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8- ' -THE' HORNING- OEEGONIAN.THUBSDAY; "JULY '12, 1900. fc TALKED ABOUT SOILS DB. "WTTHYCOMBB ADVISES FARM ERS OP THE WILLAMETXB. There Should Be Leas Grain Acreage, More Dairying and Rota tion of Crop. At tho call of W. G. RobWna, a promi nent citizen of that section, a creamery meeting -was held at Whlteson Tuesday, attended by Dr. James "Wlthycombe, Vice Director of the Oregon-Agricultural Col lege. Corvallis, and C. H. Markham, gen eral freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific Company. The attendance was not large, but the greatest interest was shown by those present. Mr. Bobbins was made chairman of the meeting, and J. G. Eclcman, editor of the "Yamhill County Reporter, secre tary. A short talk was made by Mr. Mark ham, and was followed by a very inter esting address by Dr. "Wlthycombe, who spoke as follows: "We have met today for the purpose, of discussing problems in agriculture. The farmer realizes that his occupation offers a broad field for research, and that the soil he cultivates Is not merely an Inert mass, but a veritable workshop of living organisms. "Acreage is not a measure of value on the farm, but rather the available plant food the land contains fixes its value. This plant food constitutes the farmer's stock on hand. The value of his stock will be largely determined by the meth ods of agriculture pursued. A system of farming that impoverishes the soil will be followed with disastrous results in the end. Such abuses unfortunately have been practiced since the settlement of this valley. "Tfiere is probably no farmer present who will deny the fact that there is some thing radically wrong with the grain crop in Western Oregon this season. That there is going to bo a light harvest Is a foregone conclusion, and for a while it seemed that an exception to the proverb ial rule of 'crops never fall in Oregon would have to be recorded. The recent rains have, however, materially improved the prospects for the Spring-sown grain. In our opinion It is not difficult to find the cause o the poor condition of the grain crop this season. "Our agricultural methods of the past will ndt give satisfactory results under conditions with which we have been con fronted during the past Winter and Spring. Under this system there has been no Intelligent effort put forth by our farmers to conserve the fertility of the soil, nor to preserve its proper me chanical condition for the highest devel opment of plant growth. The practice of exclusive grain growing which has been followed since the settlement of this beautiful valley, has been responsible for robbing the soil of its available fertility, and reducing the amount of humus be low the normal quantity. This humus, or vegetable matter. Is an important con stituent of the soil, being the principal source of soil nitrogen, and the latter is the most valuable element of plant food It is also an important factor in main taining that texture of the soil which will insure the retention of the maxi mum amount of capillary moisture, for suoh moisture is indispensable for the proper development of the crop. A soil well supplied with, humus rarely becomes cloddy, hence is easily worked. Well-pulverized and mellow soils containing plen ty of organic matter will carry a much larger percentage of moisture than soils which are cloddy. "The one-crop system practiced in the past has steadily reduced the humus contents of our soil, and in consequence of this there is an Increased tendency of our farming land to become cloddy and much harder and more expensive to work. The light grain crop of the pres ent season is primarily due to the pre vailing system of farming, and without some change is effected In our present method, seasons of light crops will be much more frequent in the future than they have been in the past. "The soil has lost its old-time mellow ness, becomes soggy and compact in wet weather, and cloddy in dry weather. This season brings the weakness of our agri cultural system more in evidence than usual, j There was no severe freezing last Winter to exert Its mellowing in fluence upon the soil, hence the land be came very compact, so much so that Fall-sown grain in many instances suf fered from asphyxiation, the soil being so compact and saturated with water that air in sufficient quantities could not gain access to the roots of the plants. The wheat plants which survived these conditions suffered later in the season during the dry period for the want of moisture, for these exceedingly compact soils rapidly part with their moisture through surface evaporation in hot dry weather. Spring-sown grain has Buf fered mainly from an insufficiency of moisture during the dry spell in the lat ter part of May. The land which was sown early in the season, through the influence of subsequent rains, has run to gether in a solid, compact mass, hence was incapable of retaining capillary moisture adequate to supply the demands of the plants. The ground sown to grain late in the season was unusually cloddy, the soil being so compact as to render its complete pulverization well-nigh im possible, consequently late-sown grain in many instances failed to germinate for the want of sufficient moisture. "There Is no excuse for this condition of things, as with an intelligent system of what is known as mixed farming, and a proper rotation of crops, there is no reason why agricultural pursuits should not prove as successful and remunerative here as in any section of the world. The farmer must make better use of his brain and depend less, on brawn. Stop the leaks on the farm. Abolish the senseless system of the bare Summer-fallow. The large area of Summer-fallowed land with a few half-starved sheep roaming oVer It Is a travesty upon nineteenth century agriculture. This system adds nothing to the soil, but Instead hastens the destruc tion of the most valuable element of plant food. Instead of the bare fallow. grow rape and leguminous crops. These will add humus to the soil, thereby In