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,