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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
GALE DRIVES FIRE.
Prairie Ere Sweeps Over Oklahoma
With Great Damage.

Lawton, Okla, March 5.-Driven by
terrific gale from the north, which
at times reached the velocity of 80
miels an hour, a prairie fire swept
over thousands of acres of Kiowa and
Comanche counties last night, destroy
ling hundreds of farm buildings and
much live stock, made 1000 persons
homeless, caused the death of several
persons, threatened number OF
towns and swept away scores of build
ings in the outskirts of towns.
The losses from wind and fire re-
ported to date follow: Hobart, $4,000;
Vinson, $4,000; Lawton, SIC, 900; small
country towns, aggregate, $4,000;
farm property, 100000.
The country was very dry, no rain
having fallen for months. Grass and
stubble fires set by farmers, as is Gus
tomary at this season of the year,
were soon driven beyond control by
the gale, which rose suddenly.
ALI estimates of the loss exceed
100000. At Hobart, the county seat
Of Kiowa county, the fire destroyed
numerous outlying buildings. The 75,-
coo acres of Government military and
timber and Indian reserve near Ho-
bart were swept with loss of buildings
and cattle.
In the Homestead district near Law
ton, occurred the loss Of life.
Late at night the fire began moving
southwark toward the city. At IL
o'clock, midnight, 5000 people of this
The advance line of the fire was fully
two miles in length and moved in a
semicircular form.
Two fhlucand mon f1rnnd fhoir Of
forts to checking the grass borders of
the reservation at the city limits.
Water from every source, carried in
every conceivable way, was distributed
along the line and carried all around
the city limits. This served the pur-
pose of checking the advance lines of
the fire, but was of little avail in
hindering the continued rolling of the
firebrands into the streets of the city.
In more than hundred places flames
aross from dwellings, barns and out
houses, but wherever a blaze grew
men were present to quench it with
water. AS result of the cool judg-
ment of the fighters, the city's loss
was only $4,000.
Stories are coming in tonight of
how families laid out on the barren
prairie through the freezing night
after the storm had passed with only
the thin clothes on their backs as re-
minders of once prosperous homes.
Hundreds of people are destitute and
are sufferinging intensely in the cold
with the excruciating pains caused by
their burns. Clothes, medicine and
physicians are being sent out from all
the cities and towns of the district to
relieve the suffering.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Naval Station a Live Issue.

Washington. March ALMOST the
entire time of the senate today was
given to consideration of the question
of site for a naval training station
on the Great Lakes. The controversy
arose over the appointment of new
commission to select a site. The COM
mittee amendment was so amended as
to make it apply to all the Great Lakes
and not alone to Lake Michigan. but
Ouarles' amendment calling for a new
commission to select a site was not
acted on
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
NOT RELISHED BY RUSSIANS.
Chinese Troops Are Concentrating to
the Westward of Mukden.

the Westward of Mukden.
Liao Yang, March 2.-General
Mishtchenko, with a detachment of
mounted Cossacks, has reached
KashnJa, Corea, and is expected at
Ichio Yang at once. His men and
horses are in good condition and he is
well supplied with provisions.
The concentration of Chinese
troops westward of Mukden, in the
district of Gubantsa, is not relished
by the Russians. War material is being
brought up and the militia posts are
being strengthened. 1t is doubted if
the attitude of the population can be
relied upon. The people at several
POINTS refuse to sell produce to the
Russians. Snowst orms are raging
here and the frost is intense. The
railroad is working perfectly and
troops are arriving uninterruptedly.
Their health and spirits are excellent.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
CEMENT BIDS EXCESSIVE.
Government Will Erect Own Plant al
Arizona Irritation Works,

Arizona Irrigation Works.
Washington, March 5.-The Interior
department today rejected all the bids
submitted several days ago for the
supply of some 100000 to 250,0O0 bar
rels of Portland cement to the gov
ernment for the Salt River irrigation
project in Arizona. The action is the
result of the excessive prices submit
ted by the cement manufacturers, the
department stating that first-class
Portland cement can be manufactured
at the dam-site on Salt River from
good materials at hand there for less
than So barrel, including the entire
cost of the plant, fuel, operation, etc.
The department will now consider
the question of erecting a plant for
the Government manufacture of the
cement, the purchase of the supply in
open market, or Reimbursement of
bids.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Essentially a Military City.