creasing ita fertility, and improving its physical character. This system will en able the farmer to carry much more stock, and prepare the soil for larger yields of .grain. "Dairying and stock-raising should con stitute the major part of farming In this section. This system intelligently pur sued will insure a constant revenue from the farm, and not only maintain, but Increase the productiveness of the farm year to year. There are perhaps but few of our farmers who realize what their farms are capable of producing un der Intelligent methods of husbandry. We believe It within the range of possibili ties that a large area of land in the Wil lamette Valley under a highly intensi fied system of farming can be made to sustain a dairy cow to the acre, and that there is scarcely any of our farms but will, under proper management, carry a cow to every two acres. This means a good income from the land, as a good cow should give at least 000 pounds of milk during the year, yielding 250 pounds of butter. Estimating the skim milk at 10 cents per hundred, the butter at 22fo cents per pound, and the calf at JS, this will represent an income of W3 75 from two acres of land. From this should be deducted rent of land, interest on invest ment per cow, and an allowance made lor deterioration in her value. The labor performed in caring for the cow will be largely offset in the value of the manure. "At the Oregon experiment station this Spring we found that one and a half acres of crimson clover and vetch, largely the latter, yielded 14 tons and 855 pounds of green feed. This was fed as a, soiling crop to cairy cows, ana some young stock, from May z to June IS. The matured cows consumed 51 pounds of this green feed daily in addition to a liberal allow ance of bran. During the soiling period the cows nd young-stock gained in live weight 107 pounds, and the cows gave CS50 pounds of milk,, containing 316.42 pounds of butter fat, which equals 389.15 pounds of butter. Estimating that the gain in live weight to be worth cents per pound, the skim milk at 10 cents per hundred, and the butter at 22V4 cents per pound, this gives a "gross receipt of $9418. The cattle were fed during this period 4520 pounds of bran and 65 pounds of oat chops, costing T25 S5, thus leaving a net balance of KH $5 for one and a half acres of green leed. The cows em ployed in this experiment with the ex ception of two were strippers. Much bet ter results would have been obtained If a larger proportion ofithe cows had been reasonably fresh. The gain In live weight was principaily made by the young stock, hence its value should be figured as a, receipt. Uo account was taken of the labor, but the manure will largely cover this, as by carefully pre serving the excrement and applying it to the land, much of the. cost of the bran is returned in the Increased production of the farm. There was no effort made to grow an abnormally large crop on the land used for this experiment. The clover and vetch were sown upon ordinary wheat land, without any fertilizer except a light application of land plaster in the Spring. With liberal manuring a very much heavier crop could have been grown. The object sought was simply to demonstrate what an acre of the or dinary wheat land of Western Oregon is capable of producing in branches of husbandry other than exclusive -grain growing. "Another -feature of the station work which is, perhaps, of Interest is the en silaging of green clover. It is not infre quent that clover hay Is damaged by our usual June rains, hence any practical sys tem that will Insure the preservation of this valuable stock food is of consider able economic importance to the farmer. "This season the first crop of clover on seven' and one-half acres, yielding 75.C0 tons, has been put into silos. From pres ent, indications one ton of hay per acre is a conservative estimate of -the second crop. If green clover can be successfully preserved in this manner, and estimating that the average dairy cow will con sume 40 pounds of silage and five pounds of hay -pet day, this seven and one-half acres will supply sufficient feed of this character to maintain 10 cows for about ono year. A. properly balanced ration for a 1000-pound" cow in full flow of. milk will be about 40 pounds of clover silage, five pounds of clover hay, and 12 pounds of bran per day. Estimating 10 months as the period of lactation during which it will be necessary to feed bran, this will necessitate the purchasing of about 18 tons of bran at a cost of $11 50 per ton, or $207, with an approximate gross Income of $637 50 from the 10 -cows, or a net income of $410 50 will be the result from seven and one-half acres of land. From this should be deducted Interest on capital Invested, etc fhe farm under this system of husbandry will not suffer from deple tion of its fertility, but rather increase year by year in productiveness. "'Some doubtless will raise the question of markets for these diversified produc tions of the farm. This problem is rapidly being solved. With the Government policy of expansion will come heavy de mands for the varied productions of the farms of this Coast, and the farmers of Oregon should be on the alert, and be prepared to supply these demands. The development of the mining industry in Alaska will create new markets for the products of our farms. Aside from these new and constantly enlarging avenues of trade, the speaker believes, were It nec essary, our own Eastern markets could be successfully invaded with the meat and dairy products of our farms. We need not fear competition, for our soil and cli matic conditions are such as to enable the dairymen to produce milk and butter fat at lower cost than in any of the large dairying centers of the East and Middle West "Dairying and stockraising build up the farm and bring to the farmer a constant and remunerative Income from capital and labor expended. Dairying or stock growing on the farm does not imply the discontinuance of grain growing. This system will make it possible for the farm ers to grow more