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OREGON CITY, OREGON, KM DAY, FFAIUUMIY 21, V.)U.
ESTABLISHED 186
puntingSniI IS
SUBJECT OF TALK
F. E. STRANG MAKES ADDRESS AT
SATURDAY MEETINQ FRUIT
AND PRODUCE UNION.
THREE VARIETIES APPLES TO PLANT
Large Attendance and Very Instruo
live Talk By One Who Haa Had
Large Experience at
Hood River.
IN CITY OF PORTLAND
BUNCH OF CROOKS BECOMING
VERY ACTIVE IN ROSE CITY
COMINQ WAS PREDICTED.
POIl'i'MNIX, Or., Fob. 16. (Hpl.)
Thti record of crlmo-ln (lilit city la
growing with the days. Ton dnya ago
thn pollen, of llio city were warned ttiul
there wua mi exodus from Hnn Fran
cisco mill Unit thu mob wua linnili'd
H:Ih wny. Many crooks illil allp Inlo
tho clly nml tho recent crimes aro an
evidence of their activity.
Kwrly Thursday morning a crowd -of
riouhira raptured a Iriiln on tho H. 1'
anil breaking omiii tlio box ears piled
In on thn freight and started south
wllh thn train. Tho cry of tho louder
was "On to Fresno," and tho cliiliu was
rnudti Hint when tlio Fresno army ar
rived I hum would be speuklng In tlio
alri'nt of Fresno, police or no pollen,
Tho Mory la hIiik told that thro
aro several hundred men on their wny
lo Fresno to ahow to tho police and
city offlclnla that a workliiKmnn run
and will speak In thn street of that
city whenever and wherever ho rhoos-
SENATOR DICK'S
8-HOUR LAW FAILS
GARY FOUND IN
ODD SITUATION
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WILL
WORK FOR LESS MONEY
THAN ASSISTANTS.
LEGISLATURE REFUSES AN INCREASE
New Law Provides for Advisory Board
of Four to Act With Superintend
ent In Appointing Two People
To Relieve Him.
There wua a largo ullmiiliinco at tho
Hatiintny afternoon meeting of. thn
Oregon clly Fruit and Produce Union
In thn Court House. F, K, Strang,
manager of poach drove- orrhanls,
who haa hint largo experience In tho
H'Miil Itlvor country, was thn speaker
in aim niicrnoon and ma talk was on
planting and pruning young orchard.
Thn address was very Inalructlvo and
win well received by tliono present.
Mr. Hlrnng first guve u dmnoiisi ra
tion of top ami root pruning. I In
dniuoiiHtratml tho nid and how to
prtinn (ho riMil from thn under side,
allowing (hut tho tendency of the root
wna to grow up but that by this ninth
od of pruning th" roots worn led to
grow downwind and luko deep hold
on thn soil below.
He gnvo Instruction to pruno the top
of Dm tree ut planting bneii to from
24 to .to Inches above tho ground;
pruno treo ao that top bud will lie
towards prevailing wind mid act tho
treo lo leii n allgbtly towards prevail
ing windtowards the south In tills
country. In removing limb buds one
should leave buds on trunk .alternately
but not leave oppoallo each other as
the tendency In that rase la to make
a rrotched treo. Never leavn moro
than four intiln brunches start from
the trunk of tho tree.
The tendency of tho tree Is to raise
too much wood, and this Is tho ten
dency of the amnteiir grower also,
One cannot raise a good crop nf wood
and a good crop of friirt ut the siimn
time. You must needs decide on one
or the other either to ralso wood or
fruit mid tho wine plun Is lo mine
fruit.
