Lane County leader., July 01, 1904, Image 7

EGON NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM WATHR
WORKS.
c W ill Serve Double Purpose
nt L a Ursnde.
THE AFTER-TftE-FOURTH FANTASY ON
THE MODERN GEORGE WASHINGTON.
A L E A F FROM T H E P A ST.
W hen a N e w S t r a w l l a t W a a a N oval
and T reasured Puaaaaaloa.
In the early part of the hurt century
there were fewer factories In this
country than now, and many things
were made by hand which tixiay are
tbe work o f machinery. This was es­
pecially true of the braid for straw
hats. Kye straw was commonly used,
although wheat was also In demand.
But the rye straw had longer stems
and was more easily handled.
In driving along country roads, In
Massachusetts particularly, late In the
summer uue would see great bundles
of the straw hanging on the fences to
dry. When the sun and wind had
done their share of the work. It was
placed In casks where sulphur waa
burning until It was bleached to a
pale yellow. Then It was spilt Into
narrow widths suitable for braiding.
The daughters of farmers did not
hare many pennlee of their own In
those days, and all were eager to earn
money by braiding straw. Every little
while men would i>aaa through the
villages, calling from house to house
and buying the straw braid. They
paid two cents a yard for I t
"District school" was in session only
six months of ths year— the rest of
the time the children helped their
mothers with the housework
When
that was done they took up their
braids for amusement and occupation.
So much a day every girl expected
to do as her dally “ stint” She would
carry It down by the brook or up In
the apple tree when the summer days
were long; or during the stormy hours
of winter she would go with It to the
old attic, where the swing hung from
the cobwebbed rafters. But all the
time her fingers must work busily, lest
the men should call for the braids and
find them unfinished.
The factories where the straw was
sewed were In the large towns. The
simplest hats were of the braids
alone. More elaborate ones bad a
fancy cord, also of plaited
straw,
sewed on the edge of the braid. This
cord was made by the old ladles.
Grandmothers and great-aunts whose
eyes were too dim to sew would take
their balls of straw with them on
neighborhood calls. While they chat­
ted together, their hands would be
weaving the yellow strands In and out,
fashioning the dainty cord.
The price paid for the cord was
only half a cent a yard, but tills was
better than nothing to those dames of
a bygone generation.
A poor country girl would begin to
think of her hat from the tijpe of
seed-sowing. A ll summer she would
watch the billowy grain. When It was
gathered and only the empty stalks
were le ft she would tie them Into bun­
dles and hang them In some sheltered
nook to dry. Bleaching, splitting and
braiding— these she did herself.
When the braids were finished and
sent to the factory, how Impatiently
she waltedl
Perhaps grandma con­
tributed some of the cord she had
made last winter, that the new hat
might be more beautiful. A t last the
hat came home, and then what trying*
on there were before the old gilt-
framed mirror In the parlor! How lov­
ingly Its owner handled It as she
placed It tills way or that on her curly
bead. Oh. a new straw hat was In­
deed a thing well worth haring In
those days of the long ago.— S t Nich­
olas.
STAM PEDE TO QOLD FIND.
l edge on Thompson Creek Is Over 4 SOO
Feet Long
e— The Morgan lake water
Medford— A. L. Motria has just re-
me. which is situated three turned from the strike of gold on the
i of 1-a Grande, on the sum- ! headwaters of Thompson creek, near
Blue monuatins, and which | Grayhack mounUin. He brought with
nstructed by the la» Grande him over $75 in gold taken from the
ge company, has been prac-1 ledge, which shows on the surface Sver
pleted, by which the stor- 4,500 feet long. The Briggs boys have
ny will furnish the city of
ol taken out $18,000 and have as much
75,000,000 gallons of water more in tight.
for distribution through the
tbe P®°ple going in leave
mains. The elevation of the Medford and go by way of Jackson
the city of La Grande is 1,- ville, crossing the divide at tne head
a distance of three miles. of Williams creek. This route is olny
1 acres in extent and now 12 50 miles from Medford. Hundreds of
has been formed, with a pos- people are leaving, and the town is in
increasing tbe depth to 30 great excitement. Claims are being
lilding a few hundred feet of staked and placer locations filed.
rveys have been made for
H. E. King washed $160 from four
I of pipe line, leading to the pans of placer dirt on his location 800
city reservoir.
