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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1906)
HEAT SHRIVELS THE GRAIN. THE ARMORED AUTOMOBILE. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST MILKING MACHINE TESTS. 'Demonstration of Their Value To Be Given at State Fair. SalemMilklng machines in opera tion will be one of the principal fea tures of the dairy department at the State fair, which opens here September 10. Fanners and dairymen have al ways been interested in the subject of milking machines and their interest as become particularly strong in the last few yearB when dairying in this state has been hampered by the difficulty in securing milkers. Men do not like to milk and will not take work of that kind if they can get anything else at the same wages. But milking machin ery has not generally been found to be successful and dairymen have been compelled to depend upon such labor as they could get. There are some manufacturers of milking machines who think they have contrived apparatus that will extract the lacteal fluid from the patient or im patient cow, whether Bhe be a hard milker or an eaty one. Machines so simple that a boy can ran them, are al leged to be ready for the farmer who doesn't like to milk and cannot hire somebody else to do it for him. Ma chines adjustable for tall cows or short ones, kickers and nonkickers, Jerseys, Holsteins or scrubs, await the doubting owner of the dairy herd. It's all a question of proof and the state board of agriculture proposes to give the manu facturers of milking machines the op portunity to prove by actual dem m et rat ion. There will be plenty of cows at the fair and the owners of machines will be called upon twice a day to do the milk ing. If the machines work to the sat isfaction of the farmers, there will be some business in milking machines. If they don't work, the cows and their owners will give the machine manufac turers the laugh. But whether the machines work or don't work, the state board of agricul ture will give the farmers a chance to uee them tried, and beyond doubt there will be ranchers around the stock pens twice a day to see the demonstration, and the fun, if any of the cows object to the unaccustomed treatment. New Hospital at Chemawa, Chemawa Plans and specifications have been received at the Indian school here for a new brick $15,000 hospital, for which bids will be received and the contract awarded September 13. The building is to be supplied with the lat est improved methods of heating and ventilation, and will be equipped with the best sanitary appliances. It will be steam heated and electric lighted. The main building will be two stories, 80x33, and will have two wings, 81x24. In connection with the new hospital the school management will continue and extend the open air sanitarium which it has been running since spring with excellent results. Oregon Flax Good. Salem George Verbeke, son of one of the wealthiest linen manufaturers of Ghent, Belgium, and a member of the firm of Morel & Verbeke, is in Salem to make a scientific investigation into the possibilities for the development of the flax and linen industries of Oregon. He said: "I have been able to arrive at only one conclusion as a result of the limited investigations which I have made during my stay here, and that is that Oregon certainly produces a very high grade of flax, equal to any that I have ever seen, and, in my judgment, it is capable of being manufactured in to the choicest of linen fabrics." Burned Trees Have Value. Albany Experienced lumbermen state that activity on the part of mill men will save much of the timber in the burnt district up the North San tiam river. The fire as it rushes through th green timber burns those parts of the trees which are loaded with pitch, and leaves the wood but little charred. All the limbs and foliage are devoured, and the pitchy bark is burn ed through, but the part that is valua ble for lumber is injured but little. This charred timber may be utilized tor milling purposes at aDy time within four years after the fire as a rule. Clackamas Farmers Are Pleased. Oregon City Gottfried Moehnke, a farmer at Shubel, reports a yield of 74 bushels per acre from a five-acre field of oats. An exceptionally good yield of wheat and oats, both in quality and quantity, is reported by Clackamas county farmers as far as the harvest has progressed. A yield of 70 bushels of oats per acre is also reported from the farm of George Lazelle near New Era. Cuts Heavy Crop of Oats. La Grande James Halley harvested 10 acres of oats last week, which will average 80 bushels. The straw was so heavy and thick that the binder could cut only half a swath at a time, and it took two days to cut the grain. This should not be considered bad for a "half-crop" year. . VALLEY VALUES ARERISING. Land Purchased Last Year Increases About 28 Per Cent. Salem That the big pro8ts in Ore gon real estate are not made in Port land alone, or in city property alone, is indicated by an investment made less than a year ago by A.M. La Follette, a Mission bottom farmer. La Follette bought a 90 acre farm last fall at $62.50 an acre, paying all that his neighbors thought the place worth. He bought it more for the investment than for use, for he already has all the farm land he needs. A few days ago he was offered $80 an acre for the same farm, or an increase of $17.50 an