VOL. T,Y VO 18 847 Entered at P o r 1 1 a n d (Oregon)
UL. liA U. JO' 4 Postofflce ss SKond-Clan Mutter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FIRE IN PATTON HOME
F
L T
OREGON FARM VALUES
COLD WEATHER AIDS
ORDER TO MURDER
IRISH REPUBLICANS
SLAY FIRST WOMAN
E
ROUTS OUT OLD FOLKS
RISE $300,000,000
COAL MINE STRIKE
PUBLIC REVEALED
i
LEAVES EX-
EXIT INTO RALV IS MADE IX
INCREASE FOR TEX-TEAB PE
LEADERS LEAVE LONDON1 TO
VICTIM TAKEN FROM HOME
ORDERLY FASHIOX.
RIOD SHOYVX BY STATISTICS.
50VEKMEXT"S CHAGRIN".
AXD SHOT TO DEATH,
QMS TO GOUGE
N
1
PRUN
01
KAISER
DENIED BY CAPTAIN
WILLAMETTE K NG
V
Profiteers Exposed by
Federal Trade Body.
RENT AND FUEL CUTS ADVISED
Retailers Are Blamed for
Keeping Commodities Up.
SUPPLY HELD CURTAILED
Tendency Declared to Be to Bring
About Uniform Prices at Arti
, Xiclally High Level.
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 17.
Legislation to eliminate unnecessary
brokerage transactions, to facilitate
a wide distribution of information on
market conditions and strengthen the
powers of the government in Its price
investigations was recommended by
the Federal Trade commission in a
report on the industrial situation,
drawn up at the request of Presi
dent Harding and made public to-
r.Ight.
"Open-price asso' Ations," which
operate within the laws to keep their
respective members advised confl
dentlally of one another's price
schedules, were accused. by the com
mission of contributing to the main
tenance of unduly high retail prices.
Cut Im Living Held Needed.
"It was suggested that means must
be found to reduce costs of necessi
ties, such as fuel and housing, before
other commodities can come back to
normal
It should be said." the report con
tinued, "that following the disordered
condition of the world's affairs, a
shrinkage in values . is inevitable,
and that normal conditions will be
the more quickly restored if the pro
ducer, the laborer, the manufacturer,
the Jobber and the retailer will each
share at once in the unavoidable loss,
and furthermore any effort by any
element to place its share of the com
mon loss on the shoulders of others,
and particularly on the consumer, can
but result In & continuation of the
conditions under which the country
Is suffering."
Retailers Are Criticised.
Declaring cost of many commodi
ties has not been reduced in accord
ance with the decline in raw ma
terials, the commission gave its belief
that "in general the movement to
ward the reduction of prices is re
tarded at the retailing stage, and
that relief would be" reflected back in
increased production, which would
reduce the production cost' and re
lieve to some extent, at . least, the
check on the manufacturer and by
Increasing the demand for raw ma
terials would react on the producer."
The report took note of the in
fluence of foreign combinations of
capital in determining the price of
grain and added that among domestic
combinations one of the newest was
the "open-price association."
Supply Held Curtailed.
Collection and public dissemination
t statistical data' might make the
operation of such associations of
benefit to the producer and con-
.Til,, I - . i ,1 Km. i,nfA.f.ln.t.l
the tendency is to bring about uni-
lorm prices at an arimctaiiy nign
level by curtailing production or
supply.
"A fundamental difficulty is that
there is no complete information
available with reference to the proper
adjustment of manufacturers', whole
salers' and retailers'' prices."
'The general causes of price ine
qualities and suggested remedies
were surnmecfup as follows:
Frier. Held Exreaalve.
"Aside from the unfair methods of
competition and aside from the im
portant elements of transportation
and credit, we are of the opinion that
the following are among the princi
pal causes:
"Excessive price of many Basic
commodities, prominent among which
is coal, which vitally affects the cost
of other commodities.
"Existence of the typical corporate
monopolies, and in distinction, agree
ments in violation of the anti-trust
laws, as illustrated by the condition
in another basic commodity, to-wit,
lumber.
"Open price associations.