Never plow on orchard after five
vnnra from hlnntlnff. In Holnir so von
go too deep and dig up and break off I T. J. (iury. school superintendent
the small roots which are essential loi''f Clackamas County, will find him
a healthy growth and development. I " ' peculiar and unusual post
After tho fifth year use a cultivator or l"l,n 'f Paying his subordinates more
a harrow. You. can work a cover cm; I money thun he rerelves, and men and
under with H disc harrow Instead of a j wotntn working under his Immediate
plow, and In doing so you do not en- ; direction will socuro a gn iter month
danger tho development of your orrh-1 H,n officer,
urd. ! This condition Is due to tho passage
In planting an orchard I do not use'"' " H. which was fathered by
a chain but truet to my eye. If tho Ht' Superintendent of Public In
ground Is uneven one ran get aa good ! ",'-1 I'm K. Alderman and tho
If not better results than with a chain , county superintendent s association,
or a wlro. providing ' it tho work of directing
In planting an orchard I would use th public schools shall he dlvldoj
tho Wagner apple aa a polonlrer,' and Into three districts, one of which sh-.ll
would plant one row In six with this I covered by the county superintend
apple. For a commercial orchard In '"' lh two by educntors
Clackamas county tho , aro three va- ' named by an educational board
rletles that I would plut and I would f five people, consisting of tho super
plant few others. They are tho Win- j Intendmit and four others to bo ap-
tnr llniinna. Wanner and Arkansas ronton ty win superimonuom tn-
llluck. Thoro are other good apples ' self. This practical)- menus that the
and oilier-apples that will do well In
this county, but wllh me It Is a esse
of planting but three varieties to get
the results and tbeso nre the three
I lint appeal lo mo.
The coddling moth Is a great evil
and needs constant vigilance If It Is to
bo kept under subjection. It lays' Its
eggs on tho under aldn of tho leaves
and I would urge tho necessity of
spruylng on tho under sldo of tho
leaves If one Is to rid himself of the
pest. The Orlho brand of nrsenated
lead seems to bo tho bettor solution
to use In this section. Tho Dean
Bprny Pump Co., an Jose, CM., Is tho
manufacturer.
This new Union Is to reform tho
methods of fruit raising In this county
and will work wonders If given proper
support. .' shall at onco Join It for I
feel that if wo art to accomplish big
things wo must have a Union to aid
us. I am vory optomlstlc a- to what
the Union may accomplish and think
nil should join.
In tho demonstration work of trlir-
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND
REVISION OF LAWS QUES
TIONS CONSTITUTIONALITY.
DIMICK OBJECTS TO THE AMENDM7S
On Flnsl Ballot BUI Is Detested By
Vote of 40 Against to 17
For Carter
Sick.
HA I, KM, Or., Feb. 17. (Htaff Cor
resjHiiidoiirn.) With only 17 votes In
Its favor, Ki-uator Dlmlck's eight-hour
law fulled to pass tho House this af
ternoon. There wore 40 votes against
It.
Tho special committee consisting of
Ihn lloiiso standing committees on
Judiciary and revision of laws, to
which tho bill was ro-reforrod, this
morning reported It back without rec
ommendation. In Its report the com
mittee expressed the belief that the
bill was unconstitutional In Its pres
ent form.
Henatnr Dlmlck and frlonda of the
bill appeared before tho committee,
which held a meeting Into last night.
Foul pr posed that the bill be amend
ed so thst Its provisions should apply
only to manufacturing and mechanical
plants t here the conditions of labor
are Injurious to the health of employ
er or employes, hut this was not ac
ceptable to thn members of the Joint
committee. Other members of tho
legislature asked the committee so to
amend tho bill that Its provisions
would not apply to various industries
of tho S.sto. Senator Dlmlck, how
ever, would not consent to the Incor
poration of any such amendments
feeling (hut tho effect would bo to
render the measure unconstitutional
and Inoperutlvo. When the bill came
v,H as a special order at 1 o rb ck this
afternoon Thompson moved that the
House proceed to vote without further
debate. To this the House agreed
and the vote was takon. Hecause of
sickness. Itopresentatlve Carter was
absent when tho vole was taken. Tho
detailed vote on the bill follow?
Ayes llrownhlll, Drysnt, Chatten,
Clyde, Cole, Collins, Cottel. Katon,
Kouth, GUI, Huntington. Jones, Unity,
Magone, Pierce, Slmpr n, and Speak
er Husk 17. !
