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' ... ". 1 ) ' " ' ' ' ' .. ' i' fuMbiiad tmrf Thonlar by . RUSSELL a PRICE. Sobaorlptloa Kates ' PsrTaar tlM ma Month.. M ThraaMooth M mi 00UR1KK U dovotal to tha bft lnlarwM of tPKAY and WHHLKR COUNTY. Tha llbfral patron- of tht tltlMU of tht M Uoo l rwpMUulljr aoUoltad. m spray. wmnsLEii covtxty, obeon, Thursday, February io, i9ie. NO. 52. vol. xiix i P i it wo? If WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Esrtb. Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Roofs of two large Seattle churches collapsed under the weight of snow. German officials have seised all tex tile producta suitable for army or nary DM. The Premier of Russia, Jean L. Goremykln, baa resigned on account of 111 health. , Parte reporter And Colonel House, pedal agent of President Wilson, regular Sphinx. A Constantinople dispatch reports the suicide of Crown Prince Yussof Iseddin, alleging 111 health aa the cause. Portland theaters enjoy an Immense patronage from people who were on able to get home during tbe enow blockade. The crew of tbe Takata Mara, which collided with the tank ship Sliver Shell, has been saved, but the steamer waa abandoned In sinking, condition. E. A. Taylor, a Southern Pacific en glneer, died In the baggage car of his train near Watsonvllle, Cel., from tbe nervous shock caused by running into a harrow caught on the track. Tbe country home of Archibald Rogers, Standard Oil millionaire, st Hyde Park, on the Hudson, was en tered by burglars) and silverware and many valuable sporting trophies stolen, London cable dispatches from Bata via report that floods are continuing in Central Java. Thus far 120,000 na tive house have been wrecked, many cattle drowned and many miles of rail way destroyed. Great Britain has promised the United States to permit the prompt transportation from Rotterdam of a large quantity of! sugar beet seed bought In Austria for sugar beet farms In Utah. This is expected to make the United Stated Independent of the European supply. Miss Minnie B. Werner, who fell 16 stories from a window of the Trans portation building in Chicago, has re covered consciousness. Her first words were: "I must be hard to kill." Phy sicians believe the girl will recover. She owes her eitcs pe to the fact that she fell on top of a covered auto truck. The Canadian Pacific the Canadian Northern and tbe Grand Trunk Pacific railroads announced at Calgary that on instructions from, the Dominion gov ernment officials, an embargo has been placed on shipment of rolled oats from Canada to tbe United States. The ruling applies to afl special mill prod ucta manufactured .from oats. The missing K!-5 submarine is re ported in her reguilar course oil the coast of Flordia. Many sections oC the Middle West are experiencing floods and much dam age to property ia reported. President Wilt ion declares the U. S. navy is preparod for Immediate war, but It is inadequate in siie. Phessants driven by hunger are swarming Portland Heights, and are being fed by streetcar men ana rest dents. s ' 1 A negro attacks an auto party near Buffalo, N. Y., killing mother and son and seriously wounding the aaugnter, Robbery was the motive' Every employe of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Uo. or neuogg, Idaho, above and below the surface, will receive an increase vt wages of approximately 0 cents day if the crice of lead ke m ud. It Known that the company for soitae time has been contemplating this advance. Canada will send 20,000 snore men to the front in Europe. Ufanv InntAM ara ramrht 2V U. S. marines in the flood-stricken disticts of California. . Senator Reed, of Missouri, attacks Roosevelt in tmi senate by declaring "It la a tiannv thl'nir for this COUntTV -- " rrJ m that there has been Insistence on American rights, and equally fortunate . that t hBM hu m t been . some ihot- headed, importunate, demagogue in the PRESIDENT WILSON URGES SPEED ON PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM Washington, D. C Efforts to speed up the work of congress on the army snd navy bills will be continued this week by President Wilson, He will see a large number of members of the senate and house, and will impress on them bis belief that it is necessary to dispose of the preparedness program as quickly as possible, so work may be begun on the shipping bill, the tariff commission bill and revenue legisla tion. On the result Jt his interviews with members of congress, as well ss on the outcome of the Lusitania negotia tions, will depend whether the Presi dent will make another series of speeches. " lie has not learned yet whether his tour through the Middle West hss had a definite effect on mem bers of congress. JOSHUA W. ALEXANDER Congressmsn Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri, chairman of tha house merchant marine snd fisheries com mittee, Is working en the draft of the admlnlstrstlon substitute for the ship plng bill that failed last session. It Is expected thle. bill will be one of the "pets" of tha administration this yesr. It carries a $50,000,000 appropriation for ths purpose of merchant ships to be ueed ss nsval auxiliaries. Mr. Wilson will confer with Chair man Jones, of the house insular com mittee, on the Philippine