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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1906)
GREAT COLD IN WYOMING Snow Falls, in Some Sections Accom panied by High Winds In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. DREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 23. — The worst storm known in years for the season now prevails over Wyoming. It PAY TAXES D RECT. DISTILLERY TO BE BUILT. is accompanied by heavy snowfall, and in some sections very high winds. The North Be d Will Probably Secure De Oregon Tax Comm aticn Recommends Relief tor Sheriffs. natured Alcohol Plant. Union Pacific has enow plows out on Salem—That the duty of collecting entire line between here and Og North Bend—The Coos bay country den. West of Green River, Wyoming, has secured the establishment of a taxes should be taken Irani the sheriffs the line is blockaded, and al) comtuun- plant for the manufacture of denatured and impoeed upon the county treasur | ¡cation shut off. All wires are down. alcohol and the distillery will tie ready ers, is one of the recommendations con tained in the report of the Oregon Tax A dispatch from Gieen River says to receive potatoes from the (aimers commission just issued from the pr'nt- the highest wind known in 25 years next tall. ing office. This recommendation is in is now blowing, with the temperature S. T. Clover, of the American Alco itself of considerable importance in the 10 degrees above aero, and snow tailing. hol comp mv. New York, came to the management of county affairs, but it One flagman neat Granger was found Coos bay country about two weeks ago assume« particular interest to sheriffs dead and another man wae found on in an endeavor to interest the farmers and tr asuters when coupled with the the track unconscious and badly frozen. in denatured alcohol. He was accom suggestion that this change will make One building at Green River wae de panied by Dr. Withycombe, who con necessaiy a reduction of the salaries of molished by the wind. The news from ducted several farmers’ institutes in the sheriffs and a raise of the salaries of Northern and Central Wyoming re county and at these meetings the sys treasurers. The commission concludes ports practically the same conditions. tem of conducting denatured plants was the subject by remarking that the leg Stockmen are apprehensive of great explained to the farmers. It wae ex islature, if it makes the change, should losses, as the storm came upon them plained that if 75,000 ton* of potatoes not overlook the salary matter. unprepared. The storm is slightly were promised the company it would at That the handling of public funds is once prepare to begin operations. The abating here. more particularly the work of a treas distillery coub* easily handle twice the urer and not of a sheriff, is the princi quantity named, but was willing to pal reason for the proposed change PACKERS MAKING MONEY. start on a small scale. The commission i« of the opinion that Contracts were entered into with a the accounts could tie just sk accurately Talk of Sale to English Syndicate Is number of farmers on a basis of $8 per checked if the money were paid din oi ton for three years, the distillery to Not Credited. ly to county treasurers as it could be if It is esti Washington, Oct. 23 — The Agricul take potatoes of all sizes. it were first paid to the sheriffs and by mated that at this price farmers will tural department officials are very them turned over io the treasurers. much interested in the report from receive nearly $100 per acre for their There would be one lees opportnni.y Chicago that the big packing houses product. for mismanagement. The commission It wae explained by the promoters of are contemplating a gigantic company, does not Base its retommendation so the enterprise that when t~e distillery to be financed b* English capital much upon its own reasoning, however, They do not look for the catrying out wae running at its full capacity D as it does upon the reasoning of a sher of any such project. For years the would require 87 tons of coal per day iff, who is quoted, but whose name is packing companies have been straining for 10 months in the year to convert not given. every neive to create the impression the tubers into alcohol, and this would that they are acting independently of prove a great stimulus to coal mining. Harness Olive Lake. Furthermore, a number of by-products eaccb other. Sumpter—The Fremont Power com would be manufactured that would Official« here declare that notwitb- pany, which