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OHIO RIVER LEVEE BREAKS Cairo. III., Anxiously Awaits Crest of Flood. OREGON STATE ITEMS OE INTEREST General New« of the Industrial and Educational Development Cairo, III. —News that the Big Four and Progress of Rural Communitiea, Public Inatitutiona, Etc. levee in the drainage district north of Cairo had gone out brought no alarm here, but anxiety is felt over the fate BACTERIA INCREASES WEALTH ¡COLLEGE FURNISHES EGGS of the levees which protect the city - proper w’hen the crest of the Ohio Oregon Agricultural College Dlatrlb Poultry Ih'purtment Will Sell IJm- river flixai reaches Cairo. utes Culture Free. ite<l Number on Request, The opening of the Big Four «>m- Thousands of dollars wero added to Oregon Agricultural College, Cor bankment is about 15 feet wide and th® wealth of Oregon farmers Inst year by the bacteriology department vallis Because it is found that false the drainage district certainly will fill of the experiment station at the Ore impressions have been croat«»] in re to a depth of from 10 to 20 feet. The gon Agricultural College, which fur gard to the manner in which the Ore nished Inoculation cultures so that al drainage district comprises about 7000 falfa, red clover, tilalke, peas, beans, gon Agricultural college poultry de acres, in which are located many big vetch and other leguminous crops manufacturing, mail order and lumlier could bo grown whore before It had partment furnishes eggs front tested laying stock, Prof. James Dryden has distributing plants. The territory was been Impossible. flooded last year, with a loss of about Tho cultures were furnished free, made the following statement $7.000,000. The loss by th«» present except where largo amounts were ask “The experiment station |>oultry flood, it is said, will not exceed $!,- <*d for. ami then tho farmer paid tho I department does not charge $1 for I postage or express charges. Hun 000.000. each egg, nor does it give uway eggs With the flood waters of the Ohio dreds of farmers were enabled thus, j for hatching purposes. Eggs arc sold by proper seed treatment according close to th«< 54-foot stage, Colonel j to directions sent from tho college, to in limit«*«! number» for hatching, not Moriarity, in command of th«* Illinois I grow crops where they had not been more than two sittings going to any stat«1 troops here, took steps to pro i able before. one person, at $1.50 a sitting. tect the lives of women ami children Tho experiment station will again “Request*« come from all counties in still remaining in Cairo. Sufficient furnish the cultures this season, and the state, anil from various other Farni II ouhcs Struck By Nebraska Tornado. river steamers have been assembled to any farmer In the state who wishes1 states a» far off ns Florida and Can care for all of them, it is believed. them can get them by writing to the ad a. High prices are often offered for “It was cold and damp and misty Many train loads of refugees already bacteriological department, O. A. the egg», but until we can furnish the and the sight of that black water have left and many have been taken to Corvallis. Ho should state whut crop eggs to supply the demand in Oregon rushing on pitilessly just seemed to the culture Is to bo used on, and I Wyckliff, Ky., on steamers. Those | should write nt least ten days or two' we do not car«' to semi eggs or stock take the heart out of most of us, espe who remain either are poor people un ) weeks before he must plant, so that to other states. cially the women." said Kessler. 'T able to purchase tickets to points of the department will have time to pre was pilottng one of the rescue boats “The eggs are from stock that has to the court house, and the boat was safety or old residents who have im pare the cultures. Tho probable time been br««i. most of it, for three gener pretty well filled. One of our passen plicit confidence in the stability of the of planting should be stated and If; ations from hens that have laid over gers was a woman. levee*. more than two acres uro to be planted, 2<*0 eggs a year. We do not sell day "We were moving rather shakily At the time of the former flood. 