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HUGE SALE OF PUBLIC TIMBER Sierra Forest Opened to Lum ber Companies. California Firm Buya BOO,000,000 Feet Growth Will Replace Small Percentage Usad. Washington, I). C,—Final arrange- manta for the aale of HOU,000,000 faat of government timber to tha Sierra Sugar Pine company, a California cor poration, will shortly be concluded In San Francisco by Chief Forester Henry S. (¡raves, who la due to arrive there on September 28. The timber, which stands in the Si erra national forest, has already been awarded, after public advertisement, but, under the terms of the advertise ment, the contract will not become binding until the company has been shown on the ground what timber the government will reserve in order to provide for reproduction, and as agreed in writing to the terms im posed. The company will be allowed to cut in full 800,000,000 f.-.t, but It will not be allowed to cut clean. As a rule, the Forest Service reserves about one-third of the stand, “Such large and long term sales are anew development of the service, " said Chief Forester (¡raves. “Great bodies of mature but inaccessible tim ber can be put on the market only if sale contracts are let on terms which will Justify a very heavy initial in vestment In transportation facilities. In entering into such contracts, how ever, special safeguards to protect the public against monopoly and to pre vent an undue speculative profit to the purchaser are employed. “The national forests contain the equivalent of nearly 600,000,000,000 feet of timber now of merchantable aise, besides young growth for future harvest. Because of its remoteness from market, only a small percentage can now be sold on any terms. The sale of less than one-fifth of 1 per cent of our total supply to one company leaves plenty of room for competition by other companies. “The timber which has been sold to the California companies lies well back in the Sierra Nevada mountains and will require the conatruction of 70 miles of standard gauge railroad to open up the area. The company is given a cutting period of 22 years to remove the timber, besides an addi tional two years for the construction of logging and manufacturing facili- » Superior Mobility of Insurgents, How ever, May Prolong War. Washington, D. C. — Further evi dence of the weakening of the Orosco rebellion is conveyed to the State and War departments In the latest reports from army officers and consuls of the movements of the varloua rebel lead ers operating in Northern Mexico. These movements are so irresolute as to satisfy the officials that no longer are the varloua generals acting under common leadership. Officials here say reports show that nowhere do the rebels feel disposed to meet the government forces in action except where they can attack some small town or mining camp garrisoned by a force much smaller than their own. It is expected this sort of war fare may be kept up several weeks or oven months, in view of the superior mobility of the well mounted rebels who are living on the country and are free from heavy equipment or artil lery. Colonel 1’asqual Orosco, Hr., and other rebel officers captured by Cap tain Mitchell, of Frooidio, Texas, have been turned over to the United States civil authorities at Marfa. The mining plant at El Tigre, which was captured recently by the rebels and retaken by the federals a few hours later, has begun to operate again. Kobbing and looting are still preva lent in the neighborhood of Madgalene. DEMAND FOR CARS GREAT. Northwest Railrosds Break Records In Handling Grain. Chicago — Results of the bountiful crop to be moved this year by the rail- roads are beginning to show them- selves in the statistica of car move ment. This Is brought out strikingly in the case of the Chicago 4 North western railway, which is breaking all previous records in this respect. The Northwestern on September IS moved M the lines of its system 2-,.... I freight cars and on the following day almost duplicated tbe figures with a total of 27,084 cars. This, it is said by the management of the road, exceeds greatly any record heretofore established for u single day's business and the performance is made possible by extensive terminal improvements which have been In stalled in the past two years, enabling a more expeditious movement of care. Other roads are also meeting with a constant increase in the demand for cars and all indications point to one of the largest traffic years in the his tory of the railroads. One reports no surplus cars whatever at the present time, while another lays stress on the fact that the demand for cars west of the Missouri river is becoming strong and grain shipments have increased percepitbly in the last week, bringing “For several years the Forest Ser business as a whole above last year vice has been selling in the neighbor- by a considerable margin. l»H>d of ll.ooo.ooo worth of national WHITE ESKIMO CREDITABLE. forest stumpage each year, hut this, combined with whet is cut for free use, is only one-eighth of what might Scientists Believe Explorer Stefanson be cut without reducing the perma Will Prove Claims. nent stock of the forests. The supply Washington, D. C.