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VOLUME XV
LA GRANDE, OREGON MONDAY. JANUARY 31, 1916.
NUMBER 194
Farmers' And Horaemakers' Week Begins Auspiciously
SPEAKERS HERE
OFFICIAL WELCOME EXTENDED
.AND WHEELS OF BIG COL
LEGE BEGIN TO TURN
MANIFOLD COURSES HAVE
FIRST CLASES TODAY
Greatest Undertaking of Its' Kind
Ever Introduced in the State Out
side of Corvallis Inaugurated When
Official Welcome Is Given Program
Tonight Important.
Intricate college machinery, inter
locked and intermeshed with precision
and accuracy began to turn this af
ternoon in this city, and for the next
six days La. Grande will be the Co.-
vallis of the state. True, the student
body which belongs in O. A. C, is still
in Corvallis, but all of the extension
department is here to give, in a week,
to eastern uregon inhabitants, that
which otherwise would require years
to master.
Farmers' ' and HotvS f ers' week
has been ushered in. When City
Manager F. J. Lafky extended the
glad hand of welcome at the Metho-
and the response was heard, La
... Grande becamea .big, collsoi tcwtt-a,';
to remain' so for 'a week.' . ';"
Experts from the government bu
reaus, skilled and learned professors
from 0. A. C, farmers, homemakers
and those desirous of acquiring
knowledge, are coming to La Grande
on every train today. They will give
their sole attention to spreading
learning apropos to the problems of
m the day, and all that is necessary to
gain 'this information, is to come and
get it. The plan is unique and new.
Tt Slinnlnnts fnvmpv pvtunainn goT-iotvio
and is the biggest shcrl course ever
cfFered in the state outside the O A.
C. campus.
The following program marked the
initial move of the college wheels this
afternoon.
1:00 p. m. Jusic Baritone and
Soprano Duet, "Still of the Night,"
(Gotze) Mr. and Mrs. Birnie.
Address of Welcome Mr. F. J.
Lafky, City Manager.
Response Prof. R. D. Hetzel,' Di
rector of Extension Service, Oregon
Agricultural College.
Address of Welcome Mrs. Geo.
Gilbert, President of La Grande
Neighborhood club. '
Response Miss Anna M. Turley,
Extension Specialist in Home Econ
omics O. A. C.
Attorney George T. Cochran, pre
siding officer for the week, touched off
the first revolution of the college
wheels when he called the conference
to order and introduced the musical
jiumbers. He called on Manager F.
Lafky, who forthwith invited and
welcomed educators and farmers to
La Grande..
City Extends Welcome.
In his welcome address Mr. Lafky
touched upon the great problems that
confronted the people of Oregon in
yeajj past and still do; how individ
uality has gradually given way to
community life; how the problems of
rural credit were gradually studied:
how problems of marketing worried
the producers; how tillers of the soil
faced problems and couldn't solve
them -in fact he recited a number of
conditions "that were." In solution
of these problems, he pointed to the
Agricultural College which is bring
ing its facilities to the doors of the
citizens. He reminded his hearers
that the college is making two blades
of grass grow where previously only
stumps thrived, and in welcoming the
college course to La Grande compli
mented it upon its wide range of fa
cilities, wherein it helps all lines of
human endeavor, standing ever ready
to assist those in need of help. He
closed his terse remarks with a warm
welcome to La Grande in behalf of :
the city.
t& Keynote Sounded.
R. D. Hetzel, director of extension, J
sounded the keynote of the purposes
of the extension when he responded I
to Manager Lafky s greetings. He
went on to say:
"The members of the Oregon Agri
cultural College Extension staff have
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Tomorrow's Program One
Of the Week's Very Best
TUESDAY, FEB. Int. "' ' ' ' . '
Agronomy Day.
9:00-10:00 Economical Use of Irrigation Water Auditorium If. E. Church
W. L. Powers, Associate Professor of Drainage and Irrigation.
! 10:00-11:00 -Cereal Breeding on the
Utobt. WlthycomDe, suptv casement M. rJ. Church. .: ;
11:00-12:00 Soil Fertility Problems on the Dry-land Farm H. D. Scudder,
1 Chief of the Agronomy Department, Oregon Agricultural Col-
' lege. v. ; -
1:00- 2:00 General Assembly Auditorium Methodist Church. '
Music Piano Solo.
