OREGON
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST 1
on D.. r
"boro-Th. hoV; .v I . E,,""- '.000 B.I...
ugion county tbi. season bid. fair to "Mtj. from ths met
SodSc?"' itf 'r than B-"'- dealer, of thl. district,
lack of cm ,,h0ru8 due to ho h niads tour of ths hop
weuther ,t , ITA,I,1 to bad rowlD territory and observed yard
hare had car"? to hce touJ1"0" lo-.ly. place the .tale
praying; to the low price, prevail CrP for 1807 at not t0 exceed 140
.Mfv1.0,"" ,act thut "ero I 00,, b"1' compared to approxl
eason Lm t" niaDy J',.rd tna' "0,000 for the aeaaoo of
Last ZV:e ;. I "06. and thl. estimate may be rs-
product went about 8.0oo bale? "and ODe-lnlr1 mor -
tauurs to .ecu re picking
ANOTHER NfcW YORK CKIME.
... . estimated that thl. .eaon th
ou Put will be .liKhtly over 8.00U
jjaie. in many district, the lie.
hare been prolific and. a. .praying
U expensive, many varrfa
given any .praying whatever Ko ' ;P"tled. hlle the number of mlaalug
tan ue learned the quality of . u,u yra i. retuaraaDie.
nop. 1. Up to the .tandard thl. I y ne,d re well advanced and
county generally leading the state ln'lh burr' 'r- tM developed. ThP.e
this regard. IBlve promise of an abundant yield,
on of
money.
The crop eem to be coming on
very unevenly, and all yard., Gen
erally .peaking, are more or let.
Hop Outlook Good.
Woodburn There will be a larger
nop yield In thl. .ectlon thl. season
than In any previous year and the
quality will be mostly choice. The
lice have practically disappeared and
all but a few old yards that h.v.
witn corresponding high duality.
wnne on tbe other hand. In the ma
Jorlty of yards, the vine, are .till 1n
blossom, with a very .mall percent
age of burrs well set.
New Buildings for Corv.lll..
Salem At
been ViP n 1081 , Salem At a special meeting of
a line? stow.nJ atte2Uon ar,e kln tn St ard of Education, the
v,,u i ,lD? 8?m? of h contract for the building of the new
yard, are looking better than for
the past five year.. The new yards
.how up well and will make an ex
cellent record this year. A party who
ha. made a thorough Inspection of
the yards of thi. vicinity wa. in the
city yesterday and report, the out
look very bright, corroborating the
opinion of other, a to large yield
and good quality.
Hortethieve. Are Caught.
Pendleton Roy Connell and Jim
Price, two member, of the gang of
horBethleves which has been terror
izing tbe southern end of the county
for several months, are now lodged
In the county Jail. The former wa.
picked up In this city a few days
ago by Sheriff Taylor and the latter
was brought from Baker City this
morning by that officer. The offi
cers are also In possession of strong
evidence against a third rustler, who
ha. apparently made hi. temporary
get-away.
Fund for Maintenance Only.
Salem Attorney-General Craw
ford has given an opinion to the
State Board of Normal School Re
gents that the appropriation for nor
mals could only be expended for
maintenance and repairs, and no part
of the money could be utilized for
the construction of new buildings.
Tbls Is for the especial benefit of
President Mulkey. of the Ashland
normal, who urged tbe Immediate
,need of some new building, to ac
commodate the growth and demands
of that Institution.
Railroad Laborers Scarce,
Huntington Work on the North
west Railroad Is progressing slowly
owing to the scarcity of men, who
prefer to work In tbe harvest fields,
greatly to the Inconvenience of the
railroad contractors. Work wiH be
gin next week of laying rails and
putting In culverts of Iron pipes in
the large gulches leading from tbe
mountain sides. This means a great
saving of time and money to the con
tractors, who now have to haul their
supplies 40 and 60 miles by wagon.
Wind Shakes Prune Trees.
Albany The strange wind storm
which swept this part of the state
last night played the strange freak
of relieving prune-grower, of the
necessity of shaking their trees to
thin out the yield. Many bushels of
prunes were shaken oft the tree, by
the wind and the grower, are thu.
saved considerable labor and ex
pense as many were planning to
hake their trees this week. Per-
Mechanics' Hall In connection with
tbe Agricultural College at Corvallls
was awarded to A. F. Peterson, of
Portland, for 137,363. and for the
steam-heating plant for the same
building to Gardner. Kendall & Co..
of Portland, for $3,625. These were
the lowest bids offered. Kach sue
cessful bidder must furnlBh a bond
la the sum of 60 per cent of the
amount of the respective contracts
and the building must be completed
and ready for occupancy on- or be
fore February 1 of next year.
Land Salea Drop.
