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Bulgarian forces are unable to lo­
cate the Turkish army.
Vice President'Sherman is seriously
ill at his.home in Utica, N. Y.
Attorneys of the country are plan­
ning radical reforms in court proceed-
ure.
The cruiser Baltimore has been
ordered to be ready to sail within 48
hours to a secret destination.
A plot has been discovered to kidnap
the czar of Russia and force him to
abdicate the throne, and also to kill
the crown prince.
* Germany will require plenty of life
boats, skilled oarsmen, and wireless
telegraph on all passenger ships fly­
ing the German flag.
Roosevelt granted first interview to
newspaper men since the attempt upon
bis life, and announces his intention
to re-enter the campaign.
BOILER WRECKS BANK.
Five irjured. Two Probably
at Salem, Oregon,
Fatally,
Salem, Or.—W. G. East, cashier of
the Salem Bank <& Trust company,
was horribly mangled and probably
fatally injured; two others were ser­
iously injured, one perhaps fatally,
and others suffered slight injuries, in
1 a boiler explosion in the bank building
shortly after noon Tuesday.
The in­
jured:
W. G. East, cashier Salem Bank 4
Trust company, injuries probably fa­
tal.
Harry Ahlers, son of president of
bank, dangerously and may be fatally
injured.
I. B. Muchmore, publisher Salem
Buyers’ Guide, seriously injured and
may lose eyesight
L. H. Roberts, director of the bank,
blown through window, but only cut
about the face and arms.
A. L. Brockman, Portland, injured
about the eyes, but not seriously.
The cause of the explosion is more
or less shrouded in mystery.
What is
considered as the only plausible ex­
planation is the probability of water
in the boiler being low and cold water
turned in, resulting in the explosion.
Mr. East had gone into the base­
ment. attracted by rising steam, and
it is thought he may have turned the
cold water into the boiler.
His con­
dition was such following the accident
that he could give no explanation.
His injuries seem to preclude little
possibility of his surviving.
Letters received at Salem, Or,,
APPLES HURT BY FROST.
state that there is a scarcity of wheat
in the Middle West, and the Pacific
Coast is looked to for the main supply. Wenatchee Growers Will Suffer Loss
This Season.
Fred S. Newman, fourth son of a
Wenatchee,
Wash.—For the first
Scotch baron, married a bindery girl
at Moose Jaw, Canada, against the time since apple growing assumed
wishes of his father and was disin­ commercial proportions in the Wen­
herited.
atchee valley, growers will lose from
The last vessel to leave St. Mich­ frost this season. For five nights the
aels, Alaska, for the season, has ar­ mercury steadily descended, reaching
rived at Seattle, and reports that she
a maximum of 25 degrees.
It is es­
was unable to take all the passengers
timated
that
1,500,000
boxes
of late
who wanted to come out, so many will
have to stay all winter or come out apples are still on the trees, and many
with dog teams to more southerly of these will be hurt for shipment. It
is impossible to form an estimate of
ports.
the approximate loss, but experts on
Vera Cruz is not damaged during fruit growing say it will be heavy.
the fighting between rebels and loyal
Two unusual conditions have com­
troops.
bined to cause the loss.
This year’s
crop matured slowly and harvest is
It is announced that the Santa Fe two weeks later than usual. Further­
railroad now has over 31,000 stock­ more, the cold weather came earlier
holders.
than usual and was preceded by rains,
Berlin women renew raids on butch­ which increased the humidity. Apple
er shops which refuse to handle im­ shipments continue from this point at
the rate of 50,000 boxes daily. Two
ported meats.
thousand
carloads
remain
to be
Leather has been extensively used shipped.
in the construction of a new model fly­
EXACT TIME BY WIRELESS.
ing machine.
General Felix Diaz, captured leader
of the Mexican rebels at Vera Cruz, Establishment of Precise Longitude
of Two Hemispheres Possible.
with his aides, are ordeaed to be shot.
Paris—The exact time at a given
The German reiehstag is consider­
ing giving pensions to mothers who are moment in America and Europe will
too poor to care for their children.
be established shortly by wireless tel­
egraphy. About the middle of No­
Many Turks drowned themselves af­
ter defeat at Marasch, believing the vember it will be possible for the first
time u7estab)ish with precision the
Bulgarians massacred all prisoners.
Turks insist the loss of Kirk Kiles- longitudes of America and Europe in
sah is unimportant, though they their relation to each other by the ex­
fought desperately three days to hold change of wireless signals between
it.
the great station at Arlington, Va ,
The reported sickness of the crown and the Eiffel tower in Paris and
prince of Russia is said to be in other European stations.
