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? * * Wv — POR EXTRA SESSION. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON MOLD ON TO YOUR PRUNBS. - Advice Often to O m m t by ■toner Reynolds. Ral em— “Prunegrowem who have not already sold their fruit should hold it. Cor a price that will give them a fair profit,*' says Lloyd *9r Reynolds, for merly horticultural commissioner for the second district. ' “Dealers are around offering to pay a basis price of 1% cents. Probably a — majority of the prune crop this year, w ill average in the 50-60 to-the-pound also, and at this basis growers would get only 3 cents a pound for their fruit. Since the cost of labor and fuel has advanced, 3 cents a pound Is about the actual cost of production. Growers are cutting their own throats when they t -sell at such figures. "T he condition, of the fruit market does not warrant such low prices. _1 France had a very short crop and ia "buying prunes heavily in this country. T h e dispatches from N ew York tell us that the packing houses in this country have had difficulty in filling the orders as fast as they are received. The apple crop of the United States is 1,000 000 barrels short and prices for that fruit will be high. Canned goods have advanced very materially. In every view of the situation I can see no rea- on why prunegrowers should not re ceive a fair price, If they will ask for it. "It seems to me to be certain that all the prunes will be wanted and the proper course for the growers is to wait until a living price la ‘offered. I do not advise holding for speculative prices, but for a living price. Oregon prunes this year are of first-class quali ty and they give satisfaction wherever sold. - •- V “ LIEU LAND REJECTIONS LARQB Land Agent West Puts Records In Order and (lathers Figures. Salem— State Land Agent Oswald W e s t has Just completed the classifi cation and filing of the correspond ence and papers relating to state lieu land selections in Oregon. Hereto fore the records have been in confus ion and one seeking Information re garding any particular selection, would have difficulty In finding it. N ow the records are arranged so that any desired Information may be had at a moment's notice. The list shows that the lieu land selections upon min eral base, which have been passed upon by the Federal Land Depart ment within the past year or two ag gregate 74,000 acres, of which about 4.000 acres have been clear listed and about 70,000 has either been rejected, or is still pending with the outlook poor for its approval. Pendleton Owns Its First Park. I Legislature to Remedy »tate of Affairs. niLL IN SOTTHBRN OR BOON. Butte, M ont, Nov. 6.— A Helena dis patch to the Miner says that petitions from all sections of the state are pouring into the governor’? office ask ing that an extra session of the legis lature be called to remedy the state of A f f ^ s existing lb Montana as a re- the suspension of the Am alga mated mines and smelters. Governor Toole as yet has made no announce ment as to his determination in the matter. A move Is on foot to have a memor ial presented to the legislature, in the event it is convened in extra session ¿king that body to submit to the voters of Montana an amendment to the con- sitution providing that eight hours constitute a workday for miners and smelting men. Notwithstanding Mayor Mullin’s or der, every gambling house in the city was open all night. The four big es tablishments were notifled to close at midnight, but they paid no attention to the order. Long after 13 o'clock and until an early hour this morning the houses did a rushing business. President William ScaUon, of the Anaconda mining company, and F. Augustus Heinz, both deny that any negotiations are on for the purchase of the Heinze properties in Butte. This denial followed a report emanat ing from Boston to the effect that Mr. Heinze had been offered $15,000,000 for his Butte miney. Pennsylvania Capitalists Preparing for a Heavy Cut of Vlmber. PANAMA RBVOLT. W ILL MANUFACTURE STAVES. Moulton Win Hava a Plant That W » Em ploy 100 Men. S t Helens— It Is now a settled fact that the Western Cooperage Company, composed of Kentucky capitalists, will build a large stave factory at Houltou, on the Northern Pacific rail road, just on the outer edge of the cor porate limits of S t Helens,. A dozen men are already at work