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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

away the autumn before. Having
lived in Illinois and Iowa all my life
and had already grown two orch
ards, one in each state, always un
red horticulturists of the highest
note.
There was about seven acres of
mixed fruit planted in about 1853
by John Day on HIS first donation
claim Had eaten Bartlett pears in
Iowa brought direct from this orch
ard to Jasper county, Iowa. The
orchard consisted of about thirty va
Tieties of apples and four varieties
OF pears. There were only about
five or six dead or missing trees in
the whole orchard All kinds of
prunes, plums and cherries, strong
and healthy. The fruit pests that es-
capped from the Garden OF Eden
blight, Goblin moth and the San-J lose
scale from California--ha not made
their appearance. It looked as if
Adam was to return to his own
trees, that had fruited and grown
for 30-odd years, must of necessity
grow in an ideal soil for fruit.
| tested it as to depth and drain
age and found the entire tract an
AANul Ohti uul dn 1 hdu SO many va
rieties and a limited market, / con-
cluded to again undertake the plant
ing and care of another orchard.
where the winters did not kill and
wnere the Illinois and Iowa wind
could not blow down all my trees
and cyclones did not ship my entire
crop to Grinnell, Iowa, before they
were fully ripe
After planting few acres of new
trees of California stock that we're
infested with scale and also the cod
lin moth, Missouri sent a few con.
signments of nursery stock with an
thracnose. the fruit men of Oregon
we're called to arms and war was
declared against each and every foe
OF the horticulturist Our agricul-
tural college, In conjunction with
the government, furnished the brains
and conducted the experiment
undertook to eXterminate i'm my
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

TO get too strongly entrenched in
case a franchise should be found
necessary. Mr.. Lee and his wireless
apparatus are In great demand, in
yitations having been sent him by
several universities and technical
schools to demonstrate that the, Coz
Inns invention is a practical success,
when packers pay 81 or as or
$40 per hundred weight for beef
cattle YOU may be sure they do not
so act from choice" said Charles
w Baker. of the Chicago Live Stock
exchange. In statement in which
be declared that the unprecedented
high prices OF 1910 to date for cat.
tie and hogs on live stock markets
OF the United States have developed
a serious problem 60 producers.
packers and consumers For slaugh-
tering causes shrlnkage which
adds approximately az per cent to
the live weight prices paid, THE
advantages which the large packing
concerns have over smaller con
Germs. as brought In Washington
last week, is I'm the quantity OF busi-
ness they do and their ability TO
make more from the by-products,
such as tallow oleomargarine, hides,
horns, boots, hair. etc" he said.
The farmer and the country live
stock merchants are wiser than they
used 10 be. They do not rush their
stock 90 one market as formerly,
without knowing the conditions
there. They keep in touch with
markets an over the country n
frequently happens that stock grow,
ers in Nebraska viii shp thsir cat
! tie 10 Buffalo instead OF Omaha be
cause they have discovered that
prices are higher IN Buffalo There
Is only one remedy for present high
prices for five stock. That Is. TO in-
crease the supply or decrease the de
mand. or both or course, the live
stock growers are primarily respon
slble for the present high prices, al
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
P PRESIDENT
WORRIED BY
SITUATION

N Cleveland, o., March 1S.-While
speeding toward New York today
President Taft eagerly deyoured the
details of the anti-Cannon fight at
Washington which ragged since yes
terday afternoon.
The first intimation of the trouble
came last night while he was seated
al the St. Patrick's day banquet at
Chicago The president was given
a long cipher telegram revealing to
him alone the~ exact status of the
fight in the house to change the rules
and overthrow the present speaker.
Taft was programmed to deliver
five speeches before he returns to
Washington. 1t is believed that he
will take occasion in some of them to
reveal his position in the fight.
Some politicians expect him to at
tack the insurgents" and "read them
out of the party" Others believe that
his anxiety will cause him to take a
conciliatory course.
The president is vitality interested
in the passage of several admins
tration measures" At the same
time he has staunchly supported the
speaker and the regular Republicans
in congress.
Now he is called upon to face the
possibility of defeat for his pet meas
ures, through dissension in the ranks
of his party. To pass the measures
Taft needs a united Republican sup
port in congress. Should he drive
the insurgents" to extremes it is
probable that they would vote with
the Democrats to defeat the admins
tration's measures in retaliation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
DEAD MAN
STEERED
The AUTO
IuNIrnD pRnss LEASED wins. |