Nays Abbott, Abrams, Ambrose,
Amine, Deals, Ilelknup, Holland, Dlgo-
low, Donehruk, Drooke, Duchsnan.
lliickley, Chambers, Chapman, Church,
Clemens, Cushman, Derby, Graves,
Mollis. Johnson, IOlnenweber, ufshon-
ey, Mann, Mr rlner, McKlnney, Miller
of Columbia. Miller of Unn, Nouner,
Peterson, Powell, Kackleff, Reynolds,
Shaw, Smith, Steelhammer, Sutton,
Thompson, Tlgard, Westerlund 40.
Absent Curter.
OF
PLANS FOR TURNINQ 8TUMPAGE
TRACTS INTO SMALL AND
PRODUCTIVE FARM8.
PORTLAND, Fob. 18 (Special)
Iteclumution of vast areas of the Pa
cine Northwest now covered with
stumps seems certain to result from
the movement launched this week at
tho Houlhwest Washington Develop
ment Association convention at Van
couver, when plans were outlined for
clearing tho cut-over lands and turn
ing this Immense Idle acreage Into
fertile farms.
N. II. Coffman, member of the ex
ecutive committee of tho association,
and one of the most substantial citi
zens of the State, was active in map
ping out the preliminary stops In this
development. He advocated the pool
ing or large logged-oir areas and tho
organization of a big company, with
a capital stock running into tho mil
lions, to develop the lands and place
them on (he market.
Mr. Coffman la of the opinion that
tho logged-over tracts should be cut
Into small farms where Intensive
farming methods can be applied and
the best results secured. The lands
to be utilized are of the most fertile
character, with great depth and
strength of soil.
It was proposed by the speaker that
payments on the small farms be made
so easy for tho buyers that the bur
den wouid not be felt seriously. In
this way It is believed that the small
farm on lugged-off land can be made
profitable and popular.
Mr. Coffman proposed that money
be raised for the development of the
raw lands by bonding, ualng g plan
similar to that followed in Irrigating
districts.
This Is the most advanced stand
that has yet been taken on the uti
lization of cut-over lands In the North
west and plans Just announced are
the most convincing yet made. In
connection with the charplt method
of ridding the land of stumps, the
scheme promises to be a great suc
cess, adding remarkably to the wealth
0.- Pacific Northwest States.
OPPORTUNITY IS
GARY'S SUBJECT
TELLS HIGH 8CH00L STUDENTS
WHAT DILIGENT EFFORT
MAY ACCOMPLISH.
POINTS TO HIGHER AIMS IN LIFE
Bright, Encouraging Address of County
Superintendent Illustrated With
Apt Stories and Trite
8aylngs.
SENATOR ALDBJCM
FOR RECIPROCITY
CLAIMED PRESIDE T TAFT INVIT
ED HIM TO TAI THE HELM
H THE FIGHT.
MAGNIFICENT NUMBERS.
superintendent will be clothed with
the power lo appoint his co-won
.ho aro to receive $100 per mo..(h
...r 10 months In tho year.
It Is not Intended to have tin (wo
assistants on duty during the moi ihs
of July and August, and they will
draw no pay for these months, but
during tho remaining 10 months they
'.ll recelvo lioo a month, while Mr.
C.ary will have to bo content wltL tils
salary ot JK.1.33 a month
. An effort was o to enact a law
basing thn salary of county school
superintendents upon the number of
children enumerated, but tho leglsla
turn declined to pass the inoaaure
and a separate 'll to increase UJ
salary of Super'.... ndont nary also
fulled to obtain favorable considera
tion. This was partially 4tie to tho
fact that tho bill came 1. after thi
session was nearly over.
Mr. fl".ry proposes to n' e his ad
visory b'onrd within a few weeks, and
will probably select two people from
the city and two from tho country
mlng and pruning Mr, Strong use, districts. This board, along with the
trees furnished by A- C. Newell, l
grower at Clackamas
Mr. Strang's talk nd most to do
with apple trees and npple culture,
but with slight modification It Is ap
plicable to other varlotles.
j, c. Westorfleld tnlked aUer Mr.
