Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, August 31, 1906, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MILKING MACHINE TESTS, Demonstration of Their Value To Bt Given at Stat Fair. Balatn Milking machine to opera tion will be oo ol tb principal fea ture ol th dairy department at tb fttata lair, which open bar Beptember 10. Fainisrsend dairy man hav al way btaq Interested In tb aobjaet ol tnilklni machine and thalr lotaraat a fcerome particularly atroni In tha laat (aw year wbaa dairying, in tbli a tat a hat baan hampered by tha dlflloalty In ocarina, milker. Man di not Ilka to milk and will not tak work ol that kind II thay can t anything alaa at tha am vagee. But milking tnacbtn rj ha not generally baan lonnd to ba noceaatal and dairyman bav baan compelled to depand upon anch labor as tbay eon Id tat. Thar ar som maoafactnrar ol milking machine wbo tblnk tb, bav contrived apparatus that will attract tb lacteal Bald Iron tba patlant or Im patient eow, wbatbar aha ba a hard mllkaror an aaijr ono. Machine ao Impt that a boy can rnn tbam, ara al legad to b raady lor tba farmer who doean't Ilk to milk and cannot Mra omebody alaa to do It lor blm. Ma cblna adjiutabl lor tall cows or abort onea, klckar and nonklcker, Jraya, ilolitalna or scrubs, await tba doubting owner ol tb dairy bard. It't all a -question ol prool and the itata board ol Agriculture propoaa to give tb nana lacturara ol milking macblnaa tba op portunity to prove by actual dama tratlon. Thar will ba plenty ol cow at tb lair and tb owner ol machine will b called upon twice a day to do tb milk' log. II tb macblnaa work to tb ant (election ol th farniere, there will b eome buslne In milking macblnaa, II tbay don't work, tba oowt and their owner will glv tb machine mano(ac tureri tb laagb. But whether tb macblne work or don't work, tha atate board ol egricul lure will glv th farmera a chance to ee tbam tried, aod beyond doubt there will be rancher aronnd th stock pent twice a day to ee the demonstration, and th Inn, II any ol tb cow object to tb unaccustomed treatment. ' New Hoapital at Chemawa. Cbemawa Plan and tpeclBcationt bare been received at the Indian aebool bare lor a new brl k f 11,000 hoapital, lor whloh blda will be received and the contract awarded Bepiember IS. The fcolldiog I to b lupplied with tb lat- at Improved method ol beating and ventilation, and will be equipped witb th beet sanitary appliance. It will be iteam boated and electric lighted The main building will be two atorlee, 0x33, and will bava two wing. 81i2a. In eonneotion with the new hoapital tb achool management will continue and extend the open air sanitarium -which It ha been running ilnce iprlng with excellent results. Oregon Flan Good. Btlem George Verbeke, eon ol on ol th wealtbieat linen mannlaturar ol Ohent, Belgium, and a member ol the firm ol Morel A Verbeke, I in Salem to make a eclentiBo Inveatlgatlon into the poaaibilltie lor the development ol the Hex and linen Induatriea ol Oregon. lie tatd: "I have been able to arrive t only one conclusion a a reault ol the limited Inveatiirationi wblcb I have made during my itay here, and that la that Oregon certainly produce a vary high grail ol flax, equal to any that I have ever lean, and, in my - Judgment, it i capable ol being manufactured in to the choicest ol linen fabric." Burned Tree Hav Value. Albany Experienced lumbermen tate that activity on the part ol mill men will save much ol the timber in the burnt diatrlct op the North San tlam river. The fire ai It rushes through th groan timber burn those part ol tb tree which are loaded with pitch, and leave the wood bat little charred. All the limb and foliage are devoured, and the pitchy bark I burn ed through, bat tb part that I vain' ble for lumber is injured but little This charred timber may be u til lied for milling purposes at any