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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1912)
The finest hcrry land in tlie world is situated near Knappa, in Clatsop County. Blackberries. loganberries, strawberries prow luxuriantly. In no part of the world is the yield as great or the market better. V'e are trying to persuade you to look at our land. Wc want you to talk with us about it. We know we can convince you that our fertile valley land at Knappa, CLAT GRAY RUNS TO I E Railroadman Racing Across Five States to Catch Corvallis Train. HANLEY READY FOR TRIP llarnry County Man Would Make farmer. Instead of "Milk red Chicken." Out or College Men. r.rv. J. S. .Martin, Of Pittsburg, first "f a series of visitors who will come to Portland to extend interest in the World Christian CltlT.enshlu Congress Worlds Christian Cltlxenshlp Congress. .t world-wide betterment organisation, will, h Is to be held here June 3 to -Inly 6, 1913. met with representative from tha Portland Commercial Club and ministers of Portland at a luncheon at tnr club yesterday, and outlined the preparatory work that has already been !.n toward the big congress. 'More than $13,000 already has been si-ent In preparatory work." he said, "and we will probably raise as much more to match the $15,000 which will be raised in Portland for the congress. We ha to now only begun a movement of publicity that will grow to enormous proportions, and will reach to every portion of the world before the time tfie congress convenes." Ilev. II. C. lllnton. of Trenton. N. J., president of the National Reform Association, has been traveling In Eu lopc for six months, securing speakers for the congress who represent the best of each country in the Old World. I'.isntr s-eVer Take Part. Mr. Mtnton will come to Portland In August to confer with the local com mittee upon the programme for the c-ngrrss and to arrange preliminaries. At least 40 speakers from abroad and l In the I'nited States will be se- nred. .Many of those who have been rciueMed to take part In the congress a'readv have signified their willing ness, and .Mr. -Martin said that favor able answers to the Invitations were being received daily at the headquar ters in Philadelphia. The following are some of the prom inent men who have already definitely promised to participate: Judge A. Z. r.lair. Portsmouth. Ohio: Dr. Andrew W. Williamson, of Edinburgh. Scotland: lr. A. Halgaxion. of Konla. Turkey: fir ndrew Kraser. Lieutenant-Governor of India; Tr. J. A. McDonald, editor To ronto tllobe. Canada: N'g Poon Chew. Canton. China: .M. Charles - I,ucien r.autlcr. Genera. Switzerland: Professor lge. Kdtnhiirgh. Scotland: Governor Woodrow Wilson: I"r. Benjamin Id V heeler, president of the University of fn'ifornla: Judge pen Lindsay. Ivnvr: Viarlei Merle fa'Aiiblgne. son ft famous Trench historian: M. le Pasteur K. Anet. Belgium: Trofessor Alberto C!ot. Palermo. Itaiy: Ir. Bang, bishop vt Norway, and Worernor C. Si. 0bom. of Lansing. Mich. Other men of equal OREGON BIN TERMS: SOP COUN1 prominence are expected to be added to tha list of leaders in tha coming con gress. Rev. Mr. Martin Gees Soul". - Rev. Mr. Martin left last night for San Francisco, where he will arrange for the appointment of a state commit tee for Callfornln. as lie has done In all other states he has visited. J. A. Cosby, of Tarentum, Pa will come to Portland in May to continue the pre paratory work, and It. J. S. McGaw, of Pittsburg, will follow him in June. In Oregon the preparations will be presided over by a committee of seven, with Rev. S. K. IHiBois as chairman, succeeding Lr. William Parker, of JSu gene. and a committee of 100 to be appointed by the Commercial Club, consisting . of 80 laymen and -0 min isters. Those who attended the ineeeting at the Commercial Club yesterday were: Rev. J. S. Martin. G. F. Johnson, Rev. S. E. DuBois. Dr. William Parsons, of Kugene: A. D. Charlton. Edgar B. Piper. C. C. Chapman. William Hanley, of Burns: T. B. Wilcox. II. Beckwlth. Dr. John R. Boyd. R. R, Perkins. J. R. Miller. W. J. Hofmann. H. W. Stone. R. W. Raymond and A. W. Hendricks. BIG BRIDGE PALN FAVORED Commercial Onus of Washington to Aid Movement. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. April 32. Representatives of the 155 Commercial clubs of the state, in the first session of the IVogress and Prosperity com r. Ittce just concluded here, have band ed themselves together to work for the state as a whole, rather than for each body to confine itself solely to Its Immediate s-Mtc. Among the resolutions passed was one favoring the construction of a bridge by Ore gon and Washington, across the Co lumbia between Vancouver and Port land. Such a bridge would be a con necting link In a great Pacific high way. Governor Hay said that a wagon bridge at that point would cost a million dollars, and that the plan was to have each state bear a quarter of the cost, and the counties of Clarke and Multnomah, one quarter each. It was decided to memorialize Con gress for financial ..ssistance for open ing the Columoia. by Improving the Celilo canal, and to get it done so that the river win be navigable and ready for business by the time the Panama canal is opened. John C. Slater of Seattle was chosen president: Waldo Paine, of Spokane, vlce-pr -sident. an" W. I Lemon of North Yakima, treasurer. The execu tive committee is to consist of a rep resentative from nrh of the thirteen Commercial Club federations, includ ing the Southeastern Washington and Oregon Development league. WOOL BILLUPTHIS WEEK Senate Committee Likely lo Abide by Report of Tariff Board. ORHGOXIAN NEWS BL'REAi. Wash ington. April 33. (Special.! The Sen ate finance committee wi!l bts'n con sideration of the House wool bill this week. It Is not the ptesent Intention to call any Western witnesses as tha committee believes It haa ample Infor mation In the report of the Tariff Rtrd. . This wo'Ud Indicate that a majority of Cue committee Intends to substitute a new bill for the House bli; and to frame it in strict accordance with the findings of the Tariff Board. Rates will be very similar to-thoe a-onlalned In the Republican substitute offered In the House and voted dowr. with some changes In administrative features. $10 Clatsop County, is the place where you want to make your future home. Don't Always Work For Others. Buy a piece of land, .", 10 or 20 acres, on easy terms and in u few years you will be independent of working for wages. Astoria Chamber of Commerce in its 1912 pamphlet, page 41, have this to say about this land: PLAN TOLD BY PASTOR Rev. J. S. Martin Outlines Pre paratory Work for Chris tian Citizenship Congress. SUM OF $12,000 RAISED Seei-lons to Be Held In Portland In IffS'Will Be Addressed by Speaker From Various - Pnrts of Globe. Leaving St. Paul last night. Carl R. Gray, president of the Hill lines In Ore gon and chairman of the committee for the Oregon business men's excur sion to Corvallis. started a race across Ore states to reach Portland In time to join the party when it leaves Port land Thursday morning. Mr. Gray was detained In St. Paul by business. It ia expected tha Gray train will reach Portland in time for him to transfer to the excursion special, with a few minutes' margin. In the meantime the canvass for members for tha excursion party haa been going on in Portland so success fully that the three Pullman cars ori ginally provided have been filled and the railroad haa been called upon to supply a fourth car to accommodate tha business men who are asking for reservations. William Hanley, honorary chairman of the excursion, arrived in Portland yesterday from Burns, bringing with him a slogan for the trip: "Land Schools on the Soil." and standing for the extension of the sphere of the ag ricultural college's Intluenca to every section of the state, by demonstration farms and agricultural education In the preparatory schools. With Mr. Han ley came George Smith, County Com missioner of Harney County, and Gus Rumbold. an attorney and banker, of Burns. Farming Seeded la Cellrgee. "The agricultural college Is the land school." said Mr. Hanley. "and this ex cursion Is the first step in a movement to take the Influence of that school out to the people of the soil, where It belongs. The scheme toward which we are bound to work gradually will make the college the top rung in a ladder of agricultural education that begins with our school gardening In the primary grades and extends right up through our high schools. "Much of the education our high schools affords now la not fitted for a person who must depend on the soil for a living. "A big percentage of those who are profiting by our facilities for higher education come out of It a good deal like a milk-fod chicken a pretty fair specimen so far as their raising goes, but not able to scratch very well for themselves. Settlement State's Salvation). . "I hope to see the time when the state demonstration farms and the ex perts on Uiea farm will work direct- CASH. S5 BERRIES "On logged off and other land all kinds of berries yield big profits. Two-hundred fifty crates of strawberries have been taken from one acre and sold at $3 per crate. Loganberries yield as high as 350 