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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1903)
IS OPENED SPARK STARTS EXPLOSION. Four Persons Killed and Many Injured at Cleveland. protein, and four or fly» per cent moro fa t Kxpertmenta have shown it to MOUNTAIN FELL have about ten per cent greater feeding value than cornmeaL It can generality j j K J K. HoHMKK be bought for leas money than the lat PH YSICIAN & SURGEON. ter, and It la worthy the attention of feeders, who find It necessary to use hijease** of the Kye, Kar and Nose are Spec starchy feeds.—Massachusetts Plough laities. man. Ortiue in th e Allison & Madsen b u il d in g . it Roosevelt Dedicates Great Cleveland, O., May 5.— An explosion Crows Nest Coal Mines Buried by that caused death and destruction oc St. Louis Exposition. Acres of Sliding Rocks. curred in the torpedo plant ol the Thor THOUSAND TROOPS IN LINE manufacturing company at 847 Orange street this aiternoon. Thus far four persons are dead, while 27 others are Thoroughly Bad, Otherwise the lying in hospitals, some fatally and W as a Complete S u c c e s s - others more or less seriously injured. 145,OOO People Present. The Thor manufacturing company is | engaged in the manufacture of toy tor- Dui,, May 1.— The buildings ol i ps^o canes and other explosives. The luisiaua Purchase Expositioa company was in the midst of its busiest sterday formally dedicated to season, and extra girls were being em iorpoee with all possible pomp ployed. lh e force of the explosion was tre |emony. In every way nave one prcises were an unequivocal sue- mendous, and windows within a radius of a quarter of a mile were broken. In nd this one circumstance was a bouse on Orange street next to the atber. I t would be difficult to factory lived Maurice Cohen, his wife more disagreeable day. and eight children. With the collapse Jiud Ijlew fiercely from the west, ol the bouse simultaneously with the cxplcsion tne woman and four children great clouds of duet whirling were caught in the falling partitions faces of the troops as they and all were horribly bruised. All ed past the president, and at were taken out uncoDscious. Three of |go nearly blinding the president this family are dead. Ib o fire which caused the explosion was well nigh impossible for originated in a'peculiar manner. The i eee across the street upon which torpedo caps are filled in molds and lops were marching, there is constant danger of some loose bed to the discomfort of the wind powder, supposed to be fulminate ci mercury, dropping on the floor. For Must was a temperature which this reason the girls and boyB who are |t for the marrow and generally employed in the factory are compelled it. The ladies who, on the tc remove their shoes while at work so The ex of the warm weather of the as to avoid striking sparks. e, came in summer dresses to plosion was due to the frolicsome pro pensities of a new girl, who had been wing stand, suffered keenly, employed at the plant less than a week. Nit tor the thoughtfulness ol the Some of the girls had their shoes on rs commanding the guard thrown at the lunch hour, and one playfnlly As the girl slid id the reviewing stand, who pro- shoved another. along the floor her shoes struck a spark them with blankets, many of in some loose powder. Instantly the k would have been compelled to floor was aulaze. The liâmes were |e the place. Both President Koose- easily subdued by the firemen after and ex-President Cleveland re the explosion, as there was nothing ined in the reviewing stand exposed left of the factory but a pile of debris. The property loss will not exceed lie icy wind until the end of the »10,01)0. _____ fide, although their faces were blue NEW MAP OF ALASKA. I their limbs stiffened by the cold. ditions in the Liberal arts building, Government Publishes F irst Contour Hap re the dedication ceremonies proper W ith R ecent D ata. re held, were little better. There Washington, May 5.