TITE . 3I0KNIXG . OKEGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1,-1918.
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WESTERN OREGON IS TO FORE IN
DPRODUC
TION
Willamette Valley Counties Have Prosperous Year Men and Supplies Are Furnished to Help Win War
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AI.EM. Or, Dec. SI. (Special.)
Corr.lnr back fir a few len
U year. 'Marlon County. Industrially,
caa say that 1)17 naa been a Rood year
to Ita people. Mills have reopened, new
Industries have been developed and
trtd on a prosperous path; farming;
acreage has been Increased and arener
ally the people tiara found themselves
more prosperous and contented.
The best concrete example of condi
tions may be found In the bank de
posits. An Increase of 13 per cent Is
shown In the deposits In the 1 banks
In the county, according: to figures
prepared by State Bank Superintendent
fcara-ent. In these 17 stale banks and
two National banks on September II.
3M7. the drpoult totaled Is.04.S.7l.
tncludlnr f In demand de
poells and S:.0i.744.M In time deposit.
On September 12. IU. tb total de
postts were l SJ7.04S 7. or I.S1.-
3j77 In demand deposits and I2.I7.-
l m time drposlta The deposits
of 117 over 11 showed an Increase
of $J.:i7.:0 0J in the ftrcicitr. or
an Increase of J730 oil for time de
posit and of fl.ll7.Sst.t3 for demand
tejvostts.
These deposits perhaps show one
reason why iljrion County folk could
sro Into their pockets and dla; out well
rer tl.vu4.v00 to aid In the (real finan
cial drives which have been miilt to
kelp win the war.
la the first liberty loan drive I IIS.
foe wss subscribed and In the second
9 42.900. Of the iwiiul amount Salem
alone suberrlbed liii.S'JO. The county
Tvo l;.'J0 to the Ked Cross fund and
Hit to the soldiers' library fund.
The result of Its work In food con
servation showed that over 7 per cent
f the homra of the county have sub
scribed to the Hoover pledge. A lance
umber of tlerman-Amrrlrans arc In
cluded In the population of this county
and they have come forward loyally
and without stint In every drive that
has been made. As'an example. In
the little town of Mount Ansel, when
X'J German-Americans at a meeting
were asked to raise their hand to
show who would subscribe to the sec
ond liberty loan, mora than 7i per cent
of them responded.
The S7.ott subscribed to the Red
Cross work Is not all that has been
done in that campaign In this county.
Falem Is the headquarters for the Wil
lamette Chapter of the Ked Cross.
which has auxiliaries In every precinct.
practically, and has accomplished
Immense amount of work In giving
practical assistance to the Ked Cross.
Every cam pa ten which "has been
waa-rd here along the line of assistance
In war work has been carried on only
after a most thorough organisation has
been effected. These organizations
stand ready at any tlm- In the future
to duplicate or better their efforts In
the past and. from appearances, this
county Is ready to 19ls to meet any o(
the servlcrs or sacrifices which It
anient be railed upon to offer.
The county, as a whole, has forged
Steadily ahead during the past year,
regardless of the fact that Its main
resource agriculture was hit hard by
a dry season.
One of the main acquisitions during
the year was the romplrtion of the new
Sloo.VO plant of Wlttenberg-KIng Com
pany, at Sul'm. This company hand I fa
dried vegetables, which can b convert
ed by the application of a little water
Into as good aa fresh vegetables. It
Is expected thst this company will
mean a great assistance In handling
food products for the soldiers at home
and abroad, and contracts all over the
Valley are being made with farmers
for tha product of their labors.
Report of building activities, while
they cannot be tabulated to give exact
data. Indicate that 117 has not been a
bad year In that line throughout the
county. The smaller towns have been
enjoying a steady, thriving advance, as
wl as Salem, and II Is probable that
3l will see even a greater advance.