Salem The total amount of col
lections for the sale of school, tide
and swamp land. Interest on certifi
cates, etc.. In the State Land De
partment for the month of July, as
shown by the statement Issued I
Clerk O. O. Brown, of the State Land
Board, was f47.785.37. which Is a
considerable falling off from the
volume of business conducted last
month, when tbe receipts reached a
total of over $ 100,000. This latter,
however, was due to the transactions
Incident to the cancellation and re
purchasing of certificates resulting
from the land fraud Investigations.
Activity on New Railroad,
Corvallls Grading on the Corval
lis & A Isoa River Railroad Is to be
gin in ii few days at Corvallls, and It
1. stated that there will be work for
all the men and team, that may ap
ply. A dozen car. of steel rails have
already arrived, and several cars are
arriving dully. The statement is
heard that 15 miles of rails are en
route and due here a. fust a. the
West Side can transport them. The
line follow, closely ihe right of way
of the Southern Pacific to a distance
of five or six miles southward from
Corvallls,
Lane County Keep Up.
Eugene The hop yield In Lane
county this year will approximate
the crop of last season, if it Is all
harvested. The prospective low
prices for hops and present high
price, for labor may Influence a few
to neglect the harvest, and there
have been three good but small
yards dug up this year, but tbe quan
tity of hops will not be materially
changed. The long, dry; cool weather
has been Ideal for hopgrowlng, and
the quality at this time is above the
average.
Brutal Murder of Woman and Qirl
in Metropolis Continues.
New York, Aug. 1. "The grave
yard,' a. tbe foreign populated
neighborhood on Flrst avenue, be
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
street, is known locally, gave up to
day a fresh crime, rivaling In atroc
ity the mysterious butcherle. of last
week. The latest discovered victim
wa. an 8-year-old girl, and, like the
two young women murdered, .be had
been shockingly mistreated before
death and the body mutilated when
life was extinct.
The three murder, were strikingly
similar. Last Tbur.day night
woman wa. strangled In a Twenty
second street boardlnghouse; tbe
next morning tbe body of a still un
Identified woman, who had been
choked to death, was found in an
areaway In East Nineteenth street,
Katie Prltschler, daughter of a rea
taurant waiter, disappeared a week
ago today and was killed that night
A ribbon placed about the throat and
drawn so tightly that It cut th
flesh, showed how she died. Her
body wa. found today.
If tbe brutality of tbe murder.
can be qualified, that of the Prltsch
ler girl rank, first. She wa. as
saulted, murdered and then ber life
less form was horribly mutilated
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
NINE MEN CHOSEN.
More Excuse for Increase.
Pendleton Will Moore, manager
'for the Pacific Coast Elevator Com
pany, says, regarding the advance
in warehouse charges: "The w a re
turns a few more prunes were shaken house charges, even with the 60 per
down than the grower, wouia nave . cent advance, win sun be so moder
ate a. to afford the grain broker.
Clackamaa Furm Brings 10,000.
Oregon City Robert J. Brown.
but little hope of getting In the same
financial class with the farmers. Ac
.k. ... wi nf Frt eofdin o the statement of Mr.
'"'i'Ji'V'nS pStEIE ? will mean Just three-fourth, of a
east of New Era. to O. E. Pottrati
of Marlon county, for $16,000, or
nearly $6 per acre, and the pur
chaser has taken Immediate posses
sion, i Mr. Brown will remain In
Clackamas county and purchase a
smaller farm.
Trains to Wallowa Soon.
Elgin It la conservatively esti
mated by engineers who have been
over the grade that trains will be
running from Elgin to Wallowa over
the Wallowa extension of the O. R.
A N. In 60 days. The grade Is prac
tically completed and the work of
laying the track Is being rushed with
all possible speed.
cent a bushel to the farmers.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 80c; blueatern, 82c;
valley, 8()o; red, 78c.
Oat. No. 1 white, $25; gray,
nominal.
Barley Feed, $21.60(4122 per ton;
brewing, nominal; rolleJ, $21.60
24.60.
Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $20 per
ton.
Hay Valler timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
f 21(5)23; clover, $9; cheat, $0(10;
grain bay, $9(910; alfalfa, $13(314.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27) 330c
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens, 12 Wd
ISo per pound; mixed chickens, 12e;
Oregon City Has Snakes.
Oregon City Rattlesnakes have
appeared In this city. City Engineer
.... i I 1 J . an11 inA All
W. A. wnue aiiieo ""V' ,"FalIt 'spring chickena, 1516c; old rooster.,
&wh.Tn 8Pa9c!dreed chickens, 1617c; tar-
IboZ't two fee? in length, and had key., live. 12(15c; turkeys, dressed,
twn rattles A large snake was seen choice, nominal; geeee, live, 8llc;
this week on the rocks on Jefferson ducks, 814c,
street near the residence of Ernest
p. Rands.