15 cents should be sent for parcel post t,|,| ch"j7ks That would interfere with through one of the main streets when Future City, with a negro population stamp. iour breeding and other work." all of a sudden I saw this woman rise Inoculation of tho seed before plant- J of 1500, was inundate*«]. Many of the from her seat and begin to wail, 'Oh. ing. It was found, made It possible to houses there have been unoccupied what is the use? We'll all be drowned leguminous crops successfully SNOWFALL AT ECHO HEAVY since that time, ami those who con grow —.... . anyway.' Then she plunged from her and to Increase th«* amount approxi-I Unless Powers Interfere, Bulgars seat into that boiling, fuming torrent. Militia Calhxi Out Governor Visits tinued to live in th«* district had ample mutely 75 per cent In the hundreds of Season Is Backward But Big Crops warning. It required 24 hours for the 1 trials given In the season of 1912. "The next moment I found myself Scene -12 Persons Missing Will Move on Constantinople— Are Expected. flood waters to fill the district last in the water. I saw a little arm stick But seed Inoculation will not rectify Sultan Weeps at News. and Damage Immense. up for a moment. I made a grab for year through a break 300 feet wide, poor soil conditions caused by lack of Echo The coldest wave known to it. but it went down. There was no ami it is estimated that the district lime, such ns are found In many parts the oldest resilient at this time of chance to swim in that Niagara. I will not fill up for more than two days. of Oregon. Moreover. If nodules, or struck the stern of our rowboat and The break will stop traffic on the small bunches, nro found on the roots year held this section in its grip for Paris — Now that Adrianople has seized it with one hand. Then I grad Huntington, W. Va.—This city is Big Four railroad, as the Big Four of n crop already grown In a field. It five days last week. Five to six inch- in total darkness, is facing both a food fallen there is every indication that ually drew myself aboard. tracks run along the top of the levee. la not nt all certain thut seed or soil es of snow fell, melting as fast as it "We picked up one of our oarsmen a and water famine, an«l 15,000 of the Inoculation will increase the succeed the powers intend to force an immedi The time when the flood crest will ing planting. fell in the valley, but on the surround- little later. He was still alive. 40,000 inhabitants are homeless. ate conclusion of the Balkan wap. reach Cairo has not definitely been These cultures sent free to farmers ing hills it remain««! on the ground, Twelve persons are reported missing determined. The river gauge showed by the bacteriological department at I protecting the crops from injury. The plan generally favored is to make the Turkish frontier run along and the property damage, according to a stage of 53.8 feet at 7 o'clock the ctjlege are the same ns thos<* sold ! The late winter ami backward Wednesday night with the water still i by dealers under different trade! spring have held back the trees, so the line from Midia, on the Black Sea. close estimates, will amount to nearly rising. names. This Is one of the directions that then* has been little if any dam to Enos on the Aegean Sea. to give $1,000,000. In which the college Is working to In- age to fruit. the Greeks Saloniki and Janini, re : REVISED ESTIMATES OF KNOWN DEAD Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock the I crease th«* profits of tho Oregon farms : serving the question of disposition of : There is mor«* moisture in the ground Ohio river reached a stage of 66.2 feet, the WILSON SHOWS MAN DOOR and the productivity of th«* soil. I the Aegean Islands and to make Al Dayton (conservative estimate) . at this season of the year than for 150 highest in the history of Huntington, Hamilton »bodies recovered» ............ 91 : bania an autonomous country. i Columbus Ibmlies recovered) . 1 many years past, and the heavy snow OREGON'S SHARE. *15,328. President Deal« Severely With Per and now is stationary 64 The boundaries of the new state may Zanesville (known dead» in th«* surrounding mountains insures 10 The entire business section is in sonal Office Seeker. Delaware «bodies recovered) 10 : be settled later at a special conven Chillicothe Government Land Sale Bring In $2542 '"‘pie water for the summer irriga undated, water being up to the second . 15 tion, but Scutari will probably be Miamisbunr Washington, D. C. Official Wash Cion. . 