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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1906)
i- I'M iii i.. ii. m " " " 1 '"" ' 1 "' j OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST I - 1 REPORT ON OREGON. Irrigation Expert Investigates State and Issues Circular. Washington Oregon farmer who re ort to Irrigation, will bn deeply inter ested In a !10 page circular Just issued by the department of Agriculture, en titled "Investigations (if Irrigation Practice In Oregon." The Iwiok la written ly A. V. Mover, irrigation en glnacr, who spent last season In Oregon making a study of Irrigation as It la practiced, so a to find out the errot thai have been tnailH and gather data which would he helpful In instructing the irrigators how to avoid mistake of the pant. Thn report la not aa compre hensive an id Ik lit he desired, hut con talna a great many valuahle sugges tions, and ia worth the pemual of every farmer who ia obliged to artificially water his landa. Mr. Htover made a atudy of the pre cipatlon in various parta of the state, Mild to a limited eitent gathernd data on the discharge of the principal atrium that tan he utilised for irriga tion, fie states, in opening his report, that the greater part of the arable land of Oregon lien In ti e arid section and can he drought under intensive culti vation only hy irrigation. He found that the low water How of moat of the elre:ioin ol Ktrteru Oregon ha already men uppropi itt'ed for private irrixa t ion , 1'iit an j ei .practically no step have been take i to conserve t Iim winter thiol, j He tlmia that little of the water now inif diverted is used economically, ao that there is a large rupply fur future l clopinc nt. Kcciiuae of ita crmp:rntlvi ly low e'e vntlon mid consequent ml'd climate, Mr. Htuver savs that Northeastern Ore gon has advanlagea over the southeast. Ttie practice of wintei irrigation, now practiced along the Umatilla river, il deNcrihed, and the value of thi prac tice ia indicated. It la ahown that these Umatilla landa, under the Max well fkod water cauala, yielda a net proQt of 24 an acie, when planted in alfalfa. Il eeema that the Umatilla valley, howevtr, ia exceptionally well adapted for this lort of Irrigation, be cause of the unusual formation ol the soil and the underlying bednck. Few localities will lie found where winter irrigation will he as successful. On flutter creek, where winter irrigation haa reached the highest atage of perfec tion, ifuita are aiifHful!y grown hy vomhiiiing the principlea of winter irri gation and dry tanning. Seeral pes nr j devoted to a detail ' dm ripllou of irrigation canals along1 the )achutes rivei, which have been ' in operation lor win pam irw y,B, mm . also of the Maxwell and Irrigon canals in the Umatilla country. For some reason there is nothing in the report bearing directly on private irrigation in the Klamath country. The report, however, contains something of interest to all irrigators, and will be furnl-hed by the department upon application. Fix Hop Picking Price. R.l.m-nn- dollar i,r Inn nmin,i. i r 60 rente ner bo, will doubtless be t the popular price paid for hop picking in the valley this year, since thin seem- d to he the predominating sentiment as expressed at a meeting of about a -score of members of the Oregon II jp growers' association, held in this city last week. The prevailing tendency on the part of growers, also, is that hops will go to 20 cents by harvest time and all present were in favor of holding out lor that figure at least. Mammoth Crop of Cherries. Kugene -A remarkable yield of Roy al Ann cherries has just been reported here M. II. Harlow, who has a farm north of Eugene, haa a two-acre cherry orchard from which he harvested this summer 23.700 pounds of cherries. The cost o picking and marketing the crop was $23(1, leaving a net profit of 1712 or $356 an acre. Mr. Harlow says the crop would have been 20 per cent larger had it not been (nr the cold rains in June. Dry Weather Hurting Hops. Salem The continued dry weather is showing its effect upon tne hop crop, especially ia old yards, and those not cultivated as thoroughly as thev should be, and it is declared by many that the yield will Joe far under the 215,000 bales that has been predicted. Yards that have been well cared for are stand ing the dry weather in good