BRAINY TILLING OF
SOIL STATE S HEED
Hawley Makes Plea in Address
at Corvallis for Good
Farmers. '
CAMPBELL IS CHEERED
l'. of O. Preldf fit Complimented by
Agricultural College Students.
Oregon 1rt" Proposed as
Slot a a at Corvallis.
the soil as It can be. You can find
plenty of men who are willing to live,
off of the soil, but It s a different mat
ter to find Ujom who will liv on it.
-We are starting a little demonstra
tion farm down In Harner County."
h said at the close of his speech, "and
I want to lnvlta ail of you students
to come ovsr next Summer. bring' as
many of the. faculty as you can. and be
ray guests for a" couple of weeks."
Bishop Charles Scaddlng. II. B. Mil
ler, ex-presldent of O. A. C; Dr. A. C.
Smith. Carl R. Gray, president of the
North Bank Railway, and Judge C H.
Carey, all gave short addresses, the
keynote of which was a declaration (
of the willingness of Oregon business
men to support the college to the ut
termost and a plea for unity between
the business Interests of the state aDd
the state institutions. t t -(
Ortaiaaaar aloa-aa llrti
L Samuel, originator of the motto
Oregon xlrst." was introduced to the
students from the rostrum by. Chair
man Piper, but made n speech. He
was rreiTed with enthusiastic , ap
plause from the atudrnts.
The Corvallis Commercial Club was
host to the excursion party In the
forenoon. Automobiles surrounded the
train after lta arrival In Corvallis and
took the visitors to the Hotel Julian
for breakfast. Mayor Tales gave a
short address of welcome, after which
they wert taken to the college campus.
One of the Interesting features of
the morning's programme was a pa
rade of about 5 automobiles laden with
excursionists. In the big college armory.
Leaving the Armory the guests divided
Into parties of from five to sevennd
each party was personally conducted by
s. cadet detailed for tba purpose, on a
tour of the buildings, where all classes
were In session.
Resctearatal Drill Held. t
At noon regimental drill was held
on the campus for the benefit of the
visitors. Luncheon waa served at
Shepard Hail by the women associated
with the Corvallla Commercial Club.
Many business men from neighboring
towns joined the party at Corvallis.
Shops, forges, barns and poultry es
tablishments were 1nspx ted In the af
ternoon. -and a stock Judging contest
was held by the students In the stock
Judging pavilion. Following an In
formal reception In Waldo Hall, the
guests were entertained at a banquet,
where they had the opportunity of
proving the excellence of the dainties
they had seen the women of the st
dent body preparing, when they vis
ited the domestic science department
In the forenoon.
Mag a. Rererded ea Kmnkm aperUL
A. M. Fsirnlns. C. K. Knickerbocker. H.
Kllis. B. W. Joim Robert try and
ftiN. tpiiMum Hhertdao CorowmW
f'uh. and J- Edwsrd pwldrat of the
yhrKUn-Wlllamina Railroad, of Wlllamina.
Joined the excurloo party at SOerlUan Junc
tion. -The Willamette Vslly to a rnt rhlckfa
roontry." id Tolnn! Mors, special rpre
wn'.xiv. of traffic i.pwtmrnl. . Harrl
mmm .rslon. "Hsd chicken dinner Jlnnder.
Tamlii. Wednesday and acain today at
M.-MinnII -
Those of the excursion party who made tae
trip to ins nii.s norm 01 i-nwum -the
orchard, report havlrs hsd a dellKhtful
trip. H B. Miller, from the seat of, a buss,
oplained how thousands of acres are beins
planted with apples, pears, rhernss. prunt-s
ami walnuts. The (oil. he declared, on the
very top of the hills has a depth of from 10
to ft feet. Insuring a perfect reservoir for
the conservation of moisture. Italian prunes,
he eiplslned. yield from ! to luo an acre
without fall. f
Members ef the parly who visited tn
brick company plant at Wlijamlna. were
amased at Uis masnltude of this Industry,
which has been In operation for four years.
The plant a as lit fall operation and the vis
itors saw brick maklns In all Its processes.
The supply of cla. aocordlns colonel
aforse. of the party, will last for M are
and then some. There are four different
colore of clay, all abelul.-ly free from Im
purities, from which brick of almost any
deeired color can be manafactured. Prob
ably the sreeiec quantity of brick now used
in Portland Is supplied by the W lllamlna
"'rJ' Rer. Ckarlee Beaddlna. the booster
bishop of Oreson. kss been in evidence
thronshout the trip. Is particularly en
thusiastic ever the McMlnnvllle chicken
dinner. - a
At :. Professor Paul A. Coa.lll. of 8.
