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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900. r-, , T3Tltr iiQ LsilliU S EZyGa HERMAN W. BARR, 118 State St. Scientific Optician MOKE MONEY IN IT ' 1 - i DAIRY BCilJTESS KOBE ItOFITABlJt TIIA3 nUKAT BJlKiau May 8epratj- WW B By IMtrooa i f From Dailv. March 16th.) ! wjlkwnctte valley farmers are gradu ally (becoming convinced that the dairy business is a more profitable vocation than' that of wheat -raising. This j fact is largely responsible for the increased r.umfber of creameries that are being establishc4 throughout the valley under very favorable circumstances. 1 .Mr. Elspass, who is indirectly inter ested in the creamery to oe placed in Salem by T. S. Townsend, of Portland, was in the city yesterday, having com pleted a visit to the farmers surround ing SaSem in the interest of the butter making plant. He says he finds the farmers greatly, interested in the cream ery and a great majority will invest in cream separators and be prepared to furnish a big supply of cream from the thne the plant is started. :i There are many' successful dairymen in Oregon who have profitably engag ed in this industry for years. Among such is Samuel Douglas, of Springfield, Lane county. He has adopted the mod em method of conducting a dairy ob tain the very best results from the least namWrof cows. In a recent letter to C II- Markham, general freight and passenger agent of the Southern; Pa .rific Company, he gives information that is valuable to persons who think of engaging in the industry. He says: "What are farmers going to do. just now when they are confronted: with. the high orice of beef and almost tetnpted to sell their milch cows for beef,: for getting that, good butter is as scarce and correspondingly high as beci;is, and that the ration fed to a steer to make a pound of beef would, if fed to a good cow, make a pound of 2S-cent butter, a difference of20 cents? i 3 "A good cow, properly fed and Intel ligently , handled, wilt produce! 300 pounds' of butter in a year, but in He for the -Oregon farmer to bring- his rows up to the .WJ-pound standard, there must be a change from the I hap hazard methods pursued in the past. A food breed of cows is not the only re quisite. -Feeilj mtfct corrpotod.! and heifer calves should be raised for the express purpose of making dairy cows. The true dairy cows must be raisrd Jrom birth, developed for the pail while young and must be fed such food as will give bone and muscle. Thousands of cows are ruined -when -calves by economical feeding. They should not be starved, but well-considered rat!n of the best milk-producing naterial soch as the calf should be raied rn to 'be the valuable cow of the future, should be fed. The cow that is picked no o bpught of a gathered drove or j herd is; as a rule, of little value as a jdai-v cow. I speak from experience, j as I have been in the dairv business fcr nine years, have -a herd of 60 cows n ml not I'pickcd tn cow (as T call them) in the herd. The farmer of the future who desire the best herds must raise his own cows, hold closeW to one lin" ofbrccd- inK. whether t be Tcrsev. Shor"-n. Ciacrnscvs or !Iolstcin,FrWan. There . 1 :n . : u c .1 - i,,,i pic i' rmt innei9 i ate . i t'Mate to high degrees of excellence. The fine hewer cavles must be treated to clrse attention in selection f rations twlrirh promote grqwth, health am! vtf or.l fine bone and nuscle. The 1 foods that possess fattening qualities must be T0HMERCH In Salem or Adjoining Towns I have rcmaininc of my larcc eta, only about $500 worth.! I am this amount very quickly, for I am vertised for the past two months, and want to devote my wbole time and attention to bicycles and sewing machines, consequently will sell the lump stock at a bis: discount from 'wholesale cost. The goods are all fresh stock. You'll find every cate with me for particulars. i TO THE I am now prepared to. show! you sewing machines from the cheapest to the best. Have had f Standards" on hand for two months pending1 the closing of other prospective deals, but am now ready for business on wheels and machines at my old stand. You can se cure excellent bargains from what remains of my regular stock till the whole thing is sold in lump which I trust will be shortly, f . A!. WIGGINS, 307 Neither teachers nor parents can afford to neglect the child's eye visual sense. "Crosi eyes" -wim children arc frequently the result ot muscular weak ness that may be overcome by .-wearing the right kind of glasses for a short time, . ... .'