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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1906)
SALARIES TOO LOW I'oor Service Rendered by Cheap Clerks In PostoIIIces. MONEY ORDERS SHOW INCREASE Large Amount of Money Received In Dead Letters Mailed to Fraud ulent Concerns. Washington, Dec. 2H. In his an Dual report made today Fl rat Assistant Postmaster (ieneral Hitchcock say that the low sslar'es all clerks In drat ami second claaa t'ni-m are de creasing the standard of efficiency. It I Impossible, ho nay, to induce effi cient men to enter hi branch of the service, when tlm salary to begin with li hut I0() a year, with no certainty of ironi(ttlon for pcrlinpn aeveral yearn. Mr. Hitchcock strongly rin-om iniiilB a discontinuance of the practice of In stalling poatofllce In public buildings devoted in pnrt to other branches of the KovtTti mcnt service. The best type of quitrtcii fr poatofllce purpose, he says, in a single large room in a one atory building. Much embarrassment ha been oc casioned the postal authorities to pro vide -imriic-y mail facilities in min ing towiie, and Mr. Hitchcock recom mends an emergency appropriation of $7o,()00 to meet such rMii irt-niciiln. There hait been an increase of more than IH.ono, ()()() in the amount of do-ini-Mtic and of more than fJ5, 000, 000 id the amount of foreign money order! issued during the year over the year preceding. While the number of undelivered letter which ate mi their way to the lead letter office during the year wan mailer than during the previous year, the number of undelivered letters with valuable enclosure greatly increased, (ieneral prosperity of the country is given a one reason; another in the suppression hy the departmetit of ron cerna using the maila for fraudulent purpose. Mail for such concern con taining money, money order and com mercial paper was received at the dead letter ofllce in unuual quantities. Nearly 11,000,000 piece of mail were received at the dead letter ollice during the year, including 1 , ((1H that failed of delivery in the Panama canal lone. Over l.oOO.OOO caaea of alleged in decent and scurrilous matter received attention. In the aummer the inllui of offensive pictorial ot carda lecame no great a to rail for a special order by the department looking to the abate tnent of the nuisance. Aa a result of this order, many thousands of objec tlonahle card have leen withdrawn from the mail hy postmasters and for warded to the department for duet ruc tion. FLOUR TRADE MENACED. Puget Sound Mill's Oriental Business Falls 30 Per Cent. Tacoma, Wash., Jec. 2H. Accord ing to Huperintcndcnt Armstrong, of the Tacoma Warehouse A Hperry Mills company, the Itoycott in China la prov lug a serious menace to the milling interest of Tacoma. Where years ago full cargoes of flour were being shipped to China and mill were running over time to fill orders, shipments to the Orient have fallen off over 30 per cent and mills are running only part of the time. "The boycott in China has knocked the bottom out of the flour business, as far aa exports are concerned," said Superintendent Armstrong. "Ixxal freight keeps up well but we need for eign shipments. It would be good business policy to get that boycott out of the way as soon as possible. Ralph. Hinith agent of the Puget Found Flouring Mills company, says: "We are shipping less flour than usual to China, ami the Itoycott ia re sponsible for it. I don't know what else could be the trouble. Home trade keeps up about as usual." Volcano Smothers Savail. Kan Francisco, Doc. 28. According to the pHsnengers who arrived yester day on tho liner Ventura, the volcano on the Island of Havaii, in the Ha moan if roup, ia atill in vigorous activity The blaze from the crater at night, it ia said, ia visible at sea many miles away. The lava has covered an area of HO square miles. This niolton flow baa filled 11 miles of a deep valley and la heading for the seashore. a tives whose homes are near the beach are preparing to abandon their houses and cocoanut groves on short notice. Many Horses Fall Dead. New York, eo. 28. Afllloted with spinal meningitis, more than a score of liorses dropped dead in the streets of Williamsburg today, and at least half of them succumbed to the disease be fore a veterinary could reach them. Kvory veterinary surgeon in Williams burg was called into service, and they were kept busy from before daylight until tonight trying to check the spread of the disease. Up to 0 o'clock one had been called to attend 18 cases. Will Adopt Extreme Measures. 