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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

ShihFNftNHtN t''.
either OF thcTu had anything to do
with the authorship il Il question.
Il was in the month of April, in the
'Hg ago. wnen there rested at the
T4larI Inn at southwark a company
Of pilgrims IN their way to Canter-
lsy e. pay their VOWS at the shrine
a. s. Thomas a'BeCket. There were
fill n.ue and twenty IN the company
Of all Sorts ana conditions Of men
and Of ONE too, Among them was
knight. Il worthy man. renowned in
WITS aud. q lover of truth, honor, chiV-
&E and courtesy. 1t was proposed
that "hen chey resumed their journey
aE the morrow each should tell a tale
T. hr-lt.o the ii and. the knight
eouseauD-, he began the reCitals as
soon as They mad mounted to hors
ty Yelling Thorn the story or the loves
Of Ar.ite and PaIamon in this wise:
In al.tent uIues. Duke Theseus was
the lord and governor of Athens. He
WAS most renowned and
Won ny his sW ord fun nan a fair
country and ruled with wisdom and
c|hIFalry. At length. he made CONQUEST
OF the land of Femenye, which means
Feminine. and was before his called
''@ 80 AI u ltS Iu1tI F
q ualu'ui queen. one YDolita. whose
army vas composed OF Amazons so
desperate and fierce in battle that be
ior@ Duke TheSeus no one was ever
a'-r To overcome them. But The
sr-S. .h a great battle, so completely
Destroyed the power of the AmazonS
lial me naughty and fair queen ad-
mllrl herself Tanquished and placed
hrFsr+t and country at the disposal
u The ~conquerer. Now. Duke Theseus
laden IN love with Ypo,ta rs
as h. had set eyes on her ana so
her out OF hand. and there
vas great feasting and rejoicing in
NE H.|th.an capital.
H"'t messengers brought the news
y Tie blkes victory and his mar
AYE u Athens and all the city be-
.~.'ea itself 10 give him a splendid
a7TaHl al his homecoming with his
.17 AS Duke Theseus came near
." oaPI-aI he rode at the head Of his
..oF-ols army and on one side of
nm rods his royal bride and on the
"1 "'i young sister, Emeiy. All
Gown ann out to greet him. but
- 'Lhlpha progress was suddenly
-l.S'r1 ny a band Of Wailing women t
' ia tIdck, who threw them f
9,l their knees before his war J
.(T "Nh great lamentations. What {
rr on women are you" said the
nv. VINO with sounds of woe and ,
thus disturb my home /
| have you so great envy Of =
"'hor that o vail and howl? :
mas SON" one oppressed you? :
dno. If possible, | will amend :
sneh the eldest lady OF the com !
~, Sp@E" and said: Duke. to whom =
mas given victory and hapu- =
. TFieFr not at YOUR glory. but ;
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
Protest Action Of Norwav.

Observation-Disclosures of the
attitude of the government against the
recognition by Norway of the Madriz
blockade at Blueields, Nicaragua,
may be made at the State department
soon. A telegram in answer to pro-
tests from New Orleans against the
Norwegian action is being prepared by
Acting Secretary of State Wilson.
United States Consul Moffatt, of Blue
fields, threw some light on the situa-
tion.
1t appears in Mr.. Moffatt's dispatch
to Washington that Michael J. Clancy,
for some time the American Vice-Con-
sui at Bluefields, also had been acting
in similar capacity, for Norway.
Clancy's report of the situation at
Bluefelds to the Norwegian Consulate
at Havana is said at the State depart
ment to have been declared by Moffatt
as misleading and improper. AS a re-
suit it is said at the department that
Norway doubtless obtained a wrong
impression of conditions.
1t is also intimated that Mr.. Clancy
will no longer continue as American
Vice-Consul at Bluefelds.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
GENERAL NEWS OF NATIONAL HAPPENINGS.
GENERAL WOOD AT HEAD.
Has Passed From Civilian life to Po-
stion Second Only to President.

