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r I nncr.nM ctatc itchq nc iwtcdcqt I UliLUUm ulfllL 1 I LlHu Ul III 1 LULU I LAND FRAUD TO BE SCARCE. Stringent Rules for State Land .Filing Board. Made by Salem The new form of applicaiton which has been adopted by the State Land board for use in applying for the purchase of state land has been made public, and it is found to be even more stringent in its requirements than the first- reports indicated. In making ap plication, the intending purchaser must give his postoffice- address and make the usual affidavit that he wants the land for his own use and has made no agreement express or implied to sell or -dispose of it. The nqtary public, in taking the oath of the applicant, must also certify that he- knows him to be the person whose name is signed. Two witnesses must ign the application, give their own postoffice addresses and certify that they know the applicant and believe that he wants the land for his own use and benefit and is applying in good iaith. The witnesses must swear to their statement and the notary must certify that the witnesses are personally known to him. The requirements in making an application for the purchase of state land are now more strict than the form alities in executing a deed. The grand jury of Marion county having reported that certain certificates were issued on fraudulent applications, further payments on these deeds or cer tificates are suspended nntil the board has an opportunity to investigate. Cities Get New Days. Portland Owing to diihculties in setting adequate railway facilities, lone list of city official days at the Lewis and Clark fair havs been changed Following are the Oregon cities affected : June 5,. Monday Dallas, Newberg -and Dayton. June 6, Tuesday McMinnville, Hillsboro and Forest Grove. June 7, Wednesday Pendleton and Heppner. June 8, Thursday The Dalles, Prine- -ville and Moro. Jnne 9, Friday Ashland, Grants Pass, Medtord and Jacksonville. June 10, Saturday Astoria, 'Salem Oregon City and Woodburn. June 12, Monday Roseburg and Cot tage Grove. June 13, Tuesday La Grande and Union. June 14, Wednesday Corvallis and Independence. June 15, Thursday Joseph, Lostine. Wallowa and Elgin. June 16, Friday Eugene and Albany Jane 17, Saturday Baker City and Sumpter. Shear at Nolin and Yoakum. Pendleton The two Stanton sheep -shearing crews that have been shearing an the vicinity of If olin and Yoakum have ' finished and are preparing to leave for the vicinity of Pilot Pock where they have a large number yet to shear. At Nolin they sheared 14, : -O00 sheep for William Slusher, the fleeces averaging 14 pounds apiece These were the best they have yet -sheared this season. Mr. Slusher re ceived 17 cents a pound for "his wool "the Pendleton Scouring mills being the purchasers. Wasco Out of Debt. Tne -Ualles Wasco county is now -lear of debt, every warrant of the -county having been called and can celled by the treasurer. During the past month County Treasurer Donnell ' paid and canceled over $81,000 worth of outstanding warrants, which cleared up the county's debt, and still left money in the treasury with which to pay current expenses. It is the first time in many yearB that Wasco county has been able to cash its warrants the lay they were drawn. t Wool 27 Cents at Salem, galem The Salem Woolen Mills company has now a standing offer of 27 cents per pound for good valley "wool. Although this offer is from 1 to 1 cents in advance of the regular market quotation, there are few takers and very little of this year's product is changing hands. Eastern Oregon wool is worth from 25 to 26 cents here, but there is none offered for sale of . either quality, and indications are that the price may mount still higher. Co-Operative Company to Build. North Powder The North Powder Co-Operative Mercantile company has begun erection of a corrugated iron building 40x80 feet, which will be used as a hardware and implement , store. It is expected that June 15 will mark the completion of the structure.. Two weeks will mark the completion of the Farmers' and -- Merchants' State bank, and the opening . of that institution for business. - Oklahoma Potato Experiment. ' Vale Ex-County Treasurer J. C. Kelley will experiment during the coming summer with seed potatoes from Oklahoma, of which he received severval hundred pounds recently. This variety is said to produce two , crops in one year. Mr. Kelley Will have them planted on his farmdjoin ing Vale. - Cottage Grove Grows. , Eugene The census of Cottage Grove and Florence has been completed by Assessor Keeney's deputy. ' Cottage -Grove has a population of 1,410, an in crease of 437 over the census returns of 1900. Florence shows a population of 258, an increase of only 36 in five years. NO MORE SUMMER SMOKE. Oregon Forest Fire Law is Intended , to Stop Nuisance. Salem If a "scare head" warning will call the attention of the people of Oregon to the new forest fire - law and secure obedmence to its provisions, there will be no smoky days this sum mer. Secretary of State Dunbar has just caused to be printed a large quantity of large posters, on cloth, to be tacked up in conspicuous places all over the state. "Fire Notice! Warn ing!" are the words in large type at the head of the poster, and then follows a statement of the purpose of the law and summary of its provisions. Mr. Dunbar will send a