ST. Johns. Kans., March 1S.-
Speeding across the Kansas prairies
In an automobile at 20 miles an
hour with corpse at. the steering
wheel, and saved from death or ser
ioussinjuVy by a straight ana smooth
road was the startling experience
from which Mrs. o. b. Shepherd and
three of her friends are recovering
from today.
o. b. Shepherd was the mayor OF
st. John. With his wife and a party
of guests he started for an auto spin
late yesterday. Noticing that the
car was moving perilously near the
edge of the county road, Mrs. Shep-
herd called to her husband who was
at the wheel. Look out. the car. Is
getting on the road"
There was no reply. Shepherd
hung over the steering wheel as
though. he were examining the front
of the machine. Then Mrs. Shep-
herd leaned from the tonneau and
looked more closely at her husband,
She fell back with scream, for his
face was white and his eyes gkzed
and his lifeless hands clBtched the
wheel
A. II, Horner, one OF the party,
stopped the car. and headed il post
haste toward ST. John, A physician
declared Shepherd had died OF heart
failure. His funeral will be held to-
morrow.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
FOUGHT AT
HARMONY
LUNCHEON
MRS. JULIA HERRICK VAN TINE
MOODY AND MISS EFFIE STEW
ART, "SASSIETY" FOLKS, HAVE,
A HAIR PULLING MATCH.
[uN1rnp rRnss LnAsEp w1RE. !

New 1Ork, Mafcn lS.-It was
learned today that Mrs. Julia Her
rick Van Tine Moody, a prominent
club woman and a candidate for the
presidency of the National Society
of Ohio Women and Miss Effie Stew
art a well known singer, fought saw
agely in the corridor of the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, couple of days ago.
Hair was pulled and garments
badly torn before the friends OF the
two could separate them.
The fight occurred shortly after
the conclusion of a harmony lun-
cheon given by the National Society
of Ohio
Miss Stewart states today that
Mrs. Moody had been a member of
the organization for only year, 'I
just wanted to tell her what |
thought of a woman who wanted to
be president so quickly" she said.
Miss Stewart treated me outra-
geously," was all Mrs. Moody would
say regarding the fight.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
TO ESTABLISH BANKS
IN SOUTH AMERICA
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRn.I

New York, March 1S.-Oficers of
the Standard Oil and the Morgan in
terests today refused to affirm or
deny the report that the two gigantic
interests have combined TO wrest the
banking business of Central and
South America from England and
Germany.
For some time it has been ru-
mored that such a step was under
consideration, and now it is common
gossip that the American interests
purpose to establish a chain of banks
in the southern republics. These, it
is said, are to be operated in conjunc-
tion with those in the United States.
Such a move would open up tre-
mendous banking business. Moreover
it would save the discount rate of
S5,000,000 yearly which goes to
England and Germany.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

Seattle. Wash, March 1S.-There
Is over 5000 worth of opium, to-
bacco, silk and contraband goods in
the United States customs ware
house here today, all seized from
he steamer Minnesota. Since the
without the seizure OF cOntraband
goods, hidden away on the ship.
The latest hauls include is FIVE.
iael tins of opium cached deep in the
,Oal bunkers, and $4,000 Manila
cigars of the finest grade, This at
'empt at smuggling was unnecessary
as Manila tobacco now, when inn
lorted In lots of 5000 or more and
properly marked, Is not dutiable.
The tobacco will be sold at auetcon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

though they are only one of several
classes who have brought about the
conditions. The government figures
show that there has been a decrease
large decrease, in the number of
beef cattle and hogs on farms In the
United States From personal con
tact with hundreds of live stock buy
ers and sellers, / know there has
been such a decrease on the other
hand there has been steady in
crease in demand. Our people have
come to be more and more eaters of
meat. The answer is obvious. The
stock raiser isn't the only one to
blame, however. nor the consumer
who has let his appetite for the
choicer bits of meat get the better of
his good judgment Corn is big
factor. Several years ago there were
only three or four commercial uses
to which corn could be put. Now
there are dozens of such uses. The
result has been an increase in the
value of corn from Al cents to so
cents"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
SOUVENIR HUNTERS sWIPED
THE BIT OF IRISH SOD
UNITED PRESS LEASED wHn.1