H. Vincent Co.. a rival of the rea MaHnl.
will Ito aa Interestlns exhibition ot Pres
tidisation In car No. . All are Invited.
Adrateeto free. , .
Preeldent B 8 Jo ela. ot the P. R.. U
P. Co.. W. E. Toman, senersl frelsht and
passensrr tftnl wf the Hill lines In Oreaoa.
and several others whose names w fallsd
ta set. secured a corner oa the popcorn sup
ply at Pnertdan. ' ' -.
a. C. Moms, aswlstant superintendent r
. i - 1 1 as lea rnir K 9
tne eoutnern litrar, jni -- -- -of
the operation of the excursion train, while
Urneral rassenser -
looks after the romfori of the excursionists.
The finest crowd that ever traveled oa the
B. P.." declares Mr. Boon. H L'un"
burr, seaeral freight asent of the . s
''TUT, by Bill Hauler. P"
Land schoou upon the soil, say L It s Just
the the thing we need whereby. II build
up population round where stumps and rab
bits Bow abound. By 'Vhln me?., Vlr
worth tell to die a llrlns from the sell Far
heller as a farmer rank, and have some
money In the bank, than te stick around the
town and work for years a U clerk.
STVPENTS' WOUR INSPECTED
College Visited While Cl" Ar ir
Session. ' . '
- ORKOOX AGF.lCrLTfRALCOI.LKGE.
April IT. (Special.) After two -days
of steady rain, even Old soi nimii v
day was out to aid the people of Cor
vallis and the students of Oregon Ag
ricultural Coliegw. who entertained tile)
visiting business men of Oregon, here
to pass the day and evening on the O.
A. C. -campus, inspecting the college
buildings and equipment and seeing
the rtottepta at thlr daily work.
The visitors' Pullman train, consist
ing of a baggase car. four sleepers, a
diner-and an observation car. reached
Corvallis this morning at 1:S0. o'clock,
according to schedule.
From 7:30 until o'clock representa
tives of the Corvallis Commercial Club
were at the train, which was run In on
the Sixth-street tracks, meeting the
Kuests aa they dismounted from their
cars and taking them to the, Julian
Hotel, where breakfast was served.
One hundred and twenty-seven of
the excursionists took breakfast at the
hotel, many others being entertained
at the homes of friends. When the 3
machines dropped the visitors at
Waldo Hall, after a drive about tha
campus and a tour through the college
drill hall, which measures 12x300 feet,
and Is exceeded In size by but one
other college armory In the United
States, there were more than 180
guests In the party. i
Fifty officers of the O. A. C. cadet
regiment were In waiting to serve as
guides, each officer being assigned
from three to six visitor.
In the domestic aclence laboratories,
which are In Waldo Hall, the visitors
saw more than 60 college women in
their white aprons and caps, prepar
ing the banquet which they will serve
for the excursionists this evening In
the ladies' dining-room. The men. as
well as the women, evidenced their
special Interest in the work of the do
mestic science girls, and one epicure
expressed himself as "ready for a
sample of the feast right now."
From Waldo Hall the cadets showed
their company through the green
houses and then directed their march
to Agricultural Hall, where the horti
cultural, botanical, soologlcal. art,
commerce, domestic art and agronomy
departments were visited.
The laboratory" classes In horticul
ture were In session, and the students
were seen making grafting wax and
learning the proper methods of graft
ing and budding fruit and nut-bearing
trees of commercial Importance. In
the market-gardening laboratories the
classes were receiving Instructions In
the preparation of garden products,
such as rhubarb, asparagus and cauli
flower for the fancy market. Power
spraying apparatus of various kinds
was also seen In operation. and
demonstrations were given In the
preparation of reliable spraying mixtures.
The basis of all horticultural work
was occupying the attention of- tha
cU.txes in botany, which were In ses
sron on the second floor of the--Agricultural
building. The thoroughness
with which the O. A. C. students are
drilled in the fundamental requisites ol
success In horticulture such as learn
ing the structure of plants, investigat
ing the effects of changing' heat, lleht,
mositure conditions, etc., Immediately
impressed the visitors. .
In the general 'xoology classrooms the
excursionists were given opportunity of
seeing hw the students are taught the
inter-dependence and close relationship
of the plant and animal kingdoms, and
the consequent necessity lor the man
who would be successful in agriculture,
to ralVe stock, as well as grains or
fruits.
