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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1906)
FLOODS IN NORTH H'hltp, Stuck and (irccn Rivers Drive Farmers from Homes. SMALLER TOWN'S UNDER WATER Northern Pacific and Grunt Northtrn Itjilrondt find Up Thru Llvet Am Loit. S. utl I.-, Nov. LV Hoods in II,. While, Slie'k lill'l iti i'll livel, wliii'll lieyiin Tuesday night, liitvi' swept away mill hi, I i it 1 1 1 ui I tiuckagc, iiiumlnlcd all lli' alley towns, n ii'li r I 1 1 u t n 1 1 1h of f ;i I ii n I m IichihIi'hh and f I lime Ini'H to lii I . t'nlillho Wei-tern I'niiiti lilf 1 highl HIH eded III pelting ll wile t' I r t html, Seal I lc was t ' 1 1 1 1 r -1 v nil off from till- olsj.c World I iv cither la i I road or fi li al i 1 1 1 1 lini'H. Tin' tele. I 1 1-! i company kepi uplwu lines, lull Ibis wiim I lie 1 111 1 y 1 1 1 . i r i m . f ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 -1 1' hi Scat I If has had. Tin' I hu e linn hh In t In- 1 1 ' i I m were llliiUIM'1 while lighting III I'll', lit lip log j. mi- lli.it I lin .il, in , I i,iiIiiiii, uii'l - 1 1 1 1 1 -I y I ' t olges. ll Will 1,1' l,i Wicks before Hie Ni'illii iii 1'iii'ilii i iililr ,i resume ii-- III. II I I. llll l, (M ini bills. The I ileal Northern i liiil up f,,r a cli,iilr j H-1 ,,-l. ("I limilili' mi Unit i -i 1 it 1 1 1 1 - In im a.ilaiiohc nf iiiii, I Unit swept nut a JH, Inn i.f I tack. Auburn, Knit, O'Cricti, I :iit m , Olicllia im, I I lit t f ll il'iiii s ma 1 1 ' ' I towns in tin' valleys ,f three rivers are ninli-r Water. Lcidenls nf O'Brien Will' Compelled In 111, , III, , ,11 I heir hollies H IK I lli'i' In Uii' hills. At Kent II raging to- n iit is running through the i,wn aii'l A 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 will suffer i- ! !!' i damages llll less I In' Witters IriVili' immediately. Till' .'ill employes nf tin' Pi-liliy Ilrli t"li'l;lV Wi.lktt I'l.llll ill Lelitoti WITC nit nil liy llii- ll'M-1 iwi'1 liii.l In remain cooped iii in llii' warehouse until lin y I'niilil In' li -rin-.l by boats. FOH RIVERS AND HARBORS. Croat National Agitation to Improve Wuterwnyt fc very where. A lint inn. 1 1 emigres i if A ini r ii':i n ( nn lin ii'iiil bodies int. ri.', j:j tin- dow-l-,,ini iit t .f iiili-tn.il waterways and har lr iniinii iiii'iiN will meet in Wah- illl.itl nil till' sih all, I M'W'lltll nf I ll'- 1'iiiiImT. llii', ill will In- represented by il dclig.il lull (rmii (lie I'mtlniiil chamber nf 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 . Tin' ii i r j ihmi. i,f n. congress in inain ly tn prevail iii.ii tin' I'mlcd St ali'H nut lini it if H In pass ii measure calling (nr UII ll'iri,.riHl inll n( 1 i f t v millions annually (nr river iiii'l harbor impiove 1 1 ii -1 1 1 . Kvoii should Hiu'ti a measure pass il Would ft ill In- I, ill ii (nii'linii i.( wl ut ii'Iiit great nations nri' expending iiimii. illy iimii ilirir waterways. The lim I'lin'til la lialiniial expression nf t he knowledge I hat water compel il ion j is t In- niir iciit -lii':in'in r uf railroad' freight rates railways that compile itli rivers for (radio in n,, iav tx t ravaant li v upon watered stock. Ill llln-l- Sections nf Uii' ColllltlV wherein Hit- railroads am mi ) k -1 1 1 l 'arry freight in compel it inn with riser ecrufl llicrati" iiir frmn iitii'-lliil'l to iiii'-mI Ii nf I Iiiim- riilin wIhti' waii-r 'nin't it inn in Imt a fai'lnr. It in n, lf II Cnttntl M'l'l intl ill Tl'XIIH lllilt till' 'analiin uf u vi ry in-inilifanl ftrrain hn iim In In-avai ladle (nr Hat Imt Imni'il 'ahiil Imal-, Inwi'ii'il (In- (ri ilil rati'.i Ml l il 1 1 n , 1 1 1 ' 111 In Inaki' a h:i ill tn II miiiiII ('niiiiniinity nf lliiri' iiiillimi ilnl larx aniiiially. Amu Inaltcr uf fa'l tln 'anali,i ,1 i-lii'iiiii I'arrii il Imt uHtnall irici'lilai' uf I In- Irallir npuii wliii'll' tliif lairhaiii was i ffccii'i I, Imt tin ' (ai'l that t In- rcani was :i a i lahli- fur, traHii1 