bill passed by the senate last week. It is understood that some of the President's .advisers in the house are not satisfied with all of the provisions of the bill, and that there is a likelihood that amendments will be offered in the house. The President is understood, however, to have approved the general features of the bill as amended in the senate, witn its provision for giving independence to the Philippines within two to four years unless circumstances make a change in policy necessary. Appam Is Hdd War Prize. WaHhiWntn. D. C President Wil- ia understood to hold the opinion that the British steamshio Appam. brought Into Hampton Koaus Dy a German crew, must be considered as a. nrize of Germany under the Prus- ian.American treaty in 1828. It is said here that this accords witn me view nf the State deDartment. Tbe Prenulent has not had an opportunity to discuss the case with Secretary naniAin and therefore no nnai aeciBion has been reached as to the length of time the Anuam will be allowed to re main in an American port. Liquor Law to Be Fought. Seward, . Alaska - Men on whose property bootleggers have been arrest Mi at Anrhnrace are m-enarnflr to make a strong fight against confiscation of their lots under the provision in tne deeds prohibiting the sale of liquor at Anchorage. A letter received from Delegate Wicker sham said the general land of flpa at. Wanhintrton wan determined to enforce forfeiture of all lots on which liquor has been sold. British Guns Dominating. Paris The inauguration of an offen sive movement by the German and Bulgarian forces which have been sta tioned along the Greek frontier is re ported in a Saloniki dispatch. It is said an artillery duel has been in prog ress for two days in the neighborhood of Doiran and that the British heavy guns are dominating those of their ad JL --'' tS SCORE OfJOWNS IN ARKANSAS FLOODED Sixteen Dead, ThcusEnis Drivefl From Homes, Water Rising DANGER INCREASING AS FLOOD GAINS Mississippi Continues Encroachments on Levees Many Who Ignored Warnings Swept to Death. Little Rock, Ark. The rspidly- wfdening lake in Southeastern Arkan sas, formed by the flood waters of the Arkansas river pouring through breaks In the levees, had engulfed a score'ofl towns Sunday night, leaving several' thousand persons homeless, taking a, n nf id lives and doinir damasre es timated at many thousands of dollars. Still greater damage is reared u me Miuiaainnl continues to rise. Pre dicted stages at Arkansas City threat en a break in the Mississippi levees, which would precipitate tne greatest calamity. ' All day 700 men who remained in Arkansas City toiled In an effort to strengthen the levees and they were hopef ui that the town would be saved. The narrow strip of levee is the only land in sight there. On one side is the great river, swollen until its sur face is 15 feet above the level of the town. On the other side is a great flood lake, nearly 40 miles long and 20 mlUa wlila Frnm it onlv the Upper stories of buildings In Arkansas City protrude. At the levee are inree steamboats ready to carry the plucky fighters to safety , should they lose their battle with the flood. , The river rose two-tenths or a foot Stirulnv. tn the level of 55.7 feet at Arkansas City and was still rising. Telegraph serivce with the town still is maintained, and the last word from there was optimism. . . ... . .a J I II 1 3 .L. "we iiwinine ngnv nasneu uw operator. At Rainea Landinir. four miles north of Lake village, 400 persons were on the levee witnout sneiier. In Clareandon, on the , White river, wtinrn the levee broke, water was , six feet deep in the highest portions of the town, me river naa aiuuneu stage of 87.4 feet and still was rising. Little is known of conditions in the rural districts o the flooded area, but there seems little doubt that many who refused to leave their homes in face of repeated, warnings have; per- tsneo. The nraaent flood had been the most disastrous in the last 40 years of Ar- ... - IS. kansas history, so rar as loss oi m snd suffering are concerned. The nrnnertv loss his not been so ereat be- i rf i j cause there are now no crops to be de stroyed. Police Guarding Gotham Subway, Mow VnrlrPnl!pa have been aa. signed to portect the 'subway, system from the Brooklyn terminal to tne Bronx terminal and the Hudson and Manhattan tubes on the strentrth of a report that a threat has been made to dynamite the underground roads. The Interborough Rapid Transit company has admitted that police help has been asked. A dozen uniformed policemen are guarding the Hudson Terminal build ing. . , ... . War Call Makes Canadians Panicky. Niagara Falls, Ont Several towns in Western Ontario were thrown into panic late Sunday night by a hurried call to . arms of the home guards. Buglers hurried through the streets anundincr the alarm and unfounded ru mors that one of the bridges here had been blown up added to the excite ment. - At Saint Catharines, theater audi ences were dismissed when the men began to leave in response to the bugle calls, uuards were douDiea at ammu nition Henota there. No official at Saint Catharines would say who order ed out tne guard, due it was under stood to have been a general order throughout tne province. , Pulpit Left for Defense. New York