I NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
GARFIELD LEARNS TRUTH
oona no Settlor Crowded Out of
Irrigation Tract.
Washington, Kept. 20 Speculators
re overrunning government iiritcation
project, crowding out bona fide settler
nu are undertaking to hold land until
after water is turned on, when they
propoee to Hell at a good profit. Thi
lact was discovered by Secretary Gar
field and Director Newell on their i
cem tour tnr nigh the Went, and in
aome localities It m found that a ma
jority of the entrle had been made by
peraona who Intend to aell out ,nd
w no nave no idea of making perma
nent uoniee on me land.
now to eliminate peculators la a
problem on which the department la
now working. The moat feasible plan
at hand a p peart to be the requirement
that all settler on land under govern
ment projecta be compelled to pay one
tenth of the coat of their water right at
the time they make filing in the local
land office. Uaually the flnt payment
la not demanded nntil one Tear after
water is delivered on the land.
11 II I .
ai nuniiey, Montana, advance pay-
menu were lequueii and in conse
quence that ia the only pr-ieet In the
Went that la free from speculators. Mr
Oar field ia expected aoon to take some
action looking to checking (peculators.
Defense la Foolish.
Washington, Sept. 21 Captain Wll
Ham Judsnn, of the engineer corps of
the United State army, hat issued an
extraordinary government document,
which threaten to atlr up a horneU'
nest In an official report he criticise
naval otlicers and members of the di
plomatlo corps and remarks on the
"foolishness" of sending battleships to
the Pact tio coast, which do not agree
with the president' sentiment in this
regard.
JudHon 1 one of the officers sent to
Manchnrria to report on the operations
or the Russian and Japanese armies.
He take a fling at the military at
taches, declaring they should not be
allowed to accompany armies in the
field, and tell of the weakness and
embarrassments growing out of the
Philippine, the Panama canal and the
Monroe doctrine.
REDUCED RATES TO TROOrS.
Law May Be Amended to Avoid Hard
ship to Them.
Washington. Bent. 24 Ti, W.
department will recommend to congrei-s
ei me coming session that an amend
ment tie made to the railroad rate law,
permitting the lailroad to grant re
duced fare to member of families of
army oflioer and enlisted men. Prior
to the pannage of the late law, reduced
fare were freuently issued In uch cas
es, but the Interstate Commerce com-
mission has held that the new law will
now prohibit a continuance of the
practice.
This restriction has worked irreat
hardship on officers and men who have
been ordered to far distant post. There
have been caa where companies and
regime nls stationed on the Atlantic
coast have been ordered to the Philip
pine. Transportation acroe the Pa
cific is furnished by the government,
but the men with familie have been
compelled to go Into their pockots to
the extent of about 1100 for each mem
ber of their family, and this is a tre
mendous tax, particulaily upon non
commituiioned ollicer and enlisted men
hose families awompany them. There
would appear to be considerable jiiHtic
in ti e claim of these men, for thei:
change of station is not of their chooe-
ng, but at the bidding of the depart
mcnt, and the enactment of such a
amendment ia not altogether improba
ble.
DEFIES TEXAS LAWS.
SCHOQL FOR NEW CONSULS
Small Hope of Promotion.
Washington, Sept. 19. Colonel Me-
dorem Crawford, of the artillery corps,
United BUtes army, now in command at
Fort Wadsworth, will retire from sct-
ive service In January next. Colonel
Ciawford, an Oreionian by bitth, an
pealed to Senator Bourne some time ago
In the hope of securing promotion to
the grade cf brigadier genersl before re
tirement. i lie senator took the case
np with President Koosevelt and urged
Colonel Crawford s promotion in Octo
ber, when a vacancy occurs In the grade
of brigadier general, but the president,
after due consideration, held that an
other officer waa more entitled to this
recognition.
Bonaparte on Land Trials.
Washington, Sept. 1!5 Attorney
General Bonaparte, who returned to
Washington today, received a report
from Francis Honey Jr., briefly snm
marixing hi recent conference with
District Attorney Bristol, and in this
report it i intimated that the Oregon
land cikes will not go to trial until No
vember. Whether Mr. llriatol will
prosecute any of the case is not stated,
but Mr. Heney expect to go back to
Portland In November, when he says
the trials will he resumed and the work
kept up until the calendar is cleared.
Frx Out Shyster.
Washington, Sept. 19. Land Com
missionr liallinger today issued an or
der requiring registers and reciveis of
local land offices to prepare applications
to make entriea and filings on public
land whenever so requested by pros
pective entrymen. Plank form will be
supplied for the purpose and service be
rendered without charge to entrymen
Thia order ia made to shut out shyster
lawyer, who have been charging from
$1 to $5 to make out applications for
sentrvmen. Much of their work has
been inaccurate.