.' .. - Never "take chances' in hopes their eyes -will, improve without attention. We make a careful examination and tell you frankly what is the best to be dene. I We 1uve a new instrument for test ing which shows the defee without 'asking any question. So even if the hild cannot read wc can fit it. dispensed with. The cow of the tuture which gives a fire let of rich milk will be the one that has been treated or handled better than in the past. . ' 'Arc farmers going to continue farm ing 40-cent wheat, or drift in the line of dairying? They arc -not only farm ing at a loss, but their 4and is becom ing poorer all the time, and at the rate things are going it is doubtful in my mind if. 20 years hence, they can raise one-half as much wheat per acre as they do at present. Continued farming year after year will bring down the produc tion of land until it must hare rest The dairy business, it seem 3 to me, would have a tendency to bring up the pro duction of the soil, as a routine of crops is necessary, together with grass, that should be sown which is best adapt ed to the soil. : "The outlook for dairy products feas not been so crood for several years as at present With wheat at the fabulous price of .18. cents per Dusnei, it seems st ran ire that the farmers do not take hold of dairying more than they do. Corn ! grows very well in the Willam ette valley, sf t is true it does not ripen the best. tutit advances so far to ma turity that it can be practically siloed. which make the best of succulent fool for cows. The corn crop has a tend ency to rest the land, or, in other words, acts as summer fallow. A good, fair crop of iwheat or oats can be grown on the ground after a crop of command, in this way, feeing able to have a rota tion of crops, we may be able to keep our lands productive,, together with the large amount of valuable manure which accumulates every year. We manured 20 acres last year, and about that amount is. manured every year. , "When I first engaged in the dairy business all the cows purchased by me were highly recommended, but it was afterwards ioend. that every cow proved a failure and did not pay for feed and keeping. The 'only way to handle dairy cows at a profit is to keep an account with each cow, charging her up with cost or feed and keeping by the year, and if she does not pay for it together with a profit, sell her to the butcher, and the sooner the better. Weigh her milk durincr the entire -milking season. apply the Babcock test, and you will cet at the worth of your cow in a business-like way.! The fact is, not one man out of 50 knows whether he has a good cow or not, and if you go to buy her he will toll you that she gives a bucket of milk, a barrel of strippings and is -the best cow he ever saw, but, as I stated before, the only proper way to get a herd of cows is to raise them. . "I have been raising and culling our cows for nine years. Each cow's milk ics weighed during the year, and several careful tests are made of each individual cow,. My herd swill average 300 pounds or more per cow per year. My stand ard is 200 oounds at 2 years old, ana when matured, -not less than ,100 pounds. I have been using full-blooded Jersey bulls, of choice breeding , strain, ; and now have a fine lot of young cows, heifers and calves, which are being fed and raised for the special butter cow. As competition is so great, it pays to keep nothing hut the best, consequent ly -a young bull of excellent breeding is purchased every few years. "Being fully confident that it will pay a better income than raising wheat exclusively. I expect to increase -my herd, within two years to 80 head, and I would sav -to the farmers of the Wil lamette valley that if the rrain raised on their farms 13 properly fed to prnol cow and the manure therefrom applied n the land, i would be more profit able th'an exclusive grain-raising. .SVC ilbi Kind Y01 Haw Aajr3 BotgR stock of shoes, underwear, notions, extremely anxious to dispose of ftoing out cf business as 1 to ad article saleable. Call or communi PUBLIC Commercial Street OYSTERS IN OREGON REPORT OV TIIK STATE BIOMK31ST IS PC BUSHED. Tb ladcuitry Tqnln Bay Ko mm Floar V'uhlnjs in tbe It-riaatiogot the EMttra BiTSlres, The report of Prof. F. L. Wahburn, State biologist, to Gov. T. T. Geer, re garding the native oyster industry and the present condition of the ' Eastern oyster experiments in Oregon, has been received and printed, the pamphlet giv ing a large amount of valuable statis tic rcgardrng the bays of the Oregon coast, the conditions found, and their adaptability to the successful propoga tion of oysters The . report says in part: ' - ' "I -should like to emphasize at the very beginning of the' report a fcir points which I regard as important, r.