HUNDREDS ARE DEAD. OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST ake t h e u u id e b o a r d s ? „ Roail Supervlaora Shall Place Them. on section of the roa11 with to liegin work at once, bonce each wants brick first. C*yote Scalps Were Costly. :tbe next legislature has appro- 135,805 to pay off deficiency Oregon's experience with coy- **lp bounty laws will be ended, mount w ill be required to pay tail»« that have accrued under tne ’ bich were repealed by the last of the legislature. When thig is paid Oregon w ill have ex- for bounties some $ 2 12 , 000 . “ »out would be $250,000 bnt for tat that when the appropriation «blunted early in 1902 a number »unties ceased to allow bdunty. Ftw Reports Are Made. *re 9,000 legally organized in this state and only ■'W have filed their annual re- required by the provisions of “ iy corporation law. A ll that ** Sled reports w ill be liable to "f $100 if they continue in de- ta 20 days. Some very promin- •futalions have failed to make •Putts, and it seems almost cer- “•t they have done this through taklvs ol Incorporation Filed. new companies filed nrti- “ uotporation in the office of the of state last week. They Oavis lake Irrigation com- Jtawhnrg, $25,000; finitro Lom- ” “P*ny, Linn ton, $25,000. Hanna,"Wyo., July 2.— A t 10:30 A. M. today an explosion of fire damp in mine No. 1 ol the Union Pacific coal ARID LAND NOT IN DEMAND. company snuffed out the lives of 236 Department ot the Interior Approved men, injured scores of others and caused the destruction of a vast amount Two Applications for Reclamation. of property. The mine was not tired, The rush which was made a year ago as stated in the early reports, hut the for laud under the arid land law is not explosiou was teriitic, and completely in evidence this year. Only a very few shattered the timl>ers ol the main shall applications for arid land contracts and numerous entrances, tilled the have been received in the lsaf Bix workings with debris, and those of the months, and ail of tiiese are for small miners that were not killed outright by tracts which will be occupied, reclaimed the explosion were buried alive. and cultivated by the applicants. Only Tne explosion was heard for many two ol the applications for large tracts miles around, and attracted people from have been approved by the department the adjoining settlement. Huge tim ­ of the interior. One of these ia tne bers and railroad iron-were hurled from application of the Portland company the mouth of the shaft a distance of organized by W. E. Hurke, which com­ 200 and 300 feet. pany has a contract for the reclamation Buperintendent E. 8. Brooka and a of about 8,000 acres northeast of Mal­ large force of men went to work with a heur lake. This tract is entirely in­ will to remove the debria from the cluded within the reignn recently with­ shaft and reach the entombed minera. drawn from entry by the department Their progress iuto the mine was block­ with a view to examining it to ascer­ ed by the foul gases, and several times tain whether a suitable site exists for they were forced to return to the sur­ the construction of large irrigation face. works by the government. A ll day the teacuing party worked, The other application approved is the force being increaaeil from time to that of the Pilot Butte development time by the arrival of ranchmen and company, which has secured some 87,- other# from near by aettlementa, and 000 acres near the headwaters of the by those of a relief train Bent out from Deschutes, from which stream the Kawlina, which arrived about 2 o'clock water for irrigating the land will be in the alternoon. About 1 o’ clock this afternoon four taken. This is the company organised by A, M. Drake. Among the applica­ men were taken out alive, and half an tions pending are those of the Oregon hour later they were followed by 42 development company for 78,000 acres othera. Many were unconscious and near the headwaters of the Deschutes; had to be carried from the workings, the Three Bisters company, for 27,600 some were injured, but none fatally. acres between the Deschntes and the Several are in a critical condition, but Cascade mountains, and the Harney it ia believed all will recover. Two hundred and eighty-two men valley improvement company, for 6»,. 