TO I'KOIIT 11V WAIt.
t'nitctl Stuto Will Uct Irt cf
ICusoinn Triide.
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America is likely to p" li , both !i redly
a il indirectly, from the execution cf
tlie lire naval programme which Kns
f ia is now elaborating- Thf vital iin
pcrta-coof sea power h-s been Rue
sia'o bitterest lesson of the war, ami the
government is fully determined that the
maintenance of the empire's position in
fu'iuH as a first-class power will be im-pO'-ible
without an adequate navy. If
the losses the Pacific fleet has already
lustiined should be followed by disas
ter to Vice-Admiral Rojeatvenskv'e
squadron it will be necessary not only
to rebuild the whole navy, bnt .to in
( rease ita strength.
The imtueneity of the task seems to
ba fully appreciated. While some of
the contracts will be placed abroad, ow
ing to the limited facilities of Russian
yards-and it is expected that at least
one big ship will be constructed in
America the Admiralty's plans wiil l
directed toward ultimate divorce from
dependence upon foreign shipbuilders
by the organization at home of vast
shipbuilding, armor plate, ordnance
and kindred industries.
For this purpose, it is realized how
ever, that foreign builders and special
ists must be attracted, and some allur
ing prospects are likely to present them
selves. Nickers Sons and Maxim and
AmiHtrong.'Whitforth & Co., Limited,
of England, have already made ad
vances, but owing to the anti English
sentiment, British firms are not meet
ing with a very cordial reception. The
disposition is to turn toward France,
Germany and the Ucited States, and a
great plant at Libau or on the banks of
the Neva, directed by American brains,
and possibly in af-sociation with French
and German enterprise, is one of the
possibi iti s of the near future.
Among the Americans here negotiat
ing with the Russian government is J.
Wilson, who is trying to sell an inveL
tion o ' pmokelesa powder perfected by a
Scotchman named Archbold, who once
was a resident of the United States.
The particular merit of the powder, it is
alleged, which is adapted to heavy ar
tillery, is a quick drying quality, ordi
nary smokeless powder takintr several
in mthg to dry.
Theodore S Darling, who has options
on the dynamits guns at San Francif-co,
which were recently sold by the United
States, is trying to negotiate their 8ale
to Russia with a view to their si ipmrnt
to Vladivostok.
Henry 7lcl(triiui Found Utility.
After little more than 30 minutes' de
liberatior the ju-y which hea d the
evidence against Henry Meldium, ex
United States Surveyor, who was
charged with forgtry in the United
States Court, returned a verdict cf
guilry as cha eed on a 1 of the 21 count' .
The Meldrum trial began Thursday
and the speed with which the trial was
conducted and the verdict reached
marked the first of the convictions in
the land-fraud cases now pending b
fore Judge Bellinge-.
The testimony given by the Govern
ment witnesses was most damaging,
while, on the other band, those who
testified in Meldrum'n behalf were few,
and beyond testifying to the former
good character of the pri-oner. they
helped little to clear away the charges
of forgery.
fine Horaes From Europe.
Eugene, Or., Nov. 17. A. C. Huby
ban just returned from Europe, wbeie
he has been for several months, and
has brought wi'h him over 30 of the
finest horees I.e c ul l find for breeding
purpoee i. lie left the horses in I'eudle-,
ton fcr the winter.
According to Attorcey General
Crawford, the state will get 810,
000 inheritance tux from the es
tate of the late Mrs. Amanda Y
Reed, of Portland.
ODD SEC1U5T SOCIETY.
Indiana Women Have a Secret and
Won't Tell It.
Men of the Town Have Ileen Trying
for Twenty-Two Year to Learn
the Mean I iik of S. T. J. M.,
Hut In Vain,
h
A peculiar society, which for 20 years
has been a standing contradiction of the
old libel that a woman cannot kep a
secret, exists at Westfleld, Hamilton
county, and bids fair to proper for an
other 20 years, despite the safts of ridi
cule which from time to time have been
hurled against it, reports the New York
Sun.
