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LAND TO SETTLEMENT WITNESSES FOR OPEN Colville Reservation in Washington Will Furnish Homes. U. S. DISAPPEAR [ FARM vi ORCHARD I Spokane-Ons milion scree of land Notas «ta Instruction» from Agricultural Colitytt and Exprimant Station» | will be opened to entries by white ta OrspcMi and Washington. SpadaUu SuUablt to Pacific Coati Condition» I settlers when the Colville Indian re servation, 50 miles northeast of Spo Profit in Kindness. kane, is thrown often to settlement not Loganberry One of the Best Busi Too few breeders and dairy farmers ness Propositions. : later than July, 1915, under act of "From a strictly commercial point give the needed recognition .to the congress. of view the loganberry seems to be basis on which the dairy industry is Of this amount a recent Investiga- Hocialiats Believed Responsible - one of the best business propositions founded- the motherhood of the ani Attacks Made on Others Cit ' tion shows that about 800,000 seres that is open to the small fruit grower mal furnishing the milk. One of the may be classified aa agricultural land, of the Northwest at the present most successful of the early Wisconsin izens of Town Armed. providing no timber reserve Is eatab- tins,” says Prof. V. R. Gardner, of dairy men had for his motto, "Speak to a cow as you would to a lady,” and the Oregon Agricultural College. ‘ I ishod. when he was asked if he removed his -"If an average of five tons Is ob Fort Btevens, Or.—Corporal Hhado, The reservation contains 1,313,281* tained, this means an income of ap hat when entering the stable door in the last of the government's principal acres, and assuming that the resident proximately $400 an acre," he contin the morning, he replied that he cer witnesses in the case against Waldo H. Indian population will acquire 2500 al- I ues. "With an average yield of only tainly would do so if he thought he (xjffman, the Socialist who ia charred lotmenta of 160 acres each there will four tons, a very moderate estimate could get more milk thereby, writes remain 918,2X0 acres to be classified, a contributor to Farm and Home. with spreading treasonable propagan appraised and sold at not less than indeed, the income an acre would be What owner, especially in testing, $320. The coot of picking amounts to da among United States troops, haa $1.25 |>er acre to bona fide settlers, aa about 25 cents a crate, or $20 a ton. has not noticed that some one of bis diaappeared from the poet here and provided in the act of congress of This leaves a very good margin to cov milkers was able to get more milk the trial of Coffman has been halted, March 22. 1906. er the coot of production and for profit from the rows than were the other Janies R. Sovereign, a resident of upon the amount of capital invested. temporarily, at least. milkers? It is the personal equation, Thia la the third witneaa for the Fed Keller, Wash, has made a careful "Heretofore the demand for logan the regard the cow has for her attend He says berries has been more or less limited. ant, that gives hand milking an ad eral authorities who has mysteriously study of the reservation. dropped from view In a week, either that out of the one million acres to be The fruit is comparatively soft ami vantage over the machine; and the i thrown open 800,000 is agricultural on the eve of or during the trial. not suitable for long distance ship more nearly the cow has adopted her The other missing witnesses are Pri land, and the rest may be classified as ments. With the development of the milker in place of her calf, the great vate Crawford and Private lows, who mineral and gracing. canning trade and with the discovery er will be his success as a milker. The reservation is in Ferry and started from the Presidio at San that the fuit can be dried to advan There is usually a vast difference in Francisco to testify here, but who Okanogan counties, in Eastern Wash tage, a very large market ia open to results between the milker who gets a ington. Its greatest width from the have not arrived. it. Canneries are willing to pay about cow into position by pushing the leg Shortly before Corporal Shade dia- Columbia river north is about 50 miles four cents a pound, or $80 a ton, for of the stool into her flank and then appearud from here, the Federal au and its greatest length is about 65 the fresh fruit, the same price that kicks her on the shin to make her step thorities secured evidence indicating miles. It has a water frontage on the they pay for raspberries and strawber I back, and the one who gains the same that he had been offered large sums of Columbia of 150 miles and on the : riea. They are able to pay this price «•nd with patience and gentleness. money to desert from the army before : Okanogan river