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LEADING MEN DIFFER GRANTS INJUNCTION Extra Session on Financial Sito* Railroads Must Not Advance Lom atlon Not Ukely. ber Rates 10 Cents. CONGRESSMEN DO NOT FAVOR IT ROAOS GET BOND OF >250,000 Canvass of Leading Officials and Action by Judge Hanford in Waeh- Bankers Nhows Ureal Hos Ir gion Concurred In by Judge tile Majority. Wolverton, of Oregon. No Coin or Currency to ud Sent Out of Town. Portland, Oct. 30.— Portland banss will open thia morning for business, but tranra« tiona will be affected through the clearing houss, on the same Imsia as lias bean sdopte«! by other cities ot the United Htetes. Only in case ol taking oare of payrolls or where money Is urgently neoied will the tanks pay out ooin or eurraooy. Business will be done In cheeks, and clieiring hour« ret- tlfliales will be tlie medium between banks. The clearing liouse aseoclation held two meetings yeaterdsy and discusawl thia plan ol resuming boa neas. The lienkers me* early In the foren<x>n anu again at 4 p. m. At the latter meet ing the plan was definitely adopted, It being set forth In detail In a resolution unanimously adopted by the members. In a«loptlng this course, Portland is following th» prwwtleut ealab)l»he«l by other cities of the country in the pres ent llmre of »trees. No currency will lie stii|>pe«l Ic out-of-town correspond ents by Portland banks as long as the present conditions continue, and sav ings banks of the city will enforce the rw|Uir»inenl that de|xr»ltors give notice of their intention to withdraw their deposits. The clesting house plan of carrying on business works well In other cities of the oountry during the present Mar- city of currency, and heal bankers be lieve It will be of great value here in supplying legal tender until normal conditions are restored. That this sub- atitule for money need not be in effect very long Is also believed. Will Catch "Higher-Ups ” Town Is Destroyed. Confer on Charity Organization. Hsn Francisco, Nov. 6.—Following the arrest Saturday of Marcus D. Hyde and Grant Smith for alleged participa tion in land frauds, agents of the gov ernment state that this la only a pro- lilmnary step to the prosecution of rich and powerful Interests in this state. It is said that the agents found in paasee- aion of Smith a number of letters that incriminate •‘higher-ups" who will lie drawn into the government dragnet. Hmith, who is a printer, is still in the Alameda county Jail, unable Io give bail. ___________ Tashkent), Ruaaian Turke»tan, Oct. 31.—Tlie little town of Karatagh, in the Hussar district of Kokhara, has Iteen overwhelmed and completely de stroyed by a landslide that followed the earthquake of October 21. According to the latest reports of the disaster, a ■ugjorlly of the Inhabitants of Karatagh lost their live«. The first reports of the casualitlee were exaggerate«!, th«- death list being placed as high aa 16,0(M>. Karatagh has about 2,600 dwellers, and there Is reason to believe that al>out 1,600 were buried alive. New York, Oct. 30.—Announcement is ma>fe by the Charity Organisation society of its program for the general conference on the welfare of the poor, to be held in conjunction with the twenty-fifth annivetsary of the organ isation on November 10, 20 and 21. Representatives of various ctiaritsble societies from all parts of the country will be present. The opening session will tie held in Carnegie Hall. Gov ernor Charles E. Hughes will be the chief speaker, followed by Dt. Emil Muensteiberg, of Berlin. Market for White Slaves. Taft Hurries Away. Spscial Envoy to Jspan. Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 6—That girls are being stolen from American horn«« and sent to Panama for immoral purposes was the statement made at the National Purity congreee here today by Rose Johnson, a missionary, who has spent several veara in Colon, whore she established a boarding home for American boys. Mias Johnson told of a 14-year-old girl she had attempted to rescue in Colon, who had told her she had l>een enticed from One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, New York, by a strange woman. Manila, Oct. 31.—Aa the result of voluminous cable correspondence be tween President Roosevelt and Hecre- tary Taft, It is underattMxl that the lat ter will leave Manila on November 2, in order to reach Berlin at the earliest possible date. It is itnpoeslhle to com municate with the secretary at present, and the otlicails hero are reticent re garding this change In his plans. It is understood, however, that he will leave here on ths flagship Rainbow. The hasty departure of Mr. Taft will cut short his stay one week. Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 30.—Hon. Rudolph I-emieux. postmaster general of Canada and minister of labor, is here from Ottawa en route to Japan, for which country be sails tonight by the steamer Enipmu of China. He goes as special commissioner of the dominion government to Tokio, where he will meet the Japanese government and en deavor to settle the immigration prob lem. "I look for a happy solution to the immigration question," he said. He has no doubt but that Japan will agree to limit the number of J apancee. Chaos on Russian Rsilroads. Legal Holiday In California. Mora Sun Spots. St. Petersburg, Nov. 6.—It was an nounced here today that the tour of in spection just concluded by the minister of ways and communications through Houthern Russia, the Caucasus, Turke stan and Central Asia revealed com- plate chaos in the railroad system. The statement is made that the railroads are in the hands of revolationasta ami that plana for armed uprisings are spreading everywhere. The minister himself narrowly escaped d«-ath. Sacramento, Cel., Oct. 31.—Ata late hour yesterday afternoon a tnessag«» was received that the capital from Governor Gillette, who is at Eureka, announcing that t«wiay will lie declate«l a legal holi day by proclamation and that a like priH-lamation will follow each day In definitely until confidence in the finan cial situation in this alate haa l>een re stored to normal. The proclamation will be formally iaeued in the morning lieforer hanking hours. Pittsburg, Oct. 30.—Fields of sun sp ts. greater than have heretofore been known, have been discovered by Dr. John A. Brasher, the astronomer, at the Allegheny observatory. Like the previous appearance of the sun spots, some magnetic or atmospheric disturb- ance on the earth may be ezpected. ac cord i ng to the scientist, but how exten sive it will be cannot be estimated un til further observations have been made. Engage Gold from London. Say No Discrimination. Hawaii Raises Mora Sugar. Chicago, Nov. 6.—The Flrel National hank today engaged |6(),(M)() in gold for importation from London and the Illi nois Trust and Havings bank an addi tional |600,000. Thia makes a total of $6,760,000 engaged In I.ondon by Chi Han Francisco, Oct. 31.—The man agement of the Houthern Pacific denied emphatically today that Oregon ship pers were being favored in the matter of ear supplies as against California shippers because of recent reciprocal demurrage legislation in Oregon. Honolulu, Oct. 30.—Hawaii’s sugar crop for 1907 is the largest in the history of the islands. It amounts to 420,000 tons. Next year's crop prom ises to be 676,000 tons. This large in crease is due to the extension of acreage and irrigation. I R NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WANT 1WÜ MUHE BIG RHIPN. ■■jf- • MELTER TRUST NEXT. fr^ervt«* tora«». Naval Offlcera fspeet Appropriation Prosacution Will Fellow Completion for 20,000-Ton Battleships. of Tobacco Case. Washington, Nov. 1.-—It Is ths opin ion of naval officers genera ly that con- grew, al the coming reae on, should provide for two new 20,000-ton battlo- ah pa. to I* companion ship« to those recently placed nnder contract. Navy men bellsve it la a g»x»i idea to build up tbe na-sl force in units of four ships each, each ship of ths unit to lie Identl- <*l with the other three. If this policy could l>e sdopted, the navy cculd 1« enlarged more rapidly titan if the plane are continually rbanged. F< r instance, If the neceaaary appropriations could be obtained for two ships of this type, oonlract* could be let for them not later than th« first of next August, and they would follow along leas than a year be hind tbe ahips reiently contract««! for. If there should be any radical eha.igs In shipbuilding before the next con tracts could 1« award«»!, the officers concede that the government woalii he ju»tifle«l in m«xllfying its plans. For the present these offii era are con tent with 20,000-ton battleships, snd ar« not favorable to th« immediate con struction of ships of 22,500 or 26,000 tons, unless congress should see fit to appropriate for more Hum two battle ships at the approaching session, and no one looks for any such abnormal ap propriations at this time. If congreaa authorize« two new hattleehipe in t> e PRICES WILL DROP. next naval appropriation bill it will be doing more than many friends of the There is a general feel Cudahy ths Packer Looks for Change nary expect ing that congreaa will rather be in Noon. clined to hold «town naval appropria Chicago, Ort. 30.—Relaxation from tion, ami authorise one rattier than two the strain of high price« in frxxlstuffa, bat tieahl ¡N._____________ which will soon undergo a reduction of Trails in Rainisr Forsst approximately 10 per oent, waa the Washington, Nov. 2.