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The Western news., 1904-08-10
IDAHO SQulBS,

According to reports from Wash
ington, D. c., Wallace will have free
delivery service within few months
Alice Lantzy, the little girl who was
run over by train at Lane, resulting
in the amputation of both legs, died
later.
Fire has destroyed 100000 feet OF
lumber at White Pine mill, 27 miles
east of Rathdrum, belonging to Han.
ratty & Moderie.
The contractors for the construction
of the $4,000 Moscow Elks' temple
have completed about half of the stone
work on the basement.
The entire business part of kendrick
and third of the residence portion
was laid in ruins recently by a fire
which started in the old Pacific hotel
The loss is $250,O0O In two hours
the fire completed it's work.
According to investigation Sc fam.
lilies were made homeless and Is build
ings consumed by the fire that swept
Black Bear, situated near Wallace, last
week. 1t is difficult to estimate the ex-
act loss, but it is believed that 100000
is about correct. OF this loss only
$5450 is covered by insurance.
Bishop Glorioux has returned to
Boise after a lengthy stay in North
Idaho, where he visited his different
charges. Before going he had con-
ference with Father Post of Lewiston,
Father Cataldo of Mission and Father
Keiser of Uniontown, and the date was
set for the synod of the Boise dio.
cese, which will meet at Genesee Aug
ust %. Father Cataldo will lead the
retreat for the priests, which will last
a day, after which Bishop Glorioux
will preside over the synod, which will
probably last a week.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Potato Cultivation.

Those who have tried the plan OF
cultivating the potato field, even to the
point that some growers would pro-
nounce excessive. have found that IL
pays we'll. There can be no possible
doubt but that frequent cultivation.
especially during the period In which
the top growth is being made, gives
the growing tuber chance to get all
the possible benefits Of moisture and
heat with the desired result The
first civilizations should be close to
the plant and to some considerable
depth; later civilizations are farther
from the plant and quite shallow. but
this last sort of cultivation Is kept
up all through the growing period. II
the plan seems new to you try it on
a small scale and note the results.
Especially is 1t worth trying on field
where the application Of fertilizer has
not been as heavy as 1t should have
been; at harvest time compare the re-
suits from this field with those from
a field that has been better fertillzed,
but not SO frequently cultivated. You
will then have proof Of the adage that
"cultivation Is manure"
The Western news., 1904-08-10
SEVEN DAYS IN A RoxcAR,
Chinese Found at Los Angeles in a
PitiabIe Plight.

Los Angeles.-Six Chinese were ia.
ken from boxcar that had just ar
rived over the Southern Pacific in a
pitiable condition, having been sealed
up in their prison at Juarez, Mexico,
in order to smuggle themselves into
the United States. For seven days
they lay in car filled with goods, four
days without water and food.
In their ignorance and fear of being
discovered and arrested the unfortu.
nate men suffered the tortures of thirst
and the pangs of hunger without max
ing outcry. When they were found to.
day and taken out they were in a state
of complete physical exhaustion and
almost unable to stand. The Chinese
say they were placed in the car by an
employe of the Mexican National rail
road at Juarez in consideration of $25.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
o=~

Buff Orpin9ton Breed.
For many years the one desire of
the practical poultryman has been to
obtain breed which would equal the
Leghorn In egg production and the
Plymouth Rock as table fowl. 1t Is
claimed that the Bun Orpington Is
that breed and certainly it has done
wonders since its introduction into this
country from England. The fowls
are exceedingly attractive and the pull
lets begin laying when fve months
old, keeping at 1t without the break
usual to pullets Of most breeds.
An average weight for bird at ma
turity Is nine to ten pounus. hence 1t
is evident that as a table fowl they
will closely approach the famed Ply.
mouth Rock. As layers they equal
the Leghorn and they make excellent
mothers. They appear to be quite as
hardy as the Plymouth Rock. hence
The Western news., 1904-08-10
MOHAMMEDANs AND DOGS.

