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The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Acidity of Plant Roots.

II has long been question as to
the manner in which plant roots take
up food from the soil. The very great
rapidity with which plants grow
would seem to indicate that the root
of each plant exudes some kind of an
acid that has the power to set free
latent plant food. This has been so
firmly believed that it has become an
accepted tenet with many agricultural
Students. 1t will be interesting to
r,any of these to learn that expert
menters in Italy have demonstrated
beyond all question that the tip of the
root does exude an acid. 1t was found
in Italy that when blue litmus paper
was placed in contact with the points
yof the roots OF sugar beets the paper
al the point where it came in contact
with the roots changed to red color.
This could be due to nothing less than
the diffusion of an acid. Its present
value in agriculture is considerable, as
il gives us some information relative
TO the availability of plant food in the
soil,
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY UGLY RIOTS AT TOXIC
KILLS FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE
Province of caIabria Suffers Most
Twenty-Five Villages Completely
Destroyed.

Rome. September 9.-All Italy is
suffering from terrible depression be-
cause of the news from the south,
where one of the worst earthquakes
ever experienced occurred yesterday.
Although the earthquake was felt
all over Calabria and to certain ex-
tent in Sicily. the worst news comes
from Pizzo and Monteleone, and from
twenty-five villages which are said to
have been completely destroyed.
According to the latest news re-
ceiyed over 400 have been killed and
great number injured. 1t is yet i'm
nossible to even estimate the property
losses.
The shock was felt at 2:55 o'clock
Yesterday morning. Ii lasted for eigh-
teen seconds at Catanzaro, and soon
thereafter was felt at Messina, Reggie.
MonteIeone Martinano Stefacomi. Pts
cophio. Triparni, Zammaro. Cassanti.
Nadia, Olivedi and other points. Scenes
of indescribable terror ensued.
Troops, engineers and doctors have
been hurried to the scenes of disaster
to assist in the work OF rescue and
salvage.
The ministry of the interior sent
$4,000 for the relief OF the destitute.
and Minister of Public Works Ferra-
A dispatch from Cantazaro, province
of Calabria, last night, says:
A violent earthquake at 2:55 O'Clock
this morning caused serious loss OF
life and widespread destruction in CAL
abria.
The towns of Pizzo, Monteleone di
Calabria and Martierano We're almost
entirely destroyed.
At Monteleone di Calabria seven per-
sons were killed outright and many
injured by the collapse of the prison.
The Pizzo district is said to be al
most entirely destroyed.
Locally the shocks lasted eighteen
seconds. The walls of the hospital
here collapsed and some of the pa
tients were injured. The inhabitants
their houses.
According to the latest kilograms re-
ceived here the earthquake caused
serious damage to houses in San Floro
where one person was killed.
At Jonadi ten persons were killed
and 100 wounded.
At Daffina buildings were damaged
and a number of persons were killed
or wounded.
At Borgia two persons were killed
and ten wounded. Many houses col
lapsed.
At Girifalco houses were so badly
damaged but there was no loss OF
life.
At Montauro several houses col
lapsed.
At Olivadi five persons were killed
and many wounded. Houses were
badly damaged.
At Maestro and Cortali there was
much damage to property and many
persons were wounded.
At Filadelfia two persons were killed
and there were serious property
losses.
At Gimigliano the loss in property
was heavy.
At Jacuno the houses were badly
damaged but no one was killed or
wounded.
At Nadia one person was killed and
thirty wounded and property suffered
, severely.
At Martinano there were many vic
/ tins but the number RS unknown. Out
of a population of a little more than
5000 there are 2.200 without shelter
At Serrastretta the houses suffered
considerably but there were no vic
| tins.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
stoeklnr Up win Fowls.

