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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
ICE CUT orr.
Fresh Meat Will Be Scarce in Chi
CagO as Result.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-The threatened
spread of the stockards strike to out
side industries came tonight, when an
order was issued by the Teamsters' un-
ion foridding drivers of ice wagons to
make any deliveries to retail butchers,
who, since the packing house teamsters
went on strike, have been handling
meat from the packing houses in their
own wagons.
AS the refrigerators in most markets
do not hold enough ice to last longer
than 4e hours, the order to cut off the
supply of ice, if it can be forced, means
that many persons in Chicago will be
compelled to forego fresh meat. OFF,
GERS of the teamsters' union have ap-
pointed pickets to watch retail markets
all over Chicago with instructions to
see that the boycott is carried out.
Outside of the decision of the strik-
ing unions to extend the strike to the
ice men there was little change from
yesterday in the situation at the stock
yards. With their new employees and
those that have deserted the unions the
packers managed to dispose of fully 80
per cent as much work as is carried on
under normal conditions.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
GIRL IS HANGED
Charged With Treason Against
Russian Government.
ONLY EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE
Said to Have Placed SedifiOuS
Pamphlets in Supplies Sent to
Soldiers at the Front.

London, Aug. 5.-According to the
St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph the youngest daughter
of Professor Mersheyeffesky, the well
known Russian educator, las just been
hanged in the fortress at Schlusselbure
for high treason. Every effort has
been made by the Russian authorities to
keep the matter from the public pe-
cause of the outburst of indignation
which followed the hanging of another
young student for an alleged attempt
ago.
The correspondent states, however
that it has been learned that the girl,
while assisting the empress some
weeks ago to pack quantity of sup
plies for the troops at the front, chiefly
reading matter and delicacies, SNUG
gled into the packages a number of
seditious pamphlets which were not
discovered until some of them had got
into the hands of the soldiers. When
accused the young woman is said to
have admitted her guilt and to have
declared that she gloried in the deed.
She was court martialed, found
guilty of treason and promptly hanged.
No announcement of the punishment
has not been made in the Official Jour
nal, and now none is expected to be.
The young woman was but Is years
old, and the government is conden ned
for its action, as it is believed that she
was but the tool of older conspirators.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
HAWAII NOT A DRAG.
United States Treasury Enriched at
Minor Outlay.

Sacramento, Cal, Aug. 6.-In an in
terview today, Governor G. G.. Carter,
of the Hawaiian islands, said to rep
resentative of the Bee:
"The annexation of the islands to
the United States has not been a COM
merclal success, so far as the islands
are concerned. Since We have been
United States territory we have not
made great progress. One reason for
this is because the laws by which we
are governed are not suited to the
country. For instance, we have to
obey the United States law and cannot
rent government land for a period of
more than five years at a time. As it
takes from two to four years to raise a
crop in our climate, we cannot find
anybody that will rent land for such a
short period as five years. Thus we
are deprived of big income from gov
ernment land.
''Since we have been annexed con-
gress has never dredged our harbor.
1t is filling up and thus prevents the
landing of the argest vessels. AS a
result of this our traffic is falling off.
We have dredged the harbor at our ex-
pense since we have been annexed, but
unless it is dredged again we will lose
much of our trade.
"Annexation has cut off all of our
internal revenue. On the other hand.
Go 20 int
nexation has been decided success.
Over $4,250, 900 has been paid into the
United States treasury from the is
lands. The whole cost of annexation
was only 1000, ,O00.'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Alaska Boundary Survey.

