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TITE aiOKXIXG OKEGONTAy. SATURDAY, ACME 8. 1911. FINEST EQUINES SOME INLAND EMPIRE PHOTOGRAPHS. 3S CALLTO COLONISTS AT a-. - -V V .' ' 7 e . r . Annual Horse Show Draws' Tull & Gibbs Store County Rich in Variety of Ag ricultural Resources Possessed. Entries From Afar Judges Begin Classification. Will Not Open This Morning Until 9:30 o'Clock and Will Remain Open This Evening, As Usual, Until 9:30 o'Clock MORO IN BUSINESS CENTER PARADE OPENING FEATURE SHERMAN EXTENDS APPEAR SALEM 'MMifJMfJjis stssss- 1 1 ' M- J V V. v Coantr Scat I Town of About JOO Inhabitants Wheat Raising Carried oa ProriLablr fruit I Cnmlnj Industry. BT ADDISOV KKXXKTT MORO. Or. April i. tMatf Corr. pondenc.) W left Wasco at Id o'clock this morning and arrived here at noon, the distance being 10 mllea through tha Terr heart of the Sherman County wheat belt, and we passed soma fine farms, many of them having- fine outbuildings and commodious dwel ling. Moro is the county real of Sherman County, and Is a prosperous place of ome alx or itrm hundred people, a ood business point, has a municipal ter and electric light plant. U In a-ood financial condition and the people seem well contented. 1 met several old friends hem. nota bly l. C. Ireland and hla son. C. U IreUnd. and also Mrs. C. L. Ireland. The Ireland om n and publish the Moro Observer. The senior Ireland waa an mploye of The (T(fonUn as early as J2. and It waa he who first secured Harvey gcott as editor of that paper. tjperlment station Interests. One of the places of great Interest to me here waa the experimental farm, manared jointly by the Mate Arrtrul tural Cn!lce and the Agricultural Ie partment of the Government. This sta tion la only a year old. nd It took a rood many months to pret the buildings, fences, ete.. erected. But through the Intelligent management of the superin tendent, it L'mberger. who came from the off!.- of grass Investigation at Washington, the station has gone ahead. The tract occupied by the sta tion embraces J40 acres. It lies Just east of town, the buildings being prac tically In the city limits, and the alti tude some 140 feet, or about 0 feet above the town. I learned from Mr. Tmberger that the precipitation at this point for the year 1I0 was 10 J inches, which mas some thing above the normal for this sec tion. The precipitation foe ih. " Inter has been below the normal, but as there has been no snow, none of It has run off. and the soil is now In floe And I wartt to say something I think I overlooked In my Wavco letter, and that Is that the prospects for an abun dant harvest this year are very rosy There la a Ker.erml feeling of or.tlml.rn among the people on that account, for ii win iaae a very unpropltlous Spring to prevent a very large wheat yield for this entire section. Statistics Are Cited. Mr. l'mberger gave me the following statistics aa to the quantity and nature of experlmenta being undertaken by Ms station .for the present season: flxty varieties of Fall wheat. 10 of Fall barley, four of Winter oats, two of rye. 10 of sorghum, three of vetch. 10 of spring wheat. 10 of Durum wheat, i of spring bsrley. 11 of spring oats and one each of alfalfa, field peas and rape. The units for these tests are each two by eight rods, or a tenth of an acre, and the attention given will be the best known to the scientific farmers. The results ought to clearly demonstrate to the farmers of this section which prod uct, even which variety, la best suited to Sherman County conditions. Mr. Umberger pointed out to me a neighboring farmer. Horace Strong. Ills plate practically adjoins the experi mental station lands on the west. Mr. ftrong waa employed by Mr. Withy combe 14 yeara ago to manage a sort of experimental farm on his ( Strong's) place. And such were the results that Mr. Strong became one of the mo-t auc eessful farmers In the county. lie was poor then, but he soon bought his pres ent place, has It all paid for, and lots of property besides. Strong's Method 4 Favored. And I am wondering If it would not bo well for many of Mr. Strong's neighbors to look well-lnto the Strong methods. There Is too much of a