Pirklnsr Begins September I.
Anroralf the present good bergs, $3.50 per box; canUlonpes.
weather continue., the hop crop here $2.6003.60 per crate; peaches, 60ri
Egg French ranch, candled, 22
23o per dozen.
Fruits Cherries. 8120 a pound;
apples, $1.502.25 per box; Spitsen
.m k fl Urge as last yenr,
and the quality equally as good The
hop. are burring out fin, th. hot
$1.25 per crate; raspberries, $1.26(
1.60 per crate; blackberries, 6$7c
per pound; loganberries, $1 per crate;
Good Progress Made In Selecting
Jury to Try Halsey.
San Francisco. Aug. 2. Compara
tlvely rapid progress was made yes
terday In tbe trial of Theodore V,
Hal.ey for the alleged bribery of
Supervisor Lonergan. Halsey, a.
former agent of the Pacific State.
Telephone & Telegraph Company, Is
the second of the public utilities cor
poration .men to be brought to the
bar by tbe bribery graft prosecution
and the Indictment on which he went
to trial I. the first of 13 similar ernes
that have been returned against him
Forty-eight veniremen were ex
amlned during the day, and of these
nine withstood the qualification test!
and were accepted, subject to per
emptory challenge by either side, ten
peremptorles resting with the de
fense and five with the prosecution,
IJIstrlct Attorney Langaon con
ducted tbe examinations for the pros
ecutlon. He I. supported by Special
Counsel Hiram Johnson and Assist
int District Attorney William Hoff
Cook. Bert Schlesslnger examined
for the defense. With him at tbe
counsel table In Halsey's behalf are
Delphln M. Pelmas and Henry H
McPlke. If Judge Lawlor overrules
thu nhlATtlnn nf tha Hpfena tn th
commencement of Louis Glass' 'new
trial next Monday and requires It to
go on at that time, Mr. Delmas will
probably withdraw temporarily from
the Halsey case In order to take part
in the defense of Glass.
Toresdo Destroys Town,
Victoria, Kan.. Aug. 2 All efforts
to reach Marquette, reported to have
been destroyed by a tornado last
night, have failed. The Missouri Pa
cific Railway telegraph operator at
Marquette was notifying the agent at
Geneaeo, west of there, that the de
pot was almost destroyed by wind,
and that three Inches of water stood
In the depot, when the wire failed.
Mcpherson, southeast of Marquette,
was reached by telephone. That place
had heard tbe report but could not
communicate with Marquette. All
other wires are down. Marquette
was destroyed by a tornado In 1905,
27 persons being killed and over a
hundred and fifty injured.
Rates to West Lowered.
Chicago, Aug. 2. Reductions In
Interstate fares from all the promi
nent places In the East to the prin
cipal points west of Chicago and St.
IxmiI. will be made August 6 by the
Eastern railroads, special permission
to do so having been granted by the
interstate Commerce Commission
Because of the reductions in Inter
state fares made by the Western
railroads, owing to the passage of
z-cent rare laws by many states, pas
sengers from Eastern and Western
points have been able to save from
i to io oy nuying a ticket over
Eastern roads only to their Western
terminals and then rebuying over a
western line to their destination.
USUAL DtrC,TFOR JULY.
But U. S. Ff0" All Sources
Show l'g Incrsi...
Washing u- 7 The com
parative oiW Utenient of the
government celti and expendi
tures hoi 'b,,"r. ,h "onih of
July. tb total receipt, were
$5S.90.4S W. iM disbursements
$66,813,345. lrt'1" deficit for the
month of abou' f U.OOO.Ooo. This
deficit Is exptalned by tne fapt that
at the beglnal" or each fg,.al year
nearly all tb ll,roPrlatlons made
by the last n-won of congress be
come available na large .urns are
Immediately wBarwn from the
treasury. f rul. lth hardly
an exception, tb" July .hows a
deficit. A ver ago It was above
$163,500,000.
The receipt! irom customs last
month amonotd to :M26,44S;
which Is nearly $2. 00,000 in excess
of July. i90t; Internal revenue $22,
840.304, lncr $73S,Ooo. Mis
cellaneous $4,:S.7i:, Increase $10,
000. The expenditures for July, 1907,
aggregate almort exactly $1,000,000
more than for July, 1906. the re
ductions being balanced by nearly
$4,000,000 increaxe account con
struction of Pan'a canal.
AFTER POWDER TRUST.
Government Files Petition. Against
Many Carporatiott.
Washington, Aug. I The govern
ment has filed In the U. S. Circuit
Court at Wilmington, Del., a peti
tion against E. I. I'upont de Nemours
& Co., the E. 1. Dupont de Nemours
Powder Co.. of New Jersey, and 24
other corporation, and 17 Individ
uals connected with the 26 corpora
tions which are made defendants In
the petition.
