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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2i 1913. 9 1912 UNIQUE IN APPLE INDUSTRY Past Methods Unbusinesslike Declares Editor of Hood River Fruit Journal. MARKETING POINTS GIVEN Konnal Demand Can Be Increased by Certain Policies of Business, Review Is Given or Trade . Conditions. BT S. H. SHEPARD. Editor of Better Fruit. Hood River. Or. It Is frequently remarkea mat no two years in tho apple business are alike. I might add that the year 1912 certainly was unlike any other year that I know anything about. Many apple growers seem to think the apple business is a business peculiar to Itself and unlike any other business, ouca i Tin the r.Ase. There are business prin clples which much be followed, which are essential to the success of every business, the apple business the same as any other. The same principles are practical in creating a aeumnu, u,- 4.i..l on A mnT-lratinir the aDDle crOD as are used in any wholesale business, or the disposition of the output of any factory. It is evident from a review of our past methods that we nave not cou- ,Vi gnnla hiiKinnSS OD bUfiineSS nrlnciples. It is also true that in past 1 ..... hv. r..lt ih Ht our apples jffvould practically sell themselves. We have done notning to create a. ucuu" for our apples or to increase consump tion. In. fact, we have not even sold our apples. Our quantity was small, the quality attractive, dealers came to us and bought them, were glad to do so. and paid our prices. wh.t t am cninc to sav about mar keting apples in a large measure will he practically true in reierence iu uuu keting any kind of fruit that we can .-f,,n,- in the Northwest. but I will refer to the apple, for the reason that we are most vitauy musi- . i in v,A unnio wause we have a larger acreage in apples in the Hood River Valley than in all other fruits combined. The apple will be our chief business because our apples are su- i - .lit-., ..novfoiied in flavor. peuur iu Muu.i.j, .- - - - unequaled in beauty, unsurpassed in keep and famous inrouguoui m Wliere nicy - - we can solve the problem of marketing the apple successruny at prices, we can solve the problem of marketing all otner Kina ui im-i-a adopting similar metnoas. l.,L.tinir KMda HhoWH. Kolllne anDles Is a business. All . ...inAaa u tA K1lh1ct tO TIP TlOU of prosperity and depression. General prosperity iu an " v ' good times ana easy muue.. i k,..ii..u mnnst tiarht money hardship and frequenUy worse than this, panics. The apple business, like every other, has had its periods ot prosperity i . ....... ttys voiir? or e-ooa onues and low prices. When financial con ditions are good, general business is prosperous: even with big yields we can expect fair prices, but when general business is depressed, low prices may prevail, even tnougn tne appie 'w comparatively small. The condition of i i .. tha ci7o nf the apple crop are factors affecting values. All values are subject to the lnnuence 01 me i of supply and demand. I shall endeavor to show how, in a measure, we can circumvent by proper methods this law. I mean with a fixed quantity our supply equal to the normal demand that certain policies ui ness can be adopted, which will in crease the normal demand. If we can . t an innraaan the demand it follows that we can secure better i T. i . 1 1 all nnnlA KTOWerS Of the Northwest are comparatively new 'in the business, rew are wnic fact that the apple business has gone .-, . ... r itrh and low nrlces. big yields and light crops, many times before we become engaged , ness. and therefore the 1912 conditions are simply a repetition or past excell ence. Review of Conditions Made. In 1S10 I made a trip East, visiting about 48 of the principal marketing sections of the United States and many of the apple producing districts. I found many commercial apple orchards about 60 or 60 years of age. On ac count of the large acreages of this age it was evident that 60 years ago ap ples must have been selling at ex tremely satisfactory prices. Ab many of these orchards were afterwards neglected, it Is also evidwit that a de pression in the apple business oc curred after the orchards referred to came into bearing. otherwise these orohards would not have been neg- ''"iiT'the year 1896 the United 6tates produced 6U.000.000 barrels of apples, which is evidence that previous to 196 prices must have been satisfactory, which accounts for the Immense set- Vins from about the year 1880 up to be year 1900 for the Government cen sis for the year 1900 showed 201,794, 000 apple trees of bearing age in the Cnlted States. The low prices pre vailing in the year 1896 and following years must have had a depressing ef fect on the apple business and stopped planting. It is also evident that prices must have been low in 1896 and for some years following, as many orchards were dug up, which Is also evidenced by the decreased acreage in the year 1910. showing 151.825,000 apple trees, or a decrease of 88 4-10 per cent. A few further statistics will show this condition was general. . New York In 1900 hsd 15.055.000 apple trees of bear ing age, which reduced In 1910 to 11. 