Chicago, March 18.-A quiet inves-
tigation by the Irish Fellowship club
today to ascertain, if possible, what
became of a small piece of Irish turf
imported for the purpose of enabling
President Taft to deliver his st. Pat
rick's day speeches from Irish sod,
is being made today.
The strip of Old Erin was brought
to this country for the express pur-
pose of enabling the president to
stand upon Irish ground at the st.
Patrick's day banquet. The sod was
carefully guarded aboard ship on the
trip from Ireland, and during trans
portation from New ork here.
1t is believed that souvenir hunt
ers carried away the turf.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
BOY Is Acquitted.

Los Angeles. Calif., March IS
Seventeen-year-old Dean Bingham
who shot and killed S. e. Elliott. his
stepfather in defense OF his mother
and little sister Edith is free TO-
day
He was absolved from an blame
by a coroners jury after the mother
and sister testified that he was
hrandishing al great butcher knife
when the. lad fired the shot that
ended his lite.
Bingham Is a student az the poly
chnic high school The shooting
occurred when he demonstrated with
Elliott for whipping little Edith and
str king Mrs. Elliott la the face With
his fist.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
SPRINGFIELD Railroad Center Of Lane County

going to be jailed. It may take q
day a week or a year, but he'll be
Jailed. sure. Maybe he'll kill a
Northwest policeman-maybe he
will Well, then he'll hang, for q
dead sure thing! He'll never buy
Northwest policeman, nor he'll
never escape Jail if he breaks the
law. All Canada knows 1t, and. we
Americans know it., and that's why
this country is a good country to live
in-God's own country, as they say
good enough for me, anyway"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

Twenty-one years ago I came to
Oregon, bought ranch of 112 acres
of land one mile northwest OF
Springfield, in Lane county, after
spending one month looking over the
entire country What at that timc
attracted my particular attention
was about fifty bushels of those
grand big Red Baldwins and Spitz-
enberg apples that had been stored
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
The Jnly Is Completea.

Watseka, IN. March iS.-The jury
TO try Mrs. j. b. Sayler, her father.
John Grunden. and Or William ..il-
Ter, for the alleged murder of the
woman's husband, was completed to-
day. II Is probable that the hearing
OF evidence will begin early next
week.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18
THE FRUIT BELT OF THE
UPPER WILLAMETTE VALLEY
twritten by Capt Edition
Journal)

old orchard, and in one year / de-
stroyed every known pest and have
never been troubled with them since
Tin my old orchard) Here is my
formula:
Took four pounds of Diston saw,
15O pounds of avoirdupois, sinew
and muscle, and cut every tree Slevel
with the ground and made fire wood
If the entire seven acres, and this
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

A gigantic specimen of wood
bison. the largest game animal ever
killed in either North or South
America, and the only one ever kill
ed by a white man, has been secured
by a New York naturalist, Harry v.
Radford, and is sought by the Field
museum of Chicago. Radford's ex-
ploit also settled the long disputed
question as to whether the wood
bison is a distinct species from the
better known plains bison. 1t is.
Mr.. Radford, member of the Arctic
club, for years has longed for a
chance to secure such a specimen.
The great bull weighed more than a
ton and stood five feet ten inches
high. 1t was killed by Mr.: Radford
about fifty miles southwest of Smith
Landing on the Slave river in the
Canadian northwest. This is a wild
country, but is only short distance
from the Peace river country, whicn
is rapidly filing up with settlers and
which win be reached by rail this
spring, when the Canadian Northern
extends its branch from the Stur.
geon river toward Fort Assiniboine.
Mr.. Radford tramped more than :
! 200 miles on his trip, carrying a
special permit from the Canadian
government to kill one wood-bisoa
If he could find one. He saw
| eighteen which he thought were
wood-bison, but not until December
| / did he encounter the mammoth
bull He was accompanied by an
Indian and in spite of the cold, AZ
degrees below zero, they were able
to save the complete skin and skele-
ton in perfect condition. In the dis.
cussion among naturalists, Dr. Will
liam T. Hornaday doubted whether
there was a species of bison that
lived in the forests distinct from the
plains species. He killed in Mon
tana in 1860 a great plains bison,
| which, until Mr.. Radford's kill was
the largest game animal ever Sc
cured in the New World Mr.. Rad
ford reports that his trophy not only
establishes the fact that there are
two species of bison in America, but
it also is larger than the Hornaday
specimen, now in the National mu-
scum at Washington, being 302
pounds heavier, two inches taller
and one foot five inches larger in
girth. The measurements Mr.. RAD
ford gives are: Weight, 2,402
pounds; girth behind forelegs 8
feet inches.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

