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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
A NEW GRAIN IN The SOUTH

Has High terminating Percentage and
Is Growing Into Public Favor,
A report became current in the south
that new grain had been discovered,
and the agricultural department has
since been collecting information on the
subject, says the Shipping and Com
mercial List The largest crop seems
to have appeared in the neighborhood
of Pittsboro, Russell county, Ala.
There, on the low-lying banks of
streams, are quantities of cane from the
lips Of which hang long tassels COM
posed Of punches Of leaves and seeds
much like oats. 1t was discovered that
cattle going down into the cane brakes
would eat the tassels. The grain was
found to be sweet and starchy. having
general flavor not unlike oats. After
this discovery quantities of the cane
were gathered and threshed. The grain
was fed to farm animals. Horses, it
is said, preferred it to corn or oats
Chickens and hogs were also fed with
it, and the hogs became fat on it. So,
far as is known at present no attempts
have been made to grind 1t into flour
and make bread, but is believed that if
properly ground it could be made into
bread and pastry which would be both
palatable and nutritious. In appearance
the seeds are very much like oat grains,
except for their size. which is two or
three times greater. The husk is al
most an inch in length, and the seed in
side is about half an inch long. The
husk. like that Of some of the other GER
calls, becomes dry and yellow, but the
seed remains hard and is very agreeable
to the taste. This hardness of the seed
will prevent 1t from decaying as rap
idly as some other cereals. 1t has very
high terminating percentage. Ac-
cording to newspaper accounts, mil
lions of bushels have been gathered
for the farmers soon after the discovery
took advantage Of the opportunity and
put all of their hands at work threshing
out the grain, which they have stored
up and will feed to their cattle in the
winter.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
AMMONIA vAPoR ABsoRHs HEAT
Ro Dms Kept From is TO 20 Degrees De.
low Zero

Ro Dms Kept From / 5 10 20 Degrees De.
low Zero.
The method of refrigeration which is
done by the action Of evaporating am
monia is most effective substitute for
the employment of ice for freezing pur-
poses, and the perfection of the process
is exceedingly interesting, says the
Boston Transcript. Just outside of the
boundaries Of Little Italy stands a big
building, one of a number of such In
Boston, which is devoted to the uses OF
cold storage" as it is called. In this
building are hundreds of rooms which
are kept at various stages of freezing
temperature, according to the needs of
the various goods stored therein. Some
of the rooms range in temperature from
10 to 20 degrees below zero, and are
completely covered with accommodations
of frost-walls, ceilings and Aoors. 1t
crackles under ones feet with a most
wintry sound, and glistens in the rays
of the electric lights like powdered
crystal The power of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to absorb heat is the agent utilized to
supply the use of ice in reducing the
temperature of these rooms to various
degrees of cold. The refrigerating ma
chine which is the mOuive power of this
interesting process of chemistry is a
monstrous affair The largest machine
of its class in existence, it's huge mech
anism performing the same amount of
work in freezing at 30 carloads OF ice
day, and at far less expense, and
much greater convenience of arrange
ment, and from this comparison one
can judge of the size and capabilities
of this wonderful piece of mechanism.
The liquid ammonia is forced through
a small pipe, which opens into a larger
one by means of tiny hole through
which the ammonia is sprayed. The
sudden precipitation into larger space
transforms the liquid into vapor, and
evaporated ammonia has a tempera-
ture of about 80 degrees below zero.
The pipes where the ammonia becomes
a vapor are so much colder than the
rest of the machine room that they are
loaded with ice continually, just as the
intense cold of winters day encrusts
the window panes with thick frost. 1t
is necessary frequently to clear the
pipes of the accommodating ice which
clogs them, and the ice is thrown into
the street at the rear of the building.
Some street gamins were arrested one
hot day this summer for making them
selves obnoxious to passers-by, and
when brought up in court astonished
the judge by testifying that the charge
against them was snow-ba1ling people
in the streets. AS all Boston was per-
spring under the excessive heat at the
time, the court was rather amused at
the charge, until the boys explained
that their ammunition came from the
storage warehouse near their homes.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08