"Interference with the channels of
trade by distributors' trade associa
tions, particularly by activities tend
ing to maintain an unnecessary num
ber of inefficient, regular dealers
while shutting out new dealers seek
ing to sell at lower prices, fhd espe
cially co-operative purchasing and
oistriouting organizations of . con
sumers.
"Foreign combinations in the inter
national market.
Suggeatloa Is Made.
"We suggest the following:
"Passage of a bill to meet judicial
objections to the authority of this
commission to continue its efforts to
obtain and publish information re
specting the ownership, produotton,
uistnDuuon, cosia, sates ana pronis
Lr la ths baslo industries mors directly
arrecting the necessities of lire,
"Vigorous prosecutions under the
snti-truat laws. Including; a closer
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Match, Flipped by Chance Into
Waste Basket, Causes Flames
but Damage' Is Small.
Several old-timers were enjoying
themselves in the library of the Pat
ton home, $75 Michigan avenue, after
supper last night. They were
"chawin" and smoking and playing
checkers and swapping yarns. In the
drawing room'some of the old ladies
were busy with their knitting.
match, flipped by chance Into a waste
basket, still blazed when they de
serted their pastimes for. bed, for the
old folks retire early.
About 7:15 smoke was smelled by
the Janitor, who quickly traced it to
the library, sounded the house fire
alarm and then called the city fire
department. There was quick exit
of the old folks into the rain, but no
confusion. 'They had been drilled in
such a manner that everyone knew
Just what to do. The "youngsters'
who could take care of themselves
without assistance helped the more
unfortunate to hobble out of the
building. The old ladies were assist
ed out by inmates and attendants.
and the stress of excitement failed
to develop a single panicky soul
When check was taken after the de
partmcnt had extinguished the blaze
no one was found to be injured.
Captain Day of the fire marshal's
office said that the fire had evi
dently started in the waste basket
and spread to the surrounding car
pet and furniture. About $150 dam
age resulted, including a number of
ruined books. Engine company 24
responded to the call.
GERMAN FUSION SOUGHT
Austrian Demonstrations Held in
t
Spite of Government.
VIENNA. April 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Dispite disapproval of
the government, demonstrations for
fusion with Germany were held to
day. The meetings came as a climax
to the agitation of the last three days
following the entente ultimatum
against the plebiscite movement.
Enormous crowds gathered here
under a cold rainfall and listened for
hours to speeches. Afterwards the
crowds paraded singing German
songs and carrying red, black and
yellow banners.
Speakers were insistent on the
early accomplishment of a union with
Germany as the only salvation for
Austria.
AUTO UPSETS; ONE KILLED
Man and Four Women Severely
Hurt North of Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 17. One
man was killed, another man and
four women severely injured and. a
fifth woman slightly hurt early to
night when a crowded automobile.
traveling at high speed, turned turtle
on the north trunk highway eight
miles north of Seattle.
The dead man is Lawrence Murphy
and the injured are Lewis Hurwitz,
Mrs. Lawrence Murphy, Miss Gene
vieve Hurwitz, Miss Annie Hurwitz,
Miss Sylvia R. Berman and Mrs. E. C.
Smith, all of Seattle.' . Hurwitz was
the most severely injured and physi
cians feared he would not live
through the night.
CAR AMUCK IN CURIO SHOP
Front Broken in, Back Partition
Moved by Seaside Machine.
SEASIDE. Or. April 17. (Special.)
Mike Cryderman lost control of his
automobile today, and the machine
crashed Into the Dunning Curio shop,
corner of Second street and Broad
way. The front doors were broken
down and the car careened into the
building, moving the back partition
several Inches.
The loss will amount to several
hundred dollars.
No one was In the store at the
t'.me of the accident, , although Mrs.
Dunning, who resides in the rear of
the building, was just preparing to I
open up the shop.
ROBBERY VICTIM IS SLAIN
Body of Retired Farmer, Face
Crushed, Found in Seattle Hotel
SEATTLE. Wash., April 17. After
his head had been swathed In a blan
ket to prevent outcry, Nels Peterson,
a retired farmer, aged 50, was beaten
to death and robbed in his room at
local hotel today. His body, with the
lower part of his face smashed away
by blows from an instrument not
found by the police, was discovered
by hotel employes. Peterson is
known to have received a 300 pay
ment on his farm recently, but no
money was found among his effects
Police have no clew as to the iden
tity of the assassin.