Law enforcement in Canada and
the slow reform of court procedure
in the United States, according to
Chicago lawyers. is proving a force
in the migration 10 the provinces OF
western Canada opened up by the
Canadian Northern and the Grand
Trunk Pacific railways. A letter
written by a settler, they say. may
give new impulse to the tagging ef-
forts OF the American bar. this letter
having been used effectively To point
the contrast A Minnesotan who
had bought q farm in that part OF
Saskatchewan known as the Last
Mountain district. controlled by
William Pearson OF Winnipeg, was
author OF the letter After telling
OF the crops the seven railways, the
elevators and the influx of settlers,
he concluded; "Pn tell YOU what ii
boils down 60. Ever siRce the settle
ment of this country began Il has
been understood and recognized that
the man who breaks the law is goina
10 be jailed. II don't matter IL he Is
as spry as a gopher nor as husky as
bunalo. II don't make any odds
" he can crawl into a prairie dog
hole. III he breaks the law he's go
ing 20 be jailed, good and surel He
can have nfty guns and hfty thous-
and dollars, he can have any sort of
blame pun YOU like--but he Is just
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-18

From $3.50 to $4,000 was the
increase in value of one piece of
Chicago real estate in seventy-eight
years. The fact was brought to light
by the purchase by the Common.
wealth Edison Co. of 109 acres along
the north branch of the Chicago
river as the site for new 100000
600 plant IL soon will build. The
land was purchased for 1851, 900
In the days of President Andrew
Jackson it could have been had for
$40. Nearly sixty acres were pur-
chased from the heirs of Joseph
Bickerdike, an Englishman from
Yorkshire, who bought It after it had
passed back and forth between trap
pers and hunters for years. The
original squatters claim was for 240
acres. 1t was sold by Joseph Curtis
May /, 1889, to Henry Walton and
George Mcconnell for $10. The
following May Walton sold the
squater's rights to the property to
Bickerdike for $40 cash and a note
for $40, due in one year. The new
Chicago plant of the electric COM
pany Will be located on the north
side, between Addison and Roscoe
streets. 1t will have two generating
stations with six turbine engines in
each, each engine TO have capacity
of $4,000 horse power. The total
power available will be $4,000.
Two turbines are expected to be in
full operation within two years, and
the others will be added as the need
arises. The company now has one
or the largest electrical power plants
Ia the world on the South Side The
total horse power available at these
two stations is about 800. 900. When
the North Side plant is completed
the Commonwealth-E Edison will be
able TO generate electrical energy
TO light and run Chicago to the ex-
tent of $3.50, 600 horse power.
Tanana leader., 1910-06-09
RELIANCE TO GO
 UP THE P0RCUPINE

The steamer Reliance, which arrived from Fairbanks yesterday morning at o'clock, proceeded up the Yukon intend ing to ascend the Porcupine with three members of the international boundary survey and supplies intended for use by that body next year.
 If possible the steamer will go as far as Cadzo's post, at Rampant House, where the boundary line is supposed to cross the Porcupine. No steamer has ever ascended the river that far, but officials of the Northern Navigation Company believe it is possible under favorable conditions for the Reliance to do so The outcome of the effort will be awaited with interest by many people in this part of Alaska.
 The boundary survey is being con- ducted jointly by American and Cana dian representatives. A party consist ing of sixty-tive men recently came in by way of the upper river and will work north from the Yukon the present sea- son. The line is to be marked from the Yukon to the Arctic ocean, and it is ex- pected that no miles of it will be fin ished this year. The party has with it no horses and much paraphernalia, ag- gregating 50 tons independent of what is going on the Reliance. The working camp has been established at Sheep creek, six miles below the boundary line on the Yukon.
 J. D. Craig is in charge of the Cana dian end of the party and Thomas Riggs, Jr, of the American end. Under them are men to be entrusted with the work of triangulation, reconnaissance, topography, line cutting, monumenting, etc
Tanana leader., 1910-06-09
BEAR MAY HAVE KILLED
 MISSING H0S|ANA PROSPECTOR