getting camps ready in the woods, where the bolts for the staves will be cut,up and split into the usual size. A factory site has been purchased from W . H. Dolman, at Houltou, which has ample space for switches and side tracks. Options have been secured on several tracts of timber land, and «a contract has been entered into with the Oregon W ood Company to float down 800,000 cords of stave bolts an nually. Construction work will begin on the factory at once, and the man agement state that fully one hundred men will be employed in the mill and timber. This company owns factories in Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia and at Seattle and Aberdeen, Wash. Itoseburg ■— The Kelleher-Skelley Lumber Company has just been in corporated here, by W . J. Kelleher, John K. Skelley and W . H. Sykes with a paid up capital of 360,000. The com pany has already acquired about 6000 acres of fine timber lan d. on Billy Creek, a few miles west of Yoncallg, in this county. A sawmill building has already been erected and part of the machinery is now in place. The plant will have a daily capaclty o f 50,000 feet of lum ber to begin With, and will be ready for operation within 30 days. A flume will be put in from the mill to carry the product direct to the Southern Pa cific railroad track at Drain, where a lumber yard will also be established. Looking tor Rosorvotr Rites. Ashland— H. E. Green and J. E. Reese, of the hydrographic branch of the United States Geological Survey, arrived In Ashland last night from San Francisco. They are in the re clamation service and will cross the mountains eastward froifl here on an extended exploration and in1 ing trip to locate possible sites for res ervoirs for the storage of waters for irrigation purposes. They go to Pel ican Bay. Fort Klamath, The Agency, Sprague River Valley, Bly and Bonan za, and their itinerary will take in all the Modoc lava beds and the Honey Lake district October Asylum Report. Salem— The report of Superintend ent J. F. Calbreath. of the State Ip* Bane Asylum, for the month of Octo ber shown that the general health1 of the patients is good. The total cost of articles consumed was $7163.99, and the expenditures for salaries $5999.10, or a total of $13,163.09. The average daily enrollment was 1330, making the cost per capita per month $9.89, and per capita per day 32 cents. Agriculture will not have attained tbe highest place nutli farm* of tbs country have been made to produce annually the full measure of their ca pacity. This means rotation, fertili zation and a host of other things that must come with progr essive farming. Independence of tbs Isthmus Has Been Proclaimed. Panama, Nov. 5.—-The Independence of the Isthmus was proclaimed at 6 p. m. today. A large and enthusiastic crowd of all political parties assem bled and marched tb the headquarters of the government troops, where Gen eral Tovar and General Amaya, who arrived thls morning, were imprisoned in the name of the Republic of Panama. The enthusiasm was immense, and at least 3000 of the men in the gathering were armed. The battalion of Colombian troops at Panama favors the movement which is also thought to meet with the ap proval of at least two of the govern ment transports now here. The seeming inhclvity on the part of the government in not preparing some defense when rumors of the uprising became rife are looked upon as show ing confidence in the reports made by General Obaldia, the governor o f the department of Panama, who issued a manifesto thanking all political parties for the adhesien promised to the gov ernment when it was reported a heavy force was marching in the vicinity of Penomeme. The streets of Colon today present ed somewhat the same appearance as during the days of the revolution. Several hundred troops, who arrived today from Savanilla on the Colombian gunboat Cartagena, with their wives, are squatted on the street corners. The battalion consists of 450 soldiers, all well supplied with ammunition, un der the command of General Lovar, who left for Panama today, but the troops still remain here. Pendleton— Pendleton is now the owner of a city park. For years such a move has been agitated, but nothing was done until a week or so ago, when the council bargained for the property in the east part of the city, where the water Bupply is secured. The money has been paid over and the deeds filed. The land was purchased from 5UBMBRQED WRECK, Jessie 8. Vert, consisting of one en tire block, and for which she received Fonnd in Twenty-Five Fathoms of Water Malheur County Clean-Up. 31500, and four lots from V. Btroble. In Barclay Sounu. Baker City— General Manager O. C. T h e city purchased this property to Victoria, B. C., N®v.