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Show Wlim E. C. Chlleott. in charge of the ef flee of dry land agriculture 'in Washington, D. C. bureau of plant Industry, Of CONGRESS ATTEMPT TO read a paper which consumed the WILL BE HELD ID better pan of an hour. Mr. Chlleott said that arid farming 'Is now a demMEET III onstrated science. Dr. V. T. Cook of 'Wyoming spoke Arid Land Farmers End Successful on drought resisting crops. Alfalfq Meeting by Choosing Wyoming and Canada field peas, he said, were Capital aa Next Meeting Place. drew excellent nitrogen They Are Displaying Great Energy DeDelegates to the Dry from the forage. air, and did not Impoverish lambs and pork veloping Business Opportunities the land. Pea-feFarming Congress Talk Things After sessions exLake Salt on market the City. a bring price higher Over at Annual Session. Despite Japanese Occupation. than the same class of animals feed- tending over a period of four days, conannual second the Dry Farming ing on the other grains. Professor L. A. Merrill delivered gress came to a close Saturday afte most imGovernor Brook of Wyoming Choson an extemporaneous address on the noon at 4:40 oclock. The of Many of ths Native Koreans Ar selection progress of dry farming In Utah. He portant action was the a Next President of Association, Leaving Their Country to Become meetdeclared that dry farming Is not an the place for holding the next Russian Subjects, Says M. Which is Expected to Mate to votes 60 but a demonstrated suc- ing. Cheyenne received Ml WPMIIAIIA I A AH CEO IK Trans-Missou- ri d ially Aid Agricultural Industry. Balt Luke City. About 500 dele-rate- s were present 'Wednesday morning at the opening session of the Trans-MissouDry Farming congress, a gathering of notable men who are Interested In the reclamation of the arid lands of th west, and who expect, by these meetings, to be enabled to gain much practical knowledge that will be of value to the farmer who must depend upon the moisture that falls from the sky to bring' his yearly harvest to a successful fruition. The congress was called to order by B. C. Buffum of Wyoming at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. Governor Cutler of Utah was chosen to preside, and C. R. Root of Denver was made secretary. The Invocation was delivered by the Rev. P. A. Simpkln. Governor J. C. Cutler delivered an address of welcome, following an address by Mayor John S. Bransford. The governor gave J. F. McDonald, former governor, the credit for suggesting the organisation. He paid a tribute to Fisher Harris, the retirri ing president W. J. Halloran, president of the Commercial club and of the Manufacturers and Merchants association, welcomed the visitors in a pleasing address. The convention hall la decorated with dry farm exhibits, and many suggestive banners have been placed upon the wall. Among the speakers at the opening session, was F. B. Linfield, of Bozeman, Mont., who reported that "there are in Montana 20,000,000, maybe acres susceptible to cultlva- - tlon, and the conditions are favorable, speaking from the viewpoint of a climatologist Much, very much, of the land Is only 2,000 or 2,500 feet in elevation." J. W. Paxman, speaking for Utah, said there has been a great Increase In the area of arid lands placed under cultivation to the extent of 50,000 .acres. .There are now. In cultivation The annual wheat product 200.000. Of this system amounts to 8,600,000 bushels, to say nothing of the value Of the other grains. Potatoes can be successfully grown. "The state of Wyoming," said W. J. Rowell, "now has under cultivation l, 500,000 acres of arid lands; ultimately the hope is that there will be (10,000,000 acres. Mr. Nowell said the (total area susceptible of cultivation is 30.000.- 000." A letter from E. W. Hoch, governor of Kansas, was read. In It the governor stated his regret at his Inability to attend. Secretary of the Interior James Wilson pledged the support of the department to the arid farming. Secretary Wilson dwelt upon the success which had been achieved in Texas, and discussed the alms of the government in bringing in seeds from foreign countries and breeding new plants here. Salt Lake City. The delegates to the Dry Farming congress on Thursday selected officers for the next year, as follows: President, Governor B. B. Brooks oQ Wyoming; first vice president. Lieutenant Trans-Missou- ri Governor E. A. Burrell of Idaho; second vice president, H. W. Campbell of Nebraska; third vice president. Governor George Curry of New Mexico, and an executive committee consisting of one member from each state represented. A resolution introduced by Representative Tolton of Beaver, Utah, indorsing the bill of Senator Smoot, known aa senate bill 1543, which