The petition mates mat all of the
defendants are engaged in Inter
state trade and commerce In gun
Dowder and other high explosives
and are vlolatinf the act of July 2,
1890, known ai tne Bnerman Anti-
Trust law. It eks to prevent and
restrain the unlawful existing agree
ments, contract.,' combinations and
conspiracies In restraint of such
trade and commerce, to prevent and
restrain the attempts upon the part
of the defendanti to monopolize such
trade and commerce, and to dissolve
tbe existing monopolies therein.
GIVtS PATINT TO CLAIMS.
MINERALS IN FORESTS.
Recommendation on Mining Land In
Forstt Reserve.
Washington, Aug. t. The Forest
Service has recommended that a
patent Issue on the lode mining
claims of J. C. Lew In in tbe Rogue
River mining district In Siskiyou,
Forest Reserve, Oregon. These
claims are being extendlvely devel
oped and valuable mineral deposits
have been dlscoere4 The claims
form two groupiknofn as the "Ben
ton" and tbe "J.C. V .
Large expeuditurf have been
made for thed.vAment of the
properties and hs evidence of
mineral deposits s would seem
to Indicate that f land possesses
minerals In paylg luantlties. Rec
ommendatlon thivent Issue is tn
accordance wlthihej policy of the
forest service to scobrage the devel
opment of minenl resources In for
est reserves.
Geological Survey to Investigate Do
posits In National Rsservas.
Washington, Asg. 1. In connec
tion with Its other work In the West
ern states, the United States Geolog
ical Survey has undertaken the In
vestigation of geologic conditions
within the National forests. It has
been the consistent aim of the offi
cers of the Forest 6ervic to foster
tbe fullest possible development of
mining within the areas Included la
the National forests. Many fraudu
lent entries have, however, been dis
covered, which cover non-mineral
lands or deposits that by no possibil
ity could be developed Into paying
mines, and It is clearly to the bene
fit of legitimate mining enterprises
that tbe "wildcat" mining companies
be prevented from obtaining title to
the land claimed.
With these alms In view, the geol
ogist, of the Survey are to Investi
gate the lands of the National for
ests. They will act under the gen
eral Instruction, of the Director of
the Survey, and under the personal
supervision of the geologist in charge
of metalliferous deposits. The stand
ards, methods and wide experience
of the Geological Survey will render
the result of these Investigations of
great practical value, both to the
Forest Service and to the miners,
and the reports of the geologists will
enable the Forester to make recom
mendations to the Commissioner of
the General Land Oftlco on the char
acter of the mlnen.1 locations. Thus
the policy of the Survey will be to
require its geologists to assist in
every way the claimant who is acting
in good faith, as well as to help the
officers of the Forest Service In their
task of protecting the mining Indus
try and all other interests which
benefit by the proper administration
of the National forests.
ASK BORAH BE PROSECUTED
weather having killed the lice. ,J;riooU i .60(ii2 per crat.
crop will probably be ' "f d"f.! Vegetables-Turnips. $1.75 per sack;
"r,.,er th".iw " JnTember l " LrwU. $2 per each; beets, $2 per
!,,. n generally HeDiemoer . , i. v
begin generally Septe
Bid. for New Mall Route.
nkcr City Postmaster I-aehner
ha? rec'lvVd order, from Washing
Ton Instructing him to advert! . for
hid. for a stage line to operste from
nVr C?tr to Unity and Hereford.
sack: MMiagus, 10c per ponnJ; beans,
S(5V6j per pound; cabbage, 2 ,o per
pound; celery, $1.25 per dosen; corn,
25035c per down; cucumbers. 6(V(S.$1
per b"x; lettuce, liesd, 26c per drwen;
onions, 18(20c per dosen; pen., 4(5c
per pound; radishes, Z(w per down;
Burnt Rier, a distance of about tomatoes, $1(1.25 per crate
40 miles.
Heavy Hay and Grain Yields.
U Grand-Ths Amalgamate
re heavy.
McArthurli Bipiolntd.
Otyinpl-AMoi' 'J ".de
. it., vecutlve office of tne reap
November 1.
Potatoes New. l W2c per pound.
Veal Dressed, hQ)C per pound.
Reel Preened bulls, 3ia per
pound; cows, 66Sic; country steere,
rtl7c.
Mutton Pressed, fancy, IkJOc per
pound; ordinary, 67c; spring uunbs,
evaovicperponnd.
Poik Pressed, 68H'8 per poond.
Hops 7ie per pcund, according
to onality.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average best,
1822c per pound, according to .brink
age; valley, 2022e, according to fine
ness; mohair choice, 2930o ft pound.
Buy Meat In Australia.