bundle of these posters to each county clrek, with the request that they be sent to diQerent parts of the several counties to be post ed. If tacked where they will not be too much exposed to the weather, the posters should last two or three sea sons. The law becomes effective May 19, but ita provisions do not affect the setting of fires until June 1. . Lewis and Clark Fair Events. Lewis and Clark centennial exposi tion, Portland, June 1 to October 15. Events: National American Woman Suffrage association, June 29-July 5 ; American Medical association, July 11- 14; Transcontinental Passenger associa tion, June 5; United Commercial trav elers, interstate convention, June 9; Traveling Men's day, June 10; Nation al association State Dairy and Food departments, June 20 ; Pacific Coast Electric Transmission association, June 20-21 ; American Library association, July 2-7 ; Interstate Anti-Cigarette association, July 15-17: Charities and Corrections association, national con ference, July 15-22; Nebraska Lumber Dealers' association, July 17-19; Gam ma Eta Kappa traternity, national con vention, July 20-22 ; North Pacific san- gerbund, July 21-23; W. C. T. U. national conferences, June 27-28 Sportsmen's association of the North west, annnal tournament, June 22-24 Dominion of Canada day, July 1 ; Odd Fellows day, June 9. To Run Special Train. Baker City As a result of the visit here of General Passenger Agent A. L Craig and Traveling -Pass anger Agent H. O'Neil, of the O. E. & N. Co., ar rangements are being made under the auspices of the Development league, Elks and other organizations, for grand excursion from Baker City, by special tram, to Portland, on the occa sion of Baker City day at the Lewis and Clark fair', June 17. Daring the same week there will be special Ma sonic doings and exemplification of work by the Portland Elks, and the 17th is also Sumpter day, so that it is estimated that hundreds will 'take ad vantage of the opportunity and visit the fair in a body on a special train with decorated cars and delegates wear ing uniforms and badges. Portage Road Salary List. Salem At a special meeting of the State Portage board the wage schedule for the employes of the road was prac tically aeciaea upon and ail arrange: ments made for the engaging of an en tire force of operatives before its com pletion and acceptance by the Btate. was decided to pay the locomotive en gineer, who mutt be qualified to keep his engine in constant good repair, $90 per month; the locomotive fireman $60; hoist engineer, $75; conductor, who must also act as brakeman and trainman generally, $60; section fore man, $60; 'and three section hands, $50 each,' per month. This, including the superintendent's salary, will bring the monthly salary account up to about $690. Expert County Books. Pendleton For the first time in the history of Umatilla county, so it is said, the books, of all the Umatilla county officials will be experted. A contract has just been made between the county commissioners and Clark & Buchanan, of Portland. The work of the clerks, sheriffs, assessors, treasur ers, recorders and school superintend ents for the past six years will be gone over by a force of men. For some reason the work of the 'various county officials has never been exported in the past. Land Office Must Go. , Oregon City Officials of the United States land office have received posi tive notice of removal of the office to Portland July 1. Copies of the notice will be sent to every postoffice in the district and the location of quarters in Portland will be determined soon. A remonstrance against the removal has been circulated throughout the district and several thousand signatures se cured'. It will be forwarded to Wash ington in a few days. . PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 8485c per bushel; bluestem,' 9092c; valley, 8590c. -Oats No. 1 white, feed, $2829 per ton; gray, sz. ' Hay Timothy, $1416 per ton; clover, siiiz; grain, $11 12; cheat, aii(Siz. Eggs Oregon ranch, 17c per dozen Butter Fancy creamery, 1820c. Potatoes Oregon fancy, 90c$l; new potatoes, z(gzc per pound. Apples $1.5Q2.50 per box. Strawberries Oregon, 1020c. . nopa unoice, i.ui, Z3 (gzoc per pouna. - v Wool Valley, 2527c; Eastern Oregon, best, 1721c: mohair, choice. 3i(S3Z4c per pound.. TWENTY-NINE ARE DEAD. in- Marquette, Kansas, in Path of Tor nado's Destructive Sweep. Marquette,'LKan., May 10. Follow- . ing a terrific rainstorm, a tornado from I the south tore a path through the resi dence part of this town at midnight last night, destroying almost every house in its path and, causing the death of 29 and injury to 44 persons, several of whom will die. An unusually hot and oppressive afternoon, during which the atmosphere was loaded with electricity, was fol lowed by a night peculiar for a deluge of rain. This continued until 11 :55 p. when the tornado, which had formed about three miles south of town, spent its force among' the best resi dences, dashing them into ruins, in which their occupants were entombed. It was gone in five minutes and contin ued to mark its path with devastation for many miles northward. The people of the town were depend ent entirely on their own -resources, for all telegraph and telephone wires were down and only by sending out to neigh boring towns was it possible to get help. Not until 8 o'clock in the morning did physicians begin to