There are two times of year v len
we naturally increase our stoch o'
fowls. One is the spring. the other
is the fall. If we want to stock up
in the way of purchasing eggs. we
generaky do so in the spring. unless
we are lsing an incubator. When we
have to depend on the hen for the
incubating process. it is more neces-
sary to do this in the spring, because
the hen is not inclined to sit in the
fall. Most farmers, however. have
found 1t advisable to buy poultry
rather than to buy the eggs. and the
fall is the time when this should be
done. This is the time of surplus
stock. This is the time when the
men that have good fowls have some
on hand to sell, and the man that
wants to increase the number OF his
breeding birds should purchase them
as soon as possible. that he may have
his pick. rather than take what is left
after most of the surplus has been
sent to market. There is another rea-
son why the farmer should stock up
early in the fall rather than late, and
that is that the birds may be fed
under his care long before the cold
weather comes on. AS usual thing.
the men that are raising fowls to
sell are feeding them the cheapest
possible food, with the idea of pro-
ducing fowl that will look we'll and
sell well. Almost always this feed
ing in this part of the country will
be found to be corn. 1t makes fine
looking bird. but not one that will
have an inclination to lay eggs early
in the winter. II this feeding con-
tinues until December, there is moth
ing that the purchaser can do to Off
set 1t. but he may be sure that he
will not get eggs from birds so fed
however he buys the birds early in
the fall, he will not feed them with
the same object in view as the man
that wanted to sell them. He will
feed them with the idea of having the
bird in prime condition for the produc-
tion of winter eggs. He will feed
them meat scraps. cut bone. oats. and
feeds that the other man has not
bothered to feed. 1t is impossible to
get winter eggs without proper feed
ing, and this proper feeding must pre-
vail, not only during the laying sea-
son, but for several months before.
The intelligent poultry raiser will
therefore see that It is altogether to
his advantage to stock up early in
the fall.-Sophia Belknap. Allen Co..
Ind, in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
MARTIAL LAW is ESTABLISHED
Dissatisfaction With Peace Terms cul-
inmates in Serious Riots-Ten
Christian Churches Burned.

Toxic, Sept. S--An imperial ordi-
nance establishes martial law in Toxic.
The city has been quiet to-day. General
Sakhuma, commander of the Toxic gar
rison, has issued proclamation warn
ing the populace against disorder.
A mcb burned and destroyed ten
Christian churches and one mission
house school Wednesday night. Inc
people were not injured.
Members of the Hartman party, go.
ing to n dinner with the minister OF
finance, were stopped and DIR. w. u.
Lyle was hit and slightly hurt. Sol
diers guarded the party on Its retur'
from the dinner and at one point
charged on the mob with fixed bayo'
nets. Another demonstration Is
planned for to-day, and 1t is believed
that the strongest measures Will be
necessary to prevent serious riotlnS
and bloodshed.
A crowd stopped Il. p. Schwerin.
vice president of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company and assaulted his
runners. but they did not reach Mr..
Schwerin.
Crowds menacing a neighboring po-
lice kiosk filled the space in front OF
the American legation and hooted and
jeered the soldiers escorting the Harri-
charged the crowd. cleared the street
and guarded the legation throughout
the night.
The dinner planned by the bank in
honor of the Hartman party was aban-
doned. owing to the disturbed condi-
tions in the city.
Serious rioting followed the attack
Wednesday on the Office of the koku'
min Shimbun, the government organ.
A mob attacked and burned the official
residence of the minister of home af-
fairs. which stood between the Mobiles
Club and the Imperial hotel, and
faced Hibaya park. which was ihe
storm center throughout the day.
Threatening demonstrations oc.
Cured in the neighborhood of the of
tcial homes of Premier katsura and
Baron Komura, foreign minister, who
is now in the United States, but the po-
lice succeeded in preventing injury to
the occupants or damage to the house.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Detecting FormaIdehyde in Milk.

When men began to use preserya-
tives in milk, they used various SUP.
stances that could be easily detected
by the chemists. Repressive laws,
however, made it difficult to use
some of these preservatives, and the
manufacturers of preservatives set
their chemists at work to find some
substance that could not be detected
by other chemists. They hit upon
formalin, or formaldehyde. the latter
being a combination of formalin and
water. For long time the chemists
were unable to detect this in the milk
as no means was known of showing
the formalin. But by a large number
of experiments things were at last
discovered that would show the pres
ence of formalin. The French have
just hit upon new way of detecting
it at once and without any question.
They first add acetic or Tactic acid to
the milk, and this precipitates the
casein. This leaves a liquid that may
be filtered. To this filtrate is added
a few crystals of amidol. The water
of the liquid then becomes flowery
green. The test is so accurate that IL
there is present in the milk only one
part of formaldehyde to half a mil.
lion parts OF milk. the test will
show it.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
TURKS AND ARMENlANs FIGHT
Russian Officials Unable to Maintain
Order at Baku-Vast Oil Dis
trict Swept by Fire.

