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009 OOO Mary Chamberlain Worked Women of Entire Country In Big Canneries to Organized to Abolish Cct Evidence. the Evil. Ooo ooO NO In.liKlrlitl rovi'iiitlon of roocut ymra lm ulimkiil tlm coun try n Mls Mry Ionian Cliiim lwrlalu' ilcwrlpliin of th X Vurk cvniittrliti. whw" -hllitri. iimiiy 'f tl'"" worked ft.r acvetiliwii fcount, Inlmr Willi limlwd. cut niisws until tlK-y con wntvely hold Iholr tirnds ui. no lnn7 " '"'P tinuallon ukh ilium. This exur liikxs on national character from lbs fact thiit oriiiiiilwil wouiou all over the country ar plnliiml to hi fluonco fur national child welfare. only iwi-ntly iinnlimtd from Vae r. wlicr ! rwulvcil (lis di'gn of Imcbclor of arU, Ml ClmmlH-rlaln. His daueliwr of wenlihy pan-uts. re altllng In Hudson, ln" decided to furcifo tli irayetlea nul mnr frivolous thins of life which Blight nave been hers up In the little city near the New lUtnpehlre lino. Her Interest In ths welfare of h.r fellow human being tin been aroused ly ber studies In sociology Hi Vaaear. MIm Chamberlain went to work for the New York stnt factory Inveetlgat lug coiumUelon early In July and con tinued In It employ until ber work wn deemed completed early In Hep temlier. Poaltlve flint the moat Intereatlng revelntlon were nnt to bo obtained tiy lunptK'tor In the ordinary fashion, M I'rlce. director of Inves tigation, aealitued Mia I'bamborlalu to celt employment In varum canning factors and learn fact and coudl tluu flint baud. Disguised ai Working Oirl. Putting aaldo ber tailor made milt, tiKsorla wnlnta. silk atocklhga. well umilu boots and the other feature of ilreae o dear to the woman who can ..(T,.r,t th.mi and who baa lieen aecue- turned to them since childhood, alia rbatttlwrlnln donned a altnple calico .1 r... aii.MX that coat her I-. with oth- or garment In keeping, and went up int In anarch of work. On ths atand U-for tho Investigating commlMlon at Allwny alio told or nrat tfolllff tO Holly. N. .. whert alio obtain ed employment In a cannery a a aorter nt 10 cent an hour. Bhe wa iam on after a fow dan' work and aought m Hloymont III vain at Hamburg and (Vnfer. At Bull 111 Dayton ho was employed for a day and a half a lalxirer.! doing baud labeling. For tht alio received 10 cent an hour at the atnrt. Inter being paid by tli piece. Afi.tr Routh Davton alio tried Silver Creek. Kaniliam and Kredonla, but without eucceita. At Albion abe obtain ed employment. She remnlued In tbla IKiHltloti two week. Mini rimmlierlnln keit a dlnry ahow Inir the tlm record of thre women and children. Him mild Hint for sort- Imit ix.ii. alio tint 8 cent an hour. "Woiiuin C. I my own record and flbnolulely correct," an Id Mtas Clinmber 1 n I it. "Auk. 13. 3 hour; Aug. H; no hour; Aug. l. 8'4 houra; Aug. 111. 44 hour: Aug. 17, 74 huurs: Aug. 1H, Kiiudny; Aug. 111. no houra; Aug. 'JO, 1314 houra; Aug. 21, 124 houra; Aug. 82, 10 hour; Aug. 2.1. 10 houra; Aug. 21. 12 hour; Aug. 23. Sunday; Aug. 2d, 84 hour; Aug. 27, 111 hour. "A to tho children, ono was Flor--ence I-iiney, nged eleveu year. Khe kiivo Iter nge as fourteen year, but I lienrd from teacher In tho town of Albion and from ber ninny friend and compnnloii that alia wa only eleven year old. She wn employed regular ly a a fnctory worker. "She aet up tho can. When tho enn emtio down from nbovo through tho hole lu tho celling alio took those cnim and curried them over to tho filler during the bean aenaon. I don't know whii t alio did during tho pen tea son. 1 wn there In the beun season. Child Worked Sixteen Hour. "Teii-yenr-old Mllly Tncout went to work ut 4:110 In the morning, and he utopped lit 0::i0 p. in. Aug. 21 ho worked, from 4:30 a. m. until 7 a. m. iilppliig. 7:30 a. m. until 12 m. snip plug, 12:30 p. m. until S p. in. snipping; total, twelve and a half houra. Aug. 20 alio worked from 4 o'clock In tho morning until 7:30 nlpplng. from 8 o'clock until 12:30 nipping, 1 o'clock until 0 Hiilpplng. 