Steel pipe feet from the Briggs find. The ledge
i diameter w ill be used to is 450 feet on the Oregon side of the
e water down the mountain Cal'fornia line.
the power plant about one
A townsite has been located and
the lake, where 1,000 horse- tents are being pitched. Not since the
11 be developed at first, with days of Gold H ill or ¡Steamboat Springs
ilitty of increasing the power has so much interest been manifested
horsepower when needed.
in a gold dicsovrey. It is claimed that
the ledge is the same as the Steamboat
strike, but the values are much higher
d Asks for Terminus.
lies— At the instance of eev and the ledge larger.
ess men and property owners
Prize Products of Polk.
y a meeting was held last
Dallas— Polk county w ill be among
consi ler the feasibility t f
the line of the Great Southern the first counties in Oregon to apply
“ Father, I can not tell a lie; I did It with my little cannon."
rto this city, together with for space in the big horticultuial build­
—Cincinnati Post.
ing
now
in
course
of
construction
at
f right of way and terminal
or the same. The lejuest of the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds
OUR F L A G f o r e v e r .
smooth piece of ground, and had put eyesight In consequence of these acci­
Southern officials was for at Portland. Mrs, F. A Wolfe, of Falls
on It all aorta of tempting eatables, dents. Even when only one eye Is In­
City,
has
begun
the
preparation
of
an
She's
up
there—Old
Glory—where
light*
y blocks situated in the ex-
then placing rugs and carriage robes jured the other eye also frequently
nlngtt ere sped;
t end of tbe town for depot exhibit that is expected to take first Hhe dnzsles
the nations with ripples of red. on the ground, all sat down, with rav­ becomes affected through sympathy,
rank
among
the
county
displays
at
the
and a right of way from the
And she'll wave for us living, or droop o'er enous appetltce. A fter lunch they lay
and blindness seems a heavy price to
us dead—
Five Mile creek, where the 1905 fair. Mrs. Wolfe lias had charge
around on the robes, too lazy to mqye. pay for the brief pleasure obtained.
The flag of our country forever!
of
all
the
prise-winning
displays
from
sen surveyed, to the city. It
and told stories and sang for nearly These pistols rarely have shot or bul­
food that the right of way Polk county at the Oregon state fair She's up there—Old Glory— how bright the two hours. Then, as It was very
lets In them, but they do have wad­
stars stream!
terminal site asked for can be for many years past, and takes a great And the stripes red signals of liberty warm, they were ready for a swim In
ding When this Is shot Into a boy’s
gleam!
6,500. A committee was ap interest in the work.
the
Inviting
pool
surrounded
by
moss-
hand It Is frequently found well hurled
And we dare for her, living, or dream the
to canvas the city to acquire
grown Irowlders, not far away. There beneath the muscles.
last dream
The outside
arv funds to acquire this
'Neath the flag of our country forever!
Road to Santlara nines.
was a scramble for bathing suits and wound looks slight, and few people do
Salem— With a view to opening a I She's up there— Old Glory— no tyrant dealt everyone helped to make dressing much besides washing and tying It up.
sen re,
read leading to the Quartzville mines,
rooms of branches and long grass, then Quite often the hand or other part
on her brightness, no stain on her
the members of the Marion county ' No blur
emoval of Land Office.
tlie fun began.
One would hnve swells and becomes a badly poisoned
stare!
The The brave blood of heroes hath crimsoned thought they were ducks— for all the wound. I f the sufferer seeks good
City — A
remonstrance court will go over the route.
her
bare.