t- 1 1 1 1 x -1 1 - I tin' railways In ini'i t j till' Wilier eulnpel il imi. The llivers all, I llallinis Cullless Will ilii-i llf-s t he i 1 1 1 'l' i ellK-tl t uf the' Orenil iiihI Wai-liintuii waterways an, I t he I einuval uf ul n-l nut i n hi' Is at the t nlraliees uf Ihe haihuis jiial will peek In impress 1 1 1 ii il I the eulllesS uf the Mil lion the i in pui taliee uf t hese i nipl'u e- inellts to I he I. il mill nli.l iiieli'alil i le puplllal iuji, Commend Teaching System. New York, Nov, I.V After two days' inspect ion. the Knglisli teachers w ho I'lllnc lu re lo sillily I'lliled Stall's luelll- ' oils of edili'iit inn have discovered seveml Hood ideas wliii'll they intend lo sug gest to the auUiorilies in lailand. They like our system of medical inspec- , t ion, our law which teiuires children, between the Hes of 14 and l.r years to jitteiid evening schools if they work in the da) I hue, our discipline, winch Ihey all describe ns "easy," and certain features of our kindergarten work, dure teachers will urrive this week. Ahead of Schedule. Colon, Nov. l.r. The lirsl trip of an A I I 11 I f I I 'II 11 t .!' IU I, I i II I I ilttlui,lll III' lllll iiouniiaries m tne i niteii Mates was successfully Concluded yesterday after noon at half past one, when Ihe luillle ship Louisiana, lim ing on board ('resi dent Kuosevclt and his party, dropped anchor in the harbor of Colon. The Louisiana, which arrived ahead of si'heilule time, was convoyed by (he Tennessee and Ihe Washington. They anchored during a heavy rainfall. General William Q. Ely. Norwich, Conn., Nov. 15. (leneral Villiam (i. 10 ly died suddenly at, his home here last, night of heart trouble. IIo cunimanded Hie Kightrcnth (Nuince Uciit, volunteers in the Civil wnr, and wiim hrovetted brigadier generul lit its close. GRAOBINQ UP OIL LAND. T cdnrnl Aulhorltint Taka Cor,nlnca of Action of SUnilnrd OH. San r'niiieisi'ii, Nov, I t. 'J'ln. ( 'all toil, iv snvs: heiame kliuwii ill l'ei- elal ein li M yeslelday Hull, risent, lora lioiiM of land in Ki ln ruiinly hy nentM of the Hamliird (hi eompany have lieen Hindu Iim mihjei l uf ilivesl iat iuli hy u erinnelil "llii ials. Ah ii lesnlt il is lissi'iled ilidiel mi nts will follow. 'I'lie land Was (alien up hy the pet roleilin eoinhine, (iMteiiMihly (or Ihe ypsillll de pofils, lull in reality for oil (imposes. Thai Ihe ehaiaeler of Ihe land had heen eiitefiilly slndied is shown hy the fai t Unit Ik lluwin nil well has alien, ly hei ll develuped. The iliijiiiry is hei 11 made I hroilh the nlliee nf I'nited Klales Alturney lelin, nf Hall I'ralieiseu. I'ederiil nrnls have heen ut wulk fur several weeks in Kern euiinly. Prom their preliinimiiy reports it is heihved tlnit Ihe 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -r in whii Ii Ihe land was se rnredwill warralil ilnl let melits on I he pall of the I'edi till land jury. The information seeiired hy Ihese Heils will he plaied ill Ihe hands nf l ulled States Attorney Kuhert T. Iev hn, who iii turn will forward it to Wiifhintuii to the attorney i m ral. SELL NO MORE ALASKA COAL. Governmonl Stop Sala Pending Ac tion on Leaking Bill, V,i"hilituii, Nov. I t. The seerelary of t he inter iof 'uday isxiied Ik eneral older w it hdrawin (rum entry all puh lieeoal lands in Alaska. Mow mm h land il affeijecl no one knows; ind I, llu .pi rilie I rai ts euiild he withdrawn, as A Ill-kit is still iinsim eyed Iklid the extent of its eoal deposits linklluwil. I'.ut this eneral order will shut uff all entries nf land known lo cuntain run!, ll is issued in line with Ihe pnliey re eeently adopted m the states, and will prevent wealthy mrpurat inns (mm mr nerin Alaska's ma I resonrees. It I- prohahie that further eff.,rt Will Is- made In sei'llle leislatinll re pral in the ' ml land law and siihsti lulili il law whieh ailthuri.es Ihe ov ernmeiil lo lea-e its mat lands. A trai l of 1 , Tint ai res north uf Val de, Ala-ka, lyinuii the