SLAIN AND BURNED
TO PRODUCE BABY BEEF
PRESIDENT HOLDS CHILDREN
COWBOYS
FIGHI
Marine News First Essential of Ticklish Busi*
Father Arrested When Evidence Indi
Closes Contract
SECRET MEETING cates Murder of Offsprings.
WITH MEXICANS Portland Yard
ness Is Quality.
for Two Big Wooden Ships
Tacoma, Wash.—Four small children
Portland—Gaston, Williams & Wig-
were brutally murdered at Auburn
Sunday
as
they
lay
in
their
bed*.
The
more
corporation, of New
Conference at White House Be room and bod* had been saturated with With Aid of Utah Cavalrymen, York, Steamship
one
of
the
best known Eastern
kerosene and then the house set on
m
aritim
e
firms,
has contracted with
lieved to Bear on Peace.
Invaders
Are
Repelled.
fire.
Joseph
Supple
for
the construction of
Their father, S. A. Hewett, a North
two
wooden
vessels
that will be built
ern Pacific brakernan in the railroad
on
the
East
Side,
on
property under
yards at Auburn, was placed under ar
lease
to
Mr.
Supple
from
the Spokane,
by the King county sheriff and OPENED EIRE ON AMERICANS Portland & Seattle railroad,
north of
GATHERING FOLLOWS “ NEWS rest
taken to Seattle following the gather
the Hawthorne bridge approach and
ing of a corwd of nealry 1000 persons,
handy to his present plant at the foot
among whom there was considerable
of
Belmont street.
Drm iirril» Opponi- Discussion of Mr. talk of lynching.
Villa
Forces
Said
to
Have
Occupied
News
of closing of contracts was
H ew ett“ * story ia th at the four
received
Wednesday, though it has
W ilson's Talk, Itut Republicans
Pershing Outposts Smugglers
children retired as uusal to their beds
been
known
for weeks that negotia
Saturday night, but during the night
tions were under way, and Mr. Supple,
Inaiai on Being Told View*.
to
Operate
on
Withdrawal
one was taken ill. He went to attend
with Fred A. Ballin, associated with
the little one, taking a kerosene lamp,
him as designer of the ships, left for
which he left burning on a chair be
New York two weeks ago. Mr. Ballin
tween
their two bed*. Being restless, Tucson, A riz.—According to tele-1 is the designer of a special type of a
Washington, I). C. — Five Demo*
cratic leaders of the aenate, three of ; he said he took a walk, returned later phone advices from Justice of th e : composite vessel, wood and steel being
while Mr. Supple has had a
them members of the foreign relationa
Peace Hogano, at Arivaca, Ariz., used,
strong
toward a wooden ves
Counsel
for
“
Leak”
Inquiry.
committee, had a long conference with
about 40 miles south of Tucson on the : sel with leaning
a double planked hull, the
i'reaident Wilaon at the White llouae
border, fighting was in progress all first planking next to the fram es being
Wedneaday night. Afterward all of
day Friday at a place called Stone- laid diagonally to afford strength.
Both have been submitted to prospec
them refuaed Hatty to talk.
house between Mexican troopers end tive
purchasers, but the builders had
American
cowboys.
In the conference were Chairman
declined
to close except at figures that
According to the report, the trouble would insure
Stone and Senatora l’omerene and
the new yard a profit.
started
when
the
cowboys
attempted
to
In
this
case
it
ia believed by their
Saulakury, of the foreign relatioria
drive their cattle away from the boun friends that the move
means the plant
committee, and Senatora Walah and
dary line and the Mexicans opened will be extensive, as well
as perma
fire. The Americans retreated an d j nent, for considerable business
Hoke Smith. The I'reaident ia much
is
were
reinforced
by
a
part
of
E
troop,
intereated in the efforts of Senator
looked
for.
Utah cavalry, who at once returned
Cummina and other Republicans to
the fire of the Mexicans.
Steel Yard Humming Now.
force an often debate on hia peace ad-
Eighteen American troopers, with
plenty of ammunition, were dispatched Portland — Since the dove of peace
dreaa, and it waa in thia connection
has spread wings over the plant of the
to aid the troops already there.
that the aenatora were called to the
Northwest, Steel company, following
The
fighting
was
started
by
the
White House.
Mexicans, according to the American the strike early this month, reorgan
It ia understood the subject waa dis
version of the affair. The cowboys, j ization ia being rapidly worked out
cussed only generally and that no a t
retreating, kept up a running fire as and it is estim ated that all but about
they returned northward, and the Utah 100 men who went out are again on
tem pt waa made to agree upon any
cavalrymen went to the aid of the cow the payroll.
plan of action.
Those remaining idle are mostly
boys.