. ' Miss Hilda Anthony.
-:.'. Address "Corn and its Relation to Modern Agriculture."
"Farmer Smith." . -
2:00-S:00 Conservation of Soil Moisture. . - ,-'
- - J. E. Larson, Extension Specialist In Agronomy.
, , Commercial A.Yn.taes oX Irrigation J. W. Brewer, President
" State Irrigation Congress.
8:00-4:00-
4:00 Dry-farm Rotations and
H. D.
6:uv irrigation, its relation to
W. L.
7:0 Mubic Contralto Solo.
Minn Tiln
Booster reception and get-to-gether meeting Auditorium M.
E. Church.
Woman's SectiCft Monday.
9:00-10:00 'The Relation of Food to Hearth Miss Anna M. Turley, Exten
sion Specialist in Home Economics, O. A. C.
10:00-11:0 Home Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Mr. G. M. Warren,
Specialist Roads and Rural Engineering, U. S. Department of
Agriculture. (Illustrated ) Auditorium M. E. Church.
11:00-12:00 Principles of Cookery and Modern Home Canning.
Miss Anna M. Turley.
Music Piano Solo.
Miss Hilda Anthony
2:00- 3:80 Essentials of Home Decorations and. Floor Coverings Mrs.
neien a. iirooKs, rroiessor Domestic Art, Oregon Agricultural ; rl-Bu,ar reuruary term oi circuit
College. j court which will begin on Monday,
3:80- 5:00 Round Table "Step Savers" i (February 7. Tijs is the same plan
Mrs. E. Pollock, Leader; Mesdames Walsinger, Lytle, Carrol, : that was "''opted ty Judge Knowlos
Huffman, Holman, Eberhard, Moe, Miller, Mossman, French,. at the October term, the object of tha
Holt, Williamson, Piersoii and others, grand jurors assembling a week in ad-
7:30 Music Contralto Solo. vance being that of clearing things as
Miss Lelila D. Smith. far as P"a:ticable before the trial
R. D. Hetzel, the directing general
and supervising engineer as it were,
and his lieutenant, L. E. Larsen, ar
rived on the morning train and have
been busy mortals today lining up for
the week's program which really be
gins in; earnest tonight with "Farm
er"" Smith as the headliner. With
these generals came the score or more
of . assistanta-R. E. Reynolds,' sdti of
J. E. Reynolds, of this city, being one
of those who are spending the week
here and who are to participate.
the I'rogram tonight.
This evening the program will be as
follows:
7:30 n. m. Music Piano Solo
"The Spinning Wheel" from "The Fly
ing JJutcnman," (Wagner-Leizt)
Miss Harriet Young.
Address ''Home-Making" "Farm
er" Smith Agriculturist of the O.-W.
R. & N. Co.
Note All meetings Monday will be
held in the auditorium of the Metho
dist church.
Prof. Scudder on Way.
Tomorrow is agronomy day and
OREGON PEOPLE
COURT CAN'T CONVICT THOUGH
FRAUD EXISTED.
Statute of Limitations Saves Oregon
Lumber Company and Officers.
Portland, Jan. 31. The Oregon
Lumber company used frauduTent
methods to obtain 43 entries, com
prising 7000 acres of Baker county
land, but Judge Bean has decided that
the statute of limitations has expired
before the government brought ac
tion. Judge Bean has ruled that, al
though the officers received informa
tion of the alleged frauds, they did
not act until it was too late. Hence,
although declaring a fraud existed.
Judge Bean said he couldn't convict
the defendant company.
Several .La Grande witnesses testi
fied in the above case, and the litiga
tion has been hanging fire for some
time, a large number of wel known
lumbermen of Baker county are
stockholders in the concern.
WILSON AT MILWAUKEE.
Speaking Briefly There, He Hies for
Chicago Appointment.
Milwaukee, Jan. 31. President Wil
son arrived at 12:20 this afternoon
and was taken to the Hotel Pfister.
After speaking at 2 o'clock, he re
turned to Chicago for a speech there
tonight.
Nine thousand uproariously greeted
President Wilson on entering the
auattonum
"I have come on this errand because
everywhere the atmosphere of the
world is thrilling passion of disturb-
ance sucn as tne world nas never seen
before. Hence we should set the
house in order."