grain on much small er areas. We would not advise the com plete abandonment of wheat growing, as the world will need this product. The up-to-date farmer will feed to his stock a liberal portion of the crops grown on the farm, thus disposing of much of his crude materials as finished products In the form of mutton and beef, or butter and cheese." Before the meeting adjourned, a com mittee of four, consisting of A. Sheldon, W. G. Bobbins, George Philips and H. Holmes, were appointed to canvas the country within a radius of seven miles of Whlteson for the purpose of ascer taining the number of cows which the owners would pledge to a creamery in the event of one being started. The peo ple of that section are very much in earnest in their efforts to secure a cream ery, and good results are certain to fol low this meeting. EJECTED FROM A CHURCH. North Dakota Errlnc Brother Xot Wanted In Portland. "Do you call that Christian-like, your honor?" said F. Goldrapp to Judge Cam eron, In the Municipal Court, yesterday afternoon, when his charge against James Billiter for assault and battery was being heard. "I went to the German Baptist Church Sunday morning, and was -sitting quietly in a pew. Billiter came up and said: rWo don't want you here. Get out. Then he went away, and I stayed there. "In the evening with some friends of mine I went again. I did not want to go, but they persuaded me, saying all were welcome. Then this man Billiter came again, and put his bands on me and said: 'Get out. Wo don't want you hero. Then he came b$jpk and struck me in the back with his book and ordered me out again. "My friend Miller said to him: Do you call that a Christian act? Do you call that the Holy Spirit working in your Then I left." The speaker was excited and spoke vehemently. By aid of an Interpreter, T. Millar testi fied that Billiter did not strike Goldrapp, and that the request to leave the church had been quietly made. The defendant, James Billiter, was called and explained his action. "Five years ago," he said, "Goldrapp came to Portland from North Dakota, and applied for membership in our church, of which I am a trustee. He did not have a letter of transfer, and we took him in without. Afterward we heard from his - former church, protesting, saying that he had been expelled. We let him stay, but he never came to church to worship, only to slander the minister, and to find fault with what he said. Finally the trustees decided to expel him, and I was appointed to toll him. This I did. and when he camo to church again I told him to leave, I did not strike him or use violence." "Wasn't it the church's business to re form him?" interposed Attorney Walter Wolff, for the complainant. "Yes," was the answer, "and we tried it for five years." Judge Cameron dismissed the case, on motion of Deputy District Attorney Spen cer. Labor Commissioners. MILWAUKEE. Wis., July 1L Today's session of the National Association of Of ficials of Bureaus of Labor was taken up with routine work. The principal feature was an address by James W. Latt, of Pennsylvania, on "The-Law of Econom ics." Carroll D. Wright of Washington, was re-elected president,- and James M. Clark, of Pennsylvania, secretary-treaa- urer. IN THE SEVERAL COURTS MORE "WORK IS CUT OUT TOR THE SUPREME BEXCH. Several Cases 'Appealed .From Mult nomah County and Others Are i on the WayCourt Note. 'The overcrowded condition of things in thA flrinrTni fVmrt twmi ritlnerf to con tinue, as there is no falling off in the number -of cases appealed from the btate Circuit Court. Recently notices of ap peal were filed in the following cases: J. M. Huber against C. W. Miller, .in which action Huber obtained judgment for $2330, on account of money alleged tft har rn loaned. Miller aODeals. There has already been two trials of this case In the lower court, botn or wnicn the plaintiff won. Isam White against William M. Ladd, administrator of the estate of A. H. Johnson, deceased. Judge Fraser set aside the attachment and sale by the Sheriff of the residence property of the Johnson family, holding the attachment bad not been properly made. White holds a claim on which there is a balance of aboUt J4000 due. He is the appellant Th .raw hnx rn In the COUttS for" six years. Most of the judgment has been satisfied, as the original amount suea ior was oyer $18,000. Mom "Murrjintu Comnnnv afralnst 8. Yamaoka, appeal by the defendant The plaintiff holds a judgment iot vxn ior goods. The defendant denies the pur- liii nf Va mnifL find ons MlmO sayS he bought the stuff, representing himself to be Tamaoka, A. N. King, PJ. Mann, A. S. Nichols, M"iiHnftTai Tnvtment Comnans and Fred W. Pendleton against the City of Portland, resisting the payment of street improvement assessment The complaint was dismissed in the Circuit Court, and the appeal Is by the piaintms. Augusta M. Spurrier and W. E. Spur rier, appeal from the decree against them hv Trt ita rriMund fljid In favor of the Pacific States Building & Loan Associa tion, foreclosing a mortgage for W3, $267 costs, and ?65 attorney's fees, on a house and two lots in Cloverdale Extension. The dAfAnrtnntn nnntnd thev did not under stand the contract, and wero misled, eta The suit between Emily J. scnneiaer and Anna Danner for the possession of Vo. m,l.n- TTva1 vTTwwrltr !?. Port land, has been appealed by Mrs. Danner. The suit of the City juumoer company nr-nlnct in t. Williams and the North Pacific Lumber Company, which was dis missed in the lower oourt has been ap pealed bj- the plaintiff. The City Lumber Company was a trust, in which the other companies wero uiterestea, ana in me set tlement of affairs there Is a dispute be tween these parties as to an account and some other matters. There are other appeals on the way. Probate Court. Tnlionnii C. "RtimmeHn was allowed $100 per month for her support from the estate of her husband, G. P. Rummelln, de ceased. Morris Marks was appointed adminis trator of the estate of Fanny Woods, de ceased, valued at $3250. George N. Fawcett was appointed by the County Court yesterday guardian of August Sunrock, an incompetent person, and his bonds fixed at $500. Benjamin L Cohen, administrator of the estate of 8. Clinton Hastings, deceased, reported the sale of a lot 50x100 at Twenty-first and GHsan streets, to the Port land Trust Company, for $3500. George W. Collins was appointed admin istrator of the estate of George Alnslle, rtocf&jied. and his bond fixed at $100,000. William Mi Ladd, D. W. Wakefield and A. Neppach were appointee appraisers. Court Notes. Trifle C&ke Yesterday authorized Frank J. Gustafson to change his name to Frank J, Anderson. An order was made in the County Court yesterday tor the distribution of $35,000 to the legatees under the will of" John Green, deceased, by the executors. C. J. Reed, B. G. Whitohouee and D. P. Thomp son. This will make a total distribution to the devisees of $385,000 cash. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS. Death of Mrs. Mary P. Madden Other Matters. Mro. Mary P. Madden, widow of the late Edward P. Madden, and a pioneer, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. J. Cobb, 171 East Fourteenth street yesterday morning of heart trouble, Mrs. Madden had been in falling health for some time. She was a native of New York and was 66 years old. In I860 she came with, her husband to California, where they remained till 1864, when they moved- to Portland. Here she made her home almost continuously ever since, ex cept for a short stay in 1877 at Walla Walla, where her husband died. Mrs. Madden was one of the first members who organized the Unitarian Church, and had continued a member till her death. She was also a charter member of Acme nlrn3i IjnAtte. I. o. O. F.. but had transfered her membership to an East Side lodge. A eon and daughter survive her, E. P. Madden, who lives at Sell wood, and Mrs. S. J. Cobb. The funeral will take place from the house tomorrow mnmlni? at lo o'clock. The services will be In the charge of the Rebekah lodges. Dr. T. L. Eliot will officiate. Lone Fir cemetery will be the place' of interment Completing Hawthorne Avenue. Under the charge of Road Supervisor Snuffin, the widening of Hawthorne ave nue between East Twenty-first and East Thirty-fourth streets is progressing. The large forpe of men and teams are at work on the east side of the Dolan Hill cutting through the banks on either side. Especially on the south side there is a heavy cut Along this side several large shade trees had to be cut out and also for several blocks a row of fruit trees had to be removed, as they stood beyond the enw street line. As the work progresses wide paths are provided en both sides of the avenue for bicycles and for pedestrians. Where new county roads are graded out these paths are provided for. They are graded out as a part of the thoroughfare. On Hawthorne avenuo they are made quite wide. Some time in the future, when the city takes this ave nue under its control the Dolan hilL, will be cut away, providing a handsome boule vard from Madison bridge to Mount Ta bor. Will Cut Dovrn the Hill. It is the intention of the county to lower the Woodstock hill three feet on tho Kelly road at its intersection with the City & Suburban Railway. This will make an improved grade on that steep hllL The Kelly -road eastward from this point Is being cleared of stumps and will be graded full width through to a connec tion with the MUwaukie road. By cut ting down the hHl three feet it will make an excellent through road. Woodstock people are also very desirous that the cycle path on the north side of the Kelly road, which comes to an end at the foot of the hill west of the car-track, should be completed to the Woodstock car-track at the top of the hllL There will be Plenty of dirt for filling in the path, and hence the expense will be slight The matter of completing this path up this hill has been laid before the cycle council and the Commissioners will be asked to do so. Montaviila Rail-may 'Extension. The extension of the North Mount -Tabor Railway from North -Montaviila. to the Base Line road has been graded through to the end of this branch. Track nas been laid, as far south as the Metho dist Church, and cars run there. When more iron is secured, the track will 'be completed through to the. Base Line. Farmers eastward have been making Montaviila a stopping place. They drive .there and leaving their teams come on in on the cars. The" completion of this extension will largely'iccommodaie them, as well as all residing on the Base Line road. t- , Dr- McLean "WillGo Fishing. Dr. McLean, of the Third .Presbyterian Church, will soon leave on a fishing trip to Southern Oregon, where he will fish in Rogue River for salmon. He is a vet eran fisher and kn6ws places on Rogue River which he never gives away, but goes, straight to them and pulls out sal mon, while others catch none at all. He uses a fly. William Ladd has just re turned from near Klamath, and while there caught a salmon weighing 14 pounds, and another 'of 10 pounds. Dr. McLean Is now anxious to show that he can do better than that Repairs to Church Basement. Repairs are' progreSslng "to the base ment of the Third Presbyterian Church, corner East Ninth .and East Oak streets. The woodwork and 'Wainscoting are be ing repainted throughout New matting has bepn procured and will be laid on tho floors of the main room and one outside room. Also the walls and ceiling will be covered with whiting. These im provements will permit the basement be ing used for Sunday 'school and for oth er purposes. It Is expected that the en tire ' church will be repainted on the outside, and also that the Interior of the auditorium will be refitted. Operated On 105 Appendicitis. Frank, the 13-year-old son of C. R. De burgh, who lives on East Morrison street was operated on yesterday morning at Good Samaritan hospital for appendicitis. Tuesday the case became -developed and Dr. Flinn, who was attending the boy, said that the only hope was in an opera tion. The boy was then removed to the hosDitaJ. He came through the operation very well, and hopes ire entertained