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LIVE STOCK NOTES.
One day when the autumn leaves
were shuddering with the raw, damp
wind I chanced to ride past a pasture
where a young calf lay stretched out
stiff and cold. The poor little thing
had been forced to stay outdoors all
night In a cold rain, and it had chilled
to death. The owner was too indiffer
ent to even know it was dead, remarks
a writer in Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
Peanuts and Pork.
Two carloads of hogs, fattened on
Spanish peanuts, were sold at Camer
on, Tex., recently. They brought 6
cents a pound, and the feeders, Messrs.
Barmore & Atkinson, report that the
crops of nuts brought them good re
turns when marketed in the porkers,
says Farm and Ranch.
Caustic Comment.
Concerning the horse show held at
Syracuse. X. Y.. under the auspices of
the state fair commission a Country
Gentleman writer remarks: While the
hackney exhibits were unusually good,
the showing made in the coach classes
was little short of farcical. If the
coach classes were unsatisfactory the
draft classes were disgraceful. It
seems strange that in a state contain
ing the foremost market in the world
for heavy draft horses not a single
Pert-heron. t'lyc'esdale. English Pbire
or French draft hctse should be en
tered in the class for stallions and
three of their gt or in the class for
stallions four years old or over. Two
long and crooked legged blacks ap
peared in the three-year-old stallion
class, and they constituted the only
exhibits in ail the stallion classes. In
six heavy draft horse classes there
were but four entries, and they were
of a very inferior quality.
Wormy Corn and Siind Staggers.
Worm dirt in corn has been shown
to produce quite serious results when
very much of it is present, according
to G. C. Wheeler of the Kansas ex
periment station. He says in Kansas
Farmer that quite an epidemic of blind
staggers has been traced to wormy
corn which had been fed to horses, and
it would not be advisable to feed com
"which is very largely affected in this
way.
Dairy Association Meeting.
The Iowa Dairymen's association will
neet at Des Moines Dec. 4 to ?. W.
K Johnson of l)es Moines is the secretary.
FEATURES OF CONVENTION.
Great Meeting in Portland Keep
The $5,000 in Oregon.
The convention ot the Otegon
State Dairy Association Dec 12th
and 13th continues the most in
teresting subject of state-wide im
portance. In fact, its scope will
be much wider than this state,
and speaker from abroad include
Prof. B. D.. White, of Washing
ington, D. C. connected with the
Dairy Department of the United
States bureau of Animal Indus
try ; Joseph E. Wing, of Mechan
icsburg, Ohio, an address on
"The Dairv Cow at Home land
Abroad"; H. L. Blanchard, ot
Hadlock, Washington, "Practical
Dairy Suggestions." Apprecia
ting that these addresses ard dis
cussions will be equally valuable
to those interested in the dairy
business in Washington, since
conditions surrounding this great
industry are identical in thetwo
states, the Oregon Association
has extended a most cordial invi
tation to crearserymen and farm
ers from Washington to attend
the convention at Portland. ' A
butter wrapper, one of the very
latest dairy appliances peifected,
will be shown in the exhibit hall,
and various' dairy machines will
be in ac'ual operation with elec
tricity as the motive power.
Though dairying is rather
monopolizing public attention
now, the apple growers of the
State who have made such mar
velous showings in their respect
ive sections at the fruit fairs, and
who later received such flittering
comment through window dis
plays in Portland's store windows
are planning an even greater suc
cess by combining next year in
an event to be known as an "All
Oregon Apple Snow." They
want to get in training for the
great race at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition in 1909.
Oregon people are thoroughly
aroused by the great prize offer
made by the Portland Commercial
Club for articles on this state
printed in papers outside of the
Pacific Northwest, and are work
ing to earn a share of the $5,000
in gold which is to be distributed
in a series of 'eighty prizes, every
one of which is worth the win
ning. The first is a small for
tune of itself, $1,000 ; the second
is $500, and from $250, $200, and
$165 they range down to the last
twenty at $10 each. The very
large number ot prizes mean cor
respondingly liberal chances for
contestants. There is no en
trance fee, vo red tape. The con
test closes Dec. 31st, 1807. Pa
per 01 other regular publications
containing the competing article
must be submitted in full.