shape. The potato and corn crops are also keep ing a good appearance where cultivation has been po id, and the second crop of clover is coming on in good shape. Linn County Wheat Heavy. Albany New wheat is coming into the Ked Crown mill in Albany daily now. This is the Portland Flouring Mill's Linn county branch, and annu ally receives all the wheat it can get in this vicinity. The new wheat this year i is quite beary, anil i running well-.np I in yieM. Id many localities the yield j is reported more bushels to the acre than in years past, and everywhere the crops are good. Harvesting In Yamhill County. VJriMlnnville Harvest Is now in full twyw In old Yamhill. Most of the tUreehJng crews began work last week, lie runs will probably extend from 25 to 40 days. The harvest this year will be Hie largest for a' number of years. Wheat le yielding 23 bushels to the cr Oats yield 40 bushels to the acre and weigh 89 pounds to the bushel. Barley is yielding from 50 to 60 bushels to the acre. MORE JUDGES NEEDED. Supreme Court Badly Behind With Its Appeal Docket. Halein The faet that the Oregon Hu- pieme court is about a year behind In Its work and has been losing ground in on issi tew monins nas revived the suggestion that the number of Judges be Increased from three to five. Thure are now on the docket ready fr trial 7 cases appealed from Western Oregon counties. There are also some on the Kaatern Oregon docket at Pendleton, hut the exact number ia not known. The cases now ready for trial extend back as far as December, lllOo. There aro also on the preliminary docket 84 case which will be ready for trial in the next few months, ao that there ii every prospect that the supply of canes to be heard will not diminish. The causes of the court getting he hind In Hi work are several. The number of appealed cases has been un usually large ami several cases of extra ordinary magnitude have occupied an unuaual amount of attention. Then there has been a change on the bench, which always causes aome delay. Judge Hailey waa appointed to the supreme bench last winter. He had extensive business interests at his home in Pen dleton and could not at once adjust his private inisiueKS so as to give bis whole time to his judicial duties. Then the political campaign came on and took con-i lerrtbln tiin for two months. AnotherchaiigH will be mad the first of the year, when Judge Kakin g'KiB on the bunch. Clover Huller in Linn County. Albany For the first time In the history of I, inn county a clover huller has t.Mg'in a Miaon's threshing. Frank Koth and Krnest Howard, proprietors of the huller, have already liated about 1.000 acres of clover to hull which asaores a 40 day's run and success for the venture. In the past three years the rise of the clover industry in this county has been remarkable and even if the present phenominal increase in acreage does not continue, clover hul lors running the season will be an es tablished feature of Linn county's an nual harvest. Farmers Robbed of Water. Salem Twenty farmers residing in the vicinity of Wamic, Wasco county, have complained to Governor Chamber lain that an irrigation company, the name of which is not given, lias taken all of the water out of Three-Mile, (iate and Itnck creeks, thus shutting off the supply of the settlers for their household and stock nee. They want , k,)OW wn,ier thw governor can Start i the machinery of the state government in proceedings to protect their rights. Lane County Poultry Show. Kugene At a meeting of the lane County Toultr) association it was de c'ded to hold the first annual poultry show in Kugene from December 12 to 15,1908. There are several bird fan ciers in and about Eugene and a poul- try snow win ne a success nere. Hoere fry Williams was instructed toarrange for competent judges for the first show County Assessor Keeney was chosen as sistant secretary of the association. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 68(?69c; binestem, 70 71c, valley, 7172c; red. rt5($66c. Oats No. 1. white feed, $30; gray, $29 per ton. Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew ing, $23.60; rolled. $2424 50. Kye $160 per rwt. Hay Valley timoihy, No. 1, $11 12 60 per ton; clover, $8.50(39; cheat, $6 50(7; grain bay, $78; alfalfa, 111. Fruits Apples, common, $5075c per box; fancy, $1.262; apricots, $1.2501 35; peaches, 76c(3$l; pears, $2; plums, fancy, 60075c; black berries, 6tie per pounl. Melons Cantaloupes, $1.602.25 per crate; watermelons, lloper pound. Vegetables Beans, 67c; cabbage, l?432o per pound; celery, 85c$l per dozen: corn, 15020c per dozen; cu cumbers, 4060o per box ; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head, 25c per doxen; onions, 1012c perdosen; peas, 45c; bell peppers, 1215c; radishes, 10O15c per dozen; rhubarb, 20 2, c per pound; spinach, 203c per pound; tomatoes, e090c per box; parsley, 25c; squash, $101.25 per erate; nrnips, 90c$l per sack; car rots, $101 25 per sack; beets, $1 250 1 .50 per rack. Onions New, lOlc per pound. Potatoes Old Burbanks, nominal; new potatoes, Oregon, 75O90u. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022tfc per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 21c per dosen Poultry Average old hens, 13014c per pound; mixed chickens, 13013c; springs, 16 O 16c; roosters, POlOc; Hmsaed chickens, 14 O 15c; turkeys, -lve i5;70. turkeys, dressed, cl: j022Hc; geese, live. 89c; A choice, neks, U12Xc. Hops Oregon, 1905, nominal, 120 13c; olds, nominal, 10c; 1906 con tracts, 15016c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon average best 16920c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 20022c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 28 O 80c per pound. Veal Dressed, 508c per pound. Beef Dretsed bulls. So per pound; cows, 4K5c; country steers, 66o. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78o per pound; ordinary, 506c; lambs, fancy, 8080 Pork Dressed, 708c Pr pound. MANY TO MEET AT BOISE. Interest Hip.h In ComiriB; Session Irrigation Congress. North Yakima, Wash, Aug. 7. During the first week of September the National Irrigation congress will be in se-aion at ftoise Idaho, with an attend-1 arice of several thousand delegates. Kxhlhits of fruit and honey are being prepared by different localities and states. The premiums are liberal. It is expected that the tovernor of Wash ington will appoint 25 delegates, that each commercial club wll appoint ten, and that each board of county commis sioners will appoint five. It is believ ed that if a full delegation attends the convention it will be able to secure the next national congress at some point in this state. It is hoped that the vari ons fruitgrowers' associa.ions and the State Beekeepers' association will have on exhibition products of the orchard and apiary which will take silver cups and other premiums. The Yakima County Horticultural union is arrang ing to send elegant exhibit! of fruit and honey. The delegation from that county will ask the convention to pass a resolution memorializing congress to apprcpriate 1300,000.000 for reclama tion of arid lands in the West. The Htate Beekeepers' association has secured a Bigelow observatory hive, looked with pure bred Ita ian txtea, for the purpnae of giving object lessons in the epiary. It will be used at the monthly meetings ol the association to teach the farmers and high school claps- es. It will lie one ol the interesting features of the display at the Washing ton State fair. The secretary of the fair has agieed to set apart one of the prominent conrneis in the main pavil ion for the apiary exhihit, and $200 has been appropriated for premiums in that divieion The three days' midwinter conven tion of the State Beekeepers' associa tion will be held at the Agricultural college at Pullman next January, and the observatory hive will be in full operation to instruct the students of that college. The students of the Ida ho Agricultural college, which is only nine miles from Pullman, are also in vited to be present at that meeting. The business of beekeeping is an ad junct of the orchard, bes being the best friend of the fruitgrower, for the reaton that these insects cross pollenixe the blossoms and increase the yield. These two industries go hand in hand, and are rapidly becoming valuable sources of income. As an example of what organization does, a few years ago the Yakima Coun ty Horticultural union incorporated and sold its Fhares of stock at $10; the paat year the dividends were 70 per cent, a warchoupe 50x180 feet has just been completed, tne material being stine and the structure two stories and full haieinent, one f'ont being on the Northern Pacific railroad and the other on the North Coast