that he will recover. It was a very severe case. . s East Side, Notes. A dangerous hole hasbeen broken in the Eighth-street bridge across Stephens' slough at the north end. Mrs. P. S. Knight of Salem, has been visiting at the horns of Mrs. Robert J. Marsh, on East Ash street . An informal meeting of the East Side Cycle Association washeld Tuesday even ing, with President .W. W. Bretherton presiding. There being no business to transact the association adjourned, sub ject to' the call of the president The body of Mary Simmons, who Is sup posed to have fallea in the Willamette River and drowned Saturday, has not beon recovered, nor has 'any trace of it been found. All efforts to find the body have ceased, but it xri.ay cqme to the sur face in the course of time. Adam Lope, an old-time resident of the East 81de, was visiting among his friends yesterday. Mr. Lopetaras 'a conspicuous figure In the early days of the East Side. He has been living on Lewis River for the past 14 years, and he has not grown older In appearance.. Dr. Wise, room 614,TheDekum. -, CHILDREN ETERTAIKED. Delightful Programme for Benefit of Street 'Fair. Nearly a score of children, none of them more than 12 years old, gave a charming little entertainment in Elks' Hall yester day afternoon, for the benefit of the Port land street fair anft camivaL Before the beginning of the programme the seats were well filled, mostly with the little friends and admirers of the performers, and the way they enjoyed the entertain ment was a $2 show in Itself. There was no lack of enthusiasm- and applause, and every number was received in a manner that could leave no doubt in the mind of the child who occupied the stage that that particular song or recitation was the hit of the" afternoon. In .fact they were all hits, and each little participant richly de served all tho applause he or she re ceived. Miss Carrie Solomon opened the enter tainment with a piano boIo, which gave the audience a foretaste of the good things to come. A coon song by little Lida Schacht was capitally given, with a dance to wind it up that brought down the house. Ella Houghton recited a story of a b'lg sister that kept the audience laughing all the afternoon. George Oot zea played Sousa's "Charlatan" march on the piano In an inspiring fashion. Carrie Harris -gave a pretty and graceful exhibi tion of club swinging, and Bessie HuffardJ sang "I'd Leave Ma? Happy Home for You" with expression worthy of a full grown professional. A pleasing mandolin and guitar selec tion was rendered by the Allison sisters, followed by a delightful piano 'solo by Edith Shaplrer. Bessie Kelly sang a little song that set the hands clapping, a quar-1 tet by Fitzgerald brothers and Habekoat sisters kept them going, and Leo Sha plrer played a piano solo that prepared the audience pleasantly for the crowning feature of the performance, a grand cake walk, led by Drum Major Joe Rothchlld, in which Richmond and Clara Fitzgerald, Carrie Harris and George Fitzgerald and Clara and Nettle Habekoat participated. The entertainment was gotten up by lit tle Misses Carle Harris and Bessie Kelly, two girls who deserve great credit for Its success. DAILY CITY STATfSTICS. Real Estate Transfers. Lim Pong to Chang Lura. lots 1 and 2, block 5, Wheatland, December 23, 1&9 ; 500 Sheriff, for George Park, to, J. Thor burn Ross, 14 acres, sectldn 4, T. 1 a, R. 2 B., June 27.' 3S00 Daniel W. Chamberlain and Lura M. Chamberlain to Henry Fritz, NW. i of NE. of section 7. T. 1 S., R. 4 E., June 11 1100 The Lincoln Real Estate & Invest ment Company to Anna Miller, lot 8, block. S, Lincoln Park, Jilly 11 250 Wm. M. Laad and wile to Clara L. Straub, W. of lojts 5 and 6, block 9, Garrison's Subdivision, East Port land, July 2 1000 Benjamin P. Scott and wife to A E Willett lots 5 and '; block 12S, Irv lngton, June 5 1750 Rose Sellna Rlchey to A. E. Kern, 54.91 acres sections 3) and 21, T. 1 8., R. 3 E.. June 29.. ,..... 300 Wm. Reidt and wife to Maggie B. Handler, B. 35 fee r", of lots 17, block 318, Balch AdditionMarch 15 1500 Carrie T. Galllen and husband to L. D. Johnson, lots a and 22, block 40, Peninsular Additl6ij Sol 3, Jan uary 8 s.w...... 1 Caleb Parrish to Mary Jane Parrish, lots a- and 4, block Ss, Stephen's Ad dition, July 9 ..m .- 1 Building; Permits. H. Cheadle, cottagcV Sacramento street, between Williams avenue, and Rodney avenue: $1000. 1 I Therkelsen two-story dwelling, eleventh street between Clay and Mar ket: $3500. ', Sarah Ryman, eottage. East Ninth, be tween East Couch ajfd East Davis, $1200. Births. July 7, girl, to the wife 6f Peter Vel- ten, 710 Fourth street Julv 5. trirl. to thewif6 of Joseph She- fmanski, 591 Washington street June 30, boy, to thtfwire or A. wiiiey. University Park. tf , Cdntalouff Diseases. George S. Monlsh,05 Stephens street; typhoid fever. v Gustav Oppel, 65 Third, street; diphthe ria. " , . Nellie Boatman, 4Q4&J Bast Morrison; measles. t ; - Marrias License. John A- Hertzmanr kyed. 22, Kate T. Plttock, 27. . FAMINE AND PESTILENCE DR. MAUD AIiLErf WRITES FROM .. STRICKEN INDIA. Heartrending? Sceaes of Susferlns; , and Death Amonjg tho Natives Missionary Aid. . It- has been some- time since tho readers of The Oregonlan have heard from Dn Maud Allen. It will be remembered that during tho famine which prevailed two years ago, ehe adopted, by the aid of friends, a few of the famine orphans and other destitute children. Although most of them were exceedingly feeble they have all lived and grown and learned and proved more than satisfactory thus far. Ono has been placed in the home of the nativo pastor, another given "to a most exemplary man and wife, who had no children, the oldest haa been married to a Christian native and five are still with Dr. Allen. It haa also been her privilege to place quite a few young people and children in 'trustworthy schoola Con cerning tho present trying conditions in that plague and famine stricken land. Dr. Allen writes: "It is a sod, sad picture of which I writo you thrs week and yet nothing when compared with what many are