15 : floors in some buildings. Year. Over Last Piqua. .12 given to Albania. Everything looks bright for the Tiffin Governor Hatfield arrived here on a ington was talking Wedn«-sday of .... 15 Salem—J According to a statement farmer, and a bumper crop is expect««! Scutari is the only city where fight» « * Mount Vernon President Wilson's severity in dealing ...10 special train from Charleston, bring made by Secretary of State Olcott, the ............................................................ 14 ing is going on save in the immediate ♦ Fremont ing supplies, motor boats and skiffs. with people who seek office for them state's percentage from the sale of in this l<M‘Slity, but the sheep men, Franklin 4 neighborhood of Constantinople. The Troy ............................................................... selves. 9 The boats now are being taken land this year amounts to whose flocks are lambing and being hoc ton.................................. ... 5 gallant example of the Serbs and ♦ Coe It became known that an office seek Government through the different sections of the •' $15,338, an Increase of $$542.33 over sheared, are worried, though they .... 9 Bulgars at Adrianople is likely to M ass i Ion 5 city to rescue hundreds who are ma er had evaded the president’s rule Inst year, the sum received then being have plenty of feed and good shelter Junction #5 stimulate the Serbs and Montenegrins Valley rooned. The local militia has taken against seeing applicants for office in $13,785.67. This represents 5 per cent to protect their stock. Harrison.......................................................... .... 12 to make a general assault on Scutari, Cleves person. The man's name was not dis- of the money received from the sale .... 2 charge of the rescue work. Van Wert .... 3 and if it occurs it will probably be i I-and-Clearing Project Big. The electric light plant has been clo«e«i at the White House, but Secre of the Innds, and the money la appor 3 ; tary Tumulty said he had obtained an tioned among the counties and Is to h>< successful. I Mansfield ................................................ Hood River The large»I orchard 1 forced to shut down, and the gas sup 1 : In the meantime the end of the long Globe Center........... engagement with the president on the | used by them In building roads. The land clearing will be made here this - 3 ¡ ply was cut off to prevent fires. statement Is as follows: siege of Adrianople enables the allies Loudonville .......... summer by the Green Point Orchard 1 Although supplies have reache«] here assumption that he would talk of other Tot ft I number of aerea of • 2 to run the supply trains direct to subjects. company, which is composed of Min- from Charleston, the city is in great land In State of Oreron Ohio total 472 Tchatalja without a long detour by ox When the office seeker reached Mr. Tot r I »mount to be appor- neajMili» capitalists. John P. Hough, need of fo«Ml and water. tinned carts that was hitherto necessary. It Peru..................... Indiana. president of the company, and F. L. .20 While at a late hour no reports had Wilson’s private office he began set Apportionment also liberates 600 cannon and about Brookville .................................................... 16 Dean, who will supervise the opera been receivd from Point Pleasant, W. ting forth his own meriL The presi County— Fort Wayne 6 Appnr ’ ed 1 Acreng** 100,000 men for use in direct attack Terre Haute 4 1 49<i fin tions of clearing and planting, arrived Va., Cattlesburg, Ky., and Ironton, dent is reported to have said, sternly : Raker . ! «»’,9 4no on Constantinople. “That will do, sir; you know my it« nton .......... 110 30 here this week and will begin work as 44OJJO Indiana total............................... 46 O., it is believed conditions similar to 1.192.030 299 «5 soon as the snow of that region has Clarkaman It was chiefly the lack of cannon rule. ” Grand total.................................................. 518 those here prevail in each of these : 131 61 5 25.449 ’Ifltsot»............. which prevented the Bulgars from Then the president arose and showed ( Columbia The tract owned by them inn 14 melted. 