Strang and highly compllmontod thot
gentleman on what he had said and
the beneflclul effect that was .o come
from such addresses. Ho snld thnl
any farmer who Intended to raise
fruit enough for his own use von,
was missing much If ho did not hear
Mr. Strang's address.
A. I. liewls, fruit Inspector, also
spoke. He told of ntimdlng tho moot
ing In Corvullls of the fruit Inspectors
over the State and of the doings at
tho convention. He said that the
manager of the Eugone Fruit Growers'
Union gave the following data: Un
ion organized three years ago, and at
that time In same state as things are
here; laat year did 1157,000 of fruit
and produce business, Jtlppoc' 45 cars
of apples alone, own big w "(house
now and big dryor, costing $18,000;
pay manager $1800, bookkeeper $1000
and traveling salosmnn $1000; snys
we can do the same hore In threo or
four ye"J.
The Union has a lot of spray on
hnnd for tho benefit of the members.
At the mooting next Snturd the
nddress of the day will bo an expo
sition of spray methods and what
spraying will accomplish.
O. D. L'.y moved a vote of thanks
to Mr. Strang, which were given with
right good will by everyone present.
A8KS EXTRA 8E88ION.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo Fb. 17.
The House yesterday afternoon passed
a resolution which asks President Taft
to call an extra session of Congress
to revise the tariff.
superintendent, will thereafter ap
point the assistants tho under-paid
county supc.rlntomlo.li
IPG GOV. WEST
FRIENDS OF THE COUNTY FAIR
FEAR HE MAY VETO BILL
GIVING US $500,
A groat many friends o the Clacka
mas Count Fair are writing Governor
West as to the appropriation of len
yearly for the benefit of the Fair,
which It has boen Intimated the Gov
ernor might veto In his efforts at
economy. The friends of the Fair feel
thnt If that $500 is wisely Bpent and
the personnel of the Fair management
Is a standing pledge that It will be
there Is scnrcoly any other way In
which that same $500 could be spent
and do the same amount V good t. - he
people of the county and State at. In
Just that way.
Honce It m natural that the friends
of the Fair should at once rush to the
mull bag as the easkst wty to reach
the Governor and It Is to be hoped
they will reach him In time. From all
parts of the county came messages of
inquiry as to what to do In the mat tor
sit tight and lot the Governor veto
It or write him In the matter and In
all cases they were advised to wr'te
him. His mall from Clackamas conn
's likely to be heavy for a few days,
at least.
hlLWAUKEB, Wis., Feb. 17. There
are 14.018.7A1 Roman Catholics In the
Ut 'ed Sta js, according to tho 1911
W .ilns official Catholic directory,
which Is now In press. The figure
given does not Include Catholics In
tho Philippines, Porto Rico or Mnwa
Han Islands, for If these were added
tho number of Roman Catholics undor
the Stars at 1 Stripes would be net-rly
2.1.000,000.
T HOOD RAIL'
MAY GO TO MOLALLA
ASSOCIATION OF G. C. FIELDS
WITH COMPANY BELIEVED
TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
PROMISE HIS MORAL INFLUENCE
Story Again Afloat Thst President Will
Call Extra Session If .
Congress F"s to
...V Act.
The Mount Hood Railway Co. Is
preparing to invade Oregon City, and
at a meeting of the council Friday
night application was mado for a fran
chise to furnish heat, light and power
at a maximum rate of 12 cants per
kilowatt for light, and 8 rents per
kilowatt for power. The company's
representative was accompanied by
G. C. Fields, who has been promoting
the construct' an of an electric rail
way from Oregon Clly through tho
Molalla Valley to Sllverton, and the
activity of Mr. Fields for the Mt. Hood
Hallway franchise In this city is be
lieved to mean that the new company
Is behind the promoter In th . Molalla
project
Councilmen Meyer, Roake and An-
dresen were named as a committee
to draft a franchise ordinance to be
itumltted at the next meeting of the
council.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (Spl.)