has been for some time stand ng the rigorous beef inspection greatly increase the payroll. Although the site for the distillery past engaged in harnessing the waters measures now being enforced, the pack of Olive lake for power p«rpos«s, is ing houses are being operated with a has not been definitely announced it pushing operations toward the comple will probably go to North Bend. big profit. They cannot see whetein tion of its plant by employing almost there would be any eermus disadvant every idle man in the district. Men age for the packers as the outcome of Mines Fabulously Rich. have tieen impir.ed from almost every such a deal, for foreign corporations Lakeview—W. I. Fleck, member of section of Eastern Oregon by Ibis com would be absolutely at the mercy of the the firm of Fleck A Snowgoose. mining pany to work on the ditch and pipe respective states. experts and assavers o.* Bidwell, wae in line ae well ae installing its huge power Lakeview rccntly on his way home machinery. This company is identified from the Windy Hollow mines, in with the Red Boy mine also, which CHULO VOLCANO BELCHES. Warner valley, known now as the Lost property will be operated in the futu’S Mr. Fleck is by electric power, instead of steam, as Volume of Sulphur Water Swamps a Cabin mining district. enthusiastic over the prospects of the heretofore. Salvador Town, new mining camp, and believes firmly Buying Great Tracts of Timber. 8an Salvador, Oct. 23. — Telergaphic that it will develop rich diggings. He communication with interior points stated that be took samples of the rock Engene — The Monroe Lum tier A has been restored, and news of the dis indiscriminately armod one of the por Milling comoany, of M inree, IVash., is aster wrought by the terrific storm phyry dikes on one of the claims, and having records I deeds to 5,000 acres of which has swept over the country is be also the dirt for several feet from the timber land In I.ane and Bentoa coun ing received. Over 100 persons were dike, and found it to assay $50 to the ties, arid it is reported that the com- drowned in Coetepeque. A vast quan ton on an average. These tests were pan v intends to construct a railroad tity cf sulphuV water was thrown out made from rock and dirt from the top frem Euger e, Corvallis or Junction of the Chnlo vol ano, and inundated of the ground. Ciy, to the timber, if another 5,000 the town of Panchinaloo, killing most acres of timber land can be eecured at a of the inhabitants. reasonable figure. If more land can Reserve in Southern Oregon. From other points also reports of ter Salem—A proclamation creating the not be secured, the company wil bold rific devastation are coming in. Pimi- Siskiyou forest reserve, comprising what they now have as a speculation. nento and other towns are reported to about one-half of Josephine county and The land involved is in the northwest nave been swept away by the fl ode. two or three townships of Douglas ern part of Lane county. The schooner Axelene, with a num county, has been received by Governor ber of passengers on board, has been Chamberlain from President Roosevelt. Lane Prune Crop Is Big. lost between Corinto, Nicaragua and This is the reserve concerning which a Eugene—Prune drying in Irane conn Amapala, Honduras. Everybody on strong protest was made a year or two tv lias tieen about completed, and it is board wae drowned. ago by residents of Curry county. As f und/hat the output this^year is much The floods have disinterred a number originally planned, the reserve included 1 .rger than last year. Rains at the of corpses from cemeteries and are car about three-fifths cf Curry county, but time drying commenced caused consid rying them down the streams. It is the protests were so strong and persist erable damage by cracking the fruit, reported that the railroads in Hondur ent that the lines of the temporary and by making it ripen irregularly, but as have suffered serious damage. withdrawal were changed and in finally even with this disadvantage the crop is Canneries have creating the reserve no Curry county above the average. BUOY MESSAGES FOUND. lands are included. The reserve covers been wotking on tomatoes for the past fl e or six wekes, and still have a sup over 700,000 acres. ply in sight. Adrift by Baldwin-Zeigler Polar HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS th. A Resume of the Les* Important but Not Less Interesting Events of the Past Week Two boys have lost their lire* in th* South Dakota blissard. Ex-Senator Burton, of serving bis jail sentence. Kans*«, is