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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
Spray May Have Caused Death.

Hood Rivcr--James II. MeGinnis, a
native of Ontario, Can, who has been
staying with his brother, d. L. McGin.
mis-, an employo of the Menominee Lum.
bcr Mill, died very suddenly Tuesday
from what is now thought to have been
poison. At the time OF his sudden i'll.
ness he was attended by physician,
who could not diagnose his case, but
left prescription which, ii is said,
failed to help him, and he died in n
short time.
Since his death IL has been discov-
cred that McGinnis, who had only been
here short time, had been in the habit
of eating good many apples and that
they were covered with spray, which
he did not wipe Off, The spray is poi
sonous and symptoms with which he
was attacked, such as vomiting and Sc
we're pains in tho abdomen, now lead his
friends to think that he died from its
effects.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
STEAMERS FOR KLAMATH LAKE.
One Being Built at klamath Falls and
Ono az Portland.

klamath Falls-Navigation as per.
manent means of transportation of the
klamath Basin IL TO DO more effcctu.
ally established by tho founding Of a
new steamer route between klamath
Falls and Fort klamath. There is now
being built nt the local boatyNrds a
new steamboat that will be opoi dteo
regularly between this place and Fort
Klamath, making the trip In about -four
hours in each direction. This line will
bo especially devoted TO the cultivation
of closer trade relations between tht
people Of the country lying north OF
Upper klamath Lake and TO caring for
the tourist travel Of the summer season
for Crater Lake aud other points Of in.
torcst in tim. direction.
Work Is progressing very satisfacto'
rily deepening the Klamath River at a
point just below Lake Ewauna, where a
reef about 30 feet In width hns been a
barrier to navigation nt the low stage
OF the stream. This reef is being re-.
moved by the efforts Of the klamath
Lake Navigation Company, which /:
having second steamer built to ply
the river and Lower Klamath Lake,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
RIVER TO CORVALLIS
Navigation May Soon Bo Carried on
Nearly All tho Year.

Corvallis-Improvement Of the upper
willamette was discussed here today
BY David u. Ogden, engineer In charge
OF the Willamette expenditures, and
members of the Citizens League. The
snagboat Mathloma has been working
on the upper river for two weeks and
Is to continue In the vicinity Of Cor.
valliS throughout the coming week.
Tho famous cutoff, where the Viii.
lamotte has broken through new chan.
mol aud reduced 3h'mile stretch TO
less than mile by leaving a eircuitous
route for n direct one, has been prac.
tically cleared Of snngs, which had been
a menace TO navigation. Similar work
Is to be done In other directions.
The main topic, however, Of the con.
ference between Mr.. Ogden and the cit
iEens was the chance Of an all.year nav.
igation by boats TO Corvallis. Plans
with this end In view are being worked
TO by the engineers. Their rccommcn.
dations for appropriations cover needs
IN this particular. For two years the
work has been 80 carried on. Mr.. Og.
den thinks that in another two years
the plan will be consummated and II
navigation be not achieved throughout
the summer, II will at least be so bet.
tered that there will be but very short
period Of inactivity. Local citizens
are much encouraged by the attitude of
the engineering people, and are prepar-
Ing TO cooperate fully.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Tho New York Journal Of Commerce
said Of eascara bark:
A wholesale dealer in cascara sagra.
da OF Portland, Or, declared that not
more than Ave ears had been peeled this
season and receipts from the gathering
sections were generally in lots of 200 TO
500 pounds. There is a fairly steady
demand on spot, and some ton lots are
wanted for export. Quotations are sus.
taincd at l0h@l2e as to age, quantity
and seller.
whcat-Export basis: Club, 64c;
bluestcm, csc; Valley, 66e; red, Ole.
oats--No. white, $24.50@25.50;
gray, s23.5O62400.
Barlcy--Feed, $2l.5O per ton; brew.
ing, $22; rolled, $23.
Rye--$i.35@l.40 per cwt.
Corn--Whole, $3.50; cracked, $26.50
per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, city, $l4.50; coun.
try, $3.50 per ton; middlings, $24.00;
shorts, city, $1,000; country, $i7.0O per
ton; chop, U. $. Mills, $l5.5t; linseed
dairy food, $500; acalfa meal, $500
per ton.
Hay--valley timothy, No. l, $lO@l1
per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $l4@
@l6,00; clover, $6.50@7. 90; cheat, $7C9
750; grain hay, $500; alfalfa, $l1.50;
vetch hay, $7@7.5O.
Domestic Fruits-Apples, common to
choice, 25c@75c per box; choice to fan
icy, 75c@$1.50; grapes, $l.50@1.65 per
crate; peaches, 75c@$l; pears, 75c6
al OK. cronborr;as A0E0u En No. hn.,oI.
ounces, $l@l.25 per box; persimmons,
Sc per pound.
Fresh Vegetables - Cababge, IL
l@llac pound; cauli1ower, $l.25 per
dozen; celery, 75@s5c per dozen; egg
plant, $3.50 per crate; lettuce, head, zoe
per dozen; onions, 10@l2hc per doz.
bell peppers, Sc; pumpkins, lAc pound;
spinach, 4@5c per pound; tomatoes. 80
@50c per box; parsley, 10@l5c; squash,
Nc per pound; hothouse lettuce, 500
75c per box.
Root Vegetablcs-Turnips, 9Oc@$1
per sack; carrots, 90c@$1 per sack
beets, $l.25@l.50 per sack; garlic, 71a
@l0c per pound; horseradish, 9@10c
per pound; sweet potatoes, 2@2hc per
pound.
Onions-oregon, 75e@$1 per hundred.
Potatoes Buying prices: Oregon
Burbanks, fancy, 90c; common, 65@S0c.
Butter - City creameries: Extra
creamery, SOC per pound. State cream.
cries; Fancy creamery, 25@27lac; store
butter, 16@17c.
Eggs-oregon ranch, 39@35c per doz.
en-; best Eastern, 26@27c; ordinary
Eastern, 24@25c.
Cheese-Oregon full cream twins,
4@l41ac; Young America, 15@15hc.
Poultry-Average old hens, 12M13c;
mixed chickens, 12@12hc; Spring, 12@
l3c; old roosters, 9@10c; dressed chick
ems, l3@14c; turkeys, live, 17@l7hc;
turkeys, dressed, choice, 21@22hc;
geese, live, per pound, s@9c; ducks, IA
@l5c; pigeons, $l@1.5O; squads, $40
900.
Cattle-Best steers, $3.59@3.75; me-
dium, $3@3.25; cows, $2.25@2.65; Sec
ond.g grade cows, $202.35; bulls, $500
200; calves, $4@4.5O.
sheep-Best, $4.5O@4.75; lambs, $5
@5,25.
Hogs-Bost, $e.5O@e.75; lightweight,
$6@6.25.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
Polk orchardists Elated.