canines Are Killed IL They Are Found
In q Mosque.
In Egypt dogs are never permitted
to enter the dwelling house of a Mo.
hammedan, and II one is found in q
mosque he ii Immediately put to
death. In consequence of this ex.
communication from the society which
this animal seems 80 instincdvely dis
posed to cultivate, Egyptian dogs live,
for the most part, in the open air,
feeding upon garbage and any other
Nth that chance throws in their way.
Yet they are found to be faithful pro.
tectors Of the property and even Der.
sons OF the very men by whom they
are thus despltefully treated. although,
Sonini remarks, 1t 10 extremely curious
to see the pains taken by a Mussulman
and a dog when they happen to meet
to avoid coming in contact with each
other. Notwithstanding this state Of
persecution, dogs are remarkably nu-
merous III the towns of Egypt. The
species Is a large one, about the size
and make Of the greyhound. As q
proof Of the Mohammedan prejudice
against this useful animal, 1t is sum
cient to state that they regard the
terms Christian and dog az synony.
mous-both, Of course, in the most op-
probrlous sense. As a singular con-
trast for their dislike for dogs, the
Egyptians have ever held cats In great.
est veneration, and in ancient time
even worshiped them. And historians
tell US that Bubast1s and Atribes, two
towns In Egypt, the former a votary OF
cats and the latter Of mice, contracted
on that account 20 strong an antipa.
thy to each other that the inhabitants
were never known to intermarry, al
though only 4 few miles asunder. In
some parts Of India. too. We are told,
they have a similar reverence for
0rimalkin. a. the only crimes pun.
lshed capitally there are the murder of
Of a man and a cat-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
AxLGs MADE FROM scRAea
Old Metal 10 Used In the Construction
Of Railway Freight CarA

DID Metal 10 Used In the Construstaon
Of Railway Freight Car~
Old scrap iron, lying in heaps anN
rusting away under the influence Of
the weather, has been utilized by
street railway company in Western
town. 1t has been found that from
this material can be secured much
better axles than those purchased in
the market or that can be obtained
from rolled bar iron. Instead of dis
posing Of all scrap to junk dealer,
as is usual, the metal Is sorted into
several grades, cast iron, wrought iron
or steel. Part of this Is then disposed
of through the regular channels, but
the No. and No. 2 wrought iron scrap
Is set aside for the manufacture Of
axles. The several pieces. which are
Of all skies and shapes, are arranged
In binders, made of bent pieces Of
scrap plate, eight inches thick and
sixteen inches long. which is not too
large to be conveniently handled.
These bundles Of scrap are then
stored until needed. A reverberatory
furnace, heated by oil. which is made
economically possible by the cheap
ness of fuel oil on the Pacific coast,
Is employed for heating these bundles
OF scrap to welding heat, for forg-
Ing by a steam hammer into slabs.
About twelve bundles are worked at a
heat and when each issues from under
the 8,3OO-pound steam hammer the
volume Is reduced more than half,
there only remaining slab six inches
by two inches and three feet six inches
long. Three Of these slabs are then
welded together to form the smallest
size axle. After being worked to the
proper shape the rough ends are cut
off and finished in lathes to dimen.
sion sizes.
The car company officials assert
that the axles thus produced from
scrap are cheaper and possess a great.
er ductility and better fiber than any
axles they can purchase. Incidental
to the process the due heat from the
furnace Is passed through a waste
heat boiler that produces sufficient
steam to operate three steam hammers
in the blacksmith shop.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Only Women Live There,


An Adamless Eden is said to exist
somewhere in the Caribbean Sea, but
just where 1t is located no one II able
to tell. There is an old legend in the
West Indies which has been handed
down from the time Of Columbus to
the effect that somewhere among the
numerous Gays Of the Caribbean Sea
there exists an island inhabited only
by women.
The aboriginal Caribs and Arar-
walks found 1t inconvenient to have
women around in times Of war. U.s.
ually when the enemy conquered
number of the tribes fairest maidens
were carried of. So goes the story.
The deplorable possibility Of losing
all the women Of the tribe was avert.
ed, however. by the prompt action Of
the chiefs, who ordered all Of the re-
naming female element to this un-
known island in the Caribbean. Ac-
cording to the legend the place 10 CO.
piously watered by ideal streams,
overshadowed by breadfruit. mango,
plantain and all the necessaries to life
and poetry. The husbands and lovers
were allowed to visit the island not
more than twice q year In times of
peace.
But 1t Is further handed down that
all the men of tho tribe were eventual.
ly wiped out in an Indian war. and
that all trace Of the Isle Of women
was lost According to Washington
Irving, even Columbus made vain ef-
forts to ind It.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Venezuela in Bad WAY.