Twenty-two years ago a number ol
the men of the village formed a literary
society. Just for fun they decreed that
no woman should ever become a mem
ber. A clubhouse was built, meetings
were regularly held and the leading
periodicals were read and discussed.
The organization limited its member
ship to the intelligent class and soon be
gan to exercise a decided influence.
After the first year some of the wom
en in the community applied for mem
bership, but none was ever admitted. It
was always explained that it took a
unanimous vote to elect a new member,
and that there "was just one dissenting
voice" when the name of the woman ap
plicant was presented.
Two years latr a company of ladies
met and formed the S. T. J. M., and they
decreed that the meaning of these let
ters should never hccine public. Each
member was solr-mrly rledred not to
reveal the secret, nrd for 20 years the
S. T. J. M. has hren in ex istence, and
there is not a man in Wr'-f field who has
any Idea what the four letters mean.
From time to time the rr.eirbf rshlp
has changed ps th :- women married and
moved away and other members have
been added, but no cme yet found, be she
mother, wife, dsuRhter or sweetheart,
has revealed the meaning of the mystic
symbols.
When Mrs. Surah Jackson applied for
a divorce, charging neglect, and the hus
band contested the suit, alleging among
other things that she had concealed from
him the meaning of the letters S. T. J. M.,
and had spent too much time at the
meetings of the society, it was thought
that the mystery would certainly bp
solved at the trial. But Mr?. JaeVson
refused to state what the letters stood
for and the court ruled that the name of
the society was not material to the tes
timony. Mrs. Jackson got a divorce and ali
mony, and her ex-husband declared that
the letters stood for the "Society of Tat
tling, Jahberirg Matrons." But this
definition wns not accepted by any but
the soreheads of the community.
Several yesrs go a ourg man named
Crawford went to Westfleld and was em
ployed in one of the store?. He invepted
his earnings in a horse and buggy and
was the envy of many of th3 crher oms
men becaure they rculd not afford such
a luxury and the newcomer could com
mand the company of any young lady
or a Sunday r.fternoon (!r1-e. T.'it when
Myrtle Taylor turned a'viy from him
and married John Yv'ir-eate. a farmhand
near the village, the other hoys taunted
him by asking him how he H';ed the So
ciety of Thankles5, Jilting 'M?fdf-ns.
For years this was th ptc tjtetd name
of the society among the yourprr class.
Every initial in the name fcss been tcr
t.ured into something derogatory to the
cociety, according to individual taste.
"J" hs teen made to stand for Jealous,
Jaunty, jilting, jabbering, jaundiced;
"T" for treacherous, tattling, teasing,
troublesome, tiresome, and "M" for
mothers, matrons, maidens, misan
thropes, makeshifts, martyrs, match
makers and the like.
But the name is still a secret, and no
amount of coaxing or threatening has
sufficed to Induce a member to reveal it.
UNIQUE BALLOONING
View of the Antarctic Regions
from Overhead.
Important Raalta of Bapedltton to
9onthrn Polar fa Uniaae
In the AiinaU of Aro
maatiefl. Balloon acents for military recon
noissance are common enough. Some
day they will be extensively employee
lor geographical exploration, perhaps
There is tain of usuig captive airships
for enabling touriaU to view Ali-Lu
scenery easily. Hut for polar research
they nave thus far been practical: j
nej-lccted. i'oor Andree honed that in
a irct; baiioon he might drift stead. ly
northward from Siiitziwrtn several j
hundred miles, but he p.iid for that ,
error wiih his life. The trial which
was m.'ide in the Antarctic st.ia ti
the I.ritish ship Discovery is pracii
c&liy u:ii.ji:e in th annnls of n r -iuii;icj.
X: vcr i.f-re was a success
ful :i-.."-!it i.-.rde ui'd-.T similar condi
tion, says the X; irlc TriLmne.
