Thursday. April 6, 1933
TIM ES. W ILLAM INA. OREGON
OREGON STATE NEWS
ITEMS ^ IN T E R E S T
Brief Resume of Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Oar Readers
T H E M ARKETS
P o rtla n d
Wheat — Big Bend bluestem, hard
wheat, 58c; «oit white and west
ern white 49 H e; hard winter,
northern spring and western red,
4 7 ^»c.
Hay— Buying prices, f. o. b. Port
land; Alfalfa. Yakima. »14.00.
Butterfat— 15 © 16c.
Eggs— Ranch. 15 0 16c.
Cattle— Steers, good, »5.25 © 5.60.
Hogs— Good to choice, »3.50 @ 4.35.
Lambs — Good to choice, »5.25 ©
6.65-
S E A T T I.E
Wheat — Soft white and western
white. 52c; hard winter, western
red and northern spring, 52c;
bluestem, 59c.
Butterfat— 16c.
Eggs— Ranch, 15 © 16c.
Hogs— Good to choice, »4.40 © 4.50.
Cattle— Choice steers, »5.00 © 5.50.
Sheep— Spring lambs, »5.25 Q 5.50.
Spokane
Cattle— Steers, good, »4.25 © 5.00.
Hogs— Good to choice, »4.00 © 4.10.
Lambs— Medium to good, »4.75 ©
6.00.
Members of the Columbia River
Fishermen’s Protective union at As
toria have declared themselves in
favor of a policy of "Astoria fisher
men for Astoria.” They will take the
matter up with the American Federa
tion of Labor and urge that organiza
tion to do what it can to keep outside
fishermen from flocking to the Col
umbia during the commercial fish
ing season.
A tobacco can in his vest pocket
probably saved Lloyd Rider of Red
mond from serious injury when he
was kicked by a mule. Rider, who
works on the Fred McCaffery ranch
at Powell Butte, was leading the
mule to water, when it kicked him
Just over the heart and flattened out
his tobacco can.
Douglas county is operating on a
warrant basis, for the first time since
1912. Approximately $9000 in war
rants have been issued against the
general fund. Local banks are re
fusing to cash the warrants even at
a discount, because they are unable
to rediscount them under present
conditions.
An opportunity to learn to swim at
minimum cost is being made possible
by thé Benton county Red Cross.
Grade and high school pupils from 6
to 11 years, and women, may regis
ter for a short course in the depart
ment of physical education for wo
men at Oregon State college.
New orders have been coming so
regularly Into the Silver Falls Tim
ber company mill offices at Silverton
for the last ten days that the mill
officials found it necessary to In
crease the operating schedule of the
planing mill from three to four days
a week.
The city of Astoria has saved
»114,927 through the cancellation of
interest coupons on bonds that have
been turned in by local property
owners in payment of assessment
liens during the past six months.
Twenty-five 4-H Forest club boys
of Latham, Wildwood and Dorena,
in Lane county, have planted 800
trees on a tract three miies above
the forest ranger station at Rujada,
in the Umpqua national forest.
Akers & Haight, operators of the
Rich Gulch mine near Copper, Ore.,
came to Medford recently to an
nounce a new strike in ore, which
runs $150 to the ton. The rich ore
is found in an eight-foot ledge.
The Lane County Tax Conserva
tion league has adopted a resolution
demanding a 30 per cent, reduction
in the city school budget. No action
w ill be taken In the matter of the
county unit system.
A 1200-pound sea lion, was lassoed
by Nelscott residents recently. The
rope was hurled around the body of
the big sea beast and six men suc
ceeded in dragging him ashore.
The sawmill of
located on W hiskey
tarts neighborhood,
Ith* a^ oss of about
Peter Erickson,
creek In the Ne
burned recently
»5000, or about
e-half the value of the plant
Forest Grove’s annual daffodil
how will be held April 7 and 8 In
he Congregational church, members
f the Forest Grove Garden club do-
Ided.