— A new map ol i no wind, but there were manifold Aaaka on a scale of 4 0 miles to the inch fts which added to the dampness in- lias just been completed by the United rable from newly-erected build- States geological survey. It is the first s, produced a penetrating chill that contour map of Alaska yet made, the uncomfortable to a degree. The reiel being shown by contour lines rep lit ol this was evident in all of the resenting vertical intervals of 1.0U0 lies, as the speakers, commencing feet. In the construction of thiB map, lr speeches in clear tones, were which was prepared by E . C. Barnard, |thout exception given over to catarrh- topograpner, all available information was used. lh e maps of the United jintiections before they finished. Respite thia heavy handicap, how- States coast and geodetic survey, cov r, the ceremonies proper were splen- ering Sonthcaste-n Alaska and the ly handled and the programme was coast were extensively utilized. With led out to the letter. The police in the coast line the map is based prin k was excellent and the patrolling cipally on surveys and reconnaissance Se avenues and passageways by the maps made by the geological survey. t Missouri infantry was ably done Other sources of inlornmtion were the fall possible consideration shown maps of the array, the navy, the reve nue marine service and the British gov great crowd. After all the authorative he great m ilitary parade, which ernment. rn designed to be distinctively the data had been used there still remained w spectacle of the dedicaory cere- large areas where the topographic feat nies, proved to be all that its pro- ures had to be based upon sujh general fere could wish, and all that the information as could be obtained. The map will be printed in colors, :ular army officers who controlled it uld hope for. The sight of the the streams, lakes and glaciers being arching thousands from the point oc- shown in blue, the cultural features in pied by President Roosevelt’s review black, and the contour lines in brown. The characteristic features of Alaska g stand was one long to be remem- red. For a half mile to the left and topography are well shown by the map. r an equal distance to the right, the At one glance one sees the deep river inding column was in complete view, like fiords in the southeastern part; he president watched the march past the bold, almost précipitions, front ith eager attention. Every well-set presented to the Not th Pacific ocean by nk (and nearly all were so), every ae the 8t. Elias range; the deep interior rate formation (and very few were valleys, scarcely more than a thousand Jot accurate), elicited bis he,rty com- feet above the sea; the Alaskan range, endation. From end to end of the with its culminating peak, Mount Mc ne of march the cheers of the int Kinley, 20,000 feet in altitude; the ense crowd were as cordial as the great valley cf the Yukon, with its tundras sloping to Behring sea; the resident’s approval. There were 11,000 men in line— Endicott range, dividing the Yukon ,100 regulars and 7,900 of the valley from the tundras sloping to the 'ational guard, New York being repre- Arctic ocean ; and the great horn of uted by 1,000 officers and men; II1 i- the Aleutian islands, reach.ng at Attu ois, 1,000; Iowa, 980; Missouri. 3,- island to the other side of the world, 00; Oklahoma, 2,200; Ohio, 1,000. in longitude 172 degrees east, almost he formation throughout was in col- the longitude ol Auckland, New Zea mn of platoons, of all arms, at half land, the latitude 53 degrees north, istance, the infantry marching 18 file, being abont the same as that of Liver pool. ________________ nd the cavalry 12 troopers front. I i Has Told Two Stories, in, M ayj2.— The denial from St. burg of the authenticity of the tn demands on China previous to arnation of Manchuria has creat- 1 comment among the members of the interested legations. The day the de nial was issued, M. Plancon, the Rus- ian charge d'affaires, admitted to his olleaguen that their information on the subject was correct. Prince Ching, the grand secretary, purposes urgently to request Russia to proceed with the restoration of the government of Man churia to China, as per agreement. New Hands Turned Down. Chicago, May 2.— Effective picketing hraded off an alleged effort on the part of the management of the Deering har vester works to introduce nearly 150 workmen to the twine department of tlie plant jnst after dawn today. When the men appeared before 5 o’clock, pre pared to go to work, they were met by a delegation of strikers and turned away. Efforts of the strikers are now being directed toward bringing about sim ilar conditions at other factories. T yner Has Collapsed. 