Morning Oregonian., May 10, 1917, Page 11, Image 11

THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, 3IAT 10, 1917.
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AMA1EUR 'FARMERS
ARE NOT TOO LATE
J. D. Farrell Discovers Crops
Will Mature if Planted by
Middle of Month.
SPECULATOR IS SCORED
Demand Is Made That Government
Take Over Food Regulation and
Prevent Further Increases in
Prices of Necessities.
It's not too lata to bow wheat, bar
ley and oata In the grain belt of the
Northwest despite the quite general
opinion that the season for planting
has passed, says J. D. Farrell, president
of the O.-W. K. & N. Company, who
has just made a personal canvvs of
the territory.
Mr. Farrell Is keenly Interested In
the food situation. He realizes that the
country faces the menace of a serious
food shortage, but he believes a lot
of people are getting hysterical about
It and wasting their energies in an
effort to solve the problem.
In the first place. Mr. Farrell be
lieves the Government should control
the prlcea of all food during the period
of the war.
"There is no sense," he observed yes
terday, "in paying (3 for a bushel of
wheat, as we are forced to do today,
when that same wheat was sold last
Fall for $1.10.
Speculator Held to Blame.
"Nothing of value has been added to
the wheat since It was harvested by
the farmer. It is presumed the farmer
made a fair profit at $1.10. The only
cost that has been added since then Is
the transportation, and everyone knows
that runs only a few cents a bushel,
depending on the distance.
'"Why is It necessary, then, to pay
$3 for our wheat? Speculation, nothing
but speculation. The Government ought
to put a stop to it. It should be made
& criminal offense to speculate in
wheat or in other foodstuffs when the
country is at war and people actually
may be forced) to Buffer for the want
of food."
Mr. Farrell has been active in the
campaign for a greater food produc
tion thia year to meet the threatened
shortage.
Intensive Cultivation Heeded.
"But it is not greater acreage that
we want," he says, "but better cultiva
tion of the acres that we have. It will
help very little to send families out
onto homestead land this year, for
they may not be able to grow enough
food for their own use. But we should
put every idle lot in Portland to work.
Portland can grow almost enough
vegetables to supply Itself. Every other
community in the Northwest can do
the same thing. Then the farm prod
ucts can go to relieve the congested
districts that can't produce their own
food.
"There seems to be a tendency to
overdo the potato business. Everybody
Js planting potatoes without giving
much attention to other vegetables.
Why not plant beans and peas between
the rows of potatoes? We need variety
as well as quantity."
Time for Planting at Band.
In the hope of getting a greater
production of grains Mr. Farrell re
cently telegraphed agents of the
O.-W. It. & N. Company at all the prin
cipal points in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, in substance, as follows:
"I wish you would speedily obtain
Information as to latest date wheat,
barley and oats may be sown with
reasonable prospect of maturing."
The replies, almost invariably, show
that the grains specified in the mes
sage can be sown until well toward
the middle of May with fine prospect
of maturing. Consequently the O.-W.
B- & N. Company's forces are being
urged to co-operate with farmers in
ail parts of their respective districts
to obtain greater praln acreages.
Corn Planting Advised.
Typical of the replies received, by
Mr. Farrell Is the following from the
agent st La Grande:
"In the territory between Cayuse
and Gibbon wheal may be sown until
May 12. oats and barley until May 20;
In Union County wheat can be sown
until May 15. oata and barley aa late
as June 15; Baker County, wheat until
May 81. oata and barley. June 10;
"Wallowa County, wheat as late aa. May
SI, oats and. barley June 15."
The Bend stent advised that wheat
and barley may be sown until May
6. oats, five days later.
D. E. Stephens, superintendent of the
Government experiment station at
Moro. advised that oats may be sown
In parts of that territory until May
20, but idivlsed corn planting rather
But In most parts of the Northwest
the advice la that oata and barley
can be sown until late In May and
wheat until the middle of the month.
Corn can be planted anywhere In the
Northwest until June 1.
PERSONALMENTION.
: T. R R. Walker, of Eugene, ts at the
Perkins.
A. J. Roberta, of Salem, Is at the
Xaton.