Eight thousand remained outside
for lack of room.
Strains of "America" welcomed the
President.
Union County Experiment Station.
Farm Management (Illistrated). .
Scudder. '
Alkali and Drainage.
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rowers. i '
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(jurors assemoie ior tne regular dusi
Prof. D. H. Scudder, head of the de-1 ness before them, thus eliminating as
partment in O. A. C. will arrive to-' far as possible unnecessary delays,
night to take charge of the work to-; The grand jury is composed of the fol
morrow. Tomorrow's program is one lowing members: C. H. Arnoldus.
of the very best of the week, and con- foreman; Hempe, Wm. Hardy, Lot
tains much of interest not only to Elmer, R. J. Hudson, Chas. L. Squire,
tillers of the soil but townspeople as A. P; Conlay. This is the same jury
well. which the court has kept on the job
."Farmer" Smith Now in , Town., --j Biwwrwt. spring.. . ,
C. L. (Farmer) Smith, head of the i , In their report at the conclusion of
department of the O.-W. which pro- their last session this jury recom
motes agricultural pursuits, is to be mended that the Sunday law be upheld
the big man on the program tonight, with the inference that indictments
He arrived this morning. Mr. Smith j would follow violations in cases
has cancelled all engagements for this ; where there was sufficient evidence to
week and will remain here for the warrant.
whole program. "Farmer" Smith is Ifc ig the expectation that the grand
largely the man who convinced the at this term will also investigate
EZIT i Z S 1 j k i. , 1,11 matters PWtaining o alleged viola
grown m this state, and he has. iiad ions of the prohibition law, which
some remnrkahlu Kiirfpc3 wifh mm .... . . M
...... ....... statute nas come into cnect since tne
When what many cal ed a Smith ; Iast meeting of the grand jury,
dream has come into its full own;
Oregon will be a corn state. "The! . "'ty Case On.,,
railroad company wants to promote a i The trial of an equity case is up bo
more diversified svstem of farmimr. ifore Judge Knowles today. It is the
and corn is largely what will bring
that about" said Mr. Smith today in
speaking of the company's aims.
Baby Show Not Overlooked.
In the press of business and e-enernl
I interest, the baby show next Friday
is not. Deing overlooked. Mrs. A. I..
Richardson, chairman of the local
committee however, is urging those
who wish to enter babies to register
them at once by telephone, with her.
The fee of 25 c ents for each can be
paid at the show Friday. All babies
of Eastern Orecron between thn atros
of six months and five years are eligi
ble. In order that the arrangements
may be completed sufficiently early,
the most important thing right now
is, to get registrations in. This should
be attended to at once.
The proceeds from entrance fees go
to help defray expense of bringing
Mrs. A. Bayly, head of the eugenics
department of the Oregon Congress of
Mothers to La Grande for the week
end to conduct the baby show.
Government Man on Hand.s
George M. Warren, government
representative with especially quali
fications for road building and road
engineering, arrived this morning
and will spend most of the week here.
He is sent out by the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture, specializing in
good roads. i
H. H. Weatherspoon, Elgin horti
culturist, is here to snenrl tho uippV
m La urande, .and no doubt is the
ul uie uesi auwmioDiie ior me
uiuimy vx any one in ine conier-
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cuica. xie eiicuuniereu a man a oay or
two ago wno was going east ana
wanted to unload an automobile. It
was a 1914 model, with accessories to
burn and in fine shate. A glance at
the machine, a check for $175 and the
deal was over. He would sell it for
$500, but nothing less.
Mrs. Anna Smith, of Prairie City,
couldn't be present in person when the
farm program took un today but she
vas in spirit. She shipped a sample
of seed potatoes of which she and
Percy Walling of that place have
eight tons. In her letter she calls at
tention to what can be done with po
tato seeding growing in that high al
titude and goes on to say that the
SIDELIGHTS ON FARM WEEK
JURY
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III SESSION
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MEETS A WEEK AHEAD OF THE
j REGULAR TERM FOR
FEBRUARY.
SO AS TO FACILITATE
THE COURT BUSINESS
Anticipated That There Will Be In-
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.. vestigation of Bootlegging. Charges.
New Law Now in Effect Case on
Trial Today.
