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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
OLEO LAW VALID.
United States Supreme Court Hands
Down Decision.

Un1teo StaIeS supreme court HanoS
Down Decision.
Washington, June 2.-The supreme
court of the United States, in an
opinion by Justice White today, upheld
the constitutionality of the oleomargar-
inc law. Leo w. McRay sued the gov
eminent in the Southern district of
Ohio, to recover $50 paid by him as a
penalty for the sale of so pound pack
age of colored oleomargarine, contain
ing a stamp tax of three-quarters of a
cent pound instead of 10 cents a
pound.
McRay's counsel argued first, that,
although the "oleo' was colored to
look like butter, the color was obtained
by the use of butter, which was itself
artifcially colored, but the use of
which as an ingredient in the manu-
facture of 'oleo" was authorized by
law; and, second, that the tax of 10
cents pound was proibitive and con.
iscatory, and an attempted federal
usurpation of the police powers of the
state. The court said the tax contem-
plated the finished product and not the
details of manufacture. The court
therefore affirmed the judgment Of the
lower court, upholding the validity of
the law and the tax.
The chief justice and Justices Brown
and Peckham dissented.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
One Squadron Annihilated.

St. Petersburg, June 4. - General
Sakaroff has telegraphed as follows,
under today's date, to the general staff ::
According to reports, the Japanese
commander in the action of May 80
near Vafangow had three battalions of
infantry in reserve. Our losses were
II men killed and % men wounded
and Lieutenant Meyer and another Off
Ger, whose name has not been ascer-
tanned, wounded. The japanese losses
were very considerable. One squadron
of the Thirteenth Japanese cavalry was
annihilated."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Discomfort IS GROWING.
Russian Trade and Finance are Suffer-
ing Greatly as Result of War.

Paris, June 6.-Private intelligence
received in Paris at several different
quarters gives gloomy accounts of the
growing feeling of discomfort and anx-
iety in Russia over the silence that
prevails in officialdom as to the events
of the war. Following SO closely upon
the exuberant reports received and dis
seminated eagerly during the early part
of the campaign, the utter failure of
the government to give out any state
ments either of victory or defeat has
proven disquieting in the extreme, and
has aroused popular misgivings to an
almost dangerous pitch.
1t is, of course, admitted that trade
and finance invariably suffer in time OF
war, but in a country like Russia,
where it is doubtful if either are
founded upon substantial basis capa-
BILE of resisting the shocks of pro-
longed campaign, it is comprehensive
that the most widespread apprehension
should exist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Japan Willing to Prohibit Emigration.

Victoria, B. c., June 3.-A passen-
ger by the steamship Empress of Japan
wag T. Aoygi, special immigration COM
missioner from the japanese govern
ment, to confer with the Canadian and
United States governments regarding
the immigration of Japanese laborers.
He says that he comes empowered to
accept the suggestion of each govern
ment that still further restrictions be
placed on emigration from Japan. The
japanese government is perfectly will
ing, he says, to prohibit tie further
emigration.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
PORT ARTHUR SITUATION BAD.
Famine Prices Exist and Many People
Bat Chinese Food.

Bat Chinese Food.
Niu Chwang, June 2.-Some Chinese
fugitives from Port Arthur, who have
just arrived here, describe the situa-
tion of the inhabitants there as desper-
ate. Famine prices exist. The cost of
provisions increases weekly. Many
persons are reduced to eating Chinese
food, and even that is dear. Millet
-four costs IS bag. Whole streets
and several public buildings have been
wrecked by Japanese shell fire. The
hospitals are packed with sick and
wounded.
The work of repairing the damaged
warships has been stopped. All civil
ians have been given military duty.
The general health of the inhabitants
is good, except Chinese, who are dying
of starvation. Theft has been made
punishable by death.
The railway is completely destroyed
as Tar as Kinchou, and there are fire.
quent gaps between Kinchou and Wa
Fang Ting. There are 15,0 900 Japanese
troops there, but no signs of troops fur
ther north. During the fighting at
Kinchou 200 Chinese were killed by
the Japanese fire.
The very highest Russian authority
here, while not believing that Port
Arthur will fall, admits its loss would
be terrible loss to the Russian arms.
The same authority says Russia may
send a large army to the south of Niu
Chwang in the event of General Stoes-
sci being able to hold his own at Port
Arthur. This, however, is not possible
at present, owing to the positions oc-
cupied by the Japanese armies operat-
ing from the Yalu river and Taku
Shan. The Russians are not sanguine
as to the outlook for Port Arthur.
More contraband of war is arriving
here. Two cargoes of flour and timed
meats and some speire were rushed to
Mukden as soon as they were unloaded.
Heavy rains are daily making the
roads almost impossible. The Chinese
brigands are becoming active.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Shows Looting Tales Exaggerated.