acre. The total investment was $5,625, and the amount offered a year later was $7,200, or an increase of $1,675, or about 28 per cent. Mr. La Follette thinks it will advance still further and yield him a much larger profit, so he refused the offer. He thinks the build ing of electric roads through the valley will raise farm land values in the next few years. Physician to Indians. Chemawa Dr. F. E. Slater, of Sa lem, has been appointed physician for the Omaha and Winnebago Indians of Nebraska, and will leave for his post soon. Dr. Slater was the physician at the Chemawa Indian school for nearly a year. He became interested in the Indian work and requested a perma nent appointment from the commis sioner of Indian affairs. Dr. Slater gave excellent satisfaction at the Indian school here in treating the diseases in cident to Indians. Wheat Record at Westen. Weston Weston claims the largest crop threshed in Oregon, and perhaps in the Northwest, in proportion to the acreage seeded. J. M. Bannister had exactly 6,642 sacks from 208 acres, one mile west of town, an average of 63 bushels an acre, at 140 pounds to the sack. The wheat is Dale Glory, which has been grown to a considerable extent around Helix but has just been intro duced in the Weston country. Coquille Mills Are Busy. Coquille The sawmills in this vi cinity are running overtime, which is practically the first time they have run even full time since the San Francisco earthquake. Many of them would run night and day i' hands could be ob tained. All kinds of laborers are scarce, especially carpenters. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 6768c; bluestem, 70a71c; valley, 71c; red, 64 66c. Oats No. 1 white, $2222.50; gray, $2021. Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $22.50; rolled, $2424. Rye $1.30 per cwt. Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No 1, $11 12.50 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $16; clover, $77.50 cheat, $6.50; grain bay, $7; alfalfa, $10; vetch !hay, $77.50. Fruits Apples, common, 5075c per box; fancy, $1.252j apricots, $1.251.35; grapes, $11. 75 per crate; peaches, $11.10; pears, $1.75, plums, fancy, 50 75c per box; common 50 75c; blackberries, 56c per pound; crab apples, 75c per box. Melons Cantaloupes, $1.75 0 2 per crate; watermelons, llc per pound. Vegetables Beans, 57c; cabbage, l2c per pound; celery, 85c$l per dozen; corn, 1520c per dozen; cu cumbers, 4060c per box; egg plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, head, 25c per dozen; onions, 1012c per dozen; peas, 45c; bell peppers, 12l5c; radishes, 1015c; per dozen; rhubarb, 22jc per pound; spinach, 2 8c per pound; tomatoes, 6090c per box; parsley, 25c; squash, $11.25 per crate; turnips, 90c$l per sack; 'car rots, $11.25 per sack; beets, $1.25 1.50 per sack. Onions New, lHlo per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 7075c; sweet potatoes, 44c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 22)25c per pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, 2122c per dozen. Poultry Average old hens, 13c per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c; springs, 1314c, old roosters, 0 10c; dressed chickens, 1415c; tur keys, Jive, 1622c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, 810c; ducks, ll13c. Hops 1906 contracts, 18 20c; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 1519c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 2022c, according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 28 30c per pound. Veal Dressed, 58c per pound. Beef Dressed bulls, 3c per pound; cows, 45c; countty steers, 66c. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 78c per pound; ordinary, 56c; lambs, fancy, 88&c. Pork Dressed, 78$c per pound, Reports of Damage to Crops in the Central West. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 21. Hot winds the past two days, following a week of unusaal torpidity, the maxi mum temperature being daily from 90 to 100, has created fear among grain men that widespread damage to the late grain and corn has been done. Today has been a Bcorcher, although there are indications tonight of a let-up. ) From Western South Dakota, West ern Nebraska and the northern central part of South Dakota and Southern Minnesota reports today are that late grains had been ripened so rapidly that the berries are badly shriveled. The greatest barm is expected in cornfields, which have not In ten years, according to reports a week ago, promised such abundant yields. Corn is in tender tassel, with kernel in the most sensi tive stage of its life. Where moisture has been sufficient the damage will be light, but in the vast territory west and northwest from here it has been dry for two or three weeks and when the hot wirds came the vegetation has been largely robbed of its power of resist ance. Good authority places the de preciation in the corn crop as the result of the last week of fierce heat at from 5 to 10 per cent on the average, with much greater loss over various exten sive regions. PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS. Death Roll at Valparaiso May Reach Two Thousand. . Valparaiso, Chile, Aug. 21 At 7:52 o'clock last Thursday evening Valpa raiso experienced an earthquake of great severity, and during that night 82 shocks were felt. Most of the buildings of the city are either burned or damag ed. The lose will be enormous, prob ably reaching $250,000,000. Two thousand persons killed is considered to be a fair estimate of the casualties. Vena del Mar, three miles from Val paraiso and having a population of over 10,000, Quiribu, 225 miles to the southward, with a population of 25, 000; Santa Limache, 15 miles to the northwest, with a population of 6,500; Quillota, 25 miles to the northwest, with a population of 10,000, and vil lages all around were destroyed. Most of the damage was due to fire, which started immediately after the first shock. The whole population is sleeping in the hills, the parks or the streets. Food is very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean dollars, and it is almost impossible to obtain meat, even at high pricss. The railways are all destroyed. Rain, which began to fall immediate ly after the first shock, stopped an hour afterward. The nights are very cold and windy; the people sleeping in the open are suffering greatly. The captain of a steamship which arrived from San Francieco says the sit uation here is worse than that follow ing the disaster at San Francisco. VERY FEW PEOPLE KILLED. Santiago Escapes With Immense De struction of Property. Washington, Ang. 21. Cable advices were received at the Chilean legation today, dated at Santiago, Chile, August 18, Btating that the earthquake in that city was very severe, but that there were few casualties. Up to the time of filing the dispatch, which the charge d'affaires believes was Saturday even ing, no news had been received in San tiago from Valparaiso on account of the interruption to the railroad and the telegraph lines. A dispatch to the State department from the consul at Iquique reports that Valparaiso is in ruins from an earth quake and ib on fire. It is stated that at the time of filing the dispatch there wbb no communication with Santiago and no further details were obtainable. The date of this dispatch is in doubt. Mr. Buchanan, the head of the Amer ican delegation to the Pan-American congress at Rio, cabled the State de partment today stating that no informa tion had been received at Rio Janeiro regarding the earthquake, and asked for news. Secretary Adee cabled the infor mation contained in the dispatches from Minister Hicks at Santiago. Recommends Early Removal. San Antonio, Tex., Aug. i.' Gen. eral W. E. McCaskey, commanding the department of Texas, has made a recom mendation to the War department that the negro troops at Brownsville and elsewhere along the Bio Grande in Tex as be immediately withdrawn. This information is obtained from an au thentic Bource. The recommendation further suggests that the forts now gar risoned with negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry be left without garrison in the interim before their re lief can be Bent. . Many Towns Reported Destroyed. Lima, Peru, Aug. 21. According to news received here, the towns of Vina del Mar, Petorca, Hierro Viejo, Llai llal. Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Nogales, Melon and Zoupallar, Chile, have been destroyed by the earthquake. An Important means of conveyance in business and pleasure, the automo bile has also taken Its place as an adjunct to the field of carnage. The German Kaiser has Introduced It Into bis armies and Is well pleased with the possi bilities. In the bush and In the mountain passes, of course, the horseless carriage would be useless, but In the open and especially where good roads prevail as they do throughout a greater part of 'Europe the automobile Is to take the place of horses In conveying officers from one part of the field to another. Its use will enable a commanding general and his aides to cover a much wider territory than would be possible with horses. In all German army maneuvers the automobile finds a prominent place. The machines used ara heavily armored, carry quick-firing rifles to be discharged. through loopholes, and are provided with cases of revolvers for use at close quarters. . In actual warfare even the wheels would be protected by armored casings. Our Illus tration, from the London News, represents a group of officers traveling from one point to another and protecting themselves in a hot attack. RAVAGES OF ROSE BEETLE. A Detractive I meet that Attacks " Roue and Grapes. During the last few years complaints have been made In Increasing numbers by fruit growers and gardeners of the ravages caused by fi A the rose beetle. This V destructive Insect Is jf called the rose mrfifojL beetle, from Its at Tk My J tacks upon the buds mif and full-blown flow jCw 'Xs era ' ro8ee which hlim 'l Durrows 'n and Jt I ihi I i. devours, but It by IffliJ) Vflr no means confines Jj ' l lts atteutlon to tnls jP 'vtSk M plant It Is espe u? V&m' it A 'a"y Injurious to V ' 'T 'he blossoms of the T ffi grape, upon which it fft 't clusters In great jv h numbers, and soon ji 1 destroys all possl blllty of fruit, and 'the bose beetle. (t attacks the blos soms of fruit trees, large and small, ornamental shrubs, flowers, and, In fact, almost any kind of vegetable growth. It appears In immense numbers, and covers the plants that are attacked with a sprawling mass of beetles, full of alarm to the careful gardener and anxious grower. The beetle Is pale brown or drab In color, about a quarter of an Inch In length, and with very long, spiny legs. The early stages of the Insect are passed underground In sandy meadow land, where as a grub It feeds upon