'ashington. May 2. — Judge James rvner, recently dismissed from the irnment service while holding the »ion of assistant attorney general the postr (fice department, is eriti- r ill. His health has been verv • since last Jn ly , when he suffered roke of paralysis. The strain on system which preceded and fol- sf his dismissal has been too ranch him, and he is almost completely trated. THE DEATH LIST NUMBERS FIFTY-SIX En tran ce to Mine Completely Destroyed — 17 Imprisoned Miners Dug Their . . . I Own Wny to the burface. J H an dy D evice fo r G ard en er*. Hnytnu C heap F e r t i l i s e r s . Most of the troubles farmers have had with commercial fertilizera were Frank, N. W. T ., April 30. — Thie due to the fact that they paid high place was vieited yesterday morning'hy Prlce* for articlea of little or no value. . . .. . . To Illustrate: The analysis of a certain the worst disaster that has ever been , ' . fertilizer for which the manufacturer known in any community in Western asked $27.30 per ton was recently sent Canada, possibly in the entire Domin- j to the writer, and, taking the figures ion. What was either a land or rock of per cent as given by the manufac slide of such gigantic magnitude as to turer as a basis, and deducting from them the proper per cent of the three be utterly inconceivable to the mind ol plant foods, nitrogen, potash and phos any whose eye has not beheld it, or a phoric acid, we found the actual value slide induced by a seismic upheaval, ; of the fertilizer to be less than $14, bas- killed 66 people, destroyed the plant of our figures on the cost of the three the Canadian-American coal and coke ‘“ «regents named In the open market . , , Add to this the cost of mixing and company, did a vast amount of damage bngging au(, mlRht run up to the mine and completely devastated to a trifle over $14, leaving for the about ten rquare miles of the finest and manufacturer and his selling agents a most picturesque section of the Crow’s I)r°fit of over $10 per ton. It Is true Nest pass that tbe “^xture 88 submitted was ,r , * . . a what might be termed a low grade fer- The catastrophe came at 4:15 yeeter- tlUzer and ,t „ doubtfuI lf tbe analyglll day morning, when residents of the could be relied upon to figure out the town were awakened by a deafening tu value mentioned. This Is but one evi mult ami a shaking ol buildings which dence of what farmers have to contend it eeerned would rattle them into com with In buylDg cheap fertilizers, and an argumeut In favor of buying the plete demolition. Of all the town’B in higher grades of cemmerclal fertilizers, habitants, numbering nearly 1,000, not even at the advanced price, ns well as one professes to have reached the out a most forcible argument la favor of side of his domicile in time to see any buying the ingredients needed and do ing the mixing at borne. As a matter part of what took place, tu t when day of fact we have paid for the valueless dawned it was seen that the whole side basis of fertilizers too long; and paid of Turtle mountain had failed away too much for It: It Is time we learned and that the country extending from what to buy nnd how to buy t* to ad- the eastern edge ol the town for two vaHtage.—Exchange. miles down the pass and entirely across The New G ard en P ea. The illustration shows a pea of com the pass, a distance of two miles or paratively recent Introduction, which more from the mountain, lay buried has been tested by market gardeners beneath rock and debris of various In all sections of tbe country and kinds lor a depth varying irom 25 to found to be all that is claimed for It. The variety seems to be well named 100 feet. The peas are round The *>al mines of the Canadian- “ First of All.” with hard shell so that they may be American coal and coke company, or planted when the frost Is barely out of more properly the seam being worked, the ground and before It Is safe to put extends along the side of Turtle moun In the wriukled sorts. Its main good tain in a parallel direction. I t is a points as claimed by tbe Introducer vertical vein and is worked from a tun are the gtmeral excellence of the vari ety, Its heavy yield, size of pod and nel up. It wag immediately over regularity of ripening It Is extremely the workings that the mountain fell early, the pens of good size, well filling away, burying them to a depth of more tbe pod and the plant, while a strong than 100 feet. As there is no geologi cal expert on the ground, it is impossi ble to detet mine the true character ol tne force exerted. Many hold to the belief that it was an earthquake which caused the mountain to fall away, oth ers believe it to have been a limestone upheaval, while others think it was simply a slide caused possibly by tbe lime rock slaking under tbe influnce of tbe thawing weather of spring. Dig Their Way Out. It was at first believed that the