OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
REPORT ON OREGON.
Irrigation Expert Investigates State
and Issues Circular.
Washington Oregon farmers who re
sort to irrigation, will be deeply inter
ested in a 80-page circular just issued
by the department of Agriculture, en
titled "Investigations of Irrigation
Practice in Oregon." The book is
written by A. P. Stover, irrigation ea
gineer, who spent last season in Oregon
making a study of irrigation as it is
practiced, so as to find out the errors
that have been made and gather data
which would be helpful in instructing
the irrigators how to avoid mistakes of
the past. The report is not as compre
hensive as might be desired, but con
tains a great many valuable sugges
tions, and is worth the persual of every
farmer who is obliged to artificially
water his lands.
Mr. Stover made a study of the pre
cipation in various parts of the state,
and to a limited extent gathered data
on the discharge of the principal
streams that can be utilized for irriga
tion. He states, in opening his report,
that the greater part of the arable land
of Oregon lies in the arid section and
can be brought under intensive culti
vation only by irrigation. He found
tbat the low water now of most of the
streams of Eastern Oregon has already
been appropriated for private irriga
tion, but as yet practically no steps
have been taken to conserve the winter
floods.
He finds that little of the water now
being diverted is used economically, so
that there is a large supply for future
development.
Because of its comparatively low ele
vation and consequent mild climate,
Mr. Stover says that Northeastern Ore
gon has advantages over the southeast.
The practice of wintei irrigation,
now practiced along the Umatilla river,
is described, and the value of this prac
tice is indicated. It is shown that
these Umatilla lands, under the Max
well flcod water canals, yields a net
profit of (24 an acre, when planted in
alfalfa. It seems that the Umatilla
valley, however, is exceptionally well
adapted for this sort of irrigation, be
cause of the unusual formation of the
soil and the underlying bedrock. Few
localities will be found where winter
irrigation will be as successful. On
Butter creek, where winter irrigation
has reached the highest stage of perfec
tion, fruits Jare sucessfully grown by
combining the principles of winter irri
gation and dry farming.
Several pages are devoted to a detail
description of irrigation canals along
the Deschutes river, which have been
in operation for the past few years, and
also of the Maxwell and Irrigon canala
in the Umatilla country. For some
reason there is nothing in the report
bearing directly on private irrigation
in the Klamath country. The report,
however, contains something of interest
to all irrigators, and will be furnished
by the department upon application.
Fix Hop Picking Price.
Salem One dollar per 100 pounds,
or 60 cents per box, will doubtless be
the popular price paid for hop picking
in the valley this year, since this seem
ed to be the predominating sentiment
as expressed at a meeting of about a
score of members of the Oregon Hop
growers' association, held in this city
last week. The prevailing tendency on
the part of growers, also, is that hops
will go to 20 cents by harvest time and
all present were in favor of holding out
for that figure at least.
Dry Weather Hurting Hops.
Salem The continued dry weather
is showing its effect upon the hop crop,
especially in old yards, and those not
cultivated as thoroughly asthey should
be, and it is declared by many that the
yield will be far under the 215,000
bales that has been predicted. Yards
that have been well cared for are stand
ing the dry weather in good shape.
The potato and corn crops are also keep
ing a good appearance where cultivation
has been good, and the second crop of
clover is coming on in good shape.
Linn County Wheat Heavy.
Albany New wheat is coming into
the Red Crown mill in Albany daily
now. This is the Portland Flouring
Mill's Linn county branch, and annu
ally receives all the wheat it can get in
this vicinity. The new wheat this year
is quite heavy, and is running well up
in yield. In many localities the yield
is reported more bushels to the acre
than in years past, and everywhere the
crops are good.
Harvesting In Yamhill County.
UcMinnville Harvest is now in fall
swing in old Yamhill. Most of the
Uireahing crews began work last week.
The runs will probably extend from 25
to 10 days. The harvest this year will
be the largest for number of years.
W heat Is yielding 23 bushels to the
acre Oata yield 40 bushels to the acre
and weigh 39 pounds to the bushel.
Barley is yielding from 50 to 60 bushels
to the acre.
MORE JUDGES NEEDED.