Vancouver, Aug. 5.-For the purpose
of inspecting the work Of the survey
parties. engaged in establishing the
boundary line between Canada and
Alaska, the two boundary commission
ers representing Canada and the United
States are here en- route to the north
o. H. Tittamann, superintendent OF
the United States coast and geodetic
survey, is the American commissioner
Canada's interests are in the hands of
Professor w. F. King, chief astronomer
of Canada. These two commissi sioners
will remain in the North two months.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
MOVABLE HOG HOUSE.

on. The roof Of my pen, where there
are cracks, is battened with half-round
poplar pieces, or it can have the cracks
covered with shingles l can fasten
door open or shut, as 1 desire.
The frame is made of beech 2x4s.
First, make three posts for the front 38
inches high. then three for rear, %
inches high. then for sides, 33 inches
high; then four pieces feet long
three of these to support the roof and
one to put along the front Of the pen
at the bottom to strengthen the frame.
Now, take boards previously sawed the
right length and construct two sides
which are opposite to each other, then
construct remaining sides, then put on
roof; use S-penny nails for weather
boards, and small spikes to put frame
together.
These pens cannot be beaten for
cleanliness, healthfulness, saving of bed
ding, and cheapness. They cost about
So each.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12


A stockman who has, tried them,
says of movable hoghouses: 81 have
used portable hoghouses one year. and
like them frst-rate, because they are
easily cleaned-when you wish to
clean them just move your pen; also,
they are cheap. They are healthy. be-
cause you can keep them free from dis
ease by frequent movings. They are a
great saver of bedding a small
quantity being required, providing. of
course. that your pen is upon dry
ground. that is, ground where water
will not stand excepting in very wet
time.
AS to mode Of construction, mine are
built as follows: They are Z feet long,
6 feet wide. 40 inches high in front, 80
inches high in rear. Weatherboarded
with hard pine boards. 10 inches wide;
ought to be tongued and grooved. al
though mine are not. The roof ise OF
1O-inch hard pine boards. feet long.
Each pen has a door 80 inches high by
2 feet wide, with hinges and hasp
latch: these hinges and hasp latch are
inches; use wrought nails to put them
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
riOntana'S Mineral Production,

Butte, Mont, Aug. S.-The repo,t t
of Assayer B. H. Tatem, at Helena,
shows that the receipts, of the United
States assay office in Montana for he
month of July, 1904, were $1S4, 453 "a
from Montana, as compared with
$3.50. .546.32 for July, last year. The
grand total of receipts from all sources
iss 1921, 1886, against $216, 152 .Os
for year ago. The biggest increase in
receipts was reported from Fergus
county, the receipts from that quarter
heing $92, ,564, showing an increase of
$23,SS3.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12

position, and this is doubtless true OF
the human animal The cow with q
placid eye will get along easily at all
times, and will generally be contented
with her lot, whatever it may be. She
Is the kind Of an animal that would
luxuriate in English meadows or con-
tentedly chew herring on the bleak
coast of Iceland. But there is such
thing as having an eye too open. and
this Indicates too great nervousness,
and that the animal is easily fright
ened. The same is true of the quick,
flashing eye. The eye Of the COW can
be studied with profit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Science and Corn Silk,

Corn silk has received considerable
attention from our corn scientists. 1t
is somewhat unusual manifestation
of nature, the cavity to be fertilized by
the pollen sending out this long, silky
messenger to guide the pollen grain to
its goal. The growth and develop
ment Of the silk bears an important re-
lationship to the crop of corn that is
to be harvested. The silk at the butt
Of the ear appears first and is the long
est, as it must grow the whole length
of the cob to get to the light at all.
Yet it does this and is waving in the
silks have appeared. The butt cavities
or ovaries are therefore the first to be
fertilized. 1t is generally believed that
the shorter the ear the more likely it
is to be covered with kernels, as the
longer the ear the later will the tip
silks be in getting out to the light
where they can be Of service. For this
reason the tips of long ears are fire.
quently found with no kernels on
them. The silks did not get out till
after the stalks had ceased shedding
pollen. If an ear of corn that Is send
ing out silk be covered with long
paper funnel, the silk will continue to
grow in length till it has attained
length of 20 inches or more. At the
Iowa station an ear of corn treated in
this way seemed to despair Of getting
pollen and sent out two new ears near
it's base; and these two new ears de-
velopcd good mass of silk. The fall
ing of the pollen on the silk is followed
by the grains being conveyed to the
ovaries, after the completion of which
work the silk dies
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
No Second Trial of Ohio.