>~>''&-- - >os<' 4IlIVVIHX
men that some effort should be made
by Tacoma to secure a discontinuanc<
of the illegal discrimination ON the
part Of the o. r. & NJ. says the Ia
coma Ledger. Owing to the fact OF
the Q. r. & N. granting these rebates.
and to the additional fact SO il Is
charged, that grain exporters at Taco
ma are keeping the wheat market down
several cents lower than the San Fran
cisco market, and at times lower than
the Portland market, this port has un-
uouptediy suffered. 1t is also charged
mere that local exporters purchased
charters high at the beginning OF the
season instead of waiting until the
present time, when charters are cheap,
and thus have a motive for keeping
the market for wheat down. Whatever
the causes, however, the market here is
certainly lower than the San Francisco
market, and great amount Of grain
IS being shipped from this state to
California for export. While some To-
cal exporters undoubtedly purchased
charters high, several other charters
have recently been announced for Ia
coma at the present low rates.
A prominent grain man of Tacoma
said to the Ledger: What Tacoma
should do, and, In fact, the only thing
she can do at the present time to Offset
the discrimination caused by the o. n.
& MS rebates, is to get the Northern
Pacific to meet the o. r. & N. on its
own ground and grant rebates en-
wheat shipped from competing points
In eastern Washington to Tacoma, the
same as the 0. r. & N. grants rebates
from competing points to Portland.
While, of course. this would be In yio-
lation of the interstate commerce law,
1t is justifiable. The interstate COM
merce commission is a slow moving and
ponderous body that decision cannot
be secured from for many years on al
most any point While the fact Of the
0. r. & N granting rebates has been
laid before the commission in a COM
plant, and large amount of testimony
stands ready to be presented to prove
charges, no action has been taken, and
1t does not seem as If any would be
taken for some time. Because the
Northern Pacific is acting within the
law this port is suffering. If viola
ton of the law is allowed to continue
to our detriment, the only thing we
can do is to have our own road violate
the law in the same manner. AS an IL
lustration Of the slowness of the inter-
state commission in handling COM
plants Of this character, the case of
Spokane's effort to secure terminal
rates stands prominent. That city has
for six years past sought to obtain
better through freight rate from the
east than it has now. It's petition has
all the law of the interstate commerce
act in it's favor. yet such men as Judge
Turner, and other prominent attorneys,
who have appeared before the commits
sion IN it's behalf. have been utterly
unable to obtain a decision. They have
only fairly got it before the commission
now, the six years previous efforts be-
ing merely preliminary work"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
RAISING OF GOOD HORSES

Demand for Family Drivers That the
IS Electric Cars Can Never Destroy.
The price of horses has of late been
ID reduced that the farmers are dis
in horse raising, the Farm
Jews says. The low prices now prevail
|og are due to a want of demand, on &C
count of the electric car system. which
las been so generally established
throughout the cities and some parts
q the country for rapid transportation.
his Is. no doubt. in some part the
cause of the weak demand for horses in
ne markets. There Is. however. an
6kher cause, which will be found in
A few years ago the
nQrse craze, as 1t may be called, pre-
VAiled among farmers, and there was
1corcely any one who was not breed
- either first class roadsters or blood
ID drivers.
For these for few years first class
Ices were obtained, and the demand
INCH was at the time fictitious one,
<oduced by a sort of boom in horse
/ssh, produced an oversupply, and now
4ere are too many horses for the
arket, which has for the time been
rrnewhat diminished by the electric
IL lines.
But good horses are always desirable.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
he PURCHASED A WIFE FOR $40
The Articles OF Agreement Committed
10 Writing.

The Articles OF Agreement Committed
TO Writing.
Five months ago Captain John Lyter,
a prominent G. A. r. member, fell In
love with the pretty young wife of John
Miller of Fairview, says Vanceburg,
KY, dispatch in the st. Louis Repub-
lie. Miller was II years old and his wife
was tired of him. Captain Lyter made
love to the young woman and began ne
gotiations for her purchase. He and
Miller signed the following articles of
agreement:
81, the undersigned, John Miller, par
ty of the first part, do hereby agree with
John Lyter, party of the second part, to
give to the party of the second part,
one Martha, my wife, the considerations
to be as follows: John Lyter is to pay
me In cash $40, also a good suit of
clothes valued at S25, jug of the best
whiskey, two hound pups and fishing
tackle worth $26."
Captain Lyter had lived with his pur-
chased wife only three months when
she ran away with his nephew. Cap
tain Lyter made a new will, disinherit-
ing the nephew. The younger Lyter
soon tired of Mrs. Lyter.
A few days ago Captain Lyter re-
ceived letter from the young woman,
who is now in Cincinnati, saying she
was in desperate circumstances. Her
running away with the nephew, she
wrote, was "just a little joke" She
wanted to come back to the captain.
He wrote to her to return, and she will
be back tomorrow.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
wAsnrUcNA DITCH TO BE COMPLETED
It Is the First Irritation Project in AID.
ans County.