Commissioner H. H. Hough at the
reality a knife wound inflicted by a
International Time conference here,
Nihilist.
Conservative reports insist that the declared that the observatory in
Turkish army is well drilled, equipped Washington was now distributing
and capable, and outnumbers the op­ time with errors of only one-thous­
andth of a second.
Hitherto Euro­
posing allied armies.
pean and American time has been es­
tablished by cable, allowance being
PORTLAND MARKETS
made for loss of time in transmission,
and it has been fixed only three times
Wheat — Track prices: Club, 78c; —in 1866, 1870 and 1872.
bluestem, 82|c; forty-fold, 78@79c;
red Russian, 76c; valley, 79c.
Weight of Carat Reduced
Hay — Timothy, choice, 3176/18;
New York—Fifty leading jewelers
No. 1, 316; oat and vetch, 312; alfal­
of the United States voted to adopt
fa, 312; clover, 310; straw, 366/7.
the metric carat as the standard of
Corn—Whole, 338; cracked, 339.
Milistuffs—Bran, 322 ton; shorts, weight for diamonds. Under the new
standard a carat will weigh 200 milli­
324; middlings, 330.
Barley — Feed, 324(0,24.50 ton; grammes; under the old its weight is
brewing, 3276/28; rolled, 3266/27.50. 205.3 milligrammes. The reduction is
Oats—White, 325 ton ; gray feed, 2J per cent. The change will become
effective July 1, 1913. The new stand­
324.50; gray milling, 325.50.
F Fresh Fruits — Apples, ordinary, ard weight is known as the interna­
50c6/31-50 per box; peaches, 356/50c; tional carat and is in use all over the
pears, 31.25<Q1.35; grapes, 90c6/31; world except in England, Holland, Bel­
cranberries, 39.50 per barrel; casa- gium and the United States. Congress
will be asked to make it the legal carat.
bas, 75e@31.50 per dozen.
Onions—Oregon, 31.106/1.25 sack.
Mrs. Cleveland jWill Marry.
Potatoes — Jobbing prices: Bur­
banks, 75c per hundred.
Princeton, N. J. — Mrs. Grover
Vegetables — Beans, 10c pound; Cleveland authorizes the announce­
cabbage, Italic; cauliflower, 40c6z, ment of her engagement to Thomas
31.25 per dozen; celery, 2561,75c; cu­ Joseph Preston, professor of archaeol­
cumbers, 50(Q60c; eggplant, S1.25@ ogy and history of arts at Wells col
1.50 per box; head lettuce, 90c per lege. Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of
dozen; peppers, 6/Q 8c pound ; sprouts, Wells college and has been a trustee
8c; tomatoes, 75c<®31 per box; car­ of that institution since 1887. Her
rots, 31.25 per sack; turnips, 31; wedding to President Grover Cleve­
beets, 31.10; parsnips, 31.25.
land during bis first administration,
Eggs—Fresh locals, candled, 406/ was one of the noteworthy events in
42Jc per dozen; Eastern, 30(Q35c.
the history of the White House.
Butter—Oregon creamery, cubes,
Great Battle is Brewing.
35}c pound; prints, 88je.
Pork—Fancy, 11c pound.
Chicago — Cable dispatches to the
Veal—Fancy, 124c pound.
Chicago Daily News from Constanti­
Poultry—Hens, 146/14Jc; broilers, nople on the one hand and from Sofia
14@14}c; ducks, your.g,
136/14c; on the other, agree that the success of
geese, 11c; turkeys, live, 186/20c; the allies against Turkey thus far
have been only steps leading up to
dressed, 25c.
Hops—1921 crop, prime and choice, what is expected to be a terrific battle
between Adrianople and Constanti­
18@20}c pound.
Cattle—Choice steers, 86.7561,6.85; nople, in which the Turks will make
good, 36.25^/6.65; medium, 866/6.75; their master effort to save their cap­
choice cows, 366/6.50; good, 35.501Q ital and the ultimate victory.
5.75; medium, 856/5.25; choice cal­
Man Insures His Funeral.
ves, 37(547.85; good heavy calves,
36 25(Q7; bulls, 836/5; stags, 34.756/,
Seattle—Charles Brandt, 40 years
old, of Everett, took out a policy a
5.25.
Hogs—Light, 38.25ra8.50; heavy, month ago insuring his funeral, and
Wednesday hfs body was found float­
176)7.50.