laeial Hats helow' Ihe N'ald' . laeier, has hren set apart as a rille rane (or Ihi- use of t ns ips at I'ut t I.isenin. PLANTERS SHORT OF LABOR, Cuban Sugar Men Ask Magoon to Aid Immigration. Havana, Nov. Tl. ( 'erlain memliers uf Ihe Arariiui leane, whieh is eoni poried uf prominent planters, acenin panied hy it inimher of steamship ueiits, held ii eniiferenee with liover imr M.ioon Imlay on the ipiestioti uf the pmhahle seareity uf lahor in tin lialidlin of the inatiirili suar crop. The planters lired Ihe Iieeesn it V nf makilillseuf the f 1 ,(MI(),(l(lll upprn- printed by I lie bite ( 'uban Coiire-s for I he si i m ii hit inn uf i m mi rat inn, mid pointed mil that Cuba was suffering severely (mm the Compel it iu n( ut her 1 nations seeking immigration mid the iinportat ion nf labor to Panama. The next suar crop promises to be very large, and the planters expressed grave fears that the present labor sup ply would lie iiisiillieirnt to handle it. The governor arranged to hold fur ther conferences with the planters. Nearly Twenty Missing. I .a 1'urte, Ind., Nuv. 14. Coroner Carson bus received no complete list nf I be dead and missing in Hie wreck uf the I'laltiiimre ,V Ohio railroad. The lits contains UK names, and it is believ ed nearly L'O are yet to lie obtained. It will be several days before the Cnioner can return a verdict. The freight crew insists that the lirsl section carried no lights, but Ihe train sheet uf the niier- alor at Sumati indicates that green lights were displayed. As Ihe charred bodies are taken from the wreck they are being labeled and sent to the under takers. Allows No Silver Exports. Lima, 1'cru, Nov. 14. Although there exists no law to the contrary, Ihe government today refused to allow a local linn uf bankers to ship IL',000 sil ver suls (about ftilt.lMM)) to London. Furthermore, t he aut lim it ics are search ing Ihe hagage of passengers leaving the country, and all silver coin in ex cess of 11) sols is being seized. The price of silver in 1'cru is advancing, and the ministry of finance has been in conference w'ith local bankers, finan ciers, merchants and members of con gress to discuss action in the premises. Would Line Canal With Concrete, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14. A plan for a concrete Hiatal ime highway across the isthmus of ranain i, to be used as a substitute for the .Idol, as at present . .. : ... i i... . i i . :.. i . i... ! '. ., '" "' " m" '""m.-i ... . -ei- I. lent hoosevell by t .duiiel Alexander lloagland, known throughout, the rniled Slates as the "Fat her of t ho ' Curfew." The plan is now in tho hands of ( lie canal commission. It con templates 1 ho building of a concrete highway IIO feet above sea level. More Boers on Warpath. Cano Town. Nov. 14. Accord inir to the latest iiifoi niat ion received hero, I the colony has been invaded hy two . . i ii new pa uoMoi iHiei iroeoooiers in a. an- t ion to the men operating under l or- rcira. J he police have had an midfoot- il i. ...:il. il.. r ! i .. I ual brush with the Ferrcrai party. TWO TRAINS COLLIDE Immigrant Train In Disastrous Indiana Wreck. fORTV-SEVEN PASSENGERS DEAD Were Nearly All Fugitive From Ru- la Survivor! Lota Uaggago and Other Poaeilon. Chh iio, Nov. 1.1. - More- limn linlf Hie pii.HHi'iii'i rH on im linmlkTiuit Inilri on Hie Hall Imore K Ohio railroad wero Idlleil nr Injured In u enNUIon today la i ween i paiiHener iriln arid a freight mar Woodville, In.. Olio !hmi- ilri-d mid lUlyllve piiHHi'ni;crH wen? on Hie train, nml of Hie.Me 47 weri; either killed oiiIiIkIiI or were hurried to lentil In Hie lire which hroko out In the WPrk.'lK" llilllieillately ufter the (oIIIhIuii. The iiiiiiieH of all the dead will prohalily never he known, an ir, ut Hie hoieH weie (on.'iunied III Hie llaiiieM, or wre ho badly burned that Ideiitlih atlnn In linpoHMlhle. Thirty- lulit peojile wi-ie Injured, and Heveial of tin-He will die. KlKbfy otlieiH mi railed unhurt, hut lout nearly all their li.U''iU'e and elol Iiln. The illsaster w.'ih riiiiHed hy a blun der of home employe of tin- railroad oiupany, hut Jui;t where ih blame les has not been ilelerinlried. The I'.