of 40 miles. because they can sell it to practically Who can blame the cow for wanting At present there are about 250 the next session of the Coffman trial, the same trade that takes these fruits, to kick the first man? which had been |s>atponed to give the white persona on the reservation, or and it Is no more costly to put on the Aside from the knowledge of how to prosecution an opportunity to locate about an average of one to every 10 market in cans. Furthermore, it feed in general and the study of the square miles. They arc mostly en Crawford and Lowe. seems very likely that they will con special wants of the individual cows, Shade testified on the day the trial gaged in mining and dependent enter tinue to pay this price for it, for the to attain the greatest success a man was continued and shortly before had prises. prices of strawberries and raspberries must win the affection of the cows. The agricultural lands are best engaged in an encounter with a friend will tend to establish a level below Some will say that this cannot be of Coffman who upbraided him for be adapted to stock raising, fruits and which it cannot well drop.” done. But it the calf and growing grains. The forests will yield hun ing a witneaa for*the government. yearling is treated gently and kindly, Officers in every city ulong the Pa dreds of millions of feet of lumber. ! and then is stabled and handled before Winter Hutter Making. cific (oast have been requested to look Although sufficient investigation haa freshening like a cow, there will be Good butter can be made in winter, for Corporal Shade and also the other ta-en conducted to reveal the presence no such thing aa breaking the heifer but it takes careful attention to de missing soldiers. Private Crawford of gold, silver, copper, nickel and tails from start to finish. Be sure to milk; she will take it as the regu was a trusted soldier and it ia not lead, lack of transportation facilities that utensils used in working the but lar thing. thought by some that he deserted. Ilia has prevented mining on a large scale. ter are thoroughly aired and dried af Four Bud Weevils Injure Fruit testimony was expected to be more However, the Great Northern rail ter using and before being put away. way's new branch will open up the dnmaging than the others. Scions. In the absence of direct sunshine dry It is reported here that the extreme district this fall. That young fruit scions are receiv ing is slower, and may not be thor activity of the Socialists here and the oughly done unless special attention is ing great injury from four different methods employed to outwit the pros LAND SHARPS MAKE ESCAPE given, says a Farm and Home Writer. bud weevils, and that immediate steps ecution by causing witnesses to disap Always scald pails, strainers and should be taken is the opinion of Prof. pear, has attracted the attention of Thousands of Russians Ruy and separators with as much care as in mid H. F. Wilson, in charge of entomology the United States government Secret Are Turned Off Ry Police. summer. Because milk does not sour work at the Oregon Agricultural Col Service department, which has started lege. Berlin—The "Berliner Tageblatt" so quickly is no reason why vigilance an investigation. "They sometimes appear in im in this direction should be relaxed. Thia news is welcome here and at re|x>rts from St. Petersburg a rem ark- The bitter odor is bound to creep in mense numbers on fruit trees and feed Hammond, as it ia declared the citi nble swindling affair, which, however, on the foliage and buds just opening," unless this is carefully attended to. zens at the latter place are in a state is not without its humorous side. A We cannot hope to make good but he says. "On large trees the damage bordering on terror and many resi ter without proper ripening of the ia slight, but very young trees suffer, dents of the town and soldiers of Fort group of sufficiently plausible sharps cream, for proper ripening is most im and may lose the proper branches for circulated notices to the effect that Stevens are rejiorted to have armed portant. Most farm people keep forming the head by having the buds themselves for protection, following the authorities, desiring to establish a They do con cream an entire week, putting all in eaten by the weevils. attacks on several persona wl>o are new town in the plains near Nakhitch- - one lot. Often the cream is skimmed siderable damage on young prune known to look with disfavor on the evan, on the Don, were prepared to directly into the churn, and this, of scions, stripping them completely and tactica of the radical faction of the give any one a free title to 1001» course, has not ripened at all. Cool causing them to die in a short time. Socialists. square yards of land, on condition that