csJTinuscular."" i) f F t
Well, perhaps not," I assented, ex
amining her appraisingly; "but sinewy,
say."
"Hdw- absurdr said t Chloe, i quite
snappishly as she walked on. t I .fol
lowed. " The deep, spreading shadows
of the bushes at the end of the field
earelopedtis; "-. '
WHEN , MANCHU FIRST CHECKED MUSC0 ITE.
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"Another stile," said L cheerfully.
"Dear me, thafs the fourth I" said
Chloe, resignedly. "I do wish they'd
make gates between the fields."
."A stile's more picturesque," said L
"Very possibly," said Miss Bohun,
Indifferently. "Ifs "certainly not as
convenient."
"Ah," said I, smiling, ' "there's one
thing, at any. rate, in which men are
superior. They can negotiate a stile."
"Indeed!" said Chloe, loftily. "I
should have thought the feat was not
impossible for a woman." I pursed up
my lips.'-"Any woman can get over
stiles," she said, warmly, seeing my
skepticism. .,
"Oh, I've no doubt," said I, politely.
"It's nonsense your saying that
when I can see you don't believe it,"
said Miss Bohun. "You're simply
pleased to be sarcastic all along."
I shrugged my shoulders. She march
ed coldly and confidently toward the
stile. It took off a high ground, which,
I suppose, accounted for the absence
of a step. But there were two cross
bars to assist the climber. I thought
Chioe's face fell as she noted It.
"Let me give you a hand," I said.
"Nonsense!" she replied. "I don't
want any assistance. It's quite easy."
She put the hand which was not en
cumbered by the sunshade on the top
bar and placed one neat foot on the
lowest. Then she hesitated.
"Perhaps I'd better take the sun
shade," I suggested.
She did not answer at once; then, "if
you wish it," she replied, nonchalant
ly, "though if s of no consequence."
I took the sunshade and waited.
Chioe's two feet were now on the
lowest bar. She peered over. The
stile let down beyond in a big drop
into a kind of hollow or ditch.
"Oh!" said she. "I didn't ' I
was still waiting.
"I wish you'd go on and not stare In
that atrocious way," said she, with
asperity.
I begged pardon, vaulted the stile
with one hand and strolled on. Pres
ently I looked back. Miss Bohun was
seated astride the top bar, clinging
with both hands to it. Her face was
deeply flushed.
"Do go on I" she called out, vehe
mently. I went on leisurely. But,
somehow, I could not make up my
mind to walk briskly. She did not
Join me, so I flung myself on the grass
and pulled out a cigarette. Then I
heard my name called In a distressful
voice. I stood up and looked around.
Miss Bohun was astride the top bar
and she was pinker than ever.
"Please come don't be so unkind!"
she cried with tears in her voice. I
hurried back like the wind.
s "Oh, Just give me your hand!" pant
ed Chloe, nervously lifting one from
the bar. "I can't It's such a long
drop. I can't get my "
"Wait a bit," said I, considering.
"You're half way over now. You've
only got to lift that foot off the bar
and "
"I shall go over. I know I-Bhall go
over," she said, pathetically.
"No, you won't," said I. "It only
requires confidence. Imagine you're
on a horse and "
"But I don't ride a horse this way,"
said Chloe, miserably.
"No," said I, "but men do; and wom
en are Just as good as "
"If s cruel of you It's beastly, when
I'm in such peril 1" sobbed Bohun. She
clutched wildly for me with the trem
bling hand she had disengaged. 1 1
seized It and her. J
"Now Just lift that foot," I enjoined.
Chioe's weight lay limp on my shoul
der. ' :
"I cant get it free. It's stuck," she
said pitifully. I moved closer, still!
with my burden on my shoulder, and
loosed the dainty foot. "Now," I said.
She lifted it gingerly. "Don't mind
your ankles," I said. -: j -.
"Oh, but I am Her foot went
back. "Shut your eyes, please," she
entreated. I shut my eyes. The next
Instant the weight on me was doubled
and two arms went strangling! about
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my neck.- As I have explained, the?
foothold descended into a hollow. I
went down predptately, on my head. 1
saw several cornfields and two or three
stiles; also more than one Chloe. But
I seemed content to be there. Miss
Bohun extricated herself quickly.'
"Oh, are you hurt? Oh, how dread
ful of me!" she said. "Oh, please do
speak!" . .
"I liked it," I said, "and I'm only
hurt In one place."
"I you frightened me," she said,
with a serious little laugh. "I'm sorry;
is it your head?"
I shook It and sat up. "No, luckly
I was born thick-headed."
"Your your knee?" she inquired
again, hesitatingly.
"Certainly not my knee," I replied.
"Then " Chloe turned away.
She might have asked further ques
tions, but she didn't. She was busy
smoothing her skirt. "I can't thins:
why they make such horrible thingaj
she said.
"Oh, but any woman can get over a
stile," I told her. She made no reply,
but turned right away. "Please," I
called, "won't you help me up?"
Miss Bohun turned back reluctantly.
I made a face of pain.
"It's your ankle?" she said, with
sudden anxiety. I winced and took
her hand, and then I was on my feet,
with that hand in mine.
"No, it's here," I said in a lower
voice, laying that hand on my heart.
"It was here long ago." I drew her to
me. - .
"Do you always do that to people)
you help over stiles?" asked Chloe, be
tween a smile and a sob. Sketch.
Teaching a Horse Bravery.
Expert horsemen believe that a
horse can be taught to do anything
that it Is possible for an animal so
formed, and to be utterly fearless.
Thus, of horses rushing into battle
with a fearlessness that is magnificent,
although in the beginning of their lives
-they may have been foolishly timid,
shying at everything unusual that hap
pened to be seen in their travels.
In order to teach a horse fearless
ness he must be accustomed to all
sorts of sights andjfc sounds. He must
come to know that because something
that he sees or hears is unusual it does
not follow that it is harmful. For
It Is the unusual things that frighten
him. The horse is an animal of one
idea at a time, and is not able to dis
criminate, so say the men who have
made a study of the horse.
While he will travel along quietly
close by the roar of a train he may
tremble at the flutter of a piece of
loose paper flying in the wind. It is
not the frlghtfulness of the object that
seems to alarm himt but the unfamll
iarity of it. Horse trainers say that
the mistakes made in "breaking" and
training a. colt Is that it is too often
done in the seclusion of some country
road, instead of amid the sights and '
sounds that the animal must neces
sarily become familiar with later.
. As soon as .the horse becomes fam
iliar with anything and has learned
to believe that It wijl not hurt him,
he will stand quietly or trot along;
peacefully, even though all sorts of
noises and queer sights are about him.
Thus the artillery horse will stand
amid the roar of cannon, being used
to the noise and not knowing that the
sound predicts anguish and death. It
is well to accustom a horse to unusual -sounds
as soon as possible after ho
is trained for riding or driving. It
renders him safe and docile, even,
though he be a spirited animal.
A certain trainer of horses said that
an ideal school for horses would con- .
tain thrashing machines, pile drivers,
steam drills, electric, steam and ele
vated cars, . a band of martial musio
and ; a gang of quarrymen blasting
rocks. A horse that was drilled among
such a bedlam as this would, Indeed,
prove immune to strange noises.
Any man who can successfully run
ah automobile, could do well with & 1
flying ma china, r- ' . '.'. ;