Preparations are being made for President Roosevelt’s trip to Panama, China is fast getting together an army of well-drilled and well-armed men. Negroes threaten a riot in Philadel- pbia against Dixon’s production oí “The Clansman." One firm has the monopoly of ship ping grain over the Milwaukee road from Kansas City. Hearst is extending his campaign wo»k into other states to capture the presidential nomination. Certificate holders have commenced proceedings to attach $1.000,000 of the funds of the Hartlord Life Insurance company. A steamer struck a floating mine in Kangooee bay, the port of Vladivostok, and an unknown number of persons lost their lives. Colorado shippers have petitioned the Interstate Commerce commission to grant them the same railroad freight rates as Stan lard Oil has been receiv ing. Secretary Taft will soon start on a speech-making trip and expects to come as far west ae the coast. Inci dentally be will inspect a few army poets. Francis J. Heney is to probe the charges of graft at San Francisco. An unknown vessel has been wrecked near Cape Henry, on the Virginia coast A 62 mile gale has swept Charleston, 8. C, but practically no damage has been reported. The Department of Agriculture has adopted rules for the enforcement of the pure food laws. Herbert G. Squiers, of New York, has been appointed to succeed Magoon as minister at Panama. A man caught in the act of highway robbery at San Francisco has been given 10 years in the penitentiary. The Countess of Carlisle, president of the Biitish W. C. T. U., has been elected head of the world’s association. San Francisco police have captured five men suspected of having a know ledge of the recent robbery of the Jap anese bank. A gigantic wheat corner is planned by farmers who will meet at Topeka for the purpose of forming an organira- tion to control the market. Prominent Curans in New York are planning a conference between the war ring factions with the idea of heading off the growing sentiment for annexa tion. The provincial governors of the Phil ippines have petitioned the commisiion for home rule. Roosevelt is said to be working to secure Platt’s place in the senate when his term as president expires. Attorney General Moody will fight vtbe railroads in their effort to break down the employers liability law. The Ute Indians in Wyoming, on learning troops have been sent after them, have broke camp and beaded for Montana. By the verdict of the jury in the Stanrdard Oil case at Findlay, Ohio, that company is liable to a fine of from $60 to $$5,000. Russia is in terror lest worse reac tionary outrages than the country has yet known follow the congress of “Black Hundred" organization at Kicff. A grand jury at San Francisco in its report finds that the police of the bay city have been lacking in discipline an 1 recommends that a new chief be appointed. Set Expedition in 1901 Timber Land Sold. Buffalo, N. Y„ Oct. 23.—Two buoy message«, set adrift from Franz Josef land by the Baldwin Zvigler polar ex pedition in 1901, have been found and forwarded to Evelyn B. Baldwin, the founder of the expedition, who is liv ing in this city. The messages were picked up on July 10, 1906, on Moffet island, by Captain Btrenerson, of the Arctic whaler Gottfried, and forwarded to the United States State department. They were mailed to Mr. Baldwin from Washington and delivered to him to day. The mes’ages are typewritten on film paper, and show the effects of their journey in the Arctic sea. The m es- eages were an appeal for coal, the lack of which forced the expedition to tarn back. Eugene—Approximately 10,000 acres of the finest timber land in the state changed hands a few days ago when a large number of Eugene people and a few others residing elsewhere, sold their holdings on Q lartz creek, in the McKenzie country, 50 miles east of Eugene. The sale was made to two Portland capitalists, whose names are not made public, for about $25 an acre, although the exact purchase price was not given out. The land is in town ship 17 south, range 4 east, and has been pooled for sale since 1901, a* which time the price wae set at $10 an acre. Insane Kept in Filth, Modern Road in Coquille Valley. Myrtle Point—The rock crusher, which has been operated at the quarry on the road between Myrtle Point and Coquille, is about to suspend work, ow ing to wet weather. The result of the work which has been done thns far is the graveling of the entire road between Coquille and Myrtle Point. This road is laid on a good grade, and the cover ing of crushed rock makes it as good a road as any Oregon can boast of. It is an excellent quality of rock for thia purpose, which is quarried where the crusher is located. Havana, Oct. 23.