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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1914)
ILLUSTRATING THE REAL JOY Lord Roberta Dies of Larger Sums Are Asked Pneumonia in France for Oregon Institutions Salem — Announcement was made by the stste board of control this week that estimates made by it for state in stitutions for the coming biennial per iod totaled »1,763,516.93, which Is an Increase of »107,955.32 over the ap propriation* for the same purpose made by the last legislature for the present period. Of the last appropria tions »26,850 for erecting barracks at the penitentiary and »20,000 for the Solders' home was turned back into the state treasury, making the total appropriations used by the institutions »1,608,711.61. While increases for maintenance are suggested by the board for several institutions the esti mated increases are largely due to the belief of the board that improvement* are necessary. Maintenance increases are asked for the insane asylum and the penitentiary because of an increas ing |>o|>ulation, anti new wards are de Lord, we, thy children, small and great, Beneath thy cars, where'er It ba, The while thy grace we supplicate, Qlve thanks to thee. —Clinton Scollarti. sired for the Insane asylum* because both of them virtually are filled to ca pacity. A comparison of appropria tions for 1913 and 1914, with those estimated for 1915 and 1916, is as follows: 1913 and 1914—insane asy lum, Salem, »611,358.50; Eastern Ore gon insane asylum, »284,829.80; peni tentiary, »203,500; feeble-minded in stitute, »202,243.31; training school, »73,450; tuberculosis institute, »53,- 000; blind school, »37,235; deaf school, »79,950; training school for girls, »50,000, and soldiers* home, »57,000. 1915 and 1916—insane asy lum, Salem, »774,711; Eastern Oregon insane asylum, $315,950; penitentiary, »188,300; feeble-minded institute, »156,106; training school, $68,645; tuberculosis institute, »69,016; blind school, »37,789.18; deaf school, »58,- 776; girls’ industrial school, »56,875, and soldiers' home, »37,348.75. Powder Valley Irrigation Project to Be Revived Baker—Work on the Powder Valley Irrigation company project will begin next spring, according to plans an nounced by J. A. Almirall, New York capitalist, who arrived here to visit the project. Mr. Almirall said that the plans as now mapped out are to build the toe of the Balm Creek dam next spring and thereby to store enough water to irrigate at least 2000 acres. The Balm Creek dam is north of the lower Powder. Mr. Almirall left for the site of the operations with W. A. Stewart, local representative of the company. Mr. Almirall'» announcement means much toward the development of Baker county, aa its points to resump tion of operations on the project, which ultimately will furnish water for the Powder river valley. It also answers the question of whether the company intends to complete the big project. “We cannot start more than this work at this time," said Mr. Almirall. “With the present condition of the money market it is impossible to think of going ahead with ary attempt to finance this undertaking. I look for no immediate relief in the financial situation. The European war is mak ing itself felt acutely and until condi tions are more settl«xi the price of money will remain high. We can, however, make this start, and then possibly within two years we will be able to go ahead and finance the proj ect. There is a possibility the next congress will pass land legislation which will relieve the situation and enable us to proceed with the entire project.” The company has already done »125,- 000 worth of work on the project. Besides, I am far too modest to boast of myself. Bo I bad Gwendolyn read a compo «Ilion on "The First Thanksgiving," In which she told all about the hard ships of the poor Pilgrims who cam« over In tho Maybell with Ix>rd Balti More to Plymouth, and how they »at down to their first Thanksgiving din ner of hominy and codfish balls, and gave thanks because they hadn't been sculped or burned as witches. Then Wood had her bind every stat« In the Union and tell what time it 1« In the Scandalous peninsula when it Is six o'clock here. Thee she showed i all of her beautiful sketches and played several duets on the piano. Sh« I* Mr 4«o<uslatehkey'« favorite pupil [joy Gives Up Parole On Health Bill for Cattle and h* often tell* me that »he will 