San Francisco, Aug. 6.-The bat
tleship Ohio will not be given another
tlial. Engineer Robert Fo1sythe, who
had charge of the machinery of the
Ohio, states that the machinery work
ed without hitch, and that the fail
ure to make the required speed was due
solely to the tidal conditions. The
horsepower developed was over 1000,
more than the contract called fol. The
stakeboats Fortune, Preble, Paul Jones
and Undilla returned today from the
south, but the Annapolis will not ar
rive here until tomorrow.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
TALE ONLY HALF TOLD.
No Account Yet of the Battle That
Took Place August 2.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-Allowing
for the inevitable conflict in names, the
Japanese and Russian reports seem to
agree on the main points of the mill
tary developments up to August l, but
both stop short at their interesting
point, namely, regarding what happen
ed on August 2, when it is possible
that decisive struggle was going on
east and south of Lao Yang.
The usual crowds were assembled
around the bulletin boards outside the
Office of the general staff until long
after midnight awaiting further official
details, but nothing was given out be-
yond General Kuropatkin's two official
dispatches. 1t is evident from these
dispatches and the Japanese reports
that the Russians abandoned Yangse
Pass, falling back on Liandinsin, a
strong defensive position in the hills
"a miles southeast of Liao Yang.
General Kuropatkin admits that
there were heavy losses along the
saimtsze-Liao Yang road July 81.
The official account is somewhat incon-
elusive, but indicates that although
the Russians withdrew from their ad-
vanced posts Kuropatkin hoped to be
able to hold his main posistions even
in the face of the superior Japanese
force and that he evidently expected
heavy fighting along this line, probably
about Anping. This battle possibly
was proceeding August 2, although
the dispatches report that all was
quiet up to noon of August l.
In the mean time serious envelop-
ing movement of the Japanese divis-
ions was ma aturing around the Russian
left at Haicheng where there was also
heavy fighting July 81.
No news has been received from Port
Arthur.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Lend Money in New York.

New York, Aug. 6.-The republic of
Panama has made another big loan on
real estate in this city. Aloan of $780,
600 at 4 = per cent was made by the
representatives of the republic on a
large Broadway building. The sum is
part of the $40, 900, 900 which the PAN
anna republic received from the United
States for the Isthmian canal conces-
sion, and its Representatives have al
ready loared out on mortgage nearly
81, 600, 900 on real estate in this citv.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Situation Serious at Tangier.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Acting Secre-
tary of State Ioomis has received a
mail report from Mr.. Gummere, the
American consul-general at Tangiers,
dated July Is, showing state of great
unrest and uneasiness in Morocco fol-
lowing the Perdicaris incident. Mr..
Gummere tells of the attempt to kid
nap Mr.. Harris, the representative of
the London Times, which has been
described in cable dispa tches, and says
the situation grows more serious daily.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12

age yield of berries is over one-half
bushel per barrel. The greatest advant-
ages claimed for this method are that
no mulch or cultivation is necessary,
that the berries are always clean and
free from sand, and are far more read
lily picked than when grown in the
usual way. A tile is placed in the
center of the barrel as it is filled with
soil. This permits an even distribution
of water from top to bottom, an abun-
dance of which should be supplied at
all times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12

Rumored Successor of Won Plehue.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-The emperor
today received in audience General
Count Koutaissoff, military governor of
I,kutsk, Siberia, which lends support
to the rumors that Count Koutaissoff
will succeed the late Won Plehve as
minister of the interor. General Kout-
assoff is Of a good family from the
Trans Caucasus district of Russia,
about As years of age. and has served
for several years in the military depart
ment of Siberia. He is man of arbi-
trary methods.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
No False Honeycomb.

