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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
Seeding for Pasture.

The following mixtures Of annual
crops are recommended by the Ontario
station for pasture: Oats, hairy vetch-
es and hungarian grass; and barley,
crimson clover and Early Amber sugar
cane. For permanent pasture the fol-
lowing mixture of grasses and clovers
has given the best results in several
years experiments: Orchard grass.
four pounds; meadow fescue, four
pounds; tall oat grass. three pounds;
timothy, two pounds; meadow foxtail,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
Russia to Buy More warships.

Paris, April 28.-According to a re-
port, the truth of which it is impossi-
BILE to verify, the sum of los, 600. 900
rubles has been appropriately Rus
sia for the purchase of several torpedo
boats in France, two Argentine cruisers
and two German transports. The two
German transports have already ar
rived at Libau.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
INDIAN LANDS WILL BIB SOLD.
Roosevelt Signs Bill for Disposal Z
Grand Ronde Tracts.

Washington, May 2.-One of the last
bills signed by President Roosevelt was
that authorizing the sale of 25, 791
acres of unalloted lands on the Grand
Ronde Indian reservation. Under the
terms of the bill these lands will be ad
vertised within 80 days and sealed bids
therefor will be received by the secre-
tary of the interior. No bids will be
accepted, however, until the "total
amount of all bids received shall equal
or exceed $2s, 800" which sum is to
be paid to the Grand Ronde Indians on
q pro rata basis.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
A Preventive of Scratches.

Keep your stable dry. Prevent the
wind from blowing on the horses legs
if wet, when standing in stable. Keep
the curry comb off the horses legs be-
low the knee and hook joint. AS the
horses les is nothing but skin and
bone, to speak of, it is very easy to
cut the skin and lay the foundation
for case of scratches. Use a big
corn cob to rub off the dried mud and
dirt. You will be surprised how quick
it is done without the least danger of
cutting the horses legs. Follow up
with a good brush, we'll applied.
Scratches are well named "curry-comb
scratches" I have had the care of
horses for the last forty years, and
never had a case of scratches in all my
experience.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
MiIlet Hay for Horses.

have used millet hay for horses
for years, and will say that If it is not
allowed to get ripe before cutting it is
not injurious; at least, I have not
found it so. But do not feed it ex-
clusively to horses, but use wild hay
or straw with it. If millet hay is fed
regularly, three times day. it will
affect the kidneys Of horses after
while. But for cattle it can be used
without bad results, providing always
that the seed In it was not allowed to
mature.-Dakota Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06

Lao Yang, May 2.-The delay OF
the forward movement of the japanese
into Mancuhria is due to the >excep-
tionally severe weather. 1t is rumored
that there is considerable suffering
among the japanese troops, due to the
intense cold and illness.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
Iapanese Transport Sunk.

Paris, April 29.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal reports
that Russian submarine boat sunk
japanese transport which was convey
ing 600 men to Corea, and that all the
troops were lost.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
Selecting a Good LAYER.

Selecting a Good Layer.
An old country poultryman makes
the following suggestions as a help in
selecting good layers: There are GER
tain individual characteristics, one of
which is the shape of a bird. If a
straight line be drawn from the back
Of the head to the toes. the hen which
is likely to be good layer will usual
~ have the hinder half of her body
largest, whilst a hen which may be
suspected of being a poor layer will
show more in the front; the reason
being that a poor layer makes bet
ter table bird, and has a larger, longer
breast, whilst a good layer makes a
poor table bird. and has a compara-
lively small breast, whilst the egg Or
gans are more fully developed. Birds
which are good layers are usually very
active. They always look healthy, and
in most cases their combs are usually
fully developed, particularly If they
belong to the long-combed varieties,
which are reputed to be the best lay
ers. A hen with a long comb may
usually be regarded as a good layer.
and if she is not there must be some
special reason for the contrary"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
Ruasians Harass chlnese Ymaees.