arrive from outside, and they set to work to care for the wounded. When the missing in Marquette had been pretty thoroughly accounted for, the searchers directed their attention to the surrqunding country. Soon half a dozen wagonloads of dead and injured had been brought to the town from the district adjoining it on the south. Tonight order has been . brought out of the chaos, and a relief committee has begun" dispensing ' relief . Among the relief sent from nearby towns were ISO pupils from Bethany college, who acted as nurses. TAFTS PLAIN TALK. Tells Railroad Men Rate Law Must Be Passed. Washington, May 10. Secretary Taft fairly took the breath of the 300 rail way men, members or. tne interna tional Railway congress, dining tonight as the guests of the American Railway association at the New Willard hotel, when, afterbeing introduced as "the apostle from the Philippines," he em phatically declared that railway rate legislation must come; that, if the rail way men of the country were wise, they would aid and not hinder it; that the sentiment of the country is such that failure of. proper regulation meant a campaign on the subject that would do no good to the railroads. Absolute silence reigned as Secretary Taft Bpoke his mind on the subject of rates. He was positively against gov ernment ownership, he said, believing that nothing so deleterious could come to the country as tnis solution of the question. ' "But," he continued, ' you cannot run railroads as you would run private business. You must . respond to the public demand. If there is danger of discrimination, then you must allow the establishment of some tribunal that will remedy that discrimination." NEW GERMAN TREATY NEEDED. Gonsul General Predicts Loss of port Trade Otherwise. Ex. Washington, May 10. Consul Gene ral Mason, reporting to the State de partment upon the disastrous effect upon trade with Germany involved by the new German tariff law, which is to go into effect next March, urges "the preparation of a new and carefully drawn treaty of amity which will pro mote a normal and increased reciprocal trade while conserving and protecting the interests of both nations. Mr. Mason says that it is his opinion Germany is sharply divided on the question whether the most favored na tion clause of the German-American treaty will be allowed to continue after the new commercial treaties become effective. The commercial and indus trial classes generally, he says, are op posed to a drastic policy which might lead to reprisals and increase the cost of bread. The State department is daily re ceiving protests from large American business houses against the new Ger man tariff rates, which they claim will destroy their German export trade Still in French Waters. London, May 10. There is no furth er news of the whereabouts of the fleets of Admirals Rotestvensky and Nebogat- off and the dispatches wired. from Paris to the effect that they have left French waters are not credited here. That they joined iu French waters is certain and that they are still there is likewise a palpable fact. That they are to move northward may be so, but it is not be cause France demands it, but rather bta cause the Russian commanders feel that the time has come-to risk everything on a desperate move. Frauds in Army Supplies St. Petersburg, May . 10. The Slovo prints a rumor of the discovery of enormous defalcations in the Commis sary department Of the army. Count von V orontzeff-Dashkoff is expected - to inaugurate his reign as viceroy of the Caucasus by reopening the question of the Armenian church funds. Maxim Gorkv has received permission to live anywhere in Russia except in ' St. Petersburg, and is said to have leased a country place near the capital. Shake-Up Among Gotham Police. New York, May 10. The most ex tensive ahake-up in the New York po lice department in years took place to day, when Commissioner McAdoo an nounced the retirement of two inspect ors, ten captains and 45 . sergeants on the ground of physical disability. OKLAHOMA TORNADO Demolishes Town of Snyder, Kill ing Many Inhabitant! HALF OF THE POPULATION GONE Came at Night When People Were Asleep Five Hundred Dead . and Injured. Oklahoma City, May 11. Telephone reports from Hobart.Okla., indicate that the entire town of Snyder, O. T., was destroyed by a tornado. A train of doctors, nurses and other assistants is said to have left Hobart for Snyder. The wires are reported down between Snyder -and other neighboring towns and all communication is being re ceived from Hobart. Hundreds Dead and Injured. Guthrie, O. T., May 11. Late re ports from Hobart, Okla., and Chicka saw, I. T., place the number of dead and injured in the tornado at Snyder, Okla., at 500. The storm broke over the town at 11 o'clock at night, completely demolish ing it, as near as reports can be ob tained. The first news of the disaster was received at Hobart, by telephone, giving a bald statement of the tornado's having struck the town. The wires, both telegraph and telephone, then went down and no further news has been obtained directly from Snyder. It is now impossible to reach Law- ton, the nearest town to Snyder, and all the telegraphic communications are reported down between that place and Snyder. - , . Ttescue trains have been started from Hobart and Chickasaw, which will ar rive at Snyder this morning. TRAIN STRIKES DYNAMITE. Terrific