Dallas-The people of Pork County
are highly elated by the success Of the
first apple fair, and larger and better
show is already being planned for next
year. The exhibit Of choice fruit has
demonstrated the fact that the William
cite Valley can produce apples as fine
as can be raised in the world, when
painstaking and intelligent effort is put
forth by the farmers in cultivating
their orchards and preparing their fruit
for the market,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
Get Insurance on Dummy.

Big Rapids, Mich, Nov. 6.-To prove
that wax figure rests in the grave
supposedly occupied by Lafora s.
Baker. alleged defaulting cashier OF
the Northern National Bank Of Big
Rapids, James Donovan, millionaire
lumberman, will have the coffin ex.
humed. Donovan says Baker is alive
and well. and was last seen headed for
Honolulu. He asserts the wax figure
was prepared in New York and sent
to Big Rapids to deceive those who
sought Bakers arrest on a charge of
bank looting, to the tune of about
So, 100000.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
Annual Fair In Lano County.

Eugene--At meeting OF the citizens
of Eugene II was decided TO form n cor.
poration for the purpose Of holding an
annual county fair in Lane County.
Chairman wilkins appointed the follow.
Ing committee on organization: William
Green, J. NJ. Williams, d. Il. Yoran, IL.
Gordon and i. l.. Chambers.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
Rnll.Raltinn AZ Colon.

Colon, Nov. 6.-The celebration OF
the third anniversary of the founda.
ton of the Republic Of Panama con.
tinued here today. There was a bull.
batting and other amusements in the
afternoon, and fireworks in the even
ing. A thanksgiving service was held
and a reception by the Consular Off
GERS,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
Improvement Company Formed.

La Grande--An incorporation to be
known Ms the La Grande Improvement
Company has been completed with n
capital stock Of $4,000, The incorpo'
rators are George l.. Cleaven, Frank X.
Beinhofr and William y. Sargent. The
object is to buy land and build houses.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16