—The lost tribe will be kept up through growth. By of Europeans, the white Eskimos, making long-term sales, it will be whom Vilhjalmor Stefanson found in possible greatly to increase the amount available for present needs of the Arctic Circle, are old friends of the timber-consuming public, without the scientists of the National museum. I)r. Walter Hough, of the ethnolog endangering future supplies through ical department of the museum, one over-cutting. of the greatest authorities on Ameri can aborigines, said he believed the explorer would be able to substantiate his statements. “There are three important features of Stefanson's announcement," said “He speaks of finding Bingham, Utah—Forty-five hundred Dr. Hough. men employed in the copper mines many Eskimos with blue eyes, reddish here laid down their tools Thursday hair and light complexions. If these morning, after the operators refused white Eskimos are descendants of the to meet their demands for an increase lost colonists of Greenland, it is in in pay of 60 cents a day. Every mine teresting to know that this type of in the camp, with one exception, is white man has retained Scandinavian idle. characteristics so long. The second The strikers are mostly foreigners important phase is that Stefanson and are determined that no one shall found the facial index was the same enter the mines or buildings until as that of Eskimo-Scandinavian half- bloods of Greenland, and not typically their demands have been granted. Shota were fired when deputies Eskimo." The third important thing is the marched to the mines to draw the fires. A striker was shot by a deputy fact that Stefanson has found a tribe that had practically no contact with at another point. civilisation fer centuries. Criminal Bureau Is Plan President Insists on Budget. Wenatchee. Wash. —The organisa Beverly, Mass. — President Taft tion of a bureau for the detection of criminals in Oregon, Washington and made public a letter to Secretary of British Columbia was one of the prin the Treasury MacVeagh, taking open cipal matters discussed at the semi issue with congress on the question of annual convention of the State Sher a Federal budget and directing all iffs' association, which was in session heads of government departments or here for two days. It is proposed to independent officers of the government establish a Northwest identification to make their estimates of revenue bureau for the purpose of keeping an nnd expenditures for the fiscal year in accurate record of all criminals in the conformity with the budget plan. West. A bureau where thumb prints, The president’s letter said the photographs and descriptions may be clause in one of the big supply bills practically forbidding the use of a kept is to be established. budget system, as unconstitutional. Heat Record Is Broken. Food Carried to Cananea. San Francisco—San Francisco and Douglas, Aril.—Cananea was again Sacramento were singled out as points of attack by a heat wave Thursday, placed in communication with the out both cities recording temperatures of side world by rail Saturday. The first about 10 degrees above the average train sent to the copper camp from for the rest of the state. The San Naco since the rebels under Emilio Francisco maximum was 94 degrees, a Campa destroyed the bridges at Vil- record for the year. The prophecy is Iaverde contained provisions, which for a drop in the thermometer of from were becoming scarce at Cananea. A 6 to 10 degrees, with indications of trainload of copper bullion was ship clear weather immediately to fol ped out. There are about 800 federal troops there and the place is in no low. immediate danger of molestation. Shingle Market Is Firm. Telegraph Strike Off. Seattle, Wash.—Efforts of whole Winnipeg, Man.—There will be no sale shingle dealers to break the mar ket and force prices down so far has strike of Canadian Pacific railway tel The men have received met with little success. Seattle egraphers. wholesalers have recently sold clear satisfactory concessions from the com shingles for future delivery at $2.60 pany, including a 12 per cent increase in the East,-*-the- prevailing price at in pay, a like increase for overtime the mills on the Coast. So far as work and a reduction in hours from an known the wholesalers have been un 11 to a ten-hour standard, according to able to fill all the orders taken at the announcements made here. The men asked for a 15 per cent increase. cut prices. STRIKERS CAPTURE UTAH MINE; FIRE ON SHERIFF'S T REBELLION IS FAILING. C. O. D. LIQUOR BARRED, FARM » ORCHARD Note» anti Instruction» from Agricultural College» and Experiment Station» of Oregon and H'atMngton. Specially Suitable to Pacific Coad Condition» HOW TO DRY APPLES.; BAKE OR BUY BREAD’ F. C. Bradford, Fruit Expert Staff, Domestic Science Dean Says Cheap Answers Questions. er to Make at Home. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis—So many letters asking how to dry apples have been received by the (>. A. C. division of horticulture re cently that F. C. Bradford, of the re search laboratories, has prepared the following information on the subject: Most of the apple drying in Oregon is done in prune dryers, probably be cause these are available. In New York state, where apple drying is done extensively, evaporators much like the hop kilns here are used. In fact, some apples are dried in hop driers in Oregon. Prune dryers are fairly well adapted to this work, and have the advantage of being available for drying several crops. The beat fruit is peeled, cored and put on trays. An experienced oper ator with a hand machine will pare 60 bushels a day if the fruit is not too small. It is usually exposed then to the fumes of sulphur for a few min utes to bleach it, or keep it from turn ing dark. It is important that it be bleached ax soon as possible after par ing and slicing. A simple form of bleacher is a tight compartment with cleats to accommodate a number of trays at a time, at the bottom of which a pan of sulphur is burned. The fruit should not come nearer than two feet to the sulphur. Trays with wooden slats are preferable, as gal vanised wire is affected by sulphur fumes. If the fruit is handled in bulk a box with a series of inclined planes placed one above the other and., slop ing in opposite directions is used. The fruit is thrown in at the top and slides down these planes, exposed con stantly to the fumes of sulphur, and collects at the bottom, whence it is removed from time to time. Care must ' be exercised lest too much sul phur be absorbed by the fruit, a con dition forbidden by law. The time required for sulphuring is variously estimated at from 20 minutes to an hour and a half, depending on the amount of sulphur used. Ten pounds of sulphur to a ton of fruit is perhaps a good estimate of the amount re quired. Slicing usually follows, but may precede the bleaching. Slices are cut a quarter of an inch thick, and when ever possible should be at right angles to the hole whence the core was re moved. The proportion of rings gov erns the grading of the fruit to a con siderable extent In kiln evaporators the fruit is spread some eight inches deep. This is, of course, impossible when trays are used. The general practice in New York evaporators is to start the fruit at 150 degrees, finishing at 125. In prune dryers this is necessarily re versed, and a higher temperature is frequently maintained. In kilns the fruit is turned from time to time to prevent it from sticking to the slats. When one lot has been removed, the floor is treated with tallow to further prevent sticking. A good kiln usually dries a lot of sliced fruit in 10 to 14 hours; in prune dryers in Oregon 24 hours is the most common period. The fruit should dry until there is little or no visible moisture on the surface. A text sometimes employed is the squeezing of a number of slices together in the hand. Properly dried slices will separate at once upon being released. After it is taken from the drier the fruit should be allowed to “sweat” on a clean floor, as prunes are shoveled over from time to time. This makes the fruit more uniform as to moisture. Most of the dried apples in Oregon are sold in sacks. If one is drying on a large scale, however, it will be found advantageous to pack in an at tractive manner in 25 and 60»pound boxes, or In one-pound cartons, as large operators in other regions do. Reports from experienced Oregon apple dryers indicate that a bushel of green apples will produce 8 to 12 pounds of dried fruit, the amount varying with the method of drying and the variety used. King, Baldwin and Northern Spy are generally con sidered good apples for drying. Opin ions as to the Ben Davis vary. Sum mer apples in general lack the firmness required in a good drying apple, al though the Duchess of Oldenburg is considered good. Though it is rea sonable to suppose a good eating apple will make the best dried apple, at present the market does not discrim inate, and seedlings are frequently employed. The grading is usually based upon whiteness, cleanliness and general attractiveness, and proportion of slices in rings. The drying of apples is discussed in much greater detail in Farmers’ Bul letin 291, from which much of this matter has been taken. It can be se cured by writing members of congress or the secretary of agriculture, Wash ington, D. C. Earthly Paradise. “To devote oneself to a profession one truly enjoys, to adore a sweet young woman with the hope that your love will last forever, and to be young in spirit, is all the hsppiness a mortal can ask."