8upreme Court Badly Behind With
Its Appeal Docket.
Salem The fact that the Oregon Su
pieme court is about a year behind in
its work and has been losing ground in
the last few months has revived the
suggestion that the number of judges
be increased from three to five. There
are now on the docket ready far trial
67 cases appealed from Western Oregon
counties. There are also some on the
Eastern Oregon docket at Pendleton,
but the exact number is not known.
The cases now ready for trial extend
back as far as December, 1905. There
are also on the preliminary docket 84
cases which will be ready for trial in
the next few months, bo that there ij
every prospect that the supply of cases
to be heard will not diminish.
The causes of the court getting be
hind in its work are several. The
number of appealed cases has been un
usually large and several cases of extra
ordinary magnitude have occupied an
unusual amount of attention. Then
there has been a change on the bench,
which always causes some delay. Judge
Hailey was appointed to the supreme
bench last winter. He had extensive
business interests at his home in Pen
dleton and could not at once adjust his
private business so as to give his whole
time to his judicial duties. Then the
political campaign came on and took
considerable time for two months.
Another change will be made the first
of the year, when Judge Eakin goes on
the bench.
Clover Huller In Linn County.
Albany For the first time in the
history of Linn county a clover huller
has begun a season's threshing. Frank
Roth and Ernest Howard, proprietors
of the holler, have already listed about
1,000 acres of clover to hull which
assures a 40 day's run and success for
the venture. In the past three years
the rise of the clover industry in this
county has been remarkable and even
if the present phenominal increase ia
acreage does not continue, clover hul
lers running the season will be an es
tablished feature of Linn county's an
nual harvest. '
Lane County Poultry Show.
Eugene At a meeting of the Lane
County Poultry association it was de
cided to hold the first annual poultry
show in Eugene from December 12 to
15, 1906. There are several bird fan
ciers in and about Eugene and a poul
try show will be a success here. Secre
tary Williams was instructed to arrange
for competent judges for the first show.
County Assessor Keeney was chosen as
sistant secretary of the association.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 6869c; bluestem, 70
71c, valley, 7172c; red, 6566c.
Oats No. 1. white feed, $30; gray,
$29 per ton.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew
ing, $23.50; rolled, $2424.60.
Kye $1.50 per cwt.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $11
12.50 per ton; clover, $8.509; cheat,
$6.507; grain hay, $78; alfalfa,
$11.
Fruits Apples, common, $5075c
per box; fancy, $1.252; apricots,
$1.251.35; peaches, 75c$l; pears,
$2; plums, fancy, 5075c; black
berries, 56c per pound.
Melons Cantaloupes, $1.502.25
per crate; watermelons, llcper
pound.
Vegetables Beans, 57c; cabbage,
l2c per pound; celery, 85c$l per
dozen; corn, 1520c per dozen; cu
cumbers, 4060c per box; eggplant,
lOo per pound; lettuce, head, 25c per
dozen; onions, 1012)c per dozen;
peas, 45c; bell peppers, 1215c;
radishes, 1015c per dozen; rhubarb,
22c per pound; spinach, 23c per
pound; tomatoeB, 6090c per box;
parsley, 25c; squash, $11.25 per
crate; turnips, 90c$l per Back; car
rots, $11.25 per Back; beets, $1.25
1.50 per sack.
Onions New, llc per pound.
Potatoes Old Burbanks, nominal;
new potatoes, Oregon, 7590c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2022Jc
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 21c per dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 13 14c
per pound; mixed chickens, 1313)c;
springs, 15 16c; roosters, 910c;
dressed chickens, 14 15c; turkeys,
live, 1517c; turkeys, dressed, choice,
2022c; geese, live, 89c; ducks,
ll12c.
Hops Oregon, 1905, nominal, 123
13c; olds, nominal, 10c; 1906 con
tracts, 1516c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best
1620c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 2022c, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 28 30o per
pound.
Veal Dressed, 5$98c per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, 8c per pound;
cows, i45c; country steers, 66c.
Mutton Dressed, fancy. 78o per
pound; ordinary, 6 (86c; lambs, fancy,
88Xo. , . . ;
Pork Dressed, 78o per pound.