42?.690 cities. ... . ÎO4J 020 261 01 consists of 1120 acres. charging the famous Tchatalja forts the visitor to the door. Coon ... They plan on William Sullivan, whose wife and 1 ” 47 0? ¡ 4 977 920 Cronk Dayton—Dayon's loss of life prob and capturing them long ago. than 100 acreH each 959.720 240 17 | clearing more 1 Curry ............... children were rescued Friday, commit Failure of the Turks’ recent cam ably will not exceed 200. This esti ted suicide by taking poison when he BIG LOSS TO CHARITY IS SEEN 1 > our I rr 799 13 year. 3 ! 5« 090 769 640 792 5 5 ¡Gilll.’irn . paign on the Gallipoli peninsula im mate is base«] upon a personal canvass learned the rescuers could not reach Mr. Dean, who is accompanied by 2 992.900 72 4 67 Grant ............... plies that unlesss the powers succeed of almost 100 of Dayton’s leading citi him. fi 3*7 120 1.59? 52 his wife, will build on a new orchanl 1 1 l-i r. . . . Morgan'« Partner Says Market 97 Ofi 1 it | j ■ 347.K20 in completing speedy peace the Bulgars zens, men of unquestioned judgment tract and make his home there. He It is thought that the rescuers will 4 5 4 6 9 1.915.040 Jnrknon .. . Will Not Be Disturbed. * will endeavor to march straight into and relity, who have been engaged in soon be able to get into the heart of ?«o 73 has sjs’nt his life in the orchards of . 1.120,640 .Tnaephlne 961 90 j Maryland, and is a graduate of the . 3 939 360 Constantinople, the fall of which relief and rescue work in every section the flooded section. . . . . Philadelphia Market conditions Kin math Just how many r, on« «no 1 ”• <» 79 ............... would involve international complica of the city ever since the rising waters lives have been lost will not be known will not be disturbed by the death of Lake The 730 4? Maryland agricultural college. 2 9 51 fi « 0 1 • tions too dangerous for diplomats to invaded the business section. 161 61 cleuring will probably be done with a fi If, 1 ?O J. P. Morgan, said his Philadelphia Lincoln until conditions permit a thorough in .1 4 35.520 3’961 .......... . . The property loss, tangible and real, • contemplate. partner, E. T. Stotesbury. Mr. Linn fi 327,120 1 -.o donkey engine. Nfnlliettr . . . . will probably exceed $50,000,000. vestigation. 191 43 7*4 IfiO Stotesbury is deeply grieved over the « • . 1 ?96 000 3 ’ M 66 Morrow London — Railway and telegraph Seaside Wants a Saw mill. 29« fi40 7? 31 FLOOD CI TS OFF CAIRO., ILL. death of the financier, with whom he Multnomah 4*3.760 communication with Adrianople is be 1 13 67 long was associated. “Mr. Morgan's Polk Seaside By building a logging road Beat Sinks; Revolt Ends. 5 3 7.040 134 0? Sherman . . . ing restored rapidly and some idea of death is a sad blow,” he said. “It is Tilln 720 ooo 190 37 four miles and a half long, Olson monk Mexico City — Lack of familarity with Refugees From Other Points Are the situation within the city is begin a loss to charity, as well as to finance, I’mntllln . . 2o?o 7?o 509.71 Bros., who have establishi-d a logging 331 60 I . . 1.335.690 ............... ning to reach the outside world. The steamboats resulted in the swift crip Again In Danger. for Mr. Morgan was most charitable. Pnlon . 2 012 900 50 4 23 camp in the hills east of here, say Wallowa . . condition of the population is not so pling of Mexico's latest rebellion, in ‘*I do not believe the market will be Waaco 1 <00 520 375 6 1 they can tap a belt of timber contain Springfield, III.—Illinois is fast be 1 1 7 ?0 ing over 375,000,000 feet, and that to 4 67 9 40 augurated Saturday in the state of desperate as has been depicted. Wnahlngton coming the center of flood distress. affected. To the moment of his death Wheeler I 090560 ?73 ?o .......... While the Turks set fire to the grain Tabasco. Mr. Morgan was at the head of the 456.960 114 47 log that section of Clatsop county Yamhill ........... Startling messages telling of danger store they overlooked the flour depot, One hundred and seventy men of the have been receive«] by Governor Dunne firm. He was great financier and it known as the Lewis and Clarke would 61 199.490 SIS,Jig SO the contents of which are being dis third infantry, commanded by Colonel and Adjutant General Dickson, indi remains for the future to say whether Total............... keep them busy for the next 20 or 30 tributed among the poor. Only a few Palome at San Juan Jautista, revolted cating that Shawneetown an«i Cairo his successor will fill his place. It is years. Efforts are being made to get FORM POULTRY ASSOCIATION with the cry, “ Viva Madero." They buildings were damaged by the bom capital men interested