State Grange Asks Rural U. S. DEMANDS FULL I
Credits at Annual Session GERMAN GUARANTEE
Tillamook — Demands for a rural
credit or Federal long-time loan law
ware made in a committee report to
the State (¡range in session here. Af
ter an hour of discussion, the grange
decided to take no action on the report
until the committee in charge of the
Bathrick bill has announced its find
ings.
The committee also urged the grange
to declare It would support no candi
date for the United States senate who
would not promise to work and vote
for a rural credit law.
Increase in the limit placed on pos
tal savings accounts to 95000 with the
privilege of diverting those funds to
the farmers at a low rate of interest
^•s favored by the committee in a res
olution which was adopted.
A resolution also was adopted by the
grange declaring against tax exemp
tions on certain classes of property.
The resolution, however, wax not op-
|KMed to an exemption of (300 on
household goods actually in use.
The grange also declared in favor of
a Federal law that would require man
ufacturers of woolen gcxsis to mark
their products to indicate whether they
arc made of long wool or recarded or
of old woolen garments.
Changes in
mail or rural routes were op|*oeed in
s resolution ad|x>ted and the changing
of the dale of the collection of the
second half of the taxes from October
5 to the first Monday in November
favored in another.
In the dcmaisi for the rural credit
law the committee recites that the
people of the country expected relief
from the financial stringency after the
passage of the administration currency
act and that the law has failed to
bring about that relief. It says that
money is as scarce as it wax before the
passage of the act, and reports that
rates of interest have remained as be
fore.
It calls upon all of the subordinate
granges of the state to support a
measure for the relief of the farmers,
contending that the interest rates now
charged by lenders are “eating the
vitals and life out of the state and na
tion.”
The committee would have congress
grant to the states the right to issue
non-interest-bearing l>onds to be used
as time loans on which the secretary
of the treasury would issue currency
less 2 per cent discount.
This would
I h , handled by the state land board and
applicants for funds would receive
loans not In excess of 60 per cent of
the valuation of land for periods of 6,
10, 15, 20, 25, 30 or 35 years at a rate
not more than 4 per cent, payable
semi-annually.
Oregon State Highway
Fund Is Running Short
Salem — According to figures fur-' stretch of road from Biggs to the riv
According
nished the State highway commission er, and this was allowed.
to Mr. Kay, it wax sup|>oaed that the
by State Highway Engineer Cantine,
work had been done for $35,000.
Henry L. Bowlby, late highway engi
In addition to a monthly financial
neer, expended $9333,89 more than re|>ort. Mr. Cantine submitted a detail
was apportioned by the board for ed reftort of the work that is being
building the road between Biggs and done by the department. He said he
would submit such reports monthly in
Wasco, in Sherman county.
The engineer reported
State Treasurer Kay said that while the future.
he wax op|MMed to making an appro that the work of removing slides,
priation for the road, it was done o|>ening ditches, etc., wax started May
early in 1914 to supply unemployed 3 on the Siskiyou mountain section.
with work. Major Bowlby estimated Mr. Cantine said the Pacific highway
the coat at $29,201, and the board ap in Josephine county, for the moat part,
He said a
portioned $30,000.
Subsequently the is in excellent condition.
highway engineer^reported that $5000 road south of Canyonville, in Douglas
more would be needed to construct a county, had been completed.
Shevlin-Hixon’s Big Sawmill Will
Big Power Project Begun for
Bring Era of Prosperity to Bend
Oregon Electric at Eugene
Bend—WithhJtwo weeks the Shev
lin-Hixon Manufacturing company will
begin the construction here of a saw
mill employing 500 men and cutting
80,000,000 feet a year, was the an
nouncement made here.
To celebrate the coming of the long-
awaited enterprise all stores closed
Wednesday afternoon while the Bend
band led an impromptu auto parade,
ending with spcechmaking.
The announcement of the mill comes
ax the culmination of a long scries of
negotiations, which began in January,
and have included the acquisition of
95,000 acres of pine timber land lying
south and east of the town and the
making of arrangements with the rail
road companies for track and bridge
building to the mill site.
