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VOL. XLV.
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, WM.
NO. 205
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SEASIDE SAWMILL.
A complete atock of lumbar on hand
In th rough or drained. Flooring, rua-
tlu, celling, and all klnda of finish
mouldlnga and (hlnglea; alao brack!
work don to order. Term raaaonablc
and price at bedrock. All order
promptly attended to. Office and yard
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Qrocers, : and : Butchers
Aatorla and Upper Aatorla
Flee TM and Coffrta, Table Dalfcadaa, Doatetlk
an i roptcai i-nirta, vttMi, but ar
Cured Hae, Bacon, Etc.
Choke Fresh and Salt Meats.
PRACTICAL SIDE
OF FLAX CROWING
Interesting Fact for the runners ami
Merchant of Clatsop.
will c.kow in i;vi:ry soil
Oreajwn Ortalnly Meet All Require
ment, but Ureal Care Necse
sary for Success.
The oldest of all book-the Bible
refer In numruua Instance to flax
cultivation and to the spinning and
weaving of linen; and other ancient
writing, and the vat 111 more remote
testimony of ancient Egypt. In the
monument and tomb how, nut only
the drgre of perfection the cultivation
of the fibre had attained, but the aklll
with which It waa worked up In the
manufacture of flne linen fur the cloth
ing of prleata and king. Hut. to con
fine the aubjret to what Immediately
relate to the present time, further ref
erence to ancient history muat be omit
ted. The propoaltlon to establish In thla
county the growing and aplnnlng of flax
ha led to aome Inveatlgallun upon the
aubject. the reault of which can not
fall to be of Internet to every farmer
and bualneaa man In the community.
The great Htewart factorle of Llahurn,
Ireland, have aent aome flax aeed to
Meaara. Foard A Stoke, of thla city,
for the purjx'ae of having It planted In
thla and other countlra In Oregon, with
a view to aacertalng whether Oregon
ran grow flax. Should the experiment
prove aueceaaful, Mr. Porter, the man
ager of the Hlewarl' Inatltutlnn, write
that they will put a branch establish
ment In Astoria.
The following moat Intereatlng facta
have been reprinted from the Irish
Trxtile Journal:
SUITABILITY OF BOIL.
There l probably no plant which
grow Hint thrive ao well under ao
many varying condition and In ao
many countries a tl.ix. The temperate
zone la best suited to Ita growth a a
Mire, producer, but It may be almoin
regarded Indlglnous from the
equator to the (3rd degree of latitude
In the northern hemlaphere.
Speaking geiiernlly. Mux will grow In
n greet variety of soil, but If the most
itultnble la pointed out and a wont of
warning given as to what nhould be
avoided, and the grower realises that
the general principle, "the better the
Innd the better the crop," I apecl&lly
applicable here. It w ill be a suttlclently
broad guide to anyone of average In
telligence. Loamy oll, If deep and dry,
la im'Ht excellent, and heavy land, when
properly prepared, will give rich crops
f flax; but a stiff clay subsoil Is un
suitable and peaty, or sandy soil, with
a poor bottom, will produce a very poor
yield. Knots go deep down Into the
ground, and aubsolllng and draining
must also be attended to, on both are
essential to a good result. Water rest
ing either on the ground or under It,
particularly If stagnant. Is fatal to a
good crop- An old writer on the sub
ject aaya: "Wet, spewey lands, or hot,
scorching ground, will never yield a
good crop of flux; but loamy or clayey
ground the latter needing more prep
aration will yield u suitable one."
ROTATION.
Flux growing cannot be taken up at
random. It required careful fore
thought, though not greuier. perhaps,
than should be bestowed upon the se
lection of ground fur any particular
crop, ajul flux la In this respect almost
a accommodating as any other crop.
It will succeed so many dllTerent kinds:
According to the best authorities, It will
follow potatoes, wheat, oats, rap", car
rots and rye. In one Instance abroad,
It is noted as being put In lifter tur
nips (In very strong soil) which as a
general rule, Is very objectionable in
this country, the most favorable posi
tions being after potatoes, wheat or
oats. But the practical farmer looks
beyond one or two years' crops, and has
other to think of as well ns flux, and
systematic attempts are made to util
ize all the plant-sustaining constituent
of the soil by putting In such crops In
succession a will consume, the one af
ter the other, all the different plant
food elements contined In the earth; In
other words, what one plant leaves In
the soil this year Is taken up by a plant
of a different order next year, and the
application of this principle In connec
tion with the skilful manuring, plays a
very Important part In Judicious farm
ing. We have not extended the rotutlon In
vestigation to show how soon flax
could be repeated In the same ground,
and the Intervening years most profit
ably occupied. We have simply exhib
ited a few of tho crops which generally
precede flax. Seven to ten years Is the
shortest time thut should elapse be
tween two crops of flax In the same
field; and a safo rule Is, the longer the
Interval, the better the chance for the
second crop.