Victoria, B. C, Aug. 2. Major O,
Long, dispatched to Australia and
New Zealand by the British armv
council to Inspect the packing houses
of the antipodes with a view to se
curing supplies of tinned meats for
the British army, arrived by the
steamer Manuka today, on his way
to ongiana, via unicago, where he
win look over the nacklnc houses.
He said the supplies in future would
ne taken In greater quantities from
Australia. Major Lone said the bus-
iness in Australia was conducted
under wholesale condition..
Demand Better Wage.
New York. Aug. 2. A demand for
25 cents Increase per day in wares
it-viiub; k.uuu marnmiats, was
made today on all employes In and
around New York city by the Inter
national Association of Machinists
ana tne Amalgamated Society of En
gineers, to the number of 15,000 In
the former and 2.000 in the latter,
which consists of members of aohut
30 branches of the metsl hnn
rndes. The Increase Is to date from
now, but the machinists, It was said
will wait a few days to hear from
tne employers
Too Young to Become an American
San Francisco, Aug. 2. When the
steamer Curacao reached port this
afternoon from Guaymaa, one of her
22 first cabin passengers wa. held
by United State. Immigration In
spector de la Torre. Thl. was See
ferlna Alvarado, a Mexican lad of
t. who was young enonah Just to
come within tbe scope of the new Im
migration law, which fnrhids landing
of any foreigner under 16 years old
who is not accompanied by his father
or mother.
Trunk With Money Lost.
Watertown, Wis., Aug. 2. A
trnnk containing securities to the
ralus of $200,000 has been found
here and la now on Its way to the
rightful owner. An expressman at
Chicago shipped for Otto Helnecken,
a teacher of this city, the trnnk con
taining the bonds and left Mr. Ifeln-
ecken's trnnk at Chicago. Mr. Heln
ecken notified the express company
which mads the exchange with great
alacrity.
Explosion JQunboat.
Washington, Art-p. A dispatch
received at the NifVl Department to-
ay from Coranawil'f Boush, of the
Gunboat Wilmlnfn'l. at Shanghai,
says a boiler tubf Ihe vessel burst
yesterday while mai vessel was at
Nanking. Three nan were scalded.
one of whom. Flnun Philip Hind,
ub.equently died Phe other two
were not serious I burned. Hind
was a native of Xafyland, and en
tered the Navy MU 0, 1894. Unoffi
cial reports of erroral deaths from
smallpox upon the Wilmington have
reached the Navy Dapartmeat.
Middles on Torpedo Boats.
Washington, Aoi 7. Orders lssu
ing from the Nan Department show
that a number ol midshipmen have
been placed on torpfdo-boat duty.
This marka a newM'cy In the Navy,
showing that theNy Is deficient as
compared with forln navies In torpedo-boat
work. There are 80 torpedo-boats
of vsrk'Us types In our
Navy, yet only llof ,n(,m are In ac
tive service. Thli has been caused
by the shortage of officers, re
sulting from thefivy demands for
such officers for tb new battleships
going Into commlulori-
Washington Labor Men Ask President
to Hush Land Fraud Csee.
Washington,) Aug. 1. Organized
labor in Washington has gone on the
warpath for tho scalp of Senator
Borah, of Idaho, counsel for the state
In the prosecution of W. D. Hay
wood. The following resolution was
adopted by the Central Labor Union
with practically no opposition:
"Whereas, Senator Borah, of Ida
ho, is now under indictment for com
plicity in the timber land frauds
against the United States Govern
ment; therefore be it
"Resolved, That the Central Labor
Union petition and require the Pres
ident of tbe United States to secure
or permit the Attorney General to
Issue an order for arrest in such
cases and provide speedy trial, that
the stigma of indictment may be re
moved from the name of a Senator of
the United States, and that he may
prove whether be Is a desirable citi
zen or not."
It was also decided to send a tele
gram of congratulation to Haywood.
Navy Department Learns Lesson.
iir.,tinAn Ancr a Artinir Sec
retary of the Navy Newberry has
acted upon the findings and recom
mendations of the board which In
vestigated the accident on the bat
tleship Georgia on July id last, re
sulting In the death of ten officers
and sailors and the Injury of a num
ber of others. The report Includes
all of the testimony taken by the
board.
Almost all of the findings and rec
ommendations, most of which have
heretofore been published, were ap
proved by Mr. Newbrry, who bns or
dered them put Into effect. The Navy
Department I. now convinced that
the cau.e of the accident was beyond
question a "flareback," which it re
gards as a welcome conclusion, be
cause It Is believed that such flare
backs can be dealt with safely by ad
ditional precautions.
Nationalists Have Won.
Manila. A nr. 1. The Independent
! factions who united In the campaign
InnHav the name of Nationalists, ap-
'pear to have won the general elec-
IUIJU UI Lriro i., " ' "J '
pine Assembly, held throughout the
; islands toaay. mruniji-i
r n -. art Aim wt m nknw that
1 1 rum du out u. ov win, iv
'81 Nationalists were elected, 10 Pro
gressives, 8 maepenneni cmuui..-.