Yinkow, March 3.-Liao Yang, Man
churia, is now essentially a military
city, as an area comprising three and
a third square miles adjoining the
railroad has been inclosed for a mil
itary camp and magazine purposes.
There is also military camp at Hal
Cheng, Manchuria, 80 miles from Niu
Chwang, which. with its defenses,
covers over 1000 acres.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
FEEDING RACK.

diameter and five feet long. The
boards should be five inches wide and
one and a quarter inches thick. The
figure simply shows the manner of
making the rack, without claim of &C.
curacy in dimensions. Four head Of
cattle can feed at one time, and all
loss of feed is prevented in wet
weather when hay or fodder would be
trampled into the mud. Brace rack
as shown.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Will Not Advance for Month.

Paris, March 2.-Reports received
from Russian sources state that the
Russian land preparations in Man
churia will not be completed for a
month, and the general advance cam
not be ordered before. that time. It
is then expected that whatever
ground the Japanese have gained will
be overcome and they will be finally
annihilated.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Siberian Reserves Anxious to Go.

st. Petersburg, March 5-Mail ad-
vices from Siberia say the army re-
serves from the rural districts seem
to be more anxious to go to the front
than the townsmen. Many of the lat
ter are presenting physicians certtf-
Gates of Illness.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Barley Crop IL Increasinp,

The production Of barley in the
United States has increased greatly
within the past few years. 1t Is esti-
mated, in general way, that about
two-thirds Of the product is good
enough for mailing purposes, the re-
mainder being used for feeding. Only
a small proportion of the crop is ex.
ported; in the record year 1S9S-99 the
exports amounted to 23,661 ,662 bush
els, but this was exceptional. The
usual quantity of exports in late years
is from 100000 to 100000 bushels.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Great Earthquake in Peru.

Lima. Peru. March IA tremend-
Gus earthquake. which did much dam
age. occurred here at $50 this morn
ing. Nothing comparable with it has
been experienced during the last 80
years.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11

AASoS PoSAVs oA0
some very good
housewives do not
cook these vegeta-
bles on this ac-
count. That these
vegetables may be
served without be-
ing bothered with
t b is unpleasant
condition, I have
hSk ,1Do~ ->~y
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Homes in the Country.

aO"CS the NOuuCfys
The advantages of country life over
crowded quarters in our large cities
was discussed in sermon by DR.. John
Merrith Driver delivered recently in
one of the Chicago theaters. DR..
Driver said in part:
with the almost illimitable en-
pires in the West and Southwest, rich
with opportunities for the poor man
to acquire a home and competence, yet
thousands beg in Chicago; other thous-
ands live by crime alone; other multi
tudes exc out pitiful livelihood al
ways within easy reach Of the tooth
and claw Of abject nakedness and star
vation; others, by close and often hu-
initiating economy, get along fairly
we'll until the first strike or shutdown,
or sickness, or accident, and then go
to the wall.
"And yet out in Gods country the
green fields and blue skies and rip
pling brooks are fairly riotous with
invitations, saying: Come hither from
race course and dance hall; come out
Of slum and back alley and dingy tene-
ment and find for yourselves and for
your children acres of your own, So
ciety at once simple and inexpensive
and yet self-respecting and ennobling,
and religion pure and undefiled.'
Cook Vegetables Outdoors.
The practice of cooking cabbage
and turnips in the house sometimes
leaves an odor that is unpleasant to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
The Future of Poultry.

That the poultry industry of the
country is yet in its infancy is clearly
shown in the constantly increasing de-
mand Of both eggs and dressed fowls.
The general trend Of the markets
for the past two years has shown
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Feeding Apples to Stock.

