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SEVEN INQUIRIES ON TAPIS COURTS PRAISED FOR WORK OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST General Newe of the Induatrlal and Educational Development and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc. FREE BULLETINS BY 0. A. C. FOR USE OF FARMERS CLEAR LAKE IS WONDERFUL A list of 14 bulletins and circulars issued by the Oregon Agricultural col lege which are now available to all who will write to the extension divis ion for them is as follows: Albany -Clear Lake, which the state board of health is planning to utilize as a source of water supply for the cities and towns of the Willamette valley and the state institutions at Salem, is situated in the southeastern part of Linn county, about 77 miles southeast of Albany. It lies about two miles from the Willamette Valley A Cascade Mountain Wagon road and is about four miles from the summit of the Cascade mountains. The main body of the lake is about two miles long and three-fourths of a mile wide. Connected with the main body of the lake by a neck of water on each side of a small island, is a smaller body about one-half mile long and one-fourth of a mile wide. The lake is remarkably deep, no deep, in fact, that no one who has ever visited it has had a line long enough to meas ure its depth. The water is so clear that the bottom of the lake may bo seen in some places, notwithstanding it is many hundreds of feet deep. The bottom is irregular and there are evi dently high cliffs at various places, though they appear as small precipi tous formations from the surface. A most peculiar feature of the lake, which makes it unique among all the lakes of the state and probably of the country, is that it contains at least 50 petrified trees, standing upright. The trees are in the north end, or smaller portion, of the lake. Most of the trees stand in grbup«, only a few feet apart. Some of these trees appear to be so close to the surface that they could b< reached with an oar, but it is evident from attempts that have been made to reach them by lines that they are hun dreds of feet below the surface of the water, though the portion of the lake where they stand is not so deep as the remainder of the lake. The water of the lake is remarkably cold. So penetrating is its coldness that a person cannot keep his hand in it very long at a time. A large spring, which bubbles up on one side of the lake and which is one of the leading sources of the lake’s water supply, is even colder than the lake it self. It is a practice among people who have visited the lake before to offer to wager those visiting it for the first time that they cannot keep their hand in thia spring for one minute. This has been tried many times, but, so far as known, the feat has never been accomplished. So cold is the water of this spring that if one allows his hand to remain in it for 20 seconds pain becomes apparent both in the hand and arm aa well. Clear Lake is a very beautiful body of water and its charm is enhanced by beautiful natural surroundings. The Three Sisters are many miles from the lake, but a beautiful view of them is obtained looking across the lake from north to south. There is a large quantity of lava in the vicinity of Clear Lake, and as no crater has been found nearby, it is supposed that the lake may be an old volcano, though the border of the lake dos not have the appearance of a cra ter now. The lake is the main source of the McKenzie river. The river flows out at the southwest comer of the lake and about one and a half miles from where it leaves the lake the river plunges over a cliff 60 feet high, form ing a beautiful waterfall. Investigations which have been made disclose that the water of Clear Lake is of splendid quality and admir ably adapted for supplying cities and towns with water for drinking pur poses. lll'IXKTINS. No. 102 Digestibility of Kale, Vetch Ray, Steamed und Unsteamed Silage. WithycombeBradley. No. 103 Mortality of Incubator Chicks. Perot. No. Ill — Orchard Management. Lewis. No. 112 Soils of Oregon. C. E. Bradley. No. 113 -Orchard Irrigation Studies in Rogue River Valley. I ajw U, Kraus, Rees. _____ Cl BCD LA BN. No. 12 Three Species of Plant Lice in Oregon. Wilson. No. 18 —Orchard Sprays and Spray ing. Cordley-Jackson. No. 18 Swine Husbandry. Withy- combe-Potter. No. 10 Oregon Station Trap Nest. Dryden. No. 20 The Pollination Question. Kraus. _____ Biennial Report Eastern Oregon Sta tion, 1009-10. KXTKNBION HI M.KTINH .Series 4, No. 1 Highway Improve- mept, Earth Roads and Culverts, Ay res. Series 4, No. 46—Road Materials in the Willamette Valley. Parks. Series 5, No. 2—Economic Geologi cal Resources of Oregon. Parka. OREGON TIMBER ATTRACTS Eastern Capitalist Surveys Yellow Pine of John Day Valley. Prairie City L. B. Unker, of New York, representing a syndicate of cap italists interested in the lumber indus try, visited the John Day Valley this weak for the purpose of investigating the extent and quality of the yellow pine forests covering the foothills that skirt the valley for 66 mi lea. Mr. Unker will Investigate all the available yellov pine forests of East ern Oregon during his trip, with re gard to accessibility, coat of logging and manufacturing into lumber and