MANY TO MEET AT BOISE.
Interest High in Coming Session of
Irrigation Congress.
North Yakima, Wash, Aug. 7.
During the first week of September the
National Irrigation congress will be in
session at Boise Idaho, with an attend
ance of several thousand delegates.
Exhibits of fruit and honey are being
prepared by different localities and
states. The premiums are liberal. It
is expeoted that the governor of Wash
ington will appoint 25 delegates, that
each commercial club will appoint ten,
and that each board of county commis
sioners will appoint five. It is believ
ed that If a full delegation attends the
convention it will be able to secure the
next national congress at some point in
this state. It is hoped that the vari
ous fruitgrowers' associations and the
State Beekeepers' association will have
on exhibition products of the orchard
and apiary which will take silver cups
and other premiums. The Yakima
County Horticultural union is arrang
ing to send elegant exhibits of fruits
and honey. The delegation from that
county will ask the convention to pass
a resolution memorializing congress to
appropriate $300,000,000 for reclama
tion of arid lands in the West.
The State Beekeepers' association has
secured a Bigelow observatory hive,
stocked with pure bred Italian bees, for
the purpose of giving object lessons in
the apiary. It will be used at the
monthly meetings of the association to
teach the farmers and high school class
es. It will be one of the interesting
features of the display at the Washing
ton State fair. The secretary of the
fair has agreed to set apart one of the
prominent conrners in the main pavil
ion for the apiary exhibit, and $200
has been appropriated for premiums in
that division.
The three days' midwinter conven
tion of the State Beekeepers' associa
tion will be held at the Agricultural
college at Pullman next January, and
the observatory hive will be in full
operation to instruct the students of
that college. The students of the Ida
ho Agricultural college, which is only
nine miles from Pallman, are also in
vited to be present at that meeting.
The business of beekeeping is an ad
junct of the orchard, bens being the
best friend of the fruitgrower, for the
reason that these insects cross pollenize
the blossoms and increase the yield.
These two industries go hand in band,
and are rapidly becoming valuable
sources of income.
As an example of what organization
does, a few years ago the Yakima Coun
ty Horticultural union Incorporated and
sold its shares of stock at $10; the past
year the dividends were 70 per cent, a
warehouse 50x180 feet has just been
completed, the material being stone
and the structure two stories and full
basement, one front being on the
Northern Pacific railroad and the other
on the North Coast road. The shares
are now selling at $20, and it is antici
pated that the capital stock will have
to be increased in order to accommodate
the demand.
Fruit Inspector Brown, of Yakima
county, says that in five years from now
he calculates that 12,000 cars per year
will be shipped from the warehouse at
North Yakima.
Calls for Texas Rangers.
Cold Springs, Tex., Aug. 7. As a
result of yesterday's election tragedy,
in which E. B. Adams, a candidate for
tax asseBBor, and his brother, Sam Ad
ams, were killed and several others
wounded, the sheriff has asked that
ransers be sent here to nrevent further
bloodshed. C. L. Williamson, one of
the participants, heard that a brother
of Robinson was looking for him. Alt
Carnes stenrjed into the door of a saloon
where Williamson was and was shot
and seriously wounded by mistake for
Robinson.
Americans Caused Trouble.
Mexinn CAiv. Ano. 7. The Tmnnr.
cial charges that the recently circulated
handbills, warning foreigners to leave
the country by September 16, were put
out by an unknown American, who
went from station to station distribut
ing and posting the pretended proclam
ation. The Imparcial also asserts tbat
certain railway camps in Texas and
California have taken nart in nrnmnt.
ing the circulation of false and sensa
tional reports.
Raise the Price of Bread.
San Francisco, Aug. 7. As a result
of the demands made by the union
bakers for an increase of $3 a week in
their wages, which has been granted by
the master bakers, the latter will raise
the price of bread in this city. The
manner in which it will be done has
not yet been agreed upon, but it is said
that most of the bakers favor a loaf
ust a trifle larger than one-half the
size of the present loaf.
Commerce Outstrips Population.