Sheep — Yearlings.
84.256/4.75; ing in Elliott bay, wear the Off man
wethers, 33.50614.65; ewes, 32.7564 dock. The body had been in the wa­
ter several weeks.
8.80; lambs, 33.85@5.70.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
AUIO ROAD NEARLY READY.
WILL FOUND IDEAL FARM.
BULGARIANS CUT RAILWAY,
Reported Capture of Line Between
8ofia and Constantinople.
Paris A »pecial Rome dispatch
says advices were received there say­
ing that Scutari had'capitulated.
REBEL LEADERS
WILL BE SHOT
Diaz and Three Associates Con­
demned by Court Martial
Cost of Portland-Hood River Boule­ Wealthy Portlander to Demonstráis
Athens Thu Greek army In Epirus
Burbank Products Free.
vard Lass Than Estimates.
has occupied the passes of Ix/uros and
Portland—A plan for the most im­ Penteplgedia, on the road to Janina.
Hood River—With the exception of
work to be done at points where the portant lift ever given the Oregon
Ixmdon -A brief Sofia dispatch an­
roadway will run short distances over movement for better farming is an­
nounces what may prove to be the Four Others Del Prison Benlenoa
the right of way of the O.-W. R. & N.
Public Censures Manner of
company, the Portland-Hood River nounced by Martin Winch, well known most important move of the victorious
Bulgarian army so far the capture of
Conducting Trials.
automobile boulevard has been con­ Portland capitalist.
structed and the convicts, under the
That to serve his purpose, Mr. Eski Baba.
The dispatch describes this town as
supervision of Adani Shorgen, are at Winch has bought one of the most at­
an important position on the main line
work east of Shell Rock extending the
Vera Crus — Geperal Feliz (Dias,
tractive and valuable tracts in the between Adrianople and Constanti­
road toward Viento.
The construc­
leader of the recent revolt here, and
district
immediately
east
of
Mount
nople, bu fails to say whether the Major Zerate, Colonel Antonio Migoni
tion of the road around the mountain
of loose stone was cheaper than had Tabor became known this week. Here Bulgarians are in actual pOMMSlun of and Lieutenant Lima, officers under
If they aru Diaz in hia attempt to overthrow the
been anticipated. Murray Kay, who the object lesson farm will be estab­ the railway station.
conducted the work, declares that it lished. So big is the scheme that a astride the railway nt this point, they government, were condemned to death
have cut the communication between by court-martial.
will not consume the whole of the
310,000 fund donated for the purpose year will be required in equipment Constantinople and Sofia.
Lieutenant Camacho, Captain May­
With 4000 Turkish troops now in en, of the rurale guard, end Captain
by S. Benson, the wealthy Portland alone. Luther Burbank, famous plant
Adrianople,
it
had
been
Mppoaed
the
lumberman.
wizard, will co-operate directly with
Hermilio Martines were sentenced to
The road district, in which are lo­ Mr. Winch in making the plan a suc­ Turkish forces after the fall of Kirk ten years’ imprisonment each, and
Klleaseh were holding the line from
cated the stations of Wyeth and Cas­
cess. Services of experts from the Kulesburgas to l.ulehburgas, a short Gabriel Rainos, customs collector, and
cade Locks, has completed and graded
Hernan Arostegul, censor of tele­
and surfaced the highway between the department at Washington are to be distance east of Eski Baba.
graph, were sentenced to two years*
secured.
W*ith
Mr.
Winch
will
be
two points.
The stretch of road,
imprisonment.
Nine other officers
more than six miles in length, forms a associated the state’s leaders in the INVENTOR TO GAIN FORTUNE and civilians were allowed to go free.
roadway now ready for use. Within
The court-martial, which was pre
encouragement of "demonstration ed­
a short time travel from this city will
Harnessmaker Offered Big Price for sided over by General Davila, sat in
ucation"
as
a
means
of
co-operating
be able to reach Cascade Locks. At
secret session from 2 o'clock Saturday
Riveting Machine.
present short stretches between here with the Agricultural college and to
morning
until 3:35 o'clock Sunday
aid
in
peopling
and
developing
Oregon.
Chicot Cal.—J. B. Archer, a har­
and Shell Rock are impassable. The
The sentences reused a
Before allowing any part of the nessmaker of
this city, has been morning.
county will extend the road from Cas­
sensation. A great crowd, including
cade Locks to the Multnomah county plan to become public, Mr. Winch has granted patents to the Archer auto- relatives and many friends of the ac­
definitely arranged al) its details. He matte riveting machine, which will
line next year.
will leave immediately for a tour of revolutionize the copper riveting busi­ cused men, assembled outside the
the East, during which he will make ness of the world. It is the only ma­ building where the court sat and
NEW MILL AT OTTER ROCKS.
a large outlay in the best bred live­ chine that will place the copper rivet waited for hours the findings.
