INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE LA FOLLETTE LEADS. Roosevelt Close Second and Third at Primaries. Taft FARM œ ORCHARD Portland—With somewhat over 500 WILL TEACH THE TEACHERS. FLOUR PRICE SOARS. votes counted, A. W. Lafferty up to Nota and Instructions from Agricultural Collega and Experiment Stations an early hour Saturday morning of Oregon and Washington. SpodoUy Suitable to PacHic Coast Conditions was Special Instruction at O. A. C. June Great Scarcity of Available Wheat leading Judge Gantenbein in the for- I8-July 26. Forces 2O-Cent„Rise. mer’s race for renomination for con- THE FOREST FIRE PROBLEM. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- Forester E. T. Allen, in his address Portland—The price of patent flour gress. before the Association at the Decem­ valis — The extraordinary interest was advanced 40 cents a barrel in the Overcoming the slight lead for By H. S. Newins, Instructor Department of For- ber Five State Forest Fire Conference shown by the Bankers’ association, Portland and Puget Sound markets. A niade the following remarks: • Re^ Roosevelt shown by the early returns, commercial clubs and other organiza­ week ago there was an advance of 20 OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL are what count, certainly — —■ suits . ------ *• and we yy t- KVHUIIUV La Follette forged to the front and tions throughout the state in the in­ cents a barrel. These are the first LEGE, Corvallis—The Pacific North- nave neo results Aortn-,,. ........ iuu*y. There mere 1 W 1^ — 11.. to report . today. dustrial contests for school children changes that have occurred in the has carried the county by a plurality west has a fire • problem whichpract,ca,,y no Are losses in 1911 lU nS dangerous a season as now in progress in all districts, means market since the beginning of the sea­ of probably 1060. The vote at 2 must soon be solved if the val- A’rtt? m ly bad as the a'®raKe o’clock Saturday morning, though in- liable timber interests within this that the schools must incorporate in son last September. I ha J an < 7 haVe rare,y been compelete, showed out of a total of region to be utilized to their than a billion feet, often much more. the regular course some systematic in- The millers were forced to make 193 precincts on president as follows : utmost. are Fire protection has received . d associations patrolled struction in industrial branches. The these advances by the high price of but recent attention in the United about 16,000,006 acres, a territory as La Follette, 3410; Roosevelt, 3138; work can not be confined to the high wheat. Grain values have been climb- States. The problem which confronts large as a big group of Eastern states Taft, 2249. the Pacific Northwest is peculiar in am containing not less than 400 na- school or the seventh and eighth ing rapidly of late, because supplies Senator Bourne has carried Multno­ that we find here forests represented fireTh» besldes an arn»y of shifting grades, but is bound to cover the en­ in farmers’ hands are nearly exhaust­ mah county by an estimated plurality by species of enormous size, such as buJIt hundreds of tire course, with the proper adapta­ ed. Some of the grain dealers figure of 2000. The vote at last account the Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, I i miles of trails They and telephones. They that there is not enough wheat left in tion to the ages of the pupils in the the Pacific Northwest to supply all stood: Bourne, 4170; Lowell, 682^ and the Western White Pine. These Sd’JJT than 1000 flre8 con*«- trees are found in heavy stands and 3rd of ^Port, besides hun- different grades. wants until the new crop is available. Morton, 298; Selling, 3360. ,lot ^ousands more extin- associated with dense underbrush ofi I J 17 Multnomah county Democrats in ­ Farmers evidently take this view, For this reason school superinten­ ” ,nciPle“cy. And from all Wilson for president over Clark such character as the accursed Vine dents, principals and teachers will for those who have any wheat left on dorsed Maple and Salai, Within the forest eniLJve%trattered over 8ucb a va8t by a vote of 510 to 282, incomplete. need to familiarize themselves with hand demand extreme prices for it. there are many openings called ,he area of merchantable There were bids of $1 a bushel at Harmon, from the same count, receiv­ “prairies,” and bordening these timber burned was held down by them the spirit and purpose of this new ed­ ed 97. For United States senator, ucation, and to secure material to pre­ interior points for bluestem wheat. Dr. Lane has a plurality of 373, the are often fire damaged and dead ton?' aCre8’ and the ‘I«8'ruc­ trees, the results of previous burnings. tion of material which cannot be saved sent to the pupils. To this end the In the local market bluestem is selling vote being: Coshow, 125; Lane, The topography is rough and broken o only 2b,000,000,000 feet. Perhaps summer session at the Oregon Agri­ for $1.07, and as high as $1.10 a 532; Miller, 104; Pierce, 159. and the distance from market in such bushel has been paid for this milling cultural college this year, which opens n “*8?8 much more was damaged The result of the for repre­ a rugged country makes the timber in­ June 18 and lasts