State Department Drills Them Before
8endlng Them Abroad.
Washington, Bept. 21. No more
green consul sre to be sent abroad
represent America, if the plans of the
State department which have just been
put in practice realise expectations
Lver since the establishment of the
consular service It has been customary
to allow a newly appointed consul 30
days with pay before leaving tor his
post. A room In the department has
been equipped a a complete working
American consulate, suitable to tran
sact the business of an American con
sul in any part of the world, civilized
or uncivilized.
Appointees are no longer permitted
to ejend that 30 days' period in their
own way, tint are required to report
every day at the State department for
duty and to siwnd a certain number of
hours in thia model consular office, re'
ceiving Instructions and acquainting
themselves with every practical detail
of a consul' daily work. The beet of
instruction is provided.
Water on Land Next Year.
Washington, Bept. 24 A part of
the Umatilla irrigation project in Ast
ern Oregon will be supplied with water
during the season of 1SM)8, but the pro
ject as a whole may not be ready for
cultivation until the season following.
The Umatilla Hiver Water Users' asso
ciation recently forwarded to the Ore
gon delegation a letter Indicating sbtne
uneasiness because the project had not
been thrown open to settlers this sen
son. Call Central American Conference
Washington, Sept. 25. President
Roowevelt and President Diax have in
vited the presidents of the five Central
American republic to send delegate to
a conference to be held in Washington
In November to agree upon a plan for
the peaceable settlement of all future
dispute between these countries).
Metcalf Secretary Resigns.
Washington, Bept. 25. Leon A.
Clark, private secretary to BereUry
Metcralf, has resigned and will leave
here Monday for Oakland, Cel., to de
ote himself to law. Mr. Clark has
been associated with Mr. Metcalf for
seven year.
Internal Revenue Increase.
Washington, Bept. 25. The monthly
statement of the collection of internal
revenue show that for the month of
August, 1007, the total receipt were
"2 285,807. which is an increase over
August, 1005, of I3S7.S34.
Order Restored In Hondur.
Washington, Sept. 21. Minuter Ur
garte, of llondnra, ha informed the
department of stste that on September
15 the constitutional regime wa re
eeablished In the republic of lion
dura. New Cascade Fort Guard.
Washington, Sept. 24. Irvine F.
(Tirdner ha been appointed a guard In
the Southern division, Cascade nation
1 foreet.
Give No Comfort.
Washington, Sept. 26. Supervising
Inspector General Uhler, of the steaai-
boat Inspection service, today replied
to a letter from Robert Hawse, late
third officer of the steamship Colum
bia, wreckeJ off the California coast,
ieclining to reopen the Investigation
or to modify the finding ot Supervising
Inspector ISermingham, at ran Fran
ciso, insofar as they apply to Mr.
Hawse. In Captain Iiermingham's re
port Mr. Hawse was censured because
he did not rescue a manj passenger
as the Inspector believed he should.
Martyr to Yellow Fever.
Washington, Sept. 19. Major James
Carroll, surgeon U. B. A., who was a
member of the commission which was
sent to Cuba to study yellow fever just
after the close of the Spanish war, died
at his home hete late yesterday. It
was hi commission that fixed definite
ly on the mosquito as the medium of
transmission of infection. Dr. Carroll
allowed himself to be bitten by a mos
quito that had been infected from the
three distinct yellow fever case. He
developed the disease within four days
after being bitten.
Operator' Appeal to Labor.
Wahington, Sept 19. The promised
appeal of President Small, of the Tele
graphers union, and President (iora
pert, of the American Federation of La
bor, to organized labor throughout the
country for financial assistance to strik
ing telegraphers, wa Issued tcilay from
the federation headquarters. The di
rect appeal is signed by Mr. Small.
Mr. Gompera gives a general indorse
ment of the purpose of the appeal to
friend of lalxir.
Standard Oil Doe Business m Stat
Under Alia.
New York. Sept. 20. That the
Standard Oil company 1 operating un
der the name of t!ie Corsicana Refining
company in the state of Texas, which
ha forbidden the oil combine to op
erate within the state, wa indicated
yesterday when Wesley U. Tilfcrd,
treasurer of the Standard Oil company,
nnder examlaation in the government's
suit against the company, testified that
II. C. Folger and C. M. Payne, whom
Mr. aellogg, the attorney for the gov
ernment, state, control the Corsicana
company, are prominent in the conduct
of the affairs of the Standard Oil corn
any Mr. Kellogg sought to draw from the
witness the Information that the Corsi
cana company was really a Mandard
Oil company and vjsa operating in
Teraa because the anti-trust laws of
that state would not permit the com
bine to operate. Mr. Tilford replied
that as far a he knew the Standard Oil
company had no interest in Texaa. He
aid that Mr. Folger and Mr. Payne
wore IviL oScoti of iha etandard O!
comptny, but he waa not awaie that
they owned the Corsicana company.