—Governor Magoon visited the national asylum this after noon and discovered a deplorable state of affaire there. One thousand six hundred and sixty persons of both sexes are crowded into filthy and dilapidated buildings with a capacity for 400 per sons only. They are sleeping on brok The New York Central railroad has en cots, relics oi the last American oc been fined $102,000 for granting re cupation. Ccngrese made an appropri bates to the sugar trust and F. L. Pom ation to enlarge the aeyium, but the Big Timber Deal at Dallas. The ern- eroy, traffic manager, must pay $6,000. money wae never expended. ditione today are very little better than Dallas—It is understood in Dallas An appeal has been taken. under Spanish control. that the largest timber deal ever made The gunners of the battleship Maine in Polk county has just been cl >sed. Governor Called To Account. have broken rail previous records in The transaction involves more then target practice. Mexico City, Oct. 23. — A sensation $100,000 and includes the mills and was caused today by the announcement timber ho dings of the Johnson Lumber The president will soon appoint a that documents have been presented to company, in Dallas; also the tract vice governor of the Philipines and a congress accusing Rafael Isabel, gover known as the Hallock property. The supreme judge. nor of the state -if Honora, of being re purchaser is understood to be the Will Owing to the failure of the potato sponsible for the violation of territorial amette Valley Lumbering company, The accusation refe-s to the owner of the Cone mills and Falls City crop a famine is threatened in West rights. entrance on Mexican soil of Arizona railroad. Ireland this winter. rangers, alleged to have been in the Taft has reported in person to the governor’s convoy at the time of the Grow and Sell Vetch. president on Cuban affairs. Cananea riots. The exact terms of the Albany — A company of farmers, The sunken French submarine has document are not ae yet known. formed for the purpose of growing and been located and all on board are dead. selling vetch, has been incorporated by Clemenceau I* Summoned. articles filed in the county clerk’s office Chief Wilkie, of the United States Parie, Oct. 23.—Ae was expected, M. here. The Tangent Vetch Growers’ secret service, is investigating the al Clemlnceau, minister of the interior, union is the name of the combination. leged shortage at the sub-treasury in was summoned to the palace today and Linn county farmers have been very St. Louie. intrusted with the task of forming a successful in the growing of vetch and British stockholders of companies new ministry. It will take him four have found it a paying industry. The whose money is invested in Cuba feel days to choose hie minieters and anoth- new company intends to go into the safe now that the United States has er four or five days for the new minie- business on a large »rale and will raise taken charge there. | try to agree on a program. vetch bulb for grain and hay. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat—Club, 64c; bluestem, 68c; valley, 67c; red, 61c. Oats — No. 1 white, $24(324.50; gray, $23(323.50. Earley—Feed, $20 50 per ton; brew ing. $21 50; rolled, $23. Rye —$1.35(31.40 per cwt. Corn — Whole, $25.50; cracked, $26.50 per ton. Hay—Valley timothy, No. 1, $10(311 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 @16; clover, $6 50@7; cheat, $7(3 7.50; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay, $7(37.50. Fruits — Apples, common to choice, 25(375 •. per box; choice to fancy, 75c (3$1.25; grapes, $1(31,50 per crate; Concords, Oregon, 27J^c halt basket; peaches, 75c(3$l; pears, 75c<3$1.25; quinces, $1(31.25 per box. Vegetables— Cabbage, 1 Ji (31 J^c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per drzen; celery, 75@85c per dozen; lettuce, head, 20c per dozen; onions, 10(3l2A*c per dozen; pumpkins, lJis per pound; tomatoes, 30@50c per box; squash, 1 Jic per pound ; turnips, 90c(3$l per sack; carrots, 90,(3$1 per sack; beets, $1.25(31.50 per sack; horseradish, 9(3 10c p»r pound; sweet potatoes, 2(32 J^c per pound. Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, fancy, f 1 or t .10. Butter — Farcy creamery, 25@27Jic per pound. Eggs — Oregon ranch, 31(332J{c per dozen. Poultry — Average old hens, 12(313c per pound; mixed chickens, 12(312 %c; spring, 12(313c; old roosters, 9(310c; dressed chickens, 13,314c; turkeys, live, 17 (3 17Jic; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21 (322,'ic; geese, live, 8<s»9c; ducks, 14(315c. Veal—Dressed—5 Ji (38c per pound. Beef — Dressed bulls, 2(32Jic per pound; cows, 4@5c; country steers, 5@5«c. Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 7c per pound; o*dinary, 5(36c; lambs, fancy, 8c. Pork—Dressed, 6(38c per pound. Hops—1906, chcice, 15(321c; prime, 13 (3 14c; medinm, 12 M 12J$c per [ pound; olds, nominal. Wool—Eastern Oregon average best, 1 18(3l8c per pound, according (oWhrink- ago; valley, 20(321 c, according to fine-1 oess; mohair, 26@28c. | 11«,r«»» trum Koval »tnhlas. For Kill Minn One of the most Interesting studies In the Interstate live stuck and hor»e »how held at HL Joseph. Mu. was found lu the exhibit of »hire horses from the royal »table» of King Edward and Lord Rothschild of Hiimlrlngliam. England. Ht. Joseph was fortunate In securing thl» «table as It had not tieen the Intention to exhibit the horses this ■Ide of the Atlantic except In the king's dominion, Canada. Louin F. HwlfL of Swift A Co., win Influential In pre vailing upon Manager Beck, repre senting King Edward, to exhibit the horse*. In two United State» »bow», via., at the Interstate In Ht. Jo- aeph and the American Royal at Kansas City. “Our object In bring ing the horses to tills side of the Atlantic was primarily to stimulate In terest In tlie lilg slilrea with the Cana dians." said Mr. Beck. "Until within a few years the shire ba» t>een too scarce and high priced for the general run of breeder«. They are still high priced.but are coming within the range of general breeding and are a profit* able animal to breed for the big draft trade.” These horses are line speci men» of the thoroughbred shire and are attracting much attention and favor wherever they nre being shown. They nre nil great, heavy boned. thick mue- cled animal» wl»>»» very carriage and tn-arlng and »prlng motion when In ar* tlon announce them n» »oinethlng above tlie ordinary In horse fl rah. A ringing trap for hog» 1» a necessity on ninny farina, and the accompanying sketch shows n good form. The frame of trap 1« two Inch by four Inch pieces, 1». 1». and I»., lapped and bolted nt corners as ahowu, and a tight, smooth floor. Also aide and top boards are solidly nailed to Inner edge of the frame, ae shown, making u strong crate from which board» caunot lie crowded off. Rear end 1» fitted with slide door to raise up ns Indicated by dotted line V. Front eml Inis a door. AA. made of two thick, strong boards ou Inside cross cleats at top and bottom. A, A. 1» joined nt bottom by two strong hinge» to frame 1», and belli up when tn use by the Iron damp F, being plac ed down over top of door and frame. 1». Door has a central openlug B, lie- low which nre several bolt boles, for fastening an Iron lever, C. The top of door also has wide dent, E. bolted nt one end with blocks behind to hold It out front door, so the other end will form a guide for lever C. which, when pulled forward, pnrtlally closes open Ileal 1‘rvpsrstiuM for Wheat. ing It, and firmly hold» Ilog, with head If 1 could have my choice of ground through the o|M*tiltig. Ivever C Is fas tened while In Use by n spike nail In to sow on, say» a I’ennaylvanla farmer, serted as shown, In one of several bole» I would choose a field where a heavy bored through side cleat and door nt clover »<*1. or where cowpeas had been Z. O;»-nlng II Is twelve Inches long and plowed ilowu and potatoes raised the present year, using at least 1.5OO pouuda high grade fertiliser on tlie |wtatoes. Tile potatora having tieen kept dean, and dug In good time. I would not plow for tlie wheat, but harrow at least four or five times, and then drill In the | wheat, drilling with It 400 |s>unda of | good fertiliser, with nt least 3 |ier cent ' quickly available nitrogen, N per cent phosphoric add and <1 per cent (».task, , Then In the spring. If It did not start to grow promptly. I would sow broadcast, 150 pounds nitrate of soda per acre. A heavy dressing of stable manure will make a large stand of straw which will make a large stand of straw which will not fill well unless one Is sure the TR*r roa aixiiiNo non ground cuntalns plenty of phosphoric nine anil one half luche» wide nt widest acid and potash. place near lower and. nnd lower end of Ths !