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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
TRANSPORTATION NOTES

BY the first of the year the first
twenty miles of the Deschutes Rail-
road Company's line from the mouth
of the river up the canyon will be
completed.
McDougal & Winston, who have
the contract for double-tracking the
Northern Pacific Portland-Puget
Sound line, are arranging to put
1000 men at work in rushing the
job to completion.
Work on the Southern Pacific rail-
road bridge across the Santiam river
at Lebanon, Ore, has been started.
The bridge will be $50 feet long and
will have a 2O00-foot trestle on the
west end. 1t is estimated that the
cost will be 100000.
The Coos Bay & Inland Electric
Railway Company has been incor-
porated, and it is believed that 1t
will build across Oregon from Coos
Bay into Idaho. The Roseburg Com
mercial Club is assisting the project,
securing rights-of-way for the di-
vision west of that city to Marsh
field.
The Eastern Oregon Light & Pow
er Company, with headquarters at
Baker City, has purchased the prop
erty of the Grande Ronde Electric
Company at LaGrande for s25O,O00
and it is understood that the corD0r-
alton expects to connect with Walla
Walla, LaGrande and Baker City
with a trolley line.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
WALLA WALLA CROPS
LIGHT
Early Reporths Shown to Be
Greatly Exaggerated There
as III Many Other Dis
tricts

Harvesting i'll the vicinity of
Walla Walla is now practically
completed, although some few out
fits are still at work on late grain.
Contrary to the current reports,
the crop did not turn out as well
as anticipated, and though the
fnothill ~ farmers harvested a
splendid yield. the farmers own
ing land in the Eureka flat coun-
try state that their yields were al
most failure, asserts one report
In the light soil a crop of is
bushels to the acre WAS considered
big for this season, whereas an
average of 25 bushels to the acre
was maintained last year.
1t is estimated that the crop
in Walla Walla county will make
about 100000 bushels where il
would go above the 100000
mark. The shortage was due, in
part, to the late frosts and also
to the lack of sufficient moisture
in the lowlands.
Turkey red wheat proved to be
the best producer this year, and
many of the farmers who had de-
cided to plant their fields in blue
stem this coming fall have chang
ed and will SOW ii the new variety.
Small ranchers in the higher
lands report late crops but good
ones, though they claim that crops
were damaged to certain extent
by the late rains in July.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
Summer Not HeaIthIest Time.

Among the cherished beliefs that
we are now asked to give up il that
Of the healthfulness of the sweet sum
mertime. 1t may bring peace, health
and joy to some, but there are others
with whom 1t does not agree. Any
given quantity Of hot air, say the au-
thorities, contains less oxygen than
cold air, and oxygen is life. Then the
body is also weakened by any great
amount of perspiration. AS for sun
burn, which was formerly regarded as
the sign manual of health, we are told
that 1t is merely kind of paint cover.
ing up often a bad physique, and 1t is
an injurious paint at that. Heat, 1t
seems, relaxes the minute blood yes.
sells Of the skin. and this results In a
slowing of the circulation, which at.
tects not only the skin, but the brain
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
THE POTLATCH BEAN CROP

The bean crop on the ridges south
of town, from all accounts is a re-
cord breaker. Altogether, there are
about 700 acres of the finest beans
ever seen in the Inland Empire, and
if the farmers can get few more
days of nice weather the crop will
be properly taken care of. Roy
Drury has fitted out his bean separa-
tor and has begun the seasons run.
The crop is said to be so heavy that
the farmers are having difficulty in
harvesting it.-Deary Enterprise.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08

The Blaine Journal states that the
sockeye salmon pack of the seven
canneries there and at Point Roberts
will aggregate 444 600 cases, with
the Alaska Packers Association lead
ing with 10000; Ainsworth & Dunn
and George E. Barker, 10000 each;
Blaine Packing Company, 10000;
Cook Packing Company, $1,000;
West Coast Packing Company, 49,
900. and Seattle Canning & Packing
Company, $4,000.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
STOCK AND CROP NOTES