1t Is the First Irritation Project in AID.
ans County.
At last It seems certain that the
Washtucna ditch Is to be completed and
that soon, says the Ritzville Times.
This is the cause for rejoicing on the
part of the people OF this county, aside
from any direct benefit to accrue from
this particular ditch. It is the first irri-
cation project In the county carried out
by outside capital. In irrigation lies the
future of Adams county. We firmly be-
lieve 1t and do not make this assertion
without having duly considered what
we are saying. One enterprise of this
kind In successful operation almost in
duces other similar projects. With wa
ter there is no doubt but what Adams
county would be by far the best agri-
cultural and fruit raising county in
Washington, and now that the ball is
rolling and irrigation today offers the
most alluring field of investment to
capital. may we not hope that the day
Is not far distant when we can see the
irrigated land right from the streets Of
Ritzville? Competent engineers have
favorably reported upon the feasibility
of such thing, and there Is, after ALL
plenty Of money-once it breaks loose
and It's owners begin to look around for
investments.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
TAX LISTS IN SPOKANE COUNTY
Rebate of Interest and Penalty Expires
December

Rebate of Interest and Penalty Expires
December
The total taxes in Spokane county
levied for state, county and city .pur-
poses, together with the supplemental
roll, all for the year 1894, errors and
double assessments subtracted, is $500, =
567 10. The amount collected, emitting
some paid in error and refunded by
commissioners up to June 80, 1895, was
$3.50, 25295. The rebate allowed on COL
lections prior to February 49, 1896,
amounted to $3,129.53 The amount I'M
collected June 30, 1895, was 1915, 1S4.62.
The collections on the 1894 roll since
June 80, 1895, according to County Au-
ditor Tyler's books, We're: July, &c.
5S4.61; August, $201.S1; September, 3d.
119. As; making a total of $12, 905.S7. The
taxes refunded during this period were
$2O4.27, leaving the total collected since
June 80 up to October l, $12, 60. Ow-
ing to the rebate of the interest and
penalty, which expires December l.,
taxpayers are coming in and paying
UP, and during the next month a large
increase in the receipts of the treas
urers office is expected.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08

Henry King, farmer 60 years old,
came to Constantland, Ala, the other day
and sold bale Of cotton and began imbib-
ing whisky. He entered shop where
several men were drinking and cried out:
'Ill bet any man dollar that l can
drink a quart of whisky without stop
ping, If he will furnish the whisky"
One of the bystanders took up the offer.
King won the wager, staggered from the
place, and disappeared. The next morning
ing he was found dead in a dry goods
box in an alley.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08

sired that all who live in our state
shall own their own homes, and as in
the greater portion Of Idaho homes
must be made by irrigation, we advise
the people. when making application Of
these laws, to act in conservative
manner and to preserve, inviolate, one
provision which is now incorporated in
them. the provision which viii ulti-
matelyl lead to district ownership Of ali
canals and water for irrigation.
The Developments which are likely
to begin soon under the provisions of
the, grant of congress win employ many
OF the brightest minds in the state,
VIII furnish labor to thousands and
homes for tens OF thousands.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
REGULATE THETR CLOCKS BY IT
Great Falls Notes the Drum Beats of the
Salvation Army.

Many of the citizens of Great Falls have
learned to regulate their clocks and
watches by the drum beats of the Saliva
ton Army, that tap with regularity as
unerring as the crack shots of DR.. Carver,
says the Leader. If man becomes alb
sorbed in the evening paper and is about
to forget an important engagement, the
drum beats of the Salvation Army an
nounce to him that o'clock is approach
ing. and even If he carries a watch and
has half a dozen clocks he will jump up
at the tap of the drum and hasten to meet
his appointments. If the merchant should
forget to turn out his lights according to
agreement, the drum taps remind him of
the closing hour with commendable reg
ularity.
1t would not do to say that the Salvation
Army has done away with the necessity
of a town clock, but its crude band serves
a noble purpose every night in the week,
whether the music compares with Wag-
ner's or not.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
Free Advice.

Here is the amount of your bill, doc
tor" said Mr.. Kneer, extracting bank
note from his pocketbook and handing 1t
over, Now, in case 1 have any more
trouble with my back what had better
do for it?''
"in case of any further trouble" re-
piled the physician. pocketing the money.
you will do well to call in a doctor
again. Chicago Tribune.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
WINTER APPLES WILL SURELY PAY
Progressive Farmers Of Kittitas VALLEY
Looking Out for the Future.

Progressive Farmers Of Kittitas VALLEY
Looking Out for the Future.
The shrewdest observers among our
farmers some time ago made up their
minds that the raising of winter apples
offered more inducements than any
other undertaking, and many trees have
been set out in the valley in the past
two years, says the Ellensburg Regis
ter. This belief, judging by the activ-
ity now being displayed in this direc-
ton, is an abiding one, for more trees
are being planted this fall than at any
time in the history of the valley. Agents
report livelier business in fruit trees
than they have ever known.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
turore,s Electric Railways.