0.30 until 10 snipping; total, slxteeu and a half hour. Aug. 27 alio worked from 0 o'clock In the morning until 10.80 snipping, from 11:30 B. ill. until 0 p. ru. aiilpplng, from H:30 p. m. until 10 p. m, iilpplg; total, fourteen nnd a hnlf hour." MIhs Utuimberlalu rend from her dia ry. "Thes impressions," sbo aold, "are vory acattered and Just as things struck uio each day. "1 bonrded In Albion with a woman whoso name 1 got from some young girl nt the fnctory. On Aug. 13 I worked three hour nnd made 24 cenU. I paid (4 a week. "Aug. 15.-NoW of the commission reaching Home hn reached here, pre-'-ceded them to Albion, nnd the boya had the sheds pretty well cleared of the little tots when they arrived. "Aug. 10.-Thero are several very fresh bosses nt the factory,, and the , youth who keeps time and hBB aoine i-hnrge of the sorting table ha good Ueiil of Ihlliieiii'e over tin' glrU he put on Iho table. Till fellow should be reported to the iiierliileiideiit. The tllimtl.it) I iniirh like Unit lu a le luirtiiivut store where the Moor walker hn a lot of girl under lilui receiving low wage and all more or leu nt hi merry. Only up hero night work make the sltuullon even more diingerou. "I iliwl Hint the ttuiekeei-er who waa objectionable, to tuo.tb other day ba i...n liimililiic to Severn! girl. a ni. in -'I hero wera oImiiiI it hi the heil this niorulng. alxint one-half children and twenty or more of then lietwccu eight and tell. An IT.-The lienn table ar ngnt niotni- lb combination grader and aort er. and the nolne I terrlne, lmply ear Splitting. My ear are tlll rtngbig. foinblned Willi tho Jiggling or in ble. cnumnl by tho grater, uio wot mot unpleaMint It make on quite seasick, though ortlng bonna I not o nioiiotonou nud trying on tb eye as sorting peas. HATCHES CHICKS . BY TKHILLION Expert Establish Largest cf Single Unit Plants. ADQPIS Ml NOVEL IDEAS. NO WMY AFTER ELECTION ! LOOKING 00T FOR OFFICES i Mann Charges Democrats With Raisins Salaries. M.lo Hastings, Fermsrly of th Agri cultural Ospsrtmonl, Applies 8ysUm of "Cold Storsg Rvra"' In Hi "Chiekn Foory' at Port O'Connor, T.n. Ht Up and Cool Down. Fitsrsld 8ys His Constitutnts Aro Not Offic Sssktrs, but Could Im prove th 8rvico JfWrson Still on turn-Stmt Ohjsct to AbMnUlm. Cold Storagt lvntor Has Statu. Driven by Hit Mother. n ka 90 little Jack, aged twelve. wn up from S o'clock In tho morning. He w snipping beans irom t:.w umii u. nii only one-half hour for .n,.n.,r nd only a few minutes for supper. H said. Mynngersisiin.se. ii.. ..,,( to ImhI nst nignt at 1. oi-i'x nud eot mi at 8. He aald be ws not working the night tierore umii i u.n weut to bod at 12. He said he was awful tired, but ma mother made htm work He tried to go home several time. HI bands were swollen. Ills lle,r. nged ten, .-..uld hardly keep hit eye open, and ber mother scolded Her consianuy. lu, k made fl.40 during the -rhMl fi-.nu 4 a. in. until 10 p. m Ho saw ue eotildu't keep sny of It "Jock said work like this was noth Inff to neaa. when III mother and sis ter camo homo frequently at 1 and 2 o'clock In the morning. .ana tney were so sick they fell down and vomited. This lust Is quite possible, but It prob ably Is not absolutely correct There ..... about sevetitv-flvo to a hundred children In the shed, the majority ten and over, but about twenty-Bvo lie twee n Ave and ten-I should say none under five. The parents were constantly urging "the children to work. Ono little boy aged eleven waa throwing aome bean nipping at another fellow and had tped work a aecond. HI father bit til ii brutally across tho face and sot him agnln at work. Kvery where parent were forcing children to work. In Fear of Beating. "Aug. 21 I got out to the shed at 7 o'clock, nnd Jack, nged twelve, wa sitting wrupiH-d up In a big shawl. He was very pale, with bis UineK eyes jusi Mllo Hasting, formerly poultrymaiT at tho Kansas state experiment sta tion and who occupied a lmllar posi tion In the United Btnte department of grlculturo, hu established a mil lion egg Incubator at fort O Connor. Te. Itlthlargetbigl unit chick en bBtcbery In the world. It accom modate 150.000 egg at on time or 1.000.000 egg during the five montna hatching season. Th lllliu bstchery at retaluma. Cab. eicwd