General Davila refused to acknow­
stock, the most advanced farm equip­ in leather, cloth and canvas.
Agents of the Northwest
Large Plant Indicates Some Future ment.
Heretofore the copper rivets used in ledge the orders of the district judge
Farm Development company, the cor­ overalls, mail bags, gloves and har­ to suspend the proceedings in the case
Railroad Building.
porate name of the new enterprise, ness goods have been placed there by of General Diaz and Major Zerate.
Newport—A new sawmill plant is will search throughout the nation and
hand. The nearest approach to ma­ General Beltran, military commander
to be located at Otter Rocks.
The abroad for the best specimens of
chine work has been an appliance to of the zone, accepted a writ of habeas
promoters of it are Messrs. Crane, horses, cattle and hogs.
punch the holes and then hand opera­ corpus and suspended the executions,
Case and Marsters, of Roseburg, al­
"We propose to prove that A-1 tors placed the rivet and with ham­ leaving the prisoners temporarily at
though, it is reported other interests method farming will pay. We are not
the disposition of the district court.
mer and anvil aet therfi in place.
are financing the planL The boilers, otherwise interested in commercializ­
It is thought probable that Colonel
The machine invented by Archer
two 80-horsepower each, a trimmer and ing the plan,” explained Mr. Winch,
Migoni
and Lieutenant Lima will be
does the whole work, and where it
edger and other equipment are now en who for many years ran the famous
took one hand operator one minute shot without much more ado.
route to Otter Rocks, about 12 miles Ladd and Reed farms.
simply to punch six holes, the Archer
up the coast from Newport.
The ca­
"We will establish a dairy of 60 machine will punch the holes and
CLO8ING IN ON TURKS.
pacity of the mill will be from 25,000 cows upon a scale that will prove that
place the rivets securely at the rate of
to 30,000 per day.
certified, absolutely pure milk can be 75 a minute.
Archer worked aix Allied Armies Continue March of Con-
There is much speculation going produced, delivered and sold at a
years on his invention. He has been
around as to the object of putting in profit. While in the East I will visit
quest Toward Capital.
offered by the Levi Strauss overall
such a plant at this particular point. the world's dairy show at Chicago,
London -The
awitfnesa and effi
people, of San Franicisco, 320,000 for
While Otter Rocks
is certainly a prepared to buy.
the exclusive use of the machine in eiency of the onward movement of the
charming place for a summer retreat,
"I will go into the poultry business the overall business alone, and an­ armies of the allied Balkan states ia
and there is a demand for lumber for for all it is worth. We will secure
other man in the East has offered him making Europe open her eyes. From
building cottages, yet this demand is between 3000 and 4000 of the beat
315,000 for a half interest in the pat­ the north and all along the line from
limited, and a mill of this class would bred hens and will sell stamped eggs.
Greece on the south they are crowding
ent.
cut more lumber within a few days
"I have nearly closed a deal for the
back the boundaries of the Ottoman
than would supply the needs for a best Clydesdale sire and two mares in
NINETEEN STRICKEN BLIND.
empire in Europe. The often predict­
year to come. It is also too far from America. They will be placed on the
ed and long delayed day when the
any shipping point to make shipping object lesson farm.
Sheep ana hogs Loss of Sight Results After Expos­ Turk will have his back against the
the output a possibility.
of the best breeding will be purchased
wall seems at hand.
ure to Electric Rays.
The only feasible solution of the and put on the farm.
The two pivotal points of Turkey’s
The object
problem seems to be that it is being lesson farm will represent the best
Anderson, Ind.—Nineteen persons defense on. the north were Adrianople
located there with a view to railroad stock, the best planta, the best equip­ are reported to have been stricken and Uskup.
The Bulgarian army in
building in the near future, when it ment, the best buildings, not only of blind as a result of gazing at a light the East has defeated the Turks at
would be conveniently available for Oregon, but of the nation.
caused by workmen welding with an Kirk Kilissrh. which ia the strongest
cutting railroad material.
"We are now getting into touch electrical process on a trolley wire, outpost of Adrianople, and appears to
with the best known breeders of according to local physicians who were have almost invested that fortress.
