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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Fly FRANK G. CARPENTER
tCopyright 1915, by Frank G. Cal penter.)
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penter)
 Monteyideo Uruguay [" HE demand for meat by the
 armies in Europe has sent kszSsSSN the prices of cattle sky high. gy The packing companies of
 Uruguay are running at their fullest capacity and the sales now held at Toblado, each morning, are among the sights of the world
 I doubt, if many of you have ever heard of Toblado. It is the great cattle market of Uruguay. where steers and sheep by the thousands are brought in for sale The animals come on foot and on the trains from all parts of the re- public. Some are raised on the Dor ders of Argentina and some on the edge cf Brazil. Others are from the heart of the country. but altogether taey rep resent the pickings of stock country which is more than twice as large as Indiana and which now has something like .00n cattle and 2500n 0Oe sheep. The live stock census taken year ago showed the domestic ani- mals to be 35,o00,000. The country is pastoral one. It is rolling prairie with water everywhere for the stock The soil is thin in places, but it has rich native grasses that make excel lent beef The climate is such that the vegetation is green all the year round ana the cattle and sheep feed out ot doors from one years end to the oth- CT. The lands are owned in great es- tancias or ranches. some of which have as much as 200, ,000 acres. The average farm Is more than 1000 acres and there are single fields of from 100 to 50a acres. It is from such regions that the animals are now being driven to Mont evideo to be turned into chilled beef for the war.
 Tn order to see the great cattle mar ket have spent the greater part of to- day at Toblado and have followed the animals, bought there, across the hills tc the big frigerifico owned by Swift Co. where they are turned into beef. This frigerifico is situated on the harbor at the foot of the little mountain or hill from which Monte- video Is named and the ocean steamers load beef there for the United States and for Europe.
 The frigerifico, which I shall describe later, is by far the largest in Uruguay Its business is done under a native charter but it is run with American
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thy will their way. With fame's fair laurel resting on thy
 brow?
 Know then that he who rules from high
 estate.
 Knows not the peace that fills the
 peasants breast
 Nor that sweet freedom from all
 care. nor rest Eternal vigilance is kingly fate Responsibilities great burden, too. Hath many royal shoulder weight
 ed down, And driven out all smiles with bod
 ing frown, Brought clouds Of grief to blot out
 skies of blue. Then wouldst thou on myself such bur
 dcns bring
 For merely fame ?-Thyself thy do-
 main be,
 Thy thoughts thy subjects, loyal unto
 thee
 Who rules himself is greater than a Every store and railway car in New York has a different way of taking ones money Some stores require that you get a check from the cashier. oth- tis that you give the cashier check still others use no chec<s-and cash none. On some cars you pay the con doctor. on others you put 1t In box. on others you <buy a ticket. It takes an expert to pay properly at first. but don't worry. that is one little duty that New York will see that you do not shirK.
 Southern hospitality Is all right. warm and genuine. but don't try to cram too much talk about it down the throat of New York. This city has been diearing about it so much that 1t is already a bit nauseated and now and then there is a tendency to resent the mention thereof.
 Broadway is awakenine from It's
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electric signs adding 10 inc penor,, 'riii'ahey and soon the Firth avenue ana Riverside Drive residences will once more have occupants, The big theatrlcai men are displaying either confidence or courage and are spend- Ing their money lavishly on new pro- auctions In spite of war and ali other evils.
 Had delightful visit to the moving picture studios at Fort Lee, N J the other day--but they didn't need anv- body
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And none save Beauty's touch produced
 the sound
 Of real melody l loved SO we'll But. ah, at last the reason I can tell Sweet harmonies in each souls s harp
 abound,
 But. cen as l, full oft false notes ye
 hear.
 And grating discords. but the faults your For ''fe is filled with music, sweet and
 clear.
 With .s ody divine in every tone. And each souls harp with melodies is
