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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST
FLAX CROP SHORT.
Seed Yield in willamette Valley
will Not Go Over 10 Bushels.

Salem.-An of the fax of the crop
of 1904 has been harvested and the
threshing thereof has just been fin
lshed. AS was the case with all
other agricultural crops this year in
the Willamette Valley, for the first
time in decade, the yield was unusu-
ally light, that is SO far as sed is con-
cerned, and not to exceed ten bushels
of fax was realized per acre this
year. Mr.. Bosse, however, considers
this pretty good yield, taking all
things into consideration, and he is
in nowise disappointed as a result
The average yield of flax seed per
acre, in Oregon, so far as the exper
ience of Mr.. Bosse goes, is about 20
bushels.
Mr.. Bosse, however, says that he
places no dependence whatever upon
the seed yield of his Fall crop, as the
most important item in the business
is the culture of the flax seed for the
fibre. He can get all of the seed he
wants, and, if the quality of the fibre
or the quantity would be materially
increased by harvesting the flax be-
fore the seed was ripe, he would not
takes the seed question under consider
alton, as the fibrous portion of the
Oregon fax plant is the most valuable
part of it, and that is what he is look
ing for. Taking all else into consid.
Grafton he is well pleased with the
outcome of this years crop and is
satisfied that he has obtained an ex-
cellent grade of fibre-producing fax
this year, although the quantity is
not all that he desired.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
: NO FEED FOR CATTLE.
Grave Problem Faces St0Ckmen in
willamette Valley.

Salem--"There will be hundreds of
Willamette Valley farmers with cat
tie this Winter and with not enough
feed for them," says j. K. Sears, of
Mccoy. 1T would seem absurd to
say that livestock in the Willamette
Valley will starve this Winter be-
cause of the scarcity of feed, but l
shall not be surprised il many cattle
die this Winter of starvation. The
farmers have more cattle than they
want, there is no market for them and
the hay and grain crops were so short
there is not feed enough
This statement, made by Mr.. Sears,
was repeated to a well-known whole
sale butcher, and his comment was:
"Mr. Sears has stated the situation
just about as it is. The outlook is
very bad for the farmer with beef
cattle, and with feed as scarce as it
is now, stock will be in pretty poor
condition this Winter. The farmer
can't sell his cattle, and there won't
be feed enough for them unless it is
shipped in. The price of feed is high
and the price of cattle low. 1t won't
pay to ship the cattle out of the Val
ley to Winter them. If farmers buy
feed to Winter their cattle they must
do so at a loss. l wouldn't like to say
that cattle will starve in the William
cite Valley, but-well, Mr.. Sears is
not far from right"
This unfortunate situation arises
from two causes, an oversupply OF
beef cattle and an unprecedented
shortage of feed. Hay is now selling
at $11 to $12 ton, or about 80 per
cent higher than usual. The oat
crop was but a small part of what is
usually harvested in the Valley, and
many farmers are now buying for
their horses. Pasturage has been
very poor all Summer, and unless
there are early rains there will not
be much grass this Fall before cold
weather stops it's growth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
WATER STOPS COAL MINING.
John Day Anthracite Believed to
be of Great Richness.


Prairie City.-The development of
the John Day coalfields, near Mount
Vernon, are disclosing a large deposit
Of anthracite coal. A United States
analysis states that it has no equal
except in the Pennsylvania hard COAL
The work done so far has been
made under the management of Rob-
ert Hines, of Canyon City, and con-
sists of three incline shafts of a
depth of "a, 81 and IS feet, of which
all struck the coal beds, and with it
large flow of water, which stopped
the work thereon for lack of pumps.
A 66-foot crosscut tunnel has been
run, where they also had to stop work
on account of water, when they en-
countered the coal deposit.
One tunnel prosecuting the coal
beds to ascertain the width of the
coal deposit, is in "a feet, and has five
veins of coal with a 16-inch solid
sandstone wall between each vein, and
there may be many more of such
veins. This tunnel is only 16 feet
below the surface.
James Smith has drilled 144 feet
down on the coal deposit, the capaci.
ty of the machine-all is coal. 1t is
now the purpose of the coal prospec-
tors to get a drilling outfit of 1000
foot capacity to prove the depth of
the coal deposit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
No HOPE of Intervention.