I The grand jury convened this
J morning, a week in advance of the
1 case f tn3 J- J- Ross Mill Supply
Co. vs. Cove Milling Co. et al. The
plaintiffs in this case are seeking to
foreclose a lien for purchase price on
material furnished in the equipment
of the mill. There are also other
liens, including claims for labor. The
hearing of the case will occupy the
most of today and may extend over
until tomorrow. ', . , .
FLOOD WARNINGS OUT.
Prolonged and Even More Serious
Troubles Anticipated.
Washington, Jan. 31. Warnings of
further floods in Ohio, Arkansas and
elsewhere, with prediction that they
will continue long, were issued by the
weather bureau today.
San Diego, Jan. 81. Because of the
breaking of the Oaty dam, floods have
developed everywhere. Twenty-five
are estimated to have drowned re
cntly, mostly being Chinese, Japanese
and Italians. Eleven bodies were re
covered. Troops are guarding the district to
prevent looting. Bands of Mexicans
started looting Sunday. Morena,
Sweetwater, Guyamaca are safe to
day.
Prairie City country is interested in
what is going on here this week.
The local committee on arrange
ments learned a valuable lesson at
the land show in Portland. Hence the
following announcement: Tomorrow
night is get-together night. Com
mencing early in the evening, out of
town sections will be nlloted five min
utes for some representative to cry
out the virtues of his locality. For
the best speiler, the Commercial cluii
will give a handsome prize. After the
speiling, the city folks are urgently
requested to come out and meet the
farmers, the staff teachers and be
come acquainted generally.
A stereopticon will be in use much
of the time at the Methodist church
and frequently slides will be thrown
on the screen to emphasize the lectures.
VARI-NATURED
PROGRAM OUT
DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE?
CONTAIN MUCH GOOD.
Entire Week to Bo Made Up to th-j
Minute in Interest and
Facilities.
Domestic science courses, primed
to fit up-to-the-minute questions of
home and kitchen, begin tomorrow
morning in the basement of the M. E.
church in conjunction with Farmers'
and Homemakers' week. Miss Anna
Turley, extension chief for O. A. C. as
pertains to home economics, is now in
La Grande, conferring with Mrs. E.
Polack, chairman of the local commit
tee, with respect to the special fea
tures of the week. The classes run all
day, and there is much of interest
every minute, but a resume of what
.will 'be the chief features each day is.
timely,"" aii.4 -..therefore is appended
herewith: ' v"
Special Features Daily. " ""'-'-1.
Tuesday Foods, home canning, wa
ter supplies for homes, decoration of
the home. This augmented by local
committee numbers.
Wednesday Foods-for , individuals,
homo care for sick people. This is
especially a program for "safety
first" in the home.
Thursday Children's dresses, their
food, their clotihng and their reading.
In this connection, Mrs. Kidder, O. A,
C. librarian, has a very instructive
paper that every mother should hear.
Friday Forenoon given over to'
Parent-Teachdrs' associations and
special stress on home millinery and
home cleaning and renovating.
Meat Cutting Demonstration.
The afternoon will be given over to
a meat cutting demonstration to which
men and women are cordially invited.
Saturday Special stress on poul
try. Demonstrations in salad-making
and dressings.
IMPERIAL ARMIES DESERI
Chinese Revolutionists Claim to Have
Made Great Headway.
San Francisco, Jan. 31. Four of
the principal cities of China have
fallen into the hands of the revolu
tionists after short but fierce strug
gles, Shanghai cablegrams to the Re
public Journal declare. Chowfu,
Luchow, Tzelieut Sing and Cheng Tu
are reported to have., fallen. An en
tire division of imperial troops were
routed at Chu . King with sorious
losses. The republican army occu
pied Tai Tung, the emperor's forces
joining the invaders. Another repub
lican army attacked Shensi. The
third army is engaged against Kalgan,
250 miles from Peking.
CUPID BUSY III
CITY 8SS1ILE
COUPLE UNDER ARREST, WANT
TO MARRY.
IPermission Granted and Police Trial
is Shunted on Alter.
Cupid pulled one over on the city
police department trite afternoon.
'What looked like a police docket trial
'turned out to be a job for the Parson.
H. V. Hillman and Lizzie Cross were
in the toils of the law over an alleged
escapade last night and when they
were placed under detention in the
corridors of the city jail, Cupid got in
his best licks, and unless the little
'winged rascal is himself foiled this
evening, the couple will have been
married by 5 o'clock.