—Hupervisor G. forecast made by lo«al jobbers and mer chants todsy. 1‘rwlictions credited to F. Allen, of the Rainier National for Edward A. Cudahy, of Omaha, who est, Washington, has just been author •aid his company had reduced its prices ized to expend $1,760 for the construc 10 pet cent, inaplrsai Chicago dealers to tion of trails, cabins and pastures in voice expressions calculate«! to cheer bis forest. The money is now avail the average ronsumet. In some Io- able and the work will be begun at stances reductions are looked for within once. The greater part of the amount a few days, but there is no general authorize«! gill be uee«l for building a move Just now to put lower prices into fine trail system which will increase the effectiveness of the ranger force in effect. With the proposed cut in meat comes all linre of work. Lack of trails in the the announcement that the orice of Rainier forest >«aa heretofore caused tbs butter socn will rvai'h a point which lose of conaideiable time to forest offi between important will take that commodity out of the cers traveling luxury class, where It long liar been points. placed. Conditions Scare Officers. According to Daniel Coyne, of the Washington, Oct. 31.—So serious are commission firm of Coyne Broa., butter now selling at 20% rents wholesale will conditions in the atmy that as soon aa rvach 26 cents Iwfore the end of the congr«-»» convenes It will be asked to week. Eggs, according to Mr. Coyne, correct wrongs that menace the entire •<x>n will recmle from their present organization. The fa«-ta were admitted iL-aer- wholesale prii-e of 26 cents per dozen. t«xlay at the War department. Ixral ¡«u sers rxpress no surprise at tiona are on the increase: the standard the prediction made by Mr. Cudahy, of recruits far t«x> low; pay is too some declaring liiat the general de small; there is too much promotion by cree m - In the price of meat may ezceed favoritism; enthusiasm is lacking; fear 10 per cent. Ixniis F. Hwift, president of tropfoal service is general and the of Swift A Co., points to a drop of 26 absent* of the canteen Iras led todrunk- These state cents in cattle thia week, an indication enness and disgrace. ments are made in officer»’ report«. that retailers should sell cheaper. New York, Nov. 6.—financier» of Seattle, Wash , Oct. 31.—Federal New York hold opposing view» regard Judge Hanford yesterday al » »jievlsl ing Ilia rug,Mt Ion Hist President ■e»sIon of court, granted the Injunction prayed for by the Washington A Ore R'MisevsIt call an ralra version ot con- gon Lumbermen’s »•»<■■ I at lune to pre gras» at once to provide for currency re vent the r«ada ol the Harriman system, form». Unit a doaeti member» of con the Burlington, Northern Pacific and gress, men prominent In ths house, op* Orest Northern railroads, from placing in eflict the new rate on lumber which p«>se It. The financiers who op|xise ■ was to liave bectXBe effective Novemlwr •JMM'Isl session of congress generally 1 favor currency reform, but they hold This rate sis 60 cents, as against ths that the regular ••••■kin ot congress la present rate of 40 cents from lhe Hound • nd Western Oregon point« to Hl. Paul, •O nsar that th» aubjacl can lie consid and the lumbermen feel that they have ered then. gained one of the greateet victories ol l-sslia M Hhaw, preaident of the lhe long tight against the railroads. Carnegie Trust company and former In cuiieurring, Federal Judge Wol an-rotary of the treasury, is one of those verton, of Oregon, practically decided who lator linmedlats action. He »ay» the Oregon case of like nature, which if ctingrera had acted last winter the comes up lodar in tlial stale. crisis through which we are now pass Judge Hanford dealt with the various ing would not have hsp|>ene<l. objx'tions lnter|ioasMl by the railriad "Wise legislation,” lie »aid, "cannot attorneys and held that some of them be |»oel lx Ml quickly." were (natter» for gravs consideration. K. II. Ilsrrlmsn, Janie» Hill Iman and He diricted that the order be pre Henry Clew» are sgaimii the Idea. Mr. sented to him for signature this morn Harriman »aid: ing al H o'clock, and Used lhe bond at "No extra »Htsion can help existing ISM,000 to protect the railroads in conditions. What we need 1» rest and •a*e tlie Inleislate Commarce commis qulat, and the opportunity lor thing» sion lakes action in their lai or Io become normal.