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nal writes:
While on the train recently en
route from oatlne, Ir. Wallow coun
ty, to Grande, I noticed ft Imbler
passenger who got oo the train. He
came down the aisle of the car and
said, ''Move lover; I'll ait with you."
I had 'been taking a nap. for I had
missed considerable slep during tiro
proccdlnK few d"ays. I moved over
and cloned my .eyes as though to con
tinue my nap. Though -my eyes
seemed closed I wbs studying my
scatmato closely, II i was an out of
doors man, probably .1 farmer. His
hair was white. ' had a Bhort
white beard. He had a straightfor
ward and honest look.. 1 thought to
myself, "He is an old timer in Ore
gon. Originally In came from Illi
nois, Indiana or Ohio He is about
70 yeura 61d. Ho works hard , nad
probably ownsa small ranch.".
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I opened my eyei, pal up and said,
"What do you raise wheat or
stock?" Ho looked at me appraismgly
and said, "Doth." "Hogs or cattle?"
I asked. "Clydesdale horses," he re
sponded. "I don't raire anything but
registered stock. Don t eat any more
than scrub stock, an I brings a better
price." "What is your name? I think
I have met you befr.ro," I said. "S.
L. Brooks is my name, but you never
saw mo before, mr I you." "How
long have you lived at Imbler?" Sinre
1S73. Where is your home, and
what do you do? he answered. "I
livo In rortland. How did you hap
pen to sit with nn when thero an
quite a few vacant seats?" "Well,
sir, when I travel I generally size up
the passengers and p.ck out one that
looks intelligent or interest'iis. You
looked interesting, so I picked yv-i
out to sit with. lint line of busi
ness do you follow?" "I am trying to
help put Oregon over the top in th
War Stamp drive.
"How did your wheat turn out?"
I said. "Just fair. It should have
run 40 bushels to tho acre, but it
didn't. I put in 175 acres of wheat.
I did.it all myself plowed and har
rowed every acre and . put in the
wheat, didn't hire a cent's worth of
work done on it and not a person did
a lick of work on it but myself. That
ain't so had for a man who has cel
ebrated his soventy-tliird birthday. I
netted a little bettor than $5000 from
it when all expenses for seed and
feed and harveslng were paid. Do
you happen to know of any other
man who is 73 years' old who has
done every lick of work on 175
acres?
"Say, do you know these husky
, young chaps in their twenties and
thirties who think they will Btarve
if they can't find a Job make me
tired? Yes, sir; they sure fatlgu.i
1116. Wily don't they rent a farm
and raise what they eat? They
wouldn't be always wondering it
their boss was goine, to lay them off
or reduce their salary. They would
not hiivo to punch a lime clock and
lot somebody, that was smarter than
they arc turn their sweat into profit
"IIOHOVtLN !!, NUW STOP."
Fayirllo Refrain of Ynnka at Em-
1 Jpirkatlon Tort. ,
"I was born in Ohio, back In 1845
I came out to the Grande Konde val
ley in 1S73. I didn't have any
money. It took all I had to get out
here. I rented a farm on shares
There are thousands of farms or
ranches young fellows can get hold
of in that way. They are talkin?
about finding jobs for returned sol
diers. If a lot of these bankers and
money loaners would rent their idle
land, or If the government would
stake our soldiers on government land
on easy terms, there wouldn't be any
problem of unemployment.
"I b-jught lu acres of school
land near Imbler at $1.25 on acre
That was- S200 for the quarter sec
Hon. Hut I got easy terms of pay
ment from tho stale. I bought oul
the people that thought I was ar
easy mark for paying 2.50 to $5 an
acre for their ranches. I added te
my first farm till 1 had 600 acres
Then I started to buying land across
the river from nry home place till I
had 100O acres more. Everybody
thought I had a screw loose becaus
I claimed the land would raise wheat.
They thought it was only good for
pasture.. I am raising .40 bushels of
wheat to the acre on that pasture
land. I 'can get from $150 to $200
an acre for that land that cost me
frohl $1.25 to $5 an acre. Pretty
soon I quit buying farm land and put
my spare money In'o timberland, so
when a sawmill located near me I got
a good price for my timber. Chances
aro just as good today as they ever
were If a man will be thrifty, and
saving and Is willing to work.
" I am going to spend a little of
the money I made this yeaf on wheat,
In -travel. I am goias back to Ohio,
and to Vermont, Florida and South
cm California. I ward 'to save money
90 I will 'have it to spend. ' There is
nothing in hoatdiBK.lt. uJ thp
It wasting iv . '" .
