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FARMER
1
A short time a?o there was pub-,
lished in this paper an account of a J
wonderful wheat alleged to have been
discovered by a Jplietta, Mahn. farm- '
er, says the Boise Capital News. ;
crushed out 53,000
, left standing
pounds.
Statements Show Hint It's Wonder
ful." "From these statements it Is easy to
figure what this wonderful wheat is.
From the following taken from a Fort j because It Is impervious to frost and
Collins," Colo., special dispatch to the j also to light hail, and because it par
Denver News, it appears that there Is I tlally withstands the heaviest hail.
at least doubt about the honesty of
the Idaho farmer's claims, the Colo
rado agricultural college branding it
unqualifiedly a fraud. The Denver
paper's article follows:
Fort Collins, Colo., July 28. That
Abraham Adams, of Julictta, Idaho,
has revived the swindle of the seven
headed Egyptian wonder wheat found
in the tomb of the Pharaohs by an
archaeologist with agrononilstic lean
ings some years ago, is the opinion of
the prof essoin of Colorado Agricultu
ral college, who have just announced
the result of a test of the famous 200-bu-hel
wheat known to the scientific
world for the last six months as the
Alaska.
Tn the opinion of the college ex
perts, the humble Idaho fanner either
Is sadly mistaken or lie has purposely
set out to deceive thousands of fann
ers into the belief that the Rocky
mountain country is to become the
granary of the world. The basis of
this is a wheat variety which Adams
claims excels all world's records by
the marvelous increase of 4ftrt to "iAO
per tent above the present maximum
yield.
Irofe-rs Skeptical.
The college secured from a Denver
man last spring a small quantity of
the Alaska seed. Professors W. H
Olin and Fritz Knorr heard the yarn
of a 200-bushel to the acre yield with
some doubt. However, they decided
to plant the seed. Professor Knorr
thought he saw a similarity between
the Alaska and the seven-headed won
der wheat which has been grown In
this country for some years.
He planted the two varieties side by
side. Now that both crops have about
matured, he finds that his theory Is
right. Even the most able expert Is
unable to tell which Is seven-headed
wonder and which Is the Alaska.
Someone is busy circulating the
story of Adams' alleged discovery,
which reads like a romance from the
Klondyke and is being published in
agricultural papers all over the coun
try. The following is an extract from
one of the alluring statements:
"Mr. Adams In 1904 succeeded In
getting one single had of wheat that
satisfied him of a discovery. This one
head of wheat he planted in the fall of
that year and In the following sum
mer procured seven pounds of the
wheat. This seven pounds he plant
ed In the spring of 1801 and he secur
ed from the seven pounds 1645
pounds.
"Here was a startling yield at the
latlo of 222 bushels to the acre. This
feed was planted In the fall for win
ter wheat, but bad weather and hall
during the summer destroyed all the
fields of ordinary wheat so they were
not fit to harvest, yet the new wheat
COFFEE
The goodness of every
thing else at breakfast de
pends on the coffee.
Tew trocar tituni rr hhi ra aaal
Mr. Adams named his wheat the Alas
ka to mark its wonderful sturdiness.
"But the wonderful things were yet
to come. On a government station
test it was found that this wonderful
wheat was hard wheat. It is there
fore a wheat that succeeds equally
well as winter or spring wheat, and
In both plantings will grade No. 1
hard.
"Tills means an absolute revolution
in wheat raising. It means that this
year, if Alaska wheat could have been
planted, instead of an estimated
American crop of SOO.nOO.nflO bushels,
America would raise for the world
close onto1 5.000,000,000 bushels. When
this Is realized, the wealth that Alas
ka has given In gold pales into insig
nificance by the side of what the
farmers will lie able to lay up in
wealth for the country." ,
The publication of such stories In
agricultural journals has aroused
great excitement in all wheat-raising
sections, and particularly in t life Rocky
mountain country. Hundreds of farm
ers wanted the seed, and the press
."cent notices that are now being cir
culated contain the address of the
discoverer.
The seven-headed wonder wheat, of
which the Alaska is an exact dupli
cate, is none other than the Egyptian,
which came upon the market by some
mysterious means five or six years
ago. The discoverer claims to have
gotten the seed from the ancient
Egyptian tomb, an.l it was generally
believed among the gullible that the
wheat was the progeny of the grain
grown In the seven fat years during
Joseph's time.
