THE 3H0RXIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28. I90S.
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GRUSAOE AGA1T4ST
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Railroad Will Try-to Reform
Present Methods of Hand
ling Farm Lands.
PLAN OF THE 0. R. & N. CO.
Will Run Agricultural Demonstra
tion Trains Through Wheat
growing Districts of East-
ern Washington.
Otis 0f the most important movements
ever undertaken by any American rail
road has been inaugurated by R. B.
Miller, general freight agent for the O.
R. & N. Company. This is a campaign
against the practice of Summer -fallow
ing now general throughout the Inland
Empire. Under this system half of the
wheat fields of the interior lie Idle each
year. It is planned to correct this prac
tice and, make every acre work every
year by diversifying crops.
Intent on accomplishing this purpose,
the traffic department of the O. R, & N.
Company will run a special demonstra
tion train over its lines in Washington.
The Washington Agricultural College at
Pullman is co-operating fully in the
movement and a number of agricultural
experts will make the trip and lecture
to farmers on doing away with Summer
fallowing. The train will start from
Pullman, Wash., March 6.
This train Is the first of its kind to
be run in the history of the Paciflo
Northwest and the results of its trip
may be of the most far-reaching char
acter. The subject to be taken up Is all
Important. Perhaps there is none, say
those in close touch with the matter,
which promises to accomplish more for
the good of the Pacific Northwest. The
benefits from the Introduction of new
methods of agriculture can hardly be
overestimated.
General Freight Agent Miller has made
a study of Summer fallowing In the
Inland Empire and is thoroughly in
formed on the subject. He regards It as
a wasteful system of agriculture that it
Is wholly unnecessary, for he believes
other crops can be grown o" wheat lands
between wheat crops that will enrich
the soil far more than allowing it to He
idle. His most conservative estimate is
that J20,000,000 in new wealth will be
created in the Inland Empire each year
by raising crops each year.
Would Mean Small Farms.
The benefits to the whole Pacific North
west can hardly be overstated, says Mr.
Miller. This system of cultivation would
mean smaller farms, denser population,
heavier railroad traffic, lower rates. In
creased land values and Innumerable
other advantages. '
The special demonstration train will
consist of a special engine, the necessary
cars for the carrying of various agricul
tural products and a passenger coach
capable of accommodating from GO to 60
people. Pullman College experts will be
in charge and will make practical dem
onstrations and give lectures on subjects,
which will serve as an .education to ail
persons interested.
Talking of his plan, Mr. Miller said
yesterday:
Evils Are Well Known.
Tha nraetice of Summer fallow is gen
erally followed in the territory traversed
fiy the O. R. K. Co.' lines East of the
C ascade Mountains. As is generally known,
wheat Is the principal cereal ralaed. but
only one crop is produced every other
yrnr: that Is to say. one-half of the land
remains idle each year. Wheat cannot
be raised successfully from year to year
on the same land without Impoverishing
the soli, and reducing the yield, but it is
l-elleved that other crops can be raised on
the land now allowed to remain idle, which
will not only result In a continuous oceu
1 atlnn of the soil, thereby adding to the
production and enhancing Its value, but
will assist In Increasing the yield per acre
of wheat when alternated with other crops.
It is for the purpose of demonstrating
that crops can be successfully grown in
the rlsce of Summer fallow, and not only
to encouraee the farmers In undertaking
it. but to bring about an Increased yield
per acre of wheat and other cereals through,
improved and modern methods of farming,
that the trsln is run.
I'nder continuous occupation of the toiL
land cannot be farmed to advantage In as
larea tracts as is the cast where wheat
represents the entire crop, and the diver
sification of crops will therefore mean that
the large holding, which in many cases
ronslst of from 160 to -000 acres of land,
will be cut up into smaller tracts, each
containing a family. Thus will Immigra
tion he stimulated and the Doeulatlon In
creased, a condition In which every busi
ness man. land owner and farmer, as well
as Ihe transportation company. Is interested.