*’ When Judge Hanford conclude«), F. James Stillman, pr< aidant of the Na 0. Di liars, spscial inlersiste comm le tional lily banll, said sion lawver for the Harrimen r«aids, "We should have mors currency. asked if lhe r«ods would l«e punished Financiers have known this for year«. if they enforc'd the rate on lumber I have worked for it, but when it comes concerns not [isrtlea to the defer dent to to adopting legislation ws must go the ection. The reply was In effect • lowly. Ho far a> present ««onditions that they would not. and the lumber ate concerned, all tlial la needed is for men are telegraphing evrry lumber the pres» to keep on reassuring the cvini|iany not a party to the action ad public Hist thyre 1» no us-aaion for ap vising that they order their lawyers to prehenaon. Value» are absolote’y file suit in intervention. fixed, but, of course, we ranriot have money with which to do business If tlie MEAD PROCLAIMS HOLIDAYS. people hoar«! It away. There is no danger, and lhe people should under Bankers Have Two Days Sat Aside stand this " In Washington. Henry Cle «• »aid "No harm will lie done by waiting Olympia, Wash., Oct. 31.—Governor for th« regular seaaion. The present Mrtnl yesteidsy at 10 o'clock Issued a difficulty will gradually psea away, day pr«clamation drvlaring yesterday and by day. We an* already over the worst today legal holidays. The issuance of of It. There'» no longer any »ting ot the proclamation came as a decided snr- panic. Aa soon aa congrrsa doe» meet, prise to tlie state ollie era, as the gover it will tie tor the president then to pres nor had refused ¡«oaitlvely to take rue i ent his view» on the situation to them action. By tel«*gram and long diatauce and start them on their work." tails lasting until after midnight re Amcns the cong'e>»ineii Interviewci quests were made that the holiday be on the subject, and all ot whom ex- declared. prrased opposition to the id-a of calling These requests were made on belialf a special seaalon to consider the matter, of the banka at Spokane, Itavenpurt, were Charles N. Fowler, chairman of Palouse, Pullman, Dayton, Ellensburg. the house committee on banking and Colfax, Walla Walla. Vancouver, Che currency; W I*. Hepburn, chairman of halis, Centralia, Aberdeen and Ho Hie interstate and foreign commerce quiam. The slatement was made that oom ml Use; John Ikklrall, Jo». H. the tanks which have balance» depoelt- RUEF WAS SHADOWED. Gaine« and W. C. Calderbead. e<J in Portland and other cltiie were unable to have the specie ahip|>ed and feared the consequences of a run The Detective Watcheo When He Went to Ford’s Office. BUILD WAR AIRSHIP. holiday was asked to give time to se cure the actual coin. San Francitco, Oct. 30.—It Is likely Contract Signed for Construction of that arguments of counsel In the Ticey I« Ford bribery case will be begun to First lor Government. CONFIDENCE IN BANKS. day. Assistant District Attorney Hen- Ht. Louis, Nov. 5.—J. C. Mar», of ey announce 1 at the adjournment of the American Asirship A Balloon com Portland Depositors Maks no Attempt court yesterday that h< expet ta to close to Withdraw Funds. pany, of New Y'ork, arrived in Ht, lhe laae tor the prosecution by 11 Portland. Oct. 31. —Portland »howssl o'clock this morning. This means that lamia today from Washington to select confidence in its Isnki yesterday to a Abe Ruef will not be called as a wit a site for the senxltome the company reiiixrkahle degree. There was no in ness. will use for lhe construction of air craft dication of a run at any of the institu The prosecution ye»ter lay placed on and in which the first war air.hlp ever tions when they opened for business at the stand a new and important witness built In the United Stales for the gov tlie iiauaI hour after the holiday. All in the person of Robert H. Peters, an ernment will I» erected. The contract resumed business its usual with the ex assistant to William J. Burna. He for the airrh'p has just l«een closed In ception ot the Title Guarantee A Tills! testified to having shadowed Ruef to Washington, General Allen, of the War ooinpany, which preferrtsd to take ad Ford's office in the Unite,I Railnads department, acting for the government. vantage of the flve iiay bank holiday In carbarns on August 23, IDOfl, the day The al'ship will cost the government order that there might be no doubt as on which Ford withdrew from the 110,(MM) and will I* modeled after the to the legality of the burine»» transact branch mini that last $100,000 of the Beecher, slmwn hero In the recent aero ed. As real estate transactions come $200,000 fund allegedly use«! to buy the nautic contert. According to the plans up very largely in this bank, it was ¡«»»age of the trolley ordinan«?e. Rep ¡1 will carry two men and will lie cap thought I mm >! by President Ross to avoid resenlatives of several Han Francisco able of a sjx*e<l of 26 mile« an hour. A possible legal entanglements. banks te»tifle«l to the non-dep«ait by 60 horse |> wer engine will furnish mo There was no uneasiness apparent the United Railroads, Calhoun, Mul- tive power. A light gun will be mount about the city yesterday, «nd the banks laly, Ford or Abbott of the $200,000 in ed on the framework. were not pressed tor money. In fact, issue. cago banka. I POHILAND BANKS OPEN. Washington, Ort. 30.