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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1914)
Fire DeNtroys Big Grain BIG EXPRESS Dockw and Freighter« COMPANY QUITS United States Concern Finds Business Unprofitable. Parcel Poet, Reduction of Kates by Commerce Commission, Etc., Given As Reason. New York—Directors of the United Staten Express company voted unani mously to liquidate Its affairs and dis solve It In the shortest possible time. A committee on liquidation which embraces the reports of the leading in teres tn in • the company, Including Charles A. Peal>ody, president of the Mutual Life Insurance company and the chief financial adviser of the Har riman estate; William A. Rood, Sen ator W. Murray Crane, of Massachu setts, and Haley Fiske, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, was appointed to undertake the work of dissolution. The precise means to be adopted for realising on the company's assets were not disclosed, but It Is thought likely that a syndicate would be formed to take them over so that they may be disposed of to. the best advantage. There have been various estimates of the company's assets, but persons familiar with their value assert that the return to tho shareholers will be between $90 and I lo() a share. There is considerable real estate of value, as well as costly equipment and outstand Ing contracts with railroads, which It, is expected will be tranferred to other I express companies at a fair profit. The success of the parcel post and the recent order of the Interstate ; Commerce commission resulting in a 16 per cent reduction In express charges are held directly responsible for th«« company's retirement from business after 60 years of continuous operation. Attack Constitutionality of Federal Income Tax New York—To test the validity of the Federal Income tax act suit was filed In the United States District court hero to restrain the Union Pa cific railroad company from paying taxes under the new law. The peti tioner, Frank It. Hrushaver, of Hrook- lyn, a stockholder, maintains the In come tsx is unconstitutional. Mr. Hrushaver contends the income tax law conflicts with the third clause of the second section nf article one of the Federal constitution In that while it purports to be a tax on net Income it is in fact a tax on the real and per sonal property in which the net re ceipts of the Union Pacific were in vested and is a direct tax, and, there fore void. He maintains moreover, that the law is unconstitutional because it seeks to impose a tax on Income re ceived prior to its passage. When the income tax law passed, the complaint declares, there were 90,000,000 people in the United States, but the tax under the law was so ap portioned that only 499,000 of then« felt it. This, it is asserted, is placing the burden of the tax on slightly more than one-half of one per cent of the entire population. Among other objections is one that owners of homes are not charged with the rental value of such property, while many renters, especially those in the cities are taxable. Likewise what is declared to be in effect the exemption of farm products consumed by the farmer during the year is declared discriminatory against others who are not allowed to deduct living expenses from income. King Objects to Slit. Portland — Two great docks were burned, nearly 8600,000 worth of grain ruined, and two steamers badly damaged by an early morning fire which broke out at 4:12 Thursday morning on Columbia dock No. 2, foot of Albina avenue, and worked rapidly northweet to tho foot of Randolph street, four blocks away. Springing from the Columbia No. 2 dock to the Royal Mail liner Glenroy, and to the Montgomery No. 1 dock, the fire consumed 8400,000 worth of wheat, oats and barley owned by M. H. Houser and stored on the two docks. Thence it passed to the as phalt laden coaster Cricket, whose cargo of 4000 barrels of asphalt, a quantity of sulphur and several drums of gasoline soon was biasing. The bulk of the damage was done between the time of the first alarm and 6 o'clock, when the wind, which had been northweet In direction, switched about and blew east. The fire stopped at the slip of the lower Albina ferry, but the Cricket, break ing loose, started downstream, bump ed into the Montgomery No. 2 dock and set it afire in a minor way and went on downstream. With the lucky change In the wind, the firemen, who had laid lines at the ferry slip, were enabled to stop the blase at the yards of the Albina Fuel company at the north end of the Mont gomery No. 1 dock. But the whole surface of the two docks biased away until 7 o'clock before they were put under control. Two cars of asphalt on a siding on the Montgomery dock con tained HO barrels of the product, and the fierceness of the blase scorched cars standing on East Water street 109 yards away. Red embers fell in Union avenue and for four blocks in any direction from the fire. Quick and heroic work on the part of engineers and watchmen saved the two county ferries in Albina, the Webster and the Mason. S. P. Lee, watchman on the Mason, came up from the bold at 4 :15 to find his boat surrounded by flames and