At this late day Senator Aldrlch Is re
ported as coming to ; ie aid of Presi
dent Taft In his desire for reciprocity
with Canada. It Is sr.'.J he has writ
Mi a letter to the President In which
he says as much.
When the announcement was made
In the Senate .hat Alarlch had gone
over to reciprocity It caused consider
able comment. Aldrlch Is in Georgia
(.for his health, and may not return,
hence any Influence he must use will
of necessity be with his friends.
The White House had .ld nothing
of the letter, and there Is speculations
's to whether or not It III bjp pub-
tuned. There Is a rumoi that the
.-pBldent first wrote Aldrlch in the
matter and invited him to act for reci
procity and that this Is the answer. '
The story was again afloat today
to the effect that If the reciprocity
measure Is not passed this session the
President will call an extra session
and try to get It through then.
Opportunity" was the subject of an
unusually Interesting address given co
me students of the Oregon City high
school at the Assembly hour Tuesday
by County School Superintendent
Gary, who talked entertainingly and
pointed to higher things In life that
may be attained by diligent effort.
The ancient sculptors," said "Mr.
Gary, "represented opportunity as a
fleet footed young man with a fore
lock, and the only way to -old him
was to grasp him by the forelock.
There never has been a time in the
history of the world when such great
things were done as are being done
now, and the future will, I believe,
bring even greater things to do than
the present dreams of. We arc too
prone 'o think that the boy In New
York or Chicago or some other place
Is the one who will do these things,
when. If we will look for them, we
shall find them at our 7 tj doors. I
know there are diamonds here In the
Oregon ICty high school and it Is the
business of Superintendent Tooze and
these teachers to discover and polish
you. You may be saying 'It Is all
very nice for you to call us diamonds,
but what we would like to know Is
where we can get a chance to shine.'
"My answer is that you must watch
for opportunity and sleze him by the
forelock before he passes. I will say
to the young women present that you
can Bhlne in a home and there Is no
better setting for many of you than In
a happy American home. You say
'Where is my opportunity?" Don't
wrry about that. He will come along
in due time and you will sleze him by
the forelock, but you will never get
him by running after him.
"In the field of Invention I cannot
say what you will find, but this I
know. Necessity is the mother of In
vention and wherever you find the
need of a thing there is where the in
vention should be made.
"I believe the time Is coming when
there will be no more disease, when
the great White Plague will be a
memory, as well as typhoid, rheuma
tism, and all the physical Ills will be
removed.
"The time will come when there will
be no more quarrels over isms and
creeds, the truth will make all
rrien free.
"Some one will have to bring this
condition about Will that some one
be you?"
The speaker gave many trite Illus
trations and his talk was Interspersed
with apt stories. He left his audience
feeling better and brighter for the
hour.
IN COUNTY EM
LIST OF 8UCCE8SFUL TEACHERS
WHO CAME THROUGH WITH
FLYING COLOR8.
County School Superintendent Garv
has Just announced the names of the
successful candidates for county pa
pers. The" examinations ere held in
Oregon City about 10 days ago. Here
after, under the new law, the papers
will be graded in Salem- The suc
cessful teachers are;
First grade James M. Park, Alice
E. Rltter, Philip E. Coleman, Hattie
Grace Brown, Jos. Y. Betbune, Maude
M. Mason, Belle K. Mattley, Rica An
drerson, Estella McGetchle, Inza R.
Thompson Wood, A. M. Winn, Emllie
C. 8haw, Irne Carter.
Second grade Jean A. Maxwell, Isa
bella T. Mann, Mrs. Ada Jolley, Ther
esa Dehler, Ruth M. Green, Lola E.
Gerald, Lola F. Walker, Anna Gotfred
son, Lcla Reed, Earl H. Kocher, Fran
cis Potter, Marian Humbel, Bessie M.
Ijewls, Alicia Pearl Horner, Mary E.
Yoder, Ethel E. 8barie.
Third grade Harry H. Hargreaves,
Charles T. Slevers, Olive H. Mortl
more, Jessie M. Maxwell, Genevieve
Capen, Tlllle Knudtson, Pauline
Forbes, W. Ross Eaton, Ethel R.