-ameiy:- ; ' i "First I have been very careful in tnss work to state to the public as facts only what wc have actually found to be true and ;have been extremely conser vative in statements' which might lead our citizens to expect immediate re sults.; "Second We know that the intro duced oyster flourishes, grows with ex treme Tapidity, and soon- becomes an excellent marketable product. "Third We know that they snawn here, t v. "Fourth We have found a few youn oysters undoubtedly hatched in Ya- qrtina bay. s 1 "Public opinion appears td have de cided, with questionable propriety, that, aa far as successful prorogation is con cerned, the experiment is a failure, and many of the oystermen of Yaquina bay, being 'intensely practical and not at all scientific, share -th view. Similar work on the Atlantic. coast (I refer to the experiments of John A. Ryder, see report of Commis:ner of Fish and Fisheries for 1885), demonstrating that oyster spat can be obtained in enor mous amounts by resorting to pond culture, prove that we have no right to draw hasty conclusions as regards our work here. '. "I have no hesitation in saying that, even should we be unsuccessful in pro pagating the introduced species here, there is profit, much profit, for an in dividual or a company, provided ground could be secured for .such purpose, in importing seed oysters from the East, planting thyn in our bays (they will grow in almost any of our bays), and selling to home trade a year or two years or more later. As is well known', an immense business of this kind is conducted at San Francisco. Now, ther. if pond culture of embryo oysters can be resorted to here (I have already alluded to a successful instance of its ue in the cast), how much more profit would there be in raising seed here than in purchasing it on the Atlantic coast and paying freight rates to the Pacific. "While I confidently believe thai, in time, oystermen will find more or less Eastern oysters in Yaquina bay, which have had their origin, naturally, in the plant introduced by the United States f!sh commission, it may take many years before this result is attained, and my chief, in fact, my only reliance for im mediate results, now rests upon pond culture in connection with artifical fertilization.- . Artificial fertilization con sists in mixing the ripe generatve pro d'tcts . from T both sexes of oysters in receptacles- filled with salt water, and when the developing eggs have reach ed the swimming stage of the embryo, or later, turning them into the bay, or better, into ponds where proper tem perature and saltness can be maintain ed until they fix themselves as pat,' this spat to be later deposited in the bay. ' "With the idea of pond culture in mind a cement pond was made last summer in the tide land with the expec tation of testing its efficiency next sum mer. "Of all the hays of the Oregon coast examined during the last three years, Yaquina bay. though not ai ideal place, appears most suited for successful pro pagation of thi9 delicious bivalve, al though an abundance of oyster food was found everywhere, and. as stated above, this oyster will undoubtedly grow finely in almost any. bay on our coast." Concerning the. second consignment oi Eastern oysers received by the state biologist, the report says: ' "Sinoe the first consignment in iSg6. the United State fish commis sioner, , George M. Bowers, has been liberal enough to present the state with ten barrels more of the variety known as Princess Bays, making in all thirty two barrels of Eastern oysters donated the state and planted in Yaquma bay. Through the courtesy of President John J. Valentine, of the Wells, Fargo Company, this second consignment was brought from New York to Yaqujna free of charge. The United Stales gov ernment bore the expense of transport ing the first consignment. ."A telegram from Auburn,.California, received at Eugene, October 30th, ad vised the writer that the oysters would pass Sacramento that night, bringing them into Albany on the morning of November 1st, where they were met and arrangements made with the cour teous officials of the Corvallis & East ern railroad to have them unloaded at Oystervifle. ,They were planted the next morning, some wkh the former plant, and some farther up the bay in deep water. This consignment left New York city on October 25th; they were.tberefore, just 8 days en route. Not a . single .dead oyster was found in the entire lot. ' The consignment Market Reports l. The ' local