badly scorched. He started the engines and conveyed the ferry single-handed to the West Side slip. Engineer Reece, of the Webster, though not so near the blase, took bis ferry out of the way, with the aid of I. Isaacs, watchman. County Com missioner Holman, on receiving information from Superintendent Mur- nane, sent the crews of the ferries let ters of thanks and congratulations. First News of Antarctic Disaster Is Retold New York—Commander E. R. G. R. Evans, royal navy, the last man who saw Captain Scott, the Anaretic ex plorer in life, reached New York Sat urday on the steamship Oceanic, and went at once to Washington, where | he lectured before the National Geo- graphic soceity. Commander Evans told of the tragic arrival of the search party which had set out from the Terra Nova, after his failure to return from his Polar dash. Expecting to welcome toe party, Evans had decorated the Terra Nova as if for a gala occasion, with ribbons and flags flying. As be stood on the bridge, he descried only one man on the shore, whom he made out to be Lieutenant Victor Campbell. “Through a megaphone 1 called to him,” said Commander Evans. "Are you all right,” 1 shouted. "Then I could hardly receive his reply: 'Captain Scott reached the South Pole January 18, last year, but all are lost on the homeward march. We have the records.’ " Two Missionaries Safe. Ixmdon—The safety of the two Misses Black, of the British China In land Mission, who were reported miss ing after the burning and looting by brigands of the town of Lao Hokow, Hu Peh, Is confirmed in an official dis patch from Pekin to the foreign office here. The women escaped and ar rived at Fan Chen, further down the river Han Kiang. Friday, 13th, Hoodoo On. Chicago—Friday, the 13th, was un lucky for truant husbands in Chicago. Thirteen women appeared before the clerk of the court of domestic relations and swore out 13 warrants for 13 husbands on 18 charges of abandon ment The warrants were sent to 13 police stations. , ORCHARD Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations of Oregon and Washington. Specially Suitable to Pacific Coati Conditions al are together. The purpose of the "A Pig’s Chief Business Is To Make a Hog of Himself.” feeder Is to supply them with all the "A pig’s chief business is to make a hog of himself,” is Professor Ham- son’s way of answering the query, “Why is s pig,” in his circular to the Oregon school boys wbo enter the pig raising contest. In bis very evident desire to attend strictly to his business, the pig should have every encouragement. The own er is especially anxious that he shall succeed at the earliest possible mo ment, since the most profit comes in quick growth and early sale. "Pigs should make a profit above their keep," continues Mr. Samson. ‘‘They are the most economical meat producers we have. They make more meat from a given quantity of grain than any other farm animals. A pig will produce a pound of gain for every four and a half pounds of grain, while feed they can eat with as litte waste as possible. Like boys and girls, pigs get hungry between meals if fed but twice a day, and are better off for having something to eat oftener and not so much at time. “Pigs gain more economically when fed with self-feeders because their stomachs are working all the time, making feed into meat. Feeding is likewise done with less labor than when done by hand. If the feeders are filled up once a week not much is required in the way of attention, and feeding is not neglected by delays and accidents in other work. If but one or two pigs In the lot it is generally better to feed by band, but they may be fed three or four times a day. Re member it is a pig’s business to make a hog of himself, and it is yours to help him do it quickly. Man Beata Bear to Death. BIG MERCHANT PRINCE INDICTED Sacramento—With the unemployed army safely isolated across the river in Yolo county, while Sacramento and Yolo counties fight out in tho courts the* right to keep them there, the prosecution of the leaders of the army was started by the arraignment of the men wbo were arrested as vagrants. “General” James Kelley, with six While Bankruptcy Trial Progreses others, pleaded not guilty to the Charges of Grand Larceny charge of vagrancy and demanded jury Are Brought. trial. A vote was taken by the “army" to march peaceably through Sacramento New York—-While Henry Siegel, on the way East, if the police would need of large department stores in permit Permission was refused by New York, Chicago and Boston, was the Sacramento officers. testifying in a riotous bankruptcy Chairman Stitt of the Yolo super bearing in the Federal building, the visera, and District Attorney Bailey, grand jury that has been investigating of the same county, asked that the Sacramento guards be removed from the failure of the Siegel stores tn N^w the bridge and let the army disperse, York and the savings bank, returned but this request also was turned down. three indictments against him and his The Yolo officers then threatened to partner, Frank E. Vogel, in the bank start injunction proceedings to enjoin ing enterprise. Siegel and Vogel were taken to tbe