de sire In this country to rely solely upon one crop wheat. If that fails, all falls. It is too much like putting afl of your ea in one basket. Mr. Strong and let It be said that his farm la by no meana of the best soli or best exposure In this section has a flock of sheep, poultry In abundance, and last year ha sold one lot of hogs for $2100. And ha says he hardly knew what these hogs had eaten, so little waa It In proportion to what they grew Into. Perhaps the wheat fed them brought Mr. Strong double what the selling price of wheat was at the Moro warehouses. Another thing the land owners of Sherman County are overlooking is the poultry Industry. There ought to be tralnlnaJs of poultry and eggs shipped from this section, and would be. I think. If the farmers were awakened to the possibilities In the business. There Is no section where the climatic conditions are better, tied Is always cheap, freight I rates are low everything Is favorable. I And I believe If each farmer of the ' county could be Induced to get at least a dosen more hens than he has the re sults la a few years would be aston ishing. Spring- Is Scn. "m our way from Wasco we passed IVMoas Springs. This place Is on the railway, and by wagon road Is about tto-ee miles from Moro. There ia a famous spring there and a fine grove. I'onrequentty It Is used as a meeting place for all sorts of outdoor services. The annual Chautauqua meet takes place there, and on every July 4 the pioneers have there their annual picnic. I have fouud the roads In Shermatf Countv very good. And I will also say that the Wasco County road we trav eled from The Pallea to the Deschutes on our wty to Wasco waa exceptionally good. We perhaps fared a little better than the averar traveler, for It rained a little just before we left The Ialles. and that Uld the du.t nicely. And the same rain fell In this section, so we have bad admirable traveling all of the way so far. I wondered how it was that so few people here planted orchards, part'eu larly apples. But Mr. Ireland tells me that seed fruits do not do well, the rainfall being too slight. Pit fruits, such aa plums, peaches and apricots, however, do well where the location, or exposure. Is favorable and the attention proper. But the average wheat farmer! lie has no time for an thing but wheat. The ai-reaire to produce this year will be about Si per cent greater than last year, so with anything like a good yield this ought to be a sood field for the ABOVE, R4BT HOLT COMBIE 1IAR VKSTER AT WORK 11 MIEBM AN miTY-4F.TKH, RF.IDFAfK O F C. I- IRELAXI). AT MOBO BKLOW, MOSCOW. IDAHO, lUXBI.XE HARVE9TICH AT WORK. automobile and the piano dealers, nor even should the diamond dealers pass It by. Growth Is Steady. Fherman County has had a steady and healthy growth since its organiza tion In the 'DO. In the census of 10 It had a population of 172. In 1900 this number was increased to 1477, and In the last census the showing was 4J41. In considering the last figures it must be remembered that the county had two or three disastrous years, so far as crops were concerned., and the wonder is not that the county showed such a growth, for it speaks well for the staying qualities of the people that there waa any Increase at alL One of the things Sherman County has had to contend with la the dead line that has taken the alternate sertlona of a wide strip across the county, known as The Dalles Military Wagon Koad grant. This strip embraces 00.000 acres of the best land In Sherman, and whatever of It has been cultivated has been leased, thus keeping out at least a eoun la of hundred settlers and their families, for until quite recently not an acre of it could be bought. But I believe better times are In store for the people of Sherman, for this road land haa been purchased by the Kastern Oregon Land Company and Is now of fered for sale at moderate prices, and if the company is In real earnest in Its efforts to bring in settlers and purchas ers, and the prices are kept at reason able rates, many newcomers will ere long be seen on the fertile hills and plateaus of Sherman County. MOTHER B2NEDICT DIES X FAMOVS SISTER'S LJFE EXDS IV TKACE AT VANCOUVER. Many Years' lllnesn Presented Con tinuation of Prominence In Catholic Affairs. VANCOUVER. Wish, April 7. (Spe cial.) Sister Benedict Joseph, familiar ly known throughout the Northwest aa "Mother Benedict." one of the most notable Slaters of the order of Sisters of Charity of Providence, died at the House of Providence today of paralysis. She waa 71 year old and had been In the order 47 yeara. Mother Benedict was . born May 20, 1840. of Canadian parentage. Jn the Province of Quebec, and christened So. phie Lurocque. She entered the Insti tute of the Sisters of Charity of provi dence July 1. 