GETTES TRY TO WRECK TRAIN MA/- Washington, I). C.—According to a Note» and Instruction» from Agricultural Collega and Experiment Station» statement of Secretary of Commerce son has determined (hw. no war"h'pe of Oregon and Wa»hlngton. Specially Suitable to facHic Coad Condition» William C. Redfield, the total value of or troops shall be tnswed, a. “^Biing the imports of those articles known as resembling a military or uereti k,emton’ luxuries, such as art works, precious Two Serious Peats in Northwest for this station to secure, at the ear­ atration carried on by the llnl»“’1 liest possible moment, reliable data stones, laces, feathers, perfumeries, Gardena. States while diplomatic negotiation« * regarding this important industry. cigars, wines and the like, for the “Two serious pests of the gardens “Eastern Oregon is the great meat­ with Japan over the California alien Bomb Outrage« .Mixcarry, But Bri­ fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, will on the Pacific Coast are the millipeds producing section of the state; hence land legislation are in progress, so All Wfrtb Down; Damage in Coun­ tain la Worried Official Pa­ be greater than ever before, judging und the slugs,” says A. L. Ix>vett, as­ it would be desirable to conduct ex­ that no alarming interpretation can be try Not finown Many In­ per Not Suppreaaed. from the figures for the nine months sistant entomologist of the Oregon Ag­ periments in live stock feeding under placed on even the ordinary maneuvers jured by JVreckage. ricultural Experiment station. conditions prevailing there. 1 would ended with March, 1918. “They feed on a variety of garden therefore earnestly recommend, first, of the army and navy. The value of art works imported crops and, apparently, their depreda­ that preparation be made to take up The rumor which called for the Ixindon There wm h startling »e- during the first nine months of the tions are becoming each season more this work at experiment stations in White House statement probably be­ Seward, Neb. — A tornado] which quel Saturday to the warning received current fiscal year is over 50 million severe and extend over a greater area. co-operation with this station at the gan its rounds when the War depart­ took a toll of ten lives, injured 30-odd by th« officials of the Midland railway dollars as compared with less than 30 Neither of these pests is an insect in earliest practical date, and second, ment recently made public orders to persons and destroyed more than a the strictest sense of the word, but the on May 12 In the form of an anony­ million for the corresponding months serious nature of their attack warrants that the three hundred acres of land three officers and two companies of third of the town passed through Sew­ not at present utilized for experimen­ Coast Artillery to sail from San Fran­ ard shortly before 6 o’clock Thursday mous letter which said: of laat year and about 20 million in ua in giving attention to them. tal work be devoted to the growing of cisco for Honolulu about May 24. night. “The millipeds are elongated, worm­ forage crops for the special purpose of These orders,* it was explained, were “It is my duty to inform you that a the same months of 1910* and 1911. Twenty-two residences, including in conformity with the program for several of the best in the town, were deaperate act will be attempted In a This is a new high record. Importa­ like creatures closely allied to the cen­ fattening stock.” tipedes. The segments are well the creation of a permanent and suffi­ entirely destroyed and many more f«w daya to wreck a main line ex­ tions of diamonds and other precious marked, the integument fairly hard. cient garrison in Hawaii, outlinedin were partially wrecked, but the busi­ Silver Nitrate for Sore Eye» of press. '* atones amounted to about 35 million They may be distingushed from the the last annual report of the Secretary ness portion of the place did not suffer Lambs, Two men. giving the names of John dollars this year as against 30 million closely allied forms in that they have of War, and merely carried out plans greatly. I. C. Sisiman, of Fort Klamath, of long Htanding. Wilson and James Lucas, were arrest­ In each of the two preceding years. two pairs of legs to each segment. The tornado formed northwest of ed before daybreak on a high viaduct Thia total haa l>een exceeded only in “The slugs are slimy, repulsive, wrote the Oregon Agricultural college Further representations from the the city and swept across the country, that many of his iambs have eye near Whalley, in Lancashire, which 1910 when the importations were snail-like creatures, mottled gray in Japanese government in support of its taking many buildings along its carries the Midland tracks connecting abnormally large by reason of the color, and about two inches in length trouble at birth. The eyes are sore, protest against the California land course. It struck the western or resi­ Manchester and Liverpool with Scot­ very light importations of 1908 and when mature. A mucus slime is ex­ and in some cases have become cov­ legislation were forecast when Vis­ dence portion of the town of Seward land. Crowbars, sledges and other 1909. Laces, embroideries, and other uded from numerous glands on the ered with a light-colored scum. Some count Chinda, after being informally and swept everything in its path clear. Pads were found in the vicinity. The articles of this class show