 rife.s
 When gentle Love attunes its strings to
 Life
 There are many societies in New York city And they are filled with many kinds of people. but there is no society of native-born Amerlcans-there are not enough of us to keep it going. But we have hope.
 Since Mayor Mitchell has seen fit to learn bit of the army life and the war game at Plattsburg, some New Workers expect touch of militarsm when Private Mitchel returns.
 We have no frefliss on this bank Of the Hudson. but after nightfall there Is very fair imitation of them to be seen along the drive where nearly everyone Is spending part of the evening on the ben;hes carries a cou- pie of joss sticks. This is done to keep the mosquitoes away though it does not seem always to be effective. Those Jersey mosquitoes are the best little nfteTS In fho mi and short and sport shirts furnish them excel lent opportunities.
 However. 1t is depressing enough to mention mosquitoes-sor I referred to sport shirts in the same paragraph.
 KINGLINEsS. Would'st be ruier--one to whom men
 bow7
 Wouldst hold a mighty and . scep-
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made up of largo estancias. where land sells as high as s2J an acre In othei parts 1t is cheaper. There is plenty or land on the. market that can l,s rented Tor 90 to a cents per acre per annum and away from the railroad. land Is sold for a few dallars per ae sa The values. hnWefar - this will contIn Ha i ever for poo Waf .e held in large lrGdi
 ing 2b 900 acres IH eHaa4 estate Is owntn IHuF a.- this Is especia ar H# a- part of the re- lUr A. men are fairly Hlf t#la t
 being much tn .Ul. go iHf
 States. A farr1 t
 and food and .it u tkN
 food however ahrasfiS
 and mate The sirE
 md in many tfHrIr Iaaa
 than bread. In the nlnHIEHI. af Ndeo beef doe fnf ..faH 4fH as in the mark ia of fha
 There K on .ilf a 4astz. here which is UninaWl f4 H1ifs States. This slfhe m1lfus af a industry which con siifnHa tie a year and Or0IUaae value of scoop 0a of g3p. dto Is the nat rfIf Ha4 dried beef If Na4 ur sa 45H fif industry of the aerff Hzfsf nus and 1t Is still trrt an lu HHriesss parts of the DiA fU Id Ezz1a Has sin rHs tasaio faetorie zHaa 1- saI derosA There a. nre I1a1 ee44 Qi them in this tnaae H4at are dozen here in \ w a1dz ta ae the banks of the traguas river
 In making tasajo the meat Is talk en from the bones and then aAaped Into thc portions desired for the market. II is soaked in brine pans and then piled Up well covered with salt. It Is hung out like clothes and dried In the sun After it has been in Inc sun from four 10 six days it is as hard as stone and ready for haling. It is put up in pack ages and shipped in bulk to the West Indies Islands, Brazil and other coun- tres. The cost of making II tn Uru- guar is estimated at about 3Tb ton, whereas in Brazil the cost .j's a Der cent higher. great deal of Uru- guayan tasaio goes to Cuba and Porto Rico. The amount esported to Cuba sells for something like a million mad Il half dollars yearly and tho prices run hieh as $t70 per ton Some goes 10 Portugal and Spain and lit Ia eaten by the Standards and Portuguese almost everywhere
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fI 0ISTUR EDDITUR: Without doubt the IM scyense of meddisine as we air constantly EsS2.Spa assured, has maid wunderful strides in
 resent yeers. For nstints. only a few
 centuries ago when feller got feeling turf and called in the meddisine man, that learned persun would hall out jacknfe and bleed him ifs sically on the spot They bed pasient for enny and all kinds of trubbles; they still bleed him. but confine theere attensons moor exclusively to his bank account rathur than his annatomy. It has also been discovered that blud-ettng is not good for evvery kind of ailmnt In fact, it is only good for verry few and it indeed lucky individuel amung bone-heded ansesturs who was stricken with the kind of trlbbe that bludletting would re- leeve otherwise his relasons collected the life surense and consoled themselves with the hope that the departed was taking musicl lessuns on a golden harp and enjoying the unparraled scenery of the New Jewrusaem Ntf#
 Now, as we have hinted, theere Is a grate improve mint. If pore unfortunate becums i'll theese mod dern times almost enny practising fissisan can tell him in fore guesses what's the matter with him. Neerly enny plug doctur goes to nowadays can tell him. aftur looking him thoroughly ovver with an xray masheen and humping for two hours in the slats with 10-pound sedge hammer and taking a
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A SOIL SONNET