the Port O'Connor plant In capacity by 15.000 egg, a It accommo- datea 1U&.0O0. but the Illbn plant con sists of many unit Incubator and la not a single incubator such aa Mr. Hustings ba installed. In bl chicken factory be ha adopted aome novel Idea. It h long been evident that an In cubator In which many layer of egg ar placed one above the other would be economical. A number of early ei pertmentere tried to construct aocb plants, but found the warm air rose to the lop and tbe cold air settled at the bottom. While poultryman at the Kanaaa ei perlment elation in 1005 Mr. Hatlug flrst conceived tbe Idea of overcoming this unevennesa of temperature In a lrge batching room by blowing air oc known teuirature and humidity ihnoiL-h tha hatching chamber. In 11NIS, while 111 the employ of the de partment of agriculture, ho conduct ed Investigation of tbe evaporation of egg In cold storage. Valusbl Cold Storsgo Wisdom. Tho cold storage englueer must main tain an even temiierature regardless of the weather outside. He must keep all part of the room at an even tempera ture or the colder egg will lie froien. He must maintain a given rate of evap oration. Except that It I a different polut on the thermometer acale, these are the same problems met In Incuba tion, and the cold storage man nan solved them. . The application of these same princi ple seemed easy to Mr. Huntings. Re signing from the government service, he tried to secure financial backing. But the Incubator manufacturers were not Interested. Klnslly. In the latter part of 1010, a tmsjl plant was constructed on the Da vis poultry farm In Itrooklyn and the Idea fully demonstrated. Till plant wa not ojienwl to the public. The iiinmer following Mr. Hustings went to eastern Oklahoma. At Muskogee a hatchery was con structed holding 30.000 eggs- This ma elilnn was fllleu by March 1. Tbe aea- sagging out of his head. Ho had his sou was severe, and the hatches were ii,, ,.,.,- .lone nn In a dirty rug. I ask ed him If he had to get up t 3 again. He said they pulled bbn out of lied at 4 o'clock, and bis sister cried, but they had to go or get a bunting. -Another Itttlc chap, aged eleven, who had snip ped from 4 to 7 a. m picked all day and snipped from 0:30 p. m. until 10 p. m., told mu he thought It wns only H o'clock at night when they dragged him out of bod In the morning nt 4. He thought he had been asleep only a minute. "Aug. 22. The fotvlady of the pea tn PI. -s told me that for two week dur It.t, I,a nnn season the women worked every night until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning." After these experiences Mis Chnm berliiln returned to the conventional work of inspection. She snld when she went to Genesee, N. I .. sue arriveu late III the nfternoou. She was arous ed about 4 o'clock next morning by a large number of people passing the bouso In which she wns stopping. sn looked out the window and saw a hun dred or more women and children. some pushing tut by carriages and ninny of the women lending little ones imiu ly aUe to toddle. All were headed for the factory. She said It waa still night RULES OUT BATHING SCENES. Censor's Edict Puts Dsmpor on Lon don Moving Picture 6hows. From now on Londoners who wish to witness "mixed bathing" must go to the seashore. These scenes will be depleted no longer in moving picture show. This announcement, along with other prohibitions, heralds the return of O. A. Bedford to the ollice of public censor. This time, however, he will confine, his activities to Judging the propriety of moving picture Alms. As censor of playa Mr. Rcdford at tracted much criticism and was fre quently charged with inconsistency. This criticism Is snld to have Influenced hla resignation. One protestaut points out that It Is a splendid example of In consistency In a country which permits Its bathers to appear on the beach In costumes which would cause the arrest of their wearers In any part of the United Stntes. dlsapixilittlns to many customers Excsls All Previous Efforts. I'roni Muskogee Mr. Hustings went to IVtiiluinn. Oil., and then to Texas and located at Port