From figures collected from Mr.. Philip
Dawson 1t appears that European con-
structors have up to the present built 81
tramlines operated by electricity. which
have an aggregate length of about 40
miles. Only in six instances, however, has
direct driving been adopted for the dyna-
mos. The steepest grade worked is the /
in 4 of the Mount Saleve Rack railway,
but there are several instances Of sleeper
grade than ] In Is.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
KNEW he Was Emmy.

Furioso-Are you laughing at me, sir?
do about it?
Furioso-Do about 1t? Why, my dear
sir, I consider it a great compliment to
me, a keen appreciation on your part;
was always called a funny fellow, sir; yes
sir, droll chap.-Boston Transcript
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
kar future bring bet
now. Farmers will UNI
D. AZ - 1 -

ear future bring bet
now. Farmers will UNI
b they need, and for a
De, the supply will be short
Ind. but the price will again
s fair compensation for the
and risk In raising good horses.
{amily horses will always be in
iand In the cities and In the pros
porous villages. Cars may carry men
to business and women to their shop
ping, but there Is demand In hours
not spent in business for a carriage
horse to supply need felt by almost
every well-to-do family that may have
a restful airing in the country or in the
parks and suburbs of the cities. Farm
ers would do well to turn their atten-
ton to raising horses to supply this
want. Horses should be raised of the
best blood. not for the turf, but for
the carriage, and as much care should
be taken In their training for this pur-
pose as is necessary to good condition
ed, quiet, trusty horses suited to driv
ing through all the hustle and noises Of
the city.
This will require time and care in the
trainer, but such horses will always
nave good sale, and can be profitably
raised.
Give us good family horses and the
demand will be sufficient to pay the
producer good profit.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08

Havana, Oct. ga dispatch from Re
midios announces that the insurgents
have destroyed with dynamite one of the
arches of the finest and largest bridges of
the Sagua La chica railway. not far from
Camajuani, a province of Santa Clara.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
penitentlarx shon Bnrned.

Jefferson City. Mo-, Oct. 9.--The Strauss
harness shop at the penitentiary here
burned this forenoon. The loss on harness
and supplies is $4,000, fully insured; on
the building, $4,000, no insurance.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
A strcak of Luck.

Mrs. Portly Pompous-Oh, Bridget, you
have broken that magnificent Japanese
vase.
there was nothing In it.-Texas Siftings.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08
She Knew Better.

ssWoman," said he oracularly to her
'.are rarely good listeners
And the prospective mother-in-law In
the hallway only applied her ear little
closer TO the keyhole and smiled grimly.
indianapolis Journal
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-08

Miss Model-Do you need a model, sir?
Old Persimmons-No; only paint fiow-
ers and fruit.
Miss Aiodel-wel. I'm a peach. seer
Truth.
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-06
At the Atlanta Exposition.

The exhibit Of the department. of ag-
riculture at the Atlanta exposition will
occupy the center of the Government
building 1t will be devoted largely to
horticulture. Models of the fruits of
the country will be shown, in many in
stances on their original trees. Special
attention will be paid to the exhibit of
orange and citrus fruits, intended to
show their methods of culture, their
diseases and the methods Of prevention
and cure. A display will also be made
of horticultural and fruit growing tools
and implements and of soils, their
adaptability to different sorts Of agri-
culture and horticulture.
Plants constructed of wax will illus
trate plant diseases and the insects that
prey on agriculture and plant life and
the chemicals and instruments used to
exterminate them. A full display will
be made Of cotton plants both Of this
and foreign lands, the cotton and other
fibers Of American and foreign growth
and the insects and diseases that prey
on the cotton crop, together with the
methods OF war waged On taen,.
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-06
THE SUMMER GARDEN.
The Great Event of tho Season to Begin
Next Friday.

Next Friday the grand opening of the
Summer Garden will commence at City
hall, and continue every afternoon and
evening for six weeks. Since the an
nouncement that Portland was to have a
a summer garden, everybody has been
talking about it, and why should they
not, for it will be great thing for Port
land. Everything will be run in first
class shape. City hall is one OF the
coolest places in the city. Parties are be-
ing made up now all over the city to &c
to these entertainments The hall will
be good place to take your "best girl, F"
mother, father, brother, sister or friends.
The hall will be finely decorated by G. E.
Brown. Three hundred tables will be
placed in the main hall, seating six hun
dred people, SO there will be room for all
There will be soda fountains, candy and
flower booths in the corridors and main
hall. Reception hall will be fitted up for
smoking room with "all the comforts
of home" and the firm of d. W. Hesel-
tine & Co. will do the furnishing of the
room in their lineI which is a guarantee
that it will be of the best. The price of
admission is so small, including an ice
cream, that everybody can afford to 60
This will be one of the cheapest ways of
entertaining your friends So be sure
and be there at the opening which
is the afternoon of July 12th For further
particulars see advertisement.