Mr. Kellogg spent a busy day tracin
the various change in development of
Standard Oil from .the time of iU in
ceptlon in 1882. when the trust wa
formed, until the trust was dissolved in
1899 and the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey waa formed. Mr. Kellogg
developed many of hi question from
the trust agreement of 1882, which was
contained in the bill of complaint filed
in St. Louis last December, when the
present action wa commenced.
JOHN D'J BIG SHARE
Rockefeller P 2 Wo Shares
oi OIL
VALUE HAS IflWUED GREATLY
i.: oi M ft -
Sic Oil Cow - "as Profit
till
of Ovr I"' "worsd Mil
,jan4 inc 1882.
NEGOTIATE WITH ROOSEVELT.
Operator Seek Arbitration Rumors
of Distention In Rank.
New Ycrk, Bept. 20. Conflicting re
port regarding' the possibility of an
early settlement of the telegraphers
strike were current tonight. From on
unofficial source it waa given out that
direct negotiation had been opened
1th President Roosevelt, seeking his
aid in bringing about arbitration. Ae
oording to this authority, Percy
Thomas, of the national union, and
Daniel L. Russell, ex-preaident of the
New York local, had a two-hour' talk
with the president at the latter' home
n Oyster Bay, on Wednesday last
This could not be confirmed tonight,
but Mr. Russell did say:
"The most important action taken
n connection with trie strike waa made
on Wednesday, and we are satisfied
that it will bring a speedy and satisfac
tory settlement."
Mr. Russell, who is also chairman of
e local strike committee, added that
word had reached him late tonight that
wo members of the union bad gone to
Washington to see Labor Commissioner
Nelll and to ex pre to the oommii-
onr disaatiafaution with the conduct
ot the strike.
WARRANTS FOR GRAFTERS.
Retired Admiral Will Not Command.
Washington, Sept. 19. Secretary
Metcalf state that no officer on the re
tired list would be assigned to the com
mand of the Atlantic battleship fleet on
Its voysge to the Pacific. He made the
declaration when his attention was
called to published lerxtrts indicating
the possibility of the assignment of
Hear Admiral McCalla or Rear Admiral
Brownson to the place of Rear Admiral
Evans. Both McCalla and Brownson
are on the retired list.
Recruit Engineer to Limit.
Washington, Sept. 25. All the en
gineer companies in the army are to be
recruited up to the maximum limit of
the law. Tliis action was decided upon
with a view to complying with a re
quest made by Major tieneral Ionard
Wood, commander of the Philippine
division, that twoadditinal companies
of engineer troops are be designated at
that station for service.
Negro Oppose Tft.
Washington, Sept. 25. A concerted
antl-Taft-Koosevelt movement among
negroes all over the country is alarm
ing the Taft supporters. The negroes
have a permanent organizat:on ami
branches' have been formed in 1' I ti
mer, Philadelphia and New York.
W. Calvin Chase, a colored lawyer and
editor of The Bee, a Republican paper
published here, ia the leader of the
movement.
Agree to Peace Conference.
Washington, Sept. 19. A protocol
was signed at the state department to
day by the diplomatic representatives
of the five Central American republics,
accepting the invitation of the I' n I ted
State and Mexico to meet here at an
early date to negotiate an agreement,
providing for permanent peace between
the countries represented.
Builder and Architect of Pennsyl
vanla Placed Under Bond.
Philadelphia, Sept. 20. Warrant
reached this city late thia afternoon
from Harrisburg tor the arieat of Oeo
F. Payne, builder of the state capitol,
Charles O. Wetter, hi partner, end
Stanford Lewis, an associate of Arch)
t"t Huston, who planned the capitol.
Counsel (or Payne and Wetter waived
hearings and bail for Payne was fixed
st $10,000 and for Wetter at 1 9,000.
Counsel for Lewis accepted service in
his behalf and furnished $4,000 ball for
his client's appearance in court. Payne
is said to be ill at Mount Clemens,
Mich.
Warrant for George K. Storm and
John C. Niedeier, of New York, stock
holders in a concern which manufac
tured the lighting fixtures of the capi
tol, also arrived here today. The men
are supposed to be In New York and It
is stated that unless they accept service
the warrants will be served in that
city.