The embarkation building at llor-
deau, through whichi all tsoltps leav
ing for America from this port JMss,
is only one of those Immense cjiru-
gated warehouses lining the banks ot
the Gironds, that (.aye according to
the French,' sprung up like magic
since America entered the war. Yet
In the building 15 men 'abreast
could .rush a 60-yard race. Three
thousand men can bo .fed before em
barking on the boat for America
without straining its capacity.'
Of course there nve never 3000
people In the building at one time,
for as soon as oue train load is fed
and checked off and received the
parting gifts of tho American Hod
Cross, tho men tile up the gang
planks, somo of them bubbling nvoi
with laughter. and throwing o-it re
marks at every step. Tho favorik
refrain is "The next Btop is Hobo
ken." Then some cue calls out
'Who won tho war'." and always
the crowd yells back, "The M. i's."
Or when the men raising up itl0
gangway file by lted Cross girls who
stand at all the entrances to tho ship.
giving each soldier . handkerchief,
two packages of cigarettes, two pack
ages of cookies, etc., at the very in
stnnt when he takes his last st in
in French land, more than ono figl'tr
er repeats the soldiers' pet phrase:
"I'll tell tho world." Another say
ing, "Thank you" for a handkerchief,
exclaimed, "Gee, thU will save th-
sleeves of my new uniform." An!
another. "I haven't een a ra like
this for four months." And again
and again is beard, "I guess wo are
sorry for oursefves, are wo not?
Yes, we are not." "Oh, you- Statu-! of
Liberty," "Vive les United Slates,"
.and "The next stop i3 Hobokc-n."
However, there were others who
went very quietly, lylug on stretch
ers carried by the jtretclior-beardr?
of the regular hospital corps which
has been assigned to tl-'s buildin?.
and still other! who bubbled along,
their spirits wonderfully bright con
sidering what the shells . and bul
lets had done to tholr bodies, and
last of all, a group of the greatest
tragedies of tho war. Those arc
what the doctors standing at the
checking-out table callod "mental
cases, and only a iiostoiovsKi wouio
have sensed what war going in in
their minSs. Even a hoy who was
carried by, with both legs missing,
his right arm shot off and two of
the fingers of his loft hand gone, did
not fill tiio heart with pity as did
tho . group of "mental cases." None
of them could toll his own name.
Thlr sinilelesa, timlJ and tragic faces
were deadly serious, as though the
more business of marching along, one
behind the other, wore enough of a
problem to absorb all of tholr men
tal energy. Each one - was accmo
panlcd by a soldier detailed to look
after him.
To get a picture of tho scene as a
whole In.niul around the embarkation
building when a boat is about to
sail, one mu3t start off early in the
morning. The road along tho river
out to Utrssens In this rainy season
is a rough, uneven succession of mud
holes, through which innumerable
applications for work or for help of
this class. Call M 707. 4-7-6
CAPT. SMITH.
trucks pound heavily, throwing out
wuve3 of mud so that the Iront of to
tho buildings 'on oithed sldo arc coat- man can prus out
trucks bringing well men from polntB
not on the railroad line are allowed
to use the road. Tho building Itself
divided Into three sections, the
largest one nafuralty for the well
men, the Imaller for the stretcher
cases, men with dressings and men
without dressing, crutch cases and
walking cases the other section sec
tion. Before they arrive the officers
in charge and tjielr men have every
thing ready There are the stretcher
bearers with red. brassards, the
transportation men, the soldiers, as-
signedto make sandwiches for the
convalescents and to serve them with
hot coffee. The word is passed that
the traM is coining. ' In the kitchen
off the room set aside for the stretch
er cases, s Idio'rs rti busily maklnw
and piling up hundreds and taund
dreds of sandwiches nd making can
of coffoe so large that two Boldlcrs
can with difficulty carry tlleni.
The 16-car hospital train has been
switched onto tho truck that runs
along the platform of tho bulldiug.
As It' approaches the transportation
hospital, offieUrs and Red Cross
men take their positions on the pint
form, 'while inside the building sold
lers. Red Cross nurses and canteen
workers prepare to rcrve the mon
The train backs slowly- In, the officer
In charge of eiiibntkntlon speaks
briskly 10 the officer In charge of the
train: "stretcher cases first," but It
turns out that there are no stretcher
cases on his -train, nnd tho order in
changed to "walking case with dress
ings." Another officer calls out.
Tell the men to get their nieVs cups
ready," and from car to car the or
der Is given.
First of all tho sergennt climbs
out of the car and stands at atten
tion ready to open the door at the
word of command. Tv.cn men file
out in single file tn?o Lie room whore
the American Red Cross coo per.it 1 111:
with the army, has ninde ready for
the convalescents, and as they enter
the door of the building, they arc Im
mediately served with coffee and
sandwiches and tholr places on tho
setees, which have been arranged in
such a way that the members of each
company aro from the center of the
room, are taken firs-., so that up to
the time tho room Is filled it is not
necessary for nny soldier to crowd
oast another soldier.