Every year the Michigan Press
Association takes an outing and
this coming year they will spend
a portion of their vacation in the
mountains of Canada. They
have expressed a strong desire to
continue their trip to include Ore
gon with its magnificent scenery
and particularly the Columbia
River, and are being urged to
make this arrangement.
REPORT WHOLE STORY.
The Half Has Never Yet Been
Told Fruit Crop In Oregon.
One frequently reads of the
wonderful crop of fruit that has
been produced !y a single tree in
this or that part of the country,
and strangers reading the account
might be led to think that all fruit
trees, properly attended, would
do as well, mailing the yield of an
orchard equal to a small fortune.
Comment on these stories cf sin
gle tree crops is made very sensi
bly by the Oregonian, editorially,
as follows: ' Oregon's fruit in
dustry need uot stake its reputa
tion upon the records made by
single trees. There are plenty o.
five, ten, twenty and forty-acie
orchards that are paying good
profits to their owners and reports
from these will show the people
of the East what opportunities)
await them in this part of- the
country. Owners of commercial
orchards shonld take pains to keep
records of tbeir crops and tbe re
turns therefrom and make them
public from time to time as a
means oi encourrging emigration.
Yet comparatively few do this.
The owner of a single tree of ab
normal prod'ictive power takes
pride in telling of its achieve
ment. The owner of five or ten
acres of trees harvests his crop,
pockets the cash and says nothing
about it.
Correspondents of the Oregon
ian in all parts of Oregnn, Wash
ington and Idaho are desirous of
learning of the profitable crops of
all kinds grown by farmers in tbe
territory which The Oregonian
has aided these many years to up
build. They are glad to learn of
the enormous crops produced by
single trees and this paper is
pleased to publish the reports sent
in hy them- Information of that
kind encourages home-owners to
plant trees in their vacant yards.
But of much more value to the
state would be reports of actual
crop production per acre, for such
reports accurately represent the
real condition of agriculture and
horticultural industry in Oregon.
If you have bad a profitable year
tell about it through the public
press, not boastingly, but for the
purpose of telling Eastern people
what they can expect to do here.
STORY TCL0 IN SONS.
Four Eras of American Life Illus
trated by Melodies A Novel
Concert.
Old Plantation Days was giv
en b r Slayton Jubilee Singers.
As tbe curtain rolled up it show
ed the Company in dresses and
suits which might well hve been
worn amid the cotton fields and
corn. They sang old melodies
and hymns which even today
may be heard in the South, and
sang them with such pathos that
the audience recalled the singers
again and again. She whom
they call the ' Original Black
Patti" sang "Awav Down Upon
the Suwanee River," and when
she tried to leave the stage such
an encote was given" her that,
stage manager or no stage mana
ger, she was forced to come out
and sing "Annie Laurie." And
tbe stage manage! once defied,
the rule, "No Encores," was
broken, and that was why the
line of carriages before the Audi
torium stood halt an hour later
than thev were ordered. The
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Slayton Jubilee Singers
will appear at tbe Corvallis opera
house, Thursday evening, Dec.
12th. They are undoubtedly the
best company of Jubilee singers
that travel through the West.
This is the second number of
the course given by the Corval
lis Lyceum management. It has
been arranged so that those who
have not yet secured season tick
ets may do so for $2.00.
Tickets oa sale at Graham &
Wortham's.
WANT NORCROSS.
At U. of O. Comment on Situa
tionFrost not Liked.
Coach Gordon B. Frost of U.
of O. is net to be retained for next
year at U- ot O., according to the
press, as the students have decid
ed that he does not knew enough
of the fine points of the game and
that he does not make his mer.
practice enough to give them tbe
required endurance. Comnu-nt-ing
on conditions at U. of O. , re
lative to the dismissal of Coacl
Frcs-t, the Eiei e Register sas:
"vYho wii su . reed him? Dr.
C. F. Chase; v-Vois coaching tin
-econd team. 1 made a great
hit. He is a M: bigan man who
came west tw c ach Willamette.
After having b..id of the second
team a conple cf nights it is re
notteo that be sent it against tbe
fiist team and forced the 'varsity
to pnnt regularly. He is Holijed
by bis men peTsonallv, and it the
football men bad tbe choice it
wonld probably fall to him.