The prune crop at Elberton, Wash,
is the largest in years, and the bulk
of it is being shipped in refrigerator
cars instead of going to the local
curing plant.
From an orchard of 10 acres near
Cashmere, Wash, j. Murdoch is aver
aging this season 35 boxes to the
tree. The returns from the tract
will aggregate $1,000 an acre.
Representatives of the Amalga-
mated Sugar Company have been in
Wallowa county, Oregon, of late
signing up acreage contracts for
sugar beeC culture. Past yields have
been very large and the profits are
good.
The Puget Sound oyster crop is
reported as short for the present sea-
son, as result of the freeze of 1907
An oyster bay operator estimates that
the output of Olympia oysters will
reach anly 10000 sacks, as against
$4,000 last season.
The farmers at Camas prairie and
about Grangeville, Idaho, regard
wheat as too valuable to feed to hogs
and stock shipments from that por-
ton of the northwest will probably
diminish this season. Legislation
has discouraged feeding on farms
Many farmers are adding dairyine
to- grain growing.
w. G. Tillson, prune authority
of Salem, says that the percentage
of 30s this year is very small, and
there are not many 40s. The large
majority of the crop is SOS or over
The crop is a heavy one, but sizes
are unusually small This he be
lieyes is due to the dry summer and
the loading of the trees.
Contracts have been closed by ]
H. Steinhardt, of the firms of Stein.
hardt & Kelly. New York, for more
than 100000 worth of Washington
and Oregon apples for eastern and
European trade. and he expects to
reach the $1,0o0.00O mark before
returning home after looking over
orchards in Idaho and Montana.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
SEEING the Show.

Sam Shubert used to tell this: "A
rustic came to Buffalo and bought a
ticket for the theater. Through blum
dering about the doors he found him
self In the adjoining billiard saloon
Seeing novel performance going on
with big crowd witnessing the same
he settled himself in chair and pa
tiently watched the play for an hour
or two. Having satiated his appetite
he left the room, and, going out on the
street. was asked II the show was over
over? Oh, no. he replied; it's a-goin
on yet. They are knockin' away like
all the world in thar"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
ABOUT SMUT EXPLOSIONS
Professor r. w. Thatcher, Direc-
tor of Experiment Station
Receives Suggestions
Pullman, Wash.

eAhAuiAt w dSu.
Dear Sir: The article which 7
recently contributed to your col
umns explaining my view of the
cause of the so-called smut ex.
ploslons has aroused consider
able discussion and brought forth
a number Of interesting comments
One OF these in particular deserves
public notice.
l have received from a thresher
man IN eastern Oregon a letter in
which he states that he has on one
occasion, examined the bearings
OF the separator immediately after
an explosion and found none of
them to be heated. He states fur
ther that while he has found it inn
possible to set fire to loose pile
OF smut often by putting burning
straw on the top Of it he has found
that II a shovel full of smut be
thrown into the air and fork full
OF burning straw throw into the
smut cloud thus formed the smut
will burn like gun powder. This
statement if confirmed by further
observation and experiments
would make it seem possible that
smut may be ignited at times by
sparks caused by the teeth of the
cylinder or concaves striking bits
OF stone or gravel accidently fed
INTO the machine. This single in
stance is not sufficient to afford
conclusive evidence, however, and
we hope to make tests to determine
whether such an occurance is pos
slble or probable. In the mean
time | should like to invite fur
Their correspondence or suggestions
or statements of the experience of
thresher men along this line.
In the meantime | am still Of
The opinion that the great majority
of the explosions at least are due
to explosive gases given off from
mineral lubricating oil in contact
with heated bearings.
Yours very truly,
r. w. THATCHER,
Director and Chemist.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
Experiment Stations Hybrid Wheat
r. Dehu
By R. w. THATCHER, Director

grain may develop necessary that the
pollen produced in the anthers pollen
tube of the stigma through
with the halfnuceus M after which growth
e develops into seed grain In the wheat plant these
the anther therefore
sefertilzng To hybde
accom-
pish afcaly the fertilization
used parent In order do this the
as the female parent before thew are
ripe enough shed their stigma pro-
tected from all other pollen pollen
plant which to serve as male parent must
may take place This
is somewhat tedious process
separately each stigma which is later to deeop into single
wheat kernel simpfed by cutting off
of the meshe open
ing only few flowers to be operaed unon Manv Of the a
which thus treated fail
handling failure the pollen
anthers
be hybrid all
production of single kernel hybrid
capable of failures Should
fortified seed develops into grain which has all
OF grain of the female parent variety but has it the two
hereditary strains
Characteristics Hybrid Wheats
developed by cross-fert-
cation be planted there will from grain which unlike
grain pos
all different which
both it's
domnan) will manifest themselves the size,
growth the hybrid while others (known
generation hybrid will
grow possible combination
well possible
hybrid combinations. This best shown
illustration If winter wheat is spring
of the hybrid oneourth of the
Then
parent and the spring wheat
the three mentioned above is sub
onefouh
remaining half hybrid
This would give based
and if chah and
would be further subdded into
hybrid between the max
still other
will be still further divided VI
osbities would
particular
a possible 27 found in
O our original
that of selection from this confused
mass types the original cosser
individual the
which it These be strains from the
and not hybrid
combinations
difficult tell
from which hybds The
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safe.