248.000. During the same period Mis souri reduced from 20.040.000 to 14.360. 000 Pennsvlvania from 11.744,000 to 8 000.000. Ohio from 12.95S.000 to 8.505. 00. Illinois from 18,430.000 to 9.901, 000 Michigan from 10.000,000 to 7,634. 000 Kansas from 11.848.000 to 6.930, 000) Virgina from 8.190,000 to 7.005.000. The decrease in the yields verities statements In reference to acreage. The crop in 1900 was 175.897.000 bush els and decreased in the year 1810 to 147,522.000 bushels. Proper DlHfiihntloa l.arltlnjc. 1910 apple prices took an upward ten dency, consequently an immense acre age was set during this ten years, which in the year 1912 came into bear ing with a good set of fruit in all sec tions, again producing an Increased quantity compared with the period from 1905 to 1911. In 1912 we had. according to estimates, an approxi mate yield of 40,000,000 barrels, which means 120.000.000 bushels. But I do not believe, like a great many orders, that low prices in the year 1912 were entirely due to the quantity of apples r-oduced. nor do I believe at the pres- nt time the supply is in excess of the demand, but I do believe the supply at the present, time exceeds our system of distribution and markting methods. I believe that our methods can be im proved and in addition to this I am ab- j solutely convinced that we can increase the demand and consumption oi apples. Applegrowers In general and In the Northwest in particular, have devoted practically all of their time to the pro duction of apples. Few have studied market conditions. The applegrowers are unorganized; we have no systematic methods of distribution, no plans for increasing consumption. The small crop we have produced in the North' west has practically sold itself. We have given little thought to distribution and done nothing to create a demand or increase consumption. I can show you many causes which are responsible for our present condi tion. Furthermore, I can point out many remedies which will overcome a large portion of existing evils, pro viding we are willing to act in har mony, do our business in a business-like way and spend the necessary money to accomplish the desired results. I have stated that present prices are not entirelv due to the size of the 1912 crop, notwithstanding public opinion to the contrary. Statistics will prove this assertion. In the year 1902 the crop was 46.625.000 barrels of apples: in 1903. 42.626.000 barrels, and in 1904, 43.360.000 barrels, whereas in the year 1912 the estimate was 40,000.000 bar rels, which probably will not be ex ceeded and possibly may not be reached. In 1902-3-4 good prices pre vailed, compared with the prices of 1912. Therefore it is evident that low prices in 1912 were not entirely due to the size of the crop, what, then are the reasons? Business In 3912 Complex, In the year 1907 we had a panic, but business was revived in 1910. We now know that this revival was artificial stimulation, because in the latter part of 1910 and in the years 1911-12 busi ness was not normal. While the press has Informed us the exports of steel were larger In 1912 than ever before, and railroad orders for equipage were greater than ever in the history or tne business, nevertheless the fact remains that business has not been good dur ln this period. To convince yourself of this it is only necessary to Inter view some personal friend in business, or talk to any of the commercial travelers. I have Interviewed many commercial travelers and they in variably report business slow, orders small and collections difficult. This condition not only exists in the United States, but abroad as well. Europe has been having her troubles. Business in England is poor. Strikes have oc curred during the last two or three years, and many worklngmen are un employed. Germany and France are both tdisturbed by Socialism and fi nancial conditions. Indicated by the in creased number of Socialists. A serf ous unrest prevails in China. Its dras- tic nature must be evident, inasmucn as China, an empire for centuries, changed itself Into a republic. In addition to all this we have bad our Presidential year, which always brings disturbances in financial and business conditions. The past Presi dential year has been unprecedented previous to election in uncertainty and unrest of the people, yet I am glad to say that after the election satlsfac tion is prevailing and I believe as soon as It is definitely known just what the policy of the present Administration will be that capital will become active and business again become prosperous. I believe all these conditions referred to, both National and international, have been large factors in depressing the apple markets for the year 1912, affecting apple prices more seriously than prices on other commodities, be cause the apple is not a necessity. In addition to general conditions affect- lng prices, I believe there are other conditions