Has Passed From Civilian Life to Po-
sition Second Only to President.
Washington-Major General Leonard
Wood is now chief of staff Of the Uni
ted States army, second in command
only to the president of the United
States. He succeeds Major General j.
Franklin Bell, who has held the Office
for number of years.
General Woods appointment is in
teresting to military. naval and admin
sistration circles. He has long shown
reform tendencies, and it is expected
that his incumbency will result in re-
forms in various branches of the army.
1t is believed that General Wood will
work for more rigid physical tests for
those seeking enlistment, and that he
will at once try to bring about closer
relationship between the army the ma
tional guard.
Brigadier General William H. Car
ter becomes assistant chief of staff,
succeeding Brigadier General Tasker
H. Bliss, who is stationed at San
Francisco. Brigadier General Thomas
H. Barry becomes commander Of the
military acadmey at West Point.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
ALL COAL SEGREGATED.
Government Now Has Reserved Area
of 7I,6Ie, ,5se Acres.

|
of 7I,5IS, ,5S8 Acres.
Beverly-President Taft has with
drawn several million acres of Goa
lands in different states of the West,
bringing the total acreage of coal land
Withdrawals made by him up to the
enormous total of 71,518, 588. About
half Of this amount is new withdraw
als.
The work is now complete and is
epitomized in the following letter to
the President from Secretly Ballinger
"The orders for the withdrawal of
coal lands which are transmitted here
with complete the series which have
been prepared in accordance with your
instructions. These orders confirm and
continue all existing coal land with
drawals and add materially thereto.
The areas covered are as follows:
Arizona, 161, ,280 acres; Colorado,
6,191, l61 acres; Montana, 20,208, 865
acres; New Mexico, 2,944,279 acres;
North Dakota, II, 1928, 1872 acres; Ore
gon, 1872, 562 acres; South Dakota, g.
$40, ,287 acres; Utah, 5,274,247 acres;
Washington, 2,207,267 acres; Wyom-
ing, l3,O99,71 acres.
"The total of coal lands now with
drawn in the United States is there
fore II, ,518, 588 acres.
"All the land, however, is open to
agricultural entry, with limited sur
face patented under the terms of the
order of withdrawal and in accordance
with the recent enactment providing
for agricultural surface entries on with
drawn or classified coal lands.
ALREADY 10,210,082 acres of coal
land have been classified and appraised
and restored to appropriate entry.
"The total appraised valuation of
these coal lands is $449, 876, ,2O8, as
compared with $17O, O63, 766, which
would be the minimum price that
formerly obtained.
in the explored portion of Alaska,
which comprises about 20 per cent of
the district, the supposed areas of
coal fields aggregate approximately
1000 square miles. In these coal
fields the areas believed to be under
laid by workable beds of coal are about
1,200 square miles, in more than three
fourths of which area only the lower
grade coal occurs. Thus the known
coal lands of Alaska which are believed
to be affected by your order of with
drawal aggregate some 770, 900 acres"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
XIII Sick Enwln

When a fowl becomes Ill the best
cure in many cases is to kill 1t. Only
in trivial ailments or in the case OF
valuable birds which in all probability
have been infected from outside, is an
attempt at cure at all recommended.
and even then when the disease is 81
defined that the treatment is fairly
certain. BY exercising good care,
with all that it includes, correct sani-
tary conditions, good houses, well
summed and aired, proper food, exer-
else and cleanliness and prompt atten-
tion to birds who seem indisposed, will
often prove effective in checking what
otherwise might turn to be a very Sc
rious epidemic. Remove all sick
fowls from the rest of the flock and
see that all conditions are correct for
preventing the spread Of the disease to
other members of the flock
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
Taft Receives Honor.

Washington = In accepting the hon.
orary presidency of the second interna-
tional conference of American Stu.
dents, in session at Buenos Ayres,
President Taft directed Acting Secre-
tary of State Wilson to make re-
sponse.
"The pleasure of the president in ac-
cepting this compliment and in thus
lending his patronage to the congress, "
said Wilson, in his telegrm, "is great
er because of his conviction that the
Association of Scholars and the inter-
change of students among the univers-
tiles of the American republics should
be potent factor in cementing inter
national good understanding between
the people of all our countries"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
DIE FIGHTING FLAMES.
Three Men Trapped by Forest Fires
Near Albany, Oregon.