(Juaitzville
mines
are
about
18
miles
California boys and girls are accom­ surgical care, as he should do laim o
lie proposed removal of the
She's the flag o f our country forever!
— Frank L. Stanton.
plished In one thing, and that 1 b swim­ dlately, a cut Is made right down to
e from Oregon City to Port- north of Gates on the Corvallis & East­
ern
railroad.
A
wagon
road
extends
ming.
addressed to the president
the offending plere of wadding. After
about
half
the
distance.
Considerable
tary of tbe interior, has been
Awhile after their swim Helen, with extraction the wound Is freely washed
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work
is
being
done
at
the
mines,
but
1 among the business men and
three or four others, started out to with running water, and If healing
ere. The remonstrance cites all'supplies and machinery must be
take a walk along the bank of the results the boy Is fortunate.
taken
in
on
horses.
Machinery
for
a
[that this is known as the
river. They rambled on and on. The
It Is by no means uncommon, how­
sawmill
and
a
quart/,
stamp
was
trans­
city land district, that Oregon
river, which was not very large, had ever, for these wounds to cause lock­
ported
to
the
mines
in
that
way.
ntrally located with reference
dwindled Into a merry brook; they fo l­ jaw, and herein lies their great dan­
trict, being accessible by rail
lowed It along up n steep path, thickly ger. Tw o or three summers ago the
; that there is no demand on
Should Make Full Exhibit.
wooded, when suddenly they came up­ newspapers In the city o f Philadelphia
By Matterlne He!vor.
of settlers or the people at
Salem— In answer to a question from
on a clearing and In tbe midst o f It collected from the hospitals a list of
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, the removal of the office.
President Jefferson Myers, Attorney
stood a cabin
Being curious to see the cases which ended fatally In this
General Crawford has rendered an opin­
who could live In such a lonely place, way, and the result was such as to
N a little Californian town, sltuatid they approached. On the doorstep sat cause any reasonable person to won­
ion in which he holds that the Lewis
Grasshoppers In Drain.
at the foot of a long, low range of a little girl about 9 yenrs; she was der why, If parents were not sensible
ton— The army of grasshoppers and Clark commission should make a
mountains, lived a young girl whose dressed m atly In a blue gingham enough to forbid tbe use of these dan­
e alkali wheat raising district, full and complete exhibit of the re­
miles southwest of this city, sources and products of the state. The name was Helen Mills. Hera was a apron, and fier bare feet were like lit­ gerous toys, a law was Immediately
*s ago, and has wrought much occasion for this inquiry is not stated, lovely home. The great house, with tle snowflakes. Helen began a con­ passed forbidding tbe sale of pistols
o grain. Monrad F ix is the but seems to arise out of a difference of Its wide verandas, stood In tbe midst versation with her In which alie learn­ In order to protect such foolish people
loser, grasshoppers having opinion as to tbe proportion of the of many acres of beautiful grounds, ed i. at the child knew nothing about from themselves.
Grown-up people as well as children
tn 500 acres to such an extent money that should be expended on with mountains forming tbe back­ the Fourth of July; hut she appeared
ground.
It was the second day of
are also often disfigured for life by the
grain is scarcely fit for hay. buildings and exhibits.
July,
and
Helen
had
invited
a
number
discharge o f these toy pistols close to
ups in that vicinity have been
o f young people to come down from
PORTLAND MARKETS.
thrtr faces. The black gunpowder has
less damaged. A visit of grass-
San
Francisco
and
remain
over
tbe
to be picked out of their faces, and
[ in this county is unusnal.
Fourth.
That
evening
the
young
frequently their eyes, bit by bit. The
lie first year the insects have
Wheat— Walla Walla, 69c; blueatem,
hostess
entertained
her
guests
by
tak­
process Is not pleasant, nor Improving
damage to grain.
77c; Valley, 78c.
ing them for a hay ride; the next day
as regards appearances. Any powder
Barley— Feed, $23 per ton; rolled,
she had planned other delightful en­
remaining Is always visible as minute M A K IN G R U B B E R IN C O L O R A D O .
