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TTTF, MOTCNTNC; ORKGOMAN. SATURDAY, DECE3IHER 0, 1913. Coroner's Jury to the effect that negli gent and carelessness on the part of the Government engineers at camp 3. on The Dallea-Celilo canal works, caused tho death of Frank Lynch, a laborer. Tuesday, the canal o metals have requested Coroner Burgett to re open the Inquest proceedings. The re quest was granted by Coroner Burgett, who, with the members of his jury, will go to camp 3 Sunday morning for the purpose of further Investigation. No official from the Government canal works was present at the inquest which was held last night, and 'It la charged that the witnesses, all laborers, were prejudiced against he officials on the big job and that the facts of conditions on the works at the time of the fatal accident were not presented by the wit nesses. Lynch was killed when a load of dirt which was being raised from the canal bd fell on him. due to the breaking of a goose neck. 10 BE EYE OPENER StyleplustfiT ribiAe 4PI Thousands of Ears Displayed at Pendleton as Fine as Those From "Belt." SERIOUS INTEREST TAKEN IRISH HEIR WANTS $418 l'armcrs From Ilnndrcd or More Com in a ni tic Attend anil Ask Questions Big Increase in Acreage Predicted in 1914. ESCHEATED ESTATE SOrCHT BY PATItlCK MIRKAY'S SISTKIU GOBNSHOWPROVES 1 BT ADDISON BENNETT. PENDLETON. Or.. Dec. 6 (Special.) The evening of tho first day of the O.-W. R. & N. Corn Show finds the ex hibits in tho best of order, thanks to the indefatigable labors of Farmer Pmlth and his assistants and, what is more to the point, the class and quality of the corn la far anead of anything that tho most optimistic of enthusiasts had any reason to expect. It may be well to say that those who come here, or who come later, expecting to find a palace of corn like has been seen In some of the so-called corn states of the Mississippi Valley will go away mis taken and perhaps disillusioned. Such people should remember that this show and the one just closed at Colfax are the first attempts of the kind ever un dertaken In the Northwest. They should further remember that we are Just finding; ourselves In the growing .of corn, that It is only a very, very few years since the man who attempted to raise corn In this section was looked upon as a fool or a faker. Interest Is Genalne. No! there la no corn palace in which to show the exhibits; but there are many thousands of ears of as fine corn as can be grown anywhere in the coun try, and these exhibits were brought In by serious, careful, cautious men who have undertaken, in conjunction witn their Alma Mater, so to sepak, the O. R. & N. Company, to bring the Northwest up to the position it ought to and soon will occupy In what may be called the great American corn field. Not only the exhibitors but the spectators are serious students. Farm' ers are here from a hundred or more communities. They go over the exhlb Its carefully, they ask questions, they compare the exhibits one with another, they talk about the seed, where and how to get it to start with and how to secure it in future years. Then al most to a man they say: "I am going to try it next year." Those who had an acre or so as an experiment this year will have from 20 to 40 acres next year. Those who had 20 or 40 this year will double their area, perhaps far more, next year. Big Increase Predicted. it Is estimated by the best authority in the Northwest. Farmer Smith, that the area -Increased this year over last to th extent of 400 per cent; Mr. Smith now estimates that the Increase next year will be. nearly as great. What that means to this section of the country can safely be left with those who know what the hog and the cow at their best mean to a country, for the only market advocated for the corn-grower is the stock on his own or neighbor's lands. - From Wasco County alone there are here 85 exhibits, an aggregate of nearly 4000 ears. Some of this corn Is about as near perfect as corn grows, and Jn several cases the yield is reported to be In excess of 60 bushels to the acre, secured by dry-land farming, which seems to tell the wheat-grower that there is something better than Summer fallowing In the old, old way. Exhibit la Kyr-Oprarr. From Wheeler, Gilliam, Sherman, Morrow. Umatilla. Union and Baker Counties the exhibits have come. Aside from the many fine specimens from Wasco County the display from Eagle Valley, in Baker County, is attracting much attention. Then the exhibit from the two-acre patch of Burton H. I'eck. a homesteader on dry land. 10 rai'es south and 1000 feet higher than Hcpp ter. is-certainly an eye-opener for the people of Morrow, Gilliam and Sherman Counties. Mr. Peck has prepared a field of 24 acres for the planting of his next year's crop, the seed being already, selected from his present crop. Perhaps his ex ample is but a fair criterion of what will be done next year all over the dry farming belt. The visitors today were greatly dis appointed because R. B. Miller, traf fic manager of the O.