Newspaper Will Fight.
New Ycrk, Sept. 20. The annual
meeting of the members of the Associ
ated Press was held at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel here. Those in attend
ance numbered 250, while probably 400
others were represented by proxy. The
business transacted was of a purely rou
tine nature, except a change in the date
of the annual meeting from the third
Wednesday in September to the third
Tuesday in April. A resolution ap
proving the course of the officers of the
association in dealing with the strike of
telegrapher was unanimously adopted.
McKlnleys In New Tomb.
Canton, O., Sept. 20. Tonltiht the
new bronze casket containing the re
main of Mrs. McKinley rests in a sar
cophagus in the McKinley mausoleum.
On guard at the tomb are United StaUs
regular soldiers. A half mile distant
to the south, In the vault that has held
the remains of President McKinley,
still rest the body of the late president,
but In a new casket. Here, too, sol
diers are on watch. The work of trans
ferring the bodies of the McKlnleys to
the vault was entrusted to a Canton
undertaker.
Naw York. Sf- Records of th
stockholder of gt"Jwd Oil
com-
.nv of Ne '"' '1 bare vwter.
day at the htvM government's
luit for tb di"u" of the alleged
oil combine, o'"w the fact that
John D. RocM""" otis 247,090
shares, or near'f time at much
stock, as ny "'' individual share
holder, and tbat he and hia associates
who signed the trust apeenieut in 1882
still control majority of the stock.
Measured by U PrHnt market price
of $440 a Ul nolding of Mr.
Rockefeller in the Standard Oil com
pany have a w'ue ol $uiii,txio,0(io.
The stockholders rd of August 17,
1907, shows that the University of Chi
cago 1 the owner of 5,000 share of
Standard Oil H-
The depreciation in the price of the
stock within th; paat 10 years, about
the time the agitation Ugan, has been
more than $iW a alius. 8 noe legal
nroeeediniM agaiust the Mandard Oil
oompany were imtituUd. the stock has
steadily declined, until it ia now around
$440. This represents loss of over
$100,000,000 on the holdings of John
D. Rockefeller.
The shrinkage in the market value
cf the stock cost the University of Chi-
cago aoout iz,uw,"v.
Accountant lor me government are
till engaged on the records of the li
quidating trustees and ledgers obtained
from the Standard uu company, and,
while the examination ha not been
fully completed, it ii said that the
books show that from 1882 to the pres
ent time the oil combine has earnea
between $800,000,000 and $900,000,-
000. It Is expected that r.ext week the
exact figure wilt be produced in court.
EIGHTEEN MINERS KILLED.
PRESERVE THE FOREST.
Country Win Look to Northwet for
Supply Before Long.
"The Northwest section, comprising
Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, will
witnms th fullest development of it
lumber Industry within th next tn
years," said Professor K. O. Siecke,
head cf th newly established School ot
forestry tt tb Washington State col
K, in a recent conversation. "Just
now, about one-fourth of the mer
chantable timber of the United State
is in Washington and Oregon. The
'Lake Slate region,' including Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, la lum
bered and logged; so ia the Southern
belt, Including northern Alabama and
Georgia, Tenueaaee, Kentucky, the
western part of West Virginia and
Virginia; the eastern part of Texas,
Arkansas, and the southern part of
Missouri, m very tew years, more
than at rreient. the ceonla ol the
United States will be looking to the
Pacifio Noithwent for much of their
lumber.
"What we must do 1 to learn to
handle our forest with regard to the
truly beautiful to look upon. Th bei-
rlea are a bright led ooior, anu, in
many cee three and four deep, touch
ing each other, completely hid the
vin and grouiid beneath.
"The picker are given a tx-quart
nvatui. atd are required to pick the
berrle clean as they go. When th
meaiure i full it ia emptied into a
buahel box, and when the boa 1 full
they are given a check which is good
for 76 cent. Yard men ar in at
tendance to oversee th pickers and
carry away the boxee. My beat pickers
picked about three bushel per day.
With a scoop a picker can gather 20
bushel a day.
"In the Fast the vice are often In
fested with Insect pesta, and If the
grower have not control of the water
the whole crop 1 In danger. 1 under
stand the pests have been imported
bete at different time in shipping In
plants, but they soon dis ppear, as they
cannot live in this) climate.
"There is money in the cranberry
business and the many bogs of Tilla
mook county are waiting for men of
mean and energy to develop them."
PROFITS ENORMOUS
Staid; r J Oil CcLrpsny ot ludiica
Veritable Cold Hint.
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ORLANDO RICH IN ORE.
the
to Bottom of
Cage Drop 760 Feet
Shaft.