—The Guilty Man, by Fran cois Coppee. Religion. Religion is a thing most men intend to acquire after they have succeeded in getting everything else they want Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis—Shall bread be baked in the home? Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin, dean of the borne economics depart ment of the Oregon Agricultural col lege believes it is not only cheaper to bake at home, but that, the bread is more wholesome, nourishing, and cleaner. She has figures to support her argument “All intelligent women are now In vested in discussing questions relat ing to industries in the home and those which can with advantage be taken out of the home and carried on in large factories or centers,“ says Mrs. Calvin. “In regard to the production of 1. cad, certain factors must be consid ered, as the comparative coat of the home produced article and that pur chased, the comparative quality and cleanliness, and the general sanitary conditions. “In considering the cost of home- baked bread, it may be figured as fol lows ; Cost of flour for four loaves, 3 lbs.. .... $ .11 Liquid, 1 quart skimmed milk, .02} Yeast, 1 cake compressed, - ,02 Salt, sugar and lard, - - .01 Total cost of materials, . $ .16} Materials for one loaf, - - .04} “To the cost of materials must be added the cost of fuel used in the bak ing. If gas is used at $1 a thousand, it will add 2c to tbe cost, making each loaf cost 4|e. If gasoline is used at 17c per gallon, tbe fuel ,will coat l}c for four loaves. If the ordi nary coal range is used, the actual cost of baking will vary with tbe use made of other parts of the range at the same time, since a thrifty house wife will bake while cooking other food or while ironing. If no other use is made of the range heat, the cost of baking will be nearly the same as when gasoline is used. “Thus it is figured that the actual cash cost of one loaf of home-made bread will be 4}c if made with com pressed yeast. Home-made yeast will save about l-3c on each loaf, tbe actual cost being about 3fc. "This loaf will weigh one pound. A bakers loaf weighs about 13 ounces and costs 5c. That is four pounds of baker’s bread costs 25c, and four pounds of home-made bread about 18}c, a gain in money saved by home baking of nearly 7c. “Thus we come to consider the question of quality. The highest grade of materials have been used in the home-made article. It has the highest nutritive value. If rightly made it is sweet, well-baked, palata ble and attractive. Baker’s bread is too often slightly acid, over-raised and under-baked. Under-baked bread contributes to dypsepsia and all its attendant evils. So perhaps it pays to make good home-made bread for digestion's sake. “Watch the baker's wagon being loaded in the early morning hours. The coat, the gloves that were worn when the horses were harnessed are still on. The bread is piled high on the sleeves of that coat; it is handled by those gloves. Is the bread wagon very clean? Does the driver pile a good deal of bread on the front box and then pass the lines over it? In the hot summer days do the flies rise from the filth of the road when the wagon stops and swarm into the wagon? Are you certain that the bake shop kitchen is as clean as your own? Did you ever find something unattractive in your bread? “Perhaps it pays to bake bread at home because of better sanitary con ditions. Money is not the only meas ure of worth. The 7c gain is but a part of tbe total gain." All Shipments Must Be Plainly Labled and Addressed. Washington, D. C.—Attorney Gen eral Wickersham, in instructions to all United States attorneys, is urging prompt and vigorous prosecutions of any persons found violating sections 238, 239 and 240 of the new criminal code, which provide conditions under which intoxicating liquors may be shipped from one state to another, or from a foreign country into the Uni ted States. These statutes, however, do not apply to shipments entirely within a state, that being a matter over which the Federal government has no jurisdiction. The laws in ques tion do not undertake to prevent the shipment of liquor into “dry" states or “dry” towns, it having been held by the courts that the government cannot interfere with legitimate in terstate commerce. The three sections named, however, are designed to be an aid to the au thorities of a "dry" state or town, in that they enable the state and local authorities to learn whenever liquor enters their jurisdiction. After its delivery to the consignee, it comes un der state or local authority, and Fed eral jurisdiction ceases. The most sweeping provision of tbe criminal code, to which the attorney general