New York.-In consequence of the
aggressive policy displayed by Presi,
dent Castro of Venezuela against
France. M. Delcasse, the French min
lister of foreign affairs, has taken steps
to prevent the unification of the Vene-
zuelan debt, which has been arranged
with the Banque de Paris ct Pays Bas,
says Herald dispatch from Willem-
stadt, Island of Curacao. Germany and
Great Britain are in accord with the
French view of the question, and have
refused any financial assistance. The
situation is critical.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
MONTANA NOTES.

Four holdup men were robbed of a
horse and buggy while plying their
trade in saloon at Silver Bow. They
got $40.
Forest fires are still raging with un-
abated fury in the timber lands and
from all reports received thus far, the
damage will run into the thousands OF
dollars.
The railroad assessment in Montana
has been increased to some extent by
the state board of equalization, the in
crease being roughly estimated at ST.
OOO,OOO
City Marshal James McAllister OF
Red Lodge has gone to Alberta, N w.
T., to secure William Rakka, formerly
union, who is accused of defaulting a
few weeks ago with about $1,000 of the
unions money.
Four masked men held up the Office
saloon in Helena Saturday morning,
and after beating the bartender into
insensibility, rifed the safe and cash
register of their contents and escaped.
The amount of booty secured will ag.
gregate $500, including two gold watch
es and diamond ring.
The last rail has been laid on the
Columbia Falls cutoff of the Great
Northern railway, and the connection
between the east and west section OF
the line has been made. The work OF
finishing the line will require prob:
ably month, and it is understood that
the line will be turned over to the op-
Grating department by September Is.
The first train will be run over it
about that time.
The special train of Superintendent
Boyle of the Montana division of the
Northern Pacific crashed into two work
engines in the east end of the Boze-
man yards last Saturday evening. Will
liam Thomas McGuigal of Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, travelling engineer for the
Northern Pacific, was killed; William
Crast of Helena, engineer of the spe-
cial, and his fireman, Charles Pepper,
were both fatally scalded. and their
deaths are thought to be matter of
but few hours.
Engineer William Craft and his fire.
man, Gabe Pepper. died recently as the
result of scalding received.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
To Make Diplomats Help,

The department of state has initiated
measures whereby it is hoped further
to improve our foreign trade by means
of cooperation between the diplomatic
and consular services.
The action of the department is ten.
tative as yet, and takes the form of an
instruction from Acting Secretary
Loomis to the diplomatic officials call
ing for reports as to the feasibility
of the plan.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Poultry Pointers.

AOuASEy OAhtCIOs
Apoplexy and egg-bound are the re-
suit of excessive fat.
Use no deformed or weak fowls for
breeding purposes.
In mating always endeavor to use
active, vigorous cocks.
Never under any circumstances al
low other hens to molest a sitter.
Cooked food fattens quickly, prob.
ably because it is more completely d.
gested.
When 1t can be done, the poultry.
house should have two rooms-one for
laying hens.
While sour milk IL relished by the
hens, 1t should not be made a substi.
tute for water.
Dust the sitting hens with insect
powder to prevent the little chicks
having lice on them.
Hens will rarely eat their eggs IL
they are supplied with plenty Of
broken bone, oyster and clam shells.
Healthy, thrifty fowls are invariably
early risers and should bs fed 40 soon
a. they ny down from the roosts.
The Western news., 1904-08-10

will do we'll in cold sections. Both
fowls and eggs are scarce In this coun-
try and consequently high In price, but
If the breed keeps up to the reputa-
tion it already has more breeders will
handle 1t, 50 that in year or two
eggs and birds will be within range
Of the poultryman's pocketbook.-In-
dianapolis News.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Pork Maxine.

One Of the features of the pig. which
10 not sufficiently appreciated, is its
proltdcacy. While the horse. COW and
sheep. AZ q rule, produce but one or
two young annually, the pig may pro-
duce from sixteen to twenty-four. an
enormous percentage Of increase. To
make the most out Of pork. the old
style Of keeping pigs eighteen months
or 70 before slaughtering 10 abandoned.
The Western news., 1904-08-10

will have much better chance Of get
ting safely through the critical first
season This protection can be left
on during the winter and will prevent
effectively injury from rabbits, mice.
etc. Renew as often as necessary un-
til the tree has passed the danger
period.
The Western news., 1904-08-10

two birds with
one stone by
d r iv 1 n g tw O
sharpened strips
Of board on the
sunny side Of
the tree, as
shown In the
cut, tying a bit
Of cord about
the top, advises
American Agri-
culturist.
T his guards
a & q l n 9 t both
sun and wind,
and tho frao
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Sorghum Culture.