Increases the number of acres In a homestead in the arid region from ICO to 320 acres, was passed and the officers of the congress were directed to notify the congress of the United States of the action taken. It was unanimously agreed by resolution that the city securing the next congress must make a guarantee of entertainment fund, even as is required by the American Mining congress, the National Irrigation association, and other similar bodies. W. M. Jardine, assistant rercalist In thn office of giain investigation of the department of agriculture, read a paper on the various kinds of grains, that were best to be used. Chicago Bank Closes Doors. Chicago. The private bank of A. to C. Tlsdelle suspended payments was call A on Wednesday. depositors sent to police headquarters for officers to quell possible disturbances around the office, but there was no trouble of any kind. A notice was posted on the door of the Institution early Wed-n- r ty declaring that the bank had made an assignment for the benefit of Its creditors to Charles A. Post. The liabilities are given as 173.900, and the assets aa $95,800. Of the liabilities $C 1,000 Is due to depositors. experiment, cess. Professor Samuel Fortier, chief of the Irrigation investigation bureau of 'plant Industry at Washlagton, D. C., delivered an address on the use of water In connection with arid farming. Professor Fortier deplored the "mud slinging" between the Irriga-tlonland the city farmer, and he hoped the delegates would do their part to bring about harmony. Joshua Salisbury of-- the Provo district, a veteran, one of the oldest. If not the oldest, arid land farmers In Utah, related some of his experiences In dry farming. Permanent Membership. One of the most Important steps taken by the Dry Farming congress, was the adoption, at Friday's session, for an of a resolution providing amendment to the constitution and a membership fee, both affiliated and life. The affiliated membership Is $1 a year, and the life membership costs st $10. and Resolutions were Introduced adopted thanking the people of Salt Lake City and the Commercial club and Fisher Harris, the retiring president, who has been chosen the executive secretary of the congress, extending sympathy to H. W. Campbell of Lincoln, Neb., the originator of the Campbell system and generally conceded to be the father of arid land farming, who Is 111 of pneumonia at his home In Lincoln, urging the promotion of the work of farmers Institutes, through local, state and national aid; declaring that the English language does not contain adjectives sufficient to express the appreciation of the congress of the entertainment given at the tabernacle on the previous evening. A paper by H. Ml Bainer, professor of farm emchanlcs at the Colorado Agricultural college at Fort Collins, was on "Good Roads and the Farmer. Mr. Balner's suggestions were of the most practical character. He declared that the American people are beginning to realize the necessity of good roads. A) hundred miles of earth roads could be laid for the cost of ten miles of'stone 'and' graver roads, especially where these materials have to be hauled from a distance. Professor Alfred Atkinson of the Montana experiment station spoke on "The Control of Moisture on the Dry Farm." Mr. Atkinson nrged the farmer to fortify himself with the rainfall of one year against the possible coming of a dry season the following year. "Summer Fallowing in Relation to Dry Farming In the Great Basin, was the subject of an address by Professor C. S. 8coeld, In charge of agricultural extension, bureau of plant Industry, Washington. The subject Is a broad one and occupies a prominent place in the work of the arid land farmer In determining whether it Is the part of wisdom to grow crops constantly or to summer fallow each alternate year. Former State Senator John Barnes of Kaysvllle related his experiences In dry farming for twenty years, during which time he kept an accurate account of all receipts and expenditures. Beginning In 1887, Mr. Barnes traced. Item by Item, the successive years down to 1906. A paper by H. W. Campbell was included In the record. His subject was Dry Farming." Mr. Campbell Is the originator of a system bearing his name of soil culture, and is generally recognized as the pioneer successful scientific arid land farmer In the world. Dry Farm Wheat Growing In the Great Basin was the subject of an Interesting address by J. C. Hogensen, agronomist of the Agricultural college at Logan. "The Size of a Dry Farm" was the topic chosen by I. H. Grace of Nephl, who has been dry farming for many years. It has been Mr. Grace's experience that a farm should not be larger than 100 acres. A paper by Professor David Griffiths of the office of