the cream thoroughly after separating "Spraying with arsenate of lead Corporal Martin, interested in the the settlers fence in their allotments and before mixing with the other would undoubtedly kill them, but al) search being made for Corporal Shade, immediately and undertake to com- : cream. Stir thoroughly every time the weevils respond slowly to poisons, was attacked and an attempt made to mence building within a reasonable fresh cream is added. It will then and the breeding grounds would furnish sandbag him by a friend of Shade time. ripen evenly; more butter will be ob new supplies before the old disap whom Martin had questioned regard Thousands of people rushed to the tained, and it will come easier and peared. Hence spraying is not a prac ing the whereabouts of Shade. Other spot, where they were received by the tical remedy. quicker. soldiers went to Martin’s assistance swindlers, who assisted them in stak- As the beetles have no wings under Churning should be done at least and he escaped serious injury. ing out their plots, and sold them, at twice a week. After separating is the wing sheaths, they must crawl in high prices, large quantities of ma done cream should be kept cool until to the trees. If, therefore, the trees lobbying May Re Stopped. terial for fencing. The settlers put within 12 hours before churning. It are shaken in the cool of the day to Washington, D. C.—Lobbying aa a up tents and sheds and camped on the may generally be ripened in winter by dislodge the weevils, and something fine art, how it ia done, and who is ground, while the swindlers not only letting it stand in a warm room a few sticky is put around the tree, a large responsible, what enda are sought and made money by the sale of materials, hours. The temperature should be part of the damage will be prevented. what results accomplished probably but acted as land agents and proceed raised to about 65 degrees, or a little Printer’s ink or a 'special preparation will be investigated by the special ed to sell and resell plots of land in re over. If churned at more than 65 de made by the "Tanglefoot” manufac senate lobby committee before it con turn for good commissions. grees a good deal of the curd may be tures would be good. On the following day the men had incorporated and this will give a cludes its work and submits a report How to Prune Roses. to the senate. For nearly two weeks diaappeared, but in their place there cheesy flavor and the butter will not the five senators on the committee arrived a detachment of police, headed keep well. hybrid perpetual and ever- The have listened to testimony that has by the town prefect from Nakhitche- If all the conditions are right, but blooming roses are commonly not dealt almost exclusively with the in van, and the disappointed settlers not ter should come in about 40 minutes. pruned hard enough. The best flowers fluence exerted on the tariff bill, but only found themselves under arrest (or If it takes longer, it may be due to are grown on young wood, and the aim it uncovered enough trails to lead occupying land without legal author-1 too much cream in the chum, cream should be to cut them back enough to members to believe that campaigns of ity, but lost all their fences and build too cold, cream too thin, and it may induce a strong growth which will every sort political, industrial and ing material, which were promptly be so thick that it whips and sticks. bear a few fine flowers, rather than a economic—have been conducted much confiscated. The |>erpetrator8 of the lot of common ones. Long, straggling along the same lines, through paid swindle have not been caught. Students Close Year of Country growth can be cut back in the fall, agents, in efforts to create public sen but pruning should generally be de man With Fine Number. timent favorable to causes con Sawmill Strike Rroken. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor layed until spring, according to a cern ed. Many suc Duluth. Minn.—The strike of «aw- vallis—The fifth year of the Oregon Farm and Home expert. It ia believed that the time limit of rhill employes practically is broken. Countryman, published by the students cessful rusarians cut back their bushes 26 days imposed on the committee will of the Oregon Agricultural College, to within one foot of the ground and be extended and the investigation will Every mill in the city started opera closed with the June number. It is also remove all weak shoots. The aim go into every possible phase of what tions Thursday morning, the crews full of good things, containing 13 spe should be to cut off from one-half to ranging from 60 to 80 per cent of the the committee suspects is lobbying. cial articles on various phases of farm two-thirds of the previous season’s usual number employed. growth, and to remove all dead, frozen It is expected that fully 900 of the , and home life, with 11 illustrations. < and weak canes. There is little dan- Kain Assures Rig Crops. The leading article is on “ The 1200 men who have been out of em- 1 Pendleton, Or.