1t is scarcely worth while to say
anything to farmers west of the Mis-
souri, river on the Importance Of grow.
ing sorghum. The uncertain charac.
ter OF the corn crop where there IL
less than twenty inches of rainfall
forces farmers to seek q substitute.
They have found admirable substitutes
in cane and Kafir and other varieties
OF sorghum, saccharine and non-sac.
charine. The farmers in the humid
area, speaking generally, at some dis
tance west of the Missouri river and
eastward, have been slow in appreciat.
Ing the value Of this great forage
crop, and it is to these that we par
ticularly address ourselves. Sorghum,
or cane, Is a warm weather plant. and
hence should not be planted until
about ten days after the time for the
first planting Of corn in any locality.
To plant it earlier is to invite failure.
1t can be sown or planted for two
months after the time for planting
corn and mature. If the earlier varie-
ties, such as Early Amber, are select
ed. 1t is especially to be recommended
for lands which for any reason can
not be put In corn within three or four
weeks after the oak leaves are the
size OF the squirrels ear, which is the
proper time for the first planting Of
corn,
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Gar Of Russia.

The ruler of Russia is absolutely
master of 1sO,OOO,OOO of his fellow
creatures, but he dares not go a block
alone on one of his public thorough
fares without making that street a
lane of soldiers.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Butter in Argentine.

An English dairy expert. who has
been ON a visit to Argentina, states
that from the Argentine were sent last
year no less than 9,O75. 600 pounds of
butter. made by the best modern SCI
entific methods and the finest machin-
cry that could be supplied from Eu-
rope. He visited one factory under
the management Of Argentines. which
turned out twenty tons Of butter
day. He saw another center where
the milk Of seven thousand COWS was
handled.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
F0rC0 Of Habit.

"Tell me-" she asked, after she had
accepted him, "am really your first
and only lover
"Well-er-no, DEAR" replied the
drug clerk, "but you are something
Just a. good."-Philadelphia Prss2
The Western news., 1904-08-10
OREGON ITEMS.

Arrangements are being made to
make La Grande the eating station for
the eastbound morning passenger
train.
The failure of the Bank of Sumpter
The Western news., 1904-08-10

Anger is an i'll tempered weapon.
Ballast gets little credit for saving
the ship.
1t taxes judgment to keep brilliancy
from suicide.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
FATAL Wreck IN COLORADO!
ENGINE AND THREE COACHES
FELL THROUGH BRIDGE,
Between 80 and so People Have Been
Drowned-Several Were From Pueb-
10, CoIo.-City Of Pueblo Sends Vol.
unteers to the Rescue-Three Bodies
Washed Ashore One Mile Below.

Colorado Springs, Col, Aug 8.-Mis-
southbound. fell through bridge at
Pinon, Col, 25 miles south of this city.
The engine and three coaches went
through the bridge.
1t is reported that between 80 and so
people have been drowned in the
wreck, many of them Pueblo residents.
A call for volunteers has been made on
Pueblo, and every available man is be-
ing sent to the scene.
Bodies Wash Ashore.
Pueblo, Col, Aug. S.-A special to
the Chieftain says the bodies of three
young women, unidentified, were wash
ed ashore one mile below the scene of
the wreck.
j, NJ. Killen of Pueblo, badly injured,
crawled out of a chair car one mile be-
low the wreck.
Heavy Loss of Life.
Denver, Col, Aug. S.-A special train
carrying Chief Surgeon j. w. OCon-
ner, Superintendent of Motive Power
F. Mertsheimer and other Rio Grande
officials has left for the scene of the
wreck at Pinon. No definite informa-
tion has been received by the Off
cials here beyond the fact that three
cars went through the bridge The Rio
Grande people fear that the loss of
life mas been heavy.
Partial List Of Dead.
The following dead have been iden-
titled:
DR.. w. H. Mock.
Miss Ella Wood.
w. H. Lamoon.
Mrs. w. H. Lamon.
Miss Minnie Selby, music teacher.
Lowell Durman, a clerk.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Actor Max Arnold Dead.

Philadelphia, Aug. 1O.-Williard
Hess, known in the theatrical profes.
sion as Max Arnold, died here, aged
43 years.
The Western news., 1904-08-10

Protection from Sum ecald.
Sun scald kills thousands Of newly
set trees. The wind also whips them
numerically unless supported. XIII
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Famous Musical Critic.

