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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1911)
NORTHWEST HAS ONLY GOOD CROP Situation Throughout Country Worst In Years. Government's Monthly Report Dis couraging Incressed Acreage Makes Up to Some Extent. Norlhweet Wheat Crop Will Large ly Exceed That of IUIO. Wuxhington, If. Preliminary eatitiiuti-x by the dvpurtriK-iit of ag riculture on the wheat crop fix the I911 winter wheat crop of Oregon at ll.7fl0.<KM> buxhela, or 698,1*00 buxhela over the crop of 1910. The quality of thia crop Auguxt I is re ported to huvu been 95 per cent and the yield per acre 22.2 buxhela. Washington's winter wheat crop ia estimated at 19,800,000 bushels, ax against 13,358,000 bushels lant year. Its condition is reported ax 97 |a-r cent and the yield per ucre as 27.3 bushels. Spring wheat figures are given for Washington only and show the condition on August 1 to be HO per cent, as compared with 93 on July 1. The Washington spring wheat crop was 02 on August I. 1910. Washington, 1). C. A tremendous decline in crops generally throughout the country, traceable to drought and intense heat, occurred last month, as indicated by official figures ami esti mates made in the monthly crop re- |x>rt of the department of agriculture. Thu re|x>rt is the worst, ax to gen eral crop conditions, that the depart ment has issued for any one month aince 1901. The are a most seriously affected ex tends from New York and Pennsyl vania westward to the Rocky Moun tains, embracing all the great com, wheat and hay producing states in the country. Conditions in the Pacific Northwest are regarded as excellent, although during July that territory suffered from a brief but excessively hot per iod. The figures of the report indi cate a material slump in the prospects of all crops. Com, which at this sea son ia the moat im|x>rtant, declined during the month from a condition of about 5 per cent Itclow the average nx indicated by the July report, to nearly 15 |>er cent below the average. BARLEY JUMP8 TO »I 40. For First Time In Years Cereal Higher Than Wheat. Is Stockton, Cal. - For the first time in many years barely Is selling for more than wheat, und there is much excite ment along grain row in this city, th« grain eenter of th« state. Thu cereal has been advancing very rapidly of late, nnd on th« board It haa jum|>ed up almost a dollar during the past weak. Thu crop In this section Is unusually heavy, and .the cash price is high. This has caused the duelers to send agents into the country in an effort to get a new line on th« yield and th« quality, which they thought might |x>ssibly huvu been over-estimated. It has been shown that it has been many yours since a larger und better crop was produced. Some of the cautious buyers have dropped out of the market, uh they fear h break almost any time. Some declure that the sudden bulge'in prices is due bi a speculative demand, and there will be a reaction. Others in sist barley‘will go to 11.50 before there ia any reaction. The farmers in the meantime are muking u large prolit. NOVEMBER 30 DESIGNATED AS THANKSGIVING DAY Washington, D. C. President Taft will designate • Thursday, November 80, ax Thanksgiving Day, despite the request of bankers that the president name Thursday, November 23. It has always been the custom to designate the last Thursday in Novem ber as Thanksgiving Day, und Mr. Taft will adhere to that custom. The bankers wanted November 23 se lected. declaring that th« making of November 30 a legal holiday would seriously interfere with their work. The law requires that National banks make their statements to the Treasury department on the first day of every month, and a holiday falling on the last day of the month would be most inconvenient, said the bankers. There was some doubt us to what Thursday in November would be se lected this year, as the month con tains five Thursdays. The White House has be«n besieged by theatrical managers and those in charge of col lege football games to settle thia doubt, so that definite arrangements can be made for the array of special performances and sports that mark the day. TAFT NEEDS REST. Western Trip Depends On Oppor tunity to Recuperate,! Washington, D. C. Numerous invi tations continue to reach the White House for President Taft to visit “Yankee Hater" in Canadian Town cities throughout the South and West during his coming trip, but owing to Vents Spleen on Emblem. Buffalo, N. Y. A dispatch from the uncertainty of the date of the ad journment of congress, the President London, Ont., says: Thomas Molgely, who prides him has not definitely decided upon the self on the title of "Yankee Hater," itinerary. The president is ’constantly receiv publicly burned the Stars and StrijM-a in the streets of the town of W. xh I ing appeals to include the Pacific He has said stock. A few hours liefore, someone, I Coast in his program. in a spirit of mischief, had nailed an that if he could get a month of good Amercan ting ataive the door of his rest at Beverly, he w< uld not object shop. When Midgely saw the ting he to including the Far West in his jour cnlli*d his neighlxirs around him and ney, but that he must have some time walking to the mi<i«i!.