H OF THE WEEK ta I Condensed Form for Ou Busy Beaders. BATTENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS Wholesale dealers in diamonds have announced an advance inn prices of 20 per cent. Congress is very likely to approve a plan to advance ths salaries of postal employee. Chicago commission m*n have lodged a protest with Secretary Wilson, claim­ ing the new meat inspection law creates a monopoly. The threatened lockout in the build­ ing trades at Oakland is on. Nearly all tbs mills are closed and building is Almost at a standstill. Senator Burton, of Kansas, has bean denied a rehearing by the Supreme court and will bave to go to jail for six months and pay a fine of »2.500. Independent grain dealers of Chicago have told tbe Interstate Commerce commission how they bave been rained by rebates being given tbe favored. Bam Jones, the well known evange­ list, dropped dead of heart failure on hie way from Olaboma City to his home in Georgia. Death came on hie fifty­ ninth birthday. An explosion in a coal mine near Durham. England, killed 25 and en­ tombed 200 miners. Rescue parties are working to reach thei mprisoned men, wbo may not survive. A new Elijah has appeared in Maine China will ask all powers to make Japan give up Manchuria. Moody says be baa evidence to con­ vict tbe Standard Oil company. An explosion on a government steam­ er on the Ohio river killed three men. Military snppliee for use by the American army in Cuba are admitted free of duty. Magoon has assumed ths government ef Cuba and Taft and Bacon have re turned home. All mail for United States troops in Cuba is sent to Havana and from there sent to its destination. URGE ONE BU.LDiNQ. A Oregon Men Want United Northwest at Jamestown Exposition. Portland, Oct. 16 —A movement for a joint Northwest building al the J a meetown Ter-Centennial exposition was launched at a recent meeting of the Oregon Jamestown Expositim commit­ tee at tbe Portland Commercial club. President Jefferson Myei« and Secre­ tary John 11. Rtevensonn, o! the com­ mission, were directed to write an offi­ cial letter to the governors of Washing­ ton, Idaho and Montana, notifying them of the attitude of the Oregm commiieiou, and asking them to lake setion in their official capacities to bring about participation in the plan on the part of tteir reepetive sta’ee. Toe plan is conceive«! by the Oregon commission is for joint action on the pert of the four Noithweetern «tele« in the erection of one magnificent exhibits and headquarter« «trncture, in which each state «ball have a department of its own. the expanse to be borne equal­ ly by tbe several states. It was point­ ed out at the commission* session that each co-operative action would have tbe effect of impressing the E wt with the unity of Northwest interests and of exerting both a political and commer­ cial insiguifl -ance. It also seemed ap- prrent that with the combine«! capital of tbe four states a building of str-h imposing siss and l>eanty could be •reeled that it con Id not fail to attract wide attention, while a building by any one ot ths states, singly, could not bave this effect, and. beside«, joint ac­ tion could reduce the expense ot put­ ting up individual buildings. President Myers was authorized to go to the scene of the exposition and ne­ gotiate for a site for an O egon build­ ing. in the event it is desired to erect one. and also keep in mind the possi- bilify of a joint state building. He will defer hie departure for the East until he has bad time to bear from the governors of the Northwest stat«« on the plan suggested. In the event the other state« do not shew a disposition to adopt tbe plan proposed, this will not be allowed to interfere in any de­ gree with Oregon’s p'an to make an ex­ hibit, should tbe legislature warrant it. Upon bis return from tbe Esat Pres­ ident Myers will make a report to the commission, and Governor Chamber­ lain on tbe result uf Lis investigations, and this report, setting forth in detail tbe cost of making an exhibit and tbe facilities for erecting a building and installing an exhibit, when delivered, will be used as tbe basis for appearing before tbe legislature to ask su -h •n appropriation as shall be neceaeary to make a creditable showing. FARMERS MUST DRAIN. A Loe Angeles sthreet car ran away Department of Agriculture Issues Bul­ on a steep grade because the brakes letin of Instruction. would not