Explosion Kills Fifty and lu- jures a Hundred. Harrisburg, Pa., May 11. An ex press train on the Pennsylvania rail road ran into a freight tram in which there were two cars loaded with dyna mite at 1 :30 o'clock this morning in South Harrisburg, near the plant of the Paxtang Light, Heat and Power company. . Three terriffic explosions, that broke windows all over the city, followed, and the two trains were com pletely wrecked and took fire. It was estimated at 3 o'clock that 50 persons were killed and 100 injured, though these figures may be too small. It is impossible to ascertain the exaet number of fatalities, because . the wreckage, in which many of the passen gers and some members of the train crews are pinned, is still ablaze and unapproachable, and many small ex plosions occur continually. When the first exlposion occurred, bodies were ' thrown clear out of the berths in the sleeping car and landed down the railroad embankment, some even having been hurled into the Sus quehanna river, 'Which parallels the railroad at that place. MAY FIGHT FRANCE. Japan Accuses Her of Lending Active Aid to Russia. London, May 11. The news from Tokio is of the most alarming charac ter. The outburst of popular indigna tion against France for her violations of neutrality is growing and already equals the bitter feeling that previled against Russia prior to the breaking out of the war. Should Rojestvensky now return to French -waters, it is doubtful if the Japanese government could calm the populace, and hostili ties must result. These would surely involve Great Britain in the war, and the outcome would be in doubt. .Diplomats nere in .London unite in characterizing the situation as ex tremely grave. France's attitude, while on the surface conciliatory, un derneath is far from that, and the French official class seem determined to resent Japan's promts, claiming that French neutrality is on a standard by itself, and should not be compared with that of any. other nation. Millions from Alaska. Seattle, May 11. F. A. Wing, United States assayer, states that- from inform ation he has received from Alaska, and the Northwest Territory this winter, the output of gold from the northern country this year will total. $22,000,- 000, if not more. 8o far this winter he has not heard any unfavorable re ports from any section in which mining is being carried on. From the Klon dike alone Mr. Wing predicts an out put of from $10,000,000, to $12,000,- 000, the balance coming from the American side. Russians Claim Advantage. St. Petersburg, May 11. Much satis faction was expressed at the admiralty at the uniting of the divisions of Ad miral Rojestvensky's squadron, experts calculating that the Russian admiral now enjoys a superiority over his ad versary of 25 per cent of the "Ships of the line. The impression here is that it will require a week for, Nebogatoff to coal and get everything in ship-shape for the final stage of the journey to Vladivostok.:, '-..';." - -'-, Two Inches of Snow in Wyoming. 'Cheyenne, May 11. Southwestern Wyoming is covered with a heavy snow after the storm of yesterday and last night. The ' snow is over two inches deep on the level. - - - 52 A Handy Garden Cart. No one realizes how handy a small cart la on the farm until one has used It; the wheelbarrow. Is all right In Its place, but there are times when, the hand cart answers the purpose much better. The illustration shows how one of these carts may be made with a little lumber and any old wneeis from a mower one may have. If there' are no smch wheels and shaft on the farm, the local blacksmith can prob ably supply the want from articles of the kind that come to him. The il lustration shows plainly the mode of construction. Have a box of convenient size, being careful not to make it too large, else It cannot be pulled except with con siderable effort when filled. The width will, of course, depend upon the length of the axle. Thills may be jnade of any suitable material, if one cannot obtain a made pair, and If they are home constructed it will be easy to .HANDY GARDEN CAST. bring the outer ends nearer together by placing a two-inch block between the ends next to the box and the box. At the front end of the box a strip of board is placed, to which the single tree is attached. No Cabbage Snake. Recently an absurd fear has devel oped In the minds of some eaters of cabbages relative to the so-called "cab bage snake." The superstition is that the snake poisons the cabbages and so renders them unfit to eat. The exist ence of such a creature is denied by our scientists, but so prevalent Is the belief that at least one experiment sta tion has Issued a circular denying the existence of the so-called snake. In some parts of the country a small whitish "eel-worm" has been found to infest cabbages. The larvae of this worm prey upon the common green cabbage worm, and hence are doubt less a benefit rather than a detriment to the cabbage-growing Industry. Some of the more superstitious people in the South imagined that these worms poi soned the cabbages, and tests were made by scientific people to clear up the matter. Extracts were made from the worms and injected into tne hu man system. These Injections failed to produce the least effect. It Is there fore considered that the character of the little worm has been cleared of the accusation. New Red Grape. Although not yet tested