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THE MORNING OREGONIAN,, FRIDAY, MAT 15, 1908.
SCHOOL
THAN
A GREAT SUCCESS
Three Thousand Farmers Hear
0. R. & N. Demonstra
tion Lectures.
SECOND TOUR PLANNED
Pioneer Train Completes Trip of 800
Miles at Pendleton Umatilla
Farmers Have Learned Secrets
of Diversified Farming.
BY E. "VY. WRIGHT.
PENDLETON, Or., May 14. (Special.)
After covering more than S(K miles
tlirouRh the best wheat districts in East
ern Oregon, the O. R. & N. Co.'s pioneer
demonstration train conclude the trip at
Tendleton this afternoon. The total at
tendance at the lortures given by the agri
cultural experts with the train was more
than 9100, the last day being the best of
the four days' schedule, nearly WOO people
ttemling the meetings given at Milton,
"Weston. Athena and Adams.
The day's programme opened at Free
water ami Milton, with nearly 400 people
present. The people of this rich farming
district have already put into practice the
methods taught on the train by the Agri
cultural College experts. By following out
these methods these people now have in
cultivation thousands of acres of land
that is yielding from J100 to $1000 annual
profit per acre from fruit and dlversilied
farming. The mild indifference with which
the efforts of the railroad company and
the lecturers were received by the wheat
talons of Pendleton, was missing in this
rart of the rich county where, by the ef
forts of the farmers themselves, their
land has become too valuable to .be used
in whettgrowing.
Freewuter Presents Strawberries.
The demonstration train was met at
Pendleton this morning by Messrs. Brad
ley. Vincent, Shaw, Pierson and Manela,
prominent F"rcewater and Milton citizens,
and on arrival at FreewateT at 9 o'clock
another delegation appeared with flowers,
apples and splendid strawberries Just
from the vines. The lecturers found -at
this station so many evidences of the kind
of farming that they had been preaching
lor the past four days that it waa un
necessary to go so deeply into detail as at
some of the ether points where the train
had Btopped. At the same time, what the
lecturers had to say was received with
great interest, and at the conclusion of
the meeting the railroad company and
the speakers were given a rousing vote
of. thanks.
Weston is surrounded by wheatgrowers
of the plutocratic class and here, as in
the Pendleton region, the 'big wheat
growers have a contempt for any other
form of wheatgrowing than that which
has made them Independently wealthy.
A few of them came in with their autos
and the gathering of small farmers, to
gether with a delegation from the Normal
School, gave the lecturers a very good
"audience. At Athena great interest was
manifest and nearly 200 farmers, some
of them wheat growers on a very exten
sive scale, attended.
Anxious to Get Information.
Here, as in every locality visited by the
demonstration train, an abundance of
moisture for immediate needs was found,
and it was perhaps due to this fact that
the dry farming experts were slightly
handicapped compared with he position
they would have held had the country
been actually suffering from lack of
moisture. But the Athena farmers did
not pretend to know it all. They were
willing to learn and took a gToat inter
est in everything that was said by the
experts, and at the close of the meeting
flocked round the car to ask questions
concerning the topics which had been
discussed.
Adams, the eighteenth and last stop on
the itinerary, was reached about 3 o'clock
and about 100 people attended the lectures.
The special train reached Pendleton
about 5 o'clock and was here abandoned.
The cars bearing the railroad men and
the Oregon Agricultural College profes
sors will be attached to the train leav
ing here at midnight, and will reach Port
land tomorrow morning. Both the rail
road people and the farming experts are
exceedingly well pleased with the re
ception accorded them throughout the trip,
and in view of the interest displayed, feel
safe in predicting most satisfactory re
sults.
Promises Another Demonstration.
That they will not be disappointed
where their instructions are followed Is
a certainty, for there is nothing prob
lematical or theoretical about the recom
mendations that have been made. . They
are all based on actual experience and at
intervals along tho 800-mile route of the
train, there was the indisputable evi
dence presented by farmers themselves
who had broken away from the ancient
hide-bound and worn-cut methods and
taKen up the new order with immense
proilt to themselves.
General Freight Agent . Miller was so
much enthused over the reception given
the work that he lias announced his de
termination to follow the pioneer train
some months later with another train
equipped on a more elaborate scale and
with a schedule that will admit of longer
stops at stations, xnc schedule on which
this train was operated made it impoa
sible for the farmers to discuss person
ally with the lecturers all the subjects
on which they sought information, and
the successor of this pioneer train will
so out on a schedule that will admit of
several hours being spent in each point
visited. The next train will also be sent
out at a season when the farmers are not
so crowded with work.