-iHKi nrer train, w-hb h wa oaded with Russian Jews, ServlariH ami I'OMH, all of them recent arrlvaln In this country ami bound for Chic.iKo or idacrH In tho NorthweHt, waH Hut serorul HcrUon of a through train from Halt Imore. The I llltieer rif freight train No. '.HI. on Instructions, received at McCool, Ind., walled at a Biding at Halicoc k, Ind., to allow the Immigrant tialu to pass. As kio;i an the first section of the Immigrant train had paKKcd tho nwltch at H.ihcock. the freight, train, In charge nf I'nidneiT Hurke and Condurlor Mosie. started eastward. A llitht snow was falling, whlcli Increaserl thu dark iicsh of tin early morning, and, iih Hip freight w.'ih rounding a Kharp curve JiikI west of Woodvllle, Hie Hecoml sec tion of the Immigrant train rarno In sight a short dl.Htanre away, tearing toward Chicago at the rate of 40 miles, an hour. The two trains rnmo to ether with unslackened Hpeed, and In the crash idx passenger coaches arid several freight cars, were knocked Into kindling wood, and, together with tho locomotives, went rolling down tho embankment. GENERAL SH AFTEF. DEAD. Pneumonia Proves Fztal to Leader In Cuban Campaign. Hakersfleld, r.-il., Nov. 13. Major General William Rufus Shaftnr. United States Arm:;, retired, ilbd nt 12:42 p. Jm. yesterday at the ranch of Captain . 11. 311 IMIiriCK. HIS BOIl-IH-lltW , " miles smith of this city, after an Ill ness of seven days, despite the best iim iMeal attention in California. While returning from the polls last Tuesday, he contracted a severe r liill I whieh augmented a slight Indisposition !nnd necessitated conllnem nt to his . u,,,l' 111. Wednesday nnd Thursday no Im provement wi's noticed and Friday aft ernoon Dr. M. Ii". Ilerzsteln, of San Francisco, was communicated with, but as he was unablr to depart at once, Or. I. W. Thorne was despalch"d in Dr. Ilerzsteln's place. Ir. Thorne arrived early Saturday mornlnR and. together with the locnl physicians, diligently watched the pntlent nil that day. In the afternoon a slight rally xvas de tected and relatives and physicians were extremely hopeful, but the change was short lived. At 10 o'clock a sink ing spell seized the veteran. Dr. Herzsli In arrived shortly after mldni;;ht Saturday night and a covsul tation was hell with the other physi cians In attendance. It Is stated that Dr. Herzstein deemed tin operation the only meat's of relief from the Intesti nal obstruction, but Ihe condition of the path nt would forecast nothing, hut fatal results In such an attempt. Dr. Ilerzsteln, accompanied by Dr. Thorne, returned to San Francisco, nil hope of saving the gallant war hero having heen abandoned. Dissolve the Trust. Washington, Nov. 13. While no au Ihorltative statement could bo obtain ed In n rard to the matter, there Is good reason to believe that the Gov ernment has decided to Institute pro ceedings against the Standard Oil Company under the Sherman anti trust act with a view of obtaining an order of the court dissolving the com pany as It now exists nnd restoring to each of tho 75 or 80 constituent com panies its proportionate share of the stock and also compelling the obser vance of the law Inhibiting them from entering Into nay contract, ocreemcnt or understanding with each other. Considers Coal Steal. Salt Lake City. Nov. 13. A federal rand jury was Impaneled here today '"d will begin Its sittings tomorrow, H'mior has it that presentments will of evl.loncc galn.d Dy the In, torstate Commerce Commission durhu; tg m.ont lnvoBtlKntlon nf TTnlon t,u.. r (,a, hollllm;8 nn(1 developments 'n ,.,mllecllon with the Government stdt i( vecover land acquired by tho Utah Fuel Company, but no official lnforma- Hon Is forthcoming. Kvon the names of the witnesses subpoened have not i la en divulged. Discharged From Bankruptcy. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 13. Tho Iro quois Theater Company, of Chicago, wl,,1He theater was destroyed by lira t.reo years ago at ended by great loss of life, was discharged from bank- runt(.y t0liay j)y Ju(!ge i.nnningin In the undUeJ States court here. . The company has liabilities of 12,000,000 . . . I land no assets HUMAN BODY 18 A BATTERY. Telephone Is Operated by Current Given Out By the 8tomach. Han Frnrif Ihco, Nov. 13 Uefore a number of meilb n men nnd sclentlstH loilay, Mrs. Albert J. Alklna arid K. J. Lewis Hiireccdcil ri rharKhiK n '!': trbnl cireiit with human eleclri' lty to mi'd a degre that external sound waveK were transmitted and heard Hirouidi an ordinary lep phone re ceiver. The experiment corisbted of ihe application of two platinum elec trodes to the walls nt the llvlrit; stom ach, liy means of cornier wires Hie elect loip h wcj. i im hcr.t ed with tele phone and microphone, a acTisltlve Instrument, which Knatly Intensifies sound. The re was absolutely no rnec hanlral or eh' rniral batte ry In th; circuit, ycft tin: moment the c.ert rodes were; swal lowed su!!!':leni ly to touch tin; walla of t Ii e; stomach, human electricity flowed ovr tho wires, rendering kouiicIh audible:. The- ek-ctrle: (harge; meuhiirerl frcim Hi'vcri to dht milli volts on a Weston galvanometer. C'lloin l V.. V. Kcidianlnon, the sub ject of Uie experiment, Hwallowed v elect i cub m anil succeeded In retaining thorn for a c onslcjoi able time;. AfteT a brief roM, In; was givifn a drink of whiiky and on again connecting the; oleetrodoH with the Interior lining of his hlomach the- galvanometer rogis li.red i; milll-volts. Dis. Atkins ari'l Lewis claim that by t Ll j experiment they have demon htiatcil the; law of action of the- human ho!iK"k. They re ason that, If sound Is transmitted over a copper wire when It la charged with human electricity, It. is reasonable to consider the prin ciple' the same when the auditory nerve is, barge d with the same force. In other words, we; hear when the auditory nerve Is made sensitive with human electricity on the same prin ciple which we receive a telephone message. Furthermore, these scientists claim that by a series of experiments they have prove'n that digestion la an elec trochemic process; that all life ac tion In the body Is dependent upon the activity of the electrical forces within the organism, that variations of sense manifestation, as sight, hfaring, etc., are caused by the different rates of vi bration se t up by the human electrical currents acting on the special sense nerves. BOERS ON A RAID. Mounted Rifles Start In Pursuit and Rebels Prepare to Fight. Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 12. The latest advices from the scene of the Uoer outbreak In the North western part of Cape Colony agree that the situation Is decidedly grave. Native b who have never been In sym pathy with the Hritlsh plans of govern ment are flocking to the standard of the rebel chieftain, Ferrlera. On Sun day he attacked a camp of loyals at Uppington and a fierce fight followed last'ng hours, when the jolice, find ing themselves outnumbered, fled carrying their badly-wounded men. Ferrelra, with his force augmented hourly, is now in camp on a farm near Uppington and It Is reported that his command is bringing horses from the farms in the vicinity. It Is believed that ho plans a march toward Kuru man, then, if able, to fight the troops sent against him and go on to Kim- berley. Three flyinc columns of Cape Col ony troopers and police, whose ranks numbered many vettrans of the uoer army who have taken the oath of al legiance are now marching to engage the rebels. It Is conceded here that the loyal forces will have their work cut out in putting down the rebellion. For many months the IJocrs have hot n dissatistied with the altitude of tho British