1SS3. After making her novitiate at Montreal, Canada, she came to the West In 1866. She labored faith fully In many houses of the order. She founded St- Peter's Hospital and Provi dence Academy In Olympla. Wash.; she acted as superior In the Tualatin In dian School for many years, and was mother superior in Oiympi. and Van- couver. Mother Benedict was also provincial superior of the Province of Washington from 100 to 103; then In Oregon from 1903 to 190. when, on account of a stroke of paralysis, she was relieved of her burden of superiority and passed the remainder of her yeara peacefully at the place of her death. Her brother. Rt Rev. Haul Larocque, Bishop of Sherbrooke, visited her here a year ago. Another brother. Father Charles Larocque. died a few years aso In Canada, where he waa pariah priest. She was always a good, faithful and re ligious woman, and waa remarkable for her great love of the poor and the suf fering. The funeral services will be held at o'clock Monday morning. April 10. In the chapel In the convent, and inter ment will be in the Sisters' plot in the Catholic Cemetery 1 Clcwn-l'p Iay Is Observed. GRANTS PASS. Or, April 7. (Spe cial.) Clean-up day as declared by Mayor Meyers waa well observed. Citl sens worked all day with a united ef fort to clean up the uninviting hack yards and lota Today the city teams are hauling away the rubbish. April Shower Benefits Wheat. PESDUrrOX. Or.. April T. (Special.) Umatilla County growers of grain are rejolrlng in a refreshing April shower which arrived yesterdsy. Wheat has been growing rapidly for the past four or rive weeks, but a continuation of the dry weathor would have ba disastrous. 'A -' i DEBT WARNING OUT Seattle City Bonds Bid De clined by Easterners. MUNICIPAL CREDIT IS HURT Xtw York and Boston Company Says It Will Not Likely Bid on Se curities as Town Is 1 Above; 7 Per Cent Limit Fixed. SEATTLE. Wash, April 7. (Special. -Significant warning waa riven to the City of Seattle today by Blodpett k Co., of New York and Boston, when notice was given to William J. Bothwell. City Con troller, that the firm would not submit , bids on May 4 for 12,(K,0.0 of municipal securities. On thst date five issues will be offered to investors. Including Sl.noo.noo of park extension bonds, H00.nr) of garbage bonds. 84U.O0O of Georgetown Indebtedness bonds. tlOo.O'O of light extension bonds and" elflO.WO of refunding bonds. Issued 3 years ago. The last item Is to be Issuen in serial form, a certain percent age to be paid each year. Authorisation of the issuance of SMO. Ofio of securities for the installation of a municipal street railway system, voted upon at the gerlcral election on March 7. Is apparently tho cause of the de rision of this particular Arm nf investors, for the reason thst this Issue will bring the bonded Indebtedness above the 7 per cent limit fixed by New York savings banks for investments in-municipal bonds of sny city. "We shall be very glad to have infor mation concerning these bonds," Blod gett it Co. wrote the Controller, "but at the present time we doubt if we shall submit any bid for the City of Seattle bonds. The rsptd increase of the debt of your city will, we believe, with the forthcoming issue, take them out of the list of bonds eligible for New York, sav ings banks. Thus the market for the City of Seattle bonda in the East will bo decidedly less broad than It was when we purchased the $.000 of re funding bonds last year. "Furthermore, the recent reports that the city is to build a municipal street railway and finance It. by an Initial Issue of $300,000 In city bonds, has. wo believe, greatly hurt the credit of your city among conservative Investors In the East We believe In the future great ness of Seattle, and feel assured that it will be able to meet all its obligations, but until the tendency to go slow in municipal undertakings that increase the debt becomes more manifest, we shall prefer to let others find a market for Its bonds In the East." WOOLMEN NEED NOT FEAR 3IcClur Predicts No Change in Tariff, at This Session. OR EGONI AN NEWS BTTKEAC. Wash Inirton. Arrll 7. S. W. McClure. of Goodtnfr. Idaho, secretary of the Na tional Wool growers association, after canvassing the situation In Congress, believes there will be no revision of the wool tariff schedule this session. Today Mr. McClure said: "I want to urge upon all wool grow ers not to sacrifice this year's clip on account of tarln agitation, as there Is reason to believe the wool schedule will remain unchanged until the next regular session of Congress." Pendleton Soldiers Play War. PENDLETON. Or., April 7. Special.) Company L Oregon National Guard. Ill play the war game Sunday morn ing with all the local Spanish War Vet erans who can be gathered together. Captain Charles Murphy will set a tac tical problem of offense and defense. One force will ocmipy a position on the state land recently purchased for the asylum, oust ' Great Crowds Attend Big Willam ette Valley Event fewer Ani mals Bclns Shown This Tear Than Before Class Good. SALEM". Or.. April 7. (Special.) With perfect weather, the Salem Horse Show opened today and it Is estimated that the opening- day crowd here is larger than any opening day in the his tory of horse shows here. The open Ins; feature was a parade several blocks In length and horses were entered from several points in the valley, as well as a number from Portland. While the entries were not as nu merous as last year, the quality of the stock is of the hiRhest and the repre sentation of "horse flesh" is one of the best yet seen In the Willamette Valley. The Chemawa Indian band tonight furnished a concert for the visitors. To morrow a record-breaking crowd is ex pected from all parts of the valley. Following are the awards today: Standard breds. class 1. best stallion and get, trotting or juicing, with thre or more colts First. Major WelseU E. F. Rodgers, Salem. Hest stallion, any a First. TU Fatchen Boy. Tip Top Ranch. Hood River. 3IaMcKllioey Ia Best Mare. Best mare, any ase First. May McKln ney. M. Putnam, ealem. Best stallion. 4 years or over First. Mc Also. H. O. Fletcher. Salxm; second. Major Weitsel. K F. Roditers. Salem; third. Cap tain I Nlo. J. M. Hones, Turner Best stallion. S years and under 4 First. Oregon Granger. II." ". Flfti-lier, Salem; sec ond. Captain Lare, B. Boul.hwlrk. falcm. Best mare, '2 years and under 4 First. Star Ambuah, llr. W. lAns. Salem. Beat mare and produce, not less than two colts First. May McKlnncy. M. Putnam. Salem; second, Uerona. lr. W. Long. Salem. Best colt, either sex. 1 year or undtr First. McKinney Wave. M. Putnnm. Salem: second. Ethel Toudlnston. Tip Top Ranch. Hood River. Non-standard, best mare any age First Jet lock. George Hill. Sulcm. Best colt, under 2 and over l nrat. Mona. George Ramsden, Maclcay. Bent colt, t year and tinder First, bir Garnet. Kd Popham. Turner. Hackneys, class S. best colt, eitner sex. l year or under First. Betty. I.. A. uavis. ijalem; second. G. S. Casper, Salem. (Serman Coach. French Coach and Cleve land Bay, class 3. best stallion and get. not leas than two colts First, Braslg, McCoy Coach Company, McCoy. Eraalg Heads Stallions, Best stallion. 4 years or over First. Braslg. McCoy Coach Company, McCoy; sec ond. Alfonao. German Coach Horse Com pany, Slsyton. Best mare. 4 years or over first, Agnes, B. G. Boedlshelmer, Salem; second, Annie, B. G. Boedlglielmer. Salem. Best mare, 2 years and under 4 First. Topy, L. I. Buraell. Monmouth. Best colt, either sex, 1 year or under First. Jessie. Garrett Teell. Stay ton; sec ond, Nellie Maud. McCoy Cosch Company, McCoy. Clydesdales, class C. bent stallion and get. not less than three colts First, The Preach er. John Painter. Salem. Beat stallion. 