Glines, Thomas Doollng.
CLUB
STANDS
FOR
RAILWAY
ACTIVITY
PROMOTERS OF MOLALLA LINE
TO LAY DEFINITE PLANS FOR
EARLY CONSTRUCTION.
PROPOSE GRADE FOR BEAVER CREEK
8urveys, Plats, Necessary Engineer
ing Completed Recommended
Thst Word Be Done On
Division plan.
WAR WITH CHINA
MAY- BE OUTCOME
RUSSIA OBJECTS TO 8TAND CHINA
HAS TAKEN REGARDING NOTES
OF AGREEMENT IN TREATY.
RUSSIA HAS SENT HER ULTIMATUM
China Must Comply With Russian Con
tentions Six Points Over
Which They Are at
Variance.
Governor to Veto Road Bills.
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 21. (Spl.)
The Oregon Good Roads Association
has very little use for the good roads
measures passed by the legislature
nit it In anM m-lll mllvflA thA Oovprnnr
to veto them, ""his means that $350,
000 approprlr jd will not need be
used.
OBJEC ONS SUSTAINED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. In view of
the assertion that the nomination of
Philip S. Malcolm aa Collector of In
ternal Rovenue, Is personally obnox
ious to him, Penator Dourne was auth
orized today by the commerce commit
tee to report the nomination adversely
to the Senate committee. The mem
bers state thnt, following the prece
dint of Senatorial o rtesy, no other
action could be taken. ". Is expected
the President ,',1 not .-'. another
nomination and hat Malcolm will con
tinue to serve in the p"Bltlon he holds
indefinitely.
Taft Sues for Expenses.
Chicago. President Taft, when Sec-
rotary of War, was guest of the Peoria
Club on Lincoln Day. He sent the
club a bill of $G47 for traveling ex
penses. .The club held It up until a
few days ago, when the President put
It In the hands of a lawyer. The club
then paid $400. N. Y. World.
BALANCE OF TRADE IN FAVOR OF
AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. A balance
of trade of more than $363,000,000 In
favor of the United States against its
fu;elgn creditors, an Increase of more
than $174,500,000 in the foreign trade
of the country and the establishment
of a new high mark for exports. Is the
record of the United States' trade with
foreign nations for tho first seven
months of the fiscal year ended Janu
ary 31, shown by an offlclal'statement
Issued yesterday. ThlB.Bhowing is
considered due largely to" the higher
price of cotton, the Increase In exports
amounting to more than $172,000,000
and In Imports in excess of $3,500,000.
For the seven months exports were
$1,256,792,956. ogulnst $1,084,686,910 in
the corresponding months of 1910; Im
ports were, 1893,763,376, against $891,
193,710 in the same months In 1910.
The excess of exports over Imports
was $363,029,580, against $193,493,200
In the corresponding months of last
year.
The share of Imports entering- free
of duty in January, 1911, was 55.9 per
cent.
ROOSEVELT WILL REACH PORT
LAND APRIL 5.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. Senator
Chamberlain has notified the Portland
Commercial Club that Colonel Roose
velt's Itinerary has been arranged as
follows:
Leave Reno at . inlght, Monday,
April 3; arrive at Oakland Tuesday,
April 4.. Leaving there at 11:15 that
morning, he will arrive In Portland
Wednesday, April 5, at 2:30 P. M.
He will leave Portland for Tacoma at
midnight, April 5.
0. A. C. PROF ;
WILL m MAR
MR. GARDNER HAS HELD MAN ,
POSITIONS OF PROMINENCE
IN EASTERN COLLEGES.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 16. Rela
tions are so strained between Russia
and China that decisive action was
taken today by the Russian govern
ment The Russian minister to China
has presented that government with a
note bearing on the treaty of 1881
charging China with an attempt to ab
rogate It.
There are six points over which
Russia raises contention, and it in
sists that compliance must be had at
once or friendly relations will cease.
There are those among the powers
who are Inclined to think that China
will not back down, that there have
been promises of substantial backing
and that It will be up to Russia to
insist with force if she would uphold
her contention.