Looking for Dig Run.
$24.50@25.
tertainments, so the boys and girls
black specks In the skin.— Ladles' i N e w ly Discovered R u b b e r P la n t In
Flour—
Valley,
$3.90@4.05
per
bar­
a— Tbe salmon pack up to the
looked forward with great anticipation
Home Journal.
Bnppoeedly (ieeleee W eed.
time ia far from satisfactory, rel; hard wheat straighta, $4(34.25;
to see what the next day would bring
The announcement that rubber has
p the prospects for the balance clears, $3.85(34.10; hard wheat pat­ forth. T h iy were sure It would be
T h e T e m p le o t F r e e d o m .
son are purely speculative, ents, $4.40(34.70; graham, $3.50(34; something delightful, for who could
May this Immense temple of free­ : been found In a supposedly useless
every confidence that an im- whole wheat, $4(34.25; rye flour, $4.50. help having a good time on tbe Fourth
dom ever stand u lesson to oppressors, weed, growing on the arid plateaus
Oats— No. 1 white, $1.20; gray,
jn w ill come later. The pack
an example to the oppressed, a sanc­ and high mesa lands of the Colorado
of July?
nned product is full 25 per $1.15 per cental.
tuary for the rights o f mankind. And mountains, seta at rest all fears of a
When her guests were about to dis­
Millstuffs— Bran, $19(320 per tin ;
rt of what it was at the corre-
may these happy United States attain rubber shortage, says a writer In the
time last year, and then the middlings, $25.50(327; shorts, $20(3 perse to their rooms that night Helen
that complete splendor and prosperity World To-day. The rubber tree Is a
as considered a failure, but 21; chop, $18; linseed, dairy food, told them that they would be called
which will Illustrate the blessings of product peculiar to the tropics. Tha
very <«rly the next morning, as they
un that came the latter part $19.
their government and for ages to come newly discovered rubber plant of Col­
were
going
on
a
picnic
and
would
have
Hay— Timothy, $15(316 per ton;
rought the pack up to nearly
rejoice the departed souls of Its foun­ orado. however, grows at an altitude
clover, $8®9; grain, $11(312; cheat, to drive some twenty miles to reneb
ge figures.
ders.— Lafayette's Farewell Speech to of from 5,000 hi 12,000 feet, where tlie
the spot.
$ 11 ( 312 .
climate holds til the rigors o f winter
American Congress.
"T H E N
W ENT
D O W N T H E M O U N T A IN S ."
Butter— Fancy creamery, 17K@20c;
Early the next morning they were
and all tlte withering fore* o f a rain­
lley Hops In Need of Rain.
W h e r e th e " D e c l a r a t i o n " Is Kept.
very
much
Interested
In
Helen's
de­
store, 124H3C.
off, some In traps and others on horse­
less summer. Tb* discovery o f tho
— Farmers and hop growers in
The original copy of the Declaration
scription
of
firecrackers.
One
o
f
the
Eggs— Oregon ranch, 19(3 19Xc P » r back. They were a merry party, and
of Independence Is no longer to be seen plant relieves the world's rubber mar­
ion of the Valley are very
girls
said.
rntJier
thoughtlessly,
what
dozen.
tbe clear, fresh mountain air, lndened
by the public, because exposure to the ket from Its dependence Oi. the tropics
armed over the continuance of
Cheese — Full cream, twins, new- with tbe perfume of wild flowers a pity It was that the little girl could air and light haa made the text and sig­ and makes It possible for rubbe, to be­
dry spell, and say that great
not
see
the
display
of
fireworks
they
stock, 12®12)^c; old stock, 7<38c; which grew deep down In the canyons,
natures almoat Illegible. The document come a stab!» crop, even In countries
parable damage has already
Young America, 13<314c.
raised their spirits to the hlghost de­ were to have that night. The child's is now kept in a large aafe In the library where extreme cold prevails.
e. Farmers from the Waldo
woebegone
little
face
touched
Helen’s
of the State Department, Washington,
Poultry— Fancy hens, 12®12)^c per gree. Once or twice they drove up
To F. K. Marsh, o f Denver, Is due
d from Mission bottom said
pound; old hens, ll® 1 2 c ; mixed fearful Inclines and the girls closed heart and sho acted upon a generous and It ia believed that the faded lines are the credit o f the discovery. He went
in and hay w ill not yield more
Impulse.