pertaining to the apple business alone, which had a further effect in lowering values. It is my purpose to refer specifically to some of these conditions and to suggest rem edies that will overcome many of them. Estimates Are Guide. Estimates of the apple crop are made each year by the Government by the Epltomist and by the International Ap- pie bhlppers' Association. Of all these. the International Apple Shippers' As soclation is the strongest factor in fix ing values. For many years their method lacked thoroughness. The es timates did not indicate the full quan tity, consequently better prices pre vailed than the situation justified. In tne year 1912 the system of collecting statistics was so thorough and the method so reliable that the estimate Indicated in advance the actual quan tity that was harvested. This estimate early in the season was so great com pared with previous years that tli trade, being unaccustomed to big fig ures, was ieariui or results. Dealers refused to buy at almost any price. The trade now, being accustomed to definite figures In advance, will not be overwhelmed, and as pessimistic in future years over the situation as they were in 1912. This year's prices have also been seriously affected by the distribution of production. i believe few growers have fciven the matter of distribution of produc tion very little, if any. thought. If the crop is distributed all over the United States, that is if a good crop of apples is grown in every aoDle- producing section of the United States, it undoubtedly causes low prices to prevail. If, on the other hand, al though the actual quantity produced In the United States may be the same, it tne crop is unevenly distributed, better prices will rule. There is a reason for this. A great many dis tricts grow ordinary varieties of or dinary quality, which will sell for enough at home to justify harvesting. out wnicn are not good enough to sell at a price sufficient to justify proper pacaing, pay ireignt and bring back a profit to the grower. If some dis tricts produce a light crop the sur rounding territory affords a market for other sections producing quality that will sell at a price sufficient to justify proper packing, freight charges and still pay a profit. In districts where large crops are produced only the good apples will be marketed and the poor stuff go to the vinegar factory or go to waste. Therefore, when all sections produce good crop it must be evident that the waste will be comparatively small and low prices will generally prevail. On the other hand, if certain sections produce short crops the waste in the sections producing heavy crops will be greater because many will be of such uality as to not justify shipment and better prices will prevail. Prices in 1912 suffered seriously for BEAUTIFUL BUILDING PLANNED STATE NORMAL SCHOOL IN : r raiinrnmnjomDcmnrrmc ?r ; u kirin kr i n i' i 'n i r an n rt n PROPOSED STRI CTURE FOR CHENEY, WASHINGTON. OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.) A fight is to be carried on in the Legislature here for the appropriation of 1300,000 for the con struction of a beantiful new building to take the place of the Cheney Normal School structure, which burned down early last Spring. Plans for the structure have been drawn and everything is in readiness to commence work as soon as the appropriation is secured. Despite the fact that Governor Lister In his inaugural message recommended the discontinuance of the institution the people of East ern Washington hope to put the appropriation bill through and hope to have the building constructed. The delegations of the entire eastern half of the state have lined up behind the bill introduced by Senator Sutton providing for the appropriation. KITTITAS VALLEY TIMOTHY CROP BRINGS PROSPERITY TO FARMERS Heavy Demand for Hay Causes Prices to Advance Steadily About 55,000 ' 4 ! ft? 5-4HMst LLENSECRG. Wash, Feb.' 1. (Spe " clal.) That the 55,000 tons of hay baled in the Kittitas Valley last Fall will be all sold before the new crop is harvested is' the opinion of An drew Olson, a hay buyer, who has dis posed of his 625 tons. Trainloads ot hay are leaving the valley each week. and every indication points to a "clean- dp of the valley supply. Buyers from the Sound are purchasing quantities of timothy here, and the price is at pres ent in the neighborhood of 815. That first-class timothy will reach 120 a tor before Spring is the opinion of Reese Jones, a well knqwn rancher. A factor In the hay situation is tne snow trouble in the cascades. or several weeks not a carload could leave the city for the Sound, as no freight was being sent over the hills on ac- the reason that every apple-producing section in the United States had an exceedingly large crop, which is a very unusual condition and does not frequently occur. The prices on the Northwestern apples in 1912 have suf fered from our pursuing the same methods of distribution as we have pursued in past years. In previous years our crop was light and we shipped practically