crates to the acre and blackberries produce as OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. "Y LAND INV. CO. ly in connection with the county high schools. - They will be able not only to train up the younger generation In, a knowledge of how to make the most out of the soil, but they could give short courses In the Winter that would he a nroAt to the older men, just as the short course that is now given in the agricultural college. . "I believe that the salvation of the state depends upon the settlement of the land and I believe mat ine seme- ment of the land depends upon our giving cltlxens an understanding of the postdbilities of the farm and In arous ing an Interest that will make men re turn to the soil." Thursday the excursionists will visit McMinnvllle. Sheridan and Dallas w-hre -the party will be entertained by the commercial organisations. Fri day will be spent upon the campus of the Oregon .Agricultural College. Dele gations of business men from other parts of the state will join the Port land party at Corvallis. The return trip will be made early Saturday morning. TRUST RULES RAILWAYS Steel Corporation Owns 35 Per Cent of Carrier)' Stock. WASHINGTON. April 33. Directors of the United Statea Steel Corpora tion, through stock ownership and placea on the directories of the great railway systems of the United States, have a controlling voice In nearly 55 per cent of the railroads of the coun try, according to the statistical study prepared for the Stanley steel trust investigating committee of the House. The aggregate value of the rail roads Is fixed at approximately $18. 000,000.000. and of that steel corpora tion affiliations are aaid to control more than $10,000,000,000. The 23 directors of the steel corpora tion sit on boards of directors of i i MimnnnillR. CXDTeSS companies and various other Industri al corporations with an aggregate cp italixatlon of $7.388.099,416. Death Held Accidental. CHEHALIS. Wash., April 32. (Spe cial.) The Coroner's Inquest today Into the death of George D. Harris, the man killed last night by the Shasta limited train at the Newaukum bridge, exon erated the engineer and railroad com pany from all blame, holding that the death was wholly acciaental. It Is emtimated that Japan consumes $15. 000.000 worth of paint annually. About 3 per c-nt of this total Is Imported. Impossible Infection from coot r too nod from atl orders of blood (o1kod no matter fma wbat ourc la readered impoast bl by t&a use ot TYREE'S Antiseptic Powder Rest and aaost economical fra'cld known. Ahsolotelr barmlm fo toe del icate membrane tlaaaea. Baals without Irritation. tTaed br ptiralrlanB all T world frr 21 rears. I1a no equal aa a prevn;a tire. PiasoWes taatantlr in water. 3-rt pirkar nnkes $ gallons stand- ara amotion. flnid br drnnlats evarrwber. t end for booklet, f rasniaftea,D.C I Aak onr doctor or and X S. TTREE, Caa.iaL.Wi Makes j& v PER MONTH high as eight tons to the acre. Berryv growing is becoming one of the most im portant industries of the county. There is little work except picking time and crop may be relied on." We don't say this. The Astoria Cham ber of Commerce docs. You can depend on its truth. It is true and not overdrawn. Excursions leave daily from our office. LERS HAVE L MAXV -PORTLAND MEN" MAKE KXCOt'RACIXG- CATCHES. Salmon Arc Caught Xow at Falls of Willamette and Trout Fishing Is Reported Good. Although the fishing season Is on, few large catches have been made and the height of the trout season is still many weeks away. However, salmon are numerous at the falls at Oregon City and Sunday more than 40 salmon were Jerked from the Willamette. The most popular trout streams now are those to the West of the hills as F. Deinpsey is one of the successful fishers, having caught more than 40 trout in Dairy Creek. He reports the sport good there under almost any con ditions. A. L. Tlbbets. Portland's premier hooker, went to the lakes back of Col lins Hot Springs, where he made a good catch Sunday. The train con- REGULAR PIANOLA PIANO DAY Three of Highest-Priced Instruments Find Buyers Before Noon Yesterday Dozens Sold Altogether. Immense Savings. As previously announced, our remain ing Pianola Pianos are offered In this final closing - out salo which is now under way. We can make no lower prices than the reduced prices that were announced last week. But in order to dispose of every Pianola Piano this month we are furnishing free $100 worth of Metro style and Themodlst music with each Pianola Piano sold during this final closlng-out sale. This sacrifice sale of Pianola Pianos Is In strict accordance with