Hidden money continues to flow
Into the Wallowa National bank at
Enterprise, since the bank holiday la
over. Many of the old. large-size bills
are being turned In, which were call
ed by the government four yeara ago.
One man, who came in town on
horseback, brought In »1500 In these
large bills In hla saddlebags.
A new salary schedule to go Into
effect May 1 la before the Astoria
city council. It calls for a reduction
of between »8000 and »9000. The
salary of the city manager la fixed
at »250 per month, chief of fire de
partment »150, chief of police »165
and superintendent of the water de
partment »150.
Lamb feeders in Deschutes county
have just completed one of the most
successful seasons in recent years.
Though lamb prices were not par
ticularly high, feed was cheap and
abundant, while the fat lambs found
a ready market at prices good in
comparison with many other farm
products.
A bottle dropped Into the ocean
1000 miles off Cape Nozima, Japan,
was found on the beach near Astoria.
The bottle was dropped by the vessel
Fusa Maru in May, 1931, according
to a note inside, written in Japanese.
It was intended for study of ocean
currents, the note said.
Sale of 300 barrels and kegs, as
well as 50 dozen bottles, seized in
liquor law violation cases, were or
dered by Circuit Judge Bagley. Lest
Sheriff John W. Connell be trampled
in the rush of customers, it should
be explained that all the containers
have been emptied.
Miss Kate Stine. 4 5, for many
years a teacher in the Medford
schools, was found dead of monoxide
poisoning In her garage last Satur
day. She had backed her car Into
the garage and was apparently
pumping up a flat tire with the en
gine running.
The resignation of Thomas L. Ohl-
sen as manager of the Eugene Farm
ers’ Creamery association has been
accepted. He has been with the
creamery 18 years, four years as
manager.
Issuance of »10,000 worth of scrip
in 50-cent and »1 denominations nas
been authorized by the city council of
Silverton. The scrip Is secured by
Marion county school warrants, re
deemable on or before December 31.
1934.
Jean Dysert, 9-year-old daughter
of Mrs. Roy Jones of Melrose, was
brought to the Roseburg hospital re
cently suffering from severe burns
received when her nightdress caught
fire before the fireplace at her home.
Y \7 Peru’s Capital
'
Gets New Dress
Limp, Ancient City of the
WATCH GOOD LAYER
Pizarros, Is Transformed
TO PICK BEST EGGS
Into Modern Metropolis.
Shape of Body and Head Is
Not Reliable Guide.
Science blasted a persistent myth
of the American barnyard when De
partment of Agriculture Investigator*
announced that there ts no mnthe
matical relationship between the shape
of a hen’s egg and her potential egg
production.
Months of delicate measuring, weigh
lng. counting, tabulating and croaa-ln-
dexlng were required to demonstrate
the scientific truth that “neither the
shape of a hen'e body nor the shape of
her head bears any relation to her egg
production.”
“Apparently," the scientific inquiry
concluded, “a hen's ability to lay de
pends upon egg-laying ancestry."
To gather the Information upon
which these general conclusions were
based, the department’s Investigators
devised a trap neat Under the gen
eral direction of J. P. Quinn, a poul
try specialist in the bureau of animal
Industry, the government test was
checked on two widely divergent types
of chickens.
"Investigators measured the live
birds, the dressed carcasses, and the
bones of about 40D trap nested White *
Leghorn and Rhode Island Red hens,
the report says. "They could find no
relationship between egg production or
egg size and the shape of the hen's
body. They conclude that the shape
of the body, as indicated by length
of keel and the width and depth of
the body, have been much overeâe
phaslzed In culling practices. Simi
larly. the shape of the head, often
regarded as an indicator of laying ca
pacity. was not a safe guide. Head
and skull measurements revealed no
factor—length, breadth, or depth of
skull—associated with high capacity
for egg production. The weight of
the brains was not a criterion as to
the number, total weight, or average
weight of the eggs the bird had laid."