I.ivlr.s L;i;:(,n, .W,v Zcilmd,
just before the il..i.e of the Brit
ish fV':''r: ;!!..-
ward. hf.;i;if ft r C'spe .Adair. The Ice
barrier x:V,i h skirt the Antarctic con
tinent e;r:!? aI;no.?l coniin-iously
alon-r t':c sbty-fj-h or ixty-Blxth par
allel d fcouui Uuiuue. By lar the
most iiv.aOio break in tne coast
line occiira to the southeastward of
Australia. There is an enormous re
ccst. 5m) or 600 miles deep, and fuliy
as v ide, called McMurdo bay. Along
its western shore lies Victoria hand.
Its eastern boundary is" poorly defined,
and is renresented only vaguely by ice.
The southern side is almost straight
and extends eastward and westward
fairly clo-e to the seventy-eighth par
allel o latitude.
Touching first at Cape Adair, of the
northwestern corner of the bay, Capt.
Scott skirted Victoria Land and
reached the southwestern corner, near
the volcanoes Erebus and Terror,
Turning cutward on January 22, 1902,
he wor' yl hi3 way slowly along the
ice barrier, which for more thin ,00
miles h.i a height of from 50 to 280
feet. Apparently the ic h?d receded
somewhat from the limits noted by
Sir James Rosa, who explored the
region in 1845. During the next few
days Capt. Scott saw land off to the
eastward of him which has never be
fore been chartered, and also observed
that the ice barrier itself practically
disappeared, and was replaced by slop
ing ice, which doubtless covered land.
The barrier rroper is a frozen pack, ia
generally lavel in srite of its rough
ness, and ia thought tp overlie sea.
It was jmt aftor turning back after
these observations toward Mount
Erebus that the hloon ascent was
made. The ship was still under con
trol, the season eorresponding to mid
summer. An inlrt through the ice,
which reached further southward than
any other to which the Discovery could
penetrate, was now utilised to study
the land. Hydrogen, compressed in
cylinders and brought fra'homn, was
used to infiato the .;:. Owing to
the low temperature o' this roe-ion, a
much p --'.; or quantity w? required
than w
have been wihil in tem
pera? clitvites. The cn.b' which held
this font? -xt observatory captive was
750 feet '-'!'?. No satisfactory landing
pli c v."1" ''covered, but nn admirable
vjf." Pf rc?.'ion was had. Thl3 oc
curred ebr-irry 4, 192. Then the
Discovery pushed on westward, found
p, Rafirfct or v ?nchoraj:e in McMurdo
strait, clo?" " Mount Erebus, and on
March 24 ' i ;,3t after the autumnal
equinox) ':h- was frozen in. fi:he
quently ' Scott organized sledge
parties w' -: . explored the vicinity.
The T'V?f important results of the
exper'ti. " 'in to the time the relief
shin, !"7i'-,ing, left it last winter, were
as follow?:
First Discovery of new land east
of McMurdo bay.
Second Discovery that Mounts Ere
bus and Terror are on a amall island
and not the mainland.
Third Finding good winter quar
ters for a shin in eouth latitude 77:50,
east, longitude 16:42, with land close
by for a magnetic observatory.
Fourth A record of 92 degrees be
low zero Fahrenheit.
Fifth A Pledge Journey to 82:17
south latitude, and observations of
land as far off as 83:30, including
peaks and mountain ranges 14,000 feet
hicrh.
Sixth Evidence that the vast ice
covered plateau which reaches west
ward from McMurdo bay is in some
plaees 9.000 feet high.
Seventh A large amount of mag
netic and biological and deep sea
sounding.
SOME POTATOES.
Millions I'poa Million of Acraa Are
liaised in Europe The Prodnc
of Different Countries.