O'Connor. With more experience and more funds he excelled his previous efforts. I 'crimps the most striking feature of this plant Is the fact that all the eggs, together with the rooms for cnndllng, packing and all euglnes, fans nnd equip, ment. occupy but a slugle floor 10 by 60 feet. Knrnlshed with common Incubator such room would turn out about tbe same numlier of chicks In three weeks that Mr. Unstlngs' plant can In a single ill, V. Tower is supplied by gasoline engines provided in duplicate to guard ngalust accidental breakdown. The machine Is also heated with gasoline. When the building Is once thoroughly warmed n.wl full of eirirs at the various stages of Incubation the plant inquires no heat ' at all. but only to be cooled to the proier degree to keep the temperature ' from fulling below the liu-ulmting point I TEETH THIEF BITTEN BY LAW Laughingly Stole SamrWs False Sot and Got "Nino Months." Nine months in the county jail nt hard labor was the sentence meted out by Magistrate Shnw ui Victoria, B. C, to Herbert Harris, who was found guilty of stealing the fulse teeth of James Drysdale. his benefactor. Ac cording to the evidence, Harris called at Drysdnlo's residence and asked for help. Helng touched by the story told b) Harris, Dryadale took the wanderer In. fed hint and gnve him a small amount of money, later tuking him into the bathroom to wash. While engaged there Harris noticed the molars lying on the window and. seining them, decamped. He confessed his guilt and appeared to consider the whole affair a Joke until be beard his sentence. Baanal The bean crop of the Snn Joaquin valley, California, recently harvested, amounts to about 30,000 bags, as against 60,000 bags last year. By AfiTUHR W. DUNN. Washington. I'ec. H.-IBpedal.l Naturally the-.- U more or less 'Josh ing" of iH-mocri'! by Republicans on account of the hunt for ollice which bus been Inaugurated by the party which hn- recently been ucceful. In the first appropriation bill which was brought up in the bouse there de veloed an interesting controversy over abolishing certain Internal reve nue otlKM. and laughter wa created when It developed that office In dis trict represented by men who pre pared the appropriation bill were spar- ; ed. while other were ibollsbed. Then there wa good natured bad Inaira over tbe fact that Instead of many reductions, a last year, there were several Increase ot ainne. Thl led up to tbe Inevitable lecture by Minority leader Mann, who said that, now that tbe election wa over, h. noil. ut vconomr would be thrown to the wind and the hungry and pork bunting "boy wouia put tnrosgn an extravagant river and harbor bill and so unnecessary public buildings bill. Fitigarald Explain. It was during thl controversy that Congressman Fitzgerald explained about office seekers in bis district "l am not hungry for spoils." be said: u.itii..r r in v constituent, t have a great many oatrlotic and competent cltixens In my district wbo believe they could materially improve the character of the administration if they should liecome a part of it." With a fixed salary." added Mann. Mano then asked Fltxgerald If be would be satisfied with tbe same nura ir .,r oisr-ea nnd nntronage In the pub lic service which have been accorded to bis (Mnnu'si quota. "Ob. no," replied Fltxgerald. "We know the gentleman has never been persona grata more than ten minutes with any administration." Tho Practical Butlar. Congressman I'ulmer of Pennsyl vania am-erlv criticised Ambassador Whltelaw Held for wbat be said Reid i had been saying about Thomas Jetrer- ; sou. Then Republican dragged to light things which Woodrow Wilson j had ald about Jefferson. After con- . alderable time had been consumed the j practical Butler of Pennsylvania asked: "Wbat does It all amount to, any way?; You can't disturb Thoma Jef ferson In history." Fiv Civilized Tribes. , For at least the hundredth time a bill j ha heeu lutroduced for the "finul dis- : iu.sltl.in of the affairs of the Five Civi- j lixed Trllies." It was introduced by , Congressman Carter of Oklahoma, ' himanir rf member of the "Ave." Those