a total for body. This forma a slimy trail on I become blind, and one two weeks old notified of Governor Johnson’s inten­ It came on the town so suddenly that prisoners were remanded for a week the nine months amounting to about whatever object the slug crawls over. ' developed an inflamed growth on the tion to sign the alien land bill, called only part of the people had opportuni­ in custody. “The millipeds feed on sprouting eyes. The same condition existed last twice at the State department to in­ ty to run to cellars or other places of 36 million dollars, slightly less than The atfair has caused a sensation for the corresponding months of 1912, seeds and later burrow into the roots year. The ewes are in good condition, quire when the governor probably refuge. Those killed generally were having been wintered on wild meadow throughout Lancashire, where it is but more than in 1911. caught in the wreckage of their homes, Wines im­ or up into the fruit where it is in con­ hay. The lambs are strong and seem would act. firmly believed the men were alxiut to ported amounted to about 7} million tact with the soil. which were crushed to pieces like egg­ to grow well. attempt to carry out the threat of the dollars, an increase of about half a “The slugs feed at night usually, shells. DO NOT WANT EUROPEANS Dr. B. W. Hollis, the college veter­ militant suffragettes. The tornado, after passing through million dollars over last year. Im­ and do most of their injury at the sur­ A bridge over the Great Western ports of feathers, natural and arti­ face of the ground. They feed, how­ inarian. advises him to drop a few Seward, continued on its course to the drops of a solution of silver nitrate, 1 Southwest Washington Man Give» railway near Westtioume Park sta­ ficial, reached 9| million dollars this ever, to a depth of three inches or northeast, doing great damage to rural tion, in the west end of London, also year, as against 6i million last year, more in the soil, and climb up to feed part to 5,000 of water, in the eyes of Note of Warning. homes. Reports say that the towns of was the object of a “suffragette” ostrich feathers alone showing a gain on the leaves, even attacking the fo­ the lambs as soon after birth ax they Aberdeen, Wash. — “The Panama Lushton, Grafton, Utica and McCool can be found, and to repeat daily for bomb attack. The canister used was of about two million dollars. liage of the bush fruits. canal, which appears to be the great­ were in the path of the twister, but filled with gun cartridges enclosed in “Birds feed on the slugs, also ten days. This proportion solution, 1 est blessing to the Pacific Coast, may all wire communication to those points Some striking increases are shown to 5,000, may be secured at the drug wool, which was saturated with par- by a comparison of the value of the moles, shrews, certain of the carabid become our greatest curse, if steps was destroyed. uffino oil. The attached fuse had been imports of articles of thia general beetles and centipedes aid in holding store. He does not advise the prepar­ are not taken to ward off immigration An appeal was sent to Lincoln be­ ation of the solution at home. lighted, but had gone out. these pests in check. class for the first nine months of thia of the scum of Southern Europe once fore the one remaining telephone wire If in some instances, the eyes be ­ Another machine was found in the year with the imports for the corres- “Traps consisting of pieces of come much inflamed due to this treat­ the canal is opened. I consider that was lost, for physicians and undertak­ letter lx>x of the Wandsworth district |K>ndirig period of 1900. <>( art boards, sacking and similar materials ment, he recommends its discontin­ we are facing our greatest crisis. We ers, and they left on a freight train at |x>atofllcc in Southwest London. It works, the imports in the first nine placer! al>out the field prove inviting. will be feeding these people from 10:30 p. m. consisted <>f a glass tul>e containing months of the fiscal year 1900 were The pests collect here, and by going uance at the end of five days, substi­ soup kitchens and paying for the soup, Reports from surrounding sections tuting a saturated solution of boric fluid. A partly burn<*d fuse was .at­ valued at but a little over two million over the field in the early morning if something is not done. The solu­ indicate that the effects of the tornado acid. tached to one end. The police believe dollars, ax compared with 50 million they may be collected in a salt water tion, if it is not too late, is to attract were felt over a wide range of terri­ the bomb was set there by militants. in 1913. The chief increase in thia solution or otherwise destroyed. the sturdy men and women, home­ tory, but until telephone communica­ Small Fruits for Home and “Arsenical sprays applied with an Still another canister of explosives class haa occurred since the enactment builders, from the northern countries tion is restored the number of casual­ Cannerv. with a partially burned fuse was found of the existing tariff law, which underspray nozzle to the lower surface ties will not be known. and fill our lands with them.” in Holy Trinity church at Hastings, a placed art works twenty years old and of the leaves will help control the The tornado was followed in Seward This is the view taken by President Answering inquiries, Prof. Victor |*>pular watering place on the South over