transportation to the Eastern markets. It is recognized by lumber experts that the Eastern Oregon pine is avail able, much of it, for’manufacture into the licit grades of finishing lumber. The supply of this material is be coming scarce in the Middle West and* Eastern states, while the demand for it is increasing. CONTRACT WILL BE LET SOON Work on Line South From Portland Will Begin Next Spring. Oregon City Mark Woodruff, an official of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railroad, is authority for the statement that work on the 40 miles from Portland south will be [commenc ed in the spring. The contract for the 40 miles has not as yet been let, but it is on President Strahorn’s desk and will be shortly dealt with. Owing to rumors of difficulties en countered by the right-of-way depart ment of the company, Mr. Woodruff was questioned. He says that the company is not finding any greater difficulties than usual and that there will be comparatively few condemna tion suits brought. The old Willamette Falls carline will soon be a thing of the past. Property along the line has advanced. Experiment Farm Urged. McMinnville—A movement has been started to have a walnut experiment station here and several joint organiz ing committees have been selected for a meeting to consider what legislation will be necessary. The County court has set aside ten acres of the best land of the county farm for this experi ment station. This tract is west of this city and is ideal land for this pur pose. . ■■ ■ - ■ ■■■■ • Ideal Source of Water Supply for Valley Towns. Fort Rock Sees Activity. Fort Rock—A surveying outfit form ing part of the Harriman system has been working through here for several weeks setting stakes along the right of way surveyed for the proposed Ore gon & Eastern railway, which is to run from Vale, where it taps the Ore gon Short Line, to Crescent. There it will join the Natron cutoff of the Southern Pacific. It is currently ru mored that actual construction work will be going on through here before next fall. State School Fund Needed. Himalaya Berries Grow. Salem—It is probable that the legis lature will be asked to sanction the use of $10,000 from the state school fund to be used for paying the ex penses of carrying the Benson-Hyde cases through the courts. The state land board, through the attorney gen eral, will attempt to get back about 50,000 acres of land said to have been fraudulently secured In those transac tions. Newport—Carl Herren, a Newport lapadist, is exhibiting branches of Himalaya blackberries in his window, which were grown in his garden with out glass and are ripe end of excellent flavor. Mr. Herren was induced to attempt to produce ripe berries for Christmas after learning that Peter Schirmer, the Burbank of Lincoln county, produces ripe strawberries every month in the year. Estimated Cost of Investigations Speaker Declares Rights of People Placed at Over $100,000. Are Fully Protected. Washington, D. C.—An era of in vestigation probably unprecedented in the history of the house will ire ush ered In when congress reassembles in January. Members of the house will divide their attention among seven distinct investigations scheduled to be gin immediately after the holidays. They are: Inquiry into the so-called money trust; hearings before the ways and means committee preliminary to tariff revision by the next congress; the probe into the New Haven-Grand Trunk rail mad in New England; the grand jury’s hearings on general trust legislation; the inquiry into the rami fications of the so-called foreign and domestic shipping trust by the mer chant marine committee; the Glass subcommittee’s investigation incident to the framing of a currency bill, and the inquisition into the affairs of the office of superintendent of insurance in the District of Columbia, with tes timony to be taken not only in Wash ington, but also probably In New York. The insurance inquiry will begin with the District of Columbia commis sioners on the witness stand. These committees will endeavor to complete their work by the end of the session. It is estimated the investi gations will cost in the aggregate more than $100,000. FANATIC HURLS BOMB AT NEW VICEROY OF INDIA Delhi, India—Baron and Baroness Hardinge, viceroy and vicereine of India, narrowly esca|>ed assassination by a native fanatic while making their ceremonial entry into Delhi, the new imperial capital of India. The splinters of the powerful bomb, which killed one native attendant and injured another, penetrated the back and shoulders of the viceroy and he was also wounded in the neck by the screws with which the bomb was filled and which passed through his helmet. The doctors who removed the metal splinters from the wounds declared it was marvelous that the viceroy es caped fatal injuries. Lady Hardinge immediately after the explosion asked her husband if he was hurt. He replied: “I am all right. Goon.” Lady Hardinge then said: “We cannot. There is a deadman behind.” The elephant on which they were riding halted and the viceroy tried to stand up, but reeled and fainted and the officials who gathered around had much difficulty in removing him from the elephant’s back. The howdah in which he and Lady Hardinge had been seated was b,own