A correspondent asks for an opin-
ion as to the advisability of feeding
apples to farm stock of various kinds.
There can be no possible objection to
it, provided the feeding is done in con-
nection with the other rations. A large
orchardist living near the writer stores
all his cider apples for feeding to his
stock, as long as they last. In feed
ing to horses and cows his plan is to
cut up several quarts of the apple into
small pieces and mix grain with them.
In feeding to hogs, sweet apples only
are used for this purpose. They are
fed whole or, If large, cut in half. For
poultry they are chopped fine and well
mixed with bran, and sometimes with
wheat, the feeding being done in a
trough, SO that there will be little
waste. As a matter of fact, unless
there is silo on the farm, our animals
get too little green food and oftentimes
the surplus apples and potatoes, as
well as other vegetables, can be used to
better advantage in feeding stock than
in any other way.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11

good plan. At first took an old piece
of stovepipe and made some openings
in the bottom for admitting the air
and in this pipe I made good fire,
hanging my kettle over as shown in
the sketch. 1 liked this plan SO we'll
that have since had a camping stove
made for cooking things in an out
house or out Of doors that leave an
unpleasant odor in the dwelling--Cor.
st. Louis Republic.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11
Simple Feeding Rack.

The accompanying illustration
shows . rack which, as told in the
Tribune Farmer, is much used in
Pennsylvania for feeding cattle in the
yard. The corner pieces are made by
quartering a log about ten inches in
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11


buying goes, "get in on the ground
floor" and be prepared to furnish his
part of the supplies which the markets
are sure to demand.
Side Lines to Farmin9.
Some of these may be very profit
ably taken up by farmers as we'll as
gardeners, advises Rural New Yorker.
In some localities the farmers follow
this course to such an extent that it is
hard to tell just when farming leaves
of and gardening begins. It is good
practice, and the small farmers are
often able to turn as much clear money
on two or three acres Of sweet corn, cab
bage, horseradish or like crops as from
their entire regular crops. It would
be time well spent for many farmers
favorably located to plan for some Of
these crops. There is easily $75 to
800 in an acre Of sweet corn proper
ly managed, and more than that in
horseradish. With the latter csop
nearby markets are not so much Of an
object, as it will stand storing for
high prices and hauling or shipping
to any distance. The sweet corn, how
ever, is an entirely different matter,
and without easily accessible markets
at the canning factories or the larger
will very likely get caught. Cabbage
also is worthy of attention as it may
be easily stored to await favorable
market opportunities or long shipment
If necessary. So there is no reason
why many of the ordinary farms may
not become far more profitable than
as at present conducted.
Stunted Pigs.
Sometimes these are caused by an
inherited disability to make use of
the food given them, but probably
more often by conditions after birth.
If they are watched it will be found
that the other pigs are driving them
from the teats and later from the
trough, says Farmers Review. Having
once become weakened they are less
able than the other pigs to fight for
their food and have to be satisfied
with short rations. 1t is evidently a
part of the plan of nature to eliminate
the weakling as a breeder. However,
these same pigs, If given a chance at
the teats and the trough, often devel-
op into good sized hogs and prove
profitable. We would not, however,
advise using such an animal as
breeder. The hint that nature has
given us should be taken. We agree
with her in wanting for breeders only
the most vigorous.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11

PLAN OF STOCK BARN.
A-Box stall; B-Horse stall; c.
Sheep pen; Deed room; Cow
stalls; F-Gutter; G-Passage behind
cattle; H. H-Mangers; I, POSTS un-
der sill.
about $415, besides the expense of
boarding the men working on the
barn. If the board has to be paid
for it would cost about $125.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-11

shortage y supply, and a consequent
advance I'm price, until to-day the pro-
ducts Of the poultry yard are at high
tide, with no prospects OF any early
change.
More poultry has been raised thiA
season than ever before, and yet the
people want more, and the demand
will continue to grow.
The wise poultry man will, as the
buying goes, "get in on the ground
floor" and be prepared to furnish his
part of the supplies which the markets
are sure to demand.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
A WORTHY BENEVoLENcE.
The Home for Orphaned Children at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Started
81 Years Ago.