upon the free list. Diamonds slugs. Poison bran mash, consisting Gardner, of the Oregon Agricultural L. H. Brewer, of the Southwest Wash­ by a hail and rain storm. coast, where the militants have been ami other precious stones for 1900 of 16 lbs. coarse bran, 2 qts. cheap college, says of small fruits for can­ ington Development association. moat active during the week. show a total importation of but 11 syrup and enough warm water to make ning and home use: GOVERNOR’S ANSWER IS “NO” A defeat has been inflicted on the million dollars’ worth, compared with a coarse mash is very good for cut “There are a number of varieties of government by the “wild women” in 35 million for thia year, and cotton worms, and should be equally effective blackberries grown for the market in PRESIDENT FOR FREE WOOL Johnson Stands Firmly Upon Right the matter of the suppression of the laces, embroideries, etc., 15} million for slugs. It should be placed in the Northwest. I am inclined to militant suffragette newspaper, The dollars’ value in 1900 against 30 mil­ small heaps about the plants to be think, however, that the bulk of the “Not Looking for Or Accepting to Exclude Aliens. protected. Suffragette. Compromises,” Say« Wilson. lion for 1913. larger growers are coming rapidly to Sacramento, Cal.—Governor John­ “Air slaked lime, 10 parts, with 1 favor the Oregon Evergreen for com­ After Archbald Bodkin, counsel for Washington, D. C.—President Wil­ son’s final answer to the request of the the treaury, hail announced that the part white hellebore powder, scattered mercial purposes. This is especially government would prosecute anyone SALT LAKE TO RECEIVE N. E. A. over the soil proves a protection true where they are growing for the son came out strongly as the champion Federal government that he withhold printing the newspaper in the future, against the slugs, but the application cannery. The berries of this variety of free wool and free sugar-in-three- his signature from the Webb alien the laltor press and some of the Liber­ Big Convention July 5 Will Be must be repeated after a rain. A are very firm and can without falling years, as provided for in the tariff bill land bill was telegraphed to Secretary Bryan at Washington, and in sub­ recently passed by the bouse. al newspapers, which are the strong­ strong salt solution applied to the to pieces. Highly Interesting. He announced emphatically that he stance amounts to a courteous but un ­ slugs will kill them, but it must be est supporters of the present cabinet, Salt Lake City- -School teachers “The Oregon Everbearing is the one protested that this was an infringe­ used with care, as the salt will injure which grows wild in a good many was not considering compromises of equivocal “no.” After making this statement and who attend the National Educational ment of the liberty of the press. some plants. Cabbage leaves dipped parts of Western Oregon and Wash­ any sort; that he stood squarely be­ Thereupon the Home Office issued a Association convention in thia city in grease drippings and placed about ington. Neither the Mammoth nor hind the measure as it passed the signing and sending the message, the statement declaring that Bodkin's pro­ July 5 to 11 will have an opportunity < the fields prove attractive bait for the the Giant Himalaya have proved to be house and he regarded it as the duty governor went out to the ball game of the Democratic majority in the sen­ and spent the afternoon. He intima­ nouncement had been misconstrued of making a first-hand study of the in­ slugs, which may then be collected as satisfactory as the Everbearing. ate to fulfill its platform pledge by en­ ted that he did not expect any further there. nnd that the Women’s Social and Po­ The Primus berry as we have seen word from Washington. litical union or any publisher could is­ land sea at a time when properties of "For the millipeds bits of potato it, is a very fine fruit for home use, acting the house bill into law. By the text of his reply, whieh was "I am not the kind,” said the Pres­ sue the Suffragette, so long as it did the water are demonstrated daily by placed alout in the surface soil will but is not to be grown for the market. ident, “that considers compromises made public as soon as it was dis­ Swimmers and prove an attractive food, and in this not contain any incitements to crime. hundreds of bathers. non-swimmers alike float like corks way the sprouting se^i may be pro­ It is too soft to stand shipping, and is when I once take my position. I have patched, Governor Johnson feels it his atop the water. No one ever drowns tected. It would seem that this ma­ not productive enough to compete with taken my stand with the house leaders duty to approve the action of the leg­ FOUR RAILROADS INDICTED in the Great Salt Lake. some of the other kinds. The Phe­ terial might be poisoned and serve a nomenal berry is apparently distinctly for the present bill. Enough said. I islature. His message to the secreary am not looking for or accepting com­ of state not only affirms the right of One session of the N. E. A. conven­ double purpose.” inferior to the Loganberry. It is a promises.” the state to enact a law barring Asia­ Separately and Combined 6.1 Counts tion, Tuesday, July 8, will be held at lighter yielder and a shorter lived tics from ownership in land, but also Saltair, the bathing resort on the Found Against Carrier«. Long Life in Country. plant. Lane for Federal Railways. defends the public policy of such a lake. Delegates, however, can take a ¡ East St. Louis Five indictments daily dip in the lake if they choose, Dwarf pears could be set between “With air filtered through forest Washington. D. C.