PREPARATION OF SOIL.
The preparation of tho soil must be
very carefully attended to, and the
greatest troublo taken In this respect
will be amply 'repaid. Weed allowed
to grow up with the fla.- greatly Inter
fere with the subsequent handling and
scutching', and lower It value so that
the duty of having tho ground very
clean, and free from weed must lie
kept In view from tint beginning, a
well a at every tag of the prepara
tion. After potat'xei or wheat, one
plowing on light or medium land will
be eulllcli.nl, and tht I recommended
to be deferred till early spring; but In
heavy soil two plowing are necessary
one, pretty deep, In the autumn, and
the other well, before Sowing time
come around, but not o deep. Three
plowing are seldom reaorted to,
though on stiff, heavy soil they may be
rnjulred; but, as reinarked before, no
expense should be n-d to secure the
best reault. Harrowing will be very
essential, but Independent of that, be
fore sowing time It will be beneficial to
have all the weed removed (which can
be done by chlldron or adulta where
necessary) end the al left perfectly
clean. After the last harrowing rolling
precede the sowing: but there 1 some
difference of opinion a to whether It la
better to depoell tho seed un a rolled
surface or have It gently broken up to
re-Hve the wed. We are Inclined to
think that the rolled surface is the best
and for this reason that there I less
chance of seed getting burled or cov
ered to a depth which might prevent
vegetation: Much good seed of all
klnda Is often lost In this way, to the
detriment of flax growing and the dis
credit of the seedsman or vender, w hen
the blame Justly lies at the door of mis
management. Itoth aystema have
doubtless succeeded, or they would not
be recommended, and we would be slow
to condemn either. lcmoor, writing on
this point, says: "In agriculture, a
much ir not more than In any other In
dustry It I necessary to use a wise
caution, and we ought also to break
away from the dominion of prejudice
or Ida."
SEED,
A great deal has been written about
electing eed. We would say, select
your seedsman, for It I an open secret
that In this a?" ot many commercial
shams, an old or Inferior article can
lie made to look almost equal to new.
Heed buying must be. to a great extent
a matter of good faith, and the channel
through which seed Is procured. Is of
the chief Importance. With very little
Ingenuity Indeed, a very suierior finish
can be put upon the worthless article.
and In addition to this really excellent ,
seed ns regards geminating quality,
may have tx-en saved from a very i
rthless stix k. Everything considered
It is advisable to pay the utmost atten- I
tlon to the quarter from which the j
seed reaches the hand of the sower.
Less reliance thun form illy is placed
on the nominal title of the various
kinds as describing the country from
which they are derived. The rule waa
Hutch seed for heavy or heavy In
clined soils, and Riga for light or me
dium. Hut for various reasons this
rule Is less adhered to than formerly,
and It Is to be feared that some of the
practices abroad as well as at home,
render It practically Inoperative. Riga
seed one year In Holland is perhaps
the most desirable strain for Irish soil;
but It Is asserted that a large portion
of the seed is "run out" In Holland.
Russian Is frequently passed through
Hollund without ever touching the soil
or seeing the light In that country, be
yond Ix-lng changed from one covering
to another. In this way the name Is
made of little value unless the seed
can be traced to a worthy source. Sound
Kngllsh seisl has produced good crops.
Too often the failure of a crop arises
from the poor seed which has been
bought on the penny wise and pound
foolish policy; huckstering for n low
priced article and taking chance of the
result Is courting failure. If the farr
iner' would aim at obtaining the best
results, he must find the best article
In the market and be willing to pay
the price It commnuds.
CLATSOP COUNTY'S WEALTH.
Roll showing Taxable Property Com
piled by Clerk Dunbar.
County Clerk Dunbar has completed
the work of copying' the assessment roll
of lSlifi. A copy bus been furnished
Sheriff Hare and another has been for
warded to the seci-etory of state, for
the use of the state hoard of equalisa
tion at Its meeting in January- The
dllllcult work of compiling this roll has
been carefully done and reflects great
credit upon Mr. Dunbar and his effi
cient assistants, Messrs. Wherlty ahd
Smith.
