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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
SAVES FOREST FOR PEOPLE.
Exclusion of Timber Land From Lieu
Selections.

Washington, March 8.-Two and one
half million acres of timber land will
be saved to the government by the
operation of short act to which Presi-
dent Roosevelt affixed his signature
during the last moments of the 58th
congress. The act prohibits the selec-
tion of timber lands in exchange for
land which have been included within
of rest reserves. It was in 1897 that
the "ieu law was enacted. 1t had
no restrictions, simply emitting persons
holding lands in forest reserves to make
selections elsewhere in exchange for
their forest reserve lands. In 1900
these lieu selections were limited to
surveyed lands. Since the passage OF
these acts, nearly 1000, 900 acres OF
forest reserve lands have been exchang-
ed for other lands, and almost univer-
sally has the exchange been made for
timbered lands outside of forest re-
serves Nearly half of this land so ex-
changed is owned by the land grant
railroads.
A report to congress from the COM
missioner of the general land office
places the amount of lands still held by
these roads in forest reserves at $780,
600 acres, and the provision in the act
in question, that hereafter lieu selee-
tions must be made from untimbered
lands, is calculated to save just that
much timbened land which is outside
of forest reserves.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
HOPE GIVEN UP.
Russia Admits That Ksropatkin Has
Met Defeat.


st. Petersburg, March S.-That the
battle of Mukden will 60 down in his
tory with Liao Yang in the long list of
Russian defeats is the almost universal
belief in pessimistic st. Petersburg,
which has forgotten the meaning of the
word victory" The war Office does
not admit that the issues of the great
battle which already exceeds in magni-
tude of operations and losses that of
Shakhe, has been decided, although it
is positively stated in high quarters
that Kuropatkin has telegraphed to
Emperor Nicholas that it will be i'm
possible to hold Mukden and that the
withdrawal OF the army northward has
already been begun.
At the military headquarters here
General Kuropatkin is regarded as
beaten. Those who believe there is
still chance of actual Russian victory
are few and far between. The majority
regard the fighting yesterday as in re-
ality rearguard action, entertaining
no doubt that there will be a heavy
withdrawal during the night.
General Kuropatkins' critics among
military men are increasing in number,
the burden of complaint being that in
every action he has shown lack of ini.
tiative. With defeat now, whether
disastrous or otherwise, they declare
his star will set. On the other hand,
it is believed that Field Marshal Oya.
mas daring strategy, if successful il
this battle, will entitle him to rank az
one of the greatest captains of the age.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Armed Peasants on warpath.

London, March IA dispatch from
Kieff to the Daily Mail says: "An
army OF 5000 peasants from the Or
lovka district is advancing southwest
erly. Burning and looting of estates
is in progress. Eighteen estates have
already been sacked. The Michaeloff-
sky sugar refinery has been burned and
the employees have been robbed. It is
also reported that the peasants have
burned refinery belonging to the
crown. A strong military force has
been sent to suppress the rising, and a
bloody conflict is feared.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Turn Light on Beef Trust.

Topeka, Kan, March S.-The Kansas
senate. has adopted resolution de-
nouncing the report of Commissioner
Garfield in the "beef trust investiga-
ton, and requesting the president Of
the United States to reject this report
and appoint "some man with expert
ence, independence and nerve, who shall
qualify for the task of investigating this
gang of commercial highwaymen, known
as the beef trust, to the end that the
public may be fully informed as to the
sources of their profits and foundations
of their colossal fortunes
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Loss to KurOpatkin's Army Estl.
mated at 100000 Men.
TWO ARMY CORPS ARE CUT OFF
Almost Without Supplies and Capture
Seems Certain Will Greatly
Increase Number Taken.

Toxic, March IL 1.-All news reaching
Japan, both official, semi-oficial and
from some other sources, emphasizes
what has been patent to military stu
dents for the past week, that the pres
! ent movement at Mukden is the great
est strategy of the war and is being at
tended by what is really series of
stupendous battles that will go down in
history as one of the bloodiest and most
terrific military conflicts of ancient or
modern times.
From most closely informed quarters
it is learned that conservative estimates
of Russian casualties exceed 150, 1000,
while $4,000 Russians we're taken pris-
oners at the elimination Of Marshal
Oyama's great fanking strategy. While
no figures are ebtainable here on the
Japanese losses, there is no reason to
believe that they were much less than
the casualties suffered by the enemy,
although, of course, no Japanese have
been captured. Neither army has
spared men in the supreme encounter.
While the present distribution of
General Kuropatkin's army, other
than that part of the main body which
is being harassed in retreat to the north
of Mukden, is difficult to determine it
was semi-ofRcially reported yesterday
that two army corps were still west of
Mukden in an isolated position almost
without supplies. They have small
chances of cutting through the Japan
-ese Gordon and will in all probability
be added to the great mass of prisoners
taken when Mukden fell.
The Russians are attempting to con-
@centrate toward the south and southeast
of Mukden with the japanese occupy
ing the city threatening their rear. In
this vicinity, however, where Russians
are massing in front of the japanese
right is expected the fercest fighting
for the next few days.
General Nogi is still marching to the
eastward completing the circle and cut
ting off every possible loophole of es-
cape. The disorderly character of the
retreat indicates that the rapid move
ment of japanese columns caught Gen
eral Kuropatkin entirely unprepared.
The latest news is that portion of the
Japanese center is pressing the Russian
main body northward.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Arizona Has a New Climate.