E. TU Hunt la at the Oregon from
Salt Lake.
S. M. Hulen, of The Dalles, Or., Is at
the Perkins.
R, O. Thomas, of Klkhorn, Or., Is at
the Perkins.
S. B. Rathfon, of Ithaca, N. T, Is at
the Imperial.
Clara E. Smith, of Salem. Is at the
Washington.,
M. 1 White, of Pullman, Wash.. Is
at the Eaton.
August Mayer, of The Dalles, Or, la
at the Perkins.
George H. Baker, of The Dalles, Or.,
is at the Oregon.
L. Johnson, of Bllverton, Or, Is at
the Washington.
B. o. Cole, of Molalla, Or, la regis
tered at the Eaton.
Mrs. Nettle F. Merrill, of Portland.
Me., is at the Cornelius.
Fred Gilbert, of Beaver. Or, la reg
istered at the Oregon.
T. W. Robinson, of Olney, Or, la reg
istered at the Perkins.
Mrs. D. It. Woodruff, of Salem, Or,
la at the Washington.
Captain A. Olson, a prominent mari
ner, is at the Multnomah
Mrs. Adele Chrlstensen, of Stevenson,
Waa'j, is at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Campbell, oft As
toria, are at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C Nay, of Pendle
ton. Or, are at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Fierce, of Boise.
Idaho, are at the Multnomah.
Captain Stlnson. IT. 8. A, of Seattle,
Is registered at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Turner, of South
Bend, Wash, are at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Terrlll. of Ray
aaond. Wash, are at the Portland.
Kat & . Reed, monager of the Del
Monte llotel of Del Monte. Cal.. Is reg
istered at the Portland.
William M. Peterson, of Pendleton,
Or., is registered at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Trahan. of Wal
la Walla, Wash, are at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Belnap, of Ashta
bula. Ohio, are registered at the Ore
gon. A. II. Lea, manager of the State Fair
last year, is at the Imperial from Sa
lem, Or.
John P. Gray, a prominent attorney
of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Is registered
at the Portland.
C. B. Strauhal, a prominent business
man of Long Beach, Wash, Is regis
tered at the Cornelius.
Fred Tulan, a member of the Stock
ton Fire Department, la registered from
Stockton, Cal, at the Portland.
Harry L. Day, one of the owners of
the Heroules gold mine, is registered
at the Portland from Wallace, Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Dryden, promt-:
nent trapshooters of Spokane, Wash..
STRANGER RESPONDS WHR1
PANTAGGS DANCER. CALLS
FOR PARTNER.
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FARMERS PLAN HELP
Rallies, to Be" Held All Over
County Saturday Night.
LABOR TO BE CONSIDERED
AJ. -A
Mlaa Anna Arllne,
When Anna Arllne. a Pantages
star this week, conceived the
Idea of calling for a partner
from the audience, only to have
her own partner respond, she
did not reckon the consequences.
For several performances the
scheme worked admirably and
Harry Adler was always on hand
to do his share. But one event
ful night Harry waa slow on his
feet, and a stranger came up the
runway to the stage, much to
Miss Arline's astonishment. Her
dilemma was relieved by the in
troduction of the time-honored
"hook" wielded by a quick-witted
stage hand.
And everybody thought the In
cident was part of the act.
who are on their way home after hav
ing taken part In the Oregon state
shoot at Salem the first part of this
week, are registered at the Imperial.
PRISONERS TO BUILD ROADS
Sheriff and Roadmaster Instructed
to Prepare Plans for Work.
Sheriff Hurlburt and Roadmaster
Teon were Instructed to prepare some
plan for working as many of the
county prisoners as possible on the
roads of the county after June 1 In a
resolution adopted by the Board of
County Commissioners yesterday. The
resolution was submitted by Commis
sioner Holman.
It waa represented that the scarcity
of labor made some such action nec
essary to insure the proper work on
the roads. The resolution also pointed
to the fact that the county is main
taining about 80 prisoners at an ex
penditure of about $750 a month.
RESERVE ACT AMENDED
Changes Proposed to Attract State
Banks to System.