U-BOAT IS LOST.
No Trace Found of the K-S-Are
Entertained.
Fears
Washington, Jan. 31. Every ship
from the Charleston and Norfolk navy
yards are searching the sea between
Hatteras and Charleston for the sub
marine K-5, missing since Sunday
morning. Officials thought the ves
sel was lost in a fog and had run !
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officers and 2(? men. Her wireless
radius is 75 miles.
Three other submarines which ac
companied the K-5, entered Charles
ton this morning. They had been
held up by fog outside the harbor.
The Navy Department fears the
K-5 shared the fate of the F-4 and
sank with the entire crew. A message
said she exchanged positions by wire
less Sunday morning fifty miles from
Charleston. That was the last heard
of her. Officials believed some of the
crew of 28 were with other vessels in
910 ACRES
OPEN TO ENTRY
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AREA LIES IN PINE VALLEY, IN
BAKER COUNTY, THIS
STATE. ; ' , I
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STATE LETS GO OF
BIG IRRIGATION PLAN
Vast territory That Was to Have
l Come Under Carey Project for Ir.
' rigation, is Relinquished by State
i
and;Gocs Back to Government for
Filing for Homesteads. -
On February 21st, 1910, the State
of Oregon filed in the United States
; Land Office at La Grande, Oregon, a
i segregation list withdrawing approxi
; mately 19,000 acres of land, under the
Carey Act; but having failed to com
plete the project, the state has filed
a relinquishment which has been ac
cepted and the land will now be sub
ject to entry at the La Grande Land
office, at 9 o'clock a. m., on Monday,
February 14th, 1916. .
The land covered in said segregation
list is Bituated in Townships 8 and 9
South, Ranges 45, 46 and 47 and in
Township 8 South, iRange . 48 East,
Willamette- .MerHjiart S. The larfrer
portion of the "jariils are located in
Pine Valley, Baker County.
The above land, or the greater por
tion thereof, is semiarid in character,
and will be subject to entry under the
Act of -February 19th, 1909, common
ly known as the enlarged Homestead
Act, which allows 320 acres. None
of this land, however, has yet been
designated under the enlarged Home
stead Act; but any persons desiring
to make entry for 320 acres, may pre
sent a homestead application, prop
erly executed on the regular forms,
accompanied by a "Petition for Desig
nation," as required by the Act of
March 4th, 1915.. In this petition for
designation the character of the land .
must be fully set forth and described.
If there is any possibility of irrigation,
those facts must also aljipear in the
petition. When these requirements
have been filed in the land office, the
petition for designation will be trans
mitted by the register and receiver to
the general land office at Washington,
D. C. The geological survey will then
be" called upon for a report as to the
character of the land, and if the re
port is favorable, and the land ap
pears to be of the character contemn
plated (by Ihe enlarged homtesttead
act, the local office will be notified
to that effect, and in the absence of
any other objections, the Homestead
application will be allowed. If the
geological survey should make an un
favorable report, the homestead appli
cation will then be rejected. In fil
ing homestead ; applications, under
these rules, the time within which
to establish residence on the land does
not begin to run until the homestead
application has been allowed by the
local office, and notice of allowance
has been issued.
Largely Dry Farmine.
The land lies in the area that the
state had in mind for a Carey act
project. The state intended to build
a reservoir and store water from
Pine creek, but were not successful
jn finding a party who would build the:
irrigation works at a reasonable cost.
In a way the proposition is similar to
the Lower Powder valley project,
which is still intact but for which the
state has not found n party willing to
construct the irrigation plant, at a
cost suitable to all concerned.
In view of these facts the project
now to be opened to entry, is largely
dry farming, but because the Powder
valley dry farming schemes have
worked out very satisfactorily, many
believe, that the Pine valley, project
will be eventually turned into a vast
dry farming area.
It is at present covered with snow
nn;l will not likely be cleared of that
mantel before tho filings commence.
LAMAR MUST SUFFER.
Supreme Court Refuses to Modify
His Recent Conviction.
Washington. Jan. 31. The Supreme
court has refused to dismiss indict
ments against ;David Lamar, the
"wolf" of Wall streetfor impersonat
ing a congressman. His conviction
was upheld.
FEBRUARY