The legislative program waa talked
Advices received here said no fur helpers and places are to be made for
over and the President ia said to have
ther trouble was expected, and that some when the force is increased or
HE
R
MAN
L.
WHÌ
PP
ÌTE?*
ample forces were at hand to protect others resign.
urged the importance of passing w ater
the
The Mexican cavalry- ;
power legislation before the end of the Sherman L. Whipple, just chosen I men, border.
numbering
20, attacked in open
Balfour Fleet Augmented.
counsel
for
the
committee
of
the
house
session.
formation,
and
toward
the end of the Portland — Lumber to make up the
'
of
representatives
in
the
“
leak”
in
There have t>een suggestions that,
had been pretty well scattered. next cargo of the schooner Camano,
is a leading New England melee
in order to prevent interference with vestigation,
The
mining camps in that part now on the way to San Francisco from
lawyer who has had many im portant of the small
legislation by daily discuaaiona of the ! cases.
county are protected by em Gilbert
has been purchased by
He
is
distinctly
a
trial
lawyer,
j
Cummina resolution, which would set Mr. Whipple was born in 1862. He ployes. It was not ascertained wheth Balfour, Islands,
Guthrie
Co. from the East
er or not there were any casualties ern and W estern & mill.
aside next week for del>ate, the admin is a graduate of Yale.
The schooner
istration might favor either fixing a
among the Mexicans.
is
one
of
those
bought
last year by
limited time for the debate now, or an
Balfour,
Guthrie
&
Co.,
and
she will
agreem ent to postpone it until the sen and fell into a sound sleep, from which El Paso, Tex.—Forces of Francisco be dispatched for the West Coast.
ate holds ita extra session after he was awakened by flames crackling Villa have occupied El Valle, Chihua
all about him. Unable to reach th e' hua, abandoned by General Pershing’s
March 4.
children, he said he rushed to a neigh outposts, according to apparently re
l/ondon The American ambassador bor’s to give a fire alarm and then re liable information received in army
at Berlin, Jam es W. Gerard, waa turned, and with a garden hose tried circles.
It was said Villa had established
called to the foreign office Wednesday, ! to quench the flames.
whither he waa summoned by the Im Examination of the children’s^ char- j headquarters at Meadera and was pre
perial chancellor for a conversation red bodies, the coroner said, revealed paring to occupy Casas Grandes as Portland—W heat— Bluestem, $1.66
respecting President W ilson’s address the fact that their skulls had been soon as Pershing should abandon field per bushel; club, $1.62; fortyfold,
$1.63; red Russian, $1.58.
to the senate, says a Berlin dispatch to 5 crushed in, while the m attresses on headquarters at Colonia Dublan.
the Exchange Telegraph company by which they lay were saturated w ith ! Smugglers are planning to use the Oats—No. 1 white feed, $36.50.
withdrawal of the American troops Barley—No. 1 feed, $39.00.
, blood.
way of Amsterdam.
The conference lasted for more than Behind a little trundle bed on which from Mexico as an excuse to smuggle Flour — Patents, $8.40; straights,
an hour and later the ambassador sent slept the only girl of four, Myrtle, quantities of goods across the border $7.60 @ 7.80; valley, $7.90; whole
a long wireless message to W ashing ; aged 6, was found a blood-stained; without the payment of the export wheat, $8.60; graham, $8.40.
Millfeed—Spot prices: Bran, $26.50
ton “ at the urgent request of the Ger | hammer, and in the room an empty | duty to the Carranza official here.
per ton; shorts, $30.50; rolled barley,
: bottle labeled chloroform.
man governm ent.”
$42(3)43.
In parliam entary circles, says the Under the bed in which the three |
Hay—Producers’ prices: Timothy,
correspondent, I'reaident W ilson’s boys lay was found a blood-stained pil- j Oregon Man Sees Placing of
speech is generally considered a last low slip.
Fatal Bomb in San Francisco Eastern Oregon, $19@20 per ton; val
move for peace and that, if it is unsuc The other three children, Ephraim, San Francisco—Frank C. Oxman, ley, $15@16; alfalfa, $15(3)16; valley
cessful, the President will be obliged aged 10; Arthur, aged 8, and Clar wealthy cattleman of Durkee, Or./ grain hay, $12@13; clover, $11.00.
Butter — Cubes, extras, 35(337}c;
to side finally with one of the belliger ence, aged 6, were found in one big i sprung
a sensation Friday in the trial ! prime firsts, 37 Jc; firsts, 35}@36c.
bed.
ents.
Thomas J. Mooney for the prepared Jobbing prices: Prime extras, 42c;
A fter the fire the father handed to j of
ness parade bomb murders here last cartons, 1 cent extra; butterfat, No.