1« Ordered by Governor Account of Lack of Work u perfect tyro when she grow* up Ju»t then, the "tocsin of the soul, th« Salem—A quarantine proclamation Salem—So far aa analyzing business EH. yes. Indeed! We would have dinner bell.” rung and we had U conditions is concerned, Henry Clews issued by Governor West here against had u perfectly lovely time nt evinle til r< t of the program, 1 w a has a rival in John O'Connor, 16 years the foot and mouth disease prohibits our house on Thanksgiving If glad, too, because the Bollvards looker old, of Portland, who returned to the the shipping of livestock into the state It hadn't been for un accident awfully bored when Wood's sistei State Reform school after being out from states where the disease exists that happened at the din- asked Harold to recite—my. my, liow on parole a year. The lad said lie had unless a thorough inspection has been nor table At the time 1 nit terrl she does love to show him off! been working in n tailor shop in Port made and permission given by the and bly misanthropic about It We had a lovely meal Nora cor land, but, because of a falling off in proper state or Federal authorities. It further is provided that the quaran really had a very bad movay quart talnly Is a fine cook, even if rhe I: business, had been laid off. dour for a minute, but I noon con Irish. I had her mix the mincemeal “I spent Beveral days looking for tine shall apply to hog cholera serum, soled myself by recalling dear Rob with strong tea and cane popper In another job,’’ said the youth to Super vaccine and other extracts of animal ert Burns' precious words, "The «tend of wicked things like elder ant! intendent Hale of the school, “but origin, unless no infection exists where I had little money, they are manufactured. best laid plana of mice and men gaug brandy, and the pie* were delicious without success, Shipments of livestock from coun bide awec." ( Everything was. Nora hasn't quli for when I was working my wages We only had a small dinner party, I talking about her fine cooking that were small and I could not save much. ties where the disease does not exist just the Bollvards and Wood'« s'i ter I day yet That's one trouble with th« Being unable to find another job, and in states that are infected are not pro and her husband and their little boy, Irish, they are so boastful! I firmly convinced that business would not pick hibited by the proclamation provided Harold. Did you ever meet Wood's believe it Is the reason that Juliu» up until spring because of war and cars are disinfected thoroughly before sister? My dear, between you and I— Caesar, when he conquered Ireland politics, I decided to come back here being loaded, and unloaded en route in remember this is strictly sotto voce— christened It ''Erln-go-HraR," don't to spend the winter. I went to the yard* that have been disinfected. Juvenile court and asked to be recom Health certificates giving this infor she is very Ignorant and snobbish, and you? mitted, but the judge said he could not mation from Federal inspectors must Beg pardon? Well, the dinner hat! such a talker! Wood himself ac do that as I had done nothing wrong.’’ 1 accompany the shipments. knowledge* that she would surely ex passed off beautifully. Wood had kept The judge, however, called Mr. Hale plode If she ever got tetanus, and ever the table in a roar—you know what a Olympia, Wash.—D-. H. T. Graves, since she went abroad she holds her delightful bon mot ho 1»!—and had over the telephone and the superin state agricultural commission, has tendent told him to send the lad to the carved the turkey ju»t like a surgeon head as high a* .Marie Antoinette go school for the winter. Mr. Huie say* gone to Portland to attempt to arrange ing to the Moulin Rouge and talks But first I must tell you about Ilarohl the boy will be able to make more a modification of the quarantine regu nothing but Paris—a perfect parricide, The little wretch, instead of peeling than his living in the tailoring estab lations of Washington and Oregon to hl* banana into ««trips and laying them I call hM' lishment in the institution. It wa* allow free shipment of livestock be And Ignorant! Why, do you know, carefully on the table like Gwendolyn, there that he learned his trade, and is tween the two states, in neither of which foot and mouth disease has de she brought me back a little statu turned hl* skin back and, after eating a fine workman. veloped. esque of Venus from Italy and apolo I the fruit out of It In two bite*, threw Shortage of carbolic acid is faced gized for It* broken arms, by telling It under the table, lie said afterwards Court Cuts Down Valuation. here on account of the large quantities mo It wan that way the diagonal was It slipped off hl* plate. At any rate it Astoria — The trial of the case of feet. used for car and stockyarad disinfec found! Ha, ha. ha! 1 could scarcely fell right at Wood's Toor Wood! He had on iotn« new John Waterhouse against Clatsop tion, and state and Federal depart retain my specific gravity. 