GERMANY PUNISHING REDS
Extraordinary Juries Are Imposing
Heavy Sentences on Communists.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
. liehed by Arrangement.)
BERLIN, April 17. (Special cable.)
The extraordinary juries, called to
alt In ths eases of tr9 communists re
sponsible for the recent uprisings,
have set a precedent by giving heavy
sentences to those found guilty.
At Naumburg and H&lberstadt the
juries Inflicted aentenees of 10 years
and life Imprisonment, which ordinary
juries had feared tu do in such cases
previously,
Wilhelm Goes With Body
of Wife to Border.
EX-RULER SOBS AT SERVICE
Father and Sons in Full Prus
v sian Guard Uniform.
CREPE WORN1 ON' HELMETSJ
Procession Reaches Maarn In Dark'
ncss Ex-Monarch Appears to
Be Broken, as Party Departs.
DOORX, April 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Never was contrast
between former glory and present
humiliation more accentuated than
when Wilhelm. the ex-kaiser, fol
lowed the body of his wife, Augusta
Victoria, to the station at Maarn,
where he entrusted the body of his
faithful companionate his sons and
friends to take back to the father
land.
The ex-emperor and the ex-crown
prince and other sons present were
all attired in full uniform of the
Prussian guard, their helmets crepe
covered.
The funeral procession arrived at
the station in darkness only broken
by the light from a few lamps.
Flowers Cover Huge Car.
' First came a huge car covered with
flowers, followed by servants, who
loaded the wreaths into the railway
carriage. About ten minutes later
the hearse arrived, flashing search
lights. It was draped with black
cloth with white cross border.
From the next automobile Chaplain
Dryander alighted wearing black
robes. Then came an automobile car
rying the. former emperor and his
daughter Princess Victoria Louise,
which drove to a shelter of shrub
hiding it from view.
The ex-crown prince and Prince
Adalbert walked -briskly J forward.
Other members of the family alighted.
' Nobility Is Represented.
Representatives pf Queen Wilhel-
miiui of Holland, the dowageT queen
nd the Prince Consort, . together
with representatives of the king of
Spain and! the king of Sweden and
several .Dutch officials, closed the
procession.
When all had collected around the
coffin, the court chaplain. Dr. Dry
ander, 'delivered a brief oration. The
coffin was then placed in the rail
way carriage, where Wilhelm, Fred
erick William and Princess Louise
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Land, Buildings, Machinery and
Livestock Are Included in
Census Bureau Report.
The value of farm property In Ore
gon advanced nearly $300,000,000 dur
ing the ten-year period from 1910 to
1920, according to a bulletin just is
sued by the United States bureau of
census. These figures included in
creases in land values, buildings, ma
chlnery and livestock.
Buildings on farms during that
period nearly doubled In value and a
similar advance was shown in live
stock. The value of Implements and
machinery used on the farm trebled
in the same period, thus indicating a
big - advance in up-to-date methods
among Oregon farmers.
The value, of farm property in 1920
was shown to be $18,559,751 com
pared to 528.243,782 for 1910.
The value of the various Items go
ing to make up farm property for the
year 1920 was shown to have been
Land, 586.242.049; buildings, 88,971,
35; implements and machinery, 41,-
567,125, and livestock, 101,779,342. The
figures for the year 1910 were as fol
lows: Land, 411.6S6.102; buildings,
42,880,207; implements and macbin
ery, 13,205,645, and livestock, 101,'
779,342.
The number of farms in the state
was shown to have increased from
45,502 to 50,206.
The report showed the vast possl
bilities for future agricultural de
velopment Only 22.1 per cent of the
land area of the state was in farms,
and of the land in farms but 36.3 per
cent was improved. The average
acreage on each farm was shown to
be 269.7 and the average improved
acreage on each farm only 97.9.
No figures for the production of
Oregon farms for the year 1920 were
available, but the report gave the
figures for the preceding year. The
total value of all crops produced in
the state in 1919 was 131,884,639.