-W. R. & N., was not present. He was called suddenly to Portland from Iewtston on piessing business. ro:ecs and dozens of the exhibitors grew their corn from seed distributed through Mr. Miller, and they wanted to meet the man who Is doing so much to upbuild the North west. They hope that Mr. Miller will be here tomorrow. "These exhibits demonstrate beyond any possibility of doubt there Is no section of Oregon in which corn can not be successfully produced," said Mr. Smith. "There Is corn here that .would compare favorably from any standpoint with that exlifbltcd at any chow in the country and there are ears here from Baker City which are as large as any ever exhibited at a corn Show." It r ports Accompany Exhibits. With nearly every one of the 150 ex hibits there Is a report of the methods and seed used by the grower, the pro duction per acre and the cost per bushel. These reports show yields as high as 85 bushels on Irrigated land and from 25 to 45 bushels on dry land. T. A. Sam is. of The TJalles. reports 1800 bushels from a 65-acre orchard containing three-year-ld trees. Two years ago he tried to grow corn from );astern seed, but gave up In despair, believing corn could not be produced in Oregon. He waa Induced by "Farm er" Smith, to make another try with Oregon seed "and he now says if this corn produces as well next year as this he will devote his attention to corn Instead of fruit. r S. lrvin. of Hermlf.ton. reports SS72 pounds of ear corn and 13.500 founds of fodder from one acre of land, at a cost of 11 90. The seed had been grown three years in that neighbor hood. Mr. Smith Is Impressing upon all farmers the necessity of using seed which is acclimated. Referring to the prlxe-wlnniug exhibit from Pendleton. Ind.. Mr. Smith picked up a number of Oregon-grown ears of com and pro. reeded to demonstrate why they were of higher grade and heavier yield than ths Eastern product. Brother "let Heard Froaa la 40 Years aad Death of Baker Realdeat Is Leaned of Accidentally. BAKER. Or.. Dec. 5 (Special.) A sole heir, discovered years after the death of Patrick Murray, who died in Los Angeles In January, 1910, leaving property which reverted to the County of Baker, has been found in far away Ireland and today her attorneys filed a petition for the payment of the money by the County Treasurer. The sole heir Is Winifred Clancy, formerly Winifred Murray, a sister of Patrick Murray, who lives In North Gate street. Athenry. County Galway. Ireland. When Mr. Murray died no heir could be found by John Waterman, adminis trator of the estate , and when he turned in his final report there. w a balance of $418.27. Under the law. in the absence of a legal heir and with no will discovered, this money was paid to the County Treasurer. Mrs- Clancy now petitions for the money. She makes affidavit that her brother left. for the United States 40 years ago and that she received letters from her sister telling of his whereabouts. One by one the brothers and sisters of Pat rick Murray died until only Winifred Clancy was left, the affidavit recites. and it was only by accident that the death of her- brother, from whom she had never heard, was learned. Accompanying the affidavit are proofs of relationship and an affidavit by a cousin, Winifred Concannon, also telling of the relationship. OFFICERS UNDER ARREST BURGLARY OF JAIL ASfD THEFT OF LIQUOR IS "CHARGED. Sensational Arrests at Rupert. Idaho, Made on Statemeat of Prisoner Fouad Drank la Cell. BOISE. Idaho. Dec E. (Special.) Several of the new officials of Mini doka County may be ousted from office while disbarment proceedings probably will be Instituted against three attor neys as the result of entrance Into the County Jail at Rupert and taking out a large quantity of liquor which had been confiscated by the court from bootleggers. Charles Nelson. Sheriff. is under arrest, charged with bootleg ging, and warrants were' served today on Attorney E. R. Dampier. City Attor ney W. R. .Hyatt. Probate Judzf Heebies, County Clerk Butler and J. W. Voorhes. who were charged with bur-r-lary. Hyatt, Dampier and Butler later were dismissed. It Is alleged that these men raided the jail after picking the lock and pro cured the liquor last night. Minidoka County Is "dry" under the local option law. The exposure and arrest created a sensation, for all of the defendants are prominent citizens of the county. An alleged bootlegger, the only prisoner In the jail at the time of the raid, was discovered gloriously drunk this morning in his cell. It