to matchwood. Omaha Frank B. Kellogg, of St. Paul, speaking before the meeting of the Nebraska State Bar association, vigorously defended the integrity of the American judiciary and condemned what he said was a disposition of these days to criticise the courts. He said that of ail the branches of the government, the judicial, in his opinion, is the least subject to the ex ercise of arbitrary power, to scandal or to improper influence. Kellogg said he believed it to be a fact that the Supreme court of the United States is the most progressive and lib eral branch [of this government and that it has always been solicitous of the rights of the people. Kellogg argued at length against at tacks on the judiciary, because he said he felt that the reiteration of these unfounded charges has had a prejudi cial effect upon the public mind. He continued: “The people (few, I am glad to say) who are denouncing the Supreme court as reactionary and the ‘last resort of the vested interests,’ should remember that but for the decision of that court, commencing with those written by John Marshall and ending with the lat est decision under the commerce ciau«e, the nation would have been powerless before the greatest combina tions of wealth and power that any age has ever seen.” WILSON EXPECTS TO FIGHT President-Elect Believes, However, in Retaining Manners. Staunton, Va. President-elect Wil son, by birth a Virginian, but by adop tion a son of New Jersey, proclaimed the hope that his administration might mean the final obliteration of every thing that in the past divided the North and South. “I suggest an added significance to the occasion,” said Governor Wilson, in presenting the greetings of New Jersey to Virginia, “because it is a son of the South who brings the greet ings of the North.” Standing on the porch of Mary Bald win Seminary, in the chapel of which he was baptized, the president-elect spoke to a great crowd gathered from far and wide on the occasion of his return to his native town on his 56th birthday anniversary. While Mr. Wilson spoke with feeling of his hopes for a spirit of reunion that would rec ognize “neither region nor section, nor North nor South, ” he talked sig nificantly of his future course in pol itics, with particular reference to the conduct of business. The presidency, the governor said, he regarded “as an office in which a Wilson Somewhat Fagged Out. man must put on his war paint,” but Princeton, N. J.—“I feel like a he added that his visage was such that squeezed sponge,” exclaimed Presi he “did not mind marring it, for a man dentelect Wilson when he returned can keep his manners and still fight” home after an all day’s session in Trenton with the state board of par POWER CLAIMS ARE HELD UP dons, over which, as governor, he presided. Secretary Sees Plan to Block Gov Governor Wilson’s attention was ernment Control. called to the recent discussion of par don systems in Arkansas anl other Washington, D. C. — By the joint states, and he was asked whether he action of the War, Interior and Agri preferred that the state executive cultural departments, extensive land have full responsibility or that the patents of the International Power & pardoning power be lodged in a board Manufacturing company of the state consisting, as in New Jersey, of the of Washington were held up because governor and the chancellor and six of the belief of Secretary Fisher, as judges from the court of errors and expressed in a statement, that the appeals. Though the governor has company was trying to “free itself the power of vetoing any application, from all control by the government by his affirmative counts no more than securing patents to lands under the that of the other members. guise of mining claims or by railroad “I like the New Jersey system bet scrip filings in combination with a ter,” said Mr. Wilson. "I admire special dam license.” verr much this court, as it is open The company was planning to build minded and certain to do the right a series of power plants which, it was thing. ’ ’ ______________ estimated, would produce 200,000 horsepower, having a value of $5,000,- Fight by Shoe Trust Starts. 000 to $8,000,000 a year. Washington, D. C.—Solicitor-Gen The power site is in the so-called eral Bullett filed with the Supreme “Z” canyon of the Pend d’Oreille court the government’s biief asking river, situated partly in the Kaniksu for the reversal of the decision of the National forest and partly in a power Massachusetts Federal court dismiss site reserve set aside by President ing four of the five counts in the in Taft.________________ dictments returned under the Sherman Herrin’s Position Secure. anti-trust law against the United Shoe Machinery company. This brief San Francisco—W. F. Herrin, vice- marks the opening of the legal fight president of the Southern Pacific com over the criminal prosecution of the pany, who arrived here for a five-day alleged trust. visit, said that the recent merger de cision of the Supreme court would not For “Non-Partisan” Commission. affect his position with the railroad or “It will Washington, D. C.