Ell Paso, Tex, March 13.-The whole
territory of Arizona is covered with
water as result of the heavy rains and
SHOWS and in many places the desert
that has not known water for a decade
is now lake. At Silver City there has
fallen % inches of rain during the last
eight months, and rivers heretofore dry
are now crossed by ferryboats. All re-
cords for moisture have been broken in
this entire section. Railroads are de-
moralized, not only from washouts but
from soft tracks and many miles will
have to be rebuilt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Investigate Railroad Rates.

Washington, March 13. - Railroad
rate legislation was the subject of a
talk today between the president and
Senator Elkins, chairman of the inter-
state commerce committee of the SEN
ate. Senator Elkins said it was the
purpose of the committee to begin its
investigation of the rate question next
Tuesday. Senator Elkins suggested
that November next would be early
enough to call an extraordinary session
if one were called at all.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Samoan BOYS viii Learn English.

Tutuila, Samoa, Feb. 21, via San
Francisco, March 8.-The Samoans of
the western district of Tutuila have es-
tablished boys school for the teach
ing of English, and have engaged three
Marist brothers to act as instructors for
a term of three years. There are about
to be imported from Swator, China,
about 900 Chinese for work on the
plantations in German Samoa. None
of these will be permitted to land in
the American portion of Samoa.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Portfolios 90 A-Begging.

London, March 9.-It is again re-
ported that Premier Balfour is expert
encing great difficulty in filing the va
cancies in the cabinet. It is rumored
that Walter Hume Long and others
have declined the post of chief secre-
tary for Ireland. Gossip in the lobby
of the house of commons is to the effect
that Sir Anthony P. MacD Donald, under
secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ire
land, will be appointed to an important
post outside of Ireland.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Desert Tracts Fast Going.

Irrigation is as useful in New York
State farming as it is in many places
where 1t Is supposed to be more appli-
cable to the conditions. The new cen
sus bulletin just issued states that ar
tificial provision against drought is
used in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi. Exceptionally
high yields of fruit and vegetables are
reported as made possible by its use.
Thousands of miles pf canals, says
the bulletin. are distributing water
upon more than 100000 acres Of land,
producing crops worth $1OO,OOO,O0O a
year.
The increase from 1899 to 1902 was
20 per cent: $93,oOO.OO0 has been in
vested In irrigation works. Running
streams provide threefourths of the
irrigation now in use, wells and
springs the remainder.
California leads in cost Of irrigation
works. Utah coming next The Nor
mons settled in an arid tract which
they have made to blossom like a gar
,len by bringing water down from the
mountains. In irrigated area Colorado
ranks first. But the California irri-
gated land averages more valuable and
is more intensively worked.
More than 80 per cent Of the coun-
try's irrigated farms are In the semi
arid region between the Rockies and
the Mississippi, using the headwaters
of the latter stream. This takes in
part Of the Great American desert"
Of old Biographies.
The Columbia river basin Is third
in Importance in irrigation projects. It
alone supplies nearly 10000 farms
with water The Colorado river through
much of its course lies in canyon so
deep that it cannot be coaxed out to
work. Only twenty systems are sup
piled from the main stream. Systems
beading near Yuma, Ariz., are turning
desert lands into region Of marvellous
richness.
Not until 1897 was irrigation applied
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17

ward IA miles to Wadsworth, New,
and thence 18 miles to the great Scar
son Sink" a desert plain. The canal
will be % feet wide at the bottom, IS
feet at the top. and Is feet deep and
will receive 1,4Oo cubic feet of fresh
mountain water per second.
About 1000 men are employed In
this work, which will cost the govern
ment nearly s1,OO0,OO0. The canal will
open vast areas, hitherto arid and
waste, TO the homesteader and to agri-
culture, and will greatly promote in
dustries in contingent tracts.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Only Awaits Third Squadron.