London, April 29.-The Tientsin cor
respondent of the Standard sends re-
port that 40, 900 Russians are haraesing
the Chinese villages west of the Shuang
Tai Su river, midway between Chin
Chau and Yinkcw.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06

which attaches the timber to the plow
ring. A three-horse attachment is
fastened to the short end, chain is at
tached to the long end of the piece Of
timber running between the two off
side horses through their neckyoke
ring and attached to a double-tree
clevis for the lead team"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
co-Operatve Milk Selling.

NO.OQOTatVC MILK SCA11H&s
The Springfield (Mass.) Cooperative
Milk Association is regarded as some
thing of a model of it's kind. The as
sociation received during the year f.
216,521 quarts of milk and paid the
farmers $123,297.77 for their product.
This lacks a small fraction of being
three cents quart for the year round
paid for the milk furnished. The vol
ume of business done during the year
was not far from 100000. A report
was made on the creamery established
by the association in Washington
County, N. Y, from which it now
receives it's supply of cream and but
ter. In eight months the product
amounted to one hundred thousand
pounds of butter. The association re-
ceived $4,000 quarts more of milk this
year than last, and paid the farmers
about SIS, 800 more than last year. The
farmers were paid on the whole prod
uct about one-sixteenth Of cent more
per quart than the preceding year
American Cultivator.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06

commander Of Black Sea Fleet.
st. Petersburg. April 30-Rear Ad-
miral Korssakof, the governor of Arch
angel, has been appointed commander
of the Black Sea fleet.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06

two pounds; alfalfa, hve pounds; al
sike clover. two POUNDS: white clover.
one pound. and refoil, one pound,
making total Of twenty-four pounds
Of seed per acre.
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
"COME HOME no ROOST.r

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
The tumultuous upheavaI in Congress
over the Bristow report IS amusing as
well as alarming The writer would
very delicately remind some of the old
er members Of that trite old saw, hand
ed down from father TO son for count
less generation Chickens Will come
home to roost"
All this turmoil and bitter vitupera-
tion might have been avoided. Eight
years ago last December. three very
humble little clerks dismissed by A.
w. Machen) went before subcommit-
tee Of the House. and asked for an in
vestigation OF the free delivery Office.
They were unceremoniously turned
down-their story Of corruption and
malfeasance in the free delivery divi-
sion Observation-Disclosures by Con.
gressmen who subsequently, became
great admirers Of the man recently sen
fenced TO a term in the MoundsviIle pen
itentiary.
Come. gentlemen. take your medicine
and stop squealing. Others can laugh
now-because: Chickens will come
home to roost" INQUIRER
Washington. March H. 1904.
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
Heipei Stage the Flay.

State Department officials co-operated
with Richard Harding Davis in the
staging of his new plaoI, The Dicta-
tor" In which William Collier appeared
at the Columbia last week. The design
for the escutcheon which appears over
the door OF the United States consulate
in the play was supplied by the depart
ment. Although this is the only part
the department officials took in the
preparation Of the play it was sufficient
to pique their curiosity. and many OF
them have attended the travesty on
I.atin-American revolutions and the
United States consular system.
Richard Harding Davis is regarded by
state Department officials who are
familiar with life in South and Central
America as the writer who knows more
than any other about Latin-Americans.
Since he wrote Captain Macklin" he
has been in special favor with men who
know the Latin-Americans. That book
was so true to nature that few months
after il was published the plot was
duplicated by events I'm Honduras. and
the novel might well be considered a
faithful history Of war which centered
about Tegucigalpa, the capital OF Hon
duras.
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
Pettigrew Was Always in
the Way-Senator For
aker Readily Recalls
Past Presidents.