Seoul, Corea, June 6.-The Russians
in the province of Hamgyung are said
to be using ruble notes in payment for
goods taken. Beeves and grain COM
mand fair prices. This statement
hardly corresponds with the continual
tales of looting. yet the japanese report
that Corean fugitives bring paper
money to Gensan. Twenty thousand
dollars worth has been sent to Shang-
hal via Nagasaki for settlement by the
Russo Chinese bank.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Farm Labor in Demand.


It is estimated that in seven States
out west $4,000 men will be needed
this summer to harvest the wheat
crop. Crops are increasing faster than
labor to secure them can be had, and
this, too, in the face Of the fact that
nearly 100000 immigrants year are
coming to America. Last year col
lege students were attracted to the
west by the offer of $3.50 a day and
board and lodging, but SO many fell
by the wayside in the hot sun that
scarcely enough remained to marry
all the daughters of the rich farmers
Harvesters can find employment from
May to nearly October, moving up
from Texas to Canada; wages are high
and there is plenty to eat. With a
foreign war now in progress and the
regular demand for foodstuffs in the
countries in Europe which always buy
from Americans, on the increase, the
outlook for a great business in export
ing agricultural products is excellent
Baltimore Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Wireless Telegraphy a Success.

Honolulu, June 6.-The United
States hospital ship Solace, leaving
here yesterday afternoon for Guam is
land, made wireless telegraph tests,
and kept in communication with the
apparatus of the cruiser New York for
20 miles. Later she maintained COM
munication with the Interisland wine
less telegraph company for 194 miles.
At noon today, at a distance of $50
miles, the test signal letter "V" was
repeated five times. When leaving San
Francisco, the Solace lost communica-
tion with the shore at IS miles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Rus slams Find Food Sc arce.

Seoul, June 4.-The Russian bands
scattered throughout Ham Heung pro-
vince are encountering commissariat
difficulties. The countryside is lily
supplied with food and forage, owing
to the bad crops of the past two years.
Since the first Russian raid there has
been no trade at Yensan and Songjin,
and consequently no importation of
foodstuffs. The Russian movements
in Corea caused widespread starvation,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Horsethieves and Officers Battle.

Salt Lake, June 2.-According to a
Herald special from Buffalo, Wye, two
horsethieves, members of the gang of
which 'Driftwood JIM McCloud, now
serving term in the penitentiary, was
leader, fought a battle with Sheriff
Webb, of Natrona county in the Big
Horn mountains recently. One of the
thieves was shot f1om his horse, but
his companion picked him up and they
fled to the Bad Lands on one horse.
The sheriff and posse are in pursuit.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10

will do in a cornf1eld in one day dur
ing the early spring season. Harrow
corn just as it comes through the
ground. Harrow crosswise again with
in a week. In some cases it is neces-
sary to weight the harrow. A seventy
five or ninety-tooth harrow will cover
fifteen acres Of corn with slow team
and twenty acres If the team Is quick
stopper. If doubtful about the use OF
the harrow on your particular corn
crop. take it out and run it for twenty
five feet and test the work done by
pulling at every stalk passed over to
find whether or not the roots still hold.
Narrowing will lay the crop down for
day or two, but it soon straightens.
narrowing kills weeds and destroys
young grass. let's the air into the
ground and is the best possible method
Of cultivating young corn until the
crop reaches eight or ten inches In
height Use the harrow on corn.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Russian Commands Consolidated.