The taxable property In this county
In 1895 was I-4,230.1SW. w hile this year it
is but J4.006.3S9, a decrease of $2SB,77.
The summary Is as follows: Acres til
lable land, 7(174, r,6.ir3; acres non-tilla-blo
land, 303.475, $957,426; Improvements
on deeded lands, $1:19,311: town and city
lots, S1.S11.775; Improvements on town
and city lots, $498,640; Imporvements on
lands not deeded or patented, $3",370;
railroad bed, telegraph, telephone and
electric lines, $45,340: merchandise and
Implements, $337,491; money, $51,292;
notes and accounts, $1,040; shares of
stock, $53,000; household furniture, etc.,
$90,118; horses and mules, 674, $10,295;
cattle, 3170, $28,285; sheep and goats, 509,
$512; swine. 609, $982; gross value of all
property, $4,116,930; exemptions. $110,531;
total taxable property as equalized by
county board, $4,006,399; number of
polls, 774.
Meany Is the leading tailor, and pays
the highest cash price for fur skins.
COMPLEXION OF
NEXTCOXCRESS
Republicans Elected a ISiy Majority in
the Kecent Election.
M'KINLEV IS CONGRATULATED
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, Wishes
the Victor Well-Cabinet Talk I
Mere Conjecture.
Canton, Ohio, November 12. Among
the thousand of message received by
Major Mi Klnley the most lmp. it'1-t
among today's was one from Hon. J. W.
Habeock. chairman of the national con
gressional committee, Washington, say
ing: "I hve tb c )iigri.lonal campaign
wound up; the bill is all paid, and a
Utile balance Is left In tho hanN of
the treasurer. We nave elected 101
sound Money Republicans, two sound
money Democrata, Hi Democrats and
Populists and six free allver Hepubli-
can. with three district In Jo-.ibt, one
from Wyoming and two from South
Dakota."
Hon. Jamea F. Campbell, ex-Democratic
governor of Ohii, whom Majcr
McKlnley defeated In Ukl. said:
"Inasmuch as Chairman Jones g'.vei
It up. I presume a Democrat may now
present hi most cordial congratula
tions without fear of party discipline.
Both Mrs. Campbell and mys.-lf Ji.in
our many personal friends in winning
you a happy sojourn In the White,
House and long life and prosperity
thereafter."
STILL VISITING McKIXLEY.
Canton, November IS. M.tjor Mc
Klnley had hundreds of eaii'ers today.
The town waa crowded with neople.
The postponement of the run to
Cleveland until next week will not al
low Major McKlnley to be at the ban
quet tendered Chairman Hanna on
Monday. Numerous report which hae
In en sent out from Canton about ap
pointments to cabinet positions and
secretaryships are said to be entirely
conjectural. It Is not believed a sin
gle decisive step has been taken on any
Important matter of that' nature.
THE WHEAT MARKETS.
Price Falls at the Opening, but Jumps
at the Close.
Chicago, November 12. Wheat open
ed with much stronger prices than H
was exhibiting at the close of the mar
ket yesterday and for more than an
hour It kept edging upward. The bet
ter tone with which the market opened
was In part because of the first Liver
pool quotations showing no change In
the face of the 1T4 decline which took
place here yesterday. It was likewise
due In part to small receipts of wheat
here.
The start for December was rather Ir
regular at from 7ST to 79'i, but princi
pally at 79. yesterday's closing prices.
It gradually worked up to 79'S. and then
got scared. Cablegrams from the Liver
pool Corn Trade News estimated the
itusslun wheat crop at only 12.000,000
less than last year. This was 50.000.0'N)
bushels more than the previous esti
mates, and had a decided effect, De
cember sliding down to 7Sli in short
order. Subsequently, however, the
lieerbohm estimate of the shortage of
wheat In Kussia. which differed ma
terially from that of the Liverpool Corn
Trade News, sent the price upward
again, and once more it went to 79'i. In
the afternoon the bull feeling was com
pletely re-established. Liverpool clos
ed i higher. New York reported three
cargoes of wheat sold for export and
San Francisco reported that the Aus
tralian demand was more urgent than
ever. The enect was soon seen in me
rush of buyers Into the pit and the an
imated competition for offerings which
took December to SXQ S0Tj, the closing
price being 80 hid.