Twenty-one years ago Rev. ]. G..
Lemen, pastor of large church at
Council Bluffs, Ia, took into his home
three orphaned children in need Of
such a refuge. Learning of other
homeless little ones he soon filled \ Is
house with them, until his own re-
sources were exhausted, and he saw
the necessity for larger quarters, which
he secured Out of this benevolent
movement has grown a well-estab-
lished and well-appointed permanent
home for needy orphaned little ones,
and it is stated about 215 such children
are now being cared for in the rs cottages
and other buildings belonging to the
organize ion founded by Mr. Lemen.
The Home is non-sectarian and is in
dorsed and supported by all denomina-
lions. Children are frequently adopt
ed by families whose good character
has been vouched for. A valuable lit
tie paper, the subscription price Of
which is rs cents per year, is pub
lished Dy the workers. It is called
'The Word and the Way" Tnforma-
ton regarding the carrying on of the
good work may be obtained by adj
dressing the Christian Home at Coun-
ell Bluffs. la.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
SAVED cHILD'S LIFE.
Remarkable Cure of Dropsy by Dodd's
Kidney Pills.

Sedgwick, Ark, July 1.-THE case of w.
S. Taylor's little son is looked upon by those
interested in medical matters as one of the
most wonderful on record. In this connec-
ton his father makes the following state
ment:
Last September, my little boy had
Dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen
to such an extent that he could not walk
nor put his shoes on. The treatment that
the doctors were giving him seemed to do
him no good and two or three people said
his days were short, even the doctors, two
Of the best in the country told me he would
not get better. / stopped their medicine
and at once sent for Dodd's Kidney Pills.
gave him three Pills day, one morning,
noon and night for eight days; at the end
of the eighth day the swelling was all gone,
but to give the medicine justice, ] gave ham
eleven more Pills | used thirty.hve Pills
in all and he was entirely cured. | consider
your medicine saved my child's life. When
The thirty-fve Pills were given him, he
could run, dance and sing, whereas before
he was an invalid in his mothers arms
from morning until night"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
ApHoR1sT1c ADDENDA.

No degree of temptation justifies AM
degree of sim. p Willis.
Truthfulness is at the foundation o.
all personal excellence Samuel Smiles
There is no benefit so small, that !
good man will not magnify it.-Seneca
Manners carry the world for mo-
ment, character for all time.-A. Bron-
son Alcott.
To have what we want is riches, but
to be able to do without is power
Macdonald.
Perfect valor is to do without wit
nesses what one would do before all the
d.-Rochefoucauld.
1t is better to suffer wrong than to
do it, and happier to be sometimes
cheated than not to trust.-Johnson
Man never fastened one end of a
chain around the neck of his brother
that God did not fasten the other end
round the neck Of the oppressor.--La
MARITIME.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
A BACK LICK
Settled the Case with Her

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things betterthan
gold mines have been found in this way,
for example when even the accidental
discovery that coffee is the real cause OF
ones sickness proves of most tremen-
dous value because 1t locates the cause
and the person has then chance to get
well.
For over rs years." says a Missouri
woman, II suffered untold agonies inmy
stomach and even the best physicians
disagreed as to the cause without giving
me any permanent help, different ones
saying 1t was gastritis. indigestion, neu-
ralgia, etc, SO dragged along from
year to year. always half sick. until
finally gave up all hopes Of ever being
well again.
When taking dinner with friend
one day she said she had new drink
which turned out to be Postum and |
liked It SO well | told her thought
would stop coffee for awhile and use it,
which did.
$50 for three months we had Postum
in place Of coffee without ever having
one Of my old spells but was always
healthy and vigorous instead.
Husband kept saying he was con-
WINGED 1t was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then wouldn't believe
II until one day we got out Of Postum
and as we lived two miles from town
I thought to use the coffee we had in the
house.
"The result OF q weeks use Of coffee
again was that had another terrible
spell Of agony and distress proving that
1t was the coffee and nothing else. That
settled It and I said good bye to Coffee
forever and since then Postum alone has
been our hot mealtime drink.
MY friends all say I am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much improved. All the hermembers
of our family have been benefited, too,
by Postum in place Of the old drink, cof-
fee" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tle Creek. Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum IN place OF
coffee or tea Is the wise thing for every
coffee drinlSer. Such trial tells the ex-
act truth often where coffee Is not sua-
pected.
Look In each pkg. for the famous lit.
tle book. Tho Road to Wellyille."
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