The aurest way to pick out good
producers, the bulletin suggests, ts by
the empirical method—that la. by
watching the suspected good layers
and counting their egga.
<Pr« par©d by N atio n a l Ooovraphle Society.
W
ashington. P. C J — W N U Servtc-o.
wai
EMOLISH1NG here, building
there; Installing modern water
and sewerage system«; tearing
up rough, age-worn cobble
stones, putting down smooth modern
concrete and asphalt In their stead;
opening up new highways both to the
mountains and the sen ; and develop
ing motor routes to the outlying re
gions of the plain; thus the makers of
New Lima are transforming the Per
nvlan capital, city of the Pizarros.
Th? older portion of the city, as
well as the newer region which cir
cumscribes it. Is sharing in the mod
ernlzatlon. True the older section is
and must remain an area of one-way
streets, for its thoroughfares are so
narrow that even street cars must
observe the one-way law. Likewise, the
sidewalks are so lacking In elbow
room that only two people can puss
one another at a time, and the one
on the outside must keep a close
watch lest he t>e struck by a passing
trolley.
Old and new fight for supremacy.
The blue-necked turkey buzzards have
lost their role as the official scaven
gers; the ox-cart has given place
largely to the motor truck; the old
barouche has abandoned the streets
to the modern automobile; and the
patient, panniered donkey la making
hla last stand.
Even Pizarro's stern old palace la
feeling the urge toward moderniza
tion. In days gone by. there waa no
street in I.lma that had a single name
throughout lta length. Each block had
its own particular designation. The
two streets that lead from the Plaza
San Martin to the National Palace
are six blocks long. Each j*»ssessed
D
venlenca to triumph over romantic
Uea with the past.
In wandering about the old city, one
comes upon many an architectural rel
ic of the days of the viceroys; but,
among all of these, none la more Im
pressive than the monastery of Kan
Francisco. There one may be ushered
into a porcelain garden where the
artlatic tiles of the cloister compete
with the living flowers that bloom In
the earth they Inclosei
No one has described more beauti
fully the effect of thia porcelain gar
den than Mr. F. P. Farrar, of “The
West Coast Leader.' Here.” he says,
"is a porcelain garden, a ceramic bor
der of springtime, where the blues of
delphinium and lupine, the yellow of
cytlsua and the gold of eolchlcum.
the creamy white of arabia and the
mauvea of aubrletla. blend Into Hie
fresh foliage of the overhanging trees
end the azure of the new washed
skies.”
The charm of the atory of the origin
of thia porcelain garden almost equals
the beauty of the ceramic triumph it
self.
On a November morning m
1619 a vast crowd had gathered In
the Plaza de Armas, for there was
to be a public hanging, and these
events were Roman holidays for the
populace.
The public crier had announced:
"The Warrantable and Royal Audien
cia of thia city of the Kings has con
demned to suffer a shameful death
on the gallows Alonso Godinez, native
of Guadalajara, In Spain, for the mur
der of Marta Vlllosleda without f e a r
of Judgment human or divine. Let him
who di 3 so pay the penalty 1 Thle
sentence Is to be rend In the presence
of all lest they meet a like end! Let
Justice be done!”
Blood Spot in an Egg
Does Not Indicate Age
A small blood si*>t in an egg does
not Indicate that the egg Is state or Sale of Shoes in a Peruvian Market
Fire last Wednesday night de bad. says the United States Depart
stroyed a barn, stables and a ware ment of Agriculture, In response to six different names, one for each
house on the Swope & Borry peach frequent Inquiries.
block.
ranch north of Independence. Mrs.