.Marvelous Claim
Marvelous claims were made for
the wheat, and thousands of bushels
of seed were sown," the swindler re
ceiving a fabulous price per pound.
When the crop was harvested the va
riety proved to yield only a little
above the average, because of the size
of the head, but it graded No. 4 qual
ity, and the millers would not buy it.
The state department station here
has bad some of this wheat as a curi
osity, and the fact that It was kept on
hand resulted In the discovery that It
was an exact duplicate of the Adaska.
Hasley M. Rhodes, 3026 Wyandotte
street, field agent of the bureau of
statistics in the-department of agri
culture, sent the sample of the wheat
to the agricultural college at Fort
Collins, sending some at the same
time to the department of agriculture
at Washington.
Rhodes learned of the wheat in con
nection with his government work,
and investigated the story of Its de
velopment. He visited Adams and
talked with hln about It, finally pur
chasing a small amount. He has sown
some of it In his back yard and de-
wheat for this year and last, amount
l"g to 120.000 bushels, has been
bought by an eastern man. with the
exception of about 30.000 bushels re
served for supplying the farmers In
Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Kansas,
allowing each farmer no more than
one bushel. The entire crop s in the
hands of Adams. Its discoverer, who
is selling it at J20 a bushel.
HAVE PLANTS INTELLIGENCE?
Ancient Theory of Darwin Ajrnln to
Do Disoiissoil.
London, Aug. 6. Preparations are
being made by the British Society for
the Advancement of Science for the
greatest meeting In Its history next
month, when scientists from all over
the world will be present. The oc
casion will mark the jubilee or semi
centennial anniversary of the an
nouncement of Charles Darw in's fam
ous theories. Francis Darwin, a son
nf the great naturalist and himself
a man of renown In scientific circles,
will preside at the session.
Professor Darwin will reiterate In
his inaugural address the contention
that plants are endowed with Intelli
gence, for which he was criticised by
ro-srlcntists years ago. Darwin il
lustrated his theory chiefly by climb-'
ine plants and the response of plants
to the Influence of light, deducing
therefrom that plants have memory
and so develop habits.
He will particularly describe the
hop and bryony plants, showing that
their Intelligence and memory are
hardly less than those of the lowest
animals.
a;i:k ri.'msAL depahtment
GIVES TIPS TO IIOl'KKWIVES.
"tlomont!) or Cold Storngu Men That
: us Are Jut nt (JimhI After Two
V. j Hint; Yean on lee Are Refuted
Some Rules to lie Observed.
What American housewife Is able to
tell a cold-storage chicken from a
fresh one? How many American
households regularly eat "fresh"
chicken that Is only "fresh" in Its re
cent resurrection from the seclusion
of two or three years In the refriger
ator of the storage company.
It has long been the boast of the
cold-storage men that fowls are Just
as desirable After two or three years
Icing as on the day they are killed.
This claim Is strenuously combatted
In a report made by the department
of agriculture. One object of the re
port Is to furnish a graphic guide to
chicken purchasers, so that they may
be able to tell the fresh chicken from
the cold stosage article.
When you see a chicken, the mus
cles of which are so drawn as to cause
it to hang, for Instance, with the head
doubled up; when the skin Is mottled
with a greenish tint; when there Is a
sharp, although not putrefying odor;
when the comb and gills are nearly
dried up: when the skin is so brittle
over the breast bone and at the leg
joints as to crack when rubbed that
Is the fowl to beware of as If It were
the plague. It is the three-year-old
cold-storage fowl.
The fresh killed chicken, continues
the report, has a clean, pale, soft yel
low skin, translucent enough to show
salmon pink flesh beneath, and flexi
ble there are no signs of reddish or
greenish blotches; the comb and gills
are a brilliant red and the feather
papillae distinct because of their ele
vation above the skin, although of
the same color. When drawn It Is ex
ceedingly easy to tell the' fresh chick
en from the cold-storage fowl; the
flesh and muscles of the former are
a salmon pink in color and the Inter
ior organs have an unmistakable
bloom; the two-year-old or three-
year-old chicken has none of that
tint on the muscles and skin. The
skin Itself is leathery; there are red
rust spots, and perhaps green
Mutches; the body Is covered with ir
regular hollows and distended lumps,
where watery slime or gas collects.
The feather papillae have darkened.
Exposure to the air for a few hours
produces a characteristic odor ap
proaching that o putrid flesh.