dally see ing.' It la of five famine children, two boys and thre girls. Fathers, mothers. brothers, sisters all dead! "About two months ago I thought I would write and find out If there were not missionaries who could take a few famine children. Tho result was that I received answers fom six different places ttiying tbey would take Mime. Tho United Presbyterians wrote that one of their ladles would go down Into tho famine district and get them. On the trip .she brought only 15, aa she found them. In such a dreadful condition that they were not fit to travel; so sho asked the mis sionaries there tp keep 200 for her un til they were stronger. Last week she made her .second trip and started home with '200 children, 50 of whom died on the way. "Miss Wherry went to Lodiana (our nearest railroad station) to get my five. It was an awful ""sight which met her gazes. Most of the children were stark naked. "My two boys are 8 or 0 years old; one girl 10, ope 7 and one 5. The one who Is about 7 Is In the worst condition nearer dead than alive. As I pasa her bed I have stopped more than once to see if shells alive. When she opena her eyes sho cries out most plteously for bread but alas, poor little thing, she is not yet In a fit condition to eat bread. She has a most dreadful diarrhoea as most of tbepa people have after eating every thing and anything for months. We have no leaves on tho trees there," Bald the oldst bpy; 'waate them all up.' He had hardly seated himself when ha announced that he waa hungry and the next thing we knew he was eating tho peelings out of the slop pall. We hardly dared to take our eyea off of them for there waa no telling what they would eat "Sunday I stayed home from church to treat the In-patients and look after the children. As I finished one treatment I looked out at my flock to see if they were all there. Alas, one was missing, the youngest I ran out Into tho court yard and back of the kitchen I found her sitting most serenely eating some chapati (native bread) which she had stolen. A second time she was caught and another tlmo I found an onion in the poaesseion of the oldest girl. One of the boys said to the girl You will die.' Poor things! I suppose they had seen n.any die fron eating what they should not "Last -night we measured the ono who Is so very HL Wrists, three inches; arms (in the middle), three and one-half inchest thigh (middle), five .Inches. She often get up and manages to come. to me. Already sho is very fond of me. Ono of the boys had two brothers die- where they wera picked up and one die on the train. "A nuroben of our Presbyterian mis sionaries are taking each as many chil dren as they can. The United Presbyte rians are going to take 200: and the Meth odists will, I think, take aH they can get "I don't know what you see In the pa pers about the plague and tho famine. It begins to look as though the plague had come to stay: and the famine I haven't written much about before. I hardly know whero to begin. Of course we are not in the tamlne-strlcken district still we see much of vftint and suffering. When people get only enough to live on when times are good you can imangino what the -.tate of things would be when the price of food was more than doubled. 'The weat where thero Is- any. is Just rlconlng. and will be cut very soon. A great deaf of the land was not sown at all on account of tho lack of rain. It Is only where thero are canals and wells that there will be any crop. We are very thankful though to see the little there in. No one who has not seen it can Imagine the state of things in a famine-stricken district "Jurt the other day I saw a man from Rajputana. He said that several people had been caught cooking their children to eat Dead bodies lay along the roadside and children wero left homeless and fath erless. 'Calcutta o long free from the plague, la now infected and people there are dying at the rate of 100 or 150 a day. Jallandar district, nine or ten. miles north of "ui jn again Infected and the plague has just broken out in Patlalla, which is -about IS miles south of us. It has not how ever, spread to any great xtent in tho Punjab. "Today papen announce the death of a, missionary, m the famine district from cholera- He died on the roadside, after an Illness of nine hours. In many places where- the famine people ar gath ered: togeth-?i cholera has broken out In so virulent a form that people are said to die in 10 minutes after being attacked. The living and Uhe dead lie together, the former only waiting their turn. They have no wood with which to burn the dead bodies, and no strength to bury them, so the vuTtnrev the doers nnd the Jackals at them up right before tho eyes of the living. "It is so dreadful hot I think I must c!ost; 106 des-ree in the shade. With love to all, affectionatply yours. "MAUD ALLEN." GOOD AMATEUR PERFORMANCE "Treasures o the Sen" Cleverly Given at Cordrays. - A crowded house greeted the drama, "Treasures of the Sea." given by the Ac me Dramatic Club, last evening, at Cord ray's Theater, for the benefit of the Port land Street Carnival fund. Mrs. C. B. Walton, chairman of the committee in charge of the presentation, deserves much credit in making the play such a decided financial success. The scene of the play Is laid among the humble flsherfolk of the coast of Malno. The principal role was enacted by Thomas W. Grant as Tom Manly, a poor fisherman. His acting, especially In the .emotional parts, was careful and pains taking. The character of Rose PrescOtt, the girl he loves and in spite of many obstacles finally marries, waa ably por trayed by Miss Grace Walton. H. H. Tomlinson took the part of William Far ren. alias 'Squire Hammond, guardian of Rose Prescott His many schemes to cause his ward to marry his son, James, and thus secure to him a large fortune which rightfully belongs to her, were foiled In the end by David Morris, known as Uncle David, the real father of Rose Prescott Al Rahless caused much laugh ter In the part of Uncle David by his Yankee drawl and his habit of appearing 'on the