road. The shares are now selling at $20, and it is antici pated that the capital stock will have to b? increased in Qrder to accommodate, the demand. F'ruit Inspector Brown, of Yakima" county, bays that in five years from now tie calculates mat iz,uuu cars per year will be shipped from the warehouse at North Yakima. Calls for Texas Rangers. L.OKI pprings, lex., Aug. 7. Asa result of yesterday's election tragedy, in which E. B. Adams, a candidate for tax aaeereor, and his brother, Sam Ad aras, were killed and several others wounded, the sheriff has asked that rangers be sent here to prevent further bloodshed. C. L- Williamson, one of the participants, heard that a brother of Robinson was looking for bim. Alf Carnes stepped into the door of a saloon where Williamson was and was shot and seriously wounded by mistake for Robinson. Dooms Opium Using. London, Aug. 7. In a dispatch from Pekin in which he discusses the opium trade the correspondent of the Times expresses the belief that China will ask India to consent to an annual reduction in the import to China which would have the effect if extinguishing the trade in ten years. As an evidence of good faith China will issue an imperial edict condemning the use of opium and forbidding the employment in the gov ernment service of any opium eater. Americans Caused Trouble. Mexico City, Aug. 7. The Impar- cial charges that the recently circulated handbills, warning foreigners to leave the country by September 16, were put out by an unknown American, who went from station to station distribut ing and posting the pretended proclam ation. The Imparcial also asserts that certain railway camps ' in Texas and California have taken part in promot ing the circulation of false and sensa tional reports. Raise the Price of Bread. Ran Francisco, Aug. 7. -As a result of the demands made by the nnion bakers for an increase of $3 n week in their wages, which has been granted by the master bakers, the latter will, raise the nrice of bread in this city. The manner in which it will be done has not yet been agreed upon, but it ia said that most of the bakers favor a loaf nst a trifle larger than one-half the size of the present loaf. Commerce Outstrip Population. Washington, Ang. 7. The foreign commerce o! the United States has grown more rapidly during the last de cade than its population. Completed figures for the fiscal year 1906 just pre sented show that while the population has grown since 1896 but 20 per cent, m ports have grown 67 per cent and exports 109 per cent. CHICAGO BANK FAILS President and Cashier Are Being Sought by Officers. SHORTAGE MAY REACH MILLION Was Largely Patronized by Foreign ers and Working People Two Men Die From Shock. Chicago, Aug. 7. The Milwaukee Avenue Htate bank, a concern with more than $4,000,000 in deposits, was closed yesterday by the state bank ex aminer. Out of the tremendous excite ment which followed there are grave charges that the institution has been systematically looted since 1901 and there are hints that some of the state officers knew of the shaky condition of the institution two months ago, but permitted it to continue, presumably in the hope that it would straighten oat its difficulties and avoid a crash. The bank, which was largely patron izod by foreigners of moderate means and working people, had 22,000 depos itors, mainly with small accounts rep resenting the savings of years of toil, and the excitement among them is in tense! All of yesterday and last night they bexieged the closed bank, hoping for a word of cheer. One man, who aas the treasurer o! a society and had deposited the funds of the society in ttie bank, dropped dead when he heard of the failure. Another depositor, be lieving that his savings of years had been swallowed up, committed suicide. It is said the bank wascloeed because of the d.ecivery of gruf-s malfeasance on the part of at leant two of its offi cers. President Paul O. Stensland and Cashier W. H. Herring are being sought to explain their share in the affairs. It is said that the bank has bom looted of f 700, 000 t'j $1,000,000. Fictitious notes to this amount have been found. Numerous notes listed as assets, it is asserted, have been found to have been taken up, but not canceled by tbeir makers. THIRTEEN MONTHS IN JAIL. Judge Hunt Pronounces Sentence on Charles Nickell. Portland, Ang. 