People In this section, at least, are
looking for great thing In tha next
year aad the years to come.
j?jCfi Columbia Xier
pany Company K. with 7 m;n ready I war library funds, there being partlc-
for duty when the call came. They ular Interest In the second drive for
were fully equipped and drilled and
entrained Immediately to Camp Withy
combe when called. They are under
the able command of Captain Charles
A. alurphey. with Hcrxhel Elleners as
First Lieutenant.
Benton County has not given of men
alone. She has oversubscribed of her
dollars for every war fund for which
she has been called upon. For five
successive years she took the blue
ribbons at the Stale Fair and became
known as "the blue ribbon county.-'
The Portland papers have also dubbed
her with this title In the matter of
raising war revenue.
The first call was for money for
the T. M. C. A. Benton eras allotted
f 1000 as her share and raised f:'300, or
230 per cent.
The next call was for the Red Cross
Kenton was allotted tlt.000. and raised
IIS 000. and has an active Ked Cross
organisation of several hundred mem
bers.
Kenton was asked for IIS for war
libraries. This was raised entirely
through the medium of the Gaiette
Tlmes without a single personal solici
tation and was oversubscribed, nearly
1100.
Her first liberty loan allotment was
1113.000. She raised 1113.000. Her sec
ond liberty loan allotment was
000. She subscribed $311,000. an over
subscription of per cent, being the
largest oversubscription in Oregon.
Benton County was organized early
In tha food conservation campaign and
every vacant piece of ground available
was raising crops In the summer oi
117. This Increase in production Is
beinar further backed by the Benton
County housewives, who have a record
of more than 9 per cent of signatures
for the -Hoover conservation cards."
In addition to these war activities.
Corvalll gathered 15 large boxes of
books and magazines for the Army.
contributed a large tobacco fund, and
subscribed nearly 1400 to a mess fund
for Company K. The people believe
thev have earned the title of "blue rib.
bon county" and the spirit for sustains
Ins; it la still extant
the former, the county's quota of 63u0
being exceeded.
Much Interest Instantly developed In
the Spring campaign to speed up food
production and a large acreage was
planted. Crops suffered from the
trout h. hay and Spring grain being
artlcularly affected, but because of
the large planting the potato crop is
about normal In quantity. Beans were
generally planted Mi many sections and.
while but a halt crop was leathered,
the outcome was so much better than
anticipated that It is believed growers
are not discouraged and will plant
largely next year.
Notwithstanding the feed shortage.
It is probable that the dairy Interests
will be but little affected.' Dairymen
are receiving the highest prices ever
paid ror milk ana. wnue it was icarru
earlier In the season that there would
be a general selling of dairy stock
It developed that in moat cases where
salea were made the stock still re
malned within the county.
Warned by the experience of this
year, farmers generally planted rail
grain and the acreage devoted to such
crops will exceed those of previous
years. In spite of the dry Fall, they
did not wait for rain, but there was
dry plowing and rolling and large
areas formerly devoted to other crops
are sown to grain
SHOWING BY LANE
COUNTY IS GREAT
More Than 750 Mea Seat to Colors aad
rrodaetloa of All Kinds Is Increased.
RESPONSE TO WAR
DEMANDS GENEROUS
Vissklsdss foaaty Make r'loe Show
ing, I'srsUklac Meo, Faads aad Sapplles
LOYALTY IS SHOWN
BY BENTON COUNTY
HILLSBORO. Or, Dec. 31. (Special.)
Washington County has not
lagged behind Its sisters In the part it
la taking to win the war and Is well
represented In the fighting forces and
all the agencies forming the second line
of offense. The county's quota In the
first draft was It men. but volunteers
In all branches of the service bring the
total from the county now In the ranks
to more than 300. Immediately after
the declaration of war the boys In the
lllllsboro High School enlisted prac
tically en masse in the Third Oregon,
and the example was followed by other
schools of the county. Many others are
now In the regulars, the Marines and
the Navy.
Exact figures are impossible In giv
ing the county's financial contributions.