There's no such thing as false honey
comb. That is the emphatic and un-
qualified statement of a committee OF
the Chicago Beekeepers' Associa ton.
made in a report following thorough
investigation and prize offer of ST.
600. Two members of the association
have posted $1,000 and offer to pay it
over to any man who will show where
honey or substitute for honey is sold
In a manufactured comb The commit
tee states that there is no comb in ex-
istence other than that made by the
bees, and the sweets that fill the comb
Is that gathered by the little workers
from the flowers and blossoms. The
money posted by the beekeepers has
been up for months, and has been so
published. but up to this time no one
has appeared to claim it.
Concerning adulterated honey, the
committee says in its report that 1t is
we'll known that strained honey has
been adulterated with glucose, but
that the producers of pure honey, aid
ed by the work Of the Illinois pure
food officers, have well-nigh broken up
the practice.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
HOPE Incident Is Ended.

st. Petersburg, Aug. S.-The an
nouncement in the dispatches of the
Associated Press from Vladivostok that
the steamer Arabia will be released,
and that only portion of her cargo
consigned to Japanese ports will be
held, will. it is believed, end the
Arabia incident, so far as the United
States is concerned, as the United
States asked nothing more than promrt
action for the immediate release of the
ship.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
GunbOaf Is Blown Up.

London, Aug. 5.-The Daily Mail
this morning has the following from
Niu Chwang, under date of August s.:
The Russian gunboat Sivouch (Which
has been in the Liao river since the be-
ginning of the war (has been deserted
and brown up near Sancha, and the
crew, with the vessels guns, have
started for Liao Yang. The Japanese
gunboats went on Monday to 1econnoit-
er the position of the Sivouch and were
fred on.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Cows Are Poor Walkers.

The COW is naturally a poor walker.
Generally she walks only when she
must. She never walks or runs for ex-
ercise. Sometimes she frolics, but only
for a few moments The dairy cows
business is eating, doing and chewing
her cud. Any cow that is compelled
to travel over the parched and short
cropped pasture day and night in
search of the struggling, crisp and
Drowned blades of grass cannot be ex-
pected to return even a small profit
A few armfuls of succulent. luscious
green corn will help amazingly to keep
up the milk flow. It makes June con-
ditions in September.-Ex.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
An Anti-Choker,

The accompanying diagram explains
itself and shows a simple method of
relieving the plow of any kind of
choke. 1t can be constructed out of
wood or iron and adjusted to any kind
Of a plow. If reversible or hillside
plow is used you must have one on
each side of the beam. One bolt to go
through beam is really all that is re-
quired, as the rest can be found in any
barnyard, or it can be made of poles
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Two Broods of Pigs a Year.

l.
A good many of our swine raisers
produce only one brood of pigs year.
They say that the spring litter Is
easily taken care of and after wean-
ing goes onto green, succulent pas
ture- That is true, but it should not
be forgotten that there is something
to be said on the other side. The man
that is well equipped for swine-rais-
ing has considerable money invested
in hoghouses. pens and the like. If two
broods are raised year the plant"
so called, is kept in use the year
around, and can thus be made to earn
a good interest on the investment AZ
ter all, the question of two broods is
largely one of winter feed of sue
culent nature, and most of our farm
ers are intelligent enough to solve that
problem in one way and another. But
the man that attempts to do this
should expect to give his litters more
attention in the fall than in the spring.
The "let-alone' policy will not prove
to be a paying one in that case.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Forest Fires in Montana,

Butte, Mont, Aug. s.-The Miner
advices from Missoula state that infor-
nation has been received there that two
big forest fires are raging in the vicini-
ty of Heron and Vermillion. on Cherry
creek, one of the most thickly wooded
eeetions in Miseoula county.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Driven Back BY WarShipS.

Toxic, Aug. 5.-Twelve torpedo des-
troye1s, four torpedo boat destroyers
and some gunboats emerged from the
harbor at Port Arthur on the night OF
August 1, but were driven back again
by the Japanese warships on guard out
side.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Payment on Cuban Loan.