The chief owners of the new com
pany are T. L. Shevlin, of Minnea[>-
olis, the old Yale football captain, ami
Frank P. Hixon, of La Crosse, Wis.
On the death of his father in 1912
Mr. Shevlin came into extensive hold
ings of Deschutes timber. These were
added to in January, when the John
son-Prince, or Deschutes Lumber com
pany, holdings were purchased, and
only recently 35,000 acres were bought
from the Bend Timber company. These
purchases alone insure a supply of tim
ber for the proposed mill for more
than 25 years.
It is cstiamted that more than $15,-
000,000 will be paid out here in that
time to mill employes alone, and that
the town will double in population
within a year is predicted.
Grangers in Tillamook.
Tillamook — The
Oregon State
Grange met here this week and a large
number of delegates and others attend
ed.
The visitors were met at Wheeler
by J. H. Dunstan, a master of Fair
view Grange, and Fred^C. Baker, rep
resenting the Tillamook Commercial
club, and on arrival of the train in
this city a large number of Grangers
and citizens were at the depot to wel
come them and convey them in autos
to the hotels.
The Tillamook Commercial club
gave a reception and the visitors were
taken in autos to visit the surrounding
country and several of the large cheese
factories in this vicinity.
Rogue River Growers Elect.
Medford— At the annual meeting of
the Rogue River Fruit & Produce asso
ciation offlcere were elected. Accord
ing to the report submitted to the
members the 1915 crop will approxi
mate 800 cars, 500 pears and 300 ap
ples. If these expectations are ful
filled It will be an increase of 500 cars.
Eugene—A force of men is at work
at the Oregon Electric’s $5,000,000
¡tower project at Clear Lake at the
head of the McKenzie river in the
summit of the Cascade mountains.
Preliminary work is to be rushed says
L. C. Gillman, president of the Oregon
Electric, who arrived in Eugene this
week. He stated definitely that no
other plans for development are under
way.
“I am not prepared to state at this
time how soon the permanent con
struction work will begin,” he said.
The McKenzie power project, one of
the largest in the state, involving the
tapping of one of the largest lakes at
the summit of the Cascades, was com
menced quietly several years ago.
Engineers established headquarters
and meteorological readings were made
daily over a period of two years.
Final surveys were made and engineers
reports submitted were favorable to
the projects.
The first formal announcement was
made more than a year ago, when one
of the engineers, returning with the
final reports, made public the plans.
Baker Wants to See Relic.
Baker—In just one day 1200 Baker
public school pupils signed a monster
petition to the Councilmanic commit
tee of Philadelphia in charge of the
trip of the Liberty Bell, asking that
the bell be allowed to stop here a few
hours on its way to Portland.
The
petition when completed was just 34
feet long and was signed by every
child in school.
The bell is routed to pass through
here, but the children want it to tarry
several hours that all may see it and
hold ceremonies in its honor.
An all
day celebration will be held and chil
dren from 100 miles around are to be
invited if the bell stops here.
EXTRA CARE AND FEED FOR YOUNG COWS
President Holds Sinking Liner
As Indefensible.
KAISER IS OILED TO STRICT ACCOUNT
United States to Leave Nothing Un*
done to Enforce Compliance
With Her Request.
Outline of Note to Germany.
1. Falaba, Cushing, Gulflight
and Lusitania incidents set forth.
2. These acts declared indefen
sible under international law, and
"strict accounting is asked.”
3. Usual financial reparation
sought.
4. Expressions of regret alone
declared valueless.
5. Neutrals’ right to travel on
high seas, either on neutral or bel
ligerent merchantmen, asserted.
6. Guarantee demanded against
repetition of attacks in future.
7. Notice of intention to do un
lawful act declared neither to jus
tify nor to legalize such act.
8. Hope expressed that sacrifice
of innocent lives was unintentional
»nd that cessation of unlawful prac
tices will result.
9. Earnestness of American peo
ple made plain. United States will
leave nothing undone, diplomatically
or othewrise, to obtain Germany’s
compliance with request made.
