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Newspaper Page TextMMHftJi DAir Experiments in the domestication and .training .of elephants In the Congo Free State indicate that. the? can be used to advantage for porter age work In reglonB where tho open ing up of tho country 1b moat difficult because of lack of transportation fa c'llltlos. Contrary to tho general be llof that Control African elephantB could not bo tamed nnd made to per form tho same service ns their Asi atic fellows in India, a bulletin It rntoA by tho Congo govornmont an nounces tho complolo BiicccBB pt ex periments conducted at an "ele phant farm" nt Apt, In thd Uole dis trict, In tho northern section of tho -'.Vrt .TutTKtfAL, .BALK.. OlifctJOX. -TUBSDAY, BETTK)gKIl 1, 9W . . .in 1 1 .y in'tfTTP-f" , ,,!.,. .....,..- oTTnanymenttoJM BHii thA.rajita,jiiavj -'xnen. too, our position -was-Mgae tr-hWmtmrUy werie, by ,the .form tha inquiries to date, however, have AlUeieff gave to tho acgdjl afTed io, 'elicit any definite lnforrna- trusted to him. Jteferncw were tlen as to its commercial .manufac- made that offended Japanese pride, ture, as it is reported that, cxperl- and the whplo correspondence be mcntatlon has not,ye,t beeticonclud- came strained and difficult ns .a ro od. Consul Blake at Dunfermline, oult of the Admiral's 'unfamlllarlty o- " ' with diplomatic procedure and his lack of competent stnff assistance Ho proceeded, moreover, r.tpon the . 4M.-.l. ' MMBBBHBilBBBMBMniHIifl' '" " ' J ff - -1 M ' i IB - - r AHiri ai r FAtloiVln- I Our Aristocratic Schools. Thcro nro soveral fashionable schoolB in Now York city wlioiw mistaken assumption that, In bucIi n doors are graciously open to tho sons negotiation, it was necessary to dte of the multimillionaire, Coming as play Inflexibility and tenacity. His he does from a homo of the very Idea was that one concession, If rich, ho might enter n small and another, and that a yielding policy very select school whore all tho boys would be more likely, in tho end, Are from very rich homes, and whero to bring ubout a rupture with Japan thoy havo nn nutomobl'o club with than a policy of firmness." tate, Hero a small herd of young elephants has been kept in cnptlVlty for Bovcrnl years, and, finally, af(or much olTort Jn training- them, satin factory result) ,bave been obtained. Tho director of tho elephant station, in an official report, says theso ex periments dotnonstrato that the African olophant enn live in captivltv and that by good treatment' they can be induced to pprform, labon Al ready tho pid'o'stmonildrs of the. ele phant fhriu at Apl(1$xocuto the por terage and traction work of the sta tin. They carry drivers'' on tholr banks and pack enddlea with loads. Some draw wagons, and others are trained to draw (ho plow. Mine of tho animals nro mro than seven year old, and s'neo tho Indian elephants nro, most oniclont at tho adult ago, 1 C years, It IB bollovod ovon bettor r.upnlh mny bo looked for, Mortality among tho clephanti newly captured has been groat, and as yet it has not been ponlblo to workbrood them 'Hi cabllvlty, bul oxporlenco Is solving tho problem of domestications the dentin nro now few, and fresh recinltp ape con Btfiiltly being added. With a begin ning thiin mndo .tho ncopo or the work of Apia ydll doublliiHs bo on largod and dvontunlly It s expected, elephant caravans will bo ..estab lished. Success in tho undertaking moans a great deal for tho future of tho country. JDoiplto rallroadh and steamboat lines, tho Congo will always bo n country of forests and of huvatiiias Intersected with Bwanips. Consulnr Hopdrta. - o- ...... Salem, Ore. EXCURSION TRAINS ' and Special Rates ?