Washington, Aug. 7. The foreign
commerce of the United States has
grown more rapidly during the last de
cade than its population. Completed
figures lor the fiscal year 1906 lust ore-
sen ted show that while the population
has grown since 1896 but 20 per cent,
imports nave grown 57 per cent and
exports 109 percent,
To Can Cherrlea.
Get the large, dark ox-hearts if you
can, but If not, the white ones will do,
or the small dark red ones. The lighter
colored they are the more sugar they
take. Stone them, and let them stand
all night In the morning pour off the
lulce, add sugar to taste, and water, If
there Is not juice enough, and boll and
skim It till It is a rich syrup; If the
cherries are sweet a pint of Juice and
three-quarters of a pint of sugar will
be about right. Heat your cans and
put in the uncooked cherries till they
are nearly full, and then pour over
them the eyrup and put on the covers ;
set the cans In the wash boiler and fill
It with very hot water and let It stand
all night The heat of the syrup and
that of the water will cook the fruit,
but the flavor and color will be those of
the fresh and uncooked cherries. This
Is the way used for all small fruits
except strawberries, and one who tries
It will never, never go back to the old
method.
A Morning Stimulant.
An egg beaten In a cup and the cup
filled with coffee should be given to one
with a Jaded appetite for breakfast
Stir the egg rapidly while pouring the
coffee over It to prevent Its curdling.
Cream or milk and sugar should then
be added as usual. Do not wait until
the person becomes really 111 before
using strengthened. They are for the
anemic person, those who are recover
ing from an Illness and those who are
In condition which, if long continued,
will result In serious Illness.
Veal Loaf.
Chop two pounds of cold cooked veal
very fine and work Into It salt pepper
and onion Juice to taste, a dozen
chopped ol'res and a dozen chopped
canned mushrooms. Add enongh veal
stock to make it very moist then pack
Into a grease mold. -Set this in the oven
In an outer pan of boiling water and
cook for two hours. When cold, set in
the ice to get thoroughly chilled before
turning out
Baked Rhubarb. 1
Take one pound of rhubarb, the red
kind, cut In 6inall pieces ; add one scant
cup of sugar; put In an earthern or
granite baking dish; cover and put In
the oven. Bake In a slow oven until
tender, the time varying with the varie
ty of the rhubarb. When cooked in
this way the taste Is much more deli
cate and rich than the old-fashioned
way of stewing.
Broiled Tomatoes.
Cut the tomatoes In halves without
peeling. Dust the cut sides with very
fine bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Set
the halves In a wire broiler and cook
with the skin side next to the heat.
When done set on a hot plate and
brown In the oven. The tomatoes may
be baked In a very hot oven after pre
paring for broiling and be nearly as
good and It is a much easier way to
cook them.
Potato Flngera.
Grate six medium-sized cold boiled
potatoes; add salt to taste; beat two
eggs light with a little milk, add to the
potatoes, then stir In enongh flour to
make a dough thnt can be rolled out on
a well-floured board, with the palm of
the hand, Into rolls the thickness of the
finger. Cut Into finger-lengths, lay
these side by side on a floured pan until
all are ready, then fry in deep fat.
Fried Banana.
Teel eight good-sized bananas and cut
each Into three pieces. Bent two eggs
light, with one-half cup of milk and
one-half cup of flour sifted with one
level teaspoon of baking powder and a
pinch of salt Dip the bananas In the
batter and fry In deep, hot fat until a
light brown ; drain and dust with pow
dered sugar.
Sweet Pickled Peach en.
Boll two pounds brown sugar, one
pint vinegar and one ounce stick cinna
mon twenty minutes. Dip half a peck
of peaches quickly in hot water, and
then rub off the fur with a towel. Stick
each peach with four cloves, put Into
the syrup and cook until soft, using one
half the peaches at a time.
Dlanclotba.
Put two tablespoonfuls of soda In a
small tub of cold water, put the dish
cloths in and allow to soak about one
hour. Stir them with a stick. Then
lift them Into a pan of warm water,
wash the cloths with soap and rinse lu
cold water. Tbey need no boiling.
Mint Sauce.
Mince three tablespoonfuls of mint,
add a tablespoonful of sugar, four ta
blespoonfuls of vinegar and a dash of
pepper. Stir over the fire Just long
enough to dissolve the sugar, then set
aside until cold.