London, Sept. 7.-Careful inquiry in
official and diplomatic qua, ters here to-
day established the fact that no hope
prevails of the termination Of the war
at this moment as a result of the ser.
les of victories obtained by the Japan
ese at Lao Yang: There has been no
interchange of official views by the
neutral European governments. What
discussion has occurred has been en-
tirely personal and has led to no re-
suits, even to the extent of paving the
way to mediation. NThere is no
thought of international intervention.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
RUSSIA INCLINED TO YIELD.
Modification of Rules Regarding
Confraband Expected Soon.

r1OQl1CdItOH OF ku1SS kS9df0tnQ
Contraband Expected Soon.
London, Sept. S.-The preliminary
representations made by Count Benck-
endorff, the Russian ambassador to the
foreign office, indicates that Russia is
on the point of making substantial con-
cessicns to the United States and Great
Britain regarding the question of con-
traband OF war, as result of the sub
mission by Foreign Minister Lamsdorf
of the report of the general commits
sion to Emperor Nicholas today, to-
gether with the information trans
mitted by Ambassador Beckendorff
showing the views of the British gov
ernment.
The Russian foreign minister is ex-
pected to present to the British govern
ment, through Sir Charles Haringe,
the British ambassador to Russia, to-
morrow, the formal reply of the Rus
sion government. 1t is understood in
official circles here that Russia, while
not acknowledging herself at fault for
the capture made by her ships in the
past, will more specifically describe,
the conditions under which certain
goods, such as foodstuffs. and cotton,
become in her view contIaband.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
PendIetOn'S New SchOOlhOuSeS.

Pend1eton.-The PendIeton School
Board has awarded the contract for
the construction of three school build
ings to H. E. Cook, contractor of this
city. For the construction of two eight
room buildings, Mr.. Cook agrees to
do the work for $34,709. Spokane
pressed brick will be used and if Wes-
ton pressed brick is agreed upon the
cost is to be $1,000 lower. For the
four-room building, Cooks figures are
s11,G33, provided Spokane pressed
brick is used. With Weston brick the
building will be constructed for $1O,-
033. Work on the buildings will begin
at once, but it is not believed the
schoolhouses will be completed and
ready for occupancy before the first
of the year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
ThreShinq Machine Burned.

Albany.-The threshing machine of
Lawrence and Samuel Hardman was
destroyed by fire while operating ON
the Raymond Burkhart place a few
miles from Lebanon recently
The machine was in operation when
suddenly flames burst from the inter-
ior of the machine in every direction
The separator was enveloped in the
flames, and it was impossible to do
more than prevent the fire from
spreading to- the grain and; straw.
The engine was hooked to the sepa-
rator and the burning machine was
dragged into the brush, beyond the
reach of the grain.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
TO QUIT nUkDEN.
Russians Are Preparing for EvaCu-
alton of the City.

dIlOn OF INC lily.
Mukden. Sept. 1.-The forces of Ku-
ropatkin and of Oyama are racing for
Mukden. This much stands out in the
dispatches from the seat of war, and is
in dicated in report forwarded by Ku-
ropatkin, who says his retreat is being
conducted in perfect order, though the
Japanese on Sunday repeatedly attack
ed his lear and continued the attack
until Monday. The result of the race
is in doubt.
The united Russian forces are now
north of Yentai, station on the rail-
way about ten miles no, theast of Lao
Yang. They are pushing on to Muk-
den, to which the bulk of Japanese
forces is marching direct, alter having
swarmed across the Taitz river. A
strong Japanese fanking column is
about 80 miles northeast of Lao Yang
and is trying to get between the Rus
sian forces and Mukden.
With this race in progress there
comes brief dispatch from Mukden.
saying that prepa, ations for the evacu-
alton of that place are proceeding.
This report, if we'll founded, as is
pointed out in the Associated Press st.
Petersburg dispatch, would mean the
abandonment of the whole of Southern
Manchuria and the winding up of the
present campaign.
1t was reported in St. Petersburg at
a late hour Monday night that kuro-
patkin's rear guard had been almost
and that the main Russian
army was in danger of being surround
ed. kuropatkln, in his report, makes
no mention of the abandonment of 200
guns at Lao Yang, rumor to which,
fleet is in circulation.
Advices from Port Arthur, by way of
Chefoo, bring the fighting there up to
2, and say the Japanese
losses were very heavy.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Survey Of SaIem.PortIand Line.