,It will astonish most people to hear
that 28,856,637 acres are annually under
potato culture in Europe, and that the
total yield therefrom is estimated at
2.329,211,560 hundredweight. The Gar
deners' Magazine states that in the mat
ter of area Russia occupies the highest
position, with 9,645,869 acres; Germany
ranks next, with 8.001,225 acres, and
France occupies the third place, with
3,818,378 acres. Tie potato areas In
the other countries of Europe are as fol
lows: Austria, 2.802.G77 acres; Hungary,
1,477.104 acres; United Kingdom, 1.203,
184 acre3; Italy, 516,000 acres; Holland,
386,04:) acres; Sweden, 331,973 acres;
Belgium, 348,398 acres; Denmark, 133,
387 acres; Norway, 90.G61 acres; Rou
mania, 26,042 acres; Servia, 15,549 acres,
and Bulgaria. 4,481 acres.
In the matter of yield, Germany is
first, with 855,277,805 hundredweight;
Russia second, with 549,045,932 hundred
weight, and Fiance third, with 236,469fc
441 hundredweight. The yields of oth
er countries are: Austria, 2:54,100,082
hundredweight; United Kingdom, 118,
39S.380 hundredweight; Hungary, 95,-4i2.2e.-i
br.ndredweiht: Holland, 77.929.
500 hundred eight; Sweden, M.S21,sO0
hundredweight ; lie": g ium. 47. CS 5,147 hun
dred we-fiit ; Norway. 21 ,f!:,1 12 hun
dredweight; Denmark, 21,177,M hun
dredweight; Italy. IS.Kl?:'.! hundred
weight; Ronmani. 2.4P5.31I hundred
weight; Servia, 8 '.".. S.'J h'mdredwe" ' f.
and Bulgaria, 410.755 hundreds cl i.f .
These figures illustrate the great differ
tnee in the yield per acre in the differ
ent countries. The United Kingdom,
which is sixth in area. Is fifth in yield,
heading Hungary by nearly 2.t,OOO,O00
hundredweight, although having an
area of about 273,ooo aere tcs.
If you take this paper and Tba WeeUjj
Oreponlao you won't bave to beg your
nwa.
At pHikritlge, N. J., a burglar
Mow the posteffiee tufo and got
junt $2. It is estimated that liis
xpense, inclmlirg dyuamite aud
dianioud drills and other tool, all
tft behiiid in i;is liurried flight,
'.vhh nearly $100.
Another ditcovery of coal has
been made iu Camus valley near
Itostburg.
The proposition to iesue $20,000
in bonds to build an armory at
Tacoma failed to carry.
uiierea dy wnneis a iducisuu
Real Estate Dealers.
MANY RARE OFFERS MADE
Watch This Space Each Week, a
Many Ranches Will be
Listed Here.
1120 acres, part good farm land, reBt
tine grazing land. One fine teven room
house, three bouses for tenants, good
bHrn and out buildings, tine orchard,
700 acres government land fenced, nine
miles fiom Hamilton. About 40 acree
of good timber on land. $7.00 per acre.
Easy payment.
640 acres, gcod he-uses and barns,
finely watered, 200 aeree meadow land,
timber on the land will more than half
lav for it, adjacent to outside range,
tine ranch for some one at a reaFonable
price, i' ive miles from Lone Kock.'
" 200 acres V raiies from Lexington.
A snap for a short time.
1120 acres Z miles from Lexington,
tine wheat rar.ch, nfailv all under
cultivation, some improvements. Will
be sold on reasonable terms.
640 acres L miles iromlhppner, fine
wheat ranch, pleniy of good spring
water, all under good 3 wire fence and
cross fences Will te sold at a bargain.
1240 acres, 300 acre flow land, 3
dwelling bonces, large barn just com
pleted, all of iOOaties can be irrigated,
all under gooJ 3 wire fence, adjacent to
gjvernment range fine ftock ranch.
.Srap.
o20 acre", wneat land, 260 acres under
cultivation, all under good two wire
tence. Price iftOOO. This is a Dargain.
We bave a number of good hruses and
lots in Heppner for sale very cheap.
Hiliier l'oultrpYards
S.C. Barred Rocks
S.C. Buff Leghorns
Choice roe.Meis fcr pa'e. Pf'ei e
from 81.00 up.
Pine Scotch Collies
Fer RBle. Pnps $10, bred for
o herding.
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