Showers In VmaUlla County.
At all points visited, whether early or
late, large numbers of farmers could be
seen at work on their farms. Spring plow
ing demanding all of their attention. No
small share of the credit for the success
Of thf HemnnntrnHnn train la ,4,, a T v
Miller, who has fathered the scheme from
its- inception. Tills without detracting
irom ine great praise that Is due the ac
complished professors from the Corvallls
experiment Mtntinn
An agreeable feature of the closing
day's trip was a number of small showers
i iwi"io Minute mo line oetween .fendle
ton and Milton. MnH thttt ovontni, .v..
railroad officials have been notified that
a good rain Is falling at Condon. Pros
pects at Pendleton this evening are also
muoi ivuravuio ior ram.
SAYS WIFE STOLE CHILDREN
Olynipia Father Searches In Seattle
for His Little Ones.
SBATTLB, Wash., May ' 14. (Special.)
w illiam Ix-nsdale is in the city in pur
suit of his former wife and two children,
whom he alleges the woman .stole while
lie was in a Taooma hospital recovering
from a severe injury. The divorce was
granted in February, and Iensdale was
given, ths custody of Mildred, 3 years
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old, and Vivian, 15 months old. Lens
dale, shortly after went to work near
Olympia. He placed the children in the
home of a friend there and his former
wife soon came and took up her resi
dence at the same place. Lensdale was
severely injured and was taken to the
Tacoma hospital. As soon as he was re
leased, he returned to Olympia and found
that the woman had gone and taken the
children with her.
STUDENTS IX GUARDHOUSE
Trespass on Military Reserve and
Are Promptly Arrested.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 14. (Special.)
A crowd of students at the University of
Washington learned what the Inside of
a military guardhouse is like yesterday
afternoon, when members of a geology
class doing field work under the leader
ship of rofessor Henry Landes dared to
trespass on forbidden grounds at Fort
Ward, Just across the sound. Some of
the leaders were seized by the soldiers
and incarcerted. They ' were deprived
of their liberty for several hours, while
those who had escaped pleaded at long
range for their release. They were told
in no uncertain terms that university
students had no greater privileges than
any one else. After promising to leave
the grounds immediately, they were
finally released.
Cake Speaks at Albany.
ALBANY. Or., May 14. (Special.)
Completing a tour of this county by
means of railroads, rigs and automo
biles, H. M. Cake, Republican nominee
for Senator, arrived here this evening at
7:45 and addressed a large audience at
the opera-house at 8 o'clock.
His tour of Linn County has been re
markable in many ways. He has been
enthusiastically received. Since entering
the county at Harrisburg yesterday ,he
has traveled more than 100 miles, a por
tion of which was over almost impassa
ble roads, has addressed more than a
dozen large audiences and met hundreds
of people.
GRANG
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Favor and Oppose Various
Legislative Measures.
SITS DOWN ON SINGLE TAX
G. W. Miller, vice-president; S. A. Miller,
secretary and general manager.
These nurseries were established here
in 1S78 by Aaron Miller, and have grown
to the extent that makes them one of
the largest industries in the county. The
company has recently purchased 40 acres
to devote to the production of nursery
stock, making 150 acres to be used in the
business. The pay-roll last year was
nearly J10.000, and this year it will be
from $12,000 to $15,000.
PRIEST DUPED, HE SAYS
FATHER GRIBBEX, OP ABER
DEEN, SUES SHIP COMPANY.
Complains He AVas Induced by Mis
representation to Invest $1250 in
Steamer Lindsay.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 14. (Spe
cial.) Papers in the suit brought by
Father J. J. Gribben against the Rupert
Steamship Company, were filed in the
Superior Court today and Receiver Mac
Farlane made party defendant. Father
Gribben, who is chaplain at St. Joseph's
Hospital and 72 years old, alleges that
he was induced to invest $1250 in stock
of the steamer 'Lindsay by fraudulent
representations. He avers that on the
statement that men of acknowledged
ability in the busniess had taken stock
in the company that he subscribed and
paid the amount stated, but that the
names of men given to him did not put
a dollar in the enterprise. He seeks to
recover the amount of his subscription.
If Father Gribben is successful in his
suit others of a similar nature will follow.