Oregon City.-The party Of survey
ors that is making the preliminary
survey for the proposed Portland-Sa-
lem electric line are now at work in
the vicinity of Canemah. This infor-
nation was given by member of the
party. At Canemah the stakes are
being set along the bluff to the south
of this suburb, which confirms the
belief of many that the proposed line
will effect juncture with the line of
the Oregon Water Power & Railway
Company at Oanemah and prove but
an extension of the OregonCi Port
land electric railway.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
willamette Falls FiShWay.

Oregon City.-Contractor E. P
Rands has completed the construc-
tion of the state fish-lader at the Will
lamette Falls in this city. By means
of the improvement the Fall run of
salmon will be enabled to reach the
upper Willamette River and estab-
lish spawning grounds in the Molalla,
Santiam and Mckenzie and other
streams tributary to the Willamette.
The fshway consists of a succession
of II pools that have been blasted
out of solid rock, the basins being To-
Gated at intervals of about three feet
and extending to the crest of the falls
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Statue of Washington.

New York, Sept THE United
Hungarian societies of New York City
rendered reception here today to
Count Albert Apponiy and other mem
bers of the Hungarian parliament, who
have come to this country as delegates
to the Inter-Parliamentary Peace Con.
ference, to be held in St. Louis, and
scriptions to the amount of $2500 have
already been received to start fund
to be raised among Hungarians in this
country for the erection of a statue of
George Washington in the City of
Budapest.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Desire for Peace GROWING.

St. Petersburg, Sept. S.-Peace is be-
ing eagerly discussed by thousands of
Russians in this. city and in Moscow,
Notwithstanding what is deemed the
military splendor of Kuropatkin's re-
treat. The Novoe Vreyma, sounding
public opinion suggests basis of agree
ment whereby Japan would receive
Sakhalin Kamschatka, the Kuriles, the
Simidore islands, the Lao lung penin-
sula and supremacy in Korea. The gov
eminent is not likely Immediately to
favor the idea of peace, but may yield
later.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
HARRAss HIS REAR.
japanese are Close Upon the Heels
of kurOpafkin.


London, Sept. 8.-The dearth of inn
mediate press and official dispatches
from the recent actual seat of the Far
Eastern struggle continues. 1t is ad-
mitted by the Russian war Office that
no kilograms whatever were received
from General Kuropatkin bearing
Tuesdays date, the last message to
the emperor from the general being
dated September 8, and briefly telling
that the army was advancing noth-
ward; that it had extricated itself from
a dangerous position; that there was
constant cannonading of the rear guard,
and that the losses on that day were
about 100. The situation, in the light
of the latest information, may be
summed up as follows:
The Russians are pushing on to Muk-
den, greatly impeded by heavy rains
and floods, conducting an orderly re-
treat, and followed step by step by the
Japanese. Details of the fighting and
of the exact position of the opposing
armies a1e lacking.
guard has been annihilated: and that
TIC husSidu 1OTC0S are III Udng6r OF De.
ing surrounded, is denied by the Rus
sian general staff. The Russian war
office is entirely confident that the re-
treat is slowly, but surely, being effect
ed.
From Toxic comes the official report
that the bulk of the Russian forces is
still at Yentai. The Japanese field
marshal, in an extended report of the
fighting up to September 4, says the
Russians burned all the railroad
bridges over the Taitz river, and pre-
diets that, while the Japanese list of
casualties is not yet completed, the
losses will prove Leavy.
Viceroy Alexieff is on bis way from
Harbin to Mukden.. The heads of
Kuropatkin's long commissary trains
have passed through Mukden, and are
continuing northward.
The attack on Port Arthur contin.
ues, and Chinese arriving at Cbefoo
say the Russian garrison expects gen.
eral land and sea attack today.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Armenians Create Terror.