4 yeara or over First. The Preacher, John Painter. Kalem: second. Mir ror, J. If. McMillan. Independence. Beat stallion. S years and under 4 First, Massaaolt. John Palntsr, Salem: second, Ore gon Stamp, W. 1). ClagKett, Salem. Best mare. 4 years or ovei First. Oregon Sally, A. C. Simmons. Gervals; second. Leucla. George Schaap. Pratum. Best mare, z years and under 4 years- First, May. W. D. Clsggett. Salem. Barbara Fritrhle Tops Colts. Best colt, either sex, 1 year or under- First, Barbara Frltchle, A. J. Egan, Ger vals: aecond. Dole Englon. W. I. Claggett. Salem. Shires, class 7, best stallion. 4 yeara or un der First. Albion. Charles Black. Dallas. Percherons, clans 8. beat Percheron stal lion and get. not less than three colts Firat. Napoleon. I- K. Bradford. Salem. Stallions. 4 years or over Flrat. Paitrilurt. Klmer D. Mfitph, HaIem;second, Napoleon. L. K. Bradford. Salem. Stallions. 2 years and under 4 First. John leblanc J. B. Stabil. uJem; second. King, J. W. lnmnn. Salem. Mare and produce, not less than two coirs Flrat. Queen. J. M. Inman. Salem. Colt, either sex. 1 year or under First. Comet. 1 K. Bradford. Salem; aecond. Com mot, J. M. Inman, Salem. Belgians, class Stallion, 2 yeara snd utvler 4 First, iallard. IVOlege, Waldo Hills Horse Co.. Macleay: second. Rocker, Howell prairie Horse company. Salem. Best mare. 1 years and under 4 First. Liuy, j. . m nmiinreys, Macleay. SIUSLAW- BONDS TAKEN Eugfne Capitalist Buys $115,00') Issue at Par. EUGENE. Or.. April 7. SpeciaI. The second issue of i'ort of .Sluslaw bonds, amounting- to $115,000, was taken up yesterday by a syndicate of Eugene capitalists, the deal being- handled through the First National Bank. The bonds draw 6 per cent interest and the whole Issue was) taken at par. This Is one of the largest bond issues ever floated here entirely with local capital. As soon as the money from the sale of the bonds la obtained the Federal I Government will put up a like amount. and it is likely that bids will be adver tised at once to complete work on the Jetties at Florence. The work already done has deepened the channel eight feet, making it sufficient now for all lumber schooners plying on the Oregon coast. . NEWBERG PIONEER IS DEAD Sirs. PrLscilla Hodson, 82, Came to Oregon 32 Years Ago. NEWBERG. Or.. April 7. (Special.) Mrs. Priscilla Hodson, one of the oldest pioneers of this vicinity, died here to day. Mrs. Hodson came to Newberg 32 years ago yesterday. She was aged 82 and is survived by nine sons. They are C A. Hodson. J. C. Hodson. Arthur Hodson and E. W. Hodson, all of this place; Elmer Hodson, of Wlllamina: Levi Hodson, Pleasant Hedson and Moses Hodson. residing In Indiana, and Lindsay Hodson. of Athens. Ala. She Is also survived by TS grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be tomorrow, from the residence of her son, E. W. Hodson. this city. Burial will be In the Friends' Cemetery. Pendleton Wants Postofflce Open. PENDLETON. Or., April 7. (Special.) Pendleton's postofflce will not remain closed on Sunday if the protest being made by the citizens of this city will avail anything. The commercial asso ciation took the lead with a protest resolution, and petitions which are be- Inr circulated asking that the office re main open are being numerously signed. El i VOTE ON GHftRTER SURE WALLA WALLA TO DECIDE OX COMMISSION RULE. Petitions Calling for Specla, Elec tion Have Enough Signatures to Assure Test. WALLA WALLA. Wash, April 7. (Special.) Enough signatures have been affixed to the petitions for the election on the adoption of the com mission form of government under tho Allen law to compel Mayor Taussick to call this election, say those in charge of the petitions. ' The committee, however. Intends to secure a much larger number than that required before submitting it to the Mayor. The rush to register con tinued today. Many of those registering during the day were opponents of the Allen com mission form of government. Fewer women registered today than yester day. L. K. Meacham, ex-publicity muunr of the Commercial Club, es corted 20 ladies to the City Hall to register. Backers of the petitions urge resi dents to register as soon as possible and help swell the total number of sig i.tnrts that will be attached to the petitions when they are formally pre sented to the Mayor and City Council for inspection. The petition will be handed to the Mayor some time next week. The law providos that 2o per cent of the number that voted for Mayor at the last election must sign the petition, and as Mayor Taussick was unopposed, the vote was light. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR mtfmm WALTER Established 1780 . Closing-- Out Sale of the Entire Stock of Furniture. Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, Bedding, Wall Papers and Housefurnishings and Women's, Misses' and Children's Ready-to-Wear Apparel I in being taken Advantage of by economy-wise people in Portland and Throughout the Northwest. The greatest money-saving opportunities that have come and will come in many a day. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Morrison at Seventh The bill Is declared by many lawyers to be unconstitutional; and it is declared further that that will ruin the city's credit to adopt the charter. The opponents of the move want ter ritory annexed to the city so that a charter can be written to apply directly to Walla Walla. Adherents of the movement will brook no delay, however, and are push ing the matter along just as fast as it can be done. They are making no charges against the present city gov ernment, but maintain that the city, to be up-to-date, must have a new charter, and must have the commission form of government. BANK IS REORGANIZED Incorporation of Stayton Institution Is Sludo at Salem. SALEM. Or.. April 7. (Special.) Re organiaztion of the Stayton State Bank, which failed several days ago, has been perfected and articles of incorporation for the new bank were filed in the of fices of the Secretary of State today. The capital stock is increased from $20,000 to $25,000. The incorporators are P. C. Freres. W. L. Freres, Peter Freres and Emma Freres. Articles of incorporation were also filed today for the new First Method ist Episcopal Church of Albany. The value of the church property is shown to be $20,000 and the incorporators are C. V. Littler, Charles H. Wieder, A. M. Hammer, G. C. Moon, Pavid Torbet, M. J. Cameron, E. B. Small, John McChes ney and B. M. Huston. The Lincoln County Fair Association has also been Incorporated, with capi tal stock placed at $2000 and the fol lowing incorporators: O. K. Dalaba, T. J. Christopher, A. L. McDonald, A. T. Peterson, O. Middlekauf,- F. M. Hay den. W. F. Keady and W. M. Berry. aKer s Caracas Sweet Chocolate IT IS DELICIOUS Just the right combination of high grade cocoa, pure sugar and vanilla to" please the taste Sold in 18 lb. and 14 lb. packages BE SURE THAT YOU GET " BAKER'S ' WITH - THE TRADEMARK ON THE PACKAGE BAKER &. 12-YEAR LAWSUIT LOST CONTRACT I -VG FIRM SUES FOR $1,500,000, GETS $1, Long Contest Between Chicago and Builders of Tunnel Decided by Appeal Court. CHICAGO. April 7. (Special.) After a legal battle lasting 12 years, the City of Chicago today defeated Weir, Mc Kechney & Co. in their attempt to col lect $1,600,000 for extras claimed in connection with tho construction of the Northwestern Land TunneL .Tudge Frederick A. Smith in the Ap pellate Court affirmed the action cf the lower court, which awarded the city a Judgment of $1 Instead of allcywing the claim of the contractors. The case was the biggest and one of the oldest in which the city is involved. The court held that unauthorised and illegal payments amounting ta $308,000 were made to the contractors and. If interest had been allowed from the time of the payments to tjhe time of trial, the amount would equal $425,000. The city will not attempt to recover this money, as the company Is bankrupt-When the work was about three quarters completed, the city took the job away from the contracting firm, charging that needless work was be ing done. Bcaus he had forgotten his "climbers' C. E. ordish Montana lion hunter, had to walk back five mlltjB after them throuffli the snow to Lluby. Mont., before ha could climb a tree, rope and capture a lion which his dnjra hr.d tracked. CO. LTD. DORCHESTER, MASS. V