Sacramento from guarding the bridges criminal court building, where they and this action is now awaited. The unemployed occupied a peculiar were arraigned and later released on position, according to the Yolo county $25,000 bail each. Three hundred angry depositors who officers. With water in the Yolo Basin shutting off a march to the had been ejected from tbe bankruptcy south, west and north, they say the hearing bunted around the Federal army has only one direction to take building for Siegel in vain. At tbe and that is eastward across the bridges time they were seeking to question him he and his banking partner were into Sacramento. Harris Weinstock, a member of the before Judge Rosalsky pleading not United States Industrial Relations I guilty. One of the indictments charges commission, interviewed "General” Kelley in the county jail and obtained Siegel and Vogel with grand larceny Kelley’s views on the labor conditions. in that they made false statements to He showed Kelley bow futile would be tbe Bank of Commerce in order to bor Tbe other indictment a trip to Washington and Kelley fin row $25,000. ally admitted that such a trip would alleges that the two bankers accepted deposits when they knew tbe bank of avail nothing. Henry Siegel & Co. to be insolvent. Siegel testified on tbe stand at tbe bankruptcy proceedings that he did not invest capital in the private bank that bore his name. Miss Jessie Mar Washington, D. C. — Grain of last tin interrupted his testimony and said year’s crop remaining on farms March that she had a right to represent the 1 was reported by the department of depositors at the hearing. She was agriculture as follows : Wheat, 151,- urged to stop. When she refused she was led from the courtroom. Three 809,000 bushels, or 19.9 per cent of hundred depositors woo were standing the 1913 crop remained on farms, i about the corridors clso were put out About 53.9 per cent of the 1913 crop for shouting threats of violence Siegel testified he will be shipped out of counties where against Siegel. and Vogel signed a note and purchased grown. fixtures for the bank. Corn, 866,392,000 bushels, or 35.4 They admitted they accepted depos per cent, remained on farms. About its and made them act as a floating 17.2 per cent will be shipped. Pro capital for the bank. He declared be portion of crop merchantable 80.1 had no money to pay what he owed per cent. and he declined to answer a question Oats, 416,476,000 bushels, or 27.4 whether an entry was made on the per cent, remained on farms. About books of the stores when they borrow 26.5 per cent will be shipped. ed from the bank on the ground that it Barley, 44,126,000 bushels, or 24.8 might incriminate him. pe cent, remained on farms. About 48.4 per cent will be shipped. Stocks of grain on farms March 1 in Northwestern states (expressed in millions of bushels) follow: Washington, D. C. — Dispatch of State®— Wheat Corn Oats Barley two additional regiments of American 0 2 Washington ... ........... «4 Oregon.............. ........... 1.7 0.1 infantry to Eagle Paas and Laredo, Ó 6 10.0 Montana........... Tex. to allay fears of raids oy Mex 1.7 4 8 Idaho........... ... .................... icans, and the aDpearance in Washing ton of General Felix Diaz and friends with a new plan to solve the Mexican problem were the chief developments Washington, D. C.—The department in the Mexican situation recently. The troops—the Ninth and Seven of agriculture recently reported tbe teenth regiments—were ordered to the result of the.experiments to test tbe border at the request of Senator Shep effect of oaU on the flavor of milk. pard and Representative Gamer. Tbe These experiments showed that oats latter told the President there was a good deal of cash in the border banks do not have the beneficial effect on and Americans wanted* to be protected the flavor of milk which many dairy against any raid or invasion which men believe. But as corn and bran might result from sensational over constituted the ration tested against night developments at any time in the oats, the public has gained the im Mexican situation. Mr. Gamer also said many cattle pression erroneously that the depart had disappeared lately and residents ment recommends the feeding of corn of the state believed Mexicans were and bran to improve the flavor of responsible. The request for addition milk. Of 50 opinions expressed re al troops was discussed at the cabinet meeting and decided on by the Presi garding the flavor of the samples 25 dent, who communicated his approval preferred the milk from cows fed corn to the secretary of war. and bran. As 16 preferred the milk from cows fed oats and nine expressed no choice, it does not appear that either ration has any decided advant age over the other. Chehalis, Wash. — William Hager There can be no great superiority in the bran and corn when one-half of man and his wife, Artie Hsgerman, the opinions either were indifferent or were shot and killed Wednesday night by Tom Hardin, who also made a mur were in favor of the other milk. In view of these experiments the de derous assault on bis own wife, Mrs. partment does not recommend the Rosey Hardin, leaving