Paris, Sept. IA dispatch. to the
Temps from Constantinople, by way
of Sofia, says that an official report
which has reached one of the foreign
consuls there, states that Armenian
insurgents at Van, Asiatic Turkey. are
successfully resisting the Turkish
troops, which until yesterday had been
unable to reduce or disperse them.
The Armenians advanced to within
about 400 yards of the French con-
sulate.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Take Horses to Alberta.

Pendletoh:-M. w. Briggs and
James Nelson of this place, left this
week for Alberta taking carload of
brood mares and farm implements, to
reside between Fort McCloud and Kill
aary. Horses are. exceedingly high
there, bringing from 500 to $780,
head. and they expect to go to raising
horses in connection with farming
Mr.. Briggs was for seven years in the
government service as engineer and
carpenter at the Umatilla Indian
agency.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Sent to Project Missionaries.

London, Sept. THE correspondent
at Shanghai of the Times says that
native papers state that the French
Consulate has notified the Governor
of Kiangsi that French warships have
been sent to protect missionaries in
the districts of Ii Ping and Flu Lin
east of Po Yang Lake. Anti-foreign
feeling in this locality was recently
displayed, the correspondent adds, in
the refusal of local interests to permit
a British gunboat to enter the lake.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Take Awful PLUNGE.

Moberly, Mo-, Sept. S.-The south
bound Wabash passenger train which
left Des Moines for st. Louis at 6 40 a.
NJ, was wrecked today near Pendleton,
Mo-, killing eight passengers and IT,
turing so others. Immediately upon
receipt of the news of the wreck, a re-
lief train was sent out and the dead
and more seriously injured were brought
back here. The train was we'll filed,
it being estimated that there were
about 500 persons on board.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Records Taken to LaGrande.

La Grande.-The county seat OF
Union County is safely anchored in
La Grande at last. The county seat
executive committee hired several
teams and started out for Union, dis
tance of IL miles, to bring the county
records, safes, etc., to this city, and
succeeded in bringing most of them
over in one day. It was necessary to
make another trip to bring the fix
lures.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Great Force Soon to Reach Front.

St. Petersburg, Sept. Sit is stated
that by the end of October, the Fourth,
Eighth and Thirteen b army corps,
totaling 192, 900 men, win reach the
front, and that before the end of Sep
tember 1,l00 guns will have been dis
patched to General Kuropatkin
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Odessa Corps to the Front.

st. Petersburg, Sept. THE new
mobilization decided upon is expected
to be announced in the latter part of
this week. 1t will include the eighth
army corps stationed at Odessa. The
emperor today inspected the battleship
Orel and the cruiser Oleg OF the Baltic
feet, which is now ready to sail.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Harvest Season Near On End.

Pendleton.-Harvest will be CON-
p1eted in the next 10 days in this vi
cinity, with the exception of the hill
land on the reservation. Quite a
number of steam threshers and few
combines have pulled in for the sea-
son. A large portion of the grain is
hauled in, and the hauling also will
be complete in at least two weeks.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Diana Ordered to Disarm.

Saigon, French Indo- China, Sept. z.
The commander of the Russian
cruiser Diana has received orders from
the Russian Admiralty to disarm his
vessel.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
DISPLAYS for State Fair.

Forest Grove.-The women of the
Washington County Lewis and Clark
Club are preparing an excellent dis
play of fruits, grains, vegetables and
photographs of local industries for ex-
hibition at the coming State Fair.
This exhibition will form the nucleus
of Washington County's exhibit at the
Lewis and Clark Fair.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-09
Northwest wheat Markets.