farm management of the department of agriculture, was read by Carl F. Kellematl, also of Washington. It had to deal with the prickly pear as a dry land crop. It was stated that excellent results had been In Texas. The secured, especially prickly pear Is a fine forage plant for 22 for Douglas, Ariz. Aimong the important Shlpoff, resolutions adopted were: Resolution amending the constitution providing for the office of executive secretary and making minor changes; approving the teaching of agriculture in the public schools; Indorsing the work of various branches of the agricultural department; the efforts of the Dry Farming congress to disseminate Information and the establishment of a bureau of literature, which shall Issue bulletins from time to time; indorsing the efforts of the forestry service to conserve the water through forest preservation; uiglng congress to provide adequate means to establish stations in arid sections; requesting that boring experiments be placed in the hands of exterts who have the work in charge; indorsing work of Irrigation congress; urging congress to e for the pass t homesteads; survey of large areas of lands in the arid region of the west; resolution of thanks to the Commercial club and Fisher Harris, retiring president At 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon It was announced that 558 delegates had registered. AX that time 194 memberehlp certificates had been Issued for 194 yearly and 14 life; at the close of the congress it was announced at the registration office that the membership will undoubtedly rise to a total of 600. St Petersburg. M. Shlpoff, former minister of finance, returned here Sunday after a five months' trip In the far east. Ho visited Japan, China and 8iberia on a special government mission, the result of which he has embodied In a rejiort to the emperor. M. Shlpoff expressed himself optimistically regarding conditions In the extreme Orient, which he said Is rapidly recovering from the period of depression foliowiug the war. He Is convinced from conversations which he has had with .prominent men of all shades of opinion iu Tokio that hostilities between the United Slates and Japan at present are out of the question. M. Shlpoff was greatly Impressed by Chinese activity in the colonization of Korea. Although faced by the prospect of Japanese occupation of the province, the Chinese are rushing thousands of Bcttlcra into that couutry and are displaying the greatest energy In developing business opportunities, opening mines and plannlug railroads. This tide of colonization, he said, has offered an Inspiring example to Rqpsia, which is confronted by a similar task In the development of Siberia. Many of the native Koreans, however, are leaving the country to become Russian subrather than remain under Japjects, LAWMAKERS ARE LAZY. . anese sovereignty. M. carefully avoided comMembers of Third Russian Duma Fall ment Shlpoff on Japanese activity In Manto Get Down to Work. churia, but It was his opinion that SL Petersburg. The duma's slow- China would have to submit to the ness In discharging Its duties as an objections offered by Japanese to the of a new railroad, aa executive body has created a bad Im- construction Japan is fully prepared to support her the princountry, pression throughout demands. cipally among the adherents of constitutionalism. It has taken shape In TAFT REP0RT8 ON PHILIPPINES. an unusual chastisement of his fellow Natives Not Yet Fit for Complete members of the duma by M. its president, in an Interview In the Novoe Vremya, in which Washington. Nine years after the the president complains almost In debattle of Manila bay. Secretary Taft spairing tones of his Inability to whip records the results .of the 'American the duma Into a semblance ofl parliaoccupation of the archipelago and mentary efficiency. M. Khomyakoff denounces the In- forecasts the future of the Filipinos difference shown by a large number Jn.aa exhaustive report transmitted to of the members, many of whom hartk by the president, with a ly ever cross the .portals of the Tam ! Mter written by the chief executive ride palace. Although three monthi In the highest terms the have elapsed since the opening sea commending conclusions. The secretarys sion, he says, the duma has scarcely dent declares that ruin would presihave 'begun the consideration of the bud- followed the adoption of another polget, reform of local courts and land icy toward the Philippines than that legislation, while eleven minor bills outlined by William McKinley and which have passed have been held up carried forward through these nine through the failure of the drafting years, and asserts triumphantly that committee to get together. there is no brighter page In history