in the sawmill, looted the houses and robbed the are in immediate danger of being in impossible to say how the business bardment. branch of the National Bank, and then undated. Other towns are in distress. will be reorganized or who will suc Oregon Branch of National Organize sash and door factory here. The sultan wept bitterly when in embarked on a river steamer, The The mills here have been idle for At midnight Governor Dunne re ceed Mr. Morgan.” tlon Begins Work. formed of the general situation. It is boat foundered a short distance from ceived word that telegraphic commu several years, and have deteriorated. The first meeting of th® now exec reported that the Turkish embassies shore and 105 of the rebels were nication with Cairo had been suddenly Mayor Doe« “Turkey Trot.” utive board of tho Oregon branch of It is estimated that the original cost have been ordered to appeal to the drowned. cut off. The governor fears that the St. Paul — Mayor H. I’. Keller the American Poultry Association wan of the plants and additional improve powers to hasten mediation. breaking of communication means danced the “turkey trot” and sang hold at tho Imp«*rlnl Hotel In Port ments would aggregate $2,000,000. Price of Potatoes Low. land last week. The new officials that the levee has collapsed. [xipular songs on a rude platform at an declnre they expect at least 100 mem Stockton, Cal.—Potatoes are selling WOMEN LEAP INTO WATER. Potato Market Wanted. The governor personally is directing here at the unusually low price of 40 open-air performance given by mem b«*rs during their term of service, and Klamath Falls An effort is being cents a sack and indications are that the mobilization of trr>ops to go to the bers of a theatrical company at the tho work of spreading tho American Rescuer Tells of Maddening Scenes in a slump will likely occur in the near scene an«l the rushing of supplies. made to find a market for a large city hall to secure funds for fl«x>«l vic poultry gospel was begun by mall. The governor later receive«] a mes Indiana Floods. future. Produce men say that the low tims. The mayor’s movements were of the American quantity of |s>tato«*s which otherwise The next, meeting Plymouth, Ind.—Graphic description quotations are due to overproduction, sage from Cairo saying that the water as graceful aB those of the chorus Poultry Association will bo hold in will soon be a loss to Klamath county of the horrors of the flood that is be thousands of acres having been plant was within one foot of the top of the girls, an«] he was a feature of the en Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. E. J. Mc- farmers. The low price in San Fran lieved to have swept 200 or more resi ed last year because of previous top levee which protects the city and that tertainment. Nearly $500 was col Clanahan, president, of the Oregon cisco prohibits shipments to that point. dents of Peru, Ind., to watery graves notch prices. In March, 1912, dealers the river was still rising. lected and will be forwarde«! to Ohio branch, will represent coast poultry It may l>e that the owners, combining and made thousands homeless, was were unable to supply the demand at and Indiana. The general relief fund Interests there. to meet the expense, will send a repre $2 a sack. While there is still a de given by Gilbert Kessler, one of the Old Pact Now Restored. inaugurated by two local newspapers mand, it is by far not proportionate sentative to Coast towns and try to heroes of the calamity. Weary, tired Vale Plane to ‘‘8wat the Fly.” Seattle, Wash.—E. L. Fairbanks, has swelled to more than $1000. dispose of them in that way. The eyed and almost unnerved from the to the supply. secretary of the Pacific Coast Ship Vale- The “swat-the-fly” phrase has farmers are aware that they are good loss of sleep and the sight he had wit Servians’ Losses Heavy. Foreign Papera Pay Tribute. nessed, young Kessler staggered from pers’ association, has been officially been adopted as the slogan of the feed, but the supply of hogs to be fe<] the relief train of the stricken city. Belgrade—The Servian troops suf notified that the transit privileges for Paris—Appreciations of Mr. Mor Women's Civic Improvement club here is small, and the tubers must be Kessler's most vivid picture was the fered great losses in their attack on shingles consigne«] to Texas points ab gan are