st. Petersburg. June BY an i'm
pe1ial ukase just issued, the control of
the ports of Reval, Sveaborg and Tibau
and all the naval forces of the Baltic
has been transferred to the commandant
of the port of Cronstadt, with the title
of commander in chief of the feet and
ports and of the defenses of the Baltic
sea. The object of the consolidation of
the commands is to insure uniformity
in the measures adopted in the defense
of the coasts of the Baltic during the
existing state of war.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Farm Notes.

Good farming is impossible without
good teams.
The secret of success in stock raising
is superiority in quality.
Superior roadsters are gifted with
both speed and bottom.
Feed the pigs refuse fruit and veg
etables from the garden.
The best sheep is the most profit
able one under all circumstances.
Breed the horse first for strength
and endurance and then style.
Medium-sized sheep usually have the
best and heaviest fleeces.
1t pays to have horses perform work
that are naturally good walkers.
A horse with an unruly disposition
in very many cases is Of little or no
account.
Glover is one of the best of green
manurial crops, a great restorer Of
worn-out lands.
The pigs will do we'll in the apple
orchards, especially If there are many
sweet apples.
A fast walk and prompt-telling road
gait are, to a great extent, matters Of
education.
Colts require plenty of exercise in
order to develop their lungs when they
are growing rapidly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
MEET AT FULL SPEED,
Electric Cars In Ohio Collide and Six
Persons are Killed.

Norwalk, O., June 4.-Six persons
were killed and dozen or more hurt
this afternoon as result of the collis-
ion on the Lake Shore Electric railway
between an east bound fast electric pas
senger car and westbound package
freight" car at Wells Corners, few
miles east of this city.
The accident occurred at a point quite
distant from any immediate means of
communication, and assistance was
sent from Norwalk, where every ply
sician and nurses in the city was hur-
ried to the place. All those killed
were in the smoking compartment of
the passenger car. The cars we're SUI
burban electric cars of the largest type,
and were smashed to pieces. They met
in collision at full speed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
TURKEYS TURN NEXT.
President Will See That Claims are Set
tied When Morocco Affair Is Through.

Washington, June 6.-Administra-
tion officials have permitted it to be-
come known that when a settlement
has been made with the Moroccan
bandits, the United States will turn
her attention to Turkey. The presi-
dent has announced that when Ameri-
can warships were relieved from Bel
rut, at the urgent request of the sultan,
that the fleet would return in great
force if certain claims of long standing
were not arranged and the president is
now planning to make good his declara-
tion. These claims aggregate more
than $250,000. They include more
than 100000 for missionary claims
and $40, 900 for the murder of Lenz, an
American bicyclist. The sultan will
also be asked to make restitution for
the ransom paid the brigands who cap
tured Miss Ellen Stone.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
VIII Build Road In Alaska.

Washington, June s.-A $4,000, 900
railroad company, to be known as the
Yukon-Valdes Railway company, was
incorporated in Richmond, Va, today.
The object of the company is to build a
road $50 miles long in Alaska from
valdes to Eagle City. The president
of the company is Amber J. Stewart,
of New York, and John B. Summer
field, of Brooklyn, is secretary and
treasurer. The principal Offices of the
company will be in Norfolk, Va.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Have Your Farm vaccinated.