than Jhat dealing with the relations REVOLUTION IS OVER. between the strong and the weak In these islands. He adds that the FiliExecution of Leader of Haytlan Rebpinos "have yet a long way to travel els Ends Outbreak. before they will be fit for complete an Prince. The revolution Port has been suppressed. Jean Juneau, The Buenos Ayres Vay. the leader of the movement, was capBuenos Ayres. Great excitement tured at Dessallnes, a little hamlet close to Gonalves, and was at on re prevails here owing to the Issuance shot to death by the government of an executive decree closing the exsessions of congress ana troops that made him prisoner. Go- traordinary nalves has been occupied by a gov- putting into effect for the current fls. ernment force. The revolutionary cal year the 1907 budget. This exmovement, in Haytl, which has come treme measure was occasioned by tike to an end with the execution of Hi obstructive attitude of the majority In leading spirit, Jean Juneau, was of ihe senate, through short duration. It began with the with the result that neither the budcould be landing on January 15 of an expe- get nor other legislation dite of adventurers on the Haytlen dealt with, the government being left coast not far from Gonalves. powerless to meet ordinary expenses. g 320-acr- f, e, Politics In Panama. Panama. Dan Jose Domingo dn Obalda, minister of Panama to thn United States, who during the recent absence of President Amador In officiated as acting president, has announced his candidacy for th presidency and published what may be considered the platform iijmu t which he will run. It la reported Ricardo Aras, of government, also will publish the announn--men- t of his candidacy and an abstract of his platform, as President Amador has emphatically made it known tint he will not be a candidate again. Ku-rop- e ili-.i- Night Raiders Whip Tobacco Grower. Hopkinsville, Ky. R. H. Rodgers of this city was visited Sunday night bv a party of about seventy-fiv- e night riders. He was called from his hmi!- and severely whipped with bna'.v whips. Mr. Rodgers 1b a member of the "association," but Is alleged to cows. have aold his tobacco outside or the Dr. O. W. Roberts of North Dakota organiation. He had received. It D delivered an address on Climatic said, a warning not t do so, the warnHe urged the farmers to ing being coupled with a threat. Si Conditions. apply to the weather bureaus for shots were fired Into his h.iu-and all telephone wires were cut. Pe-relt- Schooner Lost in Storm. New York. Fears that an unknown d schooner and her crew have been lost in the storm off the Delaware capes, are expressed by officials of the steamer Mannahata. which limped into harbor Sunday from Baltimore. The schooner was seen struggling In the trough of the sea off the Delaware capes, and when the Mannahata. which had been blown off her course, neared the locality where the seb miner was last sighted riding out the storm, many pieces of n wrecked vessel and quantities of railroad ties were seen floating In th-water. three-maste- John D. Rockefeller Listens to Negro Preacher and Make Donation. Augusta. Ga. - John I). Rockefeller occupied his first Sunday morning in Augusta this winter in listening to a sermon In the Tabernacle Baptist church (colored) by Rev. C. T. Walker. Walker got. out of a sick lied to preach when Informed that would be one of hia congregation. After the sermon Mr. Rockefeller held a corierenee with Walker in the latter'a at tidy, when lie "made a to the donation very generous diurch. SHORTEN LIFE Plan to Assassinate Premier Franco and Causo Serious Uprising is Promptly Nipped In Bud. Government Chief of Bnrean of Chemistry Makes Some Startto IJsbon. An abortive attempt overthrow the monarchy and proling Statements. claim Portugal a republic baa been nipped In the bud by the prompt action of the government The plot was Declares That Much of Disease Prevaorganised by a small group of adlent Among Americans Is Duo to As uear as can vanced republicans. the Introduction In tho System be ascertained, the plan was to asof "Preservative Subsassinate Premier Franco and then stances. depend for suecess upon street risings supported by secret republican and labor organisations armed with bombs and revolvers. Washington. Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief The conspirators Intended to take of tbe bureau of chemistry of the deto advantage of various festivities partment of agriculture, reported on carry out the coup d'etat The royal Friday to tbe house committee on family was at Villa Ylcosa, entertain- agriculture the results of experiments ing the Duke of Abrtizzl. Most of conducted by the bureau to determine the army and navy officers who were the poisonous effect on the human sysIn the city were attending a gala per- tem of such drugs as borax, benzole formance at the theatre, while many arid, benzoate of soda, sulphate of of the ctilef functionaries of state copper, sulphur dioxide, formaldehyde were present at a magnificent ball at and salicylic acid when contained in one of the legations. foodstuffs. The police discovered what was in I)r. Wiley said that the expulsion of the wind early In tire evening of Jan- those and kindred drugs from tbe body uary 23rd, and surrounded a house is performed utmost entirely by the where the ringleaders In the plot kidneys, and that he Is satisfied the were conferring. When they broke lu term of American life would be lengththe doors the lights were extin- ened if thn use of such drugs In foods and iu the confusion that fol- were wholly discontinued, llo said be guish lowed must of the conspirators man- was convinced thut kidney disease, so aged to make their esrapo. Several prevalent among Americans, Is partly of them were captured, however. In- tho result of constant Introduction in cluding the lepder, Juao Chagas, a re- the system of such preservative subpublican journalist, who was promt-nen- stances us benzoate of soda carried In In the republican revolt of 1891; foods. Franks Burger, editor of the Mundo, Discussing sulphur dloxldo and Its and a merchant named Grendella. A injurious effects, Dr. Wiley told the rase of revolvers and bombs was committee of a discovery just made by found In the cellar. him that salt solution Is a perfect subFrom papers captured It was evl stitute for sulphur In the whitening dent that the conspiracy was badlt and drying of fruit. He exhibited organized and premature. The leade experimenthas always been an active revolution- samples of apples dried ist. After the revolt in 1891 he es- ally by the bureau. The sulphured caped to Brazil, and subsequently, fruit was not so white oj tender aa th being pardoned by amnesty, returned salt cured. to Portugal. ITS UP TO MINE OWNERS. As the details of the plot are In the hands of the police, other arrests are Nevada Legislators Demand Abolition ezpected. of tho Card 8yatem. U8E CLUBS ON UNEMPLOYED. Carson, Nevada. A sensation waa on a number .of tbe members of Chicago Policemen Object to Mon Out sprung and the Mine Owners the legislature of Work Walking in the Streets. association after the adjournment of Chicago. Several sharp collisions the house Friday afternoon. A caucus occurred Thursday afternoon between was held on the floor, In which were the police and the "Army of Unem- represented a number of members ployed, who attempted to parade to both In favor of tbe police bill and the city hall. Two hundred men had those opposed to the measure. It was formed In a column on the lake front decided that all members of the lower and started to inarch. The column house demand that the Mine Owners' waa more a succession of groups of association do away with the card sysfour and five men than a column tem that has been adopted Id Gold- proper. At State and Madison streets field, and that before the police measthe crowd was met by Assistant Chief ure could be considered the body of Police Schuttler, who ordered would have to be assured that this them to disperse. They refused to do so, and Assistant Chief Schuttler at would be done. The card system compels a man to once charged them with his force, foreswear his allegiance to tbe union and column the striking breaking up with clubs those men who attempted before he can go to work in the mines, to hold their ground. and In the opinion of many of the members this Is a feature of tbe exBOISE BA,NK CLOSED. isting conditions of the southern camp that must be done away with before Forced to the Wall After Other Banks on the measure. the lower house t Had Refused Help. Ida. The Capital Slate hank Boise, closed its doors on Tuesday and W. S. Bruce, funner assistant cashier of the Boise City National bank, has been Installed as receiver. After a conference lasting until an early hour Tuesday morning, this course was agreed upon. Help was sought from the other banks, but they did not feel warranted In extending it. Announcement was published of the situation, together with a statement made by Mr. Bruce, after a three-daexamination of tho bank, that It was unquestionably solvent. This prevented excitement, and the closing gave rise to no other trouble. y Gets Convention. II. A. JSstm or Bakersfield, Cal., was unanimously elected president of the American National Livestock association at the closing session of its eleventh annual convention on Thursday, ancreeding Murdu Mackenzie of Trinidad, Colo., who hud aerved two terms and declined inously selected as the plarn for the convention next year. A resolution