Paris, March l3. - Vice Admiral
Doubasoff, who has arrived here from
London on his way to St. Petersburg,
in an interview with the Echo de Paris,
says Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron
is not returning to the Baltic sea. but
is simply cruising and awaiting the ar
rival of the third squadron under Ad-
miral Nebogatoff. When this junction
is made they will proceed Immediately
to the Far East.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Bloody Measures Urged.

St. Petersburg, March "a sensa-
tion was caused today by leading edi-
torial in the Moscow Gazette, the ira
ditional spokesman of autocracy, de-
claring that the present revolt in the
interior should be put down immediate
ly in the fashion which Micael Mura-
vieffl crushed the Polish and Lithuanian
rebellion in 1868. aIt would be sad
sacrifice of lfie,'' says the Gazette,
"Dut hundred times less now than if
the revolt were allowed to continue
until it became absolutely necessary to
take decisive steps. ~
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17

Father Gopon is the priest leader Of,
the Russian people In their effort to
obtain a constitutional government.
He headed the crowd of Russians that
sought to enter the Narva gate and
reach the palace square In st. Peters
burg where he hoped to give the Car
a petition for a constitution. Cossacks
shot down his followers, but spared
the priest, who escaped and disap-
peared from public sight
Gopon Is the son of peasant As q
youth he served as swineherd, but
later was sent to a Poltava school,
whence he Is reported to have been
expelled for ultra-socialistic views.
Later, however, he was admitted to the
priesthood under certain restrictions
His face is alleged to resemble that Of
a mystic, and he is said to possess a
wonderful voice. His power over his
followers among the workmen ia
strong.
A ftar . ruoynan saws there's no use
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Irving wan Iour America

London, March 11.-sir Henry Irv-
ing has signed a contract for an Amer
lean tour under the management of
Charles Frohman, beginning in Oc-
tober. He probably will open in New
York between October 10 and Is, and
will make farewell tour lasting 20
weeks, of all the principal cities.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17

General
home crowded
1t to in the Mexican
HIS history Civil
OF New Mexico and minister Turkey
ability
showed vitality ALL years
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Conquest q "a: Great !;
American Desert ;
Essss

Irrigation Canal Through Tunnels.
An irrigation canal which will pass
through three tunnels, the longest Of
which is 1,4OO feet, is now being cut
in Nevada. The rocky character Of
much of the country to be trayersed
necessitated the tunnels.
The canal is fed at its source by the
Truckee river, whence 1t passes east
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17
Mo cigarettes il WISCONSIN.

Madison, Wis, March S.-The legis-
lature today, by vote Of 76 to l,
passed q bill absolutely prohibiting the
sale or manufacture of cigarette papers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-17

After a woman says there's no use
talking" she keeps right on.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
\ TIIOROl GIL AMERICAN.

n 1870 he entered politics in Ralti-
mal,. The city WAS al that time ruled
10y Il political ring. uf which it has been
laid that Tweed might study with adj
milHtun. while .\mcs. of Miuncal dis
and the gang" in Missouri before GOV
rrnor Fox arrived would both hang THEN.
heads fer envy. Young Rnnarauc de-
r"uucrl the ring ;S Il thin" of evil and
declared il must he broken up. He w:','
laughed at. rvrI by fri"md,. He WAS
called il silk stocking" told to 20 back
to- hi. dinners" his ''damcing." and keep
quiet But he kept nj his work and won
in the end.
Mr. RonaUartr ana President Roosevelt
met - civil service rcfolmcrS and have
always been the warmcSt of friends. Mr.
Bonapartr has, declared that Mr.. RooSc-
Welt is an ideal American and the prc,i-
dents culogy has been stated in the fore
going. Mr.. Honaplrtr has been called
the most prominent Catholic layman in
Amcric;l. He is trustee or director in
iHnum"rahlr sOCictcs. institutions. schools
and universities of the church He has
received the degrees of \. T.. IL. l..
and IL. ID. from several universities: :
also the lMctarc medal from Notrc Dame
University. He has delivered many pub
lie addresses through the country and is
still the head of the Baltimore Reform
League. Philadelphia Sunday Ledger.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
Delaware College
N ewark. Delaware
viii Reopen September 12'h, 1905

Offers fine opportunities to Young
men for preparing for the several cali
ings of life.
Fine new Gymnasium one of the NOS
valuable and attractive features.
Examinations for Entrance held on
Friday and Saturday, June 23d and 2lth,
at any of the following places at which
applicants may notify the President of
their intention to appear, viz: Middle
town, Smyrna, Dover, Seaford, Laurel,
Georgetown, Milford and Lewes.
Examinations will also be held at the
College on September 18th end 18th for
such candidates as may prefer to take
the examinations at that time. Candi-
dates who may fail in some subjects in
June may appear in September after re-
viewing the work in which they were
found to be deficient.
Tuition free to all students from Del
aware.
For catalogues or other information,
write to
GEORGE A. HARTER,
May04mos President.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
Afternoon Tea On Wheels