!. Baku, Caucasia, Sept. S.--Thc situ-
alton here shows no signs OF ameliora
tion. 1t could hardly be worse. The
terrorstricken inhabitants are fleeing
from the city, knowing that the Sarri-
son is utterly inadequate to protect
them, and, although the worst scenes
of fire and massacre have not yet oc-
CURED in Baku itself. but is at Balalr
han, the excesses may proceed. The
principal fighting is not in Baltu Itself.
but at Balakhan, where hundreds have
been shot by the infantry and artillery
and where 1000 were killed Or
wounded during a desperate attack on
the military camp and provision de-
pots. A large number of workmen bar.
ricaded themselves in the Balalihan
hospital.
The soldiers began the attack with
rifle fire and then stormed the hospi-
tai and completed their work with the
bayonet.
The entire oil and commercial quar-
tiers Of Balakhan, Sebunto and Nomani
have been wiped out by fire and the in
habitants remaining behind were mas
sacred and thrown into the flames.
Bibiebat continues to burn and Is
threatened with the same fate as Bala-
| khan.
Inc cOnSulateS, banks ana DuilulnSS
in Baku are guarded by troops. All of
the English residents and almost all
other inhabitants of the better class
have boarded the ships and gone to sea
to escape from danger. All available
steamers have been employed for this
purpose.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
the city. Nobody is allowed on the
streets after o'clock at night and in
habitants of houses are held strictly
responsible for shots fired from them.
Artillery was employed against one
house from which shots were fired. The
walls were preached. the house was
stormed and all the people inside were
killed. There is a general panic in the
city.
A whole army of hungry workmen
driven In from the burned suburbs has
nocked into the city. There is the
greatest destitution and measures for
transporting the workmen from the
city are impcratively necessary.
Reinforcements of troops are arriv-
ing daily and 1t is hoped the authori-
ties soon will have the situation better
in hand.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Cash for Cream.

Paying cash for cream is the
way one creamery corporation in Ne
braska is trying to get rid OF
bookkeeping. When the cream is
taken the farmer is given a receipt,
which is virtually check, as it is me-
gotiable. The bank takes these re-
ceipts for cash and they are after
ward returned TO the company for
liquidation. This would appear to be
good plan to follow, but requires
good deal of capital on the part of
the company putting it into operation,
as they must pay for all goods some
weeks before it is possible to get cash
for them. Some such plan would be
far better than having great lot of
bookkeeping to do. with monthly re-
ports to make. Cash transactions are
easy to handle and time is saved, as
well as postage in rendering accounts.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
DISSATISFACTION IN JAPAN.
Police Disperse Meetings in Toxic and
Trouble Follows.

Toxic, Sept. 7.-Rioting broke out
here Tuesday night in connection with
the dissatisfaction over the result oil
the peace settlement.
There were several clashes with the
police and it is estimated that two were
killed and 500 wounded.
The rioting ceased at midnight. Po-
lice stations were the only property
destroyed. The government newspa-
per office was attacked.
The first turbulence attendant on
the popular anger over the terms OF
peace arranged with Russia took place
last night.
A mass meeting to protest against
the action of the government was
called to take place at Hibiya Park,
but the metropolitan police closed the
gates and attempted to prevent the
assemblage of the people.
The municipality protested against
the action of the police and finally the
gates were thrown open and a large
crowd gathered and voted in favor of
resolutions declaring the nation hui
inflated and denouncing the terms
upon which the treaty of peace was
arranged. The crowd was serious in
Its conduct rather than angry. and the
police handled 1t discreetly. The gath
ering eventually dispersed in an or
derly manner.
Later on. however. crowd at
tempted to hold a meeting in the Shin
toni theatre. and the police dis
persed 1t.
A portion of the crowd then pro-
ceeded to the Office of the kokumin
Shinbun, the government organ, and
did some damage before the police
drove then off.
Several persons were injured during
the attack, but the police eventually
cleared the streets of the crowd and
arrested a number of the rioters. the
disorder is not general and the situa-
ton is not serious.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Killed by a Thunderboit.