1 was so amuned Rhe didn't know that Mickey shoe* without any heels—he didn't county was completed before Judge ments in consequence have authorized Angelo had carved It that way on want to buy them hi the first place, Campbell of the Circuit court this the use of chloride of lime and for purpose to make It look old and de but I bogged him to, because I love week and the court awarded the maldehyde as substitute disinfectants. bilitated because the Romnn* dearly him to be the observed of all observ plaintiff $663.50. The action was in “Bru" Majority la 36,000. loved antique things, 1 don't blaino ers and have a moldy form, as my be the nature of an appeal from the de Prohibition secured a majority of them either. I do myself, don't you? loved Shakespeare would sav—and he cision of the County court in allowing I have a colonial monogamy antlma- wasn't used to them, so that when he the plaintiff only $1 damages for right approximately 36,000 in the recent cansar 500 year* old with all the got up to leave the table he slipped of way through his ranch near Knappa state-wide election. for the Columbia highway. on the peel. Practically complete returns from knobs broken off. A total of 4.82 acres of land were every county in the state give a total Ours I* an extension table with ball I had a high noon dinner at one o'clock—"when jocund day stands gearing rollers, and when he grasped taken and the plaintiff's claim was of 134,106 in favor of the amendment and 98,209 against it. This is a fa the edge of It to save himself from »1225. tipsy on the misty vorable majority of 35,897. A few falling, alas, alas, it parted in th« top.” mountain outlying precincts in some Central and middle and all the combustibles of ths you know, as dear Ton« of Prunes Are Shipped. Eastern Oregon counties may not be dinner were participated onto the old ? Will would Rickreall — Several tons of dried floor and Wood fell backwards on toj fruit, principally prunes, have been included in these totals, and if they «ay. It waa a give the same vote in favor of prohi of his chair with the most violent em shipped out of Polk county, strict I New Eng- The bition as given in the other rural dis phasis. of dinner. land prunes that were sold brought a high Poor boy! He had been telling s price, the amount varying consider trict* the majority doubtless will reach course, In honor 36,000. baseball story and had been using such ably. of the day and Early contracts for the crop The vote on the amendment to abol shocking paraphrases as "jammed the were frequent. The crop this season Wood's ancestors cushion " "swatted the sphere," “clat was estimated to be (55 per cent of ish capital punishment is close and -I am an F. F V.. tered across the pan” and “dented the that of last season, owing to early doubtless will require the official can myself—and before platter." Don't you think it-was a frosts in the spring injuring the blos vass to decide. It was servad wo dreadful coincidence that just a* h« soms and hindering the devlopment of each agreed to toll Condon Aida Sufferer*. said "platter," down wont the turkey? the fruit. tho one thing we Condon—A relief fund of $257 was Oh, dear! I just can't help but feel wore most thankful for. Wood was first. He said words somewav that perhnps the whole thing Road Braga Made of Old Iron. raised in Condon for the benefit of the couldn't express his gratofultude be was a nemesis on him for using such Albany—By using old bridge iron in British Red Cross by a concert and cause ho didn't havo to pay an in dreadful, undeflled slang. the construction of road drags, the dance given in the local skating rink. Well, he paid dearly for it, poor Couity court of Linn county is not The talent for the concert was all from come tax. Poor