Near Albany Oregon.
Albany, Or.-Three men were burn
ed to death in a forest fire along the
North Santiam river, opposite Hoov-
er's sawmill, at the terminus of the
Corvallis G. Eastern railway, four
miles east of Detroit. The bodies
were not recovered until the following
day. The dead are Philip Richmond,
of Salem; Jay M. Brooks, of Craw-
fordsviIle, Or, and Frank Mccoy, of
Clearfeld, Pa.
Acting against the advice of their
foreman, the men went to death in an
effort to get their tools. Fire had
started from the sparks of donkey
engine at Hoover's. The three men,
with other workmen, had gone to the
camp. An hour later, after vain
effort to save the camp outfit from the
flames, these three men started to go
to point 400 yards up a steep hillside
to get their tools, where they had left
them when the fire started. The wind
was then blowing eastward, sending
the fire that way, so the trip up the
south hillside west of the fire looked
safe. The men had about reached their
tools when the wind suddenly changed,
sweeping the fire with wonderful rap
idity directly up the timber-covered
hill where the men were. In a few
minutes the flames had swept the en-
tire face of the hill, turning the forest
into furnace.
Falling burning trees made it impos-
sible to ascend this hill until after
noon the following day. A rescue party
then went up, hoping against belief
that the men had reached the summit
and had escaped the fire. All three
bodies were found, however, burned
badly, but not beyond recognition.
Two bodies were found together, one
100 yards further up the hill.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
POTATOES INTO A DRY MEAL
Process Successfully Accomplished by
PrussIan Process Saves Decay
and Cost Of Freight.

The conversion of potatoes into q
dry, concentrated meal, successfully
accomplished by a Prussian process
described by Consul T. H. Norton, moi
only prevents loss from decay, but re
duces the cost Of transportation. In
Germany potatoes are much used fol
feeding domestic animals, and the
loss from decay amounts to about II
per cent, equivalent to value Of
$28 8.500,000 annually. The new pro
cess is claimed to be simpler and more
effective than numerous earlier ones
brought out by an offer Of $4,000 In
prizes. The potatoes are washed In
large vat, passed into a mashing
machine, pumped into resrvoir, and
then fed between two hollow cylinder
of perforated plate covered with linen
filtering cloth, the interior of each
cylinder being connected with an air
exhaust. The pressure Of the cylin-
der and the air suction remove most
of the water. The residual mass is
taken by a helical conveyor to small
cars, which pass through hydraulic
press, removing more liquid, and is
then transferred to a revolving drum,
heated at one end by steam pipes and
cooled at the other by water. Stirred
by prongs in the drum, the dried po-
tato emerges as coarse meal This
has quarter of the original weight
of the tubers and occupies an eighth
of the space, 1t smells and tastes like
fresh bread, and analysis shows 1t to
contain SO69 per cent Of carbohy-
drates, 11,50 of water, 3.73 of protein,
2.O6 Of ash, III of fiber, and OBJ Of
fat. If desired, the meal can be COM
pressed into compact cakes. The
residual liquid contains sugar and
dissolved salts, and, first yielding
about per cent of albumen, is used
for irrigating farming land.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
Also Puzzled GRANDPA.

Eight-year-old Oracle confunded a
company of merry young people by
her innocent repetitions Of something
she had heard her shocked grandfather
say.
One Of the company, young man.
had been a privileged friend of the
family" for years, paying mild and
desultory attentions now to one, now
to another Of the four daughters Of
the household. Something was said
about his long and happy comradeship
with the pleasant girls, for the moment
absent upon some hospitable errand
They're all lovely" said the young
man warmly-"all as sweet and sound
as ripe peaches. l like them all so
well that l often wonder which one l
like best"
That's what grandpa was saying
he'd like to find out" came the in,
fantile bomb
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
ICE CREAM CONES SEIZED.
Borax Content to Be Made Basis of
Federal Prosecution.

Washington - Prosecution against
manufacturers of ice cream cones con-
tanning borax are to be instituted by
the government under the pure food
law. Large seizures of cones were
made recently in different parts of the
country by the department of agricul-
ture. Analysis of the cones seized
showed them to be deleterious to the
human stomach.
The cones, by chemical test, were
also found to contain saccharine and
benzoate of soda, but it was said at
the department that proposed prosecu-
tions would be based solely on the pres
ence of borax, inasmuch as sacharine
was still under investigation and ben
zoate of sado oda had been held harm
less when used in small quantities.
Inspectors will continue to make
seizures where cones are found to con-
tain borax. Manufacturers using
borax contend this ingredient is ne
cessary to make the cones old their
shape.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
BEHEAD AMERICANS
Alarming Threats Against U. S.
Citizens in Nicaragua.
Intense Feeling Against Taft and His
Policies in Nicaragua-Madriz
Bold and Boastful.