WASHINGTON, May 9. A bill
amending the Federal Reserve Act, de
signed to attract state banks and
strengthen the gold reserves of the
reserve system, was passed by the Sen
ate today and sent to conference, a
similar measure having already passed
the House.
An amendment by Senator Hardwlck,
permitting banks to' charge one-tenth
of 1 per cent for collecting cheoka and
drafts was put in the bill.
Question of Obtaining Fertilizer
and of Providing Information
on Food Production Will Be
Taken lp at 'Meetings.
The County Council of Defense, an
organization of 30 prorainenc farmers
from all localities of Multnomah
County, held its first wession Tuesday
night, at the Gresham Horary, and
perfected plans for agricultural assist
ance in the food preparedness campaign.
Xne meeting was called by S. B. Hall,
county agricultural agent, and was pre
sided over by H. A. Lewis, of Russel
ville, chairman of the County Agricul
tural Council.
Meetings of farmers to enlist In the
movement were called for Saturday
night. May 12, at 8 o'clock, at the fol
lowing community meeting places and
under the chairmen as named:
Ru8selville Grange Hall, H. A. Lewis;
Rockwood Grange Hall, Peter Wieland;
Falrvlew, Earl Tounsend; Multnomah
Grange Hall, C. H. Johanson; Gresham
Grange Hall, George Stapleton; Pleas
ant Valley Grange Hall, H. E. Popple
ton; Hillsdale Church, Captain Dosch;
Sprlngdale Schoolhouse, Grante Belle;
Powell Valley Schoolhouse, William
Peterson; Lusted Schoolhouse, W. I.
Spencer; Cedar Schoolhouse, J. S. Burns;
Buckley Schoolhouse, J. G. Kelly; Terry
Schoolhouse, E. E. Welling; Gilbert
Schoolhouse, H. A. Darnell.
Labor Problem to Be Considered.
With one exception, the meetings
will be held Saturday. The meeting
called for Columbia grange Hall, how
ever, will be held on Friday night, at
8 o'clock.
Speakers will be supplied through
the county agriculturist's office for
the various meetings, to assist in the
programme. The fallowing topics will
be discussed and advised upon:
First The labor , situation, what It
is and what It will be. Plans to enlist
farm labor will be discussed and or
ganization will be effected to get the
greatest efficiency from the inadequate
labor Supply now prevailing.
Second The probable minimum price
law on farm products will be explained
and discussed.
Third Regarding the exact food situ
ation in the United States reliable in
formation will be given to the farmers
present.
Fourth Tha taking of a crop census
of Multnomah County.
Information to Be Gathered.
Farm survey blanks will be issued
to the assembled farmers at each meet
ing, and they will be urged to fill them
in, thus afforaing invaluable Informa
tion to the movement. The blanks will
designate, when filled in, the name of
the farmer, his address, total acreage,
acreage in crop this year, idle acreage,
estimated producing acreage for 1918,
and a summary of the crop and acre
age j.lnaed this year, with an Inven
tory of all livestock. The farm sur
veys are to be made at the Instance of
the Oregon Agricultural College and
the United States Department of Agri
culture, co-operating extension service.
The crop situation will be thoroughly
discussed to determine methods for the
greater production of food products to
be consumed at home.
Fertiliser la Needed.
The County Council of Defense will
take up the matter of obtaining a large
amount of fertilizer at a narrow price
margin, it is aald, which will be dis
tributed for Increased acreage produc
tion, thus offsetting the dearth of labor.
It la probable that the County Commis
sioners will be active in the realization
of this plan.
At Tuesday nlght'a meeting of the
Council of Defense among the speakers
were County Commissioners Holman
and Holbrook, R. W. Gill. H. E. Davis,
of Gresham, and Mr. Hall, county agri
cultural agent.
Iled Cross Formed at Bee.
HOOD RIVER, Or, May 9. (Special.)
-An auxiliary branch of the Hood
Ttlver chapter of the National American
Rod Cross Association has been organ
ized at Dee. Officers of the new branch
have been named as follows: Mrs. R. W,
Bmmett, president; Mrs. T. J. Klnnaird
and Mrs. W. F. Shannon, vice-presi
dents, and Mrs. A. E. Williams, secre
tary and treasurer.