Wood! Ho staid up all the night before, figuring out what fellow! I'm afraid it will be weeks only utilizing material which would Condon and nearby towns and the ho would havo to pay at the source. before his solnr system will be entire otherwise be thrown away, but is using Scotch and American dances appealed He was terribly puzzled at first and ly renovated. When we disinterred it most effectively for road improve particularly to the fancy of the crowd. wanted me to help him, but I wns too him that day we found that hl* paral ment. Dtags of this type are to be Although many attended merely to help the cause, everybody remained to en busy assisting Nora to make the lax wns dreadfully bruised, and that distributed among the road districts. he had a severe attack of nostalgia— joy one of the most pleasant social stuffing. affairs ever held in Condon. After the He didn’t know whether to multiply I declare I thought his dear nose Old Friday Mine Open*. concert two orchestras kept the dan the least common multiple by the would never, never stop bleeding! Raker — The famous Friday mine, cers busy until a late hour. Yes, we all partook of some Injury fourth dimension and add 1 per cent formerly a big gold producer, located of the remainder, or extricate the —Mrs. Bollvard hasn't spoken to me 12 miles from Baker, near the Virtue Opinion Backa Teachers. cuberoot of tho net proceeds and since because her new scrape-de-shln mine has been reopened. Joseph Buck- Salem — Keeping children who are square the result. One thing, he said, skirt was ruined; that Is, all but Har ley, one of the principal owners of the was certain. He'd just like to get old and his mother. It seems like the property, started a force of men at lax in their studies and deportment in square once with the Democrats! My, very ironing of fate that they were work under the direction of George after school is legal, according to an but he was tickled when he came up the only ones present who escaped Ray, foreman. The property will be opinion rendered by Assistant District Attorney Benjamin. The question stairs the next morning to tell me he from damage, don't you think so? worked continuously all winter. arose over the action of two women in had escaped after all, but, he said. It taking their children from the Buena Real Cause for Thanksgiving. waa a very close shave. Office Expenae Estimated. Vista school while the teachers were On evory side there is cause for I don't know whether to tell I was Salem — Superintendent of Public detaining them after the regular thankful bocauso I had been elected thanksgiving. We aro nt peace with Instruction Churchill has estimated school hours. When E. G. Dykstra, president of my suffrage club, or be all, even our enemies. If there be such. the expense of his office for the next principal, remonstrated with the wo Our past achievements stimulate to cause I had such n wonderful child as two years at »25,920, which is the men they quoted a statute which says Gwendolyn, but 1 Anally decided to In further efforts, and our present diffi same as the appropriation made by the the school hours shall be from 9 o'clock timate Cordelia, the mother of the culties breed fresh determination to last legisltaure. The estimate will be in the morning until 4 o’clock in the Oratchy, and display my jewel child. overcome them. submitted to the next legislature. afternoon, with one hour recess. row OIL' Y Ixmdon Field Marshal Earl Roberts died Saturday night in France from pneumonia. A telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British expeditionary forces on the Continent, appris«xl Earl Kitche ner, secretary of state for war, of the death of England’s great soldier. The telegram read: “I deeply regret to tell you that Ixird RobeHs ditsd at 8 o'clock this (Saturday) evening.” Field Marshal Roberts, who was col- onel-in-chief of the Indian troops, had gone to France to give his greeting. Soon after his arrival he became ser iously ill. He suffered from a severe chill on Thursday and pneumonia rap idly developed. His great age, 82 years, militated against his recovery, the crisis in the disease coming quick ly- The news of the death of Lord Rob erts came as an entire surprise to Eng land. The veteran’s devotion to the interests of the army, his hard work in this connection and his seeming good health had been the subject of comment since the beginning of