* of the street, for recuperation. He is to start on lighted n fire and burned thi* ting. his Southern and Western trip Sep Then he scattered the nxhex alx>ut the tember 16. street, “that the horses might tram RIOTERS LOOT SHOP.’ ple them under their feet.” AMERICAN FLAG BURNED. NEW INVASION EXPECTED. Msgon Junta Prepares to Continue War in Lower California. Snn Diego, Cal. Dr. J. Dias Prieto, Mexican consul in San Diego, confirms the report that the Mngon junta in lx»a Angeles is preparing for a second armed insurrection in laiwer California. Consul Prieto said he hud been in touch with the situation on the bonier the past six or seven days Htid that he wax in communication with Colonel Celso Vega, jefe jsditico at Ensenada, Ixiwer California. Thirty Mexicans, led by nn Italian who served in the rebel army in Low er California, are said to have left San Diego in groups during the past 21 hours and two excited gatherings of Mexicans in the lower end of the city were dispersed by the police. Troops Meet With Hostile in Liverpool. Reception Liverpool—The calm of the strike situation here wax dissipated by ser ious rioting in the vicinity of the Lime street station. A mob wrecked nlxiut 20 shops and looted them of liootx and clothing. Nenry 500 additi onal troops who arrived in the city met with a hoatle receptiion. I Hindoo The strike of dockmen, lightermen, ¡coalportera and carmen, which for several days has seriously disturbed all business in London and resulted in a shortage of food stuffs, coal, petrol and other necessities, was ended with the settlement of the ligh- terers’ dispute. The men were con- cedeil a Ill-hour day and nn increase of about 25 |>er cent in wages. Quake Rekindle* Fire*. Brother Probably Kidnapper. Chicago Inspector Revere, who has been conducting the senrch for t’> year- old Angelo Mareno, granted Philip Mareno, the chilli's brother, 21 hours in which to produce the missing boy on pain of being locked up. The police believe now that the kidnaping of little Angelo wax the result of a fam ily disagreement [nnd that the elder brother knows who has the boy and where he is hidden. Philip is said to have been the only one who knew of his father’s savings of a little over 11,000. Strike Strength Display. Chicago Railroad officials declare that the strike which threatens West ern railroads is being planned as a demonstration of strength of the rail road department of the American Fed eration of Labor. The railroad de partment of the American Federation of Labor was organized four years ago. It is'said to have a membership of nearly 700,000, comprising shopmen and telegraphers of 18 of the most imjiortant roads. Frost Hits Canadians. St. Paul According to reports re ceived by the local weather hutwiu, Edmonton and Calgnry, Canada, ex perienced breaths of frost Thursday morning, the temperature dropping to 36 degrees. Snn Bernardino, Cal.- Smouldering logs dislodged and rolled down the mountain sides by a sharp earthquake shock started another forest tire which may prove serious. Forest Super visor Charlton has despatched 40 men to fight the new blaze. The new fire is in Devil’s Canyon, above which the recent contlngrntion raged last week. There were two shocks, one at 3:40 and another at 10:20 a. m. Though the buildings were shaken severely, the damage done in this city wns trival. Meat Dearer in New York. New York Prices of beef are to be raised anil local retail dealers say the advance makes the cost of meat pass the high water mark of last fall. Prices have been steadily advancing for two weeks. The wholesale price of hind quarters of beef has jumped from 11 to 14 cents, while pork loins have gone up from 10 to 15 cents a pound. Wholesalers say the cause of the advance is the scarcity of good cattle in the West and Southwest. Rubber Plant* Return«. Woonsocket, R. I. The mills of the Woonsocket Rubber company, which have been closed for a month because of dullness in the rubber business, have resumed operations in several departments. Nearly 2,500 hands will find employment. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS WANTED HIS FEE IN ADVANCE Physician Had Good Raaaon for In sisting on Monsy Before Treat ing Patient for Insomnia. wimw ©i? « "Ixxtor,” said the caller, "I'm a vic tim of Insomnia. Can you cure me?" "I can,” replied the physician. "But before I take tbe case I want to ask you one question. Are you In busi ness for yourself or do you work for others T" "I'm employed tn a grocer's shop," answered the patient “Then you'll bare to pay tn ad vance," said the doctor. "I'm not doubting your honesty, but r.ft r 1 got through with you the chances are you will sleep so soundly you’ll lose Washington, Aug. 11. Friends of your Job. Then you can’t pay me." the British and French arbitration treaties in the senate have reached the The Military Ruls. conclusion that it will be necexxary to A southern farmer was trying to amend the convention* in order to get sell a mule to a negro who two year* favorable action upon them. This before had been kicked on the bead conclusion ia the result of discussions by the animal. by the senate committee on foreign "Of course," istd the farmer, "this relations. mole kicks, but----- " After two prolonged sittings, the "I don’ wan' him." objected the col committee adjourned late today to ored man emphatically. meet again Saturday. Both meetings "Just because he kick*?" asked the were devoted to the consideration of farmer, with an air of contempt the documents on their merits, the "Humph!" grunted the negro. "IMt first in company with Secretary Knox, and the second by the members alone. mule don’t kick. Ha shoots."—Popu No effort was made to have the lar Magazine. treaties rejxirted, and it became ex £L CAM//AS) A/10 /M/tO/t LAMS' Not to Be Encouraged. tremely doubtful to some of the An Oklahoma editor was much In friends of the administration whether VERY year the great resorts of I ts a stream thirty-five feet wide, and such an effort would be wise at pres terested tn a scientific note be en Europe are visited by thousands in the spring and early summer when countered in an «-astern paper, to tbe ent. of tourists who apparently have the snow 1* melting upon the high effect that if the earth were flattened no knowledge of the great ns- Sierra it* roar can be heard all over Washington, Aug. 10.—Investiga the sea would be two mile* deep all Uonal parks which have been the valley, and tbe ahock of the d» tion of the "Wiley incident” in the over the world. department of agriculture, revolving The editor roprinted this note with creat«xl by cor-gresa for the benefit scent rattle* the window* a mile away. of the people and tn which there are This fall 1* conceded by all critic* around the charges that Dr. Harvey lhe following comment: W. Wiley, as chief chemist, employed "If any man la caught flattening th« natural features and views that can to be one of the most wonderful and an expert scientist at an illegal rate earth, shoot him on tbe spot There’s not be surpassed. beautiful cascade* In the world. It* of payment, reached an acute stage in a whole lot of us In this state who If the traveler seeks Alpine glaciers first fall la about 1,800 feet sheer the Moss committee of inquiry in the -an’t swim."—Success Magazine. he has only to go to the Glacier Na drop, then come a serie* of cascade* house of representatives today. tional Park, where there are more partly bidden in which the fall 1* over Evidence showed that Solicitor Mc glaciers tn the same area than In 600 feet, and finally a vertical drop A Poor "Worm.” Cabe had removed the words, "ben- Yeaee—It is said that silkworms fed Switzerland; If be desires to travel tn of 400 feet zoaic acid," and substituted the word on different leave* produce silks of comfort over finely built roeds that From the cliffs surrounding the vaF "caffeine” before circulating a judg varied colors; thus vine leaves pro rival those of France, Switzerland and ley the scene la one of remarkable ment rendered against a food manu luce a bright red. and lettuce an em- Germany, the Yellowstone Park ex- Inspiration and beauty. At the foo* facturer in a Missouri court, this be erald green. o fthe traveler lie« the valley floot^— tend* its invitation to him. ing only an incident to the session. If he Is attracted to Europe by the the green trees and meadows and the Crimsonbeak—WelL when this par As a result of interviews credited tlcular worm produces a silk drees for mystery of the Black Forest. be can winding river giving tbe effect of a to President Taft in a newspaper arti bls wife, he doesn't feel like eating find more majeetlo and Impressive rich velvet carpet over which a line cle that the committee is conducting anything for a month."—Youkor* foreets on the slope« of tbe Sierra Ne of «liver ha* been drawn; here and an "ex parte” investigation of the Statesman. vada. tn the Yosemite, Sequoia and there one get* glimpeee of the foam Wiley case. Chairman Moss announced General Grant porks. If hl* thoughts ing whit* water* hurling thems*lvee today that all witnesses whom the de turn to the clear blue lakes of Swtv to tbe valley below; on both «ide* of Cheated. partment of agriculture or the presi serland. be can find their counterparts the valley rls* the great wall* at Manager — What ’ s the leading lady dent may desire to put on the stand will In tbe Glacier and Crater Lake national rock, sculptured by the element* into tn such a tantrum about? be heard. parka various fantastic shape« and figure«. ntne Press Agent — She only got The power of the committee to in