!snd 1 Catholic. In Manila the Na
tionalists won by a large majority In
'both districts. Domlnador Gomel
claims the election In the first dis
trict In the city,
CAUSES DHUNKBN5E33.
4 Vm Alia Ul4 B Kaal
Mm. ( Mmmr Ola,r Ktlla.
"Much of the dlMeustv dlvurve aud
druiikeuueaa of our tenement life Is
due to poor cooking," ilvlur.n Mrs.
Clarence Burns, of New York, president
of Little Muthrrs. "In uiy years of
work auietuf the Little Mothers' Aid
Association, w ho are taught how to
make wholeMMim food, as well as in
struvttMl In vtlier liouwholil srts, 1 have
noticed the lut pleaaaut result, lu
tbelr home conditions. tetiiH-rsmeut
and life. If the W. t T. V. would
open rooking i'la'. throughout the
IiiikI, In addition to their other good
work, they would do much to bateu
the doom of drunkenness. 1 believe
there la uo class of girl, who know less
bout boum-keeplng and especially cook
ing, thuo the tenement house girls of
all large cities.
"One of the most pathetic thing. I
have noticed In the tenements I. the
utter helplessness of many mothers tn
not knowing bow to care for their lit
tle oues. I bsve seen children a year
old sipping beer and eating anusage,
while scores of Infants nine and tin
months old are permitted, even encour
aged. In the drinking of tea and coffee.
They are allowed to eat pickles, or
anything they want Tbe husbands
fare little better, because the women
do not know how to prepare tlie procr
kind of wholesome food.
lt Is not surprising then to find
throe or four saloons In every block of
many districts, and patronized most lib
erally. It stands to reason that If tbe
system Is not kept well nourished by
proper food. It will crave stimulants.
A laborer w ho goes to work on a scant
and badly prepared breakfast will at
rontze tbe first free luucb counter he
sees for his lunch, snd with It several
drinks.
"A great mistake Is made by many
cooking classes that teach how to make
such Impractical concoctions as cream
puffs. Iced Jellies and other dainties
not at all In keeping with the Intent
and purposes of the young women be
ing so educated. What we aim to teach
our little mothers la how to buy food
and to cook practical dishes, such as
making good, wholesome soups, corn
bread and puddings, and how to use
chocolate Instead of so much tea and
coffee for the chlldm.
"The terrible condition of our tene
ments as well as bad cooking have
driven men and women both to drink,
ami It la not surprising w hen you know
Just how bad they are. I have known
of mothers who actually houstcd that
tbelr daughters did not know how to
make a cup of coffee and could not get
a meal were they to starve ,to death.
It la such false pride as this that re
sults In any amount of harm later on."
4 &&.t.4.. 4.4.
A little Lesson In Adversity
New Naval Stetlon Needed.
Washington. Ao. 1 It Is prob
able that another naval station will
be created upon t Pacific Coast, as
the result of the forthcoming visit
there of Admiral Capps, chief naval
constructor of tbe Navy, and Ad
miral Cowles, chlff ot 'he equipment
bureau. The form"" Wt Washing
ton today for N Yorl'. where he
will ho tolned bT Admiral Cowles.
and they will go together to the Pa
cific Coast to mk thorough In
spection of the ytrdsand stations
Cultivate Land I" Merest Reserve.
Washington, A" J. O. Han
num. of Portland. Or., ha. been
,r,ni a nermlt to cultivate 180
acres In the Caie National forest
(north), applied i"r y nira under
th. ... nf inn lVDn. and tn
erect a houae and o,h,r buildings, If
he ao desires, for i"8 P'irpose of be
ginning hi. lmprornent before the
i.fii i. formally listed for filing at
the United Statee Land Office.
Redeemed $24,000,000 of Bond.
n'..tiin.inn Aug 7- The month
ly .tatement of tb' public debt show,
that at the close ' business July 31.
lf07. the debt anx"""a to 11.273,
7 114 alilrh a decrenaM for
the 'month of tr $24,000,000.
which Is due to tne "mptlon of 4
per cent bonds nlrn matured on
July 1. Payment!"" nis and other
accounts reduced the amount of rash
on hand by a little over$Jo,000, 000.
No Protest r"rm Jspsn.
WaaMnvtnn. At- No nrotest
ha. been receive fom 'he Japanese
government sgale rJan to send
the Atlantic battlDP fleet to the
Pacific and none l "Peeted. It is
pointed out there th" no basis exists
f. n.n.W M Pllnt, IS th flAof
is to remain In Arlca waters.