- 4'W . I I . r SEPT. u-if Salem, Ore. a scoro of momhers. Tmngln nn nutmobllo club wlthjjts members ii' Ilttliiiirliijr. n Flying Machine, knickerbockers! ' From "The Wright Brothers Aero- Then thoro Is un ultrufEngllsh . piano" In the September Century, school, whoso head majtcr aiitMn- Tlje balancing of n flyer may seem structors arc without a Blngle Ox- at first thought, to be n very simple ceptlon Oxford or Cambridge men. matter, yet almost every experiment Tho InstrtiPtlon Is somewhat ' Incl- or had found In this the one point dontal In Importance, but an English; .which he could not satisfactorily atmosphere Is most rons'stcntly nnd master. Many different methods -iircoBBfuiry maintained. After 'six' wore, tried. Somo experimenters years of Eng.h mnnnorisruB .a placed tho center of gravity far -be-yoiithful graduate, with his English 'ow'thc wngs, In the belief that the Inflection nud laugh, his Piccadilly wo'ght would naturally took to rc stoop and walk, ought to puss the main nt the lowest pojnt. It was scrutiny 'o'f even n London Hhop-' true, that, like the pendulum, It hooper aft 'n' "Just-ai-good". product i tended to' seek the lowest peint: It must prove disconcerting to nn out nlso, like the pendulum, t Amorlcnn boy to hoar tho story uf tended to oscillate In n 1'nnnnor do the Ilovolutlon told with' an English Atructlvu of nil -stability. A- more t,lp but tho master knows thnt sntlgfnctory Bytom, csieclnlly for things have changed grOntly In thin , Intend balance, was that of arrung country slnco the Revolution, an I lug the wlngi In tho shnpo. of a later In If fo tho pupil mny realize , broad V, to form n dihedral anglo, tlih fact as ho rldoj Ovor a historic with the rontor low and tho wlng battloflold behind n pack of Imported tips elovnted. In theory tlds was an English fox. hounds. uroauwuy .automatic systoni, but In prnctlce If OREGON STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION FOR 1901 The LARGEST and BEST PACIFIC COAST FAIR CHILDREN Mpntlny, 1-Hli. FRFE RESERVE!) IJOXES CAN RE HAD IN AD VANCE FOR THE RACES rnifr.nnnv Saturday, iotb FREE Greatest Exhibit at' any Coast Fair. New buildings all cdmpletcd, Walks nnd-grounds the fllncst. Freo camping for thousands. ' Agricultural college to hold meetings. HH' Races bIx days; commonco Monday. Freo evening ontortainmento. McElroy's Band and Orchestra. Prominent ,mon will spoakj '' V- Fancy stock shown dally. Mngar.lno. How RiinnIii Drlflcd Into 'nr. Oonoral Kuropatkln, In his story xostrlctod to calm air. had two serious defects; fir -t. it londod to keep tho machlno oscillat escillat ing: nnd, second, Its MHsfulnesi wan Complete Program for Six Days Two Great Shows Day and NightSomething Doing Every Hour One Hundred Thousand Oregon People Attend the Fair and are Better for it. A WEEK OF PROFIT FOR YOU! ENJOYMENT FOR THE FAMILY! SUMMER SCHOOL FOR ALL! Ah AHcbMit 'IHHcnvrrjr Revived. A chemlcnl discovery, or rnthdi' rodlscovory of what wns nn old Roman secret known to havo boon UKd about noo years ago, which likewise bociiis full of practical pos sibilities Is a liquid preparation to provent Iron rust and wall damp lie. When Applied to tho bottom plates iif ships It Is said to prevent oxidation, animal or vogotnblo ma rine parasites and growths, nnd, be sides preserving tho life of tho Iron plates, will also add to the Bpeed of llaers and war ships, Whou tho In sldo of n ship Is coated ovor with tho liquid It stops the "weeping" of tho luuor sklmr of the Iron sides, which, ns Bhlppors so well know, Is so often tho cnuso of much damage to ships' cargot's. Freshly plastered rooms, whou painted with tho name preparation, admit of Immediate occupancy or decoration, a the paper enn be np- of the a ent RuHsfan-Japanoso wnr, which opens In the September Mc Cliiro'it, doscrtbos tho strntigo coiino of ovents by which RiiHsIn and her r'ulors drifted Into n wnr with Japan, ontlroly ngalnBt tholr will. Ho says: "Tho future historian,' who 3VIII havo arroBs to nil documents, mny bo abu, from study or them, to do tarmlno why tho will of the Rattan monarch to avoid war with Japan wns not currfud Into offect by hia principal co-workers. At ltrcsuut, It Is only pnBBlblo to say, ninrondltlon ally, that although neither tho em peror nor Rutnla desired war, .wo did not miccced In escaping it. Tho reason for tho failure to tho nego tiations Is ovldontly to he found In our Ignornnco of Jnpnn's readiness for war, and her determination to support her contentions with armed forco. Wo, ourselves, woro not-ready to fight, and resolved that It should not come to lighting. Wo mndo do- nmndn, but wo had no Intention off using weapons to enforce thorn and, It may bo added, thoy woro not worth going to war about, Wo al way thought, moreover, thnt tho question whether there should b war or pence depended upon mb, and wo wholly overlooked Japan's stub