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, November 12. Wheat-
spot, steady; demand, poor; No. 2 red
spring 7s IMsd; No. 1 California, 7s 6V:d.
Futures opened steady, 7s VA.
London, November 12. Hops, Pacific
coast, 3 5s.
Portland, November 12. Wheat Wal
la Walla. 78(079; Valley, 81S82.
HORSELESS WAGONS.
Will Be Used In New York In the Post-
office Department.
New York, November 12. It was an
nounced today at the postofflce that In
a week or two the first horseless mall
wagons ever used In the United States
will be put upon the streets of this city.
They will be employed In the collection
of mall from letter boxes about the
city and the letters thus collected are
to be sorted, stamped and sent to their
proper railway station without going to
the general or any branch postofflce.
KILLED BY FALLING TIMBERS.
Storm Does Much Damage In the South
ern Portion of Oregon.
Eugene, Or., November 12. The stage
driver from Lower Sluslsw who arriv
ed last night reports that a heavy
storm was raging along the coast when
he left, doing considerable damage to
property. The wind and rain storm
Saturday night wa the moat severe
storm known for year and water wa
Jrlven Into the bay, flooding the ad
jacent low land. At the mouth of In
dian Creek Wm. Abbott, hi wife and
two children and hi brother, with five
children, took refuge In a vacant cabin
for the night. At 4 o'clock Sunday
morning the cabin collapsed, burying
the entire party under the debris. Sev
eral timbers fell upon Mrs. Abbott,
fracturing her skull, and she died al
most Instantly. The other of the fam
ily were more or less Injured.
AMERICAN APPLES IN GERMANY.
First Shipment to Hamburg Brings an
Extraordinarily High Price.
Boston. November 12. A private ca
blegram received In this city from
Hamburg states that the first ship
ment of apple received there from
Boston had Just been disposed of and
netted from $2.50 to $2.40 per barrel, ac
cording to quality. These are consid
ered remarkably high prices, especially
aa there has been a determined effort
in ome quarters of Germany to keep
out the American product by circulat
ing absurd stories about the apples
confining the germs of disease.
JAPAN'S BOOM.
Plain Truths About Asiatic Labor In
the Island Kingdom.
Hon. John Barrett. United States
minister to Slam, gives aome plain
truths about Asiatic labor In Japan
In the North American Review. "There
la a boom In Japan," he writes "a
boom In floating and establishing num
berless varieties of manufacturing
planta from Nagasaki to Hakodate.
This may lead to overproduction and
financial disaster. Let us hope not, for
the proud little kingdom deserves a
better fate. But some of Japan's ablest
business men acknowledge the boom
and fear the consequences. Coming
right after the war with China, It bears
some resemblance to the remarkable
American Industrial development fol
lowing the civil war.
- "The ate arid effort to make large
profits have resulted oftentimes In pro
ducing a poor quality of goods and
the consequent loss of markets. The
Japanese manufacturers, as a whole,
have not yet learned to maintain a
permanent high standard. It Is claimed
that they do not plan for the future.
They think too much of the present
This is used as an argument against
their competitive ability and may prove
valid if a change is not accomplished,
but it would seem that time would
remedy the defect
'The Japanese and Chinese home de
mand Is today different from that of
America and Europe, and it may be
some time before Japan and China can
provide goods, especially for the for
eign market, which can compete with
the home supply of those foreign coun
tries. The visitor to Yokohama Is con
tinually reminded, moreover, that he
should buy his clothing there, especially
shirts, because prices are apparently so
much less than in San Francisco or
New York. If the enterprising trav
eler will go to half the trouble In Amer
ica to read the advertisements in local
papers he will find that he can obtain
shirts of equal quality at the same or
a less price. Perhaps a man can pur
chase a dress suit in Yokohama for
$30, gold, but he will get a $20 fit, and
the first evening he wears It at the
club or theatre or at home will also be
the lost one. Nor can a Japanese tailor
make an American laboring man's suit
for $10, gold, that con equal in wear
what can be purchased for that sum
in a hundred Chicago clothing stores.
If large wholesale clothing manufac
turing plants are established In pluce
of the present small back rooms. It is
possible that cheap clothing may be
extensively exported."
DOG SAVES A FIREMAN.
Times-Herald.