—Secretary Lane, measure, citing the vote on the Webb charging rebating and discrimination for the beach is only thirty minutes and cleansed by meadows and fields, standard pear trees as fillers. The of the Interior department, placed bill as proof of the demand for such an on 63 counts were returned against from the center of the city and train free from the nerve-wracking noise of growing of dwarf fruits, however, has himself on .»cord as favoring a rail­ act in California. four railroads and a coal company by a service is frequent. With the sending of the telegram cars, unannoyed by the odor of pack­ not been proved to be commercially way system in Alaska constructed, Federal grnnd jury here. The indict­ owned and operated by the govern­ the controversy over the bill is at an Convention visitors may go from ing house or manufactory, with the profitable.” ments set forth instances wherein it is the inland seashore to the mountains, absolute control of water and food end, so far as the California adminis­ ment. alleged the laws were violated by the from the one kind of summer resort to supply, there seems to be no reason Pruning Currants and Gooseberries “Government ownership of railroads tration is concerned. Governor John­ Vandalia, ('leveland, Cincinnati, Chi­ the other, in an hour or so. The con­ why the dweller in the rural home In response to an inquiry regarding in Alaska,” he said, “seems to me to son has until June 16 in which to sign cago & St. i/ouis (Big Four), Chicago, vention city has the shimmering sea should die save by accident or from the pruning of currants and gooseber­ be the one policy that most certainly the act, and in the normal course of Indiana A Southern, the Grand Trunk on one side and the Wasatch moun­ old age,” says Dean H. W. Calvin, of ries, the division of horticulture of will make for her lasting welfare.” events it will become a law at the ex­ railroad and the O'Gara Coal company. tains on the other. Canyons and foot­ the home economics division of the the Oregon Agricultural college re­ The secretray expressed his views piration of 90 days from the closing of The Vandalia is charged in three hills extend into the city proper. 1 Oregon Agricultural college. in a letter responding to inquiries the legislature, or on August 10 next. plied recently: counts with rebating, and the Big Mountain climbing vies with salt wa­ This, with an urgent plea for the Both currants and gooseberries pro­ from Senator Pittman, chairman of Four is accused in 21 counts with dis­ ter bathing as n popular sport. necessity of much greater intelligence duce their fruit on wood two, three, the committee on territories, which Mexican« Like to Be Prisoner«. criminating in favor of the coal com­ Salt Lake City is preparing to en­ as to sanitation and hygiene on the four or five years old. The new one now has under consideration bills pro­ El Paso, Tex.—American soldiers at pany. The Big Four and the Chicago, tertain the largest convention in the farm than on the part of the average year old wood seldom bears much viding for the construction by the Na­ Indiana A Southern are charged joint­ history of the National Educational city dweller, constituted the vital part fruit. Wood more than four years old tional government of a railway system Fort Bliss are engaged more in pre­ ly in 20 counts with making discrimin­ Association. The state of Utah has of the address she gave at the confer­ usually grows rather weak and bears in Alaska. venting Mexicans from becoming pris­ ating ratea and concessions in favor of appropriated 17000 and funds from ence on the conservation of human life only a small amount of rather inferior oners than in detaining the 200-odd the O’Gara company. federal soldiers already held at the other sources insure proper handling at Reed Institute. fruit. Mrs. Wilson Sees Slums. Texas army post. A report that many “In the city there are boards of of the convention. It is generally considered advisable Washington, D. C.—Mrs. Woodrow of the Mexican soldiers had escaped health, inspectors, and intelligent. to remove all wood from both currant Maximilian Law Decreed. next-door neighbors to counteract neg­ and goseberry bushes that is more Wilson went “slumming” Saturday from the prison led to a count, which Eagle Pass, Tex.—Governor Car- I Briton and Wife Kill Five. afternoon with a party of local social showed that there were six more pris­ ligence or ignorance, ” she said. “On ranza has issued a decree directing1 Agua Calientes, Mex.—John Walk­ the farm each family has the entire than four years old. Then thin out workers and visited “Goat alley,” oners than originally were transported the new canes that come up from the that the law of January 25, 1862, pop­ er, a British mine owner, and his wife, responsibility for the whole of its lit- i ground or near the ground last season "Snow court,” “Ragland alley” and here from Naco, Arizona. The recent ularly known as the “law of Maximil­ fighting shoulder to shoulder, recently tie community.” to three or four of the strongest ones, other squalid spots at the capital. Be­ altering of the prisoners’ mess from ian,” would be enforced against Huer­ kille