Richfeld Utah. September 6.-Atlas
Bean was killed. his cousin. Dwight
Bean. was perhaps fatally injured and
a score of others were more or less
seriously hurt by bolt of lightning
which struck the center of n crowd Of
probably 1900 persons who were
watching the horse races at the Rich
field fair.
More than 200 persons were thrown
to the ground and most OF them were
insensihie for several seconds.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Norway Masses Troops.

Karlstad. Sweden. Sept. S.-The Nor
wegian government has within the last
few days concentrated number of
troops on the froltier and has moved
other troops near the frontier.
The conference of the delegates OF
Norway and Sweden appointed to dis
cuss the dissolution of the union of
Norway and Sweden. adjourned to-
day until September 18th. to enable
the delegates TO return to their re-
spectivc capitals and confer with their
governments. The result of their de-
,iberations Is uncertain.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
China coneratula.es Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay. Sept. 9.-The emperor
OF China has extended to President
Roosevelt his congratulations gpon the
success of the Presidents Efforts to
establish peace between Russia and
Japan and ito promote the welfare of
mankind"
In his congratulations the emperor
is Joined by the empress dowager. who
extends to resident Roosevelt her
hearty felicitations on his grand
achievement"
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
The Cow Owner.

1t has been frequently said that
we need an improved dairy. man
more than we need an improved
dairy COW. This emphasizes a great
truth. The COW owner is the most
important factor in the success
full dairy. If this man wishes to pro-
duce clean products he must himself
set the example in his dress and ap-
pearance. The farmer that had a sign
stuck up in his dairy which read
cleanliness is my hobby" struck the
foundation principle Of successful
dairying.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Training of Fowls.

There are some exhibitors at poul-
try shows who claim that it
is perfectly easy to train bird
to stand erect and be exhibited.
The men that make this claim gen.
orally try to carry 1t out by practice.
For weeks before they exhibit their
fowls. they confine them in coops sim
liar to the ones that are to be used
in the exhibition. In feeding the birds
in these coops. they place the food
so high that the birds will have to
reach for it. They claim that by this
means they make ut easier for the
bird to stand erect when it is being
judged.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Or. Salmon Resians.

Washington. Sept. 7.-Dr. David f.
Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal
industry of the Agricultural Depart
ment. has rendered his resignation and
it has been accepted. to take effect Oc-
tober 1st.
The resignation was announced by
Secretary Wilson at noon, but he de-
clined to state whether the severance
is due to the charges filed recently
against DIR. Salmon. OF which the doc
tor was exonerated.
While the announcement was made
that the resignation was purely volun-
tary, there is well authenticated ru-
nor that President Roosevelt was not
satisfied with the conditions shown by
the Investigation.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Active Volcano in Samoa.

Honolulu, Sept. 6.-The steamship
Sierra reports large volcanic out
break on the island OF Savaii. in the
Samoan group. The outbreak is ten
miles south OF Matautu and has Gre
ated new mountain estimated to be
nearly 900 feet high.
The lava flows from the base OF this
mountain distance of several miles.
Travellers report that five or six hills
are moving. apparently on lava founda-
tions. Some have advanced several
miles from their starting place, indl-
eating a vast molten lava area be
meath.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13

The strawberry box bottom comes
high, but VIC must have It.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
Plan. Diseases and Their Remedies.

RANT oiscdSGS anu ''S'
The government of the United
States, as well as the experiment sta
tions, has devoted very large part
of its attention to the study of plant
diseases and the discovery OF RENE
dies for the same. There is no greater
work than this. Plant diseases cause
immense losses every year to the ag-
riculturist. Many of these diseases
are very subtle in their coming and
in their work. Many of them exist
and do great damage without being
known. For an illustration we have
the apple scab fungus. which has been
doing very great damage since orch
ards were established, and its pres
ence was hardly noticed by apple
growers. 1t affects the leaves. the
twigs and the fruit. Not till the bot
anists turned their attention to 1t was
1t discovered that it was the cause
of more losses than any other one
disease or one insect. There are a
great many plant diseases. like rust
in our wheat. smut in our corn. mil
dew on our gooseberries and blight on
our pears. The discovery of methods
to check these. or of preventing them
altogether, would add untold millions
TO the value of our produce.
The Lamar register., 1905-09-13
HORTICULTURE
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The Ben Davis APPLE.