When the late Senator Hanna was
young in legislative experience at the
Capitol. he was wary about the Senate
rules and rights of precedence. He
promptly learned. therefore. how readi-
~ one Senator can block legislation by
objecting when any unanimous consent
Is asked. He had some pet measures
TO help along through the Senate, but
whenever he wanted unanimous consent
he would always find an implacable OBJ
jector in the way. This was Senator
Pettigrew OF South Dakota.
Senator Hanna vowed to have Petit
crews official scalp. and he succeeded.
In January. 1901. a few weeks before the
end of the Fifth-sixth Congress, Petit.
grew was defeated by Senator Gamble.
After that Pettigrew was a thorn in
the side of every Administration Repub-
hcan on the floor. His blockading tao
tics inconyenienced them greatly and
he seemed to take delight in the power
ne was exercising for the temporary dis
comfiture of Hanna and his friends But
the latter had the last laugh. so they
consoled themselves with the thought
that It was also the best. and Pettigrew
went to political Oblivion while they
all fiourished in high place
In the past week ex-senator Pettigrew
has been In Washington in connection
with the Rosebud Indian land allotment.
He naturally came back TO his old
haunts and was welcomed on the floor
Of the Senate by former foes and friends
alike. One of the most curious Incl
dents Of his visit was side-by-side chat
with Senator Lodge. when the two Sen
ators might have been taken for great
chums
1t was not so three years ago. But It
was only a passing incident, proving
Senator Quay's philosophical view on
returning 70 the Senate after being kept
out two years by Hanna's adverse vote.
When asked how soon he expected 10
get back at" Hanna for that vote.
the past master of Pennsylvania politics
sagely sollloquized:
When a man wins out. he hasn't
time TO think Of getting back He's too
busy getting in front again. That's bet
ter than getting back"
The Washington times., 1904-03-13

improved gun that constitutes its SUI
periority. A projeetile moving with
velocity sufficient to carry it sixty
miles Will strike a terrific blow at a
range of FIVE miles. Probably no
armor could resist the impact of such
a shot But the problem is how to hit
an object so small as a ship or a CUR
emplacement at extreme ranges of
practicable fire.
4 horizontal detection Of one inch
of the muzzle of long naval gun at
the moment of discharge throws the
projectile more than one hundred
feet to one side of the mark at a
range of FIVE miles, and even greater
variation results from a slight change
in elevation. The battle of Santiago
was fought at ranges much less than
five miles, yet only three shots III a
hundred fired from the American
ships hit the Spanish vessels, count
ing big and little. Only one OF the
very largest shells reached Its mark
Not until the purpose of war IS TO
infict prOmiseuous, haphazard, wan
tor injury viii tie sixty-mileI gun be
used TO shell the wide world from,
midocean. Under present conditions.
it IS deemed advisable for the gunner
to be able to see what he shoots at
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
THE laps ENcLIsB pILor

The first foreign adviser whom the
japanese ever employed was one VIII
Adams. an Englishman. who in 1900 was
cast ashore in a storm while plotting a
Dutch feet Japan in Transition"
O,d VIII Adams. in Yellow seas.
Running some Dutchmen before the
breeze.
Caught by a squat that whipt the decks
And strawed the tide with a mile o.
wrecks,
Was tossed ashore where the chopsticks
grow.
over three hundred years ago.
AuC when the people restored his life.
lie would fam go home 20 his English
wife;
But. I'VE win provide thee a scorer
SAID they.
1Bu.d thee a palace and gardens: sta :.
"Aud teach as the English tricks you
know"
More than three hundred years ago
Wei, pilgrims visit hts shrine today.
Ard echo0lboys honor his name at play.
For his WAS the soul that first began
Tic English Lesson In old japan;
And what VIII taught them, those years
ego.
You must ask The Bear II you want to
London Globe.
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
cIyIL sERvIcE RETIREMENT.