until July 26, will grade for later delivery. Even the sentative from this contest n,ll8t be logged soon, but even district which offer special instructions. Nowhere cheaper grades of wheat, such as are first favored Judge Gantenbein, may accessible. and hence the woods are cannot teT' 80 '“"“‘^«‘mal that it cannot be tn could there be found a body of experts used for chicken feed, are now selling prove close. The first returns gave not opened up and developed by con­ Percentage of expressed the amount practically guarSP^ servative logging and exploitation. in carload lots at $1 a bushel. better prepared to give the teachers Gantenbein a lead over Lafferty. * 8; We 8ee ,he importance of fire Forest investments are impossible this very assistance than in the facul­ Later Lafferty took the lead and he until an adequate system of fire pro­ 1 itection and the largeness of the ty of the agricultural college. The SPRINGS ARE IN DISPUTE. may have a plurality of 2000. The tection is evolved. A business man field for work in this direction domestic science department is ready I he Aztecs ruled America at one figures last compiled by The Ore­ places a sum of money in the bank to assist in the outlining of courses of Authority of State Engineer Ques­ gonian and this money earns him interest. Hern nation- 8inc« the davs of gave the following result: instruction for the girls from the low­ Clyde, 1611; Gantenbein, 2643; Laf­ Were it possible for him to place the han Bion h°rt7' 78 ,,wlndIp<, to less tioned by Forester. est grades through the high school; same amount of money in timber in­ than 1000 bure-bred survivors. Some ferty, 3218; Shepherd, 1255. the engineering college will do the Salem — Questioning; the authority vestments he could earn even a great­ of these will be brought to San Diego's same for the manual training course of State Engineer Lewis to issue a er return, but no capitalist will make exposition, with their arts and crafts. Roosevelt Leads in State. in the schools, and all departments of permit to F. W. Ross for the appro­ an investment until he is assured I With one-fourth of the total Repub­ such agricultural study will offer similar that the timber in which he invests is HELP RAISE PIGS AND CHICKENS. aid in planning the work in agricul­ priation of the waters of the Breiten- lican vote of the state counted the adequately protected. The present fire bush springs, because they are not nomination of Ben Selling for United rtsk in America discourages good tim­ Agricultural College Publl.hes 50,000 ture for both rural and city schools. Copies of New Leaflet. Ten courses in elementary and ad­ ordinary waters, but contain medicinal States senator over Jonathan Bourne, ber investments. In European coun­ vanced agriculture are to be given, properties, George H. Cecil, forester by a plurality of 8000 to 10,000 votes tries this fire risk has been greatly re­ OREGON AGRICULTURAL OOI duced, In fact, so much so that the four in domestic science, three in do­ Corvallis. — The extension was assured. forests of Saxony yield more than $5 LEGE, mestic art, and three in manual train­ for the district embracing the national division of the Oregon Agrlcul- The same figures also seem to show per acre per annum above all ex­ turai ing. These are all in addition to the forest reserve, has written him on the conclusively that Theodore Roosevelt penses College has just published of protection, administration two new leaflets, one regular pedagogic studies always in­ subject. by Prof. has won the presidential indorsement and operation. The first steps toward cluded for those who wish to increase He declares that Ross has applied to by a plurality of about 6000 over reform in America have been taken E. L. a Potter T of the «»Imai hus­ bandry department on “Prize Winning their equipment as teachers. The Federal government for the use of President Taft. Whether Taft or La up by the Federal and state govern- lx « reg°” P“»8’” a’»l the other methods of teaching these industrial the meats and by fire protective associa- .v I rof. James Dryden of tho poultry the lands where the springs are locat­ Follette will be second in the presi- subjects in both town and country ed, he contemplates laying some dential race is problematical. Esti- tions. on “Oregon Boys and schools, general problems of school pipe as lines The government plans have been G lepar tment and building some bath mates made by using ratios indicate Hnd tbe Kgg Problem.’’ management, and the special problem houses. Under statutes of the that in the up-state Taft will lead La well laid, but their progress has been The extension division Is making an of the one-room school will be handled United States, he the says, it is his opin­ Follette by a little greater vote than checked by lack of funds. Funds are m ably by expert instructors. to push the development of! in raislmr ‘ n.