This amount was divided among the
following crops: Cereals, 53,980,152
ther grains and seeds, 1,366,901; hay
and forage, 41,835,706; vegetables,
11,762,494; fruits and nuts, 20,373,
412, and all other crops, 2,565,974.
URY PROBES RUM CASE
Verdict Is That Jack Wallace Was
Drowned Accidentally.
HOQTJTAM. Wash, April 17. A ver
dict of death by accidental drowning
was returned today by the coroner's
jury which Investigated the death
last Friday of Jack Wallace, alleged
owner of launch 470-L, now in the
custody of federal authorities, who
said they found 100 cases of whisky
aboard.
Testimony offered . by Wallace's
companions, John Santchlz, a Mexican
of Marshall, Cal., and Robert Braid,
sailors' union, San Francisco, was to
the effect that the launch ran into a
storm and Wallace, fearing the ves
sel would be wrecked on the rocks,
donned a life preserver and jumped
oferboard.
STARTING OFF QN THE WRONG ROAD.
I . . ,s i hiiiimiH
Train Service TVill Be Cut Down
Further, and Fuel May Be
Bought in America.
LONDON, April 17. Sunday brought
additional discomfort from the coal
strike by wintry weather, with snow
in some sections.
Leaders of the miners have left Lon
don, apparently much to the disap
pointment of the government, which
had been hoping that, now the po
litical question involved in the de
mand of the miners for a national
pool had been disposed by the refusal
of support by the Triple Alliance, it
might be possible to get wage nego
tiations reopened.
The weather and the collapse of
the threatened railway and transport
strikes has retarded recruiting of
volunteer forces In London.
Train services will be additionally
curtailed during the coming week.
The admiralty la preparing to bring
coal from Nova Scotia and pome big
coal factors are preparing to import
American coal.
A mass meeting of railway men in
Carlisle today passed resolutions for
a general railway strike unless just
claims of the miners were adjusted
by Friday.
ART TREASURE IS FOUND
Belgian Painting Recovered In
America, Says Searcher
TULSA, Okla, April 17. Rubens'
Descent From the Cross," styled by
Charles W. Thurmond, who says he
is a New Tork art connoisseur, as
the most valuable painting in the
world, and for which a world search
has been conducted since it disap -
peared from a cathedral in Belgium
during the German Invasion, was, Mr.
Thurmond Said, reclaimed by him
here today for Belgium. He says he
was commissioned by the Belgian
government to make a search for the
painting and added that it would be
sent back to Belgium. ' -
R. L. Bolin of Tulsa, an apprentice
tool dresser, recently of the American
expeditionary forces mounted police,
brought the painting here with two
others, having purchased it for a
song at Baure, Germany, while serv
ing abroad, he says.
DR. KARL MUCK IN BERLIN
Wife of Ex-Conductor of Boston
Orchestra- Reported Dying,
(Cop?rlg1!.feydtb; Arrangement0'4- Pub-
BERLIN, April 17. (Special cable.)
Dr. Karl Muck, formerly conductor of
the Boston symphony orchestra, is
here. His wife is lying in a Berlin
hospital.
Dr. Muck refused to let his orches
tra ola'y the "Star-Spangled Banner"
soon after the United States entered
the world war. He was interned as The Idea or a premeditated con
an alien enemy in the federal prison spiracy to shoot Major Cronkhite, he
at Atlanta, Ga., and was permitted to
return to Europe after the armistice,
.. '
Plot ChgQ jfl ShOOtmg
of Major Held False.
SERGEANT IS CONTRADICTED
Rosenbluth Says He Had No
Hand in Cronkhite Death.
OWN VERSION IS GIVEN
Ex-Officer Says He Had Charge
of Column Which AVas Nearby
W hen VictUn Was W ounded.
NEW YORK, April 17. Denial that
he was connected with the shooting
and killing of Major Alexander
Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, Tacoma,
two and a half vears ae-o. was made
today by Robert Kosenbluth, for
merly a captain in the ar.my engi-
neer corps.
Rosenbluth, arrested here on a
charge of murder and released on
25,00-0 bail, was accused, in an al
leged confession made by Sergeant
R. P. Pothier, at Tacoma, of having
ordered him to shoot the major, prom
ising protection.