Washington-Fear exists that Ed
win F. Trimmer, United States consul
at Cape Gracias, Nicaragua, may be
assaulted or possibly even asssssina-
ted, and it has been decided to send
the cruiser Tacoma to that port to in
vestigate. If conditions demand it.,
marines will be landed to protect
American lives and property.
This was the report made to the
State department by Thomas P. Mof-
fatt, United States consul at Blue
fields. Two officers and as men were
ordered to Cape Gracias on the Taco
ma, he says, after conference be-
tween himself and Commander Hines,
of the Dubuque.
An article in La Naccion, an official
Madriz organ published at Managua,
indicates the feeling in Nicaragua
against Americans. In part it reads
as follows:
"We Nicaraguans have some limited
means to which we may resort as fin
al recourse II it comes to the point
that the Yankee tries to carry out his
threat. Let us. lay hands on all the
North Americans residing in Nicara-
qua and let us say to Mr.. Taft: For
each shot you hurl against US, the
head of one of your countrymen shall
roll on the ground.
"Another of the means to which we
may resort in revenge for so great an
injury and for this do not believe we
are less able than the Young Turks
let US organize in the form of power
full coalition, to the end that in all the
Latin-American countries no goods
shall be purchased from the United
States; making our people under tand
that this is the most ecffiacious method
of combating the common enemy of
our race, so proud on account of its
power, so insolent on account of its
pride, and so detestable on account of
its insolence."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
TIMBER WORTH s5oo,ooo GONE
Large Crews Fighting Fires in Wis
consin Districts.


Wausau, Wis.-The fires at Gallo
way, which have caused disastrous
losses in that vicinity, are reported to
be fairly under control. The flames
are still extending for five miles east
of Eldron to Pike lake village, and
large crews of men are fighting the
fires throughout the standing timber
portion in that district.
The loss in standing timber and logs,
according to a conservative estimate,
was $500,0O
The Jacob Mortensen Lumber COM
pany, which owns a large tract of
standing timber near Galloway, has a
large crew of men fighting the fire.
The Hatton Lumber company are
protecting their timber. If the wind
keeps down, it is expected the flames
will soon be under control
In addition to the fire at Galloway
numerous small fires have started in
the southeastern portion of Marathon
county, the western part of Shawnee
county, and northeastern portion of
Portage county. Conditions now are
reported favorable.
The towns of Irma, Gleason and
Bloomville are still safe, but the fires
are still raging around them.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
Diver Jumps to Death.

West Palm Beach, Fla.-Death in ar
almost unheard-of form waited for
Laurence S. Baker, l1-year old Jack
sonville lad, when he dived from boat
while swimming in Lake Worth. A
stingaree, huge fiat-bodied and grue-
some species of warm-water fish, was
lurking just under the boat. One of
the barbed spines which this fish car
ries on its whip-like tail pierced the
boys neck, cutting the jugular vein.
He rose to the surface crying for help
and bled to death within four
minutes.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
CARE OF COWS IN FLY TIME
Pestlferous Little Insects Cut or
From 30 to 40 Per Cent. In
Receipts Of CreamerIes.

A few calves will occupy but littlt
stable room and will require but little
additional food and attention.
We can make no greater mistake
than to compel them to suffer day
after day fighting flies in the blister
ing sun.
Some dairymen keep their COWS In.
side during the worst part of the fly
season, allowing them to run out
nights.
After a run out In the pasture they
are put in the stable in the morning
and it is darkened so that the flies
will remain outside.
A little green forage fed while
they are kept inside during the day
and the loss in milk and flesh is re-
duced to minimum.
Few dairymen can afford to with
stand the losses that are due to the
fly pest.
It is claimed by good authorities
that in some cases an animal loses
more than pint of blood each day
and such losses and suffering mean
that they can return no profit at the
pail when they are handled IN this
manner.
In nearly every dairy section flies
cut of from 80 to 40 per cent In the
receipts of the creameries.
No dairying section can afford to
stand such severe losses.
Until we find some fly repellant Of
lasting qualities we must avoid losses
from this source by keeping the anil
mails where the plague will be re-
duced to a minimum.
The scientific work Of handling the
fly problem should be encouraged un-
til In due time we are in position to
handle the question.
II we can plan to keep all but one
side of the stable darkened the flies
will not bother the calves or COWS as
badly as when there Is no light at all,
for they will fly toward the light and
get lost and not be able to find the
stock after flying toward the light.
When we stop and consider the In
innate relationship between the COM
fort of the cows and calves and their
milk and growth we will not hesitate
to do all in our power to improve
their condition during fly time.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
Volcano is Cooling of.