work. Two men were killed Washington, Oct. 16 —For the guid and a score seriously injured. ance of the great number of people from Tbe railway mail clerks running out humid regions who settle on tbe im­ of Houston. Tex., on tbe Southern Pa mense areas of Western lands opened to cific, bave gone on a strike as a result settlement, tbe Department of Agricul­ of trouble with th«’railroad company. ture has issued a report on "Practical Detectives from London are investi­ Information for Beginners in Irriga­ gating the alleged importation of Eng­ tion.” There are several million acree onen lish girls to work in South Carolina cotton mills ^contrary to the contract for settlement in tbe United State«, and irrigation works built by private labor laws. enterprise and works being constructed Mount Pelee is again in active erup by the national government will pro­ tioe. vide a water supply for more than 1,- Wrangles of unions cause a threat of 000,000 acree of arid lands. The re­ a general building lockout in Chicago. port discusses arid soils and water sup­ plies generally and describes bow to A Toronto university student was the locate and bnild farm ditches, prepare first to bo killed by football this season. land to receive water, irrigate staple Witte says that, while be has no ill crop* and bow much water to apply. "Experience throughout the arid re­ feeling against the czar, be will never gion,” the report says, "is demon­ again serve him. strating that tbe greateat danger to irri­ An Atlanta grand jury has indicted gated lands is lack of drainage. Water 20 white men for complicity in the re­ applied to crops raises tbe ground wa­ cent outrages against negroes. ter. which brings with it tbe salts dis In his farewell address Taft told tbe solved from the soil; capillarity brinpa Cubans that tbe United States will not this water to tbe surface, where it leave til) fair elections areamarod. evaporates, and tbe salts accumulate nntil all vegetation is destroyed. The Secretary Taft has informed a delega­ only insurance against this is proper tion of Isle of Pines citizens that it is drainage, but anything like economy in useless to think of separation from tbe use of water and thorough cultiva­ Cuba. tion, which will check the rise of Tbe Chilean congress, city and prop­ ground water or lessen evaporation, erty owners of Valparaiso, will com­ will decrease the danger.” bine to rebuild tbe city destroyed by earthquake. Battling With a River. Imperial Janction, Cal., Oct. 16.— John Barrett, now minister to Co­ Seldom baa a more desperate battle lombia, is elated for a better position, with nature been waged than that for either ambassador to Brasil or vice gov­ tbe turning of the Colorado river. ernor of ths Philippines. Rockwood gate went out last Thursday, Tbe deparmsnt of Justice is gaining and a great disappointment was occa­ fresh evidence that hundreds of men, sioned, but tbe outlook is much bright­ Yesterday the trestle below tbe both white and black, are held in vir. er. tual slavery in Southern Flordia by the gate was prepared, 100 cars of rock being dumped as an experiment. This lumbermen. morning the rock was found in the Cuban Liberals bail Taft and Bacon same position, indicating that the as saviours. soil was firm enough to support it. A son of Vico President Fairbanks Another treetie i« being built. baa eloped with a PittsDurg girl. Big Travel to California. A lone highwayman bold up a stage San Francisco, Oct. 16.—I he ) past la the Tonopah, Nevada, district, and month has seen a steady Sow of popo i secured nearly »5,000. lation into California from the Eastern Ths Newfoundland cabinet is still states. The fl ¿urea of the railroads worrying over tbe fishing privileges and the California Promotion commit­ loot to tbs United State«. tee state that 14,000 settlers bave come Booker T. Washington in an address here In that time. Many of these have to negroes strongly advised them to re­ gone to the country, but a fair propor­ main calm during the present trouble tion have remained in San Francisco. It is believed that this is simply the In the South. vanguard of an army of immig>an'a Russia is expelling all Japanese from who are coming to locate in California. that part of Manchuria controlled by the csar’s troops. Silver Advances to 70 13. Washington, Oct. 1«.