New York, Nov. 6.-Although Com
mander Peary failed to reach the
North Pole, Secretary II. l.. Bridg-
man, OF the Peary Arctic Club. be-
lIeves that his feat In reaching farther
north ought 10 be subject for Ma
tional rejoicing. Mr.. Bridgman, who
received the message from Command
or Peary. announcing his return to
civilization. telephoned the news OF
Mr.. Peary's safety to Mrs. Peary, who
happened to be in the city.
Thank God he Is SAFE" was her
first comment. Then she piled Mr..
Bridgman with questions regarding
the details OF the news he had re-
ceived from her husband.
Mr.. Bridgman told her that her hus-
band, while he had failed to reach the
pole, because OF Ice, had 7ow the dis
tinctlon OF having gone farther north,
having reached 81 degrees 8 minutes.
a point 32 minutes nearer to the North
Pole than that reached by the Duke
OF Abruzzi expedition In 1900. In dis
cusslng Peary's dash late last fall,
after he had time to study the Com.
mander's message more closely, MT.
Bridgman said:
Il am sure 1t has been the ambition
of every true American to see the
Stars and Stripes first at the Arctic
pole. And that 1t should be an Amer
lean who should reach the farthest
north Is little less gratifying. II Is
evident Peary has had the same ex-
perience OF getting on drifting ice and
being carried away from his goal that
other explorers have had. Probably
no other man living would have gotten
of so well as Peary has. He found
himself on ice that had been broken
up by a storm and was taken In q
contrary direction. It is likely that
he and his party went to the limit of
human endurance before they gave up,
as instaneed by the eating Of the
dogs"
win Peary ever make the attempt
again?"
II do not know. Although It was
said by. the newspapers when he sail
ed away that IL he failed this time he
would never try again, he never told
me that. and was quite close to him.
consider that one of the wonderful
features of this expedition Is the fact
that the Roosevelt is coming home
with the entire party despite the hard
fships they have experienced.
"Peary probably reached within 20S
miles of the North Pole. He passed
the Abruzzi party by about 30 miles" !"
This was Peary's fifth attempt to
reach the pole. Other sledge journeys
we're made in the years 1892, 1895, 1900
and 1902.
The following message of congratu.
lation for Commander Peary was re.
ceived today by Mr.. Bridgman, secre-
tary of the Peary Arctic Club:
"Peary, Care Bridgman, New York:
Very hearty congratulations upon your
splendid achievement.
WILLIAM s. BRUSE.
Edinburgh, Scotland"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
READING Road RaIses Waaes,

PhiladClphia Nov. 6.-The Phlladel-
phia & Reading Railway Company an
nounced today an increase of wages
of 10 per cent to all employees whose
salaries are less than 5000 per month.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
PeARY WILL Try AGAIN.
Message From Labrador IntImatet
That He 10 Not Discouraged.

That He 10 Not Discouraged.
Lenox, Mass, Nov. 6.--That Com
mandor Robert E. peary encountered
unusual difficulties in his search for
the North Pole was indicated In a
telegram received today by Morris X.
Jessup president OF the Peary Arctic
Club. The most significant portion OF
the telegram, however. was that con.
tanning an lntlmation that Command
er PeaTy would again try TO find the
North Pole. The telegram follows:
"Hopedale, Labrador, by way OF
Twilllngate. Observation-Disclosures
Roosevelt now here. Repairing rud-
der and stern. taking ballast and
awaiting arrival mail steamer to Be-
cure coal.
Return voyage incessant struggle
with Ice to Cape York, September 26.
Then storms and head winds to Lab
rador coast, October 20.
Carried away two rudders, stern
post and two blades OF propeller, fore
top mast and spanker boom; lost one
boat; burned all coal and some inter-
Ior beams. using wood and blubber
along coast.
Expect to communicate again from
chapeau Bay. All progress will be
SLOW. Have no anxiety for our safety
and give no credence to exaggerated
reports.
Roosevelt is returning this year for
additional supplies and for repairs.
Several tons OF whale meat and dog
food thrown away last fall after poi
soning a number OF dogs. Other sup.
plies lost by breaking Of Ice in April.
"PEARY."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22
WORTH $IS APIECE
Cash Value of Each Meadow
Lark as Insect Destroyer
on Farm.
ESTIMATE OF PROF. FORBES
State EntomoIogist Gives Interesting
Facts About Various Kinds
of Birds.

Professor S. A. Forbes, state ento-
mologist. in recent lecture before
the farmers institute of Tazewell coun-
ty. gave some absOrbingly interesting
facts gathered in his investigation of
birds with reference TO their numbers,
varieties and usefulness to the farmer.
He finds that the English sparrow is
the only one that is entirely useless
and a detriment. Among the startling
things brought out were The capacity
of snow birds for weed seed and the
actual cash value of the meadow lark
The latter he found We're each worth
30 cents d season as insect destrOyers.
This sum is a fair interest on an SIS
investment and this is what Professor
Forbes figures is the loss To the farmer
every time a meadow lark is killed.
Professor Forbes began the study of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22