Tr»ti Twenty Contort** Old. Should be be enxkms to risk hie bouquets over the footlights tonight quire into the Wiley case as it now In th« Yoeemlt* tbe Sequoia and the fit* tn eeallng snow-clad peaks, be haa Manager- — Great Scotti Ain't that rests before the president was ques only to repair to Mount Ranier in General Grant National parks are tioned by Representative Sloan, of enough? Washington, whose steep slopes and found the grove« of big tree* tbe like for Pre** Agent — Nope — «he paid Nebraska, who, however, withdrew Ice-covered top will furnish sport ex of which are seen nowhere else In the ten. his objection* and said he was willing citing enough for the most daring of world. These tree* grow to a height to have the committee go as far as it mountaineers. If he is interested in of >40 feet and have a circumference Endless Suspicion, liked. the ruins of prehistoric people, tbe of over 100 feet at the baa«, the bark the manager and "Why can't that McCabe admitted that William H. Casa Grande ruin in Arizona and the sometimes exceeding 40 Inch** in un- prime donna come to a friendly Harris, a coffee expert, is employed in Mesa Verde National Park tn Colora thlckneaa the bureau of chemistry under terms i deratanding?" The rings tn tbe trunks of these do will show him how tbe aboriginal t* If business "It's impossible, exactly similar to those in the case of I Inhabitants of America lived hundreds tree* show that many of them are feel that the mao- good she is sure to Dr. Husby, which McCabe refused to of years before It* discovery by Euro over 2,000 year* old. Cathedral* and sanction, and which brought atxiut the tiger is getting her work too cheap. peans. castle* have been built and fallen into charges against Wiley. McCabe in And If business la bad he Is certain Yellowstone ts Best Known. that she Isn't earning her salary." sisted there was a difference in that Tbe Yellowstone National Park In Harris wax the only coffee expert the northwestern Wyoming Is the oldest The Only Thing. department could employ. Guest (after a particularly bad and the best known of all the parks Washington, Aug. 10.- There was lunch)—There Is one thing on your and reservations. It was created by much activity t»xlay in the interest table which is unsurpassed in the fin an act of congress In 1872, and ever since that time the government has of an agreement between the two I est hotels In London. houses of congress on the schedules of , Seaside Hotel Proprietor—Very been constructing roads and cutting th«- wool bill, resulting in an under kind of you to say so, sir. May I ask trails, until now the park ts in a high state of development and all parts of standing that La Follett«- and Under what you refer to? wood, constituting the sub-committee, Guest—The salt!—London Opinion it are accessible to the traveler. In tbe park may be seen natural would make Hn early effort to reach an adjustment. The close of the day phenomena the like of which t* found WALL STREET. found the two legislators still apart nowhere else In the world. Here are on essential details, but nearer than guy sera that throw jets of steam and before. hot water Into the air. great terraces When they were in conference on formed from deposit* of mineral mat Tuesday Senator La Follette gave Mr. ter in the water thrown up by the Underwood to understand that he geysers, and the great falls of Yel could not possibly get his followers lowstone river which traverses a beau to agree to a rate of less than 30 per tiful multi-colored canyon that is sec cent on raw wool, while Mr. Under ond only to the Grand Canyon of the wood told him that it would be neces Colorado. xary to come to 28 per cent, if not to In this park may be seen the deer, 25, to insure the acceptance of the the bear, the antelope and the bison conferenct- report by the house. on their native range, because hunt- The senator undertook to make a I Ing is prohibited and the bands of canvass, but with little hope of suc deer and antelope roam through the cess. He had been assured of the | valleys and over the slopes as they support of only eight of the insurgents did years before they were practically Republicans of the senate for 30 per exterminated in the greater part of cent. He could afford to lose only two the west. votes and his investigation was not The Glacier National Park in north reassuring. ern Montana on the Canadian border Mr. Underwood was more confident Is the newest of the parks controlled than his fellow conferee, leading to by the federal government This park the conclusion that he might go farther Falls of the Yellowstone. has an area of about 915,000 acres and than he yet had manifested a willing has a maximum length of sixty miles. decay, empire* have come and gone, ness to do. His optimism was due to Yosemite In Class by Itself. but these grizzly giant* of the western a change in the condition in the house. When one speaks of California the