SUES MAX WHO KILLED SOX
Father of Justin Reed Seeks Dam
ages From City Marshal.
PENDLETON, Or., May 14. (Special.)
Dave Lavender, who as Marshal of
Weston, shot and killed Justin Reed, of
Weston, a little more than a year ago
while the latter was resisting arrest, was
today made defendant in a suit for $5000
damages. The father of the young man
killed brought the suit, alleging the
shooting was unjustified and that he has
been damaged in that sum through being
deprived oi nis son s services.
Reames Corrects Misstatement.
JACKSONVILLE, Or., May 14. (Spe-
ciai.j A. r.. tteames. Prosecuting Attor
ney for Jackson and Josephine Counties,
wishes to correct a statement which re
cently appeared in a press dispatch from
Yreka to the effect that he had made an
affidavit that Henry Jones, who was
missing mysteriously from Medford for
five years, had been murdered. Mr.
Reamea says: 'I never made any affi
davit that this man was dead, or had
been murdered, but simply an affidavit
reciting the Investigation and what it
tended to show.
Delegation From Klickitat.
LTLE, Wash., May 14. (Special.)
Klickitat County Democrats in conven
tion elected as delegates to the Spokane
State Democratic Convention: ex-Sheriff
William Van Vactor, Tal Bratton, John
Kddings, Thomas Suksdorf, Al Bertschi,
John E. Chappell. Cal Coleman and Mat
Matson. Hon. ill am Van Vactor, the
old "war hoss" will head the delegation.
The Klickitat Democrats although badly
defeated last election believe they see a
roseate hue on the political horizon.
Metzger flu glasses lor $1.00.
Master Buxton's Initiative Amend
. ment Meets Violent Opposition.
Consolidation of County School
Districts Is Proposed.
EUGENE. Or., May 14. (Special.)
The Oregon State Grange went on record
today as favoring the principle of co
operation; the consolidation of all school
districts within a county, with a school
board which shall elect the County Su
perintendent of Public Instruction; op
posed an amendment to the initiative
clause of the Constitution restricting its
use only to bills which, have been first
introduced in the Legislature; and turned
down hard a resolution favoring the sin
gle tax amendment. The Grange also
adopted resolutions opposing the pro
posed local government and the recall
amendments. A committee of five was
appointed to investigate the laws of Ok
lahoma and New Zealand on the subject
of proportional representation.
Xcw School Fund Basis. .
State Superintendent Ackerman was
present and favored the resolution con
solidating school districts. He also sug
gested a means of increasing the. state
school funds by adopting a different basis
of distribution. The funds are now dis
bursed on the basis of the number ot
children in a district, and not on tax
able property. A wealthy district can
continue a long term each year, while a
poor district Is able to have only a short
one. He favored the plan of dividing
the school funds in all the counties on
the basis of the number of teachers em
ployed. He also favored all Inheritance
and corporation taxes going Into the
school fund; also that the railroad lands
now in dispute be put into the irreducible
school fund, and hedged about so that it
would be safe. .
Master Buxton's Idea Opposed.
State Master Buxton, in his annual
message, said:
No bill should be Initiated unless it first
goes to the Legislature In order that pub
licity can be given It, so that the p'eopie
will have a better understanding of It; no
remuneration should be allowed for secur
ing names for initiative petitions, and a
majority vote should be necessary to make
an amendment.
That part of his. message provoked
much violent discussion, and he was ac
cused of being hostile to the initiative
and referendum law. After an hour of
acrimonious debate, the matter was dis
posed of by referring it back . to the
grange committee to report two years
hence. i
The proposed proportional representation-amendment
was opposed by the
Grange on the ground that it would
be left to the Legislature to devise a plan
if it carried, and It would be practically
the same as now. On motion, the state
master was authorized to appoint a com
mittee of five members to Investigate
the laws of Oklahoma and New Zealand
on this subject, said committee to pre
pare a law for presentation to the Legis
lature. Law to Conserve Water Resources.
The single district plan for nomination
of State Senators and Representatives
was opposed. John H. Lewis, State En
gineer, read a paper on "State Control of
Water Resources," and the Grange in
structed the legislative committee to pre
pare a bill to this end. Before the close
of the afternoon session. State Master
Buxton and Mrs. Clara H. Waldo were
appointed a committee to confer with
the State Teachers' Institute and pre
pare an educational law along the lines
suggested by Superintendent Ackerman.