colony toward them and many have declared their intention of leav ing tho British possessions and try ing their luck in other parts of Af rica. Should the present uprising gain a few initial successes, certainly the discontented from all over British South Africa will gather to nid Fer rtira. and, if tho latter can arm and equip all who come to him, the gov ernment will sonn begin sending reg ular troops into the field to oppose him. Quite Equal to Situation. London, Nov. 13. Sir Thomas Ful ler, agent general for Cape Colony in London, attaches no importance to the Ferroira raid, lie believes the object to bo robbery and plunder and says the country where Ferroira and his nun are operating is sparsely popu lated and tho farmhouses widely sep arated. It Is not impossible, however, I hat Ferroira may obtain some adher ents and do some mlschit f. The Capo Mounted Hltlea. Sir Thomas declares, are accustomed to guerrilla warfare and will have no difficulty Id dealing with the situation. Police Fall Into Trap. Tlflls, Nov. 13 A deafening bomb explosion occurred on rethanski street at an early hour this morning, while Ihe police were making a search of an unoccupied house. Tho noise of the explosion was audible for a great dls- t:nce, and the entire city was shaken. Throe policemen were killed and four wounded, it is apparent that a Bnare had boon arranged, and the police lured Into it. The police received a tip to search this particular house. Taking Away Liberty Again. Odessa, Nov. 13. All the electoral committees in this city and In the provinces have been suppressed end their functions have been transferred t the Town Council. The arrange- roenta made by these committees have ii.i taen cancelled. An fmfforfnnf Moclnl l'rolilm. No tendency of modern time hnt nilMi-d hi i much uneasiness In the minds of so hil philosophers and re'forme'r hi the drift of population from the rural districts to the cities. That this ten dency Is deplorable I admitted on all hands, but there Is nc general agree inent as Vi what flhoulc be dune to dlx courage IL KeeenUy, hnwever, public speakers and write- have Ix-cu Insist ing that the way to keep the bright young men and women on the farms Is to ameliorate? the conditions of coun try life. 'i"he extension of telephone lines Iribi the country and the rural fre-e mall delivery are steps In that dlri'ctlon. But the general Improvement of the country roads would be a far more Important sti'p. Bad road A't more than anything else? to pre;uote Ignorance, Isolation, discouragement, nnd disgust among the country jioopl". enicl mails promote attendance at sehcd unci tint church; they make so flu 1 gatherings, literary societies, dra matic entertainments, ami club ami hslge mci'tlngs iios-dble during the; win ter and spring. With bad roads the farmer Is compelled to hibernate, o ebilly, for three or four months In the year. With good roads, those meit'1 In-come the most pleasant unci In some respects the most profitable In the year. The Improvement of the country roads Is now recognized as ejie of the greatest questions before the American public, and It Is coming to tie recog nized as a eiuestlon which concerns not merely the rural jsipulntlon, but the whole jieojile. Many public men have declared their conviction that road Im provement U a proj,er subject for na tional as well as State legislation. Among the reasons offered In supiwrt of this view are the fcjlowlng: First The Improvement of the high ways Is too great a burden for the rural population to bear alone. If left to them tho problem will never be solved Second The Improvement of the roads would U'lietit all classes through out the entire country ; hence, the who:e people should share In the necessary exis'iiso. Third The Improvement of the road Is necessary to the extension eu the rural free delivery system, and Con gress Is authorized by the Constitution to "establish post-roads." Fourth