Juneau, Alaska-Mount Shishaldin,
the volcanic peak on Unimak island,
which was recently reported as emit
ting a great sheet of fire, is now only
smoking. and the sides of the mountain
are covered with snow, indicating that
there is no great heat within, accord
ing to Captain Will Gregory, of the
lighthouse tender Armeria, which ar
rived here direct from Unimak. The
keepers of the Scotch Cap light house,
on Unimak island, almost in the shad-
ow of the smoking volcano, express no
alarm,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
POSTAL SHOWING GOOD.
Over $4,000, 900 Reduction is Made
in Deficit for Year.

Washington-More than $40, 1000, 600
reduction in the postal deficit was
made in the first nine months of the
fiscal year just ended, according to re-
turns received by Postmaster General
Hitchcock. Such a reduction is unpre-
cedented in the history of the depart
ment. The deficit for the nine months
was So, TOO, 900, as against 1884,
900 in the same period of the preced-
ing fiscal year.
In the third quarter of the fiscal
year ending March 81. the postal SER
vice earned surplus of $1,363, 900,
the revenues for the quarter amount
ing to $58. 934, 900, and the expendi-
lures to $57, SCI, 900. The latter
showed an increase of 10 per cent over
those of the same quarter last year,
while the former showed an increase
of less than four per cent.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
GRASSHOPPERS ON WAY.
Swarms OF Black Insects are Devour-
ing Crops in Manitoba.

Gretna, Manitoba-The black grass
hopper, or black locust, the greatest
pest that has ever attacked the crops
of Manitoba and the Northern states,
has arrived in swarms, and the injur-
ious insects are headed north, having
come from Dakota, where they have
already done great damage to the grain
crops and the gardens.
The black grasshoppers are to be
seen in great numbers and are attack
ing gardens, showing special fond
ness for cabbage. Where they do not
find succulent garden forage, they at
tack the standing grain and strip the
straw bare in an incredibly short time.
Tim" O'Brien, the veteran customs
collector at Neche, N. D., recalls that
in the years 1871 to 1874 the black
grasshopper was terrible pest, strip
ping the whole country bare, and
eating the bark off the poplar trees
when they had cleaned everything else
green off the face of the earth. They
came suddenly after long dry spell in
1871 and at times were in such swarms
that their flight obscured the light of
the sun.
In 1874, after doing tremendous
damage, they disappeared as suddenly
as they had come.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
FAMOUS PICTURE STOLEN.
One of Worlds Great Paintings Now
In New York City.

In New York City.
Paris-The Cri de Paris says thai
Leonardo de Vinci's masterpiece, the
"Mona Lisa" portrait, was stoler
from the galleries of the Louvre one
night about month ago through the
completely of high official of the mu-
scum. A copy of the painting was
put in the frame in place of the orig
inal.
The paper asserts that the genuine
painting is now in New York. 1t says
that New York millionaire collector,
whose initials are ]. K. W. W. has
the original.
None of the important dealers or art
collectors on this side of the water
could shed any light upon the possible
identity of ~. K. w. W." The can
vass of art collectors who might come
under the category of "New York mil
lionaires," failed to reveal one whose
initials even remotely correspond with
the ones mentioned in the dispatch
from Paris.
Leonardo de Vinci's portrait of
"Mona Lisa" also called ala Jo-
conde," or "La Gioconda," is one of
the worlds famous paintings. In Eu-
ropean art circles it is considered to
rank second in value only to the Sis
tine Madonna, by Raphael. Both
are priceless. 81
1t is a matter of gossip, though no
official verification can be had of the
rumor, that the British governmet
offered 81, 900, 900 for ola Joconde, ;"
and that the offer was refused.
The most striking feature of the
portrait is the mysterious smile that
turks in the ewes and lins.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-07-28
Governor Haskell on Trial.

st. Louis,-The taking of deposi-
tions to be used against Governor Has
kell, of Oklahoma, and others associa-
ted in business with Governor Haskell,
the Indianola Contracting company, of
Muskogee, and other defendants to the
governments suit, is now in progress
here. Governor Haksell and others are
accused of having illegally seized GER
tain town lots in Muskogee belonging
to Creek Indians and fraudulently con-
verting them to their own use.