The evening session was taken up with
conferring the fifth and sixth degrees on
a large class of candidates. Tomorrow
the business sessions of the Grange will
close in the afternoon, and the evening
will be devoted to installation of the
newly-elected officers.
San Pedro Shipping Xotes.
SAN PEDRO, May. 14. The steamer
Roanoke, from Portland, arrived today
with a large cargo of lumber and mer
chandise. The steam schooner Fair Oaks, from
Grays Harbor, brought 800,000 feet of
lumber.
The steam schooners Claremont,
Santa Monica and Daisy Mitchell sailed
for Grays Harbor.
The steam schooner Homer complet
ed repairs to her broken cylinder head
today and proceeded for Portland via
San Francisco.
Insane Murderer Refuses Food.
COLFAX, Wasn., May 14. Frank Quel
teri, the Italian railroad laborer who fa
tally wounded Bis brother, Gregorio, dur
ing a quarrel at their camp near Pullman,
Monday, lies in the county jail at Colfax
in a critical condition. He is temporar
ily insane, having eaten nothing since his
40-mile walk to Kendrick. Idaho, where
he was captured.
SHE REPLIES WITH FIST
TACOMA WOMAX RESEXTS
MASHER'S ADVANCE.
Petite Blond Plants Blow on Face of
Man Who Dares to Speak
Without Introduction.
TACOMA, Wash., 14. (Special.)
Walter Legette will pot soon forget a
little blonde woman whom he is aaid
to have addressed without the formal
ity of an introduction last evening.
Legette, who is a hanger-on about the
Savoy Theater, was on his way down
town, as he passed the woman he is
said to have spoken to. She walked
into a drug store, but as her anger In
creased she decided to punish him and
followed him. Grasping Legette by
the shoulder and with the remark, "You
will speak to me on the street?" she
planted a blow on the man's face. Le
gette took to his heels and disappeared,
while a crowd laughed and jeered at
him.
Bye classes $1.00 at Metzger's.
Rixdorfer Parquetry
Inlaids
"True to Nature"
M
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'9We have just received
from Europe two thousand
yards of this most cele
brated Linoleum. 9 Some
of the patterns are on dis
play in our windows.
9 They are all in' beautiful
inlaid -wood effects, soft
and rich in color. 9 They are
absolutely different from
ordinary Linoleums, and
for either the kitchen or
the office are unap
proached in beauty by any
other floor covering.
J. G. MACK & CO.
FIFTH AND STARK
Robbers Secure $5 34 p.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 14. Five thou
sand dollars in currency, of $5 and J10
denominations; $300 in gold, J40.20 in paid
C. O. D. money orders, or a total amount
of $5340.20, represents the loss to the
Great Northern Express Compajj. in the
robbery of the company's Btrong box by
two bandits in tho Great Northern tunnel
Tuesday morning.
Milton Xurserles Incorporate.
MILTON, Or.. May 14. (Special.) The
Milton Nurseries, owned by A. Miller, S.
A. Miller. G. W. Miller and C. B. Miller,
have Incorporated as the Milton Nurser
ies Company, with a capital stock of
$600,000. Following are officers of the
new incorporation: A. Miller, president;
ONE DOLLAR
PORTLAND TO THE DALLES
On the Beautiful Steamer
BAILEY GATZERT
of the Regulator Line,
The Fastest Stern Wheel Boat on the Willamette or Columbia Rivers
Leave Alder-street Dock 7 A. M., arrive at The Dalles 2:30 P. M.,
returning arrive at Portland 9 P. M. Daily except Sunday.
You cannot afford to miss taking this beautiful trip.
Phones: Main 914, A 5112.
Exchange 1 1
Home A 6171
ndays
surgain Sale
Every Friday we have a bargain sale at our store
that's a regular hummer as a money-saver. (
The day before this sale we pick a number of
useful and necessary articles from our regular stock
and mark them for Friday only so low that it's
positive folly to pass them up.
You can't acquire a more economical habit than
that of attending our regular Friday Bargain Sale.