Postal Inspection.
u'..hin.mn Aug. 7. In nnr.il-
Jance of the plan, of Postmaster-Gen
eral Meyer for the reorganization or
the inspection service of the post
office department a rearrangement of
the Inspection divisions comes Into
operation today. A new division has
been created with headquarter, at
Atlanta, composed of Florida. Geor
gia. South Carolina. The San Juan
Porto Rica, division is abolished and
attached to the Washington, Missls
Ippl Is transferred from the New Or
leans to the Chattanooga division.
Can't Fool State Department.
Washington. Aug. 7. The State
Department has been advised that
the Swedish government will reap
point Charles E. Ekstromer vice con
sul at St. Louis. The department
consequently will reissue to him the
exequator withdrawn sometime ago
because of a letter written by Mr.
Ekstromer which was offensive to
President Roosevelt. Ekstromer will
not be recognized under any consid
eration. Bishop Tskes Llbrsrles fo Colon.
Washington. Aug. J-J"""
Bishop, secretary of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, sailed from New
York for the Isthmus yesterday
The Commission has purchased
through him libraries for the fonr
recreation buildings that have been
completed and thrown open for the
use of the employe, of the Comml.
lon. School Land Ll.rJJApproved.
Washington. Ang. 7. The Secre
tary of the Interior ha. approved list
So.il. consisting of 11.435 f
land In The Dalle., Oregon, land dis
trict ot Indemnity school selection. I
One must reconstruct In mind the
condition of society In Germany at the
time of Immannel Kant to realize what
a struggle the phi
losopher had to
realize the dreams
he had cherished.
Germany was an
aristocracy where
no one not of the
nobility might
hope to come with
in the charmed
circle of dis'p
thought. That the
son of a K'Hnut
should even desire
what belonged by
IMMAKIEL KA5T right to those Who
ouus.dered themselves their suerlor
by birth would have seemed Incredible
to the feudal lords.
Kant's father was a saddler, a strap
maker. Immanuel bad been studious
a. a chthl. but hi. people bad not be
lieved that it wa. within their power
to give to their son the advantages for
which be craved. Kant had made up
bis mind that he would attend one of
tbe universities. Wbat sacrifice, be
made In order to be able to do this
has never been disclosed. He was a
man not given to narrating bis er
aonal triumphs.
He managed to enter the university,
where he at once became noted for his
magnificent scholarship. This, however,
proved of little material advantage to
him. He found that suporting him
self and studying as he had to study
was difficult work. But be managed
to succeed In both fairly well, consid
ering the mental strain which be la
bored under.
HI. life was for the first ten years
of his career after he left the univer
sity one of constant keeping of the
wolf from the door. Only at the end
of bis life did remuneration come to
him. But the reward that proclaimed
him one of tlie greatest philosophers of
tbe world was great enough.
The OptlaBlat.
When the wind Is la the west
Then In lit I feel a snit.
When from out the north It blows
Then my bluoJ a-tingling f'x-s.
When It whittles from the east
Then my burdens weigh the leut.
When It sings from southern skies
Then mj spirits swiftly rise.
Mild and Berne, or warm or chill.
Let It whistle whence It will.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Shoald Be Worth ReadlasT.
The Indou Building Journal hears
that two distinguished architect,
noted for tbelr forceful latiguuge, are
about to Issue a book on "The Brick
layer's English," w ith sn aj x-ndlx of
Isl words by an American building
superintendent
t ! Hmt'.
If instead ob Jes' a gruiiiblin'
Vhn things ain't nsr'iy right
To'd spend all that time Improvln',
To' rnuld fit thing, out o' sUlit.
Kansas City Times.
Flattering a husband, and tlien ask
ing him for money. Is like taking a
man np in a balloon ana tnrosncg
him out , v
TUB LESSON Or THE MATS.
It H,b4 Ihe l.la,ht-Hreiat ha.
tie .! HaalitJ silk Hawk
"1 sua admiring theae fascinating:
mate, Mrs. Bruce, , hefotv yuu ca jus
down," remarked the pnl-tty caller.
leaning back r.ilucr listUwIy lu th
armchair.
"Yea. they're mid, aren't tlM-jrT re
plied the older lady, hurriedly adding.
lave you done min-li l nriKiiuaa
work!" Tbe story of tho lacw mats
was not for every one's ears.
No," alghed Mrs. Myers. "I oard
to, but I keep on the go t o much. I'v
got ao Into the balt'.t of It that I can't
bear to stay at home."
"Really T Why. I'm surprised. 1
sup(Kaed you sent half your time)
playing with that Switching baby.
laughed Mrs. Bruce.
"Oh, she Is a dear, but I dou't arvta
to get much time with her."
And how Is j our mot her T- She's al
ways so cheery aud IntereMtlng."
"I don't think mother's very well
lately. Her blludnesM ruts ber off
from ao much; snd I dare say site get
lonely sometimes," repller Mrs. Myerw.