all of it to a few large cities like Chicago. New York, Boston and Philadelphia, which eager ly took our output at satisfactory Drices. In the year 1912 our crop was mucn larger, still we pursued the same meth ods. We had not done anytning to create new trade or to increase con sumption previous to the year 1912, nor did we realize early enough in the year 1912 the necessity of doing any more to market the crop successruny than we had done in the past. Our apples rolled by the carload and the tralnload to the big centers, we shipped to the big cities a. supply in excess of their demand, consequently our apples went - on the auction mar ket. You know the result, we ae pressed these markets with our quan tity. Tou know that when apples are selling at 11.50 a box In Chicago that It is impossible to sell other towns at better price. The dealers in snr rounding towns know the Chicago price and will not pay more because they can order through a broker rrom Chicago. There is a remedy for this. If we will supply these large cities with a quantity in accordance with their requirements we will not depress these markets and by maintalng prop er prices In the large cities we can maintain prices in all surrounding towns and sell direct to them at the same price. (To be continued next Sunday.) NORTH BEND MILL SOLD Swayne & Hoyt Company to Operate in Coos Bay District. MARSHFIELD, Or., Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) With the transfer of the prop erty of the North Bend Lumber Com pany to tire Swayne & Hoyt Lumber Company, of San Francisco, this week. there enters Into the lumber manufac turing industry of Coos County one of the largest firms on the Pacific Coast. Arrangements are under way to equip the mill with new machinery so that its capacity will be brought up to 80,000 feet a day, and the plans of the new owners are said to contemplate doubling the capacity of the mill later. With the transfer or tne mill and timber property comes the announce ment that the Swayne & Hoyt Company has also acquired considerable timber land In addition to that Included in the holdings of the selling company, and that it is negotiating lor more Is borne out by the report of an offer made for the large holdings of the Merchant estate. The Swayne & Hoyt Company op erates its own fleet of vessels, and 111 transport its cut to the south. County Ealr Tax Proposed. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or- Feb. L (Special.) A bill introduced in the House yesterday afternoon by the com mittee on fairs and expositions pro vides that counties may levy a tax not to exceed .20 mill for the purpose of defraying expenses of holding county fairs. However, tne amount to be act ually expended on these fairs is not to be more than ssooo. TO TAKE PLACE OF BURNED EASTERN WASHINGTON. :ui n si ji r.. - ,T ST ft W, !T - BALED HAT AT ELLENSBURG. count of the deep snow. This created a shortage on the West Side, and deal ers there are now endeavoring to bring their supply back to Its normal level. Not only is hay moving rapidly, but cash is being paid for the product. Galbralth, Bacon & Company, of Seat tle, who have an immense warehouse here, were awarded the contract for nearly 10,000 tons, from the Federal Government, and are filling the con tract now. Although much of their hay for this contract was bargained for last Fall, they are shipping out many carloads ' each week, despite the car shortage. Because of the fact that the North ern Pacific has purchased 12,000 tons of ice from A. F. Schultz, and is load ing that crop onto cars at Torp, there is an alarming shortage of boxcars, according to the hay shippers. Box cars hold on an average of 232 bales. ORGANIZATION IS KEY TO GROWERS' SUCCESS Berry Industry in Pnyallup Valley Reaches Big Proportions Systematic Marketing Big Factor. (Ex-President of Washington Logged-Off Land Association, Chairman Washington Conservation Commission, and Member State Grange Lecture isureau.) NET.LTTA, Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.) Success in fruitgrowing in the Puy' allup Valley has come because of thor ough organization and the application of business principles to the work of growing, picking and marketing fruits. The first organization was incorporated with a capital stock of 12000, divided into shares of $1 each. It was provided that no one could hold more than 15 shares, and that to become a director in the association a member would have to hold five shares or bo interested to the extent of a 15 cash investment. W, H. Paulhamus, a member of the Washington State Senate, was elected president and general manager of the Puyallup association, at the time of It organization, and has held that po sition ever since. He had been eou cated as a banker and put business methods Into the work of selling fruits He sought markets away from home, and in doing so went to the states east of the Rocky Mountains, where berries are not grown, and where competition is not strong. The beginning of the berry business was on a small