her for dead, feeding of bran and corn to improve and then killed himself. The triple tragedy occurred at the the flavor of milk. Oats, corn, alfal fa hay, cottonseed meal, linseed meal, Hagerman home on lower Pacific ave bran, gluten and other good feeds for nue. Chehalis. Mrs. Hardin is lying at the point of dairy cows, when properly fed in reas onable amounts, produce a fine-flav death at a local hospital and is not ex ored milk, but there is no substantial pected to recover. The shooting was the outcome of evidence that any one of them is su perior to any of the others in this re domestic troubles, Hardin resenting the presence of his wife in the home spect. ________________ w of Mr. and Mrs. Hagerman, who had given her refuge. Mrs. Fels to Contribute. Hardin was 55 years old and his Philadelphia—Funds for the promo wife 21. tion of the cause of the single tax idea in this country and abroad, to which "Cleanup Week” Created. the late Joseph Fels contributed, will San Francisco — H. L. Simpson, continue to receive support from his widow, it was announced here. Speak chairman of the Fire Prevention com ing for Mrs. Fels, Walter Coats, of mittee of the World’s Insurance con London, said: "No movement will gress, has requested that Governor be dropped, no cause forgotten, that Johnson issue a proclamation designat ing April 18, the date of the San Fran had the support of Mr. Fels.” It is estimated that Mr. Fels spent cisco disaster in 1906, a "fire preven more than a quarter of a million dol tion” day for the state of California. lars every year in promoting the cause In reply Governor Johnson has suggest of the single tax in various countries. ed that an entire week be set aside as "clean-up" week.” The various civic Madagascar Wind-Swept. organizations and women's Clubs of Paris—The minister of colonies re the state are said to be giving their* ceived a cable dispatch from the gov hearty support to the movement. ernor general of Madagascar saying Coal 157.80 Ton in F»«’ North. that a cyclone and tidal wave devas tated the northwest region of the is Salt Lake City—A shipm. t of 300 land March 3. tone of Utah coal just sent to Alaska Sixteen persons were killed and will cost $57.80 a ton when delivered. several vessels sunk, including the The coal is billed to a mining company schooners Marsouin and Jeanne d’Arc. operating dredges north of Nome. It Hundreds of buildings were destroyed will be hauled overland by dog sledge or seriously damaged. from Nome. Head of Siegel-Cooper Depart ment Store In Toils. Much of Wheat Crop Remains With Farms sheep require six pounds of grain for one of gain, and cattle require ten pounds of grain for one of gain. "To get the pig up to one hundred pounds of weight in such condition that he will put on gains rapidly and cheaply up to two hundred pounds, is the problem of the owner, whether farmer or school boy. At that weight the pig will dress the highest per centage of good meat and bring top prices on the market V'The first half of the pig's life is chiefly growing and maintaining vig or, and the last half chiefly putting on fat though of course he grows, too. His capacity for feed should be in creased without injuring his digestive system during the first part of his life, and that capacity should be satis fied to the utmost during the last part of his life. "In his early life, as soon as be is weaned, the pig should be put on pas ture if possible, and given plenty of feed. The kind of feed will depend upon the kind of pasture that he gets. For pasture, clover or alfalfa is first choice; then comes rape, oats, vetch and Canada field peas, in the order named. With any of the foregoing pastures the pig should get about one pound of grain for each fifty pounds of his weight, and four pounds (pints) of milk a day. This should keep him in "A very good daily gain for pigs fed twice a day by hand is one and three-fourths pounds. Fed by self- feeders or three or four times a day they often gain two or more pounds a day. If designed for the show, the' rate of grain should be regulated by feeding so that be will be in the best condition at about the time the fair is held. They ought to weigh 100 pounds about two months before they are to be shown. But holding back applies only to preparing pigs for show. When raising them for profit there should be no bolding back. "At present prices of grain it pays to grind the small grains, and even the corn may be ground for the last few weeks of fattening. "It hardly ever pays to soak the feed, or, with the exception of pota toes, to cook it. Very hard wheat and barley may be soaked for twelve hours when it is impossible to get them ground. But in general pigs like their feed better fed raw and un soaked. "There is no advantage in mixing the dry feed with the skim milk. If fed separately the pigs are not requir ed to take more liquid than is good for them in taxing what feed they want. "Here are some good rations for fattening pigs: $225,000 Ship Launched. Ixmg Beach, Cal.