Friday Drug Sundries
There is only one day in the week that you can get drug
sundries at these remarkable prices. You can't afford to let
the day pass without taking advantage of these great bargains:
Merrks Surar Milk, regular 40c lb., Friday 26
Soda Phosphate, regular 25c lb., Friday 14
Sassafras Bark, regular 35c lb., Friday
Petrola Jelly, regular 10c jar, Friday .5
Sewing Machine Oil, regular 10c bottle, Friday 5
Soap Bark, regular 10c pkg., Friday 5
Alum, regular 15c lb., Friday -
Borax, powdered, regular 15c lb., Friday 9
Boracic Acid, regular 40c lb., Friday 21
STORE OPEN UNTIL 9:00 P. M.
Friday Toilet Articles
Selected from our regular stock, and guaranteed to be as
good as you can purchase anywhere. After today you can't get
them at this price:
Swansdown Face Powder, regular 25c, Friday for. 0
Satin Skin Face Powder, regular 25c, Friday 17
Satin Skin Cream, regular 25c, Friday 17
Hind's Honey and Almond Cream, regular 50c, Friday. ...35
Malvina Cream, regular 50c, Friday 36
Eastman's Talcum Powder, regular 25c, Friday 13
Lyons ' Tooth Powder, regular 25c, Friday 14
Dr. Graves' Tooth Powder, regular 25c, Friday 14
4711 White Rose Soap, regular 15c cake, Friday H
Woodbury's Facial Soap, regular 25c cake, Friday 16
Glycerosa Transparent Soap, reg. 10c cake, Friday, 3 cakes.. 9
P. D. & Co.'s Peroxide Hydrogen, full lbs., reg. 65c, Friday .38
FREE PHONES FOURTH FLOOR
Friday Stationery Bargains
Our prices on Stationery, etc., are always very reasonable,
but these Friday bargain sale prices are a little lower than usual.
Dennison's White Paper Napkins, reg. 15c per 100, Friday. 9
Papeteries, regular. 40c a box, Friday 22
Friday we will repair any make of Fountain Pen at V2 Price.
Square Deal Playing Cards, regular 15c pack, Friday 12
Eaton-Hurlbut 's Tablets, regular 15c, Friday 12
Eaton-Hurlbut's Tablet, regular 25c, Friday 19
Puritan Linen Box Paper, regular 25c, Friday 16
ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING
Friday Rubber Specials
The rubber goods mentioned below are good values at the
regular price, but to make this Friday sale interesting we are
offering them at nearly Half Price.
Atomizers, for spraying throat and nose, reg. $1.10, Friday.55
Screw-top Ice Caps, always useful, regular $1.25, Friday... 63
Rubber Gloves, good quality, regular $1.25, Friday 63
Combination Rubber Sponge and Bath Spray, regular $2.25,
Friday for $1.13
3-qt. Red Rubber Fountain Syringe, reg. $2.25, Friday. ..Sjsl.13
Red Rubber Toys, assorted, reg. 50c, 75c and $1, Friday V2 Price
WE CARRY LIKELY BAGGAGE
Friday Bargains in the Art Dept.
Dresden Art Plates in handsome Florentine gold frames,
encased in a shadow box, reproductions of well-known
heads, regular $3.75, Friday for 98
Plain Photogravures, reproductions of old masters, in dainty
1-inch black aud gold frames, glass size 11x14, regular
60c, Friday for ." 25
Brass Candlesticks, 6 inches high, up-to-date designs, with
natural curves, regular 35c, Friday 15
80 pieces fancy Bric-a-Brac and Imported Art China on
special table, values to $8.00, Friday One-Half Price
CROSS GLOVES AND LEATHERS
Family Liquor Specials Friday
and Saturday
Phone in your orders for Wines and Liquors, and we will
deliver them to your home in plain packages.
Paul Jones Whisky, regular $1.35 quart, special 93
Colonial Rye Whisky, regular $1.25 quart, special 95
Chicken Cock Rye Whisky, regular $1.25 quart, special. . ..95
Cherry and Currant Wine, regular 75c quart, special 39
Extra fine California Port Wine, reg. 50c quart, special 29
Lenoir Cogna6 Brandy, regular 75c pint, special 39
Four Friday Specials
50 pieces of Garden Hose, 25-foot lengths, 2 or -inch,
coupled, regular $2.50 and $3.00, Friday $1.59
Rainbow Lawn Sprinklers, regular 25c, Friday 11
Rubber Ring Shower Bath Sprays, with double connec
tions, regular $3.00, Friday $1.59
Tarine Moth Sheets, for making trunks and boxes moth
proof, each size 40x48, 1 doz. in roll, reg. 60c, Friday 36
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
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Fourth and Washington Streets