Vnrier present conditions the failure or
partial failure of the wheat croo means
much, not only to Oregon and Washington,
but to the entire Paciflo Coast, because
there is nothing else to fall back upon in
the sections now devoted to wheat exclu
sively. This can only bs avoided through the
diversification of crops. If the estimated
yield per acre of wheat should be placed
at 20 bushels. It would require 4.000.000
acres to produce 40.000.000 bushels, due to
the tact that only one-half of tbe land is
In crop' each year. If, through the con
tinuous occupation of the soil, tho land
which now remains idle under the practice
of Summer fallow could be made to yield
a return of say only $10 per acre, it would
add S20.OO0.00O annually to the wealth of
the country, not taking Into consideration
the Increased value of the land Itself, which
would follow as a natural result.
The continued taking of wheat from
land without rotation of crops is shown
to be a great evil, it Is said; by the ex
perience of wheat-farmers In the Red
River Valley, Minnesota, once a famous
wheat-growing section, where the land
has been so drawn upon that from eight
to ten bushels an acre is all that is re
alized at present.
The situation in the Inland Empire,
while not exactly similar. Is not alto
gether reassuring. In rase of a single
year of crop failure, wheat being about
the only crop, the Pacific Northwest
would suffer severely as the result.
Traffic is light for the railroads, wheat
being practically the only thing produced.
The large wheat farms are constantly
being enlarged, the big farmers buying
out the smaller holdings of their neigh
bors and adding them to their own tracts.
The population Is steadily growing
smaller in the country districts. This is
said to be true of every wheat-growing
country in the Inland Empire. Towns
are growing but the country is being
depopulated.
General Freight Agent Miller believes
the campaign Just begun, which will be
vigorously followed up b later special
farming trains and other eiforta along the
same line, will correct all these evils.
Professors from tbe Washington . Agri
cultural College, who will ficcompany the
farming demonstration speVial, are Pro
fessor HI El Elliott, agriculturist; Pro
fessor George Severance, i professor of
agronomy; R. W. Thatcher,, C. W. Law
rence, R. C. McCroskey anHO. E. Young.
Representatives of the O. l!. & N. Com
pany, who will be aboard, i are A. Mac
(,'orquodale. district freight agent, Spo
kane; l' V. Wamsley, travfling freight
axent, Spokane; K. Burns, district freight
agent. Walla Walla: C. F. Vandewater,
traveling freight agent. Walla Walla.
Schedule of Train.
The schedule of the special farming
train rs as follows:
Leave Pullman March 6, 8 A. M., en time
of No. 81-7.
Arrive Colfax 0:25 A. M. and remain one
hour.
Leave Colfax 10:36 A. M.. arriving at El
burton 10:65 A. M. Remain one hour.
Leave Elburton 12 o'clock. Arrive Gar
field 12:15 P. M. Remain one hour.
Leave Garfield 1:15 P. M. Arrive Far
mington 1:35 P. M. Remain 40 minutes.
Leave Farmlngton 2:16 P. M. Arrive Bal
tics 2:30 P. M. Remain 15 minutes.
Leave Seltlce 2:45 P. M. Arrive Tekoa 8
P. M. Remain 1 hour.
- Leave Tekoa at 4 P. M . changing to
Pleasant Valley branch. Arrive at Oakes
dale 4:45 P. M. Remain 1 hour.
Leave Oakesdale 6:55 P. M. Arrive
Thornton 6:10 P. M. Remain 20 minutes.
Leave Thornton 6:80 P. M. Arrive Sun
set 6:45 P. M. Remain 15 minutes.
Leave Sunset 7 P. M. Arrive St. John
7:20 P. M. Remain 1 hour.