Negaannee, Mich., Sept. 21. By a
cage plunging 760 feet down the shaft
of the Jones a uugnnn iron mine, ii
men were killed snd seven fatally in
ured. The csge with its human
freiiiht was beioi lowered on it first
trip of the dsy, when the brake udden
Iv failed to hold. Two other men
Dranu to the assistance of tne one av
the brake, but their effort did not
avail and the wire cable continued to
unreel from the dram like thread from
spindle.
The cage shot down a eonrla of hnn
dred feet before a kink In tha too rr
idiy paying out cable caused it to part
uu i um im point the cage liad
sneer crop w toe oottom of the shaft
ine saieiy carcr.es with which it wss
equipped lanea to operate. The surg
lng oi the cable and it m.l fliuht tore
out part of the side of the engine house
no nppeu out several of the sheave
n and about the shaft house. Work
men at the bottom of the mine imme
diately set about the task of removing
the dead.
The bodies lay in one pile, a mas of
ifelee flesh and blood. The bone
the bodies were so shattered that the
men, when they struck, were piled on
top of each other like so many pelts
leather. Seven men were found still
alive.
When all the miner came from un
der the ground snd many anxious wive
nd other failed to find member of
the familie who worked in th mine
the scene was pitiful. Prieets and min
later moved among ttie people consol
ng them and begging them to be calm
future crop; that is, cutting to a diam
eter lira t, and not leaving the land to
revert back to the state for taxes, a
baa been the policy of many of the lum
ber companies in the lake region. The
high price for lumber will make It
possible to leave trees having a diamet
er of from twelve to tweuty-lour inchet-
for the future crop. Then these devel
oping tract of forest land should be
well cared for. Fires should te kept
out, and law should be rigorously en
forced preventing the cutting down of
the tree until they have grown to the
right size. All this means, ot course,
a sret need for skilled foresters, and
considerable expense, but it will be t
perpetuate the rich forests ot the 1 acl
fic Northwest, and every dollar oi aucti
expenditure will return to the people
doubled and trebled. '
Island Assembly Callsd.
Manila, Sept. 20. The governor
general has issued a formal proclama
tion convening the national assembly
on October 18. Plans have been made
to render the Inaugural session of the
assembly a brilliant function. The
members of the Philippine commission
believe that there is a prospect of the
early passage of a public ntiiltiea law,
based on the recent railway rate legis
lation of congress. An elaborate recep
tion will be tendered Secretary Taft.
Cxolgoax' Parent Poor.
Cleveland, O., Sept. 20. M. Cxol
goi and his wife..arent'if the assase
in cf rreeident McKinley, have applied
to the city charity department for as.
slstanre. Csolgo I 83 and bis wif
75 year old.
Japanese Are Pourirg In
Victoria. B. C, Sept. .1. The itm-
er Indiana arrived at quarantine with
5 Japanese destined for Vancouver.
nd remained at quarantine until aome
time last evening in older to reach
Vancouver aliout 3 o cUrk this morn
ing. The Japanese naa heard of riot
n Vancouver, and were anxious to land
here. The Shinano Jlaru also brought
312 Japanese, 1J nem- for Victoria
ami Vancouver nd 119 lor Seattle. Ao
cording to advices hy the Shinano
Maru, cholera l epaiemic n many
part of Japan.
Two Mors Plagu Death
Kan Francisco. f'T'- 21. The total
number of bubonic plains case to dte,
reported at today meeting of the
board of health, u JS, an increase of
wo over yesterday ors. Twenty of
these 35 have oiei, ami there are 20
ratlonta nnder oDservxlon aa unveri
fled suspect. The no' sale merchant
onth of Market itreet, in the water
front neighborhood, "ve united in a
statement to the thori tie that they
will at once betfin a general campaign
of cleaning up ttir premises and dis
trict. ..
Large Fle Gathering.
Fan Francisco, W- 21. The grow
in fleet of warihll" " the bay was
added to today bT .'he arrival from
Bremerton navy Jrd of the armored
cruiser Charleston. The cruiser pro
ceeded at once to Mare island, where
she Joined th rroi" AiDany, Lin
clnnati, Raleigh toi number of tcr
,.t Krw. dMtmverf. all prohabih
itv all of the vee-el'1! remain at the
navy yard until p'mng of the
cruieer indron hojngluln.
Date For Patton, Trial.
Boie Sept. 21"Bv greement of
attorneys and tha the trial of
George A. Pettibor-t" Axed for Octo
ber 4. Judge to with,
draw from the Borti i las n order to
give all bis time "V 00 "l
p.ttihnn. trial, r14 ch'1
with complicity UtQfd.rof for.
ernor Steunenneri-
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PROKKBMOK X. O. SIECKE
Head of tlx Newly Kitatltthet Hchonl ot For
Strike I Mad 287 Feet From
Portal of Tuhnel.