WORTH KNOWING.
Women Are Prone to Collect Little
Blta of Information.
For centuries women have put way
all sorts of odds and ends because
"they will come handy some time."
This practice no doubt began with the
first good housekeeper of a primitive
tribe, and has gone on through the
ages, until it Is now one of the peculi
arities of women's education. A man
learns what makes for the particular
end he has in view. A woman tucka
away in her memory any Interesting
bit of information, and some day pro
duces it, to the surprise of her mascu
line rival.
This habit makes women especially
valuable as librarians. Here Is an ex
ample of the actual orth of a scrap
of knowledge.
A few years ago a shabby old book
was sent from a parish library in Eng
land to be sold by auction in London.
It was seven Inches long and five wide.
It consisted of thirty-eight leaves of
vellum, on which were inscribed the
four gospels. It had four illuminated
illustrations, representing the evangel
ists, each seated on a stool, holding his
gospel, and each having a circular gold
nimbus.
The book was bought by the Bodle
ian Library for six pounds. Months af
terward, when It came to be cata
logued, a poem was found written on
the fly-leaf, containing a reference to
the rescue of the book from the bed of
a stream, where It had been dropped
by a careless servant, and where it lay
until discovered by a passing knight
Of course the poet attributed the re
covery of the sacred volume to a mir
acle. The verses casually referred to the
fact that when the book was lost it
was being "conveyed to the king and
queen."
"What king and queen, I wonder?
mused the librarian.
"Why, a story like that waa told of'
the gospels belonging to Margaret of
Scotland," said his woman assistant
Sure enough, a little research showed
that there was scarcely a doubt that
the book had belonged to Margaret
Queen of Scotland, who died In 1093.
This book was fully described by her
confessor more than eight hundred
years ago. He related Its being lost
In the brook, recovered and conveyed
to Its royal owner, and used by her for
many years.
So the worn old book which the
Bodleian bought for a song Is now one
of the great library's priceless treas
ures Identified by a girl's knowledge
of a queer story In the life of a queen
wtio was also a saint
IT IS THE RICHEST HILL.
Big Black "Butte" Waa Once the
Laughing Stock of Miners.
Under the title "A Billion-Dollar
Mining Camp," the city of Butte, Mont,
which Is built on what Is probably the
richest hill in the world, Is described in
"My Business Friend." It is interesting
to note how long the big black butte
was the laughing stock of miners who
wandered that way in search of gold,
and always failed to find it until at
last some man, wiser than the rest
seized upon the possibilities of the in
exhaustible supply of copper and the
result was the development of the
wealthy community which makes merry
Industry In the fissured hills and val
leys to-day.
It is only during the last twenty
years that Butte took Its stand with
the copper camps of the world, and dur
ing that time It has produced one
fourth of the entire supply. So largely
does the world depend upon Butte that,
should Its copper mines shut down for
a period of three months, a copper fam
ine would be experienced and every In
dustry depending on copper would be
paralyzed until Butte could catch up
again. At the three Montana towns of
Anaconda, Basin and Great Falls, the
latter said to have the greatest power
next to Niagara, great smelters are
busy day and night, thus taking from
Butte a small percentage of the smoke
which has made It a strangling town
for the unaccllmated. In Butte there
has lately been completed a stack 850
feet high, which will carry off tho
smoke from the Butte reduction works
to such an elevation that It will not
fall again, a black cloud, on the town.
Butte may yet have a smoke law which
will compel these high stacks to be
erected at all of the mines, and while
It will not make the surrounding coun
try more esthetic, still it will be pos
sible to breathe there and to have the
pleasing sight of trees, shrubs, flowei
gardens and grass plots.
Alfonao Handa la a Petition.
The King of Spain not lone aro went
on strike. According to the Paria m.
faro, his majesty handed hla nrlma
minister a sealed petition, with the re
quest tnat It be granted uncondition
ally.
When It was opened it was found to
be in the king's own hand. He waa
often obliged, he stated, to work
twelve hours or more a day. He there
fore demanded for himself an eight
hoar day, and no work on Sundays and
holidays.
Better crying woman than a
sera tony oh.