Adjoining the city of Portland, many
Washington County residents transact
their business through the banks of
that city. This Is particularly true of
the eastern section, and liberty loan
subscriptions were made largely
through Portland banks. Reports from
ten of the 11 banks In the county give
1IV1.400 for the first loan and I14u.60
for the second.
Red Cross activities have centered In
Hlllsboro and Forest drove. The Hills
boro branch was organised at a public
meeting April 4. which was addressed
by His hop Walter Sumner. It now baa
II branches and steady shipments of
articles made by the workers both of
this branch and that of forest Grove
and Ita auxiliaries have been made.
Subscription to the fund In the Red
Cross drive credited to the county were
117.107.31. but. as In the case of tlte
liberty bonds, many subscriptions were
obtained by Portland workers.
The 7!rls Honor Guard is represent
ed at Hlllsboro. Forest Urove and Ilea
verton. All enlisted men have been
presented with "housewives" and other
articles and the organization haa sup
plied candy to match the cigars sup
plied by the different sections of the
draft. In Hlllsboro the girls were
drilled by an ex-Army officer and have
marched In various patriotic parades.
Th. jtiitttv wm m n r V n mil Iv t n
CorralUs b4 a National Guard com appeals for tie Army V. M. C A. and
:ery t all toe twhtssr la Met talta
Itaw Spirts Maay Mea Are Peat lssr.
CKVAU-IS. Or. rve. 31. (Special. 1
Benton County has been keeping
to the fore In all war activities since
t is Nation first became Involved. She
bad the first Home Ouard company,
wi'.h more than 2e members, organ
lid within a f'w day after the war
was declared. She had the first Honor
tiuard company, with tZ members, or
ganised about the same time. She
rank highest In number of men reg
istered for service In proportion to
population, with showing of 117.
v-.e stands at the head of the list of
men sent to the Army and avy la
Truportton to population, having sent
Ti men to the) Navy and Marines, six
to the aviation service. li to the
reserve officers' training camp, seven
to the engineers, seven to the Coast
Artillery, and when the call came for
men eligible to service Benton County
was -exempt" because she bad already
furnished II men more than her allot
ment.
EUGENE. Or.. Dec 31. (Special.)
Lane County is in the front rank
in the Nation's war activities. Since
President Wilson proclaimed a state
of war' with Germany. April . she
has been responding with men. money
and materials. More than "50 of her
sens have answered their country's
call, according to conservative es
timates, and the rolKS at nome nave
been brought to a realization that they
are concerned vitally in events that are
happening in far-away Europe. Little
tots in the second and third grades in
ih. schools of Kugene are taking part
in the war activities. They are making
and stringing gun wipes for the sol
diers. Older boys and girls are mak
ing trench candles. In the high School
and university students are devoting a
part of their time to the Ked Cross
military studies and drill. Men and
women are working through the Ked
Cross and the Y. M. C. A. in almost
every conceivable way In doing what
they can to help win the war.
Lane County farmers, millworkers
and tlmbermen are busy. They are
suoolylng food, clothing and lumber
for the Army. Ctnned and dried fruits
and vegetables, meat, grain, tent pins.
khaki cloth, woolen blanicets, lumoer
for ships, cantonments and airplanes.
nd valve grinders, to keep automobile
and aircraft motors running smoothly.
are some or tne war proaucis wnicn are
being suonlied by Lane County
Lane County is proud to have been
one of the 13 counties in the state ex-
emoted as a whole under the first
draft. She is still further credited with
volunteers which will reduce her quota
for the second calL She is also proud
of the fact that two months ago J. M.
Williams, one of her prominent citizens,
was appointed Adjutant-General of the
state to relieve Adjutant-General White
that the latter might enter active serv
ice.' Eugrne. as the headquarters of the
Oregon Coast Artillery and the home of
Colonel Creed C Hammond, the com
mander of the regiment, since her sons
have gone away with each succeeding
d4 find a quickening Interest in all
movements for their welfare and to aid
in the success of the country's cause.
The Lane County Chapter of the Ked
Cross, with Eugene as the center of its
actlvitiea. has a membership of 2200.
and Ita record for production gives it
rank among the foremost chapters of
the organization on the Pacific Coast.