8t. Petersburg, Dec. 28. After an exciting meeting of the workmen's del egates to the Union of Unions, it was decided to continue the strike and adopt the most desperate measures. BATTLE IN MOSCOW. Rebels Receive Reinforcements From Neighboring Cltlss. Ht. Petersburg, Dec. 27. The battle In Moscow Is still raging, tho victory being undecided. Considerable reln forct menla for the revolutionist have arrived from the neighboring district of Yaroslav, Vladimir and Tazihov. The loyal troops of the government now in Moscow number 8,000 cavalry ami Cossacks, while the Infantry regiment there Incline toward the revolutionist. The number of killed and wounded in the fighting thus far exceeds 10,000. The artillery and fires lighted by the revolutionist have destroyed many block of houses, and it la feared that Moscow will ha involved In a conflagra tion before the present struggle la over. Member of the government are re ported to Ix-lleve, from Information which has reached them, that the Mos cow affair la only a demonstration, and that the decisive battle with the revolu tionists la to be fought in Ht. Peters- burg Indore many day. In this city and ita suburb and on the frontier of Finland are concealed large quantities of revolutionary arms and ammunition. Highly thousand laborers are expected to march on the capital from Narva nd Heval at the appointed time. At present, however r, the city ia compara tively quiet. Kncounter with strikers in the sub urbs have lately caused the death or injury of several hundred victim. The chief city surgeon, M. Kosen, says be examined the wounded and killed and found among them many achoolltoys and young girls. This fact further affords proof of the cruelty of the Cos sacks. NO INTERVENTION. Civil War In Santo Domingo No Affair of United States. Washington, Dec. 27. For the pres ent there will not be any interference by the United Mates in the difhculty which has arisen in Hanto Domingo. The trouble is regarded by the State de partment officials as entirely an inter nal one, and so long as outside interests are not menaced this attitude of nonin tervention will Im maintained. If, however, conditions should change materially and lawless acta should be om milted against Americans and American intereeta,'lnvolving the col lection of the Dominican customs by this government, or other violence should occur which, in the opinion of the ofllcials here would make it proper for this government to interfere, this step will be taken, and measures adopt ed to quell the trouble. This decision was reached by State department olhciala during the day and was confirmed at a conference at the white house late this afternoon, in which the president and (Secretaries Taft, Hoot and Bonaparte participated The cabinet ofllcere remained in the white house until nearly 8 o'clock The gathering, however, was not called jKcillcall7 for the purtwse of diBcuss ing matters bearing on the develop menta In Santo Domingo, but to talk over a nunilner of questions which the president was anxious to dispose of preliminary to hi departure for an outing of several days in irginia. SMITH TO BE GOVERNOR. Will Soon Succeed Wright In Philip pine Possessions. Washington, Dc.!7. Despite de nials and assurances recently credited to (iovernor (ieneral Luke E. W right, there is no longer serious doubt of the administration's purpose to make a change in the head of the Philippine government. James F. Hinith, formerly of San Francisco, now a member of the Philippine commission, ia the man picked for the succession aa governor general. Ilia installation in the post is likely to be accomplished in the not distant future. There ia high authority for the state ment that American prestige in the islands has waned seriously fn the last year. The fact is hardly disputed by those familiar with conditions there. It was recognized by mepitwra of the Taft party, some of whom have ex pressed grave concern about it. Abolish Hanging in Jersey. New York, Dec. 27. Assemblyman Berg, of New Jersey, has drafted a bill to abolish capital punishment in that state, and will go to Trenton tomorrow to ask (iovernor Stokes to grant re prieves to all condemned murderers un til the legislature shall have acted on the question. If Governor Stokes ac cedes to the Assemblyman's request, two women, Mrs. alentine and Mrs Lotta, and a man awaiting death in the Hackensack jail, and three men under sentences in other county jails, will be given reprieves until well into