INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS.
DOZEN MILLS BUSY
Sisth Annual Session Begins at Ore Year's Cut in Wallowa Will
gon University.
20.000.000 Feet.
University of Oregon, Eugene The
sixth annual summer seeslon of the
university of Oregon, now open under
| the direction of Professor H. D. Shcl-
I <ion, is expected to be the most sue-
Iceaaful and beat attended since tie
summer school waa stsu’tad. It will
'last six weeks, oloslng Friday evei-
I ing, August 5.
Plans are being mide for at least
i 150 students. About Ally f these will
i be regular students Inking extra work
so as to graduate in less than th« re
quired four years, and he rnat will be
students who have no time to study in
' the winter.
Courses are given during the summer
' session in botany, chemistry, educa
tion, English composition and liter«
| lure, French, Spanish, German, hia-
tory, mathematics and physics.
W (th
the exception of English composition
■ and literature, all the courses will be
under the regular heads of the depart-
i tnenta. Professor Henry David Grey,
of Leland Stanford university, will
have charge of the English departmcnL
In addition to Professor Gray, other
well known educators will give lec
ture work in the educational depart
ment The course they are grouped
i under will comprise a series of thirty
lectures on the various phases of school
organisation and administration.
Horse Breeder Files Complaint.
I ped my hands, h« waa to take a deep
' breath and luhalo th« war medicina
'On the Fourth." little liner»« Oupley ■ aa aooo as I removvd the glass stop
remarked.
per. I don't Iteli«»« a mottos waa lost
“I tniet you will all beer In tulnd
on the Indian, they ara g<x«t Imita
Th« roqueet that I make. It I« email, t tor«.
I gav« three war whoops ind
am sure ;
mm!« tny ext«niporan«*<ius speech
A trills. In fact, yon will And.
Then I clapped my hands, pulled the
I merely would ask that you purchase no
cork,
and thrust th« ammonia under
punk,
the chiefs nos«. Ha took a Ion«,
No caps or producers of txHee
deep breath as directed, and fell back
With any Intention of towering n»
ward aa one dead
To tfce level of common place boys
When ho rev 1 vo<l th«.re war« tears
"On th« Fourth of July." he conttnued. rolling down hia checks, and 1 ex-
"to nie
ptH-twl to have no cuore fun that
There Is nothing en palpnbly tame
Fourth, but her« 1 had not reckoned
As crackers, torpwliHw and kindred affairs. on the Indian’s sense of humor
When tired in liberty's name.
That chief weut out and was as
as an oyster about hla treat
The popping they make Is Incompetent dumb
so close did they ke«p the
meni, and
i
quite
secret that every Indian tn the camp
To keep i«ce with my patriot's seal.
Aad I frankly cuufeee that they never cam« Into that tent singly and took
his war medicina without a murmur.—
glee vent
To the joy that 1 Inwardly feel
Gen C A Woodruff
THE BOSTON BOY'8 FOURTH.
"Ho allow me," «aid ha, "on the Fourth
of July
Tn peruse, undisturbed In my dan.
That document famous which y-era ago
came
From the studious Jefferson’« pen.
Do thia, and at eve 1 will gladly appear.
The fireworks costly to see.
Tor the rorkets’ red glare and the bombe
in the air
Will remind me of Frwacie Scott Key."
—New York 8un.
AN AMUSING FOURTH INCIDENT.
Mow
Indlaaa
Were
ImunniU a« VS ar
Treated
M*«l I <*(««.
te
What promised to be the dreariest
Fourth of July In my Ilf« ended In be
I
ing oue of the meet amusing
I was
cent to ths Indian country on Milk
river, Montana, to deliver some annu
ities. and had to wall several weeks
for the Indians to corns tn from their
hunting expedition.
i
The Aaatnibolne Indians came etra«,
>
one
by
«ling into camp
on«, and
•
hung around ¿uy camp wtlh undia-
gulaed curiosity, I had a headache,
and took a quart bottle of axutuoula
from my medicine chest and sniffed
at the cork. 1 knew how to mystify
the Indians, and I did a couple of side
steps, rolled my eyes, jerked my body,
and pointer my finger to ths cardinal
points before taking the dose
The Indians were delighted at my
pantomime of war medicine
1 told
them that whoever took that medicine
could never be killed In war, but that
I waa afraid they would join forces
with ths Hloux and fight against ma
If I gave them that dose
I knew
them to be the greatest foes of the
Rioux, but of course I had to be
coaxed Into giving away my wonder
ful charm
After much persuasion I finally
agreed to do IL but bargained that
It must not be taken tn the preeenco
of others
It wag so powerful that
no novlcw could take the white man's
medicine with others watching him.
Of course that made a hit with ths
Indians at once, and there were many
Volunteers to be number one.
I selected the chief. He walked Into
my toot, and I began my mysterloie
[lasaee at him
In the meantime 1
had two quart bottles before me One
contained water and the other am
mon la I made him understand that
at the ea4 at my apeerk. whoa I eJap-
MAKING ROMAN CANDLES
I adtaneaeable Adjaae«« «• a Froeer
•rassrsh aS Jaly.