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is going to furnish afternoon tea gratis
TO the passengers on it's new 1S-hour
ficr that will run between New York
and Chicago. Among other appoint
mcnts that the new ficr will be provided
with are bathrooms, q BARRIERS shop, "
withdrawing, n stenographer, a mail
box, and an excellent library.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24

The selection rf Mr.. Bonapartr. who
will enter tie Presidents council on July
|. i probably one of the most notable APP
priu1mcul> made during the Roosevelt
administration. Mr.. HonapHrtc is Il de-
voted advocate If vivil service reform. is
a leader in AL reform movements and has
II national reputation ON those lines. H."
is big how in all that the word implies.
He lg,., only lately become 4 convert 10
the Presidents lplicy Of expansion or
imperialism. as it may be termed. The
world at large knows the man 10y name.
but his history is interesting.
NEVER SHIltkS \ FIGHT FOR
RIGHT.
For the first time as President. Mr..
Roosevelt will have confronting him at
his own council table, l,vrr of the open
fight: Il man who has won from the
President himself the compliment Of the
most forccfu mind Of the country; Il
mam who ha>l never in his life Shirkrd Il
fight or acknowledged defeat: whose high
sense Of right will lead him to combat
his dearest friend as chcrrfully as h" will
- forth against a foe: who has ideas and
principles of his own and never fails 10
advocate them: II man who has been II
political leader hut l,I> held SaIari"d
office for three weeks only: who had the
tcmcrtty H. an ovrrSrcr Of Harvard
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
In the World for Heating
and Cooking Purposes

You can't beat our prices any
more than YOU can our coal. ~,
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-15
Writer Says Genius Is Insanity,

According to Mrs. Kate Epson
Clark, the way to be happy, though
a genius, is never to marry. "The
poets wife, said Mrs. Clark in q re.
cent address, docs not care for poet.
~ after the first week, any moro than
the grocer's boy does for figs. She
never wishes to tell of the neighbor.
hoods gossip but she interrupts some
great thought Of her husbands; then
he imagines she is bereft OF sympathy
and looks for it in the wives and
daughters Of his neighbors, and if he
is handsome he usually finds it. The
genius should not marry. A woman
wants her husband-rct his art. Gen.
JUS is insanity. In order to be a gen
ius he lives most of the time in a
world of deep emotions. 1t is hard
for people of artistic temperament tc
conform to ordinary rules. Thus
divorce, suicide, drunkenness and i'm
pulsive. vices are found among people
of genius. The irrepressible tempera
ment seems to he absolutely neces
sary to art"
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-15
About Connecticut Tobacco.

The story of Sumatra leaf tobacco
as grown under ~cheesecloth in Con-
necticut is one of the romantic epis-
odes of agriculture, says a writer in
Country Life in America. A Florida
fruit grower had got. some tobacco
plants that got into his pineapple seed
by accident and he noticed that they
we're taller and of finer texture under
the lath shade. The bureau Of soils,
while surveying the Connecticut val
ley, found a soil that was practically
the same as that of Sumatra. on which
the famous tobacco is grown. tThe
bureau has samples of soil from al
most every important agricultural re-
gion of the worldly The government
got an expert to start an industry and
the next two years some of the grow
ers made over 100 per cent profit.
The industry as a whole is success
full. A large company with plenty OF
capital is necessary, for it costs $3.50
TO cover and grow an acre of this to-
bacco. The growers receive from
s1.20 to $3.50 a pound for the product.
The imported article brings $3.50 to
1900 and we have been importing
shout $1,000. 900 worth q year.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-15
The ObIicue Feminine Vision.

Take any average mar and any ay'
erage woman, question them as to the
dress and department of the people in
any assembly where they were togeth-
er and you will find that the woman
has e e more than the man. For WON
an has been compelled to enlarge the
angle of her vision and to see all
round her hat without shifting an eye.
From an early age instinct tells
the girl, and convention seals the in
stinct, that she must not look directly
at the man in the street. Therefore
the honest woman walks through Lon
ion looking straight ahead. The direct
look at the stranger is forbidden. Yet
human curiosity compels. So devel.
OPS and enlarges that angle of vision
| For no woman will deliberately blind
herself. And therefore by continual
| exercise those calm conventional eyes
that look to the horizon and the in,
finite have trained themselves to see
the world out of the corners-oblique
ly.-London Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1905-04-15

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