Captain Heany, of Engine Company
No. 75, of the West Pullman, has a dog
he prizes as he does his life. Its name
is Fanny and it saved Its master's
dwelling place from being destroyed
by Are last Saturday night. During
the absence of Captain and Mrs.Heany
a kerosene lamp left burning on the
table exploded and a rug near by Its
was Ignited. When Captain and Mrs.
Heanp returned home they found the
house tilled with smoke, and the partly
burned rug had been torn Into shreds
by the dog. The dog's mouth was badly
burned, and Captain Heanp does not
doubt that the animal fought the blaze
and extinguished It. Fanny Is bred
from a famous Are dog, reared and
trained by Captain McCormlck of En
gine Company No. 2.
The flagpole on the Odd Fellows'
block was blown down by the wind
last night.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
f 1 -
ABSOLUTELY PURE
HOW THE NEWS
WAS SUPPRESSED
Silly Ctarges Against the Associated
Press Successfully Refuted.
THANKS FROM BOTH PARTIES
Major McKlnley and Mr. Bryan Grate
ful for the Excellent News Servii
Rendered the ePople.
New York, November 12. The general
manager of the Associated Press has
received the fbllowing- letters:
'Canton. Ohio. My Dear 81r: It gives
me pleasure to acknowledge (and I sin
cerely thank you for) the enterprise)
displayed by your great association In
reporting and transmitting so fully tho
newa from Canton during the campaign
Just closed. I desire to thank you es
pecially for the falthgul and efficient
service of Mr. Geo. B. Freas, whom yost
detailed to take charge of this arduous
and exacting work. Yours very truly.
"WILLIAM McKINLEY,
To Mr. Melville E. Stone, general
manager of the Associated Press, New
York."
Lincoln, Neb. Melville E. Stone,
General Vanaffer of the Associated
Press. Chicago My Dear Sir: Now
that the campaign is over, I dealre to
thank you for the fairnes and thor
oughnesa with which you have reporte
my ipeechea and also to express my
appreciation of the correspondents
w horn you have detailed to travel with
our party. Yours truly.
"WILLIAM J. BRYAN."
DISPLEASED WITH GIBBONS.
The Cardinal Said to Have Incurred
the Displeasure of the Pope.
New York, November 13. According
to a private dispatch Cardinal Gibbons,
as well as Archbishop Ireland, has In
curred the displeasure of Rome. The
cardinal has always shown himself a
staunch friend of Archbishop Ireland
and is known to sympathize warmly
with the views of the St Pr.ul prelate.
For this reason it is alleged he has he
come persona non grata at the Vatican.
How the cardinal will be disciplined
is not definitely known, although It Is
believed that being cardinal, he will
not be removed from bis See. This
much, however, U certain, that it has
been decided to impose upon the car
dinal a coadjutor decidedly of tke con
servative school. In this connection
the names of the rector of the New
York cathedral and the well known
professor of the Catholic University at
Washington are mentioned.
ARTFULLY BUNCOED,
Fakir Brings a Large Portion of Texas
to Washington State.
Seattle, Wn., November 12. What
looks like the greatest land swindle
ever perpetrated In Washington came
to light today. Fifteen men, five of
them with their families, have come to
Seattle from Bremond. Texas, to take
up homesteads which Mr. Makowski,
manager of the so-called "Washington
Farming Land Company," said await
ed them here. These people have found
that the land company Is a fake, and
that Makowski has vanished. He se
sured $600 from this party and their
friends, yet expecting to come to live
on their homestead "reserved" for
them. The families now here sold all
their possessions in Texas to get money
to pay their expenses in reaching Seat
tle, about $1,000 being paid out In rail
road fares. Four of them started back
for Texas tonight and another lot will
leave tomorrow.
CHINESE RAILROADS.
Forty Million Taels Will Be Expended
In the Construction.
Peking, November 12. The Tsung-Li-Yamen
has received a secret edict ap
pointing Sheng Taotal director-general
of railways and granting him permis
sion to construct the Hankow-Canton-Fouchow
Jines. It also authorizes him
to borrow 20,000.000 taels. Altogether
40.000,000 taels ($28,720,000) will be re
quired for the construction of the lines.
Native material must be employed as
far as possible on the Hankow line,
but foreign engineers may be engaged.
It Is rumored that the American syndi
cate tenders for this work have not
been accepted.
Among the damage done by the wind
last night was the blowing down of the
railing and bill board just east of En
gine House No. 2. The doors of the
Estes-Coun Bond street drugstore and
the Star saloon were blown open, and
numerous signboards were demolished.
it