even greater building than was con-
templated.
In the opinion or Mr.. Walter, the
architect, there still remained neces-
sary engagements of the center of the
structure to match the senate and
house wings and maintain the classic
proportions of the edifice. Since then
many changes have taken place in the
interior. The terraces on the west
were completed, so that the harmony
was maintained, even though the GEN.
ter was not built out. This is now to
be accomplished on the east front. ac-
cording to the plans adopted by the
commission, il congress approves. and
again the national capital will be con-
sidered completed structure.
Mr.. Walter died in 1882, but he had
left his plans for capitol extension in
detail, and the work of the new con-
struction will be carried out faithfully
according to his artistic ideas.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
sUsPENpERs AND SUSPENSE
What Uncle Sam Needs the Former
For as Stated by a Hating
Speaker. \

A certain congressman from a mountain
district, says the New York Sun, is trou-
bled with weak, squeaky little voice,
which sometimes fails in the midst Of
what might otherwise be an eloquent per.
GRAFTON.
Recently in addressing the house on a
matter connected with tariff, he ex-
claimed:
Why, tariffs are like pair of suspen.
ders, sometimes tight and sometimes loose;
but Uncle Sam needs them just the same,
TO keep up his"
Here the congressman's voice struck q
high treble note, Jared and stopped.
The house held its breath while he
cleared his throat. The suspense, which
seemed to last for fully a minute, was
more painful to the auditors than to the
orator for everyone was wondering
whether he would say trousers" or
pants" and some were even hoping that
he might say ''pantaloons" Even "over.
alls' would be better than pants" for
pants" is most supplementary.
But all fears were without foundation.
He cleared his throat with the greatest
care, and in a death-like stiffness resumed
his Grafton where he had dropped it: ITO
keep up his running expenses"
The words which followed were lost
forever IN . gale Of laughter.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
WISE BEYOND HER YEARS.
Senators Cullom and Cannon Baf1ed
by Bright Little
Girl.

At the republican state convention in
Springfield, ILL.,, Senator Cullom and Speaker
cannon tried to get popular ruling as to
which is the handsomer man, says the New
York Herald.
If had face like yours, joe" said the
senator, I'D wear a veil or build fence
around IT,"
"And If looked like you, Shelby" replied
Uncle" Joe, I'D walk backward all the
time. Your rear elevation isn't SO bad, but
the front facade is a bad blotch,"
"Ill tell you, Joe, we'll leave it to this
little girl. She doesn't want any political
job and ! guess she'll be honest, suggested
Senator Cullom.
The little girls mother was with her.
Which do you think is the best looking,
Dorothy? asked the proud mother.
The child looked at both out of'big, frank
eyes and said
II don't like to say, mamma, which like
best. might 'fend Mr. Cannon"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15
NUBBINs OF NONSENSE.

Opportunity is knocker; 1t knocks
once at every mans door.--Houston
(Tex.) Post.
Sooner or later the patient taxpayer
is called upon to foot the bills. Chicago
Record-Herald.
1t is because man doesn't know a
woman that he asks her to marry him.
Chicago Daily News.
The man who invented mirrors de-
serves a. But the chances are that
he inventor of mirrors was woman
Chicago Tribune.
Being rich is relative term, after all.
A boy with dime is sometimes richer
than man with million dollars.
Somerville Journal.