Havana, Aug. 6.-Manuel Despaigne,
fiscal agent for the Cuban government,
in a cable dispatch from New York to
day says that Speyer & Co. have paid
him $4,000 900 of the $s5. 600 900
Cuban loan.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12

bound barrels are
used with all but
four Of the hoops
removed. Holes are
bored through the
slaves at proper
d i S t a n c e 8 a 8
shown, plants are
set in these holes
and the b a r r e ! s
filed with soil to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
What the COWS Eye Means.

The eye of the cow, as of the human
being, is indicative Of much. It shows
the character and force Of the nervous
energy back Of it II the nervous
force is strong. the eye will show
marked intelligence. It will be wide
open, and the sight will appear to be
penetrating. It is said that cow with
4 placid eye always has q good dis
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
TRANSPORTS for Baltic Squadron.

transports TOT DditiC SqudoToh.
Copenhagen, Aug. A Russian
agent has arrived here with the object
of purchasing large transports to ac-
company the Baltic squadron to the
Far East.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
'ANTI-CHOKER DEVICE.

cut in the woods. In plowing under
strawy manure or any other kind Of
humus food, this is the most success
full arrangements we have ever SEEN
Exchange.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-08-12
Strawberry Culture.

The method of strawberry culture
shown in the illustration has been sue
cessful and profitab BILE. Tight iron
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-11-24
FoRGER OF BOOK COVERS.
His Business Is the Binding of Old
Volumes to Enhance
Their Value,

Book forging is my business" said
an elderly man on a roof garden. He
had been drinking, and this made him
more communicative than was wise, re-
lates the Philadelphia Bulletin.
eyes, sir, l am book forger," he COM
tinued. II make good money at 1t, too.
Last year made $780,"
What, may ask, is book forgery"
said the mans companion.
III tell you. 1t is the binding Of
old books In such q way that people
think old masters bound them. l can
take an old book worth, say, i've dol-
lars, and can put on 1t Groller bind
ing that will make II worth $500 That
will only be about two days work.
$195 earned in two days.
'T used to bind books legitimately at
9 bindery, and my salary was SS5 .
week.
well, one day rich patron brought
q Groller to the shop to be repaired, and
I, Just for fun. copied the binding. Then
I got hold Of an old French pamphlet,
and covered 1t with the forged Groller
binding I had made. Afterward l took
the volume to dealer In old books, and
be bought It like q shot for sos.
why he said, "this is genuine
Groller.'
THAT started me In the business. I
mada a etudv NJ the finest old hindinRa
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-11-24
Son ofA samurai.

Admiral Togo was third son Of Togo
Kichizaemon, samurai Of the clan
Of Satsuma, and the father gave him
the name of Heihachiro. He was born
at Kogoshima on the fourteenth day Of
the tenth moon Of the year Of grace
1857. The gracious period Of MeiH
(which by Interpretation means the
era Of enlightened reign) began in
1868 A. D. That was also the birth
date of the new Nippon. After the
sacred tradition of samurai family.
his mother took him to the shrine Of
guardian deity and placed him upon
the altar as the offering to his country
and to the sword, that he might de-
fsnd the land Of the gods. Like many
boy of samurai family, his
military training dates back far be-
You'd his memory.-From Adachl Kin
nosuke's Togo, the Man and the Ad-
miral," in Century.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-11-24
Mosquitoes Drive Out 1aborers.

Because of the malignant operations
Of the mosquitoes In the vicinity of Sa-
bine Pass, Tex. and along the line Of
the Sabine branch Of the Texas & New
Orleans railroad, 1t is possible that the
line extending to Sabine may have to
be abandoned during the summer
months and a regular winter resort
made Of Sabine. The mosquitoes are
so pestlferous that track and section
men refuse to work In that territory
for any wages. Most OF the employees
of the road at Sabine have thrown up
the sponge and have moved to Beau
mont with their families. saying that
the situation had become intolerable
and that they could not exist in that
mosquito-ridden country.