agreements and stipulations reached in the honor; able United States Court. It is no doubt the most revolutionary event that has ever happened in the history of the music trade. While this great and complete assortment of Pianola Pianos is still here every Pianola Piano purchaser will reap a rich harvest. Ellers Music House throughout its en tire history has maintained Its right to make its own low price in selling to its customers. But on account of legal protection which the contract-price system at the time enioys. we cannot reduce the alleged established prices of Pianola Pianos unless we advertise them as second-hand. " But come and see. Compare the Pianola Pianos In this sale with any of the latest design and type. They will not suffer by comparison.' Our prices, however, are nearly one half of that which representatives of the combine are endeavoring to secure for instruments under the contract-price-protecting system. Every Weber Pianola Piano Is to be sold at prices reduced as stated, namely $320 and $285. Every Steck Pianola Piano is to De .sold at prices reduced as stated, namely $295 and $245. Every Wheelock Pianola Piano is to be sold at prices reduced a stated, namely $2sk and $235. Why not go with us? Your fare is repaid you if you purchase. We make no mis representations. Our salesmen are in structed to state but the plain facts. Come in at once and see photos of land. Come in when you can get your choice of 903 acres. Same price on all the land. Same terms to all. Office open evenings until 9 P. M. ' CJJARLESDELFELJSA 2d Floor, 212 Railway Exchange Bldg. ON STARK BETWjraOdANP4th. tl. trln nA enn ' ATI f Cfl t as the fisherman may leave Portland" Saturday night at a:.;o o ciock, arriving there itt 9 o'clock. The following day he may return late in the evening. The scene of action Is an old mill dain and Mr. Tibbets reports that the waters are teeming with fish. S. Huesner made good at Meadow Lako near Carlton. He and a number of other Portland men have that lake "bottled." so he will keep on getting good strings all Summer, as the lake is thickly populated with null. LOST FOOT BRINGS $1030 State or Washington Also Pajs Ex penses in Hospital. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 22. (Special.) Loss of a foot brought to Fred Meffhant, laborer, a check for $1030, given by the State Industrial Insurance Commission. Four months ago Merchant was working for the Wisconsin Logging & Timber Company, at Oak Point, Wash., when he met with an accident that cost his left foot and ankle. He recovered in the Good Sa maritan Hospital, in Portland, and now Every Stuyvesant Pianola Piano is to be sold at prices reduced, namely $215 and $185. With each instrument sold we now give free. In addition to the immense saving made possible during the sale, an actual $100 worth of Metrostyle and Themodlst music rolls. It is undoubt edly safe to say that this will be the last opportunity for any one to secure one of these contract - protected - price Pianola Pianos at such reduced prices. $6 a month will buy the Stuyvesant Pianola Piano. $8 a month will buy the Wheelock Pianola Piano. $10 a month will buy the Steck Pianola Piano. $12 a month will - buy the Weber Pianola Piano. See also some really used Pianola Pianos which were received by us in part payment for new Autopianos, Player Pianos de Luxe, and the fine, beautiful new Ohickcrlng Player Pianos. These used Pianola Pianos are some of them old "65-note" styles; such In struments will be sold for the value of the piano Itself without regard to the Pianola action contained in same. Thus we have some used Stuyvesant Player Pianos, in good, playable order, -using the 65-note roll, in cases of mahogany, and also in oak cases, for $290, and sev eral for only $265, and three of them at $220. We have several later "88-note" de signs of Stuyvesant Pianola Pianos for $315 and $345. These Stuyvesant Pianola Pianos may be had on payment of $6 a month. This sale, then, is the last opportu nity for any one to secure one of these contract - protected - priced Pianola Pianos at reductions ranging from $320 to $185, according to style and design, with $100 worth of music rolls free as an additional inducement. Call at once, Eilers Bldg,, Alder street, at Seventh. Also see the beauties displayed in our Seventh - street show window. Eilers '"usic House. lives in that city. His hospital fees have been paid by the state and his account with the Industrial Commission is closed. Earthquake Hhocks iu Japan arc vry common. They average more than 300 a iar. 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