published in most of the pa cooked if fed to cattle. suicide of several fear-crazed women Adrianople. I The Third and Fourth rogated December 24, 1910, had been pers here, which call attention to his and the women are going to wage hit ter war on the flv this summer. A ball who leaped from the rescue boats. The battalions of the Thirteenth column of Alien Women May Vote. restored, effective Monday, with Chey high position in finance, his benevo Is to be given In the near future to roaring current and the terrible raise funds for the undertaking, and Salem -An alien woman may vote if sights, he declared, had maddened infantry lost 1000 men killed and from enne as the common reconsignment lence and culture. The Figaro says: 3000 to 4000 wounded, including 100 point. This will cause a heavy in ‘‘Mr. Morgan’s death will cause Bin- the club Intends to do away with the her alien husband has taken out his them. officers. The first transport," with crease of shingle shipments from cere sorrow to France. The French fly menace and consequently eliminate declaration to become a citizen, de about 1500 wounded, has already ar Puget Sound and the Northwest, an«l museums possess many proofs of his a good part of the typhoid fever which clared the attorney general in an opin Income Tax Plan Revised. rived here. Fears are expressed that manufacturers are jubilant, over the generosity and the government intend has been prevalent the past two sum ion on the question that has bothered mers. The council has reorganized Washington, D. C. — The effect of the medical suppiles are insufficient news. From 7000 to 8000 carloads of ed to confer upon him the high distinc the street cleaning department and Oregon since e«]ual suffrage was grant the revision, including the graduated for the needs of the sick and shingles are annually shipped. tion of grand officer of the Legion of the streets will bo kept In a sanitary ed. Furthermore, the ruling holds income tax plan, was completed Fri wounded. Honor on his next visit to Europe. that an alien woman may not take out condition. King to Visit Saloniki. day afternoon by the Democratic ma a citizenship declaration in order to Producer Gets the Short End. jOjeda’s Force Hemmed In, Single Term Bill Framed. jority of the house committee on ways vote if the husband has not done so. Athens—Immediately after the fun University of Oregon, Eugene— and means, which adjourned sine die. Naco, Ariz. — General Ojeda, with eral of the late King George, which Washington, D. C.—Efforts to se- The plan as finally passed upon is un 400 federals, is surrounded by 1000 will take place Wednesday, King Con cure the submission to the country of Pumpkins, prunes and watermelons Prairie City Imports Dairy Stock. derstood to provide for raising the in state insurgents ten miles below the stantine will go to Saloniki and re a single presidential term constitu form the subject of the thesis of An Prairie City—The First National come tax revenue on a graduated scale, border at Naco, Sonora, where he is main there until peace has been de tional amendment will be renewe«l at drew M. Collier, a senior In the ero bank of this place has received anoth nomlcs department at the University exempting incomes under $4000, be making a last stand. General Obre clared. As in the case of King the opening of congress by Senator of Oregon. With an array of statistics er consignment of two carloads of Jer ginning with a 1 per cent tax on in gon, commanding all the Sonora in George, Constantine’s presence may Works, of California, He will intro- Collier shows that more than half of sey and Holstein dairy cows, to supply comes of $4000 and running as high as surgent troops, is on his way from be taken as a notification to Bulgaria duce his amendment in such form that the retail price nt which these three the demand for milch cows created by 4 per cent on incomes of $100,000 and Cananea with 600 insurgent reinforce that Greece intends to hold Saloniki it would prevent Taft, Roosevelt or products are sold represents charges ¿ho-esWiblimahent of the new cream ments. ery. upward. for handling. as part of her spoils of war. j Wilson from seeking re-election. END OF BALKIN WAR IS IN SIGHT OHIO RIVER SWEEPS CITIES Fall of Adrianople and Tchatal ja Dishearten Turks. Citizens of Huntington. W. Va., Rescued By Boats. KNOWN DEATHS TOTAL 518 : i i —