To the Editor OF The Washington Times:
In the large. postoffices Of the country,
where the hardest work Of the depart
ment is done. the sentiment in favor OF
a civil service retirement law has de-
veloped within the past few years into
an intelligent understanding of the iT-
portant relation such a measure would
bear 20 practical efficiency throughout
the service.
1t seems TO be fairly understood that
the fulhllment of the civil service act Of
1883. which requires a test OF fitness for
Office before appointment, also implies
an increase of pay from the minimum
salary for the minimum efficiency in
proportion TO his increased efficiency
until che maximum efficiency and pay
at the time of experimentation should
compel his retirement in order that 9TH
ers might take his place in due course
Of promotion. OF course. this interpre-
tation is theoretical in character. yet It
is believed to be perfectly sound in this
respect. as well as 10 the tenure of Office
so long as the performance OF duty
shall continue TO be equal or superior 10
the terms Of the examination on ap-
poinment.
II. therefore. az the period of super
annuatiou. the empioye shall be found %
have fulfllad his part Of the implied
contract and the Government shall
have failed to increase his salary in ac-
cordance Herewith. il is evident that
no blame can attach TO the inability or
the former TO save from an average sal
AIRY Of $500 per anDum enough Tor the
support of his family. the education OF
his children. and the payment of an
nuity and life insurance premiums as
we'll
Yet in the discussion Of the question
OF retirement il is bet fair 10 say thaI
20 retirement measure has ever Deeu
suggested or even conceived wherein
the personal interest of the postal en-
ployes has not given place To the IN
terest OF the Government or where the
efficiency Of the service has not been a
sine qua non 10 the individual welfare,
in the present and future. OF the postal
employees whose combining work, insui-
hcient pay. and meager opportunities
for advancement have contributed their
earnest desire Tor the reform thar -
contemplated in the passage of civil
service retiremens law
A H. SCHULTS.
Chairman Executive Committee New
York Branch United Order Civil
Service Retirement Association
Washington, March -
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
Blue Laws in Mississippi.
Anti-Flirting Law Has Passed the Ms
sissippi Senate.

o-oSApf Pa DSAAeANSs
A law intended to prevent flirting
is woIming rs way through the Ms
sissippi Legislature 1t is reported
that the senate, being mainly com
posed Of married men, passed the bill
without hesitation, but that it will be
murdered in the house, IN which most
of the members are unmarried.
What Is the matter with Mississippi?
Suppose such a law had been
passed in New England. Mississippi
would have emitted a gleeful yell of
derision and said things about the
spirit Of the ancient Puritans being
still persistent. Suppose it had en-
tered the mind of some Chicago law
maker to introduce such a bill in
Springfield. The rest of the country
would have pade faeetious observa-
tons on counter-ir1itants to divorce
laws. But blue laws in Mississippi!
Who ever heard Of such a thing?
The fact IS, what with lynehings,
incendiary and foolish political liter
AZURE, Governor Vardaman, and other
eccentric developments, Mississippi Is
in danger of becoming a freak State
The tendency should be carefully, not
to say prayerfully, depressed before It
Is too late.
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
The Sixty Mile Gun.

The gun that hurIs projectiles
thirty miles or more Is being built
again, and the reporters who write de
scriptions Of it are reveling in pipe
dreams of vast destruction wrought
IN a city by shells fired from war
ships far out of sight below the hori-
zon. The inventor Of the thirty-mile
gun tells the reporters that he viii
build soon a still more prodigious
piece Of artillery having a range Of
sixty miles, and asserts that from a
distance of forty miles at sea he
could lombard fort on shore and be
safe from return fire.
When some genius invents a ship
from which such q gun can be fred
at an angle Of elevation sufficient tc
give a range Of a dozen miles. It will
be time enough 10 guess at the posi-
bic damage resulting to land defenses
from p-omiscuous unaimed fire. It Is
waste OF ammunition for ships 10 she'll
forts within range Of a gunners
vision, as the American navy discoy-
cred during the Spanish war, and the
japanese have demonstrated recently
at Port Arthur and Vladivostok
What Is to be achieved by standing
forty miles off shore and shooting by
guess at an unseen continent the H.
ventors Of siXty-mile cannon have
not condeseended TO explain.
tits the increased striking power
rather than the extended range of the
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
Had HIS Dates Mixed.

A young minister OF Washington, who
has been dbing missionary work IN
one Of the mountain counties OF Penn
sylvanla in the course of the winter.
is back in this city a wiser and dis
couraged man.
It appears that he had a Sunday
school I'm the principal village OF the
county, and numbered among his schol-
ars all the prominent" men OF the
community. One of his brightest pu-
pills was an old lawyer who had never
been TO college. having learned his law
by reading IN a local office.
one day the young minister asked his
bright class. when was Christ born?"
There was a long silence, finally
broken By the lawyer.
in 1875, A. D." he answered gIiblv.
The evangelization of the weird is no
longer an alluring dream to the YOUTH
full minister.
The Washington times., 1904-03-13