scale. A pony refrige rator carrying a few crates of berries was sent out by express to points near ly 1000 miles from the place of produc tlon. When the railroad company dis covered that such shipments were suc cessful and that a big volume of bust ness could be opened up by using re frlgerator cars, special Iced cars were loaded with berries and attached to fast passenger trains. The berries reached their destination in good shape and sold for the highest prices. The berry industry of the Puyallup valley now requires the annual as sistance of an army of men, women and children, the transient city population being Increased probably 7000 during the four months of fruit harvest. The association has erected and equipped a modern fruit cannery, which takes care of the surplus fruits, gives a mar ket for the wet and overripe berries and prevents waste of crops, while em ploying 300 to 600 people during the busy season. During the past year the cannery was kept running day ana night, while strawberries were ripe, and the output of all canned fruits was more than 270 cars, weighing 40,000 pounds each. Membership Is 1500. Berry-growers are furnished with money by the association to pay neces sary bills, purchase home comforts and conveniences and keep up with the times. It is not good business for mem bers of the association to be behind in the payment of taxes or any other money obligations, when they can get all the money they need through their own organization. In that manner the members are supplied with flour, hay, grain and many of the home and farm necessities, at less than retail cost, the association being practically a store keeper and banker for its membership of IsOO men and women. It pays to have uniformity In qual ity, color, flavor and texture of berries.- The association Insists that all crates of fruit shall be of practically the same weight and the specimens shall be as nearly Identical as possible. They long ago found that the application or 200 pounds of muriate of potash to the acre of berry vines, in early Spring, gave an increase of about one-third In yield, made larger and more firm fruits and produced berries of a stronger texture for shipping long distances. So every grower uses potash and that is pur chased in carload lots, by the associa tion, and distributed among the mem bers at the wholesale prices. An acre of blackberries generally yields from 400 to 700 crates. The crates hold 24 cups and weigh about 24 pounds each. If a crate shows over or under weight, when passing the in spector, it is set aside to be opened and examined. It is not good business pol icy to ship crates of different weight, or containing berries in varied stages of ripening, to any dealer. All fruits must be uniform, so that an opened crate shows the character of the ber ries inside the crates with lids on. The red raspberries do not produce so many crates to the acre as black berries. An acre will generally give from 300 to 500 crates, each weighing 22 pounds. The pickers get 40 cents a crate for both red raspberries ana blackberries, and become so efficient in the work, that they seldom get either Tons to Be Marketed - J 2 The only cars available at present are refrigerator cars, which will hold only 193 bales. Dealers are working early and late to get the hay loaded Into the cars for shipment to the Sound. ' "I believe that already over 85 per cent of the baled hay in the Kittitas valley Is In the hands of the dealers, said Andrew Olson this morning. "While many tons of hay are kepi here for feedins Durposes, a big ma. Jority of the baled crop is sold, and the ranchers have received a profitable price for their product. Hundreds of tons are beins; hauled into che city everv day. the ranchers taking ad vantage of the excellent sleighing to move their crop, several aays ago West Side rancher brought In 107 bales on one sled. This is believed to be the largest single load of hay ever hauled Into Ellensburg on a sled." over or under in the weights required They understand what berries can be shipped and those that must De mar keted at home, and pack them accora' lngly. Savins: of Waste Important. Saving the waste is probably one of the most important items in attaining success with berries. The Puyallup fruit-growers found that wet berries would mold in a few hours, so they could not be shipped any distance with out loss. They discovered that although the people might prefer ripe berries the overripe fruits could not oe snipped. so had to do something to prevent losses. The cannery takes all the wet and overripe fruits and the growers get about the same prices for them as when shipping them-to tne martlets as green fruits. There is little local sale for canned fruits, or at least the people of the Puyallup Valley do not cater to that claBs of trade. The berries and other fruits are put in gallon tins, labelled and shinned bv the carload to wnoie- sale dealers In Chicago. New York and other cities. Those manufacturers of fruit jams, jellies and juices utilize the