D. M. Adams, mining engineer, who
haa been investiKatina recent strikes at
the Orlando mine, in Northern Idaho,
has submitted bia report to the board
directors. Mr. Adams expresses
mself a well pleased with the ap
pearance of the miue. II say in
art:
"The lead was encountered 287 feet
rom the portal of the tunnel, and was
crosscut 10 feet on the d p of the lead,
huh varies from 12 inches to two (eet
width. The tunnel at the intersec
tion of the lead Is atout four feet wide,
and in cross cutting the lead more tlian
ton oi high grade shipping ore was
taken out. lhisore will average 60
tier rent antimony, and as antimony
ore I worth $2 per unit, the ore is
therefore worth 120 per ton, on the
cars at Burke, Idaho. This ii the main
lead we have been driving for for more
than 12 montha. The strike shows
that we have a well defined, ttrong and
persistent lead, carrying a high per
uentage of first cla a shipping ore, prov
ed for more than 200 feet in deptu and
for about 100 leet on the stiike of the
a me.
"The tunnel is no 302 feet under
cover. '
CRANBERRIES IN OREGON.
New Venture Proving a 8ucct In
Tillamook County.
"Cranberries raised in Oregon
tha new aloimn for the commercial
bodies to cry out to the world at largi
now that the fields oi iiuamooa coun
am moducina large quantities of the
berries that ro ind out the Ttanksgi
ins dinner. B. O. Snuffer, of Till
mook, recently exhibited a box of ber
riea in Portland which were picked
from the marib in Tillamook county
Mr. Snuffer, in telling about the new
Industry, said:
"The vines from which these berries
were picked have not been touched for
eight year except to pick the berries
Because the berries require so little
care and attention, the profit are very
large. ol an acre from the patci
these Denies came I rom has ever pro.
duced less than S25 bushel and with
care would yield 800 bushels. The
berries sell for $3 a bushel. W. C,
King picked 1,000 bushels an acre from
a trsct he owned.
"I commenced the culture of cran
berries in th spring of 1893, and find
that th vine are well adapted to this
climate. They grow vigorously and
where the bog are properlr prepared
they ar enormously productive. While
picking my crop one year I measured
off aome ground and picked them care
fully, and found that they produced at
the rate of 1.000 bushels to the sere
Allowing $1 per bnsbel as net profit, I
do not know of an agricultural product
that will eompare with it, and p acing
figures at a minimum.
It costs about 1200 to prepare the
ground and plant the vines, including
the cost of the plant. The nog musr
be so situated that it ran be drained off
by means of ditches to the depth of at
least 15 inches, and one must also have
control of plenty of water for irrigation
and flooding purpoeee. Although I
have aeen some marshes that were a
success without any water suppiy, uo
not consider it safe, In view of the large
outlay.
"A bog once set in the proper snape
will last indefinitely. The first cost,
lthough quite large, cut littl figure
in the long run.
I find tst the crannerries grou
here are ot a darker color than i nose
grown In the Kaet; those here are much
superior In flsvor, and also weiuh more
to the bushel. The else of the berry is
about the same.
"According to my experience, me
McFarland cranlierry is the best van-
ety for the Pacifio coast. It Is the larg
est and most prolific, a spienain serv
er, and by all odds the best seller. In
the East this sort is considered a poor
keeper, but It appears to re m"
dapted to this climate, uu .
perfection nere. ,
"I have had good success with the
Cherry and Bell variety. They yield
well and sell well, snd are of good
eolor. Their flavor is excelled in nni.t,
snd they are of good sue, mougn m
aa large as ths McFarland berry.
The picking season is usuauy onr
of pleasure, for several reieons, . i...
picker and pmrietor. The weether Is
generally fine September and Octolier
when men, women and cnnuren mmt
for an outing in the cranberry neias.
Tbey come with a camping outfit, pre
pared to enjoy the pleasures cf outdoor
i;- n, i,ilth giving ocean breezes
and a rest from the city and home toil.
-In picking, line are atrecthed
acroaa a plat of ground three feet arwtt
nd each picker wora uriwu -
llnefl, the vine maHcf a carp, u
which to work. They hang on np
right about ii Inch Wn and ar
EnKlaad'a Bfattoaal folti.