Knocking
at
the
door,
she
recovering
some
of
their
color.
chickens, 1 0 ® llc ; old roosters, 8® their eyes In terror, but there was no
to Colorado two years ago, an Invalid,
If crops. Hop growers say that
young roosters, 12®13c; springs. cause for fear, as tbe drivers were was admitted by the mother of the
and to regain his health went out on to
W h e r e the P in c h Com es
1 of hops has already been lea-
child,
who
seemed
greatly
surprised
at
1 to 2-pound, 17®18c; broilers, 1 to well used to such places.
Ha
Ranks—Going to have fireworks at the range with the cowboys.
nd that, unless a good rain is
seeing
the
group
o
f
boys
and
girls;
Di-pound, 18®20c; dressed chickens,
At length the place was reached.
your bouse on the Fourth?
struck tbe range near Buena Vista.
t week, the loss w ill be consid-
and
when
Helen
told
her
of
her
wish
13®13Xc; turkeys, live, 14@16c; do It was not a public picnic ground: in
Bings— Nope.
Col., »h e r e be found tbe cowboys
dressed, 15®16c; do choice, 18f»29c; fact. Helen said she knew there had to take the little one with them to en­
Banks— Can't afford them, eh?
chewln.r the root of a weed they call­
joy
the
fireworks
that
evening,
prom­
geese, live, 7®8c; do drersed, 9%<§ never been a picnic there t>efore; ttiat
Bings— Can afford the fireworks, bnt ed “ rabbit bush." A fter being thor­
at County's Heavy Frost.
10c; ducks, old, $6®7 per dozen; do she and her father were fishing one ising that some one would bring her I can't stand the surgeon's bills.— oughly m. stlrat»-d the root left a gum­
n— Severe damage was done young, as to size, $2.50(37.
day and their canoe bad taken them safely home the next day. the mother Philadelphia North American.
my suhstanis. When Mr. Marsh first
in Grant county last week,
Vegetables— Turnips, $1.25 per sack; by that place. Helen said then If they was delighted, and, calling the child,
noticed It he considered It o f more than
T h e G lo r io u s F ift h .
Is in many of the foothill por- carrots, $1.50; beets, $1.25; cabbage, had a picnic tho Fourth, they would told her of the treat. When the little
I usual Interest, and at his first oppor-
ving nearly the entire crop cut 1 X @ 1 $ a c ; lettuce, head, 25@40c per go there, and her plan had been acted girl, whose name was Ann Marlin, was
{ tunlty sent samples o f the weed to
i The frost lasted several aucces- doz; parsley, 25c per doz; tomatoes. upon. For some time before they ready they went down the mountain
Prof. T. D. A. Cockrell, botanist at
[hts, and w ill materially re­ $ l.2 5 ® 1 .5 0 ; cauliflower, $1.75@2 per reached the spot the road lay between and Into the canyon.
| Colorado College, for examination.
H alf an hour Istrc they were on the
yield in peaches, pears, prunes doz; celery, 75®90c per doz; cucum­ great open fields, the canyons Juat
The professor's tests showed tha
■ less hardy varieties. In the bers, $1® 1.25 per doz; asparagus, 60c; visible across theca. They tnrned off road. Long before they reached home
gummy substance to he gum elastic,
~y valley tbe leading fruit dis- peas, 4@6c per pound; beans, green, the road and drove through a great the inoon was up In all Its glory, flood­
or India rubber. When compared with
1 county, the damage was rot 5®6c; squash. $1.25 per box; green field: when (hey reached the trees they ing the mountains and valleys with Its
other rubbers It was found to be equal
light.