— The director China wants American engineers to take charge of her railway construc­ of the mint yesterday purchased 150,- tion and will pay »25,000 a year on a 000 ounces of silver at 70.13 cents per One ounce, delivered at the mint in five years’ contract. Denver. For the convenience of bid­ In the suit against the Standard ders it has been decided to open bids Oil oonrpany in Ohio it has developed for tbs sale of silver on Mondays, that eno of the large English oil com­ Wednesdays and Fridays of each week, panies is owned by Rockefeller in­ instead of on Wednesdays only, as bsretofors. terest«. » I I t OREGON FIR FOR PULLMANS. ROCK CREEK'S FINE FRUIT. % L0 » Millions of Feet Used Every Year for Growers Busy Picking Largs Crop of Palace Cars. Apples and Pears. Portland—In IK months Portland has furniahe J between 40,000,000 and 60,000,000 feet of fir lumber for use in the construction of cars al the shope of the Pullman Car company, located at Pullman, III. In tbe purchase of this material, the company has expended close to »1,500,000. These figures are vouched for bv Al­ bert Jonse, purchasing agent of the Pullman company, who was sent to ths West 16 months ago to buy lumber. The first is used exclusively for siding on boxcars, and, besides tbe lumber bought hers, more is continually being contracted for in othsr sections. Borne of the material is dressed, such as floor­ ing, siding and ths like, while more ba« been shipped rough. There is no prospective cessation of ths buying so far as tbe pine is con cerned, and, while yellow pine is also largely used, that is not being drawn from this locality. In the construction of sleeping and passenger cars only hard woods are utilised, particularly for finishing the interior. Rome ma­ terial is often left in dry kilns four or five months, subject to slow boat and the air drying procees, in order that when fitted in cars it is perfectly soned. Prices of Cattle Advancing. La Grande—Peter O’Sullivan, who has just returned from a visit to Wal­ lowa county, says that one of the chief cans«« for the prevailing prosperity in all sections of that country 1s the in­ crease in the price of cattle. Repre­ sentative« of the Pacific Meat company are making large purchase«, and Walla Walla buyers are looking for feeders. Tbe range leasing plan has proved very satisfactory, and the forming of separ­ ate boundaries for cattle and sheep baa resulted to the advantage of the cattle, which come from the range in fine con- dition. Rock Creek — The ranchers along Rock cteek have stepped out of the bay harvest into ths fruit hat vest, and are picking apples and pears. Fruit men are pioud of their orchards and claim that Hood River or any other locality in the Northwest can produce no liner fruit or more abundant yields. Fruit is shipped from this section to many important points In the East, and com­ pares favorably with any of the pro­ ducts In these markets. The leading fruit grower« are William Heed and A. A. Carothers. The former has an or­ chard of 10 acres, the latter atout SO acres. Mr. Head has picked and ship­ ped about 300 boxes of apples, peach«« and pears to Spokane, Walla Walla and Pendleton and other points east, while some was shipped to Condon and Arlington. He estimatee he will have 1,000 boxes of winter apples for ship­ ment. Mr. Carothers has shipped 1.- 000 bixee of fruit and will ship 1,300 more. These gentlemen get the high­ est prices for their fruit. Fruit grown on Rock creek captured flrat prise and gold medal al the Omaha exposition a fsw years ago. The exhibit was made by A. A. Carothers, and was a sur pries to orebardlsts, packers and dealers. Hope Are On the Up Grade. Ralem—The hop market at Balem has assumed a very active condition in tbe last day or two, and now every dealer in the city has orders for hope at a slight advance over figures named a week ago. Krebe Bros, has received an order for 1,000 bales al 15 fa cents a pound. All other dealers are offering that price. Krebe bought tbs Clau- fleld crop of 175 balee at Dallas, Joe- epb Harris and Catlin A Linn were also buyers on tbe Weal side at UH cents, while Lachmnnd A Pincus paid 17 cents for a choice lot bought from a j^aier at DaTlas' Mode rn Pyramid Builder«. Apples at ths Fruit Fair. Albany—The Modern Pyramid Build- Hood River — The exhibit of apples grown by A. 1. Muon, which took the?" WM launched last week when the | first lodge or local pyramid of the or­ sweepstake« and ••▼tral other pt lies at the