spring. Big Factory Building Burns. New York, Dec. 27. Five alarms, summoning 32 fire companies and the reserves from nine police precincts, were sent out tonight for a blaze which completely gutted the six-story factory buildings, Noa. 102, 104, 100 Wooster street, entailing a damage estimated at $300,000. Five firemen sustained slight injuries. No one was in the building when the tire started and ita origin is unknown. Borne insurance was carried. China Makes Demands. London, Dec. 27. The correspondent of the Morning Post at Shanghai says that the Chinese foreign ollice has in structed the Chinese minister at Lon don to negotiate with the British ffov eminent reirardinir the mixed court dis pute, to demand the dismissal of the British ambassador, and to Insist on the punishment of the police concerned In the recent outbreak. CAMPAIGN OPENED Senators Plan Attack on Tatt U Aid Own Candidates. CRITICIZE HIS OFFICIAL RECORD Outcry About Canal Salaries Will Be Followed by Crusade Against Philippine Administration. Chicago. Dec. 2ft. Walter Wellman. In a dispatch from Washington to the Record-Herald, saya In pari: " 'Tail is next on our list. We're going after him as oon as congress re convenes next month. "So said a prominent Republican senator. He added that it wa the In tention of the leader of the aenate not onlv to continue their criticism of Pan ama management, but to take up the administration ot Mr. I at. In the rim- ippinea and subject it to rigid scrutiny. The meanirnr of this and of the whole course of the senate toward President Roosevelt and his associates in the ex ecutive branch of the government ib that the presidential game of 1H0H has already opened. There are candnlates for the next Republican nomination in the senate, plenty of them, ami they are already maneuvering to bowl out all aspirants for the nomination. "Now comes the threat to 'make it warm for Tatf.' It ifoea without say ing that against the secretary personal ly no one has any harsh feeling. He is everywhere recognized as a man of great ability, of extraordinary sincerity and devotion to the public interest. He is noled also aa the cheeriest, most refreshing, sweetest character In the ruiblic service at this time. Aa a man. almost everyone loves him. It is im possible to do otherwise. "Hut Taft the man. and Taft the probable nominee of the Republicans for president in JiiUN as a product ana representative of the Rjosevelt admin istration, are different, and the schem ing, plotting, maneuvering, intrigue ing, senators would like to cut his comb." FIGHT TO DEATH. Russian Rebels and Troops Clash in Streets of Moscow. Odessa, Dec. 26. Russian soldiery is unable to overthrow the dauntless spirit of tho Moscow townspeople, and despite superior arms, enormouus ad vantages in military training and a complete supply of all warlike appli ancea, the truopa are hardly holding; their own. Fighting ia now going on in every section of the city, and the dead number hundreds some reports say thousands and the end is not in sight. A terrible slaughter of revolutionaries took place during Sunday night and early Monday, when the terrorists at tempted to capture the enormous am- munition factories held by ttie soldiers Hy order of (ieneral Mistchenko, the famous Cossack chieftain, who is now in command of the garrison, the artil lery was instructed to mount rapid fire guna in every window and on the roof so that they would command all ave nues of approach to the stoiehouses. The ord r was given that these rapid Brers should not be unmasked until the people actually began breaking into the structures. The result was that the mob packed the open street in front when the signal was given to fire. Immediately, as one, all of the wood en shutters fell back and withering vol leys poured into the crowds, while the guns on tie roofs were turned on the crowd that had been unable to get into the immediate vicinity. The carnage was something awful, according to pri vate advices received here. Justice Van Dyke is Dead. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 26. After an illness of only 24 hours Justice Walter Van Dyke, of the Supreme court of California, died yesterday afternoon at his residence in Fast Oakland. The eminent jurist was stricken so suddenly that his life of 82 years had ended al most before there was a realization that he was ill. Justice Van Dyke was born at Tyre, Seneca county, New York, on October 3, 1823. He was admitted to the bar at Cleveland, 9., in 1848, com ing to California across the plains in 184!). Bluejackets Guard Concessions. Shanghai, Dec. 20. The mixed court was reopened Saturday. The German assessor and armed foreign guards were present, but everything was normal All is quiet today, but bluejackets and guaids are still posted around the for eign concessions. There are rumors of another riot to occur tonight, but all precautions have been taken. Reports of Japanese complicity in the recent trouble are generally considered with out foundation. Dowie's Mexican Deal Fails. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 26. Manuel Gonzales, with whom Alexander Dowie was negotiating for the purchase of plantations in Tamaulipaa for the Zion colony, has given out a lengthy state ment in which he says Dowie wanted long time payments and other condi tions, which were rejected. Massacreing Tartars. London, Dec. 20. A dispatch to the Evening Standard from Constantinople says that the Turkish consul at Batoum reports that the Armenians are niasea crelng Tartars at the rate of 600 daily MACKENZIE PROMI8E8 AID. Recommends Total Appropriation of 1,400,000 for Jetty. Washington, Dec. 2ft. Henatora Ful ton and Oearln today called on (ieneral MacKenzie, chief of engineers, in re gard to the need of the Columbia river etty. General MacKenzie gave them renewed assurance of hit friendliness and said he wa dohig everything in hi power to secure money to keep work in progress. He ha recommended not only an appropriation of $400,000 in cash, but has urged that authority be granted for the expenditure of an additional $1 . 000,000. He explaina that $400,000 ia required for "rooking" the jetty aa far out aa the end of the present tram way, but will riot be ample for any ex tension. If authority can be secured for the expenditure of 11,000,000 addi tional, it will be possible nrxt season to push the jetty much farther sea ward, and in fact approach the point where it is expected to end. Major Roessler, in his report, re commended an appropriation of $1,- "00,000 to complete the jetty. This is higher figure than the previous esti mate, but his estimate is reduce ma terially by the War department. The Oregon senators will exert their belt efforts to secure the appropriation recommended hy General MacKenzie, and will furthermore insist upon the authorization of additional work to the extent of $1,000,000.- The other Northwestern senators and representa tives will work in accord with them. INVESTIGATES INSECT PESTS. Government Solves Problems of Cot ton and Wheatgrowers. Washington, Dec. 26. According to the annual report of L. C. Howard, in charge of the Bureau of Entomology of the Department of Agriculture, the main work of the bureau for the past fiscal year, ended June 30, 1905, was in connection with the cotton boll wee vil, the cottion boll worm, importation of beneficial insects from abroad, in vestigations of insects damaging forests and deciduous fruit trees, work on in sects injurious to vegetable crops and effecting the great staple field crops, and work in silk and bee culture. The investigations into the cotton boll worm were such that cotton plant ers will, it is stated, be enabled to con trol that injurious pest. Experiments on a large scale, extend ing over practically the whole of the w heat g ow:ng area, have been looking toward the elucidation of certain as yet unsolved problems in the propagation of the Hessian fly and of the joint worms of wheat, and also to determine the beet time to sow wheat in the au tumn in order to ward off the autumn attack of the fly. Investigations of the same insect in the spring wheat re gions have been begun, since only re cently has the Hessian fly spread into this new country. IRRIGATE YAKIMA RESERVE. Jones' Plan to Secure Water and Ad mit White Settlers. Washington, Dec. 26. As the first step iu the direction of adjusting con flicting water rights on the Yakima In dian reservation, Representative Jones will introduce a bill, when congref re convenes, authorising the Yakima In dians to sell 60 acres of their respective allotments, and directing the secretary of the interior to apply a portion of the proceeds to the purchase of water rights for the remaining 20 acres of each al lotment. The passage of this bill will perma nently provide for the irrigation of In dian lands and at the same time open the way for the settlement of a large portion of the Yakima reservation. This Indian land has been Belling for from $40 to $50 per acre, and a large surplus will be realized for the