7. Charles Nichell, of Medfjrd, Or., publisher of the Southern Oreognian, a tri-weekly Lews- paper, and formerly a United States commissioner there, who was lound guilty July 27 by a jury in the United States District court of having conspir ed with Henry W. Miller, Frank E. Kincart and Martin G. I lege to defrand the government of portions of ita lands, was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment on McNeill's island by Judge Hunt. Judge O'Day, couuael for Nickel I, ek.ed for a stay of sentence nntil he could prepar ft bill of exceptions, and obtain a writ of error. It is aiCKell intention to take an appeal. Judge A. S. Bennett, attorney for Hamilton II. Hendricks, who was con victed S'aurday night of subornation of perjury, announced yesterday that he would take immediate steps to appeal that case also. Hendricks is to appear for sentence next Saturday morning. DEAD WASH ASHORE. Spanish Coast Strewn With Corpses From Steamer Sirio. Cartagena, Spain, Aug. 7. Numer ous bodies of persons drowned in the wreck of the steamer Sirio off Her ali gns islands were thrown upon the shore during (he day. Most of them are per sons of the better class. Several small fishing smacks have arrived, bringing survivors of the Sirio who were found floating at sea long distances from tbe scene of tbe disaster. The first reports of the disaster de clared without qualification that the captain of the Sirio had committed sui cide. Later information, however, shows that be was on board the steamer when she sank, and expressed the de termination to go down with his vessel. He was afterwards rescued, in spite of his refusal to be saved. The latest figures on the disaster show that 275 passengers were lost. Who Watches the Officers? London, Aug. 7. According to an O.leesa dispatch to a local news agency, steamer advices from Sevastopol say that fully 20,000 persons have left the city, and the exodus is still in pro gress. Admiral SVrydloff, commander of the Black sea fleet, is in an awkward dilemma. He is afriad to remove the breeck blocks from the fortress guns in case the crews of the warships mu tiny, and at the same time he distrusts the fortress artillerymen. At tbe fort ress an 1 on the warships double staffs of officers keep watch witn revolvers. Mutiny Threatens Odessa. Odessa. Augj 7. Sevastopol isVill telegraphically isolated, but steamer arrivals from that port report all quiet there. The sailors of the fleet and soldiers of the fortress are apparently disheartened by the fiasco resulting from the northern mutinies. The troops at Odessa are showing unmis takable signs of unrest and tbe author ities are taking the most stringent measures to prevent a mutiny. Nu merous patrols surwnd the camp. No Wholesale Execution. St. Petersburg, Aug. 7. The state ment that 600 of the Oronsladt mutin eers have been executed is semi-official ly denied. WEALTH FROM WA3TE. II . I'rmliK-ta ftrivn Mor- tnlun'.ile Hum (In- Orlulnnl Miilrrlnl. ,Scciicf luiH worked woudej-H In dcvel l.iplng wealth from wiiste. In the old dnya the raiidlomnker who used pnlm fill bud their own troubles with glycer ine, jr the candle was blown out the smoldering wick u-w-d to leave an offen sive odor. It was thf glyrerlno that cniiMefl this. Naturally, the only thing to do was to take It out of the candle and the next thing was to get rid of It down the gulley Into the creek. People complained; but what else was an hon eat chandler to do? Latterly they have been figuring on the matter, anil some of them have come to the conclusion that they uaed to let as much aa $2,'sjJ worth of glycerine get away from them every week. In the Inst five years the soiipinakern have learned that they can realize more money out of the glycerine than they can out of the soap they make. Some of this glycerine la refined, hut the great part of the crude goes to the manufacturers of dynamite, which Is nitroglycerine mixed with Infusorial earth, so an to weaken It. Back of the tin shop there used t' be a heap of shining clippings. The heap of clippings isn't there now. It there are any bits of tin too small to make the backs of buttons, they are pressed together to make window -saab weights. Nor la that pile of sawdust hack of the saw mill any more. The butchers want It for their floors, but that lan't the most economical use of It. There