death roll was swelled by the total number of uien at work in the mine, 17, and that the mine had been ruined by the walls squeezing together under the terrific strain, but happily both proved untrue later in the day, when the men rescued themselves ami brought out a report of the condition of the mine. Had the mine been mined it would have meant a loss to the company of about $3,000,- 000, but, as it is, the mine will be re opened, and it is thought the actual loss to the company will not exceed $250,000, if it amounts to so much. The imprisoned miDers escaped by dig ging iheir way to the surface from the upper workings. Home were injured, but none seriously. The Canadian Pacific railway is a heavy loser by the disaster. Two miles of line was buried from 50 to 100 feet deep, and a new line will have to be located and built. The entire loss re sulting from the disaster, it is estimat ed, will amount to .$ 1,000,000, if not considerably more. grower. Is dwarf. Tbe flavor of the peas is said to he unsurpassed by any other variety. Those who grow peas for market will do well to make a test of tliis variety and see If It Is worthy, with them, of extended cultivation.— Indianapolis News. The D ot of S m a ll F n r m i. Except In the far West the tendency Is toward the small furms. and It is certainly a step in the right direction. In the East the majority of farms are tinder 100 acres, and In many sec tions more money Is being made from thirty acres than 100. Particularly is this the case where farms are located near cities or large towns. This same state of affairs will gradually come atK>ut in the West as the population Increases. If one has large numbers of cows and horses, so that there Is an Had a Bomb F acto ry. abundance of fertilizer, and plenty of Payne Starts Reform. help to handle crops which can be sold Falonica, May 5. — The number of Washington, May 1.— The postmaster at a profit, there is doubtless profit In Bulgarians killed during the recent general today issued an order in which the large farm, but where It comes to dynamite riots is now estimated at 100. he save that reports have reached h tn tbe choice between using the fertilizer A complete bomb manufacturing plant that there are persons doing duty in the for fifty acres, common sense teaches has been discovered in a shoemaker’s department who are carried on the us that It would be best to put the fer shop, communicating by an under rolls either of the Washingtn city or tilizer and lalK»r on the smaller area, ground passage with the Ottoman bank. other poetofficeH, who are employed even though the rest of the farm sto id It is feared that the presence of the under a specific appropriation for other Idle. Around some of the great cities three Austrian warships which have purposes than department service in of the country are truckers’ farms, or, arrived here will encourage the Bul Wash ngtnn, and that temination of I rather, gardens, where the land value garians to irritate the Turks, who up this practice, wherever it exists, is I ¡g high, on which are raised cropa of »j* the preeent time have behaved directed. As a result:of the order, four I reatpr valtle to tllP arre tIlnn arp emplove* of the W ashington postofi.ee ralae(, on tpn arr,,t of goIlle of th(. ,ar(te well. were dropped from the rolls today. | farnia tbe Tbe, e plotll are Plague Appears Again. __ _ , . evidences of what can be done tinder Mazatlan, May 5.— There is much f °" n **’ , . , the intensive system of farming, which Lincoln, Neb May l . - A blizzard. L on , he prlnHple of „ ainall alarm here over the reappearam« of wp„ , f onp Io, n,.ar the plague. Two persons who were extending over ths entire western part ^ serving at the quarantine ob«ervation of the state, set in early trslay, and s .11 marlwti , t w„, certainly pay hi... Train.« on the Burlington!® . . . . , . - station were attacked. Another case continue«. : . .. 4l . i i i t l rto look Into the subject of ronreutrat- The, , .. of plague has also appeared in the city. to the North went . are , n delAved. i ‘ n ; Inir bis energies on n sm all area, * ® News has just reached this city that a I snow west and north of Broken Bow is man was suffering from the p’ague at two inches deep. The storm also ex Ooocl V a lu e in H o m ln r Cron. the Zapote ranch, Dear Siqneros. He tends through Wyoming, Colorado, Hominy as used for human food rep was removed to the lazaretto, and many ! Mouth I>akota, Iowa, Kansas, Minne resents the hard part of tbe com kernel. people who had intercourse with the sota and Wisco». sin. Frost has nipped The separation of the hulls, germ, and fruit and damaged young grain cropa sick people will bs quarantined. I «ome of the gluten and starch, which ------------------ Volcano Breaks Ou*. San Francisco, May 5 .