The department of agriculture's ex.
iu.rt thus sums up:
"The dictum of the warehouse men
that there is no change in cold-storage
poultry and that It may be kept
for an Indefinite period ea'nnot be ac
cepted in Its entirety. Both micro
scopic study and taste of the cooked
fowl confirm the fact that degenera
tion does take place.
"It seems most desirable that n
P!irefi, tin'y should be made to de
ti rm'ne whether stieli alterations as
have been noted affect the appearance
and histological' Integrity of the flesh
only, or whether, as has been as
sorted bv some, the consumption of
poultry after long periods of cold-
storage, ts not responsible ror some
of the obscure Intestinal disorders
d'sorders and the Imperfect metabol
ism from which modern luunanltv
especially tile dwellers In large cities,
are so .!(.; to suffer."
to turn your kitchen In n
breezes all summer long. The
sultry August days will be
almost unbearablo unless
you supply your home and
office with
ELECTRIC FANS
to stir the air. Wo can fur
nish Electric Fans and every
modern Electrical appliance
at wonderfully small cost.
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me for estimates.
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While doing your week's
Ironing. It Is not necessary
to turn your kitchen into a
bake oven If you have one of
my
ELECTRIC IRONS.
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and always ready for use.
Price J 8.00, guaranteed for
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Houso wiring, etc. "See
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Phone Main 139.
EOU ILLEGAL FENCING.,
MAN LESS (Mil A MENACE.
Stork Dring Only Female Children
to Member.
St. Louis. Aug. 6. Alton men may
be forced to appeal to President
Roosevelt to wield the big stick In
breaking up the Manless club, which
promises to become a national men
ace and reduce the visible supply of
voters to the vanishing point.
The Manless club was formed three
years ago in Alton, the charter mem
bers being 14 prominent women of
the town, all married. Since that
time eight of the members have been
visited by the stork, and In every
Instance the bird has left a baby
girl.
Branches of the club have ITeen or
ganized In many clUes and in states
as far as Colorado and California. It
Is alleged that among the members of
these subordinate lodges the stork Is
Just as partial to female children and
it Is feared that If the Idea is carried
further posterity will consist of the
gentle sex only.
ROADS WON'T HELP FAIR.
WHAT IS A PIGEON?
Superior Court of Mnwnehnsottfl Will
lie Called upon to Settle Question.
Boston. Aug. 6. Is a pigeon a
fowl or a bird? This Is a question
which the superior court will be
called upon to decide at a future ses
sion. Fanciers all over the country
have become Interested, and it Is
will be required to settle the prob
lem. The controversy grows out of a
suit brought by John and W. O.
clares that he believes from its pres- Erwln of Easton against F. Sherwood
ent appearance that It will produce Keith, a neighbor, who Is a pigeon
200 times as much as he planted. fancier. It was alleged by the Er
Rhodes says he knows nothing of j wns that "certain fowls" owned by
the quality of the wheat, further than Ketj, aia great damage to their
what he could tell from examining property. A verdict In favor of the
that he bought. He says he believes j plaintiffs was given. Now Keith hat
It will test about equal with ordinary taken the matter to the superior
wheats. court, basing his appeal on the tech-
Rhodes says he has learned from nCfti ground that a pigeon Is not a
Adams that the entire yield of the "fowl," as set forth In the complaint.
Washington Coiiiiiaiiio-, Will Run No
SMelnl Trains.
No special trains will be run Into
North Y.iklma this year to the stati
fair, says the Yakima Republic.
There will be no excursions from any
special points. The railroad charge
to North Yakima for the fair will be
a fare and a third. This will be good
on all trains and as a consequence tile
state fair management will make no
effort t'o run special excursion trains,
The Northern Pacific railroad decline
absolutely, to give a better rate than
that named above.
Last year a single fare, or one way
price, was charged for the round trip
during the fair week to visitors to
this town from arty part of the state
and the fair management was obliged
to make a guarantee of a $500 busi
ness for the company. The previous
year the company gave a $3.50 rate
from Seattle and Tacoma, the ticket
carrying with it a 50-cent admission
to the fair grounds. In that Instance
a guarantee of $1000 was made to the
railroad company.
The lowest rate the railroad au
thorities will consider this year Is that
of a fare and a third, and it Is the un
derstanding of the state fair manage
ment that the refusal to go any better
In the Interests of the show Is based
on a general "agreement between all
the railroads doing business within
the' state.
tCIINCE PREVENTS BALDNESS.