Indians were by legislative enactment j declared vlvllbed many, many years ago, and congress has been legislating for tbem ever since. ii n nut so lone nirn. however, that their tribal restrictions were removed. but even now the government noias control over tbem nnd the pillage which shnriwrs would Inflict if they bad the opportunity. Even ir mere is 'llnal disposition of the affairs or tne Pivo rivliir.ed Tribes" it Is almost cer tain the government will maintain some sort of guardianship over tbem. Too Much AbsonWsism. When tbe annual fight was made to rmlncA the mlleace of senators and members Congressman Sims of Ten nessee culled attention to tne inct iuai there was something worse than over pay of mileage In connection with the house the constant aoseuieeisui which delays business and causes many roll calls. Ue snld that the men who were imld to attend the sessions ought to be there. Sims believes that men who are elected to congress should give up other lines of business nnd at teud strictly to the work of congress. An Exciting Race. The impenchmeut trial was set for 1 :30 lu the senate. The president sent lu a message, and courtesy demanded that It should be read. The secretary started it, and along toward tbe mid dle It was evident that he could uot flulsh. Then began an exciting race to see whether the clerk could beat the clock. But he is a shrewd clerk, and those who bud copies of the message saw that he began to skip paragraphs, then half pages and finally pages until as tbe clock was pointing to 1:S0 be read the president's signature. They nre showing less and less respect for these messages, something like they did at the end of Roosevelt's term. A Florida Innovation. Soldiers, statesmeu, explorers and or ators fill statuary hall, but Florida has started an innovation by placing a stat ue of an Inventor In the hall. He Is John Gorrle. who secured a patent for manufacturing lee and refrigerating back In 1861. The patent did not build up much of a monopoly, for it Is only In lute years that cold storage has aid ed in boosting the cost of living. Do Not Read This Without paying Particular Attention ftf It's a case of getting what you want at the moat Suitable Price; for the Best Quality of the Most Complete Stock from a Reliable Fn m. We are receiving Holiday Goods every day, such as Toys, Chinaware, (plain and hand painted), Toilet Articles, Household Necessitties, Fancy and Useful Articles in our RACKET STORE which we just opened a few days ago. OUR LINE OF JEWELRY is more complete than ever before. Don't buy inferior goods get the goods with a guarantee behind it ajjrmrj ax a tya w miiu solid Silverware The latest in Cut Glass, Set and plain band Rings. We can furn ish you Diamonds at New York prices. Any grade you want If you can't find it anywhere else come and see us. The prices in the Racket line are exceptionally low. Get your pick now at the Crook County Jewelry, Sporting Goods and Racket Store. L. Kamstra, Prop. Prineville, Oregon $100,000.00 TO LOAN t On Improved. Producing FARMS Large Loans a Specialty A. R. BOWMAN Prineville, Oregon The Oregon Bar - At th Old Stand G. W.WUey&Co.,Prps All kinds of Choice Liquors Wines and Cigars. Famous Ranier Beer in ; Bottles and on Draft Are you looking for a stove? Come to John Morris " RECEPTION ' j I C:U JP, A1l.Vnl.am Prnna. Champ Smith's old stand. Imported and Domestic Cigars Famous Whiskies Fruit Trees! Central Oregon Grown The onlv klud vou can afford tn Ulant. ILLUSTRATED jjJT U.OGUE FREE. Write iu. one. , Prices low enougli to surprise you. Lafollette Nursery Co. Prineville, 6 6 - Oregon Are YOU taking the Journal ? Old Crow: Hermitage; Red 9 Top Rye; Yellow Stone; f Canadian Club; Cream ? Rve: lames El Pepper, f Moore's Malt. Porter, Ale and Olympia Draft Beer on Tap. 4 TmMA4n1 W.T1 A J input tVA Liquors. and For Sale For sale at a barjrain 8-room . . . . ... t I . . I l-ntli electric nams, nc. n rliiht away. Will trade for stock. Apply by phone or letter to j. a. IH-lore, rrlnevuie. uregiin. For Sale White Wyandgtte Cockerels dv i. i Adamson, rnuevliie, ure. a