—Senator Poin that of President Sproule. dexter, of Washington, after refusing affect such positions as the chairman to give regard to the reports of the old of the board of directors,” said Her tariff board when the various tariff rin, “directer of maintenance and way bills were under consideration in the and other positions on the Union Pa senate last session, has now prepared cific and Southern Pacific railroads.” and will introduce a bill creating what Home Left for Museum. he terms a “nonpartisan, high-class Federal tariff commission.” Paris—The will of the late French battle painter, Edouard Detaille, Greek Army Routs Turks. leaves his residence as a museum of Athens—The Greek army has driven historical costumes. One floor of the the Turks from the Kiari defile, where house is to be devoted exclusively to they entrenched after their defeat at uniforms of the French army. De Goritza. The Greeks are continuing taille also bequeathed $40,000 for the the pursuit in the direction of Lias- reconstruction of the house, so as to koviki. make it suitable for a museum. COST OF LIVING UP TO FARMERS Government Expert Says All Depends on Size of Crops. Soil Must Be Made to Yield More- Proportion of Farmers Growing Smaller. Washington, D. C.—The ’ever that will break the backbone of high prices of foodstuffs is ’more intensive farm ing, cultivation of unoccupied lands near the large cities and more intelli gent methods of agriculture, in the opinion expressed by Professor Milton Whitney, chief of the bureau of soils, of the department of agriculture. Dr. Whitney is a leading authority on soils and their uses and his many publica tions on soils and their adaptation to crop production and their relation to food consumption have attracted world-wide attention. Dr. Whitney is preparing a bulletin on soils of the country and their rela tion to the nation’s future food sup ply. He draws specil attention to the vast amount of uncultivated areas of land, the decline in the cultivated areas compared with the rapid in crease of the country’s population. “The country is advancing in every line,” said Dr. Whitney. “People are living better than ever before. As a result we are stronger physically and mentally. We are consuming more foodstuffs per capita than the popula tion of the European countries and I would not for a moment attempt to discourage less food consumption. It is plain that until we get a larger sup ply of foodstuffs, and if the period of high salaries continues, we can expect the present high cost of living to con tinue. “So let us touch the producing side of the question. For instance, the states north of the Potomac and east of the Ohio river have a total area of 12,322,880 acres. The area under cul tivation in this territory is estimated at a little over 40,000,000 acres. Add ed to this is 27,000,000 acres used for forestry. So we have over 42,000,000 acres of idle land in the territory lying in the states. “During the past 30 years the amount of land in use has steadily de creased until it is now about 20 per cent less than in 1880, while the coun try as a whole has been growing at a phenomenal rate. “The number of persons engaged in agricultural pursuits in the states above mentioned has also decreased during the past 30 years, while the total population has largely increased. “There are at present, mark you, about 1,300,000 persons engaged in agriculture in the area under consider ation with a population of over 30,- 000,000 non-agricultural producers to be fed. “The bureau of soils estimates that the land under cultivation in the area can be made to yield at least four times as much as at present by more intelligent and intensive methods of farming. Moreover, the same up-to- date methods used on the idle lands will have a yielding capacity of over eight times as much as at present. “Careful investigations conducted by the bureau prove that these lands are well adapted to all classes of crops from the early fruit, truck and vege tables to the latest storage fruits and vegetables for winter use, and to the most intensive kind of dairy fanning. “The conditions in the eastern sec tion of the country are similar to those existing in other sections. So whether the cost of living is to be reduced or not, it is perfectly plain to even the layman mind that to feed the present and constantly-growing population of the country a greater production of foodstuffs must be raised. “To do this more people have got to return to the farms; it is necessary to put more land under cultivation; more improved methods of agriculture, and more intensified farming must be fol lowed.” _______________ Taking of Town Confirmed. El Paso, Tex.—Despite the denial of Minister Hernandez, the taking of Ascencion by the rebels is confirmed officially at Juarez and reported by nu merous refugees coming from the town. The taking of Casas Grandes as reported by rebels, remains uncon firmed. Railway reports say nothing of the Casas Grandes attack. The Seventh Federal cavalry is proceeding slowly behind railroad work trains toward Ascencion. Flying Santa Sheds Furs. San Francisco—Santa Claus in an aeroplane flew over the heads of thousands of persons gathered here Christmas at the third international aviation meet of the Pacific Cost, and dropped bags of candy and nuts into the crowd. The warm weather, how ever, made it uncomfortable for Santa and he soon alighted, to shed his furs.