‘ 6.— A report has prevent buildings from being erected Johnson brought in the clean-up of a 60-day run from the Rich Creek placer been made to Captain Gaudln, Agent there. mine of the Eldorado Mine ft Ditch of Marine, that a submerged wreck, Company, of Malheur county, today. Put Up Much Fruit. The clean-up amounted to about 800 seemingly of an iron vessel, has been Ashland— The Ashland Preserving ounces valued at about $16,000. R. found lying in 25 fathoms of water off Company, which has been operating E. Corburn, o f Carroll, la., is the Amphritite Point, Barclay Sound. an extensive cannery In tills city the principal owner of the diggings. Fishermen have come in contact with the wreck when trolling and the fact present season, will close operations that their "lines, when cleared, showed for the ydar this week. The season f . ____________ rust and iron stains, indicates the pos has been longer than usual and there sibility of it being an iron vessel. The have been more people employd than Wheat— W alla W alla, 75c; blue- vessel is five miles from shore. ever before, the average number of stem, 79c; valley, 78c. Captain Gaudln has communicated operatives being between 40 and 50. Barley— Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, with Admiral Bickford, commanding Manager Charles Pierce reports that $22; rolled, $21. the station, intimating a possibility of during the four months’ run the plant Flour— Valley, $8.75(83.85 per bar the wreck being that of the British has canned 15 tons of Bartlett pears, warship Condor, which foundered in 21 tons of peaches, 10 tons of Btring rel; hard wheat straights, $3.75®4.10; December two years ago. W reckage hard wheat patents, $4.20(84.60; gra beans and seven tons of blackberries. ham, $3.35(93.75; whole wheat, $3.5i from the Condor was found by search ing vessels in that vicinity, but there (94; rye wheat, $4.50. Wood f7 a Cord. Oats— No. 1 white, $1.07J{; gray, Is nothing to Indicate that it is that lost warship, for many wrecks have Pendleton— There is a scarcity of $1.05 per cental. occurred near by within the past year. wood in Pendleton. This is flue to the Millstuffs— Bran, $20 per ton; mid lack of cars to bring it from the Blue dlings, $24; shorts, $20; chep, $18; Qfts Up Indian Hunt. Mountains, from where Pendleton gets linseed dairy food, $19. her supply. There seems to be plenty Douglas, Wyo., Nov. 5.— John Mbrton, Hay— Timothy, $16 per ton; clover, o f wood at the b e lt Prices are excep $13; grain, $11; cheat, $11. a member of the Douglaa^ posse, says tionally high. F ir is selling at 37 per Butter— Fancy creamery, 2 7 ){® 3 0 c the Indians who shot Sheriff Miller cord and pine at 36.50. This price is per pound; dairy, 16 K ® 20c; Btore, and a deputy in a, bloody battle Sat nearly 31 higher than last year. Coal 16c. 1« selling at $8 per ton. urday have separated, and each par Cheese — Full cream, twins, 15c; ty is taking a different trail. The Young America, 15(916c; factory posse was unable to follow the lead, Sale of Orest Timber Tract prices, l ® l j < c less. and the pursuit was temporarily aban Astoria— A deed has been filed for Poultry— Chickens, mixed, 10® 10 He doned. It is the opinion of many of record whereby the Oregon ft Mon per pound; s p rin g ,llj^ e ; hens, 11912c; the officers "that the redskins cannot tana Lum ber Company, of Helena, broilers, $2.60 per dosen; turkeys, live, be caught until they return to the res Mont., sells to Samuel MeClure, of 14® 15c per pound; dressed, 16®18c; ervation, and as fast as they come Into Stillwater, Wash.. 1566.29 acres of ducks, $8@7 per dozen; geese, $7910. the Pine Ridge agency they will be timber land in the Lewis and Clark Eggs— Oregon ranch, 30c; Eastern, taken into custody. district. The consideration named is fresh, 24®26 ‘■¿c. 31000 , but it is supposed a much high Potatoes— Oregon, 50®65c per sack; Russia Sees Peace at Hand. ® er price was paid. - sweet potatoes, 2(92 )fc. Paris, Nov. 5.