The harp within my soul did once re-
 sound
 With grating discord that did grieve
 mo much, Whene'er felt the harsher. common
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KINGLINEsS,

Would'st be a ruier--one to whom men bow7 wouldst hold a mighty and . scep-
 fred sRA4
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|EW YORK, August 14.-(Special)
 When asked, recently, what I considered the most impressive
 thing in New York. l was un-
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After going through the frigerifico visited the cattle pens where the,
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'SNfuSo' rus udS'
 1E demand for meat by the armies in Europe has sent the prices of cattle sky high. The packing companies of Trrus-ilaV arc rtippipor at tbair
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
Indiana Mayor Gets Six
Years for Election Fraud

indianapolis, Ind.-Four men con-
victed in the Terre Haute election
fraud trial were sentenced by Judge
Anderson to the Federal penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
The other 16, including Dom M.
Roberts. mayor, who received prison
sentences and appealed, and-the -s7
who were given sentences ranging
from one day to six months in the local
Jail, are in Jail here. II was said the
l6 will have two or three days in
which to obtain their appeal bonds,
which were fixed by Judge Anderson
at $40, 900 for each year the men were
sentenced. Edward Holler, the former
chief Of police, who pleaded guilty,
also received prison sentence.
The four who withdrew from the
appeal are: John M. Messelink, city
sealer of weights and measures and
former member of the state legisla-
ture; Arthur Gillis, Progressive cleo
tion official Joseph Strauss, liquor
salesman, and George Severn, gam
bier. Each had been sentenced to
year and day in prison and to pay a
fine of 500.
To obtain liberty pending his ap-
peal, Mayor Roberts, who was SEN
fenced to six years and to pay fine
of $4,000, the severest sentence given,
will have to furnish bond of $50, 900.
If all secure bonds it will mean total
of $420, 900.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
Improper Packing Hurts
Price of Good Apples

Hood River-Northwestern apple
market men declare that Indifference
of growers in maintaining good sys-
tenn of grading and packing resulted
in more harm the past year than any
other detrimental influence.
H. F. Davidson believes the change
in system of packing apples has been
responsible for much of the deteriora-
tion of grade and pack. Formerly the
growers paid a daily wage to their
packers, who gave the fruit close in
spection. Sorting and sizing for the
most part was done by hand. Now
the fruit is sized and graded by ma
chimes. Payment is made on piece
basis.
The lid will be put on in Hood River
the coming season and no lax packing
and grading will be allowed.
Sam G. Campbell, who for the past
two years has been chief inspector for
the North Pacific Fruit Distributors,
declares that low prices to a great ex-
tent have been caused by poor pack,
and that the remedy lies in the control
of the growers themselves, rather than
with the marketing agencies.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
State Places Quarantine
On II Oregon Counties

Salem.-To prevent the spreading OF
rabies. the State Livestock Sanitary
Board, at a meeting held here recent
ly, issued an order placing IL counties
under quarantine. II was announced
that the disease had been communi-
Gated by coyotes to horses, dogs, cats
and other animals in eight counties In
the eastern part OF the state. The
counties included in the quarantine
are Lake, Harvey, Crook, Baker, Una
tilla, Malheur, Wheeler and Union,
where rabies prevails, and Multnomah.
Clackamas and Jackson, to which 1t is
feared the disease may spread.
The order requires that all dogs, un-
less used In herding livestock, be muz-
zled State Veterinarian Lytle, who
attended the meeting, said that all
violators OF the quarantine would be
punished to the fullest extent OF the
law, the penalties being fines from
$50 to 500 for each offense. Mr.. Lytle
announced that all peace officers
would be called upon for assistance
In enforcing the order. The veterin-
arian declared that conditions were
alarming in Lake county,
rabid coyotes and dogs running the
range In large numbers. He said that
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
Ex-Governor West Wins Verdict
In COpperfieId, Or, Saloon Case