Why red ahoukl have been selected
the national color become Intelllgl-
'e when we look at the eros of Ht
cor;e. Sir Walter Scott, when be
rote of bow "their own ea bath
helmed those red cross powers,' waa
icrely anticipating the phrase of to-
ay. But Oliver Cromwell, when lor
'ie first time be put the Kngllsh soldier
i n red coat, probably did as much as
t. George to monopolize red as the na
onal color. The aggressive color has,
owever, many meaulngs and bas lent
self to many uses. In the days of
ho llomani when It flared on the head
f a slave It stood for freedom; In the
'nva of the French revolution It stood
ar freedom backed by blows, while In
he street of the city to-dny the red
ros stands for succor. So for back as
he relirn of Henry II. there was a red
ook of the exchequer, a record of the
nnies of all who held lands "per bar
'nlam,' and at this moment persons
t conseouence In the service of the
f.tfe find their names entered In a red
ook. Loudon Chronicle.
1000 the Indiana Company Earned
More Than Ten limes It
Capital Stock.
New York, Sept. 19 Mote likbt waa
shed upon the rtmerkable taming ra
pacity ol the various uiunry ctusw
panuiof the Standard tin ctnpsny
yvataidsy when Fiank O. Kellcgf, who
is cojidiutlng the rtu.rl suits, ue-
ceded in placing upon the rtrord tbs
profits of 17 of ihe prinrliul subsidiary
companies in the year ll't'3 and lvte.
The statement of earning of th Slind-
rd Oi) comany of Indiana, which wa
recently fined 119,240,1110 by Jsdie
Lai d is. of I h ich to, for relatltf, da-
ch wd that in 1H0 the cm pary tareid
flu. 616. IH2 cn a t ruu lisution ol tl,-
liOO.UOO, or ovr 1 L10 per cnt a jrsr.
The Ind ai.a c n I any in lvttt tamed
more tl an any sulsidiaiy cin fnj ol
the big c it. hire.
Mr Kellopg diviloted during tiro
day, wl lie Clsrei ie ( Kay, SMtilaBi
comptrolltr of the SUnilard Oil -
pany, waa on the ttarnl, a curie in prcb
lem i'f tii.ai cial l cakeeplrig r naad-
ling of sciounts, which Mr. Fsy lailtd
to explain. Fioin figures ml mitttd it
was (hewn that ti e Stai tlard OH ctm
pany of New Yoik in 11'4 made a fro
fit of $7,775,710. and paid as dividend
to the Standard Oil company ol ftw
Jersey the total mm of 32,M SO.
This transaction reduced the net saeete
of the New Yoik company from 40,
425, HU0 lo '5.17,7(H, while ths l a
bilities leaped from 47, 646,335 in 10S
to 81,M5,146 in 1904, an increase of
nearly f 34,000,11(0. The gnaa mrli
of lbe Nt w York c mpany, be wevrr, ia
cratd from $H,th4,6(ll in 1K03 to
100,674, Nft2 in 101 4. Meanw hile the
accounts receivsble of the Standard Oi
ccmpany of New Jeisey gtew Irom 19,-
046,041 In 1U03 to arM,272,24.
Mr. Fay was closely questioned a to-
the nature of the inciesaed liabilities
of Uie New Yoik company, and the in
crease in the accounts receivable ol the
Standard Oil company, of New Jersey,
but he said he could not tell nntil he
had examined the books of both rom-
panies, which he told Mr. Kellogg b
would do.
LOOT OF ROBBERS O,0OO.
Grlllnx l-rarllre.
"I counted seven girls taking
mv acrmon In shorthand this
ing," said a suburban minister. "
getting tired of this business of
I aa church Into school. It Is
down
morn'
"I am
turn'
a dese
cration of the Subbatli and of the sanc
tuary, and it gTta worse year by year.
"When the thing first Ugan, I ad
mlt that I was flattered. I thought
Mi solltarr shorthand writer In my
front Dew was a reporter. I took un
usual pains that morning, and I
.o.rxhixl all the newspapers the next
rinv. In vsln. of course. The short
hand writer wss merely a student of
stenography, using me to practice on.
'Student of atenograpliy should
practh-e on actors and on lecturers, but
no that would cost money. Nothing
suits them but ministers, and every
Sunday, all over our land, young men
and women, with tlieir paua ami iouu-
tain pens, go to church solely to Im
prove their shorthand.
who at
I'Bdlaovrred Crime.
-rn von ooint out a man
the age of thirty bas not committed at
one time In his life a crime that would
have sent him to the penitentiary 7" re
marked a truaty at the penitentiary
the other day. "I do not believe mm
there Is a mnn living, excluding, for
the looks of the thing, the clergy, who
bss not done something to bring him
here had he rc-elved bis Just deserts.