Hood River Fruit fair consisted der waa formed in this city. The local of three boxes taken from 9 year old pyramid is the first subordinate branch trees, planted 63 to the aero. The of the order, and waa named Pyramid tree« averaged five a id a half boxes, No. 2, the supreme pyramid being Py­ Fred Fortmiller waa and altogether be took 1,141 boxes ramid No. 1. from bis orchard. In the entire yield chosen chief builder; W. Lair Thomp­ there were only 64 wormy apples dur­ son, scribe, and E. D. Cusick, custo­ ing the season end tbe trees were dian. Tbe order starts with about 30 epraved six times with arsenateot lead. members. In the whole yield there were only 54 boxes that went smaller than four tiers to tbe box. To Establish Big Sawmill. Albany—A sawmill with a capacity of 20,000 feet per day is to be eetab­ liebed six miles south of Brownsville by G. B. and E. H Dickinson, of this city. A contract with the lessee« of the land secn’ed requires that the plant be in operatii n by January 1. ¿'&Î ■«i> « ■'/ Tarbias WlaSaalll. In parta of the country subject to high wluds there Is risk of mills on high towers being overthrown. eepe daily If the diameter of tbe wheel Is Increased above teu or twelve feel. To averoume thia difficulty It Is expedient to build a mill Inside of Its tower rather than upon It The turbine shown In the Illustration has a diam­ eter of twenty feet and 1« used to drive a feed grinder and other ma­ chinery. Its chief office, however. Is to operate two pumps which Irrigate TH« Tl'UUNK WINOMtU. sixteen acres of land. Th« expense of erecting this mill was about one hun­ dred dollars. There Is no particular difficulty about Its construction and a considerable part of tbe work could be done with ordinary took and a little mechanical knowledge. Har« »all m * !*«»«•<•••. Moro or Iva* jutlgiiipnt U rtqulrvd In doing any kind of work, and the dig glug of potatoes la uo exception to the rule, lu th* Ural place, so many abould not lie dug out at one time that tliey cannot tie handled readily. A good way la to dig during tbe fore part of each half day and then gather the tuber« lieforo quitting. As soon as dry Ibey should always be picket! up. ami If the weather Is reasonably dry the length of time necessary for drying depends al­ most entirely upou the nature of tb« soil If sandy, an hour may be long enough, but If a moist clay It may taks several bourg. Potatoes, once dug, «Intuid certainly not be left out on the ground over night If they are. ths frost has every chance to get at them, and only a little troeslng Is required to spoil a good many bushels for mar­ ket it Is a poor practice, too. to pick up potatoes without any regard to grad­ ing. Two class««, anyway, slrnuld bs made of them ; nJ I those of good mar­ ketable sis* should be gathered first and tbs underslawd ones left till later. It also pays to have crates or bushel measuros In which to pick them up. Easy to distribute about tbe field, titee«, after b«lng tilled, can readily be placed on a wagon and drawn off. Further­ more. they prevent tb« tubers from be­ ing Jammed and marred. Thirty ot forty of them, or even a Issa number, may profitably be owned by every farm­ er who makes a business of raising po­ tatoes and similar crops.-■ Fred U. Bib lay. In Agricultural EpItomlaL laSla'a l.ar«eat Wheat I'rw*. Tbe wheat crop of ludia this yeal la a large one. Tb« area sown amounts to 2H.22il.3si aerea, and the yield la «• tlmnted at 8,600,000 tous, as against 7,582,000 tons last year, tbe lucrosa« being 13 per cent Tbe ludían Trade l4M>k e( Meeb«a I« m U K»owl»dfg, The full benefit* of farm machinery Journal, which makes this statement are not realized because the average says that tlie government la taking a farmer has not tint meebauieal tralulng deep Interest In tlie romplalut of th« or tbe requisite skill to get tbe beet re­ admixture of dirt In the wlient export sults out of these complex Implements. ed. Tbs government baa consultad th« We srv tbe greatest makers and users chambers of commerce, some of whom, of term machinery tn tbe world, and however. Indicate a reluctance to de It la owing to thk fact more than any part from tbs present customs of tb* other single cause that we bave been trade ; but tbe chamber of romiuercs able to maintain our agricultural eu at Karachi, from which 70 por cent of premacy In tbe markets of tbe world. Indian wheat exports are now ahlppe