market quotations yester day r-ere as follows: Wheat 41 cents at the Salem Flour ing Mills Co.' office. Oats 2S and 30 cents (buying). Hay Client, buying $8 to $8.50; timothy, $9 to $10. Flo-jr 75 and 80 cents per sack." Mill feed Bran, $14; shorts, $15. (Butter 13 to so cents, buying. " Eggs 10 cents, cash. Poultry Chickens 8c. per pound. Pork Fat, 44 gross, SA net. BeefSteers, 4L4J4c; cows, 3J4 iUci good heifer, 4c. Mutton Sheep, 4c on foot Veal 7c dressed- Potatoes-53o cents, j V HA S ARRIVED... . : : ' i : . t i v.? At Friedman's New Racket - . ' - ' - ' ' . I ' -i : .. Spring and summer clothing. One thousand suitafor men, ranging in price from $3.00 to $15.00 per suit. They are immense bargains Eigbty-Gvo childen's suits, at prices from $1.50 to $3.00. Yon ought to see how protul the children will be when they arc fitted in oneof them. Our j'ouths'and school suiU we Teceived over THREB HUNDRED of them" from $2.00 to$&00 each. Extra good drives in men's pants. These-goods were got before the raise. The purchaser will realize handsome bargains at vv-;'-;!V -,.3:'. FRIEDMAN'S NEW RACKET Corocr State and Commercial Streets ' SHOES AND DRY GOODS AT LESS THAIf WHOLESALE COST. - , Closing out the stock formerly Willis Bros Auction Sales Tuesdays, Thursdays and! Saturdays 2 P. M. t Only a few days more in which you can! buy goods at your own price, for our license tias nearly expired, and the city council, acting upon the suggestion of jealous merchants, refuses to issue me an other or allow me to sell my own goods at auction unless I pay $400 per year. 3 ::" 3 3 3 ' ; f. ' v33' 3... 3. . 33 Now is the time to buy good, latest style goods for less than wholesale cost; Fine silks, velvets, dress goods, corsets, gloves, un-' rlomtrfiaf hrtciorv nnros nnd Amhrnidftrifis. f , i i ISADORE G-HEENBAUM, 1st Door South of the Postofiice. - weighed in the vicinity of 2500 pounds. "The imall sura ($300) appropriated by our las legislature ior this work having been early exhausted, the Unit ed States' fish- commissioner, George M. Bowers, has practically consented to honor bills representing the itexpenses of next summer's work. Th! . gener osity on the part of the fish commis sioner i highly appreciated fori other wise, the work would be at :a standstill durinsr the cominiar summer, at which time it is n6w intended to make a thorough trial of the concrete pond constructed "last season." In concluding the report. Prof. Wash burn discusses the conditions of the na tive -oyster industry in the following terms: . "Yaquina bay eystermen get at pres ent $2.50 to $3.75. per sack for native oysters, a San Francisco firm j having contracted with most of the oystermen for i this season's output at the latter figure. The oysters on the native beds are 90 closely worked now that one half a sack bh a tide is considered fair work, thoqgh one sack is i sometimes obtained.' Iri the past, the business has beenmuch more profitable than at present. The oysters have dwindled in numbers and in size, owing to a too persistent tonging, together with a lack of foresight on the part of the oyster men. If they could unite in a.deter pi nation to forbid all tonging ifor two years or more on certain reserved por tions of the natural beds and persist for a number of years in such a plan, using care with the unmarketable seed, be sides taking the best 'possible precau tions along modern lines" for catching spat," I believe1 the industry ciouM lc restored td something like ! it was ten years ago. But if the present methods continue, I will predict the extinction of the industry before many years. There are at present less than twelve men oystering at Yaquina bay, yet if all of that small number depended for tlMjr living on selling oysters they would fare badly. Some of them turn their attention to salmon fishing dur jng a part of August, September, Oc tober and November. The! oystermen who do not fish claim, arid some of those whOj do fish acknowledge, that whi!j drifting at low tide the weigltted ne'sdrag the bottom and j in passing over the oyster beds disturbUhe oysters at a time when the oyster spat is still young, besides rolling the! adult oys ters about at a time when ihey shou!d be let alone, namely, the spawning peri od. From necessarily limited observa tions on ray own part and from careful inquiry from reliable parties, L am in clined 'to think, thati this complaint is well founded. j "The oystermen have been in the past united in the Yaquina Bay Oystcr men's Association, which in. 1868, drew up pertain, laws regulating oystering, which laws', were afterwards