Rev. CharleB A. Eaton resigned Sunday as pastor of the Mad' ison avenue Baptist chucrh here to participate "in the shaping of the new Americanism the new era of Chrisr tianity which must inevitably follow the European war." ., Dr. Eaton, one of the most widely known clergymen of his denomination, is an advocate of preparedness and said that he plans to.write and lecture on the subject. GERMANS 1AKE BRITISH PRIZE INTO AMER1CANP0RT; NEW ISSUE Norfolk, Vs. Given up for lost dsys ago, .the British passenger liner Ap pam, plying In tbe West African trade, sailed like an apparition into Hampton Roads Wednesday, flying the German naval ensign and with her ship's company under guard of a Ger man prize crew. She brought word of a mysterious German commerce raider, the Moewe, which now roams the seas, and had on board the crews of seven British mer chantmen and admirallty transports captured by tbe Moewe before she seized the Appam and started her across the Atlantic for an American port with Lieutenant Hans Berge, of tbe German naval reserve, ana it men in charge. ' According to the story told with greet reserve by Lieutenant Berge to Collector Hamilton wnen ne lormany JUDGE BEN" B. LINDSEY Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, member of the Ford peace party, has ten Hol land for Berlin to study the needs of children in the belligerent countries. It is said Henry Ford told Mr. Lindsey that if it were feasible he would pro vide ample funds to help the children. Judge Lindsey hopes later to go to England and will leave there lor tne United States. reported his presence in American ter ritorial waters, the Moewe captured the Appam bound from Dakar, French West Africa, for Liverpool, altera brief show of resistance on January 16, 60 miles north of the Madeira Islands. W.ahinonn TV C. Until it is de- cided whether the German commander aboard the British steamer Appam .... . . M. A 1 Drougnt ine snip W an American puri. a iIm nf war nr an a converted auxiliary cruiser of the German navy. there will be no determination oi ira American government's coarse re specting the ship. When certain formalities nave oeen rnmnlied with, the shin's DassenKers, iTioluriiniv anvnral British colonial offi cials, will be released and their dis position passed on by immigration au- thnrltiaa Anv nrianner of war will be released, because international law permits no holding of war prisoners in a neutral MUintrv. The United States then finally will have to deal with the uerman crew, . i and if tbey are accounted in navai arvloa nf Rorminv. aa were the crews of the Prins Eitel Frederich and the Kronprins "Wilhelm, already interned f tha Nnrfnllr navv Van). theV. tOO. will be interned unless their ship goes to sea to run the cordon oi tsrinsn i.mianra mitairiA. As to the disposition of . the Appam herself, if she is held to do an auxil iary cruiser her commander will have the option of putting to sea after a eeratin time to make repairs and take provisions. If aha la rinVarnd a tirise. the sitUS tion becomes more complex, and in ... a a.. . . T I that event it is admitted tnat tne uni ted States will have to deal with prob ably the most novel question concern ing its neutrality that has arisen durr ing the war. As one of the first steps, tv.. nmhiam nrnhahlv would be re ferred to the neutrality board, which is an unofficial body wnose i unction is merely advisory.. . Middies Asked to Leave. innannlia. Md Two hundred and twenty midshipmen, about one-quar ter of the whole numDer at tne - nav as star! a trtT? will VSa aaked to resicTi with in the next few days, owing to their failure to pass in certain subjects at the semi-annual examinations, which hsve just been concluded. The number in each class is about as follows: . First or graduating class, 20; sec V i ond, 50; third, 60; lourtn, eu. BIG VALUE TO FARMER Prairie Chicken Is Efficient De stroyer of Farm Pests. Nearly 15 Per Cent of Birds' Food Consists of Insecte, Bulk of Them , Grasshoppers Destroys Many . Beetles. The prairie chicken, now common only in Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, the Dakotas and Manitoba, is one of i3 V; F i '- Prairie Chicken. the birds which formerly occurred over a much wider range than at pres ent and In far greater abundance. It has been reduced principally by hunt ers, as have so many of our finest species of birds. Many sportsmen de clare allegiance to the highest prin ciples of game preservation yet fail to practice these principles. Like birds of Its family tbe prairie chicken is very prolific and if ade quately protected would soon become numerous in its old haunts. - The bird Is easily domesticated, hence IS emi nently suited for propagation on pre serves. .