RAILWAYS LOOK AFTER OREGON
, SOLDIERS WHO ARE ON GUARD
Colonel May Inspects Detached Posts and Finds All Well and Comfortable.
Officers of Companies A and G Added to Roster.
COLONEL JOHN L. MAT returned
to headquarters yesterday from a
tour of Inspection of the camps
of the various unite of the Third Ore
gon that are -in the field' on detached
service. He found all of the organiza
tions enjoying splendid health and
comfortably situated. It seems the
railroads, whose property most of the
Third Oregon units are protecting, are
taking special pains to see the soldiers
are well provided for In the way of
fuel and shelter.
When explanations are necessary it
Is always too late. Bottom rails some
times will get on top at any rate, here
Is the list of company officers who
were omitted in the roster of the Third
Orngon which was printed last Sunday.
The officers of Company A are: Cap
tain Henry O. Miller, First Lieutennt
James C. Shirley, Second Lieutenant
Archie Van Atta. Those of Company
G are: Captain Lowell E. Rlanchard,
First Lieutenant Edward E. Walker
and Second Lieutenant Eldon C. Blan
chard. Perish the idea that these two
crack companies are without efficient
officers. .
These are the days when "he who
laughs last, laughs best." At any rate
that Is what the noncommissioned offi
cers of the Third Oregon are saying.
Tears ago yea, up to a year ago there
were those who laughed at the militia
and ; called them "tin soldiers" and
couldn't think of joining the National
Guard. Their kind' would have Joined,
but they wanted to be Lieutenants or
Captains. The idea of being a high pri
vate in the rear ranks well. It simply
wasn't done in their set.
The real and true worth . of a
National Guard training of the soldier
in the making waa fully realized by
the regular Army last Summer, in spite
of the eilly ravings of some magazine
writers to the contrary. That the Wav
Department knowa and fully realises
this is being shown by the inroads
being made on National Guard non
commissioned officers detailed on spe
cial duty as drillmasters at the Offi
cers' Reserve training camps.
All of the non-oommissioned offi
cers that are being sent to the Pre
sidio from the Third Oregon are being
sent to San Francisco for that special
duty, and unless a hazard goes glim
mering, it Is to the men, aa they show
tney nave the right sturr In them, that
commissions will be offered before
commissions are offered to the raw
material of three months' training.
Soldiers of the Third Oregon and
I nose or the regulars who are sta
tioned at Vancouver Barracks are to
noia & nig field day some time In
May, probably May 80. Lieutenant Hyde.
Adjutant St Vancouver Barracks, will
have charge of the regular Army part
of the programme, and Lieutenant L.
If. C'oni'pton has been detailed by
Colonel Abrams to round up the ath
letes In the Third Oregon. The pro
gramme will consist of the usual army
field-day athletics, and In order that
none Of the amateur standing of those
who take part be questioned the prises
to the winners will be medals instead
of cash.
The "Welcome" elgn hangs out to
the Army paymaster, who In his rounds
of yesterday missed E and 11. the two
companies that relieved companies A
and B when those two Third Oregon
units retreated Into quarantine when
attacked by spinal meningitis. Many
of the boys knowing that he had paid
the soldiers at field headquarters
Tuesday thought quite naturally that
the paymaster would be on the job
yesterday. He was not. and that Is
why many of the lads were bothered
last night with strained optics.
, However, being good soldiers and
naturally optimistlo they expect, the
paymaster will strike camp today. In
the meantime E and H are getting well
settled In their new camp. The rain
of last night messed things up a bit
and made the company streets look
like duck ponds, and things looked a
bit damp and muddy, but lumber for
flooring of the tents is on hand and
soon the camp will be one of the pop
ular ehow places. One thing Is sure.
It Is unsafe to talk to any members
about being sent to the Armory.
Private Otls'Gray was yesterday pro
moted to a corporal, and Private Rich
ard M. Word, son of ex-Sheriff Tom
Word; Paul D. Stone, whose father is
general secretary for the Y. M. C. A.;
Roy Anderson, Donald G. Gates, John
S. Grout, Orris O. Fletcher, James 'E.
Lewton and Floyd O. Parker, . all " of
Company G, were made privates of the
first class.