—If ths govera- msn< is suweasful in Ito seizure of H,- 750,000 cigarettes from the totaao treat at Norfolk, Virginia, under ths Hberman anti-trust law, one of Ito nezt proceedings will be agamst the Guggen heim smelter trust, of which the Fede ral Mining A Smelting <x>mpany, oper ating in Washington and Idaho, is a constituent. Charles Hweeney, of Hpo kane, one ol the directors of the Fwfe- ral company, is heavily interested in Portlard realty. When questioned regarding the gov ernment's action relative to other trusts, if successful against the tobecco corporation, a responsible official In lhe department of jualice replied: "The government will not l>e limited with referent* to any other trust." "What about the Standard Oil and the smelter trust?” "The government will not be limited with reference to any other trust," the official reiterated. An investigation has Ix-en going on into ths rmelter trust for many months. The government has a maaa of evi dent*«. It it proeee«l( against the smel ter trust and tbs Federal company it will seize all interstate cart controlled by tbe Guggenheim» in all their con stituent companies. AFTER FEDERAL CHARTERS President Roosevelt Wants to Super vise Trust Companies. Washington, Nov. 6. — President R«x»evelt will recommend to congress a F «lierai charter for trust companies. Thia scheme, it is understood, baa the indonement ot S-cretery of the Treas ury Cortelyou and Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely. Preaident Roosevelt believes that tbe rame care should be exercised in the in spection of trust companies as in the case of national banks. It is held that any trust company refusing to partici pate in the preetize coming from the posaeerion of a national charter would be viewed with suephlon by the public. H-'me of the high officials of the admin istration believe that under the pres ent lacpjk of supervision many of the trust companies are doing business in a manner that is net conductive to public welfare. It a I si a* Pl*ee«a. It la not only In «vingregatlona of ¡uadrupeda. eueb aa bogs, cattle, horaea. etc., that we often find particularly rlcious spectmena; we also <.«»me »«Toes them In flocka of ¡xMiltry. among hens, turkeys and even pigeon* There are bullies and brutes in the pigeon as well aa human family, A male pigeon that la dispotw-d to make blrnaelf a nulaance in fighting other old birda aud killing squats« might as well be re- iimved from the loft, ff thia la not practical, clip hi» wings and provide a new for the pair on the floor. For a mating pen get • box srul put perpendtoular slats on tbe front and through tbe middle. It should be large enough to make each apartment 12 or 15 inche* square, and one of the slats or dowel» In the partition should be movable. Tbe food and water vesaels may be bung on the partition » that both birds may use tb«-m In rommon. If out of sight of tbelr old mates It wdll not take more than two or three days for them to unite. The movable slat can then be taken away, and If tbe mating Is permanent they may be turn ed Into the loft to find a nesL Feeds for Pigeons—We like whole wheat beat of all grain» for pigeons. 3'it there are many other grains which pigeons like and thrive on. among them common peas, barley, buckwheat, cow peas, soy bean* English horse beans, tbe various kinds of vetch, broom corn, sorghum seed millet sn«l many others. A variety la. of course, always relish ed. Czrrn Is a grxxl feel when given in moderate quantities, especially during summer, and not as an exclusive diet Pigeons also learn to eat boiled pots- toes and other vegetables, soft masb. such as we give to tbe bens. etc. For really fine, plump, fat aquab«, wheat ’» bard to beat A meth«»! of preserving _ meat has been brought out In France by II. de 1-apparent, wblcn seems to bare met with «■«insidershie succeea. It can be • Ian cpplled ,,n * »mail seal» for bouashold purpose*, says tbe ftelentlfic American. The prlnriple «-onalsta In expiring the meat to sulphurous achl fumes. Ry burning a small amount of aulpbnr In a recepra«*!