The Ben Davis apple is one Of The
most remarkable fruits being grown
in this country. 1t lacks in quality
and when grown in the north 1t lacks
color. but there are so many other
good things to be said about it that
small deficiency in color in some re-
gions and of quality in all districts
are more than Offset. The Ben Davis
apple originated in Kentucky, where
it is large red apple because there
the season is long enough to permit IL
TO mature and TO get the color II
needs. 1t also has good color IN
Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana
and Missouri, and in any state where
the season Is long. l have even seen
Hen Davis apples growing in Wiscon-
sin that had a good color, but those
were years when the frost came late
and the apples were grown in situa-
lions where they got the full force oil
the sun. The great value of the Ben
Davis lies in the productiveness OF
the tree. A man that has an orchard
of Ben Davis apple trees feels certain
of getting good crop of .-pples every
year. He may have to sell his fruit
for dollar n barrel when some others
are selling for a dollar and half. but
he knows that he will have the fruit
10 sell when the other apple trees Will
have no fruit at all. There are great
many orchardists that claim that they
will not grow the Ben Davis because
of its poor quality. but for all that we
find that the Ben Davis apple tree is
being more extensively raised than
any other kind. 1t has taken posses
sion of the west and is now invading
the middle and eastern states. Re-
ports from all the states of New Eng
land show that fair per cent OF the
trees being planted belong to the Ben
Davis variety.-Jennie Stevens. Chip
pewa Co.. Mich. in Farmers Review.
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Result Of First Primary Election
In Astoria.
REPUBLICAN LINEUP GOOD
Mayor Suprenant viii Succeed Himself
Change Expected in All Other OH.
ees Except Surveyor and Street Super
intendent-Mr. Welch's Case.

fhe result OF The primary election is
known and is given below in full, save
the votn for precincp oommitae,tncn,
which il seems is incomplete, and not
deemed final;
The showing is good one, from top
to bottom, and is acceptable to the Re
puhlicans of Astoria. will reo'iyc cor,
dial and constant suppoat from tsc
Morning Astoria until the last man on
it is elected. There is but one matter
in relation Ia the line up that needs b.
given any doubt or specific attention;
and that is the legal status Of ID. II.
Welch for the police commissionership.
Without disaraging MIR. Welch's nomi'
nation in the least, il might be as well
ior him tn mandamus the City Auditor
for the placing OF his name in the third
place upon the general election ballot,
as il can hardly get there in any other
way, save that it shall h. written in
upon the ticket by the electors OF the
city who shall choose to vote for him.
Mr.. Welch claims that the mandamus
proording heretofore instituted by W.
{. Laws. should have been deferred nm.
til il became necessary TO place his
name upon the general election ticket,
rather than to have invoked the law to
have it placed upon the primary ballot,
and that the mandamus should have
embraced all three members Of th. po'
lice commission, or single one rather
than two. But 10 this the answer Is
simple and plain; proceedings in man
damus are pleaded in behalf Of the in.
diyidual in this relation, and not in Ia.
vor of series Of PERSONS nor the con
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-14
Councilman.
In Time of Peace.

In the first months Of the Russian.
japanese war we had q striking ex.
ample Of the necessity for preparation
and the early advantage Of those who, 50
to speak, "have shingled their roofs in
dry weather" The virtue Of prepara-
tion has made history and given to us
our greatest men. The individual as
well as the nation should be prepared
TO successfully combat the first cold
you takei A cold can be cured much
more quickly when treated as soon as
il has been contracted and before 1t
has become settled in the system.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is famous
for its cures Of colds and IL should be
kept at hand ready for instant use. For
sale by Frank Hart and kading drug.
gists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-11-14
Son Lost Mother.

Consumption rurs In our family.
and through II lost my mother" writes
Il. Il. Reid, Of Harmony. Me. For the
past five years however. on the slight
est sign Of cough Of cold have taken
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Conf
sumption which has saved me from
serious lung trouble" His mothers
death was sad loss 10 Mr.. RIed. but no
learned that lung trouble must not bc
neglected. and how TO cure Il. Quickest
relief and cure for coughts and colds
Price 5Oc and 800; guaranteed at
Charles Rogers drug store. Trial bottle
free.