—A long steady rain, ployment will be back in their places Evergreen Blackberry,” by W. R. i ger of cutting off too much. Siler, of Vance, Wash. E. W. Cur officially reported as .77 of an inch, all | within two days. The Man of the Hour. No disorders market! the strike, and tis, of Claremont, Cal., writes on over Umatilla county brought up the You may sing of the man with the "Important Phases in Dry Farm Till total rainfall for the second week of I it is expected the men will return to hoe. June to 1.1 inches, unprecedented for work at the same rate of wages they age Methods,” and A. B. Lunn, Cam Of the hero behind the gun; den, N. Y., on marketing farm eggs. formerly received. 4 this season of the year, and making Your may carol of valiant knights. O. C. Simpson, of ;the dairy faculty, practically certain a material increase Who have hundreds of battles won; has an article on farm butter making, Montana Files Rate Proteat. in the number of bushels per acre on Your may weep of the martyred and W. W. Howard, of Corvallis, wheat and barley. Rain ia reported Butte, Mont.-—The board of railway ' saint. gives some valuable information on aa far north aa Waitaburg and Pasco. commissioners of Montana have, ac Or the poet who rules the pen; the care of draft horses. The farmers in the Pilot Rock district cording to advices from Washington, But who on earth ami on the light land sections in the filed briefs with the Interstate Com • Flax culture is the theme on which Can compute the worth northeastern part of thiB county were merce commission asserting that car R. W. Alspaugh, of Barton, writes. Of the fellow who feeds the hen? Dean Henrietta W. Calvin, of the especially benefitted. load rates on grain and flax over the home Economics department, haa —Josephine Page Wright in Farm Burlington sysetm between Montana the leading article in the home prob and Home. Hill Linen Stop Work. stations and terminals at Chicago, Du lems division, discussing the principles St. Paul—Orders have been issued luth, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas of bread making. A dairy of the sen Free Government Seeds. by James J. Hill stopping all work on City and Sioux City, are unreasonable ior stock judging trip is given by For a bet a young seedsman of Leeds thte Great Northern railroad lines that and discriminatory. The commission Blaine Ferguson, of Harley, Idaho, Rashly swallowed six packets of seeds; is not absolutely necessary, according is asked to establish reasonable rates. and there are editorials on the dairy And now. silly ass! to an announcement made at the gen students’ trip, the work in poultry And canny’s” d^n iorV/’we’eds. eral offices of the road. It was said Canal Zone to Have Jury System. husbandry, animal husbandry and other the action was taken as a result of the Washington, D. C.—One of the im departments. —Charles Dobbs, in Farm and Home. recent Supreme court decision in the mediate results of the conferences be ------------------------- — Minnesota rate cases. Work on sev tween Secretary Garrison and Colonel One Chance Left. Ultra-Refined. eral pieces of construction In Montana Goethals, chairman of the Panama There is a finicky, over-precise, ul What a lively baby. said Flaher- was discontinued, while a report says Canal commission, now in Washington morality and idealism ty. "Have ye had his picture took 600 men were laid off in Wisconsin. will be the introduction into the canal tra-refined zone of the jury system for the trial which is difficult to adjust to the larg yet, I dunno?” "Not yet,” said Fo- Ocean Trust Disclosed. of persons charged with felonies. er, looser, simpler, but often more vi garty, the proud father. "We thried Washington, I). C.—Chairman Alex tal ethics and aspiration of men.— to, but afther an hour's lost labor the Austria Orders Airships. photygrafter rayferred us to ti mov- ander, of the house ship trust investi Woman’s Share in Social Culture. gating committee, making public the in’-picture studio.”—Lippincott’s. Vienna — The visit to Vienna of first three volumes of the committee's Count Zeppelin, in the dirigible air Far-Reaching. Daily Thought proceedings declared they contained ship Sachsen, a few days ago, accord "Carson seems to be getting mighty evidence that competition between ing to the report here, has impelled friendly with everybody all of a sud Remember, no effort we make to at- coastwise lines had practically been the Austrian government to order six den." "Yea, he is going to be mar tain something beautiful is ever lost. eliminated and that all established Zeppelins for delivery after 1914. ried soon and he wants to have as Sometime, somewhere, somehow we lines from American porta were in They are to be armed with machine many friends as he can and get pres shall find that which we seek.