ÀwLL; b0*8 of the .. state ion that the only waters over which that by which La Follette will lead necessary Upon inquiry in the East as to the the state exercises jurisdiction roads and trails for the construction crease the meat sumJv « ast y m ^203 the land, and that unless it allows the spect Monday’s tragedy of the North summer of 1911 fires occurred here have bâen imnnrtîa °r’20° d ” ®gg8 In some states school boards offer of a permit for its use, that the water Atlantic and from their more normal teachers special inducements to pre­ cannot with the usual dry season. There fires 'Of the Rocky Mountain^ ttVeolh^ be utilized. utterances there is slowly unfolding appeared to have their origin in stands pare themselves more thoroughly for the true story of how the great White of dead dry timber which previous feels It necessary to Increase local pro­ their work, either by paying a part of Star liner, her band playing to the fires had left standing. At the close duction of this commodity as well as the expense of the summer course, or FLAX EXPERT VISITS CITY. last, sank off the Grand Banks with of the season It was estimated that of dressed poultry, of which twenty by raising the salaries of those who there had been a total damage of $30,- carloads were shipped tn last year. It are willing to spend their vacations in English Manufacturer Investigating more than 1600 souls aboard. was decided to interest the boys and study. The cost at O. A. C. is re­ All the stories brought out—and 919, which Included the value of tim­ girls Oregon Possibilities. in the egg problem, and encour­ there were hundreds—show that the ber destroyed or damaged, the forage age them to add to the state’s wealth markably low, $40 covering every­ Portland — George E. Campbell, of value and the value of injured repro ­ thing excepting the railroad fare. disaster was one of the fnost horrible in thia manner. London, England, en route from San that could be imagined, that the pas­ duction. The total cost of fighting These leaflets are a part of the cam­ Francisco to Toronto, stopped in Port­ sengers suffered hardships which could these fires, Including the wages of tem­ paign of industrial contests for Oregon BROOK TROUT WIN FAVOR. land and visited the Commercial club not well be described or long endured; porary laborers, the salaries of forest boys and girls The State Fair prizes to obtain statistics and data upon the that the rowboats, as they left the Ti­ guards and rangers, tools, supplies for pigs raised by Oregon boys in­ transportation, amounted to Eastern Fish Will Be Planted in soil and conditions of this state, with tanic, drifted through a veritable sea and clude; for the best pig in Class A, a a view to ascertaining the possibili­ of drowning men, all swimming with $7,682.40. If tho inaccessibility of the Poland China boar given by Thomas Lakes of Cascades, ties of flax culture on a large scale their last strength in an heroic if not forest had been reduced by the estab­ Carmichael, Gaston, breeder of Po- Portland — Restocking the lakes of here. lishment of a complete system of trails maniacal effort to reach the small and telephone lines these items of ex­ land China pigs, Holstein cattle, and the Cascades with Eastern brook trout Campbell is one of the largest boats, which of necessity had to fight pense could have been reduced to a Shropshire sheep; and in Class B, for was the chief topic at the last meet­ flax Mr. manufacturers in England, and is them off; that many a drowning man minimum. the best pig, a Hampshire pig, given ing of the State Fish and Game com­ president by ,1. Frultts, Joseph. A grand special of the Canadian Flax Mills was beaten on the head with oars just The states have not been tardy In missioners. This kind of trout has at Toronto, Canada. as he was about to grasp the side of following the splendid work of the for a sow and litter has as first prize been selected because they fare better the reports are true of retreating boats; that the suffering Federal Government. In 1907 the leg­ a Shetland pony from the Union Meat in the higher altitudes than any other the “Provided adaptability of the soil of Oregon was most intense during the short islature of the state of Oregon passed Co., Portland, and as second prize a species of the fish. to flax culture — and investigations period before the small boats were a law which provided for a State Poland China boar from P. E. Thoma­ “Between Cazadero and Diamond I have made indicate all that are”— picked up by the Carpathia and that Roard of Forestry. The activities of son, of Maple Lawn Stock Farm. At lake there are some 60 or 70 good said Mr. Campbell, in a they the county fairs other prizes will also the notable men passengers on the the Board caused the enactment of a be offered the boys for pigs. lakes with deep water,” said State with the Flax committee, conference law in 1911 which provided for th« of which Fish and Game warden Finley, “but Dr. E. A. Pierce is chairman, “the ship performed acts of gallantry and appointment of a State Forester, and Poultry prizes are numerous. Sec­ courage when they fully realized the which carries an appropriation of $60,- retary of State Olcott will give a they contain few fish, and we are anx­ very ious to restock them. The only way here. ” best class of fiber could be raised situation, reflecting most glorious 000 for fire protection and investiga­ Shetland pony for the best trio of credit upon their memories and upon tion work during the present biennial chickens, and Eugene Prescott, Salem, to do so is to get together an equip­ Mr. Campbell advocated the rota­ their race. will offer a special prize In the same period. ment of horses and pack animals, tion of flax with other crops, saying Now and then there is an unpleasant State Forester F. A. Elliott makes class of 100 Faverolle eggs from his make special cans in which to carry that in rotation it benefits the land, incident showing that there was the following statement In his first an­ prize Salmon Faverolles. For the best the fish, and then make trips from the while in continued sowing the soil some cowardice among a few members nual report to the Governor, 1911; trio In the American class, Including three points, Cazadero, Detroit and becomes exhausted. of the crew, but the great preponder­ “The loss of timber by fires during the Plymouth Rocks, Dominiques, Wyan­ Bend. Reds, the ... first --------------------- — ance of testimony shows clearly that past season amounted to approximate-!' dottes and Rhode Island “We have taken the matter up with Rain» Benefit Echo Grain. ly 84.622,006 board feet, which mu8t)|,rlze 13 a ,rl° of buff Plymouth Rocks the officers and the crew performed the department of forestry, which af­ Echo—Abundant rains of the last with military precision; that every be considered Insignificant when com- ^rom R F Williams, .Milton; second, a ter making a careful investigation, week confirms the promise of unusu­ order of the officers was obeyed in­ pared to the 1,978,841,000 board feetl,r,° °f Rhode Island Reds from L B. has offered to stock the lakes in the ally good crops in this vicinity. stantly and that Captain Smith, in­ damaged In 1910. In other words thelPyrP- Ontario; third, 30 eggs from Mr. forest reserves for us free, provided Never have prospects better for stead of shooting himself, as was re­ loss this year was less than five perj Williams’ buff Rocks. In Class B. we supply the fish. Within a month alfalfa in the irrigated been sections or for ported, when he saw that his great cent of the loss during 1910. The re-'firHt prize will be a trio of sliver laced or so we shall have 700,006 Eastern grain on the dry hill farms than at suits secured this year were due chief- Wyandottes from Mrs. Frank Lines, the brook trout ready to liberate from present time. An abundant crop of charge was doomed, stuck to the ly to the greatly Increased efficiency [Albany; second, a trio of Rhode Island bridge till the position of the steam­ the Federal, state and private or- R*d» from B I Ferguson, Salem; and Bonneville.” fruit is also promised. Orchards have ship compelled him to step down, and of ganlatzlons In fire patrol and fire fight-1 third, 30 eggs from Mr. Williams. The commission will have approxi- been in bloom for some time. like a gentleman and a true British Ing work. Hundreds of small fires) ' th Mediterranean das«, fncbid- matey 10,000,000 fry to release dur­ sailor. ing ’ Leghorns, Riack Spanish, Mlnor- were extinguished, while large fires;'"" ’ ing the coming season. a » a j Oregon Potatoes Go Eastward. Lumbar Firm Formed. Enterprise—So far this spring there have been shipped from the Wallowa valley 16 carloads of potatoes; from Enterprise eight cars and from Joseph five cars. They were shipped by A. S. Weatherspoon direct to points in Kansas and Nebraska. Astoria—Articles of incorporation of the Smiley-Lampert Lumber ’com] pany were filed in the county clerk's office. The incorporators are E. P. Smiley, Jacob Lampert and John H. Smith, and the capital stock is $100,- 000, divided into 1000 shares of $100 Newberg Bridge Authorized. each. The main office of the company Washington, D. C.—The senate has is to be at Warrenton and its object passed Hawley’s bill authorizing the is to engage in the manufacture of construction of a bridge across the lumber products. Willamette river at or near Newberg. Mexican Papers Bitter. Mexico City — Two newspapers in this city that appeal principally to the lower classes, published incendiary ar­ ticles directed agsinst Americans. Gil Blas, an afternoon newspaper, under the caption, “A National Fund for the Holy Water,” assumed a conflict between the United States and Mexico as a certainty and issued a call to pat­ riots to donate 6 per cent of their income, salary or wages, for a war fund. were fought by adequate forces under caa, Anconas, and Andalusians, the three Class A prizes nre: First, a 120- experienced supervision.’’ Private organizations are also ren- egg Incubator from E J. McClanahan, dering valuable service toward timber Eugene; second, a trio of Brown I^g- protectlon in the Northwest. The horns, A. G. Propst, Albany; third, a Western Forestry and Conservation Blue Andalusian cockerel from D M Association Is foremost in this field. I Galbreath, Monmouth. In Class IT a and includes In its membership such fireless brooder from Mr. McClanahan organizations as. Northern Montanaj1« first prize; trio of single-comb while Forestry Association, North Idaho. Leghorns from C. O. Windle, I^nta, Forestry Association, Washington For-(second; and an Ancona cockerel from est Fire Association, Oregon Forest, Mr. Propst the third Fire Association, Oregon Conservation Fourteen other prizes will also be Association, and the Linn County Fire awarded at the State Fair for chickens Patrol Association. ¡and ducks in different classes.