—The steel schoon er Alvarado, built at a cost of $225,- 000, to carry lumber between Los An geles and Columbia river points, was launched Saturday. Miss Eleanor Hatch, 13 years old, daughter of P. E. Hatch, christened the vessel. The Long Beach Women’s Christain Tem perance Unoin endeavored to substi tute water for champagne in the cere mony, but without effect. The Alva rado's lumber carrying capacity will be 1,400,000 feet. The vessel's length Is 250 feet. Brussels — Albert, king of the Bel gians, on seeing a woman at a court ball wearing a sift skirt recently, whispered to his court marshal, who thereupon offered his arm to the lady in the most deferential manner and escorted her from the ballroom. When they arrived outside, the court marshal said: “His Majesty noticed that your Founder Leaves Moose Party. gown was torn on one side, and asked , Indianapolis—William A. Pender me to escort you to your carriage so gast, who placed Theodore Roosevelt that you could go home and have the in nomination for the Presidency at damage repaired.” the Progressive national convention, will make the principal address at the Launching Set for May 11. Bath, Me.—The racing sloop Defi Republican state convention to be held ance, a candidate for defense of the here April 22 and 23. This announcement was made by America's cup, will be launched on May 11. according to George M. Pyn- Will H. Hays, Republican state chair Mr. Pendergast, who is comp chon, of New York, managing director man. of the Tri-City syndicate, which is troller of New York City, announced building the boat here. Thia is the last November his withdrawal from first date definitely announced for the the Progressive party, which he had launching of any of the trio of yachts helped to found. which will enter the elimination trials.________ __ _ ___ FARM Army of Unemployed Is Cause of Great Strife GOOD ENOUGH TO GO ON A TRAIN. good condition and growing fast. If the milk cannot be bad, tankage may be mixed with the grain at the rate of one pound of tankage to nine and a half pounds of grain with rape pas ture, or one part tankage to twelve parts grain with any of the other pas tures. “When the pigs reach the 100-pound mark they may be removed from the pasture and their grain mixtures in creased from two pounds a day to three and a half pounds a day. After three days it is increased another pound, and so on for two weeks, when they are eating six pounds a day. Should they fail to eat their food up clean within half an hour after they are fed, they are given a little less until their appetite comes back, when .'he feed is increased as before. "But be careful not to get them off their feed if possible, since it is easier to keep them going than to get them started back again after a balk. Af ter they have got used to eating all they can in thirty minutes, they should be fed in a self-feeder if sever- Hoquiam—John Bunch, a rancher in the Upper Quiniault valley, killed a large black bear recently aftor a des perate fight with nature's own wea pons—stones and clubs— as he was without his gun. His two dogs at tacked the bear, otherwise their owner Druggist Blamed. probably would have been Killed. An old country woman stepped into The dogs and owner were consider ably mussed up and the latter's supply a suburban drug store and laid on the counter a prescription for a mixture of clothing was reduced. containing two decigrammes of mor Policewomen Practice Shooting. phia. The druggist exercised the utmost Chicago—Ten policewomen, recently appointed and now under course of in care in weighing the dangerous drug. "What a shame!” she cried. struction in the police school, will carry revolvers and attend monthly “Don’t be so stingy; It’s for an or target practice, if an order now being phan girl.”—Lippincott’s. considered by James Gleason, chief of According to Dr. Clement Lucas, of police, goes into effect. The police women take daily shooting practice England, the human 'family is likely I now, in anticipation of being armed. to become a one-toed race. “1. Ground barley nine parts, tank age one part. "2. Ground wheat ten parts, tank age one part. "3. Corn in the ear nine parts, tankage one part. “4. Corn, ground, nine parts, tank age one part. "5. Grain one part, skim milk one part **A mixture of grains is more profit able than a single grain. Mix them in equal parts, or if one is much cheaper than the other use more of that kind.” Sizing Up a Host. Teacher—What is a host. Tommie? Tommie—I don’t know, ma'am. "Suppose your father gave a dinner to a number of his friends, what would he be? “He’d be the ‘goat,’ I reckon."— Yonkers Statesman. Sweden is on the verge of national prohibition of alcoholic beverages and tobacco. Russia Has Fund for Science. The meteorological service of Rus sia finds itself in the position, rare in the experience of European scientific institutions, of having ample funds for its present needs and future devel opment, thanks to a liberal increase in its budget recently authorised by the government. Mrs. Twickembury Again. “You don’t mean to say that young Smith is married!” exclaimed* Mrs. Twickembury. “Why, he's nothing but a sapling.”—Christian Register. Two More Regiments Are Sent to Border Oats Fed to Cows Do Not Flavor Milk Shoots Wife, Friends, Then Commits Suicide