fresh fruits for bottling ana can nlng in small vessels for the retail trade Canning berries in barrels is one of the new features or moaern iruit growing. Buyers visit the fields and purchase all the ripe fruits they can Ket navinsr fair prices ner pound. Then they dump the berries into barrels, using one quart of fruit to one quart of sugar. When the barrels are iineu the heads are put In and the fruits are shipped to factories. There the juices are drawn off, bottled and sold at the retail soda fountains, while tne puip Is bottled and sold as crushed fruit. Property values have increased many fold In the Puyallup Valley since the introduction of the berry industry. Land that was offered ten years ago for 40 an acre, with no buyers, now sells for 1500 an acre with many pur chasers and few offerings. The cities of Puyallup and Sumner have grown In commercial importance so that they are reached by overland railway trains, over different lines, electric streetcars and interurban coaches and modern automobile freights connecting witn Tacoma and Seattle. The growtn 01 banks, stores and general business enterprises has been wonderful. When stranger stops in the vauey anu looks around at the evidences of pros neritv he Is directed to look at one thing as the source of financial inde pendence. and that is berries. Klamath Dairymen to Organize. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Feb. 1.- Formation of a county dairy association is the latest work to be undertasen oy mo n-wwan, v-uu. ber- of Commerce and arrangements are being made to hold a convention nt K-lamath County dairymen at the Chamber of Commerce building Feb ruary 5. At that time steps win oe toit.n toward organisation. Arrange m.nti. for the meeting are in charge of C T. Oliver, secretary or tne uaam hr nf Commerce, and. ne nas sent let ters to dairymen in all parts of the countv. Inviting them to attend, une mainrltv have expressed their willing ness to assist in the organization of an association. ' BUSINESS BTJUuOIXG TO RISE Modern Structure at Prairie city Planned by M. Durtheimer. PRARIE CITY. Or- Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) According- to plans announced bv M Durkheimer. one of the oldest and largest general merchandise deal ers of this place, he will erect, early in the Soring, a substantial and mod ern stone and brick building to house and display his stock, which at tne present time occupies three large rooms and a warehouse. The new store will have the appearance of a modern de partment house, with many conven iences. Including a rest room, com fortably fitted up for women and chil dren. Irrigation District Officers Meet. HOOD RIVER, Or, Feb. I. (Spe cial.) The officers of the recently es tablished East Fork irrigation district have met and organized. C. K. Bone elected president and J. M. Tay lor was appointed temporary secre tary. A permanent secretary will be appointed next week. The judiciary committee was appointed as follows J. E. Ferguson. Edward Hawkes and J. A. Moore. This district covers about 13,000 acres of land in the East Side orchard district, and is one of the larg est systems covering an orchard dtS' trlct in the state. Ashland to Be Advertised. ASHLAND. Or, Feb. 1. (Special.) A representative of the Sunset Maga, sine has been here this week closing up arrangements with the Commercial Club for the Issue of the new publicity booklet. The edition will be 10.000 copies, and the work is to be ready for delivery within 60 days. The expense or this publication will be met from the ordinary revenues of the club with out soliciting any publicity pledges whatever, in fact, nearly one-half of the cost of the work has already been paid In advance. E BUILDINGS RISE REED COLLEGE DORMITORY TO COST $K20,000. Annex to Metcliffe Apartment Will Cost $35,000 Otner East Side Structures Are Planned. Plans have been prepared by Doyle. Patterson & Beach for a three-story modern fire-proof dormitory for the Reed College. It will be built on the tract of land near Kelly avenue, which was recently purchased for the pur pose. The building will be 60 by 200 feet in dimensions, space being al lowed for two large courts. Rein forced concrete will be used, with an exterior facing of mission brick and Indiana limestone. The lower story will be used for dining accommoda tlons for 200 girls, and the upper story will contain 100 dormitory rooms, equipped with the latest conveniences. The cost of the building will be 1120 000. Bids will be received in a short time for the erection of the structure. A frame store and apartment build Ing will be built at East Seventh and East Harrison streets for A. Grone. It will be 47 by 40 feet in size, with full basement. On the first floor there will be a large storage room with cold storage equipment. On the second floor there will be living apartmentB. Work will be started on the building early this month. O. G. Brubaker has started the erec tion of a two-story building on Glenn avenue. The lower story will be con structed of pressed