They
reached
home
about
8
Vegetables and garden stuff corn, 60c per doz.
all stepped from tb flr traps and the
to the best medium grade o f th* trop­
o’clock
and.
after
dinner,
went
ont
of
severely also.
Honey— $3®3.50 per esse.
girls waited while tbe t>oyi fed and
ical products.
Potatoes— Fancy, 75c®$1 per cen­ watered the horses, then they walked doors to see the wondfrful display of
e Lumbar Rates Postponed.
tal; new potatoes, $1.76@2.25.
A n o t h e r Htory.
down a steep Incline and Into tbe fireworks.
It had been a day long to be remem­
Fruits— Strawberries, 5®6c per lb; canyon. A t first they were awed by
ia— According to advices re­
Miss Arabella Israpyesr— I don't
turn Chicago the reduced rates cherriee, 4® 5c; gooseberries, 6c; rasp­ tbe grandeur and silence of the place bered. and that night when all the
mind your poverty, George. Until your
fortune* mend. I could he happy In
trn shipments of spruce lumber, berries, $1.25 per crate: apples, new, —silent but for the rush of the river house was still the moon, which had
ere to go into effect on July 1, $ I® 1.75 per box: apricots, 90c® $1; and the occasional song of a bird; but peeped In at the window and had seen
your wealth of affection, and la some
become effective before July plnms, $1; peaches, 90c®$l; canta­ they were young and full o f life and a smile on every sleeping face, looked
vine-clad cottage-----
possibly not until the first of loupes, $4.50 per crate.
Mr. Wardoff— Pardon me, dear; yoa
fun. and it was not for long tbat the In the window. Into a tiny room, where
on
a
white
bed
lay
little
Ann
Marlin,
Hops— 1903 crop, 23c per lb.
The postponement ia under-
know I am only a poor city clerk, and
serious mood lasted.
and
on
her
face
rested
the
happiest
Wool—
Valley,
19»20c
per
lb;
East­
have been caused by a delay in
cottages are out o f tbe question. Do
The boys fell to gathering fagots
the tariff sheets.
ern Oregon, 10®17c: mohair, 30c per lb for a fire on which to roast tha chick­ smile o f all.— Detroit Free Press.
yon think yon could he happy In a
fiat with a sewing machine busting
for choice.
ens they bad brought with them; they
Harvest Begins.
Beef— Dressed, 5®6Xc per lb.
overhead and some fiend below cooking
P o w d e r a n d T oy P is to l W o u n d s .
did this by taking a two pronged stick,
Mutton — Dressed, 4®6c per lb; whittling It smooth, then thrusting It
cabbage?
It will perhaps not be Inappropriate
»ton— Wheat harvest has com-
Miss Arabella— Maybe, George deer,
in the Cold Springs country lambs, 6c.
Into tha chicken and bolding It ovar Jost at this time to say a word of With tks glssm removed from hts •;«,
Veal— Dressed, 100 to 125, 6®7c per tbe fire;
we'd better tarry awhile after all.
Pendelton.
Wheat matnrea
the stick was tnrned and warning In regard to the wonnds so His fscs Ilk* s strawberry pis.
in this section than elsewhere, lb; 125 to 200, 5® 5X c; 200 and np. twined until the fowl was nicely roast­ very frequently ceased by toy pistols
Oar darling took wing
New novels ere scarce. Evidently
so far are very satisfactory, Z X Q A c
ed. While the boys wars doing this on the "Glorious Fourth ” It Is by no
With his arm In t sling,
tbe best fiction writers are devoting
Pork— Dressed, 100 to 150, 7®7Xc; the girls spread a larga cloth on • means uncommon for s boy to lose bis lost nftar ths Fourth of July.
in going aa high aa 40 bushels
their time to bgamlDg mining stock.
re.
150 and up, 6®7c.
f A Fourth of
July Picnic. :j
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