scene when any love-making was in progress. Miss Ida Jennings, in tho character of , Ruth Manly, Tom'a sister, was the favor- ite of the audience. She displayed much vivacity and won much applause by her chic manner, and her work gives promise of a great deal in the future. f Charles M. Richards, in tho role of Silas Kidder, a stagestruck youth, always re citing Shakespeare, and who finally makes a rich strike through an oil well and marries RUth Manly, was very good. Miss Lucille Bronson "as Mrs. Manly, Tom's mother, gave to her part much warmth of feeling. Little Phoebe Brown, as Nellie, a waif of the ocean, did very clever work, especially In the third act e BRYAN AND B1S PLATFORM A Man No Doubt Honest in His Opin ions and Havlngr the Courage of His Delusions. Boston Transcript Ind. Bryan is 'the candidate, and tho plat form ts Bryan. Tho plonk of the platform which really makes the platform is that reaffirming the Democratic belief In the free- coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 without -the aid or cqnsent of any other nation. To tho world in 1896 this was "the Chicago platform." It was the-plank that dwarfed all the others by ts open defiant challenge of public probity and financial common sense. This challenge is repeated and empha sized. Tho emphasis is found in the enunciation of the doctrine at the pres ent time, when the country, by the sol emn act of Congress, has been commit ted to the gold standard. That standard and the currency legislation expressing it is fiercely assailed in the platform, though such an assault Is unnecessary. The silver plank is of Itself an assault on the gold standard and the reform of the currency thus far accomplished. There can bo no middle ground betweeri the gold standard and free and unlimited coinage of silver at IS to L A vote for Brvan will be a vote for free silver, for the dishonor of National obr ligations, and for the debasement of the currency juBt as much in 1900 as a vote for Bryan was four years ago. It makes no difference whether the silver plank Is the first second, third or fourth in the platform, that plank is the Kansas City platform. The term "personal tri umph" perhaps conveys too much the idea of difficulties overcome to be' ap plied to Mr. Bryan's success with a sycophantic convention, but the fact that the free silver plank was expressed just as Mr. Bryan wanted it expressed is con clusive indication of the importance he attaches to it and of the continuing force of the convictions he expressed in the campaign of 1S96. Let us make no mistake in tho matter of convictions. Mr. Bryan does honestly believe that 16 to 1 is a sound. theory of finance. It is hi3 "one Idea," and It is wrong Of finance he considers himself a student whereas he has not even reached the degree of a novice. As he is a rhe torician, not a logician, it is doubtful If a congress of trained financiers could un teach Mr. Bryan the error and fallacy of his financial ways. To him it is noth ing that today an ounce of gold will buy 36 ounces of silver. If his attention wero called to the fact he would either say that it was due to the machination of "the money power," or tell a story. Any one who reads Mr. Bryan's speeches carefully cannot fail to notice that when he comes to the point where argument is in order, he glides off into a story. He can deliver an oration, but he cannot make an argument His avoidance of logic is not a confession, it is instinctive in the nature of a man whose reasoning power is of the lowest measure. The platform declares that "imperial ism' is the paramount issue. This dec laration probably marks a concession by Mr. Bryan, who is a clever politician within his limitations, made in the hopes of catching that weak-kneed element that wants to vote for him and Is yet ashamed of its desire. In view of the silvar plank the declaration that "imperialism" Is the paramount issue before the country is absurd. A convention can not issue an effective order to a whole people to doem this or that issue "paramount" The people will determine that for themselves, and we do not for a moment question that they will realize that the threat of legis lation which will affect every man's dol lar by cutting It in halves constitutes the paramount issue. "Imperialism" is but a word, and as the Kansas City plat form employs it a word misapplied. There is no more danger in expansion of constitutional changes that will con vert this republic Into an empire today than there was in the time of President Polk. We have acquired possessions in distant seas, but they are not as far from the seat of American free govern ment in these days of the fast steam ship and the electric telegraph, as Cali fornia was from Washington at the close of the Mexican War. Even should we acquire other possessions, the Govern ment at Washington would still live, for it la the expression of the nature of our people. The planks of tho Kansas City platform on tho subject of "Imperialism" bear the stamp of Bryan they are illogical. We are told that the people qt the Philippine Islands are unfitted to become American citizens, that it would endanger our ln rtltutions to admit them to citizenship. Then we are told that it is our duty to make up from materials unfit for our citi zenship a "stable and independent gov ernment' r and "protect" it against the world, to put afloat armed and equipped a Malay proa and to convoy It with a battle-ship through the troubled seas of diplomacy. "THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE.' Plain Common Sense Applied to the Kansas City Platform. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. There Is no "imperialism." Talk about it is talk about what never was and never will be in America. As the case Is with any imaginary thing, people can get excited about it, it they are excitable people. But the American people are not for long an excitahle peoplo. and when they are excited they are excited about something that la, not something that is not There is no American who believes that the putting down of disorderly elements In tho Philippines endangers liberty here, or has In It tyranny for the Filipinos. It has in it only benefits- for them. This very Kansas City platform says the Fil ipinos are "unfit for citizenship." Those who are unfit for citizenship have first to be fitted for it before they can be fitted for government American control, tutelage, example, aid and encourage ment are factors to fit them for citizen ship first, and for government afterward. The Kansas City platform 'sounds an alarm around an Imaginary evil and Ignores an actual situation. Wero Mr. Bryan made a President ha could not return the Philippines to Spain or sell them to Bnglandor to Germany or to Japan. The American people would not permit that And as by his own plat form they are "unfit for citizenship," he could only pursue toward them that guar dian policy which Mr. McKlnley is pur suing, with agents of such recognized character and capacity that they have commanded the respect of all parties here and of the world. The Kansas City platform proposes to "establish government in the Philip pines." That Is being done. It proposes to "fit the Filipinos for government" That is being done. So far there, is no difference between the action of parties in tho Philippines and toward the Fili pinos, and that Is about as far as any party or any government can go with aoch a question at one time. What comes after that can be dealt with when it comes. But Mr. Bryan goes farther in words though he could not go farther, were he now President He not only promises the establishment of government and fittedness for citizen ship to the Filipinos, but he "guarantees to give them independence," and then "to protect them from foreign aggres sion." This is quite as far as the Imag ination can reach, and It U farther than the American people are prepared to go now. A protected independence, such as Mr. Bryan promises is no independence. In dependence is self-protecting ox I dependence on tho protector. By Mr. Bryan's method we would have the Fili pinos on our hands against the world, without the Philippines in our possession. By the natural method we would have the Philippines in our possession as a base against the world, and we Filipinos un der the laws we would establish there for them and for ourselves. Those laws, being American, would partake of the American spirit That is a spirit of reg ulated liberty, guaranteed order and equal rights, responsibilities and burd ens. That spirit would outwork into laws on all and for all. And that would be better for the Filipinos and for us than we. could do for them, without possession ofthe Philippines as a base, or than they could do for themselves, limping and wrangling and tearing one another, as their miserable habit has been, and do ing all that under our benign "protec tion," forsooth! t Those who try to argue out imperialism as a "paramount issue" will have to argue it out Declamation about it will not be argument about it Shrieking about it will not be argument about it. Misrepresentation of It will not he argu ment about it The net effect of th Kansas City declamation will be to re vive dying rebellion in the Philippines, to hearten the bandits there, who are assas sinating our troops, poisoning the water and the food those troops use and ming ling, in a torch apd turpentine crusade of hate, invocations to Bryan, insults to the flag and derision and defiance of tho sovereign authority of our Government This net effect of Bryanism in the Philippines and on tho American temper can be awaited. We do not believe that ours is a nation of cowards, skulkers or scuttlers, and we do believe that any ap peal, no matter how rhetorical, to this nation that is based upon such a concep tion of Us spirit will terribly recoil on those who put it forth. Sane and patriotic men need not car whether lC-to-1 or "Anti-Imperialism" be made "the paramount Issue." On. either subject the American people can be trust ed to decide aright navemeyer-WhUlnir. NEWPORT, R. I., July TL Mll Charlotte Whiting, daughter of the lata Augustus Whiting, and Harry O." Have meyer, Jr., son of toe late Theodore A. Havemeyer, were married today at Swan hurst the Summer residence of the bride's uncle, George L. Rives, of New York. The Rev. W. B. Meehan, of St Mary's Church, officiated. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT PORTLAND, July 11. S P. M. Maadmma temperature, 70: minimum temper&turt, 63j river reading1 at 11 A. M., 12.1 feet; changa In the past 24 hours, 08 foot; total preclpV tatlon, 0 P. M. to 0 P. M., trace; total pre cipitation since. Sept. 1, 1800, 33.03 inches;, nor mal precipitation since Sept. 1, 1809, 431 Inches; deficiency, 7.33 Inches; total sunhln July 10. 12 36; possible sunshine July 10. 10:30. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Tho barometer haa risen very rapidly along the North California and Oregon coasts. Th low - pressur area, yesterday over Idaho has moved to Montana. Except a few llzbt show ers along" the Washington coast, no rain haa fallen In the Pacific States during" the last 12 hours. It Is much cooler In Eastern Wash ington and Eastern Oregon, but In Southern Idaho tha warm weather continues, with tem peratures above the 90s. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for tho 23 hours ending at midnight Thursday, July 12i Oregon Fair, except probably showers in thm northwest portion during the forenoon; warm er in west portion; winds shifting to northerly. Washington Fair In east, and showers, fol lowed by fair. In west pqruon; warmer In west portion; winds shifting to westerly. Idaho Fair; cooler In south portion; west erly winds. Portland and vicinity Fair, preceded by showers, in early morning; warmer; winds shifting to northerly. 3 EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast OfflclttU" HEW TODAY. DIning-Room Rugs An all-wool art square, beautiful- patterns, best grades, 0x7. today only ?4 50. I. GEVURTZ The Homefurnlsher, 173 First st, N. 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