calls attention, requires that every package containing intoxicating liquor of any sort, when shipped from one state into another state, shall be “so labeled on the outside cover as to plainly show the name of the con signee, the nature of its contents and tbe quantity contained therein,” and any person who ships liquor from one state to another in violation of this section—that is, ships it in packages not marked as required shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $5000, and liquor so shipped shall be forfeited to the Un ited States. Section 238 prohibits officers, agents or employes of railroad com panies, express companies or other common carriers from delivering any package containing intoxicating liquor to any person other than tbe person to whom it has been consigned, except up on tbe written order in each instance of tbe bona fide consignee, and also prohibits the delivery of such pack ages to any fictitious person or to any person under a fictitious name. Vio lation of this section subjects tbe guilty party to a fine not exceeding $6000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. This section also applies only to liquor shipped from one state into another. The third section. No. 239, provides that any railroad company, express company, or other common carrier, or any other person, who, in connection with the transportation of any intoxi cating liquor from one state to an other, shall collect the purchase price or any part thereof, before, on or af ter delivery, or shall in any manner act as the agent of tbe buyer or seller of any such liquor, for the purpose of buying or selling or completing the sale thereof, save only in tbe actual transportation and delivery of the same, shall be fined not more than $5000.________________ GROWING FEET COSTLY. PRAISES FOR PANAMA CANAL Charges of Bad Faith Give Way to Admiration. Greater Influence on Commerce Than Suez — Iseues of Tolls Drop ped for Present. London—The announcement from Washington that the Panama canal will be opened formally next year is a signal for fresh discussion of all the broad possibilities to the undertaking. So far as the question of tolls is con cerned, there seems to be a growing disposition to think Europe has been precipitate in charging Americans with bad faith or with taking an un fair advantage. Everywhere effusive compliments are written and spoken in light of the tremendous display of engineering skill on the isthmus. Pictorial papers here and in Paris and Berlin give sketches of tbe chief objects of inte rest along the route and in tbe con struction work. Long special articles, deal with the “revolution the canal is to bring about in international trade." One able Berlin writer thinks that “the Panama will necessitate greater modifications of the established sys tem of foreign commerce than were necessitated by Suez" and adds that “it is as if Dame Nature had suddenly decided to alter the course of her trade winds.” Another, declaring in London Week ly, that the canal is the “crowning achievement of American force and enterprise," makes the significant ad mission that the “best business minds of the empire—Britain—are concen trating upon tbe commercial revolu tion which is imminent in order that, irrrespective of the willingness of Americans to arbitrate concerning tolls, we may use the new waterway to the full and may begin to use it the day it is opened." Quite tbe strongest censure crop ping out anywhere is the “hope that Colonel Roosevelt, Dr. Wilson or Mr. Taft, whichever may be the next pres ident, will do all he can to prevent our admiration of tbe phenonmenon of mechanics being long diminished by different emotions as to the interna tional use to be made of it” No an noyance is exhibited anywhere in Europe, not even in Spain, over the latest admonitions addressed directly or indirectly by the Washington gov ernment to Mexico, Nicaragua and Cuba. On the contrary, the prevail ing sentiment is one of approval. European capitalists who have in vestments in many of tbe republics south of the Rio Grande long have chafed at the chronic confusion creat ed by the local politicians for selfish ends, and would welcome the applica tion of a strong hand. A London financial paper is "astonished at the forbearance of Americans in their dealings with the Mexicans." 82 EGGS LAID IN 82 DAYS. Product for Ten Months Totals 237 — Prizes Won Are Many. St. Louie—“Lady Show You,” a 2- leavers of Women's Stockings Must year-old white Plymouth Rock hen from Millersville, Ill., is breaking all Put In New Machinery. records in the national egg-laying con Washington, D. C.