In America the manufacture of fire
works has become almost a fine art.
and no doubt the youth of our country
could And this sort of expression for
their patriotic enthusiasm on the
Fourth of July without drawing on the
products of foreign Ingenuity
A
glance at the catalogue of any on« of
the twelve or fift<«en large firms on
gaged In making fireworks In thia
country discloses almost endlcea lists
of devices
Every on« know« what a Homan
candle la. but few know how thia In
dlaiiensable adjunct of a Fourth of
July celebration 1» made. First of all
In the making comes the pasteboard
cylinder, which Is plugged up at one
end with clay. After the clay comes
a small charge of powder
Then a
"star" Is pushed down tight on the
powder, and chargee of powder and
stars alternate until the cylinder Is
filled Then a fuse la attached which
A
Salem A. C. Ruby, who bmeda fine
horses and haa hca<iquarters at Port
land, haa filed a complaint with the
railruati commission against what he
alleges unfair treatment by the South
ern Pacific company and the Oregon
Railroad A Navagation company.
The railroads, according to Mr.
Ruby, are universally alow in deliver
ing ato- k aftir it arrives, the service
ia poor and the freight chargee exor
bitant. Mr. Ruby says all stallions
and jacks are billed at 3,000 pounds,
regardless of their actual welgth, and
some weigh leas than one third that
tlgurv. The men who accompany horses
are compelled to pay full first class
passenger fare to ride in a box car
with the animals.
The coat is there
fore very high.
Recently it cost Mr. Ruby (137 to
ship four head from Pendleton to On
tario
It costs about Ill'll to ship «
horse from Klamath Falls to Portland,
communicates with the powder near
est the top of ths cylinder, which,
when It is exploded, sends Its star
»ailing
upward
A
fuse running
! through ths candle connects other
chars- •« of powder with ths first and
explodes them one at a time. each on«'
■ hooting out ths star which la next
above IL
The stars are made of chemical ml«
turea. which vary with the oolors
A rod star Is
which are produced
sometimes made by mixing four parts
• if dry niUat« of strontia and Bftsin
parts of pulvartssd gunpowder Cop
per filings change the color to «reen
Itoain. salt and a small quantity of
Big Cherry Crop
amber make It yellow Hmall particles
Eugene The 'season's crop of the
of sine change It to blue, and another famous Royal Anne ch«‘rry of the Eu-
and perhaps bettor rwl can bo mail« gene fruit district is enormous, The
by using a mliturs of lampblack and cannery of the co-operativr association
of grower« started up thia week with
niter
200 girls and women at work.
The
•low Kl.ll
| yields from older orchards run 12,000
pounds per acre upwards.
Cherries
will average not leas than 3*« cents a
pound.
After a short season of handling the
grown fruit the manufacture of the
Maraschino cherry will begin and
about two carloaila per week will be
ahippe«! to New York.
The chcrriea
are given a preservative liquid bath
here, then barr«,led and sent to New
York, where they are again trealetl
and made into the tidbit that goes into
I the cocktail that makes the New York
I er happy.
Htg Jimmy (to little Mickey)—Ba
Remodel Map of Oregon.
cause I like youee. I’ll sh«w>t off all yei
Salem Though initiative petitions
fireworks fer yer an" not charge yer have already luen pn-aenled at the off.-
a dern penny!
ce of the secretary of state which pro
As usual, we start In the day after pose by direct enactment to create five
determined to have a aane Fourth new Oregon counties next Novemb, r,
next time, and henceforth to use no petitions are still being circulat««! in
different parts of th«* state asking th
other.
electorate to create two additional
It doe« seem to tha small boy that on« a, making the Hat of new counties
he should have one day to spend un to bo created by the people at the next
ham tiered by rules and regulations
general election a total of seven. Four
I>t him go It la a part of a boy's of these new counti«*« are t«> be located
in Eastern On-gon and three in West
education.
ern Orgeon. If they all carry, the
map of Oregon will be so badly muti
lated the state's own sons will be un
WARNING.
able to recognise it.
Inheritance Tas Fortune.
Salem —The state treasurer's office
haa received the inheritance tax from
the estate of the late Caroline I .add,
amounting to nearly (14,000. The net
value of the estate was 11,491,194.57.
There were five children, each of whom
received l29H.23x.92, on which each
paid to the state (2,932.39, a total of
(I4.M1.9I.
The law provides that a discount
shall be given for payment of Inheri
tance taxes within eight months. This
waa taken advantage of. the saving to
the relate l>eing (733.10. and leaving
the net amount paid to the state treas
ury (13.92H85
Cool Weather Heple Apples.
Hood River The cool weather in th«
Hood River valley has aided the appl<
crop. Orrhardiata are propping the
trees, preparing for the heavy border
of fruit. Apple* have never been sc
large. The box factories are running
full crews making boxes to meet the
drmarxi* A large numtwr of the grow
ere are increasing their orders for box
es as the season advances.
Hood
River ia expected to market 400,000
boxes of apples thia year.
Total
Wallowa The lumlier induatry of
Wallowa is daily becoming a more im-
(vrtant factor in the growth of the
town. From a paltry shipment of 22
car« in the last 12 months, the expor
tation promise's to reach n«-arly 20,-
iHH/.iHH) fwt during the coming year.