999 acres near Malheur lake, in Harney went down in the mine at 7 o’ clock county. A part of the application of this morning, and up until a late hour the Oregon development company has tonight only 48 had been accounted for. been rejected on the ground that the Of this number two ate dead. Horses and scrapers were put at work land is timbered and cannot be proper­ hauling debris away from the shaft, ly classed as arid land. and cars were pushed down the inclnie, Mrs. (Jeer Made President. loaded and hauled hack up to the tipple The Oregon federation of women’s and dumped. The work is progressing clubs completed a most succesfsul three slowly, owing to the narrow space in days’ session at Astoria last week by which the reseners are compelled to the election of the following officers to operate, but by daylight the mine serve during the ensuing year: Presi­ should be opened sufficiently to permit dent, Mrs. T. T. Geer, Salem; first vice of deep explorations aud tbe_ rescue of president, Mrs. Samuel Elmore,Astoria; the dead bodieB. Late tonight a party of rescuers second vice president, Mrs. A. Bern­ stein, Portland; recording secretary, reached four mules that were alive, and Mrs. Hattie Young, Grants Pass; cor­ this caused hopes to arise in the breasts responding secretary, Mrs. Bamtiel of the tired workers and the anxious White, Baker City; treasurer, Miss. women and children gathered about the Olive Slater, La Grande; auditor, Mrs. shaft. It is a faint hope, however, for Florence Sheldon, Eugene. The feder­ experienced mine bosses and miners say ation w ill meet at Baker City next that when the imprisoned men are reached ail «.ill be found dead. Borne year. of the minera that escape«! say that they saw 20 dead bodies in entry 17. Horses Sent to Canada. They reported that many ol the men A shipment of 23 cars of horses of all sizes and kinds went from La Grande were crazed by the explosion and ran last week. They will go via Spokane hither and thither in the mine. Many to Cat Bank, Mont., and be driven j of these could have escaped, but they frern there to McLeod, Alberta. There laid down, buried their laces in their are about 700 horses, and the purchase hands and gave up the fight. Of the 243 dead about 175 were mar­ price is abont $21,000, of which $17,- About 000 was paid to the horse growers of ried ami leave large families. Eastern Oregon With freight and 20 100 were Finlanders, 50 wcoere lored .per cent dnty, the purchasers w ill be and the remainder were Americans. in about $30,000, and will sell out to BID ADIEU TO KIEL. the local dealers of their section, and come again, shonld the venture pay. Prices ranged from $10 to $125 dollars. Americans Leave German Waters Amid Great Booming of Cannon. Apportioning Money. Kiel, July 2.— The United States State Superintendent Ackerman has squadron sailed at 6 P. M. today from advised the various county school sup­ Kiel, all the German ships saluting erintendents of the Btate that the state and the Americans replying. The flag­ treasurer, in making the regular appor­ ship Kearsarge, Tioggo and San Fran­ tionment of school money this year, cisco will go through to Cattagat, stop­ will strictly follow the provisions of the ping at Kallund Borg, Denmark, lor state law on the snbjeit. The disburse­ two days. The Macnias will-go by way ment will be made August I , and such of Kiel canal to Binnsbnttel and thence counties as have not filed their repert will rendezvous with the other Am eri­ with the state superintendent before can ships off Spithead. The equardon that date will not receive their Bbare of will arrive at Portsmouth July 7. The salutes of the imperial standard the apportionment. were fired as the Hohenzollern sailed Christian Convention a Success. for Eckernforde this morning to accom­ The convention of the Christian pany the emperor and empress tonight, churches of Oregon, held at Turner after the cruiser yacht race. The em­ last week, was a great success. There peror started for Eckernforde on board were nearly 40 ministers in attendance the Meteor at 7 A. M. The empress and over 200 delegates and very many w a s on the Iduna, which s I bo started for Eckernforde. visitors. The American naval officers at­ tended a aeries of receptions on board PORTLAND MARKETS. the German warships this afternoon. Wheat— Walla Walla, 70«74c; val­ ley, 77c. Barley— Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew­ ing, $21. Flour— Beet grades, $3.96 <3 4.30; graham, $3.46@3.85. Millstuffe— Bran, $23 per ton; mid- dlinga, $27; ahorta, $23; chop, $18. Oata— NO. 1 white, $1.10 @1.16; gray, $1 05 per cental. Hay— Timothy, $20«21; clover, nominal; cheat, $16@16 per ton. Potatoes— Beat Bo-panks, 50®«5c per sack; ordinary, 35@45c per cental, grower*’ prices; Merced sweets, $3® 3.50 per cental. Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 10® 11c; young, 13® 14c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 16@17c; dressed, 20«22c; dnrkt, *7.00®7.50 per dozqn; geese, $6.00® 6.50. cbeege— Full cream, twins, 16H® 16c; Young America, 15@lSXc; f»®*- ory prices, l@ l$ ic less. Butter— Fancy creamery, 20@221 It is well understood that the eggs laid during the winter are, to a certain extent at least, a forced production. This being the case. It is hardly fair to expect that the fowl who has turn­ ed out a goodly supply of eggs during the winter can keep it up during the summer. It is questionable if it would be advisable to force the winter lay­ ing fowl to continue during the sum­ mer. I f the bird is to be counted as among the layers the following win­ ter she should be allowed the period of rest during most of the summer; that is, she should not be fed so as to force egg production, but her food should be sufficiently liberal and sufficiently va­ ried to keep her in good shape to go into winter quarters prepared to lay. The poultryman who has not received from his fowls the number of eggs he should have had during the winter ought to make an effort to get even during the summer, the natural season for the hen to lay. This cannot be done by simply turning the hens out on the range, for they must he grain-fed and properly cared for. Handle them as you would the fowls for winter egg production. It will not be expensive, the back of the head^will keep longer and be better than those permitted to die slowly? Do you know that birds destroy mill­ ions of bugs, mosquitoes aud harmful insects, that without the birds we could not live on the earth, and that every little insect-eating bird you may kill and every egg you may take from Its nest means one less bird to destroy insects?— Live Stock Journal. Office, Main St. next door to Leader office. hen's egg which really constitute« the effective part of the machine. The machine la set to work by a sim­ ple turn of the valve and the suction holds it in place until the milking 1 b finished. It requires from two and one- half to ten minutes to milk a cow. With proper equipment one man can readily handle fifty.— Orange Judd Farmer. S c ien c e and F a r m in g , I f you tell the average Missouri farmer that he ought to use a little more science in his business he will reply that the advocates of scientific methods are mere theorists: that they do very well in their way, but they can't teach a practical agriculturist anything in his line. Robert H. Kent, a St. Louis lawyer, has lately given the conservative farmers of Macon County a lesson In scientific agriculture that has opened their eyes. In settling an estate he came into possession of some almost worthless city property. This he traded for some land In Macon County which seemed almost equally valueless. The larger part of It was under water most of the time, ami a good crop never had been raised on It. .Mr. Kern called in an engineer and had him make plans for a drainage system. Then he called in a farmer who understood the science of agricul­ ture and put him to work. The land was drained perfectly, a bog became a fine meadow, and where a swamp had been from tfhie immemorial a bumper corn crop was raised. Now that farm, which, when Mr. Kern got It. would hardly have brought $5 per acre. Is worth $50 per acre. Ten thousand dol­ lars’ worth of corn was raised on it last year. It is said half the dwellers In the Charlton bottoms nre now talk­ ing abont hiring scientific engineers as farm hands.