tim within four years alter th fir a a rule. Clackamas Farmera Are Pleaaed. . Oregon City Gottfried Hoehnke, a farmer at Bhabel, reports a yield ol 74 bushels per acre from a five-acre field of oats. An exceptionally good yield of wheat and oats, both in quality and quantity, I reported by Clackamas county farmers as far as the harvest has progressed. A yield ol 70 bushel ol oats per acre is also reported from the farm ol George Laxelle near New Era. Cuta Heavy Crop of Oata. La Grande James Halley harvested 10 acres ol oat last week,, which will average 80 bushel. The straw wa ao heavy and thick that tb binder could cut only hall a swath at a time, and it took two day to cut the grain. This should not be considered bad for a VALLEY VALUES AREfRISINQ. Land Purchased Last Year Increases About 28 Par Cent, f alem That tb big profit In Ore gon real estate are not made In Port land alone, or In city property alone, 1 Indicated by an Investment made lees than a year ago by A. M. La Follette, a Mieelon bottom farmer. La Follette bought a 90 acre farm laat tall at 162.60 an acre, paying all that his neighbor tbonght tb place worth. Ue bought it mor for tb Investment than lor use, lor b already ha all tb arm land be need. A lew day ago b wa offered ISO an acre (or tbe earn farm, or an Increase of 117.60 an acre. . Th total Investment wa $5,625, and th amount offered a year later wa i7.S00.oran increase of 11,675, or about 18 per cent. Mr. La FolletJ think It will advance atlll further and yield blm a much larger profit, o be refueed tbe offer. He tblnk th build ing of electric roads through tb valley will rale (arm land values in tba next lew year. Physician to Indian. Chemawa Pr. F. E. B later', of Ba. lam, ba been appointed physician (or th Omaha and Winnebago Indian ol Nebraska, and will leave lor hi post eoon. Dr. Slater was tbe physician at the Cbemawa Indian achool lor nearly a year. II became lute reeled In tbe Indian work and requested a perma nent appointment from tbe commis sioner ol Indian affair. Dr. Slater gave excellent satisfaction at th Indian ecteol her In treating tba disease In oldent to Indian. Wheat Record at Wcttn. Weston Weston claims th largest crop threshed In Oregon, and parbapt in tb Northwest, la proportion to tbe acreage aeeded. J. M. Bannister bad exactly 6,641 sack from 208 acre, on mil west ol town, an average of AS buabel an acre, at 140 pounds to the sack. The wheat 1 Pale Olory, which bat been grown to a considerable extent around Helix but baa Just been Intro duced In th Weston country. Coqullle Mill Are Busy. Coquille The sawmill In this vi cinity are running overtime, which I practically tb Bret time they have run even loll time since th San Francisco earthquake. . Many ol them would run nlgbt and day I' band could be ob tained. All kind ol laborer are scarce, especially carpenter. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Clnb, 6768c; bloectem, 7071c; valley, 71c; red, 64A66o. Oata No. 1 white, 122122.50; gray, i2oa:i. , Barley Feed, 120 per ton; brewing, 128 50; rolled, 2d(924. Bye $1.80 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No 1, $119 13.60 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $16; clover, $7(97.60 cbeat, $6.60; grain bay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch yay, 1 707.OU. Fruit. Apples, common, 60075c per box; fancy, $1.2692; apriooti $1.2591.85; grapes, $191.75 perorate; peaches, $191.10; pears, $1.76, plums, lancy,609'0o per box; common 61 76c; blackberries, 596c per pound; crab applet, 75o per box. Melons Cantaloupes, $1.7592 per crate; watermelons, I9IH0 per pound Vegetable Bean, 697c; cabbage. l$2c per pound;' celery, 85c9$l per doaen; corn, 169200 per dosen; cu cumbers, 40960c per box; egg plant, luo per pounn; lettuce, bead, zoo per doxen; onion, 1012o per dosen; peas, 495c; bell peopersj 12915o; radishes, 10915c; per dosen; rhubarb. 