Twelve sawmills arc running full
blast within a radius of II miles of
this city and all are marketing their
product here, the bulk of it being |iur-
cha/wd by the Nibley Mimnaugh Lum-
ber company and the Bear (.’reek Lum
ber company. The daily cut of these
‘ 12 sawmills is averaging Very close to
200,000 feet.
The largest mill, that of the Nibley-
Maimnaugh Lumber company, while in
operation for the first time this sea
son, ia cutting about 50,000 feet every
day; the Bear Creek Lumlier company
ia sawing in the *nvighborh<M«i of 40,-
:.-«-t daily, f<'Ur nth. r mills are
each averaging over 20,000 f«*et daily,
and the other mills are sawing from
5,000 to 16,000 feet, according to crew
and capacity of the mill.
The three
largest mills ex|icct materially to in
crease their out|>ut within the next few
weeks.
In order to make the moat of their
product, the Niblry Mimnaugeh Lum
ber company will have in operation
about July I, one of the fineat planing
mills and box factories in Eastern Ore
gon. It will occupy s Door space of
60x120, exclusive of the lumlier sheds
anti power house. It will contain all
m<»iem machinery for the surfacing of
lumber and the making of boxes.
Plans Big Cherry Celebration.
('•»<• (’.wo citizens are preparing
for the Aral annual cherry show which
will be held when the ripening fruit ia
at its beat. The cherry crop will not
t>e quite as heavy as last year, when
Cove waa one of the few districts that
boasted of bumper croja, tart the grade
of fruit will I m better and it will ma
ture much earlier.
About 300 picker* will be needed in
Cove alone thia year for a period of
throe weeks to care for the fruit
Cannery (or Wheeler.
Wheeler The Union Fishermen's
cannery of Astoria, Or., has been giv
en a Hite for a cannery at thia town,
and the company will start the erection
of the building ao as to be ready fur
the fall pack. When the shingle mill
ia start««! here thia town will lead all
other towns In the county as a manu
facturing town ami will have the larg
est payroll.
PORTLAND
MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluett cm. 81
fci82c; club, ,78c; red Rudaeian, 76c;
valley, 80c.
Barley Feed and browing, (196(20
per ton.
Corn Whole, (32; eracked, (33 ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, (20<a21 per ton, East
ern Oregon, (22<<(24; alfalfa, (110(16;
grain hay, (17ftt 18.
Oats No. 1 white, (25.50 per ton.
Green Fruita Apples, Oregon New
town, (2 per box; cherries, 5t<> 12c per
pound; apricots, (1.256/1.35 per box;
(leaches, (1.25 per box; ' plums, (lol.
1.25; gooseberries, 56>6c pound; cur
rants, (2 per liox.
Berries Strawberries, (1.5(X<>1.65
per crate; black berries, 90c<o(l; rasp
berries, (1,666(1.75; loganberritrs, (I
<«>1.25; blackcaps, (2 per box.
Vegetables Artichok«s, 6<W«>75c per
dot on; asparagus, (12 56/2 per box;
cabbage, 2<4<« i 2'«c per pound; cauli
flower, (2 per dox«-n; head lettuce, f>0
( ii 60c per doxen; Imthou»« lettuce, 50e
in (1 per box; green onions, 15c per
doxen; peas, 4'1 Sc pound; pepprni, 20c;
radishes, 15r««20c doxen; spinach, 86®
10c pound;
rutabagas, S1.264rl.5O
sack; carrots, 85co/(l; beets, 11.50;
parsnips, 7oc6(I,
Potatoes Old Oregon, 606175c per
hundred; new California,
per
pound.
Onions- Bermuda, (1.50611.75
crate; red, (2«<>2.22 per sack.
Butter- City creamery, extras, 29c;
fancy outside crramcry, 286«29c; per
pound; store, 20«<i23c.
Butter fat
prices average I
per pound under
regular butter prices.
Egg» Oregon candled, 26/«/27c per
doxen.
Pork—Fancy, lll>Frl2e per pound.
Veal Fancy, lOoillc, per found.
I.ambe -Choice, 86tilc per pound.
Poultry Hens, 16c; broilers, 22*-,<ff|
24c; ducks, !46(20c; geese, 116/14«*;
turkey«, live,
20c;
dressed, 25c;
«quatis, (3 per doxen.
Csttle Beef stewrs, good to choice,
California, (5.75«<t5.9O; good to choice,
Eastern Oregon and valley, (5.60ni576;
fair to nwdium, (4.SOW4.75; cows and
heifer«, go««! to choice, (4 2 56/ 1.80;
fair to rmvlium. (3.50«, 4.75; bulb, (3
"f4; stags, (3.506(5; calves, light,
(5.756/6.75; heavy, (46tfi.
Hog» Top, (9.506t9.76; fair to me
dium, (8.406/9.16; fair to medium
8heep Beat wethers, (4.506(5; fair
to good wether«, (46(4.25; beet ewes,
(4614.60; lambe, choice, (5.506(6;
lambs, fair, (4.756(5.25.