— Kansas City Journal. P ro d u c e O n ly C lin ic* B a tte r . H o w to F e e l Horse®. Horses fed liberally. If not well ex­ ercised. will often get o ff their feed. The skill of the feeder must remedy this. Every one having the care of stock o f any kind should bear In mind that all troubles of appetite and of the digestive organs are generally | rhargeable to the feeder rather than I the animal. Regularity, a keen Judg- China Sees Methods In Move. moot and strict attention are the ‘•med­ Tien Tsin, July 2 .-T h e J o * ' news­ icine” the feeder of stock needs to ad­ _______ paper- remment on the alleged eigmfi- minister. oanre of the gathering of the Ameri­ Do Yon K n o w ? can, British and Japanese fleets in the Do you know that every cruelty in­ northern part of the « til/ o f flicted on an animal In killing or Juet ponnd, It ii asserted that no less than 6« Bus- l>efore death poisons to a greater or si.n warships of one sort “ ¡V ‘ noth" ess extent Its meet? are assembled at Port A r t h ° r T h e Do you know that every cruelty in­ pound; Japanese re-m . officers who flicted upon a cow poison* to a greater in North Chin, ar* said to nave I or less extent its milk? __. P°urd bean call»! home. COTTAGE GROVE, OB. I’hone, No. 114. T. ANDERSON, M D P h ys ic ia n and S u rg e o n Surgery and Female diseases A Specialty. All calls promptly atteuded to. Office in Sherwood block: Night calls at New Era Drug »tore. Jrhoue 150 Mala. £ )B N T IS T DR. H. H. P E T R IR All Work Warranted. Office First Door West of Sherwood Hon R. E. C. MAC Y D DENTIS» B r. Bnapp’e Building. 0 J o h n so n EBY £ F O E bt JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Cottage Grove, ^ H Oregon. K IN O A tto r n e y -a t-L a w F o r L e v e l i n g th e S oil. Dairymen should ever bear in mind that their only hope of competing with spurious butter, melted lard and cot­ Slays nan In a Frenzy. Austin, Tex.. July 2.— Frenzied by tonseed oil is to produce only the choic­ supposed wrongs, W. G. H ill, an ex­ est dairy butter. Educate the tastes attache of the state controller’ s office, of the people up to the use of the high­ today entered the private office of Btate est standard and then honestly supply Controller R. M. Love and killed him the demand. Oleomargarine can never by means of two ballets from a large supplant what is known as gilt-edge caliber revolver. As H ill turned to butter, but It revels in the competition flee, be was intercepted by Chief Clerk with the low grade butter made by the Stevens, of the department, who en­ careless, shiftless farmer. Thoae dairy­ gaged him in a scuffle, daring which men who do not observe the handwrit­ H ill’ « revolver was accidentally ex­ ing on the wall and who continue the ploded. Ib e ballet entered H ill’s production of Inferior parcels, will be abdomen causing a wonnd from which driven from the business under a cloud of loss and disappointment. The con­ he died this afternoon. sumer who has had an opportunity of spreading his bread with choice, fresh, Eight Killed In Tornado. Wilder, Minn., July 2.— A tornado highly flavored, aromatic dairy butter passed over this place tonight killing will never become1* willing purchaser eight persona and doing much damage | of butterine or oleomargarine. to property. The storm first struck the taneb of Dr. Wester, destroying all the farm buildings. From here the tornado turned eastward, taking every­ thing in a path of 40 rod. wide and about eight miles long. At the farm of Daniel Gallagher all the buildings were demolished and Gallagher and bis daughters k i l l e d . ____ _ QK. J. E. H08MKR This land leveler is a tool that will Special attention given to Collections. pay for itself many times over and COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. ought to be found oik every farm. The illustration shows clearly how It is made. A heavy plank eight or ten feet long aud two feet wide, set on J E. YOUNO edge, Is used for the leveler and the wings at the side keep It In an up­ AnOHMMT-UV right position at all times. These wings should be securely fastened by N I n ob Main Street, Weit Side, iron straps. Strips of strong board one and one-half inches thick by three C«tto|* O roft, Or. inches wide are fastened at each upper corner of the plank and a small cross­ piece at the end is provided with a M I8 C B L L A IN B O U 8 ring, to which the team is hitched. A J^OBT. G R IF F IN . + W H C 0 N -M H K e R + C o r Repairing and Refilling is Our Trade. A ll work warranted. M a in