"The student body has a lean
ing toward Coach Norcross, the
coach of OAC. Whether he can
be secured is not known. "Nor
ky" does not want to remain in
the West for long. He imagines
there are fields awaiting for Him
to conquer in the East, and if the
reputation be has gained at Cor
vallis is sufficient to land him a
place east of the Rockies, Oregon
probably will not be able to get
him. It is not known if he will
switch his allegiance if he remains
here." .
The New State.
The message of the first Gov
ernor of the new state to the first
Legislature was submitted to
night in joint session says a Guth
rie, Oklahoma dispatch Tuesday.
The House assembled at 7:30
o'clock but it was nearly 8 o'clock
when, the hall vibrating with the
inspiring air of "Auld Lang
Syne," the Senate appeared.
Instantly a huge tremulous
shout of welcome greeted the
members of the upper house,
each of whom carried an Ameri
can flag, which he raised as he
strode down the aisles of the
House. As the first Governor of
Oklahoma walked down the aisle
it was thought he was making his
way through a storm-swept ocean
an ocean that yelled and
shrieked and jumped, a militant
sea of waving flags and handker
chiefs. It was a demonstration
that will not soon be equalled.
As the Governor mounted the
Speaker's platform a shout went
up "Let's have the 'Star Spang
led Banner,' " and once more the
floor of the House looked as if it
had suddenly been planted with
flying flags. Again and again
they gave the salute and a final
salutation, thefligs were lowered
and the Governor began his mes
sage. Additional Local.
John Irvine of Oe! w-in, Iowa, who
has been visiting Dr. and Mrs.
James Guthrie in this city the pabt
few days, left Tuesday evening for
California to visit his brother.
Under the caption "Jimtpwn
Show in Hands of Receiver" a dis
patch from Norfolk says: "Judge
Waddell today decided to tippoint a
receiver for the Jamestown exposi
tion." Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Rjse enter
tained a nuuoer of friends at a
New England dinner on Ttianke-
giviug day, at their "pretty c untry
home just west cf Coi v,i!lis. Tbe.
occasion was a reunion of tv e North
and South, and the veterans of the
blue and gray talked of hardtac,
long marches, tired feet, hairbreadth
8cap?8, andfought over sgain many
a battle of long ago, while over the
dining room table the stars and
stripes waved, and pracp, like a
golden cloud, settled over the ecme.
The occasion was indeed a pleaBant
one for all present.
Editor Schroeder ie preparing to put
out a very handsome souvenir edition of
tbe College Barometer. Work is in
propreEB and it will be iseuea shortly be
fore Christmas. The souvenir will con -tain
40 pages, printed on first class stock,
with many illustrations of the fcotball
team, Coach Norcroee, the football squid,
the builoinge; articles on all the games
played by tbe OAC eleven this year, a
sketch about each player, coirment on
the .Northwest football situation and
many other interesting feat ores. The
cover design will be especislly attractive.
Probably 1000 or 1500 copies i'l he is
sued. Editor Schroeder and his assist
ants deserve a unanimous vote of thanks
from the OAC student body for thiir
laitblul work to improve and build np
tbe student pa er.
The following from an exchange comes
pretty rear explaining "why the boys
Have the ffc-m:" He lold his twelve-year-old
son to milk the cow, feed the
boises, slop the pigs, hunt tbe eggs, feed
the calves, catch tbe colt and put him in
tt.e stable, cut seme wood, split the
kindling, stir the cream, pump treeh
water in tbe creamery after supper and
be toie and study his lessons before go
ing to bed. Then he went to the farm
ers' clnlti to disc-ass the question : "How
to Keep Boy B on the Farm."