The art students were seen at their
dralirn and stencil work, which Is so
f ordered as to teach the stuflents the
proper appreciation of color schemes In
Ifome decoration and furnishing.
As the business men entered the cor
ridor leading to the business ;practice
laboratory of the school of-commerce
their attention was attracted by . a
'farmer's roll-top desk,"' designed 'by
Dean Bexell. head of the department.
The desk contains the regular
drawers In the left pedestal, while the
rafht consists of one compartment, oc
cupied by a small fireproof safe. In
the laboratories, which are fitted up
with bank and store offices, the classes
were receiving actual training In- tha
transaction of business In accordance
with the methods employed by all mod
ern concerns.
Ttt domestic ' art girls appeared to
advantage In tasty costumes made by
the wearers as a pjrt of their regular
class work. The milljnery girls were
making $10 hats nut of materials cost
ing less than one-fifth that amount,
while, the classes in weaving gave
demonstrations In basket work and
mattings for home use.
The last department visited ' before
the noon drill by the cadets was that of
agronomy, where the students gave
demonstrations showing the different
types of Oregon soils and their adapta
bility to various crops. The visitors
wera also shown the methods eijiploj-ed
by students and successful farmers in
testing the fertility of seeds before
planting, thus Insuring the planters
against heavy losses from the use of
poor seeds..
JVXKETERS AT SIT SHEKID.VX
Pretty View of Four Snow-Capped
Mountains Pleawea Visitors.
SHERIDAN. Or.. Arjrll 26. (Sn'eclaH
Sheridan was., honored, yesterday by
the visit or 110 prominent I'omana
business men on an Inspection tour of
this section of the Willamette Valloy.
The excursionists, who arrlvexl in
six Pulman cars of a special train,
arrived at 3:15, after a visit to Mc
Minnvllle. and proceeded in vehicles
furnished by local men to the Churchill-Mathews
walnut plantings on the
hills about two miles north of Sheri
dan. From this point the party was able to
see over the fog and In the distance
were four white-capped mountain
peaks, the whiteness of the distant
peaks forming a pretty contrast to the
vivid green of the surrounding hills.
The visitors were unanimous In vot
ing it the prettiest sight they had ever
seen.
On their return to Sheridan they
were Joined by the remainder of the
parry. Which had made a hasty trip to
Wlllamina to visit the Pacific. Brick
Company's plant.
At S:4 the special resumed Its Jour
ney to Dallas and Corvallis. '
The special carried some of Port
land's most prominent business men
- nn.r fh. IIHItirM Of thfl
Oreson Development League, Central
Oregon Development ieague, urtKun
State Bankers' Association. Oregon lm
mlgratlon Commission and Portland
Commercial Club.
The Itinerary of the rlp Included
McMlnnville. Sheridan. Dallas and Cor
vallis. with William Hanley as chair
man and C. C. Chapman as manager.
The object of the excursion, as given
bv several of Its members, is to get .in
closer touch with, the .vast country
comprising what Is known as the West
Side. The sldgan of the excursion, as
expressed by Chairman Hanley. Is
"Land schools on the soil."
His Idea Is that the farmers strug
gling on the arms should have help
and encouragement from thoae in other
lines of business. The best way to
assist them, he believes, is by the es
tablishment of land schools on the soil,
and In this way to show the farmers
how best to produce crops. In a word,
to give them the material benefit of
the years of experience behind the ex
periment stations.
Juarea. Mexico, claims to be the only city
In the world In which the direction and
control of the city parka have been turned
over completely to women, a board of olght
women managers having exclusive control of
tnem.
WITNESSES
TELL
OF
FINDING
BODY
Twenty-Three Persons Testi
fy in Humphrys Murder
Trial at Corvallis.
OTHERS WILL BE CALLED
Detective Outlines Conforwlon Made
br Vonnger Brother After He
Wa Arrested and Charged
' With Crime.
: CORVALLIS. Or, April 16. Twenty
three witnesses have been examined in
the Humphrys' murder trial, all for
the state, and the prosecution will In
troduce a number of others.
Most of the testimony concerned the
discovery of Mrs. Griffith's body and
the circumstances surrounding her
death. Detective Mitchell told of the
arrest of George Humphrys and of the
confession by the latter at Hillsboro.
In this confession George Humphrys
declared his brother Charles was not
Implicated, but that he alone com
mitted the crime and that the motive
was criminal assault.