Blood spots are found occasionally
The municipal authorities wanted to
Cecil Swope released the stock In in fresh eggs, although thia Imperfec change all thia and gave each street
time to save It.
tion seldom occurs In the best grades a single designation for Its entire
Alfalfa Is moving out of Freewater of eggs that are candled and sold on length. The one they called the Giron
In carloads briskly and several hay the markets. Eggs from farm flock« de la Union and the other the Giron
balers are being kept busy. Hay is are not so likely to contain blood Carabaya.
But the populace would have none
selling now at $10 f. o. b. car, quite spots as those from commercial flocks
an advance on what much has been that are fed for maximum production. of i t The man who did business on
The seasons when blood spots are
northwest side of the Plaza de
contracted for.
most likely to occur are late spring ^ rmag 8tm wanted to have his store
The steelhead evg-take at the Ne- when the hens are laying heavily, and on j.;Rrr|panos, and the one who held
canicum fish hatchery has reached In the fall when the pullets begin to forth on the neit bl<x.k g,„ , ,nglgted
200,000. The small total for this lay
he was doing business on Mercaderes
time of the year is attributed to a
Poultry-men who desire to remove and they continue to do so. Conse
late run of fish. Few fish have reach all questionable egga from those mar quently the Giron de la Union la swal
keted should candle their entire pro lowed up by the several calles which
ed the racks at the hatchery.
duction and use such eggs at home.
Plans for a fish-duck hunt in an Less forcing for egg production and compose it.
These may be named without mod
effort to rid the Umpqua river of liberal fee-ding of green feed will tend
ern-day
rhyme o» reason, and they
these birds, which are destructive of to reduce the formation of blood spots
certainly are without alphabetical or
fish life, are being made by the In eggs.—Scientific American
other indication of their sequences;
Douglas County Sportsmen’s and
but the people cling to them, despite
Game Protective association.
whatever confusion It costs the post
Vigorous Fowls for Breeding office,
however much It may perplex
Five men were overcome by car
Only the most vigorous fowls should i the visitor, and whatever harvest it
bon monoxide recently when they
entered a tunnel soon after a blast be used In the breeding pens The vig may bring the taxi drivers.
had been set, while working for the orous bird has a well-curved beak,
How the System Works.
Newport Construction company on prominent clear eyes, a relatively
Many interesting stories are told
deep,
broad
head,
with
a
bright
color
the Wallula cut-off highway.
in comb and wattles. The back la Illustrating how this mysterious sys
The Lane county court has ordered i broad and carries level to the tall. tem works. One concerns a stranger
a cessation of all county relief work, A full breast and well-developed ab who hailed a taxi in Calle La Merced
as a result of the county's financial domen give the body a rectangular and asked the chauffeur to drive him
situation. The order involves the lay appearance. The legs are squarely to “Biiquljano veinte clnco.” The
ing off of 500 men. It is hoped that placed and stand wide apart at the driver did not bat an eye. but drove
knees. This description applies to like Jehu up Jesus Nnzureno. skidded
work may be resumed soon.
both males and females. The appear on two wheels Into Giron Carabaya.
The Tideport Logging company ance alone may be deceptive however raced around Plaza San Martin, and
has resumed with a crew of 150 back and It cannot always be relied upon to whirled up through Roza, landing nis
at work. Logging operations are go measure vigor The number of chicks shaken passenger at the address giv
ing ahead at full speed and may con that hatch and live to three weeks of en—on the same street, but simply
tinue indefinitely, it was reported age from 100 egga set is a better in the next block from where he
from camp headquarters.
measure of the Inherent strength of started!
The name Mercaderas tells us ol
a pair of Individuals.—Loa Angeles
The 245 cows In the Rogue River Times.
the day when that block was the Wull
Herd Improvement association aver
Street of Lima and Eacribanos or
aged 491 pounds of milk ard ?5.7
the public letter writers who were
Poultry Facts
pounds of butterfat during February
sheltered under the portals on the
Forty-one cows produced over 40
Tn the 100 departments of vocational west side of the Plaza. Calle Mantas
pounds of butterfat each.
agriculture in Wisconsin there are proclaims the square where the ladles
of Peru's golden past "spent their hus
4,277 students enrolled.