Washington, D. C. — The United
States, in a note sent to Germany de
mands x guarantee that there will be
no further attacks by submarines on
merchant ships carrying non-combat
ants.
It serves notice also that full repara
tion will be sought for the loss of more
than 100 American lives in the sinking
of the Lusitania and for other viola
tions of American rights in the sea
zones of war.
While no indication is given of the
ste|M to be taken by the United States
in the event of an unfavorable reply,
the note informs the German govern
ment that the American government
will leave nothing undone, either in
diplomatic representations or other
action, to obtain a compliance with its
requests.
No changes were made in the essen
tials of the communication as formu
lated Sunday by the President and ap
proved by the cabinet. The principal
points in the note are substantially as
follows:
The United States government calls
attention to the various incidents in
the war zone proclaimed by Germany
around the British Isles and the sink
ing of the British liner Falaba, with
the loss of Leon "C. Thresher, an Amer
ican ; the attack by German airmen on
the American steamer Cushing; The
torpedoing without warning of the
American steamer Gulflight, flying the
Stars and Stripes, and finally the tor
pedoing without warning of the Lusi
tania. with its loss of more than 1000
lives of non-combatants, among them
more than 100 Americans.
These acts are declared to be inde
fensible under international law. The
United States points out that it never
admitted Germany’s right to do them
and warned the imperial government
that it would be held to a "strict ac
countability” for attacks on American
vessels or lives. A strict accounting,
therefore, is now asked from Germany.
The usual flnanical reparation will
be sought, although Germany is, in
effect, reminded that no reparation can
restore the lives of those sacrificed in
the sinking of the Lusitania and other
ships.
Expressions of regret may comply
with the legal precedents, but they are
valueless unless accompanied by a
cessation of the practices endangering
lives of non-combatants.
The right of neutrals to travel any
point of the high seas on neutral or
belligerent merchantmen is asserted.
In the name of humanity and inter
national law, the United States de
mands a guarantee that these rights
will be respected and that there be no
repetition of the attacks on merchant
men carrying non-combatants.
Safe Blast Fruitless.
Canyonville—Robbers who blew the
safe of J. M. Gross & Son, general
merchants, demolished the store office
and awakened the town at 3 o’clock
Thursday morning, were chased away
before they could loot the cash drawer
after they had opened the vault with
a gigantic charge of nitroglycerine.
The report of the explosion brought
Foe Near Constantinople.
neighbors to the store and the men es
London
—The Milan Secolo says the
caped in the darkness without any val
Russians are continuing the disem
uables.
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barkation of troops at Iniada, a small
To Begin Work on Roads.
port on the Black Sea, 75 miles north
Hillsboro—Hillsboro will start ma of Adrianople, under a heavy fire. The
cadam work on four streets at once entire Turkish fleet is said to have left
and will expend about $14,000 on the the Bosphorus and steamed toward the
improvements.
Ex-county Judge J. Crimea in an effort to draw off the
W. Goodin will supervise the laying of Russian squadron which is covering
the disembarkation.
the rock under a municipal payroll.
Prize-Winning English Shorthorn.
The making of a good dairy cow be-
gins with the calf. Heifers designed
for the dairy should have the very
best of care from the day they are
born until they begin to do service
in the dairy. We too often forget
that the young cow in her first year
of milking has not reached her full
growth and therefore needs extra feed
and care to make up for the tremen
dous drain upon her system.
if dairy heifers are not bred until
CONCRETE
HENHOUSE
Correct Methods of Making Good
Quality of Material.
Building Can Be Made Ratproof With
Little Trouble and Slight Expense
—Perfect Drainage Ie Im
portant Requisite.
With the rapid decrease of our tim
ber supply and the resulting increase
in the price of lumber there has come
a necessary demand for a new build
ing material. Nowhere has this de
mand been felt more keenly than on
the American farm, where lumber has
till now been practically the only
building material.
In concrete a building material has
been discovered that in many instances
has proved to be far superior to lum
ber, brick or building stones on ac
count of Its durability, economy and
safety from fire loss. Moreover, it
can very often be used at the most
convenient time by the farmer himself
with a very little assistance.