was adopted asking congress to estiile iish h minimum rate of twenty miles per hour for stock trains, except where physical conditions prevent. Los Angeles Denver, Colo. Blue Outlook for Railroads. New York. Figures prepared ads RAN MOB DOWN. Engineer Escapes Lynching by Running Engine Through Crowd. In conseBakru, Trans-Caucasiquence of the accidental killing of some laborers by a locomotive at a suburban station of the railroad .here, a mob of comrades of the victims surrounded tho engine and attempted to lynch the engineer. To escape the fury of the excited workmen the engineer opened the throttle of the locomotive and dashed through tho crowd, killing six men and wounding many others. a. Attempts Suicide to be With Wife. Washington. Mrs. Daisy ML Wagof Howard G. Wagner, wile ner, agent for an automobile bouse, whs found partly covered with snow and with a bullet hole in her head, on a roadway near the Soo park. Mr. Wagner bad told a friend that If his wife should erunmlt suicide be would follow her In the same way, and when Informed of her death, he attempted to jump from the fifth story of tho apartment house In whirb he was visiting, lint was overpowered. Unpleasant relations had existed between the couple. for one of the large railroad companies, says the Tribune, show that a week ago there were 320,000 idle freight cars In tho United States, and about 8,000 locomotives which are laid up on account of the falling off In traffic. Figuring the value of cars at fj.onn each, and of locomotives at $1 f). 0(111. the statement shows that tho railroads have $440,000,000 tied up In rolling stock for which there is no present use. Shot Down by Highwaymen. Taeonin, Wash. A( W. Tbornely, 60 years of age, who was shot by highwaymen Monday night on th-steps leading up from the Northern Pacific wharf, died Friday morning. lie was Mexican vice-consand had been a customs broker here. He was an accomplished linguist and came here from La Crosse, Win., several years ago. He leaves a widow and daughter. A reward or $1,0(HJ Is offered by the state and county for the apprehension of the murderer. Moor Meet Defeat. King 8ends Lions to Pontiff. John W. Gates Thinks Financial Tangier. Advices rerelvi d hep Rome. It la announced that R- v. Flurry Has Ended. state that the Zcnatia and Oub-- All Father Marfa Bernado of the New York. When the American t.ho French troops en order, who was sent by the pope tribes attacked in opie start in to wear their old 23, hut were repulsed with In July last to Addls-Adeb- a with a January clothes. It does not take long to bring m vere loss after four hours' lighting. decoration for King Menelik. Is business back to lllrlnal.,, said John here with an autograph t ' r The French Littoral and M'i;uii!ii;i W. Gates on Thursday. Iu discussing from Menelik and two lions as a pres- columns had just effected a junction the financial ami business situation army, In the country. ent for the pontiff. Father Ilern.ilo w'ien the tribesmen. In H was Mr. Gates will bring with him to Rome an Abys- covering a front of about four tiiilen, first appearance in the financial dissinian Catholic priest, who suffered swept down In crescent formation. trict since he went to Texas, early in persecution and Imprisonment at the The Spahls lore the brunt of flic at- December. Ife came to town to athands of the Coptic priests Bnd whoa tack, making several gallant charges tend the board meeting of the Republiberation was secured through King which, however. Interfered to some cx lican Steel company. He said there lent with the work of the artillery. Menelik. was a steady Increase In the steel I business. Passengers of Wrecked Steamer Reach Port In Safety. Hook of Holland. Ail tho missing passengers and rrew from thn Bteamer Amsterdam were brought In here safely at noon on Friday. Tltj steamer Amsterdam collided Tuesday night with tin steamer Axinlnstcr and sustained serious damage. Her crew and (Mssengers left her in small boats, and :i.l excepting one, which carried twenty-eight people, were quickly picked up. The latter were taken aboard the Norwegian steamer Songa, nn hour after they left the Amsterdam. n Fighting for Immense Estate. Oakland, Cal. Another attempt will he made by the heirs of Luis Perralto. California rancher under the rule of Spain and Mexico, and owner of a principality extending from the ocean to the Sierra Nevada, comprising the present cities of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda, and thousands of acres of rich land, to recover this territory, which they declare has been stolen from them. Many struggles on the a part of the descendants of Luis have been made to recover title to this vast estate. Former Minister of Finance. FOODS M - Ii-- ltie "" |