made state lawsi by the legislature. . In accordance wich these laws, one is obliged to have resided .twelve months in the state and six months in! the county oefore he can long oysters. Each oysterman can ob tain from the state for use as private bed two acres of tide land, and 'oniy two." 1 - ' ; NEWS OF STAYTON I PEOPLE. Personals and Other Notts Gathered By the Statesman Correspondent , in That Live Town. Stayron (Or.) March tsJ-Dr. R. C. Hunter made a professional call at Mill City on Tuesday. . . . ;. i Oscar Cole has resigned: his position as driver , on the Salem stage, and Will Cooper wifl Handle the rcft i G. P. Trotter made a business trip to Albany Wednesdc.,. i 'Sirs. Henry Miller, one of Sublim ity's leading ladies, was a tayton visit or on Wednesdf , Mrs. Rounds gave a series of lectures at the Methodist church last week, which were highly appreciated by large alienees,. -" . '.'..-"- -;" The Stayton creamery is growing a few more- sumty. days and" the founda tion and frame work will be completed. The little 3-year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. T.B. Woiiey -is quite 41L The report is current that k :is a- case of scarlet fever. i-;? - ,vvf Geoige' Ncibert is out of town this week looking after business interests in Lebanon and Sodaville. , l The city election passed off very quietly on Monday, there being only one ticket in the field, and every nom inee war elected. Wor4 reached this cKy today of the dea-lh of Samuel King, a.n aged rest dent of Kingston, 1J4 miles south of Stay tore. The deceased, has been ill lor several months. ; . ;i : , : 'Mrs. Anna Stayton returned from Portland the first of the week, and is prrparing to open up her stock of spring millinery.' .... WILL ASK F0K BIDS CHANGES AT THE CAPITOL fO BEGIN AT OKCE. . Specifications Are Beady Kales Goreru Contractors ia Prose eatln; the Work. to (From Daily, March 16th.) The plaais and specifications for fhe improvement and remodelling of tlie representative, hall, in the capitol, were jesterday given to the press, and ad vertisements are now 'being published, inviting bids for the work. The speci fications provide for constructing a floor oyer the representative hall, on a level with the floors of the suprenie court room and the state library, the upper room, thus created, to be occu pied by the state library. This floor is to be lupported by six steel columns to be built on a cement foundation and running through the lower and main floors of the south wing of the build ing, thus relieving the walls of the structure frottfthe weight of the library. This change wiil abolish the gallery over the lobby of the reprcsentathe hall, and will reduce the seating ca pacity Of the lobby m The haH two thirds. 'Bids are now being adverti.cd for, to be opened in two weeks, and tiic work must be completed by November 10th, so as to enab'e the secretary jof state to have he Tuall piaced in con4i tion in time for -the s;sion of the legis lature -in January, 1901. The following requirements arc made by the board, iof tire successful ladder, these stringent rules having been adopted for the pur pose of protecting, as much as possible, the' decorations of the building: "After the room has been cleared of all movable furniture and carpets by the state board, contractor or contract ors shall then come into possession- of the, room for the pre-utSon of the several works plannea and specified. Workmen and materials will be exclud ed from all parts of the building, ex cept the house of representatives and iowcr soith corridor, the use of which will be allowed only for such time a is actually necessary for putting in the lower portion of the work. Even then nothing will be allowed in said corridoV that is possible to put m place any other way. : " - l: j "It is expected and required of tjhe contractor or1 contractors to erects ai platform at the south end, and pass "all materials, etc.," through a window i or windows, including the passage of he workmen, as passing through ihc building, other than as before mn-t-oned. willfbe strictly prohibited, ex cept in cascis of absolute necessity, and making andj finishing openings between the rooms and rotunda. Destruction or damaging of grounds or shrubbery will be-'strictly prohibited. "It is ako required that all interior work, except such parts as is necessary to remove or disturb, Will be thorough ly protected from damage by boxijng and covering with cloth. Any damage or marring of the interior, except as above mentioned, must be made good wthbi't extra expense to the state. This clause is to be construed to cover all part3 of the building until its com pletion and acceptance by the 1 archi tect. I . "AIL dirt, rubbish, material, etc., tiot needed in the work and improvement) of said hall of representatives, 4hall be removed from the building and prem ises as fast as .the same is displaced! or accumulates; the same to be: carrjed out and put into wagons or carts and taken away and deposited where so idt rected. .' j . "The contractor or contractors shall, at trreir own proper cost and expense, turnisn ail materials and labor, the be! of their several kinds, cartage, scaffold ing, models, moulds, etc., etc., needed for the work -herein and therein feet torth.y .