was on his statement, after sweating, that the names of the officials and attorneys were given as the persons who entered the jail. T 111' THE STYLEPLUS STORE 342 Washington Near Broadway OPENING TODAY SUITS OVERCOATS RAINCOATS One Price Every Day in the Year We Save You From $3 to $8 TARIFF NOT FEARED Butter and Cheesemakers of Oregon Optimistic. MORE HOGS, COWS URGED YAKIMA ROAD IS ASSURED Network of Auto Roads Planned From Irrigated. Districts. ELLENSBCRO. Wash., Dec. B. (Spe cial.) The Kittitas County Commis sioners today appropriated 12500 for the improvement of the highway be tween this city and North Yakima. This sum will be used with 110.000 appro priated by the Yakima Board to be used on the same road. The total will be sufficient to straighten out short curves and cut down a number of grades between the two cities and will make the road ideal' for automobile traffic This improvement is one of the steps In constructing a network of automo bile roads which will connect Tacoma and Seattle with the three large Irri gated districts of Eastern Washington Kittitas, Taklma and Wenatchee vaU leys. The Commissioners of Chelan and Kittitas counties are considering the Improvement of a road between Ellens- burg and Wenatchee. The first contract on the Snoqualmie road between Seat tle and Ellensburg has been started. and a-survey recently was completed for a road between Yakima and Tacoma via the Rainier National Park. CORONER TO REHEAR CASE Officials on Canal Work Say Wit nesses Did Not Give Facts. THE DALLES. Or, Dec. 5 (Special.) Dissatisfied with, the verdict of the GIRL'S MIND FLITS AWAY North Yakima Lass Wanders for Several Hours and Loses Hair. XORTII TAKIMaT WasK. Dec 6. Special.) From the time she left a friend on Yakima avenue at S o'clock ast night, until she was found wander ing in the west part of the city at I o'clock, the mind of Honor Richards, a 16-year-old girl was a complete blank. according to the story she told when takert back to the North Taklma De- entlon Home. Within that time aha lost her abundant hair, but she has no recollccUon of the manner In which this happened, according to her story She is an orphan, who had been in the detention hom; for some time. A home In -this city had just been found for her. Large Tract to Grow Alfalfa. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec 3. (Special.) Workmen are preparing 440 acres of land at Burbank. and alfalfa will be planted In the Spring. The fol lowing year the remaining GEO acres of the 1000-acre tract will be seeded. The Burbank Company is building eight bungalows. In which the work men will be housed. Kllensburg Scales Confiscated. ELLENSBrno, Wash, Dec. S. (Spe cial.) The Sealer of Weights and Measures for Yakima and Kittitas counties has confiscated 25 sets of scales. 14 weights and condemned 65 scales, as a result of his official visit here last week. That. West Will Be Sending Great Quantities of 3111k Products to East in Few Years Predicted. Association Fleets. LA GRANDE, Or.. Dec S (Special.) Oregon cows and Oregon hogs were lauded, praised and boosted here today when facts ami figures were presented at the annual convention of the Ore gon Butter and Cheesemakers' Associa tion that Indicate beyond a doubt that the cow and the hog are coming into their own In the Northwest with great rapidity. Oregon. ' Idaho and Washington creamery men, butter and cheese makers who are members of the but ter and cheese .associations of the three states held their annual conven tion In La Gsande today. President Townsend, of Portland, presided, and Dairy and Food Commissioner MIckle was present. Half a doxen prominent creamerymen participated In the pro gramme this afternoon and'tonlght. the evening speeches coming as toasts at a big banquet tendered by the Commer cial Club. That the West will be sending car load shipments of butter Into the East within a few years, as soon as more men and more cows are brought Into Oregon, was the sense of the speeches, and that th reduced tariff will do no harm was another point brought out. The winners In the contest for prises In the 18 displays or butter were. S. O. Rice, of the Portland Union Meat Company, first; Emery Cox, of La Grande, second, and R. E. Kivette, of the Townsend Creamery. Portland, third. Considerable emphasis was laid on the quality of the butter that can be produced In Oregon and It was the opinion of all thp.t the required ad vance deposits with foreljrn shipping associations would tend to lessen the amount of butter shipped Into this country. Fully three months are re quired to get returns on foreign in vestments. A. C. Black, of. the Union Meat Com pany, brought an encouraging report regarding the hog business. "Tremen dous reductions In Importation of hogs to Oregon