—lM. 8arinsky, secre Hops— 1903 crop, 12® 22c per pound, tary of Count T.amsdorf, the Russian Vacancies In Legislature. inister of Foreign Affairs, In au in- according to quality. Salem— Not only will a special ses rvlew this evening said Russia de Wool— Valley, 17<9l8e; Eastern Ore sion of the legislature be necessary to gon, 12® 15c; mohair, 35®37jf|c. sires general peace In both the near cure the defect in the taxation laW, and far east, and is not anxious for Beef— Dressed, 6 ® 6 j^c per pound. but a special election will be neces any pretext for a clash with the Veal— Small, 7 * (9 8 c ; large, ffc g ft c Mikado's forces, as some of the Jingo sary to fill several vacancies in the der pound. istic press would try to show. A solu legislature. The vacancies must be Mutton — Dressed, 4 ® fe ; lambs, tion of problems that have been puz filled before the session is held, ac cording to the language of the consti dressed, 6c. T zling the two countries, the secretary Perk— Brewed, 6 ® 6 ]ge. says, 1« near at hand. tution. PORTLAND MARKETS. S Cun • F u r m ar M a k e M o n ey ? My answer is that very many farm ers do make money. One must first consider what the Investment is in an ordinary firm . A general farm of eighty acres, with usual improve ments, would not inventory more than $4,000 to $8,000. W ith the larger fig ure the net Income at 10 per cent should be $800; yet no farm that is considered to be at all profitable pro duces so little Income as this. The dally living, which must bq charged to income, would amount to " more than this. I f the general farmer “comes out even” at the end of the year, he has, nevertheless, made a good rate on his investment, and he baa in creased the value of his home at the same time. The difficulty with farm ing, considered from the financial point of view, is not that the rate o f Income is low, but that the amount of profitable investment is email. Con sidered in Its bearing on the national welfare, this fact is propitious, for it means that the farm provides an in dependent business of small resources. Considered as a means of producing great Individual fortunes, however, the farm is inadequate, and it is to be hoped that It alw ays w ill be so, for at least one great profession or business should be measured in other terms than money-producing power for the individual. There is untold wealth In the soli. There are practically no “exhausted” Soils; they are mostly humus robbed and poorly handled soils. No one has ever yet Beached the limit, on. any con siderable scale, of what the soil is capable o f producing. Many men make a comfortable living on ten to fifty acres of land, and yet they al ways expect *bo produce more next year. Only here and there are we be ginning to develop a really scientific and businesslike agriculture. The opportunities in farming are great It is almost impossible for a man to fail, if he knows the business and has abilities that would load him to success In other undertakings. It I* a general belief that almost any man can leave the city and oofike a living on a farm. This is a grievous error. Farming must be learned, as most engineering or teaching. It can not be learned from a book or a bulle tin, but by farming. The older the man when be make* a radical change of business tbs less are his chances of success. I f he has been In a subor dinate position in his former business, his chances of success in farming are less, for be will probably be deficient in executive handling and initiative. Often a druggist or a preacher will think that he can go to farming with every assurance of success; yet be would not think that a farmer could go into the drag business or to preach ing. Yet many a business man and many a preacher makes a most suc cessful farmer.—L. H. Bailey, In New York Tribune. S eta ta d tha Hey Product. Every farmer strives to get his hay beyond the washing influence of rain as soon as possible. Rain water may dissolve and remove more than 10 per cent of the dry matter of hay, and what Is thus removed may represent quite 20 per cent of the feeding value. H alf an inch of rain means some fifty tons of water per acre, and If the crop be equally spread over the (round. It la of course, subjected to the whole of the washing Influence of this quan tity of water. But if the crop be put Into cocks that occupy only one-tenth of the area, it follows that the hay win be affected by only one-tenth of the rainfall, that is to say, by five in stead o f fifty tons of water. Not only does water actually wash out much of the soluble and most valuable constit uents of bay, but It also removes the aroma, and leaves the crop much less appetizing as food for stock. The coloF, too, suffers, and with It tbe sell ing value.