Hundreds of women In Eugene are giv
ing a part of each day to the Ked Cross
and the branches In the other cities
and towns of the county also have a
large proportion of active workers.
The Army has drawn on the food re
sources of Lane County heavily. A
very large part of the output of the
the Government. These plants produce
75.000 cases of canned goods this year,
as "Compared with 57.000 cases in 191.
Many hundreds of thousands of pounds
of dried fruit also has been prepared
at the canneries and at smaller driers
scattered throughout the county. Black
berry Jam for the soldier boy's bread
has been a prominent cannery product
in Lane County this year. The Eugene
plant alone handled 185 tons of these
berries, making them into Jam, much
of which has found its way into the
commissary stores of the War Depart
ment. Increased hoc; production is the out
standing farm development in Lane
County no small matter-In providing
food for the Nation's fighting men. N.
s. itobb, County Agricultural Agent,
estimates that the Increase in the hog
production in Lane County this year
has amounted to more than 20 per cent.
In response to the Nation's call to
plant. Lane County farmers last Spring
planted 3400 acres of beans, the largest
acreage for a single county in Oregon
and an increase of 600 per cent in the
acreage for the county. As a result of
drought, the crop was short, but suffi
cient to show an increase in productiot
over former years. Corn, destined to
receive little credit as a "war crop.'
because it is fed largely to livestock,
was the biggest agricultural success of
the year, returning a good yield despite
dry weather.
Virtually every branch of the lumber
Industry in Lane County is engaged in
war work. Far back in the hills, log
gers are getting out timbers' which are
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being cut at the mills for shipbuilding of the Important office buildines. have
and airplane stock. Two plants in been donated by the patriotic owners.
Lane County are engaged exclusively and grive ample room and facilities for
in me proaucuon oi tent pins for the the important work that has oeen car-
use oi tne Army, and have manufac-I rled out by this organization
tured a total of 2,000.000. These nins nri.. rntv hg hnnt 240 men
The Red Cross headquarters. In the I are not available, careful estimates i mercial timber In the world. While
main business section of the city, and show that the number Of Linn County much of this is in the Government.
their sales and packine-rooms. in one I boys now in the service of their coun-rorest reserve there are iarse imtij
are made of ash, notched and made
reaay ior use.
Outstanding features of Lane Coun
ty's part in the war can be summarized
as ionows:
Verona t ompanv. ureron Cnnsf A rtiu.. ui
... . mt"n'- ""f" i-oast Artillery. . ..lot
;'n company. Oregon Coast Artillery U4
,u"1 Aiiiuumnce thorps. Vlat Division
United States National Armv (known
as Lnlversity of Oreion Amhniun..
' 7"" ) 102
t . ...........
-kuiui Amir ma .avy. avai Keserve.
Signal Corps. aviation and other
oranenss or service irstlmated) SSO
Subscriptions to first liberty loan ... .!'.'5.0i
UUI. iu irconfl uoerty lean
Contributions to Ked Cross
Lumber for cantonments
Airplane stock
Wooden pipe stock for cantonments
Lumber for ships
Lumber for Navy-yards I. II
VToolen khaki cloth manufactured .
Woolen Army blankets iniimber) ...
DOUGLAS CITIZENS
DOING THEIR BIT
t onaiy Is Conserving aad Producing!
Crop Yields fiala Patriotism la Showa.
in the various branches of the Army,
men who were members of the Oregon
Coast Artillery and Hospital Corps,
aside from many individuals who have
since enlisted in the Army and Navy.
Some have passed the examinations at
the officers' training camp at Uie
Presidio and are now at Camp Lewis,
while there are a number in the avia
tion department. Douglas county s
showing is far above the average, but
by no means up to her final inten
tions. There is a stern but quiet spirit
of devotion to the cause, and no one
objects, as the sacrifice of time, er
i.wiouo fort nd money means -greater war
IL'.ooo I Drogress in tne iutnre. xun tn
Invested, in , both liberty loan cans,
nor than t.loo.000. and this amount
w snhst-rihed in a very brief period
8.5r.ono after the campaign had oeen openea.