Rosenbluth was arrested in the
I Civic club here March 23. His arrest
1 rallied to his support several Jnflu-
entlal and wealthy friends, including
Felix N. Warburg and Colonel H H
Lehman, bankers. They expressed
confidence in his-innocence.
Release on Bond Is Won.
The accused man's apparently
I frank statement and the standing of
I the men who appeared in his behalf
won his release March 29 on 25,000
bond, which was furnished by Mr,
Warburg, Colonel Lehman and W. E.
Frank.
Rosenbluth agreed to return to Se
attle to answer the charge pending
against him there in the United States
district court. He declared his re
lease on ball gave him an opportunity
to .marshal proof of my innocence.
Rosenbluth asserted he would waive
immunity, "go anywhere, take any
steps oonceivable to have all the
truth known to the courts as the
shortest cut to clearing my name,
Rosenbluth Lands Cronkhite.
Rosenbluth declared Major Cronk
bite was "the best liked man in the
outfit" and asserted that the depart
n.ent of justice agents had blundered.
"It was to satisfy a private ven
geance. he said, "and to hang on to
their jobs that I was accused.1
declared, was impossible as the major
was In the hospital four days pre
vious to the shooting and no one
knew he was to be with the skeleton
regiment during the hike.
Bifle Practice Is Denied.
"We were" not at rifle practice on
the day of the accident," he said. "A
skeleton regiment had been formed
and it was to be a practice march'
I Owing to a change in officers, I, who
was commanding company D, was
marching at the head of the column
with company A. Owing to a ma-
I chine gun outfit practicing nearby,
our plans were changed and we took
a different route,
"When we came upon Major Cronk
hits and Sergeant Pothier, I halted
the column I was commanding, about
40 yards away. Apparently Major
Cronkhite was practicing with his
pistol on a tobacco can; and I walked
up, .and on the third shot he said to
me: 'I got it Kosy.' And a second
later: 'My God, I'm shot!' "
Wound Held Not Suspected.
Rosenbluth said he gave orders for
the physician to come forward and
others who understood artificial res
piration, as they all thought he was
suffering from heart attack, until a
bugler discovered the wound.
"Not a breath of suspicion," he said.
"was raised during the remaining two
and a half months I remained in the
army and during that time my com
pany won the highest honors in the
regiment in being made flag com
pany. It was through the influence
of Major Cronkhite that I was trans
ferred from Camp Forrest to Camp
I Lewis with him
Justice Department Flayed,
Kosenoiutn said ne had received a
letter from F. B. Turner of Pensrcola,
Fla., an ex-sergeant, who, other than
Rosenbluth and Pothier, was said to
be nearest Major Cronkhite at the
time of the shooting.
Turner attached a sworn affidavit.
saying: "I heard no shots from any
other direction than those fired by
the major."
J. X Goldstein, Rosenbluth's at
torney, flayed the department of jus
tice, saying:
"They are looking for someone to
put the blame on and don't care who
it is. Rosenbluth has nothing to fear,
as he is innocent."
RUMOR NAMES GLENNON
St. Louis Prelate May Succeed Gib
bons as Cardinal.
ROME, April 17. According to re-,
ports at the Vatican, the Most Rev.
John Joseuh Glennon. archblshon of
St. Louis, is -the prelate most likely
. . . . ., , ,. , I
to succeed the lets Cardinal Gibbons
as archbishop oXU&iUmore. I
Masked Party Drags Victim, Strug
gling and Pleading Piti
fully, to Her Doom.
DUBLIN, April 17. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) First execution of a
woman In the strife in Ireland was
announced today. She was taken
from her home In the Scotstown dis
trict of Monaghan today and shot and
killed on the bank of the river.
The woman, who was Kitty Mae
Carron, belonged to the farming class.
Kitty MacCarron, who was about
45, lived with her parents, octogena
rians, in a mountainous district. About
midnight a party of masked men en
tered the house. The victim strug
gled, but the assassins fastened her
hands behind her back and led her
pleading pitifully down a lane, where
the body was found with a bullet
wound through the cheek.