brick, and will have a large store room with plate glass front. The upper story will be for apartments. The contract will be let for the erection of the building soon. The building will cost 14000. The Ideal Home Building Company has started on the erection ot two modern dwellings on Glenn avenue, in Waverly-Richmond Addition. Each will cost $3000. R. F. Wassell is preparing plans and specifications for the second unit of the Metcliffe apartment-house at the southwest corner of East Eleventh and East Alder streets. This annex will stand on the corner, the first unit be ing on the Inside lot. It will be 50 by 100 feet In size, and four stories high- corresponding with the first unit. The completed building will contain 56 apartments. The cost of the annex will be about 235,000. EnORWILLPURGENAME FATHER OF I. W. W. WELCOMES SOX TO TACOMA HOME. If Boy 011 Stay by Parent All Will Be Well, bnt if Not Relation, ship Severed. TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 1. (Special.) Joseph Ettor, involved in the recent Larence, Aiass., strike, arrived home late last night on Northern Pacific train No. 1. Joe's father, M. A. Ettor, 1315 East Twenty-sixth street, a well-to-do teaming contractor of Tacoma, Is going to try to divorce his son from the risky work In the L W. W. cause. He says he will offer him a partner ship in his business and he will give him everything in his power to win him from the I. W. W., but if Joe re fuses, all the wrath of an outraged father will sweep the relationship of father and son aside forever. That was the decree of Ettor, Sr., after he had clasped Joe in his arms at the Union Depot. "I've got that boy in my heart, he said, "and I won't have any more of that stain on my name. Joe's had enough. I'm going to keep him here. I've got a good business and Joe can stay here and help me. But if he don't stay, then I'll sell out everything I've got. take my wife with me and go, Joe will never hear from me again, I'll hate to do it, because Joe's been a good boy. but if I get mad enough, here he placed nis cigar in nis teetn and muttered the rest of the sentence. Sleek and fat, with no trace of the It months passed In a Massachusetts jail showing In his plump cheeks, Joe sat in his home for the first time in six years and told of the riotous scenes of the Lawrence strike. "We knew they couldn t hang us, or there d be a revolution In Massacnu setts the next day," he said. "The only thing we were the least bit worried about was that they would take up case that would send us up for a few years. I don't believe I ever heard so many lies told in my life as I did dur ing that trial. They made them out of whole cloth. But It wasn t enough That Jury was a good one, and they saw through the feeble attempt to get us. Yes, it felt good to be free again But we never for a moment expected to be found guilty as charged. "No, I won t go back East for a while. I was on my way home when the Lawrence strike began, and they sent me down there. I had my grips packed and everything ready to start for home when tne trouoie oroKe out. Now I am home, and I guess I will stay for a few months, he said. CAMPS TO BE ELECTRIFIED Marsh field Lumber Company to In stall New Power System. MARSHFIELD, Or- .Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) Electrically operated logging camps is the plan of the Smith Lumber Company. The company is planning to electrify all its plants in this county. Work is to be started as soon as the weather will permit. ' In addition to the work that is now being performed by donkey engines, each camp will be supplied with a new electrically oper ated saw for cutting trees. This device will increase the cutting capacity of a camp and will also effect a saving in stumpage. which is now lost materiaL The machine is the invention 01 jacx Mareen, of the engineering department of the Smith Lumber Company. An Immense electric plant has been Installed in the Smith mill at this place, and the poles and wire are al ready on the ground for the erection ot lines to carry the current to the camps. GROSS LINE NEEDED Committee Appointed to Take Matter Up at Once. CLUBS TALK OF SUBWAY Greater East Side Association Con eiders Big Problems for Port land 39th Street May Be Vsed for Proposed Tracks. At the meeting of the Greater East Side Association Friday night in tha rooms of the East Side Business Men's Club, Hotel Clifford, the construct of a cross-city carllne on East Thirty ninth street was taken up at the re quest of the Laurelhurst Club and Sunnyslde Improvement Association. Also the matter ot building a sub way under the Willamette River In tha center of Portland was projected. In the matter ot a cross-city line on. the East Side on East Thirty-ninth street the following committee was ap pointed: Dr. J. D, Fenton. president Laurelhurst Club, chairman; E. D. Curtis, president Sunnyslde Improve ment Association; O. O. Hughson, Rosa City Park Club; A. N. Searles, Monta villa Board of Trade; T. H. Sweeney, Brooklyn Club; Dan Kellaher, East