Several
CREAMERY FIELD IS OPEN.
horses, cattle, pigs, sheep and chick­ called to treat the cases.
The Servian army in the West
ens in Oregon. We are inviting them who saw the light were not stricken walked into Uskup without opposition.
The Turkish garrison there withdrew
John Day Valley Residents Offer Bus­ to have this part in the farm: That until several hours afterwards.
John Hagel, of Hamilton, Ohio, was on the railway toward Saloniki. How
they send to us specimen« of their
iness for Big Plant
best animals of whatever kind. We playing cards in a lodgeroom, when he far it intends to retreat, and why, are
Prairie City — The people of the will represent them. The newcomer to shoved back his chair and exclaimed, questions. The only answer to the
John Day valley have long been ship­ Oregon, the prospective investor, the "I’m going blind.”
He was assisted last queation is that the strength and
ping out to a distance of more than settler, can then come to the farm and to the home of his mother, and had supplies of the garrison did not justify
125 miles the cream product of its in panorama see what Oregon has for not regained his sight at last accounts. an attempt to mako a stand.
hundreds of blooded dairy cows and him. It will all be assembled there. Virtually all the 19 reported to physi­
Events about Adrianople are even
shipping back from a like distance
"I will have made a profile map. cians are being kept in dark rooms.
more important. The Bulgarians ap­
practically all the butter for its own On it will be shown just where every­
A local eye specialist said that in parently are proceeding successfully
consumption, thus paying two freights thing on the farm is. The model of each case attended by him the inside with the investment of the fortress.
on thiB prime table necessity.
the dairy buildings, for instance, will of the eyelid was greatly irritated.
The Turkish army which was defeated
Such a business anomaly cannot ex­ have glass roofs so that the viewer
He gave as hie theory that the pe­ at Kirk Kilisaeh did not fall back upon
ist when the facts become known to can look within and see just how culiar rays of light given out by the Adrianople, according to Intest re­
those who are seeking locations for every operation is performed. The welding process caused the quick de­ ports, but took the road to the south,
creameries, and a movement is on foot same means of learning our plan for velopment of bacteria, already lodged where it could connect with the rail­
looking to the establishment of a fac­ loganberries,
and all other small in the eye. and blindness resulted.
way to Constantinople.
tory. There are already more than fruits, the grains and grasses, the
Outlaws Pillage Villages.
300 dairy cows in the valley and the livestock, will be afforded.”
Picture Shows Credited
herds are increasing from year to
Athene—Crown Prince Constantine
The work of the object lesson farm,
Washington, D. C.—The cause of
year. With the finest water power says Mr. Winch, will not be restricted, in a message from Kosam, northwest
temperance has found a new ally in
imaginable, an abundance of the best to food crops. An entire department of the town of Servia, says:
pasturage for dairy cows and a home will be given over to floriculture.
"When we entered the town to es­ the moving picture show, members of
Columbia Excise
market for butter at good prices, Specimens of all native Oregon flow­ tablish headquarters the inhabitants the District of
Board are inclined to believe, after
there is no doubt that those interested ers will be grown.
including
the
school
children,
lined
Rosea will be
will meet with success in the quest given especial attention, and, by mak­ the streets cheering, waving flags and receiving reports from its saloon in­
spector to the effect that proprietors
for a practical creamery enterprise.
ing it a supply station for the entire throwing laurels upon the soldiers and
of drinking establishments are com­
United States, the farm will give conducted us to the cathedral, where a
plaining of a falling off in business.
New Cannery Projected.
Portland better than ever the name, te duem was sung.”
It is said a number of proprietora
From
Arta
it
is
reported
that
Turk
­
Florence—Steps are being taken to­ “Rose City.”
place the blame on the moving picturo
ward the formation of a stock com­
In the same way horticulture will ish and Albanian bands are following
theaters, assertng that the heads of
pany to operate a fruit and vegetable ! be carried on. Experts will be placed the Turkish army, pillaging Christian
poorer families, instead of dropping
cannery here. George Melvin Miller, in charge of the orchards, in the same villages and massacreing the inhabi­
Into the corner saloon after dinner,
tants.
They
have
burned
several
vil
­
of Eugene, who owns intereste here, way that proficient men will be given
take
their wives and children to a
lages.
has offered to put up a water-front charge of other departments.