—Helen agreements. guns. ents from.” Keller. Treason Case at Fort Stevens Can't Be Tried. LAND IN NEED OF LABORERS Brazilian Miniate.’ Telia of Drab With Japanese Workers. Washington, D. C.—A state dinner by Secretary Bryan to Dr. Lauro Mul ler, Brazilian minister of foreign affairs, here on a special mission, closed a busy day of entertainment and sightseeing for the visitor. Dr. Muller talked with some callers through his interpreter, about the im migration of Japanese to Brazil. "Some thousands of Japanese are coming into Sao Paulo, a state of Bra zil, for agricultural purposes, but it is not true that colonization agreements have been entered into between Japan and Brazil as governments,” he said. "In Brazil we are in the same posi tion as we were 50 yean ago, the same position that your state of Cali fornia was in at that time—we need population. The lands in Sao Paulo state, into which the Japanese are coming, are low lands, near the sea, good for the production of rice, but the people of Brazil will not go into them. "Individual owner« in that state, through the state of Sao Paulo, made an agreement with an immigration concern in Japan to bring ua a few thousand laborers to grow rice there, laborers such as the United States has engaged in the digging of the Panama canal. "We have not encouraged the Jap anese to emigrate to our country. For years we have subsidized immigration, but never the immigration of Jap anese. We need labor and immigra tion, however, and if the question of encroachment by Japanese should ever come up in our country we would be able to deal with it without the diffi culty experienced by the United States and California, for in Brazil we have unity of legislation. "The laws of the states are alike in Brazil and the central government watches over questions like that.” COLLEGE HEN MAKES REOORD Oregon Biddy Lays Ninety-Nine Eggs in 100 Days. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Or.—A college hen, which laid 99 eggs in 100 days and observed Com mencement day by taking a single day’s vacation, is a new claimant for prominence in the chicken world. The newly heralded layer is three-quarters White Leghorn and one-quarter Barred Plymouth Rock, descending from several generations of heavy lay ers bred at the Oregon Agricultural College experiment station. Not only is this the best record ever secured at the Agricultural college for the same length of time but a careful perusal of authentic records from other stations on file fails to reveal an equal performance. Good Roads Meeting Ends. House Passes Senate Bill After Strenuous Fight May Vote for National and City Officials—Strong Leverage Given In Politics. raiMENT STATUS OF BQI AL SCFFSAGE Equal rights exist in: Wyom ing, granted in 1869; Colorado. 1893; Utah, 1896; Idaho, 1896; Washington, 1910; California, 1912; Oregon, 1912; Kansas, 1912; Arizona, 1912—making nine states, in addition to the Territory of Alaska. The Illinois legislature haa grant ed suffrage with some limitations, and the bill now goes to the gover nor. Legislative amendments now be fore voters to be decided in 1914: Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. In the following states the sub ject is to come up again in the state legislatures: In Iowa, 1916; New Jersey, 1914; New York, 1915; Pennsylvania, 1915. In these states it has been before the legislatures once. In Maine and West Virginia the legislatures gave a majority vote to the amendment, but two-thirds was necessary. Springfield, III.—The ballot, with some limitations, was placed in the hands of Illinois women Thursday, so far as the legislature is concerned, the issue now being up to Governor Dunne. The bouse passed senate bill No. 63, popularly known as the "suffrage bill,” which had been previously passed by the state senate. There had been a stormy fight, the suffra gists once before during the session having been defeated and winning only after the most strenuous exer tion. Submission of the bill to the people is not required. The bill gives only partial suffrage. Full suffrage was not sought under the bill, although provision was made for fighting that battle in another way. The new law provides that women may vote for presidential electors, members of the state board of equaliz ation, clerk of the Appellate court, county collector, county surveyors, members of the board of assessors, members of the board of review, san itary district trustees and for all offi cers of cities, villages and towns, ex cept