are acetic acid, wood alcohol, naphtha, wood tar (and all that that Implies) to le had from the distillation of sawdust to say nothing of sugar from birch sawdiiHt. Sheepa" wool Is dirty and greafj when It comes to the mills. Wash It with strong alkali In running water. That Is what has always been done. But a man In Massachusetts thought It would be n good idea to dissolve the grease with aome such solvent as naph tha. He saved the naphtha to use over again; he recovered the grease, which Is the most softening and penetrating of all fata and la most valuable for ointments, and he recovered carbonate of potash. After the wool Is once woven Intc cloth we may dismiss from our ml ode all thought of effecting any more econ omies. When the suit of clothes Is worn to rags, the rags are still as good as new, for the wool Is picked Into strands of fiber again and woven anew. it lsn t ground into snofiay as it was during the Civil War. The wool Is picked apart as long as It hns any staple to It at a'l and forms part of the most expensive and enduring fab rics. It may be mixed with cotton, but when It comes to be a rag again the cotton Is burned out either with ncld or heat, the dust Is taken out and once more behold absolutely pure. wool, much safer to wear than the new.wooTof the tropics or semi -tropics. And when at length there Is not enough wool to hold j together, still It goes Into our clothing, j With wood ashes and scrap Iron It i ceasea to be a fabric and becomes a oMvo Prnaalan hln CURE FORGOT 'TWAS 8UNDAV. Orlffln of Sarin, "he Haa Loat the Count of Hla Basket." There is a very old saying In France, "II a perdu le compte de aes panlers' (He has lost the count of his baskets), which came about In this way : The old cure of la Buxerette was full of good-natured humor; never troubling himself over that he wished to forget. and remembering tbe arrival of Sunday only by tbe number of baskets he had made, at least that is what everyone said, for be waa In tbe habit of mak lng one each day. As soon as he had finished one he hung It on a nail. When he counted six of them he knew tbe Sabbath was come. It happened one time, contrary to his custom, that he employed two days In making a eecher (a kind of latticed cage or osier basket In which to dry cheese). This unusual work made great havoc In his counting time. It was good luck the next Sunday morning that bis housekeeper was scan dalized to see him go to his work of basket-making, and said to him : "Mon sieur the cure, to-day is Sunday !" "Bah!" tranquilly replied the good pastor. "Count the baskets; there are only four." "That is truth," replied the brave woman, "but, monsieur, remember, you passed tbe days of Thursday and Wed nesday making the cheese cage." 'Ma foi ! Thou art right, Marguer ite," cried the honest cure, throwing down his dear Implements of work, 'run quick to Geurtant (hla sacristan) to ring the first bell for grand mass. I'll be ready In an Instant." From this adventure arose the cus tom of saying In many cantons In speaking of anyone who has lost la carte, or come out wrong In his cal culations, or lost the street or number, He has loat the count of his baskets." -Toronto Star. Tha BeartnnlBsr. "Do you think attention to the streets of a city la the first thing in beautifying a municipality T" "At least, it pa the way." Balti more American. , A Ilreavkfut DlalsV. Mrs. Talkworda Ilenry, you were tallftug in your sleep last night Ilenry Pardon me for interrupting you. Smart Set The world extends the glad band to tho lucky man, but all It bands the victim of touuti luck la a little cvld sympathy. Supposed to bo 2,HK) years old, tho natural mummy of n miner In excellent preservation, which was mummified by tbe fopper oxide In a Chilean mine, In to bo sold at auction In Iondon. Consul General Hanna of Monterey rejorU that the discovery of large coal deposits near that Mexican city solve the fuel question for that region, and will promote the manufacturing and railroad Interests of Monterey. The largest gas holder In the world Is claimed by the Consolidated (ian Company at Its Astoria plant, Lonir Island. These holders are 300 feet In diameter, with a lift of 2W feet, and each win hold l.'