have resulted in the past year or two," he said. ' "Oregon farm ers are rising to the Issue and produc ing an overwhelming portion of the supply, with the result that thousands of dollars stay In Oregon." James Wlthycombe, of Oregon Agri cultural College; Professor Franch. of the same school; J. M. Lambert, of the United States Dairy Division, who In spected the butter and awarded prizes; Carl Hchalling, of Portland, amr Robert Wlthycombe, of Union, were other speakers. The convention adjourned at 11 o'clock tonight. The annual election of officers re sulted In the election of Chris Myhre, of Junction City, president: L. P. Hoi gerson. Junction City, vice-president; F. L. Kent. Eugene, secretary-treasurer, and 8. R. Cooper, Prlnevllle; J. V. Blckford. Elgin, and O. B. Neptune, of Albany, on the executive committee. No meeting place was chosen. Latah Farmers Gather. MOSCOW. Idaho. Dec. 5. (Special.) More than 100 delegates gathered to night hefe for the opening of the mid winter session of the Latah County Ixcal Farmers' Educational and Co operative Union. Important matters affecting the work of the union were taken up tonight In executive session. An open meeting will be held Saturday night, at which time L. C. Crow, state president, will deliver an address- mat, but precipitation for the year thus far is nearly four Inches In excess of the normal, and more than two inches greater than the normal precipitation for the entire 12 months. The amount of moisture received during the month just closed was 1.34 Inches, while the rainfall for the past 11 months totals 1S.4S Inches. . Pendleton Rainfall Lighter. PE.VDLETON. Or, Dec B. (Special.) Pendleton's rainfall for the month of November was lightly below the nor- MILLMEN TO EXPLOIT FIR Tnooriora t Ion Plans Introduction of Product Throughout World. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Dec 5. (Special.) Articles of Incorporation of the Douglas Fir Exploitation '& Export Company Just filed here, mark the be ginning of a campaign to Introduce Northwestern fir to the markets of the world. Five of the best known lumber man ufacturers of the Northwest E. L. Gaudette. of South Bend; L. J. Went worth, of Portland: W. B. Mack, of Aberdeen: E. G. Ames, of Port Gamble, and D. E. Skinner, of Port Gamble ere named In the articles as incorpora tors and trustees of the company, which Is capitalized at 200.000. Stock Is to be sold to none but lumber manu facturers and no manufacturer Is to be allowed to obtain a- majority Interest. Officers are to be maintained at Se attle. Portland and San Francisco. School Vacation Stretched. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec 8. (Special.) The School Board played Santa Claus to toe. pupils of the public schools yesterday, and changed the dates of the Christmas holidays to suit the youngsters. The Board had fixed the dates as December 1 to 29. with one day at New Year's, but this has been changed to December 24 to Jan uary 3. Pendleton Men Pleased. PENDLETON. OK, Dec 5. (Special.) Loud In their praises of the treat ment afforded them and of the quality of the exhibition, 21 Pendleton business men returned this morning in their special car from the Lewlston Stock Show. They have no hesitancy in de claring that the show and the manner In which it Is conducted would be a credit to a city many times the size of Lewlston. Castle Rook Store Robbed. CHFHALIS. Wash.. Dec. 5. fSpe- cial.) Wlehtje & .Gehlman's hardware store at Castle Rock was robbed be tween 'midnight and 6 otclock this morning and approximately J200 worth of firearms, ammunition and other Roods taken. The police along the main line have been notified. Genesee Couplo Married. GENESEE. Idaho. Dec 5. (Special.) Melvln D. Howe and Miss Edna Shatter, of Genesee, were united In marrleg here Wednesday, at the bride's home. Mr. and Mrs. Howe left for Lewiston. Idaho, from there they will go to Seattle for a short trip, and will reside west of Genesee. Rev. N. E. Reach, of Clarks ton. performed the ceremony. Knowing What "She" Likes is a most pleas ing compliment. When you send her Maillard's or Pig'n Whistle or Park and Tilford's Chocolates and Bon Bons or Allegretti Bitter Sweets or Mallane's Taffies she appreciates that you know she knows what is best. 92 Third and Sixth at . Washington Mala 503, Mala 7S41, A-4Z7S. special sarsseager Give the kiddies a drink of hot bouillon between meals. Growing children need uhis extra stimulation. A box of ARMOUR'S BOUILLON CUBES will make it easy for you Simply drop a cube Into a cup of ' bot water and a delicious bouillon to ready seasoning and all. Grocers aad Drnctiati everywhere Sw Wrwm Wmmtm I fc Aiiiim ami riiwuj. Tim SnnonrSBloaillQn01?e$ SAY, YOU! 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