But already at the other end of
the' building men aro coming In, not
on-, the train, but from a stuady
stream of ambulance which drive In
to the long building and unload inn
stretcher cases at the door of tho
room which those men In particular
to which the Red C-oss. women He
vote their caroful sttcntton. Tli
nurses are there to mo 11 a uanuuK-
has gone wrong or ir a boy neeui nnv
professional assistance and the otho
lted Cross women assist in giving the
men their breakfast rnd passing them
cigarettes, pajamas, loilh brushes,
or any other gift which a boy may
need on the voyag.i. Somo of the
men are still too slcl: to ho cheerful,
but more than ono, tylth a lig gone
or with some ;lhor Irpal: proof o'
the splendid part he Ins pi 1.'" 1 In il,
war, showed that whatever the lucho
had done to him. 'hey had nnt suc
ceeded In iTe-.ii'..; '..is spl-lls
It took oxnctlv 3.1 minutes to un
load the hospi'.'il train nt.d to l-Ivo
the hoys a good warm hn nkfis-t. and
then wllh i'.o same 's!' niatlc oder
llncss, In slngM file, ua'h group a
the officer 'a command called for It.
walked across tho bridges that lead
from the er-ifnk,-. .11 building to the.
check'ng-otf julldlng on the docks.
Even hera tnure was no pause. s
each group approached, the llficei in
command lK.-.ti ;i the list of his men
the chPiking-iff nlliwirs. lor no
ntc. the ilor-K nil-
morning light had looked empty, now
bristled with happy soldiers, proud,
and Justly so, of their share In the
world's ar. m
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Women yid Wins willing tg d
housework i either part or nil timu
are being soVrho, fr many homes.
through the Sjilvntion Army. The
Uiblishment, where wluspected some
more pure urea bsnrytuDrn cattle.
Among tha cattle we saw was(the
heiforafor which Mr. Green recently
Dnld S13KO Rhn la n hnnnlirul man
Iftro we also had h look at Gnerafi Jo
Ilnmpmn, Mr. Greeny hed bull. In
fact. Tom pcroggln was so nruch lni-i
pressed witn this aMmal yiat wi
took hls'prcture aiding the same.
and we know that said picture will
army will handlejfee of charge all!1'1'1'111. 10 M1- "roggins mjnd a busy
INHIBITION miPS DKVKI.01'
INTKItljST IN I.IVK STOCK
(Continued from Page 1)
Ing sldo lights on thu "stock" busi
ness. Our friend. J. G. Snodgrass,
seems to hnVo aspln.tions to become
a stockman, but ho did not tell us
what kiiul of stock ha was most In
terested In. However, ho gave us
ed solidly and most Of the travelers less his nam-!
on this active thoroughfare aro spot-nst, and ev
ted by the mud thrown up on every 1 the boat he
side. Between the road and the riv-j After the men
Is tr. the pr-seng" r
Ibcn aftel he ! n
Is again cheeked off.
!.al walked across the
er long frplght trains are shunted jdock to t. r gang ay, t'-.ey received
hnoiv mH .forth nnd outside the hiigelihe last nits which the Hed Cross
red warehouses are piles of material
which can stand the weather. Amer
ican soldiers, going to and from their
work, wade wearily through the
mud; careless- of decorations with
which the passing cars adorn (hem.
One must' arrive at the embarka
tion building before 8 o'clock, for
the road is closed and only the ainbu-
women hand to evury soldier as lie
leaves for 1 o:ne.
As soon as the fir.' train and the
first group of ambulances hnl un
loaded about 1000 men and they had
gone through the regular channels
onlo the boat, another train was seen
pulling up to tho embarkation
building, and again the same orderly
lances carrying the s'retcher case3 to (systematic movement was repeated.
the boat, and-a certain number of tint II the boat wh'-h In the eirlyjwent directly to tin W. W. tirwn es-
. ,, ' , tieKeier has
ery Instructive talk on tho purpose !T) .
01 me wrcguii vuiiiuui-i vi vuui
morce. Mr. Maris, rtato lendor of
county agents, told us briefly what
farm bureau work was doing In this
stule. J. E. Reynold:, as president
of the state fair bonid, tirld somo of
the plans of the stato fair for this
coining season W. J., lownloy out
lined somo of tho possibilities of tliia
county as a Shorthorn brooding cen
ter. Floyd McKonnon made the
speech of his life and we would not
be at all surprised If he should an
nounce his candldi.cy for the st it?
legislature nB Boon as such announce
ments aro again in older. Wo really
believe, though, that either Bill Led-
better or Tom Johnson wrote Floyd':
speech for tills occas'on.