Baker, Or.-Ex.Governor West won
In the suit brought In circuit court
here against him by William Wiegan,
Copperfield saloonkeeper, for damages
alleged to have been caused by the re-
moval of liquor and saloon fixtures
from his saloon, when Governor West
declared martial law in Copperfield,
after Fern Hobbs visit on January 2,
1914.
The jury returned the verdict after
being out seven hours. Nine were for
the ex-governor and three dissenting.
The first several ballots the jurors
stood eight for the defendant and four
against.
The verdict was a surprise here, be-
cause it was thought that the length
of time occupied by the jury In its de-
liberations indicated an anti-West ver-
dict, and when the verdict was read by
Circuit Judge Anderson the few pres
ent seemed dazed.
Ex-Governor West also was not pres
ent, although he was notified in time.
At the Geiser- Grand hotel, while pack
ing to leave for Portland, he clearly
showed elation. =,
81 came here convinced I would get
a square deal, even should lose," he
said. II was naturally anxious that
the verdict should be in my favor, for
the case has been one which attracted
statewide attention involving the great
question of human rights. The ques-
tion, believe, is now settled for good
and all, and the rights of the human
being are acknowledged to be superior
to those involving mere property"
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
Grants Pass Farmers
Form OlUn Water Co.

Grants Pass - The farmers in that
portion of Rogue River Valley just
west of Grants Pass have organized
a cooperative irrigation corporation.
Owners of approximately 1000 acres Of
land have signed up, and nearly two
miles of irrigation bitches have been
built.
The bitches are five feet wide at the
bottom and six feet at the top, and are
capable Of carrying 10000 gallons of
water minute. The water is to be
pumped from the Rogue River by a
centrifugal pump driven by an electric
motor. 1t will be forced first to a
knoll, and then piped across the valley
to high line ditch, and from the ditch
diverted on the 1000 or more acres of
land.
The cost of installing the plant will
be $5 an acre. A 100-horse power
electric motor and 12-inch centrifu-
gafpunp have been purchased and will
be installed prior to June / in order to
give water to these lands on and after.
that date.
A reservoir 100 feet wide by 800.
feet long will be dug six feet deep on
the top of the knoll. From there it
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22

many cattle and number Of persons
had been bitten there.
I'VE shall try to get the city authori-
ties Of Portland to enforce the order
there" continued DR.. Lytle. 1T will
require that dogs be muzzled, and,
when on the street, in leash. The
board will see that 1t is enforced in
Multnomah county outside the city.
stock owners have suffered severe
ly In eastern counties. The situation
is especially hard for the poor home
steaders, where some of them have
lost their only COW through being bit
tenby hydrophobic coyote or dog.
Even cats are becoming afflicted with
the disease and they are being killed
by fear-stricken owners"
Everett Goodman was appointed spe-
cial agent to Investigate sheep scab
reported In Douglas county. Mr.. Lytle
said that he has no fear that the dis
ease Is Of serious proportions.
The board made arrangements for
payment to the owners for horses and
mules 1t may be found necessary to
kill because Of glanders. Animals un-
der 1000 pounds will be paid for at the
rate OF $25 head, and animals weigh
ing more than 1000 $35 head.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
1eIegrdphers Are Declared
UndeTpaid by Employer

Chicago-President Newcomb Carl
ton. of the Western Union Telegraph
company, and S. j. Konenkamp, presi-
dent of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America, testified from
their respective viewpoints before the
United States commission on Indus
trial relations Tuesday as to wages
and working conditions of the CONNER
cial telegraphers.
Mr.. Carlton caused mild sensation
when, replying to a question from
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the COM
mission, as to whether telegraphers
were adequately compensated, replied:
81 believe that the telegraphers are
underpaid."
"Overpaidl" exclaimed Mr.. Walsh.
'No, underpaid. think they ought
to make more money than they do. So
far as can ascertain, wages have in
creased 80 per cent in the last ten
years. Ten years ago Morse tele-
grapher received $1S; it is now $23.
1t was $3.50 for women and now it is
$18. My own view is that a first
class telegrapher should be able to
earn at least S. day of nine hours.
Some of our employees, under the So
called premium plan, are making close
to that"
The witness said his company has
one of the best pension and relief Or
ganizations in the country, and it costs
the men nothing. Half million dol
lars was expended on it last year, he
said
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
General Huertd TO Stay
in United States