born determination to ouforco de mands that had for her such vital Importance, and also her rollauco upon our military unreadiness Thus tho noRotlntloim were carried yiiod without delay or damage. Tim j on by tho respective parties undor twMs have extended over n period j unequal conditions. fill I HI" IlltllW I j Berry, Prune j Hop Growers j ii- all need.... Tickets! i In harvesting their crops-If you j want a special form or a rush job ! GO TO ELLIOTT'S You will never be disappointed! Hiiliumi'M Important'!' un Food. During tho Inst few years cnnno. salmon has boon taking Its pine- vory rnpldly among tho Important food supplier of tho world. Tho ox )ianslou of tho iimrketH In tho United Statoi haa Imon truly remarkable. Drokors taking- the oggregato of tho 100(5 pack, In comparison with thu amount of salmon romnlnlng In flrst hnnda boforo tho oponlng snloa on the 1907 nack. show that t.OOO.onn coses of fanned salmon virtually tho ontlru 1000 pack- found n ready market after tho 12 months after lt production. Uecnuso of this In creased demand tho luunl nllotmont of hnlf n million cases to the mar kets of tho United Kingdom wn reduced, to loss than 100,000 canes, leaving tho llrltlsh Jobbers clamor- lnRfor stocks months boforo tho npw pnek was nvallablo. In ntno months' tlmo tho consumption of canned snlmon In tho United States nmqunted to virtually 3,000,000 cases, or, concisely, 2,950,000 casoi, and threo months boforo the 1007 pack nrrlved Jobbers woro wmllng In orders for 'stock which could not bo supplied. The clean-up of tho 1007 pack wns accomplished with an equal facility, only n few months be ing necossnry to mark tho exhaus tlonof all grades of salmon oxcopt one, which, bong n cheaper grade nnd not so largely lu demand, was carried ovor In consldorablo quanti ties. Tfih means thnt canned salmon has become of primary Importance nH n food product and taken Us place with other universal food such as hoof, pork, mutton nnd breadstuffs. Packed undor tho most sanitary conditions, containing more nutritious qualities thnn any othor staple food, and bolng sold at a price easily within the reach of the most Blonder pooketbooks, It has gained n world-wldo favor that la wall morl tod. From "Farming tho Sens." by Oanlol U Pratt, in Outing for Sep-tember. Low Rales Salem, Oregon Sept. 1 4-1 9 COME Low Rates Salem, Oregon Sept. 14-19 iMMnnMi It Is exocctcd thai the government monBiiro providing for the constric tion of a railway to Hudson bay wl'l be Introduced In Iho house or com mons nt Ottawa shortly. Consular Report. tNp3Xw4ix n Pfc 1244 a1 fkJt, The New Hudson Rny Rem to, Tho tlrst move in tho dlreotlon of establishing i new outlet for wetorn eipor'H to the soaboard via the pro posed Hudfcon llay routq Is now bo Inr made by the governraont A survey party bs bolilg sent out by the interior department to lay out tbr town Blto of Fort Churchill, the fn .uro meiropolU of lludon bay and the terminus of tho nropoted Hudson Hay Railway. Tho futuro city win bo ocated on the oustem side of the liver, opposite tho rului of old Fort illnce of Wales, and across tho riv er from the Hudson Ray company's trading post Plans and drawings f tho harbor ae ak. being prepar ed under the direction of the depart ment. Tho proient population of Fort Churchill consists of. four halt-breed families, a mounte. policeman, and one fwUler. The 4ttr is tho onlv man whew koiwt is pitched on tho tuturetawH J4t. u Mttled there wltk hU. wife Wfor Ufr r In iiwxtlwi vm rr4 fr ttttkweat, at k tWr4wt tl4 U cUlm a STATU XKWS. . lodfohl, at an election yesterday, turned down the proposition of granting n CO-ycnr franlchso for a stroot railway by n vote or 00 to 210. t Hubbard hop ynrils havo decided to pay -40 cents a box for picking. Grain threshing Is about ovor In tho valley nonr Hubbard. Tho first hops picked wero received It) I2ugcue yesterday. .Wlllamotto falls, the beautiful cataracts nonp Oregon City, arc p thing .of the past, tho water being utilized by n $100,000 concreto dnm to furnish power for the Portlnnd Railway, Light & Power company. Tho llttlo town of Gladstone, nour Oregon City, Is In nn upronr over the petition of n pnloonman to secure a license to sell beer. Harrlmnu Is sufforlng from rheu matism nnd for this reason will