- v. ' The prairie chicken Is valuable not only as game, but as an efficient de stroyer of farm pests, and any farm er would profit by having these birds reared on his place. Almost 15 per cent of the birds' food consists of Buffed Grouse. weed seeds, including those of such pests as foxtail grass, smartweed. and rae-weed. The prairie chicken eats a great deal of grain, but takes most of it from stubble. The bird is rona VALUE OF STRAW FOR STOCK Comfortable Stable and Good Bed Is as Necessary fpr Animals as It ' ; Is for Human Beings. ' All stock should be given a thick bed of straw, leaves or sawdust A comfortable stable and a good bed Is as necessary for animals as it is for human beings., If straw is wanted for feed, forest leaves may , be used In stead. Leaves contain a large percentage of ash, and though not so valuable as straw for litters, are very good. Sawdust makes an excellent litter for all stock. It not only adds - bulk, which is of value, as thus the manure Is divided, and is more easily and evenly distributed, but it decays both In the heap and In the soil, thus af fording organic matter and ash to the plant, while it retains all the valua ble qualities of the manure. Sawdust absorbs the urine, and when this saturated sawdust Is thrown out into a pile In the yard. It will soon ferment, ahd it the ma nure Is not kept moist and well p las- I Ms5 S' of such mast as hazelnuts and acorns. Nearly 16 per cent of the birds' food consists of Insects, the bulk of them being grasshoppers. Among other pests eaten by this species are the Colorado potato beetle, encumber bee tle. May beetle, cotton worm, army worm, cutworm and chinch bug. Tbe ruffed grouse, called "par tridge" in the northwestern states and pheasant in some other parts of Its range, Is one of our most widely rang ing game birds. It inhabits wooded regions from Canada and Alaska south to California, Colorado, Tennessee and northern Georgia. It responds to pro tection In a gratifying manner and has proved to be well adapted to propagation under artificial conditions. On account of these qualities and its desirability as a game species It la a good subject for game farming. Wild fruits, mast, and browse make up the bulk of the vegetable food of this bird. It is very fond of hazel nuts, beechnuts, chestnuts and sfeorns, and it eats practically all kinds of wild berries and other fruits. Vari ous weed seeds are also consumed. More than 10 per cent of the food con sists of Insects, about half of which are destructive beetles. GROWING SUGAR-BEET SEED Outbreak of European War Hss Cut Off Supply From Germany Parm er Must Find New Source. The greater part of the sugar-beet seed sown each year tn the United States has formerly been Imported': from Europe, principally from Ger many and Russia. Tho outbreak of i the; present war has cut off this sup- ply and now tbe problem Is to find new sources for obtaining seed. The growing of beet seed has been neg- . lected in this country due to a de creasing sugar content in beets from native grown seed and also to the scarcity of the hand labor necessary in harvesting the crop. But now It is up to tbe American farmer to grow his own seed. Although most of the factories have sufficient seed on hand . for the 1916 sowing, yet a considerable acre age has been set to seed beets. The beets are set out early In spring In rows four feet apart, the crown of the beet being just level with the sur- r face -of the ground. - First a large thick cluster of leaves grows op to about 18 Inches in height and then the seed stalks appear. Some beets send up but one large branching seed stalk but the major ity have several, four to ten, of the tall branching stalks. The beets are cultivated both ways similar to corn until about tha 3rst of July when the seed stalks get so tall, in some cases reaching up five and six feet, and bending over pre-" vent cultivation. ;When viewed near by a field of these plants does not present a very prepossessing appear ance, the tall, straggling seed stalks greatly resembling large plants of the narrow-leaved or curly dock. Size of First-Class Tubers. ' First-class potatoes, says an expert, . should contain no tubers that will go through a hole one and seven eighths Inches square. It may be add ed that over-large potatoes should also be left out it one Is putting up a car of first-class potatoes. The more uniform the potatoes, the better' price they will usually bring. Storage for Sweet Potatoes. "If sweet potatoes are put In a dry cave that can be heated by a stove they can be plied In and kept the same as Irish potatoes. Until they are dried out the cave should be kept at 65 to 75 degrees; after that there should be an even temperature of about 60. This Is the experience of a market gar dener. Prevent Vegetables Wilting. , Cover carrots, beets, and other root crops lightly with dry sand to pre vent wilting. tered much of the ammonia In the manure will evaporate Into the air, . The better plan is to mix the horse manure with the cow manure,' using plenty of plaster and wood's earth. A layer of each kind of manure mixed with a few shovels of wood's earth will add vegetable matter and ' pre vent the loss of the urine, 'which la the most valuable portion of the ma nure.. Straw is worth fully $2.50 per ton for bedding alone, and If dry and of good quality, worth twice this for feed. In cold, frosty weather plenty of bed ding Is a great comfort to a work horse, and, In fact, to any animal. Bed the sheep pens with a little straw. . once a day. Most of the straw will be eaten It of good quality. Marshy Land for Geese. ' Geese do well on wet or marshy land where hens and turkeys would not thrive. . Most Profitable Cow; The cow to be profitable must be a vigorous member of a mllk-produdng breed White uoase. versaries.