may not be 80 favorable but agricul-
turaliy he is decidedly useful. He is
a delightful and valuable companion of
the family and has the exceptional
trait of holding his own against the
English sparraw. He does this by his
great patience in submitting TO the
prosecutions and eXactions of the spar
row. There is only one to 20 acres or
- to The square mile. In the spring
80 per cent Of his food is insects. but
about June he lives mainly on fruits
and later he goes back TO insects Ia
the robins case the choice is between
L quarts of caterpillars on the one
hand and - quarts of fruit Oh the 9th
er hand The insects eaten include s
quarts of cut worms.
The winter birds accomplish a great
destruction OF weed seed. The tree
sparrow known as a snow bird eats
Onc-fourth of an ounce of weed seed on
the average each day. There is one Of
them TO - acres or 80 To- the squE-s
mile or about one and threc-fourthz
millions in the state. They consume
IL tens OF weed seed day for the 100
days they are with us. or ! 300 tons in
the state. If any agency were scat
tering 1900 tons Of weed seed in the
state all people would unite in saying
it ought TO be stopped The tree spar
row is stopping that much damage
DIR. Forbes Conclusion.
The general conclusion Of Dr.
Forbes from this investigation is that
We ought to be very conservative in
the matter of destroying birds. The
order or balance Of nature is a valu-
able inheritance. The birds have been
living here a long time: there has been
an adjustment of relations between
them and the insect and plant life that
supplies their food. We ought not to
disturb those relations where we can
prevent it. At least we should know
the consequences and act intclligently
in the case. The policy of the farmer
should DE 10 preserve the life OF every
bird unless he sees some definite and
direct conclusive reason for destroying
it. The English sparrow seems TO be
the only one in that list. About the
only method of destroying sparrows
that promises any success is the cru
elest one of ALTO destroy their eggs.
We should hold a strictly conservative
attitude up on the destruction of birds.
To remove the natural checks TO in
sects and weeds and destroy all the
birds big enough to shoot would in.
eYitably result in harm to the crops.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22

postofiice for the week ending Oct 20.
1906: NJ. T. Adams. Mrs. c. w. AL
bught. j. Allard. Clara Brown, Charlie
Bowen. Mrs. Warren BoyingtOn. Mark
Z. Boyd, DR.. r. II. Cheatham. Mrs. j.
NJ. Crawford. E. J. Donahue, De Forest
& Son. c. G. Dallas. George E. Dickin-
son, Charlie Eldrige. Earl Freeland.
Rev. II. Grundy. Jacob Glur. Ross Nit
chell, Mrs. w. Mordan. Carrie H. Nc
Coy. c. w. Murphy. Martha Nickersen.
j. w. Ottenheimer. O'Connor. Tom
O'Hora, c. w. Poe, Ralph b. Petersen,
Louis Pratt. Charles NJ Pratt. J. NJ.
Palmer 81. Mrs. Dell Richart, Ezra
Rahmel. DR. c. Stewart Miss Cora
Tate. l.. G. Van Denberg. William West,
Gust Zimmerman. r. Wantz. Foreign
Herr Nils Olsen. Charles Schmidt
HUGH A. J. MCDONALD, p. NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22
A Young Mother at 20.

My mother has suddenly been mads
young at 20. Twenty years of intense
suffering from dyspepsia had entirely
disabled her. until six months ago.
when she began taking Electric Bit
tiers, which have completely cured her
and restored the strength and activity
she had in the prime of life" writes
Mrs. w. l.. Fitzpatrick. of Danforth.
Me. Greatest restorative medicine ON
the globe. Sets stomach, liver and
Kidneys right, purifies the blood, and
cures malaria. biliousnescs and weak.
nesses. Wonderful nerve tonic. Price
soc. Guaranteed by HartZ d. Ullemey-
er's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22