Mccall IS chairman. wiz in its report
vindicate every man concerned and ac-
quit him of any charge" of wrongdo-
ing. yet at the same time, while this
viii clear the record OF each member. it
is not likely to have a salutary political
effect, for such vindica1ion will be
hailed throughout the country. espe-
cially By the critics and backbiters. as a
"whltewash.
The fact is that the public is aware
that there has been gross corruption in
the Postofice Department. that the re-
ports of scandals were at first ridiculed
by the Administration as represented BIZ
Postmaster General Payne, but that in
vestigation showed that the reports
were true. ana now members of Con
sress have been associated with them.
even unjustly- This having been done
it will be extremely difficult to convince
the public that where so much smoke
exists there is not some fire: that whore
so much corruption exists. there is nor
some foundation for these so-caIIed
charges against members" This is
the general impression which the conn
try has gotten OF the whole matter
which IT viii be so hard TO change. and
at all times, OF course. the Administra-
ton, the party in power, is upon the de-
fensive.
There is no doubt that the Democrats
VIII seek to make all the political capi-
tai tkeE can out of the conditions. not
"ithstanding the fact that the names OF
some OF their own members are con-
necteo with the Charges" The text Of
their campaign argument I'm this respect
VIII be the fact that the Republicans
refused to permit a general investiga-
ton of the Postoffce Department. They
can. and will. say that they were willing
to be investigated. but that the Rep0b-
hcans sought to. and did. protect the
Postoffice Department from an investi-
cation in all OF its branches.
Good Campaign Material.
Some Of the Republican speeches de-
l.vered IN the House this week win
doubtless make good campaign litera-
ture for the opposition this summer. ana
the majority Will unquestionably have
cause to regret that some of their own
members made the fiery SPEECHES which
they did under strain Of great excite
ment. Some OF those speeches contain,
not only demands for Investigation
which the majority declined TO order
bat in plain language they were de-
Unciations OF the Postmaster General
and only thinly yelled attacks upon the
President himself. In cold type for tho
perusal of the rural voter they will n #
help the Republican cause. Things were
said fer which regret is already ex-
pressed. On the whole. Democrats pro-
TESS to believe that they VIII be the
g;1ners by the events of the past week.
particularly as they forced their op-
Tonents TO refuse TO order an investiga-
ton.
Many Republicans fear that tibet.
FaIty will be placed at some disadvan-
tage. and are hoping that time will
eradicate to a large extent this adVan-
tage. and that the attempt TO make DO
litIcai capital out of the Postofice
scandals viii operate as a boomerang"
reason OF them. There remains. how
over. that one word charges" which
IS a big OBSTACLE to overcome
The Washington times., 1904-03-13
Bent of Foraker's Mind.

Senator Foraker's mind runs in q
political groove and his long experience
in public life has given him a great
store Of information about campaigns
and occupants Of the Presidency. The
mere suggestion Of a date, therefore.
Immediately brings 10 his mind the
name Of the occupant of the Presidency
in that year. Just as surely as every
one knows II was Lincoln who was
President in civil war days. and Nc
Kinley IN 1s9s. even so can Senator
Foraker deftly recall the other Chez
Magistrates as soon as a year Is sug-
gested.
This valuable facility with dates was
the reason for a good laugh at the Sen
atOr's expense on one day OF the past
week While in attendance at the
SmOot investigation he began to refresh
his memory on some testimony of a few
days before, and WIS reading from the
printed copy while a woman witness
was testifying He found what he was
seeking and looked Up just as the wit
ness referred to an event which had
happened in 1877. The witness could not
tell the date but said she was sure It
had happened in the year President
Young died.
The previous mention Of the year 1871
and then the word president, i'm
mediately coupled themselves together
in the Ohio Senator's mind.
you say President Young he
affably commented. 4 suppose you
mean President Grant. Of course.
NO" laconically spoke the witness.
whose memory OF Mormon Church hap
penings was as good as that OF the
Senator on politics. I don't"
The Senator's politeness impelled him
TO offer a gallant apology TO the woman
witness. while his colleagues around the
committee table laughed heartily at the
mistake his preOccupatiOn had caused !