Have Your Farm vaccinated.
Have you had your farm vaccin-
ated? If not, you should proceed to
have it done at once.
Science has done a great deal for
the farmer. 1t has killed the bugs
and worms that prey on his crops; it
has treated his animals when sick and
saved their lives; it has experimental
with seeds and raised the quality and
quantity Of their yield; it has done a
great many things to help him achieve
success. The latest service of spe-
cial interest of which we have heard
is noted in the National Geographic
Magazine, where it is shown that the
process of inoculating sterile ground
and making it bring forth the fruit in
abundance is an easy task. Inocula-
ton to prevent smallpox, diphtheria,
rabies, etc., we know about, but it Is
quite as mysterious as the incubation
Of old worn-out soils to make them
fertile.
The germs make for fertility Of
the soil. They are collected or gener-
ated by the department of agriculture,
according to this veracious authority,
and sent by mail in a small package
about like a yeast cake. The cake is
said to contain millions of dried
germs. It is thrown into a barrel Of
pure water and turns it milky white,
Seeds of grain and grasses are washed
with this water and when planted are
said to produce wonderful results
even on what is regarded as exhausted
soil. The Land is really treated to an
tnoculaton and cured of its disease of
barrenness. Have your farms vacci-
mated and get rich from the big crops
you will raise.-Minneapolis Journal
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Hail Breaks Car windows.

Hutchinson, Kan, June 3.-This
section and all southwestern Kansas
was drenched by heavy rain, accom-
panied by hail. Between Bucklin and
Meade, on the Rock. Island road, hail
did much damage to crops. Hail broke
nearly every window on the north side
of an eastbound Rock Island train, and
broken glass cut several passengers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Teaching a Calf to Drink.

Pour fresh milk in the pail to the
depth of about one-haf inch. Gently
place the calf's nose into the milk
and against the bottom Of the pail.
1t will soon get a taste Of the milk
and will begin to sip and suck on the
bottom Of the pail. When the milk
is gone, replace it with the same
amount as before, and continue till
the calf has enough. If care is taken
not to put enough milk in the pail
so as to cover the nostrils of the
calf, it will soon learn to drink When
it has learned to drink, a small guam
tity more can be added each time
until the lesson is fully learned and
then the amount required for a feed
ing may be placed in the pail with
out fear Of the calf not drinking it
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10

in the illustration. Attach the remain
der of the planter at the back with the
L bolts shown. Fasten a strong board
back of the boxes, but in front Of the
wheels for two boys to sit on and do
the dropping. Plant and harrow just
as they are coming up."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
pisproyes Koch,s Theory.

London, June 2.-The royal commits
sion appointed in August, 1901, to in
quire into the relation between human
and animal tuberculosis has arrived at
a conclusion justifying the issuance of
an interim report according to which
the commission finds that human and
bovine tuberculosis are practically
identical.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Discovers a New Microbe.

Naples, June 6.-Professor Schron,
the discoverer of life in crystals, gave a
public demonstration today that he
had found a new microbe which causes
phthsis, microbe quite different from
that causing tuberculosis.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Potato Planter.

G. P. Jones. of Gage County, Nebras-
ka, sends Iowa Homestead his plan of
potato planter: 'Take an old corn
planter with wide shoes at the rear
part and If there is a division there
knock it out with a cold chisel," he
says. "Take an old boiler or a piece
Of heavy tin, cut and bend to fit the
back Of runners large enough to give
plenty Of room for pieces of potatoes
to go through. Take a piece Of 2x4
three feet six inches long and bolt the
back of each runner at the ends. Take
another piece of 2x4 twelve inches
longer for the front, leaving six inches
project at each end on which the boxes
are to rest. Make the boxes as shown
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Use the Harrow on Corn.

Many farmers read with surprise
the statement that a harrow can be
run across young corn without dam
age to the crop. Try it and see. 1t is
better to use the iron-toothed harrow
with teeth slanting backward at an
angle of 45 degrees. It is remarkable
how much work a thrse- section harrow
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Canadian Farm Lands.

Lord Strathcona, High Commission
er for Canada, has received from Mr..
w. Elliott, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture for the Northwest Territories,
bulletin relating to the grain crops Of
the Territories for 1908. The estimat-
ed crop area for the current year is
1,7O6,OOO acres, as compared with l.
1888, ,434 acres this time last year. The
bulletin also contains a table show
ing the extent of the crops gathered in
Western Canada (Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories) in 1908: Wheat,
6,229,4 bushels; oats, 47,215,479
bushels; barley, 10,44S, 461 bushels. and
fax, S57, 1892 bushels.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Quality of Goat Meat.