Two-thirty found us on our way to
Mr. Townley's home l!i Union, wheio
ho hnB in a back lot a large silo anil
some feed lots and la at present feed
ing a carload of two-year-old stoers
011 corn slligo and hay. They are do
ing very nicely and will probnbly be
marketed some time i.i the near fu
ture These cattle are making good
gains on this very economical ration.
On our way to tha oxpsriinent sta
tion we 6toppcd -at th 1 beautiful home
place of Sherman & Hutchinson,
whore wo found Bomo fifteen Short
horn cows, muny of which had lusty
calves at their sldaa, enjoying a blue
grass pasture that wr uld do credit lo
any blue graas section. Theso cows
and the othor Shorthorn Block seen at
this farm received much' favorable
comment.
On arriving at tho experiment sta
tion we went diro:tly to tho cattlo
feeding lots. Here we found a num
ber of different feed tests under way
In fact, the feeding work as carried
on -at this station is without a doubt
the best work of Its nature being car
rid on in tho west. Cattle aro belnir
fed various feed combiualons. such as
ensilage and alfalfa hay, cut alfalfa
hay and onsilagc, and grain nnd al
falfa hay for fatten. r.;.' rations. Win
terlng rations of parlous nature ore
boing tried out such as struw and cot
ton seed nioal, straw and onsllage, en
silago .mid cottonseed nioal, and on
sllnge with 110 other roughage.
Interesting figure! us to feed
weights, etc., havo hi en worked oul
and will bo ready fo- publication Im
mediately. . Tho various groups of
cattlo were also passed upon as to
their respective valuta by Mr.Wll
lard. of the Willard CumnilHSlon com
pany of . rortland, v.'hq was ill the
party. To say tho leapt, much Inter
est was m-aniiested in tho results ap
parent In tho various feeding experi
ments, and very valuable information
as to the feeders has been worked
out at this station during the past
several years. Mr. Wlthycombo was
kept busy explaining various points
about the experiments and in giving
detailed information. Each lot b
a placard showing the weights of ani
mals when put on feed, the kind of
feed fi.'d, and the average weight of
each lot each moaiii while 011 feed.
Thoac present will ill be anxlotiB to
visit-the station anin and inspect
cattlo -and sheep that will be fed nl
future times. In tho meantime, they
H'ill be better prepurfd to rnuke ue
of the'doto which Is going to press at
'he present time, and which will b'
available shortly.
from the experiment station wo
and woll-saeuk day. We wanted to
take a picture standing behind Gen-j
ernl Hampton but tho main draw
back to 'taking this picture would be
that wo wimd not hi ve seen Mr.
Scroggl.t. To say '.he least, we be
lieve he enjnyr. handling Shorfhorn
stock as much as he does bank stock.
From tho Green farm most of the
cars sped on their way tc La Grande
to Inspect the. trophy train, but sov
orul of us before making La Grande,
stopped at the Geonto Goknler farm
lo look at a very neat 'carload of
thick-flushed Hereford steers that Mr. 1
Gekeler has been foeding this wintor.
are In very good flesh and
compare very faborably with any
thing we saw on the trip. They had I
been fed on alfalfa bay until three
weeks ago when thov were put on a
barley ration, and at the present time
uro consuming seven- pounds of barley
per days nnd all tlu mixed hay they
will clean uiy
Those who accompanied us on the
trip were;
Fred Holmes,
Fred Moyors,
T. J. Scroggln,
J. G. Snodgrass, -J.
J. Conloy,
Frank Stlllwell,
Lylo Stlllwell,
M. A. Stlllwell,
Ernest DeLong,
A. McCall,
I. D. Smut.
Goorge Gekeler,
T. B. Johnson,
Warren Chnndlo:.
Floyd McKuIinou,
n: McDonald,
C. C. Welch,
W. R. Ledbettcr,
J. E. Roynolds,
J.' F. T. Galloway.
Archlo Conley,
L. Johnson, " ,
Willis Moss,
E. Adler,
Robert Withyeombo,
1. H. Splllman,
Georgo Balrd,
Goorgo BcnBon,
W. Phillips,
W. J. Townloy,
Snin Bonson,
G. W. DoLny,
L, Boldlor,
L. Wright,
Frank Uldwoll,
Dick Benson,
W. E. Green,
W. Sherman,
A. Cadwell,
L. Willard. Portland,
I'. V. Mnrls, Corvallls,
E. J. Fnlsted, Corvallls, '
E. L. Wostovor, Corvaiils.
Lyle Stlllwell had tho distinction
of being the youngest ."stockman"
present. ' "
"Sfervice is Our -Motto;-
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eats were of fli Jtost, the toasts fiirv, but the
sei'vif-e so poor
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