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S. A 11. Green Trading Stan pa Glvea.
BUILDING TURNED OVER
OWIVKRSHII .OF RAILWAY EX
tHAXGB IS TRANSFERRED,
Old Stockholder. Have Interest la Ken
Corporation Lease on Site
Extended to 1847. '
Ownership of the six-story reinforced
concrete Railway Exchange building,
which occupies land 100 by 60 feet In
area on the south side of Stark street,
between Third and Fourth streets, was
transferred yesterday from the Rail
way exchange Building Company to a
newly organized corporation known as
the Railway Exchange Investment
Company, composed partly of the old
stockhol&ers and of new stockholders
who have invested In the building.
Among the new stockholders are
Grant Smith, principal owner of the
Hotel Multnomah property and owner
of several Portland apartment houses;
Peter Autxen, president of the Peninsula
National Bank; F. P. Drinker, manager
of the- Peninsula Securities Company;
Robert Krims, attorney; S. F. Wilson,
vice-president and manager of the
Bankers' Mortgage Corporation, and
J. F. Daly president of the Title &
Trust Company.
The Railway Exchange building is re
puted to be worth IJK2.800 in a private
appraisal obtained by the new investors
in the building prior to the conclusion
of the reorganisation deal. By tlie
terms of the transfer of ownership, the
ground rental on the property has been
reduced from $18,000 a year to $12,500,
the latter amount being & per cent on
$250,000. The lease also has been ex
tended by the owner of the property,
Elmer E. Mai lory, for a 15-year period,
which puts the expiration of the lease
ahead until 1847.
No announcement has been made as
to how extensive an interest the new
stockholders acquired in the building,
but it Is understood that thy have
purchased a majority of the stock. The
deal affects only that portion of the
building facing Stark street for the full
distance between Fourth and Third
streets and does not include that part
of the structure covering 50 by 100 feet
of land on Third street, known as the
Peterson property, and which Is nert to
the Spalding building. This Is con
nected as a part of the Railway Ex
change building and is served by the
same elevators, but Is owned sepa
rately. The Railway Exchange building was
built about eight years ago. It Is re
garded as one of the best constructed
buildings In the city and is said to
contain a greater percentage of window
space and natural light than any other
office structure in Portland.
FERRY TO RUN TO 10 P. M.
Petitions of St. Jolms and I.lnnton
Residents Cause Extension.
The St. Johns ferry will be operated
until 10 o'clock at night instead of
until 8 o'clock as heretofore, according
to action taken at the meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners yester
day. Resolutions extending the time
of the operation of the ferry ware in
troduced by Commissioner Muck.
Residents of St. Johns and Linn ton
appeared before the commissioners and
asked that the ferry be run until 11
P. M. Petitions asking the same ex
tension of time had previously been
submitted.
Hood River Takes Liberty Honda.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. May 9. (Spe
cial.) U. A. E. Clark, a retired Odell
rancher, who wan recently turned down
by locsl recruiting officers because of
his age, is determined to do his bit.
Mr. Clark waa the first local citizen to
make application for one of the liberty
war bonds. All local banks are sub
scribing liberally for Issues of the
bonds. The first subscription, for $10,-
000. was made by the First National
Bank.
COUNTY HAS CASH ON HAND
Iteport ot Finances Is Made by Audi
tor as of May 1.
The County of Multnomah had $197.
S9S.86 on hand In the general fund on
May 1. according to the report of 8.
B. Martin, Auditor, submitted to the
Board of County Commissioners yes
terday. Outstanding warrants payable
from that fund amounted to $11.
639.3S. In the road fund on the same date
there was $143,460.01. with outstand
ing warrants amounting to $5,608.64.
Cash on hand in the interstate bridge
fund amounted to $77,674.63, with out
standing warrants for $57.24.
WALTER MILLER
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T I.YK1C THEATER TOMGHT.
Will forfeit $60 if he fails to ihrow
him in 15 minutes. Extra added at
traction. Regular Lyric prices:
15c, 5c