Witnesses testified to Mrs. Griffith's
fearing George Humphrey might do her
harm, the disappearance of - the de
ceased, tha arousing ot the neighbors,
the apparent uncertainty of the Humph
reys, who were very near neighbors,
the search for the body and the finding
of the same by Mr. Henkle. the confu
sion about the premises, the condition
of the house and the Inquest.,
The local correspondent of three of
the Portland papers, who are witnesses,
asked permission to remain in the
courtroom, but the request was denied
by counsel for the defense.
:. From a statement made by the attor
i.tys for the defense It Is known they
will try to shift the murder of Mrs.
Griffith onto Dr. Ed North, a traveling
dentist, who was once arrested on this
charge but released at the preliminary
hearing, because of Insufficient grounds.
ASTORWYf FOUND
ISIDOR STRACS ALSO AMOXG
IIEXTiFlE DEAD.
Dozen Huddled at Base or Iceberg
Added to List or Victims of
Titanic Recovered.
new YORK. April 2. Officers of
the North German Lloyd liner Princess
Irene, which docked .Just before mid
night, told today of a wireless message
which they -had Intercepted on Wednes
day In which a ahlp the name not
learned reported that In passing BO
miles from the scene of the Titanic
disaster she had sighted an iceberg on
which were the bodies of more than a
dozen men.
All wore 11e belts and the bodies
were huddled In groups at the. base
of the "berg.
It was the opinion of officers ofythe
ship that the men had climbed on the
mass of ice and had frozen to death
as they were swept southward. No at
tempt was made to take off the bodies.
The bodies of Colonel John Jacob
Astor and Isldor Straus, the millionaire
merchant of this city, who lost their
lives In the Titanic disaster, have been
recovered and are on board the cable
ship Mackay-Bennett. News of the re
covery of the bodies was contained In
a dispatch to the White Star Line Com
pany today. '
William Dohbyns. secretary to Colo
nel Astoi, said he had been advised
by the White Star line of the recovery
of Colonel Astofs body. Dobbyns said
Captain Roberts, commander of Colonel
Astor's steam yacht Noma, waa in Hall-
fax and WOUla lOOK QUI lur mc iwuj.
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Removal Sale of Leather
'.We have an odd lot of Coin Purses and Bill
Books, values ranging to $3.00, which will be
closed out at once. Your choice at half price.
FITTED TRAVELING CASES
Every Traveling Case in stock fitted with
toilet and manicure set complete. Cases are all
leather with leather lining. Prices range $3.00
to $35.00. Removar Sale reduced one-quarter.
Every reduction one in fact , '
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every bag is new Spring style; strong strap
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Values to $3.00, while they last, choice. . .$1.48
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$1.50 Water Bottle, 3-quart 79c
90c Water Bottle, 2-quart. ." 67c
A very large and complete line of Bathing Caps
at prices from lc to 75c
$1.50 Hair Brushes, excellent quality brushes in
ebony, satin and rosewood backs, now . . . 98c
$5.00 and -$6.00 Military Brushes, exceptional
values. Your choice at $3.78
$1.10 Oak Bath Tub Seat at 89c
$1.35 White Enamel Seat at. 98c
Every reduction is one in fact.
TOILET REQUISITES
50c Cammelline at only.
..29c
10c California Medicated Soap, 2 cakes for. .15c
50c Stillman's Freckle Cream 32c
Buy Your Drugs and Patent Medicines Here Saturday
25c Tiz, for tired feet 18c
25c Allen's Foot Ease 17c
50c Dioxogen .33c
35c Jaynes Vermifuge . . . 30c
25c Assorted Corks (a useful
article), box 19c
25c Pure Glycerine, bottle. 18c
"Wood-Lark" Pure Spices
25c Ginger, can.." 14c
10c Allspice, can......... 7c
10c Thyme, can. 5c
50c Doan's Kidney Pills. . .35c
25c Cascarets 17c
50c Bromo Seltzer. 33c
10c Moth Balls, pkg 6c
25c Essence Pep'r'm't, bot.l6c
10c Sassafras Bark, pkg. .. 6c
25c Denat'r'd Alcohol, bot.l9c
$1.00 Pierce's Favorite Pre
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25c Celery King Tea 16c
25c Castoria , 20c
Saturday Liquor Specials
$1.25 Old Oscar Pepper, bond bottled, rfufl
quart 98c
$1.00 Old Tom Martin, an honest liquor. ... .69c
$1.50 Medoc, genuine imported Cunliffe-Dob-
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Quarts
75c
Vs Gallon.
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"WOOD-LARK" PLAYING CARDS
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able enough in price for any purse. Fine
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