Arkansas Now Bone-Dry.
a neighbor, Frank McGilvray, an en- i July,
when he testified th at he saw 1, 41c; No. 2, 39c, Portland.
L ittle Rock, A rk.—While 600 men velope containing the insurance poli- \ Mooney
and W arren K. Billings, an- I Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re
cies
which
it
is
said
he
had
taken
out
sang “ How Dry 1 Am,” Governor
of the alleged bomb conspirators, ceipts, 33@34c per dozen; Oregon
Brough signed the Arkansas “ bone- j recently for his children and which other
place a suitcase on the sidewaik at the ranch, candled, 35@36c; selects, 38c.
dry” bill at the annual dinner of the ; had been saved from the fire.
exact spot where the explosion which Poultry — Hens, 17@18c per pound;
Little Rock board of commerce Thurs
10 persons occurred a few min springs, 16@17c; turkeys, live, 18@
day. All state officials and members Oregon Troops O rdered Home. killed
later.
20c; dressed, 23@26c; ducks, 20@22c;
of the legislature were guests at the Portland—“ All Oregon troops on the j utes
Oxman, appearing for the first time geese, 12@13c.
dinner. Express companies were border ordered home.”
a witness, whose entry into the case Veal—Fancy, 14)@15c per pound.
rushed delivering orders for liquor. This telegram received Sunday after as
was
unsuspected by the defense, cor Pork— 13@13Jc per pound.
One local telegraph company reported noon from Senator George E. Cham roborated
in practically every detail Vegetables—Artichokes, 90c@$1.10
it handled 800 telegram s from Little berlain, by Major W. W. Wilson, ac the testim ony
of John McDonald.
per dozen; tomatoes, nominal; cab
Rock ordering liquor Thursday.
ting adjutant general, is the first an
bage, $3.25 per hundred;, eggplant, 25c
nouncement that has been made of the
per pound; lettuce, $2.50 per box; cu
Shell Plant Planned.
Government Buys Rifle Range.
decision of the government to recall
cumbers, $1.50@2.00 per dozen; cel
Washintgon, D. C. — The secretary from the Mexican border the last of Washington, D. C.—Secretary Dan ery,
per crate; cauliflower,
of war has decided definitely to pur the Oregon contingent which was iels Saturday began preparing to meet $2.50, $5.50
squash,
per pound; pep
chase a tract of land in the vicinity of called out seven months ago, and ‘ the British government's refusal to pers, 25c; Back 12c vegetables,
$1.25;
Linnton, Ore., for a rifle range for the which haH been in continual service perm it Hadfields, Limited, to manu- j sprouts. 11c per pound.
use of troops stationed at Vancouver ever since.
facture projectiles for the American Potatoes — Oregon buying prices,
barracks. Secretary Baker made this
navy, by making ready to equip a gov $2.00(3:2.25 per hundred; sweet, $4.
announcement Thursday to Senator
Radio Covers Wide Span.
ernm ent plant to do the work. Secre Onions—Oregon buying prices, $6.50
Jones and Representative Johnson, San Diego, Cal. — The new naval | tary Daniels conferred with Charles per sack, country points.
who called to urge him to purchase a raido station at Chollas Heights, which M. Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel Green Fruits — Apples, 75c<3)$1.50
tract adjoining the Vancouver m ilitary was recently opened gave a demonstra company, whose bids were rejected by per box: pears, $1.75(3)2.50; cranber
reservation.
tion of its power Monday when the the Navy department.
ries, $10@11 per barrel.
operators on duty talked with Arling Mr. Schwab is understood to have Hops— 1916 crop, 5(8)9c per pound.
Beer Output is Curtailed.
ton, Va., station, Darien, Panama, told the secretary that the Bethlehem Wool—Eastern Oregon, fine, 24@
Ixrndon—To reduce the consumption Nome, Alaska, and Honolulu, and over Steel company would exert every effort 30c per pound; coarse, 33(3)36c; val
of foodstuffs by breweries, Baron Dev- heard French operators at work on the to furnish supplier for the navy, and ley, 33<3)41c; mohair, nominal.
onpprt, the food controller, has decided island of Papeete, in the South Pacific. desired that the departm ent should Cascara Bark—Old and new, 5c per
that the qunatity of beer to be brewed They concluded by exchanging the time consider that plant as an asset of the pound.
for the year beginning April 1 shall be of day with operators at a radio sta Nation.
Cattle—Steers, prime, $8.00@8.50;
restricted to 70 per cent o f the output tion near Melbourne, Australia.
fair to good, $7.00<a)8.00; cows,
of the previous year. This means that
Fall Kills Auto Thieves.
choice, $7.36(3)7.50; medium to good,
only 18,000,000 barrels of beer will be
Villa Is Militant.