While it is generally agreed among
those who speak from experience that
the kids of all breeds Of goats are a
delicacy, yet among the great mass Of
the American people there is preju-
dice against anything bearing the
name Of "goat-" Within the environ
ments of the larger American cities
are found many kids, but as few of
them grow to maturity the question
arises as to what becomes Of them.
Butchers and meat dealers reply that
they pass over their blocks as "lamb."
Yet no meat dealer has heard COM
plants of the quality of such 'lamb."
Numbers Of mature common goats are
purchased by the packing firms Of the
larger cities. Bought as goats, they
are sold-either in the carcass or can
ned-as mutton, and it is probable
that many who decry goat meat have
eaten it many times.
This does not imply that the meat is
as palatable as good mutton, but It
may be as good as poor mutton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10

The largest duck farm in the United
States is at Riverton, Va. There are
10000 white Pekin ducks in the place.
In the laying department 1,5OO mother
ducks are kept in 10 pens set apart for
them-15O to the pen. The Matching is
done by incubators, which during the
Matching season bring forth 1000 duck
lings each week. At the age of IL
weeks they are slaughtered for the
market It requires carload of food
every week to feed the ducks
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Reports BattIeship Aground.

st. Petersburg, June Am uncon-
firmed rumor has reached here from
Mukden that the Japanese battleship
Fuji is aground ON reef off the Mao
Tao islands, between the Kwan Tung
and Shan Tung promontories, where
she is being guarded by torpedo boats.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
Good Flood Gate.

A subscriber to an agricultural
paper sends sketch illustrating a
water gate and writes: "Some flood
gates are built so as to catch and hold
all trash. though swinging freely, and
others will allow obstruction to be
freely disengaged and pass away. One
of the best have found is composed
Of a 2x6 upon which Stats are nailed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-06-10
IfI11II1IIl|1I1.1I1+1Il|

Of a proper length to reach the low
water mark. This gate is hung to a
log or beam extending across the
stream, attached by chains or wire. In
this form we find very good gate for
q water gap"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-21
EMPIRE THEATRE.

While II is a thrilling 1t is none the less
a splendid Offering given by the Dot Kar-
roll stock company this week, and this
fact was best evidenced in the form of
generous applause accorded by large
and appreciative audience. last evening. 1t
is James Kennedy's melodrama, "Shen-
dan Keene. Detective" and, naturally. he
is the star actor and central figure. The
plot is fun OF surprises from first to last
and a beautiful story Of heart interest
rms throughout -
1t is a play In four acts and twice as
many scenes. The old man. a millionaire
inventor, has secured patent on type
writing machine. The villain IN order TO
get possession OF the papers covering the
patent, induces his accomplice 10 steal
them from the old man, but In the strug-
gle he is murdered. The little grandchld
appears on the scene a the time TO bid
his grandfather good night, and in order
10 save himself. the two kidnap the child,
20 hide the evidence he might give against
them. sum OF money has been given
to the old mans son 20 pay the taxes.
and through his love for a good time he
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-06-21
HARRIxGTON.0' 0'KEeFE.


Or. Francis NJ. Harrington OF Pawtuck-
ct, and Miss Helena Birchmore o'Keefe Of
this city were married in the rectory Of
st. Johns Catholic church in this city at
o'clock last evening Rev. John / Nc
csbe performed the ceremony, which was
very simple. owing TO a recent death in
the brides family.
The maid OF honor was Miss Julie
o'Keefe, sister Of the bride, while her
brother. Or. John A. O'keefe. acted as
best man. A reception and dinner was
held. following the wedding, at the rest
dence OF DR.. John A. o'Keefe, 355 Broad
way.
Dr. and Mrs. Harrington will spend
their honeymoon at Atlaptic city, ~. j.,
on their return they will reside at 2l6
Broadway this city.
The bride is we'll known in this city.
where she has taught school for several
years. as principal and critic at the
Grove street school. Dr. Harrington Is
surReon-in-chief at the Pawtucket general
hospital.