—Young women test at the Missouri State Poultry Ex of Washington and New York have bigger feet than those of any other periment station at Mountain Grove. She is leading the egg producers, cities in the world. Department stores in Washington and New York numbering 640, representing 39 vari are being greatly inconvenienced by eties from 25 states and Canada. Her record for 10 months is 237 the change that is taking place in the eggs, and her nearest competitor is a young women. It is said that these barred Plymouh Rock hen, which has stores have asked stocking spinners in produced 216 eggs in the same period. New England to add three larger sizes Lady Show You also has broken the to their measurements, not only in the world's record so far as known for feet, but also in the calves. Stocking salesmen who have come to Washing continuous egg .'production with 82 eggs in 82 days. ton lately contend that the young wo When she had reached a record of men here have abnormally large mus 65 eggs on consecutive days, the ad cles in tbe lower parts of their limbs, visory board tacked the prize ribbon due to athletic endeavors. It will on her nest and gave her an extra por cost manufacturers about $300,000 for tion of meal, but she kept right on for new forms for the spinners and knit more than two weeks. She has six ters. BURNED UP A FORTUNE. weeks more to complete her record for • _____ the year's contest. Government sta Alaska Packers Do Well. tistics give the average egg produc Farmer Mourns Straw Stack When Seward, Alaska—The salmon pack tion as about 80 per hen a year. Experts Point Out Value. ing season is practically at a close Salem, Or.—“I’ve burned up a for now, and the canneries of the Cook’s Boy Gives Leg for Girl. tune,” mourned the Oregon farmer, as Inlet and Kenai peninsula have, with Gary, Ind.—William Rugh, a news he stood reading the chart on the scarcely an exception, taken their value of the straw stack, in the ex guaranteed pack for the season. In boy, will permit the amputation of his hibit of the Oregon Agricultural Col thia immediate vicinity the Alaska crippled left leg in a few days so that lege at the state fair. Packing company at Kasiloff has tbe its skin may be grafted on the body The chart showed wheat straw to largest pack, amounting to (70,000 contain, to the ton, the following fer- I cases for the season. Alaska reds and of Miss Ethel Smith, a girl he has tilixing constituents: Nitrogen, 9.6 pinks were plentiful, but at the close never seen. Miss Smith has been in pounds; phosphoric acid, 4.4 pounds,! of the season there was an unusually bed for four weeks as a result of se and potash, 12 6 pounds, valued at large run of humpbacks, which were vere burns and the attending physi $2 29. A ton of oat straw contains 1 packed largely for the foreign trade. cians say that the onlv hope of her 9.2 pound nitrogen, 5.6 phosphoric recovery is to graft enough skin on acid, 35 4 pounds potash, valued at her body to cover the wounds. When Cashier Newly Accused. $3.43; clover straw 29.4 pounds nit Abilene, Kan.—Eleven new chargee Rugh was appealed to he promptly rogen, 8.4 pounds phosphoric acid, have been filed against John A. Flack, consented to make the sacrifice. 25.2 potash, valued at $6.09; sawdust former cashier of the Abilene State 4 pounds nitrogen. 6 pounds phos bank, recently arrested in New York Maid of Mist on Rocks. phoric acid, 14 pounds potash, valued charged in connection with shortage Niagara Falls, N. Y — The Maid of at $1.60; peat, 20 pounds nitrogen, in the bank’s funds, amounting to the Mist, the little steamer that for valued at $3. about $70,000. The new charges are years has carried tourists close to the sworn to by the state bank examiner, tumbling waters of Niagara Falls, ran Extreme Waste of Heat. and are similar. Each recites that on the rocks Sunday a short distance In the factories of this country the Flack changed figures in the bank’s below the cataract. Life boats were great problem is to stop the waste of books and in notes and certificates of made ready for launching and the 20 passengers were equipped with life heat. All the heat furnished by the deposit. preservers. By skilful maneuvering, burning of coal should be converted Mayor Gaynor Sued for Libel. however. Captain Carter released the into force for the mechanical work. New York — Mayor Gaynor was steamer by its own power and brought At present not one-tenth of it is so served with a summons in a $100,000 the passengers to the landing. converted. libel suit brought against him by Ai Coffee Export Tax Increased. derman Curran, chairman of the al- Make Artificial Wood. Guatemala City—An additional tax dermanic committee investigating Wood is so scarce in England that a graft in the police department. Cur of 50 cents gold per hundred pounda process has been invented for produc ran alleges that the mayor made re on coffee exported has been ordered. ing it artificially. Straw, sawdust marks derogatory to his character in The total tax now amounts to $1.50 and grass are compressed to make it. connection with the investigation. gold. .