pearance a heavy snow fell, the first of the season, and tbat rendered the chance of finding the body remote-for Fitzpatrick must have died at or near the place where the firing occurred.
 Jack Welch, who was prospecting on another branch of the Hosiana last win ter, was in Panama few days ago and told these circumstances of the case. He said Fitzpatrick is undoubtedly dead. Alex. Nicol is expected in Tan ana in day or two. At last accounts he was at Victor's Camp waiting to hear send some one in to make a further search, and in case they did to be ready to accompany him.
Tanana leader., 1910-06-09
THE FORMAL CHARGE AGAINST
 FAULKNER AND RUSTCARD

known as the Cunningham group and other coal frauds in which the Alaska Syndicate is interested; he is appointed by their influ- ence and by the influence of the men who secured the removal of Boyce his appoint ment is wholly in the interests of protecting the katalla criminals from indictment for bribery of witnesses and jurors in the Hasey case, and protecting the Alaska Syndicate in its litigation over the coal land frauds in Alaska.
 Juneau, will have the selection of Jurors in any case brought on indictment for the trial of the Alaska Syndicate criminals for bri- bery and corruption of jurors and witnesses in the Hasey case at Juneau, or in the trial of litigation over the Cunningham or other coal claims there, wherein the Alaska Syn dicate is interested; he is under obligations to the Alaska Syndicate and its attorneys and lobbyists for his appointment, and will be, as he always heretofore has been, com pletely dominated thereby.
 5. To confirm either Faulkner or Rustgard is to place trusted and bitter partisan of the Alaska Syndicate in a position to, and either or both will, betray the government in the said cases and litigation in the inter- est or tne1r parClSdn Irlen0S ana supporters, the Alaska Syndicate and its attorneys and lobbyists, who have worked so successfully to secure their appointments.
 6. Faulkner is not a citizen of the United States, having only declared his intention of becoming one in 1905, at Ketchihan, Alaska.
 !. That Faulkner has heretofore been dep- uty for Sutherland at Juneau, imposed upon Sutherland at the time of his appointment two years ago by special extension of the civil service rules, obtained by Shaclxleford one of the men responsible for Sutherland's removal and Faulkner's appointment, and has at all times been disloyal and seeking how to betray his principal, and to obtain his position unfairly and unjustly.
 The record in the Hasey case is largely in the office of the attorney general, and I re- spectfully request the committee to apply to the attorney general to have all the papers therein sent to the committee for its use and that I be permitted to examine the same in the consideration of this matter.
 Respectfully, " .==*@:. :: (Signed) JAMES WICKERSHAM,
 ... Delegate from Alaska.
Tanana leader., 1910-06-09

One of the theories advanced as to the fate of Joe Fitzpatrick, who disap- peared in the Hosiana river region the last of last September and was not seen again, is that he was killed by bear.
 He left camp to go out hunting alone. After he had been gone some time his partner, Alex. Nicol, heard shots, but they were in an opposite direction to which Fitzpatrick was supposed to take. Consequently Mir. Nicol at the time con- cluded the shooting was by Indians coming over from Dall river The firing was rapid, and apparently the magazine of the gun was emptied twice. It was not until fruitless search had been made in the opposite direction that serious thought was given to the gunshots heard in the afternoon of the day on which Fitzpatrick started from camp. Large brown bear are numerous in that re- zion, and they are very powerful and dangerous beasts, native hunters never following one that has been wounded or shooting at one except under circum- stances where their safety is assured.
 There is a possibility, too, that Fitz- patrick had accidentally shot himself or otherwise become disabled, and was fir ing in order to attract attention and bring aid.
 During the night following the disap-