—The Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala has broken out again. The news was brought to this city by the steamer San Joan, which left Champerico on the afternoon of April 17, the day the fresh ei options is said to have taken place. Conriers from the interior brought word Ibat the volcano had broken ont, that a storm of ashes was falling and that the inhabitants of ths surrounding country were panic stricken. l» R O P IÎS 8 IO IN A L C A R O S . . on.dderably.________________I |g paid to bo brought about solely by W estern ta lo n Stands Pat. «»d ° f m achinery nnd steam, con- But’«, May l .- T h e r e is no charge i„ tltu tc s what Is known . . . hominy meal the strike tituetion ol the Western >* r« , , 'r " ,e m t * I « 1* , f Union. F. V. Moffitt, of the Wes’orn ker',el- Lons idem t.le of this Union, says that no attempt « iii he materia! is at the Present time being made to reopen the office in this city * ° !'l *D New England. The experiment until be is assured that ths offi.e can »tation at Amherst. M ass, has recently keep open permanently. The business made a collection of a number of sam- of the city is still somewhat crippled, pies, end Prof. T. R. Lindsay writes though the Postal is giving fairly good Hist the material Is kiln dried and con- service. The Postil will .o n p etr I '«ins several per cent lees water than com meal, nearly two per cent more Another wire to Helens this week. Here Is a handy device which may be readily made at home, and one that J J R . B. H. JOB will be thoroughly appreciated by market gardeners who have large PH YSIC IAN & SURGEON quantities of vegetables to prepare for All call« promptly attended. market. The device consists of a box Ottice, Main St. next door to leader office. open at both end, made of boards a COTTAGE GROVE, OR. foot long and of any desired width. Phone. No. 114. These boards are used to make the side« and the bottom as shown In the lower part of the cut. To one side T. ANDKR80N, M. D board Is screwed a section of an old scythe blade, the edge being sharpen Physician and Surgeon ed so that It will cut readily. Across Surgery and Female diseases A Specialty. All the top of both side boards. In the calls promptly attended to. office lit Sherwood block: Night calls at center, cut a slit about an inch deep. New Era Drug store. Phone 16« Main. Lay the string In these cuts and place the vegetables to be bunched on it until the string touches the bottom of the box. When the bunch Is of the desired size tie it with the string and then Q E N T 1 S T brlug the string In contact with the D R . H. H. P E T R I E edge of the s?ythe blade attached to the side board. The work can be done ▲11 Work Warranted. E. Office First Door West of Sherwood Horn I) R. E. C. MAC Y DENTIST Dr. Hnapp's Building. C In this way quickly and the bundles will be neatly and firmly tied. The device costs but a few minutes of time and will pay for Itself many times over during the season. F Q F ut J ohnson EBY £ JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS A T LAW Cottage Grove, Oregon. P la n tin g Corn. Planting corn in drlls and In hills Is H. KING practiced, and each method has its strong supporters. The experiment A tto rn e y -a t-L a w stations, however, find no difference In Special attention civen to Collection«. yield in favor of either method, so this COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. leaves the farmer free to do the thing that suits him best. Shallow covering of seed is especially advantageous dur ing the early spring while the ground J B. YOUNG is cool. Later, deep planting may be followed with good germination. Al most every corn grower recommends ITTORNEMMAV planting the seed in a furrow, whether It be the bills or In drills. If a fresh an Main Street. West Sldat furrow is opened and the seed buried C ottage G rove. Or. in It, germination is quickened. Then at the first cultivation the tine earth is sifted around the stalks that grow a little below’ the surface of the seed bed. M IS C E L L A N E O U S The distance between stalks or the number of grains to be placed In a hill depends upon the variety of corn to be grown and upon the fertility of the J^OBT. G R IFFIN , land. If a small