14O.0O0 -.y, ,.iQicr or funds for Y. M. C. A.
work among the soldiers met a hearty
response in this city and the quota was
exceeded, the students of the Roseburg
High School, who were called upon to
raise $150, in two days reaching almost
the $500 mark.
Where those vested with authority of
leadership have failed others incon
spicuously have stepped In. performed
the work and neither " claimed or ac
cepted the Just credit. The result has
Keet.
2.:4S.S4t
OB.",. Oi 10
50.".000
Yards.
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POSEBURG, Or.. Dec. 31. (Special ) been the awakening of interest in all
' I . i , . 1 . . n t . i , i .nil Vatlnnfll
mines, not oj fc,it,v. ' - - ,
but locally, and new leaderships by
those' who were unselfish has lead to
the discovery of previous unknown
Av From the standpoint of patrio
tism. whether It required the sacrifice
or lives, money or labor, the city of
Koseburg has not been negligent in
any part of the war programme out
lined by the Government to further an
aggressive fight against the enemy.
It has given freely, unhesitatingly and
with that generous "spirit that always
nas prompted its people from the very
beginning of the world conflict, not
only in the city, but throughout the
county. The response to arras by pa
triotic young America in Douglas
County, when war was announced with
Germany, more than met the require
ments of the Government, thus elimi
nating the draft 4n this county for the
nrst call or men.
The Red Cross, since its organiza
tion, has received total receipts of
12800. every cent of which has been
earned by the members In various ways.
with the exception of $270, which
amount represents donations received
from various sources. with the as
sistance of the Kove Cross, .Roseburg
fed 17.000 soldiers, en route to Ameri
can Lake during the months- or Octo
ber and November, a greater number
ability in the community.
Douglas County is conserving ana
producing- More land is in cultivation
than at any previous period in its his
tory. Stockralsingr is being carried on
a far larger scale than ever before:
especially is this true of hogs, many
of the farmers oi tne umpqua vauey
going into this industry quite exten
sively.
The fruit Industry also is receiving
its share of attention, each year show
ing a substantial gain in output over
that of the previous year. More than
125 carloads of prunes were snipped
from this county the present year, the
growers realizing above $500,000 for
their product.
LINN'S RECORD OF
PATRIOTISM GREAT
Coanty Give Freely of Ita Products,
Mea and Money Progress I Rotable.
than any other city on the Coast, net-I A
LBAXr, Or.. Dec. 31. (Special.)
ting about 11700 for their treasury in Giving rreely or Its money. Its
this manner. They have sent about products and its sons. Linn County
4o Christmas boxes to the soldiers In nas assisted materially In making the
France. Several large shipments of .,j(j r im .i,i
Eugene Fruit Growers' Association can-I dressings and other materia for hosni- Oregon has established since the war
nerle1n Eugene. Creswell and Junction tsrt purposes also were forwarded to the I began.
City has been purchased ultimately by war zone in, the early part of the Fall. I Though absolutely accurate figures
try is approximately 540 One entire
company went from Albany and vicin
ity and the county is well represented
in the Third Oregon, the regular Army.
Navy and Marines. This county also
furnished several commissioned offi
cers. Linn was one of the Oregon counties
which had so many volunteer enlist
ments that it was not called upon to
furnish a single man for the first
draft.
This county subscribed liberally for
liberty bonds. It gave $22,163.29 in
the Red Cross drive. Subscriptions for
the Army work of the Y. M. C. A.
exceeded $7000. The, County Court of
Linn-County, the city of Albany and
local citizens made up a mess fund of
approximatey $1000 for the Fifth Com
pany. Oregon Coast Artillery, which
went from this city.