A card was inscribed: "Spies and
informers beware. Tried, convicted
and executed by the Irish republican
army."
Two constables were dangerously
wounded today at Ballina, after which
armed forces went through the streets
firing bombs and shooting.
A bomb attack was made on a
motor car containing auxiliaries Sat
urday night on North Quay, Dublin.
Three attackers fell.
In an attack on a public house at
Ennls Saturday night a soldier was
killed and two women wounded.
RANCH SELLS FOR $25,000
Guy Connor and Porter J. Xcff of
Medford Make Purchases,
MEDFORD, Or.. April 17. (Spe
cial.) Announcement has been mad
that Guy Conner and Porter J. Ncff
of Medford have purchased of the
Conner Land company the property
at Table Rock, near here, formerly
leased and occupied by Major L.
French. The price was 25,000. Th
property consists of 230 acres.
which 130 are in cultivation, largely
alfalfa and grain, with a fine build
lng site where the elaborate heme
Major .French burned last Christmas.
There is a ranch house, silos, lmplr
ment sheds and hog pens, and th
land is under the new Table Rock
irrigation ditch.
Boudinot Conner owned and oper
ated the ranch before it passed to
Major French. The Conner Lan
company is owned chiefly by Harold
F. McCormlck, president of the In
ternatlonal Harvester company, bu
other Chicago interests were in
volved In the property. Messrs. Ncff
and Conner, the new owners, will op
erate the ranch.
AUTHOR TO VISIT STATE
Mary Roberts Rinehart and Family
to Pass Time in Mountains.
EUGENE, Or., April 17. (Special.)
Mrs. Mary Roberta Rinehart, noted
writer; her husband. Dr. D. M. RIne
hart, and their two sons will take a
30 days' trip in the Cascade moun
tains this summer, according to
Harry G. Hayes, hunter and guide of
McKenzie Bridge, who has been en
gaged by thera.
The trip will be started near Mount
Hood and will be continued through
to Crater lake.
1000 IRISH LEAVE ERIN
Emigrants Embark at Queenftown
for United States.
DUBLIN. April 17. Nearly 1000
Irish emigrants embarked at Queens
town yesterday and today. They took
passage for the united btates.
IN'DEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
U8 deffreeff; minimum, 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Showen; moderate southweit
erly winds.
Forelsn.
Demand for liquor increases in British em
pire. Page 2.
First woman is executed in Irish warfare.
Page 1.
National.
United States' recognition or soviet re
mote, Hughes tells Gompers. Page .
President sticks by pre-election campaign
promises. Page 6.
Federal trade body exposes profiteers.
Page 1.
Ice cream trust in west charged. Page 8.
Cold weather aids coal mine strike.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Smurgled note tells ot soviet horrors.
Page 3.
Order to murder Major Cronkhite denied
by Ex-Captain Rosenbluth. Page 1.
Storm dead.officially listed as 87. Page S.
Pacific Northwest.
Creation of new stste of Lincoln dream of
bait century. Page 6.
Ten arrests made in Salem liquor raid.
Page 5.
Prune is crowned king of Willamette val
ley. Pago 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: at Sacra
mento 1-4, Portland 0-1; at Salt Lake
2-6, Seattle 4-11; at San Francisco 0-8,
Oakland 6-6: at Los Angeles 1-1, Ver
non 7-L Page 10.
Gorman-Baird go may be on heavyweight
title card July z. page 11.
Northwest bowling tournament closes
Page 10.
New York colored Giants defeat Interstate
all-stars, 10 to 1. Page 10.
Portland and Ticinity.
Oregon farm values Increase 300,000,000 Id
ten years, r-age i.
Products exhibit success at Eugene.
rage 10.
Three sprayings urged for codling moth.
Page lo.
Lower prices, wages and freights found
need lor staDiuzation. .rage li.
Dr. Stansfield speaks on Harding a
pledge, rage IB.
Cheat home drive will be continued. Page
18.
Fire routs Inmates of Old Peoples
home. Page 1.
Twonty - ftv. auto accidents occur during
rainfall. Pago 4.
Bon of rich- man Is held for check,
page .
Blossom Day Attracts
8000 to Salem.