New York-General Victoriano Hu.
erta, former provisional president Of
Mexico, who for nearly year has
been an exile In Spain, arrived here
Tuesday on the Spanish steamship An
tonic Lopez from Cadiz.
General Huerta was passed by Uni
ted States immigration officials as q
transit alien, after he had declared un-
der oath that he would do nothing that
would involve the neutrality Of the
United States.
The ex-prcsident said that he had
come to the United States partly for
pleasure and partly TO attend to some
personal business connected with fam
lily matters. He swore that he had no
intention Of going to Mexico or to
Cuba. The length of his stay here, he
said, was indefinite, but he would re-
turn to Spain, possibly sailing from
New York early in May.
General Huerta was met at quaran-
tine by representatives Of the press
and by an array Of photographers.
While submitting to being photo
graphed in every desired pose, he de-
clined to say anything as to his mis-
agreeing to meet newspapermen
at his hotel here at later date.
Regarding this appointment he said:
81 understand that my presence in
this country creates in you the desire
to know my views about the affairs Of
Mexico and / promise to satisfy your
wishes to the best Of my ability. |
beg you, gentlemen, to remember that
no interview with me should be con-
sidered as authentic unless 1t carries
my personal signature.
General Huerta was accompanied by
General Jose c. Delgardo. who has
been his private secretary for 10 years.
and by Abraham Rather, a personal
friend Of the general, who declared
himself as an American citizen, giving
his residence as New York.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
Cr0ucd Out Oregon Spuds.

University OF Oregon, Eugene -
"The rise of potato growing as an in
dustry in Idaho and Colorado is one
great cause of the potato depression in
Oregon, because the crops of these two
states have taken the southern mar
ket," says H. B. Miller, director of
the department of commercial and in
dustrial survey of the university of
Oregon school of commerce. Formerly
perhaps 40 per cent of Oregon's potato
exports went below the Mason and
Dixon line.
Mr.. Miller thinks German competi-
tion will ultimately be big factor in
southern markets if the duty remains
off potatoes as at present. The Ger
man with his cheap labor, cheap fer
tilizers and water transportation can
in normal times meet the Idaho grow
er on even terms in the south or ex-
treme east.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22

will be taken by gravity through "a
inch pipe and carried across the valley
to the foothills on the north.
The farmers are preparing their
lands by leveling and more than 500
acres Of alfalfa will be planted this
fall. The most of the land will be
planted to corn this season, and after
the harvesting of this crop will be
sown to alfalfa.
The ditch digging is being carried
on under the direction of Joe Russell,
and the ditching is being done at a
few cents less than 81 a rod. Ditch
digging of this kind usually costs not
less than 2. 80 a rod, it is said.
Alex Hood, owner of one Of the
largest parcels of land to be irrigated
by the system, is directing work on
the project. His ranch comprises 176
acres.
H. c. Newell, owner of the Lace
House laundry, of Portland, has a
ranch of more than 600 acres, a por-
tion of which will come under this
ditch. He is improving his ranch, and
has one of the show places in the
Rogue River valley. The Lathrop and
Muller properties are among those
which also will come under the project.
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-22
AH-Day Community Meet
at SciO We'll Attended

Albany.-More than 500 people at
tended the all-day community meeting
held at Scio Saturday and it was one
of the largest and best gatherings of
the kind ever held in Linn county.
People went from a distance of Is
miles to hear school questions, good
roads and dairying discussed by ex-
perts.
The meeting was held in the assem-
bly-room of the Scio High School, but,
with a good many unable to gain ad-
overflow meeting was held later in an
other schoolroom.
M. S. Pittman, of the extension de-
partment of the Oregon State Normal
School, was the principal speaker at
the morning session. He discussed
school problems and said it was the
mission of school to find out what a
person is fitted for, inspire him to fol-
low that line Of work and then pre-
pare him for it. The remainder of the
session was devoted to contests among
the schools of that section of the coun-
ty in school songs, solos, declamations
and dramatizations. Songs by the
Scio High School Glee Club were
feature.
In the overflow meeting Professor
G. V. Shelton gave practical talk on
the construction of good roads with
the material available. Professor
Schrant substituted for State Dairy
Commissioner Mickle, who was unable
to attend. e. M. Reagan and others,
representing the Albany Commercial
Club, explained the proposed County
Fruit Growers association. A basket
dinner was served at IL o'clock.