The Improvement of the ron.Ls Is certainly as fit a subject for natio,nal legislation as Improvement it rivers and barters. Bills are now U'fore both Houses o? Congress providing for an appropria tion of twenty-four million dojlars to lie used during the next throe years as a fund for national aid to road Improve ment. The fate of these bills dejiend largely ui'ji the attitude of the farm ers on the- question. If they would unite In a strong demand for national aid, It would speedily become an ac complished fact. INTENSIVE FARMING. Some Object Leitona for the Tiller of Ihe Soil. The Wall Stret-t Journal suggests that Intensive agriculture be more gen erally adopted as an Investment It argues that thousands of ieople have left the country and entered the cities because of actual necessity. They skimmed away the cream from the soil and. by extravagant methods, exhaust ed its vitality. Then there was no refuge loft except the wage-earning cen ters. But their presence in the cities does not prove that they are any letter off in the jiossossion of this world's gnoi. On the contrary, It demonstrates tho onoslti In commenting on the sit uation the Journal says: "Intensive cultivation of ton acres should give bettor returns than exten sive cultivation of a hundred acres. This Is what tho agricultural depart ments of the State and nation are all sivklng to accomplish. They nre ac complishing it much more rapidly and thoroughly than Is generally under stood. As they accomplish this work agriculture will come to be a more and more attractive field for capital Invest ments, oven on tho part of people who live in cities. Dispatches of a few days ago stated that throughout the South west investors from the city wore put ting their surplus funds Into farm hinds. The same thing lias boon going on for ton jears throughout tho surplus corn States. Land values have risen rapidly In tho South also." Wo have reached the day of Intensive soil cultivation. It has required many years of experimenting and unsuccess ful crop returns to bring about this re sult. The farmers wanted too many acres to plant to com, cotton, wheat or tobaevo. They permitted the rains to wash away the surface soil and leave the clav or limestone strata. There was no economic system In the work of retaining soli fertility. Now all Is changed. The farmer, who iloes not go to the city to find work, Is an edu cated man In all that makes up a prof itable tiller of the soil. IIo works not only for a home and temporary aliode, but because there Is profit In handling the products of his fields. Tho trend of thought toward the land ns an Investment will not bo changed In many years. There Is something tangible in the cultivated fields, or chards nnd gardens. Tho world must be toJ f nun the products of the land, ilf tlv t which humanity requires Is not 'growa In the United States It will be ' Imported from other couutrles. The raelflc coast farmer ha a rlvnl In tht Japanese farmer. It Is for him to decide' which shall occupy the marked nt borne and abroad. But the American with business tendencies doc not. hi'sv Itate. Mi. sees Hie opportunities In tho land nnd Is hastening to grasp them before It Is too late. Here Is nnollMT lesson for the? young man of to-day. Seattle Lent LUXURY IN RANCH HOUSE. fat (tana unit Ollvenrnr f;lfl for linrMi, A little one story, six-room. In:ig rarich house- In Lander, Wyo., with sage-brush hind stretching away from It In nil directions and with only a lumbering mountain stage coach, drawn by four horses, connecting It with the outside) world, has lu It moro than any other house, public or pri vate, In the State. Arnpahoo txnists not near fifty Bonis oil told. I'.ut the traveler going by stage from Lander to Shoshone will find Its ranch an uncommonly good one nt which to stay over night, for Mrs. Becke-r, Its gracious hostess, does not spend all her money on ornaments for her table?. She nhvnys makes enough to pay two first-class Chines? cooks nnd to supply her table with delica cies. Many ranch houses look neither more nor less Inviting from the outside than does this one. Illrt, jsior food, cracked dishes, wretches! service anil Insufferably bad Is-ds c-omisise the ac commodations. The traveler Is agree ably surprl.