1.-THE birds of Illinois in the '70's. aualyz
! ing the stOmachs TO discover what feed
had been eaten. He has had 10000
birds shot for this purpose. justifying
| himself in this by the belief that sci
Ientific knowledge OF what the birds ats
would result in saving the lives OF
multitudes of their kind. He came &c
know more about the birds of this state
| than any other man i'll the world. This
! study was taken up afterwards by the
/ United States biological survey and
has been continued ever since. accumu-
lating great amount of material
which he has drawn upon largely in
his later work.
IN Entirely New Test.
But absolutely nothing has been done
until last year to determine the guam
tity of bird life the average number
Of birds per acre. If all the birds of
the state were concentrated in the six
summer months. what would they equal
over the state? \ number of years
ago. when DR.. Forbes and a number of
experienced bird students were dis
GUESSING this subject his estimate was
three birds to the acre. Last year he
was able to secure the Services of ii
university student who had been study
ing birds for three or four years and
who had become 50 expert that he
could tell birds at sight. This assist
ant and another were directed to get
complete census of the birds on
400-acTe farm one and one-haIf miles
south OF the university campus. Grass
and the ordinary farm crops and some
fruit were grown on the farm
They were directed to always travel
across the farm in straight lines 80
yards apart. The idea was to scare up
and identify all the birds within the
space For each trip they were given
plat of the farm and We're required
to mark on the plat the place each
bird sprung up from. To make sure
that they were flushing all the birds i
boy was sent between them and be-
hind them. but in three or four trips
he found only one bird. The students
paid no attention to any birds except
those that came out of that strip or
flew over it directly ahead of them.
This is the first time such an investiga-
ton was ever attempted. \ mass of
statistics We're secured: this has not
been printed yet. They made in all
81 visits to the farm. and the total
length of the strips they travelled was
123 miles. So they actually determin-
ed the bird life on a strip of ground 90
yards wide and 123 miles long. The
average length of the strip travelled at
one time was two miles; the total
acreage 2,417 acres; the average mum
Der of acres investigated at one time.
80 acres.
- Kinds of Bird> F'onnd.
\ total of 81 kinds OF birds were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22

recognized. As there are over 300
species OF birds common TO this region
this was matter of surprise. The
total number of individual birds seen
was 5.37l, or So per trip. This would
amount to complete census of the
40U-acre farm six times over. five i'll
the summer and once in the winter.
The average sum total of birds per
acre concentrated on the six summer
months. was found TO be Is birds per
acre-within twO-tenths of Il bird OF
The previous guess of DR.. Forbes. This
would be 1.2G7 birds per square mile.
The most surprising development was
the small number of birds. With only
IS birds per acre the bird problem
doesn't seem so important. A reason
for commonly overestimating the mum
Der of birds is that people don't re-
member where they did not see birds,
but they do remember where they saw
the birds in great abundance.
Another surprise was that st per
cent of all the individual birds scared
up in the summer included only eight
different kinds of birds. OF the winter
birds only seven kinds were found in
81 per cent of the individuals Only
II species were included in this 81 per
cent OF the summer birds and 81 per
cent OF the winter birds. This reduces
the bird problem 10 simple terms.
Now for 81 state Test.
The speaker could not geneTaliZe
from the results found on this one
farm. but thought it fair sample.
Probably the birds of most farms do
not vary very much and these data
are 50 interesting and important that
d much larger Investigation has been
started. The student mentioned has
been induced to quit his college work.
postpone his graduation one year and
study the birds of the whole state in
the same manner The two are now
travelling across the state from the In
diana line. always 80 yards apart. They
are furnished with pedometers. and by
these instruments they can easily re-
cord the number of PAGES taken in
woodland. in grass land and in each
kind of field. They will traverse the
state from north to south, across the
north end and across the southern part
of the state, jOtting down on plats the
mass of data obtained within their linn
its of observation. They have Il -
caliber gun and a hunters license. SO
that they may collect all birds that
they have never seen before and speci-
mems that are needed for further study.
They will secure such a line of data
as was never brought together or pub
lished anywhere before.
Forty-one per cent of all the summer
birds scared up on this farm were
black birds: 10 per cent English spar
rows: II per cent cowbirds; per cent
meadow larks (the most valuable bird
on the FARM per cent mourning
doves; 21a per cent robins; per cent
brown thrashers Ohrushes); , per
cent horned larks. The last named is
colored like a meadow lark. but is
much smaller and is often found in the
dusty roadway. These are the only
summer birds worth taking into ac-
count.
This means one blackbird to IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22
OBSERVED RALLY DA'
Sunday School Orchestra Makes First
Appearance at First Methodist.

Appearance at First Methodist.
Sunday school rally day was Observ-
ed at the First Methodist church yes
terday morning and program OF musi-
cal numbers were given including the
first appearance OF the Sunday school
orchestra under the direction of Z. l..
Philbrook. 1t is planned to maintain
the orchestra in the Sunday school.
AT the evening service reports of the
Delegates to the missionary CONVEX
ton at Elkhart, Ind. and the conven-
ton of church deaconesses at Cinciu-
natl were heard. \ program of special
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22

The intense itching characteristic
of eczema. letter and like skin diseas-
es is instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain Salve and many severe
cases have been permanently cured by
its use. For sale by all leading drug
gists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-22
RAILWAY. TIPS.

The c. NJ & st. Paul offers first class
train service to Chicago and Kansas
City, from the tri-cities, sleeping car
reservations made to any point desir-