« containing tbe meat bung up In place It can be prsaerved for several daya, even In summer. Tber» Is no taste left from tbe sulphur fume*, and there arems to be no danger to ht-alth. Ruch a mettxxl can be used also on a large scale for prearrvlng meat for army nae. aa It la quit» simple and easy to apfdy In practice. From experiments made on a large seals It ap(«ears that tbe meat fumigated with sulphur did not contain more than 22 grama (340 grains) of sulphurous acl«t gas per 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of meat which 1» on the order of ten thousandth«. The meat aboukl he fumigate«! as »x>n as possible after killing, am! prefer ably on parts which have no cut hone«, lean meat la found to keep beat, To preserve It for several montha meat can be Inclosed In vessels full of csr- bonlc acl«l gas. It has the aproaran«« of frr«h meet. arsi Its taste Is not «*hange«l after cooking. In England Mr. f.aacalles Scott proposed a mettxxl which consists In immersing the meat In a solution of bisulphite of lime. «•lev *t E**a. At tbe California Agricultural Ex- periment Station, the chief object la making a chemical examination of brown-nhelled ami white-shelled <-ggs was to determine whether there Is any superiority of one over the other sa to quality. The text shows that tbe Shells anil tbelr color bare but alight effect on tbe frsxl value of the eggs. It has been salil by some that tbe brown egg» are richer than tbe whits ones, but this statement Is not borne out by a cbenilcal analysis, snd tbe Hlllsiae ( klekes C m *. physical examination proves that the I have adopted tbe plan of substi main points of superiority, though tuting a large roosting c«x>p for each slight, are ixi«>«-*xe<l by tbe white eggs. thirty or forty chicks as s«x>n as they Tbe minute dlfferen«^» that are found are large enough to roost, says an between tbe two groups are exceeded American Agriculturist rorreapondrat. by variation between varl<WI»>i> within This is made from a dry goods box tbe same group. It may be stared that four feet long, three feet wide and there are practl«-ally no differemv-s so far as tlx- food value Is com erne, I be- To Investigate Overcapital'zition. , tween white-shelled and brown-sbelled Washington, Nov. 6.—A searching j <*■«»• investigation will be made by tbe house committee on interstate and foreign Rai*iln< Dark«. commerce, according to tbe prediction Tlie most frequent troubles with of Congressman Mann, of Chicago. ducks anil geese Is vertigo. They drop Mann talke«l with tbe president today down on their feet or fall on one aide concerning the work of the committee. suddenly, at times recovering as sud Mann said pressure was being brought denly or <lying Immediately. This hap to bear to prevent agitation on the pens only when ducks or geese are fed ground that it would mean a continu CH1CKEX COOP. too much grain. The best prevention Is ance of tbe money panic. Mann, how ever, thinks an agitation would have three feet high. The front and twottom to make their feeding ground a pas an opposite effect. He said: "If we are removed. Two »tripe are nailed ture. where the grass is short but abun cannot get legielation on the subject we perpendicular on the front corner, pro dant. and let them get more of tbelr To Rs view Rebate Case will at least have an investigaticn.” jecting a foot below the bottom of the subslster.ie for themselves. They will Washington. Oct. 30.—A petition for box. Tbla raises the front and give« require l«ut little food after warm a writ of certiorari for the transfer of Held in Honduras Jsil. the roof the necessary pitch when fac weather i-omes. as they are then well one of the rebate cases of tbe United Washington, Nov. 6.—The State de ing a downbill position. Two strips over tile laying |«erl«xi. tx-oomlng non States sgainst tbe Great Northern Rail partment has been advised by tbe nailed on each aide form a support for producer«. The nonproducera should way company aas file«l today in the American consul general at Tegucigalpa porches which are fastened together have no grain. There Is a saving In Supreme court of the United States. | of th« recent arrest and imprisonment by crosspieces so all may be removed exi*ense and there will be fewer losses The case aro»«» out of tbe alleged grant- • occurring from diseases.—Poultry ing of rebates to W. P. Deveraux on 16 | at San Pedro, Honduras, of an Ameri at one operation to be sprayed. can citizen, Dr. O. B. Hunter, on We move this coop twice a week, and Farmer. shipments of good» from Minuespolis to charges of a trivial nature, connected It Is always clean and fresh. The Seattle and the Federal court in Minne- I with the transfer of a pie«.