An item in Tuesday's Engene Renisir
says: "Quite a little excitement, .was
created aming the students yesteiday a "- "
ternoon by the "report that OAG:"had frt-
ened rlipllerce to Oregon .' fof a : pom- T,
Mon garre, to be played in Portland. ;
The jonrg mrn 'gathered in groups an i, (
din nsfed the probable outcome, and con
grntnlated themselves on the chance to '3 '
repain lost honors. Manager' Kestry,
however, soon - dispelled: their -..risin I
hopes by stating that no Such cbolleng a
had been received." ..- . w
A building site .100 . feet by 2Q0 feat, -east
of the medical school of Villametto- '
University, has been offere'd to t hirSalem '
Public Library for a propowd View librarv : ;(
building. The present librarV building .-."1
is in the city hall and is hecoroumrorpwd- 3
ed. The Salem Woman's 01 nb hs been
promoting the new library, and. will, it
is understood, accept the sit'el "When
this is done thers will be a campaign ' "
started to sfcure fund? for the? erection of 1
a suitable bnildingas soon as possible.. .
The location is an excellent one, rb it is;
on tbe rsropns and almost opposite 'tha ' '
State Capitol on the sottth side. 'The-' '
building may get a Carnegie appropria-
Hon. EX. . j r
Port'aad will have a chance, to see tb r: :
famous Arctic Brotherhood .basket-bit 1 -team,
which is to tour the United StatP,
on the night of December 14 at the Mult
nomah club gymnasium, the Alaskans'
meeting the winged "M" quintet. This,
should be one of the best games of 1 the
season and will be more interesting to , ,
Oregon ians from the fact tjhat Claude "
Swann, Oregon Agricultural college's '
great player, is coach of the northern. 1 '
ers. Ten thousand dollars was raised by s
the Arctic Brotherhood to send the' team
around the United States for the purpose
of advertising the gold-bearing territory.
The State Basketball league- will open
here with its first game on December 13, '
the contesting teams being Multnomah
club and the Y. M. O. A. five. The con
test will be pulled off on the association
court. On the same day the Oregon
"Agries'' will meet Dallas College at Dal- .
las and the Salem Y. M. C. A. will line
up against Willamette University in the
capital city. Journal.
Next Sunday, December 8th, the Cath
olic church throughout the United States
will observe with special solemnity the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. Besides being
tbe titular patron of this country she is
in a particular way the chosen patron of '
St. Mary's church in Corvallis. Tbe con
gregation is preparing for its observance
by a Novena or Nine Days player, which .
is conducted by Rev. Father IJimier ev
ery evening at 7:30. He is siring a
series ot short instructions on the davo- "
tion to God's Mother at each service.
Next Sunday mass will be celebrated at ,
8 o'clock, a.m., and at 10 :30 a. m. The
last mass will be a high mass for which
a suitable musical program is beirg pre
pared. During this mass Rev. . Father
Dimier will speakon "Da Catholics
Adore the Blessed Virgin?" In the eve
ning the pastor will resume his Sunday
night talks on tbe Sacraments of the
church. A cordial invitation is hereby
extended to all members and particularly
to non-members to attend these as well
aa all services held at any time in our
church. Geo. P. Butler, S. J., pastor.
The Casteel murder mystery in Marion
county deepens dav by, day and will
probably remain forever unsolved. This
is tbe case in v hich a mother, a daugh
ter 24 years old and a son of i9, besides
Mort Montgomery, for 20 years the trust
ed foreman of the farm, were butchered
Dd the house bnrned to conceal the
crime The murdeied woman was Mrs.
Casteel, who was to marry Montgomery
about holiday time, 'and Martha Casteel
tbe daughter, was to be married at about
the same time to a young man of Myrtle
Creek named Rice. Tee family is eup
l oeed to have had from $5000 to $7000 in
raonev but it bad not been deposited in
any t ank and only a little melted gold
was found in tbe ruins of the home. The
bodies were burned to such an extent
that no marks of violence, had there
been any. could have been discovered.
The eon was weak-minded and one theo
ry is that in brooding over the coming
marriaget of bis mother and sister he
may have fione the deed in a fit of jsal
ousy. Another theory is that Mont
gomery, the foieman, became ineaneand
killed the family and then committed
snicirie. The prison bloodhounds were
taken to tbe scene but nothing remained
from which to pick np a trail. Nee
from Mvrtle Creek, wbere the family
formerly resided, is that they were mem
bers of the M. E. cburcb there and high,
ly respected. Tbe finding of a savings
bank, hicb bad been broken open and
tbe contents removed, lends color to the
theory of the murder having been com
mitted for purposes of robbery bv some
one who knew the family had money.
or c&Odivat eat-, suro V -wa .
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