Walla Walla. 77@78c;
bluestem, S3@84c; valley, SSc.
Tacoma-Bluestem, SIC; club, 77c.
Albany-75c.
Salem-80c.
Colfax-Club, &c; bluestem, 72c.
Pendleton-Club, 6SHc; bluestem,.
72c.
La Grande-Club, CSC; bluestem, zoe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-27
A WORLD WAR THREATENED
Russian Statesman Looks for II
If Trouble Begins.
iRRITATEp AT UNITED STATES.
elames England, Also, for Counter.
ancing Toxic covernmtnt's At
titude in the Crisis.

A message from st. Petersburg
says: In diplomatic circles. where
indications are eagerly sought as to
how political straws are pointing.
much interest is aroused at bad
quarter of an hour which the British
Ambassador recently had when calling
upon Count Lamsdorf, the latter's re-
ception of Sir Charles Scott being of
the most frigid order. This fully con-
| firms the intense irritation in the high
est quarters against England The
same angry sentiment Is to-day being
extended freely to America.
II is being declared here that Russia
has not got to do with Japan so much
as with England and that the Anglo
Japanese alliance is at the bottom Of
all OF the present trouble. The echo
is now loudly heard of the utterances
of those far-seeing politicians who at
the moment of the alliance announced
and proclaimed that this political
coup" meant war against Russia as
destroying the balance of power in the
Far East 1t Is urged by many that
the time has come for Russia to re-
taliate for the "pin-prick policy Of
England" by a demonstration toward
the Indian frontier, and also by ag-
gressive political tactics in Persia.
Count Lamsdorf was yesterday
handed a duplicate note 81 Japan's
reply by Japanese Minister Kulino,
whose sincerity as a friend of peace
warmly appeals to the Minister of For
eign Affairs, Count Lamsdorf, who, It
is interesting to know. will surely do
everything possible to avert war. which
he, lifelong friend Of Witte, looks
upon with the utmost repugnance.
| The Count is firmly of the opinion
! shared by every seasoned politician
and diplomat here. and which with
! characteristic frankness he communi-
Gated to the Emperor, that If war
breaks out between Japan and Russia
nothing can prevent a general inter
national conflict.
There is large war element,
which seems liable at any moment to
force the hands of the peace lovers.
Plehoe. who is now the most power
full man in the Cabinet, has been cred
ited with being a friend of war. If
So he conceals 1t we'll for a few days
ago, in a long conversation, he ex-
pressed himself strongly for peace,
saying:
Russia can only accept war if
forced on her."
Witte has not the ear of the Emper-
or, so he is powerless to urge effec-
lively his peace propaganda. What is
dangerous at this critical period is the
large military element.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-27
An OmIette Every Day.

Mr. G. w. Zook essayed to sell of
all his poultry stock. and thought he
had done so. but afterward one pullet
that had escaped the poultrymans
axe turned up. Something over two
weeks ago Mr.. Zook found two eggs,
one white and one brown. in the soil
tary nest in the barn. and every day
thereafter for ten days he did the
same. He had seen but one chicken
about the place, and 1t suddenly
Sawned upon him that his pullet was
doing double duty in showing the SUI
periority of the Missouri hen. So he
set about watching her. For three
weeks he noted her visits to the nest
and found one white and one brown
egg. He knew there were no eggs in
the nest before the hens visit. and
therefore concluded to certainty that
for two weeks the hen had laid two
eggs a day,-Maitland MOI Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-01-27
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN DIES.
Eccentric Man Who Took Part In
Great Enterprises.

George Francis Train died from
heart disease at Mills Hotel, No. /,
New York. where he has lived for
some years.
George Francis Train was born in
Boston. March "a. 1929. He organized
the firm of Train & Co.. shipping
agents. with offices here and in Aus
tralla, and started the first clipper
ships TO California in 1S49. He made
an independent Iace for president in
1872.
He promoted the building of the At
lantic and Great Western, and the I'm
ion Pacific railroads. and introduced
the first street railways in Europe
Asia and Australia. He made four
trips around the world, one of them in
60 days, holding the record. In 1870
he organized the French commune at
Marseilles, and two years later was
tried for insanity, to avoid trial for
obscenity.