WHIPPING POST ABOLISHED.
CORVALUS, Or., Feb. 17. Victor
R. Gardner, head of the department
of horticulture at the Unlver ity of
Maine agricultural college, has Just
been appointed professor of pomology
at O. ' A. C, to succeed Prof. C. A.
Cole, resigned, and will arrive In Cor
vallls March 11 to take up his instruc
tional duties.
Prof. Gardner has had his training
under three of th' five best authorities
cn horticulture, having had his bach
elor's degree from Mlcuigan Agricul
tural College in 1905, under U. P.
liedrick, author of the best monograph
on grapes ever pu'.llshed; his master's
degree at the Iowa State Agricultural
College at Ames, In 1907, under S. A.
Bench, author of "The Apples of New
York," considered a masterpiece of
its kind; and also considerable work
under S. W. Fletcher, of the Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station, one
of the best known horticulturists of
America.
At Ames, during his graduate study,
Mr. Gardner was Instructor In horti
culture, a position which he later oc
cupied at the Macdonald College at
Quebec, Canada. In 1908 he was
called to Mulne as assistant professor,
and the year following 'was given a
full professorship and the acting dean
ship of the college. He has therefore
had wide experience In instructional
work, opportunity to prove his execu
tive ability, and frequent chance to
show his powers as a lecturer in his
adresses to grange meetings, farmers'
Institutes, and fruit growers' associa
tion meetings.
Prof. C. I. Lewis, head of the O. A.
C. horticulture department, In discuss
ing the appointment of Prof. Gardner,
expressed the opinion that the north
west is peculiarly fortunate In being
able to Interest men ot such calibre
and to draw them to Oregon to give
their ability toward building up the
horticultural Interests of the state.
Senate Passes Buchanan's Measure
Over Veto of Governor.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 16. (Staff Cor
respondence ) The Senate this morn
ing passed Buchanan't' House bill pro
viding for the abolishing of whipping
posts over tbe Governor s veto.
Amme's bill providing free text
books was killed.
Kellaher's bill revoking the Port
land Gas Co. franchise in Portland
was given Its quietus, those voting
for the bill being Dimick, Kellaher,
Miller, Oliver, Patton, Joseph and Mc
culloch.
ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 16. Theodore
Roosevelt will speak at the University
of Oregon on April 5. A telegram re
ceived yesterday from the ex-Presl-
dent, states that if arrangements can
be made to stop his train long enough,
while passing the Oregon campus, he
will speak from the rear of his car to
the students.
PLAINTIFF GETS WOOD
IN
COURT INTERPRETS THE CON
TRACT AS ASKED BY ATTOR
NEY MAKING PROSECUTION.
A case in Circuit Court Monday was
that of Proctor ft Beers, of Sandy, vs.
II. J. Pulfer, C. C. Shay and S. P. H.
Lumber Co. It was a case In which
the successor to a defunct lumber
company started In to cut the wood
off a timber tract contrary to contract,
as alleged by the plaintiff In the case.
In the first place the saw timber
had been sold on a large tract ot land
and reservation made of all timber
not fit for saw Umber. The defend
ant couldn't see the contract as the
plaintlf construed it and so thevcourt
was called in to decide.
The court was asked to Interpret
"All timber, except cedar, for milling
and lumbering purposes." The tract
embraces nearly 800 acres. The at
torney for plaintiff asked the court to
instruct that what was meant was
"All timber except cedar 'fit and suit
able' for saw timber."
The case brought out strong con
tention but the court Interpreted as
the plaintiff asked and he was given
decree. H. C. Cross was attorney for
plaintiff and he succeeded In untang
ling the mess with several changes
coming Into the controversy.
Activity In. the promotion of a plan
looking to the early construction of
an electric railway leading out of Ore
gon City Into the Molalla country,
through Beaver Creek, Is noticeable,
and Grant B. Dlmlck, W. A. Huntley,
l Aaams, ueo. A. Harding and O. D.