benefit of the Indians. Indian Commissioner Leupp is in favor of this plan and will lend his assistance to secure its favorable con sideration by congress. New York Traction Mare New Y'ork, Dec. 26. A consolida tion of the subway, elevated and sur face traction lines of Manhattan island is believed to be probable, as a result of the sale of the interests of Thomas F. Ryan in the Metropolitan Street Railway system to August Belmont. The Metropolitan sybtem includes practically all of the surface roads on the island, and Mr. Belmont is presi dent of the I liter borough Rapid Transit company, which operates the elevated roads and subway. The price paid was not made public. Irish Leaders May Get Together. Dublin, Dec. 26. William O'Brien is making overtures to the parliament ary party, led by John Redmond, for a working agreement and the adoption of a common line of action in the forth coming general elections. The over tures have been received in a friendly spirit, but so far there has been no in terview between the leaders. Mr. Red mond and John Dillon have issued an announcement that nothing has yet re sulted from Mr. O'Brien's action. Alfonso Betrothed at Last. Paris, Dec. 26. The Figaro this morning declares that a definite agree ment has been reached between the British and Spanish governments re garding the betrothal of King Alfonso and Princess Ena of Battenberg, but that the official announcement will not be made for several weeks. Ho Attachment. Amt'rtrBn agricultural Implement are known the world over as the beat procurable, especially for saving time. This I true both aa to the large appli ance used on farms and the smaller garden Implement. A Texas farmer is the Inventor of a hoe attachment applicable to hand weeding or garden hoes of various forma and size. The nttiichment consists of a cutting blade, which la designed to be used In detach ing clinging vines and runnera from the growing plants. The Improved de vice comprise a weeding blade of the tisiifil form, and connected to Die han dle by a shank which curves upward. Extending from the shank Is a cutting bhide. curved away from the handle ii nd shank. In using the Implement the cutting blade Is forced forward or away from the operiitor by a pushing motion, and by Its peculiar form and position is very convenient for severing vines, runnera, creepers end similar plant life from the stalkM of the growing and valuable plants. The Implement will also be found very convenient for chopping corn, or thinning cotton and CCT8 DOW THE WEEDS. other plants, and will also be found very useful In working corn and alm- llar cropa, tipuu which Tines and crrcp- ers are liable to be found, and whose removal Is generally attended with much labor and annoyance. The cut ting blade being made Integral with the ahank will not be a cumbersome or objectionable addition to the hoe. Amateur Moihroom Orowlof. The Cornell experiment station has undertaken to tell aniuteurs how they mny grow mushrooms for profit In a small way in old stables, available cel lars and similar out-of-the-way places. The fundamental requisite la a dark room of uniform temperature, that Is, one that does not go below 55 degrees or above 05 degrees, Fahrenheit. Con siderable success was obtained In growing mushrooms In boxes under benches In a greenhouse, and under benches in a basement of the college buildings. The beds, spawned Nov. 23, and cov ered with dirt a week later, produced the first of the crop Jan. 1, though the regular pickings did not begin until a week later. The boxes contained about 00 square feet of surface and yield at the rate of 2 pounds of mush rooms for each square foot. A word of warning Is Included not to attempt to grow mushrooms In the cvllar of a dwelling, as the odors aris ing from the compost in the beds U sure to permeate the living apart ments, despite the best efTorts to pre vent It Protecting- the liarneaa. Every farmer appreciates that the expense for harnesses and for harness repairs is considerable during the year, hence should be pleased at the suggestion of some plan which will enable him to keep the harness In goad condition. A harness should always be hung up. Here Is a simple plan. Make three letter T's of stroug but light lumber and especially making the cross bar strong. Fasten these to a Joint In a convenient place with the cross bar at the bottom. Simply use the arms on which to hang the differ ent parts of the harness. If this ar rangement Is not easy to put In opera tion, then use hooks fastened to the ends of stout ropes, but arranging some way so that the ropes may be looped back over a hook or nail during the time they are not In use, so there will be no danger of any one being injured by them. The Illustration shows both plans plainly. They are entirely practical and the use of either of them will add greatly to the long Ufa of the harness. Exchange. 