-ed, then, when he finds the wealth of cut glass, china and silver ware which graces Mrs. Booker's table, excellent service, every delicacy that' a city market affords, cleanliness ev erywhere, easy chairs and couches, beds fresh and comfortable, and an at mosphere of refinement. Mrs. Becker's cut glass, china and silverware are the pride and the de light of Arapahoe, and all the coun tryside round about It Even the In dians who have got a glimpse of them regard them with a sort of proprietary Interest Not long ago Mrs. Becker sent an order to New York for a thou sand dollars' worth of cut glass, and that thousand dollars' worth is not all she has. Besides her valuable collec tion of cut glass, china and silverware, Mrs. Becker has many hundred dolIaraT worth of Navajo blankets and Indian curios. She made an army officer's wife a present of $.") or worth of blankets and curios recently and thought nothing of It. She Is a West ern woman and does things In a West ern way. Not long ago Mrs. Becker gave a party at her ranch house, to which she Invited some of the best known folk la Lauder, and army olflcers and their wives from Fort Washakie. It was a unique society function. Each of the numerous guests went home with a costly gift from the hostess. One young lady was given a saddle, an other a beautiful and costly souveair siHxm, with an elk's tooth set In the handle, and others received gifts equal ly valuable. Galveston News. PRUNES CUTTING OUT PRISMS. Supply of Fruit Com In if from Cali fornia EnconraicInK to Landladies. When one thinks of all the board lnghouse breakfasts In the country It Is not surprising that more than 100, (.HXU n.hi pounds of prunes are eatea yearly in the Luited States. l'rior to 18-StJ the supply came al most wholly from France and the Dau ublan provinces, and sold under the designation of French and Turkish prunes. In that year prunes of American growth appeared on the market and with each succeeding year the supply has Increased, until the iiujiortation of foreign fruit has heen reduced to extremely small proportions. Most of our prune supply Is from California. In Santa Clara County alone there nre 3,700,000 trees grow ing on 37,000 acres, 100 trees to tha acre. The quantity of prunes there exceeds HO.OOH.ooo pounds more than enough for the requirements of the whole country, but tho excess Is need ed to supply the export demand. In September the fruit ripens and is gathered hy spreading sheets under the trees and shaking the branches. The fruit Is taken to the warehouse, whore It Is graded in size and passed through a boiling hot liquid, in which process it Is cleaned and the outer skin softened. It is then spread out In trays 8 foot by 3 feet In sh:e, nnd ex posed to tho heat of the sun for three to eight days, depending upon weather conditions. Ton thousand trays of fruit spread out In one unbroken tract may be seen In Santa Clara in the drying season. When sulllciontly cured tho prunes are stored In separate bins nnd there al lowed to sweat, this process taking from ton to twenty days, when they nre ready for marketing. What to Eat Content. "Don't you sometimes wish you had your life to live over?" said the pessim ist "And go through that spell of hot weather again?" rejoined the optimist "Not for anything." Washington Stir. All llltlh Flyer. "Are you Interested In airships, Mrs. GotemoffV" "Heirships! I am, Indeed, Mr. Swat ley. I have three unmarried daugh ters." Boston Trnnscrlpt. When a man gets oft something funny, it tickles him more than any one else. Considering how popular It Is, "L forgot" U a mighty pour excuse