Eby on Tuesday submitted a prelimi
nary report of their Investigations to
the Live Wires of tho Oregon City
Commercial Club and after being
promised the hearty and unanimous
support of that organization, were re
quested to proceed and work out a
definite plan of operation. It Is prob
able that a mass meeting of the citi
zens of Oregon City and Clackamas
county will soon be called for the
purpose of fully discussing the propo
sition. It Is embraced in the tenta
tive plans of the promoters to proceed
cautiously, at as little expense as pos
sible, and first obtain funds for the
grading ot the road from this city aa
far as Beaver Creek, when It Is ex
pected additional funds will be forth
coming. The following report was submitted
by Mr. Dimick and was approved by
the other members of the committee:
We have exercised our best endea
vors to formulate a plan that we con
sider absolutely feasible and perfectly
safe so as to guard the interests of
all who may join with us In carrying
out the proposed plan.
FIRST The surveys, plats and all
necessary engineering has been com
pleted and the result of all that work
can be easily obtained from the party
who now has It In his possession on
reasonable terms and at actual cost,
the cost and terms to be settled ab
solutely by five good reliable business
men who are residents of Clackamas
County, Oregon.
SECOND We would recommend
that the proposed work be done by
divisions: The first division to begin
at Oregon City and extend to Beaver
Creek, Clackamas County, Oregon;
the second division to begin at Bea
ver Creek and end at Mulino, Oregon;
the third division to begin at. Mulino,
Oregon, and extend to Molalla, Ore
gon. THIRD Regarding the proposed
construction, we submit the follow
ing: That subscriptions to stock be
taken on stock subscription notes
properly safeguarded sojthat no undui
advantage or bad fa :h can be prac
ticed upon the subscriber, and that
our first efforts be centered on the
bu'lding of the road from Oregon City
to Beaver Creek by procuring sub
scriptions as above mentioned to the'
face value of 112,000.00, 25 per cent
of such subscriptions to be paid Into
one of the banks In Oregon City, Ore
gon, when the grading upon said pro
posed road Is commenced, and when
the grading has Leen completed upon
tbe first mile, an additional 25 per
cent of said subscriptions shall be
paid aa aforesaid, and' when tbe grad
ing has been completed for a distance
of 4 miles from the beginning point,
an additional 25 per cent shall be
paid, and upon the completion of the
grading for the first 6 miles from the
Dep'tine point, then the balance due
on said subscriptions shall be fully
paid Into said bank, it being the In
tention and purpose to complete the
grade on the first division above men
tioned with the subscription herein
before set forth so that the ties, rails
and bridges may be hereafter com
pleted. After the grading has been
completed from Oregon City to Bea
ver Creek a distance of 6 miles, we
feel that the laying of the track can
6e accomplished for a reasonable sum
under a safe and sane bonding sys
tem, and we herewith submit the es
timated cost per mile as furnished us
by the United Steel & Equipment Co.
Estimated cost per mile by using 40
pound rails is approximately as follows:
Rails $2,677.50
Angle plates 150.00
Spikes 60.00
Ties 1,000.00
Bolts 25.00
$3,912.50
The track material for 6 miles at
$3,912.50 per mile makes a total esti
mated cost of $23,475.00.
FOURTH We further submit lor.
your consideration that by careful
management !n the grading and con
struction of said proposed road for
the first division the total cost of con
struction per mile Including grading,
laying track and bridges can be ac
complished for $8,000.00 per mile or
a total of $48,000.00.
FIFTH W8 also submit for your
consideration that the grading on said
proposed road can be accomplished
without one dollar of Indebtedness,
and If allowed to proceed, that object
will be accomplished by proceeding
with the work as the money is paid
Into the treasury from stock subscrip
tions so that when the grading is
finished on the first 6 miles, the same
will, be paid for in full, and the only
lndtbtedneo which the company
would incur will be a bonded indeb
tedness for track construction and
rolling stock after the grading has
been completed.
SIXTH If at any time during the
progress of the work outlined above
any other company desiring to take
up the work and finish the road from
Oregon City to Molalla, all work ac-
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