Clubrooms maintained by individ
bands' substance In riotous purchase
uals or organizations within the city
About 92 per cent of all farms In of shawls, homespuns, Indian textiles.
of Roseburg will be licensed and po Wisconsin have chicks. 17 per cent I and lingerie.”
liced by the city hereafter, under raise geese or ducks, and 8 per cent
The history of Lima’s past Is writ
the terms of an ordinance passed by keep turkeys.
ten in her streets, in names that the
municipality long has wanted to wipe
• • •
the city council.
England has a few big things In out In favor of through designations
For the first time in years all of poultry Including a single-unit Incuba and numbered blocks. Rut the people
the cabins located in the vicinity of tor holding 70.000 eggs snd turning of the city cling to their streets with
Gold Hili, Ore., are occupied due to out 20,000 chicks a week.
a devotion that will not permit con
a revival of the p.acer mining io»
gold in that region.
Came a
Rapriavs.
The condemned man had taken hla
stand beneath the noose and the hang
man waa nervously adjusting the fatal
knot Suddenly a monk pushed his way
through the throng, climbed the gab
lows platform, snd handed a parch
ment to the captain of the guard.
After the latter had read it. the two
engaged in a moment of animated
conversation, after which the padre
led the condemned man away and
Into the portals of the monastery of
San Francisco. The crowd. disapt»olnt-
ed. hung about the Plazuela de San
Francisco discussing this strange over
throw of Justice and berating those
who had denied them their holiday.
Rut later the reason for reprieve
became known. That morning the con
demned man had made what he
thought would be hla Inst confession
on earth, to the prior or the monastery.
He said that he was a potter by trade
and that he had learned the art both
of making and setting tiles.
Years before. Dona Catalina lluanca
had brought from Spain a magnificent
collection of tile« for the decoration
of the new cloisters at San Francisco;
but neither plan nor a tile setter had
come with them, and I.lma had no
tile setters. So for years the tiles had
been piled up n a corner of the mon
astery; many were stolen and more
were broken. Would Providence ever
open a way for their setting?
Here seemed to be the answer;
the prior saw an opportunity to let
the man who had murdered a woman
In a drunken brawl repent hfs alna
In a lifelong task of setting these
splendid tiles. So he hastened to the
Viceroy to Implore the pardon of the
murderer, and the Viceroy, a descend
ant of the Rorglas. seeing poetic Jus
tice In remitting the penalty of the
scaffold and Imposing a task of serv
ice that would require a lifetime,
granted the commutation of sentence.
Lima Is peculiarly a city of
churches, with some 7» In Its limits;
and, with nearly four centuries ol out
standing ecclesiastical tradition be
hind them, the people are much given
to buying religious objects. The Ca
thedral is a magnificent structure,
much larger than Pizarro built, hut
still not so grand as the one erected
during the early years ol the viceregal
regime and destroyed by the great
earthquake that wiped out Callao, the
nearby seaport.
Fashionable Hats Taboo.
The attire for church occasions ta
perhaps the most conservative In the
New world. Even thoac women who
dress in the latest Parisian modes
elsewhere put on their plain black
mantillas when going to church. In
some congregations those who come
In fashionable headgear are told |w>-
litely to remove them and substitute
their mantillas before they are allowed
to be seated
Among the fine old residences of
Lima one of the most impressively
beautiful Is the iamous palace ol Tor-
re-Tagle. once the home of the mar
quises ot that name, out now the
headquarters ot the Ministry of For
eign Relations.
The City of the Kings lung hns been
famous for Its brilliant social lile,
with a constant succession of lunch
eons, teas, dinners, dances, champan-
atlas, and receptions. Nearly four ten
turles of wealth, leisure, and oppor
tunity have written their impress of
culture on the descendants of the no
bility and official classes of the co
lonial regime.