292Ho per pound; iplnach, 293c per pound; tomatoes, 60 90c per box; parsley, 6c; squash, $191.25 per crate; turnip, 00c9$l per aack; 'car- rota, $191.25 per lack; beet, $1,259 1.60 per aack. Onions New, 191 Mo per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanka, 70975c; sweet potatoes, 494M0 per pound. ' Patter Fancy creamery, 2225c per pound. Egg Oregon ranch, 21 9 22c per doaen. Poultry Average old hens, 13o per pound; mixed chickens, 12 913c; springs, 139140, old roosters, 99 10c; ' dressed chickens, 1415o; tur keys, live, 16922c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 20922c; . geese, live, 8910c; ducks, 11918c. flop 1906 contracts, 18 9 20c; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon average - best, 15919c per pound, accordtpg to shrink age; valley, 20922c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 8880o per pound. Veal Dressed, 8498o per pound Beef Dressed bulls, So per pound; cow, 4 k 5.Hc; country steers, 6 80 Mutton Dressed, fancy, 798o per pound; ordinary, 586o', lamb, fancy, HEAT 8HRIVELS THE GRAIN. Report of Damage to Crop In th Central Waat. Bloox City, Iowa, Aug. 21. Hot wind tb past two day, following a week ol onusial torpidity, tb maxi mum temperature being dally from 90 to 100, ba created (ear among grata man tbat widespread damage to tbe late grain and corn ba been done. Today ba been a scorcher, although ther ar indication tonight ol a let-up. From Western Booth Dakota, West ern Nebraska and tb northern cential partol Sooth Dakota and Southern Minneeota report today ar that late grain bad been ripened to rapidly that tb berries ar badly shriveled. Th greatest barm I expected la cornfield, wblcb cave not in ten yean, according to report a week ago, promised anch abundant yield. Corn i la tender teeeel, with kernel In th most sensi tive tag of It 111. Wber molstur baa been sufficient tb damage will be light, bat in tbe vast territory west and northwest from bar It baa been dry lor two or three week and whan th bot wli d cam th vegetation ba been largely robbed of It power ol realst- ai.c. Good authority place tb de preciation la tbe corn crop as the result of tb last week ol fierce beat at Irom 6 to 10 per cent on tb average, with much greater low over various exten sive region. PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS. Death Roll at Valparalao May Reach Two Thousand. Valparalao, Chile, Aug. 21 At 7:62 o'c.cck laat Thursday evening Valpa ralao experienced an earthquake ol great severity, and during 'that night 82 bock war felt. Most ol tbe building of tb city ar lther burned or damag ed. Tbe loa will be enormous, prob ably teaching $250,000,000, Two ibouaand persona killed la considered to be a lair estimate ol tb caeualtlea. . Vena del Mar, three mile from Val paralao and having a population ol over 10,000, Qutribn, 225 mile to tb southward, with a population ol 25, 000; Santa Ltmach. 16 mile to th oortbweat, witb a population ol 6,600; Qulllota, 25 mile to tb northwest, with a population of 10,000, and vil lage all around war destroyed. Most of tbe damage was due to fire, which started Immediately alter . tbe drat abeck. The whole population I deeping in tbe bill, tb parka or th atreeta. Food is very scarce. Milk cost two Chilean dollar, and It I almost impossible to sbtaln meat, even at high prlcM. Tb railway ar all destroyed. Bain, which began to fail immediate ly alter tba first shock, (topped an boar afterward. Ib night ar very cold and windy; the people sleeping in the open are guttering greatly. Tbe captain ol a steamship which arrived Irom San Franclrco says the it- nation bere it wore than tbat follow ing tba disaster at San Francisco. VERY FEW PEOPLE KILLED. Santiago Eacape With Immenae De ttructlon of Property. Washington, Aug. 21. Cable advices re received at tbe Chilean