variety of corn is + W H G O N -M H K 6 R + planted It will grow more stalky to maturity than will a large variety. Repairing and Refilling Is Our Trade. All work warranted. Again. If the ground is ricli It will pro duce a greater number of stalks than C o b M ain & i s t H t s ., Cottage Grove, Oregon will an equal area of land almost ex hausted of Its fertility. If the farmer will be sure to tb!n his corn, thick C. MAD8KN. planting followed by thinning Is not H. only the safest plan to get a good stand, but by proper thinning the stalks are distributed much more even ly over the area. If. how*ever, there is Watches Clocks and Jewelry At Lowest Prices......... danger of neglecting the thinning out of unnecessary stalks, then do not plant more than the ground will bear. If ears are tbe chief aim plant in drills from eighteen to twenty-two inches H E R B E R T L E IG H , apart, or three stalks In a hill three ASSAYER and METALLURGIST. and a half feet apart. I f fodder and corn both are wanted, plant In drills Eugene, O re. twelve to fourteen inches apart, and Best equipped A u a y Laboratory in tho I four stalks In the hill. Prompt and reliable returns guaranteed. Watchmaker Should Feed G rain . Farmers who keep young animals on fodder and other rough food during the winter, in order to save grain, will lose valuable time. It is cheaper to feed grain and force the young stock, so as to have them come out in the spring 'as far advanced as possible. The ex perienced breeders of cattle make their profit by endeavoring to secure the m at growth in the shortest time, nnd t h y do n t overlook the winter months or rteper.d upon pasturage In summer. To f 1 ed only rough food will save grain, but the young animals will remain at a standstill, and the grow’th that should 1»» ninde during the winter will be lost. To fail to pnsh them the first winter may compel ftie feeding of them a year longer, which would add to the expense and lessen the profit. *1 h e 1’e c s In E a r l y Pprlncr, Working tests of ores made on samples off one to fifty pounds to determine most sultabks method of treatment. W\ H. BKRG J. W. BERG BERG BROS. A ssay O ff ic e C o tta ge G rove, Oregon. Assaying an«l analysing of ores, working teats. Cyaniding, etc., etc., by the latest methods of Prof. Kalkenau’h School of Assaying, of San Fiancisco. Cal. Mail Orders Solicited. Satisfaction Assured Three doors east of the postofltoe. EA ST AND SO UTH *— VIA — The g h a s ta R o u te — O F TH K — In looking over colonics early In the spring choose a warm, sunshiny day, and be careful not to ch.ll the brood by long exposure. If you open n hive, Trail’s leave COTTAGI G k o v r for Portland and way stations at 2:14 a in 12:55 pm know* Just what you want, and do it Lv Portland “ « Mía ni 8:30 prn expeditiously, and close up the hive Lv Cottage (¿rove 2:57 p m 2:0« pill again. If yon have the bees packed In Ar Astila»:'? 12:55 a in 12:35 p ia Ar Sacram ento 5:oo p in 4.35 a m chaff, do not be In a hurry to remove Ar Han Francisco 8:66 a m 7:56 p m I lie packing, as the bees spread the br o<l ami arrange matters for the tem f* n lln iiin ¡m il T im r in t C a r e perature the packing gives, and should on both tm lna. ( haik 0 a m , Hnorn- you remove the packing too early some mf'nto to Ogden and and E l Paso and brood may be chilled and the colony cannot make headway as rapidly. to Chicago, Hi Louis, New Orleans and W ashington. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Tourist Cars T h e H a s and th e E a r th . There Is an affinity between the hog and the earth that sbouud not be ig nored. Floors sre all right to feed on. but hogs confined on floors are In an unnatural position and will not do well. Floors are especially repugnant to brood sows both before and after far rowing. But remember that mud Is worse than a bard floor. Hogs should have a tied on dry earth to sleep on, and they can do very well without mud at any time. Connecting at Sen Francisco, with aovcral Steam ship line* for Honolulu, Ja p a n , China. Philippines, Central and South America. At Albany and Corvallis conn ect ion la mad* with C A K Ry trains. Independence Passenger dally. cxccptSnnday. 7 30 a . M. I l.v Portland 7..77 a ? j BcM P. n . 10 : a . m . I Ar MeM inn villa ,.,L f 1M 0 r. m . II: a . m . j Ar..Ind«-iH’iidendenee._Lv | SfcSS r. m 11:45A. M. | A f ......... LOTValls . ..Lv 11:9» r M . Ho* Agent Mr t> T Awbrey at Cottage Grove •tation or addreni W E catt A H, U F A Pasa, Agt PO RTLA N D , • OREGO N.