Th. Fatal Germ .mi It. Remedy Not?
Facta at gclea.ee.
It Is the rarest thing In the world for
a man to be necessarily bald. No man
whose hair is not dead at the roots, need
b bald if he will use Nowbro's Herpb
clde, the nw scalp antiseptic. Ilcrp!
clde destroys the germ that cuts the ha!r
off at the root; and cleans the scalp of
dandruff and leaves It In a' perfectly
healthy condition. Mr. Jdumiult, In tho
Marrland Block, Butte, Mont., was en
tirely bald. In less than a month llerpl-
xlde bad removed the enemies of hair
rrowth, and nature did Its work by cov
ering his head with thick li.ilr an mHi
leng, and 1n,lx weeks ho had a. norm ii
ult of hair. Hold by lending d.-oc?l-t..
Send lOe. In stumps for snmtjlo o Tn:
Herpiclde Co., itetrolt, Mich.
Two lice SO cents and 11.00.
A. C. Koeppen A Broa.
Three Suits Against Dig Slock Com
panies of Oregon.
The government has filed criminal
suits In Portland against three cor
porations and several Individuals
charging them with having unlawful
ly fenced and maintained fences en
closing more than 1000 acres of Ore
gon land Illegally.
The principal corporation mention
ed In the complaints Is the William
Hanley company of which Harry L.
Corbett of Portland lse secretary and
treasurer. It Is claimed that this con
cern hns more than 82,000 acres of
land In Harney county enclosed by
fences which It has been maintaining
for years.
' The officials of the Pacific Live
stock company, which is charged with
enclosing 23,000 acres of government
land, are Henry Miller of San Fran
cisco, president; C. V. Merrltt, sec
retary, and John Gilchrist, man
ager. This tract lies In Malheur
count'.
In the suits against the American
Livestock company Edwin B. Hill Is
also mentioned as a defendant.
All told, five suits were filed by
Dr. McCourt. Three of these were
against the corporations and the oth
er two against Ellzah and Roy T.-J
Oliver. The land that Is claimed they
have . Illegally fenced Is In Union
county.
John F. and Ralph O. Smith are
named aa the defendants In the other
case, the land In question being In
linker county. t
PORTLAND'S MAMMOTH STORE.
Million Dollar Department Store Is to
Do Erected.
The million dollar department slore
proposition of the Trustee company
of Portland on the Pennoyer block is
about to crystallize into the begin
ning of construction work, says tho
Oregon Dally Journal.
The Trustee company has nearly
completed arrangements to commence
the building and the work will be
started this month. W. D. Wood,
president of the Seattle Trustee com
pany, J. B. Melkie and A. L. Hawley,
president and vice-president respect
ively of the Trustee company of
Portland, are In conference In this
city today and during the week a
meeting for the organization will be
held.
The department store building,
equipment and ground on the Pen
noyer block, for lease to Olds, Wort
man & King, will cost In excess of
$1,000,000. The company more than
a year ago secured a lease on the
block at a rental of $1500 per month
for n period of 60 years.
The construction of the new build
ing will require a year and a half.
Should the building be commenced
this month. It would not be ready for
occupancy by the big department
store before January of 1910.
Tho building will cost between
$500,000 and $600,000, and the equip
ment will represent $250,000 more.
This, with the ground value will
make the entire plant represent con
siderably more than $100,000. The
store is expected to be one of the
mercantile marvels of the country.
The best Ideas from all department
stores In America have been gath
ered and are embraced In the plans
of construction and equipment.
Gold Nuggets.
J. E. Williams Is In the city from
his Snake river placer at the mouth
of Powder river, says the Baker City
Democrat:
He Is displaying a number of gold
nuggets which are good for the eyes.
Tho gentleman is operating with a
pipe ainl will work considerable good
ground this season. Mr. Williams
says t lie railroad company Is laying
tails about nine miles below Huntington.
Ti e pioneers of the Inland Empire
will meet In Walla Walla Thursday In
the eighth annual gathering of the
association. A big dinner will
served to the pioneers.
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THE SHOW SHOP
Cor. Main & Court Sts.
A. C. Friedly, Mgr.
The Poor Officer
A Bothersome Husband
Bashful Young Man
In Government Service
Illustrated SongBright Eyes.
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