.OOO.OOO cubic feet. The director of the Berlin observa tory says the Courrlerea colliery dis aster was connected with atmospheric conditions, and that the crust of the earth In the eastern hemisphere Is In a dangerous condition. He predict other dfsasters. A Munich professor has Invented a remarkable sickroom clock. When a button Is preyed, an electric lamp be hind the dial throws the shadow of the hours and hands, magnified, up the celling, so that an Invalid can see It from the bed without craning his neck. According to tbe census returns pub lished In Hanover, Germany, the re- i-ent census shows that several villages. In the Burgdorf district have very small populations, Beerbusch, for instance, there are four Inhabitants, two men and two women . Other vil lages Imve populations of 14, 18, 25 or V Inhabitants. Since Yucatan, where the Mayas built their strange cities. Is a coral limestone formation. It would, says a writer In Ker-ords of the Past, have been a barren desert but for Its sub terranean rivers, and the cenotes, or water caverns, which give access to them. Tbe Mayas noted the courses of tbe underground streams and built their towns round the cenotes. Many enotes are now found surrounded br ruins, and give Indications of tbe meth ods employed by the Mayas to reach their cool waters. In Uxmal a cenote about 40 feet deep is Inhabited by a peculiar specie of fish. At Bolanchen there Is a eenote having five open Lng In the rocks at the bottom of the cav ern. I. adders made by tying tree trunks together lead down a total distance of l.4t)0 feet, but the perpendicular depth from the surface to the water Is not over 500 feet. The Simplex pile, which has been In use for some time past In England and elsewhere, has lately been Improved. Its principal feature Is a cylinder of strong metal tubing, which, fn some cases. Is as much as two feet In diam eter, pointed at the lower er.d, but hav ing the pointed end so constructed that, after tbe tube has been driven home and filled with concrete, It open, on hinges so tba$ the Jube .c bj drawn, upward leafing the shaft of concrete In the ground, As the con crete is filled In from above and pound ed down, the tube is gradually with drawn upward, a couple of feet at a tinTP; Jus above the pointed end the diameter of tne tube, for A short tauce. Is a little enlarged. Tue eoiise-- quence Is that for the greater part of Its length the tube does not press tight ly against the ground, and thus the operation of withdrawing It Is more easily performed. After the tube la drawn up the ground eventually settles tightly round the concrete shaft Vorarltr of tho Black Baaa. "The bass is like a 'roaring Hon going about seeking whom he may devour,' ' says W. E. Meehan In Field and Stream. I hare seen a good-sized specimen get into a school of minnows and eat and stuff until he could not get any mora Into his capacious Insldes, then go off by himself, throw up what he had eat en, and begin over again, after which be would keep on killing tbe poor inno cent minnows, apparently for the mere pleasure of killing. Very young bass will attack minute water life which flourishes on water plants and get away with every one In sight, adopting the same methods as their elders. To illus trate the extent of the cannibalism of the black bass, here is the experience of a superintendent of one of the Osh. hatcheries in Pennsylvania : "Th superintendent made an actual count of 20,000 young bass about an Inch long and placed them In a fry pond by themselves. He gave them food six times a day, and, according to his statement, each fish ate on an average three times Ita own weight of the pre pared food every twenty-four hours. They were placed In a pond on July 1 and on Oct. 1, when they were taken out, there were only 11.000 and the record showed that leas than 200 died from sickness. It is reasonable to sup pose, therefore, that in addition to tho food given them by the superintendent, there were about 0,000 bass devoured by their stronger and more fortunate companions." Almoat Llko Raaala. Among tbe wilder tribes of the Cau casus every child is taught to use the dagger almoat as soon as he can walk. Tbe children first learn to stab water without making a splash, and by Inces sant practice acquire an extraordinary command of the weapon. Nashville Banner. If a man works pretty hard, we have noticed that he mentions It a great deal. The fewer friends a man haa the more popular he la with himself. i