It Is not slways a great crime thnt
send a man to the penitentiary, mere
are men In here for stealing chickens
or clover wed or nothing at an. it
easy to get behind the walla. There are
many men on the outside who should
he In here. I im personally acquainted
with a few myself. But the difference
a I
between tliese people ana mjsen is
that I hnve been caught and they have
not" Columbus Dispatch.
Currency Stolen In Montana Train
Hold-Up.
Spokane, Wash., Sett. 19. Forty
thousand dollars in currency, the
greater part ol which waa in bills if
large denomination, ia now utclareil to
be the haul made by th rohbera who
held up tbe Oieat Noithern Oiiei.tal
limited train near Rexfnrd, Mowi., on
the morning of September II.
This money, according to reports re
ceived bere, was consigned by Ihe Com
meicial National bank, of Chicago, to
the Old National bank, of tils city. In
spite of the fact that the mom y waa
consigned to the Sp( kane ! lank, tha
robbery will not coet Ihe hank a rent
as vie money wss luiry insured in en
of the big I aHlern cen ranies. Tie
money stolen is said to have been in
f ur registered rsclsges, esih prckste
containing $10,0(11. These were in the
car which was il nsmiled by the lib
bers, r'rom the ii ve tiyation of Die
oflicisls it ie believed Ihe f 40,000 waa
actically the full amount si cured by
the loblwrs.
"The Old Nati nal bank know s flh-
ing of the loss of such a shipment
other than that inquires hsve been
made as to whether it was received
here oi not," said W. J. Kornmera,
assistant (ashler cf the ins'ltntiea.
The Commercial National bank, ol
Chicago, may be tracing such a ship
ment, but we know nothing of it. The
bank Is net our t hhsgorrriespondent.'
Nebrsska Fears Diseaae.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19. Fear of ate
epidemic of beriberi, dieeare with
which 20 Japanese laoorer oi ah ii
filleted, piompted lliy liiyairias.
Slattery today to order an inspection el
the Oriel tals in this city, and he will
try to have it extended to the entire
county. Ir. W. L. Wilson, Male
health Inspector, visited the ramp at
Alva and ordered the afflicted laborers.
segregated. No ofliclal action on lbe
part of the state Imard of health he si
been taken. Many Japanese are em
ployed near Lincoln.
Us Ful Oil on Warships.
London, Sept. 19. A tadical chante
regsrds furl for the navy bas been
decided npon by the Biiish govera-
lent. Hereafter oil is to be enlstltF-
for coal at the various navy bare.
leavy purchases oi petroleum alresdy
ave l een made in lexas, l anrorma
nd P.ouinania, and it is stated that tha
nrpoee of the government is to ntili
the entire output of Nigeila, where
rilling parties under control tf the-
lmlralty have been employed for arm
me, anl where the oil depits are
raid to be almoet illimitable.
It BlfW.
When a Ttrltlsh battlealflp was lying
In New York harbor a lieutenant of
the visiting vessel was discussing
rough weather with a group of Amerl
can ne.val officers, one of whom repeat
ed the tale of the day that waa so
windy that the crows bad to wslk
home.
Still, that wind waa nothing to one
we encountered In the bay of Biscay,"
laughed th lieutenant. "Why, It blew
so hard that It took four men to hold
Prince Louis' bst on. snd even then
It blew the snchors off tb button en
bl coat" Womao'e Home Companloa.
Ia Her t put s'P t tb prtctle
of blading women' feet, th China
Board ef Education haa toned order
prohibiting th al of saall aboa.
Ji)ph Nix, th Wcsleyaa rtforner,
taok 3.M5 signatories te U plSf la
afo da;' gospel tempvane naetiBf ra
ceatly bald In Bradford. EefUsd.
Flour Trust Rail Price.
San Francisco, Sept. 19. Th floor
trust has raised the price of floor 20
cent a barrel, or 5 cent a sark. The
trust has also notified the grocers that
ley must charge the consumers thia
Ivanre. All the prmcipsl flour mill
thia and neighboring cities belong;
to the trust. While formerly the price
a sack of flour was $1 .55, the re w
rdcr provides thst th consumer shall
ereafter pay $1.00 a sack for the eanitt
flour.
Regain Trad of Alaska.
Fan Francisco, Sept. 19. In order
to regain, if possible, the Alaeka trade,
which is worth 115,000,000 a year, that
merchant of thia city, at a largely at
tended meeting yesterday In th cham
ber of commerce, authorised a commit
tee, representing all th big (hipping
Aims here, to negotiate for the estab
lishment ol a direct line of steamer to
Norn and the southeastern point is
tb territory.