Vienna, Aug. 9.-Dr. Eduard Han.
stick, the famous musical critic, is
dead. He was born at Prague in 1925.
The Western news., 1904-08-10

Some make pets Of their beliefs.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
ana the animals are being fitted for ths

ana the animals are being fitted for the
block at SIX or eight months. The
first one hundred pounds Of gain are
made the cheapest, the second one
hundred pounds cost more. and 30 ON
increasingly, az far AZ one chooses to
60. Economy would dictate. then, that
certainly when two hundred pounds
are reached the animal should be dis
posed Of and q fresh start made with
younger stock. The best breed IL one
which natures early, provided it is Of
good size.
The Western news., 1904-08-10
Farm NOtes.

There is no single breed that pos.
sesses only good qualities.
A cross s-bred animal should never be
chosen as breeder.
Nothing so surely impoverishes the
farm as the selling Of hay.
With improved stock, to insure sue
cess. must come improved treatment.
Any kind Of live stock will depre-
ciate In value when cut short In their
rations.
In hot weather especially horses
subject to collie should be handled
with great care.
Always sift coal ashes before put.
ting them in the dust box for the use
Of poultry.
All things consider ID. the best place
to put manure is on a freshly plowed
soil. Haul out as fast as made.
In buying horse reject one with
scraggy hips. They never do credit
to feeding particularly II also slack
in the loins.
1t is much easier to tell how a thing
should be done than 1t Is to demon.
strate the advantages Of q plan by ex-
pertinent
Circumstances and management
have about as much to do in making
mutton-gr0wing profitable as in turn
Ing the scale toward profit In any other
farm product
After the harvest work Is finished I'D
Is a good time to put in drainage
where needed. This Is something that
should be done thoroughly and we'll,
and not hurriedly.
Reject horse with forelegs not
straight. They will not stand wear.
Stand behind the horse as he walks
away from you and you will be able
to notice these defects II they exist.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
FOUND AGAINST HARROD.
He Had no Right to Substitute an
Inferior Cement.

He Had no Right to Substitute an
Inferior Cement.
New Orleans, May PA verdict of
$2S,S9O was given in favor of the sew
age and water board of New Orleans
against the National Contracting Com
pany in the United States District
Court to-day.
The suit has been on trial for sew
eral weeks and involved the right of
Maj. b. M. Harrod, now a member of
the Isthmian Canal Commission and
formerly engineer of the sewage and
water board, to substitute Stag steel
cement for the cement in the construc-
ton in the drainage work in New Or
leans. Maj. Harrod permitted the sub
stitution without authority from the
board, which claimed that it had paid
out large sums of money for an infe-
rior cement under the supposltion that
a certain cement, which was provided
for by the specifications. was being
used. Judge Parlange charged the
jury that Maj. Harrod had no right to
permit the substitution.
The allegations made by the plain
tiffs in this suit were used as a basis
of an attack on Mai. Harrod at the
time of his appointment as member
of the Canal Commission.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
KENTUCKY MADE RUN
THAT WAS A RECORD.

New York. May 21.-The United
States battleship Kentucky anchored
off Tompkinsville to-day, having made
the worlds record run for warship
from Hong Kong and Madeira to New
York. The total distance steamed was
1889 miles from Hong Kong, at an
average speed of 1871 knots. The last
run of 1900 miles from Madeira to
New York was made at an average
speed of 1873 knots.
The whole distance was made under
natural draught.
The Kentucky has been in commits
sion little over four years, and her
first run was out to the China station
She has been the flagship of the squad
ron for three years, and has flown the
flag of Rear Admiral Evans for more
than two years.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-22
MANN VICE PRESIDENT.

st. Louis, May 21.-The National and
International Good Roads Convention
concluded it's sessions to-day. w. H.
Moore was reelected president. r. w.
Richardson and C. H. Huttig, secre-
tary and treasurer, respectively, were
also reelected. 1t was decided to elect
a first vice president, who would also
be the national organizer of the good
roads association and A. s. Mann, Of
jacksonville, Fla, was selected for the
position. The convention recommended
that county, state and federal aid be
enlisted in furthering the good roads
movement and utilizing the services of
Migrants and prisoners in lettering
roads, and plans will be made to carry
out the recommendation.