the roots of grasses and other plants. The eggs are laid by the female beetles In the ground during June and July, and the srubs become mil-grown before winter ; In the spring they turn Into the pupa (or chrysalis) state, and come out as winged beetles In June. For about five weeks In June and July they abound, and then suddenly disappear, having completed their life course, not to be seen again till the following sum mer. Happily there Is only one brood In the year. It Is a remarkable fact that the ordi nary Insecticides have little or no effect upon this pest, and It will eat blossoms sprayed with parls green and thrive upon them. Many experiments have been tried, and It Is found that, where the work Is to be done on a large scale, the congregated Insects may be repelled by a wash made by adding about three pecks of freshly-slaked lime to a quart of crude carbolic acid In fifty gallons of water. This does not kill the Insects, but the rmell of the carbolic drives them away. Another 'method Is to spray the masses of beetles with half a pound of flsh-oll soap In a gallon of water. It Is claimed that this will kill about 95 per cent of the Insects. It acts by closing up their breathing apparatus and causing death by suffocation. On a small scale much may be done by beating the Insects, In the early morn ing when they are sluggish, Into pans containing a little coal oil and then burning them ; or they may be knocked off into an open umbrella and then de stroyed. Choice grapes or plants may be protected with netting. FIRST STREET IN AMERICA. Highway in Plymouth, Ma., Is Named After University Town. Leyden street, Plymouth, Mass., the first street In America named after the famous Holland university city, from which the pilgrims camo, was surveyed on Dec. 28, 1021, says the Municipal Journal and Engineer. The records state that "so many as could went to work on the hill,' where we purposed to build our platform for our ordnance, and which doth command all the plain '''k and the bay, and from whence we may see far Into the sea, and might be easier Impaled, having two rows of houses and a fair street So In the afternoon we went to measure out the grounds; and first we took notice how many families were there, willing oil single men that had no wives to Join with some family, as they thought fit, so that we might build fewer houses; which was done, and we reduced them to nineteen families. To greater fami lies we allotted larger plots; to every person half a pole In breadth and three In length, and so lots were cast where every man should be; which was done and staked out," and this was the lay ing out of Leyden street An unfinished plan of this street Is to be seen on the old records of the courthouse. The street was laid out in reference to the water supply, for "there Is very sweete brooke runues under the hill side and many delicate springs of as good water as can be drunk." Isaac De Rasleres, visitor from New Netherlands, gives this account of ths architecture: "The houses are con structed of hewn planks, with gardana also inclosed behind and at the stdas with hewn planks, so that their houses and courtyards are arranged In very good order, with a stockade against sudden attack ; and at the ends of the street are three wooden gate In the center, on the cross streets, stand the governor's house, before which Is a square Inclosure, upon which for pate rlors (steen-stucken) are mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon the hill they have a large square house with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannon, which shoot Iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. Now Plymouth Is a town of 10,000 Inhabitants. Main street, the princi pal business street below where It meets Leyden street, Is now a well-mneadam-lzed street with granite curbing and concrete sidewalk and substantial buildings on each side. The town la provided with a public waterworks, sewer system, gas, electric plant for light and power and an electric rail way, Throughout most of Its history, notable as a fishing village, thriving manufactories now provide profitable occupation for the townspeople. Why Ice Floats In Water. Water Is the sole exception to the otherwise universal law that all cool ing bodies contract and therefore In crease In density. Water contracts as Its temperature falls, and therefore becomes heavier and sinks until it reaches thirty-nine degrees. At this temperature water la the heaviest This Is the point of It maximum density. From this point It begins to expand. Therefore In winter, although the surface may be freezing at a temperature of thirty-two degrees, the water at the bottom of the pool Is six or seven degrees warmer. Suppose that water, like everything else, had gone on contracting as 1 It cooled until It reached the freezing point. The heaviest water would have sunk to the lowest place and there be come lee. Had the water when at the bottom turned Into Ice, the stones would have locked It In their Inter stices and held It there, and before the winter was over the whole pool would be entombed In clear, beautiful crystal. Little Satisfaction. "Here, you!" growled the fat man In the corner seat of the crowded car, "my feet are not there to stand on !" 'That's so," replied the quiet of fender; "since you're sitting down you don't need 'em for that purpose, do you?" Catholic Standard and Tlmna,