-; . " ..,;'. ) "A!l connections with the new and ld work, of iron, brick and wood., mrst be properly made and banded together with straps, anchors, ties, etc. ' r "AttentiocT is hereby T called to he wectssity , of contractors visiting the building, to -the end that the proposed work may be fully undersood. 1 M "Upon completion of the work, and Lbcfore final acceptance, the buildiing snail be thoroughly cleaned and ready for rclajring carpets, and free from iall blemish. ; V "Contractor's who bid on the within specified, work will be required to n close a certified! check in tlie sum J of fio per cent drawn to the orler of tlie tate treasurer, to be iorfeited to .he Setea, Oregon state in case the lowest or accepted bidder fails to qualify in ten days after the opening of bids, with good and ac ceptable bond for the full amount of contract' price. ! ' "The above work as specified must be completed on or -before November 10, 1900." . t ' ,-' I . - - -;j ; Tlw board, in closing the specifica tions," makes the . following I provisions and rules for. the guidance of contractors:-' " ' . !- "They must do all work herein, nu-h-j tioried and retiuired by the plans to the full intent and meaning of both as in terpreted and directed by the architt'ctj first class -in every respect; Material to "be tire best of the several kinds. . ".Nlo. sub-contractor will be -allowed , any part of the work to perform, cxcipt by consent of the architect "The state board of capitol building commissioners reserves the right to f ject any or all bids." CASTOR I A For Infant and Children, .Tbe Kind Yoo.Havs Abajs Bough! Bears tho Signature of A SAD DEATH. Mrs. .Nora Hart Iett. of Englewood. died very sudden ly late Wednesday afternoon friin'. what has been, pronounced S -by the nhvsicians to have been lunjg fever. "Mrs. Bartlctt has for many "years. been an invalid but she required no especial medical attention or nursing until about ; o-clock Wednesday afternoon, wlien her sister concluded that the services of an experienced nurse were neces sary and she went in search of such. a person. Upon returning to j the.' home after a very brief absence she Was startl ed -to find- that her sister had . died. The deceased was aged 44 years and a husband and "a young son siijrvive. Mr, Bartlctt had recently gone e,ast to lo cate, expecting to "be followed by his .: famify who were ready to leave ,in a : very few days. Funeral arrancmenis have not yet been completed but 111 alt probability will be held on Sunday, by I which time it is expected. Mr. Harnett , will have returned to Salem. toxita.. r-' Bertti, 1 Ilia .Kiwi Yoa Haa Aiwa n BaiS Elgnstnr ' of 1Whcn Dan Rice wasf'at tlie Walnut Street theater in 1860 he sent- parses one night to 300 young menj and wheri they arrived" to sec the snow lie ap peared without his make-up and read them a lecture condemning the out-" bursts which had been made in favor of the South, and secession at a time; when the late of the nation hung in the balance. ! BTOnZA. Tbe Kind Yao Kan Always Bcl Liver" Complaint cured byl BEE CHAM'S PILLS. ... f 1 Fine printing. Statesman Job Office. FA 1 1 EY. At the Salem Ho? pita!. Wednesday, March 14. 1000. of onA poisoning, AI rs. II. Farhey, aged, 10 years, of Gerva.is. , The remains were -shipped to GervaH yesterday, where burial "was had. MILES. At the. family home near th i fair grounds, at 10 p. m. Wedne-'day, March 14. 1900, Laura Alice, the 16--months old daughter of Mr." and Mrs. S. W. -Milts. t S, C. STONE, M. D. Proprietor of . " ST SALEM, OREGON. The stores, (two sn number) are ' lo cated at No; 235 ad 333 Commercial street, arid are well stocked with a complete line oLdrugs and medicines, toilet articles, perfumery, brushes, etc., etc., etc .-'--r " - ; DR. STONE Has had some 25 rears experience In the practice of medicine - and now makes no charge for consultation, ex amination ,or prescription, . . ! 1. Beariti 9 ST01IFS DRUG