Side Business Men's Club; W. B. Hayes, Mount Scott Club; J. R Gilstrap, Wood stock; W. B. Davis, B. L. Baucom, Sena tor Harry Lane, C. K. Henry. Matter Be Pke4. The" committee was Instructed to taka up with the Portland Railway. Light A Power Company the construction of this line, but If not successful to lay the needs of the cross-line before the State Railway Commission. C. K. Henry said that In laying out Laurelhurst East Thirty-ninth street was made 80 feet wide with the expec tation that it would eventually be made a wide street through the city and be occupied by a carllne. Mr. Henry made a vigorous talk in behalf of a subway under the Willam ette River. He said that he opposed erection of the railroad bridge at Uni versity Park and also the Broadway bridge because he considered that they would obstruct the harbor.' The subway was indorsed by tha delegates, It being the sentiment of tha meeting that a subway Is the only so lution to the streetcar problem and to overcome the delays In the opening of the bridge draws. On motion a com mittee of 11 win be appointed by the chairman to take up and look into the subway and report at a future meet ing. Boulevard Need Told. J. R. Gilstrap, representing the Wood stock district, submitted the propo sition to open an 80-foot boulevard from the corner of East Twenty-first and Division streets, at the southeast corner of the Ladd Addition, straight through the country to the corner of East Forty-fifth street and Sixtieth avenue, in Woodstock. Committee on viaducts on East Mor rison street and Hawthorne avenue be tween Union avenue and the bridge approaches announced the matter bad been taken up with the Harrlman of ficials and that they favor the via ducts. Figures were given showing that viaducts can start at Union ave nue and pass above the present street levels, clearing the heights of the rail way cars at East First and other streets. The committee was instructed to continue to press the matter and secure plans and probable cost of these viaducts direct and indirect. Erection of union passenger depot on the East Side was urged by L. M. Lepper, but C. K. Henry said that tha union depot should be built in North Portland on the West Side, giving rea sons. OREGON GOODS ADVOCATED Mrs. Edith Toiler Weatherred Give Talk at Albany. a t r a w rr Fftb. 1. (Sneclal.) Mrs. Edith Tosier Weatherred. of Prt land rAni-esAntinsr the nubllclty depart ment of the Oregon Manufacturers' As sociation, spoke In Albany last night In the interest of the use ot uregon made goods. H. S. Doollttle, represent in. h KnrthwnKt cement manufactur ers, also spoke at the same meeting. giving an illustrated lecture on roao. building. In honor of Mrs. weatnerrea s visit to ithdn manv Alhnnv stores yesterday exhibited only Oregon-made goods in their show windows. Klamath Falls to Employ Artist. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Feb. 1. rSniM-ial.) The new city park site re cently purchased is to be laid out and arranged by a professional landscape artist, according to plans made at a meeting of the Park commission ana the Women's Civic League, which is co-operating with the board In the de velopment of the city's park system. The' topography of the tract on the shore of Lake Ewauna Is such that it requires considerable grading. On this account It is the general opinion that the employment of a proficient park engineer In the first place will effect a big saving of expense. Ashland Plans Election, ism.ivn. Or Feb. 1. (Special.) Petitions to the City Council asking that a date be set for a special elec .1 1. AnnnMtinn with the Interurban 1 oiiwav nrnlpct havN been perfected in short order, and will be , presented to tne council reorun-ry . The date mentioned for holding this special election Is February 21. and It - I,..H-,- nadir that the City authorities will grant the request. The Minney Interests, wnicn are '! u i I a antnrnrliiA. will Stand the CX- pense of such special election. Work Starts on Raymond School. " w. ' " ' Syllasson & Sando. contractors of Se attle, nave begun tne consirucwun oi the second unit of the Raymond High School. A large force of men has been put to work and the construction will be rushed In order to have the school finished in time for the Fall term. The school enrollment has In creased so that another teacher was BUBBBOU km- " ...... -.. v . J T . n . . Aa,.t,A VAC a A l Or fa gagea mis weea ana su ouidiuo ruu" locureq. rw . ..... - - -' the number employed last year at the beginning oi tne scnovi yr. Logging Company Incorporates. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 1. (Special.) Articles of incorporation of the Ham mond Logging Company have been filed in the County Clerk's office. The , Incorporators are G. B. McLeod, of As toria; C. G. Brlggs, of Portland, and R. H. Barr, of Carrollton, Wash and the capital stock is $250,000. The prln- plcal office of the company Is to be in Astoria and the corporation is author ized to engage in a general logging business in Oregon and Washington.