5-cent theater.
building and give a five-year lease,
“This will not be for selfish bene­
Shingle Mills Open.
rent free, if the company will put in fit, ” said Mr. Winch. “We will go
Germany Will Be at Fair
Seattle — All the shingle mills of
the necessary machinery and operate from farm to farm, learning condi­
Berlin—It ia expected that the Ger­
the cannery for this length of time. t
tions there. It we find a man with Washington which have been shut
The soil and climate here are well an old orchard we will offer to top his down for 30 days to steady the mar­ man government will soon announce
suited to growing of berries and small trees and graft thereon as many cut­ ket, which showed signs of weaken­ its decision to participate in the Pan­
fruits, as well as apples, prunes, etc. tings as are necessary to renew that ing, resumed operations Monday morn ama-Pacific exposition at San Francis­
Huckleberries and evergreen black­ orchard, his part of the compact being ing. Leading manufacturers and job­ co in 1915.
The appointment of a
berries abound here in a wild state, an agreement to scientifically tend the bers said that the cessation of cutting permanent exposition commission is
and, with the large amount of vegeta­ trees thereafter.”
brought about improved conditions in not favored, but it was virtually decid­
bles which can be easily grown here,
the trade, although better results ed during the visit here of Count von
this bids fair to be a very profitable
would have been obtained if the cur­ Bernstorff, the German ambassador at
Gardiner-Coos Bay Line Building
enterprise.
tailment
had not come between the Washington, that Germany, for politi­
Gardiner—Work on the new line of
fall and spring buying seasons, when cal and commercial reasons, could not
railroad
between
Gardiner
and
Coos
Rye Averages 40 Bushels
all the heavy orders had been given afford to hold aloof. There is a luke­
Kiamathl Fal|s—Forty bushels of Bay is quite active. About 60 men and new ones were not ready.
warm feeling in big industrial and
manufacturing circles, however.
rye an acre from 20 acres and 37* and several teams are at work chang­
ing the course of Schofield creek near
California Voters Many.
bushels an acre from 40 acres are re­
the site of the big tunnel. The rail­
Man to Wed Again at 82.
Sacramento—The total registration
ported by farmers near Malin in this
road company has bought the land on for the November election in Califor­
Los Angeles—Robert Allen, of Po-
county. The usual yield is about 20
both sides of the creek from the ap­ nia is 988,706.
Those figures are the mona, a wealthy man known widely
bushels. Reports continue to come in
proach to the tunnel, fully a mile of total of a compilation completed by throughout Southern California, ob­
of phenomenal yields of wheat, many
creek bottom, for dumping ground. Frank Jordan, secretary of state. Ix»s tained a marriage license for himself
fields being reported as yielding 25 to
40 bushels to the acre.
Joseph Vic­ The tug L. Roscoe, owned by Porter Angeles county has overwhelmingly and Mrs. Sarah Ashcroft, of this city.
Brothers, arrived in the Umpqua the largest registration, the figures Allen is 82 years old, but active as a
torin, of Malin, has the record for in­
crease. He imported a peck of im­ river a few days ago towing a large from that county overtopping the com­ boy. He was divorced not long ago
bined total of San Francisco and Ala­ from his second wife, and the bride to
proved variety of barley, sowed it for barge loaded with supplies.
meda counties. The figures are: Ix>s be is his sister-in-law.
She Is not
seed, sowed that seed again this year
Snow on Hills of Hood River.
Angeles, 259,115; San
Francisco, many years younger than he. They
and the yield Is about 600 bushels.
were childhood friends and school
Hood River — A cold wave swept 134,688; Alameda, 92,385.
Alfalfa Seed Ready for Market.
mates in Derbyshire, England.
over the Hood River valley and the
Tuberculosis War Urged,
Vale—The alfalfa seed in the Mal­ heavy rain was turned into enow in
Potato Shipping Rule Suspended.
New York—Sermons to stir church­
heur valley is nearly all threshed and the foothills surrounding the valley.
ready for the market. Although there It is reported that snow fell in some goers to realize that the white plague
Washington, D. C.—A proposed rule
has been little demand for seed as yet of the orchards of higher altitude. It is as much a social as a medical prob­ of Western railroads that potatoes will
it is expected that the farmers will Is a rare occasion to have snow fall lem and to arouse them to practical not be taken for shipment between
have no trouble in disposing of it a here during October.
The Indians’ efforts to stay the disease were November 15 and April 15 unless the
little later on.
The seed Is better prophecy that there will be a hard preached from probably 100,000 pul- shippers line th* ears and supply
than was expected owing to the light winter this year is beginning to be pita in churches of every denomination stoves, was suspended by the Inter­
frost that occurred last month.
throughout the land Sunday.
realize!.
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