slopes still raise their hoary beads and The Democrats of the house have been Yosemite Park naturally comes to spread their grateful shade as they thoroughly canvassed in the last two days to determine whether they would Mandy—Why, Cyrus, yer must hev mind. As long ago as 1864 an act did In the days of the Caesars. The largest glacial system In the support an increase of the rates in walked yerself ter death in New of congress granted the Yosemite val- , ley and the Mariposa big tree grove world radiating from any single peak the Underwood bill, in order to effect York, yer looks so tired. a compromise with the insurgent- Cyrus—Thet's what I did. I wuz to the State of California for public Is situated on Mount Ranier tn west Democratic strength of the senate. tryln' ter find thet street wot wuz use and recreation. The legislature ern Washington. The Mount Ranier it was asserted today by prominent full of bulls an' bears. of California by the act approved National Park tncludes the mass of Democrats that Mr. Underwood had March 3, 1905, re-ceded the jurisdic this great mountain and all the ap found an unexpected strength in favor tion and ownership of this tract to proaches to It From the Farmer. I The Crater Lake National Park In of meeting the La Follete forces on the "Our whole neighborhood has been the United States, and only since June best possible compromise basis, pre stirred up?' said the regular reader. 111. 1906, has the management of the Oregon has within Its borders a lake ferably on raw wool. The editor of the country weekly Yosemite National Park been under that Is unique among the natural seized his pen. "Tell me all about It," the control of the federal government wonders of the world. This lake. Into Victory Scored By Labor. The entire park ha* an areg of which no streams flow and which baa he said. "What we want is news. Washington, D. C.—Organized la What stirred It up?" about 36 by 40 miles. The Yosemite no visible outlet lies in what Is left bor won a signal victory when Con "Plowing," sold the farmer.—Drift valley, which is the most frequently to the caldera of a great mountain troller Tracewell of th«- treasury, con wood. visited place Is about 7 miles long that rose to an elevation of over 14,- strued the last naval appropriation and % mile wide. In the center of 000 feet above the sea. It Is almost forty years since con act to mean that “every” employe in tl Is valley Is a level, parklike mead Hobble Impossible. a shipyard where government vessels Jack—I thought you told me hobble ow. through which runs the Merced gress laid the beginning of the great are building must be given an eight- skirts were worn tn thia town? That river, while on either side the moun national park system by passing the hour day. Heretofore it had been isn't one. tains rise steep and precipitous to a act creating the Yellowstone National held by the attorney general that for Fred—Oh, that Is the dressmaker. height of 4,000 feet above the floor of Park, approved March 1, 1872. Other parks have been created since, until mer appropriation acts applied the She can’t wear one, because she has te valley. eight-hour restriction only to work act to chase after the others to collect Numerous streams drop from the at present the area embraced In these ually performed on the vessel itself. eage of the cliff to the valley below. pleasure grounds of the people her bills.—Exchange. The first of these as the tourist en amounts to over 4,000,000 acres. Channel to Be Deepened. The policy of establishing national ters the valley Is the Bridal Veil Falls. Knew Him. Washington. D. C. — The Army Church—And what sort wf a man is A stream fully thirty feet wide falls parks has resulted in preserving from River and Harbor board have recom your neighbor? I a distance of 600 feet, then rushes private exploitattop and gain great llo nf nnd ♦ then U .. — arena which are characterized by mag. mended to the secretary of war that a Gotham—Oh, he's the kind of a ' ' Avne 0Ter n a slnnlniv sloping t pile of dnhrla debris, and government dredge be utilized in man who would cheerfully get up and,drpP8 perpendicularly 300 feet more, nlficent scenery and which are used deepening the channel at Hoquiam, give his seat to a lady—In a dentist's The great waterfall In this park, as vacation resorts by thousands of Wash., as has been urged by Senator chair.—Yonkers Statesman. | however, Is the Yosemite Falla. Thia I people. Jones and Representative Warburton., Washington, Aug. IL- Represent ative Humphrey, of Washington, to day gave notice of intention to attack (.'hairman Graham, of the committee on investigation of the Interior de partment, for his failure to probe the Controller bay affair thoroughly, and In a few day* he will make a speech in the house attacking Graham for abandoning this investigation before he hud summoned any important wit nesses. Humphrey ha* the promise of other Western support. E