BEAUTIES OF VALLEY NOTED
Orchards Are Togged in Pret
tiest Sunday Attire.
SHOWER BOTHERS NONE
Visitors From Portland and All
Over Oregon I'ralse llol
tality ot Marion County.
BT W. A. rHTTIT.
SALEM, Or., April 17. (Special.)
The lowly prune, for many years pact
the target of unkind InxIntiutionR. be
littled and ridiculed by the big-town
jokestcr and sometimes an eyettoro
to the boardlng-houso frequenter, to
day took Its place among royalty and
was proclaimed the king of Willam
ette valley orchard products.
The ceremony, while lacking much
of the pomp and artificial splendor
that might have been anticipated on
such an auspicious occasion, was be
fitting and appropriate, and proved
conclusively that old King Trune was
destined to live and enjoy a long life
of financial and social usefulness.
Hloaoom Day Observed.
Today was blossom day In the Wil
lamette valley. With seml-cloudldss
skies, a brilliant sun at intervals, and
the orchards togged out In their pret
tiest Sunday attire, the setting could
not have been more beautiful.
It was an occasion rich In nature's
colors, with trimmings of green for a
background and towering and rugged
mountains In the distance beckoning
the visitor to come forth and pay
homage to all of God's handiwork that
makes life worth living.
Some famous author. Inspired by
foreign travels, once wrote that Italy
was the preferred garden spot of all
outdoors. Terhaps this Intellectual
personage, had he visited Oregon,
would have penned an even more
elaborate picture of nature's. legacy.
World Is Challenged.
The Willamette valley, befriended
by Its creator and heir to all of na
ture's beauties that combine for
scenic supremacy, today challenged
the world to produce a more pictur
esque setting.
Today Marlon county reveled in
nature's flower beds, and when the
Bhadows of darkness fell over tlio
valley tonight the pcoplo turned
homeward praising the boautlcs and
hospitality of this vicinity and pro
claiming Salem an honest-to-goodness
home city.
Not to be outdone by nature s ad
vantages, the Salem Cherrlans sullied
forth attired In their attractive
cream-colored suits with tulip blos
soms In lapel.
Autos Sleet Visitors.
As the Incoming: trains arrived the
visitors were ushered Into waiting
automobiles and taken to the Liberty
district. There the guests took po
sitions on advantageous elevations
where they viewed with appreciation
Oregon's favored spot. me white
canopy of blossoms, the rays of a per
fect sun, scurrying waters of nearby
streams and an abundance of green
ery In the background combined to
provide a picture that will never be
forgotten.
Other cars, with their human cargo.
Llimbed the rugged and narrow paths
leading from mo main nignways to
the summit of the Polk county hills.
There, in either direction and without
the aid of field glass, the gucatl
looked down upon the resourceful
valleys, here and there caught a
glimpse of some canyon rivulet and
fields and forest Just taking on their
summer dress.
Oregon la Good l'.nouab.
"Why Italy or any other foreign
and?" queried a Portland visitor as
he removed his hat, sheltered his eyes
from the sun's rays and peered Into
apace over a valley endowed with the
grandest that nature affords. "Ore
gon Is good enough for me, and I am
more than ever convinced that every
American should see America first.
The guests then were taken to the
herry sections, and In returning to
the city a brief stop was made at the
Dibble & Franklin bulb farm. Here
each guest received a tulip blossom
n appreciation of his or her visit.
Although this farm Is In Its Infuncy
it was said to be one of the largest
of Its kind in the United States and
its trade extends to ail parts of the
world.
At this farm the tulips were In full
bloom and the many colors, each dis
tinct and perfect in its making,
blended lnthe sun's rays a picture of
unusual grandeur.
On returning to Salem the gucfls
were taken to Willson park where
they were entertained at a band con
cert. This was followed by trips to
the state Institutions and other places
ot Interest in this vicinity. At the
state hospital the spacious lawns
were a veritable bower of flowers,
which added considerable to ths
pleasure of the visitors. At each of
the institutions visited, the guests
commended the superintendents and
assistants and pronounced the stale's
premises in good hands.
Sam A. Tvoter, secretary of Mate,
(Concluded on l'atfu 2, Cuiuiuu 3.)
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