In addition to the amount realized
in the Red Cross drive this county has
contributed materially to Red Cross
work, for the local chapter has raised
more than $3500 for this purpose. Of
this amount approximately $2700 was
obtained from serving dinners t
drafted men passing through Albany
for Camp Lewis at Tacoma. Inci
dentally, in this work, this county
showed its patriotism, 'for the men
characterized their Albany reception
as the best they received. Splendid
dinners were served, musical pro
grammes given and local people gave
the boys an enthusiastic and hearty
welcome. People in various parts of
the county donated supplies for these
dinners so that most of . the money
received,, was profit for Red Cross
work.
In the making' of supplies, ' too, the
chapters and auxiliaries of . the Red
Cross in Linn County have done a re
markable work. Large shipments of
supplies of all kinds have been sent to
Red Cross headquarters.
With the largest acreage in its his
tory devoted to agricultural purposes.
Linn County is helping in that way.
too, to win the war. In 1917 more land
was devoted to the growing of grain
and hay than ever before and small
tracts and vacant lots, always hereto
fore unused, were utilized for bean
and potato crops. Only an unusually
poor season which, by the way, is a
rarity in the Willamette Valley pre
vented record-breaking crops.
But ,1918 bids fair to eclipse this
year in that respect. Already by far
the greatest acreage ever devoted to
Fall crops has been seeded. With
favorable weather Linn County will
produce the largest grain crops in its
history next year, to say nothing of
hay, beans, potatoes and all kinds of
fruits and vegetables, imn County
farmers also are raising large quan-
of privately owned timber not yet
touched for commercial purposes.
Only a small percentage of the
county's timber resources is being
drawn upon now, and yet the annual
output of forest products in this county
is estimated at $1,250,000.
Rich in natural resources and with
a splendid, patriotic citizenship, enjoy
ing every facility whereby its people
may live happily and well, ' Linn
County, which is one of the oldest
counties in the state in point of or
ganization and settlement, continued,
during 1917, to maintain its record of
keeping pace with the general prog
ress of Oregon along all lines.
GROWING CLOVER
SEED PROFITABLE
titles of stock and hogs and the county
ships a large amount of dairy prod
ucts annually. It is estimated that the
annual output of farm products in this
county ranges from $6,500,000 to
$7,200,000.
Linn County has a wealth or toresi
resources also which are available for
war or other purposes. It has some
of the largest bodies of good. corn-
Annual I'roilnollon' In I. Inn County Is
Valued at 9200,000 duality of Best.
A LBANY. Or., Dec. 31. (Special.)
li Ten years ago practically no clover
was grown in in Lihn County. Now
approximately $200,000 is distributed
among farmers of the county every
year for clover seed and the clover hay
raised in connection with the -seed pro
duction yields an additional amount
estimated at $25,000.
A little more than a decade ago a
farmer came to Linn County from the
Middle West and bought some so-called
"white land." This class of land, which
appears in streaks in some parts of the
county, will not grow wheat and gen
erally was regarded as worthless.
Whenever any unsuspecting stranger
bought white land everybody felt sorry
for him. This man planted AIsiKe
clover on his farm and paid .for it in
two years.
This experiment opened the eyes of
others and clover began to be grown
generally. While the Alsike clovr is
grown on white land it is the red
Clover, planted on the better soil, 'which
furnishes the principal clover crop of
the county.
Once started, clover-growing became
popular in Linn County and for the
past few years large quantities of seed
have been produced. It is estimate
that 30 cars of clover seed, of 20 tons.
capacity each, now are shipped out of
the county annually. The 1917 croo
was light and did not reach this total,
but this is said to be a reliable estimate
on the average number the past few
years.
Clover-growing not only has pro
vided a most profitable industry in this
county and furnished a crop which can
be grown on some land formerly un
used, but it has renewed the land for
gram growing. .Before clovgt- was
grown here much of the land practi
cally had been exhausted. By alterna-
ing crops of wheat and clover much
greater grain crops have been pro
duced than formerly. This plan has
abrogated the old custom of Summer-
fallowing, thus permitting greater and.
more profitable use of the land.