— Massachusetts Ploughman. F a r m N ote*, The greatest mistake that can be made is to allow stock to deteriorate in tbe winter time with tbe hope of re gaining w bst has been lost when grass cornea The sheep will find quite an amount of forage on the stubble field which other swimcu will not touch at this season, but because a sheep is witling to eat what it can find In that manner should not deprive it from receiving regular rations at the barnyard. Every farmer should have a few grapevine*. They serve as arbors or shade, and can be grown where they will not take up much space. A ll poul try yards will be improved if grape vines are grown along the fence* and tb* fowls w ill find shade under the overhanging branches in summer. ■ Some farmers have a side line when engaged' in farming. Some of them _ make more at tbe side issue than they do at tbe main vocation. Neglect must come when one is engaged! in a side issue. This has been ascertained by blttsr experience. In constructing a poultry house I f la best to have its face to the southwest, ■■ the sun w ill then send In Its warmth as soon as It rises. Tbe sun wOl warm the house until about 8 o'clock in the afternoon in tbe winter. I f the house * faces the south, as is usually the cus tom, the sun’s rays w ill not enter bo- fore 9 or 10 o’clock, although the morn ing is the most Important time for re ceiving the benefit. Coop fo r P e t t o a in * C h ic k «««. Where it is desired to take extra pains in fattening chickens, it is nec essary to confine them in close quar ters for two o r ’three weeks before kill ing. Tbe coop shown herewith is Ideal for this purpose. It is set o n Jogs 2% PATTKHmO COOP BOB POULTBT. feet above the ground for convenience In caring for the fowls. Tha coop is about 2 feet wide, 5 feet long, and 2 feet 9 inches high, and will easily hold six bird*. ... The bottom should be constructed of slats, somewhat closer together than the sides and ends, so that tbe drop ping* may fall through. The coops should be placed under ro o fs‘to shed rain and to protect the fowls from tbs hot sun. In cold weather it would be necessary to protect them still more by placing the coops in buildings. Feed troughs and water vessete are attached at the outride in easy reach o f the fowls.— J. D. Spooner, in Farm and Homs. tL-r-r-rr — - - -.- ....------ _ _ Shelled Cora Belt Feeder, M y style of a feed crib can be made o f any slae, so as to suit any number of cattle. Mine, however, is 6 feet wide, 15 long and 10 high. It has run ners, e e, underneath, that it may be readily moved to any place desired. The roof is extended out so as to keep grain dry as well as the hacks of ▲IT ID E A BOB COBIT FEEDERS. steers. It is supported by 2x4 braces as shown at c c c. Cuopla d ia well opened for free ventilation. The floor Is raised one foot in the center, so as to make sufficient fall for (ged to drop into feed trays, f. A slide, g, 1x6 inches by 15 feet, may be used to regulate tbe flow of grain into manger. It should have two handles attached aa shown. Tbe door to tbe scoop hole should bs made with slides similar to a scoop board, as at a, and about 2x2ft feet, that there may be no waste of com while filling the crib. The 2x4’a, b, which form the bottom, should project on each aide about 20 inches to build the feed trough.— A. W . Hedde, in Farm and Home. we H o b H i n t « , Sows with very nervous tempera ments should be avoided. Tbe ]>igs should have a dry, clean bed, free from dust and filth. A sow should neter be confined to a dry lot barren of all grasses and other forage. The cheapest pork Is that made by the wise use of clover pasture. Tbe hog should Arid a place in the economical management o f every farm. No difference how plentiful the sup ply of slops, the hogs should have fresh water dally. W hile dust In the bed la Injurious, more may be said against dampness, which is fatal to thrift The bog to ‘thrive best must bs giv en food that w ill build up the system evenly. Tbe bona, muscle and fat must maintain just proportions,