Love letters are dangerous thes,
days" remarked the wise man. "There
Is only one safe course that l know
Of and that is to write them and then
read them carefully"
"And then send them?" queried the
wealthy young man.
mo, then burn them"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
BEGINNING TO TELL ON HIM."
More or Less Pathetic Complaint Of
HardWorklng Farmer.

The owner of the farm had been en-.
joying himself at the county fair willis
his Woodworking wife stayed at home
to see that the farm suffered no loss
In his absence.
We'll, Sarah" said the owner upon
his return, I'm about all tired out
Is the cows in the barn?"
Eyes, long SINCE" replied his wife.
barely looking up from the task then
In hand.
rs the HOSES Embarrassed an fed?"
yes"
Chickens locked up?"
Eyes"
Wood chopped for mornin'7"
Eyes"
'Wagon-heel mended an ready
start in tn mornin'?"
yes"
Well, then" concluded the ex.
hausted owner, with sigh of relief,
''let me have my supper. I'm goin' t
turn in. Farmin's beginnin' T. tell
on me-"
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Net for Hsr.

you sss." said the professor, the
science of chemistry depends on the
discovery of certain affinities-"
Pardon me-" interrupted Miss
Prym, II trust the conversation can
proceed without drifting into scandal
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of each and determining which produces grain to the type
types. having
ected the
with
it is then
paed annual paintings until ready Tor distribution taxing care
of avoid mixing with other strains this breeding
original of 1899
ec in hardy winter wheat which had been
a spring having
Club select
types
hybrid plants.
fully the combination characters
the discovered The discovery
possible breed
selection than could otherwise have been
generation types
appeared which
since time of these hybds which
poor
kernel either
carded entirely eybded of the original parent
variety
able character.
the original selections
quantity
ed Popular Bulletin No. 8 of this Station.
hybrid sought original
addition this they have
heavy yede In the comparative tests on the College Farm for
OF bushels
than Red Russian and Little Club alongside of them
under dency the same conditions During the past two years
growing section the State with uniformly salts
much larger increases in yield
native varieties than those obtained the College Farm have been
reported.
which Turkey the winter wheat
the others
which White
growth
In the fall of soS SO far as can be learned by reports to the
the Washington
hybrid Conservative
mates place the total acreage
the Inland Empire this fall 100000
phenomenal
Since that time other
made selections other characteristics
development particular there might be specified
milling quality spring
that the hybrd from the earlier
promise
breeding for other desirable characteristics.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
24o Acres

Choice wheat land in western
part Of county; close to good town,
all under cultivation; half in sum-
mer fallow; no buildings. A
money maker at $3.50 an acre.
Terms.
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Small Farm Home

Neat fve-room house and ten
acres; five acres in bearing winter
orchard; five acres garden land.
Les than a mile from Garfield.
$500. Place is nicely located and
a choice property close to Gar
fields schools.
We have a money earning mer-
camille business for sale; has al
ways paid good money and has hit
tie competition in its line.
xU,;+a for nartieuIaru
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-08
# YOU ARE INTERESTED
In the
Best Bargains in
Farm Buys
Don't pass this up. There's moth
ing better hereabouts. After
you have investigated you
will agree.
$40 Acres /.

Choice wheat land; close to
town; closer to warehouse, $50.
Good terms. A buy that will en-
dure close inspection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
ADJUSTMENTS