-eof property. open front and bottom seem a little 4 rilekm 4 Illa*«. ap >lis found the nad guilty. The Cir a i The consul general has been instructed risky, considering the |s«slbfllty of On the road from East Auburn to cuit court of Appeals affirmed that ver _ to report all the facte to the State de- wandering cats, rats or weasel*. But Turner there Is a novel sight, a chicken dict, thus thecumpany now asks the Su I partment, and upon this presentation we are willing to run some risks if we village, it may lie termed, for at the preme court to review tbe entire case. instructions will be given to the Amer can fill our own and customers* [tens side of n well-kept farmhouse there is ican minister at Honduras to intervene Will Settle Quarrel in the fall with large, robust stock. a village of perhaps a doxen little white in the esse. This one plan has enabled us to pro peak-rooted houses, and the house Washington, Oct. 30. — Secretary duce Orpingtons well up to standard nearest to the road Is built to repre Taft, who lias left Manila to visit Subig Utss Growing Restive. size, which some fail to do. The ac sent a church. The steeple Is as per- bay, goes to endeavor to reconcile a dif- Washington, Oct. 31, — The tribe of companying sketch of coop will ex feet as If the tiny building were really feretxrc of opinion between the army Ute Indians which more than a year and navy respecting the continuance of Intended for a place of worship. These plain itself. ago wandered away from its reservation expenditure on a large scale for the miniature bouses are nothing more or Thorough Cult! vat Inn. fortification of tliat place. Several ! on in Utah and threatened trouble in lers than chicken coops, yet so per Thorough and frequent cultivation is fectly Is everything arranged that the years ago a naval board decided that Colorado and Wyoming bv threatening Subig lay should be the main naval to take the warpath and raid ranches, regarded by many as the best mulch passer-by might, at a first glance, think b*M- Recently, however, the army is reported to have attain broken out on for spring, summer and fall, which in It a "play town” helongtug to some engineers have decided tbatt Subig bay tbe Cheyenne River reservation, in duces the roots to seek food In ever, child. -Kenebee (Me.) Journal. South Dakota, where tbe tribe was direction, thereby becoming more num is practically indefensible. given temporary quarters. At the re erous and deeply Imbedded. as well xs A Potato Coverer. quest of the secretory of tbe interior, Railroads Aid Favorites. going further beyond the penetration B. P. Wagner of Missouri has de the War department today ordered com- Washington, Nov. 2.—In a of cold In winter. In this condition vised the following: The Illustration plaint filed before the Interstate Com- troops from Fort Meade to the scene of it Is only in climates where the cold show« h >w I make my potato coverer. merce commission 223 railroads and the trouble. Is severe that a covering of straw or Get two boards transportation companies are made de other bulky material Is required. Such about 3Va feet long; Take Fleet Back Soon. fendants by the aholeeale drygoods coverings should be removed ns early fasten together to dealers ot Wichita. The complaints Washington, Oct. 30.—It was learn come to a point, allege discrimination against Wicl^ta ed here that Preeident Rocsevelt has no In spring as the season will permit, and the cultivator used, if the crop with a brae« at in favor of Topeka and Kansas City in idea of leaving Admiral Evans' fleet in open end. Th« sin- shipment« from the Atlantic seaboard. the Pacific, but intends to order its re la such as to permit of its use. Even gletree la attached turn within 90 days of its arrival on in the fall a thorough stirring of the Pensioners In the Northwest. to brace by means tbe California coast. One important ■oil wllk admit the air and afford pro Washington. Oct. 30.—The annual conclusion is to be drawn from this tection In the winter, but It is pos of devise« and report of the commisaioner of pensions newly established fact that the fleet is sible that late stirring of the soil, chain. The horse shows that on June 30, 19'37, there to return as soon as the great ships can leaving the ground bare In the winter walks In the row. were 7,79R pensioners in Oregon draw be made ready for the 14,000 mile re season, may permit of loss of fertility and thia tool win ing annual pensions aggregating $1,- turn cruise. The conclusion is that the of the soil, by leaching of the soluble do the covering nicely. 