the war. He was the most popular mili tary figure in Great Britain and a na tional hero without rival in the affec tions of the people. Despite his years he had never ceased hard work since his nominal re tirement, and, as he had often re marked, he lived a rigidly absteminous life that he might preserve his strength for the service of his country. During the past-five or six years, when the German war cloud had been growing, he prosecuted an active cam paign to persuade the nation to adopt a compulsory military service. His belief was that Great Britain required the training of the whole male popula tion in arms. By speeches in Parliament and ad dresses before meetings throughout the kingdom, by magazine writings and letters, he preached unceasingly the necessity for the nation to have its men trained in the rudiments at least of the soldier’s work, so that they could be called quickly to arms to de fend the country against invasion.” Uncle Sam Will Build Electric Power Warship Washington, D. C. — The super dreadnought California, one of the three huge new ships just ordered, will be driven by electric motors. Secre tary Daniels authorized this type of power plant for the big fighter on rec ommendation of Rear Admiral Griffin, engineer-in-chief of the navy. If it proves as great a success in the battle ship as it has been in the naval collier Jupiter, navy officers foresee the com plete displacement of direct steam drive in future American warships. The California, which will be built at the New York navy yard, will be the first electrically-driven warship ever built, as the Jupiter was the first deep-sea vessel of any type to be fitted with motors. The decision to install the new system aboard the battleship was arrived at only after exhaustive study of the performance of the Jupi ter. As in the Jupiter, the main power plant of the California will be steam turbines driving dynamos which will generate electricity to give the ship at least a speed of 21 knots an hour. The Jupiter far exceeded her speed requirements. Many in Line to Get Last Jug of Liquor Petrograd—Thousands of men, wo men and children stood since 4 o'clock in the morning Tuesday in a driving snow storm before the doors of the liquor shops on this, the last day on which it is possible to purchase light wine and beer under the prohibition act of the Russian government, which has now become absolute. Applicants for a final supply of bev erages came with baskets, sacks, carts and wheelbarrows, many having pawned their last belongings to pro cure means to buy. This final prohibition act is the last of three distinct liquor reforms, the first curtailing the sale of vodka and the second abolishing it absolutely. The third measure extends the prohi bition to every form of alcoholic drink in all portions of the empire under martial law. Cities included under the prohibition are Odessa, Riga, Warsaw, Moscow, Kiev and virtually all cities of Western Russia. French Win Radio Battle. Paris — The German wireless tower at Nauen, between Berlin and Ham burg, sent four lines of German poetry to the Eiffel tower and asked the French operators where the Germans had been beaten, adding that the news sent out by the Eiffel tower was scanty and untrustworthy. The Eiffel tower replied with 14 rhymed lines, also in German, asking why the Ger mans had not kept their promise to dine in Paris on Sedan Day. They also chaffed Nauen on the German's "fine telegraphic victories.” Cargo of Dyea Arrivea. New York — More than a million dollars' worth of dyestuffs from Ger many were brought into port by the American steamer Matanzas. The cargo was taken from Germany by rail to Rotterdam, where it was received by the ship. The arrival of the ma terial will result in a renewal of activ ity in branches of the textile industry, it is said, and the consequent employ ment of a large number of operatives who have been idle. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland -- There is_a firm market for all kinds of livestock at the North Portland yards, particulary for hogs. The run in one day waa heavy, amount ing to 61 can, all told, and buying was brisk. Cattle were traded in within the former range of quotations. Full loads of steers sold at prices running from $6.10 to »7.15, and the bulk of the cow sales were at »5.50 to »6.25. Forty loads of hogs were handled during one day. A full dozen of these sold at »7.15, about 20 loads at »7.10, and the remainder at »7.05 and »7. Heavy hogs went at the usual differ ence in pirce. The tendency of the sheep market is upward. The quotation on choice iambs advanced to »6.35, and one brought »6.40. Wethers sold up to »5.60 and the best ewes were disposed of at »4.60. Livestock men here are beginning to show uneasiness over the spread of foot and mouth disease, as there are unconfirmed reports that it had been found in Montana, from whence Port land has been bringing cattle. Specu lation, therefore, has been checked. The stoppage of cattle from that sec tion, however, would probably not affect prices here, as there would be no shortage in the supply. The demand for hops at recent prices continues limited, most of the dealers have offers, but the majority of these are said to be at a lower scale of prices. The Cosgrove lot of 158 bales, at Champoeg, was sold to the Uhlmanns at 10 cents. Official government returns of the 1914 German bop crop are 464,732 cwt, grown on 27,685 hektares, as against 212,358 cwts. from 27,048 hektars under cultivation in 1913 and 411,270 cwts. from 26,966 hektars in 1912. Wheat—Bid, Bluestem, »1.17; forty fold, »1.17; club, »1.14; red Russian, $1.08); red Fife, »1.09; No. 1 white feed, »28.50 ton. Barley—Bid, No. 1 feed, »24 ton; brewing, »25.50; bran, »22.25; shorts, $23. Corn—Whole, $36 per ton; cracked, $37. Hay—Eastern Oregon timothy, »15 (415.50; grain hay, »10(411; alfalfa, »13.50(414; valley timothy, »13(414. Vegetables—Cucumbers, 40<(t75c per dozen; eggplant, 7c per pound; pep pers, 6(47)c; artichokes, 90c per dozen; tomatoes, 60(<i90c per crate; cabbage, per ns-cd; peas, 10c; beans, 6(410c; celery, 50(475c per dozen; cauliflower, 40@75c; sprouts, 8c per pound; head lettuce, »1.85 per crate; pumpkins, lc per pound; squash, lc. Green Fruits—Apples, 65c@»1.50 per box; cantaloupes, $1(41-50 per crate; casabas, »1.25(41.50 per dozen; pears, »1(41.50 per box; grapes, 75c <4»1.17 per crate; cranberries, $8(49 per barrel. • Potatoes—Oregon, 85c@$l per sack; sweet potatoes, 2c per pound. Onions—Yellow, 85(490c per sack. Eggs—Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 37)c; candled. 40(442)c; stor age, 27@30c; fresh Eastern, 35(437)c. Poultry—Hens, 13(413)c; springs, 12c; turkeys, young, 16@18c; dressed, 18<g21c; ducks, 10@14c; geese, 10(4 12c. Butter — Creamery prints, extras, 24)c per pound; in case lots; )c more in less than case lots; cubes, 30(4 31c. Veal—Fancy, ll)(412c per pound. Pork—Block, 9(4)c per pound. Hops—1914 crop, 9@l)0e; 1913 crop, nominal. Wool — Valley, 17@18c; Eastern Oregon, 15@20c; mohair, 1914 clip, 27)c per pound. Cascara bark—Old and new, 4c per pound. Cattle—Prime steers, $6.75@7.25; choice, $6.50(46.75; medium, $6.25(4 6.50; choice cows. »5.75(46 25; me dium, »5.25@5.75; heifers, $5.50(4 6.25; calves, $6(48; bulls, »3(44.75; stags, $4.50(46. Hogs — Light, $6.75(47.15; heavy, $5.75(46.15. Sheep — Wethers, $4(45.60; ewes, $3.50(44.60; lambs, »5(46.35. Seattle—The spud market as regards first class stock free of blight, cutouts and sprouts, is firm, although the gen eral run of receipts is weak. It would be difficult at this time to say as to how far the damage will extend, but many sacks of the Yakima Gems now coming into this market appear to develop blight ends. It is claimed that this blight does not show when the stock is shipped, but it is so plain here that considerable shrinkage has been the rule. The tracks are well loaded with carloads of spuds, but in all this there is comparatively little fancy stock. The onion market is steady. Some excellent Western Washington offer ings at 75(4 85c are selling. There are a few Yakimas on the curb, but there is little interest. Jonathan apples, so far as good qual ity is concerned, are cleaned up, and the street is willing to close the chapter on one of the most disastrous seasons. Dressed veal—15(416c per pound. Dressed hogs — Whole, packing house, 13)c per pound. Dressed spring lamb—12(413c P®r pound. Dressed mutton — 10 (4 10)c per pound. Vegetables—Artichokes, 85c dozen; beans, green, 9@10c pound; bell pep pers, Wenatchee, 9-lb. boxes, 50<460c; beets, new, »1(41.25 per sack; cab bage, local, 75c(4$l per 100 pound; celery, 40(460c dozen; carrots, local, 75c(4$l sack; Onions, green, 25(430c dozen; potatoes, White Rivers, »14(4 16 ton; Yakimas, $18(420; sweets, »1.90(42 per hundred.