Frequently cement users have made
costly mistakes by not informing
themselves properly before starting
their work concerning the correct
methods of making good concrete. For
this purpose the following materials
are necessary: (1) cement: (2) sand;
(3) gravel or crushed stone, and (4)
water.
Cement is. therefore, only one part
of a concrete mixture. A far greater
proportion of sand and gravel than
cement is required. The quantity of
cement to be used and the strength
of the concrete depends entirely on
the quality and size of the sand and
gravel, and ft is of the utmost Im
portance that these be of the right
kind. With an equal amount of ce
ment a far stronger concrete may be
made if the sand and gravel are of
the proper size and correctly pro
portioned. It is sometimes thought
that any kind of soil of a sandy na
ture, mixed with a small percentage
of cement will make concrete,' but
this idea is incorrect
In the selection of sand great care
should be used, and attention should
I they are three years old, care should
be taken that they do not lay on too
; much fat, as after that time they
freshen up rapidly whenever heavily
fed. The good dairy cow, however,
seldom gets too fat.
Sometimes cows are condemned as
being of no use in the dairy, when
the only trouble is they are sour.
Every cow should have a fair chance.
That means that she should be well
( fed.
be given to Its quality, for sand con
tributes from one-third to one-half of
the amount of the materials used in
making concrete.
The largest part of concrete is the
gravel or crushed stone. This should
be clean; that is, free from loam,
clay or vegetable matter. The water
used for concrete should be clean and
free from strong acids and alkalis.
In building a poultry house with a
concrete foundation, a little extra
trouble and slight expense will also
make it absolutely rat-proof. Ot
course, perfect drainage is the first
requisite. In a deep, gravelly soil,
where we do not meet with a water
proof clay subsoil, digging a deep
Concrete Foundation.
trench, or putting tile in the botton,
is not necessary. Where the subsoil
does not allow the free passage ot
water, however, the trench should
reach below the frost line and a line
of three-inch tile placed in the bottom,
connected with a proper outlet. The
lower part of the trench is then filled
with flat stones, placed so as to give
chance for the free passage of water.
Smaller stones or cinders are placed
upon them, -nd up to within a few
Inches ot the ground surface. Stand
boards on edge so as to make a form
for the concrete of proper width, say
six or eight Inches. Next prepare your
concrete by mixing Portland or other
good cement, one part, with three
parts sand, and water enough to make
a puttylike mass, with which the
board form is to be evenly filled up.
This makes a practically indestrueb
ible foundation.
dusted. Persian Insect powder may
be used instead of sulphur, but it is
not as effective. When little chickens
Powdered Sulphur Is One of the Best are a week or two old and begin
and Cheapest Exterminators—In
to droop and die, it is nearly always
sect Powder la Good.
caused by the large lice which cover
the heads of the little fellows and
One of the best and cheapest lice suck their blood.
exterminators is the powdered sul
phur of the druggist. It is the best
Planting Parsley.
powder yet discovered for killing
Parsley grows from seed, grows rap
lice that infest setting hens and dice idly and continues to grow. It can be
on young chickens.
Before the planted in a sunny kitchen window in
weather turns mild and any hens are a box six inches deep filled with good
set the henhouse should be given a rich earth.
thorough cleaning, the nest boxes
and the roosts taken out in the yard,
Meat for the Chicks.
all straw removed from the boxes.
Early hatched chicks should ba
Spray the roosting poles and boxes
with coal oil, then give a thick coat kept in a moderately-heated brooder,
of hot lime wash to the entire house. never allowing them to be chilled, as
Work the lime in the cracks of the this will cause you more trouble than
wood partitions, there is where the any other stage of their rearing.
Hee are. Dust each nest box with the
To Secure Fertile Eggs.
sulphur and make fresh straw nests.
To
secure
fertile, hatchable eggs,
Before a hen Is set dust the hen
well with the powdered sulphur, open do not put many females with She
the feathers with one hand and ap male—with small breeds not mors
ply the powder, so it will reach the than eight and with the larger breeds
v
skin. All parts of the hen should be not more than six.
DESTROY VERMIN IN NESTS