in all grape- growing regions, the - Regal shows promise wherever it has been grown. The vine Is a most vigorous grower, strong and healthy and exceedingly productive. The quality of the berry is very good, though not of the best The skin is a rich red, thin but very tough, and one of the chief character istics of the variety is its long keep ing qualities. As will be seen from the Illustration, the bunch is compact the berries of good size and uniform. A number of the State experiment sta- THE REGAL GRAPE. tions have tested the variety and speak highly of 1L . If It does as well under general culture as it uas on trial, it will be of distinct advantage as a market sort because of Iti .color and its long- keeping qualities. Indianapolis News. Finding- Age of Fowls. A pullet will show rose-colored veins on the surface of the skin under the wings; there will also be long-silky hairs growing there. , After a year old these disappear, -so, too, do the veins. and . the - skin, shows white and vein- leas. The difference can be seen at fclanee. Again, a pullet that has not laid, or has only Just commenced to lay, will have the bones of the pelvis or .basin almost touching. The bones gradually widen as the fowl continues laying, and at two years old are much further apart than they were at one year old. The third point of difference lies in the claws and shanks; In a young bird the skin of the claw is supple, and the scales thin and bril liant. The skin gets coarser and stronger and the scales harder as the bird grows, and the nail of the last toe. which does most of the work, when the bird scratches, gets much worn. There is also a difference in the eye lids. These acquire wrinkles as the bird gets older, and there is also a slight! shrivelled look on the face. This, with age, gets more and more pronopnced. In the case of cocks, above and beyond these points of dif ference (except the bones of the pelvis widening), there are the spurs to judge by. American Cultivator. Electric Plowing. With the development , of electrical works proceeding so rapidly in Italy, it is not surprising to find that special attention is being given there to the design of electrical agricultural ma chinery. The Socleta Elettrotecnlca Ita liana of Turin has invented and-constructed a number of devices for the application of electric power, to farm machinery, Its latest product being an electric plow, which is said to have come out of public tests with gratify ing success. - The device consists of two twenty-five horse-power cars, which are stationed at each end of the field, and between which are -' stretched cables attached to the plow. The electric current is taken from a trolley line. The plow is pulled by the cables from one side of the field to the other, and when it reaches the end of the furrow it stops automatically, the current being cut off. It can be run backward or forward with ease. One man manages the plow, and each car is operated by one man. These power cars are said to be as' easily managed as traction engines, and their power can be applied to thrashing ma chines, pumps, grain drills, etc. New Farm Gate. Serious defects to be overcome in gates are strain and leverage weight, which result In sagging. W. J. Slack, of Fort Wayne, Ind., has invented a gate which it is claimed will large ly remedy these defects. A triangular NEW FARM GATE. frame is hinged to the post, with two rollers attached, whereon gate panel is supported and freely operates. The cut shows gate In usual low position, closed, and so supported at front end' that no leverage weight or strain-can incur to either gate or post. This im provement may be used as a small sin gle or large double sliding or swing gate. Gathered from the Garden. The best thing for" the garden brains. Cut the black knot out of the plum and cherry trees. A particular titbit of the San Jose scale is the currant. ; Radishes are usually ready for use in six wee2s from sowing. Bone meal and. wood ashes in the soil are great for sweet peas. Probably no other small fruit will give more weight of crop for the space it occupies than the currant Don't trim the cherry trees now. Walt till June," and tnen be light- handed. To bleed the grapevines by cutting during March, April or May is bad management Cold frames are useful for forward ing lettuce and cabbage In spring or early summer. If the rhubarb is run out or more plants are wanted, it can be propa gated by dividing "the old roots. Each eye or bud When broken apart with a root attached forms a plant Poultry Pickings. Why don't you raise turkeys? - rL'he price is high and they are easy to raise, though some think It ,1s diffi cult Special care must be taken In han dling the eggs the first five days of incubation, when life Is not firmly es tablished.' The cause of fowls taking cold Is al lowing them to sleep wnere they are exposed to drafts and, , feeding them soft and sloppy foods;- It requires capital to go Into the poultry business on anything but a very small scale, and economizing on some things is the wrong thing to do. Wyandottes have for the last few years taken a commanding position among the fanciers of this country, be ing of American origin and a great egg producer, ' " . A great number of beginners who are Just becoming Interested in rais ing poultry, etc, do not know what breed to select Try Barred Plymouth Rocks or Wyandottes.