Show as an Educator.-Tom Ochil-
tree. the "russet-headed ranger of the
Rio Grande,' whose memory will ever
live with those who greeted his dis
courses at the national capitol, who,
combined with his ready wit and repair
tee. expressive wisdom as an orator,
made close study of the question of
immigration. During his time, ut a
dinner given in London in 1887 in
honor of Hon Simon Cameron, he gave
utterance to a maxim in this connec-
ton which is especially appropriate at
this time when the stream of foreign
ers landing on our shore annually is
augmented Said the sage and observ-
ant Ochiltree. Each and every one of
our newly acquired inhabitants should
be properly instructed before being
vested with citizenship and its attend
ant weighty responsibilities. know
of no more full completion TO their
preparation as such than to compel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09


across he Mississippi river. when he
his intention originally to swim it
one way only, but he changed his
mind II the last n,lunte aud SWAIN
both ways with n res, of ) mjnrtes
on the Davenport shore before start
ing back. He made the trip over in
1Sh minutes and came back in half
minute less time. making the entire
distance in sc u minutes which is
better by several minutes than the
former record The colored boy
claims to be an all around athlete
and he issues challenge to anyone
in the three cities fon contest in
swimming, wrestling, boxing or skat-
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE EYE LEAGUE.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE EYE LEAGUE.
Davenport, 2; Rock Island, e.
Springfield, :: Peoria, ,.
Decatur, o; Bloomington, :.
Cedar Rapids. ,; Dubuque. 6,
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, Z: Brooklyn, o.
Cincinnati. .; Philadelphia, 6.
St. Louis, 0; New York. ).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee. 3: Louisville, 2.
Minneapolis, ); Columbus, :.
Kansas City. So; indianapolis. IS.
St. Paul, 81; Toledo, so lsecond
game IL innings).
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Des Moines, 3; Lincoln. >.
Omaha. 5; Sioux City, =.
Pueblo, Ii; Wichita, ..
Denver. 5; Topeka. 6.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
GAINESVILLE, 5; South Bend, 2 90 in
nings).
TeTc Haute. 10; Dayton, So (sec
ond game seven innings).
Evansville, 4; Fort Wayne, I'll in
nings).
Wheeling, 4; Grand Rapids, I.
ILLINOIS-M MISSOURI LEAGUE.
Canton, 5; Macomb, >.
Galesburg, l. Monmouth, 0.
Beardstown, /; Pekin, 2.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Burlington. ); Quincy, /.
Waterloo 2; Ottumwa, I.
Hannibal, s; Jacksonville, l.
Kewanee. Sd; Keokuk. 40 first
game il innings, second game seven
innings.
CONSIN-ILLINOIS LEAGUE.
Madison, 2: Fond du Lac, / Go in
nings).
Freeport, 0; Green Bay. Q3 in
nings).
Rockford. O; Appleton, ).
Racine, 2; Oshkosh. 0.
Results Saturday.
TEREEEYE LEAGUE.
Rock Island. 7-6; Davenport, 0:5 tlast
game 10 innings.
Peoria, As; Springfield. 0-10.
Decatur, IL; Bloomington. 90.
Dubuque. 6-5; Cedar Rapids, Al.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
PLAY GREAT Game
Clarence Ficken of This City,
Pitches Winning Ball for
Durant, Iowa.
10 INNINGS TO SETTLE IT
Defeats Iowa City When Error Made
Oh Ball He Bats Lets in the
Only Score.

Clarence Ficken the young amateur
pitcher from this city, twirled great
game for Durant yesterday afternoon
against Iowa City. The contest went
10 innings before the Durant boys fin
ally won the game with a single score
An error by the Iowa City second base
man who misjudged fly ball knocked
to him by Ficken allowed man to
score from second base. Ficken al
lowed six hits in the 10 innings and
struck out 10 men. Opposed TO him
was O'Brien. the Iowa university star.
OBrien pitched great ball. allowing
but four hits and striking out 2S men,
Game Full of Features.
The LaVelles of this city and the
Teepee Queens of Moline played
lO-inning contest yesterday after
noon on the Moline field which was
full of features and which finally
was won by the local boys by a score
of 3 to 2. The pitching of Owen
Brien of the LaVelles was easily the
feature Of the day. He struck out
8 men and allowed but three hits
and with perfect support would have
scored shutout. The winning run
was made in the tenth inning. with
a man on second base, Otto Schadt
poled two sacker and drove him
home. The score by innings:
Tepee Queens 90 | 900 0 %
LaVelles -. OO1-3 s 4
Teepee Queens 0OO10O-2 G
The winners lined up as follows:
Dyce, lib; DeMinck, 3b; Won Motz,
IF; Long, If; Sandberg, eff: Schadt,
C: Weigand. IS; Wynn, 2b; and
Brien, p.
Homer With Bases Full.
The Benefits defeated the Rock IS
land Centrals by score of 10 to on
the South Heights diamond yesterday
afternoon. The game was close ill
| the seventh inning, when with the
bases full Gstettenbauer of the Ben
netts smashed out a homer. breaking
| up the game. The score:
r. II. L.
BENEFITS ...20110051 S-10 Is !
| CentralS .....2 20 100000 ) !
Batteries-Meycrs and Kuschman
| Larson and Bulger.
VI. and Il. Wins.
| The NJ. K X team defeated iha
RoSebuds yesterday afternoon on
| Ninth street ty the score of II to 9 2
| Butchers Best Gardeners. ,.t,t
The Star Butchers defeated the
| Gardeners yesterday by a score of 6
| to >. Leithner, who pitched for the
| winning team struck out 10 men
| The feature of the game was the
fielding of Joe Naab and Wilson. The
Star Butchers lineup was as follows
| Decker c; Leithner, p; Behrens, 1b:
| Fisher, 2b: C. Naab, IS; Burris. 3b;
Joe Naab, rf; Wilson, eff; a. French
| If: The batteries for the Gardeners
were Meyers and Warner
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
LINE O. DOPE