Leave Bt. John 8:20 P. M. Run to Wi
nona for over night. -
Leave Winona 8:30 A. M. March 6. Ar
rive La Crosse 9:15 A. M. Remain 45 min
utes. Leave LaCroase 10 A. M. Arrive Pampa
10:20 A. M. Remain 40 minutes. .,
Leave Pampa 11 A. M. Arrive Hooper
11:45 A. M. Remain 45 minutes.
Leave Hooper 12:80. Return to La Crosse,
arriving 1:50 P. M. Back track to Wi
nn n rrlvlnflr 2:35 P. M,
Leave Winona 2:S5 P. f . Arrive Endi
cott 2:50 P. M. Remain 56 minutes.
Leave Endlcott 3:45 P. M. Arrive Dia
mond 4:15 P. M. Remain 1 hour.
Return to Pullman.
DE LOWE MAY COME
FAMOUS PAINTER OF FLOWERS
HEARS OF ROSE FESTIVAL).
Will Attend If H Can Complete En
gagements in Time Roses to
Be Planted Today.
Paul de Longpre. of Pasadena, Cal.,
on of the greatest painters of flow
ers, and particularly roses, in the
world, is considering whether or not
he shall open a studio in Portland for
the week of the Rose Festival next
June. The matter was laid before him
some time ago. and he promised to
come if able to complete before that
time some of the many engagements
he already had on hand.
If he comes he will be one of the
leading figures In the main floral
parade of the week, and he will have
on exhibition here a collection of his
masterpieces, the works that have
given him lnternatlonaj fame.
The principals of the public schools
will meet at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing at the Ladd school, for the pur
pose of deciding whether or not the
school children shall be allowed to ap
pear in the parade set aside for them
in the official programme of the week.
There is a well-defined disposition on
the part of some of the school officials
to oppose such a plan on the ground
that it is too much of a hardship on
the little boys and girls to ask them to
march through the streets over such
a route as they did last year, but the
Board of Education has been assured
that the children's parade this year
will be a short one and will be carried
out more carefully than was the case
in last year's carnival. So it is hoped
that the principals will give their
consent at this meeting, which is to
be held at the Ladd school. The ac
tion of this meeting will be consid
ered at the next regular meeting of
the Board of Education, at which time
the matter will be finally settled.
Work of planting the remainder of
the 5000 rose bushes which were do
nated by public-spirited citizens last
Saturday, will be resumed on the
three park blocks today. Delay has
been occasioned by the contractor who
had agreed to have the fertiliser on
hand for the planting day, and this
material will not be delivered until
some time today. Park Superintend
ent Monteith will have a large force
of men at work Just as soon as this
preliminary has been . taken care of,
and three or four expert gardeners
will "boss the Job" of planting to see
that it is done according to the plan
of the Park Board.
The block between Salmon and Main
will first be taken care of, then the
block between Montgomery and Har
rison will be set out, and, lastly, the
Burnslde and Couch-street blocks will
be converted Into a solid mass of rose
bushes. It is expected that all the
shrubs will be set out within a week.
Gold Float From Baker.
BAKER CITY, Or., Feb. 27. If the
present plana of the booster organizations
in this city are carried to completion.
Baker City will have one of the finest
floats to be seen in the parade at the
Portland Rose Carnival, for It is the
present intention to send a monster gold
float to Portland to represent this city
and the mines surrounding it. No other
design could be more appropriate, for the
lnes of this section are steady pro
ducers and the prospects for the coming
year are very roseate. The size of the
float and its exact design have not yet
bed decided.
Howard Arrested at Little Rock.
T. S. Howard, former manager of the
Willamette Cream Company, who disap
peared simultaneously with several thou
sand dollars of the firm's money last
September, is under arrest at Little Rock,
Ark. The arrest was made on descrip
tive circulars sent out by the local au
thorities. Howard's disappearance was
preceded by several months of riotous
living, during which he spent more money
than he could afford. He then commenced
using his employers' money and left hur
riedly when an examination of his books
was suggested. He was accompanied In
his flight by a woman said to foe his
wife. An officer will.be sent after him.
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