ex tend his stay at Klamath Falls for another 'week. Tho launch "lllue Hells'" undo cofmiiand of Captain R. B. Vooth nearly camo to grief from big sens whllo returning to Newport from n 35-mllc run up to tho Rig Ranks yes terday. Tho Cascade Development com pany wns Incorporated nt Tho Dallos j yesterday and will build a powCrj plant on Hood River. ' Pakon's drug store, the office of Dr M. R. Gulro nnd somo noarby barns, in nil valued at $3000. were destroy ed by Are at Mt. Angel early yeter- day morning. o NKWS FROM IIKRK, . TIIKRK AND EVKRYWHKRK prcs8lou that there is renson to stu ped foul piny. Prosldont Roosevelt yeitordny greeted the returning athletes and especially tho Oregon heroos and praised the "far-away northwest 8tnte." W. S. O. Williams, who Is ac cused of having Bhot Charles, 11 Roberts when tho latter nnd Will Inm'B wife wero taking an outing In rolling chalra, was In Atlantic City, whore tho shooting took place nt the tlmo nnd not nt Cambridge Springs, Pn., whore ho claimed to havo boon, nccordlng to tho stntcment of his cousin. MONUMENT TO CIVIL WAR HEROES (United I'rwH i.tnrd Wire.) Toledo, Ohio. Sept. 1. Tho prln cipnl event In tho grent rounlon of tho Grand Army of tho Republic to day was the dedication of tho monu ment to tho dead heroes of tho Civil war at Fort Meigs. Tho thinning rnnkB of blue marched to tho scene In various for mations. Hero nnd thero could It sec ntho remainder of some once respondent company perhaps hilt n dozon grizzled old boy march ing along stiff and straight In fol dlory nrrny. , Tho ceremonies nt Fort Melgi till afternoon wero of great Interest. The states whoso troops participated la tho avontB commomoratod by the monument wero represented by high olllclnls. Governor Harris appeared for Ohio. Governor Wlllson spoke In behalf of Kentucky. Lieut. Got. Murphoy was presont as the repre sentative of Pennsylvania and Major Robert Hunter represented Virginia. - - o v HORN CO To tho wife of Dr. II V Coi, nt tho residonco of M, B Pasae, Tuesday morning a Ds powl boy. Twonty-nlno thousand cars hai been put to work in tho V. S, In tJ wooks, and It Is called Increaie prosperity. o SALEM WATER COMPANY OFFICE cm HALL For wator eorvlco upp'y at ofl& HIIIb payablo monthly In advanw. Republican Chairman Hitchcock "lias appointed Senator Dixon, o' Montana, chief of the speakera' bu reau in jGhlongo. . Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang to tho United States, it is rumored, is to bo recalled for axprosiug nw views, in speeches, too liberally f. Tho Rrttsh balloon. "Queen Lj3uU." which was taking part in tho International balloon race, fell Into Lake Erie, its pollta being res cued by a passing steamer. Mrs. Anna Ludwlg is mourning the mas 01 fiou, wnicu sioien rrom a baby buggy, which she used as a safe for her savings from her Chi cago boarding house. Leo H. Johnson, well known wealthy whriif wan, was arrested In Seattle yesterday, charged with the murder of his wife, whose body was found cut la three pieces and craUsi i a burtat box under their cabin. Hit adudU dltfHMJBs of tk body, Wt ilfctt ta murder ektrge. Joha was Mtffd-bW's-u-rJ Every Non-Progrcssivc Merchant Rccomcs Your Competitor When You Cease to Advertise Aggressively When a merchant "slows up" In his advertising, and con.ludw to "savo a llttle.monoy" in thnt direction, then the merchant who nover had the courago and foresight to) advertise adequacy BE COMES A REAL COMPETITOR. -Even tti,.mercbant wh . never advertises at all reaps a certain amount of 'profit from the slow Ing up"'process ot the, live store. I, Not many merchants, of coureejwho have -at any time set the pace for progressive advertising, will bo content to take a back ward plunge into tho company of the non-progressives, of the LITTLE MERCHANTS, the easily satisfied oaes, the un-awkei' But that Is Just what the "live oae" does wken be imagines that his advertising is costing too much, aad that,. Its ourtallni0 means "savins." If business conditions ever suggast rtreachat in adrertl Us, the wise aarekaat kaowa that this sa!d Jatwried a slRaal foe "fall sd,aaad." for r4ubUd fl t WIK tfc ;, ( ZJ MJA rvw n WW ". n , . ' yV,- , ,V'J MIMMfc HMrm in , ot r swswd . Mtf far fala jMt , laa Mvt M Mwf Buainasa th .fc .Mai s easily a al.