B. T.. Thomas of Missoula, Mont.
in the Montana state league, has
been signed as the latest addition 10
The Davenport pitching staff. He will
report at the end of the present
week.
Christy Wilson's finger got S0rc
about this time. Handy kind of mn
ger TO have.-Davenport Democrat.
What was the matter with Shaffer in
the first game Saturday and what
was the matter with Parkins yester-
day? Handy, whatever it was.
BY the way. didn't Rock Island tell
us few days ago that Christy Will
son had out goat. The kink Parkins
put in HIS system Friday suggests the
moral; No matter how Soou you are
sooner or later you meet better
man.-Davenport Democrat. Won
der if this applies to Parkins yester-
day?
And by the way. Mr.. Tighe was so
meek all the afternoon that we could
almost think that The Argus might
have believed few of the good things
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
Reward Of Industry.

Faithful Houscwife-Mrs. Candour.
is it? can't stop my sewing now.
Tell her I'm not at home.
Ann-PleaSe. mum. I've been tellin'
so many you're not at home l wish
you'd see some uv'eu.
why. Ann?"
Il don't like the way they act. They
look ut each other and smoker so"
Mercy. DO they suspect am at
nome?"
NO. mum: | wish they did. | heard
one NV 'em say they wouldn't like your
husband to know-uv your COINS on.
I "Goings on, What 10 they mean.
They think. mum. you're the worst
gadabout in town. Exchange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
Washinaton,s plaque Spots.

lie in the low, marshy bottoms OF
the Potomac, the breeding germ CT
malaria germs. These germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness.
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and
general debility and bring suffering
or death to thousands yearly. But
Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and cure malaria troubles.
They are the best all-round tonic
and cure for malaria | ever used.
writes r. NJ. James, of Louellen. S.
c. They cure stomach. liver, Kidney
and blood troubles and will prevent
typhoid Try them, so cents. Guar
anteed by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
DOUBLE HONORS
TO w. H. TRlMBLE
Rock Islander Wins Cap and Makes
Low Score i'm Mems Preliminary
Golf Match.

In the competition for the handicap
cup on the Rock Island arsenal golf
links Saturday, ]. II. Trimble of Rock
Island secured temporary possession
of the cup with a well played 20. Mr..
Trimble was closely followed by f. A.,
Barnard and B. F. Peek of Moline, with
II and Y respectively. The low gross
score also fell to Mr. Trimble who reg
istered an 81 The scores follow:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09

How much more interest it arouses this
season combined with Pawnee Bits
far east.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
With Reservation,

Here is the story .sof covenanting
times i'm Scotland. of which an cid
laird of Galloway was The central fig
ure: @
Learning that he was about to he
taidcd by Claverhouse, whose dragons
We're coming in searohlef, him. Che old
laird effected his escape disguised as
one of his own plowmen. As be was
leaving the house he was stopped by
the Dragons, who asked If the laird
as at home.
Well" said the old covcnanter, "hc
was there when was there"
The Dragons went their way. and
the old laird went his and lived to tell
the truth another day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09

each applicant for citizenship to read
and visit Buffalo Bits wild west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09

all
by deposit filed
goes into the circulation and hunor acids which
every variety OF skin affection Local applications can only soohe they
trouble and the cause Book
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-09
BUMP PARKINS
OFF THE MOUND

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