legation today, dated at Santiago, Chile, August 18, stating tbat th earthquake in tbat city wa very aevere, but that there were few casualties. Up to the time of filing the dispatch, which the charge d affaire believe waa Saturday even ing, no new had been recslved In Ban tiago from Valparaiso on account ol tb interruption to th railroad and the telegraph line. A dispatch to tbe State department from tbe consul at Iquiqae reports that Valparaiso is In ruins from an earth quake and 11 on fir. It ia stated tbat at tbe time ol filing the dispatch there was no communication with Santiago and no further details were obtainable. The date ol this dispatch I in doubt. Mr. Buchanan, the head ol tbe Amer ican delegation to the Pan-American congress at Rio, cabled the State de partment today stating that no inform' tion had been received at Rio Janeiro regarding the earthquake, and asked lor new. Secretary Adee cabled the Infor mation contained in the dispatches Irom Minister Hicks at Santiago. Recommend Early Removal. San Antonio, Tex., Aug. Ger. eral W. E. McCaskey, commanding tbe department ol Texas, has made a recom mendation to the War department tbat tbe negro troops at Brownsville and elsewhere along the Rio Grande in Tex as be immediately withdrawn. This information is obtained from an aa thentic eoarce. Th recommendation further suggests that th fort now gar risoned with negro soldiers ol tbe Twenty-fifth infantry be left without garrison in the interim before their re lief can be sent. - Many Town Reported Destroyed. Lima, Peru, Aug. 21. Aooording to newa received here, the towns ol Vina del Mar, Petorca, Hlerro Vleji, Llai llai, Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Nogale. Melon and Zonpallar, Chile, hav been ALBERT DALI3 Livery and FeedStable Our Livery Ptock ia First-Clas. lteatatfentlon to bearding Htock. Your J'atronage ia Kolicited. SPRING STREET Condon Oregon LOST VALLEY LAND (IMCOEFOaATXD) If aaafseturers of and Deslect la Rough and Dressed Lumber Telephone Folt Poata, Wood, Eto. Rough Lumber, per M... Flooring, let clue 112 00 Fire per ent off for Pot ewh. Tea per teat off for eert to enroae peraoa Wtt of 50 M or erer. Kome prlre end aaiae dlx-ount u til and no dlacoum uolM eatli bill It pmld. Condon yard WMt ol . B. Marker's wareboiue. P. M. PUTER, Manager Condon Meat Company JOHN HARRISON, Proprietor Fresh and Cured Meats, Beef, Pork, Mutton and Veal A SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED Comer Spring and Oregon Street CONDON, OREGON The Belvedere Saloon Distributers for the Famous ML Hood Beer Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars WHOLELALE AND RETAIL M. H. ABBEY & AVERY Main and Spring: Sti, Condon, Or. SUMMIT fLETCHER BROS., Proprietors. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars I will give you good (roods and a square deal, but I ara not bere for my health. KO DEADHEADS SOLICITED. MAIN STREET, CONDON 'Stewart Campbell Jamea Campbell THISTLE BAR CAMPBELL BROS Proprietors . - Fine Stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars NEW EIRM NEW STOCK ' NEW BUILDING North Main Street, Condon, Oregon. J. C. HARDMAN CONDON LIVERY BARN HARDMAN & RAMSAY, Proprietors Special Attention to Teamsters' Trade. First-class Livery Service. Hay and Grain for Sale CONDON CITY SHAVING PARLORS FRANK GOLDEN, Mlnget ' - Ftnt Clua Workmen, Sanitary Condition,, Courtaoni Treatmant. Rot and Cold Baths. Balvadara Building, Main and Spring Btraau, CONDON, ORKUON. , The Hotel Grande R. F. MUNROE, Proprietor. First-CUss in Every Respect v Open' AH Night ; Sample Rooms lor Commercial Mas First-Clas Bar la Connection. . ARLINGTON, OEEGOH AND LUMBER COMPANY Shlplao, per ...., Hoofing, Melaas.... ..ins Lost Valley, Oregon vSjfi , SALOON : J. E. RAMSAY OREGON 898Xo. Pork Dressed, 788),o r pound "half-orop year. destroyed by tb earthquake.