021 645. In Washington there were executive feels absolutely no apprehen portions by rains and melting snows, 10,393 pensioners, drawing $1,362,034; sion respecting the possibilities of war to avoid which some farmers sow the Savis* Seeg. in Idaho, 2.206, drawing $292,290, and with Japan. land to rye late In October and plow Do not attempt to save your own in Alaska 00, drawing $9,099. It under early In the spring. seeds unless you have used every pre Oklahomx as a State. Roosevelt 49 Years Old Washington, Oct. 31.—Sunday was Preeident Roomvelt'a 49th birthday. No celebration marked the event. He did not depart from hie customary Sun- day program of worship, work ami rec reation. The day was spent st tbe White House fireside in a quiet family rejoicing. Congratulations in large Oregon Railway Mall-Clerks. numbers by mail, telegraph and tele Washington, Oct. 31.—Melton Ver phone were received at the White non, of Portland; Ralph W. Knott, of House during the day. Albany; J. C. C«x»per, Thomas E. Millions Are Divorced. Thompson, A. K. Let» and F. E. Sco ville, of Portland, are appointed rail Washington, Oct. 31.—An aggregate way mail clerks. of 1,300,000 divorce cases during the past 20 years will be shown by a report Government Buys Silver. being prepare«! at the census bureau. Washington, Nov. 1.—The Treasury A total of 2,900 clerks and special department today purchased 200,000 agents have been at work for months ounces of silver at 60.941 cents per fine gathering this data, and about 140 are ounce, 100,000 ounces to be delivered still engaged in the task. There are at New Orleans and 100,000 ounces in about 40,000 cases to be investigate«! San Francisco. out of the number state«! before tbe field work is finished and the work of Naw Rural Crrrlars Named. compilation proper can begin. Washington, Oct. 31.—W. E. Child has been appointed! regular,. Sherman More Government Forest. Lyon substitute rural carrier, route 2, Washington, Oct. 31.—The preei at Barton, Oregon.__________ dent has ordered the withdrawal of 34,- Rural Carrier at Sunset. 965 acres of land in Trinity, Shasta and Washington, Nov. 2.—David M. Mc- Glenn counties, California, along the Cance has been appointed regular, and eastern border of the Trinity national George Mills substitute, runll carrier, foreet, and It is proposed to a«id this route 1, at Sunset, Waah. acreage to the foreet. Washington, Oct. 31. — President Roosevelt will prxlaim Oklahoma a state or. Saturday, November 16. The preeident made this announcement to day to Governor Frantz, who brought to Washington a certified copy of the new constitution. Birds and laaerts. caution necessary to prevent crosa-fer- tillzatlon. Planta often mix without the knowledge of the grower. A mel on. It Is claimed, may be fertilised by a pumpkin, and. though the fruit of thia season may be apparently genuine, yet the seeds of such. If used next sea son. may cause a failure of the crop or destroy the quality. It Is much easier to destroy birds than Insects, but as the number of birds Is reduced the Insects multiply. The wren is a very useful bird, and may be Induced to remain near the dwelling bouses If boxes are provided for them, but as they are unable to contend against English sparrows, the entrance to the wren boxes should not Old Geese tor Rreedln*. exceed an Inch In diameter, as the Eggs from young geese are often In wren la very small and can only pro fertile. It la best to keep old geese tect Itself by going where the sparrow for breeders. One gander to three or cannot follow. Every encouragement four geese Is a good mating. Where should be given birds by feeding them there are as many ganders as geese, and providing suitable places for tbelr they often pair off and only mate to protection and accommodation. gether. Endnrnnre of Odar. A New l.and Roller. Cellar wood Is much esteemed by The newest thing In land rollers has farmers for Its lasting qualities when a flexible feature which adjusts itself used for fence posts. An Interesting to all the Inequalities of the surface, proof of the power of this wood to re rolling s dead furrow and a back fur sist the effects of time Is furnished by row the same aa level ground. Another the Egyptian boats made of cedar aovelty about this roller Is that It is which were recently found burled near supplied with an adjustable seat, which the banks of the Nile, and which, ac can be placed back of the rollers when cording to recent estimates of their desired. The object of this Is to pre age. were probably In nae 4.500 years vent accidents by the driver falling off ago. The fact must not be overlooked, and under the rollers. This fka tn re however, that these boats were covered Is especially desirable where It la de by the dry sand of the desert—Balti sired to operate the roller with the sew more Sun. vices of a boy.