Seattle, Wash.—Andrew Bechtel and $6.50(3)7.00; ordinary to fair, $5.75(3)
produced, about half the output of the Washington, D. C.—No official in Lee R. Erland, each 22 years old, who, 6.25; heifers, $4.00(3)7.50; bulls,
year preceding the war.
formation is at hand as to whether according to the police, had been re $3.76(3)6.00; calves, $3.00(3.9.00.
Villa or Carranza troops are to occupy peatedly accused of stealing automo Hogs — Heavy packing, 215-250
Hogs Bring Record Price.
the terriotry left vacant by the Ameri biles, were found dead in a 30-foot ra pounds, $10.80^)10.95; light butchers,
St. Josehp, Mo.— A high record in cans, but the belief is strong here that vine near Bothell, 16 miles north of $10.80(3)10.85; light packing, 170-190
hog prices was established here Thurs Villa, who is credited with having a Seattle. Their bodies were pinned pounds, $9.86(3). 10.00; rough heavy,
day, when the m arket reached a top of force of at least 8000 well-armed men down by an overturned automobile, $9.00@9.26; pigs and skips, $9.35@
$11.40 a hundred pounds. The next and who is now said to be at least four which had been stolen from in front of 10.00; stock hogs, $8.60(3)9.00.
highest price since the m arket waa es times as strong as when the American a downtown hotel in Seattle. The po Sheep—Lambs, $10.75(3)12.00; year
tablished was Wednesday with the troops crossed the border, will make a lice said that Bechtel and Erland had ling wethers, $9.00(3)10.00; old weth
ers, $8.75@9.76; ewes, $6.75@8.60.
desperate effort to take the territory. been in police court often lately.
price $11.26.
O n ly Successful When 8tock, F a n «
and Man Behind Both A re A dap t
ed to R isk y U ndertaking—
Feed la Im portant.
The production of- baby beef I* a
very ticklish business. It is success
fully done only when stock, farm and
the man behind both are all adapted
to a very risky undertaking. The
whole object Is to turn twelve to six
teen month-old calves off ns prime fat
Registered Shorthorns.
steers, weighing 1,000 to 1,400
pounds In much less time than re
quired for general steer raising. The
whole thing means quality animals
to start with. It means offspring from
strictly beef strains, like Shorthorn.
Hereford, Angus or Galloway. Really
no other breed need apply in the pro
duction of real baby beef, says a
w riter In Baltimore American. Both
mothers and offspring must be abun
dantly fed so as to keep these young
things steadily on the gain, eating to
their full capacity, from birth to m ar
ket.
The calves must nurse their dams
and be given an abundance of nu
tritious grain from the very start,
both while on pasture and when In
winter quarters. Concentrated feeds
In addition to clover and alfalfa are
absolutely necessary during the win
ter months. Long nursing on the
dams or an abundance of milk or
skim milk with grain is necessary.
This all means that splendid, well-
bred stock is to be used only. It
means also that you have got to have
ideal farm conditions, an abundance
of the very best pasture and legume
hays, silage and grain feeds.
Can Be Done in East.
There Is no reason why baby beef
cannot be made in the East, except
that labor is expensive or that farm s
have not been farmed to produce high
est quality legumes and other grasses
for pasture. Besides this, the produc
tion of grain is more expensive as
a rule In the East, thus contributing
to high costs in making beef. You see
the regular average pasture, with the
regular average method of feeding,
will not produce topnotch baby beef.
I do not mean to say that we cannot
reach a point where raising baby beef
may not be profitable in the E a st; tint
that, but we have got to get ready for
that sort of farming first.
WEED IS MOST UNDESIRABLE
Keeping Ahead of Noxious Plant Re
quires Knowledge and P ersever
ance on P art of Farm er.
A good deal has been said about
weeds and all will agree that they are
most undesirable. No one cares to
grow them In crops and yet they grow,
and that luxuriantly, if unrestrained.
Keeping ahead of the weeds requires
perseverance and a correct knowledge
of the best way to keep them down.
Keep the pigs growing all the time.
• • •
Marketing Is an art, and a specialty.
• • •
Keep the lambs growing: a stunted
lamb never makes a good sheep.
• • •
Plan the season’s work during the
winter months. It will pay you.
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•
Celery mny be banked with earth or
boards to cause it to bleach well.
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•
•
The manure spreader is not a pass
ing fad. It Is a labor-saver and bus
come to stay.
• • •
Get a standard breed and see the
difference it makes In your poultry
keeping experience.
• • •
Clear the garden of all weeds and
refuse. This material only harbors In
sects for next year’s trouble.