■•». opening Is ten Inches above floor. The pig sty Is nearly nlwny» filled Crate 1» four feet two Inches long, two feet four Inches high, and one foot six with material» for abaorblng nimiur», Inches wide. Inside measure. Place but they are not cleaned ai frequently trap »quarely with rear end dose up na should tie tlie case. In winter. If to hog bouse door, with lever C thrown the yard contain» nbaortients, they lav- back ; raise slide door, drive tn a bog come soaked during rain», and are dis and drop slide door belting him, and agreeable locations for pigs. Tlie pig he will tbruHt Ills bend through tlie hole prefers a dry location, as It suffer» se II. Pull lever C tight against bl* neck verely on damp, cohl day*. Tho ma nnd Insert spike to bold It there, and terials In the pig sties will be of tuoro you can ring with case a bog weighing service If added to the manure heap and a plentiful supply of cut straw nearly 400 pounds. thrown Into the yard In Its plac«. Th« The Hr led Ion of Herd Corn« covered shed, or sleeping quarter», There In no time which 1» put In to should lie littered a foot deep with cut better advantage or which fetches a straw, which mny lie thrown Into the larger return than ttiut devoted to se ynrd after tiring used, but the yard lecting the seed corn during tlie latter should always lie cleaned out after a part of September and the first half of ruin nnd dry material then added. October. The advantage which secur- llomrmAtlr !’<»■( Driver. Ing the seed ears nt tills time lias over The construction of this post driver the ordinary method of selecting nt huHklng time Ilea In tlie fact that a ran be easily taken from the Illustra- choice of the earlleat maturing ears can be made, a distinction that 1» Im possible when all of tlie crop Is ripe and ready to husk. For all tlie north half of the corn belt that type of corn Is le-at which benrs Its ears low on the stalk. This means as a rule that such corn will mature early, and while the ears produced may not lie quite so large as those which one has to reach above bls bead after they nre much more likely to produce hard corn, which will keep after It Is put In the crib. The shape and depth of kernel and form xtw rosT natvxa. and type of ears are of very trivial Im portance as compared with the main tlon. It ran be mnde to work by man question an to whether the corn Itself or horse power. If man |»iwer only, 1» of a variety which will mature a use one pulley. This ran lie made dur- crop In the latitude In which It Is Ing the winter months and be ready planted. for spring fencing. Good Yield of Fierce. Ten pounds to the fleece Is regarded large when It is an average from year ling lambs. A correspondent of In diana Farmer writes that from n flock of 1,000 yearling l«mbs of McCalie A Nelson flocks, of l’utnam County, In diana, 10,000 pounds of a very fine quality of wool has been sheared this season, nnd that the wool Is very even In filter nnd general condition, showing that the sheep were fed regularly, and cared for In a very excellent manner. This even condition of the wool Is al ways a sure sign of regular feeding and care In management nnd such wool always brings the best price. Cheeas-Mak I »< Oardenlna. Cheese making has been shown by recent bacterial research to lie a sort of gardening—an Inverted gardening. In which the plants are grown for the sake of modifying the soil. The pe culiar qualities and flavors of the dif ferent cheeses have been proved to tie due to the growth of various species of bacteria and molds In them. And It has tieen found |si»slble to produc« th« flavor of the required cheese from th« milk of any locality by Introducing th« appropriate plants. In a recent paper, for example, C. Gorlnl shows that the familiar red and green patches which characterize Gorgonzola cheese are the Cap« for flnyrorkn. combined work of a special mold, and a For the lieneflt of those who nre un specie« of bacillus. These organism« willing to purchase caps for covering nre introduced as the result of artificial the cocks we wish to say that alfalfa, punctures, made In the process of man properly cocked, will shed wnter Just ufacture. ns well as clover—in fact, many farm Prt«« and Vain«, ers claim that It will shed wnter even The price of the cow does not Indi better nnd that It la no more difficult to cure than clover In any season. While cate her value ns a producer. Gilt- this mny tie true, we urge the use of edged butter Is something that depends caps for the reason that alfalfa Is so on how It Is mnde. The cow gives the much more valuable than clover, nnd n milk, but upon the management of the little extra expense lu thia line Is milk, cream and butter depends th« quality. money well Invested.