"I supsse she does," asMMitotl Mrs.
Bruce, casting a swift glatwe from taar
soft brown ee at the young woman.
She took but an absent-minded) part !
the conversation a. It drlft.J from one
subject to another, am) presently atie
picked up one of the croclietcd mat.
saying :
"You were speaking of these a few
moments ago. Perhaps you II be Inter
ested to hear tlielr story, and why I
consider them one of my treasure.
Don't tell Mr. Brui-e, for 'twaa be who
made them."
'What, that exquisite lace!" exclaim
ed ber frleniL "1 knew ProfessMor Bruce
was once a naval officer and that imiw
he'a professor; but 1 never dreamwi
ciochetlng was one of his accomplishments."
"Perhaps you will say 'twas more
than that. It was during hla second
year In college, and his family was
scattered for the first time. Ion v Ing bla
mother alone In the homestead at
Woodford. She develop! what was
In those day. a strange nervous trou
ble. She refused to see friends, ami
seemed on the verge of melancholia.
Of course It was before we could hire
nurse, to care for our dear oik, arwl
there seemed to be no one to stay with
the mother they adored.
'Finally Edward left college, and
for that whole winter devoted himself
to bis mother, walking, driving with
her, and doing deftly many little ser
vices. When he could rouse 1st Inter
est In no other way, he used to ait by
her side for hours, allowing her to
teach him these Intricate patterns of
lace."
"No wonder you love them," aa!t
Mrs. Myers, gently, aa she laid one of
Ihe mats hack on the table. Then aim
rose to go.
Not for several months did Mrs.
Bruce ace her young friend again.
When the June roses were In bkimn
the apieared one morning with at
bunch of them, saying:
"I came to thank you and Profeawor
Bruce for one of the happiest winters)
I ever had. It waa the story of Mai
mats, you know. It made me accin ao
elfish I couldn't forget It," she went
'in, choking a little, "and It made
things look different. Mother ami I
have bad such happy times together
with our work and books, and hIm's
grown younger every day ; and the
hllilren and Mr. Myers and I have
had such fun I I Just w anted to tell
von, and and to thntk you." Youtb's-(Vimpanlon.
LODGE SECRETS GUESSED AT".
Wrstara Newapaprr Trlea Hard, ha.
Falls sflaerahlr.
It la a very human trait to enjoy a.
secret, and that Is why there are hxlotai
and societies, says the St. Louis Glolie
Dcmocrat. Secrets do not grow of
themselves for everybody, and so tlxaw
who do not have them Invent them ami
have grlNi and passwords. It promote
a thoroughly enjoyable feeling of guilt.
eaetally as envious outsiders are al
ways guessing at tlie secrets and what
the lodges are for.
But the person who has studied Ida
Poe and his Oman y!e need never ta
at a loss to read these alleged rlddkw.
Induction, or deduction, analysis or
synthesis, according to his tutblts of
mind or his Idea of what words mown,
will enable blm to resolve tbe nMsat
cryptic things.
Just for Instance; There Is the la
dies' lodge called tlie P. I- O. No mrm
ler of the Iodise will tell what tlie mys
tic letters mean and from the capitali
zation and punctuation the aupt-rnVHal
observer Is led to believe that they ar
Initials or words snd vainly Sspulnttr
In that direction. But the mind trained
In "wy etiological research" we wlafo
we knew entirely what that means
will proceed to consider P. E. O. la
this wise.
It Is the feminine nature to dnrvlve.
Therefore P. E. O. In Its beginning will
not represent what It apears to repre
sent. It can then bo only "Pen. "
That Is the first half of "r-eopl'-" It l
the men who are the "pie." With thr
men "pie," pronounced "I," we tho an
ple say tbe P.-E. Os. We are the flrsr.
and greater half. The men are .lii'p'y
"I" which we all agree.
Now we have the Yellow I'lners,
society of men of which thi) local kalge?
recently gave a functlou In Glen Krh.
Resolving Yellow liners Into Its con
stituents (the masculine mind I. Icm
subtle than the feminine), we have
'yellow" (signifying Jes lousy, envy arxl
old ag) and "plners, thiwe sin lne.
Thns we comprehend that the P. K it.
lucks the "pie" snd the Yellow Plners
are anxious to tie the "pie." In tin
Interest of humanity we suggest that
the P. E. (). and Yellow Plners amalga
mate and Join themselves to the lla
I loos, thus making of the completed or
ganizations the I loo's I loo's of Amer
ica.
For Mamaral ta Ovl4.
A monument la about to he erwfeal
to the poet Ovid at Sulmoua, tlav an
cient Sulmo of Samnliim, a movement
for the purpose having been set oat
foot by tbe Italian poet, Uabrtal
d'Annan.lo.