police magistrates, and on all question or propositions submitted to vote by the electors of such municipal ities or political divisions of the state. There are excluded from the list the office of governor, lieutenant governor attorney general, state treasurer. United States senator, representatives in congress, state senators, legislators, circuit, county and probate judges, states’ attorneys, sheriffs, coroners, police magistrates and all officers named in the constitution of Illinois. The effect of the bill will be wide spread, and the women contend that it gives them a political leverage that undoubtedly will result in further ex tension of the ballot later on, through the submission of a constitutional amendment. Boise, Idaho — The’ Intermountain Good Roads association closed its an nual convention here after a three-day session, following a spirited conflict over the place of the next meeting and the election of president and secre tary. Butte, Mont., won out against Provo, Utah, for the 1914 meeting. Dr. L. P. McCalla, chairman of the executive committee in charge of the present convention, was elected presi dent. He is a prominent physician of Boise. T. H. Burton, of Nephi, Utah, was elected secretary. Resolutions adopted declared for an open auto route through the Yellow stone National Park in promotion of the nation-wide movement to "see STRIKE CLOSES PAPER MILLS America first.’’ Convict labor on good roads was highly indorsed, together Oregon City Is Scene of Unexpected with the Good Roads department of Socialist Activities. the Federal government conducted in connection with the department of Ag Oregon City, Or.—Three of the big riculture. paper mills here shut down after mid night Wednesday night, following riots within the mills when agitators Suffrage Lessens Crime. Washington, D. C.—Woman suffrage from Portland sought to incite the workmen to strike. as a means of lessening crime was ad Fifteen of the workmen were placed vocated here by C. E. Sebastian, chief in jail on riot charges. Socialist of police of Los Angeles, in an address leaders from Portland were jailed before the closing session of the an when they attempted to make street nual convention of the International speeches. association of Police Chiefs. Chief i Captain Blanchard and 15 members Sebastian declared that through suf of Company L of the National Guard frage recognition of police women in are under arms in the armory, ready Los Angeles had been obtained and to respond to riot calls. crime had been reduced. Suffrage, he added, had helped to break down the Lister Names Two Women. false modesty which had prevented Olympia, Wash.—Two women were public discussion of MX problems. named on the Panama-Pacific Exposi Oil Scandal Is Brewing. tion board by Governor Ernest Lister, London—Scandals connecting mem- the five appointees being Mrs. W. A. tiers of the British government with Holzheimer, Seattle; Mrs. H. W. Al speculations in oil somewhat resem len. Spokane; J. D. Trenholme, Seat bling those disclosed in Marconi j tle; Ruber Rasher, Spokane, and Three of shares, it is reported, may bring about Frank H. Hale, Tacoma. a fresh parliamentary sensation in those named are Democrats, one a Re publican, and the politics of the other England. The Times recently ~arned the gov is unknown. The last legislature al ernment that rumors were rife as to lowed $175,000 for the San Francisco cabinet ministers speculating in the exposition and $25,000 for the San shares of oil companies which contract Diego show. ed for the British navy. »eat Ruining Canadian Wheat. | Engine Forces United. Quaker Oats Stock Declines. Washington, D. C.—Ratification of a general working agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was voted by the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Enginemen in an nual session here. The agreement was approved by the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers at its recent meet ing in Chicago and this action puts it into operation. Under the agreement the two organizations hereafter will work in harmony on all questions. Chicago — The filing of a govern ment anti-trust suit against the Quak- er Oats company here was reflected in a sharp flurry * in the stocks of that ct^npany, on the Central Stock Ex- change, an extreme decline of 80 points being registered. Bakersville, N. C.—Three inches of snow fell in Mitchell county Thursday. Cattle owners in Western North Caro lina are fearing heavy losses, owing to the grass being covered. Winnipeg, Man.—Manitoba and Sas- katchewan are drying up under the in- ^en’c, thaTt. h” the the southern parts of these two pro- vinces say that the wheat crop maybe injured unless rain comes soon. The thermometer registered 102 and 103 at many points, Snow Falls in Carolina.