'I l J i i) FOB HANU1NO THE HARNESS. An foal Stall. When one ia financially able to have the stalls which combine nil the con venience they are very desirable, but the average farmer must put up with much less. The Ideal stall ha a apace between feed rnck and gutter of eight feet and Is five feet w ide. A feed rack la arranged so that the animal may get at the hay or roughage easily, yet not waste a great deal of It. At one end of the feed rack la a feed box sufficiently large so that the cow ran get her mouth to It without striking her horns. The sides of this stall con sist of a fence with three wide boards and runs up four or five feet high, ac cording to the Ideaa of the owner. Al the rear there Is stapled to the floor 4 STAI.r. A5D FEED RACK. a plpce of 2x4 material to keep the bedding in place and the animal from stepping back Into the gutter. The Idea of the fencelike aides Is to Insure ventilation, and If any two animals are Inclined to quarrel they can be separ ated by having an empty stall be tween or by building up higher the dividing fence. The Illustration showa the Idea perfectly. Value and L'ae of Pomace. Hatch experiment station has been experimenting with apple pomace to determine its value for feeding pur poses, and the opinion reached Is sum marized as follows: Apple pomace is a carbohydrate feed similar to corn silage. It contains about the same amount of water, rather less protein and woody fiber and a larger propor tion of non-nitrogenous matter. Ex periments with six sheep have shown it to be about as digestible as the beat grades of silage. Experiments with dairy animals show that twenty to thirty pounds dally can be fed to dairy animals with satisfactory results. It Is not advisable to feed over ten pounds at first per day, gradually in creasing until the maximum amount is reached. Thus fed, danger of a sud den milk shrinkage, or of animals get ting "off feed" is avoided. It Is be lieved that four pounds of pomace when fed In what has been termed a "balanced ration" Is equivalent to one pound of good cow hay, and to to pounds of well-eared corn silage. A Simple Saw Clamp. This simple saw clamp can be made by anyone, and does not need any bolts or screws. The two clamps are made of 1-lnch boards, 5 or 6 Inches wide, beveled on top and then dressed down to nearly an edge at the bottom. The saw is placed In the clamps In SIMPLE SAW CLAMP. your hands, and then inserted In the beveled slot, and the hammer makes it perfectly firm and rigid. The frame can be made to stand on the ground or floor, or can be made low to place on work bench. Boiled Timber. A new process has been discovered for warring against white ants, the pests of the tropical regions. These termites as they are called destroy the woodwork of the finest buildings within six mouths. Their action Is In sidious, says the London Mall, inas much as the outwarLunearance of the wood does not betruyuhe rotten ness within, and their rawfces, If not discovered In time, lead tJt the total collapse of the buildings. $ome time ago it was suggested experiments should be carried out by a London wood-process syndicate. Specimens were prepared nnd sent out to a num ber of tropical countries. After a somewhat protracted trial news has been received from the Madras presi dency that the specimens sent there have successfully resisted the attacks of the white ants. The process Im proves, toughens and 6treugthens the wood. This Is accomplished by boiling the timber in saccharine solution, and afterward drying It at a high tempera ture. A revolution in the export tim ber trade to tropical countries is prob able, as in places where termites abound soft wood will be used Instead of the more expensive varieties. Fltfhtluff Weed. There Is nothing which hold to the soil with such pertinacity as weeds. It Is probable that the Egyptians are to-day fighting the same weeds which they were trying to exterminate by the aid of the Israelites when they were iu bondage. We must always bear this in mind, that we manure and cultivate all the weeds we do not de stroy. Eternal vigilance it the pries we pay for the extermination ot weeds. a